[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey Grekh"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5
12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qd2 b6
17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Qe2 a5
22. h4 Nf6 23. Bc4 Ne4 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxe6 Nxg3 26. fxg3
Bd5 27. Bxf7+ Bxf7 28. Qg4 Bf6 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. d5 Qc4 31. Qf5
Qc2 32. Qh3 Qc4 33. Qf5 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Tamilin"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4
12. O-O Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Qf3 Qd8 16. Kg2 Qf6
17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 O-O 19. Bd2 a6 20. a4 h6 21. Rh1 Rfe8
22. Rae1 Rac8 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Kh3 Rec8 25. c3 Nh7 26. f4 Nf8
27. g5 f5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rg1+ Rg7 30. Reg2 Rcc7 31. f5 Rxg2
32. Rxg2+ Kh8 33. fxe6 Nxe6 34. Kg4 Ng5 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Kf5
Kf7 37. Bc2 Rd7 38. Bb3 Bf8 39. Bf4 Ne4 40. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Natalia Zdebskaja"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Re8 12. f4
Ned7 13. Nf3 a5 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bd4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nbd7 19. Rce1 Qb6 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6
22. c5 Nc8 23. c6 Rb8 24. c7 Ra8 25. f5 f6 26. Bg4 Nb6
27. fxg6 hxg6 28. c8=Q Rexc8 29. Rxe7 f5 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. Re6
Kg7 32. Nxd6 Nc8 33. Nxb7 Rd7 34. d6 Ra7 35. Bc6 Nb8 36. Bxd7
Nxd7 37. Rc1 Nxd6 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Ne7
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nbc3 Nbc6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne5
12. h3 Nf5 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Ba6 15. Be4 Ne7 16. Nd4 Bxf1
17. Qxf1 Rc8 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Bg2 Rc5 20. f4 Nd7 21. b4 Rc7
22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Nf6 24. Qf2 d5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Qe7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. b5 Rd8 29. Re5 Qd6 30. Rd5 Qf6 31. Re5
Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd3 33. f5 Qd6 34. Re2 h5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. h4 Kh7
37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Rc8 39. Bh3 Rc7 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Kostislav Gaynutdinov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. a3 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Be7 12. Bf3
Bb7 13. Qe1 h5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. f5 e5 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. Rd2 Nbd7
18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Na5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Re1 Qxe2 22. Rexe2
Rc4 23. Bh4 Nd7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Red3 Rd8 27. Re2
Bc6 28. Kf2 a5 29. b3 Rc5 30. Nd1 Bb7 31. c3 Rdc8 32. Ke3 a4
33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Rb2 Ba6 35. Rdd2 Bc4 36. Rb4 Bb3 37. Rd3 Bc2
38. Rd2 Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Rxc3+ 40. Rd3 R3c4 41. Rb7+ R8c7 42. Rb6
R4c6 43. Rb4 Ra7 44. Bd1 Rc5 45. Kd2 Rca5 46. Rg3 d5 47. exd5
Nxd5 48. Rh4 Nf4 49. Bxh5 Rd7+ 50. Ke3 Rc5 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Bg4
Rd3+ 53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rxg3 55. hxg3 Rxg2+ 56. Kf1 Rxg3
57. Kf2 Rxa3 58. Rh8 Kg5 59. Bf3 Kxf5 60. Ra8 Nd3+ 61. Ke2 e4
0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "A Kulikovsky"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2
Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. Bd3
Qh4 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 f6 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Be7 16. exf6
Bxf6 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd6 Bxc3 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Bc4
a4 22. Qd3 Ra5 23. f4 Rh5 24. Re2 Ra5 25. Rb8 Ra7 26. Bc5 Rc7
27. Bb6 c5 28. Bxc7 Bd4+ 29. Re3 Qh5 30. c3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3
Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qc2+ 33. Kh3 d5 34. Rxc8 Qf5+ 35. g4 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolay Khomenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f3 b4
12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb7 14. g4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe2 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd2 a5 20. Bc4 Rac8 21. Rhf1
Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. f4 Rc7 24. Kb1 Rfc8 25. Rc1 a4 26. Rf3
b3 27. axb3 Ra8 28. Qe5 Qa6 29. b4 Rd7 30. b5 Qb7 31. Rd3 Rad8
32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. f5 Bg5 35. Nf3 Re4 36. Qd1 Be7
37. Qd3 Rb4 38. Rd1 Rxb5 39. b3 axb3 40. c4 Qa8 41. Rd2 Ra5
42. Qxb3 Ra3 43. Qb6 Rxf3 44. c5 Qe4+ 45. Kb2 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Mukomilov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 c5
7. d5 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nde5 11. O-O Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 e5 14. h3 exf4 15. hxg4 h5 16. Qxf4 Bxg4
17. Rae1 Qh4+ 18. Qh2 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Be5+ 20. Kh1 h4 21. Be2
Bd7 22. Nd1 Rae8 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Re2 Rh8 25. Nf2 g5 26. Rc2 g4
27. Be2 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Ne4 b6 31. Rcf2 Ref8
32. b3 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 g3 34. Re2 h3 35. Nxg3 hxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Bf5 Bxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Bxf5 40. Re7+ Rf7
41. Re2 Bg6 42. Rb2 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Sinzhuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxa2 11. O-O Qe6
12. Qc2 b6 13. d5 Qd6 14. c4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. e5 Qc7
17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Rbd1 Rad8 19. Rd6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 21. Bd3
Rd4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergey Baranjuk"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8
12. c4 f5 13. c5 O-O 14. f4 e4 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Qd2 dxc5
17. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 b6 19. Nb3 b5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Rfd1
Qb6+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nd7 24. Rac1 Nb6 25. d6 Nd5
26. Ne6 Rfe8 27. d7 Rxe6 28. Rxd5 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. Re5 Rg8
31. Re8 Rd6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. O-O Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxb3+ 21. Be3
Rxc2 22. Qd3 Nc1 23. Bxb6 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxa2 25. Bd4 Rc8
26. Rb1 Ra4 27. Bb2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. Be2 e4 9. Nd4 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2
Bxe2+ 12. Kxe2 O-O 13. N2b3 Bb6 14. a4 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. a5
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Rhd1 g6 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Rd6 Kg7 21. Ra4
Rfe8 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. h3 Re5 24. Rdb6 Ree7 25. Rd4 Nd7 26. Rbd6
Ne5 27. Nd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. Rb6 Nc6 31. Rd6 Ne5
32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rfe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Nd3 35. Rb6 Nc1+ 36. Ke3
Rd7 37. Nc4 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Kh6 39. Ne3 Ne2+ 40. Ke5 Nxg3 41. Nd5
Nh1 42. Nf4 Rd2 43. Nxg6 Nxf2 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nxf5 Rd7
46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rxh5 Rf6 49. Ke3 Nd1+ 50. Kxe4
Nxb2 51. Ke5 Rf8 52. Nd6 Nd3+ 53. Kd4 Nf4 54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. Rf5
Rd8 56. Ke5 Nd3+ 57. Ke6 Rb8 58. Kf7 Kh6 59. Rg5 Nf4 60. Rg4
Nh5 61. Ne4 Kh7 62. Ng5+ Kh6 63. Ne6 Kh7 64. Rg6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yaroslav Zinchenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6
7. Na3 Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kb8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Rfe1 Rhe8
16. Rad1 Bc7 17. c4 Re7 18. Bc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 e5 20. c5 e4
21. Be2 Be5 22. Bxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd8+ Kc7 24. Rf8 Re7 25. Bc4
Nd7 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Nxc5 28. Kf1 Kd6 29. Ke2 Ke5
30. Ke3 Nd7 31. f4+ exf3 32. gxf3 g5 33. h4 h6 34. hxg5 hxg5
35. Bc4 Nb6 36. Bb3 Nc8 37. Bc2 Nd6 38. Bd3 b6 39. b3 Ne8
40. a4 Nd6 41. b4 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vitaly Nazarevich"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. f4 Na5 12. c5
Bc6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bg4 Ra8 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5
Nc7 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qc6 dxe5 20. b4 Qa3 21. Rae1 Na6
22. fxe5 Nxb4 23. Qe4 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxe5 25. Bh3 Rb4 26. Rd4
Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Qa4 28. Rf4 Qd1+ 29. Rf1 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Qxd4+
31. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kg2 Bxc5 33. Rc1 Bd6 34. Rc8 f5 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Kg1 Kf7 37. Bf1 Kf6 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. Bc4 Kf4 40. Bg8
h6 41. Be6 Ke5 42. Bf7 Kf6 43. Be8 e5 44. h3 Bc5 45. Kf1 e4
46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Kg2 g5 48. Bh5 Ke5 49. Kf1 a5 50. Bg4 Kd4
51. Bf5 Ke3 52. Bg4 a4 53. Bd1 a3 54. Bh5 Kd2 55. Bg6 e3
56. Bh5 Kc2 57. Ke2 Kb2 58. Bf7 h5 59. Kd3 g4 60. hxg4 hxg4
61. Be6 g3 62. Bd5 g2 63. Bxg2 Kxa2 64. Kc2 e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Valery Kurochkin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11. Qh3 d5
12. Nc3 Neg4 13. Qf3 e5 14. exd5 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1
Qh4 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. gxh3 Nxf2+ 19. Kh2 f5 20. Nd1 Nxd1
21. Rxd1 e4 22. Be2 e3 23. Bh5+ Kd8 24. Bf3 f4 25. Nd4 Bxh3
26. Kxh3 Rg3+ 27. Kh4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf3 29. Kg4 Rf1 30. Rxf4
h5+ 31. Kg3 e2 32. Rxf1 exf1=N+ 33. Kg2 Kd7 34. Kxf1 Rg8
35. Be3 h4 36. Kf2 h3 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Kruppa"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Qe2 c5 7.O-O
b5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.a4 b4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Be7
13.Nbd2 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qe1 O-O 16.Nb3 Nf4 17.Bf1 Na5
18.Nbd2 Nb3 19.Nxb3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 f5 21.Nc1 Rf6 22.Ne2 Rg6+
23.Kh1 Nd5 24.Bg2 Qg5 25.Qf1 f4 26.Rac1 Qh5 27.Ng1 h6 28.Re1
Rf8 29.Re5 Rf5 30.Rxf5 exf5 31.Rc5 Rd6 32.Qc4 Qf7 33.Ne2 Qe6
34.Bf1 Kh7 35.a5 Qd7 36.Qc1 g5 37.Qc2 Kg6 38.Nc1 Qb7 39.Nd3
1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Kedyk"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxd6 Be7 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rd3
b5 17. e5 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rhd1 b4 20. Ne4 a5 21. Kb1 Ba6
22. Rd6 Bb5 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Rdd1 Rc7 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. Rd3 h6
27. Be4 g6 28. g4 Bb5 29. Rh3 Bf2 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Re2 Bb6
32. Rxh6 Rc4 33. Rh3 Bc7 34. Rf3 Rbc5 35. h4 Rd4 36. Bd3 Kg7
37. Kc1 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Ref2 Kg7 40. Kd2 Rcd5 41. Rf1
Rd7 42. Ke3 Bb6 43. Ke2 R4d5 44. Rg3 Kf6 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Rh3
Bd4 47. b3 Bc3 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rxh5 Kg8 50. Rh6 R7d6 51. f5
Re5+ 52. Kf3 Rxd3+ 53. cxd3 Rxf5+ 54. Ke2 Rxg5 55. Rxe6 Rg2+
56. Rf2 Rg1 57. Re4 Ra1 58. Rg4+ Bg7 59. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrei Maksimenko"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Bxc5
Rd8 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxb7 Nc6
21. Rc7 Rd6 22. Ng5 Rb8 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 f6 25. Ne4 Re6
26. Nc5 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rd6 28. Nd3 Rb6 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Rfc5 Rbc6
31. R5xc6 Nxc6 32. c4 Kf7 33. Kg3 Ne5 34. Nd5 Nxc4 35. Nxe7
Rd3+ 36. Kh4 Ne5 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergiy Zavgorodniy"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Nxe6 Qc6
12. Nxf8 hxg5 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qd4 Kf8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nb4
Qc7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Qe3 f6 19. c3 Kf7 20. Qg3 Rh4 21. h3 a5
22. Nd5 Qd7 23. f3 Rdh8 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. c4 Qc6 26. b3 a4
27. Rd3 axb3 28. axb3 b5 29. Red1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rf4 31. Qf2
Rh4 32. Rd4 Qc5 33. Nc2 Qe5 34. Nb4 Rdh8 35. Nc6 Qc5 36. Rxd6
Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bc8 38. Rd8 f5 39. exf5 Bxf5 40. g4 Be6
41. Rxh8 Rxh8 42. Nd8+ Ke7 43. Nxe6 Kxe6 44. Kg3 Rc8 45. Rd5
Kf6 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. c5 Kh6 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. Kxf4 g6 50. Re5
Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Rd8+ 53. Kc6 Kf6 54. Rd5 Rh8 55. Kd7
Rh7+ 56. Kd6 Rh8 57. c6 Rd8+ 58. Kc5 Rc8 59. Kb6 Rb8+ 60. Ka7
1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Itkis"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qa5
17. Kb1 Qf5 18. Nxf6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxf6 20. g4 Nb6 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Rd5 24. Re1 Rhd8 25. Red1 f5 26. f3
fxg4 27. fxg4 Rg5 28. Bh4 Rxg4 29. Bxd8 Kxd8 30. Re3 Nd5
31. Rxe6 Nf6 32. c3 Nxh5 33. d5 c5 34. d6 Nf4 35. Re4 Kd7
36. Re7+ Kd8 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Kalugin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. a3 a5 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rfd8
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Kf1 f6 19. Ke1 g5 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Be7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Be3 Rbc8 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Ra7
Rd7 27. Ke2 Bd6 28. Ra5 Ke6 29. Kd3 Be5 30. Re1 Kd6 31. Bc5+
Kc6 32. Bd4 Kd6 33. Bc5+ Kc6 34. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikolay Olenin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Ba6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. O-O Rg8 15. Be3 Qd5 16. g3 h5
17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Rd4 e5 19. Rc4 Rg4 20. f4 Qe6 21. b3 d5
22. f5 Qd7 23. Rxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 O-O-O 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 Qb5
27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 d4 29. Bc1 a5 30. a3 e4 31. Kf2 Kc7
32. Re1 e3+ 33. Kf3 Kc6 34. Ke4 axb4 35. axb4 Kb5 36. Bb2 d3
37. Kxe3 Bh6+ 38. Kf3 d2 39. Rd1 Kxb4 40. Bxf6 Re8 41. Bg7
Bxg7 42. Rxd2 Kxc5 43. Rd7 Be5 44. h4 Rh8 45. Ra7 Kd5 46. Ra5+
Kd4 47. Ra1 Kd5 48. Rd1+ Kc5 49. Rd3 Kc4 50. Re3 Kd5 51. Rb3
Kc4 52. Rb6 Kd5 53. Kg4 Ra8 54. f6 Ra4+ 55. Kh5 Bxg3 56. f7
Rxh4+ 57. Kg6 Rf4 58. Kg7 Rxf7+ 59. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Bondarchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 b4
12. Na4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Bxd5
Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nb6 Bxg2 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Rd3 Rc8
21. Rad1 Bd5 22. Qg4 Rc6 23. b3 g6 24. Qf4 h5 25. Rc1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne4 Ngf6 15. g3 Be7 16. Bf4
Qa5 17. Kb1 Qf5 18. Nxf6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxf6 20. g4 c5 21. c3
Nb6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bg3 c4 25. Rd2 Kd7 26. Kc2
Rc8 27. b4 Nd5 28. a4 a5 29. b5 Rhf8 30. Rg1 Nb6 31. Ra1 Rf7
32. Re2 Re7 33. Re4 Nd5 34. Rg1 Rf8 35. Bh4 Nb6 36. Ra1 Ree8
37. Bg3 Nd5 38. Bh4 Rg8 39. Bg3 Re7 40. Rae1 Ree8 41. f4 Re7
42. Rh1 g6 43. hxg6 Rxg6 44. Be1 Rxg4 45. Rxh6 Rg2+ 46. Kd1
Ra2 47. f5 b6 48. fxe6+ Rxe6 49. Rh7+ Ne7 50. Rxe6 Kxe6
51. Bd2 Rxa4 52. Kc1 Ra3 53. Kc2 Rb3 54. d5+ Nxd5 55. Rh4 Rxb5
56. Rxc4 Rc5 57. Re4+ Kd7 58. Ra4 Nb4+ 59. Kb3 Nc6 60. c4 Rh5
61. Ra1 Rh3+ 62. Bc3 Nd4+ 63. Kb2 Rh2+ 64. Kb1 Nf3 65. c5 Rh1+
66. Kc2 Rxa1 67. Bxa1 bxc5 68. Bxf6 Kc6 69. Kb3 Kb5 70. Bc3
Nd4+ 71. Ka2 a4 72. Ka3 Nc6 73. Be1 Ne5 74. Bc3 Nf3 75. Bb2
Nd2 76. Bf6 Nc4+ 77. Ka2 Kb4 78. Bh4 Ne3 79. Be1+ Kc4 80. Bf2
Nd1 81. Be1 Kb5 82. Kb1 a3 83. Ka2 Ka4 84. Bd2 c4 85. Bc1 Nc3+
86. Ka1 Nd5 87. Bd2 Kb3 88. Bc1 Nb4 89. Bd2 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Slovineanu"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7
12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. b3 Rb4 16. Ne2 Bxf4
17. Nxf4 Qc7 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. c4 Ba6 21. cxd5 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 cxd5 23. Ng3 Qa5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Zubov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rb8
12. Qd3 Nc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Ba2 Qd7 15. a5 Na4 16. Nd1 b5
17. c4 bxc4 18. Qc2 Rb4 19. Bxc4 Nb5 20. Ra2 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rfb8
22. Ra3 Qb7 23. Kh1 Nb3 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Qxb3 26. Qa6
Qb5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Rf2 Rxa5 29. Rc2 Rb5 30. Nc3 Rb4
31. Nxa4 Rxa4 32. e5 Bh6 33. exd6 exd6 34. g3 Rd4 35. Rd2 Rc4
36. Rd1 Bg7 37. f5 Be5 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Kg2 Bxb2 40. Bf4 Rd4
41. Rb1 Bc3 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Bxd6 Rxd5 44. Bf8+ Kh7 45. Rb7 a5
46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf3 Bb2 48. Be7 c4 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rc8 Kf7
51. Rc7 Ke6 52. Bf8 c3 53. Re7+ Kf6 54. Rc7 Ke6 55. Re7+ Kd6
56. Rg7+ Kc6 57. Rxg6+ Kb5 58. Bh6 a4 59. Rg8 Rd6 60. Bf4 Ra6
61. Rb8+ Kc4 62. Rc8+ Kb3 63. Rb8+ Kc2 64. Bd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergey Nakonechny"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 d3 6. Qb3 Na5
7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Qa4 Kxf7 9. Qxa5 c6 10. Ne5+ Ke8 11. Qxd8+
Bxd8 12. Nxd3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 d5 16. exd6 Bf5
17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Nd7 19. O-O g5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Re1 Kd8
22. Bd2 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Rad1 a5 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Kd7 27. Bd4 Ne6 28. Na4 Bg4 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Nc5+
Ke8 32. h3 Bc8 33. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatolij Bets"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 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. Bc5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Rfe8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. d6 Qe6 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. dxe7 Rac8 21. Bxa7
Rxe7 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Nc4 24. Be3 Rcc7 25. Rfd1 Kg7
26. h3 f5 27. Ba7 b5 28. Bb8 Rc5 29. Bxe5+ Nxe5 30. Be2 Rb7
31. f4 Nc4 32. Rd4 Ne3 33. Rb3 Nc2 34. Rd2 b4 35. Bd1 Na3
36. Bf3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. Rd4 Re7 39. Rxb4 Ne3 40. Kg3 Rc2
41. Rb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. b4 Be7
12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alexikov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4
7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 b5 11. O-O Bd7
12. Rae1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bd1 g5 16. Be5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Nb1 Bc6 19. Bc2 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Azizis Ektoras Azis"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4
Bd6 17. Bc3 Kb8 18. Qc2 Rhe8 19. Kb1 Ka8 20. Ne5 c5 21. f4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf8 23. g4 Rd6 24. Rh3 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rcd8 26. Rcd3
Rc8 27. R3d2 Rcd8 28. a3 a6 29. Rd3 Rc8 30. Qe2 Rdd8 31. g5
Ng8 32. Bg1 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 f6 34. Rd7 Qb8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Ng6
Bc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Qxe6 Rc6 39. Qd5 Rc8 40. Nh4 Re8 41. Nf5
Re1+ 42. Ka2 Re8 43. Nd6 Rf8 44. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Papin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ndf3 Bf6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Re1
Re8 12. b3 Nf5 13. Qd3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Ne5
g6 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. c3
Kf7 22. f3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Qe2+ Qe7
26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bxc7 Bb1 28. a3 Ba2 29. b4 b5 30. Kf2 a6
31. Ke3 Bd5 32. g4 Ke6 33. h4 Kf7 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf7
36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Kf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 exf3
12. Nxf3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. d4 c5 15. Nc3 a6 16. d5 Bb7
17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Qe1 Rde8 20. Na4 Bd8 21. Bxa5
Qxa5 22. Qxa5 Bxa5 23. Bd3 c4 24. Bxc4 Rc8 25. Bb3 Nxd5 26. c3
Rfe8 27. Rae1 Nf4 28. Kg1 Nd3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nd4 Re7
31. Bc2 Nxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luka Lenic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nbd7
12. h5 h6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Rg8
17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bd4 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Nd5 Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 Be6 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Nge7 Na3+ 26. Kxb2
Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Re8 29. Ng6 Bxd5 30. exd5 Re2+
31. Kb3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.04"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arik Braun"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Qd3 Nd7 8. Be3 g6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 e5 11. Be3 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. h4 f6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8
17. f4 Bf7 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 d5
22. Ncb1 Rb8 23. b3 Rb6 24. h5 g5 25. fxg5 fxg5 26. Nf3 h6
27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Rhf1 Bf6 29. Nfd2 Rb4 30. Nc3 Qh7 31. Rf2 e4
32. Rdf1 Be7 33. Qxa7 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qg7 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Qa8+
Kh7 37. Qxd5 Rd4 38. Qe6 Ba3+ 39. Kd1 Rd7 40. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.06"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Gerzhoy"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 f5
7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 h6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4
g5 13. f4 Re8 14. b5 Ne7 15. e4 exf4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bxf4
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd2 Nxf4
22. Qxf4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Bg4 24. Rg1 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxe4 26. Rxg4
Re7 27. Nh5 Rf8 28. Rbg1 Rff7 29. d4 Kh7 30. Nxg7 Rxg7
31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. h3
h5 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Kf3 Kh4 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke3 Ke6
41. Ke4 h4 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Kd3 b6 44. Kc3 Ke4 45. Kc4 Ke3
46. Kc3 Ke2 47. Kc4 Kd2 48. d5 Kc2 49. d6 cxd6 50. Kd5 Kc3
51. Kc6 d5 52. Kxb6 d4 53. Kc6 d3 54. b6 d2 55. b7 d1=Q
56. b8=Q Qf3+ 57. Kc5 Qf5+ 58. Kc6 Qxh3 59. Qe5+ Kd3 60. Kb5
Qd7+ 61. Kc5 Qa7+ 62. Kb5 Qd7+ 63. Kc5 h3 64. Qg3+ Ke2
65. Qe5+ Kd3 66. Qg3+ Ke4 67. Qh4+ Kf3 68. Qf6+ Kg3 69. Qe5+
Kh4 70. Qf6+ Kg4 71. Qg6+ Kf4 72. Qh6+ Ke4 73. Qh4+ Ke3
74. Qg3+ Ke2 75. Qe5+ Kd1 76. Qa1+ Kc2 77. Qa2+ Kd3 78. Qb1+
Kd2 79. Qb2+ Ke3 80. Qe5+ Kf2 81. Qf4+ Ke2 82. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michal Adamski"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be3
Qc7 13. Nc1 Nc5 14. N1a2 Rad8 15. Nb4 a5 16. Nbd5 Bxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Kh8 19. c3 Ne6 20. g3 Bg5 21. Bg1 h5
22. Rfd1 h4 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Kg2 f5 25. Bxb6 Rb8 26. Bxa5 Rxb2
27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Nc5 30. Qg6 e4 31. f4 Bh6
32. Rb4 e3 33. Bb6 Qb7+ 34. Kh3 hxg3 35. Bxc5 Qc8+ 36. Bg4
Qxc5 37. Re4 Rf6 38. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Borki Predojevic"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 Nbc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. N1d2 e5 11. Rfd1 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. g3 Nh3+
17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Bc4 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Re1 Bg4 21. Qe3 Qe7
22. Be2 Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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. a5 O-O 10. Bd3 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15. e5 Rfe8 16. Kf1 Bc5
17. Na4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nf5 Nfe4 21. Qe3 Qg6
22. Ng3 Ne6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bc4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 e3 0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.22"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Martins Alutis"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. O-O
Rb8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. b3 Qb4
17. Re3 d5 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.23"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Ne5 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rac1 b6 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. Qh5 f6 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Be6 20. Re3 Bf7 21. Qf5
Rxe3 22. fxe3 Rc8 23. Kf2 Rc6 24. Ne2 g6 25. Qd3 Rxc1 26. Nxc1
a5 27. Ne2 Qd6 28. Qa6 h5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. g3 Qb4 31. Qc2 g5
32. b3 Qa3 33. Kf3 Qe7 34. Qf5 Be6 35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Nc3 Bf5
37. Qd2 Bg4+ 38. Kg2 Qf5 39. Kg1 Bh3 40. Qd1 Qe6 41. Qe2 Bg4
42. Qd3 Qd6 43. Qb5 Be6 44. Kf2 Qc7 45. Qd3 h4 46. Ne2 h3
47. Kg1 Qd6 48. Nc3 Qd7 49. Qd1 Bg4 50. Qf1 Qc6 51. Qd3 Bf3
52. Kf2 Bg2 53. Kg1 Qd6 54. Qc2 Qa3 55. Qb1 Qe7 56. Kf2 Qe6
57. Qd3 Qg4 58. Qe2 Qf5+ 59. Kg1 Kg8 60. Qd1 Kg7 61. Qe2 Bf3
62. Qd2 Bg4 63. Qf2 Bf3 64. Qd2 g4 65. Qc1 Qd7 66. Kf2 Kf7
67. Kg1 Bg2 68. Kf2 Qf5+ 69. Kg1 Be4 70. Qf1 Bf3 71. Qc1 Qd3
72. Kf2 Ke6 73. Kg1 Be4 74. Kf2 Qc2+ 75. Ne2 Kf5 76. Qxc2 Bxc2
77. Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Li Wu"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6
17. g4 a5 18. a4 b5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7
22. Nc3 Rb4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxa4 25. Nd4 Rb4 26. Qc3 Qb7
27. Nc6 Rb5 28. Rhe1 Nf5 29. h5 Rc5 30. Qa3 e6 31. hxg6 hxg6
32. f4 Ng7 33. Rd3 Re8 34. Qa4 Qb5 35. Qxb5 Rxb5 36. dxe6 Rxe6
37. Rf1 Nf5 38. Rh1 Re3 39. Rd2 Ng3 40. Rh3 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Nh5
42. Rxd6 Rf5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rb3 Rxf4 45. Rbb8 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gogineni Rohit"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Qe2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. d4
c4 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Nh2 O-O-O 16. Bg3 h5 17. f4 g6
18. Nhf3 b5 19. Rf1 Nb6 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Bh4 a5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7
23. g4 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. f5 b3 26. Bb1 hxg4 27. hxg4 gxf5
28. gxf5 Kc7 29. Qf4 Bc8 30. Kf2 Rdg8 31. Rg1 Rxg1 32. Kxg1
Kb7 33. Nf1 Bd7 34. Ng3 Nd8 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Kg2 Na4 37. Qd2
Qg7 38. Nh2 Rg8 39. Nhf1 Nf7 40. Bf5 exf5 41. e6 Nd6 42. exd7
Qxd7 43. Kf3 Ne4 44. Qh6 Ng5+ 45. Kf2 f4 46. Nh5 Qf5 47. Nd2
Nh3+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Nf1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6 15. Bf4 Kf7 16. Qxc7 Rhe8
17. Qc3 Qd7 18. Qb3+ Kf8 19. Qe6 Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bf7 21. Re3
Rac8 22. a3 Bd5 23. Rae1 Kf7 24. h4 a6 25. h5 Bf8 26. Rxe8
Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Nd2 b5 29. f3 b4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Ne4
Kf7 32. Kf2 g6 33. Ke3 gxh5 34. gxh5 Ke6 35. Bg3 a5 36. Bh4
Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki vs. Tallinn Match"]
[Site "Helsinki FIN"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pekka Pakarinen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Bd3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. g3 Qc7
12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 O-O 14. O-O f5 15. a4 f4 16. Qd3 Ng6
17. Rae1 fxg3 18. fxg3 Rf5 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qc5+ 22. Qd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Rf2 Ne3
26. Re2 Rc2 27. Kf2 Nd1+ 28. Kf3 Nxb2 29. a5 bxa5 30. Nb3 Rxe2
31. Kxe2 a4 32. Nc5 a3 33. Kd2 Na4 34. Nb3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Kg6
36. Kc4 a2 37. Kb5 Nc3+ 38. Kc5 Ne2 39. Kd6 Nxd4 40. Na1 Kf5
0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Na3 e6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nb5
Nd5 12. Bxa7 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O-O
16. Ke2 Bc5 17. Bg2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Nc4 19. f4 f6 20. Bh3 f5
21. b3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nb6 23. Bg2 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Kd3
Rhe8 26. Rhe1 Re4 27. Rxe4 dxe4+ 28. Ke3 Rd6 29. Rg1 Rh6
30. Rxg7 Rxh2 31. d5 Rxa2 32. Rxh7 Ra3 33. Rf7 Rxb3 34. Kd4
Ra3 35. Rxf5 Ra4+ 36. Kc5 e3 37. Re5 Rxf4 38. Rxe3 Kd7 39. Rh3
Rf7 40. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Edouard Bonnet"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd2 Bb7
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rxg2 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qf3 Rg8
17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Ng3 a5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. c3 b4
22. Rhe1 a4 23. Qd3 Ba6 24. Qc2 a3 25. b3 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Bb4
27. bxc4 Bxc3+ 28. Nb3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Qb4 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. Ka1
Rxg3 32. hxg3 Bxe4 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. Nd4 Bc6 35. Nxc6 dxc6
36. Rd1 Kf8 37. g4 Kg8 38. g5 Ne4 39. Qd4 Qb4 40. Rb1 Qc3+
41. Qxc3 Nxc3 42. Rb3 Ne2 43. Rxa3 Nxf4 44. Rf3 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Krisztian Szabo"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qb4 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Qa5
12. h3 Bd7 13. Qf2 e6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nc4 d5
17. exd5 exd5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nd2 a6 20. Nd4 Re8 21. c3 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. f5 f6 25. Nc4 b5 26. Na5 Qc7
27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Qg3 g5 29. Qd6 Qc8 30. Rd4 Rd8 31. Qb6 Rxd4
32. Bxd4 Qf8 33. Qe6+ Qf7 34. Qxe4 Re8 35. Qf3 Qc4 36. Rf2 a5
37. Qb7 a4 38. Rd2 Re1+ 39. Kh2 h5 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qf3 h4
42. Be5 Qf7 43. Bb8 Qe7 44. Bd6 Qe8 45. Rd4 Bf8 46. Bc7 Bc5
47. Qd5 Bxd4 48. cxd4 Qe7 49. Bd8 Rh1+ 50. Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 N6d7
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Qa5 14. O-O e4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5
17. Qe2 Nd3 18. Bxg7 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Kxg7 20. Nxe4 Bg4 21. f3
Qa3 22. Qd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrean Susilodinata"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "214"]

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. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Be6
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Qb6 16. Qf3
Qc6 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Qg4 Nc5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc4
b5 22. Be2 Rad8 23. b4 Nd7 24. a4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rb8 26. axb5
axb5 27. c3 h6 28. Bd3 Kh7 29. h3 Nf6 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Rc1 Qc6
32. Kh2 Rb7 33. Rc2 Rb8 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Qd6 36. Qf3 Rxb4
37. Rxb4 Qxb4 38. Bc2 Qc5 39. Bb3 Qd6 40. Bc4 Kg6 41. Bb3 Kf7
42. Bc2 g5 43. Qb3 Kg6 44. Qe3 h5 45. Bd3 Qb4 46. Bc2 h4
47. Bd3 Qc3 48. Qe2 Nh5 49. Bb5 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Nf4 51. Qc2 Kf6
52. Qd2 Kg6 53. Bf1 Nh5 54. Qd7 Ng7 55. Bd3 Qf4 56. Be2 Qe3
57. Bf3 Qc5 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Qd8+ Qe7 60. Qd1 Kg6 61. Bg4 Kh6
62. Qf3 Ne8 63. Qb3 Nf6 64. Qb8 Qg7 65. Bf3 g4 66. hxg4 Nh7
67. Qe8 Qf6 68. Qh5+ Kg7 69. Kh1 Qg5 70. Qe8 Qc1+ 71. Kh2 Qf4+
72. Kg1 Ng5 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Be2 Qe3+ 75. Kh1 Qc1+ 76. Kh2
Qf4+ 77. Kh1 h3 78. Qa3 Qf2 79. Bf3 Nxf3 80. Qxf3 hxg2+
81. Qxg2 Qe1+ 82. Kh2 Kg5 83. Qf3 Qh4+ 84. Qh3 Qf2+ 85. Kh1
Qe1+ 86. Kh2 Qe2+ 87. Kg3 Qe3+ 88. Kg2 Qxe4+ 89. Kf2 Qxg4
90. Qa3 Qf4+ 91. Ke2 Kg4 92. Qe7 Qf3+ 93. Ke1 Qf5 94. Qg7+ Kf3
95. Kd2 Qf4+ 96. Kc2 e4 97. Qb7 Kf2 98. Qb6+ e3 99. Qxe6 e2
100. Qb6+ Kg2 101. Qg6+ Qg3 102. Qe4+ Kf1 103. Qc4 Qg6+
104. Kd2 Qd6+ 105. Kc3 Kf2 106. Qf7+ Ke1 107. Qf3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.16"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bc4
e6 7. N1f3 h6 8. Nh3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne7 11. O-O-O
O-O 12. Rhg1 Ned5 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Ne5 Qh4 15. c4 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Ne7 17. f4 Nf5 18. Be4 c5 19. Nf2 Nd4 20. Nd3 Qxh2 21. Kb1 Qg3
22. Rh1 Rb8 23. Nf2 f5 24. exf6 e5 25. Nd3 exf4 26. fxg7 Qxg7
27. Nxc5 Nf5 28. Qxf4 Qg3 29. Qxg3+ Nxg3 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Rhe1
b6 32. Ne6+ Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rbe8 34. Rde1 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rf7
36. a4 Nf5 37. Ka2 Rf6 38. Re8 a5 39. Ka3 h5 40. b4 Rd6
41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Ra8 Ne3 43. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bc4
Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Bg5 Bxd5 11. exd5
O-O 12. c3 Rc8 13. Bb3 Ne4 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bd4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfe8 18. Bc2 a5 19. Re3 e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd1
Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 23. Qc1 Re2 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Rxe2 Qxe2
26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nd3 28. b3 Nc1 29. a3 Na2 30. c4 Nc3
31. Bc2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nd4 33. Bd1 Kg7 34. Ke1 Kf6 35. Kd2 Ke5
36. Kd3 g5 37. g3 Ne6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 f5 40. Bf3 b6
41. Bd5 Nc7 42. Bc6 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. f4+ Kf6 45. gxh4 Ne6
46. Ke3 Nc7 47. Bf3 Kg6 48. Kd4 Kh6 49. Bb7 Kg6 50. Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bxf4 9. exf4 Bd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Ne5 Be8
12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qa3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bf7
17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rec1 g6 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qb4 b6 21. c5 b5
22. a4 a6 23. Ra1 Rdb8 24. Qa3 Qa5 25. axb5 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 axb5
27. Rca1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Be8 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. h3 Ke7 31. g4 Bd7
32. Kg3 Bc8 33. Kh4 Rb7 34. Ra8 Kd7 35. Kg5 Kc7 36. Kf6 b4
37. Ba6 b3 38. Bxb7 b2 39. Bxc8 b1=Q 40. Ke7 1-0

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Qc7 6. Re1 O-O
7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Bd6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bf5 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rad8
17. Qg5 Bg6 18. h4 Bf4 19. Qg4 c5 20. h5 cxd4 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Rxd4 Bd6 23. Qxg6 Nf6 24. Red1 Qb6 25. Qd3 Bc7 26. c3 Rxd4
27. cxd4 Qd6 28. g3 Ng4 29. Qe4 Nf6 30. Qxb7 Rb8 31. Qxa7 Ng4
32. Qc5 Qd7 33. Qg5 Rb5 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qe8 36. e6 fxe6
37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Bd8 40. Qf5 g6 41. Qe6 1-0

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.19"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O
12. Kh1 Rb8 13. Bb3 a5 14. Re1 Be6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bc3 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 a4 20. Bxa4 Rb4 21. Bb3
Rxf4 22. Qe2 Rf2 23. Qxf2 Qxe5 24. c3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rd8 26. h3
Rd3 27. Re1 Qd6 28. b4 e5 29. Qb6 e4 30. b5 Qg3 31. Qg1 cxb5
32. Rxe4 Rd2 33. Re3 Qd6 34. b3 Qd5 35. c4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Qxc4
37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qa1+ Kh6 39. Qe1 Qf4 40. Re4 Qg5 41. Qh4+
Qxh4 42. Rxh4+ Kg7 43. Ra4 Kf6 44. Kh2 h6 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Kf3
Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Kg5 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Ra4 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 Rb3+
51. Kf2 f6 52. Ra5+ Kf4 53. g3+ Ke4 54. Ra4+ Kd5 55. Ra6
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.19"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Qc7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Na5 Bg6 15. b4 f5 16. f4 b6 17. Nc6
Bf6 18. Rac1 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Bf3 e4 21. Be2 Nc5 22. Rb1
Be8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Rb2 Na4 27. Nb5
Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Nc3 29. Rc1 Rab8 30. Bf1 Nxb5 31. cxb5 Qd8
32. Rc6 Rf7 33. b6 Rfb7 34. Qxa5 g5 35. g3 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kh8
37. Qd2 Rxb6 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39. Rxb6 Qxb6+ 40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Bc4
Qa7 42. Qe1 Qc7 43. Bb3 h5 44. Qh4 Qg7+ 45. Kh3 Qg4+ 46. Qxg4
hxg4+ 47. Kg2 Be3 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. a4 Bd2 50. Bc4 Kg6 51. Bb5
e3 52. h3 Be1+ 53. Kg2 gxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.20"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Komliakov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Ba4 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf4 b6 12. a3 Bb7
13. b4 O-O-O 14. d4 c4 15. h4 Rdg8 16. Bg3 Bd8 17. Nbd2 Ne7
18. Bc2 g6 19. Nf1 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qd2 Nf8 22. a4 Bc6
23. N1h2 Ng6 24. h5 f4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 f5 27. Nf1 Be8
28. Qh2 Qf7 29. Qh3 Rg7 30. N1h2 Rhg8 31. g3 f4 32. g4 Qf5
33. Kh1 Rxg4 34. Nxg4 Rxg4 35. Kh2 Bxh5 36. Rg1 a6 37. Rac1
Kd7 38. Rce1 Be7 39. Ra1 Qg6 40. Rae1 Qf5 41. Ra1 Bd8 42. Rae1
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.20"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2 b6 9. h4 Ba6 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. O-O-O g4
17. Rh1 Rc8 18. Kb2 Ke7 19. Ng3 Bxf1 20. Nxf5+ exf5 21. Rdxf1
Rh7 22. Rh2 Rch8 23. Rfh1 Ke6 24. f4 Rh6 25. g3 g6 26. Kc1
Rxh5 27. Rxh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Kd2 b5 30. Ke3 Kd7
31. Kd3 Kc7 32. Bd2 Kb6 33. Be1 a5 34. Bd2 Ka6 35. Ke3 Nb8
36. Kd3 Nd7 37. Kc3 Nb6 38. Be1 Nc4 39. Kb3 Ne3 40. Bd2 a4+
41. Kc3 Nc4 42. Bc1 Ka5 43. Kd3 b4 0-1

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.21"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 Qc7
12. c4 Nf4 13. Qf3 e5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qc3 h5 16. O-O-O hxg4
17. c5 Be6 18. Bc4 Rxh3 19. Rxh3 gxh3 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qb3
Qe5 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Qxc6+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ Ke8 25. Qc6+ Ke7
26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Nxd6+ Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qe1+ 30. Kc2
Qe2+ 31. Kc1 Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Qe2+ 33. Kc3 Qe5+ 34. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.21"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Ndb5 Qb8
12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Na5 14. Ba2 b5 15. b4 Nc6 16. axb5 axb5
17. Naxb5 Nxb4 18. Nd4 Nxa2 19. Nxa2 Nxe4 20. Qf3 d5 21. c4
Ra3 22. Qe2 Bc5 23. cxd5 Qa7 24. Rfd1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.22"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1
Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Rad1 e5 17. f5 d5
18. g4 d4 19. g5 dxc3 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. bxc3 Na2 22. Rd3 Rec8
23. Qd2 Bxa4 24. Ra1 Nxc3 25. Nc5 bxc5 26. Rxc3 Bb5 27. Rxc5
Qb7 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Qe2 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qc4 Bb5 32. Qd5
Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Rc8 34. Qd6 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rd2 Bg5
37. Rd5 Bf4 38. Rc5 Rxc5 39. Bxc5 a5 40. Ba3 a4 41. Kg2 Bh6
42. Kf2 Bf8 43. Bb2 a3 44. Ba1 Bc5+ 45. Ke1 Bd4 46. c3 Bc5
47. Kd2 f6 48. Bg4 Kf7 49. Kc2 Bc4 50. Bd7 Ke7 51. Bc6 f5
52. exf5 gxf5 53. h4 Kf6 54. Kd2 Bf2 55. h5 Kg5 56. Bf3 e4
57. Be2 Bxe2 58. Kxe2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. g3 f6 6. Bg2 e5
7. O-O Be6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Ne3 Nd5 10. Qb3 Nf4 11. Qxb7 Nxe2+
12. Kh1 Qc8 13. Qb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 Rb4 15. Qd1 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rxb2
17. d4 exd4 18. Nc4 Rb4 19. Re1 Be7 20. Bh3 Ne5 21. Nfxe5 fxe5
22. Qh5+ Bf7 23. Qxe5 Qc6+ 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Nxf7
Qxf7 27. Rxc5 Qf6 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Komliakov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6
7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. dxe5 e6 14. Ne2 g5 15. g3 gxf4 16. gxf4 Qe7
17. Kh1 Kh8 18. c3 Rg8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Raf8 21. Bg4 c5
22. Be3 Nb8 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Rad1 b6 25. b3 Qd7 26. a3 Ne7
27. b4 Qc6 28. Kh2 Nf5 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Rg1 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rc8
32. Bd2 Qc4 33. Qg2 Qd3 34. Rc1 Rc4 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Bc1 Qd7
37. Qe4 Qc8 38. Rd1 b5 39. Bb2 Kg8 40. Bc3 Bf8 41. Qg2 Bg7
42. Qe4 Bh6 43. Bh5 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Bg4 Kf7 46. Kg2 Nh4+
47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Bf8 49. Qf3 Be7 50. Bxf5 exf5 51. Qh5+
Kg8 52. e6 1-0

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O
7. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5
O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Na4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 c4
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. g3 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Nb8
22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd7 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. f4 g6
27. Bf3 Rc7 28. h4 Nb8 29. c3 Nc6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Bxf5
32. Nb6 Kf8 33. Nxc4 Bg6 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e5 Ne8
12. Qxd4 d6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qa4 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7
17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qf4 d5 20. Qe5 Qb8 21. Qg5 Qd8
22. Qe5 Qb8 23. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alik Gershon"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6
12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6 16. h4 h5
17. Qe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bh3 c6 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rd3 Bh6
22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. Qc2 Rd5 28. b4 Rfd8 29. Rfd3 Kg6 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. f4
a5 32. Kf2 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Kf3 Ra4 35. Rb1 Qa7 36. Qc3
Ra2 37. b5 Rh2 38. Ra1 Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Rxd3 40. Kxd3 Qb6 41. bxc6
bxc6 42. Ke3 c5 43. Rd1 Qb5 44. Qc2 Qb4 45. Kf3 cxd4 46. Rb1
Qa3+ 47. Rb3 Qa8 48. Kg3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. f4 Ne7 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2
Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Ra2 Kb7 15. Qe1 f5 16. h3 Rdf8 17. Qe3
h6 18. Kf2 Be8 19. Rh1 Bh5 20. Ke1 Rhg8 21. h4 Nd8 22. Kd1 Rh8
23. Kc1 b5 24. Kb2 Nc8 25. Nh2 Nb6 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 h5
28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Kc1 Na4 30. Ng1 Qc6 31. Ne2 Rh6 32. Kd1 a6
33. Raa1 Qe8 34. Ke1 Rg6 35. Qf3 Rg4 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Rh1 Nc6
38. Rhb1 Kc7 39. Kg2 Kd7 40. Kh2 Rg6 41. Qf2 Rgh6 42. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Giovanni Portilho Vescovi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 h6
12. Be3 Be7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bd6
17. Qh5 O-O 18. Rf3 Rb8 19. Raf1 f6 20. Qg6 Kh8 21. Rxf6 gxf6
22. Rxf6 Qg7 23. Qxh6+ Qxh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rxd6 b5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Nxe5 b4 28. Na4 Ra8 29. b3 Rf4 30. Nd3 Rxe4 31. Ndxc5
Re8 32. Rb6 Bf5 33. Rxb4 Bxc2 34. d6 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rd1 36. d7
Kf7 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Rc7 Bxb3 39. Rc8 Rxa4 40. d8=Q+ Rxd8
41. Rxd8 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Bc4 43. Rd2 Ra5 44. Ne4+ Ke5 45. Ng5 Bd5
46. Kh4 Ra8 47. g4 Kf4 48. Rxd5 Rh8+ 49. Nh7 Rxh7+ 50. Rh5 Rf7
51. Rh8 Ke5 52. Kh5 Kf6 53. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ne7
12. f5 O-O 13. Bh5 Kh8 14. f6 Ng6 15. Bg5 Bd6 16. fxg7+ Kxg7
17. Bf6+ Kg8 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Qg5 e5 21. Rf3 Re6
22. Raf1 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd3
Kf7 27. Kg1 Rc7 28. a3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Ke3 Be6 31. Rd2 Rc8
32. Ne2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. h4
Bg7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. O-O-O Nd4 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Nb3 Nc5 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. f3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf2 b4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qb5+
Rc6 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Nd5 Rh6 29. Kd2 Rh2 30. Rg1 Be5 31. Kd3
Kd7 32. b3 Ke6 33. Kc4 Bd6 34. Nb6 Bf4 35. Na4 Be3 36. Nxc5+
Kf6 37. Ra1 Rxg2 38. Nd3 Rxc2+ 39. Kxb4 Bd2+ 40. Kb5 Rc3
41. Nc5 Rxf3 42. Kc4 Ke5 43. b4 Rc3+ 44. Kb5 g4 45. Kc6 Rc4
46. Rf1 d3 47. Rf5+ Kd4 48. Rd5+ Ke3 49. Rxd3+ Ke2 50. Rg3
Bxb4 51. Rxg4 Rxc5+ 52. Kd7 Bc3 53. Kd6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxim Turov"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6
12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qe3 Nd5
17. Qe2 b5 18. Nf5 Qb8 19. c3 Qc7 20. g3 Bd6 21. Rh4 N7f6
22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Ne5 Ne7 24. g4 Qd5 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Nf5
27. h6 Qg2 28. Ng4 Ng8 29. Rh2 Qd5 30. h7 Nge7 31. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Shipov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bd6
12. e4 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 Qe7
17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 g6
12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qd3 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. g4 a5 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. c4 a4 21. b3 axb3
22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Qxb3 Rb8 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Qb6 Ra8
27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxd8 Bf8 30. h4 Kg7 31. Nb5
Bc8 32. f3 f6 33. h5 g5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 Be7 36. Ba5 Ke8
37. Na7 Bd7 38. Nc6 Bc8 39. Kd3 Bf8 40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Nb8+ Ke8
42. Kb3 Be7 43. Nc6 Bf8 44. Ka4 Ba6 45. Nb8 Bb7 46. Kb5 Ke7
47. Nc6+ Ke8 48. Nd8 Bc8 49. Nf5 Be7 50. Ne6 Bd7+ 51. Ka6 Bxe6
52. Ng7+ Kd7 53. Nxe6 Kc8 54. Ka7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 h6
12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Kb1 b5 15. Qe2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Ka1 Qa5 21. f4 Qxd5
22. Nf1 Be6 23. Qa6 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bf6 25. Red1 Qe4 26. Bxd6
Rxc2 27. Rb1 Qxg2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8
31. Qxa7 g5 32. a3 Kg7 33. Qa5 Ba2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 d6
7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 a5 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Ne4 b6 14. h4 h6 15. a4 O-O 16. Nc4 Qc7
17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rc1 f5 19. Nc3 Bxc4 20. dxc4 e4 21. Nb5 Qe5
22. Rc3 Qe6 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rc1 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bg7 26. Qc1 h5
27. Bf4 Rd7 28. f3 exf3 29. Bxf3 Rfd8 30. Rb3 Kh7 31. Kg2 Qf6
32. Bg5 Qf7 33. e4 Nd3 34. Qc2 f4 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxf4 R3d7
37. Rf2 Nc6 38. e5 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Bg5 Rf8 41. Be3 Rxc4
42. Qd3 Rb4 43. Bxh5 Qe6 44. Bf3 Rb3 45. Qd2 Qxe5 46. Bf4 Qd4
47. Qe2 Rb2 48. Bd2 Rd8 49. Be4 Rxd2 50. Bxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qe6+
Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kh8 53. Qh5+ Bh6 54. Qxh6+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7
56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "277"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d3
7. b4 Be7 8. b5 Na5 9. Bxd3 d6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 c6
12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Nfd4 Bb7
17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5 Nfd7 20. Re3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7
22. Rg3 f6 23. Bf4 Kh8 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Qh5 Qg7
27. Qd1 Qd7 28. Ndf5 Bb7 29. Qd4 Rad8 30. Re1 Qe6 31. Qd1 d5
32. Nd4 Qd7 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Rge3 Bxa2 35. Ng4 Nxg4 36. hxg4
Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bf7 38. Qe2 Re8 39. g5 Rxe3 40. Qxe3 fxg5
41. Be5+ Bg7 42. Bxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qxg5 Ne6 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Qb8+
Qd8 46. Qxa7 Nxd4 47. cxd4 Qxd4 48. Qa8+ Kg7 49. Qb7 Qa1+
50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. g3 Qe6 52. Be4 Qd6 53. Kg2 Qc5 54. Bc6 Kf6
55. Qd7 Kg7 56. Qb7 Qd4 57. Bf3 g5 58. Kg1 Qc5 59. Bc6 Kf6
60. Qd7 Bg6 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qd7+ Bf7 63. Qb7 Kf6 64. Qd7 h6
65. Qd8+ Kg7 66. Qd7 Qc4 67. Qb7 Qc1+ 68. Kg2 Qc5 69. Kg1 Kg6
70. Qd7 h5 71. Be4+ Kf6 72. Bc6 Kg7 73. Qb7 h4 74. Kg2 Kf6
75. Qd7 h3+ 76. Kg1 Kg7 77. Bf3 b5 78. Qxh3 b4 79. Be4 b3
80. Qh7+ Kf8 81. Qh8+ Ke7 82. Qb2 Be6 83. Qg7+ Bf7 84. Bg6 Qc4
85. Bxf7 Qxf7 86. Qxg5+ Kd6 87. Qb5 Qd5 88. Qb6+ Kd7 89. Kh2
Qc4 90. Qf6 Qc2 91. Qf7+ Kc6 92. Qe8+ Kc5 93. Qe3+ Kb4
94. Qd4+ Qc4 95. Qd2+ Qc3 96. Qd6+ Kc4 97. Qc6+ Kd3 98. Qg6+
Kd2 99. Qh6+ Ke2 100. Qe6+ Kxf2 101. Qf5+ Ke2 102. Qe6+ Kd1
103. Qg4+ Kc1 104. Kh3 b2 105. Qf4+ Kc2 106. Qf5+ Qd3
107. Qc5+ Kd1 108. Qg1+ Kc2 109. Qf2+ Qd2 110. Qc5+ Kb3
111. Qb5+ Qb4 112. Qd3+ Ka2 113. Qd5+ Ka1 114. Qa8+ Kb1
115. Qh1+ Kc2 116. Qg2+ Kb3 117. Qf3+ Ka2 118. Qd5+ Ka3
119. Qd3+ Ka2 120. Qd5+ Ka1 121. Qa8+ Kb1 122. Qh1+ Kc2
123. Qg2+ Qd2 124. Qc6+ Qc3 125. Qe4+ Qd3 126. Qc6+ Kd2
127. Qg2+ Qe2 128. Qd5+ Ke1 129. Qa5+ Kf1 130. Qf5+ Kg1
131. Kh4 Qd1 132. Qc5+ Kg2 133. Qc6+ Kh2 134. Qc7 b1=Q
135. g4+ Kh1 136. Qc6+ Kg1 137. Qc5+ Kf1 138. Qf8+ Kg2
139. Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoliy Polivanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. Bg3 Bd7
12. h4 g4 13. h5 b5 14. f4 gxf3 15. Nxf3 Nfg4 16. Qd2 Qc7
17. a3 Rb8 18. Rh3 Qb7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rd3 Rd8
22. Na2 Bc5 23. Nb4 a5 24. Na6 Bd4 25. c3 Ba7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Nc7+ Ke7 29. Nxb5 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bb6 31. Ke2
a4 32. Rd6 Rb8 33. c4 Bd4 34. Ra6 Bxb2 35. Rxa4 Bd4 36. Ra6
Rg8 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Ra4 Bc5 39. g4 Rd8 40. Ke2 Rg8 41. Kf3 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 Ne7 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. a4 b6 12. f4
g5 13. Bg3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Be3 h5 16. Qf3 Nce5 17. Qf2
Rb8 18. Be2 Qc7 19. h3 Kf8 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Rd2 Rh7 22. Rfd1
Bf8 23. Qf1 Ra8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bc8 27. Qf2
Rb8 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Rb4 Nd7 30. Rc4 Qb7 31. Rcd4 Ne5 32. Qg3+
Rg7 33. Qf2 Rh7 34. Bf1 Bd7 35. Rb4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Bxb5
Qc7 38. Rb3 Be7 39. Ra1 Rg7 40. Ra7 Qd8 41. Bxd7 Rxb3 42. cxb3
Nxd7 43. Qe2 Ne5 44. Qxh5 Bg5 45. Bd4 Rh7 46. Qd1 Nc6 47. Ra6
Nxd4 48. Qxd4 Bf4 49. Ra1 Rg7 50. Kh1 Qh4 51. Ne2 Be5 52. Qe3
Qf6 53. Qf3 Qh6 54. Rf1 Qd2 55. Nc1 Bxb2 56. Nd3 Bd4 57. Nf4
Qc3 58. Qxc3 Bxc3 59. Nd3 Rg5 60. Rc1 Bd2 61. Rc2 Be3 62. b4
Rb5 63. g4 d5 64. e5 Kg7 65. Kg2 f6 66. Rc7+ Kg6 67. Kf3 Bd4
68. exf6 Kxf6 69. Rc6 Rb6 70. Rxb6 Bxb6 71. Nf4 Bd4 72. h4 Bc3
73. b5 Ba5 74. h5 Bc7 75. h6 Ba5 76. h7 Kg7 77. Nxe6+ Kxh7
78. Nf4 d4 79. Ke4 Bb6 80. Kf5 Kg7 81. g5 Ba5 82. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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. Bf3 Nbd7 12. f5
b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. g4 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qe1 Bh4 17. Qe3 d5
18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Kg1 h6 22. Na5 Ba8
23. c4 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Qh3 e3 27. Qxh4 Qe4
0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Varavin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Qe2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bc2 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. a3
a5 13. a4 h6 14. Na3 O-O-O 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bf4 Rde8 17. Rab1
Na7 18. Nxa7+ Qxa7 19. b4 Bc6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. c4 d4 22. Nd2
g5 23. Bg3 Kc7 24. Ne4 Rb8 25. Rb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rbc8 27. Rb1
Nb6 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6+ Kd7 30. Be5 Rh7 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qe2
Nd5 33. Bb3 Qa8 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. b6 Kc6 36. Rb5 Ra8 37. Qe1
Rb7 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Qxa5 Qxe5 40. Qa8 Qxd6 41. a5 Qd7 42. a6
Kxb6 43. axb7 Qxb7 44. Qf8 Qd5 45. Qxh6 f4 46. h4 gxh4
47. Qxf4 Qf5 48. Qb8+ Ka5 49. Qb3 Qd5 50. Qa3+ Kb5 51. Qb2+
Ka4 52. Qc2+ Ka3 53. Kh2 Qf5 54. g3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Qd5 56. f4
Kb4 57. Kg4 Qb3 58. Qd2+ Kb5 59. Kg5 c4 60. dxc4+ Qxc4 61. Kf6
d3 62. Ke7 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.06"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Rac8
12. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vasily Borisovich Malinin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nf5 Qxe4 9. Bd3 Qg4 10. f3 Qa4 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. Bh6+ Kxh6 14. Qd2+ Kh5 15. g4+ Nxg4
16. fxg4+ Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 d6 18. Rf6 Qg5 19. Be2+ Bg4 20. Bxg4+
1-0

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nazar Firman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qd3 Nd8
17. Rg1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nd4 Ra2 21. Rg3 Nb7
22. Bb4 Rxh2 23. Rc1 Nf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rc7 Nd8 26. Bb5
Bxb5 27. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oksana Vozovic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. Bc4 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd5 10. Bxd5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 O-O
12. O-O c6 13. Bb3 Qh4 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qf3 Nc5
17. Bc4 Bf5 18. g4 Be6 19. Be1 Qf6 20. Be2 Bd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5
22. c3 d4 23. Rd1 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 gxf5
27. gxf5 Kh8 28. Rd4 f6 29. Bc4 Rad8 30. Rg4 Nd7 31. Rg2 Ne5
32. Qe3 Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Be6 Rd3 35. Rc1 c4 36. Bxc4 Rxh3
37. Be6 Rd8 38. Rgc2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rh4 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Kxh1 h5
42. Kh2 Kh6 43. Rg2 Ng4+ 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. b4 Rd1 46. b5 Kf4
47. Re2 Kf3 48. Rh2 Nxh2 49. Kxh2 Kg4 50. a4 Rd2+ 51. Kg1 Kg3
0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.10"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Oleg Anatolie Kulicov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 Ne8 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc7 10. Ba4 d5 11. e5 b5 12. Bb3
a5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Qd2 a4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Ne2 Ne6
18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5 e6 21. h6 Bh8 22. Nf4 Qe7
23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Bb1 Bb7 25. Nc5 Na5 26. Bg5 Qe8 27. Nxb7 Nxb7
28. Bd3 Nb6 29. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.11"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Palekha"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Ng3 Ndf6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.12"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Irina Semenova"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2
bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Bb6
12. Na4 Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ba6
Rae8 17. c3 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. f3 Kf7 21. Kf2
Rxe1 22. Kxe1 Re8+ 23. Kd2 Ne5 24. b3 c5 25. h4 Nc6 26. h5 Re6
27. Rh1 d4 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 dxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Ke6 31. Kd3 a6
32. Ke4 Ne7 33. g4 Nd5 34. f4 Nf6+ 35. Kf3 g6 36. hxg6 hxg6
37. Bc3 Nd5 38. Bb2 Nb4 39. a3 Nd3 40. Bc3 Nc1 41. b4 cxb4
42. axb4 Nb3 43. Ke4 a5 44. f5+ gxf5+ 45. gxf5+ Kf7 46. b5 a4
47. Bb2 Nc5+ 48. Kd5 Nb3 49. Ke5 Na5 50. Kd4 Nb7 51. Kd3 Na5
52. Bd4 a3 53. Bxb6 Nb3 54. Bc7 Nd4 55. b6 a2 56. b7 a1=Q
57. b8=Q Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WY ol"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur MAS"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Timur Gareev"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 Qb6 8. Bf1 d6 9. Na3 Bd7 10. d3 Rad8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4
e5 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rad1 Nh7 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. a3 Kh8
18. b4 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb8 21. Rb1 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qc7
23. Qb3 b6 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nf6 26. Nb5 Qc5 27. Nxa7 Qxd5
28. Rxb6 Qa5 29. Rb7 Nd5 30. Rd1 Nxc3 31. Rxd6 Rde8 32. Rxf7
Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Rf8 34. Qe7 Qc5 35. Bg3 Nd1 36. Re6 Qxe7
37. Rxe7 Bd4 38. Kh2 Nxf2 39. Rb7 Bxa7 40. Be5+ Kg8 41. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wim Barbier"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. a5 Qb7 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Ra4
Rab8 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxd5 21. Nd2 Bh4+
22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qb5+ 24. Kd1 Ne3+ 25. Kc1 Nxc2 26. Kb1 Nd4
27. Qxb4 Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Nb5 29. Nb1 d5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Bg5
32. Nb1 g6 33. Rd1 d4 34. Na3 Nxa3 35. Rxa3 Rc5 36. b4 Rb5
37. Kb3 Be7 38. Ra4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. f4 e4 41. Rxd4 Kf7
42. Ra2 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Kotsur"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nc5 Qc7 11. h3 Nf5
12. Bf2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b6 14. Nd3 h4 15. e6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Rh6
17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. O-O Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nf8 21. a4 c5
22. b3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qc3 24. Qd1 Nxd4 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Be3 Rh8
27. Rf2 Qxb3 28. Bxd4 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rdf1 Rg8
31. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Maria Hernando Rodrigo"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Qd2 Na6 10. Rd1 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Na4
12. e4 Bd7 13. Nxa4 Qxa4 14. b3 Qa3 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qc5
17. Nd4 e6 18. Ne2 exd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. O-O Rfe8 21. Ng3 Bg7
22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Qf3 Re5 24. d6 f5 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Rfd1 Re6
27. h4 Rexd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. h5 Qc6 31. Qe3
Qd5 32. Nf1 a6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Ne3 Qf7 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Qh8+
Ke6 37. Nc4 Bc7 38. Qc8+ Qd7 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Ne3
Be5 42. g3 f4 43. gxf4+ Bxf4 44. Qg7 Qh3 45. Qe7+ Kh5 46. Qc5+
g5 47. Nf1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Kh4 50. Ne3 Bxe3 51. fxe3
g4 52. Qd4 Qe2 53. Qe5 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56. Kd2
Qxa2+ 57. Kc1 Qa3+ 58. Kc2 Qf8 59. Qh2+ Kg5 60. Qc7 Qf5+
61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Ke1 Qh1+ 63. Kd2 Qd5+ 64. Ke1 Qe4 65. Qg7+
Kh5 66. Kd2 a5 67. Ke2 b5 68. Kd2 a4 69. bxa4 bxa4 70. Ke2 a3
71. Qf7+ Kh4 72. Kd2 a2 73. Qf1 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Novkovic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. O-O Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Qb3 c6 13. f4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. Nxd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxd5
17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 cxd5
21. Rxd5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc8 24. Rd7 Rc2+ 25. Kf3
Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. Qe1 Ng4 10. Na4 Qd4 11. Bb3 Ba6
12. Qd1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg7 14. Bd2 c5 15. Bc3 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Ba4 Rfd8 20. b3 Bb7 21. Rd2 g5
22. f3 Ba8 23. Rbd1 a6 24. Ne2 Rb4 25. Nc3 h6 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Rc8 28. Kf2 Rc7 29. a3 Rb8 30. Ke2 Rf8 31. g3 Ng6
32. Ke3 Rb8 33. f4 f6 34. h4 Kf7 35. h5 Nf8 36. e5 dxe5
37. fxe5 Ne6 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. c3 Nf8 40. Rd8 Rcc8 41. Rxc8
Rxc8 42. b4 cxb4 43. cxb4 Ke5 44. Bb3 e6 45. Rd4 Rc3+ 46. Rd3
Rc6 47. Kd2 Rc8 48. Rc3 Rd8+ 49. Ke3 Rd6 50. Rc5+ Kf6 51. Ba4
Nd7 52. Bxd7 Rxd7 53. Rc6 a5 54. b5 a4 55. Rc4 Rb7 56. Rc5 Rb8
57. Kd3 Rd8+ 58. Kc4 e5 59. Rd5 Rc8+ 60. Kb4 e4 61. Kxa4 e3
62. Rd3 Re8 63. Rd1 Kf5 64. b6 Ra8+ 65. Kb4 Ra6 66. Kc5 Rxa3
67. Rb1 Ra8 68. Kd4 Kg4 69. b7 Rb8 70. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b5
12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Kh1 O-O 15. e5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7
17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. Rc1 f5 21. Qe1 g5
22. Nd4 Rb6 23. Rc8 Qxc8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne2 Rb7 26. fxg5
Nf8 27. Nf4 Bc6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Qg3 Ng6 30. Nxe6 Rxd3 31. h5 f4
32. Qg4 fxe3 33. hxg6 e2 34. Qxe2 Rg3 35. Rf7 Bxg5 36. Rg7+
Kh8 37. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Georgiev"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nd2
a6 12. Nb3 Ng4 13. Rdf1 h6 14. f3 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Barsov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3
b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.a5 Be7 11.Ba4+ Nbd7 12.dxc5 Qc7
13.Nb3 O-O 14.Bd2 Nxc5 15.Rc1 Ng4 16.g3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Ne5
18.Qg2 Qd8 19.Nxc5 Qxd2 20.Rc2 Qd8 21.Qe4 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 Nd7
23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Qxb4 Rab8 25.Qc3 Qb7 26.Rc6 Qb5 27.Rd1 g6
28.Rdd6 Qe2 29.Rb6 Rbc8 30.Rdc6 Rcd8 31.Rd6 Rc8 32.Qd2 Qc4
33.Rxa6 Qa2 34.Kg2 Qb1 35.Qe2 Rc1 36.Qf3 Rg1+ 37.Kh3 Qxb2
38.Ra8 Rxa8 39.Qxa8+ Kg7 40.Qf3 Qb5 41.Rd1 Rxd1 42.Qxd1 Qxa5
43.Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.Bf3
Rab8 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Bb7 17.Qh5 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Bf8
19.Rf3 g6 20.Qh4 Bg7 21.Rh3 Nf8 22.f5 Ne5 23.f6 Bh8 24.Qf2 Ba8
25.Rg3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.h4 b4 28.Nb1 Rec8 29.Nd4 h5 30.b3
Ng4 31.Qe2 e5 32.Nb5 Rxb5 33.Qxb5 Qxc2 34.Qd3 Qb2 35.Bg1 Ne6
36.Rd2 Qa1 37.Rc2 Rd8 38.Rc1 Nf4 39.Qc4 Qb2 40.Qc2 Qxc2
41.Rxc2 Nxg2 42.Rcxg2 Bxe4 43.Nd2 Bc6 44.Bb6 Rb8 45.Bc7 Ra8
46.Kg1 Ra1+ 47.Nf1 Bb5 48.Rf3 e4 49.Rf4 e3 50.Rb2 e2 51.Rxe2
Bxe2 52.Bxd6 Ne3 53.Kf2 Rxf1+ 54.Kxe3 Rxf4 55.Bxf4 Bd1 56.Bd6
Bxb3 57.Bxb4 Bd5 58.Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg2 b5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5
Nfxd5 14.exd5 a5 15.c3 Nc4 16.cxb4 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 axb4 18.Qxb4
Bd7 19.a5 Qc7 20.Rec1 Qa7 21.Qd2 Rfb8 22.Ra3 Bd8 23.Bf1 f5
24.a6 f4 25.Na5 fxg3 26.hxg3 Bb6 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.f3 e4 29.f4 Bg4
30.Nc6 Qf7 31.Be2 Bf5 32.Rb3 e3 33.Qd1 Bc5 34.Rb7 Be4+ 35.Bf3
Bxf3+ 36.Qxf3 Qf6 37.b4 Qb2+ 38.Kh3 Qxc1 39.bxc5 Qxc5 40.Qg4
Rf7 41.Qe6 Raf8 42.Rxf7 Rxf7 43.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Rbc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 e4 25. fxe4 Rfe8 26. Rb4 Bc3
27. Bb5 Qd8 28. Bxe8 Bxb4 29. Bc6 Ba6 30. Rxf5 Bxa5 31. h3 Rb8
32. Kh2 g6 33. Bg5 Qc7 34. Rf3 Rb4 35. Bh6 Rb8 36. Qa1 Be2
37. Rf2 Bd3 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg6
17. Rac1 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Bxb6 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxb6 21. Bf3
Nd7 22. Be4 Ne5 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Ng3 h4 26. Nf5
h3 27. gxh3 Ne5 28. Rc3 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Rfe8 31. Nf6
Rh8 32. Rb3 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Rxc4 34. Ng4 Nxg4 35. Rfxf7+ Kh6
36. hxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Rh7 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 Rhf8 40. Rh3
Re8+ 41. Kd3 Re5 42. Rg3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Antonio Granero Roca"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 f5
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1
fxe4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. b3 exf3 19. gxf3 a4 20. Ke2 axb3
21. cxb3 Kf7 22. Rc1 Ke6 23. Rc4 Be5 24. h3 Kd7 25. Kd3 Bd6
26. a4 Rb8 27. Kc2 Rf8 28. f4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "149"]

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 Re8 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Be6
12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd7 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Qc1 a5 16. Rhe1 a4
17. Bf6 Qb5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qg5 Qg4 20. f3 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 f6
22. Bc1 Kf7 23. Re3 b5 24. Rde1 h5 25. h4 Ra6 26. R3e2 Rc6
27. Bd2 Rc5 28. b3 Re5 29. Bf4 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Ra8 31. Kb2 Bd5
32. Bg3 Bc6 33. Be1 g5 34. Kc1 Rg8 35. Kd2 Bd7 36. Ke3 Bf5
37. Kd2 Be6 38. Bf2 Ke7 39. Bg3 Kd7 40. Bf2 g4 41. Ke3 gxf3
42. gxf3 c5 43. Kf4 Rg2 44. Rd2 Kc6 45. Be3 Rg8 46. Rd1 Bf7
47. Rd2 Re8 48. Rg2 Re5 49. Bd2 Be6 50. Rf2 Bg8 51. Be3 Bh7
52. Rd2 Rf5+ 53. Kg3 Rd5 54. Rxd5 Kxd5 55. bxa4 bxa4 56. Bf4
Bxc2 57. a3 Kc6 58. Kf2 Bd1 59. Ke3 d5 60. Bh6 Kb5 61. Bf8 Kc4
62. f4 f5 63. Kd2 Bf3 64. Ke3 Bh1 65. Kd2 Bg2 66. Be7 d4
67. cxd4 cxd4 68. Bd6 Kd5 69. Be7 Ke4 70. Bg5 Bf1 71. Bh6 Bb5
72. Bg5 Kf3 73. Bh6 Kg3 74. Bg5 Kg4 75. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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 Bf6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. c3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6
17. Qh4 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Na5
22. Bd5 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. h3 Nc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd2
Rd7 27. Red1 a5 28. a3 Rb8 29. Nh2 d5 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4
Rbd8 32. Qe2 Re7 33. Rd3 Kf8 34. Qd2 Red7 35. Qe3 f6 36. R3d2
Qb7 37. Qc5+ Kf7 38. a4 bxa4 39. Qxa5 Qc6 40. Qb4 Rb7 41. Qg4
Kf8 42. Qf3 Rbd7 43. Ra1 Qc4 44. Rad1 d4 45. Qe4 a3 46. bxa3
Qxc3 47. Rd3 Qc4 48. f4 Qd5 49. Re1 Qxe4 50. Rxe4 Rd5 51. Kf2
Rc8 52. fxe5 fxe5 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Re2 Rb5 55. Ke4 Rc1 56. a4
Ra5 57. Rb3 Rc4 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Ra2 Rc3 60. Rb5 Re3+ 61. Kd5
Ra7 62. a5 d3 63. a6 Re2 64. Rxe2 dxe2 65. Rb1 Rxa6 66. Re1
Kf7 67. Kxe5 Ra2 68. g4 Ra5+ 69. Kf4 Ra4+ 70. Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dragan Paunovic"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1
Nbd7 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8
17. Nxd6 e5 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bc2 Qe6 21. Ba4 Bc6
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Bh6 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. a3 h5 26. f3 Bh6
27. Rd1 Qa4 28. Rd6 Bf8 29. Rd3 Qa6 30. Qd1 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4
32. Qb3 Qc6 33. Rc3 Qd6 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Rc6 Qe7 36. Qd3 Qe8
37. Qc4 Kh7 38. Kf1 Bg7 39. Ke2 h4 40. Rc7 Qe7 41. Qc6 Qd8
42. Bc3 Qe8 43. a4 Qd8 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Nb8 46. Qb7 Nfd7
47. a6 Qg5 48. a7 Qxg2+ 49. Kd3 Qxf3+ 50. Kc2 Qf2+ 51. Kb3
Qxh2 52. a8=Q Qh3 53. Qd5 Qg4 54. Rxd7 Nxd7 55. Qc8 Nf6
56. Qxg4 Nxg4 57. Qxf7 h3 58. Qf3 h2 59. Qh3+ Kg8 60. Be1 Bh6
61. Bg3 Bf4 62. Be1 Kg7 63. Kc4 Nf6 64. Kd3 g5 65. Qg2 Kg6
66. Ke2 g4 67. Bd2 Kg5 68. Qxh2 Nxe4 69. Bxf4+ exf4 70. Qh7
Ng3+ 71. Kf2 Nf5 72. Qg8+ Kh5 73. Qh8+ Kg5 74. Qd8+ Kg6
75. Ke2 f3+ 76. Kf2 Nh6 77. Kg3 Kf5 78. Qd6 Kg5 79. Qf4+ Kg6
80. Kh4 Kg7 81. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reynaldo Vera"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Re1
O-O 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bc2 Nc6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Nd6
Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bb3 Qxd6 21. Bh6 Nc5
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qc4 Na5 24. Qxb4 Naxb3 25. Nxe5 a5 26. Qa3
Re8 27. Nd3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Claudia Noemi Amura"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. Ne2 e5
12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Qh5 Kh7 18. f5 Bc4 19. g4 g5 20. h4 gxh4 21. g5 Rg8
22. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3
Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nd8 16. g3
Ne6 17. Kg2 b6 18. h3 a5 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rc2
Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Kf1 Nb5 25. Bb2 f6 26. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bf3 Nbd7
12. Re1 e6 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Rad1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Bd7
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxb7 Bb5 19. Nc6 Qc8 20. Ne7+ Nxe7 21. Qxe7
Re8 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Rac8 24. Rc1 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. c6
e5 27. c7 Re7 28. a4 Be8 29. Rec1 Bb6 30. Bb7 Rcxc7 31. Rxc7
Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33. Bxa6 Bxa4 34. f3 Kg7 35. Bf2 Bd6
36. Be3 f5 37. Kf2 h6 38. h3 g5 39. Bb6 Kg6 40. Ba5 Bc5+
41. Kf1 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Bd2 Ke5 45. Be3 Bd4
46. Kf2 Bc2 47. g3 Bb3 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qa3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. e5 Be6 15. Rab1 Bd5 16. Rfd1 Qd7
17. Ne1 b6 18. Rbc1 Na5 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Ba6 Rc7
22. Nd3 Na5 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nf4 Ba8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qc3 g5
27. Ne2 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. f3 Qd5 30. Qd2 e5 31. Bxg5 e4
32. Bxf6 exf3 33. Nf4 Qe4 34. Be5 Rd8 35. Bd3 Rxd4 36. Bxe4
Rxd2 37. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6
7. Nf3 b4 8. Bxb8 bxc3 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxa6 cxb2 11. Rb1 Rxb8
12. Bxc4 Rb6 13. Qa3 Nxe4 14. Rxb2 Qb7 15. Rxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O
f6 17. Qa4+ Kd8 18. d6 e5 19. Be6 Qb7 20. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Glenn Flear"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "217"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6
12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 d4 16. Bg5 Qd7
17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Bxd1 O-O 21. h5
Bd3 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Bg4 Bc4 25. b3 Bd5 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Rxc7 h6 28. Rc5 Rf4 29. f3 b4 30. Ra5 Bc6 31. Rc5 Bd5
32. Rec1 a5 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne2 a4 36. Nd4 Rd8
37. Rb1 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rxd4 39. bxa4 b3 40. Rxb3 Rxa4 41. Kf2
Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rb5 Kf7 46. Kh3
Rf2 47. Rb4 Re2 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb5 Ke7 50. g4 Kf7 51. Kg3
Ke7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Kf4 Re1 54. Rb2 Kf7 55. Rb4 Re2 56. Rb1
Kf8 57. Rg1 Kf7 58. Ra1 Kg8 59. Ra3 Re1 60. Re3 Ra1 61. Kg3
Kf7 62. Rb3 Re1 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Rb5 Kf7 65. Rc5 Ke7 66. Kf2
Ra1 67. Ke3 Re1+ 68. Kd2 Ra1 69. Kd3 Rf1 70. Rc7+ Kf8 71. Ke4
Re1+ 72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Ke3 Re1+ 74. Kf4 Re2 75. Rc5 Re1 76. Kg3
Kf7 77. f4 Rg1+ 78. Kh3 Rf1 79. Rc4 Rg1 80. Ra4 Kf8 81. Ra7
Rf1 82. Ra8+ Kf7 83. Ra4 Rg1 84. Ra2 Kf8 85. Rg2 Re1 86. Kh2
Rf1 87. Kg3 Re1 88. Rf2 Ke7 89. Kg2 Re4 90. Rf1 Re3 91. Ra1
Kf7 92. Kf2 Rb3 93. g5 hxg5 94. fxg5 Rh3 95. g6+ Ke7 96. Ra7+
Kf8 97. Ra8+ Ke7 98. Rh8 Rh1 99. Ke3 Re1+ 100. Kd4 Rd1+
101. Kc3 Rc1+ 102. Kd2 Rh1 103. Ke2 Rh4 104. Kf3 Rh1 105. Rg8
Rxh5 106. Rxg7+ Ke8 107. Ra7 Rf5+ 108. Kg4 Kf8 109. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 b6 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. a3 Nd7
12. Re1 Bf6 13. Nf1 Nde5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Nh5 Be7 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 g6 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. fxe6 Qc8 21. Nd5
Qxe6 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Nc7 Qc8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Bf4 Bf6
26. Rf1 Bg7 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Bb3 c4 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. dxc4
Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Rad1 Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Rfe1 h5
35. g3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Rd5 a6 39. Rd2 Kd7
40. Ke3 b5 41. Kd3 a5 42. Rc2 a4 43. Rb1 Kc6 44. b3 axb3
45. Rxb3 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Rb4 d5 48. a4 bxa4 49. Rxc4+
dxc4+ 50. Kxc4 f4 51. gxf4 Bxf4 52. Kb4 Kd5 53. c4+ Kd4
54. Kxa4 Kd3 55. Kb3 h4 56. c5 Bc7 57. c6 h3 58. Rc3+ Ke4
59. Rxh3 Kd5 60. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. a4 Bg7 16. b3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5
18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. d5 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Qc1 Ra8
23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 c4 25. bxc4 Ra2 26. Re2 bxc4 27. Kh2 Ra3
28. Qc1 Qc5 29. Nh4 Ra8 30. Qh6 Kh8 31. Re3 Ne5 32. Qf4 Nfd7
33. Nf3 f6 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Qg4 Qd6 36. h4 Nb6 37. h5 Bc8
38. Qd1 Ra7 39. Qb1 Kg7 40. Ne2 Bd7 41. Nc3 Qc5 42. Qd1 Nc8
43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Ba4 Bxa4 45. Nxa4 Qd4 46. Qg4 Nd6 47. Nc3
Qd2 48. Rg3 Qh6+ 49. Qh3 Qxh3+ 50. Rxh3 Ra3 51. g4 Rb3 52. Kg2
Rb2 53. Kf1 Rd2 54. Ke1 Rc2 55. Rf3 Rc1+ 56. Kd2 Rg1 57. Rg3
Rh1 58. f3 Kh6 59. g5+ fxg5 60. Nd1 Rh2+ 61. Kc3 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nf1 f5
18. exf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxd5 20. Ra3 bxa4 21. N1h2 Bb3 22. Rxb3
axb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Nh4 g5 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. h4
Qd7 28. Qxb3 Re8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Qd5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc3
Na2 33. Qa5 Nb4 34. Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qa5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4
37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Nf3 g4 39. Ng5 Re2 40. Be3 Qe7 41. Qa3 Re1+
42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.02"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Qc8
17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Nc2 O-O 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Re8 21. Nd4
Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Re5 23. Qh6 Qd8 24. h4 f6 25. h5 Nh8 26. Bd1
Nf7 27. Qf4 Qf8 28. a4 Rae8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bc2 Nh6 31. Bd3
Ng4 32. Bxf5 Ne3 33. Be6+ R8xe6 34. dxe6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Rxe6
36. Qg4+ Kf7 37. Re4 Qe8 38. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Keith Arkell"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 c6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. a3 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3
bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Ndb5 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 Ng5 19. h4 h5 20. Qe2 Nh7 21. Qxh5 O-O
22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. h5 f5 26. Rce1 Qd7
27. Re2 Nf6 28. Qb3 d5 29. h6 g6 30. Qe3 Ne4 31. h7+ Kxh7
32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. f3 Nxg3 36. Qe5
Nxe2 37. Qxf6 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Ke3 e5
41. Kd2 d4 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexei Barsov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Qh5 h6 11. g4 c4 12. Be2
f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g5 g6 15. Qh4 Nf5 16. Qf4 e5 17. dxe5 Re6
18. gxh6 Nxe5 19. Kf1 Nf7 20. Bf3 g5 21. Qg4 Rxh6 22. Qg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 Rxc3 11. bxc3
e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bd3 Nc3 16. Bxg5
Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Be7 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Be4 Ke7
21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bd5 Rxb4 24. Bxf7 Rh4 25. Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6
12. N2f3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qe2 Qh5 15. h3 Na5 16. Bd3 e5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb1 Be6 21. e4
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. e5 Nd7 24. f4 g6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qh5
Ndxe5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Re8 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Re4 Bg7
31. b4 Rd8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Nd4 34. Qf1 b6 35. Qc1 Ne6
36. Qe3 Nd7 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kf7 40. Qd5+
Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Harmen Jonkman"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2
Bd7 12. h3 Rd8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Kh2 g5
17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 Rd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. b5 h5 21. Rd1 b6
22. Nd3 Bb7 23. c3 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Ra8 26. Nb4 Ke6
27. Re1 Kxe5 28. Ng3+ Kf6 29. Nxf5 Kxf5 30. Re7 d4 31. Rxf7+
Ke5 32. Rxc7 Be4 33. Re7+ Kf5 34. cxd4 Ra4 35. Re5+ Kf4
36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Rxd5 h4 38. Rd6 Rb4 39. Rxb6 Rxd4 40. Rb8
Ke5 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 h6 15. Ng4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf3
a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bc2 d5 22. exd5
Bxd5 23. Be3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Ng3 Kh7
27. Nf5 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nc5 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Na4
32. Bc1 b4 33. cxb4 axb4 34. axb4 Rb8 35. b5 Nc5 36. Be3 Rxb5
37. Rd5 Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kh7 39. Nf5 Rxb2 40. Bxc5 Rb5 41. Rd7
Bxc5 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Rxf6 Rb4 44. f3 e4 45. f4 Rb2+ 46. Kh3
Rf2 47. Rc6 Bf8 48. Nh4 Kh7 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. Re6 Re1 51. g5 Bc5
52. Kg4 e3 53. g6+ Kg8 54. Nf5 Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Kf8 56. Rc6 Rh1+
57. Kg4 Rg1+ 58. Kh3 Rxg6 59. Rxg6 Kf7 60. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3 Qc5 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Qh4 h5
17. f5 b4 18. Ne2 e5 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nb3 Qa7 21. Bc4 Rc8
22. Rhe1 Bd7 23. Bd5 Bb5 24. Nc1 a4 25. g4 Rh6 26. gxh5 Ke8
27. Nd3 Qd4 28. Nf2 Qc5 29. Rd2 a3 30. Bb3 Bc4 31. Nd3 Qd4
32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. b3 Qc3 34. Rg2 Kd7 35. Qf2 d5 36. Qa7+ Qc7
37. Qa4+ Qc6 38. Qa5 Ra8 39. exd5 Qxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Rxa5 41. d6
Bd8 42. Nc5+ Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Rxh5 44. Rb5 Rxf5 45. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dennis De Vreugt"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Qc7 15. Rac1 a5 16. a4 Bg6
17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rc3 Rfe8
22. Rh3 h4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4
12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Rdf1 Rb8 16. Nd1 a5
17. Kb1 b4 18. b3 a4 19. Nb2 axb3 20. cxb3 Qa5 21. g6 fxg6
22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Na5 26. e5 d5
27. Bd3 Qc3 28. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Ng5 Bg7
17. Bg4 Qf6 18. Bd6 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. Bf3 Rd8
22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5 g5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6
27. Qc3+ f6 28. Qc2 Ne7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Re2 Rd7 31. Rde1 d4
32. Re6 Qb4 33. Qe4 Kf8 34. Qh7 Rc7 35. Rxf6+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Kd7
37. Qe6+ Ke8 38. Rxh6 Kf8 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qe2 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Ba5 Nb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Kb1
Bh6 17. c4 Rd7 18. Rhe1 c5 19. d5 e5 20. Bc2 Kb8 21. Bf5 Rd6
22. Qe4 Qf8 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qh6 25. Rde2 Rdd8 26. f4
exf4 27. Qd3 f3 28. Re4 Qh5 29. Rf4 Rhe8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. b3
Nd7 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Nf8 34. h4 Ng6 35. Bc2 Re5 36. Rh1
Re2 37. Kc1 h6 38. Kd1 Re8 39. h5 Ne5 40. Re3 Rg8 41. f4 Nc6
42. Rhe1 Kc7 43. Re8 Rg4 44. Rf8 Nd4 45. Rxf7+ Kb6 46. Bg6 Ka6
47. f5 Rb6 48. Re6 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Rg2+ 50. Ke3 Nxe6 51. fxe6
Rxa2 52. e7 Rxb3+ 53. Bd3 Raa3 54. Rxf6+ Ka5 55. e8=Q Rxd3+
56. Ke2 Rdb3 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 Rbb1 59. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John van der Wiel"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. Ng3 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Bd5 Qb6 13. Qb1 Bh4 14. a5 Qb4 15. O-O Bxg3 16. hxg3 O-O
17. Na2 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Na2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 d5
12. Nd2 g6 13. Ng3 Be7 14. Ndxe4 dxe4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bxe4 Qc7
17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc6 19. Bh6 f5 20. Ng5 Qxf3 21. Nxf3
Rfe8 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. h4 Nc4
26. Re6 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd6 28. Re2 Kf7 29. b3 Nb6 30. Ng5+ Bxg5
31. Bxg5 Nd5 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. Re2+ Kd7 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Nb6
36. Re7+ Kc6 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Re6+ Kb7 39. Bd6 Nxc4 40. Bxc5
Rd5 41. Bf8 Rd2 42. Re7+ Kc6 43. Rxh7 Rxf2 44. Rh6 Ne5 45. Bg7
Ng4+ 46. Kg3 Nxh6 47. Kxf2 Nf7 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7
12. Rab1 c4 13. Bxg6 Rg8 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg7 16. Rxb7
Qf8 17. Rhb1 Qf4+ 18. Kd1 Rd8 19. Qh3 Qf7 20. Qg4+ Qg6
21. Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Nh4+ Kf7 23. f4 Nc6 24. g4 Ne7 25. f5 Bc6
26. Rc7 Rdc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. f6 Ng6 29. Ng2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 h6
12. Qh3 O-O-O 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. a4
Qb6 17. axb5 Qxd4 18. Be4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. bxa6 Kd7
21. Rd4 Bc6 22. b4 Be7 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. c4 Rhc8 25. Kd1 d5
26. b5 Bc5 27. bxc6+ Kc7 28. Qc3 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Kxc6 30. cxd5+
exd5 31. Qxg7 Kb6 32. Qxf7 Kxa6 33. Qe6+ Ka7 34. Qd7+ Ka6
35. Qa4+ Kb6 36. f5 Kc5 37. Qf4 d4 38. Qxh6 Rb1+ 39. Kc2 Rcb8
40. Kd3 R8b3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Ne4 h4 15. c4 a5 16. Bd2 a4
17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Bc3 Ne6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Re1 c5 21. f4 Rh5
22. Re3 Bb7 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. Nc1 Rf5 25. Ne2 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 g5
27. fxg5 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Bxg5 30. g3 hxg3+
31. Kxg3 Rd3+ 32. Kg4 Bd2 33. Bxd2 Rxd2 34. b3 Rxa2 35. bxa4
Rxa4 36. h4 Nd4 37. h5 Nxe2 38. Rxe2 Rxc4+ 39. Kg5 Kf8 40. h6
Kg8 41. e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Nb6 a4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7
17. Nxa4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. O-O O-O 20. Nc3 f5 21. Qb4 Nc5
22. f4 Qg6 23. fxe5 Rab8 24. Qa3 Ra8 25. Qb4 Rab8 26. Qa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "146"]

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. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 h5 15. Kf2 h4 16. Kf3 Bxd4
17. Bxd4 Rh5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Ne4 b6 20. b3 Ke7 21. Ng5 Bf5
22. Rd2 a5 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. c4 Rh6 26. Ke3 Bg6
27. Nf3 Nf5+ 28. Ke2 Bh5 29. Rd3 c5 30. Kf1 a4 31. bxa4 Bxf3
32. gxf3 Re6 33. a5 f6 34. exf6 Rxf6 35. Re1+ Kf7 36. Ra3 Nd6
37. Bxh4 Nxc4 38. Bxf6 Nxa3 39. Bc3 Nc4 40. Re2 Nxa5 41. Rg2
g6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Rg7+ Ke6 44. h4 Nc4 45. h5 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5
47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Bb2 c4 50. h6 c3 51. Bc1 Rd8
52. Kf2 f4 53. Rg4 b5 54. Ke2 Kf7 55. h7 Rh8 56. Rh4 Kg6
57. Rg4+ Kxh7 58. Bxf4 Ra8 59. Kd3 Rxa2 60. Bc1 c5 61. Rg5
Nb4+ 62. Ke4 Re2+ 63. Kf5 Nd3 64. Kf6 Nxc1 65. Rxc5 Re3 66. f4
Ne2 67. f5 Nd4 68. Rc7+ Kh6 69. Rc8 Kh5 70. Rc5 b4 71. Kg7
Nxf5+ 72. Rxf5+ Kg4 73. Rc5 b3 0-1

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rfc1 Qh5 26. Bb3 Bg5
27. Qd2 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qf7 29. Qb6 Bxd5 30. Qxa6 Rxc1+
31. Rxc1 Rxa6 32. Rc8+ Qe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 h5 14. Be3 Nh4 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Kf2 h4
17. Rd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Bc5 Bd8 20. a4 b6 21. Ba3 c5
22. a5 Rh5 23. b4 Rf5 24. bxc5 Rxf4+ 25. Ke3 Rf5 26. cxb6 axb6
27. axb6 Rxe5 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. b7 Rb8 30. Bb2 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rbc1 Bd8 26. Bb3 Rab8
27. Rc6 Qf8 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Ra8 30. Rc1 Bc8 31. Bb3 Bd7
32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Hugo Campora"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 Re8 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4
exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bd2 c5
17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg4 Re8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Kf8 21. f3 d5
22. Qf4 g5 23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Bb4+ Kd7 25. Kf1 Bd8 26. Bc5 Bc7
27. Qa7 a5 28. Ba2 Kc8 29. b4 a4 30. Bb1 g4 31. Bxd4 gxh3
32. gxh3 Qh6 33. Qc5 Qxh3+ 34. Ke2 Qe6+ 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. c4 Qh6
37. cxb5 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Bd7 39. Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qg3 Qc7 13. Be3 g6 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. h4 O-O 18. h5 Nc5 19. h6 Bh8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3
Rf7 23. Be2 Kf8 24. Rad1 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Nf6 28. Rd3 Ne4 29. Qh3 Qc8 30. Bh5 Rf6 31. Bxb6 Qxc4 32. fxe5
dxe5 33. Rxf5 Qc1+ 34. Rd1 Qxh6 35. Be3 Qg7 36. Bf3 Nc3
37. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. f4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1
Rb8 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nc5 15. Bb1 Qc8 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nf3 h6
18. Qg3 Qc7 19. f5 Rd8 20. Bf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3
23. Rxc3 f6 24. fxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Qg6+ Rf7 27. Qg4 Bc8
28. e5 dxe5 29. Bg6 O-O 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qg6 Nf8 32. Qc2 Qc6
33. Qb3 Bb7 34. Rg1 Nd7 35. c5 bxc5 36. Qc2 f5 37. Bxc5 f4
38. Bf2 Qe6 39. Rc7 Nf6 40. Rxf7 Qxf7 41. Qb3 Bd5 42. Qb8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4
O-O 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd8
Raxd8 18. b3 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rad1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Bd2 Be4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Nc3 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. g4 Kg7 28. g5 Rd5 29. h4 Ne4 30. Rf4 Nc5 31. Nb6 Rd1+
32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Rxb4 Rxe3 34. Rc4 Rxb3 35. Nc8 Nd3 36. Rc7+
Kg8 37. Nd6 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7+
Kg8 42. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. g3 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. Qf4 Ra7 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Kb1 Bxa4 21. bxa4
Qd8 22. e5 a5 23. Qe4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Kb2 g6 26. f4 Kg7
27. h5 Rc8 28. Kb3 Rc7 29. h6+ Kf8 30. Rd1 Bc5 31. Rd3 Ke7
32. Bb5 Bb6 33. Kb2 Rc3 34. Kc1 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Rustemov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Bc5 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne7
12. Qa3 Nfd5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nd6 c3 15. e4 Nb4 16. Nc4 Qc5
17. Qxc3 b5 18. Na3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nd3 20. Nxb5 Nxc1 21. Rfxc1
e5 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Rab1 Bd7 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Bf1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1
Rb8 27. Rb3 Kf8 28. f3 Be6 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Rb5 Ne7 31. c4 Nc6
32. Ke3 Rc8 33. f4 f6 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Rb7 Ke8 36. Kd2 Kd8
37. Kc3 Rb8 38. Rb5 Rc8 39. h4 h6 40. a3 Be6 41. Rb7 Bd7
42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Ne3 g6 44. Nd5 Rb8 45. Rb5 Rc8 46. Rc5 Nd4
47. Ra5 Nc6 48. Ra6 g5 49. Nb4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Rc7 51. Bc2 h5
52. Bd1 Nxb4 53. axb4 Bc6 54. Ra5 Re7 55. Bf3 Be8 56. Kd3 Bf7
57. c5 Rd7+ 58. Kc3 Bg8 59. Bxh5 Rh7 60. Bg6 Rxh4 61. Bf5 Bf7
62. Rxa7 Be8 63. Ra8+ Ke7 64. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "29"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd5
12. h4 h6 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Qe1 Nf6 15. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "225"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 Ne6
12. Rb1 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 b6 15. f4 a5 16. b5 Ne6
17. f5 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne5 20. Rh3 e6 21. Qf1 Bd7
22. Nd1 Rc8 23. Ne3 d5 24. Bc3 dxe4 25. Qf4 Rc5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5
27. f6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Ng4 Rf5 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. Rxd7 Rc5
32. Bxe4 Rxc4 33. Nf2 Ra4 34. a3 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bc2
Rc4 37. Bb3 Rc1+ 38. Nd1 Be7 39. a4 Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. Rd3
Be5 42. h3 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rf3 h5 45. Kd2 Rc7 46. Nc3 Rd7+
47. Rd3 Rxd3+ 48. Kxd3 Bd6 49. Ne4 Be5 50. Ke2 Bc7 51. Kf3 Be5
52. Nf2 Bd4 53. Nd3 Kf6 54. h4 Ke7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kf6
57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Kg7 59. Kg5 Be3+ 60. Kg4 Bd4 61. Kf4 Kf6
62. Bd1 Bg1 63. Bh5 Bh2+ 64. Kf3 Bc7 65. Nb2 Ke7 66. Nc4 f5
67. Ke3 Kf6 68. Be8 Bh2 69. Kf2 Bc7 70. Bd7 Ke7 71. Bc8 Kf6
72. Kg2 Kf7 73. Kh3 Kf6 74. Bd7 Bd8 75. Bc8 Bc7 76. Kh4 Bd8
77. Kh5 Bc7 78. Kh6 Bd8 79. Kh7 Kf7 80. Ne5+ Kf6 81. Nc6 Bc7
82. Nd4 Be5 83. Nxe6 f4 84. Nf8 Bc7 85. Bg4 Ke5 86. Ng6+ Kd4
87. Nh4 Bd8 88. Nf3+ Kc3 89. Ng1 Be7 90. Nh3 Kb4 91. Bd1 f3
92. Nf2 Bh4 93. Ng4 f2 94. Nh2 Be7 95. Nf1 Bc5 96. Kg6 Kc3
97. Kf5 Kd3 98. Kg4 Bd6 99. Kf3 Bc5 100. Kg2 Bd4 101. Bh5 Kc2
102. Ng3 Kb3 103. Bd1+ Kc3 104. Kf1 Kd2 105. Bh5 Ke3 106. Nh1
Kd2 107. Nxf2 Ke3 108. Nh3 Kd2 109. Bf3 Ke3 110. Kg2 Be5
111. Bh5 Bd6 112. Ng5 Be7 113. Nf7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg vs NAO"]
[Site "Internet INT"]
[Date "2003.05.28"]
[EventDate "2003.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Qb3
Bc8 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Nb3
Qb4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. a3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Rb8 21. Ka2 Bd7 22. g5
hxg5 23. hxg5 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Na4 25. Nxa4 Bxa4 26. Qd3 Bb5
27. Rc1 Be7 28. f4 Bxc4+ 29. Qxc4 Qb5 30. Qc6+ Kf8 31. Qxb5
axb5 32. b4 Bd8 33. Kb3 Ke7 34. a4 bxa4+ 35. Kxa4 Kd7 36. Kb3
Ba5 37. Bd2 Bb6 38. Bc3 g6 39. Rd1 Kc6 40. Rd3 Bc7 41. Bf6 Rb7
42. Rc3+ Kd7 43. Rd3 Kc6 44. Rc3+ Kd7 45. Rd3 Kc6 46. Rc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Miguel Angel Sola Lluch"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Qe6# 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 a6
7. N5c3 g6 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2
Qh5 13. e4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Be6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nfe3 bxc4 21. Nxc4
Rab8 22. a3 Rfc8 23. Nce3 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne5
26. Rbc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Rb7 Na4 30. Kg2 Ke8
31. f4 Nd7 32. Rc7 Kd8 33. Rc2 a5 34. b5 Nab6 35. Kf2 Nc5
36. Kf3 Kc7 37. g4 e6 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Bg2 Rf8 40. Kg3 Kd7
41. h4 Rg8 42. Bf3 Rg7 43. g5 Rf7 44. h5 Ke7 45. hxg6 hxg6
46. Nc4 Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kd7 48. Rc2 Rh7 49. Bc6+ Kc7 50. Be8 Rg7
51. Rh2 Rg8 52. Rh7+ Kb6 53. Bf7 Rb8 54. Bxg6 Kxb5 55. Bf7 Ka4
56. g6 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Bxe6 d5 59. Rf7 Rb3+ 60. Ke2 Ne4
61. g7 Rg3 62. Bxd5 Nc3+ 63. Kf2 Rxg7 64. Rxg7 Nxd5 65. Kf3
Kxa3 66. Rg5 Nxf4 67. Kxf4 a4 68. Ke3 Kb2 69. Kd2 a3 70. Rb5+
Ka1 71. Kc3 Ka2 72. Rb3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "224"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6
12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b5 c5 15. Bg2 Qe7 16. e3 Bg4
17. f4 f5 18. Rae1 g5 19. e4 gxf4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5
22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Ref1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxg5+ hxg5
26. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 b6 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Bf3 Kf6
31. Ke4 Bf5+ 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Bd5 Bd7 34. Bf7 Bc8 35. Bd5 Bh3
36. a3 Bd7 37. Bf7 Bc8 38. Bd5 Bh3 39. Bf3 Be6 40. Be2 d5
41. Bf1 Bg4 42. Bg2 Be6 43. Bf1 Bf7 44. Be2 Be6 45. Bf1 Bg4
46. Bg2 d4+ 47. Kf2 Bf5 48. Bf1 Kf4 49. Be2 Bg6 50. Bf1 Bh7
51. Be2 Bf5 52. Bf1 Bc8 53. Bg2 a6 54. bxa6 Bxa6 55. Bc6 Bc8
56. Be4 Bg4 57. Bh7 Bh5 58. Be4 Bd1 59. Bh7 Kg4 60. Be4 Bb3
61. Bc6 Kf4 62. Bf3 Ba4 63. Be4 Bd7 64. Bd5 Bf5 65. Ke2 Kg4
66. Bg2 Kh4 67. Kd2 Kg4 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Bc6 Ke5 70. Bf3 Kd6
71. Kd2 Kc7 72. Bg2 Kb8 73. Bc6 Ka7 74. Be8 Ka6 75. Ke2 Ka5
76. Bc6 Bg6 77. Bd7 Bh7 78. Be8 Bf5 79. Bc6 Ka6 80. Be8 Kb7
81. Bb5 Kc7 82. Be8 Kd6 83. Bh5 Ke5 84. Bf3 Kf4 85. Bc6 Kg4
86. Bg2 Kh4 87. Kd2 Bg4 88. Ke1 Bf5 89. Kd2 Bh3 90. Be4 g4
91. Ke2 g3 92. hxg3+ Kxg3 93. Kd2 Kf4 94. Bc6 Ke5 95. Be8 Kd6
96. Bb5 Kc7 97. Ke2 Bg4+ 98. Kd2 Bd7 99. Kc2 Bxb5 100. cxb5
Kd6 101. a4 Kd5 102. Kd2 c4 103. dxc4+ Kxc4 104. a5 Kxb5
105. axb6 Kxb6 106. Kd3 Kc5 107. Kd2 Kc4 108. Kc2 d3+ 109. Kd2
Kd4 110. Kd1 Ke3 111. Ke1 d2+ 112. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "169"]

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. Qg4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3
Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qb2 25. a4 Rd8 26. h3 Qa3
27. Re3 Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Qe2 Nc6
32. Nb3 b6 33. Nc1 Kf8 34. Nd3 Be4 35. Qg4 g6 36. Nf4 h5
37. Qg3 Ne7 38. Re1 Nf5 39. Qh2 Rc8 40. f3 Rxc3 41. Ne2 Bd3
42. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43. Kh1 Qxc3 44. Rd1 Bxf1 45. Rxf1 h4 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Rd1 Ne3 48. Rg1 Nf5 49. Rb1 Qc2 50. Re1 Qf2 51. Qe5+
Kg8 52. Kh2 Ng3 53. Qa1 d4 54. Qc1 Kg7 55. Rd1 a6 56. Qc4 Nf5
57. Qxa6 Ne3 58. Rg1 Qc2 59. Qxb6 Qxa4 60. Qd6 Qc4 61. Qe5+
Kh7 62. Qf4 Nf5 63. Re1 Qc2 64. Re8 Qf2 65. Qe5 Qg3+ 66. Kg1
Qxe5 67. Rxe5 Kg7 68. Kf2 Kf6 69. Re4 Kg7 70. Ke1 Kf6 71. Kd2
Kg7 72. Kd3 Kf6 73. Re8 Kg5 74. Re4 Kf6 75. f4 Kg7 76. Re5 f6
77. Ra5 Kf7 78. Ke4 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Ke7 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81. Kxd4
Nxg2 82. Ke4 g5 83. fxg5 fxg5 84. Kf5 Nf4 85. Ra3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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. Qg4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3
Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qd2 25. Re3 Rc8 26. h3 Qc1
27. Qg4 Rd8 28. a4 Ne7 29. c4 Ng6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxg6 fxg6
32. Qxg6 Bf7 33. Qe4 Qa1 34. Re1 Qxd4 35. Qxb7 Rf8 36. Qe4
Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Re8 38. f3 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Bg6 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. e5
Bf7 42. e6 Be8 43. a5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Bc6 46. g3 g5
47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bc6 50. Bd5 Bxd5 51. e7 Bc6
0-1

[Event "Art of Chess Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 a6
12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. f3 Rac8 16. Na4 Nd7
17. Qd2 Qh5 18. Nc3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Nf4 Qh6
22. Be3 Bg5 23. g3 Ne5 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. h4 Bh6 26. Qe2 Qe7
27. Nd3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Nc6 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Rd2 Rcd8 31. Rcd1
Ne5 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. Qb6 h6 34. b4 e5 35. Nc1 Qe6 36. b5 Nd4
37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Nb3 Qxc4 39. Nxd4 exd4 40. Qxd4 Qxd4
41. Rxd4 Rc7 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rb1 Rc5 45. Rb6 a5
46. Ra6 h5 47. Kd3 d5 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Ra7+ Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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. Rfd1 Qc7 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Qe1 h6 15. Rd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. b3 Qc6 19. Ra4 Rd4 20. f3 Rxa4 21. Nxa4 c4
22. Qc3 Qb5 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4
f6 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. g4 Nb8 30. h4 Nc6 31. Bc3 g5
32. h5 Kd6 33. Nb6 Ke6 34. Nd5 Bc5 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Bd2 Bf8
37. Bc3 Bc5 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Kc1 Ba3+ 40. Kb1 Bc5 41. Ka2 Kf7
42. Kb3 Ke6 43. Ka4 Kf7 44. Bd2 Bf2 45. Be3 Be1 46. c3 Ke6
47. Bb6 Bd2 48. Kb3 Kf7 49. Kc2 Bf4 50. Nb4 Nb8 51. Nd3 Nd7
52. Ba7 Ke6 53. c5 Ke7 54. Nb4 Ke6 55. c6 bxc6 56. Nxa6 Kd6
57. Nb8 Nf8 58. Bb6 Ne6 59. a6 Nc7 60. Bxc7+ Kxc7 61. a7 1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "144"]

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. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O
a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Kb1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Qd7 21. Rdg1
Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. c4 bxc3 24. bxc3 g6 25. c4 a4 26. Kc2
Bd8 27. Rf1 Nf6 28. Rgg1 Rh5 29. Rf2 Ba5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4
Rh3 32. Rg3 Rh4 33. Rgf3 Rxe4 34. Kd3 Rh4 35. Rf6 Bb4 36. Rb2
e4+ 37. Kc2 Rxh2+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Bxf2 Rf8 40. Bd4 Bc5
41. Bxc5 dxc5 42. Rb5 h5 43. Rxc5 h4 44. d6 Rd8 45. Rd5 Kf7
46. c5 h3 47. Rd1 Ke6 48. Kc3 h2 49. Kd4 Rh8 50. Rh1 Rh4
51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd4 a3 53. Ke3 Kd7 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Ke3 Rh7
56. Kxe4 Kxc5 57. d7 Rxd7 58. Rxh2 Rd4+ 59. Ke3 Rg4 60. Rc2+
Rc4 61. Rd2 Kb4 62. Kd3 Rc3+ 63. Kd4 g4 64. Rg2 g3 65. Ke4
Rc4+ 66. Kf5 Rd4 67. Rxg3 Rd2 68. Rb3+ Ka4 69. Rb8 Rxa2
70. Ke4 Rd2 71. Ke3 Rd5 72. Ke4 Rb5 0-1

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Severin Papa"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5
12. h4 Rb8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. h5 Ne5 16. h6 Bf6
17. hxg7 Re8 18. g5 Bxg7 19. f4 Ng4 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. Ng3 f6
22. Be2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 fxg5 24. Nh5 gxf4 25. Qxf4 Be5 26. Qh6
Bxe4 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Severin Papa"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "40"]

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. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3
Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ba7 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Nh5 O-O-O 20. Nxf6 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Kxd7
17. Bxa5 Nf6 18. a4 Nxd5 19. Bb5+ Ke6 20. Bc4 Rhc8 21. b3 Rc5
22. Bd2 Kf6 23. O-O Nb6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. a5 Rb8
27. a6 Ra7 28. Rfd1 g6 29. Rd5 Rb6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rf1 Kg7
32. Rxf4 f5 33. Rf2 Bf6 34. Ra2 Kh6 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ra4 Bc3
37. Ke2 Be5 38. h3 h5 39. Kd3 Bg3 40. b4 Kh4 41. b5 Bf2
42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Kf3 Rb8 44. Bd3+ Kg5 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4 Kf6
47. gxf5 g5 48. Re4 Rh7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Bc4 g4+ 51. Kxg4 Rbh8
52. Rxc5 Rh4+ 53. Kf3 dxc5 54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.22"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bg3 Qe3+
12. Be2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6 14. Bf3 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Bf2 g5
17. fxg5 Nd7 18. Ke2 Nde5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Kf2 Rg8 23. Ne2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. h3 Ke7 26. b3
b5 27. Rd2 Rgg8 28. Rhd1 Rgd8 29. Nf4 Ba8 30. Re1 Rc3 31. Ne2
Rc5 32. c3 Nd7 33. Rd4 Nf6 34. a4 e5 35. Rb4 Bc6 36. axb5 Bxb5
37. c4 Bc6 38. Nc3 Nd7 39. Nd5+ Kf8 40. Nb6 a5 41. Nxd7+ Bxd7
42. Rb6 a4 43. bxa4 Bxa4 44. Be2 Bc6 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.04"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Vasilievich Alexeev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Bc2 Rc8 11. Nf1 Ne5
12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Rc1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Ne5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Bd2 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Ne3 Qc6 21. d4
cxd4 22. cxd4 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. d5 Nf4 25. dxe6 fxe6
26. Kh1 Ne2 27. Bb3 Rxc1 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxc1 Bb4 30. Rd1
Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxf2 32. Rd1 h5 33. h4 Bd2 34. Nc4 Bf4 35. Kg1
Re2 36. Bf5 g6 37. b3 Kg7 38. Rd7+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Nalivajko"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6
12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nd4 g6 16. a4 Bd7
17. a5 Nc8 18. Kd2 Na7 19. Ra3 h5 20. Rha1 Rhc8 21. Rb3 Rc7
22. Raa3 Nc6 23. Ke3 Nxd4 24. Kxd4 Bc6 25. Rb6 Rg8 26. Rc3 Kd7
27. Rc5 Rgc8 28. Rb3 Ba4 29. Rbc3 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Bc6 31. Rc3
Rg8 32. g3 Rb8 33. Kc5 Kc7 34. Rb3 Rd8 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Rd4 Rd8
37. Be2 Rb8 38. Rb4 Rd8 39. Bf1 Rd7 40. Bd3 Rd8 41. h3 Rd7
42. Bf1 Rd8 43. Rd4 Rb8 44. Rb4 Rd8 45. c3 Rd7 46. Be2 Rd8
47. Bd1 Bb5 48. Ba4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-UKR"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.11"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Zubov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5
12. Bf4 Qd6 13. Qd2 c6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Ne6
17. b4 a5 18. Rad1 b5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra7 21. Qf2 Rc7
22. Bb1 Qxc3 23. Qh4 Rh8 24. Rd3 Qe5 25. Ba2 h6 26. Qf2 h5
27. Kh1 Ng5 28. Qe1 h4 29. h3 Re7 30. Rc3 Be6 31. Rc5 Qd4
32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. e5 Ra8 34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Ng4 Qd2 36. Qxd2 Rxd2
37. Rf4 Nh7 38. Rc1 Rb2 39. Rd1 Re7 40. Rd8 Re2 41. Nf6 Nf8
42. Ne8+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 d6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. c5 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qc4
12. b3 Qb4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qb2 16. O-O Nc6
17. Rb1 Qa3 18. b4 d5 19. b5 Ne5 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Bf4 Nc3
22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Rb3 Qc5 24. Qxc3 Nc4 25. Bg5 Ke7 26. Bxf6+
gxf6 27. b6 a6 28. Nc7 Bd7 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Rb4 Rc8 31. Bh3 a5
32. Nxe6 Qxb4 33. Nf4+ Kf8 34. Qxb4+ axb4 35. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nf1 g4 12. hxg4
Bxg4 13. Ne3 Rg8 14. Kf1 h5 15. d4 b5 16. Bb3 exd4 17. cxd4
Nxe4 18. Nd5 f5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bxg8 Rxg8 21. Qb3 Qe8 22. d5
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Rxe4+ fxe4 25. Qxe4+ Kd7 26. Qxd4 Rg4
27. Qe3 Qg8 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. dxe6+ Kxe6 30. Be3 c5 31. f3 Ra4
32. b3 Ra3 33. Ke2 Kd7 34. Bc1 Ra5 35. Kd3 d5 36. Bb2 b4
37. a4 bxa3 38. Rxa3 Rb5 39. Bc3 Rb6 40. Be1 Rg6 41. Ra2 Kc7
42. g3 Kb6 43. f4 Re6 44. Bf2 Kb5 45. Rc2 Re4 46. Rxc5+ Kb4
47. Rxd5 Re8 48. Rxh5 Kxb3 49. Ra5 Re6 50. Bd4 Rg6 51. Rg5 Rd6
52. f5 a5 53. f6 a4 54. Rb5+ Ka2 55. f7 Rd8 56. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Nd2
Be6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O h5 15. h4 Bh6 16. Ra3 g4 17. Bd3 Kb8
18. Re1 Bf4 19. Nf1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Ne3 Bc6
23. b4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qd6 25. Qb1 Rhe8 26. Kh2 Bxe3 27. fxe3 f5
28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Qc1 Qxb4 30. Bxe5+ Ka8 31. Bg3 Qe7 32. Rc3 Qe6
33. a5 Qd5 34. Rf2 Rf6 35. Qa3 Re8 36. Rc5 Qd7 37. e4 Ref8
38. Rcxf5 Rxf5 39. Qxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Qe8 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8
42. Bc7 b5 43. axb6 Kb7 44. Kg3 a5 45. Kf4 a4 46. Bd6 Kxb6
47. g3 Kc6 48. Ba3 Bf7 49. Kg5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Bb3 51. d4 Bc2
52. Ke5 Kc6 53. d5+ Kd7 54. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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. Ndxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. a3
Qc8 17. Rd2 Ra6 18. Qb4 e5 19. Rhd1 Be6 20. g5 Rc6 21. Kb1 Rc4
22. Qd6 Rc6 23. Qb4 Rc4 24. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 a6 14. b4 Nb6 15. Rg1 Nfd7 16. Bd2 O-O-O
17. a4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Rd7 21. Ke2 f5
22. gxf5 exf5 23. e5 g6 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Qxa4 Qd7 26. Rc5 f4
27. Qa2 Re8 28. Bc4 Qg4 29. e6 Nd7 30. Rg5 Qh3 31. Bxf4 c5
32. Rg3 Qf5 33. Bxc7 Kxc7 34. bxc5 Ra8 35. Qb3 Qe4+ 36. Qe3
Nxc5 37. Nd2 Qxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Na4 39. d5 Nb6 40. e7 Re8 41. Bb5
Nd7 42. Ne4 Bxd5 43. Bxd7 Rxe7 44. Nf6 Bc4+ 45. Ke1 Rxd7
46. Nxd7 Kxd7 47. Kd2 Be6 48. Ra3 Kd6 49. Ra7 h5 50. f4 Bf5
51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Kg3 Bd3 55. Rd5 Bc2
56. Rc5 Bd3 57. Kf2 Be4 58. Ke3 Bb1 59. Rb5 Bc2 60. Rb2 Ba4
61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Rb4 Bc2 63. Rc4 Bb1 64. Rc1 Ba2 65. Rc5+ Kf6
66. Rc8 Bb1 67. Rf8+ Ke6 68. Kf3 Ke7 69. Rb8 Bf5 70. Rb6 Kf7
71. Ke3 Kg7 72. h4 Kf7 73. Kd4 Bc2 74. Ke5 Kg7 75. Rb7+ Kh6
76. Kf6 Bd3 77. Rb8 Kh7 78. Kg5 Be4 79. Re8 Bc2 80. Re7+ Kg8
81. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7
12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qf3 Ngf6 14. O-O Nxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 16. b3 Rad8
17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nh5 21. Rfe1 Rd7
22. g4 Qf4 23. Qg2 Nf6 24. h3 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. Ba3 Nd6
27. Bb1 Qa5 28. Bc5 Rfd8 29. Qe3 Nc8 30. Be4 b6 31. b4 Qa4
32. Qf3 bxc5 33. Bxc6 Qxb4 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. dxc5 Rxd1
36. Rxd1 Qxc5 37. Qa8 Bf8 38. Qxa6 Nd6 39. a4 Ne4 40. Rf1 Qd4
41. Kg2 Nd2 42. Re1 Bc5 43. Re2 Kg7 44. Qc6 Nxc4 45. Qe4 e5
46. Qxd4 exd4 47. Kf3 d3 48. Ra2 Bb4 49. Ra1 d2 50. Ke2 Nb2
51. f4 d1=Q+ 52. Rxd1 Nxd1 53. Kxd1 Bd6 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5
Kf6 56. a5 Kxf5 57. Ke2 Bc5 58. Kf3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "200"]

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 Ne7 10. b3 Bf5 11. Nd4
Bg6 12. Rd1 Kc8 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Nce2 h6 15. Bh4 Bb4 16. a3 Bc3
17. Nxc3 Nxc3 18. Rd2 c5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bf5 21. c4 a5
22. a4 g5 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. f3 Rd3 25. Rb2 b6 26. Kf2 Kb7
27. Ke2 Rad8 28. Rc1 h5 29. h3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Bf4 gxf3+
32. gxf3 Rg8 33. Kf2 Rd4 34. Bg3 Rgd8 35. Ke2 Bd3+ 36. Ke3 Bg6
37. Ke2 Rd3 38. Bf4 Kc6 39. Bg5 Rg8 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Bh5
42. Bf6 Bxf3+ 43. Kd2 Rg3 44. Rc2 Be4 45. Rc3 Rg2+ 46. Kc1 Kd7
47. Re3 Bf5 48. Kd1 Rb2 49. Kc1 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Bd8 Kd7
52. Bf6 Rf1 53. Kc3 Kc8 54. Re2 Rf3+ 55. Kb2 Be6 56. Rc2 Kb7
57. Rc3 Rf2+ 58. Rc2 Rf4 59. Rc3 Rg4 60. Rc2 Ka6 61. Bd8 Kb7
62. Bf6 Re4 63. Rc3 c6 64. Rd3 Re2+ 65. Kc3 Bf5 66. Rd2 Re3+
67. Kb2 Be6 68. Rc2 b5 69. Rc3 Re2+ 70. Rc2 Re3 71. Rc3 Re2+
72. Rc2 Re4 73. cxb5 cxb5 74. Rxc5 bxa4 75. bxa4 Rxa4 76. Bd8
Ka6 77. Bc7 Ra2+ 78. Kb1 a4 79. Bd6 Rd2 80. Rc6+ Kb5 81. Rc5+
Kb6 82. Rc3 f5 83. Kc1 Rg2 84. Kd1 f4 85. Ke1 Bd5 86. Kf1 f3
87. e6 Bc6 88. Bc5+ Kb7 89. Bf2 Bb5+ 90. Ke1 Rg6 91. Rxf3
Rxe6+ 92. Re3 Rd6 93. Rc3 Ka6 94. Bc5 Rd5 95. Ba3 Rd4 96. Bc5
Re4+ 97. Kd2 Bc4 98. Ba3 Kb5 99. Re3 Rg4 100. Kc3 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be2 cxd4
17. Bxd4 Rc8 18. Qd2 fxg4 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bc3 Bxf3 21. Bxb5 Qe6
22. Bb4 a6 23. Ba4 Rc4 24. Rc1 Re4+ 25. Kf1 Be2+ 26. Kg2 Bf3+
27. Kg3 Rd4 28. Qg5 Rxb4 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxh8
Be4 32. Re1 Qd3+ 33. Qe3 Rxb2 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Rxe5 Rxa2
36. Rd5 Bg6 37. Rd6 Bf5 38. Ra8 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rf3+ 40. Ke5 h6
41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rdxa6 Rxf2 44. R6a7+ Kg6 45. Rg8
Re2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Ke5 Re2+ 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rf3+
50. Kg2 Be4 51. Raxg7+ Kh5 52. Kg1 Bf5 53. Rf8 Kh4 54. Rgf7
0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "137"]

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. g4 h6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. f3 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nh7 13. Bf2 Bh4 14. Bg3 Nhf8 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. O-O-O Kh7 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nd2
Qf6 22. Rhf1 g5 23. Nc4 Rf7 24. Ne3 g6 25. Ng2 Rcf8 26. Qe1
Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qd8 28. Qe3 Qd7 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Rdf1 Qa4 31. f4
Qe4 32. Qd2 gxf4 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Re1 Qc4 35. Nh4 Ne4 36. Qh2
Rf6 37. g5 Nxg5 38. Nf3 Nf7 39. Ng5 h5 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41. Reg1
Rc8 42. Qh4 Qxc2+ 43. Ka1 Qf5 44. a3 Rc2 45. Nd4 Qe5 46. Nxc2
Kg7 47. Ne1 Qxd5 48. Ng2 Qf3 49. Qe1 Ne5 50. Nh4 Qd3 51. Qb4
b5 52. Rd1 Qc4 53. Qa5 Qc6 54. Rc1 Nc4 55. Qc3 Qd5 56. Nf3 Ne3
57. Nh4 g5 58. Rhg1 g4 59. Qc7+ Rf7 60. Qd8 Nc4 61. Rce1 Ne3
62. Rc1 Nc4 63. Rge1 Rf8 64. Re7+ Kg8 65. Qd7 Rf7 66. Ng6 f3
67. Qe8+ Kg7 68. Nf4 Rxe7 69. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxe5 11. Nc6 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Ngf6 13. Nxb8 Qxb8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bf3
e6 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Ne4 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 e5 21. Bg5
f5 22. Nd6 Nc5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O
O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Nd2
Rc6 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Ne3 h4 21. Ned5 h3 22. g3 Re8
23. Nb4 Bc4 24. Nxc6 Bxd3 25. Na7 Qb8 26. Rxd3 Nc5 27. Rdd1
Ne6 28. Nd5 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Bxd4 f5 31. c3 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O b4
7. Nd5 e6 8. Ne3 Nf6 9. d3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. axb4 cxb4 12. e5
Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 Nc6
17. d4 a5 18. c3 Qd7 19. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Bd7 15. exf5 O-O 16. O-O Re8
17. Qf3 e4 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qxd6 Be5 20. Qh6 Bxf5 21. Nf4 Bd7
22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. g3 Rg8 25. Rfd1 Bg4 26. Be2 Bf5
27. Rc5 f6 28. Bb5 Qb6 29. b4 e3 30. fxe3 Be4 31. Nd5 Qb8
32. Nxf6 Bxg3 33. Nxe4 Bf4+ 34. Ng5 Bxg5 35. Qe6 Bxe3+ 36. Kh1
Bxc5 37. Bxc6 Rg6 38. Qf7 Rcxc6 39. bxc5 Rcf6 40. Qd5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 h6
12. Bh4 Be7 13. Be2 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Rhd1 O-O
17. Kb1 Re8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Nb6 21. b3 Bb7
22. Ne2 Rbc8 23. R4d2 d5 24. e5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Bf2 Nd7
27. Re1 Rc7 28. Kb2 g6 29. h4 Bf8 30. h5 Nc5 31. hxg6 fxg6
32. g3 h5 33. Be3 Rh7 34. Rh1 Ne4 35. Rg2 Bc5 36. Re1 Bxd4+
37. Bxd4 Rc8 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Bb6 Rb7 40. Bxa5 Rbb8 41. Rd2
Rc3 42. Rd6 Ra8 43. Rg1 Bd3 44. cxd3 Rxa5 45. dxe4 Rac5
46. Rg2 Re3 47. Rd4 Rcc3 48. Rxb4 Rxg3 49. Rxg3 Rxg3 50. a5
Kg7 51. Ka3 Rg1 52. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Bd4 d6 13. Qf2 O-O 14. g4 Bb7 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Na5 Rc8
17. Bd4 b4 18. Na4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe5 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2
Rxc2 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Kxc2 Qc7+ 24. Kb3 Qxa5 25. Rxd6 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bc4 a5 28. a3 Qb8 29. Ka2 bxa3 30. bxa3 Qf4
31. Nb2 Qxg4 32. Rd1 g5 33. Rd3 Qf4 34. h3 h5 35. Rc3 g4
36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Be2 g3 38. Bf3 Qd2 39. Rc4 f5 40. Rc8+ Kg7
0-1

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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. d3 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Bf4 Nfd5
12. Be5 Qc6 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Na3 f6 15. Bg3 Be7 16. c4 Nb4
17. Nb5 O-O 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 e5 20. Na5 a6 21. Nc3 Nxd3
22. Nc6 Kf7 23. b3 Rac8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4
Rfd8 27. Bg3 a5 28. Nb5 Rd7 29. Rf3 Rc6 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Bd6
Ne5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Re7 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. Rf5 Ree6
36. Rdf1 Nd7 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. Nd5 Kf7 39. g4 h6 40. h4 Kg8
41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Ne4 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Nf4 Red6 45. Re5 Nd2
46. Rh1+ Kg8 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Rhh8 g6 49. Nd5 Rd7 50. Ref8+
1-0

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bb3 h6 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. e5 Nfd7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Ndb5
axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxf7 Nc5 20. Qd8+ Qe8
21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Nxh8 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxh8 24. Bxe5 Bxe5
25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Rd4 Nd7 27. Rf4+ Nf6 28. Ra4 Rb8 29. Rea5 b5
30. Ra8 Rb6 31. R4a7+ Bd7 32. Ra6 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Nd5 34. Kd2
Nf4 35. g3 Ne6 36. Ke3 h5 37. Rb6 Ke7 38. b4 Be8 39. b3 Ng7
40. c4 Nf5+ 41. Ke4 Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nf7+ 43. Kd5 Ng5 44. Rb7+ Kf6
45. f4 Nf3 46. cxb5 Nxh2 47. b6 Nf1 48. Rc7 1-0

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Rd1
Ng6 12. Bg5+ Be7 13. Rd2 Ke8 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7
16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Neg5 Rad8 19. Rd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Re8 22. Re4 Kf8 23. Re3 Rd8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4
Ke7 26. Re1 Rd5 27. Kg3 c5 28. a4 b6 29. Re3 Rd1 30. c4 Nf8
31. a5 Rc1 32. axb6 cxb6 33. Nh4 g6 34. f4 Rxc4 35. f5 Rc2
36. e6 Rxb2 37. g5 Nxe6 38. fxe6 c4 39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Rf3+
Ke8 41. Nxg6 Rb3 42. Ne5 b5 43. g6 Rxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kf8 45. Ke4
Kg7 46. Kd5 a5 47. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. Qd3 Be7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Bd2 Qb6
17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Be1 Bd6 21. h4 Rab8
22. Nf4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Qc2 Bd8 25. Nd3 a5 26. g3 Nd6
27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Qxc5 Ne4 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Ra8 31. Ne5
Kf8 32. f3 Nf6 33. g4 Ke8 34. Bg3 Nd7 35. Nd3 Nb6 36. Rc5 Nd7
37. Rc6 Nb6 38. Bc7 Nd7 39. Bxd8 Kxd8 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Rd6 Ke7
42. Ra6 Rc3 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rc3 45. Ke2 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Rc3
47. Kd2 Rxb3 48. Ra7 Ke8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Ra7 Ke8 51. Ra8+ Ke7
52. Rxa5 Nb6 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. a5 Nc4+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 56. Ra8+ Kd7
57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Nxb4 Rxa5 59. Rxa5 Nxa5 60. e4 dxe4 61. fxe4
Nc4 62. Nd3 Ke7 63. Kf3 f6 64. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6
12. e6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. O-O g6 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Qd1 O-O-O
17. Nf4 Qf5 18. g4 Qf7 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qf7 21. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Ne4 b6
12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rad1 Kc8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. c4 Nf4
17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nd2 Kb7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd3 Rd7
22. g3 Be7 23. f4 Rhd8 24. Red1 Bf8 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Kf3 Kc8
27. R1d2 a6 28. g4 b5 29. h4 Red8 30. Ke3 Re8 31. h5 Kb7
32. Ba3 b4 33. Bb2 Kc8 34. a3 a5 35. a4 Rdd8 36. Kf3 Rd7
37. Ke3 Rdd8 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. R3d2 Rdd8 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Kf3 Kb7
42. Ne3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 f6 44. Nd5 fxe5 45. Bxe5 Nd8 46. Bb2 Nf7
47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Kc8 49. Kf4 Nd8 50. g6 Bd7 51. Rg3 Ne6+
52. Ke3 Bd6 53. Nxd6+ cxd6 54. Kf2 Rh8 55. Rh3 Be8 56. h6 Rf8+
57. Kg1 gxh6 58. g7 Nxg7 59. Bxg7 Rf7 60. Bxh6 Kb7 61. Bf4
Rg7+ 62. Kf2 Rg6 63. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e5
Nfd7 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Bc2 Qa5 16. h4 b3 17. Bd3
Nb4 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Qxb3 Bd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qf1
Nc2 23. Qxa6 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd5 26. Qd3 Qxe5
27. Ng5 g6 28. b4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rb1 e5 31. b5 Rc2
32. Nf3 e4 33. Bf4 exf3 34. b6 Bc5 35. b7 Ba7 36. b8=Q Bxb8
37. Bxb8 d3 38. Bf4 Rd8 39. Rd1 d2 40. Kh2 Rd4 41. Be3 Rxh4+
42. Kg3 f4+ 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Kb1 f5
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bg5 Rf7 19. Qg2 Qc6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nd4 Qc4
22. Bxf4 Re8 23. Bg5 Qc8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qxb7
Ng4 27. Bc1 Nxh2 28. Qxa6 Nf3 29. Rgf1 h5 30. Rf2 Bh4 31. Re2
Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Bf6 33. Ne4 Be5 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 h4
36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qe8 h3 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Rd6+ Rf6 40. Qe8+ Kh7
41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2
Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Na5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 d5
13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Bc7 Nc6 15.e5 Ng8 16.Kd2 Nge7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Bd6
f6 19.Rhe1 fxe5 20.Bxe5 Kf7 21.Rb1 b5 22.f4 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Nc6
24.Re3 Nxd4 25.cxd4 g6 26.h4 Rc7 27.Rh1 h5 28.Re5 Kf6 29.Rg1
Be8 30.Re3 Bf7 31.c3 Rhc8 32.Be2 Be8 33.Rb1 Kf5 34.g3 Kf6
35.Rb3 Rc6 36.Bd3 Ke7 37.Re1 Kd6 38.Ra1 R6c7 39.Rc1 Kc6 40.Re1
Bf7 41.Kc2 Kd6 42.Kd2 Be8 43.Rc1 Ke7 44.Rc2 Kf6 45.Rc1 Rc4
46.Bxc4 Rxc4 47.Re1 Bd7 48.Re5 a5 49.Rb1 Ra4 50.Rb3 Be8 51.Kc2
Rc4 52.Kb2 Rc8 53.Kc2 Rc4 54.Rb1 Ra4 55.Kb3 Rc4 56.Rg1 Rc8
57.g4 hxg4 58.Rxg4 Rc7 59.Kb2 Rh7 60.Kc2 Rc7 61.Kd2 Bf7 62.Rg1
Rc4 63.Rb1 Be8 64.h5 Rc7 65.hxg6 Bxg6 66.Rxb5 Rh7 67.Rxa5 Rh2+
68.Ke1 Rc2 69.Rc5 Rc1+ 70.Kd2 Rc2+ 71.Kd1 Ra2 72.Ra5 Be4 73.a4
Bf5 74.Ra6 Bc2+ 75.Kc1 Bd3 76.Raxe6+ Kf7 77.Rd6 Rc2+ 78.Kd1
Rxc3 79.Rdxd5 Ra3 80.a5 Bc4 81.Rc5 Bb3+ 82.Kd2 Ra1 83.Kc3 Bd1
84.Kb2 Ra4 85.d5 Rxf4 86.d6 Rd4 87.Red5 Rb4+ 88.Kc3 Rb3+
89.Kc4 Rb8 90.Rxd1 Ke6 91.d7 Ke7 92.d8=Q+ Rxd8 93.Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Petr Kiriakov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. h5 Ba6 12. g4 Qb6
13. Rd1 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. c3
a4 18. Bb5 a3 19. bxa3 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxa3 21. Qb2 Re3+ 22. Kf1
Re4 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Ne2 Ra8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd2
Be3 28. Rb2 Bxf4 29. Rh3 Bxe5 30. Rb7+ Kc6 31. Rxf7 Rxa2
32. Ng1 Rf4+ 33. Rf3 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Bd4+ 35. Kg3 Rxf7 36. Rxf7
Rxg1+ 37. Kh4 Rh1+ 38. Kg5 Be3+ 39. Kf6 Rxh6 40. Kxe6 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Internet"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Grabuzova"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Na5 6.Be2 c6 7.c4
O-O 8.Nc2 b6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Nfd4 Re8 11.f4 c5 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.g4 d5
14.Ng3 d4 15.exd4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc6 17.Bc3 Nd7 18.O-O Nc5
19.Ne3 Nd3 20.Nd5 Be6 21.Bxd3 exd3 22.Qf3 Bc5+ 23.Kg2 Ne7
24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.Ne4 Bc8 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Kg1 Bb7 28.Qg3 Qd7
29.Rae1 Re2 30.Rxe2 dxe2 31.Re1 Re8 32.h3 Re4 33.Qf2 Qd3
34.Kh2 h5 35.Qg3 Qd6 36.gxh5 f6 37.h6 Re7 38.Kg1 g5 39.Qf2 Qd3
40.fxg5 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.g4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxd5 12.Be3 Nc6
13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Be2 Kc7 15.c4 Be6 16.Rxd8 Nxd8 17.f4 f6
18.fxe5 fxe5 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Nc6 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Kd2 Kc7 24.Ke3 b6 25.Bf8 Nd4 26.Bd1 Bxc4 27.Bxg7 Kd6 28.b3
Bd5 29.h4 a5 30.h5 Ke6 31.Bf8 Kf6 32.Bd6 Ne6 33.Bc2 h6 34.Bf5
b5 35.Bd3 a4 36.bxa4 bxa4 37.a3 Bb3 38.Bb5 Kg5 39.Be2 Kf6
40.Bb5 Kg5 41.Be2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 h6 8. c3 Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3
Bh5 13. Kh2 Kh8 14. g4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bg6 16. Nf1 Bg5 17. Ng3
Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ne7 19. Nf5 f6 20. Rf1 Bf7 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. h4
d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. h5 Re8 26. Kg3 Kg8 27. d4
Rd7 28. c4 Nb4 29. d5 e4 30. Ra3 Nd3 31. Rb3 Nc5 32. Ra3 Nd3
33. Rb3 Nc5 34. Rc3 Nd3 35. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bb1 Bd8 22. f4
Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Ba5 25. Bd2 Bb6 26. Qf3 d5 27. exd5
Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Qxb2 29. Be3 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb1
32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qg3+ Kf8 34. Qd3 Rb6 35. Qxh7 Ra5 36. h4
Rxd5 37. h5 Rb2 38. f5 Rxf5 39. h6 Rg5 40. Kh1 Rbxg2 41. Qe4
Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bb2 c5
12. a4 b6 13. Nfd2 Nf8 14. Qh5 f6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxd6 cxd6
17. Rxf4 Ng6 18. Rf3 Be6 19. Raf1 d5 20. Rg3 d4 21. Bc1 Bf7
22. Rh3 Nf8 23. Qh4 b5 24. Nf3 bxa4 25. bxa4 Qd7 26. a5 c4
27. Qf2 Rad8 28. Nh4 cxd3 29. cxd3 Re5 30. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "136"]

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. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg3 Re6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. f3 Bxd3
17. cxd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 f6 21. Bf4
Kf7 22. Qh4 Qf5 23. Bxc7 Ne7 24. Bd6 Qxd3 25. Qh5+ Qg6
26. Qxg6+ Nxg6 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Bb8 a6 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. g4 Ne7
31. Ba7 g6 32. Bc5 Nc6 33. Bb6 Ke6 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc2 Ne7
36. Bc5 Nc8 37. Kb3 b6 38. Bf8 Na7 39. Kc2 Nc6 40. Bb4 Nd8
41. Kd3 Ne6 42. Ke3 Kc6 43. Be7 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kd3 Kb5
46. Bd6 Kc6 47. Be5 Kd7 48. Ke3 b5 49. Ke2 Kc6 50. Kd3 Kb6
51. h4 Ka5 52. h5 Ka4 53. Bd6 a5 54. h6 b4 55. c4 dxc4+
56. Kxc4 Ka3 57. d5 Ng5 58. Bc7 Kxa2 59. Bxa5 b3 60. Bc3 Nf7
61. Kd4 Kb1 62. Ke3 Kc2 63. Ba1 Nxh6 64. Kf4 Nf7 65. Kxf5 h5
66. f4 b2 67. Bxb2 Kxb2 68. d6 Nxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Ra4 Nf4
17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Be3 Neg6 19. Rg3 Nh5 20. Rg4 h6 21. Na3 Nh4
22. Bd3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Nc4 Nhf4 26. Bf1 Ra2
27. Qb1 Ra4 28. Qd1 Ra2 29. Qb1 Ra4 30. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "172"]

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. Rg1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Rfe8 20. h4 Bf8 21. h5
g6 22. h6 Qb4 23. Qf6 Qb6 24. Nd4 Qd8 25. Qf3 Be7 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. e5 d5 29. Qxe6 Bxg5 30. Qf7 Bxh6 31. Rh1
Rc7 32. Qf3 Bg7 33. Nxd5 Rd7 34. e6 Rxe6 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7
36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+ Rf7 38. a4 g5 39. Ka2 Kf8 40. Nf6 Bxf6
41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42. Qc8 Ke8 43. b4 Rg7 44. Qg4 b6 45. Qe2+ Kf8
46. Qf1+ Ke7 47. Qe2+ Kf8 48. Qxa6 g4 49. Qc8 Ke8 50. Qc6+ Kf8
51. Kb3 g3 52. Qg2 Rg5 53. c4 Kg7 54. Kc2 Kh6 55. Kd3 Be7
56. b5 Bc5 57. a5 bxa5 58. b6 Bxb6 59. Qh1+ Kg6 60. Qc6+ Kh5
61. Qxb6 g2 62. Qg1 Rg3+ 63. Kd4 Kg4 64. c5 Kh3 65. c6 Rg4+
66. Kd5 Rg3 67. Kc4 Rg4+ 68. Kb5 Rg5+ 69. Kb6 Rg6 70. Kb7 Rg3
71. c7 Rb3+ 72. Ka6 Rc3 73. Kb6 Rb3+ 74. Kxa5 Rc3 75. Kb6 Rb3+
76. Kc6 Rc3+ 77. Kd7 Rd3+ 78. Kc8 Rg3 79. Kd7 Rd3+ 80. Ke6 Rc3
81. Kd6 Rd3+ 82. Ke5 Rc3 83. Kf5 Rxc7 84. Qe3+ Kh2 85. Qf4+
Kh1 86. Qxc7 g1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. Qh5 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 O-O
17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Ne3 f4 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Bg4 Rc4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7
22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Bf5 h6 24. b3 Rxc3 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Qe5
27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Rd1 a5 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Be4 a4
32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Rd1 Rc3 35. Rd3 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 Rc1
37. Rd1 Rc7 38. Rd2 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "179"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4
h6 12. b3 Ke8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 Nf4 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. c3 Be7
17. Rad1 Ne6 18. c4 Bb4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Nh4 Rd8 21. Nf5 Bc8
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd3+ Ke8 24. g4 Bf8 25. Bc1 b6 26. Nfg3 c5
27. Be3 Bb7 28. f4 h5 29. f5 h4 30. fxe6 hxg3 31. exf7+ Kxf7
32. Ng5+ Ke8 33. Bf4 Be7 34. Rxg3 Bxg5 35. Bxg5 Kd7 36. e6+
Kxe6 37. Re3+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. h4 Bf3 40. Rxc7 Re8 41. Kf2
Bxg4 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Rxb6 Re2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Rb5 Rc3+
46. Kf2 Bd1 47. Rxa5 Bxb3 48. Rxc5+ Ke4 49. a5 Rxc4 50. Rb5
Rc2+ 51. Ke1 Bc4 52. Rb7 Ra2 53. Ra7 g6 54. Kd1 Kd3 55. Rd7+
Ke4 56. Bd8 Ra3 57. Kc2 Bd5 58. Rd6 Kd4 59. Bb6+ Ke5 60. Rd8
Ra4 61. Rh8 Ke4 62. Rh6 Kf5 63. Kc3 Rc4+ 64. Kd3 Ra4 65. Rh8
Bg2 66. Rf8+ Kg4 67. Bd8 Be4+ 68. Kc3 Bd5 69. Rf6 Kh5 70. Rd6
Bb7 71. Kb3 Ra1 72. Kb4 Rb1+ 73. Kc5 Ra1 74. Kb6 Bc8 75. Ka7
Rb1 76. Rb6 Ra1 77. Rb5+ Bf5 78. a6 Kg4 79. Rb6 Rd1 80. Bg5
Be4 81. Kb8 Rf1 82. Bf6 Re1 83. a7 Bf3 84. Bd8 Ra1 85. Rxg6+
Kh5 86. Rg5+ Kh6 87. Rb5 Kg6 88. Rb7 Rd1 89. Bb6 Bxb7 90. Kxb7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 h6 11. a3 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 b5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Bd4
Bc7 26. f3 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nd7 28. Bc7 Ke7 29. e4 e5 30. Kf2 f6
31. g3 Nf8 32. Ke3 Ne6 33. Bb8 g5 34. Bd1 Kd7 35. Ba7 Bc6
36. Bb3 Ke7 37. Bd1 Be8 38. Be2 Bc6 39. Bf1 Bd7 40. Kd3 Bc8
41. Kc3 Nd8 42. Bc5+ Kf7 43. Kb3 Nb7 44. a4 bxa4+ 45. Kxa4
Bd7+ 46. Kb3 Bb5 47. Bh3 Nd8 48. Kc3 Nc6 49. Bg4 Kg6 50. Be6
Nd8 51. Bd5 Nc6 52. Kd2 Nd8 53. Ke3 Nf7 54. Bf8 h5 55. Be7 Nh6
56. Be6 Kg7 57. h3 Bf1 58. h4 gxh4 59. gxh4 Nf7 60. f4 exf4+
61. Kxf4 Ne5 62. Bd6 Ng6+ 63. Kg3 Bd3 64. Bd5 Bb5 65. Bb3 Bd3
66. Bd1 Kh6 67. Bf3 Ne5 68. Bg2 Bb5 69. Bf8+ Kg6 70. Kf4 Kf7
71. Bd6 Ng6+ 72. Kg3 Ne5 73. Bh3 Bd3 74. Bf5 Bb5 75. Kf2 Nc6
76. Ke3 a5 77. bxa5 Nxa5 78. Kd4 Be2 79. Bb4 Nc6+ 80. Kc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bb2 f6 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 Nd7
17. Rfd1 a5 18. Kf1 h6 19. Ke2 Rhd8 20. Bb5 Nf8 21. f4 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. a3 g5 25. g3 f5 26. Rc4 gxf4
27. Rxf4 Nf6 28. Rh4 h5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd6 31. Bc6 Ng4
32. Rxh5 Bxb4 33. Rh7+ Kd6 34. Bb5 Bc5 35. h3 Ne5 36. Ra7 Rg8
37. Kf2 Rh8 38. Ra1 Kd5 39. Bf1 Bd6 40. Bg2+ Kc4 41. Rd1 Bb8
42. Bf1+ Kb3 43. Bd4 Rc8 44. Rb1+ Ka2 45. Rb2+ Ka3 46. Rxb6
Rc2+ 47. Be2 Nd3+ 48. Kf1 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Rc2 50. Kf1 Rc1+
51. Bd1 Rxd1+ 52. Ke2 Rh1 53. Kxd3 Bxg3 54. Kc4 Rc1+ 55. Bc3
Ka2 56. Ra6+ Kb1 57. Kb3 Rxc3+ 58. Kxc3 e5 59. Rf6 f4 60. Kd3
fxe3 61. Kxe3 Kc2 62. Rg6 Be1 63. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qh5 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 O-O
17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Ne3 f4 19. Nf5 Re8 20. a4 Ng6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bxb5 Re5 23. Qh3 Rb8 24. c4 Qf6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Ra7 Rf8
27. Bd7 Rg5 28. b4 Qd4 29. c5 dxc5 30. b5 f3 31. g3 e3
32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe2 34. Rfa1 Rxd5 35. Qf1 Rd2 36. Qg1
Ne5 37. Bh3 Nd3 38. Rf1 Nf2+ 39. Rxf2 Qxf2 40. Qxf2 Rxf2
41. Kg1 Rb2 42. Bf1 Rd8 43. Ra3 f2+ 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Rf3 Rdd2
46. Rf4 Rd4 47. Rf3 Rd1 48. b6 Rxb6 49. Kxf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 Na5 13. Re2 Nc4 14. Rae1 Bf6 15. Qf5 c6 16. Bg5 Nd6
17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. h4 Nd6
22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Re3 Rc7 24. Qg4 Ne4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Nd3 Re7
27. Re5 Nc4 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. h5 Nd6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Qh4 f6
32. Ng6 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qg5 34. Qh3 Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Ng6 f5
37. a4 a5 38. f4 Qg4 39. Qxg4 fxg4 40. Ne5 Nc4 41. Nxg4 b5
42. axb5 a4 43. bxc6 a3 44. Ne5 Nd6 45. c4 a2 46. c5 Nc8
47. c4 a1=Q 48. cxd5 Qxd4 49. d6 Qxf4+ 50. Kh3 Qxe5 51. d7 Qc7
0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. h3 c5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7
17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1
Bc6 22. a4 Ne7 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5
11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 d5 12. e5
Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
Na5 18. g4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bg6 20. f4 Qe7 21. b4 f6 22. exf6
Qxf6 23. Ne6 Be4 24. f5 Rfe8 25. Qd2 h5 26. Nxc7 hxg4 27. Nxa8
Qh4 28. Re3 Rxa8 29. Qe1 Qh5 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Re8
32. hxg4 Qf7 33. Qf3 Qc4 34. Rf1 Qc7 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. g5 a5
37. f6 gxf6 38. gxf6 Kf8 39. Qg4 Re2+ 40. Kg1 Qg8 41. Qxg8+
Kxg8 42. bxa5 Ra2 43. Rf5 Rxa5 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Rc5 Kf7 46. Rc6
Rb3 47. Ke2 b4 48. c4 Rh3 49. Kd2 b3 50. Rb6 Kg6 51. c5 b2
52. Kc2 Rh2+ 53. Kc3 1-0

[Event "5th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. h4 g6
17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Na4 20. Rg3 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3
Qe7 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Qe3 f6 25. gxf6+ Qxf6
26. Bd5 Qe5 27. Rh1 Rf4 28. h5 gxh5 29. Nc1 Rg4 30. Nd3 Qg5
31. Qa7 Kh6 32. a4 Qg7 33. Ka2 b6 34. Qa8 Qc7 35. Nb4 a5
36. Nc6 Bf6 37. Rf1 Rg6 38. e5 dxe5 39. Na7 Bh3 40. Rh1 Bg4
41. c3 Qd8 42. Qxd8 Bxd8 43. Nc6 Bc7 44. b4 Be6 45. Ne7 Bd6
46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Nd5 e4 48. Nxb6 e3 49. Nc4 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Places"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 Nh5 10. Nd5 Bh4 11. Nec3 Nf6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qe3
Be6 17. a5 f6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Rf7 20. Rfd1 Qf8 21. Qe3
Qe8 22. h3 Qc6 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Rd3
b6 27. Qd2 bxa5 28. f3 Re8 29. Na4 Re7 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3
Rd7 32. Kf1 Bf7 33. Ke1 Be8 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Rxa5 Bxa4 36. Rxa4
Rc6 37. Kd2 a6 38. c4 Rd6+ 39. Kc3 c5 40. Ra5 Rc6 41. Ra2 Kf7
42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Rd5 Rc8 44. Kb2 Rc6 45. Ka3 Rc8 46. Ka4 Rc7
47. Ka5 Rc6 48. Rd2 Ke8 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Rd5 Ke8 51. b4 cxb4
52. Kxb4 Ke7 53. c5 Ke8 54. g3 Ke7 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 g6
57. Rd1 Rc8 58. Rg1 Rh8 59. Rxg6 Rxh4 60. Rg7+ Kd8 61. Ka5 Rh3
62. Kxa6 Rxf3 63. c6 Kc8 64. Rf7 Rb3 65. Ka5 Rb1 66. Rxf6 Kc7
67. Re6 Rb2 68. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Places"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7
12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5
17. Nde2 c4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Nd4 g6 23. a4 Bf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Be4 Re5 26. axb5
Rae8 27. bxa6 Bc5 28. d6 Qd7 29. Bf3 Rf5 30. Qxc4 Qa7 31. d7
Bxf2+ 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Qe2 Bb6 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. g4 Rg5 36. Qe7
Rb5 37. Qf6+ Kh6 38. h4 Be3 39. Rh1 1-0

[Event "11th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O Be7
7. a4 d5 8. Ba2 Be6 9. d4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc4 14. Ng3 Kf7 15. b3 Nxe5 16. Bb2 Ng6
17. Rd7 Rab8 18. Nxe4 Rhd8 19. Rad1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Ke8 21. Rd3
Kf7 22. g3 e5 23. h4 h5 24. Bc1 Nf8 25. Be3 a6 26. Bc5 Ne6
27. Rf3+ Ke8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rf5 Rd8 30. Rxh5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2
Rc1 32. Rxe5 Kf7 33. Nc5 Nd4 34. c3 Rxc3 35. Nxb7 Rxb3 36. Nc5
Rb4 37. Re4 Nc2 38. h5 a5 39. g4 Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Ne1+ 41. Kg3
Nd3 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nc4 Nc5 44. Nxa5 Kd7 45. g5 Nxa4 46. Nxc6
Nc5 47. h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Ne4+ 49. Kh4 Nf6 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kg6
1-0

[Event "11th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 Nxb4
7. axb4 cxb4 8. Rb1 bxc3 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc3 d5
12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Rxe2 19. Bf3 Re7 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. g4 Be6
22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Qf6 Rd6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3 Re8
27. Bxe6 Rdxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qf4 Qd3 30. Rc1 bxc4 31. Rxc4
Kg7 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Kg3 Qd3+ 34. Kg2 Re1 35. Qd4+ Qxd4
36. Rxd4 0-1

[Event "11th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Nf6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. c4 O-O
12. Nc3 b6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Bb1 Rd7 16. Nd2 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qe3 b4 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Nf3 Rc8
22. b3 Na7 23. Ned4 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Kh1 Bc6 26. f5 exf5
27. exf5 f6 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Qg3 Qb7 30. Re3 Ne4 31. Qh4 Re7
32. Rde1 Rce8 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Kg1 d5 35. Qf2 Qb6 36. R3e2
Rc8 37. g4 Rc3 38. Ne6 Qd6 39. Rd2 Rxe6 40. fxe6 Qxe6 41. Qf4
Rc8 42. h3 h5 43. gxh5 Rc3 44. Rh2 Qb6+ 45. Qf2 Qd6 46. Re3
Rc1+ 47. Re1 Rc2 48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Qxe2 Qg3+ 50. Rg2 Bxg2
51. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 52. Kxg2 f5 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kd4 f4
56. h4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "73rd Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kharkiv UKR"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rd8
12. Nbd2 b6 13. a3 Ke8 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Nc4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 b5
17. b4 Be7 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. Bd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Nb3 Bd5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ne4 26. Bd4
f6 27. Ke1 e5 28. Bb2 Ncd6 29. Ng1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. f3
Nd6 32. e4 Kd7 33. Ne2 Ke6 34. Nc3 g6 35. a4 f5 36. axb5 axb5
37. exf5+ gxf5 38. g3 Bd3 39. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kharkiv UKR"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Bd7 15. exf5 O-O 16. O-O Rb8
17. a4 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qxd6 Be5 21. Qc5 Rc8
22. Qe3 Bxf5 23. Rad1 Re6 24. g3 Rd6 25. c4 Bxb2 26. Rd2 Bg7
27. f3 exf3 28. Qxf3 Bg6 29. Qf4 Ne5 30. Re2 Re6 31. Rfe1 Nd3
32. Rxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fritz (Computer)"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 Bg4
12. f3 Be6 13. Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O Qg5 16. h4 Qe3
17. h5 h6 18. Re1 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 f6 20. Rh4 Kd7 21. Bc4 Bd6
22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Rhe4 Bd7 25. Bd4 a5 26. a3 Be6
27. g4 Bf7 28. Bf2 Re6 29. Kd2 Rae8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 g6
32. Rxe6+ Rxe6 33. Bc5+ Kd7 34. Ra1 gxh5 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. b5
hxg4 37. bxc6 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7
12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 h4 14. O-O h3 15. g3 O-O 16. Na5 Qc7 17. b4
Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Rac1 e4 20. f4 Qd7 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5
Bf8 23. d6 Nc6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qe6 26. Rb3 g6 27. Nb6 Bg7
28. Nd5 Qd7 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bc4 a5 31. a3 Ra8 32. Rb5 a4
33. Qe2 Bg7 34. Bd5 Ra7 35. Kf2 Bf6 36. Rb6 Kf8 37. Rdb1 Bg7
38. g4 Bh8 39. Kg3 f5 40. g5 Qh7 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hydra (Computer)"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Bd7
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nh2
Qd7 17. Qb3 Qb5 18. Qc2 Nh7 19. Nf3 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 Rad8
21. Rad1 d5 22. Nf3 Re6 23. c4 dxc4 24. dxc4 Qe8 25. c5 Re7
26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qe8 28. Rd3 c6 29. Qd1 Qf8 30. b4 Bb8
31. Rd8 Re8 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Ng5 Bc7 34. Qg4 Qe8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7
36. Qh4 Qd8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxg7 Qf8 40. Qh7 a5
41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Ke8 43. Ne6 fxe6 44. Qxc7 Qf4 45. Qc8+
Ke7 46. Qxb7+ Kf6 47. g3 Qxe4 48. Qc8 Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qe8
g5 51. Qh5 Qxb4 52. Qf3+ Ke7 53. Qxc6 e4 54. Qd6+ Kf6 55. Qd8+
Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qf8+ Kg6 58. Qe7 Qc4 59. h4 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fritz (Computer)"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. axb4 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 17. Kb2
d5 18. c3 dxe4 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Bxa6 exf3 22. Bxc8
Qxc8 23. g5 Ne4 24. Qd3 Qb8 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxf3
Nxg5 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Rhe1 Qh2+ 30. Re2 Qxh4 31. Qb5+ Ke7
32. Nc6+ Kf6 33. Rg2 g5 34. Rf1+ Kg7 35. Ne5 Nf6 36. Qc5 Qe4
37. Rxf6 Ra8 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Nxf7+ Kg6
41. Rxg5+ Kxf7 42. Qf2+ Qf3 43. Qxf3+ Bxf3 44. c4 Rc8 45. Kc3
Be2 46. c5 Bb5 47. Rg1 e5 48. Rd1 Re8 49. Re1 Kf6 50. Kd2 Rd8+
0-1

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.O-O Rb8 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Nd5 11.c4 Nb6 12.Re1 d6
13.exd6 exd6 14.Bxc6 Qc7 15.Bg2 Be6 16.Rb1 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Qxc4
18.b3 Qa6 19.Bb2 Qxa2 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qxd6 Rxb3 22.Ra1 Qb2
23.Rxa7 Rb6 24.Qf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tirta Chandra Purnama"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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 Qc7 11. Bd3 c5
12. h3 Rb8 13. a4 h6 14. a5 Rd8 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. exd4 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qc1 Nc4 19. Bxh6 Nxb2 20. Qg5 Bf8 21. Rac1
Nxd1 22. Nxd1 Qe7 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Qg3 Rxd4 25. Be3 Nh5 26. Qh2
Rdd8 27. g4 Nf6 28. Bg5 Qb4 29. Qg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5
17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O 19. O-O Nf4 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6
21. Rac1 Rd3 22. Rfd1 Rd5 23. Kf1 Rhd8 24. Re1 h5 25. g3 g4
26. Kg2 Ng5 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg6 30. Be5 Nc5
31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Ra4 a5 34. a3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Abhijit Kunte"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5
17. c4 Kb7 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Nh2 Ng6 20. Nh5 Be7 21. Ng4 Bxg4
22. hxg4 Rgd8 23. g3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Kg2
Kc6 27. Kf3 Kd7 28. Ke4 c6 29. f4 Be7 30. Kf5 Ke8 31. Bc1 gxf4
32. gxf4 Bd8 33. Ke4 Ne7 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. f5 Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh7
37. Nd6 f6 38. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Julian Radulski"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15. b3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Bd3
g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Be3 Qb8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng3 Nb7 22. b4 Nd8
23. Qe2 f6 24. a4 Nf7 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nd2 Bd8
28. Nb3 Ne8 29. Kh2 Nc7 30. Na5 Qb8 31. Rec1 Na6 32. Rxc8 Qxc8
33. Bxb5 Qc3 34. Rc1 Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Qxb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Nc6
Qb7 38. Nh5+ gxh5 39. gxh5 Ng5 40. Nxd8 Qb8 41. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6
7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5 Nb8 16. a4 Bb7
17. Qb3 Nbd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qf1
Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ng4 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. b3 Nge5 26. Nxe5
Nxe5 27. Bb2 Qd3 28. Qd1 Qb5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. g3 Bc3 31. Re3
Bd4 32. Re1 Bc3 33. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuniesky Quesada Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "142"]

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. Nc5 Be7 14. N5a4 Rb8 15. Nb6 O-O 16. Kb1 Rb7
17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rb5 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. a4 Rxd5 21. exd5
Bf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rhe1 Bf6 25. g5 Bxg5 26. Bd4
Qxa4 27. Rg1 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rb5 31. Rd2
f3 32. h4 Ra5 33. Qa3 Qxa3 34. bxa3 Kf8 35. Rd4 Rxa3 36. Rxc4
Re3 37. Rf1 Be4 38. Kc1 f5 39. Rf2 Ke7 40. Ra4 Bxd5 41. Kd2
Re5 42. Rxa6 Be4 43. c4 Rc5 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Rd2 h5
47. Kf2 Rc8 48. Ke3 Rc6 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50. Ra4 Rc8 51. Ra6 Rxc4
52. Raxd6+ Ke5 53. Ra6 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 Rc1 55. Rh6 Rh1 56. Kg3
f4+ 57. Kf2 Rh2+ 58. Ke1 Rxh4 59. Rh8 Kf5 60. Rg8 Kf6 61. Kf2
Rg4 62. Re8 Kf5 63. Rf8 f6 64. Rh8 Rg5 65. Rh6 Rg2+ 66. Ke1
Rxd2 67. Kxd2 Kg4 68. Rh8 Kg3 69. Rg8+ Kf2 70. Rh8 h4 71. Rxh4
Kg3 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. Ra3 f5 17. Re1
Bd8 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Nb3 Qa7 22. Qd2
Ra8 23. Nc1 Nf6 24. b4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. bxa5 Bg5 27. Qa2
e3 28. f3 e2+ 29. Kg2 Rxf3 30. Qxe2 Bxc1 31. Kxf3 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.09"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6
12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 Bd6 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. b3 Be6 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Bc4 Bf4 18. Rc3 Be5 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Nc5 Be5 23. g3 Rbc8 24. Nd3 Bc3 25. Nf4 d4 26. Qd3
Ba5 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Qe5 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Rb7 Re7 31. Rb5
Qd6 32. Nd5 Re6 33. Rb7 Re8 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Rxa7 Bb4 36. Qf5
Bc5 37. Rc7 Ba3 38. c5 Bxc5 39. Rxc5 g6 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne4
1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 10. h5 Be4 11. O-O Bd5
12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Qe2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng8 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. c4 d4 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf3 Qc7
22. Be4 O-O-O 23. Rad1 gxh5 24. g5 h6 25. Rd3 hxg5 26. Rb3 b6
27. c5 Qxc5 28. Qxf7 Ne7 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rb5 Nc7
32. Qf7 Rhf8 33. Rxc5 Rxf7 34. Rc6 Re7 35. Rd6 Red7 36. Rg6 g4
37. f3 d3 38. fxg4 d2 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Bf3 hxg4 41. Bxg4 Nd5
42. Kf2 Rf8+ 43. Bf3 Rd3 44. Rg3 Ne3 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Kxe3
Rxb2 47. Bd5 Re8 48. e6 Kc7 49. Rg7+ Kd6 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. a5
Rb5 52. Bc4 Rxa5 53. Kd3 Rxe6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. Rh7 Kd6
56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Rh6+ Kb7 58. Rh7+ Ka6 59. Kb4 Rg5 60. Rh4 Rg7
0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. Kb1 O-O
12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd4 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Qf3 Qc4 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. g3 a5 21. Nc1 Rac8
22. Ka1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qa7 24. Nd2 b5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. g4 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Bxh4 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Qd3 b4 30. c4 Rd8 31. Qe3 a4
32. Kb1 Bf6 33. Qe2 Bd4 34. Rd1 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rd3 Qb7
37. f3 Ra8 38. Kc1 Qb4 39. Nc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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. Bg5 Qc7
12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6
16. Rxd6 O-O 17. Be3 Na4 18. b3 Nac5 19. a4 Na6 20. Be2 Ne5
21. Rhd1 Nb8 22. Bc5 Ba6 23. c4 Re8 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Rb6 Bc6
26. Bf4 f6 27. Rd6 Rc8 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ke7
31. c5 Ra5 32. b4 Rxa4 33. Bc4 Ra7 34. Kb2 Rac7 35. Re6+ Kf8
36. Rxe5 Nd7 37. Rf5+ Ke8 38. Ra6 g6 39. Rf7 Bb5 40. Bxb5 Kxf7
41. Bc4+ Kg7 42. f4 Rb8 43. Kc3 Nf6 44. Bd3 Nxg4 45. c6 g5
46. Be2 Nf6 47. Bf3 gxf4 48. e5 Nd7 49. Ra5 Rb6 50. Kc4 Rbxc6+
51. Bxc6 Rxc6+ 52. Kd5 Rc7 53. Kd6 Rb7 54. Kc6 Rxb4 55. Kxd7
Rb7+ 56. Kd6 f3 57. Ra2 Rb3 58. Kd5 Re3 59. Rf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6
7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 h6
12. Ne5+ Kg7 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Nb4 e5 15. Qf2 Qc4 16. a3 a5
17. Nba2 Bf5 18. b3 Qe6 19. O-O d5 20. h3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rhf8
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5
26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bxa2
30. Rxa2 Rad8 31. Rg3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Rc2 R1d3 34. Rg4
R8d4 35. Rg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc4 Kf6 38. Ra4 g5 39. Kg3
Kf5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Re4 Rb3+ 42. Re3 a4 43. g4+ Kf6 44. Ke4
Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Ke5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. h4 gxh4+
49. Kxh4 Kf6 50. Kh5 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. Kf6 Kh6 53. g5+ Kh7
54. Kf7 Kh8 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rc1
Nc5 13. Bg2 g6 14. Ng3 e5 15. Nde2 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. h4 a4
18. Rb1 Nfd7 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. h5 g5 22. Bf2 axb3
23. axb3 O-O 24. Nf1 Ra8 25. Ne3 Rfc8 26. Ng3 Bf8 27. Bf1 Rcb8
28. Rc2 Ra3 29. Rcb2 Qa5 30. Ngf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Ne6 32. Nxd6
Ndc5 33. Nb5 Rd8 34. Qc2 Ra1 35. Qc1 Rxb1 36. Qxb1 Rd7 37. Be3
Qd8 38. Rf2 Nf4 39. Qc2 Rd1 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Qxd2 Qxd2
42. Bxd2 Nxb3 43. Be3 Bc5 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Bxc5+ Nxc5 46. Ke3
Nfe6 47. Be2 Ke7 48. Bd1 Kd7 49. Bc2 Nc7 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Na7+
Kb7 52. Nb5 Nxb5 53. cxb5 Kb6 54. Bd1 Kxb5 55. Be2+ Ka4
56. Bc4 f6 57. Kc2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. O-O Be6 11. a5 Nbd7
12. Qd3 h6 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf3
Rfd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. c4 f5 20. Nb3 Qb4 21. Be2
e4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1
Nc6 7. c3 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 a6 16. Rd3 Qd8
17. h4 Na5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 Kh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nh3 Kh7
22. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O dxe5
7. dxe5 Bg7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6
12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Rad1 g5 16. c4 Ne7
17. b4 Nf8 18. Rb1 Nfg6 19. Bc3 Kb8 20. g3 Rd7 21. Qe4 Nf5
22. a4 Rc8 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Rb3 Rd1 26. b5 axb5
27. cxb5 Qd3 28. Qa4 Nge7 29. a6 b6 30. a7+ Ka8 31. bxc6 Nd5
32. c7 Nfe7 33. Bb4 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Qc4 35. Rc3 Qe2 36. Rc2
Qxe5 37. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxg5 Rd8 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Rg8 22. Rd1 Bd3 23. Rc1 Rg6 24. Bb2 Rd5 25. Kd2 Bf5+ 26. Ke3
Rd3+ 27. Ke2 Rd5 28. Rhd1 Kd7 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Rf4 Bg6 31. Ra4
f6 32. f4 c5 33. Ra5 Rc6 34. b4 Rb6 35. a3 Rb5 36. Ra6 cxb4
37. Rac6 bxa3 38. Rxc7+ Ke6 39. Bxa3 Kf5 40. R1c4 Rb3 41. Bc1
h4 42. f3 Bh5 43. R7c6 Bxf3+ 44. Kf2 Ra5 45. Rxf6+ Kg4 46. f5+
Kh3 47. Rd6 Rxe5 48. Rdd4 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Kxh2 50. Rxh4+ Kg3
51. Rh7 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Be2+ 0-1

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd5
12. Be3 Ncb4 13. Bb1 b5 14. Ne4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bb7 16. a3 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Qb3 Bg5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5
Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kf1 Bxc1 24. Qb3 Bf4 25. g3 Bd6
26. Qd5 Rfd8 27. Ng5 Ra7 28. Qe4 g6 29. Qh4 h5 30. g4 Rc7
31. gxh5 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 Rxh2 34. Nh3 Be7 35. Qxe7
Rxh3+ 36. Ke4 f5+ 37. Kf4 Rxd4+ 38. Kg5 Rg4+ 39. Kf6 gxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 h5 20. Na2 Bh6 21. Qxb4 Qa7
22. Qxd6 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2 24. Rb4 Ng4 25. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sipke Ernst"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4
12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5
Qxc5+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Be2 Ke7 20. a3 a5
21. Rhb1 Rhb8 22. Ke3 Rb6 23. Bd1 f6 24. Bc2 h6 25. h4 Rab8
26. g4 Rf8 27. Rh1 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rbb8 29. g5 Ra8 30. Rhg1 h5
31. Rgb1 Rab8 32. Bg6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 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. Qh5 Bf6 14. e4 Ne5 15. Ne3 Nd3 16. a4 Rac8
17. Qe2 Qb3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc2 20. Qf3 Rxc1 21. Raxc1
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxa4 23. Rc7 Qb4 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Qxb7 Bd8
26. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. d5 Ne7
13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nb4
Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bc8 19. Nh2 g6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qa7+ 22. Be3
Qa4 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Bd4 f6 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. Nc4
Rb8 28. Na6 Rb7 29. Nb4 Rb8 30. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. a3 a5 6. e3 f5 7. d4
e4 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd2 d6 10. g4 Nf6 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Bh3 Bg7
13. Rg1 O-O 14. b3 Kh8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Na4 Ne8 17. Bxg7+ Nxg7
18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. f4 exf3 21. O-O-O f4 22. Bxc8
Raxc8 23. e4 Rce8 24. Rdf1 Ng6 25. Rxf3 Qxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Rf6
27. Rh3 Ne5 28. Nf3 Kg8 29. Kc2 b6 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Kd3 Rg6
32. Ne2 Re7 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. Rh6 Kf7 35. Ng1 Ne8 36. Nf3 Kg7
37. Rh4 Nd6 38. Rg4 Kf6 39. Rg1 Ra7 40. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+
12. Qxe1 h6 13. Ne5 Qf6 14. Rb1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. c4 Bf5
17. Rb3 Nd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rf3 Qe4 20. Re3 Qf5 21. Rf3 Qe4
22. Re3 Qf5 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1
Ne5 13. Nd2 a6 14. Re1 Rc7 15. Be3 Ned7 16. b4 Qa8 17. Na4 Rc6
18. Qb3 Bd8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bc7 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. Qb2 Rg8
23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Nc3 Bb7 25. Na4 Bc6 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Red1 Qb8
28. Bg1 g5 29. c5 dxc5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Bxc5
Bxh2 33. Nd5 Be5 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 e5 36. Qb6 Nxd5
37. exd5 Rg6 38. Rxc8+ Qxc8 39. d6 g4 40. Rb1 gxf3 41. g3 Rh6+
42. Kg1 f2+ 43. Kxf2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Qb1 c4
12. h4 Ke8 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Kd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke8
17. Be2 b6 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. Qd1 Ng8 20. Be3 Nh6 21. Kd2 Kd8
22. Qf3 Kc7 23. Nh3 Raf8 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Qe3 Rfh8 26. Rhg1
g6 27. hxg6 Rxg6 28. Nf4 Rgh6 29. Qf3 Be8 30. Nh5 f5 31. exf6
Bg6 32. Rac1 Kb7 33. Nf4 Be4 34. Qe3 Rxf6 35. Bxe6 Rhf8
36. Rg4 Qxa3 37. f3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rxe6 39. Qxd5 Rd6 40. Qxc4
Qa5 41. Nd3 Nxd4 42. Rf1 Rc8 43. Rg7+ Kb8 44. Rf8 Nf3+ 45. Ke2
Ng1+ 46. Ke3 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7
12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Rae1 Qc6 16. Qg4 f5
17. Qe2 Rf6 18. Nb1 Rg6 19. f4 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. c3 Qd5
22. Nd2 Rd8 23. a3 Kf7 24. Rf3 h5 25. Re3 Rh8 26. Nf3 h4
27. Re5 Qd7 28. Rxc5 hxg3 29. h3 Rgh6 30. Ne5+ Bxe5 31. Qxe5
Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. d4 Rxh3 34. Kg2 Rh2+ 35. Kxg3 Rd2
36. Re2 Rd3+ 37. Re3 Qc4 38. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3
Qxb2 41. d5 Qb6 42. c4 Qb3+ 43. Kf2 Qa2+ 44. Ke1 Qb1+ 45. Kd2
exd5 46. cxd5 Qe4 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. d6 Qxf4+ 49. Kc2 Qe4+
50. Kd2 Qd5+ 51. Kc1 Qe5 52. Qd8 Qc3+ 53. Kd1 Qd3+ 54. Ke1
Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O-O
O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1
Rc8 17. Rh3 Na5 18. Be2 h4 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc5 21. Rxh4
f5 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. h3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qc7 25. Ng5 f6 26. Nf3
d5 27. Qd2 Bd6 28. f5 Bf4 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 e5
32. Rxd5 Bxf5 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. Rxa5 Re8 35. Bf1 f5 36. Rd5 Bg3
37. Bb5 Re7 38. Kc1 Kc7 39. Rc5+ Kb8 40. Kd1 f4 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "144"]

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. Ba2 h6 11. Re1 Nc6
12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ra4 Nc6 16. Bb6 Qe8
17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Nd4 19. Nfxd4 Qxa4 20. Nxe6 Rf7 21. Nc7
Nf6 22. Nc3 Qc6 23. N7d5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4
26. Re2 Rf8 27. Ne4 Rfc8 28. c3 Ra4 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ra1
31. Rd2 Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. b4 Rc1 34. Rb2 Bg5 35. Bf2 Bd8
36. Ra2 Rb1 37. Be1 h5 38. h3 Be7 39. Bf2 g5 40. Be1 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rc4 43. Nd2 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Rxc3 45. Ke2
Rg3 46. Rb2 Rxg4 47. b5 axb5 48. Rxb5 Rxg2+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+
50. Kc4 Rg4+ 51. Kb3 Kc7 52. Rb4 Rg3+ 53. Kc4 Ra3 54. Nb3 Bh4
55. Kd3 Be1 56. Rc4+ Kd7 57. Kc2 Ra2+ 58. Kb1 Rg2 59. Kc1 Rg3
60. Kc2 Re3 61. Ra4 Rc3+ 62. Kb2 Rd3 63. Re4 Bf2 64. Rb4 Kc7
65. Rb5 Be1 66. Kc1 e4 67. Kc2 Kc8 68. Kc1 e3 69. Kc2 Rc3+
70. Kd1 Bf2 71. Ke2 Rc2+ 72. Kf3 Bg1 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6
12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. c4 Bc6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rae1 b6
17. Re2 Rf7 18. Qh5 Nc8 19. c5 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qf7 21. Qh4 Qxa2
22. g4 Ne7 23. g5 fxg5 24. Nxg5 Qg8 25. Ref2 Bd7 26. Nxh7 Qxh7
27. Qxe7 Bxf5 28. Qg5 g6 29. h4 Rae8 30. d4 bxc5 31. dxe5 Rf7
32. h5 Re6 33. Bxc5 Qg7 34. Rh2 Qh7 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "201"]

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 Nbd7 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nb6
12. dxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. Nd4 a6 15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. O-O
Bc5 17. Nc6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nbd7 19. Na5 Kd8 20. Nb7+ Kc8
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Be5 Ncd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxf6 Re8 25. h3
Re6 26. Nd5 a5 27. a3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Bd4 c3 30. Nxb4
cxb2 31. Bxb2 Kd8 32. Nd3 Ke7 33. Nc5 Rb6 34. Ba3 Rb1+ 35. Kh2
Ra1 36. Bb4 Rb1 37. Ba3 Ra1 38. Bb4 Rb1 39. Nd3+ Ke8 40. Bd6
Rb6 41. Bc7 Rb5 42. Ne5 Ke7 43. Nc4 Be6 44. Bd6+ Kf6 45. Ne3
Rb2 46. Nd1 Rb3 47. Ne3 Rb2 48. Nd1 Rb3 49. Bh5 Kg7 50. Ne3
Rd3 51. Bc5 f6 52. Bd1 Rd2 53. Kg1 Ra2 54. Bd4 Rd2 55. Bc5 Ra2
56. Bc2 h5 57. Bd4 h4 58. Kf1 Kf7 59. Ke1 Kg7 60. Kd1 Kf7
61. Kc1 Kg7 62. Bb2 Kf7 63. Bd3 Ra4 64. f3 Ra8 65. Nc2 Rc8
66. Kb1 Bc4 67. Be4 Rd8 68. Kc1 Bd3 69. Bxd3 Rxd3 70. Nd4 Kg6
71. Kc2 Re3 72. Kd2 Re8 73. f4 gxf4 74. Nf3 Kh5 75. Ne1 Kg5
76. Bd4 Rd8 77. Ke2 Re8+ 78. Kf2 Re6 79. Nf3+ Kh5 80. Kg1 Ra6
81. Bf2 Ra1+ 82. Kh2 Ra2 83. Bxh4 Kg6 84. Be1 Kf5 85. Bc3 Ra3
86. Bd4 Rd3 87. Kg1 Ra3 88. Kf1 Ra2 89. Bc3 Ra3 90. Bd2 Ra2
91. Ke2 Ra3 92. Nd4+ Ke5 93. Nc2 Rb3 94. Ne1 Ke4 95. Nf3 Ra3
96. Bb4 Ra2+ 97. Nd2+ Kf5 98. Kf3 Ra4 99. Bc5 Ra1 100. Nb3 Kg5
101. Nxa1 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6
17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. g4 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Rfc8 21. Rf2
Nf8 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Qf3 Rc4 24. Rxd5 Rxg4 25. b3 a4 26. bxa4
Rc4 27. Rb5 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxa4 29. e6 Nxe6 30. Rb8+ Nf8
31. Rf4 Rc6 32. Rf5 h6 33. Rfb5 Rxa2 34. Bc5 b3 35. cxb3 Rf6
36. Kb1 Rxh2 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Be3 Rf1+ 39. Bc1 Rhh1 40. Rc5
h5 41. Rfc8 Rh3 42. Kc2 f6 43. b4 Rf2+ 44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Rc3
Rxc3+ 46. Rxc3 Rf5 47. Rh3 Rb5 48. Kc3 Rb8 49. Bf4 Rh8 50. b5
Kf5 51. Bc7 h4 52. b6 Kg4 53. Rd3 g5 54. b7 h3 55. b8=Q Rxb8
56. Bxb8 f5 57. Bh2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. Na4 Nd7
12. a3 f5 13. b4 Bd6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qd7
17. Qb3 f4 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. Qb4 fxg3 21. hxg3 b6
22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. d4 exd4
26. Nxd4 Bg8 27. Nc6 h6 28. Qf4 Ne7 29. Qf8 Ng6 30. Qb8 Qe6
31. Bf3 Ne5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Bc6 Qc4 34. Qxa7 Qxe2 35. Qxb6
Bc4 36. Qc5 e4 37. b6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6
12. c4 Rac8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nc3 e6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rd7
17. g3 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5
12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3
17. b3 f6 18. Nd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. dxe5
Re8 22. Rc1 Rxe5 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc7 Red5 25. h3 h5 26. g4
hxg4 27. hxg4 Bf7 28. Kg2 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Rc1 Rxc1
31. Bxc1 e3 32. Bxa3 exf2 33. Kxf2 Be8 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. g5 Ke6
36. Kd4 g6 37. Kc5 Bd7 38. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. b3 c5
7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qc2
Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. Qa1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17. Nc4
b5 18. Ncd2 Qa7 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Rdc1 Nf6 21. Bf1 h6 22. h3 Ne8
23. Qb1 Qa7 24. Be2 Qb6 25. Bc3 Nc7 26. Qa1 Bf8 27. Ne4 Nd5
28. Be1 Nb8 29. Ne5 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. b4 c4 32. Bf3 Rdc7
33. d4 Ne7 34. Bc3 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Nd5 36. Bf3 g6 37. Be1 Bg7
38. g3 Rd8 39. a4 Qd6 40. axb5 axb5 41. Qa5 Qd7 42. Ra2 Rb8
43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Ne2 Nf5
17. h3 Qc5 18. g4 Nxa3 19. Rb2 Nc4 20. Rxb7 Nfe3 21. Bxe3 Nxe3
22. Rb3 Nxc2+ 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Qc3 Qa7 25. Qb2 Ba4 26. Rc3 Rxc3
27. Qxc3 Kd7 28. f5 Rc8 29. Qf3 Qc5 30. fxe6+ fxe6 31. Qf7+
Kd8 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33. Qf4 Kb8 34. Ng3 Qc3+ 35. Ke2 Qe1+ 36. Kf3
Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 Bb5 39. Qf8+ Kb7 40. Qf2 Qb1 41. Kh2
Nxf1+ 42. Nxf1 Qd3 43. Qf7+ Kb6 44. Qf2+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "168"]

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. Qg4 f5 21. Qd1 Kh8
22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24. Rd4 Nc7 25. Ne3 d5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5
27. Rxd5 Qxb2 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qd5 Re8 30. Qf7 Qb8 31. Qxf5
Bxh2+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Qd4+ Qe5 35. Bxa6 Qxd4
36. cxd4 Bc7 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rd8 39. Rxe4 Bb6 40. g3 Bxd4
41. Kg2 Bf6 42. f4 Rb8 43. Bc4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. g4 h6
46. Ke3 Ra4 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra4 49. Kc2 Rb4 50. Kd3 Rb8
51. Bd5 Rd8 52. Kc4 Rc8+ 53. Kb5 Rc1 54. Ra4 Be7 55. Be6 Rc5+
56. Kb6 Rc1 57. Re4 Bf6 58. Bc4 Rc2 59. Kc5 Rf2 60. Bd5 Rd2
61. Ra4 Be7+ 62. Kc6 Rd1 63. Ra7 Re1 64. Rb7 Kf6 65. Rb6 Kg7
66. Kd7 Bh4 67. Rb8 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Re1 69. Rb7+ Kh8 70. Be6 Bg3
71. Ke7 Kg7 72. f5 Bh4+ 73. Kd6+ Kh8 74. Rf7 Rd1+ 75. Bd5 Rd4
76. f6 Bxf6 77. Rxf6 Rxg4 78. Rf7 h5 79. Ke5 Rg5+ 80. Ke6 Rg1
81. Ra7 Rg6+ 82. Kf5 Rd6 83. Be6 Rb6 84. Kf6 Rb1 1-0

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a3 Kb8
12. Qc1 Ne7 13. Rd1 Ned5 14. a4 a5 15. Nf4 c6 16. Nd3 Nb4
17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Na2 Qe7 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5
cxd5 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Bc5 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Bb6 Rc8
26. Bxa5 Rc5 27. Bc3 Rd5 28. a5 Bc2 29. f3 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bxd1
31. Kf2 Kc7 32. Ke3 Kc6 33. Kd4 Be2 34. Bb4 h5 35. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8
12. a4 Nc6 13. g4 Nb4 14. Kb1 Ne8 15. Qf2 b5 16. Nxb5 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Qe6 20. Bc4 Qg6+ 21. Ne4
Nf6 22. Qg2 Rad8 23. Bd2 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rd4 25. Bxb4 Bxb4
26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rd5 Qe8 30. Ka2 Qe7
31. Rxd4 Rd8 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. h4 Bd6 34. Bc4 Bc5 35. Rd3 Bb4
36. Qf3 Rd8 37. Bd5 Qe5 38. Qf2 Qe7 39. Rf3 Bc5 40. Qc2 Bb4
41. Rf5 Qd6 42. Qf2 Bc5 43. Qe2 Bd4 44. Qd2 Qb6 45. g5 Be5
46. h5 Qc7 47. gxf6 gxf6 48. h6 Rc8 49. Qg2 Qe7 50. Rf1 Qf8
51. Rg1 f5 52. exf5 Bf6 53. Bc4 Bd4 54. Rd1 Bf6 55. Qb7 Rb8
56. Qc7 Ra8 57. Qf4 Rd8 58. Rg1 Qe7 59. Qg4 Qf8 60. Rg2 Rb8
61. Qf4 Rb4 62. Qd6 1-0

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Rustemov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Ra2 Na5
17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Rae2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 b6 20. c4 Nc6 21. Bb2 Be7
22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne4 Bd6 24. Bc3 f6 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Qb3 Rf7
27. d5 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Be2 Nd5
17. Ba1 Nb4 18. bxc4 Rad8 19. O-O Nd3 20. Rc3 Nxe5 21. Re3 Ng6
22. Qg5 Qd7 23. h4 f6 24. Qa5 Qc8 25. Rg3 Qe6 26. Re3 Qc8
27. Re1 Nxh4 28. Rh3 Ng6 29. Qh5 Qe6 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Rg3 1-0

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "168"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7
13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. b3 Nb7 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qd2 f6
18. g4 Nd8 19. Ng3 Nf7 20. Be3 a5 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Rab8
23. Reb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Nd2 Rb7 27. Nc4
Qb8 28. Ra1 Bc7 29. Kh2 Qe8 30. Qf3 Qd8 31. Rg1 Ng5 32. Bxg5
fxg5 33. Qe3 Qf6 34. Nf1 h6 35. Nfd2 Qf8 36. Kg2 Qb8 37. f3
Ne8 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Ke2 Qe8 40. Ra1 Kg7 41. Qg1 Ng8 42. Rb1
Qa8 43. Rxb7 Qxb7 44. Qb1 Qa7 45. Na3 Ne7 46. Nb5 Qb8 47. Bd3
Bxb5 48. Qxb5 Qxb5 49. Bxb5 Nc8 50. Kd3 Kf7 51. Nc4 Ke7
52. Ba6 Kd8 53. Bxc8 Kxc8 54. Na3 Kb7 55. Ke2 Kc8 56. Nb5 Bb8
57. Ke3 Kd7 58. Kf2 Bc7 59. Kg2 Bd8 60. Na7 Bb6 61. Nc6 c4
62. Kg3 Ke8 63. h4 Kf7 64. h5 Kf6 65. hxg6 Kxg6 66. Ne7+ Kh7
67. Kg2 Bc5 68. Nf5 Kg6 69. Ng3 Be3 70. Kf1 Kf6 71. Nf5 Bc5
72. Nxh6 Ke7 73. Ke2 Bg1 74. Nf5+ Kd7 75. Kf1 Bc5 76. Ke1 Bb6
77. Ke2 Bg1 78. Ng3 Bh2 79. Nh5 Bf4 80. Ng7 Ke7 81. Nf5+ Kd7
82. Kd1 Kc7 83. Ne7 Be3 84. Nc6 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Korneev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6
Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rf7 23. Qh5 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+
26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.08"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Kb1 Ng4 16. Qe2
Qb5 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qf3 Rg8 22. Re1 Qg5 23. c4 Kf8 24. g4 Rd7 25. Re4 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4
O-O 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 b3 15. Bxb3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6
17. Qe3 Qc7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bd1 Rad8 20. Ra3 Nd4 21. Nd6 Nf5
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Rc3 a5 24. b3 Qb6 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. Bf3 Rc7
27. Rfc1 Rfc8 28. Bd5 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Qa6 30. h3 Qb6 31. Kh2 Kf8
32. Rc4 Qa7 33. b4 axb4 34. Bxb4 Qb6 35. R1c2 g6 36. Qd4 Ke8
37. a5 Qb5 38. a6 Nxa6 39. Bd6 Nc5 40. Bxc7 Rxc7 41. Rb4 Qa6
42. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Luka Lenic"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. f4 e5 10. f5 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nb4
12. O-O f6 13. c4 a5 14. Nc3 a4 15. Nd2 d6 16. Rad1 Bd7
17. Nf3 Qa5 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc5 20. Rfd1 O-O-O 21. Kf2
Bc6 22. g4 Kc7 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. h4 h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5
Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 fxg5 28. Rg1 Rdf8 29. Rxg5 g6 30. fxg6 Rhg8
31. Rd3 Kc7 32. g7 Rf7 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rxe5 b6 35. Rg5 Rgxg7
36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Ne5 Rh7 38. Kg3 Rg7+ 39. Kf3 Ng6 40. Nxc6
Kxc6 41. Rd5 Rf7+ 42. Ke3 Rh7 43. Rf5 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Nh4
45. Rf6+ Kb7 46. Nxa4 Nf3+ 47. Ke3 Nd4+ 48. Kf4 Rf3+ 49. Ke5
Nc6+ 50. Ke6 Nd8+ 51. Ke7 Nc6+ 52. Kf7 Re3 53. Rf4 Ne5+
54. Ke6 Nd3 55. Rh4 b5 56. Nc3 Nxb2 57. Nxb5 Kb6 58. Nd6 c4
59. e5 c3 60. Nc4+ Nxc4 61. Rxc4 Kb5 62. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6
11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. h3 Be7 13. Ne2 h5 14. Rd2 h4 15. Nf4 Nxf4
16. Bxf4 c5 17. Ng5 Rh5 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Bd8 22. Bh2 Rg5 23. f4 Rg6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Nd5 fxe5
26. fxe5 Rg5 27. b3 c6 28. Ne3 Bc7 29. Bf4 Rh5 30. Ng4 c4
31. Be3 cxb3 32. axb3 a5 33. c4 Rf5+ 34. Ke2 a4 35. bxa4 Bxc4+
36. Kd1 Bb3+ 37. Kc1 Bxa4 38. Rf2 Rxf2 39. Bxf2 Bd8 40. Ne3
Bb6 41. Kd2 Bd4 42. Ng4 Bxf2 43. Nxf2 Bb3 44. Ng4 Bd5 45. Ne3
Kf7 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Kd4 b6 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. Rd3 b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Qg3 Rf5
22. h4 f6 23. Qh3 fxg5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 Qe8 26. Qh3 Qf7
27. Nd2 Kh8 28. a3 Bd8 29. Rh1 Qg6 30. Rc3 Rf4 31. Rc6 Rh4
32. Qg2 Qh6 33. Rd1 g4 34. Rg1 Rh2 35. Qxg4 Rxd2 36. Qd7 Rxd5
37. Rc8 Qf6 38. Ra8 Rd2 39. Ra7 Rh2 40. Rg7 Qh6 41. Rf7 Rg8
42. Ka2 Qg6 43. Qc6 Qe6+ 44. b3 Qg6 45. Kb2 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. f4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qf3 e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nfxg4 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Rdg1 Nf6 18. Nf3 Nfd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 O-O-O
21. h4 Qc7 22. Kb1 Qc5 23. Qf6 Qe3 24. Nd1 Qf3 25. Qxf3 Nxf3
26. Rg7 f5 27. h5 fxe4 28. Be2 e3 29. Kc1 Nd4 30. Re1 Nxe2+
31. Rxe2 Rxh5 32. Rxe3 e5 33. Rc3+ Kb8 34. Rcc7 Bf3 35. Kd2
Rg8 36. Ne3 Rxg7 37. Rxg7 d5 38. c3 Rh2+ 39. Kc1 d4 40. cxd4
exd4 41. Rg8+ Kc7 42. Rg7+ Kb6 43. Nf5 d3 44. Rg6+ Kc5 45. Rd6
d2+ 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "185"]

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 Rb8 13. h4 Be6 14. Nce3 Be7 15. g3 Qd7 16. Bd3 Bd8
17. O-O Ne7 18. Bc2 Bb6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Bb3 Bc5
22. Qf3 Kh8 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb6 25. Rad1 Kg8 26. Qd3
Rfd8 27. Rd2 Qc5 28. Rfd1 Bc4 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Qf5 h6 31. Kg2
Qc6 32. Kh2 Qe8 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Qe3 Rdb8 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rd5
Qe7 37. a4 Qc7 38. Kg2 Rc6 39. R1d2 Rb3 40. Qe2 Qb8 41. f4
exf4 42. gxf4 Qb7 43. a5 Rb5 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. Rd5 Ra6 46. f5
Rxa5 47. f6 Qd7 48. fxg7 Qe6 49. h5 Kxg7 50. Qf3 Ra7 51. Rxb5
Re7 52. Rf5 Qxe4 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rxe7 Qxe7 55. Qd5+ Qf7
56. Qxd6 Qxh5 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qd4+ Kh7 59. Qxc4 Qg6+ 60. Kf3
Qf5+ 61. Ke3 Qh3+ 62. Kd2 Qh2+ 63. Qe2 Qf4+ 64. Kd3 Qg5
65. Qe4+ Kg7 66. Qd4+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kh8 68. c4 h5 69. Qd4+ Kh7
70. c5 h4 71. b4 Qh5 72. Qe4+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Qe6+ Kh7
75. c6 Qf3+ 76. Kc4 h3 77. Qd7+ Kg6 78. c7 Qe2+ 79. Kc5 Qe3+
80. Kb5 Qe2+ 81. Ka5 Qa2+ 82. Kb6 Qf2+ 83. Kb7 Qf3+ 84. Ka6
Qf6+ 85. Ka5 Qa1+ 86. Kb6 Qf6+ 87. Kb7 Qf3+ 88. Kb8 Qg3
89. Qc6+ Kh5 90. Kb7 Qg7 91. Qf3+ Kh4 92. Qf4+ Kh5 93. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Kb1 Be7
12. f5 Bc4 13. a3 Rb8 14. Bd3 a5 15. Qe2 b4 16. axb4 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Rxb4 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxe4 21. Qd3
Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Rd3 a4 24. Rhd1 axb3 25. Rxd7 bxc2+
26. Kxc2 O-O 27. R1d5 Rbb8 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Rxe5 Ng4 30. Re4
Nxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rb5 32. g4 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rb4 35. Rg3
Rf4 36. b3 g6 37. Rc4 Rf2+ 38. Kc3 Kg7 39. fxg6 Kxg6 40. Rd3
Rf1 41. b4 Rb8 42. Re4 f5 43. Rd6+ Kg5 44. Rd5 Rf3+ 45. Kc2
Rd8 46. Rxd8 fxe4 47. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Nf5 Ne2+ 21. Rxe2
Qxc1+ 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. Kg1 Bg7 26. Bd3
Rad8 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Qg5 Qc6 29. f3 Qd6 30. Qe7 Qxg3 31. Qxb7
Rfd8 32. Qe7 Bf8 33. Qe3 Bc5 34. Kh1 R4d5 35. Qe4 Bd6 36. Kg1
Qh2+ 37. Kf2 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6
12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h5 Nfd7 15. g5 a5 16. Nb5 Qc6
17. Rh2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. h6 Rd8 20. Qe1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qe1 g6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 c4 25. Nc3 Nd7 26. f4
exf4 27. Bxf4 Bb4 28. a3 Bf8 29. Bg2 b5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5
Qb6 32. d6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Bh3 Qd4 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3
Nb8 37. Bf4 f5 38. gxf6 Kf7 39. d7 Nxd7 40. Bxd7 Kxf6 41. Be3
g5 42. Bb5 Bxh6 43. Bxc4 Bf8 44. Be2 Be7 45. Kc1 Ke5 46. Kd2
h6 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Bd4 Bf8 49. Bf3+ Ke6 50. Ke4 Bd6 51. Bg4+
Ke7 52. Kf5 Kd7 53. Bg7 Kc6 54. Bxh6 b3 55. cxb3 Kc5 56. Bxg5
Kb4 57. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3
12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. Nbd4 f6 15. bxc3 Kf7 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Qe4 Qd6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bxa7 Qd3 21. Qg4 Be7
22. Rad1 Qg6 23. Qd7 Rhd8 24. Qb7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rf1
Kf8 27. Bb6 Rd3 28. Qc8+ Qe8 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qe6 Qd7 31. Qxd7
Rxd7 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Rb1 Nc2 34. Kf1 e4 35. Ke2 Bb4 36. h4 Kf7
37. Bd2 Na3 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Bc1 Nc2 40. Ra2 exf3+ 41. gxf3 Nb4
0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3
d6 7. O-O g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. f4 O-O 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Qb7
17. b3 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Bf2 a6 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nc3 Bh6
22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Bxg5 25. fxg5 b5 26. cxb5 axb5
27. b4 Na4 28. Nxb5 Nb2 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxd6 Nxd1 31. Nxc8
Qxb4 32. Qxe5 Qb1 33. Be1 Ne3 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxg6+ Ke8
36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qd4+ Nd5 38. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Salvador Gabriel Del Rio Angelis"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. f3 e6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. h5 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3
Bxg5 18. Qg2 f6 19. Rg1 Bh6 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Be3 Qxh5 22. Bxh6
Qxh6 23. Rh1 Qf4 24. Rdg1 g5 25. Qh3 Rf7 26. Qxe6 Ne5 27. Qe8+
Kg7 28. Bxf7 Nxf7 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Rh1+ Qh4
32. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stelios Halkias"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a5 11. Ne4 Qf5
12. Ned2 e5 13. e4 Qe6 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Re1 Qe6
17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Nxc4 Bc5
22. Qc2 b6 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. Kh1 Bb7 26. Rad1 Kh8
27. h4 Qh5 28. Kh2 Bd4 29. Nf4 exf4 30. Rxd4 fxg3+ 31. fxg3
Nf6 32. Bh3 Rfe8 33. Rdd1 Bf3 34. Rc1 Qc5 35. b3 Ng4+ 36. Bxg4
Bxg4 37. Qb2 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Be6 39. Re5 Qc6 40. Qe2 Rc8 41. Re4
Qc5 42. Qd2 Qf5 43. Qf4 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 Bd5 45. Qg4 Qxg4 46. Rxg4
Bxc4 47. bxc4 Rd8 48. Re4 Rd3 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. h5 Kg8 51. Re8+
Kh7 52. Rb8 Rxc4 53. Rxb6 Rxa4 54. Rb7 Rg4 55. Rxf7 Rg5
56. Ra7 Rxh5 57. g4 Rg5 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. Ra8 Ke6
61. Rd8 Ke7 62. Ra8 Kd6 63. Rc8 Kd7 64. Rc4 Rb5 65. Kg3 g5
66. Rd4+ Kc6 67. Rd3 Rd5 68. Rf3 a4 69. Rf6+ Kb5 70. Rxh6 a3
71. Rh8 Ka4 0-1

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ashot Anastasian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Nd7 12. Kh1 Qe8 13. c3 Rd8 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxe6+
Kh8 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bc5 19. f5 Rd3 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Bg5
Ng4 22. f6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Rf1 h6 26. Bd1
hxg5 27. Bxg4 Bd5 28. Nf5 Bf4 29. a3 Bc4 30. Rd1 Bb3 31. Ra1
Rd8 32. g3 Rd2 33. Bf3 g4 34. Bc6 Be5 35. Re1 Bf6 36. Ne3 Rxb2
37. Nxg4 Bxc3 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rxc7 a5 41. Ne3
Be5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Re8+ Kd6 44. Bxb5 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Re1
46. Kf2 Rc1 47. Nf5+ Kd5 48. Rd8+ Ke6 49. Nd4+ Bxd4+ 50. Rxd4
Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Ke5 52. Rh4 Ra2 53. a4 Bd5 54. Bc4 Ra1+ 55. Kf2
Be4 56. Bb3 Ra3 57. Bd1 Bc6 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Rxa5 Ra2+ 60. Be2
Rxa4 61. Rxa4+ Bxa4 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kf6 64. Kf4 Bd7
65. Bg4 Bb5 66. Bf5 Kg7 67. g4 Be2 68. g5 Bh5 69. h4 Be8
70. Bg4 Bf7 71. h5 Be8 72. h6+ Kh8 73. Ke5 Bf7 74. Kf6 Be8
75. Be6 Bg6 76. Bf7 Be4 77. Be8 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b3 e5 12. h3
e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bb2 Bxc5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Ng3 g6
18. Qc2 Rac8 19. a5 Rfe8 20. Nde2 Bc6 21. Nc3 Ned7 22. Nce2
Ne5 23. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 Bd7 16. Rxa4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4+ Kf8 19. b4 a5 20. b5 Rb8 21. g3 g6
22. Bh3 Kg7 23. O-O Rf8 24. Ra1 Kh8 25. Qxa5 Qe8 26. c4 f5
27. Qc7 Qf7 28. exf5 Qxc7 29. Nxc7 gxf5 30. Ra6 Rf7 31. Nd5
Bf8 32. Rc6 f4 33. Be6 Rg7 34. g4 Re8 35. Bf5 Be7 36. h5 Bg5
37. b6 e4 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Bxc8 e3 40. fxe3 fxe3 41. b7 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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. Re1 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Na2
Bb7 13. Nxb4 Nbd7 14. c3 Ne5 15. Qh3 Bxe4 16. a5 Kh8 17. Bg5
d5 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Karen Asrian"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1
c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rd7 19. Bc3 e5 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rhd1
Rhd8 22. Nh4 Bf8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7
26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27. Nf5 Nb6 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. c4 Ke6 30. g4 e4
31. Nd4+ Kd7 32. Kc2 Nc8 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. Kd2 Ne7
36. Ke3 c5 37. Nb5+ Ke5 38. Nxa7 f5 39. gxf5 Nxf5+ 40. Ke2
Nd4+ 41. Kf1 Nc2 42. a4 Nd4 43. a5 Nxb3 44. a6 Kd6 45. Ke2 Na5
46. Nb5+ Kc6 47. Nd6 Kb6 48. Ke3 Kxa6 49. Kxe4 Nc6 50. Nf5 Ka5
51. Nxg7 Kb4 52. Nf5 Kxc4 53. Nxh6 Nd8 54. Ke5 Kd3 55. Kf6 c4
56. Nf5 c3 57. Ne3 Nb7 58. h6 Nd6 59. h7 Ne4+ 60. Ke7 Nxf2
61. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. Rb1
a5 13. Bd2 a4 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Ne3 f5 16. f4 Qd7 17. cxb5
exf4 18. gxf4 Ba2 19. Qxa4 Bxb1 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. a4 g5
22. Rxb1 gxf4 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Bf3 Ng6 25. Qc4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne5
27. Qc2 Nxf3 28. Nxf4 Qe5 29. exf3 Rg8 30. Qc4 Rbe8 31. h3 Qg7
32. Rf1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 d6
12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rad1 f5 15. Bf3 Be5 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bb3 Qb6 21. Kh1
Rad8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nf3 a5 24. f5 a4 25. Bc4 Qxb2 26. fxg6
hxg6 27. Ng5 Rd7 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Nf3 Qxa2 31. Rde1
Qb2 32. c3 Qxc3 33. Re3 Qc5 34. Be4 a3 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re2
Ra7 37. g4 a2 38. g5 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "143"]

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 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8
17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Bc2 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b4 21. Qd3
bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb6 23. Bb3 a5 24. g3 Qc7 25. O-O Be7 26. Re1
Rc6 27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rb5 Rc5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Qd5
Qd6 32. Qc4 f6 33. Rd3 Qc7 34. h5 Kg7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Kg2
Qc8 37. Rd1 f5 38. Qd5 fxe4 39. Qxe5+ Bf6 40. Qxe4 Re8 41. Qc4
Qb7+ 42. Kg1 Rh8 43. Rd5 Qe7 44. Kf1 Qe6 45. Rxc5 Qh3+ 46. Ke2
Re8+ 47. Kd2 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rf8 49. Rxa5 Qg2 50. Ra7+ Kh8
51. Qf4 g5 52. Qf5 Bg7 53. Rf7 Rxf7 54. Bxf7 Qc6 55. Qh3+ Bh6
56. Qe6 Qxe6 57. Bxe6 Kg7 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Bg4 Ke5 60. Kc4 Kd6
61. a4 Kc7 62. a5 Kc6 63. Bf3+ Kc7 64. Kb5 g4 65. Bxg4 Bd2
66. c4 Be1 67. Bf3 Bxf2 68. g4 Be3 69. a6 Kb8 70. c5 Ka7
71. c6 Kb8 72. g5 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 g6 10. b4 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. h3 Qc7 13. Bc3 Ne8 14. Qb2 b6 15. O-O a5 16. a3 a4
17. Rac1 b5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nf3 f5 20. Ng5 Rf6 21. f4 Qd8
22. g4 Qe7 23. Nf3 Rf8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ng7 26. Qg2 Kf7
27. Kf2 Ke8 28. Ke2 Kd8 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31. Qxd5
Rc8 32. c6 Qe6 33. Qxd7+ Qxd7 34. cxd7 Kxd7 35. Rfd1+ Ke7
36. Bd4 Ne6 37. Bc5+ Nxc5 38. bxc5 Rc7 39. Rd5 Rb8 40. Rb1 Ke6
41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rb6 Rbc8 43. R1xb5 Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Rxc5
45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Kd3 h5 47. Kd4 Rc6 48. Ra7 Rc1 49. e6 Re1
50. Ke5 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5
7. Be2 exd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 Qe7 11. Qf4 Bd7
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd4 Re8 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Bd3 Bxd4
17. cxd4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Nge7 19. Ne5 Reg8 20. Nxd7 Rxg3 21. Nxf6
Rxd3 22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxd4 24. Ne5 Ra3 25. Rfd1 Nec6
26. Nxf7 Rg8 27. Nfg5 h6 28. Nf7 Rg6 29. Ng3 Ra5 30. h4 Nf5
31. Re1 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Rxg3 33. Nxh6 Nd4 34. Re7 Rg6 35. Nf7
Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Nxh4 37. Rd1 Rf5+ 38. Ke1 Nxg2+ 39. Kd2 Rd5+
40. Ke2 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Rxd1 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rd8+ Ke7 44. Rxd1
Rf6 45. Nd8 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "6th European Individual"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sang Cao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 e4
7. Nfd2 Ne7 8. c4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be6 11. a3 Nd7
12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. b4 f5 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nf6
17. Qd2 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba6 Bc8 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bc6 Ra7
22. Na1 b5 23. Nb3 Kh7 24. Na2 Qb6 25. Na5 Be6 26. Rc3 Bd6
27. Bb7 Rb8 28. Bc6 Rc8 29. O-O Rac7 30. Rfc1 Rb8 31. R1c2 Ng8
32. Nc1 Ne7 33. Ncb3 Rf8 34. Qc1 g5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Bb7 Bxb7
37. Ncxb7 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Qxb7 39. Rc7 Qb8 40. Rd7 Kg6 41. Rc6
Nxc6 42. Qxc6 Rd8 43. Rb7 Qc8 44. Qb6 f4 45. Qa7 Qc1+ 46. Kh2
fxg3+ 47. fxg3 Kh5 48. Rd7 Bxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5
7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Nb6 9. Be3 axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Nge4 Nc2+
17. Kd2 Nxe3 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Qxe3 Qb4 20. Kc1 Bb7 21. Be2
Bxg2 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Nfxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 Bh6+
26. Kb1 c3 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Ke7 29. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc6
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 Rab8 16. Bc3
Be5 17. b3 a5 18. Nd2 a4 19. bxa4 Ra8 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rc5
Rhd8 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd2 24. h4 Rb8 25. Rxc6 Rbb2
26. Rc7+ Kf6 27. Rf1 Rb4 28. a5 g6 29. a6 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rxa6
31. g3 Ra8 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33. Kg2 h5 34. f4 Rbb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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. Nbd2 Rae8 12. a4
Na5 13. Ba2 b4 14. Nf1 Bd8 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 c5
18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Qc1 Ng8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. d4 Qc7 22. Qa3 Ba8
23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Rd2 Rde8 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Nh2 Rd8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 g6 30. Qc1 c4 31. Bb1 Qd6 32. Bc2
Qd2 33. Qb1 Qxc3 34. Ne2 Qa3 35. Qb6 Nc6 36. Qxa6 Qc5 37. Rd1
Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Qa5 39. Qxa5 Nxa5 40. f3 Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf6
42. Ke3 Ke7 43. f4 Kd6 44. Nc3 f6 45. Nb5+ Kc5 46. g5 fxg5
47. fxe5 Nc6 48. Nc7 Bb7 49. Ne6+ Kb4 50. Nxg5 Nxe5 51. Nxh7
c3 52. Nf6 Kc5 53. a5 Ba6 54. Bc2 Bf1 55. g3 Bh3 56. a6 Nc6
57. Kd3 Bf1+ 58. Kxc3 Bxa6 59. Ng4 Bc8 60. Ne3 Ne5 61. Nd5 Be6
62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Bd3 g5 64. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nf1
g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. cxd4 Bxa4 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4
Nd7 23. b4 Nf8 24. c5 Ne6 25. a4 c6 26. Qc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. Rd3 Bf8 29. a5 Rd7 30. Nf1 Qd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Nd2 Be7
33. Qc3 Bg5 34. Kh2 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Nxd4 37. Nc4 f6
38. Nd6 Nc2 39. Nxb7 Nxb4 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 Nc2+
43. Kd3 Nd4 44. Nd6 h5 45. Kc4 h4 46. Nc8+ Kd7 47. Nb6+ Kc7
48. Na4 Ne6 49. g3 g5 50. Nc3 g4 51. gxh4 gxh3 52. Ne2 h2
53. Ng3 Nf4 54. Nh1 Kd7 55. Kc3 Ke7 56. Kd2 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ne6
58. Kf3 Nxc5 59. Kg3 Nxe4+ 60. Kg2 c5 61. f3 Nd2 62. Kxh2 c4
63. Kg3 Nb3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7 9.Bd3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.g5 Nd5
13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Ba5 Bb7 15.a3 Qe6 16.Bb4 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Kb8
18.Kb1 Qg4 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.Nxd7+ Rxd7 21.Ka1 f6 22.Rdg1 g6 23.h4
Re8 24.h5 f5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh6 Bc8 27.Rg3 Kb7 28.f4 Rg7
29.Rgh3 Qf7 30.Qh2 Qc7 31.Rh7 Reg8 32.Rxg7 Rxg7 33.Qd2 Kb8
34.Rh6 Qd7 35.Rh8 Rh7 36.Bd6+ Kb7 37.Rxh7 Qxh7 38.Qa5 Be6
39.Qd8 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5
12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bh6 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1
Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. c3 Qa5
21. Rxb7 Bb6 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3
Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 15. Nd4 h4 16. f4 Rh5
17. Ne4 Bd7 18. c4 b6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Ne2 Bf8 21. a5 Bb4
22. Bd2 Be7 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Bd2 Be7 25. Be3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 bxa4
12. Rxa4 Nb6 13. Rxa6 Rxa6 14. Bxa6 O-O 15. O-O Qc7 16. Qf2
Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Ra7 Bf8 20. Qf1 Qc8 21. g5
Bc4 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. h4 Be6 24. Qe2 f5 25. Bf2 Nb6 26. Nd2 fxe4
27. fxe4 Nd7 28. Nb3 Nb6 29. Na5 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Qf3
Rxb2 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rxc2 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qe6 Rc7
36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Kg2 g6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+
Qf7+ 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Bg3 Qf1 43. Ke3 Qf5 44. Ke2 h6 45. gxh6+
Kxh6 46. Qg8 Kh5 47. Bf2 Kg4 48. Qh7 Qc2+ 49. Kf1 Kf3 50. Qf7+
Qf5 51. Qa7 Qd3+ 52. Kg1 Bh6 53. Qa1 Qe2 54. Qa7 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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. Qf3 d5
12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Nd6 14. Ba3 Be7 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7
17. Re5 b6 18. R1e3 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Bf8 20. Rh5 f5 21. Reh3 h6
22. Rg3 Nf7 23. Ne2 c5 24. Bf6 c4 25. Qd4 f4 26. Nxf4 cxd3
27. Nxd3 Nd6 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qf4 Qxc2 30. h3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5
32. Rg6 Kh7 33. g4 Bxg4 34. Rxg4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. Re1 O-O 16. Qh5 e4
17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. Nb4 h6 21. g3 Ne5
22. Bg2 Ra7 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxf5 Rae7 26. Qd5
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 b4 28. cxb4 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. a3
Rb6 32. Ra5 e3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Kg2 Bd4 35. Rd1 Bb2 36. Rd3
Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Rc6 38. Bxa6 Rc3 39. a4 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Bc3 41. Rb5
Ra2 42. a5 Ra4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Bc4 Rxb4 45. Rxb4 Bxb4 46. a6
Bc5 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. h4 Ke7 49. g4 Bf2 50. Bb3 Bc5 51. Kd5 Kd7
52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Bd5 Kf6 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Bb7 Ke6
57. Bc8+ Ke7 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Kd8 60. Bg4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Qe1 Ba5
12. Qf2 d5 13. Bc5 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Nd4 dxe4 16. Nb3 Ned5
17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qg3 Rb7 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxg7 Qxa4
21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Bc4 Nxc5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5+ Kc6
25. Qxc8+ Kxd5 26. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Ne2 Ne4
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ng3 Ng5 19. Bg4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Ne4 21. Nd2
Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qg5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Ba3 Qd8 26. Qxd8
Rexd8 27. Bg4 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Bb2 g6 30. Be5 Rc6 31. Red1
Rd8 32. Bf6 Rd7 33. Be2 Nc7 34. Bg4 Ne6 35. Rc2 h5 36. Be2 Rc8
37. g4 hxg4 38. Bxg4 Kf8 39. Bf3 Ke8 40. Rcd2 c4 41. bxc4 Rxc4
42. Rb2 Rdc7 43. Be5 Rd7 44. Rdb1 Ba6 45. Bf6 Rc6 46. Bd1 Nc5
47. Rb8+ Bc8 48. Bg4 Ne6 49. Bd1 Nc5 50. Rc1 Rb7 51. Rxb7 Bxb7
52. Bd4 Nd7 53. Rxc6 Bxc6 54. Bxa7 Ne5 55. Bd4 Nc4 56. g4 Kd7
57. Kg2 Ke6 58. Kg3 Nd6 59. Kf4 Ne4 60. f3 g5+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 b6
12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h3 g6 15. Bb3 Ba8 16. Nd2 g5
17. Bg3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf1 Bb4 20. f3 c5 21. Bd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 f6 23. Ne3 Kf7 24. Re2 Kg6 25. Be1 h5 26. h4 gxh4
27. Bxh4 c4 28. Be1 f5 29. d6 h4 30. Ned5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxe1
32. Rexe1 f4 33. Ne7+ Kf6 34. Nd5+ Kg5 35. b3 Rh6 36. Nc3 Kf5
37. Ne4 h3 38. gxh3 Rxh3 39. Rf1 cxb3 40. cxb3 Rd8 41. Nc3 b4
42. Nd5 Rdh8 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Rd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Nc5 46. Nxb4
Nxb3+ 47. Kc3 Nd4 48. Kc4 Ke6 49. d7 Kxd7 50. Kd5 Rh5 51. Nd3
Ke7 52. Nxf4 exf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rd1
Bg7 13. h4 g4 14. O-O Rd8 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Nc5
Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qxa2 20. Bc7 Qxb2 21. Rd8+ Ke7
22. Qd1 Qa1 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26. Rd8+
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Nd1 Rc8 12. c3
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nf2 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Na5
17. Qd3 f5 18. g4 Nc6 19. Nh1 Ne7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Kh1 Rc4
22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rg1 Nc5 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. Rg2 Kh8 26. Bd3 Rfc8
27. Ne2 b4 28. a4 a5 29. h4 Rf8 30. Qg1 Rc7 31. h5 Ba6 32. Rd1
Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Qc6 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. b3 Nh4 36. Rg3 Qc2 37. Bd2
Rg7 38. Qc1 Rc8 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Qxc2 Rxc2 41. Ng3 Kf7
42. Ne2 Rb2 43. Ng1 Ng6 44. Nh3 h6 45. Kg1 Ne7 46. Kf1 Nc6
47. Be3 Rc2 48. Ng1 Rc3 49. Rxc3 bxc3 50. Nf3 Kg6 51. Nh4+ Kh5
52. Nxf5 Kg4 53. Nxh6+ Kf3 54. Bc1 Nexd4 55. f5 Nxe5 56. f6
Ne6 57. f7 d4 58. Nf5 Nxf7 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 b5
12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. b4 Ne5 15. Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3
Rac8 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Bb1 Ne4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd3 h6 21. Qd4
Nf6 22. Ne5 Bc7 23. Ng4 Rd8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxd8+ Qxd8
26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd4 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. Bd3 e5
31. Bc5 h5 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Bc2 Bd5 34. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th European Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Manuel Perez Candelario"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "145"]

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 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Ng5 Rad8 13. Qb1 Nc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 Kh8
17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. f3 Ng8 19. Na4 Rf6 20. c4 Rg6 21. Nb6 Ngf6
22. Rab1 Nxb6 23. b5 Qc8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. c5
dxc5 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxc5 Nd7 29. Bf2 h6 30. Kh1 Kh7
31. Qd3 a5 32. Qb5 Nf6 33. Qa6 Qf7 34. b7 Bc7 35. Ba7 Nh5
36. b8=Q Bxb8 37. Bxb8 Qf4 38. Qxa5 Qe3 39. Qe1 Rg5 40. Bf1
Ng3+ 41. Qxg3 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Qc3 43. Ba7 h5 44. Kg1 g5 45. Bf2
Kg6 46. Rb8 Qc1 47. Rg8+ Kf7 48. Rd8 Kg6 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rd3
Kf6 51. Re3 Qb1 52. Re1 Qb3 53. Be3 Qc2 54. Be2 Kg6 55. Kf2
Qb2 56. Rd1 Qb8 57. Rd7 Qh8 58. Bf1 h4 59. g4 Kf6 60. Rc7 Kg6
61. Ra7 Qc8 62. Re7 Qc6 63. Be2 Qc8 64. Bb5 Qc2+ 65. Be2 Qc6
66. Ra7 Qc8 67. Ra6 Kf6 68. Rb6 Qc7 69. Bd1 Qc3 70. Rb8 Kg7
71. Be2 Qc7 72. Ra8 Qc6 73. Ra6 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. h4 a5 13. h5 e5 14. hxg6 exd4 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qxd4 h6
17. O-O-O b4 18. Nd5 Be8 19. Bxe8 Ng8 20. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "3.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Timothy J Upton"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7
7. d4 Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. g3 Nf6 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd3 Qh3 15. f3 h6 16. Be3 Nh7
17. c5 f5 18. Nf2 Qh5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Nfe4 dxc5 21. Qb3 Kh8
22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Na4 Rbb8 25. Naxc5 Ng5
26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Ne6 Rfc8 29. Rac1 Bd6 30. Qa6
1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leonid Kritz"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O
12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 b4 16. Qb5 Rfd8
17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Bg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Rab8 20. Nf3 h6 21. c4 Kf8
22. Rd5 Ra8 23. h3 Ne7 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 c5 26. Rd1 Nc6
27. Qb6 Ke7 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. Qa6 Rb7 30. Qa8 Rb8 31. Qa1 Qf5
32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Re3 Qg6 34. g3 Kc7 35. h4 Qf5 36. Qd1 Ra8
37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Qb1 Ra8 39. Kf1 g5 40. Kg2 Kd7 41. Qd1 Ra2
42. Rd3 g4 43. Rxd6+ Kc7 44. Ng1 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46. Qd2 Rxb2
47. Rxh6 Nd4 48. Qe3 Ne6 49. Ne2 Qxc2 50. Qe5+ Kb7 51. Qd5+
Kc7 52. Rf6 Nd8 53. Rd6 Qxe2 54. Rd7+ Kb6 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 Qe5 19. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 Rd8
17. Bh5 g4 18. Qxg4 Rg8 19. Qh4 Qxd4+ 20. Rf2 Nc5 21. Ne2 Qd2
22. Ng3 Qd4 23. Ne2 Qd2 24. Ng3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th European Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Dizdar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Qe7
12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15. e4 Rad8 16. e5 b5
17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 b4 19. d6 Qe8 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Nc7 Qd8
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rf5 26. Re4
Nf6 27. exf6 Rxd5 28. Re7 Rxd6 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. h4 Qxf6
31. Rxa7 bxa3 32. Qc1 axb2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rb7
Rd1+ 36. Kh2 b1=Q 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qe3+ Kd8 39. Rxb1 Qd6+
40. Ne5 Rxb1 41. Qf4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8
12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. g4 Rc8
17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exd6 exd6 20. c3 Nf6 21. Bg5 Bc6
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rh3 b5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxd6 Qf4 26. Na5
Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc5 28. a3 Ba8 29. Nb3 Re5 30. Nd4 Re3 31. Kc1
Rce8 32. Kd2 Bb7 33. Rd8 Re2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxd8+ 35. Nd4 a5
36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf4 Rd8 38. Nb3 Ra8 39. Rh2 b4 40. axb4 axb4
41. c4 Rd8 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 f6 44. Ne4 Ba6 45. b3 Kf7
46. Nc5 Bc8 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nxb4 Bb7 49. Nd3 g5+ 50. hxg5
fxg5+ 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. b4 h6 53. b5 Ba8 54. c5+ Kd5 55. c6 Kc4
56. b6 1-0

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. f4 Na5
12. Be2 h5 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc6 16. Bc4 Qc5
17. f5 b5 18. Bd3 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 a6 21. Nd5 exd5
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qe5 24. Rde1 Qxh2 25. Qe3 Qxg2 26. Rg1
Qd5 27. Be4 1-0

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tomasz Markowski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a4 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 Nb4 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Nf3 Bd6
17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Qc4 c6 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. Rc2 Qf5
22. Nh4 Qh5 23. Nf3 Rd6 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Qg6
27. Rc4 h6 28. Qh3 Qf7 29. Rac1 e4 30. Nd4 exd3 31. exd3 Rd5
32. Nf3 Rxd3 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. Rcc4 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. d5
Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 19. Nf1 Rdc8 20. Qd2 Na6 21. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Aleksej Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7
13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. N3h2 a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. g4 exf4
18. Bxf4 b4 19. Ng3 Ne8 20. Nf3 b3 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Bxb3 Rb8
23. Bc2 Rxb2 24. Nd4 Bf6 25. Qc1 Rb8 26. Qe3 a4 27. Reb1 Rxb1+
28. Rxb1 a3 29. Ra1 Qa5 30. Nge2 Be5 31. Qc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Robert Bator"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. a3 Rb8 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Ne3 Qd8 18. O-O Nc6 19. b3 Nd4 20. b4 Be6 21. c3 Nb5
22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Rc6 25. Ra5 Rbc8 26. Bxb5
axb5 27. Rca1 h6 28. R1a3 Rc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Qe3 Qd8
31. Ra1 f5 32. exf5 Qf6 33. Qf3 d5 34. Ra6 Qf7 35. f6 Rf8
36. Qg4 g6 37. Rd6 Bd3 38. Qd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 Rxf6 40. Ra8+ Rf8
41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rxd5 e4 43. f4 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ashot Anastasian"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Be7 16. Kb1 c5
17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Ne5 21. Qxc6+
Nxc6 22. c3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Kc2 Re2+ 25. Rd2 Rxd2+
26. Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 axb5
12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. a4 Nc5 16. axb5 Bb7
17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. b6 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb6 21. Be3
Qb7 22. f3 Be7 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Be3 Be7 25. Bh6 Bf8 26. Nf5 Qd5
27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Ne3 Bc6 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Rc7
Ke7 32. Rb7 Rc8 33. b3 Kd8 34. Ng4 Ke7 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Rxd7
Rc3 37. Rb7 h5 38. h4 Kg6 39. b4 Rb3 40. Rb8 Rb2 41. b5 Kg7
42. b6 e5 43. b7 f5 44. Kf1 e4 45. Ke1 Kh7 46. Kd1 Kg7 47. Kc1
Rb6 48. Kd2 Rb5 49. Kc3 Rb6 50. Kd4 Rb5 51. Kc4 Rb1 52. Kd5 e3
53. Re8 Rxb7 54. Rxe3 Rb2 55. Ke5 Rxg2 56. Kxf5 Rg3 57. Ra3
Kh6 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 c5 17. d5 g6
18. Qe2 a5 19. Bd3 b4 20. a4 Nfd7 21. Bb5 Bg7 22. Rac1 Rf8
23. cxb4 axb4 24. Nd2 h5 25. Ngf1 Bh6 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3
Qh4 28. Rf1 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxf4 Qe7 32. Qg3
Ne5 33. Rcf1 Nbd7 34. Rh4 Kh7 35. Rf5 Nf6 36. Bxe5 dxe5
37. Rxe5 Qd8 38. Nc4 Nd7 39. Rg5 Kh6 40. Rgg4 f5 41. exf5 Rxf5
42. Nd6 Rxd6 43. Qxd6 Qe8 44. Re4 Qf7 45. Rhf4 Qxd5 46. Qxd5
Rxd5 47. a5 Rd3 48. Rf3 Rd1+ 49. Rf1 Rd3 50. Rf7 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5
Be7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Qa5
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bg4 O-O 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Ne2 d5 21. Nd4 dxe4
22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Nxc6 Bc5 25. Bf3 Be6 26. Nb4
Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rab8 28. Ra4 Bf5 29. Bxd5 Bxc2 30. Raf4 a5
31. h3 Rb5 32. Bc4 Rb4 33. R1f2 Bg6 34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Bb3 Rxf4
36. Rxf4 Kg7 37. Rc4 Rd2 38. Kg3 Bb1 39. Rg4+ Kh6 40. Ra4 f5
41. Rxa5 Be4 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Ke5 Rxg2 45. h4 h5
46. Bd1 Rh2 47. Kf4 Rf2+ 48. Kg5 Rg2+ 49. Kf4 Rf2+ 50. Ke5 Rh2
51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Walter Arencibia"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 e5 15. f5 Rb8 16. Nd5 a5
17. Rfa1 Bd7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nxa5 Nb4 20. R4a3 d5 21. Nb3
Rfc8 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qf2 Nf4 24. Nc5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5
26. Nd3 g6 27. Nxf4 Qxf4 28. Rf3 Qc4 29. Rc3 Qd5 30. Rxc8+
Rxc8 31. c3 e4 32. h3 Re8 33. Qe3 Qb3 34. Qe2 e3 35. Rf1 Qd5
36. Rd1 Qe5 37. c4 Rb8 38. Rd3 Rxb2 39. Qxe3 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+
41. Kf3 Qf6+ 42. Kg3 h5 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Kh2 Rc2 45. Rd1 Rc3
46. Kh1 Qe6 47. Qd4+ Qf6 48. Qd5 Qe6 49. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 Nc4
12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Be7 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Rhg1 Bh5 16. N5a4
O-O 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Nb6 Bd8 20. Qg2 Bg6 21. Ncd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qb7 23. b3 f5 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Bxd8 Rbxd8 26. h4
fxe4 27. fxe4 Kh8 28. Rdf1 Qd7 29. a4 a5 30. Kb1 Rb8 31. Rxf8+
Rxf8 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 h5 34. Nc3 Kh7 35. Qd3 Qd8 36. Qg3
Qc8 37. Qe1 Qg4 38. Kb2 Qf4 39. Nb5 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O
17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qf3 c5 21. Nxd7 Rxd7
22. d5 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. cxd5 Bf8 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. Be5
Qd8 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Nf5 Qf6 29. Qe4 Rd8 30. g4 b5 31. Rd2 c4
32. Rg2 Kf8 33. Re2 Kg8 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. h6 c3
37. Rg2 Qh5 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Qg4 Qh1+ 40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Qg2
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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. Rac1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nh5 16. Be3
Nf6 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Bg7
12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Kf8 15. h3 Be6 16. a3 Ng4
17. Qg1 Ne5 18. Kb1 Bc4 19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Bd4 Rh6
22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd5 e6 24. Ne3 Rc6 25. g4 Rf6 26. Qe2 Rf3
27. Rdf1 Qa6 28. Qxa6 Rxa6 29. c3 Bh6 30. Nc2 Ra5 31. Ka2 Rg3
32. Bf2 Rd3 33. Rd1 Rf3 34. Bh4 Ng6 35. Bd8 Re5 36. h4 Rf2
37. Nb4 Rxe4 38. g5 Bg7 39. h5 Nf4 40. Bf6 Bxf6 41. gxf6 Ree2
42. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 43. Ka1 Rbd2 44. Rd1 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Ke8 46. h6
Rh2 47. Rd4 Nh5 48. Rc4 Nxf6 49. Rc8+ Kd7 50. Rf8 Rxh6
51. Rxf7+ Kc8 52. Kb2 Ne4 53. Nd3 Rh2+ 54. Kb3 Rh3 55. Kc2
Rh2+ 56. Kb3 Rd2 57. Ne5 Rd5 58. Rf8+ Kc7 59. Rf7+ Kb6
60. Nc4+ Kc6 61. Rf8 Nd2+ 62. Nxd2 Rxd2 63. Re8 Rd6 64. Re7
Kd5 65. a4 Rb6+ 66. Kc2 Ke4 67. a5 Ra6 68. Rxb7 Rxa5 69. c4 e5
70. Rd7 Kf3 71. Rd5 Rxd5 72. cxd5 e4 73. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[EventDate "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5
12. Bd3 g6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Bf4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c6
17. Re2 Re8 18. Ne5 Bg7 19. Rae1 Re6 20. f3 Nf5 21. g4 Nd6
22. Nxf7 Rxe2 23. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Nxc6 bxc6
26. Bxd6 Re6 27. Bf4 Rf8 28. Bd2 Bf6 29. b4 Bh4+ 30. Kg2 Rfe8
31. Kf1 Rb8 32. a4 Be7 33. Bf4 Rf8 34. Be5 Bf6 35. Qe3 Bg7
36. Kg2 Re7 37. h4 h6 38. Kg3 Ref7 39. f4 Kh7 40. a5 a6 41. g5
h5 42. Bd6 Rd8 43. Qe6 Rf5 44. Bc7 Rdf8 45. Qxc6 R8f7 46. b5
Re7 47. bxa6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[EventDate "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Qa5 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qd3 f5 14. e5 Bg7 15. Rhg1 h5 16. Kb1 Kf8
17. Bf3 b5 18. Ne2 Qc4 19. exd6 e6 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 Rc5
22. Nc1 b4 23. Nd3 Rb5 24. Rge1 Bc3 25. Ne5 Ke8 26. Re3 Rc5
27. Be2 h4 28. Bc4 Rg8 29. g3 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. a4 Rh3
32. Nd3 Rc6 33. Nc1 a5 34. Ne2 Bg7 35. c3 bxc3 36. Nxc3 Rh2
37. Ne2 Rc5 38. Nd4 Kd8 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 Rc3 41. Bc4 Bxa4
42. bxa4 Rxc4 43. Nf3 Rxa4 44. Kc2 Kd7 45. Ng5 Rc4+ 46. Kb3
Rb4+ 47. Ka3 Rd4 48. Rb1 Kxd6 49. Nxf7+ Kc5 50. Ng5 Rd3+
51. Ka4 Rxg3 52. Nxe6+ Kd5 53. Ng5 Bh6 54. Rb5+ Kc6 55. Ne6
Ra3+ 56. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4
17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23. Qc3 Qa8 24. Bg2 Nc7 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qxe7
Nc4 27. g6 hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7
31. f8=N+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kd3
Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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. h4 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 Nb6
17. Ng3 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6
Rxd2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Qc6 24. b3 Nb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5
26. bxa4 Qxa4 27. Rhd1 Rxf7 28. Rd7 Kg8 29. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. f3
b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. b4 Bf8 16. a3 Rab8 17. Kh1
Qd8 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nb3 Ba8 21. Nb2 Rc7 22. Na4
Rcc8 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Naxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qc8
27. Qe3 Bb7 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Nd7 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Ra8 31. Nb6
Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. Be3
a4 13. Nc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5
17. Rd1 Nd7 18. Rb1 Rfe8 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 Qc7 21. Qc4 Rec8
22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. c4 Rxa2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5
18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Rf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nbxd5 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. Bd2
Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Bxe4 26. Rf4 Bg6
27. Nxh6 Qg5 28. Qf3 Qxh6 29. Bd2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Re8 31. axb5
axb5 32. Qc6 Kh7 33. Qxb5 d5 34. Qd7 d4 35. h4 Re4 36. Bg3 Be7
37. h5 Bxh5 38. f3 Re2 39. Kf1 Rxb2 40. Qxe7 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "159"]

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. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6
12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 d4 16. Bf4 Ne4
17. Bf5 Qd5 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rad8 21. Qc1
Nb4 22. Ne5 Rd5 23. f3 Qf5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qc6 Qe6 26. Bd2
Rc8 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Nc3 30. Bb2 Nxa2
31. Bxd4 Nc1 32. Bxa7 Nxb3 33. e4 Nc1 34. Be3 Nd3 35. Nc6 Kf7
36. g4 e5 37. h4 Bb5 38. Na5 Ba4 39. Nc4 Ke6 40. Kg2 Bb3
41. Nd2 Bd1 42. Kg3 Be2 43. Nb1 Bd1 44. Nc3 Bb3 45. Bd2 Kf6
46. h5 Ke6 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Ne2 Bd1 49. Ng3 Kf7 50. Nf5 Be2
51. Kg3 Bd1 52. Bc3 Be2 53. Nh4 Bd1 54. Ba5 Be2 55. Bc7 Bd1
56. Bd6 Ba4 57. Nf5 Bd1 58. Ba3 Be2 59. Ne3 Ke6 60. Bf8 Kf7
61. Bd6 Ke6 62. Bc7 Kf7 63. Ba5 Ke6 64. Bd2 Kf7 65. Bc3 Ke6
66. Ba5 Kf7 67. Bd2 Ke6 68. Nf5 Kf7 69. Nh4 Bd1 70. g5 hxg5
71. Bxg5 Be2 72. Kg4 Bd1 73. Bd8 Be2 74. Ba5 Bd1 75. Kf5 Ba4
76. Bc3 Bb3 77. Kg4 Bd1 78. Kg5 Ba4 79. Ng6 Bd1 80. Nxe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Bc5 Re8 16. h3 Nh6
17. Bb3 f6 18. a4 Qxd1 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. Rexd1 Rc6 21. Rd5
bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bf8 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Ra2 Nf7 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Rc5
Rxc5 27. Bxc5 f5 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Nc4
Rc8 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. Nd5 Bg5 34. g3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 dxe5 10. dxe5 a6 11. Be2 Bg4
12. Be3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxf3
Rd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ke2 g6 19. Na4 Bg7 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1
Be5 22. Rdc2 Nb8 23. Ba7 Kf7 24. b3 Bf4 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Bxb8
Rxb8 27. Nc5 Rb6 28. Rd3 Bd6 29. Rf3+ Ke8 30. Nxe6 Ra7 31. Rc4
a5 32. Re4 c5 33. Rf8+ Kd7 34. Rh8 a4 35. Re3 axb3 36. axb3 h5
37. Nf8+ Kc7 38. Nxg6 c4 39. bxc4 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Rbb2 41. Rxh5
Rxf2+ 42. Ke4 Rxg2 43. Ne5 Ra5 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 Bxe3
18.Nxe3 Ne7 19.b3 f5 20.exf5 Nxf5 21.Nd5 Bb7 22.O-O Rc8 23.Qd3
Nh4 24.Rd1 h6 25.Qg3 Nf5 26.Qg4 Rc5 27.Rad2 Bc8 28.Qe4 Bb7
29.h3 Nh4 30.Bd3 Rf5 31.Bb1 Rxc3 32.Qg4 h5 33.Qe2 Qg5 34.f4
Rxf4 35.Kh1 Nxg2 36.Qxg2 Rg3 37.Nxf4 Bxg2+ 38.Nxg2 Rxh3+
39.Kg1 Rg3 40.Rf2 Kg8 41.Rxd6 h4 42.Rc6 Qg4 43.Bf5 Rxg2+
44.Rxg2 Qxf5 45.Rcg6 Qf7 46.R6g4 Qf6 47.Kh2 Kf7 48.Kh3 e4
49.Rg5 e3 50.Kxh4 g6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 g6 18. Kh1 c4 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5
22. f4 Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Ba4 Rb2 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Rc5
27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Ra5 29. Bd1 Qa6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Bf3 Ra1
32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Qa5 34. Bxd5 Bc5 35. Qxc4 Bf2 36. Qe2
Qc5 37. c4 Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Be3 39. g3 Qa3 40. Kg2 h5 41. h4 Bc5
42. Qc2 Kf8 43. Qb1 Qb4 44. Qc2 Ke7 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qb3 Qb4
47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49. Bg2 Kf8 50. c5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4
h6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6
18. d5 Bd7 19. Rec1 Re8 20. c3 Nf4 21. Qd1 Qd8 22. Ba4 Qe7
23. b3 g6 24. Nb2 Rec8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. c4 Qe8 27. Qf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 Be6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Be2 f6 16. e4
Kf7 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. f3 Be6 19. Rc1 b6 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. b4 cxb4
22. axb4 Bc8 23. Be2 Be6 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. Ba6 Rb8
27. Bb5 Nxb4 28. Rxa7+ Kg8 29. Re7 Bf7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rd7
Rdc8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bxb6 h6 34. Kg3 Rc8 35. Rd6 Be8 36. Be2
Rc6 37. Rxc6 Nxc6 38. Kf4 Ne5 39. Bc7 Bd7 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Kd4
Nf7 42. Ba5 Ne5 43. Bb4+ Ke8 44. Kc5 Ng6 45. Bd2 Ne5 46. Kd6
Ba4 47. f4 Nf7+ 48. Kc7 Bd7 49. Bb4 Ba4 50. Bc4 Nh8 51. g3 Nf7
52. h4 Nh8 53. Bd6 Ng6 54. Be2 Nh8 55. Bc4 Ng6 56. e5 fxe5
57. fxe5 Ne7 58. e6 g6 59. Bc5 Nf5 60. Bd3 Ne7 61. Kd6 h5
62. Ke5 Nf5 63. Kf6 Bc6 64. e7 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 a5 8. Be2 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Na2
Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 Bb7
17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 f6 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. h4 g6 21. Rac3 Kf7
22. h5 Rab8 23. g4 Nf8 24. hxg6+ hxg6 25. g5 Ne6 26. gxf6 Kxf6
27. Kg2 c5 28. Rh1 Bc6 29. Ne5 Bxa4 30. Rh7 Nf8 31. Rf7+ Ke6
32. Be2 Kd6 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ Kd6 35. Bg4 c4 36. e4 dxe4
37. Nxc4+ Kd5 38. Ne3+ Kd6 39. Nc4+ Kd5 40. Ne3+ Kd6 41. f3
exf3+ 42. Bxf3 Bb5 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. Ng4 Rxd4 45. Re3+ Kd7
46. Ne5+ Ke7 47. Ng4+ Kd7 48. Ne5+ Ke7 49. Rc6 Nd7 50. Nxd7+
Kxd7 51. Rxg6 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rd3 53. Bg4+ Kc7 54. Rg7+ Kc6
55. Bf3+ Kd6 56. Rg6+ Kc7 57. Rg7+ Kd6 58. Rg6+ Kc7 59. Rg7+
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6
12. Kb1 h6 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5
17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Kc1 b6 21. Kd2
Re5 22. Rde1 Rbe8 23. Bd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 f5
26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Be2 f4 28. c4 Kf6 29. g4 fxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ke5
31. c3 c5 32. Bd3 a6 33. a3 Be6 34. Be2 Bf5 35. Bf1 Bd7
36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Be2 a5 38. Bd3 Ba6 39. Kg4 Kf6 40. f4 Bc8+
41. Kg3 Bd7 42. Bf1 Be8 43. Be2 Bf7 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kg3 Bf5
46. Bf1 Bc2 47. Be2 Kf5 48. Bg4+ Kf6 49. Be2 Kf5 50. Bg4+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Nc5
12. Ng3 Be6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Bg4 Nf6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Be3 Qg6
22. Bg1 h5 23. Rf3 h4 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Nd2 Nh5 26. Be3 Nf6
27. Bg1 Nh5 28. Be3 Nf6 29. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Re2
Nc5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Ba3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ne6
17. Qb5 Qb7 18. Rae1 a6 19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. c4 Rd7 21. Rd1 Be7
22. Qe1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. a5 Nf4 25. Ra2 f5 26. exf5 e4
27. a6 Qa8 28. g3 exf3 29. gxf4 Kh8 30. Qe6 Rdc7 31. Bb2 Bf8
32. a7 Qc6 33. f6 Ra8 34. Kh1 Qd7 35. Qd5 Raxa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7
37. Rg1 Qe8 38. f5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3
Nd5 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Ke8 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Rf3 Rf8 18. Kf2 Rf5 19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Kf3 Ke7
21. e4 g6 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. g4 fxg4+ 25. hxg4 Rg5
26. Rh1 Kf7 27. Rh5 Be7 28. Nh3 Rg6 29. Nf4 Rg5 30. Ng2 Rg6
31. Nh4 Re6 32. Kf4 c5 33. Kf5 Ra6 34. Nf3 Bf8 35. g5 Ke8
36. e6 hxg5 37. Rh8 Ke7 38. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 20. Bd2 c4 21. Ra5 Qc6
22. Qa1 Bc5 23. Ra6 Qb7 24. Qa5 Rde8 25. Re1 Bf2 26. Rf1 Be3
27. Bxe3 fxe3 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rxe5 30. Rxb5 e2 31. Re1
Rxf3 32. gxf3 Nxf3 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxe2 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd7
12. O-O Qa6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qb1 b6 16. e4 Nf6
17. a4 Ne8 18. Qa2 Nd6 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. e5 Nb7 21. Ne4 Ng6
22. bxc4 c5 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. e6 dxe4 26. exf7+
Kh8 27. Qxe4 Nf8 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Nb8
Qxa4 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Rd1 Qxf7 34. Qxd6 Ne6 35. Qd7 Qg6
36. Re1 Nd4 37. Qd5 Kh7 38. h4 Qf5 39. Qxf5+ Nxf5 40. Ra1 Kg6
41. Rxa7 Nd6 42. Kf1 Nxc4 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Ra6 Nc8
46. Kc4 Ke5 47. Kb5 Kd5 48. Ra1 Nd6+ 49. Kxb6 Nf5 50. Rd1+ Nd4
51. h5 c4 52. Kc7 c3 53. Kd7 Ke4 54. Ke7 Ne2 55. Rd8 c2
56. Rc8 c1=R 57. Rxc1 Nxc1 58. Kf7 Kf5 59. Kxg7 Kg5 60. f4+
Kxh5 61. g4+ Kxg4 62. Kxh6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb5 O-O
12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qe3 Bd7 15. Nd6 f6 16. Bd3 fxe5
17. fxe5 h6 18. Rhe1 Be8 19. Nxe8 Rbxe8 20. Bf1 Rf7 21. c3
Ref8 22. Bd3 Na4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. b3 a6 25. Kc1 Rf4 26. Re3
Nd7 27. Rd2 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kd1 b5 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Ke1 Rc8
32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Bf3 Nxd4 34. cxd4 Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ke2
Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc2+ 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Rd2 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne2 Qe7
12. Ng3 g6 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Re1 f5 15. Re2 g5 16. Rec2 c6
17. Nf1 g4 18. Ne1 Rf6 19. f4 Rh6 20. g3 Ndf6 21. Rg2 Rh3
22. Bb1 h5 23. Nd3 Qh7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Bd3 h4 26. Rcc2 Kg7
27. gxh4 Rxh4 28. Ng3 Kf8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc1 Nh5 31. Ba3
Bxa3 32. Qxa3+ Kg8 33. Nxh5 Qxh5 34. Qe7 Qh7 35. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergey Erenburg"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd5 Be6 9. Qb5 Qc8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qa4 O-O
12. Qf4 Bf6 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Bg4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Qg3 Bxd4
17. Rxd4 Bf5 18. h4 Re8 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. h5 Re2 21. Rd2 Rxd2
22. Nxd2 Nf8 23. h6 g6 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Qh4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5
27. f4 Ne6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nxh7 Nxf4 31. Ng5+ Kf6
32. Nh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5
18. Nh2 c4 19. exf5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ne5 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxb4
Nxa3 23. bxa3 Bxd5 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne3 Bf7 26. Bb2 bxa4 27. f6
g6 28. Qd2 Rb8 29. Bd3 d5 30. Be5 Bd6 31. Bd4 Bf4 32. Qc2 Qe8
33. g3 Bh6 34. g4 Bxe3 35. fxe3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rb3 37. g5 Rxa3
38. Bxg6 Bxg6 39. Qc7 Qf7 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ Kg8 42. Qc8+
Qe8 43. Qc7 Ra1+ 44. Bxa1 Qxe3+ 45. Kf1 Bd3+ 46. Kg2 Be4+
47. Kf1 Bd3+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qxg5+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3
Qe1+ 52. Kf4 Qh4+ 53. Ke3 Qe4+ 54. Kf2 Qe2+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+
56. Kf4 Qf2+ 57. Kg5 Qg1+ 58. Kh4 Qh1+ 59. Kg5 Qg2+ 60. Kh4
Qe4+ 61. Kg5 Qf5+ 62. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 Be6
12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bb3 Qc6 16. Nf1 Bd8
17. a5 Qc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. Kh1 d5 21. Nb3 Qc6
22. f3 Bd6 23. Rd2 Rfe8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Rd3 d4 26. Na2 Be7
27. c3 Qa4 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Nac1 dxc3 31. bxc3 Nb8
32. Nd2 Nc6 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. Ncxb3 Red8 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Kg1
Bg5 37. Nf1 Rd3 38. Nc5 Rxc3 39. Nxb7 Nd4 40. Rb1 Nb5 41. Rd1
Rc7 42. f4 Bxf4 43. Nd8 Nd4 44. Rb1 Bg5 45. Rb8 Kh7 46. Kf2 h5
47. Ne3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 Nc5 11. Kh1 d5
12. Nxe5 Nfxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qe2 f6 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Nc4
Be6 17. Nxe4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Na5 Qb6 20. Nxb7 Rfe8
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Ra3 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Kamil Miton"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 d6 8. N1d2 Nd7 9. f4 b6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Ngf6
12. g4 g6 13. Rhf1 Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qh3 Rc8 16. Kb1 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bc6 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 O-O 21. Nd4 Rcd8
22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg6 Qd6
26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27. Bd4+ Qxd4 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Piotr Dukaczewski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O
12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Ne8 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. Qxg5
b4 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Rd3 h6 19. Qd2 e5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 d5
22. Qxb4 e4 23. Rg3 Rac8 24. Qd2 d4 25. Kb1 Rfd8 26. f3 e3
27. Qd3 Nh5 28. Rg4 Nf4 29. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 30. Ka2 Qxf5 31. g3 Nd3
0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8
17. h4 Qb6 18. Qd4 Rc5 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc7 21. Rdd2 b4
22. a4 e5 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. h5 Re5 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Rh1 Qc4 28. Qxd6 Re2 29. Kb1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 b3 31. cxb3
Qxb3 32. Qh2 Kf7 33. Qh7+ Kf6 34. g5+ Ke5 35. Qxg6 Qxf3
36. Re1+ Kd4 37. Qg7+ Kc4 38. Rc1+ Kb3 39. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valerij Filippov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7
12. Na4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8
17. Rd3 Bc6 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rfd1 Rdb8 20. Qg4 Rb7 21. Qf4 Bxa4
22. bxa4 Nb6 23. Ba5 Qc6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rf3 Qe8 26. h4 Rb4
27. a3 Rbb8 28. h5 Bf8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rfd3 Ra7 31. Qh4 Raa8
32. f4 Bg7 33. Rd7 Rb1 34. Kf2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxa4 36. Rd8+
Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Bf8 38. Qd3 a5 39. g4 Be7 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5
exf5 42. e6 fxe6 43. Bxe6+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ Bf6 45. Qg3+ Kh6
46. Qe3+ Kg6 47. Qg3+ Bg5 48. Qe5 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 c4
51. Bd5 Bf6 52. Qe8+ Kg5 53. Qg8+ Kf4 54. Bxc4 Qf3+ 55. Kh2
Qxa3 56. Bf1 Be5 57. Qe6 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qf3+ 59. Bg2 Qh5+
60. Kg1 Bd4+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Qe1 Qxe1+ 63. Kxe1 Ke3 64. Bc6
f4 65. Bd7 f3 66. Bb5 f2+ 67. Kd1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Aleksander Delchev"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7
13. b3 Nb7 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf6
18. N3h2 Bg7 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2
c4 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. cxb4 Qb6 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qc1 f6
28. Nf3 Qb6 29. Nd2 Nd8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qa3 Qd4 32. Nf3 Qb6
33. Nd2 Qd4 34. Nf3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bd3 f5
12. Bc4+ Be6 13. Qb3 Bf7 14. Qb5 Qe8 15. O-O Bxc4 16. Qxc4+
Kh8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nd2 c5 20. f3 Qh5 21. h3 exf3
22. Qxf3 Qh6 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rae1 Bc7 25. e4 Bf4 26. Nf1 fxe4
27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd6 29. Qe2 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qd5 31. Bc3
Bd6 32. a4 Nc4 33. Re8 a6 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qe8 Kg8 36. Qc8
b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ng3 Nd6 39. Qc5 Qb3 40. Be1 Nf7 41. Qc8
b4 42. Nf5 g6 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44. Nc6 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kg1
b3 47. Qb8 Qb1 48. Ne5 Qxe1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Johan Hellsten"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qf3 b6
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Bc2 b5 16. g5 O-O-O
17. Qf2 Nb8 18. f5 Nbd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qf7
Bd6 22. Qxe6 Rhe8 23. Qg4 Kb8 24. Nf3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. h4
g6 27. Rhf1 b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qe6 Rc8
31. Bd3 Qd6 32. Qxd6+ Bxd6 33. Rf6 Bg3 34. Bf4+ Bxf4 35. Rxf4
a5 36. Rf6 Rc5 37. Rf8+ Rc8 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Kc2 Kd7 40. Kb3
Kd6 41. Ka4 Ke5 42. Kxa5 Kf4 43. Kxb4 Kg4 44. e5 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bb5+ Nc6
12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nxc6
Rd6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. a4 Ra8 20. Rec1 Nxc3
21. Bxc3 Be4 22. b4 Rc6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Bd2 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 b5
26. f3 Bd5 27. Bf4 Rc4 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 f6 30. Bf4 Ke7
31. h4 Kf7 32. Kf2 h6 33. h5 Kg8 34. a6 Kf7 35. a7 Kg8 36. Ke3
Kf7 37. Bd6 Kg8 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. g4 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. f4 f5
42. g5 Kg8 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. g6+ Kg8
47. Bd6 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+
17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Re1 Rde8 20. Nf3 g4 21. Bh6 gxf3
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bd1 Bg4 24. a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 c5
27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Rc6 Ba7 29. Ra6 Bc5 30. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5
12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. h4 Qc7 15. Rg1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. Nc1 d5 18. exd5 Qb7 19. b3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc5 Be6
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qc7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. f4 Rh3 26. Rd2 Qb6
27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. fxe5 Bf5 29. Rd4 cxb3 30. axb3 Re3 31. Nd3
Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 d6
7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7
12. Nd2 Bc5 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c4 Nb4
17. Bf4 e5 18. Nc3 exf4 19. Qxe7 Nc6 20. Qg5 fxg3 21. fxg3 h6
22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Rae1 Re8 25. h3 Rac8 26. Kh1 Ng6
27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qg4 Bd7 29. Qf3 Ne5 30. Qd1 Kh8 31. b3 b5
32. Ne3 Qc5 33. Re1 Be6 34. cxb5 Qxb5 35. Qe2 Qa5 36. Rd1 f6
37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Rd2 a5 39. Rc2 Qd4 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Nc4 Ba6
1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. Kh2
Na5 13. f4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Be3 Rb8
18. Ra6 e6 19. Nb6 d5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Nd4 Nb4 22. Ra1 Nc7
23. Nb3 Rfc8 24. Nc5 Qe8 25. c3 Nc6 26. b4 Bf8 27. Nb3 Na8
28. Nd4 Nb6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Bd4 Ra8 31. Qe2 Nc4 32. Rxa8
Qxa8 33. g4 Ra6 34. Rf2 Be7 35. g5 Bd8 36. h4 Bb6 37. Bxb6
Rxb6 38. h5 Ra6 39. Qd3 Qa7 40. Re2 Ra1 41. h6 Kf8 42. Kh3 Ke7
43. Qg3 Kd8 44. Qd3 Kc8 45. Bf3 Qg1 46. Bg2 Ra3 47. Kh4 Kc7
48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Qxd5 Nb6 50. Qxf7+ Kc6 51. Qe6+ Kc7 52. Qf7+
Nd7 53. Qd5 Rxc3 54. Qg2 Qd4 55. Qg4 Qd1 56. Qg2 Nf8 57. Qf2
Qh1+ 58. Qh2 Qf3 0-1

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

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. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 c5
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. a4
Rxb4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qd4 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rb3 26. Rxe7
Rxc3 27. Rxa7 Bc8 28. Ra1 Rd8 29. Ra8 Rb3 30. Bd5 Rb4 31. Rc1
Kg7 32. Bf3 c3 33. Rxc3 1-0

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 O-O
12. c4 a5 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bg5 e5
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Kh1 Bb4 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Bb1 Rad8 25. Qh5 Kh8 26. Qh6
Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Ba2 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. Rd4 Rc8 31. Ra1
1/2-1/2

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

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. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8
17. Bf1 Bb4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Qf4 Rbd8 21. Rab1
Qa3 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qxa2 26. Qe3
Rb8 27. Nd2 c5 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rxa6 cxd4 30. Qe2 d3 31. Qe3
Ne5 32. Qxe5 Qxd2 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 d2 35. Rd3 1-0

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

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qb3 a5 12. O-O
b5 13. Nbc3 Rb8 14. Qd1 Na6 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nd1 Bb5
18. Nf2 Nfd7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qa6 21. Rfe1 O-O 22. Ng1 Rfc8
23. Rac1 b3 24. a3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 Bxd3 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Nf6
28. fxe5 Nxe4 29. Qd1 dxe5 30. c7 Rc8 31. Qxb3 Rxc7 32. Qd5
Nc5 1/2-1/2

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

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O
12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 Bb7 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8
17. Qb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne2 Ne4
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. exd5
Qxd5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxd3
22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Re3 Rad8 24. a4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. axb5
axb5 27. Rb1 Rd1 28. Reb3 Nd5 29. Bg5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb8
31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Rxb4 Nc4 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 h6
36. Be3 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kc5 38. Rg4 Rb7 39. h4 b4 40. Kc2 b3+
41. Kb2 Kd5 42. h5 Ke5 43. Rg6 Kf5 44. g3 Ke4 45. g4 Kxe3
46. g5 hxg5 47. Rxg5 Ke4 48. Rg6 Kf5 49. Kc1 b2+ 50. Kb1 Ke5
51. h6 gxh6 52. Rxh6 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. exd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd5
12. Qd3 Qc7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. Nb3 Ra7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rd4 Bb7 20. Rbd1 Ne5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7
22. Qe4 g5 23. Rd6 Ng6 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. Qf6 h6 26. Rxe6 Qxc4
27. Re3 Qc6 28. Rd6 Qxc2 29. Nd4 Qb2 30. Qf5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Nh4
32. Qf6 Qf1 33. Rg3 Qe1 34. Re3 Qf1 35. Rg3 Qe1 36. Re3 Qf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4
17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
d5 22. Qxd5 Bxa3 23. Qxd7 Qa5 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qc4 Qa5 26. Qb5
Qc7 27. Qc4 Qa5 28. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3
Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Nd3 Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 Qc7 16. h4 dxe4 17. Bxe4
Nxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. Rhf1 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 a4 22. Kb1
axb3 23. cxb3 Rh2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qe5 26. Qh4 g6 27. Nc2
Bf8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Ra5 30. Ne3 e5 31. Nc4 exf4 32. Nxa5
Be7 33. Nc4 Bxg5 34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxf7 Bf6 36. e5 Bh4 37. e6
Kxe6 38. Kc2 g5 39. Nh6 Bb5 40. Rd4 f3 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Rxb4
Bd7 43. Kd3 f2 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5 47. Re4+
Kf6 48. Ke2 Bh3 49. Ng4+ Kf5 50. Nxf2 Bxf2 51. Re8 Bc5 52. a4
g4 53. a5 g3 54. Rc8 Bd4 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Re8+ Kf7 0-1

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

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. e5 Bb7
12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Kf7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe6
Kxe6 17. Qh3+ Kf7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd7 Qc6 20. Rhd1 Rad8
21. Qh5+ Ke6 22. Qh3+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

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

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. d5 Ne7
13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Na3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6
Nc8 18. Qd1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Nab1
Qa2 23. g3 h6 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc4 26. Bb1 Qa1 27. Nxc4
bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxb1 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxe4 31. Rd8+ Kh7
32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+ 34. Ke3 Bg4 35. Qxe5 Qxc1+ 36. Rd2
Qe1+ 37. Kf4 Qxd2+ 38. Kxg4 Qxb2 39. Kf3 Qa1 40. Qe4+ g6
41. c4 Qh1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Ke5 Qb2+ 44. Qd4 Qb8+ 45. Ke4
Qb7+ 46. Qd5 Qb1+ 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7
50. Qd4 h5 51. Qe4 Qb4 52. Qd5 Kg8 53. c5 Qb5 54. Kf3 Qf1
55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qd4 Qh1+ 57. Kf4 Qc6 58. Qd6 Qg2 59. Ke3 Qh1
60. c6 Qe1+ 61. Kf3 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qe4+ 63. Kd2 Qf3 64. Qc5 Qb3
65. c7 Qa2+ 66. Kc3 Qa1+ 67. Kb4 Qb2+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+ 69. Kb6
Qb3+ 70. Qb5 Qe6+ 71. Kb7 Qe7 72. Qb6 1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7
12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Rhe1 Bb4 15. Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qa3+ 17. Kb1 Qxc3 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bc5 Re8
21. Rxe4 Qf6 22. Qh5 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bb6 Kg8 25. g4 e5
26. fxe5 Be6 27. Nc5 Rac8 28. Kb2 Re7 29. Rd6 Rce8 30. Nxe6
Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bc7 Kf7 33. h4 Re8 34. c4 Ke6 35. Bd6
b6 36. Kc3 Rc8 37. Kd3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Re2 Kd5 40. Rb2
Na7 41. Rb4 Rc1 42. Bb8 Kc5 43. Rb2 Nc6 44. Bd6+ Kb6 45. Re2
Rd1+ 46. Ke4 g6 47. h5 Nd4 48. Rf2 Nc6 49. Rf7 Rd4+ 50. Ke3
gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh4 52. Rxh7 Nd4 53. Rf7 Kc6 54. h6 Ne6 55. h7
Kd5 56. Be7 Rh3+ 57. Kf2 Nd4 58. Bf6 1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "149"]

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 Be7 11. g4 b4
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nfxd5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4
Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Qa4+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Rxc6
21. Bf2 h5 22. h4 hxg4 23. Be4 Rc7 24. fxg4 O-O 25. Rh3 Rb8
26. Rb3 Rbc8 27. Rc3 g6 28. g5 Kg7 29. b3 Na3 30. Rxc7 Rxc7
31. c4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4+ 33. Bc2 Rf4 34. Rd2 f6 35. gxf6+
Kxf6 36. Kd1 Ke6 37. Bb3+ Kf5 38. Ke2 a5 39. Bg3 Rb4 40. Kf3
a4 41. Bc2+ Ke6 42. Be4 g5 43. Bd5+ Kf5 44. hxg5 Bxg5 45. Re2
Rd4 46. Be4+ Ke6 47. Bc2 Rc4 48. Bh7 Rc7 49. Bg8+ Kf5 50. Be1
Bf4 51. Bb4 Rb7 52. a3 Rg7 53. Bd5 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Bc6
Rd3 56. Bb5 Rd4 57. Bxa4 d5 58. Rc2 Bg5 59. Rc6+ Kf5 60. Bc2+
Kg4 61. Ke2 Bh4 62. Bc3 Rf4 63. Rg6+ Kh5 64. Rg2 e4 65. Ba4
Rf8 66. Bd7 Rd8 67. Bg4+ Kg5 68. Be6+ Kh5 69. Bf7+ Kh6 70. Rh2
d4 71. Rxh4+ Kg7 72. Bb4 Kxf7 73. Rxe4 Re8 74. Kd3 Rxe4
75. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Nd2 a5
17. Rac1 Nd7 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. f4 f6 21. Bf3 Bd8
22. Bg4 Bf7 23. Bh5 Bxh5 24. Qxh5 Bb6 25. Qe2 Rbc7 26. Rfe1
Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nb6 28. Nf1 Re8 29. Rcd1 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5
31. Qf3 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Nc3 33. Rd2 Rce7 34. fxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5
Qxe5 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rf2 Qc5 38. Nd2 Nd5 39. Nc4 Ne3+ 40. Nxe3
Rxe3 41. Qb7 Kh7 42. Rd2 Qf5 43. Qd5 0-1

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5
7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5 Nf6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5
12. f4 e4 13. f5 Nc6 14. Ne6 Qd7 15. Bg5 d5 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Na3 Ne5 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Nf4 d4 20. Qxe4 Kf7 21. Ne6 Qc6
22. Qe2 h5 23. Nc4 Bd6 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4
Qa6 27. Qd1 Qc6 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. a4 Qb4 30. Qd5 Qc4 31. Qxb7+
1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6
12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Qh5 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. h3 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Bxe5 22. Bxf3 Bxa1 23. Bxa8 Bc3 24. Be4 Ke7 25. f4 f5 26. Bd3
Kf6 27. Rf3 Rd8 28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Ke2 Rd7 30. g3 Rd8 31. Rf2 Rg8
32. Kf3 Rd8 33. Re2 Rd4 34. Bc4 Rd6 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Bc3
37. Re3 Bd2 38. Re4 Bc3 39. Kh5 b5 40. Bd3 Rd5+ 41. Kg4 a5
42. Kf3 b4 43. Re2 Rh5 44. Bc4 e5 45. Kg4 Rf5 46. fxe5+ Bxe5
47. Bd3 Rg5+ 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Ke4 Rxh3 50. Rf2+ Ke6 51. Bc4+
1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Qc7
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6
17. g4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. e5 Bb7 21. f5 gxf5
22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Be4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Qa8 25. f6 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qc8 28. Nf3 Qc4 29. Rf2 Nc5 30. Qc2 Nd3 31. Rg2 Nxb2
32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qxb2 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 b5 35. Qc3 Qf2 36. Qd3 h5
37. Nf3 Bh6 38. d5 Be3 39. Qd1 exd5 40. h3 d4 41. e6 fxe6
42. Ne5 Qf5 43. f7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 d5 9. a3 Qa5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Bxc3
12. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 Ne3 15. Kf2 Nxf1
16. Rhxf1 b5 17. a4 Bb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 f6 20. Rfd1 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Kd7 22. Rd1+ Bd5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Qe5
Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfc8 18. Ra5 Kf8 19. Re1 Rc7 20. f4 g6 21. Kf2
Rb8 22. b3 Rd8 23. Kf3 h5 24. g3 Rd5 25. Ra3 Ke7 26. h3 Rd4
27. Ke3 Rd8 28. Ra4 Nd5+ 29. Kf3 Nb6 30. Rae4 c5 31. g4 hxg4+
32. hxg4 Rh8 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rh6 35. fxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6+
fxe6 37. Bf5 Rc6 38. Be4 Rc7 39. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. Rab1 Rfd8
17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Rdc1 e5 21. Nxd5 cxd5
22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 Rbc8 24. Bg2 b5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nd4 Rc4
27. Qb2 Rdc8 28. a3 Qc7 29. Rd1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc2 31. Qa1 Qe5
32. Rc4 Qxa1 33. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. Qf2 b5 15. h4 Rcb8 16. f4 exf4
17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bf8 20. h5 Re8 21. g6 h6
22. Nd5 Qb7 23. gxf7+ Nxf7 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bh3 Re5 26. Bf5
Be7 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf7 Rf8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Rhf1 Qb8
31. a3 Qe8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qg4 Bg5 34. Nc3 Kh7 35. Qd7 Be7
36. Rd5 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qc7
17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. h3 h6 21. Ba1 Qa8
22. f3 Qb8 23. Na2 Nd5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nc3 N7f6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5
27. e4 Bb7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe3 Qa8 30. Nb3 Nxe4 31. Rd7 Bh4
32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxd8+ Bxd8 35. Bd4 Bc7 36. Bxe4
Bxe4 37. Nc5 Bd5 38. Be5 Bb6 39. Bd4 Bc7 40. Be5 Bb6 41. Bd4
Bd8 42. Nxa6 f6 43. Nc5 Be7 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. g3 g5 46. Nd3 Bc4
47. Ne1 Bd6 48. Be3 Kg6 49. Nf3 Kf5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Nd2 Bd5
52. g4+ Kg6 53. Bd4 Bf4 54. Nf1 Bc1 55. Ne3 Be4 56. Nd1 Bxa3
57. Nc3 Bc6 58. Bc5 Bb2 59. Ne2 Be5 60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Nf3 Bc7
62. Nd4 f5 63. Nf3 Kf6 64. Bf8 fxg4 65. hxg4 Bf4 66. Ng1 e5
67. Kf3 Bc6+ 68. Ke2 e4 69. Nh3 Bd7 70. Nf2 e3 71. Ne4+ Kg6
72. Nc3 Bxg4+ 73. Kd3 Be6 74. Bc5 Bc4+ 75. Kc2 Kf5 76. Kd1 g4
77. Ke1 g3 78. Nd1 Ke4 79. Nc3+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. a4
Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Bc8 17. Bg5 Nc4
18. axb5 axb5 19. Nbd2 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Be7 21. Be3 Bd7 22. c4
Qc7 23. Qe2 Reb8 24. Bb3 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 h6
27. Kh2 Nh7 28. g3 Bg5 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Bf6 31. Ra2 Nf8
32. f5 Re8 33. Bd3 Qc3 34. Nc4 Bb5 35. Bd2 Qd4 36. Be3 Qc3
37. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ulf Andersson"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O
Nb6 7. d4 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qd7
12. Bc3 Rad8 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. Qf1 Nd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3
Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5
12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5
a6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Kc2 Ke8 21. b4
Kd8 22. a4 Kc7 23. a5 Ba1 24. f4 Nf6 25. Bb6+ Kd7 26. Kd3 Bb2
27. Bf3 Kc8 28. g3 h6 29. Bg2 Ng4 30. Bh3 h5 31. Bg1 Kc7
32. Kc4 Kb8 33. Bg2 Kc8 34. Kd3 Kb8 35. Bf3 Kc8 36. Bd1 Nf6
37. Bc2 Ba1 38. h3 Bb2 39. Be3 Kd8 40. Ba4 Kc8 41. Bd4 Bxd4
42. Kxd4 Kd8 43. e5 Ng8 44. f5 g5 45. h4 g4 46. b5 axb5
47. Bxb5 f6 48. e6 Nh6 49. Ke4 Ng8 50. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Kb1 g6 15. h4 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Qd2 Nf4 21. Rh1 f5
22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Be3 Rcf8 24. a3 Nh5 25. Nd5 Rxf3 26. Nxe7+
Qxe7 27. Bg5 Qc7 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+
31. Bc1 Kf7 32. b4 Ng3 33. Nxb7 Ne2 34. Rxa6 Rxc1+ 35. Kb2 Rd1
36. b5 Ke7 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Ra8 Rd8 39. b6 Nd4 40. a4 Nc6
41. a5 Rd6 42. Rxc8 Nxa5 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Nb7+ Nxb7 45. Rxb7
Kc8 46. Rxh7 Rxb6+ 47. Kc3 Rc6+ 48. Kd3 Rd6+ 49. Ke3 Rc6
50. Re7 Rxc2 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Kg3 Rh1 53. Rxe5 Kd7 54. Kg4 Rg1+
55. Kf4 Rg2 56. Ra5 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Ke5 Rg4
60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Kf6 Rf4+ 62. Kxg6 Rxh4 63. e5 Ke8 64. Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.28"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7
12. h4 Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba4
17. h5 Nh8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Qh4 Qd7 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. g4 Qe7
22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf5
exf5 27. Nh3 Be6 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Kd2 Rd7 30. a4 Ke7 31. a5
bxa5 32. Ra2 Nf7 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Rxa5 Rb8
36. Ra6+ Rb6 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Bb5 Re7 39. Rxg7 Nh6 40. Rxe7+
Kxe7 41. f3 Nf7 42. Ke3 Ng5 43. Bd3 Ke6 44. c3 h6 45. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.29"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrique Rodriguez Guerrero"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 Qc7
7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 h5
12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. c4 a5 15. a3 Ng4 16. Rh3 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 g6 18. Be2 a4 19. Nc1 f5 20. Na2 Nc5 21. Qg3 Kf7
22. Rhh1 Bf6 23. Rd2 e4 24. f4 Qa5 25. Qe3 Be5 26. g3 Nb3
27. Rdd1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rhc8 31. Kc2
b5 32. Rh2 Na5 33. Rd4 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4
36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Rd1 Kd7 39. Rd4 Kc7 40. Rd1 Kb6
41. Rd2 Rc4 42. Rd1 Kc5 43. Rb1 e3 44. Kd3 e2 0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 O-O
12. O-O Ng4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxb6
axb6 17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Rxf1+
21. Bxf1 Bd4 22. h3 Bxc3 23. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marco Antonio Fernandez Gil"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "152"]

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 Be7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Be2
Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 h4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. c4
Rfe8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. Ne4 Bxe3+
22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Ra3 Red8
27. Kf2 Nf8 28. Rd3 f6 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nd2 Nd7 31. Nf1 g6
32. Ne3 Nf6 33. Rdd1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Rd7 35. Kd3 Rdc7 36. Rd2 f4
37. Ng4 e4+ 38. Kd4 e3 39. Re2 Nh5 40. c5 Ng7 41. Nh6 dxc5+
42. bxc5 Rd8 43. d6 Rxd6+ 44. cxd6 Rxc1 45. Ke5 g5 46. Kf6 Rc6
47. Nf5 Nxf5 48. Kxf5 Rxd6 49. Kxg5 Rd2 50. Re1 Rxg2+ 51. Kxf4
Rxh2 52. Rxe3 Rg2 53. Rb3 Rg7 54. Rb1 Rh7 55. Kg4 h3 56. Kg3
h2 57. Kg2 Rh5 58. Kh1 Rb5 59. Rc1 Ke8 60. Rc7 Kd8 61. Rg7 Kc8
62. Rg8+ Kc7 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. Rg6+ Kc5 65. Kxh2 Rxa5 66. f4
Ra3 67. Kg2 Rb3 68. Re6 Kd5 69. f5 a5 70. Re1 Rb6 71. Kg3 a4
72. Kf4 a3 73. Rd1+ Kc4 74. Rc1+ Kd4 75. Rd1+ Kc3 76. Ke5 a2
0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. a4 c5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. O-O Nc6 16. Ng3 Nge7
17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Qd2 Rc4 20. c3 Nbc6 21. Ra3 Nf5
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qf4 Qe6 24. Qf3 Kd7 25. Rb1 Na5 26. Rb5 Kc6
27. Ra1 a6 28. Rb4 Kb7 29. Be7 g6 30. Bc5 Rxb4 31. Bxb4 Nc4
32. a5 b5 33. Qf4 Rc8 34. Ra2 Rc6 35. Qh6 Qe8 36. Kh2 Qd8
37. g3 Qd7 38. Qg5 Re6 39. f3 Qe8 40. Rg2 Kc8 41. Qh6 f6
42. exf6 Rxf6 43. Qg7 Re6 44. Qa7 Qc6 45. Rf2 Ne3 46. Qf7 Qd7
47. Qf8+ Qe8 48. Qg7 f4 49. gxf4 Qd7 50. Qg8+ Kb7 51. Qf8 Nf5
52. c4 Qc7 53. cxd5 Qxf4+ 54. Kg1 Qg3+ 55. Rg2 Re1+ 56. Bxe1
Qxe1+ 57. Kh2 Qxh4+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ 59. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Qd1
O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. fxe3
d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. a5 Ba7 20. Rf4 g6 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Kh1 Rad8
23. Bb3 c6 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. Qe2 f6 26. Qxa6 fxe5 27. Rxf8 Nxf8
28. Qxc6 exd4 29. exd4 Rd6 30. Qb5 Bxd4 31. Qxb4 Bf6 32. Nf3
Ne6 33. Re1 Qc7 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxe6 Rxa5 36. Re1 Ra2
37. Nd4 Qg3 38. Ne6+ Kh6 39. Rf1 Be5 40. Qf8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Rd8 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Be7
17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rc7 Rd7
22. Rac1 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qa5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd6
26. Bf4+ Kd5 27. Qxb7+ Kc4 28. b3+ Kc3 29. Qc6+ Kb2 30. Qxe6
Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. d5 Rd8 33. d6 Kxb3 34. a5 Ka4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3
17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 h6 21. Nh3
Nxe4 22. Qe2 f5 23. Ra3 Rf6 24. Rh1 Rbf8 25. b4 Ne7 26. Rf3
Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Rg4 28. Rg1 Rf6 29. Be3 Rfg6 30. Rh1 Bxe3
31. Rxe3 Ng5 32. Ke1 f4 33. Ra3 Rf6 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Nxg5+
Qxg5 36. Nxc7 f3 37. Ne6 Qc1+ 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Rxe6
40. dxe6+ Kxe6 41. b5 Rd4+ 42. Ke1 d5 43. b6 Rxc4 44. b7 Nc6
45. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. Rf3 O-O 16. Raf1 Kh8
17. Rh3 Ne7 18. e5 d5 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Qxd7 f5 21. Qxb7 Nd5
22. Nd4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. c3 Nd5 25. Ne2 f6 26. g4 fxe5
27. gxf5 exf5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bg6 Rc7 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5
e3 32. Bd3 Bxc3 33. Bxa6 Bd2 34. a4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. Kg2
Ra3 37. Rh4 Kg7 38. Be2 h6 39. Kf3 Ra1 40. Rg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Qe2
Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Nf1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. b4 d5
18. Bb3 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Qd2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1
23. Rxa1 Qe7 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Ne5 Kh7 27. Rxc7
Ra8 28. Bxf7 Bxf7 29. Rxf7 Re8 30. f4 Rc8 31. Nf5 Ne8 32. Nxd4
Kg8 33. Ne6 Kh7 34. f5 Nc6 35. Nxc6 Rxc6 36. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be3 c5
17. O-O O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Qxa6
Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bf2 Ra4
26. Bb3 Ra6 27. Bc4 Ra4 28. Bb3 Ra6 29. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. g4 Rfb8 16. Ng3 a5 17. g5 Ne8
18. Nh2 Bc8 19. Ng4 Nc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. a3 Ra7 22. Bd2 Qd8
23. Qf3 Kh8 24. h4 g6 25. Nfh6 Qe7 26. Kg2 Bxh6 27. Nxh6 Ng7
28. Qf6 Qxf6 29. gxf6 Nh5 30. Bg5 Ba6 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bxh5
Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1 gxh5 34. Rg1 Rf8 35. Kh2 Bc8 36. Be3 Rb7
37. Rg7 Bg4 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. f4 a4 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Bc5 Re8
42. Kf2 Bg4 43. Nxf7+ Rxf7 44. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 h5 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. f3 Nh7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g3 Qc7 19. Kh2 f5 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. b3 Rxf1
22. Bxf1 cxb3 23. axb3 a6 24. e5 c5 25. dxc5 Nf8 26. Ne4 Qxe5
27. Ng5 Bd5 28. Bg2 Rc8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rf1 Kg8 31. Rxf8+
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rac8 15. c3 Nc4 16. Bg5
Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfd8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Bc1 h6 20. h3 Nb6 21. R5d3
Nd7 22. Nh2 Qc4 23. b3 Qe6 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4
Rc6 27. Qe2 Rdc8 28. Bb4 Bf8 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. g3 Qd8 31. Qd2
Qb6 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Qa5 35. Rxc6 Rxc6
36. Rc1 Qc7 37. Rc2 Rc5 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. c4 f6 40. cxb5 axb5
41. Rd2 b4 42. Qf3 Qc8 43. h4 Rc3 44. Qe2 Qc6 45. h5 Qb7
46. Qg4 Rc8 47. Rd7 f5 48. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4
12. Qc2 f5 13. Bb2 Rf6 14. d5 Rg6 15. Nd4 Qg5 16. g3 Nf8
17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Qh5 20. dxe6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Qxf5 Rf6 24. Qd5 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Ngxe6
26. Nxe6 Rfxe6 27. Rd4 Qh6 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Rh4 Rxe3 30. Rxh6
Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 R1e2+ 32. Kh3 Rxb2 33. Qf7 Rbe2 34. Rh4 R2e7
35. Qf5 h6 36. Rd4 Nh7 37. Rd2 Rf8 38. Qd3 Rxf3 39. Qd5 Rf8
40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Qf3 Rfe8 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Re4 44. Qc3 Re3
45. Qc2 R3e4 46. Rf2 R4e6 47. h3 R8e7 48. c5 bxc5 49. bxc5
dxc5 50. Qxc5 c6 51. Qb6 Re8 52. Qc7 Nd5 53. Qd7 Kh7 54. Kh2
Nf6 55. Qb7 Re2 56. Kg2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 c5 58. Qc7 Re6 59. Kf3
Ra6 60. Qxc5 Ra8 61. Qc7 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Ra1+
64. Ke2 Ra2+ 65. Kd1 Ra8 66. Ke2 Re8+ 67. Kd2 Kh8 68. Qf7 Rd8+
69. Ke2 Rd7 70. Qf8+ Kh7 71. g4 Rd5 72. Qf7 Re5+ 73. Kf3 Rd5
74. Qe6 Rd3+ 75. Kg2 Rd2+ 76. Kf1 Rd5 77. h4 Ra5 78. Kf2 Rb5
79. Qc8 Rb2+ 80. Ke3 Rb3+ 81. Kd2 Rg3 82. Qf5+ Kh8 83. g5 hxg5
84. hxg5 Rxg5 85. Qh3+ Rh5 86. Qc8+ Kh7 87. Qc2+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. O-O Rb8
17. b4 Bd7 18. Ra2 axb4 19. Ncxb4 Nxb4 20. cxb4 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Qb3 Be6 23. b5 Qc8 24. Ra6 Qc5 25. Rc6 Qxc6 26. bxc6
Rxb3 27. Bxb3 Rc8 28. f4 exf4 29. Re1 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 g6 31. Re6
Kg7 32. Rxd6 Rc7 33. Kf2 Be7 34. Re6 Kf8 35. Kf3 Bd8 36. Re4
Re7 37. Rxf4+ Kg7 38. h3 Bc7 39. Rb4 Kf6 40. Be4 Bd6 41. Ra4
Bc7 42. Ke3 Re5 43. Kd3 Ra5 44. Rb4 Ke5 45. Bf3 Rc5 46. Re4+
Kf6 47. Rd4 Be5 48. Rd7 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 h5 50. Bd5 h4 51. Rf7+
Kg5 52. Re7 Bf6 53. Re8 Rc5 54. Bf3 Be5 55. Rf8 Bd6 56. Rf7
Be5 57. Kd3 Rc3+ 58. Ke4 Rc5 59. Rh7 Kf6 60. Kd3 g5 61. Be4
Ke6 62. Rh6+ Bf6 63. Bf3 Rc3+ 64. Kd2 Rc5 65. Rh7 Be5 66. Rd7
Kf6 67. Bd5 Kf5 68. Rf7+ Kg6 69. Rd7 Kf5 70. Bf3 Ke6 71. Bg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. cxb3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Ng4 15. Nc2 f5 16. f3 Nxe3
17. Nxe3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Qd3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Kf7 23. Rad1 Ke6 24. b4 Rc8 25. b5 Rc2 26. bxa6
bxa6 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Kf1 Rbc6 30. h3 h5 31. Rd3 g5
32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 d5 34. Ra4 a5 35. Ke2 Bd8 36. Kd3 Rc1
37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rg1 39. g4 Rg3 40. Rb8 e4+ 41. Ke2 Rg2+
42. Kf1 Rxd2 43. Rxd8 hxg4 44. hxg4 exf3 45. Re8+ Kd6 46. Rf8
Rxa2 47. Rf5 Ke6 48. Rxg5 d4 49. Rf5 d3 50. Ke1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. O-O Rb8
17. Ra2 Kh8 18. Nde3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. Bxd5 Bb5 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. Qe2 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Ne3 Bd7
27. Be4 Bh6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Qc8 31. Rxd6 Qxc3
32. Rxd7 Rxb4 33. g3 Rd4 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Kg2 g6 36. h4 Qc5
37. Rc2 Qe5 38. Qd3 Bg7 39. Bf3 Qf5 40. Be4 Qe5 41. Bf3 Qf5
42. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7
12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6
17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4 Kh7 25. Bd3+ Qf5
26. Re1 Rg8 27. Kh2 a5 28. g4 Qxd3 29. Qxd3+ Kh8 30. Re5 Rxg4
31. Rh5 Rg6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "229"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7
12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nexc5 f6
17. Qg3 Nh6 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. fxe5 a5 21. Ne4 Nf5
22. Qxg6 Qxe5 23. Nbc5 Ra7 24. Rhf1 d6 25. Kb1 Re7 26. Rf3 Nh4
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qh7 g5 29. Qh6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Rxg7 31. Rxd6
Rc7 32. Nxe6+ Bxe6 33. Rxe6 g4 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rf2 Rc6 36. b3
Re6 37. Rf4 Nxg2 38. Rxg4 Ne3 39. Rh4 Rc6 40. c3 Rg6 41. Ng3
Kd7 42. Kc1 Ng4 43. Rh7+ Kc6 44. Nf5 Rf6 45. Nd4+ Kb6 46. h3
Rf1+ 47. Kd2 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rh2 49. Nf3 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Nh2
51. Rh6+ Kb7 52. Nd2 Ng4 53. Rh7+ Kb6 54. Nf3 Nh2 55. Nd4 Ra1
56. Rh6+ Kb7 57. Nxb5 Rxa2+ 58. Kd3 Rg2 59. Nd6+ Kc7 60. Ne4
Nf3 61. Rh5 Ra2 62. Rf5 Ne1+ 63. Kc4 a4 64. Rf7+ Kb6 65. bxa4
Rxa4+ 66. Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Kd4 Ra4+ 68. Ke3 Ng2+ 69. Kf2 Ra2+
70. Kg3 Ne3 71. h4 Ra5 72. Kh3 Kc6 73. Rf3 Nc4 74. Rd3 Ne5
75. Rd6+ Kc7 76. Kg3 Ra4 77. Rd4 Ra5 78. Nf6 Rc5 79. Ne4 Ra5
80. Rd1 Nf7 81. Kf4 Nh6 82. Ng3 Rc5 83. Rd3 Ra5 84. Rd4 Rc5
85. c4 Kc6 86. Re4 Kd6 87. Ke3 Rc8 88. Rd4+ Ke6 89. Kd3 Ra8
90. Re4+ Kd6 91. Kd4 Rg8 92. c5+ Kd7 93. Nh5 Rf8 94. Kd5 Rf5+
95. Re5 Rf1 96. c6+ Kd8 97. Ng7 Rd1+ 98. Kc5 Rc1+ 99. Kb6 Rb1+
100. Rb5 Rc1 101. Kb7 Nf7 102. Rd5+ Ke7 103. Rd7+ Kf6
104. Ne8+ Ke6 105. Nc7+ Kf6 106. Nd5+ Ke6 107. Nf4+ Kf6
108. c7 Rb1+ 109. Kc8 Rf1 110. Nd3 Ke6 111. Rxf7 Rxf7 112. Kb8
Rf8+ 113. c8=Q+ Rxc8+ 114. Kxc8 Kf5 115. Ne1 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 Qe7
7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e5 cxd4 11. cxd4 d6
12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rac1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Bc6 15. a3 Rd8 16. Be4 Bxe4
17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Rd5 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.Qd3 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Nf8
18.Kb1 Re5 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.cxd3 Rae8 21.Rh3 b6 22.Kc2 R5e6
23.Rdh1 f6 24.gxf6 Rxf6 25.d4 d5 26.Kd3 h6 27.Rh5 c6 28.b3 Rg6
29.Rg1 Nd7 30.g4 Nf6 31.Rh4 Ne4 32.Rh5 Nf6 33.Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8
17. Nc5 Qc8 18. bxc4 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rac1 Re8 21. Ba1 Qc7
22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Ba3 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 cxd5
27. Bxg7 Qxc2 28. Qxc2 Bxg7 29. Qc6 dxe4 30. Qxa6 Nf6 31. Qxa7
Ra8 32. Qb7 Rxa2 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 h6
36. h4 Rd2 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. Qe5 Re6 40. Qf5 Be7
41. Kh3 Bf8 42. f4 Be7 43. Kg2 Rb6 44. Qh5 Re6 45. Kf3 Rb6
46. Qg4+ Kf8 47. Qh5 Kg7 48. Qd5 Ra6 49. Kg4 Ra3 50. Kh3 Bf6
51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Qf5 Ra3 53. Qg4+ Kh7 54. Qh5 Kg7 55. Qd5 Rc3
56. h5 Re3 57. g4 Re6 58. g5 hxg5 59. fxg5 Bxg5 60. Qxg5+ Kh7
61. Kf3 Rh6 62. Qf5+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kh7 64. Qe4+ Kg7 65. Qd4+
Kh7 66. Kg4 Re6 67. Kg5 Rh6 68. Qc4 Kg7 69. Qa2 Re6 70. Qa1+
Kh7 71. Kf5 Rh6 72. Qa2 Kg7 73. Qb2+ Kh7 74. Qc3 Re6 75. Kg5
Rh6 76. Qc4 Kg7 77. Qxf7+ Kxf7 78. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Be7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h3 b5 13.Bd3
h4 14.f4 Rc8 15.Rhe1 g6 16.Qf2 Qb7 17.Na5 Qb8 18.f5 gxf5
19.exf5 Bc4 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.Be4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf6 23.Qf3 Qc7
24.Nc3 Rg8 25.Bf2 Rh8 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 f6 28.Re4 Rb8
29.Rxh4 Rxh4 30.Bxh4 Qb7 31.b3 Kd7 32.Be1 Qc6 33.h4 Rc8 34.Qd1
Rg8 35.g3 Bf8 36.Bf2 Bh6 37.Bc5 Bf8 38.Bf2 Bh6 39.Rc5 Qg2
40.Be1 cxb3 41.axb3 Bd2 42.Rc4 d5 43.Ra4 Bxe1 44.Qxe1 Rxg3
45.Rxa6 Qg1 46.Qxg1 Rxg1+ 47.Kb2 Ke7 48.Re6+ Kf7 49.Rd6 e4
50.Kc3 Rf1 51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Rd8+ Kf7 53.Rd7+ Kf8 54.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6
17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. h3 f6 21. Be3 e5
22. Bxc5 Be6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Qb7
h5 27. Rd3 Rab8 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. a4 Rb2 30. a5 h4 31. a6 Rcb8
32. Rad1 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qxg3+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Ke1
Qg1+ 37. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Qb6
12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qa4 Be7 14. Rab1 Bxh4 15. gxh4 cxd4 16. cxd4
Qb4 17. Bb5 Qxa4 18. Bxa4 Nb6 19. Bc2 Nxd4 20. Bxe4 Nc4
21. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. b4 f5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. bxa5 Bd3 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Raf7 25. O-O Qxh4 26. Qe2
Bf4 27. g3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Qg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+
31. Kxf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 e4 33. Qf2 Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 h5
36. Ke1 Qg5 37. Qc4 h4 38. a6 Qg3+ 39. Kd2 h3 40. a7 Qf2+
41. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qg4 O-O 15. Rad1 g6 16. Rfe1 a6
17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Be4 Nxd4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2
c5 14.Ba2 Rc8 15.Nf4 Kh8 16.b4 Nb6 17.Ne2 Qd7 18.Bf4 f5 19.f3
fxe4 20.fxe4 cxb4 21.axb4 d5 22.e5 Bxb4 23.Bd2 Bc5 24.Kh1 Nc4
25.Bf4 Ne3 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.d4 Be7 28.Qd3 Bh4 29.Qxe3 Bxe1
30.Rxe1 Qf5 31.Kg1 Qe4 32.Qg3 Qg6 33.Qe3 Qe4 34.Qg3 Rc6 35.Bb1
Rg6 36.c3 Rxg3 37.Bxe4 Re3 38.Bf3 Kg8 39.Kf2 Rd3 40.Rb1 Bc6
41.Ra1 b4 42.Rxa6 Be8 43.Ke1 bxc3 44.Bxd5+ Kh8 45.Ra3 Ba4
46.Rxa4 c2 47.Bf3 Rd1+ 48.Kf2 Rc8 49.Bc6 c1=Q 50.Nxc1 Rxc1
51.d5 Kg8 52.e6 R1xc6 53.dxc6 Kf8 54.Rf4+ Ke8 55.Rf7 g6 56.c7
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne8 12.Be2 Nc6
13.g4 Bf6 14.g5 Be5 15.h4 Rc8 16.Kb1 Qb6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5
Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Ne5 20.h5 Qd8 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Nf5 b5 23.Rdf1 Nc7
24.Qd4 a5 25.Bg4 Qd8 26.Re1 Ra8 27.h6 g6 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5
f6 30.Ne7+ Kf7 31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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. g4 O-O
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1
d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf5 Rxf7 26. Nxe7
Rxe7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rhd1 Rg8 29. b3 a3 30. R1d5 Qf1
31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxe5 Qxf3 33. Rc5 Qh1 34. Rc4 Qe1 35. Rf4
h5 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5
40. Rc4 h5 41. Rc5+ Kg4 42. Rc4+ Kf3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. c3 Qh2
45. Rd3+ Ke4 46. Rd4+ Kf5 47. Nd3 Qd2 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. c4 Qd1+
50. Nc1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Qxh4 52. Nd3 Qd4 53. Kc2 h4 54. Nxb4 Qb2+
55. Kd1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qe4+ 57. Kd1 h3 58. Nd3 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 h2
60. Nf2 Qg2 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Rd5 h1=Q 63. Nxh1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 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 Bd6 16. a3 Nbd7
17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 Bb6
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. N4f3 Nxf3+
26. Nxf3 Rd8 27. Qd3 Ne7 28. Qe4 Rad7 29. Kg2 f6 30. h4 e5
31. h5 Qb7 32. Qg4 Kf7 33. Rc5 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 35. Qf5 g6
36. Qg4 Ne7 37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Rh1 f5 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qg5 Qe4
41. Qh6 f4 42. Qf8 Nc6 43. Qc8 Ne7 44. Qe8 Kd6 45. Qf8 Qd5
46. e4 Qe6 47. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 Kh8
22. Qd3 Qb6 23. g4 c4 24. Qh3 Qc6 25. Qg2 fxg4 26. f5 Bc5
27. Qxg4 Rde8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bxh7 Rxe5 30. Bf5 Rf7 31. Rae1
d4+ 32. Be4 Qe6 33. Bf5 Qc6+ 34. Be4 Qe6 35. Bf5 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Be7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 b4
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nbxd5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4
Nxb4 17. Qxb4 O-O 18. g5 Rfc8 19. Qa4 Rab8 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Qe4
g6 22. Bxa6 Rb4 23. Qd3 Rcb8 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd5
Qa7 27. Bc4 Bxg5+ 28. Kb2 Ra4 29. a3 Ra5 30. Qe4 Be3 31. c3
Rxa3 32. Ra1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ralf Akesson"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Qa4+ Nfd7
12. Be3 O-O 13. Qxa5 Qxa5 14. Rxa5 Rc8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Ra4
Nbd7 17. f3 Rab8 18. b3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Ncd7 20. Ra2 Nc6 21. Nc2
Ba8 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Na4 Na5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6
26. Rxa5 Bb7 27. b4 Rbc6 28. Kf1 g6 29. Bd3 Be5 30. g3 Kg7
31. Ke2 Bf6 32. Ra2 R6c7 33. Ke3 Bg5+ 34. Kf2 Bf6 35. Na1 Rb8
36. Ke2 Bc8 37. Nc2 Rb6 38. b5 axb5 39. cxb5 Bd7 40. Ne3 Rcb7
41. Ra6 Rxb5 42. Bxb5 Bxb5+ 43. Rxb5 Rxb5 44. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Imre Hera Jr"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 a5 9. a4 Bf5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nxf5 exf5
12. Qc2 g6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. c4 Ne4 16. Bh6 Re8
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 f4 19. e3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ndf6 21. Bf4
Bxf4 22. exf4 Qd6 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4
26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb4 28. Rc1 Qxb2 29. Rc7 Qxd4 30. Qxb7
Qxa4 31. Rxf7 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Ra7 Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Bruned"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4
O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Re8
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 d6 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qd4 Nd7 16. Nf4 Qe7
17. Bb5 Ng3 18. fxg3 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Rc3 21. Rhc1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf6 23. g4 g5 24. Nh5 Nxd5 25. Bc4 Nc7 26. Bxf7+
Kxf7 27. Rxc7+ Ke6 28. Rxh7 Rxa3 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Ke3 Ke5
31. Re7+ Be6 32. Ng7 Ra3+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Ra3+ 35. Kh2
Kf6 36. Rxe6+ Kxg7 37. Rxd6 Re3 38. Rxb6 Re7 39. g3 Kg8
40. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Rd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxd4 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Qb5 h6
21. h3 Rc5 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Qd4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qa4 Ra5
26. Qb3 a6 27. a4 Rc5 28. Qd3 Rd5 29. Qe2 a5 30. Rxd5 exd5
31. Qe3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Aleksander Mista"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a5 Nd7 17. Ra4
Nf6 18. Bc4 Qh4 19. Rxb4 Nxd5 20. g3 Qh3 21. Rxb7 Ne3 22. Qe2
Nxc4 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rac8 25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Rxa6 Rfd8
27. Raa7 Ne3 28. Rc7 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rcd8 30. Kxe3 Qh6+ 31. f4
exf4+ 32. Kf3 fxg3 33. Qxd1 Qh5+ 34. Kxg3 Qxd1 35. Rxf7 Qg1+
36. Kh3 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qe5+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg3
Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 Qg6+ 43. Kf4 Qd6+ 44. Kg4 Qe6+
45. Kg3 Qxf7 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Kf4 Rc8 48. Nd4 Rc5 49. a6 Ra5
50. c4 Rxa6 51. c5 Ra5 52. c6 Rc5 53. h4 g6 54. Nf3 Rc4+
55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Nd4 Ke5 57. Nf3+ Kd6 58. h5 gxh5 59. Ng5 Rxc6
60. Kf4 Rc4+ 61. Kf5 h4 62. Nh3 Kd5 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. Kh5 Kf5
65. Ng5 h6 66. Nh3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elmir Guseinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+
Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey Orlov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Be3 c6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. b4 Bd8 16. Ng5 d5
17. Bd2 Bb6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qf8 21. Rb1 Qd8
22. a4 Nf8 23. Ne2 h6 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. Bf5 Qe8 26. Be3 Nf8
27. Bd3 Ne6 28. Bd2 Qd8 29. Re1 Qb8 30. Be3 Kh8 31. Qc1 Qf8
32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Ne4 34. Ne5 Be8 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Qb1 f6
37. Nc4 cxb5 38. axb5 Nc7 39. Nd6 Rb8 40. Bf4 Bg6 41. Qa2 a6
42. b6 Ne8 43. Nxe4 Rd8 44. Qf2 Qf7 45. c6 Rc8 46. c7 Qb3
47. d5 Qxd5 48. Nc5 Bf7 49. Re7 Kg8 50. Rd7 Qc6 51. Rd8 Be6
52. Qe3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Narciso Dublan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 Nd7
12. O-O h5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Bb7 15. Kh1 f5 16. Qe3 Rg8
17. Rf3 Nf6 18. exf5 Ng4 19. Qg1 e5 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Rb3 Qa7
22. Rg3 h4 23. Rh3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bg7 25. f6 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Prusikin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4
12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qb6 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qxb6 16. Bxb6
Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Rd6 Kd8 20. Rhd1 Kc8 21. Rb6
Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6+ bxc6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Kc2 Kc7
26. Kb3 Rb8+ 27. Ka3 Kd6 28. Re2 f5 29. Ka4 e4 30. Ka5 Kd5
31. Kxa6 Kc4 32. Rd2 c5 33. g3 g5 34. Re2 Re8 35. Re3 Ra8+
36. Kb6 Rb8+ 37. Kc6 Rxb2 38. f3 Rxa2 39. fxe4 Ra6+ 40. Kc7
fxe4 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxe4+ Kxc3 43. Rxh4 c4 44. Kb7 Rg6
45. Rxh7 Kb3 46. g4 c3 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Falko Bindrich"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe4 Nb4 11. Qxb7 N8c6
12. Bf4 g5 13. O-O-O gxf4 14. a3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Korneev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Be2 h5
12. Rhf1 Be7 13. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey Rychagov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4
12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. Bb3 Qa5
17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Bxe6 Ba3 20. Bxd7+ Kf8 21. Qg3 h4
22. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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. g4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5
12. exd5+ Be7 13. Nc6 Nb8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bg2 Kf8 16. Rhe1
Nxc6 17. dxc6 d5 18. Kb1 Ra7 19. f5 Kg7 20. Qf2 Bd8 21. Rxd5
Qb6 22. Qd2 Re7 23. Rd1 Rhe8 24. Bf3 Bc7 25. g5 Qxc6 26. a3
Qb6 27. axb4 Bb7 28. Qc3 Re3 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30. Qc4 Bxd5
31. Bxd5 Re1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Ka2 Qb5 34. Qb3 a5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Ba7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 c5 17. Qg4
d6 18. a4 Bc8 19. Qg3 c4 20. Bxa7 cxb3 21. Be3 Bd7 22. a5 Re6
23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Rae8 26. Bg3 f5 27. Kf2
fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Bxd6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Yakovich"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "150"]

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 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8
17. Be2 Ne7 18. h5 h6 19. O-O Qc8 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Nf5 Qc7
22. Bd3 Bg5 23. Bc2 b4 24. Nxd6 Rfd8 25. Nf5 bxc3 26. bxc3
Bxa2 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ra1 Be6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 a5
31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Ne3 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Qc4 34. Qd2 Qa2 35. Qd8+ Kh7
36. f4 Qb1 37. Kh2 Qxe4 38. fxe5 Qxe5+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2
Qe5+ 41. Kh1 Qxc3 42. Bf3 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 a4 45. Qa8
Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 Bb3
50. Qa7 f5 51. Qb6 Bf7 52. Qa7 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+
55. Kh2 Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1
Qxh5 60. Qxa4 Qg4 61. Qd7 h5 62. Qe6 Qf4 63. Qe8 Qg4 64. Qe6
h4 65. Kh2 Qf4+ 66. Kg1 h3 67. gxh3 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Qxh3+ 69. Kg1
Qg4+ 70. Kf2 Qd4+ 71. Kf1 Qe4 72. Qf7 Kh6 73. Qf8 Qe5 74. Qh8+
Kg5 75. Qh3 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Qd7
12. Be3 Be7 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Bd4 Rh6 15. Nd1 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4
17. Qf4 Rg6 18. Ne3 g3 19. fxg3 c5 20. Bc3 Bg5 21. Qf1 Bxe3+
22. Rxe3 Nh6 23. Rf3 Qb5 24. Rf6 Qxf1+ 25. Raxf1 Rxf6 26. Rxf6
Ng8 27. Rf3 Ne7 28. g4 Nc6 29. Bf6 Rb8 30. g5 Rb4 31. Rf4 Ne5
32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Rf6 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 Rb4 35. Rc6 Kd7 36. Rf6
Ke7 37. Rc6 Kd7 38. Rf6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6
12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Nf4 c6 16. Rac1 Be7
17. Ne4 O-O 18. Bf2 a5 19. Nh5 Kh8 20. f4 Qd5 21. Qg3 Rg8
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe4 24. Re1 Qg6 25. Nf4 Qf5 26. a3 N6d5
27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Qh4 Ra6 29. Rf1 Qf4 30. Qh5 Rb6 31. Bg3 Qe3+
32. Bf2 Qe4 33. Rce1 Qg6 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35. Re2 Rf8 36. Rc1 Rb3
37. Rd2 h6 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Rc5 Ra8 40. Be1 Kg7 41. Rf2 a4
42. Bc3 Rf8 43. Rxf8 Kxf8 44. h4 Ke7 45. Rc4 Nxc3 46. Rxc3
Rxc3 47. bxc3 c5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Roiz"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 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 Qd6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Nd7
17. Nb3 b6 18. Nf4 Rc7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bb5 Rac8 21. Ba6 Rd8
22. Be2 Rdc8 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Be2 Rdc8 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Rc2 Ne4
27. Qc1 Bf8 28. a3 Bd6 29. Ba6 Re8 30. Bd3 h5 31. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "153"]

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. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4
17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc6 19. a4 Be6 20. Ra3 Rxa8 21. Rd3 Kc5
22. b4+ Kxb4 23. Rxd4+ Kc5 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rc3+ Nc4+ 26. Bxc4
Bxc4 27. h4 d5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh5 d4 30. Ra3 f6 31. Ra1 Kd6
32. Rah1 a5 33. Rb1 b5 34. axb5 a4 35. b6 a3 36. b7 Rb8
37. Rhh1 Kc5 38. c3 dxc3+ 39. Kxc3 Bb5 40. Ra1 Rxb7 41. Rxa3
Rd7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kd2 Ke6+ 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc1 Rb7 46. Rc5
Bd7 47. Ra6 Bb5 48. Ra5 Bd7 49. e5 f5 50. Kd4 Rb4+ 51. Kc3 Rb7
52. g3 Be6 53. Ra3 f4 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Kd3 Kg6 56. Ra8 Rd7+
57. Ke2 Rd5 58. Rxd5 Bxd5 59. Rf8 Kg5 60. Re8 Kf5 61. Rxe7 Be6
62. Kd3 Kxe5 63. Re8 Kd5 64. Rh8 Bf7 65. Rf8 Bg6+ 66. Kc3 Ke5
67. Rg8 Bf5 68. Rg5 Kf6 69. Rh5 Bc8 70. Rb5 Bd7 71. Ra5 Bc8
72. Rb5 Bd7 73. Rc5 Ke6 74. Kd4 Kd6 75. Ra5 Bc6 76. Ra6 Kd7
77. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Bb4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qe8 22. Qd4 Nd5 23. Bd6 b5 24. Bd3 Qd8 25. Kb1 a6
26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Qh4 h6 28. g4 Ne3 29. Rg1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Qa7
31. Rf1 bxc4 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Kb1 Re8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3 a5 16. a4 Qb6
17. h4 Bxa4 18. h5 Nc6 19. hxg6 Bxb3 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. cxb3
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. a3 a5 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5
12. Be2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bd6 14. g3 O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Bd2 e5
17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Bg4 a4 19. Nc1 Qg5 20. h4 Qg6 21. h5 Qg5
22. Rh4 e4 23. Qe1 Nc5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. N1e2 Ne5 26. Qh1 Nf3
27. Qh3 Qf6 28. Nf4 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8
12. Bd2 a5 13. e5 a4 14. b3 axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 f6
17. f4 g6 18. Qe1 fxe5 19. fxe5 Ng7 20. Na4 c5 21. Be3 d4
22. Bh6 Bb7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa8 25. Qe1 Qb7 26. Nb2 Ra8
27. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Na5 O-O 15. Nc6 Bd8 16. Bd3 a5
17. Kb1 b4 18. Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Qd1
Qb8 13. d4 b3 14. dxc5 bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nb3 16. Ra3 Nxc5 17. Re1
O-O 18. Nd2 a5 19. Nb3 Ne6 20. Be3 c6 21. f3 Re8 22. Bf2 Qc7
23. Nd2 d5 24. Rb3 Nf4 25. exd5 N6xd5 26. Kh2 Re6 27. Bg3 Rg6
28. Nf1 h5 29. c4 Nb4 30. Qf5 h4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd2 Rd8
33. Ne4 Re6 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qg4 Qf7 36. Qxh4 Nc2 37. Re2 Nd4
38. Rd2 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Qxc4 40. Rdd3 Re8 41. Qh5 Rf8 42. Rbc3
Qxa4 43. Qc5 Ne2 44. Rd7 Re8 45. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g5 hxg5
12. Nxg5 Qb6 13. O-O-O b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rhg1 Rxh2 16. Be1
Rc8 17. Bf3 Rh6 18. a3 Ba6 19. Kb1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5
Rxc5 22. axb4 Qa1+ 23. Kxa1 Rxc2 24. Ne4 Ne5 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6
26. Be4 Rc4 27. Bh1 Nf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxg7 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. Bf1 Rb8
12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. h3 Re8 16. Qd1 h6
17. b3 Bf8 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Na5 21. Be3 Qc7
22. Nd2 f5 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Nxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxh6 gxh6
27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Re3 f4 31. Rxe5
dxe5 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. d6 Rf7 34. Bc4 Bf5 35. dxe7 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7
7. f4 O-O 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8
12. Kb1 Rxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Rxd5 e4 15. Qd1 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nb6
17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bb5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "186"]

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. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5
g5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Bf5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Bf5 18. Nfd2 Rae8 19. f3 Bh7 20. g4 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Rg1
g4 23. Rxg4 Bxg4 24. fxg4 Qh4+ 25. Ke2 Qxg4+ 26. Kd3 Re7
27. Qd1 Qf5 28. a4 Kh8 29. Rc1 Rfe8 30. Qh1 Qd5 31. Qg2 b6
32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Rxc6 Ref7 34. Rc1 Qd7 35. b3 Re7 36. Rc6 Qh3
37. Rd6 Rg8 38. Rf6 Rd8 39. Rf3 Qh4 40. Qf5 Re5 41. Rh3 Qe7
42. Qg4 b5 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Rg3 Rf8 45. Qg6 Rb6 46. Qg4 Rd8
47. Ke2 Ra6 48. Nc4 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Qf7 50. Rf3 Qe7 51. Qg6 Qb7
52. Ned2 Ra6 53. Qe4 Qd7 54. Rf4 Ra1 55. Qf5 Qb7 56. Qg6 Ra6
57. Qe4 Qb5 58. Rf5 Qd7 59. Nf3 Rb8 60. Nfe5 Ra2 61. Kc3 Qe8
62. Ng6+ Kg8 63. Ne7+ Kh8 64. Ng6+ Kg8 65. Qxe8+ Rxe8 66. Rf3
a5 67. Nge5 Rh2 68. Rf5 Ra2 69. Nd3 Ra8 70. Nc5 Rh2 71. Na4
Bf8 72. Kd3 Bb4 73. Nc5 Rh1 74. Nb6 Rd1+ 75. Kc4 Rd8 76. Nbd7
Bxc5 77. Nxc5 Rc1+ 78. Kb5 Rb8+ 79. Ka6 Rc3 80. Re5 Kf7
81. Rf5+ Ke7 82. Re5+ Kf7 83. Re4 Rc1 84. Rf4+ Ke7 85. Rg4 Kf7
86. Rf4+ Ke7 87. Rg4 Kf7 88. Rg6 Rc3 89. Rxh6 Rxe3 90. Rb6 Rd8
91. Rb7+ Re7 92. Rxe7+ Kxe7 93. Kxa5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Rfe8 12. a4
b4 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. a5 Nd4 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qc6 21. Qf1 Nd7 22. Ba4
Qd6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Re6 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Bxb4 Qe5
27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bb3 Rf6 29. Qd3 h5 30. g3 g5 31. Rf1 h4
32. Bc4 Bd6 33. Bxa6 Qxa5 34. Bc4 Qe5 35. Kg2 hxg3 36. fxg3
Rxf1 37. Kxf1 Qxg3 38. Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 dxc3
12. Nxc3 d6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bxb3 15. axb3 dxe5 16. Bxe5
Bd6 17. Nxb5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd6 19. Nd4 Nb5 20. Nc6 Nd4
21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Rc5 Ra7 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Rxc7
Rxc7 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 g6 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gerhard Prill"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O
12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qd7 15. Qc5 Rfd8 16. c3 Ng6
17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. Nd4 Rb6 19. Bc2 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. b4 Ng6
22. g3 Re8 23. f4 Bc8 24. a4 Bd7 25. a5 Rbb8 26. Nb3 c6
27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Kd4 Ke7
32. Rd2 Kd8 33. Nb3 Kc7 34. Kc5 Bd7 35. Nd4 Re7 36. h4 Rh8
37. Rde2 Rhe8 38. Re3 Rh8 39. e6 fxe6 40. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Modler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4
exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O-O
12. Qc2 g5 13. Be2 g4 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc4 Bc7
17. Bb2 Ne5 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1
Rc8 22. Bd3 Bxg2 23. Bf5 Rc6 24. Kb1 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bxh2 26. Qb3
Be5 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Christian Scholz"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. O-O Nbd7 11. a5 b5
12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rfe1 h6
17. Bh4 Rdc8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc4 d5 21. Nxb6
Qxb6 22. exd5 e4 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Rad1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qd6 26. c4
a4 27. Qe3 a3 28. c5 Qf6 29. c6 a2 30. cxb7 Rxb7 31. Bc6 a1=Q
32. Bxb7 Qa5 33. Bxa8 Qxa8 34. d6 Qad8 35. d7 Qg5 36. Qxg5
hxg5 37. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4
Rb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc8 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Ba4 Bxc4 17. Bxc6
Bb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. c4 Rxa5 20. Qd2 Ra4 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Bxe7 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Re8 25. Qxe4 Rxe7 26. f4
Qe8 27. Re1 a5 28. fxe5 c5 29. Qd5 Qc8 30. Ra1 Rd7 31. Qe4 Rd4
32. Qe3 Qf5 33. Ra3 a4 34. h3 Qd7 35. Qf3 Qe8 36. Qf5 Rd8
37. e6 fxe6 38. Qxc5 Rb8 39. d4 Rb2 40. Qe5 Rb3 41. Rxb3 axb3
42. d5 Kf7 43. Qc7+ Qe7 44. dxe6+ Kxe6 45. Qb6+ Ke5 46. Qxb3
Kd4 47. Qb5 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viesturs Meijers"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. b4
f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 dxc4
17. Qxc4+ Kh7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Qd3 Nc7 21. Nh4 f5
22. Qh3 f4 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Nf3+ Kg8 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Rfe1 Nd5
27. Re4 Qc8 28. Qh4 Rf5 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Rae1 Rxg5 31. Qxg5
Nxe4 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Qxe4 Qf5 34. Qf3 b5 35. Bb4 Bxb4
36. axb4 Rd8 37. Rd1 Qh5 38. Qd3 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qh5 40. f3 Qd5
41. h4 Kh6 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. d5 g5 44. Qf5 gxh4 45. Re1 Qb6+
46. Kh2 Rd6 47. Re8 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc3 Nb6 15. Qc5 Nd5 16. Rac1 b6
17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Nc3 cxd4 21. exd4 Bb7
22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 Nf5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Nxa6 Nxd4
27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Kf1 f5 29. Rc4 Rbd7 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Bf6
32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nb4 e5 34. Nc6 e4 35. b3 g5 36. a4 Ke6
37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 g4 39. Na7 f4 40. f3 exf3+ 41. gxf3 Re6+
42. Kf2 Bh4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. fxg4 f3+ 45. Kh3 f2+ 46. Kg2 Re1
47. Rxf2 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 Re4 49. Kf3 Rxa4 50. Nc8 Kc5 51. Ne7
Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Kxb5 53. Nf5 Kc4 54. Nxh6 b5 55. g5 Ra6 56. Nf5
b4 57. Ne3+ Kd3 58. Nd1 b3 59. h4 Kd2 60. Nb2 Kc2 61. Nc4 Kc3
62. Ne3 Rd6 63. h5 b2 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 f6 11. Qe2 Kh8
12. Be4 Qd8 13. Be3 fxe5 14. d5 Nb8 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Bc2 e4
17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Bd4 Nxd5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rhe1
Bg4 22. Kb1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qc6 24. Be4 e6 25. h4 Qb6 26. h5
Nxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7
7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bd4 a5 11. a4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15. Ne1 f6 16. Nd3 fxe5
17. Nxe5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxe5 19. Rae1 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 a4 16. Bc1 Qc7 17. Nc4
Nxc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Kh8 20. dxc4 Bc5 21. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Bc5 21. Qe2
Rae8 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Rad1 Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 gxf5
26. Kf3 Re6 27. Kf4 f6 28. exf6 Rexf6 29. g3 Rg6 30. h3 Rh6
31. Rd7 Rxh3 32. Re6 Rh2 33. Rxa6 Rf2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Raa7
Rxb3+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rc8 38. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.24"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Nxd2
12. Nxd2 Bg6 13. b3 e5 14. Bb2 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bf6 16. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 Qc8 12. Ng5
Nd8 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Na5 Nxg5
18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8
Rxa8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qe2 Be7 25. Be3 g6 26. g3 Nd7 27. f4
exf4 28. gxf4 Qc7 29. e5 Nf8 30. Rf1 Ra3 31. Qb2 Ra6 32. f5 c5
33. Qf2 Qxe5 34. bxc5 gxf5 35. Bd4 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Qf3
Ne6 38. Qxe4 fxe4 39. c6 Bd6 40. Bb6 Kf8 41. c7 Bxc7 42. Bxc7
Ke7 43. Ba5 1-0

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.26"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Nc5 Nd7 16. Nd3 Nf6
17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. e4 b6 19. Nde5 Rac8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. e5 c5
22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nf8 24. Qe4 Ne6 25. a4 h5 26. g3 Bh6
27. Rcd1 Kg7 28. Nh4 Nd4 29. Bc4 Bg5 30. Ng2 Qd7 31. h4 Bh6
32. b3 Qg4 33. Rd3 Bd2 34. Qxg4 hxg4 35. Re4 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Rxd3
37. Bxd3 Rd8 38. Be2 Rd4 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Nf4 Bxf4 41. gxf4
a5 42. Kg2 Nd2 43. Bxg4 Nxb3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Bxf5 Nc5 46. Kf3
Kh6 47. Bc2 Kh5 48. Kg3 d3 49. Bd1+ Kg6 50. Kf4 b5 51. axb5 a4
52. Bxa4 Nxa4 53. Ke3 Nc3 54. b6 Nd5+ 55. Kxd3 Nxb6 56. Ke4
Nd7 57. h5+ Kg7 58. Kf5 Nc5 59. h6+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 b5
12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Ra4 Qb7 15. Nf3 Nb4 16. e5 dxe5
17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. fxe5 Bc6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Bb7 24. Ra1 Rfd8 25. Nf3 a5
26. Kf2 e5 27. g4 f6 28. Ke3 Bc6 29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxg5 Rd7
31. Ne6+ Kh6 32. Rg1 Rf7 33. Ne4 Rb8 34. Rg4 Rf4 35. Nxf4
exf4+ 36. Rxf4 a4 37. Bc4 Rxb2 38. Kd3 a3 39. Kc3 Rb1 40. Nd6
Kg5 41. Rd4 Rh1 42. h4+ Kf6 43. Ne4+ Ke5 44. Nf2 1-0

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.29"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4
Bf5 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g3 O-O-O
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Kb1
Rhe8 17. Nfd2 Nd6 18. Rhe1 f6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Qf7 21. Nf1
g5 22. Ne3 h5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nd3 Kb7 25. Ka1 a5 26. Rc1 e5
27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Qxf7+ Nxf7 29. Rcd1 g4 30. Nc1 d4 31. cxd4
exd4 32. Nc2 Nfe5 33. Re4 Nf3 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Kb1 Re4
36. Nd3 Nce5 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Kc1 Re4 39. Rd3 Kc6 40. Kd1 b5
41. b3 b4 42. Kc1 Kc5 43. Kd1 Re5 0-1

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.30"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5
Rxf5 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. Bc2 Qb6 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Qc7 26. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.31"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. e4 Nb4
17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Be3 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxe5 21. Rfd1
Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. d5 Reb8 19. Nc2 c6 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Qd3
Qd7 23. Red1 Ra7 24. Nd5 b4 25. Nd2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Nd8 28. Nc4 Qb5 29. Ra5 Qb7 30. Ra4 Ne6 31. Rb4 Qa7
32. g3 Ra8 33. Kg2 Qa1 34. Ncb6 Nc5 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. h4 Qe1
37. Na4 Ra8 38. Nxc5 Ra1 39. Kh3 dxc5 40. Rb7 Qh1+ 41. Qxh1
Rxh1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Rb8 g6 44. Re8 h5 45. Rxe5 Ra8 46. Re8
Ra7 47. e5 Kg7 48. Kf3 c4 49. Rc8 Ra5 50. Rd8 Bc5 51. Nf6 Be7
52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Ke4 Bxf6 54. exf6 Kh7 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rxf7
Ra2 57. f4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mika Karttunen"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Nc7 6. O-O dxe5
7. Nxe5 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nxe5
12. fxe5 c5 13. d5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Na6 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Kh1 b6 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. d6 exd6
22. Nd5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxc4 24. Bxd7 Nc5 25. Bc6 Qxa2 26. Qh6
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be4 11. b4 Re8
12. Bb2 c6 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Bf1 c5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. f3 cxd4
17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qf2 e4 19. Qd4 Nf8 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Ne6
22. Qd3 Ng5 23. Bg2 Rac8 24. Rf1 Ng4 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rd5 Nf7
27. Rc1 Rc7 28. a4 Nge5 29. Qb3 Qe6 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Kh8
32. Qb4 Nd7 33. Bd4 h6 34. a6 Rec8 35. Qd2 Rc6 36. Bxa7 Rxa6
37. Be3 Nde5 38. c5 Rac6 39. Qd1 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Martijn Dambacher"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7
12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 f5 14. Bd3 c5 15. a4 cxd4 16. exd4 bxa4
17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Ra5 Nd5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Rfa1 Qh6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bxb3 25. Rxa6 Rxa6
26. Qxa6 Bd5 27. Qf1 Qf4 28. Qe1 Qg4 29. Qf1 Rb8 30. Bc3 Rb3
31. Rc1 h5 32. f3 Qg5 33. Kh1 Ra3 34. Rc2 f4 35. Qc1 Qf5
36. Qxa3 Qxc2 37. Qa1 g5 38. Qa5 Kg7 39. h3 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qxf3 43. Qd8 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1
Qf5 46. Qf6+ Qxf6 47. exf6+ Kg6 48. Kg2 g4 49. Bd4 h4 50. Bc3
h3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Nbd2
Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nf6 21. Be3 Rfe8
22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Re2 Re7 24. Rae1 Rde8 25. g4 h6 26. c4 Re5
27. b4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 cxb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Bc5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2
Rxe2 32. Qxe2 a5 33. Qf2 axb4 34. Bxb4 Nf4 35. Kh2 Qxg2+
36. Qxg2 Nxg2 37. Bd2 Nh4 38. Kg3 Ng6 39. d4 Ne7 40. Kf4 Ng6+
41. Kg3 Ne7 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Simacek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Na3 cxd4 6. Nb5 Na6
7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O Nc7
12. Bc4 Nfd5 13. Re1 f6 14. a4 a6 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. Rxe6 Kf7 18. Re2 Rhd8 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Rc1 e5 21. c4 Ne7
22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Ba5 Bh6 24. Rc3 Rd7 25. b3 Ne7 26. Re4 b6
27. Bb4 Nc6 28. Ba3 Rd1+ 29. Re1 Rcd8 30. c5 b5 31. axb5 axb5
32. Bc1 b4 33. Rc2 Bxc1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. a5 Nb8 15. Ra4 Nd7 16. Rb4 Rb8
17. Bc4 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Na5
Rxb4 22. Nc6 Qa8 23. Nxb4 a5 24. Na2 Qxe4 25. Qxd6 Qc4 26. Nc1
e4 27. b3 Qxc3 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Rd8 30. Qg3 Qc5 31. Ne2
e3 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Kg8 35. h4 Rd3
36. Rf5 Bd2 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Nd4+ Ke5
41. Nc2 h5 42. Kf2 Bb4 43. Ke2 Be7 44. Ne3 Bd8 45. Ng2 Kd4
46. Kd2 g5 47. hxg5 Bxg5+ 48. f4 Bd8 49. Ne3 h4 50. Ke2 h3
51. Kf3 h2 52. Nf5+ Kc3 53. Kg2 Kxb3 54. Nd4+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qd1 b6 10. h4 h5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. c4 Nge7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Qxh4 18. c4 Nxe5 19. cxd5 O-O 20. Bc3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Nf5 22. g3 Qg5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Rad1 h4 25. d6 hxg3 26. fxg3
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Be5 Qh5 29. g4 Qg5 30. Rf1 Qe3+
31. Qxe3 Nxe3 32. Rf4 Nd5 33. Rc4 Nb6 34. Rc2 f6 35. Bxf6 Rxd6
36. Be7 Rd4 37. Bxc5 Rxg4+ 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Bxb6 axb6 40. Rb2
Rf4+ 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. a4 Rc6 43. Rb5 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rc6 45. a5
bxa5 46. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Bd6
12. Nf3 N4d5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 h6 16. Bd2 Qf7
17. a4 Be6 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. a5 Nbd5 20. a6 b6 21. Qe2 Ne4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf5 24. Qh4 Bd3 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Bxc3
Qf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Ne5 Bb5 29. g3 Rff8 30. f4 Rad8 31. Kg2
c5 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. h4 Rfe8 34. h5 Bd6 35. Kh3 Bxe5 36. Rxe5
Rxe5 37. Bxe5 Kf7 38. g4 Rd3+ 39. Kh4 Rd7 40. Bb8 Be2 41. b4
Bb5 42. Be5 Ke6 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. fxg5 Re7 46. g6+
Kg8 47. Bb8 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Re8 49. Bxa7 Ra8 50. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6
Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bd2 Bd7
12. O-O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 Nd6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6
16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5
f6 21. a3 Re8 22. Bb4 Rxe1 23. Bxd6+ Re7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7
25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Rd1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6
12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 e4 15. c5 Ne5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. a4
Bf6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. Ba3 Ng6 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Qb3
Rc8 23. Be2 Bg5 24. Rcd1 dxc5 25. bxc5 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxc5
27. d6 Bxa3 28. Qxa3 f4 29. Nd5 Qg5 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. Bf3 Bxf3
32. gxf3 Rc2 33. Rg1 Qh6 34. Rg2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Qg6+ 36. Kh1
Qc2 37. Rc1 Qf2 38. d7 Rg8 39. Qb3 Rd8 40. a5 Nxf3 41. Qc2 Nd2
42. Qd1 Qe3 43. Rc8 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O
12. Rhd1 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e5 d5 15. f5 f6 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. e6 g6 19. Qd8 Qxd8 20. Rxd8 Kg7 21. g4 Rb8
22. R1d3 Nc7 23. Bf3 Re8 24. R8d7+ Bxd7 25. Rxd7+ Kh6 26. Rxc7
gxf5 27. gxf5 Kg5 28. Bxb7 Kxf5 29. Bc6 Rg8 30. e7 Kf4 31. Ra7
f5 32. Rxa6 Ke3 33. Ra3+ Ke2 34. Rg3 Rge8 35. Bxe8 Rxe8
36. Rg5 f4 37. Re5+ Kf2 38. Kd2 f3 39. c4 Kf1 40. Ke3 f2
41. Kf3 Kg1 42. Rg5+ Kf1 43. Rg2 Rxe7 44. Rxf2+ Ke1 45. Rc2
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2
Qc7 7. Ng5 e5 8. f4 exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qh5 d6 11. Bxf4 Nxf4
12. Rxf4 g6 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Rxf7 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. c3 Be5
17. Rg7 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxh7 O-O 20. Na3 Bxg5 21. Rc7
Rf7 22. Rxc6 Bf4 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. Ra6 Bb5 25. Ra5 Bxc4 26. dxc4
Be5 27. Rd1 Raf8 28. g3 Rf2 29. b4 Bxc3 30. Rxa7 Bd4 31. Rd7
Rxa2 32. bxc5 Rff2 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. O-O
cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Rxc4 17. Bxc4
Bg7 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Bh6 Bd6 22. Bb3
Qf5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. g4 Nf4 27. gxf5
Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Ke1 gxf5 30. Be3 Ng1 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2
Nxh2 33. Bxa7 Ng4+ 34. Ke1 h5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Bb6 Rh8 37. a4
bxa3 38. bxa3 h4 39. Ke2 h3 40. a4 h2 41. Rh1 f6 42. a5 Kf7
0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 h6
12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Re1 c5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng3 Qd7
17. c3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 c4 21. d5 exd5
22. e5 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. O-O-O a5 13. g4 a4 14. Ne2 Ra7 15. Ng3 Re7 16. g5 Ne8
17. Qc3 Nc7 18. Rdf1 Nb5 19. Qd2 a3 20. b3 f6 21. c4 Nd4
22. gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne1 Nf3 24. Qe3 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ref7 26. Rhg1
Rf3 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Qxd3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qc3+
31. Kd1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rg1 Rc8 15. Rb1 d4 16. Qd3 Nce7
17. g4 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bd2 Nh4 20. Nxd4 Ra2 21. Rg3 Nc6
22. Nb5 Rxg4 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Rxg4 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 26. Rxb7
Ne4+ 27. Kg1 Nc5 28. Rg7 Nxb7 29. Rxf7+ Kd8 30. Nxb7+ Ke8
31. Nd6+ Kd8 32. Bb5 Rxa3 33. Nb7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. h4 a6
36. Nb7+ Ke8 37. Nd6+ Kd8 38. Bxc6 Bxc6 39. h5 Rh3 40. Rh7 Bb5
41. h6 Bd3 42. f5 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 exf5 44. e6 Ke8 45. Rh8+ Ke7
46. h7 Kxe6 47. Re8+ Kd5 48. h8=Q Rxh8 49. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4
12. Bf4 O-O 13. h3 Ngf6 14. O-O Re8 15. Rab1 a5 16. Qc2 Nf8
17. a3 Ne6 18. Bh2 Bd6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Bf8 23. b5 Ra3 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2 Qa8 26. Nd4 c5
27. Nb5 Ra2 28. Qd1 Rb8 29. Bg3 Be7 30. Nc3 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Ra3
32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Rd1 d4 34. exd4 cxd4 35. Ne2 Ra2 36. Qb5 Qe4
37. Nc1 Ra1 38. Qf1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. g3 Be6 15. a3 a5 16. Nce3 Re8
17. a4 b4 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. O-O bxc3 20. bxc3 Bf8 21. Qd3 Na7
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qa6 Nc6 24. Rab1 Red8 25. Rb6 Rxb6 26. Nxb6
Qa7 27. Qxa7 Nxa7 28. Nbc4 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc5 30. Rb8 g6 31. Ra8
Nc6 32. Nb6 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Qe7 17. c4 c5
18. a3 b4 19. Nh4 Qd8 20. Nhf5 gxf5 21. Nxf5 Nf8 22. axb4 cxb4
23. Qd2 a5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Bg5 N8d7 27. f4 Rg8
28. fxe5 Rg6 29. Qh4 Nxe5 30. Rf1 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Nfd7 32. Rf5
Rag8 33. Re1 a4 34. bxa4 b3 35. Bb1 f6 36. Be3 Qb4 37. Rh5
R8g7 38. Bh6 Rf7 39. Qf2 Ba6 40. Rg1 Bxc4 41. Qf5 Qxa4 42. Qe6
Qa6 43. Bf4 Nc5 44. Qf5 Kg8 45. Be3 Bd3 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 b5
12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. exd4 Bd6 15. a3 Nb6 16. Nb4 Bb7
17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rc8 20. Bf3 Na4 21. Nfe2 Qd7
22. Rab1 Ng5 23. Qd3 Nb6 24. h4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nc4 26. Nc1 Qe7
27. Qg3 Nd2 28. Ra1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Nb3 Bd5 31. Nc5 Rc6
32. Qe5 Qd8 33. Nb7 Qxh4 34. Qxd5 Rh6 35. Kf1 Rf6 36. f3 exf3
37. gxf3 Qh2 38. Qe4 Rg6 39. Qe3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+
Kxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Ke2 Kc8 15. Bc2 Rd5
16. Rd1 Re5+ 17. Kf1 Ng4 18. Bf4 Rh5 19. f3 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3 Bxe3
21. h3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Be7
12. Bg2 O-O 13. Bh4 g6 14. Rhf1 Nb6 15. Rd3 Nc4 16. Rh3 Rac8
17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Nxc3
22. Rxc3 Rfe8 23. f6 Bxd5 24. Qf2 g5 25. Qf5 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5
27. Rf5 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Ng6 29. Rxg5 h6 30. Rh5 Nf4 31. Rxh6
Ne2+ 32. Kd2 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Rc7 34. Rh3 Rec8 35. Re3 Kh7 36. h3
Kg6 37. Rd3 Rc6 38. b4 Re6 39. Rf3 Rc4 40. Kd3 Rec6 41. Kc2
Re4 42. Kb3 Rce6 43. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kamil Miton"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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. b4 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 f5
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Re1 Bc8 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. a4 Rg7
22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Re7 24. Bf3 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 bxa4 26. Rxa4
Kf7 27. b5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Kg7 29. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Rxa4
12. Bxa4 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f3 Qa5 15. Bb3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Qxc3
17. Qe1 Qe5 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Rbd1 Nf5 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Qe2 e5
22. Qc4 Qb8 23. c3 b5 24. Qb4 Qa8 25. Rd5 d6 26. Rxb5 Ba6
27. Ra5 Qc8 28. Rd1 e4 29. Qxe4 Bxc3 30. Ra4 Be5 31. Qc2 Qxc2
32. Bxc2 Bb5 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. Bb3 Bc4 35. g4 Bxb3 36. axb3 Ng7
37. f4 Bxf4 38. Rda1 Ne6 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Rxa8+ Kg7 41. b4 d5
42. b5 Nc7 43. Ra5 Bd2 44. Ra2 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Everaldo Matsuura"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 d6 17. Qh5
Re7 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 c6 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qe2
Qd6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Bc2 Be6 25. Rd1 Red7 26. Ra6 Rc7 27. c4
Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. c5 Kf8 30. Rda1 Ke7 31. Bd1 g6 32. Rb6
h5 33. Raa6 Rdc8 34. h4 Kd7 35. g3 Ke7 36. f4 f6 37. Kf2 Bd7
38. Bb3 Rf8 39. Ke2 Bg4+ 40. Kd2 Bd7 41. Ra1 Be6 42. Kc2 f5
43. Re1 Bxb3+ 44. Kxb3 exf4 45. gxf4 Ke6 46. Ra6 Rd8 47. e5
Re8 48. Rg1 Rg8 49. Kb4 Kd5 50. Rga1 Ke6 51. Ra7 Rgc8 52. Rxc7
Rxc7 53. Ra8 Rh7 54. Rf8 Ra7 55. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Everaldo Matsuura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Ne3 Bb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5
17. Kh1 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. Bg3 Bc7 21. Bc2 Re7
22. Rfe1 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 a4 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc7 26. Re1
Ng4 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 Kf8 29. h3 Nf6 30. a3 b5 31. Kg1 Re8
32. Rf1 Re2 33. Rf2 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Ke7 36. Ke2
Kd6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. g4 Nd7 39. Bd3 Nb6 40. Be2 Nc4+ 41. Bxc4
bxc4 42. h4 c5 43. Kf3 d4 44. g3 g6 45. fxg6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. g4
Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Ra3 Qd8 16. Qd2 Nef6
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rd1 Ne8 20. Nf1 Rb8 21. Ne3 Bc8
22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Rb3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxd6 Be6 26. Rxb5
Nxd6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Rc6 Rb1+
31. Kh2 Kg7 32. g5 h6 33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Kf8 35. Rc7 Rc1
36. Bf3 Ke8 37. Be2 Kd8 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Bd3 Kd6 40. Ra5 Rb1
41. Kg2 Rb8 42. f4 exf4 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Kxf4 Rg1 45. Ke3 Rg3+
46. Kd4 Rg2 47. c3 Rg1 48. c4 Kc7 49. Bc2 Kb6 50. Rb5+ Kc7
51. Rc5+ Kb6 52. Ba4 Bd7 53. Bc2 Rg2 54. Bd3 Be6 55. Rb5+ Kc7
56. Re5 Kc6 57. Bf1 Rf2 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59. Bd3 Rg2 60. Ra5 Kc7
61. c5 Rxg5 62. Bc4 Bxc4 63. Kxc4 Rg1 64. Ra7+ Kc6 65. Rxf7
Rc1+ 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 67. Ke5 Kxc5 68. Rc7+ Kb6 69. Rg7 Kc6
70. Rxg6+ Kd7 71. Rg7+ Ke8 72. Ke6 Kf8 73. Rf7+ Ke8 74. Ra7
Kf8 75. e5 Re1 76. Rd7 Re2 77. Rd8+ Kg7 78. Rd5 Kf8 79. Kd7
Kf7 80. Kd6 Ra2 81. e6+ Ke8 82. Rb5 Rd2+ 83. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf4 h6 11. dxc5 Qxc2
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 dxe4 15. Rb1 Ne7 16. Rb4
Kf8 17. Be2 Kg7 18. Rxe4 b6 19. O-O bxc5 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Be1
Nc6 22. f4 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Ra4 Rd7 25. Ra5 Rc7 26. Bf2
Nd7 27. Be3 h5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Bb5 Ke7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Bxc5
a6 32. Ke3 Bb7 33. g3 Kc6 34. Bd6 Rc8 35. Ra4 Kb6 36. Rb4+ Ka7
37. Kd4 Rc6 38. Bc5+ Kb8 39. a4 Rc8 40. a5 Rc6 41. Bd6+ Ka8
42. c4 Rc8 43. Rb2 Bf3 44. h3 Bb7 45. c5 Bc6 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Bb5 48. Rh2 Kb7 49. Rh7 Be8 50. Kc3 Kc6 51. Kc4 Ra8
52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 Bd7 54. f6 Be8 55. Rh2 Ra7 56. Rg2 Rd7
57. Kd4 Ra7 58. Rg1 Rd7 59. Ke4 Ra7 60. Kd4 Rd7 61. Ke3 Ra7
62. Rg8 Ra8 63. Kf4 Kb5 64. Kg5 Kxa5 65. Kh6 Kb5 66. Kg7 Kc6
67. Rxe8 Rxe8 68. Kxf7 Rh8 69. Kxe6 a5 70. f7 a4 71. Kf6 a3
72. e6 a2 73. Be5 Rh6+ 74. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4
12. Nd2 c5 13. a4 Nf4 14. Nef3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Ne6
17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Qd5 19. Rec1 h6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf3 Ra2 24. b4 cxb4 25. d4 Bf6 26. Rd1 Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bc2 exd4 15. exd4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Nd1 Nh6 13. f5 Qc7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rc1 Bb6 16. f6 Re8
17. Qg3 Ng4 18. Nf2 Qxe5 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Rxc6 Bxe3 21. Qxg4
g6 22. Kd1 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24. Bc2 h5 25. Qf4 Rac8
26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Qg5 Rd4+ 29. Ke2 Rg4 30. Qe3 Re4
0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qd2
O-O 13. Rfd1 Ne8 14. Rac1 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qe3
c4 18. Na4 b5 19. Nb6 Bb7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Nd4
Bd5 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Bh5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. Bd3 Be4 13. f3 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nd3 Bb6
17. f4 g4 18. Bd2 h5 19. Bb4 h4 20. c3 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 O-O
12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 16. Qh6
Bxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Bf6 18. Rxd6 Kh8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Kb1 Qc7
21. Rd3 Nb6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Be2 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 g6
26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Qc5 Kg7 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. Rc6 Kh6 30. a4 bxa4
31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 Kg5 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Kc2 Kh4 35. Bc8
g5 36. Kd3 g4 37. Kc4 Kh3 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6
fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. Nf1 Nc6 16. Nb3 Qe8 17. Ng3
h5 18. h3 Qg6 19. Qe2 h4 20. Nf1 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Be7
12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qd2 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nc6 Bxc6
17. Bxc6 O-O-O 18. Qg2 Nc5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qxe5 23. Ne4 Kc7 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Ba4 Bf6
26. Rhf1 Kb6 27. g5 Be5 28. c3 f6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Bb3 Qc6
31. Qxc6+ Kxc6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nbd2 g4 17. hxg4
Bxg4 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bd5 Ne7 20. Bb3 Nc6 21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Bb3
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rac8
17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Nf5 Rce8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. e5 d5
22. h4 Nc4 23. h5 d4 24. h6 g6 25. Nd5 Qxd5 26. Bxc4 Qxc4
27. Qf6 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.Qh3 e5 16.Nc4 O-O 17.Nba5 Bc8 18.Qg3
Re8 19.Kb1 Rb8 20.Rf1 exf4 21.Bxf4 Rb5 22.Bxd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6
Rxa5 24.Rxf6 Nxf6 25.Nxe8 Qxg3 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.hxg3 Rg5
28.Be2 Kg7 29.Rd3 a5 30.Re3 Re5 31.g4 Rg5 32.a3 Bxg4 33.Bxg4
Rxg4 34.axb4 axb4 35.g3 Kg6 36.Ka2 f5 37.exf5+ Kxf5 38.Kb3 h5
39.Rf3+ Ke6 40.Ka4 f5 41.Kb5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.10"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
Na5 13. Ba2 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. d5 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. Bxb3 b4
18. Bc2 Bc8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Ba3 Bxh3 21. Bxb4 Bg4 22. Bd3 Ra8
23. Re3 Nb7 24. Qf1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Rb7
Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qb1 Qxb1+ 30. Bxb1 c4 31. Nxc4 Nxe4
32. Re3 Nd6 33. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "205"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Qe2 f5 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 Rb7 24. Qh2 g5 25. Ba6 Rxb3 26. Kc2 Bxa6
27. Kxb3 fxe4 28. fxg5 Qb8+ 29. Rb4 axb4 30. Qxh4 bxc3+
31. Kxc3 Qa7 32. Qxe4 Ne5 33. g6 Bd3 34. Rxh7+ Qxh7 35. Qxe5+
dxe5 36. gxh7 Bxh7 37. Ng4 Rc8+ 38. Kb4 e4 39. Ngf6 Bf5
40. Nh5 Bg4 41. Ng3 Bf3 42. Nf5 Rc1 43. Nc3 Kh7 44. Kc4 Rc2
45. Kd4 Kg6 46. Ne3 Rd2+ 47. Ke5 Rd3 48. Ned5 Rd2 49. Nxe4 Ra2
50. Nf4+ Kh6 51. Ne6 Ra5+ 52. Kf4 Bd1 53. Nd4 Kg6 54. Nc3 Bh5
55. Ne4 Rd5 56. Ke3 Rd8 57. Nc6 Re8 58. Kd4 Ra8 59. Ne5+ Kg7
60. Nd6 Kf6 61. Ne4+ Ke6 62. Nc5+ Kf5 63. Nc6 Re8 64. Nb4 Rd8+
65. Ke3 Be8 66. Nbd3 Bb5 67. Nb4 Rh8 68. Nbd3 Rh3+ 69. Kd4
Rh4+ 70. Ke3 Rc4 71. Nb3 Re4+ 72. Kd2 Rh4 73. Kc3 Ke4 74. Nd2+
Kd5 75. Nb4+ Kd6 76. Nc2 Rh3+ 77. Kb2 Kd5 78. Na3 Ba4 79. Nc2
Kc5 80. Kc1 Rd3 81. Ne1 Rc3+ 82. Kb2 Kb4 83. Nb1 Rb3+ 84. Kc1
Rh3 85. Nc2+ Kc4 86. Ne1 Rh1 87. Kd2 Rh2+ 88. Ke3 Bd1 89. Nd2+
Kd5 90. Nef3 Re2+ 91. Kf4 Re8 92. Kg3 Rf8 93. Kg2 Bxf3+
94. Nxf3 Ke4 95. Nd2+ Kd3 96. Nf1 Rf6 97. Ng3 Rf4 98. Nh5 Rf8
99. Ng3 Ke3 100. Nf1+ Ke2 101. Ng3+ Ke1 102. Ne4 Rf7 103. Ng3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup 2007"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Nd2
f6 22. Bb6 Rb8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nb3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Be3
Kf7 27. Na5 Be6 28. a3 Rc8 29. f3 Rc7 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Nb7 Rc7
32. Nd6+ Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Bc8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. g4 Rc6
37. Rb8 g6 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Bd4 h5 40. h4 Ke7 41. Ra7+ Bd7
42. Kg3 Re6 43. Kf4 Ke8 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kf5 Rd6+ 46. Kg6 Bc6
47. f4 Be4+ 48. Kxh5 Rd5+ 49. Kh6 Rf5 50. Be3 Bf3 51. Kg6 Be4
52. Kg7 Rh5 53. Kxf6 Bd3 54. Ra8+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Rxa6+
Kd5 57. Ra8 Rxh4 58. Rd8+ Ke4 59. Kg5 Rh2 60. Bc5 Rg2+ 61. Kf6
Bc4 62. Rd4+ Kf3 63. a4 Rxb2 64. a5 Ra2 65. Bb4 Re2 66. f5 Re8
67. Rxc4 bxc4 68. Kg7 Re4 69. f6 Rg4+ 70. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. Ba4 Nbd7
12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nc4 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ng6
17. Bg3 Be6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Bg3 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4
22. Bxa4 Ra8 23. Bd1 Ra2 24. Qb1 Ra5 25. Qd3 Nh5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5
27. Nf3 Ra5 28. h3 Qd7 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Qd2 Rh5 31. Qe2 Qd8
32. c4 d5 33. exd5 cxd5 34. c5 Rf5 35. b4 Nf4 36. Qe3 Qf6
37. Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Qe5 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qxf3 40. Qe3 Qf5 41. b5
Qc2 42. b6 Kh7 43. Re2 Qb1+ 44. Re1 Qc2 45. Rf1 Bd7 46. Rf2
Qb1+ 47. Rf1 Qc2 48. Rf2 Qb1+ 49. Rf1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5
17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4 Kh8 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 h6 26. h3 Qc8
27. g4 Be6 28. d4 e4 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qd2 Ra5
32. Rd4 b6 33. Rxd5 Nb7 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Qc2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5
37. Bxe4 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Nd8 39. Rd5 Qf6 40. Rxa5 Rf8 41. Ra8
Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qa3 43. Qd2 Nc6 44. Rxf8+ Qxf8 45. Qd5 Qf6
46. Bg2 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Ne5 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. exd4 Nc4 50. Kg3 g5
51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Bd3
Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. f4 g6
21. b4 Kf8 22. Kb2 Ke7 23. Kb3 Rc8 24. g4 Bh4 25. Rf1 Kd7
26. Rf3 Rh8 27. Rh3 Bf6 28. g5 Bg7 29. Rf3 f5 30. h4 h5
31. Rf1 Re8 32. b5 Kc7 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Ka4 Re3 35. Ka5 Rh3
36. Kxa6 Rxh4 37. Re1 Kd8 38. Bb5 d3 39. Kb7 Be5 40. fxe5 Re4
41. Rc1 d2 42. Rd1 Rxe5 43. Rxd2 f4 44. a4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7
7. Nf3 N7f6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. c4 Nb6
12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfe8
17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nbd7 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Ne5 Ng6
22. Nd3 h5 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Ne5 Ne7 26. c5 Bxe5
27. fxe5 Nfd5 28. Qe2 Nf5 29. Rd3 h4 30. gxh4 b6 31. Be4 bxc5
32. dxc5 Qe7 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Qxh4 35. Bc1 Qh7 36. Rdf3
Nc3 37. Qc4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Rg5 Qc2+ 40. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3
Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Bc2
Qe7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rab1 Bd7 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Nf1
Na5 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Rd2 f6 25. Rbd1 Rd7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Qf3 f5
28. Qh3 f4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxc4 31. a5 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rcc7
33. h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Rxe5 Nc4 37. Red5
Rd8 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxd6 Rxe4 40. Rxd8+ Nxd8 41. Kh2 Nf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe5
16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Rhe1 Qxe1 19. Nxc5+ Kg6
20. Rxe1 Kxg5 21. Nxb7 Nd4 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. f3 b4 24. Nce4+
Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 a5 27. Rg4+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5
29. Rh4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rg8 33. g3 Rf1
34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rxb4 Kd5 36. Ne4 Kc6 37. h4 Rh1 38. Rc4+ Kb6
39. b4 Rd8 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. c3 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1
44. Rh5 Ra8 45. Rh6+ Kb5 46. Nd6+ Ka4 47. Rxh7 Kb3 48. Rc7 Rd8
49. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Re8
17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Qd6 21. Qc2 Rac8
22. Rfe1 c5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb3 c5 25. Qb5 Nd5 26. Rc4 Nb6
27. Rcc1 Nd5 28. Rc4 Nb6 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7
12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Qd8
17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20. Qf4 a5 21. g6 f6
22. Re6 Bc8 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5 Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. a4 Be7
12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Bd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bb6+
17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd4 Qe7
22. Rfd1 Nfg4 23. Kg1 Rf2 24. Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Kg1
g5 27. Ne2 g4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. e5 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 bxc4
18. bxc4 exd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qd2 Ba6 22. Bd3 Nc5
23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Ne4 Ne5
28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. Rxc6 Bb7 31. Rxc5 Qd4 32. Qxd4
Rxd4 33. Rc7 Ba8 34. Bc2 Rb8 35. g3 a4 36. a3 Be5 37. Rc5 Bg7
38. Kf1 Bf8 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Bxa3 42. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. h4 c5 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. h5 cxd4 16. h6 Bh8
17. cxd4 Qd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Be7 Bc4
26. Ke3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. O-O Qc5 14. Qxg4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3 Rhe8 20. Rb5 Nc5 21. a4 Kg8
22. a5 Rab8 23. axb6 axb6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Qf3 Qc4
27. Rb3 Nxc3 28. f5 Nd5 29. Bh6 Nf6 30. Rc3 Qd5 31. fxg6 Qxf3
32. Rxf3 hxg6 33. Bg5 Kg7 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxf6+ Kf7
36. Bxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 a5
17. Kb1 O-O 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. f4 Rfe8 21. a3 Bxd2
22. Rxd2 c5 23. Red1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Qe3 a4 26. Ne2 Nb3
27. R4d3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 b5 29. cxb5 Nd5 30. Qf2 Qb7 31. b6 Nxb6
32. Nc3 Rc8 33. f5 Nd5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qe1 Nxc3+ 36. Rxc3
Rd8 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 Qd5 39. Kc2 Qxg2+ 40. Kc3 Qc6+
41. Kb4 Nd4 42. Qe5 Qd7 43. Qe4 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 Ne7 45. Nc5 Nd5+
46. Kd4 Qf7 47. Nxe6 Nb6 48. Kc5 Nd7+ 49. Kb4 Qxh5 50. Kxa4
Qd1+ 51. b3 Qd6 52. b4 Nb6+ 53. Kb5 Nd5 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kb5
Nd5 56. Kc4 Nb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Qf5 g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ne2 Re8
17. Ba5 Qd6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Nd4 h6 21. Bf3 Ne4
22. Qg2 Ng5 23. b3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. h4
Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rde4 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. Bc7 Qe6
31. Nc5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. Rxa8+ Qxa8 35. Qxf6
d4+ 36. f3 Re2+ 37. Kf1 d3 38. Nxd3 Re3 39. Ne1 Qe8 40. Ng2
Re6 41. Qf4 Qc6 42. Be5 b4 43. Bd4 Qd6 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ne3 Qxf4
46. gxf4 Rd6 47. Nc2 Rc6 48. Ne1 Rd6 49. Ke3 Rd5 50. Ng2 Kf8
51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc4 Rh5 53. Bf2 Kd6 54. Ne1 Kc6 55. Nc2 Kd6
56. Ne1 Kc6 57. Nd3 f6 58. Nc5 Rf5 59. Nd3 Rh5 60. Bg3 Rf5
61. Be1 Rh5 62. Bf2 Rf5 63. Kd4 Rh5 64. Ke4 Kb5 65. Nb2 Kc6
66. Nc4 Rd5 67. Bd4 f5+ 68. Kd3 Kb5 69. Ne5 Rd6 70. Nf7 Rc6
71. Nxh6 Rc1 72. Nf7 a4 73. Ne5 Rd1+ 74. Ke3 Rg1 75. bxa4+
Kxa4 76. Nd3 Rh1 77. Bc5 b3 78. axb3+ Kxb3 79. Be7 Rg1 80. Kf2
Ra1 81. Ne5 Ra6 82. Kg3 Kc3 83. Bg5 Kd4 84. h5 gxh5 85. Kh4
Ke3 86. Kxh5 Re6 87. Kh4 Ra6 88. Kg3 Ra1 89. Nc4+ Ke2 90. Kg2
Rf1 91. Nd6 Rf2+ 92. Kg3 Rxf3+ 93. Kh4 Rf1 94. Nxf5 Kf3
95. Kh5 Rb1 96. Nh4+ Ke4 97. f5 Ke5 98. f6 Rb8 99. Kh6 Ke6
100. Kg7 Rb7+ 101. Kg6 Rb8 102. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Be3 Nc8 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Ne1 O-O
12. f4 Bg6 13. Ndf3 Nb6 14. b3 a5 15. a4 Nb4 16. Nd3 Rc8
17. Nfe1 Nd7 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. Nd3 Nc6 21. Rc1 Ba3
22. Ra1 Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Bf2 d3 26. Ra2 Nb4
27. Rd2 Qd5 28. Bc4 Qe4 29. Qg4 Rfd8 30. Re1 Qc6 31. Bb5 Qc7
32. Red1 Be4 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Qe3 Bg6 35. Qf3 Rc7 36. h3 h6
37. Kh2 Rcc8 38. Qg4 Rd5 39. Bc4 Qd7 40. Qf3 Qc6 41. Bxd5 Qxd5
42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. g3 Nc3 44. Rc1 Ne4 45. Rb2 d2 46. Rd1 Nxf2
47. Rdxd2 Ne4 48. Rd4 Nxc5 49. Rc4 b6 50. b4 axb4 51. Rbxb4
Rd8 52. Rxb6 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Nd3 54. g4 h5 55. Rd6 hxg4 56. hxg4
Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ra1 58. f5 exf5 59. Rxd3 Ra2+ 60. Kg1 fxg4
61. Rd8+ Kh7 62. Rxg4 Bf5 63. Rb4 g5 64. Kf1 g4 65. Kg1 Be6
66. Rd1 Kg6 67. Rf1 Kg5 68. Rf2 Ra1+ 69. Rf1 Ra3 70. Rd4 Ra2
71. Rf2 Ra1+ 72. Kg2 Ra3 73. Rf1 Ra2+ 74. Rf2 Ra3 75. Rf1 Ra2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Rc8
12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a5 h6 14. Qd2 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4
17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rec1 Qb7 19. b3 Be6 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. Na4 Rc6
22. c4 Kh8 23. Rab1 a5 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. h3 Nf6
27. Nc3 Bb6 28. Nb5 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qb6 30. Rxd6 Qxe3 31. fxe3
Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nc5 34. Bc2 Kg8 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Rd1
Kf8 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Nb5 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Bd7 40. Nc3 Kd6 41. Kd2
Bc6 42. g3 f6 43. h4 Be8 44. Nd5 Bg6 45. Nc3 Be8 46. Kc1 Nb7
47. Nd1 Kc5 48. Nf2 Kb4 49. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5
12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Nd1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4
17. Nf2 Ne5 18. Qe2 c3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qd5 21. Ng4 Nxg4
22. Qxg4 Rxc3 23. Ne2 Rc4 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. c3 Re4
27. Rf3 Rh4 28. Rh3 Rg4 29. g3 Re4 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Rh4 Rxh4
32. gxh4 Rc8 33. Bf4 Bg7 34. Bg3 Bf8 35. Nf4 Bxa3 36. Nxd5
exd5 37. Rxd5 Bb2 38. Rd6 a5 39. Rd5 Bxc3 40. Rxb5 a4 41. Bd6
Rd8 42. Be7 Re8 43. Bd6 Be1+ 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. Ba3 Bxh4 46. Re5
f6 47. gxf6 Bxf6 48. Re4 Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Ke2 Ra7 51. Kd3
Be5 52. Rh4 Kf5 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Kc4 Bf4 55. Kb5 Kg6 56. Rh3
h5 57. Bc5 Ra8 58. Be7 Be5 59. Ra3 Bxh2 60. Rxa4 Rxa4 61. Kxa4
Bf4 62. Kb3 Bg5 63. Kc4 h4 64. Kd3 h3 65. Bd6 Kf5 66. Ke2 Bf4
67. Bxf4 Kxf4 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Kg1 Kg3 70. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7
12. Na5 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 b4
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Nc6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rhe1 a5
26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qf5 g6 28. Rxe5 gxf5 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. h6 Kf8
31. Re5 f4 32. a3 bxa3 33. bxa3 f3 34. Rf5 f2 35. Rf1 Rdxd5
36. R5xf2 Rc7 37. Rf5 Rd2 38. Rc1 a4 39. Ra5 Rg2 40. Rb5 Ke7
41. Re1+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke6 43. Rc1 Kd6 44. c3 Kc6 45. c4 Re7
46. Rc2 Rg3 47. Kb2 Ree3 48. Rf2 Ref3 49. Rxf3 Rxf3 50. Ra5
Rb3+ 51. Ka2 Rg3 52. Rf5 Kd6 53. Rxf7 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Rxg5
55. Rxh7 Kc5 56. Rc7+ Kd4 57. h7 Rh5 58. Kc2 Rh2+ 59. Kd1 Kc3
60. c5 Kd4 61. Ke1 Ke4 62. Kf1 Rh5 63. Kg2 Kf4 64. Rf7+ Ke5
65. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6
7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Bc2 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Na2
Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Bg6 14. Rd1 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4
a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bb5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qe7 21. Kh1 Raa8 22. e4
Rfd8 23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 e5 15. d5 c5 16. b4 Qb6
17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8
21. Qa1 O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Nxb5 f5 25. Qa6 Kh8
26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb4 28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1 Qb4 30. exf5
c3 31. Qc8 e4 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxc3+ Bg7 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. g3
Qd4 36. Qe8 Qe5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Kh3 e3 40. fxe3
Qxe3 41. Bc4 Qe7 42. Bb3 Qf6 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qe6 Bf6 45. Kg4
Kh7 46. Kh5 Kg7 47. Bc4 Kh7 48. Qd7+ Qe7 49. Qc8 Qd8 50. Qe6
Qf8 51. Bd3 Kg7 52. Bc4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. g5
Nh5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. f4 g6 17. Nd3 Bg7
18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxb4 a3 21. b3 Nc5 22. O-O-O Rc8
23. Bc4 Ne4 24. Qe1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Rh4 O-O 27. Nd5 Re8
28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Nxb4 f6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Rh2 Ra8 32. Nd5 Bd8
33. Rf1 Bg6 34. Bh6 Bg5+ 35. Bxg5 Nxg5 36. Rd2 Ra6 37. c5 dxc5
38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Nf7 40. Ng4 Re6 41. Ra7 e4 42. Rxa3 Bh5
43. Rf4 Ng5 44. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. Nd5 Nbd7 9. Nec3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nb6
12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Nxb6 Rb8 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd3 Be7 16. O-O O-O
17. Rfd1 Bg5 18. c3 Bc8 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 Bd7 21. axb5 Bxb5
22. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 a4 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 Na4
17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Bxd6 Qa7 20. Rd2 h5 21. Bd3 Nd7
22. f4 Nf6 23. Re2 Bg4 24. Ref2 Ra8 25. h3 Bc8 26. a3 h4
27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 b6 29. Rf4 c5 30. Rxh4 Rxa3 31. Nc1 Qd7
32. Be5 Bb7 33. Bb2 Qd6 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qf2 Raa8 36. Qf4 Qxf4
37. Rxf4 Bh6 38. Bxf6 Bxf4 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Ne2 Be5 41. Bc2
Rxd1+ 42. Bxd1 Be4 43. Ng1 Bxf5 44. g4 Bd3 45. Be2 Be4+
46. Nf3 b5 47. Kg1 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6
12. Qe2 a4 13. Bxa4 Qb8 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bb5 Nc7
17. Kb1 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Bc4 19. Qd7 Rc7 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Be6
22. Qg1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 exf4 24. h4 b5 25. h5 Qb7 26. h6 Qa6
27. Nc1 Bf8 28. Qd4 Qa3 29. Qb4 Bxa2+ 30. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1
d5 32. Qd4 Ra4 33. Qe5 d4 34. Kd2 Qb2 35. Ke2 Qxc2+ 36. Rd2
d3+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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
Nxg4 13. Bxg4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5
Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Red1 Rd4
22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. Rxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Karen Asrian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7
7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bd4 a5 11. O-O Nxd4
12. cxd4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Nc3 a4 16. Rfc1 O-O
17. Rc2 Rfb8 18. Rac1 h6 19. h4 Qd8 20. g3 Rb4 21. Nd1 Bd7
22. Rc3 Rab8 23. R1c2 R4b7 24. a3 Rb3 25. Kg2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Rc8 27. Qd2 Rb8 28. Nh2 Bb5 29. Ng4 Ba6 30. Nc3 Qd7 31. Ne3
Bd8 32. Na2 Qa7 33. Nb4 Ba5 34. Rc5 Bxb4 35. axb4 Qb6 36. Nc2
Bc4 37. Qc3 h5 38. Na3 Qxb4 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rxb8 Qxb8
41. Nxc4 dxc4 42. Qxc4 Qxb2 43. Qxa4 Qb7+ 44. Kf1 Qe4 45. Qc4
g6 46. Qc3 Kg8 47. Qe3 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qb7 49. Qd3 Kg7 50. Ke3
Qb2 51. Kf3 Qc1 52. Kg2 Qc6+ 53. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4
12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd3 Bc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nf6
17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. b4 c6 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Nc5 Qb5 21. Rc1 Rc8
22. e3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd8 24. Nb3 Ne4 25. Be1 Nd6 26. Rc2 a5
27. Ne5 a4 28. Nc5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Nb5 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Ke2 Kf8
32. f4 h5 33. Nd3 Ra6 34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Ke7 36. Bf3 g6
37. Be4 Kd7 38. Rc1 Rb6 39. Rd1+ Ke7 40. Rc1 a3 41. Bd3 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O Qe6 11. Re1
Bh4 12. Nf3 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 Bf6 14. d3 d6 15. h3 c5 16. Rb1 a5
17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kf1 d5
22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Kf7 24. Rb1 Kf6 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1
Ke5 27. Nf3+ Kf4 28. Ke2 g5 29. g3+ Kf5 30. Ke3 h5 31. d4 Kf6
32. h4 gxh4 33. Nxh4 c4 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Kc3 cxb3 36. cxb3 Kd6
37. b4 Bxa4 38. bxa5 Bb5 39. Nf5+ Kc6 40. Kb4 Bd3 41. Ng7 Be2
42. Ne6 Bg4 43. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rc3 Bg4 16. Rfc1 e5
17. Qd1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxg4 Nb5 20. R3c2 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
h5 22. Qd1 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexei Iljushin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7
12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bb5 Bxd4
17. Nxd4 Nb8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qe6 21. Qf3
Na6 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc7 24. Rc5 Ne6 25. Rc6 Nd4 26. Rb6
Rac8 27. Ba4 Rc5 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxe5 30. c3 Ne6 31. Rxd8+
Nxd8 32. Rb8 Rd5 33. c4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Rad1 Kh8
17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. Qe3
Qc5 22. Kf2 h6 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7
26. Nd1 g5 27. c4 Ne5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Bc2 Bc6 30. b4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Rfe8 12. Ne2
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. c3 Kh8 16. Bd2 f6 17. Bc2 f5
18. a4 g6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. b4 Bg7 22. Bb3 h6
23. Nh4 Kh7 24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qh5+ Kh7 27. Qxe8
Nd4 28. f3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qxf3 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Qg3+
32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5
12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rh7+ Bg7 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Qf3+
Ke8 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Qf3+ Ke8 19. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4
21. Bb3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Kg2 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5
26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. h4 g6 30. b4 h6
31. b5 Rf7 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. h5 g5 34. Rh3 Qd6 35. Qc3 Rc7
36. Qe3 Rc5 37. Rh1 Rxb5 38. Ra1 Ra5 39. Rxa5 bxa5 40. Qa7+
Kf8 41. Qxa5 Qf6 42. Qa3+ Kg8 43. Kf1 Qe6 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Qa7+
Kf6 46. Kd2 g4 47. fxg4 Qxg4 48. Qb6+ Kg5 49. Qg6+ Kh4 50. Kc3
Qf3+ 51. Kc4 Qxf2 52. Kd5 Qd4+ 53. Ke6 Qb6+ 54. Kxe5 Qc5+
55. Ke6 Qc6+ 56. Kf7 Qd7+ 57. Kf8 Qd8+ 58. Kg7 Qe7+ 59. Kxh6
Qf8+ 60. Kh7 Qe7+ 61. Kg8 Qd8+ 62. Kf7 Qc7+ 63. Kf8 Qd8+
64. Qe8 Qf6+ 65. Kg8 Kg5 66. e5 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Re1 h5 15. Kf1 Be6 16. a3 a5
17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 O-O-O 20. Be3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Kb7 23. Rae1 Qd4 24. R1e2 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd5
26. Kf2 Kc7 27. Kg3 Kd7 28. e6+ fxe6 29. Rxe6 g5 30. Re7+ Kd6
31. R7e6+ Kd7 32. Re7+ Kd6 33. R7e6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. h3 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Kg2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. f3
h5 17. b3 a5 18. Ne2 a4 19. Nd4 Ra8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg3 g6
22. Be1 c5 23. c4 b6 24. Bc3 Kf7 25. Rd2 axb3 26. axb3 Rxa1
27. Bxa1 Ra8 28. Bb2 Bg5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rf2 g5 31. Bc1 hxg4
32. hxg4 Kg6 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 Kg5 35. Rf6 Kxg4 36. Rxe6
Kf5 37. Re7 Ra3 38. e6 Rxb3 39. Kf2 Rb4 40. Rxc7 Kxe6 41. Rh7
Rxc4 42. Rh6+ Kd5 43. Rxb6 Re4 44. Rb1 c4 45. Re1 c3 46. Rxe4
Kxe4 47. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4
a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Ne2 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6
18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6
Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Bd6 24. Bb3 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Nf7 26. f4 Bc8
27. Bb3 Re8 28. f5 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rxe4 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1
Kf8 32. Ra7 Ne5 33. Rxh7 Nc4 34. fxg6 Be6 35. Bc2 Re2 36. Bd3
Re3 37. Bf5 Bd5 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Bd7 Nd6 40. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1
Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7 16.d5 Rc8 17.Be3 c6 18.c4 Nb6 19.Rb1
Qc7 20.Bd3 cxd5 21.cxd5 Nbxd5 22.exd5 e4 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Rxc8
Qxc8 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Qd3 Re7 28.Bf4 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1
Qa8 30.Nc2 Bxd5 31.Ne3 Be6 32.Qxd6 h5 33.Bg3 Kh7 34.Be5 Qf8
35.Qd4 Bxe5 36.Qxe5 Qd8 37.f4 Qd2 38.Kh2 Qf2 39.Qd4 Qxa2
40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.Qxd5 Kg8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qd4+ Kg8 44.Qd8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. Nf1 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Bd3 Rb8 22. dxe5
Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 Bb6 26. b4 Rec8
27. Kh2 Be6 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qd8 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Qe3
Qb8 32. Qc5 Bd7 33. Ra1 Rc6 34. Qe3 Rd6 35. Ne2 Bc6 36. f3 Nd7
37. Ra5 Rd4 38. Qd2 Rd6 39. Ng3 Nf8 40. Qc3 Qb6 41. Nf5 Rd7
42. Bxb5 Rd1 43. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 d6 11. Bf4 a6
12. Qa3 Ne8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb8 15. Rd2 h6 16. Rad1 Qa7
17. Qa4 Ndf6 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Ng4 21. Nb5 Qb8
22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5
Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. h3 g5 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. e3 Rc8 31. Kg2
Nxc6 32. Rc4 Qa7 33. Qc2 Ne7 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kg7
36. Qc4 Qa8+ 37. Kg1 Qa5 38. a4 h5 39. Qd4+ Kg6 40. Qe4+ Kg7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Qxh4 f6 43. Qc4 e5 44. Kf1 Qd2 45. Kg2 Qd8
46. Qc6 Kg6 47. e4 Qd1 48. Qxb6 h4 49. Qe6 hxg3 50. Qg8+ Kh6
51. Qxg3 Qxa4 52. Qd3 Qb4 53. Qd5 Qb2 54. Qc6 Kg5 55. b6 Qe2
56. Qc1+ Kg6 57. Qb1 Qg4+ 58. Kf1 Qf3 59. Qc2 Qa3 60. Kg2 Qb4
61. Qc6 Kg5 62. b7 Qb1 63. Qd5 Kf4 64. Qd2+ Kxe4 65. f3+ Kf5
66. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne2 Rc6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Qxd5 Qf4 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 f5 25. Re1 Kf6 26. c3 Ke6
27. Kc2 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rec8 29. Kd3 b5 30. a4 a6 31. axb5 axb5
32. Rb4 Rc5 33. Re2 Rd5+ 34. Kc2 Rc4 35. Kb3 Rxb4+ 36. Kxb4
Kd7 37. b3 Kc6 38. Ra2 Kb6 39. Re2 Rd1 40. f4 exf4 41. Re6 Kc6
42. Rxg6 Rh1 43. c4 bxc4 44. bxc4 Rxh4 45. Rg5 Rg4 46. Rxh5
Rxg2 47. Rf5 Rf2 48. Kc3 f3 49. Kd4 Rf1 50. Ke3 Ra1 51. Kxf3
Rf1+ 52. Ke4 Rxf5 53. Kxf5 Kc5 54. Ke6 Kxc4 55. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nh4 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf5 Bb4 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. c4
Nxe3 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nxe3 f6 19. Rd3 Kf7 20. Rhd1 Rxd3
21. cxd3 Rd8 22. f3 b5 23. a3 Ke6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Kc2 f4
26. Ng4 bxc4 27. dxc4 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. g3
Kf5 31. Nf2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Bb7 33. Ke3 h5 34. Kd4 g5 35. Ke3 a5
36. c5 Bc6 37. Nd3 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Nf4 Kg4 40. Nd3 Kf5
41. Nf4 Ba8 42. Nh3 Ke5 43. Nf4 Be4 44. c6 Bf5 45. Kf3 Kd6
46. Ng2 h3 47. Nf4 Bg4+ 48. Kf2 Kxc6 49. Nxh3 Bxh3 50. Ke3 Kb5
51. Kd2 Ka4 52. Kc1 Kxa3 53. Kb1 a4 54. Ka1 Kb3 55. Kb1 a3
56. Ka1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 O-O
12. Nd2 a5 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. Be3 a4 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Rc2 Rd8
17. Rfc1 c5 18. h4 Nf8 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd5 21. Qe4 Nd7
22. h5 Ra7 23. Nd2 Ra6 24. Qf3 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. h6 gxh6
27. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Ng4 31. Qd4
Qd6 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Qh8 Nf6 34. Nf3 Kg6 35. Rf8 Qxf4 36. Rg8+
Kh5 37. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6
Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be7 19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O Qc5 21. Rad1
a3 22. c4 Bg4 23. Bb5+ Rxb5 24. cxb5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 O-O 26. b6
Bd6 27. h4 h6 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 a2 31. Rd1
Rb8 32. Ra1 Rxb6 33. Rxa2 Rb4 34. f3 Rc4 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kg3
Rb4 37. Ra6 Rb2 38. Rc6 Ra2 39. Rd6 Rb2 40. Rc6 Ra2 41. Rd6
Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6
7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Nec6
12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 b5 14. Rc1 a5 15. Nb1 b4 16. c3 b3 17. Bxb3
Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rb8 19. Qa2 e5 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qf6 22. g4
Qh4 23. Nf2 c4 24. Rce1 Ne7 25. Re3 Bc6+ 26. Kg1 Nd5 27. Rh3
Qd8 28. dxc4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. b4 Re8 31. Qd2 Re3 32. Rxe3
fxe3 33. Qxe3 Qf6 34. Re1 h5 35. b5 Ba8 36. Qe7 Rc8 37. Qxf6
Bxf6 38. gxh5 Kh7 39. Ng4 Bh4 40. Rd1 Bf3 41. Rd4 Re8 42. Nd2
Re1+ 43. Nf1 Rc1 44. Nge3 Be1 45. Rxd6 Rxc3 46. a4 Rb3 47. Rd2
Bxd2 48. Nxd2 Rxe3 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Nxf3 Rxc4 51. Ng5+ Kg7
52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Nxf7+ Kg7 54. Nd8 Rxa4 55. Nc6 Ra2+ 56. Ke3
a4 57. Kd4 Rb2 58. Kc4 a3 59. Nb4 Rxb4+ 60. Kxb4 a2 0-1

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "183"]

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 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6
17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. h3 f6 21. Be3 e5
22. Kh2 Be6 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Qa6 Qe8 25. Ba3 Rcb8 26. Bc5 Rb5
27. Be3 Ra5 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Qc7 Rc8 30. Qb7 Rb8 31. Qc7 Rc8
32. Qb7 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Rxc3 34. Rac1 Rac5 35. Rxc3 Rxc3
36. Qxa7 Rc2 37. Qb6 Kf7 38. Qb4 Rxa2 39. Rd2 Ra1 40. Rc2 Qd7
41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Rxd2 Ra3 43. Re2 Bc4 44. Re1 Bd3 45. Rd1 Bb5
46. Re1 Bc6 47. Kg1 Ra4 48. Rc1 Bxe4 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Rc7+
Kg6 51. Kf2 Ra4 52. Kf3 h5 53. h4 Ra2 54. e4 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra6
56. Kf3 Kh6 57. Re7 Ra5 58. Rf7 Ra8 59. Kf2 Kh7 60. Kf3 Kg8
61. Re7 Kf8 62. Rb7 Re8 63. Ra7 Re7 64. Ra8+ Kf7 65. Rb8 g6
66. Rb6 Ra7 67. Rb5 Kg7 68. Rc5 Kh6 69. Rc6 Kg7 70. Rc5 Ra6
71. Rc7+ Kh6 72. Re7 g5 73. hxg5+ Kxg5 74. Rg7+ Kh6 75. Rg8
Kh7 76. Rb8 Ra3+ 77. Kf2 h4 78. gxh4 Rh3 79. Ke2 Rxh4 80. Kf3
Kg6 81. Rg8+ Kf7 82. Ra8 Rh3+ 83. Kf2 Rc3 84. Ke2 Kg6 85. Rg8+
Kh5 86. Kf2 Rc4 87. Kf3 f5 88. exf5 Rf4+ 89. Ke3 Rxf5 90. Ke4
Rg5 91. Rxg5+ Kxg5 92. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3
7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1 h6 11. a4 a5 12. g3
Qc7 13. Nc4 N7b6 14. Qd4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rd8 16. c3 Nb6 17. Qe4
Nd7 18. b4 Be7 19. Rb1 h5 20. Qe2 g6 21. bxa5 Ra8 22. Qb2 Ra7
23. a6 b6 24. Be2 O-O 25. Be3 Rb8 26. a5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5
28. Qd2 Qxe5 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qd6 Qxa5 32. Qxc6
Nf6 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qb8 Re7 35. Rb1 Nd5 36. Rb7 Qxc3 37. a7
Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. f4 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Ng3 Be7
7. Be2 Nd4 8. O-O exf4 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. Bf3 Nxf3
12. gxf3 Be6 13. Rg1 Re8 14. Qe2 g6 15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Qf2 Qb6
17. Be5 dxe4 18. Ncxe4 Nd7 19. Bc3 c4 20. Bd4 Qa6 21. dxc4
Qxc4 22. c3 Qxa2 23. Nh5 Qa5 24. Ng7 Rf8 25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Qh6
Rxd4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Rg7+ Ke8 30. Qxe6 Kd8
31. Qxe7+ Kc7 32. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. c4 Bc5
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7
12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6
17. Qe3 d4 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bh5 Rh6 21. Rfe1 Qd7
22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxb7 Qe7 26. Nd6
Rd8 27. Nc4 d3 28. Qe3 Qb4 29. b3 h6 30. h3 a5 31. Rd1 Qc3
32. Qb6 Qf6 33. Nxa5 Nxa5 34. Qxa5 Qd4 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Kh2
Qd6+ 37. f4 Rd8 38. a4 Qd4 39. a5 Qd5 40. b4 Qb5 41. Qc3 Qa6
42. Qd2 Qb5 43. Ra1 Rd6 44. Rc1 Qd7 45. Rc3 Qb5 46. Rc5 Qe8
47. b5 Qf8 48. Rc3 Qf5 49. b6 Qb5 50. Ra3 Rd8 51. Ra1 h5
52. Ra2 h4 53. Rb2 Qa6 54. Qe1 Kg8 55. Qxh4 Rd7 56. Qe1 Kf7
57. Qd2 Re7 58. Rb3 Rd7 59. b7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O Rb8 8. a3 O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4
Ne8 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ra1 f5 17. Ra2
Qc7 18. Nb2 Rc8 19. Rc1 fxe4 20. dxe4 e5 21. Nd3 Nf6 22. c3
dxc3 23. Rxc3 Qb6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxa5 Qxb3 26. Qa2 Qxa2
27. Rxa2 Bb5 28. Rd2 Bh6 29. f4 Ra8 30. Bf3 Ra3 31. Ne1 d5
32. exd5 e4 33. Bg2 Bf8 34. d6 e3 35. Rb2 Ba6 36. Nc2 Rd3
37. Nb4 Rd2 38. Rxd2 exd2 39. Nc3 Be2 40. Nbd5 Kg7 41. Nxf6
Kxf6 42. Ne4+ Kg7 43. Nxd2 Bxd6 44. Kf2 Ba6 45. Ne4 Be7
46. Bf3 Bb7 47. Nc3 Bf6 48. Nb5 Bc8 49. Bd5 Bd7 50. Nd6 Be7
51. Nc4 g5 52. Kf3 gxf4 53. gxf4 Ba4 54. Ne3 Bc5 55. Ke4 Bxe3
56. Kxe3 Kf6 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.06"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. b3 a5 11. Ne4 Bf8
12. Bb2 d6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Rad1 g6 16. Nd5 Bg7
17. Kh1 f5 18. Qc3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Re7 20. c5 Nd7 21. Qc4 b5
22. Qc2 Nxc5 23. Bxb5 Qf8 24. Ba3 Ne4 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. f3 Nf6
27. Rd3 Kh8 28. e4 f4 29. Rfd1 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd5 Re7
32. Bc1 Re5 33. R1d3 g5 34. Bd2 h6 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Rd5 a4
37. bxa4 Qe8 38. a5 Kh7 39. h3 Qb8 40. Bc3 c6 41. Rd1 Qb5
42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. a4 Qb7 44. Qc5 Qc7 45. Qf8 Qxa5 46. Kh2 Qc7
47. Rd6 Qg7 48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.06"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Be3 Bd6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bd4 Bxf4 11. c4 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Qc7
17. Ne4 Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh4 Be3+ 21. Kh1
Qg3 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rf3 Qh4 24. Bxf5 Re5 25. Rdf1 Rd8 26. Qb3
Bg5 27. g3 Qh6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rd2+ 30. R1f2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2
Be3 32. Rf3 Bd4 33. Rf4 Bb6 34. Qd3 Qh5 35. Bg4 Qg6 36. Bf5
Qh5 37. Kh3 Qe2 38. Qd6 h5 39. Bd7 f5 40. Qxc6 Bg1 41. Qh1 Be3
42. Rf3 Qd3 43. Bb5 Qe4 44. Qf1 Bd4 45. Rf4 Qe3 46. Rxf5 Rxf5
47. Qxf5 Be5 48. Qg5+ Qxg5 49. hxg5 Bxb2 50. Kh4 Bd4 51. Kxh5
Bf2 52. Kg4 Kf8 53. Bc6 Ke7 54. Be4 Ke6 55. g6 fxg6 56. Bxg6
Ke5 57. Bc2 Be1 58. Bb3 Bf2 59. Kf3 Bc5 60. g4 Be7 61. Ke3
Bg5+ 62. Kd3 Be7 63. Ba4 Bb4 64. Bd7 Be7 65. Kc3 Kd6 66. Be8
Ke5 67. Kb3 Kd4 68. Bf7 Bf8 69. Ka4 Kc5 70. Ka5 Kc6 71. Ka6
Bc5 72. g5 Kc7 73. g6 Bd4 74. Bd5 Kd6 75. a4 Kd7 76. c5 Kc7
77. Kb5 Bg7 78. Kc4 Kd7 79. Kd3 Kc7 80. Ke4 Kd7 81. Kf5 Bd4
82. Bf3 Ke7 83. Bh5 Bc3 84. Ke4 Ke6 85. Bg4+ Kf6 86. Bf5 Ba5
87. Kf4 Bb4 88. c6 Bd6+ 89. Ke4 Bc7 90. Kd5 Bg3 91. Bd3 Bf4
92. Be4 Bg3 93. Kc5 Ke7 94. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6
12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Be5 Ne4
17. Qb1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rd8 19. Bf3 h6 20. h3 Qc7 21. Qd3 Bd6
22. Rd2 f6 23. Rad1 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bd4 Rc4 26. Qb3 b5
27. Be2 Rc6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rb8 30. f4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 a5
32. Bf3 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rc5 34. Qb1 Qb7 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rcd1 Qb7
37. Kh2 Qb5 38. Qg6 Bf7 39. Qf5 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2 41. Rb1 d4
42. Rxb2 Rxf5 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Be4 Bg6 45. Bxf5 Bxf5 46. exd4
a4 47. Ra8 Bd7 48. d5 Kg6 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nh4 Na5 16. Qg3 Nxb3
17. axb3 Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qh4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Qf2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rad1 Qa8 25. Ne4 Ra6 26. Qf3 Nf6
27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. e4 Qc6 29. h4 Qb6+ 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Rdf1 Kg7
32. g4 Rd2 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qe6 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 b4
37. Qh3 Qc4 38. Qf3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Rc6 40. Kh2 Qb3 41. Kg2 Kg8
42. Rd2 Rxc3 43. Qf2 Qe6 44. Qh4 Rc8 45. Qg3 Kg7 46. Rd5 Rc2+
47. Kh1 Qb6 48. Rd1 Qb2 49. Qh3 Rc1 50. Qf1 Rxd1 51. Qxd1 Qf2
52. Qg4 Qf4 53. Qg2 Kf8 54. Kg1 Ke7 55. Kh1 Kd6 56. Kg1 Kc5
57. Kh1 Kd4 58. Qb2+ Kxe4 59. Qc2+ Kd5 60. Qb3+ Kd6 61. Qb6+
Ke7 62. Qc5+ Ke6 63. Qc8+ Kd6 64. Qd8+ Kc5 65. Qa5+ Kc4
66. Qa4+ Kd5 67. Qa8+ Kd4 68. Qa4+ Ke3 69. Qb3+ Kf2 70. Qc2+
Kg3 71. Qf2+ Kg4 72. Qg2+ Kf5 73. Qh3+ Kxg5 74. Qg3+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. Bg2 b5 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Be7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nf5 Qf6
17. f4 a5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 Qd8 20. Qd4 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qc7
22. Rac1 Bd7 23. c3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qb8 25. g5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. Rc2 Bb5 28. Rf4 Bd3 29. Rd2 Rfb8 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rb6
32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ng3 Rc8 35. Nf5+ Kd7 36. Nxg7 Rc3+
37. Ke4 Rxh3 38. Nf5 Rh1 39. Re2 Rb8 40. Nh6 Rd1 41. Ng4 Nxg4
42. Rxf7+ Kd8 43. Rxh7 Rb5 44. Kf5 Rdxd5+ 45. Kxg4 Rxg5+
46. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[EventDate "2008.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2
Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg5 h5 13.Kb1
Ba5 14.Nc1 b4 15.Na4 b3 16.Nc3 bxc2+ 17.Qxc2 Rb8 18.Nb3 Bb4
19.Rd3 d6 20.a3 Bxa3 21.bxa3 Be6 22.Na2 Qa5 23.Bc1 Qa4 24.Nb4
O-O 25.Nd4 Qxc2+ 26.Nxc2 a5 27.Rxd6 axb4 28.Nxb4 Nd7 29.Bb2
Ng6 30.g3 Nc5 31.Be2 Na4 32.Rc1 Nxb2 33.Kxb2 Kh7 34.Rc5 h4
35.Bb5 Bh3 36.a4 Bg2 37.Rc3 f5 38.Na6 Rb7 39.Nc5 Ra7 40.Nd7
1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Qe2 Bd6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. f4 e5 17. Ndxb5
axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf5 Qe7
22. Qxc4 Ncd7 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Qb3 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxe4 26. Qc8+
Kf7 27. Qc4+ Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rg5 g6 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Bc3
Kf7 32. Ra5 Bf5 33. h3 h5 34. Bb4 Ne4 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rc4
37. gxf5 Rxb4 38. Ra7 Nef6 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 40. Re2 Nc5 41. Rg2+
Kf5 42. Ra5 Nfe4 43. Rc2 Kf4 44. Raxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Qd3 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 Ng7 24. Nb3 Qd7 25. Rd1 hxg4 26. fxg4 Re4
27. Rd4 Rae8 28. Bc1 Be5 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5
Kh8 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rg1 Qf7 35. Nd4 f5 36. Bf4
Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Kh7 38. Rg6 Re7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg5 Kh7
41. Nxf5 Nxf5 42. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Ke7
16. Ne2 Rxa7 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Na2 Rd7 19. Nb4 Ba4 20. Be2 Bb3
21. Bf3 f5 22. e4 f4 23. g3 Rf8 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. Ke2 Kd6
26. h4 Rdf7 27. Rh3 g6 28. Ke3 Nb7 29. Bd1 Rxf2 30. e5+ Kd7
31. Bf3 Rxb2 32. Bxb7 Rf5 33. Bc6+ Kc7 34. Be4 Rxe5 35. Nd3
Rc2 36. Nxe5 Rxc1 37. Rh1 Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rg3 39. Rf1 c3 40. Rf7+
Kc8 41. Kc5 c2 42. Kd6 Bd5 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[EventDate "2008.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5
Nd5 14.Ne4 Qb6 15.Nd6+ Ke7 16.Bg4 h5 17.Bxh5 Raf8 18.Qg4 Bh6
19.h4 Rhg8 20.hxg5 Bxg5 21.Ne4 Ne3 22.Qxg5+ Rxg5 23.Bh4 Kd8
24.fxe3 Rh8 25.Bxg5+ Kc7 26.Bg4 c5 27.dxc5 Nxc5 28.Rf7+ Kb8
29.Nd6 Rg8 30.Raf1 Rxg5 31.Rf8+ Kc7 32.R1f7+ Nd7 33.Rxd7+ Kxd7
34.Rf7+ Kd8 35.Rf8+ Kd7 36.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Nc6 7. Bf4 Qf6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qf5 11. a3 Bf6
12. Bd3 Qa5 13. h4 Bf5 14. Ng5 Rae8 15. g4 Bxg5 16. Bxf5 Bxf4
17. Qxf4 Re5 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.16"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nb8 16. Nc4 Ba6
17. d5 b5 18. Ne3 c4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. a4 b4 21. dxe6 fxe6
22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qg4 Nf8 24. Bf6 Rd2 25. Rab1 Ba5 26. Rxd2
Bxd2 27. h3 Qf7 28. Be5 Ng6 29. Bd6 Qf6 30. Qe2 Ba5 31. Ng4
Qc3 32. e5 Bb6 33. Bb4 Qd4 34. a5 Bc5 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Nh6+ Kh8
37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6
7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nxe5 13. Be2 Qc8 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Qh3 16. fxe5 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne2 e6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9. Nd3 O-O 10. a3 Ne4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O
Qc7 13. b3 Nc3 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bb2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qd8 17. Bc3
Re8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 a4 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Qd3 Bb7 22. h3 Bc6
23. Nh4 Nb6 24. f4 Nc4 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Nf3 Re7
28. Ra2 Be8 29. Qe2 Bh5 30. Qf2 g5 31. Nd2 gxf4 32. Nxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.19"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Bh6 exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Rac1
Bb7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. f5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Ne5 21. Rh3
Rh8 22. f6+ Kg8 23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nxd4 Ke8
26. Bb5+ Kd8 27. Rc3 a6 28. Ba4 b5 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O
17. Bg3 c5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxb5 cxd4 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Qd2 Nc3
22. Bd3 a5 23. Ra3 Bd5 24. Bc2 Rb6 25. Re1 a4 26. Qd3 f5
27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qe7 30. Qxd4 Qxa3 31. Qxb6
e5 32. Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qa5 e4 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 a3 36. Re3
Qf7 37. Qxa3 Qxc4 38. Qa5 Qf7 39. Re5 Rh6 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Re7
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. h3 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Kg2 Be6 15. Be3 a5 16. Ne2
h5 17. f3 a4 18. Nf4 g6 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rd1+
Ke8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rd3 Rh7 25. b3 axb3 26. cxb3
Ba3 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. f4 hxg4 30. hxg4 c5 31. Kf3
c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ke4 c5 34. f5 gxf5+ 35. gxf5 exf5+
36. Kxf5 c3 37. e6+ Ke8 38. Ke4 c2 39. Kd5 c1=Q 40. Bxc1 Bxc1
41. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8
17. Nf3 Bf6 18. a4 a5 19. b5 Re8 20. Re1 c5 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. e3 dxe3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. fxe3 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nb4 26. Rbd1
Ra7 27. Nh4 Qd5+ 28. e4 fxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxd5 cxd5
31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rd4 Rc7 33. Nf5 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 h5 35. Rxe4 Nd3
36. Re6 Ne5 37. Rxf6 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Nxf6 40. Nd4
Ne4 41. Nb3 Nc3 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Nxa4 44. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5
a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. f3 Rhe8 16. Ne2 Bc4
17. Ng3 Bh4 18. Be3 f6 19. Bf2 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. b3 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. d4 dxc4 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Qa4 c5 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qb4 Qe6 16. Bg5 a5
17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Na4 f5 20. O-O f4 21. e4 fxe3
22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 h6 24. Nc5 hxg5 25. Rf8+ Kxf8
26. Nxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxg5 Rxb2 28. Qxe5 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Kf7
30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qe5 Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qe5 Kf7 34. Qh5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7
12. Re1 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qf3 Ne5 15. Qg2 Ng6 16. Be3 Rb8
17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qc8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Ra8 21. Bd6
Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qe7 Re8 24. Qd6 Rd8 25. Qe7 Be8 26. Nf3
Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Rd1 Be8 30. Rd6 Kf8
31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Kf1 Bb5+ 33. Ke1 e5 34. Rxb7 Bc6 35. Rxf7+
Kxf7 36. Nxe5+ Ke6 37. Nxc6 Rh8 38. Ke2 Rxh3 39. a4 Kd6
40. Nb4 a5 41. Nc2 Rh4 42. Ne3 Kc5 43. b3 Rh3 44. Kd3 Rf3
45. Ke2 Rh3 46. Kd3 Rf3 47. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mohamad Al-Modiahki"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4
d6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. a5 Be6 10. b3 c6 11. f4 exf4
12. Nxf4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. h3 g5 15. Nfe2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4
17. Qd4 f6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Nd1 Rg7 20. Ne3 Rg6 21. Nxg4 Rxg4
22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qh5 26. Rf1 Re8
27. Bd4 a6 28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Qh3 Nf7 30. Rf4 Ng5 31. Qd3 Re6
32. Ng3 Bh6 33. Rg4 Bf8 34. Rh4 Be7 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke8
37. Kf1 Kd7 38. b4 Ke8 39. b5 Kf7 40. Kg1 Kg8 41. Kh2 Kf7
42. Bd2 Bf8 43. Bc1 Re8 44. Nf5 Kg8 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. c5 Nxe4
47. Rxe4 Qxf5 48. Rxe8 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qxe8 50. cxd6 Qe1+ 51. Kf3
Qxc1 52. d7 Be7 53. d8=Q+ Bxd8 54. Qxd8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kg6
56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kg6 58. Qd3+ Kg5 59. Ke2 Qg1 60. Qg3+
Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg6 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qxc6 Qb1 64. Qd7+ Kg8
65. Qd3 Kg7 66. Qg3+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Kd2 Qb5 69. Qc7+ Kg6
70. g3 h5 71. c4 Qb3 72. c5 Qb2+ 73. Kd3 Qb1+ 74. Kd4 Qd1+
75. Kc4 Qe2+ 76. Kd5 Qf3+ 77. Ke6 Qb3+ 78. Kd7 Qd5+ 79. Qd6
Qb7+ 80. Kd8 Qa8+ 81. Kc7 Qa7+ 82. Kc6 Kg5 83. Qc7 Qa8+
84. Kb6 Kg4 85. c6 Qg8 86. Qb7 Kxg3 87. c7 Qe6+ 88. Ka7 Qe3+
89. Ka8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nxc5
Bxc5 13. dxc5 O-O 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxe4 16. Rc1 Rfc8
17. c6 Nb6 18. Ne5 a6 19. Be2 Nbd5 20. Bd2 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Be4
22. f3 Bf5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Bb5 Ne8 25. Nd7 Nec7 26. Ba4 f6
27. Rc4 Rd8 28. Rd1 e5 29. Rc5 Kf7 30. a3 Be6 31. h4 h5
32. Kg3 Ra7 33. axb4 axb4 34. Rc4 Nc3 35. Bxc3 Bxc4 36. Bxb4
Ke8 37. Bc5 Rxa4 38. bxa4 Bd5 39. Bb6 Bxc6 40. Bxc7 Rxd7
41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Bb6 Bxa4 43. f4 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. fxe5
Ke6 46. Bd8 Kf5 47. e6 h4+ 48. Kf2 Bc6 49. Be7 Bd5 50. Bd8
Bxe6 51. Be7 Kg4 52. Bd8 Kh5 53. Be7 g4 54. Bd6 Bd5 55. Bc7
g3+ 56. Bxg3 hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1
Nh5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. Qd2
b6 18. Rab1 Be5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Ra7 21. b4 Rf7 22. Bd1 Qc7
23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qg5 Ref8 26. Rb2 Rf4 27. Bg4
Qa5 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Re1 Qa5 30. Rc1 Bxg4 31. hxg4 c4 32. Qh6
Qc5 33. Nd1 Qd4 34. Rb7 R4f7 35. Rcb1 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Qxd1+
37. Kh2 Rf7 38. Rb8+ Rf8 39. Rb7 Rf7 40. Rb8+ Rf8 41. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6
12. Qe5 f6 13. Qe4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Nac7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+
Kd8 17. a3 b5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nd5 Nf8
22. Qg7 Rh7 23. Qg8 Nxd5 24. exd5 d6 25. axb4 Qf5 26. Be3 a6
27. Rac1 Rc8 28. Bb6+ Ke8 29. h4 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Nxg6 31. Rxc8+
Bxc8 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Ra1 Rg7 34. Kh2 Bc8 35. Rc1 Bb7 36. f4
Bd8 37. Bd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. f4 Ncb6
12. a4 a5 13. c3 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7
17. b4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bf5 21. Bd4 Nf6
22. Qe3 Ne4 23. Rfb1 g5 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. bxa5 Bg6 26. Be5 gxf4
27. Bxf4 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Be5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Rf1
Nxa4 32. g4 Rg8 33. Rf4 Nc5 34. Rb4 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4
Bd3 37. Bxd3+ Nxd3 38. Rxb7+ Kh6 39. Bg7+ Kg5 40. Bd4 e5
41. Bb6 Ra8 42. Ra7 Rb8 43. Rg7+ Kf4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Rc7 c5
46. Rc6 d4 47. cxd4 cxd4 48. a6 Nb4 49. Rf6+ Kxg5 50. a7 Ra8
51. Rd6 d3 52. Kf2 Rc8 53. Rd8 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5
12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Qa5
17. Bh6 Bf6 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3
Qxc3 22. bxc3 e6 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxg4 Be5 25. Rg2 b5 26. Rf2
Kg8 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ka2 Nf6 29. Re2 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Rh3
Bxd4 32. cxd4 Nf4 33. Reh2 Nxh3 34. Rxh3 g5 35. Rg3 f6 36. Rc3
Nd2 37. Rd3 Ne4 38. c4 Kf7 39. c5 g4 40. c6 Ke7 41. d5 exd5
42. c7 Kd7 43. Rxd5+ Kxc7 44. Rf5 g3 45. Rf4 Kd7 46. Kb2 Ke6
47. Rxe4+ Kf5 48. Re1 Kg4 49. Kc2 g2 50. Kd2 Kg3 51. Ke2 a3
52. Ra1 a2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Ne3
Nf6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Be3 Rfe8 22. a4
h6 23. Red1 Nh5 24. g3 Nf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Kg2
Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Ne7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Bc5 Ng6
32. Nd2 Bc8 33. h4 Nh5 34. Nf1 Ngf4+ 35. gxf4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1
Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4
7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. h3 Qd8 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Bd1 Bd3 16. Re1 Qg6
17. Nh4 Qh7 18. Be2 Bc2 19. g3 Ne7 20. Bf3 g5 21. Ng2 Be4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc2 f5 26. b3 cxb3
27. Qxb3 Nd5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. c4 Rb8 31. Qa4 Nb6
32. Qc2 Bb4 33. c5 Nd5 34. Rb1 Bxd2 35. Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. Qxd2
Qb1+ 37. Qe1 Qc2 38. Qf1 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qe4 Nc6
12. Qxd5 Nd8 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Kc8
16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Be5 g6 20. e4 Kb7
21. Nd5 Re8 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Rd1
Bc6 26. f3 Re8 27. Kf2 h5 28. Bf1 b5 29. b3 a6 30. h4 Nf8
31. Ke3 Nd7 32. Bb2 Kc7 33. Kf4 f6 34. Ba3 a5 35. Bh3 b4
36. Bb2 Ne5 37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. Bf1 a4 39. Bc4 Re7 40. bxa4
Bxa4 41. Rd5 Bc6 42. Rd2 Bd7 43. Rc2 Kd6 44. Rd2+ Kc7 45. Bb3
Be6 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 g5+ 48. hxg5 fxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Bxb3
50. axb3 Rxe4 51. Rd3 c4 52. bxc4 Rxc4 53. Kf5 Rc1 54. Rb3 Rc4
55. g5 Kb6 56. g6 Kb5 57. Rh3 Rc8 58. g7 Rg8 59. Kf6 Kc4
60. Rh8 Rxg7 61. Kxg7 b3 62. Rb8 Kc3 63. Rxb3+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4
7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O Nc5
12. Bf5 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Rc1 Ne4
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qf3 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. e4 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Nf6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Bh3 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Nf4 Bc8 26. Bc5
a6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Be7 Rd2 29. a4 Be6 30. b4 Nd7 31. b5 axb5
32. axb5 cxb5 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Bc4 35. Rxb7 Ne5 36. Kg2
Rd1 37. h4 Bf1+ 38. Kg3 Bc4 39. Kg2 Bf1+ 40. Kg3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 O-O
12. Nc3 Ng6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Ne7
17. g3 Nf5 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Ned2 Nf5 21. a4 a5
22. c5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Ne5 Ned5
27. Nbc4 Rf8 28. Nd6 Raa8 29. Qf3 Rad8 30. h4 Rxd6 31. cxd6
Qxd6 32. Rc1 Nd7 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Qb4 35. Red1 Ra8
36. Rc4 Qe7 37. Rg4 Ra6 38. Rdd4 Rb6 39. Qd3 Qa3 40. Qd2 h5
41. Rg5 g6 42. g4 Rxb3 43. gxh5 Rb2 44. Qe1 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5
46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Rd7+ Ne7 49. Qe4 Kf7 50. Qxg6+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Nd7
12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 Nb6 16. Na5 Ba8
17. Rhf1 Ke7 18. Rf3 Bh6 19. Qe1 Bxe4 20. Rh3 Na4 21. Nb3 Bxg2
22. Rg3 Bb7 23. Rdd3 h4 24. Rg4 Bg5 25. Bf3 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Qb6
27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Na5 Qb6 29. b4 Rhd8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Rh3 d5
32. Rgxh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 Ke7 34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. c3 Qb6 36. Nb3
Rc4 37. Nc5 d4 38. cxd4 Rcxd4 39. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bg7
18. d5 c6 19. c4 Rc8 20. a4 b4 21. Qd2 a5 22. Rad1 Nbd7
23. Bc2 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qb6 25. Qc1 Rc7 26. Qb1 Rec8 27. Rd2 h5
28. Rde2 Ba6 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nd2 Nd3 32. Nc4
Nxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Nf1 Qb3 36. Qa1 Rc2
37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. f3 Bh6 39. Ng3 Nd7 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Bxe5 dxe5
42. Qxe5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7
12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nf1 Qc6 14. Ne3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf5 Rfe8
17. Re2 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. g4 g6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6
22. Bxh6 e4 23. Bg2 Nxg4 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Bh3 Ndf6 26. Qd2 Rc5
27. Qd4 Nxd5 28. Bg3 Ne5 29. Qxe4 Nf6 30. Qg2 Nh5 31. Kh1
Nxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rd8 33. Rd1 b4 34. Qe4 Nc4 35. b3 Na3 36. Qe7
Nxc2 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Qf6 Qb6 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Be6 Rh5+ 41. Kg1
Rf5 42. Bxf7+ Rxf7 43. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. e5 d5 13. f5 fxe5 14. Qxe5 Bf6 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qh3 O-O
17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Rhf1 Kh8 20. g4 Rg8 21. fxe6 fxe6
22. Ne2 Rag7 23. Nf4 Be5 24. Nh5 Rc7 25. Rde1 Qg5 26. Qf3 Bg7
27. h4 Qe7 28. g5 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 e5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7
32. h5 e4 33. Be2 d4 34. h6+ Kg8 35. g6 d3 36. cxd3 Qc5 37. a3
Be6 38. dxe4 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4
h6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 c5 15. Nfd2 Nf4 16. Kh2 Be7
17. g3 Ne6 18. f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Rh7 21. Raf1 Ng5
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. g4 Raa6 26. Rg7
Bxg4 27. Rff7 Rae6 28. Ne4 Bh5 29. Rf2 b6 30. Nf6 Kc8 31. Nd5
Bd8 32. Rf8 Re8 33. Rf2 Bg6 34. Kg3 Reh8 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Ke2
Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb3 38. Ne7+ Bxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc4+ 40. Kd2 Rd8+
41. Kc1 Bb3 42. Be5 Rd5 43. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Be3 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Rbc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bc5 Kh8
17. e4 Bf7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 c6 21. Red1 Qc7
22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Qxe5 Re8
27. Qf5 Rde7 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Qh3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qc8+
Re8 32. Qg4 Qxb2 33. Re1 Rf8 34. h4 Qxa3 35. h5 Bf5 36. Qg5 h6
37. Qh4 Qb4 38. Qh2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7
12. Bxd5+ Bxd5 13. Qf5+ Ke8 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qd1
Bf6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Qd5 Qe7 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rad1
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rf8 23. e4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Na5 25. e5 h6 26. Bc1
Rc8 27. f4 Rc6 28. Kg2 Re6 29. g4 Nc6 30. h4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5
32. Bxg5 Nxe5 33. Re1 d6 34. Rd3 Kd7 35. Rg3 Nc4 36. Rxe6 Kxe6
37. h5 Nxa3 38. h6 Nc4 39. Rh3 Rh7 40. Bf4 Ne5 41. Re3 a5
42. Kg3 b5 43. Kh4 a4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Bxe5 dxe5 46. Kh5 a3
47. g6 a2 48. Re1 Ra7 49. Rf1+ Ke4 50. g7 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Rxa1
52. g8=Q Rh1+ 53. Kg6 Rg1+ 54. Kf7 Rxg8 55. Kxg8 Kd3 56. h7 e4
57. h8=Q e3 58. Qh3 Kd2 59. Qd7+ Kxc3 60. Qxb5 c4 61. Qe5+ Kd3
62. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4
12. Rc1 c6 13. e3 Ndf6 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4
17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 f6 20. h4 Kg7 21. Rc3 Rf7
22. Rhc1 a6 23. Rb3 Re8 24. Re1 Rd7 25. Kc3 Kf7 26. Kb4 Rg8
27. Re2 g4 28. Bf4 h5 29. fxg4 Rxg4 30. g3 Rg8 31. Kc5 Bb1
32. Rf2 Ke6 33. Kb6 Rc8 34. Rc3 Be4 35. a4 Rg8 36. a5 Rc8
37. b4 Rg8 38. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O
17. h5 Nc4 18. h6 Rg6 19. h7 Rh8 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Nxe5
22. Qd1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qc4+ 24. Ne2 Qe4 25. Rbb3 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1
Nc4 27. Qd3 Rg7 28. Bb2 Rhxh7 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxh7 Qxh7
31. Qh3 Qg7 32. Kf2 Nfd6 33. Qg2 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6
36. Rh3 Kc7 37. a4 Ncd6 38. Qf3 Qb2 39. Qb3 Qa1 40. Kg2 Qe1
41. Qf3 Qb4 42. f5 Nxf5 43. Qf4+ Qd6 44. Rh7 Qxf4 45. Rxf7+
Kc6 46. Nxf4 Ne3+ 47. Kg1 e5 48. Nd3 Nc4 49. Kf1 Nc3 50. Rf6+
Kc7 51. Rf7+ Kb6 52. Rf6+ Ka5 53. Rf7 b6 54. Ra7 Nxa4 55. Ke1
e4 56. Nf4 Nc3 57. Rd7 Ne5 58. Rd8 Nf3+ 59. Kf2 d4 60. Rd6 Kb5
61. Re6 Kc5 62. Ne2 Nd2 63. Nxc3 dxc3 64. Ke2 a5 65. Re8 b5
66. Ra8 a4 67. Ke3 Kb4 68. Kd4 a3 69. Ra7 Nc4 70. Kxe4 Na5
71. Rh7 a2 72. Rh1 Ka3 73. Kd4 b4 74. Kc5 Nb3+ 75. cxb3 Kxb3
76. Kb5 c2 77. Kc5 Kb2 78. Kxb4 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 e4 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd4 16. Ng4 Rfe8
17. d3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 21. Rd1
Bc5 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. Na4 Rd4 25. Nxb6 Rxf4 26. Nc4
Re2 27. Ne3 Rxb2 28. f3 Rxa2 29. Nf5 Rb4 30. Ra1 Rbb2 31. Rxa2
Rxa2 32. Rb1 Rd2 33. Ra1 Nb3 34. Rxa7 Rxd3 35. Ne7+ Kh7
36. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Rh7 16. axb5 cxb5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf6 20. Bg4+ Nxg4
21. Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5 Rhh8 23. Rfe1 Ka8 24. Re7 b4 25. Rxf7
Rhg8 26. Be5 g4 27. d7 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Qd3 Rg6 30. Qxc3
Rc6 31. Qa3 Ka7 32. g3 Re6 33. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6
7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7
12. Re1 g6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Na4 b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Rfc8
17. Re3 Ne7 18. Rce1 b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rh3 h5
22. f5 exf5 23. Qg5 Nh7 24. Qh6 Be6 25. Rhe3 Nf8 26. h4 Qxd4
27. g3 f4 28. Ne2 Qb4 29. Nxf4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf7 Kxf7
32. Nxd5 Qxb2 33. Rb3 Qd4 34. Rb7+ Nd7 35. Rxd7+ Bxd7 36. Re7+
Kg8 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4
h6 12. Re1 c5 13. Kh2 Be6 14. g4 Be7 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nh5 Bf8
17. Kg3 Kc8 18. Bd2 Bd5 19. Bc3 b5 20. b3 Kb7 21. Nd2 Ne7
22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 Nd4 24. Rac1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bd6 26. Bxd4 cxd4
27. Rce1 f6 28. Nf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Nxd5 Kc6 31. Nb4+
Kc5 32. Nd3+ Kd5 33. Kf3 c5 34. Ne4 Rc8 35. h4 a5 36. Ndxc5
Rxc5 37. Nxc5 Kxc5 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. a3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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. h3 b6 11. Bf4
Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nh2 Rd8 15. c3 Be7 16. Re1
Bc4 17. g4 Nh4 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. f4 Rd3 20. f5 Bd5 21. Nf1 Nh4
22. Re2 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng5 25. Re2 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2
Ng5 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Nxd2 h5 29. Rh1 g6 30. Bh4 hxg4 31. f6
Nf3 32. Nxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 g5 34. fxe7 gxh4 35. Kg4 Kxe7
36. Kh3 Ke6 37. Rf1 Rh7 38. Re1 c5 39. Re2 b5 40. b3 Kd5
41. Rd2+ Ke6 42. Rd8 Rh5 43. Ra8 Kxe5 44. Rxa7 Kd6 45. Ra6+ c6
46. Ra7 f5 47. a4 f4 48. Rf7 c4 49. axb5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Nd5
12. Bg3 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nf3
Red8 17. Qc1 a6 18. e4 Nf4 19. Re1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Kg7 21. Qe3
Bc4 22. Rd2 e5 23. b3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qb2 Be6 26. c4 f6
27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rc1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qa3 Bf7 31. Nh2 Qb7
32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. f3 Qb4 35. Nf1 Qa3 36. Rc2 Rd3
37. Nd2 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Nb1 h5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 Rd1
42. Nc3 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kh5 Rd8 46. gxf6+
Kxf6 47. Nd5+ Bxd5 48. exd5 Rh8+ 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh5 Qa7
51. Qe4 Rh8+ 52. Kg4 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6
12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f4
d4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rad8 20. Rb3 Rd7 21. Rb6
Re8 22. Rab1 f6 23. exf6 Re2 24. R1b2 gxf6 25. Kf1 d3 26. R6b3
Ree7 27. a4 f5 28. Rc3 Rd4 29. Rc5 Rxa4 30. Rxf5 Rd7 31. Kf2
Rc4 32. Ke3 Rcd4 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Rh5 Re7+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Be3
Rde4 37. Bf2 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Be1 Nd4+ 40. Kf2 Rc7
41. Rd5 Rc4 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Re4 b5 44. g4 b4 45. Re5 Nc2
46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Kxe2 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rxe1 49. Kxc2 Re2+ 50. Kb3
Rxh2 51. Ra5 Rg2 52. Rxa6+ Kd5 53. g5 Kc5 54. Ra5+ Kd4
55. Kxb4 Rb2+ 56. Ka3 Rb8 57. Ra7 Ke4 58. Rf7 Ra8+ 59. Kb2
Rb8+ 60. Ka1 Ra8 61. f5 Kf4 62. g6 hxg6 63. fxg6+ Kg5 64. g7
Rg8 65. a4 Kg6 66. Ra7 Kh7 67. a5 Rb8 68. Ka2 Rb4 69. Ka3 Rf4
70. Rc7 Rf6 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 b6 16. f4 exf4
17. Bxf4 Kh8 18. Kh1 g5 19. Be3 h6 20. Rc1 f5 21. Bg1 Rb8
22. Qa4 Nd4 23. Nd2 f4 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nf3 Nf5
27. Qc6 Qf6 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qd6 Rg8 31. Rf2 Rbf8
32. Qxb6 f3 33. exf3 Nxf3 34. Qxc5 Nh4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rc7+
Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Qg4 40. Be4+ Kg8
41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3
12. Rxc3 c5 13. h4 c4 14. a4 a6 15. b3 b5 16. bxc4 dxc4
17. Qb1 Qa5 18. Re3 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Rfe8 22. Qf5 Nf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb8
26. Bf4 Rb7 27. Qc8 Rd7 28. Qb8 Rxd4 29. Bd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 c3
31. Qc5 Qa2 32. Qxb5 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Qd3 Ne6 35. Rc1 Qa8+
36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Qd2 g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O
12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Re8 16. Rfc1 Nf8
17. g3 Bg4 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Be2 Bh3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ng5
22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ne1 h5
27. Nd3 g5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf8 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Qf1 Qf5
32. Rb2 h4 33. Qg2 hxg3 34. hxg3 g4 35. Nf4 Rh6 36. Rbc2 Kg7
37. Nxd5 Bd6 38. e4 Qh7 39. Ne3 Bxb4 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Rb3 Bxa5
42. Nxh6 Qxh6 43. Ra3 Bb6 44. d5 a5 45. e5 b4 46. Rd3 Qg6
47. Qf1 b3 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. dxc6 a4 50. Rd5 Qxc6 51. Qb5 Qxb5
52. Rxb5 Bd4 53. Kg2 b2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb4
Bb7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bd4
Qa4 22. Nc2 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Nf5 Ba6 25. h4 Qd7 26. Nd6
Rf8 27. a4 Bc4 28. a5 b5 29. h5 a6 30. h6 g6 31. Qf2 f5 32. f4
Rc6 33. g3 Qc7 34. Kh2 Ra8 35. Bb6 Qe7 36. Nxc4 dxc4 37. Qf3
Rac8 38. Kg2 b4 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Rab1 Qe7 41. Rbc1 c3 42. Rc2
Qf8 43. Qd5 Qf7 44. Qa2 g5 45. fxg5 Nxg5 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7
47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Be3 Ne4 49. Rg7+ Kh5 50. Kf3 Nd2+ 51. Rxd2
cxd2 52. Bxd2 Rg6 53. Rxh7 Rd8 54. Bf4 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Ra3
56. Rd7 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. h7 Rh2 59. Kd4 Kf3 60. Kd5 Rh1
61. e6 Rd1+ 62. Ke5 Re1+ 63. Kxf5 Rexe6 64. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c4 Be7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qc3 O-O 11. c5 f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nf7 14. Nb3 e5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rfe1 e4
17. Nfd2 Nh6 18. Nf1 Nf5 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Ne3 Nf8 21. Bg4 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Ne6 23. Bd6 h5 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Rf1 b6
27. Nb3 Qb7 28. a4 Ng5 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Raf1 Nf3+
32. R1xf3 exf3 33. Rxf3 bxc5 34. bxc5 Re6 35. Qd3 Rae8 36. Nd2
Qb7 37. h3 Qb4 38. Nf1 Qb7 39. Ng3 Qf7 40. Be5 h4 41. Ne2 Rxe5
42. dxe5 Rxe5 43. Nd4 Qe8 44. a5 Re4 45. Nf5 Qe5 46. Nd4 Qc7
47. a6 Bxd4 48. exd4 Qe7 49. Rf1 Qg5 50. Rb1 Kh7 51. Rf1 Kh6
52. Rf3 Qg6 53. Kh2 Qe6 54. Qd2+ Kh7 55. Qf2 Qh6 56. Rf5 Qg6
57. Qf3 Rxd4 58. Rh5+ Kg8 59. Rf5 Re4 60. Rf8+ Kh7 61. Ra8 Qg5
62. Qc3 Qf4+ 63. Kh1 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Re1 65. Qc2+ g6 66. Rxa7+
Kh6 67. Qd2+ g5 68. Qxe1 Qxe1 69. Rb7 Qe5+ 70. Kh1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb1 cxd4
12. Bxd4 N5f6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ne4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qa5 16. a3
Rfd8 17. b4 Qh5 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Be2 Ng6 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Qb2
Rd7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd4 h5 25. Kh1 e5 26. Bc5 Bf6
27. Ne4 b6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxb6 R8d7 30. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5
Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Na3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Ng6
17. g3 Bb7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Kg2 Bc8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Na3 f5
22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Ra1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxd5
27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxg6 e4 30. Nh4 e3+ 31. Kh3
exf2 32. Nf5 Bd4 33. Rf1 Bf6 34. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Ng3
Re8 13. h3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 d5 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Ra1 Qd7 17. Nh2
Rad8 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3
22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Na5 24. Ne3 c4 25. Nd5 Nb3 26. Rb1 Ra6
27. Be3 Rxa4 28. g3 Ra2 29. Re2 b5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 a5
32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. Rf2 Ra1 36. Rxa1
Nxa1 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rb1 39. Kf3 Bd6 40. Rd2 Nb3 41. Rc2
Na5 42. Bb6 Nc6 43. Ke2 c3 44. bxc3 b3 45. Rd2 b2 46. Kd3 Ba3
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "177"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
d6 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4
Re8 13. d5 a4 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfd1
Bxd5 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 h4 20. e4 Be6 21. Qe3 Nh5 22. Bf1 Nf4
23. Re1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Qf2 Re6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rg6
28. Rc2 c6 29. b6 d5 30. Ba6 Rb8 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Bxe5 Rbxb6
33. Bf1 Bf5 34. Rd2 Rbe6 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. h3
Rf6 38. b5 Qd6 39. Qe3 Rf8 40. Rd4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Qxa3 42. Rxh4
Qa1 43. Kg1 a3 44. Ra4 Qb2 45. Qe3 a2 46. Qa3 Qxa3 47. Rxa3
Bb1 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Rxc3 a1=Q 51. Rc6 d4+ 52. Kf2
Qb2+ 53. Kg1 d3 54. b6 d2 55. Rd6 Qb4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. b7 Qb6+
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8
12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc7 15. c3 Bf6 16. Rd1 exf4
17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qd5 Rfd8 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Qd5 Qb6
22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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. Qf3 Nxb3
12. Nxb3 Qc7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qg3 b5 16. a3 Bd7
17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Baramidze"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Rc1 b6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. e5 Bb7 15. e6 Nf6 16. exf7 e5
17. dxc5 Rad8 18. Qe1 b5 19. Bb3 Ng4 20. Ng3 Rd3 21. Bd2 Rfd8
22. Rc2 a5 23. a3 Qc6 24. f3 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxa3 26. Ba2 Qd6
27. Bc1 Nf6 28. Qe2 Rd1 29. Be3 Bf8 30. Rc1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bd5
32. Rd1 Qb8 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Ne4 Rxd1 35. Nxf6+ Kg7 36. Qxd1
Kxf6 37. f4 exf4 38. Bd4+ Kxf7 39. Qb3+ Ke7 40. Bc5+ Kf6
41. Bd4+ Ke7 42. Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Bb4 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Qf4 13. c5 O-O 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. g3 Qc7 16. Bb1 b6
17. Qd3 f5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Ned2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxb2 21. Qxa5
Qb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Ba2 Nb8 24. Ra1 Rf7 25. Rfb1 Rfb7
26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Kf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7 30. f4
Kd6 31. Nc4+ Kc7 32. Kf2 c5 33. dxc5 Na6 34. Ke3 Nxc5 35. Bc2
Bd7 36. a5 Bb5 37. Kd4 Nb7 38. Bb3 Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Nxa5 40. Bxe6
Nc6+ 41. Kd5 Ne7+ 42. Ke5 Nc6+ 43. Kxf5 Nd4+ 44. Ke5 Nf3+
45. Ke4 Nxh2 46. Bc4 Kd6 47. Kf5 g5 48. Be2 gxf4 49. gxf4 h5
50. Kg5 Ke6 51. f5+ Ke7 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Bxh5+ Kf8 54. Be2 Kf7
55. Kf5 Kf8 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Bc4+ Kf8 58. Kf4 Ke8 59. Be2 Kf7
60. Ke5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qf4
Bxd4 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Rhe1 Qd6 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Nxa8 Bxa8
21. c3 Kc5 22. cxd4+ Nxd4 23. Re3 b4 24. g3 a5 25. Bc2 f5
26. b3 Bd5 27. Kb2 h5 28. h4 Rg8 29. f4 Nxc2 30. Kxc2 Ra8
31. Kb2 a4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Bd3 c6
18. c4 Nc5 19. Bf1 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bd2 Ba6
23. Rb1 h5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Nd2 a4 26. Qf3 Nh7 27. Be3 Qa5
28. Red1 Bf6 29. a3 Rb8 30. dxc6 Kg7 31. Rb5 Qc7 32. Bxc5 dxc5
33. Rxc5 Ng5 34. Qc3 h4 35. Ne2 Qd6 36. Rd5 Qxc6 37. Qc2 Ne6
38. Nc3 Nd4 39. Qxa4 Qxa4 40. Nxa4 Bb7 41. c5 Bc6 42. Nb6 Be7
43. Rxe5 f6 44. Rxe7+ Rxe7 45. Rc1 Ra7 46. a4 Ne6 47. Bb5 Bxb5
48. axb5 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 Rxb6 50. Nf3 Ra1+ 51. Kh2 Rf1 52. e5
Rxf2 53. exf6+ Rxf6 54. Nxh4 Rb2 55. Kg3 Rb6 56. Nf3 R2xb5
57. Rxb5 Rxb5 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. g4 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4
d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 exf3 16. Ng3 Nd5 17. g6
N7f6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nf1 Rxh3 20. Rxh3 e5 21. Nxf3 Bxh3
22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Nxh3 Qa5 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3
Be7 27. Bd2 Ne4 28. Re1 Nc5 29. Kc2 e4 30. Ne3 Nxe3+ 31. Bxe3
Nd3 32. Ra1 Rf8 33. Kd2 Rf3 34. Ng1 Rf6 35. Ne2 Rg6 36. Ra5
Bf6 37. Bd4 Bg5+ 38. Be3 Bf6 39. Bd4 Bd8 40. Rd5 Bg5+ 41. Be3
Bf6 42. Bd4 Rg2 43. Bxf6 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Nxd5
46. Bd4 Kf7 47. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bc1 Be7 15. f4 h5 16. Rfe1 Nh4
17. Ne4 Kf8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Ng6 20. b3 Ke8 21. e6 Bxe6
22. Bb2 Rg8 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Ba3+ Ke8 25. Bb2 Kf8 26. Rd7 c5
27. Bxg7+ Ke8 28. Rxc7 Kd8 29. Rxc5 Bxf5 30. Bf6+ Kd7 31. Rxf5
Rae8 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Rc5+ Kb8 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8
36. Rxf7 Rxc2 37. Bd4 Rxa2 38. Rg7 Ra6 39. Bf6 Nh4 40. Be5+
Kc8 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rh7 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5
12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. Ne2 Be6 18. Bxa7 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 20. c3 Ra4 21. Be3 Rfa8
22. a3 R4a5 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. h4 Qa4 25. Nd4 d5 26. Rhe1 Be5
27. Nc2 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. fxe4 Bg3 30. Rh1 Re5 31. Rd4 f5
32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Rh3 Nxe4 34. Rxg3 Nxg3 35. Bf4 Ne2 36. Bxe5
Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Ra5 38. Nf3 Kf7 39. Kc2 Ke6 40. Bc7 Rc5 41. Bb6
Rh5 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Kg4 44. Bf2 Rf5 45. Nh2+ Kh3 46. Nf1
Rf6 47. c4 h6 48. c5 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragan Solak"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "191"]

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 Nc6 11. Nf5 exf5
12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Nd5 Nh5 15. Qc3 Bb7 16. Nxe7 Nxe7
17. Qh3 Ng7 18. exf5 f6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Be6 Ng8 21. Rae1 Qc7
22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re3 Kh8 25. c3 Qf7 26. b3 Ne7
27. Rfe1 Nd5 28. Re4 Rg8 29. f3 Qf8 30. Kh1 Bc6 31. c4 bxc4
32. bxc4 Nc7 33. Re7 Rg7 34. Qh6 Ne8 35. Qe3 Rg8 36. Ra7 Ng7
37. Qe7 Qb8 38. a3 Qb2 39. Rc7 Qf2 40. Qe2 Qb6 41. Qe7 Qb2
42. c5 dxc5 43. Rxc6 Re8 44. Qxe8+ Nxe8 45. Rxe8+ Kg7 46. Re7+
Kf8 47. Re1 Qc3 48. Rb1 Kg7 49. Rxa6 Qd3 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Rc1
Qd2 52. Rg1 c4 53. Rc7 c3 54. a4 c2 55. a5 Qxa5 56. Rxc2 Qxf5
57. Rc6 Kg6 58. h3 Qe5 59. Rd1 h5 60. Rc4 Qe2 61. Rdc1 Qd2
62. Rg1 Qd3 63. Re4 Qd6 64. Rc1 Qb6 65. h4 Qd6 66. Rcc4 Qd1+
67. Kh2 Qd6+ 68. Rf4 Kg7 69. Kg3 Kg6 70. Rce4 Qa6 71. Re8 Kg7
72. Re7+ Kg6 73. Re8 Kg7 74. Rb8 Qa5 75. Rbb4 Kg6 76. Kh3 Qe5
77. Rbe4 Qc7 78. Ra4 Qc1 79. Kh2 Qd2 80. Rfd4 Qe2 81. Re4 Qb5
82. Ra2 Qb8+ 83. g3 Qb3 84. Rf2 Qd3 85. Kg2 Qd6 86. Rf4 Qe6
87. g4 Qc6 88. Ra2 hxg4 89. Rxg4+ Kh6 90. Re2 Qd7 91. Rg3 Qd3
92. Rf2 Kh5 93. Rb2 Kh6 94. h5 Kxh5 95. Rf2 Kh6 96. Kh1 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Na3 a6 10. Be2 Ne7 11. Qd1 Ba7
12. Nc4 b5 13. Na5 Bb6 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5
17. Rad1 c6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 d6 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Rxd5 Bb7 23. Rd4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qb6 25. f4 dxe5 26. fxe5
Rfc8 27. Qe4 Qg6+ 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rfd1 Rb5 30. Rd5 Rcb8
31. Kg2 g5 32. Kf3 g6 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Ke4 f6 35. Rd5 Rb4+
36. Rd4 Rb5 37. Rd5 Rb4+ 38. Rd4 Rb5 39. exf6 Bxf6 40. Rd6 Kf7
41. Rxa6 Bxb2 42. Ra5 Rb4+ 43. Kd5 Rf4 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Nc5
Rf5+ 46. Kc4 Rf4+ 47. Kd5 Rf5+ 48. Kc6 Bd4 49. Ne4+ Ke5
50. Re7+ Kf4 51. Nd2 Rf6+ 52. Kd5 Bxf2 53. Re4+ Kf5 54. Re5+
Kf4 55. Ne4 Ra6 56. Nxf2 Ra5+ 57. Kd6 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6
Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Nfe7 11. Bg5
Bf5 12. Qxf5 Nxf5 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Ng5 f6
16. Nge4 Kc8 17. g3 Be5 18. Rhe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Re5 20. Bf1 Nd6
21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Re6 Rd8 25. f4
Nc6 26. Bd3 h6 27. Kb2 Rd6 28. Re8 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd7 30. c4 b6
31. Kc3 Kd6 32. Bf5 Re7 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rd5 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Re7
36. c5 Na5 37. cxb6+ axb6 38. Rd4 Kc6 39. Be4+ Kc5 40. Kc3 b5
41. Rd5+ Kb6 42. Bd3 Rc7+ 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kf5 b4
46. Kg6 Kc7 47. g4 Nd8 48. Bf5 Nb7 49. Rd4 Nd6 50. h4 h5
51. Kxh5 Nxf5 52. gxf5 Re2 53. Kg6 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6
17. Re2 Nh5 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Be3 h6 20. a4 Rd7 21. a5 Qd8
22. a6 b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Bh7 26. f6 Nxf6
27. Bh3 Rd5 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Bf4 Be4 30. Re1 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Nh5
32. Qd1 Qg6 33. Re3 Rb5 34. Qe2 Rb1+ 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Rxe4
Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qd3 39. Be1 Qxa6 40. Kf2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxb4
cxb4 12. Nd2 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qf5 14. e3 O-O 15. Be2 Nf6 16. O-O
Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qe6 19. Na5 b6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Nc4
Rfc8 22. b3 b5 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Nxb5 a6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rfa1 h5
27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Na7 Rc2 29. Rc5 Nc3 30. Rxa6 h4 31. Rxe6 Rxb3
32. Rxe4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Nxe4 34. Rxc1 Nxf2 35. Re1 g5 36. Kg1
Ne4 37. Nc6 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Ng4 Rb2 40. Ra1 Re2 41. Rf1
Ng3 42. Rd1 Nf5 43. Ra1 Nxe3 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Rf6+ Ke4
46. Nxe3 Rxe3 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. Re6+ Kf4 49. Rf6+ Ke4 50. Re6+
Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxa6
Ra8 13. Bb5 Nxa5 14. cxb4 Nb3 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc3 Nd4
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Qxe4 19. d3 Qh4 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bg3 Qf6
22. Qa4 Rb8 23. Bc4 Nxb4 24. Qa7 Nc6 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qb7 Na5
27. Qe4 Nxc4 28. dxc4 Rxc4 29. b3 d5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rb4
32. Nxd4 Bc5 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rb1 Re4 35. Bg3 Re2 36. Kf1 Rc2
37. b4 Bb6 38. Rb3 g5 39. Rf3 Bd4 40. Bd6 h5 41. h3 Kg7 42. g4
hxg4 43. hxg4 Kg6 44. Be7 Rc7 45. Bd6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2 47. Kf1
Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Roiz"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Be7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb1 Bh5 14. Ne5 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3
Bd6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qa1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5
21. Qb2 Nce4 22. h3 Rfe8 23. a3 Nc5 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. b4 Ne6
26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rc1 Qb6 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Bd3 Ne4 30. Qc2 Nd6
31. Qb3 Ne4 32. Qc2 Nd6 33. Qb3 Ne4 34. Qb1 Nd6 35. Qa2 Ne4
36. Qb1 Nd6 37. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. Bf1 Rb8
12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bc1 Nf6 16. a4 b4
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qd1 Bb7 21. Nd2 f5
22. exf5 d5 23. f3 Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf6 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4
27. Nd2 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Nf1 e4 30. f4 a5 31. Qg4 Bd6
32. f5 Bc8 33. Ng3 Rb4 34. Red1 Bc5 35. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kh1 Rf8
37. Rf1 e3 38. Qe2 Qb6 39. Rfe1 Re8 40. Qd3 Qc5 41. Ra3 e2
42. Raa1 Rd4 43. Qf3 Ba6 44. f6 Qd5 45. Qf2 Rd1 46. Raxd1
exd1=Q 47. f7+ Qxf7 48. Qxf7+ Kxf7 49. Rxd1 h5 50. h4 g6
51. Rd5 Re3 52. Kh2 Be2 53. Nxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Asian Clubs"]
[Site "Al Ain UAE"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marat Dzhumaev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. g4 O-O
12. Qf2 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Rg1 a4
17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Ne4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Ka1 Nf4
22. c5 a3 23. b3 Qb8 24. Bc4 Nh3 25. Qd2 Nxg1 26. Bxg1 f5
27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. c6 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Be3 Bd8 31. Bf2 Rf3
32. Kxa2 Bb6 33. Bg3 Qf8 34. Qc2 Bd4 35. Bd3 h5 36. b4 Kh7
37. b5 Qf6 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Qc2 h4 40. Be1 Bb6 41. Kxa3 Qf4
42. Kb3 g6 43. Kb2 Bd4+ 44. Kb1 Ra8 45. Bc3 Rf2 46. Qb3 Bb6
47. Bb4 Qxh2 48. Bc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "1st Asian Club Cup"]
[Site "Al Ain Club"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[EventDate "2008.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+
22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Qg1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qh2 g5 26. fxg5
Bxg5+ 27. Kc2 h6 28. Raa1 Rg8 29. Rag1 Rg6 30. Nf4 Bxf4
31. Qxf4 Qf6 32. Rxg6 Qxf4 33. Rhxh6+ Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7
35. Rh5 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Rc8 37. Rxa5 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Kd4
Kf6 40. c4 Ke6 41. Rh5 Ra6 42. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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
Ne5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Qg2 b4 16. Na4 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6
18. Bd3 Rf7 19. b3 Rcf8 20. Rdg1 Ne8 21. Rh3 Bf6 22. Nb2 Nc6
23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nc4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. h6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Rc8 10.a4 Nb6 11.a5 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4
13.Re1 Be7 14.Bb6 Qd7 15.Nc1 Be6 16.N1a2 Bd8 17.Bxd8 Qxd8
18.Nb4 Rc5 19.Ra3 O-O 20.Qa1 Rc4 21.Nd3 Qd7 22.Rb3 Rfc8 23.Qa3
h5 24.Rb4 h4 25.h3 R8c6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Ne1 Nh5 28.Rb6 Rd4
29.Rxd4 exd4 30.Rxc6 Qxc6 31.Ne2 Qxe4 32.Qf3 Qe5 33.Nd3 Qxa5
34.Qxb7 Qg5 35.Qa8+ Kh7 36.Qf3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6
7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6
12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Kf8 14. a4 b6 15. h4 Ra7 16. Re2 Kg8
17. Rae1 Qd8 18. f3 f5 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Bf2 Kf7 21. c3 Qg8
22. g3 Qg7 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Bb3 g5 25. h5 b5 26. axb5 axb5
27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rb8 29. b4 Kf8 30. Be1 Qf7 31. Rh2 Bb5
32. Qb2 Rab7 33. Qb3 Qe8 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Ra5 Kg7 36. Bxb5 Rxb5
37. Qa4 Rcb8 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kf1 Be5 40. Ke2 Qd7 41. Ra2 R8b6
42. Rxb5 Rxb5 43. Qa8 Rb7 44. Rc2 Bg7 45. Rc8 Qb5 46. Qa5 Qd7
47. Qa8 Qb5 48. Qa5 Qd7 49. Rd8 Qc7 50. Bd2 Ra7 51. Qxc7 Rxc7
52. Ra8 Be5 53. f4 gxf4 54. gxf4 Bf6 55. Kd1 e6 56. dxe6+ Kxe6
57. Rb8 Kd5 58. Rb5+ Ke6 59. Rb8 Kd5 60. b5 Bh4 61. b6 Rc5
62. Rh8 Rb5 63. Rxh6 Rxb6 64. Rg6 Rb1+ 65. Bc1 Bf2 66. Kc2 Ra1
67. Kb2 Ra8 68. h6 Be3 69. h7 Rb8+ 70. Kc2 Rc8+ 71. Kb3 Rh8
72. Ba3 Bxf4 73. Rf6 Ke5 74. Rg6 Kd5 75. Rf6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Nbd7
7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bf4 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Qd1 Rac8 15. Na7 Rxc1 16. Rxc1
Ra8 17. Nc6 Qf8 18. Bf1 Bd6 19. Nfe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Rb8
12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qf2 Bxc3 14. Bc5 d5 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Qh4 Nf4
17. Qg3 Nfg6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bb4 Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bd6
Ng6 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Na5 Ba8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. c4 bxc4
26. Nxc4 Ke7 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Be2 Nbd7 30. Rhd1 Nc5
31. g3 Rc8 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 a5 34. Re1 f6 35. Re3 e5
36. Be2 Be8 37. Rh4 h6 38. Ra3 Ra8 39. Rb4 Kd6 40. Bf3 Ra7
41. Rb8 Bd7 42. Kd2 e4 43. Be2 f5 44. h4 a4 45. Rc3 Rc7 46. a3
g5 47. Rh8 f4 48. Rxh6+ Ke5 49. hxg5 f3 50. Bf1 Bf5 51. Ke3
Na6 52. Rhc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Qc2
e6 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.h3 Bh5 13.e5
Nd5 14.g4 Nb4 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Qb1 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.gxh5 Nxh7
19.Ne5 Kg8 20.Qg6 Rf6 21.Qg4 Ng5 22.Ndc4 Nd5 23.h4 Nf7 24.Kh1
Bf8 25.Be3 Ne7 26.Nb6 Ra7 27.Ned7 Rf5 28.Rg1 Nd5 29.Nxd5 Rxd5
30.Nxf8 Qxf8 31.Rg3 Ra8 32.Rag1 Kh8 33.Qxe6 Rxh5 34.Qg4 g6
35.d5 Ne5 36.Bd4 Qf6 37.Bxe5 Qxe5 38.dxc6 bxc6 39.Rd1 Rg8
40.Qd4 Qxd4 41.Rxd4 g5 42.Rc3 Rf8 43.Kg1 Rf6 44.hxg5 Rxg5+
45.Kf1 Kg7 46.Rdc4 Ra5 47.a3 Rb5 48.Rc2 Rd6 49.a4 Rb6 50.b4 a5
51.bxa5 Ra6 52.Rg4+ Kf7 53.Rc5 Rd5 54.Rgc4 Rxa5 55.Rxc6 Rd1+
56.Ke2 Ra1 57.Rf4+ Ke7 58.Rcc4 h5 59.Rb4 Ra2+ 60.Kf3 Ra3+
61.Kg2 Ke6 62.Rbe4+ Kd6 63.f3 Ra2+ 64.Kh3 Ra1 65.Rd4+ Ke6
66.Rb4 Rg5 67.Rfe4+ Kf6 68.Rf4+ Ke6 69.Rb6+ Ke7 70.Rb2 Rh1+
71.Rh2 Ra1 72.Kh4 Rg8 73.Rd4 Kf6 74.Rf4+ Ke5 75.Rb4 Kf5 76.Kh3
Ra3 77.Rf2 Ra8 78.Rb5+ Kf4 79.Rxh5 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Na3 Bb4 16. Bd2
Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qf6 18. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8
13.a5 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.Qe1 Rfd8 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.f3 c4
18.Na4 Nd7 19.Qc3 f6 20.b3 Rc8 21.b4 Qc6 22.Qa3 f5 23.b5 axb5
24.Qxe7 bxa4 25.Rd1 Nf8 26.Rd6 Re8 27.Rxc6 Rxe7 28.Bc5 Rd7
29.Rb6 fxe4 30.fxe4 c3 31.Kf2 Ba2 32.a6 bxa6 33.Rb8 Rf7+
34.Ke3 g6 35.Bd6 Rf6 36.Rd8 a3 37.Bxa3 Kg7 38.Bd6 Rf7 39.Bxe5+
Kh6 40.Bxa6 Ne6 41.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3
Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.g4 d5 10.g5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nh5 12.O-O-O Bxg5
13.Kb1 Kh8 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Rg1 Qf4 16.Qc5 Bd7 17.exd5 Nf6
18.Bh3 exd5 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxd5 Nf6 21.Qxb7 Qxh2 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Rad8 24.a4 Qc7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rg5 g6 27.Rb5 Rd1+
28.Ka2 Rd7 29.c4 Kg7 30.c5 a6 31.c6 axb5 32.cxd7 Qxd7 33.Qe5+
Kf8 34.axb5 h5 35.Kb3 Kg8 36.b6 h4 37.Qc7 Qd1+ 38.Kb4 Qe1+
39.Kb5 Qe2+ 40.Ka5 Qd2+ 41.b4 Qa2+ 42.Kb5 Qe2+ 43.Qc4 Qe8+
44.Qc6 Qe2+ 45.Kc5 Qf2+ 46.Kd6 Qg3+ 47.Kd7 h3 48.b7 h2 49.Qc8+
Kg7 50.b8=Q Qxb8 51.Qxb8 h1=Q 52.Qe5+ Kg8 53.Qd5 Qh3+ 54.Kc7
Qh2+ 55.Kb7 Qh5 56.Kc6 Qh3 57.Kb7 Qh5 58.Qc6 Kg7 59.b5 Qe5
60.b6 g5 61.Kc8 Qf5+ 62.Kd8 Qa5 63.Qd6 Qa8+ 64.Kc7 Qxf3 65.b7
Qc3+ 66.Kd7 Qh3+ 67.Kd8 Qh8+ 68.Kc7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Be7 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. g4 Rfc8 19. Rd2 a5 20. g5 a4 21. f6 Ra5
22. Qe4 Bf8 23. h4 a3 24. b3 Ng6 25. Bc4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Re5
27. Qf3 Rce8 28. Rhd1 Kh8 29. Rd5 Re3 30. Qg2 Qc8 31. h5 Qe6
32. R5d4 Qe5 33. Qd5 gxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 35. Qxf7 Qxf7 36. Bxf7
R8e7 37. Bd5 Re1 38. Bf3 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Re3 40. Rd3 Re1+
41. Rd1 Re3 42. Rd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 c5 4.dxc5 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Qb3 Qa5 9.Qa3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Ne4 11.Be3 e5 12.Nbd2 f5
13.Rad1 Nf6 14.b4 Re8 15.Nb3 Ne4 16.b5 Ne7 17.Qc1 b6 18.Ng5
bxc5 19.c4 d4 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Bg5 Bb7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Qc2 Rf8
24.Bxe4 Bc8 25.Kg2 Bh6 26.Rd3 Kg7 27.Rf3 Rd8 28.h3 Be6 29.a4
a5 30.Bc6 Qb6 31.e4 dxe3 32.fxe3 Kg8 33.e4 Rd6 34.Bd5 Bxd5
35.cxd5 Rc7 36.Rc3 Rf6 37.Rxf6 Qxf6 38.Nxc5 Rf7 39.Qe2 Bd2
40.Rf3 Qg5 41.Ne6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. a4
Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. Nb3 exd4 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4
18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. b4 Ba8 21. Rb1 g6 22. b5 axb5
23. axb5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Nc3 26. Qxd4 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Nxb5 28. Qe5 Qf8 29. Bd3 Na7 30. Qxc7 Nc6 31. Ra1 Rb7
32. Qd6 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Nxa7 34. Qd7 Nc6 35. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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
Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. g4
a5 18. h4 Bxg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 a4 22. Qxg5
Bg6 23. Bd3 a3 24. b4 Qb6 25. Rh4 Nh7 26. Rxh7 Kxh7 27. O-O-O
Qxb4 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ Ke6
32. Rd1 Qb2+ 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Qf4 Rfd8 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Rh1 Ra5
37. Qc7 Rad5 38. Ke3 Kf8 39. c3 Rxd3+ 40. Kf4 f6 41. Rh8+ Kf7
0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. a5 Bxa5 18. Qf3 Nf8 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Qb6 21. Nf7+ Kg8
22. Nd6 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Bb6 24. Be3 Reb8 25. Nd6 Bd8 26. Ra2 Rb4
27. Rc1 a5 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Ng6 31. g3 h6
32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33. Rc3 Rxc3+ 34. bxc3 Ne7 35. h3 Bc7 36. Bc1
Bxd6 37. exd6 Nf5 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. b4 a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Nc1 e5 12. a4
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be7 14. Ndb3 Qc7 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Be2 Ba6 17. O-O
exd4 18. exd4 Rfe8 19. Ndc1 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Bf6
22. a5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Nb8 24. Rfe1 Na6 25. g3 Re4 26. Nf4 Rae8
27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Ng2 g6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Kf8 31. Nf3 h5
32. h4 Nc7 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Qe2+ Kd8 35. Ne1 Kc8 36. Nc2 Na6
37. Qe8+ Bd8 38. Kg2 Qd7 39. Qxd7+ Kxd7 40. Ne1 Ke6 41. Nd3
Bc7 42. f4 f6 43. Kf2 Bd8 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Ne1 g5 46. hxg5 fxg5
47. fxg5 Bxg5 48. Nd3 Bf6 49. Nf4 Kg5 50. Ne2 Kf5 51. Nf4 Kg5
52. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd4
Rfd8 17. Ra4 f5 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21. Rb4
b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Kg2
Rf6 27. Nf5 Bb8 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rac4 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4
Bc7 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Bf4 34. Rb1 b5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxb5
Kf8 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Bc1 40. Rb7 Ba3 41. Rbd7
Bf8 42. Rd8 Rfe6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ne3 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Rb1 46. Nf5
Rb6 47. Rc8 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rb6 49. f4 Ra6 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5
Re6 52. h6 Rg6+ 53. Kh5 Rf6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Rxf8 Rxf4 56. Kg5
Rf1 57. Nf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. Kxf7 Ra6 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. Kd7
Rb6 62. Kc7 Ra6 63. Kb8 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Re6 65. Kb7 Re1 66. Kc6
Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Rh1
71. Kf3 Rh2 72. Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Rg1 74. Rg8+ Kh5 75. h7 Rxg8
76. Ng3+ Kh6 77. hxg8=R 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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. Be2 Bf5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be7
12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b4 a5
17. bxa5 Bd8 18. Rb1 Bxa5 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. f5 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Rxa2 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Rb8 Ra8 25. R8b6 Rfe8 26. h4
c4 27. Rd6 Qc5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. e6
Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8
36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qd5+
Kh8 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8
45. Rf7 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 Ne4
12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 exd4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bf5
Nf6 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Rac1 g6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rc6 Re8 21. Qb6
Qxb6 22. Nxb6 Rad8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Rfc1 Kg7 25. Bd3 d4
26. exd4 Bf4 27. Rxe6 Bxc1 28. Rc6 Rxd4 29. Rxc1 Rxd3 30. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3 Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Qe2 Qc6 15. Qf1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Qe8
17. h3 Ncd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 Bf6 20. f3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5
22. a5 Na4 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bb3 Rxc3 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Rb6 Rb3
27. Qc4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5
12. Qe2 h6 13. Qb5 Qe7 14. Qxb7 Na5 15. Qb5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd6
17. Nh4 a6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. f3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Be3 Nd7
22. g4 Bg6 23. Red1 Rfb8 24. a3 Kf8 25. Rd5 Ke7 26. Rad1 Bh7
27. Kf2 Nb6 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 h5 31. Nd2
hxg4 32. fxg4 Ra4 33. Re1 Rb8 34. Ne4 f6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Kf3
Kc6 37. Red1 Be7 38. h5 Rh8 39. R5d2 Raa8 40. Rh2 Rh6 41. Rc2
Ra4 42. Rcd2 Rh8 43. Rd7 Re8 44. Ke3 Raa8 45. R7d5 Rh8
46. R5d3 Ra4 47. R3d2 Raa8 48. Rh1 Rh6 49. c4 b4 50. axb4 Bxb4
51. Rd5 Ra2 52. Rb1 Rh8 53. Rb5 Be7 54. Nc3 Raa8 55. Nd5 Bd6
56. Ke4 Ra4 57. b4 Ra3 58. Ra5 Rg3 59. b5+ Kd7 60. b6 Rxg4+
61. Kf3 Rd4 62. b7 Rb8 63. Ra8 c6 64. Nb6+ Kd8 65. c5 Bc7
66. Rg1 Rf4+ 67. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6
7. a3 b6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nf7 12. Be3
f5 13. Ra3 e5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Bd2 h5 16. Nh2 Ng5 17. Rfa1 a6
18. Na4 Ne6 19. Qd1 Ra7 20. Be1 Rd7 21. f3 b5 22. Nc5 Nxc5
23. bxc5 g5 24. Rxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rc7 26. Bf2 Qd7 27. Qa1 Rf7
28. Qa2 Kh7 29. Kf1 Ra7 30. Ke2 Qb7 31. Rxa7 Qxa7 32. Qb2 Qa4
33. Nf1 Ra7 34. Nd2 Qa2 35. Qc1 Ra3 36. Kd1 Kg6 37. Qb1 Qxb1+
38. Nxb1 Ra2 39. Kc1 Bf6 40. Nd2 Ra1+ 41. Nb1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4
43. fxg4 Kg5 44. Kb2 Ra8 45. Nd2 Kxg4 46. Nf3 Kh5 47. Kc1 Rg8
48. Kd2 Rxg2 49. Ke2 b4 50. Kf1 Rg8 51. d4 exd4 52. e5 Be7
53. Nxd4 Bxc5 54. Nxc6 Rc8 55. Bxc5 Rxc6 56. Bxb4 Kg4 57. Ke2
Rc4 58. Be1 Re4+ 59. Kd2 Rxe5 60. Bf2 f3 61. Ba7 Re7 62. Bb6
Re6 63. Ba7 Ra6 64. Bc5 Kg3 65. Kd3 Rc6 66. Ba7 Rc7 67. Bb6 f2
68. Bxf2+ Kxf2 69. c4 Kf3 70. Kd4 Kf4 71. Kd5 Kf5 72. c5 Rd7+
73. Kc6 Ke6 74. Kb6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Nb5 c4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2
12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Ng5 Rxa8 16. Nxf7
Nec6 17. Nd6 Bg6 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nbc6 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Be2
a6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. f4 b5 26. Bg4 Ke7
27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Nba5 29. Rf2 Nc4 30. Rf3 N4xe5 31. fxe5 Nxe5
32. Rg3 Kxd6 33. Re1 Be4 34. Rxg7 a5 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Ra6 b4
37. axb4 axb4 38. Bxe6 b3 39. Rc1 d4 40. Bxb3 Rxb3 41. Rc4 Rd3
42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Rc2 Rc3 44. Rd2 Kc5 45. Ra8 Be6 46. Rg8 Bxg8
0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "136"]

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 Qe7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. b4 Rd8 16. Qb2
Bd7 17. b5 Na5 18. Be2 b6 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ne5
Nd6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. Ke2
Kf8 27. Rc5 Rb8 28. Ra1 a4 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Ra3 Rb2 31. Rc2 Rb4
32. Rc5 Kd8 33. Bd1 Kc7 34. f3 Kb6 35. Rc1 Nb5 36. Ra2 a3
37. Kd2 Rc7 38. Rac2 Rc8 39. Be2 Rd8+ 40. Ke1 Nc7 41. Ra2 Rb3
42. Kf2 Rd5 43. e4 Rc5 44. Rca1 Ra5 45. Rc1 g5 46. Bc4 Rb4
47. Be2 Rb3 48. Bc4 Rc5 49. Bxb3 Rxc1 50. Rxa3 Rc3 51. Ke2 Nb5
52. Kd2 e5 53. c7 Kxc7 54. Ra7+ Kb6 55. Rxf7 Rxb3 56. Rxh7
Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Nd4 58. h4 Re2+ 59. Kd3 Rxg2 60. hxg5 Nxf3
61. Rf7 Nd4 62. Kc4 Rxg5 63. Kd5 Nc2 64. Rf6+ Kb5 65. Ke6 Kc5
66. Rf8 Kd4 67. Rf5 Rg6+ 68. Kf7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. c5 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2
g6 13. Nf4 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nh5 15. f4 Be7 16. O-O-O Bh4 17. Be2
Ng7 18. Kb1 f5 19. Ka2 Nf6 20. f3 Nd7 21. Rdg1 Nh5 22. Bd1
O-O-O 23. Be2 Kb8 24. Qc2 Rde8 25. Bc1 Kc8 26. Bd2 Kd8 27. Qd1
Ke7 28. Qf1 Kf7 29. Qh3 Qd8 30. Bd1 Qe7 31. Rg2 Ref8 32. Rhg1
Ke8 33. Re2 Bf6 34. Rge1 Bh4 35. Rf1 Bf6 36. Be1 Kd8 37. Bf2
Qg7 38. Rfe1 Kc7 39. Rc2 Ra8 40. Qf1 Rhe8 41. Ne5 Qe7 42. Qh3
Bg7 43. Rg1 Bf6 44. Be2 Rab8 45. Rcc1 Red8 46. Ba6 Rf8 47. Qf1
Bh4 48. Bg3 Nxe5 49. dxe5 Qd8 50. Bd3 Be7 51. Bb1 Qc8 52. Rg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Ne4 Be6 15. c3 Be7 16. g4 Bd5
17. Rfe1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. c4 Be6 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Re3 Rf8 23. f3 Be7 24. Kg2 a4 25. Red3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2
27. R1d2 Bg5 28. Rf2 Bh4 29. Re2 c5 30. Kf1 Kb7 31. Bc3 Ra3
32. Bb2 Raa8 33. Bc3 Kc6 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. Be1 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8
37. Rb2 Bg5 38. Bc3 Bf4 39. h4 b5 40. cxb5+ Kxb5 41. h5 Kc6
42. Be1 Bxe5 43. Rb1 Kd5 44. Bg3 Bd6 45. f4 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Ra1 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rb4 50. Rd1+ Rd4 51. Re1 Rd3+
52. Re3 c4 53. bxc4+ Kxc4 54. Bf2 Kd4 55. g5 c5 56. gxh6 gxh6
57. f5 exf5 58. Rxd3+ Kxd3 59. Bxc5 Bxc5 60. Kf4 Ke2 61. Kxf5
Kf3 62. Kg6 Be3 63. Kf5 Bf4 64. Kf6 Kg4 65. Ke6 Kxh5 66. Kf5
Bg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. c4 Be7
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bc3
Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc2 a5 20. a3 Bb6 21. Qg4 a4
22. Re1 Qa7 23. Rf1 Qb8 24. Re1 Ba5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qb4 Qxb4
27. axb4 Raa8 28. Rd2 Rdb8 29. Rd4 c5 30. bxc5 Rxb2 31. Rd2 a3
32. Ra1 Nxe5 33. Rxb2 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4 Nf5
22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 Bb6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4
27. Qxb4 Bxf2 28. Qa4 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nb6 31. Qd1 Bd4
32. Bb5 Nc8 33. a4 Na7 34. Qd3 Rb7 35. Rc4 Rfb8 36. Rb4 Nc6
37. Rb3 Na5 38. Rc3 d5 39. f4 Nc4 40. fxe5 Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxb5
42. axb5 Rxb5 43. e6 fxe6 44. b4 Rb7 45. Kc1 e5 46. Qh3 Kf7
47. h5 Rc7 48. Kd1 d4 49. Qf3+ Ke6 50. hxg6 Ne3+ 51. Kd2 hxg6
52. Qf6+ Kd5 53. Qxg6 Rc3 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qh7+ Kf4 56. Qh2+
Kf5 57. Qh7+ Kxg5 58. Qg7+ Kf4 59. Qh6+ Ke4 60. Qg6+ Kf4
61. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 Nh5 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. e5 Nf5 13. Nd5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qe6 15. Rae1 Qxe5 16. Qxe5
Nxe5 17. Rxe5 e6 18. Ne3 b6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Re3 Kg7 21. Rd1
Rfd8 22. Rg3+ Kf6 23. Rh3 Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kf6 25. Rh3 Kg6
26. Rg3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. b3 c6
18. Rad1 Qf8 19. a4 Rad8 20. Qc1 h6 21. Be3 Kh7 22. b4 Re7
23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qd8 26. Rc1 Nb6 27. Nd2 h5
28. Bd3 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4
Rec7 33. Qe3+ Kh7 34. Na5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qb6
37. Qg5 Ng8 38. Qc1 Ne7 39. Nf1 Bc8 40. Nc6 Qc7 41. Qc4 Nxc6
42. dxc6 Kg7 43. Ne3 Qd8 44. Nd5 Qg5 45. Qc3 Qh4 46. Qe3 Be6
47. c7 f5 48. Qa7 Kh6 49. Qb8 Qxe4 50. Qh8+ Kg5 51. Qf6+ Kh6
52. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 f6
7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Be3
h6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 f5 15. Bxc5 g5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. d4 Re8
18. Bxa7 Rb7 19. Bc5 g4 20. Ne1 Bf8 21. Nd3 Bxc5 22. Nxc5
Qxd4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Ra7 25. Re2 Rd8 26. g3 h5 27. a3
f4 28. gxf4 Nxf4 29. Rc2 Rf7 30. N3e4 Rf5 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Ng3
Rg5 33. Nf1 h4 34. Rd2 Rf8 35. Re4 g3 36. hxg3 hxg3 37. Ne3
Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kg1 Nh3+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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. Rfd1 Bf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 Rd6
22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 Bh6
27. Ra5 Rd7 28. Rxe5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. f4 Bxb2 31. e5+ Ke7
32. Nb4 Kf8 33. Nxc6 Bc1 34. Kf3 Rc7 35. Rc5 Ba3 36. Rc2 Nc8
37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Nd8+ Ke8 40. Rxc7 Kxd8 41. Rc3
Bb4 42. Rd3+ Ke7 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 a5 45. f4 Nb6 46. Rg3
Nd5 47. a3 Be1 48. Rd3 Nc3 49. e6 a4 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Rd4 Ke7
52. Ke5 Nb5 53. Rxa4 Bc3+ 54. Kd5 Nc7+ 55. Kc4 Bf6 56. Ra7 Kd6
57. f5 Ne8 58. Rd7+ Ke5 59. Rd5+ Ke4 60. a4 Nc7 61. Rd7 Ne8
62. e7 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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. e4 O-O 13. e5 c5 14. Re1 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bd7
17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Qe4 a6 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Nc5 Rc7
22. Nd3 Rac8 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qc7 26. Nd3
Qc2 27. Kg2 h5 28. Nfe1 Qc6 29. Kg1 Bh6 30. a3 b5 31. f4 Bf8
32. Kf2 a5 33. Kf3 a4 34. h3 Qc4 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Qb3
37. f5 Qd1+ 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Qf3 Qxf3+ 41. Nxf3
Kg8 42. Nd4 b4 43. axb4 Nxb4 44. Nxb4 Bxb4 45. Nxe6 Kf7
46. Nf4 Bc3 47. e6+ Ke8 48. Nd5 Bxb2 49. Kf4 a3 50. Nb4 Ke7
51. Kg5 Kxe6 52. Kxg6 Kd6 53. Kf5 Kc5 54. Nc2 a2 55. g5 Kc4
56. g6 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 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. Qd1 Nf6 18. N2f3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rc5 20. Rfc1 Qc7
21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. f3 h5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Qd2 Qe7
26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qe5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kf2 Qd6 30. a4 Qe7
31. Qc8 Ne8 32. Ke2 Nf6 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Nh7 35. Qb8 Ng5
36. Kd3 Qf6 37. Qg3 a5 38. Ke2 Ne6 39. Nxe6+ Qxe6 40. Qf4 Qf6
41. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "221"]

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 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
Ne8 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. a5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bd7 16. Na4 Bb5 17. Rfe1
Nf6 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Nxb5 c4 21. Qb4 axb5 22. Be2
Qd7 23. e4 Rfe8 24. Bg3 h5 25. Ra3 Rac8 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxa6
Rc5 28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Rb6 Nd7 30. Bxd6 Nxb6 31. Bxc5 Na4 32. Be3
Qd7 33. Bd1 Rxe4 34. Bxa4 bxa4 35. Rd1 f5 36. Qb6 Kh7 37. d6
Re8 38. Bf4 c3 39. bxc3 a3 40. Qa5 Re4 41. Qc7 Qa4 42. Ra1 Rc4
43. Qe7 Re4 44. Qc7 Rc4 45. Rxa3 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qe2 47. Ra7 Rxc7
48. dxc7 Qc4 49. Bd6 Qc6 50. c8=Q Qxc8 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Rxg7+
Kh6 53. f4 h4 54. Rb7 g5 55. Rb8 Kg6 56. Rd8 Qc4 57. Rd6+ Kh5
58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Rd4 Qc5 60. Bf4+ Kh5 61. Rd3 Qc4 62. Rf3 Qc5
63. Kh1 Kg6 64. Bh2 Kg5 65. Bg1 Qc4 66. Be3+ Kg6 67. Bd4 Kg5
68. Re3 f4 69. Rf3 Qe2 70. Kh2 Kf5 71. Bc5 Qe6 72. Ba3 Qe1
73. Bd6 Kg6 74. c4 Qe6 75. c5 Qd5 76. Rxf4 Kh5 77. Rg4 Qe6
78. Rd4 Qd7 79. Re4 Qc6 80. Re6 Qa4 81. Rf6 Qc6 82. Rf8 Qe4
83. Rc8 Qd4 84. Rd8 Qe4 85. Rh8+ Kg5 86. Rc8 Qd5 87. Rd8 Kh5
88. Re8 Qc4 89. Rf8 Qd5 90. Rf6 Kg5 91. Rf4 Kh5 92. Rg4 Qc6
93. Kg1 Qd5 94. Kf2 Qd3 95. Kg1 Qd1+ 96. Kh2 Qd5 97. Rf4 Qc6
98. Rf5+ Kg6 99. Rf1 Kh5 100. Rc1 Kg5 101. Kh1 Kh5 102. Bh2
Kg6 103. Bg1 Kh5 104. Bf2 Kg5 105. Rc4 Qd5 106. Rg4+ Kf5
107. Rxh4 Qd2 108. Bg1 Qe1 109. Rg4 Ke6 110. Rd4 Kf5 111. c6
1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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. d5 e4 15. Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Ne5
17. Nxd5 Qg5 18. Rc7 Bg4 19. Qc2 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. g3
Rad8 22. h4 Qe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 Bf5 25. Nxg6+ Bxg6
26. Bxg6 Qe6 27. Kh2 Qxa2 28. Be4 Qa6 29. Re1 Qa5 30. b4 Qe5
31. Bxb7 a5 32. Rc4 axb4 33. Rb1 b3 34. Rxb3 Qa5 35. Rd3 Rb8
36. Rd7 Qa1 37. Rd1 Qa7 38. Be4 Rb2 39. Qd3 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 Qa2
41. Kg4 Qa6 42. Rc6 Qa7 43. Rb1 Re2 44. Rb7 Qxb7 45. Rxh6+
Bxh6 46. Bxb7 f2 47. Bg2 Rxe3 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Be4+ Rxe4+
50. Qxe4+ Kh8 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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. Ng5
Re7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. b4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. a4 Qb7 22. Nd2 d5
23. Rb1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Bxh6
f5 28. Ba4 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Bxd1 30. Qb2 Bb3 31. Rxb3 cxb3
32. Qxb3+ Rf7 33. Bg5 f4 34. Qd5 e3 35. fxe3 Rxc3 36. exf4 Rc5
37. Qe6 exf4 38. Bxf4 Rf5 39. Bg3 Kh7 40. Kh2 g6 41. Qc4 Bg7
42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Qc4 Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4
7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 O-O-O+
16. Ke3 Bxc5+ 17. Kf3 Rd5 18. Rxc4 Rhd8 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Kxe3
Re5+ 21. Kf3 Rf5+ 22. Ke3 Re5+ 23. Kf3 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. a5 h6 14. Bc4 Kf8 15. b3 Ke7 16. Bd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. Nxe5 Kf8 19. Ndc4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21. Bg5
hxg5 22. dxc6 f6 23. Rc5 Be6 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nd7+ Bxd7
26. cxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc6 Rb5 28. Rxa6 Rd2 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. g4 Rc5
31. a6 Rcxc2 32. Rc8 c6 33. a7 Rxf2 34. Rh8 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Nxc5
12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. Nxd5 Nxe4 15. Nf4 Nxd2 16. O-O-O
Bf5 17. Bc4+ Kf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd2 Bh6 20. Rhe1 Qd6
21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Rg8 23. Rd7 Rg7 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Re7+
Kg8 26. Rxb7 Rf8 27. h4 Bxf4+ 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Ng5 Rxf2
30. Rxh7 Ne5 31. Rb7 Rh2 32. a3 a5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rxh4
35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Nf7 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rf1
40. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Qd3 d5 8. Qg3 Nf6 9. Be2 d4 10. e5 Nd7 11. Ne4 Qa5+
12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Qg6
17. Qe3 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4
Be5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Kc2 Ra7
26. f4 Bb8 27. Rd4 Kf8 28. Rhd1 a5 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Re7
31. Rd8+ Re8 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 b5
17. h4 Be6 18. hxg5 Rc8 19. Rd2 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Qe3
Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. c3 f6 24. Qa7 Bd7 25. f3 Bg7 26. Nb6 Rd8
27. Qxa6 Be6 28. Qa7 Kf7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qa8 31. Qc7 Rc8
32. Qd7 Rh8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. a3 Rh1+ 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1
Qa4+ 37. Kd2 Qb3 38. Kc1 Qb6 39. Be1 Qg1 40. g4 Qf1 41. Qe4
Ke8 42. Kd2 Kd8 43. Qe2 Qh1 44. Kc2 f5 45. gxf5 Qh3 46. Qxc4
Qxf3 47. Qd3 Qg2+ 48. Kb3 g4 49. a4 Be5 50. a5 Qg1 51. Qb5
Qxe1 52. a6 Qa1 53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qb5+ Kd8 55. Qb6+ Kc8
56. Qc6+ Kd8 57. Qa8+ Kd7 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qa8+ Kd7 60. Qb7+
Kd8 61. Qb8+ Kd7 62. a7 Qd1+ 63. Kb4 Bxc3+ 64. Kxc3 Qc1+
65. Kb3 Qd1+ 66. Kb4 Qe1+ 67. Kb5 Qf1+ 68. Kb6 Qg1+ 69. Ka6
Qa1+ 70. Kb7 Qc1 71. a8=N 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ne4 Nd5
17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nxf7 Rdf8 19. Nd6 Nce7 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. a4 Nb4
22. a5 Qc5 23. Qh7 d3+ 24. Kh1 d2 25. Bxd2 cxd2 26. Qxe7 Rxf4
27. Rab1 Rgf8 28. c4 a6 29. h3 Ka8 30. Qg7 Qe3 31. Kh2 d1=Q
32. Rbxd1 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "149"]

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 Qa5 13. Qd5 Qb6 14. O-O-O Nbd7 15. h4 g4 16. Qd4 Rc8
17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne4 Ned7 19. Bf4 d5 20. Ng3 h5 21. b3 Be5
22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Ned7 24. Rhe1 Nf6 25. Kb2 Rc7 26. Rd4
Nbd7 27. c4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 Nb6 29. Be2 Rd7 30. Red1 Kd8
31. Rxd7+ Nbxd7 32. Bc4 Rh7 33. Be6 Kc7 34. Bxd7 Nxd7 35. Rc1+
Kd8 36. Kc3 Rh6 37. Rd1 Kc7 38. Rd4 b5 39. Kd2 Nf6 40. Ke3 Rh8
41. Kf4 Rg8 42. b4 Kc6 43. a3 Kc7 44. Ne4 Kc6 45. Ng3 Kc7
46. Rd1 Kc6 47. Rd3 Kc7 48. Ne2 Kb6 49. Nc3 Kc6 50. Rd4 Kc7
51. a4 bxa4 52. Nxa4 Kc6 53. Nc3 Kc7 54. Rc4+ Kb6 55. g3 Kb7
56. b5 axb5 57. Nxb5 Kb6 58. Nc3 Kb7 59. Rc5 Nd7 60. Ra5 f6
61. Nd5 Re8 62. Ke4 e5 63. Ra2 Nc5+ 64. Ke3 Rf8 65. Rd2 Kc6
66. Ne7+ Kc7 67. f3 gxf3 68. Kxf3 Rf7 69. Nd5+ Kc6 70. Nb4+
Kc7 71. Rd5 Nb7 72. Na6+ Kb6 73. Nb4 Kc7 74. Na6+ Kb6 75. Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3
12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Rxd6
Bxd6 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. b3 Nc6 24. Be4 b5 25. b4 Nd8 26. Rc1 Ne6
27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Ra1 Nf4+ 29. Kd2 Nxh3 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Rxh7 Kf6
32. Kc2 Bc7 33. Ba7 Rd8 34. Rh1 a5 35. Rb1 axb4 36. Rxb4 Kg5
37. f3 g6 38. Rxb5 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bb7 Ng2 41. Bf2 Bd6
42. a4 Kf4 43. a5 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Bb6 Rg8 46. a6 e3
47. Kd3 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8
17. b3 Kh8 18. Nce3 g6 19. h4 Bxh4 20. g3 Bg5 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd2 Ne7 24. Qg1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Be6 26. Qh2 g5
27. fxg5 Bxg5+ 28. Kc2 h6 29. Raa1 Rg8 30. Rag1 Rg6 31. Nf4
Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Qf6 33. Rxg6 Qxf4 34. Rhxh6+ Qxh6 35. Rxh6+ Kg7
36. Rh5 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Re8 38. Rxa5 Rxe4 39. Rd5 Rxc4 40. Rxd6
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 g4 16. g3 Bf5 17. Bg2 Qd7
18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rfe1 e6 20. Na4 Qb7 21. c4 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Rad1 Rab8 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. b3 a5 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxc6 Qd2 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. c5
Qxa2 33. Bg2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb3 35. c6 a4 36. Qc5 a3 37. c7 e5
38. Bd5 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. Ba3 Qc7
18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5
Rxe5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Bb4 Qb8 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Bc3
Rde7 28. Qb2 Re6 29. Ne3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. b4 Qd6 32. Bf1
Nh5 33. Bxg7 Nxg7 34. b5 h5 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. b6
Qc5 38. Ne5 d4 39. Qb5 Rc8 40. Qd7 Qxe5 41. Qxb7 Rb8 42. Qa7
Qd6 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. b7 Qb8 45. Ra1 Qc7 46. Bc4 Qxc4 47. b8=Q
Rxb8 48. Qxb8+ Kh7 49. Ra7 Ng7 50. Qc7 Qxc7 51. Rxc7 Kg8
52. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5
7. Qe4 Nc7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qe4 h6 14. h4 Qc7 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Qc4 Ne7
17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bc5 a6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qc5+ Kd8 21. Nd4 Bf8
22. Nc6+ Ke8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nxa5 axb5 25. Nb3 Bb7 26. f3
Rxa2 27. Kb1 Ra7 28. Nc5 Bd5 29. b3 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nd3
Ke7 32. Nxb4 Ba8 33. Kb2 Rc7 34. Rd4 Rf5 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. Rad1
Bb7 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rh1 Rcc5 39. Nd3 Rcd5 40. Kc3 Bc6 41. Rh2
Rf8 42. hxg5 Rxg5 43. Rgh4 Rf6 44. Kd4 d6 45. Ke3 e5 46. Nf2
Rfg6 47. Rg4 Bd7 48. Rxg5 Rxg5 49. g4 Rg6 50. Rh5 Bc6 51. Nd3
Bd7 52. c4 bxc4 53. bxc4 Rf6 54. c5 e4 55. cxd6+ Kxd6 56. fxe4
Bxg4 57. e5+ Ke6 58. Rh4 Rf3+ 59. Ke4 h5 60. Nf4+ Ke7 61. Nxh5
Bxh5 62. Rxh5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb1 g6 11. Bd2 Bf5
12. Qd1 c4 13. b3 Bc2 14. Qc1 cxb3 15. Qb2 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3
17. Rfc1 b5 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qxb3 Bd6 20. e4 Be6 21. Nc6 Qd7
22. exd5 O-O 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. Bh6 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg1
Nxh6 27. e7 Rfe8 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qf3 Nf5 30. Nc7 Nxd4 31. Qd1
Rac8 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Qg4 h5 34. Rc8 hxg4 35. Rxe8+ Kg7
36. Rg8+ Kxg8 37. e8=Q+ Kg7 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Re1
Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Nc3 42. Qc8 Ne4 43. Qc1+ Kh5 44. Qe3 Qd5 45. a3
Qc4+ 46. Kg1 Qc2 47. Qa7 Qd2 48. Rf1 Qd6 49. Qh7+ Kg5 50. g3
Kf6 51. Rc1 Qb6 52. Qh8+ Ke6 53. Qe8+ Kd5 54. Rd1+ Kc4
55. Qf7+ Kc3 56. Qa2 a5 57. Qe2 Qxf2+ 58. Qxf2 Nxf2 59. Kxf2
b4 60. axb4 axb4 61. Ke3 Kc2 62. Rd2+ Kc1 63. Rd6 g5 64. Rc6+
Kb2 65. Rf6 f4+ 66. gxf4 gxf4+ 67. Kd2 f3 68. Rf4 b3 69. Rxg4
f2 70. Rf4 Ka2 71. Ra4+ Kb2 72. Rf4 Ka2 73. Rxf2 b2 74. Kc3
Ka1 75. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 Nc5 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Ne6 11. b3 f6
12. Bc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Rxe5 c6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Bxe6+ dxe6 17. Bb2 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Qe3 b6 20. Rg5 Rf7
21. Rd1 Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. h3 c5 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Be5 Qd7
26. h4 Ba6 27. Bc3 h6 28. Rg4 Kh7 29. Kh2 Be2 30. Re4 Bd3
31. Re3 Bf5 32. Rf3 Qd8 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Qf4 Qe8 35. g4 Bb1
36. a3 Kg8 37. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe3 Ba6
13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. a3 h6 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. h5 Nh7
18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bb5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Rcb1 Ba6 22. Bf1
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc6 24. Ng1 Qd7 25. Kg2 Bd8 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. Qd3
Qc6 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Nf8 30. Nb3 Re7 31. Bc1 Ra7 32. Rb4
Nd7 33. Rba4 Rb7 34. Nd2 Nb8 35. R4a2 Nbc6 36. Ba3 Ra7 37. Bd6
Rca8 38. f4 Nb7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Rxa7 Nxa7 41. Bb4 Nb5
42. Nb1 Na5 43. Na3 Na7 44. Kf3 N7c6 45. Bd6 Nb7 46. Nb5 Nxd6
47. Nxd6 f6 48. g4 Kf8 49. Nb5 Kf7 50. Nc1 fxe5 51. dxe5 Be7
52. Nd3 g6 53. hxg6+ Kxg6 54. Nc7 Kf7 55. f5 exf5 56. gxf5 d4
57. e6+ Kf6 58. Ke4 dxc3 59. Nd5+ Kg5 60. Nxc3 h5 61. Ne1 Kf6
62. Nd5+ Kg7 63. Nf3 h4 64. Nxe7 Nxe7 65. Ke5 h3 66. f6+ Kf8
67. Kd6 Ng8 68. e7+ Ke8 69. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 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 Nf6 16. Nc4 Bb7
17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ba4 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nb6
Qf5 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bxa2 25. Rxd6 Be6
26. Rxa6 Qb1+ 27. Qe1 Qxb2 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7
30. Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxc5 Qb7 33. Qe3 Qd5 34. g3 h6
35. Nd2 Qd4 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Kh2 Qe7 38. Ne4 Qe6 39. Qc2 Be7
40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Qd4 Kf7 42. Nc3 Bf6 43. Qa7+ Qe7 44. Qa2+ Kg7
45. Nd5 Qf7 46. Qd2 Kh7 47. Qd3 Be5 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qe4 Qf5
50. Qa4 Qf7 51. Qc6 Kh7 52. Nb4 Qe7 53. Nd3 Bd6 54. Qd5 Kg7
55. h4 h5 56. Nb2 Qe5 57. Qb7+ Qe7 58. Qc6 Bc5 59. Nc4 Bd4
60. Nd6 Be5 61. Ne4 Bd4 62. Ng5 Bf6 63. Ne6+ Kh7 64. Qe4 Qf7
65. f4 Be7 66. Qe5 Kg8 67. Kf3 Bf6 68. Qd5 Be7 69. Ke4 Bf6
70. f5 gxf5+ 71. Qxf5 Qb7+ 72. Ke3 Qb3+ 73. Ke2 Qb2+ 74. Kf3
Qb3+ 75. Kg2 Qb7+ 76. Kh2 Qb2+ 77. Kh3 Qe5 78. Qxe5 Bxe5
79. Nf4 Bxf4 80. gxf4 Kf7 81. Kg3 Kf6 82. Kf2 Ke6 83. Ke3 Kd5
84. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Qg3 Qxg3 9. hxg3 Rb8 10. g4 d5 11. g5 f6
12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Bc5 16. exd5
cxd5 17. Na4 Bd6 18. b3 e5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rbc8 21. Nb6
Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rc6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. c4 d4
26. Re2 a5 27. Be4 Rc7 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. a3 h6 30. b4 axb4
31. axb4 Nb6 32. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O a6
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 f5 11. f3 Ng5
12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Na3 Qe7 15. Kh1 Bxa3 16. bxa3
c5 17. Nc2 b6 18. c4 f4 19. a4 Be6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Na3 Rf5
22. Re4 Raf8 23. Nb5 Rh5 24. Qd2 g5 25. Kg1 Qg7 26. h3 Bxh3
27. gxh3 Rxh3 28. Re2 g4 29. Rh2 gxf3+ 30. Kh1 Rg3 31. Qf2 Rg8
32. Rd1 Rg2 33. Rxg2 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Qh6 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a5 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Rad1 Nb6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Kg2 Be7 20. h4 h5 21. Bh6 Bf8
22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Re2 Bf8 25. d5 e5 26. d6 Qb6
27. g4 e4 28. Bxe4 hxg4 29. Bxg6 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qb3 31. Bd3 Bg7
32. Qxg4 Ne5 33. Qf5 f6 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Re8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 Qc7
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Bd4
Rd8 26. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 axb6 28. Nb2 Qe4 29. Na4 Qe1+
30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8
12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bh3 h6 15. Nd2 b5 16. bxc4 bxc4
17. Bf1 Nb6 18. a4 Bb4 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Qb3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Qe7 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rac1 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 e5 26. Be3
exd4 27. Bxd4 c5 28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Nb3
Nd7 32. Red1 Qb7 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 c4 35. Rxd7 cxb3
36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Rb7 Rc5 38. a6 Ra5 39. Rxa7 f5 40. f3 Ra1
41. Rb7 fxe4 42. fxe4 Rxa6 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. h4 Rb2 45. Kg4 Rb1
46. Kf5 Kh7 47. h5 b2 48. Ke5 Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. g4 g5
51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Rb3 Kg7 53. Rb7+ Kg8 54. Ke6 Re1 55. Rxb2
Rxe4+ 56. Kf5 Ra4 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Re7 Rb4
60. Rd7 Ra4 61. Re7 Rb4 62. Re4 Rxe4 63. Kxe4 Kf8 64. Kd4 Ke8
65. Ke4 Kf8 66. Kd5 Kf7 67. Kd6 Kf6 68. Kd5 Kf7 69. Kd6 Kf6
70. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Ne4 12. Be1
f5 13. a5 Bd6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Ra2 Rfc8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rda1
Bb7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. cxd5 Nxc3 21. dxe6 Nxe2+
22. Qxe2 Nf8 23. Qa6 Bb7 24. Qxb6 Nxe6 25. b4 h6 26. Bc3 Qc7
27. Qa5 Qxa5 28. bxa5 Kf7 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nc7 31. f4
Ke6 32. Bb4 Kd7 33. Bf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. Ng3
dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Ne1 Qb3
22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Rd5 24. Kf1 Nb8 25. Ke2 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rd8
27. Bd2 Bf6 28. g4 g6 29. c4 Rd6 30. Be3 Rc6 31. cxb5 axb5
32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc2 Nxe4 34. Rxc6 Nd6 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. Bxg5
Rd7 37. f3 Kg7 38. Bd2 Kf6 39. Rb6 h5 40. Be1 hxg4 41. hxg4
Nc8 42. Rxb5 Ne7 43. a4 Nd5 44. Bd2 Rh7 45. a5 Rh2+ 46. Kd1
Rh1+ 47. Kc2 Ra1 48. Kb2 Ra4 49. Rb7 Nf4 50. Rb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6 15. Rac1 Qb7+ 16. Qf3
Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Rc7 18. Ke2 Rfc8 19. f4 Kf8 20. f5 Nc5 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Rf1 Kf7 23. Ba3 h6 24. Rcd1 Bf8 25. e4 Re8 26. Nf3
Kg8 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nxe5 Kh7 29. Bb2 Rb8 30. Ba1 Be7 31. Rf3
Ne8 32. b4 Nb7 33. Nd7 Rd8 34. Nf8+ Kg8 35. Nxe6 Rxd1 36. Kxd1
Rc6 37. Nd4 Rxc4 38. Nd5 Bf6 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Nc2 Ne4
41. Ra3 a5 42. bxa5 Nxa5 43. Bd4 Rc6 44. Re3 Nf2+ 45. Kc1 Nc4
46. Re7 Nd3+ 47. Kd1 g5 48. Ke2 Nc1+ 49. Kd1 Nd3 50. Ke2 Nc1+
51. Kd1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Nf1
Rfe8 18. Ng3 Nb4 19. Bb1 a3 20. bxa3 Rxa3 21. Bc1 Ra4 22. Bb2
Bf8 23. Qe2 Qb8 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bc2 Ra7 26. d5 Na5 27. Bc3 Qa8
28. Bb4 Nc4 29. Ra2 Rc8 30. Bd3 Ra4 31. Rea1 g6 32. Nd2 Nxd2
33. Qxd2 Ne8 34. Ne2 Ra7 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Nc7 37. Bd2
Na6 38. Nc3 b4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40. Rxa7 Qxa7 41. Bf1 h5 42. Qb2
Qc5 43. Be3 Qa5 44. Nb1 Qa4 45. Nc3 Qa5 46. Nb1 Qa4 47. Na3
Na6 48. Qb6 Qxa3 49. Bxa6 Qa4 50. Kh2 f5 51. Bg5 Qxe4 52. Qd8
Qa4 53. Bb7 Be8 54. Bc6 Bxc6 55. dxc6 Qxc6 56. Bh6 Kf7
57. Qxf8+ Ke6 58. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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. Qa4 Nf6
12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Qf4 Re8
17. Nb5 d5 18. Nd6 Re5 19. Nxb7 Qe7 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qa4 Re6
22. e3 Rb8 23. Qa3 d4 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. exd4 Qe2 26. Rab1 cxd4
27. Qxa7 Rxb2 28. Qxd4 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7
13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. d4 exd4
18. cxd4 Ba7 19. e5 Nh5 20. exd6 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3
Rb4 23. Bxg6 Rxc4 24. Kh1 Rxd4 25. Qb3 Qxd6 26. Bxf7+ Kh8
27. Raf1 Rb4 28. Bc4 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rb8 30. Qf7 Bc5 31. Qh5 Rf8
32. Rd1 Qf6 33. a5 Bb4 34. Qe2 Bxa5 35. Bxa6 Bc3 36. Bd3 Qe5
37. Qh5 Qf6 38. Qg4 Be5 39. Re1 Qg7 40. Qe4 Bd6 41. Bc2 Be5
42. Qd3 Bd6 43. Re6 Be7 44. g4 Rf6 45. Re1 Rf8 46. g3 Rf6
47. Kg2 Rf8 48. Re6 Rf6 49. Re1 Rf8 50. Kh3 Rf6 51. Re5 Qf7
52. Qe4 Bf8 53. Re8 Qg7 54. Rd8 Rf7 55. Rc8 Rf2 56. Rd8 h5
57. Bd3 c5 58. Bc2 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 c4 60. Qxc4 Qf6 61. Qe4 Rxh2
62. Rc8 Qd6 63. Bb3 Rd2 64. Be6 Kg7 65. Qb7+ Kh6 66. Rc6 Qd4+
67. Kh3 Bd6 68. Qf7 Qe5 69. Rxd6 Rxd6 70. Qf8+ Kg6 71. Qf7+
Kh6 72. Qf8+ Kg6 73. Qf7+ Kh6 74. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. a3 c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Ne4 Qf4
12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Be2 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Qxf4
Rxf4 17. O-O Rb4 18. b3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. Nd4 Be4 21. d6 a6
22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf5 Rb5 25. f3 Nc3 26. Ne7+ Kf8
27. Rd3 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nc1 29. Rd1 Nxb3 30. g4 g6 31. h4 Nc5
32. Rc3 Ne6 33. Re3 Kg7 34. Kg3 Rb6 35. Red3 a5 36. h5 a4
37. hxg6 fxg6 38. d7 Ra6 39. Nc8 a3 40. Ra1 a2 41. Rd2 b5
42. Raxa2 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxd7 44. Ra6 Nd4 45. Rb6 Ne2+ 46. Kf2
Nc3 47. Kg3 Rd3 48. Na7 Rd5 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kf2
Nd4 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Rb8 Kg5 54. f4+ Kh6 55. Rb6 Ne2+ 56. Kf3
Nc3 57. Kg3 Rd3+ 58. Kh4 Nd5 59. Rd6 Nxf4 60. g5+ Kg7 61. Rxd3
Nxd3 62. Nxb5 Kf7 63. Nd4 Ke7 64. Kg3 Kd6 65. Nf3 Kd5 66. Nh4
Ne5 67. Kf4 Kd4 68. Ng2 Nd3+ 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Nh4 Nf4 71. Ke3
Nd5+ 72. Kf2 Ne7 73. Kf3 Kd4 74. Kf4 Kd5 75. Nf3 Nf5 76. Ne5
Nh4 77. Nf7 Ke6 78. Nh8 Ke7 79. Kg3 Kf8 80. Kxh4 Kg7 81. Nxg6
Kxg6 82. Kg3 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+
12. Qxe1 h6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 Nf6 16. f5 Ne4
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Bxf5 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rf1
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Be3 Kf7 25. c4 Bg6 26. Rc1
Bh5 27. Qf2 Kg8 28. a4 Re7 29. a5 a6 30. h3 Bf7 31. Qg3 Kh7
32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Kh2 Qd8 34. Qd6 Rd7 35. Qf4 Qxa5 36. Qxe4+ Kg8
37. Rc1 Qd8 38. Qg4 Qe8 39. Rc3 Qe6 40. Qxe6 Bxe6 41. h4 Kh7
42. Kg3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. d5 cxd5 45. cxd5 Rxd5 46. Rb3 Rd7
47. Rb6 Bd5 48. Rd6 Bc6 49. Rxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk (Armenia)"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Re8 19.Rad1 Bf8 20.Nf1 Qc7 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Ne3 Bb7
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Qb5 Rc8 25.Bd4 Rd8 26.Bxb6 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 axb6
28.Nb2 Qe4 29.Na4 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+
33.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Be3 Qa5
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 Nac6 14. f4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc5
Rc8 17. Bd6 f6 18. Be2 Kf7 19. O-O Na5 20. b3 b6 21. Rac1 Nb7
22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Rfd1 Rhd8 24. Rd4 g5 25. exf6 g4 26. c4 Ne4
27. cxd5 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 exd5 29. Bb2 Nxf6 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Bxf6
Kxf6 32. Rxd5 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 h5 34. Rd2 h4 35. g3 hxg3 36. hxg3
Rc3 37. Kh2 Be4 38. Bg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 a5 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+
Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8
17. Rhe1 Rc5 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Qa8 21. Kd2 Rb8
22. Ra1 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3 Re5+ 24. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7
12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Ba3
Nc5 17. Rd4 Kh8 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qe5 Qf7 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Re7 Rxc3 25. Be3 Ra3
26. Rg4 h5 27. Rg5 h4 28. Bd4 Kh7 29. Rgxg7+ Kh6 30. Bb2 1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qc8 16. Ndf1 c6 17. dxc6
Qxc6 18. Ng4 Re7 19. Ng3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5 Re6 22. Qg3
Kh8 23. Be3 h5 24. Rad1 Nxe3 25. Ngxe3 Rg6 26. Qh2 Rf6 27. Bd5
Qc8 28. Qg3 g6 29. Qg5 Bg7 30. Ne7 Qc7 31. Ng4 Rf4 32. Nh6 Rf8
33. Nxf7+ R4xf7 34. Nxg6+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Bh6 36. Bxf7 Rxf7
37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Nf8+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 h6 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1
c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 c4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd4 Rxa3 22. bxa3
Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Nxb5 Qa5 25. Nd4 Qc3 26. Nf5 Nc5 27. f3
Bxd5 28. exd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nb3 30. Qe8 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Nxd2
32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Qxf8 Nf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "198"]

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. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4
18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Bb2
Qa5 23. Nf5 g6 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Nb3 Qa4 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Ng4
Re7 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qxd3 Bg7 30. Qf3 Qxa3 31. Re2 Qa8 32. Rc2
Qd8 33. Qf4 Re5 34. Ng4 Re7 35. Nxh6 Qf8 36. Ng4 f5 37. exf5
Qxf5 38. Qxf5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 gxf5 40. Ne3 Be5+ 41. g3 f4
42. gxf4 Bxf4+ 43. Kg2 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Rxe3 45. Nd4 Rd3 46. Nxb5
Rxd5 47. Nxd6 Rxd6+ 48. Kg3 Bc6 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. Rc5 Be8
51. Ke5 Rh6 52. Rc3 Rh5+ 53. Kd6 Bg6 54. Re3 Bf5 55. Ke5 Bc8+
56. Kd4 Kf6 57. h4 Bf5 58. Rb3 Be6 59. Rb4 Rxh4+ 60. Kc3 Rh1
61. Kd4 Rd1+ 62. Ke4 Bd5+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Ke2 Rh1
66. Kd2 Be4 67. Rb5+ Kf4 68. Rb3 Rh2+ 69. Kc3 Rh8 70. Kc4 Rc8+
71. Kd4 Rd8+ 72. Kc3 Bd3 73. Rb4+ Ke3 74. Rb2 Rc8+ 75. Kb3 Kd4
76. Kb4 Rc6 77. Kb3 Rc1 78. Rd2 Rc8 79. Rb2 Bc4+ 80. Kb4 Kd3
81. Rh2 Rb8+ 82. Kc5 Rb5+ 83. Kd6 Rg5 84. Rh3+ Kd4 85. Rh4+
Kc3 86. Rh3+ Kb4 87. Rh7 Rd5+ 88. Ke7 Kc5 89. Rg7 Rh5 90. Kf6
Kd6 91. Rg5 Rh4 92. Rg7 Be6 93. Kg5 Rg4+ 94. Kf6 Rf4+ 95. Kg5
Rf2 96. Kg6 Ke5 97. Kg5 Bf7 98. Kh6 Kf6 99. Rg6+ Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 f6
7. Be3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. b4 g5 10. Qb1 Nh6 11. d4 Nf7
12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Qb2 Qe6 14. Rfb1 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 g4 16. Nd2 h5
17. a4 Nd6 18. c4 O-O 19. c5 Nf7 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Bg5
22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Na5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rd2 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Na5
Rxb4 27. h3 Nd8 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Nb3 Rc2 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rd7
Kf8 32. Rh7 Rcc4 33. Rh6 Ke7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rh6 Ke7 36. Rh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Chatalbashev"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4
b6 13. Qd3 e6 14. Be3 exd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Bf2 f5 17. Rfe1
Nf6 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Re6 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Nxb5 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Kf8 26. Bf2
Ra5 27. Nc8 Ke8 28. Bh4 Kd8 29. e7+ Kd7 30. Bf7 Ra1+ 31. Kh2
Kxc8 32. Bxf6 Re1 33. Be5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. h3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. g3 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Bf4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4
Ne7 17. Kh2 Bf5 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Re6 21. Ne2
c5 22. f3 Nc6 23. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Wiedenkeller"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. Bg5 b5 13. Be2 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nxe4 20. Bf3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3
Ne5 22. Nxc6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qc7 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. Rc1 Qd6
26. b4 Qf6 27. Kg2 Rc7 28. Rc5 Re6 29. Nd4 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Rd6
31. Qc7 Bd5 32. Qc8+ Rd8 33. Qc3 Bxa2 34. Nc6 Rd6 35. Qxf6
Rxf6 36. g4 Bc4 37. Ne5 Re6 38. Nd7 Rc6 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Nc5
Bc8 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Ne4 Kg6 43. Kg3 Be6 44. Nc5 Kf6 45. f4
Bc8 46. Re8 g6 47. Ne4+ Kg7 48. g5 Re6 49. Nf6 hxg5 50. fxg5
Rxe8 51. Nxe8+ Kf8 52. Nd6 Be6 53. Kf4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Nb7
Kc6 56. Na5+ Kc7 57. Kd4 Ba2 58. Ke5 Kd7 59. Nb7 Kc6 60. Na5+
Kc7 61. f4 Kd7 62. Nb7 Kc6 63. Na5+ Kc7 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Nb7+
Kc7 66. Na5 Bb1 67. Ke5 Bf5 68. Nb3 Bg4 69. Nc5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. c6 Bb4
12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rad8
17. Bxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Qxb2 20. a4 Qa3 21. a5 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Joerg Wegerle"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3
c6 13. d4 Nh7 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Qg4
Nf4 18. g3 g6 19. Bc2 exd4 20. cxd4 gxf5 21. exf5 Nd5 22. h4
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qg6 24. Re2 gxh4 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Rh2 Rd8
27. Rxh4 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Kf8 29. Rh6 Qg7 30. Qh4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2
c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ng4
Nxg4 23. hxg4 Be7 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Re8 8. Ba4 b5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1
d5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd6 15. Qe2 d4 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3
dxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Nh4 b4 21. cxb4 Nxb4
22. Rec1 Nxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Ba4 Rxd3 25. Rxc5 Rxd2
26. Bxe8 Nxe8 27. Rxe5 Be6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Nb5 30. Nf3 Rd3
31. Nf5 Rc3 32. Re5 Kf8 33. N5d4 Bd7 34. Rd5 Ke8 35. Ne5 Nxd4
36. Rxd4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5
12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 g6 16. Qb3 b6
17. Rfd1 O-O 18. g3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Be4 20. a4 Bc5 21. Qd1 Kg7
22. Kf2 a5 23. h3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Qe2 Bf5
27. Kg2 Be4+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Qe3 Rbc8 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. Rff2
Rbc8 32. Kg1 Rb8 33. Be2 Rcc8 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 b5
36. axb5 Rxb5 37. g4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 40. Rdd2
Qh4 41. f5 d4 42. fxe6 Rb7 43. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. f4 d6
7. f5 Nd4 8. Nf3 c6 9. Ba2 d5 10. O-O Re8 11. Kh1 Bc5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nh4 Nd6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6
22. Ng1 Qd4 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Ng3 a5 25. Re1 Qd4 26. Rb1 axb4
27. Rxb4 Qc5 28. Qc1 f5 29. Qb2 f4 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rbxe4 f3
32. c4 Rxa3 33. d4 Qa5 34. gxf3 Ra2 35. Qc1 Qd8 36. dxe5 Rg6
37. R4e2 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Qd3 39. Qe3 Qxc4 40. e6 Kf8 41. e7+ Ke8
42. h3 Qd5 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. f4 Rf6 45. Kg3 g5 46. Qb3 Qxf4+
47. Kg2 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Kh1 c6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxb2
17. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nb6 11. g5 hxg5
12. Nxg5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Kb1 cxd4
17. exd4 Nc4 18. Ka1 b5 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Be5 Ne3 21. Qe2 Nxd1
22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. Nb1 Rfe8 24. Rg1 Bf8 25. Qg2 Rc6 26. Bf5 g6
27. Bd3 Nd7 28. f4 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Re7 31. Nh3 Bh6
32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Kf8 34. Nd2 Ke8 35. Nb3 Rec7 36. Kb1 a5
37. Nc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Re1 Re7 40. Qf6 Re6 41. Qh8+
Ke7 42. Qb8 Qb6 43. Qc8 Rc6 44. Qh8 Bf3 45. e6 Rxe6 46. Rc1
Be4 47. Bxe4 Rxe4 48. Qc8 Qe6 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qxb5 a4 51. a3
Rxh4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Ka1 Re4 54. Qh2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1
Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Qd7 9. Na3 e6 10. Nc4 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6
12. Bf4 Qd8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nge7 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bg3 O-O
17. h4 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. h5 f4 20. hxg6 fxg3 21. Rxh7 Rxf2+
22. Kg1 Qd4 23. Kh1 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf2+ 25. Kh3 Ne5 26. Qg1
Qf5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ 28. Kh3 g2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. h3 a6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bd2 b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Bd3
Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. Ba5 Qc7 17. O-O
O-O 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rd6 Be8
22. Rad1 Rb8 23. Qc5 Rdc8 24. R1d3 Na4 25. Bxc7 Nxc5 26. Bxb8
Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxb8 28. b3 a5 29. f4 Kf8 30. Rd4 c5 31. Rd6 a4
32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Ra6 Rb4 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Rc8 Rxf4 36. Rxc5
Bd7 37. Bc2 Rf3 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Bb3 Ba4 40. Rc7+ Ke8 41. Bc4
g5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rc8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 Ke7 46. Rc8
Bc2 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rc7 Rc3 50. Kf2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4
7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qa4 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd7
12. f3 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Ng5 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. Be3 f5
17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Na5 Nxd4 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Bf4 Rf7 21. Rac1 h6
22. Rfe1 Qg6 23. Rc5 Nh4 24. Bg3 Nf5 25. Bf4 Nh4 26. Bg3 Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. h3
h6 13. Ng3 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Nh2 Qd7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4
f6 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 d5 21. Re1 d4 22. Qc2 c5
23. c4 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Reb8 25. Ra3 Kh7 26. Rea1 Qc7 27. Qd2
bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb4 29. b3 Rab8 30. Rxa5 Rxb3 31. Qd1 Qxa5
32. Rxa5 Rb1 33. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb3 35. Rxc5 Rxd3 36. Rd5
h5 37. f3 Kh6 38. Rd7 Rc3 39. Rc7 g6 40. fxg6 Kxg6 41. Kg3 f5
42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Rf7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 e4 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Rxh5
e3 47. Kf4 Rxc4 48. Ke4 e2 49. Rh1 Rc2 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. Re1 Kf6
52. Rxe2 Ra4 53. Re4 Ra2 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Re4+ Kf6 56. g3 Ra3+
57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Kd3 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 d3 61. Re3 Rg2
62. g4 d2+ 63. Kd1 Kg5 64. Re2 Rg3 65. Rf2 Kf4 66. Kxd2 Rg1
67. Ke2 Ra1 68. Rf1 Ra2+ 69. Kd3 Rb2 70. Rg1 Kxf3 71. g5 Rb8
72. g6 Rd8+ 73. Kc4 Ke4 74. g7 Rc8+ 75. Kb5 Rg8 76. Kc6 Ke5
77. Kd7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5
7. O-O Nec6 8. c3 Nd7 9. a3 a5 10. c4 a4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5
Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 Be7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Bb2
c5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bh6 cxb4 21. Be3 Bc5 22. axb4
Qxb4 23. Nf1 a3 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxd5 Kf7 26. Ne5+ Kg7
27. Qf3 Rgf8 28. Nc6 Qg4 29. Rxa3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Ra2 31. Nd4
Rf6 32. Ng3 Bg6 33. h4 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 Kf6 35. h5 Bd3 36. Rc1
Ne4 37. Nxe4+ Bxe4 38. Nh2 Kg5 39. Rc5+ Bd5 40. f3 Kxh5
41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Ng4 h5 43. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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. Ne4 Be6 11. Re1
a5 12. h3 Bd5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Kh2 b6 15. Kg3 Kd7 16. Neg5 Ng6
17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 h6 19. Ne3 hxg5 20. Nxd5 Kc6 21. c4 b5
22. Bxg5 bxc4 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. Rab1 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Be3
Bd6+ 27. f4 Rhe8 28. Kf3 f5 29. Bd2 Rh8 30. Kg3 fxg4 31. hxg4
Rbf8 32. Re4 Rh4 33. Rf1 Rfh8 34. Re6 Rh2 35. Kf3 R8h3+
36. Ke4 Nf8 37. Rxd6+ cxd6 38. Bc1 Rd3 39. Kf5 d5 40. Re1 d4
41. Ne4 c3 42. bxc3 dxc3 43. Be3 c2 44. Bc1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Bc1 Qb6 14. b3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4
Bxd4 17. Rb1 d5 18. Rd1 dxe4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bxe4
Bf5 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Ra4 b5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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. h3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7
Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5 21. c4
Be6 22. f4 a4 23. Kf2 c5 24. Nf3 c6 25. Rb2 axb3 26. axb3 b5
27. Ra2 Rd8 28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. cxb5
Rxb5 32. Nxh4 Bd5 33. Rc7 c4 34. Nf3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rc5
Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc2 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. g3 c3 40. Kg4 Rc1 41. Kg5 c2
42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Rxc2 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rxh3 46. e6 Rf3
47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3+ 51. Kd8
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Nd7 10. a4 h6 11. Ba3 f5 12. c5 Nf6
13. Nd2 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nf5 15. b5 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Rc1 Rf4 21. Bxc8 Rxe4 22. Qd3
Rh4 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Qg8 25. Rc7 Qxg6 26. Bxg6 Rg8
27. Rxe7 Rxg6 28. Kh1 Ne2 29. Rxa7 Rd4 30. a5 Rxd5 31. axb6
Rg8 32. b7 Nc3 33. Ra8 Rxb5 34. Bxd6 Ne4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. g5 b4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Qc6 Ke7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 21. Rc4 a5
22. h4 Rc7 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxh5 g6 26. Bf3 Nb6
27. Rc2 Nd5 28. Qd3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nc3 30. a4 Qh8 31. Qd3 Qh4
32. Qa6 Bf4 33. Qa7+ Kf8 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Qc8+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nf3 d6
12. c3 O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Ra7 Qd6 21. d4
Bxc2 22. Qxc2 exd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxd4 Rb8 25. Qe2 Qb6
26. Ra1 Nf6 27. Qe5 b4 28. Nf5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Re8 30. Qg3 Nh5
31. Qg4 Qg6 32. Ra7 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Nf6 34. f3 Nd5 35. c4 Ne3
36. Rxc7 Nxf5 37. gxf5 Re5 38. g4 h5 39. Kf2 hxg4 40. fxg4 f6
41. c5 Kh7 42. Kf3 Kh6 43. Rc8 Kh7 44. c6 Rc5 45. Ke4 Kh6
46. Kd4 Rc1 47. Kd5 Kg5 48. Re8 Kxg4 49. Re4+ Kxf5 50. Rc4
Rd1+ 51. Rd4 Rc1 52. Kd6 g5 53. Rd5+ Kf4 54. Rc5 Rd1+ 55. Ke7
Re1+ 56. Kxf6 g4 57. c7 Re8 58. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Bg5 Nd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. h3 Nxb3
17. axb3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rd2 Bg6 20. Qe3 Bh5 21. Ng5 Nd4
22. Ne4 Bg6 23. b4 Bf7 24. c3 Bxd5 25. cxd4 Qb6 26. Nc3 Bc4
27. Re1 Qxb4 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qc7
Rg8 32. Re7 b5 33. Ne4 Qxb2 34. Nd6 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1
Qf6 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Re4 Rf8 39. f3 c3 40. Rc4 Re8 41. Rxc3
Qd4+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Qe1 Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Bc8
17. Bh3 Rhe8 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qc5 21. a3 f5
22. exf5 exf5 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd3 Qxf2 26. Rxf2
f4 27. Bxc8 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxc8 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rd6 e4
31. Rxa6 e3 32. Re2 Rcd8 33. c3 Rd5 34. Rh6 Re7 35. Kc2 Rg5
36. Rh3 h5 37. Kd1 Kc7 38. Ke1 Kb6 39. Kf1 Rd5 40. Kg2 Ka5
41. Rh4 Rf5 42. Rd4 Ref7 43. Rxe3 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb2 45. Re5
Rf1 46. Rxh5 Ra2 47. Kg4 Rxa3 48. c4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4
7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Ne3 Ne5
12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. a5 Rb8 14. Na4 Bb4 15. f4 Neg4 16. Nxc4 Bd7
17. h3 Bb5 18. b3 Nh6 19. g4 Nd7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bf4 Rc8
22. Bxb7 fxg4 23. Bxc8 Kxc8 24. Ncb6+ Kb7 25. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Ne4 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. c4 c6
12. a3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rhe1
Rhg8 17. g4 Bg6 18. d5 c5 19. Ka2 Rge8 20. Qc2 e5 21. Be4 Nb6
22. Nh4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Ng3 Nc8 25. b4 Qc7 26. Rb1 Ka8
27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rb5 Qc7 30. c5 Rxd5 31. Nf5
Rgd8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Rb3 a6
36. Qd3 Qc6 37. Rc3 h5 38. f3 Ka7 39. Qd8 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qe6+
41. Kb2 Qc6 42. Kc1 Bxf5 43. gxf5 Kb8 44. Kd2 Qb5 45. Qd3 Qc6
46. Ke1 Ka7 47. Kf2 Ne7 48. Qd6 Nxf5 49. Qxc6 bxc6 50. Rd3 Nd4
51. Rd1 Kb7 52. Rh1 Ne6 53. Rh7 Ng5 54. Rh6 Ne6 55. Rxf6 Nxc5
56. Rxf7+ Kb6 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Re7 Nd4 59. Rxe5 Nc2+ 60. Kd3
Nxa3 61. f4 Nb5 62. f5 Nd6 63. f6 Kc7 64. f7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Bxa2 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2 a4
12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Na5+ 14. Kb2 Qd7 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Qd5
b5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc6 Ra6
21. Nxe7+ Kf7 22. Bxb5 Rb6 23. c4 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. Kc3
Ra8 26. Be3 Rbb8 27. Bc6 Ra3+ 28. Kd2 Rb4 29. c5 Ra2 30. cxd6
cxd6 31. Bf3 d5 32. Rc1 h6 33. Kd3 Rba4 34. c3 Ra1 35. Rxa1
Rxa1 36. h4 Kf6 37. g3 g5 38. h5 Ra4 39. Bd1 Ra1 40. Kd2 e5
41. Bc5 Ra2+ 42. Bc2 e4 43. Kc1 Kf5 44. Bd1 Ra1+ 45. Kc2 Ra2+
46. Kb1 Ra5 47. g4+ Ke5 48. Bd4+ Kf4 49. Bg7 Ra6 50. Be2 Rb6+
51. Kc2 Rb7 52. Bxh6 e3 53. fxe3+ Kxe3 54. Bd1 Kf4 55. Bf8 Rf7
56. Bc5 Ke4 57. Bd4 Rh7 58. Bf6 Rc7 59. h6 Kf4 60. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. a5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Rc8
17. Qb3 Bb8 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. g3 Ne6
22. Nb6 Rcd8 23. d5 Nc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Nd4 Qxa3 26. bxa3 Bg6
27. Rc1 Bd6 28. Bd3 Bxa3 29. Rc4 Nd6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxg6
hxg6 32. Rc7 Bb4 33. Rd7 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nf3
f6 37. Nd7 g5 38. Nd4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. Bb5 Na6 11. f4 Ng4
12. Kb1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Nc7 15. e5 d5 16. Nd4 Bc5
17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Be3 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Qh3 Bh6
22. Nf6 a4 23. g4 gxf6 24. Qxh6 Rf7 25. Rhf1 Qf8 26. Qh5 Re7
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Na6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Be2 f5 17. f4
exf4 18. Bxf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nd4 Nac5 21. Bf3 Ne5
22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Bd5 f4 25. Kh1 Rf5 26. c4 Kh8
27. Ra3 Re8 28. Rb3 Qh4 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. Be4 Rxe6 31. Bxf5 Qxf5
32. c5 f3 33. cxd6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7
7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nf1 h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne3 g5
12. Bg3 Ng6 13. O-O Nf4 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Qc2 N6h5 16. d4 Qf6
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. exf5 Qd6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. b4 Nf6 25. Qe3 N6d5
26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Ne4 Ra8 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Bxf7
Bd6 31. g3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nb2 33. Rd2 Na4 34. Bb3 b5 35. Nxd6
cxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxc3 37. f7 Kg7 38. Re6 Rf8 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40. Re8
Kg7 41. Kg2 Nb1 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd2 44. Bd5 b6 45. f5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. h3 Qc7
12. g3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. dxe5 Nxc5 16. e6 Qb6
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg2 Qxb2 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. O-O
Rf8 22. e4 d4 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Rb1 Qc4 25. Nb6 Qxa2 26. Nxa8 b5
27. Nb6 Bb7 28. e5 Bc7 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ Kxd7
32. h4 Kc8 33. Bh3 Kb8 34. Qf7 Bc8 35. Be7 Rh8 36. Bd6 Bxd6
37. exd6 Qd5 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Qc7+ Ka8 40. Rfe1 Qd7 41. Re7
Qxc7 42. Rxc7 Rd8 43. Rxc6 Bb7 44. Rc7 Rxd6 45. Rxg7 d3
46. Rf7 d2 47. Rd1 Be4 48. Kf1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nc3
h4 13. Nge2 h3 14. g3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Bg7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Qe3+
Ne5 23. b3 O-O 24. Nxh3 Re8 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. Qf3
Ne5 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Re1 f6 30. Nf4 Bh6 31. Ne6 Bxd2 32. Qxd2
Nf3 33. Qe3 Nxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Rb6 35. Qe3 g5 36. Qd2 Reb8 37. Qe3
Re8 38. Qe1 Reb8 39. Qe3 Qe5 40. Qf3 f5 41. Qh5 Qe4+ 42. Kg1
Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Qxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rxb3
47. Rxa6 R3b4 48. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 49. Kxg5 Rc2 50. f4 c4 51. Rc6 c3
52. d6 Kf7 53. f5 Rd2 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. d7 c2 56. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6
7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. Bd3 e6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nge2
Na5 13. Ng3 h6 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Kf2 Bb4 17. a3 Be7
18. Kg2 Qb6 19. g5 Ng8 20. Nh5 g6 21. Be5 Rh7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6
23. gxf6 Qd8 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Rxc1 Nxf6 27. Nxb7
Qb6 28. Qb4+ Qxb4 29. axb4 Nh5 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rc8+ Ke7
32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Nd6 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+
Kf8 37. Rb7 Bd3 38. b5 axb5 39. Nxb5 f6 40. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. O-O Nb6 12. a5
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Nc1 Be7 16. N1e2 O-O 17. Qd2
Rc6 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. c4
Re8 23. h3 Nh7 24. b4 f5 25. c5 Nf6 26. Rd1 f4 27. Bf2 g5
28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Nc3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. cxd6 gxf3 32. Qxf3 e4
33. Qxf4 Rxc3 34. Bd4 Rc4 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf1
Qxd6 38. Rxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rf1 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 e3 41. Qf5+ Kg7
42. Ke2 Rc7 43. d6 Rf7 44. d7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 b4
12. Na2 Bd6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Bd3 Be4 16. Rc6 Rc8
17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Rc1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21. Qc2
Kf8 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Ke7 24. Kf1 Kd8 25. Ke2 Rc8
26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Nc1 Nb8 28. Nd2 f5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Nd3 Nc6
31. Kd1 g5 32. Kc2 g4 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Nd7 35. f4 h5
36. Bd4 Nf8 37. Nf1 Ng6 38. Bc5 Nh4 39. g3 Nf3 40. h4 d4
41. Kd3 dxe3 42. Nxe3 Kb7 43. Nc2 a5 44. Ne3 Ne1+ 45. Ke2 Nf3
46. Kd3 Ne1+ 47. Ke2 Nf3 48. Kd3 Ne1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1
Ng6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Bg4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. h3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 exd4 19. Bxh6 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qa3 21. Rb1 Qc5
22. Bd2 Qe5 23. Re1 Nh4 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Ng6
27. Nf5 Ra3 28. Nd4 c5 29. Qc1 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Qc4 d5
32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. exd5 Qf4 34. g3 Qh6 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Nf3 Nxd5
37. Qb7 Ndf4+ 38. gxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 Rd8 40. Kxf4 Qh6+ 41. Kg3
Qd6+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 a5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2
12. Qxa2 h6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. h3 Rc8
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb1 Bb4 19. Qf5 Re8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Qg4 Bf8
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bg7 24. f4 c5 25. f5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5
27. f6 Bf8 28. Kf2 Re6 29. Be2 Rd8 30. Bg4 Rc6 31. Bf3 Rcc8
32. Kg3 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. e4 Rxf6 36. exd5
Rd6 37. Rc3 f5 38. Rdc1 Bxd5 39. Rd3 f4+ 40. Kf2 Bxf3 41. Rxd6
Be4 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb8 45. Rxg5 Bf5
46. Ra7 Rb4 47. Rxa5 Kh7 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Rgxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5
Kg6 51. Ra5 Rb3 52. Rb5 Ra3 53. a5 Kf6 54. h4 Kg6 55. h5+ Kh6
56. Rf5 Kh7 57. Rxf4 Rxa5 58. g4 Kh6 59. Rf6+ Kg5 60. Rg6+ Kf4
61. h6 Ra2+ 62. Ke1 Rh2 63. g5 Ke3 64. Kf1 Kf3 65. Ke1 Ke3
66. Kd1 Kd3 67. Rd6+ Ke4 68. Rd7 Rh5 69. h7 Kf4 70. g6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4
exf4 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Na3 c5 19. d5 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ra6 Ra8
22. Qa1 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra1 g6
27. Qe2 Rb8 28. Bd3 Bd8 29. Ra6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Qe7 31. Bc6 Kg7
32. Qd2 Be5 33. b4 Qf6 34. b5 Bxc3 35. Qc2 Qd4 36. b6 Qb4
37. b7 Bd4 38. Kg2 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Rxd6 Qe7 41. Rc6
Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. h3 Be7
7. d3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb3 c6 11. d4 exd4
12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O
Qb6 17. Rab1 c4 18. Qd2 Qc5 19. Ne2 b5 20. c3 a5 21. Rbd1 Rcd8
22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. a3 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfe1 Bxd4 26. cxd4
Qc7 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Qe6+ Kh8
31. Re1 h6 32. Qg6 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Re2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Qc4
36. Qf5 Rb8 37. Qe5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Qd3 39. Qe2 Qxd4 40. Ra2 Rb2
41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Qe3 Qxe3 43. fxe3 Re2 44. Ra5 c2 45. Rc5 g5
46. Rc6 h5 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. g3 Kf7 50. h4 gxh4
51. gxh4 Ke7 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. Rc5 Kd6 54. Rc8 Rg2 55. Kf3 Rh2
56. Kg3 Rd2 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Rc6+ Ke7 59. Rc7+ Kd8 60. Rc5 Kd7
61. Kg5 Rg2+ 62. Kf4 Rg4+ 63. Kf3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Nc3
Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3
N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4 Nd4 22. Bxd4
exd4 23. Bb3 Kh7 24. a4 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be5 27. Qd2
Bxd5 28. exd5 Rc3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qe2 Re3
32. Qg4 h5 33. Qe6 Qh4 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. e3 e6 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7
12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+
Qxc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Bd6 Qc6 20. Qc3 f6 21. h3
e5 22. b4 Be6 23. Qb3 b5 24. e4 Kf7 25. Bg4 Qb7 26. Qc2 Bxg4
27. hxg4 Qc6 28. Qb3 Ke6 29. g5 a5 30. Qh3+ Kf7 31. exd5 Qxd5
32. Qxd7+ Kg6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. bxa5 Qxa2 36. c6
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "39"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Be2 Bg6 8. O-O Nf5 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. c4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Bc3 b5
17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra6 Ra8 19. Rfa1 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 b5 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxe5 23. Qe4 Qc8 24. Ra7 Ng6 25. Nc5 h6 26. g3
Rd8 27. h4 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Rd7 29. Ra1 Rd5 30. Ra7 h5 31. Qf3
Rf5 32. Qd3 Rd5 33. Qf3 Rf5 34. Qd1 Rd5 35. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "40"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3
dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. c3 Bg6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nh4 f5 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. d4 f4 18. dxe5 fxe3 19. exd6 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qb6+ 21. Qd4
Qxb2+ 22. Kg3 cxd6 23. Rab1 Qa3 24. Rxb7 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5
26. Qxe5 Qf8 27. c4 Kh7 28. Re7 Rd8 29. Rxa7 Rd2 30. Kh2 Rc2
31. c5 Rxc5 32. Rxg7+ Kh6 33. Rg8 Qxg8 34. Qxc5 Qxa2 35. h4
Qe6 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Kg3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4 Qd7+ 40. Kf3
Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd7 44. Qe5 Qa4 45. Kg3
Qb3+ 46. Kf4 Qf7+ 47. Kg5 Qd7 48. g3 Qd8+ 49. Qf6 Qd5+ 50. Kf4
Qc4+ 51. Ke3 Qb3+ 52. Kf2 Qa2+ 53. Kg1 Qa3 54. Qf7+ Kh6
55. Kh2 Qc5 56. Kh3 Qc8+ 57. Kh2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "41"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3
Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Re1 e6
12. Be3 b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "42"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Ne6 11. Nf5 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Bf8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rd3 O-O-O 15. Rad1 b6 16. Ne4 c5
17. Ng5 Be8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. c4 h6 20. Ne4 Ne6 21. Nfg3 Bc6
22. Nc3 b5 23. b3 b4 24. Nd5 a5 25. f4 g6 26. Ne4 a4 27. Kf2
h5 28. Kf3 Kb7 29. g3 Rg8 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Nf2 Rh7 32. Nd3 Rh8
33. Rb1 Kc8 34. Rf1 Rh7 35. Rf2 Kb7 36. Nf6 Rh8 37. f5 gxf5
38. Rxf5 Bh6 39. Rxh5 axb3 40. axb3 Bxe3 41. Rxh8 Bg1 42. Nd5
Nd4+ 43. Kf1 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Be3 45. Nxc5+ Kb6 46. Nd3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Rodriguez Vila"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5
7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. c4 Rb8 10. Rb1 b6 11. b4 Qc7 12. bxc5
bxc5 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rb1 Ba8 17. Qa3
Rc8 18.Rb5 Qd6 19.Ra5 a6 20.Nb2 Bb7 21.Nd1 Ne8 22.Nf2 f5
23.Qc1 Nc7 24.Ra3 h6 25.Qf1 Re8 26.Rb3 Bc6 27.h4 Kh7 28.h5
gxh5 29.Nh4 e6 30.Ba5 Rb8 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2
Ne8 34.Nf3 Bf8 35.Rxb8 Nxb8 36.Ne5 Bd6 37.Nd1 Kg7 38.Nb2 Nf6
39.Bb6 Nfd7 40.Nxd7 Nxd7 41.Bd8 Kf7 42.Na4 e5 43.fxe5 Bxe5
44.Kh3 f4 45.gxf4 Bxf4 46.Ba5 Ke6 47.Bd8 Kf5 48.Ba5 Bd6 49.Bd2
Kg6 50.Bc1 Be7 51.Bf4 h4 52.e4 Nf8 53.Nb6 Ne6 54.Nd5 Kh5
55.Bd2 Bg5 56.Be1 Bd8 57.e5 Kg6 58.Bd2 Bg5 59.Bxg5 Kxg5 60.a3
a5 61.a4 h5 62.Kh2 Kg4 63.Kg2 h3+ 64.Kh2 h4 65.Ne7 Kf3 66.Kxh3
Ke3 67.Kg4 Kxd3 68.Kf5 h3 69.Kxe6 h2 70.Kd6 h1=Q 71.Nc6 Kxc4
72.Nxa5+ Kb4 73.Nc6+ Qxc6+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andres Rodriguez Vila"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nd1
a5 13. c3 a4 14. Nf2 Na5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxe3
18. Qxe3 b4 19. f5 Ba6 20. f6 gxf6 21. Qh6 f5 22. dxc5 Qxc5
23. axb4 Qb6 24. Kh1 f6 25. g4 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 fxg4 27. Rg1 f5
28. h3 Rf7 29. hxg4 f4 30. Nd4 f3 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 32. Nxe6 Ra6
33. Nef4 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxf4 35. Rgf1 Re6 36. Rxd5 Bd6 37. Nxf3
Rxg4 38. Rh5 Re2 39. Ra5 Re6 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kg8
42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 a5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. O-O Bg5 16. Rad1 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. Rd3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rf3 Rc7 21. g3 g6
22. h4 Bh6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Qb5 Qc5 25. Qa4 Ne7 26. a3 Rb8
27. Rb3 Rcb7 28. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3
Bf8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g6 16. Nbd2 Bg7 17. Nf1
Ra8 18. Qd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. c4 g5 21. Bg3 Qb8 22. Ba4 Qb7
23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Nh2 Nh5 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. c3 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bb7 15. d4 Bf6 16. Re1 c5 17. Bf1
cxd4 18. cxd4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nd2 Bxd4 21. Nc4 Bc5
22. Qg4 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Bd2 h6 26. Rc1 Rd8
27. h3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3
Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Bc6 17. dxe7
Qxe7 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nc7 22. Qb2
Ne6 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Qe8 25. f3 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bd3
Rd8 28. Bf1 Nh5 29. Ne2 Nhf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bf2 Qe7 32. Be2
Be8 33. Rd1 Ra8 34. Qc3 h6 35. Rd5 Ra4 36. Bxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5
Kh7 38. Qb2 Qd6 39. Kh2 Qd1 40. Ra5 Rxa5 41. bxa5 Qa4 42. Qb6
Qa2 43. a6 Nc7 44. a7 Na8 45. Qc5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 d4 17. Nf5 Bf8
18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Rc8 20. Qg3 f6 21. Bd2 c4 22. Red1 Qb6
23. Rab1 cxd3 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Red8 26. Be1 Ne7 27. Rxd3
Qc6 28. Qf3 dxc3 29. Rxc3 Qe6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd1 Nxf5
32. gxf5 Qc6 33. b4 Qc4 34. Kh2 Bxb4 35. Bxb4 Qxb4 36. Rd7 Qf8
37. Qd3 Qe8 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Rf7 Qc6 40. Qd3 Rc7 41. Rf8 Rc8
42. Rf7 Qe8 43. Qd5 Qc6 44. Qd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. f4 Re8 12. g4
Nc5 13. Bb1 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 exf4 16. Bd4 h6 17. h4
Nh7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 Bf8 21. hxg5 Qxg5+
22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. Nc7 b5 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. b4 Nd7 26. c5 Ne5
27. Kh1 Nef3 28. Rxf3 dxc5 29. Bxc5 Nxf3 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bxf3
Rd3 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 Rxa2 34. f6 gxf6 35. Kg4 a5 36. bxa5
Rxa5 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rc5 Kg7 39. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 Kh8 9. h3 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. d4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3
Nd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nbd2
dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nc3 Qxc2
22. Rxc2 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd6 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Rf3 Nd5
27. Rf5 Nf6 28. Bg5 Rae8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6
Kg7 32. Rf4 f5 33. Re3 c5 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Re3 Kg7 36. Rh4 f4
37. Rg4+ Kf6 38. Rxf4+ Kg5 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Nd7 Rxe3 41. fxe3
Rc8 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Nxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rh4 h5
46. Kf2 Kd7 47. a4 a5 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Re4+ Kf6
51. Rc4 Ke6 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rh6 Kc7 54. h4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rb5
56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Rxh5 a4 58. e4 Kb6 59. Rd5 Rb1 60. g4 a3
61. Rd2 Kc5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Rd8 a2 64. Ra8 Kd4 65. h6 Rf2+
66. Kg5 Kxe4 67. h7 Rh2 68. Kg6 Kf4 69. Ra4+ Kg3 70. g5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4
Nb6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5
Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Nd3 a6 19. O-O Rd8 20. Qb3 h5 21. a4 h4
22. h3 Rh5 23. b5 Bg5 24. b6 Qb8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. c6 bxc6
27. Rc5 e5 28. a5 Qd6 29. Rfc1 Ne7 30. Ne1 Rf5 31. Qc4 Rf4
32. Qxa6 Rxf2 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Ra2 35. Nxe5 Rdd2 36. R5c2
Rdxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. b7 Rb2 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nb6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Bxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Be3 Bb7 22. Nfd2
Ra8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nbd7 26. Na5 Nh5 27. Bf1
Nf4 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Nc4 Ng6 31. f3 Nd5 32. exd5
cxd5 33. Bf2 dxc4 34. Qxc4 Nf4 35. b5 Qd8 36. Na6 Be6 37. Qc7
Qg5 38. h4 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qc2 Qf4+ 41. Bg3 Qe3 42. gxh3
Rc8 43. Qxc8 Bxc8 44. Rxc8 f5 45. Kg2 e4 46. fxe4 f4 47. Bf2
Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Bc4+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Bd3+ Kh8
52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. b6 Qc8 54. Nc5 f3 55. b7 Qc7+ 56. Bg3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5
Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nd8 17. g4
Bg6 18. Kg2 c5 19. a4 Ne6 20. Bf5 b4 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. Nxd4
Bxb4 23. Rg1 Bc3 24. Ra3 Rac8 25. Nf3 d4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8
27. Bxc3 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Bb4 h5 30. Bd6 hxg4 31. hxg4
Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Bxf5 33. gxf5 f6 34. Nh4 fxe5 35. Bxe5 Rd3
36. Ng6 Nxg6 37. Rxd3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. d4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6
12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rd2 Na6 16. Nd4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Qf3 d5 19. Rad1 Nb8 20. cxd5 Rxd5
21. e4 Rdc5 22. b4 Rc1 23. b5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb7 25. h4 h6
26. Rd3 a6 27. a4 Nd7 28. bxa6 Qxa6 29. Nc6 Nc5 30. Rd6 Qb7
31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Kh2 f6 33. Nc6 Qc7 34. e5 Rf8 35. Qg2 fxe5
36. Rd2 e4 37. Nd4 Qe5 38. Qg1 Nd3 39. f3 Qa5 40. Qe3 e5
41. Ne6 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 b4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. c3
Qb7 13. Nc1 Be7 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bb1 Rb8 16. Ra2 Nb4 17. Ra1 Nc6
18. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8
12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Qxd4
e5 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21. Qf5
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qc2
Rd6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxc5 Rc6
31. Qe4 Qc7 32. f4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. fxe5 c4 35. e6 fxe6
36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe4 c3 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Qd4 c2
41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. Qh8+
Kb7 46. Qb2+ Ka6 47. Qc1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd5
17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Be6 19. Re3 h5 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 hxg4
22. hxg4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Nxe5 25. Rh3 g6 26. g5 Re8
27. Bf4 Bf8 28. Re3 Bd6 29. Bb3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bh2+
32. Kxh2 bxc4 33. Rf4 Re5 34. Rxc4 Rxg5 35. Ra5 Rxa5 36. bxa5
Ra7 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. b4 Kd7 40. Ke5 Rb7 41. Rd4+
Kc8 42. Kf6 Rb5 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Kxf7 g5 45. Rf6 Rd3 46. c4 Rd4
47. c5 Rxb4 48. c6 Kd8 49. Rf5 Rb2 50. f4 Rf2 51. Rd5+ Kc8
52. Ke7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e3 c6
12. Bd3 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfe1 Ne6 15. Bb1 g6 16. Ba2 Bg7
17. e4 Qd7 18. Qa4 Nf4 19. h3 Re7 20. e5 Kh8 21. b4 f6 22. b5
cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc8 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qb3 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. Re3
Bh6 28. Nd4 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Nxd5 Rxe5
32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxb6 Qf5 34. Qe3 Bg7 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. f4 Bxd5
37. Rxd5 Qc2 38. Rd2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Rf8 40. g3 a4 41. h4 Bc3
42. Rd3 Qxa3 43. Qe5+ Bxe5 44. Rxa3 Bf6 45. Rxa4 Re8 46. Kh3
Kg7 47. Ra7+ Re7 48. Ra8 h6 49. Kg4 Rc7 50. Ra5 Be7 51. Ra6
h5+ 52. Kh3 Bf6 53. Ra8 Re7 54. Rb8 Bd4 55. Bb1 Bf6 56. Rb6
Re2 57. Bd3 Re3 58. Rd6 Re8 59. Rc6 Re3 60. Bb1 Re1 61. Bc2
Re3 62. Ra6 Re2 63. Bb1 Re1 64. Rb6 Re2 65. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 "2009.12.06"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Ra4 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Nf4
21. Rg1 g6 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Rg4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rg1 c5
26. d5 Qf6 27. b3 c4 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. bxc4 Rb2 30. c5 Rxf2
31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Qe1 dxc5 33. e5 Qf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 c4
36. d6 Qxe5 37. d7 Qc7 38. Qd4 Qd8 39. Kg2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 Be7 11. h3 Qc7
12. Bd3 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. g5 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nh7
17. Ng3 g6 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bd5 20. Rhe1 Bf3 21. f6 Nhxf6
22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bd4 exd4 24. Qf2 Qf4+ 25. Nd2 Ng4 26. Qxf3
Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne3 28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Nxd4 Bg5 30. Nf3 Bf4 31. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. Qa4 Nf6
12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 d5 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5
17. Qa4 Qc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. e4
Rfe8 22. Bf4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Kf1 f6
26. h4 Kf7 27. a3 a5 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 R8e6 30. Rd7+ Re7
31. R1d6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7+ Re7 33. Rd8 Re5 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd6
Re6 36. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Ne3 a5 21. Rd1
Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5
27. c3 a4 28. Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5
32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rh1 c5 35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5
37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+ Kh7 41. Kf4 Re4+
42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. c3 d5 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
Qd7 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 d4 16. Rd1 dxc3 17. bxc3
Na5 18. Bb2 c5 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Ne3 c4 21. dxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
bxc4 23. Nd2 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxc4 Bg6 26. h4 Nxc4
27. Qxc4 Qb6 28. Qe2 Bc5 29. Bc1 Qf6 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Be3 Bxe3
32. Qxe3 Qxh4 33. Rxe5 Qa4 34. Qc1 Rd8 35. Rd5 Re8 36. Rd4 Qa5
37. Bc4 Rc8 38. Rd5 Qa4 39. Be2 Rb8 40. Rd4 Qe8 41. Bd3 Bxd3
42. Rxd3 Qe4 43. Qd1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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. g3 b5
17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nxf5
Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. d5 Bf6 15. Rb1 Ra7 16. b3 h6 17. Nf1 Ne5
18. Bf4 Rc7 19. Ng3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nb7 21. Nh5 Be5 22. Re3 Qh4
23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rce7 26. Qe2 f5 27. f4 Qf6
28. Nh5 Qb2 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rb1 Qd4 31. Rd1 exf4 32. Rxd4 Rxe3
33. Qd2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 f3 35. Bd1 cxd4 36. Bxf3 Nd6 37. Qxd4
R1e7 38. Qb6 Ne4 39. Nf4 Rb7 40. Qc6 Nf6 41. Nh5 Rf8 42. Nxf6+
gxf6 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. d6 Rd7 45. Qxb5 Rxd6 46. a4 Kg6 47. a5
Rfd8 48. b4 Ba6 49. Bh5+ Kg5 50. h4+ Kf4 51. Qc5 Bd3 52. b5
Rd5 53. Qc7+ Ke3 54. b6 Be4 55. b7 Rg8 56. b8=Q Rxg2+ 57. Kh3
Rd3 58. Qc4 Rg1 59. Qxd3+ Kxd3 60. Qb3+ Kd2 61. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Rb8
17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe3 Nf6
22. Bb6 Qd7 23. f4 Qe8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Qg1 Nxd5
27. cxd5 Bf6 28. Qf2 Bd7 29. c4 Rac8 30. Rdc1 h6 31. e3 Re7
32. c5 exf4 33. gxf4 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Re4 35. Rxb7 Bb5 36. Qg2
Rc4 37. Rg1 Rc2 38. Qg3 Be2 39. Ne1 R2xc5 40. e4 fxe4 41. Rxg7
Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Qxf3 exf3 44. R7g6 Bg7 45. Rxa6 Rc1
46. Rc6 Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3
Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5
17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8
22. Rg1 Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rxf4
Rxf4 27. Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+
31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3 Bc8 35. c3 Bg4
36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7
41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. e3 Qh4
17. Qe2 f6 18. Nc4 g5 19. d5 e5 20. f5 Nc5 21. e4 Rf7 22. Kh1
Nb3 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. f3 Qh3 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rg2
Bf4 28. Rxd4 Kh8 29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. b3
Qh4 33. Qf2 Qh3 34. Rd1 Rg7 35. Rdg1 Rag8 36. Nxa5 g4 37. fxg4
Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Qxf4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Ra4 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qc5
21. b4 Qc6 22. b5 Qc3 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Ra3 Qc2
26. Rh3 Qg6+ 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Rd1 Rf5 30. Bb2
Rxf4 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Rd7 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bh4 34. Be5 Rf1+
35. Kg2 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf5 37. Bxc7 Bf2+ 38. Kg2 Rbxb5 39. Rd8+
Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. g4 Nc6 15. Bg3 Rab8 16. b3 Nb4
17. h3 h6 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rb7 21. Qa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8
17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4 b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5 Bd7
22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8
27. Rd4 Rxd3 28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Rxg4
f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7
36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5 40. Qh8+ Kg6
41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5
Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Re1 O-O
17. g6 fxg6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg6 Bg5 20. Qh1 Bh4 21. Re4 Qf6
22. Qxh4 Qxg6+ 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Qg3 d5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Rxf4
27. Bxf4 Rb4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Rd4 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Ng5
32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34. Re1 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2
Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf3+ 40. Qe2 Qh1+
41. Kd2 d4 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3
c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Ne4
Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1
Bc6 23. a4 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re1 Nd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. b3 Nb2 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Na5 30. Rd3 b4 31. Be3 Be4
32. Rd7 Nxb3 33. Rc7 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3
Rb8 37. Re1 b3 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Ke4 Rb4 40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Kc5 Rb8
42. Kxd4 Kd7 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kxb3 Kxf6 46. f4
g5 47. f5 Ke5 48. Kc4 Kf4 49. Kd5 Kg3 50. f6 Kxh3 51. Kd6 Kxg4
52. Ke7 h5 53. Kxf7 h4 54. Kg6 h3 55. f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q
57. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6
7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bb3 Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. d4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf8
12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Bd2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb6
17. a4 a6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 c5 20. d5 Bd7 21. b3 Rab8
22. Bf1 c4 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Qe3
Bb5 27. Nd2 Reb8 28. Nf5 Nd7 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Rea1 Rxa3
31. Rxa3 Nb6 32. Qg3 Bd7 33. Ne3 Bb5 34. Ra1 Ne7 35. Rb1 Qc5
36. Ndxc4 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qc7 38. Na3 Na4 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Nb5
Nc5 41. Qe3 Nc8 42. Kh2 Na7 43. c4 Nc8 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4
Nd7 46. Nd4 Ne7 47. Qg3 Ne5 48. Nb5 Qb6 49. Be2 Qc5 50. Qf4
N7g6 51. Qg3 Nf8 52. Bf1 Nfd7 53. Qh4 Nf6 54. Qf4 Nfd7 55. Qh4
Nf6 56. Qf4 Kh8 57. Be2 Kg8 58. h4 h5 59. Kg3 Ng6 60. Qf3 Ne5
61. Qf4 Ng6 62. Qf3 Ne5 63. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6
12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 Bh6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd1 c5
17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Qc6 19. Nf2 c4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. cxd5 Rxd5
22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4
Rxc2 27. Rd4 Rdc8 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7
31. f5 g4 32. Ba3 Be3+ 33. Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf5 35. Bf8+ Kg6
36. Bd6 h5 37. Ra8 Bg1 38. Rxa6 Bxh2 39. Ra3 h4 40. gxh4 g3
41. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 a6
12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Be1 Bc7 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Qb3 dxc4
17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bf1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Qc2 g6
27. b3 Bd6 28. Nf4 Ne8 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bb2 Be7 31. h4 Bf6
32. Ba3 Nf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34. h5 Nb5 35. Bb4 a5 36. Be1 Ne5
37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bf1 Nc3 40. a4 b5 41. Bxc3
Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Bxb5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4
12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b4
17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. h3 g3 21. Qxg3 Rc8
22. Qg2 Kf8 23. Rhg1 Ke8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Qc4 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Rc3 Rc4 31. Rxc4
Qxc4 32. Rxd6 a5 33. Rd3 Qb4 34. Nc1 a4 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. c3 Qb7
37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Ra5 Qc6 39. Qc2 Bg5 40. Rxa4 Rd8 41. Qb3 Qc5
42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Qa4 Kh7 45. Ka2 Rd2 46. Qb3 Qc7
47. Qb5 Kh6 48. Qe8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe2 Ne5
17. Bb5 g5 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxg5 f6 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Kh1 Qe5
22. f3 Rdf8 23. Rf1 Nh4 24. Bd7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxe4 26. Be6+
Kh8 27. Bd4 Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kg1 Kf6
31. Bg4 Rf4 32. h3 Ng6 33. Kg2 Ra4 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rf1+ Kg7
36. Be6 Ra3 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 b5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6
7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. cxd4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. e5 f4 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 f3
17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3
Re8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf2 25. Bc2 g6 26. Rf1
Bxe3 27. Re1 Qf4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. d5 Re5 30. Be4 Bc5 31. Qc2
Bd6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Rg2 Rh5 34. Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxf3+
36. Kg1 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 hxg6 39. Qc3+ Kf8 40. Qb3
b5 41. Qa3+ Qd6 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qc2 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg1
Qg5+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 g5 48. Qg6 a5 49. Qa6 Qd4+ 50. Kf1
Qb6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Ke2 Qd6 53. Qa8 a4 54. b3 Qh2+ 55. Kd3
Qxa2 56. d6+ Kd7 57. dxc7 Qxb3+ 58. Ke4 Qe6+ 59. Kf3 Qf5+
60. Ke3 Qc5+ 61. Ke4 Kxc7 62. Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd2 Qc4+ 64. Kf5
Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Nb3 Qd7 16. Na5 Nd5
17. Bb2 Rac8 18. d4 b6 19. Nb3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb2 a5
22. d5 Bg4 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nd4 Rb3 26. Qc2 Rxb2
27. Qxb2 exd4 28. Qxb4 Be2 29. Ra1 dxe3 30. fxe3 Bc4 31. h3
Qc7 32. d6 Qc5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Ra7 Qxg3 35. Qd4 Rd8 36. d7 Kf7
37. Qxb6 Bd5 38. Ra2 Rxd7 39. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 40. Rf2 Be6 41. Qh5+
Kf8 42. Qxh7 Rd1+ 43. Bf1 Qg3+ 44. Rg2 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bxh3
46. Qh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. g3 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Rc8
17. Bg2 O-O 18. f4 exf4 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Qxf4 Bf8 21. Rd4 Rc7
22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Bxh5 g6 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Re4 Bg7 26. h4 Rec8
27. h5 Qf2 28. Bg4 Qg2 29. Rd1 Nxc6 30. Re2 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Nd4
32. Bd3 Nxc2 33. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a3 g6
12. e3 Bg7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O f6 15. b4 e5 16. Bg3 Qd7
17. Qb3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. h3 Bb5 20. dxe5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 d4
22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Kg1
Rfe7 27. Kh2 b5 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Re1 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd3
Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Rd8 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. Bc2 Rxb4 35. Qe8+ Kh7
36. Bd3 Rb3 37. Bxb5 Qf8 38. Qe2 Rb2 39. Qd3 Qf6 40. Bc4 Rb6
41. Qd5 Qf8 42. Bd3 Kh8 43. Be4 Qe7 44. f3 Re6 45. Qa8+ Kh7
46. Bd5 Be5 47. Bxe6 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxg3 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Kf1
Qf4 51. Qc8 Qd2 52. Qf8+ Bg7 53. Qa3 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Bd4+ 55. Kg3
Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qxe6 57. Qf8+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 16. b3 Nxd2
17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Re2 Bc5
22. Rae1 Nb4 23. Qb1 Rad8 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. f5 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qd7
27. f6 g6 28. Nd6 cxd6 29. Qxd3 dxe5 30. Qe4 Rfe8 31. Qh4 h5
32. Qg5 Bc5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Bf8 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Re2 Rd6
37. Qe8 Rxf6 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Rc4 41. Ne5
Rxa4 42. Rf2 Re4 43. Nxf7 Be7 44. h4 a5 45. Ng5 Bxg5 46. hxg5
Re6 47. g4 hxg4 48. Ra2 Ra6 49. Ra4 Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kxg4
Kd5 52. Kf4 Kc5 53. Ke3 Kb5 54. Ra2 a4 55. Kd3 a3 56. Kc2 Kc4
57. Kb1 Ra5 58. Rg2 Kd4 59. Ka2 Ke4 60. Rf2 Rxg5 61. Kxa3 Rf5
62. Rg2 g5 63. Kb3 Kf3 64. Rg1 g4 65. Rf1+ Ke4 66. Re1+ Kf4
67. Rf1+ Kg5 68. Rg1 Rd5 69. Kc3 Kf4 70. Rf1+ Ke3 71. Kc4 Rd8
0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4
7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4 Nxb3 9. Nxb3 Bb7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Na5 Rb8
12. Nxb7 Rxb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. f4 d5 15. f5 gxf5 16. Nc3 fxe4
17. Nxd5 c6 18. Qg4 Bd4+ 19. Be3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 f6 21. Qe6+ Re7
22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Kb1 a4
12. Nc1 a3 13. b3 Ra5 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Qc8 16. Nb3 Ra6
17. Qe2 Nc6 18. g4 Na5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Rd5 Ra6
22. Rb5 Rc6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Rb4 Re8 25. Qd3 Ba5 26. Rb5 b6
27. Qxa3 Re6 28. h4 Rxc4 29. Qb3 Rc6 30. h5 Qf8 31. g6 Kh8
32. Rf1 Qg8 33. f4 fxg6 34. hxg6 exf4 35. Rxf4 Ne5 36. gxh7
Qe8 37. Bxb6 Bxb6 38. Rxb6 Nc4 39. Rb8 Nd2+ 40. Kb2 Nxb3
41. Rxe8+ Rxe8 42. cxb3 Kxh7 43. a4 g5 44. Rg4 Kh6 45. a5 Rc5
46. b4 Rb8 47. Ka3 Rc1 48. Kb2 Rc5 49. a6 Ra5 50. Rg3 Rxa6
51. Rb3 Ra4 52. Kc3 g4 53. Kc4 Kg5 54. Nc3 Rc8+ 55. Kd4 Rxc3
56. Kxc3 g3 57. Rb2 Kf4 58. Kd4 Kf3 59. Rb3+ Kf4 60. Rb2 Ra6
61. b5 Rb6 62. Kd5 Kf3 63. Rb3+ Kg4 64. Rb1 g2 65. e5 dxe5
66. Kxe5 Rxb5+ 67. Rxb5 g1=Q 68. Rb4+ Kg5 69. Rb5 Qe3+
70. Kd6+ Kf6 71. Rc5 Qe6+ 72. Kc7 Ke7 73. Rh5 Qd7+ 74. Kb6
Qd4+ 75. Kc7 Qf4+ 76. Kb6 Kd6 77. Rb5 Qa4 78. Rg5 Qd4+ 79. Kb7
Qe4+ 80. Ka6 Kc6 81. Ka5 Qb1 82. Rh5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21. Qh5
Qf6 22. Rh3 Qg7 23. Rg3 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qh6 26. Ne4
Kf8 27. Rh3 Qg6 28. Rg3 Qh6 29. Rh3 Qg7 30. Rg3 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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 "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bd6 16. Rhe1
Kd7 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5+ Kb8 20. Nb6 Bf4+
21. Kb1 Ra7 22. Nd7+ Ka8 23. Nb6+ Kb8 24. Nd7+ Ka8 25. Nb6+
Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 O-O 16. g5 hxg5
17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. O-O d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bd3
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qxe6 25. Bc4 Qxc4
26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "151"]

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. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Nac7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Qd3 Nce8 21. Qf3 Rab8
22. Nce4 Qb7 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qc7 25. Qf4 e5 26. Qh4 Kg7
27. f3 Rd7 28. Rd5 Rbd8 29. Qh3 Re7 30. g4 h6 31. Qh4 a5
32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 f6 34. Qd2 Ra8 35. Nxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 a4
37. Qd5 Rb8 38. Rc6 Qa7 39. Qd6 Rf7 40. Ra6 Qb7 41. Rxa4 e4
42. Qd5 exf3+ 43. Qxf3 Qe7 44. Ra6 Re8 45. Rd2 Qe5 46. Rad6
Qg5+ 47. Qg3 Qf5 48. R6d5 Re5 49. h3 Qb1 50. Rxe5 fxe5 51. Kh2
e4 52. Rd6 e3 53. Qe5+ Kh7 54. Rf6 Rxf6 55. Qxf6 Qxa2 56. Qe7+
Kh6 57. Qxe3+ Kh7 58. Kg3 Qb2 59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Kf3 Qa3
61. Qe3+ Kh7 62. h4 Qa8+ 63. Qe4 Qa3 64. h5 Qxb3+ 65. Kg4 Qd1
66. Qxg6+ Kh8 67. Qf6+ Kh7 68. Qe7+ Kh6 69. Qe3+ Kg7 70. h6+
Kf7 71. Qf3+ Ke7 72. Qb7+ Kf6 73. Qc6+ Ke7 74. Qxc5+ Ke8
75. Qe5+ Kf8 76. h7 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6
Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. Qc2 exd5 16. exd5 Nfxd5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf2 Rb4 19. f5 Nf4 20. Bc2 Re8 21. Nc3 Bb7
22. Ra4 Bxc3 23. Bxf4 Rxb2 24. Bc1 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. fxg6
hxg6 27. Ng5 f5 28. Bxf5 Qf6 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Qe2 Qd4+ 31. Be3
Qe5 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Ng4 g6 16. Nf1 Kh7 17. Nxf6+
Nxf6 18. g4 Nd7 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. Ng3
Bg5 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Bg5 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6
27. Nf5+ gxf5 28. Qxf5 Kg7 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Bxg5 Bc8 31. Rxh8
Qxh8 32. Bf6+ Kf8 33. Bxh8 Bxf5 34. exf5 Nc4 35. f6 Nxb2
36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Bc2 Nc4 38. Bf5 Nxa3 39. Kg3 e4 40. g5 Nc4
41. Kh4 Re8 42. Kh5 Re5 43. Bg4 e3 44. fxe3 Nxe3 45. Be6 a5
0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Belov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4 15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Rfd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Bf4
Rd7 17. Nfg5 Rh6 18. c4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Re6
21. Ng5 Rg6 22. Nf3 c5 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. a4 c6 25. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey A Ivanov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be3 Qb6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Qd8 11. O-O-O
Bxf3 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. gxf3 Bb4 14. e5 Qh4 15. Rhg1 g6 16. f4
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qb3 Ke7
21. Qxb7+ Nd7 22. Bb5 Rfd8 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. Rxd7+ Kf8
25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. a4 Kg8 27. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "144"]

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. e3 Qh4
17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Nb4 21. Kh1 Rg6
22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qe7 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rb5 c6 26. Re5 Qf7
27. Ne4 Nd5 28. f5 exf5 29. Nd6 Qf6 30. Nxf5 Kh7 31. Qe1 Rf8
32. e4 Nf4 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qh5
37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Ng3 Qd1 39. Ne2 Qxa4 40. d5 cxd5 41. exd5 Ng5
42. Qd3+ Qe4+ 43. Qxe4+ Nxe4 44. Kf3 Nf6 45. d6 g5 46. Nd4 Kg6
47. Ne6 b6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Nc7 h5 50. h3 h4 51. Kf3 Kg6
52. Ne6 Nd7 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Nd4 Ne5 55. Kd5 a4 56. Nc6 Nd7
57. Nd4 Nf8 58. Nf3 Kf5 59. Nd4+ Kf6 60. Nf3 b5 61. Kc5 Kf5
62. Kxb5 Kf4 63. Nd2 Ke3 64. Nc4+ Kf2 65. Ne5 Kg3 66. Ng6 Ne6
67. Kc6 g4 68. Kd7 Nd4 69. Kc8 gxh3 70. d7 Ne6 71. Nf8 h2
72. Nxe6 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5
Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kovchan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7
12. Rfd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. f3 O-O 15. a5 Qc8 16. Nc1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c3 Bc6 20. Nd3 Qf5 21. Nf2 Rh4
22. Qe2 Qh5 23. h3 e4 24. Bd4 Bd8 25. Ng4 exf3 26. Qe5 Qg6
27. Qg3 Rh5 28. Bb6 Bxb6+ 29. axb6 f5 30. Rd6 Qg5 31. Rxc6
fxg4 32. Rc4 gxh3 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3
a6 17. Nf5 Rxd1 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxd1 h6 20. c4 e5 21. Qb6
Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Bc5 Qe6 24. Qxb7 Rc8 25. b4 e4 26. h3
Ne5 27. Qxe4 Nxc4 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rd4 Na3 30. Rd7 Nc2
31. Ra7 Rc6 32. a4 e5 33. a5 Kh7 34. Rb7 Nd4 35. Rb6 Rc8
36. Rxa6 Nb3 37. Be3 Rb8 38. Rb6 Ra8 39. a6 Na1 40. b5 Nc2
41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Be5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Nb5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bd3
17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 a6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qb2 g6
22. h3 Ne4 23. Rc2 Qf6 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Re7 26. Rc8+ Kg7
27. f3 Nd6 28. Nf5+ Nxf5 29. Rg8+ Kxg8 30. Qxf6 Rxe3 31. g4
Ne7 32. Qb6 Re6 33. Qxb7 g5 34. b4 d4 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qd8 Nc6
37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qc5+ Ke8 39. a4 d3 40. Qd5 Ne5 41. f4 Nf3+
42. Kf2 Ne1 43. f5 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Re3 45. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3
Bd7 17. c4 e5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 e4 20. b6 Qe5 21. Be2 a6
22. g3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rfc1 Rad8
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxa6 h5 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. Rc7 Nd7 31. Rxb7 h4
1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 c5 12. Na3
Bb7 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bf6 15. e3 a6 16. b4 Rb8 17. Rac1 Qe7
18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. f4 g6 20. Qb1 Bg7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ba5 Rdc8
23. Qd3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bh6 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. Rf1 Bxa4 27. cxd5
exd5 28. Bh3 c4 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rb8+ Be8
32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Qb7 Rc2+ 35. Kh1 Nxg3+ 36. Kg1
Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5
12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 c5 15. f4 Bc6 16. c4 dxc3
17. Bxc3 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Kc6 21. e6 f6
22. Kf2 Rhd8 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. Kf3 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc7 26. Rxc7+
Kxc7 27. Kg4 Kd6 28. f5 Bd8 29. Kh5 Ke7 30. Kg6 Kf8 31. g4 b5
32. h4 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Ke8 36. Kxg7 fxg5
37. f6 Bxf6+ 38. Kxf6 g4 39. Be5 a5 40. a4 Kf8 41. e7+ Ke8
42. Ke6 g3 43. Bxg3 c3 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4
12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Nb3 g6 16. Bd2 c5
17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Kg2 Bg7 19. c3 c4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rxd4
22. Bc3 c5 23. b3 b5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rh1 O-O 26. Rh4 Qf6
27. Qe2 Qc6 28. Qe3 Rfd8 29. Rdh1 Re8 30. f3 Qa4 31. Qe2 Red8
32. Rh7 Qa3 33. Qc2 Bf6 34. e5 Bxe5 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Qe2 Qc3
37. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. Ng3 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 Bxb3 21. axb3 Nxg4
22. Qxg4 a5 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Rd5 b4 25. c4 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4
27. c5 Qc6 28. Rdxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 b3 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qd3 Bg7
32. Rd5 Rb4 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Rb7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Qc4 Be5
37. c6 Qc7 38. Ne4 Bxb2 39. Nd2 Qd6 40. c7 Qxd2 41. Qxf7+ Bg7
42. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Be7
22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Bb3 a5 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qf3 Rf8
27. Rad1 Bd7 28. Ne3 Ra6 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne3 Kg7
32. Nd5 Qc8 33. Nb4 Rb6 34. Qd1 Bxg4 35. f3 Be6 36. g3 h5
37. Kg2 h4 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxd6 Bh3+ 40. Kg1 hxg3 41. Qxe5+
Bf6 42. Qxg3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 a5 11. Bb5 Na6
12. Qe2 Qb8 13. g4 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Kb1 Nec7 16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 a4 18. Nc1 a3 19. b3 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nb4 21. Qd2 Ra6
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. h4 Ra5
27. f4 Rxd5 28. h5 Bf8 29. Rde1 Qc3 30. Qe2 Rdc5 31. Rh2 R5c7
32. Qg4 Qa5 33. Rhe2 Rxc2 34. g6 f5 35. Qf3 Qc3 36. Qd5+ Kh8
37. Qxf5 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 h6 39. Qe4 d5 40. Qf3 Be7 41. Qh3 Bd6
42. Qf5 Bxf4 43. Qxc8+ Qxc8 44. Nxf4 Qf5+ 45. Ka1 Qf8 46. Kb1
Kg8 47. Kc2 Qf5+ 48. Nd3 Qc8+ 49. Kd1 Kf8 50. Nf4 d3 51. Nxd3
Qc3 52. Rd2 Ke7 53. Ke2 Kd6 54. Nf4 Qe5+ 55. Kf3 d4 56. Re2
Qf5 57. Re6+ Qxe6 58. Nxe6 Kxe6 59. Ke4 Kf6 60. Kxd4 Kg5
61. Ke5 Kxh5 62. Kf5 b6 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5
Na5 13. Qd1 b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 h6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bd3 Qe8
18. f3 h5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Qc2 Rxf4 21. exf4 Kh7 22. Rce1 Nf8
23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. b3 Rc7 26. Qb1 Bd6 27. Rc1 Nd7
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Qe4 Nb6 31. Nc3 Qd7 32. d5 exd5
33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Rc5 35. Qd4 Qc7 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rfe1
Be5 38. Qf2 c3 39. Rc2 Bf4 40. Re6 Rd5 41. Ree2 Qc4 42. Qa7
Bd6 43. Re6 Bc7 44. Qf2 Qf4 45. Qe3 Qh2+ 46. Kf1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. Qd3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O
a6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Be7 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. a3
Rc8 17. f5 h5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nce2 Rhg8 20. g3 Ka8 21. Nf4
Qe5 22. Qb3 h4 23. Nf3 Qxe4 24. Rde1 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. b3
Bb5 27. c4 Bd7 28. Nxh4 b5 29. Nxe6 bxc4 30. Nf5 Bd8 31. b4 d5
32. Nc5 Bb5 33. Nd4 Bb6 34. Rxf6 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Re7 c3
37. Kc2 Ba4+ 38. Kc1 Bb5 39. a4 Bd3 40. Nc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 d4
42. Rce6 Bg6 43. Rd7 Bf5 44. Red6 Re8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Rxd8+
Kb7 47. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "224"]

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 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Qc2 c5
17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ng5 Qxg5 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Rad1 a5 21. Bd2
Qc5 22. Be4 g6 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Bf3 Nc5 26. Kg2
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. a3 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nd7 30. b4 axb4
31. axb4 Bd6 32. Qb3 Ne5 33. Be2 Nc6 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Be5
36. Qa4 Kg7 37. Bf3 Ne7 38. c6 h5 39. Qb5 Nf5 40. Bb6 Qb8
41. Qa5 Bd6 42. c7 Qc8 43. Qa7 Ne7 44. Bb7 Qd7 45. Qb8 Qb5
46. Be3 Nc6 47. Qa8 Qd5+ 48. f3 Bxc7 49. Bxc6 Qb3 50. Qa1+ Kg8
51. Qc1 Qa2+ 52. Qd2 Qc4 53. Be4 Be5 54. Bd3 Qb3 55. Be2 Bf6
56. Bf2 Kg7 57. Qd3 Qb2 58. Qe4 Qa1 59. h4 Qb2 60. Bd3 Qd2
61. Qe2 Qc3 62. Qc2 Qa3 63. Be4 Qb4 64. Qe2 Qc3 65. Qc2 Qb4
66. Bc6 Qd6 67. Bb5 Qd5 68. Be2 Qd6 69. Qe4 Qd2 70. g4 hxg4
71. fxg4 Qb2 72. h5 gxh5 73. gxh5 Qe5 74. Qxe5 Bxe5 75. Be3 f5
76. Kh3 Bf6 77. Bd3 Kf7 78. Bc4 Bg7 79. Bb6 Bh6 80. Bc7 Kf6
81. Bd8+ Kf7 82. Kg3 Bd2 83. Kf3 Bc1 84. Ke2 Bb2 85. Bb3 Bf6
86. Bb6 Be7 87. Bc4 Kf6 88. Be3 e5 89. Bb5 f4 90. Bc1 Kg5
91. Be8 e4 92. Bg6 Bc5 93. Bd2 Bd4 94. Kf1 Be3 95. Bb4 f3
96. Be7+ Kh6 97. Bf8+ Kg5 98. Be8 Bd4 99. Be7+ Kh6 100. Bf8+
Kg5 101. h6 e3 102. Bg7 e2+ 103. Ke1 Bc5 104. Bc3 Kxh6
105. Bc6 Bf8 106. Bxf3 Bg7 107. Bd2+ Kh7 108. Kxe2 Kh8
109. Kd3 Bf6 110. Ke4 Bg7 111. Kf5 Ba1 112. Kg6 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kxg2 Nc6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc4 Qb6 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qe5 21. Rb6 a5
22. Rxc6 Be7 23. Rd7 Bb4 24. Rcc7 h6 25. Qd3 Rac8 26. Ra7 Rc1
27. Qf3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc5 31. Rda6
f4 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 fxg3 34. hxg3 Rc8 35. Ra7 Rc2
36. Kf3 Ra2 37. a5 h5 38. a6 g5 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. a7 Ra4 41. e4
Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Kh3 f6 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Ke2
Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Kd4 Kg7 49. e5 fxe5+ 50. Kxe5 h4 51. Kf5
hxg3 52. fxg3 Ra5+ 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bc8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8
16. Ne4 f6 17. Bd2 Kf7 18. Bc3 Re8 19. Nc5 Ne7 20. exf6 gxf6
21. Re1 b6 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Bd2 c5 25. Nf4 Nxf4
26. Bxf4 a5 27. Nd2 Bf5 28. c3 a4 29. a3 Kd7 30. f3 Be7 31. g4
Bg6 32. Kf2 b5 33. Ke3 b4 34. cxb4 cxb4 35. axb4 Bxb4 36. Ne4
Be7 37. Nc3 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 hxg4 39. fxg4 Bd4 40. Nxa4 Bc2
41. Nc3 Bxc3 42. bxc3 c6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bg2 Be7 16. e4 Qb6
17. d5 Ne5 18. Qa2 exd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. Qb1 Rfe8 21. Qc2 Bc5
22. Ne4 Bd4 23. a5 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Nc5 cxd5 26. Nxb7
Rb8 27. Bxd5 Re7 28. Nc5 Rb5 29. Be4 f5 30. Bd5+ Kh7 31. Ne6
Rxa5 32. Nf8+ Kh8 33. f4 Re8 34. fxe5 Rxf8 35. e6 Bf6 36. Bc4
Rc8 37. Bd3 g6 38. g4 Rcc5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rc1 Rxc1 41. Rxc1
Re5 42. Bxa6 Rxe6 43. Bc8 Bd4+ 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Rc7 f4 46. Kf3
Bg1 47. h3 Rg6 48. Bf5 Rg3+ 49. Kxf4 Bh2 50. Rc8+ Rg8+ 51. Ke4
Rxc8 52. Bxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8
17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Bd2 Qe5 19. Ndf5 Re8 20. Qf1 Qb8 21. Re1 Ndf4
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bb8 26. Kf1
Ne6 27. Bc2 Kf8 28. Ne4 Ne7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Ke2 h6 31. Be3
f5 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5+ Kf7 34. Bb3+ Be6 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6
36. Kd3 g6 37. f3 Kd5 38. Be3 h5 39. Bf2 Bc7 40. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 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. Rfd1 a5 15. b4 axb4 16. Qxb4 Ra7
17. e3 Nd7 18. Rab1 Be7 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Bb4 21. Na2 Be7
22. Nc3 Bb4 23. Na2 Be7 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 h6 15. a4 Bb6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Bd3 d5
18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. exd5 exd4 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd5 24. Qe2 Qa8 25. f3 Qa1+ 26. Kh2
Qxb2 27. Bxb5 Qxd4 28. Bc1 Nh4 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 c6
31. Bd3 Ng6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Ne2 Kf7 34. Kg3 Nd7 35. Nc3 Ke6
36. Bd4 Kf7 37. Kf4 Bc4 38. Ne4 g5+ 39. Ke3 Bf1 40. Kf2 Bb5
41. Ke3 Kg6 42. Kf2 Nf8 43. Nc5 Kf7 44. Bc3 Ng6 45. Ne4 Nf4
46. Nd6+ Kg6 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. Be3 Bd3 49. Nb7 Nf4 50. Nc5 Bc4
51. Bd4 Bd5 52. Be5 Kf7 53. Bd4 Ng6 54. Ke3 Nh4 55. Kf2 Nf5
56. Bc3 g6 57. Nd3 Ne7 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. g4 Bc4 60. Nc5+ Kd6
61. Ne4+ Ke6 62. Bg7 h5 63. Nxg5+ Kd7 64. Kd4 Bf1 65. Ke5 hxg4
66. hxg4 c5 67. Bf8 c4 68. Kd4 Nc6+ 69. Kc3 Ne5 70. Bg7 Kd6
71. Bh8 Be2 72. Kd4 Nxf3+ 73. Nxf3 Bxf3 74. Kxc4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8
17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Ndf4 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Qh5 Qd7 21. Ngf5
c5 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Be3 h6 24. Qg4 Bc8 25. N3h4 Re5 26. Rd1 Qe8
27. Qf3 Nxh4 28. Nxh4 Bb8 29. g4 g5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Bc7
32. h4 Qe7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Rh1 Rxf5 36. Qa8+ Qd8
37. Qe4 Qd5 38. f3 Qxe4 39. fxe4 Re5 40. Kf3 f5 41. exf5 Rxf5+
42. Kg4 Re5 43. Bxg5 Kg7 44. Rd1 Kg6 45. Bc1 Re2 46. Rd7 Bh2
47. Ra7 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Rxa6+ Kf5 50. Be3 Rxb2 51. Bxc5
Be5 52. Bb4 Rc2 53. Ke3 Bf4+ 54. Kd4 Be5+ 55. Kd3 Rg2 56. a3
Rg8 57. Rb6 Rb8 58. Rc6 Rd8+ 59. Kc2 Ke4 60. Kb3 Rb8 61. Rc5
Rb7 62. Ba5 Rb8 63. Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. e3 Nxg5
7. Nxg5 e6 8. f4 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2
c5 13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxc5 15. Kf2 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bb7
17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Kxf3 Rc8 19. Ne4 Ke7 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. g4 g6
22. h5 g5 23. Rd3 Nf6 24. b4 Rc4 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Ra3 Ra8
27. h6 Nh7 28. Ra5 Kf6 29. a3 Rcc8 30. Nb3 Kg6 31. Nc5 Nf6
32. e4 Rd8 33. e5 Nd7 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. h7 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rad8
37. h8=Q Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Ne7 10. Ne4 h6 11. Rd1+
Ke8 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Nh4 14. b3 Bg4 15. Re1 c5 16. Nb5 Kd7
17. c4 Kc6 18. Kf2 Be7 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 h5 21. f5 hxg4
22. hxg4 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Rh2+ 24. Kg1 Rah8 25. Ng3 R2h3 26. Bf4
a6 27. Na7+ Kb6 28. e6 Bd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. exd7 Rxg3+
31. Kf2 Rgh3 32. Re8 Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rh1+ 34. Kd2 R8h2+ 35. Kc3
Rh3+ 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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 Nc6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. Nd5
Nxe4 13. Bc7 Qa7 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Bc7 Qa7 16. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
Qd7 13. Ba2 g6 14. b4 Bg7 15. Bb2 a5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Nb3 axb4
18. cxb4 Nh5 19. Rc1 Bc8 20. Rc3 Ra7 21. Na5 Nf4 22. Bc1 h6
23. Qc2 g5 24. Nh2 Neg6 25. Be3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxa5 27. bxa5
Qxh3+ 28. Kh1 Nh4 29. f3 Nxf3 30. Rc1 Nxh2 31. Qxh2 Qf3+
32. Qg2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Bh3 34. Qg3 f5 35. Bf2 Bg4 36. a6 f4
37. Qh2 Qg6 38. Rxc7 Bf3 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. a7 g4
42. a8=Q g3 43. Bxg3 fxg3 44. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "137"]

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 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Be2 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rbc1 Qb8
17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Ba3 Rxa3 19. Qxa3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Qb2
Bg4 22. h3 e4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Rd4 f5 25. g3 exf3 26. Bxf3 h5
27. Rb4 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Ne4
32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd2 Nf6 34. Rxb6 Kh7 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. Rd5 g6
37. Rdd6 Kg5 38. Re6 Kf5 39. Re7 Kg5 40. Rbb7 Ra8 41. Rb5+ Kh6
42. Re6 Rf8 43. Rbb6 Kg5 44. Ra6 Rf7 45. f4+ exf3+ 46. Kxf3
Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Rg7 48. e4 Rg8 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kd4
Nf2 52. Ke3 Ng4+ 53. Ke2 Nh6 54. Kf3 Ng4 55. Ra5+ Kh6 56. e5
Kg5 57. Ke4 Nf2+ 58. Kd5 Nh1 59. Ra3 Kg4 60. Rb6 Nxg3 61. Rb4+
Kh3 62. e6 g5 63. e7 g4 64. Ke6 Kg2 65. Rb2+ Kh3 66. Kf7 Rh8
67. e8=Q Rxe8 68. Kxe8 h4 69. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.07"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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. h3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. Ne2
Be6 17. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.09"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd5
16. Nf5 Kf8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rd4 Rhe8 19. Bg5+ f6 20. exf6+
gxf6 21. Bh4 Rg8 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. Rf2 Rg6 25. Rf4
Rh6 26. Bg3 Re7 27. b3 Rh8 28. Bh4 Rh6 29. Rd2 b6 30. Bf2 Be6
31. Rd8 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Bg3 Kd8 34. Rd4+ Kc8 35. Bh4 c5
36. Rd2 a5 37. Kg3 c4 38. Kf4 cxb3 39. cxb3 Bd7 40. Be1 Kd8
41. h4 Rg6 42. g3 Ke7 43. Re2+ Be6 44. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6
12. Nf5 gxf5 13. Qe5 O-O 14. Qxf5 Re8 15. Nc3 Nac7 16. Be4 Bf6
17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nc7 21. Bh6+
Ke7 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qe4 f6 24. f4 d5 25. Qh7+ Kd6 26. fxe5+
fxe5 27. Rf7 Ne6 28. Qg6 Kc6 29. Raf1 d4 30. R1f6 Qd5 31. Rxa7
Rad8 32. a4 c4 33. Qf7 Kc5 34. Bd2 c3 35. Rc7+ Kb4 36. bxc3+
Kb3 37. c4 Qd6 38. Rb7 d3 39. a5 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Qe4 41. Kg1 Kc2
42. Rxb6 Kxd2 43. Rbxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxe6 Kc2 45. c5 Qd5 46. Qg4
Qd4+ 47. Rf2+ d2 48. Qf3 e4 49. Qf7 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O
7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5
12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bf5 15. Na3 Rfd8 16. Nd4
Bxc2 17. Naxc2 Ne6 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Rd3 Nc6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Rd5
Nc4 22. Bc1 a5 23. a4 Rac8 24. Kf1 Nc7 25. Rd1 d5 26. b3 Ne5
27. Be3 Ne6 28. f3 Nc6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Ncd4 Nxd4 31. Nxd4
Ne6 32. Rac1 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Kf8 34. Ke2 Rc5 35. Kd2 Rdc8
36. Rd3 R8c6 37. Re1 Re6 38. Rb1 Rb6 39. Re3 Re6 40. Rd3 Rb6
41. Kc2 Ke7 42. Rbd1 Rbc6 43. Kb2 b6 44. R1d2 Ke6 45. h4 h6
46. g4 g6 47. f4 Kf6 48. Rxd5 Rxc3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. Rd8 Rc8
51. Rxc8 Rxc8 52. Rd6 Rb8 53. b4 axb4 54. Kb3 Re8 55. Rxb6
Re3+ 56. Kxb4 Re4+ 57. Kb3 Rxf4 58. a5 Rxh4 59. a6 Rh1 60. Ka2
Rh2+ 61. Rb2 Rh4 62. Rb3 Rh2+ 63. Ka3 Rh1 64. Ka4 Ra1+ 65. Ra3
Re1 66. a7 Re8 67. Kb5 Ra8 68. gxh6+ Kxh6 69. Kc6 Kg5 70. Kb7
Re8 71. a8=Q Rxa8 72. Rxa8 Kf4 73. Ra4+ Kf3 74. Ra3+ Kf4
75. Kc6 g5 76. Kd5 g4 77. Ra4+ Kf3 78. Ke5 g3 79. Ra3+ Kg4
80. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7
12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. a3 g4 15. Nh4 Bxe5 16. O-O-O Na2+
17. Kc2 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 Rde8 20. Bd3 d5 21. Rhe1 d4
22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. f3 Nc3 24. Rf1 Qd6 25. Kb2 c5 26. fxg4 Bb7
27. Rxf7 Be4 28. Nf5 Qb6 29. Re7 Bxd3 30. Rxe5 Na4+ 31. Ka2
Bxc4 32. Qc2 Nc3+ 33. Kb2 a5 34. Ne3 Na4+ 35. Ka2 Nc3+ 36. Kb2
Na4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Nb5
Rc8 17. g3 Rc4 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Kb1 Ba4 21. Rd2
Kd7 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. f5 e5 24. f6+ Kxd6 25. c3 e4 26. Qe3 Nb5
27. Qxb6+ axb6 28. Rc1 d4 29. cxd4 e3 30. Re2 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1
Re8 32. Re1 Nc7 33. Bf5 Nd5 34. h4 Nxf6 35. d5 Nh5 36. g4 Nf4
37. h5 Ng2 38. Re2 Nf4 39. Re1 Bd7 40. Bxd7 Nd3+ 41. Kd1 Kxd7
42. Bg7 Nxe1 43. Kxe1 Rc8 44. h6 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Kxe3 Ke7
47. Kf4 Rh3 48. g5 Kd6 49. Kf5 Rh1 50. Bf8+ Kd7 51. Kf6 Ke8
52. Bb4 Rh5 53. d6 b5 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Bb4 Ke8 56. Bd2 Rh2
57. Kg7 f6 58. g6 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "R Faqiry"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2
Bb8 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Nc3 a6 17. g3 Qd6
18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. a4 f6
23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 e5 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27. f3 Rc8
28. Qa1 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qxh3 32. Bxe5
Qh5+ 33. Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Bxe5 35. Qa2 Bxg3 36. Qc2 Qg4
37. Rg2 h5 38. Nd4 Bf2+ 39. Kf1 Qh3 40. Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Kxf2 h4
42. Ne2 Qf5+ 43. Kg1 h3 44. Rf2 Qe5 45. Rf3 Qh5 46. Nd4 Qg4+
47. Kf1 Qg2+ 48. Ke1 h2 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Roger Lorenz"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Re8 13. c4 a5 14. a3 Bf8 15. h4 Qc7 16. h5 h6 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. d5 e5 22. c5
Bxc5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 cxd5 25. Rf5 Qd6 26. a4 b6 27. g3
Rf8 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Bb1 Rf8 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joachim Sieglen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. a5 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Be2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd4 Qd6 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Qb3 Rb8
17. Na4 Ba7 18. Qa3 Qe5 19. Nc5 Ne4 20. b4 Rd6 21. Rfd1 b6
22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Rac1 Rf6 24. Nd3 Qe8 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. Qb3 Qe5
27. b5 axb5 28. Qxb5 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Rodney Davies"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 dxe4
12. Bxe4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nbc6 14. Nc5 Bf5 15. Bf3 h6 16. Bf4
Rfc8 17. Nxb7 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Nd6 g5 20. Be3 Be5
21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Be2 a5 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Be1 Nc6
26. Nb5 Nb4 27. a3 Na2 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bxb2 30. Bxa5 Nc1
31. Bc3 Nd3 32. Bc2 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 Nc5 34. f3 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7
36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Ne4+ Kc6 38. Kd4 Nb7 39. g4 Na5 40. Nf6 Nc4
41. a4 Nd2 42. Ke3 Nc4+ 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Ng8 Kd4 45. Nxh6 Ne3
46. Be4 Nc4 47. Kg3 Bd7 48. Nxf7 Bxa4 49. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. Re1 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. h3 f5 10. b4 h6 11. Nbd2 Kh7 12. Bb2 g5
13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bc2 Nf4 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. d4 exd4
18. Bxg6+ Nxg6 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Rc1 Rae8 22. Rxe8
Rxe8 23. a3 Qf7 24. Qc2 Kg8 25. d5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Nce5 27. Nxe5
Nxe5 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Qd1 Ke8 31. Ng3 Kd8 32. Re3
Kc8 33. Qd4 Kb8 34. Qe4 Re8 35. Re2 Rf8 36. a4 h5 37. Nf1 Qd7
38. a5 Rf4 39. Qe3 Qb5 40. Ng3 Rxb4 41. Nxh5 Qxd5 42. Kh2 Qxa5
43. Ng3 Rh4 44. f3 Qd5 45. Kg1 Qd4 46. Ne4 Qxe3+ 47. Rxe3 Nf7
48. Nf6 b5 49. Re7 Ne5 50. Nd5 Rc4 51. f4 gxf4 52. h4 b4
53. Nxb4 Rxb4 54. h5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 Qc7 10. a5 a6 11. Bd2 Ng6 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. h4 Rfd8
17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. h5 Ngf8 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qe4 Ndf8 21. Ne1
Rd5 22. Nd3 Rcd8 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. f4 f6 25. Nf2 Qd7 26. Qe2 Rb5
27. Nc5 Qd5 28. b4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Ng5 30. Nfd3 Bxc5 31. Nxc5
Nfh7 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qa2 Qd8 35. Qc4 Qe8
36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Bd2 Nh7 38. Rf1 Ndf8 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Qg4 Ng5
41. Bxg5 Qxg5 42. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. a3 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. b4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bb7
18. Ng3 Qd7 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Bf8 21. Qb1 Rad8 22. Qa2 Kh8
23. Rab1 Re6 24. c4 bxc4 25. dxc4 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Be4
Ba8 28. Bc3 Rf4 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4
32. Qxe4 exd4 33. Rb7 Qe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Ne5 Kg8 36. Rb3
Rc8 37. Rb6 a5 38. a4 d3 39. Kf1 Rd8 40. Rb1 Rd4 41. Rd1 d2
42. Nc6 Rxc4 43. Nxa5 Re4 44. Nb3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2
c6 13. b4 Nb7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. Nf1 Qb7 17. Ng3
Re8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bb3 Ne6 20. Nf5 Bc6 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6
Nxe4 23. Qxe5 N6c5 24. bxc5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxc5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8
27. Rad1 Bxg2 28. Rd4 h6 29. Ba3 Bxh3 30. Bd5 Qc8 31. Bxc5
Qxc5 32. Bxa8 Bf5 33. Re3 Qa3 34. Bd5 Kh7 35. Kg2 Qe7 36. Nf3
Qf6 37. c4 bxc4 38. Bxc4 a5 39. Rd5 Bb1 40. Rxa5 Qf4 41. Be6
Qb4 42. Rae5 Qa4 43. a3 Qf4 44. Bd5 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46. Ke2
Qc8 47. Be4+ Bxe4 48. R5xe4 Qc1 49. a4 Qb1 50. Nd2 Qa1 51. Rg3
Qf6 52. a5 h5 53. Rb3 h4 54. Rb6 Qg5 55. Nf3 Qxa5 56. Rxh4+
Kg8 57. Rb8+ Kf7 58. Rf4+ Kg6 59. Rbb4 Qa6+ 60. Rbc4 Qb5
61. Kf1 Qd5 62. Kg2 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 a6 8. Re1 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. d5 Kh8 11. Bd3 Ng8 12. Na2 a5
13. b4 axb4 14. Nxb4 Nc5 15. Bb5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Bf6
18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qd7 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Re4 Ne7 22. Nxe7
Bxe7 23. Qd3 Rff8 24. a5 c6 25. a6 Rfb8 26. h4 Rb6 27. Rea4
Qc8 28. Nd2 h6 29. Nc4 Rb5 30. Qe4 Qg8 31. Ne3 c4 32. Qxc4 Rc5
33. Qb3 cxd5 34. Ra5 Rb8 35. Qa2 Rxa5 36. Qxa5 d4 37. Nd5 Bd8
38. Qa2 Ra8 39. a7 Kh7 40. Qb1 Qf7 41. c4+ d3 42. Qxd3+ Kh8
43. Qe3 Bxh4 44. Qb6 Kh7 45. g3 Bxg3 46. fxg3 Qf3 47. Qe3 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Nf1 Rd8 16. Qe2 f6 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. c4 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. Bd3 Nd4 22. Qd1
Rab8 23. Nf1 Nc8 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. Ng3 Na7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Bxd5
32. Ng5 Qf6 33. Bxh7+ Kh8 34. Qh5 Qh6 35. Qg4 Nac6 36. Be4 Bg8
37. Rf1 Ne7 38. Nf7+ Bxf7 39. Rxf7 Ng8 40. Raf1 Ne6 41. R1f5
Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Nh6 43. Rh5 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 h6 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Na3 Qb8 15. d5 Nd8 16. Nh2 b4 17. cxb4
Qxb4 18. Bd2 Qb8 19. Ng4 c6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bc3 Be7 22. Ba4
Rf8 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Nc4 Nd4 25. Ne3 Bxe4 26. Bxd4 exd4
27. Qxd4 Ba8 28. Nf5 Bf6 29. Qxd6 Bxb2 30. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mark Heidenfeld"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. O-O Qc7 8. c3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Rhf8 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. b4
Bb6 22. a4 Rd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 f5 25. Bg2 Bc7 26. a5 Bd6
27. c4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Qb2 Bc5 30. Bxb7+ Kd7 31. Qb5+ Kd6
32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Rb1 Bb4 35. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Denis Rombaldoni"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Bd7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2 Qc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Rc8
17. Nf4 O-O 18. Be2 a5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Bh5 Kh8 21. Rf3 Rg8
22. Bf7 Rg4 23. Bxe6 Rxf4 24. Bxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rg8 26. Bg4
Qg5 27. Qf2 h5 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4
12. Bd2 c5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng3 Qd5
17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. d4 Rac8
22. Qd3 Bd6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxf5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxc2 26. Ne7+
Kh8 27. Qg3 Rcd8 28. Rae1 Qd2 29. R1e3 Qxb2 30. Qh4 Rd6
31. Rf5 Ra8 32. Qf4 Rdd8 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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. h3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Bg7 7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6
12. Nd2 b6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. f4 Qf8 16. Qxf8
Rdxf8 17. f5 Rfg8 18. Ne2 Kd8 19. b3 Ke7 20. c4 Bc8 21. Nf1 g5
22. h4 h5 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Nd2 g4 25. a3 a5 26. Kc2 Bb7
27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Nc3 Kd6 29. Nf1 Ba6 30. Ne3 b5 31. cxb5 Bxb5
32. Na4 Ke7 33. Rh4 Rab8 34. Nb2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. axb5
cxb5 18. c4 exd4 19. cxb5 Nc5 20. Bf1 axb5 21. Bxb5 Re7
22. Nxd4 Nfxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. b4 Qb6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxe4
Bxe4 27. Qg4 Qb7 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxb5 30. Bxg7 Rb8
31. Bc3 Qb6 32. Qg5+ Qg6 33. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 Qxb1+ 9. Rxb1 c4 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nd8
12. Rc7 Rb8 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2
Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Rb6 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+
21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 Nxf2 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Kxb1 Ne4 25. a4 Rg8
26. a5 Nc6 27. Ra6 Nb8 28. Ra7 Nc6 29. d7 Nd8 30. Kc2 Ke7
31. a6 e5 32. Bc1 Kd6 33. Ba3+ Kc6 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arman Pashikian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2
Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3
h4 17. Re1 Rh5 18. Bf4 g6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Red1 Ng7 21. Be3 Ne6
22. a5 a6 23. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4
O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bb3 h6 15. Nh3 Bg4 16. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jordi Magem Badals"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6
7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Be7
12. Be2 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Adam Tukhaev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4
12. Ndb5 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rxb7 Ne7 16. Bb5+
Kf8 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Ne2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Rfb1
Rhe8 22. h4 Ng8 23. h5 Re7 24. g3 Rec7 25. Kg2 Qe7 26. Rxc7
Qxc7 27. Qf4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Nd4 Rb2 30. Rc8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "163"]

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. Nd4 g6 11. N2b3
O-O 12. Bg5 Nce4 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf3 Qf6
16. Qxf6 Nhxf6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Rac8 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 a5 22. c3 a4 23. Ne2 Nb5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Kf2
Nb6 26. b3 Kf8 27. Ke3 h5 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kd2 Kf6
31. Re1 Ra8 32. Nb4 Ra5 33. Kc2 Rc5 34. Nd3 Rc8 35. Kb2 Rc7
36. Nf4 Rc8 37. g3 Ra8 38. Rd1 Ra5 39. Nd3 Ra8 40. Re1 Ra5
41. Nb4 Rc5 42. Kc2 Ra5 43. Kd2 Rc5 44. Nd3 Ra5 45. Ke3 Ra8
46. Kf4 Rc8 47. Rc1 Re8 48. Nb4 Ra8 49. Re1 Rc8 50. Re3 Rc5
51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 axb3 53. axb3 Rc8 54. Re5 Rxc3 55. Nxd5+
Nxd5+ 56. Rxd5 Ne8 57. Rd7 Nc7 58. Ke4 b5 59. Ne2 Rc6 60. Nf4
Ne6 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Kd5 Ra6 63. Nxe6+ Rxe6 64. b4 Kf8 65. Rb7
Re2 66. Rxb5 Rh2 67. Rc5 Rxh4 68. b5 f6 69. b6 Rb4 70. Kc6
fxg5 71. b7 Rxb7 72. Kxb7 Ke7 73. Rxg5 Kf6 74. Rg1 g5 75. Kc6
Kf5 76. Kd5 Kf4 77. Kd4 g4 78. Rf1+ Kg3 79. Ke3 Kh2 80. Ra1 g3
81. Kf3 g2 82. Kf2 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Nd8 15. e4 Ne6 16. e5 Be7
17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 c5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 21. Ne2 Bc8
22. Nf4 Qb7 23. Bb1 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 g6 25. h4 Bg7 26. h5 g5
27. Qd2 Kg8 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Bg4 31. Qd3
Bxh5 32. Nd4 Bg6 33. Qg3 Rc8 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. b5 Rc4 36. Qd3
Kh7 37. Rb1 Qb6 38. Nc6 Qc5 39. e6 a6 40. Ne5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5
Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 43. Qf1 Qxf1+ 44. Kxf1 axb5 45. Rxd5 Rxe6
46. Rxb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. g3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4
17. Qd2 O-O 18. h3 Bd8 19. g4 a5 20. gxh5 Nf6 21. h6 g6
22. Nc1 Kh7 23. Ne2 a4 24. a3 b5 25. Ng3 Rb8 26. c3 Ng8
27. Ne4 f5 28. Ng5+ Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Qc7 30. h4 Qf7 31. Rdg1 f4
32. Ka1 Nf6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Rg5 e4 35. fxe4 Rbe8 36. Qd3 f3
37. Rf1 f2 38. e5 dxe5 39. Qe4 Kh8 40. Rg2 Qf5 41. Qe2 Qf3
42. Rfxf2 Qxd5 43. Qf1 Rf4 44. Rxg6 Rxf2 45. Qxf2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 d6 9. d5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. dxe6 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 fxe6 13. Qd4 e5 14. Nxe5 c5 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. Qg6+ Ke7
17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. Ng4+ Kg7 19. Nh2 h5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Nf3 hxg3
22. Rxh8 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Kxh8 24. Rxd6 Nc6 25. Bd3 Na5 26. Nxg5
Rf8+ 27. Kg3 Ba6 28. Rh6+ Kg8 29. Rh4 Re8 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Nf3
Re6 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rf4+ Kg8 34. g4 Rd6 35. Be2 Rh6 36. g5
Rd6 37. e4 Re6 38. e5 Bb7 39. Rf6 Re7 40. Kg3 Bxf3 41. Bxf3
Rxe5 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Kf4 Re1 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Be7
12. Qf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Qe2 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6
12. Be4 h6 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bc2 Ne5 16. Qh5 Bf6
17. Rb4 Rd8 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Be3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bc6 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd7 23. Rdb1 d5 24. Qf3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5
26. Bxh6 Qxc3 27. Qg4 Rxa2 28. Rxb5 Rd8 29. Bg5 Ra1 30. Bxf6
Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Qxf6 32. e3 d4 33. exd4 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4
35. Ra1 Rd5 36. Rb1 Rd4 37. Ra1 Rd5 38. Rb1 Rd4 39. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. b3 Bd5 16. Nce4
Bxe4 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rxe4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h4 20. Rf4 Rh5
21. Rxf5 g6 22. Rf4 Rxg5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxh4 Rd5 25. Kf1 Rd2
26. Rc4 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rc1 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. f4 Rd1
31. g3 Rd2 32. h4 Rf2 33. a4 a5 34. Rc5 Rd2 35. Rxa5 Rxc2
36. Ra7 b6 37. Rxc7 Rb2 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. Rc4 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5
41. Rc3 Ra5 42. Re3 Rb5 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. g4 Ra7 45. Rb3 Kf7
46. Rb4 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Rc4 Ra5 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kf8
51. Rh7 Rf5 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rxh5 Kg7 54. Rh6 Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke8
56. Rb7 Kf8 57. Rb6 Ke7 58. Ra6 Kf7 59. Ra1 Kg7 60. Re1 Kg6
61. Ra1 Kf7 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. g6 Kf8 64. Rb7 Rf6 65. g7+ Kg8
66. Re7 Kh7 67. Ke5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf6 69. Ke5 Rf5+ 70. Ke4 Rf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.08"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5
exd4 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. Bxc6 cxd2 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Qxd2 Qxe4 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Qxg5+ fxg5 21. Nf5
Bg6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. Rad1 Kf8 25. g4 c5 26. h4
gxh4 27. f4 f5 28. g5 Bf7 29. Nf6 c4+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Nxh7+
Kg7 32. Nf6 b4 33. Re7 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Nd7 Ba5 36. g6
Kxg6 37. Kh3 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Bb4 39. Kxh4 Bxa2 40. R1xd6+ Bxd6
41. Rxd6+ Kf7 42. Rc6 a5 43. Rxc3 a4 44. Rc6 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kd7
46. Ra6 Bb3 47. Kf2 Kc7 48. Ke1 Kb7 49. Rh6 Kc7 50. Kd2 a3
51. Kc3 a2 52. Kb2 Kd7 53. Ra6 Bc4 54. Ra5 Be6 55. Ra7+ Kc6
56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd4 Kb7 59. Ra3 Kb6 60. Ke5 Bc4
61. Kxf5 Kc5 62. Kg6 Kb4 63. Rxa2 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Nb5 Nc6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bc1 b6
13.O-O Bb7 14.Rd1 Na5 15.Bxb7 Nxb7 16.Qxd7 Nc5 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8
18.Be3 Rdc8 19.a4 Bf8 20.Rd5 Ne6 21.Rxe5 Rxc4 22.a5 bxa5
23.Rxa5 a6 24.Kg2 h6 25.h4 Rcc8 26.Nd4 Nc5 27.Ra2 Nb7 28.Bd2
Nd6 29.Nf5 Nc4 30.Ne7+ Bxe7 31.Rxe7 h5 32.Bc1 a5 33.Rd7 a4
34.Ba3 Nxa3 35.Rxa3 Rab8 36.Rxa4 Rxc3 37.Raa7 Rf8 38.e4 Rcc8
39.e5 Rce8 40.f4 Rd8 41.e6 Rxd7 42.exd7 Rd8 43.g4 hxg4 44.f5
f6 45.Kg3 Kf7 46.Kxg4 Ke7 47.Rc7 Kf7 48.h5 Ke7 49.Kh4 Kf7
50.Rb7 Ke7 51.h6 gxh6 52.Kh5 Kf7 53.Rb6 Rxd7 54.Kxh6 Re7
55.Rb8 Rd7 56.Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.11"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 Nf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bxc3+
18.Kd1 Qa4+ 19.Nc2 Bxb2 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Bd3 Rf8 22.Qg4 Nd4
23.Re1 Qxa2 24.Re4 Bxc1 25.Rxd4 Bf4 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Rxf4 gxf4
28.Qg8+ Kd7 29.Qf7+ Kd8 30.Qf8+ Kd7 31.Qxf4 Qd5 32.Qf7+ Kd8
33.Ke2 Rxc2+ 34.Bxc2 Qe5+ 35.Kd2 Qa5+ 36.Kd1 Qa1+ 37.Ke2 Qe5+
38.Kd3 Qd5+ 39.Kc3 Qc5+ 40.Kb2 Qe5+ 41.Kc1 Qe1+ 42.Kb2 Qe5+
43.Kb3 Qb5+ 44.Kc3 Qc5+ 45.Kd2 Qa5+ 46.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bf4 dxc4
7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bf4 b4
17. Na4 Qb5 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Bf3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5
22. b3 c5 23. Nb2 Bf6 24. Nc4 Qc3 25. Qe4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4
27. bxc4 a5 28. Bg4 Ra8 29. Bf3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ra7 31. Rd5 Be7
32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Rd7 Ra6 34. Bf5 a4 35. Bb1 Ke8 36. Rb7 b3
37. axb3 a3 38. Ba2 Bf6 39. b4 Rd6 40. bxc5 Rd2 41. c6 Kd8
42. Rd7+ Rxd7 43. cxd7 Kxd7 44. c5 Ke7 45. e3 Bc3 46. f4 f5
47. Kf2 Bb4 48. e4 Bxc5+ 49. Kf3 fxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kf6 51. g4 g5
52. f5 Be7 53. Bb3 Bc5 54. Ba2 Be7 55. Bb3 Bc5 56. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Kb1 Re8 14. f3 h6 15. Be2 d5 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4
dxc4 18. Qc3 Nd3 19. f5 Bxg5 20. fxg6 Rxe3 21. gxf7+ Kf8
22. Qxc4 Rxe2 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxd3 Qe3 25. Qh7 Qe4 26. Qg8+
Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rhf1 Rd2 30. Rfe1+ Re2
31. Qc3 Kxf7 32. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Rb1 Nd5 13. Na4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 f5 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Qb3 Nf4
17. Qc2 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 f4 21. Nc5 f3+
22. exf3 Bh3+ 23. Kh1 Nxf3 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. Qxe6
Nd2 27. Rbd1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Rf6 29. Qc4 Qf8 30. f3 Bxa3
31. Bxe5 Rf7 32. Bd5 Rd7 33. Bxc7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Rxb5 35. Qd7
Rb8 36. Re1 Bb2 37. Re6 Rd8 38. Qb5 a4 39. Qxa4 Bf6 40. Be4 g6
41. Kg2 Bd4 42. h4 Qc5 43. h5 Qc1 44. hxg6 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Bf2
46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. gxh7+ Kh8 50. Kg4
Qxg3+ 51. Kf5 Bd4 52. Qc6 Qh3+ 53. Kg6 Qg3+ 54. Kf5 Qh3+
55. Kg6 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. Kh1 a6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Qd8 19. h4 Bf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rf1 Qg7
22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. Ne2 g5 25. Bc3 Qh6 26. Nd4 Qxh4+
27. Qxh4 gxh4 28. Bb4 Bc4 29. Rd1 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rc8 31. Kg1
Nc6 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 f5 35. e5 dxe5 36. Bxf8
Kxf8 37. Re1 Rc5 38. b4 Rd5 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Rc1 Kf6 41. Rc7
f4+ 42. Ke2 Rb5 43. Rxh7 Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rh7 Kg5 46. Rg7+
Kh6 47. Re7 Kg6 48. Kf3 a5 49. bxa5 Rxa5 50. Rxb7 Rxa3 51. Ke4
Ra5 52. d4 exd4 53. Kxf4 Ra2 54. Rd7 Rxg2 55. Rxd4 h3 56. Rd3
h2 57. Rh3 Ra2 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Rh5 Kf6 60. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5
Nge7 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Be6
7. Nd2 g6 8. Ndf3 Bg7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. e3 O-O
12. f4 Qb6 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Ne5 Nfd7
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Red8 20. e5 Qa6 21. Qf2 Na4
22. c3 Qd3 23. Re1 e6 24. Be3 Qb5 25. Rab1 Bf8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5
7. h3 d5 8. exd5 exd4 9. c4 c6 10. Nxd4 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Na4 Rb8 15. a3 Qd6 16. Qc2 Bd4
17. Be4 c5 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxe4 Rd8
22. b4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bc2 24. Nc5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe5 26. g3 Kg7
27. Kg2 Rb6 28. Nd3 Qd5 29. Rc1 Ra6 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Ra1 Rc6
32. Nc5 d3 33. Rd1 d2 34. Kf3 a5 35. Ke4 Rdd6 36. Ke3 axb4
37. axb4 Rc8 38. Nd3 Rc4 39. Rxd2 Re6+ 40. Kf3 Rd4 41. b5 Rd5
42. h4 Red6 43. Ke2 Rxb5 44. Nf4 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Kf6 46. Ke2
Kf5 47. Kf3 Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Nb3 h6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 a5 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bc4 19. h3 Rb8 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. Re3 Ne4
22. b3 Ba6 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rc8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Nh2 h5
27. g4 hxg4 28. Nxg4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rc7 30. f3 Nc5 31. Qd2 Qb4
32. Rc3 Kf8 33. Rac1 Nd7 34. Qe3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qa3 36. Rc7 Qa1
37. Nh2 Ke8 38. Ra7 Bc8 39. Ra8 Kd8 40. Nc6+ Kc7 41. Nxa5 Qb2+
42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nxe5 44. Ng4 Nxg4+ 45. hxg4 e5 46. b4
Rd8 47. b5 d4 48. Nc6 Rd5 49. Rxc8+ Kb6 50. Rb8+ Kc5 51. Ke2
f5 52. gxf5 g4 53. fxg4 e4 54. Re8 e3 55. Re5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Qe2 c5
7. Rd1 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. d3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a5
Bc6 13. d4 Nbd7 14. e4 Qb8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Qe4 cxd4
18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Nxb3 20. Bh6 g6 21. Nxb3 Rc8 22. Nd6 Bxd6
23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qd4 f6 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Rac1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 g5 31. h4 Bd3 32. f3 gxh4
33. Rc6 Kg6 34. Bc1 e5 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rc5 Ne7 37. Ke1 Nf5
38. Bd2 Nd4 39. Bxb4 h3 40. gxh3 Nxf3+ 41. Kf2 Rd4 42. Bc3
Rxe4 43. Kxf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 h5 45. h4 Rg4+ 46. Kf2 Rxh4 47. b4
Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Rf1 49. Rc8 h4 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3
Rf3+ 53. Kc2 h3 54. Rg8+ Kf5 55. Rh8 Be4+ 56. Kb3 Bd5+ 57. Kc2
Bc4 58. Bd2 e4 59. Rh4 Bd3+ 60. Kc3 Bb5+ 61. Kc2 e3 62. Bc3
Kg5 63. Rh8 Rf2+ 64. Kd1 h2 65. Be1 Bc6 66. Bxf2 exf2 67. Ke2
h1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. c4 c6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Rb1 a5 9. e4 e5 10. h3 Nc5 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Bg5
f6 13. Be3 Ne6 14. d4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. Nd3 b6
18. Qd2 Nb8 19. f4 Nbc6 20. f5 Bb7 21. g4 Ne7 22. Rf2 Qd7
23. Rbf1 Rad8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 gxf5 26. Bxd4 cxd4
27. Rxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 e4 29. Bxe4 Rfe8 30. Nf2 Qd6 31. Kg2
Re5 32. Qxd4 Rde8 33. Qd3 Bh6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxh7+ Kh8
36. Be4 Bf4 37. Qf3 Re7 38. h4 f5 39. gxf5 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Qh6
41. f6 Qxf6 42. Qh5+ Bh6 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+ 45. Nd3
Qf6+ 46. Qf5 Qxh4 47. Ke2 Qh2+ 48. Nf2 Bg5 49. Kd3 Qg3+
50. Qf3 Qe5 51. Qf8+ Rg8 52. Qf5 Qg3+ 53. Qf3 Qh2 54. a3 Kg7
55. Qg4 Kh8 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Bh6 58. Qf5 Rg3+ 59. Kc2 Rg7
60. c5 bxc5 61. bxc5 Be3 62. Qf8+ Rg8 63. Qf6+ Rg7 64. Qf8+
Rg8 65. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6
7. f3 O-O 8. fxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qe7
12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Kf2
Re8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. a4 Nf8
22. a5 Ne6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Bc2 25. Ra3 Be4 26. g3 Nh3+
27. Ke2 f5 28. Nd2 Bg2 29. a6 b6 30. Ra1 g5 31. Kd3 b5 32. c5
f4 33. Ba5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Bb2 Nh5
18. Bf1 Nf4 19. b4 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qb1
Rcd8 23. g3 Ne6 24. h4 Na4 25. Ra3 Rd7 26. Ba1 Red8 27. Qa2
Nb6 28. Bh3 Rd6 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Qb1 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Rd3 32. Bg2
Nc4 33. Ra2 h6 34. Nh2 Nd2 35. Qc2 Qc4 36. Nf1 Nxe4 37. Ne3
Qc8 38. Qc1 Nd2 39. Nf1 Nf3+ 40. Bxf3 Bxf3 41. Kh2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3 Nc6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Qe2 Nh5
12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. a5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nb6 Rab8
17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne5 19. Nfxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Qf6 21. Qe3
Qe6 22. Qxc5 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rbc8 24. Qe5 Qxc4 25. Qxe7 Qb5
26. Rf1 Rd7 27. Qf6 Qxb2 28. Rad1 Qb5 29. Rd5 Qa4 30. c4 Rcc7
31. Qd4 Qc6 32. e5 Qe6 33. Kg2 Rxc4 34. Rxd7 Rxd4 35. Rxd4
Qxe5 36. Ra4 Qd5+ 37. Rf3 h5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Ra3 Qd2+ 40. Rf2
Qd5+ 41. Rff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3
Rc8 13. Nbd4 Nc7 14. Be3 Na8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Nb6 18. b3 Nbd7 19. Bd4 Nb8 20. b4 Ncd7 21. b5 a6 22. a4 Qa5
23. Qb1 Rc4 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Nf4 Nbd7 27. Bg2
Rxa4 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Nh5 Rb8 30. Qg4 g6 31. Rxb8+ Qxb8 32. Nf4
Nf8 33. h4 Nb3 34. Rb1 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Nxa1 36. h5 Nb3 37. h6
Nxd4 38. cxd4 a5 39. Qd1 Bg5 40. Nd3 Bxh6 41. Qa4 Qa7 42. Nc5
Bg5 43. Bf1 Be7 44. Na6 Qb6 45. Qe8 Bb4 46. Nb8 Qxd4 47. Nd7
Bc5 48. Nxc5 Qxc5 49. Bb5 Qc7 50. f4 Kg7 51. Kg2 h5 52. Kf2
Qa7+ 53. Kg2 Qe3 54. Qe7 h4 55. Qxh4 Qc5 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Be8
Qc7 58. Kh3 Nh7 59. Qh4 Kg7 60. Bb5 Qa7 61. Ba4 Qd4 62. Be8
Qa7 63. Ba4 Qc7 64. Qg4 Qc4 65. Qd1 d4 66. Bb3 Qc3 67. Bc2 Nf8
68. Kg2 Nd7 69. g4 Nc5 70. f5 d3 71. f6+ Kg8 72. Qf3 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bg1 d6
12. a4 Bd7 13. Nb3 g5 14. f5 Nce5 15. a5 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7
17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Bd4 Bc7 19. h3 Nf6 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Bc4 Qe7
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qf3 Rh6 24. Qe3 h4 25. Qxg5 Rg6 26. Qf5 Rd8
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. c3
Rd8 32. Qh5 Kd7 33. Qf5+ Kc6 34. Ra4 Qe6 35. Qf3 Kb5 36. Rb4+
Kc6 37. Rxb7 Qd5 38. c4 Qd3 39. Qxf7 Rg7 40. Rxc7# 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nc3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Ne2 O-O 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Bd4 Bd6 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Nf4 b4
17. b3 a5 18. Bb2 Ndf6 19. Nd4 g6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Be5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rc5 Bf6 26. Qc4
Rad8 27. Bd5 Rd7 28. e4 Qd6 29. Kg2 Qb6 30. Rc6 Qd4 31. Qxd4
Bxd4 32. Rd1 Bg7 33. Rc5 Rfd8 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Rxa5 f5 36. f3
Rc7 37. Rc2 Rb8 38. Kf2 Rb4 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Ra6 fxe4 41. fxe4
Bh6 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. Bxc6 Bd2 44. a4 Ke7 45. a5 Kd6 46. Bd5
Kc5 47. Ra2 Bg5 48. a6 Kb6 49. a7 c2 50. a8=N+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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. Qd3 Be7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8
12. f4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 a6 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. g5 Ne8 18. f6 Bf8 19. Be3 b5 20. h4 Qc4 21. Rhg1 Qxd3
22. cxd3 b4 23. Nce2 e5 24. Nc2 a5 25. Bb6 Nc7 26. Bxa5 b3
27. axb3 Re8 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc3 Be6 30. b4 Rb7 31. Kc1 Rc8
32. Kd2 Kh8 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1 Be7 35. b5 Bd8 36. Ra6 Bb6
37. Rga1 h6 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Ra8 Rbb8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Ne3
Kh5 42. Ned5 Bd4 43. Ra6 Bxd5 44. Nxd5 Rxb5 45. b4 f5 46. Rxd6
f4 47. Nxf4+ exf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8
7. Rc1 Be7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 a5
12. a3 Na6 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nd5 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bf4 Rd8
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qd7
22. Rfd1 a4 23. g4 Ra5 24. g3 Rb5 25. Rc2 e5 26. Qe4 Qd5
27. Qxd5+ Rdxd5 28. Rdc1 Rb3 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Kf1 Rdb5
31. Rc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Ra2 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. a4 Rbb2 35. Nxe5+
Kf6 36. Nd3 Rd2 37. Rc3 c5 38. Rc8 b6 39. e4 Rxa4 40. Rc6+ Kf7
41. Ne5+ Ke8 42. Rxb6 Rxe4 43. Nc6 Bd6 44. Rb7 g5 45. Ra3 Kf8
46. Ra8+ Re8 47. Raa7 c4 48. Rxh7 Kg8 49. Rag7+ Kf8 50. Rd7
Kg8 51. Rdg7+ Kf8 52. Rd7 Kg8 53. Rhg7+ Kf8 54. Na5 Rc8
55. Rdf7+ Ke8 56. Nxc4 Rxc4 57. Ra7 Rc8 58. Rxg5 Be7 59. Rg7
Bf8 60. Rgf7 Rcd8 61. Rf4 R2d7 62. Raa4 Be7 63. Rae4 Rd5
64. Kg2 R8d6 65. Re2 Rc6 66. Rfe4 Rc7 67. f4 Kf7 68. g5 Bf8
69. Kh3 Rd3 70. R2e3 Rxe3 71. Rxe3 Be7 72. Kg4 Rc4 73. Kf5
Rc5+ 74. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "16.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5
7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Bd6 9. e4 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Nf5
Bb4 13. Kh2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Ncxe4
17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kh8 20. Bg5 Bg6 21. Rad1
Re6 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Ne8 26. Qh4
Kg7 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Bg5 Qe2 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxf6 h5 31. Bc3
Kh7 32. Qf6 Rg8 33. Bxa5 Be4 34. Qxf7+ Rg7 35. Qf1 Qxc2
36. Bc3 Re7 37. Kg1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "18.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Qd3
Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1
Re8 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Be3 Be7 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Kg2 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nf6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Nc5 b6 23. Ne6 Rd6 24. Nxc7 Bxe4 25. g5 Bxf3+
26. Kxf3 Nd7 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Re4 h6 29. gxh6 Rxh6 30. h4 Ke7
31. Rg4 Kd8 32. Na6 c5 33. b4 g6 34. a4 Kc8 35. bxc5 bxc5
36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. Rc4 Kb7 38. Rxc5 Rxh4 39. a5 Re4+ 40. Kd3
Rf4 41. Ke3 Rf5 42. f3 g5 43. c4 a6 44. Ke2 g4 45. fxg4 Rg5
46. Ke3 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "19.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5
7. e4 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. Qe2
Re8 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bg5 Nf8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc7 17. N3h4
Ne6 18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 f6
22. Rae1 c5 23. b3 Re6 24. a4 Be8 25. g5 Bc6 26. gxf6 Bxe4
27. Nxg7 Kf7 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Rxe4 Kxf6 30. Kf1 Qd7 31. Rxf4+
exf4 32. Qxf4+ Ke7 33. Nf5+ Kd8 34. Qe5 b6 35. Qh8+ Qe8
36. Qf6+ Kc7 37. Qd6+ Kb7 38. Qf4 Qd7 39. Nd6+ Ka7 40. Nb5+
Kb7 41. Qe4+ Kb8 42. Qe5+ Kb7 43. Qe4+ Kb8 44. Qf3 Qe7 45. h4
Qg7 46. h5 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qg7+ 48. Kf1 Qa1+ 49. Ke2 Qe5+ 50. Kd2
Qg5+ 51. Kd1 Qg1+ 52. Kd2 Qg5+ 53. Ke2 Qe5+ 54. Qe4 Qxh5+
55. Ke1 Qg6 56. Qe7 Qc6 57. Qxh7 Kc8 58. Qe7 Qh1+ 59. Kd2 Qc6
60. f4 Kb8 61. f5 c4 62. bxc4 Qg2+ 63. Kc3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "20.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nc6
7. Bh2 Nd7 8. O-O e5 9. c4 f5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Rc1
Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. a4 Be6 15. a5 d5 16. a6 b6 17. b5 Rc8
18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Nb7 Rc8 22. c5 bxc5
23. Rxc5 g5 24. Bb5 f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Ng4 27. Bg3 Bxd4
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. hxg4 Bb6 30. Nb3 e3 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Nd4 e2
33. Nxc6 exd1=R 34. Rxd1 Bxg4 35. Rxd5 Be2 36. Rg5+ Kf7
37. Rf5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "21.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+
12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. h4 f5 20. h5 Kg7 21. g3 Be8
22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Rh2 h5 24. Kf1 h4 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. gxh4 Rh8
27. h5 Bf7 28. Rg2+ Kh6 29. Rg5 Rag8 30. Qf2 Qd8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8
32. Nxd4 Rg4 33. Ke2 Bxh5 34. Ke1 Qa5+ 35. Kf1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2
Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 Qd2+ 40. Kg3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "22.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bb4
12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Qb1 O-O 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Rxe6
Bb2 17. Rxf6 Qxc3 18. Qf5 Ne7 19. Qg4+ Ng6 20. Rd1 Qc2 21. Ne1
Qc3 22. Nd3 Qd4 23. Rf4 Qg7 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Bf6 Qc2 26. h4
h5 27. Qxh5 Rad8 28. Rf1 Rd6 29. Qh6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qc3 31. Qg5
Kh7 32. h5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "23.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d4
7. Nb3 Nc6 8. c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 Nd5 10. c4 Ndb4 11. Bd2 a5
12. a3 Na6 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nc1 Nc5 15. Rb5 Qd6 16. Qc2 Ne6
17. e3 Qxa3 18. d4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Nexd4 20. Qe4 Bf5 21. Qf4
Nxb5 22. cxb5 Nd8 23. Bb4 Qb2 24. Bxe7 Ne6 25. Qh4 Rfe8
26. Bf6 Qa3 27. h3 Qf8 28. Ne5 g5 29. Qc4 Qh6 30. Nd7 Nf8
31. Ba1 Nxd7 32. g4 Be6 33. Qc3 f6 34. Bxb7 Ra7 35. Bc6 Qf8
36. Qd4 Raa8 37. Bxd7 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 Qf7 39. Qd4 a3 40. Nd3 a2
41. Qc3 Rad8 42. Nb4 Re4 43. Qb2 h5 44. gxh5 Rdd4 45. Nxa2
Rg4+ 46. Kh2 Qxh5 47. Qxd4 Rxd4 48. Bxd4 Qe2 49. Ra1 Qxb5
50. Nc3 Qc4 51. Bxf6 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qxf6 53. Rc1 Qc6+ 54. f3 Kg7
55. Ne2 Qd7 56. Rc2 Qe7 57. Ng3 Kg6 58. Rc6+ Kh7 59. Ne4 Qe5
60. Rc5 Qf4 61. Nxg5+ Kg8 62. Rd5 Qc4 63. Re5 Qc3 64. Rd5 c6
65. Rd8+ Kg7 66. Ne4 Qc1 67. Rc8 Kf7 68. h4 Ke6 69. h5 Kd7
70. Rg8 Qh6 71. Rg6 Qh8 72. h6 Ke7 73. Rg7+ Ke6 74. Ng5+ Kf6
75. Ne4+ Ke6 76. Rg6+ Kf5 77. Rf6+ Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "24.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 d4 9. e4 Bg4 10. c4 e5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
exf4 13. gxf4 Nh5 14. Nc2 f5 15. e5 Qe7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rab1
b6 18. b4 Kh8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qf2 Bh6 21. Kh2 Nd8 22. Bd5
Ne6 23. Rb7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Ne1 Rb8 26. Bc1 Qd7 27. Qf3
Rb1 28. Ng2 Ra1 29. Qe2 Rb1 30. Qc2 Rb8 31. Bf3 Ng7 32. Bd2
Nge6 33. Rb1 Qc8 34. h4 Rb6 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Qa4 Qa6 37. Qxa6
Nxa6 38. Bd5 Nec7 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Ne1 Kf8 41. Bb7 Ke7 42. Nc2
Nb8 43. Ne1 Kd7 44. Bf3 Nc6 45. Bxc6+ Kxc6 46. a4 Ne6 47. Nc2
Bf8 48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 h6 50. Ne1 Be7 51. Nf3 h5 52. Ne1 Kb7
53. Nc2 Ka6 54. Bd2 Bd8 55. Ne1 Ba5 56. Bxa5 Kxa5 57. Nf3 Kb4
58. Kf2 Nd8 59. Ng5 Ka5 60. e6 Nc6 61. Ke2 Kb6 62. Nf7 Kc7
63. Kf3 Ne7 64. Ke2 Nc6 65. Kd2 Ne7 66. Kc2 Nc6 67. Kc1 Nb4
68. Kd2 Nc6 69. Kd1 Ne7 70. Kc2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "25.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bxc4 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nce4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g4 Bc6 21. gxh5 h6
22. Bd3 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rd5 24. h4 gxh5 25. Kh2 Bxb2 26. Nf6+
Kh8 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rab1 Be5+ 29. Kh3 Kg7 30. Rbe1 Bd6
31. c4 Nb4 32. Bf6+ Kh6 33. Be4 Bd7 34. Rg1 e5+ 35. Kh2 Bg4
36. Rgf1 Nc6 37. Rb1 Nd4 38. Rb6 Nc6 39. Bg5+ Kg7 40. Rf6 Bc7
41. Rb1 Rf8 42. Rg6+ Kh8 43. Rxb7 Nd4 44. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "26.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 exd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Nxb6
axb6 17. Re1 c5 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Qd3
Kh8 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5
26. Rf2 Qf7 27. Qh3 Rf6 28. a3 Re8 29. f5 Qg7 30. Raf1 Qg5
31. Rf3 Rg8 32. Re1 Rg7 33. Re6 d5 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 35. Re3 Kh7
36. Re6 Qg5 37. Qf3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qg5 39. f6 Rf7 40. Qd3+ Kg8
41. Qg3 Rd7 42. Qh3 Kf7 43. Re1 Rd6 44. Re7+ Kxf6 45. Re1 Qf4+
46. Kg1 Kg7 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Re3 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kh7 50. Rf3 Qe5
51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rf1 Rf6 53. Qg4+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kg6 55. Rd1 c6
56. Qd8 Qe6 57. Qxb6 Qe3+ 58. Kh1 Qf2 59. Qc7 d4 60. cxd4 cxd4
61. Qe5 Rf4 62. Qe6+ Kh5 63. Qe5+ Kg6 64. Qe6+ Kh7 65. Qd7+
Kg8 66. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "27.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. d4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 Na6
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nd3 Ndb8 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. e3 g5 16. Nc3 Bf5
17. Ke2 e6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Na2 Nb5 20. Nab4 Na5 21. a4 Nd6
22. Rc3 Kd7 23. Rhc1 Rhc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc3 Nd6 26. f3 g4
27. b3 gxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Nf2 Bf5 31. Nbd3
Nc6 32. g4 Bg6 33. Nf4 Re8 34. h4 e5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Nxd5
Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Bc2 38. Nf6+ Ke7 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40. b4 Bxa4
41. Ne4 Bc2 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. e4 Ne7 44. Ke3 h6 45. h5 Bd1
46. Kf4 Nc6 47. g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Ne7 49. h6 Ng6 50. h7 Bc2
51. Ng4 Ke7 52. Bf6+ Ke6 53. Ne5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "28.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1 Qg6 16. Bb4 f6
17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Rxc4 Qb1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1
Ba6 22. Rg4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 f5 24. Rd4 O-O-O 25. Bd2 Rhe8
26. Re1 Kb7 27. Kc2 c5 28. Rc4 Kb6 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rc4 Re6
31. Re2 Ne7 32. Be3 Rd5 33. f4 a5 34. Rd2 Rc6 35. Ra4 Kb5
36. g3 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 Ra6 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Kd3 Nb4+ 40. Bxb4
axb4 41. Rc2 Ra8 42. h3 h5 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Kf3 g6 45. g4 hxg4+
46. hxg4 Rh8 47. Kg3 Kd5 48. Re2 Ke6 49. Rc2 Kd5 50. gxf5 gxf5
51. Rh2 Ra8 52. Kf3 c4 53. Rd2+ Kc5 54. bxc4 Kxc4 55. e6 Re8
56. Re2 Kd5 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. Rxf5 Rxe6 59. Rb5 c5 60. Rb6+ Kd5
61. Rxe6 Kxe6 62. Ke4 c4 63. Kd4 b3 64. axb3 cxb3 65. f5+ Kxf5
66. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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. a4 Nc6 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qc7
12. Be3 b6 13. Re2 h6 14. Rd2 Be6 15. Nc1 Rfd8 16. N1e2 Rab8
17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Qc4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. f4 g6
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Qf3 Nxc2 26. Rxc2
Qxc2 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Rf2 Qd3 30. h3 d5 31. Rd2 Qc4
32. Nxh6 Bxh6 33. Bxh6 Rd6 34. Bg5 Ng8 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+
Kg7 37. Be7 Nxe7 38. Qxe5+ Rf6 39. Qxb8 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Qe3
41. Re2 Qc5 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qg3+ Rg6 44. Qd3 Qe5+ 45. Kh1
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne6
12. Qh4 f6 13. Ne4 fxe5 14. Nfg5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Qc7 16. Rad1 d5
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd2 Rf5 20. h3 Qc6 21. f3 Re8
22. Be3 a6 23. Red1 Qc8 24. Rd7 Qc2 25. R1d2 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qxa2 28. b4 Qe6 29. Ra7 Rf6 30. Rdd7 h6 31. Rdb7 Qf5
32. Bc5 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Bf8 34. Rb6 Rxb6 35. Bxb6 e6 36. Ba5 Rb8
37. Rxa6 Bxb4 38. Bc7 Re8 39. Bxe5 Kf7 40. g4 Bf8 41. Kg3 Re7
42. h4 Rd7 43. Kf4 Be7 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. hxg5 Rd1 46. Ra7 Rf1+
47. Ke3 Ke8 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Re1 b6 9. Bg5 a6 10. d5 c5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. Rb1 h5 14. Be2 h4 15. b4 Qc7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bd7
18. Ne3 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Rfc8 20. Rc4 Qa7 21. Rb1 Rxc4 22. Bxc4
Bxa4 23. Nxa4 b5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Nc3 bxc4 26. Ra1 h3 27. gxh3
g6 28. Ng3 Qd4 29. Qe1 Bh6 30. Nge2 Qb6 31. Kg2 Nh5 32. Ra4
Qd8 33. Rxa6 Nf4+ 34. Nxf4 Bxf4 35. Qe2 Rb2 36. Rc6 Qg5+
37. Qg4 Qxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rxc2 39. Nb5 Be3 40. Nxd6 c3 41. Nc4
Bd4 42. d6 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 c2 44. Na3 Rd2 45. Nxc2 Bg1 46. Nb4
Bxh2+ 47. Kf3 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. exf5 Rxd6 50. Rc2 Bf4
51. Kg4 Rd4 52. Nc6 Ra4 53. Kh5 Kf7 54. Rg2 Kf6 55. Rg6+ Kxf5
56. Nxe5 Bxe5 57. Rg5+ Ke6 58. Rg6+ Bf6 59. Rg4 Ra8 60. Kg6
Ra7 61. Re4+ Be5 62. Rg4 Rf7 63. Rg5 Bf4 64. Rg4 Rf6+ 65. Kg7
Bh6+ 66. Kh7 Kf5 67. Rg2 Bf4 68. Rg7 Rh6+ 69. Kg8 Be5 70. Rh7
Rg6+ 71. Kf7 Rf6+ 72. Ke7 Bd6+ 73. Kd7 Bf4 74. Re7 Be5 75. Kc8
Rb6 76. Kd7 Ke4 77. Re6 Rb8 78. Ra6 Bd4 79. Kc6 Ke5 80. Ra5+
Ke6 81. Rb5 Rc8+ 82. Kb7 Rc2 83. Rb4 Be5 84. Kb6 Bd6 85. Rb3
Kd7 86. Kb5 Rc5+ 87. Kb4 Be7 88. Rc3 Rd5+ 89. Kc4 Re5 90. Rd3+
Kc6 91. Kd4 Bf6 92. Kc4 Re4+ 93. Kb3 Kc5 94. Rf3 Rb4+ 95. Kc2
Kc4 96. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bb7
12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. d4 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. a4 Ne6
17. a5 g6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Rac1 h5 20. Bd3 Ng4 21. g3 Ng5
22. axb6 axb6 23. Rf1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Re6 25. Rce1 Rae8 26. Bc1
c5 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. h3 Nf6 29. h4 Nge4 30. Nc3 Nd6 31. Nb5 Qd7
32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Bb5 Rc8 34. Qd1 c4 35. bxc4 dxc4+ 36. f3 Nd5
37. Qc2 Nb4 38. Qc3 Nd3 39. e4 f5 40. d5 Re7 41. Bg5 Nxe1+
42. Rxe1 fxe4 43. fxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxe4 Qxd5 45. Bh6 Qxe4+
46. Kf2 Qf5+ 47. Ke1 Rc7 48. Bxc4+ Kh7 49. Bg8+ Kxh6 50. Qh8+
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7
7. Re1 c5 8. e4 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 g5
13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Ndxe5 15. c3 Bd6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4
Nc4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Nxe7
22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Bh3 Kd8 26. Bf5 Reh8
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. h3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bg5 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. Bxd8
Rxd8 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 20. Rxe4 Rxe4
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Nd2 Rb4 23. b3 Ke7 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. f3 Rb8
26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Kd3 f5 28. Nc3 c6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Na4 Ba7
31. Nb2 Rb8 32. Nc4 Rb5 33. Re2 Rd5+ 34. Kc2 h5 35. Re1 h4
36. Re2 Rc5 37. Kd3 Rb5 38. Kc2 Rb8 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Re1 Re8
41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. f4 Kd7 43. Nd2 Bb6 44. Nf3 Bd8 45. b4 Bf6
46. Kc4 Kc7 47. Nd2 Kb6 48. Kb3 d5 49. Nf1 Bd4 50. Nd2 c5
51. bxc5+ Kxc5 52. Nf3 Bf6 53. a3 Kb5 54. Ne1 a5 55. a4+ Kc5
56. Nf3 d4 57. Nd2 d3 58. Nf3 Kd5 59. Ka2 Ke4 60. Kb3 Kxf4
61. Kc4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bd7
17. Ba5 b6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Ng4 Nd5
22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Be4 Qg7 25. Qh3 Rd6 26. Bxd5
exd5 27. Bd4 Bd7 28. Qh4 Qg5 29. Qxg5+ fxg5 30. b3 Rc8 31. Be5
Re6 32. Bb2 Bc6 33. h3 Bb7 34. Rac1 Kf7 35. Rc2 Re7 36. Rcd2
Bb4 37. Rd3 Rc2 38. Ba1 Rec7 39. e4 dxe4 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd8
Rc1 42. Be5 Rxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Re7 44. Bg3 Bc5 45. Rd8 e3 46. fxe3
Rxe3 47. Kh2 Re2 48. Rg8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6
7. O-O e5 8. a3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 f6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Be3
O-O 13. Nfd2 Nd5 14. Qe1 Bf7 15. Nf3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 17. a4
Be6 18. Qg3 b5 19. Ncd2 Rad8 20. Rf2 Qb6 21. Kh2 c4 22. bxc4
bxc4 23. d4 c3 24. Nb3 Bh6 25. Nc5 Bc4 26. Nh4 Kh8 27. Nxg6+
hxg6 28. Qxg6 Bg7 29. Rf5 exd4 30. exd4 Rfe8 31. e5 Qc7
32. Rh5+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rf5 Rxd4 35. Re1 Bf7 36. Nd3
Rxd3 37. cxd3 c2 38. d4 c5 39. Rf4 cxd4 40. Rc1 Qxe5 41. Qf5
Bh6 0-1

[Event "Moscow TCh-Student Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[EventDate "2010.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 e5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. h4 Nxb3
17. axb3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. h5 Qe7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc3 Bc6
22. O-O-O Rfd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe3 b4 25. Ne4 a5 26. Kb1 a4
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. b3 Bb5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Ng5 Qc5
32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Ne4 Rc8 34. fxe5 Kg7 35. Ng5 h5 36. Rh4 Re8
37. Rxb4 Rxe5 38. Nf3 Rf5 39. Nd4 Rf1+ 40. Kb2 Ba6 41. Rb6 Bc8
42. Rc6 Rf8 43. b4 Kh6 44. g3 Bb7 45. Rd6 Rg8 46. Ne6 Bc8
47. b5 Re8 48. Nf4 Bf5 49. b6 Kg5 50. Nd5 Rc8 51. Ne3 Be4
52. c4 h4 53. Rd4 Bh1 54. gxh4+ Kf6 55. Kc3 Rc6 56. b7 Rb6
57. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow TCh-Student Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.30"]
[EventDate "2010.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. a3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4
Bd5 17. Kh2 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 Ke7 19. Rd1 a5 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. Rxd4 Rh5 22. f4 f6 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nf2 b4
17. Ng4 h5 18. Ne3 g6 19. Rf3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxa6
22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Rb8 24. Rh3 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Bxc5
Nxc5 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. f5 exf5 30. Rd1 Ne4
31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Qd8 11. O-O-O
Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. g5 b4
17. Nce2 Qc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. c4 bxc3
22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Rhc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qc3
Bb5 27. Ng3 Bd3 28. Ka1 c4 29. a3 Qf2 30. Qe5 Rb3 31. Nh5 Bf8
32. Nb4 Qf3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Be6 11. Nd5 b5
12. Bb3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Red1
Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h4
h6 22. Bg5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Nh2 d5 26. Ng4
d4 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4
Kg7 32. Rd3 Qb6 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qd1 Ke8 36. Qh5
Rd6 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Ng4 Qc6 39. e5 Ng6 40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Qh3+
Kxe5 42. Ng4+ Kd5 43. Rd1 Qe8 44. Qf3+ Qe4 45. Qxf7+ Qe6
46. Ne3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kc4 49. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Re1 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nc4 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. exd6 cxd6
17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Qc2
Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. Rc4 Qb8 13. Ra4 Qc7 14. Rc4 Qb8 15. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4
Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Ne2 e6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bxd6 Bxd6 11. Bxf5 exf5
12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. g3 Na5 16. Rf2 Nc4
17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Ng1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Kg1 b5
22. Qf1 Re3 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Qg2 Qe4
27. Ng5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxe1 30. Nf3 Rb1 31. Rd2
g6 32. d5 Ra1 33. Nd4 Ra5 34. Nc6 Ra2 35. Nd4 Ra5 36. Nc6 Ra2
37. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. a5
Bf8 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Bd2 c5 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. Bf1 b5 17. axb6
axb6 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 c4
22. Qd4 Ne7 23. h3 Ra2 24. g4 Nfxd5 25. f5 Nc7 26. Bg5 h6
27. Bh4 Ne8 28. b3 d5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc2 31. Bxd5
Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxe8 f6 34. Nd4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Kf7
36. Rd8 Nb6 37. Bg3 Rd1 38. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6
12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 Be2 16. Rd2 Bc4
17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5
27. axb5 cxb5 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Nc3 Bf8 30. Rd8 c4 31. Ke2 b4
32. Ne4 cxb3 33. cxb3 Bg7 34. Rd6+ Kb5 35. Rd3 Bh6 36. Kd1 Ra8
37. Kc2 Rc8+ 38. Kb1 Rc7 39. g4 Bf4 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Ne8 Rd7
42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Nf6 Be6 44. gxh5 Bxb3 45. Bc1 Bxc1 46. Kxc1
gxh5 47. f4 a4 48. f5 a3 49. Nd7 Bd5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 e5
52. Nxe5 b3 53. f7 b2+ 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kd2 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qc2+
57. Ke3 a2 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qb8+ Kc5 60. Nd7+ Kc6 61. Ne5+ Kd5
62. Nf7 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7
12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. g3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bd2 Nfe7
17. h4 Bf5 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. Re1 Qh3 21. N1h2 c6
22. Qf1 Qxf1+ 23. Nxf1 h5 24. Ne3 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nf8
27. Kd3 Ne6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Ng2 Bc7 30. b3 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rh8
32. Ng2 Nf5 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 Rd8 35. Ng1 Rh8 36. Ne2 g5
37. c4 Kg6 38. f3 Ng7 39. Bf2 g4 40. f4 Nf5 41. Rc1 Rd8 42. c5
Kf7 43. a3 Ke6 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. Nd1 Re8 46. Ne3 Nxe3 47. Bxe3
f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3
c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6
Qxe6 18. a4 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. b3
d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rc8
28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc2 b4 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 g6
33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qc4 Qc8 35. Qd5 Be6 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Nxe6
Qxe6 38. Qa8 Qxe5 39. Bh6 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qd6 42. Kg2
f5 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd6
47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[EventDate "2010.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5
12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. c3 g6
17. Qd3 Bg7 18. b4 f5 19. Nd2 Bh6 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. f3 Kg7
22. Nf1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Ree1 Qd7 25. Ng3 Qa7+ 26. Kh1
Kh8 27. Ne4 Rd8 28. b3 Rff8 29. c4 Qb7 30. h3 Bg7 31. Re2 Rd7
32. Ra2 Rb8 33. Rda1 bxc4 34. bxc4 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. cxd5
Rxb4 37. Rxa6 Bf8 38. Ra7 Rdb7 39. R1a6 Kg7 40. Nxd6 Bxd6
41. Rxb7+ Rxb7 42. Rxd6 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kg3
g5 46. h4 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 h6 48. g5 Rd4+ 49. Kh5 hxg5 50. Kxg5
Rf4 51. Re6 Kf7 52. Rxe5 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 Re8
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nf3 b6 14. exd4 exd4 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bd3
Qd6 17. Kb1 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Bg3 Qc6 21. Be4
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 23. fxe4 Nxc4 24. Rxd4 Rxe4 25. Rhd1 Rxd4
26. Rxd4 Nxa3+ 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28. h4 Rf3 29. Kc2 Rf5 30. Kd3 b5
31. Ke4 Rc5 32. Rd5 Rc4+ 33. Kd3 Rb4 34. Kc3 Rb1 35. Kc2 Rb4
36. Rf5 f6 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Rf4 Kf7 39. Rb4 Rc1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+
41. Ke4 Ra1 42. Rxb5 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Ra6 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Ke4 Ra5
46. Rd7 Kh7 47. Rd5 Ra4+ 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kg8
51. Bf4 Kh7 52. Rc7 Ra5 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. Be3 Ra4+ 55. f4 Ra1
56. Bd4 Ra6 57. Bc5 Kg8 58. Kf5 Ra2 59. Rc8+ Kh7 60. Bf8 Kg8
61. Be7+ Kh7 62. Ke6 Ra4 63. Kf7 Ra7 64. Rc2 Ra4 65. Rg2 Rxf4
66. Rxg7+ Kh8 67. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[EventDate "2010.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 g6 11. Nd2 Bg7
12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. f4 Rhe8 14. O-O-O d5 15. Nd2 c5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. g3 f6 18. Nc4 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc3
21. Bxc3 Bxh1 22. Bh3+ Kb8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qb5+ Ka8 25. Bd7
Re7 26. Bc6+ Bxc6 27. Qxc6+ Kb8 28. Qb5+ Kc8 29. Qa6+ Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[EventDate "2010.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nxf1
12. Rxf1 c5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Qc6 15. Bc3 O-O-O 16. Ng5
Qxg2 17. Nxf7 Be4 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Be7 20. Ke3 Bf5
21. Rg1 g6 22. Ba5 Rdf8 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. a3 h6
26. Kf3 g5 27. Rgd1 h5 28. Rxd7 Bg4+ 29. Ke4 Bxd1 30. Rxd1
gxf4 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Rxf4 Rg2 33. Rf7 Kd7 34. b4 Ke8 35. Rh7
Rxh2 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7+ Ke8 38. Bc7 Rh4+ 39. Kd3 Rh3+
40. Kc2 cxb4 41. axb4 Bxb4 42. Bd6 Rc3+ 43. Kb2 Rxc4 44. Kb3
Bxd6 45. Kxc4 Bxe5 46. Rxh5 Bd6 47. Rh7 Be7 48. Kd4 Kd7
49. Rh5 Bd6 50. Ra5 Bb8 51. Kc5 Bd6+ 52. Kb5 e5 53. Rxa7+ Ke6
54. Kc4 Kf5 55. Kd5 Bb4 56. Rf7+ Kg4 57. Kxe5 Kh3 58. Kf4 Bd6+
59. Kf3 Kh2 60. Rh7+ Kg1 61. Rg7+ Kh1 62. Rd7 Bb8 63. Kf2 Be5
64. Rd1+ Kh2 65. Rd5 Bg3+ 66. Kf3 Bb8 67. Rd7 Be5 68. Re7 Bd6
69. Rg7 Be5 70. Rg2+ Kh1 71. Rg5 Bc7 72. Rg6 Bb8 73. Kf2 Ba7+
74. Kf1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bb4 16. Rec1 Nde7
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. Qxa5
Bxa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. a5
Red8 27. g3 Bd6 28. Bb6 Rf8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf3 31. Re1
Rfd8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf8 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Rd5 36. h4
Kd7 37. Rf4 f6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rfe4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 e5
42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Rc1 Kc6 44. Rc3 Kb5 45. Rf3 Rh6 46. Rf5 Rd7
47. Rf3 Rd8 48. Rf5 Rd7 49. Rf3 Rd8 50. Rf5 Ka4 51. Rf3 Rd7
52. Rf5 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Ne1 c5 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. c3 Be7 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. Nd3 c4 13. Nf4 b5 14. Qg4 Ncb6 15. Nf3 Nf8 16. g3 Qd7
17. h4 Rg8 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3 Nd7
22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rh8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Nh7 Rh8 26. Ng5 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nc3 Be5 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Nde2
b5 18. h4 g4 19. Ng1 Bd7 20. h5 Nge7 21. Bh4 Qf4 22. Qxf4
Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 gxf3 24. Nxf3 f5 25. Ne2 Be3 26. Bxe7 Nxe7
27. exf5 Nxf5 28. g4 Ne7 29. Rxd6 Bc6 30. Bg2 Rf8 31. Nh4 Bxg2
32. Nxg2 Bg5 33. Nd4 Rf2 34. Ne1 e5 35. Nd3 Rf6 36. Ne6 e4
37. Ndc5 e3 38. Ne4 Rf3 39. N6xg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Rf4 41. Re6
Rxg4 42. Nf3 Rg3 43. Rxe3 Kf8 44. Rf1 Nf5 45. Re5 Nd6 46. Re6
Nc4 47. Ne5+ Kg7 48. Nxc4 bxc4 49. Rxa6 c3 50. b3 Rf8 51. Rc1
Kh7 52. a4 Rf5 53. h6 Rgf3 54. Rc6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6
12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bf8 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Qb6 Qxb6
17. Rxb6 Nd7 18. Rb2 Nc5 19. Rbd2 Re8 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne5
Kf8 22. Rb1 Ra7 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rdb2 Bf6 25. f4 a5 26. Rb5 Bxe5
27. fxe5 Bd7 28. Rxc5 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Ra6 30. Rcc7 Be8 31. c5 a4
32. Ra7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Rc8 34. Ra5 a3 35. Kf2 a2 36. Rxa2 Rxc5
37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Rxe5+ 39. Kd4 Rh5 40. h4 Ra5 41. c4 e5+
42. Ke3 f5 43. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5
12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7
17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb6
26. Re7 Nf6 27. Rxe6 Nd5 28. Rxh6 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc2 30. h4 Nd4
31. h5 Ka5 32. Rh7 b5 33. h6 Rh1 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1
36. g5 Kb4 37. Nd3+ Kc3 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rf7 Kb4 40. Nd3+ Kc3
41. Nf2 Rh5 42. Nh3 Ne6 43. Rf3+ Kb2 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd5+ 17. Nf3 Qxb5 18. Bxd4 a4 19. Qb1 Qd5 20. Bxb6 cxb6
21. Qxb6 Rfc8 22. Rfb1 Rc3 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Bxa3 25. Nd4
Bf8 26. Ra2 Ra6 27. f4 Bc5 28. Nb5 Rc1 29. Nc7 Rg1+ 30. Kh3
Rc6 31. f5 a3 32. Ne6 Bd6 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rg7+
Kh8 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nf4 Rb1 39. Rc4 Rgb8 40. Nh5
Bf8 41. Nxf6 R1b7 42. Rca4 Bc5 43. R7a6 Kg7 44. Ne4 Bb4
45. Nd6 Rb6 46. Rxb6 Rxb6 47. Nc4 Rb5 48. e4 Bf8 49. e5 Rd5
50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. f6 Kg6 52. Ra8 Bb4 53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6
55. Ra7 Rxd3 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra4 Bc5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. Nxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 e5
12. Bc1 Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8
17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5 21. Re1
h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8
12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 b5
17. Qh4 N8d7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. a3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qe7
22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. Ne1 Rab8 25. f3 Nb6 26. b3 d5
27. exd5 exd5 28. Ne2 d4 29. Qg5 Nbd5 30. Ng3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nfd5
32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Ne4 N7d5 34. h4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. a4 b4
37. a5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxd4 Nxc2 40. Rxf4+ Kg7 41. Nxc2
Rxc2 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb7
46. Rxb4 Kf6 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 h6 50. g4 Kc5
51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4
12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 a5 15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6
Rxa6 17. c4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ke7 19. Rhc1 Nb4 20. Rb3 Rc6
21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Rb7 Kd8 23. Ng5 Kc8 24. Nxf7 Kxb7 25. Nxh8
Nd8 26. Ke3 Kc6 27. Kd4 Kb5 28. Nc3+ Kb4 29. Nxd5+ exd5
30. Kxd5 Nc5 31. f5 Kb5 32. e6 Nc6 33. g4 Kb6 34. Nf7 Ne7+
35. Kd6 Nc8+ 36. Kd5 Ne7+ 37. Kd6 Nc8+ 38. Ke5 Ne7 39. g5 Nc6+
40. Kd6 Nd4 41. Ke5 Nc6+ 42. Kd6 Nd4 43. Ke5 Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Rb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Bg4 17. Bg5
exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. e5 Qg5+ 23. Qg4 Qxg4+ 24. fxg4 Nf4 25. Rc6 dxe5 26. Rxa6
Nd3 27. Re3 Nxb2 28. a5 e4 29. Rxe4 Nd3 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. a6 h5
32. g5 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. g6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f3
Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 9. Ba2 Qd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Nh4 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxe4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Kh1 Qc5 16. c4 f6
17. cxd5 Nc3 18. d6+ Nxa2 19. d7 Nc3 20. dxc8=Q Raxc8 21. Qg4
fxg5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8
26. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6
12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. g4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc6
17. f4 Ng6 18. h5 Bxc3 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Bc1 d5 21. Bf3 e5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Rhg1 Rhf8 26. Rde1
Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Qf6 28. Bg4+ Kb8 29. Rge5 Nc6 30. Rxd5 Nb4
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qf3 Qh6 33. Qe4 Nc6 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Qe3 Nd4
36. Rd1 Nxf3 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxf3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Nd2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfc1 a4 21. Qa2 c5
22. Ba1 Bf8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Rc2 g5 26. e4 dxe3
27. Nxg5 Kg8 28. Ne4 Qe6 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+
Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 e2 34. Bc3 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1
36. Nc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 14. Ke2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Rac1 Qg5
17. Qc6 Nf6 18. h4 Qe5 19. g3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rd5 21. Qb7 Qh5+
22. Ke1 Rfd8 23. Rc8 e5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. Qc8+
Kh7 27. Qf5+ Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Rc5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Nd6 Kg7 31. Rd2
Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "233"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Rb1 O-O
12. Bh6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. c3 Qc2 15. Rc1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 f4
17. Qh4 h6 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Ne1 Qf5 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bxf5 Nxh4
22. Bd3 Na5 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. g3 Nf5 25. Ke2 b6 26. Rb4 Be8
27. Rg1 Bg6 28. g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. a4 Ne7
32. Bc1 g6 33. h4 Rf7 34. Ne1 Nc6 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rh8
37. Rh3 h5 38. f3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg4 40. Rxh8 Kxh8 41. fxg4 Ne7
42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Ng2 Rh7 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Kg7 46. Kg3 Kg6
47. Rf1 Rf7 48. Rf2 Na3 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rb2 Nc4 51. Rb8 Re7
52. Bc1 a4 53. Rb4 a3 54. Ra4 a5 55. Bxa3 Rb7 56. Bc5 Rb3
57. Ra2 Rxc3+ 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Be7 Rh1 60. Rf2 Rh7 61. Bd8 Rf7+
62. Bf6 a4 63. Ra2 a3 64. Kf3 Rb7 65. Kf4 Rh7 66. Kg3 Rh1
67. Be7 Rg1+ 68. Kh4 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rh7 70. Bc5 Rb7 71. Kh4 Rb2
72. Rxa3 Nxa3 73. Bxa3 Rh2+ 74. Kg3 Rd2 75. Bc5 Kxg5 76. Be7+
Kg6 77. Bc5 Re2 78. Kf3 Re1 79. Kg3 Rf1 80. Kg2 Rf7 81. Kg3
Kg5 82. Bb6 Rb7 83. Bd8+ Kg6 84. Kf4 Rb3 85. Be7 Rb7 86. Bc5
Rf7+ 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Bb6 Rb7 89. Bd8+ Kg6 90. Kf4 Rb4 91. Ke3
Kf7 92. Bc7 Ra4 93. Bb6 Kg6 94. Kf3 Ra1 95. Kf4 Re1 96. Bc5
Re2 97. Kf3 Re4 98. Kg3 Kf7 99. Kh4 Re3 100. Kg5 Kg7 101. Kf4
Rh3 102. Kg5 Kf7 103. Bd6 Rh8 104. Bc5 Rg8+ 105. Kh5 Ke8
106. Bd6 Kf7 107. Bc5 Rg6 108. Bd6 Kg7 109. Bf8+ Kh7 110. Bc5
Rg7 111. Bf8 Rf7 112. Bc5 Kg7 113. Kg5 Rf3 114. Kh5 Kf7
115. Kg5 Rh3 116. Bd6 Rh7 117. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "247"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2
Qd8 17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O 21. Rb7
Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7
26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kg7
31. f5 Kh6 32. Be3+ Kh5 33. Ne2 Kg4 34. Nd4 exf5 35. Kg2 f4
36. h3+ Kg5 37. Bf2 Bf5 38. Bh4+ Kg6 39. Rxa6+ Be6 40. Nxe6
fxe6 41. Rc6 Kh5 42. Bf6 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Ba5 44. Kxf4 Bd2+
45. Kf3 Re8 46. Rc7 Ra8 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rc6 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Ra3+
50. c3 Ra2 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Rxe6 Kf5 53. Re8 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Rd3
55. Bg7 Rxc3+ 56. Kd4 Rxh3 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. e6 Re3 59. Kxd5
Bg5 60. Be5 Ra3 61. Bd6 Re3 62. Rf7 h5 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Bxe7 h4
65. Rg7+ Kh5 66. Kd4 Re6 67. Kd5 Re2 68. Bf6 Re3 69. Rg5+ Kh6
70. Rg8 h3 71. Bd4 Ra3 72. Ke4 h2 73. Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rxh2 Ra4
75. Rf2 Ra8 76. Rg2+ Kf7 77. Rg7+ Ke6 78. Rg6+ Kf7 79. Rh6 Ra4
80. Rd6 Ke7 81. Rc6 Kd7 82. Rh6 Ke7 83. Kd5 Ra5+ 84. Bc5+ Kf7
85. Rc6 Ra8 86. Ke5 Ra1 87. Rf6+ Kg7 88. Bf8+ Kg8 89. Bh6 Re1+
90. Kf5 Rg1 91. Bg5 Rf1+ 92. Bf4 Kg7 93. Rb6 Kf7 94. Rb7+ Kf8
95. Ra7 Rf2 96. Ke5 Kg8 97. Bg5 Rf7 98. Ra6 Kg7 99. Bf6+ Kg6
100. Rc6 Ra7 101. Bd8+ Kf7 102. Kf5 Ke8 103. Bf6 Kd7 104. Rc4
Ra5+ 105. Be5 Ra7 106. Rc2 Rb7 107. Rd2+ Kc6 108. Ke6 Rb5
109. Bd4 Rh5 110. Rc2+ Kb5 111. Be5 Kb4 112. Kd5 Kb3 113. Rb2+
Ka3 114. Rb8 Rg5 115. Kd4 Ka4 116. Bd6 Rb5 117. Rc8 Kb3
118. Rc3+ Kb2 119. Kc4 Rh5 120. Rf3 Rh4+ 121. Bf4 Rg4
122. Rf2+ Ka3 123. Kc3 Ka4 124. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O g5
12. Bc1 Ne5 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. e4 Qa5 15. Rb1 Na3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3
17. e5 d5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rbf1 Qe7
22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Bxd5 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Qc5 26. Bxe6+
Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Nf3 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qc8
31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rf7 Rb8 33. Ng5 a5 34. Ne6 Bb2 35. Kg4 a4
36. Kf5 b5 37. Ra7 a3 38. Ng5 Rf8+ 39. Ke4 Re8+ 40. Kd3 Rd8+
41. Kc2 Rd5 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Rh5 b4 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kb3 Bc3
46. Ne4 Rb2+ 47. Kc4 Rxa2 48. Nxc3 bxc3 49. Kxc3 Rg2 50. Ra5
Rxg4 51. Rxa3 Rh4 52. Rb3 Rh3+ 53. Kb4 Rxb3+ 54. Kxb3 Kg7
55. h4 Kg6 56. h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 d5 9. e5 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 f6 12. exf6
Rxf6 13. O-O Qf8 14. Re1 h6 15. Re3 Nf5 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Ne5
Nb4 18. Rf3 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Bf5 20. Qc5 Nf7 21. Qxc7 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Rf7 23. Qc6 Qd8 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxg6 Qf8 26. Nf3
Qf7 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Bxh6 Re6 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Nbd7 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 Ned7 19. Rc1 h6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3
Ng4 22. Qb3 Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Nxd5
26. Nc4 Rad8 27. Kf3 f6 28. Na5 e4+ 29. Kf2 Rf7 30. Rd4 f5
31. Rcd1 Rfd7 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 g6 35. h3
Rxb2 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 h5 39. Rxa6 Ra2 40. g5
h4 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rf4 Rxa4 43. Rxh4 Ra5 44. Rg4 Kf7 45. Kg3
Ra2 46. Rxe4 Rxe2 47. Re5 Re1 48. e4 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke3
Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rd1+ 52. Kc5 Rd2 53. Rd5 Re2 54. Kd4 Rg2 55. Ra5
Rg1 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ra5 Ke6 59. Re5+ Kd6 60. Rb5
Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Rf6+ Kg7 63. Kd5 Rxg5+ 64. e5 Rf5 65. Ra6
g5 66. Kd6 Rf1 67. e6 Kf6 68. Kd7 Re1 69. Rd6 g4 70. Rd4 Rxe6
71. Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "40"]

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 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7
17. Re3 Qb2 18. Re2 Qc3 19. Re3 Qb2 20. Re2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "179"]

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 Qe7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. c5 O-O 15. a3 Qa5 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. b4 Qc7 18. f4 a6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. a4
Ne4 23. h4 Ra7 24. Rh1 Nf6 25. Qb2 Rfa8 26. Be2 Qf8 27. Qc2
Kf7 28. Rab1 Qe7 29. Rb3 Rh8 30. Bf3 Rha8 31. Qe2 Rh8 32. Rhb1
Ne4 33. Qe1 Nf6 34. R1b2 Rha8 35. Qb1 Qd8 36. Ra2 Ng8 37. Qb2
Ne7 38. Be2 Qd7 39. Ra1 Ng8 40. Rba3 Ne7 41. Rh1 Ng8 42. Bd3
Nf6 43. Rha1 Ng8 44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Ke2 Ng8 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5
Rxa3 48. Rxa3 Rxa3 49. Qxa3 cxb5 50. Qa5 Ne7 51. Bxb5 Nc6
52. Qa4 Qc8 53. Kd3 Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd8 55. Kb3 Kc7 56. Kb2 Kb8
57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd2 Kd8 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Ke2 Kf7 61. Ke1 Ke7
62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Be2 Qd8 64. Bb5 Qc8 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Kg2 Kf7
67. Be2 Qd8 68. Qb5 Qc7 69. Bd3 Kf6 70. Kh3 Kf7 71. Qa4 Qc8
72. Be2 Kf6 73. Kh2 Kf7 74. Kg1 Kf6 75. Kf1 Kf7 76. Ke1 Ke7
77. Kd2 Kd7 78. Qa1 Kc7 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Bb5 Qc8 81. Kc3 Qb8
82. Qa4 Qc8 83. Bxc6 bxc6 84. Qa5+ Kd7 85. Qa7+ Qc7 86. Qa8
Qc8 87. Qxc8+ Kxc8 88. Kb4 Kb7 89. Ka5 Ka7 90. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. Nd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. c3
Qa5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. O-O Be5 21. Qd3 Qb5 22. Rac1
Ra4 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24. a3 Kd7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rcd1 f5 27. Ke2
Rg8 28. Kd3 h5 29. Rde1 h4 30. Bf2 Bf6 31. Rh1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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.a3 a5 13.Nbd2
Bb6 14.Rb1 a4 15.b4 axb3 16.Rxb3 O-O 17.c5 Bxc5 18.Rxb7 Qd5
19.Qxd5 exd5 20.Nb3 Bxa3 21.Bxa3 Rxa3 22.Nbxd4 Ngxe5 23.Nxc6
Nxc6 24.Rc7 Rc3 25.Re1 Rc4 26.Rd7 Nb4 27.g3 h6 28.Ree7 Nc6
29.Re1 Rc5 30.Kg2 Nb4 31.Ree7 Nc6 32.Re1 Rb8 33.h4 Rc8 34.Rb1
d4 35.Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3
Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Nf1 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ng3 h6
13.Bb3 Re8 14.Bd2 Bb6 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Rad1 Bxh3 17.c4 Ndf4 18.c5
Nxg2 19.cxb6 Qf6 20.Nh2 Nxe1 21.Rxe1 axb6 22.Bc3 Be6 23.Re3
Nf4 24.Rf3 Qh4 25.Bd2 Bg4 26.Qc4 Be6 27.Qc2 Bxb3 28.Qxb3 Re6
29.a3 Rae8 30.Qb4 Rf6 31.Qe4 Ree6 32.Ne2 Nxe2+ 33.Qxe2 Rxf3
34.Qxf3 Rg6+ 35.Kh1 Rf6 36.Qg3 Qxg3 37.fxg3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4
7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.f4 Qxf4 10.d4 Qd6 11.Ne5+ c6 12.Bc4 Be6
13.c3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Qd5 15.Qb3 Bd6 16.Qxb7 O-O 17.Qxc6 Qxc6
18.Nxc6 Ng4 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 e3 21.h3 Nxe5 22.Bxe3 Nc4
23.Bc5 Rae8+ 24.Kd1 Nxb2+ 25.Kd2 Rf5 26.Bxa7 Rf7 27.Bc5 Rd7+
28.Kc2 Re2+ 29.Kb3 Rb7+ 30.Bb4 Nd3 31.a4 Nxb4 32.cxb4 Re3+
33.Kc2 Rxb4 34.a5 Rc4+ 35.Kd2 Ree4 36.Ra3 Red4+ 37.Ke3 Re4+
38.Kf3 Rf4+ 39.Kg3 Rf7 40.Rb1 Ra7 41.a6 Rcc7 42.Rb6 h6 43.Kf4
Re7 44.h4 Rac7 45.Ra4 Kh7 46.g4 Ra7 47.h5 Rac7 48.Rd6 Rc8
49.Ra3 Rf8+ 50.Kg3 Rb8 51.Rc3 Rb4 52.Rd8 Rb6 53.Ra8 Rf7
54.Rcc8 Rb3+ 55.Kh4 g5+ 56.hxg6+ Kxg6 57.Rc6+ Kg7 58.Rd8 Rb1
59.Rdd6 Rh1+ 60.Kg3 Rg1+ 61.Kh3 Rf3+ 62.Kh2 Rgf1 63.Rd7+ Rf7
64.Rxf7+ Rxf7 65.Rc2 h5 66.Ra2 1-0

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. Nf3 Qxe2+
11. Kxe2 c5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rf8 15. Kg2 Rf5
16. d3 d5 17. f4 Rf7 18. Re5 O-O-O 19. Rb1 c6 20. Bd2 Bd6
21. Re6 Kd7 22. Rbe1 Rdf8 23. R1e2 Rf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Be3
Re6 26. Kf3 d4 27. Bd2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nc6
13.Be3 Rfd8 14.h4 e5 15.d5 Na5 16.h5 c4 17.Bc2 Nb3 18.Ra2 h6
19.Nh2 Bd6 20.Rb1 Nc5 21.Nf1 Ba6 22.Ng3 Bf8 23.Nf5 Nd3 24.g3
Bc8 25.Qf3 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Bc5 27.Qf3 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Nc5 29.Rb4 Nb7
30.Ba4 Nd6 31.Bc6 Rab8 32.a4 Rf8 33.g4 Kh7 34.f3 Qe7 35.Rh2
Qf6 36.Kf2 Rbc8 37.Ke1 Rc7 38.Kd1 Rd8 39.Ke2 Qe7 40.Rh1 Qf6
41.Ra1 Qh4 42.Rbb1 Qh2+ 43.Qf2 Qf4 44.Qe3 Qh2+ 45.Qf2 Qf4
46.Qe3 Qh2+ 47.Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5
Nfd5 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4
17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. exf6 Rf8 22. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.exd4 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.Bf4 d6 12.Re1 Nbd7
13.Rc1 e5 14.dxe5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Nc3 g6
18.Be4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rc8 20.b4 Qd4 21.Qxd4 exd4 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Nd5 Re2 24.Kf1 Ra2 25.Rd1 Rxa3 26.Rxd4 Ra4 27.Nf6+ Kg7
28.Ne8+ Kg8 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6
7. c4 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qc2 Qd6
12. Na3 Be6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rfb8 15. Qc3 Nd7 16. Rac1 a5
17. Rc2 a4 18. Rd1 Rb5 19. h4 h5 20. Ng5 Nb6 21. Nf3 Nd7
22. Ng5 Nb6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. h3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1 c5 16. d5 Nh7 17. Be3 Be7
18. b4 c4 19. Qd2 Ng5 20. N1h2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nh4 22. Nxh4
Bxh4 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rea1 axb4 25. cxb4 Bg5 26. a5 Ra6 27. Bxg5
Qxg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. g4 g6 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3
b5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxc6 Bb7 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 g6 26. Qc4
Rfd8 27. b4 Qf5 28. h4 h5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Ra1 Rc8
32. Qf1 Qe5 33. Qd1 Re8 34. Ra2 Qf5 35. Rc2 Re4 36. Rc5 Rf6
37. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Qxb4 39. Rc6 Qb2 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. d6
Qd8 42. Qd5 Kf8 43. Qc5 f6 44. Qc7 Ke8 45. Qc6+ Kf7 46. Qc4+
Ke8 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Qxg6 Qh8 49. Qd3 a5 50. Qd4 a4 51. Qc5
Ke6 52. Qc6 a3 53. Qa6 a2 54. Qxa2+ Kxd6 55. Qf7 Ke5 56. Qd7
Qh6 57. Qe8+ Kd6 58. Qd8+ Ke6 59. Qg8+ Kd6 60. Kg2 Ke7 61. f4
Qf8 62. Qd5 Qe8 63. Qc5+ Ke6 64. Kf3 Qg6 65. Kf2 Kf7 66. f5
Qh6 67. Qc7+ Kg8 68. Qc4+ Kh8 69. Qe2 Kg7 70. Qe3 Qh8 71. Qe7+
Kh6 72. Ke3 Qg8 73. Qxf6+ Kh7 74. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5
dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6
12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. O-O Rae8 16. Rae1 Bxc4
17. Qxc4+ Qd5 18. Rf5 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. g3
c5 22. Ne3 cxd4 23. Nxd5 Re5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Bxf6 Rb5
26. Bxd4 Rxb2 27. Bxa7 Rxa2 28. Bd4 Bg7 29. Rxe4 Bxd4+
30. Rxd4 b5 31. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Nc5 10. Bg5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3
12. cxd3 c6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. g4 b6 15. Rf2 Re8 16. Rd2 Bf8
17. Kg2 a5 18. d4 f6 19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. h3 Ra6
22. Red1 Be7 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Ng3 c5
27. b3 Nd6 28. Rxc5 Bb7 29. Rc7 Ba8 30. Bc5 b4 31. Rd7 Nxf5
32. Nxf5 Bxc5 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+
Kg8 37. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Qc2 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. e3 c5 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Qb3 Bc4 18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Bf1 Be7 20. h4 Bf6 21. Qd2 h6
22. h5 Qf7 23. Rc2 Qxh5 24. Rac1 Kh7 25. Bg2 Rcd8 26. Bc7 Rde8
27. b3 Bd3 28. Rc5 d4 29. Rd5 Rc8 30. exd4 Qf7 31. Qa5 Bg5
32. Rcc5 e3 33. f4 Bf6 34. Be5 Be7 35. Rd7 Qe8 36. Rxc8 Qxd7
37. Rc7 Qd8 38. d5 Bf6 39. d6 Re8 40. Qd5 Ba6 41. Qf7 Rxe5
42. fxe5 e2 43. Kf2 Qb8 44. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7
7. dxc5 Nd7 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nd4 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf5 exf5
12. Qxd5 Bxe3 13. e6 Qb6 14. Qxd7 Qxb2 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. fxe3
Qxe2 17. Qxb7 Ne5 18. Na3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Qf3 Qe5
21. Qf4 Rxf7 22. h3 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne3 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Rf3 g6
26. Re5 Nf6 27. Nb5 Rd7 28. Nd4 Ne4 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Kh2 Rb1
31. h4 Rc1 32. h5 Kg7 33. Ra6 Rxc3 34. Ne6+ Kh6 35. hxg6 hxg6
36. Rxc3 Nxc3 37. Nf8 Rg7 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Ra6 Rg7 40. Ra3 Rc7
41. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qc2 d4
12. Nb1 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15. b4 Bxb4 16. Nb3 Bc3
17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Qa3 c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. dxc4
Nxc4 22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. e3 g6 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. a4 Rdd7 26. Kf1
Rc7 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 b6 30. f4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1
Ne4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc7 Rb4 35. Rxa7 Rxb5
36. g4 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. a4 a5
12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Be8 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 g6 16. b3 Kc8 17. Bb2
Bg7 18. Ne4 c5 19. Ng3 Rg8 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. c4 Kb7 22. Rad1
Rad8 23. Rd3 Bc8 24. Rfd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Re8 26. Ne4 Nc6
27. Kg3 Kb8 28. Bc3 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. e6 Nxe6 31. Bxg7
Nxg7 32. Ne5 f5 33. Nf6 g5 34. Nc6+ Kb7 35. Nd8+ Kb8 36. Nc6+
Kb7 37. Nd8+ Kb8 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Nh7 c6 40. Nxg5 Kc7
41. Ndf7 b5 42. Kf4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Ne6+ 44. Nxe6+ Bxe6 45. Ne5
Kd6 46. g5 bxa4 47. bxa4 Ke7 48. Nxc6+ Kd6 49. Nxa5 Kc7
50. Ke5 Bg8 51. Nb3 Bxc4 52. Nxc5 Kb6 53. Ne4 Bb3 54. Nc3 Bc2
55. Kf6 Kc5 56. g6 Kb4 57. g7 Bb3 58. Ne4 Bg8 59. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14. Nbxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. O-O
Rc5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Nf3 b5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd5 21. Nd4 Na5
22. Rad1 Nc4 23. Bc1 a5 24. Nc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Kf1 Nb6
27. a3 a4 28. Rd4 Nfd5 29. Ke2 e5 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Rd1 Ke6
32. Rf1 Nc4 33. Rf3 h6 34. Nb4 Nxb4 35. axb4 g5 36. g4 Rg8
37. Rf1 Nb6 38. Be3 Nd5 39. Rh1 Rc8 40. h4 a3 41. bxa3 Rxc3
42. Bc5 Nf4+ 43. Kd2 Rxa3 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rh8 Kd5 46. Rd8+
Kc4 47. Re8 Kd5 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Re8 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Nd5+ 51. Kf3
Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Nc3+ 53. Ke3 Ra2 54. Rc8 Re2+ 55. Kf3 e4+ 56. Kg3
Rc2 57. Kh3 Nd5 58. Be7+ Kb3 59. Rxc2 Kxc2 60. Bxg5 Nxb4
61. Bh4 Nd5 62. g5 b4 63. Kg4 b3 64. g6 b2 65. g7 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7
12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Na4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a3 Ba6
17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qe3 Ra8 21. Bxh6
Bf6 22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxa3
26. Rxb6 Re6 27. Rb7 Kg8 28. Rc7 Bb2 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. g4 d4
31. Bf4 Ba3 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Be7 35. Kg2 c5
36. h4 Re4 37. Kg3 f6 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Kf3 Re6 40. h5 Kf8
41. c3 dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qe7
7. O-O Qf7 8. Re1 O-O-O 9. a4 Nge7 10. b4 Nxb4 11. Rb1 Nec6
12. Ne2 Qg6 13. Bd2 fxe5 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Nxe5 Qxc2 16. Bxd7+
Rxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Nf4 Qxd1 19. Rbxd1 Bd6 20. Nxe6 Nc2
21. Re2 Re8 22. Nc5+ Bxc5 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. dxc5 Nb4 25. a5 a6
26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Rd4 Nc6 28. Rxd5+ Ke6 29. Rh5 h6 30. Ke2 Nxa5
31. Kd3 b6 32. cxb6 cxb6 33. Rh3 Nb7 34. Rg3 Nc5+ 35. Kc4 Kf6
36. Kd5 a5 37. Rf3+ Kg5 38. Kc6 Ne4 39. Kxb6 a4 40. Kb5 Nd2
41. Rg3+ Kf6 42. Kxa4 g5 43. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Rb1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Bg2 Bd6
17. a4 Qe7 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. f4 Nf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5
22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. Rbf1 Nh5 25. Rh4 Nf6 26. Nd1 Ng4
27. Qc3 f4 28. Be4 h6 29. Bf3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qg5 31. Kg2 Rf6
32. Rfh1 Rbf8 33. Rh5 Ne3+ 34. Nxe3 Qxe3 35. Qe5 Qd2 36. Qg5
Qa2 37. R5h4 c6 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rxh6+ Rxh6 40. Rxh6+ gxh6
41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mejdi Kaabi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4
7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nxc4 c5 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6
12. Be3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Re1 Bf6
17. Ra2 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Rc2 Be7 20. h3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh4
22. Ree2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Qc7 24. Nd2 Qc1 25. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2
Rfc8 27. Nc4 Rb1 28. g3 Bd8 29. d5 Rxb3 30. Nd6 Rcc3 31. dxe6
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mejdi Kaabi"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2
Qd7 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. h4 Re7 16. h5 Qg4 17. Bg5 Nd8
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. Bh4 Ree8 22. g3 Ng4
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Kg2 d5 26. Ng5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1
Bh6 28. f3 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Kg7 30. Rh1 c5 31. Rh4 Rg8 32. Rah1
Kf7 33. a5 c4 34. d4 dxe4 35. fxe4 exd4 36. Rf4+ Ke8 37. Rh7
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 Qb6 11.Bf2 b4 12.Na4 Bxf2+ 13.Qxf2
Qxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Bb7 15.Rac1 O-O 16.Rhe1 Rfc8 17.h4 Ne7 18.Nd4
Bc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.h5 f6 21.exf6 gxf6 22.c4 bxc3 23.Rxc3 Rxc3
24.bxc3 e5 25.Rb1 Ra7 26.g3 h6 27.Be2 Kf7 28.Bg4 f5 29.Be2 Ke6
30.Ke3 e4 31.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.dxc5
bxc5 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Rc2 Rd4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qe8+ Kh7
18.e3 Rd8 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Ne4 Qg6 21.Nxc5 Bxg2 22.Bxg2 Qxg2
23.Qe4+ Qxe4 24.Nxe4 Nd7 25.Ke2 f5 26.Nd2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4
a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Qb8 13.b4
e5 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Ra3
Bd6 19.Rad3 Bf8 20.Qb3 c5 21.bxc5 Bxc5 22.Bc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Be4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Ng6 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 Qc7 14.Qb3 Be7 15.Rac1 O-O 16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Bf8
18.g3 Rd7 19.Be4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rc8 21.Kg2 Na5 22.Qa4 b6 23.Rd7
Qc4 24.Qxc4 Nxc4 25.Bd4 Bc5 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.b3
Nb6 29.Rxa7 c4 30.bxc4 Nxc4 31.a4 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.a5 e5
34.a6 Na5 35.Nh4 Nc6 36.Rb7 g5 37.Nf5 Kf8 38.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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.h3 h5 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ne4
Bd7 13.b3 h4 14.Bg5 Rd8 15.c4 b6 16.Rd2 Bc8 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8
18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Bf4 c5 20.e6 Bxe6 21.Bxc7 f6 22.Bb8 a6 23.Ba7
Bd8 24.Nc3 Kf7 25.Na4 b5 26.Nxc5 Bc8 27.cxb5 axb5 28.a4 bxa4
29.bxa4 Re8 30.Rb1 g5 31.Bb6 Be7 32.a5 Bxc5 33.Bxc5 Re6 34.Rb6
Ng7 35.Be3 Nf5 36.Rb8 Re8 37.Ra8 Bb7 38.Ra7 Re7 39.Bc5 Rd7
40.a6 Bc6 41.Rxd7+ Bxd7 42.Nd2 Ke6 43.Nc4 Bc6 44.Nb6 Nd6
45.Bxd6 Kxd6 46.a7 Kc7 47.a8=Q Bxa8 48.Nxa8+ Kb7 49.f4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7
13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 Rad8
18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.f4 Ne4 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.f5 d4 24.f6 gxf6 25.Bh6 Rf7 26.cxd4 fxe5 27.Rxf7 Kxf7
28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.dxe5 c4 30.e6 Qa7+ 31.Kf1 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Qxb2+
33.Kg3 Qf6 34.Qe8+ Bf8 35.Bxf8 Qg5+ 36.Kh3 Qf5+ 37.Kh4 Qf4+
38.Kh3 Qf5+ 39.g4 Qxf8 40.Qd7 Qf3+ 41.Kh4 Qf6+ 42.g5 Qf4+
43.Kh5 Qf3+ 44.Kh4 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Rae8
17. Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. a4
Nxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Kf8 25. Kf2 Re8
26. Nd2 g6 27. Bd1 Be7 28. Nb3 b4 29. c4 Bg5 30. Bf3 Be3+
31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rb6 Be8 33. Rxb4 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Kf2
Rd2+ 36. Be2 c5 37. Rb7 Rd7 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Ke3 Rd6 40. Rb7+
Rd7 41. Rb8 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. b4
cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 f5 47. c5+ Ke5 48. Bb5 Bf7 49. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 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 Be2 21. Bf4 Bd3
22. Rad1 Be2 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. e5 Nc4 25. Qa6 g5 26. Be3 Nxe3
27. Qxd3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rab8 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 c4 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Rxb7 Bb4
12. Rxb4 Nxb4 13. Bd1 Qd3 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. Qa1 Bg4 16. Qb2 Rb8
17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Bc2 Be2 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. a3 Bxb1 21. axb4
Bg6 22. Qa3 Rb7 23. b5+ Re7 24. Bf4 h6 25. h4 Rh7 26. Qa6 Bf5
27. Bc1 f6 28. Ba3 fxe5 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4
17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Nb4 21. Kh1 Rg6
22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qe7 24. Rg5 h6 25. Re5 Qf7 26. Qg2 c6
27. Qe4 Nd5 28. Rxe6 Qh5 29. Re5 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2
Qxa4 32. Re7 Qa2+ 33. Kg3 Qa1 34. Rxb7 Qxc3 35. Qe5 Qe1+
36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Ne2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. a4 Bb4 16. Red1 Re8
17. Ng3 Nf4 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxg7 Bd5 20. Bxh6 Nxh3+ 21. Kf1
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 23. Be3 Bd6 24. Rd2 b6 25. Rad1 Kb7 26. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. Rad1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Nd4 Nxd4
16. Rxd4 b5 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. a4 a6 19. Ra1 Re8 20. axb5 axb5
21. f4 Kg8 22. Ra7 Kh7 23. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5
12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Rad1
Rae8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxe4 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rde1 Qg6
21. Qb5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6
7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh4 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5
12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc7 14. Nf5 Qe6 15. Bh6 Nxe4 16. Qg4 g6
17. Nxe4 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Rd1 e4 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Rxb7 Bf4 25. h3 e3
26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Rd4 g5 28. Ne5 Rf8 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qe2 f5
17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Re6 f4 19. Rxd6 Bg4 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Rae8 22. Bd2 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Re2 25. Be3 Rxe3
26. fxe3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 g4 28. a4 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Rf1+ 30. Kh2 Rf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. e3 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. exd4 f5
17. Qe1 Ra8 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Rfe8 21. Qe6+
Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Bd6 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Rb5 g6 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Nxb7
Nxe3 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Re1 Rxa3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rxd3
31. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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 Rfe8 14. Na2 Bf8 15. e4 c5 16. e5 Nd5
17. Bb5 Red8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. dxc5
Rd5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Nc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a5 25. Nb5 Qxe5 26. bxa5
Rxa5 27. g3 Nd5 28. Nd6 Ra7 29. Qb3 Qc3 30. Qb5 Nf6 31. Qb6
Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33. Nxb7 Rxa4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. c6 Nd5
36. Nd6 Ra7 37. h4 f6 38. Nb5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. Nd6 g5
41. h5 Ne7 42. Nf7 Ng8 43. Rd6 e5 44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Rd8 Ng8
46. Rc8 g6 47. Rc7 gxh5 48. Rd7 Kg6 49. c7 Kf5 50. Nd8 Rc3+
51. Kg2 h4 52. g4+ Kxg4 53. Nb7 Kf5 54. Rg7 Ke6 55. Nd8+ Kf5
56. Nb7 Ke6 57. Nd8+ Kf5 58. Nb7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4
d5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. b3 dxe4 15. g5 Nfd5 16. fxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
hxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21. Qf2 Ra7 22. Ng1
Rc7 23. Ngf3 Qc5 24. Qd2 Qc3 25. Bg4 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Ke7
27. Rdf2 Nd7 28. Ne2 Bb7 29. Ne1 Ne5 30. Nd3 Ke8 31. Nxe5 Bxe5
32. Bf3 Rh4 33. Nc1 Bxe4 34. Re2 Bxf3 35. Rxe5 Be4 36. Rf2 Bf5
37. Ra5 Rc6 38. Rg2 Rh3 39. Re5 Rh1 40. Kb2 Rd6 41. Nd3 Bxd3
42. cxd3 Rxd3 43. Re4 a5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Rd2 Rf1
0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5
dxe5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. c4 e4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. g4
Rfe8 17. g5 Bxb2 18. Kxb2 Qb4+ 19. Kc1 Bxc4 20. Bd3 Qa3+
21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. Kc1 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Qg5 Qc2 23. Bxd7 Qxe2 24. Bg4 h5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5
26. Nh4 Nf6 27. Nf5+ Kg8 28. Ne3 Qxa2 29. h4 Qxb3 30. h5 Qb1+
31. Kh2 Qb2 32. hxg6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 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. Be3 b6 13. Rac1 Ncb4 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qg4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5
17. Qh3 Qe7 18. Rf1 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. Rf2 f6
22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 f5 24. Rff1 g6 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8
27. Qg3 a6 28. Nc3 Bf6 29. Qf3 Bb7 30. Qe2 a5 31. Nb5 Rd8
32. e4 Bxd4+ 33. Nxd4 Qc5 34. exf5 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 exf5 36. Rc1
Kf8 37. Bb5 Qd2 38. Rc7 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jure Borisek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8
13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Ne3
Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Ra7 Nc5 21. Nd2 Qc6 22. f3
Ne6 23. Kh2 Rfd8 24. b4 Nd4 25. Qd1 Bh4 26. Rf1 Nxc2 27. Qxc2
Rd3 28. Bc5 Rbd8 29. Nb1 Bg5 30. Kh1 Bf4 31. Bg1 f5 32. exf5
e4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1
Nc6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Ke2 Qb5+ 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Kd3 Rfb8
21. Kc2 Na5 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kc3 Kd7 25. Rb2 Kc6
26. Rhb1 Rd8 27. b4 cxb4+ 28. axb4 Nb7 29. Nc4 Nd6 30. Ra1
Ne4+ 31. Kc2 Nxf2 32. Rb3 Rg8 33. Ra6+ Kc7 34. Rxa7+ Rb7
35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. g3 Ng4 37. Rd3 Rg5 38. h4 Rg7 39. Rd7+ Kc6
40. Ra7 Ne5 41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. f4
h5 17. a4 Kd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Bd3 h4 20. g4 hxg3 21. hxg3 g5
22. b4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Kc7 24. Kb2 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rf1 b5
27. axb6+ Kxb6 28. Kb3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bg7 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rg1 Rb8
32. Re1 Ra8 33. Kb2 Rh8 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Kc1 Bg7 36. Kd1 Bh6
37. f5 Bg7 38. Ra5 Ra7 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Kf3 Ra8 41. Ra1 a5
42. bxa5+ Rxa5 43. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Rc8 11.e4 h6 12.Bh4 c5
13.Bd3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nc5 15.Be2 e5 16.Qf2 Ne6 17.O-O g5 18.Bg3
Nd4 19.Rfd1 Nh5 20.Bd3 Nf4 21.Qf1 Qf6 22.Bf2 Nde6 23.Bc2 Qg6
24.g3 Nh5 25.Qe2 g4 26.fxg4 Nf6 27.h3 Ng5 28.Kh2 d5 29.Be3 d4
30.Bxg5 hxg5 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Rf5 Rh8 33.Kg2 Nd7 34.Nf3 f6 35.h4
Qh6 36.Rf1 Rh7 37.b4 Kh8 38.Rh1 gxh4 39.Rxh4 Qe3 40.Qxe3 dxe3
41.Bd3 Ba6 42.Rxh7+ Kxh7 43.g5 Bxc4 44.Bxc4 Rxc4 45.gxf6 e2
46.Kf2 Rxe4 47.f7 Kg7 48.Ke1 Kf8 49.Ng5 Rg4 50.Nh7+ Ke7 51.Rg5
Rxg5 52.Nxg5 a5 53.b5 Kf6 54.Ne4+ Kxf7 55.Kxe2 Ke6 56.g4 Kd5
57.Kd3 Nf8 58.g5 Ne6 59.Ke3 Kc4 60.g6 a4 61.Nd2+ Kd5 62.Nb1
Nd4 63.Kd3 Ke6 64.Nc3 Kf6 65.Ke4 Nc2 66.Nb1 Nd4 67.Nc3 Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6
12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. c3 Be6 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Ng4 Nd7 16. Nxh6+ Kg7
17. Nf5+ gxf5 18. exf5 Bxd5 19. Qg4+ Kh6 20. Qh3+ Kg5 21. Qg3+
Kh5 22. Qg7 Bf3 23. Qh7+ Kg5 24. Qg7+ Kh5 25. Qh7+ Kg5
26. Qg7+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7
12. Be2 Re8 13. Rd1 a5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. O-O d3 16. Rxd3 e4
17. Rd6 exf3 18. Bxf6 fxe2 19. Bxe7 exf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Rxe7
21. b3 Be6 22. Qc3 Rc7 23. e4 Re7 24. h3 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5
26. Kg1 Be6 27. Rd3 Bf5 28. Rd6 Be6 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rd5 Be6
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rae8 33. b5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Ne5 35. c6 bxc6
36. bxc6 Nxc6 37. Qxc6 Rd8 38. g3 Red7 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6
12. h3 Bc5 13. a4 Ba7 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qe2 Bxe3
17. Bxe3 Bc4 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b4 Qe6 20. Qc1 a5 21. bxa5 bxa4
22. Rxa4 Bb5 23. Ra3 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nxa5 25. Qa3 Nc4 26. Qc5 c6
27. Qb4 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd7 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. c4 c5
32. Qc3 Bc6 33. Qxe5 Rxb1+ 34. Bxb1 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Bxe4
36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nd3 Nd6 38. Nxc5 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Qe7
17. Ne4 Rb4 18. Qe2 Rxa4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 e5 21. Qxa6
exd4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. b4 Qe7 25. Qc4 Rb6
26. Qd3 Rb8 27. Qc4 Rb6 28. Kg2 Rb5 29. e4 g5 30. f3 Kg7
31. Qc3 Qf6 32. Kf2 Qe5 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Rc4 Rb8 35. Ke3 Qe7
36. Qc3+ Kh7 37. Rc5 Rb6 38. Rf5 Kg8 39. Re5 Qf8 40. Rc5 Qb8
41. Qf6 Qf8 42. Qc3 Qb8 43. Qf6 Qf8 44. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. e5 c5 10. O-O d5 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bg5 Qxb2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4
Be5 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. f5 Kh8 21. Qf3
Qd5 22. c3 Be5 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rb2 Rg4 26. Nxf6
Rf8 27. Rd2 Qc4 28. Rdd1 Rf4 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Qe4 Qxe4
31. Nxe4 a5 32. g3 Be5 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. Ra4 c4 35. Kg2 Kg7
36. Kf3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. g4 h4 39. Ke2 Bg7 40. Kf2 Rf8+
41. Ke2 Ra8 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 Bg7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. c3 Na5
17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Qe2 a6 19. h4 h6 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bb1 Nb6
22. h5 Nd7 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. hxg6+ Nxg6 26. Bg3 Ne4
27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rfd8 29. f4 Qc4 30. a3 Rd7 31. Qf2 Ne7
32. Rce1 Qd3 33. Bh4 Nf5 34. Nxf5 exf5 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4
Qc2 37. Qd7 Rc4 38. e6 Rxf4 39. e7 Rg4 40. Bf2 Rf4 41. Qa7 Re4
42. e8=Q Rxe8 43. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

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. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nd5
12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Be6
17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nb2 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Bc4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. a4 Bd6
22. a5 h6 23. Ra4 Bb5 24. Raa1 Bc4 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Rae8
27. dxe5 Rxe5 28. Rad1 Rb5 29. Qc1 Be5 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rd7 Qb8
32. Bxa7 Qc8 33. Bg4 Rb7 34. Qe3 Be6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rxb7
Qxb7 37. Bc5 a5 38. Qd3 a4 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Qc4 Kf7 41. Qe2 Qb5
42. Qh5+ Kf6 43. Rd1 Qxc5 44. Rd7 Rf8 45. f4 a3 46. fxe5+ Qxe5
47. Qf3+ Kg6 48. Qxf8 a2 49. Rd1 Qxc3 50. Qf1 c5 51. Kh3 c4
52. Ra1 Qb2 53. e5 Kh7 54. Rc1 Qxe5 55. Qd1 Qf5+ 56. Kg2 Qe4+
57. Qf3 Qe5 58. Qf1 Qe4+ 59. Kh3 Qe5 60. Qd1 Qf5+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+
62. Kg1 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qe4 64. Kf2 Qf5+ 65. Ke3 Qe5+ 66. Kd2
Qa5+ 67. Kc2 Qa3 68. Qd4 Qb3+ 69. Kd2 Qb1 70. Qc3 Kh8 71. Re1
e5 72. h4 Kh7 73. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8
12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bf2 Bc6 16. Qf3 Kh8
17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qe3 b6 19. Nd5 Rce8 20. Rf1 Nf4 21. Be1 Qc5
22. Bb4 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Bxe4 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Bxf7 Rc8 26. Kh2
Bc5 27. Nd5 Bxg2 28. Rxf4 Bxd5 29. Rff1 Be4 30. Rd7 Be3 31. c3
Bf4+ 32. Kg1 Be3+ 33. Kh2 Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 12. h3
Rfe8 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Na4
Qc7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qxg3 20. b4 Ne6 21. Qf2 Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Bc3 f6
27. a4 Bf7 28. a5 Rad8 29. Red1 a6 30. h4 Nc7 31. Rd4 Ne6
32. Rdd1 Kf8 33. Kg3 Nc7 34. Bd4 Bb3 35. Bc5+ Kf7 36. Rdb1 Be6
37. Rd1 Bb3 38. Rdb1 Be6 39. Rd1 g5 40. Bb6 Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Nb5
42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Bxd8 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 c5 46. bxc5
b4 47. c6 bxc6 48. a6 b3 49. a7 b2 50. a8=Q b1=Q 51. Qa7+ Kg6
52. Kg3 Qe1+ 53. Qf2 Qxf2+ 54. Kxf2 c5 55. Kg3 c4 56. Ba5 f5
57. Kf4 h5 58. Be1 fxe4 59. fxe4 Bf7 60. Bc3 Be8 61. Be1 Kf6
62. Bh4+ Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd4 Bf7 65. Bg5 Kc6 66. Bh4 Kb5
67. Be7 Bg6 68. Ke3 Ka4 69. e5 Kb3 70. Bg5 c3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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. Qb3 Ng6 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. Bd1 Rc7
12. Qa6 Qc8 13. Qa4 Bxc5 14. b4 Bxb4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Nxf5
exf5 17. Bf3 Bc5 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Ba3 Nxe5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5
21. Nd2 Qc7 22. Rac1 g6 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qd6 25. Nb3 Ng4
26. g3 Rc7 27. c5 Qd5 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Rcc1 Re8 30. Qd1 Qc6
31. Nd4 Qa6 32. Qb3 Ne4 33. c6 Nd2 34. Qb5 Qxa2 35. Rfe1 Rd8
36. Qe5 Rcc8 37. c7 Rxd4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxc8 Nf3+ 40. Kf1
Nxh2+ 41. Kg2 Ng4 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. Qf8+ Kxf8 44. c8=Q+ Kg7
45. Qc3+ Kh6 46. Qc5 Kg7 47. Ra1 Qb3 48. Kg1 Qe6 49. Qc3+ Ne5
50. Rfe1 Rd5 51. f4 Qb6+ 52. Kh1 Qb7 53. Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Kh1 Qb7
55. Kg1 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7
7. O-O a6 8. Nbd2 c4 9. Ne1 h6 10. c3 Ne7 11. g4 Bh7 12. Ng2
b5 13. f4 Nb6 14. Qc1 Qd7 15. Bd1 Nc6 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h5
18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 g6 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5 O-O-O 22. f6 Bh6
23. Kf2 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Ng2 dxc3 27. Nf3
Nd5 28. bxc3 Qa7+ 29. Ke1 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Qe2 Qxc3+
32. Kf2 Rd2 33. Qxd2 Rh2+ 34. Nxh2 Qxd2+ 35. Kg3 c3 36. Nf3
Qd5 37. Rh1 b4 38. Rad1 Qc4 39. Rh4 Qc5 40. Rh8+ Kb7 41. Rd7+
Kb6 42. Rh1 Qf8 43. Kf2 a5 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. Rh7 Qc8 46. Rhxf7
c2 47. Rc7 c1=Q 48. Rxc8 Qxc8 49. Re7 Ka4 50. Nd4 Qc5 51. Nf3
Ka3 52. Rd7 Kxa2 53. f7 b3 54. Rd8 b2 55. f8=Q Qxf8 56. Rxf8
b1=Q 57. Rf6 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 Qd5 59. Rf4 Kb2 60. Rd4 Qc5 61. Kg3
Kc3 62. Rd6 Qc4 63. Ng5 a4 64. Nxe6 a3 65. Nf4 a2 66. Rd1 Kb2
67. Kg4 Qc2 68. Nd3+ Ka3 69. Re1 Qxd3 70. e6 Qd2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O
7. f4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Re8 9. Qe2 Bf8 10. g4 d6 11. Nh3 Bxg4
12. Qxg4 Rxe4+ 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nf2 Nf6 15. Qf3 Re7 16. O-O
Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Bc3 Rae8 21. Bf3
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 d5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxf4
26. Bd2 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Bxd6 28. Ne4 Be5 29. Bc3 Bf4 30. Kg2 b6
31. h4 f6 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. h5 Kf7 34. h6 gxh6 35. Nxf6 Bd8
36. Ng4 Bg5 37. Ne5+ Ke6 38. Ke4 h5 39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6
41. b3 h6 42. a4 Ke6 43. Nh4 Kd6 44. Nf5+ Kc6 45. Nxh6 h4
46. Ng4 h3 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nh2 a6 49. Nf3 b5 50. axb5 axb5
51. Nh2 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. h3 Bh5
7. c4 Ngf6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. b4 O-O
12. Rb1 Nb6 13. O-O a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qb3 Na4 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Qd1 Rxa2 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qe7 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. Bg2 Kg7 24. e3 Rd8 25. Qc2 Nd3 26. Rfd1
Nb4 27. Qb3 Nc6 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Bf3 Ne5 30. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Be3 Qc7
7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc5 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Qh6+ Ke7
12. Bc4 Nbd7 13. Qg7 Rf8 14. Ng5 Nh5 15. Qh6 Ndf6 16. Nf3 b5
17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 Bb7 19. Qg5 b4 20. Na4 c5 21. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2
c6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. a4 a5
18. b3 Qc8 19. Qa3 Bc7 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Qc1 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3
23. Bd3 d5 24. Bf1 Qg4 25. Nh2 Qh4 26. exd5 exd4 27. Rxd4 Ne4
28. Bg2 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Nf1 Qg4 31. Bg5 cxd5 32. Bxd8
Nf4 33. Rd2 Qg3 34. Nxg3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qd2 Rfe8
22. Re3 b4 23. Ne2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc5 25. Ng3 Qd4 26. Kh2 a5
27. Re2 Re6 28. Qg5 Re8 29. Nf5 Qe5+ 30. f4 Qe6 31. e5 f6
32. Qh6 Qd7 33. Nxd6 Re7 34. Rd2 fxe5 35. fxe5 Qe6 36. Nc4 Bd5
37. Qf4 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Qxe5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Qxe5+ Rxe5 41. Bc2
Re2 42. Bb1 Rb2 43. Rd1 a4 44. Kg3 a3 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. g3 Ke6
47. h4 Na4 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh7 Nc3 51. c5+ Kxc5
52. Bg8 Nxa2 53. Re5+ Kb6 54. Rxh5 Nc1 55. Bc4 a2 56. Rb5+ Kc6
57. Ra5 b3 58. g4 Rb1 59. Kf4 a1=Q 60. g5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Qc6 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. b3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 g6 20. Rfd1 f5 21. a4 b5
22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Ke6 24. Kd2 d5 25. exf5+ gxf5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Rxc8 Bb4+ 28. Ke2 Rxc8 29. Ra1 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 Rc3
31. Ra6+ Bd6 32. Ng5+ Kd7 33. Nxh7 Rxd3 34. h4 Bc5 35. h5 Rd2
36. Nf6+ Kc7 37. h6 Kb7 38. h7 Kxa6 39. h8=Q Ka5 40. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa6
17. Nc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ng5 e6 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2
exd5 13. Nxd5 dxe5 14. Bxh5 Bc6 15. Bf3 h6 16. Nh3 e4 17. Bxe4
Re8 18. Bf3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. c3 Re7
22. cxd4 Rae8 23. f5 g5 24. Qg4 Re4 25. Qg3 f6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rc6
22. Bc3 Re6 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne2 Bg7
27. Nc3 Re6 28. Re2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc8 30. Re3 Rc5 31. f4 d5
32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxe3 34. Qd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7
36. Rc8 Re4 37. Ra8 Re6 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rc6 40. g3 h5
41. Kf2 h4 42. Ra7 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf6 44. Kg4 Ke6 45. h4 f6
46. c5 f5+ 47. Kg5 Kd5 48. Rg7 a5 49. Ra7 Rxc5 50. Kxg6 Ke4
51. Kg5 Rc1 52. Rxa5 Rg1+ 53. Kf6 Rh1 54. Ra4+ Kd5 55. Kg5 Ke6
56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. h5 Kh8 59. Kg6 Rg1+ 60. Kxf5 Kg8
61. Kf6 Rh1 62. f5 Rh2 63. Re7 Rh1 64. Re6 Kh7 65. Ke7 Rxh5
66. f6 Ra5 67. f7 Ra7+ 68. Kf6 Ra8 69. Re8 Ra6+ 70. Ke5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2
O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be2 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bg3 Ned7
17. b4 a6 18. f4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. Qe2 e5 21. Nd5 Rfe8
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. f5 Qa8 24. Bh4 Ree8 25. Rce1 Bc6 26. Rf3
Nh5 27. Re3 Ndf6 28. Qd1 b5 29. Be2 g5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. cxb5
axb5 32. Bxh5 Nxh5 33. Rd3 Qb8 34. Qg4 Kg7 35. Rf1 Qc7
36. Rdf3 Nf4 37. g3 Bd7 38. Bf6+ Kxf6 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. gxf4
exf4 41. Rxf4 Be6 42. Rf6 Qc3 43. Qf2 Rc7 44. Rxe6 Rxe6
45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Rf7+ Rxf7 47. Qxf7+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+
Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Ne5
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qb8 16. Bd4
Rfc8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Be3 b5 19. Na5 b4 20. Nd5 Rxc2 21. Rd2
Nxd5 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qc7+ 25. Kb1 Qxa5
26. Rc1 Be6 27. b3 d5 28. g4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd5 30. Qxb4 Qxf3
31. gxh5 Qd3+ 32. Kb2 e4+ 33. Ka3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. g3 Bc7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4
Rb8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. a5 Ng6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Bg4
18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Ne4 Bxh3 22. Nexd6
Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxg2 24. Nxe8 Bxd5 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nf5 Be4
27. Nh4 d3 28. Rd1 Nxh4 29. gxh4 d2 30. e3 Rd5 31. b4 Rd3
32. Rdxd2 Rb3 33. Rb2 Rc3 34. f5 Rxe3 35. Rf4 Bc6 36. Rd2 f6
37. Kf2 Re5 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rc8 h5 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Kg3 Re3+
42. Kh2 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Re5 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rd8 Ke7
47. Rd3 Kf7 48. Rc3 Rd5 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Rc5 Rd1 51. Rd4 Rh1
52. b5 Bxb5 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. Rxb7 Re1+ 55. Kd2 Re5 56. Rd8+
Be8 57. Rbb8 Kf7 58. Ra8 Bb5 59. Ra7+ Re7 60. Rda8 Rxa7
61. Rxa7+ Kg8 62. Rb7 Bf1 63. Ke3 Kh7 64. Kd4 Kh6 65. Rb6 Kh7
66. Kd5 Bd3 67. Ke6 Kg8 68. Rd6 Bc4+ 69. Ke7 Bb5 70. Rd5 Bc4
71. Rc5 Bd3 72. Ke6 Be2 73. Rc8+ Kh7 74. Kf7 Bd3 75. Rc5 Kh6
76. Ke7 Kh7 77. Rd5 Bc4 78. Rd4 Bb5 79. Rd6 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7
81. Kf8 Kh6 82. Rd6 Bc4 83. Rd2 g5 84. fxg6 Kxg6 85. Rf2 f5
86. Ke7 Bd5 87. Kd6 Be4 88. Ke5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bg5 Re8 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. d6 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. a4 g5
13. Bg3 b4 14. Nb1 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Bg7 16. Nc4 Bb7 17. h4 Ne4
18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nfd2 Re6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. O-O-O
b3 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxb3 Nb4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Nba5 Qf6 27. e4
Na2+ 28. Kc2 Rb8 29. e5 Qd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bh4 Qe8 32. Rdf1
Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxb2+ 34. Kd1 Nc3+ 35. Kc1 Na2+ 36. Kd1 Nc3+
37. Kc1 Na2+ 38. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nxe4
dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8. Nd4 c6 9. Bf4 Ba5+ 10. c3 Bc7 11. Bc4
O-O 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. Rd1 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Bf5 15. Ke2 a5 16. Ke3
Na6 17. Kf4 Bg6 18. h4 h5 19. e6 b5 20. Be2 Nc7 21. Ke3 Nxe6
22. Rd6 Rfc8 23. Be5 Nc5 24. g4 Nd3 25. f4 f6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. gxh5 Bh7 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Rxf6 Nxb2 30. h6 Rc7 31. Rg7
Rxg7 32. hxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxc6 b4 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Rc6+ Kg7
36. h5 Nd3 37. Bg4 Rf8 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. h6+ Kh8 40. Rc5 Nd3
41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Bxc8 Nb4 43. f5 Nxa2 44. Kxe4 a4 45. Kd3 Nb4+
46. Kc3 Nd5+ 47. Kb2 Bxf5 48. Bxf5 Nf6 49. h7 Nxh7 50. Bxh7
Kxh7 51. Ka3 Kh6 52. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nf3 b6
7. Bg2 Ba6 8. e5 h6 9. h4 g6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. g4
Nfe7 13. a3 Rh8 14. h5 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. b4 Rc8 17. O-O Qd7
18. Rfb1 Nd8 19. a4 Bb7 20. a5 cxb4 21. cxb4 bxa5 22. Rxa5
Nec6 23. Raa1 Bf8 24. b5 Nb4 25. d4 a6 26. Ra4 Nc2 27. Bf1
axb5 28. Ra5 Nc6 29. Qxb5 Nxa5 30. Qxa5 Na3 31. Ra1 Nc4
32. Qc3 Be7 33. Nb3 Kf8 34. Ne1 Kg7 35. Nd3 Ra8 36. Nbc5 Qc7
37. Rb1 Rhb8 38. f4 Bc8 39. Rxb8 Qxb8 40. Qc1 Ra3 41. fxg5
hxg5 42. Be1 Qa7 43. Bc3 Ba6 44. Bb4 Ra2 45. Nb3 Bb5 46. Bc5
Qc7 47. Nb4 Ra8 48. Bd3 Qd8 49. Kf2 Bxc5 50. Nxc5 Na3 51. Bxb5
Nxb5 52. Nc6 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Nxd4 54. Nxd4 Qe7 55. Nc6 Rc2
56. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd5
12. Rab1 a5 13. Bc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Rb6 e5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nc5 Qxb6 20. Nxd7 Qb2 21. Nxf8 Bxf8
22. e3 Rc8 23. d4 b5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qa2 exd4 26. Rb1 Qa6
27. cxd4 a4 28. Bf1 Qa7 29. Bc4 a3 30. Qe2 Bg7 31. Ba2 Rc7
32. Rc1 Bf8 33. h4 Qb7 34. h5 Qc8 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qf3 Kg7
37. Kg2 Qd7 38. Qe4 Qe7 39. Qg4 Rb7 40. Rc2 Rb6 41. Qf3 Qd7
42. Qe4 Bd6 43. Qf3 Qe8 44. Qg4 Rb2 45. Rxb2 axb2 46. Bb1 Qa8
47. Qe4 Qa4 48. Qd3 Qb4 49. Qc2 c5 50. dxc5 Bxc5 51. Qe4 Qc3
52. Qc2 Qe5 53. Qc4 Be7 54. Qe4 Qd6 55. Qd4+ Qxd4 56. exd4 Bf6
57. d5 Bd4 58. f4 Kf6 59. Kf3 Ke7 60. Ke4 Bf2 61. g4 Kd6
62. g5 Kc5 63. f5 gxf5+ 64. Kxf5 Kxd5 65. Kf6 Bh4 66. Kxf7
Bxg5 67. Kg6 Kd4 68. Kxg5 Ke3 69. Kh6 Kd2 70. Kh7 Kc1 71. Bg6
b1=B 72. Bxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Re1
Re8 13. a5 Ba7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. d4 h6 17. Bc2 c5
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bxa6 c4 21. Ra4 Qc7 22. cxb4
Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qa7+ 24. Be3 Qxa6 25. Kg1 Red8 26. Qc1 Rd3
27. Rd1 Rb3 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Kh2 Rb7 30. Qf2 Bd7 31. Ra2 R7xb4
32. Nh5 Bc8 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Kg1 Bb7 35. Nd2 Qxf2+ 36. Bxf2
Rd3 37. a6 Bxe4 38. Re1 Ba8 39. Ne4 Nf4 40. a7 f6 41. h4 c3
42. Nc5 c2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 c6 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Bxb4
12. axb5 c5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. Qb2 cxd4
17. exd4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Bg5 Nfd7 21. Nce2
Nc4 22. Qb1 h6 23. Bf4 Be7 24. Nf5 Bf6 25. Neg3 Bxf5 26. Nxf5
Ndb6 27. Qd1 Rfe8 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Bd6+ Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxe1+
31. Rxe1 Qc7 32. Qxc8+ Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Nxc8 34. Be2 Nd6 35. Ra1
Bxd4 36. Rd1 Bb6 37. Rxd5 Ke7 38. g3 g6 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Rd1 h5
41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf6 43. f4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Re5 Bg1
46. h3 Bb6 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. hxg4 Kg7 49. Rd5 Bc7 50. Rc5 Bb6
51. Rc6 Ne8 52. g5 Kf8 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Rc2 Nc7 55. Bc4 Ne8
56. Kd5 Kd7 57. Rh2 Be3 58. b6 Nd6 59. bxa7 Bxa7 60. Bd3 Be3
61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Rh7 Bc1 63. Bxg6 Bb2+ 64. Kd5 Bc1 65. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ne4
Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd3 a6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nh5
12. b4 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4
17. axb4 Qc7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. c4 f5 21. Nec3 b6
22. Be2 Ndf6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3
Qxc4 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 29. g3 b5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Rfc1
g5 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Ne2 Ra8 34. Bc5 Nd7 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nc6+
Kd6 37. Ned4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1
Be7 17. Bf4 Rg8 18. Ng5 Bc8 19. Nce4 Rh8 20. c4 b6 21. Nf3 Rh5
22. Kf1 Bd8 23. Nfg5 Be7 24. Nf3 Bd8 25. Nfg5 Be7 26. Rd3 c5
27. Nf3 Bb7 28. Nc3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Nd4 30. Rd3 Ne6 31. Bh2 a6
32. f4 c6 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Ke3 Rh6 35. Ne2 Rg6 36. Nxd4 cxd4+
37. Kf3 c5 38. g4 hxg3 39. Bxg3 f5 40. exf6 Rxf6 41. b4 Rh6
42. Kg4 Re6 43. Kf3 g6 44. Bf2 Kd7 45. Ra3 cxb4 46. Rd3 Bf6
47. Bxd4 Rd6 48. Ke3 Bxd4+ 49. Rxd4 Rxd4 50. Kxd4 Kd6 51. Kd3
a5 52. a3 bxa3 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. h4 a2 55. Kb2 Kxc4 56. f5 gxf5
57. h5 f4 58. h6 f3 59. h7 f2 60. h8=Q a1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7
12. e3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qf4
Kg7 22. h4 a5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc7
Qd5 27. Ne3 Qd2 28. Rc2 Rd7 29. Qxc5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. Qe5
Qb4 32. Rc5 Qd2 33. Rc2 Qb4 34. Qg5 Nh7 35. Qf4 Qd4 36. Bh3
Re7 37. Rc7 Qf6 38. Rc5 Qb6 39. Rc2 Qa6 40. Rd2 Qf6 41. Qb8
Nf8 42. Qd8 Ne6 43. Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxa5 Ba6 45. Nd5 Qe5 46. Qc7
Bd3 47. Qxe5+ Rxe5 48. Nf4 Ba6 49. Nd5 Bd3 50. Nb4 Bf1 51. Nc2
Rb5 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. a4 Ra5 55. Ra2 Ke5 56. b4 Ra7
57. Ra3 Kd4 58. b5 Kc5 59. Rc3+ Kd4 60. b6 Rxa4 61. b7 Rb4
62. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "197"]

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. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4
12. Bd1 Rc8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb1 Rc5 16. Nd2 Qc7
17. Nb3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f5 Qe2 21. Bg5 Qxb2
22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Qf3 gxf5 26. Ng3
fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 f6 29. Ra1 Ra2 30. Rac1 Rc2
31. Ra1 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Bf4 Qe6 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. Rxa7 b4
36. Rb7 Re2 37. Qf3 Rc2 38. Rxb4 Qg4 39. Rb7 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Be8
41. Rc1 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 Bg6 43. Bf4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Be6 45. Bd2 Ke8
46. Rb5 Kf7 47. f4 Bd7 48. Ra5 f5 49. exf5 Bf6 50. Kf3 h5
51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Bg2 53. Be3 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 Bg2 55. Bb6 Be4
56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kf6 59. Ra8 Bxf5 60. Rf8+
Ke6 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kf3 Bf7 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 Kg7 65. Rb8
Kf6 66. Rd8 e5+ 67. fxe6 Bxe6 68. Rxd6 h4 69. Rb6 h3 70. Rc6
Kf7 71. Ke5 Bg4 72. Rc4 Bd7 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Kd6 Bg4 75. Re7+
Kf8 76. Re4 Bc8 77. Kc7 Ba6 78. Re3 Kg7 79. Rxh3 Kg6 80. Kd6
Kg5 81. Ke5 Be2 82. Rg3+ Kh6 83. Kf5 Bd1 84. Rh3+ Kg7 85. Kg5
Be2 86. Re3 Bd1 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Kf6 Kg8 89. Kg6 Bc2+ 90. Kh6
Kf8 91. Rg7 Bd3 92. Rg5 Kf7 93. Rg3 Bc2 94. Rg7+ Kf8 95. Rg2
Be4 96. Rg4 Bc2 97. Rg5 Kf7 98. Kh5 Kf6 99. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b4 Bd8 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 c6 12. exf5
Bxf5 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Bc7 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Rad1 a5 17. a3
axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. Nge4 Rab8 20. Qc4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 b6
22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qc1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bf3 26. Bxf3
Rxf3 27. Qd1 Rff8 28. Nc4 Nxc5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rbe8
31. Bd6 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O
8.Rc1 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Na6 13.Ne5
cxd4 14.exd4 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nc5 16.Re1 Re8 17.f4 d4 18.Ne4 Bxe4
19.Bxe4 d3 20.Rc4 Rc8 21.Bf5 Qd5 22.Rc3 Rcd8 23.Qd2 Qd4+
24.Kh1 a5 25.Rb1 a4 26.Rd1 Rd5 27.h4 g6 28.Bxd3 Red8 29.Qe1
Qxf4 30.e6 Nxe6 31.Bc2 b5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Re3 Nd4 34.Bd3 Kg7
35.Kg1 Qf6 36.Kh2 Rh5 37.Rh3 Ne6 38.Rf3 Rxh4+ 39.Kg1 Qd4+
40.Qf2 Qxf2+ 41.Kxf2 b4 42.Re3 Rd4 43.Bb5 Kf6 44.Rf3+ Ke7
45.Rd3 bxa3 46.bxa3 Rf4+ 47.Ke3 f5 48.Rd7+ Kf6 49.Rd6 Re4+
50.Kf2 Kg5 51.Be8 Nf4 52.Bb5 Re5 53.Bc4 Nh5 54.Ra6 Nf6 55.Rxa4
Ng4+ 56.Kf1 Kh4 57.Be2 Kg3 58.Bxg4 fxg4 59.Rb4 h5 60.a4 Kh2
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nh4
b4 13. Ng6 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Ba2 Nh7 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf3
c5 18. d4 Qc7 19. Qg3 Bd8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nh4 c4 22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. exf5 Qc6 24. Ba3 Bc7 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Bb6
27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qe4 Rd2 29. Rf1 Red8 30. Kh1 Nb3 31. Bxb3
cxb3 32. f4 Qh4 33. Rab1 R8d3 34. Bc1 Rd1 35. Ba3 Rxb1
36. Rxb1 Re3 37. g3 Qh5 38. Qg2 exf4 39. gxf4 Re2 40. Qg3 Qxf5
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Rd1
Rad8 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Bf7 15. Nc3 Qh6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4
Kh8 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf1 Rd6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rd7 22. Bd2
Bd6 23. b5 Ne7 24. Ra7 b6 25. Rda1 Qe6 26. Ra8 Rdd8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ng3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nd5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Qa2 Qe8 32. Qc4
Qh5 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Bb4 Qg6 35. Be1 h5 36. Rc1 h4 37. gxh4 f4
38. Qe2 f3 39. Qf1 Qg4 40. g3 g5 41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Qh3 Qxh3+
43. Kxh3 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Rg8+ 45. Kh2 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg6 47. Ra1
Rg8 48. Rc1 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Ra8 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh4
Nf6 53. Bb4 Kg5 54. Rf4 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nc6 15. h4 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nd8
17. Ng5 Ne6 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd3 Bxg5 21. hxg5
Nxf4+ 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qxf4+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 Qf4+
26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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. h3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. b3 h4 14. Kf1 a5 15. a4 Rh5 16. Bc1 Bb4
17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Ne1 Rd8 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. c4 Be6 21. Nf3 Be7
22. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "146"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Nc6
12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Rac1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nh5 16. Qd2
Rfd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg5 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nd5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7
21. Nf3 f6 22. Rd2 b5 23. b4 Kf7 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 Ke7 27. Rd2 Nxb4 28. Ne1 Rc4 29. f3 Rd4 30. Nb1 Nc6
31. c3 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 b4 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Bd7
36. Nb1 f5 37. g3 fxe4 38. fxe4 g5 39. h4 g4 40. Kd2 Kc5
41. Ke3 h5 42. Nd2 Ba4 43. b3 Bb5 44. Nb1 a5 45. Nc3 Be8
46. Nb1 Bf7 47. Nd2 Be6 48. Nd3+ Nxd3 49. Kxd3 Kb4 50. Kc2 Bd7
51. Nb1 Be6 52. Nd2 Bf7 53. Kb2 Be8 54. Kc2 Bc6 55. Kd3 Bd7
56. Kc2 Bb5 57. Nb1 Bf1 58. Nd2 Be2 59. Nb1 Bf1 60. Nd2 Be2
61. Nb1 Bb5 62. Nc3 Bc6 63. Na2+ Kc5 64. Kd3 Ba8 65. Ke3 Bb7
66. Kd3 Bc6 67. Nc3 Be8 68. Na2 Bg6 69. Nc3 Bf7 70. Kc2 Kd4
71. Nb5+ Ke3 72. Nd6 Be6 73. Kc3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3
12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bd4 Bb7
17. Bd3 Rc8 18. g4 Ncb6 19. Kc1 O-O 20. Rhe1 Na4 21. Re3 Rc7
22. Rf1 Rfc8 23. f5 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nd4
g6 27. Kd2 b4 28. Rf4 Nc5 29. Ref3 Ra3 30. Rf7 Rxa2 31. Re7
Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Ra1 33. Rxb7 Re1+ 34. Ne2 a5 35. Rff7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Bb7
7. d5 Ne7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Ng6
12. Bg2 Qf6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. e4 Qh5
17. Ne1 Ne5 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Nb3 e5 20. f4 a5 21. a4 d6
22. Rde1 Ba6 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Nd2 Nd4 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3
Qh6 27. f5 Bg5 28. Qc2 g6 29. Nf2 Bc8 30. Ng4 Qg7 31. Bg2 h5
32. Ne3 Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3 gxf5 34. exf5 Qg5 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Ref3
Rf6 37. h3 Ref8 38. Be4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd3 Bd7 41. b3 Bc8
42. Qc2 Bd7 43. Qd3 Bc8 44. Qc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4
17. Qb1 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Qa5 19. Nd4 Qxd5 20. Nb5 Qe4 21. Nxd6
Qxb1 22. Rxb1 exd6 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. a4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ra8
26. Rb3 Nd7 27. Be2 Rc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Rxd6
Ra1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 Rc8 15. Bh3 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5
17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. exf3 axb5 19. g5 b4 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4
bxc3 22. Bxd7 Rcd8 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Qxe7 d5 25. Bb5 d4 26. a4
Rd5 27. Qe4 Rf5 28. Kh1 Qb6 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Rg3 Rd8 31. Bd3
Rf4 32. Qb7 Qd6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34. Qa6 Qxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxb3 36. Rg4
Rf6 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Re4 d3 39. Rd1 d2 40. Re3 Rd6 41. Be2 Re6
42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Bc4 Rb4 44. Bxe6 Rxa4 45. Bd5 Rd4 46. Be4
Bb4 47. Kf1 Bd6 48. Ke2 Bf4 49. h3 Kh6 50. Rg1 Rc4 51. Bd3 Rc1
52. Rd1 Kg5 53. Bb5 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 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. e3 Bxe5
17. fxe5 Nb4 18. Kh1 Ra6 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Rc1 c6 23. Rc3 Rb6 24. b3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Kg2
Kf7 27. Kf1 Rh6 28. Rg2 Kf6 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Rxg6+ Kxg6 31. Kg2
Kf5 32. Rc5 Rxb3 33. Rxa5 Kg4 34. Ra7 g5 35. a5 h5 36. a6 bxa6
37. Rxa6 Rc3 38. Ra8 Rc2 39. Rf8 Kh4 40. h3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5
12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2
Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21. O-O
Nce5 22. Rdd1 f5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nd6 Qc5 25. Nxf5 Qxe3+
26. Nxe3+ Ke7 27. Rd4 b5 28. Rb1 Ra7 29. h4 Rc7 30. Bf3 Nxf3+
31. gxf3 Ne5 32. Kf2 Bb7 33. Rg1 g5 34. Rg3 Rc5 35. hxg5 hxg5
36. Rh3 Bd5 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. f4 Kg6 39. Ra7 gxf4 40. Rxf4 Rc6
41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Kd3 Na3 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rag7
Rxc2 46. R4g5+ Kf4 47. Rxd5 Rc8 48. Rf7+ Kg4 49. Ke2 Nc4
50. Rd1 Re8+ 51. Kf2 Kg5 52. Rg1+ Kh6 53. Rf4 Re5 54. Rf6+ Kh7
55. Rxa6 Rf5+ 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Ke4 Rg5 59. Rf1 Nh6
60. Rff6 Ng8 61. Rfb6 Rg7 62. Rxb5 Rg6 63. Ra7+ Kh6 64. Kf4
Nf6 65. Ra1 Nh5+ 66. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2
Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. a4 Qc7 17. h3 Reb8
18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb2 21. Reb1 Rab8 22. Rxb2
Rxb2 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Bd3 Qa5 25. Nd2 Be7 26. Bf1 Bd8 27. Qc2
Ne7 28. Bd3 Ng6 29. Ne2 Ne8 30. Nf3 Nh4 31. Nxh4 Bxh4 32. Qc1
Nf6 33. Bxh6 c4 34. Bc2 gxh6 35. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nh7
37. Qxd6 Rb2 38. Rc1 Bxa4 39. Bxa4 Qxa4 40. Qxe5 Qb5 41. Kf3
Qb6 42. Nd4 Qf6+ 43. Qxf6 Nxf6 44. Ra1 Rb6 45. Ra4 Nd7 46. Kf4
Rb2 47. g4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rxc4 Ne5 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Kf4
Ng6+ 52. Kg5 Rd3 53. d6 Ne5 54. Kf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anuar Ismagambetov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6
12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a4 Kb8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a5 Nd7
17. f3 g5 18. Ng2 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. a6 b6 21. e4 Ba8 22. e5
Bc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. f4 Ne4 26. Be3 Bxe5 27. Qb3
Bd5 28. Bc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8 31. Bxb6 Rxg2+
32. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 Rc8 11. c4 Be7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Bxh4 17. Bd2 f5 18. h3 Qe7 19. f4 a6 20. Kh2 Qf7 21. Rf3 Rc4
22. Rg1 Rfc8 23. Bc3 Kh8 24. Nd2 R4c6 25. Nf1 g6 26. Ne3 Nf8
27. Ng2 Be7 28. Rg3 b5 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Ne3 Rb5
32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Rc5 21. a4
Ba6 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Qe1 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Rxd7 Qxd7
26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Qd1+ 28. Qe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. c3 b6 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qd7
Bd5 22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Red1 Be5 24. Rd3 Qg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Qg4
Qf7 27. Rad1 Be6 28. Qh4 Qg6 29. b3 Kg7 30. c4 Qf5 31. Re3 h5
32. Qe4 Qxh3 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qxb6 h4 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8+
Kf7 37. Qh8 hxg3 38. Qxh3 Bxh3 39. Re4 Bf5 40. Rh4 Ke6
41. fxg3 Bxg3 42. Rh8 Be4 43. Re8+ Kf5 44. c5 Be5 45. b4 Bc6
46. Rc8 Bb5 47. Ra8 Ke4 48. a4 Bxa4 49. Rxa6 Be8 50. c6 Kd5
51. b5 Kc5 52. Ra8 Bg6 53. Rf8 Kb6 54. Kf2 Bd3 55. Ke3 Bxb5
56. Ke4 Kxc6 57. Kf5 Bd3+ 58. Ke6 Bc4+ 59. Kf5 Kd7 60. Rxf6
Bxf6 61. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4
12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh4
Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. h4 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bd2
Kh8 22. h5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. h6 Nd4 26. hxg7+
Bxg7 27. Qd1 f5 28. Be3 Rf8 29. Nh5 Ne6 30. Ra6 Rg8 31. Bd2 b4
32. g3 Nd4 33. c3 Qb7 34. cxd4 Qxa6 35. Qf3 e4 36. dxe4 fxe4
37. Rxe4 Bxd4 38. Be3 Rdf8 39. Bxd4+ cxd4 40. Qd1 d3 41. Rxb4
Qa5 42. Ra4 Qc5 43. Rf4 Rd8 44. b4 Qe5 45. Nf6 d2 46. Kh2 Rg6
47. Ng4 Rxg4 48. Rxg4 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 Nc8 10. Ne1 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Nxd3 Ncb6 13. f4 Nc4 14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 g6 16. Rf3 Nf8
17. Qf1 Rh7 18. Nbc5 b6 19. b3 bxc5 20. bxc4 Ne6 21. cxd5 Qxd5
22. dxc5 Rd8 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Bg5 25. a5 Qb5 26. h4 Bxe3
27. Rxe3 Qc4 28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rb4 Qa1 31. Rf3 Nd4
32. Rf6 Nf5 33. Rb7 Rxd3 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. cxd3 Qxe5+ 36. Qg3
Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rg7+ 38. Kf3 Rg4 39. Rxa7 Rxh4 40. a6 Ra4
41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. a7 Ra3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5
7. e3 d6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5
12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 Rg8 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bb5 c4 16. Qc2 Qe7
17. Bxc7 Kf8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxe4 Qxc7 21. Qh7
gxh4 22. Nxh4 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Qh6+ Rg7 25. Qxb6 Bc8
26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Qxd5 Bg4 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb1 Be6 30. Rb8+
Kh7 31. Rdd8 Rg4 32. Nf3 Rd5 33. Nd4 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Rg5 35. f4
Rc5 36. e4 Bg4 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Rb5 a4 40. a3 f6
41. f5 Kf7 42. Ke3 Bd1 43. Ne6 Rd7 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Nd8+ Ke7
46. Nxb7 h4 47. Nc5 Kf7 48. Ne6 Bg4 49. Kf4 Be2 50. Nd4 Bf1
51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53. Nc5 Kg5 54. Nxa4 Bd3 55. Nb2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. c3 O-O 9. f3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Qe7
12. Nd2 f6 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. Rae1 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7
17. f4 Nf7 18. g4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. Nf2 Qb5
22. g5 Qxb2 23. gxf6 Qxc3 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qxb7
Nd6 27. Qd5 Nxf5 28. Bxc5 Rad8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nd3 Qf6
31. Rg5 Rd8 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxd3 34. Rf7 Rd1+ 35. Kg2
Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Rxc7 Kg8 38. h4 Rc2 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Ke4
Rc4+ 41. Kf5 Bd4 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Bd6 Rc6 44. Rd8 Bc5 45. Be5+
Kf7 46. Rd7+ Be7 47. h5 Ke8 48. Ra7 Rh6 49. Bg7 Rc6 50. h6 Kf7
51. Ke4 Ke8 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rh8 Rc4+ 54. Kf5 Rc5+ 55. Be5 Bf8
56. Rxh7+ Kg8 57. Rh8+ Kf7 58. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3
Bc8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 Kh8 16. c5 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5
18. Ne4 axb4 19. axb4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc1 Nh4 22. Neg5
Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bf5 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. h4
Bd7 28. Ng5 Rae8 29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 Bc8 31. b5 h6 32. Nf3 g5
33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd5 g4 35. Qh5+ Bh6 36. Nh4 Kg7 37. Bd3
Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 g3 39. Nf3 Rh8 40. Qd5 Bg4 41. Qe4 Bxf3
42. Qxf3 Bg5 43. Rb1 Qd4 44. Rf1 Kf6 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke5
47. Bf3 Rb8 48. Rb1 Rb6 49. Be2 d5 50. Ra1 Rb8 51. Ra3 Be7
52. Rc3 Bb4 53. Rc1 Kd6 54. fxg3 Bc5+ 55. Kf1 Rh8 56. Ke1 Rh1+
57. Bf1 fxg3 58. Ke2 Bf2 59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Bd3 Re8 61. Kg4 Re3
62. Bf1 Rb3 63. Kf5 Rb4 64. Rc3 Re4 65. Rc1 Be3 66. Rd1 Rf4+
67. Kg6 Kc5 68. Kh5 Rf2 69. Kg4 Bf4 70. Rb1 Kb6 71. Rd1 Bd6
72. Rb1 Kc5 73. Rd1 d4 74. Rc1+ Kb4 75. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1
Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Bd5
Rad8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Qxc6 Qxb2
21. a4 Qd4 22. Rc4 Rd6 23. Qc7 Qf6 24. Re1 g6 25. g3 Re6
26. Rd1 Qf3 27. Rf1 Qd5 28. Rf4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd1 Rc7
31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rff6 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Ra6 Rbb7
36. Rf3 Ra7 37. Rb6 Rcb7 38. Rc6 a4 39. Ra3 Rb4 40. h4 h5
41. f4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rab7 43. Rcc3 R2b3 44. Ke4 Rxc3 45. Rxc3
Ra7 46. Ra3 Kf6 47. Kd5 Kf5 48. Kc6 Kg4 49. Kb6 Ra8 50. Kb7
Rd8 51. Kc6 Rd4 52. Kc5 Re4 53. Kd5 f5 54. Rc3 Re1 55. Ra3 Kh3
56. Rxa4 Kxg3 57. Ra6 Kxh4 58. Rxg6 Re4 59. Rg8 Rxf4 60. Ke5
Rf1 61. Rf8 Kh3 62. Kd4 Rf3 63. Rg8 h4 64. Rg7 Kh2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf4
Ne5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bh2 Qb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1
Bc8 18. Re3 Qb4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne1 d5 22. Nd3
Qb6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. f3 Bd6
27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Ne2 Bxh2 29. Kxh2 Nf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. Qe6+
Kh7 32. b3 Qc7+ 33. f4 Nf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Nd4 Qe7 36. Qc8
Ne4 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. g3 Nd6 39. Qa8 Kh7 40. Qxa5 Ng6 41. Ndf3
Qf5 42. Qd2 Ne4 43. Qe3 Nxe5 44. Nxe5 g5 45. Nd3 h5 46. Kg2 g4
47. h4 Kg8 48. Qa7 Nf6 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qxb7+ Kh6 51. Qe7 d4
52. Qe5 Qg6 53. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 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 c5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Bb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. Be5
f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfd8 21. Rdc1 Bxf3
22. Rxf3 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rxd4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rc3
Bf8 27. e3 Rd8 28. Rc6 a4 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Qc4 Qb3 31. Rxe6 Rd1
32. Rc6+ Qxc4 33. Rxc4 a3 34. Ra4 Bc5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Bc4 Rc1
37. Bd5 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Bg8 h6 40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Bb3 Rb2
42. Bc4 Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra4 Bb4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7
12. f4 d6 13. Qf3 Qb7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Bd4 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4
17. Ne2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 g6 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Ne2 Rfc8
22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 dxe4 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. b3
a5 27. c4 Bb7 28. Nb5 Bc6 29. Nd4 Rab8 30. Re3 a4 31. bxa4
Bxa4 32. Rc1 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rb4 34. Ke3 Rcxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4
36. Kxe4 Bc6+ 37. Ke3 Bd5 38. g3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Nc2 Kg7
41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re3 Rd2+ 44. Re2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qe5
Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bc7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 f6 21. f3
Kf7 22. Kf2 g5 23. Nc4 h5 24. Na5 Ba8 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4
27. fxg4 Rg8 28. g3 Rxg4 29. c3 Bd5 30. c4 Ba8 31. Rd7 Ke8
32. Rd1 Rd4 33. Ke1 e5 34. Rd2 Kd7 35. Bb6 Bd6 36. Rh2 Bf3
37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Nb7 Bxb7 39. Rxb7 e4 40. g4 f5 41. gxf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6
7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Bb3 Bb6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nf4 16. Be4 Bxh3
17. gxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Re2 Nxe2 21. Qxe2
Bb6 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Qg2 h5 24. Nxh5 Qh6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5
g6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Rg1 Rh8+ 30. Kg2 Bxg5 31. Kf3
Bd8 32. Ne3 Bb6 33. Rg3 Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Rad8 35. Bxb7 Rb8
36. Bd5 Rxb2 37. c4 f5 38. Rg1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3
g6 13. d4 Bg7 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. d5 Nb8
18. c4 c6 19. b4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rc4 22. Bd3 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Kh2 Na6 27. a3 Nc7
28. Nd2 Rf8 29. Nb3 Ng8 30. Na5 Na6 31. Ne2 f5 32. f3 Nf6
33. Nc3 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 h5 36. Qd3 Bh6 37. Bxh6
Kxh6 38. Nb3 Kg7 39. Nd2 Nc7 40. Ne4 Ne8 41. Ng5 Rg8 42. Ne6+
Kh7 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Rc8 Qd7 45. Rd8 Qe7 46. Qb6 Kh8 47. Rb8
Ng7 48. Rxb7 Qf6 49. Qe3 Nf5 50. Qc1 Qh4 51. Qg5 Qxg5 52. Nxg5
Ra8 53. g4 hxg4 54. fxg4 Nd4 55. Nf7+ Kg8 56. Nxd6 Rxa3
57. Nxb5 Ra2+ 58. Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kh4 Rd2 60. d6 Nf4 61. Kg5
Nxh3+ 62. Kxg6 Nf4+ 63. Kf5 Nd5 64. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. a3
Kh8 13. Ba2 Nf4 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h4
f5 18. Neg5 Nxh4 19. Ne6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. Kf1 Bg5 23. Re6 Qf4 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. Qe5 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qh1+
27. Qg1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Re1 Rc8
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15. Nf1 Ne8 16. Qd2 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rxd6
Qxb2 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nf5 Ne8 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 f6
26. Qd2 Nxd6 27. Qxd5 Rxc8 28. Qxd6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30. Rd1+
Kc7 31. Rd7+ Kb8 32. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ng5
Bc8 12. h3 Be7 13. Nf3 h5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. Ne2 Be6
17. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Kotsur"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 e4
7. Ne5 f5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Nc4 Qe6 13. O-O Ba6 14. b3 Bf6 15. Bb2 Rab8 16. Rac1 c5
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. e3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Bf1 Nd5 23. Rd1 h6 24. b4 Kh7 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Nd2
Bxf1 27. Nxf1 c5 28. Rc4 Nf6 29. Rxc5 Rd8 30. Rc7 Ng4 31. Qc4
Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Ne5 33. Rc1 Rd3 34. Ra1 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. g4
fxg4 37. Kg3 Rb2 38. Rd1 h5 39. Rd7 Rb1 40. Kg2 h4 41. Rxa7
h3+ 42. Kg3 Rxf1 43. Kxg4 Rg1+ 44. Kxh3 Kh6 45. Ra5 g5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nf5 Qa5 10. Ne3 Bh6 11. g3 Ne5
12. Be2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. O-O h5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. a3 h4 18. Rae1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bc6 20. Rf2 f5 21. Rh2 Rxh2
22. Kxh2 Bxe4 23. g4 e6 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rg1 Qb6 26. Rg8+ Kd7
27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Kg3 b4 29. Na4 Kc7 30. Rc8+ Kxc8 31. Nxb6+
Kc7 32. Nxc4 Bxc2 33. axb4 Bd3 34. Ne3 Kc6 35. Kf2 Kb5 36. Ng4
Kxb4 37. Ke3 Bg6 38. Kd4 Kb3 39. Nf6 Kxb2 40. Ne8 d5 41. Nd6
Kc2 42. f5 Bxf5 43. Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2
Nb6 7. Na3 g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Be6
12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Nc4 Qd7
17. b4 Bd5 18. Rab1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Qb2 Rfd8 21. Qe5
Rac8 22. a4 Nb6 23. a5 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 a6 25. Rbc1 Qd5+ 26. Qxd5
Rxd5 27. Rc5 Rcd8 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. R1c4 Rd4 31. Ke3
R4d6 32. Re5 Kf6 33. h3 h5 34. h4 R8d7 35. Kd2 Rd8 36. Kc3 e6
37. d4 Ke7 38. e3 Rd5 39. Rc5 R8d6 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. Kc3 Ke7
42. Kc4 Kd7 43. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. h3 d6
7. Qe2 Bb6 8. Ba4 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 h6 11. O-O Nh5
12. Kh2 Nhf4 13. Qd1 Qf6 14. Ng1 Be6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bc2 Bd7
17. g3 Ne6 18. Be3 Bc6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 21. Qg4 Bb5
22. Rfd1 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rfe8 25. c4 Bd7 26. Kg3 Nf8
27. f5 f6 28. Nd2 Bc6 29. Kf4 b5 30. b4 Na4 31. Bb3 Nb2
32. cxb5+ Kh8 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rdb1 Nxd3+ 35. Kg3 d5 36. Bc2
dxe4 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Bf4 Re2 39. a4 Nd7 40. a5 Ra6 41. Rb3
Ne5 42. Bxe5 Rxd2 43. Bf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c5
17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Rfc1 e5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Ne2 Qe6 24. h3 Qa2 25. Qc2 Qa1+
26. Kh2 Qe1 27. Nc3 g6 28. Nb5 Qa5 29. Qc6 Kg7 30. Nd6 e4
31. Nc4 Qe1 32. Nd6 Qxf2 33. Qc3 Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3 Kf8
36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. Qxe4 Qxb2 40. Qf4+
Kg7 41. a4 a6 42. e4 Qd4 43. Qc7 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. e5 Qc4
46. Qd6 Qf4+ 47. Kh1 b4 48. Qb6 Qc4 49. Qb7 b3 50. Kh2 Qf4+
51. Kh1 Qc4 52. Kh2 g5 53. Kh1 Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kf5 55. Qf2+ Kxe5
56. Qe3+ Kd5 57. Qd2+ Qd4 58. Qa5+ Kc4 59. Qa4+ Kc3 60. Qa5+
Kc2 61. Qc7+ Kd1 62. Qxf7 b2 63. Qf5 Kc1 64. Qf1+ Kc2 65. Qe2+
Kc3 66. Qe1+ Kb3 67. Kh2 Qf4+ 68. g3 Qd4 69. h4 gxh4 70. Kh3
hxg3 71. Qe6+ Qc4 72. Qe3+ Qc3 73. Qe6+ Kc2 74. Qe2+ Kb1
75. Qd1+ Ka2 76. Qa4+ Qa3 77. Qc4+ Ka1 78. Qd4 h5 79. Qe5 h4
80. Qd4 Qb3 81. Qa7+ Kb1 82. Qg1+ Kc2 83. Qg2+ Kc3 84. Qf3+
Kb4 85. Qf4+ Ka3 86. Qd6+ Qb4 87. Qd3+ Ka2 88. Qa6+ Qa3
89. Qe6+ Ka1 90. Qe5 Qa8 91. Qd4 g2 92. Qg1+ b1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3
a6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rd3 Ne7 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. R3d2
c5 17. Nb3 b6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxb6
c4 22. Nc1 c3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Ba5 Be7 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Bb4 Kf7
27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Na5 Rhc8 29. c4 Bxc4 30. Rd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+
Ke8 32. Rd6 Bxa2 33. Rxa6 Rxc2 34. Rc6 Rb2 35. Ba3 Rb1+
36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Bd5 38. Be3 Kd7 39. Kf1 Kc7 40. Bd2 Kb6
41. f3 Kb5 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Bc3 g6 44. Ke3 Bxa5 45. Bg7 h5
46. g4 Bc7 47. f4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8
13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 exd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Re8
18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. d5 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5
23. Ng3 Ng6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 h6 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Bc2 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. Nf5 Bb7 31. Qc3 Ne5 32. Qg3 g6
33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kf8 35. Ne3 c4 36. Qh4 Qd4 37. Qd8+ Kg7
38. Qxd6 cxb3 39. Bxb3 Nd3 40. Bc2 Ne1 41. Qc7 Nxc2 42. Qxc2
b4 43. Qc4 Qb2 44. g3 b3 45. Kg2 Qb1 46. Qc3+ Kg8 47. Ng4
Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qc2 49. Qe5 b2 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Nh7+ Kg8
52. Nf6+ Kf8 53. Nh7+ Kg8 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Nd7+ Kg8 56. Qe8+
Kh7 57. Qxf7+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kg5 59. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. a3
Be6 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20. Rxa5 Rxb2 21. Qxd6 Rxc2
22. Rxe5 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Rc5 Rb8 25. Rcc1 g6 26. Rfd1
Ra2 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3
Be6 13. c3 Qc8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1
Rd8 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Nce5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nde7 21. Re4 Rb5
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc2 Rdd5 24. Be1 Rdc5 25. Qe2 b3 26. Qd3 Rc2
27. Re2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Rxc2 bxc2 30. Bc3 Rd5 31. Nd2
Nfd4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Be3 b6
12. Qd2 f5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qd6 Qxd6
17. Rxd6 Nc8 18. Rd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 d6 21. Nd4
Rfe8 22. Rcd1 Bf6 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. b3 Rd7 25. Bd1 Rf7 26. Rdf2
Bd8 27. Rxf7+ Nxf7 28. Bg4 e5 29. Bd7 exd4 30. Bxd4+ Re5
31. Bxc8 Bf6 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Bxa6 Nd3 34. g3 Nb4 35. Bb7
Nxa2 36. Bd5 Nb4 37. Kg2 Nc2 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rf2 Ne3 40. Rf3
Nc2 41. g4 h4 42. g5 Bxg5 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rb7 Be3 45. Kxh4
Nb4 46. Bg8 g5+ 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Re7 Nd3 49. Rb7 Kf6 50. Bd5
Ne5+ 51. Kh5 g4 52. Kh4 Bf2+ 53. Kh5 Bg1 54. b4 Bxh2 55. Rxb6
g3 56. Rxd6+ Kg7 57. Be6 g2 58. Rd1 g1=Q 59. Rxg1+ Bxg1 60. c5
Nd3 61. Bd5 Nxb4 62. c6 Bb6 63. Kg5 Bc7 64. Kf5 Kf8 65. Ke6
Ke8 66. Bc4 Nc2 67. Ba6 Nd4+ 68. Kd5 Nf3 69. Bc8 Ke7 70. Bd7
Ne5 71. Kc5 Nf7 72. Kd5 Kf6 73. Kd4 Ne5 74. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Be7
12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Ne2 Bf6 15. c3 Qb6 16. b3 c5
17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Nf4 Ne5
22. Qg3 Nc6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Bg5 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qd8
27. h4 Qf6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Bg5 Qf7 30. Rd3 Rf8 31. Rf3 Qd7
32. Bh6 Rxf3 33. gxf3 e5 34. Bf5 Qe7 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Bxg7+
Qxg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxd5 Rc8 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxe5 c4
41. b4 Ra6 42. Rxh5 Ra3 43. Rc5 Rxc3 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rxa7
Rc1+ 46. Kg2 c3 47. Rc7 c2 48. a4 Rb1 49. Rxc2 Rxb4 50. Ra2
Rb6 51. a5 Ra6 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. f4 h6 54. Ra4 Rg6+ 55. Kh3 Ra6
56. Kh4 Ra8 57. a6 Ra7 58. Kh5 Kf6 59. Kxh6 Kf5 60. Ra5+ Kxf4
61. Kg6 Kf3 62. Ra2 Ke4 63. Kf6 Kd5 64. f4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. a4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nb1 cxd4 12. cxd4
Nb4 13. Bb5 Ba6 14. Be3 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rc8 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rfc1
Rc7 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. b3 Rc8 22. Qd2
Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bd8 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Ne1 f6 27. f4
Kf7 28. Kf2 Bd8 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nd3 Be7 31. g4 fxe5
32. Nxe5+ Nxe5 33. dxe5 Bd8 34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 g6 36. f6 Bc7
37. Ke3 Bxe5 38. Nxb6 Bxh2 39. Nxd5 h5 40. b6 Ke6 41. b7 g5
42. Kf3 g4+ 43. Ke4 Bd6 44. Nf4+ Kxf6 45. Nxh5+ Ke6 46. Ng7+
Kd7 47. Nf5 Bb8 48. Ne3 g3 49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Nc2 Kxb7 51. Nxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6
7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Bg5 13. Qb3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Rb8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ree1 Qa5
17. Re5 Qc7 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. a4 Ne8 20. Rce1 Nd6 21. h5 h6
22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Rc5 Nb6 24. Rce5 Nc4 25. R5e2 b5 26. b3 Nd6
27. Re5 Nc8 28. Rc5 Ne7 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Rc4 a5 31. Ra4 Qb6
32. Ra3 Nd5 33. Be2 Qc7 34. Bxb5 cxb5 35. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 Rc8 11. c4 Be7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Be3 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Rab1
b6 22. a6 Nb8 23. Rfc1 Re2 24. Re1 Rfxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxf2+
26. Kh1 Nxa6 27. Rf1 Re2 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Rxa7 Nd3 30. Nc1 Nf2+
31. Kg2 Rxb2 32. Ra2 Rxa2 33. Nxa2 Nxg4 34. Rf3 h5 35. Rb3 Kf7
36. h3 Nh6 37. Nb4 g4 38. Nc6 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Nf5 40. Rxb6 Ke8
41. Nb4 Kf7 42. Nc6 Ke8 43. Nb4 Kf7 44. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O
12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Kh2 Bf7
17. Rad1 c5 18. Bf2 d4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. e3 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Bf8
22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Bf2 b5 24. b3 Qa5 25. Bf3 Qa6 26. Kg2 Bd5
27. g4 Qb7 28. Bg3 Kh8 29. Re3 Nb6 30. Qf2 c4 31. Qe2 c3
32. Qc2 b4 33. Rde1 Bc6 34. R3e2 Qd7 35. f5 Rcd8 36. Re3 Nd5
37. R3e2 Nc7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxc3 Qb6 41. g5 Bb4
42. Qa1 Qd4 43. Qxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 fxg5 46. Rc7
a5 47. f6 gxf6 48. Rf2 Re7 49. Rc6 Rd6 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. h4 h6
52. Kh3 h5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Kg3 Rf6 55. Rh2 Bd6+ 56. Kg2 Bxh2
57. Kxh2 a2 58. Ra4 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Rxa5 Rc7 61. Rxg5+
Kf6 62. Rf5+ Ke6 63. Ra5 Rc1 64. Kh4 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Rxa1
66. Kxh5 Ke5 67. Kg6 Rxb3 68. Kf7 Kd4 69. Ke6 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Kotsur"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. Be3
h6 13. h3 Rb7 14. Nfd2 Nd7 15. Ba4 Ncb8 16. c3 Bg5 17. d4 Bxe3
18. Nxe3 Nf6 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Ndc4 b3 22. Bxb3
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxb3 24. Qxe5 Nd7 25. Qd6 Qb8 26. Rfd1 Qb7
27. Nd5 Qb5 28. Qf4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30. Rd6 Qb8 31. Rad1 Re8
32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Qd3 Ne4 34. Rb6 Qa4 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Rxb6
37. axb6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ndc5
12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qg3
Qe4 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Nd6 Qg6 19. Qe3 Bd3 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rad1
Bc2 22. Rc1 Bd3 23. c4 Rd7 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Rc3 Bb1 26. Rd4 Ne4
27. Rb3 Bc2 28. Rb2 Nxd6 29. exd6 Bf5 30. Bg3 f6 31. Rd1 e5
32. c5 bxc5 33. Qxc5 h5 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Rb4 Bd3 36. f4 Rxd6
37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Rd5 39. Qf4 a5 40. Rb2 Rd4 41. Qf2 a4
42. Rbd2 R4d5 43. Qf4 a3 44. Qb4 Be4 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5
Bxd5 47. Qd2 Qe4 48. Bd6 Qc4 49. Bxa3 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Bb3 Kh8
12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qd8 16. Ng3 Nb6
17. b3 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rad1 axb3 21. axb3 Be6
22. c4 Qc8 23. Bb1 c5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qd6 Nc6 26. Qxc5 Nd7
27. Qd6 Rd8 28. Qd2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. e5 b5 31. Qf4 bxc4
32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxd4 Qc7 34. Nh5 Bh8 35. Qe3 Nxe5 36. Nxe5
Qxe5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nf4+ Kh7 40. Qxe5 Bxe5
41. Rxe5 Bb3 42. Kh2 Rb8 43. g4 Kg7 44. Kg3 Rb6 45. Nh5+ Kh7
46. Re7 Bc4 47. Rc7 Rb3+ 48. f3 Rb4 49. Rc6 Ra4 50. h4 Bd3
51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Ne8+ Kf8 53. Nf6 Ra3 54. Nd7+ Kg7 55. Ne5 Be4
56. Rc7 Bd5 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Ra4 59. g6 Be6 60. gxf7 Ra8
61. Re7 Kf6 62. Re8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Nh5
12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nc3 Qe8 15. e4 dxc4 16. Bh3 Ra8
17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc5 21. bxc4
Bb7 22. Rad1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. d6 Bf6
26. Be5 Nc3 27. Rd2 Ne4 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nh4 Rfe8
31. Nf5 Kf8 32. Rh4 Kg8 33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. Nh6 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rf8
36. Rh4 Re4 37. f4 Rd4 38. Bf5 Rd5 39. Kf3 Ne6 40. Be4 Rxd6
41. Nf5 Nd4+ 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. Bxh7 Kg7 44. Bf5 Rh8 45. Rg4+
Kf8 46. h4 Rd2 47. a4 Rd4 48. Be4 Rxa4 49. f5 b5 50. Rf4 Rc4
51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Rg4+ Kh6 53. Kh3 b4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nxd5 Bc5 10. c3 Nxe5 11. O-O Bg4
12. Qb3 Nbc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3
Bxf3 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nc4 Qd5 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. c4 Qd4 21. Nb3 Qf6
22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Re3
Be6 27. Na5 Rd2 28. a4 Ra2 29. Re5 Rxa4 30. Rc5 Bh3 31. f3 Ra2
32. Re5 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rc2 34. Re1 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxf3 36. Re3 Ra2
37. Nb3 Be2 38. c5 Bc4 39. Nd4 a5 40. Nxc6 a4 41. Re4 Ra1+
42. Kf2 a3 43. Rxc4 a2 44. Nb4 Rf1+ 45. Kxf1 a1=Q+ 46. Kg2
Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Qb3 48. Re4 Qxc3 49. c6 Qf3 50. Nd5 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8
17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21. Rh3 Bxf5
22. exf5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4
Kf7 27. Rh7 Rh8 28. Qh3 Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Rh8 30. Qg6+ Kf8
31. Nxf6 Qf7 32. Nh7+ Rxh7 33. Qxh7 Qd5+ 34. f3 Qe5 35. Kf1
Qe3 36. Qh3 Bxb2 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Qh6+ Bg7 39. Qg6 Be5 40. f6
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8
12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. e6 Bxe6
17. Bxe6 exf3 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf6 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bc5
Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. f4 Nf3+
26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kh3 g6 28. Rb1 h5 29. Bd3 Nf5 30. Rb8+ Kg7
31. Rc8 Bxc3 32. Bf8+ Kf6 33. Rxc7 Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. a5
Rd6 36. Bc4 Ne7 37. a6 Rc6 38. Rxc6+ Nxc6 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Kf3
f6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Bf7 Kc5 43. Bxg6 b3 44. Ke3 b2 45. Kd2 Kb6
46. Kc2 Nd4+ 47. Kxb2 Nf3 48. Bxh5 Nxh4 49. Kc3 Kxa6 50. Kd4
Kb6 51. Kd5 Ng2 52. Ke4 Kc7 53. Kf5 Kd6 54. Bf3 Nh4+ 55. Kg4
Ng6 56. Kf5 Nh4+ 57. Kxf6 Nxf3 58. f5 Kd7 59. Kg7 Nh4 60. f6
Nf5+ 61. Kg6 Nd6 62. f4 Ke8 63. Kg7 Nf5+ 64. Kg8 Nh6+ 65. Kg7
Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7
7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.b3 O-O-O 11.Bb2 Re8 12.f4 f6
13.O-O-O fxe5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Qxe5 Rxe5 16.Bd3 Re8 17.Rhf1 d5
18.cxd5 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rxd5 Bd6 22.Bxg7
Rhg8 23.Rf7 Re2 24.Rd2 Rxg7 25.Rxg7 Bf4 26.Rd7 Rxg2 27.Kc2
Bxd2 28.Rxd2 Rg4 29.Rd3 Rg2+ 30.Rd2 Rg4 31.Rd3 Rg2+ 32.Rd2 Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 Rc8
12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 c4 15. Be2 exd5 16. exd5 Nc5
17. d6 Bf6 18. Qxc4 Ne6 19. Qb4 Rc2 20. Be3 Rxb2 21. Qc4 Qd7
22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Qg4 Rc6 24. Bf4 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Rc5 26. Ng5 h5
27. Qxh5 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 g6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Be3
Rd5 32. Ke1 Qxd6 33. Qxd6 Bc3+ 34. Kf1 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4
f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. b3 Bf5 24. Nd1 Bd7 25. c4 Be8
26. Bd2 Nf5 27. Bf4 Ng7 28. Ne3 Ne6 29. Rxh5 Nxf4 30. gxf4
Rg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxh5 32. b4 Kd7 33. c5 Ke6 34. Kg3 b6 35. a3 f5
36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Ke2 Bh5 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Kg2 Bf7 40. Kh3 Bh5
41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Nc2 Be8 43. Nd4 Bd7 44. Kf2 b5 45. Kg3 Kg7
46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ke3 Be8 48. Kd2 Bd7 49. Kc3 Be8 50. Kb2 Bd7
51. a4 a6 52. a5 Be8 53. Kc3 Bd7 54. Nc2 Be6 55. Ne1 Bc4
56. Nd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 Ke6 58. Kd4 Kf6 59. Kd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 c6 11. d4 Nf5
12. d5 d6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. c3 Nh4 15. g3 Ng6 16. f4 f5 17. Nf2
c5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Qc2 Ne7 20. c4 Kh8 21. a4 Bd7 22. Bd3 Qc7
23. Kg2 Rae8 24. Nh3 b6 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng8 27. Ng5 Nf6
28. b3 h6 29. Nf3 Kh7 30. h3 Qd8 31. Ra2 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Re8
33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Qxe2 g6 35. Nd2 Kg7 36. Nb1 Kf7 37. Nc3 Nh5
38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Be2 Ng7 40. Kf2 g5 41. Bf3 g4 42. Bg2 h5
43. h4 a5 44. Ke1 Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Kxe7 46. Bf1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4
12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7
Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Bf3 Bd3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 21. Nxd5
Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 24. Rb7 Bb6 25. Rc8+ Rxc8
26. Nxc8 Bd4 27. Rb8 Be5 28. Ra8 Bxf4 29. Nxa7+ Ke7 30. Rxh8
Kd7 31. Nb5 Be5 32. a4 Kc6 33. Nc3 Bc2 34. a5 Bg6 35. Ne4 Kb5
36. Ra8 h6 37. Kg2 f5 38. Nd2 Bd6 39. a6 Bf4 40. Nc4 Bh5
41. a7 Ka6 42. Na5 Bc7 43. Rc8 Kxa7 44. Rxc7+ Kb6 45. Rxg7
Kxa5 46. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rd8
17. Qc4 Qxe5 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Qc8 Qb6 21. f3 g5
22. a5 Nc6 23. Qxa8 Qxb2 24. Bxg5 Kg7 25. Rd1 Qxc3 26. Rxd8
Nxd8 27. Qxd8 Nd5 28. e4 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Qxe3 30. g4 Qe2+
31. Kg3 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Qg4 Nf6 9.Qg3 d6 10.Kh1 e5 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Qf3 Qh4 13.g3
Qg4 14.Qxg4 Bxg4 15.Nd5 Rc8 16.Kg2 Be6 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Nc4 Bc5
19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.c3 h5 21.h4 Ne7 22.Ne3 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Nf5
Rg8 25.Be4 Rd8 26.Re1 Rd7 27.Bh6 Nf4+ 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.b4 Bb6
30.Rad1 fxg3 31.fxg3 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Bc7 33.c4 Rg4 34.Kf3 Bxf5
35.Bxf5 Rxc4 36.a3 Rc3+ 37.Rd3 Rxd3+ 38.Bxd3 Kf8 39.Be4 b6
40.a4 b5 41.axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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 Bd6 10. g3 Qe7 11. Qb3 Rb8
12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 a5 16. Qc2 a4 17. h3
Nh7 18. e4 f5 19. e5 g5 20. Ne2 g6 21. g4 Kh8 22. h4 gxh4
23. g5 Kg7 24. Kf2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Nhf8 26. Rh3 Ra8 27. Rch1 Ba5
28. Be3 Ra7 29. Nc1 Nb8 30. Kf1 Qd8 31. Bf3 Kg8 32. Rxh4 Rxh4
33. Rxh4 Qe7 34. Bd1 Na6 35. Rh2 Qb7 36. a3 Nb8 37. Nd3 Qa8
38. Qb1 Kf7 39. Bc2 Bd8 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. Kf3 Rh7 42. Rxh7 Nxh7
43. Qh1 Nf8 44. Qh6 Qa7 45. Bd2 Qh7 46. Qxh7 Nxh7 47. b3 axb3
48. Bxb3 Kd7 49. a4 bxa4 50. Bxa4 Kc8 51. Ke2 Kb7 52. Kd1 Nf8
53. Kc2 Na6 54. Kb3 Nb8 55. Kc2 Na6 56. Kb3 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jan Gustafsson"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7
13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Be3 Ng4
18.Bc1 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qe4 20.Qf1 c5 21.f3 Qh7 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Nd7
Nxd7 24.Rxd7 Rac8 25.g4 Bb6 26.Rh2 f5 27.Qe2 fxg4 28.Qxe6+ Kh8
29.Qxg4 Rce8 30.Rg2 Rg8 31.Bd2 Re5 32.a4 Ba5 33.Qd4 Rxh5
34.Bxa5 Rxa5 35.Rgxg7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Ne7 11. Nd4
Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Bg5 b6 15. Re1 Rg8 16. a4 Rc8
17. Rad1 a6 18. a5 c5 19. Ne2 Nf5 20. Nf4 Be6 21. axb6 cxb6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nd4 24. c3 Ne6 25. Red1 Nxg5 26. Nxg5
Be7 27. Ne4 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bd8 30. f4 Ke7 31. c4
Bc7 32. Kf3 Rb8 33. g4 Bd8 34. h4 b5 35. cxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxc5
Rxb2 37. f5 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Bb6 39. f6+ gxf6 40. exf6+ Kd7
41. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6
7. Na4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6
Rxf6 17. a3 Raf8 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Rf1 Rh6 20. Qe3 Qb5 21. Qd4
g4 22. g3 Qg5 23. Rf4 e5 24. Qc4+ Kh7 25. Rf2 Qe3 26. Qf7 Rf6
27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6
7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Ra7 11. O-O c5
12. Bb2 Be7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 O-O 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. Rfc1
Ba8 17. Qa2 Rb7 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19. a5 Qa8 20. Qa1 g6 21. Bf1
Rc8 22. h3 Bd5 23. Nh2 f6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Ng4 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3
27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qb1 Bd5 29. e4 Bc5 30. Qd3 Bb7 31. Nf2 Ke7
32. Bxc5+ Qxc5 33. Qb1 Bc8 34. Qe1 Bb7 35. Qb1 Bc8 36. Qe1 Bb7
37. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Bg6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. f3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. e4 Rdd8 20. c4 Qe7 21. Rd5
f6 22. Rad1 Bf7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. e5 Qe7
26. Qe4 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Bg6 28. Qd5+ Bf7 29. Qe4 Bg6 30. Qd5+
Bf7 31. Qe4 Bg6 32. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 e5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Nc3 Nf6
12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Qe3 b5
17. Nd2 Rb7 18. c3 Nc6 19. b4 Rc8 20. a4 Qd8 21. Ra3 Qb6
22. Qe2 Ne7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rfa1 h6 25. g3 Kh8 26. Nf1 Ng8
27. Ra6 Qc7 28. R1a3 Bd7 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. Qf3 Rb6 31. Ra7 Rb7
32. R7a5 Qd8 33. Qe2 Rcb8 34. Bc2 Be6 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. h4 Kg8
37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Qf3 Qc8 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. Nf5 Bxf5 41. Qxf5 Qxf5
42. exf5 d5 43. Ra8 Kf8 44. Kf1 Rxa8 45. Rxa8+ Ke7 46. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. c3 Nd7
17. O-O b5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Bg5 21. Nf3 Be7
22. Nd2 Bg5 23. Nf3 Be7 24. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Nf3 Re8 8. g3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. Bg2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxd4 Bxc4
17. e4 Nd7 18. Qc3 b5 19. Bxg7 f5 20. Bh6 fxe4 21. O-O-O a5
22. bxa5 Nc5 23. Bf1 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 Nxa5 25. Bc1 Qe5 26. Qxe5
Rxe5 27. fxe4 Bxf1 28. Rhxf1 Nc4 29. Rd7 Rxe4 30. Rff7 Nxa3+
31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rdg7+ Kf8
35. Rxc7 Rb4+ 36. Kc2 Rc4+ 37. Kb2 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 b4 39. Kb1
Rb3+ 40. Kc1 Ra3 41. Rc2 Kg7 42. Rb2 Rf3 43. Kb1 b3 44. Re2
Kg6 45. Kb2 Kg5 46. Ka3 Kg4 47. Re4+ Kf5 48. Rb4 Rf2 49. h4
Rg2 50. Rb5+ Ke4 51. Rxb3 Rc2 52. Rb4+ Ke5 53. Kb3 Rf2
54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Kc4 Rg2 56. Rg5 Rd2 57. Rg8 Kf7 58. Rg4 Kf6
59. h5 Rh2 60. Rg6+ Kf7 61. g4 Rd2 62. Rg5 Rd1 63. Rd5 Rg1
64. Rf5+ Kg7 65. Rg5+ Kh6 66. Rg6+ Kh7 67. Kd5 Re1 68. g5 Ra1
69. Rc6 Rg1 70. Rc7+ Kg8 71. g6 Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3
O-O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rd2 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15. Nde2 Ne5
16. h3 Bb4 17. b3 Be6 18. Ra1 Ba3 19. Rf1 Bb4 20. Ra1 Ba3
21. Rf1 Bb4 22. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 Nf5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. axb6 Nxb6
12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxh4
17. Qe4 Be7 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kg2 Re8 21. Rf3 Qh4
22. Rg3 Red8 23. Ra5 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Nxc3 26. bxc3
Rd1 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rcd8 29. Rb2 h6 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rb8
Qd7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Kh3 Qd5 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Qe4 Qd2 36. g5
hxg5 37. fxg5 g6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qf3
Kg8 42. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4
12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ke7 15. Rac1 Bb7
16. Rhe1 Rhc8 17. h4 h6 18. g4 a5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 g6
21. Rh1 Ba6 22. Ke3 Nd8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rab8
26. Be2 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Rxb6 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Rh7 Kf8 30. c4 bxc3
31. bxc3 Ne7 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Bxb1 Nf5+ 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. e6
fxe6 36. Kd4 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Ke5 Kf7 39. Kd6 a4 40. a3
1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. N2f3 Nc6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3
Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. a4 g5 15. h3 Bg7 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. b3 Nxd4
18. cxd4 Qc3 19. Ba3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ne1
a5 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Rc6 25. Kd2 Rhc8 26. g4 f5 27. exf6+
Kxf6 28. Ra2 Be8 29. Rc2 Bg6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nf3 Rc2+
32. Ke1 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Rc2+ 34. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5
12. e5 Ne4 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 f5 15. Nb3 g5 16. Nh2 f4
17. Bd2 a5 18. Rc1 a4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Be6 21. Nf3 Qd7
22. Nd4 Rf7 23. f3 Ng3 24. Rc3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Ra3 d4
27. Rxa4 Rff8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. a4 d3 30. Bc3 Qd5 31. Kh2 Rd8
32. b4 d2 33. Re2 Qb3 34. Qxb3 Bxb3 35. Bxd2 Bd1 36. Rf2 Bxa4
37. g3 Rd4 38. e6 Rc4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rg2+ Kf8 41. Rg4 Ke7
42. Bxf4 Kxe6 43. Kg3 Bd1 44. Rh4 Rc3 45. Bxc7 Rxf3+ 46. Kg2
Rf7 47. Rh6+ Kd5 48. Rd6+ Kc4 49. Ba5 Bf3+ 50. Kg3 Bd5 51. Kg4
Rg7+ 52. Kf4 Rf7+ 53. Kg5 Rg7+ 54. Kf6 Rg3 55. h4 h5 56. Ke5
Rg4 57. Bd8 Kxb4 58. Rxd5 cxd5 59. c6 Rc4 60. Kxd5 Kb5 61. c7
Rc2 62. Ke6 Ka6 63. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd6
12. f4 O-O 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6
17. Qc2 f5 18. f3 Rf6 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Be1 Rff8 21. Rh2 Rfc8
22. Qc1 Qe8 23. Rhc2 Qh5 24. Kg2 h6 25. Bg3 Kh7 26. a3 Rc7
27. R2c3 Qe8 28. Rb3 Rac8 29. Rb6 Qd8 30. Rb3 Nc4 31. Rc3 b6
32. R5xc4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 Ne7 34. Bxe6 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc6 36. Bb3
b5 37. Qc2 Qa5 38. Be1 Qxa3 39. e4 a5 40. d5 a4 41. Ba2 b4
42. Bb1 b3 43. Qd2 Rg6+ 44. Kh3 Qa1 45. Qd3 a3 46. exf5 Rf6
47. d6 a2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nelson Borges Pinal"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5
7. a3 Ne7 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bb2 Qc7
12. Nbd2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Ne3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Bc1 Rf7 21. Rb3 Re6
22. g3 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. b5 cxb5 25. cxb5 Nf5 26. Rc3 Qd8
27. bxa6 Rxa6 28. Kg2 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Rd1
Ra7 32. Bb2 Ra2 33. Rb1 Nd4 34. Qd1 Nb5 35. Kh2 Qf7 36. Qg4
Ra8 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hristos Banikas"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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. Bf4 Rc8
12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bc1 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4
Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne2 d5 11. Ng3 Nf8
12. c3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 c6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6
17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Rad1
b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. b3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Re8 27. Ra1 Qe6 28. Kf1 b4 29. Rc1 bxc3 30. Qxc3 Rc8 31. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5
12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Qc2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 f6
17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Re2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. g4 Ne7 21. Rae1 Kf7
22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxe7+ Kg8 24. Nh4 Bd6 25. Rd7 g6 26. Ng2 Rf7
27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. h3 Rh8 29. Ne3 c6 30. a4 a5 31. b3 Re8
32. Kf1 Re4 33. Re2 Bf4 34. Ng2 Bd6 35. f3 Re6 36. Rxe6 Kxe6
37. f4 c5 38. Ke2 f5 39. g5 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 e5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Ne3 e4 16. Nh4 Qd7
17. Nhg2 a4 18. Qc2 b3 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6
22. Qb4 Reb8 23. Rac1 h5 24. Rfd1 Kh7 25. Kg2 h4 26. Qd2 h3+
27. Kg1 Rc8 28. Qb4 Rcb8 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Qb4 Rcb8 31. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 b5
12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Qe3 a6 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. Bd3 e5 16. d5 Bb7
17. O-O Be7 18. b4 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb1 a5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Bd6 23. Rc1 axb4 24. axb4 Nf6 25. Nh4 e4 26. g3 Bxb4
27. Nf5 Qe5 28. Qg5 Nd7 29. Bxe4 g6 30. Bd3 Kh8 31. Bxb5 Nf6
32. Qh4 Ba3 33. Rc6 Nxd5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Nxd5 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. a3
Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 a5 14. O-O Nf4 15. Rae1+ Ne6 16. Na4 f6
17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Re3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb1 b5 21. c4 Rd8
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. Ke1
Kd7 27. g3 Ra2 28. h4 h5 29. Re2 Nc7 30. Bc1 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 g5
32. Be3 gxh4 33. gxh4 Nb5 34. Rc1 Nd6 35. f3 Rb5 36. Bc5 Nb7
37. Bf8 Nd8 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Rxh5 Ne6 40. Rh7+ Kc6 41. Be7 Nf4+
42. Ke3 Nd5+ 43. Ke4 Nxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxb4+ 45. Kf5 Rxh4 46. Re4
Rh8 47. Rd4 Kc5 48. Rd3 Ra8 49. f4 Ra4 50. Rd7 Kc6 51. Rf7 Kd6
52. Rxf6+ Ke7 53. Kg6 Ra1 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. f5 Rg1+ 56. Kf6 Rf1
57. Ra7 Rf2 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Rf8 Rh2 60. Kg7 Rg2+ 61. Kf7 Ra2
62. f6 Ra7 63. Re8 Ra6 64. Re1 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Rfc1
Nbd7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd3 Bf8
21. Rc2 Nd5 22. Rac1 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Nb3 Rab8 25. Nc5
Kf8 26. Rc4 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Ke7 28. b4 Rd7 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5
Ra8 31. Rcb1 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Diego Flores"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 Bf6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bd2 d6
12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 h6 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Be2 Nec6
17. Be3 b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxc2 23. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Nd5 11. O-O f6
12. Nc4 Kh8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Qh3 Kg8
17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Na6 20. Rae1 Nc7 21. Rxe4
Ne8 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Nxd7 Rf7 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Ree1 Nd6 26. Nd3
Rf7 27. c3 Raf8 28. Re6 Nb5 29. Rfe1 g6 30. Kg2 Nc7 31. Re7
Nd5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Rb8 Ne4+
36. Kg2 Kh6 37. b4 Kh5 38. Re8 Nd6 39. Re3 Nf5 40. Re5 a6
41. h3 h6 42. Nf2 g5 43. fxg5 Nh4+ 44. Kf1 hxg5 45. Re8 Ng6
46. Re3 Nf4 47. Kg1 Nd5 48. Re8 Nf4 49. Kh2 Kg6 50. Re5 Rh7
51. Kg3 Nh5+ 52. Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Re6+ Kf5 55. Rd6 Nf4
56. Ne4 Ne6 57. Rxe6 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Re3 59. Re5+ Kf4 60. Nc5
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Nfd7
12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Re1 dxc4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bh6
Rd8 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. bxc4 Bb7 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ne4 Qa4 25. Rxd7 Bxe4
26. Rd8 Bg6 27. Bg5 Qa3 28. Qd4 h6 29. Qd6 Kh7 30. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Re1 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4
13.Qe2 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne7 16.h3 Re8 17.Bc2 Ng6 18.b3 Ba5
19.Rab1 Bc3 20.Rec1 b4 21.a4 a5 22.Bd3 h6 23.Qd1 Ba6 24.Bc2
Ra7 25.Kh2 Rae7 26.g4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Qc2
Qe7 30.Rg1 Rxe3 31.fxe3 Qxe3 32.Rbf1 Be2 33.Qf5 Bd3 34.Qd7
Be5+ 35.Kh1 Be4 36.Qe8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

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 c5 9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Ndf3 bxc5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qc2 Nc6
13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.a3 Rab8
18.Rab1 Bf8 19.h4 Qb3 20.Qe4 Nb6 21.Bc3 Bb7 22.Qg4 e5 23.Nd2
Qf7 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Nf1 Nc4 26.Red1 Rdb8 27.Qe4 Nd6 28.Qc2 Qg6
29.Qxg6 hxg6 30.Nd2 Kf7 31.e3 Nb5 32.Ba5 Nd6 33.Rbc1 Rb5
34.Bc7 R8b7 35.Bxd6 Bxd6 36.Nc4 Be7 37.e4 Ke6 38.Kg2 Rb8
39.Rd2 Rd8 40.Rxd8 Bxd8 41.Rd1 Be7 42.Rd3 Rb8 43.Kf3 Rb7
44.Ke2 Rb8 45.Kd2 f5 46.Rd5 Rd8 47.Rxd8 Bxd8 48.Kd3 f4 49.Ke2
g5 50.gxf4 exf4 51.hxg5 Bxg5 52.Kf3 Bh4 53.a4 a6 54.b3 g5
55.Na5 Ke5 56.Nc6+ Kd6 57.Na5 Ke5 58.Nc4+ Kd4 59.a5 Bxf2
60.Kxf2 Kxe4 61.Nd6+ Kd5 62.Ne8 Kc6 63.Nf6 Kb5 64.Ne4 g4
65.Ke2 Kxa5 66.Nxc5 Kb4 67.Nxa6+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rd3 Nf8 16. Rb3 Qc8
17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6
22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Rd3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Rcd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. a4 Red8 28. b3 R6d7 29. R1d2 Rd6 30. Rd1 R6d7
31. R1d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Nb3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd3 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Ra3
Qxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. b4 Rd4 25. Rb3 Rc4 26. f4
Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Rc3 Rc6
31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. b3 Kf6 33. Ra2 Kf5 34. Rxa7 Kxf4 35. Ra2 Ke3
36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 Kf4 38. Ra5 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 g6 40. Rg5 Kf3
41. Kg1 Rc6 42. Kh2 Kf4 43. b5 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Rc3+ 45. Kh2 Rxb3
46. Rxg6 Rxb5 47. Rc6 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Rb3+ 49. Kh2 Rb7 50. Rc5
Kg4 51. Rc4+ Kf3 52. Rc5 Kg4 53. Rc4+ Kf3 54. Rc5 Kg4 55. Rc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.08"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Bh3 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bf4 21. Bxd5
Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd5 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Qe5
f6 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Kf7 29. b3 Bf5 30. Kf2 Rxe1 31. Kxe1
a5 32. Kd2 Be6 33. Kd3 Bf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.09"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.h3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1
Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.g4 hxg4 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.hxg4 Ne7
18.Kg2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nd5 20.Bd2 b5 21.f4 Kd7 22.f5 Ree8 23.Re4
g6 24.Rf1 gxf5 25.Rxf5 f6 26.Kf3 Rxe5 27.Rexe5 fxe5 28.Rxe5 a5
29.g5 Rf8+ 30.Kg2 Ne7 31.Re4 Ng6 32.Kg3 Rf5 33.Bf4 Nxf4 34.Kg4
Rxg5+ 35.Kxg5 Nd5 36.c4 Nb4 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.c4 Nxa2 39.cxb5
Nc3 40.Rc4 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4
O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Qa5
13.Bd2 Nd7 14.Nf3 c4 15.Be2 Nc6 16.Ng5 Re7 17.f4 Nf6 18.O-O
Bd7 19.a4 Rf8 20.Bf3 Nd8 21.Qc1 Nf7 22.Qa3 Ree8 23.Nxf7 Rxf7
24.Rfe1 Bc6 25.Qb4 Qxb4 26.cxb4 Ne4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.c3 Bd5
29.Be3 Kf8 30.h3 Ke7 31.Kh2 h5 32.h4 Rf5 33.Kg3 Rg8 34.Kh2 Re8
35.Kg3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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. Be3 c4
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 Ne7 16. a4 a5
17. Qe2 Bd7 18. g4 Ra6 19. Bc1 Bxa4 20. Ba3 h6 21. Nh3 b5
22. Bc5 Rc6 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. g5 Nf5 26. gxh6 Nxh6
27. Kd2 Rf5 28. Rhg1 Rb6 29. f3 b4 30. Qe3 Nf7 31. Bc5 Rb7
32. Rg2 Qb5 33. Rag1 bxc3+ 34. Ke2 Nxe5 35. Qh6 Rff7 36. Qxe6
Ng4 37. Ng5 Qb2 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6
12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. O-O bxc3 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Bg4 Ncb4
17. Nxe6 g6 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Qh6 Kg8 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Bf6 Nxf6
22. exf6 Nd5 23. Bf3 Nxf6 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Ra6 Qxg7 26. Qg5
Rd7 27. Bf3 Ne8 28. Bc6 Rd6 29. Qe7 Qf8 30. Qxa7 Nf6 31. Qc5
Nd7 32. Qxc4 Nb8 33. Rb6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Qb4
36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. d5 Qd4 40. d6 Qd2
41. d7 c2 42. h4 Qd1 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qc7 Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3h2
a5 18. Qf3 Ra6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qa8 22. Rad1
b4 23. Nd2 Rd6 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Nc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 bxc3 27. bxc3
f6 28. Rb1 a4 29. Kh1 Ba6 30. Nb2 a3 31. Nd3 Bc4 32. Bb3 Bxb3
33. Rxb3 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qa4 35. Nb4 Nf4 36. Bg3 c5 37. Nd5 Nxd5
38. exd5 Qc2 39. Rb7 Qxa2 40. Ra7 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4
16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Rxd4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 g6 20. Qe2 Rd5
21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4
26. Qd2 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qf5 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. O-O
Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bc3 Qd6 15. Ne5 b5 16. c5 Qd5
17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. f3 Qd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nd5 21. Qd3 Rb8
22. Qc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Qc4 Bg7 26. d5 exd5
27. Qxd5 Qf6 28. Ba4 Rb2 29. Bb3 Qh4 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. f4 Qxf4
32. Rf1 Rf2 33. Qc4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 h5 36. g3 Be5
37. Re1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. a4 f6 40. Rd1 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6
42. Kg2 a6 43. Bxa6 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rc2 45. Bf1 Rxc5 46. Rd2 Rc1
47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bb5 c5 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Rd5 Ra3+ 51. Ke2 h4
52. Rxc5 hxg3 53. hxg3 Kg4 54. a5 Kxg3 55. a6 Ra5 56. Rd5 g5
57. Bc4 Ra4 58. Bb5 Ra5 59. Bc4 Ra4 60. Bb5 Ra2+ 61. Rd2 Ra5
62. Bc4 f5 63. Rd5 Rxd5 64. Bxd5 Bb8 65. Be6 f4 66. Kd3 g4
67. Ke4 f3 68. Kf5 Ba7 69. Kg5 f2 70. Bc4 Kf3 71. Bd5+ Ke3
72. Bg2 g3 73. Kg4 Bb8 74. a7 Bxa7 75. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6
12. Nd2 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rhc8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc5
17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rc2 20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. Rfa1
Be5 22. Nxe5 Kxe5 23. g3 Rb2 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 Rd8 11. Qa4 a6 12. Nd2
Bd7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nce4 Bc6 17. Nxc4
Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qc2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 c6 21. h4 h5 22. b4 a5
23. Rab1 g6 24. Rd3 Rd7 25. b5 Bxa3 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6
Rad8 28. Rc3 Bb4 29. Rc4 Qd6 30. Qa4 Rc7 31. Rbc1 Rdc8 32. Bc6
e5 33. d5 Kg7 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Qb5 Qd6 36. R1c2 Re7 37. Qa4 Rb8
38. Qb3 Rc8 39. Qd3 Rd8 40. Qe2 Qf6 41. Qd3 Qd6 42. Qe2 Qf6
43. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Rc8
17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 Rd7 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. Nd2 Kh8
22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rc2 Ne7 24. Rc3 Nd5 25. Rc2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Qb6 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rc8
17. a5 Qc6 18. Na4 f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Bc5 Re8
22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. c3 e5 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Rxf4 g6
27. Rf3 f5 28. Rfd3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Kf7 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kh6 34. Kf3 Kh5 35. Rb6 Kg5 36. g3 Rc7
37. h3 Rd7 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Ke3 Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rc7
42. b3 Kh5 43. Kf4 Rf7 44. Kf3 g5 45. b4 g4+ 46. hxg4+ fxg4+
47. Ke4 Kg5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 h5 50. a6 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+
52. Kc4 Rc7+ 53. Rc6 bxc6 54. b6 Rc8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kc5 h4
57. a7 Rxb7 58. a8=Q Rh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. gxh4 Rg7 61. Qh8+
Kg6 62. h5+ Kf7 63. h6 Rg5+ 64. Kd6 g3 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qe7+
Kf5 67. Qxg5+ Kxg5 68. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7+ 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4
Nbd7 17. Qc6 Rcb8 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8
21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 cxd4 23. Nxd7 dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nxe3
Nf6 26. Nc4 Ke7 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Nb6 Raa7 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4
Rc7 31. b3 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nc5 33. Nd2 Rb7 34. Ra5 Nxb3 35. Nxb3
Rxb3 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 d6 14. Qb5 Ne8 15. g4 Nd7 16. h4 a6
17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Bf6 19. Nb1 d5 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Be7
22. Ne5 Nd6 23. g6 f6 24. Nf7 e5 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bg3 f5
27. Bxe5 Rxg6 28. cxd5 c4 29. Bg3 Bb4 30. bxc4 Bxd2 31. Nxd2
Rc8 32. e3 a5 33. Rb1 Ba6 34. d6 Nd7 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Bf3 Rf6
37. Kg2 g5 38. Bh2 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Rb7 Ke8 41. Be2 Rc8
42. Bb5 Rd8 43. Be5 Re6 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxf4 Rg6+ 46. Kf3 Rg1
47. Be5 Rg6 48. Kf4 Rh6 49. a4 Re6 50. Rc7 Rh6 51. Kg5 Rh7
52. Bf6 Rb8 53. Bc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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 Qb8 16. b3 a5
17. f4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Nce3 Bb6
22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 Bf7 26. g4 a4
27. g5 axb3 28. axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 Rda8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4
Ng8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ra1 34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3
Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Qe1 Bh5 41. Ng3
Be8 42. Qxb4 Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1
Ke7 47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8
52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5 Ra2 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5 56. Rxd5
Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5 Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2
Qxc2 62. Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6 66. Qe7+
Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6 Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7
72. Bd5 Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6 75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2
77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. c3 a5 10. h4 Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf1 b4
13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Ng4 Rb3 17. c4 Nb6
18. Bg5 dxc4 19. Nd2 Rxd3 20. Bxc6 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Rxd2 22. Qc1
Qd4 23. Re4 Qb2 24. Qe1 c3 25. Kg2 Bd3 26. Qh1 Nd5 27. Rxa4
Bf5 28. Rf1 Bxg4 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxg4 d4 31. Rf4 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. a3 b5
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Rc1 Rc8
17. b4 Ba8 18. Qb3 Nd4 19. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxc8 21. g3
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qe4 h5 24. h4 Qc3 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5
Qxa3 27. g6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qf3 29. Qxa6 Rd5 30. Qg6 Rd1
31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd3 Ne7
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 d6 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bd4 h5
17. Re2 Qc4 18. Qe3 Bxd5 19. b3 Qc6 20. Bxg7 Bxf3 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Qxe7+ Kg7 23. gxf3 Rh6 24. Qe4 Qc3 25. Rae1 Re6
26. Qf4 Rf6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rxf3 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Rd5 Kg6
31. Rg2+ Kf6 32. Rxh5 Rxe3 33. Rf2+ Kg6 34. Rhf5 Rxc2 35. Rf6+
Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. R7f3 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 Kg7 39. h3 d5 40. Kf1
Kg6 41. Ke1 Rh2 42. Kd1 Kg5 43. Rd3 Kf4 44. Rxd5 Ke4 45. Rd6
Rxh3 46. Kc2 Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nf1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Be3
Ne4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. Kh2 c6 21. c4
Rad8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. cxd5 Ne7 24. Re6 Qxe6 25. dxe6 Rxd3
26. Rxd3 Nd5 27. Ra3 Rb8 28. Ne5 h6 29. Ng6 Re8 30. Nf4 Nxf4
31. gxf4 Rxe6 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Kf3 b5 35. Ra8 b4
36. Rc8 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rd7 38. f5+ Ke7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Ke4 Kd6
41. g4 c5 42. h4 c4 43. Kd4 b5 44. g5 h5 45. Ke4 c3 46. Kd3
cxb2 47. Kc2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 b4 12. Nbd2
Rb8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bg3 Ng5
18. N1d2 Bf6 19. a5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Bb3 Nb5 22. Qc2 Ne6
23. Nf1 Ng5 24. N1d2 Qc8 25. Ba4 Rd8 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Nf3 Bf6
28. Bh4 g5 29. Bg3 Bg7 30. Nd2 Be6 31. f3 Qb7 32. Bf2 Qa8
33. Nf1 Na7 34. h4 Nc6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qd2 f6 37. d4 Nxa5
38. d5 Bf7 39. Ne3 Nb3 40. Bxb3 Rxb3 41. Nf5 Rdb8 42. Ne7+ Kf8
43. Nc6 Rb2 44. Qc1 R8b5 45. Nb4 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 a5 47. Qe3 f5
48. Qxg5 Qa7+ 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kh2 Be8 51. Nc6 Bxc6 52. dxc6
Qb6 53. Qf5+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. c4 Rb2 56. c5 Qxc5 57. Reb1
Rb4 58. Rxb4 Qxb4 59. Qc8+ Kf7 60. Qxc7+ Kg6 61. Qd7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bg5
Nc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 g6 15. c3 Bg7 16. h4 Kh8 17. g3 f5
18. Ng5 Bg8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Kg2 Ne7 22. Qf3 Ra7
23. Nxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Nh3 Qa8 26. Nf4 Rb7 27. Nd5
Rf8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Re2 Qe8 30. Nf4 Rb3 31. h5 Kh7 32. Qd5 Rf6
33. Ng6 Qb5 34. Ne7 Qe8 35. Ng6 Rb8 36. f4 Re6 37. Rf1 Qf7
38. g4 fxg4 39. Kg1 Rf6 40. Qe4 Kg8 41. Qxa4 Rf5 42. Qe4 Re8
43. c4 Re6 44. Rff2 Rxh5 45. f5 Rf6 46. Rf1 Rg5 47. Ref2 Qd7
48. Kg2 Rf7 49. f6 Bf8 50. Kg3 Qe6 51. b3 a5 52. Nh4 Qd7
53. Ng6 Qe6 54. Nh4 Qd7 55. Nf5 Kh8 56. Ne3 Rh5 57. Nd5 Rh3+
58. Kg2 g3 59. Rf5 Rh2+ 60. Kxg3 Rb2 61. Rh1 Qe6 62. Rf3 Rh7
63. Qg6 Rxb3 64. Rh4 Rb1 65. Kh2 Rb2+ 66. Kh1 a4 67. Rg4 Qf7
68. Qf5 a3 69. Ne7 a2 70. Ng6+ Qxg6 71. Qxg6 a1=Q+ 72. Rg1
Qxg1+ 73. Kxg1 Rb1+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Nb6 14. Be1 Qd7 15. h4 a6 16. h5 Rc7
17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Nf4 Ne8 21. Nd3 Ba3
22. Rcb1 Bf8 23. b4 Nd6 24. Nc5 Qe8 25. a4 Nc4 26. Be2 Nb8
27. e4 b6 28. exd5 exd5 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Nf4 Ne7 31. b5 a5
32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Ra2 Qd7 34. Rc1 g6 35. Qe2 Rdc8 36. Rd1 Bh6
37. Nd3 Bg7 38. Bg4 Nf5 39. Qf1 Re8 40. Qh3 Ncd6 41. Nf4 Rc4
42. h6 Bh8 43. Ne2 Qc7 44. Bd2 Nxd4 45. Nf4 f5 46. Bh5 Qf7
47. g4 gxh5 48. gxh5 Ne2+ 49. Nxe2 Rxe2 50. Kf1 Re6 51. Qg2+
Rg4 52. Qxd5 Re8 53. Bc1 Qxd5 54. Rxd5 Rd4 55. Rd2 Rxd2
56. Bxd2 Nc4 57. Bg5 Be5 58. Bc1 f4 59. Kg2 Kf7 60. Rd7+ Re7
61. Rd8 Kf6 62. Rg8 Kf5 63. Kf3 Bd6 64. Rf8+ Kg5 65. Bxf4+
Bxf4 66. Rxf4 Nd2+ 67. Kg3 Ne4+ 68. Kf3 Nf6 69. Rc4 Re6
70. Rc6 Rxc6 71. bxc6 Ne8 72. Ke4 Kxh5 73. Ke5 Kxh6 74. Ke6
Nc7+ 75. Kd7 Na6 76. Kc8 Nb4 77. Kb7 Nxc6 78. Kxc6 Kg5 79. Kd5
Kf4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. fxe3 h6 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Qf2 Kh7 18. h3 Ng7 19. Nd2 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Ne7 21. Qg3 Nh5
22. Qg4 Qc8 23. Kh2 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Ng7 25. Rf2 Ne6 26. Raf1 Kg7
27. Nf5+ Nxf5 28. exf5 Ng5 29. Kg3 c5 30. Nd2 Rfd8 31. e4 Rb7
32. Nc4 Rbd7 33. Nb6 Rb7 34. Nd5 Re8 35. Rh1 gxf5 36. gxf5 f6
37. Ne3 Rh8 38. Rh5 b3 39. c3 Rd7 40. c4 Rb7 41. Rf1 Rh7
42. Kf2 Rb4 43. Ra1 Rh8 44. Ke2 Rhb8 45. Kd2 R4b7 46. Kc3 Nf7
47. Nf1 Nd8 48. Ne3 Nc6 49. Rah1 Rh8 50. Ng4 Rb4 51. Rxh6 Rxh6
52. Rxh6 Nd4 53. Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rxf6+ Ke7 55. Rh6 Rxa4 56. f6+
Kf7 57. Rh7+ Kg6 58. Rg7+ Kh5 59. f7 Ne6 60. Rg8 Ra1 61. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne4
12. Ne1 Bg6 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Nf4 Nd6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. h4 e5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. d5 c5 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 g6 21. Qe2 c4
22. e4 Nc5 23. Bd2 b5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Bh3 Rb8 26. Kg2 b4
27. Ne2 Ndxe4 28. Be1 Bg5 29. Qf3 f5 30. a3 bxa3 31. Qxa3 Rd7
32. g4 f4 33. Ng1 Nd3 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Qxd3 Nf6 36. Qxg6+ Rg7
37. Qf5 e4 38. Bc3 f3+ 39. Kh1 Qd7 40. Qe5 Re8 41. Qd4 Rh7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 Qa5 16. O-O Qc5+
17. Kh1 a5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re4 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Rfe1 Bd7
22. Qf4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Rc4 Qf2 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Rxd4
d5 27. Kg1 Kf6 28. Kf2 Ke5 29. Ke3 Re8 30. Kd3 Bb7 31. c3 bxc3
32. bxc3 Ba6+ 33. Kd2 Bb7 34. f4+ Kd6 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. c4 Kc5
37. Rxd5+ Kb4 38. Rb5+ Kxa4 39. g3 Re4 40. Kd3 Re7 41. Rb6
Rd7+ 42. Kc3 Rc7 43. Rb1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Na4 b6
12. Qc2 Nce7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15. Rfb1 h6 16. g3 Bg4
17. e4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rc6 b5 25. d6 cxd6 26. Qd5
Ra8 27. Kg2 Bf8 28. Rb6 Ra3 29. Rxb5 Qf5 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. Bxh6+
Kxh6 32. Rxf8 Kg7 33. Rd8 Rxd3 34. Qa8 e4 35. Rg8+ Kf6
36. Qd8+ Ke5 37. Qe7+ Kd5 38. Qb7+ Kc4 39. Qc8+ Qxc8 40. Rxc8+
Kxb4 41. Rf8 Rf3 42. h4 d5 43. g4 d4 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Rf6
46. Re8 Rh6 47. Rxe4 Kc3 48. Rh4 d3 49. Rf4 d2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Bd4 Nxa2+ 16. Nxa2
Qxa2 17. Qc3 O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qc7 Qa1+
21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Ke2 Bb5+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Qd6 e5 25. Qxd5+
Kh8 26. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. g3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6
7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Nb1 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Be5 11. Nc3 Nc6
12. O-O d6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qc1 Nb4 15. Bd1 c5 16. Re1 Ne4
17. Nxe5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 dxe5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qb2 f6 21. Bf3 Rfd8
22. h3 Qf7 23. Kh2 Qg6 24. Rac1 Be4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. f3 Qh4
27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Rce1 h5 29. Re2 Rd7 30. Be1 e4 31. f4 Qf5
32. Qc3 b5 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Rh8 36. Reg2 Rh7
37. a4 Ne7 38. Qa5 Qh5 39. Rh4 Qxh4 40. Bxh4 Rxh4 41. Qxa6
bxa4 42. bxa4 Rd5 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. a5 Rdh5 45. Rg3 Nf5
46. Qxc5+ Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kf8 48. Qa8+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+
Kf7 51. Qc4+ Kf8 52. Qf1 Nxg3 53. Kxg3 Ke7 54. a6 Rh8 55. a7
R4h5 56. Qh1 f5 57. Qa1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8
12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Re8
17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Bxb4 20. Rb1 Bd6 21. Be3
Ne4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rb7 Nc5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf5 Be7 26. Bxh6
Bf6 27. Nxg7 Bxg7 28. Qg4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8+ 30. f4 Qb2
31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxd7 Qd4 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qg4+
Kf8 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qf5 Re3 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kf8
40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qf5 a5 42. Bb5 Re6 43. Qg4 Qe4 44. Qg3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Bd8 15. Na4 Be7 16. f3 g5 17. e4
g4 18. Be3 gxf3 19. gxf3 Rg8+ 20. Kf1 e5 21. Rac1 Bd8 22. Nac5
Bc8 23. Kf2 Rg6 24. Rg1 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Be6 26. Bc4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 Rc8 28. Rgc1 Rh6 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Be3 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rb8
32. Rc5 Re6 33. Rc6 Nf4 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Rxe6+ fxe6 36. Rc6
Bf6 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rxa6 Bxb2 39. Rb6 Rc8 40. Rxb4 Rc3
41. a6 Rxf3+ 42. Kg2 Rd3 43. a7 f3+ 44. Kf2 Bf6 45. e5 Be7
46. Rb7 Rd8 47. Kxf3 Ra8 48. Nd4 Ke8 49. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5
7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3
O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 a6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2
Qc7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qb8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. b4 Nh7 22. Be3
Nhf6 23. Rab1 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 e4 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6
27. Be2 Be5 28. Qb3 Rcd8 29. Red1 Qc8 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. h3 Kh7
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Qc2 Re8 35. a4 Bb8 36. a5 Ng8
37. c5 f5 38. Bc4 Qe7 39. c6 bxc6 40. Bxa6 g5 41. Qc5 f4
42. Qxe7 Nxe7 43. Bc5 Nd5 44. Bb7 f3+ 45. Kf1 e3 46. fxe3 Bxg3
47. Rxd5 cxd5 48. a6 g4 49. hxg4 Kg6 50. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 c6 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Ne4 Raf8 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Re6 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. R6e5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qg4
26. Kh1 Nf4 27. Qc2 h5 28. Ng1 Ne6 29. Nf3 Nf4 30. Ng1 Re8
31. Qe4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. O-O Nxe5 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Be7
11. Nxe4 O-O 12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1
Rfd8 16. Kf1 a6 17. Ke2 Kf8 18. Bc5+ Ke8 19. Be3 Kf8 20. Bc5+
Ke8 21. Be3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "12.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h3 h6 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bc2 Qc7
18. Be3 b4 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qe2 b3 21. Bb1 Bxa4 22. Nh4 Bd7
23. Nhf5 Nc6 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 exf4 26. dxc6 Bxf5 27. Nxf5
fxe3 28. Qxe3 Bd6 29. Qf3 g6 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Ng4
Rxc6 33. d4 cxd4 34. Kh1 Bg3 35. cxd4 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qf4
37. Qxf4 Bxf4 38. Rf1 Nh5 39. Rd1 Re2 40. d5 f5 41. d6 fxg4
42. d7 Ng3+ 43. Kg1 gxh3 44. Kh2 Nf5+ 45. Kxh3 Bg5 46. g4 Re3+
47. Kh2 Re2+ 48. Kh3 Ne3 49. Rd3 Bf4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 Rh6 16. Rfe1
a6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. g4 hxg4
21. hxg4 c5 22. c3 c4 23. Kg2 b5 24. Kf3 Rb8 25. Bg3 Rh6
26. Ke4 b4 27. Rd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb2 29. Rxc4 c5 30. Ra4 Kd7
31. Rd1+ Kc8 32. Ke3 Rc2 33. Kd3 Rb2 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2
Rb6 36. Kc2 Kd7 37. Re4 Ke6 38. Re1 Rb5 39. a4 Ra5 40. Re4 Kd5
41. f3 c4 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. Bf2 Kc6 44. Rxc4+ Kd5 45. Re4 Ke6
46. Kb3 Rxe5 47. Bd4 Rxe4 48. fxe4 Kd6 49. c4 Kc6 50. e5 Bd8
51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Kc3 Kd7 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Bc7
56. c5 Bb8 57. c6 Bc7 58. Bc3 Bb6 59. Bd2 Bd8 60. Be3 Bc7
61. Bxg5 Bxe5 62. Bf4 Bc3 63. c7 Kd7 64. Kf5 Bd4 65. Be5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6
7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1 Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8
12. h3 h6 13. d4 c6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 b5 16. Qd2 c5 17. a4
Bd7 18. d5 c4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Qd8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. axb5
Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rxa6 Bc5 25. Rea1 Rxa6 26. bxa6 Ra8
27. Nf3 Bc8 28. Nd2 Rxa6 29. Rb1 Nf4 30. Nxc4 Ke7 31. b4 Ba7
32. b5 Ra2 33. b6 Bb8 34. Bb3 Ra6 35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Bc2 Nc5
37. Ne3 Ra2 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Kd1 Nfd7 40. Ngf5 Nf6 41. f3 Ng8
42. h4 Ne7 43. Nxe7 Kxe7 44. h5 Kf6 45. g4 Kg5 46. Ke2 Ba6+
47. Kd2 Bc8 48. Rh1 Nb3+ 49. Ke2 Kh6 50. Kf2 f6 51. Kg3 Nc5
52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rb2 54. Ra1 Rxb6 55. Ra8 Bd7 56. Nc4 Rb7
57. Ra1 Bc7 58. Ne3 Bd8 59. Nc4 Be7 60. Ra8 Rc7 61. Rh8+ Kg7
62. Ra8 Kh7 63. Ra3 Bf8 64. g5 fxg5+ 65. Kxg5 Nb7 66. e5+ Kg8
67. exd6 Rxc4 68. Ra7 Nc5 69. h6 Rxc3 70. h7+ Kh8 71. Ra8 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Bc4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h3
Nh6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bd3 f6 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5
18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qa4 b6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bb2 Qd6 22. Ne5 Bb7
23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ba3 Qd8 25. Rae1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Nc4 27. Bb4
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 30. Rd7 Be4 31. Rxe7 Bd4+
32. Kh2 Rf7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. Nh5 Rc2 35. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8
13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 Qc7 15. d5 c4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Bxb3 cxb3
18. Qxb3 f5 19. Bg5 Nb6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nbd2
Bb7 23. Nd4 Rff8 24. Nc6 Qf7 25. f3 Rbc8 26. Na7 Bxd5 27. Qc2
Rcd8 28. Nxb5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Ra7 Qf6 31. Na3 Bf7 32. c4
e4 33. fxe4 Qd4+ 34. Qf2 Qc3 35. Qe3 Qxb4 36. Rb1 Qc5 37. Qxc5
dxc5 38. Rbb7 Rb8 39. Rc7 Rbc8 40. e5 h5 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Nb5
Rf8 43. Nd6 h4 44. Rc7 Bg6 45. Rxc5 Bd3 46. Rd5 Rf1+ 47. Kh2
Bg6 48. Rd4 Re1 49. c5 Rc1 50. Rc4 Rxc4 51. Nxc4 Kf7 52. c6
Ke7 53. Nd2 Be8 54. c7 Kd7 55. Nf3 Kxc7 56. Nxh4 Kd7 57. Nf5
g6 58. Nd6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. b4 Be7
12. Qe2 a6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Ra2 Qe6 16. c4 Qg6
17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qf1 Qc6 20. Kh2 Bd6+ 21. f4 Na4
22. Qf2 Bf8 23. Bb3 Bd7 24. Re2 Qg6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qg3 a5
27. bxa5 Qxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Ra8 29. Nd2 Rxa5 30. Nf3 c5 31. Kf2 f6
32. g4 Ra6 33. f5 Rb6 34. Bc2 Bd6 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Nd2 Nc3
37. Ne4 Nxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ra6 39. Re2 Bc6 40. Bd1 Rb6 41. Bc2 Ra6
42. Re6 Bd7 43. Re1 Rb6 44. Bd1 Rb1 45. Bf3 Be5 46. Be4 h6
47. h4 Bc7 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Rh1 Bc6 51. Bxc6 bxc6
52. Rg1 g4 53. Re1 Ba5 54. Rg1 g3+ 55. Kg2 Bc7 56. Kf3 Rb3
57. Ke4 Rb8 58. Bf4 Bxf4 59. Kxf4 Ra8 60. Rxg3 Rxa3 61. Ke5
Ra1 62. Kd6 Re1 63. Rg2 Re3 64. Rd2 Kf6 65. Kxc5 Kxf5 66. Kxc6
g5 67. Kd5 g4 68. c5 g3 69. c6 Kf4 70. Kxd4 Kf3 71. c7 Re8
72. Kc5 g2 73. Rxg2 Kxg2 74. d4 Re1 75. d5 Rc1+ 76. Kb6 Rb1+
77. Kc6 Rc1+ 78. Kd7 Kf3 79. d6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7
7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. a3 Na6 10. Nf3 c5 11. e4 dxe3
12. fxe3 Nb8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Nxg4 Qxg4 20. Qb3 Qe6 21. Bd5
Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Nd4 23. Qxb7 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bc4 Rab8
26. Qg2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Nf3 28. Qc1 Nd2 29. Rf4 Qe7 30. Qxd2
Bxa1 31. Qe3 Bf6 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Re4 Bd6 34. Kg2 h5 35. a4
a5 36. d4 cxd4 37. Rxd4 Bb4 38. Bd3 Kg8 39. Bg6 Bc5 40. Rd5
Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Bb4 42. Rd8+ Rf8 43. Rd5 Rf2 44. Rxh5 Ra2 45. Rf5
Rd2 46. Re5 Rf2 47. Kg4 Rf6 48. Kh5 Rf8 49. g4 Rc8 50. g5 Kf8
51. h4 Kg8 52. Rd5 Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Be4 Re8 55. Bd5+ Kh7
56. Kg4 Re7 57. Rd8 g6 58. h5 Re1 59. Bg8+ Kg7 60. h6+ Kh8
61. Bb3+ Kh7 62. Bg8+ Kh8 63. Bd5+ Kh7 64. Kh4 Be7 65. Rd7 Re5
66. Kh3 Kh8 67. Bf7 Bxg5 68. Bxg6 Bxh6 69. Rh7+ Kg8 70. Rxh6
Kg7 71. Rh5 Re3+ 72. Kg4 Kxg6 73. Rxa5 Kf6 74. Ra8 Ke7 75. a5
Kd7 76. a6 Kc7 77. a7 Kb7 78. Rb8+ Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. a4 Nd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. c3 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Qxa5 11. b4 Qc7
12. Ne1 a6 13. f4 g6 14. g4 f5 15. h3 O-O-O 16. Nd3 g5
17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ng6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Be7 21. Bg4
Rdg8 22. Kh2 Kb8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rf7 Nf8 25. Nc5 Ka7 26. Ra1
Nfg6 27. Qe2 Qb6 28. Bh5 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 Qb5 30. Qf3 Nh4 31. Qf1
Nef5 32. Qxb5 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. h3 b4 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 c4
18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. f4 Nb3 22. Nxb3 cxb3
23. Bxb3 Rb8 24. Bc2 Qxc3 25. Kh2 h5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. fxe5
Qxe5 28. Bd4 Qg5 29. e5 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3
32. Re3 Qf4 33. Re4 Qh6 34. Bxb2 Rxb2 35. gxh5 Bc6 36. Re1 Qf4
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 a6 9. c3 g5 10. Ne1 c5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. f4 g4
13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 h5 15. Be3 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Nf5 17. Bd4 Ne4
18. Ra1 Bc5 19. Nc2 g3 20. h3 Rc8 21. Bd3 Nf2 22. Qf3 Bxd4
23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 h4 25. Rxf2 gxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qe7 27. Qd2
Rg8 28. Kh2 Rg3 29. Rf1 Kd7 30. Be2 Kc7 31. f5 Kb8 32. fxe6
fxe6 33. Rf6 Qh7 34. Qb4 Ka8 35. Rf2 Qe4 36. Bg4 Rxg2+
37. Rxg2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Rc1+ 39. Bd1 Rxd1+ 40. Rg1 Qe4+ 41. Kh2
Qf4+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Rg2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bb5 Bg7
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d4 10. e4 Ng4 11. Nbd2 Ne3
12. Qe2 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Ba6 14. a4 Qd6 15. g3 c4 16. bxc4 c5
17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Rc6 19. e5 Qc7 20. Ng5 f6 21. Ne4 fxe5
22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Bxa7 Bb7 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Qxd4
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qf5+ 28. Qf2 Ra6 29. Bc5 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Qxe4
31. Nd2 Qh1+ 32. Qg1 Rf6+ 33. Ke2 Re6+ 34. Kd1 Qa8 35. Bd4
Bxd4 36. Qxd4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qa5+
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O Be7 15. b3 b5 16. Kb2 Rc6
17. Nb1 Kd7 18. Nc3 Rhc8 19. Rd3 h6 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Nd5 Ke6
22. g3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Nb7 24. b4 g6 25. c3 f5 26. f3 fxe4
27. fxe4 Rf8 28. Kb3 Nd8 29. Nd5 Rc4 30. Re3 Rf2 31. Rc2 Rf1
32. a4 Rc8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra2 Nc6 35. Rd3 Rb1+ 36. Rb2
Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 dxe4
12. dxe4 e5 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Be3 Nh5 15. a4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxf7 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+
21. Rxf2 Nf6 22. e5 Ng4 23. Re2 Nxh2 24. Be4 Rd4 25. c3 Rc4
26. b3 Rxc3 27. Rxh2 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Rxh2+ 29. Kxg3 Rb2 30. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5
7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4 Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5
12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Be2 Kf8 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Qh4 Nc6
17. Ng5 Ne7 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Ne4 b4
22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Ra1 Qb8 25. Nc5 Qe8 26. Rc1
Qa8 27. h3 c3 28. Qf4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Qa3 30. Rc2 Ke7 31. Ne4 Qb3
32. Qd3 Rb8 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Nc5 Qb1 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Nxb8 Qxb8
37. Rxc3 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7
7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. d4 Nf4 11. Bf1 O-O
12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Qg4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+
Kh8 17. d5 Na5 18. Qb5 b6 19. b4 a6 20. Qd7 Nc4 21. Qh3 Kg8
22. Rad1 Rae8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Nfd2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 f5 26. g3 Qf3
27. Ng5 Qh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Ne6 Rf6 30. a3 b5 31. Nd4 h4
32. Rde2 hxg3 33. hxg3 Kf7 34. Nc6 e4 35. Nd4 h5 36. Nf3 Rg8
37. Nh4 f4 38. Rxe4 fxg3 39. f3 Rg5 40. Rd1 Re5 41. Rdd4 Rxe4
42. Rxe4 Rf4 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Ng6 Rc4 46. Ne5 Rxc3
47. Nf7+ Kf5 48. Nxd6+ cxd6 49. Kxg3 Rxa3 50. Rxd6 Ra4 51. Rh6
Kg5 52. d6 Rxb4 53. d7 Rd4 54. Rxa6 Rxd7 55. Rb6 Rd5 56. Rb8
Kf5 57. Rh8 Kg5 58. f4+ Kg6 59. Kf3 b4 60. Rb8 Rd4 61. Rb5 h4
62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 64. Kg3 Rc4 65. Kf3 Ke6 66. Ke3 Kd6
67. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Rb8 13. d4 Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 b3 16. Nxa5 bxa2 17. Nc4
Be6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rxa2 Nb6 20. Nfd2 Rfd8 21. Ra1 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd6 24. Ra2 a5 25. Be3 h6 26. h3 Qb6
27. Kh2 Qd6 28. Rb1 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Kg1 c4 31. Re1 Bg5
32. Bc5 Rd2 33. Ba3 Bd8 34. Raa1 Bb6 35. Rf1 Rbd8 36. g4 Re2
37. Kg2 Rxe4 38. Rae1 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 f6 40. Re4 Rc8 41. f4 exf4
42. Rxf4 Kf7 43. Rf5 Ke6 44. Rb5 Rc6 45. Kf3 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bb3
Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Ra2 d5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. h3 c4
27. Qc2 Qd6 28. d4 exd4 29. e5 d3 30. Qd1 Qf8 31. exf6 Qxf6
32. Qd2 Ra2 33. Re5 g5 34. Qe1 Kf7 35. Qb1 Ra7 36. Re1 Kg7
37. Qc1 Ra2 38. Nd4 e5 39. Nxb5 Qb6 40. Rxe5 Qxb5 41. Qe3 Ra1+
42. Kh2 Qb8 43. f4 Ra7 44. Qd4 Kh7 45. Qxd5 gxf4 46. Qe4+ Kg7
47. Qxf4 Rb7 48. Kg3 d2 49. Rd5 Qxf4+ 50. Kxf4 Rxb2 51. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6
7. Be3 d5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 Bc5 10. Qd2 Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Qb6
12. Na4 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Nxb7
O-O 17. Kf2 Nec4 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. b4 a5
22. Nxc6 axb4 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxd5 Rab8
26. Rgd1 Be6 27. Ne3 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Be4 Rfd8 30. Bd5
Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Kg7 32. Ne3 Rbc8 33. Rac1 h5 34. Kf3 Kg6
35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. c3 bxc3 37. Rxc3 Nb5 38. Rc4 Rd2 39. a4 Nd6
40. Rc6 Ne8 41. a5 Ra2 42. a6 Kf7 43. Nd5 Ra5 44. Ke4 Ra4+
45. Kd3 Ra2 46. Nb4 Ra1 47. Rc2 Nd6 48. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nf6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 a6
12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Na4 Nd6 14. b3 Ne4 15. Be1 f5 16. Nb2 Rc8
17. Nd3 Bd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. a4 b6 21. a5 bxa5
22. bxa5 Nd7 23. Be2 Rb8 24. f3 Nef6 25. Bd2 g5 26. Nf2 f4
27. exf4 gxf4 28. g4 h5 29. g5 Ne8 30. h4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Bb4
32. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Kh1 f6 10. Qe1 Nf8 11. Nh4 Ne6
12. Nb3 Bd6 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf5 c5 15. c3 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf7
17. Rd1 O-O 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nbxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Bxa2 22. Bf4 Be6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfc8 25. Qg3 Qf7
26. f4 Rc4 27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28. Re1 Bb5 29. h3 Bc6 30. f5 Re8
31. e5 Qd5 32. Kh2 fxe5 33. Bxe5 Qf7 34. Re3 Re7 35. Qf4 Qe8
36. f6 Re6 37. Rg3 g6 38. Bc3 Qf7 39. h4 Kf8 40. Rd3 Re4
41. Rd8+ Re8 42. Rd4 Kg8 43. Qg5 Kh8 44. Rf4 Re2 45. Rg4 Qc7+
46. Kg1 Qf7 47. Qc5 Re8 48. Qd6 h5 49. Rg5 Kh7 50. Qf4 Re4
51. Qg3 Re2 52. Qd3 Re4 53. Qg3 Re2 54. Qd3 Re4 55. Qh3 Re2
56. Rg3 Bd7 57. Qh2 Bf5 58. Rf3 Be4 59. Rf2 Rxf2 60. Kxf2 Qd7
61. Qb8 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6
12. Bf4 Be6 13. b3 c5 14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qa5 16. Qd2 c4
17. Be2 Rac8 18. Ne4 Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd2 Rfe8 21. Bf3
Bf5 22. Rc1 Red8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 c3 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4
f5 27. g5 Bh5 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Re5 Bd1 30. Bc4 Rd2 31. Rxf5
Bxc2 32. Rxf7 Bd3 33. Be6 Re2 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kg8
36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. Qe2 Bf5
7. Nxe4 Qd5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Nh3 O-O-O 10. Nf4 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 Nxe5
12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bc5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Bb6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Nd3
21. Kf1 Kd8 22. b4 Nxf2 23. Bb3 Ke7 24. Ke2 Ng4 25. h3 Ne5
26. Nf1 f4 27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nd7 29. h4 Nf6 30. Ne5 Ne4
31. Nxg6+ Kf6 32. Nxf4 Nxc3+ 33. Kd3 Ne4 34. a4 c6 35. Bc4 Bc7
36. Ne2 Bd6 37. b5 Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Nxa4 39. bxc6 bxc6 40. Nd4 c5
41. Nc6 Nb6 42. Be2 Nd5 43. Nxa7 Ne3+ 44. Kd2 Nxg2 45. h5 Kg5
46. Nb5 Be5 47. Na3 Nf4 48. Bf3 Nxh5 49. Nc4 Bd4 50. Nd6 Nf6
51. Ke2 Kf4 52. Bb7 Be5 53. Nc4 Ne4 54. Bc8 Bd4 55. Bd7 Nf6
56. Bc8 Ne4 57. Bd7 Ng3+ 58. Kd3 Kf3 59. Nd6 f4 60. Bc6+ Kf2
61. Nb7 Nf5 62. Ke4 Ne7 63. Ba4 Kg3 64. Bd1 Ng6 65. Kd5 Ne7+
66. Kc4 Nf5 67. Bh5 Ne3+ 68. Kd3 f3 69. Nd6 f2 70. Be2 Kg2
71. Ke4 f1=Q 72. Bxf1+ Kxf1 73. Nb7 Ke2 74. Nxc5 Bxc5 75. Ke5
Kd3 76. Ke6 Ke4 77. Kd7 Kd5 78. Kc7 Nc4 79. Kb7 Bb6 80. Ka6
Kc5 81. Kb7 Kb5 82. Kb8 Kc6 83. Ka8 Ne3 84. Kb8 Nd5 85. Ka8
Nc7+ 86. Kb8 Bc5 87. Kc8 Ba7 88. Kd8 Nd5 89. Kc8 Ne7+ 90. Kd8
Kd6 91. Ke8 Ke6 92. Kd8 Bb6+ 93. Ke8 Nf5 94. Kf8 Bc7 95. Ke8
Ng7+ 96. Kf8 Kf6 97. Kg8 Kg6 98. Kf8 Bd6+ 99. Kg8 Nf5 100. Kh8
Be7 101. Kg8 Nh6+ 0-1

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f5 Bc4
12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 O-O 16. Kb1
Nb6 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Rg3 Re8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Qxd6 Rd7 21. Qc6
Rd4 22. Rgd3 Qb8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 e4
26. Be2 Qe5 27. Qc2 Qxf5 28. d6 Qe5 29. d7 Rd8 30. a3 g6
31. Ka2 Bg7 32. Rd2 f5 33. Qc8 Qf6 34. Qc7 f4 35. Bg4 h5
36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bd5 e3 38. Rg2 f3 39. Rc2 e2 0-1

[Event "Piterenka Blitz Playoff 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Ba2 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 c5
12. Nf1 h6 13. Nh4 Nxe4 14. Ng6 Nef6 15. Nxf8 Nxf8 16. Ne3 Ng6
17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qg4 d5 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rd8
22. c3 Kh8 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 c4 25. Bb1 Nf8 26. Bf4 Qc8
27. Qg3 Bc6 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ne6 30. Bf5 Re8 31. Rde1 Bd7
32. h3 Qa8 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. R5e3 Qb8 35. Qg4 Qd6 36. Rg3 Qe7
37. Qf4 Qf6 38. Qc7 Bc8 39. Re5 Qe7 40. Qb6 Qd8 41. Qc5 Qe7
42. Qb6 Qd8 43. Qb8 Qd7 44. Ree3 Qe7 45. Rg6 Kh7 46. Reg3 Rg8
47. Qe5 Bd7 48. R6g4 Be8 49. Re3 Bf7 50. Qxd5 exd5 51. Rxe7
Bg6 52. h4 a5 53. Rb7 Bd3 54. h5 Be2 55. Rg3 Bxh5 56. Rxb5 Bf7
57. b3 Rc8 58. Rc3 Ra8 59. bxc4 dxc4 60. d5 Be8 61. Rc5 Rb8
62. R3xc4 a4 63. d6 Kg6 64. Re4 Kf6 65. Rc7 Bg6 66. Ree7 Rb1+
67. Kh2 Rd1 68. Rxg7 Rxd6 69. Rgd7 Rb6 70. Rb7 Rc6 71. Rd4 Ra6
72. Rdb4 Ra8 73. R4b6+ Kg5 74. Rg7 Kf5 75. Rgxg6 Ke5 76. Ra6
Rb8 77. Rxa4 Kd5 78. Ra5+ Kd4 79. Rg4+ Kd3 80. Rb4 Rc8 81. Rh5
Kc3 82. Rh3+ Kc2 83. a4 Rd8 84. a5 Ra8 85. Ra4 Ra6 86. Ra2+
Kb1 87. Rha3 h5 88. Kg3 h4+ 89. Kxh4 Rh6+ 90. Kg5 Ra6 91. Ra4
Ra8 92. f4 Rg8+ 93. Kf6 Rf8+ 94. Ke7 Ra8 95. Rf2 Ra7+ 96. Kd6
Ra6+ 97. Kc5 Ra8 98. Re4 Rc8+ 99. Kb6 Rc1 100. a6 Ka1
101. Ra4+ Kb1 102. Rb4+ Ka1 103. a7 Rc6+ 104. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be3 b6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. O-O Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nc6 11. c4 dxc4
12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qe4 Qc8 16. Nc3 Qc6
17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nd5 Rxb2 21. Rfd1
Re8 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. Nd2 g5 24. Ne4 gxf4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+
26. Nxc5 Rg8 27. g3 fxg3 28. h3 Ndxe5 29. Nb4+ Ke8 30. Nxa2
Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Nf3 33. Ne4 g2+ 34. Kf2 g1=Q+
35. Rxg1 Rxg1 36. Rxc6 Ra1 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nc3 Ne5 39. Ncd5+
Kd8 40. Rc3 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kg5 Ne7 44. Nxe7
Kxe7 45. Re3+ Kd8 46. Ra3 Rg2+ 47. Ng4 h6+ 48. Kh4 f5 49. Nxh6
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. b5
Qd8 13. a4 axb5 14. Nxb5 Be7 15. Ba3 c6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc3
Nbd7 18. a5 c5 19. a6 c4 20. Qb5 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qxa6
cxd3 23. Nd2 Qb4 24. Qxd3 Rc8 25. Nb5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4
27. Qb1 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Nf6 29. f3 Rc6 30. Na7 Rc3 31. Rxb6 h5
32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 h4+ 34. Kh3 exf3 35. gxf3 Rf2 36. Rb3
Rxf3+ 37. Kg2 Rf5 38. Nc6 Kh7 39. Ne7 Rg5+ 40. Kf3 h3 41. Rb2
Rg1 42. Nf5 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.c4 d5 12.c5 Bg4
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Ne6 15.Be3 g6 16.Rae1 c6 17.b4 Nd7 18.Qd1
a6 19.Ne2 Bg5 20.Kh1 Bxe3 21.fxe3 f5 22.Ng1 Qh4 23.Nf3 Qh6
24.Re2 Ng5 25.Qe1 Nf6 26.Nxg5 Qxg5 27.g4 Ne4 28.Bxe4 fxe4
29.Qg3 Rf8 30.Ref2 Qe7 31.Kg2 Rxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Kg7 33.g5 a5
34.bxa5 Rxa5 35.h4 Ra8 36.Qd6 Qxd6 37.cxd6 Rf8 38.Rf4 Ra8
39.Kg3 Rxa2 40.Rf6 Ra8 41.Re6 Rd8 42.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 c5 9.Nb3 Bb7 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bg5 Na6 12.Qd2 Rc8
13.Rac1 Qc7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ng4 Be7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Qa5 Qd7
18.Ne3 d4 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nf5 Rfe8 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.Nxc5 Nxc5
23.Rxc5 h6 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Re1 Qa8 26.f3 Qc8 27.Qd5 Rd7
28.Qf5 g6 29.Qd3 Rd5 30.e4 Rc5 31.Re2 Rc4 32.Kg2 Qc5 33.e5 Kg7
34.Qe4 Rc1 35.f4 Qc4 36.e6 fxe6 37.b3 Qc5 38.Qxe6 Rc2 39.Qe4
Rxe2+ 40.Qxe2 Qc3 41.Qe7+ Kg8 42.Qe4 d3 43.Qxg6+ Kf8 44.f5
Qc2+ 45.Kf3 d2 46.Qxh6+ Ke8 47.Qe6+ Kd8 48.Qd6+ Kc8 49.Qe6+
Kc7 50.Qe7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. f4 Qe6
12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Qe2 N6a5 14. Nf3 c5 15. e5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6
17. Nf5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nc6 19. Ned5 Qd8 20. g3 Be6 21. Bg2 Rc8
22. Kb1 Qa5 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. h4 Rd7 26. h5 Rcd8
27. a3 a6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bf3 b5 30. Qf2 b4 31. axb4 Nxb4
32. Nxb4 Qxb4 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Be4 Bh6 36. Qa7
Bb5 37. Bc2 Bc4 38. Kc1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. b3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Ne4 a5 15. a4 b6 16. Bf4 c5
17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc1 Rh5 21. Rfe1
Ke7 22. c3 Rah8 23. Re4 Rf5 24. Be3 Rhh5 25. Rd5 Ke8 26. c4
Ke7 27. f3 g6 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Rd1 Rfh5 30. Kf1 Nd8 31. Rxh4
Rxh4 32. Bg5+ Ke6 33. Bxh4 Rxh4 34. Rxd8 Rd4 35. Re8+ Kd7
36. Rf8 Ke7 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.c3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Nc6
14.h3 h6 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bf4 b3 18.Bxb3 Be6 19.Ba2
d3 20.Qxd3 Nb4 21.Qe2 Nxa2 22.Rxa2 Rc8 23.b3 Nxe4 24.Rc2 Bf6
25.Qxe4 d5 26.Qe2 dxc4 27.bxc4 Qa5 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qxa4
30.Nd4 Bxh3 31.Qf4 Bd7 32.Re7 Rce8 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Qd6 Re1+
35.Kh2 Rd1 36.Rc3 Qa1 37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Ne2 Bg4 39.Qf4 Rh1+
40.Kg3 h5 41.Re3 Qa5 42.Nd4 Qd8 43.Nf3 f6 44.Qe4+ Kh6 45.Nh4
Qd6+ 46.f4 Rxh4 47.Kxh4 Qc5 48.Kg3 Bf5 49.Qe8 Qxc4 50.Qh8+ Bh7
51.Qb8 a5 52.Kh2 Bf5 53.Qh8+ Bh7 54.Qb8 Bf5 55.Qh8+ Bh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Qc2 Be7 9.Nc3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 d4 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6
13.Bd2 a5 14.a3 Nd5 15.Rab1 Qd7 16.Rfc1 Rfe8 17.Qc4 Nc7 18.h4
a4 19.Bb4 Nb5 20.Kg2 h6 21.Bc5 g6 22.Qb4 Bf6 23.Qd2 Kg7 24.Rc4
Ra6 25.Qd1 b6 26.Bb4 c5 27.Bd2 Nc7 28.Rcc1 Nd5 29.Qh1 Be7
30.Kg1 Rd8 31.Rc2 Qe6 32.Qg2 Ra7 33.Re1 Rad7 34.Kh2 Rc8 35.Qh3
Qxh3+ 36.Kxh3 h5 37.Rb1 Ra8 38.Kg2 Ra6 39.b3 axb3 40.Rxb3 Bf6
41.Rc4 Rd6 42.Kf1 Kf8 43.a4 Nc3 44.Bf4 Re6 45.e3 Nxa4 46.Bd5
Re7 47.Bd6 b5 48.Bxe7+ Bxe7 49.Rxb5 Nb6 50.e4 Nxc4 51.Rb8+ Kg7
52.Bxc4 Ra7 53.f4 Bd6 54.Re8 Rb7 55.Ra8 Be7 56.Kg2 Rb1 57.e5
Re1 58.Kf2 Rb1 59.Re8 Bf8 60.Rc8 Be7 61.Ra8 Rb2+ 62.Kf3 Rb1
63.Bd5 Re1 64.Kf2 Rd1 65.Re8 Bf8 66.Bc4 Rb1 67.g4 hxg4 68.h5
Rh1 69.hxg6 fxg6 70.Re6 Kh6 71.Bd5 Rh2+ 72.Kg3 Rh3+ 73.Kxg4
Rxd3 74.f5 Re3 75.Rxg6+ Kh7 76.Bg8+ Kh8 77.Kf4 Rc3 78.f6 d3
79.Ke3 c4 80.Be6 Kh7 81.Bf5 Rc2 82.Rg2+ Kh6 83.Rxc2 dxc2
84.Bxc2 Kg5 85.Kd4 Ba3 86.Kxc4 Bb2 87.Kd5 Kf4 88.f7 Ba3 89.e6
Kg5 90.Kc6 Kf6 91.Kd7 Kg7 92.e7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. g4 Ne7
12. Ng5 Ke8 13. f4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nge4 Kf7 16. f5 h5
17. g5 Nxf5 18. Nxf6 Be6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Ne4 Rhf8 21. N4g3 Kg8
22. Nxh5 Bc4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Nf4 Re1+ 26. Kh2
Bd5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. b3 Kg6 29. Bb2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Kxg5
31. Be5 c6 32. Rg2+ Kh6 33. Re2 Kg6 34. c3 Re8 35. Kg1 Re7
36. Kf2 Rf7 37. Ke1 Rh7 38. Bb8 Kf6 39. Kd2 Rxh3 40. Bxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 Nd5 10. Ne5 Qd8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 17. Be2 a5 18. f3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Rd6 21. Rc3
Rc6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Rdc1 Rd8 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Qf2 Kg8 26. Qg3
Kf8 27. h3 Qd6 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qf2 Kg8 31. Qh4 Kf8
32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Qd7 34. b5 Rd6 35. Bf1 Rc8 36. Qf2 Qe7
37. Qa2 Rd7 38. Qa7 Ba8 39. Qa6 Rdd8 40. Kh1 g6 41. Qa7 Rd7
42. Qa1 Kg8 43. Ra3 Bb7 44. Ra7 c6 45. Rc3 Qd8 46. bxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ba2 Rb8 12. Ne2
Bc8 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. c3 Re8 15. d4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Ne7 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f4 Qh3 20. f3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ng6 22. Be3 c5
23. Rf2 Nh5 24. Rg1 c4 25. Qd2 Bd8 26. Nxh5 Qxh5 27. Bb1 Bh4
28. Rff1 d5 29. e5 Rb6 30. f4 f5 31. Qg2 Rd8 32. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 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
Nb6 13. Nc3 Nbd5 14. Na2 Nb6 15. Nc3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Qe4 h6 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. e4 Nb6
22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Bc5 Qe8 25. Qc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxa3 29. Bf1 Nc4 30. f3 Qa8 31. Bxc4
bxc4 32. Qxc4 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qc1 Qb5 35. g4 Qe2 36. Qe3
Qc2 37. Qf2 Qc3 38. Bd4 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Bf5
17. Bb3 h5 18. g4 e5 19. Qg1 Nf4 20. Re1 hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8
22. Qg3 a5 23. Qh4 a4 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Nf3 Nd6 16. Be5 Bg4
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Qf4 Qd8 21. h3 f6
22. Nf3 g5 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Re1 h5 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. h4 g4
27. Qf4 Qe7 28. Nd2 Bg6 29. f3 gxf3 30. gxf3 Nf5 31. Kf2 Qd6
32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Bh3 Bf5 34. Bf1 Bg6 35. Bh3 a5 36. Ke3 Kf7
37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Nf1 Bb1 39. Ne3 Bxa2 40. Nf5+ Nxf5 41. Bxf5
Kf7 42. Bc8 b6 43. Bb7 c5 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Bc6 Bc4 46. Kd2 cxd4
47. cxd4 b5 48. Kc2 b4 49. b3 Kd6 50. bxc4 Kxc6 51. c5 a4
52. Kb2 Kb5 53. Ka2 f5 54. f4 Ka5 55. Kb2 Kb5 56. Ka2 Ka5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5
dxe5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. c4 Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3
Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21. h5 a5
22. f4 f5 23. fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Kh8 26. Qe4 Bg8
27. Bg5 g3 28. h6 g2 29. Qxg2 Bxe5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qe4 Bf6
32. hxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rh1 h6 34. Rxh6+ Bxh6 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4
Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. d5 Ng6
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Be3 c6 14. Bf1 Bf8 15. a4 cxd5 16. Nf3 Bc6
17. b4 a6 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Rb1 Ne4 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nxf3+
22. Qxf3 Nd2 23. Qg3 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd7 25. Nxd5 Re6 26. Bd3
Ra4 27. c4 g6 28. Nf4 Ra3 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rc1 Qa5 31. Qf3
Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qe2 Kg8 34. Qd1 Ra2 35. Bf1 Qb6 36. Rc2
Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Qd4 38. Qc1 Kg7 39. g3 b6 40. h4 h5 41. Qb1 Bxc4
42. Bxc4 Qxc4 43. Qa1+ Kh7 44. Qa7 Qxb5 45. Qxf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8
12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3
Re3 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rde1 Be7 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5 Bb4+ 21. Nc3
Bxd3 22. Kxd3 cxd5 23. a3 Be7 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Bf6 26. Bd4
Bxd4 27. Kxd4 c6 28. Ne6 Re7 29. Ng5 Rhe8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7
31. Nxh7 Re4+ 32. Kc3 Re3+ 33. Kc2 Re2+ 34. Kc3 Rxg2 35. h4
Rg3+ 36. Kc2 Nc5 37. b4 Ne4 38. Kb2 Nd6 39. a4 Nc4+ 40. Kc2 d4
41. Ng5 Rc3+ 42. Kb1 d3 43. Rd1 Rb3+ 44. Ka2 Rb2+ 45. Ka1 d2
46. Ne6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6
7. Nge2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 f5 11. b3 Ne7
12. Bb2 c6 13. Nce2 Ng6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. Rae1 Be5 16. Nd4 Nxf4
17. gxf4 Bf6 18. a4 Qf7 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. a5 Nd5
22. Ne5 Rad8 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Ne7 25. Kh1 Bd5 26. Rg1 g6
27. d4 a6 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rh3 Rg8 30. Qc3 Rg7 31. Rhg3 Kg8
32. Qc4 Kf8 33. Qb4 Rb5 34. Nd7+ Kf7 35. Qxb5 cxb5 36. Nxf6
Kxf6 37. Rc1 Nc6 38. Rg2 Nxa5 39. Rb2 Re7 40. Rc3 Nc6 41. b4
Ke6 42. Kg2 Kd6 43. Kf3 Re8 44. Rc5 Ne7 45. d5 b6 46. Rc3 Nxd5
47. Rd3 Ke6 48. Rbd2 Rd8 49. Rd4 Rd6 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Rxe4+
Kd7 52. Red4 Ke6 53. h4 a5 54. Re2+ Kd7 55. Red2 Ke6 56. Re2+
Kd7 57. Red2 Ke6 58. Re4+ Kd7 59. Red4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Ndf5 15. Qh3 Qc5 16. Rd2
O-O-O 17. g4 Ne3 18. Nd1 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Bb5 20. Re1 Nc6 21. f5
d4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Bxd4 Nd3+
26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 e5 28. Nf6 Qxf6 29. Qc3+ Qc6 30. Qxc6+
bxc6 31. Bxa7 Rxg4 32. Rxe5 Rg2 33. Be3 Rxh2 34. Rc5 Kb7
35. Rc3 Rh5 36. Rb3+ Kc8 37. Kb2 Rf5 38. Rc3 Kc7 39. Rb3 Ra8
40. Rb4 c5 41. Rf4 Rh5 42. Rf3 Kc6 43. Bd2 Rh2 44. Bf4 Rh7
45. Rc3 Rb7+ 46. Ka2 Ra4 47. Be3 Rb5 48. Rb3 Rg4 49. Rxb5 Kxb5
50. Kb2 Rg3 51. Bf4 Rf3 52. Be5 c4 53. Bc3 Ka4 54. Bb4 Rh3
55. Bc3 Kb5 56. Bb4 Kc6 57. Bc3 Kd5 58. Ba5 Rh7 59. Bb4 Rb7
60. Kc3 Rb8 61. Ba5 Kc5 62. Bb4+ Kb5 63. Bd6 Rc8 64. Bb4 Rg8
65. Kb2 Rg3 66. Bc3 Rf3 67. Bb4 Rh3 68. Bc3 Kc5 69. Ba5 Kd4
70. Bb6+ Ke4 71. Ba5 Rh5 72. Bb4 Kd4 73. Bc3+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6
7. Nge2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Bf5 11. d4 Qd7
12. b3 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Bh3 15. Bh1 Rad8 16. Bb2 Ne7
17. Rf2 Ned5 18. e4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. a4 c6 21. Re1 Nc8
22. Rfe2 Bg4 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Qc2 a6 25. Qf2 Ng6 26. Bg2 Bh3
27. Bf3 Bg4 28. Bg2 Bh3 29. Bh1 Bg4 30. h4 Nf8 31. Rd3 h6
32. Kh2 Ng6 33. Rd2 Be6 34. Re3 Ne5 35. Bf3 Nxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qf7
37. a5 Qg6 38. Rf2 Qg4 39. Qg2 Qg6 40. Rf4 Re7 41. Qf2 Rde8
42. Ba3 Rd7 43. Bc5 Qf7 44. e5 f5 45. g4 g6 46. h5 g5 47. Rxf5
Bxf5 48. gxf5 Qxh5+ 49. Rh3 Qg4 50. f6 Rh7 51. Qc2 Kh8 52. f7
Qf4+ 53. Kg2 Qxf7 54. Rf3 Qe6 55. Kg3 Rf7 56. Qe4 Kg7 57. b4
Rxf3+ 58. Qxf3 Qf7 59. Qd3 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Qg4+ 61. Kf2 Qf4+
62. Ke1 Qc1+ 63. Ke2 Qf4 64. Qh3 g4 65. Qh5 Qf3+ 66. Kd2 Re6
67. Bb6 Qf4+ 68. Kc3 Qg5 69. Qh1 g3 70. Qg2 Qe3+ 71. Kc4 Qf2
72. Qe4 g2 73. d5 cxd5+ 74. Kxd5 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4
Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3
Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6 25. Ra3 f6 26. Rxa6 Nxf4
27. Kxf4 Rexe5 28. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 29. Kf5 Kf7 30. Ra7 g6+ 31. Kg5
e4+ 32. Kh6 Rxc4 33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. g5 Rxc2 35. Kxg6 Rxf2
36. Rxc6+ Kd5 37. Rb6 Kc5 38. Re6 Kd4 39. Rd6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd4
41. Rd6+ Kc5 42. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. c3 d6
7. a4 Bb6 8. d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bf3 a6 12. Nxb6
cxb6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Be3 b5 15. Nb6 Rae8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Re1
Ne7 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 f5 22. Qb3
fxe4 23. Rec1 Qb8 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Ba7 Qd8 26. Bd3 Nc8 27. Be3
Ng4 28. Be2 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. h3
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 c6 15. dxc6 Qc7 16. b3 Qxc6
17. Bb2 Bd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Ndc4 Re6 21. Rad1 Be7
22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rae8 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. Qc3 Rg6 28. f3 Kh7 29. Qd3 c4 30. bxc4 Bc5+ 31. Bd4
Bxd4+ 32. Qxd4 h5 33. gxh5 Rg5 34. Qd3 Qc5+ 35. Ne3+ f5
36. Qd4 Qc6 37. Nd5 Qh6 38. Rb1 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Qxh5 40. Qd3 Qh3
41. Rb2 Qg3 42. Re2 Rh5 43. d6 Qh2+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Ke3 Rh6
46. Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qc2+
Kh8 51. Rd2 Re6+ 52. Kd3 Rxd6+ 53. Ke2 Re6+ 54. Qe4 Rxe4+
55. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O f6
12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. a3 Be7 15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf4
17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 d4 20. e6 Bg6 21. Bd3 Qf6
22. Ng5 Ne7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ne4 Qxe6 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Re6 Qf8
27. Rxg6 Rh4 28. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 d4 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qg3
h5 18. f4 h4 19. Qf2 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kg7 21. Re2 Rag8 22. Rf1
Qd8 23. Nb2 Qe8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rh5 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Nd3
Nf8 28. Bc1 Ng6 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Re1 h3 32. g3
Qc6 33. Qe2 a5 34. Rf1 Qe4 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Rf1 Qe4 37. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. g4 Bg6
17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf1 Ndf8 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Ngf4 21. h4 f6
22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Nf5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qe8 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxf4
Ne6 27. Bg3 h5 28. Rxd5 hxg4 29. Ne3 Rf3 30. Rd3 Bxe3
31. Rexe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rd8 33. Re4 Qg6 34. Qc4 Kh8 35. Rxg4
Qf5 36. Re4 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. Qc2 Qxc2 40. Rxc2
Rxa4 41. f4 Nxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1
Nc5 13. Bc2 Nxa4 14. Bxa4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 h6 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Nc4
Bf8 18. Na5 Bc8 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. h3 Re6 21. c4 Qe8 22. Nb4 Bd7
23. Qd1 Bc8 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Qd1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Nxe3 Na5 13. Nd2 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Be6 15. Nd2 c6 16. b3 d5
17. Qf3 Re8 18. h3 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ndf1 Qc5 21. Ng3 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc3 24. Rac1 f6 25. Qf3 Rd4 26. Nf1 Qc5
27. Ng3 Red8 28. Re1 Bf7 29. Qe3 Bg6 30. Ne2 R4d5 31. Qxc5
Rxc5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kf2 h5 34. h4 Bf5 35. Ng3 g6 36. Ne4 Bxe4
37. Rxe4 a5 38. Ke3 f5 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40. bxc4 Rd4 41. g3 f4+
42. gxf4 Rxf4 43. Rh1 Kf6 44. Rh2 Kf5 45. Rh1 Ke6 46. Rh2 Kf5
47. Rh1 Rd4 48. Rh2 g5 49. hxg5 Kg6 50. Rh1 h4 51. Kf2 Kxg5
52. Rg1+ Kf5 53. Rg8 b3 54. cxb3 Rxd3 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Re8+
Kf5 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. Re8+ Kf6 59. Rc8 Rxb3 60. Rxc6+ Kg5
61. Rc8 Rc3 62. c5 Rc2+ 63. Ke3 h3 64. Rh8 Rxc5 65. Rxh3 Rc4
66. Rg3+ Kf5 67. Rg4 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8
13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf1 exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 Re7
18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rec1 Bd7 20. Nh4 d5 21. Nhf5 Re6 22. Rc2 Rae8
23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxc7 Bb8 26. Rb7 Rc6 27. Ne7+
Rxe7 28. Rxb8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Ne2 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Nc6
32. Bd2 Bd7 33. g4 Be6 34. f3 Ne8 35. Bc2 Nd6 36. b4 g5
37. Bc3 f6 38. Nc1 f5 39. Nd3 f4 40. h4 Kg7 41. Bb3 Ne7
42. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "213"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6
13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Qd8 16.f5 Qc8 17.Rb3 Qc4
18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rf1 Be7 20.Qd3 Rc8 21.Kd2 Rf8 22.Qxc4 Rxc4
23.Rb8+ Bc8 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Ne2 Kd7 26.c3 Ra4 27.Nc1 Kc7
28.Rb1 Bd7 29.Ra1 Bb5 30.Nb3 Kc6 31.Kc2 Bc4 32.Kb2 Bd3 33.a3
Be7 34.Nd2 Kb5 35.g3 h5 36.Kb3 g5 37.Kb2 g4 38.Be3 Bf8 39.Bd4
Bf5 40.Kb3 Bh6 41.Rd1 Bd3 42.Kb2 Bf8 43.Ra1 Be7 44.Be3 h4
45.Bd4 h3 46.Be3 Bf5 47.Kb3 Bf8 48.Kb2 Bg7 49.Bd4 Bh6 50.Rd1
Bg6 51.Kb3 Bf5 52.Kb2 Bg5 53.Kb3 Kc6 54.Nf1 Ra5 55.Ne3 Rb5+
56.Ka2 Be4 57.Re1 Bf3 58.a4 Rb7 59.Rb1 Rxb1 60.Kxb1 a5 61.Kc2
Bd8 62.Kd2 Kd7 63.Nc2 Ke8 64.Be3 Bc7 65.Bf4 Be4 66.Nd4 Kd7
67.Kc1 Bg6 68.Kb2 Be8 69.Kb3 Bg6 70.Kb2 Bd3 71.Kb3 Bb6 72.Kb2
Ke7 73.Kb3 Kf7 74.Kb2 Ba6 75.Kb3 Kg6 76.Bd2 Bc8 77.Kb2 Bd7
78.Kb3 Bc5 79.Bc1 Bxd4 80.cxd4 Kf5 81.Kc3 Ke4 82.Ba3 Bxa4
83.Bb2 Ke3 84.Ba3 Bb5 85.Bb2 a4 86.Ba3 Bc4 87.Bb2 Bb3 88.Ba3
Ke2 89.Bb2 Bd1 90.Ba3 Kf2 91.Kd2 Kg2 92.Ke1 Bb3 93.Bb2 Kf3
94.Kd2 Ba2 95.Ba3 Bc4 96.Bb2 Ke4 97.Kc3 Kf3 98.Kd2 Kg2 99.Ke1
Kxh2 100.Kf2 Kh1 101.Ba3 Be2 102.Bb2 h2 103.Ba3 Bd1 104.Bb2
Be2 105.Ba3 Bd1 106.Bb2 Be2 107.Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxe2 19. Kg2 b6 20. Qe5 Rfe8
21. Rfc1 Qd3 22. h4 Rac8 23. Ra1 a5 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Qd4
26. Rb1 Qc5 27. Qa7 Qd6 28. Rxb6 Qf4 29. Qd7 Kf8 30. Ra6 Qxh4
31. Qg4 Qxg4+ 32. fxg4 e6 33. Rxa5 exd5 34. exd5 Ke7 35. Kg3
Kd6 36. f3 Re5 37. Ra7 Re7 38. Ra8 Kxd5 39. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2
Rhe8 12. Rhe1 Kb8 13. h3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qe5
16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Nc8 19. Rd4 Qe7 20. Red1 h6
21. Qf3 c6 22. h4 Nb6 23. Qg4 f6 24. h5 Kc7 25. R4d3 Qd7
26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Qd2 Qxh5 28. Bf3 Qf7 29. Rxd6 Qf8 30. e5 fxe5
31. fxe5 Rxd6 32. exd6+ Kb8 33. Bg4 Qf6 34. c4 Qe5 35. Qf4
Qxf4+ 36. gxf4 a5 37. Rg1 g5 38. Bh5 Rd8 39. fxg5 hxg5
40. Rxg5 Nc8 41. c5 b6 42. Bf3 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Nxd6 44. Bxc6 Rc8
45. Rc3 Ka7 46. Ba4 Kb6 47. Kc2 Rxc3+ 48. bxc3 Kc5 49. Kd3 Nf7
50. Ke4 Nd6+ 51. Ke5 Nc4+ 52. bxc4 Kxc4 53. Kd6 Kxc3 54. Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. h3 e5 11. g4 Qd7
12. g5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Re8 16. Qd5
Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. fxg7 c6 19. Rg1 Be5 20. e3 Rad8 21. h4
Rd6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. h5 h6 24. Be2 Be6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1
Bxa2 27. Bc2 Rg5 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. h6 Be6 30. b4 b6 31. Kd2 a5
32. bxa5 bxa5 33. e4 f6 34. Ke3 Kh7 35. e5+ f5 36. Kd4 Kxh6
37. Bxf5 Bd5 38. Bc2 Kxg7 39. Kc5 g4 40. Kd6 Kh6 41. e6 Bxe6
42. Kxe6 g3 43. fxg3 Kg5 44. Bd1 a4 45. Bxa4 Kg4 46. Bxc6 Kxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 Bb4 16. Nxh6+
gxh6 17. c3 Ba3 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. g4 Nh7 20. c4 Bf8 21. g5 hxg5
22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Kh8 24. Rg1 Qc7 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bf4 Bd6
27. Qg3 Nc5 28. Bxd6 Qh7+ 29. Ka1 Ne4 30. Qh4 Rg8 31. f3 Ng5
32. Qf4 Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Be7 Nxf3 35. Rgf1 Rg3 36. d5
cxd5 37. cxd5 Kg7 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. Bd6 Nh2 40. Bxg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O
7.Nc4 Nd7 8.O-O Re8 9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 b6 11.g3 Nf8 12.Ncxe5 f6
13.d4 Bd6 14.Nxc6 Qd7 15.d5 Rxe4 16.Nd2 Re8 17.Nc4 Ba6 18.b3
Bxc4 19.bxc4 Ng6 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.f4 c5 22.Nb5 Nf7 23.Qd3 Bf8
24.Bd2 Nd6 25.Nc3 Qh3 26.Rab1 Rab8 27.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 Kf7
29.Bf2 Rb7 30.Kg1 h5 31.Ne4 Qd7 32.Nxd6+ Bxd6 33.Re1 Qxa4
34.Qf5 Re7 35.Re6 Qd7 36.Qxh5+ Kg8 37.f5 a4 38.Qf3 Re8 39.Qa3
Ra8 40.Be1 Be5 41.Bf2 Qb7 42.d6 Qc6 43.d7 Qxd7 44.Rxb6 Qxf5
45.Qxc5 Rd8 46.Qe3 Qxc2 47.Qf3 a3 48.Qxa3 Bd4 49.Bxd4 Rxd4
50.Rxf6 Rd2 51.Qf8+ Kh7 52.Rf2 Rxf2 53.Qxf2 Qxc4 54.Qf5+ Kh8
55.Qf8+ Kh7 56.Qf5+ Kh8 57.h4 Qa2 58.h5 Qe2 59.Qf8+ Kh7
60.Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6
12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1 Qg6 16. Bb4 f6
17. Qh3 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rhe8 21. exf6
Rxe3 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Kf2 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 cxb3+ 25. Kf2 bxa2
26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Bc3+ Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Bc8 29. Rxc7+ Kh8 30. Re1
Be6 31. Rc6 Rf8+ 32. Ke3 Rb8 33. Ra6 Rb1 34. Kd2 Rb2+ 35. Kc3
Rb1 36. Kd2 Rb2+ 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. a4 Ne5
12. Nf2 Bd7 13. h3 b5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Nh5
17. g4 Qh4 18. gxh5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Bxh3 20. Rg1 Qh4 21. Rg2 Bg4+
22. Kg1 Bf3 23. f5 Be5 24. Bg5 Bh2+ 25. Kf1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2
Qg3+ 27. Kh1 f6 28. Bh6 Qh4 29. Kg2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Kg2
Qg3+ 32. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 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 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Re2 Rae8 25. Rc7 Ba8 26. Rxa7
Bc6 27. Rc2 Qd6 28. Qc1 Qb8 29. Ra3 Bb7 30. b4 Qd6 31. Rb3 Qf6
32. Qb2 g5 33. Nd3 Nd6 34. a4 Nf5 35. Ne5 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxe5
37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Re3 Ree8 39. Rc7 Ba8 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. h3 d4
42. Re5 d3 43. Rxg5+ Kh8 44. Bxa8 Rxa8 45. Rd7 Rfd8 46. Rgd5
Rxd7 47. Rxd7 Rxa4 48. b5 Rb4 49. Kg2 Rxb5 50. Rxd3 Kg7
51. Rd6 Rb4 52. g4 Rb1 53. Kg3 b5 54. Rb6 b4 55. Kf4 Rh1
56. Rxb4 Rxh3 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ne8 10. Rd1 Nd6 11. Be2 Bg4
12. e4 Nd7 13. e5 Nb5 14. a4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. a5 c5 17. h3
Be6 18. d5 Bf5 19. Bf4 c4 20. Qb4 Rc8 21. Bg3 Be4 22. Ng5 Bd3
23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. e6 Rc4 25. Qb1 Nc5 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. d6 Bxc3 29. Ra3 exd6 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qf6
32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Qb7+ Qf7 34. Qxa6 b4 35. Ra4 Rd4 36. Qb6 Qe8
37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. a6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Bf4+ g5 41. Qf7 Qg1+
42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. Be3 Rxe3+ 44. fxe3 Be5+ 45. Kg4 Qxg2+ 46. Kf5
Qxh3+ 47. Ke4 Qg4+ 48. Kd5 Qd1+ 49. Ke6 Qxa4 50. Qf8+ Kh5
51. Qf3+ g4 52. Qb7 Qe8+ 53. Kd5 Qg8+ 54. Kc6 Qc4+ 55. Kd7
Qf7+ 56. Kc6 Qxb7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 b5 13.axb6
Nxb6 14.Nb3 Bf5 15.Na5 Ne4 16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 h5 18.e3 h4
19.Rfe1 Qg5 20.Na4 Reb8 21.Nc3 Qh5 22.f3 Qh8 23.g4 Bd7 24.h3
f5 25.g5 f4 26.exf4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qg7 28.Bf1 Re8 29.Ne4 Kh8
30.Nxd6 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Rf8 32.Re4 Nxd5 33.Nb3 Bc6 34.f5 gxf5
35.Rxh4+ Kg8 36.Nxd4 cxd4 37.Bc4 Qe5 38.Qxd4 Qxd6 39.Rh6 Qe7
40.Bxd5+ Bxd5 41.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "195"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 Bh5
7. Qe1 Ne7 8. e4 O-O 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 Bxg6
12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Rae8 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nh4 Bh5 16. g4 Bf7
17. Qg3 Qc7 18. Qf2 g5 19. e5 fxe5 20. fxg5 e4 21. Qe2 Bg3
22. g6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Qe5 24. Qe3 d4 25. Qc1 e3 26. Nf3 Qh8
27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Bxe3 Qh8 29. c3 e5 30. Bh6 Bf4 31. Bxf4 exf4
32. Qxf4 Bd5 33. Bxd5+ cxd5 34. Qg3 Qe5 35. Qg2 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1
Nf6 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Rf2 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Nd7
41. Rd2 Nc5 42. h4 Re1 43. Kf4 d4 44. cxd4 Ne6+ 45. Kg3 Nxd4
46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Rf2 Ne6+ 48. Kg3+ Ke7 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Rh1
51. Kg4 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Ng5+ 53. Ke3 Rg3+ 54. Kd4 Rh3 55. Rf5
Rxh5 56. Kc3 Ke6 57. Rf8 Nf7 58. Ra8 a6 59. a4 Nd6 60. b4 Kd5
61. Rg8 Re5 62. Rg7 Kc6 63. Rg1 Re2 64. Rc1 Kd5 65. Rg1 Ra2
66. Kb3 Re2 67. Kc3 Re7 68. Rg5+ Kc6 69. Rc5+ Kd7 70. Rh5 b5
71. a5 Rf7 72. Rh8 Nc8 73. Rh6 Nd6 74. Rh8 Rf6 75. Kd4 Kc6
76. Rb8 Rf4+ 77. Ke5 Rf5+ 78. Ke6 Rh5 79. Rb6+ Kc7 80. Rxa6
Nc8 81. Kf7 Rh7+ 82. Kg6 Rh4 83. Kf5 Rxb4 84. Ke5 Ra4 85. Kd5
Kb7 86. Rh6 Rxa5 87. Kc5 Na7 88. Rh7+ Kc8 89. d4 Ra2 90. d5
Rc2+ 91. Kb6 Ra2 92. Kc5 Ra4 93. d6 Rc4+ 94. Kb6 b4 95. Rxa7
b3 96. Ra1 b2 97. Rb1 Rc2 98. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. b3
Be6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 Bd6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Ncb5 Be5 17. g4 a6
18. f4 axb5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxb5 Nxb3 21. Rad1 Nbc5 22. Qe2
Ng3 23. Qf2 Qxb5 24. Bd4 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Qa4 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Qb2
Qc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxb7 h5 30. a4 Ra2 31. gxh5 Rc8 32. Rb1
Nd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d5
7. Bb2 Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5
12. h4 Re8 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Qa6
17. a3 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rfd1 exd3 20. exd3 h5 21. Rc7 Nfg4
22. Kg2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+
Kg8 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Qb4 b6 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Qc3
Ne6 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Qa1 Nf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Qxd4
36. Qd2 f5 37. Qe2 Qxf4 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qh8+ Qh6
41. Qd8 Qf4 42. Qh8+ Qh6 43. Qd8 Qf4 44. Qh8+ Qh6 45. Qe5 Kxh4
46. Qxd5 Qf4 47. Qd8+ Kh5 48. Qh8+ Qh6 49. Qe5 Qg5 50. d4 f4
51. Qh8+ Qh6 52. Qe5+ Kh4 53. d5 f3+ 54. Kh2 Qd2 55. Qf6+ Kh5
56. Kg3 Qe1 57. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be3 c4
7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5
12. Bg5 f6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Re1+ Kf7 15. c4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nb4
17. Qb1 Rhe8 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Re8 20. Na4 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1
Nxd4 22. Qd1 Be5 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Nc3 dxc4 25. bxc4 a5 26. Nd5
Nxd5 27. cxd5 b5 28. Rc1 Qf4 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Rd1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1
Nc3 32. d6+ Bxd6 33. Nd3 Qc4 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Qxh7 Kc6 36. Re8
a4 37. Kg1 a3 38. Nc1 Ne2+ 39. Nxe2 a2 40. g3 a1=Q+ 41. Kg2
Qd5+ 42. Kh3 Kd7 43. Re3 f5 44. Nc3 Qf7 45. Nxb5 Qa5 46. Nxd6
Kxd6 47. Qh4 Qf6 48. Qc4 Qh6+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Qxd5+ Kxd5
51. Rf3 Ke5 52. h4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 b4 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. Ba2 Be6 13. Qe1 c5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nhf3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nd7
17. Ra1 Qe7 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Qh3 Qe6
22. g4 Nf6 23. Rg2 Kg7 24. Rf1 h6 25. Qh4 Ng8 26. g5 h5
27. Rgf2 Qg4+ 28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. Ne1 f6 30. Rg2 f5 31. exf5
gxf5 32. e4 Ne7 33. exf5 Nxf5 34. Rxg4 Nc6 35. Rf2 Ncd4
36. Ne4 Ne3 37. Rh4 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39. Nxf2 Rf8 40. Re4
Rxf2 41. Rxe3 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Kxe2 Rxh2+
45. Kd1 Kg6 46. Rf3 Kxg5 47. Rf7 d5 48. Rd7 d4 49. Rd5 c4
50. bxc4 Kf4 51. Kc1 b3 52. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5
Bxf5 7. exf5 Qd7 8. g3 Qxf5 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd5
Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. c3 Qd7 14. a4 Bd8 15. b4 Ne7 16. Bg2 d5
17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bb2 e4 20. b5 Qe6 21. a5 Bc7
22. Ba3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe4 Qe5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxc3 27. Rxe5 Rxb3 28. Rd1 Ra3 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Rb3
31. Rd6 g6 32. Re7 Kg7 33. Rxb7 h5 34. h4 Rb2 35. Kg2 Re8
36. Rdd7 Rf8 37. Kf3 Rb4 38. Ke3 Rb2 39. f3 Rb3+ 40. Ke4 Re8+
41. Kd4 Rxf3 42. Rbc7 Re1 43. b7 Rb1 44. Kc5 Rc3+ 45. Kd6 Rd3+
46. Ke7 Rxd7+ 47. Kxd7 g5 48. Kc8 Kg6 49. Rc5 f5 50. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 e6 6. c4 Bd6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Ba7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Nd4 21. Rxc8
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxc8 23. Nc4 b5 24. Ne3 Qc3 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Rd1
Qe5 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rd3 Qf6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. Ne3
Kh7 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Rb8 34. Rd5 Qa1+ 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rd5
Qf4 37. Rd4 f5 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. Nc4 Qc5 40. Ne3 Qxc2 41. Nxc2
Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Nxf2 43. Nd4 Ne4 44. Ne6 g5 45. h4 g4 46. Ng5+
Nxg5 47. hxg5 Kg6 48. Kg3 Kh5 49. Rxg7 Rb4 50. a5 f4+ 51. Kh2
Ra4 52. g6 Rxa5 53. Rf7 Kxg6 54. Rxf4 Kg5 55. Rc4 Kh4 56. Rb4
Ra2 57. Rc4 a5 58. Rd4 a4 59. Rc4 a3 60. Ra4 Ra1 61. Rb4 Rc1
62. g3+ Kg5 63. Rb5+ Kf6 64. Ra5 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 a6 8. a5 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1
c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ned5 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Re5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. c3 d5 21. Rd1 c4 22. Qc2
dxe4 23. Be3 Nxa5 24. Bd4 Nb3 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra4 b5
27. Rxa6 e3 28. fxe3 Nc5 29. Rc6 Qe8 30. Rc7 Qe5 31. Rc6 Qe8
32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Qf2 Ne4 34. Qf4 Bd6 35. Rxd6 Nxd6 36. Be2 Re8
37. Bf3 g5 38. Qd4 Nf5 39. Qc5 Nxe3 40. Bh5 Rf8 41. Re7 Qf5
42. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. c5 a5 12. Rc1
b4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4
O-O 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd4 g6 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g4 Rae8 22. g5 h6
23. h4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qb8 27. Qa6 Qa8
28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Kf3 Rag8 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke8 32. a3 Kd8
33. axb4 axb4 34. Ke2 Kc7 35. Kf3 Kb7 36. Ke2 Ka6 37. Ra1 Kb5
38. Rac1 Rxh1 39. Rxh1 Bxc5 40. Rh7 Rf8 41. Bxc5 Nxc5 42. Nxc5
Kxc5 43. Kd3 Kb5 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 c5 46. Kd3 Rd8+ 47. Kc2
Rd7 48. f5 Kc6 49. fxg6 fxg6 50. Rh6 Rg7 51. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7
7. Bc4 h6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 d6 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nd5
Be6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd5 Nd4 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rad8
17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd4 19. a4 Qd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bb2 Rfe8
22. a5 Qc7 23. Qa4 f5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qc6 Qxc6
27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Rxb6 Re6 29. f4 e4 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4
Rexc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Re7 Kg8 34. Rd7 Bf8 35. Ne4 d3 36. Kf2
Ba3 37. Rd4 Kf7 38. Ke3 Bc1+ 39. Nd2 Bxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Ra6 41. c5
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Na4 Ne4
17. a3 Be7 18. Qd3 f6 19. Ng4 Re8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f3 Nd6
22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. Ne3 Nf7 24. b4 Nc6 25. b5 Nce5 26. dxe5 fxe5
27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Nxc5
Bxc5 32. Nxd5 Qf7 33. Nb4 Re3 34. Qd2 Rae8 35. Re1 Bxf3
36. Rxe3 Bxe3 37. Qd3 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bc5 39. Rf1 Qe6 40. Nc6
a5 41. a4 Qe2+ 42. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 43. Kh3 Re4 44. Rf5 Rc4 45. Rd5
Kf7 46. Rh5 Rxa4 47. Rxh7 Re4 48. Rh8 a4 49. Ra8 a3 50. Nd8+
Kf6 51. Nb7 Be7 52. Ra6 Ke5 53. Kg2 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 O-O 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qc5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Nb6
18.Bf1 Rfd8 19.Qf4 Rac8 20.Kb1 Ba4 21.b3 Qc5 22.c4 Rd4 23.Be3
Rxf4 24.Bxc5 Bc6 25.Kb2 h5 26.g3 Rg4 27.Be3 Bf3 28.Rd4 Rxd4
29.Bxd4 g5 30.a4 Rd8 31.Kc3 Nc8 32.b4 a6 33.Bc5 g4 34.b5 axb5
35.axb5 Kg7 36.Bd3 f5 37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.Bd4+ Kf7 39.h4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Ba3 15.Rb1 Bb4 16.Na4 Ne4 17.a3 Be7 18.cxd5 exd5
19.b4 Nc6 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Bh3 f5 22.f3 Nd6 23.Qd3 Nxe5 24.dxe5
Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Nc4 26.f4 b5 27.Nc3 Qb6+ 28.Rf2 d4 29.Ne2 Rd8
30.Qxf5 d3 31.Qe6+ Kf8 32.Qf5+ Ke8 33.Qxh7 d2 34.Bxd2 Rxd2
35.e6 Rd1+ 36.Bf1 Qxe6 37.Qh5+ Kf8 38.Nc3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4
Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 Qc7 18.Bb2 Ra8
19.Rad1 Nb6 20.c4 bxc4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 h6 23.dxe5 dxe5
24.Bc3 Ba6 25.Bb3 c5 26.Qb2 c4 27.Ba4 Re6 28.Nxe5 Bb7 29.Bc2
Rae8 30.f4 Bd6 31.Kh2 Nh5 32.g3 f6 33.Ng6 Nxf4 34.Rxd6 Nxg6
35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Bd4 f5 37.e5 Nxe5 38.Bxe5 Qc6 39.Rg1 Qd5
40.Bxf5 Rxe5 41.Bg4 h5 42.Bd1 c3 43.Qf2 Rf5 44.Qe3 Qf7 45.g4
Re5 46.Qd4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O
7.Nc4 Nd7 8.Bd2 Re8 9.a4 f6 10.O-O Nf8 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Bxc5 Nxc5
13.Ne3 Ne6 14.Nh4 a5 15.b3 Qd4 16.Nhf5 Qc5 17.Qd2 Nd4 18.Nxd4
Qxd4 19.Qe2 Be6 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Qe1 b6 22.g4 Kf7 23.Rg1 g5
24.h4 Rg8 25.Qe2 Ke7 26.Raf1 h6 27.Rg2 b5 28.Rh2 Rg7 29.hxg5
hxg5 30.Rb1 bxa4 31.bxa4 Qxa4 32.Qe1 Ra8 33.Qc3 Kd7 34.Nc4 c5
35.Rh6 Rf7 36.Ne3 Qc6 37.Qa3 a4 38.c4 Qd6 39.Kg2 Qf8 40.Rbh1
Qd6 41.Rh8 Rff8 42.R8h7+ Kc8 43.Nd5 Bxd5 44.cxd5 Rd8 45.Rc1
Rd7 46.Rh3 Ra5 47.Rc4 Qa6 48.Rh1 Qb5 49.Qc3 a3 50.Ra1 a2
51.Qd2 Rh7 52.Rcc1 Rh8 53.f3 Kd7 54.Rxa2 Rxa2 55.Qxa2 Qxd3
56.Rxc5 Qd1 57.Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Qe2 g6 8.O-O-O Bg7 9.f4 Qa5 10.g3 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Bg2 Bg4
13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Rhe1 Nd7 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Nd5 Qd8
18.h4 Rc8 19.h5 e6 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qf6 22.hxg6 fxg6
23.Rxd6 Ne5 24.Qh1 Nc4 25.e5 Qf7 26.Rd4 h5 27.Qe4 b5 28.Red1
Rc7 29.Nc5 Rxc5 30.Rd7 Rc7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.g4 hxg4 33.Rh1 Kg7
34.Qg2 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Kxh8 36.Qxg4 Rh7 37.Qd1 Rf7 38.Qd4 Kg7
39.Kd1 g5 40.fxg5 Kg6 41.Qh4 Nxe5 42.Qh3 Kxg5 43.Qxe6 Rf5
44.Qxa6 Nc4 45.Ke2 Re5+ 46.Kf2 Ne3 47.Qa7 Ng4+ 48.Kf3 Rf5+
49.Ke2 Re5+ 50.Kd2 Rd5+ 51.Kc1 Kf4 52.Qf7+ Ke4 53.Qh7+ Kf4
54.Qh4 Re5 55.Kb2 Kf3 56.c4 Ne3 57.Qf6+ Ke4 58.Qc6+ Kd4
59.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3
Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Re1 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 f6
13.Nd3 Bd7 14.a4 c6 15.a5 Bxa5 16.Nc5 Bc8 17.Bd3 Bb6 18.Ne6
Bxe6 19.Rxe6 Ng6 20.Qh5 Re8 21.Rae1 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 Nf8 23.Re3
Bc7 24.g3 b5 25.h4 Bd6 26.b3 a5 27.c4 bxc4 28.bxc4 Bb4 29.Bc1
a4 30.Bb1 Qb6 31.cxd5 Bd6 32.Ba2 c5 33.Re7 Kh8 34.Rf7 Kg8
35.Re7 Kh8 36.Qf7 Bxe7 37.d6 Ng6 38.dxe7 Nxe7 39.Qxe7 cxd4
40.Qe4 Rc8 41.Bf4 Rd8 42.Qe7 Rc8 43.Qe4 Rd8 44.Qe7 Rc8 45.h5
Qd8 46.Qb7 h6 47.Be6 Rc3 48.Qf7 a3 49.Bd6 Qa8 50.Bd5 a2
51.Bxa8 a1=Q+ 52.Kh2 Qe1 53.Kh3 Rc8 54.Bf8 Rxf8 55.Qxf8+ Kh7
56.Bd5 Qf1+ 57.Kh4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O-O Nd7
13.Kb1 Nb6 14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 Rc8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bh6 18.Qd3
Nc4 19.Bf3 h4 20.Rhe1 Kf8 21.Re4 Bg5 22.c3 Qb6 23.Na1 Kg7
24.Nc2 a5 25.Ka2 Rc7 26.Rg4 Kf8 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Be4 Nb6 29.Kb1
Rg8 30.Qe1 Ke7 31.Qe2 Kd7 32.Bd3 Nc4 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Ne3 Rb8
35.Nxc4 a4 36.Qc2 Rb3 37.Ka1 Qb5 38.Qe2 Rc5 39.Re4 Ke7 40.Qd3
Qb7 41.Rg4 Qb5 42.Re4 Kd7 43.Qe2 Kc7 44.Qd3 Qb7 45.Rg4 Rbb5
46.Qc2 Qa8 47.Nd2 Ra5 48.Nc4 Rab5 49.Nd2 Ra5 50.Nc4 Rab5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "170"]

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 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Qb3 Nbd7
12. e3 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Be2 Qb8 16. O-O Qb7
17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Ne1 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Bd6 25. Ne2 Qe4 26. Ned4
Qxc2 27. Rxc2 g6 28. Rc6 Ra8 29. g3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2
Kd7 32. Rc2 Nd5 33. Kd3 Nb6 34. Nd2 Rc8 35. N4b3 f5 36. h3 Na4
37. Nc5+ Nxc5+ 38. bxc5 Bf8 39. Nb3 Kc6 40. g4 Kd5 41. f4 c6
42. Rd2 a5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kc3+ Ke4 45. Rd3 Kf3 46. Nd4+ Kf2
47. Ne6 Be7 48. Rd7 Bf6+ 49. Kd3 Bb2 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Kxe4
Bxa3 52. f5 b4 53. f6 b3 54. Rb7 Bb4 55. Kd3 Ke1 56. Nd4 Rd8
57. f7 Bxc5 58. Kc4 Rxd4+ 59. Kxc5 Rf4 60. Rxb3 Rxf7 61. Kxc6
Rf4 62. Kd5 a4 63. Rg3 Kf2 64. Ra3 h5 65. Ke5 Rb4 66. Kd5 h4
67. Ke5 Ke2 68. Kd5 Rf4 69. Ke5 Rb4 70. Kd5 Kd2 71. Kc5 Rf4
72. Kb5 Ke2 73. Kc5 Kf2 74. Kd5 Rf3 75. Rxa4 Kg3 76. Ra8 Kxh3
77. Rg8 Rf4 78. Ke5 Ra4 79. Kf5 Kh2 80. Rb8 h3 81. Rb2+ Kg3
82. Rb3+ Kh4 83. Rb2 Rg4 84. Rb8 Rg5+ 85. Kf4 h2 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5
12. Re1 Bb6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. d4 d5 21. exd5
Qxd5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Rxe5 Qxe5
26. Qd3 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. f3 Ra6 29. Ng3 g6 30. Ne2 Ra2
31. Rd2 Ne8 32. Nf4 Nd6 33. Nd3 Kg7 34. Kf2 Ra1 35. h4 Nc4
36. Re2 Rd1 37. Nf4 Rb1 38. b4 Kf8 39. Ra2 Rc1 40. Ne2 Rd1
41. Nd4 Nd6 42. Ra7 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Nc4 44. Nxb5 c6 45. Nd4 Ne3
46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Re8 Nd5 48. Re2 Rd3 49. Rc2 f4+ 50. Kh2 Nxb4
51. Ne6+ fxe6 52. cxb4 Rd6 53. Kh3 Kf6 54. Kg4 Rd4 55. Rxc6
Rxb4 56. Rc8 Rb2 57. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6
7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Nb6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. a4 Bd8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg3 Bc7
17. f4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 dxe4 20. a5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qe6
22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qe3 f5 24. Bh4 f6 25. Bxf6 fxg4 26. Qh6 Re7
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Rf6 Qd7 29. Rcf1 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Qb4 31. Rxg6+
hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Ne4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4
Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Bxa8 Bc5 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd1
Bb6 22. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. h3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Nc6 13. Nc4 h6 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. Re1 f5 20. Nh2 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nb3 22. Ra3
Qb6 23. Nf1 Qb7 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Qh5 Bg5 26. Qd1 f4 27. Nc4
Qxd5 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Re4 Qd5 30. Qg4 Rfd8 31. a5 Rb5 32. Ra1
Qf7 33. Rae1 Qd7 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. Qa4 Bf6 36. Na3 Rxb2 37. Qc6
d5 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4
12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd3 Nd7
17. b4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. a4 Rbc7 21. Qh3 d5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rad1 Rxc2 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Rfe1
Bf6 27. Qf5 g6 28. Qd3 R2c4 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Qxb5 e4 31. Nf1
Rcc4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. b5 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Bd4 35. Ne3 Bxe3
36. fxe3 Qc5 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qxd5+ Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc2 40. b6
Rb2 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. h4 Ke7 43. Rc6 Kd7 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rb7
Ke5 46. Rb8 Kf5 47. Kh2 Kg4 48. Re8 Kxh4 49. Rxe4+ Kg5 50. Re7
Rxb6 51. Rxh7 Re6 52. Rh3 Kg4 53. Rf3 g5 54. Kg1 Ra6 55. Rf2
Ra1+ 56. Rf1 Ra2 57. Rf2 Ra1+ 58. Kh2 Re1 59. Rf3 Kh4 60. Rh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nf4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nc3 Nxd3
12. cxd3 c5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. b3 Ba6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Ba3 Bxd3
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Bxc5 Qd7 20. h3 Rad8 21. b4 Re6
22. a4 a6 23. Re3 h6 24. Ne1 Bg6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na5
27. Nf3 Qd5 28. d4 e4 29. Nd2 f5 30. Ra3 Nb7 31. Qb3 f4
32. Ra8 Qd7 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nc4 Bf7 35. b6 f3 36. g4 h5
37. b7 Nxb7 38. Nb6 Qd8 39. Qd5 Nd6 40. Qa8 Qxa8 41. Nxa8 hxg4
42. hxg4 Rg6 43. Kh2 Nc4 44. Rg1 e3 45. Kg3 e2 46. Kxf3 Bd5+
47. Kxe2 Bxa8 48. f4 Be4 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Kf3 Be6 51. Kf4 Bd5
52. g5 Re6 53. Rb1 Re4+ 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. Rb5 Ne3 56. Kf2 Nf5
57. Rb6 Re6 58. Rb8 Kg6 59. Rd8 Be4 60. Rd7 Bc6 61. Rd8 Kxg5
62. d5 Re5 63. Be3+ Rxe3 64. dxc6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bd2 a6
12. O-O Nb5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6 15. b5 Ne4 16. Be1 axb5
17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Re8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bxf4 21. exf4
Nd6 22. g4 f5 23. h3 Nc4 24. Qc1 Be6 25. Bf2 Qd7 26. Re1 g6
27. Qc2 Qf7 28. Bg3 Kf8 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Bh4 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qe6
32. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Ne4 Qe6 6. Qe2
Nf6 7. f3 g6 8. g3 Nd5 9. c4 Nb4 10. a3 N4a6 11. d5 cxd5
12. cxd5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bd4 f6 15. Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Ne4 Rg8
17. Bh3 h6 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. f4 Nc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nf3 Bg7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc5 Nba6 24. Nxa6 Nxa6 25. Qe5+ Kh7 26. h4
Rf8 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. hxg5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rh6 Qd6
31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2
a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nd3 axb3 20. cxb3 Bb5 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. Rhf1
Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rf4 Rfc8 25. g5 Be3 26. Rf3 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. b3 Bd7 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Bxd6 Nxg3 18. Bxb8 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Rxb8
21. Rd1 Be6 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Ra4 Rb7 24. Ra6 Rc7 25. f4 Ke7
26. Bd3 Bc8 27. Ra5 c5 28. Kf2 g6 29. c3 Kd6 30. Ke3 a6 31. b4
Re7+ 32. Kd2 c4 33. Be2 Bb7 34. Bf3 f6 35. h4 h6 36. a4 g5
37. hxg5 hxg5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. b5 axb5 40. Rxb5 Bc6 41. Rb6
Ra7 42. Rb8 Rxa4 43. Rg8 Ra2+ 44. Kc1 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 h5
12. Bh6 Nxd4 13. Bxg7 Nxe2 14. Bxf6 Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Be6 16. f3
f6 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Rdg1 Bh5 20. Qd5+ Kh7
21. Qxb7 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rg3 Rc8 25. Re1
Kg7 26. Kb2 Kf7 27. Kb3 e5 28. c4 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rg5 Bg4
31. Kb4 Kf6 32. a4 Rh8 33. Kb5 Rxh4 34. Rg8 Bf3 35. Kxb6 Rxc4
36. a5 Rxc2 37. a6 Rb2+ 38. Kc7 Ra2 39. Kb6 Rb2+ 40. Kc7 Ra2
41. Kb6 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be6 11. a4 Rb8
12. axb5 axb5 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nxb5 Ndb4 16. Be2
Bg4 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Be4 Re8 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Be3
c5 22. g3 h5 23. Ra7 Qb6 24. Qa4 Bf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Re7
27. Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Qc4 Qf6 29. b3 Nxb3 30. Rb1 Rb4 31. Qd3 c4
32. Bxc4 Nc5 33. Qc2 Rxb1+ 34. Qxb1 Nd7 35. Qe4 Nc5 36. Qa8+
Kg7 37. Qd5 Ne6 38. h4 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qf6 40. Qe4 Bd6 41. Bd5
Qe5 42. Qc4 Qf5 43. Qb3 Qe5 44. Qc4 Qf5 45. Bd2 Qf6 46. Bc3
Be5 47. Bb4 Bd4 48. f4 Qf5 49. Kh2 Qb1 50. Bg2 Qg1+ 51. Kh3
Qe3 52. Bd6 Bf6 53. Qe4 Qd2 54. Be5 Bxe5 55. Qxe5+ Kg8 56. f5
gxf5 57. Qxf5 Qd7 58. Kh2 Qd1 59. Bf3 Qd2+ 60. Kh3 Ng7
61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Be4+ f5 63. Bxf5+ Nxf5 64. Qxf5+ Kh6 65. Qf6+
Kh7 66. Qf7+ Kh6 67. Qe7 Qd1 68. Kg2 Qd2+ 69. Kf3 Qd1+ 70. Qe2
Qd5+ 71. Qe4 Qd1+ 72. Kf4 Qg4+ 73. Ke5 Qxg3+ 74. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. b3 e6
7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qb8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nh4 Bg3
12. Ndf3 Bd6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. O-O-O Qd8 16. Ng5
Qe7 17. f4 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. c5 a5 21. Rhe1
Nh7 22. Nf3 Nhf6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Rg1 Rb8 25. Qd2 Qd8 26. Rc1 b6
27. cxb6 Qxb6 28. Ka1 O-O 29. Qc2 a4 30. Qxc6 axb3 31. Qxb6
Rxb6 32. Rc7 Nb8 33. Rb1 Nc6 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. axb3 Nb4
36. Bb1 Ng3 37. Kb2 Nf1 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. h4 Kf8 40. Ne5 Ra7
41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 Na6 43. Rg8 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. Bxd7 Rd8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bh3 Be4
17. c5 a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. e3 Qd7 21. Bc3 axb4
22. Bxb4 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Rb1 Bg7
27. Re2 Qg6 28. Kg2 Re7 29. Rb3 Rae8 30. Bc3 Bf6 31. Be1 Bg5
32. Bf2 f4 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. h4 fxe3 35. hxg5 exf2 36. Rxf2
Ra8 37. f4 Ra4 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Kf3 d4 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Ke4 Rd5
42. g4 Ra5 43. Rb2 Rd7 44. Rc2 Re7+ 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. f5 Re3+
47. Rxe3 dxe3 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Rh2 Ke8 50. Rh8+ Kd7 51. Rf8 Re4
52. Rxf7+ Ke8 53. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6
12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 c4
17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qxf6 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxc4 Rac8
21. Bd3 Nf8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Ke2 Na4 25. Nb3 Nb2
26. Na5 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 d5 28. Rc1 dxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Rc3 30. Kxe5
Rxe3+ 31. Kf4 Rxa3 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Nb7 Rd5 34. Nbd6 f5 35. c4
Rdd3 36. Nxf5+ Bxf5 37. Kxf5 Rab3 38. Nc5 Rdc3 39. Nxb3 Rxb3
40. c5 Rxb4 41. c6 Rb8 42. c7 Rc8 43. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Bxb4
Bxb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nd3
f5 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Rhg8 21. Rde1
Kf6 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rhe1 Rg4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd5
26. Kd3 f4 27. R5e4 Rf5 28. R1e2 fxg3 29. Rxg4 gxf2 30. Rxf2
hxg4 31. Rg2 Rf4 32. Ke3 Kf5 33. h5 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kg5 35. h6
Rh3 36. Rf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7
7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Ne8 10.d5 Bc5 11.Re1 d6 12.Nc3 Bf5
13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf6 15.Na4 Re8 16.Bd2 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Qd7
18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.c4 Re8 20.f3 Rxe1+ 21.Bxe1 b6 22.g4 Ne8 23.Bg3
Nd6 24.b3 a5 25.Kf2 a4 26.Qe3 Kf8 27.h4 axb3 28.axb3 Qe7
29.Qc3 f6 30.h5 Kf7 31.Bf4 g6 32.Qa1 Ke8 33.h6 Kf7 34.Bg3 Ke8
35.Bh4 Kf7 36.Bg3 Ke8 37.Bh4 Kf7 38.Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. Nf3 e6 11. Be2
exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2
Qd6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Rab8 20. c4 Nd7 21. Bb5
Nf6 22. Qe2 Rb7 23. Rb3 Nh5 24. Re3 Ng7 25. g4 Kf8 26. a4 f5
27. Re5 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4
Rxf4 32. R5e4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 h5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re1
g5 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Bc6 Kf7 39. d6 h4+ 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. d7 Ne6
42. Bd5 Nc7 43. Be4 Ne6 44. Bd5 Nc7 45. f4 gxf4 46. g5+ Kg6
47. Re5 Rd8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Bf5 Rh8 50. Kg2 a5 51. Kf2 f3
52. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. cxd6 exd6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Rxe1+
16. Nxe1 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Bd2
Qxb2 21. Re1 Rb8 22. a4 Bf6 23. Qc4 h5 24. Re3 Qa1 25. Re1 Qb2
26. a5 Rd8 27. Bb4 Qd4 28. Re4 Qa1 29. a6 h4 30. Re1 Qd4
31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. c3 Rc4 34. Ra8 Bxc3 35. Bxc3
Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kg7 37. Rb7 Ra3 38. a7 Kf6 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2
f6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke4 43. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 f6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 Rfc8
17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Kf3 Ne6
22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Rca8 25. Rb1 Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf6
27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Rxa4 Rb5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Nc4 h6 31. Ra7 Ke8
32. h3 Kd7 33. Bf2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Ra6 Rd5 36. Bg3 Bg7
37. Kg2 Rb5 38. Ra5 Rxa5 39. Nxa5 c5 40. e3 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5
7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bd2 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.g4 Qg6 11.a3 a4 12.Qc4 Bxc3
13.Bxc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Bg2 Qe4 16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.Rg1 f6 18.g5
Rf8 19.gxf6 Rxf6 20.Bg5 Rf7 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe4 Nxc4 23.Rxc4
Bb5 24.Rc2 c6 25.Bh4 Nf4 26.Rg4 Raf8 27.Bg3 g6 28.Bxf4 Rxf4
29.f3 Kg7 30.Rc5 R4f6 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Rh4 Kg7 33.Ke3 Rd8 34.Rg4
Kf7 35.h4 Rf8 36.Rgg5 Rh8 37.Rge5 Ke7 38.Rg5 Kd6 39.h5 b6
40.Rc1 gxh5 41.Rxh5 h6 42.Rg1 Bc4 43.Rg7 Rb8 44.Bc2 b5 45.Kd2
Rd8 46.Rh7 Rg8 47.R5xh6 Rxh6 48.Rxh6 Rg2 49.Bd1 Kd5 50.Ke3 Kd6
51.Rh1 Ke7 52.Rf1 Rh2 53.Rf2 Rh4 54.Bc2 Rh1 55.Kd2 Kd6 56.f4
Rh3 57.e3 Rh1 58.f5 exf5 59.Bxf5 c5 60.dxc5+ Kxc5 61.Bc2 Be6
62.Bd1 Rh4 63.Rf6 Bd5 64.Rf5 Rh2+ 65.Kc3 Rh3 66.Kd3 Kd6 67.Rh5
Rg3 68.Kd4 Bc4 69.Bxa4 Rg4+ 70.e4 bxa4 71.Kxc4 Rxe4+ 72.Kd3
Re8 73.Rb5 Rc8 74.Kd4 Rc6 75.Rb4 Ra6 76.Kc4 Kc6 77.Rb5 Ra8
78.Kb4 Kd6 79.Rb6+ Kc7 80.Kb5 Kd7 81.Rb7+ Kd6 82.Kb6 Rh8
83.Ka7 Kc6 84.Rb4 Rh7+ 85.Ka6 Rh8 86.Rc4+ Kd5 87.Rc7 Kd6
88.Kb7 Rh2 89.Rc6+ Kd5 90.Rb6 Kc5 91.Rb4 Rh7+ 92.Ka6 Rh8
93.Rb5+ Kc4 94.Rb7 Ra8+ 95.Kb6 Kb3 96.Kc5+ Ka2 97.Rb4 Ra5+
98.Kc4 Rh5 99.Rxa4 Kxb2 100.Ra8 Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "275"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.c3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Nc6
14.h3 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.f4 Rb7 17.a5 Qb8 18.Nb6 Be8 19.fxe5
dxe5 20.Be3 Qd8 21.Nf3 Bd6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 bxc3 24.bxc3
Rb5 25.Nd2 Ne7 26.Bc4 Rxa5 27.Bxa6 Rxa1 28.Qxa1 Ng6 29.Bc4 Bd7
30.Qa7 Nf4 31.Nf3 Be6 32.Bxf4 Bxc4 33.dxc4 exf4 34.e5 Be7
35.Rb1 Qd3 36.Re1 Re8 37.e6 fxe6 38.Rxe6 Kf8 39.Qc7 Qxc3
40.Qxf4+ Bf6 41.Qd6+ Be7 42.Qf4+ Bf6 43.Qd6+ Be7 44.Qd5 g6
45.Re1 Rd8 46.Qb7 Qf6 47.Ne5 Qd6 48.Kh1 Re8 49.Qe4 Qe6 50.Qf4+
Kg8 51.Nf3 Qf7 52.Qe5 h6 53.Qe4 Kg7 54.Kg1 Qf6 55.Qb7 Qd6
56.Kh1 Kg8 57.Qe4 Kg7 58.Qe3 Qf6 59.Nh2 Qg5 60.Qe6 Qf5 61.Qc6
Qf7 62.Qd7 Kf8 63.Qc6 Kg7 64.Nf3 Rd8 65.Qc7 Bf6 66.Qxc5 Rd7
67.Qb4 Rb7 68.Qa4 Qc7 69.Qc2 Qc5 70.Qd3 Rc7 71.Re4 Ra7 72.Re1
Rc7 73.Rc1 Re7 74.Qc2 h5 75.Qd2 g5 76.Nh2 Re4 77.Qd7+ Qe7
78.Qxe7+ Bxe7 79.g4 Re3 80.c5 Rxh3 81.c6 Bd6 82.c7 Bxc7
83.Rxc7+ Kg6 84.Rc6+ Kf7 85.Kg2 hxg4 86.Nxg4 Ra3 87.Ne5+ Ke7
88.Nf3 Ra5 89.Kg3 Rf5 90.Ng1 Rf4 91.Nh3 Rf6 92.Rc5 Kd6 93.Ra5
Kc7 94.Kg4 Kb6 95.Ra1 Rd6 96.Nxg5 Kb5 97.Kf4 Kc6 98.Ne4 Rd8
99.Rc1+ Kb6 100.Ke5 Rh8 101.Nf6 Rh2 102.Kd6 Kb5 103.Rc5+ Kb4
104.Nd5+ Kb3 105.Rc3+ Kb2 106.Rg3 Kc2 107.Ne3+ Kb2 108.Kc5 Rh4
109.Rf3 Rh5+ 110.Kd4 Rh4+ 111.Kd3 Kb3 112.Rf5 Rb4 113.Nc2 Rb6
114.Ra5 Rb7 115.Ra6 Rd7+ 116.Nd4+ Kb4 117.Rc6 Rd8 118.Rc4+ Ka5
119.Kc3 Kb6 120.Rb4+ Ka6 121.Kc4 Rc8+ 122.Kd5 Ka5 123.Rb1 Rc3
124.Ne6 Rh3 125.Kc4 Rh4+ 126.Nd4 Ka6 127.Kc5 Rh5+ 128.Kd6 Rh6+
129.Ne6 Ka5 130.Kc5 Rh5+ 131.Kc4 Rh4+ 132.Nd4 Ka6 133.Kc5 Rh5+
134.Kd6 Rh6+ 135.Ne6 Ka5 136.Rb2 Ka4 137.Kd5 Rh5+ 138.Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5
12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. b4 Bc6
17. Bxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b6 19. Bd4 Qb7+ 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Qb3 b5
22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxd3 26. Rxd3
Rxc5 27. Rxa6 Rxe5 28. Rb6 Rf8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rdb3 Kg7
31. R6b5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5
12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Rxb7 Bd6 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O+ Kg8
21. Qg4 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qe3+ 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bd4
Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Bg4 Nc6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8
30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc6 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 34. Be4
Rc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4
Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Ne4 Rh8 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7
b5 22. Be5 Rg8 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. f4 Bxg4 25. c4 f6 26. Rb1 Nb6
27. Bxf6+ Kf7 28. Bg5 Nxc4 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rbe1 Bf5 31. Kf2
Rad8 32. Nd3 a5 33. Rg1 Rd7 34. Bh4+ Kh7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ne5
Nxe5 37. fxe5 Re8 38. Re1 a4 39. Kf3 a3 40. Bf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg3
Be6 42. Bc5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. Nf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3 Nd7
12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Bb5 Nb6
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. g4 Rab8 21. gxh5
Qb4 22. Rd4 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Rfd8 24. Qf6 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qb6
26. Qxc4 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Rd4 28. Qe2 Qc5 29. Nb1 Qxg5+ 30. Nd2
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. Bd3 Nc6 11. e5 Ng4
12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 Be7 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nb3 f5 16. Be3 Nd8
17. Be2 a5 18. a4 Nhf7 19. Nfd2 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. f3 Ng6
22. Qxg7 Nf7 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Nxf4 25. Bxf5 Rg8 26. Ne4
O-O-O 27. Bg4 h5 28. gxf4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc7 30. Nxa5 Ba8
31. Qd2 Bh6 32. b4 Bxf4 33. Qf2 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Ng5 35. Qe2 Rh8
0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O
b4 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. h4 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bh2 dxe4 17. g5 hxg5
18. hxg5 Rxh2 19. Rxh2 exd4 20. Rh8 Nd5 21. Qxd4 Bb7 22. fxe4
N5b6 23. Qxb4 O-O-O 24. Qb3 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Kc7
27. Bxa6 Nc5 28. Nb5+ Kc6 29. Na7+ Kc7 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31. Na7+
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. h3 a6
12. g4 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. Bg5 O-O-O 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. b3 Bg4 20. Be2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Rxh4 22. Bg2 Qf5 23. Rd4 Rg4 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Qd4 Qxf2
26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Rf1 Ng4 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. Rxf6 c6 30. Rf2 Rg8
31. c4 Rg3 32. Bf5 Kc7 33. Rh2 Rf3 34. Rh5 a5 35. Kb2 Rg3
36. Rh7 Kb6 37. Bc8 Rg8 38. Bf5 Kc5 39. Rh4 Rg2 40. Rf4 Rg3
41. Bc8 b6 42. a3 Rf3 43. Rxf3 Nxf3 44. Kc3 d5 45. b4+ axb4+
46. axb4+ Kd6 47. cxd5 cxd5 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Ke3 Nc6 50. c3
Ke5 51. Kd3 Ne7 52. Bb7 Nf5 53. Bc8 Nd6 54. Bg4 f5 55. Bf3 f4
56. Bh5 Nc4 57. Bf3 Ne3 58. Be2 Ng2 59. Bg4 Ne3 60. Be2 Nc4
61. Bf3 Nd6 62. Bh5 Ne4 63. c4 d4 64. Bf3 Ng5 65. Bg4 f3
66. c5 f2 67. Ke2 bxc5 68. bxc5 Kf4 69. c6 Kg3 70. c7 Kg2
71. c8=Q f1=Q+ 72. Kd2 Ne4+ 73. Kc2 d3+ 74. Kb2 Kg3 75. Qf5
Qg2+ 76. Ka3 Qh1 77. Bd1 Qxd1 78. Qxe4 Qe2 79. Qg6+ Kf2
80. Qf6+ Qf3 81. Qd4+ Ke2 82. Qe5+ Kf2 83. Qd4+ Kf1 84. Qa1+
Kg2 85. Qg7+ Qg3 86. Qb7+ Kf2 87. Kb2 Ke2 88. Qe4+ Qe3
89. Qg2+ Qf2 90. Qe4+ Kd2 91. Kb3 Qb6+ 92. Kc4 Qa6+ 93. Kb3
Qb5+ 94. Ka2 Kc3 95. Qe1+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 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. e3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bb2 h6
17. cxd5 exd5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+
26. Kg1 Ne4 27. Rd1 Rd5 28. Nf3 Qd7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Ne1 Nd6
31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Ng2 c4 33. bxc4 Nxc4 34. Nf4 Qc6 35. Nd5 Qc5
36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qd7 g5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Ne7+ Kf8
41. Nf5 Ke8 42. Ng7+ Kd7 43. Qxf7+ Kc6 44. Nf5 Kb5 45. Nxh6
Kb4 46. Ng4 Nd2 47. Ne3 Ka3 48. Nf1 Nc4 49. Ne3 Nd2 50. Nf1
Nc4 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 a5 53. h5 Qg5+ 54. Ng3 Nd2 55. Kg2
Qb5 56. Qe6 Qb7+ 57. Kh3 Nf3 58. Kg4 Nh2+ 59. Kh3 Nf3 60. Kg4
Nh2+ 61. Kg5 Qg7+ 62. Kf5 a4 63. h6 Qg4+ 64. Kf6 Qf4+ 65. Kg7
Ng4 66. h7 Qd4+ 67. Kg6 Ne5+ 68. Kh5 Nd7 69. Ne4 Qg7 70. Qd6+
Kxa2 71. Qd2+ Ka1 72. Qc1+ Ka2 73. Qc2+ Ka1 74. Qxa4+ Kb1
75. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7
12. Qf2 O-O 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Ne2 d6 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Nc5
17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Bb2 Bh4 20. Rg1 g6 21. Qe3 f6
22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 d5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rgf1 d4 26. Rf3 Re7
27. Ba3 Re5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kg7 31. Kb2
Rg5 32. h3 h5 33. Ne2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4 35. Nxd4 Kh7 36. Rh3
g5 37. Kc3 Bxe4 38. Bxa6 f5 39. Bd3 Kg6 40. Nf3 Bg3 41. Be2
Rc8+ 42. Kd2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Bd3 Bxd3 45. Rxd3 Bf4+
46. Ke2 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rxd3 48. Kxg2 Rd8 49. Ne1 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 g4
51. Rc3 Rxa2 52. Nd3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. h3 Bb7 6. c3 Nc6
7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qf3 Qc7
12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Rc1 Ne4
17. Qh2 Be7 18. f3 Nc5 19. b4 cxb3 20. axb3 b5 21. Bg5 Bxg5
22. hxg5 g6 23. b4 Na4 24. O-O Kb8 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rfc1 Qe7
27. Qh4 Rc7 28. f4 Rhc8 29. Qe1 Qf8 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Bd3 Qf8
32. Ne2 Rc6 33. Nd4 R6c7 34. Ne2 Rc6 35. Ra1 Qd8 36. Ra3 Qb6
37. Nd4 R6c7 38. Qa1 Bc6 39. Kg1 Bd7 40. Kf2 Be8 41. Rb3 Bd7
42. Qe1 Be8 43. Kg3 Bd7 44. Qd2 Bc6 45. Ra3 Bb7 46. Rc1 Ba8
47. Be2 Bc6 48. Kh2 Be8 49. Rb3 Bd7 50. Ra3 Be8 51. Rb3 Bd7
52. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. Bf3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Ra2 Kh8 21. Rae2 b6
22. Ng3 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Bh7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Be5+ Bg7
27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Nf1 Bg8 30. Nd2 c5 31. dxc5
Qxc3 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Qe7 Qc5 34. Qd7 Rf7 35. Qa4 Kg7 36. Rb1
Re7 37. h4 Bf7 38. g3 Qc3 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40. Rxb4 Rd7 41. Nf1
Nc4 42. Be2 Nxa3 43. Rxb6 Nc2 44. Ne3 Nxe3 45. fxe3 Rd2
46. Bf3 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. g4 fxg4 49. Bxg4 Bg6 50. Rb7+ Kf6
51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nd7
12. b4 c6 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 g6 16. Rac1 Bg7 17. Rc2
Qe7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7
22. Nb1 Bf8 23. Rb2 Qf6 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. g3 Re8 26. Bf1 Rc7
27. Bg2 Kh7 28. h4 Rd8 29. Qc3 Bf8 30. Bh3 Kg7 31. Rbb1 g5
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qd3 Bd6 34. Kg2 Rh8 35. Rh1 Re7 36. Qf5 Ree8
37. Nf3 Rh5 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ne1 Bc8 40. Bxc8 Rxh1 41. Kxh1
Rxc8 42. Kg2 g4 43. Nc2 Rh8 44. Rb3 Ke6 45. Na3 Kd7 46. Nb1
Rh5 47. Nd2 Rh6 48. Rb1 Rh8 49. Rb3 Rh5 50. Rb1 Rh8 51. Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sebbar Ali"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Nd5 7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. Qe2
Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Rg1 f6 15. O-O-O Kf7 16. b3
Bd6 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. fxe4 Rhd8 19. Kb2 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rgd1 h5 22. f3 g5 23. Ba5 f5 24. Kc3 e5 25. exf5 exd4+
26. Kc4 Be5 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Re6 Rd5 29. Bxc7 Rc8 30. Bb6 Rxf5
31. Rd6 Be5 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Ra7 Rcf8 34. Bc5 Bd6 35. Bxd6
Kxd6 36. Rxd4+ Rd5 37. Rh7 Rxd4+ 38. Kxd4 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 h4
40. Rh8 Rf5 41. Rd8+ Ke6 42. Rd4 a5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Rxf4 Rc5
45. Kd3 Rh5 46. Rd4 c5 47. Rg4 Kd5 48. Kc3 Rf5 49. Rxh4 Rf3+
50. Kb2 Rg3 51. Rh8 c4 52. Rh5+ Kd6 53. Rxa5 c3+ 54. Ka3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebbar Ali"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6
12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Bd7
17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. g4 a5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 h5
22. h3 Bc5 23. Kg2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rb8 26. Kf3 Kf8
27. Rh1 Ke7 28. Rh4 Kd6 29. Rh7 Rf8 30. Ba6 Bd4 31. Bd3 Kc5
32. Rh4 Bc3 33. Be2 Rc8 34. Rh7 Rc7 35. Rh8 Kb4 36. Rd8 Bd4
37. Bd3 Kc3 38. Ke2 Bb6 39. Rd6 Bc5 40. Rd8 Be7 41. Ra8 Bb4
42. Rd8 Kd4 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Ra8 Bb4 45. Rd8 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 a5 9. a4 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nb1 f6 12. exf6
Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. c3 Na7 17. Na3
Kh8 18. Be3 e5 19. c4 Be6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Nc6 22. Nc4
Rb8 23. Qh5 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Qd7 25. Red1 Qe6 26. b3 Nd4 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Rac1 g6 29. Qe2 Be7 30. Rd3 Bb4 31. Rf3 Rfc8 32. Kg2
Kg7 33. Rd3 b5 34. axb5 a4 35. Rb1 Bc3 36. Nd2 Bxd2 37. Qxd2
Rxb5 38. b4 Qc6 39. Qe1 Rb7 40. Ra3 Qb5 41. Qd1 Ra7 42. Rba1
Rca8 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. Qd3 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Be3 Qe7
18. Qd2 Red8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. b4 Nc7 22. Bf1 Ne6
23. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 h6
12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 Bf6 14. Bf2 O-O 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc3 b6
17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 h5 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qb3 Kh7
22. b5 a5 23. Na4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nc8 25. h3 h4 26. Qd1 Rb7
27. Nd2 Nh5 28. Nf3 Rbf7 29. Nxg5+ Qxg5 30. Be3 Nf4 31. Qf3
Qd8 32. Qg4 Kg7 33. Red1 Rh8 34. Rac1 Qe8 35. Rc6 Rhf8 36. Kh2
Rh8 37. Rdc1 Ne7 38. Nxb6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Qd8 40. Nd5 Nxd5
41. exd5 Rhf8 42. b6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6
12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Qa4 Nxb5
17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5
Red8 22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4
Qd3 27. Kh2 Re7 28. Rc1 Rae8 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Re1 Qd3 31. Rd1
Qc4 32. Rc1 Qd3 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4
Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bxf5 Qxf5
12. c4 Na6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Rfe1 g5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8
17. Qa4 b5 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qa4 Qb5 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. Rc1 Nd5
22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2 24. Rxc6 Rb1+ 25. Rc1 Rxc1+
26. Bxc1 Nc3 27. Bd2 Nxa2 28. Kf1 Nb4 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Ke2 h6
31. Kd3 f5 32. Kc4 Ba3 33. Kd5 Kg7 34. Ke5 Kg6 35. d5 Bc5
36. d6 Bxf2 37. Nd4 f6+ 38. Kd5 Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Kf7 40. Kd5 Ke8
41. Ke6 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Kxf6 Kd7 44. Kg6 g3 45. Kxh6 Kxd6
46. Kg5 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. f3 d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rc1
Qe6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Rc4 f5 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Qd5 Kf7 21. Ra4
Rc6 22. Ra6 Rd6 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 24. Kf2 b5 25. Rxa7 Rxa7
26. Bxa7 Ra6 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Rd7 Bf6 29. Rb7 g5 30. Rxb5 Ra1
31. h3 Rh1 32. b4 f4 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5 Rxh3 35. Kg2 Rxh5
36. Rb8 Ke6 37. Bf2 Be5 38. Ra8 Bd6 39. Be1 Kd5 40. Rc8 Rh6
41. Rg8 Rh5 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O Bh7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bd3
O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Be3 c5 16. h5 c4 17. hxg6 fxg6
18. Bb1 cxb3 19. Qxb3 g5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Kg2 Kg8 22. Qc2
Nf8 23. Rh1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. b3 b6 27. Rhc1
Qd7 28. Kg1 Rc7 29. Nf1 Rbc8 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rcc8 32. Qb5
Qxb5 33. axb5 Ng6 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke2 Bf8 36. Nd1 Ne7 37. Nb2
Nf5 38. Na4 Rb8 39. g4 Nh4 40. Be3 Ng6 41. c4 Bb4 42. Rc2 Nf4+
43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Rac1 Rd7 45. Ra1 Nh4+ 46. Ke2 Ng6 47. Nb2 Be7
48. Na4 Bb4 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Rxc3 Ne7 51. c5 Rdb7 52. c6 Rc7
53. b4 axb4 54. Rb3 Ng6 55. Bd2 Nf4+ 56. Ke3 Kg6 57. Bxb4 Rf7
58. Bd6 Rc8 59. f3 h5 60. gxh5+ Kxh5 61. Rh1+ Kg6 62. Ra3 Ng2+
63. Kf2 Nh4 64. Rha1 Rf4 65. Ra8 Rxf3+ 66. Ke2 Rxa8 67. Rxa8
g4 68. c7 g3 69. c8=Q g2 70. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6
6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Kd7
11. Be2 Kc7 12. d4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Bd2 Rhe8 15. Ba5+ Kd7
16. Nd2 Rab8 17. b3 Bf5 18. c4 Ba3 19. Bc3 a5 20. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. O-O d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ne4
12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7 15. a4 Rac8 16. Bh3
Rcd8 17. Nd4 a6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 d5 20. Nf3 dxc4 21. Rac1
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ne4
12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Rd4 h5
17. Qh6 Qc5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ng5 e5 20. Bxb7 exd4 21. Bd5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6
7. Nbd2 Bh7 8. O-O Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. Qb3 Nf4 12. Bd1
axb4 13. cxb4 Be7 14. g3 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. a5
O-O 18. Qc3 Nb8 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Be2 Na6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5
Nc7 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rfe1 Nb5 25. Qb2 f6 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Ra3
fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf6 29. f3 Raf8 30. Bb4 Qc6 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Rae3
Bg6 33. Bd2 Qd7 34. Rb3 Ref8 35. Bb4 Qc6 36. Rbe3 Re8 37. h4
Bf5 38. h5 Bh7 39. g4 Kh8 40. Be1 Bg8 41. Rb3 Ref8 42. Bh4 Rf4
43. Qd2 Bh7 44. Bg3 R4f6 45. Ree3 Qa6 46. Be5 R6f7 47. g5 hxg5
48. h6 Kg8 49. hxg7 Ra8 50. Ra3 b4 51. Qxb4 g4 52. f4 Be4+
53. Kf2 Rf5 54. Qb6 Qc4 55. Qxe6+ Rf7 56. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Nd5
12. Qd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. a4
Rfd8 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Nd4 a6 19. Ba1 Ne4 20. Bg2 Nc5 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. f3 Rbc8 23. Nc2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5
26. Nb4 Rdd8 27. Rab1 a5 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3
Qc7 31. Rd1 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Qe3 Qxe3+
35. Kxe3 Kf6 36. Rd5 Rc3+ 37. Rd3 Rc2 38. Rd5 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "27.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. b4 Nd7 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. Be2 Qe7
12. O-O Nf6 13. b5 O-O 14. a4 a6 15. Bb2 axb5 16. axb5 Ne4
17. Bd3 Kg7 18. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. h4 Qd7 9. h5 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Qd2 h6
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. b3 Ne7 15. a4 Kb8 16. Bc1 Rdg8
17. Ng1 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Bd2 h5 21. O-O-O Be8
22. Rh2 h4 23. Rdh1 Rh5 24. Qf3 Rgh8 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qe7
27. f3 Qg7 28. Be1 h3 29. gxh3 R5h6 30. Kb2 Qg8 31. Bf2 Bh5
32. Rg1 Rg6 33. Rhh1 Rg2 34. h4 Rh7 35. Be3 Rhg7 36. Rxg2 Rxg2
37. Rh2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Be7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O Nf6
12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Ne8 14. Qh5 f6 15. Ng6 Nxg6 16. Bxg6 Bd7
17. g4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qd8 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bd7
22. f5 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. g5 Qc5+ 25. Kg2 d4 26. gxh6 Nf6
27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 dxc3 29. Kh3 c2 30. Rbc1 Qd4 31. Rg1
Qd3+ 32. Rg3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 a5 18. Rd3 f6 19. Rf3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6
22. h4 Raa8 23. h5 h6 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qe3 Qd8
27. Qh3 Qe7 28. g4 Rf4 29. Be3 Re4 30. Rg1 Rxe5 31. Qg3 Qf7
32. g5 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Rf5 34. Bc1 Rxh5 35. Qc7 d4 36. Qc8+ Kh7
37. Qc4 Ne5 38. Qxd4 Nf3 39. Qe4+ Qf5 40. Rg4 Qxe4 41. Rxe4
Re5 42. Rc4 g5 43. c3 bxc3 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kxc3 Rxa2 46. Bb2
Kg6 47. Kc2 Kf5 48. Kb1 Rxb2+ 49. Kxb2 g4 50. Rc5+ e5 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Ne7 13. Rd1 Qe5 14. Qc3 Nc6 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc3 Ke7
17. Be2 Rac8 18. f3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ke2 f5 21. Rd2 Rg8
22. Kf2 Bc6 23. Rhd1 a5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Kxd8 27. Ke2 Kc7 28. Kd3 b6 29. Kc4 Bb7 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. Nb5+
Ke7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Kc4 Kd6 34. Kd4 Bb7 35. Nb5+ Kc6 36. Nc3
Kd6 37. Nb5+ Kc6 38. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jaroslav Ulko"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rad1 c5 16. Nd5 Nc6
17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 e6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Nb5 e5 21. f5 a4 22. b4
a3 23. Rb1 Ra4 24. Nc3 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Nd5 f6 27. Qxb4
gxf5 28. exf5 Qd7 29. Qxa3 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 Rb8 31. Rf1 f5 32. g3
f4 33. Bg1 Qh3 34. Qf3 Rb2 35. gxf4 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7
11. Bf4 c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. c4 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. f3 Bf6
16. O-O-O O-O 17. c4 Be6 18. b3 a5 19. a4 b5 20. Kc2 g5
21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. c5 Rac8 23. Be4 Rd7 24. g4 Rb7 25. Rb1 Kg7
26. Rhd1 h6 27. h3 h5 28. Rh1 Kh6 29. Rhd1 Kg7 30. Rh1 Be7
31. Rhd1 Kf6 32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rd6 b4 34. Rbd1 h4 35. Rxc6
Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rc7 37. Rd6 Ke5 38. Kb2 Kf4 39. Bd5 Rxc5
40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Rxe6 Kxf3 42. Rf6+ Ke4 43. Rf2 Rc3 44. Rf5
Rxh3 45. Rxg5 Rh2+ 46. Kc1 Kf4 47. Rxa5 h3 48. Rh5 Kxg4
49. Rh8 Ra2 50. Kb1 Rf2 51. Rg8+ Kf3 52. Rf8+ Ke3 53. Rh8 h2
0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhail Mozharov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. b3 Ne5
12. f4 a6 13. f5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4
13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nc7 15. N1h2 Nb5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 hxg5
18. hxg5 Nbd4 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. Be4 dxe4 21. Kg2 g6 22. Nh6+ Kh7
23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Nxf5+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. dxe4 Bxg5 27. Rad1
Nd4 28. Nxf7 Rxh3 29. Nxd8 Bxf4 30. Kxh3 Bxe5 31. c3 Nb5
32. Re3 Bxc3 33. Rb1 e5+ 34. Kg2 Nxa3 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Ne6+
Bxe6 37. Rxc3 Nxb6 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Korotylev"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Na6 6. Nf3 c5
7. d5 Nc7 8. a4 a6 9. a5 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Re1 b5 12. axb6
Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Kh2
Rb3 18. Qd1 Qb8 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Qb7 21. Bc2 Rb8 22. Qd3
Qc8 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Qg3 Nb6 25. Qd3 Nxa4 26. Bxa4 Na8 27. e5
Qc7 28. e6 f5 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qb2 32. Qxb2
Bxb2 33. Ba5 Bxa3 34. Bc6 Bb4 35. Bd8 a5 36. Bxe7 Nb6 37. Bxd6
Nxc4 38. Bc7 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4
7. Na3 b5 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. b3 cxb3
12. Qxb3 Bb7 13. Rfd1 N8d7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Bh3 e6 16. Qb4 Re8
17. Nd3 Bf8 18. Nc5 Na4 19. Qe1 Ba8 20. Qe3 Ndxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5
22. Bd6 Bg7 23. e5 Bb7 24. Bg2 Ba6 25. Qb3 Red8 26. h4 b4
27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Bxe5 30. Rxb4 Bxd6 31. Qxc3
Bxc5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rc4 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Bb6
36. Rc2 Bd4 37. Kg2 c5 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Kf3 e5 40. Ke2 Rh1
41. Kf3 f5 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. Bb3 e4 44. Rd2 Kf6 45. Rc2 Ke5
46. Rd2 h6 47. Rc2 g5 48. Re2 Rc1 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bc2 g4
51. Ba4 c4 52. Rd2 c3 53. Re2 Rb1 54. Bc2 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5
axb5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nb3 dxc3 15. bxc3 b4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Be3
Ne6 18. Qc1 Bb7 19. c5 Bf6 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. Rec1 Rfd8 22. Na5
Nxa5 23. Rxa5 b3 24. Bxb3 Rxd3 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rb5 Qc6
27. Rb1 Qxe4 28. Kh2 h5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7
e4 32. Ng5 Be5+ 33. g3 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Urii Eliseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. c3 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 d5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. h4 Re8 16. Nf5 f6
17. Bd2 Kh8 18. h5 Bf8 19. N3h4 c4 20. dxc4 Nc5 21. cxd4 Nxd4
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Rf1 Nb4 24. Ra3 Ndc2 25. Rb3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1
Red8 27. Rd2 a5 28. Kf1 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhail Demidov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5
exd5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd4 Nxc5 10. Bf5 Nce4 11. Nce2
Bc5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bf2 Re8 16. b3
Qd7 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rad1 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 axb5
21. a3 h6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Qxb5 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qd7 25. a4 Rce8
26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qe5 29. Nd4 Qe7 30. Kf2 Qc7
31. g3 Qc5 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Re3 h5 35. h4 Qd7
36. Qe2 Kf8 37. a5 Qc7 38. b4 Qd6 39. c3 Kg8 40. Nf5 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Bd2
Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bc4 Qb8 15. b4 e5 16. Qb3 exd4 17. exd4
b5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. Ne5 Qa8 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Rfe1
Bc8 23. a4 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Rde8 25. h3 Qb8 26. Nxg6 Qb6 27. Rxe8
hxg6 28. Rce1 Qf6 29. Be5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qf5 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8
32. Qe8 Be6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Rf7
Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Bg7 38. Qxe6 Qxb4 39. Qxd5 a5 40. g3 Qb2 41. e6
a4 42. e7 Qe2 43. Qd7 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8
12. Nd2 Qf6 13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O
Qxc2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. a4 b6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Bxd6
Nf6 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 h6 24. Re3 Nh5 25. Qe5 Qd1+ 26. Kh2
Qxa4 27. Be7 Re8 28. Qd5 Nf4 29. Qb7 Nh5 30. Re4 Qb3 31. Bxc5
Rxe4 32. dxe4 Nf6 33. Bd6 Qd3 34. e5 Ne4 35. Bb8 Nxf2 36. e6
fxe6 37. fxe6 Qf5 38. Qc6 Ne4 39. e7 Nf6 40. e8=Q+ Nxe8
41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. Qa4 a5 43. Bc7 Qc5 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh7
46. Bxb6 Qb4 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qxa5 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Bg1
Qf7 51. Qc5 Qe6 52. Qd4 Qf7 53. Bf2 Qe6 54. Kh2 Qf7 55. Be3
Qe6 56. Qf4 Qd5 57. Bd4 Qd7 58. Qe5 Kh7 59. h4 Qg4 60. g3 h5
61. Kg2 Qg6 62. Kf3 Qd3+ 63. Kf4 Qd2+ 64. Kf5 Qd3+ 65. Ke6
Qa6+ 66. Kd7 Qb7+ 67. Kd8 Qf7 68. Qe4+ Kg8 69. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 Qc7
7. c3 c4 8. Bc2 b5 9. b3 e6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3
Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. Bxb3 b4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 O-O 17. d3
Ba6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. c4 Nc5 20. Reb1 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 d5 22. exd5
exd5 23. Nfd4 Rfe8 24. Qa2 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 dxc4 26. dxc4 Qe4
27. Nd4 Ng4 28. Qe2 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O d4 9. exd4 exd4 10. Qa3 Qxa3 11. bxa3 Bf5
12. Bb2 O-O-O 13. d3 Ng4 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 16. Rad1 g5
17. Nf3 h6 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. h4 Bg4 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bc1 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Rg8 23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. Bf5 b6 25. Kg2 Nh5 26. Re4 Nf4+
27. Bxf4 gxf4+ 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Rxf4 Na5 30. Be4 Rd7 31. Ke2
Nb7 32. Rg1 Nc5 33. Rg7 Na4 34. Rgxf7 Nc3+ 35. Kd2 Rdd8
36. Bc6 Kc8 37. Re7 Rh6 38. Be4 Rh2 39. Rff7 Rxf2+ 40. Ke1
Nxe4 41. Rxc7+ Kb8 42. Rb7+ Ka8 43. Rxa7+ Kb8 44. Rab7+ Ka8
45. fxe4 Rxa2 46. Ra7+ Kb8 47. Rab7+ Ka8 48. Ra7+ Kb8
49. Rfb7+ Kc8 50. Rxb6 Rh8 51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Rxh8 Kxb6 53. Ra8
Rb2 54. Ra4 Kc6 55. Rb4 Ra2 56. Rb3 Kd6 57. Kd1 Ke5 58. c5
Ra1+ 59. Kc2 Ra2+ 60. Kc1 Rh2 61. Rb2 Rh6 62. Kc2 Kf4 63. Kb3
Ke3 64. Kc4 Ra6 65. Rb3 Kd2 66. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Belous"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. O-O e6
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. f4 b6 11. Qe1 d6 12. Bb3
Nc6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qf2 Qd7 16. f6 Bh8 17. Qxd4 Bb7
18. h3 Qd8 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Rae1 Rc5 22. h4 h6
23. Bxh6 Bxf6 24. d4 Ra5 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. hxg5
Rxg5 28. Re3 Qe7 29. Ne2 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bc8 31. Nf4 Nf8 32. Rc3
Rg4 33. Rcc7 Bd7 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. h5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. e4
Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. a4 a6 16. Bc4 c6 17. h6 Bf6
18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Re7 22. Rab1
Bc6 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Bd5 Be8 25. c4 Rc7 26. Ra1 Kf8 27. Qb2 a5
28. Rd3 Kg8 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Ne1 Qd4 31. Qa2 Be7 32. Nf3 Qc5
33. Nxe5 Bg5 34. Ng4 Qd4 35. c5 Kf8 36. c6 f5 37. Rf3 Bf7
38. Ne3 fxe4 39. Rd1 Qc5 40. Bxe4 Bxh6 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. cxd7
Qc1+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Goganov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Rfc8
22. f5 Qb5 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3 Rc3 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3
Rc8 27. f6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Rxc5
31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5
Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qh4 15. Kd2 Rxe3
16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20. Qxh1
Qe2 21. a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Qd3+ 24. Ka2 Qc4+
25. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 f6 21. Nd2
b4 22. Bd4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rfe8 24. f3 Kf7 25. Rac1 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 Be7 27. g4 h5 28. h3 g6 29. Nb3 Rd7 30. Nd4 Bc4
31. Nc6 Bd5 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Rd1 Bxa2 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Rd4
Re6 36. Kg3 Rc6 37. Kh4 Kg6 38. Rd1 Bf7 39. Rd4 Rc4 40. Rxc4
Bxc4 41. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qd1 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Qa5
12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O c5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 b6
17. a4 Bb7 18. a5 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ra3 Bc6
22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Bd3 Rcc8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Shomoev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 a5
12. Bf5 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 c4 16. f5 Nf6
17. Qf3 Ne4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. g4 Kg7 21. Qg2 f6
22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rae1 Be6 24. g5 fxg5 25. Nd2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rh8 28. Rf3 g4 29. Rf1 Rh3 30. e4 Rxc3 31. exd5
Bf5 32. Qf2 Rc2 33. Qf4 c3 34. Nc4 Qe4 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. dxe5
Bd3 37. d6 Bxc4 38. d7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. Qc2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Qa4 16. Qe3 Kh7
17. dxc5 Nd7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Qxa2 20. e5 Ra4 21. h4 Qe6
22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. cxb4 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nf8 25. Be3 Rc4 26. b5 Rb4
27. Qd8 Qb3 28. Rc1 Rxb5 29. Qxe7 Qe6 30. Rc7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7
Kg8 32. Re8 Kh7 33. Re7 Kg8 34. Re8 Kh7 35. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. b3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Re1
c5 13. Ndxe4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. Qf3 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Nd4 h5 23. Qa8 Bc8 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. Ne2 Ng4 26. Bd4
Bxd4 27. Qe4+ f5 28. Qxd4 Qe7 29. Nf4 e5 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Qd2
g6 32. b4 Kg7 33. Qc1 Nf6 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Qc6 36. Qc3 e4
37. Nb4 Qe6 38. Be2 a5 39. Nc2 Qxa2 40. c6 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 h4
42. Qc5 f4 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7
47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. dxe7 Qa3 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxe7 23. Rfe1 Bd4 24. Rbd1 Qe5 25. Qd3 Bc5
26. Qa6 Re7 27. Re2 h5 28. Rd5 Qe6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qa1+ Qe5
31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Kf1 a5 33. Ra8 g5 34. f3 h4 35. Rd2 f5
36. exf5 Kf6 37. g4 hxg3 38. Kg2 Kxf5 39. Kxg3 Re1 40. Rd5+
Re5 41. Rxe5+ Kxe5 42. Kg4 Be3 43. Rd8 b5 44. Rb8 b4 45. Rb5+
Kd4 46. Rxa5 b3 47. Rb5 Kc4 48. Rxb3 Kxb3 49. h4 gxh4 50. Kxh4
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simon Kim Williams"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. Be2 e6 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. g4 c5 10. g5 cxd4 11. gxf6 gxf6
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qd6 14. e5 Qxe5 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rxd7
Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bb6 Qe7 20. Qe3 f5 21. Bh5
Rg8 22. f4 Rc8 23. Ba5 Bh6 24. a3 Be4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4
c3 27. Qd4 cxb2+ 28. Kd2 Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. Ke3+ Ke8
31. Bf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veijo Maki"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8
12. f4 Nh5 13. Nde2 Nf6 14. Qd2 Qh5 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Bf2 Qh6
17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. c3 b6 20. Ba4 Nd7 21. Bb5 Ncb8
22. Ba4 Bxd5 23. exd5 a6 24. Ne4 b5 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5
27. Be4 Nd7 28. d6 exd6 29. Qxd6 Nf6 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bxa6 b4
32. Bc4 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qh5 34. Re5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Ne8 36. Bxf7+
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "165"]

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. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. c5 Qe7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qc4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. b5 cxb5 23. Rxb5 Rf6 24. Rfb1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. c6
Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxc6 28. Rxe5 Ra6 29. Rxf5 Rxa2 30. Kf1 Ra1+
31. Kg2 d3 32. exd3 a5 33. Kf3 a4 34. Ra5 a3 35. h4 a2 36. Ke2
Kg8 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. d4 Ke8 39. d5 Kf8 40. d6 Ke8 41. h5 Kd8
42. Kf3 Ke8 43. Ke2 Kd8 44. Kf3 Ke8 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Re2 Rd1
47. Rxa2 Rxd6 48. Ra7 Rd4 49. Rc7 Ra4 50. g4 Rb4 51. Kg3 Ra4
52. Rd7 Rb4 53. f4 Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Rd5 Kf7 56. Rf5+ Ke6
57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Re3 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra1 60. Ke4 Ra6 61. Rd3 Re6+
62. Kf3 Ra6 63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Rd5 Kf7 65. Ke4 Re6+ 66. Re5 Ra6
67. Rc5 Kg8 68. Ke5 Kh7 69. Rd5 Ra1 70. Ke6 Ra6+ 71. Kf5 Ra1
72. Ke6 Ra6+ 73. Ke5 Ra1 74. Kf5 Ra2 75. g5 hxg5 76. fxg5 g6+
77. hxg6+ Kg7 78. Rd7+ Kg8 79. g7 Ra6 80. Re7 Ra5+ 81. Kf6
Ra6+ 82. Re6 Rxe6+ 83. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2
c5 13. dxc6 Naxc6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Qxd6 Be6 16. Bb3 Rfd8
17. Qc5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rfd1 Nec6 21. Bc7
Rd3 22. e5 Re8 23. Bd6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Ne4 fxe5 26. Bxb4
Nxb4 27. Rd6 Rc8 28. h4 Nc6 29. g3 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Rxa6
Rc2 32. Rb6 Rxb2 33. Rxb5 d3 34. Rb8+ Bf8 35. Kg2 d2 36. Rd8
Rxb3 37. Rxd2 Rb7 38. Ra2 Be7 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Kg4 Rb4 41. Kf4
h6 42. Ra6 Rb5 43. Kg4 Re5 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Kg2 Re5 46. Ra4
Rd5 47. Nc3 Rc5 48. Ne2 Re5 49. Ng1 Rd5 50. Nf3 Rf5 51. Nh2
Rb5 52. Ng4 h5 53. Nh2 g5 54. hxg5 Bxg5 55. f4 Bf6 56. Nf3 Rb3
57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Rd5 Ra3 59. Nd2 h4 60. Ne4 Re3 61. f5+ Kf7
62. Rd7+ Be7 63. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. a4 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Be7 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d4 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Nc5
17. Nd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qb7 21. b3 Rb8
22. Bb2 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke8
27. f3 Kd7 28. Kd3 Ne8 29. Kc2 Bg5 30. Bc3 Nc7 31. Ra1 Bxd2
32. Bxd2 Kc6 33. Ra4 Nb5 34. Kd3 Nc7 35. Kc4 g6 36. Ra7 Kb6
37. Be3+ Kc6 38. b4 d5+ 39. exd5+ Nxd5 40. Bc5 Nc7 41. g4 f5
42. g5 Ra8 43. b5+ Kd7 44. Rxa8 Nxa8 45. h4 Nc7 46. b6 Ne6
47. Kd5 Nxc5 48. Kxc5 Kc8 49. Kd5 e4 50. fxe4 f4 51. Kd4 Kb7
52. Kd3 Kxb6 53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 Rxb5
12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bf6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qa1 Rc7 20. Nf3 Rb6 21. Ra5 Rb5
22. Ra4 h6 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. h3 Rb6 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Ng4 Nxg4+
27. Rxg4 Qf6 28. Rf4 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Rd6 30. Ra5 a6 31. Rfa4 Kf8
32. h4 Ke7 33. Kg1 g5 34. Kf1 Bd7 35. Ra1 gxh4 36. gxh4 Bc8
37. Re1+ Kf6 38. Re8 Be6 39. Ke1 c4 40. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. b4 Be6
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6
17. Bb4 axb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd5 21. a3
b6 22. Rc7 h6 23. f3 Qd8 24. Qe4 Qxc7 25. Qxa8+ Kh7 26. Kf2
Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. bxc6 Kg6 30. f4 f6 31. c7
Ba6 32. e3 h5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. exd4 exd4 35. h4 Kf5 36. Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 b5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b4
12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Nb6 e5 15. Be3 d6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8
17. b3 Ne8 18. Bc4 Nc7 19. Rd3 Nb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 f5
22. exf5 Ra8 23. g4 d5 24. c3 Qb7 25. Bc5 e4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7
27. fxe4 dxe4 28. Re3 Rac8 29. Qe2 Rxc3 30. Rxe4 Rxc1+
31. Kxc1 Qd7 32. Kb1 Qd6 33. Re8 h5 34. gxh5 Qd7 35. Qe6+ Qxe6
36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. fxe6 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kxe6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Ke3
Ke5 41. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bc2 Re8
12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. Nfd2 exd4 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4
c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Kh2 Be2 21. Rxe2
Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxb2 23. Qd1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Bf4 Nf6
26. Bxd6 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Bg3 Nc3 29. Qe1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. a4 bxc4 8. bxc4 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. a5 e5 11. Qa4 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Qc7 13. Bh3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na2 Rfb8 16. Nb4 Rb5
17. Rd1 Nf8 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nd3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf1
Ne6 22. Ba3 Nxc5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rxa5
26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Bxa6 Kf8 29. f4 Ke8 30. Kg2
Ra5 31. Be2 g6 32. f5 h4 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. gxh4 Bxh4 35. f4
Bf6 36. Kf3 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. e4 Bf6 39. exd5 cxd5 40. Kf4
Ke7 41. Bf3 d4 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Rxd4+ Bxd4 44. Kxd4 Ra4+
45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Rxf3 47. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. Qb5 d5
17. e3 h6 18. h4 dxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Bd6 Bf6 24. Ne3 Na5 25. f4 Bd4 26. Kf2 Nf6
27. Kf3 Ne8 28. e5 Nxd6 29. exd6 Kf8 30. f5 Ke8 31. a4 Kd7
32. fxe6+ fxe6 33. Ke4 h5 34. Ng2 Nb3 35. Kf4 Nc1 36. Ke4 Nd3
37. Nb5 Bxb2 38. Ne3 Ne5 39. Nd1 c3 40. Ne3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 d5 15. e5 Bc5 16. Qe3 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. c3 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. g3 Rd8
22. Qe3 e5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Rd7 Bc6
27. Rd1 Bb7 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Rd4 Bb7 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Qe3 Qf6
32. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Khaled Abdel Razik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Bb3 b5
7. a4 b4 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. a5
O-O 13. Bc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Bxf4
Qxf4 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rfd8 20. g3 Qf6 21. Be4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Rd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Nc6 Rb5 26. Rc1 h5
27. Rc4 Qd5 28. b3 Qd6 29. Qf3 Re8 30. h4 Kf8 31. Qe4 Rc8
32. Rd1 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Ne2 a5
17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Rfb8 19. Ng3 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Ra4
22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Red1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bd2 c5 26. bxc5
Nxc5 27. Bb4 Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxb3 b4 30. Ne2 e5
31. Rdb1 Rc8 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. f4 Raa2 34. fxe5 Bc5 35. Nc1 Rf2+
36. Ke1 Rac2 37. Ra1 h5 38. e6 Rxg2 39. Kf1 Be7 40. Ra8+ Kh7
41. Rc8 Rcf2+ 42. Ke1 Bh4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6
7. Ndb5 Rc8 8. Nd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nxe7 axb5
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bxb5 Ne7 14. Bxd6 O-O 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxf8
Qxf8 17. Qd6 Qa8 18. Kb1 b5 19. f4 Bc8 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rd5 h5
22. Rhd1 Bg4 23. R1d2 b4 24. Qe3 Qa6 25. R2d3 Be6 26. Qc5 Kh7
27. b3 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qa3 29. c3 Qa6 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. dxc6 Qg1+
32. Kc2 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Qxg2+ 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qf2 36. Rc2
Qe1+ 37. Rc1 Qd2 38. Qc2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Qxa2+
41. Kd1 Qxb3+ 42. Rc2 Qb1+ 43. Kd2 Bh6 44. Qc4 Qb8 45. c7 Qc8
46. Qxf7+ Bg7 47. Rc6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Qh4 h6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 g5 13. Qh3 g4 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qc8 16. b3 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Ng6 18. Qh5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc3 20. Rc4 Qxa1 21. Qxg4
Kf8 22. Rc2 h5 23. Qd7 h4 24. Bb2 h3+ 25. Kf3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O
Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Kg2 Qe7
12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Nf3 hxg4 16. hxg4
Rdg8 17. Rh1 Bxf5 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. exf5 Qe8 20. Rxh8 Rxh8
21. Qe2 f6 22. Bd2 Qg8 23. Qe1 g6 24. fxg6 Nc5 25. Qe2 Qxg6
26. Rg1 Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh5 28. Be3 e4 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. Nd4
Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Be5 32. Qg4+ Qxg4 33. Rxg4 Nd6 34. b3 c5 35. Nf3
Bc3+ 36. Ke2 b6 37. Kd3 Be5 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Rg5 Re8 40. c4
Kd7 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rg7+ Kc6 43. Rh7 a6 44. a4 Nf5 45. Rh5 Nd4
46. Kc3 Kd6 47. Rh1 Rg6 48. a5 Kc6 49. Rh5 Re6 50. Kb2 bxa5
51. Ka3 Kb6 52. Ka4 Nc6 53. Rh6 Rxh6 54. Bxh6 e4 55. Bd2 Nb4
56. Bf4 Nd3 57. Bg3 Nb2+ 58. Ka3 Nd1 59. Bh4 Nc3 60. Bf6 Ne2
61. Be5 Nd4 62. Ka4 Kc6 63. Bg3 Ne2 64. Be5 Nc1 65. Bg3 Kb6
66. Bf4 Ne2 67. Be5 Nd4 68. Bf4 Ne6 69. Bd2 Nd4 70. Bxa5+ Kc6
71. Bd2 Kd7 72. Be3 Kc6 73. Bf4 Kb6 74. Be3 Nf5 75. Bf4 Nd6
76. Bd2 Nb7 77. Be3 Kc6 78. Bf4 Kd7 79. Ka3 c6 80. Kb2 Ke6
81. Bc7 Kf5 82. Kc2 Kg4 83. Kd2 Kf3 84. Ke1 e3 85. fxe3 Kxe3
86. Kd1 Kd3 87. Be5 Na5 88. Kc1 Nxb3+ 89. Kb2 Kxc4 90. Ka3 Kd5
91. Bb2 c4 92. Kb4 c5+ 93. Kc3 Nd4 94. Kd2 Nb5 95. Bc1 Kd4
96. Kc2 c3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Ne4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd2
Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. b4 Qb8 15. Qb3 e5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. h4 Rfe8
18. Bb1 exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. h5 g5 21. Ng3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8
23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Ng4 Kf8 27. Ngxh6
Bxh6 28. Nxh6 Qf6 29. Nf5 Bc8 30. Qg3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6
12. h4 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bc4 hxg5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 gxh4 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Qf5 Re5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Rxh4 Rae8 23. b3 Re1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kd2 Re5
26. Kd3 f5 27. Rc4 Rd5+ 28. Rd4 Re5 29. f4 Re1 30. Rd5 Rg1
31. Rxf5 Rxg2 32. Rg5+ Rxg5 33. fxg5 Kg7 34. Ke4 Kg6 35. Kf4
b5 36. c4 b4 37. Kg4 a5 38. Kf4 c6 39. Kg4 c5 40. Kf4 f5
41. gxf6 Kxf6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 Ne4
7. e3 Nxg5 8. hxg5 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+
12. Kxd2 Nd7 13. c5 h5 14. b4 O-O 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Ke3 e5
17. Nd6 exd4+ 18. Kf4 Nf8 19. Bxf7+ Kh7 20. Rae1 a5 21. Nh2
axb4 22. g4 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Ra5 24. Re7 d3 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Nf3
Bg4 27. Nh4 Rxg5 28. f3 Bf6 29. fxg4 Rxg4+ 30. Kf5 Rxh4
31. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. Ne4 O-O 11. O-O Nf6 12. b4
a5 13. Bb2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Rc1
Qe7 18. Qa7 N7f6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Ba6 Qxb4 21. Qxb7 Qxb2
22. Rxc6 g5 23. h3 h5 24. Nh2 Kg7 25. Bc4 Nb4 26. Rc7 Qa1+
27. Nf1 Qa8 28. Bxe6 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Bd8 30. Bb3 h4 31. Nd2 Kg6
32. Nc4 f6 33. Nxb6 Nc6 34. Bc2+ f5 35. Nc4 Bf6 36. Nd6 Ne7
37. Rb5 Bg7 38. Bd3 Rf6 39. Nc4 Ra6 40. Ra5 Rxa5 41. Nxa5 Kf6
42. Kf1 Bf8 43. Ke2 Nd5 44. Nc4 Nc3+ 45. Kf3 Nd5 46. Ne5 Bd6
47. Nd7+ Ke6 48. Nc5+ Kf6 49. e4 Bxc5 50. dxc5 Nf4 51. Bc2 Ne6
52. Ke3 Nxc5 53. exf5 Nd7 54. Kd4 Ne5 55. Be4 Nf7 56. Bd5 Ne5
57. Be6 Nc6+ 58. Ke4 Nd8 59. f4 gxf4 60. Kxf4 Nc6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Be2 Kb8 16. O-O Bc8
17. Ne4 Nf5 18. a4 Ka8 19. Bf3 Nh4 20. Ba3 Qa5 21. Bd6 Nxf3+
22. Qxf3 b6 23. Bc7 Bb7 24. Bxd8 Nxd8 25. Rf2 Qxa4 26. Qd3 Qc6
27. Re1 Qd5 28. Ree2 Rh8 29. Nf6 Qc5 30. Re1 Nc6 31. Rd1 a5
32. Ne4 Qd5 33. Nd6 f5 34. Rb1 Nb4 35. Qg3 d3 36. cxd3 c2
37. Rc1 Nxd3 38. Rfxc2 Nxc1 39. Rxc1 Qd2 40. Rf1 Bd5 41. h3 a4
42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Rd1 Bc6 44. Rd3 Rb8 45. Rc3 Bd5 46. Rc7 Qd2
47. Nb5 Rh8 48. Ra7+ Kb8 49. Rxa4 Qe2 50. Nd6 Qc2 51. Ra3 Qc5
52. Ra1 Qd4 53. Rc1 Qd2 54. Rb1 Bxg2 55. Qxg2 Qxf4+ 56. Kh1
Rh7 57. Qg8+ Kc7 58. Qxh7+ Kc6 59. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. h3 e5 11. g4 Qd7
12. g5 exd4 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qf5 16. Qd5 g6
17. a3 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21. O-O h6
22. Rfd1 g5 23. e3 Kh7 24. b4 a6 25. Ne1 Kg6 26. Nd3 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Re4 28. Rc2 h5 29. Bb2 Rd8 30. Kf3 Rh4 31. Kg2 g4
32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Bxe5 c6 36. Rd2
Ne6 37. Rd7 Rh5 38. Bc3 b5 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Rd6 Ng5 41. Kg2
Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Ne4+ 43. Kg2 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. Rad1 d6 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6
17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Be2 g5 20. f3 Rc7 21. Kf2 Rhc8
22. R6d2 h5 23. Rc1 h4 24. Nd1 g4 25. Ne3 Rg8 26. c4 g3+
27. hxg3 hxg3+ 28. Ke1 Ng6 29. Rdc2 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd7 31. Rd1
Nf4 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. e5 Nd5 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Rf4 Ke7
36. Rh4 Rg5 37. f4 Rg8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5
Nxd5 7. exd5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 d6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bd3 g6
12. c4 Be5 13. b3 Qg5 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. f3 Bh3 16. Qe2 Rae8
17. Qf2 Bd7 18. g3 Qh6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 b6
22. Re3 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. a3 Ra8 26. Rae1 a5
27. Re7 Rad8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. fxg5+ Kxg5
32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Rc8 34. Rd7 Rh8 35. Rxf7 Rh2+ 36. Kf3
Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rxb3 38. Rg1+ Kf4 39. f6 Re8+ 40. Re7 Rf8
41. Rf1+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qd3 c5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxd5 Nc6 21. Qxg5
h6 22. Qf5 Rad8 23. e3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxa4 25. Bf3 Qb4 26. Rd6
Qxb2 27. Be4 g6 28. Qxc5 Ne5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Bxc2
Nxe3 32. Bb3 Kg7 33. Rb6 Rb8 34. Kf2 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Bc4
Nd7 37. Rd6 Nc5 38. g4 b5 39. Bd5 b4 40. Rc6 Nd3 41. Bb3 Nxf4+
42. Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 Qa5
7. Rb1 a6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. b4 Qd8 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d3
d5 13. f3 e6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Qe1 dxe4 16. dxe4 O-O 17. Qf2 Nc6
18. a3 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Nf4 Qa7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Na5
23. Bc1 Nc4 24. h4 h5 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Bg5 Rdc8 27. e5 Qd7
28. a4 Na5 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Nf4 Nxb3 31. Rxb3 Ba4 32. Rb2
Rab8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Rd1 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Bxc2 36. Bf6 Bxf6
37. exf6 Bf5 38. Qe3 e5 39. Nd5 exd4 40. Qh6 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qd4 9. O-O Qxe5 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4
Qd5 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. c3 Bg6 15. Qg3 Rc8 16. Nc5
Bxc5 17. dxc5 Re8 18. h3 h6 19. Rad1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qd5 21. b4
Qxa2 22. Bxc7 Qd2 23. Re3 Qd7 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Qg4 Re6 26. Rxe6
Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Be5 Kf7 29. Kh2 Bd3 30. Kg1 Bg6 31. Kh2
Bd3 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc7
7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qe4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. Qh4 d5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Qg4 15. h3 Qxh4 16. Bxh4 Be6
17. Ng5 Bf5 18. g4 Bd3 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Ngf3 d4 21. cxd4 Nb5
22. Re3 g5 23. Rxd3 gxh4 24. d5 Nb4 25. Re3 Rad8 26. Nxh4 Nxd5
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Ne4 Nd4 29. Rc1 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5
Rfxf5 32. b3 Rf7 33. Kg2 Rfd7 34. Rc2 Kh7 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Ng3
Kg6 37. Ne2 Kh7 38. Ng3 Kg6 39. a4 h5 40. Rc4 Rde5 41. Rd3 Bf6
42. Rd6 R5e6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nc3 Bd8 46. Rc8 Bf6
47. Nd5 Be5 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Rd7 Ke4 50. f3+ Kf5 51. Rf7+ Kg6
52. Rxb7 a5 53. Rb5 Bd6 54. Rxa5 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Ne3 Bg3
57. Nc4 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rxf3 59. Rb5 h4 60. a5 Rf2 61. a6 Rc2
62. Ra5 Bf2+ 63. Kf1 Ba7 64. Rb5 Ra2 65. Na5 Kf6 66. b4 Ra3
67. Rb7 Bd4 68. Nc6 Be3 69. b5 Bc5 70. a7 Bxa7 71. Rxa7 Rxh3
72. b6 Rb3 73. b7 Rb1+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. Ba2
c5 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. N3d2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nf3 c4
18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Nf1 Nxa4 20. Qc1 Nc5 21. Ng3 a5 22. Nh5 Bf5
23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Bb1 Ne6 25. c3 d4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. Be4 c3 29. bxc3 dxc3 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Bxf5 Qa3 32. Qe3
Ncd8 33. Bh6 g6 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Be4 Bc5 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. g3
Qa7 38. Re2 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Bd5 Qc5 41. Bb3 Ne6 42. Qe4
Qb6 43. Qd5 Bc5 44. Kg2 Qc7 45. Re4 Be7 46. Rc4 Qa7 47. Rc6
Qd4 48. Qf3 Qxe5 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Rb6 Qd5 51. Qxd5 exd5
52. Rc6 d4 53. Kf3 b3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5
7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Rfd1
a6 17. Rd4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. e5 Bxd1 21. exf6+
Kxf6 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Nd5 Rbc8 24. Ne3 Rc7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2
b5 27. Rd5 Rc5 28. Rd4 h5 29. Be4 Kf8 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kf8
32. Kd2 Rdc8 33. Nb6 Rd8 34. Nd5 b4 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Rf4 Rd7
37. h4 Ra7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Re4 Kf8 40. Kd4 Re8 41. Nf6 Rxe4+
42. Nxe4 Ke7 43. Ng5 f5 44. Ne6 Kf6 45. Nf4 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5
47. Kd5 a4 48. Kxd6 axb3 49. axb3 Ra2 50. f3 Ra1 51. Kc5 Rg1
52. Nh3+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "12.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. h4
Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Nfe5 Nxe5
17. Rxe5 Ba6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Re4 b3 20. c3 Nf6 21. Rf4 Nd5
22. Re4 Nf6 23. Rf4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nd7 25. d4 Qb8 26. a6 Qb5
27. Bf1 Qb6 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Rb4 Qc7 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. Rc4 Qd6
32. Ra5 Rc7 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. Ra1 Qd6 35. Ra5 Qb6 36. Ra1 Qd6
37. Ra5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Rb1 Rb8
12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qh5 Be6 16. a4 Bd5
17. Bh3 b6 18. Qh4 Be6 19. Bf1 Rbd8 20. Ra1 Qc5 21. Bd2 h6
22. Qe4 Bd5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Bc1 Qf6 25. Bb2 Bf3 26. h4 Re7
27. c4 Rde8 28. c3 Na5 29. Rab1 c5 30. Bc1 Nc6 31. Bh3 e4
32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qxd4 34. Ba3 Rc7 35. c5 Qxe3 36. Rxe3
bxc5 37. Bxc5 Ne5 38. Bd4 Nd3 39. Bf1 Rd8 40. Ba1 f6 41. Bh3
Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Nxc1 43. Re1 Nd3 44. Rb1 Ne5 45. Be6+ Kh7
46. Bf5+ Kg8 47. Be6+ Kh7 48. Bf5+ Kg8 49. Be6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 Nfd7
7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 e5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 h6 12. Be3 f5
13. Nc3 Qf7 14. Ba4 Nf6 15. Bc2 a5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qc2 c6
18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. a3 f4 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Nb5 Rfd8 22. b3 Rac8
23. a4 Qe7 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Rd1 Bf7 27. g4 fxg3
28. fxg3 h5 29. O-O Be6 30. Kg2 Bh6 31. Bd2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4
33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Nh4 Kg7 35. Ng2 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37. Rf1 Rf7
38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxd6 Qf2 40. Bd1 Qd4 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6
Kf7 43. Nd5 Nxe4 44. Qe2 Nd2 45. Nc7 Bd7 46. Nb5 Qc5 47. Bc2
Bc6 48. Nh4 e4 49. Nc7 Qe3 50. Qxe3 Nf1+ 51. Kg1 Nxe3 52. Bb1
Nd1 53. Bc2 Nc3 54. Nb5 e3 55. Nd4 e2 56. Nhf3 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qa4 Qd6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Be3 Qg6 15. Kh2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f6
17. Nc4 Be6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qa4 Rec8 21. Rad1
Qh5 22. Re3 Qf7 23. Rd6 Bxa2 24. Rxc6 Qc4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8
26. Qd7 Rf8 27. Nh4 Qb5 28. Qd6 g6 29. Rg3 Qb8 30. Qxa6 Qxb2
31. Nf5 Kh8 32. Qa7 Bf7 33. Qe7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "16.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Qa5 6. Rb1 Nf6
7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Qxa4 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qc6 11. Bb2 Bg7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. Rg1 b6 15. d3 Bb7 16. Qe3 Qe6
17. Kd2 Rae8 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Kh7 20. Qg3 d5 21. exd6
exd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 d5 24. f5 Qe5 25. fxg6 Qxg3 26. gxf7
Rxe4 27. dxe4 Qxg1 28. Rxg1+ Kf6 29. exd5 Ke5 30. Rf1 Kxd5
31. Ke3 Ke5 32. c4 a6 33. a4 a5 34. Rf2 Ke6 35. Ke4 Ke7
36. Ke5 Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4
12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 c6 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd4 Nxb4
17. Qb2 Na6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Nc2 Be6 21. Qb2 Nc5
22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. d4 Bf8 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Ne1 Bxa3 26. Ra1
Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Bxb2 28. Rxa7 Bc3 29. Rb1 b5 30. Bxc6 b4
31. Be4 g6 32. Bd3 Ra8 33. Rb7 Rdb8 34. Rc7 Rc8 35. Rb7 b3
36. R7xb3 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 Rab8 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. h4
Bb4 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Be4 Rd2 43. Rb1 Ba3 44. Kg2 f5 45. Bd5
Rcc2 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rfd2 49. Bf3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "18.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh6 11. Ne1 c5
12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. h3 Ng8 16. Nd3
Bb6 17. Bb4+ Ne7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Kg8 20. c4 h5 21. g5 a6
22. Ba4 Rc8 23. b4 b6 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Bd2 Rxc4 26. Rc1 Rh4
27. Kh2 Nd4 28. f4 Be4 29. Be1 Rg4 30. Rg1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "19.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 Bg4
12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Kg2 a5
17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Qg5 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Rc2 Nxf3 21. exf3
Rd5 22. f4 a4 23. Kf3 Rb5 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Rc4 Ra5
27. Re1 f6 28. g4 Kf7 29. f5 Ra6 30. h4 h5 31. gxh5 Rd5
32. Kg4 Rb6 33. Rb1 Rdb5 34. Rxa4 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Ne4
c5 37. Ra7 Be7 38. h6 gxh6 39. Kh5 c4 40. dxc4 d3 41. Ra5 Re2
42. f3 Re3 43. Kg4 h5+ 44. Kf4 Re1 45. Rd5 Rd1 46. Ke3 Bxa3
47. Rxd3 Rb1 48. Rd7+ Be7 49. c5 Kf8 50. Rc7 Rb3+ 51. Kd4 Ke8
52. Rc8+ Kd7 53. Rh8 Rxf3 54. Rxh5 Kc6 55. Rh7 Bd8 56. h5 Rxf5
57. h6 Bc7 58. Rf7 Be5+ 59. Kd3 Rf3+ 60. Ke2 Rh3 61. h7 Kd5
62. Nf2 Rh2 63. Kf3 Kxc5 64. Ng4 Rh5 65. Rxb7 Kd6 66. Nxe5
fxe5 67. Kg4 Rh1 68. Kf5 Kd5 69. Rd7+ Kc6 70. Re7 Kd6 71. Rg7
e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "20.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6
7. d4 Qe7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Nc5
12. b3 Bg7 13. a3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Ng4
17. Bd2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Ne2 c6
22. Qd2 Kg7 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Ng3 f6 25. Rec1 Nf7 26. Qd3 Nb6
27. Nd2 Ng5 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Rc6 31. Nc3 Nd4
32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rca6 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Nf3 R8a3 36. Rc3
Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qf5 38. Rd1 Qg4 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Qd3 Nxf3
41. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rxc4 43. b5 Rc5 44. b6 Rb5 45. Rc1
Rxb6 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. Rd7 f5 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5
50. Rxh7 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 e4 52. Rd7 Rb6 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Rb6
55. Ke3 Ra6 56. Rxb7 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 Rd3 58. Rb5 Kf6 59. Ra5 Ke5
60. Ra8 Rxd5 61. Re8+ Kd4 62. Re6 Kc5 63. Rf6 Re5 64. Ke3 d5
65. Kf4 Kd4 66. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 67. Kxf5 e3 68. fxe3+ Kxe3 69. g4
d4 70. g5 d3 71. g6 d2 72. g7 d1=Q 73. g8=Q Qf3+ 74. Kg6 Qg4+
75. Kf7 Qxg8+ 76. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "21.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3
Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ng3 dxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. Bb2
Rb8 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Bc2 b3 20. Bb1 c5 21. Nf5 Re8 22. c4 Bxf5
23. exf5 Bf6 24. Re4 Nb7 25. Ra3 Nd6 26. Rxb3 Nxe4 27. dxe4
Nb6 28. Rd3 Qe7 29. a5 Nxc4 30. Bc3 Nb2 31. Bxb2 Rxb2 32. Bc2
Rd8 33. Qc1 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Rb3 35. Qc4 Ra3 36. Qxa6 h6 37. Kg2
Qd8 38. Bc4 Rxa5 39. Qb7 Qf8 40. h4 Ra3 41. g5 Rxf3 42. Kxf3
hxg5 43. h5 Qe7 44. Qa8+ Qf8 45. Qd5 Qe7 46. Kg4 Qf8 47. f3
Qe7 48. Qc6 Qd8 49. Qb7 Qe7 50. Qc8+ Qf8 51. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "22.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O
12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rfe8
17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Be1 Rc7 19. a5 Nd6 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5 c5
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. h3 h5 25. Bf1 Ne4 26. b6 Rcc8
27. Bd3 Rc6 28. Bf1 Rd8 29. Qa4 g5 30. Nh2 Rg6 31. Qd1 g4
32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nxg4 d4 34. exd4 Bxd4 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. Ne3
Re8 37. Nf5 Qf4 38. Nxd4 cxd4 39. f3 d3 40. Qxd3 Ng5 41. Kf2
Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 c6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6
hxg6 7. Nd2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 dxe4
12. dxe4 e5 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Nxh7 Rxh7 15. c3 a5 16. h4 Nc5
17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Rad1 g5 20. h5 Rh6 21. Bf5 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kg2 Rd6 24. a3 a4 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Rh1 Qb5
27. Qc1 f6 28. Qc2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Bg4 Rd8 31. Bd1 Nd7
32. Bxb3 Bc5 33. Bc1 Bb6 34. h6 gxh6 35. Rxh6 Nc5 36. Bc2 Ke7
37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Bb3 c5 40. Bd5 Rb8 41. Rf7 cxb4
42. axb4 Ra8 43. c4 Bd4 44. c5+ Kc7 45. Be6 Ra2 46. Bxd7 Rxf2+
47. Kh3 Kd8 48. c6 bxc6 49. Bxc6 Rc2 50. b5 Rxc1 51. Rxf6 Kc7
52. Kg4 Rg1 53. Rf3 Kb6 54. Kxg5 Bb2 55. g4 Bc1+ 56. Kf5 Bf4
57. Rd3 Rf1 58. Rd7 Bg3+ 59. Ke6 Rg1 60. Rg7 Bf4 61. Kf5 Rf1
62. g5 Kc5 63. Ke6 Rg1 64. g6 Rg2 65. Rg8 Rg3 66. g7 Bh6
67. Kf7 Rg1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "24.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. a5
Qe7 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 cxb3 17. Qxb3
Bc5 18. Be3 g6 19. Na4 Nfg4 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Nc2 Rab8 22. Qc3
Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Rb4 24. f4 Nc4 25. Ng4 f6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxc6
Rd8 28. Bd5+ Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Nxe5
32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. fxe5 Rb7 34. e6 Bb5 35. a6 Re7 36. Rb8 Bd3
37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Ra5 c4 39. Rc5 h5 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Rc7+ Kxe6
42. Rxa7 c3 43. Rc7 Bxa6 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Rxa6 c2 46. Ra1 Kd4
47. Kf2 Kd3 48. h4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "25.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. b3 d6
17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. Bd2 c4 21. Qxc4 Rc6
22. Qa4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Nd7 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "26.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Ba2 O-O
12. d3 Rb8 13. Be3 b3 14. Bxb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Ra3 Be7
17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Kg2 d5 20. Raa1 d4 21. Bd2 Rb6
22. Rg1 Rfb8 23. Qc4 Rxb3 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Ba5 Bh4 26. Rgf1
h5 27. Qc4 Qe7 28. Ra2 Qg5+ 29. Kh3 Qf4 30. Kg2 Rxa2 31. Qxa2
Ra8 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. a5 Qa6 34. Qb3 Bd8 35. Rc1 Qg6+ 36. Kf1
Qa6 37. Ke2 c6 38. Qa4 Rc8 39. Qb4 Bc7 40. Qc5 Bb8 41. Rb1 Bc7
42. Rc1 Bb8 43. Rb1 Bc7 44. Rc1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "27.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7
7. Nd2 O-O 8. e4 c6 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Qe2
Bf6 13. Kh2 Qb6 14. f4 e5 15. exd5 exf4 16. Rxf4 cxd5 17. Bxd5
Rae8 18. Re4 Be5 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Bxb7 f5 21. d4 Qc7 22. Bd5+
Kh8 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nb4 25. Bb3 Nc6 26. Bf4 Nxd4
27. Ng6+ hxg6 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxc7 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1
Rh2 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "28.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7
12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Bb5 16. c4 Bc6
17. f3 Nd7 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Ne3 Nd4
22. Qd3 g6 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Rfd8 25. Qe2 h5 26. b3 Qe7
27. a4 h4 28. h3 Bd7 29. Rd3 Be6 30. Rad1 Kg7 31. Be3 Bxe3+
32. Rxe3 Qg5 33. Kh1 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rc3 bxc4 36. bxc4
Rc5 37. Ba4 Ra5 38. Bb5 Rda8 39. Rcd3 Ra2 40. R3d2 Rxd2
41. Qxd2 Qg3 42. Rf1 Ra3 43. Qb2 Re3 44. Qd2 Ra3 45. Qb2 Bxh3
46. gxh3 Rxf3 47. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Qg2 Qf4 49. Qg4 Qf1+ 50. Kh2
Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Kh6 52. Qg2 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe3 54. Qg4 Qf2+ 55. Qg2
Qf4+ 56. Kh1 Kh5 57. Bc6 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 59. Kh1 Qc1+
60. Qg1 Qf4 61. Bd5 Kh6 62. Qg2 Kg7 63. Qg4 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+
65. Qg2 Qf4+ 66. Kh1 Kh6 67. Kg1 Kg7 68. Qf2 Qg5+ 69. Kh2 f6
70. c5 dxc5 71. Qg2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "29.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 d6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Qe2 Bf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bg7 11. O-O-O Ne7
12. Ne4 Qc8 13. Bb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. h4 h6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. exf6 Qb7 18. Bxh6 O-O-O 19. Bg7 Rhe8 20. Ng5 e5 21. Qe4
Nc5 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd4 25. Nxe5 Rxe5
26. f7 Rf5 27. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "30.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6
7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. c4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Kg2 Rc8 20. Re1 Qe4 21. h3
h5 22. h4 Rc3 23. Kg1 Rc2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 d4 26. Nd2 Qc2
27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Ne4 Kg6 30. Qe7 Bf6 31. Nxf6
gxf6 32. Qxb7 Qxa2 33. Qe4+ Kg7 34. Qf3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5
36. Qd3 a5 37. Qc4 Qf5 38. Kg2 Qe5 39. Kf3 Qf5+ 40. Ke3 Qe5+
41. Kd2 Qb2+ 42. Qc2 Qd4+ 43. Ke2 Qe5+ 44. Kf1 Qd4 45. Qa2
Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Qc2 f5 49. Qd2 f6 50. Qd7+
Kh6 51. Qd2+ Kg6 52. Qe3 Qxe3 53. fxe3 Kf7 54. Kg2 Ke6 55. Kf1
Kd5 56. Ke1 Kc5 57. Kd2 Kb4 58. Kc2 Kc5 59. Kc3 Kd5 60. Kd3
Ke5 61. Kc4 Ke4 62. Kb5 Kxe3 63. Kxa5 Kf3 64. b4 Kxg3 65. b5
f4 66. b6 f3 67. b7 f2 68. b8=Q+ Kg2 69. Qb7+ Kg1 70. Qg7+ Kh2
71. Qxf6 Kg2 72. Qg5+ Kh2 73. Qe5+ Kg2 74. Qe4+ Kg1 75. Qe3
Kh1 76. Qf3+ Kg1 77. Qg3+ Kh1 78. Qf3+ Kg1 79. Qxh5 f1=Q
80. Qg5+ Kh2 81. Qe5+ Kh3 82. h5 Kg4 83. h6 Qh1 84. Qg7+ Kf5
85. Qf7+ Kg5 86. h7 Qa1+ 87. Kb6 Kh6 88. Qg8 Qb1+ 89. Kc5 Qxh7
90. Qxh7+ Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5
f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. b4 cxb4
17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Ba5
Qa7 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Na3 Bh6 24. Nb5 Bxd2 25. Nxa7 Rc2 26. Bxd2
Rxd2 27. Nb5 Ne7 28. Bf3 d5 29. Rc1 Bh3 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. Rd1
Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 d4 33. Bg2 Bg4 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke1 Bd7 36. e3
Ke6 37. exd4 exd4 38. Nb2 Kd6 39. Nc4+ Kc5 40. Kd2 Be6 41. Na5
Kb6 42. Nc4+ Bxc4 43. dxc4 Kc5 44. Kd3 g5 45. Be4 f5 46. Bb7
Ng6 47. Bc8 Ne5+ 48. Ke2 f4 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. Be6 d3+ 51. Kd2
Kd4 52. c5 Nf3+ 53. Kd1 Kxc5 54. Bf5 Kd4 55. Bxh7 Nxh2 56. Bf5
Nf3 57. Bg4 Ng5 58. Bf5 Ne4 59. f3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. c4 Rfe8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nb1 Bf8 15. Bh2 Qb8 16. Nc3 a6
17. b4 Qa8 18. a3 g6 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21. Qe2 e5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qe3 Re6 24. Rcd1 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4
Rce8 27. Nde4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf4 29. c5 bxc5 30. Ra1 Qc8
31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Qc6 33. f3 Nd5 34. Qf2 Nf4 35. Rab1 Qc7
36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qd4 Re8 39. Rb6 Bc6 40. Bc4
Rc8 41. Ba6 Re8 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Qb4 Be8 44. Rd6 Rb8 45. Qd4
Ra8 46. Qe5 Qa7 47. Rb6 Qd7 48. c6 Qa7 49. Qc5 Qc7 50. Bc4 Rc8
51. Bd5 Qd8 52. Be4 Qh4 53. Rb1 Qd8 54. Ra1 Qf6 55. Rd1 Rc7
56. Qb6 Qe7 57. Ra1 Rc8 58. Qa6 Rc7 59. Rb1 Qg5 60. Qa8 Kf8
61. Kh1 Qh4 62. Qa1 Kg8 63. Qe5 Rc8 64. Qd6 Qf2 65. c7 Qe2
66. Kh2 Qc4 67. Rb8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5
7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Re8+
12. Ne2 Qxf6 13. Qd5 Nc6 14. Qg5 Qe6 15. Kf2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qe1+
17. Kg1 cxd4 18. Qd5 Bb7 19. Qxd4 bxc4 20. h4 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Rxe5 22. Kf2 Rxa5 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Bxc4 d5 25. Bd3 d4 26. h5 h6
27. Rh4 Ra4 28. Rf4 Rd8 29. Rf5 a6 30. Rc5 Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5
32. Rbxb5 d3 33. Rxc3 d2 34. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kg3 Rd8 36. Rb7
Rd5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rxf7 Rxh5 39. Rcc7 Rg5+ 40. Kh3 Rxa3
41. g4 Rg6 42. Kh4 Ra1 43. Rf8 Rga6 44. Rff7 Rg6 45. Rb7 h5
46. Rf4 hxg4 47. Rxg4 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf6+ 50. Ke3
Rxg4 51. fxg4 Kg6 52. Rb5 Rf1 53. Rc5 Kf6 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Rf5
Rxf5 56. gxf5+ Kf6 57. Kf4 g6 58. fxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 Qd7
12. Re1 Nd8 13. d4 Nf7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 c5 16. c4 Rfd8
17. b3 Qd3 18. Bb2 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. Kf1 Kf8
22. Re3 Ng8 23. Ne1 Ne7 24. Nd3 Rdc8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nf3 Ng6
27. g3 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4
32. Ba3 Ra4 33. Rec3 Ke8 34. h4 Kd7 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 Rca8
37. Bc5 R8a5 38. Nxc4 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Rxc5 40. Nb6+ Kc6 41. Rxc5+
Kxb6 42. Rc7 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+
46. Kd1 Rf2 47. Rxe7 Rxf3 48. Ke2 Rf6 49. Rf1 Nd8 50. Rxf6
gxf6 51. Rh7 Kc5 52. Rxh5 Kd4 53. Rh8 Nc6 54. h5 Kxe4 55. h6
Kf5 56. Rg8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4
Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Rac8
18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. e6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6
23. Bxg6 Ndf6 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Ne5 bxa4 26. bxa4 c5 27. dxc5
Qxc5 28. Qb3 Qb4 29. Qf3 Qxb2 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Ndf3 Rf8
32. Qg5 Kh8 33. Qe7 Bc8 34. Re1 a5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nd6 Qf6
37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Qxf6 Bxf6 39. Rxe6 Bc3 40. Rd6 Rc4 41. Rxd5
Rxa4 42. g4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. Rd7 a3 45. Ra7 Bb4 46. Nd4 Bc3
47. Nf5 Ra2 48. g5 Be1 49. Nh6+ Kf8 50. Ng4 Bc3 51. h4 Bd4
52. Ra5 Ke7 53. h5 Ke6 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Ke4 a2 56. Ra6+ Ke7
57. Kf5 Kd7 58. f4 Kc7 59. Nf6 Kb7 60. Ra4 Bc3 61. Nd5 Be1
62. Nb4 Bxb4 63. Rxb4+ Kc6 64. Rb2 Kd7 65. Re2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bd5
Bb7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. a5 Nb8
17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc4 f6 19. h4 Qc5 20. h5 Nc6 21. Ne3 Nd6
22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qd3 Rxa5 24. Nd5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 f5 26. Nxc7
fxe4 27. Qb3+ Qc4 28. Qxc4+ Nxc4 29. Ng5 e3 30. fxe3 Nxe3
31. c3 b3 32. Ra6 Ne7 33. Nce6 Rb8 34. Ra7 N7f5 35. Ne4 h6
36. Kh2 Rb6 37. N6c5 Nc4 38. Ra4 Nxb2 39. Ra3 Nc4 40. Rxb3
Rxb3 41. Nxb3 Kf7 42. Nbc5 g6 43. g4 Nfe3 44. Kh3 Nd5
45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46. Kg3 h5 47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48. Nd3 Nxc3 49. Nxc3
Kg5 50. Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bd2 Ne6
12. Nfe2 a5 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. f3 f5 15. Kh1 Nd6 16. Qc2 Bf6
17. Be1 Bg5 18. Bf2 g6 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nfe2 Nc7
22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Nc1 Be6 24. Bg3 Bh4 25. Qf2 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Bf7
27. h3 Qf6 28. Qf2 Re7 29. Re2 Rae8 30. Rde1 Ne6 31. f4 Ne4
32. Qf3 Kh8 33. Bc2 g5 34. Nd3 g4 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Rg8
37. Qh3 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Nxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Bg6 40. Ne5 Bxc2 41. Rxc2
Reg7 42. g4 Nxf4 43. exf4 Qxf4 44. Kh1 Qxd4 45. Re2 Qf4
46. Qh2 Qf1+ 47. Qg1 Qf6 48. Qd4 Rf8 49. Kh2 h5 50. gxh5 c5
51. Qd3 Qh4+ 52. Qh3 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6
12. Bf1 c6 13. b3 Re8 14. a4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 hxg6
17. Ba3 a5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Re1 Bc7 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. Nf3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. g3
Qd7 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. h4 Qf5 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qe3+
Kd7 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Ke6 34. Kg4 b5 35. Kf4 Kd6 36. g4
Ke6 37. Kg5 Kd6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 c5 40. dxc5+ Kxc5
41. axb5 Kxb5 42. f4 a4 43. bxa4+ Kxa4 44. f5 Kb3 45. f6 gxf6+
46. Kxf6 Kxc3 47. h6 d4 48. h7 d3 49. h8=Q d2 50. Kxf7+ Kc2
51. Qc8+ Kb2 52. Qb7+ Kc2 53. Qe4+ Kc1 54. Qc4+ Kb2 55. Qd3
Kc1 56. Qc3+ Kd1 57. Ke6 Ke2 58. Qc4+ Ke1 59. Qe4+ Kf2 60. Qd3
Ke1 61. Qe3+ Kd1 62. Kd5 Kc2 63. Qe2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O-O
Qe3+ 17. Rd2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nh6 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Nd6
g6 22. Nd4 Nf5 23. N4xf5 gxf5 24. Rd4 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Nb7
Nd5 27. Nc5 Kf7 28. Red2 Nb6 29. b3 Rc8 30. Nxa6 Nd5 31. Nb4
Nc3 32. Kb2 Ne4 33. Re2 h5 34. Nd3 Rh6 35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Rd2 Ne4
37. Re2 Nc3 38. Rd2 Ne4 39. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nb3 b4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. d4 c4
13. Nc5 Nc7 14. h4 Nb5 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Ba6 17. h5 Rfc8
18. h6 g6 19. Nh2 Nb8 20. Nc5 Nc6 21. Ng4 Ncxd4 22. bxc4 Bxc5
23. cxb5 Nxb5 24. Qf3 Qd8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nxh7 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Kxh7 28. Qxf7+ Kxh6 29. Qxe6 Nc7 30. Qf7 Qf8 31. Qd7 Qf5
32. Qe7 Qg5 33. Qxb4 Qxg3 34. Rad1 Ne6 35. Qd2 Ng5 36. e4 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. Rae1 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Qc8 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Nd2 c6
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. Re2 Bf6
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 Bxd4 25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Rc7
b6 27. Ree7 Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Rac8 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Rfc7 Bd4
31. Be3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 35. Rb7
Rb4 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. h4 Kg6 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kf5
41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Rh8 Rb4 45. Ra8 g5
46. hxg5 Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Rg6 a4 50. Rg7 b5
51. Rg8 a3 52. g6 Kg5 53. g7 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kxg7
56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Ke4 Rc3 58. Kf5 Rc5+ 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Ra4
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Kd2
Ne6 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Kf8 19. Rhe1 Rc6 20. h4 Rac8 21. Re5
Be6 22. Rae1 a5 23. a4 Rd6 24. b3 h6 25. g4 Bd7 26. g5 hxg5
27. Rxg5 Re8 28. Reg1 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rxh5 Ke7 31. Rgg5 Bc6
32. Ke3 Re6+ 33. Kf4 Rf6+ 34. Rf5 Rxf5+ 35. Bxf5 Rg8 36. Bg4
Rd8 37. Ke5 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. Re5+ Kf8 40. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4
Ra7 13. Bc3 Be4 14. Qc1 Qa8 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Ne1
Na4 18. Nb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Ra2 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 e5 22. Nf3
exd4 23. Nfxd4 Raa8 24. Rc2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Rfe8
27. Rd1 Nb6 28. Na5 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Rd3 Rac8 31. Rc6 Rb8
32. Kf1 h5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Nd2 Kg7 35. Ndb3 Re6 36. Kg2 Kf8
37. f4 Ree8 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. e4 Ke8 41. e5 Be7
42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Rd2+ Ke8 44. Nc6 Ra8 45. Nba5 f5 46. g4
hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Kf7 49. Rh2 Bf8 50. f5 Nd5
51. f6 Nxf6+ 52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Rf2+ Ke6 54. Re2+ Kd5 55. Rd2+
Ke4 56. Nb7 Ke3 57. Rd7 Re8 58. Rxc7 Bh6 59. Nc5 Rf8 60. Re7+
Kd2 61. Re6 Rf1 62. Na7 Be3 63. Rxa6 Ke2 64. Rxg6 Rf4+ 65. Kh3
Rf3+ 66. Rg3 Rf7 67. Nxb5 Bf2 68. Rb3 Rf4 69. Nc3+ Kf1
70. Rb1+ Be1 71. Rxe1+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc7 Qa4 15. Kd1 O-O 16. f3 e5
17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Ra2 Rf7 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. f4 Nf6
22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. h5 h6 25. Kd2 Qb5 26. a4 Qb7
27. a5 a6 28. Qg4 Qa7 29. Rb2 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Rb6 Rc8
32. Reb1 Qa3 33. Rb7 Qa4 34. R1b2 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1
Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 39. Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 Be4 41. f5
c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 Bf5
12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Rfe8 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. b4 Qc7 16. h3 Bxf3+
17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Bb2 d4 19. h4 Rxe3+ 20. fxe3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4
7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb5 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. e3 Rfc8 18. b3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. Kg2 a5 21. Rac1
Rac8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. Rd4 b6 25. Qf5 Qe6 26. Qd3
Qc6 27. Qf5 Qe6 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. h4 b5 30. a3 g6 31. Qd2 Rc3
32. Rxd5 Rxb3 33. Qd4 Kh7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. Rf5 Kg8
37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qf4 Qg4 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Rf4 Qe6
42. Qxa5 Qc6+ 43. e4 Qe6 44. Qa8 Rc3 45. Kh2 Rc5 46. Qf8 Rc4
47. Qd8 Rxe4 48. Qd3 f5 49. Qxb5 Rxf4 50. gxf4 h4 51. Qe5 Qc6
52. Qe3 Kh5 53. f3 Qg6 54. Qe1 Qc6 55. Qe5 Qg6 56. Qe1 Qc6
57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kg3 h2 59. Qh1 Qc5 60. Qxh2+ Kg6 61. a4 Qa7
62. Qa2 Qg1+ 63. Qg2 Qe1+ 64. Qf2 Qa1 65. Qb6+ Kh5 66. Qe3 Qh8
67. a5 Qg8+ 68. Kh3 Qa8 69. Qb3 Qe8 70. a6 Qe7 71. Qb1 Kg6
72. Qg1+ Kh5 73. a7 Qa3 74. Kg3 Qa5 75. Qe3 Qd8 76. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 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 h6 12. Na3
c5 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. b4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 Rc8 17. Nd6
Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. a5 Be4 20. axb6 Rc2 21. Qb5 Qxb6
22. Qxb6 axb6 23. e3 Rec8 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Nxc2 Rxc2 26. Kxg2
Ne4 27. Be7 b5 28. Rf1 Nb6 29. Rac1 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Kg1
Nd5 32. Bc5 Nec3 33. Ra7 h5 34. Rb7 g5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Bd6 Ra2
37. Re1 Ne4 38. Bg3 b4 39. Rc1 Ndc3 40. Kg2 Nxg3 41. hxg3 Ne4
42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Rxb4 Nxf1 44. Kxf1 Kg7 45. Rb1 Kg6 46. e4 Rd2
47. Rb4 Ra2 48. Rc4 f6 49. Ke1 Kf7 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Ke1 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Nh5 Qh6 25. Qg4 Qg6 26. Qh3
Rad8 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Be4 g6 29. Nd5 Qg7 30. Rbc1 Kh8 31. Nxb6
axb6 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rd2 34. Qh4 Rxa2 35. Qb4 h5
36. Qxb6 Ra1 37. Rcc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qb2 39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Qb5
Kg7 41. Qd3 Rb8 42. Rb1 Qe5 43. Qd2 h4 44. Qb2 Qxb2 45. Rxb2
Rb4 46. Kf1 Kf6 47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Kd3 g5 49. Kc3 Rb7 50. b4 Kg4
51. b5 Kh3 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. f4 Kg4 54. b6 f5 55. Kd4 Kxf4
56. Rb3 h3 57. Kd5 Kg4 58. Kc6 Rb8 59. Rg3+ Kh4 60. b7 f4
61. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Qd3
Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be4 16. Qb2 Qd5 17. Ne1
Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Ne4 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Nd3 Nxd2
22. Qxd2 b5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. c4 Qxc4 26. Rxa5
Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Qxd4 28. Qxc7 Qd6 29. Qc8+ Qd8 30. Qb7 Bd6
31. Kg2 h5 32. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. c4 a6 13. b3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bf6
17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rd8 19. Rbd2 h6 20. g4 Ne7 21. Qf4 O-O
22. Qg3 e5 23. Nh4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qe7
27. Rd5 b4 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Qxb4 Qxf5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6
Re8 32. Rd3 Re6 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg3 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1
Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Rc6 39. Qd1 f5 40. b4 f4 41. b5 Rc2
42. Rb3 Re2 43. Kf1 Rxa2 44. f3 Qg6 45. Qd3 Qxd3+ 46. Rxd3 Rb2
47. Rd5 Rxh2 48. Rxe5 Rb2 49. Ke1 Rb3 50. Ke2 g5 51. Kd2 Rxf3
52. Kc2 Rf2+ 53. Kc3 Rf1 54. Kc2 Rf2+ 55. Kc3 Rf1 56. Kc2 Ra1
57. b6 Ra8 58. b7 Rb8 59. Rb5 Kg6 60. Kd3 Kf6 61. Ke4 Ke6
62. Rb6+ Kd7 63. Kf5 f3 64. Rxh6 f2 65. Rh1 Rxb7 66. Rf1 Kd6
67. Kxg5 Rf7 68. Kg4 Ke5 69. Kg3 Ke4 70. Rxf2 Rxf2 71. Kxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 b5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Bd3 f5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rhg1 O-O 16. Qe3 Rac8
17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. g4 g6 20. b3 Qb7 21. Rdf1 a5
22. Ng3 Bc4 23. Be4 Bd5 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. Be4 Bd5 26. Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. a3 fxe4 10. axb4 e6 11. Nc3 Bxb4
12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qg4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. O-O Qc4
17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Ra5 O-O-O 19. Rc5 Qb3 20. c4 Kb8 21. Qxe6 Rde8
22. Qh3 Nxc4 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe4 Nb6 25. Nc5 Qd5 26. Rc1
Ka8 27. Na6 Kb7 28. Nb4 Qf7 29. Qg4 Nd5 30. Nxc6 Re6 31. Na5+
Ka8 32. Qe4 Rb6 33. g4 h5 34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Nc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6
hxg4 37. Rf6 Qh7 38. Bg5 Qg8 39. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4
Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3
Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 h6 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.a3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5
13.Qa4 a6 14.Rc3 Bf6 15.Rc5 Ne7 16.Rfc1 c6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5
Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nf5 20.Qg4 Nd6 21.e3 Qf6 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Rad8
24.R1c3 Re6 25.b4 g6 26.a4 Rd4 27.exd4 exd4 28.Qxe6 Qxe6
29.R3c4 Qd6 30.a5 h5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Kg1 Kf8 33.Rc1 Qe6 34.R5c4
Qe5 35.Kf1 Qd5 36.Re1 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qd5 38.Kf1 Qh1+ 39.Ke2 Qd5
40.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rfe1
Rfc8 17. h4 bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 19. Re4 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Qb6
a5 22. Qxa5 Rxc4 23. Rxe7 Qf5 24. Qd2 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. g3
Rf5 27. a4 Rxd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd3 31. a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1
Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.g4 hxg4 16.hxg4 Ne7 17.Nxe6 Rxe6
18.Kg2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rh1 Nd5 22.Bg3 g5
23.c4 Nc3 24.Kf3 Rg6 25.a3 Na4 26.Ke4 Nc5+ 27.Kf5 Ne6 28.Rh8+
Kd7 29.c3 Ng7+ 30.Ke4 Ne6 31.f3 c5 32.Bf2 a6 33.Be3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nbd2
a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.b4 Bd6 11.Qb3 Nf8 12.Bg5 Qd7
13.Be3 Ng6 14.Nfd2 Bf8 15.d4 Qe7 16.dxe5 Be6 17.Qc2 Bxc4
18.Nxc4 Nxe5 19.Nd2 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Qe6 22.f3 Nc4 23.Bf4
c5 24.b5 Nd6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Rb1 b6 27.e5 Nc4 28.Qe4 Ra4
29.Rc1 h6 30.h4 Nb2 31.c4 Qd7 32.Rb1 Ra2 33.Be3 Na4 34.Rb3
Rxd2 35.Bxd2 Qxd2 36.Rd3 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Nb2 38.Rd8 Qxc4 39.Qa8
Qxh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxe5+ 42.g3 Qe2+ 43.Kh3 Nd3 44.Rxf8+
Kh7 45.Re8 Nf2+ 46.Kh4 Qxb5 47.g4 Qc4 48.Qc8 Qf4 49.Qf5+ Qxf5
50.gxf5 c4 51.Re7 c5 52.Rxf7 c3 53.f6 Kg6 0-1

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6
7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Ng5
Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5
Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+ Nde6 22. Rg1
Bc6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qg3 Rc8
27. Nh3 Qf7 28. Qh4 Bf3 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7
32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6 34. f3 Bh5 35. b3 Kf7 36. Rh3 Rce8
37. Bf4 Ra6 38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5 f4+ 41. Bxf4 Rf8
42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 Rxe5 44. Rh1 Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 Re6
47. Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. Bxc5 g5+
52. Kg3 Rxd3 53. Kg2 Be8 54. Kf1 Bh5 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5
57. Rg2 Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2 Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3 61. Re8 Be4
62. Rf8+ Bf5 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 Rxd4 65. Kxd4 b6 66. Kc3 Ke3
67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 71. b4 Kf2 72. a4
g1=Q 73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2
78. b6 Kf2 79. b7 g1=Q 80. b8=Q Qc1+ 81. Kd4 Qe3+ 82. Kc4 Be6+
0-1

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 e6
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxb7 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd5 10. Bg3 N5b6 11. Qxc6 Bb4
12. Qb5 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4
Rac8 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. O-O Rc4 19. Rfb1 Rfc8 20. Rb3 h5 21. e4
Qg5 22. h4 Qa5 23. Rc1 Qa4 24. Qb1 Nd7 25. Kg2 Nf8 26. Qb2 Qe8
27. Rb7 a6 28. Qb6 Ng6 29. Qxa6 Qd8 30. Qb5 e5 31. Rh1 Rxc3
32. dxe5 Nf8 33. Qd5 Qe8 34. Ra1 Ne6 35. Qd7 Qf8 36. Qe7 Qxe7
37. Rxe7 Nd4 38. a4 Nxf3 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 Nd4 41. Re5 Ne2
42. Rxh5 Nxg3 43. fxg3 Re3 44. a5 Rxe4 45. a6 Re7 46. Rb5 Kh7
47. Kh3 Ra8 48. Rb6 Raa7 49. Ra5 Re3 50. h5 Rd3 51. Kh4 Rd4+
52. g4 Re4 53. Kg5 Rf7 54. Rg6 Ra7 55. Kh4 Rb4 56. Rc6 Re4
57. Rb6 Re1 58. Ra4 Re3 59. g5 Ree7 60. Rb8 g6 61. Rb6 gxh5
62. Rab4 Re1 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. R4b6+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Qg3 Qxg3 9. hxg3 d5 10. g4 Rb8 11. g5 f6
12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Rh3 a5 16. b3 Ba6
17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Bd2 Re4+ 20. Kf1 Bb4 21. c3 Ba3
22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 O-O 24. Ke2 h6 25. Rg3 Kf7 26. Rh3 Kg6
27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. Rh3 Kg6 29. Rg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Ne4 Rc7
17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qa8 19. Ne1 Nc5 20. Qh1 Rfc8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 f6 25. gxf6 Bxf6
26. a4 h5 27. b4 Kf7 28. Kg2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Rf8 30. Ke2 Kf5
31. f3 g5 32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Rc2 e5 34. b5 Ra8 35. a5 bxa5 36. b6
Bd8 37. Rb1 Rab8 38. Ra2 Bxb6 39. Rab2 Bxe3 40. Rxb7 Rxb7
41. Rxb7 Bc5 42. Rb8 a4 43. Kd1 h4 44. Rg8+ Kf6 45. g4 Bf2
46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rh5 Kg6 48. Kc2 Bd4 49. Kb1 a3 50. Ka2 Bb2
51. Kb3 Bc1 52. Ka2 Bb2 53. Kb3 a5 54. Ka2 a4 55. Kb1 Bd4
56. Ka2 Bb2 57. Kb1 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O
7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 12. Be2
Qb6 13. axb5 Nc7 14. Qd4 Bb7 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe5
17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qh4 Ndc5 21. Rab1
Nb3 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxc3 26. Rf2
Nd4 27. Bh6 Nc6 28. Rd1 Qxe5 29. Rf5 Qe7 30. Bg5 f6 31. Rfxd5
fxg5 32. Qxc4 Qe6 33. Bb3 Kh8 34. Qc5 Rae8 35. h4 Qe3+
36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Ba4 Ne7 38. Rxg5 Nf5 39. h5 Kg7 40. hxg6
hxg6 41. Bc2 Kh6 42. Rg4 Re5 43. Bxf5 Rexf5 44. Ra4 a5 45. Rd6
Rg5 46. Ra6 Rff5 47. Rh4+ Kg7 48. Ra7+ Rf7 49. Ra6 Rb7 50. Ra4
Rbb5 51. Ra3 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Rh5+ 53. Kg3 Rbb5 54. Kf2 Kh6
55. Kg1 Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 Rg5 58. Rh3+ Kg7 59. Ra7+
Kf6 60. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.dxc5 Nd7 9.c6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 a5 11.e4 N5f6 12.Qc2 a4
13.Qxc6 Qa5 14.Qxa4 Qxa4 15.bxa4 Nc5 16.Bb5 Nxa4 17.Bd4 Bd7
18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Ke2 Nac5 20.Rhc1 Ra4 21.Rc2 Rfa8 22.Rac1 Rxa2
23.Rxc5 Bxc5 24.Bxc5 Rc8 25.Ba3 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 Nc5 27.Ke3 f6
28.Nd4 e5 29.Ne2 h5 30.h3 Kf7 31.Nc3 Rc2 32.Ne2 Ra2 33.h4 g6
34.g3 Ke6 35.f3 Kf7 36.Nc3 Rc2 37.Ne2 Ra2 38.Nb1 Nb3 39.Nbc3
Ra1 40.Bb2 Rf1 41.Nd5 Na5 42.Nb6 Rb1 43.Bc3 Rxb6 44.Bxa5 Rb3+
45.Bc3 g5 46.hxg5 fxg5 47.Kf2 Rb5 48.g4 h4 49.Ng1 Rc5 50.Bd2
Rc2 51.Ke2 Ra2 52.Nh3 Kg6 53.Kd3 Rb2 54.Ke3 Rb3+ 55.Ke2 Rb2
56.Kd1 Rb3 57.Ke2 Rb2 58.Kd3 Ra2 59.Nf2 Ra3+ 60.Bc3 Ra2 61.Ke3
Ra3 62.Kd2 Ra2+ 63.Ke1 Kf6 64.Kf1 Ra3 65.Nd1 Ke6 66.Kg2 Rb3
67.Ba5 Ra3 68.Bb6 Ra2+ 69.Nf2 Kf6 70.Kh3 Ra3 71.Kg2 Ra2
72.Bd8+ Kg6 73.Be7 Rb2 74.Bc5 Rc2 75.Bd6 Kf6 76.Kf1 Rc1+
77.Kg2 Rc2 78.Bb4 Rb2 79.Ba5 Ra2 80.Bd8+ Kg6 81.Be7 Rb2 82.Bc5
Kf6 83.Kg1 Rb1+ 84.Kh2 Rb3 85.Kg2 Rb2 86.Ba3 Ra2 87.Bb4 Rb2
88.Be1 h3+ 89.Kf1 h2 90.Nh1 Rb1 91.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 a6 4.a3 e6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Ba2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 b5 10.Ne2 Bb7 11.Ng3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.c3 d4
14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Bf4 Nc5 16.Rc1 b4 17.Bg5 b3 18.Bb1 h6 19.Bxe7
Qxe7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Rab8 22.Qxb3 Ba8 23.Qc2 Rb6 24.Rcd1
Rfb8 25.Re2 Qb7 26.Rdd2 Rb3 27.Qd1 Qc7 28.Qc1 Rxf3 29.gxf3
Qxe5 30.Rd3 Qh5 31.Qf4 Ne5 32.Rc2 Rb5 33.h4 Bb7 34.Rcd2 Rb6
35.Kf1 Nxd3 36.Bxd3 e5 37.Qg3 Rf6 38.Be2 Rf4 39.Rxd4 Rxh4
40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Kg2 Rf4 42.Rd1 g5 43.Qh3 Qg6 44.Kf1 Rh4 45.Qg3
Qe6 46.Kg2 Rf4 47.Rc1 Qd6 48.Rd1 Qf6 49.Rc1 a5 50.b4 axb4
51.axb4 Qd6 52.Rh1 Kg7 53.b5 Bc8 54.Qh2 Qg6 55.Qh5 Qf6 56.Qh2
Kh7 57.Qg3 Bb7 58.Rc1 Qd6 59.Rd1 Qf6 60.Rc1 Qd6 61.Rh1 Kg7
62.Qh3 Rh4 63.Qg3 Rf4 64.Qh3 Rf6 65.Rd1 Qc5 66.Qg3 Rf4 67.Rh1
Qc2 68.Qh2 Rf6 69.Re1 Qd2 70.Kf1 Rf4 71.Rd1 Qc3 72.Kg2 Qb2
73.Rh1 Rh4 74.Qg3 Rxh1 75.Kxh1 Qxe2 76.Qxe5+ Kh7 77.Kg2 Qc4
78.Qe7 Bc8 79.b6 Ba6 80.Kh2 Qb3 81.Qa7 Bf1 82.Kg1 Bh3 83.f4
gxf4 84.Qc7 Qd1+ 85.Kh2 Qh5 86.Qxf4 Bc8+ 87.Kg2 Qg5+ 88.Kf3
Qxf4+ 89.Kxf4 Kg6 90.Ke5 h5 91.Kd6 h4 92.Kc7 Ba6 93.Kb8 h3
94.Ka7 h2 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.07"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 11. d5 f5
12. Nd4 Na6 13. dxe6 d6 14. Qa4+ Ke7 15. Bg3 Nac5 16. Nc6+
Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Nxe6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qd5 Raf8 20. f3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Rg6 22. e3 Qa4 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Be2 g4 25. Kf2 Rfg8
26. Rcg1 Qe8 27. Qd5 Re6 28. Rh4 Re5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd2 h5
31. Bd1 gxf3 32. gxf3 f4 33. Rxf4 Nd3+ 34. Kf1 Nxf4 35. exf4
Rc5 36. Kf2 Kd8 37. Bc2 Qe6 38. Rh1 Kc8 39. f5 Qe5 40. f4 Qg7
41. Qe3 Rxc4 42. Bb3 Rxc3 43. Qe6+ Kb7 44. Qxg8 Rc2+ 45. Bxc2
Qxg8 46. Bb3 Qh8 47. Kg2 b5 48. Bf7 Qb2+ 49. Kh3 Qf6 50. Bg6
b4 51. Re1 a5 52. Re6 Qa1 53. Kh4 Qxa2 54. Kxh5 a4 55. Re4
Qh2+ 56. Kg4 Qb2 57. Kg5 d5 58. Re5 Qc3 59. g4 a3 60. f6 a2
61. f7 Qc5 62. Re8 b3 63. f8=Q Qxf8 64. Rxf8 b2 65. Rd8 c6
66. Rd7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.08"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6
7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. a4 Rd8
12. Qe2 a5 13. Bc4 h6 14. Re1 b6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bc1 Nf6
17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4
13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6
18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5
Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Nc4
Be7 28. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Bd7 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Kf8
12. Nd4 Kg8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Be3 c5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Qc6 Re8 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Ne6 23. Rac1 h5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bb6 h4 26. Nf1
h3 27. Bb1 hxg2 28. Kxg2 d4 29. Bc7 Bh6 30. Be5 Bxc1 31. Bxf6
Nf4+ 32. Kh1 Bb2 33. Bxh8 Kxh8 34. Rd1 Bc3 35. Ng3 f5 36. Kg1
Rb8 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Bd3 Rxa2 39. Ne2 Nxe2 40. Bxe2 Kg7 41. Bc4
Rb2 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Bd3 Rb3 45. Rb1 Ra3 46. h4 Ba5
47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. Bc4 Bd8 50. Rb8 Ke7 51. Rb5 Rc2
52. Bd3 Rc3 53. Ke2 Kd6 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rxf5 h4 56. Rf3 Rc1
57. Rf4 Ke5 58. Rf5+ Ke6 59. Rh5 Bf6 60. Bf5+ Kd6 61. Be4 Rg1
62. Rd5+ Ke6 63. Rh5 Bg5 64. Kd3 Ke5 65. Bb7 Kf5 66. Kxd4 Kg6
67. Bf3 Ra1 68. Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 Ba7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Rxe3 Ng4 13. Re1 f5 14. Nbd2 Nf6 15. d4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Re3 e4 19. Nd2 d5 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Qd6
22. Qe2 a5 23. Rf1 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8
27. Qf2 Qc5 28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qd3 Qb6+
32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. cxd4 Rb8 34. b3 Rb4 35. Rd3 a4 36. Kf2 axb3
37. axb3 Kf7 38. Rc3 c6 39. Rxc6 Rxb3 40. Rd6 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. Ne2 Nh6 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. O-O
Qb6 13. h3 Nf5 14. Kh2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Kxg3
Nb6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Ng5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rfc8
22. Rac1 Bf8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Be3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rd1 Rc4
27. Bd4 Qc7 28. b3 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rc1 30. Rd1 f5 31. Nf2 Bh4+
32. Kxh4 Nxf4 33. Qf3 Qd8+ 34. Kg3 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxd4 36. Qxd4
Ne2+ 37. Kf3 Nxd4+ 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. Nd3 a5 40. a4 b4 41. Kf4 h6
42. h4 Kf7 43. Nc5 Ke7 44. Nb7 Kf8 45. Nc5 Kf7 46. Nb7 Ke7
47. Nc5 Nd8 48. g4 fxg4 49. Kxg4 Nf7 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. hxg5
hxg5+ 52. Ke4 Nd8 53. Kd3 Nc6 54. Kc4 Nxe5+ 55. Kb5 Kf6
56. Ne4+ Kf5 57. Ng3+ Kf4 58. Nf1 g4 59. Kxa5 Nf3 60. Kxb4 Nd2
61. a5 Nxf1 62. a6 Ne3 63. a7 Nd5+ 64. Kc5 Nc7 65. Kc6 Na8
66. Kb7 g3 67. Kxa8 g2 68. Kb7 g1=Q 69. a8=Q Qg2+ 70. Kb8
Qxa8+ 71. Kxa8 Ke5 72. b4 Kd5 73. Kb7 e5 74. b5 e4 75. b6 e3
76. Ka8 e2 77. b7 e1=Q 78. b8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Smirnov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. cxb5 Rac8 16. e4 h6
17. h4 Kf8 18. Ne1 Nc4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rc2 Nb6
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. b3 c4 24. Be3 cxb3 25. axb3 d6 26. Bxb6 axb6
27. exd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd5 Bc5 29. Rcd2 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Nd3
Bd6 32. Rd4 Rc3 33. b4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf1 f5 36. Ke2 g4
37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Nf4 Bxf4+ 39. Rxf4 Ke6 40. f3 gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. c3 b5 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qh5 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qf4 19. Re3 Be4 20. g3 Qf5 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 f5 24. g5 Kg7 25. Rd1 h6 26. gxh6+ Kxh6
27. Kf2 Kg7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bc2
Rh8 32. Kg3 Re8 33. Rd2 Re3+ 34. Kf2 Rh3 35. Kg2 Re3 36. Kf2
Rh3 37. Ke1 Bh5 38. Bxf5 Re3+ 39. Kf1 b4 40. Bd3 Rf3+ 41. Kg2
Rxf4 42. Bxa6 f5 43. Rf2 Rg4+ 44. Kf1 Rh4 45. Be2 Bf7 46. Bd3
f4 47. a4 bxa3 48. bxa3 Rh3 49. Rd2 Be8 50. Ke1 Kf6 51. Kd1
Ke5 52. Re2+ Kd4 53. Bf5 Ba4+ 54. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1
Rh5 17. Bf4 a6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rd7
22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Kxe7 24. a3 Rf5 25. Bh2 Rg5 26. Bf4 Rf5
27. Bh2 Rg5 28. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[EventDate "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nh5
7.Nh3 f5 8.e3 d6 9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.g4 fxg4 12.fxg4 Nf6
13.Nf2 h6 14.e4 e5 15.d5 Ne7 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Qe8 18.Qd3 Qg6
19.Qg3 Bd7 20.Kh1 Rf7 21.Qh4 Raf8 22.Rae1 Qh7 23.Qxh7+ Nxh7
24.Be3 Ng6 25.Nd3 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Nf6 28.Nf2 Nf4
29.h4 Ng6 30.Bg5 Nh7 31.Bd8 Kf7 32.Kh2 Nf6 33.Kg3 Nf4 34.Kf3
Ba4 35.Nh3 Bd1+ 36.Ke3 Ng6 37.Ng5+ Ke8 38.Ne6 Nxh4 39.Bc7 Kd7
40.Bb8 Bg4 41.Nxg7 a6 42.Bd3 Ng2+ 43.Kd2 Ke7 44.a4 Kf7 45.Bxd6
Kxg7 46.Bxe5 Nh4 47.Bg3 Ng6 48.e5 Nd7 49.e6 Nde5 50.Bxg6 Nxg6
51.Bd6 Kf6 52.Bxc5 Ke5 53.Ke3 Bd1 54.Bb6 Bxa4 55.Bc7+ Kf6
56.Kd4 Ke7 57.c5 Nh4 58.c4 Nf3+ 59.Kc3 Ng5 60.Kb4 Bd1 61.Bg3
Nxe6 62.dxe6 Bf3 63.Bh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6
12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. f5 exf5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Nxd5 Qh4
17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nb5 fxg4 21. Nxd6
g3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+
26. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bh3 Ba8 15. g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5
17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Kg2 g5 20. Qxg5 axb5 21. Qe3 b4
22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 e6 25. f4 Nf6 26. Qb7 Nexg4
27. Qf3 h5 28. Rxd6 Qxa2 29. Ng3 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2
h4 32. Kf3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ra8 34. f5 Bf8 35. Rc6 Nd7 36. Rc7
Nc5 37. Be3 Ra5 38. fxe6 Nxe6 39. Rc8 Kg7 40. Bf1 Rf5+ 41. Kg2
Bc5 42. Bd3 Re5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rb8 Rc3 45. Bc4 Nd4 46. Rxb4
Nf5 47. Rb7 Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Nxc4 49. bxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. Bb3 Re8 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6
12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Bf4 Qd3 18. Qa4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. h4 e3 21. Bxe3
Rxe5 22. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxa7 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. a3 c5
26. Re7 Kg6 27. g3 Kf6 28. Rc7 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra2
31. Rxb7 Rxb2 32. Kg2 g5 33. Rb6+ Kg7 34. h5 g4 35. Kf1 Kg8
36. b5 Kg7 37. Rb8 Kf6 38. b6 Kg5 39. Ke1 Kxh5 40. b7 f5
41. Kd1 Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Kd4 Rb4+ 45. Kd5
Rb2 46. Ke6 Rb6+ 47. Kxf5 Rxb7 48. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 Ne5 15. Rxb7 a5 16. Rxe7
a4 17. Re1 a3 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 a2 21. Bd4
a1=Q+ 22. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bf6 25. Nc6 Bxe7
26. Nxe7+ Kg7 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Kf8 30. h5 gxh5
31. gxh5 Ra8 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. f3 Rd1 34. Ne5 f5 35. Nc4 Rd3
36. Ne5 Rd1 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Nh4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Re1 40. Kf3 Rh1
41. Kg4 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Rh1 43. Nf5 Rxh5 44. e5 Rh1 45. e6+ Kf6
46. e7 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kg4 Rxf5 49. Kxf5 Kxe7 50. Kg6 Kd6
51. Kxh6 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 dxc6
13.e4 Qd3 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nf3 Rfd8 16.Re1 Nc5 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Re3
Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Nxb3 20.axb3 c5 21.Red3 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Kf8 23.Kf3
Ke8 24.Ke4 Bc5 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.f3 Kc7 28.Bc3
Kc6 29.Kd3 b5 30.b4 Bg1 31.h3 Bf2 32.g4 Bg3 33.Kd4 a6 34.Kd3
Bf2 35.Bd2 Bg3 36.Bc3 Bf2 37.Bd2 Bg3 38.Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4
Nb6 13. b3 Bh6 14. f3 Be3 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1
Qd8 18. h4 Nd7 19. h5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 c6 22. Qe1
cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 25. Bc2 Qg5 26. Kg1 Kg7
27. Nc4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Ra6 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Nxe3 b5 31. Bc2
Ra7 32. Kf2 b4 33. Ra1 Rf4 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. Ra3 Bd7 36. Rha1
a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Kg3 Ra6 39. Bxa4 Rbxa4 40. Rxa4 Rxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.30"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O
12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bh3 Ba8 15. g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5
17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. g5 Nd5 19. Bxd7 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3
Qxc3 22. Bxe8 Bxe2 23. Qf4 Bxd1 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Bc6 Bxb3
26. axb3 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qxg5+ 28. Kh1 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1
Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kf3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qd1+
35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 h5 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe3 Rb8 22. Nf1 Bc8
23. N1d2 Bd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Rea1
Qd6 28. Bd1 Bg7 29. Be2 Reb8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Qe7
32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. b4 Bf8 34. R7a5 Bb5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5
Bxc5 37. c4 Nxe4 38. Rxb5 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Rb8+ Kg7
41. Raa8 Rf4 42. d6 Bh4 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rag8+
Kf6 46. d7 Ke6 47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Nf6 49. Ke2 Rxc4 50. Rc8
Rb4 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rf8 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Rb7 54. Nh4+ Kg5
55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rc5 Ne4 57. Rxe5+ Kf4 58. Rfe8 Rb1+ 59. Ne1
Ng3+ 60. Kg1 f5 61. Re3 Ne4 62. Rf3+ Kg5 63. Rf1 Rb2 64. Nf3+
Kf4 65. Nd2+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 Be7 12. d5
Ra8 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Ba6 15. Nh4 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 19. Nb1 Ke7 20. Nd2 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. h3
Rb2 23. Ba4 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Nhf3 Qa2 26. Qe3 c4 27. Rc1
Rb2 28. Qe1 Rc2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Nxc4 Qxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxc3
32. Ncd2 h6 33. g3 Nc5 34. Re1 Rc2 35. g4 Ra2 36. Re3 g5
37. Kf1 Ra4 38. Rc3 Nfxe4 39. Nxe4 Rxe4 40. Rc1 f5 41. gxf5
Kf6 42. Nh2 h5 43. Kg2 Kxf5 44. Nf1 Rd4 45. Ne3+ Kf6 46. Ra1
Ne4 47. Ra6 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Nxg4+ Kg5 50. Ne3 Kf4 51. Ra8
Nc3 52. Rg8 Ke4 53. Rg4+ Kd3 54. Rg6 Nxd5 55. Nxd5 Rxd5
56. Kf1 Kd2 57. Rg3 Rd3 58. Rg8 e4 59. Ra8 d5 60. Ra2+ Kc3
61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Ra4+ Ke5 63. Ra8 Rb3 64. Ra7 Rb2+ 65. Ke1 d4
66. Re7+ Kd5 67. Kf1 d3 68. Ke1 Re2+ 69. Kf1 Kd4 70. Rd7+ Kc3
71. Rc7+ Kd2 72. Ra7 Re1+ 73. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bh5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Na4 Nd7
12. a3 O-O 13. Rc3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bf8
17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. R3c2 Na5 21. Qd3 b5
22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qc2
Qf5 27. Qd1 e5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. dxe5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qxe5
31. Qf3 Qe4 32. Qg4 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qh8+ Kf7
36. f3 Re7 37. g4 Qe5 38. Kh3 Qxe3 39. Nxd5 Qe1 40. Qd8 Qh1+
41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 Re8 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44. Nf4 g5 45. Qd5+ Kh8
46. Ng6+ Kh7 47. Qf5 Kh6 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. Qc2 Qf7 50. Nh4 gxh4
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 e5 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nf1 f5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ned5 Kh8 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Bd2
Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 a4 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qf3 Rae8 22. b3
e4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Qe3 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qf7
27. Rd1 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Qg6 29. Qc1 Rf6 30. a4 Ref8 31. Rc2 h5
32. h4 e3 33. fxe3 Rf3 34. Rg2 Rxg3 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Qb7+ Kh6
37. Qxc6 Rg8 38. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rf8+ 40. Ke1 Rg1+ 41. Ke2
Rg2+ 42. Ke1 Rg1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5
7. d3 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. h3 Nc7 10. c3 d4 11. Nbd2 dxc3 12. bxc3
Nd5 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Rab1
Ne6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nbxd4 Qa5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Qa6 23. Bc5 Be6 24. Rbc1 Rfe8 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. a3 Qa5
27. Bb4 Qc7 28. Bc3 Rb3 29. Qe4 Rxa3 30. Bb2 Ra2 31. Bd4 c5
32. Be3 Bxe5 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5 g5 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Kg7
37. Re1 Rb4 38. Bd2 Rxc4 39. Qd3 Rd4 40. Qe3 Bf6 41. Bc3 Rc4
42. Bxf6+ exf6 43. Rd1 a5 44. Bd5 Rd4 45. Rxd4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. a4 b4 13. e4 h6 14. Bc4 Bd6 15. Bd5 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7
17. Qd5+ Kc7 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Nd2
Bf8 22. f4 Rc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Rf3 Rd3 25. f5 Bd6 26. h3 Rc3
27. Rcf1 Nd7 28. f6 g5 29. Nc4 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Ne5 31. Rf5 Nxc4
32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Rxg5 b3 34. Rg7 Ne5 35. h4 c4 36. h5 c3
37. h6 c2 38. h7 c1=Q 39. h8=Q Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4
exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6
12. Nh4 Bb6 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Qb3
Nce7 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. f4 c6 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Bxg6
Nxg6 22. Nd3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Nxf4 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. Nf7+ Rxf7
26. Rxf7 Qe6 27. Raf1 h5 28. Bg1 hxg4 29. Qg3 gxh3 30. Rxb7
Kg8 31. Rff7 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ 33. Bf2 Bxd4 34. Kxh3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Rc1 Bg6 15. Qe2 Bh5 16. g4 Nxg4
17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. e4 Rd6 19. Qe3 exd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. cxd4
Rg6 22. f4 Bh3+ 23. Kh2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb6 25. Rf2 Rg4 26. Qf3
Ne5 27. Qh3 Nd3 28. Qxg4 Nxf2 29. Qe2 Nxe4 30. Bb1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. e4 Bh7
7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 Nd7 11. b4 Qc7
12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. c4 g4 14. Ne1 h5 15. Nc2 Be5 16. d4 Bg7
17. Nb3 e5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. cxd5 Nexd5 21. Bb2
exd4 22. Nxd4 Rhe8 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qg5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxb2
26. Qxg7 Nc4 27. Nb5 Qe5 28. Qxf7 Re7 29. Qg6 a6 30. Nxa6 bxa6
31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Nc3 Qe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Bf1
Nxc3 36. Qxc4 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Qc5 Nf3 39. Qb5+ Kc7
40. Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qxh5 Rf8 42. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 cxd4 7.exd4 g6
8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Ndf3 dxc4
13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Nd7
18.f4 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Rd7 20.Be2 Qd8 21.a5 Rc8 22.d5 exd5 23.Bg4
d4 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd4 Qe7 26.Re1 Re8 27.Rf4 Qc5+ 28.Bd4 Qxa5
29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Bxc3 Bh6 31.Rf2 b5 32.Rf6 Bd7 33.Rxa6 bxc4
34.Rea1 Be6 35.Kf2 Bf8 36.Ra8 Bc5+ 37.Ke2 Rxa8 38.Rxa8+ Kg7
39.Ra5 Bb6 40.Ra6 Bg1 41.h3 g5 42.g4 Bh2 43.Ra8 h6 44.Rd8 Kg6
45.Kf3 Bf4 46.h4 h5 47.hxg5 Bc1 48.gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Bb7 11. Bc3 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. O-O
Qc7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 h6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qd5
26. Kg2 a5 27. Ra4 Ra6 28. Re3 Rf8 29. Rc4 a4 30. b4 a3
31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Rb3 Rfa8 33. b5 Rb6 34. Nd7 Rb7 35. Nc5 Rb6
36. Na6 Kf8 37. Nc7 Ra5 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Rxd5 Ke6
41. Rc5 Rb7 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kf5 44. b6 f6 45. Rc7 Rxc7
46. bxc7 Rc5 47. Re7 g5 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kd2 Rc6
51. Kd3 Kh3 52. Kd4 Kxh2 53. Kd5 Rc2 54. Kd6 Kg2 55. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Qf2
Be7 17. g3 Qh3 18. Kd2 Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Bc5 Bxb7 21. Rxb7
Rc8 22. Kc1 f6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qe2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. e6
Bb6 27. Bxb6 O-O 28. e7 Re8 29. Bd8 Qc8 30. Kb2 g6 31. Qd3 Qc6
32. Qc3 Qb5+ 33. Qb3 Qc5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Kb3 h5
37. Kb4 h4 38. g4 h3 39. Ka5 Rh8 40. a4 Rh4 41. Qg3 g5 42. Qd3
gxf4 43. Qf5 f3 44. Qxf3 Qe6 45. g5 Qc6 46. g6+ Ke8 47. Qb3
Rg4 48. g7 f5 49. g8=Q+ Rxg8 50. Qxh3 Qe6 51. Bb6 Kxe7
52. Qh7+ Qf7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Kxa6 f4 55. a5 f3 56. Kb7 Rg2
57. a6 Rxc2 58. a7 Ra2 59. h4 Kf6 60. h5 Kg5 61. a8=Q Rxa8
62. Kxa8 Kxh5 63. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Ng5 Na6 12.h3 Bd7
13.Bd3 Rac8 14.d5 c4 15.Bb1 Nc5 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 c3 18.Rxc3
Nd3+ 19.Rxd3 Rc1+ 20.Ke2 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rxh1 22.Rb3 b5 23.Nf3
f6 24.Ne1 a5 25.Rc3 Rc8 26.Rc5 b4 27.Bd3 a4 28.Ra5 b3 29.axb3
axb3 30.Ra7 Rd8 31.Rb7 Ra8 32.Rxd7 Ra2+ 33.Kc3 Rxe1 34.Kxb3
Rxf2 35.Rxe7 Re3 36.Kc4 Rd2 37.Bb1 Rb2 38.d6 Kf8 39.Bd3 Rd2
40.Bf1 Ra3 41.Kb4 Ra1 42.Bc4 Rc1 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.d7+ Kd8 45.Kc5
Kc7 46.Rxh7 Rcd1 47.d5 Rc1 48.g4 g5 49.d8=Q+ Kxd8 50.Kd6 Ke8
51.Bb5+ Kf8 52.Ke6 Re1 53.Kxf6 Rf2+ 54.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 Rb8 9. Rb1 Be7 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5
12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Ne4 Na6 16. Rfc1 Ba8
17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 e4 19. dxe4 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rxe4 21. Qc3
Re6 22. e3 Rd6 23. h3 h6 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Qb2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Rxb5 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Bxf3 30. Rd4 Rxd4
31. exd4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 a5 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 a4 35. Qf5+ Kg8
36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
h6 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. gxf5
Rxe5 22. Rf1 Kd7 23. Rad1+ Ke7 24. Rfe1 Kf6 25. Rxe5 Kxe5
26. Rd7 c5 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Rxc7 Rxf5+ 29. Kg3 Rg5+ 30. Kf2
Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rh5 32. Rxa7 Rxh3 33. Rb7 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Kd5
35. Rxb6 Rh3+ 36. Kd2 Rh2+ 37. Kd3 Rh3+ 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "262"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3
g6 8.h4 h6 9.d3 Bg7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.O-O O-O 12.Na4 Ncd4 13.Rc1
Qd6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Nc4 Bc6 18.Bxc6
bxc6 19.e3 Qd7 20.Qc2 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Qe2 Rb3 23.Na5 Rb6
24.Rc2 Qc7 25.Nc4 Rb3 26.Nd2 Rb7 27.Nc4 Rb3 28.Rdc1 Rb7 29.Rd2
Rb3 30.Qd1 Rdb8 31.Ne4 Qd8 32.Nc3 Qc7 33.Kg2 Qd8 34.Rdc2 R3b7
35.Qe2 Rd7 36.Rd2 Rb3 37.Qd1 Rdb7 38.Qf3 Qd7 39.Rcc2 Rb8
40.Qd1 Qd8 41.Kh2 Nf8 42.Ne4 Ne6 43.Kg1 R8b7 44.Kh2 Rd7 45.Nc3
Rdb7 46.Qf3 Qc7 47.Ne2 Rb8 48.Qe4 Rd8 49.Nc3 Nf8 50.Kg2 Rdb8
51.Na4 R3b5 52.Rd1 Bf6 53.Rb1 Nd7 54.Rh1 Nb6 55.Naxb6 axb6
56.Rb1 Qd7 57.b3 Rd8 58.Rd2 Bc3 59.Rdd1 Bf6 60.Kg1 Qc8 61.Kf1
Rd5 62.Ke2 Qd7 63.Qf3 Qe6 64.Qg2 Qg4+ 65.f3 Qe6 66.f4 Bg7
67.Qf3 Qh3 68.Rh1 Qd7 69.e4 Rd4 70.Rhd1 Qh3 71.Rh1 Qd7 72.Rhf1
f5 73.e5 e6 74.Rfd1 Qb7 75.a4 Ra5 76.Nxa5 bxa5 77.Rdc1 Bf8
78.Rc3 Kf7 79.Qh1 Ke8 80.Rc4 Kd7 81.Qe1 Qb6 82.Qc3 Be7 83.Rc1
Rd5 84.Qc2 Kc7 85.Rd1 Rd4 86.Qa2 Rd5 87.Rdc1 Kb7 88.Qa3 Qd8
89.Rd1 Rd4 90.Qc1 Qd5 91.Kf2 Qd8 92.Qc3 Qb6 93.Ke2 Kc7 94.Rd2
Kb7 95.Kd1 Kc7 96.Kc2 Bf8 97.Kb1 Be7 98.Ka2 Bf8 99.Rd1 Be7
100.Rc1 Bf8 101.Qd2 Be7 102.R1c3 Bf8 103.Qf2 Kb7 104.Qg2 Be7
105.Qh1 Bf8 106.Qf1 Be7 107.Rc2 Bf8 108.Rd2 Be7 109.Qf2 Rd5
110.Qf3 Rd4 111.Rdc2 Bf8 112.R2c3 Be7 113.Qh1 Bf8 114.Rxd4
cxd4 115.Rc4 Bb4 116.g4 hxg4 117.h5 gxh5 118.Qxh5 c5 119.Qf7+
Ka6 120.Rc2 Qc6 121.Qg6 c4 122.Rxc4 Qg2+ 123.Kb1 Qf1+ 124.Rc1
Qxd3+ 125.Ka2 Qe2+ 126.Kb1 Qe4+ 127.Ka2 Qg2+ 128.Ka1 Qd5
129.Ka2 Qg2+ 130.Kb1 Qd5 131.Rc4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nf3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Nd7
13.O-O-O Ng6 14.h4 Qf6 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.h5 Ne7 17.Rh4 Bf5 18.Bxf5
Qxf5 19.Qxf5 Nxf5 20.Rf4 Nd6 21.Ne5 Rae8 22.Rh1 Re7 23.Kc2
Rfe8 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Na8 26.Nd3 Nc7 27.Rg4 Na6 28.Rf4 Ne4
29.Kb2 Kh7 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.Ne5 Nb4 32.Rf5 c5 33.Rd1 cxd4
34.exd4 Rd8 35.Nc4 Nd3+ 36.Kc3 g6 37.Rxa5 Nxf2 38.Re1 gxh5
39.d5 e3 40.Kc2 Ng4 41.d6 Re6 42.Ra7 Rf6 43.Re2 b6 44.Rb7
Rdxd6 45.Nxd6 Rxd6 46.Rxf7+ Kg6 47.Rf1 Kg5 48.b4 h4 49.Kc3 Nf2
50.Rxe3 Nd1+ 51.Rxd1 Rxd1 52.Re5+ Kg4 53.Re6 Rc1+ 54.Kb3 Kh5
55.Rxb6 Rg1 56.a5 Rxg2 57.a6 Rg3+ 58.Kc4 Rg4+ 59.Kd3 Rg8
60.Rb5+ Kg4 61.Ra5 h3 62.Ra2 Ra8 63.b5 h5 64.Ke3 Kg3 65.a7 h2
66.Rxh2 Kxh2 67.b6 Kh3 68.b7 Rxa7 69.b8=Q Rg7 70.Qe5 Rg3+
71.Kf2 h4 72.Qe4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3
g6 8.h4 h6 9.d3 Bg7 10.O-O Bd7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.Ne4 b6
14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Ncd4 16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.e3 Bg7
19.b5 O-O 20.d4 Rc7 21.f4 Qc8 22.Rb2 Rd8 23.Kh2 Be6 24.Rff2
Bf5 25.Rbc2 a5 26.Qc1 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Qb8 28.Rc6 Bd7 29.Nc3 e6
30.Rc4 Bf8 31.Bc6 Qd6 32.Na4 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qb4 34.Nc3 a4 35.Qc2
a3 36.Rxb6 Rc8 37.Rc6 Rxc6 38.bxc6 Qc4 39.c7 Qxc7 40.Qb3 Qa5
41.Qc2 Qb4 42.Na4 Qe1 43.Nc5 Qxe3 44.Nd7 Qxd4 45.Qc8 Qb4
46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.Ne8+ Kh8 48.Qc7 Qe7 49.Qe5+ f6 50.Nxf6 Bg7
51.Qb8+ Qf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. b3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. f3 Bf8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Qc7
17. Qf2 Qb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nde2 Nc6 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. Bb6 Rd7
22. Bf2 Qd8 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. g4 Rc7
27. Nb6 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Nh7 29. Kg2 Be7 30. a4 Nf8 31. a5 Ng6
32. Rc2 Rd8 33. Be3 Ne5 34. f4 Nc6 35. Nd5 Rcc8 36. Nxe7+ Nxe7
37. Rcd2 Rc6 38. f5 Nc8 39. Kf3 Re8 40. h4 h5 41. gxh5 exf5
42. exf5 Re5 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 Rc3 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Bxc1
f6 47. h6 gxh6 48. Bxh6 Na7 49. Bc1 Nb5 50. Bb2 Kg7 51. Ke4
Nc7 52. Bc1 Kh7 53. Bf4 Nb5 54. Kd3 Kg7 55. Bc1 Nc7 56. Ke4
Nb5 57. Bb2 Nc7 58. h5 Ne8 59. Bc1 Nc7 60. Kd4 Nb5+ 61. Kc4
Nc7 62. Bf4 Nb5 63. Kd3 Kh7 64. h6 Kg8 65. Bc1 Kh7 66. Bd2 Nc7
67. Kd4 Nb5+ 68. Ke4 Nc7 69. Bc3 Ne8 70. Bd2 Nc7 71. Bf4 Nb5
72. Kd3 Kg8 73. b4 Kh7 74. Ke3 Kg8 75. Kf3 Kh7 76. Kg4 Nc3
77. Bxd6 Nxd5 78. Bf8 Kg8 79. Bc5 Kh7 80. Kf3 Kxh6 81. Ke4
Nc3+ 82. Kd4 Nb5+ 83. Kd5 Kg5 84. Ke6 Nc7+ 85. Kd7 Nd5 86. Kc8
Kxf5 87. Kxb7 Ke6 88. Kxa6 Kd7 89. Kb7 Nc7 90. a6 f5 91. Be3
Nb5 92. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 c6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O b5
12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Nce2 g6 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Bc3 Qc7
17. Nd3 Rae8 18. Nc5 Bg4 19. Qc1 h5 20. Re1 h4 21. Nf1 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. a4 Qe7 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Qb1 Bf3 26. gxf3
Qg5+ 27. Kh1 exf3 28. Ng3 hxg3 29. fxg3 f2 30. Re2 Bxc5
31. dxc5 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 e5
12. Bf2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bh4 Be6 16. Kh1 Kh8
17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rab1 Ng8 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Nd5 Bc5 21. Be1 Qd8
22. Rd1 Qg5 23. Rd3 Bg4 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Be6 26. Bh4 Nh6
27. Be7 Rfe8 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ne3 Rc7 30. Rfd1 Kg8 31. Bxe6
fxe6 32. Rd7 Rec8 33. R1d6 Nf7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxe6 Kf8
36. Kg1 Rc5 37. h4 Rc7 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Nd5 Nd6 40. Rxe5 Rf7+
41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Re6 Nxb2 43. Rd6 Ke8 44. Ne3 Na4 45. Rd4 Nc5
46. Nf5 Rc7 47. Ke3 g6 48. Nd6+ Ke7 49. Nb5 Rc8 50. Rc4 a6
51. Nd4 Rc7 52. Nb3 Ne6 53. Rxc7+ Nxc7 54. Nc5 b6 55. Na4 b5
56. Nc5 b4 57. Kd4 a5 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Nb7+ Ke5 60. Nxa5 Kxe4
61. Nc6 Kf4 62. Nxb4 Kg3 63. Nd5 Na8 64. Kb5 Kxg2 65. Kc6 Kh3
66. Kb7 Kxh4 67. Kxa8 h5 68. c4 Kg3 69. c5 h4 70. c6 h3
71. Ne3 Kf3 72. Ng4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. c4 h6
17. b3 Nf6 18. f3 Bd8 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. Nf1 Rac8 21. Ng3 bxc4
22. bxc4 Bb6 23. Nf5 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Ne8 25. h3 Rxc4 26. Rxc4
Rxc4 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxd6 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Qe1 Rd4
31. Rc6 Kh7 32. Qg3 Qa4 33. Rc7 Qe8 34. Qg4 g6 35. Rc5 Rd6
36. Qg3 Re6 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Qf2 h5 39. Qd2 h4 40. Rd7 Qf6
41. Qd5 Kg7 42. Rb7 Re8 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. Qa5 Rd6 45. Qb4 Qf4+
46. Kh1 Rd2 47. Qc3 Rf2 48. Rg1 Qg3 49. Qe3 g5 50. Qe1 Rxf3
51. Qe2 Re3 52. Qxa6 Rxe4 53. Qa5 Re2 54. Qb4 Qf4 55. Qb5 Rf2
56. Qd3 Qg3 57. Qe4 Qf4 58. Qd3 e4 59. Qd4+ Kh7 60. Qc4 g4
61. Qb5 gxh3 62. Qh5+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6
7. a4 a5 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. d5 Rd8 12. Qd3
Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qe3 Nh5 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. dxc6 Rxd1
17. Nxd1 bxc6 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. b3 Rb4 21. h4 h5
22. g3 Ne6 23. Qd3 Nd4 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. c3 Ne6 26. Qe2 g6
27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Nf3 Nd8 29. Qd2 Nb7 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qd3 Ra8
32. Rd2 Rb8 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. Rd1 Rb8 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Qc2 Nd6
37. Bf1 Rb8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Bg4 40. Kg2 Rd8 41. Qc1 Rd7
42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Ng5 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qd6 45. Qe3 Qd1 46. f3
Bh3+ 47. Kf2 Qh1 48. Qe1 Qg2+ 49. Ke3 Qb2 50. Qd2 Qa1 51. Kf2
Qh1 52. Qe1 Qh2+ 53. Ke3 Qb2 54. Qd2 Qa1 55. Kf2 Qh1 56. Qe1
Qh2+ 57. Ke3 f5 58. exf5 gxf5 59. Qf2 f4+ 60. gxf4 exf4+
61. Ke2 Qxf2+ 62. Kxf2 Kf6 63. Ke2 Bf5 64. Kd2 Ke7 65. Kc1 Bg6
66. Kb2 Kd6 67. Ka3 Kc7 68. b4 cxb4+ 69. cxb4 Kb6 70. Kb3 Be8
71. bxa5+ Kxa5 72. Be6 Bg6 73. Kc4 Kxa4 74. Bd7 Bf7+ 75. Kc5
Kb3 76. Bxc6 Kc3 77. Be4 Kd2 78. Kd4 Ke2 79. Ke5 Ke3 80. Kf6
Bc4 81. Bg6 Kxf3 82. Bxh5+ Kg3 83. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh6 a5 16. a4 Qb6
17. g4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nxc3+ 21. Kc1
Bxh6+ 22. Ng5 Bg7 23. Rdf1 d5 24. Rxf7 Qd4 25. gxh5 Qxd3
26. cxd3 gxh5 27. Rf2 Bd4 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Re1 Rf4 30. Ne4 Nxe4
31. Bxd5+ e6 32. Bxe4 Kf8 33. Rc7 Ke7 34. Rxb7 Kd6 35. Kd2
Rxh4 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Bxh1 Bxa4 38. Bf3 h4 39. Rh7 Bf6 40. Rh5
Bd8 41. d4 Bb3 42. Kc3 a4 43. Rh8 Bf6 44. Rh6 Ke7 45. Rh7+ Kf8
46. Bg4 Kg8 47. Rb7 Kf8 48. Rxb3 Bxd4+ 49. Kxd4 axb3 50. Kc3
Ke7 51. Kxb3 e5 52. Kc4 Kf6 53. Kd3 Kg5 54. Bc8 Kf4 55. Ke2
Kg3 56. Ke3 h3 57. Bxh3 e4 58. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. g4 e6 16. Bd4 Rfc8
17. g5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Qf4 d5 21. Nf6+ Ndxf6
22. gxf6 dxc4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Rf7 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxf7
Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Kxf6 28. Rxc4 h5 29. Rf4+ Ke5 30. Rf8 Bc6
31. f4+ Ke4 32. Re7 Kd5 33. Rg8 Kd6 34. Ra7 a5 35. Kf2 Be4
36. Ke3 Bb1 37. a3 Rc8 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Rc7 40. Ra6 Ke7
41. Rxb6 Kf7 42. Rh8 Nf6 43. Rbb8 Kg7 44. Rhd8 Nd5+ 45. Kd4
Ne7 46. b5 Nf5+ 47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. Kxe6 Ba2+ 49. Kd7 Bc4 50. b6
Bb5+ 51. Ke6 Bc4+ 52. Kd7 Bb5+ 53. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 e6
12. Re1 a6 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Red1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Bh6
17. Rdd1 Nc5 18. h3 Qa5 19. Nb1 b5 20. Nbd2 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qe3 e5 23. Rdc1 b4 24. Nf1 Qc7 25. Ng3 Ne6 26. Ne2 a5
27. a4 bxa3 28. Rxa3 Qa7 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Nc3 Ncd4 31. Nxd4
Nxd4 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 Rb8 34. Rc6 Rxb5 35. Rxd6 Rab7
36. Ra6 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 h6 11. h3
Bb4 12. Ne2 g5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Be3 Kf8
17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nf6 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nf5 c6 21. f4 Ng6
22. c4 Re8 23. Bd4 Rh7 24. a3 Ba5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Nd6 Ra8
27. Nxb7 Bb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxd5 Nxf4 30. Rb5 h5 31. gxh5
Rxh5 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Nd6 Rc2 34. Nf5 Kg8 35. h4 Kh7 36. Rd7
gxh4 37. Kh1 Ne2 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Ng3+
41. Kg1 h3 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6
7. Ne5 Rb8 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O e5
12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 Rfb8 16. g4 Bg6
17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfc1 h5 21. a4 hxg4
22. hxg4 e4 23. dxe4 Rb2 24. Qd1 Qe5 25. Rcb1 Bxe4 26. Rxb2
Rxb2 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qd3 Qxg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh4 30. Kg2 Qg4+
31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "11.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6
12. Bf1 c6 13. Ndf3 Bc7 14. Bf4 f6 15. Nd3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Ne4
17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Qf3 Qf7 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Qg3 Qd7
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. Re2 Rfe8 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2
Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Kf1 Qe6 30. f3 Nf5 31. Kf2
Qd6 32. Nf1 Qc7 33. g3 Qa5 34. a3 Qb6 35. b4 Qc7 36. h4 Qd7
37. Kg2 Qe6 38. Qd2 b5 39. Kf2 Nd6 40. Qf4 Ke7 41. Ne3 Qh3
42. Nf1 Kd7 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Ng2 Qf5 45. Qxf5+ gxf5 46. Ne3 Kf7
47. h5 g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Ke2 Kg5 50. Ng2 Kg6 51. Ne3 f4
52. gxf4 Nc4 53. Nxc4 dxc4 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. Kg3 a6 56. Kg2 Kxf4
57. Kf2 f5 58. Ke2 Kg3 59. Ke3 Kg2 60. Kf4 Kf2 61. Kxf5 Ke3
62. Ke5 Kd3 63. f4 Kxc3 64. f5 Kb3 65. f6 c3 66. f7 c2
67. f8=Q c1=Q 68. Qf3+ Ka4 69. Kd6 Qc4 70. Qe3 a5 71. bxa5
Kxa5 72. Kc7 Ka4 73. Kb6 Qd5 74. Qc3 Qd8+ 75. Kb7 Qd7+ 76. Kb6
Qd8+ 77. Kb7 Qd7+ 78. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "12.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5
7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5
12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nec4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. h3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bh2+
17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Rae1 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qd7 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3
Bxd2 22. Re2 Bf4 23. Rfe1 Be5 24. c4 Rad8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. f4
Rh5 27. Re3 Ng4 28. Be2 Nxe3 29. Bxh5 Nxc4 30. e5 g6 31. Bf3
b6 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf8 36. Rc6
Ne3 37. Rc7 h6 38. Be4 Nf5+ 39. Kg4 Ne7 40. h4 Ra4 41. Bf3 Kf7
42. Rd7 Ke6 43. Rd8 Rd4 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. Be2 c4
47. Kf3 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5
h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. h3 Bb7 15. c3 Rfb8 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Nc4 bxc3
18. bxc3 Bd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rb2 21. Bc1 Rb7 22. Bd3 Ne8
23. Be3 Nb8 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Reb1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1
Nc6 28. Ra1 Nd6 29. Bxa6 Nxe4 30. Bb7 Nxc3 31. Qe1 Rxa5
32. Qxc3 Qb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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 Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qf5 Nf6
12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qh6 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 Qe6 21. Rd1
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe3 Ng7 24. Qxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 f5
26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Kf7 28. Kf3 Nc5 29. Nc3 Ke6 30. Ke2 a6
31. f3 b5 32. b3 Nd7 33. Nd1 Nf6 34. Nf2 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nb4
36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Nf4+ Ke5 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Ne2 Bf2
41. h3 Kd6 42. g4 Ke5 43. f4+ Ke6 44. g5 Bc5 45. Nd4+ Kd5
46. Ne2 Bd6 47. Nc3+ Kc5 48. Ne2 a5 49. Kc3 Bb8 50. Kd3 Kb4
51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1 a4 53. bxa4 Kxa4 54. Nc3+ Kb4 55. Nd5+ Kc5
56. Nf6 Bxf4 57. Nxh7 Bd6 58. Kc2 Be7 59. h4 Kd5 60. Kd3 Ke6
61. Kd4 b4 62. Kc4 Kf7 63. Nf6 Bxf6 64. gxf6 f4 65. Kd4 Kxf6
66. Ke4 g5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O
Qa3 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Qe3 Bc5 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd4
Rc4 22. Rb7 Bc8 23. Rb2 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. h3 h6 26. Kh2 Bb5
27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Qf2 Ba4 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Qc7 31. Rb4 Re8
32. Re2 Bd7 33. Qf4 f6 34. Nf3 Bb5 35. Re1 Rxc2 36. Qg3 fxe5
37. Nxe5 Rc3 38. Qf4 Rc4 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40. Qd4 Rd8 41. Qc3 Rd3
42. Qc2 Rd5 43. Qc3 Rd3 44. Qc2 Qd6 45. Kh1 Rd2 46. Qf5 Qf6
47. Qg4 Rxa2 48. Qd4 Rf2 49. Qd5+ Kh7 50. Kg1 c3 51. Nf3 Rb2
52. Rc1 Qg6 53. Ne5 Qb6+ 54. Kh2 Qe3 55. h4 Qf4+ 56. Kh3 Re2
57. Ng4 Qxc1 58. Nf6+ Kg6 59. Ng4 Qh1+ 60. Kg3 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne2 d5 10. Nd2 exd3 11. cxd3 c5
12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. Rae1 h5 16. f3 Bc8
17. e4 h4 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Nc3 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf8
22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Rd1 h3 26. g3 Qf5
27. Qe2 Bb7 28. Rf1 Rxd3 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Be5 c4 31. Nxc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 c5 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qc1
b5 13. Nh4 f6 14. exd5 exd5 15. c4 Ne5 16. Qc2 bxc4 17. bxc4
Bf7 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. Nhf3 N5c6 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Kh2 Nb4
22. Qb3 a5 23. cxd5 a4 24. Qd1 Nexd5 25. Ne4 Nxa2 26. Ra1 Nac3
27. Qc1 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Nb4 29. Qc3 Qe6 30. e5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5
fxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33. Rae1 Nd3 34. f4 Nxe1 35. Qxe1 Re8
36. Bb2 Rxe5 37. Bxe5 Qe7 38. Qa5 c4 39. Bc3 a3 40. Qa6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Be6
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne1 b4 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb6 19. b3 h6 20. g3 Rc5 21. Qd3
Rac8 22. a4 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Rc5 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Qe2
Bd8 27. Rd3 Rc5 28. Rd2 a5 29. Nd3 Rc3 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Rxd8+
Kh7 32. Rd2 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. f3 Qc5 36. Qf2 Qc6
37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Qf2 Qc6 39. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Luka Lenic"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. h4 h6 6. c3 d6
7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Qd3
O-O 13. Ng1 c6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nge2 b5 16. b3 b4 17. Nd1 cxd5
18. cxd5 Bb5 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 f5 22. Bb2 a5
23. Ne3 a4 24. Nc4 fxe4 25. fxe4 a3 26. Bc1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. O-O-O Nc8 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxg6 Rf6 31. Qe4 Nd6 32. Nxd6
Rxd6 33. Kb1 Ra5 34. Qxb4 Raxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxa3 e4
37. Rc1 Rd2 38. Nxf4 Rb2+ 39. Qxb2 Bxb2 40. Kxb2 Qd2+ 41. Rc2
Qxf4 42. Kc3 Qe3+ 43. Kc4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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. Qc2 c5 12. e4
dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ba5 Qe8 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Bd8 18. Bc3 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Bd6 23. N3h4 Bf8 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 g6 26. Qd2
Qf8 27. d6 Bxg2 28. Nxg2 Re8 29. Qe2 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qb8 31. Nf4
Ne8 32. Nd5 b4 33. Ba1 Qd6 34. Qe4 f6 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. g4 Nb6
37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. h3 Qxe7 40. Qc4+ Qe6 41. Qc1 Nc7
42. Qh6 Kg8 43. Kh2 Nd5 44. Qd2 Qe4 45. Kg1 Kf7 46. Bb2 g5
47. Qd1 Nf4 48. f3 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6
17. Qb3 Ne4 18. c4 Nd2 19. Qc3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Rd7 21. f4 Be4
22. f5 Qc6 23. Rf4 Rad8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rg4 exf5 26. Rxg7+ Kf8
27. Bh5 Rd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kf2 Qh6 30. Rg3 Kf7 31. Qh8
Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rxg2 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Rxg2 Bxg2 35. Qxg2 Qh4+
36. Kd2 b6 37. Qg7+ Kd6 38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Qxf5+ Ke8 40. Qe5+
Kd7 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kd7 43. Qg7+ Ke6 44. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf5
12. Bd3 Qd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rxe1+
17. Rxe1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qd8
22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Re3 Re8 26. Bf6 Qf8
27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Nf3 Bf5 29. g4 Be4 30. Ng5 Bd3 31. Nf3 Be4
32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Be5 Be7 34. Bf6 Bf8 35. f3 Bd3 36. Kf2 Qd7
37. Qb8 Qd6 38. Be5 Qb6 39. Kg3 f6 40. Bc7 Qc5 41. Qxb7 Bd6+
42. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Yudin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1
f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bxh3 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Ne3 Ra8
17. Bd5 Rxf3 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh2 Qh5 21. Kg3
Rf8 22. Qh1 Rf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Kb1
Bb7 13. a3 Be7 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. h4 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4
18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Na4 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bc5 d6 22. Bxb4 Nxb4
23. h5 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Qd2 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Qg2 Nf2
28. Nc3 Nxh1 29. Qxh1 Rf2 30. Bh3 Nxc2 31. Qe4 Na3+ 32. Ka1
Nc2+ 33. Ka2 Nb4+ 34. Kb1 Kh8 35. Bxe6 Qf8 36. h6 d5 37. Qd4
Rf6 38. hxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Nxd5 Rd6 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7
42. Kc2 Rc8+ 43. Nc3 Rxd1 44. Kxd1 h5 45. Nd2 h4 46. Ke2 Rf8
47. Nf3 h3 48. Nd1 Kg6 49. Nf2 Rh8 50. Kf1 Kf5 51. Kg1 Kf4
52. Nd2 Rg8+ 53. Kh1 Ke3 54. Nfe4 Rg2 55. Nc5 Rxd2 56. Nxa6
Kf3 57. Nc5 Rxb2 58. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.39"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sundar M Shyam"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 Ne7
7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Ne1 c5 12. Nxc5
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Be7
17. g3 Na7 18. h4 Rc8 19. Be3 Nb5 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. c3 Rc4
22. Qf3 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Nf4 Re4 26. Qxe4
dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29. Re2 e3 30. fxe3 Rd1+
31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Rd2 Rxa5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nh3 f6 35. exf6 gxf6
36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. g4 g5 38. hxg5+ fxg5 39. c4 Na7 40. Rxb7 Nc6
41. b3 Kg6 42. Rb6 Nd8 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Nf2 Nf7 45. Ne4+ Ke5
46. b4 Ra1 47. Nc5 Nd8 48. Nd7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. c3
bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc8 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bc2 Rb8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. h3
Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Bd3
Rb5 23. Qa2 Rb8 24. Bc4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Rab1 Qa7 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Qd3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Qxe4 32. Qxe4
Nxe4 33. Rb7 Ne7 34. Rb6 d5 35. Rxa6 Rb8 36. Bd3 Nxd2 37. Nxd2
c4 38. Bf1 Rb2 39. Nf3 Rb3 40. Ra8 Rxc3 41. Ne5 Ra3 42. a6 Ra1
43. Nd7 Ng6 44. f4 c3 45. f5 c2 46. fxg6 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "13.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 g6
7. Bg5 Bg7 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Bf5 11. exf6 Bxd3
12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Bxd3 Rxg7 14. Rhe1 f5 15. Bc4 h5 16. Re6 Qb6
17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bb3 Kd7 19. Na4 Kc7 20. Bb6+ Kd7 21. Bd4 Rag8
22. a3 Qxb3 23. cxb3 Kxe6 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. b4 Rg8 26. Kc2 Rb8
27. Nc3 Kd7 28. h4 e5 29. g3 Ke6 30. Re1 Rf8 31. f4 Kf6
32. Na4 e4 33. Rd1 Ke6 34. Nb6 d5 35. Na4 Kd6 36. Nc5 Ra8
37. Kc3 Ra7 38. Nb3 Re7 39. Kd4 Rh7 40. Rc1 Rc7 41. Na5 Rc8
42. Nb7+ Kc7 43. Nc5 Ra8 44. Nb3 Kd6 45. Ke3 Ra7 46. Kd4 Ra8
47. Rc5 Re8 48. Rc3 Ra8 49. Na5 Rc8 50. Nb7+ Kc7 51. Nc5 Ra8
52. Nb3 Kd6 53. Na5 Rc8 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. Nb3 Rc8 56. Rc5 Kc7
57. Nd4 Kb6 58. Nb3 Rd8 59. Na5 d4+ 60. Kd2 Rc8 61. Nc4+ Kc7
62. Ne5 Kd6 63. Rc4 d3 64. Rd4+ Ke6 65. Rc4 Kd6 66. Rc5 Rc7
67. Ke3 Rc8 68. Nc4+ Kc7 69. Nd2 Rd8 70. Re5 Rd6 71. Nc4 d2
72. Nxd2 Rd3+ 73. Ke2 Rxg3 74. Nc4 Rg4 75. Re7+ Kd8 76. Rg7
Rxf4 77. Ne5 Rxh4 78. Nxg6 Rh2+ 79. Ke3 Rxb2 80. Ne5 Rb3+
81. Kf4 Rxa3 82. Nxc6+ Kc8 83. Na7+ Kd8 84. Nc6+ Kc8 85. Kxf5
e3 86. Re7 Rc3 87. Nd4 Rc4 88. Nf3 Rxb4 89. Rxe3 Kb7 90. Ne5
a5 91. Kg5 a4 92. Nd3 Rb3 93. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "16.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Maletin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. a5
Bd7 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bxc5
dxc5 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. e5
Be7 23. Ne4 c4 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8
27. exf6 Rd5 28. f5 Qe5 29. fxg7 Qxg7 30. Ra3 Ne7 31. g4 Rfd8
32. Qh4 Rd1 33. Rf3 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Nc6 35. Qh5 Rd5 36. c3 Nxa5
37. Qh4 Nc6 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Qf2 Rd8 40. Qe2 Qg6 41. Qxc4 Rf8
42. Re1 Rf6 43. g5 Rf7 44. Qxe6 Qxe6 45. Rxe6 Re7 46. Rxe7
Nxe7 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. Kf4 Nd5+ 50. Ke4 Nb6 51. h4
Na4 52. b3 Nxc3+ 53. Kd4 Nb5+ 54. Kc5 Na7 55. Kb6 Nc6 56. Kxb7
Na5+ 57. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "14.26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 b5
12. cxb5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxb5 14. Nc3 Qb7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7
Ne3 17. Qd3 Rg8 18. Qxe3 Rxg7 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rg8
21. Qh6 Kd7 22. Qxh7 Qb6+ 23. Kf1 Qe3 24. Re1 Qd3+ 25. Kg1
Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. h3 Qd2 28. Rg1 Qf4 29. Qg7 e5 30. Qh7 Ke7
31. b4 Rc1 32. b5 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1
Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "15.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e4 Be7
12. e5 Nh5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Nhf3 Qb8 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rfe1 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Qc7 18. Nf1 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. N1h2 c4 21. Bb1 d4
22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Ng4
Qc6 27. f3 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 h5 29. Nf2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Be4
Qxe5 32. Qxc4 h4 33. f4 Qxb2 34. Bxb7 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Qxb7
36. Ne4 Be7 37. Ng5 Qd7 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. Qc4 Bf6 40. Ne4 Bd4
41. Ng5 Qd6 42. Ne4 Qb6 43. Ng5 Bf2+ 44. Kh2 Qe3 45. Nf3 Qc5
46. Qxc5 Bxc5 47. Kg3 f5 48. Ng5 Kf6 49. Nh7+ Ke7 50. Kf3 Bd4
51. g4 Bf6 52. gxf5 exf5 53. Nxf6 Kxf6 54. a4 Ke6 55. Kg3 Kd5
56. Kh4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "17.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tanguy Ringoir"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Nbd7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 a5 9. b3 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. O-O Qe7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Rfd1 h6 15. h3 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5
17. Nc2 Ng6 18. Ne3 h5 19. Rd2 a4 20. b4 Be6 21. Rad1 b5
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qc6 Rab8 24. Qd6 Bb3 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rc1
Ned5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rc5 Rec8 29. Rd6 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rc8
31. c6 b4 32. Nf5 bxa3 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxc8 a2 35. Ne7 a1=Q+
36. Kh2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "18.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 O-O
7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 Re8
12. e4 Na6 13. Bd6 fxe4 14. Ng5 e3 15. fxe3 Bh6 16. h4 Bf5
17. e4 Bg4 18. Rf1 Nh5 19. Kh2 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rad8 21. c5 Ng7
22. Rf2 b6 23. Bf1 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Na4 Rd4 26. Rc1 Rxe4
27. Nxc5 Rd4 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Re1 Bf5 30. Re3 h6 31. gxh6 Nh5
32. Bf7 Nf6 33. Bxe8 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Nxe3 35. Re2 Rd1+ 36. Kf2
Ng4+ 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Bxc6 Rc1 39. b4 a5 40. a3 Rc3 41. Ba8
Kxh6 42. Kf1 Rxa3 43. b5 Rc3 44. Ne4 Rb3 45. Bc6 a4 46. Nc5
Rb1+ 47. Kg2 a3 48. Kf3 Rb2 49. Re1 a2 50. Ra1 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "19.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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. d5 Nb8 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. O-O f6 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Re1 Bd7
17. Rb1 O-O-O 18. a4 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qxa4 20. Qb1 b6 21. Qb2 Qa6
22. Ra1 Qb7 23. c5 Qxd5 24. cxb6 Bc6 25. Bf5+ Rd7 26. Ne4 axb6
27. c4 Qd4 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Rd3 Bc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Ra5 Re8
32. f3 Re5 33. Bxd7+ Kxd7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Rd2 Re3 36. Raa2 Bd7
37. Re2 Rd3 38. Red2 Rc3 39. Rac2 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Be6 41. Ke1 h5
42. Kd2 h4 43. Rc1 g5 44. g3 hxg3 45. hxg3 Bf7 46. Kd3 Bg6+
47. Kd2 Bh5 48. g4 Bf7 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Re1+ Kf4 51. Re7 Bg6+
52. Ke2 d3+ 53. Kf2 d2 54. Ke2 d1=B+ 55. Kxd1 Kxf3 56. Re6
Kxg4 57. Rxf6 Be4 58. Ke2 Kg3 59. Ke3 Bg2 60. Rf5 g4 61. Rxc5
c6 62. Rg5 Bf3 63. c5 Kg2 64. Kf4 Kf2 65. Rg7 Ke2 66. Rd7 Kf2
67. Rg7 Ke2 68. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "20.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Ne7 9. d4 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd2 Rd8
12. Rfd1 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 a5 16. Rac1 a4
17. Qd2 axb3 18. axb3 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nc3 Ne8 21. Qb2
Qa5 22. Rd4 Qa3 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Rd3 Qb4 25. Rcd1 Ra3 26. Ne4
Rda8 27. Bf3 Ra2 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 Rc2 30. Bg4 Ne7 31. Bf3
Ra3 32. Ne2 Rb2 33. Nd4 Nf5 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Rd4 Raxb3
36. Rf4 Rb1 37. Kg2 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Rc3 39. Be2 Ng7 40. Rd4 Ne8
41. Rf4 Rc2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bxf5 d5 44. c5 Rb2 45. Ra4 Nf6
46. Kf3 Rb5 47. Ra7 Kg7 48. Bc8 Rxc5 49. Rxb7 Kf8 50. Bf5 Rc3
51. g4 h6 52. Ke2 c5 53. h4 Ne4 54. Bxe4 dxe4 55. Kf1 Rc2
56. Kg2 Kg7 57. Rb6 c4 58. Kg3 c3 59. Rc6 Rc1 60. Kf4 Rf1
61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kf4 Rg2 63. Rxc3 Rxf2+ 64. Kxe4 Rh2 65. h5
Rf2 66. Rc5 Ra2 67. Kf4 Ra4+ 68. e4 Ra2 69. g5 hxg5+ 70. Rxg5+
Kh6 71. Rf5 Kg7 72. Ke5 Ra5+ 73. Kd6 Ra6+ 74. Kd5 Ra5+ 75. Kd4
Ra4+ 76. Ke3 Ra3+ 77. Kf4 Rh3 78. Rg5+ Kh6 79. Rg8 Kh7 80. Rg5
Kh6 81. e5 Rh1 82. Rf5 Kg7 83. Ke4 Re1+ 84. Kd5 Rd1+ 85. Kc5
Ra1 86. h6+ Kxh6 87. Rxf7 Ra5+ 88. Kd6 Ra6+ 89. Kd5 Kg6
90. Rf1 Ra5+ 91. Kd6 Ra6+ 92. Kd7 Ra7+ 93. Kc6 Ra6+ 94. Kc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "21.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 gxf5
7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. f4 Nf6 9. Qe2 e4 10. Be3 Ng4 11. O-O-O Nxe3
12. Qxe3 Qf6 13. Nge2 Na6 14. Nd4 h5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Kb1 c5
17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nb3 Ke7 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5+
Ke8 22. Rd6 Bf8 23. Qxc6 Bxd6 24. Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ Be6
26. Qc6 Rc8 27. Qa6 Bxf4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Qxa7+ Kg6 30. Ne7+
Kh6 31. Nxc8 Bxc8 32. Rd1 Be6 33. g3 Bg5 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. Qd6
Kf6 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sameer Mansour"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Be7
12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 g6 15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Bxf4
Qxf4 17. g3 Qc7 18. Be4 Bd7 19. a4 a6 20. Nc2 Be8 21. Ne3
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Bf3 a5 26. Ng4
Qb8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 h5 29. Ne3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Bc5 31. Nd1
Qd6 32. b3 Bd7 33. Kf1 e5 34. Qd5 Qf6 35. Qxd7 Qxf3 36. Qd2
Kg7 37. h4 Qe4 38. Nb2 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qa2 40. Nc4 Qxb3 41. Nxe5
Qxa4 42. Qd5 Qe8 43. Nd3 Qe6 44. Qa8 Qc4 45. Nf4 a4 46. Qf3 a3
47. Nd5 f5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Husein Aziz Nezad"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nd7 6. c4 e6
7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. h3 h6 9. c5 Qd8 10. b4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
Ne4 13. Na4 Bf6 14. Nb2 Ng5 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. f4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Kh2 Qc7 22. Nd4
Bh7 23. Rac1 Re7 24. Rf3 Rae8 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. b5
Nf6 28. f5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb8+ Bg8
32. Bf1 Re4 33. Rd1 h5 34. Qd6 Qb7 35. Qxc6 Qb2 36. Qa4 Re3
37. c6 Rc3 38. Qxa7 Ne4 39. Ne2 Rxc6 40. Rxd5 Rc2 41. Qe3 Nf6
42. Ra5 Rc8 43. Qd4 Qb1 44. Nc3 Qe1 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. Qxc5 h4
47. Ne2 Ne4 48. Qd4 Nd2 49. Qf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 f6 51. a4 Bc4
52. g4 hxg3+ 53. Nxg3 Nxf1 54. Nxf1 g6 55. Ne3 Bd3 56. fxg6
Bxg6 57. Nd5 Kg7 58. Ke3 Be8 59. a5 Kg6 60. a6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Filip Pancevski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. b4 e5 10. a4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Bc6 15. d4 Qa6 16. Bb2 exd4
17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Qd1 Bf8 19. f3 g6 20. Bb1 Ne5 21. Bc1 Nh5
22. f4 Nd7 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qf3 Nhf6 25. h3 Bg7 26. Kh2 Qb7
27. Bd2 Qa6 28. Nc2 Nf8 29. Ne3 Qa3 30. Rd1 Qa8 31. Nd5 Nxd5
32. exd5 Nd7 33. Be1 Qa3 34. Kh1 Qb2 35. Bd2 Ra8 36. f5 Ra1
37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Qf1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ne4 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. c5 Rd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd5 Rxd5
21. Rd1 c5 22. a4 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 c4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qd8+ Kg7
26. Qxb6 Qxa4 27. Qe3 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qa4 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kg1
Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Valentin Iotov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Qd3 e6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7
12. Ne4 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c4
O-O-O 17. Bf3 Kb8 18. Rad1 h5 19. b4 Rd7 20. b5 c5 21. d5 Be5
22. Rde1 h4 23. a4 Qa5 24. Qa3 Qd2 25. Re3 Qb4 26. Qa2 exd5
27. Rd3 Rhd8 28. Rc1 dxc4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Qc2 c3 31. Rd1 Qb2
32. Be4 Rd2 33. Rxd2 cxd2 34. Qd1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe4 f6 11. exf6 Qxe4+
12. Nxe4 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. Nh5 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 Bxc4
16. Bxc4+ Nxc4 17. Kc2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nf4 Rhe8 20. Be3 Bd6
21. Nd3 Nd5 22. Rhe1 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 a4 24. Red1 Nd5 25. g3 Bf8
26. Bd4 d6 27. Rab1 c5 28. Bb2 Rab8 29. Ba1 Rb5 30. Re1 Rxe1
31. Nxe1 c4 32. Nc2 cxb3 33. axb3 c5 34. Na3 Rxb3 35. Rxb3
axb3 36. Nc4 Nf6 37. Na5 Ng4 38. f3 Nxh2 39. Ke2 Bg7 40. Bxg7
Kxg7 41. Nxb3 Kf6 42. Kf2 c4 43. Nd2 d5 44. Kg2 c3 45. Nb3
Nxf3 46. Kxf3 c2 47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Kd2 Kg4 49. Kxc2 Kxg3 50. Kd2
h5 51. Nd4 h4 52. Nf5+ Kg4 53. Nxh4 Kxh4 54. Ke3 d4+ 55. Kxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Bd7
12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Ndxb5 Qb8 15. Nd4 a5 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 a4 18. bxa4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Bxa4 20. Rd2 Nd7 21. g4 Ne5
22. gxh5 Bb3 23. axb3 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxh1 25. f4 Qa7 26. fxe5
Qa1 27. b4 dxe5 28. hxg6 exd4 29. gxf7+ Kh7 30. f8=N+ Rxf8
31. Qxd4 Rc8 32. Kb3 Qa6 33. Qd5 Rxh4 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. b5 Rb8
36. Qe5 Qc8 37. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "9.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7
13. b3 Nb7 14. Nbd2 Nd8 15. Nf1 Ne8 16. g4 g6 17. Ng3 Ng7
18. Nh2 f6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nf7 21. Nf3 a5 22. a4 bxa4
23. bxa4 Ne5 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Kg2 Bc8 26. Qe2 Rb6 27. Rfb1 Ba6
28. Qd1 Rfb8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bh6 Qd8 32. Qd2
Rb2 33. Qc1 Qb6 34. Bd2 Bg5 35. Kf3 Bd3 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Qxb1
Qxb1 38. Bxb1 Bxd2 39. Bxd3 Bxc3 40. Nf1 Kf7 41. Bb5 Ne8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Aleksandar Indjic"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3
Rc8 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Qh5 15. h3 Bf8 16. Qe3
Nc5 17. g4 Qg6 18. f4 Re8 19. Nf3 h6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nfd7
22. b4 Nb6 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Nxc4 25. Qe2 Red8 26. Ne4 Ba7
27. Ba1 Nxe5 28. Kh1 Nc4 29. Nc6 bxc6 30. Qxc4 h5 31. gxh5
Qxh5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Qg3 Kf8 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5
7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6
12. N2f3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1
Nb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 Qd6 24. b4 h6 25. f3 a5
26. Qc3 axb4 27. axb4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. f4 Bc6 30. Be2 Bb7
31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 f5 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Qc4 Ke7 35. Qc3 Kf7
36. g4 g5 37. Qh8 Qxb4 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Qxh6 Qc4+ 40. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6
12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Ne5
17. Bd5 c6 18. h3 cxd5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bd4 Ne4
22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Nf3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qd2
Bf5 27. Nd4 Be4 28. c3 Qe7 29. Rf4 Rf8 30. Raf1 a6 31. h4 Rxf4
32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. a4 a5 34. g4 h6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Re8
37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Qf4 Rh8 40. Kg3 Bd3 41. Rf3 Be4
42. Rf2 Re8 43. Qg5 Qd6+ 44. Qf4 Qe7 45. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Roiz"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 O-O
12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Qe4 14. Rfc1 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bf5 16. Rcc1
Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Red8 21. Be1
Kf7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 c5 25. f3 Rc8 26. e4
Be6 27. Bf2 Bxa2 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 a6 30. Kf2 Bb3 31. Ke3
Ba2 32. Kf2 Bb3 33. Ke3 Ba2 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
g6 13. Ba2 Bg7 14. b4 a5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bb2 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. c4 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Nd7
23. Qc2 Qb8 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Na5 Bd7 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qd2 Be8
28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qd6 30. Bc3 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Bb3
Bd7 33. Qb1 Be6 34. Rd3 Qe7 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Qd1 Nc4 37. Rd5
Qe8 38. Qd3 Rc8 39. Be1 Qc6 40. Rc5 Qe8 41. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4
O-O-O 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Qf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5
16. Qxf5+ Qe6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Bc1 Ng4 19. Rd2 h5 20. g3
Rhf8 21. Bh3 Be5 22. Rf1 Kd7 23. Re2 Rf3 24. Bg2 Rdf8 25. Bf4
Bxf4 26. Bxf3 Nh2 27. Rh1 Nxf3 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Kc1 e5
30. Re3 Nxh4 31. Reh3 g5 32. Rg3 Rf5 33. c4 Ke6 34. Kd1 Kf6
35. Ke2 Rf4 36. Rd3 Ke6 37. b3 Rf6 38. Rg3 Kf5 39. Ke3 Rh6
40. f3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Nf5 42. Rgh3 h4 43. c3 Ng7 44. b4 Ke6
45. Rg1 Rh5 46. Rh2 Ne8 47. Ke3 Nf6 48. Rd2 h3 49. Kf2 e4
50. Re1 h2 51. Rh1 Rh3 52. fxe4 Rxc3 53. Kg2 cxb4 54. Rxh2
Rxc4 55. Rh6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "201"]

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. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Rac1 O-O
12. Qh4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd4 Re8 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne1 Qc7
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2 Rac8 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qf4
Be5 22. Qe3 e6 23. a4 Bg7 24. Rd3 h5 25. h4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Bh6
27. e3 Bf8 28. Na2 Red8 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Nb5 Rcd8 31. Qe2 a6
32. Nd4 e5 33. Nf3 b5 34. Rd5 bxa4 35. bxa4 Rc8 36. Qd3 Rdc7
37. c5 Rxc5 38. Rcxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 dxc5 40. Nxe5 Bg7 41. Nc4
Qc6 42. a5 Qb5 43. Qd5 Kg8 44. Kg2 Qe8 45. Nd2 Bf8 46. Ne4 Qc8
47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nd7 Qc7 49. Nb6 Be7 50. Qc4 Qc6+ 51. Kg1 Bf6
52. Qd3 Qb7 53. Qd6 c4 54. Nd7 Qb1+ 55. Kh2 Qf5 56. Kg1 c3
57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Nxf6+ Qxf6 59. Qc5 c2 60. Qxc2 Qa1+ 61. Kg2
Qxa5 62. Qc4 Kg8 63. e4 Qb6 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Qc3+ Qf6 66. Qa5
Qe6 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Kg2 Qb5 69. Qc3+ Kf8 70. Qc8+ Ke7
71. Qc7+ Ke6 72. Qc8+ Ke5 73. Qc7+ Ke6 74. Qc8+ Ke7 75. Qc7+
Kf8 76. Qc8+ Kg7 77. Qc3+ Kh7 78. Qc7 Qb3 79. Qa5 Qb7 80. Kg1
Qb5 81. Qc7 Qb1+ 82. Kh2 Qa2 83. Qa7 Qc4 84. e5 Qe6 85. Qc7
Kg7 86. Kg1 Qd5 87. Qa7 Qc6 88. Qd4 Kh7 89. Qa7 Kg8 90. Qb8+
Kg7 91. Qd8 Qc1+ 92. Kg2 Qc4 93. Kg1 Qc6 94. Qd4 Qe6 95. Qa7
Qa2 96. Qd4 Kh7 97. Qa7 Kg8 98. Qb8+ Kg7 99. Qa7 a5 100. e6
Qxe6 101. Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[EventDate "2014.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7
7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c6 9.h3 Ne4 10.Bd3 Ndf6 11.O-O Bf5 12.Ne2 Nd7
13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qc2 Bg6 15.Bh2 Rfe8 16.Nf4 Bd6 17.Nxg6 Bxh2+
18.Kxh2 hxg6 19.g3 Qd8 20.Kg2 g5 21.Rh1 Qe7 22.b4 a5 23.b5 c5
24.h4 g4 25.Ng5 Rac8 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qb3 g6 28.Rc4 b6 29.Rhc1
Rcd8 30.dxc5 Nxc5 31.Rxc5 bxc5 32.Rxc5 Rc8 33.Re5 Qf6 34.Rd5
Red8 35.a4 Rxd5 36.Qxd5 Rc2 37.Kh1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. cxd5 exd5 10. Rd1 Na6 11. a3 Qc8
12. Nb1 c5 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. Nh4 g6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Nf3 Ne6
17. h3 Qc6 18. e3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Rac1 cxd4
22. exd4 f5 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. f4 Rc7 25. Qe3 Rdc8 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Rf1 a5 28. Rcd1 Bh8 29. Ng4 Rc4 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxd4
32. Rdf1 Rd3 33. Qxb6 Qc6 34. Qf2 Qe8 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Rxf6
Rf3 37. Rxf3 exf3 38. Qxf3 Qg6 39. Rf2 Bc6 40. Qf6 d4 41. Nb1
Bd5 42. Nd2 Qxf6 43. Rxf6 Rc2 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Rb2 46. g4
Rxb4 47. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6
7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. f4 Bg4 11. Re1 e6
12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qa5 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. g4 Nc4 20. Re2 Nd6 21. h4 h5
22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Kh2 Kg7 25. Bf3 Rh8 26. a4 Kf8
27. a5 a6 28. Kh3 Nf5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. b4 Kg7 31. c4 Nxd4
32. Red2 Rhd8 33. Bxh5 Kf8 34. Bg4 Ke8 35. h5 Nf5 36. Rxd7
Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. h6 Ke8 40. Bc5 Bh8
41. Kh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Qc8 12. a5
dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Nc3 bxa5 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. Nb5 a4 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Rxa7 Rxa7
22. Nxa7 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nc6 Ba3 25. Bc1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1
Nb6 27. Nc5 Ra8 28. Nd3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Nce5 Rxc1+
31. Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 h6 11. Be3 O-O
12. Be2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nd6 14. Nxd5 Nf5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Nf4 Ncxd4
17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O Bb3 19. Qd3 Qf6 20. Bd1 Qxf4 21. Bxb3
Rad8 22. Ba2 Rd7 23. Rce1 Qf6 24. Re4 g6 25. Qc3 Kg7 26. Rfe1
Rfd8 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 c5 5. O-O-O c4 6. Qg3
Qa5 7. e4 b5 8. Kb1 dxe4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nc5
Nxc5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. Bf3 Bxf3
16. Nxf3 e6 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Rd4 Qxc5 19. Rg4 Rfd8 20. Qh6 Qf8
21. Qxf6 Kh8 22. Qf4 Rd5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rh4 Kg8
26. Rg4 h5 27. Re4 Qb4 28. c3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rxg5
31. g3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Rd3 33. f4 Rgd5 34. R1e2 Kf6 35. a4 a6
36. Rf2 Kf5 37. Re5+ Rxe5 38. fxe5+ Kg6 39. a5 Rd5 40. Re2 Kf5
41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re4 Rf3 44. Rd4 Rf2+ 45. Kb1 Rxh2
46. Rd6 Rg2 47. Rxa6 Rxg3 48. Kb2 b4 49. cxb4 Rb3+ 50. Ka2
Rxb4 51. Ka3 Rb5 52. Ka4 Rc5 53. Rb6 c3 54. Rb1 c2 55. Rc1 h4
56. a6 h3 57. a7 Rc8 58. Kb5 h2 59. Kb6 Rh8 60. Rh1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[EventDate "2014.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 a6 7.b3 Bd6
8.Bb2 Qe7 9.Be2 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.O-O O-O
13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Qb1 Rc7 16.h3 Rfc8 17.Qa1 Nxf3+
18.Bxf3 Ba3 19.Ne2 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21.Qxc1 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Qd6
23.Qd4 Kf8 24.g4 h6 25.a4 b6 26.Kg2 Ke7 27.b4 Qc6 28.a5 bxa5
29.bxa5 Qb5 30.Qc3 Kd6 31.Nd4 Qc5 32.Qb2 Kc7 33.Nb3 Qb4
34.Qc2+ Kd6 35.Nd4 Bd7 36.Qa2 Bc8 37.Qc2 Bd7 38.Qa2 Bc8 39.Qc2
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8
17. Bf3 Bf6 18. Rc2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nc6 Bb5 21. Rfc1
Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 24. Be4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rc5
Rd2 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Kf8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. e3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5
h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Qc4 Nxg2
18. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Nd4 21. Rf1 Qh5+ 22. Kg2
Qf3+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. c3 Qh5+ 25. Kg2 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qh5+ 27. Kg2
Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. e4 Nc6 14. N2f3 a6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qb7
17. Qf3 Nd7 18. e5 Qxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Rfc8 22. Red1 Ra7 23. a4 a5 24. Rd3 f6 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Rad1
Ke8 27. Be3 Rc6 28. g4 g6 29. Kf3 Ra8 30. Ke4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+
Bxd8 32. f4 f5+ 33. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 h6 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nh4 Be6
12. Qh5 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 Bc6
17. Be3 Qf6 18. Bd4 Qg6+ 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1
Rbe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rxa2 25. Rf2 Ba4
26. Bc7 d5 27. Be5 Kf7 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Bd7 30. Kg1 Bg4
31. Bd4 b5 32. Be5 Ra7 33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Bd4 Re7 35. Be5 Kf5
36. Rf1 Ra7 37. Rb1 g5 38. Bd4 Ra2 39. fxg5 Rxc2+ 40. Kg3 Rd2
41. Bxg7 Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Rxb5 Rxh4 44. Rxd5+ Kg6 45. Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Nb3 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 e5 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg2 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Be6
17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe5 Bd5 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Nd2 a5 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rb1 a4 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 h6
27. h4 Re7 28. b4 Bc3 29. b5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Rb7 31. b6 Ba2
32. Rb5 h5 33. Nf3 Kf7 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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.b3 Be7 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Qe3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd4
18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qe4 Qa5 22.Qe2 d6
23.exd6 Bxd6 24.h4 Bc5 25.Kg2 Qc7 26.Qe4 a5 27.h5 h6 28.Be2
Kf8 29.f4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.f5 Rxd1 32.Bxd1 Ke7 33.Bg4 Qd6
34.fxe6 fxe6 35.Kh3 Bd4 36.Qb7+ Kf6 37.a3 Bc5 38.Qf3+ Ke7
39.Qc3 Kf7 40.Qxa5 Bxa3 41.Qe1 Bc5 42.Qb1 Ke7 43.Qe4 Bb4
44.Bf5 Bc5 45.Bg6 Kd8 46.Qa8+ Kc7 47.b4 Bxb4 48.Qa7+ Kc8
49.Qxg7 Qf8 50.Qa1 Qf3 51.Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6
6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Rd8 11. Be3
Nd7 12. c4 Nf8 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Bd2
Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Re3 g5 20. c5 Bf4 21. Rb3
Bc7 22. Qc4 Qh5 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Re8 25. Re1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1
Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Ng1 Bh2 30. Ne2 Rxe2
31. Rxb7 Re6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qh4
Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bd3 d6 10. Rd1 Rg8 11. Be3 e5
12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. f3 Qa5 15. c4 Ke7 16. O-O g5
17. Qf2 Rgd8 18. h4 Nh7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 f6 21. Kg2 Nf8
22. Rh1 Bf7 23. Nf1 Bg6 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. Ne3 Kf7 26. Qe1 Ne6
27. Nf5 Qc7 28. c5 dxc5 29. Bc4 b5 30. Bd5 Rac8 31. Rh6 Ncd4
32. Ba5 Nxc2 33. Qh1 Qxa5 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O d6 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Be2 g6 16. Qf3 Rc8
17. Rhf1 Rh7 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. h4 f5 21. Ng5 Re7
22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Ngf3 Qc7 24. Qxa6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Kf8 26. c3 Nf6
27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 e5 29. Qa6 Kg7 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6
Re8 32. Qd6 Qb7 33. Rfe1 Re7 34. g3 Ne4 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. cxb4
Nxg3 37. b5 f4 38. b6 f3 39. Rg1 Ne2 40. Rgf1 e4 41. a4 Ng3
42. Rf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.30"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4
7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. g4
Bg6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 c6 16. b4 Be7 17. O-O a5
18. Nxe5 axb4 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. e5 Nfd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxg6
bxc3 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. e6 Nf6 25. Qd3 cxd5 26. cxd5 Na6
27. Rae1 Nc7 28. d6 Nxe6 29. Qc4 Kf7 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Rxf6+
gxf6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rf1 Nf4
36. Qxh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qxf4 Qe6 40. Qf3
Qe5 41. Qxb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.g3 Na6 9.Be3 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Qd2
Qg6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.h4 Ng4 16.h5 Qe8 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Qe2 h6
19.Nge4 Qf7 20.a3 Bf5 21.Rh4 Qd7 22.Qd2 Kh7 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.Qd2
Kh7 25.Qc2 Kh8 26.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6
12. O-O Na5 13. Qd1 b6 14. e5 Ba6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Re8
17. h4 Re7 18. h5 Rec7 19. Bb2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. a4 b5 23. axb5 Rb7 24. Ba3 Rxb5 25. f4 a5 26. g4 Rcb8
27. Re1 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3 Qh4 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ke7
32. Rec1 exf5 33. Qxf5 Rb2 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Rh8 36. Qf5
Rh6 37. Rb1 Kf8 38. Qf3 a4 39. Rb7 f6 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7+
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. O-O c6
12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 h6
17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 a6
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. a5 Na8 26. e4 Bh7
27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rb8 30. Qe5 Qf8 31. Qd6 Re7
32. f5 Nc7 33. Qf4 Nfe8 34. Kh2 Kh8 35. Bf3 Bg8 36. Ne5 Nf6
37. Rg1 Nb5 38. Ne6 g5 39. Nxf8 gxf4 40. Nfg6+ fxg6 41. Nxg6+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Bc2 Bxc2
12. Qxc2 Kb8 13. a3 f6 14. Rfd1 Ne7 15. Nf4 Nbd5 16. Rac1 c6
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nd5 20. Qf2 f5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Ng3 Bd6 23. Nxf5 Rdf8 24. Rf1 Bc7 25. Rce1 Rf6
26. Qc2 Rhf8 27. Ng3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qg7 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Rf1
Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxg3 32. Qxh7 Qxe3 33. Qh2+ Kc8 34. Qh3+ Qxh3
35. gxh3 Kd7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. h4 a5 39. b4 a4
40. Kg3 Ke4 41. Kg4 Kxd4 42. h5 Ke3 43. h6 d4 44. h7 d3
45. h8=Q d2 46. Qh1 Kd3 47. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 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. Bh6
Neg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. f4 Kf8 16. e5 Nd7 17. exd6
Bxd6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. c5 Kg7 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. Qf2
Rd8 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Be4 Bd7 25. Nd4 a5 26. g3 Be8 27. b3
Rac8 28. a3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Qd8 30. Rcd1 Qe7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4
Rdd8 33. Nf3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 b6 35. cxb6 Qxb4 36. b7 Rb8 37. Qe3
Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Qxb7 39. Ne5 h5 40. Rd2 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qb7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Nce5 Rac8 16. Kf1 h6
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Ne5 Rdc7 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. f3
Bb7 22. Ke2 f6 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nf4 Rc2+ 26. Rd2
Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kf7 28. h3 e5 29. Ne2 f5 30. Nc3 Ke6 31. e4 b4
32. exf5+ Kxf5 33. Ne2 g6 34. Ng3+ Kf4 35. Ne2+ Kg5 36. Kd3 h5
37. Bc1+ Kf6 38. Ng3 Ke6 39. Ne4 Bf8 40. Ng5+ Kd5 41. Ne4 Bc6
42. h4 a5 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Ne4 Bb5+ 45. Ke3 a4 46. bxa4 Bxa4
47. Bb2 Bc2 48. Nd2 Kd5 49. Ke2 Be7 50. g3 Bc5 51. Ke1 Bd4
52. Bc1 Bc5 53. Ke2 e4 54. fxe4+ Bxe4 55. Nb3 Bd6 56. Bd2 Bb1
57. Nc1 Kc4 58. Kf2 Be5 59. Kf3 Bb2 60. Ke2 Bd4 61. Kf3 Be5
62. Kf2 Bxa2 63. Bxb4 Bb1 64. Bd2 Be4 65. Bg5 Kc3 66. Ne2+ Kd3
67. Nf4+ Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nf3
Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a5 11. b3 d5
12. e3 Rd8 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15. Qe2 b5 16. Ncd2 Bb7
17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Bf1 a4 19. bxa4 Qxa4 20. Qxb5 Qa8 21. Qe2 h6
22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Qe1 Rb8 24. Rc2 Bb5 25. Nd4 Qa4 26. Nxc6 Bxc6
27. Rac1 Bd5 28. Rd2 Ne4 29. Rdc2 Ng5 30. Nd2 Bxa3 31. Ra1
Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. b3 Qf5 11. Na3 e6
12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. a4 Nd5 14. c4 Nf4 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4
17. Ne1 a6 18. Nd3 Qf5 19. Rc1 e5 20. f3 Qe6 21. c5 f5 22. Na3
e4 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. b4 d3 26. b5 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1
Bxa3 28. bxc6 Bxc1 29. Qb3 bxc6 30. Qb6 Rd6 31. Qxa6+ Kd8
32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Qd7 34. Qa5 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Rb8 36. Qe5+
Re6 37. Qxb8 Rf6 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Rxf6+ gxf6 40. Qxe4 f5
41. Qh4 d2 42. Qxh7+ Ke6 43. Qg6+ Kd5 44. Qg8+ Kc5 45. Qf8+
Kc4 46. Qg8+ Qd5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6
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 Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc4
Qxa2 17. Rb4 Rac8 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rc7 20. Kg2 Rd8
21. Ra6 h5 22. b3 Be5 23. Re4 Bd6 24. b4 Rdd7 25. b5 Rc2
26. Kf3 Rb2 27. Rc4 Rxb5 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Ra8 Ra5 30. Rxa5
bxa5 31. Bxa7 Bb4 32. Bb6 Rd5 33. d4 Rb5 34. Bc7 Be1 35. Kg2
Rb2 36. Kf1 Rb1 37. e3 Bb4+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. d5 f6 40. Bb6 a4
41. Bd4 Ra2 42. e4 a3 43. Ra4 Bd6 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Ke3 g5
46. f4 gxf4+ 47. gxf4 a2 48. e5 fxe5 49. fxe5 Bc5 50. Bxc5
Rxc5 51. Rxa2 Rxd5 52. Ke4 Rd1 53. Kf5 Kf7 54. e6+ Kg7
55. Rg2+ Kf8 56. Rg5 Rf1+ 57. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Qc7 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. h3 Be7 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 b5 15. Rhe1 g6 16. Bf2 Bc4
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rb8 19. Ka1 Qb7 20. b3 Rc8 21. N1e2 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Nc3 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Rxd6 cxb3 26. Bd4
bxc2 27. Bxh8 c1=Q+ 28. Rxc1 Bxd6 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Kb2 f6
31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Nd5+ Ke6 33. Bg7 Be5+ 34. Ka3 g5 35. Nb4 Rg8
36. Bh6 Rg6 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bf8 g4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O c6 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Qc2 e5 11. c5 e4 12. cxd6
Qxd6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Rad1 Na6 15. f3 Nb4 16. Qc1 exf3 17. exf3
Nfd5 18. a3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qc1 f4 21. Rfe1 Ne3 22. Rd3
Bxe5 23. Rdxe3 fxe3 24. dxe5 Qd2 25. Rxe3 Rad8 26. Qc3 Qxc3
27. Bxc3 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. Bxa5 Rb2+ 30. Re2 Rxb3 31. Bb4
Rc8 32. Re3 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 c5 35. Bc3 Ra8 36. Bb2
Bd5 37. Bh3 b5 38. Ke3 b4 39. axb4 cxb4 40. Kd4 Bxf3 41. Be6+
Kf8 42. Bb3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Bd1 Kf7 45. Bd4 Be6 46. h4 b3
47. Be2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. Be3 e6
12. O-O Nb4 13. Bb1 Bc6 14. a3 N4d5 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. b3 f5
17. Nc5 Qf7 18. Qc2 g5 19. a4 Nb4 20. Qc1 N6d5 21. Qxg5 Rg8
22. Qd2 Qg6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rf2 Be7 25. Nd3 h4 26. Bf4 Qh5
27. a5 a6 28. Nxb4 Bxb4 29. Qc1 Bb5 30. Ra2 Bxe2 31. Raxe2
Bxa5 32. Rc2 Bb6 33. Rc4 Rg7 34. b4 Kb8 35. Ba2 c6 36. Bd2
Rgd7 37. Kh1 Nc7 38. Be3 Nb5 39. h3 Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Nxd4 41. Qe3
Nb5 42. Rc1 Nc7 43. Rff1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5
7. Qe1 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nh4 f6
12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bf7 14. g4 c5 15. Nhf3 Nc6 16. Kh1 c4
17. Qg3 Nc5 18. g5 Kh8 19. g6 Bg8 20. gxh7 Bxh7 21. Nh4 Nd4
22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. c3 Ne2 25. Qe1 Nf4 26. a4 a6
27. Nf3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Nxa4 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Nh4 Rd8
32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Be3 Nxe4 34. Rd1 Nd6 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. Qd5+
Nf7 37. Ng6 Qc8 38. Qd7 Qa8+ 39. Rd5 Bd6 40. Qe6 Bf8 41. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Rad1
Be5 17. b3 Bd7 18. f4 Bc7 19. Ng3 Kf8 20. Nh5 Bd8 21. Rf3 a5
22. a4 Rb8 23. Rg3 f5 24. Rg7 Bb6+ 25. Kh2 Bd4 26. Rh7 Rb4
27. c4 Rxb3 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Rxd4 Bc4 31. Rxh6
Re4 32. Rd2 d4 33. Rc6 d3 34. Ng3 Be6 35. Rd6 Rxf4 36. R6xd3
Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxa4 38. Rf3 f4 39. Ne2 Bd5 40. Rc3 f3 41. Rc8+
Ke7 42. Nc3 Rd4 43. Nxd5+ Rxd5 44. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5
7. d3 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Rd1 Qc8 13. h4 Rd8 14. Re1 Ne6 15. Nb3 a5 16. a4 b5 17. c3
Qb7 18. Qc2 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qb5 20. Ra2 a4 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. Be2
Qb7 23. Bc4 Ne8 24. Nf3 Nd6 25. Nxe5 Bf6 26. Nd3 Ncxe4
27. Rxa4 Qd7 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Bf4 h6 31. Ba4 g5
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Be3 Nf5 34. Nb4 Nexg3 35. Bxc6 Nxe3 36. Bxd7
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7
7. Be3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O a4 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4
Kh8 13. Nf3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rad1
Nc4 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. e5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. e6 f5 22. Nh4 Kh7
23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Rac8 25. h4 Qe4 26. Rfe1 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3
Bf6 28. Rc3 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd3
Kg6 33. Nc3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 d5 36. Ne1 Be7 37. Nc2
Kf6 38. Kf2 Kxe6 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kf2 Bd6 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf2
Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Ndf3 Bg6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Ne5
12. Nxg6 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 hxg6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. O-O-O g5 16. d4
Qb6 17. e4 Qxd4 18. Bxg5 Qa4 19. Kb1 O-O 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Bc1
Nc5 22. Qe3 Na4 23. f4 Bc5 24. Qb3 b5 25. f5 Rab8 26. f6 b4
27. fxg7 Rfc8 28. Ka1 Qa5 29. Qg3 Be7 30. g5 Kxg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8
32. g6 Nc3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Rc1 b5 13. Nce5 Rc8 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qb6
17. Nc4 Qa7 18. a5 Rcd8 19. Nb6 Qb8 20. Ba3 Bd6 21. Bxc5 Bxh2+
22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Bf3 Ne4 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qc2 f5 26. Qc7 Rf7
27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Rc6 Nxa5 30. Rxe6 f4 31. Kg1
Nb3 32. Rb1 Nd2 33. Rd1 Nb3 34. Nc4 fxe3 35. fxe3 a5 36. Ra6
Re7 37. Rb1 Nxd4 38. exd4 Rxd4 39. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4
7. Nfd2 Bc5 8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Re1 h5 11. Nb3 Bb4
12. c3 Bd6 13. N1d2 Ba6 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qe6
17. h4 a5 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Ne3 Nfxe4 20. Nf5 Nxg5 21. Nxg7+
Kd7 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Be4 Nc5
26. Bf5+ Ke7 27. Nc4 Kf6 28. Ne3 Na4 29. Rab1 Bc5 30. Bc2 Bxe3
31. Rxe3 Nc5 32. Rbe1 Rbe8 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Ne6 35. Rxe5
Rd8 36. Rf5+ Kg7 37. Bb3 Nd4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf4 Nxb3
40. axb3 Rd6 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 h5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. a5 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Na4
Rxd1 18. Rxd1 c4 19. Nb6 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Rc5 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Ke3 h4 25. g3 h3 26. Rd1 g6
27. Ra1 Ne8 28. Kd2 Nd6 29. Kc3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Rc6 31. Kb4 f5
32. exf5 Nxf5 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Kc3 Kf6 35. Bd1 g5 36. Kb4 Rd6
37. Kc5 Rd8 38. Kb4 Nc6+ 39. Kc3 Nxa5 40. Be2 Rd6 41. Na4 b5
42. Nc5 Rb6 43. Nxe6 Rxe6 44. Bf1 Rd6 45. Bxh3 Nc6 46. Bg4 Rd4
47. b4 a5 48. bxa5 b4+ 49. Kb2 Nxa5 50. h4 c3+ 51. Kb1 gxh4
52. gxh4 b3 53. cxb3 Rd2 54. f4 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Qb5
17. Nc5 Nb4 18. a4 Qe8 19. Nxb7 Nd3 20. Nxd8 Nxc1 21. Rxc1
Qxd8 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Nd5
26. Qb5 e6 27. Kg2 Bf8 28. a5 a6 29. Qa4 Bb4 30. e4 Ne7
31. Qxb4 Nxc6 32. Qc3 Nxa5 33. d5 f6 34. dxe6 Kg7 35. Ba3 Nb7
36. Qc6 Na5 37. Qd7+ Qxd7 38. exd7 Nc6 39. Be7 a5 40. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3 b5
7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qc2 Rc8
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qb1 b4 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. bxa4
O-O 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. a3 Qxa4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qa1 Qa3 21. Qxa3
Bxa3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Ra8 25. Rfa1 Rxa6
26. Rxa6 Rc8 27. g3 Kf8 28. Ne5 Ke8 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Ra7 f6
31. Nd3 e5 32. e4 exd4 33. exd5 Rc3 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Ra7+ Kd6
36. Nf4 d3 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ng2 Rc1 39. Ne3 g4+ 40. Kxg4 d2
41. Ra6+ Kd7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7 d1=Q+ 45. Nxd1
Rxd1 46. Ra5 Kg6 47. h4 h5+ 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. Ke3 Bc7 50. Rb5
Be5 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. Ke3 Ra4 53. Kd3 Kf5 54. d6 Ke6 55. f4 Bxd6
56. Rxh5 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 f5+ 58. Kd4 Be7 59. Rh7 Rxg3 60. h5 Bf6+
61. Kc4 Rg4 62. Kd3 Rxf4 63. Ke3 Rh4 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Kg3 Rg4+
66. Kf3 Rh4 67. Kg3 Ra4 68. Rb7 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Kf4 70. h6 Rg3+
71. Kf1 Rh3 72. h7 Kg5 73. Kg2 Rh6 74. Kf3 Kg6 75. Kf4 Rh4+
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Rg1 Rad8 14. g4 Rfe8 15. g5 h5 16. Qf4 Bg4
17. f3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf8 20. b3 Qe6 21. Bf6 Rc8
22. c4 Kh7 23. Bc3 Qg6 24. Rg2 Re6 25. Rd5 Rce8 26. Rf5 Kg8
27. Kb2 c6 28. h4 Re2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. b4 a5 31. bxa5 d5
32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Kb3 Bc5 34. a4 d4 35. Rxc5 Qxc2+ 36. Kb4
dxc3 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rxc3 Qb1+ 39. Rb3 Qe1+ 40. Kb5 Re5+
41. Kb6 Qxa5+ 42. Kxb7 Re7+ 43. Kc6 Re6+ 44. Kb7 Qd5+ 45. Kc7
Re7+ 46. Kc8 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. a3 Nxc2 13. Kxc2 Qc6 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Nxc3
17. Qxc6+ Rxc6 18. bxc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd5 Be7 21. Rb1
Rc7 22. Rxe5 O-O 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Rbe1 Bf6 25. R5e4 h5 26. c4
Kh7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Rc8 29. Kc2 Kg8 30. Kb3 Kf8 31. a4
Be7 32. c5 Ke8 33. Kc4 Rc6 34. Re5 g6 35. Ba5 Rf6 36. Bb4 Kd7
37. f3 Rc6 38. Rd5+ Ke8 39. Bc3 b6 40. Bb4 Rc8 41. g4 hxg4
42. hxg4 Rc6 43. g5 f6 44. f4 fxg5 45. fxg5 Re6 46. Kd3 Rc6
47. Kd4 Re6 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Rd7 Ke8 50. Ra7 bxc5+ 51. Bxc5
Bxc5+ 52. Kxc5 Re5+ 53. Kd6 Rxg5 54. Rxa6 Kf7 55. a5 Rg1
56. Rb6 Ra1 57. a6 Kf6 58. Kc7+ Kf5 59. Rb5+ Kf4 60. Kb6 Rxa6+
61. Kxa6 g5 62. Rb8 g4 63. Kb5 g3 64. Kc4 g2 65. Rg8 Kf3
66. Kd3 Kf2 67. Rf8+ Ke1 68. Re8+ Kf2 69. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. d3 d4
7. Ne4 Nd7 8. c3 Nf5 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bg7
12. d4 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nc5 Nd5 15. Qa4 Nc7 16. Rf2 Ne6
17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Qa3 Nc7 19. Nc5 Nb5 20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Bd2 b6
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. b4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Bc3
Be3 27. Re1 Qd3 28. Be5 Ra8 29. Qb3 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxb3
31. axb3 b5 32. Bd4 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rxe7 c5 35. Bf6 Ra2+
36. Kf3 c4 37. Bh3 Rf8 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rc7 Rxh2 40. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 Ne8
12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Kg2 Bf6 16. Be1 Ne7
17. b3 Rc7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Rc7 21. Nd3 Nc6
22. h4 Qc8 23. Nf4 Be7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Rc1 Bd6
27. Nd3 Nb8 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. b4 Nd7 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Bh5+ g6
32. Be2 Be7 33. a4 Nd6 34. Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Qc2 a6 36. a5 h5
37. Kf1 Nb5 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Be2 Nb5 40. Bd3 Nd6 41. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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. a3 Nc7
12. Bf4 Ne6 13. e3 Nxf4 14. exf4 O-O 15. Nc3 d6 16. Rd2 Re8
17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 20. R4d2 Bb7 21. Qb3 Rf8
22. Ng6 Re8 23. Ne5 Rf8 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Igor Lysyj"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. e4
Qb8 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. h3
Rad8 18. Rad1 Qb8 19. Qe3 g6 20. g4 Bg7 21. f3 Ba8 22. Ba1 e5
23. Nc2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nb4 Ne6 26. Qf2 Bf8 27. Ncd5 Nxd5
28. exd5 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Bb2 Qc7 31. Bc1 Qa5 32. Bd2 Qa3
33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nc6 b4 36. Rd4 Bg7 37. Rc4 Bc3
38. Qc2 Bxc6 39. dxc6 d5 40. Rxc3 bxc3 41. Qxc3 Qa7+ 42. Kg2
Qxa2+ 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kg2 d4 45. Qc2 Qa5 46. Bc4 Qc3 47. Qf2
d3 48. c7 d2 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. e5
Nfe8 13. a5 Bh8 14. Be3 Ng7 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. Bf2 b5 17. axb6
Rxb6 18. b3 Nb5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Qd2 Bg7 22. Bh4
Qc7 23. Rad1 Rb8 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. exd6 exd6
27. Be7 b4 28. f5 Bd7 29. Qf4 Nf6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6
32. Bxd6 Rbd8 33. Bxf8 Bxf8 34. Ne5 Bb5 35. Ne4 Ne8 36. d6
Nxd6 37. Nxc5 Rc8 38. Ncd7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Rd8 15. Bxe4 Rxd1+
16. Kxd1 Kd7 17. Kc2 Kc7 18. Rd1 h5 19. Rd3 c5 20. h3 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. h4 Bb7 23. Kd3 Be7 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Ke4 Kc6
26. f3 Kd7 27. Be1 Kc6 28. Bf2 Kd7 29. Be1 Kc6 30. g4 g6
31. Bg3 Kd7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. f4 f5+ 34. exf6 Bxf6 35. f5 Bd8
36. Be1 Bf6 37. Bf2 Ke7 38. a4 Kd6 39. Be1 Kd7 40. Bg3 Bd8
41. Bf2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5
h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Red1
Nxe4 18. Ba4 Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 Nxa5
22. Qe4 Bb6 23. Rd5 Nb7 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Qf4 Qxf4
27. gxf4 Ba7 28. b3 Rb4 29. Bc6 Rxf4 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. Rxa6 Bc5
32. Re1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Re2 h5 35. Ra4 Rfd8 36. Rxd4
Bxd4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bc6 h4 40. g4 hxg3+
41. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7
17. b4 Nb6 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. c4 Rd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 g6
22. Bc4 Bb7 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxf6 Nxc4 26. Nb3
Qd3 27. Nc5 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Nf1+
31. Kg1 Nd2+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bc8
17. b3 Re8 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Kh2 Rb6 21. Rf3 Rd6
22. Nh5 Re1 23. Rxe1 Bxe1 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Rg3 f5 26. Rf3 d4
27. Ng3 Rf6 28. a4 a5 29. Nf1 Bb4 30. Rf2 Bb7 31. Nd2 Bc3
32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb6 35. Re2 Rb4 36. Re5 Rxa4
37. Rxf5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rc5 Re1 40. Rxc7 Re7 41. Rc8+ Re8
42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. c5 a3 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. c6 f6
47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Bc3 49. h4 Bd2 50. g3 Be1 51. Kxf6 Bxg3
52. f5 Bxh4+ 53. Kg7 Kxc6 54. Kxh6 Kc5 55. Be6 Kb4 56. Kh5 Bd8
57. Kg4 Kc3 58. Kf3 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. c5 Bg4 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Rad1 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 b5 21. h4 Nb6
22. h5 Nc4 23. hxg6 Ra3 24. Qc2 fxg3 25. Rd3 Qa7 26. Qd1 Rxa2
27. Rd7 Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2 gxf2+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 30. Bxe5 Bxe5
31. Rxh7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6
12. Ne1 Bb7 13. Nd3 Rhd8 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. f3 Nd3 16. Nc4 Nxc1
17. Raxc1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b5 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Kf2 Ba8 21. Rc1
Kd6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Ke3 f6 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Nb3 e5
27. a3 a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Nc5 Nd4 30. Na6 Rf8 31. Nb4 f5
32. exf5 Nxf5+ 33. Ke2 e4 34. f4 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nf5+ 36. Ke2
Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Bb7 38. Rd1 Kc5 39. Rc1+ Kd6 40. g3 g5 41. fxg5
Nf3+ 42. Ke2 Nxh2 43. Rd1+ Ke5 44. Rd7 Ba8 45. Rxh7 Ng4
46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Ke5 49. Bh5 Nh2 50. Nc2 Kf5
51. g6 Kf6 52. Nd4 Bd5 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Be2 Kxg6 55. Nxb5 Kf5
56. Nc3 Bc6 57. Bd1 Ng4+ 58. Bxg4+ Kxg4 59. Ke3 Kxg3 60. Nxe4+
Kg2 61. Nc3 Kf1 62. Kd4 Ke1 63. Kc5 Be8 64. Kb4 Kd2 65. Nxa4
Kc2 66. b3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. b3 Ne4
17. Bf4 Rb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 Qc8 20. c4 c5 21. Nc2 Rb6
22. Bd6 Bf6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Be5 f6
27. Bxd4 Ra6 28. Bxf6 Qb7 29. Be5 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. c5 Qf7
32. Rf1 Bxb3 33. Ng4 Ra6 34. Bd6 Qe6 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qb8+
Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Bb2
e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3
Nf4 13. O-O g6 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Kh1 a5
18. h3 Qe7 19. Qd1 Nd8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Nh2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5
23. f4 exf4 24. Nh5 Ra7 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Bxf4 Qh4 27. Bg3 Qg5
28. Bf4 Qh4 29. g3 Qd8 30. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Be7 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4
Rd8 18. Qf3 Ba6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Bxh6
gxh6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8
27. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne3 h4 17. Bf2
d5 18. Re1 Kf8 19. h3 Bb6 20. Qc2 Nh5 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf4
23. Ng4 a4 24. Bxa4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Bf5 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Bb3 Qc7
28. Ne3 Bg6 29. Nc4 Rhe8 30. Kh1 Ba7 31. Ne5 Bxe4 32. fxe4
Rxe5 33. dxe5 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qe1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qxe5
37. Qd7 Qf6 38. e5 Qg6 39. Kh2 b6 40. e6 Nxe6 41. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5
12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Ne3+ 16. Kb3
Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5
21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Rf3
Kc7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6
7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. f4
exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Ne3 d5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bd6 17. Ne2
h6 18. c3 Nc6 19. g4 Re8 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 d4 22. Qf2 Qd6
23. Rae1 Rad8 24. c4 b6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. b3 a6 27. Qg3 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf3
bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe5 34. Qg3 Qb8 35. Ne2 Qb1 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. h4
h5 38. gxh5 Qc2 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qb2 41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Qf4+
Kh7 43. Qf3 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2 Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6
12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc1 Na5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Rd1 Qe7
17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba3 c5 20. bxc6 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxc6
22. Nb5 Qe5 23. Rb1 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Qxg5
hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bxe4 Ne7 29. Kf1 f5 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Nc3
Rh8 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Kf1 Nd5 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Rd7 36. Nxd5+
Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Bxa2 40. Kb4 Ke5
41. Kb5 f4 42. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Rd1
Ng4 13. Ngf3 Bc5 14. Rf1 Qc8 15. a4 h6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qe2 b6
18. b3 Re8 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. Kh1 Qa6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 e4
23. f3 e3 24. f4 Ne7 25. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 26. Qg2 Ned5 27. Ne5 Nxc3
28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Re1 e2 30. Bb2 Nfe4 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rac1 Bb4
33. Bxc3 Nxc3 34. Rc2 Rd5 35. Nf3 Rd3 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Kf3 b5
38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Kg2 Rd5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Kg4 Rd5 42. h4 Kf8
43. h5 f6 44. Nf3 Rd3 45. Ng1 c5 46. Kh4 Nd5 47. Rexe2 Ne3
48. Rb2 Nxf5+ 49. Kg4 Nxg3 50. Re6 f5+ 51. Kh4 Ne4 52. Re2 Bc3
53. Nh3 Bf6+ 54. Rxf6+ Nxf6 55. Re5 Nd7 56. Re6 Rxb3 57. Ra6
Rb5 58. Nf2 Rb4 59. Nd3 Rd4 60. Rxa5 Ke7 61. Ra6 c4 62. Nb4
Rxf4+ 63. Kg3 Rg4+ 64. Kf2 Nf6 65. Nc6+ Kd6 66. Nd4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6
7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3 e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. g5
Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Qe1 g6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. a4 b4
18. Ne2 O-O 19. h4 a5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rac8 22. Nb3 Qb8
23. Nb5 Ba6 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. f5 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4
28. fxe6 fxe6 29. e5 Rc5 30. Rae1 Bxb5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Rxf8+
Bxf8 33. Qc4 Rxe5 34. Rf1 Bc5 35. Kh1 Qb4 36. Qa6 d3 37. Qc8+
Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3
Qc7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bf4
Qb6 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bc6 25. f3
Bd5 26. a3 f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. h4 h5 29. g4 g6 30. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Bg7 11. Rd1
O-O 12. d4 Qc8 13. e4 Rd8 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Ne5 Bh3 16. Qb3 Nd6
17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Kf3 a5 21. a4 Ra6
22. b3 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. e5 Rd5 25. Ke4 b5 26. Rd3 Rb6
27. Bd2 bxa4 28. bxa4 Rb2 29. f4 Ra2 30. Rc4 g5 31. h3 gxf4
32. Bxf4 h5 33. h4 Ra1 34. Rb3 Re1+ 35. Kf3 Rd1 36. Be3 Rf1+
37. Ke2 Ra1 38. Bf4 Kg6 39. Bg5 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Bxe7 Bh6
42. Bd6 Rd2 43. Bc5 Rd7 44. Rb8 Rf7 45. Rg8 Rd3+ 46. Kg2 Rd2+
47. Kh3 Ke4 48. Rc1 Be3 49. Rh8 Rf3 50. Rxh5 Bf4 51. Re1+ Kd5
52. Kg4 Bxg3 53. Kxf3 Bxe1 54. Rh8 Rf2+ 55. Kg4 Ke4 56. Kg5
Bc3 57. Rd8 Be1 58. Rd6 Rg2+ 59. Kf6 Bxh4+ 60. Kxe6 Ra2
61. Kd7 Rxa4 62. e6 Rc4 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Re6+ Kd3 65. Rxe7 a4
66. Kxc6 a3 67. Ra7 Rc3 68. d5 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 Re8 11. Nc3 Bb4
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e3 c6 16. Ne5 Bd6
17. f4 c5 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. exd4 Bf8 21. Ne2 Qd6
22. a3 a6 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 b5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Kg2 Rc7
27. Nd3 Qb6 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Nd3 Qb6 30. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dana Reizniece-Ozola"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 Bd5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd5+ 17. Kg1 a4 18. Qd2 Ra5 19. Rfc1 Rxb5 20. Rc4 Bc5 21. Qc2
Rb3 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Ra1 h5 24. h4 Re8 25. Re1 Re5 26. Qc1 Rd5
27. Rd1 Kh7 28. Re1 Qb5 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Rdd2 Qd7
32. Rc8 Qh3 33. Qc4 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jiri Stocek"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O
12. Qd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qa5 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nxd4
exd4 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rab1
Be5 22. Be2 Kg7 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. a4 Qd8 25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rxf6
Qxf6 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 Qc7 30. Bd3 Rb8 31. g3
Rb6 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qh4 Rf6 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Qf4 Be5 36. Qg5
f6 37. Qd2 h4 38. Qf2 hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Philipp Schlosser"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Rb8 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc8
17. Qa2 Bg4 18. Ng5 Bh5 19. Re3 h6 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Rg3 Bg6
22. Nxg7 d5 23. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Ke7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Nbd7
12. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Ra7 9. Nd5 Be6 10. b4 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qg4 Nd8 17. g3
O-O 18. h4 Kh8 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. c4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc6 22. Rab1
Re8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Rg8 25. Qh3 Re8 26. cxb5 axb5
27. Rbc1 Nxb4 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bxe6 Nxd3 30. Rh1 Qg7 31. Kf3
Re7 32. Rd1 Nb4 33. Rxd6 Qf8 34. Kg2 Rc7 35. Qf5 Nc2 36. Bg5
Kg7 37. Rd1 Nd4 38. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 c5
12. O-O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. g4 Qf4 16. Rh3
Rad8 17. g5 Be7 18. gxh6 Qxh6 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Qc1
Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nd8 23. Rg1 Ne6 24. h5 Rce8 25. Rhg3 Bc8
26. Ka1 Kh8 27. Bb5 Re7 28. Bd3 Rd8 29. Rg4 a5 30. R4g3 Bd7
31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Ne5 Nxd4 33. Nxd7 Nb3+ 34. Kb1 Nxc1 35. Nxb8
Nxd3 36. Nc3 Nf4 37. Rf3 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Ne6 39. Kd2 Bxc3+
40. bxc3 Ra1 41. Rxf7 Ra2+ 42. Kd1 Rxa3 43. Nd7 Rxc3 44. Nxb6
Rc6 45. Rb7 Nc5 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. Rc8
Ne6 50. Na4 d4 51. Nb2 Rd5 52. Re8 Nc5 53. Ra8 Nd7 54. Nc4
Ne5+ 55. Nxe5 Rxe5 56. Rd8 Rxh5 57. Rxd4 Rh6 58. Ra4 Ra6
59. Kf4 Kg6 60. Ke5 Ra8 61. Rg4+ Kh6 62. Ra4 Kg5 63. f3 g6
64. Rg4+ Kh5 65. Ra4 Rf8 66. Ke4 Rf5 67. Ra1 Kg5 68. Rg1+ Kf6
69. Rb1 Re5+ 70. Kf4 a4 71. Ra1 Ra5 72. Ra3 Ra6 73. Ke4 g5
74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Kd3 Kf4 76. Ke2 Kg3 77. Kf1 Ra8 78. Ke2 Kg2
79. Ke1 Re8+ 80. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h5
12. Bg5 Qe8 13. b4 Nh7 14. Bd2 a6 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. g3 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 b6
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Na4 Ng5 24. Nxc5 e4 25. f4 Qe7 26. Nd3 Nh7
27. Ng6 Qd6 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Ne5 h4 30. Nc6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Ng5
32. Kg2 Nf3 33. Rh1 Bh6 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qg6 36. Qh5 Qxh5
37. Rxh5 Bd2 38. Rbh1 Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rxc7 Rb8 41. d6 Rb2
42. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Bb3
Nd7 7. d4 g5 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 g4 11. Ne1 Bxb3
12. axb3 Ngf6 13. Nd3 g3 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nb8 16. Ne2 Nc6
17. c3 Rg8 18. Kg2 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Nexf4 Nxf4+ 21. Nxf4
O-O-O 22. Nh5 b6 23. Nf6 Rh8 24. h5 Kb7 25. Kxg3 Na5 26. b4
Nb3 27. Rb1 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Be3 Kc6 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2
Na5 32. Ra1 Nc4 33. Rxa4 Nxb2 34. Ra6+ Kb7 35. Rha1 Nc4
36. Kd3 Nb6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Ng4 Bg7 39. Ne3 Bf8 40. Ra7+ Kc6
41. R1a6 Kb5 42. Nxd5 Rg8 43. c4+ Nxc4 44. Nc3+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 9. Ne2 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Ne6
12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nd4 15. Nexd4 cxd4 16. c3
O-O 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rc1 Qf6 20. Bg3 g5 21. Rc5
g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qh6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxg7
Qxg7 27. Rxf5 h6 28. Qa7 b5 29. Rf3 Re6 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6
Qxg6 32. Qxd4 h5 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. Kh2 Qg4 35. Qf6 Kg8 36. f3
Qd7 37. d4 h4 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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 "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6
17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 g6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Qe2 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Nf3
22. Nxf3 Bxe6 23. a3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7
12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. e3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Be8
17. Ne1 Bd6 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Ned3 b6 21. Ne4 Rd8
22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Qb3 h6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Re1 Bd6 26. Rc2 Qh4
27. Rf1 Bd7 28. Ne1 Qe7 29. Nd3 Qh4 30. Ne1 Rg8 31. Nf3 Qe7
32. Re1 Rgf8 33. a3 c5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Rd2 Bc6 36. Qc2 Rb8
37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Ne1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. g3 a5 15. Bg2 Bg5 16. O-O Ne7
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd3 Be6 19. b3 Ra6 20. h4 Bh6 21. a3 bxa3
22. Nxa3 Qa7 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Qc3 Rda8 26. Qd3 g6
27. Ra4 Bf8 28. Rda1 Be7 29. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 Be7 21. Rac1
Nxd5 22. Bd4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Erdos"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ne6
12. Bh4 Qd8 13. O-O g6 14. Nb3 a5 15. f3 O-O 16. Rad1 b6
17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. e4 Nhg7 21. Be3 Bh4
22. g3 Be7 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Bh6 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd2 f6
27. exd5 cxd5 28. f4 Nf7 29. f5 g5 30. Nf1 Nd6 31. Ne3 Nge8
32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. d5 Nd6 35. Nc2 Re8 36. Nd4 Re5
37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Qxb6 Nxf5 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc2 41. Qb3
Re2 42. d6 Qd7 43. N6c5 Nd4 44. Nxd7 Nxb3 45. Ndxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Rc1 a5
18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bd3 c4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. dxe5
dxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qa4 Rac8 26. Be3 Nc7
27. Red1 Nb5 28. Qxa5 Bf6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. f4 Qe8 31. e5 Bh4
32. a4 Nd6 33. Nf1 Nf5 34. Qb5 Qe6 35. a5 g5 36. Bb6 Rb8
37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Re1 Bd8 39. Rb1 Bc7 40. Nd2 Bxe5 41. Qxc4
Qg6 42. Qg4 Bxc3 43. Nc4 Ne7 44. Rd1 Qxg4 45. hxg4 Nc6 46. a6
Bb4 47. a7 Rc8 48. Nd6 Ra8 49. Nb5 Nxa7 50. Nxa7 Rb8 51. Bf2
Bf8 52. Nc6 Rc8 53. Nd4 Rc4 54. Nf5 Rxg4 55. Rd8 Rf4 56. Be3
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 Qe7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qb4+ 10. Nc3 Qxb3 11. axb3 g5
12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. f4 gxf3 15. gxf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7
17. f4 Rg8 18. Bh3 f5 19. b4 b5 20. c5 a5 21. Kf2 Bb7 22. Rhc1
axb4 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Na2 b3 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Ra1
Kd8 28. Bg2 Kc7 29. Bf3 Nb8 30. Bd1 Na6 31. Bxb3 Kd7 32. Bd1
Kc7 33. Bf3 Rd8 34. Ke3 Rg8 35. Rd1 Bc8 36. Rc1 Rg3 37. Kf2
Rg7 38. Ra1 Rd7 39. Ke3 Rg7 40. Rc1 Rg3 41. Kf2 Rg7 42. Rb1
Rd7 43. Ke3 Rg7 44. b4 Bd7 45. Ne1 Kb7 46. Nc2 Nc7 47. Kf2 Be8
48. Rd1 Bd7 49. Rd3 Kc8 50. Rd6 Ne8 51. Nd4 Nxd6 52. exd6 Kd8
53. h5 Rg8 54. Nxc6+ Bxc6 55. Bxc6 Rg4 56. Ke3 Rg3+ 57. Kd4
Rb3 58. Ke5 Rxb4 59. Bb7 Rc4 60. c6 b4 61. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "184"]

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 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Nd7 15. Qd5 Bd6 16. a4 Nf6
17. Qc6 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nh4 Nd7 20. Nf5 f6 21. Nb3 Bf8
22. Na5 Bf7 23. Nc6 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nb6 25. Raa1 Nc4 26. b4 Re6
27. Na5 Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Rc8 29. Nd5 c5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. c4 Re8
32. Reb1 Bg6 33. f3 f5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Re1 Bd3 36. Kh1 e4
37. Nf4 Rcc8 38. Nxd3 exd3 39. Red1 Re3 40. Rab1 Bd6 41. c5
Rxc5 42. Nb7 Rd5 43. Nxd6 Rxd6 44. Rb3 a5 45. Ra3 Rd5 46. Kg1
Kf7 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Re3 49. Kf2 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Re6
51. Rdxd3 Rxd3 52. Rxd3 a4 53. Ra3 Ra6 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kd3 Kd5
56. Kc2 h5 57. Re3 Re6 58. Ra3 Ra6 59. Re3 Re6 60. Ra3 Rc6+
61. Kb2 Ra6 62. Kc2 Ke5 63. g3 Kd4 64. Rd3+ Kc4 65. Rd7 g6
66. Re7 a3 67. Re4+ Kd5 68. Kb1 Rb6+ 69. Ka2 Rb2+ 70. Kxa3 Rg2
71. g4 Rg3 72. Rf4 Ke5 73. Re4+ Kd5 74. Rf4 Rxh3 75. Kb2 Ke5
76. Re4+ Kf6 77. gxh5 gxh5 78. Kc2 Rxf3 79. Kd2 Kg5 80. Ke2
Rf8 81. Re7 h4 82. Rg7+ Kh5 83. Rh7+ Kg4 84. Rg7+ Kh3 85. Rg6
Kh2 86. Rg4 h3 87. Rg7 Ra8 88. Kf2 Ra2+ 89. Kf1 Rg2 90. Rf7
Kh1 91. Rf3 h2 92. Rf8 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. h4 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5
17. exd5 a5 18. h5 Nd7 19. g5 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Rdd1 b4
22. a4 Rc7 23. f4 Rf8 24. Rh3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nb6 26. b3 Rc5
27. Rhd3 Rfc8 28. c4 bxc3 29. Kc2 Kf8 30. Bg4 R8c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6
7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. Nh2 Bd7 10. Ng4 Qc8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Kh2 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Qd2 fxe4 18. dxe4 Na5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bd7 21. f5 Bc6
22. Bh4 Rbe8 23. Qf4 Qa5 24. f6 Rf7 25. Qg3 Nd2 26. Rf4 Nxe4
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Qxd6 Qc7 31. Qxc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4
Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Bc6 17. h5 h6
18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Qe2 bxc4 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Na4 22. Qc2
Rab8 23. Reb1 Qa5 24. Rb3 Nb6 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Rab1 Qc7 27. g4
Be4 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Nf1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 d5
7. Bg5 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nc5 e4
12. Nd2 Bxb2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rb1 c3 15. Bxe4 Qxd2 16. Qxd2
cxd2 17. Rxb2 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Rd4 19. f3 Rhd8 20. Bxh7 Ne5
21. h4 a6 22. Rc2+ Kb8 23. h5 Rh8 24. Be4 Rxh5 25. Rcxd2 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Kc7 27. Kg2 Nc4 28. Rd4 Nd6 29. Bc2 Rc5 30. Bb3 Kd7
31. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Bc5 8. Qb3 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Na4 Re8 11. Bf4 Nbd7
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. b4 Qe7 16. a3 Nf8
17. Bc1 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Bb2 Nb6 20. Rae1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nd6
22. Bb2 Nc4 23. Bc1 Nd6 24. Qb3 Bh5 25. Bb2 Rad8 26. h3 Bxf3
27. Bxf3 Qg5 28. e3 Qg6 29. Bg2 Re7 30. h4 Rde8 31. Qd1 Nf8
32. Bh3 h5 33. Qf3 Nd7 34. Qf4 Ne5 35. Rd1 Ng4 36. Rfe1 Qf5
37. Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Red1 Nd6 40. Kg2 Ree8 41. Kf3
Ne5+ 42. Ke2 Ng4 43. Rd2 f6 44. Kd1 Kf7 45. Kc2 Ne5 46. Kb3
Ra4 47. Bf1 Raa8 48. Be2 Ng4 49. Bf3 Ra6 50. Re1 Kg6 51. Bd1
Kf7 52. Ka2 Raa8 53. Kb1 Kg8 54. Kc1 Kh8 55. Rh1 Kh7 56. Bc2
Kg8 57. Kd1 Kf7 58. Ke2 Nf5 59. Kf3 Nd6 60. Kg2 Kg8 61. Re1
Kf7 62. Rde2 Re7 63. Ra1 Ree8 64. Ree1 Ne5 65. Red1 Ra6
66. Kf1 Rea8 67. Bb3 Kg6 68. Ke2 Kh7 69. Ra2 Nc8 70. e4 Nb6
71. f4 Ng4 72. Bd4 Nc8 73. exd5 Ne7 74. dxc6 bxc6 75. a4 bxa4
76. Bc4 Nf5 77. Bc5 Re8+ 78. Kd2 Raa8 79. Bf7 Red8 80. Bxh5
Ngh6 81. Bf3 Nxg3 82. Bxc6 Rac8 83. Bb7 Rc7 84. Bf3 Rcd7
85. Kc3 Nhf5 86. Bc6 Rc7 87. b5 Rcc8 88. Re1 Nxh4 89. Rxa4
Nhf5 90. Rc4 g6 91. Bf3 Nh4 92. Re7+ Kh6 93. Bb7 Rb8 94. Ba7
Nhf5 95. Bxb8 Nxe7 96. Bc7 Rd7 97. b6 Ne2+ 98. Kd2 Nd4 99. Bg2
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. a3 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Nc4 Ba7 16. g4 Bg6
17. Bg5 dxe5 18. dxe5 h6 19. Bh4 b5 20. Na5 Qc8 21. Rc1 c5
22. b4 c4 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nab3 Rad8 25. Qf3 Nxb4 26. axb4 Bxd4
27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. e6 f6 29. Rcd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 c3 31. Bg3 Qc6
32. Qe2 c2 33. Rc1 Qc3 34. Bg2 Qxb4 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Qf3 Qc4
37. Qb7 Qxe6 38. f4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne2 Nf5
7. Ng3 Nh4 8. c3 g6 9. Bf4 f6 10. Nxh4 fxe5 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. dxe5 Qh4 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Qd2 Rh5 15. Ng3 Rxe5+ 16. Bxe5
Nxe5 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Bb5 Bh6 19. Qe2 e5 20. Rd1 a6 21. Bxa6
Ne7 22. Bb5 c6 23. Qxe5 Bf4 24. Rd4 Bxe5 25. Rxh4 cxb5 26. O-O
Kc7 27. Re1 Kd6 28. Rh7 Nc6 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Re1 Kd6 31. Rd1
Ke6 32. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 g4 15. Nh4 cxd4 16. axb5 d3 17. Bxg4 a5
18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd5 20. Ra4 Nd7 21. Qa2 Nb6 22. Rxa5
Rxa5 23. Qxa5 Bc5 24. Qa2 O-O 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Re1 Be7 27. Bf4
Rg8 28. Kh1 Bf8 29. Be3 Nd7 30. Bd4 Qxb5 31. Qf4 Bg7 32. Qxf7
Qd5 33. Nd2 Rf8 34. Qe7 Rf5 35. Re3 Rg5 36. Rg3 Nxe5 37. Rxg5
hxg5 38. Nxc4 Kg6 39. Qe8+ Nf7 40. Qg8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "170"]

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
Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rac1 f6 16. Rfd1 Ke7
17. f4 Rhc8 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bb4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Be4 g6
22. Rc1 Kd8 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. Kf3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Ke3 Rc8
27. a4 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Kd7 29. Bd2 Be7 30. Kd3 h5 31. a5 bxa5
32. Bxa5 g5 33. h3 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Ke3 Bg5+ 36. Kd3 Kc6
37. Bd2 Be7 38. Ke3 Bg5+ 39. Kd3 Be7 40. Ke3 Bf8 41. Ba5 Bh6+
42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Bd2 Bf8 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Ba5 Kf5 46. Kd3 Be7
47. Ke3 Bg5+ 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Bd2 Bd8 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb4 a5
52. Ba3 a4 53. Bb4 Bg5+ 54. Kd3 Bc1 55. Bd2 Ba3 56. Kc3 Be7
57. Bh6 a3 58. Kb3 Bb4 59. Bf4 Ke6 60. Bc1 Be1 61. Be3 Bxg3
62. Kxa3 Kf5 63. Kb4 Be1+ 64. Kc5 Ke6 65. Bf4 g3 66. Bg5 Kf5
67. Bf4 Ke6 68. Bg5 Kf5 69. Bf4 Kxf4 70. e6 g2 71. e7 Bb4+
72. Kxb4 g1=Q 73. e8=Q Qxd4+ 74. Ka5 Qe5 75. Qc8 d4+ 76. Kb4
d3 77. Qh3 Ke4 78. Qh1+ Kd4 79. Qa1+ Kd5 80. Qxe5+ Kxe5
81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Kd1 Kc3 84. Kc1 d2+ 85. Kd1 Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "128"]

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 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. Rac1 h6 19. Ne5 cxb3 20. axb3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qd5 23. f3 Ng4 24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Bd6 Nxe3 26. Rc5
Rxd6 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qc3 Nf5 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. g4 Ne7 31. f4
g6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Bd3 Nc6 34. Be4 Ne7 35. Bd3 Nc6 36. f5 b4
37. f6+ Kg8 38. Qc1 Nxe5 39. Be2 Nd3+ 40. Bxd3 Rxd3 41. Ke2
Rf3 42. g5 Rc3 43. Qf4 Rc8 44. Qd6 Be4 45. gxh6 g5 46. Qxb4
Bf5 47. hxg5 Kh7 48. Qb7 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Bg6 50. b4 Rc4 51. Qe7
Bh5+ 52. Ke1 Re4+ 53. Kf2 Rg4 54. Qc5 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 Rf5 56. Qe3
Bg6 57. Kh4 Rd5 58. Qb6 Bf5 59. Kg3 Kg6 60. Qa7 Rd3+ 61. Kf4
Rh3 62. Ke5 Rh4 63. Qe7 Rh5 64. Qf8 Rxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7
17. h3 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Bg3 Qd7
22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Bg3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Nd7 9. e4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ne6 11. Nc4 f6
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Ne3 c5 15. c4 Nd4 16. Ng3 c6 17. f3
Be6 18. Rf2 a5 19. Nef5 a4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Raf1 axb3
22. axb3 Ra3 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. f4 Rxb3 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. fxe5
Qxe5 27. Ne2 c5 28. Nf4 c4 29. Nxe6 c3 30. Qc1 Qxe6 31. h3
Reb8 32. Qa3 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qb8
36. Rf5 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qa3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qh6
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Qa5 Rae8 20. Qc7 Nxf2 21. Kxf2
Qxe3+ 22. Kg3 Rf7 23. Qxc5 Qxd3 24. Kh2 Qa6 25. a4 h6 26. Nd4
Nd7 27. Qb4 Ne5 28. Re1 Kh7 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Kh1 Rfe7 31. Qc2
g6 32. Re2 Ng4 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. N2f3 Ne3 35. Qc5 g5 36. Re1
g4 37. Ng1 f4 38. Re2 Ba6 39. Rf2 Re4 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Nc6 Nd1
42. Rd2 Ne3 43. Rf2 f3 44. gxf3 Re6 45. Nd8 Re7 46. Qg3 Rd7
47. fxg4 Qe7 48. Nc6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Kh7 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. Nd4 Qe8
52. Nf5 Nxf5 53. Qxf5+ Kg8 54. Qf6 Qb8+ 55. Kg2 Bb7 56. Qe6+
Kh8 57. Qxd7 d4+ 58. Kf1 1-0

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 dxc4 15. c6 Nb8 16. Bb2 Nxc6
17. Nxc4 Nb4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qd4 Bf6 21. Bf3 Bb7
22. Rc4 Ba6 23. Rcc1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bb2
Kf7 27. Rfd1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. e4 Ne7
31. Bd1 e5 32. Kf1 Be6 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 g4 35. Bc1 Nc8
36. Be3 Ke7 37. a4 Kd7 38. a5 Kc6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bh6 Kd7
41. Bg7 Ke7 42. Bh6 Kd7 43. Bg7 Ke7 44. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e4 e5 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Ng4
12. Bd2 Bc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Bb6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Be1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bd4 21. Ne2 c5
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Ra1 h6 24. b5 Rfc8 25. Bb4 Qb6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Qb2 Nc5 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. f3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Kh2 Kh7
32. Ra3 Qc7 33. Qa1 Rb7 34. Ra8 Bc2 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. e5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nh5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 e6
12. O-O-O Qh4 13. Rdg1 Rad8 14. Rg4 Qe7 15. Qf2 b6 16. a3 f5
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rh4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Kb1 Qf6 21. Bc1
Nd4 22. Rg4 c5 23. f5 Nxf5 24. h4 c4 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Rhg1 d4
27. h5 Qxh5 28. f4 Qd5 29. Rg5 Qd7 30. Qh2 d3 31. Rh1 Bf6
32. Rg3 Rf7 33. Rh3 d2 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6
12. Qa4 f5 13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. Rbc1 Kh8 15. e3 Bf7 16. d4 e4
17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Bf1 Bh5 19. Re1 Be8 20. Qd1 a4 21. a3 Nd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Nc4 Ra6 24. Ne5 Ra8 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. Nd2 Ra8
27. Nb1 Qa5 28. Nc3 Be7 29. Ne2 b5 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Qe2 b4
32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Rc3 Rfc8 34. Rec1 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Bd6 36. Qc2
g6 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Rxc4 Qb5 39. Ne6 Qd7 40. Nc5 Bxc5 41. Rxc5
b5 42. Qc3 Kg8 43. d5 Qd6 44. Rc7 Qf8 45. d6 Rd8 46. Qe5 Rxd6
47. Qxb5 Rd8 48. Qxa4 Qd6 49. Qc4+ Qd5 50. b4 Qxc4 51. Rxc4
Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rb1 53. g4 Kg7 54. g5 h6 55. h4 hxg5 56. hxg5 Kf7
57. Kg3 Ke6 58. Rc6+ Kf7 59. Kf4 Rg1 60. Rc7+ Ke6 61. Rc6+ Kd5
62. Rc5+ Ke6 63. f3 exf3 64. Kxf3 Rxg5 65. Rc1 Rg4 66. Rb1 Kd6
67. b5 Kc7 68. b6+ Kb7 69. Rb5 Re4 70. Rb2 Re6 71. Kf4 Re4+
72. Kg5 Rxe3 73. Kxg6 Re6+ 74. Kxf5 Rxb6 75. Rxb6+ Kxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. Re2 a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd6
17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. d5 Ne7 21. Qc7
Nxd5 22. Qxb7 Nc3 23. Qxa6 Qb8 24. g3 h6 25. a4 Qb1+ 26. Kg2
Qxc2 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. a5 Qb2 29. Qc6 d5 30. Qb6 Qa2 31. a6 Ne4
32. a7 g5 33. Ne5 Kg7 34. Nd3 d4 35. Qxd4+ Nf6 36. Nc5 1-0

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8 9. a4 f6 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Kh1 Nc5
12. Ng1 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Na5 Be6 15. Ne2 Bf7 16. f4 exf4
17. Nxf4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Qg4 Nc5 20. Qg3 a6 21. Qf2 Qd6
22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Qg3 Bg6 26. Nh4 Bf7
27. Nf5 Bg6 28. Nh4 Ne5 29. Bf4 Rac8 30. b3 Qd7 31. h3 Re6
32. Qf2 Bd6 33. Bh2 Bc7 34. Ra2 Bb6 35. Qe1 Rce8 36. Qb1 Qd4
37. Nf5 Qd8 38. Qa1 Qd7 39. Qc3 Bxf5 40. Rxf5 h6 41. Bg1 Rc8
42. Rf1 Kh7 43. Raa1 Kh8 44. Ra2 Kh7 45. Raa1 Kh8 46. Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 f6
12. Nh4 Bf8 13. Nf5 Nc5 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Ne2 c5 16. f4 exf4
17. Nxf4 c6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 b5 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Bf4 Bxf4
22. Rxf4 Qd4 23. Rf1 Qc3 24. Qc1 Bf7 25. Ra3 Bh5 26. b4 Qd4
27. Nb3 Qd8 28. bxc5 b4 29. Ra1 Bf7 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Rac1 Qe5
32. Qd4 Bxb3 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. cxb3 Rd8 35. Rf3 f5 36. exf5
Red5 37. g4 Rxd3 38. Rcf1 R8d5 39. Kg2 Rxf3 40. Rxf3 Rxc5
41. Re3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. h4 c5 44. Ke4 c4 45. bxc4 Rxc4+
46. Kf3 h5 47. gxh5 Rxh4 48. Re5 b3 49. Re1 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. b4 Rab8 15. a3 Ne5 16. Na4 h6
17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Kh1 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Bh4 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Qf2 Ba8
22. Be2 Rc7 23. Nb3 Rcc8 24. Nd4 Bh4 25. Qg1 Be7 26. Qf2 h5
27. h3 Bh4 28. Qg1 Ng6 29. Bf1 Bg5 30. Nb3 Nde5 31. Qf2 Bc6
32. Nb2 Qf6 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Rxd6 h4 35. Qd2 Nf4 36. Nd4 Qf6
37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Rd8 40. Rxc6 Qd4 41. Rd1
Rd7 42. c5 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Rbd8 44. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Ng5
h6 13. Nge4 Nd5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Rac8 17. e3
c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Rc4 24. Rd7 Bh4 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. b3 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rb8 f5 31. Ng3 Rc5
32. Rb6 g6 33. Ne2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rxe6 Rc2 36. Kf1 Rb2
37. Re5 Rxb3 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rc5 Rb2 40. Rd5 b4 41. Rb5 g4
42. e4 Kf6 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Rh5 Bf6 45. e5 Bg7 46. Nf4 Ke8
47. Rg5 Bf8 48. Rxg4 b3 49. Rg3 Bc5 50. Nd3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 b2
52. Nxc5 Rg1+ 53. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 54. Kg2 Qc2 55. Nd3 Qc6+ 56. Kg1
Qe4 57. h3 Ke7 58. Re3 Qd5 59. Ne1 Qd1 60. Kh2 Qb1 61. Kg2
Qg6+ 62. Rg3 Qe4+ 63. Nf3 Kf8 64. Rg4 Qf5 65. Kg3 Qb1 66. h4
Qh7 67. Rf4+ Ke8 68. Rf6 Qg8+ 69. Ng5 Qb3+ 70. Kg4 Qd5
71. Re6+ Kf8 72. Kh5 Qd4 73. f4 Qd1+ 74. Kg6 Qg4 75. h5 Qg1
76. h6 Qg2 77. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.10"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qc6 11. Be2 Bb7
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bc3 Rac8 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4
Qc7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Qb2 Qf4 19. Nf1 Ng6 20. Ne3 Ne4 21. Be1
Nf6 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Be1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4
12. Nd2 Re8 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ra2 Qe7 15. Re1 b6 16. Ne4 h6
17. b3 Ba6 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Rf8 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nb5 g5
22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Ng6 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. e3 Nh4 26. Rg1 Rg8
27. Bh1 Bf6 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2+ Rg7 31. Qf2
Bxb5 32. axb5 Qf6 33. Qb2 Qg6 34. Qf2 Qf6 35. Qb2 Qg6 36. Qf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. f4
Nb6 13. Qe1 O-O 14. h4 h5 15. Rf3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Be8 17. Qa5 Nd5
18. Bxc4 b6 19. Qe1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nxc5
Rc8 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Bb5 26. Rd1 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Qxe5 28. Rd4 Ra8 29. Qg3 Rfe8 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Nd3 Re4
32. Rxd5 Bc4 33. Rd4 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxb4 35. Rd4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2
Ra7 37. Rdf4 Re7 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rxg4 Rb3 40. h5 Rbxe3
41. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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. e4 O-O
12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Rd8 14. Rc1 h5 15. h3 Bh6 16. Rc2 Nb6
17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Be8 21. Ba2 Rac8
22. Bb3 Ra8 23. Ba2 Rac8 24. Bb3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 O-O
12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Qe4 14. Rfc1 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bf5 16. Rcc1
Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Red8 21. Be1
Kf7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 c5 25. f3 Rc8 26. e4
Be6 27. Bf2 Bxa2 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 a6 30. Kf2 Bb1 31. Bb4
Ba2 32. Bc5 Bb1 33. Bb4 Ba2 34. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6
7. g4 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5
12. O-O-O b5 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kb1 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. h4 Be6 21. Bh3 Rd8
22. Qh2 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 O-O 25. Nd5 Qc4 26. Nc3 Bc7
27. Qg3 b4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. h5 Rb8 31. b3 Qe7
32. g6 Kh8 33. Qd3 Ba5 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Qc4 Qe8 36. Rf7 Rc8
37. Qf1 h6 38. Na4 Bb4 39. Qxa6 Qd8 40. Qd3 Qh4 41. Kb2 Qxh5
42. Rb7 Ba5 43. Ra7 Be1 44. Qd7 Rg8 45. Qf7 Bb4 46. Rb7 Bf8
47. Qxe6 Qg5 48. Nc3 Qg1 49. b4 Qd4 50. Kb3 Qd8 51. Nd5 Bxb4
52. Nxb4 Qa8 53. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5
7. Nc3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Nd5
12. Rfc1 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd6 14. e3 f6 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. Nd2 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Rhc8 18. Ne4 Kd7 19. Kf3 Be7 20. h4 Nb4 21. Rg1 Rg8
22. Rac1 c6 23. Na3 Rad8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Ncd2 Nb4
27. Nc4 Nd5 28. h5 Kf7 29. Rg2 Rd7 30. Rcg1 Rdd8 31. Ng3 Rge8
32. Ne4 Rg8 33. Ng3 Rge8 34. f5 Bf8 35. Kf3 Rd7 36. Rc1 Rb8
37. Rgg1 Nb4 38. Ke2 Rd5 39. fxe6+ Kxe6 40. Nd2 Kf7 41. Nde4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3
17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Nf3 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Ra3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4
26. Rc3 Ba5 27. Rc1 Rbe8 28. Nh2 Qh4 29. Nd4 h5 30. Qd3 Qf6
31. Nc6 Bb6 32. b4 f3 33. Qxf3 Rf4 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Bxf2
36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Nxf3 Re2 38. Ng5 f6 39. Ne6 h4 40. Nxc7 Bg3
41. Ne6 Rc2 42. b5 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 e6 6. e4 d6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. d4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Rac8 13. Ne1 a6 14. Nd3 b5 15. f3 a5 16. a3 Qb6
17. Qf2 Rc2 18. Ne1 Rc6 19. Nf1 Rfc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Bd2 Qb6
22. Be3 Qd8 23. Rac1 Nb6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Bc1 Rc8
27. Bh3 Rb8 28. Qe1 Qb6 29. Qf2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ne3 Na5
32. Ng2 Ba6 33. Ngf4 Bc4 34. Be3 Qb5 35. Nc1 h6 36. Qc2 b3
37. Qf2 Nc6 38. Nce2 Nb4 39. Nc3 Qa6 40. Qd2 e5 41. Nfe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2
Bf6 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb4 Rfb8 20. Bxd6 Rd8
21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Bg3 Rac8 23. Rxg4 Rxc2 24. O-O Rd5 25. h4
Rxf5 26. Ra4 Kg7 27. Rd1 Nc6 28. Rxa6 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Rc4 30. f3
Nb4 31. Ra4 Rxh4 32. Rb1 Rb5 33. g4 Nxa2 34. Rxb5 Nc3 35. Raa5
Nxb5 36. Rxb5 Rh8 37. Kg2 Ra8 38. Kg3 Rh8 39. Ra5 Re8 40. g5
fxg5 41. Rxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ermes Espinosa Veloz"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6
18. Qc2 Qc7 19. c4 bxa4 20. c5 dxc5 21. dxe5 axb3 22. Qxb3 c4
23. Bxc4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Nfd7 25. Ba2 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rab1
Nd7 28. Qb3 Nc5 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Qxh6 Nf8 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf3
Rh5 33. Qe3 Bc8 34. Ng5 Ne6 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Rec1
a5 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rb6 Rxh3 40. Qxh3 Qxb6 41. Qh6 Ra7
42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qxe6 Rf7 44. Qd6+ Kg8 45. Qd2 a4 46. Kg2 a3
47. Rh1 Qb2 48. Qd8+ Rf8 49. Qg5+ Qg7 50. Rh5 Ra8 51. Qf5 a2
52. Qe6+ Qf7 53. Rg5+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ Qe7 55. Rf5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ermes Espinosa Veloz"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3
Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ng3 Bd8 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. exf5 Nc4 19. a4 h6 20. Qe2 Bc7 21. b3 Nb6 22. a5 Nbd5
23. c4 Bb8 24. Bd3 Nc3 25. Qc2 b4 26. Bf1 Ba7 27. Bd2 e4
28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Nh2 d5 30. Ng4 Rd8 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc4
Rxf5 33. Qxc3 Qd6 34. Ne3 Rg5 35. Rad1 Qf4 36. Bf1 Rf8 37. g3
Nh5 38. Bg2 Nxg3 39. Rd7 Bb8 40. fxg3 Qxg3 41. Qd2 Qxh3
42. Rd8 Rxg2+ 43. Nxg2 Bh2+ 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Qf2 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. Bxd5 Nf6 16. Bg2 cxd4
17. Bb2 b5 18. Rc1 Bb4 19. cxb5 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bxb5 21. Nc4 Re8
22. Qd3 Bc3 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Qf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Re5 26. Qf3 Qe8
27. Bf4 Rc5 28. Qb7 Nf6 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Rb1 g5 31. Qb8+ Kg7
32. Be5 Qf5 33. Rb5 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qe6 35. a4 h5 36. Qc7 h4
37. Bc4 Ba5 38. Bxe6 Bxc7 39. Bxc7 fxe6 40. Be5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8. Be3 Qxe5 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4
Bf5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bf5
16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Re3 Rfe8 19. Rd4 b6 20. Rb4 a5
21. Ra4 Re7 22. c4 Rd7 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Rxa5 c4
26. Rea3 Rdd8 27. Ra7 h6 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Rd3 30. Ra8+
Kh7 31. Ba5 h5 32. h4 Bf5 33. a4 Rd6 34. Bc3 c5 35. a5 Rg6
36. a6 Rxg2 37. Rf8 Be6 38. a7 Bd5 39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 Rf2
41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8
12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 g5 14. Bg3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. d4 Re7 20. dxe5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Bxg4
22. f4 Be2 23. Rfe1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Bh5 25. Re4 Bg6 26. Re2 Rae8
27. Rae1 Bd3 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Kf2 a5 30. a4 Bxe5 31. Bxe5+ Rxe5
32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd7 b5 34. Bd1 Be4 35. g3 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rh5
37. Kg1 Bd5 38. Re7 Rf5 39. b3 Be6 40. c4 Rf3 41. Kg2 Rc3
42. Ra7 Bg4 43. Rxa5 Bd1 44. Bxc6 Bxb3 45. c5 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Be6
47. h4 Kf6 48. Bf3 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Ke2 Bc4+
52. Kf2 Be6 53. c6 Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 Bc4+ 56. Kf2 Be6
57. Be4 Bg4 58. Bd5 Ke7 59. Ra8 Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke5 61. Bg2 Rc2+
62. Kg1 Rc1+ 63. Kh2 Rc2 64. Rd3 Be2 65. Re3+ Kd6 66. c7 Bg4
67. Kg1 Rxc7 68. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d6
12. a4 a5 13. e4 Nd7 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Bf3 f5
17. e5 Bxf3 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. gxf3 h5 20. c5 Qc6 21. cxb6 cxb6
22. Qd3 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rg1 Qxa4 25. Qa6+ Kc7 26. Qa7+
Kd6 27. Rxb6+ Nxb6 28. Qxb6+ Ke7 29. Qc5+ Kf6 30. Qe5+ Kf7
31. Rxg5 Rh7 32. Rxf5+ exf5 33. Qxf5+ Ke8 34. Qxh7 Qa1+
35. Nb1 Qb2 36. Kd1 a4 37. f4 a3 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke8
40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bd7
7. Na4 Bb6 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bc4 Ng6 11. h3 Be6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6 Kd7 16. f4 Qxe6
17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. f5 Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. fxg6 Rhf8 21. Be3
Rf6 22. Bf2 Rxg6 23. Bh4+ Ke6 24. a3 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 26. Rf1
Nd7 27. Bd8 c6 28. b4 h5 29. a4 Rh6 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Ra1 Ra8
32. c4 b5 33. a5 bxc4 34. dxc4 c5 35. b5 Nb6 36. Rc1 Rxa5
37. Bd8 Nxc4 38. Bxa5 Nxa5 39. Rc3 d5 40. Rxc5 dxe4 41. b6 Nb3
42. Rc7 Na5 43. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1
a6 13. d5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Nb3 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. h3 Nc5 17. dxe6
fxe6 18. Ne5 Rb6 19. Be3 Rd6 20. f4 Bb7 21. Bf2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Qa8 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Qd7
27. h4 Nd3 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. Be3 Nxb2 30. h5 Nd3 31. h6 Bf8
32. Ne2 c5 33. e5 b4 34. axb4 cxb4 35. Nd4 b3 36. Qe2 Qb7
37. hxg7 Qxg7 38. Kh2 b2 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 40. Bxe6+ Kh8 41. Qc2
Qb7 42. Qb1 Ne1 43. Kh3 Qg2+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Kg5 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1
Rc8 17. g4 c5 18. Rg1 Rf8 19. f5 Qb6 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5
22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ke1 Nd7 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Rd3 Be4 26. Ra3 Rc7
27. Kd2 e5 28. Rf1 Rb8 29. Kc3 Rb6 30. Rd1 Rbc6 31. Bg4 Nb6
32. Ra5 g6 33. b3 Bf5 34. Be2 Nd7 35. a3 Be6 36. h4 Bf7
37. Bf3 Rb6 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Bxc5 e4 40. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. e3 Ne2+ 10. Kh1 Bf5 11. Qc4 Nxc1
12. Rxc1 Ng4 13. Nh3 e4 14. Nc3 Ne5 15. Qf1 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 f5
17. Rc2 Rf6 18. Rd1 Nd3 19. f4 c4 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 Nb4
22. Rcc1 Nd3 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Nd4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Ba3 26. Rc2
Qxd5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Bxg4 Kh8 29. Qa1 Bc5 30. Ne6 Bd6 31. Nd4
Bc5 32. Ne2 Rg6 33. h3 b6 34. Qc3 h5 35. f5 Rg5 36. Nf4 Qf7
37. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6
12. Bb2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8
12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 b6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bg5 Qf8
17. Bf6 Re8 18. h3 Bf4 19. N1h2 Nd6 20. Ng4 Ne4 21. Bh4 h5
22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qd6 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Bb5
Nb8 27. Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Be6
12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Ne5 e6 14. h3 h5 15. f3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7
17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Qh4 21. Qe1
Qxg4 22. Rd1 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Be5 25. Qd2 Rc4
26. Qe3 Bg7 27. Qxa7 Rb4 28. b3 Rc8 29. Rdd3 Qg5 30. Nd1 Rg4
31. Qxb7 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qc7 Rd2 35. a4 Rb2
36. Nd1 Rb1 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Qh2 Rfc8 39. Kf2 Qf6+ 40. Bf3 e5
41. Ne3 d4 42. Ng4 Qg5 43. Nxe5 R8c3 44. Qh8+ Kxh8 45. Nxf7+
Kg7 46. Nxg5 Rxd3 47. exd3 Rc3 48. a5 Rxd3 49. a6 Rd2+ 50. Ke1
Ra2 51. Ne6+ Kf6 52. Nc5 Ra5 53. b4 Ra2 54. b5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. Bg3 Nc6 8. Ngf3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2
Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4 Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5
Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6 22. Bh4 Re8
23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Ng3 b4 26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Raf1 Bc8
28. Ng3 Qxf3+ 29. gxf3 a4 30. Ne2 a3 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32. Nf4
axb2 33. Nxd5 Rxa2 34. Rb1 Ba5 35. Rhg1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.23"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Ra2
Nbd7 13. Re2 b5 14. Nd2 Ne4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc3 17. Qc6
Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nb6 19. e4 a5 20. Bxb5 axb4 21. a4 Qe6 22. Qc2
Bf4 23. d5 Qe7 24. Bc6 Ra7 25. g3 Be5 26. Nf3 Bc3 27. Bg5 Qd6
28. Be3 Ra5 29. Nd4 Nc4 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. Nb3 Ra6 32. Bb5 Na3
33. Qe2 Nxb5 34. Qxb5 Rfa8 35. Bxc7 Rxa4 36. d6 Be5 37. Nc5
Bxd6 38. Bxd6 Ra2 39. Bf4 Qc3 40. Be3 h6 41. Rc1 Ra1 42. Rxa1
Rxa1+ 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Qe8 Qc4 45. Nd7 Qf1+ 46. Kf3 Qd1+
47. Kf4 Qd6+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Kf4 Qd6+ 50. e5 g5+ 51. Kg4 Qe6+
52. Qxe6 fxe6 53. Nc5 Kg6 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Bd2 Rb1
57. Kd3 b3 58. Be3 Kg6 59. Nxe6 Kf5 60. Nd4+ Kxe5 61. Kc3 Ke4
62. Nxb3 Rh1 63. Nd2+ Kf5 64. Nf3 Ke4 65. Nd2+ Kf5 66. Kd3
Rxh2 67. Ke2 Rh1 68. Nf1 h5 69. f3 h4 70. g4+ Kg6 71. f4 gxf4
72. Bxf4 Rg1 73. Ne3 Ra1 74. Nf5 h3 75. Nh4+ Kf6 76. Nf3 Ra2+
77. Ke3 Rg2 78. Nh2 Kg6 79. Kf3 Rg1 80. Be3 Rg2 81. Nf1 Kh7
82. Bf2 Kg6 83. Ne3 Rh2 84. Kg3 Rh1 85. Nf5 h2 86. Nh4+ Kh7
87. Nf3 Rg1+ 88. Kxh2 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.24"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5
7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. Qc2 N7b6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Be2 c5
12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4
Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Nd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Rh8 19. Be3 c5 20. c3 g5 21. Nxg5 Bh6
22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Rh2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rxg5+ 26. Rg2
Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Ke7 28. Rd1 Rg8+ 29. Kf3 Rg5 30. Kf4 Rg2
31. Rxd5 b6 32. b3 Rf2+ 33. Ke4 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Rd3 Ra1
36. Ke4 Re1+ 37. Kd5 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Rf3 Re5+ 40. Kc6 c4
41. bxc4 Rc5+ 42. Kb7 Rxc4 43. Kxa7 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Rad1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Be7 16. Ne4
Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bxe7 Nxe4 20. f3 Rc7
21. Bd8 Rcc8 22. Bh4 Nc5 23. Rd2 Kg7 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Rd6 Ne6
26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Bf6 Rc2 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7
Rxe2+ 31. Kh3 e4 32. Kg4 exf3 33. Kxf3 Rc2 34. Kg4 Rc5
35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxa8 Kxf6 37. Rxa7 Rc2 38. b4 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bb3
Bb7 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. c4 Na4 17. Bd2
Qe7 18. Qc2 bxc4 19. dxc4 Bb4 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxb4 Qxb4
22. Nxe5 Qd6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qe5 26. Rad1
Rfe8 27. Re3 Rab8 28. Rd5 Qb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. c5 Nc4 31. Re2
a5 32. Rd4 a4 33. Rxc4 axb3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. f3
Rb5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nf5 Bc8 12. Qc2
Nc5 13. e4 Bxf5 14. exf5 h6 15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qd7 17. g4 Qa4
18. Qe2 Nfd7 19. h4 f6 20. Kh2 Kf7 21. Kg3 Rh8 22. Rh1 e4
23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Rab1 Qa3 27. Rhc1
Rd6 28. f3 Ke7 29. Rc2 Kd8 30. Qe3 Kc8 31. Rb4 Rhd8 32. Rcb2
Re8 33. Rb5 Kd7 34. Bc2 Ke7 35. Kf2 a6 36. R5b4 Kf7 37. Ke2
Qa5 38. Kd2 Qa3 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Kb1 Rdd8 41. Ka1 Rd6 42. Kb1
Rdd8 43. Be4 Rd6 44. Rg2 Kf8 45. Ka1 Ke7 46. Rb1 Kd8 47. Rgb2
Kc8 48. Bc2 Rdd8 49. Rg1 Rd6 50. Rbb1 Rdd8 51. Rgc1 Rd6
52. Be4 Rdd8 53. Qd2 Rd6 54. Qc2 Qa4 55. Qe2 Qa3 56. Qd2 Rdd8
57. Rh1 Rd6 58. Qc2 Qa4 59. g5 hxg5 60. Qxa4 Nxa4 61. hxg5
Rdd8 62. Bc2 Nc5 63. Rbg1 Kd7 64. Kb2 Kd6 65. a4 Nb7 66. Kc1
Na5 67. Bd3 Nb3+ 68. Kd1 Nc5 69. Bc2 Nb7 70. Ke2 Na5 71. Bd3
Nb7 72. Ke3 Nc5 73. Bc2 Rdf8 74. Kf2 Nb7 75. Ke3 Nc5 76. Ke2
Nb7 77. Kf2 Nc5 78. Ke3 Nb7 79. f4 Nc5 80. Kf3 e4+ 81. Kg4 Re8
82. Re1 a5 83. Rh5 Kd7 84. Re2 Kd6 85. Bd1 Nd3 86. Reh2 Rxh5
87. Rxh5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.27"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

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. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5
17. Bb2 d4 18. Nf3 d3 19. exd3 Nxd3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxe7
Nxb2 22. Qd7 Qc1+ 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Bh3 Rd8
26. Ne5 g6 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 a5 29. Re3 f6 30. Ng4 Kf7
31. Rc3 h5 32. Ne3 Nd3 33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. Rb7 Nc1 35. Rxb6+ Kf7
36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ Kf7 38. a4 Rd3 39. b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Ra3
41. Nc4 Ra1 42. Kg2 Nd3 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. a5 Ra4
46. Rc6 Ne1+ 47. Kf1 Nf3 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Ke2 Nxh2 50. Kd3 Nf3
51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Kc3 g5 53. Rc5+ Ke6 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra4
56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Nb6 Rb4+ 59. Ka3 Rb1 60. Ka2 Rb4
61. Rc6+ Kf5 62. a6 Ne5 63. Rxf6+ Kxf6 64. Nd5+ Ke6 65. Nxb4
Nd7 66. Nd3 Kd6 67. a7 Nb6 68. Kb3 Kc7 69. Kc3 Kb7 70. Kd4
Kxa7 71. Ke4 Nc4 72. Ne5 Nb2 73. Nf7 h4 74. Nxg5 hxg3 75. fxg3
Kb7 76. g4 Kc8 77. Kf5 Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.28"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

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 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. e3 Ne5
12. Nh4 d6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8
12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. b3 Nb6
17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Nd3 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Nc5 Rc7 21. Nxb7
Rxb7 22. Rxc6 Qxa2 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Rb1 a5 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Bc2
g6 27. f3 Qa3 28. Qc3 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Ra1 h5 31. h4 Re8
32. Kf2 Ree7 33. Ke2 Rec7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Kd2 Rb7 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. Bd3 Nd7 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb6 40. Ra4 e5 41. Ke3
Kf6 42. dxe5+ Kxe5 43. Ra5+ Kd6 44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Bd5 f6
46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. f4 Nb6 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Bf7 Rc8 50. Ra6 Kc6
51. Bxg6 Kb7 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Be4+ Kb8 54. Rb5 Ka7 55. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6
7. d3 O-O 8. a4 Nb4 9. Nd2 h6 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Nd1
Re8 13. Nde3 Bf8 14. c3 Nc6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Be6 17. Qf2
Bxc4 18. Nxc4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Na5 22. Ne5
Qb6 23. Rab1 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qb3 25. Be1 Qxa4 26. Bh4 Rd6 27. Ra1
Qb5 28. c4 Qa6 29. d4 Rxd4 30. Qc3 Ne4 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxa5
Nd2 33. Rd1 Bd6 34. Bf2 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Nxc4 36. Bxd4 Nxa5
37. Bc3 Nc4 38. e6 Rxe6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Bd5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6
7. d3 O-O 8. a4 Nb4 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Nc4
Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Na5 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nc4
Be6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 a6 20. Na3 Rb8 21. Nd5 Ne7 22. Nc4 b5
23. axb5 axb5 24. Nce3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 g6 26. Ra7 Bxd5 27. exd5
Qb6 28. Qa1 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Re2 Rb7 31. Ra6 Qb3 32. g4
Rb6 33. Ra5 Rb7 34. Be4 Qb6 35. Ra6 Qd8 36. Qa4 Qb8 37. Kg2
Rd8 38. Qxc4 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Ra7 Qb6 41. Rc7 Bg7 42. h4
Bf6 43. h5 Bh4 44. Kh3 Qxf2 45. Qd3 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bg5 47. Qg3
Qf1+ 48. Qg2 Qf4 49. Qg4 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Rb8 51. Rc8+ Rxc8
52. Qxc8+ Kg7 53. Qc4 Qd2+ 54. Kh3 Qd1 55. Qd3 Qxh5+ 56. Kg2
Qg4+ 57. Kh1 Bh4 58. Bf5 Qg5 59. Qf3 Be1 60. Bc2 Bd2 61. c4
Qh4+ 62. Kg2 Qxc4 63. Qf5 Qxd5+ 64. Be4 Qe6 65. Qh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5
7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Re1 Qa4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. e3 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 e5
17. f4 e4 18. Be2 h6 19. Kf2 g5 20. h4 Rdg8 21. Rh1 gxf4
22. exf4 Rg7 23. h5 Rhg8 24. Rhg1 Qa6 25. a4 Be8 26. Be1 Nd7
27. Ke3 Nf6 28. Rh1 Qa5 29. Bf2 b6 30. Rh3 Kd8 31. Be1 Ke7
32. Bf2 Kf8 33. Be1 Re7 34. Rh1 Rgg7 35. Ra3 Kg8 36. Bf2 Kh8
37. Be1 Rg8 38. Bf2 Reg7 39. Rh3 Qa6 40. Qd1 Ng4+ 41. Bxg4
fxg4 42. Rh1 Qxc4 43. Qe2 Qxd5 44. Rd1 Qe6 45. c4 Rd7 46. Rd5
Bf7 47. Be1 Qe8 48. Rf5 Kh7 49. Bc3 Be6 50. Rf6 Rf7 51. Rg6
Rxg6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Ra1 h5 54. Rd1 Rd7 55. Qh2 Qd8 56. Ba1
d5 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Qb2 Rd3+ 59. Ke2 Qd4 60. Qxd4 cxd4
61. Rxd3 Bc4 62. Bxd4 exd3+ 63. Ke3 Kf5 64. Bc3 a5 65. Be1 Ke6
66. Bc3 Kf5 67. Be1 Kf6 68. Bd2 Kg6 69. Bc3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4
Nc6 8.Re1 b5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 Bb7 11.c3 a6 12.a4 b4 13.Bg5
f6 14.Bd2 e5 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.d4 bxc3 17.bxc3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nxd4
19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Qb3 Rb8 21.Rb1 Qd7 22.Rec1 Qe6 23.Nc5 Bxc5
24.Rxc5 Rd8 25.Ba5 Rd6 26.Qc4 Nc3 27.Rxb7 Qe1+ 28.Bf1 Ne2+
29.Qxe2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.02"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4
Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 c5 18.bxc5 exd4
19.c6 dxc3 20.cxb7 cxd2 21.Qxd2 Rb8 22.Bxb5 Qb6 23.Rb1 Qxb7
24.Bd3 Qa8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Bb2 Qa2 27.Re2 h6 28.Qc1 Qb3 29.Bc4
Qb7 30.Qd1 Re8 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.e5 dxe5 33.Nxe5 Re7 34.Qd4 Nd7
35.Nxf7 Rxf7 36.Rb2 Qc6 37.Rb5 Kh8 38.Rd5 Nb6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qe3 Nf6 7.h3
g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Rb1 Nde5 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Nxf3+
13.Bxf3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Be4 Qd7 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Bxf5 Qxf5
18.Bd2 Rae8 19.Bc3 e6 20.Nb6 d5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qc5 Rf6 23.b4
Ne5 24.cxd5 Nd3 25.Qe3 Nxf2 26.Rf1 Qe4 27.Rbe1 exd5 28.Rxf2
Qh4 29.Qd2 Rxf2 30.Qc3+ d4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4
7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Ndb5 Kd8 9.Be3 Nc6 10.f3 h5 11.O-O-O Kc8 12.Bg5
g6 13.Nd6+ exd6 14.Bxf6 Rg8 15.e4 Be6 16.Kb1 Kd7 17.Nd5 Bg7
18.Bxg7 Rxg7 19.Bb5 Kd8 20.Rd2 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Kc7 22.Rc1 Re8
23.Rd4 Re5 24.Ba4 b5 25.Bb3 Rc5 26.Rd5 Rxc1+ 27.Kxc1 a6 28.Rd3
g5 29.Kd2 h4 30.Rc3 Kb6 31.Rd3 Kc7 32.Ke3 f6 33.Rc3 Kb6 34.Rd3
Kc7 35.Rc3 Kb6 36.Bd5 Ne7 37.Kd4 Rh7 38.Be6 Rh8 39.a3 Rd8
40.Rc2 Rh8 41.Rf2 Ng6 42.Kd5 Rd8 43.Bf5 Nf4+ 44.Kd4 Re8 45.g3
Ne6+ 46.Bxe6 Rxe6 47.Kd5 Re5+ 48.Kxd6 hxg3 49.hxg3 g4 50.fxg4
Rxe4 51.Rf4 Re3 52.Rxf6 Rxg3 53.Ke5+ Kb7 54.Kf5 Rb3 55.g5 Rxb2
56.g6 Rg2 57.Ke6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Qb3 Bg7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bh4 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qd8
17. Qa3 b6 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Be2 Bb7 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Rac1 f6
22. Nf3 Qd5 23. Bf1 Bh6 24. Rc2 Rf7 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. h3 Bd5
27. Ba6 Bb7 28. Bd3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qxa7 b5 31. Ne1 Rf8
32. Qa3 Ra8 33. Qb2 Rca4 34. Qb1 Bd5 35. Nd3 Bf8 36. Rdd2 Qc6
37. f3 Bc4 38. Bf4 Qd5 39. Nf2 Rxa2 40. Rxa2 Bxa2 41. Qe1 Bc4
42. Ng4 Qf5 43. Qe4 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 h5 45. Qxf5 exf5 46. Nxf6+
Kf7 47. Nd7 Bg7 48. Be5 Bh6 49. f4 Ra2 50. Rxa2 Bxa2 51. Kg3
Bf8 52. Bc7 Ba3 53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. Bd8+ Kg7 55. Kh4 Bd6 56. Kg5
Bxe5 57. fxe5 Kf7 58. g3 Be6 59. Kf4 Bd5 60. Ke3 Ke6 61. Kd2
Bg2 62. h4 Bd5 63. Kc2 Kd7 64. Ba5 Kc6 65. Kd3 Kd7 66. Kc2 Kc6
67. Kb2 Be6 68. Ka3 Bd5 69. Kb4 Be6 70. Bd8 Bd5 71. Ka5 Be6
72. Ka6 Bc8+ 73. Ka7 Be6 74. Bg5 Bd7 75. Bf4 Be6 76. Kb8 Bd7
77. Bg5 Be6 78. Bh6 Bd7 79. Bf4 Be6 80. d5+ Bxd5 81. Kc8 Bb3
82. Kd8 Bc4 83. Ke7 Bb3 84. e6 Bc4 85. Kf6 Bb3 86. Bc1 Bc4
87. Ba3 Bb3 88. e7 Kd7 89. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. N1h2
Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Rb8
18. Ne3 Bb7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxa4
Ra8 23. Qc2 Ra6 24. Reb1 Qa7 25. Be3 Ba8 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Nd2
Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Qxa3
32. Ne4 Qa6 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. f4 Ra8 35. Qb1 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qc6
37. Kf3 Ra3 38. Rb8 Ra8 39. Qb7 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 Ra3 41. Rb8
Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 g6 43. Nc5 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rb2 45. Rxb2 Bxc5
46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Ke2 d3+ 48. Kxd3 h5 49. Kc4 Be3 50. Rb3 Bf2
51. Rf3 Bg1 52. Kb5 Kf7 53. Kc6 Ke7 54. Rb3 Bh2 55. Rb7+ Kf8
56. Kd6 Bxg3 57. Kxe6 Bxf4 58. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. a4 Rc8
12. Rb1 Bc6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. b4 Nb6 15. b5 Bd7 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Nd5 Nxa4 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Rb3 a5 21. Qc2 Bh6
22. Nf3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nb6 24. Re4 Nxd5 25. Bb2 Nf6 26. Bxf6
exf6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6
7. h3 e6 8. Be2 Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6
17. a4 Qe6 18. Ra3 c4 19. Re1 Rad8 20. a5 Bf8 21. Ra4 Ne5
22. e4 Bc6 23. Rxc4 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Nxc4 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. f3 Bg7
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qd3 Qe5 29. Qd2 a6 30. Rd1 Nb5 31. Qb4 Nc7
32. Qb6 f5 33. Bd3 Rd8 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Qxd4+
Rxd4 37. Ke3 Ne6 38. Rc1 f4+ 39. Ke2 Rb4 40. Bxa6 bxa6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nd2 Qe1+
17. Nf1 Bg6 18. Bc2 b4 19. c4 b3 20. Bd1 Nb4 21. Bd2 Qe5
22. Bc3 Qc5 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxb3 Qb6 25. Re1 Bc5 26. Ba4 Rd8
27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Bxc6 Bh5 29. Rb1 Qxb1 30. Qxh5 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2
Qb6+ 32. Ne3 Qxc6 33. Nd5 Qd6 34. g3 h6 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. Kg2
Kh8 37. h4 Qa3 38. Kh3 Qc1 39. Nf4 Qb2 40. Qe7 Qb7 41. Qe5
Qd7+ 42. Kh2 Kg8 43. Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Bb3 a6 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. d4
Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qc8 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Nf5 Ndf8 17. h4
h6 18. h5 hxg5 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Nxg5 Qd7 21. g3 d5 22. Qxd5
Qxd5 23. exd5 Rad8 24. Kg2 Rxd5 25. f4 f6 26. Ne4 Rdd8
27. fxe5 fxe5 28. d5 Rxd5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Rf1+ Nf4+ 31. gxf4
gxh6 32. f5 Kf7 33. Rad1 Rg8+ 34. Kf3 c6 35. c4 Rd4 36. Rxd4
exd4 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Rg1 Rd8 39. f6 Ke6 40. Rg7 Rd7 41. Rg8 d3
42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rh8 Ke6 44. Rxh6 d2 45. f7+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jure Borisek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Rac1 b4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Nd2 Rc6
21. c4 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. c4 g6 25. Kf1 Bg5
26. Nf3 Be7 27. Nd2 Kg7 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. Ra5 Ra8
31. Ra3 Bd8 32. Rb3 Kd7 33. Nf1 Kc6 34. Ne3 Bb6 35. f3 Bxe3
36. Kxe3 h5 37. Kd3 h4 38. Ra3 a5 39. Rb3 a4 40. Rb4 a3 41. h3
f5 42. Rb3 Kc7 43. Ke3 Ra4 44. Kd3 fxe4+ 45. fxe4 Ra8 46. Ke3
Kc6 47. Rb5 Ra6 48. Rb3 g5 49. Kd3 Ra8 50. Rb5 g4 51. hxg4 Rg8
52. Ra5 Rxg4 53. Ra6+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7
7. c3 a5 8. Qb3 Ne4 9. Ne2 g5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3
h5 13. f3 h4 14. fxe4 hxg3 15. Nxg3 Qc7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nd2
Be7 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nd4 Rxh2 20. Rf4 Rdh8 21. Nxe6 Qe5 22. Nd4
f5 23. Ndxf5 Bg5 24. Rxg4 Bh4 25. Kxh2 Bxg3+ 26. Kg1 Bh2+
27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Kd2 Kb8 30. Qxd5 axb4 31. Qxe5+
Bxe5 32. Rc1 bxc3+ 33. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bd7 35. Rg5 Kc7
36. Rg7 Ra8 37. e5 Ra3+ 38. Kb2 Ra6 39. Nd4 Kd8 40. g4 Ra5
41. e6 Be8 42. Rxb7 Rxc5 43. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7
12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Re2 Rab8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Rfe1 Qe6 16. Qxe6
fxe6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd5 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxf3
21. Bxa6 b5 22. Rxe6 Nf6 23. R6e3 Rf5 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Ra1 Ng4
26. Re2 Nxh2 27. Kg2 Nf3 28. Bc3 Nh4+ 29. Kf1 Ng6 30. a4 Nf4
31. Rc2 Rh5 32. Kg1 Rb6 33. Bc8 Be7 34. f3 Rbh6 35. Rca2 bxa4
36. Bd2 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 R6h2+ 38. Ke3 Bg5 39. Bc3 Rxa1 40. Rxh2
Nd5+ 41. Kd3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. b3 d5 8. e3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. d4 h6 16. Nf3 cxd4
17. exd4 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. d5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5
exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Rde5 Rxe5
26. Rxe5 Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Re8 b5 29. Ra8 f6 30. Ba3 b4
31. Bb2 a5 32. Rxa5 Bc5 33. a3 Rc2 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. axb4 Rc4
36. h4 Rxb4 37. Bc3 Rc4 38. Bd2 Kf7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Kf3 Kf5
41. Be3 Rc3 42. Kg2 Ke4 43. Bf4 Kf5 44. Bd6 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5
46. Bf8 h5 47. Bg7 Rb3 48. Bd4 Rd3 49. Bb6 Kg4 50. Ba7 Rd2
51. Bb6 Rc2 52. Be3 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Bd4 Ra2 55. Be3 h3+
56. Kh2 Ra8 57. Bd4 Ra5 58. Be3 Kf3 59. Bd2 Ra7 60. Be3 Rg7
61. Bd4 Rg5 62. Be3 Rg8 63. Bd4 Rg4 64. Be3 Rg7 65. Bd4 Rf7
66. Be3 Rd7 67. Bc5 Rd3 68. Be3 Rd5 69. Bb6 Rg5 70. Be3 Rg8
71. Bd4 Rg2+ 72. Kxh3 Rg5 73. Kh2 Rh5+ 74. Kg1 Rh7 75. Be3
Rg7+ 76. Kh2 Ke2 77. Kh3 Rg8 78. Kh4 Kf3 79. Kh5 Ke4 80. Kh4
Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Nc4 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Be6
12. a5 Qd7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Na6 16. h4 Nab4
17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Na3 Rdc7 21. Rxc7
Rxc7 22. Nd2 a6 23. Ndc4 Bd5 24. Bh3 Rc5 25. Bg2 Kf7 26. Bxd5+
Rxd5 27. Nb1 Nc6 28. Nbd2 Bd8 29. Nb6 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Nxa5
31. Nbc4 Ke6 32. h5 b5 33. Na3 Be7 34. Nc2 Nc6 35. g4 a5
36. Kg2 a4 37. Kf3 Na5 38. Ke4 g6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. f4 f5+
41. gxf5+ gxf5+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. fxe5 Kxe5 44. e3 dxe3 45. d4+
Ke6 46. Nxe3 Bg5 47. Ndf1 b3 48. Nd1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5
Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qc5+ 18. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Rad1 Nxd4
21. Rxd4 Rc2 22. Rf2 Rc1+ 23. Rf1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6
12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxh6 15. Qxh6 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. c3 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Qe3 Re6 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rad1 Qc4 26. a3
Rc6 27. R1d2 h5 28. Kh2 Qb3 29. Qd3 Rf6 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Qxb6
Rxb6 32. c4 Rc6 33. b3 h4 34. f3 Kh6 35. a4 Kg5 36. a5 Kf4
37. Ra2 Re6 38. Ra4 Re7 39. Rb4 Rec7 40. Rd3 f6 41. Ra4 b6
42. axb6 Rxb6 43. Ra5 f5 44. Rad5 fxe4 45. fxe4 Rcc6 46. Rf3+
Kxe4 47. Rd1 Rb7 48. Kg1 Rcb6 49. Rdd3 a5 50. Kf2 Ra6 51. Ke2
a4 52. Rde3+ Kd4 53. Rd3+ Kc5 54. Rd5+ Kb4 55. bxa4 Kxc4
56. Rfd3 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rxa4 58. Rxd6 Raa2 59. Rc6+ Kb5 60. Rdd6
Rb3+ 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd5 Rd3+ 63. Ke6 Rxd6+ 64. Rxd6 Kc4
65. Rd5 e4 66. Ke5 e3 67. Ke4 Rxg2 68. Rd4+ Kc5 69. Kxe3 g5
70. Rd8 Rg3+ 71. Ke4 Kc4 72. Kf5 Kc3 73. Rd7 Rxh3 74. Kxg5 Rh1
75. Kg4 h3 76. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

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 h5 11. Bg5
Be7 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Rh6 16. g3
Rf8 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. Re1 Re8 19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf2 a6 21. h3 Ne7
22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 24. Nxg6+ Rxg6 25. Nh3 Rh6 26. Nf4
Rh2+ 27. Ng2 Ke7 28. Re2 Reh8 29. Ke3 R8h3 30. Nf4 Rxe2+
31. Kxe2 Rh2+ 32. Kd1 g6 33. Rd2 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 a5 35. Ke3 b6
36. Ne2 Bd7 37. Ng3 Rh3 38. Rg2 Be6 39. b3 a4 40. Ne4 Rh1
41. Nf6 Ra1 42. c3 axb3 43. axb3 Re1+ 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2
Bxb3 46. f4 Be6 47. Kf3 c5 48. Ke4 b5 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. gxf5
Ba2 51. Nd5+ Kd7 52. Ne3 Kc6 53. Ng4 Bb1+ 54. Kf4 b4 55. cxb4
cxb4 56. e6 fxe6 57. Ne5+ Kd6 58. f6 Bh7 59. Nc4+ Kd7 60. Ke5
b3 61. Nb2 Bg8 62. Nd3 Ke8 63. Kf4 c5 64. Nb2 c4 65. Na4 Kf7
66. Ke5 Bh7 67. Kd4 Bd3 68. Ke5 c3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6
7. c4 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Nde5
12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nd5 Rc8
17. Be2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Bf1 Qb7 20. Ba5 b4 21. Qe1 Rb8
22. c5 Qxd5 23. Bxb4 Qg5 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bd2 Qf5 26. Qe3 Ne6
27. cxd6 exd6 28. Bxa6 Nc5 29. Bf1 Ne4 30. f4 Bb2 31. Rb1 Bf6
32. Bd3 d5 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Be1 Rfc8 35. Rbc1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+
Rxd8 37. Bc3 Rd3 38. Qe1 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Qxf4 40. Rc4 Re3
41. Qa1 f6 42. Qd1 Kg7 43. Kg1 Qg3 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qd2 g5
46. Rc1 Rd3 47. Qf2 Qe5 48. Qc5 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Ke2 Qd2#
0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Igor Kovalenko"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Qe2 h6 13. g3 b5 14. Bb3 Bd6 15. a4 O-O 16. axb5 e5
17. Nc6 Bb7 18. c4 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxc6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. f3 e4
22. cxb5 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qb4 24. Bc2 exf3 25. h3 Qxb5 26. Be3 Qh5
27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qd3 g6 29. Bb3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Qg5 31. Kh2 f2
32. Re8 Qf6 33. Bc4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8
12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nce2 Kh8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nf6 16. Ng3
Qc5 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Nf3 a5 19. a3 Ne8 20. Ng5 Kg8 21. Qf4 Nf6
22. Rxd6 Nc6 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Nf3 Be8 25. e5 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 a4
27. exf6 axb3 28. cxb3 e5 29. Qd2 e4 30. fxg7 e3 31. fxe3 Ne5
32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd4 Qg5 34. Ne4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. Nb5 Na6
7. c3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 O-O 10. Be5 h5 11. Nf4 Qd7
12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 hxg4
17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Nxd5 Rad8 20. Nf4 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rfe8+ 24. Kf2 bxc6 25. b4 Re4
26. Kf3 Rde8 27. Rac1 Re3+ 28. Kf2 R3e4 29. Ng2 Re2+ 30. Kf3
Nc7 31. Rhe1 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Nd5 33. Ng2 a6 34. a5 f5 35. Re1
Rxe1 36. Nxe1 Nxc3 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd4 Nxb4 39. Kc5 Nd5
40. Kxc6 Ne3 41. Kb6 Nc4+ 42. Kxa6 Kh6 43. Kb5 Nxa5 44. Kxa5
Kh5 45. Kb4 Kxh4 46. Kc3 Kg3 47. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "13.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7
Kxg7 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Ne4 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bf5 11. Bd3
Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rfc8 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Nd4 e6 15. b4 a5 16. c3
axb4 17. cxb4 Ne5 18. Ke2 Ra4 19. a3 Rca8 20. Ngf3 Nc4 21. Nb5
Nxa3 22. Nxa3 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. Nd2 Ra2 25. f3 Nd7
26. Kd3 Ra3+ 27. Ke2 Ne5 28. Rc1 Ra2 29. Kd1 Rb2 30. Rb1 Rxb1+
31. Nxb1 Nd3 32. Kd2 Nxb4 33. Kc3 Na6 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. Na3 Nc7
36. f4 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd7 38. Nc2 Kc6 39. Kd4 f6 40. Nb4+ Kb5
41. Nd3 Na6 42. h3 h5 43. Nf2 Nb4 44. g4 Nc6+ 45. Kc3 fxg4
46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Nxg4 f5 48. Nh2 Kxc5 49. Nf3 d4+ 50. exd4+
Kd5 51. Kd3 b6 52. Nd2 Nxd4 53. Nc4 b5 54. Nb6+ Kc6 55. Nc8
Kc5 56. Ne7 Nc6 57. Ng6 Nb4+ 58. Ke3 Nd5+ 59. Kf3 b4 60. Nf8
0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 b5 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bb7 11. f3 Ne7
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Be3 h6 14. g4 Rg8 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. a4 b4
17. Na2 Be7 18. Rh5 f6 19. Nc1 d6 20. Nb3 Kf7 21. Bb6 Rh8
22. Be2 Rhe8 23. g3 Bd8 24. Be3 Bc7 25. f4 Ne7 26. Bd3 Bc6
27. Nd4 Bxa4 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bc4 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rxd5
Nxd5 32. Bxd5+ Kg6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Ne6 Rc8 35. b3 Bc6
36. Nxc7 Rxc7 37. Rd4 f5 38. Rc4 fxg4 39. Bd2 h5 40. Rc5 Rc8
41. Bxb4 h4 42. gxh4 Bd7 43. Rg5+ Kf7 44. f5 Kf6 45. Rxg4 Rxc2
46. Be7+ Ke5 47. Rg5 Rc8 48. f6+ Bf5+ 49. Rxf5+ Kxf5 50. f7
1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rb1
Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc3 17. Qb3
Nxb1 18. Qxb1 h6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nf6 21. Bb2 Ne4 22. Qc2
Qe6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Bc4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. f4
Rad8 28. Bd4 Ne6 29. f5 Nxd4 30. exd4 Qh4 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Qe3
Kf8 33. g4 Red7 34. Kg2 Qe7 35. f6 Qb4 36. e6 Qxc4 37. e7+ Kg8
38. e8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Qxd7 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+
42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Ne4
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nd2 f5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Bb2 Nf6 13. O-O Nd5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Qd2 Be8 16. f4 g5
17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Rae1 Bh5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. b4 Rg8
22. Rf2 Qh4 23. Ref1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 f4 25. Bd4 Nxe3 26. Bxe6
Nxf1 27. Rxf1 e3 28. Qc3 e2 29. Rg1 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5
Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 8. Be2 c6 9. Na3 Nc7 10. O-O Ncd5 11. Be5 Bh6
12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf1 Nf4 14. Nc4 Ng4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. g3 Bh6
17. c3 Qc7 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. a4 Nf6 21. Nce5 e6
22. a5 Nd7 23. a6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5
Rd8 27. axb7 Bxb7 28. Rea5 a6 29. h4 h6 30. b4 Kg7 31. Bf1 Rd5
32. R5a2 Rc8 33. Bc4 Rf5 34. f4 g5 35. Bd3 Rf6 36. Rf2 gxh4
37. gxh4 Ra8 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Be4 Rg8+ 41. Kf3 h5
42. Rh1 Rg4 43. Ke3 Rg3+ 44. Rf3 Rg2 45. Rhh3 Ra2 46. Rf1 a5
47. b5 Kd6 48. Rb1 Ra3 49. Kd3 Rxf4 50. Rg3 f5 51. Bf3 Rxh4
52. Rg7 Rh3 53. Rf1 Ba8 54. Kc2 Rxf3 55. Rxf3 cxb5 56. Re3
Be4+ 57. Kb2 b4 58. Rh7 Bd5 59. Rxh5 Ra2+ 60. Kb1 b3 61. Rh8
a4 62. Rd8+ Kc7 63. Rh8 a3 64. c4 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 Bxc4 66. Rc3
Rc2 67. Rxc2 bxc2 68. Rh1 f4 69. Rc1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3.36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5
Bb4+ 7. N1c3 d6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bg2 Bxc4 11. Bg5
O-O 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6 Nd4 15. e3 Be2 16. Qd2
Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qb4 Re8 19. O-O d4 20. exd4 Qd7 21. Qc3
e4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6
12. a3 Re8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. e3 f6 16. Na4 Re7
17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Nxe5 Rd5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. a4 Rcd8 25. Rbc1 h6 26. Rc3
R5d7 27. Qc2 Bd5 28. f4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Re7 30. Kf2 Rde8 31. Re1
Qd6 32. Rxc5 Qg6 33. Qd1 Rb7 34. Qd2 Reb8 35. Rb1 Rb4 36. Rxa5
Qh5 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. Rc5 Qf7 39. Kf2 R3b4 40. a5 Qh5 41. Kg1
Qf3 42. a6 Ra4 43. Qf2 Qh5 44. Rxc6 Qe8 45. Rbc1 Rab4 46. a7
Ra8 47. Ra6 Qb5 48. Qf3 Qe8 49. Rc2 Rb3 50. Qxa8 Qxa8 51. Rc8+
Qxc8 52. a8=Q Rb8 53. Qc6 Qd8 54. Qd6 Qc8 55. Rc6 Qe8 56. Qe5
Qxc6 57. Qxb8+ Kh7 58. Qb3 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qe1
61. e4 Qf1+ 62. Ke3 Qg1+ 63. Kd2 Qxh2+ 64. Kc3 fxe4 65. Qd5
Qxg3 66. Qxe4+ Kh8 67. b4 Qg1 68. Kc4 Qc1+ 69. Kd5 Qc8 70. b5
h5 71. f5 Qd7+ 72. Kc5 Qc7+ 73. Kb4 Qd6+ 74. Ka5 Qa3+ 75. Kb6
Qd6+ 76. Kb7 Qd7+ 77. Ka6 Qc8+ 78. Kb6 Qd8+ 79. Kc5 Qc7+
80. Qc6 Qe5+ 81. Qd5 Qc7+ 82. Kb4 h4 83. f6 gxf6 84. Qh5+ Kg7
85. Qxh4 Qd6+ 86. Kc4 Qc7+ 87. Kb3 Qc1 88. Qg4+ Kh6 89. Qc4
Qb1+ 90. Ka4 Qa1+ 91. Kb4 Qe1+ 92. Qc3 Qe7+ 93. Ka4 Qa7+
94. Kb3 Qf7+ 95. Qc4 Qa7 96. Qc6 Qd4 97. Qc4 Qa1 98. Kb4 Qe1+
99. Kc5 Qe7+ 100. Kb6 Qd6+ 101. Kb7 Qd7+ 102. Ka6 Qd6+ 103. b6
f5 104. d4 f4 105. d5 Kg5 106. Qc6 Qa3+ 107. Kb7 f3 108. d6 f2
109. d7 Qe7 110. Qd5+ Kf4 111. Qd4+ Kf3 112. Kb8 f1=Q
113. d8=Q Qxd8+ 114. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb4
12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. c4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Nh5
17. Rad1 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Qc7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd5
Qc7 22. Qf3 Bc5 23. g3 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Bc2
g6 27. Rd2 Qb6 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Re2 Rf6 30. Qd2 Rd6 31. Qc3+
Bd4 32. Qb3 Qc7 33. Be4 b6 34. Bd5 Rf6 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. f4 Rd6
37. Re4 Bf6 38. Qe3 Qc7 39. Re8 b5 40. Qe4 bxc4 41. Bxc4 Rd4
42. Qa8 Qxc4 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh5 45. f5 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qf6 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Bd1 Bxd3
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Kf1 Be5 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. g3 f5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Re1 Bf6
26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxc6 Rd6 28. Bb7 Kf7 29. h3 g6 30. Ke2 Rb6
31. Bf3 Ke7 32. Rd1 Nd7 33. Bd5 Nf6 34. Bb3 Ne4 35. Rd4 Rb8
36. h4 Nf6 37. Bd1 Nd7 38. Kd2 Ne5 39. Be2 Nc6 40. Rd3 Ne5
41. Re3 Kd6 42. b3 Rf8 43. f4 Nd7 44. Bf3 Nc5 45. Re5 Rc8
46. h5 Nd7 47. Rd5+ Ke6 48. h6 Rc7 49. Rd4 Nf6 50. a4 Rd7
51. Kd3 bxa4 52. bxa4 a5 53. Rxd7 Kxd7 54. Kc4 Kd6 55. Kb5 Ng8
56. c4 Nxh6 57. c5+ Kc7 58. Kxa5 Nf7 59. Kb5 Nd8 60. Bd5 h6
61. a5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milos Perunovic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "159"]

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. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3
Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ne3 Nc4 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. exf5 h6 19. a4 Bd8 20. b3 Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8
Rxa8 23. Bb2 Nbd5 24. Qd2 Bb6 25. Bd3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Ra2 27. Qc2
Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 Qxf3 29. Re2 e4 30. Bg2 Qxf5 31. Qb1 Ra8 32. c4
bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb8 34. Qd1 Bc5 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Bxe4 g6
37. Qd3 Kg7 38. Qf3 Qg5+ 39. Kh2 Bd4 40. Re1 Rb2 41. Re2 Rxe2
42. Qxe2 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Bxf2 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bc5 46. Bd5
f5 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Be8 g5 49. Bh5 Ke5 50. Bg6 Bb6 51. Bh5 Kd4
52. Bf7 Bd8 53. Be6 Ke5 54. Bf7 Kf6 55. Bh5 Bb6 56. Be8 Bc5
57. Bh5 Bd4 58. Be8 Bc3 59. Bh5 Ke5 60. Bg6 Bd2 61. Bh5 Kd4
62. Bf7 h5 63. Bxh5 Kxc4 64. Bg6 f4 65. Bf7+ Kd4 66. Be6 Be1
67. Bf7 d5 68. Bg8 Kc5 69. Ke2 Bc3 70. Kd3 Bf6 71. Be6 Bg7
72. Bg4 d4 73. Bf3 Bf6 74. Bd1 Kb4 75. Bg4 Kb3 76. Bf3 Kb2
77. Bg4 Kc1 78. Bf3 Be5 79. Bg4 Bg7 80. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Martyn Kravtsiv"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. Re1 Be7 8. d3 d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Ng3
Ne6 13. c3 c5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 Ne4
18. Qe2 f5 19. Rd1 a5 20. Ne1 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Bxa8
23. f3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qa7 25. Be3 b3 26. Bb1 Bc6 27. f4 Bd8
28. Nf3 Bb6 29. Qf2 Be8 30. g4 fxg4 31. Qh4 h5 32. f5 gxf3
33. fxe6 fxg2 34. Kxg2 Bc6 35. Qxh5 g6 36. Bxg6 Bd8 37. Rh1
Qg7 38. Bh6 Qe7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nc6 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Be6 8. Qd1 Bg7 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nf3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. h5 gxh5
17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. e4 Qh4 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Rad1 c6 21. Rd3 Qg4
22. f3 Qg6 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Bd4 R5e6 25. Qf2 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Kh7
27. Qh4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Qg5 29. Qh3 Qg6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nc3 Be6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qd7 11. Be3 Rfd8
12. Rc1 Rac8 13. a4 Ndb4 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 f6 16. Kh1 b6
17. Rg1 f5 18. Qf1 Bf6 19. a5 Nxa5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Qf2 Bd4
22. Bf3 Re8 23. Rg3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qd4 25. Qd2 c4 26. Rcg1 Re7
27. e3 Qxd3 28. Qg2 Qd7 29. e4 Kh8 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Ne4 Nd3
32. Nf6 Qc7 33. Nd5 Qc5 34. h4 g6 35. Nxe7 Qxe7 36. Rg5 Nxf4
37. Qd2 Nd3 38. Qxa5 Be4 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. R5g3 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2
Bxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Qg4+ 43. Rg3 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd3 c4
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc5 e5 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Re8 16. O-O Ng4
17. g3 Qh6 18. h4 Ra7 19. Kg2 Rae7 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nh2 Nxh2
22. Kxh2 g5 23. Rh1 gxh4 24. Kg1 h3 25. Nxa6 Ra7 26. Nc5 Rxa1
27. Qxa1 Bg4 28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Qb2 Qf3 30. Rg1 Ra8 31. c4 Kg7
32. cxd5 cxd5 33. b4 Rb8 34. Na6 Rb6 35. Nc7 Rxb4 36. Qa2 Ra4
37. Qb2 Ra5 38. Ne8+ Kg6 39. Nc7 h5 40. Qc2 Kh7 41. Qb2 Qf6
42. Rc1 Qf3 43. Rg1 Qf5 44. Rc1 Ra7 45. Ne8 Qf3 46. Rg1 Ra6
47. Qc2 Re6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "12.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qf3 Rb8 10. h3 Bd6 11. Rb1 Be5
12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. b3 Nd7 15. Na4 Qg5 16. Qe2 Qf4
17. g3 Qh6 18. f4 Re7 19. h4 Nf6 20. Rbe1 Bh3 21. Rf2 Rbe8
22. Qf3 Bf5 23. Nc3 Qg6 24. Re3 Bg4 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Na4 Nd5
27. Re1 f5 28. Rff1 fxe4 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. Kh2 Bf3 31. Qh3 Nf6
32. Kg1 Qa5 33. Be2 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 h5 35. Rfe1 e3 36. Qg2 d5
37. Qf3 Ng4 38. c3 Qb5 39. Rd1 Re4 40. Nb2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bartosz Socko"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5
Bc5 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 Bd7
17. Nf5 Bc6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxg3 Bd7 21. Rad1
Rfe8 22. Bd6 Rad8 23. Bc2 Bb5 24. Ba3 g5 25. b3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Be2 27. Rd2 Bh5 28. c4 Kg7 29. f3 b5 30. Nc6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5
12. Qe2 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. a5 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Nxd4
Rfe8 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Qc4 Ne6 24. e5 Qe7 25. Red1 Reb8 26. Rd5
c5 27. Rad1 Ra7 28. Rd6 Rb5 29. Rxa6 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5
31. Qd5 g6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Ra2 34. Rd2 Ra1 35. Rd1 Ra2
36. Rd2 Ra1 37. h4 h5 38. Qe4 Rc1 39. Rd6 Ra1 40. Qd5 Ra7
41. Qd2 Qb7 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Ra2 44. Rd2 Ra1 45. Rd7 Kf8
46. Nd2 Ke8 47. Rb7 Re1 48. Nc4 Kf8 49. f4 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Nd4
51. Nd6 Rxb2 52. Rxf7+ Kg8 53. Rb7 Rxb3 54. Ne4 c4 55. Rb8+
Kf7 56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. Nxc4 Kd5 58. Nb6+ Ke4 59. e6 Kf3 60. Ke1
Rd3 61. Rd8 Nc2+ 62. Kf1 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2
f6 13. Nd3 f5 14. e3 Nc4 15. g4 Kh8 16. b3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bd7
18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Kh1 b5 21. Bh4 b4 22. Na4 Ne4
23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne7 25. Qc2 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Nc8 27. gxf5
gxf5 28. Qxb4 Nd6 29. Rc1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qe7 Qb5
32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Bf6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "16.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6
12. Nd3 Rc8 13. Nf4 e6 14. Rc1 Na5 15. f3 Nc4 16. Bf2 g5
17. Nh5 Bh8 18. e4 Bg6 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qe2 h6 21. h4 Qd8
22. hxg5 Bxh5 23. gxh5 Qxg5 24. f4 Qxf4 25. exd5 e5 26. Rcd1
Rfe8 27. Rde1 Bg7 28. Qd3 Qd2 29. Qg3 Qg5 30. Qh3 exd4
31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qd7 Rd8 33. Qc7 Nd2 34. Rd1 dxc3 35. d6 Be5
36. Qxb7 c2 37. Re1 c1=Q 38. Rxc1 Nf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 40. Bf1
Rxd6 41. Be3 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 Be7 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 g6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. exd5 exd5
17. Qf3 Bb7 18. h3 Re8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Bc2 Kf8
22. Nb3 Rac8 23. Rad1 Nh5 24. f3 Nf4 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. h4 Rb8
27. Nc1 Bc6 28. b3 c4 29. Ne2 Rec8 30. b4 Rd8 31. Nd4 Bd7
32. a4 Re8 33. a5 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Bc6 36. Kf2 Re8
37. Rd2 Re6 38. g4 h6 39. f4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. fxg5 Kg7
42. Bf5 Re8 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Re7 d4 45. Rc7 Bb5 46. cxd4 Rxd4
47. g6 c3 48. Rxf7+ Kh6 49. Rh7+ Kg5 50. Rc7 Kf6 51. Rxc3 Rxb4
52. Re3 Bc4 53. Re4 Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Bd5 55. Re8 Rb5 56. Bd3 Rxa5
57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Rf5 Kh6 59. Rh5+ Kg7 60. Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kxd5
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "19.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rc3 a6 14. a3 Bf6 15. Rc5 Nd4 16. Rxd5 Nxe2+
17. Kh1 Qxd5 18. Nd4 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qb4
Rab8 22. Re1 Rec8 23. a4 c5 24. Qb6 Rd8 25. Qxc5 Rd7 26. b4 g6
27. h4 h5 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 Rc7 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7
32. Qb8 Re7 33. a5 Re5 34. Qc7 Rf5 35. f4 Rb5 36. Kf3 Rb3
37. Ke4 Rb5 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. Qc4 Rb1 40. Ke4 Rb2 41. Kd5 Rg2
42. Qc7 Rb2 43. Kd6 Rb3 44. Kd7 Kf8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qc7 Rxd3
47. Qxb7 Ra3 48. Qb4 Ra1 49. Ke8 d3 50. Qd2 Ra4 51. Qxd3 Rxa5
52. Qb3 Ra7 53. Qb4 Rc7 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qd6 Re7+ 56. Qxe7
Bxe7 57. Kxe7 Kg7 58. Ke8 Kg8 59. Ke7 Kg7 60. Ke8 Kg8 61. Kd7
Kf8 62. Kd8 Kg8 63. Ke8 Kg7 64. Ke7 Kg8 65. Kf6 Kf8 66. f5
gxf5 67. Kxf5 Ke7 68. Kg5 Ke6 69. Kxh5 Kf5 70. Kh6 Kg4 71. h5
Kxg3 72. Kg7 f5 73. h6 f4 74. h7 f3 75. h8=Q Kg2 76. Qa8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "20.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6
7. d5 Nd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 e5
12. b4 Ne7 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nd3 b6 16. Bg5 Nec6
17. Nd5 h6 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rb1 Qd8 20. f3 Kh7 21. Kh1 g5
22. Nf2 Rf7 23. Ng4 Rfb7 24. Nge3 Qd7 25. Qe1 b5 26. cxb5 Rxb5
27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Bc3 Rb8 29. h3 Qb7 30. h4 Qf7 31. hxg5 Qh5+
32. Kg1 hxg5 33. Ng4 Kg6 34. Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Qa5 Qh4 36. Qa6+
Rb6 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Qxb6+ Kh7 39. Qb2 c4 40. Qf2 c3 41. Rc1
c2 42. Qxh4+ gxh4 43. Kf2 Bf8 44. Ne3 Bh6 45. a4 Bf4 46. a5
Bg3+ 47. Kf1 Bf4 48. Nxc2 Bxc1 49. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 Nh5
7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O
12. Rfe1 Ndf6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. h3 Nxf4 15. exf4 Rfe8 16. d5
exd5 17. cxd5 Bf8 18. Nd4 g6 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Nc6 Nh5 21. f5
g5 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. g4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rc1 a6 26. a4 Kh7
27. Kg2 Qc8 28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Nb4 a5 30. Nc6 h5 31. Qf3 hxg4
32. hxg4 Qd7 33. b3 Qc8 34. Kg3 Qa6 35. Nb5 Qc8 36. Nxd6 Qd7
37. Nxe8 Nxe8 38. Re1 Nf6 39. Kh3 Bf8 40. Qe3 Nh7 41. Qe5 Qc8
42. Ne7+ Bxe7 43. Qxe7 Qa6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qb5 Qb7 46. Re7
Nf6 47. Qc6 Qb8 48. Qxc7 Qh8+ 49. Kg2 Nxg4 50. Rxf7+ Kg8
51. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 a6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Ne2 fxe5
7. dxe5 Nh6 8. Nf4 Nf7 9. Nd3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. Bf4 h6 12. Qd2
Qe7 13. O-O-O b6 14. Rh3 Qd7 15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Re1
Qe7 18. h5 g5 19. Bh2 Kb8 20. Kb1 Ka7 21. f4 Rhf8 22. Rf3 Nd4
23. Rf2 c5 24. c3 Nf5 25. g3 c4 26. Nb4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Qh4
28. Nf6 Bxf6 29. exf6 N7d6 30. Rfe2 Ne4 31. Qc2 Qxf6 32. Qa4
Rc8 33. Bg1 Rg8 34. Bg2 Qh4 35. Nxa6 Bxa6 36. Qd7+ Kb8
37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Qxe6 Bb7 39. Qxf5 Qd8 40. Bd4 Bc6 41. Qe6
Kb7 42. Qxh6 Qd7 43. Rd2 Rg3 44. Qf6 Qh7 45. f5 e3 46. Rxe3
Rxe3 47. Bxe3 Qxh5 48. b4 cxb3 49. axb3 Qf3 50. Bd4 Rc7
51. Kb2 Qe4 52. Qe5 Qh1 53. Re2 Bf3 54. Re1 Qg2+ 55. Ka3 Bc6
56. f6 Rh7 57. Qf5 Rf7 58. Re6 Qh1 59. Kb4 Qg2 60. Qe5 Rd7
61. Re7 Qa2 62. Rxd7+ Bxd7 63. f7 Qa8 64. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sabino Brunello"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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 Bb7
12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 c5 15. Re2 Bf6 16. Rd2 Qc8
17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5
Bxg2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Kxg2 Kf8 25. Qd3 Qxd3
26. Nxd3 Nd7 27. f4 a5 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. a3 Nc5
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 h6 34. Kd4 f6 35. h4 h5
36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kc6 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Ke4 Kc6
41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. c5+ bxc5+ 45. bxc5+
Kc6 46. Kc4 e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Kb4 e4 49. Kc4 e3 50. Kd3
Kxc5 51. Kxe3 Kd5 52. Kf4 Kd4 53. Kg5 Ke4 54. Kxh5 Kf5 55. g4+
Kf6 56. g5+ Kf5 57. g6 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qa5+
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3
Rac8 17. h3 h5 18. Bc4 e6 19. Bf1 a6 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh4 Na5
22. Nd2 Bc2 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2
Rc8+ 27. Kb3 Kf7 28. a4 Bf8 29. f3 Bd6 30. e4 Bf4 31. Be1 Rc1
32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Kc4 Ke8 34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Kb6 Kc8 36. Kc5 Kd7
37. Kb6 Kc8 38. Bh4 f5 39. Be7 fxe4 40. fxe4 Bf4 41. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7
12. e3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Ne4 Be8 16. Kh1 b6
17. Rg1 Rc8 18. a3 a5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Qf1 f6 21. Qh3 Rg8
22. Ng3 Bd7 23. Qg2 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 Rc7 26. Ncd6 Qf8
27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Ng3 Bc5 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. f5 Nc7
32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb4 34. Nxb6 Bd6 35. Bc6 Bxc6 36. Qxc6
Rd8 37. Kg2 h6 38. fxe6 Bxg3 39. hxg3 Nxe6 40. Nd5 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 g6 16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 d5
18. e5 Nh5 19. g3 Ng7 20. h4 bxa4 21. Ng5 c5 22. bxa4 c4
23. Bf1 Bb4 24. Ba3 a5 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Nxc4 fxg5
28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Qb3 Qb6 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Bg2 Ra5 32. e6 Nf6
33. hxg5 Ne4 34. e7 Rf7 35. Rab1 Qxe7 36. f3 Nd2 37. Qd3 Nxb1
38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Qxb1 Rxa4 40. f4 Nf5 41. Bxd5+ Kg7 42. Qc1
Ra5 43. Qc6 Rxd5 44. Qxd5 Nxg3 45. Qd6 Nf5 46. Qxb4 h5
47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. d5 Kh5 49. Kf2 Kg4 50. Qa4 Rf7 51. Qe4 Ra7
52. d6 g5 53. Qf3+ Kh4 54. Qh1+ Kg4 55. Qd1+ Kxf4 56. d7 Ra2+
57. Ke1 Ne3 58. Qd6+ Kf3 59. Qf6+ Kg3 60. d8=Q Ng2+ 61. Kd1
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d6 15. g3 Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. Qd3
d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b3 Be6 20. a4 Be7 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3
Ne8 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Ra2 Qd7 25. Rac2 Rfc8 26. h4 h5 27. Qd2 b6
28. Rc3 Qd6 29. Bf3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qc3
Bd7 33. a5 Kg7 34. Kg2 Be6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Kg2
Kg7 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go Pt2 2015"]
[Site "Harbin CHN"]
[Date "2015.12.16"]
[EventDate "2015.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Nc3 c5 12. Na4
Ra6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Nb6 Qc7 16. Ned7 Qd8
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxb7 Ra7 21. Qb5
Qxb5 22. cxb5 Nd4 23. e4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxf4 25. gxf4 dxe4
26. Bxe4 Rb8 27. Rac1 Rd7 28. Rc4 Rd2 29. a4 Rxb2 30. Rb1
Rxb1+ 31. Bxb1 g6 32. Be4 Kf8 33. Kg2 Bd8 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Kf3
Rb6 36. h3 Rxc6 37. bxc6 Kd6 38. Kg3 Kc5 39. Kf3 Bc7 40. Ke3
Kc4 41. Bd3+ Kb4 42. Bb5 Kc5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. Ba6 Kd5 45. Bb5
Bb6 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Be8 f5 48. Bf7 Kd6 49. Be8 Ke7 50. Bb5 Kf6
51. Bc4 h6 52. Bb3 g5 53. fxg5+ hxg5 54. Ke2 e5 55. f3 e4
56. fxe4 fxe4 57. Bd5 Ke5 58. Ba8 Kf4 59. Bd5 Ke5 60. Ba8 Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go Pt2 2015"]
[Site "Harbin CHN"]
[Date "2015.12.16"]
[EventDate "2015.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4
Nf4 13. Bc2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nxc5 Bc6
17. Rb1 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rc8 20. b5 Be8 21. Na4 Nd7
22. b6 Rab8 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Qb3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. g3 Bxa4
27. Qxa4 Qf3 28. Ba6 Rd2 29. Rb3 Qf6 30. Qa5 Rd4 31. f4 Bd6
32. e5 Qd8 33. exd6 Rxd6 34. Rfb1 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Qd4+ 36. Kg2
Rxb1 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go Pt2 2015"]
[Site "Harbin CHN"]
[Date "2015.12.16"]
[EventDate "2015.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5
7. e3 Na6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2
12. Rxa2 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Raa1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b6 16. Rfd1
Bb7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. e4 Qb4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8
21. d5 cxd5 22. Rc7 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rxb7 Rab8 25. Rxb8
Rxb8 26. Rxd5 Nc5 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. f3 Nxa4 29. b3 Nc3 30. Nf5+
Kf8 31. Rd7 g6 32. Rxh7 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Rc2 34. Ne3 Ra2 35. e5 b5
36. Ra7 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. h4 a3 39. Nc4 Nd4+ 40. Kg3 Nf5+
41. Kh3 Ra1 42. Nxa3 Rh1+ 43. Kg4 Nxh4 44. g3 Nf5 45. Nc4 Rh5
46. f4 Nh6+ 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. Ne3 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Ne6 50. Ra8+ Kf7
51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Nd5 Rh1 53. Ne7 Kf7 54. Nf5+ Kf8 55. Nh4 g5
56. Ng6+ Kg8 57. f5 Re1+ 58. Kd5 Ng7 59. f6 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Re1+
61. Kd3 Ne6 62. f7+ Kg7 63. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mohamed Ezat"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qg3 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O h5 14. h4 Be7 15. Be2 b4 16. Rfd1 Qa5
17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Bxh4 19. Rd4 Rhf8 20. Qh7 Rg8 21. Bf1
Bg5 22. f4 Rh8 23. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Qg6
12. Bc4 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Kg7 15. b5 Nxg3+ 16. fxg3 Na5
17. Ba2 f5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. exf5 Qh5 21. d4 Bxf5
22. dxe5 Qg6 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. exd6 cxd6 25. g4 Bxb1 26. Raxb1
Bc5 27. Rb7+ Kh8 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Qc4 Na5 30. Qf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7
Re2 32. Rb1 Kg8 33. Rc7 Rae8 34. Nf1 R2e7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7
36. Ng3 Rb7 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Nd4 Ne3 39. Re1 Nd5 40. Ngf5 Nxc3
41. Re6 Rb4 42. Nxh6+ Kf8 43. Nf3 Ne4 44. Nf5 Rxa4 45. Kh2 a5
46. h4 gxh4 47. g5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Bg3 49. Nxg3 hxg3 50. Rh6 Kg7
51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Kxg3 Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rxg5 54. Nxg5 Kxh6 55. Nf7+
Kg6 56. Nxd6 a4 57. Nb5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. a4 Nf8 11. a5 Ng6
12. Kh1 f6 13. Ng1 Be6 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. b3 b5
17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bd6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Qe3 Be5 25. Qg3 Ra5 26. Bxe5
Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Kg1 Ra5 29. Kf2 Ra2 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Ke3
h5 32. h4 Ke6 33. Kd2 Ra5 34. Rf1 f5 35. Rf4 fxe4 36. Rxe4+
Re5 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Kf3 c5 39. Rf4+ Ke6 40. g4 g5 41. hxg5
Rxg5 42. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kacper Piorun"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Ne2 Be7 14. b3 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qf4 Rb6
17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Re1 Rb7 21. b4 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bf5 24. Re3 Kh7 25. Qd4 Qd6 26. Rg3
Bg6 27. a3 a5 28. Na2 axb4 29. axb4 Rb8 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 f6
32. Kg1 Ra8 33. Nc3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ra3 35. f4 Rb3 36. Na2 Qe6
37. Nc1 Rb1 38. Qc3 Qd6 39. Qc2 Qxb4 40. Qxc6 Qe1 41. f5 Rxc1
42. fxg6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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. Rde1
Rxe7 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 20. b4 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Rxe5 22. e4 Bg6 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. Nxg5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 a5
26. bxa5 Re5 27. Nf3 Rb5+ 28. Kc1 Rxa5 29. e5 Rc5 30. Kd2 Rd5+
31. Nd4 Rdxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rb1 Rg5 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5
Rxh5 36. Rxb7 Rxh3 37. c4 Be4 38. Re7 f5 39. c5 Kf8 40. Re5
Rh6 41. Kc3 Kf7 42. Kb4 Rh2 43. c3 Rh4 44. Kb5 Rh3 45. c4 Re3
46. c6 f4 47. c7 Bb7 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Kb6 Bc8 50. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. a5
dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc8 14. Nc3 Bxc4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nc6
Bc5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxc5 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Qc7
22. Rxd4 Rad8 23. Rc4 Nd7 24. Bxd7 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxd7 26. Rac1
f5 27. f4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Rc6 Rb8 30. R1c5 Rb4 31. Re5 Re7
32. Re3 Ra4 33. a6 Rd4 34. Kf3 h5 35. h3 Ra4 36. h4 Ra5
37. Rd3 Ra4 38. Re3 Ra5 39. Rd3 Ra4 40. Rd8 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 g6
42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Rfc8 Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rfc8 Kf6 46. Rf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d5 d6
7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Ng5 d5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. g4 h6 11. Bg2 Bd6
12. Ne2 Nc6 13. c4 Ne7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7
17. h4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qg4 19. Bh3 Qe4 20. O-O-O Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2
Ne4 22. Rdf1 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Kf7 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. a3 Nc6 26. Bg2
Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Ne7 28. Rh3 Be5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Bf3 Nf5 31. Bh5+
Ke7 32. Bg6 Ke6 33. Kd3 b5 34. Bh5 c4+ 35. Kd2 d4 36. Bg4
dxe3+ 37. Kc1 g6 38. Rxe3+ Kf7 39. Rh3 Kg7 40. Bxf5 gxf5
41. Kc2 Kg8 42. Rh6 Rd6 43. Rh5 Ba5 44. Ng3 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Rd1+
46. Ka2 Rd2 47. Kb1 Rd1+ 48. Kc2 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rg2 50. Nxf5
Bd2+ 51. Kb1 Bxf4 52. g6 Rg5 53. Ne7+ Kf8 54. Rh7 Be5 55. Rf7+
Ke8 56. Nc6 Bd6 57. Ra7 Rxg6 58. Rxa6 Bc7 59. Ra8+ Kd7 60. Nd4
Rg5 61. Ra7 Rd5 62. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4
f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Nf5 20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Rh1
Ng7 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Nd4 a6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Rxh5
Nxf4 27. gxf4 Rg7 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rd1 Kf7
31. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "164"]

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 exd4
12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4
17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Ng4 Bc3 21. Rf1 Nf6
22. Ne2 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. f3 Qh4 25. fxg4 Be5 26. Rf5
Qxg4 27. Qf1 Ra7 28. Bd2 Qh4 29. Qf2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Qg1
Qh4 32. g3 Qd8 33. Kg2 Rae7 34. Bg5 f6 35. Bd2 Qc8 36. Qf2 Rf7
37. Rh5 Nf8 38. Rbh1 h6 39. Nf4 Rfe7 40. Qf3 Rf7 41. R5h4 Bd4
42. Rg4 Nh7 43. Rg6 Ng5 44. Qh5 Kf8 45. Bd1 Rxe4 46. Bg4 Qb7
47. Kf1 b4 48. Be6 Be5 49. Bxf7 Bxf4 50. Bxf4 Nxf7 51. Kf2 c4
52. Qf5 Qb6+ 53. Kf3 Re8 54. bxc4 Qd4 55. Qc2 Kg8 56. Kg2 Re4
57. Rg4 Qxc4 58. Qxc4 Rxc4 59. Rgh4 g5 60. Bxg5 Rc2+ 61. Kf3
hxg5 62. Rxb4 f5 63. Rb7 Ne5+ 64. Ke3 Rc3+ 65. Kd2 Rc5 66. Rc1
Nf3+ 67. Kd1 Rxd5+ 68. Ke2 Nd4+ 69. Ke3 Rc5 70. Rxc5 dxc5
71. Ra7 Kf8 72. Rxa6 Ke7 73. Rg6 Ne6 74. a4 c4 75. a5 f4+
76. gxf4 gxf4+ 77. Kd2 f3 78. Ke3 c3 79. a6 c2 80. Rg1 Kd6
81. a7 Nc7 82. Rc1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. Bd2 Nd5 10. Rc1 Re8 11. h3 Nd4 12. e3
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Na5 Qd6 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. e4
Nb6 18. Be3 Be6 19. b3 Nxc4 20. dxc4 a5 21. c5 f5 22. Kh2 Rf8
23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bd2 Ra8 25. Bc3 Qxc5 26. f4 Qd6 27. Bxe5
Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qe7 29. Rf4 Kh8 30. Rcf1 Rg8 31. h4 Rg6 32. Bh3
Rag8 33. R1f3 Qg7 34. Qe3 Rh6 35. Qd3 Qxe5 36. Bxf5 Bd5
37. Be4 Rd6 38. Rf2 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxe4 40. Rxe4 Rgd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Qa5
12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Kf8 15. f4 Neg4 16. Rhe1
Rc5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re8 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Nc3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15. a4 a6 16. d5 cxd5
17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3 e4
22. Qa3 Re8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rad1
Ne5 27. Bh3 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rb8 29. Kg2 c3 30. bxc3 Nc4 31. Rxa6
Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Nd5 33. a5 f5 34. c4 Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nxc4
36. Bxf5 Rf8 37. g4 Nxa5 38. Rxa5 g6 39. Re5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Ra8
41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Rxe4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ra6 44. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. c3 a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3
c6 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. d4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bb8 17. Bd3
Rfe8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Rad1 Bc7 20. c4 Bc8 21. a3 exd4 22. Nxd4
Qf8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Qf2 Nf6 25. Nf3 Re7 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Bc2
Ree8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 d5 30. e5 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxd8
Rxd8 33. Bc5 Qe8 34. Rxe4 Ne7 35. Nd4 b6 36. Bd6 Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7
12. O-O-O Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Rhe1 b5 16. c5 b4
17. g4 Ba6 18. Qe5 O-O 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qxc6 Ra7
22. Be4 Bb7 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. cxb6 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rb7 26. Be3
Rc8+ 27. Kb1 Rxb6 28. d5 Rd6 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. dxe6 Rxe6
31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. Nd4 Ng7 34. Nc6 Rd1+ 35. Rc1 Rd5
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Bb6
Kd6 41. Bxa5 Kc5 42. Bd8 Nf5 43. Kc2 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. Bc7
Kc6 46. Bf4 Kc5 47. Be3+ Kb5 48. Ke2 Nh4 49. Bd2 Nf5 50. Kf3
Nd4+ 51. Kf4 Nc6 52. Be3 Ka6 53. Bc5 Kb5 54. Bd6 Ka5 55. Ke3
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Ne1 Qe7 13. Ndf3 Rfe8 14. Nd3 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Re1
Rac8 17. Qc1 Qd6 18. Qb2 d4 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Rac1
Ncb4 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Nd6 Qxd6 24. Bxb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 d3
26. exd3 Nxd3 27. Qd2 Qb8 28. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. Rd1 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Re8
17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Bg3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 h5 20. Nd4 h4 21. Bxe5 Rxe5
22. h3 Re4 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. Nf3 Ree2 26. Rf1 Bg3
27. Rad1 Rxa2 28. Qc5 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2
31. Kxf2 Kf8 32. d6 Ke8 33. Rd4 g5 34. Re4+ Kd8 35. Re5 Qxd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 d6 7.d4 Bd7
8.Re1 Nf6 9.d5 Ne7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Be3 Ng8 12.c4 Bh6 13.Nc3
Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Ngf6 15.b4 O-O 16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Nd2 a5 18.a3 axb4
19.axb4 Nb6 20.h3 Rfc8 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Ra8 23.Qb2 Qe8
24.Qc2 c6 25.Kh2 Qc8 26.dxc6 Qxc6 27.Qb3 Kg7 28.Rd3 Ra1 29.Qb2
Ra8 30.Qb3 Ra1 31.Qb2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h4 Nf8 11. h5 Ne6
12. O-O-O c5 13. Qf1 f6 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. exf5 h6 18. g4 Bf8 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Kh7
22. Qb3 a6 23. Nd2 Na5 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Kb1 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3
27. Ne4 c4 28. b4 Nc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. a4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kg8
32. Kb2 Kf7 33. a5 b6 34. axb6 cxb6 35. Ra1 d2 36. Nxd2 a5
37. b5 Na7 38. c4 Nc8 39. Ne4 Bb4 40. Kc2 Ke8 41. Rd1 Rxd1
42. Kxd1 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc7 44. c5 a4 45. f3 bxc5 46. Nxc5 Bxc5
47. Bxc5 Nd6 48. b6+ Kc6 49. b7 Nxb7 50. Bf8 Nd6 51. Bxg7 Nf7
52. Bxf6 a3 53. Bh4 Kd5 54. Be1 a2 55. Kb2 Kd4 56. Bd2 Kd3
57. Bc1 Ke2 58. f4 exf4 59. Bxf4 Kf3 60. Bxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2
Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5 Nfe4 15. O-O-O c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Qh3 b4
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be1 Bd5 20. Rg1 b3 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Bb1 f5
23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rg4 Nf5 25. Kd2 Qa5 26. Ke2 Bxe5 27. dxe5
Rad8 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. Bd2 Bc4 30. Qh5 Qxb2 31. Ke1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d6 15. g3 Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. Qd3
d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b3 Be6 20. Bb2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. f4
Bg7 23. Rc2 Na6 24. Rf2 Nb4 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Ref1
Ne7 28. Ba3 Bh6 29. Qd3 Rfe8 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nxf5 Bxf5
32. Rxf5 Qe2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 Re7 35. Kg2 Be3 36. Bxd5
Rcc7 37. Rd1 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Bc4 Rd7 40. d5 Ba3 41. g4
Kg7 42. Rg5+ Kh8 43. Rh5 Kg7 44. Bd3 h6 45. g5 hxg5 46. Rxg5+
Kh6 47. Rf5 Kg7 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kg4 Bc1 51. Re5
Bb2 52. Rh5+ Kg7 53. Rg5+ Kf8 54. Rh5 Kg7 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Ke3
Ba3 57. h4 Bc5+ 58. Ke4 Rf2 59. Ke5 Rd2 60. Rg5+ Kf8 61. Rg3
Rh2 62. Rg4 Ke7 63. a4 Rh3 64. Bc2 Bd6+ 65. Kf5 Rf3+ 66. Kg5
Be5 67. Rb4 b6 68. h5 Rh3 69. Rc4 Bf6+ 70. Kh6 Be5 71. Kg5
Bf6+ 72. Kh6 Be5 73. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. c4 a5 11. a3 e5 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e3 Nc5 17. Qb1
d4 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nc4 Bxb4
22. Nxe5 Bc5 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Bc1 Rb8 25. Qb5 g5 26. Bd2 dxe3
27. fxe3 Rd8 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Rxd3 30. Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5
12. Bc2 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7
17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Qxh5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5
hxg5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 g6 24. Bd3 g4 25. a4 Nc6 26. Rc5
bxa4 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. Be2 Rb8 29. Bxg4 Rxb2 30. Ra1 a3 31. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. e4 Qc7
12. h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+
17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 e5 19. Rac1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4
Be6 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 24. Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6
26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rf2 Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. e3 a6
17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd3 Nce4 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Qb1 Qe7
22. Bd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 b5 24. b4 Nd7 25. a3 Nf8 26. Ba1 Ne6
27. Qa2 Bc7 28. Nd4 Bb6 29. h4 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Nxd4 31. Bxd4
Bxd4 32. exd4 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 Qxd3 34. Rc7 f5 35. Rxb7 h6
36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Bg2 Re2 38. Bf1 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Bc1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Nd3 a5 15. Rc1 c6 16. Na4 Rc8
17. e3 Ba6 18. Re1 h5 19. Bh3 Ng4 20. Nf4 g6 21. Bxg4 hxg4
22. Qxg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Be7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nc5
bxc5 27. dxc5 Rf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.h4 b6 10.a3 f5 11.Bb5 Bb7 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.d4
Rc8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Bf6 16.Rfd1 Ne7 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.g3 Ba6
19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qc3 Rb6 21.Rac1 Qd6 22.Ne5 Rb7 23.Nd3 c4
24.bxc4 Rxc4 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Nxe5 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 g6 28.Rc5 Kg7
29.Ra5 Kf6 30.Nd3 Rc7 31.Ra6+ Kg7 32.Nf4 Rd7 33.Kf1 Ng8
34.Ne6+ Kf7 35.Nd4 Ne7 36.Nb5 Nc8 37.a4 Rb7 38.Rc6 Ne7 39.Ra6
Nc8 40.Rc6 Ne7 41.Rd6 Rb6 42.Rd7 a6 43.Nc3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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.Rb1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bf4 Bf8 15.Rb2 Bd6 16.Nd3 Na6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6
18.Nf4 Qe5 19.Rc2 Rad8 20.Na4 c4 21.Qd2 g5 22.Nh3 h6 23.f4
gxf4 24.Qxf4 cxb3 25.axb3 Kg7 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Nf4 Re7 28.Nd3
Ng4 29.Rf4 Ne3 30.Rd2 d4 31.Bh3 Be4 32.Nac5 Nxc5 33.Nxc5 f5
34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Nxg4 36.Rxg4+ Bg6 37.Kf2 Re5 38.Nd3 Rf5+
39.Ke1 h5 40.Rg1 a5 41.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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.a3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bf4 Nbd7 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Na5 Ba6 17.b4 cxb4
18.axb4 Bxb4 19.Nc6 Bxc3 20.Nxd8 Bxe2 21.Qb3 Bxa1 22.Rxa1
Raxd8 23.Rxa7 Nc4 24.h3 Bh5 25.Bg5 Bg6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.g4 Kg7
28.Qc3 d4 29.Qxc4 d3 30.g5 d2 31.gxf6+ Kh8 32.Bf3 Be4 33.Kh2
Bd5 34.Qg4 Rg8 35.Bd1 Rxg4 36.hxg4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 a5 7.e4
a4 8.a3 c5 9.Re1 Nc6 10.h4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 b5 13.Ng5
Ra6 14.Qh5 h6 15.Nf3 f5 16.Re1 Bd7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Bd6
19.Re1 Qf6 20.Rb1 f4 21.Bxf4 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Qxf4 23.Qxc5 Rf5
24.Qe3 Qxh4 25.Qg3 Qh5 26.Qc7 Qf7 27.Qb7 Rd6 28.Qb8+ Qf8
29.Qxf8+ Kxf8 30.Re3 Bc6 31.Rbe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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.d3 d5 11.Qa4 h6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4
f5 14.Nc5 f4 15.Bb2 Rb8 16.c4 Nde7 17.g4 b6 18.Ne4 Be6 19.g5
h5 20.Rfd1 Nd4 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.Qxa7 Qd7 23.Qa3 h4 24.Qc3 Bf5
25.h3 Bxh3 26.Qe5 Ng6 27.Qd5+ Be6 28.Qxd7 Bxd7 29.Kh2 Ra8
30.Bh3 Bxh3 31.Kxh3 Ra3 32.Rdc1 Rea8 33.Rc2 Kf7 34.d4 Rd8
35.d5 Ne5 36.Rb1 Kg6 37.d6 cxd6 38.Rxb6 Kh5 39.Nxd6 Rda8
40.Rb5 Nc6 41.g6+ Kxg6 42.Rc1 Kh7 43.Rg1 R3a7 44.Rg4 Kg8
45.Rh5 Ne7 46.Rgxh4 Ng6 47.Rg4 Nf8 48.Rxf4 Rxa2 49.Rfh4 g6
50.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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. Rb1 Nbd7
12. b4 Bc4 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bxa2 16. Bxe4
Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. e4 Rd8 20. Be3 Ng4 21. h3
Nxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Rf3 c5 26. Qb3
cxd4 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. h4 Qe5 29. Nc4 Qxe4 30. Rf4 Qb1+
31. Kh2 Rg8 32. exd4 b5 33. Ne5 Bd6 34. Qd5 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Bxe5
36. dxe5 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qe3 38. Kg2 b4 39. e6 h6 40. Qd7 Qe4+
41. Kh2 Kh7 42. e7 Ra8 43. Rg2 b3 44. Qb5 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8
12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 a4 19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 21. Qc2
Rfe8 22. Bf3 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. bxc5 Re5 25. Rfc1 Qc6
26. Rab1 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2
Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc5 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3
Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Nd2 Nd6 12.Nb3 c6 13.Nc5
Ng6 14.Qh5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Nxg6
hxg6 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.Bxg5 f6 21.Be3 g5 22.Rd6 Re8 23.Rad1 Be6
24.b3 Kf7 25.R1d4 Bf5 26.a4 Re7 27.g4 Bh7 28.b4 Bg8 29.b5 Rc8
30.Rd7 Re8 31.b6 a6 32.Rc7 Kf8 33.c4 Be6 34.Rxe4 Kf7 35.f4
Rxc7 36.bxc7 Rc8 37.f5 Bd7 38.h4 g6 39.Rd4 Rxc7 40.hxg5 fxg5
41.Bxg5 Be8 42.f6 Kf8 43.Bf4 Rh7 44.Kg2 Bd7 45.Bg5 Be6 46.Rd8+
Kf7 47.Rb8 Bxc4 48.Rxb7+ Kg8 49.Rb8+ Kf7 50.Kg3 Ke6 51.Re8+
Kf7 52.Rc8 Bd5 53.Kf4 Ke6 54.Re8+ Kd7 55.Ra8 Ke6 56.Re8+ Kd7
57.Re3 a5 58.Kg3 Rf7 59.Kf4 Rh7 60.Re1 Kc8 61.Kg3 Rf7 62.Re8+
Kd7 63.Ra8 Kc7 64.Kf4 Rd7 65.Bh4 Kb7 66.Re8 Bf7 67.Re4 Bd5
68.Re3 Bf7 69.Kg5 Ka6 70.Re7 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. g5 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 O-O 12. Qd2
Nb6 13. h5 N8d7 14. g6 Ne5 15. O-O-O Nbc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. h6 fxg6 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. hxg7
Bxg7 22. Bd4 a5 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qg4 Re8 25. Qg5 Bc6 26. Qh6
Qh8 27. b3 Nxa3 28. Rh3 Bd7 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Rh1 Re7 31. Qh4
Qg7 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. Qd8+ Qf8 34. Qxa5 Nxc2 35. Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. b4 f6
12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 a4 16. Rb1 Rfb8
17. Qc2 Nde7 18. Rb2 Bb3 19. Qb1 Kh8 20. Rc1 Na7 21. Bb4 Nb5
22. Nd2 Bf7 23. e3 Bg6 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Be1 Nxa3 26. c6 Qe7
27. Qa2 bxc6 28. Rxc6 Bf7 29. Rc5 Nxe3 30. Qxa3 Rxb2 31. Qxb2
Nxg2 32. Kxg2 a3 33. Qb7 Qd8 34. Qxc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Bd5
36. Rc5 a2 37. Bc3 Bg8 38. Ba1 Rb8 39. Ra5 Rb1 40. Bc3 Rd1
41. Kf3 Rxd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. f4 Bc4+ 44. Kf2 exf4 45. gxf4
Kg8 46. Nd2 Bf7 47. Ke3 h5 48. f5 Rc8 49. Ne4 Bd5 50. Rc5 Rd8
51. Nd2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Rc8 53. Ne4 Bd5 54. Nc5 Re8+ 55. Kd3 Rd8
56. Bd4 Re8 57. Kd2 Ra8 58. Rxa8+ Bxa8 59. Ke3 Kh7 60. Kf4 Kh6
61. Ne6 Kh7 62. Nf8+ Kg8 63. Ng6 Kf7 64. Ke3 Bc6 65. Bb2 Bd7
66. Ke4 Bc6+ 67. Kd4 Bd7 68. Nh4 Ba4 69. Ng2 Bc2 70. Ne3 Bb1
71. Kc3 Kg8 72. Nc2 Kh7 73. Nd4 Kh6 74. Bc1+ Kh7 75. Kb2 Kg8
76. Bd2 Kh7 77. Bb4 Kg8 78. Bc3 Kh7 79. Kc1 Kh6 80. h4 Kh7
81. Kd2 Kg8 82. Ke3 Kh7 83. Kf4 Bd3 84. Nc6 Kg8 85. Nb4 Bb1
86. Na6 Kf7 87. Nc5 Bc2 88. Ne4 Bd1 89. Ng3 Kg8 90. Ke3 Bc2
91. Bb2 Kh7 92. Kf4 Bd1 93. Ne4 Bc2 94. Nd6 Kg8 95. Ke3 Kf8
96. Kd4 Ke7 97. Kc5 Kd7 98. Bc3 Bd3 99. Kd5 Bc2 100. Ne4 Bxe4+
101. Kxe4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qb6
13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bd3 h5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Ne2 Qc5
18.Rhf1 Bh6 19.Qe1 a5 20.b3 Rg8 21.g3 Ke7 22.Bc4 Be3 23.Rf3
Rg4 24.Qf1 Rf8 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 a4 27.bxa4 Bxa4 28.Qd3 Bc6
29.Bb3 Rg5 30.e5 Rxe5 31.Rc4 Rd5 32.Qe2 Qb6 33.Rh4 Re5 34.Qd3
Bg2 35.Rd4 d5 36.Qd2 Re4 37.Rxd5 exd5 38.Qxd5 Qc7 39.Qf5 Rf7
40.Bxf7 Qe5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 Bb4
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O 15. h3 Be6 16. b3 Nc5
17. Nc3 Bc8 18. Be2 Ne6 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Rad1 c5
22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Qa5 24. Rd3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Ne2+ 26. Kh2
Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rfe8 28. Rd3 Re6 29. Rf2 Kf8 30. Rfd2 Rc6
31. Kg3 Ke7 32. Kf3 Rf6+ 33. Ke2 Re6 34. Kf3 Rf6+ 35. Ke2 Re6
36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke2 Re6 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 Re6 40. Kf3 Rf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.06"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5
h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nh5
18. g4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Ncd2 Rfd8 21. e5 Rab8 22. Rab1
Nxa5 23. Bc2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd5 25. Be4 Nc6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5
27. Qe4 Qe6 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Qxf4 Rc5 30. Ne3 Rxc3 31. Rb7 Rc5
32. Rxc7 Nxe5 33. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Bxc5 35. Nf5 Kh7 36. Qc3
Bf8 37. Ne3 g6 38. h4 Bg7 39. Qc5 Be5 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Kg7
42. Kg2 Bf4 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. Ng3 Bd6 45. Qd4+ Be5 46. Qc5 Kg5
47. Qa5 Kh4 48. Qa4+ Kg5 49. Qa5 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 Kf6 51. Qd8+ Kg7
52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Ng3 Qf3 54. Qa5 Bd4 55. Qxa6 Bxf2 56. Qd6
Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "276"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd5 Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. b4 Bxb4
12. Nxe5 Bc3 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Nb5 Bxb1 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8
Bg6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Bh3+ Ke7 20. d6+ Kf6 21. Nc7
Bf5 22. Nd5+ Ke6 23. Nc7+ Kf6 24. Bg2 Be6 25. h4 h6 26. Rb1 g5
27. hxg5+ hxg5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Rb5 e5 31. f4
gxf4 32. gxf4 e4 33. Bxe4 Nc4 34. Bd3 Nxd6 35. Rg5 b5 36. Rg6+
Kf7 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. f5 Nc4 39. Bg5 Rd5 40. Rf6+ Kg8 41. Re6
Nd6 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Kf3 a5 44. Kg4 a4 45. Rh6 Nc4 46. Kh5 Bf8
47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rb7 Nd6 49. Rd7 b4 50. Bc4 Nxc4 51. Rxd5 b3
52. axb3 axb3 53. Rb5 b2 54. Rb7 Ba3 55. Kg6 Ne5+ 56. Kh5 Nc4
57. Bf4 Na5 58. Rb6 Nc6 59. Rb3 Kf7 60. Bg5 Nb4 61. f6 Nd5
62. Rb7+ Ke6 63. f7 Bb4 64. f8=Q Bxf8 65. Rxb2 Nc3 66. Kg4 Kd5
67. Kf3 Bc5 68. Rb8 Kc4 69. Rc8 Kd5 70. Bf4 Nb5 71. Bh6 Nc3
72. Bg7 Nb5 73. Rb8 Kc4 74. Rc8 Kd5 75. Bh6 Nc3 76. Bd2 Nb5
77. Kg2 Nc3 78. Kf1 Ne4 79. Ke1 Kc4 80. Re8 Nd6 81. Re5 Nb5
82. Kd1 Bd6 83. Rh5 Bc5 84. Rh8 Nd6 85. Kc2 Ne4 86. Be1 Nd6
87. Ra8 Ne4 88. Ra4+ Kd5 89. Kd3 Bb6 90. Bb4 Nf2+ 91. Kc2 Ne4
92. Bf8 Nc3 93. Ra6 Bc7 94. Kd3 Ne4 95. Ra7 Nf2+ 96. Kc2 Bb6
97. Rf7 Ng4 98. Rf4 Ne5 99. Bg7 Nc6 100. Kb3 Bc7 101. Rf5+ Be5
102. Rh5 Ke4 103. Bh6 Bf6 104. Bd2 Ne5 105. Rh6 Bg7 106. Rh4+
Kd5 107. Bf4 Nc6 108. Rh5+ Ke4 109. Rc5 Kxf4 110. Rxc6 Ke3
111. Rg6 Bh8 112. Re6+ Kd2 113. Kc4 Bg7 114. Rg6 Bh8 115. Rg2
Ke3 116. Rg8 Bf6 117. Rf8 Bg7 118. Rf7 Bh8 119. Re7+ Kd2
120. Re8 Bg7 121. Re7 Bh8 122. Re4 Bg7 123. Re6 Bh8 124. Rh6
Bg7 125. Rh2 Ke3 126. Rg2 Bh8 127. Rg8 Bf6 128. Rf8 Bg7
129. Rf7 Bh8 130. Re7+ Kd2 131. Kd5 d3 132. e4 Ke2 133. Rh7 d2
134. Rh2+ Ke3 135. Rh1 Ke2 136. e5 Bxe5 137. Kxe5 d1=Q
138. Rxd1 Kxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.05.26"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc6
12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc6
Qd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nb8 Qb7 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Na6 O-O 21. Nb4
d4 22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Bc5 25. Rad1 Rfd8
26. Bc7 Re8 27. Bf4 Red8 28. Bc7 Re8 29. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.05.27"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5
7. d3 e5 8. e4 h5 9. h4 Bh6 10. Bh3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Bxc8
Rxc8 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Qd7 15. Kg2 Kg7 16. f3 Nd4 17. Rf2
b6 18. a4 Rb8 19. b3 Rb7 20. Rb1 Rbb8 21. Qd2 Rbe8 22. Qb2 Qb7
23. Rbf1 Ng8 24. Nd5 Ne7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Re2 Nc6
28. Qd2 Nb4 29. Rfe1 Re5 30. Nh3 Re7 31. f4 f6 32. Qd1 Rh8
33. Kh2 Qg4 34. Kg2 Rhe8 35. f5 gxf5 36. Nf2 Qg6 37. exf5 Rxe2
38. fxg6 Rxe1 39. Qxh5 Rh8 40. Qf3 Re3 41. Qg4 Re5 42. Qd7+
Kxg6 43. Ne4 Nxd3 44. Qg4+ Kh6 45. Nxd6 Rf8 46. Nf5+ Rxf5
47. Qxf5 Ne5 48. Qe6 d3 49. Qxb6 Rf7 50. Qxa5 Rd7 51. Qd2+ Kg7
52. a5 Nc6 53. a6 Kf7 54. h5 Nb4 55. h6 Kg6 56. Qf4 Rd4 57. h7
Rxf4 58. h8=Q d2 59. Qe8+ Kh6 60. Qh8+ Kg6 61. Qe8+ Kh6
62. Qe2 Rd4 63. a7 d1=Q 64. Qxd1 Rxd1 65. a8=Q Rd2+ 66. Kf3
Rd3+ 67. Kf4 Rxb3 68. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 c5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Rhe1 Be6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxh6 c4 14. Bxg7 cxd3 15. Qg5 Ne4 16. Qh6 Bg5+
17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Bxf8 dxc2 20. Rxd6 Kxf8
21. h4 Nh7 22. Kxc2 Nf6 23. f3 Ke7 24. Rd4 Rh8 25. c4 Nd7
26. b3 a6 27. Kc3 Nb8 28. g3 Nc6 29. Rd2 Kf6 30. Rh2 b5
31. cxb5 axb5 32. Rd2 Rh5 33. Re3 Ne7 34. Re4 Rf5 35. Rd3 Rc5+
36. Kd2 Nf5 37. Rg4 Rc8 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. Rc2 Ne7 40. Rf4+ Kg7
41. Ke1 Nd5 42. Rd4 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. h5 Ke7
46. g4 Kd6 47. Rd2 f5 48. gxf5 Bxf5 49. h6 Rh8 50. Red4 Be6
51. Rh4 Ke7 52. Rh5 Nf6 53. Rxb5 Rxh6 54. a4 Rh1 55. a5 Nd7
56. b4 Bc4 57. Rg5 Ke6 58. Rd4 Rc1 59. a6 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Bf1
61. a7 Nb6 62. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. Nbd2 c5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7
12. Nc4 N7f6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. e4 Ne7 16. e5 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qa4 Bd5 21. d7 Rc5
22. b4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rc7 24. Bb5 Qg5 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. Re3 h5
27. Rae1 h4 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Qa3 Ba8 30. Qe3 hxg3 31. Qxg3 a6
32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qxc7 Rf8 34. Qxb6 axb5 35. Qxe6+ Qf7
36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Rxb5 Rxd7 39. a4 Bc6 40. Rf5+
Ke6 41. Ra5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 Qb6
22. Qd3 c4 23. Qh3 g6 24. g4 d4 25. gxf5 Qc6+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+
27. Kxg2 d3 28. Bd1 Rxf5 29. Bg4 Rff8 30. Ra5 h5 31. Bd1 b4
32. Ra6 bxc3 33. bxc3 Kh7 34. Ra7 Rf7 35. Rc7 Rd5 36. Rxc4 Bf8
37. Rc8 Rc5 38. Rd8 Bh6 39. Rxd3 Rxf4 40. Rd7+ Kh8 41. Rxf4
Bxf4 42. e6 Bg5 43. e7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxc3 45. Bf3 Rc8 46. Kg3
Rg8 47. Kh4 Rg7 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Kg5 Ra7 50. Bd5 Kg7 51. Re6
Kh7 52. Be4 Ra5+ 53. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. f4 Nc6 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nb4
12. g3 d5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. d6 Bxd6 15. Nb5 Nxc2+ 16. Ke2 Qc6
17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. Rxc6 Nxd1 20. Nxb7 Rhb8
21. Rc7+ Kf8 22. Kxd1 Ra7 23. Bc4 Raxb7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Re1
Nd7 26. Kc2 Rb6 27. Ra1 Nb8 28. Kd3 Nc6 29. Ra4 Ke7 30. Ke4 f6
31. h4 Nb8 32. Kd5 Rd6+ 33. Ke4 Rb6 34. Kd5 Rd6+ 35. Ke4 Rb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. h5 h6 11. Rb1 c4 12. g3
b6 13. Bh3 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nh4 Rdg8 16. Ng2 Kb8 17. Re1
Bc8 18. Kh2 Ka8 19. Bf4 Rf8 20. Qc1 Rhg8 21. Re2 Rh8 22. Re1
Rh7 23. Bd2 Rhh8 24. Re2 Rh7 25. Kg1 Rhh8 26. Ra1 Rh7 27. Kh2
Rhh8 28. Ne3 Ng8 29. Ng2 Nge7 30. Bf4 Ng8 31. Bd2 Nge7 32. Bf4
Ng8 33. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6
7. Be2 Qa5 8. Bf3 dxc4 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5
12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. O-O e6 15. b3 Bd3 16. bxc4 Qf5
17. Re1 Bc5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bc5
22. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3
Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7
21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Rxa4 Rb8 25. Rac4 c5
26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. g3 R1xb2 30. Rxb2
Rxb2+ 31. Kf3 Rb3+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3 Rb3+ 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeniy Pak"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 Nbd7 6. Nb5 O-O
7. Bxc7 Qe8 8. Bh2 Qd8 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Nd2 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. h5 Ne4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ncxe4 dxe4
17. O-O Rac8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. Nc5 Nd5 21. Qd2 Ba8
22. c4 Nf6 23. Rac1 Red8 24. a4 bxc4 25. a5 Qa7 26. Bxc4 Nd5
27. Qa2 e6 28. Qb3 Bb7 29. Rc2 Qa8 30. Rfc1 Rc6 31. Nxe4 Rdc8
32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nxb7 Qxb7 34. Bxd5 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxd5 36. Qc4
Rb5 37. Qc8+ Qxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kh7 39. Bd6 g5 40. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+
Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qh4 Qe6 16. O-O
Bb7 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 Qb5 20. Qb4 Qa6 21. Rac1
e4 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bc5 Rab8 24. Qd2 Rbd8 25. Qc2 exf3
26. exf3 Re2 27. Qc3 h6 28. Bf2 Rd3 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxf3
31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 a6 33. h4 Ra2 34. c4 Be4 35. Re1 f5
36. c5 Rxa3 37. Rc1 Bc6 38. Rb1 Rc3 39. Kf1 Bb5+ 40. Ke1 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Rd6 Rc2 44. Bd4 Ke8 45. Rg6 Re2+
46. Kd1 Re4 47. Bf2 Rg4 48. c6 Rc4 49. Rxg5 Ba4+ 50. Kd2 Rc2+
51. Ke3 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 O-O
7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1
Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. d4
exd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8 19. d5 Qd7 20. b6 Bxb6 21. Nxb6 cxb6
22. Qxb6 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rac8 24. a5 Rc4 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Rd8
27. Rab1 g6 28. Nd4 Rc7 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rdc8 31. Kg2 h5
32. Re2 Qd8 33. Reb2 h4 34. Qd4 hxg3 35. Rh1 f6 36. Kxg3 Qe7
37. Rb6 Rc4 38. Qe3 g5 39. Kg2 R8c7 40. Rh3 Qe5 41. Rb1 Rc3
42. Qa7 Qe7 43. Rbh1 Qg7 44. Qb6 g4 45. Rh8+ Qxh8 46. Rxh8+
Kxh8 47. fxg4 Rd7 48. Qd4 Rcc7 49. Qxf6+ Kg8 50. g5 Re7 51. f3
Rcd7 52. Kg3 Rf7 53. Qg6+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samy Shoker"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O
7. e3 h6 8. a3 Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Rad8 11. b4 e4 12. dxe4
Nxe4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Rfe8
17. Ned4 Bh7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd4 b6 20. Ne5 Qf6 21. Nf3 Qe7
22. Rbb1 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qb2 Rd6 25. Qb7 Rd7 26. Qa6 Bf5
27. Kg1 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. g4 Bg6 31. Rfb1 Nc3
32. R1b7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 a5 34. Ne1 d4 35. h4 dxe3 36. h5 exf2+
37. Kxf2 Nd1+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Kg1 Be4 40. Bxe4+ Rxe4 41. Rxf7
Nxg4 42. Nf3 Nf6 43. Ra7 a4 44. Ra5 Rc4 45. Ne5 Rxc2 46. Rxa4
Nxh5 47. Rc4 Ra2 48. a4 Nf6 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. Nf4 Ne5 51. Rxc5
Rxa4 52. Ne6 Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Nd4 54. Nf8+ Kg8 55. Rc8 Kf7 56. Nd7
Ne6 57. Rc6 Ke7 58. Ne5 Re4 59. Nf3 Rf4 60. Ke2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Samy Shoker"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nc4
Rb8 13. Nb6 Nd7 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2
Qb7 18. Bc1 Rb4 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Re1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nb5 22. Nd1
Rd4 23. Qe2 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 c4 26. c3 Rd3 27. Nf2 Nd4
28. Qg4 Qb3 29. Rxa6 Qc2 30. Rf1 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxc1 32. Qe6+
Kh8 33. Qxe7 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Arutinian"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6
7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nh3
Qa5 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Qe3 h6 15. Nf4 Bg5 16. Qg3 Rdg8 17. h4
Be7 18. Nh5 Qd8 19. Qf3 Qf8 20. g3 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Nf4
Qf7 23. a5 a6 24. Ba3 Bd8 25. Bd6 Bxa5 26. Rfb1 Bc7 27. Bxc7
Kxc7 28. h5 Re8 29. Ng6 Rh7 30. Bf1 Bc8 31. Bg2 Rg7 32. Qf4+
e5 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Qxh6 e4 35. Qg5 Qf5 36. Qh4 Rh7 37. Nf4
Qe5 38. Rd1 d4 39. cxd4 Nxd4 40. Ng6 Qc5 41. Qf4+ Kb6 42. Qe3
Nf3+ 43. Bxf3 Qxe3 44. fxe3 exf3 45. Nf4 Bg4 46. Rd5 Rxe3
47. Rg5 Bd7 48. Nd5+ Ka7 49. Nxe3 Bc6 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Rd1 Re7
52. h6 a5 53. Rg7 Re5 54. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "10.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Arutinian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Ng5 cxd4
7. exd4 Bb4 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6
12. Nh3 d6 13. Nf4 b6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Re1 Bxc4
17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. f3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. h3 Qf5
22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Qc2 Ng3 25. Rf2 Nf5 26. Raf1 Nxd4
27. cxd4 Nd7 28. Qa4 Nf6 29. Rf3 Re7 30. Qb3 Rae8 31. Rg3 Qh4
32. Qa3 Re1 33. Rf3 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Nxd5 35. Qxd6 Ne3 36. Rf3
Nf5 37. Qc6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxd4 39. Qc3 Nxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qe5
41. h4 g5 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6
7. c3 Ba7 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7
12. Ne3 c6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb3 Ra8 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. a5 h6
17. Ba2 Be6 18. b4 Qd7 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Re1 Nf4 23. Rad1 N6h5 24. f3 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Kg1 Rd6
27. Qf2 Qg5 28. Kh1 Red8 29. d4 exd4 30. cxd4 Rg6 31. e5 f5
32. Bb1 Rf8 33. g3 Nh3 34. Qg2 f4 35. Bxg6 fxe3 36. Bxh5 Nf2+
37. Kg1 Qxh5 38. Rxe3 Nxd1 39. Rd3 Nb2 40. Qxb2 Rxf3 41. Rxf3
Qxf3 42. Qf2 Qg4 43. Kg2 Bf5 44. Qf3 Qg6 45. Qf4 Bg4 46. Qf2
Qh5 47. Qe3 Bh3+ 48. Kf2 Qf5+ 49. Qf3 Qc2+ 50. Qe2 Qc3 51. e6
Qxd4+ 52. Qe3 Qb2+ 53. Qe2 Qd4+ 54. Qe3 Qb2+ 55. Qe2 Qxb4
56. Nd3 Qd4+ 57. Ke1 Kf8 58. Nf4 Bf5 59. h4 Qe4 60. Qxe4 Bxe4
61. h5 Ke7 62. Kd2 Bf5 63. Kc3 Bxe6 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Nd3 Bc8
66. Nc5 Kc7 67. Na4 Bg4 68. Nc5 Bxh5 69. Ne6+ Kd6 70. Nc5 Kc7
71. Ne6+ Kd7 72. Nc5+ Kc8 73. Ke5 Bg4 74. Kf4 h5 75. Kg5 Kc7
76. Kg6 b6 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "12.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Qe7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf5 e4 12. Qe2
Re8 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Nh4 gxf5 15. O-O-O Na6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bh6
Bf6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Kb1 a6 20. Ng2 b5 21. g4 Ng7 22. Rdg1 bxc4
23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Ne3 Rab8 25. Bxc4 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Be3
Nd3 28. b3 c5 29. Ne2 Rb4 30. Qc2 Reb8 31. Nf4 a5 32. Ne6 a4
33. Bd2 axb3 34. axb3 e3 35. fxe3 Rxc4 36. Qxc4 Ne5+ 37. Qc2
Rxb3+ 38. Kc1 Bxc2 39. Kxc2 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6
7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5
12. e5 Ne4 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bc2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qd7 16. Rc1 c6
17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. b4 Qe6
22. a4 f6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rb1 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8
27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Rxb5 Nh4 29. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Bxf2+
31. Kh1 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Bxe1 33. Bxe1 Rxf3 34. Kg2 Re3 35. Bg3
d4 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Rb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7
12. Kh2 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Nd1 e6
17. c3 exd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Nf2 Kh8 21. Re2 Qa8
22. Rd2 Re8 23. Rd1 Re7 24. Ra2 Rb8 25. Qd3 a5 26. b3 Ne4
27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Re2 Rbe8 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bd2 Bh6 31. Ra1
Qd8 32. Rxa5 Ne8 33. Ra7 Nf6 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Qb6 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. Rc8 Bxf4+ 38. Bxf4 Rxf4 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Rc6 Qf2
41. Rxd6 Ne4 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Qe5+ Kxd7 44. Bb5+ Kd8 45. Qe8+
Kc7 46. Qc6+ Kb8 47. Qe8+ Kc7 48. Qd7+ Kb8 49. Qd8+ Kb7
50. Bc6+ Ka6 51. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Be7
12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 Nhf6 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 b5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb7 21. Rfe1
Qd6 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. Nc5 Qxd4 24. Red1 Qe5 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Qd2
Re7 27. Re1 Qc7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Re1 Qc7 30. h3 Rd8 31. Qe3
Bc8 32. Qc3 Nd5 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Qd4 Qd6 35. Re5 Qf6 36. Nd3
Qc6 37. Nc5 Qf6 38. Nd3 Qc6 39. Nc5 Qf6 40. Nd3 Be6 41. Nf4
Rc8 42. Nh5 Qg6 43. Nf4 Qf6 44. Nh5 Qg6 45. Nf4 Qb1+ 46. Kh2
Rc4 47. Qe3 d4 48. Qf3 Rc1 49. Nxe6 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 Qg6+ 51. Ng5
hxg5 52. Qd5 Qf6 53. Rxg5 g6 54. Re5 Rd1 55. Re4 Rd3+ 56. f3
Rd2 57. Qxb5 d3 58. Qd5 Rd1 59. Rf4 Qe7 60. Rg4 Qf6 61. Rd4
Qe7 62. b5 Qc7+ 63. Kg4 Qc8+ 64. Kg5 Kg7 65. Qe5+ Kg8 66. Qf6
Qc5+ 67. Kg4 Qc8+ 68. Kg3 Qc7+ 69. Kh4 Kh7 70. b6 g5+ 71. Kxg5
Qc5+ 72. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 73. Kxf5 Rb1 74. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "16.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. Qd3 c6 8. Nf3 b6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qb1 Qc7
17. Be5 Qc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qb2 Kg7 20. b4 Be7 21. Rac1 Qe8
22. Rc7 Be4 23. Rd4 Bg6 24. Nh4 Rc8 25. Qc1 f5 26. Nxg6 hxg6
27. Rdc4 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 a5 29. Bc6 Qd8 30. Rd7 Qe8 31. Rb7 Qd8
32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Qe3 axb4 34. axb4 Bf6 35. Qxb6 Qc8 36. b5 Rd8
37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qe3 Bd4 39. Qd3 Bb6 40. Qxd8 Bxd8 41. Kg2
Bb6 42. f3 Be3 43. h4 Kf8 44. g4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Bb6 46. e4 Bc7+
47. Kg2 fxg4 48. fxg4 f5 49. g5 fxe4 50. Bxe4 Ba5 51. Bd3 Kf7
52. Bc4 Bb6 53. Kf3 Bc7 54. Kg4 Bb6 55. Bb3 Bc7 56. Kf3 Bb6
57. Ba2 Bc7 58. Ke4 Bg3 59. b6 Bxh4 60. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "17.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. c5 Rb8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rfd1 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 Nc7
17. Bf2 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qd2 Rb4 20. a3 Rb3 21. Ne2 Bg4
22. Nd4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb7 24. Nxc6 Qc7 25. Nxa5 Rb5 26. b4 e6
27. Bd4 Ra8 28. Rc1 Bh6 29. h3 Qe7 30. Qf2 g5 31. f5 g4 32. f6
Qc7 33. Qh4 Bf8 34. Qxg4+ Kh8 35. Rc3 Bh6 36. Qh4 Bd2 37. Rd3
Bc1 38. Rg3 Rbxa5 39. Rg7 h6 40. Qg4 Bg5 41. Rxg5 Rxa3 42. Rg7
1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Rb1 Bc5
12. a4 Bb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. c4 Nxb3 15. Rxb3 c6 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. Qe1 Bf5 18. a5 Bc5 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Qb1 Qxa5 21. Rxb7 e4
22. d4 Qc3 23. c5 a5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Reb8 26. Rc7 Rxb3
27. Rxc6 a4 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Bxe4 a3 30. Rb6 Rxb6 31. cxb6 Ra4
32. b7 Bd6 33. Ra1 Be6 34. Bc6 Rb4 35. d5 Bh3 36. f4 Rb3
37. Ba7 Bxf4 38. b8=Q+ Bxb8 39. Bxb8 Rxb8 40. Rxa3 Bf5 41. Kf2
Rb4 42. Ke3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rd4 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Kf4 g6 46. Ke5
Kg7 47. Kd6 Rd2 48. h3 Kf6 49. Kc7 Rh2 50. d6 Rxh3 51. Ra5 Rd3
52. d7 Ke7 53. Re5+ Be6 54. Re3 Rd6 55. Re2 h5 56. Bb5 h4
57. Re3 h3 58. Re2 g5 59. Bc6 g4 60. Bb5 g3 61. Bc6 g2 62. Re1
Rd4 63. Bb5 h2 64. Re4 Rxd7+ 65. Bxd7 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "19.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Ne2 Re8 8. Bd2 b6 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O c5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3
Nc6 13. f3 g6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Be1 Bh6 17. Bh4 Be6
18. dxc5 Bxe3 19. cxb6 axb6 20. f4 Bg4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxd5
Qh4 23. g3 Qd8 24. Nxe3 Qxd1 25. Nxd1 Bxe2 26. Rf2 Nd4
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "20.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
O-O 7. e3 a5 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 a4
12. b4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Rxc4 b5 15. Rc2 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nc4
17. O-O Ne4 18. Ne5 Ned6 19. Nd3 Qg5 20. e4 Rad8 21. Bc1 Qe7
22. Rc3 Nc8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Bg5 f6 26. exf6 gxf6
27. Bh6 Rf7 28. Qh5 Ne7 29. Rfc1 Ng6 30. h3 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qe8
32. Rcd3 Ne5 33. Rg3+ Kh8 34. f4 Nc4 35. Rdd3 Nd6 36. e5 Nf5
37. Rg4 fxe5 38. fxe5 Ne3 39. Rxe3 Rf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qxh5 41. Bg7+
Kg8 42. Bf6+ Kf8 43. Reg3 Ke8 44. Rg8+ Kd7 45. R3g7+ Kc6
46. Rxc8 Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Kg3 Qc3+ 49. Kh2 Qxa3
50. Rcxc7+ Kd5 51. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "21.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Qd3 d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. f3 Ne5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nb3
Ba7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2
b5 18. Rhd1 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Nhf4 20. cxb5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 axb5
22. Qf2 Qb8 23. Kg1 b4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxb4 26. Nc1 Nf4
27. Ra4 Qb8 28. Qd2 e5 29. N1e2 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Ba6 31. Ra1 Rc8
32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rc5 34. g3 Rb5 35. Rb1 Rb3 36. Kg2 Bd3
37. Re1 Bg6 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. Qe1 Qe3 40. Kf1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[Round "22.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3
Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. h4 h6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Ne4 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. d4 f5 15. Ned2 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nd5
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6
21. axb4 Qd5 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Qa4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nf1
d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Rxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re3 Bf5 17. Bxf5
Qxf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7
22. Qh5 g6 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qd3 Rxe5
27. Qd6+ Re7 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Re2 Bc7 30. Qd4 Qe5 31. Qxa7 Qh2
32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. Rxe7 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Kxe7 35. Qe3+ Kf6 36. Qxg3
Qb1 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qb4 Qxa2 40. Qxb7 Qc4+
41. Ke3 Qc5+ 42. Kf3 Qd5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1
Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. a5 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bg4
12. Qe2 Kh8 13. Be3 Bd6 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbd2 Be7
17. Ne4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Kh2 Qe8 20. Nfd2 Qd7 21. Rg1 Bxh3
22. Qh5 Bf5 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Qh6 Bd6 26. Bxb6
Bxe4 27. Nxe4 cxb6 28. Rg6 Na5 29. Rxd6 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7
31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Be6 h6 33. b4 Nc6 34. Bd5 Rac8 35. Rb7 b5
36. Kh3 Rf4 37. Kg2 Rg4+ 38. Kf1 Rg7 39. Rb6 Ne7 40. Rxh6+ Rh7
41. Rd6 Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Re7 43. Rd6 Ra8 44. Kg2 Rf7 45. Kf1 Re7
46. Ke2 a5 47. bxa5 Rxa5 48. Rb6 Rc7 49. Ke3 Kg8 50. Re6 b4
51. cxb4 Rb5 52. Nc5 Ra7 53. Rxe5 Rxb4 54. Ne4 Kf7 55. f4 Ra1
56. f5 Re1+ 57. Kd2 Rf1 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. Re8+ Kg7 60. Re6 Rbf4
61. f6+ Kg6 62. f7+ Kg7 63. Re8 Rf6 64. Rg8+ Kh7 65. Rd8 Kg7
66. Ke2 R6f2+ 67. Ke3 Rxf7 68. Nxf7 Kxf7 69. Rd4 Ke6 70. Rf4
Rxf4 71. Kxf4 Kd5 72. Ke3 Ke5 73. d4+ Kd5 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Kc4
Kc6 76. d5+ Kd6 77. Kd4 Kd7 78. Ke5 Ke7 79. d6+ Kd7 80. Kd5
Kd8 81. Ke6 Ke8 82. d7+ Kd8 83. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. d4 Qb6 8. Ba4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nc3 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Rb1 Rfc8 15. Bc2 Ne5 16. Qe2
Nfd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Qa6 20. Qd1 Rc4 21. Kh1
Rac8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Qb6 24. Qh5 Nf6 25. Qf5 Qd8 26. Bb3
Rd4 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rbd1 Qd7 29. Qf3 Rb4 30. Rd2 Rf8 31. g4
a5 32. Rg2 Nh7 33. h4 Rb6 34. g5 Kh8 35. Rfg1 f5 36. Qh3 Rb4
37. gxh6 Bxh6 38. Qg3 Nf6 39. Qg6 Ng4 40. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. f4 O-O
12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rc8
17. b5 Rc5 18. a4 Ne8 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Qe3 Qb7
22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5
12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1
Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6
12. Be3 Ne7 13. Qc2 g6 14. f3 h5 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Be2 Qd7
17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Re5 c6 21. Rae1 Bf5
22. Bh4 Nh7 23. Be7 Bxd3 24. Bxd6 Bf5 25. Bb4 b6 26. a4 a5
27. Ba3 Re6 28. h3 Rae8 29. g4 Rxe5 30. fxe5 hxg4 31. hxg4
Bxg4 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Ng5 34. Qg2 Qf5+ 35. Qf2 Nf3
36. Ke2 Nxe1 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Kxe1 f6 39. Bd6 Kf7 40. Ne2
fxe5 41. dxe5 Ke6 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Nf4 Rg8 44. Ba3 Re8 45. Bd6
Rg8 46. Ba3 Re8 47. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Qb8 17. e3 Nhf6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. a4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. a5 Bc6
22. Ba6 bxa5 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Rxa5 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rc7 26. Kg2
Qb4 27. Ra4 Qb7 28. Ra3 Nb6 29. Ne5 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe2
Nxc3 32. bxc3 Qe7 33. Qa2 Rc7 34. Ra5 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Qa3
Qxa3 37. Rxa3 a5 38. Rxa5 Rxc3 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra5 Kg8
41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra5 Kg8 43. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 Bd7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd3 Na7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Qxb7 Nb5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Ne5 Rb8
17. Qa6 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5
7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4
12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8
17. Rac1 a6 18. h4 Bd5 19. h5 h6 20. Re1 Rb7 21. Nxc4 Nxc4
22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rab8 24. Ra1 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Qxb4
26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. Rxa6 Rxd4 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. g3 Rb4 30. Ra7
Rxb2 31. Rxc7 Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Kg8 34. Rc8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1
Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Rc1
bxc6 12. Rxc4 Rb8 13. Qxc6 Nxf4+ 14. exf4 Bd6 15. b3 Bxf4
16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. d5 Bd6 18. dxe6+ Kxe6 19. Ra4 Kf6 20. Kf3
Rb4 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Ke2 Re8+ 24. Kf3 Rd8 25. Ke2
Re8+ 26. Kf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kigigha Bomo"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. b4 cxb4 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 e5 8. exd4 e4 9. Ng5 Qxd4 10. Qb3 Qxa1 11. Bb2 Na5
12. Bxa1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bf5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 O-O-O
16. Re1 Kb8 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 f5 19. Ng3 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Rd4
21. Ne2 Rhd8 22. g5 Bh5 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bd5 Rxf4+ 25. Kg2
Rf2+ 26. Kg3 f4+ 27. Kh3 f3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maksat Atabayev"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 Nge7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nf3
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 Ndc6 15. Bxh6 Rg8 16. g3 Qxa3
17. Bxh7 Rg4 18. Bf4 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Kf1 b5
22. Nh2 Rc4 23. Ng4 Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Ncxe5 25. Qg5 Nxd3 26. cxd3
Qd4 27. Ke2 Bb7 28. Rbc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7
31. Bc3 Qc5 32. Bf6 Qd6 33. Qh6 e5 34. Qg7 e4 35. dxe4 dxe4
36. Qg8+ Nf8 37. Bg7 b4 38. Ke1 b3 39. Rd1 Qb4+ 40. Rd2 b2
41. Bxb2 e3 42. fxe3 Qe4 43. Qh8 Bb5 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45. Bxe5
Nd7 46. Bc3 Ke7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. e4 Ne5 49. Rd5 Ng6 50. Rf5 Nf8
51. g4 Nd7 52. g5 Bc6 53. Ke3 Bb5 54. Kf4 Bc4 55. Ke3 Bb5
56. Bb4 Bc6 57. Kf4 Bb7 58. Ra5 f6 59. Bc3 fxg5+ 60. Rxg5 Nf8
61. Bb4 Nd7 62. Rg7 Bc8 63. Rg8 Bb7 64. Re8+ Kf6 65. e5+ Kg6
66. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Ne7 11. h3
Ng6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 c5 15. c4 h5 16. Ng5 Bf5
17. f3 h4 18. Kf2 Rh6 19. Ne4 Rb6 20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8
22. b3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 a5 24. Rd1 a4 25. Rd3 Ra6 26. Kf3 axb3
27. axb3 Ra2 28. g4 hxg3 29. Kxg3 c6 30. h4 g6 31. Kg4 Re2
32. h5 gxh5+ 33. Kxh5 Rxe4 34. Kg4 Rd4 35. Rh3 b5 36. Kf5 bxc4
37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Rh7 Ke8 40. Rh8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. c4 Nd7 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nc3
c6 13. b4 Ng6 14. Bb3 h6 15. a3 Nf6 16. Ra2 a5 17. Qb1 Nh5
18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Kh2 Nhf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Ng1 Qg6 22. Bxf4
exf4 23. d4 Be6 24. Rb2 axb4 25. axb4 Qf6 26. Nf3 g5 27. c5
Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Bg7 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. e5 Qd5 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. b5
Ra5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8 c5 36. e6 fxe6 37. Ne5
Qxd4 38. Qc7 Ra7 39. Qxa7 Qxe5 40. Qb7 Qd5 41. Qc8 Qe5 42. f3
Qf5 43. Ra1 h5 44. Ra6 g4 45. Qxe6+ Qxe6 46. Rxe6 Kf7 47. Re4
gxf3 48. Rxf4+ Ke7 49. gxf3 Bg7 50. Rh4 Kd6 51. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bd2 g6
12. f3 Re8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Be1 c5 15. Bh4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Nd7
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Rad1
a6 22. Bb1 Ne6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nfxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5
26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. e4 Red8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Ba2
Rd2 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6
12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb3 b5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rd6
17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Ree1 Nh5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qa2 Nf4 21. axb5
Rd6 22. bxc6 Rg6 23. Nd7 Nxg2 24. Nfxe5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3
Bb6 8.c5 Bc7 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 b6 11.O-O Be5 12.a4 bxc5 13.Nxc5
d5 14.e4 Bd4 15.exd5 exd5 16.Nb3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bg4 18.f3 Be6
19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Qa5 21.Be3 Rfc8 22.Qb4 Qd8 23.Bd4 Ne8
24.Qb2 Nd6 25.g4 Nc4 26.Qf2 Na5 27.f4 Nb3 28.f5 Bd7 29.Rad1
Nxd4 30.Rxd4 Qf6 31.Qg3 Qb6 32.f6 Be6 33.Qe3 Kh8 34.Kh1 Rg8
35.c4 Rad8 36.a5 Qxa5 37.Qe5 Rde8 38.cxd5 Bd7 39.Qd6 Qd8 40.h3
Bb5 41.Qxd8 Rxd8 42.fxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "148"]

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. O-O
Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Rfc1 Bd5 17. Bc5+ Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rab8 19. Rc2 g5 20. f3 h5
21. Re1+ Kf6 22. b3 h4 23. Kf2 Rb4 24. Rd2 a5 25. h3 Ra8
26. Re3 Rb5 27. Na4 Rb7 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Re4 Rb4 30. Rc4 Bxc4
31. Rxd8 Bb5 32. Ra8 a4 33. Nxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxa4 c5 35. Ra5 Rd4
36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Ra4 Ke6 38. f4 f6 39. Rc4 Kd6 40. Ke2 Rf5
41. a4 gxf4 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. Rxf4 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Rd1+ 45. Rf1 Rd3
46. Rxf6+ Ke5 47. Rf3 Rd1+ 48. Kh2 Rb1 49. Rc3 Kd5 50. a5 Ra1
51. g3 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 hxg3 53. Rxg3 Rxa5 54. h4 Ke4 55. Kg2 Kf4
56. Kh3 Ra1 57. Rc3 Rb1 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kf1 Kg4 60. Ke1 Kxh4
61. Kd1 Kg5 62. Kc1 Rh2 63. Rxc5+ Kf6 64. Rc2 Rh3 65. Kb2 Ke5
66. Rd2 Rh8 67. b4 Rh3 68. b5 Ke6 69. b6 Rh5 70. Rd3 Rb5+
71. Rb3 Rxb3+ 72. Kxb3 Kd6 73. Kb4 Kc6 74. b7 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6
7. c3 h6 8. Re1 a5 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 Ba7 12. Nf1
Rb8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3
exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 a4 20. Rc1 d5 21. e5 Nh7 22. Nh2
Ng5 23. Nh5 a3 24. b4 Ne6 25. Qd2 Ng5 26. Ng4 Qf5 27. Nhf6+
Kh8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxc7 Nf4 30. Qe3 Nge6 31. Rc3 Qg6
32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Kh2 h5 34. Ne3 Qh7 35. Rec1 Qe4 36. Rc8+ Rxc8
37. Rxc8+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Nxd4 40. Rc7 b5 41. Rxf7
Nde6 42. Rd7 d4 43. Nc2 d3 44. Ne1 1-0

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Chess Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bb5 e6 7.c4
dxc4 8.Nd2 Bxc5 9.Ngf3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Qc2 Bd7
13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.Qc3 Qd5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Qxc4 17.Rxc4 Rfc8
18.Rfc1 Rxc4 19.Rxc4 Rd8 20.g3 Rd7 21.Kf1 f5 22.Ke2 Bf6 23.b3
Kf8 24.h3 h6 25.Ne1 Ke7 26.Nd3 Kd8 27.f4 h5 28.a4 Rd5 29.Nc5
b6 30.Na6 Be7 31.Nb8 a5 32.Nc6+ Ke8 33.Ne5 Bc5 34.Rc3 Ke7
35.Rd3 Rxd3 36.Kxd3 f6 37.Nc6+ Kd6 38.Nd4 Kd5 39.Nb5 Kc6
40.Nd4+ Kd6 41.Nb5+ Kd7 42.Nd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Chess Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.d4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Re8 13.Ra1
Nc4 14.Re1 Rc8 15.h3 h6 16.b3 Nb6 17.Bb2 Bf8 18.dxe5 dxe5
19.a4 c6 20.Qxd8 Rcxd8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ne2 Bb4 23.Bc3 Bxc3
24.Nxc3 Nbd7 25.Ra6 Rc8 26.b4 Re6 27.Rb1 c5 28.Rxe6 fxe6
29.Nxb5 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rxc2 31.Nd6 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen-Karjakin World Chess Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7
7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re2 b6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bf4
Rxe1 13.Qxe1 Qe7 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Qxe7 Bxe7 16.a4 a6 17.g3 g5
18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Bg2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f5 21.Nd5 Kf7 22.Ne3 Kf6
23.Nc4 Bf8 24.Re1 Rd8 25.f4 gxf4 26.gxf4 b5 27.axb5 axb5
28.Ne3 c6 29.Kf3 Ra8 30.Rg1 Ra2 31.b3 c5 32.Rg8 Kf7 33.Rg2
cxd4 34.Nxf5 d3 35.cxd3 Ra1 36.Nd4 b4 37.Rg5 Rb1 38.Rf5+ Ke8
39.Rb5 Rf1+ 40.Ke4 Re1+ 41.Kf5 Rd1 42.Re5+ Kf7 43.Rd5 Rxd3
44.Rxd7+ Ke8 45.Rd5 Rh3 46.Re5+ Kf7 47.Re2 Bg7 48.Nc6 Rh5+
49.Kg4 Rc5 50.Nd8+ Kg6 51.Ne6 h5+ 52.Kf3 Rc3+ 53.Ke4 Bf6
54.Re3 h4 55.h3 Rc1 56.Nf8+ Kf7 57.Nd7 Ke6 58.Nb6 Rd1 59.f5+
Kf7 60.Nc4 Rd4+ 61.Kf3 Bg5 62.Re4 Rd3+ 63.Kg4 Rg3+ 64.Kh5 Be7
65.Ne5+ Kf6 66.Ng4+ Kf7 67.Re6 Rxh3 68.Ne5+ Kg7 69.Rxe7+ Kf6
70.Nc6 Kxf5 71.Na5 Rh1 72.Rb7 Ra1 73.Rb5+ Kf4 74.Rxb4+ Kg3
75.Rg4+ Kf2 76.Nc4 h3 77.Rh4 Kg3 78.Rg4+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "187"]

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.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.c3 Bf8 13.Nf1
h6 14.N3h2 d5 15.Qf3 Na5 16.Ba2 dxe4 17.dxe4 Nc4 18.Bxh6 Qc6
19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Be3 Nxe4 21.Ng3 Nd6 22.Rad1 Rab8 23.Bc1 f6
24.Qxc6 Bxc6 25.Ng4 Rb5 26.f3 f5 27.Nf2 Be7 28.f4 Bh4 29.fxe5
Bxg3 30.exd6 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 cxd6 32.Rd1 Kf7 33.Rd4 Re5 34.Kf1
Rd5 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Bg5 Kg6 37.h4 Kh5 38.Nh3 Bf7 39.Be7 Bxh4
40.Bxd6 Bd8 41.Ke2 g5 42.Nf2 Kg6 43.g4 Bb6 44.Be5 a5 45.Nd1 f4
46.Bd4 Bc7 47.Nf2 Be6 48.Kf3 Bd5+ 49.Ke2 Bg2 50.Kd2 Kf7 51.Kc2
Bd5 52.Kd2 Bd8 53.Kc2 Ke6 54.Kd2 Kd7 55.Kc2 Kc6 56.Kd2 Kb5
57.Kc1 Ka4 58.Kc2 Bf7 59.Kc1 Bg6 60.Kd2 Kb3 61.Kc1 Bd3 62.Nh3
Ka2 63.Bc5 Be2 64.Nf2 Bf3 65.Kc2 Bc6 66.Bd4 Bd7 67.Bc5 Bc7
68.Bd4 Be6 69.Bc5 f3 70.Be3 Bd7 71.Kc1 Bc8 72.Kc2 Bd7 73.Kc1
Bf4 74.Bxf4 gxf4 75.Kc2 Be6 76.Kc1 Bc8 77.Kc2 Be6 78.Kc1 Kb3
79.Kb1 Ka4 80.Kc2 Kb5 81.Kd2 Kc6 82.Ke1 Kd5 83.Kf1 Ke5 84.Kg1
Kf6 85.Ne4+ Kg6 86.Kf2 Bxg4 87.Nd2 Be6 88.Kxf3 Kf5 89.a4 Bd5+
90.Kf2 Kg4 91.Nf1 Kg5 92.Nd2 Kf5 93.Ke2 Kg4 94.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.17"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6
7. c3 a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 c6 12. h3
exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Nc5 h6
17. Ra3 Bf5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rf3 Bxc5 21. bxc5
Re8 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. f3
Bf5 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Re2 Qg6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2
Qf5 32. a5 Kf8 33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rb4 g5 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8
37. Qd4 Qg6 38. g4 h5 39. Qd2 Rg7 40. Kg3 Rg8 41. Kg2 hxg4
42. hxg4 d4 43. Qxd4 Bd5 44. e6 Qxe6 45. Kg3 Qe7 46. Rh2 Qf7
47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7 Rxf4 51. Rxe7
Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.18"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nc3 Nb4
13.Bf4 Nxb3 14.axb3 c5 15.Ne4 f6 16.Nf3 f5 17.Neg5 Bxg5
18.Nxg5 h6 19.Ne6 Qd5 20.f3 Rfe8 21.Re5 Qd6 22.c3 Rxe6 23.Rxe6
Qxe6 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Qe1 Qd7 28.Kh2
a5 29.Qe3 Bd5 30.Qb6 Bxb3 31.Qxa5 Qxd3 32.Qxb4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nf3
c5 8.O-O b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Nd2 Bxc5 12.Nde4 Nxe4
13.Nxe4 Be7 14.b3 Nb4 15.Bf3 O-O 16.Ba3 Rc8 17.Nf6+ Bxf6
18.Bxb7 Bxa1 19.Bxb4 Bf6 20.Bxf8 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxf8 22.Bxa6 b4
23.Rc1 g6 24.Rc2 Ra8 25.Bd3 Rd8 26.Be2 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ra8 28.Bc4
Rc8 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.f4 h6 31.Kf3 Rc7 32.g4 g5 33.Ke4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 b6
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.c4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Qe7
13.a3 a5 14.Nd4 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.Rac1 Nf8 17.Qe1 Ng6
18.Bf1 Ng4 19.Nb5 Bc6 20.a4 Bd5 21.Bd4 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Bxd4
23.Rdxd4 Rxc4 24.bxc4 Nf6 25.Qd2 Rb8 26.g3 Ne5 27.Bg2 h6 28.f4
Ned7 29.Na7 Qa3 30.Nc6 Rf8 31.h3 Nc5 32.Kh2 Nxa4 33.Rd8 g6
34.Qd4 Kg7 35.c5 Rxd8 36.Nxd8 Nxc5 37.Qd6 Qd3 38.Nxe6+ fxe6
39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.Qxf6 a4 41.e4 Qd7 42.Qxg6+ Qg7 43.Qe8+ Qf8
44.Qc6 Qd8 45.f5 a3 46.fxe6 Kg7 47.e7 Qxe7 48.Qxb6 Nd3 49.Qa5
Qc5 50.Qa6 Ne5 51.Qe6 h5 52.h4 a2 0-1

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.23"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4
13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nh5 17.Kh1 Qf6
18.Be3 c5 19.e5 Qe6 20.exd6 c4 21.b3 cxb3 22.Bxb3 Qxd6 23.Ra6
Rfd8 24.Rg1 Qd7 25.Rg4 Nf6 26.Rh4 Qb5 27.Ra1 g6 28.Rb1 Qd7
29.Qd3 Nd5 30.Rg1 Bc7 31.Bg5 Re8 32.Qc4 Rb5 33.Qc2 Ra8 34.Bc4
Rba5 35.Bd2 Ra4 36.Qd3 Ra1 37.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38.Kg2 Ne7 39.Bxf7+
Kxf7 40.Qc4+ Kg7 41.d5 Nf5 42.Bc3+ Kf8 43.Bxa1 Nxh4+ 44.Qxh4
Qxd5 45.Qf6+ Qf7 46.Qd4 Ke8 47.Qe4+ Qe7 48.Qd5 Bd8 49.Kf1 Qf7
50.Qe4+ Qe7 51.Be5 Qe6 52.Kg2 Be7 53.Qa8+ Kf7 54.Qh8 h5
55.Qg7+ Ke8 56.Bf4 Qf7 57.Qh8+ Qf8 58.Qd4 Qf5 59.Qc4 Kd7
60.Bd2 Qe6 61.Qa4+ Qc6 62.Qa7+ Qc7 63.Qa2 Qd6 64.Be3 Qe6
65.Qa7+ Ke8 66.Bc5 Bd8 67.h3 Qd5 68.Be3 Be7 69.Qb8+ Kf7 70.Qh8
Qe6 71.Bf4 Qf6 72.Qb8 Qe6 73.Qb7 Kg8 74.Qb5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
Be7 8.O-O d6 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nc4 Nf4 12.Ne3 Qf6
13.g3 Nh3+ 14.Kh1 Ne7 15.Bc4 c6 16.Bb3 Ng6 17.Qe2 a5 18.a4 Be6
19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nd2 d5 21.Qh5 Ng5 22.h4 Nf3 23.Nxf3 Qxf3+
24.Qxf3 Rxf3 25.Kg2 Rf7 26.Rfe1 h5 27.Nf1 Kf8 28.Nd2 Ke7
29.Re2 Kd6 30.Nf3 Raf8 31.Ng5 Re7 32.Rae1 Rfe8 33.Nf3 Nh8
34.d4 exd4 35.Nxd4 g6 36.Re3 Nf7 37.e5+ Kd7 38.Rf3 Nh6 39.Rf6
Rg7 40.b4 axb4 41.cxb4 Ng8 42.Rf3 Nh6 43.a5 Nf5 44.Nb3 Kc7
45.Nc5 Kb8 46.Rb1 Ka7 47.Rd3 Rc7 48.Ra3 Nd4 49.Rd1 Nf5 50.Kh3
Nh6 51.f3 Rf7 52.Rd4 Nf5 53.Rd2 Rh7 54.Rb3 Ree7 55.Rdd3 Rh8
56.Rb1 Rhh7 57.b5 cxb5 58.Rxb5 d4 59.Rb6 Rc7 60.Nxe6 Rc3
61.Nf4 Rhc7 62.Nd5 Rxd3 63.Nxc7 Kb8 64.Nb5 Kc8 65.Rxg6 Rxf3
66.Kg2 Rb3 67.Nd6+ Nxd6 68.Rxd6 Re3 69.e6 Kc7 70.Rxd4 Rxe6
71.Rd5 Rh6 72.Kf3 Kb8 73.Kf4 Ka7 74.Kg5 Rh8 75.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6
13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.f4 c5 15.Qg4 Qd7 16.f5 Rae8 17.Bd2 c4 18.h3 c3
19.bxc3 d5 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 dxe4 22.fxe6 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Qxe6
24.cxd4 e3 25.Re1 h6 26.Qh5 e2 27.Qf3 a5 28.c3 Qa2 29.Qc6 Re6
30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.c4 Qd2 32.Qxe6 Qxe1+ 33.Kh2 Qf2 34.Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "1:38:33-1:28:33"]
[Date "2016.11.28"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7
7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1
Ne8 13.c3 d5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Na3 c6 16.Nc2 Ng7 17.Qd2 Bf5 18.Bxf5
Nxf5 19.Ne3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Qe7 21.Qxe7 Bxe7 22.Re1 Bf8 23.Kf1 f6
24.g4 Kf7 25.h3 Re8 26.Rxe8 Kxe8 27.Ke2 Kd7 28.Kd3 Ke6 29.a4
a6 30.f3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "0:02:33-0:08:33"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Nb8 10.Ne2 c5 11.Ng3 Nc6 12.c3 Rb8 13.h3 a5
14.a4 b4 15.Re1 Be6 16.Bc4 h6 17.Be3 Qc8 18.Qe2 Rd8 19.Bxe6
fxe6 20.d4 bxc3 21.bxc3 cxd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4
Rb4 25.Rec1 Qd7 26.Bc3 Rxa4 27.Bxa5 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Ra8 29.Bc3
Rxa1+ 30.Bxa1 Qc6 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.Bb2 Qc5 33.f4 Bd8 34.e5 dxe5
35.Bxe5 Bb6 36.Qd1 Qd5 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "0:00:33-0:01:33"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 a6 7.c3 d6
8.Re1 Ba7 9.h3 Ne7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Nbd2 c6 12.Bf1 a5 13.dxe5 dxe5
14.Qc2 Be6 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.b4 axb4 17.cxb4 b5 18.Ne3 bxa4
19.Rxa4 Bxe3 20.Bxe3 Rxa4 21.Qxa4 Nxe4 22.Rc1 Bd5 23.b5 cxb5
24.Qxe4 Qxc1 25.Qxd5 Qc7 26.Qxb5 Rb8 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qb3 Rb8
29.Qa2 h6 30.Qd5 Qe7 31.Qe4 Qf6 32.g3 Rc8 33.Bd3 Qc6 34.Qf5
Re8 35.Be4 Qe6 36.Qh5 Ne7 37.Qxe5 Qxe5 38.Nxe5 Ng6 39.Bxg6
Rxe5 40.Bd3 f6 41.Kg2 Kh8 42.Kf3 Rd5 43.Bg6 Ra5 44.Ke4 Rb5
45.h4 Re5+ 46.Kd4 Ra5 47.Kc4 Re5 48.Bd4 Ra5 49.Bc5 Kg8 50.Kd5
Rb5 51.Kd6 Ra5 52.Be3 Re5 53.Bf4 Ra5 54.Bd3 Ra7 55.Ke6 Rb7
56.Kf5 Rd7 57.Bc2 Rb7 58.Kg6 Rb2 59.Bf5 Rxf2 60.Be6+ Kh8
61.Bd6 Re2 62.Bg4 Re8 63.Bf5 Kg8 64.Bc2 Re3 65.Bb1 Kh8 66.Kf7
Rb3 67.Be4 Re3 68.Bf5 Rc3 69.g4 Rc6 70.Bf8 Rc7+ 71.Kg6 Kg8
72.Bb4 Rb7 73.Bd6 Kh8 74.Bf8 Kg8 75.Ba3 Kh8 76.Be6 Rb6 77.Kf7
Rb7+ 78.Be7 h5 79.gxh5 f5 80.Bxf5 Rxe7+ 81.Kxe7 Kg8 82.Bd3 Kh8
83.Kf8 g5 84.hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "0:00:33-0:07:33"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Ng5
Bxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.Ne4 f5 16.Nd2 f4 17.c3 Nf5 18.Ne4 Qe8
19.Bb3 Qg6 20.f3 Bh4 21.a4 Nf6 22.Qe2 a5 23.axb5 axb4 24.Bd2
bxc3 25.Bxc3 Ne3 26.Rfc1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Qe8 28.Bc4 Kh8 29.Nxf6
Bxf6 30.Ra3 e4 31.dxe4 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Qe5 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.h3 h6
35.Kh2 Qd4 36.Qe1 Qb2 37.Bf1 Ra2 38.Rxc7 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "0:01:33-0:00:33"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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.Nc1 O-O 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Na6 12.Be2 Nc5 13.O-O
Bd7 14.Rb1 Rfc8 15.b4 axb3 16.axb3 Qd8 17.Nd3 Ne6 18.Nb4 Bc6
19.Rfd1 h5 20.Bf1 h4 21.Qf2 Nd7 22.g3 Ra3 23.Bh3 Rca8 24.Nc2
R3a6 25.Nb4 Ra5 26.Nc2 b6 27.Rd2 Qc7 28.Rbd1 Bf8 29.gxh4 Nf4
30.Bxf4 exf4 31.Bxd7 Qxd7 32.Nb4 Ra3 33.Nxc6 Qxc6 34.Nb5 Rxb3
35.Nd4 Qxc4 36.Nxb3 Qxb3 37.Qe2 Be7 38.Kg2 Qe6 39.h5 Ra3
40.Rd3 Ra2 41.R3d2 Ra3 42.Rd3 Ra7 43.Rd5 Rc7 44.Qd2 Qf6 45.Rf5
Qh4 46.Rc1 Ra7 47.Qxf4 Ra2+ 48.Kh1 Qf2 49.Rc8+ Kh7 50.Qh6+ 1-0

