
[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3
b6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Qe2 b5 15.
Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 e5 21.
Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qg6 Kg8 23. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Nxe4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bb7 22. Qe5 Bf6 23. Qc5 Bxd4 24. Qxc8 Rfxc8 25. Rxd4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O a5 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Na3 Na7 19. Qd2 e4 20. Rad1 Be5 21. Nc2
Kh8 22. Qh6 Qe8 23. Nce3 Nc6 24. a3 Qg6 25. Qh4 Qf7 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Red1 Bxd5
28. Rxd5 Ne7 29. R5d2 Rg8 30. Kh1 Rg6 31. f4 exf3 32. Bxf3 Qg7 33. Qh5 Rf8 34.
Bg2 Bxg3 35. Qf3 Qh6 36. Bf1 Rfg8 37. Bd3 Bf4 38. Nxf5 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Bxd2 40.
Bxg6 Qxg6 41. Qd5 Be3 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. O-O Be6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. a3 h6 21.
g3 Bd8 22. Rd2 Qa7 23. Kg2 Rc5 24. Ne3 Bg5 25. h4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qc7 27. Rad1
Rc6 28. Kh2 Bb3 29. Rg1 Bc4 30. Rgd1 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd3
bxc3 34. bxc3 Rb3 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 Kf8 39. Red3
Ke7 40. Re3 Rc2 41. Rdd3 h5 42. Kf3 g6 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Kf1 Rc4 45. Ke1 f5 46.
f3 Rg2 47. exf5+ gxf5 48. f4 e4 49. Rd2 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. Ra2 R4xc3 52. Rxc3
Rxc3 53. Ra8 d5 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Re5 d4 56. Rxf5 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 e3 58. Re5 Rg2
59. Kf1 Rxg3 60. Ke2 Rg2+ 61. Kf3 Rd2 62. Re8 Kd5 63. Re5+ Kc4 64. f5 Rf2+ 65.
Kg3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Piket, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf1 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nc3 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rxe1 17. Qxe1 Bxd4+ 18. Be3 Qb6 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Re8
21. Qg3 Nb4 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. d6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 f5 25. Rd2 b5 26. Kg1 Kf7 27. a3
Nd5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Ke6 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Kf2 Bc6 32. Ke3 Rxd6 33. Rxd6+
Kxd6 34. Kd4 a5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 h6 37. Bd3 Be8 38. Bc2 Bf7 39. Bd3 Be8 40.
Bf1 Bc6 41. f4 Be8 42. Bd3 Bc6 43. Be2 Be8 44. g4 fxg4 45. Bxg4 g5 46. fxg5
hxg5 47. g3 Bc6 48. Be2 Bd7 49. Ke4 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14.
h4 e5 15. Qxe5 Ne6 16. Nf5 f6 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. f4 g6 20. f5 gxf5
21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qxh7+ Rf7 23. Qe4 Kf8 24. h5 Ng5 25. Qd4 Kg7 26. h6+ Kg6 27.
Qd8 b6 28. Qg8+ Kxh6 29. Rf4 Nh3+ 30. Kh2 Nxf4 31. Qxf7 Ba6 32. Qxf6+ Ng6 33.
Qf7 Rc8 34. Qxa7 Be2 35. c3 Bc4 36. Qxb6 Kg5 37. b3 Bf7 38. Qd4 Be6 39. c4 Bf5
40. a4 Re8 41. Qd2+ Kg4 42. Qd1+ Kg5 43. a5 Nf4 44. a6 Re2 45. Qd8+ Kg4 46.
Qg8+ Bg6 47. a7 Rxg2+ 48. Kh1 Kh3 49. a8=Q Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rg2+ 51. Qxg2+ 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qa4 d4 9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Bg2 Re8 13. Nf3 d3 14. e3 Bg4
15. O-O Qd7 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Qxd7 Nfxd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f3 Be6
21. b3 Rc8 22. Nb5 Rc2 23. Rf2 Rec8 24. Nd4 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Bd7 26. Bf1 Kf8 27.
Bxd3 Rc1 28. Be2 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Nd3+ 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. a3 a5 32. Ke2 Ne5 33. e4
Kd6 34. Ke3 Kc5 35. Be2 f6 36. f4 Nc6 37. Nxc6 Bxc6 38. Bc4 Kd6 39. Kd4 b6 40.
h4 h6 41. Bf7 Bd7 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Bg4 44. e5+ fxe5+ 45. fxe5+ Ke7 46. Bg8
Bd1 47. Bc4 Bg4 48. Ba6 Bd1 49. Bc8 Bf3 50. Ke3 Bd1 51. Kf4 Bc2 52. g4 Bd1 53.
g5 Bc2 54. Bg4 Bb3 55. Be2 Ke6 56. gxh6 gxh6 57. Bg4+ Ke7 58. Bh3 Bd5 59. Bf1
Bb3 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Kd4 Bd1 62. Bh3+ Ke7 63. Bf5 Kf7 64. Kd5 Ke7 65. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Karpov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. h4
cxd4 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 f6
15. Nf4 Kd7 16. g5 f5 17. c3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Rh4
Ng4 22. Nd3 Be7 23. Qc7+ Ke8 24. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Qe5 13. Nf3 Qe3+ 14. Kh1
Nd7 15. Re1 Qa7 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Qd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Rad1 Ra7 20. Ne4 Qc7
21. Nd6 Bb7 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxc2 25. Rg1 Qxb2 26. Qh3 Nf6 27.
Rg2 Qe5 28. Rdg1 Kh8 29. Nde4 Qf5 30. Qh4 h6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Rg4 Rc7 33. Qg3
Qe5 34. f4 Qd5+ 35. Nf3 Rg8 36. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. Rg3 Kh8 20. b3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5
22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qe6 25. Re3 Qg8 26. Ng4 Nc6 27. Rg3 Qe6
28. Bc3 Be4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Nxh6 Nd4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qh5 Rc8
34. Rf3 Qh7 35. Qd5 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, J."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O g6 12. Rfe1 Bg7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 a6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Bb7 21. Be4
Rae8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Bg7 26. Bxa6 b4 27. Nd3
Bc3 28. a3 bxa3 29. Rxc3 a2 30. Ra3 Rb8 31. Rxa2 Rb1+ 32. Ne1 Rxe1+ 33. Bf1 Ne5
34. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8.
Nbc3 Bc4 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6 Qd7 13. Qe4 O-O-O 14.
O-O e6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 g6 17. Na4 b6 18. a3 Bh6 19. b4 Kb7 20. Nb2 Qf7 21.
Qc2 Qf5 22. Nd3 e5 23. b5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qc6+ Kc8 26. Nb4 Nf4 27. Rac1
Qe5 28. Rfe1 Qd6 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxa7 Rhe8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Na6 Ne2+ 33. Kf1
Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8
15. Ra2 d4 16. g4 Qd5 17. Rb2 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. b5 Na5 20. Nxd4 Nc4 21. Rb3
g5 22. Bg3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nd2 24. Qxd2 Qxb3 25. Qxg5 f6 26. Qh5 Re4 27. g5 Qxb5
28. Qg6 Qe8 29. Qf5 Qe6 30. Qb5 Rxd4 31. Qxb7 Rad8 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Kh2 R4d7
34. Qf3 Rh7 35. h4 Kh8 36. Rc1 Rf8 37. Rc6 Qf7 38. Qc3 Qg6 39. a4 Rh5 40. Qd4
Rh7 41. a5 Rg7 42. a6 Kh7 43. Rd6 Rff7 44. Rd5 f5 45. Rd6 Qh5 46. Qd3 Rg6 47.
Rd5 Qg4 48. Rc5 Qe4 49. Qb3 Qe6 50. Qc2 Qxa6 51. Rxf5 Rxf5 52. Qxf5 Qe6 53. Qd3
Qg4 54. Qd5 a6 55. Qe5 Qe6 56. Qc5 Rf6 57. Be5 Rf3 58. Kg1 Rf5 59. Qc7+ Qf7 60.
Qc2 Qg6+ 61. Bg3 a5 62. Qe4 Rf7 63. Qc4 Qb1+ 64. Kh2 Qf5 65. Qc6 Qg6 66. Qc4
Qh5 67. Qe4+ Qf5 68. Qc6 Rf6 69. Qb7+ Kg6 70. Qa8 Rf7 71. Qg8+ Rg7 72. Qe8+ Kh7
73. Qc6 Rd7 74. Qc4 Kg7 75. Qc6 Kf7 76. Qc4+ Ke7 77. Bf4 Qe6 78. Qc5+ Kf7 79.
Qxa5 Qd5 80. Qa6 Qf3 81. Qa2+ Rd5 82. Bg3 Kg6 83. Qc2+ Kg7 84. Qc7+ Kg6 85.
Qc6+ Kf7 86. Qb7+ Kg6 87. Qa8 Kh7 88. Qb7+ Kg6 89. Qc6+ Kf7 90. Qa8 Rd3 91.
Qxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 exf3 12. exf6 Bh4 13. fxg7 fxg2+ 14.
Kxg2 Rg8 15. Bh6 Bg5 16. Re1+ Be6 17. Bxg5 Rxg7 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Kd7 20. Rd1+
1-0

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, J."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. O-O Qc7 13. e4 Nd7 14. Re1 Rac8
15. a4 e5 16. d5 c4 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. Ne1 Nc5 21. Nf3
Rfd8 22. g3 Qd6 23. h3 Rc7 24. Kh2 Bf6 25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Qf3 Nd3 27. Rab1 Be7 28.
Kg2 Bd6 29. h4 Rf8 30. Qe2 Nc5 31. Ra1 Nd3 32. Rab1 Qc8 33. f3 Qd7 34. h5 h6
35. Ra1 Nb2 36. Rdb1 Nd3 37. a5 b5 38. Bxd3 cxd3 39. Qxd3 Qc8 40. c4 bxc4 41.
Qc3 f5 42. Bf2 Rcf7 43. Rf1 fxe4 44. Nxe4 Rxf3 45. Qc2 Qf5 46. Rfe1 Bc8 47. Rh1
Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rc1 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Rd8 13. Bd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd4
15. Nb5 Bb2 16. Rc2 a6 17. Qb1 Be5 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Ng3
Bb5 22. Be2 Rd4 23. c5 Qd7 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Be3 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd8 27. Ra2 Rd3
28. Qb1 Qd5 29. Rc1 Ng4 30. Kf1 Nxh2+ 31. Kg1 Ng4 32. Nf1 Rb3 33. Rd2 Rxb1 34.
Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxb1 Rd3 36. Rc1 h5 37. Bd2 Rxa3 38. f3 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ 40. Kh2
Be5+ 41. Kg1 Nd3 42. Rd1 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Bxa1 44. Ng3 Be5 45. Ne4 Kf8 46. Kf1 Ke7
47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Bxf4 Bxf4 49. Nc3 g5 50. Nxb5 f5 51. Na3 h4 52. Nc4 Kd7 53.
Na5 Kc7 54. b5 b6 55. cxb6+ Kxb6 56. Nc6 g4 57. Nd4 h3 58. gxh3 gxh3 59. Kf1 e5
60. Nxf5 Kxb5 61. Kg1 Kc4 62. Nd6+ Kd3 63. Nf7 Ke2 64. Nxe5 Bxe5 65. f4 Bxf4
66. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Qe2 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Nf8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Ng6 20. h3 Rc8 21. Rd4
Qc7 22. Rd2 Bd6 23. Qd1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nh4 26. Ng3 Qb7 27. e4 Be7
28. Rd3 Ng6 29. e5 Ne8 30. Qd2 h6 31. Ne4 Nh4 32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Rc3
Bxc5 35. bxc5 Nf5 36. Rc1 Nc7 37. Qe4 Nd5 38. a4 Qc7 39. axb5 axb5 40. c6 Nde7
41. Ba3 Ng6 42. Bb2 Rc8 43. Rc5 Qb6 44. Qb4 Qd8 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kg1 Ngh4 47.
Rc3 Qd2 48. Ba3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Karpov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Ne2 f6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O g5
9. c3 a5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nd2 Be6 12. f4 a4 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. b4 Qb6
16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. h4 Rh6 21. a3 Ke7
22. Rf5 Qc6 23. Qd2 Qe8 24. Raf1 Rc8 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Kh2 Kd8 28.
Ng1 Kc8 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nc6 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. b5 Ne7 34. Qd2
Ng8 35. Qa5 Qd6 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qb2 Qb6
15. Qa3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bxe7 Rdc8 18. Bxc5 Be6 19. Bb4 Nc4 20. e4 a5 21.
Be7 g5 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rfe1 b5 24. Nd4 Be5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 f6 27. Red1 Kf7
28. d6 Ke8 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. d7+ Ke7 31. dxc8=N+ Rxc8 32. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. h4 h5 11. Qe2 Na5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. g4 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 hxg4
15. h5 gxf3 16. Nxf3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bf2 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Bh6+ 21.
Kd3 Qa6+ 22. c4 Nxe4 23. hxg6 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 e4+ 25. Kxe4 Bg7 26. Qh2 d5+ 27.
Rxd5 Qxg6+ 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Qf6 30. Rxd7 Qc3+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qc3+ 33.
Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Piket, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Ra4 Re8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bc6 hxg5 20. Bxe8 g4
21. Qe2 c5 22. Bc6 Qb6 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 Qxb2 25. Qa6 Qd2 26. Bd5 Qf4 27.
Qc8+ Kh7 28. Bxf7 Nxe4 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. Qh8+ Kg5 31. Qh5+ Kf6 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33.
Qe6+ Kd8 34. Rb1 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. Bd2
b6 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. O-O Bb7 17. h3 Qh5 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21.
Bf1 Ne7 22. Bb4 Nf5 23. Nh2 Qg6 24. Qc4 Ne4 25. Qc7 Ng5 26. Ng4 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3
h5 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Ne5 Qg5 30. Nxf7 Qh4 31. Nxd8 Bf3 32. Nxe6 Qxh3 33. Qxb8+
1-0

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Rd2 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Bh5 Nd5 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe3
21. Qxe3 Bb5 22. c4 Bc5 23. Rd4 Bxc4 24. Rc1 b5 25. Bxe6 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Amber 2001 Blind"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, A."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Rfd1 Na4 13. Rac1 Nxb2 14. Qxb2 Qb6
15. Qb5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Bd7 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Rb2 Rac8 20. h3 Rfd8
21. Nh4 Bd7 22. Nf3 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. Ne4 Na5 25. Rbb1 Bf5 26. Nh4 Be6 27. Nc5
Bxa2 28. Rb2 Bc4 29. Nxa6 e5 30. Nf3 exd4 31. Nxd4 Nb3 32. Bb7 Nxd4 33. exd4
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Bxd4 35. Rxb5 Re8 36. Rb4 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Bf1+ 38. Kf3 Ba7 39. Rb2
Bxh3 40. Nb4 Bd4 41. Rd2 Bc3 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Nd5 Rd1 44. Re8 Bd4 45. Ne3 Rd2
46. Bc8 Bf1 47. Nxf1 Rxf2+ 48. Ke4 Re2+ 49. Kxd4 Rxe8 50. Bh3 f5 51. Kd3 Kf6
52. Ne3 Kg5 53. Ng2 Re4 54. Kd2 Rg4 55. Bxg4 Kxg4 56. Ke3 Kxg3 57. Nf4 g5 58.
Ne2+ Kg2 59. Nd4 h5 60. Nxf5 h4 61. Ke4 h3 62. Ne3+ Kf2 63. Ng4+ Kg3 64. Kf5
Kh4 65. Nh2 Kg3 66. Ng4 1/2-1/2

