First Round of Corus

I am a bit late (2nd round is about to end soon). Topalov beat Kamsky in a game full of mistakes from both players. Anand was well prepared for Karjakin's attempts in Naidorf Sicilian and Ivanchuk unleashed an counterattack to beat Aronian.


Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2709 - Etienne Bacrot 2717 draw
Sergey Karjakin 2660 - Viswanathan Anand 2792 0-1
Veselin Topalov 2801 - Gata Kamsky 2686 1-0
Boris Gelfand 2723 - Peter Leko 2740 draw
Loek Van Wely 2647 - Ivan Sokolov 2689 draw
Levon Aronian 2752 - Vassily Ivanchuk 2729 0-1
Sergei Tiviakov 2669 - Michael Adams 2707 draw


Veselin Topalov 2801 - Gata Kamsky 2686
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. c5 Bxc5 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxg4 c5 17. b4 Nd5 18. bxc5 Nf5 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Bd6 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Bh4 22. d7 Rc6 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Nd6 1-0


Sergey Karjakin 2660 - Viswanathan Anand 2792
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


Levon Aronian 2752 - Vassily Ivanchuk 2729
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. h3 Be6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. f4 Na6 16. g4 Nc7 17. f5 Nb5 18. Bb2 Bh6 19. h4 f6 20. Nf3 gxf5 21. exf5 Nd6 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Bh3 Rg8 24. Kf2 Bf4 25. Ne5+ fxe5 26. dxe5 Nc4 27. e6+ Kf8 28. exd7 Nxb2 29. Re4 Bd6 30. Ke3 b5 31. Rb1 Nc4+ 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Rxb7 Kg7 34. Bg2 Kf6 35. g5+ Kxf5 36. Bxc6 Rab8 37. Kd4 Kg4 38. a4 Kxh4 39. a5 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Kxg5 41. a6 Bb8 42. Kxc4 Kf6 43. Kb5 e5 44. Kb6 Ke7 45. Bc8 Rg2 0-1