Ivanchuk leads in World Blitz Championship, Grischuk second

The amazing Vassily Ivanchuk is doing it again: on the first day of the World Blitz in Moscow the Ukrainian veteran scored 13.5 points out of the 19 games, beating the likes of Kamsky, Kramnik, Karpov, Gelfand, Adams, Carlsen, Shirov and Grischuk. Half a point behind is Alexander Grischuk, who scored wins over Anand, Kasimdzhanov, Kramnik, Gelfand and Carlsen. Report with pictures and videos.

The final tournament is a double round robin with 20 participants playing each other with white and black pieces (the original number was 18, but the organisers decided to increase this to include the finalists of the 2006 World Blitz Championship in Israel, Alexander Grischuk Peter Svidler). The finals will be held on November 21 and 22, the venue is the GUM department store, Red Square 2.

The rate of play is 4 minutes per game for each player, plus 2 seconds per move starting from move one. The prizes are US $25,000 for the winner, $15,000 for the runner up, $10,000 for third place and further prizes ranging from $7,250 for fourth to $2,500 each for 11th-14th places and $1,500 each for 15th-18th places. If there are ties in the final standing order, then all respective prizes, excepting the first one, are equally shared between the players who tied. The players who are the first, second and third in the final standing order will be awarded, respectively, with gold, silver and bronze medals.

First day

The first half of the World Blitz Championship ended in a triumph for Vassily Ivanchuk, who scored 13.5 points out of the 19 games played. Ivanchuk beat amongst others Kamsky, Kramnik, Karpov, Gelfand, Adams, Carlsen, Shirov and Grischuk. In second place we find Alexander Grischuk, who scored wins over Anand, Kasimdzhanov, Kramnik, Gelfand and Carlsen.

Vishy Anand vs Alexander Morozevich in round two (Anand won)

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik in round four (Ivanchuk won)

Games

Anand,V vs. Carlsen,M



1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8.
c4 Nc7 9. Rg1 Nd7 10. Nf3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5
cxb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Bd5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Qb2
e6 21. g5 Qd6 22. h4 Nc3 23. Rg3 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qa6+ 26. Ke1
Rfc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Bf4 Bf8 29. Ng4 Bb4+ 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Rc3 Bg2 32. Ne3
Bf3 33. Nc4 Bd5 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qa3 Qh2 37. Be3 Qh1+ 38.
Kd2 Qb1 39. Qxa7 Qb2+ 40. Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kc3 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qe2+ 43. Ka3 Kg7
44. Bf4 Qb5 45. Be5+ Kf8 46. Qc5+ 1-0

Kramnik,V vs. Mamedyarov,S


1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nge7
8. Qd2 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qh4 13. Nd5 Rf7
14. g3 Qd8 15. Rad1 Qf8 16. f4 Re8 17. Bf3 Be4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. b3 Qe8 20.
Rfe1 g5 21. Bf2 gxf4 22. Nxc7 Qe5 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Re8+ Bf8
26. Ne6 Ne5 27. Nd4 Qb1+ 28. Qe1 Qg6 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 fxg3 31. hxg3
h5 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Qd5 Kh7 34. Nf3 Rf5 35. Qe4 Qg4 36. Qd3 Qg6 37. Kg1 Ra5
38. Qe2 Qg4 39. a4 Rf5 40. Kg2 h4 41. Be1 h3+ 42. Kf2 h2 43. Kg2 Qxf3+ 44.
Qxf3 Rxf3 0-1

Leko,P vs. Adams,Mi


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. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe6 Rf7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re8 20. Bg3 Qb6
21. Kh2 Qc6 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Nf4 Bf8 24. Qd2 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Ng6 Bd6
27. Rxf7 Bxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Qxf7 29. Nh4 Re3+ 0-1


Bacrot,E vs. Ponomariov,R

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Qb4 14.
Qc2 Bd7 15. a3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. d5 Na5 18. Ne5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Rxd5 Be6 21. Bc3 Qa7 22. Rxa5 b6 23. Ra4 Bc5 24. Bf3 Rd6 25. h3 a5 26. Be4
h6 27. Nd3 Qc7 28. Rb5 Bd7 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Rxa5 Qb6 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Nxb2
Be6 33. Rb5 Re8 34. Bf3 Bd7 35. Rxc5 Ra6 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Bc6
Rc8 39. Bxa4 Rxc5 40. Bb5 1-0


Morozevich,A vs. Anand,V


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14.
Bh3 c5 15. Bb2 e6 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20.
Rac1 Qd5 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Bg2 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qb1+ 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Rxb1 Rxe2
26. Bxb7 Rxa2 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. Nc1 Ra5 29. Nb3 Ra2 30. Nc1 Ra4 31. Bc6 Rc4
32. Nd3 Rc3 33. Nf4 Nd7 34. Rxb8+ Nxb8 35. Bb5 a5 36. Bd6 Rb3 37. Ba4 Rb1+
38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Bc7 Na6 40. Bd8 Ra1 41. Bb5 Nb4 42. e4 a4 43. d5 exd5 44.
exd5 a3 45. Bf6 Rd1 46. Be2 Rb1 0-1

Karpov,Ana vs. Bacrot,E


1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf1 Re8 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3
Bf8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. b5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qc7 18. Qa7 Qd8 19. Rd1 Re6 20. Nf5
Re8 21. Bb6 Ne5 1-0

Kamsky,G vs. Ivanchuk,V

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8.
Qc1 e6 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Qd8 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Qd7
15. Bd1 Rfe8 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Qd5 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. Re1 Rd5 23. g4 Qg6 24. Kh2 Bf8 25. Rg1 a6 26. Nh4 Qh7
27. Bg3 h5 28. Kg2 Be7 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Kf1 Bd8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 f6 33.
Bh2 Qf7 34. Kg2 hxg4 35. hxg4 f5 36. gxf5 Rxf5 37. Bg3 Qd7 38. Re1 Qd5 39.
Kg1 Kf7 40. Qe2 Bf6 41. Qg4 Rh8 42. Kf1 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Rfh5 44. Kd2 Rxe1 45.
Rxe1 Rg5 46. Qf4 Rf5 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qc8 Bg5+ 49. Kc2 Rxf2+ 50. Kb1 Rf6
51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Be5 Rh6 53. Qf7 Bf6 54. Bxf6 Rxf6 55. Rh1+ Qxh1+ 0-1


Ivanchuk,V vs. Kramnik,V

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 g6
14. h3 Rae8 15. Bc2 Nb8 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 c6 18. e4 dxe4 1-0


Grischuk,A vs. Anand,V


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8.
d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 12. Rd1 Na6 13. O-O exd5 14.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Bf3 Rhe8 19. Be3 Kf7 20.
Rd2 Bc3 21. Rc2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Re7 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. e3 Bd3 25. Rc3 Bg6 26.
Be2 Kg8 27. f3 Rf8 28. e4 Bh5 29. g4 Be8 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Bd7 32. Kg2 Rfe8
33. Bf1 Rf8 34. Rdc1 Ref7 35. Re3 Re7 36. Be2 Rfe8 37. Kg3 h6 38. Rcc3 Kf8
39. Bf1 Kg8 40. Bg2 Kf8 41. Rc1 Kg8 42. Rce1 c6 43. dxc6 Bxc6 44. Rb1 Rb7
45. Rc3 Bd7 46. Bxc5 dxc5 47. Rxc5 a4 48. a3 bxc5 49. Rxb7 Be6 50. Rc7 Rb8
51. Rxc5 Rb3 52. Rc6 Kf7 53. Bf1 Rxa3 54. Bc4 Bxc4 55. Rxc4 Ra1 56. Kf4 a3
57. Ra4 a2 58. e5 Ke6 59. Ra6+ Kf7 60. Kf5 Rf1 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Rxa2 Rxf3+
63. Ke6 Kg8 64. Ra4 Rb3 65. Rd4 Rb6+ 66. Ke7 Rb7+ 67. Ke6 Rb6+ 68. Kf5 Kf7
69. Rd7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Ra6 71. Rd7 Rb6 72. Rd6 Rb4 73. Ra6 Kf7 74. e6+ Kf8
75. Ra8+ Ke7 76. Ra7+ Kf8 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78. Rd7 Kf8 79. Rd5 Ke7 80. g5 Rb7
81. gxh6 gxh6 82. Rc5 Ra7 83. Rb5 Rc7 84. Rd5 Ra7 85. Rb5 Rc7 86. Ra5 Rb7
87. Ra6 Rb5+ 88. Kg6 Rg5+ 89. Kxh6 Rg1 90. Kh7 Kf6 91. h6 Rg2 92. Kh8 Rg1
93. h7 Rg2 94. Rb6 Rg1 95. Rb8 Kxe6 96. Rg8 Rh1 97. Kg7 Rg1+ 98. Kf8 Rf1+
99. Ke8 Ra1 100. Rg6+ Kf5 101. Rf6+ Kg5 102. Rf8 1-0


Morozevich,A vs. Kramnik,V


1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nh4 e6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. f4 h6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Nf3
e5 15. Nh4 exf4 16. exf4 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Bc5 18. d4 Bb6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. c3 Rde8 22. Nxg6 c5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qf3 Na4 25. Bd2 Nxc3 26.
Bxc3 Re3 27. Qxd5 Rxc3 28. Rae1 Rd8 29. Qf5+ Kb8 30. Kh2 Bxd4 31. Re2 a6
32. Rfe1 Ka7 33. Qe4 Bb6 34. Ne5 Rd4 35. Qf5 g5 36. fxg5 Rdd3 37. Kg2 Rg3+
38. Kf1 Rg1+ 0-1

Bacrot,E vs. Carlsen,M

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Na4 a5 14. Nc5
Bc6 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Bb5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Ra2 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Nd7 21. Nb3 Qh4 22. Nc1 Ra3 23. Qd2 g5 24. fxg5 Nxe5 25. Rb3 Rfa8 26.
Qe3 Rxb3 27. Nxb3 Qxb4 28. Rc1 Nc4 29. Qg3 Ra3 30. Rc3 Ba4 31. Qxc7 Rxb3
32. Qd8+ Qf8 0-1


Karpov,Ana vs. Carlsen,M

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8.
Nc3 Ba6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qa5 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Bd3 18. Red1 Qd4 19. Rd2 Rad8
20. h3 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Be4 22. Qxa7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe4+ 24. Kh2 Nd5 25. Rc4
Qb1 26. Rd4 h5 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. Qc5 Qe1 29. Rg2 Qxe5 30. Bf4 Qe6 31. Rgd2
Nxf4 32. gxf4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Re8 34. b4 Qf5 35. Rf2 h4 36. a4 Re4 37. Qd8+
Kh7 38. Qxh4+ Kg8 39. Qg5 Qd7 40. a5 Rxb4 41. Rg2 Qd4 42. a6 Ra4 43. Qg4
Qf6 44. Qg5 Rxa6 45. Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rc2 c6 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Ke4
g6 50. h4 Kd6 51. Ra2 Rf5 52. Ra7 c5 53. Ra8 Rh5 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kf6
56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Rc6 Rf5 58. Rc8 Rh5 59. Rc6 Kf8 60. Rc7 Ke8 61. Kf3 Rf5
62. Ke4 Kd8 63. Ra7 Ke8 64. Rc7 Kf8 65. Ra7 Rh5 66. Rc7 f6 67. Kf3 Ke8 68.
Rg7 Kf8 69. Rxg6 Kf7 70. Rg1 Rxh4 71. Ra1 Ke6 72. Ra5 Kd5 73. Ra6 Rh6 74.
Ra8 Kd4 75. Rd8+ Kc3 76. Ke4 c4 77. Rc8 Rh5 78. Rc6 Rh6 79. Kf5 Kd3 80.
Rd6+ Kc2 81. Rc6 c3 82. Rc8 Kd2 83. Rd8+ Kc1 84. Rc8 c2 85. Rc7 Rh4 86. Rc8
Kd2 87. Rd8+ Ke3 88. Re8+ Kf3 89. Rc8 Rxf4+ 90. Kg6 Rg4+ 91. Kxf6 Rg2 92.
Ke5 Rd2 0-1


Anand,V vs. Kamsky,G

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Be3 b5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. O-O dxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nd4 15. Qc4 Nxb3 16. cxb3 a5 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qxc5 20.
Rxc5 Nc8 21. Ne3 Nd6 22. Bf3 Ke7 23. Re1 Rc8 24. Rh5 h6 25. Nd5+ Kd8 26.
Ne3 f6 27. Rh4 Rac7 28. Rd4 Rc1 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ke7 31. Kd2 g5 32.
h4 f5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. g3 Rc5 35. Bg2 g4 36. Bh1 Be8 37. Bg2 Bf7 38. Nc4
Nxc4+ 39. Rxc4 Kd6 40. Rxc5 Kxc5 41. Bb7 Kd4 42. Bc8 Bg8 43. Bd7 Ke4 44.
Bc6+ Ke5 45. Bd7 Kd6 46. Bc8 Kd5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Ba6 Bf7 49. Bb5 Bg6 50.
Bc4 Be8 51. Bb5 Bf7 52. Bc4 Kd6 53. Kf4 Be8 54. Ke3 Bc6 55. Kd4 e5+ 56. Ke3
Be4 57. Bf7 Bd5 58. Bg6 Ke6 59. Bh7 Kf6 0-1


Grischuk,A VS Kramnik,V

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. a4
Nd7 15. a5 b5 16. Ne1 Bd8 17. Nd3 Bc7 18. g3 Bc8 19. Rac1 a6 20. Bf3 Qg6
21. Nxd5 Bxg3 22. fxg3 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Nf6 24. Nf4 1-0


Kramnik,V vs. Anand,V

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5
8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxa6 Ra8 14.
Bxb7 Rxa4 15. Bxc6+ Kf8 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. Bb7 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc6 Qd7
20. Rc8+ Bd8 21. Ne5 1-0


Ivanchuk,V vs. Carlsen,M

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Nge2 Bf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd2 d5 13. c5 Bxe2 14.
Bxe2 Nc8 15. Rfe1 N8e7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Re2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5
20. Bh6 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Qf6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rd1 Re8 24. f3 Ne7 25. Ng3 Qf6
26. Re1 Kf8 27. Re5 c6 28. Nh5 Qg6 29. Nf4 Qf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. g3 Rc8 32.
Kf2 b6 33. h4 Rd8 34. Nh5 Qg6 35. Rxe7 Qxh5 36. Rxa7 Re8 37. Qxe8+ Kxe8 38.
cxb6 f4 39. b7 fxg3+ 40. Kg2 1-0



Karpov,Ana vs. Anand,V

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Qe8 8. g4
a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. Ng3 c6 11. g5 Nd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd6 f5 14. gxf6
Rxf6 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Qxa5 Nd4 19. O-O-O c5 20. Nd5
Rf7 21. Ne2 Nb4 22. Nec3 Nbc6 23. Qa3 Ra7 24. Qxc5 Rxa2 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26.
Rxd4 Ra1+ 27. Nb1 exd4 28. Bd3 Be6 29. f4 Kh8 30. e5 Rd8 0-1


Ivanchuk,V vs. Shirov,A

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc1 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nd5 9. Bh2 Bh6 10. Qxh6 Qxb2 11. Bc4 Qxa1 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd2 b5 14.
Bxb5+ Nd7 15. c4 Rb8 16. cxd5 Rxb5 17. Nc3 1-0


Gelfand,B vs. Anand,V

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 g6 10. Bd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. a4 Nh5 14. Qe2 a5
15. axb5 axb4 16. Na4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb4 Nxa4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20.
bxc6 Nc3 21. Qb2 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qc5 23. Qa8+ Kg7 24. O-O d4 25. Qb7 dxe3
26. c7 exf2+ 27. Kh1 Qe3 28. Qg2 Qxd3 29. Rxf2 Qc4 30. Qb7 Nd1 31. c8=Q
Nxf2+ 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Qcc7 Nxf4+ 34. Kf1 N2xh3 35. Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Qxh7+ Kg5
37. Qbe7+ Kf5 38. Qef7+ Ke5 0-1



Grischuk,A vs. Ivanchuk,V

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nxd5 Bd6
8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nxc4 Bb8 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. b3 b6
14. g3 Bc7 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nf5 17. e3 Ke7 18. g4 Bxf4 19. gxf5 Bxc4 20.
exf4 Bb5 21. Rhe1+ Kf8 22. a4 Be8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 h5 25. Rd6 h4 26. Re5
h3 27. Kd2 Rh4 28. Ke3 Rg4 29. Bf1 Rg1 30. Bxh3 f6 31. Red5 Rb1 32. Rd3 Bf7
33. Rd7 a5 34. Bg2 Bxb3 35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. R3xd5 Rb3+ 37. Kd2 Rf3 38. Rc7
Rxf4 39. Rdd7 Rg4 40. h3 Rg1 41. Ke3 Re8+ 42. Kf3 Kg8 43. Rb7 Re5 44. Rxb6
Rxf5+ 45. Ke2 Rg2 46. Rb5 Rgxf2+ 47. Ke3 c4 48. Rdd5 R2f3+ 49. Ke2 Rxd5 50.
Rxd5 Rxh3 51. Rxa5 Ra3 52. Kd2 g5 53. Ra7 g4 54. a5 g3 55. Ke2 f5 56. Rc7
f4 57. Rxc4 f3+ 58. Kd2 g2 59. Rg4+ Kh7 60. a6 Rxa6 61. Ke3 Ra1 62. Kf2
Rf1+ 63. Ke3 g1=Q+ 0-1


Standings after after 19 of 38 rounds

1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	13.5	2864
2.	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2715	13.0	2843
3.	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2714	12.5	2827
4.	Lékó, Peter	HUN	2755	12.0	2803
5.	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2801	11.5	2785
6.	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2785	10.5	2742
7.	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2755	10.5	2744
8.	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2676	10.5	2748
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2752	10.0	2729
10.	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2714	9.5	2710
11.	Adams, Michael	ENG	2729	9.0	2688
12.	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2736	9.0	2688
13.	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2739	8.5	2672
14.	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2690	8.5	2675
15.	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2583	8.0	2660
16.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2705	7.5	2630
17.	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2695	7.5	2631
18.	Korotylev, Alexey	RUS	2600	6.5	2599
19.	Dreev, Alexey	RUS	2607	6.5	2598
20.	Karpov, Anatoly	RUS	2670	5.5	2554

Cross table (after 19 rounds)