Date: 11-1-2003
[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Ponomariov"]
[Black "Bareev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "A1"]
[Input "3435"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 Nh6 8. Bg5 dxc4
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxh5 Qb4 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Qg5 Bxd1 13. Qxg7 Qf8 14. Qxf8+
Kxf8 15. Nxd1 c5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. c6 bxc6 18. f4 Rg8 19. Ne2 Rd8 20. Ne3 Nb6
21. Bh3 Rd3 22. Nc2 c5 23. Rf1 Nd5 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Re3 26. Nxe3 Nxe3 27.
Bh3 Nxf1 28. Bxf1 Nf5 29. Nc3 Ne3 30. Be2 Rxg3 31. Kd2 Ng4 32. Ne4 Rg2 33. e6
fxe6 34. h5 Ke7 35. Nxc5 Nf6 36. Ke3 Rg5 37. Kd4 Nxh5 38. Kxc4 Nf4 39. Bf3 Rg3
40. Be4 Nh5 41. a4 Nf6 42. Ba8 Rg4+ 43. Kb5 Ne8 44. Ka5 Rc4 45. b4 Nd6 46. Ka6
Rxb4 47. Kxa7 e5 48. Ka6 e4 49. Ka5 Rc4 50. Kb6 e3 51. Bf3 Rf4 52. Bh5 Rh4 53.
Bf3 Nc4+ 54. Kb5 Ne5 55. Be2 Rh2 56. Nd3 Nxd3 57. Bxd3 e2 58. Bxe2 Rxe2 59. a5
Kd7 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Kramnik"]
[Black "Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "A2"]
[Input "3439"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

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. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Rc8 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Nc1 a5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Be2 h5 22. Nd3 Rd4 23. h4 Bb5 24. g3 b3 25. Re1 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Be5 27.
f4 Bd6 28. Re3 bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bc5 30. Rf3 Ra4 31. e5 Bd4 32. Be2 g6 33. Rb3 Bf2
34. Rf3 Be1 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Re3 Bf2 37. Rf3 Be1 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Bb5 Ra2 41. Rb3 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Krasenkow"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "A3"]
[Input "3429"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Be2 c4
15. O-O Bxa3 16. Bxc4 Qf6 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. g3 h6 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. f3 Ng6 21. Bc7
Rac8 22. Bb5 Rxc7 23. Bxe8 Bxd5 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxd5 Rxc3 26. Qe4 Bc5+ 27.
Kg2 Re3 28. Qa4 Re2+ 29. Kh1 Re1 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Timman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "A4"]
[Input "3474"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15.
Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Kh7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ba3 Qb8 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rab1 b6 21. a5 Qd8
22. axb6 axb6 23. Bc1 g5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc7 26. Bh5 Rg7 27. Bg4 Rf7 28.
f4 Qc5+ 29. Qf2 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 b5 32. Be3 Kg6 33. Bc5 h5 34. Bf3
Rc8 35. Bb4 Bc6 36. h3 Rcc7 37. Kh2 Nh4 38. Rbf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Van Wely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "A5"]
[Input "3440"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 c4 8. O-O
cxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. Be3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Qb4 Qd6 15.
Qb5 Qd7 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Ng4 Bc6 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. f3
Rd6 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa6 Qd7 27. a4 f5
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Qc4 h6 30. b3 Kh7 31. Ne2 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. Qf4 Qc2 34.
Kg3 Qxe2 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Polgar"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "A6"]
[Input "3427"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

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. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Bd3 Be8 21. Ra3
Ne7 22. Be4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qb6 24. b4 axb4 25. Nxb4 Qc5 26. Qa2 Bb5 27. c4 Bxc4
28. Bxc4 Rxb4 29. Ra8 Rbb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bd5 g6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qd4 34.
Bc6 Qc5 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Rb1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Radjabov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "A7"]
[Input "3434"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

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. dxc5 Qe7 13. Rab1 Bc6 14. Nd4 Nd7
15. Rhe1 Nxc5 16. Re3 h5 17. Qg3 O-O-O 18. Ke1 Qc7 19. h4 Qa5 20. Kf1 Rd7 21.
Qf4 Rhd8 22. Kg1 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc5 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Qc1 Be8 27. Nb3
Qb6 28. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "De Vreugt"]
[Black "Hector"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "B1"]
[Input "3442"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. Qb1 Nb8 14. Bc2 Nbd7 15. b4
d5 16. dxe5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5
Bc6 22. Qc1 Rg5 23. g3 Qe2 24. Rd3 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Nijboer"]
[Black "Acs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "B2"]
[Input "3438"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

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. f5
Qc5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Rf1 a4 20. Bc4 Bxe4 21.
Nxe6 Rc8 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Bb5+ Qc6 24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. Nd5 Rg8 27.
g3 Rg4 28. b3 axb3 29. cxb3 Bd8 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31. Nxf4 Bb6 32. Nd5 Bc5 33. Rf1
Ke6 34. Nxf6 d5 35. Nxh7 Be7 36. g4 d4 37. g5 d3 38. g6 d2 39. g7 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1
dxc1=Q+ 41. Kxc1 Kf7 42. Nf8 Kxg7 43. Nd7 Kf7 44. Kc2 Ke6 45. Nb6 Bc5 46. Na4
Bf2 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nb2 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Cmilyte"]
[Black "Naiditsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "B3"]
[Input "3433"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 d6 17. Ne2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. cxb5 Rc8 20. Nc3 d5 21. Qe2
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Qxb5 25. Rd4 Rab8 26. Rb4 Qc5 27.
Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qf4 e5 29. Qf3 e4 30. Qf4 Qb6 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Qe2 f5 33. Rc1 Kh8
34. Ka1 Rd3 35. g4 Qb5 36. Rc2 Qd5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Kb1 f4 39. Re8 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Rogers"]
[Black "Jonkman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "B4"]
[Input "3418"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Ne4 Bf4 16. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Van der Wiel"]
[Black "Koneru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "B5"]
[Input "3428"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 Qd7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Qb5 Bg8 19. Bb2 a6 20. Qxa6 dxc4 21. Ba3
Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Ra8 23. Qb2 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Nf1 Ra4 26. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "B6"]
[Input "3436"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

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 "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003/1/11"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[White "Stellwagen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "B7"]
[Input "3432"]
[Owner "Connections B.V."]

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 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Nbc4 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rd3 Qd7 21.
Nf3 Rfc8 22. e5 Qc7 23. b4 Rc4 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. exd6 Rxc2 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Ne5
Qa4 28. Nxc8 Be6 29. Ra3 Qxb4 30. Kxc2 Bf5+ 31. Kc1 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 1-0