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[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]

Closed Spanish.

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. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5
Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5
Qc8 21. Ng3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bb3

a5 24. bxa5 Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 Rxa5 29. Rad1
Ra6 30. Rd3

Svidler obviously has some initiative and Moro's bishops are not yet very
active for him - very open prospects in this game.

[White "GM_Aronian"]
[Black "GM_Grischuk"]

Queens Indian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 Qb6

11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rab1 Rab8 13. a3 Na5 14. b3 h6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. g4

there goes the king-side spike, black is also lacking activity in this
postion, and would like to play d5 with the support of the f knight, which
is about to be dislocated from its perch on f6

[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[
Catalan

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bc3 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3

Na5 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 h6 17. Rac1 Bc6
18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Nf3 Qe7
24. Ne4

Carlsen has the slight advantage of his pieces being more central and
coordinated, and he has constructed the 'Fischer' pawn formation around his
king anticipating an endgame.

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]

QGD, Slav

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8.
e4 Bg6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e6 fxe6 14.
Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bxc4 Nde5 17. Bd5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19.
Raxc1

Nd4+ 20. Kf2 O-O-O 21. Bf7 Bh4+ 22. g3 Rhf8 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rhd1 Game drawn
1/2-1/2

White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Keres (...Nd7) defense"]

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. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Rac1 Rc8
21. Be3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f4 Qc7 26. Nf3 Qc3
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. d6+ Kg7 32. dxe7
Nxe7 33. h4 Bc6 34. Bc2 Nc8 35. Bc3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Ke3 h6

White has two bishops against B+N, both sides have 5 pawns. If white's
bishops get active, it will be interesting but the pawns are locked in such
a way that both kings cant penetrate to the other side of the board, unless
something happens on the k side .. i think this game may be drawn.

Standing before this round
Round 6 :
1-3 Ponomariov, Aronian, Leko - 4.0
4-6 Svidler, Gelfand, Mamedyarov - 3.0
7-8 Shirov, Grischuk - 2.5
9-10 Carlsen, Morozevich - 2.0

The relay seems to be iffy this morning. As someone said, maybe okay for
chess but nor for opera.

Phil Innes