Carlsen,M (2801) - Kramnik,V (2772)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/05/2009
Round 1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.cxd5 Ne4 8.Qc2 exd5 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.e3 Re8 11.Nf3 g5 12.Bg3 g4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 c5 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Qe2 f6 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Bg3 Qa5+ 19.Qd2 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 c4 21.f3 gxf3 22.gxf3 Bg6 23.h4 Bh5 24.Ke2 Re6 25.Be1 Kf7 26.Kf2 Rae8 27.Bd2 Rb6 28.Bc3 Rb3 29.a4 b6 30.Rhe1 Bg6 31.e4 dxe4 32.d5 a6 33.fxe4 Bxe4 34.d6 f5 35.Rg1 Ke6 36.Rg7 Kxd6 37.Rxh7 Bd3 38.Kf3 Re4 39.h5 Rh4 40.Rg1 Be4+ 41.Ke3 Rh3+ 42.Kf4 Rf3+ 43.Kg5 b5 44.axb5 axb5 45.Kf6 Rbxc3 46.bxc3 Rxc3 47.Rg8 Rh3 48.Rc8 c3 49.Rhc7 c2 50.Kg5 Rh2 51.Rc3 Ke6 52.Re8+ Kf7 53.Rb8 Rg2+ 54.Kf4 Ke6 55.Re8+ Kd7 56.Rb8 Ke6 57.Re8+ Kf6 58.Rf8+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

Morozevich,A (2750) - Leko,P (2752)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/05/2009
Round 1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qg3 Qg6 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Qxg6 hxg6 13.h4 a5 14.h5 gxh5 15.Rxh5 g6 16.Rh2 Bg1 17.Rh1 Bd4 18.a4 Bg7 19.b3 Ne5 20.Be2 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rh3 Re8 23.Rdh1 Nd7 24.g4 Raa8 25.g5 Nc5 26.Ne2 Ne6 27.f4 Nc5 28.f5 gxf5 29.exf5 Rxe2 30.f6 Rxd2 31.Rh7 Rxc2+ 32.Kxc2 Ne6 33.fxg7 Ra7 34.R1h5 Rb7 35.Kc3 c5 36.Rh8+ Kxg7 37.R8h7+ Kg8 38.Rh8+ Kg7 39.R8h7+ 1/2-1/2

Gelfand,B (2758) - Ponomariov,R (2739)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/05/2009
Round 1

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 dxc4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nfd2 Nb6 13.f4 O-O 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 cxd4 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Rad1 e5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Be6 22.Bxb7 Rab8 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxb2 25.Ra5 Re8 26.Rxa7 Rexe2 27.Rfxf7 Re1+ 28.Rf1 Ree2 29.Rff7 1/2-1/2

Aronian,L (2786) - Svidler,P (2754)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/05/2009
Round 1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Qb1 b6 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.dxc5 Qe8 14.c6 Nc5 15.Nd4 Bd5 16.Qb5 Rc8 17.Bxc4 Bxc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Rac1 Rc7 20.Bg3 Qxb5 21.Bxb5 Rcc8 22.f3 a6 23.Be2 b5 24.Be1 Na4 25.c4 Nb2 26.Rd7 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 e6 28.Bb4 Rfe8 29.Ra7 bxc4 30.Rxa6 c3 31.Rc2 Red8 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Bxd6 Rd8 34.Bb4 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Rb1 36.Bxc3 Bxc3 37.Rxc3 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

Ivanchuk,V (2739) - Anand,V (2788)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/05/2009
Round 1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 c6 7.Qb3 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Qe7 10.Na4 Re8 11.Bb4 Qd8 12.Bd6 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Nb8 14.Qc5 b5 15.Nc3 Bb7 16.Rac1 a5 17.Bg3 Nbd7 18.Qd6 Bf8 19.Qc7 Qxc7 20.Bxc7 Rec8 21.Be5 b4 22.Na4 Nd5 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 f6 25.Bg3 e5 26.Rfd1 Ba6 27.Bxa6 Rxa6 28.Nd2 a4 29.e4 Nc7 30.f3 Bh6 31.Rb1 a3 32.Nc4 Nb5 33.Be1 axb2 34.Rxb2 Rca8 35.Bxb4 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rxa2 37.Kf1 Bf8 38.Nd6 Nd4 39.Be1 Rc2 40.Bf2 Nb3 41.Nb7 Nxc5 42.Nxc5 Bxc5 43.Bxc5 Rxc5 44.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2