Gelfand, B. (2758) - Carlsen, M. (2801)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/07/2009
Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7 9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bf5 13.Nd2 e5 14.Bf3 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qb4 16.Bxc6 Qxc4 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Qf3 exd4 19.Bd5 Qb4 20.e4 Be6 21.Rad1 Qc3 22.Qf4 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qc5 24.Bf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qxd5 26.Qxd4 Qxa2 27.Ra1 1/2-1/2

Anand, V. (2788) - Svidler, P. (2754)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/07/2009
Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.Qe3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.Rc1 Be6 15.b3 a6 16.Be2 Nc6 17.O-O f6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Bf1 Bf7 20.Nh2 Be6 21.f4 Nd4 22.f5 Bf7 23.Ng4 gxf5 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qf2 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qd6 27.Rd1 c5 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.b4 f5 30.bxc5 fxe4 31.Qxf7 Nf3+ 32.Qxf3 1-0

Ivanchuk, V. (2739) - Ponomariov, R. (2739)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/07/2009
Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e3 c5 9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Re8 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Rab1 a6 15.Bxe5 Rxe5 16.Rfc1 Qc7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Rxc4 b5 20.Bf3 bxc4 21.Bxa8 Kf8 22.Rb8 Re8 23.Kf1 Nd7 24.Rb4 a5 25.Rb1 Ne5 26.Bd5 c3 27.Bb7 Bxb7 28.Rxb7 Rc8 29.Nc2 Nc6 30.a3 Rd8 31.Rb1 Rd2 32.Rc1 Ne5 33.Nd4 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Nd3+ 35.Kf3 Nxc1 36.Ke4 Ke7 37.Nc2 Kd6 38.Kd4 Nb3+ 39.Kxc3 Nc5 40.Kc4 f5 41.Nd4 g6 42.Nf3 Ne6 43.h4 Nc7 44.Ng5 h5 45.g3 Nd5 46.Kd4 Nc7 47.a4 Nd5 48.Nf7+ Ke6 49.Nd8+ Kd6 50.Nb7+ Ke6 51.Nd8+ Kd6 52.Nf7+ Ke6 53.Ne5 Nb6 54.Nxg6 Nxa4 55.Nf4+ Kf7 56.Nxh5 Nb6 57.Nf4 a4 58.Nd3 a3 59.Nb4 Kg6 60.Kc3 Kh5 61.Nc2 a2 62.Kb2 Na4+ 63.Kxa2 Nc3+ 64.Kb3 Ne4 65.Kc4 Nxg3 66.Kd5 Kxh4 67.Ke5 Kg4 68.Nd4 Kg5 69.Nf3+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

Morozevich, A. (2750) - Kramnik, V. (2772)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/07/2009
Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bf4 Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.e4 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 c5 13.Bd6 Re8 14.e5 Nd5 15.h4 cxd4 16.Ng5 f5 17.Qc4 Qc8 18.Qxd4 Nc5 19.Rd1 Nb3 20.Qd3 Nc1 21.Qb5 Qc2 22.Rxd5 a6 23.Qxb6 Qc4+ 24.Kg1 exd5 25.g3 h6 26.Nf3 f4 27.g4 Qe4 28.Kg2 Nd3 29.Qb3 Qc4 30.Qb7 Nxf2 31.Kxf2 Qc2+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kf2 Qxh1 34.e6 Rac8 35.Qf7+ Kh8 36.Bc5 Qc1 37.b4 Qc2+ 38.Kg1 Qe2 39.Nd4 Qxg4+ 40.Kf2 Qxh4+ 41.Ke2 f3+ 42.Kxf3 Rf8 43.Bxf8 Rc3+ 44.Kg2 Qg3+ 45.Kf1 Rc1+ 0-1

Aronian, L. (2786) - Leko, P. (2752)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/07/2009
Round 3

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qf6 14.a4 h5 15.Qg5 Qxg5 16.hxg5 a6 17.Be5 Rg8 18.Rxh5 Nd7 19.Bf4 b4 20.Nb1 c5 21.f3 Bg7 22.Rh7 Bd4 23.Bxc4 Nf8 24.Rh5 Ng6 25.Bc1 O-O-O 26.b3 Ne5 27.Be2 Rd7 28.Rd2 Rgd8 29.Rc2 Ng6 30.Kf1 Kb8 31.g3 Ka7 32.Nd2 Ne5 33.Nc4 Nc6 34.Rd2 a5 35.Rd1 Ba6 36.f4 Bc3 37.Rxd7+ Rxd7 38.Rh7 Bc8 39.Be3 Bd4 40.Bxd4 cxd4 41.Bd3 Kb8 42.e5 f5 43.gxf6 1-0