Giri,A (2686) - Wang Hao (2731)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 dxc4 11.bxc4 b6 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.a4 a5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bb7 16.Qc2 h6 17.Bc3 Rab8 18.Red1 Ba6 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bd3 f5 21.g3 Bb4 22.Bxb4 axb4 23.Rxb4 c5 24.Rbb1 cxd4 25.exd4 Bb7 26.d5 Nc5 27.Bf1 Rbd8 28.Bg2 Rf6 29.Nd4 exd5 30.Nb5 Qf7 31.cxd5 f4 32.a5 Rc8 33.Na7 Rf8 34.Rxb6 fxg3 35.Rxf6 Qxf6 36.hxg3 Nd7 37.Nc6 Qd6 38.Re1 Ba6 39.Qc3 Nc5 40.Ne5 Kg8 41.Ng6 Rf6 42.Nf4 1-0

Shirov,A (2722) - Grischuk,A (2773)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Qa5+ 16.Qd2 Bd4 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.c3 Bc5 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Rxa8 21.h4 gxh3 22.Rxh3 b5 23.Ke2 f6 24.Rbh1 Nc6 25.Rh8 Ra7 26.f4 gxf4 27.Bxf4 a5 28.g4 b4 29.Bd2 bxc3 30.Bxc3 d5 31.g5 fxg5 32.f6 exf6 33.Bxf6 Nd4+ 34.Kd3 Ne6 35.R1h6 Ra6 36.Bxg5 Bb4 37.R8h7+ Kc8 38.Be3 Rd6 39.Ra7 Nc5+ 40.Kd4 Ne6+ 41.Ke5 d4 42.Bxd4 Nxd4 43.Rh8+ Rd8 44.Rxd8+ Kxd8 45.Kxd4 Kc8 46.Kd5 Kb8 47.Rh7 Bd2 48.Kc6 Bb4 49.Rd7 Kc8 50.Rd3 Kb8 51.Kb6 Kc8 52.Rd1 Be7 53.Kxa5 Bh4 54.Rf1 Bg5 55.Rf3 Kb7 56.Kb5 Bd8 57.Rf7+ Bc7 58.Rd7 Kb8 59.Ka6 Bh2 60.Rb7+ Ka8 61.a4 Bg3 62.a5 Bf2 63.Rf7 Bc5 64.Rf5 Bd6 65.Kb6 Bb8 66.Rf7 Bh2 67.Ra7+ Kb8 68.Rg7 Ka8 69.a6 Be5 70.Ra7+ Kb8 71.Rd7 Ka8 72.a7 Bd4+ 73.Ka6 Bb6 74.Re7 1-0

Anand,V (2810) - Aronian,L (2805)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Qf1 Re7 19.a4 Rfe8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 h5 24.Rec1 f6 25.b3 g5 26.c4 bxc4 27.Nxc4 Bc7 28.Na5 Bxa5 29.Rxa5 Bd7 30.b4 Rb8 31.Rc4 Kf7 32.Kf1 Kg6 33.Ke2 Bg4+ 34.Kd2 1/2-1/2

Carlsen,M (2814) - Nakamura,Hi (2751)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.Qd2 N8d7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.Kb1 Qc7 17.h5 Rfe8 18.Ka1 Bf8 19.Nd4 Qc5 20.g6 Nec4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Qd3 fxg6 23.hxg6 h6 24.Qg3 Qb6 25.Bc1 Qa5 26.Rdf1 Ne5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Qxd5 29.Bxh6 gxh6 30.g7 Be7 31.Rxh6 Nf7 32.Qg6 Nxh6 33.Qxh6 Bf6 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.g8=Q+ Rxg8 36.Qxf6+ Ke8 37.Re1+ 1-0

Ponomariov,R (2744) - Kramnik,V (2784)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Nb5 Bd7 10.Qb3 Ne4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.Bd3 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Qa5 14.a3 Rab8 15.Qb5 Qxb5 16.Bxb5 Rfc8 17.Ne4 d5 18.Nc5 Be8 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

L'Ami,E (2628) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.e4 Be6 15.f4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bd5 17.Qf2 Bc6 18.Ba3 Na4 19.Rad1 Qf6 20.Rd4 Rad8 21.e5 Qe6 22.f5 gxf5 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qxf5 Rxd4 25.cxd4 Qe6 26.Qg5+ Qg6 27.Qd2 Nb6 28.Qxa5 Qd3 29.Qc5 Na4 30.Qc1 Qxd4+ 31.Qe3 Qxe3+ 32.Rxe3 Nb6 33.Rc3 Nd5 34.Rb3 b6 35.Bb2 Kf8 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.a3 Ke6 38.g4 Rg8 39.Rg3 c5 40.Kf3 c4 41.Ke4 Rg5 42.a4 h5 43.h3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Rg8 45.Kd4 Ra8 46.Kxc4 Rxa4+ 47.Kb3 Rb4+ 48.Ka3 Re4 49.g5 Kf5 50.Rd3 Ne3 51.Kb3 b5 52.Rd7 Kg6 53.Rb7 Nc4 54.Rxb5 Nxb2 55.Kxb2 Kxg5 56.Rb7 Kg6 57.Rb6+ Kg7 58.Rb5 Kg6 59.Rb6+ Kf5 60.Rf6+ Kxe5 61.Rxf7 1/2-1/2

Smeets,J (2662) - Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/23/2011
Round 8

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.e5 Nd7 8.Be3 c5 9.Be4 Bxe4 10.Nxe4 Nh6 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.Bg1 dxe5 13.h3 Nh6 14.c6 Nf6 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.c7 Rc8 17.Nxf6+ exf6 18.Bb6 Kd7 19.O-O-O+ Kc6 20.Ba5 Nf5 21.Rd8 Bh6 22.Rhd1 Bxf4+ 23.Kb1 e4 24.Nd4+ Nxd4 25.R1xd4 Bxc7 26.Bxc7 Kxc7 27.R8d7+ Kb6 28.Rxe4 f5 29.Red4 Rhe8 30.b4 Re1+ 31.Kb2 Re2 32.R4d6+ Rc6 33.Rxc6+ Kxc6 34.Rxf7 Rxg2 35.Rxh7 Re2 36.Ra7 Kb6 37.Rf7 Re6 38.Kb3 Kc6 39.h4 Kd5 40.h5 Ke4 41.hxg6 Rxg6 42.a4 f4 43.axb5 axb5 44.Re7+ Kf5 45.Kc3 Rd6 46.Rb7 Rd5 47.Kb2 f3 48.c4 bxc4 49.Kc3 Ke4 50.Rh7 Rf5 51.Rh1 f2 52.Rf1 Kd5 53.b5 Kc5 54.b6 Rf3+ 55.Kd2 Kxb6 56.Ke2 Rf5 57.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 58.Kxf2 Kc5 59.Ke3 Kb4 60.Kd2 Kb3 0-1