Nepomniachtchi,I (2733) - Smeets,J (2662)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.e4 bxc4 12.e5 Qc7 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Bg5 a5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Na4 Ba6 17.Nc5 Rfb8 18.Rac1 h6 19.a3 Nd7 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Nc3 Qf5 22.Qe2 Qf4 23.Rc2 Rd8 24.Rcd2 Rab8 25.g3 Qc7 26.Qe3 Bb7 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Qxe5 Qxe5 29.dxe5 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 c5 31.f4 g5 32.Kf2 gxf4 33.gxf4 Bc6 34.Ke3 Kf8 35.Rd6 Be8 36.Rd2 Bc6 37.h4 Ke7 38.Rd6 Bh1 39.Na4 Rb3+ 40.Kd2 Rf3 41.Nxc5 Rxf4 42.Ra6 Rxh4 43.Rxa5 h5 44.Ke3 Rh2 45.Ra7+ Kf8 46.Rc7 Rxb2 47.Nd7+ Kg7 48.Rxc4 Rb3+ 49.Kf2 Rxa3 50.Rh4 Bc6 51.Nf6 Rf3+ 52.Ke2 Rf5 53.Nxh5+ Kg6 54.Ng3 Rxe5+ 55.Kf2 Ra5 56.Rg4+ Kf6 57.Rg8 Ra2+ 58.Ke3 Ke5 59.Rc8 Ra3+ 60.Kf2 Bd5 61.Nf1 Ra2+ 62.Ke3 f5 63.Nd2 f4+ 64.Ke2 Kd4 65.Rf8 e5 66.Ke1 e4 0-1

Kramnik,V (2784) - L'Ami,E (2628)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.g3 c5 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.h4 Nb4 11.Qd2 Nd5 12.Bb2 Qa5 13.h5 Nb6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.a4 Bd7 16.Kf1 Nxa4 17.Qg5 Qb6 18.Qh4 Rfe8 19.Bc1 e5 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Bh6 Bxh6 22.Qxh6+ Ke7 23.Nxe5 1-0

Aronian,L (2805) - Shirov,A (2722)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.Bc4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 O-O 14.O-O N5b6 15.Bb3 Re8 16.Rfd1 Qh5 17.Bg3 e5 18.Qb4 e4 19.Ne1 a5 20.Qd4 Nc5 21.Rb1 Nxb3 22.Qxb6 Nc5 23.c4 Be6 24.Rd5 Bxd5 25.Qxc5 Red8 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Qc2 b5 28.Qb2 b4 29.Be5 Qd2 30.Qa1 Qe2 31.Bd4 Rab8 32.h3 f6 33.Rb2 Qb5 34.Qb1 Qd5 35.Qd1 Rbc8 36.Rd2 Qe6 37.Kh2 Rd7 38.g3 Rdc7 39.Bb2 Qxa2 40.Be5 Qxd2 41.Qxd2 fxe5 42.Qd5+ Rf7 43.Kg2 Rcf8 44.h4 Kh8 45.Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46.Kh3 b3 47.Nd3 b2 48.Qb7 R8f7 49.Qb5 a4 50.Nxb2 a3 51.Nd3 Rf1 52.Qa4 Rh1+ 53.Kg4 1-0

Vachier Lagrave,M (2715) - Carlsen,M (2814)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 b6 11.Bf4 Kc8 12.Rad1 h6 13.Bh2 a5 14.g4 Ne7 15.Nd4 h5 16.e6 fxe6 17.Rfe1 hxg4 18.hxg4 Rh6 19.g5 Rh5 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 Rxg5+ 22.Kf1 Rf5 23.a4 Rb8 24.Rd3 Rf7 25.Kg2 b5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.Ra6 b4 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 b3 30.c3 Ba3 31.Re6 Re7 32.Rxe7 Bxe7 33.Rxa5 Kd7 34.Be5 Bd6 35.Bd4 Bf4 36.Kf3 Bc1 37.c4 g5 38.Ke4 Rf8 39.Rd5+ Kc6 40.Rc5+ Kd7 41.Rd5+ Kc6 42.Rc5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

Nakamura,Hi (2751) - Anand,V (2810)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 f5 12.d5 Na6 13.h4 Qf6 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16.Ke2 Nc5 17.Qg6+ Ke7 18.Rac1 Qf6 19.Qxf6+ Kxf6 20.Rhd1 exd5 21.cxd5 Ba6+ 22.Ke1 Rae8 23.Rc3 Re4 24.Rd4 Rhe8 25.Ra3 Bc8 26.hxg5+ hxg5 27.Rxa7 R8e7 28.Kf1 Bg4 29.Nd2 Rxd4 30.exd4 Nd3 31.f3 Bf5 32.a3 Nf4 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Ne4+ Bxe4 35.fxe4 Rxe4 36.Rxc7 Rxd4 37.Rc6 Ke5 38.Rxb6 Rd1+ 39.Ke2 Ra1 40.Rb3 Kxd5 41.g3 1/2-1/2

Wang Hao (2731) - Ponomariov,R (2744)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Qe2 c5 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.Nf5 cxd4 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Nxd4 Rfc8 18.g4 Nd5 19.Kb1 N7b6 20.f4 Qc5 21.c3 Nc4 22.Bc1 b5 23.Nxe6 Na3+ 24.Ka1 Nb4 25.bxa3 Qxc3+ 26.Bb2 Nc2+ 27.Kb1 Nxa3+ 28.Bxa3 Qxa3 29.Nd4 Rc4 30.g5 Qc5 31.Qe5 hxg5 32.fxg5 Rd8 33.g6 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Rc7 35.Rde1 Kf8 36.Rxb5 a6 37.Rbe5 Rb7+ 38.Ka1 Rb6 39.Rf5 Rd7 40.Ne6+ 1-0

Grischuk,A (2773) - Giri,A (2686)
73rd Tata Steel GMA (Wijk aan Zee NED), 01/25/2011
Round 9

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.f4 Ned7 8.Nh3 O-O 9.Be2 Nc5 10.Nf2 e6 11.O-O exd5 12.cxd5 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bf3 Qe7 15.Be3 d5 16.e5 Nfd7 17.b4 Ne6 18.b5 Nb6 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.bxc6 Bxe5 22.Nxd5 Qh4 23.g3 Qg5 24.Bg2 Ba6 25.Re1 Bd4 26.Rc1 Bb5 27.c7 Rxa2 28.c8=Q Bxf2+ 29.Kh1 Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Kg7 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Nf4 Kh6 33.Qb1 Ra5 34.Nxe6 Qf6 35.Qc1+ f4 36.Rc3 Be3 37.Qe1 Bf2 38.Qc1 Be3 39.Qe1 Qxe6 40.gxf4 Qf6 41.Qxe3 Ra1+ 42.Rc1 Bd7 43.h3 Rxc1+ 44.Qxc1 Qd4 45.Qc7 Bf5 46.Qe7 Qxf4 47.Qf6+ Kh5 48.Qxb6 1/2-1/2