Anand,V (2788) - Aronian,L (2768)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 07/31/2009
Round 1

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.exd4 Qa5 14.Rd1 Rac8 15.Bd2 Nb6 16.Bf1 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qa4 18.Bb4 Rfd8 19.Bc5 h6 20.Bb5 Qxb3 21.axb3 Rc7 22.Be2 Nc8 23.Bxa7 Rc2 24.Bc4 Rxb2 25.Bc5 Ne4 26.Re1 Ncd6 27.Ba3 Rd2 28.Bf1 Rxd4 29.Bc1 Nd2 30.Bb2 Rd5 31.Rad1 Nf5 32.Be2 Nxb3 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Rb1 Nbd4 35.Bf1 Nc6 36.Bc3 Rd7 37.g4 Nfe7 38.f4 Nd5 39.Bd2 Kf8 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.h4 Nf6 0-1

Nepomniachtchi,I (2632) - Naiditsch,A (2697)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 07/31/2009
Round 1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Be3 Bd6 8.h3 c5 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 Nb8 11.Nb3 b6 12.O-O Nc6 13.f4 Nd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Nd1 f5 16.e5 Be7 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Nf3 Qd5 19.a4 a6 20.b3 Kh8 21.Nf2 g5 22.Nh1 gxf4 23.Qd2 Rg8 24.Kh2 Bg5 25.Rae1 Rae8 26.Re2 Bh6 27.Qe1 Re6 28.Qh4 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Qh5 Rf8 31.Ra1 c4 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Ra4 cxd3 34.cxd3 c5 35.Ra7 Bg7 36.Rb2 Re7 37.Qh4 Rfe8 38.Qxf4 c4 39.dxc4 Qe4 40.Qxe4 fxe4 41.Rbxb7 Rxb7 42.Rxb7 exf3 43.gxf3 Bxe5+ 44.Kg2 Rg8+ 45.Kf1 Ra8 46.Nf2 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 Ra2 48.f4 Bxf4 49.Kf3 Bh6 50.Ng4 Bg5 51.Ke4 h5 52.Ne5 Bf6 53.Ng6+ Kg8 54.Nf4 Ra3 55.c5 Re3+ 56.Kf5 Be5 57.c6 Bd6 58.Rd7 Bb8 59.Rd8+ 1-0

Anand,V (2788) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 07/31/2009
Round 2

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 g5 13.Bf2 Ng4 14.Bg3 Nd7 15.Be2 Ngxe5 16.O-O Bg7 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Ne4 Rf8 19.Bh5+ Ke7 20.Rb3 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Nc4 22.Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23.Nxd2 Be5 24.Rf3 Bxg3 25.Rf7+ Kd6 26.hxg3 b5 27.Rh7 Bb7 28.Bf3 Rf8 29.Ke2 Bd5 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Rxh6+ Rf6 32.Rh5 Re6+ 33.Kd1 g4 34.Nb3 Nf6 35.Rf5 Ne4 36.Kc1 Nc3 37.a3 Re3 38.Rf6+ Ke5 39.Rxa6 Rxg3 40.Nc5 Rxg2 41.Nd3+ Kd4 42.Ne1 Re2 43.Nd3 Rh2 44.Ne1 Ne4 45.Kb2 Rh1 46.Nd3 Nc3 47.a4 Nxa4+ 48.Ka3 Ra1+ 49.Kb4 Rb1+ 50.Ka3 Nc5 51.Nxc5 Kxc5 52.Rg6 Rg1 53.Kb3 g3 54.Rg4 g2 55.Kb2 b4 56.Rg5 Kd6 0-1

Aronian,L (2768) - Naiditsch,A (2697)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 07/31/2009
Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 b6 12.Ba2 Rd8 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Re1 Na5 15.Rc1 h6 16.Nd2 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.c4 Bb7 19.d5 b5 20.Qg4 f5 21.Qg6 exd5 22.cxb5 c4 23.Qxf5 Rf8 24.Qe6+ Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Rxf7 26.Bc3 Nb3 27.Bxb3 cxb3 28.Bd4 a6 29.Rb1 axb5 30.Rxb3 Bc6 31.Rc1 Bd7 32.Rc5 Kh7 33.Rbc3 Ra4 34.Rxd5 b4 35.axb4 Rxb4 36.Rc7 Be6 37.Rxf7 Bxf7 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.g4 Rb5 40.Kg2 h5 41.Kg3 hxg4 42.hxg4 g5 43.Bf6 Ra5 44.f3 Rb5 45.e4 Ra5 46.e5 Rb5 47.Re7 Bd5 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.Rxg5 1-0

Naiditsch,A (2697) - Anand,V (2788)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 07/31/2009
Round 3

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Ne7 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Bb5 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qa4 c5 16.Be3 Qb8 17.Qd7 Re8 18.Nd5 Bf8 19.Rad1 exd5 20.Qxf5 d4 21.Bc1 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Rfe1 f6 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.b4 Rxe1+ 26.Kxe1 cxb4 27.Rxd4 Ke6 28.Rc4 a5 29.Be3 Bd6 30.Kd2 a4 31.Kc2 Kd5 32.Rd4+ Kc6 33.Bd2 Bc5 34.Rg4 Rb8 35.Rxg7 b3+ 36.axb3 axb3+ 37.Kb1 Rd8 38.Ba5 Rd3 39.Rg3 Rxg3 40.fxg3 Kb5 41.Bd2 f5 42.Bh6 Bd6 43.Kb2 Kc4 44.Kc1 Be5 45.Kd2 Kd4 46.Be3+ Kd5 47.Bh6 Kc4 48.Be3 h5 49.Bb6 Bc3+ 50.Kc1 Bd4 51.Bc7 Kd3 52.Bd6 Ke2 0-1

Nepomniachtchi,I (2632) - Aronian,L (2768)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 07/31/2009
Round 3

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.h3 d6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nf1 Be6 10.Ng3 Bxb3 11.axb3 Ne7 12.Nh4 Kh8 13.O-O d5 14.Qe2 Qd6 15.Bg5 Qe6 16.b4 h6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Rad8 19.Ngf5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Rd7 21.Rfe1 dxe4 22.dxe4 Kh7 23.Ra5 b6 24.Rxa6 Rfd8 25.Qf3 g6 26.Ne3 Kg7 27.Ra7 Qc6 28.Raa1 Rd2 29.Rad1 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 Rd2 31.Qg3 Qe6 32.Qf3 1/2-1/2