Aronian,L (2768) - Anand,V (2788)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 08/01/2009
Round 4

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nb6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.b3 c5 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Bb2 c5 17.Qe2 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Qc6 19.Rac1 Rab8 20.Nb1 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Rec8 22.Qe5 Qc7 23.Qxc7 Rxc7 24.Na3 a5 25.Kf1 a4 26.b4 Nd7 27.Rd4 cxd4 28.Rxc7 Nf6 29.b5 dxe3 30.Rxe7 exf2 31.Kxf2 Nd5 32.Re4 Nc3 33.Rc4 Nxa2 34.Ke3 Rd8 35.Rxa4 Nc3 36.Rc4 Nd5+ 37.Kd3 Ra8 38.Nc2 Kf8 39.Kd4 Nb6 40.Rc6 Rd8+ 41.Kc5 Nd7+ 42.Kb4 Ke7 43.Na3 h5 44.Nc4 h4 45.b6 hxg3 46.hxg3 Nxb6 47.Nxb6 Rd1 48.Rc3 f5 49.Kc5 g5 50.Nd5+ Kf7 51.Kd6 Kg6 52.Ke5 Re1+ 53.Ne3 f4 54.gxf4 gxf4 55.Kxf4 Kf6 56.Rc5 Ke6 57.Re5+ Kd7 58.Ke4 Ra1 59.Rh5 Ra4+ 60.Ke5 Ra1 61.Rh6 Re1 62.Kd4 Ra1 63.Nc4 Rd1+ 64.Kc5 Ke7 65.Ne3 Rc1+ 66.Kd5 Re1 67.Re6+ Kf7 68.Re4 Ra1 69.Ke5 Re1 70.Kf5 Re2 71.Re5 Re1 72.Re6 Re2 73.Rf6+ Ke7 74.Nd5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

Naiditsch,A (2697) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 08/01/2009
Round 4

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qe1 Qc6 15.Bf3 Nf8 16.Rac1 Ng6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.g3 Ne7 20.h4 b5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Qd7 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.Bg4 Rb8 25.Nd2 Qxa5 26.Ne4 Kf8 27.Qf3 Ng8 28.Bh5 Ke7 29.c4 bxc4 30.Rxc4 Rbc8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Bxf7 Qd8 33.Be6 Rc7 34.g4 Qe8 35.Bxg8 Qxg8 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 Rc4 38.gxf6+ gxf6+ 39.Kf1 Qg6 40.Ng3 Rf4 41.Qb3 Qg4 42.Rc1 Kf7 43.Rc7+ Kg6 44.Ne2 Rb4 45.Qd3+ e4 46.Qg3 Qxg3 47.Nxg3 f5 48.Rc6 f4 49.Rxd6+ Kg5 50.Nxe4+ Rxe4 51.Rxa6 Rb4 52.d6 Kg4 53.d7 Rd4 54.Ra7 f3 55.Ke1 Kf5 56.b4 Ke4 57.b5 Kd3 58.b6 Rd6 59.b7 Kc2 60.Ra2+ 1-0

Nepomniachtchi,I (2632) - Anand,V (2788)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 08/01/2009
Round 5

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Be6 7.Bg5 Ne4 8.cxd5 Bxd5 9.Be3 g6 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qa4 Bg7 12.Bc4 Qd6 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfd1 Qb4 15.Qc2 Nd6 16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Qe2 e6 18.a3 Qb3 19.Bb1 Rfd8 20.Ba2 Qb5 21.Rd3 Nf5 22.Qd2 Na5 23.Rc3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Rac1 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 h6 27.h3 a6 28.Qc7 Rd7 29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Qxc7 Qxb2 32.Qxf7 Nxe3 33.fxe3 Qxa3 34.Qxe6 a5 35.d5 a4 36.d6 Qd3 37.d7 a3 38.Nd4 Bxd4 39.exd4 Qxd4+ 40.Kh1 a2 41.Qxa2 Qxd7 42.Qb2 b5 43.Qb4 h5 44.h4 Kg7 45.Kh2 Qc7+ 46.g3 Qe5 47.Qb3 Qe2+ 48.Kh3 Qc4 49.Qb2+ Kh7 50.Qf6 Qc8+ 51.Kh2 Qb7 52.g4 hxg4 53.h5 Qc7+ 54.Kg2 gxh5 55.Qf5+ Kg8 56.Qg5+ Qg7 57.Qxb5 Qf7 58.Qg5+ Kh7 59.Qe3 Qf6 60.Qe4+ Kg7 61.Qd5 Kh6 62.Qd2+ Kg6 63.Qd3+ Kg7 64.Qd5 Qf7 65.Qe5+ Kg8 66.Qg5+ Kh7 67.Qe3 Qd5+ 68.Kg3 Kg6 69.Qe8+ Qf7 70.Qe4+ Qf5 71.Qe8+ Kg7 72.Qe7+ Kh6 73.Qe3+ Qg5 74.Qe6+ Qg6 75.Qe3+ Kg7 76.Qe5+ Kh7 77.Qe7+ Qg7 78.Qe4+ Kh6 79.Qe6+ Qg6 80.Qe3+ Kg7 81.Qe7+ Qf7 82.Qe5+ Qf6 83.Qe4 Kf7 84.Kg2 Qb2+ 85.Kg3 Qa3+ 86.Kg2 Qc5 87.Qh7+ Ke6 88.Qg6+ Kd7 89.Qf7+ Kc6 90.Qe6+ Kb7 91.Qb3+ Kc7 92.Qf7+ Kb6 93.Qb3+ Ka5 94.Qa2+ Kb6 95.Qb3+ Qb5 96.Qe3+ Kb7 97.Qe7+ Ka8 98.Qa3+ Kb8 99.Qf8+ Ka7 100.Qa3+ Kb6 101.Qe3+ Qc5 102.Qb3+ Kc7 103.Qf7+ Kd8 104.Qg8+ Kd7 105.Qf7+ Kc6 106.Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

Naiditsch,A (2697) - Aronian,L (2768)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 08/01/2009
Round 5

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 d6 8.d5 Ne7 9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne1 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Nd3 Bd7 14.Nb4 h6 15.Qd3 f5 16.f3 f4 17.Bd2 Qe8 18.Rfc1 g5 19.Nd1 Rc8 20.Nf2 h5 21.h3 Ng6 22.Na6 Qd8 23.Rc3 Bf6 24.Rac1 g4 25.Nxc7 Bh4 26.hxg4 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Qh4+ 28.Ke2 Qh2 29.gxh5 b4 30.Rc4 Nh4 31.Rf1 Bh3 32.Rf2 Bxg2 33.Kd1 Qh1+ 34.Kc2 Bxf3 35.Kb3 Qd1+ 36.Qc2 Qxc2+ 37.Kxc2 Bxe4+ 38.Kb3 Bd3 39.Rc1 Nf5 40.Kxb4 Nd4 41.b3 Ne2 42.Rc6 Nd4 43.Rc3 Rb8+ 44.Ka3 Rfc8 45.Kb2 Bf5 46.Bxf4 exf4 47.Rc4 Nc2 48.Rfxf4 Ne3 49.Rc3 Nd1+ 0-1

Anand,V (2788) - Naiditsch,A (2697)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 08/01/2009
Round 6

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Nc5 16.Rfe1 O-O-O 17.Re3 e5 18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Qd7 20.g3 Qe6 21.Rf3 Kd7 22.b4 Ke7 23.Qh4 Rdg8 24.Rd1 Rg6 25.Rf5 h6 26.c4 Rg5 27.c5 Rxf5 28.exf5 Qxf5 29.b5 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.bxa6 bxa6 32.Qxh6 Qb1+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 34.Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

Aronian,L (2768) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)
14th WCh-Rapid Prelim (Mainz GER), 08/01/2009
Round 6

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 g5 9.d3 g4 10.Nd2 h5 11.b4 h4 12.Nb3 hxg3 13.hxg3 Be6 14.Na5 Nxa5 15.bxa5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Qa4+ c6 18.a6 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qd5+ 20.f3 gxf3+ 21.Rxf3 b5 22.Qg4 f6 23.Be3 Kf7 24.Qf5 Qe6 25.Qxe6+ Kxe6 26.Rc1 Rhc8 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Rxc5 Rab8 29.g4 Rb6 30.d4 Rg8 31.Kg3 exd4 32.Rcf5 Rg6 33.Kh4 Rh6+ 34.Rh5 Rg6 35.Rhf5 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2