Inarkiev, Ernesto (2676) - Shirov, Alexei (2745)
10th Karpov (Poikovsky RUS), 06/03/2009
Round 1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.f4 Nxf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.b4 g6 19.Kh1 Nd8 20.Bb3 c6 21.Na3 c5 22.Nc4 cxb4 23.Ra6 Bc7 24.Nxd6 bxc3 25.e5 Qg7 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.Qd1 Kh8 28.Rg1 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Qxe5 30.Rh6 f3 31.Qf1 Qg7 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.Rxh7+ 1-0

Motylev, Alexander (2677) - Rublevsky, Sergei (2702)
10th Karpov (Poikovsky RUS), 06/03/2009
Round 1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.b3 c5 13.Bh6 Qa5 14.Na4 c4 15.Bf1 Bb7 16.Qh3 Bc6 17.Nc3 Bb4 18.a3 Bxc3 19.b4 Bxb4 20.axb4 Qxb4 21.Reb1 Qc5 22.Bg7 Rg8 23.Qxh7 O-O-O 24.Rxa6 Kc7 25.Rba1 Qd4 26.Ra7+ Bb7 27.c3 Qe4 28.Bf6 Nxf6 29.exf6 Rgf8 30.Qh6 g5 31.Qxg5 Rg8 32.f3 Rxg5 33.fxe4 Kb8 34.exd5 exd5 35.R7a2 Rg6 36.Re1 Rxf6 37.Re7 Bc8 38.Rb2+ Ka8 39.Rd2 Rdd6 40.Re5 Bb7 41.Re7 Rb6 42.Re8+ Ka7 43.Ra2+ Ra6 44.Ree2 Rxa2 45.Rxa2+ Ra6 46.Rf2 Ra1 47.Rf4 Rc1 48.h4 Rxc3 49.h5 Re3 50.h6 Re8 51.Rxf7 Rh8 52.Rf6 Bc8 53.Be2 Kb7 54.Bf3 Rd8 55.h7 c3 56.Bxd5+ Kc7 57.Rc6+ Kd7 58.Bg8 Kxc6 59.h8=Q c2 60.Qc3+ Kb7 61.Qxc2 1-0

Naiditsch, Arkadij (2700) - Onischuk, Alexander (2684)
10th Karpov (Poikovsky RUS), 06/03/2009
Round 1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 c5 9.Nc6 Qd7 10.Na5 Qb5 11.Bd2 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.c4 Qb6 14.Bc3 Be7 15.Nd2 O-O 16.f4 Ng4 17.f5 Ne3 18.Qh5 Nxf1 19.Rxf1 Bd7 20.f6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 Rae8 22.Qg5 Re7 23.Re6 1-0

Gashimov, Vugar (2730) - Bologan, Viktor (2690)
10th Karpov (Poikovsky RUS), 06/03/2009
Round 1

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 a5 9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.Be3 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 d5 14.Ng3 dxc4 15.Ndf5 Be6 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Ne4 Qd8 18.Bc5 Nf6 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Qd4 Qd8 22.Qf4 f5 23.Qg3+ Kf8 24.Qe5 Qg5 25.Re3 Qg7 26.Qd6+ Ke8 27.Rae1 1-0

Sutovsky, Emil (2660) - Efimenko, Zahar (2682)
10th Karpov (Poikovsky RUS), 06/03/2009
Round 1

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 a5 11.Ne2 a4 12.Rd1 h6 13.g4 Ne7 14.Ng3 c5 15.Nh5 Nc6 16.Nh4 a3 17.b3 Nd4 18.c3 Ne2+ 19.Kh2 Nxc3 20.Rd3 Ne2 21.Be3 Be6 22.Rad1 c4 23.bxc4 Bxc4 24.R3d2 b5 25.Nf5 Rh7 26.g5 hxg5 27.Bxg5 f6 28.exf6 Rxh5 29.fxg7 Kf7 30.gxf8=Q+ 1/2-1/2