Svidler, Peter (2726) - Ivanchuk, Vassily (2746)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 O-O 9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ne3 Bf8 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Nf5 d5 16.axb5 dxe4 17.dxe4 axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.e5 Ne4 20.e6 fxe6 21.Nxd4 Rd8 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.g5 Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Bc5 25.Qe5 Bxf2+ 26.Kf1 Qf8 27.gxh6 Bxe1+ 28.Bf4 Nd2+ 29.Ke2 1-0

Kasimdzhanov , Rustam (2695) - Karjakin , Sergey (2721)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Bd7 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bd2 Ne4 14.Rc1 Nxd2 15.Kxd2 O-O-O+ 16.Ke3 Bxc5+ 17.Kf3 Rd5 18.Rxc4 Rhd8 19.Ne3 Bxe3 20.Kxe3 Re5+ 21.Kf3 Rf5+ 22.Ke3 Re5+ 23.Kf3 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

Eljanov, Pavel (2693) - Grischuk, Alexander (2748)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Be7 15.Bd2 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Be4 Rfc8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qd3 b4 23.axb4 Bxb4 24.Bxb4 Qxb4 25.Qd2 Rab8 26.g3 Qxb2 27.Qxa5 Kg8 28.Qa2 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

Aronian, Levon (2754) - Akopian, Vladimir (2696)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 b6 8.Bb2 a5 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 axb4 13.axb4 Bb7 14.h3 bxc5 15.bxc5 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 Ra8 17.Qd1 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 h6 19.Qa4 Bd8 20.Na2 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Bxa5 22.Bc3 Bc7 23.Nd2 Kf8 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Ba5 Kd8 26.Nb4 Nb8 27.Kf1 Bxa5 28.Nxa5 Kc7 29.Ke2 Bc8 30.Nb3 Ng8 31.f3 Ne7 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 Nd7 34.Ke3 Bb7 35.Bc4 Nf6 36.Nd2 Nd7 37.Ba2 Kd8 38.Nc4 Nc8 39.Bb3 Kc7 40.e5 f6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Nf4 Nf8 43.Nd6 Kd7 44.Nh5 fxe5 45.dxe5 Ne7 46.g3 g5 47.Nf6+ Kc7 48.Nf7 Bf1 49.Nxh6 Bxh3 50.Ne4 g4 51.Kd4 Bg2 52.Nf6 Bd5 53.Bd1 Bf3 54.Bc2 Kd8 55.Ne4 Nd5 56.Nf2 Ne7 57.Bd3 Kc7 58.Be4 Bxe4 59.Kxe4 Nd7 60.Nd3 Nd5 61.Nxg4 Kd8 62.Nh2 Nc3+ 63.Ke3 Nd5+ 64.Kd4 Ne7 65.Ke4 Ng6 66.Nf3 Ke7 67.Nd4 Nb8 68.Kf3 Kf7 69.Kg4 Ne7 70.Kh5 Nf5 71.Ne2 Ne3 72.g4 Nd5 73.g5 Nd7 74.g6+ Kg7 75.Kg5 Kg8 76.Nef4 Nxf4 77.Kxf4 Kf8 78.Kg4 Kg8 79.Kh5 Kh8 80.Kh6 Kg8 81.Kg5 Kg7 82.Nf4 Nxe5 83.Nxe6+ Kg8 84.Kf6 Nd7+ 85.Kf5 Kh8 86.Kg5 Kg8 87.Kh6 Ne5 88.Nd4 Ng4+ 89.Kg5 Ne5 90.Nf5 Kh8 91.Kf6 Ng4+ 92.Ke6 Kg8 93.Ne7+ Kg7 94.Nxc6 1-0

Gelfand, Boris (2733) - Alekseev, Evgeny (2716)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Qd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bb3 Ne4 14.d5 Ndc5 15.Qb5+ Qd7 16.Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.dxe6+ fxe6 18.Ne5+ Ke8 19.Be3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Nxc3 21.Ra3 Rf8 22.Rfa1 Nb5 23.Ra4 Rf5 24.f4 Rd8 25.Rxa7 Nxa7 26.Rxa7 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Rd7 28.Bxb6 Bd5 29.b4 Rxa7 30.Bxa7 Bc6 31.Kf2 h5 32.g3 g6 33.Ke3 Bd5 34.Kd4 Kd7 35.b5 Bg2 1/2-1/2

Kamsky, Gata (2720) - Bacrot, Etienne (2728)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

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.Qe2 Bd7 16.Qf1 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rxe8 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Nd2 a5 23.Nb3 a4 24.Nc5 Bh3+ 25.Ke2 Ra8 26.Bf4 Be7 27.Kd2 g5 28.Bc7 Rc8 29.Bb6 Rc6 30.Re1 Bf8 31.Bd8 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Rxc5 33.Be7 Rc4 34.Bxg5 d4 35.Bh6 f6 36.Re7 a3 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rf7 Rc8 39.bxa3 dxc3+ 40.Kc1 Be6 41.Rxf6 Bxa2 42.Kc2 Kg8 43.Rf3 Bd5 44.Rxc3 Be4+ 45.Kd2 Rxc3 46.Kxc3 Kf7 47.Kd4 Bg2 48.Ke5 Kg6 49.Bd2 Bh3 50.Kf4 h5 51.f3 Be6 52.g4 hxg4 53.fxg4 Bb3 54.h3 Bd1 55.Ke4 Be2 56.Ke3 Bd1 57.Ba5 Kg5 58.Bd8+ Kg6 59.Be7 Kf7 60.Bg5 Kg6 61.Bf4 Kf7 62.Bc7 Kf6 63.Bf4 Kf7 64.Kd4 Be2 65.Kc5 Bf1 66.h4 Be2 67.Kc6 Ke6 68.h5 Kf7 69.g5 Bxh5 70.Kxb5 Ke6 71.Kc6 Be8+ 72.Kc5 Kd7 73.Bg3 Ke6 74.Bf4 Kd7 75.Bh2 Ke6 76.Bg3 Kf5 77.Bh4 Kg4 78.Kd6 Kxh4 79.Ke7 Bg6 80.Kf6 Kh5 81.a4 Bc2 1/2-1/2

Leko, Peter (2751) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2725)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik (Nalchik), 04/16/2009
Round 2

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O a6 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Bd7 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Be2 Qc5 15.Qxc5 dxc5 16.Bh5 Rd8 17.fxe6 Bxe6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Rg8 20.Bf3 Bd6 21.c3 Kd7 22.Kc2 Rde8 23.a4 b4 24.Kd3 Be5 25.Kc4 Rb8 26.d6 Bxd6 27.Rd5 Rg5 28.Rhd1 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 h6 30.Rh5 Bf8 31.h3 bxc3 32.bxc3 Rb1 33.Be4 Ra1 34.Bc2 Rg1 35.Be4 Ra1 36.Bc2 Rg1 37.Be4 Ra1 1/2-1/2