Bacrot, Etienne (2728) - Aronian, Levon (2754)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

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.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Qf1 Re7 19.a4 Rfe8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 h5 24.Ra5 h4 25.Rea1 hxg3 26.hxg3 Be6 27.Ra8 Bd5+ 28.Kf1 Bxg3 29.Bg5 f6 30.Bxf6 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Rxa8 32.fxg3 gxf6 33.Ne4 Kf7 34.Nd6+ Kg6 35.Re8 Ra1+ 36.Re1 Ra8 37.Re8 Ra1+ 38.Re1 1/2-1/2

Gelfand, Boris (2733) - Eljanov, Pavel (2693)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Be5 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bg2 Rac8 14.Rc1 Qa6 15.a4 Rfe8 16.Ba3 Bxc3 17.dxc3 Na5 18.Re1 c4 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Ra1 Qe6 21.Bc1 b6 22.Qd4 Na5 23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Bb2 Nc4 25.Bc1 Ne5 26.Qa6 h5 27.Be3 h4 28.g4 Rxc3 29.Bd4 Rc4 30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxa7 Nxf2 32.Kxf2 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Rf4+ 34.Bf3 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Rxf3 0-1

Svidler, Peter (2726) - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2695)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 c5 7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.c3 Be6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Qc7 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Bg3 Qd7 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Nd4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 O-O 18.f4 f5 19.Bf2 Rac8 20.Rcd1 Rcd8 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Rcd1 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

Ivanchuk, Vassily (2746) - Leko, Peter (2751)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nc4 Qe6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.b3 Nf8 13.Be3 Bd6 14.a4 a5 15.Qd2 Bb4 16.c3 Bd6 17.b4 axb4 18.cxb4 Qe7 19.b5 cxb5 20.axb5 Bd7 21.Qb2 f6 22.b6 Be6 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.bxc7 Bxc7 25.Qxb7 Rd8 26.Rc1 Rd7 27.Ne1 Ba5 28.Qb1 Bxe1 29.Rxe1 Qd8 30.Bb6 Qb8 31.Qc2 Ng6 32.Ra1 h6 33.Be3 Kh7 34.Nb6 Rd8 35.Ra3 Qd6 36.Rc3 Bf7 37.Na4 Ra8 38.Rc7 Bb3 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Qxb3 Rb8 41.Qc4 Nf4 42.Nc5 Rc8 43.Kh2 Rc6 44.Qb5 Ne6 45.Nxe6+ Qxe6 46.f4 Rd6 47.Bc5 Qd7 48.Qb8 Rxd3 49.fxe5 fxe5 50.Qxe5+ Kh7 51.Bb4 Qg7 52.Qf4 Qg5 53.Qb8 Qg8 54.Qf4 Qg5 55.Qb8 1/2-1/2

Alekseev, Evgeny (2716) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2725)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 c6 8.O-O b5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Nc1 a5 13.Rd1 Bf8 14.Nd3 Ba6 15.b3 Rac8 16.Rd2 c5 17.Rad1 Re8 18.Nb2 Nb6 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nbxa4 Nxa4 21.Nxa4 c4 22.Nb6 Rc6 23.Rd8 cxb3 24.cxb3 Rce6 25.f3 Kg7 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Nh5 28.Kf2 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 Rc6 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Nxc8 f5 32.Bb6 Nf6 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Bxa5 Nd5 35.Ke2 Bc5 36.Kd3 Bf2 37.Nd6 Kf6 38.g4 Nf4+ 39.Kd2 e4 40.Bc3+ Ke6 41.Nxf5 exf3 42.Nd4+ Bxd4 43.Bxd4 Nxh3 44.Be3 Kd5 45.Kd3 Ke5 46.b4 Nf4+ 47.Kd2 Nd5 48.b5 Nf6 49.g5 Ne4+ 50.Kd3 f2 51.Ke2 Nc3+ 52.Kxf2 1/2-1/2

Grischuk, Alexander (2748) - Akopian, Vladimir (2696)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd4 f6 14.Ne3 Bg6 15.O-O-O Qb6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Kf7 19.h4 gxh4 20.gxh4 Rhd8 21.Qa3 h5 22.Bh3 a5 23.Rhg1 Qb4 24.Qxb4 axb4 25.f4 Ng4 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nxg4 hxg4 28.Bxg4 Be4 29.e3 Rd5 30.Bd1 Rc5+ 31.Kd2 Rd5+ 32.Ke1 Kf8 33.Bb3 Rh5 34.Rg8+ Ke7 35.Rg7+ Kd6 36.Rxb7 c5 37.Rb6+ Kc7 38.Re6 f5 39.Re5 Kd6 40.Re6+ Kd7 41.Re5 Kd6 42.Re6+ Kd7 43.Re5 1/2-1/2

Karjakin, Sergey (2721) - Kamsky, Gata (2720)
4th FIDE Grand PrixNalchik (Nalchik RUS), 04/22/2009
Round 7

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 dxc3 12.Qd3 d4 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.O-O Qb6 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.Nxf7 Rdf8 19.Nd6 Nce7 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.a4 Nb4 22.a5 Qc5 23.Qh7 d3+ 24.Kh1 d2 25.Bxd2 cxd2 26.Qxe7 Rxf4 27.Rab1 Rgf8 28.c4 a6 29.h3 Ka8 30.Qg7 Qe3 31.Kh2 d1=Q 32.Rbxd1 1-0