Karjakin, Sergey (2721) - Grischuk, Alexander (2748)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qa5 13.Qd5 Qb6 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.h4 g4 16.Qd4 Rc8 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.Ne4 Ned7 19.Bf4 d5 20.Ng3 h5 21.b3 Be5 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Be2 Ned7 24.Rhe1 Nf6 25.Kb2 Rc7 26.Rd4 Nbd7 27.c4 dxc4 28.Bxc4 Nb6 29.Be2 Rd7 30.Red1 Kd8 31.Rxd7+ Nbxd7 32.Bc4 Rh7 33.Be6 Kc7 34.Bxd7 Nxd7 35.Rc1+ Kd8 36.Kc3 Rh6 37.Rd1 Kc7 38.Rd4 b5 39.Kd2 Nf6 40.Ke3 Rh8 41.Kf4 Rg8 42.b4 Kc6 43.a3 Kc7 44.Ne4 Kc6 45.Ng3 Kc7 46.Rd1 Kc6 47.Rd3 Kc7 48.Ne2 Kb6 49.Nc3 Kc6 50.Rd4 Kc7 51.a4 bxa4 52.Nxa4 Kc6 53.Nc3 Kc7 54.Rc4+ Kb6 55.g3 Kb7 56.b5 axb5 57.Nxb5 Kb6 58.Nc3 Kb7 59.Rc5 Nd7 60.Ra5 f6 61.Nd5 Re8 62.Ke4 e5 63.Ra2 Nc5+ 64.Ke3 Rf8 65.Rd2 Kc6 66.Ne7+ Kc7 67.f3 gxf3 68.Kxf3 Rf7 69.Nd5+ Kc6 70.Nb4+ Kc7 71.Rd5 Nb7 72.Na6+ Kb6 73.Nb4 Kc7 74.Na6+ Kb6 75.Nb4 1/2-1/2

Akopian, Vladimir (2696) - Alekseev, Evgeny (2716)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qa4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qb4 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.e3 Re4 13.Qa3 Qe7 14.Bb5 Nxc5 15.O-O g5 16.Bg3 Bd7 17.Bxd7 Nfxd7 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.c4 dxc4 20.Rac1 h5 21.f3 Ree8 22.Rxc4 h4 23.Bf2 b6 24.e4 Ne5 25.Rc3 Rad8 26.Nf5 Ned3 27.Be3 Rd7 28.Rc2 Kh7 29.Rd2 Red8 30.Rfd1 a5 31.h3 Kg6 32.Bxc5 Nxc5 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Rxd7 Nxd7 35.Qc1 Nc5 36.Qd1 Qe5 37.Qb1 Nd7 38.a4 Qc5+ 39.Kh2 Qc7+ 40.Kh1 Qe5 41.Ne3 Kg7 42.Qc1 Qc5 43.Qd2 Nf6 44.Nf5+ Kg6 45.Qd8 Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qf4+ 47.Kg1 Qc1+ 48.Kh2 Qf4+ 49.Kh1 Qc1+ 50.Kh2 1/2-1/2

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2725) - Ivanchuk, Vassily (2746)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Ne5 Bf5 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Na5 12.Qxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qxd5 14.Bxd5 Rad8 15.Bf3 Bxe5 16.e4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Bd6 18.c4 Nxc4 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Ba6 Nb2 21.Rd2 Na4 22.Rc2 Rb4 23.Be3 Nb6 24.Rac1 h5 25.Bb7 Nc4 26.Rxc4 Rxb7 27.d5 a5 28.Bc5 Rc8 29.Bxd6 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 exd6 31.Rc6 Rb2 32.Rxd6 Rxa2 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.d6 Kf6 35.Re8 Rd2 36.Ra8 Rxd6 37.Rxa5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Leko, Peter (2751) - Bacrot, Etienne (2728)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 a6 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 e5 16.Be3 Qb7+ 17.Kg1 h6 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Nb4 21.R5d2 Nc6 22.Rd5 Nb4 23.R5d2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

Aronian, Levon (2754) - Svidler, Peter (2726)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 b4 10.Na4 e5 11.Qd1 exd4 12.exd4 Ne4 13.g3 Bd6 14.Bg2 Ndf6 15.O-O a5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nc5 O-O 18.Rc1 Re8 19.Re1 Qb6 20.Qc2 Nxd2 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qxd2 Rc8 23.Nd3 Rxc1+ 24.Nxc1 Ne4 25.Qd3 Nc3 26.a4 g6 27.Kf1 Be7 28.Ne2 Nxe2 29.Qxe2 Kf8 30.Bxd5 1/2-1/2

Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2695) - Gelfand, Boris (2733)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxc6 Qb6 11.d5 Bb7 12.a4 a6 13.Be2 Bg7 14.dxe6 Bxc6 15.exd7+ Nxd7 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.O-O Ne5 19.Nd5 Qc5 20.Kh1 O-O 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 f5 23.b4 Qd6 24.Bf3 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd8 26.Rf2 c3 27.Rf3 Bxd5 28.Rd3 Nxd3 0-1

Kamsky, Gata (2720) - Eljanov, Pavel (2693)
4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik , 04/23/2009
Round 8

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 Bb7 18.Qe2 Bf8 19.Bg5 Nd7 20.b3 Ncb6 21.a5 Nc8 22.c4 bxc4 23.Rec1 Na7 24.Be3 Qc8 25.bxc4 Nc5 26.Rcb1 Qc7 27.Nf5 Nc6 28.Qd2 Rad8 29.Qc3 Ba8 30.Rb6 Rb8 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Ba4 Rxb6 33.axb6 Qxb6 34.Nxe5 Nd4 35.Nxd4 Rxe5 36.Nf5 Rxe4 37.Bc2 Re8 38.Qg3 g6 39.Ne3 Bd6 40.Qh4 Be5 41.Rb1 Qd6 42.Ba4 Rb8 43.Rd1 Bd4 44.Qg4 h5 45.Qg5 Qe6 46.Nd5 Bxd5 47.cxd5 Qe2 48.d6 Qxf2+ 49.Kh1 Qa2 50.d7 Qxa4 51.d8=Q+ Rxd8 52.Qxd8+ Kg7 53.Rb1 Qa2 54.Qb6 a5 55.Qb3 Qxb3 56.Rxb3 c4 57.Ra3 c3 58.Ra4 c2 59.Rc4 a4 60.Rxc2 a3 61.Ra2 Bb2 62.Kg1 h4 63.Kf2 Kf6 64.Kf3 Kf5 65.Ke3 Ke5 66.Kf3 f5 67.Ke3 g5 0-1