[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]

[Site "Monaco MNC"]

[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7
7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. O-O
Bd6 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ndb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bxh2 16. Nxc7 Bxc7
17. c5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 d5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc1 Be5 21. f4 Bxb2
22. Qxb2 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Qe5 Be8 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bd4 f6
27. Qxe6+ Bf7 28. Qa6 h5 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]

[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 cxd4 8. a5 Qd8 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d5 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 e6 15. Rd1 Nd8 16. e3 Qxa4
17. Rxa4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 Rc7 21. Kf1 Kf7
22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Ba3 e5 25. a6 b5 26. Rb4 exd4
27. Rxb5 dxe3 28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxc6 Rxb7 31. Na5
Rd7 32. fxe3 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1 34. Nc4 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ra6
Rc2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Ne5 Rd2 41. Bf8+
1-0
[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C99"]

[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "98"]
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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3
Rfe8 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5 Bd8 22. b4
axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+
27. Qxf3 Qxa3 28. Bc2 Qa8 29. Bd4 Rbe6 30. Rg5 g6 31. Nc5 Rd6
32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bb3 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qf4 Qa5 36. Re3
Qd2 37. e5 Nd5 38. Qf3 Rdd8 39. Rg4 Re7 40. Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2
Qxe5+ 42. g3 Red7 43. Rgd4 Qf6 44. Qe2 Nc3 45. Rxd7 Rxd7
46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

Bisturi
[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "83"]
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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. Bb1 h6 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Bd8 22. Bd3 Bb6
23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. a3 Rac8 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rc3 Nh5
28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rec8 31. Qd2 Bb5 32. R1c2 f6
33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Qe2 Qa6 35. g3 g6 36. Nh4 Kh7 37. Ng4 h5
38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Nxh5+ gxh5 40. Qxh5 Bd7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf7
1-0

Stem game: Vassily Ivanchuk vs Veselin Topalov (2011) 1/21/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4
8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. d5 Nxc3
14. dxe6 Nxd1 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Rxd1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Qf6
20. Ne6 Rxf7 21. Rd2 Rg8 22. Ng5 Rff8 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Kg2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5
26. Qxd5 Qf5 27. e4 Qxd5 28. exd5 Rc8 29. b3 Kh7 30. g4 Bh8 31. Be3 b6
32. f4 Rc3 33. Kf3 Be5 34. Ke4 Bd6 35. Rh2 Kg8 36. Rg2 Rh7 37. Kd4 Rc8

38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bd4 Rc1 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Kxc2 Ke8 42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Ke4 Kd7
44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ba3 46. f5 Bc1 47. a4 Bd2 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Bb2 Kd7
50. Bd4 Kc8 51. Be5 Rh7 52. Bb2 Rf7 53. Ba3 Rh7 54. b4 Rh8 55. d6 Kd7
56. dxe7 Kxe7 57. b5+ Kf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. Bc7 Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Be5 Bc3
62. Bf4 Rh8 63. Be3 Bf6 64. Bd2 Bb2 65. Bf4 Bf6 66. Bd6 Re8 67. Bf8 Bg5
68. Bg7 Bc1 69. Be5 Bd2 70. Bd4 Rc8 71. f6 Ke8 72. Be5 Kf7 73. Kd6 Re8
74. Ng7 Bb4+ 75. Kd5 Rc8 76. Nf5 Bf8 77. Nd4 Rc5+ 78. Ke4 Rc4 79. Kf5 Rc1
80. Nc6 Rf1+ 81. Ke4 Ke6 82. Nd4+ Kd7 83. Nc6 Ke6 84. Nd4+ Kd7 85. Nc6 Bd6
86. Bd4 Rf4+ 87. Ke3 Ke6 88. Nxa7 Kd5 89. Bxb6 Re4+ 90. Kf3 Rxa4 91. Nc8 Rf4+
92. Kg2 Rxf6 93. Nxd6 Rxd6 94. Bc7 Rd7 95. b6 Kc6 96. Kg3 Rd5 97. Kg4 Kb7 1/21/2