[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Fressinet, L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2591"] [ECO "D46"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Rfe8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Ned7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Nxb5 Bxd2 19. Nxc7 Bxc1 20. Bxc1 Rxe4 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bf1 c5 24. Bg2 Bd5 25. b3 c4 26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. a3 Bd5 28. Be3 h6 29. Bd4 Re2 30. Nd2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Re6 32. Nc4 Rc6 33. Ne3 Kh7 34. h3 Rd6 35. f4 Rc6 36. g4 Nc5 37. Rc1 Nfd7 38. Nf5 f6 39. Ng3 Rc7 40. f5 a5 41. Kf3 Na6 42. Rc3 Kg8 43. Ne4 Kf8 44. Nd6 Ke7 45. Nb5 Rxc3+ 46. Bxc3 a4 47. Ke4 Nb6 48. Bd4 Nc8 49. Nc3 h5 50. Nxa4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kd6 52. Nc3 Kc6 53. Kf4 Nd6 54. Ne4 Nb5 55. Bb2 Nac7 56. a4 Nd5+ 57. Kf3 Nbc7 58. Ba3 Nb6 59. Bf8 Ne8 60. Kg3 Nxa4 61. Kh4 Nb6 62. Nc5 Kd5 63. Ne6 g5+ 64. Kh5 Nd7 65. Ba3 Ne5 66. Bb2 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Nataf, IA"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2693"] [ECO "B12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nge2 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h4 Bd6 11. h5 Bf7 12. f4 Ne7 13. Nc1 Rg8 14. Be2 e5 15. Nb3 exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Be3 f5 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. gxf5 O-O-O 20. Bf3 Nxf5 21. Bxd5 Nxe3 22. Bxf7 Bxf4 23. Ne2 Rg2 24. Rdg1 Nf8 25. Rxg2 Nxg2 26. Nxf4 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Bareev, E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2707"] [ECO "D12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. Qd3 Bc5 13. Qe2 exd4 14. exd4+ Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Bf4 Nfd5 20. Bd2 Nc7 21. Bf4 Ncd5 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Gelfand, B"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2693"] [ECO "B12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. Qe4 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Nge7 16. Ne1 Bb4 17. Nd3 Qa6 18. Bd2 Qxc4 19. Rfc1 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxc6 Bxd2 22. Rc2 Bg5 23. Nxd4 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g3 a6 26. Kf1 Rc4 27. Nf3 Kh7 28. Ke2 Re4+ 29. Kf1 b6 30. b3 g6 31. Nxg5+ hxg5 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rc1 g4 34. Rc8 Kf5 35. Rg8 a5 36. Rg7 Rd4 37. Ke2 f6 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. Rg8 e5 40. Rf8+ Ke7 41. Rf5 Kd6 42. a4 Nc3+ 43. Ke3 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Leko, P"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2713"] [ECO "D73"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Nd5 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Bb2 Nb6 16. Bf1 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Na5 19. Be2 Be6 20. d5 Bd7 21. e4 e6 22. Ng2 exd5 23. exd5 b5 24. Rd2 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Nb7 26. c4 b4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rb2 Nd6 29. a3 a5 30. Ne3 Kf6 31. Nf1 Reb8 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rba2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Bf5 35. g4 b3 36. Ra6 b2 37. Nd2 Ke7 38. gxf5 b1=Q 39. Nxb1 Rxb1 40. f6+ Kd7 41. Rc6 Rb2 42. Rxc5 Nf5 43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. cxb5 Kc7 45. Bd3 Nd6 46. Ke3 Ne8 47. Kd4 Nxf6 48. Bc4 Nd7 49. d6+ Kxd6 50. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Lautier, J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2687"] [ECO "E12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. g3 c5 11. Bh3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd7 15. O-O Qe6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qf4 Rc4 18. Rd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Rd1 h6 21. b3 Qe7 22. a4 Kh8 23. Rd3 Rc5 24. f3 Qg5 25. Kg2 Bc6 26. Re3 Qd8 27. Re5 Qd7 28. h3 Kg8 29. g4 f6 30. Re3 Qf7 31. Nd1 Bb7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. a5 Rxa5 34. b4 Ra3 35. b5 Bd7 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Nxd5 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 Bd7 39. Nc4 Bxb5 40. Nd6 Qb3 41. Qe4 Bd7 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qxa7 Be6 46. Ne8 Bf7 47. Nd6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.03.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2693"] [ECO "B17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qh3 Bf6 21. Rac1 g6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. c4 Kg7 26. Kf1 g5 27. Rcd1 Rhe8 28. R1d5 Kg6 29. h3 a6 30. R5d6 Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Nd2 g4 33. Ne4 b6 34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Bb2 36. Re7 Kf5 37. Ra7 a5 38. c5 bxc5 39. Rxa5 Bd4 40. Nxc5 Rc8 41. b4 e5 42. Ne4 Ke6 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rh2 45. Ra6+ Kd7 46. Ng5 Rg2 47. h4 Rh2 48. Ne6 Bf2 49. Nf8+ Kc7 50. Ng6 Be1 51. b5 Rb2 52. a4 Rb3+ 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kf5 Rxf3 55. Nxe5 Rb3 56. Kxf4 Bxh4 57. Ke4 Bg3 58. Rc6+ Kd8 59. Nd3 h4 60. Rh6 Ra3 61. Nc5 Bf2 62. Kd5 Bxc5 63. Kxc5 Rxa4 64. Kc6 Rc4+ 65. Kb7 Kd7 66. b6 Rb4 67. Ka7 Ra4+ 68. Kb8 Rb4 69. b7 Ra4 70. Rh7+ Kd8 71. Rh8+ Kd7 72. Rh6 Kd8 73. Rh7 Rb4 74. Ka7 Ra4+ 75. Kb6 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.03.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Morozevich, A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2742"] [ECO "A40"] 1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Be3 Be5 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 Rb8 13. Qd3 g6 14. e4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. c4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.03.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Bacrot, E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2693"] [ECO "E13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8. Nd2 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. e3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rh6 Nbd7 14. Qa4 Kf8 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Rh1 e5 17. f3 a6 18. Bd3 Rh8 19. Bf5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Rh8 21. Rxh8 Kxh8 22. e4 Nh5 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxd7 Nxg3 25. dxe5 Ne2+ 26. Kc2 Nf4 27. exd6 cxd6 28. g3 Nh5 29. Nf1 Nf6 30. Bf5 g4 31. Bxg4 Nxg4 32. fxg4 Bxe4+ 33. Kd2 Kg7 34. Ke3 Bg2 35. Nd2 Kf6 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. a3 Bh3 38. g5 Bf5 39. Ne4 Bg6 40. Nf6 Bd3 41. Nd5 Bxc4 42. Nxb6 Bb3 43. c4 Bc2 44. Ke3 a5 45. Kd4 Bd1 46. Nd5 Bf3 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Nb5 Kc6 49. Nc3 Kd7 50. Ke3 Bg4 51. Nd5 Bf5 52. Kd4 Bb1 53. Nc3 Bc2 54. Kd5 Bf5 55. Ne2 Be6+ 56. Kd4 Kc6 57. Nc1 Kb6 58. Nb3 Ka6 59. Nd2 Kb6 60. Nf3 Bf5 61. Kd5 Be6+ 62. Kxd6 Bxc4 63. Ne5 Bb3 64. Ke7 Kb5 65. Nxf7 Bc2 66. Nd6+ Ka4 67. Nc4 Bb3 68. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Morozevich, A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2742"] [ECO "C78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 h6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nbd4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Nfxg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxh5 Bxd4 21. Qf5 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Bf6 24. Ra7 c5 25. Be4 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Bb7 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd5 Rfe8 31. Rxc5 Re7 32. Rb5 Nd3 33. Be4 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Bacrot, E"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2739"] [ECO "E13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. O-O Re8 20. Rad1 exd4 21. Bxd6 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24. Qh3 Ne5 25. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Fressinet, L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2591"] [ECO "C92"] 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 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. N1h2 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 cxd4 18. g5 Be5 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. b3 d5 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Nataf, IA"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2739"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. c5 a5 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. Bg4 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Nxd5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rc1 c6 23. Nb6 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rae8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nc4 Rxc5 27. f3 Ng5 28. h4 Ne6 29. Rd7+ Kf8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rd5 32. Rxb7 Nf4 33. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Bareev, E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2707"] [ECO "C11"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 cxd4 15. O-O Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Be4 O-O 19. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Gelfand, B"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2739"] [ECO "A40"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. h3 exd5 7. exd5 Nh6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 Nf7 11. Nc3 g5 12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bf5 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 Re8 17. Qd1 Bd3 18. Re1 Bxc4 19. b3 Bd3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxg5 Be2 22. Nxe2 hxg5 23. Qd2 f5 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Kg1 Nc7 26. h4 Bh6 27. hxg5 Nxg5 28. Qd3 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qf6 30. g4 Bd2 31. Rd1 Bg5 32. Ng3 fxg4 33. Qxg4 Bf4 34. Re1 Be5 35. Re3 Rh4 36. Qc8+ Ne8 37. Ne4 Qg6 38. Kf1 Bf4 39. Rh3 Rxh3 40. Qxh3 Be5 41. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.03.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Lautier, J"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2739"] [ECO "A33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qg3 a6 12. O-O g6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Bc2 h5 15. Ba4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. h4 Be7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O 21. Qf4 Qxc4 22. Rd7 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Qxc3 24. Qd6 b5 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. g3 Rfc8 27. Kg2 Rc2 28. Qb6 Rac8 29. R1d3 R8c3 30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qe5 32. Qf3 Rc4 33. Re3 Kg7 34. Qe2 Qd4 35. e5 Rc3 36. Qb2 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Qc5 39. e4 Qe3 40. Qb4 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"] [Site "Cannes FRA"] [Date "2002.03.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Leko, P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2713"] [ECO "E32"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rac8 21. Kd2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rac1 Rd8+ 24. Ke3 Rdc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd1 Kf8 1/2-1/2