[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Ponomariov, R"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Ba2 Nbd5 12. Bg3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nf3 Ndf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. g3 Bh6 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Ne3 Qf3 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rfd8 28. Red2 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ke2 Rcd8 31. Nc2 Rd5 32. Rd3 a5 33. a4 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. b3 Rdb8 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. Ra4 Rdb8 39. Ra3 h5 40. Ne3 Rd8 41. Ra4 Kf8 42. Nc4 Rxd4 43. Rxa5 Rb8 44. Ra3 Bf6 45. Rxd4 Bxd4 46. Nd2 Rb5 47. f4 Bc3 48. Kd3 Bxd2 49. Kxd2 h4 50. Kc3 Rc5+ 51. Kd3 Rd5+ 52. Ke3 Rb5 53. Kf3 hxg3 54. hxg3 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kf3 g5 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Kf3 Rb4 59. fxg5 Kxg5 60. Ra5+ f5 61. Ra3 e5 62. Kf2 e4 63. Ke3 Kg4 64. Kf2 Rb8 65. Ra7 Rxb3 66. Rg7+ Kh5 67. Rg8 Kh6 68. Re8 Kg5 69. Rg8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke6 71. Re8+ Kf7 72. Ra8 Ke6 73. Re8+ Kd6 74. Rd8+ Ke7 75. Ra8 Rf3+ 76. Kg2 Ke6 77. Ra6+ Ke5 78. Ra5+ Kf6 79. Ra6+ Kg5 80. Ra8 Rb3 81. Rg8+ Kf6 82. Kf2 Rb6 83. Ke3 Rb3+ 84. Kf2 Rf3+ 85. Kg2 Ke5 86. Ra8 Rd3 87. Kf2 Rd2+ 88. Ke3 Rg2 89. Re8+ Kf6 90. Rg8 Kf7 91. Rg5 Ke6 92. Rg8 Ra2 93. Re8+ Kf7 94. Rb8 Ra3+ 95. Kf2 Rf3+ 96. Kg2 Ke6 97. Ra8 Kd5 98. Ra5+ Kc4 99. Re5 Kd3 100. Ra5 Kd2 101. Ra2+ Kc1 102. Ra1+ Kb2 103. Ra5 Kb3 104. Re5 Kc3 105. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Tregubov, P"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2629"] [ECO "A37"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nc2 bxc4 15. dxc4 Bf5 16. Nde3 Be6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. e3 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 cxb4 23. Bxb4 Bb5 24. Rfc1 Qd7 25. Ba5 Rfc8 26. Qb3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rb7 28. Qc2 f5 29. e4 Bh6 30. Rb1 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Ba6 32. Qc6 Rxb1+ 33. Bxb1 Bb5 34. Qc2 Qb7 35. Ba2 Bd7 36. Qc7 Qxc7 37. Bxc7 Bf8 38. Bc4 Kf7 39. f3 Ke7 40. Kf2 Bh6 41. Ba5 Bc1 42. Bd3 Ba3 43. g4 Bc5+ 44. Kg3 Ba4 45. h4 Kf7 46. g5 Bd7 47. Bc7 Bb4 48. Kf2 Bc5+ 49. Kg2 Bb4 50. Kf1 Bh3+ 51. Ke2 Bc5 52. Bd8 Bc8 53. Bf6 Bb7 54. Be4 0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Golubev, M"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "C47"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Nxd5 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Kd2 Rab8 15. Rhe1 Rhd8 16. Re4 a5 17. Ra4 Rd5 18. Re1 Kd6 19. Ree4 Rc5 20. Red4+ Ke7 21. Bc4 Rb1 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Re4+ Kd6 24. Red4+ Ke6 25. Re4+ Kd6 26. Red4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Drozdovskij, Y"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2581"] [ECO "C10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nc4 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qa5 b5 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. O-O Ne5 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Qc7 Qe7 20. Qb6 O-O 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rab8 23. Qb3 a5 24. Qa3 Qc7 25. Qc5 Rfc8 26. Rd1 Ba8 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bf3 Rxb2 30. Ra1 Qb6 31. Qxb6 Rxb6 32. Nc4 Ra6 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxa5 Bb7 35. Ra4 Ba6 36. Ne3 f5 37. h4 Bd3 38. c4 Kf7 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf2 Rb6 41. Ra2 Rb3 42. g3 Rc3 43. Rd2 Bxc4 44. Nxc4 Rxc4 45. Rd7 h6 46. Ra7 g5 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50. Kf2 e5 51. Rg7+ Kf6 52. Rg8 Ke6 53. Rf8 Ra3 54. Kg2 Ra7 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 e4 57. Re8+ Kf7 58. Rb8 Rf3+ 59. Kg2 Kf6 60. Ra8 Rd3 61. Kf2 Rd2+ 62. Ke3 Rd3+ 63. Kf2 Rb3 64. Rf8+ Ke6 65. Ra8 Rd3 66. Re8+ Kd5 67. Ra8 Rc3 68. Rd8+ Kc4 69. Rc8+ Kd3 70. Rd8+ Kc2 71. Rd5 Rf3+ 72. Kg2 Kc3 73. Ra5 Kd4 74. Ra4+ Ke5 75. Ra5+ Kf6 76. Ra6+ Kg5 77. Ra8 Rb3 78. Rg8+ Kf6 79. Kf2 Ra3 80. Rb8 Ra2+ 81. Ke3 Rg2 82. Rg8 Kf7 83. Rg5 Kf6 84. Rg8 Ke5 85. Re8+ Kd5 86. Rg8 Kc4 87. Rg5 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, B"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "E32"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a5 11. Be2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qe7 14. O-O Ra8 15. Bb2 c5 16. Ra1 Qf8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Qc1 Na4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. e4 Kg7 23. f3 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Nxa8 26. Nb3 Nb6 27. Kf2 f5 28. e5 Nd7 29. exd6 e5 30. f4 Kf6 31. g3 Ke6 32. fxe5 Kxe5 33. Bd3 Be4 34. Ke3 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 Kxd6 36. Ke3 Nb6 37. Nd2 Ke5 38. Kd3 h6 39. Nb3 Nd7 40. Ke3 Nb6 41. Nxc5 Nxc4+ 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nc4 44. Nd3+ Kd4 45. h4 Ke4 46. Nc5+ Kd5 47. Na4 f4 48. g4 Nd6 49. b6 Ke4 50. Nc5+ Kd5 51. b7 Nxb7 52. Nxb7 Kc6 53. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "6"] [White "Beim, V"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2523"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "A45"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. c3 e5 7. Nd2 Be7 8. f3 Bh5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh3 Nh5 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rae1 Kg7 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. f4 exf4 21. exf4 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qf2 Qg4 24. h3 Qg3 25. f5 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Ng3 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Kh2 Ne4 29. Re2 f5 30. Nf3 Re7 31. g3 Kf6 32. Kg2 a5 33. a4 g5 34. Ne5 c5 35. Nf3 b6 36. Re1 Nd6 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Nxg5 Nc4 39. dxc5 bxc5 40. b3 Nd2 41. h4 Kf6 42. Nf3 Nxb3 43. Kf2 c4 44. Ke3 Nc5 45. Kd4 Nxa4 46. h5 Nb2 47. Kxd5 a4 48. Nd4 a3 49. Nc2 a2 50. Na1 Kg5 51. Ke5 Nd3+ 52. Kd4 Nb2 53. Ke5 Nd1 54. Kd4 Kxh5 55. Kxc4 Kg4 56. Kb3 Kxg3 57. Kxa2 f4 58. Nc2 f3 0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "E32"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. b4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Ne4 13. Qe3 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 Qa4+ 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Qe3 Qa4+ 17. Nb3 Nxf2+ 18. Ke1 Nxh1 19. Qc3 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Ponomariov, R"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2719"] [ECO "D11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Rb1 Nfe4 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. Bc2 Red8 20. f4 Bb8 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Rbc1 Nb6 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qg3 Qg6 26. Bd4 Nc4 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rc3 f6 29. Rcd3 Kf7 30. g4 Re8 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Nc3 Rh8 34. Nxd5 Rd7 35. Kg2 a5 36. Nb6 Rc7 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. bxa5 Ra4 39. Bxf6 Bxa3 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Ra1 Rxa5 42. Raxa3 Rc5 43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Tregubov, P"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 Nh5 8. Be5 c6 9. h3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Be2 f6 12. g4 Ng7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. O-O-O Nd6 16. h4 Qa5 17. Rh3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 e5 20. Nxe5 Rxf2 21. Bf3 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Rg3 a5 25. h5 Bxg4 26. Rxa8 Bxf3 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rxa5 b5 29. a4 Be4 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Rc2+ 32. Kd1 Rxc3 33. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "10"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Golubev, M"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2474"] [ECO "E71"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. c5 Nb4 10. Qa4 a5 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Bc4 Nxe4 14. Rxd7 Nxc3 15. Rxf7 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Rxf7 17. bxc3 a4 18. Qc4 Kh8 19. Be4 c6 20. h4 Rd8 21. Qxa4 Qd7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Bf6 24. Bc2 e4 25. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 26. Kf1 Re7 27. Qc4 Bf6 28. g4 Rf8 29. Bf5 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Rg8 31. Qf4 Ba1 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. cxd6 Reg7 34. Bh6 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "11"] [White "Drozdovskij, Y"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2655"] [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. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rfd8 14. Qd1 Ne5 15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bf2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qf6 23. Qc2 Nh4 24. O-O Qg5 25. Bxh4 Qxh4 26. Rd1 Bb7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "12"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Gelfand, B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2723"] [ECO "D30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. Nb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Ke2 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rhd1 Ne4 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. Bd3 a5 19. f3 a4 20. Nc2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "13"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Beim, V"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2523"] [ECO "A89"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qa4 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ng5 Nxc4 12. Ne6 Qd7 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. Rd1 a6 15. b3 Ne5 16. Be3 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rac1 Neg4 20. Qd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Ng4 22. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "14"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "E40"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. c4 Qe8 15. Qa5 Qc6 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rab1 f5 22. g3 Kf8 23. Rd3 Ke7 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rd6 26. Kg2 Ke6 27. Kf3 Ke5 28. Ke2 Ra4 29. Rcb3 Ra6 30. Rc3 Ke6 31. Kf3 Ke5 32. Ke2 Rh6 33. h4 Rd6 34. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Beim, V"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2523"] [ECO "A85"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. fxe4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bd2 Nde5 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Qe1 Nf7 14. Qh4 Bf6 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 e5 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Kg1 Bd7 22. a3 Rc8 23. Qe3 a6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. a4 b6 26. Qg3 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. h4 Ke8 29. b3 Kd8 30. Ne2 b5 31. a5 bxc4 32. bxc4 Be8 33. Kh2 h6 34. Ng1 Qf6 35. Nf3 Ba4 36. Nd2 Qf4 37. Qxf4 exf4 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Nf3 Bc2 41. Nd2 Ke5 42. Kf3 Bd1+ 43. Kf2 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g3 Kd4 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Ke1 Bc2 48. Nf3+ Kxe4 49. Ng5+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Ponomariov, R"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2719"] [ECO "A16"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Qa4 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bh6 Qd7 14. Qf4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. O-O Rg8 17. Rfd1 d4 18. Ne1 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rg4 20. f3 Rc4 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nd3 Ra4 24. Ra1 Kd7 25. Be3 b6 26. Nb2 Ra5 27. c4 b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Rc1 Rb3 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Nd6 Rxa3 33. Bxc5 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 a5 35. Nb5 Bd8 36. Re1 f4+ 37. Kxf4 Rxg2 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. Ke3 Bg5+ 40. f4 Bh4 41. Re2 Rxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Bc4+ 43. Ke3 a4 44. Nf5 Be1 45. Nd6 Bb3 46. Ba3 Ke6 47. Kd4 Bf2+ 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bg1 52. h3 Bc2+ 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. Ke2 Bd4 55. Kd2 Bb3 56. f5+ Kd5 57. Kd3 Be5 58. Ne4 Bc2+ 59. Kxc2 Kxe4 60. Bc1 Kxf5 61. Kd3 Bf4 62. Ba3 Bg5 63. Kc4 Kf4 64. Bc1+ Kf5 65. Ba3 Bf6 66. Bc1 Be7 67. Bd2 Ke4 68. Be1 Kf3 69. Kc3 h5 70. Kc4 Kg2 71. h4 Kh3 0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Tregubov, P"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "D41"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Rac1 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 f6 16. Rfc1 Rf7 17. Ne1 b6 18. Nc2 Ba6 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Nb4 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Bb7 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Nxa7 Qa4 24. Nc8 Qxe4 25. Nd6 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. d6 Rd7 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Rxb6 Ra7 33. Rb4 Rxa2 34. Rxd4 Ra7 35. Ke2 Rd7 36. Ke3 Rxd6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. f4 Kd6 40. Kd4 f5 41. Kc4 Kc6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Golubev, M"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2474"] [ECO "E72"] 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nge2 Na6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. Ng1 Qe8 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Re1 Qd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nb3 19. Qd1 Nd4 20. Nce2 Nxe2 21. Nxe2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 Nf6 24. fxe5 Ng4 25. Bg1 Nxe5 26. Nf4 Nxc4 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qe7 29. Bxb7 Ne5 30. Bg2 Kh8 31. Qc2 f4 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33. Rc1 c6 34. Qb3 Rg4 35. Ra1 Bf6 36. Ra7 Qf8 37. b5 Qg8 38. Qa2 cxb5 39. Ra8 Bd8 40. e7 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Drozdovskij, Y"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "E33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 9. g3 Re8 10. Bg2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. c5 dxc5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nb3 Ned5 17. Bxa5 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxa5 20. b4 Ra7 21. Rfc1 Rea8 22. Qb2 Rb8 23. Nd3 e4 24. Ne5 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "6"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Gelfand, B"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2723"] [ECO "A28"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d3 Nde7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rb1 h6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb3 c6 17. b5 Bf5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rdc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. Bxg6 cxb5 23. Be4 Ra5 24. e3 Rc8 25. d4 Bf8 26. Bf5 b4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. e4 b5 29. e5 Qc4 30. d5 Bc5 31. d6 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ra2+ 33. Qxa2 Qxa2+ 34. Ke3 Qd2+ 35. Ke4 c2 36. Rxb4 Qxc1 37. d7 Qe1+ 38. Kd5 c1=Q 39. d8=Q+ Kh7 40. Qh4 Qed2+ 0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Beim, V"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2523"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "D42"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. a3 Bf6 11. Be3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O Qc7 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qh5 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. cxd4 Rd8 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Qa5 g6 24. Qxa7 Rd7 25. h3 Kg7 26. Rcd1 Rc8 27. Qa5 Rc4 28. Qe5+ Qxe5 29. dxe5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc3 31. Rb1 Rxa3 32. Rxb7 Kg8 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Ponomariov, R"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "C77"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qf3 Bd5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Be6 21. Nf5 Ne7 22. Qg4 Ng6 23. h4 Kh8 24. h5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4 26. Qf3 Qd8 27. axb5 axb5 28. g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Ra6 Red8 33. Qe4 Kg8 34. b4 Kf8 35. Rd1 Qh6 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Be4 f6 39. Rd1 c5 40. h6 Kg8 41. hxg7 Bc7 42. Re6 Qxg7 43. Bd5 Kf8 44. bxc5 g4 45. Qe4 Ba5 46. Rh1 Rbc8 47. Rh4 Rxc5 48. Rxg4 Qf7 49. Ba2 Rxc3 50. Rg6 Rd4 51. Qa8+ Rd8 52. Qxa5 Qb7+ 53. Kh2 Rd2 54. Rexf6+ Ke8 55. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.05.31"] [Round "10"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Tregubov, P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2629"] [ECO "A30"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bc3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bc6 14. Re1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. Bxc6 Bxd4 17. Be4 Qb6 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Re2 e5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rd1 f4 23. Kh1 Qh6 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. f3 b6 26. Rg2 Qf6 27. Be4 g6 28. b4 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. Rc1 Rf6 31. Rgc2 Qf8 32. c5 bxc5 33. bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Bxc5 35. Qd5 Bd4 36. Qd7 Qg7 37. Rc8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. Bd5 Qf4 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qh3+ Kg5 43. Qg3+ Kf6 44. Qxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "11"] [White "Golubev, M"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "B12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. Nf4 fxe5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Bd3 Qh4 11. Bxg6+ Ke7 12. Ne4 dxe4 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. c3 Na6 15. cxb4 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nh6 17. b5 Nxg4 18. bxa6 Nxe5 19. Bxe4 Kf6 20. Bd2 Rd4 21. Bc2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Qf4+ 23. Ke1 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Nd2+ 25. Ke1 Nf3+ 26. Kd1 Rd8+ 27. Bd3 Ne5 28. Kc2 Nxd3 29. Rad1 Nb4+ 30. Kb3 Nd5 31. a3 bxa6 32. Ka2 Rb8 33. Rhe1 Qf5 34. Qc4 g5 35. Qxc6 Rb6 36. Qc8 Kg7 37. h4 Qxf2 38. Qc1 Qxh4 39. Qc2 Qf4 40. Rh1 Nf6 41. Rhf1 Qe5 42. Rd2 Qb5 43. Rdf2 Qd5+ 44. Ka1 e5 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qe7 Qe6 47. Rxf6+ Qxf6 48. Rxf6+ Rxf6 49. Qxe5 g4 50. Kb1 Rf5 51. Qe8+ Kg5 52. Qe7+ Rf6 53. Qe5+ Rf5 54. Qg7+ Kf4 55. Qd4+ Kf3 56. Qd3+ Kf4 57. Qf1+ Kg5 58. Qg1 a5 59. Kc2 a6 60. Kd3 Rf3+ 61. Ke4 Rf4+ 62. Ke5 Rf5+ 63. Ke4 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 a4 65. Ke2 Rf5 66. Qg3 Rb5 67. Qc3 Kh4 68. Kf2 Rb3 69. Qg7 Kh5 70. Kg2 Rb5 71. Qf6 Rb3 72. Qd4 Kh4 73. Qf2+ Kh5 74. Qe2 Kh4 75. Qe1+ Kh5 76. Qa5+ Kh4 77. Qxa6 Rxb2+ 78. Kf1 Rb1+ 79. Ke2 Rb2+ 80. Ke3 Rb3+ 81. Ke4 g3 82. Kf4 Kh3 83. Qxa4 Rd3 84. Qe4 Rd1 85. Qh7+ Kg2 86. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "12"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Drozdovskij, Y"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2581"] [ECO "A18"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Rb3 Na5 15. Rc3 Rac8 16. Qc2 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc4 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nb3 Bf5 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rc8 22. f4 f5 23. Bf2 g6 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. Re1 a5 26. h3 b4 27. g4 Rf8 28. Bg3 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Bf2 Qc6 31. e6 Nd6 32. e7 Re8 33. Qd4 Ne4 34. Bh4 Kf7 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Kh1 Rg8 37. Rd1 Nc3 38. Rd2 Qe6 39. Kh2 Qd6 40. Kh1 Qh6 41. Bg5 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"] [Site "Odessa UKR"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "13"] [White "Gelfand, B"] [Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2598"] [ECO "D41"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Qf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. e5 Qd8 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf8 22. Bc4 Re7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rb8 25. f4 b5 26. f5 Nd7 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. axb5 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 axb5 31. Qb4 Qc5 32. Qf4 Rbe8 33. Rec1 Qb6 34. Qb4 Nf8 35. Bd5 Qf6 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Qf4 Qe5 38. Qb4 Qf6 39. Qf4 Qe5 40. Qb4 1/2-1/2