[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Ba6 Qc8
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Qd2
c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h4 Bd7 13. Rh3 h6 14. Rg3 Rg8 15.
h5 O-O-O 16. Kb1 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rxg8 Rxg8 19. f5 e5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxf5 23. Rd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Be2 Bg4 26. Ng1 Be6 27.
Kc1 f5 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. g3 Kf6 30. b3 f4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. c3 a5 33. Kd3 Bd5 34.
c4 Bg2 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Kf5 37. a3 b6 38. Nd2 Ke5 39. Nf3+ Kf5 40. Nd2
Ne5+ 41. Kd4 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bb3
Nd4 9. Qe1 a5 10. Qh4 a4 11. Bxa4 Bg4 12. Rb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rxa4 14. Nxa4 b5
15. Nc3 Qa5 16. a3 b4 17. Nd1 Nxc2 18. Qf2 b3 19. Ne3 Qa4 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Nc4
Rb8 22. f5 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bg5 Rb7 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Rg1 d5
28. Rg2 Rd7 29. h4 Nd4 30. Qe3 c4 31. dxc4 dxc4 32. h5 Qe6 33. hxg6 fxg6 34.
Rg4 Nc2 35. Qc5 Be5 36. Rbg1 Kf7 37. Rh4 Rc7 38. Qf2 Bxb2 39. Qh2 Rb7 40. Rh7+
Ke8 41. Rd1 Bd4 42. Rh8+ Kd7 43. Ra8 b2 44. Qh8 Kc6 45. Qe8+ Qd7 46. Qxg6+ e6
47. Ra6+ Kb5 48. Rxe6 Qh7+ 0-1

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Kg2 Qb6 14. Rb1 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nf4 Qa6 17. h4 a3 18. b3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Qd2 O-O-O 21. Ng5
Bxg5 22. hxg5 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Nc6 24. Nd3 Kb8 25. Rh3 Qb5 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Qd1 Qa6
28. Ne1 f6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nc2 Ka8 32. Rh3 Rf8 33. Bh6 Rf7 34.
Re3 e5 35. dxe5 Ndxe5 36. Qxd5 Rd7 37. Qe4 Rd1 38. Re1 Rd8 39. Bg5 Rf8 40. Re3
Qb5 41. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. d5 Na5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. b3 O-O 12. c4 c5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Qc1 Nb7 15.
a3 f5 16. Nc3 f4 17. Qc2 Bf6 18. Reb1 Qc7 19. Ne1 g5 20. Na4 Nc8 21. b4 Bd8 22.
Rb3 Ra7 23. Rab1 Qg7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nd3 Rf7 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Qe2 Rc7 28. g3
Qd7 29. Nab2 Qh3 30. Kh1 Rf7 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Qd1 f3 34. Rg3 Qh4
35. Qg1 Ne7 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Nd6 38. Rbxf3 Qxe4 39. Nxf7 Nxf7 40. Nd3 Ng6
41. Nxc5 Qxc4 42. Ne6+ Ke8 43. Qd1 Rd7 44. Rd3 Bb6 45. Rg4 Qa2 46. Re4 Nfe5 47.
Rd2 Qxa3 48. f4 Nf7 49. Rd3 Qa2 50. Rb3 Rd6 51. Nc5+ Ne7 52. Qe1 Bd8 53. Re2
1-0

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15.
Nxf7 Rxf7 16. e5 Nc7 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Bd2 a5 21. h4 Be7
22. Rae1 Raf8 23. Be3 Nb4 24. Qc4 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Nxa6 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Bh3 c4 28.
Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Nb4 30. Bd2 c5 31. a3 Nd3 32. b3 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Rxf1 34. Bxf1
Rxf1 35. Bh6 cxb3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rf8+ Ke7 38. Rxf1 b6 39. Kg1 Ba6 40. Rb1 a4
41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. f4 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. Rc1 Bc8 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe2
Nd7 16. Rfd1 Ba8 17. Rc2 Qc8 18. Nc1 Rb7 19. b4 Rc7 20. Nb3 Ncb8 21. Na4 b5 22.
Nb2 bxc4 23. Nxc4 e5 24. Rdc1 Qd8 25. Nba5 f5 26. exf5 e4 27. Bg4 d5 28. Ne5
Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bf6 30. Nac6 Nxc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Nb8 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Rd1
Kh8 35. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6
15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. c4 b6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. a4 a6 14. Rhb1 Rb8 15.
h4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Ke8 19. h5 Kd8 20. Ng1 b4 21. f4 Bd7
22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 24. Qc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kxc3 Kc7 26. Bf3 Rf8 27. Ne2 f6
28. exf6 Rxf6 29. g3 Rf8 30. Ng1 Rg8 31. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4
15. Rad1 Kh8 16. g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 21.
Nxf4 Bxa2 22. c4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Re5 27.
Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxf8 b4 29. Nc2 Bxc4 30. Nd4 Rc8 31. Nd7 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Re4 33.
Nf5 Rf4 34. Ne3 Rd8 35. Nd5 Rf3 36. N7b6 a5 37. Ne3 Re8 38. Kg2 Rf6 39. Rd1
Rg8+ 40. Kf1 Rgf8 41. Rd2 Rh6 42. Nec4 Rxh2 43. Nxa5 Rh1+ 44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Nac4
Rg8+ 46. Kf1 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 h5 48. Rxd6 h4 49. Ne3 Rg5 50. Nbc4 h3 51. Rh6+ Kg7
52. Rh4 Kg6 53. f4 1-0

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d5 b5 9. Qe2 b4 10. Nd1 Nb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf2 Qc8 13. f5 Qa6 14. Qe1 N8d7 15.
Ng4 Nf6 16. Nh6+ Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Rfe8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Nbd7 20. Rf4 Qc4 21.
Qh4 Qxc2 22. Raf1 Qxb2 23. Qh3 Qc3 24. g3 Ne5 25. Rh4 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qe2 27. Kg1
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qe2 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida II Torneo Magistral "]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. d4 Nf6 11. Qe3 Bd6 12. c4 O-O 13. b3 Qe7 14. a3 e5
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf3 Kf8 20. Rfd1
Rae8 21. b4 Ke7 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. c5 Rd7 24. h4 h6 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rd1+ Kc7
27. Rd4 a5 28. g3 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2

