The King's Indian, CORUS 2007
VAN WELY (2683) - RADJABOV (2729) [E97]
Corus-A Wijk aan Zee (1), 13.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Ne6 ["Understanding the King's Indian": 13.c5... ;13.Be3 ...] 13...Bxe6 14.dxe6 Nh5 15.g3 Bf6 16.c5 f4 17.g4 Ng7 18.Bc4 Nc6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Bd5 Nxb4 22.Rb1 Nc2 23.Rf1 b6 24.Rb2 Ne3 25.Bxe3 fxe3 26.Qb3 Bg5 27.Nc3 Rc5 28.Na4 Rc7 29.Nc3 Qc8 30.Nb5 Rc1 31.Rb1 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Qc5 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Re1 a6 35.Na3 Qd4 36.Re2 Rc3 37.Qb2 h5 38.h3 Qd1 39.Bb3 Rxb3 40.axb3 Nxe6 0-1
Van Wely-Radjabov at ChessGames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1444126
SHIROV (2715) - RADJABOV (2729) [E97]
Corus-A Wijk aan Zee (3), 15.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Nh5 15.g3 Bf6 16.c5 f4 17.Kg2 (17.g4 Van Wely-Radjabov) 17...Nc6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nd5 Nd4 20.Bb2 Nxe6 21.g4 Nhg7 22.Nxf6 Rxf6 23.Qd5 Qe7 24.Red1 Rd8 25.Qa5 b6 26.Qd5 Rff8 27.Rac1 h5 28.gxh5 Qh4 29.Rc6 g5 30.Rxd6 g4 31.Rxe6 Rxd5 32.Rh6+ Kg8 33.Bc4 gxf3+ 34.Kh1 Nxh5 35.Rg1+ Ng3+ 36.Rxg3+ fxg3 37.Rxh4 g2+ 38.Kg1 f2+ 39.Kxg2 f1Q+ 40.Bxf1 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.Bc4+ Kg7 43.Bb3 Rb1 44.Kg2 Rc8 45.Kf3 Rc3+ 46.Kg4 Rf1 47.Kh5 Kf6 0-1
Shirov-Radjabov at ChessGames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1444597
NAVARA (2719) - RADJABOV (2729) [E61]
Corus-A Wijk aan Zee (5), 18.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 ("Understanding the King's Indian": 4...d6 5.Bg5 h6...; 5...Nbd7...; 5...0-0...) 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 b5 7.Nxb5 Ne4 8.Bc1 a6 9.Na3 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 e6 11.g3 exd5 12.Bg2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Qd8 14.cxd5 a5 15.Bc3 d6 16.0-0 Ba6 17.Qd2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nd7 19.Rab1 f5 20.Nb5 Ne5 21.e4 Nc4 22.Qc1 a4 23.exf5 Qd7 24.fxg6 Bxb5 25.Qg5 Ne5 26.gxh7+ Kh8 27.Rfe1 Bd3 28.Rb6 Rae8 29.Re3 Nc4 30.Rxd3 Re1+ 31.Bf1 Qh3 32.Qg8+ Rxg8 33.hxg8Q+ Kxg8 34.Rb8+ Kg7 0-1
Navara-Radjabov at ChessGames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1444679
PONOMARIOV (2723) - TOPALOV (2783) [E71/A65]
Corus-A Wijk aan Zee (7), 20.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 ("Understanding the King's Indian": 9...Bd7!?...) 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.0-0 h6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.a4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 b6 15.Ng3 Nh7 16.f4 h5 17.f5 h4 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Nge2 g5 20.Rf2 a6 21.Raf1 Ra7 22.Nb1 g4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Nd2 Bxb2 25.Nc3 Rg7 26.Nc4 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Bh5 28.Bf4 Rxe4 29.Ne3 Qf6 30.Qc2 Bg6 31.Ng4 Qd4 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Bc1 Re1 34.Qd2 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Bd3+ 36.Kg1 Ng5 37.Kh2 Ne4 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Qf4 Nc3 40.Qxd4 cxd4 41.Nf7 Ne4 42.Bb2 Bf1 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Rxh4 Kxf7 45.Rf4+ Kg8 46.Rxf1 Rh7+ 47.Kg1 d3 48.Rd1 Rh1+ 49.Kxh1 Nf2+ 50.Kg1 Nxd1 51.Bc1 Nb2 52.Kf2 Nxa4 53.Bf4 Nc3 54.Kf3 a5 55.Bd2 Nb1 56.Bf4 a4 57.Bxd6 d2 58.Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1
Ponomariov-Topalov at ChessGames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1444740
KRAMNIK (2766) - RADJABOV (2729) [E92]
Corus-A Wijk aan Zee (11), 26.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Bd3 ("Understanding the King's Indian": 14.Nde4...) 14...Nxf5 15.Nde4 Bh6 16.0-0 Kh8 17.c5 g4 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Qe2 Bg7 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Qxg4 Nxg3 23.Qxg3 Bd7 24.Nc7 Rac8 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Qxe6 27.Rad1 d5 28.Bb1 Rcd8 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-Radjabov at ChessGames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1448453
MOTYLEV (2647) - RADJABOV (2729) [E92]
Corus-A Wijk aan Zee (12), 27.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd5+ ("Understanding the King's Indian": 12.0-0...) 12...Kh8 13.0-0-0 Qe7 14.Qa5 c6 15.Nd2 b6 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.f3 c5 18.Qa3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Bd3 Be6 21.h3 f5 22.Nb1 Nd4 23.Nbc3 Rfd8 24.Be1 f4 25.Kb1 Ng8 26.Ne2 Ne7 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.h4 g4 29.Nc7 Rac8 30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Bd2 gxf3 32.gxf3 Nc6 33.Bxf4 Rf8 34.Bc1 Rxf3 35.Rhg1 Nb4 36.Qxa7 Rg8 37.Qa3 b5 38.e5 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 Qf5 40.Rg5 0-1
Motylev-Radjabov at ChessGames.com:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1448484
More Links:
Some less successful King's Indian games can be found here
Kramnik on Radjabov's King's Indian (64.ru; in Russian)
Ivanchuk annotates Ponomariov vs Topalov game (RCF; in Russian)
Radjabov on his performance in the tournament (Day.Az; in Russian)
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