1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Nf6 8. Nf3 b5 9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. a3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. h3 Rad8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Qb1 Re8 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. Be3 Qe5 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Bf3 Re5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Ne4 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Bxb2 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. g4 Kf8 34. Kg2 Be7 35. Qd1 Bd6 36. Bd5 Qf4 37. Qb3 c5 38. Qc3 h5 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 c4 41. a4 c3 42. Bb3 bxa4 43. Bxa4 h4 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd5 Bf4 46. Kc4 Bd2 47. Kd5 a5 48. Kc6 g6 49. fxg6 fxg6 50. Kd5 Kf6 51. Bc2 g5 52. Ba4 Be1 53. f3 Bf2 54. Bc2 Ke7 55. Ba4 Bg1 56. Ke5 Bh2+ 57. Kd5 Bb8 58. Bc2 Kd7 59. Ba4+ Kc7 60. Kc5 Ba7+ 61. Kd5 Be3 62. Ke4 Bc1 63. Kd5 Kb6 64. Kc4 Bd2 65. Kd4 c2 66. Bxc2 Kb5 67. Bh7 Kb4 68. Bg8 a4 69. Kd3 Bf4 70. Bf7 Ka3 71. Kc2 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

Blindfold Standings Rapid Standings
1. Carlsen 2
Ivanchuk 2
Morozevich 2
2. Anand 1 1/2
Aronian 1 1/2
Karjakin 1 1/2
Kramnik 1 1/2
Mamedyarov 1 1/2
Topalov 1 1/2
3. Gelfand 1
Leko 1
Van Wely 1

1. Anand 2 1/2
2. Aronian 2
Topalov 2
3. Carlsen 1 1/2
Gelfand 1 1/2
Ivanchuk 1 1/2
Karjakin 1 1/2
Leko 1 1/2
Mamedyarov 1 1/2
4. Kramnik 1
Van Wely 1
5. Morozevich 1/2

Blindfold Results Round 4 Rapid Results Round 4
Gelfand-Van Wely 0-1
Karjakin-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
Aronian-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Kramnik-Morozevich 1-0
Anand-Leko 1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Topalov 0-1
Van Wely-Gelfand 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk-Karjakin 1-0
Carlsen-Aronian 0-1
Morozevich-Kramnik 1/2-1/2
Leko-Anand 1-0
Topalov-Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2

Also, thought to add <frogbert>'s current 'live' rating score tab after Round #6 with Moro winning '3 in a row' (thus far!) in the aforementioned Russian Team Championship above. ;)

"03 Morozevich 2784,6 +10,6 (1) 3 1977"

This puts him just a few points behind Kramnik now holding the #2 spot. You can access <frogbert>'s rating analysis here in his Profile - User: frogbert

OK - the conversation Re: 'Moro's wins with Black' starts here...

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<malthrope: Postscript: <DCP23 <...when it comes to beating GMs in the 2600-2700 range (especially with Black), nobody can compete with Moro. Quite probably that's even true through the whole history of chess.>>

Moro's incredible run of wins (which happens quite often) with the Black pieces is nothing short of phenomenal! ;) Which got me to thinking... On a 'good day' Moro might win playing with the White pieces, but even on a 'bad day' you'd better fear him when he plays with the Black pieces! :^)>

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<DCP23: <[...] ...when it comes to beating GMs in the 2600-2700 range (especially with Black), nobody can compete with Moro. Quite probably that's even true through the whole history of chess.>>

<keypusher: <Has anyone done a rating comparison of Morozevich with Black vs. White? Assuming he really is unusually successful with Black (which seems to be the case), what is the reason?>>

<malthrope: <I think we've all noted it (his incrediable runs winning with the Black pieces), but I've never seen a statistical analysis of White wins vs. Black wins in a series. Just looking quickly over his stats here on CG.com we get...

Database of 969 games with Moro winning 410 times...

Wins with White 220 (53.66%)
Wins with Black 190 (46.34%)

So, it appears we simply become aware of it more when he strings an impressive series of wins with Black! :^)>>

<keypusher: <malthrope>

<Database of 969 games with Moro winning 410 times... [...]>

<For a contemporary GM that's an incredible share of wins to get with Black. [...] So the perception that Morozevich is unusually dangerous with Black seems to be well-founded.>

Yes, once I collected the raw data and posted it that was the very first thing that struck me (Moro's winning percentage with Black almost equaling his winning percentage with White). This must be very rare and why we seemingly always pick up his winning series stretched when playing with the Black pieces noticeably.>

Also...

<percyblakeney: When it comes to Morozevich, I think his draw percentage over the last years must be unique. His total in 2006-08 is +61 -25 =41, that is less than a third of his games are drawn.

http://members.aon.at/sfischl/1930s... >

and

<keypusher: [...] So if you did a historical graph of the top players' winning percentages with black, I think you'd start fairly low, then it would rise in the 1920s through the 60s, then fall again. It's probably lower now than it ever has been, which makes Morozevich's percentage of wins with Black all the more surprising.>

As well as...

<percyblakeney: Some white/black stats for modern players (2000-07), from Fischl's site:

http://members.aon.at/sfischl/white...

http://members.aon.at/sfischl/black... >

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That's just the partial gist just of it (as it covers many of the historical aspects of Black's winning percentage through the 20th Century and into the 21st). It all starts here on page - 12 - with <DCP23>'s post (near the bottom of the page) and presently spills onto page -13 -

Russian Team Championship (2008)

Enjoy! :) - Mal

Sadly, I first heard it a couple of months ago. I've got to stay closer to the Zeitgeist.