FIDE World Championship, Round 9

There was some exciting action in round 9 with Morozevich defeating Kramnik and Grischuk defeats Gelfand to shake up the standings.

The games were:

GM Morozevich - GM Kramnik, 1-0

GM Grischuk - GM Gelfand, 1-0 

GM Anand - GM Aronian, 1/2-1/2

GM Leko - GM Svidler, 1/2-1/2

Standings after 9 of 14 rounds:

1) GM Anand (6/9)

2) GM Gelfand(5/9)

3-5) GM Kramnik, GM Grischuk, GM Leko (4.5/9)

6-7) GM Morozevich, GM Aronian (4/9)

8) GM Svidler (3.5/9)

On a side note the first 1. e4 1...not e5 was played this round. A Sicilian defense was played in the game GM Leko - GM Svidler shown below. 

Now I will provide full commentary and annotations for the game of the round, GM Morozevich - GM Kramnik:

Here are the 3 other games from the round:

Pairings for round 10:

GM Kramnik - GM Anand

GM Gelfand - GM Leko

GM Aronian - GM Grischuk

GM Svidler - GM Morozevich