I open this new thread for French games at current Wijk aan Zee tournament...
There is another one in ChitChat sections but it seems more about great chess players taking part to tournament.
PGN files for round 1 are on chessbase website
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6064
No game in French in round 1 for group A but here is one for group B :
[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[ECO "C07"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 sorry for other thread and offbeat moves...this one is main c5 line
4. Ngf3 cxd4 players like Korchnoi and Brynell play here a6 sometimes, but I don't know really why. Is it a transposition to 3...a6!? (Kiriakov) 4.Ngf3 c5 ? I don't know
5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 Black can try other moves too: 6...Qc5 (with the idea to keep eyes on d4 pawn and c4 bishop, attaking bishop has advantage White must loose tempo to play Qe2 or move bishop c4 in order to take d4 pawn back. For example: 7.oo Nf6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nb3 Qh5!? (Dom) 10.Rd1 Bd7 11.Nbxd4 +/=) ; 6...Qd8 (see M.Gurevich's games) ; 6...Qd7 Wolff-Gulko,Durango 1992 where Black will play Qc7 later
7. O-O 7.Qe2!? is intresting but I think Black has good plans: 7...Nc6 8.Nb3 (8.oo Nf6 M Brzeski vs V Malakhatko, 2005 ) Be7! Howell-Levitt,Staunton Memorial 2005
7...Nf6 8. Bb3 I don't believe it is best plan for White to control e5 (with a Nc4 to folllow) at the price of a pawn: 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 (10..Qc7 11.Qe2 +=) 11.b3 (more ambitious than 11.Nb5!? Tal vs Petrosian, 1976 11...Qb8!?) is better for search of initiative in middlegame
8...Nc6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Qe2 better than 10.Nce5 Bc5 11.Qe2 oo 12.Bg5 Qb6 Gwain C Jones-Al Modiahki,Gibraltar 2007
10...Bc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. c3 Bd7 13. cxd4 Be7 14.Nce5 Nd5 15. Qe4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Qg4
Kh8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20.Ne4 Qe7 21. Nd6 f6 22. Nc4 f5 23. Qg3 g5 24. Rd4 Nf4 25. Rxf4 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Kh7 27. Nd6 Rg8 28. f3 Rg6 29. Kf2 Rag8 30. g3 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Rd1 Rf8 34. Rd4 Rh6 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rg6 37. Bd1 Rg8 38. Nxb7 Bxb7 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40. Rxb7 R6g7 41. Rxg7 Kxg7 42. g4 fxg4 43. Bxg4 Kf7 44. h4 Rd8 45. h5 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Kg3 Rxb2 48. h6 Rb4 49. h7 Rb8 50. Kf4 Rh8 51. Bh5+ Kg7 52. Bg4 Kf7 53. Bh5+ Kf8 54. Bg6 Kg7 55. Bc2 Rf8+ 56. Ke3 Rc8 57. Bd3 Rc1 58. Kd4 Rd1 59. Kc3 Rc1+ 60. Kd4 Rc7 61. Bc4 Rc6 62. Bd3 Kh8 63. Bb5 Rc8 64. Bc4 Rc6 65. Bd3 1/2-1/2