GM Konstantin Sakaev annotates the games of the 11th round: Bareev-Sokolov Exchanging the Knights Ivan Sokolov corrected his game against Bologan, which was played in this tournament before. It's well-known that exchanges are in favour or the side who has less space. Black is close to equalization. 18.d5 is a rather early break, postion after 20... Nc5 is about to be equal. I am not sure if the move 21...Re8 is good, since now Black does not attack d5-pawn. Bareev has some pressure. Of course the opening knowledges of Peter Leko and Zhang Zhong are very different. Considering this circumstance Chinese is trying to thrust a non-standart play on contender, but he has got nothing out of this way. Position is equal, probably Black is slightly better. Seems Zhang Zhong decided to play at give-away. He has given the pawn for nothing, without any compensation Kramnik-Topalov 10.f4- a rare move, more often is played 10.Be3 with further Qd2. 14...ef4 - a rather strange move, which helps White to develop. More logical was 14...Bf6. In the game after 20.Bg3 White has an advantage. The game is played for 2 results only - White's win or a draw. I think in the final position White could play for a win after 23...ab5 24.Ra6. Although very likely Black would keep equilibrium in this case as well. Anand-Timman Timman has chosen an unfavourable from the theoretical point of view variation, he did invent nothing interesting and he will lose soon. Bologan again astonished by playing closed openings. There is the complicated positional struggle with mutual chances now. Probably White's position is more preferable, but I do not think that Adams will give up in a position of such kind. Adams blundered - 26...Qc4?? and now only accuracy required from White to realize an extra piece. Shirov-Akopian Akopian solved opening problems, position is equal. However such an inventor as Shirov can devise something to make spectators not to be bored. Akopian did not find the ways to defence e5-pawn. Knight h5 is out of play, Black is worse. Svidler-Van Wely A rare case when White did not avoid Cheliabinsk variation. After a mutual destruction of pieces the game most likely will be drawn. 28...Qg7 a doubtful move, it was more logical to play 28...Re5 29.Qd4 Kg8.