Ivanchuk viste noget af den høje klasse, han har, ved i 8. runde af turneringen i Foros at besejre Rublevsky med de sorte brikker. Da Karjakin samtidig kun fik remis, deler de to ukrainere nu føringen – et point foran Shirov.
| van Wely | – | Eljanov | 1 – 0 |
| Karjakin | – | Nisipeanu | remis |
| Dominguez | – | Jakovenko | remis |
| Shirov | – | Onischuk | remis |
| Rublevsky | – | Ivanchuk | 0 – 1 |
| Svidler | – | Sasikiran | remis |
Aerosvit
Foros 18.06 – 29.06 2007
| 1 | Karjakin | 5.5 |
| Ivanchuk | ||
| 3 | Shirov | 4.5 |
| 4 | van Wely | 4.0 |
| Onischuk | ||
| Dominguez | ||
| Svidler | ||
| Jakovenko | ||
| 9 | Rublevsky | 3.5 |
| 10 | Nisipeanu | 3.0 |
| Sasikiran | ||
| Eljanov |
| Ivanchuk | – | Dominguez |
| Jakovenko | – | Shirov |
| Onischuk | – | Svidler |
| Sasikiran | – | Karjakin |
| Nisipeanu | – | van Wely |
| Eljanov | – | Nisipeanu |
Sergei Rublevsky (2680) Vassily Ivanchuk (2729)
Foros (8) 2007
1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 Sf6 5.Sc3 a6 6.Lc4 e6 7.Lb3 Le7 8.g4 0–0 9.g5 Sfd7 10.h4 Sc5 11.Le3 b5 12.Dg4 b4 13.Sa4 Sxb3 14.axb3 Dc7 15.0–0–0 Sc6 16.Sxc6 Dxc6 17.Sb6 Tb8 18.Sxc8 Tbxc8 19.Td2 a5 20.g6 f5 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Dg3 a4 23.Tg1 Lf6 24.Lg5 f4 25.Dd3 axb3 26.Lxf6 Txf6 27.Kb1 Tf7 28.cxb3 Tfc7 29.Tdd1 Db6 30.h5 Dxf2 31.h6 g5 32.Txg5 e5 33.Tdg1
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33…f3 34.Tg8+ Kxh7 35.T1g7+ Txg7 36.Txg7+ Kxh6 37.Dxd6+ Kxg7 38.Dxe5+ Kh6 39.De6+ Kg5 40.Dxc8 De1+ 41.Ka2 Dxe4 42.Dc1+ Df4 43.Dg1+ Kh5 44.Dh1+ Kg6 45.Dg1+ Kf5 46.Dc5+ Kg4 47.Dg1+ Dg3 48.Dd4+ Kh3 49.Dxb4 f2 50.Dc4 Kg2 51.Dd5+ Kg1 52.Dd4 Dg8 53.Ka3 Da8+ 54.Kb4 Df3 55.Ka3 Kg2 56.Dd2
Hvid taber også efter 56.Dg7+ Kf1, f.eks. 57.Dc7 Da8+ 58.Kb4 De4+ 59.Ka3 Ke2 60.Dh2 Df5 61.b4 Kd1 62.Dd6+ Kc2.
56…Da8+ 57.Kb4 Db7+ 58.Ka4 Da6+ 59.Kb4 Df6 60.Ka3 Kh1 61.Dd5+ Kg1 62.Dc5 Df4 63.Ka2 De4 64.b4 Kf1 65.b5 Ke1 66.Dc3+ 0–1