Game of the Year

ChessToday reports that that ChessPro.ru has announced the winners of its 2009 Game of the Year competition. ChessPro had 44 experts (mainly GM's) look at 44 games, and vote for the game(s) they considered the best of 2009. The winner (with 193 points) was Karjakin v Gelfand from last years World Cup, which Gelfand won. It narrowly beat out Ivanchuk's win over Alekseev, which score 190 points.

Karjakin,Sergey (2723) - Gelfand,Boris (2758) [C55]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (6.1), 06.12.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.h3 a5 9.a4 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Re1 Ra6 12.Qh5 Nb4 13.Na3 Rg6 14.Bf4 b6 15.Qf3 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qe4 Bd6 (D)
18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qxd4 Qg5 20.g3 Qf5 21.g4 h5 22.Re4 d5 23.Kh2 Qf3 24.Ree1 hxg4 25.Qe3 gxh3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27.Rg1 Rxf2+ 28.Kxh3 Rxg1 29.Rxg1 Nxc2 30.Nb5 Rf3+ 31.Kg4 Rxd3 32.Nd6 Ne3+ 33.Kf4 Nc4 0-1