Bundesliga Playoff

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(1) Lutz,C (2614) - McShane,L (2620) [B33] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (1), 08.05.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 0-0 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.Be2 Bg5 14.Qd3 Ne7 15.Ncb4 Bb7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.0-0 Qd7 18.Rad1 a5 19.Nd5 Bc6 20.Qg3 h6 21.b3 Kh8 22.c4 bxc4 23.Bxc4 f5 24.Rfe1 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Bd8 26.Re2 Qe8 27.Ne3 Rf6 28.Bd5 Bd7 29.Be4 Rf4 30.Qg6 Qxg6 31.Bxg6 Rf6 32.Be4 Bb6 33.Red2 Bd4 34.Nd5 Rf7 35.Kf1 a4 36.b4 a3 37.f3 Ba4 38.Bc2 Bc6 39.Bb3 Bxd5 40.Bxd5 Rc7 41.Rb1 Rc5 42.Be4 Rcb5 43.Rd3 d5 44.Bf5 g6 45.Bxg6 Kg7 46.Bf5 Kf6 47.Bh3 Bb2 48.Bd7 Rxb4 49.Rxd5 Bd4 50.Rxb4 Rxb4 51.Ra5 Rb1+ 52.Ke2 Rb2+ 53.Kd3 Rxa2 54.Ra6+ Ke7 55.Bc6 Rxg2 56.Rxa3 Rxh2 57.Ra8 Rh4 58.Be4 Kf6 59.Rf8+ Kg7 60.Rc8 Rf4 1/2-1/2

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(2) Hracek,Z (2588) - Van Wely,L (2687) [B30] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (2), 08.05.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.0-0 Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bc4 d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 g6 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.d3 h6 12.a4 Bg7 13.Qe2 Kf8 14.a5 Bf6 15.Bd2 Kg7 16.c3 h5 17.cxd4 Bf5 18.Be3 b5 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Ra2 Rhb8 21.Rea1 a5 22.b3 Ra7 23.Qe1 Rba8 24.h3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

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(3) Sokolov,I (2662) - Pelletier,Y (2610) [D35] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (3), 08.05.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Ne5 g6 12.0-0 Nd6 13.b4 Rc8 14.b5 c5 15.dxc5 Rxc5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Qb3 0-0 18.Na4 Rc8 19.b6 a6 20.Rad1 Bd6 21.Nc3 Ne7 22.Bg3 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Rc6 24.e4 Rxb6 25.Qa3 Qd7 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.exd5 Rf5 28.d6 Nc8 29.Ne4 Rd8 30.Qc3 Qc6 31.Qd4 Qb5 32.d7 Ne7 33.Nd6 1-0

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(4) Efimenko,Z (2620) - Vaganian,R (2631) [C10] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (4), 08.05.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Qc7 11.Bd3 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Qe2 b6 14.0-0-0 Bb7 15.Rhg1 Ke7 16.f4 Rhd8 17.Rde1 b5 18.f5 b4 19.fxe6 bxc3 20.exf7 cxb2+ 21.Kb1 Bd5 22.Qxb2 Kd6 23.Nc4+ Kc6 24.Ka1 Rab8 25.Qc3 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 Rd5 27.Qxa6+ Kd7 28.Qa4+ Kd6 29.Qf4+ Re5 30.Bc4 Nd7 31.Rd1+ Ke7 32.Rge1 Kf8 33.Rxe5 Nxe5 34.Qd4 Qxd4+ 35.Rxd4 Nxc4 36.Rxc4 Kxf7 37.Re4 Kf6 38.Re2 h5 39.a3 g5 40.Ka2 h4 41.a4 Kf5 42.Ka3 Kg4 43.a5 h3 44.g3 Kf3 45.Ra2 Ke4 46.a6 Kd5 47.a7 Ra8 48.Kb4 1-0

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(5) Beliavsky,A (2630) - Babula,V (2584) [E42] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (5), 08.05.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Ba5 9.Bd2 0-0 10.Ng3 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.0-0 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Nxe5 16.Be4 Be6 17.Rfc1 Nc4 18.Qd3 g6 19.Ne2 Rac8 20.Nd4 Rfd8 21.h4 Bd5 22.Rab1 Qe5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Qb3 b6 25.a4 Rc5 26.Rd1 Na5 27.Qb2 h5 28.Qa1 Qe5 29.Qa2 Qf6 30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Ng5 Qe7 32.Qb3 Kg7 33.Qb2+ f6 34.Rxd8 Nxd8 35.Rd1 Nc6 36.Nf3 Rc4 37.Qb5 Rc5 38.Qd3 Ne5 39.Nxe5 Rxe5 40.Qd7 Qf7 41.Rd6 Re7 42.Qb5 Rc7 43.Qd3 Qc4 44.Rd7+ Kh6 45.Qxc4 Rxc4 46.Rxa7 Rxh4 47.f4 g5 48.Ra6 gxf4 49.e4 Rg4 50.Rxb6 Rg3 51.Rxf6+ Kg5 52.Rf5+ Kg4 53.Rf8 Ra3 54.Rg8+ Kh4 55.Kf2 Rxa4 56.Kf3 Ra3+ 57.Kxf4 Rg3 58.Rh8 Rxg2 59.e5 Rf2+ 60.Ke3 Rf1 61.Rg8 Kh3 62.Ke4 h4 63.e6 Kh2 64.Rg4 h3 65.Ke5 Re1+ 66.Kf5 Rf1+ 67.Rf4 Re1 1/2-1/2

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(6) Nyback,T (2551) - Graf,A (2632) [D63] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (6), 08.05.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 Re8 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.0-0 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 e5 14.Bb3 e4 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Rc5 Bg4 17.Qb1 Nd7 18.Rc3 Nf6 19.Rc5 Nd7 20.Rc3 Nf6 21.Bd1 Bf5 22.b4 Qd7 23.Be2 Nd5 24.Rc5 b6 25.Rc2 a6 26.Rfc1 Re6 27.Nc4 f6 28.Qb3 Rd8 29.Nd2 Qb7 30.Nf1 Bg6 31.Ng3 Bf7 32.Qb1 g6 33.Bc4 Ree8 34.Bb3 Rc8 35.Ne2 Kg7 36.Nc3 f5 37.Qa2 Qd7 38.h3 1-0

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(7) Gurevich,M (2630) - Fish,G (2525) [B36] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (7), 08.05.2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 a5 11.0-0 a4 12.Rab1 Qa5 13.Rfc1 Be6 14.b4 axb3 15.axb3 Rfc8 16.Qd1 Qb4 17.Bd2 Qc5 18.Be3 Qb4 19.Bf3 Nd7 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Bd4 23.Be1 Ra2 24.Rc2 Rca8 25.b4 R8a3 26.Rbc1 Qa7 27.g3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Ra1 29.Rc1 Ra2 30.Rc2 Ra1 31.Rc1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

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(8) Schandorff,L (2497) - Van den Doel,E (2558) [E15] Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5 Bremen GER (8), 08.05.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qc1 Re8 14.Bf1 c5 15.Nd2 Bc6 16.e4 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Qb8 18.Bg2 e5 19.Bb2 Nc5 20.Qc2 b5 21.Rad1 b4 22.Nf1 a4 23.f3 Qa7 24.Kh1 Rad8 25.Bc1 1/2-1/2