Staunton Memorial

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(1) Smeets,J (2593) - Timman,J (2562) [B19] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (8), 15.08.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.0-0-0 Ngf6 16.Rhe1 b5 17.c5 Rd8 18.Qc2 0-0 19.Nf5 Rfe8 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.g3 Nd5 22.g4 f6 23.Nh4 Nf8 24.Qe4 Qh2 25.Nf3 Qc7 26.Kb1 b4 27.Qd3 Rb8 28.Re4 Qa5 29.Rc1 Rd7 30.Qc4 Qb5 31.Qxb5 Rxb5 32.Nh4 Ne7 33.Rc4 Nd5 34.f3 a5 35.Be1 a4 36.Bg3 a3 37.b3 e5 38.dxe5 Nc3+ 39.Rxc3 bxc3 40.e6 Re7 41.Bd6 Rxe6 42.Ra4 Re8 43.Kc2 Nd7 44.b4 f5 45.Nxf5 Nf6 46.Ne7+ Kh7 47.Kxc3 Rb7 48.Nxc6 Re3+ 49.Kc4 Rxf3 50.Nd4 Rf1 51.Rxa3 Ne4 52.b5 Rd1 53.Kd5 Nxd6 54.cxd6 Rxb5+ 55.Kc6 Rb4 56.Nb5 Rxg4 57.Rc3 Rb4 58.Rc5 Ra4 59.Nc7 Rxa2 60.d7 Rxd7 61.Kxd7 g6 62.Ne6 gxh5 63.Rxh5 Ra4 64.Rh1 Kg6 65.Kd6 h5 66.Ke5 Ra5+ 67.Ke4 Ra4+ 68.Nd4 Kg5 69.Rg1+ Kf6 70.Rg8 Ra1 71.Nf3 Ra4+ 72.Ke3 Ra3+ 73.Kf2 Ra4 74.Rf8+ Kg7 75.Rf5 Kg6 76.Rg5+ Kh6 77.Rb5 Rf4 78.Ke3 Rg4 79.Ne5 Ra4 80.Nd3 Rg4 81.Nf4 Rg5 82.Rb6+ Kh7 83.Ke4 Ra5 84.Rd6 Rg5 85.Ra6 Rb5 86.Nd5 Kg7 87.Ne3 Kf7 88.Nf5 Rb1 89.Rh6 Rf1 90.Nd4 Re1+ 91.Kf4 Rh1 92.Nf3 Kg7 93.Ra6 Rb1 94.Ne5 h4 95.Kg5 Rb5 96.Ra7+ Kf8 97.Kf5 h3 98.Ra3 h2 99.Rh3 Rb2 100.Nf3 Rb3 101.Kf4 Rb4+ 102.Kg3 Rb2 103.Rh5 Kf7 104.Nxh2 Ke6 105.Nf3 Rb4 106.Kf2 Kd6 107.Ke3 Rc4 108.Nd2 Rc1 109.Ne4+ Ke6 110.Nc5+ Kd6 111.Kd4 Rd1+ 112.Nd3 Ke6 113.Ke4 Kd6 114.Rh6+ Kc7 115.Ne5 Rc1 116.Kd5 Rd1+ 117.Kc5 Rc1+ 118.Nc4 Kd7 119.Ra6 Ke7 120.Kd5 Rd1+ 121.Ke4 Kd7 122.Ne5+ Ke7 123.Nf3 Rd6 124.Ra5 Kf6 125.Rf5+ Ke7 126.Nd4 Rf6 127.Ra5 Rf1 128.Nf3 Rh1 129.Ra6 Rh5 130.Ne5 Rh1 131.Ng6+ Kd7 132.Nf4 Re1+ 133.Kd4 Rd1+ 134.Ke5 1/2-1/2

Startposition

(2) Van Wely,L (2644) - Wade,R (2167) [D35] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (8), 15.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Nge2 Nd7 12.h4 Nf6 13.Nf4 Be6 14.f3 exf3 15.gxf3 0-0 16.Kf2 Nd5 17.Ncxd5 Bxd5 18.Qc3 Rae8 19.a3 Qd6 20.Rag1 Rf7 21.Rg5 Rfe7 22.Re1 g6 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.axb4 Bf7 25.Nd3 Kg7 26.Ne5 Kf6 27.e4 h6 28.Rg2 Rg8 29.Ke3 Be6 30.Rh2 Reg7 31.Rc1 Ra8 32.Rc5 a6 33.Nd3 Ke7 34.Nf4 Bf7 35.e5 Be6 36.d5 Bxd5 37.Nxd5+ cxd5 38.Rc7+ Kf8 39.Rhc2 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Re8 41.Kd4 Re7 42.Rc8+ Kf7 43.f4 Rd7 44.b3 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.fxg5 f4 47.g6+ Kxg6 48.e6 Rh7 49.Rf8 Kg5 50.Kxd5 Kg4 51.Kd6 1-0

Startposition

(3) Sokolov,Iv NED (2658) - Short,N (2655) [A40] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (8), 15.08.2008 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Nxd2 d6 5.g3 e5 6.e3 exd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.Bg2 0-0 9.Ne2 Re8 10.0-0 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.fxe4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 c6 16.Qh5 Re7 17.Rf2 Nd7 18.Raf1 f6 19.Qf3 Qb6 20.Rd1 Rae8 21.Qc3 c5 22.a3 Qc7 23.b4 b6 24.Kh2 Nf8 25.Rf5 Ne6 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Rfd5 Ng5 28.Rxd6 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4 30.Qd3 cxb4 31.axb4 Qxc4 32.Qxc4+ Rxc4 33.Rd8 Kf8 34.R1d7 Rxd8 35.Rxd8+ Ke7 36.Rg8 Kf7 37.Rb8 Rc2+ 38.Kg1 Ra2 39.b5 g5 40.b6 axb6 41.Rxb6 h5 42.Rc6 Re2 43.Ra6 Rb2 44.Rc6 Rd2 45.Ra6 Re2 46.Rb6 Kg6 47.Ra6 Kf5 48.g4+ hxg4 49.hxg4+ Ke5 50.Ra5+ Ke6 51.Ra6+ Ke7 52.Ra7+ Kd6 53.Ra6+ Ke5 54.Ra5+ Kf4 55.Rf5+ Kg3 56.Rxf6 Re1+ 57.Rf1 Rxf1+ 58.Kxf1 Kxg4 59.Kg2 Kf4 60.Kf2 g4 61.Kg2 g3 62.Kg1 Kf3 63.Kf1 g2+ 64.Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

Startposition

(4) Wells,P (2526) - Adams,Mi (2735) [C65] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (8), 15.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 7.Qd3 d5 8.dxe5 dxe4 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.exf6 exf3 11.fxg7 Ne5 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bh6 Rd5 14.Re1 Bh3 15.Nd2 Rh5 16.gxh3 Rxh6 17.Nxf3 Rxh3 18.Ne5 Rh5 19.Nxg6 Rxb5 20.Ne7+ Kxg7 21.b4 Kf8 22.Rad1 Re8 23.a4 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

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(5) Speelman,J (2524) - Cherniaev,A1 (2431) [D02] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (8), 15.08.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qc1 Nf6 5.e3 Nh5 6.Bg3 Bf5 7.c4 Nxg3 8.hxg3 e6 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Nh4 Nf6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bb5+ Kd8 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd3 g6 15.a3 1/2-1/2

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(6) Werle,J (2591) - L'Ami,E (2610) [C42] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (8), 15.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.cxd5 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxd5 11.Re1 Bf5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 f6 15.Qxc7 0-0 16.Rxe7 Qxf3 17.Rxg7+ Kh8 18.Bh6 Qxg4+ 19.Qg3 Qxd4 20.Rxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2