Staunton Memorial

(1) Smeets,J (2593) - Short,N (2655) [C96] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (10), 17.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Nf8 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Ne4 Ne6 18.h4 Qc7 19.Neg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 h6 22.Qd3 hxg5 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxg7 Rg8 26.Qf6+ Kf8 27.e6 Nc6 28.hxg5 Rd8 29.Qh6+ Rg7 30.g6 fxg6 31.Qh8+ Rg8 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Bxg6+ Rxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Re3 1-0

(2) Van Wely,L (2644) - Cherniaev,A1 (2431) [A81] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (10), 17.08.2008 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b4 c6 6.c4 Ne4 7.Bb2 0-0 8.a4 d5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.b5 Nd7 12.a5 Kh8 13.e3 Rc8 14.Nc3 Bg8 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.0-0 Qc2 17.Nc1 g5 18.Qxc2 Rxc2 19.Ba3 g4 20.Ne1 Rc4 21.Ned3 Nc3 22.Bxe7 Re8 23.Bh4 Nxb5 24.Nf4 Nc3 25.Na2 Ne4 26.Rfb1 b6 27.Nb4 Nc3 28.Rb2 Rec8 29.Nbxd5 Nxd5 30.Bxd5 1-0

(3) Werle,J (2591) - Wade,R (2167) [D52] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (10), 17.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nxc4 Qd8 10.Qc2 Nd5 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Ne4 Bd7 14.a3 f5 15.Nc5 Bc8 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Ncd3 Qe7 18.g3 Bd7 19.Bf3 Rf6 20.Rae1 Be8 21.Bg2 Bg6 22.f4 Bh5 23.Qd2 Kh8 24.Kh1 Rg8 25.e4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Rff8 27.Qg2 Nf6 28.Qh3 Qe8 29.g4 Bf7 30.Nxf7+ Qxf7 31.Ne5 1-0

(4) Wells,P (2526) - Speelman,J (2524) [E07] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (10), 17.08.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 a5 11.Rc1 Nb6 12.Ne5 Nh5 13.c5 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Nd7 15.Qd2 1/2-1/2

(5) L'Ami,E (2610) - Timman,J (2562) [E36] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (10), 17.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.cxd5 Ne4 8.Qc2 exd5 9.Bf4 c5 10.f3 Ng5 11.dxc5 Ne6 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.c6 Qc7 15.e3 0-0 16.Ne2 Nc5 17.Qc2 Qxc6 18.Nd4 Qh6 19.Kf2 Re8 1/2-1/2

(6) Sokolov,Iv NED (2658) - Adams,Mi (2735) [E21] 6th Staunton Memorial London ENG (10), 17.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 h5 12.d5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qf6 14.Qd2 g4 15.Nd4 Nd7 16.Nb5 0-0-0 17.Nxa7+ Kb8 18.Nb5 Nc5 19.Qc3 Qg5 20.Rd1 exd5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.b4 Ne6 23.e3 Rhe8 24.a4 c6 25.Nd4 Rc8 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Qd4 Kc7 28.a5 Rb8 29.b5 Qe5 30.Qd2 Be4 31.axb6+ Rxb6 32.Rc1 Re8 33.Qa2 Kb7 34.Qxf7+ Re7 35.bxc6+ Rxc6 36.Qb3+ Ka8 37.Qg8+ Kb7 38.Qb3+ Ka8 39.Qa2+ Ra7 40.Qg8+ Kb7 41.Qf7+ Kb6 42.Qb3+ Kc7 43.Qf7+ Kb6 44.Qb3+ 1/2-1/2