[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bb7 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Raa1 Bb4 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Qf5 Ba6 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Ne5
Rac8 22. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alex"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 9. Re1 Nc5 10. b4 Ncxe4 11. Qd3 Bg7 12. Rxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. Bb2 a5
15. b5 b6 16. a4 f5 17. Qc4 g5 18. h3 h6 19. Nbd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf1 Qf7
22. Ng3 Re7 23. Qb3 Ree8 24. c4 Qg6 25. Qd1 Bf6 26. Nd2 Bd8 27. Bc3 Rf7 28. c5
dxc5 29. Nc4 Bf6 30. d6 e4 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. dxc7 Rxc7 33. Qd5+ Rf7 34. Nd6 Re5
35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Nf1 Rd5 38. Ne3 Rd4 39. Nxf5 Rxa4 40. Nd6+ Kg6
41. Rxe4 Rb4 42. Re6+ Kh7 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Qd7 15. Bc2
h6 16. d5 Ne7 17. b3 c6 18. c4 g6 19. Nf1 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nh5 21. Bd3 Bg7 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. b4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qe2 Ba6 27. N1d2 Re8 28.
Qf1 Qb7 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Nxc8 31. Nb3 Na7 32. Nbd4 Qb6 33. Ne2 g5 34. Qc1
Bc8 35. Qa3 Bf6 36. Bc2 Qc7 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. Qa6 Bc8 39. Qa3 Bd7 40. Qa6 Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Bh6 cxd4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Kd2 Bg4 16. Ke3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 e6 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rc5 b6 20. Rc3 Rad8
21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bxa6 Nc6 24. Rc4 f5 25. exf5 exf5 26. Bb7 Re8+ 27.
Kf4 Ne7 28. Rc7 Kf6 29. Kg3 Red8 30. Rb1 f4+ 31. Kh3 Re6 32. Rc4 Rd7 33. Be4
Rdd6 34. Kg4 Nd5 35. Rb5 h5+ 36. Kh3 Ne7 37. a4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. h4 Kg7 40.
Kf1 Kf6 41. Ke2 Nf5 42. d5 Re8 43. Rcb4 Rb8 44. Bd3 Nxh4 45. Rxf4+ Nf5 46. Rfb4
Ke5 47. f4+ Kf6 48. Kf1 Ne7 49. Be4 Kf7 50. Kg2 Ra8 51. Rxb6 Rxa4 52. Rxd6 Rxb4
53. f3 Rb2+ 54. Kh3 Rd2 55. Kg3 Kg7 56. Rd7 Kf6 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Ra6 Nf5+ 59.
Kh3 Kg7 60. Bxf5 gxf5 61. Rd6 Kf7 62. Kh4 Ke7 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Kxh5 Rxd5 65.
Re5 Rd1 66. Kg5 Rf1 67. Re3 Rb1 68. Ra3 Rc1 69. Kxf5 Rc5+ 70. Kg4 Rb5 71. Ra6
Rc5 72. Rh6 Ra5 73. Rh5 Ra6 74. Rh7+ Kg6 75. Rb7 Kf6 76. Rb8 Ra5 77. Rf8+ Kg6
78. Re8 Kf6 79. Rh8 Kg6 80. f5+ Kg7 81. Rh4 Ra3 82. Kf4 Ra1 83. Kg5 Rg1+ 84.
Rg4 Rf1 85. f6+ Kf7 86. f4 Ra1 87. Rg2 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. b3 b5 12. Ne5 b4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd4 15.
Bb2 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Howell, David W"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qe4 Rd8 14. Re1 Rd7
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxe5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Qc4 19. Qxe5 Rd5 20. Qe3 Rd3
21. Qe2 Rxc3 22. Rad1 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc4 24. Bg3 Bd7 25. h3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 Qc8 17. Rae1 O-O 18. f3 b4 19. cxb4 Bxb2 20. fxe4 Bxa3 21.
Re3 Qxc2 22. Rg3+ Ng6 23. Rh3 Rfe8 24. exf5 Nf4 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qxf4 Bb2 27.
Qxd6+ Kg8 28. Qg3+ Kf8 29. f6 Re2 30. Kh1 Rc8 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Rxh7 Qg6 33.
Qxg6 fxg6 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. f7 Bg7 37. f8=Q+ Bxf8 38. Rxf8+ Kd7
39. h3 Ke7 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Ra8 Rxa2 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Bc4+ Be6 8.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. Qxd4 Kf7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qg3 Nc6 14.
O-O Nd4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Rae1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nf5 18. Qf4 Kg8 19. e6 Rf8 20. Qb4
Re8 21. Re5 Ne7 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Rfe1 Rf8 24. h3 Rad8 25. R5e2 Rf5 26. c4 Rf4
27. Qe3 b6 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Rxc4 30. Qd7 h6 31. Re2 Qc5 32. Qxa7 Qd6 33.
Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Rd4 35. Re1 Qd5 36. Qf7 Qd6 37. g3 Rd5 38. Qf3 Rf5 39. Qe4 Qd5
40. Qe3 b5 41. f4 Qxa2 42. g4 Rd5 43. Re2 Qc4 44. f5 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Nd5 46. Qe5
Qc6 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Rf1 49. Kg3 Nf6 50. Kh4 Rf3 51. Rd2 Qc4 52. e7 Qf1 53.
Rh2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4
c4 9. Re1 g6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Qd2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf3 d4 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Qb5 20. h4 d3 21. Re7
Be6 22. Bf6 Qf5 23. Bd4 Rad8 24. Qe3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 b5 26. Ra7 Bc8 27. Bd5 h5
28. g3 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Kh2 Qe5 32. b3 Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Re1 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Kf3 Rxc3 37. a4 Rc2 38. Ke3 Kf8 39. Rd6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bg3 f5 15. c5 f4
16. Bh4 Nf7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. Bf6 g5 20. Nh2 g4 21. hxg4 h4 22. Rc1
Bg5 23. Bxg5 Nxg5 24. Nf3 Qxg4 25. Nxe5 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Qg7 27. gxh3 Qxe5 28. Rg1+
Kh7 29. Bg4 f3 30. Nb5 Bxg4 31. Rxg4 Rf4 32. Qg1 Raf8 33. Rc7 R8f7 34. Rxf4
Qxf4 35. Qg4 Qd2 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel2"]
[Black "Kononenko, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Nb6 Rd8 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ba5 Bd6 13. c5 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Qb8 16. Qd1 e5 17. f3 exd4 18. exd4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Be1 Bg5 21. Bf2
b6 22. b4 a5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Rdd8 25. c6 Bf4 26. g3 Bd6 27. Qb3 Bh3 28.
Rfc1 Bc7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 h5 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. Qb5 Qd8 33. Re1 Rg6 34. Rac1
h4 35. Re5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qg5 37. Qb2 b5 38. Rc5 Rc8 39. c7 b4 40. g4 Qe7 41.
Rxa5 Qxc7 42. Rxd5 Rxg4+ $1 43. fxg4 Qb7 44. Kh3 Qxd5 45. Kxh4 Qe4 46. Qd2 Qh7+
47. Kg3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 c6 11. Bg2 Re8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. b4 Bf8 15.
b5 Qc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. a4 Rad8 18. Rb1 Ba8 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. a5 bxa5 21. Na4 Bb4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Qxb4 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rb8 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 d5
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Kf3 Rb5 32. Na4 $4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuri"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Na6 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nde4 Nc5 15.
Bd3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 g4 17. O-O Bg6 18. Qe2 Bh5 19. c5 a6 20. h3 Qd7 21. Qd1 Rf5
22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qb6 Bf8 26. Bh4 Bg6 27. f3 Nh6 28.
Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Nf5 30. Ne4 Nd4 31. Rae1 Qf7 32. Bg5 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Qh5 34.
Bd8 Ne2+ 35. Rxe2 Qxe2 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qxd6+ Kf7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Be7+ Kg7
40. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. b4 Bg4 8. a4 Nbd7
9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bg2 e6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bd2 Rfb8 15. Ra2
Qb7 16. Rfa1 Ne8 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nc1 Qc8 20. Be1 Kf8 21. Nd3 Nfe8
22. f3 f5 23. Bh4 Qb7 24. Bf1 Nf6 25. Ne5 Nce8 26. Ra3 Ng8 27. axb5 Bxe5 28.
bxc6 Qxb4 29. fxe5 Nc7 30. Be1 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Be2 h5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nc5 18. Qf5 Qc8 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. fxe5 Qe6
21. Rf1 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. exf6 Bf8 24. Bxh5+ Ke6 25. Rff5 Nd7 26. f7 Bg7
27. g4 Rad8 28. a4 Ne5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kb1 Bh6 32. h4 Nc4 33.
c3 Ne5 34. Rf1 Bf8 35. g5 Ke7 36. Kc2 Bg7 37. Be2 b4 38. cxb4 Nxf7 39. Rf4 Rd4
40. Rxd4 Bxd4 41. g6 Nd6 42. h5 Kf6 43. b3 Nc8 44. Kd3 Bg1 45. Bg4 Nb6 46. Ke4
Kg7 47. Be6 Bf2 48. Kf5 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Mannion, Stephen"]
[Black "Sareen, Vishal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 b5
15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qe2 Ra8 21. Bb5
O-O 22. Bg5 Rfb8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd3 Rb6 25. Red1 g6 26. Qf2 Rab8 27. Qg3 a4
28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Qe3 Ne8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. g3 e5 33. Qd2 Rd8 34. c4
Rc8 35. Rc1 Rcc6 36. Rd5 Nc7 37. Ra5 a3 38. b3 Ne6 39. Rd5 Nc5 40. Rd1 Qf6 41.
Qe3 Ne6 42. Rb5 Nc5 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Nc1 Rc6 45. Nd3 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 Qe6 47. Rd2
Qh3 48. Qg1 Qe6 49. Rd5 Qf6 50. Qe3 Rc5 51. Rd3 Qe6 52. Kc2 Rc6 53. Rd5 Qh3 54.
Qg1 Qc8 55. Qf1 Qc7 56. Qf2 Rc5 57. Qd2 Rxd5 58. Qxd5 Qb6 59. c5 Qxc5+ 60. Qxc5
dxc5 61. Kd3 f5 62. Kc4 g5 63. exf5 {# Quiz} g4 $1 (63... gxh4 $2 64. gxh4 Kf6
65. Kxc5 Kxf5 66. Kxb4 Kf4 $11 67. Kc3 (67. Kxa3 Kxf3 68. b4 e4 69. b5 e3 70.
b6 e2 71. b7 e1=Q 72. b8=Q) 67... Kxf3 68. Kd2 e4 69. Ke1 Ke3 70. b4 Kd4 71.
Ke2 Kc4 72. Ke3 Kxb4 73. Kxe4 Kc3 74. Ke3 Kb2 75. Kd2 Kxa2 76. Kc2 Ka1 77. Kc1
a2 78. Kc2 {stalemate}) 64. fxg4 e4 $1 65. gxh5 e3 66. Kd3 c4+ $1 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Spence, David"]
[Black "Fairbairn, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.09.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 a6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qe2 c6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. g4 h6 15.
Bf4 g5 16. gxf5 gxf4 17. Qxf4 Nd7 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "www.chesstoday.net"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e5 Bb4 10. O-O f5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bh5+ $5 $146 g6 13. Bf3 Qc8 14.
Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne7 16. Bb4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd5 18. c3 Qc4 19. Rfd1 Qg4 20. Qd3
Kf7 21. h3 Qf4 22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Qf3 a5 24. Bd6 a4 25. Rd4 Qc6 26. Rad1 $36 h6
27. R1d3 (27. Rxd5 $2 exd5 28. Rxd5 Ke6 $1) 27... Kg7 28. Kh2 Rac8 29. Qg3 Kh7
30. Qh4 Rhg8 31. Rg3 g5 32. Qh5 Rg7 33. Qd1 Nf4 34. h4 Rh8 35. Kg1 Kg8 36. b3
axb3 37. axb3 Rhh7 38. h5 Rh8 $1 39. Ba3 Kh7 40. Bc1 Nd5 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4
Nb6 43. Rd6 Qa4 44. Qxa4 Nxa4 45. Ra3 Nc5 46. Ra7 Rc8 47. Be3 f4 48. Bxc5 (48.
Bxc5 Rxc5 49. Rdxd7 Rxd7 50. Rxd7+ Kg8 $11) (48. Bd4 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "www.chesstoday.net"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. e5
Ng4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qa5 12. Ba3 dxe5 13. Nd5 $146 (13. h3
Bh6 14. Ng5) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Ne3 (15... Bh6 $5) 16. Rd2 Nc6
17. Bb5 $1 Rfc8 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxe7 Rfc8) 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nc4 21. Bxe7 $1 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Rb8 23. Kc1 Rc4 24. Bd6 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "www.chesstoday.net"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Qf2 Bd7 13. Kb1 Na5 $146 14. g5
Nec4 15. Bc1 b5 16. f4 b4 17. Nce2 Qb6 18. Rh2 d5 19. exd5 Bc5 20. Qf3 Rad8 21.
Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd3 Bc5 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Nc1 g6 $2 27.
Bh3 $16 f5 28. gxf6 Bf7 29. f5 Bd4 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qg4 Bxf6 32. Re2 $6 a5 33.
Re4 Kg7 34. Qg3 $6 (34. h5 g5) 34... Rh8 $132 35. Bf5 Rh5 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Be6
Bxh4 $13 38. Qg2 Be8 39. Rg4 Re5 40. Bc4 Re1 41. Bd3 Qf6 42. Qd2 Qf2 43. Be2
Bf6 44. Rc4 Qg3 45. Rc7+ Qxc7 46. Qxe1 g5 47. Nd3 Bg6 48. Qg1 Qe7 49. Bg4 Qe4
50. Qg3 Bf7 51. Qh3 Bd5 52. Bf5 Qh4 53. Qe3 Qd4 54. Qg3 Bf7 55. Qg2 Qd5 56. Be4
Qe6 57. Nc5 Qd6 58. Nd3 Be6 59. Qh1 Qd4 60. Qh7+ Kf8 61. Bf5 Bf7 62. Qh6+ Ke7
63. Qh2 Qd6 (63... a4 $5) 64. Qh7 Qb8 65. Bg4 Kf8 66. Qh6+ Ke7 67. Qh7 Kf8 68.
Qh6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 ({
In Sofia Mtel Masters tournament, Topalov brilliantly defeated Anand after} 7.
Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 $1 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6
14. Nxf7 $3 Kxf7 15. O-O-O $44 {, etc. But now Veselein goes for a main line.})
7... c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 {
# On the board is an important theoretical tabia, which is often tested at the
highest levels. Black can hope only for equality, but he has a reasonable
chance of achieving it.} c5 ({Here} 13... b5 {is a major alternative. In the
latest top game, Bacrot-Adams, Dortmund 2005, Black faced problems.}) 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 $1 {This intermediate move was
introduced in 1997 and replaced the old, unsafe continuation 17...Bb5.} 18.
Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 ({Another known line is} 19. Ba3 Bf6 $1 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rc1
Bg5 $1 (21... Bb5 $6 22. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Shneider-Anand, Bastia rapid 2000} Qb6
23. Ne4 Be7 24. Re5 $1 Bb4 25. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Rh5 $18 {
Rebel12-Fritz6, Computer tournament, Cadaqu 2000 or 27.Qf5 +-}) 22. f4 Bf6 23.
Kh1 Bb5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Ne4 {with a rather symbolic White advantage
(cmarine200 - lazer, www.playchess.de 2001).}) 19... Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4
Nd3 22. Ba3 ({In the past, the main attention was focused on} 22. Be5 Nxe1 23.
Rxe1 Bf6 $1 24. Bxf6 (24. Bh3 Qd2 $1 25. Kf1 Rce8 26. c7 $2 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5
28. c8=Q Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Re8 $19 {Komarov}) 24... Qxf6 {(1/2-1/2 Ko
marov-Nosenko, Slavutich 2005 - well there are reasonable doubts that the game
was really played)} 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 $11 {
with equality Kir.Georgiev-Komarov, Yugoslavia 1997}) 22... Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8
24. Rxe8+ $1 ({Topalov showes his preparation and improves upon the only
preceding game with 22.Ba3, Sammalvuo-Veingold, Finnish ChT 1997, where White
played} 24. Be4) 24... Qxe8 25. Bd5 $1 $44 {# Black has an extra exchange, but
White's c6 pawn is dangerous and his bishop pair is powerful. Certainly,
Topalov hoped that he would have better chances here (at least from a purely
practical point of view).} h5 {Played after a long think... Was Anand trying
to find the objectively best plan? Or maybe he wished to surprise Veselin and
avoid any preparation? The play now is complex, and rather unconcrete.} 26. Kg2
Be7 27. Bb2 Bf6 28. Bc1 $1 {Preserving two bishops.} ({
Black has nothing to worry about after} 28. Bxf6 gxf6) 28... Qe7 ({Possible was
} 28... Rc7 $5 {with idea to meet} 29. Bf4 {by} Be5 30. Qe4 Re7) 29. Be3 (29.
Bf4 $5 {(with idea of 30.c7) was called for. I am hesitating to name a clear
reason as to why Veselin refused to make this move.}) 29... Rc7 ({
Now the question to Viswanathan - why not} 29... h4 $5) 30. h4 Be5 31. Qd3 Bd6
({There certainly would have been a certain logic in} 31... Kh8 $5 {
, removing the king from a2-g8 diagonal. Anand might have disliked} 32. Qe4 {
with idea} Bd6 33. Qf3) 32. Bg5 Qe8 33. Qf3 b5 $5 34. Be3 ({
Topalov plays for a win.} 34. Qxh5 Rxc6 $1 35. Bxc6 (35. Qg6 $6 Rb6 $1) 35...
Qxc6+ {leads to equality.}) 34... Qe5 35. Qd1 Qe8 36. Qxh5 {
With the bishop on e3, White has additional possibilities.} Rxc6 {#} 37. Bxa7 (
{Interesting, but very uncertain was} 37. Qg6 $5 Qf8 38. Bd4 $13) 37... Ra6 38.
Bd4 {White excahnges his c6 pawn for two black pawns and preserves a very
slight initiative} Bf8 39. Be5 b4 40. Qf5 g6 41. Qf4 Qe7 42. Bd4 Ra5 43. Qf3
Bg7 44. Bb6 Rb5 45. Be3 {#} Bc3 {Somewhat careless move.} 46. Bg5 $1 {
Creating concrete problems for Black.} Qa7 $2 {Wrong way.} ({Also not good was
} 46... Qc7 $2 47. Qd3 $1 Rb6 48. Bd8 $1 Qxd8 49. Bxf7+) ({But} 46... Qf8 $1 {
still could maintain balance:} 47. Qd3 Rb6 48. Bd8 ({or} 48. Be3 Rf6) 48... Rd6
49. Bc7 Rf6) 47. Qd3 $1 Rb6 $6 (47... Qb6 $6 {does not prevent} 48. Bd8 $1) ({
So,} 47... Qa6 $1 48. Bd8 $5 Kg7 49. Kg1 Qd6 50. Qxb5 Qxd8 {
with realistsic chances for a draw should have been preferred.}) 48. Be3 $1 $16
Qa6 ({After} 48... Qc7 49. Bxb6 Qxb6 {White can create the passed pawn by} 50.
a4 $1) 49. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 50. Qd7+ Kf8 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qc7+ Kg8 53. Qxb6 Qxa2
54. Qxg6+ $18 {# White is obviously winning. Now he faces unexpected (at least
for me as an online spectacor) technical problems...} Kh8 55. Qc6 Qf7 56. g4
Bg7 57. h5 b3 58. Qe4 b2 59. h6 Bf6 $1 60. Bd4 $6 ({
The most clear way to victory was} 60. g5 $1 Qe7 61. Qxe7 Bxe7 62. Bd4+ ({not} 
62. g6 $4 Bf6 $19) 62... Kh7 63. Bxb2 Bxg5 64. Bg7 $18 {and Black can resign.})
60... Kg8 61. Bxf6 $2 (61. Bxb2 $5 Bxb2 62. g5 {, most probably, was enough
for victory.  I remember a recent John Nunn article in New in Chess, devoted
to such queen endgames, where the strongest side has two extra pawns  (g+h),
but, as a rule (incredibly) can not win.  Here Black also has the bishop, but
White's third pawn on the f-file is more important!.}) 61... Qxf6 62. Kg3 $6 ({
After this move White should not win. But, honestly, I have no clue if he wins
in other lines - e.g.,} 62. f3 Kh8 $1) 62... Qb6 $1 63. Qc4+ ({Or} 63. Qb1 Kh8
$1) 63... Kh7 $1 64. g5 $1 {Threatening with mate in two.} Qg6 $5 {#  After thi
s move, an extremely interesting situation arose - I would not claim to have
mastered all its nuances. In short, I did not find a win for White.} ({
But I have a necessary note that} 64... Qxh6 $5 65. gxh6 b1=Q {is a Draw (!)
according to a 6-Man tablebase (the instructions for its online use can be
found at www.chessassistance.com/News/6_man_tbs.html)} {For example,} 66. Qe6
Qg1+ 67. Kf3 Qf1 {, and so on.}) 65. Qc7+ Kg8 $1 66. Qb8+ (66. Qd8+ Kh7 $1 (
66... Kf7 67. Qd5+ $1 {
is position, which White would be happy to achieve - more about it later})) (
66. Qc8+ Kf7 $1) 66... Kf7 ({Not} 66... Kh7 $2 67. Qb7+ Kg8 68. h7+ $1 Qxh7 69.
Qxb2 {, this is one of main White's traps.}) 67. Qb7+ Kf8 $1 ({Not} 67... Kg8
$2 68. h7+) ({And not} 67... Ke6 $2 68. Qc6+ $1 Kf7 69. Qd5+ Ke7 70. h7 b1=Q
71. h8=Q {#  Now Black would be happy to ged rid of his two queens (which
would lead to stalemate), but this is impossible:} Qg1+ 72. Kf3 $1 Qxf2+ 73.
Kxf2 Qc2+ 74. Kg3 $3 Qf2+ 75. Kg4 $1 Qf4+ 76. Kh5 Qh2+ 77. Kg6 Qxh8 78. Qf7+
Kd8 79. Qf6+ $18) 68. Qb8+ Kf7 69. Qb3+ Kf8 70. Qf3+ Ke7 ({Not} 70... Kg8 $2
71. Qa8+ $1 $18 {, getting one of two familiar winning positions:} Kf7 ({or} 
71... Kh7 72. Qb7+) 72. Qd5+) 71. Qe3+ Kd7 $5 {#} 72. Qd4+ $2 ({Better} 72.
Qa7+ {, continuing giving checks. (Still, I do not see a win...)}) 72... Ke6 $4
(72... Qd6+ $1 73. Qxd6+ Kxd6 74. h7 b1=Q 75. h8=Q Qg1+ 76. Kf3 {
Qd1+! with perpetual. But not} Qxg5 $2 77. Qd4+ {and... well, it is "mate in
64" according to Nalimov 5-Man online tablebases, http://mx2.lokasoft.com/uk/
tbweb.htm} (77. Qb8+ $5 {is "mate in 74"})) 73. Qxb2 $2 (73. Qc4+ $1 {
as far as I see wins:} Ke7 74. Qc7+ $1 Ke8 (74... Ke6 75. Qc6+) (74... Kf8 75.
Qd8+) 75. Qe5+) 73... Qxg5+ 74. Kf3 Qh5+ 75. Ke4 {#} Qf5+ $2 {
I could not believe my eyes, seeing this move on ICC.} (75... Qg6+ $1 {
was just a simple draw. I guess that the players were absolutely exhausted at
this stage...}) 76. Ke3 Qg5+ $2 (76... Qh3+ $1 $11 {
draws, as claims the 6-Man tablebase}) 77. f4 $1 {Now White is winning again}
Qg3+ 78. Ke4 Qe1+ 79. Kf3 Qf1+ 80. Kg3 Qg1+ 81. Qg2 Qb1 82. Qc6+ Kf7 83. Qd7+
Kf6 84. Qg7+ Ke6 85. Qe5+ ({The key winning idea was} 85. f5+ $3 Qxf5 86. h7
Qd3+ 87. Kh4 $1) 85... Kf7 86. Qh5+ Kf6 87. Qg5+ Kf7 88. Qh5+ Kf6 89. Qh4+ Kf7
{#} 90. h7 $2 (90. Qh5+ {(??) would have led to a third repetition}) (90. Qg4
$1 $18 {was still winning.}) ({While} 90. Qg5 $2 Qe1+ {is a draw.}) 90... Qe1+
$1 $11 {Now the drawing mechanism is relatively simple to find.} 91. Kg4 Qd1+
$1 92. Kg5 Qd8+ $1 93. Kh5 Qd5+ $1 94. Qg5 Qh1+ $1 95. Qh4 Qd5+ $1 96. Kg4 Qd1+
$1 97. Kg3 Qe1+ $1 {A huge disappointment for Topalov, I guess. While Anand
could hardly be completely satisfied with the game as well. But the spectators
were happy!} 1/2-1/2

