[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc8 14.
Nd3 O-O 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bf2 Bd8 17. b3 Bb6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. c3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Qf5 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Re5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd7 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Nxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. e3 Qa5 10. exd4 Qxg5 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. f3
Ke7 15. Bd3 h5 16. h4 Rhg8 17. a4 g5 18. a5 d6 19. a6 Bc6 20. b5 Bd7 21. Rae1
gxh4 22. Bf1 Rae8 23. Rxh4 Kd8 24. Na4 Ke7 25. Kc3 Kf8 26. Kb4 Rc8 27. Nc3 Rg5
28. Rf4 Ne8 29. Ne4 Rg6 30. Rh4 d5 31. Nc3 dxc4 32. Rxh5 Kg7 33. g4 Rf6 34. Be2
Rf4 35. d5 Nf6 36. dxe6 Bxe6 37. Rg5+ Kf8 38. Rd1 Nd7 39. Rh5 Ke7 40. Rdh1 Nc5
41. Rh8 Nd3+ 42. Ka3 Rxh8 43. Rxh8 Rd4 44. Rb8 Rd7 45. Rc8 Nc5 46. f4 f6 47. g5
fxg5 48. fxg5 Kd6 49. Bf3 Ke5 50. Rxc5+ bxc5 51. b6 axb6 52. Bb7 Rd8 53. a7 Kd6
54. a8=Q Rxa8+ 55. Bxa8 Ke5 56. g6 b5 57. Ne4 b4+ 58. Kb2 c3+ 59. Kc2 c4 60.
Bb7 Kd4 61. Nxc3 bxc3 62. g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qb1 Qd7 13. Bg5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qf5
15. Qxf5 Nxf5 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Bxh4 f6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 a5
21. Nf1 b5 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Rdc1 Kf7 24. Kf1 h5 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Kd3 Nf5 27. Nxf5
Kxf5 28. Rc2 Rc7 29. Rca2 Rac8 30. Rc2 Ra8 31. Rca2 Rac8 32. Rc2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d3 d4 7. Ne4 f5 8. Nd2
Qd5 9. Rg1 Nf6 10. Bg2 Qe6 11. Kf1 Nd5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 g5 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. Qe1 O-O-O 17. Qxe6 Bxe6 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Na5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Bxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Rde8 22. Re5 Rhf8 23. Rge1 Kd7 24. Bd2 h6 25. h4 b6 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 hxg5 29. Kf3 Kd6 30. Re1 Rh8 31. Kg2 g4 32. a4 a6 33. b3 b5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ra1 b4 36. Ra6+ Kd5 37. Rf6 Ke5 38. Rc6 Kd5 39. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. d5 Bf6 15.
Rb1 Nb6 16. Nf1 Nac4 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. Nh2 g6 19. Rf1 Bh4 20. Ne2 c4 21. Nd4 Nbd7
22. b4 Bb7 23. f4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Qe7 26. Ndf3 Bf6 27. Re1 Rac8 28.
Ng4 Bg7 29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 h5 31. Nf2 Qf6 32. Qd2 Qc3 33. Re2 Nb6 34. Rc2
Qxd2 35. Rexd2 Kg7 36. Nd4 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. a3 fxe4 43. Nxe4 Nxd5 44. f5 Nb6 45. Nxd6 Kf6 46. Kf2 Ke5
47. Nxc8 Nxc8 48. Ke3 Nd6 49. Nc6+ Kd5 50. Nb8 Nxf5+ 51. Kd3 Nd6 52. Nxa6 Nc4
53. Nc7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O Be6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qa4 Bf6 17. Bh6 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxa7 b6
21. Qa4 Qd6 22. Bb5 Rc5 23. Qd4+ f6 24. Rfd1 Ra8 25. a4 Qc7 26. h3 Bf5 27. Rb4
h5 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Raa5 30. Qb1 Rc6 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Rc5 33. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Bxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Ne2 Ne7
15. Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Ne5 g6 20. f3 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rc8 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qe2 Bb8 19. Rfe1 Rce8 20. Rad1 Qd6 21.
Qf3 a5 22. Kf1 Bc7 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Rc1 b4 25. Qc6 Re7 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Rc6
Rd8 28. Ra6 Rc7 29. Bc1 Be7 30. Raxe6 Bf6 31. Bf4 Rc2 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8+
Kf7 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Bxd4 36. Kd3 Bxf2 37. Bc7 a4 38. bxa4 Ke6 39. Kc4 Kd7
40. Be5 g5 41. Kd5 Bb6 42. Bd6 Ba5 43. Bf8 g4 44. Ke5 gxh3 45. gxh3 Kc6 46.
Kxf5 Kd5 47. Kg5 Kc4 48. Kh6 Kc3 49. Bg7+ Kc2 50. Kxh7 Bd8 51. Kg6 Kb1 52. Bf6
1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Be7 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Qxd3 Qg4 18. Nfg5 Rfd8 19. h3 Qh5 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. a3 Rac8 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qd3 Ng4 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. O-O bxc3 15.
Be3 h6 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Bxc4 Ncb4 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bc1
Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ra3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxc3 Ba6 26. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Nbd7 14.
O-O-O Nxc5 15. Qf3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Rhe1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qb4
20. h3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Qf3 h5 23. g3 Re1 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Ka2 Qe5 26.
Bf5 g6 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. c3 Qe6 29. Bf1 Qe4 30. Qd1 b5 31. f3 Qe5 32. g4 Qf4 33.
gxh5 gxh5 34. Qd3 Kh6 35. c4 d4 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Qxb5 Qxf3 38. b4 h4 39. Qc4
Nd5 40. b5 d3 41. Qxh4+ Kg6 42. Qg4+ Qxg4 43. hxg4 d2 44. Be2 Kg5 45. Kb3 Kf4
46. Kc4 Ke3 47. Bd1 Nb6+ 48. Kc5 Nd7+ 49. Kd6 Nb6 50. b3 Kd4 51. Kc6 Nd5 52. b6
Nc3 53. Bc2 Nd5 54. Bd1 Nc3 55. b7 Nxd1 56. b8=Q Nb2 57. Qh8+ Kd3 58. Qxb2 d1=Q
59. Qg2 Ke3 60. g5 Qa1 61. Qg3+ Ke4 62. Qg4+ Ke5 63. b4 Qa6+ 64. Kd7 Qd3+ 65.
Ke8 f5 66. Qh4 Qb5+ 67. Kf8 Qb8+ 68. Kg7 Qc7+ 69. Kh6 Qd8 70. Qe1+ Kf4 71. Qc1+
Kg4 72. Qc4+ f4 73. Qe6+ Kg3 74. Qe5 Qf8+ 75. Kh5 Kh3 76. g6 f3 77. Qe6+ Kh2
78. Qf7 Qh8+ 79. Qh7 Qc8 80. Kg5+ Kg2 81. g7 Qd8+ 82. Kf4 Qd4+ 83. Kg5 Qe5+ 84.
Kh6 Qf4+ 85. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. Qe3 a6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. c3
fxe5 9. dxe5 Nb6 10. Ng3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. f5 h6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bf4 Qf7
15. Nh4 exf5 16. Ngxf5 c4 17. Bg3 Qe6 18. Bc2 g5 19. Ng6 Bc5+ 20. Bf2 Nxe5 21.
Nxh8 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rxh8 23. Qd4 Rg8 24. Nxh6 Re8 25. Nf5 Nc6 26. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Bb7 14. Na4 Ne4 15.
Nc5 Ndxc5 16. bxc5 Bf6 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21.
Rb1 Qe8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 h6 24. f3 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Nc3 26. Qd3 Na4 27. Qb3
Bb5 28. Bf1 a5 29. Bd4 Qc6 30. e3 Bxf1 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qb1+ Kg8 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Qb1+ Kg8 35. Qxf1 Qb7 36. Qd3 g6 37. g4 Kf8 38. h4 c6 39. h5 Qb5 40. Qxb5
cxb5 41. c6 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8.
Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Be3 e5 13. f3 Bb4 14.
Na4 O-O 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. Ke1 a5 18. Kf2 axb4 19. axb4 f6 20. Rhc1 Rfb8
21. Bc5 Ra6 22. Nc3 Rba8 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. g4 Be6 25. h4 Kf7 26. h5 f5 27. gxf5
Bxf5 28. e4 Be6 29. Kg3 Bd8 30. Be3 Ra3 31. Nd1 Be7 32. Rxc6 Rd3 33. Rc1 Bxb4
34. Kf2 Be7 35. Ke2 Rb3 36. Rc2 h6 37. Nf2 Bd7 38. Ng4 Bd6 39. Kf2 Bxg4 40.
fxg4 Rb4 41. Kf3 Rb3 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Ra2 Be7 44. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bf4 Bb4 8. e3
Nge7 9. Rc1 Qd7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd2 a6 15.
Nb3 b6 16. h4 Nf5 17. Bh2 Nxh4 18. Bg3 Nf5 19. Rxh5 Kf7 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Qc2
Nce7 22. Rxc7 Qd8 23. Ra7 Nxg3 24. fxg3 a5 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Ncb5 Qb8 12. f4 a6 13. Nc3 h5 14. h3 Qc7 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Nb3 Bd8 19. Nd2 Qa8 20. b4 O-O 21. Kh1 Re8
22. Bg1 Be7 23. a3 Bf8 24. Qf1 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 Red8 27. Nb5 d5 28. e5
Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Red1 e3 31. Bxe3 Rxc4 32. Ra1 Bxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 Rxb4 35. Na7 Rb3 36. Bf2 Ra3 37. Rxa3 Bxa3 38. Rd3 Bf8 39. g4 hxg4 40. Bh4
gxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Rb8 42. Rxd7 b5 43. Nc6 Ra8 44. Rb7 Bh6 45. Kg4 Ra1 46. Nd8 Rg1+
47. Bg3 b4 48. Nxf7 Bxf4 49. Kxf4 Rf1+ 50. Kg5 Rxf7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Be1 b3
53. Bc3 Kg7 54. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. a4 Qd5 12. axb5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxc5 14. bxa6 Bxa6
15. Qd4 Qc2 16. Re1 c5 17. Qd2 Qb3 18. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

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
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qc7 15. a4
Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Qb3 dxe4 21. Rxe4
Rfd8 22. axb5 Rxd3 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 Qe7 26. Rg3 Rxg3 27.
fxg3 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 axb5 29. Rb1 h6 30. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O
15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 Rae8 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg3 Qe6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
a4 Bc4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe4 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 g6 12. b5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bg4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bh6 Be5 19. Bf4 Bg7 20. Rc2 Qd7 21.
Qb1 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. h4 g6
15. h5 Bg7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Qf4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Qa5 21. h6
Bh8 22. Qf4 Qb4 23. Qc1 Nb6 24. Bd3 Red8 25. Re2 Qe7 26. Nf1 Nh5 27. g4 Nf6 28.
Nh2 Rd7 29. Qg5 Nfd5 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Nf3 Na4 32. Ba1 c5 33. d5 Nc3 34. Bxc3
Bxc3 35. Bc2 Rcd8 36. Rd3 Bf6 37. g5 Bh8 38. Rde3 Rd6 39. dxe6 f6 40. Ra3 a6
41. Rb3 Re8 42. Rb7 Nc6 43. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 Bb4 14. Nde2
O-O 15. f3 Qb7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfd8
21. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Rab1 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Na4 a5 16. c4 Ba6 17. Rbd1 Rb4 18. b3 Kg7 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Bc2 Ba8 21. Qc3
Qe7 22. a3 Rbb8 23. c5 Qd8 24. f4 Bb7 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Rg8 27. Rd3 Kh8 28.
Rh3 exf5 29. e6+ d4 30. Qxd4+ Nf6 31. Qc3 Qe7 32. Rhe3 Rg7 33. g3 Rf8 34. exf7
Ne4 35. Qxa5 Qxf7 36. Nc3 Bc8 37. Ne2 Be6 38. Nf4 Bxb3 39. Qb4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 f5 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nd2 20. Re1 Be5 21. Rc2
Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. Qe2 Bxh2 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Kh8 27. Qc4
Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Rg1+ 29. Kxg1 Qh3 30. Qc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Nc1 Qxf3 33. Ne2
Qd5 34. Nd4 f4 35. Rc4 f3 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. b4 a6
15. f3 e5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bf2 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Rac1 g5 20. Kf2 g4 21. f4
Nc4 22. b3 Na3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd2 Nb5 25. e3 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Re6 27. Rd4 Rfe8
28. Bf1 h5 29. Bg2 Kg6 30. Bf1 h4 31. Bg2 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Be4 33. Bxe4+ Rxe4 34.
Rcd3 Kf5 35. Rc3 f6 36. Rcd3 R4e7 37. Rc3 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bg5 bxc4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 c3 21.
bxc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. c4 gxf5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bxf5 h5 26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Bb4
Bxb4 28. Nxb4 Nc3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd2 a5 31. Nd3 Ba6 32. Nf4 Bc4 33. a3 h4
34. Bd3 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Bb3 36. Ne2 Nxe2 37. Bxe2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Bf2 O-O 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
O-O Rfe8 16. b4 e5 17. bxc5 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Qa2
Bf8 22. Rae1 Ne6 23. Be3 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxc2 25. Qd3 Qc7 26. Qxa6 Nc5 27. Qb5
Qc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qa8 30. Kg2 g6 31. e5 Qb8 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Qxb8 Rxb8
34. Bd5 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Bc6 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rb1 dxe5 39. fxe5 h6 40.
Rb7 hxg5 41. Be8 Be7 42. Rxe7 Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Kxe8 44. Ra7 Rh3 45. a5 Rxh2+ 46.
Ke3 Ra2 47. a6 g4 48. Kf4 c4 49. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 e4 14. Nd2 Nf8
15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc4 Ng4 17. g3 Bf5 18. d5 Qg5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd6 Re6 21.
Ncxe4 Qh6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rd4 Qh5 24. f4 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Bf3 26. f5 Rh6 27. Rh4
Qg5 28. Rxh6 Qxh6 29. e4 Rb8 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bf4 Qh3 32. Rf1 Bh5 33. Nc4 Re8
34. Nb6 Nf6 35. e5 g5 36. Bxg5 Rxe5 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. b3 a5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. dxc5 d4 15.
c6 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nxc6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 b5 20. Qf5 bxc4 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bf1 Rd2 27.
bxc4 Rc2 28. Rb1 Bxc4 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Rc8 Bd3 31. Rxc2 Bxc2 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. f4
Ke7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Bxf7 Kc5 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. a3 Kb5 38. Bb3 Kc5 39. Bd1 Kc4 40.
g4 Bd7 41. h4 Kc3 42. h5 Kb2 43. Ke4 Kc1 44. g5 fxg5 45. fxg5 Kxd1 46. gxh6 Ba4
47. Ke5 Bc2 48. Kf6 Kc1 49. Kg7 Kb2 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Bd7 9. f4 a6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. O-O Nh7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Qf2 b4 17. Na4 bxa3 18. bxa3 Nb8 19. Nb6 Rce8 20. c4 Bc6 21. Na5 Nf6
22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. e5 dxe5 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Nd4 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. c5 Rd8 28.
Rc1 Be7 29. Qa2 Nf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Nd5 Qd7 32. c6 Qe6 33. c7 Rc8 34. Rc6 Bd6
35. Qc4 Rfe8 36. Qxa6 Ra8 37. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. O-O
Ng6 15. a5 a6 16. Qd4 Kb8 17. Rfd1 Bc5 18. Qc4 Qe5 19. Nh6 Qh5 20. Nxf7 Nge5
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxf4 Rf8 24. Bf3 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Rxf4 26. Bxh5
Rf8 27. Ra4 Bc5 28. Ne4 Be7 29. e3 Rd8 30. Be2 Kc7 31. h4 h6 32. h5 Nd3 33.
Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bb5 Qd5 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
c4 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rc3 Bg7 18. Re3 Qd6 19. d5 c6 20. Rdd3
cxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. Nh4 Qd7 23. g4 Qb5 24. d6 Bf8 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rd1 Qe8 27.
Red3 Qb5 28. R3d2 Qb6 29. Rd5 Rdxd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Qe4 Kg7 32. R1d2 Bc5 33.
Rc2 Bd4 34. Rd7 Qa5 35. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 9. e4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Rc1 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14.
Ke3 Bd7 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rc3 Bd7 18. Rhc1 Rxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 21. e5 f6 22. Kd4 Bd7 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. b3 Bd5 25. Nf1 Bf3 26. Ne3 Be2
27. f4 f5 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Nc2 Bf1 30. Nd4 b6 31. Kd2 a5 32. Ke3 Ba6 33. Kf2 Bd3
34. a3 Be4 35. Ke3 Bb7 36. Ke2 Ba6+ 37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Kg2 h6 39. Kh3 g5 40. fxg5
hxg5 41. Kg2 g4 42. h4 gxh3+ 43. Kxh3 Ke7 44. Kh4 Be4 45. Kg5 Bd5 46. Kg6 Be4
47. Kg7 Bd5 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Bc4 50. Nf3 Bd5 51. Nh4 Bc4 52. Ng6+ Ke8 53.
Kf6 Bb3 54. Nf4 Kd7 55. Kf7 Bc4 56. Ng6 Kc6 57. Nf8 Kb5 58. Nxe6 Kxb4 59. Kf6
Kb5 60. Ng7 Kc5 61. e6 Kd5 62. Nxf5 Bb5 63. g4 Be8 64. g5 b5 65. g6 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3
Nc6 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. f4 e4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Ng5 h6 16. e4 hxg5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. fxg5 Qd7 19. Qf3 Bg4 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Bf4
Be2 22. Rfe1 b6 23. h3 Bxc4 24. Bxd6 Bxd5 25. Be5 Qf5 26. Bc7 Qd7 27. Bd6 Qf5
28. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. a3
bxa3 9. Nxa3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Ne1 e5 15.
Nc2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 exd4 17. exd4 Qc7 18. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Nf1 Bb7 15.
Ne3 cxd4 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. N3xd4 Ne5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Rc1
Be7 22. Ng4 Nac6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bb1 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Bf6 26. Rcd1 Qc7 27. h4 h5
28. Qf4 Re6 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Re3 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Qxg5 33. hxg5 Bxe4
34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxd6 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Re2 38. Rxa6 Rxf2 39. Ra5 b4
40. Ra4 Kf8 41. Rxb4 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 b5
15. O-O bxc4 16. Qxc4 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. b5 Nbd7 19. e4 Nb6 20. Qc2 Ra8 21.
Bc3 Bc8 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Nf1 Qe8 24. Rb1 Ra4 25. f3 Qa8 26. Bd2 Ne8 27. Be3 Ra2
28. Rb2 Ra1 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. g4 f6 31. Nd2 Qa5 32. Kg2 Qa4 33. Qxa4 Nxa4 34. Rc2
g6 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. g5 f5 37. f4 exf4 38. Bxf4 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Bf5 40. Bd3 Ra3 41.
Rxc7+ Kd8 42. Ra7 Rxd3 43. Rxa4 Bxe4 44. Rxe4 Rb3 45. Be3 Rxb5 46. Rh4 Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. f4 b5 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Ne4 Ncxe5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxb7 Nc4 21.
Qg2 Rb8 22. Bc6 Nce5 23. Bf4 Qxc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxd6 Rc8 26. Rxg7 Ne7 27.
Nd4 Nd5 28. Re1 Nc5 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Be5 f6 31. Bg3 e5 32. Nf5 Rc7 33. Rg4 Nxg3
34. Rxg3 Kf7 35. c3 Rh7 36. Rfg1 Nf4 37. Kd2 Rd7+ 38. Ke3 Nh5 39. Rg8 Ke6 40.
Ke4 Rd2 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Ra8 Kc6 43. Rgg8 Kb6 44. Rgb8+ Rb7 45. Rd8 Rf2 46. Nd6
Rg7 47. Rdb8+ Kc5 48. Nb7+ Rxb7 49. Rxb7 Ng3+ 50. Ke3 Rxb2 51. Kf3 Nf1 52. Rf7
Nd2+ 53. Kg4 Ne4 54. h5 Kd5 55. Rxa6 Rg2+ 56. Kh3 Rg1 57. Rd7+ Kc5 58. Rc7+ Kd5
59. Rd7+ Kc5 60. Kh2 Rg5 61. Rh7 Nf2 62. h6 Ng4+ 63. Kh3 Nf2+ 64. Kh2 Ng4+ 65.
Kh3 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Kb1 b5
15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rhe1 a5 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. b3 Bb5 20. Bxb5+ Qxb5 21.
Nf4 a4 22. Re3 e5 23. Nd3 O-O 24. Qxb4 Qc6 25. Qd2 d5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nb4 Qd6
28. Nxd5 Bxh4 29. Rd3 Qg6 30. b4 f5 31. exf5 Rxf5 32. Qe2 Rf7 33. Re3 Bg3 34.
a3 Kh8 35. Re4 Rd7 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3 c5 14. Qf3 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 Rc8 16. Bb2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Be7 20. O-O O-O 21. Rfd1
Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Nc4 f6 24. f3 Qc6 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. e4 Rd3
28. Na5 Rd7 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Qc4 Nd3 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. Rc6+ Kf7 33. Rc2 Nf4+
34. Ke1 Bc5 35. g3 Ne6 36. Ke2 h5 37. Nc6 Rd6 38. Na5 Bg1 39. Nc4 Rd8 40. h4
Bd4 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. Bc1 Rc8 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Rd3 Ba7 45. Bd2 Bc5 46. Kd1 Rd8 47.
Rxd8 Kxd8 48. Nb2 Bf2 49. Be1 Bxe1 50. Kxe1 Nd4 51. Nd3 Nxf3+ 52. Kf2 Nd4 53.
Nxb4 a5 54. Nd5 Nxb3 55. g4 hxg4 56. Kg3 Ke8 57. Kxg4 Kf7 58. h5 Nc5 59. Nc3
Kg8 60. h6 gxh6 61. Kf5 Kf7 62. Nd5 Nd7 63. Ne3 h5 64. Nc4 Nc5 65. Nd6+ Ke7 66.
Nc8+ Kd8 67. Nd6 h4 68. Kxf6 h3 0-1

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 Be7 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bg2 Rc8
15. f4 Qc7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. fxe5 Rd8 20. Rd3 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 Nd5 22. Ne4 Bxg5+ 23. hxg5 Rh2 24. g6 fxg6 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Qxg6 Kc7
27. Qxg7+ Kb8 28. Qg8+ Kc7 29. c4 1-0

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. h3 a6 14. Rfd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Tournament 2008"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.24"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rad1 a5 12. Ne1 b5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c5 Bc7 15.
f3 exf3 16. exf3 e5 17. Nd3 exd4 18. Bxd4 b4 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Re3 Re8 21. Rde1
Ba6 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Re8 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qxf7+
Kxf7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bxd7+ Kxd7 32. Ke3 Bb1 1/2-1/2

