[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. Bd3 Ndf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. f3
Ng7 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. e4 a5 18. Nc1 Nb6 19. Qf2 a4 20. a3 Ra5 21.
h3 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bb3 23. d5 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Nxb3 axb3 26. Be2 Ra8 27.
dxc6 bxc6 28. Rd4 Ne6 29. Rb4 Nd7 30. Rxb3 Rg5 31. Bf1 Rg3 32. Ka2 Nec5 33. Rb4
Ne5 34. Rd1 h5 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. Rc2 Ne6 37. Ne2 Re3 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Rxd4 Re8
40. a4 Ra8 41. b3 h4 42. Rb4 Ra7 43. Rc1 Ke7 44. Kb2 Kd6 45. Rd4+ Ke7 46. Kc2
f6 47. Ra1 c5 48. Rd5 Nc6 49. Kb2 Nd4 50. Ra3 Re1 51. Bc4 Rg1 52. Rxc5 Rxg2+
53. Kc3 Ne6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. b4 Rd7 56. Kc4 Re2 57. Rc6+ Ke5 58. a5 Rxe4+ 59.
Kb5 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. f4 Nf6 4. e5 Bg4 5. Qd3 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Be2 Qd7 8. c4
Nb6 9. Bxg4 Qxg4 10. Ne2 e6 11. O-O N8d7 12. Nbc3 O-O-O 13. h3 Qh4 14. Qc2 f5
15. c5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c6 Nb6 18. a4 Qe4 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. cxb7+ Kb8 21.
Rf4 Ne3 22. Rxe4 Nxd1 23. Rf4 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Be4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 Qb7
15. c4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f3 Nd6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qc3 Rab8 21.
Rab1 Nf5 22. Nd3 Qc6 23. Rfe1 h6 24. Rbd1 Qa4 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Rd2 Nb6 27. Nxc5
Qxc4 28. Rc2 Qb5 29. Ba1 Rbc8 30. h3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Rxd4 d5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd3 N5f6 17. O-O h6 18. Bh4 Rad8 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Be4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. h3 Kg7 24. Qd1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd8 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27.
Qxd4 b5 28. b3 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. f4 Ke7 33. Kd3 Nc5+
34. Kc2 Kd6 35. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
Na6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. Bf1 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c5 Ne6 15.
Nb3 Bd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb7 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Nxc7
21. Bf4 Rac8 22. a4 Nd5 23. Bd6 Nb4 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. Nb5 f6 26. Nc7 Re3 27. Nd5
Re6 28. Rb1 Na5 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Kf7 31. Bd6 Bc6 32. Ba6 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. Bb2 Qg5 11. Qf3 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Nf4 13. h4 Qh6 14. g3 Ne6
15. Bc1 Qg6 16. h5 Qc2+ 17. Kxc2 Nd4+ 18. Kd3 Nxf3 19. Ke4 Nxe5 20. h6 Ng4 21.
hxg7 Rhg8 22. Kf5 Rxg7 23. f3 Nf2 24. Rh2 Bc5 25. Bh6 Rg6 26. Nd2 Bd4 27. Bg5
Re8 28. Rxf2 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7
8. Qa5 Qd8 9. Qc3 Nf5 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rxe6+ fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Ne7 14.
Nc3 Qd7 15. Qe3 b6 16. d4 Kd8 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Kc8
21. Rxa7 Rb7 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. h4 Rg8 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Ra4
Rb8 28. Bf4 Nd5 29. Bg3 Kb7 30. Ng6 Re8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Be5 Nxe4 33. fxe4 h5 34.
Kf2 Bd6 35. Bxd6 cxd6 36. Ke3 Re6 37. Nf4 Re7 38. d5 c5 39. Ne6 Rf7 40. Ra1 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 c6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qd3 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4
e6 9. c3 Qb6 10. Bc4 Na6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Nf3 Be7 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2
O-O-O 16. a4 a5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Ng3 Bh7 19. f5 Bh4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 Be7
22. Rf7 Rhg8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Bxe6+ Kb8 25. Bxg8 Bxg8 26. Nc5 Nd5 27. e6 Qc7
28. Bd2 Re8 29. c4 Nf4 30. Qf2 g5 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Qxf4+ gxf4 33. d5 cxd5 34.
cxd5 Kc7 35. Ne4 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Bd7 8.
c4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. O-O Rad8 20.
Qe2 Kf7 21. Qh5+ Qg6 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 23. f4 Kf6 24. h4 Rd6 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Rxd6
cxd6 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. g3 Rc8 29. Ke3 Be8 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. b3 a6 32. a4 e5+ 33.
Ke3 Ke6 34. a5 Rc5 35. Rd5 Bc6 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. fxe5 Kxe5 38. Ne2 Be4 39. Nf4
Bc2 40. Nh5 Bxb3 41. Kd3 g6 42. Nf4 Kf6 43. Kc3 Ba4 44. Nd3 Bc6 45. Kd2 g5 46.
hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Ke3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bf5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qb6 14. Qc2 c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qa4 g5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Re7 19. O-O Nc6 20. Rfd1 a6 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. Bf3 Rec7 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. R1d2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc1+ 27.
Bd1 Kf8 28. f3 b5 29. Kf2 a5 30. a3 Ke7 31. Be2 Rc5 32. b4 Rc3 33. Rd3 axb4 34.
axb4 Rc2 35. Ke1 Rb2 36. Rd4 Kd6 37. Bxb5 Rxg2 38. g4 Rb2 39. Be2 Nd7 40. Bc4
Rxb4 41. Rxd5+ Kc6 42. Rd4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bc5 Bc6 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc3 Nf8 26. Rec1 Be8 27. b3
Ne6 28. g3 axb3 29. Rxb3 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Rb4 Qd7 32. Kh2 Qd6 33. Qb2 Rd8
34. Rd1 Qe5 35. Bxb5 Qxe4 36. Rbxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qb7 38. Qb4 h5 39. Rd8 Re2
40. Qc5 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 dxc4 8. Bxc4
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. h3 h6 14. Re1 Bc7 15.
e4 Bh7 16. Qa3 Ra8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 b6 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. b4 Nc7 21. Nc5 Nb5
22. Qe3 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bc7 24. Ra4 a5 25. Rea1 Re8 26. Bf1 Re7 27. g3 Rd7 28.
Bg2 Ra6 29. Rc1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be3
h6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Nh2 Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Bc2 e4 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Rxf5 Qxd5 25. Qe2 Rf8 26. Raf1 Qe6 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28.
Bd4 Nc4 29. Rxf8 Bxf8 30. Qf2 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qxc7 Bd5 34.
Qf4+ Ke7 35. b3 Na3 36. Bd1 e3 37. Ng4 Nc2 38. Qxh6 Qe4 39. Qf6+ Kd7 40. Qf3
Qxf3 41. gxf3 Ne1 42. Nxe3 Bxf3 43. Kf2 Bxd1 44. Nxd1 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 c4 9. Nf3 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. b3 b5 14. O-O Bf5
15. Nd2 a5 16. Qb2 Rab8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. Rxa5 Bc2 21.
Qa3 c3 22. Nf1 Bd3 23. Ra4 Bxe2 24. Rxb4 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qa6+ 27.
Ke1 Qa2 28. Rxc3 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qb2+ 30. Kd3 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qb2+ 32. Kd3 Qb1+ 33.
Kd2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8.
Qe2 Bg7 9. c3 Qe7 10. e5 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. exd6 cxd6
15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. h3 Qc6 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. g3
Rb8 22. Nf1 Rc7 23. Ne3 Bf8 24. Nd2 h5 25. Kg2 d5 26. f4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Nd1 b4 29. Kf3 Ne8 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Nd6 32. Ke3 Be7 33. Kd3 Kg7 34. Rh1 g5
35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Nf3 Bf4 37. Ra4 bxc3 38. bxc3 Ne4 39. Kc2 Nxc3 40. Nxc3 Rbc8
41. Ra3 Bd6 42. Rha1 Bb4 43. Kd3 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Ke2 Bd6 46. Ra2 Bf4
47. Rb2 Kg6 48. Ra2 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Re4 50. Ra4 Bc7 51. g5 Bf4 52. Ra7 Be3+ 53.
Kg3 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb8 10. e4 Qb7 11. Qf3 Bb4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Be7 d6
15. Bxf8 dxe5 16. Ba3 f5 17. Rfe1 Qc6 18. dxe5 Qxc4 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. c4 Re8 21.
Qb3 Qc6 22. Qb5 Qa8 23. f3 Nec5 24. Re2 g5 25. Red2 Kf7 26. Rd7+ Nxd7 27. Rxd7+
Kg6 28. Qxa6 g4 29. Bc1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qe2 31. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. Ba2 Ba6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Na5
15. e4 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bc1 Ne8 18. h4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. d5 exd5 21.
e5 d4 22. Qd3 Qe6 23. f4 Na5 24. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14.
cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Ke7 16. Ne2 Rxa7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Na2 Bd5 19. Nb4 Nc6 20.
Nxc6+ Bxc6 21. Rxc4 Ba4 22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. axb4 Bb5 24. f3 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rb1 26.
b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 e4 15.
Qe2 Be5 16. cxd7 Qe7 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Ba5 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Bb3 Qc6 21.
Rd1 b6 22. Bb4 Qc7 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Qb5 h6 25. Kf1 Qb8 26. Ke2 g6 27. Rd2 Kg7
28. Bc4 Qc7 29. b3 Re8 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Qb4 Rd8 32. Qb5 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 a5 34. Ke2
Bc3 35. g3 Qd8 36. Bc1 Qd6 37. Qa6 Qc7 38. Kf1 Qd7 39. Kg2 Qd1 40. Qb7 Qf3+ 41.
Kg1 Nh7 42. Qc7 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Ng5 44. Bxf7 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qf3+ 47.
Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. c4 b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Bb2 Ra4 16. Rac1 Qa8 17. Rc2 c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bb5 Re4 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rcd2 d4 24. exd4 c4 25. d5 Rde8 26. Qg3 f6 27. Qc7
Nf8 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Qg3 Nd7 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Rcc2 Nb6 32. Qd6 c3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3
34. Qxb6 Rc8 35. Bxf6 Qb8+ 36. Qxb8 Rxb8 37. Bc3 Kg8 38. d6 Rd8 39. Ba5 Rd7 40.
f3 Re3 41. a4 Ra3 42. Rd4 Kf7 43. Bc7 Ke6 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. h4 Kc6 46. Rc4+ Kd5
47. Rf4 g6 48. a5 Rg7 49. g4 Kc6 50. Rf8 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra4 52. g5 h6 53. gxh6
Rh7 54. Rg8 Rxh6 55. Bd8 Kxd6 56. Bg5 Rh7 57. Rxg6+ Kd5 58. Ra6 Ra1 59. Kg4
Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rf7+ 61. Rf6 Ra7 62. Be3 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6
15. a4 b4 16. f4 Bg4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Bf2 Bh5 19. c4 b3 20. Bxb3 d4 21. c5 Bf7
22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Qc4+ Kf8 25. b4 a5 26. b5 Nb4 27. Nd2 Qd5 28.
Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Nb3 Kf7 30. Rad1 Nb4 31. Bxd4 Rhd8 32. Rd2 Rd5 33. Red1 c6 34. b6
Na6 35. Be3 Nb4 36. Rxd5 Nxd5 37. Bd2 Ke6 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. Kf3 f5 40. Rc1 Bf6
41. Ke2 Bb2 42. Rc4 Ba3 43. Nxa5 Bb2 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. g3 Re8 46. Rc1 Ra8 47. Rb1
Be7 48. Kc4 Bf6 49. Re1 Rb8 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. exf3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Bf3 c6 12. b4 d5 13. c5 a5 14. O-O Nd7 15. g4 Qc7
16. Ne2 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Rfa8 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb2 R2a3 21. Qd2 Qa7
22. Kg2 b5 23. Ng3 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Qxa1 25. Ne2 Nf6 26. Nc3 Ra3 27. Qc2 h5 28. h3
hxg4 29. hxg4 Nd7 30. Nb1 Ra8 31. Nc3 Ra3 32. Nb1 Ra8 33. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nde2 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd5 Bf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. h3 Nb6 13. f4 Bc4 14. Rf2
Rfe8 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Bd2 a5 17. b3 Ba6 18. g4 g6 19. Rc1 a4 20. Qf3 axb3 21.
axb3 Nd4 22. Qg3 c5 23. h4 h6 24. Be3 Ne6 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Qg7 27. Ne4 Nd5
28. Nd6 Nxe3 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Qxe3 Nd4 31. Re1 f6 32. Bd5+ Kh7 33. exf6 Rxe3
34. Rxe3 Qf8 35. Re7+ Kh8 36. Bf7 Bb5 37. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. e3 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. O-O c5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. cxd4
b6 15. Rbc1 Rc7 16. d5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Qb4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nb7 20. Qa3 Qb8
21. Rc6 Na5 22. Rc1 Nb7 23. Rc6 Na5 24. Rc1 Nb7 25. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nh3 Bxh3 6. gxh3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Qf3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. e4 a3
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 axb2 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Be7 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Ne4 Nc4 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Rhd1 Na3+ 24. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 f5 26. Qxa3 Qxe4
27. R6d4 Qe5 28. f4 Qc7 29. Qb4 Rg8 30. Qxb5+ Kf8 31. Qb2 Rg6 32. a4 Kg8 33.
Rd7 Qc5 34. Qd4 Qc3+ 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. R7d3 Rc4 37. Rb3 e5 38. fxe5 Ra6 39. Rf1
f4 40. a5 Kg7 41. Kb2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh2
Bb4 16. Re2 f5 17. Qc1 Na5 18. f3 Nxb3 19. axb3 fxg4 20. hxg4 Qh4 21. Rg2 c5
22. Nc3 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ng5 25. Qe3 Rae8 26. Rxa6 Ra8 27. Ra7 Rxa7
28. Bxa7 Ra8 29. Rd2 Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Qe1+ 31. Nf1 Nxf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxd2 33. Qa8+ Kf7
34. Qxd5+ Kf8 35. Nxd2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kf4 Qf2+ 38. Nf3 h6 39. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. b3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Bg7 16. O-O O-O 17. Bxg4 c5 18. Nxb5 Rfd8 19. Bf3 cxd4 20. Nd6 Ng4 21.
Bxg4 Bxe5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. f4 Bg7 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. Rc4 Qxh4 27.
Bh3 Rxc4 28. bxc4 e5 29. c5 exf4 30. c6 Be5 31. Rc1 Bc7 32. Bd7 Rb8 33. e5 Rb2
34. Qe4 d3 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Qe2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Bb5 Rec8 17. Ba6 h6 18. Bd2 Re8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Ba6 Bc6
21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. a4 g6 24. Rec1 Bg7 25. c4 Nf6 26. a5 Rec7 27. Be3
Qb7 28. axb6 axb6 29. b4 g5 30. Nh2 Qe4 31. Ra6 Nd5 32. Nf3 Nf4 33. Qc2 Qb7 34.
Rca1 Rxc4 35. Qd1 Nd5 36. Ra7 Nxe3 37. Qd2 Qd5 38. fxe3 Rc2 39. Qe1 Qe4 40. Nd2
Rxd2 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bd2 c5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qh5 e6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1
Kf8 15. f4 f5 16. g4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bb3 Bf6 19. Bb4+ Be7 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21.
Bxe7 Kxe7 22. gxf5 Kd6 23. fxe6 Rg8+ 24. Kf2 Rg6 25. Qh5 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Ra1 Qc8 28. c3 Qc6 29. cxd4 Ra4 30. Ke3 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Qb2 g6 15.
Rac1 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8.
Na3 Rg8 9. c4 g5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. a4 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 d6
15. Bc3 Rg6 16. d4 Bg7 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. dxc5 Bxb5 19. axb5 dxc5 20. Qb2 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qd4 22. Qg3 Qxe4 23. Ra7 e5 24. Qh4 Re6 25. h3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Rdd7
Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Qxg4+ Rg6 30. Qf5 Rf6 31. Qg5+ Rg6 32. Qf5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nd6
Rab8 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. b4 b5 17. Nf5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. c3 Ngf6 5. e4 Be7 6. Ne2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nbc3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nxb5 Bxe4 14. Nxc7 Qb7
15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Nc3 Qf5 17. N7d5 Bd8 18. Be3 h5 19. f3 Nb6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
b3 Qg6 22. Kg2 f5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bf6 26. Nb5 h4 27. Qf3 Ra8
28. c5 Ra2+ 29. Rf2 h3+ 30. Kxh3 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Nd5 32. Nd6 Qh5+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34.
Qf3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Qxc5 36. Nxf5 Nc3 37. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. h3 Nb4 12. Be4 Bc4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Re1
Bd5 15. Bd2 Nxc2 16. Bxc2 Bxf3 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Bxa7 Be6 19. Re2 O-O 20. Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Bh7 14. Nc4 Qe7
15. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Rd1 Qxd1+ 11. Qxd1 Bxc6 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 Be7 14.
axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Rdc8 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rc7 20.
Qa2 Bxc4 21. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. f3 d6 8.
Qd3 Be6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Be3 a5 11. a4 Qh4+ 12. Ng3 g6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8
15. Rdf1 f5 16. f4 Rhe8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd2 b6 20. Nd5 Rf8 21.
Rf3 Rde8 22. Rhf1 Qh6 23. Nc3 Bc8 24. h3 Bb7 25. R3f2 Qg6 26. Nge2 h5 27. g3
Rf7 28. Qe3 Qh6 29. Qc1 Qh7 30. Qe3 Bc6 31. Kc1 h4 32. gxh4 Bd7 33. Rg1 Qxh4
34. Rfg2 Qh8 35. Kb1 Rh7 36. Rg3 Bc6 37. Qf2 Rf8 38. Qe3 Rh4 39. Ka2 Ne6 40.
fxe5 dxe5 41. Rg6 f4 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Qxe6 Qxc3 44. Qxc6 Qxc2+ 45. Ka3 Rxh3
46. Qb5 Qf2 47. c5 Qxc5+ 48. Qxc5 bxc5 49. Rc6 Rh5 50. Rg7 Rc8 51. Rf7 Kb7 52.
Rcf6 c4 53. Rxf4 cxb3 54. R7f5 Rch8 55. Kxb3 c6 56. Rxh5 Rxh5 57. Rf3 Kb6 58.
Rg3 Rh4 59. Rf3 Rb4+ 60. Ka3 Rd4 61. Kb3 Kc5 62. Rh3 Rd5 63. Rg3 Re5 64. Rh3
Kd4 65. Rh4+ Kd5 66. Rh3 Kc5 67. Rg3 Re4 68. Rg5+ Kb6 69. Rg3 Rb4+ 70. Ka3 Rd4
71. Kb3 Kc5 72. Rh3 Rd5 73. Rc3+ Kd6 74. Rh3 Re5 75. Rg3 Rd5 76. Rh3 Rf5 77.
Rd3+ Ke5 78. Rc3 Kd6 79. Rd3+ Rd5 80. Rh3 Rd4 81. Rh5 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14.
Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 O-O 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rg3+ Kh8 18. Qd2 Rg8 19. Rbb3 Rxg3 20. Rxg3
b6 21. Bh5 Bb7 22. Bxf7 Rf8 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bxe6 f5 25. Rg7 Be4 26. Qh6 f4 27.
Qf6 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 19. b3 Nf5 20. Bf4 O-O-O
21. g4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Ne5 f6 24. Ng6 Rhe8 25. Rhe1 Nf7 26. f4 Nd6 27.
Nh4 Kd7 28. a4 Kc7 29. Re3 b6 30. Rde1 Kd7 31. f5 exf5 32. Nxf5 Nxf5 33. gxf5
a5 34. Kb2 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Re8 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. b4 axb4 38. c5 bxc5 39. dxc5 Kd7
40. Kb3 Kc7 41. Kxb4 Kb7 42. Ka5 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Ba6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Nc4 Bb8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Bc1 Qd7 22. Bh3 Bc8 23. Ne3 Qf7 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qf1 Bxh3 26. Qxh3 f5 27. Qh4
h6 28. Qa4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qc6 Kh7 32. b3 Bd6 33. Bd2 Kh8
34. Qf3 a5 35. Rc1 Bc5 36. Qc6 Rf8 37. Re1 Kh7 38. Re6 Qh5 39. Re1 Rf6 40. Qd5
Qg6 41. Bf4 Bb4 42. Rc1 Bc3 43. Be5 Re6 44. f4 Re7 45. Qf3 b5 46. Rc2 a4 47.
bxa4 bxa4 48. Rg2 Qg4 49. Qxg4 fxg4 50. h3 gxh3 51. Rf2 g5 52. g4 h5 53. Bf6
Re1+ 54. Kh2 hxg4 55. fxg5 Bb4 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Rg8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. exf6 Qb6
15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qh5 Rg6 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Ra2 b4 21.
Rfa1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qd5 23. Qd1 Rxf6 24. Rxa6 Rf5 25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. R1a7+ Ke8 27.
Qa4+ Qb5 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Ra8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf6 31. Rb8 Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33.
Rxf8 Ra3 34. Rc8 Rxc3 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. h4 c3 37. g4 c2 38. Rc5 Kg6 39. Kf3 f5
40. gxf5+ exf5 41. Rc6+ Kg7 42. d5 Rd1 43. Rxc2 Rxd5 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Kg3 Kf6
46. f3 Rd6 47. Kf4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15.
Bb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qg3 Nfxd5 19. Bb2 Ne7 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21.
Bb4 Qf5 22. Qc7 Nbd5 23. Qxb7 Nxb4 24. cxb4 Ng6 25. Rd7 Ne5 26. Re7 Qf6 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Re3 Rf8 30. Qxe4 Ng6 31. g3 Qd8 32. h4 Qf6 33. Kg2
Nh8 34. Rd3 g6 35. Rd7 a6 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. Rc6 Qb2 38. Bd5 Rb8 39. Rc4 Kg7 40.
Bb7 a5 41. Rc2 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "267"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 b5 17. c5 Rd8 18. Qc2 O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Nxd2 d6 5. g3 e5 6. e3 exd4 7. exd4 Nf6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6
15. Qxc7 O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 Qxg4+ 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6
hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. b4 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 a5 16. Qd4 axb4 17. cxb6 Re8 18. O-O Qxe5 19. Qxb4 Bb7 20. Bf3 Qe7 21.
Qd4 Qa3 22. h3 Ra4 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Rfb1 h6 25. Rb5 Bc6 26. Rb2 Qf6 27. Rab1 Rd4
28. Qc1 Bb7 29. Rc2 Rf4 30. Rb3 Rc4 31. Rb1 Rf4 32. Qd1 Rd4 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34.
Qxd2 Re6 35. Qb4 Qg6 36. a4 Rf6 37. Rb3 Qg5 38. a5 Rf4 39. Qd2 Qf6 40. Re3 d4
1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 f5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. c3 Qf6 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Qe6
Qxe6 15. Rxe6 Rae8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nbd2 b5 18. Kf1 Ne7 19. a4 b4 20. h3 Bh5
21. Nc4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Bf7 23. Nfe5 Bg8 24. Ba3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Nd5 26. Re1 Ra8
27. c4 Nb6 28. d5 Nxa4 29. Nc6 Nb6 30. Na5 Rd8 31. Bc5 a6 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. Re7
Nxc4 34. Bd4 Bxd5 35. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qc5 d6 14. Qa5 Qd7
15. f4 Nc6 16. Qa3 Nce7 17. O-O-O Qc6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Rg1 d5 20. g4 Nd6 21. c5
Nf7 22. Bg2 Kh8 23. h4 Bd7 24. h5 Nc8 25. Ba5 Qxc5 26. Bb4 Qe3+ 27. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. f4 a6 5. d3 g6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. a3 Bg7
9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 e6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. f5 Nd4 13. fxe6 Nxe6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rf2
Nb6 16. Bh6 d5 17. Raf1 d4 18. Nd1 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qg5 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. h4 Ne6
22. Bh3 Bc8 23. b4 Na4 24. Kh2 Ra7 25. c3 Rd8 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Qf3 d6 6. h3 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a4 b4
9. Nb1 Be6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Ne2 d5 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Ndf1 Bd4 15. Ne2
Nc5 16. Nfg3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. O-O-O Qb6 20. Kb1 O-O-O 21. Nc1
Nd7 22. Be3 d4 23. Bd2 Nc5 24. Kc2 Bh4 25. Rdg1 Qc7 26. Qd1 f6 27. Kb1 Kb7 28.
Rg2 Qf7 29. f4 Bxb3 30. Nxb3 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Nxb3 32. Kc2 Nxd2 33. Kxd2 exf4 34.
Nf1 f3 35. Rgh2 h5 36. Kc2 Rde8 37. Kb3 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. exf5 Rhf8 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Ne4 12. b4 a6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Rfb1 Ndf6 15.
Na4 g5 16. Ne5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qb2 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 f4 21.
exf4 gxf4 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Nc5 Kf7 24. Nb3 f3 25. gxf3 Bxh3 26. Kh2 Re5 27. f4
Rh5 28. Kg3 Bg4 29. Be2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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. 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 c6 6. c4 Ne4 7. Bb2 O-O 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. O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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. O-O O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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 O-O 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qxc6 18. Nd4 Qh6 19. Kf2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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 O-O-O 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

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Qc1 c5 16. f3 Bd3 17. Qd1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd5 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21.
Kf2 Rac8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxa6 Rd8 25. a5 Qd2+ 26. Qe2 Qd5 27. Qc2
c4 28. bxc4 Qd2+ 29. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. a6 Bc5 32. a7 Bxa7 33. Rxa7 g6
34. Rb7 b3 35. h4 Rc2 36. Rxb3 Rxc4 37. e4 Rc5 38. Kf4 h6 39. g4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. O-O d5 12. h3 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Re1 e6 15. b3
Bb4 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Ra2 c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5
22. Rac2 O-O 23. Qe3 Rfc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Nbd2 Qc7 27. Ne1 Nd7
28. Ndf3 h6 29. Qd4 Qc3 30. Qxc3 bxc3 31. b4 Bc4 32. a5 f6 33. exf6 e5 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 g6 8. Nd5
Bg7 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. h3 O-O 11. d3 a6 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. O-O Ne7 14. c3 b5 15.
Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. c4 g5 18. Rae1 b4 19. Bc1 h6 20. Nh2 Qf6 21. Bb2 Qg6
22. g4 a5 23. Ra1 a4 24. a3 axb3 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Qd2 fxg4 27. hxg4 Rxa1 28.
Rxa1 e4 29. Ra7 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qf6 31. d4 Qxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Rb7 b2 34.
Rxb4 Rc2 35. Nf1 e3 36. Nxe3 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 b1=Q 38. Rxb1 Rxb1 39. c5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 c4 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ke2 Ne7 14.
Rhd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. f3 Kd7 19. Nf1 c5 20.
g4 b5 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bh6 b4 23. Bg7 Ng8 24. Bf8 Ne7 25. Bg7 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5
Nbd7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Howard Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b3 a6 14. a4 Nd7
15. Rb1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

