[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Bg3 Qxa5 15.
O-O Rh8 16.Qxf7 Rdf8 17.Qg7 Rhg8 18.Qh6 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nd4 20.Qf4 Nef5 21.
Kh1 Bb5 22.Rfd1 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Qc5 24.Qc1 Kb8 25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Bf4 Nc6 27.Qe1 
Qc4 28.Bg5 Ncd4 29.Qd1 Qa4 30.Ra2 Qc4 31.Ra1 Qa4 32.Ra2 Nb5 33.f4 Qe4+ 34.
f3 Qa4 35.Qe1 d4 36.h4 Nc7 37.Qe4 0-1

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qg4 13.Bg3 O-O 14.Rad1 
Rfe8 15.Qc4 Rac8 16.h3 Qg6 17.Bh2 Nd7 18.f4 c6 19.Qe2 f5 20.Kh1 Nc5 21.
exf5 Qxf5 22.g4 Qf7 23.Qg2 d5 24.Ne2 Ne4 25.c3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qa5+ 8.Nbc3 
Bg4 9.f3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qb3 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 
15.Bf2 Ne5 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Ndb5 Be6 18.Qa3 Qxa3 19.bxa3 a6 20.Nxd6 Bxd6 
21.Rxd6 Nc4 22.Rdd1 Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.Re1 c6 14.a3 Na6 15.cxd5 
cxd5 16.Bd3 f5 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Qb3 Bf6 19.Be5 Qe7 20.Rac1 Bg8 21.Bxa6 bxa6 
22.Ne2 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Rb8 24.Qh3 Rb6 25.Nf4 Bf7 26.f3 g5 27.fxe4 gxf4 28.
exf5 Qg5 29.Rc8 Qg7 30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Nd7 Qg7 32.f6 Rxf6 33.Nxf6 Qxf6 34.
Kh1 Qxd4 35.Qc3 Qg7 36.Re7 1-0

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Bg3 Qxa5 15.
O-O Rh8 16.Qg7 d4 17.Qg4 Nf5 18.Rfb1 Nxg3 19.Qxg3 Qc7 20.Kf1 Rhg8 21.Qf4 
f5 22.h3 Kb8 23.Re1 Bc8 24.Ng5 Rd5 25.Nf3 Ne7 26.Rab1 Ng6 27.Qh2 Qh7 28.
Rb4 Nh4 29.Nxd4 Nxg2 30.Reb1 Qd7 31.Ne2 Rxd3 32.cxd3 Qxd3 33.Rc1 c2 34.Rd4
Qf3 35.Nf4 b6 36.Nxg2 Ba6+ 37.Kg1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.Qh4 b6 14.Be4 Rb8 15.Rd1
c4 16.d5 e5 17.Bf5 Kg8 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.a4 Qd7 21.c3 Rc7 22.Nd2 
Ng4 23.h3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 f5 25.e4 f4 26.Nf3 g5 27.Qh5 Qf7 28.Qg4 Qd7 29.Qh5 
Qf7 30.Qg4 Qd7 31.Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e5 Ne7 7.Nf3 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Nbc6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O O-O 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.a4 Bg6 15.Bd3 
Rfd8 16.Bg5 Rd7 17.Rb5 b6 18.Re1 a6 19.Rb1 c4 20.Bc2 Nd8 21.Nh4 Rb8 22.f4 
Bxc2 23.Qxc2 b5 24.f5 Ndc6 25.f6 Ng6 26.Nf5 h6 27.e6 hxg5 28.exd7 Qxd7 29.
axb5 axb5 30.Nxg7 b4 31.Qd2 Nf4 32.cxb4 Qa7 33.Nf5 1-0

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 
9.Ne5 Ne4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Rc1 Bf6 13.f4 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16.Rf2 Rc8 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 f6 19.Bh3 Qe7 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Nd6 
fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Nxc8 Qc7 24.Nxa7 Qxa7 25.d5 Qd7 26.d6 Qc6 27.a4 e4 
28.b4 Kf7 29.Bf1 Qd5 30.Qxd5 exd5 31.a5 bxa5 32.bxa5 Nd7 33.a6 Nb6 34.Bh3 
h5 35.a7 g5 36.Bf5 e3 37.Kf1 d4 38.Ke2 Kf6 39.Kd3 h4 40.Bg4 hxg3 41.hxg3 
1-0

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.f4 O-O 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.Kh1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 
15.Bf3 Qc4 16.Be2 Qd5 17.Bf3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Bf1 
Nfd7 16.Rc1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.d6 Qa5 21.Red1 Kg7
22.Qe3 b6 23.b3 Bb7 24.Bc4 Bc6 25.Bd5 Rbc8 26.f4 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.fxe5 
Rxe5 29.Qf4 Bxd5 30.Nxd5 Qd8 31.Ne7 Ra8 32.Nc6 Qg5 33.Qxg5 Rxg5 34.Ra1 
Rxa1 35.Rxa1 c4 36.bxc4 bxc4 37.Ra7 c3 38.Nd4 Rc5 39.Nc2 Rb5 40.Rxd7 Rb2 
41.Ne3 Re2 42.Nd5 1-0

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Bc2 Nd5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 
Re8 16.Rad1 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Bf6 18.Be4 Rc8 19.Qe3 Na5 20.Ne5 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.d3 Nc7
9.a4 b6 10.Bxc6 dxc6 11.a5 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.Be3 Qc7 1/2-1/2
