[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qd6 14.Rb1 b6 15.
Re1 Be6 16.Bd3 Rae8 17.Rb5 Na5 18.Rbe5 Nc6 19.R5e2 Bd7 20.d5 Na5 21.Ne5 
Bf6 22.Bf4 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Qxa3 24.Re3 Qc5 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.Bd2 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Bxc4 Bd7 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O exd5 13.Bxd5 Bc6 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Be3 Nc6 16.Nd2 Bd3 17.Re1 Nxe5 18.Bxc5 Re8 19.Nf3 Qd5 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 
d6 9.Nh3 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.e3 Rc8 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O Ba6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Be2
d5 16.Rfd1 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Ncd7 18.b3 b5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Qd4 bxc4 21.bxc4 Qa5
22.Rdc1 dxc4 23.Rxc4 e5 24.Qd3 e4 25.fxe4 Rxc4 26.Qxc4 Ng4 27.Nf4 Nxe3 28.
Qe2 Qc5 29.Kh1 Re8 30.Qf3 Qd4 31.Re1 Rxe4 32.g3 Qd2 33.Ng2 f5 34.Rxe3 Qc1+
35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Nxe1 Qxe1+ 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Kh3 Qd7 39.Kg2 Kh7 40.h4 a5 41.
h5 a4 42.Kh3 Qf7 43.Qe2 Qb7 44.Kh2 Qc6 45.Qd3 Qe4 46.Qb5 f4 47.gxf4 Qxf4+ 
48.Kh3 Qe4 49.Qc5 Qe6+ 50.Kg3 Kg8 51.Qa5 Qe3+ 52.Kg4 Qd4+ 53.Kg3 Qd3+ 54.
Kh4 Qc4+ 55.Kg3 Qd4 56.Qa8+ Kf7 57.Qb7+ Ke6 58.Qc8+ Ke7 59.Qc7+ Qd7 60.
Qe5+ Kf8 61.Qf4+ Kg8 62.Qb8+ Kf7 63.Qf4+ Ke8 64.Qe4+ Kd8 65.Qa8+ Ke7 66.
Qe4+ Kf6 67.Qf4+ Ke7 68.Qe4+ Kf8 69.Qf4+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Be3 Na5 13.c5 Bc4 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Ng3
Qc7 16.Nf5 f6 17.Rf3 Rf7 18.Raf1 Kh8 19.h4 Rc8 20.h5 Be6 21.Ba6 Rcf8 22.
fxe5 fxe5 23.h6 g6 24.Ng7 Bc4 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Rxf7 Bxf7 27.d5 Qd8 28.Qf2 
Qe7 29.Bb5 Nc5 30.Qf3 Kg8 31.Qg4 Qc7 32.Qh4 Nab7 33.Bc6 Qc8 34.Kh2 Qd8 35.
Bg5 Qc8 36.Be7 g5 37.Bxg5 Bg6 38.Be7 Nxe4 39.Bxb7 Qxb7 40.c4 Qc7 41.Ne6 
Qd7 42.Bf8 Kf7 43.Bg7 Ke8 44.Qg4 Qf7 45.Qh4 Qe7 46.Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "D39"]

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.Nb5 Nxe4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.a4 Bc6 14.Bc7 b6 15.
Bd6 Nxd6 16.Qxd6 a6 17.Nc7 Qg5 18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.fxg3 Ra7 20.Nxe6 Rc8 21.Ng5 
Be8 22.Rae1 h6 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26.Bxe8 Kxe8 27.Ne6
Kf7 28.Nc7 a5 29.Kf2 Nd7 30.Ke3 Nc5 31.Kd4 Nxa4 32.Nd5 b5 33.Nc7 b4 34.
cxb4 axb4 35.Kc4 Nc3 36.Kxb4 Ne4 37.Nb5 Nd2 38.Nd4 Nf1 39.Nf3 Kf6 40.Kc4 
Kf5 41.Kd3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a4 h6 13.Bc2 b4 14.a5 Rb8 15.Ba4 Re7 16.
Bb3 Re8 17.d5 Ne7 18.Nc4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxd5 21.Qc2 Nxc3 22.Rg4
Bxf3 23.gxf3 Ne2+ 24.Qxe2 Rxb3 25.Bxh6 Qf6 26.Nd2 Rb5 27.Bg5 Qe6 28.Kh2 d5
29.Rag1 Rxa5 30.Nf1 d4 31.Ng3 f5 32.Bd2 fxg4 33.Bxa5 Qd5 34.Ne4 Re6 35.
Rxg4 c5 36.Nd2 e4 37.fxe4 d3 38.exd5 Rxe2 39.Kg2 Re5 40.Ne4 Kf7 41.Rf4+ 
Ke8 42.d6 Rd5 43.Bc3 Bxd6 44.Rf5 1-0

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 
h6 9.Nh3 Nc6 10.Nf4 d6 11.Nd5 Bf5 12.f3 Nxd5 13.cxd5 exf3 14.Rxf3 Ne7 15.
d3 Bd7 16.Rf2 Ng6 17.Rb1 b5 18.d4 Rc8 19.Bd2 a6 20.Qb3 Bg4 21.e3 Qd7 22.c4
Bh3 23.Bxh3 Qxh3 24.cxb5 Rb8 25.Qc2 Qd7 26.Rbf1 Nh8 27.Qc6 Qxc6 28.bxc6 
Rb5 29.Rf5 f6 30.a4 Rb3 31.Ba5 Rc8 32.e4 Nf7 33.R5f3 Rb2 34.h4 Ra2 35.Rb3 
Rxa4 36.Bxc7 Rxc7 37.Rfb1 Re7 38.e5 Rxd4 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.exf6 gxf6 41.R8b7 
Re2 42.Rxf7+ Kg6 43.Rf8 Rdd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Kf1 Bd7 12.Ne2 Ba4 13.Qb2 Nc6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.
Be3 f6 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Kg1 Bb5 19.Ng3 Bd3 20.Rc1 Raf8 21.h4 
b6 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.h5 h6 24.Rh4 Rd6 25.Rf4 Rxf4 26.Bxf4 Rf6 27.Be3 Ne7 28.
Rc7 Qd5 29.Qxd5 Nxd5 30.Rxa7 Rf8 31.Kh2 Kg8 32.Kh3 Nf4+ 33.Kh2 Nd5 34.Rd7 
Nf6 35.Rd6 Ra8 36.Rxb6 Rxa3 37.Kh3 Ra5 38.Kh4 Rd5 39.Rb7 Bc2 40.Bf4 Rxd4 
41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.Nf5+ Kh7 43.Nxd4 Bd1 44.Nf5 Bxh5 45.Nxh6 Nd5 46.Bc1 e3 
47.fxe3 Kxh6 48.e4+ Kg6 49.exd5 Bd1 50.g4 Bb3 51.d6 Be6 52.Bg5 Bc8 53.Be7 
Bd7 54.Kg3 Bc8 55.Kf4 Bd7 56.g5 Kf7 57.Ke5 Be8 58.Kd5 Ba4 59.Bd8 Ke8 60.
Ba5 Kf7 61.Bc3 Be8 62.Bb2 Ba4 63.Bc1 Be8 64.Bb2 Ba4 65.Kc5 Ke6 66.g6 Kd7 
67.g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Rd1 
h6 9.Bh4 b6 10.e4 Bb7 11.Be2 a6 12.O-O Ne8 13.Bg3 d6 14.e5 Qc7 15.exd6 
Nxd6 16.Rd4 Qc6 17.Bd3 Ne8 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Qc8 20.Na4 Bc5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 
22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Rd2 Nf6 24.Rfd1 Qc8 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Ne5 Kg8 27.Be7 Qc7 28.
Bxf6 gxf6 29.Qe4 Ra7 30.Ng4 Kg7 31.Qe3 Rh8 32.Rd8 1-0

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Be7 9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.h4 cxd4 15.cxd4
Bxd3 16.Rxd3 Nd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bf4 Qb7 19.h5 Rac8 20.Rad1 Qa6 21.e5 f5 22.
d5 exd5 23.Nd4 Rf8 24.Qf3 Nc5 25.h6 g5 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Qh5 Bf4 28.Rf3 Bxe5
29.Nxf5 Qb7 30.Rxd5 Rce8 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Ne7 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Qb8+ 
35.Rg3 Rxe7 36.Qxe7 Ne6 37.Qxe6 Qf4 38.a4 a6 39.Qxb6 Rb8 40.Qe3 Qh4+ 41.
Rh3 Qf6 42.Qc3 1-0

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.
Ne5 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Nbd7 15.
Nc6 Qb6 16.Ba5 Qb7 17.Nb4 Rac8 18.f3 Nb8 19.Qd2 Nfd7 20.Rfd1 h6 21.Kf2 
Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Nc1 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Nd3 Bc7 27.Qc3 
Qxc3 28.Bxc3 Nb8 29.Bb4 Nc6 30.Bc5 f5 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.a4 Be6 14.Ne3 h6 15.d4 exd4 
16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Nd7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.Qxd6 Rxa1
22.Rxa1 Bxb2 23.Rb1 Be5 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nf6 27.g3 Rc8 28.
Bd1 Qc4 29.Rc1 Qxc1 30.Bxc1 Rxc1 31.d6 Nd7 32.Kg2 Bf6 33.Bc2 g6 34.Bb3 Kg7
35.Qd5 1-0
