[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 
Nc6 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Bd3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 d4 15.
exd4 Nxd4 16.Qb2 Bd7 17.Kf1 Ne6 18.Qxb7 Qxc3 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Ne2 Qxa3 21.c6 
Bc8 22.Qb1 Ke7 23.g4 Rd6 24.Rh3 Rhd8 25.Re3 Kf8 26.Kg1 Rxc6 27.Bb5 Rxd1+ 
28.Qxd1 Rd6 29.Qb1 Qa5 30.Ng3 Rb6 31.Qb2 Kg8 32.Qc2 Bb7 33.Bc4 Qc5 34.Nf5 
Bd5 35.Nxh6+ Kf8 36.Qh7 Rb1+ 37.Qxb1 Qxc4 38.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 
dxc6 9.Ne4 Ne6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf6 exf6 14.Bh6 a5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ng3 Ra7 17.h4 h5 18.Re4 Re7 19.Rae1 Rfe8 20.Qe3 Kf7 21.Qh6 
Rh8 22.Qd2 Rhe8 23.a3 Ng7 24.Qf4 Ne6 25.Ne5+ Kg7 26.Nxh5+ gxh5 27.Qg3+ Kh8
28.Nxc6 Qc7 29.Nxe7 Qxe7 30.Qg6 Bd7 31.Qxh5+ Qh7 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.g4 Kg7 
34.f4 Kf7 35.f5 Nd4 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.Kf2 Nxc2 38.Re6 b5 39.g5 fxg5 40.hxg5 
Bd7 41.g6+ Kg8 42.Re5 Nd4 43.f6 Ne6 44.Rd5 Be8 45.Rd6 Bxg6 46.Rxe6 Bxd3 
47.Ke3 Kf7 48.Rb6 Bf1 49.Kf4 b4 50.Ke5 Be2 51.Rb7+ Kf8 52.Ra7 c4 53.Rxa5 
1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 h5 13.e5 Ng4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Ne4 Rc8 16.a4 b4 17.c4 bxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.h3 Nh6 20.Qf3 Qb3 21.Qxh5 Nf5 
22.Kh2 Be7 23.Bd2 Rc4 24.Qe2 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Qxa4 26.g4 d5 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.
gxf5 Bd8 29.f6 g6 30.Qg4 Qb5 31.Rf2 Bb6 32.Rg2 Rb8 33.Qh5 Qe8 34.f5 exf5 
35.Qh6 Qxe5+ 36.Bf4 Qxf6 37.Bxb8 Qxc3 38.Bd6 1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.
b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.O-O Qa8 13.Nd2 Qb7 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Ra3
16.Qc2 Rfa8 17.Rfc1 bxc5 18.bxc5 Qa6 19.Nb3 Bd8 20.Qb2 Qc4 21.Nd2 Qa6 22.
Nf3 h6 23.Ne1 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Nc2 Ra2 26.Qb3 Qe2 27.Bg3 Nf6 28.Nb4 
R2a3 29.Qc4 Qxc4 30.Rxc4 Ra1 31.Rcc1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Rc8 33.Nxc6 Rxc6 34.Rb8 
Kh7 35.Rxd8 Nd5 36.Rd7 Kg6 37.Ra7 Rc8 38.Kf1 Nb4 39.f3 Nc6 40.Rb7 f5 41.
Bd6 Na5 42.Rd7 Nc4 43.Kf2 Ra8 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Bf4 Kf6 46.c6 g5 47.Bg3 Ra2+
48.Kg1 Ra1+ 49.Kh2 Kg6 50.c7 Nxe3 51.c8=Q 1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O d4 13.e4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 
Bg6 16.Nd2 f6 17.Rc1 Kh8 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Bxc7 Qxc7 20.f4 Rae8 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.
Rce1 Bf7 23.Nd2 g5 24.Bb5 a6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.fxg5 fxg5 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qxd4
c5 29.Qf6 Qxf6 30.Rxf6 Rb8 31.Nf3 Rxb2 32.Nxg5 Ba2 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Nxh7+ 
Ke7 35.Ng5 c4 36.Rc1 Rb3 37.Kf2 c3 38.e5 Rxa3 39.Ne4 c2 40.Rxc2 Rxh3 41.
Rc7+ Kd8 42.Ra7 Bc4 43.g5 Rh4 44.Nd6 Be6 45.g6 Rg4 46.g7 a5 47.Kf3 Rg1 48.
Nb7+ Ke8 49.Nc5 Bf7 50.Ne4 Rxg7 51.Nd6+ Kf8 52.Ra8+ Ke7 53.Nf5+ Kd7 54.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 
16.Nf1 Na6 17.Ng3 Bc8 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nh2 Bd7 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 g6 22.Bd3 
Nc5 23.Rc1 Qd8 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.b3 a4 26.Nf1 axb3 27.axb3 Qb6 28.Qe2 Ra3 
29.Rb1 Rfa8 30.Ne3 Bd6 31.Red1 Kg7 32.Qf3 Qd8 33.g3 Ra2 34.Kg2 Qg5 35.Rh1 
h6 36.Bc2 c4 37.bxc4 Bc5 38.Bb3 Bxe3 39.Bxa2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Nd5 13.Bd2 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.Kb1
a4 16.Qe3 Nd5 17.Qe2 b5 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qb6 20.Rh3 a3 21.b3 Qd4 22.c3 
Qxc3 23.Be1 Qb2+ 24.Qxb2 axb2 25.Kxb2 Nf4 26.Rh2 c5 27.Ne4 c4 28.Kb1 Ba3 
29.g3 Nd3 30.Bc3 O-O 31.f4 Rfd8 32.Rhd2 Rd5 33.Ba1 Bb4 34.Bc3 Ba3 35.Ba1 
Rd7 36.Rc2 Rb8 37.Nc3 b4 38.Ne4 c3 39.Nd6 Nc5 40.Re2 Nb7 41.Re4 Nxd6 42.
exd6 Rb5 43.Rc4 Rxh5 44.Rc7 Rxc7 45.dxc7 Rc5 0-1

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.a4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Na3 Qb8 14.f4 cxd4 15.cxd4 
Nc6 16.Nc2 bxa4 17.Bb1 Bd8 18.Rxa4 Bb6 19.d5 Ne7 20.f5 Qa7 21.Qf3 Kh8 22.
Na3 Qd7 23.b3 Bc5 24.Bd2 Rfb8 25.Bc2 Ne8 26.Kh1 f6 27.Rg1 Nc7 28.b4 Bd4 
29.Rg3 Rc8 30.Bd1 Nb5 31.Nxb5 axb5 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Rh3 Qe8 34.Kg2 Ra2 35.
Be1 Ra1 36.Bd2 Ra2 37.Qd3 g6 38.fxg6 Nxg6 39.Bh5 Qf7 40.Bxg6 Qxg6+ 41.Rg3 
Rxd2 42.Qxd2 Qxe4+ 43.f3 Qxd5 44.Qc2 Qa8 45.Qc7 Qf8 46.Qd7 Be3 47.Kf1 Bg5 
48.f4 Qa8 49.fxg5 Qh1+ 50.Kf2 Qxh2+ 51.Rg2 Qf4+ 52.Kg1 Qc1+ 53.Kh2 Qf4+ 
54.Rg3 Qf2+ 55.Kh3 Qf1+ 56.Kh4 Qh1+ 57.Rh3 Qe4+ 58.Qg4 fxg5+ 59.Kxg5 Qg6+ 
60.Kh4 Qh6+ 61.Kg3 Qe3+ 62.Kg2 Qd2+ 63.Kh1 Qe1+ 64.Kh2 Qd2+ 65.Qg2 Qf4+ 
66.Rg3 e4 67.Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.Nge2 Rb8 8.O-O b5 
9.a3 Bd7 10.h3 O-O 11.Kh2 a5 12.Qd2 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 
Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Bf6 19.Bxf6 exf6 20.Ra7 Re8 21.Rfa1 
Bf5 22.g4 Bc8 23.c4 Kg7 24.d4 cxd4 25.Qxd4 Re2 26.Bf1 Rc2 27.Re1 Rb7 28.
Kg1 Rxa7 29.Qxa7 Bd7 30.Kg2 h6 31.Qd4 Ra2 32.Re3 Kg8 33.Bd3 Kg7 34.h4 g5 
35.h5 Ra3 36.Kg3 Rb3 37.Rf3 Qe7 38.Re3 Qd8 39.Kg2 Ra3 40.Rf3 Qe7 41.Re3 
Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 b5 8.cxb5 a6 9.
bxa6 Bxa6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nf3 c4 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qe2 Nd3 14.Ne1 Qb6 15.Rb1 
Qa6 16.Nxd3 cxd3 17.Qd2 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Nxe4 20.Qe1 Nxg5 21.h4 
Qxa2 22.Qxe7 Nh3+ 23.gxh3 Bxb2 24.Qxd6 Bd4 25.Rb8+ Rxb8 26.Qxb8+ Kg7 27.
Qg3 Qe2 28.Qxd3 Qxf2+ 29.Kh1 Be5 30.Rd2 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Bd6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Re2 
Qh4 34.Qf5 h6 35.Kh1 Qc4 36.Rf2 Qc7 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qxh6 Bg3 39.Re2 Qd8 40.
Qxh5 1-0

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 
a5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e6 11.e4 Bh7 12.Be2 Be7 13.f3 Nfd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd7
Nxd7 16.O-O O-O 17.Qd2 Qb4 18.Nb1 Rfd8 19.Rd1 f5 20.Qxb4 axb4 21.Nd2 fxe4 
22.fxe4 Nf6 23.e5 Ne8 24.Nc4 Bc2 25.Rd2 Rxa4 26.Rxa4 Bxa4 27.Bg4 Nc7 28.
Nd6 b6 29.Rf2 Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Nc8 Bb3 32.Nxb6 Nb5 33.Nd7+ Ke7 34.Nc5 
Nxd4 35.Kf2 Bd5 36.Ke3 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Kh1 Rb8 20.Qd2 h5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ng5 Bg7
23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 h4 25.Nf1 Nh5 26.Be3 Bf6 27.Nh2 Bc8 28.Nhf3 Ng3+ 29.Kh2
Ncxe4 30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Ba7 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Ra8 34.Bd4 Bd7 35.Qf4 
Bxd4 36.Nxd4 Ra6 37.Ne6 Bxe6 38.dxe6 Ra7 39.Qd4 Qg5 40.Qxd6 Re7 41.exf7+ 
Kxf7 42.Rf1+ Kg7 43.Kh1 Qe5 44.Qd8 Kh7 45.Qf8 Rd7 46.Qf2 Qg5 47.Qf8 
1/2-1/2
