[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2
O-O 16.Ne4 Bd4 17.Nd6 Bc6 18.Bh7+ Kxh7 19.Qxd4 f6 20.Bd2 Qd7 21.Rac1 a5 
22.Qd3+ f5 23.Rc5 Ne7 24.Rfc1 Ra7 25.Be3 Rfa8 26.Qe2 Ra6 27.h4 Qd8 28.Bg5 
hxg5 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Qf7+ Kh7 31.Qh5+ Kg8 32.Qf7+ Kh7 33.hxg5 Ng6 34.Rxc6 
Qxg5 35.Rc8 Nf4 36.g3 Rxc8 37.Rxc8 Qg4 38.Qg8+ Kg6 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qh8+ Kg6
41.Rc7 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qh5+ 43.Qxh5+ Nxh5 44.Re7 Rc6 45.Rxe6+ Kh7 46.Nf7 Rxe6 
47.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C83"]

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.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 Rad8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Kh1
f4 22.b4 c4 23.Qd2 Ne6 24.Rd1 Nc7 25.Qf2 Qe6 26.Qd4 Qc6 27.Kg1 g6 28.Kf1 
Bg5 29.Bb2 Ra8 30.Qd2 Ne6 31.Bb1 Rd8 32.Qe1 Qc7 33.h4 Be7 34.Bc1 Qc6 35.
Qf2 Rf8 36.Bc2 Bd8 37.Qd2 Bxh4 38.Qxd5 Qb6 39.Qd2 Bg3 40.Qe2 Qa7 41.Be4 
Kh8 42.Bd5 Ng7 43.e6 Qe7 44.Qe5 Qh4 45.Ke2 h5 46.Be4 Rg8 47.Rd7 Qh1 48.Bd2
1-0

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 g5 
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.h3 Nfd7 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4 b5 14.Rhf1 Bb7 15.
Qf2 Rc8 16.Nce2 Bg7 17.Ng3 Rh7 18.Nh5 Bh8 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Bg3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 
Bxe4 22.Bh4 Qc7 23.Bf6 Bg6 24.Bxh8 Rxh8 25.Nf6+ Kd8 26.h4 Qc5 27.h5 Bh7 
28.Qh4 Bxc2+ 29.Nxc2 Qxc2+ 30.Ka1 Rc4 31.Ne4+ Kc7 32.Nxd6 Rf4 33.Qe7+ Kb6 
34.Qb7+ Ka5 35.Qa7 b4 36.Rfe1 Nf3 37.Rc1 Nxe1 38.Rxc2 Nxc2+ 39.Kb1 1-0

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Re1 e5 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Bh4 b6 10.a4 a6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nc4 Qe8 14.b4 Nh5 15.Ne3 Nf4
16.Bb1 Rd8 17.Nc4 Nf6 18.Qc1 g5 19.Bg3 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qc6 22.
Qc2 f5 23.Bxf4 fxe4 24.Nfxe5 Qe6 25.Bg3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qxe4 bxc4 28.
Qxc4 Qxc4 29.Nxc4 Bxc3 30.Rc1 Rd4 31.Ne3 Bd2 32.Be5 Re4 0-1

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Bd2 f5 
9.Qc2 Bf6 10.Rad1 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Be4 12.Qc1 d6 13.Bh3 Qe8 14.Ne1 Nd7 15.f3 
Bb7 16.Nd3 Qh5 17.Nf4 Qh6 18.Bg2 Bg5 19.h4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qxf4 21.gxf4 Nf6 
22.Kf2 Nh5 23.e3 a5 24.Bh3 d5 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Rc1 Rae8 27.Rc2 Ba6 28.Rfc1 
Bd3 29.Rd2 Bb5 30.Rdc2 Bd3 31.Rd2 Bb5 32.b3 Re6 33.Rdc2 Bd3 34.Rd2 Bb5 35.
Rdc2 Bd3 36.Rb2 Rfe8 37.Bd2 Rg6 38.Be1 Rge6 39.Bd2 Rg6 40.Be1 Rge6 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.Rd3 e5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 exd4 15.
g4 Qc5 16.Na2 O-O 17.Rf5 Qe7 18.e5 d3 19.Bxd3 Nd5 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Nxb4 Nxb4 
22.Bc4 Nd5 23.Rd1 Rae8 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Qb5 Nxe5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 f6 
28.Be3 b6 29.g5 Kf7 30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Rd6 Re6 32.Rd1 Nc4 33.Rd7+ Re7 34.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Rh5 Rg8+ 36.Kf1 Nxe3+ 37.fxe3 Rg7 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.Kf3 Rc7 40.
h4 f5 41.Rh6+ Ke5 42.h5 Rf7 43.b4 Kd5 44.Kf4 Kc4 45.b5 Kb4 46.Re6 Kxa4 47.
Re5 a5 48.bxa6 b5 49.Rxf5 Ra7 50.Rf6 b4 51.e4 b3 52.Rb6 Ka3 53.e5 b2 54.e6
Ka2 55.Ke5 b1=Q 56.Rxb1 Kxb1 57.Kf6 Rxa6 58.Kf7 Ra2 59.e7 Rf2+ 60.Kg7 Re2 
61.Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "E49"]

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.Ba2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Ng3 Rad8 14.Bb2 e5 15.Qc2 
Rd7 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.h3 c4 18.a4 Re8 19.Ba3 e4 20.Bb1 Rd5 21.Ne2 Rg5 22.Nf4
Bc8 23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Qxc4 Na5 25.Qb4 Nd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.h4 Rg4 28.Qb5 Qd8 
29.g3 a6 30.Qb4 Qxh4 31.Bxe4 Rxg3+ 32.fxg3 Qxe4 33.Rd2 Qf3 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.
Kg1 Qf3 36.Kh2 Bf5 37.e4 Bxe4 38.Rxe4 Qxe4 39.d5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Rb1 Qc7 
16.Qc2 g6 17.axb5 axb5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nb3 Reb8 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bxc4 Ba6 22.
Nbd2 Nc5 23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Nc4 Nfd7 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Be3 Raa8 27.Qd2 Rd8 28.Qc3
c5 29.Nfxe5 Bg7 30.f4 g5 31.g3 gxf4 32.gxf4 Nxe5 33.Nxe5 Bxe5 34.fxe5 Kh8 
35.Bf2 Qe7 36.Qf3 Rg8+ 37.Kh1 Rg6 38.Rd5 Rag8 39.Rg1 Rxg1+ 40.Bxg1 Rg6 41.
Kh2 Kg7 42.Be3 c4 43.Rd6 Qc7 44.h4 Qa5 45.Rd5 Qe1 46.Kh3 Kf8 47.Rd7 Rg3+ 
48.Qxg3 Qh1+ 49.Kg4 Qxe4+ 50.Kh5 1-0

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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.b3 d5 
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 exd4 20.e5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Nxe5 22.
cxd4 Nc6 23.Nf5 Bc8 24.Rc1 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Qd6 26.Bh4 Ne7 27.Bg3 Qb4 28.Bb1 
c6 29.Be5 Bg7 30.a3 Qxa3 31.Rc3 Nd7 32.Rg3 Nxe5 33.dxe5 Qb4 34.Rg4 Qc3 35.
f4 d4 36.Kh2 Nd5 37.f5 d3 38.Qxd3 Qxe5+ 39.Rg3 Nf6 40.Qf3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Nfd7 7.a4 Na6 8.O-O Nc7
9.Re1 Nxb5 10.axb5 O-O 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.e5 Bf5 13.h3 h6 14.Qe2 g5 15.Bg3 Qd7 
16.h4 f6 17.e6 Qe8 18.Nh2 Bg6 19.f4 Bh5 20.Qd3 gxf4 21.Bxf4 Qg6 22.Nf1 f5 
23.Kh2 Qg4 24.Qg3 Qxg3+ 25.Nxg3 Be8 26.Nge2 Kh7 27.Bg3 Nc4 28.b3 Ne3 29.
Rac1 Rg8 30.Nd1 Nxd5 31.c4 Nb4 32.Ne3 a6 33.bxa6 Rxa6 34.Nxf5 Bf6 35.Nf4 
Ra2 36.Nd5 Nxd5 37.cxd5 Bh5 38.Rf1 Rd2 39.Ne3 Bd4 40.Nc4 Rd3 41.Bf4 Rxb3 
42.Nd2 Rb2 43.Rb1 Bg6 44.Rxb2 Bxb2 45.Rf3 Rf8 46.Nc4 Be4 47.Bxd6 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Ngf6 8.O-O 
Be7 9.e4 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 Bb4 
15.Re2 Qa5 16.Nd1 Nf8 17.Ne3 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.a3 Rac8 20.Be5 Nd7 21.Qb3
Qa6 22.Rc2 Rxc2 23.Nxc2 Bf8 24.Bg3 Qb6 25.Qc3 Nf6 26.f3 Re6 27.Ne3 Rc6 28.
Qd2 Qb3 29.Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.Qxc1 Qd3 31.Be5 Nd7 32.Qc3 Nxe5 33.dxe5 Qxc3 34.
bxc3 Bc5 35.Kf2 d4 36.cxd4 Bxd4 37.f4 b5 38.Ke2 Bc5 39.Nc2 Kf8 40.Kd3 a5 
41.Ke4 Bg1 42.h3 Ke7 43.Kd5 Kd7 44.g4 Bf2 45.Nd4 Bxd4 46.Kxd4 Kc6 47.h4 b4
48.axb4 axb4 49.Kc4 b3 50.Kxb3 Kd5 51.g5 Ke6 52.Kc4 Ke7 53.Kb5 f6 54.gxf6+
gxf6 55.Kc5 Ke6 56.Kd4 Kd7 57.Kd5 Ke7 58.e6 Kd8 59.Kd6 Ke8 60.e7 1-0

[Event "10th Essent Crown it"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 
c5 9.Be2 cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.b3 Nbd7 12.O-O dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 Rac8 15.
Re1 Rfe8 16.Bb2 Ng4 17.g3 Ndf6 18.Nd2 h5 19.h3 Nh6 20.Bf3 Red8 21.Re5 Nf5 
22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.d5 h4 24.g4 Ne7 25.Ne4 Ne8 26.Re1 Nxd5 27.Qf3 Rxc4 28.Rg5 
Qe7 29.Bxg7 Nxg7 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nxd5 Qd6 33.Nf6 Ne8 34.Qa8 
Qe7 35.g5 Rd4 36.Rc1 Rd8 37.Qf3 Rd5 38.Kf1 Nxf6 39.gxf6 Qd8 40.Rc4 Rf5 41.
Qa3+ Kg8 42.Rg4+ Kh7 43.Rxh4+ Kg6 44.Rg4+ Kxf6 45.Qc3+ Ke7 46.Rd4 Rd5 47.
Rc4 Kd7 48.h4 Qb8 49.Qf6 Rf5 50.Rd4+ Kc6 51.Rc4+ Kb7 52.Qe7+ Ka6 53.Rc7 
Qa8 54.Kg1 Rf4 55.f3 Rxf3 56.Qg5 f5 0-1
