[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Bd7 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 
Rfb8 16.Be3 Qb7 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 c4 19.h3 Bd8 20.Qf1 Bb6 21.Qe1 Nh5 22.
Kh2 g6 23.g3 Rf8 24.Qe2 Ng7 25.Nh4 Bd8 26.Ng2 f5 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Be4 Nxe3 
29.Nxe3 Bb6 30.h4 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Bc8 32.Kg2 Bf5 33.f3 Qf7 34.Nf1 Bc8 35.Ne3 
Kg7 36.h5 Qe7 37.Qd2 Bd8 38.Nc2 gxh5 39.Rh1 Qg5 40.Qxg5+ Bxg5 41.Rxh5 h6 
42.Rh1 Kf6 43.Ra1 h5 44.Ra5 Rg8 45.Kh2 h4 46.g4 Bd7 47.Na3 Bd2 48.Nxb5 
Bxb5 49.Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 
9.c3 d6 10.a5 Rb8 11.Bc4 Bb7 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qb3 Na7
16.Nbd2 Nb5 17.Nf1 Nf6 18.Ne5 Nd6 19.Bd3 Bd5 20.Qc2 Nb5 21.Be3 b3 22.Qe2 
Bd6 23.Bc4 Bb4 24.Rec1 Re8 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qc4 Bd6 27.Ng4 Qf5 28.Nxf6+ 
Qxf6 29.Nd2 Qh4 30.g3 Qg4 31.Qd5 Rbd8 32.Qf3 Qe6 33.Rc6 Ra8 34.Rac1 f5 35.
Nc4 h6 36.Ne5 Kh8 37.Qh5 Kh7 38.h4 Rf8 39.Qf3 Qe7 40.Qd5 Qe8 41.Qxb3 Bxe5 
42.dxe5 Qxe5 43.Re6 Nd4 44.Rxe5 Nxb3 45.Rxc7 Rae8 46.Rxe8 Rxe8 47.Ra7 Nxa5
48.Bd4 Rg8 49.Rxa6 Nb3 50.Bc3 Rd8 51.Ra7 Nd4 52.Kg2 Ne6 53.Re7 Rd6 54.b4 
Kg8 55.b5 Rb6 56.h5 Kf8 57.Bb4 Kg8 58.Bd2 f4 59.g4 Kf8 60.Bb4 Kg8 61.Ba3 
Ng5 62.Re5 Kf7 63.Rf5+ Ke6 64.Bb2 f3+ 65.Kh2 Rb7 66.Bd4 Kd6 67.b6 Kc6 68.
Be3 Nf7 69.Rxf3 Ne5 70.Rf4 Kd5 71.Kg3 Rb8 72.Rf5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "E85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Ng3 c5 10.Qd2 h5 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Bd3 Nh7 13.Be3 h4 14.Nge2 Qd8 15.Nb5 b6 
16.Rb1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Qc2 a6 19.Nbc3 b5 20.b3 b4 21.Nd1 Ng5 22.f4 e4 
23.fxg5 exd3 24.Qxd3 f4 25.Nxf4 Bf5 26.Qe2 Bxb1 27.Ne6 Qe7 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 
29.Rf1 Qe4 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Nf2 Qxg2 32.Qh5 Qxh2 33.Qf3+ Kg8 34.Bf4 Qg1+ 
35.Ke2 Bg6 36.Bxd6 Qb1 37.Ng4 Qxa2+ 38.Kf1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Nd2 h6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.c3 a6 12.Bc4 d6 13.a4 Bg5 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 
16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Qe7 19.Bd5 Rac8 20.Qb3 Nd8 21.Raf1 Rc7 
22.g4 Re8 23.Qb6 Rf8 24.Kf2 Rd7 25.Ke2 Kh7 26.Qb3 Rc7 27.Kd2 Kg8 28.Rf5 
Kh7 29.Qd1 Rd7 30.Qf3 g6 31.Rf6 Kg7 32.h4 Rc7 33.h5 g5 34.Qf5 Rd7 35.Rg6+ 
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wempe, Joost"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 
O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16.d6 Nd5 17.Bg3 Rc8 18.Bd1 Rc3 19.Qd2 Rc5 20.Rc1 Nc3 21.Bb3 Re8 
22.d7 Re7 23.Rcd1 Nxd1 24.Rxd1 Bc6 25.Bh4 Qxd7 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.h4 Bf6 28.
Qd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Kg7 30.Ng5 Rc1+ 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Bd5 33.a4 Bxg5 34.
hxg5 Kf8 35.Kf1 Ke7 36.Ke2 Bxg2 37.Kd3 Ke6 38.Bg4+ Ke5 39.Bd7 Kf4 40.Be8 
Bd5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.f3 Bh5 6.Ne2 Bg6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c4 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qa5 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nbc3 Be7 12.a3 O-O 13.Bg3 Rad8 14.Qe1 Bd6 15.
e4 Qc7 16.Rd1 Nh5 17.d5 Nxg3 18.Nxg3 Nb6 19.Ba2 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 
Qc2 22.h4 f6 23.b4 Rfe8 24.h5 Bf7 25.Rf2 Qc8 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Rd2 Bxd5 28.
Rxd5 Qf7 29.Qe3 Bf8 30.Rcd1 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 a6 32.Qd2 Rc8 33.Rd7 Qc4 34.Kh2 
Rc7 35.Rd8 Kf7 36.Nf5 Qe6 37.Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bb5 a6 
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.c3 Rg8 12.Rg1 f5 13.Qc2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Be7 
15.g3 Kb8 16.Rge1 Rc8 17.Ng1 c5 18.Ne2 cxd4 19.exd4 b5 20.Kb1 Bf6 21.Qb3 
Rc7 22.Qb4 Rgc8 23.h4 Bd8 24.Rc1 Bd5 25.Nf4 a5 26.Qa3 Ba8 27.Qxa5 Rxc3 28.
Qxc3 Rxc3 29.bxc3 e5 30.Ne2 f4 31.Kb2 f3 32.Ng1 Qf5 33.Re3 e4 34.Nb3 d5 
35.Ra1 Bc6 36.Nc5 Be7 37.Nb3 Bd6 38.a3 Qg4 39.Na5 Bd7 40.Rf1 f5 41.Nb3 f4 
42.gxf4 Qg2 43.Ree1 e3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.a4 Nf6 12.Be3 O-O 13.a5 Rae8 14.Bd4 Nd7 15.Qd2 
Bf6 16.Red1 Rd8 17.Ne2 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Ra3 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 
Ne5 22.Qf4 Rfe8 23.h4 Qd7 24.Rc3 Rc8 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Kg2 Nc4 27.Nf5 Qe6 
28.Qg5 g6 29.Nh6+ Kg7 30.Ng4 h5 31.Re1 Qxg4 32.Qxg4 hxg4 33.Rxe8 Nxa5 34.
Rb8 b5 35.Rb6 Nc4 36.Rxa6 Nxb2 37.Rb6 Nc4 38.Rxb5 Na3 39.Rc5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.a3 
Ne7 9.h4 h5 10.Nf4 Bf7 11.Qd2 Nc8 12.f3 Nb6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Kb1 Be7 15.
Rhe1 Kb8 16.Qf2 Rhe8 17.Bb5 c6 18.Bf1 Qc7 19.Bd3 Bd6 20.g3 Nc4 21.Bxc4 
dxc4 22.Nfe2 a5 23.e4 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf8 25.N2c3 Re7 26.Nc5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Qd6
28.Rd1 f5 29.g4 fxg4 30.fxg4 Qf6 31.Qg3+ Bd6 32.Qe1 Qe7 33.Qxe7 Bxe7 34.
Rf1 Bg8 35.Rf4 Bd6 36.Rf5 hxg4 37.Rg5 b6 38.N5e4 Bf8 39.Rxg4 Rxd4 40.h5 
Bd5 41.Nxd5 cxd5 42.h6 gxh6 43.Rg8 Rxe4 44.Rxf8+ Kb7 45.Rf7+ Ka6 46.Rf6 
Rh4 47.a4 d4 48.Rc6 d3 49.cxd3 cxd3 50.Rd6 Rxa4 51.Rxd3 h5 52.Rd5 h4 53.
Rh5 Rb4 54.Kc2 Kb7 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.c3 Na6 8.Nbd2 
Nxd2 9.Qxd2 c4 10.Be2 Nc5 11.O-O Qb6 12.Rad1 f6 13.Qc2 g6 14.b3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Bg7 16.b4 Na6 17.Nd4 Nc7 18.e4 O-O 19.f4 e5 20.Bf2 Nxd5 21.exd5 exd4 
22.Bxd4 Qc7 23.Qb3 d6 24.Bxb5 a5 25.Bc6 axb4 26.cxb4 f5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.b5
Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Ra7 30.Rfe1 Bxc6 31.dxc6 Rb8 32.Qc3+ Kg8 33.Rxd6 Qxb5 34.c7 
Rba8 35.c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.
Bb2 Bd6 10.h3 Bf5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Qc2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qe7 14.Rab1 Rfd8 15.Ba1 
Rac8 16.a4 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 dxc4 19.bxc4 Bxe5 20.Qe2 b4 21.Na2 Bxa1
22.Rxa1 Ne4 23.Nc1 Rd2 24.Qg4 Re8 25.Ra2 Rxa2 26.Nxa2 b3 27.Nc1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.
a4 a5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Qxb6 12.h3 Ba6 13.Nd2 Bxb5 14.axb5 Qc7 15.Nc4 Nb6 
16.Na3 Rfe8 17.Bf4 e6 18.Qf3 Qe7 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 g5 21.Bg3 Nfd7 22.Rad1 
exd5 23.exd5 Ne5 24.Qf5 Nbc4 25.Qc2 f5 26.Bxe5 Nxa3 27.bxa3 Qxe5 28.Rd3 f4
29.Nb1 Qf5 30.Nd2 Re2 31.Qc4 Rae8 32.b6 Rb8 33.Rb1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d5 7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 
exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.O-O-O+ Bd7 12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Ng4 14.g3
Kc7 15.Rd4 fxg3 16.hxg3 Nxf2 17.Rh5 f5 18.Bg2 g6 19.Rhh4 Ng4 20.Rc4 Ne3 
21.Nd5+ Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Rae8 23.Rc2 Re5 24.Bf3 a5 25.Rhc4 Re6 26.Ra4 Re5 27.
Rac4 Re6 28.Ra4 Ra8 29.b4 Re5 30.Kd2 Kb6 31.Rb2 Rb5 32.bxa5+ Rxa5 33.Rxb5+
cxb5 34.Rxa5 Kxa5 35.Bd5 Kb4 36.Bg8 h6 37.Ke3 Kc3 38.Kf4 Kd4 39.e3+ Kd3 
40.Bf7 g5+ 41.Ke5 Bc8 42.Kd6 Kxe3 43.Kc7 f4 44.gxf4 g4 45.Kxc8 g3 46.Bd5 
Kxf4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Black "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C45"]

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 g5 10.h4 Bg7 11.Bb2 Nf4 12.Qe3 h6 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 16.O-O-O Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxe5+ Nxe5 19.Ne4 O-O-O 20.Nxg5 
d5 21.f4 Rg8 22.Re1 f6 23.fxe5 fxg5 24.e6 Kd8 25.e7+ Ke8 26.Re6 Kd7 27.Rf6
Re8 28.cxd5 Bxf1 29.dxc6+ Kxe7 30.Rxf1 Kd6 31.Rf6+ Kd5 32.Kd2 Re5 33.Rg6 
Kc5 34.Kd3 a5 35.a3 Rd5+ 36.Ke4 Rd4+ 37.Kf5 Rd3 38.b4+ axb4 39.axb4+ Kb6 
40.Kxg5 Rd4 41.g4 Rxb4 42.Rf6 Rc4 43.Kh5 Rc1 44.g5 Rh1+ 45.Kg6 Rg1 46.Kh6 
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 
8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 e5 12.Ne2 Na6 13.Qc2 Qh6 14.O-O Nc5 
15.Bc4 Kh8 16.Rad1 Bg4 17.Rd5 Rac8 18.Ng3 Ne6 19.Be2 Nd4 20.Qd3 Be6 21.
Rxe5 Nxe2+ 22.Nxe2 Bxa2 23.Re1 Bc4 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.Rxe3 Rfd8 26.Nd4 g6 27.
Re7 Bd5 28.f3 a6 29.Kf2 Kg7 30.Ra1 Kf6 31.Re3 Rd6 32.Ke2 Rb6 33.b4 Rd6 34.
Kd2 h5 35.Ree1 h4 36.Re3 Rdd8 37.Ra5 Bc4 38.Ra1 Re8 39.Rxe8 Rxe8 40.Re1 
Rxe1 41.Kxe1 Ke5 42.g3 b6 43.Kd2 hxg3 44.hxg3 Kd6 45.Ke3 a5 46.Nc2 Bd5 47.
Na3 Ke5 48.f4+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bc1 
Nc6 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Be3 e5 11.Nb3 Be6 12.O-O Be7 13.Nd5 O-O 14.Bf3 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb8 16.a4 a5 17.Qd3 Nfd7 18.Qb5 Qc7 19.Be2 b6 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.c3 f5 22.
b4 f4 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.Qb3 Bd6 26.Nc4 e4 27.f3 Nd7 28.Nxa5 
bxa5 29.Rab1 Ne5 30.Qc2 e3 31.Qe4 Qe7 32.Rb6 Rf6 33.Rfb1 Rg6 34.Qxf4 Rf6 
35.Qe4 Qf8 36.Qxe3 c4 37.Kh1 Bc5 38.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Balje, Jan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Bg2 Bc6 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Nc3 b5 10.Qd3 b4 11.Nb1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Bc5 14.Nb3 Be7 
15.N1d2 a5 16.a4 bxa3 17.bxa3 O-O 18.a4 Nb6 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Rdc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Nxc1 Kf8 24.Ncb3 Rd8 25.Ra2 Nfd5 26.Rc2 Nxa4 27.
Nxa5 Nb4 28.Rc4 Rxd2 29.Rxb4 Nc3 30.Kf3 Nxe2 31.Ke3 Ra2 32.Nc6 g5 33.Rb8+ 
Kg7 34.Rb7 Nc3 35.Rd7 Nd5+ 36.Kf3 g4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Black "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Bf5 6.Be2 O-O 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Bf3 
c6 9.O-O Rc8 10.Re1 b5 11.g4 Be6 12.Nd3 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.Nf4 Ne8 
16.e4 Bxd4 17.exd5 g5 18.dxe6 gxf4 19.exd7 Rd8 20.dxe8=Q fxg3 21.Qxc6 Bxc3
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 a6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.h3 Qc7 9.
Be3 b5 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Nh4 Rd8 12.Rae1 O-O 13.f4 Nd7 14.Nf3 b4 15.Ne2 a5 16.
g4 Rfe8 17.g5 Bf8 18.h4 d5 19.e5 Ne7 20.d4 Ba6 21.Kh1 Nf5 22.Bf2 cxd4 23.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Rc8 25.Rc1 Bc5 26.Rfd1 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Qc5 
29.c3 bxc3 30.bxc3 g6 31.h5 Nb6 32.Qd3 Qa3 33.Rc2 Rc4 34.Rxc4 Nxc4 35.Bf3 
Rb8 36.Qd4 Rb2 37.Rxb2 Qxb2 38.Qa7 gxh5 39.Bxh5 Qc1+ 40.Kg2 Qxf4 41.Qe7 
Nxe5 42.Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Ne7 6.Qd3 O-O 7.O-O-O f5 8.Nh3 Ng6
9.Bg3 b6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Kb1 e5 12.dxe5 f4 13.Nxf4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Rxf4 15.exd5
Rf8 16.dxc6 Qe8 17.Nd5 Bc5 18.Qc3 Qf7 19.b4 Be6 20.bxc5 Nxc6 21.cxb6 axb6 
22.Qxc6 Rfc8 23.Qd6 Rd8 24.Ne7+ Kf8 25.Ng6+ Ke8 26.Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 
Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.Nb3 e5 13.Qd3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nf6 
15.O-O-O Qxd3 16.Bxd3 Be6 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Bf5 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Bxf5 20.Rxe7 
Nd5 21.Re5 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 
Nbd7 9.f4 b5 10.f5 Bc4 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Kb1 Rb8 13.Qe1 O-O 14.Bc1 Qc7 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Na5 Qc7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Rbc8 19.Nc6 Nb6 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Qf2 Nd7 22.g4 f6 23.Rhg1 Rc7 24.h4 Rfc8 25.Rd2 b4 26.g5 a5 27.Qe3 a4 28.
Rdg2 Nc5 29.h5 b3 30.cxb3 axb3 31.axb3 e4 32.gxf6 Qxf6 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.bxc3
Kh8 35.c4 Rb8 36.Bb2 Rxb3 37.Kc2 h6 38.Bxg7+ Kh7 39.Rg6 Rcb7 40.Rxh6+ Kg8 
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.O-O Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Nd2 c6 13.Be3 Bf8 14.b4 Ne6 15.a3
Nd4 16.Bd3 Ng4 17.Nf1 Nxe3 18.Nxe3 Be6 19.c5 b6 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Nc4 Bxc4 
22.Bxc4 Nc2 23.Ra2 Nxa3 24.Rda1 b5 25.Bb3 Red8 26.Nb1 Bxb4 27.Nxa3 Rd3 28.
Nc2 Rxa2 29.Bxa2 Bc5 30.Rf1 Rd2 31.Bb1 b4 32.g4 b3 33.Na1 Rb2 34.Bd3 Bd4 
35.Bc4 Rxf2 36.Nxb3 Rc2+ 37.Nxd4 Rxc4 38.Nf3 Rxe4 39.h3 f6 40.Rc1 Rf4 41.
Kg2 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.Kg3 Ra4 44.Rxc6 Ra3 45.Kg2 Ra2+ 46.Kg1 Ra1+ 47.Kf2 
Ra2+ 48.Kf1 Ra1+ 49.Ne1 Kf7 50.Rc3 Ke6 51.Kf2 f5 52.Rc6+ Kd5 53.Rh6 Ra2+ 
54.Kf1 f4 55.Rxh5 Ke4 56.Rg5 Ra3 57.h4 Rh3 58.Ng2 f3 59.Rg4+ Kd3 60.Ra4 
Rh1+ 61.Kf2 fxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Na3
Rd8 9.Qb3 Rd7 10.Be2 e6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.g3 Rd5 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 
Bg6 16.Nfe5 b5 17.Ne3 Rxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxb5+ Ke7 20.Qb4+ Kf6 21.g5+ 
Kxg5 22.Rg1+ Kf6 23.Qh4# 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Black "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bh4 c6 6.e3 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Be5 
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bd3 Qb6 11.a3 Bg7 12.O-O Nd7 13.f4 gxf4 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 
15.Qh5 O-O 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Rxf4 e5 18.dxe5 Qg5 19.Qxg5 hxg5 20.Rb4 b6 21.Rb3
Bxe5 22.Nc3 Be6 23.Ne2 c5 24.Ba6 d4 25.Rd3 Bf5 26.exd4 Bxd3 27.Bxd3 Bg7 
28.d5 Bxb2 29.Ra2 Bg7 30.c4 Rfe8 31.Kf2 a6 32.a4 Be5 33.g3 Kg7 34.Kf3 Rh8 
35.Kg2 Rh6 36.Ng1 Rah8 37.Nf3 Bd6 38.Re2 a5 39.h4 gxh4 40.Nxh4 Kf8 41.Kf3 
Rg8 42.Nf5 Rh3 43.Nxd6 Rgxg3+ 44.Kf4 Rxd3 45.Re8+ Kg7 46.Nf5+ Kf6 47.Rc8 
Rhf3+ 48.Ke4 Rc3 49.d6 Rxf5 50.d7 Re5+ 51.Kf4 Rxc4+ 52.Kf3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Galje, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O h5 
9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 g5 11.Nb3 g4 12.Nfd2 a5 13.a4 Qb6 14.Nb1 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 
Qxd4 16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Nb5 Nb8 18.Be3 Qd8 19.f3 g3 20.hxg3 Nc6 21.f4 Bd7 22.
Rc1 Kf8 23.f5 exf5 24.Rf1 Nxe5 25.Bxf5 Bxb5 26.axb5 Nc4 27.Bd4 Rh6 28.b3 
Nd6 29.Qf3 Bf6 30.Bc5 Kg7 31.Bd3 Ne4 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Qxe4 Qd7 34.Rcd1 Qxb5
35.Be3 Rg6 36.Rd5 Qe8 37.Qd3 Rd8 38.Re1 Rxd5 39.Qxd5 Qe5 40.Bh6+ Kxh6 41.
Rxe5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "E83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Rc1 Rb8 
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.g4 b5 11.Ng3 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Nce2 d3 15.Qxd3 
bxc4 16.Qd2 c6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd4 Ba8 19.g5 Nd7 20.Rxc4 d5 21.Rc2 Qb6 22.
Nb3 Ne5 23.Qf2 Qb4+ 24.Kd1 dxe4 25.fxe4 Qa4 26.Bg2 Rfd8+ 27.Rd2 Qxa2 28.
Nc5 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.a4 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nbd2 Qb6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.Bc2 O-O 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16.e4 Rd8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne4 Nb4 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Black "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nce2 b5 7.Bd5 Rb8 8.Nxd4 
Bxd4 9.e5 Bxg1 10.Rxg1 e6 11.Bf3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qxh2 13.Kf1 Ne7 14.Rg2 Qh3 15.
Kf2 Bb7 16.d3 h5 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Qf3 Rc7 19.Be3 Qg4 20.Qxg4 hxg4 21.c4 
bxc4 22.dxc4 Nf5 23.Rd1 Ke7 24.Ke2 d6 25.b3 Rh5 26.exd6+ Nxd6 27.Bc1 Ne4 
28.Bb2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O d5 8.Nc3 
Nf6 9.Bf4 Bb4 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Rfe1 Be7 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.
Qf4 Kg7 16.Re3 Qe7 17.Ne2 Rb8 18.Nd4 Rb6 19.Rh3 h6 20.b3 Qb4 21.Rg3 c5 22.
Bxg6 fxg6 23.c3 Qa3 24.Qh4 cxd4 25.b4 Rf8 26.Qh5 g5 27.h4 Rf5 28.hxg5 Rxg5
29.Rxg5+ hxg5 30.Qxg5+ Kf7 31.Rd1 Qxc3 32.Rc1 Rc6 33.Qh5+ Ke7 34.Qh4+ Ke8 
35.Qh8+ Nf8 36.Qh5+ Kd8 37.Rxc3 dxc3 38.Qg5+ Kc7 39.Qc1 c2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 
O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.O-O-O d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Kb1 Bf5 15.
N5d4 Bg6 16.g4 Re8 17.f4 Be4 18.Rg1 Bd6 19.Qf2 a6 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.cxd3 Nxd4
22.Nxd4 Bc5 23.g5 Nd7 24.Nf5 Bxe3 25.Nxe3 Qa7 26.d4 Nb6 27.f5 Qb8 28.g6 f6
29.gxh7+ Kh8 30.Ng2 Re4 31.Nh4 Kxh7 32.Qg2 Qc7 33.Ng6 Kg8 34.Qh3 Kf7 35.
Qh5 Rg8 36.Rc1 Nc4 37.Nf4+ Kf8 38.Ne6+ Rxe6 39.fxe6 g5 40.Ka2 Qg7 41.b3 
Nd6 42.Qf3 Rh8 43.Rg2 Qe7 44.Qxd5 Rh4 45.Rgc2 Ne8 46.Qd7 Rh7 47.Qxe7+ Rxe7
48.d5 Kg7 49.Rc8 f5 50.Rd8 Nf6 51.Re1 Ne4 52.Rd7 Kf6 53.Rxe7 Kxe7 54.Rxe4 
fxe4 55.Kb2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.h3 h6 13.Bh4 c5 14.Rad1 Rb8 
15.b3 Rb4 16.Bc4 g5 17.Bg3 d4 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rfe1 Qc8 20.Ne4 Rf7 21.Qe2 
Rb6 22.Be5 Nd7 23.Nd2 Bf6 24.Bg3 Rc6 25.Nc4 Qa6 26.Qe4 Kg7 27.Rd3 Re7 28.
h4 Rc8 29.h5 Nf8 30.Be5 Bxe5 31.Qxe5+ Kg8 32.a4 Rcc7 33.Rf3 Rf7 34.Rxf7 
Rxf7 35.Qxc5 Rf4 36.g3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Black "Vedder, Henk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c6 5.Qc2 b5 6.c5 Ne4 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.O-O Be7 9.
Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 f5 11.f3 Bf6 12.Nb3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Be3 O-O 15.Bf2 bxa4 
16.Rxa4 Bb5 17.Ra2 a4 18.Nc1 Qa5 19.Rd1 Bc4 20.Ra3 Rfb8 21.e4 fxe4 22.fxe4
Qb5 23.Bh3 Nf8 24.Rd2 e5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Bf1 Qa5 27.dxe5 Bxe5 28.Rxd5 cxd5
29.Nd3 Bf6 30.Bg2 Qd8 31.Rxa4 Rxa4 32.Qxa4 Bxb2 33.Qa2 Qf6 34.c6 Bc3 35.
Nf4 Kh8 36.Nxd5 Qxc6 37.Qc2 Rb2 38.Qf5 Bf6 39.h3 Qe6 40.Qf3 Rb8 41.Nxf6 
Qxf6 42.Qe4 Ne6 43.Be3 Rf8 44.Qd5 Rd8 45.Qe4 Ng5 46.Qg4 Nf7 47.Kh2 Ne5 48.
Qe4 Nd3 49.Qg4 Ne1 50.Bg5 Qf2 51.Qe4 Rf8 52.Bf4 h6 53.Kh1 Nxg2 54.Qxg2 
Qe1+ 55.Qg1 Qe2 56.Qg2 Qd3 57.Qc6 Rd8 58.h4 Rd5 59.Qe8+ Kh7 60.Kg2 Rc5 61.
Qa8 Rc2+ 62.Kh3 Qf5+ 63.g4 Qxf4 64.Qa1 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Vul, Arkady"]
[Black "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.f4 Nb6 11.b3 f6 12.Nf3 Rf7 13.Ba3 Nc6 14.Qd2 Bf8 15.Bc5 Nd7 
16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.e4 Ne7 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Qb4 Bc6 
22.Rfe1 Qd7 23.Qc3 Re8 24.Qc5 a6 25.Bf1 Rxe1 26.Nxe1 Ne6 27.Qc3 Nc7 28.a4 
Re7 29.Nd3 Re3 30.Kf2 Qe7 31.Qd2 Re6 32.Nc5 Rd6 33.Qe3 Qf7 34.Qc3 Bd7 35.
Nxb7 Rc6 36.Nc5 Bf5 37.b4 Be4 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 Nxb5 40.Bxb5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Mellema, Andries"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9.d3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Qd2 f5 13.f4 Qd7 14.Kh2 Rbe8 15.
fxe5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nxe5 17.Qf2 b6 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qf3 Kh8 21.
Rbe1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 f4 23.d4 fxg3+ 24.Qxg3 Nf4 25.Kh1 g6 26.Rf1 Rf5 27.Qe3 
Kg7 28.Qg3 Nxg2 29.Qxd6 Rxf1+ 30.Kxg2 cxd6 31.Kxf1 Kf6 32.Kf2 Kf5 33.Kf3 
b5 34.a3 g5 35.Kg3 h5 36.Kf3 a6 37.Kg3 Ke4 38.Kf2 Kf4 39.Kg2 Ke3 40.Kg3 
Kd2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Black "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 h5 
9.gxh5 d5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ne2 Bxf5 13.exf5 Rg8 14.Qd3 Qd5 15.f3 
Nd7 16.Ng3 Nc5 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Bg2 Qc4 19.b3 Qb5 20.Kf2 d3 21.Rhd1 Qb6 22.
Kf1 Rd7 23.c3 Rh8 24.b4 Na4 25.Ne4 Rxh5 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Ke7 28.Bf1 
Nb2 29.Rd2 Rxh2+ 30.Ke1 Rxd2 31.Nxd2 Bh6 32.c4 Bf4 33.Bg2 Bxd2+ 34.Kxd2 
Nxc4+ 35.Kc3 d2 36.Kxc4 d1=Q 37.Rxd1 Rxd1 38.f4 b6 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Bb7 
Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Black "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qd3 b5 13.Bb3 Nbd7 14.a4 Bb7 15.
Bg5 Rac8 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rfe1 b4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Nd7 21.
Re3 Rxc3 22.Rxc3 bxc3 23.Qxc3 Rc8 24.Qd2 Bd5 25.Bd1 f6 26.Bh4 Qc6 27.f3 
Nb6 28.Qe1 Qc1 29.Bf2 Qa1 30.Qd2 Rc1 31.Re1 Nc4 32.Qe2 Nd6 33.Qd2 Nc4 34.
Qe2 h6 35.Bb3 Rb1 36.Bxc4 Bxc4 37.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 38.Qe1 Qd3 39.Be3 Kh7 40.Bf2 
f5 41.Qa1 f4 42.Qe1 Bd5 43.Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Vedder, Richard"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.dxc6 Qc7 13.h3 Bc8 14.a4 Qxc6 15.Na3 Bb7 
16.axb5 axb5 17.Bd3 Nc4 18.Nc2 Rxa1 19.Nxa1 Rd8 20.Qe2 d5 21.exd5 Rxd5 22.
Bg5 Nh5 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Bxe7 Nf4 25.Qe4 f6 26.Nc2 Qc8 27.Ne3 Rd7 28.Qxc4+ 
Qxc4 29.Nxc4 Rxe7 30.Kh2 Rd7 31.Ra1 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Rd3 33.Kg3 Ne2+ 34.Kg2 
Nf4+ 35.Kg3 Ne2+ 36.Kg4 h5+ 37.Kxh5 Rxf3 38.Ne3 Kh7 39.Nd5 Rxf2 40.b4 Nf4+
41.Nxf4 Rxf4 42.Ra7 e4 43.b5 e3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Black "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.a3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Kh1 Be7 10.Be3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qg4 O-O 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nd7 16.f4 Nf6 17.Qf3 Rac8 18.c3 Qc4 19.Bg1 Rc7 20.Rfe1 g6 21.Rad1 Qd5
22.Qg3 Rd7 23.Nxe6 Qxd1 24.Nxf8 Bxf8 25.Rxd1 Rxd1 26.Qe3 Rb1 27.b4 Ra1 28.
h3 Rxa3 29.Qe5 Nh5 30.Bc5 Ng7 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.c4 bxc4 33.b5 Rb3 34.bxa6 
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O Qb6+ 7.e3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Kh1 Ng4 10.Qe1 f5 11.h3 Ngf6 12.b3 Nh5 13.d4 Ndf6 14.Ne5 Ne8 15.Na4 Qc7 
16.c4 e6 17.Ba3 Nd6 18.Rc1 Qd8 19.Rc2 Re8 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.g4 b6
23.gxf5 exf5 24.cxd5 Ba6 25.dxc6 Bxf1 26.Qxf1 Qb4 27.Nb5 Kh8 28.Nc7 Nh5 
29.Kh2 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Qe7 31.Nxa8 Rxa8 32.Bf3 Ng7 33.Rd2 Qc5 34.c7 Rg8 35.
Qc4 Qxe3 36.Qxg8+ Kxg8 37.c8=Q+ Kf7 38.Rd7+ Ke6 39.Qc6# 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Black "Tan, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Qf6 6.Ne2 Ne7 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 
Ng6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg3 Bg4 11.a3 Ba5 12.f3 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.b4 Bb6 15.Na4
Nd7 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Qg5 19.Qd3 Qf6 20.Rad1 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 
Nde5 22.Qb3 Nc4 23.c3 a6 24.a4 h5 25.Qb1 h4 26.Bc7 Rc8 27.Bb6 Nge5 28.Qf5 
Qxf5 29.Nxf5 Re8 30.Nxh4 g5 31.f4 gxh4 32.fxe5 Nxe5 33.Re3 f6 34.g4 Kf7 
35.h3 Rg8 36.Bc7 Nc4 37.Re2 Rg7 38.Bf4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 Bg4 12.c3 Bd6 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6
15.Ng3 Rfe8 16.Qc2 h6 17.h3 Be6 18.Nh5 Qd8 19.Qd2 Bf8 20.Qf4 f5 21.Qe5 Qb8
22.Qd4 c5 23.Qh4 Be7 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qf4 26.Rae1 Qg5 27.Qe5 Rab8 28.
f4 Qg7 29.b3 c4 30.Bc2 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 cxb3 32.Bxb3 Rbc8 33.Rf3 Rc5 34.c4 
Rec8 35.cxd5 Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Bd7 37.Re7 Bb5 38.d6 Bc4 39.d7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.c3 Na5 12.Bc2 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.b4 Nc6 15.a4 Rad8
16.axb5 axb5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Ne7 21.Bc2 Nc8
22.Be3 Nd6 23.Nd2 Ra8 24.Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.Nc3 Ne4 
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 c6 12.e4 d6 13.Nd3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.cxd5
Qxd5+ 16.Qf3 Qxf3+ 17.Kxf3 Bf6 18.Rb1 Nd7 19.a4 Rfc8 20.Be3 b5 21.Rec1 
Rab8 22.Bf4 Rb6 23.Rb3 bxa4 24.Ra3 Rb5 25.Rxa4 Nb6 26.Ra2 h5 27.h4 Be7 28.
c4 Rb3 29.Ke2 a4 30.Kd2 Rd8 31.Be3 Bf6 32.c5 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.cxb6 
Rdxd3+ 35.Ke2 Rd6 36.Rxa4 Rxb6 37.Rc2 g6 38.Ra7 Re6+ 39.Kf1 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 
Rd1 41.Rc7 Rdd6 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rc3 Rf6 44.Rc2 Kh7 45.Kg1 Kg7 46.Kg2 Rfe6 
47.Rc3 f5 48.Rc7+ Kf8 49.Kf3 Ke8 50.Kf4 Kd8 51.Rg7 Re7 52.Rg8+ Re8 53.Rg7 
Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Be3 
Nc6 9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Kb1 Be7 13.h4 Rc8 14.Bd3 Na5 15.Qe1 
Nc4 16.Bc1 Qa5 17.g5 O-O 18.Rh2 Rfe8 19.h5 Bf8 20.g6 fxg6 21.hxg6 h6 22.f5
exf5 23.Qf1 Ne5 24.exf5 Ng4 25.f6 Nxf6 26.Bxh6 gxh6 27.Qxf6 Qc7 28.g7 Qxg7
29.Qf2 Rc5 30.Rg1 Rg5 31.Rxg5 Qxg5 32.a3 Bg7 33.Ka2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Ne2 
Bxd5 9.O-O Bc6 10.Qd3 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 d5 12.b4 cxb4 13.Qc2 Kd7 14.Ned4 e6 15.
Bb2 Be7 16.Rfc1 Rd8 17.a4 Qb6 18.a5 Qb7 19.Qa4 Bd6 20.Nxd6+ Kxd6 21.Nb5+ 
Kd7 22.Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4
Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb7 11.Bd3 O-O-O 12.O-O f6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Qf4 Be7 
15.Bd2 Ba6 16.b3 d5 17.Rfe1 Rhf8 18.Bxh7 dxc4 19.Rab1 Qxf4 20.Bxf4 Bb4 21.
Be5 Nd7 22.a3 Bxa3 23.bxc4 Bxc4 24.Bg3 Nb6 25.h4 a5 26.Ne4 Kb7 27.Ng5 Rfe8
28.Bg6 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Bb2 30.Rb1 Bd4 31.Nf3 Bf6 32.Be5 Rf8 33.Bxf6 Rxf6 34.
h5 a4 35.Ne5 Bd5 36.Nd3 a3 37.Nb4 Bg8 38.Ra1 Rf4 39.Nd3 Rd4 40.Nc5+ Kc8 
41.Rxa3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.e4 a5 11.Ne1 h5 12.h4 O-O 13.Nd3 Na6 14.a3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 
dxc5 16.Qe2 a4 17.Nb1 Bg4 18.Qe3 b6 19.f3 Bd7 20.Qg5 Rfe8 21.Nc3 g6 22.
Rad1 Qd6 23.f4 Nh7 24.Qh6 Qf8 25.Qxf8+ Nxf8 26.f5 Red8 27.Rd2 Be8 28.fxg6 
fxg6 29.Bh3 Bd7 30.Kg2 Nh7 31.Rdf2 Bxh3+ 32.Kxh3 Rd7 33.g4 hxg4+ 34.Kxg4 
Kg7 35.h5 gxh5+ 36.Kxh5 Rd6 37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Nb5 Rdd8 39.Kh6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vedder, Henk"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd4 a5 12.f4 Ba6 13.f5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Rc8 
15.Kh1 Rc6 16.Rf3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.fxe6 Rxe6 19.Bd4 Rfe8 20.Raf1 f6 21.
a4 Qd7 22.b3 Qc6 23.Bc3 Ng5 24.Rg3 Re2 25.Bxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 
Rxf5 16.Ne4 Qd7 17.b3 Raf8 18.Nh2 Nb7 19.Be3 Bd8 20.Nf1 R5f7 21.Nfg3 Bh4 
22.Re2 Bxg3 23.Nxg3 Rf6 24.Rd2 Rg6 25.Qe2 Nd8 26.a4 Qf7 27.axb5 axb5 28.
Qd1 Qb7 29.Ra5 Na8 30.b4 c4 31.Qa1 Nc7 32.Ra7 Qb8 33.Qa5 Rf7 34.Bb6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Qd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qg6 8.
O-O Bd7 9.Qe2 O-O-O 10.Be3 Nh6 11.f3 Bd6 12.Nb3 Rhe8 13.Qf2 f5 14.Nc5 Qh5 
15.h3 f4 16.Bd4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Bxc5 18.Bxc5 Re5 19.Rfd1 Rg5+ 20.Kf1 Rxd1+ 
21.Rxd1 Rxc5 22.Ke2 b6 23.Qd4 Nf7 24.Qxg7 Rg5 25.Qf8+ Kb7 26.Rf1 Rg2+ 27.
Kd1 Qe5 28.Kc1 Nd6 29.a4 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Kb1 b4 32.Na4 Qb5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Vul, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Nd5 
9.a4 a6 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.f4 Be7 13.Ng4 Qc7 14.Be3 Nb6 15.f5 exf5 
16.Bf4 Qc8 17.exf5 f6 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Rae1 Kd8 20.Nf2 Nd5 21.Ne4 Nxf4 22.
Rxf4 Kc7 23.a5 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e5 7.Qd2 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 
9.O-O Bg7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.a4 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.b4 Qe7 15.Ng3 
O-O 16.c3 Rfd8 17.Qe2 a6 18.Rfb1 Ne8 19.Nf1 Nc7 20.Ne3 Rd7 21.g3 f5 22.Bc2
c5 23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.Bb3+ Kh8 25.Ng5 f4 26.Nf1 fxg3 27.Nxg3 Rf8 28.Rd1 Rxd1+
29.Rxd1 Qxc3 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Ba2 Bc8 32.Rd6 bxa4 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.exf5 Nb5 
35.fxg6 Nxd6 36.gxh7+ Kxh7 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Nh6+ Kh7 39.Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.Bg5 c4 
16.Rc1 a5 17.Ne3 cxb3 18.Bxb3 a4 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Rac8 23.c4 Qa7 24.cxb5 Bxb5 25.Qd2 h6 26.Qb4 Rb8 27.Qd6 Rfd8 28.Rc7 
Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rxd6 30.Bxf7+ Kf8 31.Bd5 Bd7 32.Re2 Rb1 33.Re1 Rb2+ 34.Re2 
Rb1 35.Re1 Rb2+ 36.Re2 a3 37.Ra7 Bb5 38.Nd2 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 Bg5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Black "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 
O-O 9.c4 c6 10.c5 a5 11.b3 b6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Ne5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nd7 16.Bh2 c5 17.Nf3 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 cxd4 19.exd4 Nf6 20.Rc2 Ba3 21.Rd1 
Ne4 22.Qd3 Qb7 23.Ne1 Bb4 24.f3 Nc3 25.Ra1 Nb5 26.Bf4 Bc3 27.Rac1 Bxd4+ 
28.Kf1 Rxc2 29.Rxc2 e5 30.Bd2 h6 31.a4 Nd6 32.f4 Ne4 33.Nf3 Ng3+ 34.Ke1 e4
35.Qxd4 exf3 36.gxf3 Re8+ 37.Kf2 Nf5 38.Qd3 Qb6+ 39.Kg2 Qg6+ 40.Kf2 Qg3+ 
41.Kf1 Qxh3+ 42.Kf2 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 
Qd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Nb5 Nxb5 12.Bxb5+ Nd7 13.Bf4 f6 14.Nxd7 Bxd7
15.Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.O-O-O+ Kc6 17.Rd3 e5 18.Be3 Rg8 19.Rhd1 Rg7 20.Rc3+ Kb5 
21.Bh6 Rf7 22.Bxf8 Raxf8 23.Rd6 b6 24.Rcc6 f5 25.c4+ Ka6 26.c5 Rb8 27.Kc2 
e4 28.a4 Ka5 29.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.O-O c5
9.d5 Na6 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nc7 12.Rab1 a6 13.Rfc1 b5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 
a5 16.Rxb5 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 a4 18.Nf3 Qa5 19.Nfd4 Nb8 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.Be3 Qb7 
22.Qg4 Rc8 23.Qg3 Nd7 24.Qg4 a3 25.Qe2 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qb2 27.Qd1 Ne5 28.Rc2 
Qb4 29.Bd2 Qb6 30.Be3 Qb4 31.Bd2 Qa4 32.Bc3 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Na3 a6 4.Nxc4 b5 5.Ne3 Bb7 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.b3 
Nbd7 9.Bb2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 c5 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Qb1 Qb6 14.Qa1 Rfd8 15.
d3 Nb8 16.h3 Nc6 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Bf8 19.Rc2 Qa7 20.Rfc1 Nb4 21.Rd2 Nc6
22.g5 Rd7 23.Bc3 Rcd8 24.Rdc2 Qa8 25.Nd2 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.
Qb2 h6 29.gxh6 g6 30.Rc6 Bxh6 31.R1c5 Bf8 32.Rc2 Rbd7 33.Ne4 Be7 34.Qc1 
Kg7 35.Qf4 Rd5 36.Rc7 Rf5 37.Qc1 Bd6 38.Rc8 Rxc8 39.Rxc8 Qd5 40.Rd8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 
Nc6 9.Nc3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne2 d5 12.Nf4 Bd6 13.Qc1 dxe4 14.Bxe4 O-O 15.O-O 
Nxe4 16.fxe4 Ne7 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Qf2 Nc8 20.Nc5 Rfe8 21.Nh5 
Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Be5 23.Bd4 f6 24.Nxb7 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxb7 27.Rf3 
Qf7 28.Ng3 a5 29.Qc5 Qa7 30.Qc6 Kf7 31.e5 Ne7 32.Qc4 Rc8 33.Qd3 f5 34.Ne4 
Kg8 35.Nd6 Rc5 36.Nb5 Qb8 37.Qd6 Qxd6 38.exd6 Nc6 39.c3 bxc3 40.Rxc3 Rxc3 
41.bxc3 Kf7 42.Kg1 Ke8 43.c4 Kd7 44.Kf2 Ne5 45.c5 Nd3+ 46.Ke3 Nxc5 47.Kd4 
Nxa4 48.Ke5 Nb6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.h4 Rfc8 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 
15.g4 Rac8 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.e5 Ne8 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.exd6 Nxd6 20.c3 Bc6 21.Rhe1 
Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qc7 23.Bg5 Bf8 24.h5 e6 25.Qd2 Nb5 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rh1 Bg7 
28.Bd8 Qe5 29.Rhe1 Qf4 30.Qd7 Qxf3 31.Qxb5 Qxg4 32.Qe8+ Bf8 33.Rh1 Qe4+ 
34.Ka1 Qe5 35.Rh7 R4c7 36.Rdh1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Nd2 c3 8.bxc3 bxc3 
9.Nb1 Qa5 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Ba3 Nb4 12.Bxb4 Qxb4 13.Nxc3 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nf6 16.Nf3 e6 17.O-O Be7 18.Ne5 Rc8 19.Qa6 O-O 20.Nxc6 Qd6 21.Nxe7+ 
Qxe7 22.Nb5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 Re8
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Nf8 11.Qe2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Ng6 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Ne5 Nf8 15.f4 
Qe7 16.f5 N8h7 17.e4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Qh5 Rf8 21.Kh1 b5 
22.Bb3 Bb7 23.Bh4 Qe8 24.Qg4 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Nxe5 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.Bxe6+ Kh8
28.b4 Re8 29.Bb3 Bc8 30.Rd1 Nf6 31.Rd6 Kh7 32.h3 Nh5 33.Ne2 a6 34.Nd4 Nf4 
35.Bg3 Nfd3 36.a3 Bb7 37.Nf3 Re7 38.Bc2 Rd7 39.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.
fxe6 axb3 17.exf7+ Rxf7 18.Kb1 Rxa2 19.Nc1 Qa8 20.Nxb3 Kh8 21.Bc4 Rf8 22.
Rhf1 Nc7 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Qf2 d5 25.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Tan, Matthew"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.cxd5 cxd5 
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Bg5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qa5+ 14.Nc3 a6 15.
Bxc6+ bxc6 16.O-O Bxg5 17.hxg5 Ne7 18.Rfd1 c5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Rac1 Qb4 21.
Ne2 Ng6 22.Nd4 Qxb2 23.Rb1 Qxa2 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Rb6 Ne7 26.Rxe6 Rd8 27.Rc1
d4 28.Qc6+ Kf8 29.Qc7 Re8 30.Qd6 Qd2 31.Rc7 Qxg5 32.Rexe7 Rxe7 33.e6 Kg8 
34.Rxe7 Kh7 35.Rc7 Re8 36.Qxa6 Qf5 37.Qb7 Qe5 38.Qb1+ Kh8 39.Qg6 Ra8 40.
Rc1 h4 41.e7 Rb8 42.Qg4 Qxe7 43.Qxd4 Rb4 44.Qc5 Qxc5 45.Rxc5 Kh7 46.Kh2 
Kh6 47.g3 hxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Black "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.cxd5 
cxd5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.a4 Bf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.Ne5 e6 13.f4 Rb8 14.Bd2 Ng4 15.
Nxg4 fxg4 16.Nb5 a6 17.Ba5 axb5 18.Qxb5 Qd7 19.Bxb6 Qxb5 20.axb5 Rfc8 21.
Rfc1 h5 22.Bc7 Ra8 23.b6 Bf8 24.Ra7 Rxa7 25.bxa7 b5 26.Ra1 Ra8 27.Bb8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.dxc5 e6 7.e4 Bxc5 8.exd5 
Qb6 9.Nge2 O-O 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bg3 exd5 12.O-O-O Re8 13.Nd4 Bb4 14.a3 Bf8 15.
Nb3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.g4 Bc6 19.g5 Be3+ 20.Bxe3 Rxe3 21.Qf5 
hxg5 22.Qxg5 Rxf3 23.Bg2 d4 24.Na4 Qb5 25.Qxb5 axb5 26.Bxf3 Bxf3 27.Nc5 
Rc8 28.Nd3 Ng4 29.Rdf1 Bxh1 30.Rxh1 Ne3 31.Nb4 d3 32.c3 Rd8 33.Kd2 Nc4+ 
34.Kd1 Nxb2+ 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kd1 d2 37.Rg1 Nb2+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.a3 
Be7 9.f4 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qd2 exf4 14.Rxf4 Be6 15.
Raf1 Nd7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Rd1 Rfc8 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.Bc3 Rc6 21.Qe3
Rac8 22.Qg3 h6 23.h3 Qg5 24.h4 Qe7 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Rxc3 27.bxc3 Rxc3 
28.Bd3 Rc5 29.Kf2 Ng6 30.Rf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 Ne5 32.Be4 Rc4 33.Bd5 Rg4 34.Qc3
Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Black "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.c3 cxd4
9.Nbxd4 Bc5 10.a4 a6 11.b4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.cxd4 Nb8 15.
Bb2 Bd7 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Rxa1+ 18.Bxa1 Ke7 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Kd2 Be8 21.Bc3 
Nd7 22.Bb4+ Kd8 23.Ra1 f5 24.h3 g6 25.g4 h6 26.Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Black "Balje, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.a3 d6
9.g4 Be7 10.g5 Nd7 11.f4 O-O 12.h4 b5 13.h5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bb7 15.O-O-O e5 
16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Rac8 19.Rd2 Qc6 20.Bf4 Qxd5 21.Rxd5 Rfe8 
22.Kb1 Bf8 23.b3 Rc5 24.Rhd1 Rec8 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.c4 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxa3 28.
cxb5 axb5 29.Bxb5 Be7 30.Bc4 Kf8 31.g6 hxg6 32.hxg6 Rc5 33.Rd1 fxg6 34.Rh1
Bf6 35.Kc2 Ke7 36.Kc3 Kd7 37.Rd1+ Kc7 38.b4 Rc6 39.Kb3 Kb6 40.Rd5 g5 41.
Rb5+ Ka7 42.Bd5 Rc7 43.Ra5+ Kb6 44.Ra1 Ra7 45.Rd1 Rd7 46.b5 g4 47.Kc4 g3 
48.Rg1 Bh4 49.Rg2 Ra7 50.Bc6 Ra3 51.Kd5 Bf6 52.Ke6 Rf3 53.Kd6 Rd3+ 54.Bd5 
Kxb5 55.Rb2+ Ka4 56.Kc5 Rc3+ 57.Bc4 Be7+ 58.Kd5 Ka3 59.Ra2+ Kb4 60.Rb2+ 
Ka3 61.Ra2+ Kb4 62.Rb2+ Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Black "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.Qc2 
Bxd2 9.Bxd2 Be4 10.Qc3 d6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qb8 14.e4 Qb7 
15.f3 c5 16.d5 Rfe8 17.a4 h6 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Nb1 
Qd7 22.b3 exd5 23.cxd5 Nh7 24.h4 f5 25.Na3 Nf6 26.Rde1 Nh5 27.Nc4 f4 28.g4
Ng3 29.Nxe5 Qe7 30.Ng6 Qf7 31.h5 Nxf1 32.Rxf1 Rd6 33.Qd2 Rf6 34.e5 Rxg6 
35.hxg6 Qxg6 36.Qxf4 Qc2+ 37.Rf2 Qxb3 38.e6 Kh8 39.Qf7 Rg8 40.d6 c4 41.e7 
Qxa4 42.Re2 Re8 43.Qf8+ Kh7 44.Qf5+ g6 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Qxg6 c3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Vedder, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 h6 8.a5 a6 9.
Nbd2 Re8 10.c3 Bf8 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.Nf5 Qf6 14.Qc2 Ne7 15.Ne3 c6 
16.Nf3 g5 17.d4 Ng6 18.Ng4 Qg7 19.Nxh6+ Qxh6 20.Nxg5 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.
Nxf7 Qh5 23.Nxd6+ Kh8 24.Nxe8 Qxe8 25.e5 Bh6 26.Qf5 Qe7 27.Bf7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.e5 c5 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.
Qf3 Rb8 10.e6 Nf6 11.dxc5 fxe6 12.O-O O-O 13.cxd6 exd6 14.Bd2 Nf5 15.Rae1 
d5 16.Qh3 Nd4 17.Re5 Nc6 18.Rfe1 Qb6+ 19.Be3 d4 20.Bf2 h6 21.Nf3 Nxe5 22.
Nxe5 Qd6 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Qxe5 26.Rxd4 Qg5 27.Re4 e5 28.
Qg3 Qxg3 29.Bxg3 Bf5 30.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.h3 
Nc6 9.Bb3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O Bxb3 12.axb3 a6 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Qd3 Re8 
15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Rd2 Qc6 17.Qf3 b5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Qb7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qd3 Rc5 22.c3 a5 23.Re4 Rec8 24.Rd4 Qd7 25.Re2 Qb7 26.Qd2 h5 27.Qd3 R8c7 
28.Qe4 Rd7 29.Rd3 Rc8 30.Qd4+ Kg8 31.Rg3 Kh7 32.Qd3 Rdc7 33.Rg5 Kh8 34.Re4
Rg8 35.Rf4 Rg7 36.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 Nge7 5.Nf3 b6 6.a3 Nf5 7.g4 Nh4 8.Nxh4 Qxh4
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Ba6 Be7 11.Qd2 Qxg4 12.h4 f5 13.h5 f4 14.Bxf4 O-O 15.Be3 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 c5 17.Be3 d4 18.Be2 Qf5 19.O-O-O Bc6 20.Rhg1 dxe3 21.Qxe3 Qxf2 22.
Qh6 Qf4+ 23.Qxf4 Rxf4 24.Nb5 Rf2 25.Bc4 Bxb5 26.Bxb5 Rd8 27.Bc4 Kf7 28.Bd3
h6 29.Bg6+ Kf8 30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Rd1 Bg5+ 32.Kb1 Ke7 33.Ka2 Bf4 34.Re1 a6 
35.a4 c4 36.Ka3 Rf3+ 37.c3 Be3 38.Kb4 Bf4 39.Kxc4 Rf2 40.b4 Rd2 41.Bd3 Rh2
42.Bg6 Rh3 43.Re2 Rh4 44.Re4 Bg3 45.Rxh4 Bxh4 46.Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Black "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.a3 e6 7.c4 Nb6 8.Be3 
c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Bxd4 O-O 
15.c5 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.b4 e5 18.Be3 Nf6 19.h3 Bc2 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rc1 
Bd3 22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.b5 Ne8 24.a4 Bd8 25.g4 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ba5 27.Ne4 Rd8 28.
Ke2 Ke7 29.c6 b6 30.Rc4 Nc7 31.Bc1 f6 32.h4 Ke6 33.f3 Rd4 34.Rxd4 exd4 35.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Galje, Hans"]
[Black "Wempe, Joost"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.f4 
Bd7 9.Nd6 Qb6 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc8 12.Nxc8 Rxc8 13.Nf3 Bb5 14.g4 Nc6 15.
Bh3 Ba6 16.a3 Qb3 17.Bg2 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 
Bg4 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Rf1 Nb4 11.Nxe5 Nxc2 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Rb1 Ne5 14.Nf3 
Bd6 15.Nh4 Nd3 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bd2 g6 18.Bc3 Rg8 19.Bf6 gxf5 20.Bxd8 Kxd8 
21.Rfd1 c4 22.Rbc1 Nb4 23.Rxc4 Ke7 24.a3 Kf6 25.Rc8 Nxb2 26.Rdd8 Nc6 27.
Rxf8 Rxf8 28.Rxf8 Nc4 29.exf5 Ke7 30.Ra8 Nb6 31.Rh8 Nc4 32.a4 Nb6 33.Bxc6 
bxc6 34.a5 Nc4 35.Ra8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Black "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.a3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.b4 Rc8 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Rac1 a6 14.Qb3 Rf6 15.Rc2 Rh6 
16.g3 g5 17.Be2 g4 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.dxe5 Qg5 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.a4 
Qh5 23.h4 gxh3+ 24.Kh2 Qf5 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Nd8 27.f4 exf3 28.Rxf3 Qe4 
29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Bf1 Qf5 31.Qd3 Qf3 32.Qe2 Qxe2+ 33.Bxe2 Ke8 34.Bd3 Nf7 
35.Rf2 Rh5 36.g4 Rg5 37.Kxh3 Nxe5 38.Ba3 Rg8 39.Bxh7 Rh8 40.Kg3 Bxb5 41.
Bb2 Rxh7 42.Bxe5 Bd3 43.Rh2 Rxh2 44.Kxh2 Kd7 45.Kg3 Kc6 46.Kf2 Kb5 47.Ke1 
Kc4 48.Kd2 b5 49.g5 Be4 50.Bd4 b4 51.Be5 Kb5 52.Kc1 Kc5 53.Kd2 Kc6 54.Kc1 
b3 55.Kb2 Bc2 56.g6 Bxg6 57.Kxb3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Black "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Ne8 
9.Rb1 a5 10.d3 Nc7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Nd5 Ned4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 
e6 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Black "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.g3 Bc6 9.
Bg2 Qd7 10.O-O Ba4 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Ne1 O-O-O 13.f4 Kb8 14.Bh3 g6 15.Rb1 h5 
16.Ndf3 Ng8 17.Be3 Nh6 18.Ng5 Nc6 19.Bg2 Be7 20.Nef3 Rdf8 21.Rbe1 Kc7 22.
Bf2 Ng4 23.h3 Nxf2 24.Rxf2 Nd8 25.g4 Bc6 26.Qc2 Rfg8 27.Bf1 Ba4 28.Qd2 a5 
29.Be2 hxg4 30.hxg4 Rh6 31.Rh2 Rxh2 32.Kxh2 Rh8+ 33.Kg2 b5 34.Rh1 Rxh1 35.
Kxh1 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.cxb4 Qb5 38.Bd1 Bxd1 39.Qxd1 Qxb4 40.Qc2 Bxg5 41.
Nxg5 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Qe3 43.Qf2 Qc1 44.Kg3 Kb6 45.Kh4 Kb5 46.f5 Qh1+ 47.Kg3 
gxf5 48.gxf5 Qh5 49.Kf4 exf5 50.Kxf5 Ne6 51.Qe3 Kc6 52.Qd2 Kd7 53.Qe3 Ke8 
0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Black "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 c5 6.dxc5 Bb7 7.e5 Ne4 8.cxb6 
Qxb6 9.f3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.Nh3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Bd3 Nxe5 
15.Ke2 Bb6 16.Rb5 d6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Rhb1 O-O 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.c5 Bxc5 21.
Qa4 g6 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Bxg6 Rh8 24.Qg4 fxg6 25.Ng5 Bd5 26.c4 Rxb5 27.Rxb5 
Qc6 28.a4 Bd4 29.Rb7+ Qxb7 30.cxd5 Qb2+ 31.Kd1 Qb3+ 32.Ke1 Qe3+ 33.Kd1 
Qd3+ 34.Ke1 Bc3+ 35.Kf2 Qd2+ 36.Kg3 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Black "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
O-O 9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Qc7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Nxc4 b5 14.Ne3 Qxc3 15.
Qxc3 Nxc3 16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.Re1 Bb7 19.Bd2 Nd5 20.Rab1 a6 21.a4 
Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Bc6 23.Rc3 Be4 24.Rbc1 Nb6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rb3 Nc4 27.Bf4 Bc6
28.h4 f6 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Rbb1 h5 31.Ra1 Rd8 32.Ra7+ Rd7 33.Rxd7+ Bxd7 34.f3 
Bc6 35.Kf2 Nb2 36.Rb1 Nc4 37.Ra1 Bd7 38.Ke2 Nb6 39.Bd6 Nd5 40.Ra7 Ke8 41.
g4 g6 42.Kd3 hxg4 43.fxg4 e5 44.dxe5 Bxg4 45.Kd4 Nb6 46.exf6 Nd7 47.Be5 
Be6 48.Ke4 b4 49.Kf4 b3 50.Bd4 Bd5 51.Kg5 Nf8 52.Bb2 Ne6+ 53.Kxg6 Nf4+ 54.
Kg7 Nh5+ 55.Kh6 Nf4 56.Re7+ Kf8 57.Ba3 Kg8 58.Rg7+ Kh8 59.f7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Black "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 Nc7 11.Qe2 a6 12.a4 e6 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.Rf1 Nd4 15.Qf2 
Rb8 16.Be3 Nd7 17.Nd5 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.c3 Nb3 20.Rad1 Re8 21.f5 Ne5 22.
Bc2 Na5 23.f6 Bf8 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Ne7+ Bxe7 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.g4 Re6 28.g5 
c4 29.Qh4 Bb6+ 30.Kh1 Bc5 31.Rd1 Rd6 32.Rd5 Rxd5 33.exd5 Nb7 34.b4 cxb3 
35.Bxb3 Bd6 36.Bc2 Nc5 37.Qh6 Bf8 38.Qh4 Ra8 39.Qd4 Bd6 40.h4 Ra1+ 41.Kg2 
Ra2 42.Qd1 Nc4 43.Kf3 Ra3 44.Qd4 b4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Black "Mellema, Andries"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Nbc6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Ba3 Na5 14.Nh4 Bxa4 15.Qg4 
c4 16.Bc1 Kh8 17.Rxa4 cxd3 18.cxd3 Qxc3 19.Rf1 Rac8 20.h3 Qxd3 21.Qh5 Kh7 
22.Ra3 Rc3 23.Rxc3 Qxc3 24.Nf3 Qd3 25.Nh2 Qf5 26.Qd1 Rc8 27.f4 Qc2 28.Qg4 
Qe4 29.Nf3 Rxc1 30.Qh4 Qe3+ 31.Kh2 Rxf1 32.Qxe7 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7 
9.g4 Nc6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 O-O 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Nde5 14.Qg2 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 
Nc6 16.Be3 Qe8 17.h5 Rd8 18.Bc1 Ne5 19.f4 Nd7 20.a3 Rc8 21.Qh3 Rxc3 22.
Qxc3 Bxe4 23.h6 gxh6 24.Rxh6 Qa8 25.Bd3 Nc5 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Rdh1 Qf5 28.
Qh3 Qxh3 29.R1xh3 Re8 30.Rxh7 Bf8 31.Rh8+ Kg7 32.Be3 Ne4 33.R3h6 f6 34.f5 
exf5 35.gxf6+ Nxf6 36.Bd4 Re1+ 37.Ka2 Be7 38.R8h7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4
Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 g6 11.Bd2 Bg7 12.c5 Nd5 13.Bc4 Qxe5 14.Qxe5+ Bxe5 15.
O-O-O O-O 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Bb7 18.Ba5 Rfe8 19.Rhe1 Rac8 20.g3 g5 21.
Nxc7 Bxc7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxc7 Bc6 24.f4 gxf4 25.Bxf4 Re4 26.b3 f6 27.Rd6
Kf7 28.Kd2 h5 29.h4 a6 30.Be3 Ke7 31.a4 Re5 32.Rd3 Rf5 33.Bd4 Rf3 34.Rxf3 
Bxf3 35.Kc3 Bd1 36.Kb4 f5 37.Ka3 Ke6 38.b4 Kd5 39.Be3 d6 40.cxd6 Kxd6 41.
Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Ne2 dxe4 6.a3 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nxe4
O-O 9.Qd2 e5 10.O-O-O exd4 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qxd4 Nd7 13.Nc3 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 
Nf6 15.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Bd7 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.a3 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Qd8 16.g4 b5 17.g5 hxg5 18.fxg5 Nh5 19.g6 Bxh4 20.gxf7+ Kxf7 21.Rdf1 
Kg8 22.Rhg1 Rxc3 23.Qxc3 Bf6 24.d4 b4 25.axb4 Bb5 26.Rd1 d5 27.Ne5 dxe4 
28.Qh3 Nf4 29.Qg4 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Qf8 31.Rdf1 Bxf1 32.Rxf1 Qxb4 33.Rxf4 Qe1+ 
34.Ka2 Qa5+ 35.Kb1 Qe1+ 36.Ka2 Qa5+ 37.Kb1 Qxe5 38.Rxe4 Qf5 39.Qe2 Rd8 40.
Qc4 Rd5 41.Ka2 Ra5+ 42.Kb3 Qb5+ 43.Qb4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.d4 Nbd7 7.c4 e6 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Bf4 Qb8 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qe7 16.a4 O-O 17.Nc3 Rad8 18.a5 Nc8 19.d5 c5 20.Rfe1 Qc7 21.Nb5 Qd7 
22.h4 f6 23.Kh2 Bf7 24.Rad1 a6 25.Nc3 Nd6 26.Na4 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qxa5 28.Nxc5 
Qd2 29.Kg1 Rfe8 30.Ne6 Rc8 31.Rcd1 Qa5 32.Bf1 Bg6 33.Ra1 Qd2 34.Qb6 Ne4 
35.Re2 Qxd5 36.Nc7 Rxc7 37.Qxc7 Bh5 38.Re3 Qf5 39.f3 Bxf3 40.Rae1 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nb3 a5 8.a4 
h6 9.Bd2 b6 10.c3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O c5 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rfe1 c4 15.Nc1 
Rac8 16.Qe4 e6 17.Ne2 Qd8 18.Ng3 Nb8 19.Qc2 Nd7 20.Re2 Qc7 21.Qc1 Kh7 22.
h4 Rce8 23.Qc2 Kg8 24.Rae1 h5 25.Bg5 N7f6 26.Ne5 Nh7 27.Bd2 Rc8 28.Nf1 
Rfe8 29.Nh2 Nf8 30.Nhf3 Ne7 31.Bf4 Qb7 32.Nd2 Qd5 33.Ne4 Nf5 34.Ng3 Nxh4 
35.Ne4 f6 36.Bg3 fxe5 37.Bxh4 exd4 38.cxd4 Nh7 39.Bg3 Rc6 40.Nc3 Qf5 41.
Qxf5 gxf5 42.d5 Bxc3 43.bxc3 Rc5 44.Rxe6 Rxe6 45.dxe6 Nf6 46.Bh4 Ne8 47.
Rb1 Rc6 48.Bd8 Rxe6 49.Bxb6 Re5 50.Bd4 Rd5 51.Rb7 f4 52.Kf1 Rg5 53.Ke2 Nd6
54.Rb8+ Kf7 55.Kf3 Ke6 56.Ra8 Kd7 57.Kxf4 Rxg2 58.Rxa5 h4 59.Rh5 Rg8 60.a5
Rf8+ 61.Kg4 Ne4 62.a6 Kc7 63.a7 Kb7 64.Kxh4 Ka8 65.Rb5 Nd2 66.Kg4 Rg8+ 67.
Kf4 Rf8+ 68.Rf5 Re8 69.Rc5 Rf8+ 70.Ke3 Nb3 71.Rxc4 Re8+ 72.Kd3 Na5 73.Rb4 
Rd8 74.Rb6 Nb7 75.Rb5 Rf8 76.Rh5 Nd8 77.f4 Ne6 78.Be5 Nxf4+ 79.Bxf4 Rxf4 
80.Ra5 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d4 Na5
9.Bc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c5 11.Nf5 d5 12.a4 g6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Qe2+ Ne6 15.Qe5 Rg8 
16.Nh6 Nc6 17.Qe2 Bxh6 18.Bxh6 g5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.f4 gxf4 22.
Bxf4 d4 23.Bg3 c4 24.Qh5 Qe7 25.Qxb5 d3 26.Ba4 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 Nc5 28.Re1+ Kd8
29.Bd1 Nd7 30.Qxc4 Nce5 31.Bh4+ Nf6 32.Bxf6+ Kd7 33.Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Nf8 8.Bb3 
Ng6 9.Re1 O-O 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nf1 d5 12.dxe5 Nxe4 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Rxe4 Rad8 16.Bd2 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nxe5 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Bf4 Ng6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
h4 f5 22.Rd4 Qf6 23.Rad1 Nxh4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.g3 Ng6 27.Qe6+
Kh8 28.Qxf5 Qe8 29.Ne3 Nf8 30.Nc4 Qe7 31.Ne5 Kg8 32.a4 Qe6 33.Qf4 b6 34.a5
bxa5 35.Qd4 h6 36.f4 Qa2 37.Qc4+ Qxc4 38.Nxc4 Ne6 39.Nxa5 Nd8 40.Kf2 Kf7 
41.Ke3 h5 42.Ke4 Kf6 43.b4 g5 44.c4 gxf4 45.Kxf4 a6 46.Nb3 Ne6+ 47.Ke4 
Ng5+ 48.Ke3 Kf5 49.Nd4+ Kg4 50.Nxc6 Kxg3 51.Nd4 h4 52.Nf5+ Kg4 53.Nxh4 
Kxh4 54.Kd4 Kg4 55.Kd5 Kf5 56.c5 Ne6 57.Kc6 Ke5 58.Kb6 Kd5 59.Kxa6 Nxc5+ 
60.bxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Qe1 Na5 12.Rd1 b5 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.e5 Ne8 15.Qg3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Rd8 17.exd6 Nxd6 18.f5 b4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 e5 21.Nf3 f6 22.Nd2 
Kh8 23.Rc1 Qc6 24.c3 bxc3 25.Rxc3 Qb5 26.Rb1 Bb4 27.Rc2 Bxd2 28.Bxd2 Rd4 
29.Qe1 Nc4 30.Rbc1 Rfd8 31.b3 Nd6 32.Be3 Rd5 33.Qf1 Qd3 34.Qxd3 Rxd3 35.
Bb6 Re8 36.g4 h5 37.gxh5 Nxf5 38.Rc8 Rxc8 39.Rxc8+ Kh7 40.Ra8 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 
Rd2+ 42.Kh3 Rxa2 43.b4 Ra3+ 44.Kg2 e4 45.Re8 Nh4+ 46.Kf2 f5 47.Re7 Kh6 48.
Be3+ Kxh5 49.Rxg7 Ra2+ 50.Kf1 Ng6 51.Rh7+ Kg4 52.Rh6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Vedder, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O e5 6.e3 Ne7 7.exd4 exd4 8.d3 c5 
9.b4 cxb4 10.a3 b3 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nxb3 Nbc6 13.a4 Re8 14.a5 Nb4 15.Ng5 
Nec6 16.Ne4 Ne5 17.a6 Rb8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 bxa6 20.c5 Nexd3 21.Nd6 Re5 22.
Nxd4 Nxc5 23.Bxb4 Qxd6 24.Nc6 Qxd1 25.Rfxd1 Rxb4 26.Rd8+ Bf8 27.Rxc8 Ra4 
28.Rd1 Re2 29.Bf3 Rc2 30.Rdd8 Kg7 31.Nd4 Rc1+ 32.Kg2 Kh6 33.Ne2 Rca1 34.
Rxf8 Nd3 35.Rxf6 Kg5 36.Rf7 Ne1+ 37.Kh3 R1a3 38.Bg4 h5 39.f4+ Rxf4 40.Rxf4
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 Qb6 6.Ba4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nxd4 8.Nc3 
e6 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Qc2 a6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Bf4 Qc4 13.Bd6 b5 14.Bb3 Qc6 15.
Rfd1 Bb7 16.Qd2 Nc8 17.Bf4 d6 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.e5 d5 20.Bxd5 O-O 21.Be3 Qc7 
22.Ne4 Qb8 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.exf6 Kh8 26.Bc5 Rg8 27.Qh6 Na7 28.
Bxa7 Rxa7 29.Rd3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qd3 b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Bb3 Rac8 
15.Rac1 Rfe8 16.c4 Rcd8 17.Qe3 Rc8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Ne4 20.Ba4 Rf8 21.
Bh4 Qxe5 22.Be7 Qa5 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Bb3 Qc5 25.Qf4 Nf6 26.Rcd1 Qc7 27.Qh4 
Qc6 28.f3 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 h6 30.Re2 Ke7 31.Red2 Qg5 32.Qe1 Qc5 33.Qg3 g5 34.
Ba4 Kf8 35.h4 Nh5 36.Qg4 Nf6 37.Qg3 Nh5 38.Qh2 Kg7 39.Rd7 Ba8 40.R1d4 Nf6 
41.Rd8 Rxd8 42.Rxd8 Qf2 43.Qe5 Bxf3 44.gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Vul, Arkady"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.Nbd2 Qh5
9.Ne1 Qh6 10.Nd3 Nc6 11.Nc4 Bd7 12.a4 Rad8 13.e3 Be8 14.Nf4 Bf7 15.d5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.Bxf7 Qxf7 21.Na5 Ne5 
22.f4 Ng4 23.Nxb7 Rde8 24.Rae1 Re4 25.h3 Nf6 26.Na5 Re6 27.Nc4 Ne4 28.Qg2 
Nxg3 29.Rf3 Ne4 30.Kh2 Qh5 31.Re2 g5 32.fxg5 Nxg5 33.Rg3 Ne4 34.Rf3 Rg6 
35.Qf1 Rfg8 36.Rxf5 Qh4 37.Qf4 Rg4 38.Qf3 Rg3 39.Qf1 R3g7 40.Rf4 Qg3+ 41.
Kh1 Qg6 42.Rg4 Qxg4 43.hxg4 Ng3+ 44.Kg2 Nxf1 45.Kxf1 Rxg4 46.Rh2 R8g5 47.
Kf2 Kg7 48.Nd2 Kg6 49.Kf3 h5 50.e4 Rg3+ 51.Kf2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Nf3 f6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 fxe5 10.fxe5 Rf8 11.Qg3 Nf5 12.Bxf5 Rxf5 13.Be3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nf8 15.
Rhf1 Qd7 16.Qh4 Rh5 17.Qf2 O-O-O 18.Qf7 Ne6 19.Qf3 Rf8 20.Qe2 Rxf1 21.Rxf1
c5 22.Qd3 a6 23.Rd1 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 Bxe5 26.Qc5+ Qc6 27.Qxe7 
Bxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3 29.Qe8+ Kc7 30.Qe7+ Kb8 31.Qd6+ Ka7 32.Rxd5 Qa1+ 33.Kd2 
Qg1 34.Rxh5 Qxg2+ 35.Kc3 Qf3+ 36.Qd3 Qxh5 37.Qd4+ Kb8 38.Qd8+ Ka7 39.Qd4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "D18"]

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.Nh4 Bg6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a5 a6 14.Ra4 Bd6 15.
e4 e5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bb8 18.e5 Ba7+ 19.Kh1 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.b4 Rac8
22.Qd3 Rfd8 23.Bd2 Nf8 24.Ra3 Ne6 25.Qb1 Nd4 26.Bd3 Nb5 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.
Rh3 Rc4 29.f5 Re4 30.e6 gxf5 31.exf7+ Qxf7 32.Qd3 g6 33.Qxb5 Bd4 34.Qd3 
Bg7 35.Rg3 Qe6 36.Qb3 Kf7 37.h3 d4 38.Qxe6+ Rxe6 39.Rd3 Rc8 40.Rb1 Re2 41.
b5 Rc2 42.Bf4 g5 43.Bxg5 Be5 44.Rg1 Rb2 45.a6 Rxb5 46.axb7 Rxb7 47.Rgd1 
Ke6 48.Kg1 f4 49.Rf3 Rbb2 50.Bxf4 Rxg2+ 51.Kf1 Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qd2 
Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rhg1 e5 15.
Qd2 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Qc7 19.Rg3 Rac8 20.Rc3 Qb6 21.Rb3
Qf2 22.Qd2 Rc7 23.Qe3 Qxe3+ 24.Bxe3 Rfc8 25.c3 b5 26.Kb1 Bf8 27.Bf4 Re8 
28.Bg3 Rc6 29.a4 bxa4 30.Ra3 Nd7 31.Rxa4 Nc5 32.Rc4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Nxe4 34.
Bf3 Rc4 35.Bxe4 Rxe4 36.Bxd6 Re6 37.Bf4 f6 38.gxf6 Rxf6 39.Bg3 Kf7 40.Rd5 
Ke6 41.Ra5 Kd7 42.Kc2 Rc6 43.Kd3 Bd6 44.Rd5 Ke6 45.Rxd6+ Rxd6+ 46.Bxd6 
Kxd6 47.b4 Ke5 48.Kc4 g5 49.Kc5 h5 50.Kb6 g4 51.Kxa6 h4 52.b5 g3 53.hxg3 
hxg3 54.b6 g2 55.b7 g1=Q 56.b8=Q+ Ke4 57.Qb4+ Kd3 58.c4 Qa1+ 59.Kb5 Qe5+ 
60.Qc5 Qb2+ 61.Kc6 Qf6+ 62.Kb5 Qb2+ 63.Qb4 Qe5+ 64.c5 Qe8+ 65.Ka5 Qa8+ 66.
Kb5 Qe8+ 67.Ka6 Qa8+ 68.Kb6 Qb8+ 69.Ka5 Qa8+ 70.Kb5 Qe8+ 71.c6 Qb8+ 72.Kc5
Qf8+ 73.Kb5 Qb8+ 74.Ka5 Qa8+ 75.Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Nc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.a3 Nf6 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.
Bg5 h6 16.Bc1 Nd5 17.Qe2 Bxa3 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.Nb5 Bb8 21.Bb1 a6 
22.Nc3 Qf6 23.Qc4 Ncb4 24.Qb3 Bc6 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Ba2 Bb5 27.Qa3 Bc4 28.
Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Qb3 b5 30.Bd2 Rec8 31.Ra1 R8c6 32.Ra2 Bf4 33.Bxf4 Nxf4 34.g3 
Ng6 35.Kg2 f4 36.Qd3 fxg3 37.hxg3 Rd6 38.Qe4 e5 39.Qa8+ Rd8 40.Qxa6 Rc6 
41.Qxb5 exd4 42.Qd3 Qf7 43.Qe4 Rb6 44.Ra8 Rxa8 45.Qxa8+ Kh7 46.Re2 d3 47.
Qe8 Qxe8 48.Rxe8 Rxb2 49.Rd8 Re2 50.Rd5 Re7 51.Rxd3 Ne5 52.Re3 Ng6 53.Rb3 
Rd7 54.Rb6 Rd5 55.Re6 Nf8 56.Re4 Ng6 57.Ra4 Rd7 58.Nd4 Ne5 59.f4 Ng4 60.
Kf3 Nf6 61.g4 Nd5 62.Ne6 Re7 63.Nf8+ Kg8 64.Ra8 Re3+ 65.Kf2 Kf7 66.Nd7 Re4
67.Ne5+ Ke7 68.Ra7+ Ke6 69.Nd3 Rd4 70.f5+ Kf6 71.Ra6+ Ke7 72.Ne5 Nc7 73.
Rc6 Nd5 74.Re6+ Kf8 75.Ng6+ Kf7 76.Rd6 Rd1 77.Nf4 Ne3 78.Rg6 Nxg4+ 79.Rxg4
Kf6 80.Ng2 Ra1 81.Ne3 Kf7 82.Rg6 Ra5 83.Rc6 g6 84.fxg6+ Kg7 85.Ng2 Rf5+ 
86.Ke3 Ra5 87.Nf4 h5 88.Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Ne2 Bxg2 7.Rg1 Bf3 8.Qc2 
Nc6 9.Rg3 Bh5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Bg6 12.f4 O-O 13.d5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Na5 15.
Ne2 exd5 16.cxd5 Nb7 17.b4 Nd6 18.Bb2 Re8 19.O-O-O Nde4 20.Rg2 c5 21.dxc6 
dxc6 22.Qc4 Qe7 23.Rdg1 g6 24.f5 Nd6 25.Qc2 Qxe3+ 26.Kb1 Nfe4 27.fxg6 hxg6
28.Qxc6 Nd2+ 29.Ka1 Nb3+ 30.Ka2 Qe6 31.Nf4 Nc1+ 32.Kb1 Qa2+ 33.Kxc1 Rec8 
34.Rxg6+ fxg6 35.Rxg6+ Kh7 36.Rg7+ Kh6 37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.Rb1 Nfe8 12.f4 f5 13.g4 b5 14.Nxb5 Nxb5 15.Bxb5 
fxg4 16.Nc4 Rb8 17.Bc6 Ba6 18.Qc2 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Qh4 20.b3 g3 21.Bxe8 Bxc4 
22.Rf3 Bf2 23.Rxf2 gxf2 24.Be3 f1=Q+ 25.Rxf1 Bxf1 26.Bd7 Rxf4 27.Be6+ Kg7 
28.Qc3+ Qf6 29.Qa5 Bg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Be7 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f3 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qe1 Nbd7 14.Qf2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 
Kh8 16.Kh1 Bd8 17.Nd2 Qb8 18.Nf1 Bc7 19.Qh4 Rcd8 20.Ng3 Rde8 21.Nh5 d5 22.
Nxf6 Nxf6 23.Bg5 Bd8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Bd3 h6 26.Bxh6 gxh6 27.Qxh6+ Kg8 28.
Qg5+ Kh8 29.Nxd5 Bxd5 30.cxd5 Qe5 31.Bf5 Nh7 32.Qh5 Qg7 33.Rc4 Re5 34.Rg4 
Rxf5 35.Qxf5 Qxb2 36.a4 Qf6 37.Qd3 b5 38.axb5 axb5 39.Qxb5 Bc7 40.Qd3 Re8 
41.g3 Nf8 42.Kg2 Ng6 43.Re4 Rd8 44.Qe2 Kg7 45.Rd2 Rb8 46.Qc4 Ne5 47.Qe2 
Rb3 48.Rf4 Qb6 49.Qe4 Qa5 50.Re2 Qb5 51.Rf5 f6 52.Rh5 Ng6 53.Rc2 Be5 54.d6
Rb2 55.f4 Rxc2+ 56.Qxc2 Qd5+ 57.Kh3 Nxf4+ 58.gxf4 Qf3+ 59.Kh4 Qxf4+ 60.Kh3
Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.O-O Nd7 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Nbd2 e5 8.e4 
dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 O-O 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Qc4 Qc7 13.Nh4 a5 14.Nb3 Bb4 15.
Bf3 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Be3 Red8 18.Kg2 Be7 19.Rfd1 Nb6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Qe2 Nc8 22.Nd2 Nd6 23.Nc4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 b6 25.c3 Qb7 26.Qb3 Nd7 27.Rd1 Qc7 
28.Be2 Nc5 29.Qc2 Rxd1 30.Bxd1 Qd6 31.Be2 Nd7 32.Bc4 Qf6 33.Qb3 Bc5 34.
Bxc5 Nxc5 35.Qxb6 Nxe4 36.Be2 Qe6 37.Bf3 Ng5 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Qxg5 f5 40.
Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.c3 b6 8.Na3 Bb7 9.
Qe1 Qc7 10.h3 Nbd7 11.g4 e5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Qf2 
Ne8 16.Nc2 Rd8 17.a4 Nc7 18.Bg3 Rde8 19.Bf3 Ne6 20.Qh2 Ng5 21.Bd6 Be5 22.
Bxe7 Bxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Rxe7 24.e3 Nxf3+ 25.Rxf3 d4 26.e4 dxc3 27.bxc3 c4 28.d4
Rxe4 29.Re3 f5 30.gxf5 Rf4 31.Kg3 R4xf5 32.Ne1 Rg5+ 33.Kh4 h6 34.Rg3 Rh5+ 
35.Kg4 Bc8# 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Black "Tan, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 dxc4 8.Bxc4
Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd6 11.Qd3 Re8 12.Ng3 Be6 13.Bc2 Bc4 14.Qd1 Bxf1 15.
Nxf1 c5 16.Be3 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Nbd5 18.Rd1 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Be7 20.Qh4 Qa5 21.Nf5
Bf8 22.Qg5 Kh8 23.Nd6 Qxg5 24.Nxf7+ Kg8 25.Nxg5 h6 26.Bb3+ Kh8 27.Nf7+ Kh7
28.h3 g6 29.g4 Re7 30.g5 hxg5 31.Nxg5+ Kh6 32.h4 Rae8 33.Kg2 a6 34.Rd6 Bg7
35.Nf7+ Kh5 36.Kh3 Rxf7 37.Bxf7 Re1 38.Nd5 Nxd5 39.Rxd5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 
Nxb4 9.a3 b5 10.Qd1 Nd5 11.e4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.O-O O-O 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne4 
Nde7 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Nf5 18.Qf4 Nce7 19.Nc5 Bd5 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.g4 Nfe7 
22.Qe3 Ng6 23.Rd2 Nce7 24.Ne1 Rb6 25.f4 f6 26.Rf2 fxe5 27.dxe5 Bxg2 28.
Nxg2 Nd5 29.Qg3 Qe7 30.Ne4 b4 31.h4 bxa3 32.Rxa3 Qb4 33.f5 Ngf4 34.Nxf4 
Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qxe4 36.Nxe6 Rfb8 37.Nc5 Qd4 38.Ne6 Qd1 39.Qg2 Qe1 40.Re2 
Qxh4+ 41.Rh3 Qe7 42.Qxd5 Rxb2 43.Ng5+ Kf8 44.Nxh7+ Ke8 45.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Mellema, Andries"]
[Black "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O e5 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Ng5 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.Bxe5 dxe5 12.Qf3 h6 13.h4 Bd8 14.Rf2 hxg5 15.hxg5
Ng4 16.g6 Nh6 17.Raf1 Bg5 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qh5 Be6 20.gxf7+ Bxf7 21.Nf6+ gxf6
22.Rxf6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Wempe, Joost"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.
Nd2 Na6 10.O-O Nd7 11.a3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Re1 f5 15.exf5 Nf6 16.
Bd3 Qf7 17.Nf1 Nh5 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.Bc2 Nc5 20.Ne4 b6 21.f3 Bd7 22.Bf2 a4 23.
g3 Nh5 24.Rb1 Rfd8 25.Kh1 b5 26.Nxc5 dxc5 27.Be4 Nf6 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.Qc2 
c6 30.d6 Rxd6 31.Rbd1 Rad8 32.Qxc5 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Bd3 34.Kg1 Rd4 35.Nd5 cxd5
36.Bxd4 Bxe4 37.Bxe5 Bxe5 38.Rxe4 Bd6 39.Qxd5 Bc5+ 40.Qxc5 Rxd1+ 41.Kf2 
Rd2+ 42.Re2 Qd7 43.Qe5 Rd5 44.Qe6+ Qf7 45.g4 Rd3 46.Ke1 Qxe6 47.Rxe6 Rh3 
48.Re2 Kf7 49.Kd1 h5 50.gxh5 Rxh5 51.Kc2 Rh4 52.Kc3 Kf6 53.Rf2 g4 54.b4 
Rh3+ 55.Kc4 Rxa3 56.b5 Ra1 57.Kb4 a3 58.Ka5 Rb1 59.Ra2 Rb2 60.Rxa3 Rxh2 
61.Rb3 Kxf5 62.b6 Rh8 63.b7 Kf4 64.Rc3 Rb8 65.Kb6 Rxb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.g4 Na5 13.h4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 
15.h5 b5 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Qh2 Qf7 18.Kb1 Rab8 19.Nd5 Bh8 20.Qh6 Rc4 21.Rd2 
Rbc8 22.b3 Nxd5 23.exd5 Rc3 24.Ne2 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Bg7 26.g5 b4 27.Rh4 Be5 
28.Rxb4 Qg7 29.Rc4 Rxc4 30.bxc4 Qf8 31.f4 Bg7 32.Rd3 a5 33.Rb3 a4 34.Rb7 
Qc8 35.Rb4 Kf7 36.a3 Bh8 37.Nd4 Qc5 38.c3 Bg7 39.Kb2 Qc8 40.Qe4 Qc5 41.Rb8
Qxc4 42.Qe6+ Bxe6 43.dxe6+ Qxe6 44.Nxe6 Kxe6 45.Rg8 Kf7 46.Ra8 h5 47.gxh6 
Bxh6 48.Rxa4 Ke6 49.Rd4 Kf5 50.a4 e5 51.fxe5 dxe5 52.Rd7 Be3 53.a5 g5 54.
Kc2 Ke4 55.Rg7 Kf3 56.a6 g4 57.a7 Bxa7 58.Rxa7 g3 59.Ra1 e4 60.c4 Kf2 61.
c5 e3 62.c6 e2 63.Kd2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 e5 11.d5 c5 12.a3 h5 13.Ne1 Nh6 14.h3 Nf7 15.Nd3 Bh6 16.
Rb1 Bg5 17.Bg3 h4 18.Bh2 Kg7 19.b4 b6 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 g5 
23.Rf2 Qe7 24.Bg4 Ne5 25.Bf5 Re8 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.Nb5 Re7 28.Qa4 Bxf5 29.
Rxf5 Qxe4 30.Rbf1 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 g4 32.Nxd6 gxh3 33.R5f2 Kh8 34.Nf5 hxg2+ 35.
Rxg2 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Re2 37.Rxe2 Rg8+ 38.Kf2 Rg2+ 39.Ke1 Qc3+ 40.Kd1 Qd3+ 41.
Kc1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.e4 Bb4 7.f3 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rc8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16.Qd2 Re8 17.O-O Nxc3 18.Bxa6 Nb1 19.Raxb1 Bxb1 20.Bxb7 Rc2 21.
Qb4 Bxa2 22.Ba1 Bc4 23.Rb1 Qg5 24.f4 Qxf4 25.Bf3 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Black "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.h3 Ndf6 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.O-O Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Bd3 Qg5 15.c5 
Bc7 16.b4 Bh5 17.f4 Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.Nd2 exd5 
9.cxd5 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Qc2 a6 13.Ra3 Rb8 14.a5 h6 15.f4 Neg4 
16.Nc4 Nh5 17.g3 Bd4+ 18.Kg2 Ngf6 19.Bxh5 Nxh5 20.Rb3 b5 21.axb6 f5 22.Na5
Rxb6 23.Nc6 Qc7 24.Rxb6 Qxb6 25.Qa4 Bxc3 26.e5 Bxb2 27.exd6 Bxc1 28.Ne5 
Nf6 29.d7 Bxd7 30.Nxd7 Nxd7 31.Qxd7 Rd8 32.Qe7 Ba3 33.Qh4 Qd6 34.Qxh6 
Qxd5+ 35.Rf3 Qe6 36.Kh3 Rd7 37.Qg5 Rh7+ 38.Kg2 Qe2+ 39.Rf2 Rxh2+ 40.Kxh2 
Qxf2+ 41.Kh1 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qe2+ 43.Kh1 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 
Ng6 9.c4 Qe7 10.O-O Bxg3 11.hxg3 Nd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Rd8 14.Qb3 Nf6 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Rad1 O-O 17.Rfe1 Rd6 18.Qe3 a6 19.g4 Rfd8 20.g3 b5 21.c5 Rd5
22.Rc1 a5 23.Kg2 Qf8 24.Rh1 Qg7 25.Rh2 Nf8 26.Qf4 e5 27.dxe5 fxe5 28.Qf5 
Re8 29.Qe4 Qg6 30.Qxg6+ hxg6 31.g5 e4 32.Ng1 Rd2 33.Kh3 Rxb2 34.f4 Rxh2+ 
35.Kxh2 Rd8 36.Rc2 Ne6 37.Ne2 e3 38.Kg2 Rd2 39.Rxd2 exd2 40.Nc3 b4 41.Nd1 
a4 42.Kf2 b3 43.a3 Nxc5 44.Ke3 Nd7 45.Kxd2 Nb6 46.Kc3 c5 47.Nb2 Kf8 48.Nd3
c4 49.Nb2 Ke7 50.Kb4 Kd6 51.Nd1 Kd5 52.Nc3+ Kd4 53.Nb5+ Kd3 54.Nc3 b2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Black "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.g5 Nc6 9.
Be3 Nge7 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.h4 Be7 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.h5 Ne5 15.f4 
Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.g6 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxe4 19.h6 Bf6 20.hxg7 Bxg7 21.gxf7+ 
Kxf7 22.Rh5 Rc6 23.Kb1 Rhc8 24.Rc1 Kg8 25.Rg5 Kh8 26.Rgg1 a5 27.Rge1 Qf5 
28.Bd4 e5 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Be3 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Qd3 e4 33.Qb3 Qa5 34.Rg1 
Ra8 35.c4 bxc3 36.bxc3 Rxc3 37.Rxc3 Qa1+ 38.Kc2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Black "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.g4 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.c4 Bxb1 9.
Rxb1 c6 10.Kf2 e6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Qg1 b5 
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.g5 Kh7 19.Qg4 f5 20.gxf6 Qxf6 21.Nf4 Na6 22.
Rhg1 Rae8 23.Qg6+ Kg8 24.Qxf6 Rxf6 25.Rbc1 Nb4 26.Rc3 a5 27.a3 Na6 28.Rgc1
Nb8 29.a4 bxa4 30.Ra1 Rf7 31.Rxa4 Rb7 32.Nd3 Rbe7 33.Nc5 Rf7 34.Rxa5 Rf5 
35.Ra8 Ref8 36.f4 Nd7 37.Rxf8+ Nxf8 38.Nd3 Rxh5 39.Rxc6 Rh2+ 40.Kg3 Re2 
41.Kf3 Rd2 42.Rc3 Nd7 43.b4 h5 44.b5 Rd1 45.Rc8+ Kh7 46.Nc5 Nb6 47.Rc6 Nc4
48.Ne6 Kg6 49.Nc7+ Kf5 50.Nxd5 Rf1+ 51.Ke2 Rc1 52.b6 Ke4 53.b7 Rc2+ 54.Kd1
Rb2 55.Rxc4 Kxd5 56.Rc7 g6 57.Kc1 Rb6 58.Kd2 Rb2+ 59.Kd3 Rb3+ 60.Ke2 Ke4 
61.Re7+ Kf5 62.Kf3 Kf6 63.Rc7 Ke6 64.Ke4 h4 65.d5+ Kf6 66.d6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Balje, Jan"]
[Black "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 Rxc6 12.Qa4 a6 13.Be3 Be7 14.Rd1 Qc8 
15.Nc3 O-O 16.Qb3 b5 17.a3 Ng4 18.Bf4 e5 19.Nd5 Bc5 20.Be3 Nxe3 21.Nxe3 
Bd4 22.Nd5 Qe6 23.e3 Ba7 24.Qd3 e4 25.Qd2 Bb8 26.Nf4 Bxf4 27.exf4 f5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Black "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 
Nbd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kb1 O-O 12.f5 Bc4 13.g4 Nxg4 14.Rg1 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Kh8 16.Qg3 Rg8 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Nd2 Bh4 19.Qg4 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Bf2 21.Rg2
Bc5 22.Nb3 Ba3 23.c4 a5 24.c5 Nxc5 25.Rg3 a4 26.Rh3 h6 27.Nxc5 Bxc5 28.Ka1
Qf6 29.Qe2 Rc8 30.c3 a3 31.Qb5 b6 32.Rg3 Rg8 33.Rd2 Qh4 34.Qd3 Qf4 35.Rf3 
Qh4 36.Rg3 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Black "Galje, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O f6 8.Ng5 Ndxe5
9.dxe5 fxg5 10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.Bxg5 Qe8 12.Qe2 Be7 13.f4 Kc7 14.Nd2 c4 15.Bxe7
Qxe7 16.Bc2 Bd7 17.Qe3 Be8 18.b3 b5 19.a4 cxb3 20.axb5 bxc2 21.bxc6 Kxc6 
22.Nb3 Bg6 23.Ra6+ Kb7 24.Rfa1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Vedder, Richard"]
[Black "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
O-O 9.Nc3 Nc7 10.Bf4 a6 11.Be2 d5 12.exd6 exd6 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Ne8 16.Qb3 Nd6 17.Bb6 Qf6 18.Qb4 Re8 19.a4 Nf5 20.Ne4 Qh4 21.g3 Qh3 
22.Bf3 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Bg2 Qd7 25.a5 Rb8 26.Rfd1 Qc7 27.d6 Qd8 28.Rxd4
Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Re6 30.Rd1 Bd7 31.Nc5 Re8 32.b4 Rf8 33.Nxb7 Qg5 34.Nc5 Bf5 
35.Nxa6 Bc2 36.Ra1 Rbe8 37.Nc5 Re2 38.Nd7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Black "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 Nf6 15.cxd6 cxd6 
16.Nb5 g4 17.Nc7 g3 18.Nxa8 Nh5 19.hxg3 fxg3 20.f4 gxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Nhxf4 22.
Rc3 Qh4 23.Rf1 Bd7 24.Nc7 Bh6 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Bg4 Bb5 27.g3 Nh3+ 28.Bxh3 
Qxh3 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Black "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 Re8 7.Ng5 Rf8 8.Nf3 
h6 9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 Bf8 11.c3 d6 12.Nbd2 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.Nf1 Nc6 15.Ne3 
Be6 16.Nh2 Qd7 17.Nhg4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 g6 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.g3 Ne7 21.Kg2 d5 22.
Rh1 d4 23.Nf5 gxf5 24.gxf5 Nxf5 25.Qh5 Nd6 26.Bxh6 f5 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Bg5 
Bf7 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Bb3 Qc6+ 31.f3 Qg6 32.Qxg6 Bxg6 33.Ba4 Re6 34.Rae1 Be8 
35.Bb3 Rg6 36.f4 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.a4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qf2 exf4 14.Bxf4 Be6 15.Rfd1
Rac8 16.Qg3 Qb6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Rfd8 19.a5 Qb4 20.Bd5 Qxb2 21.Bxe6 fxe6
22.Nd5 Qxc2 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxf6+ Kh8 25.Nd7 Rc7 26.Qf3 h6 27.Ne5 Rxd1+ 
28.Rxd1 Kh7 29.h4 Rc5 30.Re1 Rxa5 31.Kh2 Qf5 32.Qg3 Rd5 33.Nf3 a5 34.Qc7 
a4 35.Qxb7 Rb5 36.Qe4 Qxe4 37.Rxe4 Ra5 38.Rxe6 a3 39.Re1 a2 40.Ra1 Kg6 41.
Kg3 Kf5 42.Nd4+ Ke4 43.Nc2 Ra4 44.Rf1 Kd3 45.Na1 Kd2 46.h5 Ra3+ 47.Rf3 Ra6
48.Kh4 Kc1 49.g4 Kb2 50.Rf1 Rc6 51.Rf7 Kxa1 52.Rxg7 Rc1 53.g5 Rh1+ 54.Kg4 
Rg1+ 55.Kf5 Rxg5+ 56.Rxg5 hxg5 57.h6 Kb1 58.h7 a1=Q 59.Kg6 Qh8 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.h4 Bb7 14.g5 Ne5 15.Qf2 
Qc7 16.a3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Qg2 b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Na2 Qc4 21.Bf6 Qc7 
22.Qg3 Rad8 23.Rd3 Kh8 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16.Be3 Qd5 17.b4 Rfd8 18.Ba2 Qd7 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxb4 21.e6 
Bxe6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Bxe6 Qe7 25.cxb4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5
exd5 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.e4 Nf6 13.e5 Ne4 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rfd1 
Rc8 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 
Bxf5 16.Bd3 g4 17.O-O Qe8 18.c5 Qg6 19.Re1 Nf7 20.Bh4 Qh6 21.g3 Kh8 22.Rc1
Qg6 23.Qb3 Bh6 24.Rcd1 b6 25.cxd6 Nxd6 26.Qc2 Rf7 27.Re2 Raf8 28.Rde1 Bg7 
29.Rf1 Bh6 30.b4 Qg7 31.a4 Bc8 32.Nc3 Nf5 33.Bxf5 Bxf5 34.Ne4 Qg6 35.Qc4 
Bc8 36.b5 Bb7 37.Qc3 Bg7 38.Rd1 Rd7 39.Qc4 Qf5 40.a5 Qf3 41.Red2 bxa5 42.
Rd3 Qe2 43.Qa4 a6 44.b6 Bc8 45.b7 Bxb7 46.Qxd7 Qxe4 47.Be7 Rg8 48.Qxc7 Ba8
49.Qd6 Qf5 50.Qe6 Qh5 51.Rc3 Qe8 52.d6 Qa4 53.Rcd3 Qe4 54.Rd5 Bxd5 55.Qxd5
Qxd5 56.Rxd5 Bf8 57.Bh4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 Nd7 12.Nde4 Qa5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Rac1 Nf6 15.f4
c5 16.d5 Qb6 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.f5 Bf7 19.Nce4 exf5 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Rxf5 Qe7
22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Nf5 Qc7 24.Qd3 Kh8 25.Bxf7 Qxf7 26.Nd6 Qg6 27.Rd1 Qxd3 28.
Rxd3 b6 29.Kf2 Kg8 30.Nc4 Rf8+ 31.Ke2 g6 32.b3 Rf7 33.Ne5 Rc7 34.Rd8+ Kg7 
35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Nc4 Ke7 37.Rd5 Ke6 38.Re5+ Kf6 39.Rd5 Ke6 40.e4 Rf7 41.Ke2 
Bc3 42.Rd6+ Ke7 43.Rd3 Bd4 44.Rf3 Rf6 45.h3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f4 c4 12.Kh1 Nc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxc4 e4 15.Be3 Nd3
16.Bxd3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Bf5 18.Qd2 b5 19.Nxb5 Ne4 20.Qd1 Rc8 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.
Nd4 Bg4 23.Qd3 Qxd5 24.Ne5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Rxe5 27.Kg1 Nc5 28.
Qd2 Qe4 29.Rc3 Qb1+ 30.Rc1 Qd3 31.Rc3 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Qb6 6.e5 Bc5 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Nxd5 
exd5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Nxe5 11.O-O Nxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Nf5 d6 14.Ne7+ Kh8 
15.Nxd5 Qxb2 16.a4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Bg4 18.Rfb1 Be2 19.Qd4 Qc2 20.Rxb7 a5 21.
Nf4 Rae8 22.Re1 Bg4 23.h3 Bc8 24.Rb5 Re4 25.Qxd6 Rfe8 26.Rc5 Qxa4 27.Qc7 
Qd7 28.Qxd7 Bxd7 29.Rc7 Bb5 30.Rxf7 Bc4 31.Rf5 a4 32.Kf2 a3 33.Ra5 a2 34.
Ra1 Rxe3 35.R1xa2 Bxa2 36.Rxa2 Rxc3 37.h4 g6 38.g3 Ree3 39.Ne2 Rf3+ 40.Kg2
Rce3 41.Ra7 Kg8 42.Rb7 Rf7 43.Rb8+ Kg7 44.Nf4 Ra7 45.Rb2 Rea3 46.Kh3 Kf6 
47.Rb6+ Kf7 48.Kg4 R3a6 49.Rb8 h5+ 50.Kh3 Ra1 51.Kg2 R7a2+ 52.Kf3 Ra3+ 53.
Kg2 R1a2+ 54.Kh3 Rf2 55.Rb7+ Kg8 56.Ne6 Ra1 57.Rb8+ Kh7 58.Ng5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Tan, Matthew"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Be3 c5 11.Nde2 Qxd1 12.Raxd1 b6 13.Nf4 O-O-O 14.Nfd5
Ng6 15.f4 f6 16.Rd2 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Kb7 18.Kf2 Bd6 19.g3 Rde8 20.b3 b5 21.Kf3 
Rhf8 22.h3 Nh8 23.Ne2 Nf7 24.Nc1 Re6 25.Re2 Rfe8 26.Bf2 c4 27.bxc4 bxc4 
28.a4 f5 29.exf5 Rxe2 30.Nxe2 Bb4 31.Be3 Rd8 32.Rb1 Bxd5+ 33.Kf2 a5 34.c3 
Be4 35.Rb2 Rd3 36.cxb4 Rb3 37.Rxb3 cxb3 38.Bd4 axb4 39.Bxg7 Bxf5 40.g4 Bc2
41.Ke3 c5 42.f5 Kb6 43.Kf4 Ka5 44.h4 Kxa4 45.Bb2 Bd1 46.Nc1 c4 47.g5 Bh5 
0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.
f4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d5 10.e5 Bg4 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Ba3 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 
O-O-O+ 15.Ke3 h5 16.h3 Bf5 17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.Rg1 Bf5
21.Rxg7 Rh3+ 22.Kd4 e3 23.Bc1 e2 24.Bd2 Rf3 25.Rxf7 Rxf4+ 26.Bxf4 e1=Q 27.
Rxf5 Qd1+ 28.Ke3 Qxc2 29.Rf8+ Kd7 30.Rf7+ Ke6 31.Rxc7 a5 32.Rxb7 Qc1+ 33.
Kd3 Qxf4 34.Rb6+ Kd7 35.Rd6+ Kc7 36.Rd4 Qf5+ 37.Ke3 Qxe5+ 38.Kd3 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5 
9.Bd2 Qxb3 10.axb3 g5 11.Nf3 h6 12.Bd3 Rg8 13.Ke2 Bg6 14.Bxg6 Rxg6 15.Rhc1
Bd6 16.c5 Bc7 17.b4 Ne4 18.b5 Nxc3+ 19.Rxc3 cxb5 20.c6 bxc6 21.Rxc6 Bd8 
22.Rca6 Bb6 23.Ne5 Rg8 24.Nc6 Rc8 25.Nxa7 Rc2 26.Kd1 Rxb2 27.Kc1 Rxd2 28.
Kxd2 Ke7 29.Nxb5 h5 30.Na7 f6 31.Rb1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.O-O-O 
Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Nge2 e6 11.Kb1 Qe7 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 
15.h4 g4 16.Qe3 Qe7 17.Rdf1 c5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.f4 gxf3 20.gxf3 Bg7 21.f4 
e5 22.Rhg1 Bf6 23.fxe5 Bxe5 24.Nd4 Qb7 25.Nf3 Rb8 26.b3 Nf4 27.Nxe5 dxe5 
28.Qc5 f6 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Qc4 Rf8 31.Rd6 Rc7 32.Rg8 Ke7 33.Rxf8 Kxf8 34.Rd8+
Ke7 35.Qg8 Rd7 36.Qf8+ Ke6 37.Na4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.e3 O-O 8.N5c3 
e4 9.a3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.b4 Bd6 12.Ra2 Nbd7 13.Rd2 Re8 14.g4 Nb6 15.g5 Nfd7
16.h4 f5 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.Rg1 Ra7 19.Bb2 Rf7 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Kd1 Qh3 22.Nxb5 
axb5 23.Bxb5 Bg4+ 24.Kc1 Rc8 25.Bc6 Qh2 26.Re1 Qxh4 27.b5 Nfd7 28.Bd4 Rcf8
29.Qxe4 Rxf2 30.Rxf2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.Bd2 Rb8 
9.Qe2 b5 10.a3 O-O 11.Nd1 a5 12.Rc1 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.O-O f5 15.c3 bxc3 
16.bxc3 fxe4 17.Qxe4 e5 18.Nf2 d5 19.Qa4 Rb2 20.Nd1 Rb6 21.Nf2 Rb2 22.Qa1 
Rb7 23.Qa3 Qb6 24.Be3 exf4 25.Bxc5 Qb2 26.d4 fxg3 27.hxg3 Qxa3 28.Bxa3 Rb3
29.Bc5 Bh6 30.Rc2 Rf7 31.Re1 Bd7 32.Ne5 Nxe5 33.Rxe5 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 Nc6 35.
Rxd5 Nd8 36.Bh3 Rb7 37.Ne4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 
Ng4 9.h3 Ne5 10.Bf1 d3 11.Re3 Be7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Rf3 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 f5 15.exf5 
Bxf5 16.b3 d5 17.bxc4 dxc4 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Nxa3 Qc5 20.Re3+ Kd7 21.Re5 Qxa3
22.Rxf5 Rae8 23.Qg4 Kd8 24.Rf7 Re7 25.Qxg7 Rhe8 26.Qd4+ Kc7 27.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bd7
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.h3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Nf3 b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 
Nxe5 16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.Qf3 Rc8 19.Rad1 Bc6 20.Qf4 Qh5 21.Kh2 b4
22.Nb1 Bb5 23.g4 Qg6 24.Rf2 Nd5 25.Qe5 Bf6 26.Qg3 Qe4 27.Bf4 Nxf4 28.Nd2 
Qe5 29.g5 Ne2 30.Qxe5 Bxe5+ 31.Kg2 Bd4 32.Ne4 Bxf2 33.Kxf2 Nf4 34.a4 bxa3 
35.c4 Bxc4 36.Nd6 Rd8 37.Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Black "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.a3 a5 6.Be3 Na6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc3 b6 
9.Nf3 Bc5 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Bd3 Re8 12.O-O Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Nc5 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.e5
f6 16.Bb1 d6 17.Qf2 fxe5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Ng5+ Kg6 20.f5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Qf6
9.Rxg4 Qxf3 10.Rxg7 Nf8 11.Rg1 Ng6 12.Be2 Qf6 13.e4 Bxh2 14.Rg2 Bf4 15.e5 
Qh4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Rg4 Qh6 18.Nd1 f6 19.exf6 Rf8 20.Ne3 Rxf6 21.Bd3 Bd7 
22.O-O-O O-O-O 23.Kb1 Be8 24.Rdg1 Qf8 25.Rf1 Kb8 26.Ka1 Rf4 27.cxd5 exd5 
28.Rxf4 Qxf4 29.Rh1 Qxd4 30.Rxh7 Ne5 31.Bf5 Qb4 32.Qe2 Qd6 33.a3 Nd7 34.
Nc2 Nf8 35.Rh3 Bd7 36.Bxd7 Nxd7 37.Nd4 a6 38.Qe3 Rf8 39.Rh6 Qe5 40.Re6 
Qxe3 41.fxe3 Nc5 42.Re7 Rf1+ 43.Ka2 Rf2 44.Kb1 a5 45.b4 axb4 46.axb4 Nd3 
47.b5 Rb2+ 48.Ka1 c5 49.Rd7 cxd4 50.Rxd5 Ka7 51.Rxd4 Rb3 52.e4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.Nf3 e5 8.d3 Nge7 9.
O-O O-O 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Nc2 a4 14.b4 axb3 15.Rxb3 Ra6 
16.Qb1 Rb8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Na7 19.Bc1 Ra5 20.Bd2 Ra4 21.Ne3 b5 22.Nd1 
Ra6 23.Nc3 Rab6 24.Rc1 h6 25.Rc2 f5 26.e4 Kh8 27.Rcb2 Qe8 28.Qc1 g5 29.f3 
f4 30.Be1 Ng6 31.Bf2 R6b7 32.Qb1 Qd7 33.Qd1 h5 34.Qe1 Bf6 35.Ne2 Kg7 36.
Qc1 Kh7 37.Kh1 Kh8 38.Rb1 Kg7 39.Qf1 Rh8 40.Kg1 Rb6 41.gxf4 Nxf4 42.Nxf4 
gxf4 43.Bh3 Qe8 44.Be6 Kh6 45.Qh3 Rb7 46.Kh1 Rg7 47.Bf5 Rhg8 48.Be6 Rh8 
49.Bf5 Rhg8 50.Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Nc6 7.c4 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nd7 14.Nd2 b5 15.b4 Nb7
16.O-O Rc8 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Qc1 Nb8 19.a3 Qd7 20.Ba7 a5 21.bxa5 Na6 22.Bb6 
Bd8 23.Qb2 Nxa5 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxb5 Qa7+ 26.Kh1 Nc5 27.Rb1 g6 28.Nc4 Nxc4
29.Bxc4 Kg7 30.Qb6 Qa8 31.h3 h5 32.Qc6 Qxa3 33.Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Black "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.f4 Qc7
9.Qe2 Nc6 10.a4 b6 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Kh1 Bb7 14.Rae1 Nd7 15.Nd5 
exd5 16.exd5 Bf6 17.dxc6 Qxc6 18.Rf3 g6 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qxa4 21.Re3 
Nf6 22.Re7 Rfe8 23.Qf1 Bd5 24.Nd4 Rxe7 25.Rxe7 Re8 26.Ra7 Qa3 27.c4 Qb4 
28.Ne2 Bxc4 29.f5 Bxd3 30.fxg6 Bxg6 31.Qxf6 Qe1+ 32.Ng1 a5 33.Qxd6 b5 34.
Qc6 Rd8 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Qxa8+ Kg7 37.Qd5 a4 38.Qxb5 Qa1 39.h4 h5 40.c3 Qxc3
41.Qxa4 Qe1 42.Qf4 Qe4 43.Qg3 f6 44.Nh3 Kh7 45.Kh2 Bf7 46.Qf4 Qe5 47.Qg3 
Kh6 48.Nf4 Kh7 49.Nd3 Qd4 50.Nf2 Kh6 51.Nh1 Qe5 52.Nf2 Qd4 53.Nd3 Kh7 54.
Ne1 Kh6 55.Nf3 Qe4 56.Qc7 Kg7 57.Qd6 Kg6 58.Kg3 Qg4+ 59.Kf2 Qe4 60.Qd4 
Qc2+ 61.Kg3 Qc7+ 62.Qf4 Qc3 63.Kh2 Qc5 64.Qe4+ Kg7 65.Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Wempe, Joost"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nf3 Nbc6 13.Bh7+ Kf8 14.Bg6 Qa5 15.
Bxf7 Qxc3+ 16.Ke2 hxg5 17.Rhd1 Nxd4+ 18.Rxd4 cxd4 19.Re1 Bd7 20.Kf1 Ng8 
21.a4 Bxa4 22.Bxe6 Nh6 23.Qxg5 d3 24.Qf4+ Ke7 25.Bh3+ Qxe1+ 26.Nxe1 dxc2 
27.Nxc2 Bb5+ 28.Ke1 Bc4 29.Qc7+ Kf8 30.Bc8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Black "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bf3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Qe3 Rc4 19.Rf2 Qc7 20.Rdd2 Qc6 21.b3 Rxd4 22.
Rxd4 Bc5 23.Nxe4 Bxd4 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Qxd4 Qc7 26.Rd2 Qa5 27.h3 Qxa3 28.f5 
Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qf1 30.Rf2 Qe1 31.fxe6 Rd8 32.Qxd8 Qxf2 33.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Black "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Na4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 
axb6 9.O-O Nd4 10.fxe5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 dxe5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 b5 14.Bb3 Nxb3
15.axb3 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 O-O 17.Kh1 Qd7 18.Qd1 Ra8 19.Qf3 Ne8 20.Be5 Ra6 21.c4
bxc4 22.bxc4 Rh6 23.Ra1 Ra6 24.Rf1 Rh6 25.d4 Rh3 26.Bg3 Rh6 27.e5 Rb6 28.
d5 Qe7 29.d6 cxd6 30.exd6 Qd7 31.b3 Rc6 32.Ra1 h6 33.Ra8 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Qxc8 
35.Be5 Qe6 36.Qd3 Qd7 37.b4 Nf6 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.c5 b6 40.Kg1 bxc5 41.bxc5 
Kf8 42.Kf2 Qa7 43.Qe3 Qa2+ 44.Kg3 Qd5 45.Qxh6+ Ke8 46.Qxf6 Qd3+ 47.Qf3 
Qg6+ 48.Kf2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Re1 Qd6 12.Re3 Ng4 13.Rg3 f5 14.h3 Bc5 
15.Rf3 Qh2+ 16.Kf1 Re8 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.hxg4 Qh1+ 19.Ke2 Bg5+ 20.Re3 Qxd1+ 
21.Nxd1 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 fxg4 23.g3 Re5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Vedder, Henk"]
[Black "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 
b5 9.f4 d6 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.Be4 Nxf4 15.
Bxa8 Bd6 16.Rad1 Bc7 17.Nc6 Bd7 18.Nxb8 Bxb8 19.Bb7 b4 20.Ne4 Bb5 21.Rf2 
Ke7 22.Rfd2 f5 23.Nc5 a5 24.Nb3 Bc7 25.Nd4 Be8 26.Re1 Kf6 27.g3 e5 28.gxf4
exd4 29.Rxd4 Bf7 30.Ba6 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Rd1 Bc7 33.Rd4 h6 34.h4 g5 35.
hxg5+ hxg5 36.fxg5+ Kxg5 37.Rd7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Vul, Arkady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nxd4 d5 8.
Nc3 dxe4 9.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 bxc6 11.Bc4 Bf5 12.O-O Nc8 13.Rfe1 Nd6 14.
Bb3 O-O-O 15.Ba4 Kb7 16.Rd4 c5 17.Rd5 Kb6 18.h3 h5 19.a3 c6 20.Rd2 Kc7 21.
Red1 Be6 22.b4 cxb4 23.axb4 f5 24.b5 Nxb5 25.Bxb5 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 cxb5 27.
Nxb5+ Kb6 28.Nd4 Bc4 29.c3 a5 30.Rb2+ Kc7 31.Rb1 Ra8 32.Ra1 a4 33.Ra3 Kd6 
34.Kh2 f4 35.g3 f3 36.Nc2 Bb3 37.Nd4 Bc4 38.h4 e3 39.Kg1 e2 40.Nxf3 Kd5 
41.Kg2 Bb3 42.Ra1 a3 43.Ne1 Kc4 44.Kf3 Kxc3 45.Rc1+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.O-O c5 9.
Bg5 Qc7 10.c4 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 h6 13.Bd2 Ne7 14.dxc5 Ng6 15.Ba5 
Qc6 16.Nfd4 Ngxe5 17.Qe2 Qd5 18.Rfd1 Qc4 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh3 g5 21.Rac1 g4 
22.Qh5 Qd5 23.Kh1 Nf6 24.Qh4 Be7 25.Nb5 Qc6 26.N3d4 Qe4 27.Nd6+ Bxd6 28.
Qxf6 Bf8 29.Nb5 Nd3 30.Nd6+ Bxd6 31.cxd6 O-O 32.Rc3 Nxb2 33.Re3 Qa4 34.Rd4
Rfc8 35.Rxa4 Nxa4 36.d7 Rc1+ 37.Re1 Rxe1+ 38.Bxe1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Black "Balje, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd7 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.
Rfe1 Bc8 16.b4 Qh5 17.Be2 Qg6 18.Qxg6 fxg6 19.Bc7 Rd7 20.Bg3 Bf6 21.Rac1 
a6 22.a4 Re8 23.Bc4 Kf7 24.Re3 Nd8 25.Ne5+ Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Rd2 27.Rce1 Bd7 
28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Rb2 30.R3e2 Bxb5 31.Bxe6+ Rxe6 32.Rxb2 Bc4 33.f4 b5 34.
Rd2 Nc6 35.Rd7+ Ne7 36.Kf2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Black "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.Bg5 d6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Re1 Be6 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bc4 O-O 13.c3 b5 14.Bf1 Qb6 15.c4 b4 
16.Nc2 Rfd8 17.Ne3 Ne7 18.g3 Bg5 19.Qd3 g6 20.Rad1 a5 21.Nd2 Rac8 22.b3 
Nc6 23.Nc2 Kg7 24.Nf3 Bh6 25.h3 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qe2 Rf8 28.Bg2 Rf6 29.
Ne3 Ne7 30.Ng4 Bxg4 31.hxg4 Rcf8 32.Rf1 g5 33.Nd2 Kh8 34.Be4 Bg7 35.Kg2 
Ng8 36.Bb1 Nh6 37.Ne4 Rg6 38.Rd5 Nf7 39.Nd2 Rh6 40.Qe3 Qxe3 41.fxe3 e4 42.
Rff5 Bc3 43.Nxe4 Kg7 44.Nxg5 Nxg5 45.Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Black "Vedder, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 
Nxb4 9.a3 b5 10.Qxb5 Nc2+ 11.Kd2 Nxa1 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxc4 c5 14.Nc3 cxd4 
15.Nxd4 Rc8 16.Qd3 e5 17.Rxa1 exd4 18.Qxd4 O-O 19.Ke1 Bc6 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 
21.Bxc6 Rxc6 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 g5 24.Ne4 g4 25.f3 f5 26.Nf2 Rh6 27.fxg4
Rxh2 28.Ke1 Rg2 29.gxf5 Rxg3 30.Nd3 h5 31.Kf2 h4 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.Ng6 Rb3 34.
Nxh4 Rxb2 35.Kf3 Rb3+ 36.Kf4 Rxa3 37.e4 a5 38.Ng6 a4 39.Ne5+ Kg7 40.Nd7 
Ra1 41.e5 Kf7 42.e6+ Ke7 43.Nb6 a3 44.Nd5+ Kf8 45.f6 a2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Black "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.f4 Be7 21.Kh1 
Kh8 22.Ra7 d4 23.Qf3 dxc3 24.bxc3 Rd2 25.Bb1 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Rd1 Qe6 
28.Qd3 c4 29.Qd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Bxf5 g5 33.Bd7 gxf4 34.
Bxb5 Kg7 35.e6 Kf6 36.Bxc4 Ba5 37.Kg1 Bxc3 38.Kf2 Bb4 39.Kf3 h5 40.Ke4 Bd6
41.Kd5 Ke7 42.Be2 h4 43.h3 Bb8 44.Bd3 f3 45.gxf3 Bf4 46.Ke4 Bg5 47.Bc4 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 h6 8.Nbd2 Nh7
9.h3 Ng5 10.d4 Bd7 11.a4 a5 12.Nxg5 Bxg5 13.Nf3 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 Qe7 15.Qb3 b6
16.Bd5 Rac8 17.Rcd1 Nb8 18.Bc4 Rcd8 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Rd5 Qf6 21.Nxe5 Be6 
22.Ng4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Nd7 24.e5 Qh4 25.g3 Qxg4 26.e6 Nc5 27.exf7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Qd6 8.Qb3
Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.c5 Qd8 11.Nc4 a5 12.Rd1 a4 13.Qe3 Nd5 14.Qg5 Qxg5 15.Bxg5
a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Black "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 c5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bxc4 O-O 
9.O-O Qa5 10.Qb3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qh5 13.Be2 Qh3 14.f3 e5 15.Nb5 
Nc6 16.e4 Be6 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Qa3 a6 19.Nd6 Rc7 20.Rfd1 Rd7 21.Bb6 Qh5 22.
Qe3 Qg6 23.Rd2 Nh5 24.Rad1 Bh3 25.Qf2 Nf4 26.Bc4 Be6 27.Kh1 Nh3 28.Qe3 Ng5
29.Be2 Bh3 30.Nc4 Rxd2 31.Nxd2 Ne6 32.Nb3 f5 33.exf5 Bxf5 34.Rd6 h5 35.Nc5
Ncd4 36.Nxe6 Nxe6 37.Qxe5 Rc8 38.Be3 Rc2 39.Bd1 Rc8 40.Bb3 Re8 41.Kg2 Kh7 
42.Bxe6 Bxe6 43.Kf2 Qc2+ 44.Rd2 Qg6 45.Qg5 Qxg5 46.Bxg5 Kg6 47.Be3 Re7 48.
Rd6 Kf7 49.Rd8 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Mellema, Andries"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Nbc6 12.Ba3 Na5 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.cxb3
f6 16.f4 fxe5 17.fxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Rf8 19.Qe2 Rf7 20.Rc1 Nf5 21.Qh5 Be8 
22.Qg6 Qe7 23.Rf1 Rf8 24.Qg4 h5 25.Qf4 Bg6 26.c4 Rd8 27.dxc5 bxc5 28.cxd5 
Rxd5 29.Bc4 Rd4 30.Qc1 Kh7 31.Qc3 Qc7 32.Re1 Nh4 33.Bf1 Rg4 34.h3 Rg5 35.
Bc1 Rf5 36.Qc4 Qe7 37.Bf4 Rf7 38.Be3 Nf5 39.Bxc5 Qg5 40.Qc1 Qd8 41.Bc4 Qc8
42.Bf2 Rc7 43.Qd2 Ne7 44.Qd6 Bf7 45.Rd1 Nd5 46.Ba6 Qb8 47.Kh2 Nb4 48.Bb5 
Nd5 49.Rxd5 exd5 50.e6 Qb7 51.exf7 Rxf7 52.Bd3+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ Rf8 54.Bh7+ 
Kf7 55.Qg5 Ke6 56.Bg3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Black "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 cxd4 12.exd4 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 
15.Nc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qg5 18.Rfe1 Rc6 19.Bd5 Rb6 20.Qa3 Re8 21.c4
Qd2 22.Rad1 Qxb2 23.Qxa7 Re7 24.c5 Ra6 25.Qb8+ Kg7 26.c6 e3 27.fxe3 Be4 
28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Rb1 Qd2 30.cxb7 Rg4 31.Qe5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Black "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O 
Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd4 c5 11.Qc4 Bb7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Bxe4 14.Qxc5 Qxc5 
15.Bxc5 Bxc2 16.Rac1 Ba4 17.Bd6 Bc6 18.Rfd1 Nd5 19.Rc5 Ne7 20.Ra5 Bb7 21.
Rc1 Nc6 22.Rg5 g6 23.Rg3 f6 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Rb3 Bc8 26.Rb6 Re8 27.Bf3 Ra7 
28.b4 Nd4 29.Bb8 Rb7 30.Bxb7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Black "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 
b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.O-O Rac8 14.Rac1 Rfe8 15.Qd2
Kh8 16.Rfd1 g5 17.Bf2 Re7 18.b4 Rg8 19.e4 Nh5 20.g4 Nhf6 21.Qb2 e5 22.dxc5
dxc5 23.Ng3 Re6 24.Nf5 Ne8 25.Be2 Kh7 26.Rd2 Nf8 27.Rcd1 Bc8 28.bxc5 bxc5 
29.Qb5 Ng6 30.Qxc5 Qxc5 31.Bxc5 Nf4 32.Bf1 Ng7 33.Nd6 a6 34.Bb6 Rf6 35.c5 
Nfe6 36.c6 Nd4 37.Bxd4 Rxd6 38.Bxe5 Rxc6 39.Rd6 Rc5 40.Bd4 Ra5 41.Bb2 Ne6 
42.R1d5 Ra4 43.Rb6 Nf4 44.Rdd6 Be6 45.Rxa6 Rxa6 46.Rxa6 Rc8 47.Rb6 Rd8 48.
Be5 Rd1 49.Rc6 h5 50.Bxf4 gxf4 51.h3 Ra1 52.Rc3 Kh6 53.Kf2 Ra2+ 54.Be2 Ra1
55.h4 hxg4 56.fxg4 Ra2 57.g5+ Kg6 58.Kf3 Kh5 59.Bb5 Kxh4 60.Kxf4 Bg4 61.a4
Rf2+ 62.Ke5 Kxg5 63.Rc7 Be6 64.Kd4 Kf4 65.a5 Rd2+ 66.Bd3 Ra2 67.a6 Ra4+ 
68.Kc5 Ra5+ 69.Kb6 Ra3 70.a7 Rb3+ 71.Bb5 Ra3 72.Bc6 Rb3+ 73.Kc5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bc4 Nxe4 
9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Ra7 12.Qd3 f5 13.Qb3+ e6 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Rd1 
f4 16.Bc1 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.O-O Qf6 19.Qc4 Bb7 20.Bf5 Qxf5 21.Rxd4 Bd5 
22.Qc3 Qg5 23.g3 Qh6 24.h4 g5 25.b4 c6 26.Re1 Rg7 27.Bb2 gxh4 28.Rxd5 exd5
29.Re6 fxg3 30.Rxh6 gxf2+ 31.Kh2 Rg2+ 32.Kh3 Rg3+ 33.Qxg3+ hxg3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Galje, Hans"]
[Black "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.a3 Be7 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.g3 b6 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Bg2 Nxc3 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.bxc3 O-O 
15.O-O Rc8 16.a4 Na5 17.Qa2 Nc4 18.Nf4 Bg5 19.Qe2 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Qd7 21.Rfd1
Rfd8 22.Bg5 Re8 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Qe2 Na5 25.Ra3 Rc4 26.Rda1 Rec8 27.Bd2 R4c7 
28.Be1 Qd5 29.Qb5 Qe4 30.Qb1 Qb7 31.Qd3 Rd7 32.Qe2 Rd5 33.Rb1 e5 34.Qe4 
Qd7 35.dxe5 Nc4 36.e6 Qd6 37.Ra2 Re5 38.Qg4 h5 39.Qh3 Re8 40.f4 Qxe6 41.
Qxe6 R5xe6 42.Bf2 h4 43.Rb5 hxg3 44.hxg3 f6 45.Rd5 Kg8 46.Rd4 Re4 47.Rd7 
R4e7 48.Rd4 Rc7 49.Rd3 Kf7 50.Bd4 Re1+ 51.Kf2 Rb1 52.Kf3 Rb2 53.Ra1 Re7 
54.Be3 Nxe3 55.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 56.Kxe3 Rg2 57.Kf3 Rc2 58.Ra3 Ke6 59.Ke4 g6 60.
g4 Kd6 61.Ra1 Rxc3 62.Rd1+ Ke7 63.Rd4 Rg3 64.Kd5 Rxg4 65.Kc6 g5 66.Rd7+ 
Ke6 67.Rxa7 gxf4 68.Kxb6 f3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Black "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bb3 e5 9.
Be3 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Nf1 h6 14.Bh4 Qd6 15.c4 Nh5 16.
Bg3 Nf4 17.Ba4 Ne7 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Qd2 g5 20.Bd1 Ng6 21.N3h2 Be5 22.Qe2 
Kg7 23.a3 Rae8 24.Qd2 Rh8 25.Bh5 Nh4 26.Nf3 Nxf3+ 27.Bxf3 h5 28.Nh2 Bc8 
29.Kf1 Qg6 30.Bd1 g4 31.h4 Qf6 32.Ba4 Re7 33.Ke2 f3+ 34.Kd1 fxg2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Black "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 Nd5 8.Bc4 c6
9.O-O Be6 10.Qb3 b5 11.cxb6 axb6 12.Ng5 Bxd4 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bh6 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Nc5 16.Qc2 Bf6 17.b4 Nd7 18.Ne4 Qc8 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.Qe2 Ne5 21.Bxd5 
cxd5 22.Nxf6 exf6 23.f4 Nc6 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Qe3 Rhc8 26.Rcd1 Nxb4 27.Qxb6 
Rcb8 28.Qc5 Rxa2 29.h4 Qa7 30.Rc1 Nd3 31.Qxa7+ Rxa7 32.Ra1 Rc7 33.Reb1 
Rxb1+ 34.Rxb1 Rc1+ 35.Rxc1 Nxc1 36.f5 Ne2+ 37.Kf2 Nd4 38.fxe6+ Kxe6 39.Bd2
Ke5 40.Bc3 Ke4 41.Bb2 f5 42.Bc1 f4 43.Bb2 Nf5 44.Bf6 d4 45.Ke2 d3+ 46.Kd2 
Ne3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 
Nxe3 15.Qd3 Nxd1 16.Qxd1 Bf5 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bb3 a5 19.g4 Rfd8 20.Qe2 Bd7 21.
Bd5 Rab8 22.Rd1 a4 23.f4 b4 24.Bc4 e6 25.g5 Bg7 26.Rd6 Bf8 27.Rd3 Bc6 28.
h4 Rxd3 29.Bxd3 Bg7 30.h5 Rd8 31.h6 Bh8 32.Qe3 Bd4 33.Qe1 Rb8 34.Qd2 Bc5 
35.Qe2 Bd4 36.Bxg6 hxg6 37.Qc4 Be3 38.Qxc6 Bxf4 39.Qe4 e5 40.Qd5 Re8 41.
Qd7 Ra8 42.Qe7 Bxg5 43.Qxg5 Kh7 44.Qxe5 Kxh6 45.Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.Kb1 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.h4 Rc8 14.Rg1 O-O 15.Bd3 
Bb7 16.f4 b4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne2 g6 19.g5 Bg7 20.h5 a5 21.f5 Be5 22.f6 d5 
23.exd5 Bxd5 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Rh1 Rfd8 26.Qe3 a4 27.Be4 Rd7 28.Nd4 Bxe4 29.
Qxe4 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Bxd4 31.f7+ Kf8 32.Rxh7 Qc4 33.Rh1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 O-O-O 14.Qh4 b4 
15.Ne2 Be7 16.f5 e5 17.Ng3 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.Qc4+ Rc5 21.
Qxa6+ Qxa6 22.Bxa6+ Kc7 23.Ne4 Rd5 24.Bd3 h5 25.h4 Rd4 26.Re1 Rg8 27.g3 
Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxg3 29.Kc1 Bc5 30.Kd2 Rg2+ 31.Re2 Rg4 32.Re4 Rg2+ 33.Re2 Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bh4 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.c3 c5 8.dxc5 
dxc5 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.O-O Na5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Nf1 Nf4 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16.Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.b4 c5 6.O-O cxb4 7.a3 Nc6 8.e3 a5 9.
Bb2 e5 10.exd4 exd4 11.Re1+ Be7 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.d3 O-O 14.Na3 Bf5 15.Bf1 
Nc6 16.Nc2 Bc5 17.Qd2 Qd6 18.Reb1 b6 19.Na3 Rad8 20.Nb5 Qb8 21.Bg2 h6 22.
Ba3 Nb4 23.Bxb4 Bxb4 24.Rxb4 axb4 25.Nbxd4 Qc8 26.Rb1 Qc5 27.Nxf5 Qxf5 28.
Rb3 Qc5 29.Bf1 b5 30.Qxb4 Qxb4 31.Rxb4 bxc4 32.Rxc4 Ra8 33.Nd2 Ra2 34.Ne4 
Nd5 35.Rd4 Nc7 36.Bh3 Raa8 37.Rd7 Nb5 38.Rd5 Rab8 39.Bd7 Nc7 40.Rc5 Na6 
41.Rf5 Nb4 42.Bb5 Rfd8 43.Bc4 Rb7 44.Nc5 Re7 45.Kg2 Nc2 46.h4 Nd4 47.Rf4 
Nc6 48.Ba2 Rd4 49.Rf3 Rd6 50.Rf4 Ra7 51.Bb3 g6 52.Re4 Kg7 53.Re8 Rc7 54.h5
g5 55.Ra8 Ne5 56.Ra5 Nxd3 57.Nxd3 Rxd3 58.Rb5 Rcc3 59.Bd5 Rd2 60.Be4 Rc4 
61.Bb1 Rc6 62.Be4 Ra6 63.Rc5 Ra4 64.Bc6 Raa2 65.Rf5 Ra6 66.Bf3 Rf6 67.Rc5 
Ra2 68.Rc7 Rd6 69.Rc1 Rdd2 70.Rf1 f5 71.g4 Kf6 72.Kg3 Ra3 73.Kg2 Rd4 74.
gxf5 g4 75.Bb7 Kxf5 76.Rc1 Ra5 77.Bc6 Kg5 78.Be8 Rd2 79.Rc3 Rf5 80.Bc6 
Rfxf2+ 81.Kg3 Rc2 82.Rd3 Rfd2 83.Ra3 Rxc6 84.Ra5+ Kf6 85.Kxg4 Rd4+ 86.Kg3 
Rb4 87.Ra3 Rcb6 88.Ra8 Rb3+ 89.Kf2 Rc6 90.Ra2 Kg5 91.Kg2 Kxh5 92.Kh2 Rbc3 
93.Ra4 Rc2+ 94.Kg1 Rb6 95.Ra1 Rcb2 96.Ra4 R6b4 97.Ra8 Kh4 98.Ra6 h5 99.Ra5
Kg4 100.Ra8 Kg3 101.Rg8+ Rg4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.b3 Ne4 
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Rc1 f5 11.cxd5 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 Bxd5 13.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.O-O Bd7 7.c3 g6 8.d4 Qe7 
9.Bg5 Bg7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxa4 12.Ng4 Qe6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 
15.c4 O-O 16.Nc3 Bc6 17.f3 Rae8 18.Qf2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Ne2 c5 8.Nf4 e6 9.
Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ng5 Rc8 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Ne5 14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.e4 
a6 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxc6+ Bxc6 18.Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 b4 13.Ne2 Rb8 14.Ng3 Bc8 15.Bc4 Nxc4 
16.dxc4 Ne8 17.Nh2 g6 18.f4 Ng7 19.Nf3 Bh4 20.Nxh4 Qxh4 21.Qf3 f5 22.Qf2 
g5 23.fxe5 fxe4 24.Qe3 Rf3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Black "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.O-O Ne7 8.c4 dxc4 
9.Na3 Nd5 10.Nxc4 b5 11.Bg5 Qb8 12.Ne3 h6 13.Bh4 Nxe3 14.fxe3 a6 15.a4 b4 
16.Nd2 g5 17.Bg3 Qa7 18.Nc4 Be7 19.d5 O-O 20.Rxf5 exf5 21.Qd3 Nb6 22.Qxf5 
Kg7 23.d6 Bd8 24.Bd3 Rh8 25.Nxb6 Qxb6 26.e6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a4 Na5 10.Ba2 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Qf6 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Re1 
Bxe3 16.Rxe3 f6 17.Qe1 Rab8 18.Rd1 Qxd5 19.d4 Nc4 20.dxe5 Nxe3 21.Rxd5 
Nxd5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Qe5 Rd6 24.h3 Rf8 25.Kh2 g6 26.a5 Rf7 27.Ng5 Re7 28.
Qd4 Nf6 29.Qxb4 Re8 30.Qc4+ Rd5 31.f4 c6 32.Qxa6 Kg7 33.Qc4 h6 34.Nf3 Rxa5
35.Ne5 Rd5 36.Qb3 Re6 37.c4 Rd4 38.Qc2 Re4 39.b4 g5 40.Nd3 Re2 41.Qb1 R6e4
42.fxg5 hxg5 43.b5 Rxc4 44.b6 Rcc2 45.Qxc2 Rxc2 46.b7 Rc3 47.Nb4 g4 48.Kg1
Rc1+ 49.Kf2 Rb1 50.b8=Q c5 51.Qe5 Rxb4 52.h4 Kf7 53.h5 Rb1 54.Qf5 Rh1 55.
Qg6+ Ke6 56.h6 c4 57.Ke3 d5 58.Kd4 Rh2 59.Qg5 Rh5 60.Qxh5 Nxh5 61.h7 Nf6 
62.h8=Q Kf5 63.Qg7 Ke6 64.Qg5 c3 65.Qe5+ Kf7 66.Kxc3 g3 67.Kd4 Kg6 68.
Qxg3+ Kf5 69.Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.e4 Re8 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.Rc1 Nhf6
16.Bf4 Nh5 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.b4 b6 20.Ne2 Qd8 21.h3 Bg7 22.Qb3 
Rb7 23.Qa3 Nf6 24.Nc3 Nd7 25.b5 a5 26.f4 h5 27.Re2 Bd4+ 28.Be3 Nf6 29.Rce1
Rbe7 30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Nd1 Nxd5 32.Qd3 Nb4 33.Qxd4 Qc7 34.Nc3 Bb7 35.Rd2 Rc8
36.Re3 Qc5 37.Qxc5 dxc5 38.Ree2 Rce8 39.Rd6 Re6 40.Red2 Kf8 41.e5 Bxg2 42.
Kxg2 f6 43.exf6 Kf7 44.Rxe6 Rxe6 45.Kf3 Kxf6 46.Ne4+ Kg7 47.g4 hxg4+ 48.
hxg4 c4 49.Rd4 c3 50.Nxc3 Nc2 51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Nd5 Nd4+ 53.Kg3 Ne2+ 54.Kh4 
Ke8 55.Rb7 Kf8 56.Rxb6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Vedder, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Bh4 c5 9.Bc4 a6 10.Qe2 g5 11.Bg3 b5 12.Bd3 c4 13.Be4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qd5 15.
Qe2 Be7 16.O-O-O Bb7 17.h4 g4 18.Ne5 Qxg2 19.Qxg4 Qe4 20.Qh5 Qh7 21.d5 
Bxd5 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Re1 O-O-O 24.Nxf7 Rhe8 25.Re6 Qg7 26.Nxd8 Rxd8 27.Rg6
Qd4 28.Qf5+ Rd7 29.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Ngf6 9.O-O e6 10.Bd2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Vul, Arkady"]
[Black "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+
Kxd8 9.a3 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 Nb6 14.Be5 Ke7 15.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 16.Rfd1 Ke7 17.Nd4 Rhc8 18.N2b3 Na4 19.Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.d4 c6 6.O-O b6 7.Nc3 Ba6 8.b3 Nbd7 
9.Qd3 Rc8 10.Rd1 O-O 11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.dxc5 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc5 15.
Nb5 Ng4 16.Qxd7 Nxf2 17.Qxd8 Nxd1+ 18.Qd4 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Rfd8 20.Qxc5 Rxc5 
21.Bf1 Nc3 22.Bg5 Rd1 23.Rxd1 Nxd1 24.Bf4 Rc2 25.Ne5 Rxa2 26.Nxf7 Nc3 27.
Bc4 Ra4 28.Nd6+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nd6+ Kh8 31.Kg2 Ne4 32.Nf7+ Kg8 33.Nd6+
Kh8 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Ne5+ Kh8 36.Kf3 Nd6 37.Nf7+ Nxf7 38.Bxf7 a6 39.bxa6 
Rxa6 40.h4 b5 41.Ke4 b4 42.Kd4 Rb6 43.Kc5 Rb7 44.Bd5 Rd7 45.Bd6 h6 46.Kc6 
Ra7 47.Bxb4 Ra4 48.Bd6 Ra7 49.Be5 Ra6+ 50.Kd7 Ra5 51.Ke6 Ra7 52.Be4 Kg8 
53.Bg6 Rb7 54.Bd6 Ra7 55.Be8 Rb7 56.Bd7 Ra7 57.Ke7 Rb7 58.Ke8 Rb6 59.Be6+ 
Kh8 60.Ke7 Ra6 61.g4 Ra7+ 62.Bd7 Kg8 63.Bc5 Rb7 64.Bd4 Rc7 65.Ke8 Rb7 66.
Be6+ Kh8 67.Bc5 Rc7 68.Bd4 Rb7 69.Kf8 Rc7 70.h5 Rb7 71.g5 Rb8+ 72.Kf7 Rb7+
73.Kg6 Rb5 74.Bxg7# 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Qc7 8.f4 
d6 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Ne4 Bxf4 11.Bxf4 Qxf4 12.Qd4 e5 13.Nd6+ Kf8 14.Qc5 Ne7 
15.Bc4 f6 16.Rd1 Bg4 17.Rd2 Rd8 18.Rf1 Qh6 19.Rff2 Rxd6 20.Qxd6 Qe3+ 21.
Kf1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 b5 13.a3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.Rae1 
Qb7 16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Qh3 h6 18.f5 e5 19.Be3 Kh7 20.Bd2 Rh8 21.b4 Kg8 22.Qf3 
Rc8 23.Qe2 d5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.a4 Bh4 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ra1 e4 
29.Bxb5 Rxc2 30.Ba6 Qd7 31.Rac1 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Bf6 33.Bb2 Bxb2 34.Qxb2 Kh7 
35.Qd4 Rd8 36.f6 g6 37.Rd1 e3 38.Kg1 Qe6 39.Be2 Rd7 40.Rd3 Bc6 41.Qxe3 
Qxf6 42.Rxd7 Bxd7 43.b5 Qa1+ 44.Kf2 Qb2 45.Qc5 Qf6+ 46.Kg1 Qa1+ 47.Bf1 Bf5
48.Qf2 Kg7 49.b6 Bd3 50.h4 Be4 51.Kh2 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Bc4 Qe5+ 54.Qg3 
Qc5 55.Be2 Bb7 56.Qc7 Qxc7+ 57.bxc7 f5 58.g4 fxg4 59.Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d4 
exd4 9.Re1 d5 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.f3 h6 12.Nxf7 Qxf7 13.fxe4 O-O-O 14.cxd4 Bb4 
15.Nc3 Na5 16.Rf1 Qg6 17.Bxd5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bxd5 19.exd5 Rxd5 20.a4 Re8 21.
axb5 Rxb5 22.Bf4 Rb2 23.Qf3 Nc4 24.Qa8+ Kd7 25.Qd5+ Kc8 26.Qa8+ Kd7 27.
Qd5+ Kc8 28.Rae1 Nb6 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.Qc5 Qd7 31.Qa3 Qb5 32.Qf8+ Kb7 33.
Qxg7 Nd5 34.Qe5 Rb1 35.Rc1 a5 36.h4 a4 37.Kh2 Nxf4 38.Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Vedder, Richard"]
[Black "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qa4 Qb6 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 
cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.Nd2 f6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 
15.Qxc6 bxc6 16.e6 c5 17.h3 Bf5 18.dxc5 Rac8 19.Nb3 Bc2 20.Be3 f5 21.Bd4 
Bh6 22.Na5 Bf4 23.g3 Bb8 24.Re2 Be4 25.Rb2 f4 26.g4 h5 27.Rb7 Rc7 28.Rxc7 
Bxc7 29.Nc6 hxg4 30.hxg4 f3 31.Be5 Bxe5 32.Nxe5 Rc8 33.c6 d4 34.cxd4 Bxc6 
35.Nxg6 Re8 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Nf4 Kf6 38.d5 Ke5 39.Kg3 Bxd5 40.Nxd5 Kxd5 41.
Re1 Rf8 42.Re3 Rf6 43.g5 Rg6 44.Kg4 Rxe6 45.Kxf3 Ra6 46.a3 e5 47.Kg4 Ra4+ 
48.Kh5 Rf4 49.f3 Ke6 50.Kg6 a5 51.Kg7 Rf7+ 52.Kh6 Rf4 53.Rb3 Kf5 54.g6 
Rh4+ 55.Kg7 Rc4 56.Rb6 Rc3 57.Kf7 Rc7+ 58.Kg8 Rc3 59.g7 Rxf3 60.Kh7 Rg3 
61.g8=Q Rxg8 62.Kxg8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g4 e6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O d5 8.d3 dxe4 
9.dxe4 Bxc3 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.bxc3 Ndc6 12.e5 Bd7 13.Ng5 Na5 14.Ne4 Bc6 15.
Nd6+ Kd7 16.Nxf7 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rhf8 18.Nd6 b6 19.c4 Nc8 20.Ne4 Rf7 21.Rf3 
Nxc4 22.Rc3 Na5 23.Be3 Ne7 24.Ng5 Nd5 25.Rd3 Rg7 26.Rad1 Ke7 27.Bc1 Rd8 
28.Kf3 h6 29.Ne4 Nc6 30.c4 Ndb4 31.Rxd8 Nxd8 32.Nf6 Ndc6 33.a3 Nc2 34.Ke4 
N2d4 35.Bd2 Kf8 36.Be1 Rc7 37.Rd3 Rc8 38.h4 Kf7 39.h5 gxh5 40.Nxh5 Rg8 41.
Nf6 Rd8 42.Bd2 Kg6 43.Nh5 Re8 44.Rh3 Rd8 45.Be3 Ne7 46.Bf2 Ndc6 47.f5+ Kf7
48.fxe6+ Kxe6 49.Nf4+ Kd7 50.Rxh6 Rg8 51.Rh4 Ng6 52.Rh7+ Nge7 53.Rh4 Ng6 
54.Nxg6 Rxg6 55.Be3 Ke6 56.Bf4 Na5 57.g5 Nc6 58.Rh6 Ne7 59.Rh8 Ng8 60.Rh1 
Ne7 61.Rd1 Nf5 62.Rd8 Rg7 63.Rf8 Nh4 64.Rf6+ Ke7 65.a4 Rg8 66.Be3 Ng2 67.
g6 Nxe3 68.Kxe3 Rh8 69.Ke4 Rh1 70.Kd5 Rd1+ 71.Kc6 Rd4 72.Kb5 Re4 73.Rf7+ 
Ke6 74.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Black "Tan, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.e4 Bd6
9.exd5 cxd5 10.c4 d4 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Nh4 Qc7 13.Nf5 Bg6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Rd1 
Nc5 16.Nb3 Rab8 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.a3 Rfe8 19.b4 Qc8 20.Qb2 h6 21.Ra2 b5 22.
cxb5 Qe6 23.a4 Nd5 24.Ra3 Nc3 25.Re1 Bxd3 26.Rxc3 dxc3 27.Qxc3 e4 28.Be3 
Rbc8 29.Bc5 Rc7 30.Qd4 Rd7 31.Qb2 f5 32.Qc1 Rf7 33.Qe3 Qb3 34.Ra1 g5 35.
Bxa7 f4 36.Qb6 e3 37.fxe3 fxe3 38.Qxh6 Rxa7 39.Qxg5+ Kf8 40.Qc5+ Rae7 41.
Qd4 e2 42.Re1 Qc4 43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Bg6 47.Qc5 
Rc7 48.Bc6 Qxc5+ 49.bxc5 Re5 50.a5 Rxc6 51.bxc6 Bd3 52.Kf2 Rxc5 53.Ra1 
Rxc6 54.Ke3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Bf4 c4 9.
Bc2 O-O-O 10.Bg3 f5 11.Nbd2 Be8 12.h4 Bh5 13.Qb1 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Nh6 15.Bf4 
Nf7 16.Kd2 g6 17.Ke2 Kb8 18.Qc1 h6 19.Rh3 Be7 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Rhh1 Rdg8 22.
Rab1 Qd8 23.g3 g5 24.Be3 f4 25.gxf4 g4 26.Ne1 Bxh4 27.Ng2 Be7 28.Rh5 Qf8 
29.Rbh1 Bd8 30.f5 exf5 31.Bf4 Ng5 32.Ne3 Nf3 33.Qc1 Rg5 34.Nxd5 Ka8 35.
Bxg5 Bxg5 36.Nc7+ Kb8 37.Ne6 Bxc1 38.Nxf8 Bxb2 39.Ng6 Rg8 40.d5 Ncxe5 41.
Nxe5 Re8 42.Bxf5 Rxe5+ 43.Kf1 Nd2+ 44.Kg2 Rxd5 45.Bxg4 Rg5 46.Rxg5 hxg5 
47.Rh8+ Kc7 48.Rh7+ Kc6 49.Bd7+ Kc5 50.Bc8 b5 51.Rh5 Ne4 52.f4 Bxc3 53.
fxg5 Nd6 54.Be6 a5 55.g6+ Kb6 56.Rh7 Ne8 57.a4 Ng7 58.Bf7 bxa4 59.Bxc4 Kc5
60.Bf7 Kd6 61.Kf3 Ke7 62.Ke4 a3 63.Kd3 Be5 64.Rh4 Kf6 65.Ra4 Bb2 66.Rxa5 
Ke7 67.Ke4 Kf6 68.Ra6+ Ke7 69.Kf4 Bc1+ 70.Kg4 Bb2 71.Rc6 Bf6 72.Rc7+ Kd6 
73.Ra7 Bb2 74.Kg5 Bc1+ 75.Kg4 Bb2 76.Ba2 Ne8 77.Kh5 Ng7+ 78.Kh6 Ne8 79.Rb7
Ba1 80.Ra7 Bb2 81.Bb3 Bc1+ 82.Kh7 Bb2 83.Ba2 Kc6 84.Bb3 Kd6 85.Kg8 Nf6+ 
86.Kf7 Nh5 87.Ra5 Ng7 88.Ba2 Kc7 89.Ra8 Kd6 90.Rd8+ Kc7 91.Rd1 Kc6 92.Rh1 
Kd7 93.Rh7 Ne8 94.Kf8+ Kd8 95.Ra7 Nc7 96.g7 Ne6+ 97.Bxe6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nf5 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.Qf3 d5 10.Qg3 Qe6 11.Bg5 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxf5 13.Nc3 f6 14.Be3 
Be6 15.Ne2 d4 16.Bd2 Qxc2 17.Rc1 Qxb2 18.Rc7 Qb6 19.Rc1 Bxa2 20.O-O Bd5 
21.Rb1 Qc7 22.Nxd4 Qd7 23.Rfe1 Be7 24.Nb3 Bxb3 25.Qxb3 Qxd2 26.Red1 Qa5 
27.Qe6 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rc1 Rf8 30.Rc8 b5 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.Qxa6 b4 33.
Qb7 g6 34.g3 Ke8 35.Qd5 Rf7 36.Qa8+ Kd7 37.Qb7+ Ke6 38.Qc8+ Kd6 39.Qc4 Rf8
40.Qxb4+ Ke6 41.Qc4+ Kd7 42.Qh4 Rf7 43.Qa4+ Kd8 44.Qc6 f5 45.Qd5+ Ke8 46.
Qxe5 Rf6 47.Qd5 Kf8 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.h4 h5 50.Kf3 Rf7 51.Kf4 Bf6 52.Ke3 Re7+ 
53.Kd3 Re1 54.Qd7+ Re7 55.Qc6 Re4 56.f3 Re5 57.Qd7+ Re7 58.Qc8 Re5 59.Kc4 
Re3 60.Qd7+ Re7 61.Qd3 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Neg5 O-O-O 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Re8 14.
Nxe6 Bd6 15.Qg4 Kb8 16.Nxg7 Reg8 17.Qe4 Ne5 18.Bf4 Nf7 19.Nf5 Bxf4 20.Qxf4
Qf6 21.Qe4 Ng5 22.Qd3 h5 23.c3 dxc3 24.bxc3 Rf8 25.Re2 Ne6 26.Qe3 Ng5 27.
Nd4 Rhg8 28.Rae1 a6 29.Kh1 h4 30.Qd3 h3 31.g3 c5 32.f4 cxd4 33.cxd4 Nf7 
34.Re7 Nd6 35.R1e6 Qf5 36.Qb3 Re8 37.Rxe8+ Rxe8 38.Rxe8+ Nxe8 39.Kg1 Qe4 
40.Kf2 Nf6 41.Qf3 Qxd4+ 42.Ke2 Qb2+ 43.Ke3 Qa3+ 44.Kf2 Qxa2+ 45.Ke3 Qb3+ 
46.Kf2 Qc2+ 47.Ke3 Qxh2 48.g4 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Black "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qb3 e6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 
Nbd7 9.O-O a6 10.Rd1 c5 11.Nc3 c4 12.Qc2 Be7 13.e4 b4 14.e5 bxc3 15.exf6 
Bxf6 16.bxc3 Qa5 17.Rb1 Bc6 18.Nd2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 O-O 20.f3 Nb6 21.Ne4 Nd5 
22.Bd2 Rfb8 23.Rxb8+ Rxb8 24.Rb1 Rxb1 25.Qxb1 Qb5 26.Qxb5 axb5 27.Kf1 Be7 
28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Kd1 Ke8 30.Kc2 Kd7 31.Be1 f5 32.Nf2 h5 33.Nd1 Bd6 34.Bf2 h4 
35.Nb2 Nb6 36.Nd1 hxg3 37.hxg3 Nd5 38.Nb2 Ba3 39.Nd1 Ke7 40.Ne3 Nb6 41.g4 
Kf6 42.gxf5 exf5 43.Bg3 Ke6 44.Bh4 Bd6 45.Bg5 Nd5 46.Nxd5 Kxd5 47.Kd2 Ke6 
48.Ke2 Kf7 49.Bd8 Bf4 50.Bb6 Ke6 51.Bc5 g5 52.Bb4 Kd5 53.Kf2 g4 54.Kg2 Bc7
55.a3 Bb8 56.Kf2 Bc7 57.Kg2 Ke6 58.Bc5 Kf6 59.Kf2 Bb8 60.Kg2 Kg5 61.Be7+ 
Kf4 62.fxg4 fxg4 63.Bh4 Ke4 64.Bg3 Ba7 65.Bf2 Bb6 66.Kg3 Kf5 67.Kg2 Bd8 
0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 Na6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Na3 Qa5 7.Nc3 h5 8.Be2 e6 9.
Kf1 Bg6 10.Qd2 a6 11.Nd1 c5 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.c3 Nc6 14.b4 Qb6 15.Qf4 Qc7 
16.b5 Nxe5 17.bxa6 bxa6 18.c4 Bd6 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rh3 Nf6 21.Rc3 Qd7 22.
Qd4 O-O 23.Bf4 Nc6 24.Qa4 Bxf4 25.Qxf4 Ne4 26.Rd3 Nb4 27.Rb3 a5 28.g4 hxg4
29.Bxg4 Qe7 30.h5 Bh7 31.Rh3 Ra6 32.Nb5 Qc5 33.Nbc3 Rf6 34.Nxe4 Qc4+ 35.
Be2 Qxe4 36.Qxe4 Bxe4 37.a3 Nc2 38.Rc1 Kh7 39.Nc3 Bf5 40.Bd3 Nd4 41.Nxd5 
Kh6 42.Bxf5 Rxf5 43.Ne3 Rb5 44.Rc4 Nf5 45.Rc6+ f6 46.Nxf5+ Rxf5 47.Rc7 Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Black "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.c3 d5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 b6 8.Ne5 
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.f4 Bb7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 
Re8 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bc4 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5
15.Qxd8 Raxd8 16.c3 h6 17.b4 Bb6 18.a4 a5 19.Be3 Bd7 20.Red1 Bc6 21.Kf1 
Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 axb4 23.Bxb6 cxb6 24.cxb4 Bxa4 25.Rd6 Rc8 26.Bd5 Rc1+ 27.Ke2
b5 28.Rd7 g5 29.Rxf7 Rd1 30.Rd7+ Kf8 31.Bc6 Rc1 32.Rd6 Rc2+ 33.Ke3 Rc4 34.
Bxe4 Rxb4 35.Rxh6 Rb3+ 36.Kd4 Rb2 37.Rg6 Rb4+ 38.Kd5 Rxe4 39.Rxg5 Rc4 40.
Rg3 Bd1 41.Rd3 Rc8 42.Kd4 b4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Wempe, Joost"]
[Black "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.Re1 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 
Bxe5 15.Nb3 O-O 16.Nc5 Qd6 17.Nd3 Nb4 18.Qxd6 Bxd6 19.Nxb4 Bxb4 20.Rd1 c5 
21.Bd2 c4 22.Rac1 Bd6 23.Rxc4 Rxb2 24.Rc6 Rb6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Bb4 Ra6 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Rxd4 Rxa2 29.Rd7 a5 30.Ra7 a4 31.h4 a3 32.f3 h5 33.Kh2 Ra1 
34.e5 Re1 35.Rxa3 Rxe5 36.Ra7 Rf5 37.Kg3 Kg8 38.Re7 Rf6 39.f4 Kf8 40.Ra7 
Rf5 41.Kf3 e5 42.g3 exf4 43.Ke4 Rb5 44.gxf4 Rc5 45.Rd7 Ra5 46.Rd5 Rxd5 47.
Kxd5 Kf7 48.Ke5 g6 49.f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.e4 Bg4 
9.Qd3 Nfd7 10.Be3 c5 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Qb3 b6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 
Nc6 16.Bg2 e6 17.Nc3 Nde5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Qa4 Na5 20.Bf1 h5 21.Be2 h4 22.f4
Nec6 23.g4 Bd4 24.Kf2 Qc7 25.Kf3 g5 26.Nb5 Ne5+ 27.Kg2 Qc6 28.Qc2 Nexc4 
29.Bxd4 cxd4 30.Nxd4 Ne3+ 31.Kf3 Nxc2 32.Nxc6 Nxc6 33.Rac1 N2d4+ 34.Kf2 
gxf4 35.Ba6 Rad8 36.Bb7 Ne5 37.g5 Ndf3 38.g6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Black "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nxd5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bc2 Be7 11.Qd3 g6 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Qf3 Bf6 14.Be3 Nb4 15.
Bb1 b6 16.a3 Na6 17.Ba2 Bb7 18.Rac1 Bg7 19.Nf4 Nc7 20.Rfd1 Rc8 21.Rc3 Qd7 
22.h4 Nb5 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Nc7 26.Nc3 h5 27.Qb7 Rd8 28.
Qxa7 Qc6 29.Qa4 b5 30.Qb3 Bf6 31.d5 Qc4 32.Qxc4 bxc4 33.Bg5 Kg7 34.Bxf6+ 
Kxf6 35.Rd4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Black "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg2 c6 
9.f4 Qb6 10.h3 Nh6 11.O-O Nf5 12.Ne2 f6 13.Kh2 fxe5 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.fxe5 
O-O 16.Nd4 Bg6 17.Rxf8+ Bxf8 18.Qg4 Nd7 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Qxd7 Qxd4 21.Qxb7 
Qf2 22.Be3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.a4 Rf7 16.
cxd6 cxd6 17.a5 Bf8 18.Nb5 g4 19.Nxa7 Bd7 20.Bb6 Qe8 21.fxg4 Nxe4 22.Bd3 
Nc5 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.b4 Na4 25.Qc2 e4 26.Bd4 Bxg4 27.Nc6 bxc6 28.Qxa4 c5 
29.Qxe8 Rxe8 30.Bc3 cxb4 31.Bxb4 Re5 32.a6 g5 33.h4 Be2 34.a7 Rxa7 35.Rf2 
Bh5 36.hxg5 Rf7 37.Rc4 Bg6 38.Rd2 Rxg5 39.Kf1 Rh7 40.Ra2 Rh1+ 41.Kf2 Rxd5 
42.Ra8 Bf5 43.Rc6 Bg4 44.g3 e3+ 45.Kg2 Rxe1 46.gxf4 Rd2+ 47.Kg3 Rg1+ 48.
Kh4 Rh2+ 49.Kg5 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 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.Qe2 O-O 14.Nf1 c5 15.g4 
cxd4 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Qa5 18.Kb1 Nc5 19.Rxd4 Rfd8 20.Rdh4 Qa6 21.c4 Nd3 
22.h6 g6 23.h7+ Kh8 24.Ne5 Rd5 25.Nxf7+ Kg7 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.h8=Q+ Rxh8 28.
Rxh8 Bxg5 29.Nxg5 N5f4 30.R1h7+ Kf6 31.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Black "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 Nd5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Nc3 c6
9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Re1 Na6 12.Bg5 Nac7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Bh4 Qd7 15.Ne5 
Qc8 16.Bg3 Rd8 17.Ne4 Bf5 18.Re2 Ne6 19.Rae1 h6 20.Nc3 b6 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.
c6 a6 23.c7 Nxc7 24.Nxf7 e6 25.Nxh6+ Bxh6 26.Qxh6 Rd7 27.Rc1 Qd8 28.Be5 
Rh7 29.Qf4 Ne8 30.g4 Rh4 31.f3 Ra7 32.Qe3 Be4 33.fxe4 Rxg4+ 34.Rg2 Rxg2+ 
35.Kxg2 Qh4 36.exd5 Rf7 37.dxe6 Rf5 38.Rc8 Qe7 39.Qh6 Rg5+ 40.Kh1 Rxe5 41.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 42.e7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Black "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 Bg7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 f5 14.b5 Ne7 15.Qc2 f4 
16.Nd5 Nf5 17.e4 Ne7 18.Ra1 Rb8 19.Rfb1 Bg4 20.Ne1 f3 21.Bf1 Nxd5 22.cxd5 
Qd7 23.Ra7 Bh3 24.Bxh3 Qxh3 25.Qxc7 h5 26.Qxd6 Kh7 27.Qe6 Qxe6 28.dxe6 Rf6
29.Rc1 Rxe6 30.Nxf3 Rb6 31.Rc5 Rd8 32.Nxe5 Re6 33.Rxb7 Kg8 34.f4 Red6 35.
Rcc7 Bxe5 36.fxe5 Rxd3 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rh7+ Kg8 39.Rhg7+ Kh8 40.Rxg6 h4 41.
Rh6+ Kg8 42.Rd6 R3xd6 43.exd6 Rxd6 44.gxh4 Re6 45.Rc7 Kf8 46.Rc4 Ke7 47.
Rb4 Rb6 48.Kf2 Kd6 49.Ke3 Kc5 50.Rb1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Black "Mellema, Andries"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.O-O Bxb5 11.axb5 O-O 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.c4 Nd7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.
Qe2 Ng6 16.e6 Nf6 17.Ng5 fxe6 18.Ra6 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 Qd7 20.f4 c4 21.Rc6 a6 
22.f5 axb5 23.Rb6 Nf8 24.Bb2 d4 25.Qf3 c3 26.Rb7 Qd5 27.Rxg7+ Kh8 28.Qg3 
Nxe6 29.fxe6 cxb2 30.Qh4 Qxe6 31.Rg6 Rf8 32.Rgxf6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 b1=Q+ 34.
Rf1 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.h3 Nd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 Ngf6 9.
Bc4 O-O 10.O-O Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qd2 Ne8 13.Rfe1 Nd6 14.Bf1 f5 15.f3 Qc7
16.Bf2 Bd7 17.Qe3 f4 18.Qd2 g5 19.Reb1 Bf6 20.b4 c4 21.a5 b5 22.Bb6 Qc8 
23.Kf2 h5 24.Ke1 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Kd1 Kg7 27.Kc1 Rh8 28.Kb2 Qe8 29.Be2 
g3 30.Rh1 Rh2 31.Rhg1 Qh5 32.Raf1 Rh8 33.Qd1 Qe8 34.Ka3 Bc8 35.Qd2 Bb7 36.
Rd1 R8h6 37.Ka2 Qh8 38.Ka3 Qb8 39.Ka2 Bg5 40.Ka3 Bc8 41.Ka2 Bd7 42.Ka3 Qh8
43.Ka2 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Balje, Jan"]
[Black "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 f5 9.O-O d5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.b4 Qf6 12.e3 Rf7 13.b5 Nb8 14.Ne5 Re7 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16.f3 Qg5 17.fxe4 Qxe3+ 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 dxc4 20.Raf1 Nd7 
21.Nxc4 g6 22.Bh3 a6 23.b6 cxb6 24.Nd6 b5 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 a5 27.Rc2 Re5
28.Nxc8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Black "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bf4 a6 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bh6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.e3 Bd7 15.Na4 
Bb5 16.Re1 Rac8 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Bf1 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 Rc7 20.Rc3 Rfc8 21.Rec1 
Rxc3 22.Rxc3 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Bf8 24.c4 dxc4 25.Qxc4 Qd6 26.a4 Qb4 27.Qc2 Kg7 
28.h4 h5 29.Bd3 Bd6 30.Kg2 Qa5 31.Be2 Be7 32.Qc4 Qb4 33.Qc7 Bd6 34.Qd7 Bf8
35.Bf3 b5 36.d5 e5 37.axb5 Qxb5 38.Qc7 Qc5 39.Qxe5+ Kg8 40.Qb8 a5 41.Qa8 
Kg7 42.Bd1 Bd6 43.Qc6 Qb4 44.Qa4 Qc5 45.Qe4 Qc7 46.Ba4 Kf6 47.Bc6 Kg7 48.
Qd4+ Be5 49.Qc4 Bd6 50.Qc3+ Kg8 51.Qb3 Qe7 52.Qd3 Bb4 53.e4 Qe5 54.Qf3 Bc5
55.Qf4 f6 56.Qxe5 fxe5 57.f4 Bd6 58.Kf3 Kf7 59.Ba4 Bc7 60.Bc2 Kf6 61.f5 
gxf5 62.exf5 e4+ 63.Bxe4 Ke5 64.f6 Kxf6 65.Bc2 Ke5 66.Bb3 Kf5 67.Ba4 Ke5 
68.Bc6 Bd6 69.Be8 Kxd5 70.Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Black "Galje, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Bf4 O-O-O 
9.Qd2 Qb6 10.h4 h6 11.a3 c4 12.h5 Be8 13.Nh4 Nge7 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Re1 Bg7 
16.Bg4 f5 17.Bf3 Bf7 18.Qe2 Rde8 19.Nd2 Ng8 20.Ng6 Bxg6 21.hxg6 Nf6 22.
Rab1 Ne4 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.b3 Qa5 25.bxc4 Qxc3 26.cxd5 exd5 27.Rec1 Qxd4 28.
Rxc6+ bxc6 29.Qg4+ Kd8 30.Rb8+ Ke7 31.Rb7+ Kf8 32.Qf5+ Bf6 33.g7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e4 g5 
9.Bg3 Bxe4 10.h4 Bg6 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Qf3 Nc6 13.Bxc7 Qe7 14.Bd3 Kg7 15.Be5
d6 16.Bxg6 dxe5 17.Bd3 exd4 18.Qg3 Rg8 19.Qxg5+ Kf8 20.Qh6+ Ke8 21.Nce4 
Ng4 22.Qh7 Kd7 23.Rd1 f5 24.Qxe7+ Nxe7 25.Ng3 Ne3 26.Rc1 Nxg2+ 27.Kd1 Rh8 
28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.Nf3 Bd6 30.Nxd4 Bc5 31.Nge2 Rh4 32.Nf3 Rh1+ 33.Kd2 Rxc1 
34.Kxc1 Bxf2 35.Ne5+ Kd6 36.Nf7+ Kc7 37.Nc3 Nc6 38.Bf1 Nh4 39.Kd2 Kd7 40.
a3 Bd4 41.Ng5 Bf6 42.Nh3 Bxc3+ 43.Kxc3 e5 44.b4 Kd6 45.Kd3 e4+ 46.Ke3 Ke5 
47.Nf4 Ne7 48.a4 Nhg6 49.Ne2 f4+ 50.Kf2 Nc6 51.b5 Nd4 52.Nc3 e3+ 53.Ke1 f3
54.c5 bxc5 55.Bc4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 d5 8.Ndb5 
Bb4 9.O-O-O c6 10.Nc7 Nxe4 11.Qd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe7 13.Rd3 Be6 14.Nxa8 c5 
15.Qe3 c4 16.Rd4 Qa3+ 17.Kd1 Nxc3+ 18.Kd2 Nb1+ 19.Kd1 Nc3+ 20.Kd2 Nb1+ 21.
Kd1 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Qe8 
9.Bb2 Kh8 10.Rc1 Qh5 11.d5 Na6 12.Be2 Qh6 13.Nb5 exd5 14.Nbd4 Ne4 15.cxd5 
Rae8 16.Bb5 Qd6 17.Bc4 Qh6 18.Bb5 Qd6 19.Bc4 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bc1 exd4 10.Nxd4 f5 11.h3 Ne5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Nd5 Nbc6 14.Nb5 Rf7 15.O-O
a6 16.Nbc3 Ng6 17.Nf4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Qd2 Ng6 20.Bh5 Be6 21.Nd5 Rf8 
22.Bg5 Qd7 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.b3 c6 25.Nf4 Bf7 26.Bd1 Nxf4 27.Bxf4 d5 28.Bc2 
d4 29.c5 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Re8 31.Bd6 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Bd5 33.Bd3 b5 34.f3 Bf7 35.
Kf1 Bg6 36.f4 Bf7 37.Be5 Qe6 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Qxe6 Bxe6 40.b4 Kf6 41.a3 h5 
42.Be2 Bc4 43.Kf2 Bxe2 44.Kxe2 h4 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Kxd4 Kf6 47.Ke3 Kg6 48.Ke2
Kh6 49.Kd2 Kg6 50.Kd1 Kf6 51.Ke1 Kg6 52.Kf2 Kh6 53.g3 hxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Kh5 
55.Kh2 Kh6 56.Kg2 Kg6 57.Kf2 Kh5 58.Ke3 Kh4 59.Kd4 Kxh3 60.Ke5 Kg4 61.Kd6 
Kxf4 62.Kxc6 Kg3 63.Kb6 f4 64.c6 f3 65.c7 f2 66.c8=Q f1=Q 67.Qc3+ Kh2 68.
Kxa6 Qe2 69.Qc7+ Kh1 70.Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 b4 8.Nb1 Nf6 9.
a3 a5 10.axb4 axb4 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.f4 Be7 14.h3 O-O 15.g4 Ne8 
16.Ng3 Nc7 17.Nf3 d5 18.e5 d4 19.Qe2 f6 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Ne5 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 h6 12.Rb1 Ne6 13.Nde2 a5 14.f3 Nd7 15.b3 Nec5 
16.Be3 f5 17.Qd2 fxe4 18.fxe4 Ne5 19.Rf1 Kh7 20.Rbd1 b6 21.Nf4 Bd7 22.Qc2 
Rf8 23.Kh2 h5 24.Kh1 Qg5 25.Nce2 Rae8 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Qd2 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rf8 
29.Rxf8 Qxf8 30.Nef4 Qd8 31.Qe2 c6 32.Nc3 h4 33.Qd2 hxg3 34.Qxd6 Qh4 35.
Qd1 Ng4 36.Bxc5 bxc5 37.Qxd7 Nf2+ 38.Kg1 Qxf4 39.Nd1 Kh6 40.Qd8 Bd4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Bd3 g6 9.
a5 Bg7 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Bc4 Re8 14.Nbd2 Qc7 15.h3 Re7 
16.Qd3 Bh6 17.Rfe1 Bc8 18.Nf1 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Ng3 Qe7 21.cxb4 cxb4 22.
Qf1 Qa7 23.Kh1 Bf4 24.Ne2 Bd2 25.Red1 Bh6 26.Bd3 Bd7 27.f4 Re7 28.Qe1 Rae8
29.Qxb4 f5 30.Qb6 Qxb6 31.axb6 Rb8 32.exf5 Rxb6 33.f6 Re8 34.Rxa6 Rxb2 35.
Rxd6 Bf5 36.Bxf5 Rbxe2 37.Rd7 gxf5 38.g3 Bf8 39.d6 Re1+ 40.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 41.
Kg2 Re6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.d5 Na5 12.Be2 e6 13.O-O exd5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.
Qd2 b6 16.Bf4 Be4 17.d6 Bc6 18.Nd4 Ba4 19.Bf3 Rb8 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.Nc6 Bxc6 
22.Bxc6 Rbd8 23.Bd5 Qf5 24.h3 g5 25.Bh2 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Bf3 Rd8 28.
Bg3 Qf6 29.Rc7 h6 30.Bd5 Rf8 31.d7 h5 32.Rc8 Rd8 33.Be5 Qe7 34.Bc7 Kh7 35.
Rxd8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 h6 9.Ne4 Nd5 10.Ba4 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.O-O Nb6 13.Bb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 f5 
15.Ned2 Bb7 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.bxc4 Qd7 18.Nc3 a6 19.Re1 Bd6 20.Qh3 Qf7 21.b3 
Rae8 22.Ba3 c5 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Bb2 Qc6 26.Qg3 Rf6 27.Qf3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Qd2 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Bb5 Be6 12.O-O Nb4 13.Rfd1 d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.
Bc5 b6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bc6 Rc8 18.Bxd5 Bxc5+ 19.Nxc5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rxc5 22.Rxc5 bxc5 23.Rd1 Rb8 24.Rd5 Kf8 25.Rxe5 Rxb2 26.Rxc5 Ra2 27.
Rxa5 Rxc2 28.h4 Ra2 29.Ra7 h5 30.Kh2 g6 31.a5 Kg7 32.a6 Kf6 33.Kg3 Kg7 34.
Ra8 Kf6 35.a7 Kg7 36.Kf4 Ra4+ 37.Ke5 Ra5+ 38.Ke4 Ra4+ 39.Kd5 Ra5+ 40.Kc6 
Ra1 41.Kd6 Rd1+ 42.Ke5 Re1+ 43.Kf4 Ra1 44.g4 Ra4+ 45.Kg3 hxg4 46.fxg4 Ra3+
47.Kf4 Ra4+ 48.Ke5 Ra5+ 49.Kd4 Ra4+ 50.Kc5 Ra1 51.h5 gxh5 52.gxh5 Rc1+ 53.
Kb4 Ra1 54.Kc3 Ra3+ 55.Kd4 Ra4+ 56.Ke5 Ra5+ 57.Kf4 Ra4+ 58.Ke3 Ra3+ 59.Kd4
Ra4+ 60.Kc5 Ra1 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Kd6 Rd1+ 63.Ke5 Re1+ 64.Kf6 Rf1+ 65.Ke7 Ra1 
66.Kxf7 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Vul, Arkady"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.
Nd4 Na6 10.b3 Nc5 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.a3 c6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.Bb2 Rc8 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Ra8 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Bxe4 Rxe6 21.Bf3 Kh8 
22.b5 Re5 23.Qd3 Rc5 24.Rb3 Bf6 25.Rfb1 Kg7 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Rb7 Qf7 28.Rc7
Ra6 29.Rbb7 Qe6 30.Kg2 Rxc4 31.Rxe7+ Bxe7 32.Rxe7+ Qxe7 33.Qxc4 Ra5 34.
Qxc6 Rc5 35.Qb7 Qxb7 36.Bxb7 g5 37.Be4 Rc4 38.Bd5 Rd4 39.Bf3 Kf6 40.e3 Rb4
41.Bc6 Ke6 42.h3 d5 43.Be8 Kd6 44.Bh5 Kc5 45.Be2 Rb3 46.Bg4 h6 47.Bf5 Ra3 
48.Be6 Ra5 49.Bg8 Ra7 50.Be6 Re7 51.Bf5 Kc4 52.Kf3 Kc3 53.g4 Kd2 54.Kg2 
Ke2 55.Bc8 Rf7 56.Bf5 Rf6 57.Kg3 Rb6 58.Bd7 Rb1 59.Kg2 Rb2 60.Bc6 Ke1 61.
Bxd5 Rxf2+ 62.Kg3 Re2 63.Kf3 Kd2 64.e4 Re3+ 65.Kg2 Kd3 66.Bb7 Kd4 67.h4 
gxh4 68.Kh2 Ke5 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Bc8 Rxe4 71.Kh3 Kg5 72.Bf5 Re3+ 73.Kh2 Rc3 
74.Bd7 h3 75.Be6 Kh4 76.Bf5 Rf3 77.Be4 Re3 78.Bf5 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Tan, Matthew"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rc1 h6 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Bb5
Qb6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Rc8 19.Nc3 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Qxd4 21.Ne2 
Qf6 22.Ng3 Rc7 23.Qa4 Bc8 24.Qg4 e5 25.Nh5 Qf7 26.Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Vedder, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C82"]

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 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rd8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3
Bg6 16.b4 Ne6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Be3 d4 19.Bxd4 Ncxd4 20.cxd4 Bxb4 21.Re4 Bc3
22.Rc1 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Qe1 Ne6 25.a4 O-O 26.h4 Qd2 27.Qxd2 Rxd2 28.
Rc6 Rb8 29.Rxa6 b4 30.Rc6 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.b3 a6 9.
Bb2 Nbd7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Ne8 15.
Nge4 f5 16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Qe3 Qe7 18.f4 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nf3 Nc5 21.Ba3 Bxc3
22.Qxc3 Nf6 23.Qb2 Nce4 24.e3 Nd5 25.Rd4 Qb7 26.Qe2 Rc3 27.Bc1 Rfc8 28.Bd2
Rc2 29.Kh3 Rxa2 30.Ng5 Ndf6 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.g4 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O 
Qc7 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bb2 Bd6 12.Kh1 e5 13.f4 d4 14.Nd1 c5 15.f5 Qc6 
16.Nf2 h5 17.c3 O-O 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Bc1 dxc3 20.Qc2 a5 21.Bg5 Nh7 22.Be3 
Nf6 23.Bg5 Nh7 24.Bc1 c4 25.Bxc4 Ba6 26.Re3 Bxc4 27.Rxc3 Bxb3 28.axb3 Qb5 
29.Rd1 Bb4 30.Rcd3 Rac8 31.Qe2 Bc5 32.Be3 Nf6 33.h3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Rc2 35.
Kg1 Qc5 36.Qxc5 Rxc5 37.R3d2 Rb5 38.Ra1 Rc8 39.Rda2 Rcc5 40.Ra4 h4 41.Rc4 
Rxc4 42.bxc4 Rc5 43.Ra4 Rc7 44.Kf1 Nd7 45.Rxa5 Rxc4 46.Rd5 Nc5 47.Rxe5 
Rc1+ 48.Ke2 Rc2+ 49.Ke3 Rc3+ 50.Kd2 Rc4 51.Re8+ Kh7 52.Rd8 Kh6 53.Ke3 Kg5 
54.Rf8 Kf6 55.Re8 Kg5 56.Re7 Kf6 57.Ra7 g6 58.Rc7 gxf5 59.exf5 Kxf5 60.
Rxf7+ Kg6 61.Re7 Rc3+ 62.Kd2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.h4 h6 7.O-O-O b5 8.f4 h5 9.
Nf3 Nh6 10.Ng5 Nb6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Rde1 e6 13.Rhf1 O-O 14.Kb1 d5 15.e5 Qe7 
16.Qf2 b4 17.Nd1 a5 18.Bc1 a4 19.Ne3 b3 20.Nxg4 Nxg4 21.Qd2 c5 22.dxc5 
Qxc5 23.cxb3 axb3 24.a3 Rfc8 25.Rf3 Ra4 26.Qd1 Nc4 27.Qxb3 Raa8 28.Bxc4 
Rab8 29.Qc2 dxc4 30.Rd1 Bf8 31.Ne4 Qe7 32.Nd6 Rc6 33.g3 Qc7 34.Rc3 Rb3 35.
Rxb3 cxb3 36.Qxb3 Bxd6 37.exd6 Rxd6 38.Rxd6 Qxd6 39.Qc2 Nf6 40.b4 Nd5 41.
Qc8+ Kg7 42.Bb2+ f6 43.Qb7+ Kh6 44.Qa8 Kg7 45.Qa7+ Kg8 46.Qc5 Qa6 47.b5 
Qa5 48.Ka2 Kf7 49.Qc4 Ke7 50.a4 Kd8 51.Qd4 Kd7 52.Ba3 Ke8 53.Kb3 Qe1 54.
Qd3 Kd7 55.Bc5 Kc8 56.Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 
8.Nxd4 a6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 Bf5 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Bc4 Rc8 13.Bd3 Be6 14.f4 Be7
15.Be4 Rc7 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb6 Rc4 18.Rhe1 Nc6 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Rb4 21.
Rxb4 Bxb4 22.Rd1 Ke7 23.Bd4 b5 24.a3 Bd6 25.Bxg7 Bf4+ 26.Kb1 Rg8 27.Bc3 
Bxh2 28.Rh1 Bd6 29.Rxh7 Rg3 30.Bf3 Bf5 31.Rh1 Rg8 32.Re1+ Be6 33.Re2 Kd7 
34.Rd2 Ke7 35.Bf6+ Kxf6 36.Rxd6 a5 37.Rb6 Rg5 38.Bc6 Re5 39.b3 a4 40.b4 
Re2 41.Rxb5 Ke7 42.Rc5 f5 43.Bf3 Re3 44.Kb2 Kd6 45.Rc3 Re1 46.Rd3+ Kc7 47.
Kc3 Ra1 48.Kd4 Rc1 49.Rc3+ Kb8 50.Bc6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Re8 13.d5 Na7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bc2 Nxa4 
16.Bxa4 bxa4 17.Qxa4 c5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Qxb4 Qc7 20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.Nb5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Black "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Re1 Bc6 14.g4 b6 15.Ra3 h5 
16.g5 Ng4 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Bb7 19.h3 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.d6 Qxd6 22.
Qxd6 Bxd6 23.Bxb7 Bxa3 24.Bxa8 Bxb2 25.Bb7 a5 26.f4 f6 27.g6 Ke7 28.fxe5 
Bxe5 29.Rd1 f5 30.Bd5 Rd8 31.Bf3 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Kf6 33.Bxh5 Kg5 34.Be2 Kxg6
35.Kg2 Kg5 36.Bf3 Kf4 37.Bb7 Bd4 38.Bc8 b5 39.Bd7 bxa4 40.Bxa4 g5 41.Bd7 
g4 42.c4 gxh3+ 43.Kxh3 Bc5 44.Kg2 Ke3 45.Kf1 Kd2 46.Bc6 f4 47.Kg2 Ke3 48.
Bb5 f3+ 49.Kf1 Kd2 50.Bc6 f2 51.Bb5 Kc2 52.Ke2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 d6 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.Rae1 Bb7 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 
Bxd6 16.f5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 exf5 18.Nd4 g6 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 Nef6 21.Bxd7 
Nxd7 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Re7 Rg8 24.Bg5 Rxg5 25.Qxg5 Rg8 26.Nd5 Rxg5 27.Nxc7 
Bxc7 28.Rfe1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Vedder, Henk"]
[Black "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Nf1 Be6
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Nxe3 Qd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nh4 d5 13.Qc2 Na5 14.exd5 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Nxd5 16.Nf3 f6 17.d4 exd4 18.Nxd5 d3 19.Qxd3 Qxd5 20.Qe3 Bg4 21.c4 
Qh5 22.Nd2 Rad8 23.Rfe1 Qg6 24.Ne4 f5 25.Nc5 f4 26.Qe4 Qb6 27.Qe5 Qg6 28.
Qe4 Qb6 29.Qe7 Rd6 30.Re5 h6 31.Rae1 Rdf6 32.Rd5 R6f7 33.Qe4 Bc8 34.h3 Qf6
35.Nd3 f3 36.Ne5 Re7 37.Qxf3 Rfe8 38.Qe3 c6 39.Ra5 b6 40.Qxb6 Rxe5 41.
Raxe5 Rxe5 42.Rxe5 Qxe5 43.Qd8+ Kh7 44.Qxc8 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qxf2 46.Qxc6 Qf4+ 
47.g3 Qd4 48.Qg2 g6 49.Qc2 Qc5 50.b4 Qc6 51.c5 h5 52.h4 Kg8 53.Qg2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Be3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Rfd1 Ng6 13.Kf1 f6 14.Nc4 c5 
15.c3 Kf7 16.a3 a5 17.a4 b6 18.Rac1 Rhd8 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Nxd6+ 
Rxd6 22.Rxc7+ Kg8 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxd4 Rd8 25.Bxb6 Rd1+ 26.Ke2 Rb1 27.Rc2 
Nf4+ 28.Ke3 Nxh3 29.Bxa5 Ra1 30.b3 h4 31.f4 Ng1 32.f5 h3 33.Bc7 Rb1 34.Rc3
Re1+ 35.Kd3 Nf3 36.Kc4 Ne5+ 37.Bxe5 Rxe4+ 38.Bd4 Rh4 39.Rc1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nb3 Be6 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bxd6 Qb6 14.Bxe7 
Nxe7 15.Qg5 Nf5 16.Bd3 c4 17.Bxf5 cxb3 18.axb3 Qxf2 19.Rhf1 Qb6 20.Bd3 a5 
21.Rf4 h6 22.Qg3 Rfd8 23.Rh4 Kh8 24.Qe5 Kg8 25.Qe4 f5 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.Bc4
Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Rd4 Rxd4+ 30.cxd4 Kf7 31.Bxe6+ Kxe6 32.Ke2 f4 33.c4 
g5 34.g3 fxg3 35.hxg3 h5 36.Kf3 Kf5 37.g4+ hxg4+ 38.Kg3 Ke4 39.d5 Kf5 40.
c5 Ke5 41.d6 Ke6 42.Kxg4 b6 43.cxb6 Kxd6 44.Kxg5 Kc6 45.b7 Kxb7 46.Kf4 Kb6
47.Ke3 Kc5 48.Kd3 Kb5 49.Kd2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nbd2 
Qc7 9.c4 O-O 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 
15.Rxe4 Rfe8 16.Qc2 Nf6 17.Re2 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Qc3 Rad8 20.Qf3 Rd7 21.
Rae1 Bb4 22.Be5 Qa5 23.Rf1 Be7 24.Qc3 Qb6 25.Rc2 Qc5 26.Bf4 Ng4 27.h3 g5 
28.Bc1 Bf6 29.Qe1 Ne5 30.Qe3 Qa5 31.Rd2 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 Qa6 33.Qc2 Rd8 34.Be3
Nc6 35.Bxc6 bxc6 36.Bc5 Qa5 37.Be3 a6 38.Qe4 Rd6 39.a4 Qb4 40.Qc2 a5 41.
Kg2 Rd7 42.Rd1 Rxd1 43.Qxd1 c5 44.Kh2 Qb6 45.Qd3 Bd4 46.Kg1 Qd6 47.Qd2 Qe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Black "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Nh6 8.Nge2 
O-O 9.O-O Nf5 10.Bg5 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Na4 Bf7 15.
Ng3 Nce7 16.Rc1 b6 17.Nc3 Bg6 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Re1 Kh8 20.Ba6 Bc8 21.Qa4 
Ng6 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Qxa7 f5 24.Nb5 f4 25.Bd2 f3 26.Bb4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nf4 
28.Rc7 Qe8 29.Nd6 Ne2+ 30.Kf1 fxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Nf4+ 32.Kg3 Qh5 33.Nf7+ Rxf7 
34.Rc8+ Bf8 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8 36.Qd7 Ne2+ 37.Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 h6 9.
O-O g5 10.h5 g4 11.Nh2 Rg8 12.Nxg4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qh4 14.Ne3 Nxd4 15.f4 Bc5 
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qh3 18.Qe2 Bxe3+ 19.Bxe3 Rxg2+ 20.Qxg2 Qxe3+ 21.Rf2 
Qxd3 22.Qg7 Nf8 23.Qxh6 Bd7 24.Qf6 Rc8 25.Kh2 d4 26.Rg1 Rc2 27.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 
28.Kh3 Qe2 29.h6 Qf3+ 30.Kh2 Qh5+ 31.Kg3 Bc6 32.Qh4 Qf3+ 33.Kh2 d3 34.Qg4 
Qxg4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Black "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1
Be7 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 O-O 13.Ng3 b6 14.Bf4 Qc6 15.
Qc4 Bc5 16.Be3 Bb7 17.Qf1 Rfd8 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Rad1 b5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Bxa4 
Bd5 22.Qe2 Qb4 23.b3 Rdc8 24.Qd2 Qb7 25.f3 h5 26.c4 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.
Rb1 Rb6 29.Qc3 Rb8 30.Re3 Rb4 31.Ne2 Rc8 32.Rd3 Rbxc4 33.Qd2 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 
Rc2 35.Qd1 Nd5 36.Nd4 R2c3 37.h3 Rd8 38.Ne2 Rcc8 39.Rc1 Qf2 40.Rxc8 Rxc8 
41.Qd2 h4 42.Kh2 g6 43.Kh1 a5 44.Kh2 Rb8 45.Nc1 Qg3+ 46.Kh1 Kh7 47.Rd4 Rb4
48.Rxb4 Nxb4 49.Ne2 Qf2 50.Qf4 Qxe2 51.Qxf7+ Kh6 52.Qf4+ Kg7 53.Qc7+ Kf8 
54.Qf4+ Ke7 55.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Black "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.O-O d6 
9.h3 Qe7 10.axb5 axb5 11.c3 Bb6 12.Na3 Na5 13.Ba2 c6 14.b4 Nb7 15.c4 Bd7 
16.Re1 O-O 17.Bb2 Ra8 18.d4 Rfd8 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Be8 22.
Nd3 Rxa3 23.Bxa3 Bd4 24.Rc1 Nxe4 25.Qf3 Nbd6 26.Bd5 Qa7 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.
Qxe4 Bxf2+ 29.Nxf2 Qxa3 30.Re1 Rxd5 31.Qxe8# 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Black "Wempe, Joost"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nf6 5.e5 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Ne4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Bd3 
Nxd2 9.Kxd2 c5 10.h4 Nc6 11.h5 Qe7 12.Rb1 f6 13.Nf3 c4 14.Be2 fxe5 15.Nxe5
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ke8 17.Qd4 Rf8 18.f4 b6 19.a4 Qc5 20.g3 Kd7 21.Rb4 Kc7 22.Ra1
a5 23.Rb5 Qxd4+ 24.cxd4 Bd7 25.Rbb1 g5 26.Ke3 Rg8 27.Bf3 Raf8 28.c3 Be8 
29.Rh1 Rg7 30.Ra2 Rgf7 31.Kf2 h6 32.Ke2 gxf4 33.g4 Rg7 34.Kf2 Bf7 35.Ke2 
Bg8 36.Kf2 Bh7 37.Rh2 Kc6 38.Rb2 Be4 39.Bd1 Rfg8 40.Rh4 Rf8 41.Rh2 Rgf7 
42.Bf3 Rb8 43.Bd1 Rg8 44.Rh3 f3 45.Rh4 Bf5 46.Kg3 Bxg4 47.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 48.
Kxg4 f2 49.Be2 f1=Q 50.Bxf1 Rxf1 51.Rc2 b5 52.axb5+ Kb6 53.Ra2 Rc1 54.Rf2 
Kxb5 55.Rf6 a4 56.Rxh6 a3 57.Rh8 a2 58.Ra8 Rg1+ 59.Kf4 a1=Q 60.Rxa1 Rxa1 
61.h6 Rg1 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Black "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.O-O exd4 
9.Nxd4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.e4 e5 12.Qd3 Na6 13.h3 Nc5 14.Qe2 Ne6 15.Be3 
Nd4 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.f4 Nc5 18.Rf2 Qa5 19.Raf1 Qb4 20.f5 Nd7 21.Bg5 Bh8 22.
Be7 Rf7 23.fxg6 Rxe7 24.Nd5 Qxd2 25.Nxe7+ Kg7 26.Rxd2 hxg6 27.Rdf2 Kh6 28.
Rf7 Rd8 29.h4 Nf6 30.h5 Nxh5 31.Rf8 Rxf8 32.Rxf8 Bf6 33.Rf7 Bg5 34.Ng8# 
1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Black "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.a3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.b4 Qd8 
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bd4 dxc5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nd5 Nc6 14.h3 Nf6 15.
Nxf6 exf6 16.b5 Na5 17.Nd2 b6 18.O-O-O Bb7 19.Bd3 Rd4 20.Rhe1 Rc8 21.Nf3 
Ra4 22.e5 Rxf4 23.e6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Rc7 25.Be2 Re4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.g4 g5 28.
Rd8 Nb7 29.Rd2 Kf7 30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Ne1 Ke7 33.Bf1 Nd6 34.a4 Rd7 
35.Rh2 Ke6 36.Bg2 Rh7 37.Rxh7 Bxh7 38.Kd2 Ke5 39.Ke3 Nc4+ 40.Ke2 Kd4 41.
Bf3 Kc3 42.Bd5 Ne5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Black "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6 7.dxe5 Nxb5 8.a4
d6 9.e6 Bxe6 10.axb5 Ne5 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Nc3 c5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Ra4 Ng6 15.
Rae4 O-O-O 16.Rxe6 d5 17.Bf4 Rhe8 18.Bg3 d4 19.Na4 Qxb5 20.Qa1 Kd7 21.c4 
Qb4 22.Qd1 Bf8 23.Qg4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Mellema, Andries"]
[Black "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Ne2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Bd6 9.dxe5 Bxe5 10.Ba3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Bg4 12.f4 Bc7 13.O-O Nd7 14.h3 Bxe2 
15.Rfe1 O-O-O 16.Rxe2 Rhe8 17.Red2 Nb6 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Bc5 Na4 20.Bd4 Bb6
21.Kf1 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Re3 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 Nc3 25.Kd2 Nb5 26.Kd3 Nd6 27.
c4 Kd7 28.c5 Nf5 29.g4 Ne7 30.Be4 h6 31.Kc4 g5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.d5 cxd5+ 
34.Bxd5 f6 35.Be4 b6 36.cxb6 axb6 37.a3 Kd6 38.Kb5 Kc7 39.Kc4 Kb8 40.Kb5 
Kc7 41.Kc4 Kc8 42.Kb5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Balje, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 e5 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10.h3 e4 11.Nh4 g6 12.Bd2 Nb6 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.f3 Rc8 15.Bg2 Qe7 
16.Kb1 Na4 17.Qb3 Nxc3+ 18.Bxc3 Be6 19.Rgf1 exf3 20.Bxf3 O-O 21.Ng2 Ne4 
22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.d5 Bd7 24.Bf6 Qe8 25.Qxb7 Bb5 26.Rf2 Rc7 27.Qxc7 Bxc7 28.
d6 Bb6 29.Be7 Bd3+ 30.Ka1 Qc6 31.h4 Rc8 32.a3 Bd8 33.Nf4 Bxe7 34.dxe7 Re8 
0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Black "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 Re8 8.Be2 e5 
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Neg4 12.Qe1 h6 13.Bh4 Qe7 14.Rd4 b5 15.
cxb5 a6 16.b6 c5 17.Rf4 Qe6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qa5 Bb7 20.Nd2 Rec8 21.Kb1 Nd5
22.Bg4 Qg6+ 23.Bf5 Qg5 24.h4 Qd8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rg4 Qf6 27.e4 Qe6 28.f3 
Ne3 29.Rg3 Qe5 30.Rhh3 d5 31.exd5 Nxd5 32.Ne4 Nb4 33.Rg4 h5 34.Rg5 Bxe4+ 
35.Ka1 Qd4 36.Rh1 Qd3 37.a3 Nc2+ 38.Ka2 Bd5+ 39.Kb1 Nxa3+ 40.Ka1 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Black "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Qxb3 7.axb3 e6 8.h3 Be7
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Ra2 Nh5 13.Bh2 f5 14.Rfa1 f4 15.Re1 
Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Black "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 Qe8 
9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 Nh7 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.Bh5 Qd7 14.Bg6 fxe4 15.h3 Rf4
16.Bg3 e3 17.fxe3 Rf6 18.Qh5 Nf8 19.Bc2 Nb4 20.Be4 Nh7 21.a3 Na6 22.Bh4 
Qf7 23.Qxf7+ Rxf7 24.Bg6 Rf8 25.Be7 Bd7 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Nce4 Nf6 28.Ke2 b6
29.Raf1 Nxe4 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Nxe4 b5 32.Rf1+ Kg8 33.Bf5 Be8 34.Bc8 Nb8 
35.Rg1 Kf8 36.c5 Bh5+ 37.Kd2 dxc5 38.Nxc5 Bf6 39.Be6 Bg5 40.h4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4 
9.Nbd2 c5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.b3 cxd4 12.exd4 Be7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Bg5 a5 15.Rfe1 
Nb6 16.Rad1 Nbd5 17.Bd2 g6 18.Nce5 Nh5 19.Bc4 Qd6 20.Qe4 Rae8 21.Bh6 Ng7 
22.Rd3 Ba8 23.Qe2 f6 24.Ng4 Bd8 25.Qd2 Bc7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qh4
Kg7 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.g3 Re7 31.Nd2 Nc3 32.Rde3 Bd5 33.Bd3 Rg7 34.Nc4 Qd7 35.
Qh4 Qd8 36.Nh6+ Kh8 37.Bf1 f5 38.Qxd8 Rxd8 39.Ne5 Bxe5 40.Rxe5 Ra7 41.g4 
Kg7 42.g5 Bxb3 43.Bg2 Rxd4 44.Rc5 Rd8 45.Ree5 Kf8 46.h4 Nxa4 47.Rxa5 Rxa5 
48.Rxa5 Nc3 49.Ra7 Rd1+ 50.Kh2 Bd5 51.Rxh7 Ne2 52.Rh8+ Kg7 53.Rg8+ Kh7 54.
Rd8 Nf4 55.Rd7+ Kh8 56.Nf7+ Kg8 57.Bxd5 Rxd5 58.Rb7 Kf8 59.Nh8 Rd4 60.Nf7 
Nd3 61.Kg3 Rg4+ 62.Kf3 Rxh4 63.Nd6 Nc5 64.Rf7+ Kg8 65.Rc7 Ne4 66.Ne8 Nxg5+
67.Ke3 Rh3+ 68.Kd4 Nf7 69.Rb7 Rh4+ 70.Kc5 Kf8 71.Nc7 Nd8 72.Rb8 Ke7 73.
Rxb4 Rxb4 74.Kxb4 Kd6 75.Nb5+ Ke5 76.Kc3 Kf4 77.Kd4 Nc6+ 78.Kc5 Ne5 79.Kd6
Nd3 80.Kxe6 Nxf2 81.Nd4 Ne4 82.Kf7 g5 83.Kg6 g4 84.Nxf5 Nd6 85.Nd4 Nc4 86.
Kh5 Ne5 87.Kh4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Black "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 dxe4 8.dxe4 
Qd3 9.Bf1 Qd7 10.Bb5 Qc7 11.Nc4 Nxe4 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Qa4 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 
15.Rd1 Qe8 16.Nb6 axb6 17.Qxa8 e5 18.Nxe5 Bf6 19.Qb8 Qe7 20.O-O Bh3 21.
Nxc6 Qe6 22.Nd8 Qf5 23.Rfe1 g5 24.f3 gxf4 25.Rxe4 Qg5 26.Nxf7 Rxb8 27.Nxg5
Bxg5 28.Rd5 h6 29.gxf4 Bf6 30.f5 Rb7 31.Kf2 Rg7 32.Rd6 Rg2+ 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.
Rxb6 Bxf5 35.Ra4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Black "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Rb8 
9.e4 b5 10.e5 Nd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.d5 bxc4 13.dxc6 Nb6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Qd2 e5 
16.Bh6 e6 17.a4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qxd5 Be6 21.Qd2 h6 22.
Rfe1 Qf7 23.Ra3 Rb6 24.Rae3 Rfb8 25.R1e2 Rxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Bd5 28.
Rd2 Qg8 29.Nxe5 Bxg2 30.Nd7 Bd5 31.Rxd5 Qxd5 32.Re7+ Qf7 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Kf1 Ke6 35.a5 Kd5 36.Nb8 Kc5 37.Nxa6+ Kxc6 38.Ke2 Kb7 39.Nb4 c5 40.Nd5 Ka6
41.Kd2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Black "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.fxe5 
Bf5 9.a3 e6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qd7 13.O-O h6 14.Bd2 Rd8 15.
Rae1 Nb6 16.Re4 Na5 17.Rg4 g5 18.h4 Nac4 19.Bc1 gxh4 20.b3 Na5 21.Nxh4 h5 
22.Rgf4 Nxb3 23.Be3 Bg5 24.Ne4 Nxd4 25.Nd6+ Qxd6 26.exd6 Bxf4 27.Bxd4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Black "Galje, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bb5 Nh6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nf5 12.Rd1 e6 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qe2 f6 15.Bxc6 
Rxc6 16.f4 Ng3 17.Qd2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 Qa5 19.Rf2 Rfc8 20.h4 f5 21.h5 Bf8 22.
Qe2 Rc4 23.Qf3 Bb4 24.Qg3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Kg7 26.Bd2 Qd8 27.Be1 b5 28.Rf3 b4 
29.Qh3 bxc3 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Bxc3 Qh8 32.Qg3 Qh6 33.Qe1 Rh8 34.Qd2 Qh1+ 35.
Kf2 Rh2 36.Rg3 Qb1 37.Re3 Rh1 38.Qe2 Ra4 39.Bb2 Rxa2 40.Rb3 Qg1+ 41.Kg3 
Qe1+ 42.Qxe1 Rxe1 43.Ba3 Ree2 44.Rb7+ Kg8 45.Be7 Rxg2+ 46.Kh3 Rg4 47.Rd7 
Ra1 48.Kh2 a5 49.Bf6 Ra2+ 50.Kh3 Ra1 51.Rd8+ Kf7 52.Rd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.
Nxh5 Nc6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb5 Qc7 12.Bxc6+ Qxc6 13.Qf3 O-O-O 14.Bg5 f6 15.
exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2
c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Bf4
Qc8 16.d5 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bg7 19.c4 b5 20.e5 Rb8 21.Rbc1 Qb7 22.Nc3
bxc4 23.Bc2 Qb4 24.Qe3 Qa3 25.f5 Rb2 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Qg3 Be8 28.Be4 Qb4 
29.d6 exd6 30.Nd5 Qd2 31.Qh4 Rd7 32.Rcd1 Qe2 33.exd6 Qh5 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.
Qxf6 Rb6 36.Bd5 Rbxd6 37.Bxf7+ Kh7 38.Rxd6 Rxf7 39.Qa1 Rxf1+ 40.Qxf1 Qe5 
41.Rd1 c3 42.Re1 Qd4+ 43.Kh1 Bc6 44.Qf8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 
16.a4 Nb6 17.a5 Nbd7 18.c4 bxc4 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bc3 c5 22.
Nxc4 cxb4 23.Bxe5 Nd7 24.Bd6 Nc5 25.e5 b3 26.Bxb3 Qg5 27.f3 Rad8 28.Ba2 
Ne6 29.Qd2 Qxd2 30.Nxd2 Bxd6 31.exd6 Rxd6 32.Ne4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Kf8 34.Rb1 
Nd8 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.a3 Nd7 14.Rc2 Nb6 15.Rfc1 
Qd7 16.Nb1 Nc4 17.Nbd2 b5 18.e4 a5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nf1 a4 21.Ne3 Rfe8 22.
Re2 Bf8 23.Rce1 f6 24.h4 Re4 25.Bg3 Rce8 26.h5 h6 27.Nd1 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 b4 
29.Rxe8 Qxe8 30.axb4 Nxb4 31.Qf5 Qe4 32.Qc8 Qb1 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Kh2 Qxd1 
35.Qf5+ Kh8 36.Nh4 Qe2 37.Ng6+ Kg8 38.Be5 Nxe5 39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Nxf8+ Kh8 
41.Ng6+ Kh7 42.Nf8+ Kh8 43.Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 h6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nb3 Qc7 
9.a4 Bh7 10.Bd2 g5 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.a5 Be7 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 a6 15.Ne1 Nf4 
16.Qf3 Nf8 17.Kh1 Rd8 18.Bxf4 gxf4 19.Nd3 Ng6 20.g3 Rg8 21.Rce1 Bf8 22.Re2
Qe7 23.Ndc5 fxg3 24.fxg3 Nh8 25.Bxa6 bxa6 26.Qxc6+ Rd7 27.Qxa6 Qd8 28.Nxd7
Qxd7 29.Rc1 Be7 30.Qa8+ Bd8 31.a6 Bd3 32.Nc5 Qxd4 33.Nxd3 Qxd3 34.a7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 e5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.f5 Qa5 11.Bc4 Rb8 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bb3 Qb4 14.a3 Qa5 15.g4 
d5 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.g5 dxe4 18.Qg3 Nd5 19.f6 e3 20.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Nxe3 
22.fxe7 Re8 23.Rd8 Be6 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Re1 Nf5 26.Rxe5 Nxe7 27.Bxe6 fxe6 
28.Rxe6 Kf7 29.Re5 g6 30.b4 Nf5 31.Ne4 Rb7 32.Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Re1 a6 11.Ne5 Qxd4 12.Nxc6 Qxc4 13.Nxe7+ Kh8 14.Bg5 Qc5
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ned5 Bg7 17.Na4 Qd6 18.Ndb6 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 Rb8 20.b3 Bf5 
21.Nd7 Bxd7 22.Rxd7 b5 23.Nc5 Rbd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Kf1 Bf8 26.Nxa6 Ra8 27.
Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 
cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.a4 b4 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.Bg5
Bxg5 16.Nexg5 g6 17.Ne4 Bb7 18.Nc5 Nf6 19.Nxb7 Nxb7 20.Ne5 Na5 21.Qf3 Kg7 
22.Be4 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Bf3 Rd6 26.Rd1 Qd8 27.h3 Qb6 28.h4 
h5 29.g3 Nd5 30.Bg2 Ne7 31.Be4 Qd8 32.Kg2 Qb6 33.b3 Qc7 34.Nc4 Rd7 35.Ne5 
Rd6 36.Nc4 Rd7 37.Ne5 Rd6 38.Nc4 Rd7 39.Ne5 Rd6 40.Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.a4 Bb7 
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.e4 Nf6 12.Nc3 c6 13.d5 Be7 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Qe2
O-O 16.Bh3 Qe8 17.Nf3 Bb7 18.Bf4 Na6 19.Ng5 Nc5 20.Nxe6 Bc8 21.Nc7 Qh5 22.
Bg2 Qxe2 23.Nxe2 Ncxe4 24.Nd4 Nxf2 25.Rxf2 Bc5 26.Nce6 Bxe6 27.Nxe6 Bxf2+ 
28.Kxf2 Re8 29.Nd4 Ng4+ 30.Kf3 Nxh2+ 31.Kf2 Ng4+ 32.Kf3 h5 33.Nxc6 Re1 34.
Bd2 Re6 35.Nd4 Rf6+ 36.Ke4 Rf2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 f5 15.
Qh5 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7 18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.Be2 
Qf6 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.a7 Rb7 24.Qf4 Rxa7 25.Nb5 Rxa2 26.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5
Nd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bd3 Qh4 13.g3 Qh3 14.Qe2 f5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Vedder, Richard"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.O-O e6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Qd3 Be7 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.h3 h6 14.Qe2 O-O 15.a4 
Rc8 16.Rd2 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e5 19.Be3 f5 20.f4 Bf6 21.c3 Nb6 22.
fxe5 Bxe5 23.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 24.Qf2 Qa5 25.Ra3 Rf7 26.Bf1 Qd8 27.c4 Qa5 28.Rf3 
Qxa4 29.Bd3 g6 30.g4 Qa1+ 31.Kg2 fxg4 32.hxg4 Rcf8 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Qe3 Rf4
35.Qe2 Kg7 36.c5 Qa4 37.Kh3 Qd7 38.cxd6 Qxd6 39.Be4 h5 40.Bf3 Qf6 41.Kg2 
hxg4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Bd2 O-O 
9.Ng3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Bxg2 11.Rg1 Bb7 12.d5 Ne8 13.e4 Qh4 14.Qf3 f5 15.exf5 Nf6
16.Qg2 Rf7 17.Nge2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 exf5 19.Bg5 Qg4 20.Qh1 Qh5 21.Nf4 Re7+ 22.
Kf1 Qf7 23.Bxf5 Re5 24.Bd3 Rf8 25.Qg2 Nc7 26.Re1 Rfe8 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Bxf6
Qxf6 29.Qh3 h6 30.Qxd7 Re7 31.Qf5 Qxf5 32.Bxf5 Rf7 33.Be6 Nxe6 34.Nxe6 Bc8
35.Rg6 Kh7 36.Rg3 Bxe6 37.dxe6 Re7 38.Re3 Kg6 39.Ke2 Kf5 40.Kd3 g5 41.Rf3+
Kxe6 42.Re3+ Kf6 43.Rxe7 Kxe7 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.f4 g4 46.f5+ Kf6 47.Kf4 h5 48.
a4 a6 49.Ke4 h4 50.Kf4 g3 51.hxg3 h3 52.Kf3 Kxf5 53.g4+ Kg5 54.Kg3 h2 55.
Kxh2 Kxg4 56.Kg2 Kf4 57.Kf2 Ke4 58.Ke2 Kf4 59.Kf2 a5 60.Ke2 Ke4 61.Kd2 Kf3
62.Kd3 Kf2 63.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 a5 11.f4 a4 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Nf3 b5 14.h4 b4 15.h5 c5 16.c4 
bxc3 17.bxc3 Nc6 18.Ng5 Re8 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Qg4 Ne7 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Nxe6 
fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kf8 24.f5 gxf5 25.Bg5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Ng4 12.Nf1 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Bf6 14.h3 g6 15.Qd2 
Na5 16.Bc2 Bg7 17.Rad1 f6 18.h4 Nc6 19.h5 Bh6 20.Qe2 Qe8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.
g3 Qc8 23.Nh4 Kg7 24.f4 Rh8 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.f5 Bxe3+ 27.Qxe3 g5 28.Ng6 Rh6
29.Qc5 Qe8 30.Bb3 Rd8 31.Rd2 a5 32.Red1 a4 33.Rxd7+ Rxd7 34.Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Black "Vedder, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 Ng6 5.h4 h5 6.g3 c5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.exd5 
Qxd5 9.O-O d3 10.Nb3 dxc2 11.Qxc2 Qc6 12.Qe2 Qa6 13.Qe4 Nd7 14.Bg5 Nf6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rac1 Be7 17.Nfd4 f5 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Kf8 20.a4 a5 21.Nb5 
Rb8 22.Rc7 Bf6 23.Rd1 Be5 24.Rc5 Ke7 25.Qe2 f6 26.f4 Nxf4 27.gxf4 Bxf4 28.
Rd4 Bg3 29.Kh1 Bd7 30.Qd3 Bc6 31.Qxg3 Bxg2+ 32.Qxg2 Rhg8 33.Rc7+ Qxc7 34.
Nxc7 Rxg2 35.Kxg2 Rc8 36.Nb5 Rc2+ 37.Rd2 Rc4 38.Rd4 Rc2+ 39.Rd2 Rc4 40.
N5d4 Rxa4 41.Nc5 Ra2 42.Ndxe6 b6 43.Rd7+ Ke8 44.Ng7+ Kf8 45.Nce6+ Kg8 46.
Nxh5 Rxb2+ 47.Kf1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Qf2 Na5 15.Rad1 
Bf8 16.g4 b6 17.g5 g6 18.Bg2 Bb7 19.f5 exf5 20.exf5 Bxg2+ 21.Qxg2 Qb7 22.
Bf4 Nc4 23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.b3 Nce5 25.Nd5 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra1 Rc8 28.Rfe1 
gxf5 29.Nxf5 Rxc2 30.Ra8 Rb8 31.Rxb8 Nxb8 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Rxe5
Rc8 35.Rxb5 Nc6 36.Rb7 Ne5 37.h4 Bg7 38.Re7 Bxf6 39.gxf6 Ng4 40.Rxf7 Nh6 
41.Nxh6 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 Rg1+ 43.Kf3 Rg3+ 44.Kf4 Rf3+ 45.Kg5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9.d3 Re8 10.Re1 Bb6 11.Bd2 h6 12.a4 Qf6 13.Be3 Ba5 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16.Bd4 f6 17.Nc4 Bb6 18.a5 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Qe2 Be6 21.Qe3 
Qb5 22.Reb1 Qa6 23.Nd2 Reb8 24.Qc5 Kf7 25.c4 Rxb1+ 26.Rxb1 h5 27.Re1 h4 
28.f4 hxg3 29.hxg3 Rh8 30.fxe5 Rh5 31.Nf3 Bg4 32.e6+ Kg8 33.Qe3 Qc8 34.e7 
Qe8 35.Nh2 Re5 36.Nxg4 Rxe3 37.Rxe3 f5 38.Nh2 c5 39.Nf3 Kf7 40.Ng5+ Kf6 
41.Nf3 g5 42.Kf2 f4 43.gxf4 gxf4 44.Re4 Kf5 45.Nh4+ Kg5 46.Ng2 f3 47.Nh4 
a6 48.Nxf3+ Kf5 49.Ke3 Kf6 50.Re5 c6 51.Kf4 Kg6 52.Nh4+ Kf6 53.Nf5 Qg6 54.
e8=Q Qg5+ 55.Kf3 Qf4+ 56.Ke2 Qg4+ 57.Kd2 Qf4+ 58.Re3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.Ndb5 a6 12.Na7 e6 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 
15.Nxc8 Rxc8 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Rxd5 Nb4 18.Rc5 Rce8 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.Bd3 Nxd3 
21.cxd3 Rxd3 22.Bf4 Rd4 23.Be3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.a4 Be7 12.a5 O-O 13.Qd2 Rae8 14.f4 Nd7 15.Rfe1 
Kh8 16.Bf2 Rg8 17.Ne2 g5 18.Nd4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rg7 20.Kh1 Reg8 21.Bf3 Bf6 
22.Ra3 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 e5 24.Bf2 f5 25.exf5 e4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Nf6 28.
Qd4 Rf8 29.Bh4 Qc5 30.Qxc5 dxc5 31.Bf3 Rc7 32.Re3 Kg7 33.Re6 Rff7 34.c4 
Rcd7 35.Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Wempe, Joost"]
[Black "Vul, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.
Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Qd6 Qf5 12.Ne5 Qxf2+ 13.Kxf2 Ne4+ 14.Kf3 
Nxd6 15.Rhd1 Ke7 16.c5 Nxc5 17.Bb4 b6 18.Rac1 Nce4 19.Bd3 f5 20.Bxe4 fxe4+
21.Kg4 c5 22.Rxd6 Bb5 23.Rd4 cxb4 24.Rc7+ Kf6 25.Kf4 Rhf8 26.h4 Rac8 27.
Rxa7 Rc2 28.Rxb4 Rf2+ 29.Kg3 Kxe5 30.Rxb5+ Kd4 31.Ra4+ Kd3 32.Rxb6 Re2 33.
Rd6+ Kc2 34.Rc4+ Kb1 35.b4 Kxa2 36.Rxe6 Rff2 37.Rexe4 Rxg2+ 38.Kf4 Rgf2+ 
39.Ke5 Rxe4+ 40.Rxe4 Ka3 41.Rg4 g6 42.Rf4 Rxf4 43.Kxf4 Kxb4 44.Kg5 Kc5 45.
Kh6 Kd6 46.Kxh7 Ke7 47.Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Black "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O h6 5.d3 Bf5 6.Nbd2 e6 7.b3 Bc5 8.e3 O-O 
9.Bb2 a5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Bh7 12.e4 b5 13.Kh1 Qb6 14.e5 Ne8 15.g4 Be7 16.
Ne1 c5 17.f4 f5 18.c4 Nc7 19.Rg1 Rae8 20.gxf5 Bxf5 21.Bf3 Kh7 22.Ne4 bxc4 
23.bxc4 Rb8 24.Bc1 Rg8 25.Ng3 g6 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Rxg8 Rxg8 
29.Ng2 Nb8 30.Qa2 Qd8 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Ne3 c4 33.Nxf5 Qd7 34.Ng3 Bh4 35.Qg2
Bxg3 36.hxg3 c3 37.Be3 Qg4 38.Bf2 c2 39.Rc1 Qd1+ 40.Qg1 Qxd3 41.Kh2 Nc6 
42.Qg2 Qd2 43.Rf1 c1=Q 44.Rxc1 Qxc1 45.Qxd5 Qc2 46.Kg2 Ne7 47.Qe6 Nf5 48.
Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Balje, Jan"]
[Black "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 
Nxb4 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Nd5 11.Qxc4 Nb6 12.Qd3 e5 13.Rd1 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 
15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Rxd4 c6 17.Nc3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Black "Tan, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 h6 9.
O-O g5 10.dxc5 g4 11.Nd4 Ndxe5 12.Bb5 Qxh4 13.N2b3 Bd7 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Bg3 
Qh5 16.Na5 a6 17.Naxc6 axb5 18.Nxb5 Rc8 19.Nca7 Rxc5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bxd6 
Nh4 22.Qd4 Rg8 23.Qf6 Nf3+ 24.gxf3 gxf3+ 25.Bg3 Rc4 26.Nb5 Bxb5 27.Rfe1 
Rg6 28.Qe5 Rxg3+ 29.fxg3 Qh3 30.Qb8+ Ke7 31.Qxb7+ Kf6 32.Rxe6+ fxe6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Qc7 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Re1 Bb7 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 
15.Ng5+ Kg6 16.Qg4 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 f5 18.Rxe6+ Rf6 19.Qh4 Bf4 20.Bxf4 Rh8 21.
Rxf6+ gxf6 22.Qxh8 Qxf4 23.Qh7+ Kxg5 24.Qxb7 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Qxd4 26.Rf1 f4 
27.Qf3 f5 28.Rd1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Bd3 h6 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f4 c5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Ne4 Rc8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bd2 Nb8 
16.Rae1 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc6 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Nxe8 Rfxe8 20.Qe4 g6 21.d5 exd5 
22.cxd5 Ne7 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.e6 Qd8 25.Qd4+ Kh7 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Rc1 Qd8 28.
Bc3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.Qc2 f5 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nd2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Nd6 10.d5 c5 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Nf7 13.f4 Qc8 14.O-O Na6 15.Qd3 g6 16.
h3 Rb8 17.Re1 Nc7 18.g4 Nh6 19.g5 Nf7 20.h4 Ba6 21.d6 Ne8 22.a4 Ng7 23.Nf1
Nh5 24.Bd2 Nd8 25.Bf3 Ng7 26.h5 gxh5 27.Re2 Bb7 28.Rh2 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 Qc6 
30.Kf2 Qxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Nc6 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Ng3 Rh8 34.Nxh5 Nxh5 35.Rxh5 Kg7 
36.Rah1 Nd8 37.R5h2 Nf7 38.Rg2 Rbg8 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Be1 Kg6 41.Bf2 Nd8 42.
Kd3 Nc6 43.Rh1 Rbg8 44.Rh6+ Kf7 45.Rgh2 Rg7 46.Rf6+ Kg8 47.Rfh6 Rg6 48.Bh4
Nd8 49.a5 Nf7 50.Rh5 h6 51.axb6 axb6 52.Ra2 hxg5 53.Ra8+ Kg7 54.Rhxh8 Nxh8
55.Bxg5 Nf7 56.Ra7 Rxg5 57.fxg5 Nxe5+ 58.Ke2 Kg6 59.Rb7 Kxg5 60.Rxb6 Nxc4 
61.Rc6 Kf4 62.Rxc5 Nxd6 63.Rc7 Ne4 64.Rxd7 Nxc3+ 65.Kf2 e5 66.Rc7 Nd5 67.
Ra7 e4 68.Ra4 Nf6 69.Rb4 Nd7 70.Ra4 Ne5 71.Rd4 Ng4+ 72.Ke2 Nf6 73.Ra4 Nd5 
74.Rc4 Ke5 75.Ke1 f4 76.Rc8 Nf6 77.Ra8 f3 78.Ra7 Ng4 79.Rf7 Kd4 80.Ra7 Ke3
81.Ra3+ Kf4 82.Ra4 Nh2 83.Kf2 Ng4+ 84.Ke1 Ne3 85.Kf2 Nd1+ 86.Ke1 Nb2 87.
Ra8 Ke3 88.Kf1 Nc4 89.Rf8 Ne5 90.Ra8 Nd3 91.Ra3 Kf4 92.Ra4 Ne5 93.Rb4 Ng4 
94.Ra4 Ne5 95.Rb4 Ke3 96.Rb3+ Kd2 97.Rb2+ Kc3 98.Rb5 Nd3 99.Ra5 e3 100.Ra2
Nc1 101.Rh2 e2+ 102.Ke1 Nd3# 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Black "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 b4 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Ba2 h6 14.Nh4 Nh7 15.Ng6 Qf6
16.Nxf8 Nxf8 17.Bd2 c5 18.c3 Nc6 19.Bd5 Rb8 20.a5 Ne6 21.Qa4 Ne7 22.Bxb7 
Rxb7 23.Qe8+ Kh7 24.Qa8 bxc3 25.bxc3 Rb2 26.Rad1 Ng6 27.Qc8 Nh4 28.Re2 Nf4
29.Bxf4 Rxe2 30.Bg3 Qg5 31.Qxa6 Qd2 32.Rf1 Re1 33.d4 Rxe4 34.Bxh4 Rxh4 35.
Qb7 exd4 36.g3 Rg4 37.a6 dxc3 38.a7 c2 39.a8=Q c1=Q 40.Qxf7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Mellema, Andries"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3
Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd5 12.f4 Nd7 13.c3 Nb6 14.Rd1 Kh8 15.b4
Ba4 16.Rd2 Bxb4 17.Kh1 Bxc3 18.Bxh7 Kxh7 19.Rxd5 Nxd5 20.Bb2 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 
Bc6 22.Qf2 f6 23.Ne4 Kg8 24.Qh4 Rad8 25.Re1 Rd7 26.h3 Re7 27.Kh2 Rd7 28.
Re2 a5 29.exf6 Nxf6 30.Ng5 Bd5 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Rd2 33.Qg5 b6 34.a4 
Rd7 35.h4 Rd5 36.Qg6 Rf7 37.Rxf6 Rxf6 38.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qd2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.O-O-O
Qa5 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bh6 Be6 11.h3 Nc6 12.Bxg7 Nxg7 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Rfd8 16.Qe3 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Rd8+ 18.Kc1 Bxa2 19.f3 Ne6 20.h4 b5 21.Bd3 
b4 22.Nd1 Bc4 23.h5 Bxd3 24.cxd3 b3 25.Kb1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Black "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8 13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.O-O
g6 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Bg7 18.Nce3 Rc8 19.Kh1 Re8 20.a4 bxa4 21.Qxa4 Nc5 
22.Qc2 a5 23.Rad1 a4 24.f5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Be5 26.f6 Rb8 27.Rde1 Nd7 28.Qf2 
Re6 29.Bh3 Rxf6 30.Qa7 Rxf1+ 31.Bxf1 f5 32.Qf2 Nf6 33.Nxf6+ Qxf6 34.exf5 
g5 35.Bg2 Kh8 36.Ra1 Qh6 37.Bd5 g4 38.Kg1 Qh3 39.Rxa4 g3 40.hxg3 Bxg3 41.
Qc2 Bf4 42.Bg2 Qe3+ 43.Kf1 Re8 44.Re4 Rxe4 45.Qxe4 Qc1+ 46.Qe1 Bd2 47.Qxc1
Bxc1 48.b4 Bd2 49.b5 Bxc3 50.b6 d5 51.b7 Be5 52.f6 d4 53.Ke2 Bb8 54.Kd3 
Ba7 55.Bf3 Kg8 56.Ke4 d3 57.Bd1 d2 58.Bb3+ Kf8 59.Kf5 Bb8 60.Kg5 Ba7 61.
Kh6 Bb8 62.Kg5 Ba7 63.Kf5 Bb8 64.Bd1 Ba7 65.Bh5 Bb8 66.Ke6 Ba7 67.Kd7 
d1=Q+ 68.Bxd1 Kf7 69.Kc7 Kxf6 70.b8=R Bxb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Be3 Bc5 6.Nb5 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Qh4+ 8.
g3 Qd8 9.Qg4 g6 10.Qf4 d6 11.Bc4 Ne5 12.O-O Bh3 13.Bxf7+ Kd7 14.Rd1 Qe7 
15.N1c3 g5 16.Nd5 gxf4 17.Nxe7 Nxe7 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Black "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 a6 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Be7 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxb4 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.e4 
Qf4 16.g3 Qg4 17.e5 Nd7 18.Rce1 b5 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.Ne4 Nc5 21.Bb1 Na5 22.h3 
Qxh3 23.Nf6+ gxf6 24.exf6 Bd6 25.Qe3 Kh8 26.Rd1 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 
Rg8 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 
Nf6 9.Nxd4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bxd4 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.c3 Bg7 13.d4 O-O 14.Qf2 Bd7 15.
O-O e6 16.Be3 d5 17.Bf3 Qd6 18.Qd2 b5 19.a4 bxa4 20.Bd1 Bb5 21.Rf2 Qd7 22.
Bc2 Rfb8 23.Qd1 Rb6 24.Bxa4 Ra6 25.Bxb5 Qxb5 26.Rxa6 Qxa6 27.h3 Rb8 28.g4 
Qa2 29.Bc1 Re8 30.Kg2 Qc4 31.Re2 Rc8 32.Be3 Rb8 33.Qc2 a5 34.Rf2 Re8 35.
Rf1 Bh6 36.Rf2 Rb8 37.Qd2 Bg7 38.f5 exf5 39.gxf5 Rb6 40.Bh6 gxf5 41.Bxg7 
Kxg7 42.Qf4 Qd3 43.Kh2 h6 44.Qe5+ Kh7 45.Qxd5 Re6 46.Qxf5+ Qxf5 47.Rxf5 
Re2+ 48.Kg3 Rxb2 49.Rxa5 Rd2 50.Rf5 Kg6 51.Rf3 f5 52.Kf4 Re2 53.Rd3 Re4+ 
54.Kf3 Kf6 55.c4 Re1 56.d5 Rf1+ 57.Kg2 Rc1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Black "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O 
Na6 9.Qc2 c6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Rad1 Bg4 12.a3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.c5
Rfd8 16.Ne2 Ne8 17.Qc4 N8c7 18.a4 Ng5 19.Bg4 h5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Bf3 Ne6 
22.Qc2 Bf8 23.a5 a6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Bh6 26.Nc3 Rd2 27.Rxd2 Qxd2 28.
Qxd2 Bxd2 29.Na2 Nd4 30.Bd1 Nb5 31.g4 h4 32.g5 Nd4 33.Bg4 Ne6 34.Kg2 Bxg5 
35.Kf1 Kg7 36.h3 Kf6 37.Ke2 Bf4 38.Nc3 Kg5 39.Bxe6 fxe6 40.Na2 Kh5 41.Kd1 
g5 42.f3 Be3 43.Nc3 g4 44.fxg4+ Kg5 45.Ne2 Kg6 46.Kc2 Kg5 47.Kd3 Bf2 48.
Kd2 Bd4 49.Kc2 Bf2 50.Nc1 Be3 51.Nd3 Bd4 52.Kd2 Ba1 53.Kc2 Bd4 54.Ne1 Kf4 
55.Ng2+ Kg5 56.Kd3 Bf2 57.Ke2 Bd4 58.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Black "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.d3 Bd6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 
O-O 9.g4 Ne5 10.Bg2 c5 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.a3 b5 14.O-O d4 15.c4 dxc3
16.Bxc3 Be5 17.Rfc1 Nd5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Rc2 b4 21.a4 f5 22.gxf5
exf5 23.Ng5 Nc3 24.Rxc3 bxc3 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.f4 Qg6 27.Kf2 Rcd8 28.Ne6 
Nxd3+ 29.Kf1 Rxd5 30.Nxf8 Qe8 31.Rd1 Qe4 32.Rxd3 Qxd3 33.Qxd3 Rxd3 34.Ke2 
Rd6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Black "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Bb7 14.h5 b4 15.Nce2 
Rc8 16.g6 f5 17.h6 Bf6 18.Qh5 Bxe4 19.hxg7 Bxg7 20.gxh7+ Ke7 21.Rg1 Qxc2+ 
22.Nxc2 Rxc2+ 23.Kb1 Rxb2+ 24.Kc1 Rc8+ 25.Nc3 Bxc3 26.Rd3 Be5+ 27.Kd1 Rb1+
28.Ke2 Bxd3+ 29.Kxd3 Rc3+ 30.Ke2 Rb2+ 31.Kd1 Rb1+ 32.Ke2 Rb2+ 33.Kd1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Black "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 
h6 9.Bh4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Qxf4 Be7 13.Be2 Be6 14.O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 b5 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 Qb6+ 18.Nd4 Nd7 19.Qf2 Qb7 20.b5 Ne5 21.bxa6 Qxb2
22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Bd8 24.Rb1 Qa2 25.Ne6 Re8 26.Bb5 Re7 27.Nxd8 Rxd8 28.
c4 Qa3 29.Ra1 Qc3 30.Qb6 Ra8 31.Qxd6 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nd3 33.h3 Re2 34.a7 Qe4 
35.Qg3 Re3 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Bd7 Qxc4 38.Qxa8 Nf4 39.Bf5+ g6 40.Qf8 Qxd5 41.
a8=Q 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c4 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Be3 Qxb3 
9.axb3 a6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Bc3 Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.b4 dxc4 14.dxc4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Rfd1 Nb6 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rfd8 19.e4 c5 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nb3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Bf8 23.c5 Na4 24.Bd4 e5 25.Bxe5 Nxc5 26.Nxc5 Bxc5 27.Rd7 
b5 28.Rc7 Bf8 29.f4 Rd8 30.Kf3 f6 31.Bc3 b4 32.Be1 Rd3+ 33.Ke2 Rb3 34.e5 
Rxb2+ 35.Kd3 fxe5 36.fxe5 Rxh2 37.Rc8 Kf7 38.e6+ Kxe6 39.Rxf8 a5 40.Ra8 
Rh5 41.Ra6+ Kf7 42.Kc4 Rf5 43.Bd2 h5 44.Bf4 h4 45.Ra8 h3 46.Rh8 g5 47.Bc7 
g4 48.Rh4 Rf3 49.Bxa5 b3 50.Bc3 Rxg3 51.Kxb3 Kg6 52.Kc4 Kg5 53.Rh8 Rxc3+ 
54.Kxc3 Kf4 55.Kd4 g3 56.Rh4+ Kf3 57.Rxh3 Kf2 58.Rxg3 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 
Qc7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Qh3 Nb6 12.Rhe1 e5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 O-O-O 
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Be4 exf4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Rhe8 19.Qb3 Re3 20.Rxe3 fxe3 
21.Kb1 Re8 22.Re1 Bg5 23.g3 Re7 24.Qc4 Qxc4 25.Bxc4 h5 26.Kc1 h4 27.Kd1 
Kd8 28.Ke2 Rc7 29.Bd3 hxg3 30.hxg3 Ke7 31.a4 d5 32.b3 Kf6 33.Rh1 Rc8 34.
Rh3 Ke5 35.Rh5 f6 36.Rh2 Kd4 37.Rh7 Bh6 38.Kf3 Ke5 39.Ke2 d4 40.Kf3 Kd6 
41.Ke2 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Kd1 Kc5 44.g4 Rf8 45.Ke2 Kb4 46.Kd1 Rg8 47.Be2 
Ra8 48.Bd3 Ra1+ 49.Ke2 Rh1 50.Rh8 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Kc3 52.Rc8+ Kb2 53.Bxb5 Bf4 
54.Rd8 Bg3+ 55.Kf1 Rf2+ 56.Kg1 Bh2+ 57.Kh1 Be5 58.Kg1 Rxc2 59.Kf1 Kc1 60.
Rd5 Kd1 61.g5 Rf2+ 62.Kg1 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Black "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.Re1 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Be3 d6 
9.d4 b6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.a4 h6 13.Nfd2 Be6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4
Rab8 16.Nba3 f5 17.f3 Kf7 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Nxd8 21.Nb5 Nc8
22.Kf1 Ke6 23.Ke2 f4 24.Bf2 Kd7 25.Nd2 a6 26.Na3 Kc6 27.c4 Nd6 28.Kd3 Ne6 
29.Ndb1 Bf6 30.Nc3 Bd8 31.Be1 Nd4 32.Nd5 g5 33.Bc3 Nf7 34.b4 Ne6 35.b5+ 
axb5 36.cxb5+ Kb7 37.Nc4 Nd4 38.Bxd4 cxd4 39.Nb4 h5 40.Nc6 Bf6 41.h3 Kc7 
42.Nb4 Bd8 43.Nd5+ Kb7 44.Kc2 Ka7 45.Nb2 Kb7 46.Nd3 Kc8 47.Kb3 Kd7 48.N5b4
Bc7 49.Nd5 Bd8 50.N3b4 g4 51.hxg4 hxg4 52.Nc6 gxf3 53.gxf3 Bc7 54.Kc4 Nd6+
55.Kd3 Nf7 56.Ke2 Kd6 57.Ncb4 Bd8 58.Nd3 Ng5 59.N5b4 Bc7 60.Nc2 Nf7 61.Na3
Ke6 62.Nc4 Kd7 63.a5 bxa5 64.b6 Bb8 65.Nxa5 Kd6 66.Kd2 Nd8 67.Kc2 Nf7 68.
Kb3 Ng5 69.Nc4+ Kc6 70.Nb4+ Kb7 71.Ka4 Nxf3 72.Kb5 d3 73.Na5+ Kc8 74.b7+ 
Kd7 75.Nxd3 Ng5 76.Nc5+ Ke8 77.Na6 Nxe4 78.Nc4 Ba7 79.Nxe5 Nd6+ 80.Kc6 
Nxb7 81.Kxb7 Be3 82.Kc6 Ke7 83.Nc7 Kf6 84.Kd5 Kg5 85.Ke4 Kh4 86.Ne6 Bc1 
87.Nf3+ Kh5 88.Kf5 Kh6 89.Nfg5 f3 90.Nxf3 Bb2 91.Nfg5 Bc1 92.Ne4 Bb2 93.
Nf2 Bc3 94.Ng4+ Kh5 95.Nf4+ Kh4 96.Nf2 Kg3 97.Ne4+ Kf3 98.Nxc3 Ke3 99.Ke5 
Kf3 100.Ncd5 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Galje, Hans"]
[Black "Van der Leest, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 Nb6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.Nh4 O-O 13.O-O Qd7 14.h3 h6 15.e4 Ba6 
16.Re1 Nh7 17.Bb2 Ng5 18.g4 Bf6 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Rfb8 21.Qg3 Bd4 22.
Kh1 Qc7 23.f4 Nd7 24.Qh4 Kg7 25.Qxe7 Bd3 26.Rbc1 Rxa2 27.Nb5 Qa5 28.Bxd4+ 
cxd4 29.Nxd6 Qd2 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Rg1 Rf8 32.Qxd7 Qxf4 33.Rc7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 Bd7 13.d5 c4 14.Nf1 Nb7 15.N3h2 Nc5 
16.g4 a5 17.Ng3 g6 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Ne8 20.Nf5 gxf5 21.exf5 Qd8 22.g5 
Bxg5 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Bxg5 f6 25.Qd4 Rg8 26.Nf3 Rg7 27.h4 Nd3 28.Bxd3 cxd3 
29.Re6 Bxe6 30.dxe6 fxg5 31.hxg5 Qf6 32.Qg4 d5 33.Qf4 h6 34.Kf2 hxg5 35.
Qg4 Nd6 36.Rh1+ Rh7 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7 38.Nxg5+ Qxg5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.c5 g4 12.Nh4 Nc6 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.dxe5 
fxe5 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.O-O Qc7 18.b3 Qa5 19.Rfd1 Bd7 20.Ne2 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 b5 
22.Bd3 Ne6 23.Rad1 Nc5 24.Bc2 Nb7 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Ra3 28.Rd3 
Ra2 29.Rc3 Be6 30.Bd3 Rb2 31.Bxb5 Rxb4 32.Bc6 Nc5 33.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "313"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be7 8.f4 
O-O 9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Bxd8 14.Bf3 Rb8 
15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Ba7 Bc7 17.Bxb8 Bxb8 18.a4 b4 19.Ne4 Nxe5 20.Rd4 a5 21.Nd6 
Bd7 22.Nc4 Bxa4 23.Nxa5 Rc8 24.Rhd1 Bc7 25.Nc4 Nxf3 26.gxf3 g5 27.Rg1 h6 
28.f4 Bd8 29.b3 Bf6 30.Rd3 Bb5 31.h4 Ra8 32.Kd2 Bc6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.fxg5 
Bg7 35.g6 fxg6 36.Rxg6 Be4 37.Rxe6 Bxd3 38.Kxd3 Rc8 39.Nd6 Rc3+ 40.Kd2 Rh3
41.Ne4 Rh2+ 42.Kd3 Bf8 43.Ng5 Rg2 44.Nf3 Kg7 45.Rc6 Be7 46.Nd4 Kf7 47.Nf5 
Bf8 48.Rb6 Rh2 49.Rb7+ Kf6 50.Ne3 Ke6 51.Rb6+ Kd7 52.Rg6 Bc5 53.Ng4 Rh3+ 
54.Ke4 Rc3 55.Ne5+ Ke7 56.Rg2 Kd6 57.Rd2+ Kc7 58.Kd5 Kb6 59.Nd3 Kb5 60.Re2
Bb6 61.Nb2 Rc5+ 62.Ke4 Rc8 63.Nc4 Re8+ 64.Kf3 Rf8+ 65.Kg4 Bc5 66.Re5 Kc6 
67.Rf5 Rxf5 68.Kxf5 Kd5 69.Nb2 Kd4 70.Na4 Bf8 71.Kf4 Bd6+ 72.Kf3 Bc7 73.
Ke2 Bd8 74.Kd1 Bc7 75.Nb2 Kc3 76.Nc4 Bf4 77.Nb6 Kd4 78.Nc8 Kc3 79.Ne7 Kd4 
80.Ng6 Bg5 81.Nf8 Kc3 82.Ne6 Bh6 83.Nc7 Kd4 84.Nb5+ Kc5 85.Na7 Bg5 86.Ke2 
Kd4 87.Nb5+ Kc5 88.Nc7 Bh6 89.Kd3 Kc6 90.Ne6 Kd5 91.Nd4 Bg7 92.Nf5 Bf8 93.
Ne3+ Kc5 94.Ke4 Bh6 95.Nf5 Bc1 96.Nd4 Bh6 97.Ne6+ Kd6 98.Nf4 Kc5 99.Nd3+ 
Kb5 100.Kd5 Bg7 101.Ne5 Bf8 102.Nc6 Kb6 103.Nd4 Be7 104.Kc4 Bf8 105.Nf5 
Kc6 106.Ne3 Kb6 107.Nd5+ Ka5 108.Nf6 Bd6 109.Kd5 Be7 110.Ne8 Kb5 111.Nd6+ 
Ka5 112.Kc6 Bf8 113.Nc4+ Ka6 114.Nb6 Ka5 115.Nd7 Be7 116.Ne5 Bf8 117.Ng6 
Bh6 118.Kc5 Bg7 119.Kc4 Bf6 120.Nf4 Be7 121.Kd5 Kb5 122.Ke6 Bf8 123.Ng6 
Bh6 124.Kd5 Bg7 125.Nf4 Bf8 126.Ne6 Be7 127.Nd4+ Kb6 128.Kc4 Bf8 129.Ne6 
Be7 130.Nf4 Bf8 131.Ng6 Bh6 132.Kxb4 Bd2+ 133.Kc4 Kc6 134.Ne5+ Kd6 135.Nd3
Kc6 136.b4 Kb6 137.Nb2 Bg5 138.Na4+ Kc6 139.b5+ Kd6 140.Kd4 Bf6+ 141.Kd3 
Bg7 142.c4 Bf6 143.Nc3 Bg7 144.Ne4+ Kc7 145.c5 Ba1 146.Kc4 Bb2 147.Nc3 Bc1
148.Nd5+ Kd7 149.b6 Kc6 150.Nb4+ Kb7 151.Kb5 Bf4 152.c6+ Kb8 153.Ka6 Bg3 
154.Nd5 Ka8 155.c7 Bxc7 156.Nxc7+ Kb8 157.b7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.b4 a6 8.e4 d6 9.
Nge2 Nh5 10.O-O f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Nd5 Be6 13.b5 axb5 14.cxb5 Ne7 15.Nec3 
Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Nxd5 Nf6 18.Bg5 c6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Qb3+ d5
22.Rfc1 h6 23.Bh4 Qd6 24.Qa4 c5 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Nd7 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Rd8 28.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 29.Qa5 Qe7 30.Rb6 Kh7 31.Qa6 Qg7 32.Rb7 Rd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.a4 
e4 35.Qb5 Qc8 36.a5 c4 37.dxc4 dxc4 38.a6 c3 39.Qb7+ Qxb7 40.axb7 c2 41.
b8=Q c1=Q+ 42.Kg2 Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.b3 e5 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Rfc1 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4
Rad8 16.Nf1 Ne4 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Qc2 Ng5 19.Kg2 Nb4 20.Qc3 Qf6 21.f4 Qc6+ 
22.Kh2 Nf3+ 23.Kg3 g5 24.e4 Nd4 25.Nd2 gxf4+ 26.Kh2 Qh6 27.a3 Nbc6 28.Bd5 
Ba7 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Qd3 Qh4 31.Rf1 Nc2 32.Nc4 Nxa1 33.Bxa1 Be3 34.Rf3 Bd4 
35.Bxc6 Rxc6 36.Bxd4 exd4 37.Rxf4 b5 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.
Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.h4 Rc8 15.
Ba2 h6 16.Rc1 Rg8 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.b4 Rc6 20.h5 Bh7 21.Nb1 Ke7 
22.Rxc6 bxc6 23.Na3 Rb8 24.Nc2 c5 25.Bc4 f5 26.Bxa6 fxe4 27.f4 e3 28.Nxe3 
cxb4 29.Bb5 b3 30.Nc4 Nc5 31.Nb2 Bc2 32.Ke3 Ne4 33.Ra1 Nc3 34.Bc4 Rd8 35.
a5 Nd1+ 36.Nxd1 Bxd1 37.Rb1 Bc2 38.Rb2 Rb8 39.a6 Rb4 40.Kd4 Kd6 41.g4 Ra4 
42.g5 Ra5 43.Bxb3 Bxb3 44.Rxb3 Rxa6 45.g6 Ra4+ 46.Ke3 Ra5 47.Rb7 Rxh5 48.
Rxg7 e5 49.Rf7 exf4+ 50.Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 Bf5 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.Bf4 e6 6.e3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.g4 Nxe5 11.gxf5 Nc6 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.Bg3 Nd7 14.Bf3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bb4 16.Be2 Kh8 17.Rd1 e5 18.O-O exd4 19.Qxd5 Nf6 20.Qc4 dxe3 21.fxe3 
Qe8 22.Rf3 Qe7 23.Qh4 Bc5 24.Nf1 Ne5 25.Rf5 Ng6 26.Qg5 b6 27.Bf3 Rae8 28.
Rd3 Qf7 29.a3 h6 30.Rxf6 Qxf6 31.Qxf6 Rxf6 32.Bh5 a5 33.Kg2 Kh7 34.h4 Re7 
35.Be2 Nf8 36.h5 Rd7 37.Rc3 Rff7 38.Rc4 Bd6 39.Bh4 Be5 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 
Rc7 42.Bd3+ Kh8 43.Re4 Bd6 44.Re8 Be7 45.Bg3 Rd7 46.Bg6 Bxb4 47.Bxf7 Rxf7 
48.e4 Kg8 49.Rb8 Bc5 50.Nd2 Kh7 51.e5 Ne6 52.Ne4 Rf8 53.Rb7 Ra8 54.Bh4 Kg8
55.Bg3 Ra3 56.Rb8+ Kh7 57.Rb7 Ra4 58.Kf3 Nd4+ 59.Kg2 Kg8 60.Rb8+ Kf7 61.
Rb7+ Kg8 62.Rb8+ Kh7 63.Rb7 Ra2+ 64.Kh3 Ra8 65.Kg4 Kg8 66.Nd6 Ne6 67.Ne4 
Ra3 68.Rb8+ Kh7 69.Rb7 Ra4 70.Kf3 Ng5+ 71.Nxg5+ hxg5 72.Rc7 g4+ 73.Kg2 Kh6
74.Rf7 Re4 75.Rf5 Be3 76.Rf7 Bd4 77.Rf5 Be3 78.Rf7 b5 79.Rb7 b4 80.Rb5 
Kxh5 81.e6+ Kg6 82.Be5 Bg5 83.Kg3 Bf6 84.Bf4 Bc3 85.Rb6 Kf5 86.Rb5+ Kf6 
87.Bd6 Kxe6 88.Bf8 g6 89.Rb6+ Kd5 90.Kh4 Be1+ 91.Kg5 g3 92.Rd6+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 
Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.g4 b5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nb6 13.Rxa6 Rxa6 14.Bxa6 O-O 15.
Na5 Qa8 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.O-O d5 18.Bd2 Bb4 19.Nb3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Nc1 
Bc5+ 22.Be3 Bxe3+ 23.Qxe3 Rxb2 24.Qd2 h5 25.h3 Nd7 26.N1e2 Nf8 27.Kg2 Qc8 
28.Nd1 Rb7 29.Ne3 Rd7 30.Qa5 Ng6 31.Kf2 f6 32.Rd1 Rxd1 33.Nxd1 h4 34.Qb6 
Qd7 35.Ke1 Bf7 36.Ne3 c3 37.Nxc3 Nf4 38.Nf5 Bc4 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.exd5 Qa4 
41.Qc7 Qb4+ 42.Kd1 Qb1+ 43.Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nd2 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 Na6 10.Nc4 Nc7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 Nb5 13.Na4 Qc7 14.c3 Rae8 15.Bg5 Nd7 
16.Nab6 Nxb6 17.Nxb6 e6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qd3 Qc6 20.Rae1 h6 21.Bh4 Kh7 22.
f4 Kh8 23.e5 dxe5 24.Qxg6 Nd6 25.fxe5 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Nf5 27.Bf6 Bxf6 28.
Qxf6+ Kh7 29.Qf7+ Kh8 30.Qd7 Qxd7 31.Nxd7 Rd8 32.Nxc5 Rd2 33.Rf2 Rd1+ 34.
Rf1 Rd2 35.Nxe6 Ne3 36.Rf8+ Kh7 37.Rf7+ Kh8 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Rf7+ Kh8 40.Nf4
Rxb2 41.e6 Ng4 42.Nd5 Kg8 43.Rf1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
O-O 9.f4 a6 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bf3 a5 15.Rad1 
b4 16.axb4 axb4 17.e5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 bxc3 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Qxc3 Bxd4+ 21.Qxd4
d5 22.Rd3 Rc8 23.c3 Rb8 24.Rf2 Qh4 25.Rh3 Qe7 26.Re2 Rfc8 27.f5 Rc4 28.Qf2
Ra4 29.Rhe3 Ra1+ 30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 e5 32.h3 Qf6 33.Rf1 Qb6 34.fxg6 hxg6
35.b4 f6 36.Qxb6 Rxb6 37.Rd1 Rb5 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ra1 Rb6 41.Ra5 
Rc6 42.Kd2 Rc4 43.Ra6+ Kf5 44.g4+ Kg5 45.Rd6 d4 46.cxd4 exd4 47.b5 Rb4 48.
b6 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Kd3 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Black "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.
Nbd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.
h4 Ra4 23.f6 gxf6 24.Qg2 Kh8 25.Bb5 Ra8 26.Bd4 Nc7 27.Qf1 Nxb5 28.Qxb5 Qc8
29.Qxb3 Qc6 30.Qd5 Qxd5 31.exd5 fxg5 32.hxg5 Kg8 33.Rh5 Ra4 34.Nc2 Rc8 35.
Ne3 Rca8 36.Nf5 Bf8 37.Rdh1 Ra1+ 38.Kc2 Rc8+ 39.Bc3 Rxh1 40.Rxh1 Rc4 41.
Re1 Rc5 42.Rd1 Rc4 43.Rd4 Rc8 44.b4 Rb8 45.Kb3 Nd7 46.Rg4 Nc5+ 47.Kc2 Na4 
48.Bf6 h5 49.gxh6+ Kh7 50.Bg7 Nb6 51.Bxf8 Rxf8 52.Rg7+ Kh8 53.Nxd6 Nxd5 
54.b5 Ne3+ 55.Kb3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.Na3 e5 
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Qe8 12.f3 Nh5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Bb5 c6 15.
Bc4 b5 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Qb3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nf4 19.g4 Rfc8 20.Rd7 Ne6 21.Kc2 
Nc5 22.Rd2 Rc7 23.Rhd1 Ne6 24.Rd7 Rac8 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Nb1 Kf8 27.Nd2 a6 
28.Ra1 Ra7 29.b4 Ke8 30.Nb3 Kd7 31.Bf2 Ra8 32.Bb6 Bf8 33.Rd1+ Ke8 34.Be3 
Rd8 35.Ra1 Ra8 36.h4 Kd7 37.Rh1 Kc7 38.Rf1 Be7 39.f4 exf4 40.Bxf4+ Nxf4 
41.Rxf4 Rf8 42.h5 Kd6 43.Nd4 Bg5 44.Rf1 gxh5 45.gxh5 f6 46.Kd3 Ra8 47.Nb3 
Kc7 48.Ke2 Kb6 49.Rd1 Ra7 50.Kf3 Re7 51.Re1 Rd7 52.Ra1 Rd3+ 53.Kg4 Re3 54.
Nc5 Re2 55.Rxa6+ Kc7 56.Ra7+ Kc8 57.Kf5 Rxb2 58.Ne6 Rf2+ 59.Kg6 Bd2 60.
Rc7+ Kb8 61.Rxc6 Rf3 62.Rb6+ Kc8 63.Rxb5 Rg3+ 64.Kf7 Bxc3 65.Rc5+ Kd7 66.
b5 Be5 67.Nf8+ Kd6 68.Rc6# 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Vedder, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.
e4 Bb7 10.e5 Nfd7 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Nb6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.a5 
Nc8 16.Rd1+ Ke8 17.Nbd2 Ra7 18.Ne4 Nd7 19.Bf4 Be7 20.Rac1 f5 21.exf6 gxf6 
22.Nd4 Rb7 23.Ne6 Kf7 24.Nc7 Ne5 25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.Nxa6 Rb5 27.Naxc5 Rxa5 
28.Nb7 Ra6 29.Rc7 Kg6 30.Rdc1 Re8 31.R7c6+ Rxc6 32.Rxc6+ Kg7 33.Re6 Kf7 
34.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rae8 15.Ne5 
Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Qb6 17.Nc3 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bb5 21.Qc2 
Bxf1 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Rxf1 Rc8 24.Qe4 g5 25.b3 Rc5 26.Bg6 Qc7 27.Re1 Rc1 
28.Kg2 Rxe1 29.Qxe1 Kg7 30.Bd3 Qc6+ 31.Be4 Qc7 32.Bd3 Qc6+ 33.Kg1 Qc5 34.
Qe2 Qd4 35.Bc2 b5 36.Kg2 b4 37.f4 gxf4 38.Qg4+ Kf7 39.Qg6+ Ke7 40.Qg5+ Ke8
41.Qg6+ Kd8 42.Qxe6 fxg3 43.hxg3 Rf2+ 44.Kh3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Tan, Matthew"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Bc6 15.Bf3 
Qb7 16.Rae1 Rad8 17.b4 Kh8 18.Re2 Ne8 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Red2 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Qc7 
22.e5 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 f6 24.exd6 Rxd6 25.Ne4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 e5 27.fxe5 Qxe5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Black "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 d6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Be3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 
Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.
h4 Ne7 16.Qe2 b5 17.g4 Bd7 18.h5 gxh5 19.Rxh5 h6 20.Nh3 Qf7 21.f4 Be8 22.
Kd2 Nf5 23.Bf2 g6 24.gxf5 gxh5 25.f6 Qh7 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.f5 Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Black "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 Qb6 11.Bc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Bb3 Ne4 15.Be3
Nd6 16.Ng3 Bd7 17.Ne5 Qd8 18.Qe2 Nf7 19.Nf3 Nd6 20.Rad1 Nf5 21.Nxf5 Rxf5 
22.Bc2 Rf8 23.h4 Rxf3 24.Qxf3 Qxh4 25.g3 Qe7 26.Ba4 Qb4 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.
Qe2 Rf8 29.Qd2 Qb7 30.Bf4 Rf5 31.Be5 Qc8 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qb4 Qe8 34.Re5 
Rf7 35.Rd3 Qd8 36.Ree3 Bc8 37.Rf3 Rb7 38.Qd2 e5 39.dxe5 Bf5 40.Rb3 Rc7 41.
Qf4 Qc8 42.e6 Bxe6 43.Qe5+ Kg8 44.Rb4 Bf7 45.Rfb3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "C39"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 
Nc6 9.Bb5 Kd8 10.Be2 Rg8 11.Bf3 Nd4 12.Ne2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bd7 14.c4 Qg6 15.
Qb3 d5 16.d4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Qb6 18.Bxf4 Qxb2 19.Kf2 Bb5 20.Qxc7+ Ke8 21.Rae1
Bg7 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Qxe5+ Kf8 24.Qc5+ Ke8 25.a4 Ba6 26.h5 Rd8 27.Qc3 Qa2 
28.h6 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Rg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qxe2+ 31.Kg3 Qa6 32.Qc5 Qf6 33.Rh5 Qd6+ 
34.Re5+ Kf8 35.Kg4 Qxc5 36.dxc5 Rc8 37.Rg5 Rc6 38.Kh5 Ra6 39.Rg7 Rxa4 40.
Rxh7 Ra1 41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.Rb8 Kf6 43.Rxb7 Rh1+ 44.Kg4 Rxh6 45.Rxa7 Kg7 46.
Ra2 Rc6 47.Rc2 Kf6 48.f4 Ke6 49.Rc4 f6 50.Rc3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Qf3 Nxc4 6.dxc4 d6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.Ng3
g6 9.O-O c6 10.h3 Be6 11.b3 h5 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rfd1 O-O-O 15.
Rd2 Nf6 16.Rad1 Kc7 17.Qe3 Kb8 18.f4 h4 19.Nge2 Nh5 20.Qf2 exf4 21.Nxf4 
Bc8 22.c5 Qg5 23.Nxh5 gxh5 24.Kh1 dxc5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qxc5 
Qf6 28.Kg1 b6 29.Qe3 Qe5 30.Qf3 Be6 31.a4 Kb7 32.Kh1 Qg5 33.Qd1 Qf4 34.Qe2
Qe5 35.Qf3 Qg5 36.Qd1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Vedder, Henk"]
[Black "Balje, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Qe2 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nb3 Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 O-O 14.a4 b6 15.Rad1
Bb7 16.Nd2 Qc5 17.Qxc5 bxc5 18.Nc4 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Na5 Rab8 21.Nxb7 
Rxb7 22.Bxa6 Rxb2 23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxc2 25.Bb5 Rc8 26.Rfd1 Kf8 27.Rd8+
Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Ke7 29.Rd7+ Kf6 30.a5 Nxf4 31.a6 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nd4 33.a7 Ra2 
34.Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Black "Vul, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Na3 c5 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne3 
Bb7 9.a4 a6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.d4 Qb6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bd2 O-O 
15.b4 Be7 16.Bc3 Rd8 17.Qa1 Be4 18.Qb2 Qb7 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.Be5 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ 
Qxc8 22.Qd4 Nbd5 23.Bxf6 Qc1+ 24.Nf1 Nxf6 25.Qa7 Nd5 26.Qb8+ Bf8 27.Qxb5 
Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Haast, Anne"]
[Black "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Qc7 9.Bd2 Qxc2 10.Rc1 Qe4+ 11.Qxe4 dxe4 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Ne2 
f5 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Nc3 f5 17.O-O Nbc6 18.f3 exf3 19.Rxf3 Rhg8 20.Bf4 Rg4 
21.h3 Rg6 22.Rd1 Rag8 23.g3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Kf2 Re6 26.Rb1 Kc8 27.Rb5 
Rd8 28.Bg5 Nxd4 29.Rc3+ Rc6 30.Rxc6+ bxc6 31.Rb4 c5 32.Rb1 Rd6 33.Bf4 Rb6 
34.Re1 Rb2+ 35.Kf1 Kd7 36.Re5 Kc6 37.Re8 Ra2 38.Re7 c4 39.Rxa7 Nb5 40.Rxh7
c3 41.Rh8 d4 42.h4 Kd5 43.h5 d3 44.h6 Nd4 45.h7 Rh2 46.Rd8+ Kc4 47.h8=Q 
Rxh8 48.Rxh8 d2 49.Rc8+ Kd3 50.Rxc3+ Kxc3 51.Bxd2+ Kxd2 52.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wempe, Joost"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Ng3 Qb6 15.Qd2 
e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Be3 d4 19.Bg5 Rae8 20.Qc2 Kh8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 
22.Bxe4 Bb5 23.Rfd1 d3 24.Qd2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Black "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.g4 Nb6 8.g5 Nfd7 
9.h4 b4 10.Nd1 c5 11.h5 Rg8 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.a3 a5 14.axb4 axb4 15.Rxa8 
Nxa8 16.Bb5 Qa5 17.c4 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Nc7 19.Bxd7+ Bxd7 20.Qh2 Ne6 21.Bh8 
Nxg5 22.e5 Nh3 23.exd6 Rxh8 24.dxe7 Bg7 25.Nxh3 Rxh3 26.Qb8+ Kxe7 27.Rxh3 
Bxh3 28.Ne3 Qa1+ 29.Nd1 Qa5 30.Ne3 Be6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.
dxe5 Nf5 9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Bg5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg5 12.Nc3 Bd2 13.Re2 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 c5 15.Nb5 Kd7 16.c4 Kc6 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5+ Kxd5 20.e6 
fxe6 21.Rd1+ Kc4 22.Re4+ Kc3 23.Rd3+ Kxc2 24.Rb3 b6 25.Re2+ Kc1 26.Rbb2 
Rad8 27.Rec2+ Kd1 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Re2 Kc1 30.Rec2+ Kd1 31.Rc3 Rhd8 32.Re2 
Rb4 33.Re1+ Kd2 34.Rcc1 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Black "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.c3 Be7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nbd2 g5 9.
b4 cxb4 10.cxb4 h5 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.Be3 h4 13.Qc2 g4 14.Nfd2 Ndf6 15.Rac1 g3 
16.h3 gxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Nh5 18.Na5 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qc7 Nf4 21.Rxf4 exf4 
22.Qxd6 Ne7 23.Nf3 Qg6 24.Bb5+ Kf8 25.Qd8+ Kg7 26.Qxe7 Bxh3 27.Qg5 Qxg5 
28.Nxg5 Bg4 29.Nxb7 Kg6 30.Nf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Kf6 32.d6 Rag8+ 33.Kh2 h3 34.
Rc2 Rb8 35.Bc6 Ke6 36.d7 Ke7 37.Rd2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Black "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.e5 
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 bxa4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.Nd2 h6 13.Bh4 Rb4 14.c4 Rb6 15.
c5 Re6 16.Ndc4 Nh7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.f4 Qf6 19.Ne3 d6 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Nc6 dxc5
22.Nde7+ Rxe7 23.Qxd8 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rxd8 25.Nxd8 Nf6 26.Re5 c4 27.Rc5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Black "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 a4 
9.N3d2 Be7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Be2 Bd8 13.b4 axb3 14.Nxb3 Qc7 15.Nb5 
Qc6 16.Qxd6 Rxa2 17.Bc5 Qxd6 18.Bxd6 Rxe2+ 19.Kxe2 Bxc4+ 20.Kd1 Bxb5 21.
Bxb8 Bd3 22.Ra1 Nd7 23.Bd6 Re8 24.Kd2 Ba6 25.Rhd1 Bh4 26.g3 Bg5+ 27.f4 
exf4 28.gxf4 Bh4 29.Ke3 Nf6 30.e5 Bc4 31.Nc5 Nd5+ 32.Kf3 b5 33.Rac1 Ne7 
34.Ne4 Nf5 35.Bc5 h5 36.Rd7 Ra8 37.Nc3 Be6 38.Rb7 Rd8 39.Rxb5 Rd3+ 40.Ke2 
Bc4 41.Rb4 Ba6 42.Nb5 Rd5 43.Kf3 Bb7 44.Ke2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Black "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nb6 9.Bb3 O-O 10.h3 Bf5 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qe2 Ne4 13.Bh4 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bxf7+ Kh8 17.Ng5 Bd5 18.e4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Black "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Qb1 Qc7 15.h3 
Bh5 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb3 c4 18.Bc2 Nd7 19.Nd4 Bf6 20.g4 Bg6 21.a3 Nxc2 22.Qxc2
Nb6 23.Qc1 Rfe8 24.f3 Nxd5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.exd5 Qb7 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.fxe4 
Rxe4 29.Qd2 Rae8 30.Bf4 Bxb2 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Re1 Rxe1+ 33.Qxe1 Qd7 34.Qa5 
h5 35.Qa8+ Kh7 36.Qc6 Qe7 37.Bxd6 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 Qe2+ 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kxh4 Qf2+
41.Bg3 Bf6+ 42.g5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Black "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qd3 Be7 6.O-O-O O-O 7.Kb1 b6 8.Ne5
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.e4 Bg5 12.Bg3 Nc5 13.Qe2 Ba6 14.Qg4 c6 15.
Bxa6 Nxa6 16.exd5 cxd5 17.h4 Be7 18.h5 Rc8 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.Nd4 Bc5 21.Bh4 
Kh8 22.h6 g6 23.Qg5 f5 24.exf6 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Qf7 26.Bg3 Rfe8 27.Be5 Nc5 28.
Rh3 Rc6 29.Ra3 Ra8 30.Qe3 b5 31.Ra5 a6 32.g4 Rac8 33.g5 Kg8 34.Ra3 Nd7 35.
Rd2 Qf8 36.Rc3 Nc5 37.Rd4 Kf7 38.f3 Qd8 39.a4 bxa4 40.Rxa4 Qb6 41.Raa3 Qb7
42.Kc1 Qb5 43.Qf2 a5 44.Bd4 Na6 45.Rxc6 Rxc6 46.Bc3 a4 47.Kb1 Nc5 48.Be5 
Ra6 49.Rc3 Rc6 50.Ka2 Nd7 51.Qa7 Rxc3 52.Bxc3 e5 53.Bxe5 Ke6 54.Bc3 Kf5 
55.f7 Ke6 56.Qxd7+ Kxd7 57.f8=Q Qc4+ 58.Ka3 d4 59.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Mellema, Andries"]
[Black "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9.Rb1 Na5 10.d3 Rb8 11.c4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Be3 b6 14.c5 Be7 15.Qd2
Nb7 16.c6 Nc5 17.g4 Bg6 18.f4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Bf6 20.Nd5 Be5 21.Rbe1 Bd6 22.
Bd4 Ne6 23.Bb2 Kh8 24.Nf6 Ra8 25.Nd7 Rg8 26.Nf6 Rf8 27.h4 h6 28.h5 Bh7 29.
Nxh7 Kxh7 30.Be4+ Kg8 31.Bf6 Be7 32.Bb2 Bc5+ 33.Kg2 Qh4 34.Qe2 Bd6 35.Rh1 
Qg5 36.Bc1 Bf4 37.Qf3 Rae8 38.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 39.Kg3 Ne6 40.Qf5 Qxf5 41.Bxf5 
Nd4 42.Bd7 Rxe1 43.Rxe1 Nxc2 44.Re4 a5 45.d4 Na3 46.Re7 a4 47.Bf5 Nb5 48.
Rd7 Re8 49.Kf2 Kf8 50.Bd3 Nd6 51.Rxc7 Rc8 52.Rxc8+ Nxc8 53.Ba6 Na7 54.c7 
b5 55.c8=Q+ Nxc8 56.Bxc8 b4 57.Ba6 g6 58.Ke3 gxh5 59.gxh5 Ke7 60.Kd3 Kd6 
61.Bb5 b3 62.a3 b2 63.Kc2 Kd5 64.Kxb2 Kxd4 65.Bxa4 f5 66.Bd1 Kc4 67.Kc2 f4
68.Kd2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Black "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bd2 Nxe5 6.Bc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O g4 12.Kh1 Qh4 13.Qd4 Bd7 14.Qf4 Rae8 
15.Qg3 Qh5 16.f4 Ng6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nc3 f5 19.Bd3 Bc6 20.Rae1 Nh4 21.Rf2 
Re7 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Rfe8 24.Bb5 Rf8 25.Rc1 a6 26.Bf1 Rfe8 27.Rc3 Kf6 
28.Rfc2 Ng6 29.Qf2 Qh6 30.g3 Qf8 31.Qd2 Kg7 32.Rxc7 Kh6 33.Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Bd3 Qf7 35.Bc4 Qe7 36.Rc3 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qb1+ 38.Rc1 Qe4 39.Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Na5 11.Be2 c5 12.Qc2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Black "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.a4 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bd2 Ng4 16.g3 O-O 17.Nbd4 Qd6 18.Rc1 e5 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.N3h4 Nh6 21.Nxh6+ 
Qxh6 22.Ba4 Nb6 23.Bb5 Bd6 24.e4 Qe6 25.Be3 Nc8 26.f3 Ne7 27.Qc4 Qh3 28.
Rd1 Nc8 29.Nf5 Bb8 30.Bd7 Nb6 31.Bxb6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Groenewold, Jan Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nec6 7.Nb3 d6 8.a4 b6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.N1d2 Nd7 11.f4 Be7 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.c3 O-O 14.Rf3 e5 15.f5 Nf6 
16.Rg3 Kh8 17.Nc4 b5 18.Nb6 Rab8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Rh3 g6 22.Qf3 
Ra8 23.Rf1 Rg8 24.Nxe7 Nxe7 25.Bg5 Nxf5 26.Rh6 Ra2 27.Qh3 Kg7 28.Rxf5 gxf5
29.Bxf6+ Qxf6 30.Rxf6 Kxf6 31.Qxf5+ Ke7 32.Qf2 Rg4 33.Bb1 Ra6 34.Qe2 Rf4 
35.h3 Bc6 36.Kh2 Ra8 37.Bd3 Ra2 38.Bb1 Ra8 39.Nd2 h5 40.Bd3 Ra2 41.g3 Rf6 
42.Nf1 d5 43.exd5 Bxd5 44.Qxe5+ Be6 45.Qe2 Ra1 46.Ne3 Kf8 47.Bxb5 Bc8 48.
Bc4 h4 49.g4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Black "Archangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Na3 
cxd4 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.Nbxd4 Bc5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.a4 a6 14.b4 Be7 15.
Qb3 Nd5 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.g3 Bf6 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.c4 Ne7 20.Be3 h6 21.g4 Bg6 
22.Rfd1 Rfe8 23.a5 Rc8 24.Bf1 Nf8 25.Ne2 e5 26.Bb6 Qb8 27.Bg2 Ne6 28.Nd2 
Bg5 29.Rc3 Nc6 30.Nf3 e4 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Rd5 Nf4 33.Nxf4 gxf4 34.b5 Ne5 
35.Bd4 f6 36.Qc2 f3 37.Bf1 e3 38.Bxe5 Rxe5 39.Qxg6 e2 40.Rd7 exf1=Q+ 41.
Kxf1 Re1+ 42.Kxe1 Qe5+ 43.Re3 Qa1+ 44.Rd1 Qxa5+ 45.Kf1 Qc7 46.Re8+ Rxe8 
47.Qxe8+ Kh7 48.Qh5+ Kg8 49.Qd5+ Kh7 50.bxa6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Galje, Hans"]
[Black "Hoffman, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 a6 5.f4 c6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 b5 8.a3 Nd7 9.h3
Bxf3 10.Qxf3 bxc4 11.Bxc4 e6 12.f5 gxf5 13.exf5 e5 14.Qxc6 Rc8 15.Qd5 Rxc4
16.Qxc4 exd4 17.Ne4 Nc5 18.Bg5 f6 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bf4 Qc8 21.O-O Qxf5 22.
Rae1+ Ne7 23.Bd6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 Qe8 
9.Nd2 Nd7 10.g4 Ndc5 11.a3 f5 12.b4 h6 13.Bh4 Nxe4 14.Ndxe4 fxe4 15.Bg3 
Rf4 16.h3 h5 17.Rc1 Qe7 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Nxe4 Rff8 20.gxh5 gxh5 21.Bxh5 Bf5 
22.Bg4 Bh7 23.Qe2 Nb8 24.Be6+ Kh8 25.Qh5 Nd7 26.Ng5 Nf6 27.Qh4 Qe8 28.Bf5 
Nh5 29.Bxh7 Bh6 30.Be4 Rg8 31.Nh7 Bxc1 32.Nf6 Qf7 33.Nxh5 Bg5 34.Qg4 Bd2+ 
35.Kxd2 Rxg4 36.hxg4 Kg8 37.g5 Kf8 38.Nf6 Qg7 39.Ke2 Rd8 40.Rh6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 
Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.a4 Rd8 13.Bc4 h6 14.h3 Qc7 15.dxe5 
dxe5 16.Qe2 Nf8 17.Nh4 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nf3 Ng6 20.g3 Rd6 21.Nd2 Ra6 
22.Qb5 Rb6 23.Qc4 Rc6 24.Nb3 Rf8 25.Be3 Kh8 26.Rad1 Ne7 27.Nd2 Nc8 28.Qe2 
Ra6 29.Qb5 Rc6 30.Qe2 Ra6 31.Ra1 Nd6 32.f3 Nh5 33.Kg2 Rc6 34.Kh2 Qf7 35.
Rg1 Qg6 36.Raf1 c4 37.Rb1 b6 38.Ra1 Rc7 39.a5 b5 40.a6 Qe8 41.Qf2 Rff7 42.
g4 Nf4 43.g5 Qf8 44.gxh6 gxh6 45.Rg4 Kh7 46.Rag1 Ne8 47.Rh4 Rcd7 48.Nf1 
Qe7 49.Bc5 Qf6 50.Rhg4 Ng7 51.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 Qe7 12.Be2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 
15.Qd4 b4 16.Na4 Qa5 17.b3 Rb8 18.Rhe1 Bb7 19.f5 exf5 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.Bxd5 
Bxa4 22.e6 Nb6 23.exf7+ Kh8 24.Be6 Qb5 25.Re3 f4 26.Re5 Qc6 27.Rg5 Qc3 28.
Qxf4 Bb5 29.Rg3 Qc5 30.Rd4 Rbd8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Qf6 Qf8 33.Rxg7 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "l`Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nd7 8.b3 
Be7 9.Bb2 f6 10.Nh4 g6 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 O-O 13.Rg4 Rf7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Rxg6+ Rg7 16.Rxg7+ Kxg7 17.Qg4+ Kf7 18.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.O-O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nbd7 13.Kb1 a6 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.
Ne4 c5 16.Rc1 b5 17.Qa3 c4 18.Qxa6 Qb8 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Be4 Nd5 21.a4 c3 
22.Qc6+ Kf8 23.Bxc3 Rh5 24.Ba5 Nb4 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.g4 Rxh2 27.axb5 Bd2 28.
Rxh2 Qxh2 29.Qc2 Qf2 30.b6 Bxe3 31.Qc7 Re8 32.b7 Bxc1 33.b8=Q 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Agamaliev, Gamil"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 e6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3 
Bxg3 9.hxg3 h6 10.dxc5 e5 11.Bb5 Qe7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Qa5 e4 15.
Nd4 Ng4 16.b4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[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.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Qb6 7.a4 O-O 8.Na3 d5 
9.e5 Ng4 10.Bxc6 Qxc6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nc2 a5 13.d3 f6 14.Re1 Nf7 15.Bf4 Nd8 
16.Qd2 Re8 17.d4 c4 18.Na3 Qxa4 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Ne5 Qb3 21.Bg5 Qb6 22.Re2 
Bf5 23.Rae1 Nf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.g4 Bd3 26.Re6 Qxe6 27.Rxe6 Kxe6 28.Nb5 Kd7
29.Bf4 Rac8 30.Qd1 e5 31.dxe5 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Qa4 Rce8 34.Qxa5 Ke7 
35.Qc7+ Kf6 36.Nd4 R8e7 37.Qd6+ Kg7 38.Nf3 Re2 39.Qxd5 Rxb2 40.Qd4+ Kf7 
41.Qh8 Ke6 42.Qd8 Rd7 43.Nd4+ Kd6 44.Qf6+ Kc7 45.Ne6+ Kc6 46.Qf8 Rb1+ 47.
Kh2 Kd5 48.Qe8 Kd6 49.Nf8 Rc7 50.Qe6+ Kc5 51.Nd7+ Rxd7 52.Qxd7 b5 53.Qe7+ 
Kd5 54.f4 b4 55.cxb4 Rb3 56.Qe5+ Kc6 57.Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qe1 Qc6 15.
Bf3 Qc7 16.h3 h6 17.Nd2 Qc6 18.Nf1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.h4 b5 11.Kb1 O-O 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.Nd4 Rc8 15.g4 
Nd7 16.Qe3 b4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.g5 Ne5 19.Rg1 a5 20.h5 a4 21.Bh3 Rc5 22.g6 
Bc8 23.gxh7+ Kh8 24.Qe1 Qf6 25.Qxb4 Bd7 26.f4 Qxf4 27.Rdf1 Qh6 28.b3 Rfc8 
29.Rg2 Qxh7 30.Rfg1 Qxe4 31.Qd2 Nf3 32.Nxf3 Rxc2 33.Qd4 Rc1+ 34.Kb2 a3+ 
35.Kxa3 Ra8+ 36.Qa4 Rxa4+ 37.bxa4 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be6 9.Bd3 Bg5 10.O-O Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nge7 12.Nc2 Ng6 13.g3 Qg5 14.Nd5 O-O 15.
Kh1 Bh3 16.Rg1 f5 17.Nc7 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Rac8 19.Bd5+ Kh8 20.Be6 Bf5 21.Bxc8 
Be4+ 22.f3 Bxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Rxf3 24.Bxb7 Nge7 25.Rcf1 Qf5 26.Ne3 Qe4 27.Ng2 
Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Qxc4 29.Rf8+ Ng8 30.h4 Ne7 31.Ne8 Qe6 32.Kh2 Ng6 33.Nc7 Qd7 
34.Rc8 Ne7 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 
9.O-O Nd7 10.b4 a6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Ng5 g6 13.Qf3 Qe7 14.exd6 Qf6 15.Qg4 Bxd6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rxe6+ Kf7 18.Rxf6+ N7xf6 19.Qd1 Ba4 20.Qf1 Kg7 21.g3 Bb8 
22.Nd2 Ba7 23.Nf3 Rhf8 24.Qh3 h5 25.Qh4 Ng4 26.Bxg6 Kxg6 27.Qg5+ Kf7 28.
Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Slingerland, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7 
9.Rd1 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.b3 Rd8 12.Bb2 cxd4 13.exd4 Na5 14.Rac1 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Bd7 16.d5 Bc5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 h6 19.Rd3 Qb6 20.Rc2 exd5 21.cxd5 
Re8 22.Ne5 f6 23.Qc4 Bd6 24.Rb3 Qa5 25.Bc3 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.Nd2 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Ngf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2 h6 
9.c3 e5 10.a3 d4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Be6 14.Ba3 b5 15.Rfc1 Qb6 16.
Qd1 Rfc8 17.Nb3 Nd7 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.bxc5 Qc7 20.h4 Bf8 21.Kh2 b4 22.Bb2 Na5
23.Bh3 Bxh3 24.Kxh3 Bxc5 25.h5 Qd6 26.Nd2 Qe6+ 27.Qg4 Qxg4+ 28.Kxg4 Bd6 
29.f4 Rc3 30.fxe5 Bxe5 31.Nf3 Bg7 32.Rd1 Rb8 33.e5 Nc6 34.Kf4 b3 35.Rac1 
Rb4 36.Ke4 Rxa4 37.Ra1 Rxa1 38.Rxa1 Rc2 39.Nxd4 Bxe5 40.Rxa6 Bxd4 41.Ra8+ 
Kg7 42.Bxd4+ Nxd4 43.Kxd4 b2 44.Rb8 Kf6 45.hxg6 fxg6 46.Kd5 h5 47.Ke4 Kg5 
48.Kf3 Kf5 49.Rb5+ Ke6 50.Kf4 Kd6 51.d4 Kc6 52.Rb8 Kd5 53.Rb4 Rh2 54.Kg5 
Rg2 55.Kxg6 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 
O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Ne2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Ng3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc6 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.
Rae1 Na5 16.e4 Nc4 17.Bc1 b5 18.Bg5 Qb6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.exd5 cxd4 21.cxd4 
a6 22.Re4 g6 23.Rfe1 Red8 24.Re5 Qd6 25.Re7 Qxd5 26.Ra7 Ra8 27.Rc7 Qxd4+ 
28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.Ree7 Nd6 30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.fxe4 Rf8 32.e5 Kg7 33.e6 Kf6 34.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 35.exf7 Kg7 36.f8=B+ Kxf8 37.Rxh7 Rd3 38.a4 bxa4 39.Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Prasanna, Raghuram Rao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 b4 8.O-O d6 9.
a5 O-O 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bc4 Qc8 12.Re1 h6 13.Nf1 Nd7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bd5 Qd7 
16.Be3 Nb7 17.Qd2 Bxd5 18.exd5 Ncd8 19.d4 f6 20.Qxb4 c5 21.dxc5 dxc5 22.
Qe4 Qe8 23.Nh4 Nf7 24.Ngf5 Nbd6 25.Qg4 Nxf5 26.Nxf5 g5 27.Red1 Rd8 28.Qc4 
Nd6 29.Qxa6 Ra8 30.Qd3 e4 31.Nxe7+ Qxe7 32.Qa3 f5 33.Bxc5 Ra6 34.b4 Qd7 
35.Qa4 Nb5 36.c4 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Wempe, Joost"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 
Ba6 9.Nf3 d6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Qe7 15.
O-O Rac8 16.b5 Bb7 17.a4 Rfd8 18.Rfc1 Rc5 19.Nd4 Rh5 20.Bg3 Ne4 21.a5 Nxg3
22.hxg3 e5 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.e4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxf5 26.axb6 axb6 27.Ra6 d5 28.
cxd5 Rxf2 29.Qe3 Rb2 30.Rxb6 Qf5 31.d6 e4 32.Rf1 Qd5 33.Qc3 Qa2 34.Rxf7 
Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Black "Vedder, Henk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 Ba6 6.Ne2 Ne7 7.c3 Nf5 8.O-O Be7 
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bc2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 c5 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e6 Nc6 15.
Nd2 Qd6 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Bg5 fxe6 18.Qxe6+ Qxe6 19.Rxe6 Nd8 20.Re2 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 h6 22.Nf3 Nc6 23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Red2 Ne7 25.b4 cxb4 26.cxb4 Rb8 27.Re2 
Ng6 28.Rb2 Rfc8 29.g3 Ne7 30.Rd3 Rc4 31.Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Black "Strating, Sybolt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Be2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nd7 8.O-O 
Ngf6 9.Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.c4 O-O 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.Bf4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Black "Tan, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Ne5 Nf6 7.Nxd7 Nbxd7 
8.d3 e6 9.Qf3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Qh3 Be7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qg3 Ng6 15.
f4 O-O 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 c4 18.dxc4 bxc4 19.Ba4 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Rfd8 21.Qe1 
Bc5 22.Rb1 Ng4 23.h3 Nf2+ 24.Kh2 Nh4 25.Nd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Bd6+ 27.Kg1 Nxh3+
28.Kh1 Nf2+ 29.Kg1 Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Nh3+ 32.Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Chapman, Terry PD"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 a5 
9.h3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Vul, Arkady"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.Qc2 Re8 
9.e4 e5 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxe5 Nfd7 12.Na4 Qb5 13.Rd1 Na6 14.Bf1 Qa5 15.Bd2 
Qc7 16.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Van der Elburg, Freddie"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Black "Cako, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Nc4 Qc8 12.h3 Rb8 13.a5 Kh8 14.Be3 Ng8 15.d4 exd4 
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Rb5 18.Qd3 f5 19.Qg3 Bf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Bd5 22.
Rad1 Qb7 23.Bxc7 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 f4 25.Bxf4 Rxa5 26.b3 Bc3 27.Re6 Nf6 28.Be3 
Ne4 29.Qf3 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Vedder, Richard"]
[Black "Jellema, Yme Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6 7.N1e2 Nf6 8.O-O 
Bd6 9.f4 O-O 10.f5 exf5 11.Nxf5 Bxf5 12.Rxf5 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Qf3 Qb6 
15.c3 Ne5 16.Rxe5 Bxe5 17.Nf5 Rae8 18.Kf1 Bb8 19.Nxg7 Kxg7 20.Bh6+ Kxh6 
21.Qxf6+ Kh5 22.Bxf7+ Kg4 23.h3+ Kg3 24.Kg1 Qb3 25.Qg5# 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Haast, Anne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 h6 12.h4 Kh8 13.g5 f4 14.Kf2 Ng8 15.Rg1 Rf7 16.
Nd3 Bf8 17.Bf1 Be7 18.Bh3 hxg5 19.hxg5 Rh7 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.Nxf4 Kg7 22.Nd3
Rh2+ 23.Ke1 Rh5 24.f4 exf4 25.Nxf4 Rxg5 26.Ne6+ Bxe6 27.Bxg5 Bxg5 28.dxe6 
Be3 29.Rg3 Qh4 30.Qg4 Qxg4 31.Rxg4 Nf6 32.Rg2 Re8 33.Nd5 Bh6 34.Nxc7 Re7 
35.Nd5 Rxe6 36.Nxf6 Kxf6 37.Rg4 Ke5 38.Ke2 Kd4 39.Rh1 g5 40.b3 Bg7 41.Rxg5
Rxe4+ 42.Kf3 Re3+ 43.Kf2 Be5 44.Rg4+ Kd3 45.Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Ducarmon, Quinten"]
[Black "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 
Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 O-O 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.Kb1 Bg5 14.h4 Bxh4 
15.g3 Bf6 16.Qf3 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Rxh7 g6 20.Rdh1 d3 21.
Bxd3 Bg7 22.Qf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Van Apeldoorn, Janton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 
e5 9.Qd2 h6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nh2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne6 14.Be3 Nd4 15.
Rae1 Be6 16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Ne2 Nxe2+ 18.Rxe2 b6 19.Bf4 Kb7 20.Ref2 g5 21.Be5
f6 22.Bc3 h5 23.e5 g4 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Ng5 Qe7 27.Rf7 Bxf7 28.
Rxf7 Rd7 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.h4 Ka8 31.Ne4 Rhe8 32.Qh6 Re5 33.Qxc6+ Kb8 34.Nd6
Re1+ 35.Kh2 g3+ 36.Kh3 Rh1+ 37.Kxg3 Rg8+ 38.Kf2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Dal Borgo, Albin"]
[Black "Akotchik, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Qc2 f5 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O-O Kh8
9.h3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Nf7 12.g4 Na6 13.Nf3 Rb8 14.gxf5 exf5 15.e4 b4
16.Na4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Re8 18.Qd3 Qa5 19.b3 Nc7 20.Be3 Bf5 21.Qc4 Nd5 22.Bd3 
Be6 23.Qc2 Nc3 24.Nxc3 bxc3 25.Rdg1 Rxb3 26.axb3 Qa3+ 27.Kd1 Bxb3 28.Ke2 
Bxc2 29.Bxc2 Qa2 30.Kd3 Rb8 31.Rb1 Rb2 32.Rxb2 cxb2 33.Nd2 Qa3+ 34.Bb3 Bb4
35.Kc2 Nd6 36.Rb1 Nb5 37.Nc4 Qa1 38.Rxb2 Qe1 39.Ne5 Na3+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Balje, Jan"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.
Nd4 Na6 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 g5 12.e3 Qg6 13.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Mellema, Andries"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 
Bd6 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 h6 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Bh3 c6 15.Ne5 
Rc7 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.e4 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.b5 c4 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Bc3 Ne5 
22.Bf5 Rce7 23.Kf1 Qb6 24.a4 g6 25.Ne4 Bb8 26.a5 Bxe4 27.axb6 Bxc2 28.bxa7
Bxa7 29.Bxc2 Bc5 30.Ra4 Kf8 31.h3 Bd6 32.f4 Nf3 33.Rxe7 Kxe7 34.Kg2 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Mostertman, Milan"]
[Black "Clemens, Adrian HP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 g5 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qg3 Bd7 14.Nf3 Nxf3 15.Qxf3
O-O 16.Qg3 Bc6 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bb3 b4 19.Na4 Bxe4 20.Rhe1 d5 21.Nb6 Rad8 22.
Ba4 Bd6 23.Qb3 Qe7 24.Qh3 Kh7 25.f6 Qc7 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.c4 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Ten Vergert, Paul"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 
Nd5 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.f4 Rb8 11.c3 a5 12.Qg4 Qa7 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxg7 Bf8 15.
Qxh8 Ne3 16.Qxh7 Rb4 17.cxb4 Bxb4+ 18.Bd2 Nxf1 19.Qg8+ Ke7 20.Bxb4+ axb4 
21.Qg5+ Ke8 22.f5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Black "Haitsma, Anne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Algra, Jouke M"]
[Black "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.h3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Qb6 8.Qc1 Re8 
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bh2 Qc7 12.Nf1 c5 13.c3 Qc6 14.a4 a6 15.b4 b6 16.
a5 e4 17.N3d2 b5 18.f3 cxb4 19.cxb4 Qxc1 20.Raxc1 d5 21.Nb3 Nf8 22.Nc5 Ne6
23.Red1 exf3 24.Bxf3 Ng5 25.Be2 Nge4 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Meurs, Tom WA"]
[Black "Sparenberg, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 
15.h4 h6 16.g4 Qc7 17.g5 h5 18.Bc4 Red8 19.Qf2 Rd7 20.Rd2 Rb8 21.Rhd1 Qa5 
22.Ba3 Rdb7 23.Bb3 Bf5 24.Nd6 Nb4 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 26.c3 Nd5 27.Qc5 Rb5 28.
Qxc6 Nf4 29.Qe8+ Kh7 30.Rd8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Hovenga, Alje"]
[Black "Galje, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Nh5 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Be2 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qh4 15.Bxh5
gxh5 16.Qd2 f5 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Re8 19.Bf4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 fxe4 21.Rab1 b5
22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxb5 Ba6 24.Rb6 Bc4 25.Rxd6 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.d6 Bd3 
28.Ra1 Rd7 29.Ra5 c4 30.Rxh5 Kg7 31.Rc5 Kf7 32.g4 Ke6 33.Kh2 Rf7 34.Kg3 
Bf1 35.h4 Bd3 36.h5 Bf1 37.g5 Bd3 38.Rc7 Be2 39.Rxf7 Kxf7 40.g6+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Rademakers, Evert"]
[Black "Potze, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.h4 c6 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.O-O-O 
Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bxe5 10.dxe5 h5 11.e4 e6 12.f4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Be2 b6 15.Bf3
Qc5 16.Rhe1 a5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.f5 gxf5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bxd5 Ra7 21.Qg5 Qe7
22.e6 Ne5 23.exf7+ Kf8 24.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Black "Rooda, Kai P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Bb5 c6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.d4 cxd4 15.Bd3 dxc3
16.Bxb5 cxb2 17.Bxb2 Qb6 18.Qa4 Bd7 19.Rec1 Rec8 20.Rab1 a6 21.Bf1 Nd4 22.
Qd1 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Qc6 25.Qxc6 Bxc6 26.Ba3 d5 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.
Rb6 Bb5 29.Bxb5 axb5 30.exd5 Rxa2 31.d6 Ra8 32.Rxb5 Nd7 33.Rb7 Rd8 34.Ne4 
f6 35.Kf1 Ke8 36.Ke2 Rb8 37.Ra7 Rb4 38.Kd3 Rd4+ 39.Ke3 h6 40.Ra8+ Kf7 41.
Rd8 Nb6 42.Ke2 Nc4 43.Rd7+ Kg6 44.Ra7 Nxd6 45.Nc5 Nf5 46.Ne4 Nd6 47.Ke3 
Nf5+ 48.Ke2 Rc4 49.Ra1 Rc2+ 50.Kd3 Rb2 51.Kc3 Rb7 52.Ng3 Nd4 53.f4 Nb5+ 
54.Kd3 exf4 55.Ne2 Kf5 56.Ra5 Kg4 57.Ng1 g5 58.Ra6 Kf5 59.f3 Nc7 0-1

[Event "12th Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Hendriks, Richard V"]
[Black "Van der Velde, Wytse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Ndb5 Qd8 8.
Nd5 Bb4+ 9.c3 Ba5 10.b4 a6 11.Nd4 Bb6 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 d5 15.
O-O Re8 16.e3 Be6 17.Qh5 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Qd7 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.Qd1 Bf5 21.Rxc8 
Rxc8 22.Rc1 Be6 23.a3 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Qc6 25.Qb2 Qa4 1/2-1/2
