[Event "52nd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 
9.e3 a5 10.Ne5 Na6 11.Nxc4 Nb4 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Rd1 c5 15.dxc5 Qc7 
16.Nb6 Rad8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.e4 Rd3 19.Bf1 Ng4 20.Nbd5 Qxc5+ 21.Kg2 Bxd5 
22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Ne5 24.Bf4 Qxd5 25.Ra3 Rxa3 26.bxa3 Nc6 27.Qb5 Qa2+ 
28.Kh3 Qxa3 29.Bd3 h6 30.Be4 Qa1 31.Kg2 Qa2+ 32.Kh1 Qf2 33.Qb1 e5 0-1

[Event "52nd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.e4 Bd6 13.Nb5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 
15.Be3 a6 16.Nd4 b5 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.f4 Qh5 21.Bc5 
Rfd8 22.b4 Rac8 23.e5 Nd5 24.Qb3 a5 25.a3 a4 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Raxd1 Nc3 28.
Rd2 Be4 29.Bd6 f5 30.Kh2 Bxd3 31.Rxd3 Ne4 32.Rff3 Rc2 33.Be7 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 
Rd2 35.Re3 Kf7 36.Bh4 Ke8 37.Be1 Rb2 38.Rd3 h6 39.Rd1 Ra2 40.Rc1 Kd7 41.
Rd1+ Kc6 42.Rc1+ Kd5 43.Rd1+ Kc4 44.Rc1+ Kb3 45.Rc6 Re2 0-1

[Event "52nd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Nf5 9.Nc2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bc3 Be7 12.O-O a5 13.a3 O-O 14.Bd3 Kh8 15.Re1
Na7 16.a4 Nc6 17.Bb5 Be8 18.Qd2 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Bd6 
22.g3 Nb4 23.Bf1 Bg6 24.Nh4 Be4 25.Rae1 Rh6 26.f3 Rxh4 27.fxe4 Rxe4 28.
Rxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 e5 30.Kh1 Rf8 31.Bg2 Qa6 32.Re2 Na2 33.Rf2 Nxc3 34.bxc3 
Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "52nd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Rc1 Nd7 
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Bb3 b6 15.e4 
Bb7 16.Qe3 c5 17.d5 b5 18.Qf4 c4 19.Qc7 Qd8 20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.
Bc2 Nc5 23.Re1 Bc6 24.a3 g5 25.h3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Rxd3 27.Re2 Rfd8 28.Ne1 Rd2 
29.Rc2 R2d7 30.e5 Rd4 31.Nf3 Rf4 32.Re3 Rd7 33.Rce2 Bxf3 34.Rxf3 Rxf3 35.
gxf3 Kf7 36.Kg2 Rd4 37.a4 b4 38.Ne4 Bxe5 39.Nc5 Rd5 40.Nxa6 Bd6 41.Re4 Ra5
42.Nxb4 Bxb4 43.Rxc4 Bd6 44.b3 Ra8 45.h4 Rb8 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Rc3 Be5 48.
Rd3 Rb4 49.Rd7+ Kf6 50.Rd3 Bd4 51.Kg3 e5 52.Kg2 Kf5 53.Kg3 Rb8 0-1

