[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. a4 Nc7 9. Bc4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 a6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bh4 b5 14. Bf1 e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Rad1 h6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe8 20. Re1 c4 21. Ndf3 Ne6 22. axb5 axb5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Qc8 26. Bxb5 Nc5 27. Qc4 Qf5 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. h3 Rd8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Bxe8 Ne6 32. Bd7 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. g3 Ng5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Bc6 Qc7 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Qc5 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Bxe5 40. c4 Bd4 41. Kf3 f5 42. g4 Kf6 43. Be8 Bc5 44. Ke2 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ke5 46. Bxg6 Kd4 47. f4 Kxc4 48. fxg5 Kd4 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Kg3 Be7 51. Kh4 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Qc2 d6 11. Rad1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qa4 Qe8 14. Qxe8 Rxe8 15. Bh3 Bb7 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. e4 g6 18. Bg2 Rab8 19. f4 Kf7 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bh8 23. d5 h6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nd4 a5 26. dxe6+ Nxe6 27. Nc6 Rbc8 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. b4 a4 30. Red1 Bg7 31. R1d5 Ra8 32. a3 Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Rd1 Rad8 35. Nc6 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kg8 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nd5 Kh8 39. Nxc7 Nxc7 40. Rxc7 Bxe5 41. Bxe5+ Rxe5 42. Rc6 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Rxg6 Rc2 45. Rxh6+ Kg7 46. Rc6 Rc3+ 47. Kf4 Kf7 48. Kxf5 Rxg3 49. Rxb6 Ke7 50. Ke5 Kd7 51. Ra6 Rxa3 52. Kd5 Ra1 53. c5 a3 54. Ra7+ Kc8 55. b5 Kb8 56. b6 Rd1+ 57. Kc6 Rd3 58. Rh7 Rd8 59. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nf5 Ne6 13. Ne4 Bd8 14. Qg4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Be3 d6 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Ng3 c5 20. c3 Rb8 21. b3 Qf7 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Rd2 a5 24. Qc4 Bc6 25. Qa6 Qd7 26. Qc4 Kh8 27. Red1 Qe8 28. a3 Bb7 29. f3 Qc6 30. Ne4 Rg6 31. h4 Ba6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Bb7 34. Rf5 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rf6 36. Rdf1 Rxf5 37. exf5 Nf8 38. f6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg7 40. Rf3 Rxb3 41. Bg5 Rxa3 42. Bf6+ Kg8 43. Be7 Nd7 44. Bd8 a4 45. Bxc7 Rb3 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

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 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15. Bf4 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Bh5 18. e6 c6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg6 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Re3 Rac8 23. Rae1 Qa5 24. Bb3 Qa3 25. Qe2 Rce8 26. g3 Qa5 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Bh7 29. Qd1 Kh8 30. Qc1 Ba3 31. Qb1 Qd8 32. Bc2 Qf6 33. Qd1 Bg8 34. Qe2 Qe7 35. Bd3 c5 36. Re5 cxd4 37. cxd4 Bb4 38. Bd2 Bd6 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Bxf5 Qf6 41. Bh3 Qxd4 42. Be3 Qf6 43. Qd2 Qf3 44. Qd1 Qxd1 45. Rxd1 Bxe6 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Rxd5 Bxg3 48. a4 b4 49. fxg3 Rxe3 50. Kg2 Re8 51. Kf3 Rb8 52. Ke3 b3 53. Rd1 b2 54. Rb1 g6 55. g4 Kg7 56. Kd3 Kf6 57. Kc2 Kg5 58. a5 Rb5 59. Kc3 gxh5 60. gxh5 Kxh5 61. Kc2 Kg4 62. Rg1+ Kf3 63. Kb1 h5 64. Rg6 Rxa5 65. Kxb2 h4 66. Rf6+ Kg4 67. Rg6+ Rg5 68. Rxa6 h3 69. Ra4+ Kg3 70. Ra3+ Kg2 71. Rd3 h2 72. Rd2+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. a3 Qa5 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. Be3 d4 11. axb4 Qd8 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nge2 Bb6 14. Nd5 O-O 15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Be6 17. Nec3 Nc6 18. b5 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc4 22. d6 Nxd6 23. Bxb7 Rc5 24. Bf3 Qb8 25. Kg2 Nf5 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Nb4 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Nc6 Bb6 30. b4 e6 31. Be2 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Bd3 Rc8 34. Nxa7 Rc3 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Ra6 Bxa7 37. Rxa7 f4 38. g4 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rd3 40. Rc5 Kf6 41. b5 h5 42. gxh5 Kg7 43. Rc6 Rb3 44. h6+ Kh7 45. b6 d4 46. Rf6 d3 47. Rxf4 Rxb6 48. Rxf7+ Kxh6 49. Rd7 Rb3 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. Rd5+ Kf6 52. Kg4 Ke6 53. Rd8 Ke5 54. f4+ Ke4 55. f5 Rb5 56. f6 Rd5 57. Rxd5 Kxd5 58. f7 d2 59. f8=Q d1=Q+ 60. Kg5 Qg1+ 61. Kh5 Qd1+ 62. Kg6 Qg1+ 63. Kh7 Ke6 64. Qf4 Qb1+ 65. Kh6 Ke7 66. h4 Qb6+ 67. Kh5 Qf6 68. Qxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rd1 Qe7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. f3 d6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. e4 Ba4 13. Rd2 Nb3 14. Rd1 Nc5 15. Rd2 Nb3 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Rd2 Nb3 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. Rd2 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. h3 h6 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. Rcd2 Nb4 20. Nd4 Rd7 21. Qg4 Rcd8 22. e4 Rd6 23. e5 Rg6 24. Qh4 Re8 25. Ncb5 Nbc6 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. b3 Nxe5 28. Qxe7 Qxd6 29. Qxb7 Rg5 30. f4 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. f4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 h5 15. Qf2 Qe6 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Rd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Rf1 Bf5 21. Rff2 g6 22. h3 h4 23. Rfe2 c5 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Qf2 Rad8 26. Ng5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Re2 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

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 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 Qc8 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nxb5 a4 20. Bd1 Qd7 21. Nd4 Ra5 22. f3 Rxd5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Qh4 f5 25. Bxa4 Qxa4 26. Qxe7 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd1 d5 31. g3 Rb8 32. Rf2 Rb4 33. Rfd2 e3 34. Re2 d4 35. Kg2 Re4 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Rb1 Kf7 38. b4 Ke6 39. a4 Kd5 40. a5 Re8 41. b5 Ra4 42. a6 Ra5 43. Kf4 Ra3 44. Kf3 Ra4 45. h3 Ra5 46. Kf4 Ra3 47. Kf3 Ra4 48. h4 h5 49. b6 Rxa6 50. b7 Rb8 51. Rc2 Rc6 52. Rxc6 Kxc6 53. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Kg1 Bd7 16. c5 Qc7 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bb5 Nd8 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bb5 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O f6 9. a3 Nh6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nf7 12. Be3 f5 13. Qb1 f4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Nb1 Be6 17. Qb2 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Kh2 Rf6 20. Rh1 Qh5 21. f3 g5 22. Kg1 Rh6 23. Be1 g4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Nd2 Bf6 26. Bf2 Kh8 27. Rh2 Rg8 28. Kf1 Be6 29. Ke1 Rhg6 30. Rxa7 Rxg2 31. Rxg2 Rxg2 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Qa1 Bh4 34. Qa7+ Bf7 35. Qb8 Bxf2+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kxg2 Qg1+ 38. Kf3 Bh5# 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Nc4 Nb6 7. Nxb6 Qxb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Qc6 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qh3 O-O-O 15. d3 h5 16. a4 a6 17. a5 h4 18. Na4 Nd5 19. f4 f5 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd6 23. Qf3 g5 24. Rfe1 Nxf4 25. Nxc5 Rh7 26. Qf2 Re7 27. b4 Rde8 28. h3 Kb8 29. d4 Ng6 30. R5e2 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Qf6 Nf4 33. Re4 Nd5 34. Qxh4 g3 35. b5 axb5 36. Rg4 e5 37. Qxg3 Nf6 38. Rh4 Rg8 39. Qf3 exd4 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Nd3 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Nd5 43. Qxd5 Rf8+ 44. Rf4 Rxf4+ 45. Nxf4 Qc1+ 46. Ke2 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

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 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Nxd5 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ng5 20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. f4 Na5 23. f5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Ng5 25. Be2 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf3 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rc1 Rfe8 30. Rxc7 b4 31. Qxb4 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Rab8 33. Qxa4 Qh4 34. Qc6 Qg4 35. b4 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 h6 39. f6 Qg4+ 40. Qg2 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 gxf6 42. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Qg4 g6 17. f4 Ra7 18. Ne2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 e5 11. Bb2 a5 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. dxe5 Kh8 17. Rab1 Bd5 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Bc4 Qe6 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rbc1 Nb6 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Ba1 Rfb8 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Ra6 28. Bc3 a4 29. Bb4 Be4 30. f3 Bd5 31. e4 Bb3 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. Kf2 h6 34. h4 Rb6 35. Ke3 Kh7 36. h5 Ra6 37. f4 Kg8 38. f5 Re8 39. Rd7 exf5 40. exf5 Bd5 41. e6 Rea8 42. Rcxd5 cxd5 43. Bc5 Kh8 44. Bd4 Rg8 45. Re7 Raa8 46. f6 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. g3 Nb6 10. b3 e6 11. Rc1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd6 19. Qc4 Kh8 20. Nd3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 c6 22. Nc5 Nb6 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. Bf4 Qd5 25. a4 g5 26. Bd2 Qf5 27. Ne6 Rg8 28. a5 Nd5 29. a6 Bh6 30. axb7 Rxb7 31. Rxc6 Nf4 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Rcxe6 Rxb3 35. Rxf6 Bg5 36. Rf5 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 d6 6. Nd2 e6 7. h4 Rg8 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. c3 Qe7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Qc2 Nf7 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. c4 Kb8 17. Nc3 Ng4 18. Nb3 Nfh6 19. c5 Bc8 20. c6 b6 21. Kb1 Qe8 22. d5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 exd5 24. Nd4 Rh8 25. Qa3 Ne5 26. b5 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Ng4 28. Rc1 Ne5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Nc2 Qe6 31. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 a5 19. h4 b5 20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Be7 Nd7 23. Rd2 Nb6 24. g4 Ra7 25. Bc5 Rb7 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. Red1 Rbb8 28. Rd6 Kf8 29. R1d4 Ke7 30. g5 Be8 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bd3 Rc8 34. Kd2 Rc5 35. Re4 Bc6 36. Re3 b4 37. a3 h6 38. axb4 axb4 39. Be4 Bd5 40. Kd3 hxg5 41. hxg5 b3 42. cxb3 Bxb3 43. Kd4 Rc4+ 44. Kd3 Rc8 45. Kd4 Rc4+ 46. Kd3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. a4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 g5 17. b3 Ng7 18. h4 h6 19. Bh3 Qe8 20. Nh2 Nf5 21. Ndf3 Qg6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Rf7 25. Qd3 Rh7 26. Bg4 Nd7 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rac1 Nf8 29. Rc5 Ne7 30. Qxg6+ Nexg6 31. Rfc1 Bd7 32. Ne1 Bc6 33. Nd3 Ne7 34. e3 Kf7 35. Bf3 Nd7 36. R5c2 e5 37. dxe5 fxe5 38. Ng4 e4 39. Nde5+ Nxe5 40. Nxe5+ Ke6 41. Nxc6 Nxc6 42. Bg2 g4 43. Rc5 Rah8 44. Rb5 Rd7 45. Rd1 Rc8 46. Rc1 Rh8 47. Rd1 Rc8 48. Rc1 Rdc7 49. Bf1 Ne5 50. Rxc7 Nf3+ 51. Kg2 Rxc7 52. Rb6+ Ke5 53. Rh6 Rc2 54. Rg6 Kf5 55. Rd6 Rd2 56. Bb5 Rd1 57. Bf1 d4 58. exd4 e3 59. Rd5+ Ke6 60. Rd8 Ke7 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 a5 13. Rd2 Bd6 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bd8 19. Nc3 Ne7 20. Rd2 Ng6 21. Bg3 h5 22. h4 Rf8 23. Rd5 f5 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. exf5 Ne7 26. f6 gxf6 27. Ne2 Ng6 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Kd7 30. f3 Ke6 31. c4 f5 32. g3 c6 33. Kg2 b5 34. b3 bxc4 35. bxc4 Bf6 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. Bc3 Bc7 38. Kh3 Kf7 39. Bd2 Kg6 40. Be3 Bd6 41. Bg5 Be5 42. Be7 Bd4 43. Bd8 Bc3 44. Bb6 Bb4 45. g4 Bc3 46. Bxc5 Be1 47. Bd6 Bc3 48. Bc7 fxg4+ 49. fxg4 Be1 50. Bd8 Kh6 51. Be7 Kg6 52. Bg5 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Na3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Qd5 Qc6 14. Qxc6 Nxc6 15. Ncd2 e6 16. Nh4 Bc5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. Bg3 Ke7 20. Bg2 Rac8 21. Ke2 Rhd8 22. Rhd1 Bb6 23. a4 b4 24. a5 Ba7 25. Ra4 Rd7 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxb4 Nd3 28. Rb7 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bc6 Rxb2 32. Ne4 e5 33. f3 Be3 34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rd6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 e6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. a3 a5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Ra2 Qb6 14. Rfa1 Qb7 15. Qd1 Rfb8 16. g3 Ne8 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. c4 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nb5 20. Bb2 c5 21. Rc1 Qa7 22. Bf1 a4 23. Qg4 g6 24. Be2 Qa5 25. Ba1 Nxa3 26. Bc3 axb3 27. Bxa5 bxa2 28. Ra1 Rxa5 29. Rxa2 Rb4 30. Qf3 Ra8 31. Kh2 Rbb8 32. Qh1 Nb5 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. d4 Rb8 35. dxc5 Nxc5 36. Qa1 Nc7 37. h4 h5 38. Kg2 Ne8 39. Qa5 Bf8 40. Bb5 Nf6 41. Nf3 Nce4 42. Ne5 Nd6 43. Bd3 Rc8 44. Qa7 Nfe8 45. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 g6 10. c5 e6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bd2 Ng8 13. Ne2 a5 14. h4 h5 15. Ng1 Ne7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. a3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Ng5 O-O 20. O-O-O Rfb8 21. Rdg1 Kf8 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nh7+ Ke8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. f3 a4 26. b4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Ng4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qxd6 Re6 22. Qd3+ Rg6 23. f4 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qc7 25. Rf5 Nc4 26. Rd5 Qe7 27. b3 Nb6 28. Re5 Qd6 29. Qf5 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Re2 Qd5 34. Re5 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Qd6 37. Kh4 Nd7 38. Re8 Nf6 39. Nxf6+ Qxf6+ 40. Qxf6 Rxf6 41. Re5 c4 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Rc5 Rf2 44. bxc4 Rxg2 45. cxb5 axb5 46. Rxb5 f6 47. a4 Kh7 48. a5 Kh6 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rc5 Kh6 51. Rh5+ Kg6 52. Rc5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. d4 c5 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qb3 b4 15. Nbd2 Be7 16. Ra7 Bd5 17. Qa4+ Bc6 18. Qa6 O-O 19. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Bb6 14. b4 O-O 15. Qb3 d4 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bc4 Nde5 18. Bd5 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Bg6 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qd1 Qe7 24. Rd2 Ba7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Bxd4 Bb8 27. Bc5 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qe6 29. e5 h6 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. Bd6 Qb3 33. Qb6 Bxd6 34. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Be1 Qc7 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Ne2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. d3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Nxc3 17. Ncxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc3 Bf6 22. d4 Rc8 23. Qc4+ Qd5 24. Qxd5+ Bxd5 25. Ba3 h5 26. Bc5 h4 27. Rec1 Rh8 28. Rab1 Rh5 29. Kf1 Bg5 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rb8 Bc6 32. Rc8 Bxa4 33. Rxc7+ Kg6 34. Ra7 Bb5+ 35. Kg1 a4 36. Rb1 Bc6 37. Rb6 Bd5 38. f3 Bb3 39. Be7 Rb5 40. Rd6 Kf5 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. Raa6 Kf4 43. Rxf6+ Ke3 44. Rh6 Rb4 45. Rxh4 Kd3 46. Rg4 Bd5 47. Ra5 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. d5 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Ne7 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Be3 a5 15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. Rac1 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Bh3 Rf8 19. Be6+ Kh8 20. f4 Ne7 21. Bf2 Nf6 22. Ne3 Ne4 23. Ng4 Bc8 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. Qe4 Nd4 28. Nc2 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 Qf6 30. Re2 Ba6 31. Rf2 Rab8 32. Rdd2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Ba3 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Nb4 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nd5 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa3 16. bxa3 b5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Ne2 Rab8 19. Nc1 Rb2+ 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Ne7 Re8 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Ne7 Re8 24. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rad1 Qxb2 14. Nb5 a6 15. Rb1 Qa2 16. Ra1 Qb3 17. Rfb1 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxh7 Rh8 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Ng5 Bd6 26. Re1 Nxd4 27. Rac1 Qe7 28. Bc3 Nxh7 29. Nxh7+ Kg8 30. Ng5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. e5 b4 10. Ne2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. f5 Nd7 14. h4 N7f6 15. h5 Nxh5 16. O-O-O e5 17. Rdg1 Kh8 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Kb1 Ndf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bc4 Re7 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Rc1 a5 27. d5 Rd8 28. Qd4+ Nf6 29. Qxf4 Nxd5 30. Qd4+ Qf6 31. Qc5 Qd6 32. Qxa5 c5 33. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nb3 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. g4 Rcd8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qf2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Rd4 Nc6 20. Rc4 Bf8 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Ra1 Nxd4 23. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxc7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Rd4 Nd7 27. Rd3 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Qd1 Rec8 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Qxd6 g6 32. Kf2 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Bxe4 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Qxa6 Rxc3+ 36. Kd2 Rc4 37. Qd6 Re4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Kd3 Rc4 41. h4 Rc8 42. c3 Ba2 43. Ke3 Bb3 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Kg3 Ra8 46. h5 gxh5 47. Kh4 Ra1 48. f5 Rf1 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. c4 Rf4+ 51. Kh3 Rf3+ 52. Kh2 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 Rxf5 54. cxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 d4 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qd5 13. c4 Qxg2 14. h4 Bf5 15. Nxd4 Qe4 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Bd3 Qe6 18. Rhe1 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Rd4 20. Be3 Rxh4 21. f4 Bh6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qf2 Qh3 24. Kb1 Bxf4 25. e6 f6 26. Bxf4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Ka1 Nd4 29. Rc1 Rh5 30. b3 Rf5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Bxd2 Nxe6 33. Be3 b6 34. b4 Re5 35. Bg1 Kf7 36. Kb2 Nf4 37. Rd1 Ke8 38. c5 bxc5 39. Bxc5 a6 40. Kb3 Rd5 41. Rc1 Nd3 42. Rc2 Nxc5+ 43. bxc5 Kd7 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. a4 h5 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. a4 Nd7 10. a5 Ne5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Na4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 e5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. d4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bh6 Ng4 19. Bg7 Rg8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nc4 Kg7 24. Nb6 Qc7 25. Qc4 Bd8 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Nc4 f5 28. Ke2 Rgf8 29. g3 Rf7 30. Rhf1 Rbf8 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Ra4 Bb8 33. Rd1 Rc7 34. h3 Rf6 35. b3 Ba7 36. Nb6 Bxb6 37. axb6 Rc5 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Rb5 40. Rd3 Rxb6 41. b4 Rb5 42. Kd2 b6 43. Kc3 a5 44. Kb3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 b6 10. Be2 bxc5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14. b4 Nd4 15. Qb2 Nf5 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Rae1 Nh4 19. f3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Ne2 Qg5 22. Ng3 Ng6 23. Qd4 Nf4 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Rg1 e5 26. Qd1 Qg6 27. Ne2 Nd3 28. Ref1 a5 29. Nc1 Nf4 30. b5 d4 31. c6 Re6 32. g3 Nd5 33. Qd3 Nc3 34. a4 Nxa4 35. Qxg6 fxg6 36. Nd3 Nb6 37. Rf2 g5 38. Re1 g4 39. f4 e4 40. Nc5 Rd6 41. Rxe4 Rd5 42. Nd3 a4 43. Rc2 a3 44. Ra2 Nc4 45. b6 Rb5 46. b7 Rb6 47. Re6 Ne3 48. h3 Kf7 49. Re4 Kf6 50. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 Kh8 11. a4 f5 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bg5 Neg8 14. a5 a6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng5 fxe4 18. Ncxe4 Qe7 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 c6 21. Nxf6 Rxf6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. c5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Re4 Rd8 27. f3 Rf4 28. Rae1 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd5 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. g3 Kf5 36. h3 h6 37. h4 g5 38. g4+ Kf6 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Rc1 Ke6 41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. c4 Rb8 10. a3 b5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bc3 bxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. d5 Nc7 15. Rab1 Rb6 16. Ne1 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Na8 18. Nd3 Nb6 19. Qc2 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. e4 Qf6 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Ne4 Nxc4 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Bd5 Nb6 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Qd2 Re4 33. Qa5 Re7 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. a4 c4 36. Qb4 Qc5 37. Qc3 Re5 38. Qf3 Kg8 39. a5 Nd7 40. Qb7 Nf8 41. Nd5 Re6 42. Ne7+ Kh8 43. Nd5 Kg8 44. h5 gxh5 45. Ne7+ Kh8 46. Qf3 Kg7 47. Rd5 Qb4 48. Rg5+ Ng6 49. Nf5+ Kg8 50. Qa8+ Kf7 51. Qxa7+ Kf6 52. Rxh5 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Ne7 54. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 Be7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Qe1 g6 14. Qg3 h4 15. Qf2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Qe2 O-O 21. c4 Bb7 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. b3 Rad8 24. Qf2 Ne4 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Qf2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

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. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Be1 Nf6 16. Nf2 h5 17. h3 Kh8 18. Nb5 Neg8 19. b4 Rf7 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. c5 Bf8 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rc1 Nh6 24. Rc4 Rg7 25. Qc2 g4 26. Bxa5 Qe8 27. h4 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Bg4 29. Bxg4 Nfxg4 30. Bb6 Qe7 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32. Bf2 f3 33. g3 Ne3 34. Bxe3 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Rg2+ 36. Kxf3 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxh4 38. Rg1 Rxa4 39. Nc3 Rc4 40. Ke2 Bh6 41. Bb6 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Qc2 dxc5 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. h3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. g3 Qc8 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bg2 Bc7 19. Nf1 Qa8 20. N3h2 Ne7 21. f3 Ng6 22. Bf2 h5 23. h4 Qb8 24. Qe2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Nd2 Ne5 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. Nc4 Ng6 30. Qd2 Qe8 31. Be2 Qc6 32. Qc2 b5 33. Nd2 Nd7 34. Nhf1 Nge5 35. Ne3 c4 36. b4 a5 37. a3 Nb6 38. Nef1 Na4 39. Bd4 Qd7 40. f4 Nc6 41. Bf2 axb4 42. axb4 Ne7 43. Bxh5 e5 44. f5 Qd3 45. Qxd3 cxd3 46. Bf3 Nxc3 47. Bc5 Nc6 48. Ne3 Na4 49. Nd5 Bb8 50. Nb3 Nd4 51. Nxd4 exd4 52. Kf2 Be5 53. Ke1 Bxg3+ 54. Kd2 Be5 55. Kxd3 Nb2+ 56. Kd2 Kh7 57. Be7 Nc4+ 58. Ke2 f6 59. Bc5 Kh6 60. Kd3 Nb2+ 61. Kd2 Bc6 62. Bf8 Be8 63. Be2 Kh7 64. Nb6 g5 65. hxg5 fxg5 66. Nd5 Bc6 67. Bf3 Nc4+ 68. Ke2 Nb2 69. Bc5 Nc4 70. Be7 Kh6 71. Nf6 Kg7 72. Ng4 Kf7 73. Bxg5 Bd6 74. Bd2 Nxd2 75. Kxd2 Bxb4+ 76. Kd3 Bb7 77. Kxd4 Bf8 78. Be2 b4 79. Bc4+ Kg7 80. Ne5 Be7 81. Nd7 Bc6 82. Nb6 Bd8 83. Nc8 Ba4 84. e5 b3 85. f6+ Kg6 86. Bd3+ Kf7 87. Nd6+ Ke6 88. Bf5# 1-0

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qa4 d5 13. Bh3 dxc4 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Nxc4 Bc6 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. e4 Qxe4 18. d5 exd5 19. Ne3 Ba4 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxc3 22. Nxc7 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxb2 24. Nxa8 Na6 25. Bf1 Rxa8 26. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. e5 Ng8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. d4 Bb5 18. Qd2 a5 19. a4 Bc6 20. Rcb1 O-O 21. b4 axb4 22. a5 Qc7 23. Qxb4 Ra8 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. axb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rb8 27. Ne1 Nc8 28. Rb1 Ra8 29. f3 Ra5 30. Ned3 Rb5 31. Rxb5 Bxb5 32. Nb4 Nxb6 33. Nxb7 Nc4 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Nc5 Ke7 36. Na2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 13. h3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Nh5 9. Be5 O-O 10. h3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6 12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qa4 Rc5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Kb1 a6 19. Be2 Qc7 20. f4 Rb8 21. Na2 Bc8 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Nb4 a5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxa5 Bb6 26. Qa4 g5 27. Qd1 gxf4 28. exf4 Bd7 29. Qd2 Ba5 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc5 Bxb4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb4 35. Rd3 Bb5 36. Nxb5 Rxb5 37. Rd4 Rb8 38. b4 Ne8 39. Kb2 Kf8 40. b5 Ke7 41. Ra4 Nc7 42. h4 Rb7 43. g5 h5 44. Ra5 d4 45. Bc4 Ne8 46. Kb3 Ng7 47. Bd3 Nf5 48. Bxf5 exf5 49. Kc4 Rd7 50. Kd3 Rd5 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Kc4 Rd8 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Rd6 Rc8+ 55. Kb4 Rc1 56. Rxd4 Rh1 57. b6 1-0
