[Event "It (open)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com - Amsterdam (Netherlands)"] [Date "2005.07.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Sokolov Ivan (NED)"] [Black "Williams Simon (ENG)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2452"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"] { Sokolov Ivan (NED) +1 =0 -0 Williams Simon (ENG) +2 =2 -3 } 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 O-O 6.O-O d6 { ?/= } 7.b3 ( 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nf4 g5 9.Nd3 Qg6 10.f4 h6 11.d5 Na6 12.b4 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5+ Kh7 15.b5 Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Qc2 a6 18.a4 Rb8 19.fxg5 hxg5 20.Ra3 c6 21.Bg2 Bf6 22.Be3 Bd4 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.e3 dxe3 25.Rxe3 Be6 26.g4 Rbe8 { ...1-0, Karpov Anatoly 2715 - Short Nigel D 2680 , Linares 1992 It } ) 7...e5 ( 7...c6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.Nd2 e5 10.Qc2 Ng4 11.e4 f4 12.c5 fxg3 13.hxg3 dxc5 14.dxc5 Be6 15.Qc3 Bf6 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.b4 b6 18.Nd6 a5 19.a3 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rab8 21.Rab1 Qa7 22.Rfc1 Rb3 23.Qc2 Rfb8 24.Bf1 Kh8 25.Kg2 Qxc5 26.Qxc5 Nxc5 27.Rxc5 { ...1/2-1/2, Topalov Veselin 2520 - Ulibin Mikhail 2570 , Zaragoza 1992 It (open) } ) ( 7...Qe8 8.Bb2 Bd8 9.Nf4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Nd2 e4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.e3 Nd7 16.f3 exf3 17.Qxf3 Ne5 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Re6 21.Rad1 Re7 22.Rd6 Qf7 23.Qd4 a5 24.e4 Rf8 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Bg4 g6 27.Bxf5 { ...1-0, Ulibin Mikhail 2570 - Poluljahov Aleksandr 2504 , Moscow 1992 Memorial A.Alekhine (open) } ) 8.Bb2 ( 8.Nc3 exd4 { +0.52 CAP } ) 8...Ng4 ( 8...exd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qc3 { +0.04 CAP } ) 9.Qd2 Bf6 { +0.52 CAP N } ( 9...f4 10.Nc3 c6 11.Ne4 Bf5 12.dxe5 fxg3 13.hxg3 dxe5 14.Rad1 Na6 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qe8 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Qe3 Qh5 19.Qg5 Qxe2 20.Rd2 Qg4 21.Bxe5 Rae8 22.Qxg4 Bxg4 23.Bb2 Ne4 24.Rd4 Bxh3 25.Bxh3 Ng5 26.Bg4 Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.Rd7 Rf7 29.Rfd1 { ...1/2-1/2, Martyn Rafe 2266 - Hanley Craig 2396 , Edinburgh 2003 Ch Great Britain } ) 10.Nc3 Qe8 { ?! } ( 10...exd4 { !? } 11.Nd5 Nc6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 { } ) 11.Nb5 { ?! } ( 11.Nd5 { !? } 11...Bd8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Ne3 { } ) 11...Na6 12.f3 Nh6 13.Nf2 Nf7 14.f4 e4 15.e3 c6 16.Nc3 Nc7 17.d5 c5 { ?! } ( 17...cxd5 { !? } 18.cxd5 Qe7 19.g4 fxg4 { } ) 18.g4 fxg4 19.Nfxe4 Bh4 20.Ng3 Nh6 21.e4 a6 22.e5 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Nf5 { ?! } ( 23...Qg6 { !? } 24.Na4 Ne8 { } ) 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Rae1 Ne8 26.Qc3 b6 27.a4 a5 28.e6 Ra7 29.Qd3 Re7 30.Nf2 h5 { ?! } ( 30...Nf6 { !? } 31.Bxf6 Rxf6 32.Ne4 Rf8 { } ) 31.Be4 h4 32.gxh4 g3 33.Nh3 Qg4 34.Bxf5 Rxf5 35.Kg2 { } {#r} 1-0