[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "Turner,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "C63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6
Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bf4 Bxc4
14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. O-O Be7 16. c3 O-O 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Bg5 Bd8 19. Qb3 Qxb3
20. axb3 c5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bb6 25. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Na4 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8.
O-O Bc7 9. b4 b6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. d4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Qa4 a5 14. Ba3
Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Ra5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rxa1 20.
Rxa1 d5 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Qc3 Qb8 23. Bd3 h6 24. Qc6 Rd8 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2
Ke7 27. Qc3 Kf8 28. h3 Qb7 29. Qc6 Qb8 30. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "E11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4
O-O 8. e3 d5 9. b4 a5 10. b5 e5 11. Nf3 e4 12. Nd4 dxc4 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14.
Bxc4 Ng4 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Bxg4 Nc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Be2 Be6
20. Rc1 Rac8 21. f4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Rxd3 24. Rf1 Bb3 25. b6 a4
26. f5 Rd6 27. Bb2 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Bc4+ 29. Kxd1 Bxf1 30. g3 Kg8 31. Kd2 Bh3
32. Kc3 Bxf5 33. Kd4 Kf7 34. Ke5 g6 35. Kd6 Be6 36. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 a5 7. Qa4 Qd7 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. Bc5 Rd8 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Ba3 Ba6 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Rac1 Bh6 16. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beshukov,S"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "C05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8.
O-O a5 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nf3 h5 12. Nc3 g6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 a4
15. Nb5 Na5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Nbc4 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Rab1
Rg8 21. Bxf5 Nxd6 22. Bh7 Rxg5 23. Nxg5 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bb5 25. Qe1 Bxf1 26.
Nxe6 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 fxe6 29. Qe5 O-O-O 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turner,M"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6
8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 d5 13. g3 Bd6 14.
Nb5 Be5 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Be5 17. Bh3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Bb8 20.
Nf3 Kd7 21. Rg1 g6 22. a3 Re8 23. O-O-O e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Kb1 Bd6 26.
Nxd6 Kxd6 27. c4 Rxe3 28. Ng5 Rf8 29. cxd5 Re5 30. Rg3 Rxd5 31. Rf1 h6 32.
Nh3 g5 33. Rgf3 Ke6 34. Nf2 h5 35. Re1+ Re5 36. Rd1 Nd7 37. Rfd3 Rxf2 38.
Rd6+ Kf5 39. Rxd7 Ree2 40. Rxb7 Rxb2+ 41. Ka1 Ra2+ 42. Kb1 Rfb2+ 43. Kc1
Rxh2 44. Rxb6 Ra1+ 45. Rb1 Rxb1+ 46. Kxb1 g4 47. Rg1 Re2 48. a4 Re4 49. Rh1
Kg5 50. Kc2 Rxa4 51. Kd2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gormally,D"]
[Black "Plaskett,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 Nc6 10. Qd6 b6 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Nb3 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxe4 14.
Qf4 Qxc3 15. Qxe4 Nxa1 16. Nxa1 Qxa1 17. Qxa8 Qd4+ 18. Ke1 Qb4+ 19. Bd2
Qb1+ 20. Ke2 O-O 21. Qxa7 Qe4+ 22. Kd1 Bb7 23. Qxb6 Bc6 24. Be2 Qe5 25. Qb4
Rb8 26. Qa3 Qd4 27. Bd3 Bxg2 28. Re1 Bf3+ 29. Kc2 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Rb8+ 31. Kc1
Rc8+ 32. Kb1 Bd5 33. Be3 Qe5 34. f4 Qb8+ 35. Ka1 Qc7 36. Rc1 Qd8 37. Rxc8
Qxc8 38. Qc1 Qa8 39. Qc2 h6 40. Bd4 f6 41. Be3 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Bh7+
Kh8 44. Bf5 d6 45. Qc8+ Qxc8 46. Bxc8 Bc6 47. Bb6 g5 48. Bc7 Kg7 49. Bxd6
Kf6 50. Kb2 h5 51. Kc3 g4 52. Bc7 Kg5 53. Bxe5 Kh4 54. Kd4 Kh3 55. Ke3 h4
56. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. d5 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nb8
8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nd4 a5 12. Be2 Nc5 13. b3 O-O 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. f3 e5 16. O-O Kh8 17. a3 d5 18. b4 d4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Bxd4
Ne6 21. Bf2 axb4 22. axb4 Nf4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxb4 26.
Rb1 Qa3 27. Qf5 Qc3 28. h4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Conquest,S"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. Bb1
Nc4 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. h4 h6 18. Ne2 Qd8 19. Nf4 Bxh4 20. Qf3 Kg8
21. Nh5 Be7 22. Qg4 g5 23. f4 Qb6 24. fxg5 N6xe5 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. gxh6 Kh7
27. Bg5 Qd8 28. Qf2 f5 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Bxf5 Raf8 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nf4+
Kxh6 33. Nc5 e5 34. dxe5 Qg5 35. g3 Qg4 36. e6 Bc8 37. e7 Rfg8 38. Kg2 Nd6
39. Nce6 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6
8. Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 g6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. c3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 14.
f4 Qe7 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qxe4 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Nf4 Qf5 20.
d5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qg5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Bf5 24. Nd5 Rac8 25. Qd6 Rc2
26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14.
Qxf4 Nf6 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rac8 18. Rd3 Qc7 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20.
Rad1 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. dxc5 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 bxc5 24. Qd2 h6 25. Rd7 Qe5
26. h3 Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. b3 Rb7 29. g3 g6 30. Qd6 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32.
Kh2 Qf5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Rc8 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. b4 cxb4 37. Qxb4 e5 38.
Qb5 Kg7 39. Qd5 Kf6 40. c5 Ke7 41. Kg2 f6 42. g4 g5 43. Kf3 Qd7 44. Ke4
Qa4+ 45. Kf3 Qd7 46. Qxd7+ Kxd7 47. Ke4 Kc6 48. Kf5 Kxc5 49. Kxf6 Kd4 50.
Kg6 Ke4 51. Kxh6 Kf4 52. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 c6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
a3 h6 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. O-O O-O
15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 b6 17. Rfc1 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rxa1 20. Bxa1
Ra8 21. Qc4 Qf8 22. Bd4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qxe4 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. b4 b6 8.
Bb2 d6 9. e3 a5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. d3 Bc6 14. Nd2
Nb6 15. Rab1 Na4 16. Qc2 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 Nd7 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne5 20.
Nd2 d5 21. Rb5 Rc8 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rd1 Nxc4 26.
dxc4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "C85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Be6
8. b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 f6 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qe2 b5 13. c4 Bg4 14. h3
Bh5 15. c5 Be7 16. b4 exd4 17. g4 Bf7 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. N2b3 a5
21. a3 Qd7 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. bxa5 Nxa5 24. Nxa5 Rxa5 25. Rfd1 Bxc5 26. Bxa5
Bxd4+ 27. Kh2 c5 28. Bc3 Qd6 29. Qf3 Bg6 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Re1 c5 32. h4 c4
33. h5 Bf7 34. Rab1 Qc6 35. Kg3 d3 36. Qe3 h6 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beshukov,S"]
[Black "Turner,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 Qa5 9. f3 d6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. g4 Rxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Kb2 b5 17. h3 a5 18. a3 Ne8 19. Rhf1 Nc7 20. f4
Nc4+ 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rb1 Na6 23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Ng3 Nc7 25. Bd4 e5 26. fxe5
dxe5 27. Bb6 Ne6 28. Bxa5 Bh6 29. h4 Bf4 30. Ne2 Bxe4 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Bb4
Bg2 33. Rf2 f3 34. Rd1 g5 35. h5 h6 36. Be7 f5 37. gxf5 Ng7 38. f6 Nxh5 39.
Rd7 g4 40. f7+ Kxf7 41. Bh4+ Ke6 42. Rh7 Nf6 43. Rxh6 Rf8 44. Rd2 Kf5 45.
Bf2 Ne4 46. Rd5+ Kf4 47. Rd4 Ke5 48. Be3 g3 49. Rd7 f2 50. Rb7 Nf6 51. Bd4+
Kf5 52. Rb5+ Nd5 53. Bc5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Conquest,S"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 a6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gormally,D"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8.
Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. cxb5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O axb5 14.
Nxb5 Ba6 15. Qd3 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Qc7 18. Qc6 Qa5 19. Be3 Rab8
20. Rfb1 f5 21. f3 f4 22. Bf2 Qd2 23. b3 Rfc8 24. Rd1 Qe2 25. Re1 Qd2 26.
Red1 Qe2 27. Re1 Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4
8. Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. Qc5 N8d7 11. Qa3 e6 12. h4 Re8 13. Kb1 Qe7 14.
Qxe7 Rxe7 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nf6 17. Be2 Rd7 18. f4 h5 19. Rhg1 Kh7 20.
f5 exf5 21. exf5 Rg8 22. Bd1 Nbd5 23. Bc2 Bh6 24. Bg5 Nxc3+ 25. bxc3 Nd5
26. Kb2 Rd6 27. Be4 Nf6 28. Bd3 Ng4 29. f4 gxf5 30. Rce1 Bf8 31. Be7 Rb6+
32. Kc1 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Plaskett,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Qc2 d5 8.
b3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb5 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nbd4 Re8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Qxc6 Nc5 15. d4 Nxb3 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Qa4 Ne4 18. Bd2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 a6 20.
Nb3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxa3 23. Ra1 b5 24. Qc6 Re6 25. Qf3 Bb4 26.
Rfc1 Rf6 27. Qe4 Re6 28. Qf3 a5 29. Nc5 Rf6 30. Qe4 h6 31. h3 a4 32. Qb1
Qa5 33. Nb7 Qb6 34. Qxb4 Qxb7 35. Rc5 Rg6 36. d5 Qd7 37. Rxb5 Qxh3 38. Qe4
Qd7 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Qxa4 Kh7 41. Qc4 Qh3 42. g3 Qf5 43. Rb3 Qf3 44. Qd3
h5 45. Rb4 Qf6 46. Rf4 Qe7 47. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turner,M"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 a6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. b3 Be7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. h3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. e3 Bd7 14. f4 Rac8
15. g4 Qb8 16. f5 h6 17. h4 N8h7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qf3 b5 20. Ne4 Rf8 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qb7 Rc7 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. cxb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb5 26. Rc7
Nf8 27. Bc6 Be8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Ba3 d5 30. Nxb5 Ng6 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Rc8+
Kh7 33. Ne8 Ra7 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Nxc7 Ne5 36. Nxe6 Nxg4 37. Bc5 Kg6 38. a4
Kf5 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 d5 10. Qc1 c6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Turner,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 Bd6 7. Bc4 h6
8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Bxe6 Qf6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Qd3 Nxd5
14. Qg6+ Kd8 15. O-O-O Nxe3 16. fxe3 Be8 17. Bf7 Bxf7 18. Qxf7 Nc6 19. Nf5
Kc8 20. Rhf1 Rd8 21. Nxg7 Ba3 22. Qb3 Qxg7 23. Qxa3 a5 24. Qb3 Ra6 25. Qe6+
Kb8 26. g4 a4 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qe8 Qg5 29. a3 Rd6 30. Kb1 Qxg4 31. e4 Qe2
32. Rc1 Rd4 33. e5 b6 34. Qh8 Kb7 35. Qxh6 Qxe5 36. h4 Nf7 37. Qg6 Nd6 38.
h5 Nc4 39. Qg2+ Ka7 40. Qc6 Rh4 41. Qxa4+ Kb7 42. Qb4 Qxh5 43. b3 c5 44.
Qe1 Nxa3+ 45. Kb2 Nb5 46. Qe7+ Nc7 47. Rg1 Rd4 48. Rg7 Qh2 49. Rh7 Qd6 50.
Qf7 Rf4 51. Qg8 Qe5+ 52. Ka2 Rf2 53. Qg6 Qf5 54. Qxf5 Rxf5 55. c4 Rf2+ 56.
Ka3 b5 57. cxb5 Kb6 58. Rh6+ Ka5 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 d6 8.
e3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Qe7 12. d3 e5 13. Rab1 Rac8 14. Ba1
Rfe8 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Nf1 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qd2 cxb4 20.
axb4 Qg5 21. Ng3 Nh4 22. Bf1 Qg6 23. Rbc1 Rcd8 24. Rc4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5
26. e4 Qf4 27. Qb2 Nf6 28. Rc7 Ba6 29. g3 Qh6 30. b5 Bc8 31. Rxa7 Bh3 32.
Be2 Nd7 33. Rc7 Nc5 34. Rc6 Qg5 35. Qc2 Re6 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. Qc1 Nf4 38.
Qe3 Nxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Bd7 40. Qb2 Bh3 41. Qxe5 Qxe5 42. Bxe5 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7
8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Qxd4 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Rd1 Qe5
14. a4 Qe6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. e4 Nd6 18. e5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Nde4 20.
Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe4 Qd7 24. Rae1 Re8 25. a5 g6
26. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beshukov,S"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nb3 Rb8 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. a3 Re8 13. h3 Nd7 14. Rf2 a6
15. Rd2 Qc7 16. e5 d5 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Nxa5 bxa5 19. Qf2 Ba8 20. Bd4 Rec8
21. Rad1 Bc5 22. Na4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. b3 Bxa4 25. Qxa4 Qc5+ 26. Kh2
Nb6 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nxa4 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Bf1 a5 31. c4 Nb3 32. Rb2
d4 33. Ra2 Rb4 34. h4 g6 35. h5 a4 36. h6 Kf8 37. Bd3 Nc5 38. Bf1 Rd8 39.
Rad2 a3 40. Ra2 Rb2+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Rxd2 d3 43. Kg2 Nb3 44. Ra2 d2 45.
Be2 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Conquest,S"]
[Black "Turner,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg2 f6 8.
h3 Be6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. e3 Nh6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Ne4 c4 13. O-O cxb3 14. axb3
O-O 15. Kh2 Qd3 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Bxb3 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. Rc3 Qb5 20. Rc5
Qd3 21. Rc3 Qb5 22. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gormally,D"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "E38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. e3 a6 8.
a3 Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Rac1
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 b6 8.
b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 Re8 11. Qe2 Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Rad1
Nfd7 15. e5 Qb8 16. Nc4 h6 17. Rd4 Bc6 18. Bc1 Qb7 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 b5
21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rg4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rg6 Ncd7 25. Bxh6 Kh7 26. Bf4
Qh5 27. Qxh5+ Nxh5 28. Rg5 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 a4 30. Rh5+ Kg8 31. Ng6 Kf7 32.
Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Rg5 Rg8 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Ne3 Re4 37. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be7 7. Nbd2 b6
8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14.
Ne4 f5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rxc5 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. O-O Rd8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Qd6 21. h4 h6 22. b4 Bb5 23. Bf1 Ba4 24. Rc3 Ne7 25. Qe5 Nc6 26. Qxd6
Rxd6 27. e3 Bd1 28. Kg2 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32.
Kd3 Ne5+ 33. Kd4 Nf3+ 34. Kc3 Kf7 35. Bg2 Ne5 36. Kd4 Kf6 37. f4 Nf7 38. h5
Nd6 39. a4 Nf7 40. e4 fxe4 41. Bxe4 Nd6 42. g4 Nf7 43. Bd3 Nd6 44. g5+ hxg5
45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Ke5 Ne8 47. Kxe6 Nf6 48. Kd6 Kxh5 49. Kc6 g5 50. Bf1 Kg4
51. Kb7 Kf3 52. Bh3 g4 53. Bxg4+ Kxg4 54. Kxa7 Nd5 55. a5 bxa5 56. bxa5 Kf5
57. Kb7 Nb4 58. a6 Nxa6 59. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5
Qc8 8. b3 g6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nc4 Rad8
14. a4 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Nh5 16. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Na6 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 Nc5 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 e5 11. Nb3 b6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 Qe8 16. fxe5 Nxb3 17. axb3 dxe5 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6
Qg6 21. Qe3 Rae8 22. c5 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Qd2 Kh8 25. c6 Bh3 26. Qxf4
Nxd5 27. Qd4+ Nf6 28. Qh4 Qf5 29. Bd3 Qg4 30. Qh6 Qh5 31. Qf4 Ne4 32. Qe3
Nf2 33. Qd4+ Qe5 34. Qh4 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. Bc4 Nxh1 38.
Rxh1 Rg7 39. Rd1 Rd8 40. b4 Bg4 41. Re1 Bf3 42. Re5 Rg4 43. Bb3 Bxd5 44.
Bxd5 Rxb4 45. Ba2 Ra4 46. Kb1 Rg4 47. Bb3 Rg6 48. Bd5 Rgd6 49. Be4 Rd1+ 50.
Kc2 Re1 51. Re7 Rd4 52. Rxh7+ Kg8 53. Bf5 Rd5 54. Rh5 Kg7 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56.
Rh5 Rc5+ 57. Kd2 Ree5 58. Bh7+ Kg7 59. Rh4 Rh5 60. Rxh5 Rxh5 61. Be4 Kf6
62. Kc3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 a6 8.
e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qe2
Qa8 15. Bf2 O-O 16. g4 g6 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Rfe8 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Qf3 Bg7
21. Qh3 Qb8 22. b3 Nc5 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. exd5 Nd3 25. f6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxe1
27. Nf5 Rc7 28. Be4 Bf8 29. Bxb6 Bc8 30. Bxc7 Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Bxf5 32. Bxf5
Nf3 33. Qf2 Qxc7 34. Qxf3 gxf5 35. Qxf5 a5 36. Ke2 Qb8 37. Kd3 a4 38. Kc3
axb3 39. axb3 Qa7 40. Qf4 Qa5+ 41. Kb2 Qe1 42. Ka3 Qa5+ 43. Kb2 Qe1 44. Ka3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 d5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bxc5 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. c5 Bc7 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 a6 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Bc6 22. Rae1 Qg5 23. Be4 a5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxe6 axb4
26. axb4 f4 27. Qe4 f3 28. g3 Qd2 29. h4 h6 30. Qxc6 Qc3 31. Re8 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Turner,M"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. a4 c4 14.
Bc2 Qc5 15. Qe2 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Qd6 19. a5 e5 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Kc7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rf7 Kb8 24. Ra1 Rdf8 25. Raf1 h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beshukov,S"]
[Black "Plaskett,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 b5 8. e5
Nd7 9. h4 h6 10. c3 g5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. d4 b4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. cxb4 Nxb4
15. Qb5+ Nd7 16. Qa4 Ba6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Nc3 Bxf1 19. Bxf1 Bc5 20. Bb5
O-O-O 21. Bxg5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Bxg3 24. Bd7+ Kb7 25. Ng4 Rdg8
26. Be3 Rxg4 27. Bxb6 Bc7+ 28. Kf3 Rg3+ 29. Ke2 Bxb6 30. Rf1 Rh2+ 31. Kd1
Rxb2 32. a3 Rxc3 33. axb4 Be3 34. Bc8+ Kxc8 35. Qe8+ Kb7 36. Rxf7+ Ka6 37.
Qa4+ Kb6 38. Qa5+ Kc6 39. Rc7+ Kd6 40. Rxc3 Ke5 41. Qc7+ Ke4 42. Qd7 Bb6
43. Rc2 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Kd4 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest,S"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 b6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Ba3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd6 12. O-O Nd7 13. b5 Re8 14. Bb2 c5
15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ba3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bf8 19. f4 Nf5 20. Ne4 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxa7 g5 25. fxg5 Qxg5+ 26.
Kh1 Qh4 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Qa3+ Ne7 29. f4 Qf2 30. Bd1 Rc8 31. d5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. O-O c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qd3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b4 18. Nce4 O-O 19. Nc4 Qc6 20.
f3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Kf3 Rd8 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bf4 Bf8 26.
Be3 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Ra1 g6 29. e5 Kg7 30. Ra5 Bf8 31. Ra7 Rd1 32. Rc7
Rb1 33. Nd2 Rd1 34. Ke3 h6 35. h4 g5 36. h5 Rh1 37. g4 Rd1 38. Nf3 Rd8 39.
Ke4 Kg8 40. Nd4 Ra8 41. Kd3 Ra1 42. Nf3 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Rd5 44. Rc8 Kg7 45.
Ke4 Rd1 46. e3 Rb1 47. Nd2 Rg1 48. Kf3 Rd1 49. Ne4 Rd3 50. Nf6 Rxb3 51. Nd7
Be7 52. Re8 Rc3 53. Rxe7 Rc7 54. Re8 Rxd7 55. Rb8 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Turner,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "D03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
Qb1 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Raa8 17. Nc4 Nhf6 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. g3 Rac8 20.
Nfe5 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Ng6 fxg6 23. Rxd5 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 exd5 25. Nxb6
Rf8 26. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O d5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ba6 9. cxd5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 exd5 11. c4 c5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Rfc1 Qd3 14.
Kf1 Ne4 15. Rxc4 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Nd6 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Ne5 Nxe5
20. Bxe5 Nb7 21. a4 Na5 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rab8 24. Rcb2 Ne7 25. a5 Nd5
26. axb6 axb6 27. Ba5 Rc6 28. Rb5 h6 29. R1b2 Re6 30. g3 Rd6 31. f3 f5 32.
f4 Kh7 33. Bc3 Nxc3+ 34. dxc3 Rc6 35. h3 h5 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38.
Rxb6 Rd3 39. c4 Rc3 40. Rc6 Rxc4 41. g4 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 h4 43. g5 h3 44. Kg3
Re4 45. Kxh3 Rxe3+ 46. Kg4 g6 47. Rxc5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plaskett,J"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 f6 11. e5 f5 12. Bg5 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rd3 b4 15. Ne2 Be4 16. Rdd1 Bc5 17. Qd2 Qb7 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20.
Rxe4 fxe4 21. Qf4 Ba7 22. Bh4 h6 23. Qg4 Kf7 24. Ng3 Rc4 25. Nf5 Bc5 26.
Qh5+ Kf8 27. Rd6 exf5 28. Qxf5+ Ke8 29. e6 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gormally,D"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "C94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 Bf8
15. Bc2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Be3 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Plaskett,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 h6 8.
e4 Bh7 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Kh1 a5 13. Qe2 a4 14. a3 Qc7
15. g4 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Nf3 f6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Re1 Kd8 20. h3 fxg5 21.
Kg1 Nh6 22. fxg5 Nf5 23. Qe6 Qd6 24. g6 Bxg6 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Re8 27.
Qxd6+ Nxd6 28. Ne6+ Kc8 29. Nxc5 Ra5 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. d4 Bxc2 32. Rc1 Bf5
33. Bxd5 Kc7 34. Bxc6 Nd6 35. Bxa4 Kd8 36. Rc3 g5 37. Bc2 Bxc2 38. Rxc2 Ra7
39. Ne6+ Ke7 40. Nxg5 Kf6 41. Nf3 Kf5 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Nd2 Ra4 44. Nb3 Ra8
45. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5
14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. a4 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qe5 19. Ne3 b6
20. Ng4 Qxd5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qf3 Rfe8 24. Rb4 Kf8 25. Rf4
Qd5 26. Qg4 Re6 27. Qh3 Kg7 28. Rf5 Qd3 29. Rf4 Rd5 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Rc4
Rde5 32. Rg4 Rg5 33. Rc4 Rh5 34. Qd4 Rhe5 35. Qc3 Re4 36. Ra1 Rxc4 37. Qxc4
Qe4 38. Qa6 Qd4 39. Rc1 Qd2 40. Rf1 Re7 41. Qc4 Qe2 42. Qb3 Rd7 43. Qb4 Rd2
44. Qf4 h5 45. h3 Rd1 46. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd5 48. Qb4 Qc5 49. Qb2 a6 50.
h4 b5 51. axb5 axb5 52. Kg2 b4 53. Qb3 Qc3 54. Qd5 b3 55. Qxh5 Qc4 56. Qf5
b2 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Turner,M"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beshukov,S"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[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. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qf2
Qc7 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Rc1 h5 20. Rhe1 b4
21. Qg3 Ng6 22. Rh1 e5 23. Be3 a5 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Qf2 Qd8 26. Ng3 Nxh4 27.
Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qb6 g6 29. Rxh4 Qxh4 30. Qxb7 O-O 31. Nf1 Qf2 32. Qa6 Rc5 33.
Qxd6 Rfc8 34. Qd7 Kg7 35. b3 R8c7 36. Qd8 Rc8 37. Qd7 R8c7 38. Qd6 R7c6 39.
Qd8 Qxg2 40. Ne3 Qxf3 41. Qg5 Qf6 42. Qg1 Qd8 43. Rf1 a4 44. Bc4 Rc7 45.
Nd5 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Rxc4 47. Qf2 f5 48. Qa7+ Kh6 49. Qf7 Rxe4 50. Ne7 Rg4 51.
Qf6 Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Rh1 b3 54. Nxf5+ Kg5 55. Ng7 bxc2+ 56. Kc1 Kh6 57.
Nxh5 Rh4 58. Qg7+ Kxh5 59. Qh7+ Kg4 60. Rg1+ Kf3 61. Qxg6 Qe7 62. Qg2+ Ke3
63. Qd2+ Ke4 64. Re1+ Kf5 65. Qxc2+ Kf6 66. Qc6+ Qe6 67. Rf1+ Rf4 68. Rxf4+
exf4 69. Qxa4 Kg5 70. Qb5+ Kg4 71. a4 f3 72. Qb4+ Kg3 73. Qb8+ Kg2 74. Qb7
Qc4+ 75. Kd2 Qd4+ 76. Kc2 Qxa4+ 77. Kd3 Qd1+ 78. Ke3 Qe2+ 79. Kf4 Qc4+ 80.
Ke3 Qc3+ 81. Kf4 Qd4+ 82. Kg5 Qe3+ 83. Kf5 Kg1 84. Qg7+ Kf1 85. Qa1+ Qe1
86. Qa8 Qg3 87. Qa1+ Kg2 88. Qa8 Kh2 89. Kf6 f2 90. Qa2 Qg2 0-1