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Carlsen,Magnus (2848) - Aronian,Levon (2815) [C77]
4th London Chess Classic London ENG (2.1), 02.12.2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nd5

[8.a4]

8...Nxd5

[8...h6 9.0-0 d6 10.c3 Bb7 11.Bd2 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Rb8 13.Qc2 Bb6 14.a4 Ne7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.d4 Ng6 17.Rfd1 Qf6 1-0 Vallejo Pons,F (2678)-Naumann,A (2538)/Germany 2004 (73).]

9.Bxd5 Rb8

[9...Qf6 10.0-0 h6 11.Be3 Be7 12.d4 Rb8 13.Nxe5 Nb4 14.Bb3 d6 15.Nd3 Qg6 16.Nxb4 Bh4 17.f3 Bb7 18.Bd5 Bc8 19.Nd3 Bd7 20.e5 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.f4 Qg6 23.Bf3 dxe5 24.Nxe5 Qd6 25.Nxd7 Qxd7 26.Qd3 Rbd8 27.g3 Rfe8 28.Rfe1 Qd6 29.c3 1-0 Michelle Catherina,P (2052)-Janani,J (1808)/Chennai IND 2011/The Week in Chess 871]

10.0-0 Ne7 11.Nxe5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Re8 13.d4 Bf8 14.b3 Bb7 15.c4 d6 16.Nf3

16...Qf6

[16...bxc4 17.bxc4 c6 is a definite option. 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.d5 Bd7 with compensation for the pawn a suggestion of David Smerden in commentary.]

17.Be3 Bc8 18.Qd2 Qg6 19.Kh1 h6 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Ng1 Bg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Rfd1 bxc4 24.bxc4 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 a5 26.h3 Rb4 27.Nf3 Bf5 28.c5 Kf8

[28...Be4 29.cxd6 (29.Re2 f5 30.cxd6 (30.Nh4 Bxg2+) 30...cxd6 31.Rc6) 29...cxd6 30.Re2 Rb7 31.Rce1 Rbe7 32.Re3 Kf8 was also playable.]

29.Nh2 Reb8 30.Ng4 Rb1

[30...Bxg4 Looks reasonable too. 31.hxg4]

31.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32.Kh2 a4 33.Ne3 Bg6 34.Kg3 Rb4 35.Kf3 Ke7 36.Ke2 Kd7 37.f3 Rb5 38.Nd1 Rb4 39.c6+ Kc8 40.Nc3 f6 41.Ke3 Rc4 42.Ne2 a3 43.h4 Rb4

White is the only one with winning chances here.

44.g4 Rb1 45.h5 Bh7 46.f4

46...f5?!

[46...Bg8 47.f5 Re1 48.Kf2 Rb1 49.Nc3 Rc1 50.Rd3 Rc2+ 51.Kf3 also looks still holdable.]

47.g5 Rh1 48.Ng3 Rh3 49.Kf3 hxg5?!

[49...Kd8 50.Re2]

50.fxg5 g6?

Now black is just lost.

[50...Kd8 51.g6 Bg8 52.Kf4 Bxd5 53.Nxf5 Rxh5 54.Nxg7 Rh1 55.Nf5]

51.Re2 Kd8 52.hxg6 Bxg6 53.Re6! Bf7 54.g6 Bg8 55.g7 f4 56.Kxf4 Rh2 57.Nf5 Rxa2 58.Rf6 Re2 59.Rf8+ 1-0

Nakamura,Hikaru (2760) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2795) [C45]
4th London Chess Classic London ENG (2.2), 02.12.2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qe2 d6

[6...Bb4+ 1/2-1/2 Chernyshov,K (2450)-Sulskis,S (2525)/Swidnica 1997/EXT 2000 (50)]

7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.c4 Nd7 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Qc2

This really shows things have gone wrong for white already.

12...Ne5 13.Nd2 Ng4 14.Rae1

White can't save the bishop and ends up with an uncoordinated position. Black is quite a bit better here already.

14...Rb8 15.b3 Nxe3 16.Rxe3 c5 17.h3 a5 18.Kh2 a4 19.f4 Bd4 20.Re2 g6 21.Nf3 axb3 22.axb3 Bg7 23.Rd1 Rb6 24.e5

White's best play for compensation.

24...Bb7

[24...Bf5 seems better.]

25.Rdd2 Qa8 26.exd6 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Rxd6 28.Ne5 Bxg2 29.Rxg2 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Re6 31.Re2 Qf3 32.Qd2 Qxb3 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qxc7 Qf3 35.Rg2 Qe3 36.Qa7 h5 37.h4 Rxe5 38.Qa1 Kh7

White has managed to get a miserable position but one that seems hard to break down.

39.Qb2 Rf5 40.Re2 Qf3 41.Qc2 Qf1 42.Qd2 Rf6 43.Qc2 Rf3 44.Qb2 Rf5 45.Qc2 Rf6 46.Rd2 Kg7 47.Qc3 Kh7 48.Qc2 Qa1 49.Rf2 Kg7 50.Rxf6 Qxf6 51.Qe2 Qd4 52.Kg2 Kf8 53.Kh2 Qg4 54.Qd3 Ke7 55.Qe3+ Kd6 56.Qd3+ Qd4 57.Qe2 Qe5 58.Qd3+ Ke6 59.Kg2 g5

Black has to try something.

60.hxg5 Qxg5 61.Qe4+ Qe5 62.Qc6+ Ke7 63.Qb7+ Kf8 64.Qa8+ Kg7 65.Qf3 Kg6 66.Qd3+ Qf5

67.Qd6+?

This quickly leads to trouble.

[67.Qe2]

67...f6 68.Qe7

[68.Qa6 Is perhaps a better defence but probably doesn't hold either. 68...Kg5 69.Qa7 Qe4+ 70.Kf2 Qc2+ 71.Ke3 Qc3+ 72.Kf2 Qd2+ 73.Kf3 Qd3+ 74.Kf2 Qc2+ 75.Ke3 Qb3+ 76.Kf2 Kg4 77.Qxc5 Qxg3+ 78.Kf1 Qf4+ 79.Kg1 Qg5 80.Qa3 Kf5+ 81.Kf2]

68...Qc2+ 69.Kh3 Qxc4

Now black is winning.

70.Qe8+ Qf7 71.Qe4+ Kg7 72.Qf5

[72.Kg2 Qc7 73.Qc4 Qb7+]

72...c4 73.Kg2 Qb7+ 74.Kh2 Qb2+ 75.Kh3 Qe5 76.Qc8 c3 77.Qc4 Qe1 78.Qc7+ Kg6 79.Qc6 Qf1+ 80.Kh4 Qe2 81.Kh3 c2 82.g4 Qe3+ 83.Kh4 Qg5+ 84.Kg3 Qxg4+ 85.Kf2 Qf4+ 86.Kg2 c1Q 87.Qe8+ Kg5 0-1

Anand,Viswanathan (2775) - McShane,Luke J (2713) [D10]
4th London Chess Classic London ENG (2.4), 02.12.2012

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Ne5 Be6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.h3

[12.b4 1-0 Georgescu,T (2385)-Orndahl,M (2078)/Sibenik CRO 2007/The Week in Chess 672 12...Ng4 (12...Qc7 1-0 Georgescu,T (2385)-Orndahl,M (2078)/Sibenik 2007/CBM 120 ext (52)) 13.f4 Nh6 14.a4 Bf5 15.Bd2 f6 16.Kh1 Qd7 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 e5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf7 23.Bc4 exd4 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Qb3 Bxe4 26.Rxf7 Kh8 27.h3 Qxf7 0-1 Pap,G (2566)-Buhmann,R (2571)/Pardubice 2012/CB29_2012]

12...Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.Qb3

White has lots of pressure in this position.

14...Nc7 15.e4 Kh8 16.exd5

[16.e5 Ne6 17.Ne2 fxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Rb8]

16...cxd5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Bxf5 e6 19.Bd3 e5 20.Bf5?! Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Qd7 22.Rf2 exd4 23.Na4 Qc6 24.Bf4 Rad8

Black is already clearly on top.

25.Re1 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nb6 Ne6 28.Qxd5 Qxc5

[28...Nxc5 looks stronger.]

29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.Rc2 Bf8 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.Rc4 Re4 33.Nd5 Kf7 34.Bd2 d3

[34...Bd6]

35.Rb4 Re2 36.Bc3

36...Rc2?

Now white gets saving chances.

[36...Bd6 David Smerdon's suggestion in broadcast and this looks close to winning.]

37.Rf4 Ke6 38.Ne3 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Be7 40.Kf3 b5 41.Rd4 Bd6 42.Bb4 Be5 43.Rd5 Nb7 44.b3 Ra1

[44...Rc2 45.a3 a5 46.Rxd3 Rc8 47.Be1 Nc5 48.Rd1 Nxb3 49.Rd3 a4]

45.a3 a5 46.Bf8 Bd6 47.Bxd6 Nxd6 48.Rxd3

White has got very close to saving the position. Still hard work to do.

48...Rxa3 49.Nc2 Ra2 50.Nd4+ Ke7 51.Nc6+ Ke6 52.Nd8+ Ke7 53.Nc6+ Kd7 54.Nd4 Ke8 55.Nc6 Kd7 56.Nd4 Kc8 57.Rc3+ Kb7 58.Rc5 Rf2+

This looks great but is actually weaker than

[58...a4]

59.Ke3 Rxg2 60.Rd5 Kc7 61.Rc5+ Kd7 62.Rh5 Ke8

[62...h6 63.Rxh6 Rg3+ 64.Kd2 Ne4+ with the initiative was the last real chance.]

63.Nxb5 Nxb5 64.Rxb5 Rg3+ 65.Kf4 Rxh3 66.Kg4 Rc3 67.Rxa5 Kf7 68.Rb5 Kg6 69.Rb8 Rc1 70.b4 Rc4+ 71.Kg3 Kf5 72.b5 Rc3+ 73.Kg2 Kf4 74.b6 Rc2+ 75.Kf1 Rb2 76.b7 f5 77.Kg1 Rb1+ 78.Kg2 Rb2+ 79.Kg1 Rb3 80.Kg2 Rg3+ 81.Kf1 Rg7 82.Kf2 Kg4 83.Kg2 h5 84.Kf2 h4 85.Kg2 h3+ 86.Kh2 f4 87.Ra8 Rxb7 88.Rg8+ Kf3 89.Ra8 Re7 90.Ra1? Re5?

[90...Kg4]

91.Ra8

Now it should be drawn.

91...Kg4 92.Rg8+ Kf3 93.Ra8 Re1 94.Ra7 Rd1 95.Ra8 Ke3 96.Kxh3 f3 97.Ra3+ Kf2 98.Ra2+ Ke3 99.Ra3+ Ke2 100.Ra2+ Rd2 101.Ra1 Kf2 102.Kh2 Re2 103.Ra8?! Ke3+

[103...Rd2 and white still has to be careful.]

104.Kg3 Rg2+ 105.Kh3 Rd2 106.Kg3 Rg2+ 107.Kh3 Rd2 108.Kg3 1/2-1/2

Polgar,Judit (2705) - Jones,Gawain C B (2644) [B78]
4th London Chess Classic London ENG (2.3), 02.12.2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exd5 a5 16.a3 Kg8 17.Rhe1 b4

[17...Rc5 may be more precise. 18.g4 (18.Re3 Qa8 19.Rxe7 Bf5 20.g4 a4 21.Bxa4 Qxa4 22.gxf5 Rfc8 23.c3 b4 24.axb4 Qa1+ 25.Kc2 Qa4+ 26.Kc1 Qa1+ 27.Kc2 Qa4+ 28.Kb1 Rxc3 29.Ra7 Qxb4 30.f6 Qb3 31.Ra3 Qc2+ 32.Qxc2 Rxc2 33.h4 R2c4 34.Ra6 Rxh4 35.Rxd6 Rf4 36.Rd3 h5 37.Rc6 Rd8 38.b3 Rf5 39.d6 Rxf6 40.Kc2 h4 41.Rc4 Rdxd6 42.Rxd6 Rxd6 43.Rxh4 Kg7 44.Rc4 g5 45.b4 Kg6 46.b5 Kh5 47.Rb4 Rb6 48.Kd3 f5 49.Ke2 g4 50.Kf2 gxf3 51.Kxf3 1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2723)-Grandelius,N (2556)/Malmo SWE 2012/The Week in Chess 914) 18...b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Qxb4 Qa8 21.Kd2 Rb8 22.Ra1 Rxd5+ 23.Ke3 Re5+ 24.Kd2 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2722)-Shirov,A (2730)/Bilbao ESP 2009/The Week in Chess 774]

18.axb4 axb4 19.Qxb4 Rc5

20.Rd3

[20.Rd4 may lead to a white advantage but the lines are very concrete and precise and haven't been tested at the very highest level. 20...Qa8 21.Kd1 Rb8 22.Qd2 Qa1+ 23.Ke2 Qxb2 24.Kf1 Rxb3 25.cxb3 Bb5+ 0-1 Swathi,G (2320)-Pogonina,N (2474)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 728]

20...Qa8 21.Rxe7 Qa1+ 22.Kd2 Qf1 23.Qf4 Bf5 24.Rc3 Ra5 25.Rce3 Qxg2+ 26.Re2 Qg1 27.Qe3 Qa1 28.Re8 Ra8 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Qc3 Qg1 31.Qe3 Qa1 32.Qc3 Qg1 33.Ba4

Polgar avoids repetition.

33...Qg5+ 34.Qe3 Qf6 35.c3 Rb8 36.b3 Qh4 37.Qe7 Qf4+ 38.Qe3 Qh4 39.Kc1 Qh3 40.Qf2 Bd3 41.Rd2 Bb5!

Black quickly needs to open the a-file.

42.Bxb5 Rxb5 43.b4 Qc8 44.Kb2 Rb8 45.Kb3 Qf5 46.Qf1 Re8 47.Qd3 Qg5 48.Ra2 h5 49.b5 Qg1 50.Re2 Ra8

Black has just enough counterplay to hold.

51.Rb2 Qa1 52.Qd4 Qa3+ 53.Kc2 Ra4 54.Qd2 Ra8 55.b6 Qa4+ 56.Kd3 Qa1 57.Qe2 Rb8 58.Kc2 Qa4+ 59.Kb1 Qa5

Hitting three pawns after which black has equalised.

60.Qb5 Qxc3 61.b7 Qxf3 62.Ka2 Kh7 63.Qc6 Qf4 64.h3 Qd4 65.Rb6 Qd2+ 66.Kb3 Qd1+ 67.Kb4 Qb1+ 68.Ka5 Qa2+ 69.Qa4 Qxd5+ 70.Ka6 Ra8+ 71.bxa8Q Qxa8+ 72.Kb5 Qd5+ 73.Ka6 Qa8+

The white king can't escape checks.

1/2-1/2

4th London Chess Classic 2012 London ENG Sat 1st Dec 2012 - Mon 10th Dec 2012 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	FED	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TB1
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2795	2	*			1			1			6.0	4.00
2	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2848	2		*				1			1	6.0	1.00
3	Adams, Michael	ENG	2710	1			*					1		3.0	1.00
4	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2760	2	0			*					1	3.0	0.00
5	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2775	1					*	½				1.0	0.50
6	McShane, Luke J	ENG	2713	2		0			½	*				1.0	0.50
7	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2705	2	0						*	½		1.0	0.50
8	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2644	2			0				½	*		1.0	0.50
9	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2815	2		0		0					*	0.0
9 players

4th London CC Open London ENG Sat 1st Dec 2012 - Mon 10th Dec 2012 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts	TPR
1	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	2649	1	1	2.0	2984
2	Rowson, Jonathan	GM	SCO	2586	1	1	2.0	2945
3	Van Kampen, Robin	GM	NED	2570	1	1	2.0	2933
4	Hebden, Mark L	GM	ENG	2547	1	1	2.0	2922
5	Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan	IM	MGL	2530	1	1	2.0	2911
6	Williams, Simon K	GM	ENG	2515	1	1	2.0	2899
7	Hawkins, Jonathan	IM	ENG	2507	1	1	2.0	2897
8	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2470	1	1	2.0	2875
9	McDonald, Neil	GM	ENG	2454	1	1	2.0	2865
10	Boruchovsky, Avital	IM	ISR	2448	1	1	2.0	2932
11	Hamitevici, Vladimir	IM	MDA	2440	1	1	2.0	2856
12	Shaw, John	GM	SCO	2435	1	1	2.0	2851
13	Zhou, Yang-Fan	IM	ENG	2419	1	1	2.0	2846
14	Golubka, Petr	IM	UKR	2418	1	1	2.0	2836
15	D`Costa, Lorin A R	IM	ENG	2417	1	1	2.0	2838
16	Hanley, Craig A	IM	ENG	2412	1	1	2.0	2832
17	Sarakauskas, Gediminas	IM	LTU	2408	1	1	2.0	2829
18	Ferguson, Mark	IM	ENG	2402	1	1	2.0	2829
19	Gullaksen, Eirik	IM	NOR	2384	1	1	2.0	2821
20	Crouch, Colin S	IM	ENG	2382	1	1	2.0	2821
21	Ansell, Simon T	IM	ENG	2377	1	1	2.0	2817
22	Schneider, Igor	FM	USA	2376	1	1	2.0	2812
23	Weber, Tom	FM	LUX	2372	1	1	2.0	2811
24	Bates, Richard A	IM	ENG	2370	1	1	2.0	2732
25	Szabo, Bence		HUN	2365	1	1	2.0	2811
26	Roberson, Peter T	FM	ENG	2350	1	1	2.0	2808
27	Kojima, Shinya	FM	JPN	2340	1	1	2.0	2793
28	Moriuchi, Toshiyuki		JPN	2316	1	1	2.0	2886
29	Zimmermann, Julian	FM	GER	2299	1	1	2.0	2794
30	Arvola, Benjamin	FM	NOR	2285	1	1	2.0	2774
31	Osborne, Marcus E		ENG	2280	1	1	2.0	2766
32	Dukaczewski, Piotr	IM	POL	2274	1	1	2.0	2765
33	Ledger, Dave J	FM	ENG	2266	1	1	2.0	2759
34	Stachanczyk, Jacek		POL	2265	1	1	2.0	2636
35	Player, Edmund C		ENG	2248	1	1	2.0	2609
36	Tan, Justin		AUS	2239	1	1	2.0	2661
37	Fayard, Alain	FM	FRA	2202	1	1	2.0	2888
38	Dole, Anant		RSA	2138	1	1	2.0	2748
39	Dale, Ari		AUS	2122	1	1	2.0	2737
40	Hillarp Persson, Tiger	GM	SWE	2546	1	½	1.5	2376
41	Holzke, Frank	GM	GER	2521	½	1	1.5	2314
42	Schneider, Dmitry	IM	USA	2477	1	½	1.5	2335
43	Pert, Richard G	IM	ENG	2454	1	½	1.5	2200
44	Sadzikowski, Daniel	IM	POL	2449	1	½	1.5	2319
45	Kiik, Kalle	IM	EST	2437	1	½	1.5	2308
46	Bartholomew, John	IM	USA	2427	½	1	1.5	2229
47	Slavin, Alexey	IM	RUS	2397	1	½	1.5	2169
48	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2396	½	1	1.5	2194
49	Rendle, Thomas E	IM	ENG	2381	1	½	1.5	2276
50	Radovanovic, Jovica	FM	SRB	2361	1	½	1.5	2314
51	Richardson, John R	FM	ENG	2320	½	1	1.5	2189
52	Kvisvik, Brede	FM	NOR	2316	½	1	1.5	2218
53	Coleman, David J	CM	ENG	2268	½	1	1.5	2156
54	Roe, Simon J		ENG	2265	1	½	1.5	2011
55	Eames, Robert S	FM	ENG	2263	½	1	1.5	2133
56	Gunajew, Rafal	FM	POL	2260	½	1	1.5	2091
57	Berry, Neil	FM	SCO	2247	1	½	1.5	2337
58	Berthier, Hugo		FRA	2220	1	½	1.5	2418
59	Jetzl, Joerg		AUT	2208	½	1	1.5	2091
60	Hanssen, Gunnar Berg		NOR	2207	1	½	1.5	2361
61	Caoili, Arianne	WIM	AUS	2202	1	½	1.5	2449
62	Bates, Caspar J		ENG	2200	1	½	1.5	2335
63	Hodgson, John H		ENG	2192	1	½	1.5	2315
64	Ilfeld, Etan		ISR	2191	=	1	1.5	2588
65	Yeo, Michael J		ENG	2191	½	1	1.5	1986
66	Steil-Antoni, Fiona	WIM	LUX	2169	1	½	1.5	2281
67	Lee, Kai Jie Edward		SIN	2165	1	½	1.5	2372
68	Sayers, Ray		ENG	2153	½	1	1.5	1946
69	Harari, Zaki		ENG	2143	½	1	1.5	1936
70	Quinn, John M		ENG	2127	½	1	1.5	1954
71	McKenna, Jason P		ENG	2102	½	1	1.5	2566
72	Duncan, Patrick C M		ENG	2071	½	1	1.5	2264
73	Szalontay, Mihaly		HUN	2011	1	½	1.5	2177
74	Kane, Robert		ENG	1827	=	1	1.5	0
75	Baterdene, Tsogbayar		MGL	1673	½	1	1.5	2266
76	Vidal, Rodriguez		VEN	0	½	1	1.5	2314
77	Rahman, Ziaur	GM	BAN	2518	+	-	1.0	0
78	Cherniaev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2460	1	0	1.0	2131
79	Mandiza, Farai	IM	ZIM	2415	+	-	1.0	0
80	Minhazuddin, Ahmed	IM	BAN	2401	+	-	1.0	0
81	Abu Sufian, Shakil	IM	BAN	2364	+	-	1.0	0
82	Chatterjee, Debaraj	FM	BAN	2307	+	-	1.0	0
83	Saduakassova, Dinara	WIM	KAZ	2298	+	-	1.0	0
84	Rudd, Jack	IM	ENG	2288	1	0	1.0	2051
85	Croad, Nicolas	FM	NZL	2282	1	0	1.0	2041
86	Chapman, Terry P D		ENG	2279	=	=	1.0	0
87	Britton, Richard L	FM	ENG	2233	1	0	1.0	2256
88	Stephan, Axel		GER	2233	1	0	1.0	2279
89	Black, Richard		BER	2227	1	0	1.0	2235
90	Kocwin, Bartosz	FM	POL	2226	1	0	1.0	2242
91	Jackson, James P		ENG	2222	1	0	1.0	2221
92	Grant, Jonathan I M		SCO	2217	1	0	1.0	2204
93	Eriksson, Jorgen		SWE	2213	1	0	1.0	2207
94	Anderton, Matthew N		ENG	2210	1	0	1.0	2174
95	Gikas, Andreas Basilius		GER	2210	0	1	1.0	1139
96	Guerrero, Andres		VEN	2206	1	0	1.0	2154
97	Stone, Andrew M		ENG	2203	½	½	1.0	1893
98	Farrand, Tom		JCI	2200	1	0	1.0	2130
99	Marusenko, Petr	IM	UKR	2197	1	0	1.0	2131
100	Wallace, Paul		IRL	2193	1	0	1.0	2122
101	Spivack, Simon S Y		ENG	2192	1	0	1.0	1684
102	Iwanow, Anna	WIM	POL	2188	1	0	1.0	2105
103	Semprun Martinez, Fernando		ESP	2183	1	0	1.0	2105
104	Jaunooby, Ali R		ENG	2178	1	0	1.0	2098
105	Williamson, Roger G		ENG	2177	1	0	1.0	2096
106	Tozer, Philip A A		ENG	2176	1	0	1.0	2092
107	Eden, Tomer		ISR	2172	=	½	1.0	1834
108	Moloney, Nicholas R		ENG	2168	1	0	1.0	2076
109	Guthrie, David		NZL	2167	1	0	1.0	2075
110	Willmoth, Robert F		ENG	2164	1	0	1.0	2071
111	Ethelontis, Alexandros N		ENG	2155	1	0	1.0	2066
112	Eriksson, Bo		SWE	2154	1	0	1.0	2063
113	Zymberi, Astrit		ALB	2154	1	0	1.0	2167
114	Holzhauer, Bjoern		GER	2153	1	0	1.0	2052
115	Maduekwe, Chiedu		NGR	2151	1	0	1.0	2034
116	Ociepka, Adrian		POL	2143	1	0	1.0	2021
117	Rumsey, Victor B		ENG	2138 *	1	0	1.0	1983
118	Friedland, Jon S	CM	ENG	2125	1	0	1.0	2033
119	Luncasu, Raul-Ionut		ROU	2118	1	0	1.0	2002
120	White, Alastair F		SCO	2112	1	0	1.0	1539
121	Hebbes, Tim		ENG	2111	1	0	1.0	2149
122	Wheldon, Philip		ENG	2103	1	0	1.0	1531
123	Compton, Alistair		NZL	2090	0	1	1.0	2208
124	Takahashi, Reiji		JPN	2079	0	1	1.0	2202
125	Cannon, Richard J		ENG	2071	0	1	1.0	2199
126	Lenier, Jude A		ENG	2069	0	1	1.0	2192
127	Burke, John S		ENG	2068	0	1	1.0	2195
128	Skutta, Bernd, Dr.		GER	2067	0	1	1.0	2186
129	Siddharth, Gopakumar		IND	2054	0	1	1.0	2178
130	De Coverly, Roger D		ENG	2038	0	1	1.0	2134
131	Shepley, Julien M		ENG	2029	0	1	1.0	2119
132	Andreev, Peter		ENG	2017	0	1	1.0	1959
133	Carlile, Orison		IRL	2016	0	1	1.0	2111
134	Pauw, Martijn		NED	2011	0	1	1.0	1667
135	Gschwendtner, Stanislav		CZE	2004	0	1	1.0	2084
136	Guo, Emma	WIM	AUS	2000	0	1	1.0	2078
137	Obiamiwe, Paul		NGR	1997	0	1	1.0	2048
138	Pleininger, Rudolf		SUI	1997	0	1	1.0	2056
139	Webster, Richard J		ENG	1994	0	1	1.0	1978
140	Tart, Peter K		ENG	1989	=	=	1.0	0
141	Barasi, Paul DL		ENG	1978 *	0	1	1.0	2011
142	Millward, Kevin P		ENG	1969	0	1	1.0	1862
143	Hortillosa, Andres D		USA	1963	0	1	1.0	1960
144	Koch, Alain		FRA	1960	0	1	1.0	1923
145	Bermingham, Tony		IRL	1959	0	1	1.0	1921
146	Phillips, William		ENG	1950	0	1	1.0	1992
147	Vachtfeidl, Petr		CZE	1945	0	1	1.0	1531
148	Fields, Francis E		ENG	1933	½	½	1.0	2233
149	Stokes, Paul C		ENG	1930 *	0	1	1.0	2174
150	Mehringer, Joerg		GER	1874	1	0	1.0	2229
151	De Lagontrie, Jean		FRA	1858	0	1	1.0	1472
152	Nettleton, Charlie B		ENG	1845	0	1	1.0	1467
153	Jones, Chris S		ENG	1834	½	½	1.0	2172
154	Reutimann, Hans Peter		SUI	1783	0	1	1.0	2091
155	Dror, Levi		ISR	1782	0	1	1.0	2089
156	Watson, Darrell A		ENG	1758	0	1	1.0	2078
157	Haddock, Paul		ENG	1665	0	1	1.0	2020
158	Sonnis, Steve		ENG	1660	1	0	1.0	2060
159	Mohamed, Islam		ENG	0	+	0	1.0	1504
160	Villiers, Thomas		ENG	2202 *	½	0	0.5	1638
161	Josse, Mark		ENG	2142	=	0	0.5	1007
162	Steevensz, Carel		NED	2096	0	½	0.5	2024
163	Seymour, Timothy P		ENG	2093	0	½	0.5	2017
164	Gregory, Philip J		ENG	2071	½	0	0.5	1881
165	Bass, John W		ENG	2065	0	½	0.5	1996
166	Whitehead, David J		ENG	2059	0	½	0.5	1986
167	Millward, Richard		ENG	2048	0	½	0.5	1970
168	Yurenok, Maria S	WFM	ENG	2041	0	½	0.5	1954
169	Jyothilal, N.		IND	2038	0	½	0.5	1700
170	Hoegener, Claude		LUX	2037	½	0	0.5	2239
171	McKerracher, Douglas		SCO	2034	=	0	0.5	1692
172	Iyengar, Ilya		ENG	2019	0	½	0.5	1923
173	Ditmas, Hugh		GER	2011	0	½	0.5	1907
174	Disu, Kayode		ENG	2010 *	0	½	0.5	1902
175	Casaschi, Paolo		ITA	2005	½	0	0.5	2165
176	Calvert, D Ian		ENG	1999	0	½	0.5	1876
177	Dydak, Mateusz		CAN	1992	0	½	0.5	1845
178	Casiot, David J		ENG	1991	0	=	0.5	1605
179	Jeitz, Olivier		LUX	1987	½	0	0.5	2161
180	Rogers, Tim L		ENG	1979	½	0	0.5	2099
181	Kreuzer, Christopher R L		ENG	1977	0	½	0.5	1732
182	Matthew, Ian G		ENG	1948	0	½	0.5	1539
183	Boger, Raymond		NOR	1946	½	0	0.5	2073
184	Hoekstra, Carl		NED	1937	0	½	0.5	1988
185	Wood, Peter R		ENG	1931	½	0	0.5	2041
186	Phillips, Owen S		ENG	1926	0	½	0.5	1973
187	McDonnell, James J.		IRL	1912	0	½	0.5	1951
188	Marshall, Michael		DEN	1898	0	½	0.5	1943
189	Veznik, Michael		CZE	1877	0	½	0.5	1936
190	Othman, Mustapha		NGR	1865	½	0	0.5	2041
191	Strand, Oyvin		NOR	1854	0	½	0.5	1931
192	Moan, Francis E		ENG	1853	½	0	0.5	2004
193	Scheele, Marcus		GER	1850 *	0	½	0.5	1927
194	Rusek, Walter		AUT	1831	½	0	0.5	1894
195	Mc Aleenan, Charles		SCO	1813	0	½	0.5	1915
196	Baasansuren, Erdene		MGL	1795	½	0	0.5	1966
197	Rallabandi, Praveen Kumar		ENG	1793	0	½	0.5	1453
198	Burnham, Frank D		ENG	1792	0	½	0.5	1904
199	Gupta, Arul		ENG	1761	0	½	0.5	1887
200	Sigurdsson, Birkir Karl		ISL	1725	0	½	0.5	1866
201	Fritzer, Friedrich		AUT	1716	=	0	0.5	1381
202	Whatley, Stephen A J		ENG	1707	=	0	0.5	1372
203	Dale, Finley		AUS	1691	½	0	0.5	1898
204	Bratteteig, Tore-Inge		NOR	1684	0	½	0.5	1838
205	Shierlaw, Hamish		NZL	1582	½	0	0.5	1789
206	McManus, Gordon		ENG	0	0	½	0.5	1837
207	Varnam, Liam D		ENG	2140	0	0	0.0	1005
208	Johansson, Toni		SWE	2100	0	0	0.0	1765
209	Knudsen, Andre		DEN	2050 *	0	0	0.0	1421
210	Hill, Alistair		ENG	2042 *	0	0	0.0	1412
211	French, Angus J		ENG	2018	0	-	0.0	1682
212	Walinga, Eric Jan		NED	2004	0	0	0.0	1348
213	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli		MAS	2001	0	0	0.0	1347
214	Cannon, Raymond C		ENG	1998	0	0	0.0	1330
215	Gibson, Christopher A		ENG	1975	0	0	0.0	1247
216	Faldon, David J		ENG	1938 *	0	0	0.0	1503
217	O`Molloy, Eamonn		IRL	1926	0	0	0.0	1434
218	Tortolero, Cesar		VEN	1926	0	0	0.0	1417
219	Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar		MGL	1924	0	0	0.0	1421
220	Hajenius, Willem		BEL	1922	0	0	0.0	1413
221	Shah, Dipak K		ENG	1914	0	0	0.0	1413
222	Fontaine, Olivier		FRA	1904	0	0	0.0	1409
223	Jakobsen, Alf Gjoran		NOR	1901	0	0	0.0	1401
224	Clayton, Tristan		ENG	1830	0	0	0.0	1384
225	Campbell, Eoin		SCO	1819	0	0	0.0	1380
226	Parry, Jacques		ENG	1809	0	0	0.0	1370
227	Boy Lazoni, Victor Hugo		PER	1806	0	0	0.0	1370
228	Cotter, Len		ENG	1802 *	0	0	0.0	1367
229	Kalerwa, Edwin M		ENG	1783	0	0	0.0	1356
230	Chilton, James I		ENG	1779	0	0	0.0	1350
231	Pattni, Kishan		ENG	1747	0	0	0.0	1337
232	Kroezen, Roland		NED	1726	0	0	0.0	1327
233	Gates, David A		ENG	1705	0	0	0.0	1370
234	Kouchak, Jason		FRA	1703	0	0	0.0	1246
235	Miu, Marinel		ROU	1631	0	0	0.0	1262
236	Lie, Terje		NOR	1595	0	0	0.0	1259
237	Altman, Joshua	CM	ENG	1555	0	0	0.0	1220
238	Spychala, Josefa		POL	1521	0	0	0.0	1186
239	Kazmierczak, Ewa		POL	1487	0	0	0.0	1152
240	Peck, Silas		ENG	0	0	0	0.0	1289
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