Round 2 games:
[Event “Essent Toernooi – Kroongroep”]
[Site “Hoogeveen, Netherlands”]
[Date “2008.10.20”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Adly, Ahmed”]
[WhiteElo “2586”]
[Black “Sokolov, Ivan”]
[BlackElo “2650”]
[Result “0-1”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Ng5 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Bxc4 e6 8. d4Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 c5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bd2 h6 15.Nge4 Bb6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Be1 Ne8 19. Nce4 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Bc7 21.Nb5 Bb6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Bc3 f6 24. Bd3 Be8 25. a3 Rd8 26. Bc4 Qc5 27. b3 Bh528. Rxd8 Bxg4 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. e4 a6 0-1
[Event “Essent Toernooi – Kroongroep”]
[Site “Hoogeveen, Netherlands”]
[Date “2008.10.20”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Smeets, Jan”]
[WhiteElo “2604”]
[Black “Sebag, Marie”]
[BlackElo “2533”]
[Result “1-0”]
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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a515. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. Qe2 f5 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 f4 21. Nf1Bd7 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Ra3 Qc7 24. Qd3 h6 25. O-O Ra8 26. Rfa1 Bc6 27. b4 axb4 28.cxb4 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Bb7 30. b5 Rd8 31. Rb3 Qb6 32. Rb1 Kg7 33. Qh3 Bc8 34. Be6Bb7 35. Ba2 Bc8 36. Qb3 d5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Qb2 Rd4 39. Nf3 Bf5 40. Nxd4 Bxb141. Ne6+ 1-0
Round 3 matchups:
Sebag, Marie (0) – Adly, Ahmed ( ½)
Sokolov, Ivan (2) – Smeets, Jan (1½)
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Sokolov rules!