[Event "Budapest Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 c6 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Bb7
10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ngxe4 c5 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
17.Nd6 Nxd3 18.Rxd3 Qc7 19.Bf4 Rad8 20.Rad1 Ba8 21.b4 Qc6 22.f3 Be7 23.Nf5 Bf6
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Qd2 Bf6 27.Qd6 Qb7 28.Nd4 Be7 29.Qc7 Qxc7 30.Bxc7 a5
31.Nc2 axb4 32.axb4 Bc6 33.b5 Bc5+ 34.Kf1 Bd7 35.Ke2 f6 36.Ne3 Kf7 37.Nd1 e5
38.Nb2 Be6 39.Kd3 Bf5+ 40.Kc3 Bd4+ 41.Kb3 Bxb2 42.Kxb2 Bd3 43.Kc3 Bf1 44.g3 Be2
45.f4 exf4 46.Bxf4 Ke6 47.Bc7 g5 48.Bxb6 f5 49.Bc7 h5 50.Kb4 Kd7 51.Bb8 Ke6
52.c5 Kd5 53.c6 Ke6 54.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Budapest Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johannes A J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qd7 13.Bf4 Qa4 14.Rfc1 e6 15.Bd1 Qa6
16.Qe3 Nc6 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Rae8 19.Qd2 Rd8 20.Bh6 Ne7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.d6 Nd5
23.Bb3 Qa5 24.Qd4+ Kg8 25.Ng5 Nc3 26.Qh4 Ne2+ 27.Kh1 h5 28.Re1 Rde8 29.Nxf7 Ng3+
30.hxg3 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Bc8 33.Ne5+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 a6 6.Bf4 b5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.a4 b4 9.Nd5 Nc6
10.Bc4 O-O 11.Qe2 e6 12.Bg5 Nxd4 13.Bxd8 Nxe2 14.Be7 exd5 15.Bxd5 Nf4 16.Bxa8 Re8
17.Bg5 Nxe5 18.O-O Ne2+ 19.Kh1 Nxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.Rae1 Be6 22.Be4 Bd7 23.b3 a5
24.f3 c6 25.Be3 d5 26.Bd3 Be6 27.f4 f5 28.Bxd4 Bxd4 29.Re2 Kf7 30.Kh2 Rd8
31.g4 Rd6 32.Kg3 c5 33.Bb5 Bc3 34.Rd1 Bd4 35.Kf3 Bc3 36.g5 Bg7 37.h4 h5 38.Rde1 Bc3
39.Be8+ Ke7 40.Bxg6 Bxe1 41.Rxe1 Kf8 42.Re5 c4 43.Bxf5 Bf7 44.bxc4 Be8 45.cxd5 Bxa4
46.Ke3 Be8 47.Kd4 Rb6 48.Re6 Rxe6 49.Bxe6 a4 50.d6 a3 51.Kc5 Bg6 52.Kxb4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Ngxe5 8.Nd4 Ng6
9.Nb3 Be7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Nd5 Bf8 12.Bd2 a5 13.Bc3 Nb4 14.Nxa5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 c6
16.Qd2 Qg5 17.Nb3 d5 18.f4 Qe7 19.cxd5 Qxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Rxe3 21.Kf2 Re7 22.dxc6 Nxf4
23.Bf3 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Ra6 25.Bf3 Rg6 26.Rfd1 Ba6 27.Bd4 Nxg2 28.Nc5 Nh4 29.Nxa6 Nxf3
30.Kxf3 Rxa6 31.a4 Rb7 32.Bc3 f6 33.Rd4 Bd6 34.b4 Bxh2 35.b5 Ra8 36.Rd5 Kf7
37.a5 Ke6 38.Rd2 Be5 39.Bxe5 fxe5 40.Rb2 Kd5 41.b6 e4+ 42.Ke3 Rf8 43.Rd1+ Ke6
44.a6 Rf3+ 45.Ke2 Rbf7 46.a7 Rf2+ 47.Ke1 Rf1+ 48.Kd2 Rd7+ 49.Kc3 Rf3+ 50.Kb4 Rxd1
51.a8=Q Rd4+ 52.Kc5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ninov, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Ndb5 Qb8
9.Bf4 Ne5 10.Qd4 a6 11.Nxd6+ Bxd6 12.O-O-O Nd3+ 13.Rxd3 Bxf4+ 14.gxf4 Qxf4+
15.Kb1 O-O-O 16.Rhd1 Ne7 17.Qc5+ Nc6 18.Na4 Kb8 19.Rxd7 Qg4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8
21.Rxd8+ Nxd8 22.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 a6 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 e6 6.Nf3 b5 7.Nbd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 d6
9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.e4 bxc4 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bxc4 Be7 15.O-O O-O
16.Be3 Ne5 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.f4 Ng6 19.Qe2 d5 20.Qg4 c4 21.Bd1 d4 22.Bd2 Rac8
23.Qh3 c3 24.Bh5 cxd2 25.Bxg6 h6 26.Rcd1 Rc2 27.e5 d3 28.Qxd3 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 Qxd3
30.Bxd3 Rxb2 31.Bxa6 Be3 32.g3 Rc2 33.Kg2 Ra8 34.Bd3 Rc3 35.Bb5 Rxa2 36.Bd7 Ra6
37.f5 exf5 38.e6 Bg5 39.Rxf5 Rc1 40.Rxd2 Bxd2 41.e7 Re1 42.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Spycher, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D61"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Rd1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 c5 13.Bb5 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nf6 15.Ne5 a6
16.Be2 b5 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.Bf3 Bb7 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Qb4 Kh8 21.Rc3 Qb6 22.a4 Rfe8
23.a5 Qxc6 24.Bxc6 Bxc6 25.Qd4 b4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Nd2 Nbd7 6.e4 bxc4 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bf4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bxc4 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.f4 Rb8 13.Rb1 Nf6 14.Ngf3 Ng4 15.Qd3 Rxb2
16.Rxb2 Bxb2 17.Bb5+ Bd7 18.Nc4 Bxb5 19.Nxd6+ Kf8 20.Nxb5 Qa5+ 21.Ke2 a6
22.Rb1 c4 23.Qd2 c3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.Qb3 Be6
9.Qxd5 Bxd5 10.Nd2 f5 11.f3 c5 12.e4 fxe4 13.fxe4 Bc6 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nc4 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Na5 h6 18.Bh4 Bd5 19.Bb5+ Kd8 20.O-O Rc8 21.Rfc1 g5 22.Be1 e6
23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Rxc8+ Nxc8 25.Rc1 Rh7 26.Bd3 Rc7 27.Ba5 b6 28.Rf1 Bg7 29.Bb4 Bc4
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Bf8 Bxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kd7 33.Rh8 a5 34.Rxh6 Ne7 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1 a4
37.Nd2 b5 38.Ne4 Nf5 39.Nc5+ Kc6 40.Rxe6+ Kd5 41.Rf6 Nxd4 42.Na6 Rxg2 43.e6 Rxh2
44.Nc7+ Kd6 45.e7+ Kxe7 46.Nd5+ Kd7 47.a3 Nc2+ 48.Kd1 Nxa3 49.Rg6 Rg2 50.Nc3 g4
51.Ne4 Nc4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Qc7 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.Bd3 b4 11.Nce2 h6 12.h4 e5 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nfg3 exf4 15.Qxf4 Bg7
16.Bd4 Ne5 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh1+ 19.Nxh1 Nfg4 20.O-O-O a5 21.Bb5+ Kf8
22.Nf2 Nxf2 23.Qxf2 Qb7 24.Bc4 Qe7 25.Bd5 Bb7 26.Nf4 Kg8 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Nd5 Re8
29.Rh1 Qc8 30.Kb1 Kf8 31.Qh4 Qc4 32.Qf2 Rb8 33.b3 Qc8 34.Rh7 Qg4 35.Rxg7 Qd1+
36.Kb2 a4 37.Rxf7+ Nxf7 38.bxa4 Rc8 39.Nf6 Rxc2+ 40.Qxc2 Qxd4+ 41.Kb1 Qg1+
42.Qc1 Qxc1+ 43.Kxc1 Ke7 44.a5 Kd8 45.Nh7 Ne5 46.Kc2 Nf3 47.Kd3 Kc7 48.Ke3 Ne5
49.Kd4 Kc6 50.a6 Nf3+ 51.Ke3 Ne5 52.Kd4 Nf3+ 53.Kc4 Nd2+ 54.Kxb4 Nxe4 55.Kc4 Kb6
56.Kd5 Nd2 57.Kxd6 Kxa6 58.Ke5 Kb5 59.Kf4 Nc4 60.Nf8 Nd6 61.Nxg6 Kb4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.b4 Qd6 10.a3 Nd7 11.e3 c6 12.Be2 b5 13.O-O a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 O-O 16.Qb4 Qxb4
17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Re8 19.Ne1 Nb8 20.Nd3 Na6 21.Ra3 f5 22.Rb3 Bf8 23.Na2 Bd6
24.Nc5 Nc7 25.h4 f4 26.Rc3 fxe3 27.fxe3 Bg3 28.h5 Be1 29.Ra3 Bf5 30.hxg6 hxg6
31.g4 Bb1 32.Nd7 Kg7 33.Ne5 Bxa2 34.Rxa2 Bxb4 35.Nxc6 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bb3 a6 8.Be3 Na5
9.Qe2 b5 10.O-O-O Nxb3+ 11.Nxb3 Qc7 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Rd3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5
16.Rhd1 Be7 17.Qd2 Bc8 18.Rg3 Bf6 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Be7 21.Rd1 O-O 22.Rgd3 Ra7
23.Na5 Bc5 24.f3 Rc7 25.b4 Bb6 26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Kb2 Bc6 28.Rd6 h5 29.Ne2 Rfc8
30.Nec1 Kf8 31.Nd3 Ke7 32.Ndc5 a5 33.R6d2 a4 34.Nc1 Bxc5 35.bxc5 f5 36.Re1 fxe4
37.fxe4 Be8 38.Nd3 Rd8 39.Rde2 Rd4 40.Re3 Bf7 41.Rf1 Be8 42.Rg3 Rxe4 43.Rxg7+ Kd8
44.Rg8 Ke7 45.Rg7+ Kd8 46.Rg5 Ke7 47.Kc1 Re2 48.Kd1 Re4 49.Kd2 Rg4 50.Rxg4 hxg4
51.Re1 g3 52.hxg3 e4 53.Rxe4 Bg6 54.Rg4 Kf6 55.Rf4+ Kg7 56.Rb4 Bxd3 57.Kxd3 Rxc5
58.c4 bxc4+ 59.Rxc4 Ra5 60.Ke4 Kf6 61.Kf4 Rf5+ 62.Kg4 Ra5 63.Kf4 Rf5+ 64.Ke3 Ra5
65.g4 Kg5 66.Re4 Rb5 67.Rxa4 Rb2 68.Kf3 Rb3+ 69.Ke4 Rb2 70.Ke5 Re2+ 71.Re4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dedes, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.O-O Nc5 10.f3 e6 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Qb8 13.Qd2 d5 14.e5 Qxe5 15.Bf4 Qh5 16.Rfe1 Qg6
17.Nxb4 Rc8 18.Ba2 a5 19.c3 axb4 20.Bb1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nfe4 22.fxe4 dxe4 23.a5 Be7
24.a6 Ba8 25.Re3 e5 26.Rg3 Qd6 27.Nb5 Qb6 28.Bxe5 Nb3+ 29.Qe3 Qxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Nxa1
31.c4 Bc5 32.Bd4 Bxd4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burgess, Mark R"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O e4 8.Nd4 Qe7
9.Nc3 c6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.Na4 Nxa4 13.Qxa4 h5 14.Qc2 h4 15.Ne2 Re8
16.h3 Nh7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qb2+ Kg8 19.Kh2 Ng5 20.Nf4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.Ne2 Be6
23.Rfc1 hxg3+ 24.fxg3 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 exf3 26.Ng1 e4 27.h4 Rad8 28.Rc2 Rd3 29.Rf1 b5
30.cxb5 cxb5 31.Nh3 Rc8 32.Rb2 Rcd8 33.Rf2 Ra3 34.Nf4 Bxa2 35.d3 exd3 36.Nxd3 Rdxd3
37.Rxa2 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bojkovic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.Bb3 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.d4 Be7 9.O-O O-O
10.Rd1 b6 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Ne1 Ba6 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.a3 Nc6 16.Bc2 f6
17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Ndf3 Bd6 19.Qg5 Be2 20.Qh4 Nf8 21.Rd2 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Rh6 23.Qg4 Bxh2+
24.Kf1 Bf4 25.Rd1 Rh1+ 26.Ke2 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Bd6 28.Bh6 Qf7 29.Be3 e5 30.Ng5 Qf6
31.Bb3 Ne7 32.Ne4 Qe6 33.Qxe6+ Nxe6 34.Nxd6 exd4 35.Bd2 Rd8 36.Ne4 dxe4 37.Bxe6+ Kf8
38.Ke2 Rd6 39.Ba2 Rg6 40.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Petrovic, Vojislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.h4 Rd8 12.h5 Qc7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Qf2 Nfd7 16.Kb1 Nc4
17.Bc1 Ndb6 18.g4 b4 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nd2 a4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.h6 g6 23.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tringov, Georgi P"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.h4 Rc8 12.g4 Ne5 13.Rh3 h6 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.g5 Nb6 16.f4 Nec4
17.Qe1 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh3 19.Bxh3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Nc4 21.Qg3 g6 22.Qh4 b4 23.axb4 Qb6
24.b5 axb5 25.Qh7 Qa7 26.Nb3 Qe3+ 27.Kb1 Na3+ 28.bxa3 Qxc3 29.Nd4 Bxe4 30.Qg8+ Bf8  0-1

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Qa4 Qb6 10.Qb5 Rd8 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Ndb5 Nc6 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 Rxd1+
16.Rxd1 Kf8 17.Nd6 Ke7 18.Nxc4 Bd7 19.b3 Rd8 20.Rc1 Be8 21.Nb6 Rd2 22.Kf1 Na5
23.Ke1 Rb2 24.Ra1 Rc2 25.Nba4 Bc6 26.Kd1 Rxc3 27.Bxc6 Nxb3 28.Nxc3 Nxa1 29.Bxb7 Ng4
30.Kc1 c4 31.Kb2 Nb3 32.axb3 cxb3 33.h3 Nxf2 34.Bg2 g5 35.Kxb3 f5 36.Kc2 g4
37.h4 e5 38.e3 Ke6 39.Kd2 Nh3  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Nbd2 bxc4 6.Nxc4 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Bd5 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Nfe5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Nd5 14.Bd2 f5 15.e3 Rb8
16.b3 Bd6 17.Nc4 Bb4 18.Bxb4 Rxb4 19.Qe2 f4 20.gxf4 Rxf4 21.Kh1 Rh4 22.Rg1 Qf6
23.Rg3 Qh6 24.f4 d6 25.Rcg1 g6 26.Nd2 Rh3 27.Ne4 e5 28.Ng5 Rh5 29.Qg2  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.h3 a5
9.Nf3 a4 10.Rc1 a3 11.b3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qd2 Nb4 15.Na4 N6d5
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 c6 19.Nb6 Ra5 20.Bc4+ e6 21.g4 Nc2 22.Qc3 Be4
23.Rxc2 Rf3 24.Qd2 Qxb6 25.Bxe6+ Kh8 26.Rc3 Rf8 27.Re3 Rd8 28.Qc3 Rd4 29.Bc4 h5
30.e6 Kh7 31.Rfe1 Re5 32.f4 Ra5 33.e7 Ra8 34.Kh2 hxg4 35.hxg4 g5 36.Rh3+ Kg6
37.f5+ Kg7 38.Rxe4 Qc7+ 39.Kg2 c5 40.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nd2 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Qa4 e6 8.a3 Be7
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.b4 a6 12.Bb2 b5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Bc3 Rfc8 15.Qb2 h6 16.Nb3 Nb8
17.f3 Nbd7 18.Kh1 Qd8 19.Na5 Rab8 20.a4 Ba8 21.Rfc1 Qe8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bd2 Rxc1+
24.Rxc1 Nb6 25.Ng3 Qd7 26.Rc2 Ne8 27.Qc1 Bf6 28.Nb3 Bb7 29.Nh5 Be7 30.Na5 Ba8
31.h3 Nc4 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Bxc4 d5 34.exd5 Bxd5 35.Bxd5 Qxd5 36.Rc8 Rxc8 37.Qxc8 Kf8
38.Nxg7 Kxg7 39.Qxe8 Bd6 40.Qd7 Qxd4 41.Bc3 Qxc3 42.Qxd6 e5 43.Qc5 Qe1+ 44.Kh2 f5
45.b5 f4 46.Qg1 Qb4 47.Qa7+ Kf6 48.Qb6+ Kf5 49.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "43"]
[White "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Nb5 Qd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qxd7+ Kxd7 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.O-O-O Ke7 12.Bg3 Bd7 13.a3 a5 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Be2 a4
16.Ng5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Bb6 18.Bh4+ f6 19.Bg3 Na5 20.Rhe1 Bc6 21.c4 Ne3 22.Bd6+ Kf7
23.Ng5+ fxg5 24.fxe3 Bxg2 25.Kb1 Nb3 26.Ka2 Rhd8 27.Bg4 h6 28.Rg1 Bc6 29.Rgf1+ Kg8
30.Bxe6+ Kh8 31.e4 Bxb5 32.cxb5 Nd4 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Bc7 Re8 35.Bd5 Be5 36.Bb6 Rac8
37.Rf2 Rf8 38.Re2 Rc1 39.Be3 Rh1  0-1

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "54"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jovic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Ne4 7.O-O Nxd2 8.Bxd2 a5
9.d5 O-O 10.Bxb4 axb4 11.Ne5 exd5 12.cxd5 Ra5 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Nc4 Rc5 15.b3 d6
16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.e4 Ba6 18.Nb2 Qf6 19.Na4 Rb5 20.f4 Nc5 21.e5 Qd8 22.Nb2 dxe5
23.fxe5 Nd7 24.e6 Nf6 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Nc4 Rc5 28.Re1 Qd8 29.Qxb4 Bxc4
30.bxc4 Qc8 31.d6 cxd6 32.Qxb6 Qc7 33.Qb3 h5 34.Qe3 Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "56"]
[White "Popchev, Milko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.dxc5 bxc5 6.O-O g6 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Qc2 d6 10.Bg5 Nbd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "65"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rakic, Tomislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.O-O e5 12.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cervenka, Imrich"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O e6 8.d3 Nf6
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.Qe1 g6 12.f5 gxf5 13.Rxf5 Be7 14.Rf1 Qd4+ 15.Qe3 Rg8
16.Rf2 Ng4 17.Nxg4 Qxg4 18.Qf4 Qg6 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Be3 f5 21.Ng3 h5 22.Qh6 Qxh6
23.Bxh6 h4 24.Ne2 e5 25.Rxf5 Rxg2+ 26.Kf1 Rxh2 27.Rxe5 Rh1+ 28.Ng1 h3 29.Rae1 Rd7
30.Bg5 h2 31.Rxe7+ Rxe7  0-1

[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pokorny, Petr"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bf4 Nbd7 4.h3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bc4 c5 8.c3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a4 a6 11.Qe2 Re8 12.e4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Be3 Qe7
16.Rac1 Qb4 17.b3 Nh5 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Nxf7 b5 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kh8
23.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nepustil, Frantisek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 Nc6 8.h5 Be4 9.Rh3 f5
10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 cxd4 13.Bxe4 Bc5 14.Qd3 Rd8 15.Qb5 Qe5 16.Bxc6+ bxc6
17.Qxc6+ Rd7 18.Bf4 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.Rb3 Bb6 21.O-O-O Nf6 22.f3 O-O 23.Bh2 Nd7
24.Nf4 Re5 25.Rbd3 Nb8 26.Ng6 hxg6 27.Bxe5 Nc6 28.Bd6 Rd8 29.Bg3 gxh5 30.gxh5 Rd5
31.c3 Rxh5 32.cxd4 Nb4 33.Rb3 Nxa2+ 34.Kb1 Ra5 35.Be1 Ra4 36.Ra3 Rxa3 37.bxa3  1-0

[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polko, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 Nh5 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qe8
16.Be3 g6 17.h3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nf4 20.Qf3 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Qe5 22.Rad1 Be6
23.Ne3 h5 24.Rxd6 Bxa2 25.b3 Rfc8 26.h4 Rc3 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kg7 29.g3 Qe7
30.Nf5+ gxf5 31.Qxc3+ f6  1-0

[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trmal, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.b3 e4 10.Nd4 Qe7 11.Ndb5 Nc5 12.Ba3 b6 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.b4 Nd3 16.Bxd3 exd3
17.Qxd3 a5 18.Nc2 axb4 19.Bxb4 c5 20.Ba3 Rfd8 21.Qe2 Ne4 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nc3
24.Qf3 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Rfe1 Rxd5 27.e4 Rd2 28.Bb2 Rxa2 29.e5 Rxb2 30.exf6 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Bg3 f5 12.b4 Bb6 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.b5 Na5 15.Be5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Qh4 17.Qe2 Qf6 18.Nd2 Be6 19.Ndf3 Rae8 20.Nd4 Bc8 21.f4 Bc7 22.Ndf3 b6
23.h4 Nb7 24.Ng5 Bxe5 25.Qh5 h6 26.fxe5 Qe7 27.e6 Nd6 28.Re3 Kg8 29.Nf3 Ne4
30.Nd4 Bxe6 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Rf1 Qc5 33.Rg3 f4 34.Qxc5 bxc5 35.Nxe6 Rxe6 36.Rg4 e3
37.Re1 Rd6 38.a4 Kh7 39.h5 Rff6 40.Rb1 Rd2 41.a5 f3 42.gxf3 Rxf3 43.c4 e2
44.Re1 Rd1 45.Kg2 Rf1 46.Rxe2 Rg1+  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.g3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Na5 9.h4 h5
10.Ng5 Ne7 11.Qf3 Nf5 12.Bh3 g6 13.Bxf5 gxf5 14.Qe2 Ba4 15.Ndf3 Nb3 16.Rb1 Nxc1
17.Rxc1 Bh6 18.Ra1 Rg8 19.Nh7 O-O-O 20.Nf6 Rg6 21.Nxh5 Qb3 22.Ng1 Rh8 23.Nh3 b5
24.f4 Kd8 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Ng5 Qc2 27.Qxc2 Bxc2 28.Nf6 Bg7 29.Ke3 Bxf6 30.exf6+ Kxf6
31.Rh2 Bb3 32.Rg1 Ke7 33.Re2 f6 34.Nf3 a5 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Rge1 Re8 37.Nd2 Ba4
38.Nf1 Rh6 39.Ne3 Rd8 40.Ng2 Rd6 41.g4 fxg4 42.f5 e5 43.dxe5 fxe5 44.Rxe5 b4
45.axb4 axb4 46.Re7+ Kg8 47.Kg3 bxc3 48.bxc3 d4 49.cxd4 Rxd4 50.Ne3 Rb6 51.h5 c3
52.Rc7 Rc6 53.Rxc6 Bxc6 54.Rc1 Rd3 55.Kf4 g3 56.Rg1 Kh7 57.Rxg3 Ba4 58.f6 Rd7
59.Rg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Nc2 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Bc3 Be7 11.h4 h5 12.Bd3 g6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.g3 a5 15.a3 a4 16.O-O Na5
17.Bxa5 Qxa5 18.Nb4 Bb5 19.Bxb5+ Qxb5 20.Rfc1 Kd7 21.Rc2 Rhc8 22.Rac1 Bxb4
23.axb4 Rc4 24.Rxc4 dxc4 25.Qc3 Rc8 26.Ra1 Ke7 27.Qa3 Qd5 28.b5+ Ke8 29.b6 Nxd4
30.Qxa4+ Kf8 31.Nxd4 Qxd4 32.Qb4+ Kg8 33.Ra5 Rd8 34.Qe7 Qxb6 35.Ra3 Rd1+
36.Kg2 Qc6+ 37.Rf3 Rd7 38.Qf6 b5 39.Kh2 b4 40.Rf5 Rc7 41.Rxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Ne5 11.f3 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rfd1 d5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bd6 18.Kh1 b5 19.Nc2 Ng6 20.Bd3 Qh4 21.Bg1 Re5 22.Qf2 Qf6
23.Ne3 h5 24.a4 Rae8 25.Be4 Nf4 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qf1 Bc8 28.Qxb5 h4 29.Ra8 Bd7
30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Qa6 h3 32.g3 Rxe4 33.fxe4 Qe5 34.Qc4 Bb5 35.gxf4 Qh5 36.Qc8+ Bf8
37.Bf2 Be2 38.Re1 Bf3+ 39.Kg1 Qg6+ 40.Bg3 Qxe4  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Alaan, Vince"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 a6 8.a4 e6 9.O-O exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.Bf4 h6 12.h3 g5 13.Bc1 Bf5 14.Nd2 Nfd7 15.e4 Bg6 16.Ndb1 Nb6
17.Na3 N8d7 18.a5 Nc8 19.Kh2 Na7 20.Nc4 Bf8 21.f4 f6 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxg5 f5
24.gxh6 Nb5 25.Ne4 Nd4 26.Ng5 Nf6 27.Nb6 Rb8 28.Be3 Bd6 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Ne6 Ng4+
31.hxg4 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Bxg3 33.Rxf5 Bxf5 34.gxf5 Kh8 35.Qf3 Rg8 36.f6 Rg6 37.Nd7 Rc8
38.f7 Bd6 39.f8=Q+ Bxf8 40.Nexf8 Rg3 41.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 f5 13.Rc1 fxe4 14.fxe4 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.O-O Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Rxf3 19.Bxf3 Qd7 20.Qe2 Kg7 21.Nd1 c5 22.Ne3 Rf8
23.g3 Neg8 24.Kg2 Nf6 25.Rf1 Nf7 26.Ng4 Ng5 27.Nxf6 Qh3+ 28.Kg1 Rxf6 29.Bg2 Rxf1+
30.Bxf1 Qh6 31.h4 Nf7 32.Bh3 Qc1+ 33.Kg2 h5 34.Be6 Nd8 35.Bd7 Nf7 36.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nb3 O-O 10.a4 Nb4 11.Bf4 e5 12.Be3 Be6 13.a5 d5 14.exd5 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 b6 19.Nb7 Qd7 20.c4 Qxb7 21.Qxd5 Qxd5 22.cxd5 Rad8
23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra6 Rd6 25.Rc1 g6 26.Rc6 Rxd5 27.Raxb6 e4 28.Rc2 Ra8 29.Rb4 Ra1+
30.Kg2 Re1 31.Rb7 h5 32.Re7 Kf8 33.Rec7 Kg7 34.Rc1 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Rd2 36.Re1 f5
37.b3 Kf6 38.h4 g5 39.hxg5+ Kxg5 40.Kf1 Rb2 41.Re3 Kg4 42.Kg2 Rc2 43.Re1 Rb2
44.Re3 h4 45.gxh4 Kxh4 46.Kf1 Kg5 47.f3 Kf4 48.Re2 Rxb3 49.fxe4 fxe4 50.Ra2 Rh3
51.Kg2 Rg3+ 52.Kf2 Rf3+ 53.Kg2 Kg4 54.Ra8 Kf4 55.Ra2 Rg3+ 56.Kf2 Rb3 57.Rc2 Rf3+
58.Kg2 Ke3 59.Ra2 Rf4 60.Ra3+ Kd2 61.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.g3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.dxc5 Be6 11.Qa4 Qa5 12.Qh4 h5 13.Nd4 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rab8
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Rxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 e6 8.h3 exd5
9.cxd5 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bc2 b5 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Re1 b4 14.Nce2 Nbd7 15.a3 b3
16.Bb1 Rb8 17.Nc3 Ne5 18.f4 Nc4 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.Rd1 Qh4 21.Nge2 Ncb6 22.Bd2 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 Bxc3 24.Bxc3 Qxf4 25.Rf1 Qg5 26.Qa6 Ne5 27.Qxa7 Nbc4 28.Rf2 Rf8 29.a4 Ne3
30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.a5 Qd4 32.Kh1 Nc2  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wessman, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Qf3 Be6 7.Bd3 g6 8.h4 h5
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.Kb1 Qa5 11.Nge2 O-O-O 12.Nc1 Bd6 13.N3e2 Kb8 14.g3 Ka8 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.Nf4 Bf7 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Nd2 Rhe8 19.Rc1 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.c3 Bd6 22.Rhd1 Nc4
23.Bc2 Bxf4 24.gxf4 d4 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Bd3 b5 27.Nxc4 bxc4 28.exd4 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Bd5
30.Bxc4 Bxc4 31.b3 Qxf4 32.Rxc4 Qe4+ 33.Rc2 Qd5 34.Rc5 Qf3 35.Rd2 Qf4 36.Rcc2 g5
37.d5 Qd6 38.Rc6 Qe5 39.d6 Qe1+ 40.Kc2 Qe4+ 41.Kb2 Qe5+ 42.Rc3 Qe2 43.Rd3  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Martin del Campo, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 Nb4 11.f4 Bg4 12.Qe1 Be6 13.Nd2 exf4 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Bxf4 Bf6
16.Qg3 Ne5 17.Rad1 Nbxd3 18.cxd3 Nxf3 19.Qxf3 Be5 20.d4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 d5 22.Rfe1 Qd7
23.e5 Rac8 24.h3 Rc6 25.Rd3 Rfc8 26.Rg3 Qe7 27.h4 Rc4 28.h5 Rd8 29.b3 Rc6
30.Ree3 Bc8 31.Rg5 h6 32.Rgg3 Kh8 33.Nb5 f6 34.Nd6 Rf8 35.Qh4 Rc7 36.Rc3 Rxc3
37.Rxc3 Be6 38.Nb5 Bd7 39.Nd6 Be6 40.Re3 Qd7 41.Rf3 Kg8 42.Rg3 Kh8 43.Kh2 b6
44.Kg1 fxe5 45.dxe5 Qc7 46.Kh2 Rf1 47.Rf3 Rxf3 48.gxf3 Qc2+ 49.Kg3 Qe2 50.Qd4 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Puri, Vinny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nb5 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Nc7+ Kd7
9.Nxa8 cxd4 10.g3 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bh3+ Kd8 14.Bxc8 Kxc8 15.O-O Qd5
16.Qa4 Kb8 17.Nxc4 Bc5 18.Na5 Kxa8 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Rac1 Kb7 21.Rc4 Rc8 22.Rfc1 Bb6
23.Qb4 c5 24.Qd2 Rh8 25.b4 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Re8 27.a4 e4 28.Rc5 a5 29.Qb5  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 a6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Rhg1 b5 12.g4 Na5 13.g5 Nxb3+ 14.axb3 Nd7 15.f4 b4
16.Nf5 exf5 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.exf5 Re8 19.Bd4 Bf8 20.Qh5 Re4 21.Bf6 Qe8 22.Nc7 Nxf6
23.gxf6 Qd8 24.Nd5 Bb7 25.fxg7 Be7 26.Rg3 Bf6 27.Rh3 Bxg7 28.Qxh7+ Kf8 29.f6 Bxf6
30.Qxe4 Qa5 31.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Flecker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bf4 c6
9.h3 O-O 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 c5 14.dxc5 Be6 15.Nd4 Qxc5
16.g4 Rac8 17.f3 N6d7 18.Rhg1 Qa5 19.g5 h5 20.g6 f6 21.Bf5 Bb4 22.Nxe6 Nxe6
23.Rxd5 Qb6 24.Rxd7 Nxf4 25.Qb3+ Ne6 26.Nd5 Qc6 27.Bxe6+ Qxe6 28.Nxb4 Qxb3
29.axb3 Rxe3 30.Rgd1  1-0

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mahdi, Khaled"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O e5 8.Qe2 Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Qc2 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7 14.Be2 Be6 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Na4 Ne5 17.b3 Rad8 18.Kh1 Ng6 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Bh5 Ne5 21.Qf2 Rd7 22.c5 Red8
23.Qg3 Kh8 24.cxd6 Bxd6 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 f6 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Bg1 Qa5 29.Qf2 Rd2
30.Qxa7 Qxa7 31.Bxa7 Rxa2 32.Bd4 Bxb3 33.Kg1 Ra5 34.Rb1 Bg8 35.Be2 Ra2 36.Kf1 Rc2
37.Rb8 h6 38.Bxe5 fxe5 39.Bg4 Kh7 40.Bf5+ g6 41.Rb7+ Kh8 42.Bxg6 c5 43.Bf7 Bxf7
44.Rxf7 c4 45.Rc7 c3 46.g4 Rxh2 47.Rxc3 Kg7 48.Rf3 Rh4 49.Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ninov, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O d5 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Na5 11.Qb2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.Bd2 Be4 14.Rac1 Nc6 15.Nc4 Rc8
16.Be1 b6 17.Qa3 Rc7 18.d5 Rd7 19.Nce5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Rxd5 21.Nc6 Rxd1 22.Nxd8 Rfxd8
23.Bxe4 Nxe4 24.Kg2 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Nc5 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 h5 28.f3 f6 29.h4 Kg7
30.Qe3 Kf7 31.Qf4 Rd6 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.g4 hxg4 34.fxg4 Rd5 35.Qb8 Re5 36.Qxa7 b5
37.Kf3 Ne4 38.Qd7 Nd6 39.Qc6 Kf7 40.Qc1 Kg7 41.Qc7 Kf7 42.Qc1 Kg7 43.Qc2 Nf7
44.Qc1 Nd6 45.Qc2 Nf7 46.Qc3 Nd6 47.Qd3 Nf7 48.Qd4 Nd6 49.Qa7 Re4 50.Qc7 Re5
51.Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Voiska, Margarita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 Nh6 11.Rc1 Nf7 12.Qc2 c6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.b4 Nh6 15.h3 f5 16.Bg5 Qe8
17.dxe5 dxe5 18.c5 f4 19.Bxh6 Bxh6 20.Na4 Qe7 21.Nb2 Bg7 22.Nc4 Bf6 23.Rfd1 Re8
24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Bc4+ Kg7 26.Rd2 Nf8 27.Rcd1 Be6 28.Qb3 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 h5
31.Rd6 Re8 32.Qd1 Qf7 33.Qd3 g5 34.a4 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Nh2 Qg6 37.f3 gxf3
38.Qxf3 Qf7 39.Ng4 Qxc4 40.Nxf6 Re6 41.Nh5+ Kf7 42.Rd8 Rg6 43.Kh2 Qxb4 44.Nxf4 exf4
45.Qxf4+ Rf6 46.Rxf8+ Kxf8 47.Qxf6+ Ke8 48.Qe5+ Kf7 49.Qf5+ Ke7 50.Qg5+ Ke6
51.Qf5+ Ke7 52.g4 Qxa4 53.Kg3 Qb3+ 54.Kh4 a5 55.Qe5+ Qe6 56.Qc7+ Ke8 57.Qb8+ Kf7
58.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zorman, Vojko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 N8d7
9.O-O c6 10.b3 a5 11.a4 Nf6 12.e4 Re8 13.Bb2 Nfd7 14.Qc2 Nb8 15.d5 Na6 16.Rad1 Nb4
17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Qa7 20.h3 Bd7 21.Kh2 Rac8 22.Nd4 Red8 23.Nc2 Nxc2
24.Rxc2 cxd5 25.exd5 Na8 26.d6 exd6 27.Nd5 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Qc5 29.Qd2 Be6 30.Rc1 Qa7
31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Qb2+ Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kf8 34.Nxh7+ Kg8 35.Nf6+ Kf8 36.Ne4 d5 37.Qh8+ Ke7
38.Qh4+ Ke8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 40.Nxd5 Rxd5 41.Bxd5 Qxf2+ 42.Bg2 Kg7 43.Rd1 Bxb3
44.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nickl, Klaus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.e5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bd5 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.h4 h5 15.Rg1 Qd7
16.Ng5 f6 17.exf6 exf6 18.Nh3 Rad8 19.Nf4 Bf7 20.g4 Nxd4 21.gxh5 Qf5 22.Qb2 Nxe2
23.Nxe2 Qxh5 24.Qa3 Rfe8 25.Qxa7 Bc4 26.Ng3 Qd5  0-1

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Reichmann, Egon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 c6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.a3 c5 14.Qb2 Nf8 15.Rad1 Ne6
16.Be5 c4 17.bxc4 Bxc4 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.e3 Nc5 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Ndb1 Qc7
23.Rc1 Re6 24.Qd2 Bc4 25.Nxd5  1-0

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pils, Walter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.a4 a6
9.c3 Bb7 10.Na3 Qe8 11.Bh2 e5 12.Nc4 Nd5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.Na3 e4
16.Nd2 f5 17.c4 N5f6 18.Qc2 g5 19.b4 Qg6 20.Rb1 Rbe8 21.Rb3 g4 22.h4 Nh5
23.Qd1 f4 24.exf4 Bxd4 25.Nc2 Bg7 26.Ne3 Nxf4 27.Bxg4 Ne5 28.Bxf4 Nxg4 29.Qxg4 Qxg4
30.Nxg4 Rxf4 31.Ne3 Rxh4 32.Nf5 Rg4 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Re3 Re5 35.Rfe1 h5 36.Kh2 Kf6
37.Kh3 Ke6 38.Rc1 Kd7 39.Rce1 Kc8 40.Nb3 Bc6 41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 Bd7 43.Kh2 Reg5
44.g3 d5 45.cxd5 Rxd5 46.Rxe4 Rxe4 47.Rxe4 Rxb5 48.Nc1 Rb2 49.Rf4 Rd2 50.Rf7 c5  0-1

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qa5 7.d5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 exd5
9.O-O dxc4 10.Qd6 Ne4 11.Qf4 d5 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Be3 Re8
16.Rfc1 Be6 17.Qd6 Bd5 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Bxc5 Reb8 20.Rcb1 a6 21.Rb6 Rxb6 22.Bxb6 Rb8
23.Rb1 f6 24.a4 a5 25.Kf1 e3 26.f3 Be6 27.Ke1 Bf5 28.Rb2 Bc2 29.Rxc2 Rxb6
30.Rc1 Kf7 31.f4 Ke6 32.Kf1 g5 33.fxg5 fxg5 34.Kg2 g4 35.h3 h5 36.hxg4 hxg4
37.Rd1 Rb2 38.Rd4 Rxe2+ 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Ke1 Kf5 41.Rxc4 Rg2 42.Kd1 Rxg3 43.Ke2 Rg1
44.Kxe3 Re1+ 45.Kf2 Re4 46.Rc5+ Kf4 47.Rxa5 Rc4 48.Ra8 Rxc3 49.Rf8+ Ke5 50.Rg8 Rc4
51.a5 Ra4 52.Rg5+ Kd6 53.Ke2 Ra2+ 54.Kd1 Rg2 55.Rg7 Ke5 56.Rc7 Ra2 57.Ke1 g3
58.Kf1 Kd6 59.Ra7 Kc5 60.Ra8 Rf2+ 61.Ke1 Rc2 62.Kf1 Kb5 63.Kg1 g2 64.Kh2 c5
65.Kg1 c4 66.Kh2 c3  0-1

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polajzer, Danilo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nc6 7.e4 Bg4 8.d5 Bxf3
9.dxc6 b5 10.Qd3 Qxd3 11.Bxd3 Bxg2 12.Rg1 b4 13.Rxg2 bxc3 14.e5 Rd8 15.Bf5 gxf5
16.Rxg7 Ng4 17.Bf4 h6  0-1

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nc6 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 Bg4
9.d5 Na5 10.Qd3 c6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 cxd5 13.exd5 a6 14.O-O b5 15.Rd1 Nb7
16.Be3 Qd7 17.Qf4 Nd6 18.a4 Nf5 19.Bc5 Rfc8 20.Ba3 Rab8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bb4 Nd6
23.Ra6 Nc4 24.b3 Qb7 25.Rc6 Nb6 26.Bf3 Qd7 27.Qe3 Ne8 28.Nxb5 Na8 29.Na7 Rc7
30.Rxc7 Naxc7 31.Nc6 Rb5 32.Nxe7+ Kh8 33.d6  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Ne5 11.f4 Ned7 12.Bf3 Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.g4 d5 15.exd5 exd5
16.g5 Re8 17.Qg2 Ne4 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 f5 20.gxf6 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Ndxf6 22.Nc2 Qxd5
23.b4 Bf8 24.Bb2 Qd2 25.Bxf6 Qxg2+ 26.Bxg2 gxf6 27.Rae1 f5 28.Bh3 Nd6 29.Ne3 a5
30.Bg2 Rac8 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.Bd5+ Kh8 33.Bb3 Bh6 34.Rd1 Rcd8 35.Rd3 Rf8 36.Kg2 Rf6
37.Kf3 Re8 38.Rfd1 Bf8 39.Rd5 Rh6 40.Nxf5 Nxf5 41.Rxf5 Bb4 42.Kg3 Rg6+ 43.Rg5 Kg7
44.Rd7+ Re7 45.Rd8 Rxg5+ 46.fxg5 Kg6 47.h4 Be1+ 48.Kh3 Re3+ 49.Kg4 h5+ 50.Kf4 Re7
51.Rd6+ Kg7 52.Kf5 Bxh4 53.Rg6+ Kh8 54.Rg8+ Kh7 55.g6+ Kh6 56.Rh8+ Kg7 57.Rh7+ Kf8
58.Rxh5 Be1 59.Rh8+ Kg7 60.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodriguez, Amador"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Nb3 Be6 15.Nc5 Qc7
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.c3 Rad8 18.f4 a6 19.Ba4 Bf6 20.Qf2 Qf7 21.Bb6 Rc8 22.f5 Kh8
23.fxe6 Qxe6 24.Rhe1 Qd6 25.Bc5 Qd7 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qf3 b5 28.Bb3 d4 29.cxd4 Nxd4
30.Qd3 Rd8 31.Bb6 Qd6 32.Bxd8 Qxd8 33.Qe4 g6 34.g4 Qd6 35.g5  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.Bb3 Qe8 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.g4 Nc5 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.f4 b5 15.f5 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 a5 17.g5 b4 18.Nd1 Nxb3 19.axb3 exf5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Bd2 a4 22.Qf3 axb3
23.Qxb3 Qc6  0-1

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7
9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.Qxg4 Qxd4 11.Qe2 Qxe5 12.Be3 Nd5 13.Nf3 Qf5 14.O-O e6 15.Nc3 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Sava N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.dxe5 O-O
9.Re1 d5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.f3 Ng5 12.Nc3 Ne6 13.Nb3 a5 14.Be3 a4 15.Nd4 a3 16.b3 Bb4
17.Nde2 f6 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Bd2 Bd6 20.Rf1 Rae8 21.Be1 Nf4 22.Bg3 Be5 23.Bxf4 Bxf4
24.Nxf4 Qxc3 25.Ne2 Qe5 26.Rf2 c5 27.Rc1 Bf5 28.c3 c6 29.Qd2 Qe3 30.Ng3 Bd3
31.Qxe3 Rxe3 32.Rd2 Rfe8 33.Kf2 c4 34.bxc4 Bxc4 35.Rdc2 R3e7 36.Rd2 g6 37.Rb1 h5
38.h4 Kg7 39.Rb4 Re3 40.Ne4 Rd3 41.Rb7+ Kf8 42.Rxd3 Bxd3 43.Ng3 Bc4 44.Ra7 Rb8
45.Rxa3 Rb2+ 46.Kg1 Rc2 47.f4 Ke7 48.f5 Kf6 49.fxg6 Kxg6 50.Kh2 Bd3 51.Kh3 Bc4
52.Kh2 d4 53.cxd4 Bd5 54.Re3 Rxg2+ 55.Kh3 Rxa2 56.Ne2 Rd2 57.Nf4+ Kf5 58.Nxd5 cxd5
59.Re5+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Orlov, Pavle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8
9.O-O Ng4 10.Ne4 Bxg5 11.Nfxg5 Nf8 12.Rad1 h6 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.dxe5 Kg8 15.Nxd6 Nxe5
16.c5 Be6 17.f4 Ng4 18.Rf3 Qe7 19.e4 Rad8 20.h3 Nf6 21.e5 Nd5 22.Qd2 Kh8
23.Bd3 Bg8 24.Re1 b6 25.f5 bxc5 26.Nxe8 Rxe8 27.Re4 Bh7 28.f6 gxf6 29.exf6 Qf7
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Qxh6 Qf7 32.g4 Kg8 33.Bxh7+ Nxh7 34.g5 Nf8 35.h4 Ng6 36.Rb3  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rajna, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.h3 Nh6 11.d5 Ne7 12.g4 Nf7 13.Nd2 c5 14.Nf1 a6 15.Ne3 Rb8 16.a3 Bd7
17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Qc7 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.O-O Ng5 21.Bxg5 fxg5 22.Qa3 h5 23.c5 hxg4
24.hxg4 Rf4 25.Kg2 Rbf8 26.f3 Nc8 27.c6 bxc6 28.dxc6 Bxc6 29.Rh1+ Kg8 30.Bc4+ R4f7
31.Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.Rhf1 Bb7 33.Qa2 Nb6 34.Ncd5 Nxd5 35.Nxd5 Rb8 36.Rfd1 Bf8
37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Qxf7+ Kxf7 39.Nd7 Rd8 40.Nc5 Rb8 41.Nxb7 Rxb7 42.Ra4 Ke6 43.Rd5 Be7
44.Rda5 Bd8 45.Rxa6 Bb6 46.Ra1 Bd4 47.Rb1 Rc7 48.b5 Rb7 49.b6 Bc5 50.Kf1 Bd4
51.Ke2 d5 52.Ra7 Rxa7 53.bxa7 Bxa7 54.Rb7 Bg1 55.exd5+ Kxd5 56.Kd3 Ke6 57.Ke4 Bh2
58.Rb6+ Kf7 59.Kd5 Bf4 60.Ra6 Bg3 61.Ra8 Bf4 62.Ra6 Bg3 63.Rd6 Bf4 64.Kc6 Bg3
65.Kd7 Bf4 66.Re6 Bg3 67.Re7+ Kf6 68.Ke8 Bf4 69.Kf8 Be3 70.Rf7+ Ke6 71.Kg7 e4
72.fxe4 Ke5 73.Kxg6 Kxe4 74.Re7+ Kf3 75.Rxe3+  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vasiljevic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.e3 Qd5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.a3 Ba5
9.Qc2 b5 10.a4 a6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Rg8 14.Rfc1 Nd7 15.b3 Rd8
16.bxc4 Qf5 17.e4 Qxe4 18.Qb2 b4 19.g3 a5 20.Re1 Qf4 21.d5 Nc5 22.Qc2 Qh6
23.Nd4 Kf8 24.Rad1 Re8 25.Nb5 Re7 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.Rd4 Kh8 28.Bg2 Qg6 29.Qd1 Rge8
30.d6 cxd6 31.Nxd6 Rg8 32.Nxb7 Nxb7 33.Rd7 Rxd7 34.Qxd7 Nc5 35.Qb5 Qf5 36.Qxa5 b3
37.Qb6 Rc8 38.a5 Qc2 39.a6 Qc3 40.Rf1 Nxa6 41.Qxa6 Qxc4 42.Qxc4 Rxc4 43.Rb1 Rc3
44.Kf1 f5 45.Ke2 Kg7 46.Rb2 f4 47.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c4 Bd6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nf5 Ne5 11.d4 Ng6 12.Nc4 Ne4 13.Ncxd6 cxd6 14.f3 Ng5 15.h4 Ne6
16.f4 Nc7 17.Bd2 Ne8 18.Qb3 Ne7 19.Ne3 Nf6 20.f5 Re8 21.Rf4 h5 22.Raf1 Qd7
23.g4 hxg4 24.Nxg4 Nh5 25.R4f2 Nc6 26.Qf3 Kf8 27.Ne5 dxe5 28.Qxh5 f6 29.Qh7 exd4
30.h5 Qf7 31.Rc1 Ke7 32.h6 Rg8 33.b4 Rac8 34.Qg6 gxh6 35.Qxh6 Ne5 36.Rxc8 Rxc8
37.Qh4 Qg7 38.b5 Rc4 39.Bf4 d3 40.exd3 Nxd3 41.Re2+ Kd7 42.Qh5 Nxf4  0-1

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Todorovic, Goran N"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Be2 g6 8.g4 Bg7
9.g5 Nfd7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc3 e5 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Qd2 Nb6
16.a4 Re8 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.gxf6 Qxf6 19.O-O Bh3 20.Rf3 Bg4 21.fxe5 Qd8 22.e6 Bxf3
23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.Bxf3 Ne5 25.Be2 Kg7 26.a5 Nd7 27.Qxd6 Qg5+ 28.Kh1 Rad8 29.Nd4 Qe7
30.Qxe7+ Rxe7 31.Bc4 Rde8 32.Bb3 Nf6 33.Bb4 Rd7 34.Ne6+ Kh6 35.Nc5 Rc7 36.Rf1 Ned7
37.Ne6 Rxc2 38.Bxc2 Rxe6 39.Bd2+ Kg7 40.Bc3 Ne5 41.Bb3 Re7 42.Bd5 Nh5 43.b4 Kh6
44.Bxe5 Rxe5 45.Bxb7 Rb5 46.Bxa6 Rxb4 47.Bc8 Rxe4 48.Ra1 Nf6 49.Bb7 Rc4 50.a6 Ne8
51.a7 Nc7 52.Kg2 Kg5 53.Kf3 Kf5 54.Ra5+ Kf6 55.Ke3 Ke7 56.Kd3 Rc1 57.Kd4 Kd6
58.Ra6+ Kd7 59.Be4 Ke7 60.a8=Q Nxa8 61.Rxa8 Rc7 62.Ke5 Kf7 63.Kd6 Rc1 64.Ra7+ Kg8
65.Bd5+ Kh8 66.Ke5 Rf1 67.Be4 Rf2 68.h3 Kg8 69.Rb7 Kh8 70.h4 Kg8 71.h5 gxh5
72.Bf5 Kf8 73.Kf6 Re2 74.Rxh7 Rg2 75.Rxh5 Rg7 76.Rh8+ Rg8 77.Rh7 Rg2 78.Rh5 Rg7
79.Rh8+ Rg8 80.Rh7 Rg2 81.Rb7 Re2 82.Ra7 Re1 83.Rh7 Rg1 84.Bh3 Kg8 85.Ra7 Kh8
86.Ra4 Rg7 87.Rb4  1-0

[Event "Pancevo"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tringov, Georgi P"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb8 14.Rfc1 b6 15.c4 a5
16.Rab1 Na6 17.Na1 Nd7 18.Be2 f5 19.f4 Nac5 20.Bf3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Be2 Ne4
23.Qe1 Bg5 24.Qf1 Ng6 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Nc2 Nf4 27.Kh1 Rce8 28.Bf3 Nd2 29.Qd1 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jelen, Iztok"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bg5 Rd8 13.a3 d4 14.b4 Qf5 15.Qxf5 Bxf5
16.Nb5 d3 17.e3 h6 18.Bf4 Nd5 19.Ne1 Bf6 20.Ra2 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Be6 22.Rad2 Bc4
23.Nc7 Rac8 24.Rc1 Bb3 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.Nxd3 Rxc7 27.b5 Ba4 28.bxc6 Bxc6 29.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.Bd3 d6
9.Nce2 Nf6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O b5 12.Qd2 O-O 13.c4 Qb6 14.Kh1 bxc4 15.Bxc4 Ne5
16.Rac1 h6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxe6 Rfc8 19.Bd4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Qb5 21.Nc7 Qd3 22.Qb4 Rb8
23.Bxe5 Qxe2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nd5 Be5 26.Ne7+ Kh7 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Qxb8 Qd2
29.Rb1 Qf4 30.Kg1 Qxh2+ 31.Kf2 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qxd5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.Qa4 e6 17.Rfd1 a6 18.Ne4 Ne5 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Nd6 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Nf6
23.Rc7 Nd5 24.Rb7 b5 25.Ra7 Nc3 26.Rxa6 e5 27.dxe5 Bxe5 28.Ne4 b4 29.Nf6+ Bxf6
30.Bxf6 Nd5 31.Bd4 Rb8 32.Be5 Re8 33.f4 h6 34.Ra5 Rd8 35.Kg2 f6 36.Bb2 Nxe3+
37.fxe3 Rd2+ 38.Kg3 Rxb2 39.h3 f5 40.a4 bxa3 41.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O Ne4 8.c4 c6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nf6 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e3 Qb6 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.f3 Rfc8
16.Rfc1 Bd7 17.Bf1 Ne8 18.Bb2 Qa5 19.a3 Nd6 20.Qe1 Bf5 21.Rc5 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polajzer, Danilo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Bb5 Bg4
16.Be2 Qc7 17.Bg3 Na5 18.Bxc7 Nxb3 19.axb3 Rxc7 20.c4 Rd8 21.d5 b5 22.cxb5 Rcd7
23.h3 Bf5 24.Nd4 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.b4 Re8 8.Be2 e5
9.O-O c6 10.c4 Qb6 11.Qb3 exd4 12.Nxd4 c5 13.bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Bf3 Nc3 17.Nc4 N5e4 18.Bf4 Ra6 19.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 a6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c6 11.h3 Nd7 12.O-O Re8 13.Bb1 Nf8 14.a3 Be7 15.Ne5 f6
16.Nf3 Bd6 17.Qd2 f5 18.Ne2 Qf6 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5 Qf7 21.Ng3 f4 22.Ne2 g4
23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 f3 26.Ng3 Rxe5 27.e4 h5 28.exd5 cxd5 29.Rfe1 Rae8
30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 h4 33.Qb4 Qe6 34.Nf1 fxg2 35.Ne3 Bf3 36.Qxh4 Qe5
37.Ba2 Kg7 38.Qh3 Be4 39.Qg4+ Ng6 40.Qd7+ Qe7 41.Qxe7+ Nxe7 42.Nxg2 Kf6 43.Kf1 Ng6
44.Ne3 Nf4 45.Ke1 d4 46.Nd1 Ke5 47.b4 Bf3 48.Nb2 d3 49.Kd2 Kd4 50.Bc4 Be4
51.f3 Bg6 52.a4 Bf5 53.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O Ne5 10.Qc2 Qxc4 11.Rd1 d5 12.Bg5 Bd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.e4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 dxe4
16.Qxe4 O-O 17.Qh4 Kg7 18.Bxb7 Rad8 19.Be4 h6 20.Rac1 Qc7 21.Bb1 Bc8 22.Qe4 Rh8
23.Qf4 Bb7 24.Be4 Rhe8 25.c4 Rd7 26.c5 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Red8 28.Kg2 f5 29.Qf4 Rd5
30.c6 Rc8 31.Kh3 Ng6 32.Qe3 f4 33.Qc3  1-0

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8
9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 dxc3 11.f4 Nbc6 12.Qd3 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bd7 15.a4 Nf5
16.Qf2 Qc6 17.Rg1 Qe4+ 18.Qe2 Qb4 19.Qf2 Bxa4 20.Bd3 Nd4 21.g4 Bb5 22.Rg3 Rd8
23.Bxb5+ Nxb5 24.Be3 Rd5 25.Kf1 a5 26.Kg1 a4 27.Rf1 a3 28.f5 Qe7 29.Qf4 exf5
30.Qxf5 Qe6 31.Qe4 Rd7 32.Qa4 Qa6 33.Qc4 Qc6 34.Qa4 Qa6 35.Qb3 Qc6 36.Qa4 Nd4
37.Qxc6 bxc6 38.Bxd4 Rxd4 39.h3 Ra4 40.Rxc3 a2 41.Ra1 Kd7 42.Rb3 Ke6 43.Kf2 Kxe5
44.Ke2 Rd8 45.Rb2 Rda8 46.Kd2 Kf4 47.Kc1 Ra3 48.Rb4+ Kg3 49.Kb2 Kxh3 50.Rf4 R3a7
51.Rb4 Ra4 52.Rb3+ Kxg4 53.Rg1+ Kf4 54.Ka1 f5 55.Rc3 Ke4 56.Rxc6 f4 57.Rf1 Rf8
58.Re6+ Kf5 59.Rc6 Ra3 60.c3 Ke4 61.Re6+ Kd5 62.Re7 Rxc3 63.Kxa2 f3 64.Rd1+ Kc6
65.Kb2 Rc4 66.Re6+ Kb5 67.Re5+ Ka4 68.Ra1+ Kb4 69.Rea5  1-0

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.e4 d6 6.cxb5 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 Re8 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.a4 Qa5 11.Nge2 Ne5 12.Nc1 e6 13.Be2 Bb7 14.O-O c4 15.Rd1 Rac8 16.Kh1 Ned7
17.dxe6 Rxe6 18.Be3 h5 19.Bd4 h4 20.Rb1 h3 21.b4 hxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qc7 23.N1a2 d5
24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bf2 Ba8 26.Bg3 Qb7 27.a5 Rce8 28.Rf1 Nd5 29.a6 Qc8 30.Rf2 Bxc3
31.Nxc3 Nxc3 32.Qxc3 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 34.Kf1 Re8 35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Bxe1 Nb6
37.Qf6  0-1

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mencinger, Vojko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Nc3 b4 6.Na4 d6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.O-O g6 10.Re1 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.a3 O-O 13.axb4 cxb4 14.Qxe7 Qxe7 15.Rxe7 Rfe8
16.Rxe8+ Nxe8 17.Bd2 a5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Nd2 Be7 20.f4 Bd8 21.Ne4 Bc7 22.b3 f6
23.Kf2 Kf7 24.g4 Ng7 25.Bd4 Ne8 26.h4 Ng7 27.Ng3 Re8 28.h5 Ra8 29.Be4 Rc8
30.Kf3 Ne8 31.Rh1 Kg7 32.g5 Bd8 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.f5 Ne5+ 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.f6+ Bxf6
37.gxf6+ Nxf6 38.Rg1 Rf8 39.Ke2 Ng4  1-0

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sifrer, Darko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.Qc2 g6 10.Qb3 Nd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Nf6 13.Ne5 Rb8 14.Qc2 Ng4 15.Nf3 Nf6
16.Rab1 a5 17.h3 Bf5 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nd3 Qe7 21.a4 Nd6 22.b4 axb4
23.Rxb4 Nc4 24.Re1 f5 25.Qb3 Nf6 26.Rc1 Rf7 27.Rc2 g5 28.Re2 g4 29.Nf4 gxh3
30.Nxh3 Rg7 31.Nf4 Kh8 32.Qb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vera, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bd6 b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.O-O Rd8 12.Ne5 Ne7 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.Ng4 Qf5
16.Qd4 O-O 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Qf4 Rfe8 19.Rad1 Nf5 20.Be5 Qg6 21.Bb1 c5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Ne3 Nb4 24.Bxg7 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Bc3 Rxc3 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.Re8+ Kg7
29.bxc3  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.Ne1 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.Nc2 c6 13.e4 cxd5 14.exd5 Nac4 15.a4 Bf5
16.a5 Nc8 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Qd7 19.Na4 Nd6 20.Qb3 e4 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.Ra4 Rac8
23.Rb4 Rc7 24.h3 h5 25.Rd1 Rec8 26.Na4 Be5 27.Bxa7 e3 28.Qxe3 Bc2 29.Re1 Nf5
30.Bc5 Rxc5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxe5 Rxa5 33.Nb6 Rd8 34.Nc4 Rc5 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 b5
37.gxf5 bxc4 38.fxg6 Bxg6 39.Re3 Rd6 40.Rc3 Bd3 41.b3 Rg6 42.bxc4 Be2 43.f3 Ra5
44.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.d5 Na5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.b3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Rac8 13.Bb2 Rc7 14.e3 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 Qb4
16.Rc2 a6 17.Rd1 Ng4 18.Nce2 Qxd2 19.Rcxd2 Nf6 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 b5 22.Rc2 Rxc2
23.Nxc2 Nb7 24.b4 Bf5 25.Ncd4 Bd3 26.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Be6 10.Nd2 a5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nde4 Qc8 13.Nc5 Bg4 14.f3 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Qxh3
16.Nxb7 Rab8 17.Nc5 Rbd8 18.Nb7 Rb8 19.Nc5 Rbd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ng6 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.f3 Rc8 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rc7
16.Kh1 a6 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 Qxd4 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Rd1 Qb8 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Bf4 Bd8
23.Bd6 Qc8 24.Bxc7 Bxc7 25.Rf3 Re5 26.Qd3 Qe6 27.Re1 Ng4 28.h3 Nf6 29.Rfe3 g5
30.Ne2 Nxe4 31.Kg1 f5 32.Nd4 Qd5 33.Nf3 Re6 34.Qxd5 cxd5 35.Nxg5 Rc6 36.Nxe4 fxe4
37.Kh1 Bb6 38.R3e2 Kf7 39.g4 Ke6 40.Kg2 Ke5 41.a3 Rf6 42.Rf1 d4 43.Rxf6 gxf6
44.Rf2 d3 45.Rf5+ Ke6 46.Kf1 Bd4 47.Rf4 Kd5 48.Rf5+ Kc4 49.g5 fxg5 50.Rxg5 Bxb2
51.Rg8 e3 52.Rc8+ Kb3 53.Re8 e2+ 54.Ke1 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 Be6 7.Qb3 a5 8.c5 Ne4 9.Bb2 b6
10.cxb6 axb4 11.Qxb4 c5 12.Qb5 Ra6 13.Nxe4 Rxb6 14.Qe2 dxe4 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.f4 exf3
17.Nxf3 Nf6 18.Bc3 Ne4 19.Qc2 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Qb8 22.Bd3 Rc8 23.Qa3 Bxd4
24.exd4 Qf4 25.Be2 Rc2 26.Rf1 Rxe2+ 27.Kxe2 Bc4+  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Na6 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qb1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qd3 Rb8 13.Rfc1 Nb4 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.e3 Be7
16.a3 a5 17.Ne4 a4 18.Qd3 Na5 19.Nfd2 Nc4 20.Qc2 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 d5 22.Nc3 Qa5
23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Rfc8 25.h4 Bf6 26.Ne2 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rbc8 28.Rac1 Ne3 29.Qd2 Qxd2
30.Rxd2 Rxc1+ 31.Nxc1 Nc4 32.Rc2 Rxd4 33.Bd3 e5 34.f3 g5 35.hxg5 Bxg5 36.Bxc4 Rxc4
37.Rxc4 bxc4 38.Na2 Be3+ 39.Kf1 Bd4 40.Nc3 Bxc3 41.bxc3 f5  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Nb1 Bb7 9.O-O c5
10.Qc2 Bd5 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.Bg5 b3 13.Qc1 h6 14.Be3 Qb6 15.Na3 Na5 16.Ne5 Qb7
17.f3 Rc8 18.Bf2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Bc5 20.e4 Bxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Qb8 22.Qf4 O-O 23.exd5 Nxd5
24.Qe4 c3 25.Nd7 cxb2 26.Rf1 Qd6 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.Nb1 Rc1 29.Rdd1 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Nc6
31.Rde1 Ncb4 32.Nd2 Qc3 33.Qe2 Nd3 34.Rd1 Qc2  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8 8.Nge2 Nd7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Be3 b6 12.Nc1 Nc7 13.Nd3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.b4 bxa4
16.bxc5 dxc5 17.Nxa4 Ba6 18.Qc2 c4 19.Ndc5 Nxc5 20.Nxc5 Bb5 21.Rfd1 Ne8 22.Ra7 Nd6
23.Rb1 Bg5 24.Nb7 Bxe3 25.Nxd8 Bxa7 26.Nc6 Ba4 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Qxa4 Rb1+
29.Bf1 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 31.Kg1 g6 32.Qc2  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O e5
9.Re1 Re8 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Na5 12.Qa4 b6 13.e5 Bd7 14.Qd1 dxe5 15.Bxa8 Qxa8
16.Nc2 Nxc4 17.Bg5 Nd5 18.Nb4 Be6 19.Qf3 h6 20.Bc1 a5 21.Nc2 f5 22.Qd3 Qc6
23.f4 e4 24.Qd4 Rd8 25.g4 Rd6 26.Qf2 Nxc3 27.Be3 Qd7 28.Bd4 Nb5 29.Be5 Nxe5
30.fxe5 Rd2 31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Qxe2 Nd4 33.Qf2 Nxc2  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qc1 Re8
9.Bh6 Bh8 10.h4 Nc6 11.h5 Nd4 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 c6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Kf1 Nd5
16.Kg2 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qa5 18.Bd2 Bg7 19.Rb1 Be6 20.c4 Qc7 21.Bh6 Bf6 22.Qg1 Bf5
23.Qh2 e5 24.Bg5 Bg7 25.Qh4 f6 26.Bxf6 Rab8 27.g4  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.h4 Rfd8 15.h5 Be8
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Kf2 Rac8 18.Bb3 Nb4 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Qd2 Bb5 21.Nf4 Nd3+ 22.Nxd3 Qxd2+
23.Bxd2 Bxd3 24.Ke3 Bb5 25.d5 b6 26.f4 Bc3 27.Rb1 Bxd2+ 28.Kxd2 Rc5 29.g3 Bd7
30.e5 Bf5 31.Rc1 Rxc1 32.Kxc1 Kf8 33.Kd2 Ke8 34.Kc3 Kd7 35.Bd1 f6 36.g4 Bb1
37.a3 fxe5 38.fxe5 g5 39.Bc2 Bxc2 40.Kxc2 e6 41.d6 a6 42.Kc3 Kc6 43.a4 Kd7
44.Kd4 Kd8 45.Kc4 Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Nf3 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a4 bxa4 11.O-O a3 12.bxa3 c5 13.Rb1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nbd7 15.d5 Nb6
16.e4 exd5 17.e5 c4 18.Rxb6 Qxb6 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Nxd5 Qd4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Bxc4 Rac8
23.Bd5 Rc3 24.Qe4 Rxa3 25.Be5 Qe7 26.h4 Re8 27.Re1 Qd8 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.Qc4+  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bass, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Nf3 a6
9.a4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 Nb6 13.Ba2 Bd7 14.Ne5 Bc6 15.Qd3 Nbd5
16.Bb1 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nfd5 18.Bg3 Rc8 19.f4 f5 20.Rfe1 Bf6 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.Rc5 Qb3
23.Re3 Qxa4 24.Ra3 b6  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6
9.O-O Nb4 10.Nbc3 c6 11.Nf4 h5 12.h3 h4 13.Qf3 Qd7 14.Rfd1 N6d5 15.a3 Nc2
16.Rac1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Bxa3 19.Ra1 Be7 20.e4 Bh7 21.Qg4 Bxe4 22.Nxe6 Bd5
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qxg7  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nc3 g6 12.Be3 Bg7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.b3 Rd8+ 15.Ke1 Bxc3+
16.Rxc3 Be6 17.f3 a5 18.Kf2 Bd5 19.Rd1 Rdb8 20.Bc5 Kf8 21.e4 Be6 22.Rd2 f6
23.Be3 Ra6 24.Bf4 Rb7 25.Rdc2 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e3 Be6 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.Nxc4 c5
9.Ne4 cxd4 10.Ned6+ Kf8 11.Nxb7 Qc7 12.Nca5 Qe5 13.Bh4 dxe3 14.Be2 Qxb2 15.Nb3 Nc6
16.O-O Nc3  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bottema, Tom"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 O-O
9.Qd2 Nfd7 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Be3 e6 13.b3 Qe7 14.Bb5 Rfd8 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Bg5 f6 17.Be3 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Qe5 20.Qc2 c6 21.f4 Qh5 22.Ne7+ Kh8
23.Nxc6 Rdc8 24.Na5 Qf3 25.Rg1 Re8 26.Rg3 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Qxh2 28.Nc4 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Re7
30.Rd5 Rae8 31.Rxc5 Rxe4 32.Rc8 Qh5+ 33.Kd2 Qa5+ 34.Kd3 Rxe3+  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.Qd1 a6 13.a4 Re8 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Bf1 h5 18.f3 Ned7 19.Nb1 Qd8 20.a5 Nh7 21.Na3 Ne5 22.Nc4 Nxc4
23.Bxc4 g5 24.Rac1 g4 25.Bf4 Bd4+ 26.Kh2 Qf6 27.b3 gxf3 28.gxf3 Kh8 29.Kh1 Rg8
30.Qh2 Ng5 31.Rf1 Rcd8 32.h4 Nh3 33.Bg3 Qg7 34.Qxh3 Qxg3 35.Qxg3 Rxg3 36.Rc2 Rdg8
37.f4 R8g4 38.e5 Be3 39.e6 Bxf4 40.Rxf4 Rxf4 41.Rg2 Rxh4+  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Qd6 11.O-O c6 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.b4 Bb7 14.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Eslon, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Ne2 e4
9.Bb1 dxc4 10.Ng3 Na5 11.Nxe4 Nb3 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Ra2 Bd7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.e4 Kb8
16.Be3 Ba4 17.Qe2 Qc6 18.e5 Na5 19.Qg4 h5 20.Qf4 Qe8 21.Be4 Bc6 22.Bb1 Bd5
23.Qh4 Qe6 24.Qh3 Qxh3 25.gxh3 Bf3 26.h4 f6 27.Re1 Nc6 28.Bf4 fxe5 29.dxe5 Rd5
30.Rd2 Ne7 31.e6 Rxd2 32.Bxd2 Bc6 33.Bc2 b5 34.Re5 Kb7 35.Bg5 Nd5 36.e7 Nxc3
37.Rf5 Re8 38.Rf7 Ne2+ 39.Kf1 Nd4 40.Bg6 Ne6 41.Rf5 Rb8 42.Re5 Nxg5 43.hxg5 Be8
44.Bxe8 Rxe8 45.f4 g6 46.f5 gxf5 47.g6 Kc6 48.g7 a5 49.Rxf5 c3 50.g8=Q Rxg8
51.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Qa4 Na6 10.Ndb5 Nd5 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Nxd5 Bxb5 14.a4 Bc6 15.Nxb4 Nxb4
16.Qxc4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qe7 18.Bd2 Nd5 19.Rac1 b6 20.Be1 Qb7 21.e4 Rac8 22.Qb5 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Nf6 24.f3 Rc8 25.Rd1 a6 26.Qd3 h6 27.Bc3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qd4 Ne8
30.Ra1 Qc6 31.Rd1 Rc7 32.Qd8 Kh7 33.Be5 Rb7 34.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Ne2 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.f3 h6 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Qd2 Qd8 15.Ng3 Ne7
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6 Ng6 18.Bxg6 fxg6 19.Qxg6+ Kh8 20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.Qxh5+ Kg7
22.Rae1 Bd7 23.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ostergaard, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 Ne8 10.f3 c6 11.b4 f5 12.O-O cxd5 13.cxd5 f4 14.Bf2 g5 15.Nc4 Rf6 16.Nb5 b6
17.a4 h5 18.a5 Bd7 19.Nxa7 Rxa7 20.Nxb6 Rg6 21.a6 g4 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Qa4 g3
24.hxg3 fxg3 25.Be3 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Rxh6 27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.Rfc1 Rd8 29.a7 Ra8 30.b5 Rh7
31.b6 Ng6 32.Bb5 Nf4 33.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 a5 7.d3 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.Nd5 Nxd5
10.cxd5 Ne7 11.Nd2 d6 12.a4 O-O 13.Nc4 f5 14.f4 e4 15.dxe4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf5
17.Ra3 Re8 18.Bg2 b6 19.Kf2 Ba6 20.b3 Ra7 21.e3 Rae7 22.Bd2 Bb2 23.Ra2 Bd4
24.Qg4 Bxc4 25.Qxg6+ Bg7 26.bxc4 Nxe3 27.Re1 Nxg2 28.Rxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.d4 Nf6 6.d5 Na5 7.Nd2 c5 8.a3 O-O 9.Qc2 e6
10.Bg2 exd5 11.cxd5 c4 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rb1 Re8 14.h3 Qc7 15.e4 Re7 16.Nd1 Bb5
17.Nc3 Bd7 18.Nd1 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rfe1 Ne7 15.Bd3 Bc6
16.h4 b6 17.h5 h6 18.Qf4 Ba8 19.Rb3 Qc7 20.Qe3 Kh8 21.Bb1 Rfd8 22.Ne5 Nc6
23.Rc3 Qb7 24.Ng4 Nxd4 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Nxh6 Qb7 27.Ng4 Qe7 28.Ne5 Kg8 29.Qg3 Qf6
30.f4 Nc6 31.Nxc6 Bxc6 32.e5 Qh6 33.Qg4 Rd2 34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Rxe4 g6 36.hxg6 Qxg6
37.Qxg6+ fxg6 38.a4 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Ne5 Qb6
9.Bd3 Qxb2 10.O-O Be6 11.Ne2 Qa3 12.Qc2 Na6 13.Rfb1 Nb4 14.Qd1 Nxd3 15.Nxd3 b6
16.Rb3 Qa6 17.Be5 O-O 18.Nef4 Bg4 19.f3 Bf5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nb4 Qb7 22.Rc1 Rac8
23.Rbc3 Bd7 24.Qc2 Bg5 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 Bxf4 27.exf4 Bxc6 28.Qxc6 Qe7
29.Qc3 Re8 30.Qd2 g6 31.Kf2 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Kg7 33.a4 Re6 34.h3 Rf6 35.a5 Qxf4
36.Qxf4 Rxf4 37.Rc7 Rxd4 38.Rxa7 bxa5 39.Rxa5 Rd2 40.Kh2 g5 41.Kg3 Kg6 42.h4 gxh4+
43.Kxh4 Kf5 44.Kg3 h5 45.Ra7 f6 46.Rh7 Kg6 47.Rd7 d4 48.Rd5 d3 49.Kh3 Rd1
50.g4 hxg4+ 51.Kxg4 d2  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bd2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a3 Be6 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 d4 15.Ne4 b6
16.b5 Na5 17.Bb4 Nd5 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 f5 21.Ned2 Nc3 22.Re1 Qc5
23.Kh1 Qxb5 24.e3 dxe3 25.Rxe3 Bf7 26.d4 Nd5 27.Re1 Kh7 28.Ne5 Bg8 29.Ndf3 Qb4
30.Qc8 Qf8 31.Qxf8 Bxf8 32.Nh4 Bb4 33.Rc1 Bc3 34.Nexg6 Nb3 35.Rd1 b5 36.Ne5 Nxd4
37.Nxf5 Nxf5 38.Bxd5 Bxe5 39.Bxg8+ Kxg8 40.Rd5  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 d5 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Be6 11.b4 h6 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Nd4 Bh3
16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Ne4 Nfd5 18.Nc5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qg4 20.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.h3 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.O-O g6 12.Rab1 Ne6 13.Bh4 Ng7 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Bf5 16.b5 axb5
17.axb5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nf5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Ra1 Nd6 21.Nd2 Bg7 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Rfb1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Qc7 25.Qa6 Rb8 26.Na4 Nf5 27.Rc1 Ne7 28.Nc5 h5 29.Ra1 Rb2
30.Nf3 Bf6 31.Ne1 Kg7 32.Ned3 Rb5 33.g3 Nf5 34.Qa7 Qc8 35.Rc1 Nd6 36.Nf4 Nc4
37.Ra1 Qe8 38.Nce6+ Kg8 39.Nc7 Qe4 40.Nxb5 cxb5  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 e6 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 Rc8
9.Ndb5 d6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 a6 12.Na3 Be7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Nd4 15.Kh1 Ne6
16.Nc2 Nf4 17.Nb4 N6h5 18.g3 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Nf6 20.Rac1 Nd7 21.Nbd5 f5 22.Rcd1 Kh8
23.b3 Nc5 24.Kg1 h6 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Qd3 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 f4 28.gxf4 exf4 29.Nxe7 Qxe7
30.Qxd6 Qg5+ 31.Kh1 Rcd8 32.Qe6 Kh7 33.Rd5 Rxd5 34.exd5 Rf5 35.Rg1 Qh5 36.Qe4 Kh8
37.Rg4 Qh3 38.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D99"]

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.Qb3 c5 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na6 12.Be2 Nc7 13.a4 Rb8 14.O-O a6 15.f4 e5 16.fxe5 Bxe5
17.f4 Bd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Nd1 Re8 20.Nf2 Qh4 21.Rac1 Qxf4 22.Ng4 Qd2 23.Rxc7 Qxe2
24.Qh3 h5 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Nxf7 Nf8 27.Qh4 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Kg8 29.Nd6 Nh7 30.Nxe8 Rxe8
31.Re7 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Nxf8 33.Qf6 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Qd2+ 35.Kg3 h4+ 36.Kh3 Qe3+ 37.Kg4 Qg1+
38.Kh3 Qe3+ 39.Kg4 Qg1+ 40.Kxh4 Qxh2+ 41.Kg5 Qg2+ 42.Kh4 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.Bb3 a5 10.h3 a4 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a3 Na5 16.Nh2 Qd7
17.Qf3 Bg7 18.Bg5 Qe6 19.Rad1 h6 20.Bc1 Nb3 21.Bxb3 axb3 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 d5
24.Qe2 Rad8 25.f3 c5 26.exd5 Rxd5 27.Ne4 f5 28.Nf2 Red8 29.Be3 Qc6 30.Bc1 R5d7
31.Be3 Kh7 32.Bc1 Rd6 33.Be3 Bf6 34.Bc1 R6d7 35.Qe3 Bg7 36.Qe2 Qf6 37.Be3 Rd5
38.Bc1 Qh4 39.Be3 Ba8 40.c4 bxc4 41.dxc4 Rxd1 42.Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wang Zili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nh5 11.Re1 g5 12.Bg3 a6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.a3 b6 15.b4 Nb7 16.Nd2 Nxg3
17.hxg3 e5 18.Bg4 cxb4 19.axb4 a5 20.bxa5 Nxa5 21.Rb1 Qc7 22.Bxc8 Rfxc8 23.Nb5 Qd7
24.Qe2 Rc5 25.Nc3 Bf8 26.Rb4 b5 27.Reb1 Rb7 28.Rxb5 Rbxb5 29.Rxb5 Qc8 30.Rb4 Rc7
31.Qd3 Qa6 32.Na4 Nb7 33.Nf1 Nc5 34.Nxc5 Rxc5 35.Ne3 Qa1+ 36.Rb1 Qd4 37.Qc2 Ra5
38.Nf5 Qa7 39.Qb3 Ra2 40.Qf3 Rc2 41.Ne3 Rc3 42.Kh2 Rd3 43.Qf5 Rd2 44.Qc8 Rxf2
45.Rb8 Qe7 46.Nf5  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 c5 6.c4 d4 7.b4 Nfd7 8.O-O O-O
9.bxc5 Nxc5 10.d3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Rb1 Re8 13.Ba3 Na6 14.Ne1 Nab4 15.Bxb4 axb4
16.Nc2 Rxa2 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nxb4 Ra3 19.Nxc6 Qd7 20.Nb4 Ra5 21.Nd5 Bb7 22.Nb3 Rxd5
23.cxd5 Qxd5 24.f3 h5 25.Qd2 Kh7 26.Qa5 Qe6 27.e4 dxe3 28.Nc5 Qc6 29.Nxb7 e2
30.Rf2 Bd4 31.Qb4 e5 32.Kg2 Bxf2 33.Kxf2 Rb8 34.Kxe2 Qc2+ 35.Ke3 Qxh2 36.Qe7 Qxg3
37.Qxf7+ Kh6 38.Ke4 h4 39.Qf6 h3 40.Nd6  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nf6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Bg5 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Bg7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Qa4+ Ned7 13.e4 O-O 14.Be3 Nb6 15.Qc2 Qd7
16.a4 e5 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Nb5 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Bg2 c6 21.Nc3 Nh5 22.O-O Be5
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Qf6 25.Qb3 Qe7 26.a5 Nc8 27.Ne2 Qc7 28.f4 Nxf4 29.Nxf4 Bxf4
30.Bxf4 Qxf4 31.Qxb7 Qc1+ 32.Bf1 Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bd2 Be6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.b4 b6 13.Ne1 g5 14.Nc2 h5 15.e4 h4 16.Ne3 g4
17.f3 gxf3 18.Bxf3 hxg3 19.hxg3 Nd4 20.Bg4 Rg8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Nf5 Kd8 23.g4 Bf8
24.Kf2 Rc7 25.Rh1 cxb4 26.axb4 Qc8 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Nb5 Rd7 29.Nxd4 Ng6 30.Qe2 Ne5
31.Rbg1 Rdg7 32.Nf5 Nxg4+ 33.Ke1 Rg6 34.Rh7 Qa6 35.Bc3 b5 36.cxb5 Qxb5 37.Nd4 Qa4
38.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 h6 8.e3 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.a3 a5 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 Qd7
16.f4 Rad8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Ne7 19.f6 Nxd5 20.d4 exd4 21.exd4 Bb6 22.fxg7 Qf5
23.Qb3 c6 24.Bd2 Bxd4 25.Rae1 Nf6 26.Qxb7 Ne4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Qc7 Rc8 29.Qxd6 Bxg7
30.Qd3 Re5 31.Qg3 Re6 32.Rc1 Rg6 33.Qf3 Bxb2 34.Rc4 Rd8 35.Be3 Qd5 36.Qf1 Qd1  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.d4 g6
9.f4 Bf5 10.Bd3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.c5 Qc7 13.b4 O-O 14.b5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nh5 17.e4 f5 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Rxf6 Bxf6 20.e5 Be7 21.bxc6 Qxc6 22.Bh6 b6
23.cxb6 axb6 24.Nb5 Qd7 25.Rf1 Ng7 26.g4 Rf8 27.a4 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Qc6 29.Ke2 Ne8
30.Bd2 Nc7 31.Nxc7 Qxc7 32.Qb5 Kf7 33.Kd1 Bd8 34.Qf1+ Ke8 35.Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 c5 4.b4 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nbc6 6.bxc5 dxc5 7.Nc3 Ng6 8.Rb1 Bd6
9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 f5 11.Ba3 e4 12.dxe4 f4 13.Nf3 Be6 14.O-O Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxb7 Bxc4 17.Nb5 Be7 18.Qxd8 Bxd8 19.Bxc5 f3 20.exf3 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Nxf7
22.Rb1 a6 23.Na7 Bxa2 24.Rb2 Bc4 25.f4 Bc7 26.e5 Rd8 27.h4 a5 28.Rb7 Rd7
29.Nc6 Nd8 30.Nxd8 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bxd8 32.Bd6  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Velickovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Ne2 d6 6.Nbc3 h5 7.d4 h4 8.d5 Nce7 9.e4 Nh6
10.Ng1 f6 11.Nf3 g5 12.Be3 Ng6 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Nb3 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5
17.Be4 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qf6 19.Qc2 Ne7 20.O-O-O h3 21.Nd2 g4 22.Rdf1 Qg5 23.Nd1 c6
24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Qd3 Qh6 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Rf1 Rxf1 28.Nxf1 Qf6 29.Nd2 Be8
30.Bh7+ Kh8 31.Ne4 Qh6 32.Nxd6 Bh5 33.Be4 Qf6 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.Bxf5 Bh6 36.Kc2 a5
37.Kd2 Bf8 38.Ke2 a4 39.Nf2 e4 40.Qd4 Qxd4 41.exd4 Bg7 42.Ke3 c5 43.dxc5 Bxb2
44.c6 Be5 45.Kxe4 Bc7 46.Nxg4 Kg7 47.Nf2 a3 48.Nxh3 Bd1 49.Kd5 Kf6 50.Be4 Bb6
51.Nf4 Ke7 52.Ke5 Bc7+ 53.Kf5 Bb3 54.Nd5+ Kd6 55.Nxc7 Kxc7 56.Bb1 Bxc4 57.h4 Kxc6
58.h5  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Rb1 Qxa2 12.Bg5 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxe7 Re8 15.Bxc6 Bh3
16.Bxa8 Bxf1 17.Qd7 Rxa8 18.Qc6 Rf8 19.Rxf1 Rb8 20.Qc7 Qb2 21.Rd1 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.e3 a6 24.h4 h5 25.c4 Qc3 26.Rd5 Qc1+ 27.Kg2 Qc2 28.Rd4 Qf5 29.Qb6 a5 30.c5 Rc8
31.c6 Qf6 32.Rc4 Qe6 33.Qa6 Kh7 34.e4 Rb8 35.Rd4 Rb4 36.Rxb4 axb4 37.Qb7 Qxe4+
38.Kh2 Qf5 39.Qb6 b3 40.c7 Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Rb1 d5 8.b3 d4 9.Na4 Re8
10.d3 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.b4 f5 15.Qc2 Be6 16.b5 Rc8
17.Nb3 Rc7 18.bxc6 b6 19.c5 Nxc6 20.Nxb6 Rd8 21.a3 Qf7 22.Nd2 Ne7 23.Na4 Kh7
24.Rfc1 Nd5 25.Nc4 Qg8 26.Qd2 e4 27.Qa5 Rdd7 28.dxe4 Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Qc1 d6 8.Bh6 Bd7
9.Nf3 Nd4 10.O-O Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.a3 Ba5 8.g3 exd5 9.cxd5 d6
10.Bg2 Ba6 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rb1 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nbd7 15.Rd1 Ne5 16.h3 Bb5
17.O-O Qa6 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Rfe1 Ba4 20.b3 Bd7 21.Nc3 b5 22.Qb2 Rae8 23.b4 Qb6
24.bxc5 Qxc5 25.Rc1 Qb6 26.Red1 Rc8 27.Ne2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Nxd5 29.Qd4 Qxd4
30.Nxd4 Nf6 31.Rc7 a5 32.Ra7 a4 33.Bc6 Be8 34.Rb7 Kf8 35.Bxb5 Rc5 36.Rb8 Rc1+
37.Kg2 Rb1 38.Ra8 Ra1 39.Nf5 Rd1 40.Bxa4 g6 41.Bxd1  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.h3 Rb8 14.Rab1 Bd7 15.f4 Nc6
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxc6 Rbc8 18.Qxb7 Qxc3 19.Kf2 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Rb7 e5
22.Rxa7 exf4 23.gxf4 Re8 24.Rd1 Bf8 25.Ra5 h6 26.Kf3 Rc2 27.a4 Ra2 28.Rd3 Bb4
29.Ra7 Ra1 30.Rb3 Bf8 31.a5 Rh1 32.Kg2 Re1 33.Kf2 Rh1 34.Kg2 Re1 35.Kf2 Rh1
36.Kg3 Re1 37.Bd4 R1xe2 38.a6 Ra2 39.Kf3 Ra4 40.Be5 Re6 41.Rb8 Raxa6 42.Rxa6 Rxa6
43.Bd4 f5 44.Bc5 Rf6 45.h4 Rf7 46.Bxf8 Rxf8 47.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.d5 Nd7 12.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Nd4 Nc6 8.Nc2 Bxc3
9.dxc3 d6 10.Ne3 Ne5 11.h3 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Kh2 h6 14.f4 exf3 15.exf3 Bf5
16.f4 Nc6 17.Nxf5 Qxf5 18.g4 Qe6 19.Qf3 Qe2 20.Rf2 Qxf3 21.Bxf3 Ne4 22.Rc2 Re7
23.Bb2 Rae8 24.Rd1 g5 25.Bc1 gxf4 26.Bxf4 Ng5 27.Bg2 Re2 28.Rdc1 Nf3+ 29.Kg3 Ng5
30.h4 Ne4+ 31.Kf3 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Nf6 33.Bxh6 Ne5+ 34.Kg3 Nfxg4 35.Bf4 b6 36.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 f5 17.Qf1 Qxf1+ 18.Kxf1 f4 19.gxf4 Bxf4 20.Kg1 Bc7 21.Nd2 Rf6 22.Ne4 Rg6
23.Ng3 Rf8 24.Bc2 Bf5 25.Bxf5 Rxf5 26.Bd2 h5 27.Re4 Bf4 28.Bxf4 Nxf4 29.Kf1 Rf8
30.Rd1 Nh3 31.Rd2 Ng5 32.Re3 h4 33.Ne4 Nf3 34.Rd1 Nxh2+ 35.Ke2 Rf4 36.Rh1 Rg2
37.Kd2 g5 38.Re2 Rf5 39.b3 Kg7 40.c4 bxc4 41.bxc4 Kg6 42.Rb1 h3 43.Rh1 g4
44.Kd3 Kg7 45.c5 Kg6 46.Rb1 Nf3 47.Ng3 h2 48.Rh1 Rf4 49.Re4 Kg5 50.Rxf4 Kxf4
51.Ne2+ Kf5 52.Ke3 Kf6 53.Ng3 Ke6 54.Ne2 Kd7 55.Ng3 a5 56.a4 Ng5 57.Nf1 Rg1
58.Ng3 Rg2 59.Nf1 Rg1 60.Ng3 Rxh1 61.Nxh1 Nh3 62.f3 gxf3 63.Kxf3 Ke6 64.Kg4  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.e4 d6 9.Ne1 Nc6
10.Nc2 a6 11.h3 Re8 12.Kh2 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Ne5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nh5
9.O-O-O e6 10.h4 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nd7 12.h5 Qf6 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Rd3 Nb6 15.Nd1 Kb8
16.Ne3 Qe7 17.N3g4 Ka8 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Rb3 c5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd3 Rc7 22.h6 Bd4
23.c3 Bf6 24.Nxf6 Qxf6 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Nxe5 Nc4 27.Rd1 Nd6 28.Rb4 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bf4 Nge7 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Nb3 Nf5 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Qb5 Re8 15.Rfe1 h6
16.h4 Qd8 17.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nbd7 8.e4 a6
9.Re1 Rb8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.b4 c6 12.h3 Qe7 13.Qb3 b5 14.c5 a5 15.a3 Rd8 16.Bb2 Nf8
17.Rad1 Be6 18.Qc2 a4 19.Nxe5 Bb3 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxc6 Qe8 22.Qe2 Bc4 23.Nxd8 Bxe2
24.Nb7 Bc4 25.e5 N6d7 26.Nd6 Qe6 27.f4 g5 28.c6 gxf4 29.gxf4 Nb6 30.Nce4 Nd5
31.f5 Qh6 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.f6 Qh4 34.Rd1 Bh6 35.Nd6 Ne3 36.Nf5 Nxf5 37.c7 Be3+
38.Kh1 Ng3+ 39.Kh2 Qf4  0-1

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nf3 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Bb2 Be7 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.Qg4 Bf6
16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Ba3 h5 18.Qf3 Be5 19.h3 Qa7 20.Ne2 Bb5 21.Rbc1 Qb8 22.Qe3 f6
23.f4 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Bxf4 25.Rc6 Qb5 26.Rxe6+ Kf7 27.Re7+ Kg6 28.Qf2 Qg5 29.Qf3 Qg3
30.Qxg3+ Bxg3 31.Rdd7 Rhg8 32.Bd6 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Rge8 34.Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb4 7.Qb3 N8c6 8.a3 Be6
9.Qa4 Nd5 10.Ne5 Qd6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Qxc6+ bxc6 13.Na4 Bg7 14.d3 Rb8 15.g3 Rb5
16.e4 Nb6 17.Nc3 Rb3 18.Kd2 O-O 19.Be2 Rd8 20.Kc2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Na4 22.Bd2 Rb2+
23.Kc1 Bb3 24.Rb1 Rc2+ 25.Kd1 Rb2+ 26.Kc1 Rc2+ 27.Kd1 Nb2+ 28.Ke1 Nxd3+ 29.Bxd3 Rxd3
30.Bh6 Rdxc3 31.Kf1 f6 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Rhd1 Be6 34.Rdc1 Bg4 35.Be3 a6 36.Rxc2 Rxc2
37.Rb7 Be2 38.Rxc7 Bd3 39.Kf3 Be2+ 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.e5 fxe5 42.Bg5 Kf5 43.h4 Ke4
44.Rxe7 Bf3+ 45.Kf1 Ra2 46.Ke1 Kd3 47.Rd7+ Kc3 48.Bd2+ Kc2 49.Kf1 Bd5 50.Bh6 Rxa3
51.Re7 Bf3 52.Rxe5 Ra1+ 53.Re1 Rxe1+ 54.Kxe1 c5 55.Bg7  0-1

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schaffarth, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Ng4 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxf2 7.Kxf2 Qf6+ 8.Ke3 Nc6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.b3 Qe5 11.g4 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg4 14.Qd3 f5 15.Bb2 fxe4
16.Qc4 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.d3 Re8 8.Nf3 a6
9.a4 Nbd7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.f4 h6 13.Nf3 Bc6 14.Be3 b6 15.Nh4 Bd7
16.h3 exf4 17.Bxf4 g5 18.e5 dxe5 19.Be3 gxh4 20.Bxa8 Bxh3 21.Bg2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nxd3
23.Rxf6 Qxf6 24.Qxd3 Qc6+ 25.Qd5 Qg6 26.Rg1 hxg3 27.Kh3 Qf5+ 28.Kh4 Qf6+
29.Kxg3 Kh8 30.Kh3 Qf5+ 31.Kh4 Qf6+ 32.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.h4 Bg4 11.Kf1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nd7 13.e5 Rc8 14.Be3 Nb8 15.h5 Qd5
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.Rh4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Bxe5 20.Rb5 Qe6 21.Rxe5 Qxe5
22.dxe5 Rxd2 23.Bxd2 Rc2 24.Be3 Nc6 25.Ra4  1-0

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.d6 Qe6 12.h4 h6 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Rd1 Bf8 15.Bxh6 Rxd6
16.Qc1 Rxd1+ 17.Bxd1 Nd7 18.Bb3 Qe7 19.h5 Nc5 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Qg5 Nxb3 22.axb3 Qb4+
23.Kf1 Be6 24.hxg6 Qxe4 25.gxf7+  1-0

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nf8 11.Ne5 Ne6 12.Bg3 g6 13.a3 Ng7 14.b4 a6 15.h3 Bf5 16.Be2 a5
17.b5 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nxd5 Bxa3 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Rc3 Bf8 22.Rd3 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 Qb6
24.Qf3 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Qe6 26.Rd7 Nh5 27.Rxb7 Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Nxg6 Nxg3
30.Nf4 Qe5 31.Qxg3+ Bg7 32.Rd1 Kh8 33.Rd5 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 Rg8 35.Rg5 h6 36.Rf5 a4
37.Rxf7 a3 38.Qg6 a2 39.Qf5 Qe5 40.Qc2 a1=Q 41.g3 Qxf4 42.Rxf4 Qa5 43.Qc6 Rb8
44.Re4 Kh7 45.Re8 Rxe8 46.Qxe8 Qb6 47.Kg2 Bb2 48.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Brocco op"]
[Site "Brocco"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Singeisen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 Qa5 8.Qb3 e6
9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rd8 13.Rd1 Bf6 14.Bb2 Qf5 15.e4 Qh5
16.d5 exd5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rxd5 Rxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Re1 Qf5 21.Nxe5 fxe5
22.Qb2 f6 23.d6 Qd3 24.Qb4 Rb8 25.Be4 Qd4 26.Qxd4 exd4 27.Bd5+ Kf8 28.Re7 d3
29.Rf7+ Ke8 30.Rxh7 d2 31.Bf3 Kd8 32.Kf1  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Zivoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 a6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nge2 h5
9.h4 Bg4 10.Qd4 e5 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Qe3 Bb4 13.O-O Bf5 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Nd4 Ng4
16.Qe2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 N4e5 18.Rfe1 O-O-O 19.Bxa6 Qc5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe6 Bxe6
22.Qxe4 Rxd1 23.Bxb7+ Kb8 24.Rxd1 Ng4 25.Rd4 Bf5 26.Qf3 Re8 27.Ba6 Re1+ 28.Bf1 Re4
29.Rd8+ Ka7 30.c4 c6 31.Qg3 Re5 32.Be2 g6 33.Bxg4 hxg4 34.Qb3 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Qe5+
36.g3 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O a5
9.Rb1 Kh8 10.a3 Ne7 11.e4 d6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Nd5 Nexd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Qd2 c5
16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Nc3 Nh5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 f4 21.b5 h6 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Bh4 g5 24.Qd1 Nf6 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Bg3 fxg3 27.hxg3 Ng4 28.Bh3 h5 29.Qc1 Qe7
30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.Nd1 Bd4 32.Qxc6 Ra2 33.Rb5 Bc5 34.Qd5 Rd2 35.e5 Qa7 36.Qh1+ Qh7
37.Qxh7+ Kxh7 38.exd6 Bxd6 39.Rxg5 Rxd3 40.Kg2 Kh6 41.Rxg4 Kh5 42.Ne3  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maksimovic, Branimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3 a5 8.Ne1 d6
9.Nc2 O-O 10.Rb1 Be6 11.Ne3 Rb8 12.Ned5 b5 13.Nxe7+ Nxe7 14.cxb5 d5 15.a4 f5
16.b3 d4 17.Na2 Nd5 18.Ba3 Nb4 19.Nxb4 cxb4 20.Bb2 Qd7 21.Rc1 Qf7 22.Rc5 Bxb3
23.Qxb3 Qxb3 24.Bd5+ Qxd5 25.Rxd5 Rfc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Rb7 28.Bb2 Kf7
29.Rd6 Rc7 30.Ra6 Ke8 31.b6 Rb7 32.f4 Kd7 33.fxe5 Bxe5 34.Rxa5 Bf6 35.Rb5 Kc6
36.Rxb4 Rxb6 37.Rxb6+ Kxb6 38.Kg2 Ka5 39.e3 Kxa4 40.Bxd4 Bxd4 41.exd4 g5
42.Kf3 Kb5 43.Ke2 Kc6 44.Ke3 Kd6 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.h4 h6 47.h5 f4 48.gxf4 gxf4
49.Ke2 Kxd4 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.d3 Kd4 52.Kxf4 Kxd3 53.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.Nf3 b5 9.O-O bxc4
10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.Qc2 Ne8 13.Bg5 Nc7 14.Rab1 h6 15.Bf4 Nb6 16.Bf1 Nb5
17.Qd2 Kh7 18.e5 Bf5 19.Rbd1 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Na4 21.g4 Rb2 22.Qe3 Bd7 23.Rd2 Rb6
24.Rc2 Qb8 25.c4 Qc8 26.Qd2 f6 27.exd6 exd6 28.Re3 g5 29.Bg3 f5 30.Ra3 f4
31.Bh2 Kg8 32.Qd3 Nb2 33.Qg6 Qe8 34.Qxe8 Rxe8 35.Kg2 Re7 36.Rb3 Rxb3 37.axb3 Be8
38.h4 Bg6 39.Re2 Rxe2 40.Bxe2 Bf6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Ne1 Kf7 43.Bg1 Bc3 44.Kf1 Bb1  0-1

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Rb1 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.f3 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5
10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nge2 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Na4 Re8 15.Kh1 Bf8 16.Bb5 Qa5
17.Nac3 Rxe3 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd7 Qxa2 20.Qd2 Rb3 21.Rfd1 c4 22.Bf2 c3 23.Qc2 Rxb2
24.Rxb2 Qxb2 25.Qxb2 cxb2 26.Rb1 Ba3 27.Bd4 Ba6 28.Bxb2 Rb8  0-1

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qh5 Nf6 7.Qh4 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rfe1 Ne6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.Ne2 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Na4 O-O 10.c4 Bd6 11.g3 Nxe4 12.Bf3 Nf6 13.c5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Be7 15.Rc1 d5
16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Nb6 e5 18.Bc5 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Rb8 21.Nxc8 Rfxc8
22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Bxb7 Rb8 24.Bxa6 g6 25.Rd2 Ne4 26.Rc2 Ng5 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Bxc8 Kf8
29.a4 Ke7 30.Bb7 Kd6 31.a5 Kc5 32.a6 Kb6 33.Bd5 e4 34.Kg2 f5 35.g4 fxg4 36.Kg3 h5
37.Kf4 Nh3+ 38.Ke3 Kxa6 39.Bf7 Kb5 40.Bxg6 h4 41.Bf5 Kc4 42.Bxg4 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 Kb3
44.Kg2  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Be3 Bc7 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Nbd4 Ng6 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.Qa4 Nge5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.g3 Nd8 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Bg2 b6 22.Be3 h5
23.c4 Qf6 24.cxd5 Bd6 25.Bd4 Qe7 26.Bc3 Re8 27.h3 Bd7 28.Qd4 Qg5 29.h4 Qg6
30.Qd2 f5 31.Bb4 Be5 32.Bc3 Bd6 33.Qd3 Qg4 34.Bf3 Qg6 35.Kg2 Qf7 36.Re1 Rxe1
37.Bxe1 f4 38.Bc3 Bg4 39.Be4 fxg3 40.fxg3 Bc8 41.Bg6 Qd7 42.Kf2 Qg4 43.Be4 Bc5+
44.Ke1 Bd6 45.Kf2 Bc5+ 46.Ke1 Bd6 47.Kf2 Bc5+ 48.Kf1 Ba6 49.Qxa6 Qxe4 50.Qc8+ Kh7
51.Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Velickovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Be2 Rb8 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.Nc4 Nb6 12.Ne3 Bd7 13.Bd2 Nc8 14.Rb1 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.b4 Nc7 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Na4 Na6 19.Bc3 f6 20.Nb2 Nd6 21.f3 Ra8 22.Nd3 c4
23.Nf2 Nc5 24.h4 Qc7 25.h5 Ra3 26.Qd4 Na4 27.Bb4 Ra2 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.f4 Qb6
30.Qxb6 Nxb6 31.Bc3 Na4 32.Bd4 Ra3 33.Bf3 Bh6 34.g3 Rc8 35.Kg2 Bg7 36.e5 fxe5
37.fxe5 Bxe5 38.Bxe5 Rxe3 39.Bf4 Rc3 40.Rbe1 Re8 41.Re2 Nf5 42.Bg4 b4 43.Be5 Rf8
44.Nd1 Ra3 45.Rh1 Nb6 46.Bxf5 Rxf5 47.Bb2 Nxd5 48.Rh8+ Kf7 49.Rh7+ Ke8 50.Bxa3 bxa3
51.Nc3 Bc6 52.Nxd5 Bxd5+ 53.Kg1 Bf7 54.Rh8+ Kd7 55.Ra8 Rf3 56.Rf2 Rf6 57.Rxa3 Bd5
58.Rxf6 exf6 59.Ra6 Ke7 60.Kf2 Be4 61.c3 g5 62.Ke3 Bd3 63.Kd4 Kf7 64.Ra2 Bf1
65.Rf2 Bd3 66.Rb2 Bf1 67.g4 Bd3 68.Rb7+ Kg6 69.Re7 Bf1 70.Re1 Bd3 71.Kd5 Kf7
72.Kd6 Bc2 73.Re7+ Kg6 74.Kc5 Bd3 75.Kd5 Bf1 76.Re1 Bd3 77.Ke6 f5 78.gxf5+ Bxf5+
79.Ke5 Bd3 80.Rh1 Bc2 81.Rh8 Kg7 82.Rc8 Bd3 83.Rc6 Kf7 84.Kd4 g4 85.Ke3 Ke7
86.Rc5 Bf1 87.Rg5 Bh3 88.Rg6 Kf7 89.Rc6 Bf1 90.Kf4 Be2 91.Rc5 Kf6 92.Rd5 Bf1
93.Kxg4 Ke6 94.Rd4 Ke5 95.Kf3 Ke6 96.Ke3  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qb3 Ndb4
9.a3 c4 10.Qd1 Nd5 11.O-O Be7 12.b4 O-O 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.Qc2 Nxc3 15.dxc3 b5
16.a4 a6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Bc1 h6 19.Bf4 e5 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Nd2 Bc6 22.Ne4 Nd5
23.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mukic, Josko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.cxd5 Nxc3
9.Qd2 Qxa2 10.bxc3 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Nd7 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.e4 f5 15.e5 Rac8
16.c4 Rxc5 17.Be3 Rc7 18.f4 b6 19.Nf3 Rfc8 20.Kd3 Rd8 21.Nd4 a6 22.Ne6 Bxe6
23.Bxb6 Rcd7 24.Ke3 Rxd5 25.cxd5 Rxd5 26.Rc5 Kf7 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Rg1 g5 29.g3 h5
30.h4 g4 31.Rc1 Bf8 32.Rc7 Ke6 33.Kd4 Bf3 34.Bc5 Bg2 35.Rc8  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nb5 Qh4 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.g3 Qe7 15.Nxd4 Nxc4
16.Bxc4 Qxe4 17.Be3 Bh3 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 a6 21.Bd3 Rfe8 22.b3 Re7
23.Kg2 Rae8 24.Bd2 Rc8 25.Rc1 Kf8 26.h4 h5 27.Bf4 Rd7 28.b4 Ra8 29.Bg5 Bb2
30.Bc2 Ba1 31.b5 Kg7 32.bxa6 bxa6 33.a4 Bf6 34.Bd2 Re7 35.a5  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Bc2 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.Qd3 b6 13.Bg5 g6 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.h4 Rc8
16.Nf4 Nd5 17.Nfxd5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 exd5 19.Qg3 Na5 20.Bd3 a6 21.f4 Qd6 22.Qh4 f5
23.Rfe1 Nc6 24.Bb1 Nd8 25.Re3 Ne6 26.Re5 Rfe8 27.Rde1 Nc7 28.Ba2 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Rd8
30.g4 Qf8 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Bb1 Bc8 33.g6 h6 34.Kf1 Rd6 35.g7 Qf6 36.Qxf6 Rxf6
37.Nxd5 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 Kxg7 39.Kf2 Rc6 40.Rd8 Kf6 41.d5 Rc5 42.Ke3 h5 43.Bd3 h4
44.b4 Rc1 45.Kd2 Ke7 46.Rh8 Rc7 47.Ke3 Bb7 48.Kd4 Rd7 49.Rh7+ Kd8 50.Rxd7+ Kxd7
51.Ke5 Kd8 52.Bxf5 Bc8 53.Bxc8 Kxc8 54.Ke4  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Qd3 g6 12.Rd1 Bf8 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.Ne4 h6 15.Bd2 Qe7
16.Bb3 Bd7 17.Qg3 Red8 18.a3 Be8 19.Qh3 Qf8 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Bb4 Bd7
23.Bxf8 Bxh3 24.Bxg7 dxe4 25.Bf6 Rd6 26.d5 Na5 27.Be7 Rxc1 28.Rxc1  1-0

[Event "JUG-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Be3 e5
9.Kc2 Nd7 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.b3 Kf7 13.a4 Rd8 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.Bc4 h5
16.Bxe6+ Kxe6 17.Nc4 Bh6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1 20.Kxd1 Kd7 21.Kc2 Kc6
22.Na3 Bf8 23.b4 Kd7 24.Nc4 Bh6 25.b5 Bf8 26.Kd3 Bc5 27.f3 Bg1 28.h3 h4 29.Nb2 Kd6
30.Kc4 Be3 31.Nd3 c6 32.Nb4 Kc7 33.Nc2 Bf2 34.Na1 Be3 35.Nb3 Bf2 36.Kb4 Be3
37.a5 Bf2 38.axb6+ Kxb6 39.bxc6 bxc6 40.Nc1 Bc5+ 41.Kc4 Be3 42.Nd3 Kc7 43.Nb2 Bg1
44.Kb4 Be3 45.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd2 c5 11.cxd5 cxd4 12.exd4 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4
9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Na5 11.Qd3 c5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.f4 a6 14.e5 b5 15.Rd1 Nb7 16.h4 c4
17.Qc2 f5 18.a3 Ndc5 19.h5 Qe8 20.h6 Bh8 21.Kf1 Rb8 22.Kg2 Qf7 23.Bf3 Rfd8
24.a4 Qe8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Na2 Nd3 27.Qc3 Nd6 28.Rxd3 cxd3 29.Qxd3 Ne4 30.Nb4 Qd7
31.Rd1 Rdc8 32.Nc6 Rb7 33.Rc1 Kf8 34.Qb3 b4 35.Be2 Rbc7 36.f3 Nd2 37.Bxd2 Rxc6
38.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schulte, Oliver"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.f3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Na5 12.Bd3 c5 13.d5 Qd7 14.Rb1 c4 15.Bc2 e6 16.d6 f6
17.Bc1 Rfd8 18.Ba3 Bf8 19.Ba4 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.Qa4 Ne5 22.Qxd7 Rxd7 23.f4 Nd3
24.f5 exf5 25.exf5 Bxd6 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.Nd4 Kf7 28.Rf3 Re8 29.Nb5 Rd7 30.fxg6+ hxg6
31.Rbf1 f5 32.g4 f4 33.Na3 Re4 34.Rd1 Ne5 35.Rxd7+ Nxd7 36.Nb5 Ke6 37.Nxa7 Ne5
38.Rf1 Nxg4 39.Nc6 g5 40.Nd4+ Rxd4 41.cxd4 Kd5 42.h4 gxh4  0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Nd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Be5 b5 13.cxb6 Qxb6 14.Be2 Rfd8 15.O-O Ne4
16.Qc2 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nd2 18.Rfe1 Rd4 19.Qa4 Rf4 20.Nd1 Ne4 21.Rf1 Rd8 22.Rc2 Nd2
23.Re1 Bf5 24.Rc3 Ne4 25.Rf3 Rxf3 26.Bxf3 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.O-O Ng6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 f6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Ng3 Qd7 13.b3 Rae8 14.h3 d5 15.dxe5 fxe5
16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 h6 18.Bc1 Qf7 19.f3 Nh4 20.Kh2 Qd7 21.Rf1 Rf7 22.Ba3 Rf6
23.Bc5 Qf7 24.Qe2 Bc8 25.Rad1 Rg6 26.Be3 h5 27.f4 exf4 28.Rxf4 Qe7 29.Qxh5 Rh6
30.Qe2 Qd6 31.Qf2 Qg6 32.exd5 cxd5 33.Bc5 Kh7 34.Rdd4 Nxg2 35.Kxg2 Bxh3+
36.Kg1 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 Bg4+ 38.Kg2 Re2 39.Qxe2 Bxe2 40.Nxe2 Qh1+ 41.Kf2 Rh2+
42.Ke3 Qe1  0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.a4 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 a6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.f4 Qc7 13.Bf3 Nd5 14.Qe1 f6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.e4 Nb4 17.Bh5+ g6 18.Bxf6 Rf8 19.Qh4 Qf7 20.Bg5 gxh5 21.cxb4 Kd7 22.f5 exf5
23.Rxf5 Qg7 24.Bf6 Qg4 25.Qf2 Rae8 26.e5 Rg8 27.Rf4 Qe6 28.d5 Qxd5 29.Ra2 c3
30.Qd4 c5 31.bxc5 b4 32.Re2 a5 33.e6+ Kc8 34.Qxd5 Bxd5 35.e7 Bc6 36.g3 Rg4
37.Rf5 Rc4 38.Bg5 b3 39.Re6 Kb7 40.Rf8  0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 c5 8.a3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bd6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Bc2 h6 12.Qd3 Re8 13.f3 Ne7 14.g4 Ng6 15.Kh1 Bc7
16.Bd2 Qd6 17.Rf2 Bd7 18.Rg1 Qe6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Bc6 21.Rfg2 Kf8 22.Qd2 Qh3
23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nf4 Qxf3 26.Nxg6+ Kf7 27.Nh4 Qh5 28.Rg7+ Kf8
29.Rxc7 Qxh4 30.Qg2 Qh8 31.Rg7 Qh5 32.Qg3 Rad8 33.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qd7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rxb8 Raxb8 15.Bxa6 Qa4
16.Qe2 Bxc3 17.Bc4 e6 18.e5 Rb4 19.Bb3 Qb5 20.Qe3 c4 21.Qxc3 cxb3 22.Ba3 Rc4
23.Qxb3 Rb8 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be7 h6 26.Bf6+ Kh7 27.Qxa7 Rb7 28.Qe3 Qc5 29.Qd3 Rb2
30.h4 Rc1 31.Kh2 Rc3 32.Qd8 Qc8 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Qd4 Rc4 35.Qe3 Rc3 36.Rd3  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qh4 Ng8 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.O-O Ne7 15.Ne4 Nf5
16.Qh5 Qb6 17.Rad1 g6 18.Qg4 Bb7 19.Bf6 Rg8 20.Nfg5 Qc6 21.Rfe1 h6 22.Nxf7 Nxf6
23.exf6 Kxf7 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Rd7+ Kf8  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 h6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.Qc2 d6
10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Be6 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.Nd2 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nde4 f5
17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Nc3 Bf7 19.Na4 Nb8 20.Bf3 b6 21.Nc3 Qe6 22.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qd1 Nh5
16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Na2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.g4 Nf6 20.Bc3 Ra8 21.Nb4 Nb3 22.Rb1 h5
23.g5 Ne4 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Nc6 Qb6 26.h4 Ng3 27.Re1 Bf5 28.Nfd4 Bxb1 29.Nxb3 cxb3  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 c5
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Rc1 Qc7 11.Bd3 h6 12.Be3 a6 13.Qa3 b6 14.e5 Bb7 15.h4 e6 16.Qb3 Bd5
17.Qd1 Rad8 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.O-O b5 20.h5 Qb7 21.hxg6 f6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Nh4 e5
24.Qh5 e4 25.Bxh6 Bxh6 26.Qxh6 Nf8 27.Bb1 Rcc6 28.Qg5 Rce6 29.dxc5 Bc6 30.Bc2 Rxg6
31.Nxg6 Rxg6 32.Bb3+ Kh8 33.Qe5+ Kh7 34.Rfd1  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bg5+ f6 8.Rd1+ Ke8
9.Bc1 Be6 10.e4 c6 11.b3 Bf8 12.a3 a5 13.h3 Nh6 14.Be2 Nf7 15.Kd2 Bc5 16.Rhf1 Nd7
17.Kc2 Nb6 18.Bb2 Ke7 19.Nb1 Nc8 20.Ne1 Ncd6 21.Nd2 Ba7 22.Kc1 Ng5 23.f4 Ngxe4
24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Bxe5 Rhd8 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Nf3 Be3+ 28.Kb2 a4 29.b4 Nf2 30.Rxd8 Rxd8
31.Re1 Nd3+ 32.Bxd3 Rxd3 33.Bc3 Bf4 34.Nd4 Re3 35.Rxe3 Bxe3 36.Nxe6 Kxe6
37.g4 b5 38.cxb5 cxb5 39.Kc2 Kd5 40.Bb2 Ke4 41.h4 Bd4 42.Bc1 Bf6 43.h5 g5
44.h6 Kf3 45.Kd3 Kxg4 46.Ke4 Kh5 47.Kd5 Kxh6 48.Kc5 Kg6 49.Kxb5 h5 50.Kxa4 h4
51.Be3 h3 52.Bg1 Be5  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 e5
9.O-O Bg4 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Qb3 Nf5 14.Rd1 Nd6 15.Bd2 f5
16.Rac1 e4 17.Be2 a6 18.a4 h5 19.Bf1 h4 20.Ne2 hxg3 21.fxg3 Nd7 22.Nf4 Rc8
23.Ne6 Qe7 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Bc3 Ne5 26.Qc2 Kg8 27.Qf2 Ndf7 28.Kg2 Qd7 29.Qc2 Bf8
30.Bxe5 Nxe5 31.d6 Bxd6 32.Qb3+ Kg7 33.Qxb7 f4 34.exf4 Rh8 35.g4 Nxg4 36.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O Ne7
9.f3 Ng6 10.Bc2 c6 11.Kh1 Be6 12.a3 Bd6 13.h3 Nh5 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 Ng3+
16.Nxg3 Bxg3 17.Be3 Bc7 18.e5 Bb6 19.Qd2 Qd7 20.Rf3 Rad8 21.Rd1 Qc8 22.Qf2 Rd7
23.Rg3 Bd8 24.Bg5 Bxg5 25.Rxg5 Qd8 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.Ne4 b6 28.Rf1 Rfd8 29.Nd6 Rxd6
30.exd6 Rxd6 31.Rg3 Qd7 32.Rd1 Ne7 33.Qe5 g6 34.Be4 Bf5 35.Re3 h5 36.b4 Bxe4
37.Rxe4 Nd5 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Rc1 Qxe8 40.Rxe8 Nf4 41.Rc8 Ne2 42.R8xc6 Rxd4
43.R1c2 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Nd4 45.Rc1 Rd2 46.Rc7 a5 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Ra7 h4 49.Kh1 Ne2
50.Rb1 Rd5 51.Kh2 Rf5 52.Rab7 Rf4 53.R7b5 Nc3 54.R1b3 Nxb5 55.Rxb5 Ra4 56.Rb3 g5
57.Kg1 Kg6 58.Kf2 f6 59.Ke3 Rc4 60.Kd3 Rf4 61.Ke3 Rc4 62.Kd3 Rc5 63.a4 Rf5
64.Kc4 Rf2 65.g3 hxg3 66.Rxg3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.Be3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia8889"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qd6 8.b3 Be6
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.d4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Bf6 12.Qxd6 cxd6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nc3 O-O-O 15.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minero Pineda, Sergio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 a6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qb3 c6 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Nde4 Nh7 15.Rd2 Nhf8
16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Rxd7 Bxd7 18.Bb6 Qc8 19.Nd6 Qb8 20.Nxe8 Qxe8 21.Ne4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4
23.Nc5 Bf5 24.g4 Qe5 25.gxf5 Qxc5 26.Qxb7 Re8 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Qxc6 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Rxe2
30.Bd5+ Kf8 31.c5 Rxb2 32.c6 Be5 33.Bb3 Re2 34.c7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Ng6 8.h3 a6
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.g3 h6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qf3 b5 14.Nb3 Qe7 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.h4 Rfe8 17.Nd1 Bb4+ 18.Kf1 c6 19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxc6 Bxc6 21.a3 Rd8 22.Bc2 Bd6
23.g4 Qe6 24.Na5 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Bc7 27.Nc3 Bxa5 28.h5 Nf8 29.Ne2 Nh7
30.b4 Nf6 31.Qf3 Bc7 32.Rh4 e4 33.Qh3 Qc4 34.g5 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gamarra Caceres, Carlos"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qa4+ Qxa4 8.Nxa4 O-O
9.Nf3 Be6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Rc8 13.Nb3 a5 14.Bxb8 Raxb8 15.a4 e6
16.O-O Bf8 17.Rfd1 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 b6 21.e4 Kf8 22.Rd4 Ke7
23.Rad1 g5 24.f3 Rbc8 25.Rd6 Rb8 26.R1d4 Nd5 27.R6xd5 exd5 28.exd5 Rbc8 29.Re4+ Kd6
30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rg4 Rxc3 33.bxc3 Rxc3 34.Rxg5 a4 35.Rg8 a3 36.Kh2 Kxd5
37.Ra8 Kc4 38.f4 Kb3 39.Ra6 a2  0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Bc2 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bg3 Bg4
16.Re1 Nf4 17.Qb1 h6 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 c6 21.f3 Nxg3+ 22.hxg3 Bd6
23.Re3 Bh5 24.Qe1 Rae8 25.Nf1 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Bc5 28.Qf2 h5 29.Rae1 Rxe3
30.Nxe3 h4 31.Qg2 Qe6 32.gxh4 Bxe3+ 33.Kh1 Rf4 34.Qg3 Qe5 35.Kg2 d4 36.cxd4 Qxd4
37.Re2 Kf8 38.Qg6 Rf6 39.Qg4 Qxg4+ 40.fxg4 Bd4 41.h5 Rf7 42.Bg6 Re7 43.Rd2 Rd7
44.Kf3 Ke7 45.Bf5 Rd5 46.Be4 Rd6 47.g5 c5 48.Bf5 c4 49.Ke4 c3 50.bxc3 Bxc3
51.Rh2 Rd2 52.Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Foisor, Ovidiu"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Rb1 Na5 12.Bb3 c5 13.d5 e6 14.c4 exd5 15.cxd5 f5
16.Nf4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Nxb3 18.Rxb3 Qd7 19.Rd1 Rae8 20.Qc2 Rf5 21.Re3 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Qd6
23.g3 Rf7 24.e4 Bc8 25.Bb2 Bg4 26.Rd2 Be5 27.Nd3 Bxb2 28.Qxb2 c4 29.Nf2 Bf3
30.Qd4 Qa3 31.Rc2 b5 32.d6 Qb4 33.Rc1 Qa3 34.Rc3 Qb2 35.Qe3 Qa1+ 36.Qc1 Qxc1+
37.Rxc1 Rd7 38.Rc3 Be2 39.Re3 Bd3 40.Nxd3 cxd3 41.Rxd3 Kf7 42.e5 Ke6 43.Re3 Rf7
44.Kg2 a5 45.h4 b4 46.Rd3 Rd7 47.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Qd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nde2 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Bd7 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.f3 Re8 13.Kf2 Nh5 14.Rhd1 Nxf4 15.Nxf4 g6
16.Rd2 h5 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Nfd5 Bg7 19.c3 Bh6 20.Re2 Re6 21.g3 b6 22.h4 Kb7
23.Nf4 Ree8 24.Red2 a5 25.Ned5 Re5 26.Re2 Rd8 27.Ree1 Bg7 28.Ne3 Rf8 29.g4 hxg4
30.Nxg4 Ree8 31.e5 Rh8 32.Kg3 Kc8 33.e6 fxe6 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Nxe6 Rg8 36.Nxg7 Rxg7
37.Ne5 Be8 38.Kg4 Re7 39.f4 a4 40.Kg5 Re6 41.a3 b5 42.Kh6 Rf6 43.Rf1 Rd6
44.Rf2 c4 45.Rg2 c5 46.Kg7 b4 47.axb4 cxb4 48.cxb4 Rb6 49.Rc2 Rxb4 50.Rxc4+ Rxc4
51.Nxc4  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 O-O 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bb3 Nbd7 10.Qd2 a5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Ng4 13.Qd2 Bxb3 14.axb3 Qb6 15.h3 Qe3+
16.Qe2 Qxe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxb5 8.Nc3 Qb7
9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Na6 12.e4 Nd7 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Bf4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Qa5
16.Rfe1 Nb6 17.Bf1 Na4 18.Nxa4 Qxa4 19.e5 Bf5 20.b3 Qa3 21.Rbc1 Rb6 22.g4 Bc8
23.Bh6 Nb4 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Bc4 Ba6 26.exd6 exd6 27.Ng5 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Qxa2
29.Qc3+ Kg8 30.Ra1 Qe2 31.Re4 Nxd5 32.Qc4 Qxc4 33.bxc4 Nf6 34.Rf4 d5 35.cxd5 h6
36.Ne4 Nxd5 37.Rf3 c4 38.Rxa7 c3 39.Nxc3 Rb3 40.Nxd5 Rxf3 41.Kg2 Rd3 42.Nf6+ Kg7
43.Ne4 Rd4 44.f3 Rd3 45.Nc5 Rd2+ 46.Kg3 Rc8 47.Ne4 Rd3 48.h4 Rc1 49.g5 h5
50.Kf2 Rc2+ 51.Kg3 Re2 52.Nf2 Rc3 53.Ra6 Rcc2 54.Ne4 Rh2 55.f4 Rcg2+ 56.Kf3 Ra2
57.Rxa2 Rxa2 58.Nf6 Ra3+ 59.Kg2 Kf8 60.f5 Rd3 61.fxg6 fxg6 62.Ne4 Ke7 63.Nf2 Ra3  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Rfe8 22.Bxd5 cxd5
23.Bf4 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Be4 26.Nd2 Bxf4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.gxf4 Qg4+
29.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 f5
16.Nd2 f4 17.Re1 Bxh3 18.Qf3 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 Qh5 20.Nf3 Rf6 21.Ng5 Rf5 22.Ne6 Qh6
23.Bd2 Re8 24.Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 25.Nxg7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kxg7 27.Re6 Rf6 28.Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.g3 Nxf3+ 5.exf3 b6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bb7 8.Bf4 e6
9.Ke2 Ne7 10.Nb5 Nf5 11.Qd3 Bc5 12.Bh3 O-O 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Bd6 Qf6 15.Rhb1 Rfe8+
16.Kf1 Be4 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Qe2 Bxd6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Rd1 Qh6 21.Kg1 d6 22.Rd4 e3
23.Rc1 exf2+ 24.Qxf2 Re6 25.Qd2 Qh5 26.Rxd6 Qc5+ 27.Rd4 Rae8 28.b4 Qc6 29.Qg2 Re1+
30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kf2 Re2+ 32.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 33.Ke3 g6 34.Rd2 Qf1 35.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.e3 Qa5 11.exd4 Qxg5 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 b6 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.f3 Rfd8
16.b4 d6 17.a4 e5 18.d5 a5 19.Rhb1 Bc8 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.Rb6 Kf8 22.Nb5 Ra6
23.Rc6 Bb7 24.Rc7 Rb6 25.Rb1 Ba6 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Rc8 28.Nxd6 Rxc6 29.Rb8+ Ke7
30.Nf5+ Kd7 31.Nxg7 Bxc4 32.Nf5 Bxd3 33.Kxd3 Nd5 34.Ke4 Nc7 35.Kxe5 Rc5+
36.Kf6 Ne8+ 37.Kg5 f6+ 38.Kg4 Rc4+ 39.f4 Rxa4 40.Rb6 Ra2 41.g3 Rxh2 42.Ra6 h5+
43.Kf3 Ra2 44.Ke4 a4 45.Nd4 Nc7 46.Ra7 Kd6 47.Nf5+ Kc6 48.Ne7+ Kb6 49.Nc8+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.c4 d5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O c5 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.Bf5 cxd4 14.exd4 g6 15.Bd3 Bg7
16.Qb3 a6 17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.a4 Nf6 19.Rcd1 Qd6 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.Re2 Re8 22.f4 Rce7
23.Bb1 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.Kf2 f6 29.d5 Rd6
30.Nc4 Rxe4 31.Nxd6 Rxf4+ 32.Ke3 Rxa4 33.Nb7 f5 34.d6 Bxb2 35.d7 Re4+ 36.Kf3 Bf6
37.Rd6 Be7 38.Rxg6+ Kf7 39.Rxb6 Rd4 40.Nd6+ Kg8 41.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 b6 7.Qa4+ c6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Qd6 10.e3 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Nxd3 O-O 13.O-O a5 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.e4 b5
16.Qc2 Nbd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.e5 Ne8 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.f4 Nc7 21.f5 Qf8 22.Ne2 c5
23.Qd3 Ra6 24.Rf3 Re8 25.Nf4 Rc6 26.Rg3 c4 27.Qf3 b4 28.Nh5 g5 29.Rc1 Kh8
30.h4 gxh4 31.Rg4 c3 32.bxc3 Nb5 33.Qxd5 Rxc3 34.Rf1 Nc7 35.Qe4 h3 36.Nf6 Rd8
37.Qf4 hxg2 38.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 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 f6 13.Qh5+ Qf7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Nf3 Qh5 17.Qe1 Ng4 18.h3 Nf6 19.Ne5 a6 20.g4 Qe8 21.g5 Nd7 22.Qh4 g6 23.Ng4 Qe7
24.Qg3 Rae8 25.h4 Kh8 26.Qh2 e5 27.fxe5 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Qxe5 30.Rf8+ Kg7
31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Qc7+ Kg8 33.e4 Bc6 34.Qxb6 Qe5 35.Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 e5 5.Be2 Be7 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Bg5 8.Nc3 a5
9.Bxg5 Qxg5 10.O-O Nh6 11.Qb3 Nc5 12.Qb5+ Ke7 13.Na4 b6 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.a3 Rhb8
16.Qc6 Kd8 17.h4 Qd2 18.Bd1 Ng8 19.Ba4 Nf6 20.f4 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.c5 c6 12.Bd3 a5 13.b4 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Qxh4+ 15.g3 Qf6
16.Bc2 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1+ 18.Qxa1 Ra8 19.Qc3 bxc5 20.bxc5 e5 21.Kf2 exd4
22.exd4 Ba6 23.Ne2 Bc4 24.Re1 g6 25.Kg2 Re8 26.Nf4 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Qxd4 28.Bxg6 Qb2+
29.Kh3 Qe5 30.Qxe5 Nxe5 31.Bc2 Bf1+ 32.Kh4 d4 33.Bd1 Nc4 34.Ba4 Ne5 35.g4 Nxf3+
36.Kh5 Ne5 37.g5 d3 38.gxh6 d2 39.Kg5 Nd7 40.Bd1 Nxc5 41.Kf5 Bb5 42.Ng2 Na4
43.Ne3 Nc3 44.Bb3 Be2 45.h7+ Kxh7 46.Bxf7 Nd5 47.Bxd5 cxd5 48.Ke5 Bf3  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O e6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.f4 g6 10.f5 gxf5 11.Re1 Kd7 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.Qh5 Bg7 15.Qxf7+ Qe7
16.Qh5 Raf8 17.Bb5 Bxd4 18.Qe2 Bb6 19.Rad1 Re8 20.Qf3 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5
9.c4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Bf4 c6 13.Bf3 Qd8 14.Qc2 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Bd6 Qg5 20.Bf4 Qc5 21.Bd6 Qg5 22.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 d5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.d4 b6 10.c4 Nc6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nc3 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nxd5 Bb7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Qxd4 Rfe8 17.Bf4 Nc5 18.Bg3 Rad8 19.Qg4 Rd2 20.Re2 Rxe2 21.Bxe2 Ne4 22.Rd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.e6 Qd5 25.exf7+ Kf8 26.h3 Qxa2 27.Be5 Qxf7 28.f3 Nf6 29.Qb4+ Kg8
30.Qd4 Bd5 31.Kh2 h6 32.g4 Be6 33.Kg3 Nd7 34.Bf4 Bd5 35.h4 Qe6 36.Kf2 a5
37.h5 Qc6 38.Be3 Qd6 39.Kg2 Ne5 40.Qf4 Qe6 41.Kf2 Bxf3 42.Bf1 Bd5 43.Be2 Bf3
44.Bf1 Bxg4 45.Bd4 Nd7 46.Bc3 Qf5 47.Qxf5 Bxf5 48.Be2 g6 49.hxg6 Bxg6 50.Bb5 Nc5
51.Ke3 Kf8 52.Be5 Be8 53.Bd6+ Kf7 54.Be2 Bc6 55.Bc7 Nd7 56.Kd4 a4 57.Kc3 Kg6
58.Kb4 Kf5 59.Ba6 Ke4 60.Bc8 Nf6 61.Be6 Bd5 62.Bh3 Bb3 63.Bg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Nd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Ne2 Ne7
9.d3 h6 10.O-O c6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Rc1 c5 14.Rc2 Bd7 15.Bc1 Qc7 16.h4 b5
17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.g4 Nc6 19.f4 Qe7 20.h5 Qh4 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Rf3 Qxg4 23.Rg3 Qh5
24.Rh3 Qg4 25.Rg3 Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 d6 15.Bd2 Na5
16.Bxb4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.c4 Qe6 20.Bc3 f6 21.b4 d5 22.b5 Nd8
23.Ba5 Qd7 24.Qa2 Nf7 25.Qb3 dxc4 26.Qxc4 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.a3 d4 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.b4 a6 12.Nb3 Nd7 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Qb1 Qe7 15.Rc1 h6
16.Bd1 Nf6 17.Be1 Nd8 18.Na5 Be6 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Ne6 21.Bd2 Nd7 22.Qa2 f5
23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Bb3 Kh7 25.Rc2 Nf4 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Bd5 Nf6 28.g3 e4 29.gxf4 exf3
30.Bxf3 Qd7 31.Re1 Qh3 32.Bxb7 Bxf4 33.f3 Rb8 34.Qf7 Bxh2+ 35.Rxh2 Qg3+ 36.Kf1 Qxh2
37.Re7 Qh1+ 38.Ke2 Qg2+ 39.Kd1 Qg1+ 40.Kc2 Qg2+ 41.Kb3 Qg5 42.f4 Qg3 43.Bxa6 Rb6
44.Bc4 h5 45.f5 h4 46.a4 h3 47.a5 h2 48.Qg6+ Qxg6 49.fxg6+ Kxg6 50.Re1 Rb8
51.Rh1 Rh8 52.b5 Kf5 53.a6 Ke5 54.Kb4 Kd6 55.a7 Kc7 56.Rxh2 Ra8 57.Rg2 Kb6
58.Rxg7 Ne8 59.Rg6+ Kxa7 60.b6+  1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.Bxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 e6 10.Bg2 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Bxe5 12.Nc3 Na6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Kc2 Bd7 15.a3 Nc7
16.Rhd1 Rad8 17.Rac1 b6 18.Kb3 Bc8 19.Bg5 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Kg7 21.a4 Bf6 22.Bxf6+ Kxf6
23.Nb5 Nxb5 24.axb5 e5 25.Bc6 Be6+ 26.Kb4 Rc8 27.Ra1 Rc7 28.Ra3 Ke7 29.Re3 f6
30.f4 Bd7 31.fxe5 Bxc6 32.exf6+ Kxf6 33.Rc3 a5+ 34.bxa6 Ke5 35.a7 Rxa7 36.Rxc6 Ra1
37.Rxb6 Rh1 38.h4 Rg1 39.Rb7 h6 40.Rb5+ Ke4 41.Rb6 Rxg3 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rxh6 Rh3
44.Ka5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Nd4 Ne6
16.Be3 Ncxd4 17.cxd4 Bb4 18.Re2 c5 19.Nf5 O-O 20.a3 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Be7 22.f4 Bc5
23.Nxe6 Bxe3+ 24.Rxe3 fxe6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Qg4 Qf7 27.Rg3 Kh7 28.Qh4+ Kg8
29.Rf1 d4 30.Rh3 Qf5 31.g4 Qe4 32.Qh7+ Kf7 33.f5 Qxe5 34.f6 Rg8 35.Rhf3 Qg5
36.fxg7+ Ke7 37.Rf7+ Kd6 38.Qh3 Qe5 39.Ra7 Rxg7 40.Rxa6+ Ke7 41.Qf3 Qe3+
42.Qxe3 dxe3 43.Ra7+ Rd7 44.Rxd7+ Kxd7 45.Rd1+ Ke7 46.Re1 Rf7 47.Rxe3 Rf4
48.h3 b4 49.a4 b3 50.Rxb3 Rxa4 51.Rb5 Rd4 52.Kg2 Rd3 53.h4 Kf7 54.g5 e5 55.Rb6 Rd4
56.Kg3 Rd3+ 57.Kf2 Rh3 58.b4 Rb3 59.b5 e4 60.Rf6+ Ke7 61.b6 e3+ 62.Ke2 Rb4
63.Rxg6 Rxh4 64.b7 Rb4 65.Rg8  1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nb3 Nf5 12.Re1 a6 13.Bd3 h6 14.Qc2 Qf6 15.Be3 Nxe3
16.Rxe3 Bd7 17.Rae1 Rac8 18.Qd1 Rfe8 19.Bb1 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.Nf4 Bd6 12.Ng5 Bxf4 13.exf4 O-O 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Rc1 h6
16.dxc5 Rac8 17.c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.Re1 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.a4 a6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.g3 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qxc5 10.Rb1 Qe7 11.Nf3 Na6 12.Nd4 b6 13.Be2 Bb7 14.O-O Nc5 15.f3 Kh8
16.Qd2 Rg8 17.Rfd1 Rg7 18.Bf1 Rag8 19.Nb5 f5 20.exf5 Bxf3 21.Qf4 Rxg2+ 22.Bxg2 Bxg2
23.f6 Qf8 24.Kf2 Be4 25.Ra1 d5 26.Nd6 Rg2+ 27.Kf1 Qg8 28.cxd5 exd5 29.c4 Nd3
30.Nxf7+ Qxf7 31.Rxd3 Rg6 32.Ke2 Rxf6 33.Qb8+ Kg7 34.Rg1+ Bg6 35.Qe5 Kf8
36.Re3 Rf2+ 37.Ke1 Kg8 38.Qe8+ Qxe8 39.Rxe8+ Kf7 40.Kxf2 Kxe8 41.cxd5 Ke7
42.Ke3 Kd6 43.Kd4 Bf7 44.Rg5  1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Nd2 a6 13.a4 Ne5 14.Kh1 Rab8 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.f4 gxf4 18.Rxf4 Ng6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rf5 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Qg4 b4
23.Nd1 Ra8 24.Rb1 Kh7 25.Rh5 Bd4 26.Nf3 Qf6 27.Rf5 Qg7 28.Qh5 Ra2 29.h3 b3
30.Nxd4 Qxd4 31.Nf2 Rxb2 32.Rf1 Qd2 33.Qf3 Qe2 34.Rxf7+ Kg8 35.Rxf8+ Nxf8
36.Qg3+ Kh7 37.Kg1 Qc2 38.Ng4 Nd7 39.Rf7+ Kh8 40.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.h3 c6 8.g4 fxg4
9.hxg4 Nf8 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.f4 Qb6 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Qf3 Be6 15.f5 gxf5
16.gxf5 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 O-O-O 18.O-O-O d5 19.Bb3 Bf6 20.Kb1 h6 21.Ne2 Bg5 22.c4 dxc4
23.Bxc4 Kb8 24.Nc3 Nd7 25.Be6 Nf6 26.Na4 Qa5 27.Nc5 Nd5 28.Rd3 Rd6 29.Rb3 Nb6
30.Qg3  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 b4 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Ba2 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Bf6 15.Nd2 d6
16.Qf3 Bg5 17.Nb3 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Nb7 19.Qe4 a5 20.c3 Qc8 21.h3 f5 22.Qc4 Qd7
23.cxb4 Qxa4 24.f4 e4 25.dxe4 fxe4 26.b5 Qxc4 27.Rxc4 a4 28.Rxc7 axb3 29.Rxb7 Ra2
30.Rc1 e3 31.Rcc7 Ra1+ 32.Kh2 e2 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Rxh7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.Bg5 h6
10.Be3 Nc7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxc5 Re8 14.d6 Na6 15.Be3 Nd7 16.h4 f5
17.h5 f4 18.Bxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.O-O b6 10.Bd3 Qd7 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.Rad1 Na5 14.c4 Ba6 15.Qc2 Nc6
16.Qa4 Na5 17.Qc2 Nc6 18.Qa4 Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 b6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.c3 Bb7 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.exd4 O-O 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Ng3 d5 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Rae1 Rc8
16.Kh1 Bf4 17.Nh5 Bb8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 d4 20.f4 Qh4 21.cxd4 Rfd8 22.Rd1 Rc7
23.Ng3 g5 24.Qe3 Rcd7 25.Bb1 f5 26.Bc2 Ba6 27.Rf2 Bc4 28.Bb3 Bxb3 29.axb3 b5
30.Ne2 a6 31.Rf3 Ba7 32.Qc3 g4 33.Rg3 Kf7 34.b4 Qe7 35.Rgd3 Rc7 36.Qd2 Rc4
37.d5 Kg6 38.dxe6 Rxd3 39.Qxd3 Qxe6 40.Qd8 Bb6 41.Qh4 Bc7 42.h3 gxh3 43.Qxh3 Re4
44.Qg3+ Kf7 45.Nc3 Rc4 46.Nd5 Qg6 47.Qh4 Bxe5 48.Qe7+ Kg8 49.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qd7 14.d5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qa4
16.Bg5 Re8 17.Rfc1 Na6 18.Rc4 Qd7 19.Rd1 Nc5 20.e5 Rac8 21.Qc2 Nb7 22.Rc1 Nc5
23.Rd1 Nb7 24.h3 Na5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Qe2 Nc4 27.e6 Qd6 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Bf4 Qd7
30.h4 Bf6 31.Bg5 Qd6 32.h5 b5 33.Bf4 Qd7 34.Bg5 Qd6 35.Bf4 Qd7 36.Ng5+ Kg8
37.Ne6 Kf7 38.Qg4 Rg8 39.Qh3 Rh8 40.Bg5 Bb2 41.Qf3+ Ke8 42.Re1 Be5 43.Bf4 Qd6
44.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E88"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 a6 9.Nge2 Nbd7
10.O-O c5 11.Qc2 Kh8 12.a4 a5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nb8 15.Qd2 b6 16.Bf2 Na6 17.Rae1 Nc7
18.Be3 Kh7 19.Bc2 Qe7 20.Nc1 Ba6 21.b3 Rae8 22.Nd3 Nd7 23.Kh1 Bc8 24.Nf2 Nf6
25.Rg1 Nh5 26.g3 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.g4 fxg4 30.fxg4 Nf4 31.Nce4 Ng6
32.g5 Qd7 33.gxh6 Bf6 34.Rxg6 Kxg6 35.Rg1+ Kf7 36.Nxf6 Kxf6 37.Ne4+ Ke7 38.Bg5+ Kf7
39.Qf2+  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Be2 Qb6 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxd4 13.Na4 Qf6 14.Rd1 Be5 15.Nc5 Qb6
16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.d6 Nc6 18.Rc1 Bxd6 19.Bxc6 Qb6 20.O-O Rfd8 21.Qe2 Rac8 22.Ba4 Qb4
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bb3 a5 25.g3 a4 26.Qa6 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nb3 Nb6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Nfxd4 Bd5 15.Qg4 O-O
16.f4 g6 17.Nf5 Qd7 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.Qg5 Bxb3 20.axb3 Qd8 21.Nf5+ Kh8 22.Ne7 Nd5
23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Rac1 Qxb3 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Rxc7 Rad8 27.h4 Rd2 28.Kh1 Qxb2
29.Qg5 Qb5 30.Rfc1 Qd5 31.Kh2 f6 32.exf6 Rxf6 33.Rc8+ Kg7 34.R1c7+ Rf7 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7
36.Rc7+ Kg8 37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Rc7+ Kg8 39.Qg4 Qf5 40.Qxf5 gxf5 41.Rxb7 a6 42.Rb6 Kg7
43.h5 Rf2 44.Kg3 Rf1 45.h6+ Kf7 46.Rxa6 Rh1 47.Ra7+ Kg6 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.Rb6 Rh5
50.Rb7+ Kg6 51.Rb6+ Kf7 52.Kf3 Rh1 53.Rb7+ Kg6 54.Rb6+ Kf7 55.Ke3 Re1+ 56.Kf2 Ra1
57.g3 Ra3 58.Kg2 Ra1 59.Kh3 Rh1+ 60.Kg2 Ra1 61.Rd6 Rb1 62.Kf2 Rb3 63.Rd7+ Kg6
64.Rg7+ Kxh6 65.Rg5 Rf3+ 66.Kxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd1 Bxd1 21.Raxd1 f5 22.Nf1 f4
23.Bc1 Ref6 24.Qe4 Kh8 25.Qd3 h6 26.b3 b4 27.cxb4 fxg3 28.fxg3 Bxb4 29.Nd2 Rf2
30.h4 Nc3  0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bb6 5.Na3 Nf6 6.d3 Ng4 7.d4 f5 8.h3 Nf6 9.fxe5 Nxe4
10.Nc4 d5 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Bd3 Ng3 13.Rg1 O-O 14.Qc2 c5 15.Bf4 Ne4 16.a3 c4
17.Be2 Nc6 18.Qc1 b5 19.Rb1 h6 20.h4 Qe8 21.Nh2 Kh7 22.Qe3 Be6 23.Nf3 Bf7
24.Nd2 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O c6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.b3 c5 8.c4 cxd4
9.Bb2 d3 10.exd3 Nc6 11.d4 Bf5 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Ndxc4 Rc8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Ne5 Nd5
16.Rc1 Nb4 17.Rc4 Qb6 18.a3 Nd5 19.Qf3 Rfd8 20.Rfc1 Bh6 21.Re1 Be6 22.h4 Rd6
23.Rc5 Nf6 24.Nxc6 Nd5 25.Na5 Qb8 26.b4 Nb6 27.Qb7 Rd7 28.Qxb8 Rxb8 29.Nc6 Re8
30.Ne5 Rd6 31.Rc7 a6 32.Ra7 Na4 33.Bc1 Bxc1 34.Rxc1 f6 35.Nc6 Bd7 36.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf1 Bh3 21.Bd1 Qf5 22.Qe2 c5
23.Nf1 cxd4 24.cxd4 Nb4 25.Ra3 Nc6 26.Rd3 Bb4 27.d5 Rd6 28.Bd2 Rxd5 29.Bxb4 Nxb4
30.Rf3 Qd7 31.Bb3 Bg4 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.Ne3 Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.Nf3 Ng7 13.g4 Bd7 14.Ne5 O-O-O 15.Na4 Nxa4
16.Qxa4 Kb8 17.Kb1 Be8 18.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bc6 11.Qd3 f5 12.exf5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxf5 14.Qxf5 gxf5 15.Rc1 Bd5
16.Rc5 e6 17.Rc7 O-O 18.O-O Nc6 19.Rxb7 Rfb8 20.Ba6 Rxb7 21.Bxb7 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qd6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf1 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qf4 Qe6 15.Bd2 a6
16.Be1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Qb4 b5 19.a4 Bf8 20.Qb3 bxa4 21.Qxa4 Rb8 22.Qa2 Rd6
23.Ne2 Bh6 24.Nd4 Qe8 25.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 g5 13.Bf2 f5 14.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Nc4 Nf4 17.O-O g4 18.fxg4 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Nxg4 20.exf5 Nxf2 21.Rxf2 Bxf5
22.Raf1 Bg6 23.Ne4 Rxf2 24.Rxf2 Qc7 25.Ncxd6 Rd8 26.Nb5 Qb6 27.Nbc3 Kh8 28.d6 Qd4
29.Kh1 b5 30.a3 a5 31.Rf1 b4 32.Rd1 bxc3 33.Rxd4 exd4 34.bxc3 dxc3 35.Qc4 Bxe4
36.Qxe4 Bf6 37.Qc6 Kg7 38.Qc7+ Kg6 39.g4 Re8 40.d7 Re1+ 41.Kg2 Rd1 42.h4 Rd2+
43.Kf3 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 Rd2+ 45.Ke3 Bxh4 46.Qxc3 Rd6 47.Qe5 Bg5+ 48.Ke2 Rd2+ 49.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 Re8 10.Bd3 e5 11.Ne2 exd4 12.exd4 Nf8 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.O-O Bg6
16.Nc3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ng6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.f4 c6 20.f5 Nf8 21.Ne4 Qd8 22.f6 d5
23.Qg3 Ng6 24.Nd6 Re6 25.Nxb7 Qb6 26.Nc5 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Qf2 dxc4 29.Nd7 Qd8
30.Nxf6+ Kh8 31.Rf1 Rb8 32.Qd2 Kg7 33.Nh5+ Kg8 34.Qxh6 Qxd4+ 35.Kh1 Re8 36.Qg5 Re6
37.Qf5 Re7 38.h3 Qd8 39.Qf6 Qf8 40.Qc3 Ne5 41.Nf6+ Kh8 42.Re1 Qd8 43.Ng4 f6
44.Nxf6 Nd3 45.Rf1 Ne5 46.Qg3  1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.g4 a5 12.Ng3 b5 13.Nce2 Bd7 14.O-O-O a4 15.Kb1 b4
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.f4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.exd4 Ne4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.f5 Bb5
23.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.b4 Nb7 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Nf1 Re8 17.Ng3 h6 18.Nh4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxh4 21.Nf5 d5 22.Qg4 Bg5
23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5 g6 25.Nh6+ Kf8 26.Bxg6 Qd8 27.Qg4 Qf6 28.Bxf7 Qxh6 29.Qg8+ Ke7
30.Bxe8 Rxe8 31.Qxd5 Nd6 32.Qxe5+ Kf8 33.Qd4 Re4 34.Qb6 Qe6 35.Qxa6 Re1+
36.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37.Kh2 Ne4 38.Qe6 Qb1 39.f3 Nf2 40.Qc8+ Kf7 41.Qb7+  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7
16.Bc2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qd3 Bg6 19.Qd2 Be4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nh2 Na5 22.Qc2 Rae8
23.Rad1 Nc4 24.Nf1 Bh4 25.Re2 Re6 26.Bc1 Qd5 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Qf5 29.c4 Rc6
30.c5 Rg6 31.Kh1 c6 32.d5 cxd5 33.Red2 d4 34.Rxd4 Bxf2 35.Bxf2 Qxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mikhail S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Qxb2 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.f3 g6 8.e4 dxe4
9.fxe4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nbd7 11.O-O Bg7 12.N4g3 O-O 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Qd3 Qb6 15.Kh1 e5
16.c3 exd4 17.cxd4 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Qa3 Kg8 20.Nf4 Qa6 21.Qe3 Nb6 22.Nfh5 gxh5
23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Bf6 h6 25.Nxh5 Bf5 26.Qg3+ Kh7 27.Be7 Nd7 28.Bxf8 Qg6 29.Bxh6 Kxh6  0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.a4 Bg4 8.c3 Na5
9.Bc2 b4 10.d4 c5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Nd2 c4
16.O-O b3 17.Bd1 Bc5 18.Be2 Nb6 19.Qg3 f6 20.Bh5+ Kf8 21.Nf3 Be7 22.Be3 g6
23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qxg6 Nc8 25.Bh6+ Rxh6 26.Qxh6+ Kf7 27.Qh7+ Ke6 28.Qg8+ Kd7
29.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bf5 Re8 14.Qa4 Nf8 15.Rfd1 Ne6
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qg4 Qe7 18.h3 Rad8 19.Nd4 g6 20.Bc2 Bg7 21.a3 Rc8 22.Rd2 Red8
23.Rcd1 h5 24.Qe2 Ne6 25.Ncb5 Ba6 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Bb3 Rc5 28.a4 Bxb5 29.axb5 Qe4
30.Bc2 Qb4 31.Bd3 Rdc8 32.Qf3 Rc1 33.Kh2 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Qxb2 35.Qxd5 Qe5+ 36.Qxe5 Bxe5+
37.f4 Bb2 38.Be2 Rc7 39.e4 Kg7 40.e5 Bc1 41.Kg3 Rc3+ 42.Bd3 g5 43.fxg5 Bxg5
44.Kf3 Bd8 45.Kf4 Bc7 46.Kg5 Bxe5 47.Kxh5 Bf4 48.Be4 Rc4 49.Bf3 Rc5+ 50.Kg4 Bh6
51.Be2 Rc2 52.Kf3 Rc3+ 53.Kf2 Be3+ 54.Kg3 Bh6+ 55.Bf3 Rc5 56.Be2 Rc3+ 57.Bd3 Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.c3 Nc5 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bc2 Ne6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Nf1 Bc5 15.b4 Bb6
16.a4 Rd8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bd3 Ne7 19.Qe2 c6 20.g4 Bg6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 d4
23.Nxd4 Nd5 24.Qg3 Nxd4 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.cxd4 Nxb4 27.Rad1 Nc2 28.Re4 Qd5
29.Qd3 Nb4 30.Qb1 c5 31.Ne3 Qc6 32.dxc5 Rxd1+ 33.Nxd1 Na6 34.e6 fxe6 35.Rd4 Rxh3
36.Qxg6+ Kf8 37.Rf4+ Kg8 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.Rxe4 Rd3 40.Ne3 Nxc5 41.Rb4 Rb3 42.Rd4 Kf7
43.Rd6 Kf6 44.Rc6 Nd3 45.Nd5+ Kf7 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.Ne7+ Kh7 48.Rc6 b4 49.g5 Rb1+
50.Kh2 b3 51.Rc4 g6 52.Rc7 b2 53.Nd5+ Kh8 54.Nf6 Rh1+ 55.Kxh1 b1=Q+ 56.Kh2 Qb8  0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Qd3 c5 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rab1 b5 13.b3 b4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bf5
16.Qe3 Bxb1 17.Rxb1 Qd7 18.Rd1 Nb7 19.h4 Rae8 20.Ng5 Nd8 21.Qd3 h6 22.Bh3 f5
23.Nf3 Rf6 24.e4 e5 25.dxe6 Nxe6 26.Bxd6 Nd4 27.Bxc5 Nxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Qc7 29.e5 Rfe6
30.Bxb4 Bxe5 31.h5 a5 32.Ba3 Qf7 33.hxg6 Rxg6 34.Qxf5 Bxg3 35.Qxf7+ Kxf7
36.fxg3 Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 Rge3 38.Rf1+ Kg6 39.Rf2 Re2 40.Kg2 R8e3 41.Bf5+ Kh5
42.c5 a4 43.c6 Rxf2+ 44.Kxf2 Rc3 45.Be4 axb3 46.axb3  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Bd2 b4 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Na3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 Qd6
16.Ra1 Rad8 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 h6 19.Qb1 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Bd5 Ba8 22.Bxc6 Bxc6
23.Qc1 Qd6 24.Ne5 Ba8 25.Rd1 Rfe8 26.f3 Bd5 27.Nd3 Bb3  0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Re1 Rc8
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qe2 a6 18.Bxa6 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qxe6+ Ne7
23.Bh6 Qd7 24.Qe5 Bd4 25.Qf4 g5 26.Qe4 Bf6 27.Rad1 Qc6 28.Qxb4 Kf7 29.Rd6 Nd5
30.Qg4 Rhe8 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.Rd1 Qe6 33.Qxe6 Rxe6 34.Bxg5 Nb6 35.R7d6 Rxd6
36.Rxd6 Kxg5 37.h4+ Kf5 38.Rxb6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Bxh4 40.Rb5+ Ke6 41.g3 Bf6 42.Kh3 Rc2
43.f4 Bxb2 44.Rb7 h5 45.Rb5 Bf6 46.Rxh5 Rxa2 47.Rb5 Ra3 48.Kg4 Bd4 49.Kh4 Kf6
50.Rd5 Bf2 51.Rg5 Rf3 52.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.c4 Nb4 10.Be2 Qa3 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Qf4 O-O-O 15.Nxf6 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Bc6 17.Nb5 Qa5 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Qxf7 Rd7 20.Qxe6 Bc6 21.Bg4 h5 22.Bh3 Bd8
23.Rad1 Rh7 24.a3 Nc2 25.Qg6 Re7 26.Qxc2 a6 27.Na7+  1-0

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 c5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Ne2 h6 13.Bh4 Ne4 14.Bxd8 Nxc3 15.Bc7 Ne5
16.Bc2 Nxe2 17.Bxd6 Nxc4 18.Bxf8 Nxe3 19.Be4 Nd4 20.Bxb7 Rxf8 21.Kf2 Rb8
22.Ba6 Ndc2 23.Rab1 Rd8 24.Ke2 Nxg2 25.Rhd1 Nf4+ 26.Kf2 Nd4 27.Rbc1 Rd5 28.b4 cxb4
29.axb4 Rd6 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Bf1 e5 32.Rc7 Nd5 33.Rxa7 Rf6 34.Rxd4 exd4 35.b5 g5
36.Rd7 Nc3 37.Rxd4 Rb6 38.Rd3 Na4 39.Rd7 Kg7 40.Rc7 Rf6 41.Rc6 Rf4 42.Rc4 Nb6
43.Rxf4 gxf4 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Kd3 Ke5 46.Kc3 Kd5 47.Kb4 Kd6 48.Bc4 f6 49.Bd3 Nd7
50.Be4 Nb6 51.h4 Nd7 52.h5 Nb6 53.Bc6 f5 54.Ka5 Kc7 55.Ka6 Na4 56.Ka7 Nb6
57.Bb7 Nd7 58.Bd5 Nb6 59.Be6 Na4 60.Bxf5 Nb6 61.Be6 Na4 62.Bb3 Nb6 63.Bc2 Nd5
64.Be4 Nb6 65.Ka6 Nc4 66.Ba8 Nb6 67.Bc6 Nc4 68.Be4 Nb6 69.Ka5 Nd7 70.Bf5 Nb6
71.Kb4 Kd6 72.Be4 Kc7 73.Kc5 Na4+ 74.Kd4 Kd6 75.Bd5 Nc5 76.b6 Nd7 77.b7 Kc7
78.Ke4 Nf6+ 79.Ke5 Nxh5 80.Kf5 Kb8 81.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.d3 d5 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc1 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxe7 Re8 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Bg5 Rxe2 15.Ne4 Bb7
16.Nf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 Nd4 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Qf4 Qd5 21.Rfe1 Rae8
22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.Qf6 Qc5 24.h4 h5 25.a4 a5 26.Rf1 Re5 27.Kg2 Re6 28.Qf4 Qc6+
29.Kh2 Qxa4 30.Rc1 Kg7 31.Rc4 Qd1 32.Qxd4+ Rf6 33.Qc3 Qf3 34.Rf4 Qc6 35.Qd4 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c6 10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Qxa5 12.Qc2 c5 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.Nb5 Ra6
16.Be3 f5 17.f3 f4 18.Bf2 g5 19.a4 Rf7 20.a5 Bf8 21.Nxd6 Rxd6 22.Nxc5 Nxc5
23.Bxc5 Rg6 24.Bb6 Qe8 25.c5 Bd7 26.a6 bxa6 27.Rxa6 g4 28.Qa2 Nc8 29.Ra8 gxf3
30.Bxf3 Qe7 31.d6 Qh4 32.Qf2 Qg5 33.Bc7 Kg7 34.c6 Nxd6 35.Rxf8 Rxf8 36.Bxd6 Bxc6
37.Bxf8+ Kxf8 38.Ra1 Rd6 39.Qc5 Qe7 40.Qc3 Be8 41.Ra5 Rc6 42.Qa1 Rc5 43.Ra8 Rc2
44.h3 Qc5+ 45.Kh2 Rc1 46.Qa7 Qxa7 47.Rxa7 Bg6 48.Ra5 Rc7 49.Rxe5 Re7 50.Rg5 Bxe4
51.Rg4 Bxf3 52.Rxf4+ Kg7 53.gxf3 Kg6 54.Re4 Ra7 55.Kg3 Ra6 56.Rg4+ Kf6 57.h4 Ra1
58.Rb4 Ra6 59.Kg4 Kg6 60.h5+ Kf6 61.Rb7 Ra4+ 62.f4 Ra1 63.Rxh7 Rg1+ 64.Kh3 Rh1+
65.Kg2 Rh4 66.Kg3 Rh1 67.Rh6+ Kf5 68.Rh8 Kf6 69.Kg4 Rg1+ 70.Kf3 Kg7 71.Rd8 Kh6
72.Ke4 Ra1 73.Kf5 Rb1 74.Rh8+ Kg7 75.Re8 Kh6 76.Kf6 Kxh5 77.f5 Rb6+ 78.Re6 Rb7
79.Re7 Rb6+ 80.Kg7 Kg5 81.Rf7 Rb5 82.f6 Rb6 83.Rf8 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lund, D Brett"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 d6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Be6 5.d3 a5 6.e4 Qd7 7.Be3 g6 8.f4 Bg7 9.Qd2 exf4
10.gxf4 f5 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Rc1 fxe4 15.dxe4 Bh3 16.O-O Bxg2
17.Kxg2 Rae8 18.Ng3 h5 19.e5 Bg7 20.h4 Qg4 21.exd6 cxd6 22.Rce1 Qxh4 23.Qxd6 Qg4
24.Qd5+ Rf7 25.Kh2 Nb4 26.Qb5 Rfe7 27.Bd2 h4 28.Nh1 Re2+ 29.Nf2 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 Qf3+
31.Kh2 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne2 Rc8 13.Qb3 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qa4 cxd4
16.exd4 Bc6 17.Qd1 b5 18.O-O Qb6 19.Bf2 Qb7 20.Ng3 Nb6 21.Qe2 Nbd5 22.Qd2 b4
23.a4 b3 24.Rfc1 Qb4 25.Qd1 Bxa4 26.Ne2 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 b4 5.a3 g6 6.axb4 cxb4 7.Be3 a5 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 O-O
10.O-O Bb7 11.Nbd2 d6 12.Bd4 Nbd7 13.Re1 Qc7 14.e4 Nc5 15.Qc2 e5 16.Bxc5 dxc5
17.Rf1 Bc8 18.Ne1 Bd7 19.b3 Ng4 20.h3 Nh6 21.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Rfd1 b6 15.a5 Nc5
16.Qb2 Ba6 17.axb6 cxb6 18.Ra3 f5 19.Rda1 fxe4 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Nxe4 Rb8 22.Rb3 Rxb3
23.Qxb3 Bc8 24.Qb8 Bf5 25.Qxd8 Rxd8 26.Nfg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Kg7 28.Ra7 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Bxd7
30.Ne4 Nc8 31.g4 Ba4 32.Bd3 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke2 Nb6 35.Kd2 h6 36.Kc3 Bd1
37.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Na4 Qc7
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Rc1 d6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Nbc3 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Kh2 Rc8
16.b3 Na5 17.e4 Bc6 18.Be3 b6 19.Qe2 e6 20.Nb2 Ba8 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.b4 Nc6
23.a3 Rfd8 24.Qc2 Qc7 25.Qa4 Qb8 26.Nd3 Ne7 27.c5 dxc5 28.bxc5 Bc6 29.Qb4 b5
30.Bf4 Qb7 31.Ne5 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 a6 33.Qa5 Ne8 34.Qb6 h6 35.Ne2 g5 36.Nxc6 Qxc6
37.Be3 e5 38.Rd8 Qxb6 39.Rxc8 Nxc8 40.cxb6 Ned6 41.Nc3 Bf8 42.Bf1 Nb7 43.a4 Bc5
44.Bxc5 Nxc5 45.a5 Nd6 46.Nd5 Ndb7 47.Ne7+ Kf8 48.Nc6 f6 49.h4 Nxe4 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Bxb5 Nec5 52.Bc4 Ke8 53.Kh3 f5 54.Nxe5 Nxa5 55.Bd5 Ke7 56.Nf7 Nd7 57.Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pogliano, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 bxc4 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bg7
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nfd7 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.d6 Nb6 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qf3+ Kg8 15.Nd5 N8d7
16.dxe7 Qe8 17.Nc7 Qxe7 18.Nxa8 Ne5 19.Qd1 Nbc4 20.Qb3  1-0

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Suess, M."]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 d6 5.a3 Bg7 6.Rb1 O-O 7.d3 a5 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Qc1 Re8
10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bd7 12.O-O Nd4 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nxf3+ 15.exf3 cxb4 16.Rxb4 Bc6
17.f4 Qd7 18.Qc2 d5 19.Rfb1 dxc4 20.dxc4 Red8 21.Be3 Qd6 22.Nb5 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qc6+
24.Kh2 Nd5 25.R4b3 Ra4 26.c5 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Ra5 28.Qe2 Bf6 29.Nc3 Rxc5 30.Ne4 Rc2
31.Nxf6+ exf6 32.Qf3 Rdd2 33.Kg1 Rxf2 34.Qxc6 bxc6 35.Rb8+ Kg7 36.Rc8 Rfd2
37.Rf3 Rg2+ 38.Kf1 Rh2  0-1

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 h6
9.Rd1 Re8 10.d5 a5 11.Ne1 Nc5 12.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 b6 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nd2 e6 5.Ngf3 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 d6
9.Bd3 g4 10.Nh4 Rg8 11.h3 h5 12.Qe2 d5 13.hxg4 hxg4 14.e4 Nc6 15.O-O-O Qd7
16.e5 Nh5 17.Nf5 Nxg3 18.Nxg3 O-O-O 19.Rh7 Rdf8 20.Ndf1 Na5 21.Ne3 c5 22.Kb1 Rh8
23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Qxg4 c4 25.Bc2 b5 26.a3 Nc6 27.Rh1 Rxh1+ 28.Nxh1 Nd8 29.Ng3 a5
30.f4 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Kc1 Bc6 33.Kd2 Qa7 34.Qd1 Bb5 35.Ne2 Nc6 36.Ke1 Bd8
37.Kf2 Bb6 38.g3 Qa2 39.Qb1 Qa7 40.Qh1 Nd8 41.f5 Qa2 42.fxe6 fxe6 43.Qb1 Qa7
44.Bh7 Be8 45.Bg8 Bd7 46.Qg6 Bc7 47.Nxd5 bxc3 48.Ne7+ Kb8 49.bxc3 Bxe5 50.Qg5 Bc7
51.Ng6 Nc6 52.Nf8 Bd6 53.Nxd7+ Qxd7 54.Qb5+ Ka7 55.Qxc4 Nd8 56.Qa2+ Kb8 57.Qb1+ Kc8
58.Bh7 Nf7 59.Be4 Ng5 60.Qd3 Qf7+ 61.Kg2 Qh5 62.Bc6 Qh3+ 63.Kf2 Qh2+ 64.Kf1  1-0

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Krause, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O Nfd7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Na5 11.Be2 b6 12.Rc1 e5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.f4 Kh8 15.b3 Nb7
16.Bd3 c6 17.Bb1 Qe7 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Rcd1 Nf6 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Bg1 Bh6 22.Qe2 Nf6
23.e5 Nh5 24.exd6 Nxd6 25.f5 Nxf5 26.Bxf5 Rxd1 27.Nxd1 Ng3+ 28.hxg3 gxf5
29.Bd4+  1-0

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kruckeberg, B."]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.e3 Ne5 12.b3 d6 13.Rfd1 Bg4 14.Rdc1 Qc7 15.h3 Bd7
16.Rd1 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.Kh2 Be8 19.f4 Nc6 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Qc2 a6 22.a3 Qa5
23.Qb2 b5 24.b4 Nxd4 25.exd4 bxc4 26.Rxc4 Qb6 27.Nf2 Ba4 28.Rd2 Bb5 29.Rc1 Rdc8
30.Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.Bd5 e6 32.Bb3 Qb7 33.Qb1 Qf3 34.Qd1 Rc3 35.Qxf3 Rxf3 36.Bd1 Rxa3
37.d5 Bc3  0-1

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rc1 c5 13.Bf5 Rc8 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Ra8
16.f4 Nb8 17.Bb1 Na6 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Nd6 Rad8 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Qg4 g6 22.Nxh6+ Kh7
23.Qh4 Rh8 24.f5  1-0

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.e5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Be4 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.h4 Rc8 15.Ng5 Bxg2
16.Rh2 Bd5 17.h5 Nb4 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.a3 Na2 20.Ba6 Rxc1 21.Bxc1 Nxc1 22.Qg4 f6
23.Ne6 Qe8 24.Nf4 e6 25.Qh3 Kf7 26.Nxg6 Qa4 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Qh7+ Ke8 29.Nxf8 Qa5+
30.Kd1 Kxf8 31.Qh6+ Ke7 32.Qxc1 Bb3+ 33.Ke2 Qxa6+ 34.Ke3 Kd6 35.Rh7 Bc4 36.Kf3 Bd5+
37.Ke3 Bxd4+ 38.Kxd4 Qa4+ 39.Kc3 Qc4+ 40.Kd2 Qd4+ 41.Ke1 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Be3 a5
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.O-O-O Qc8 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bf7 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.Ng5 Bg8 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Ng6 17.Bg3 Be7 18.Nf3 Be6 19.e5 d5 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Rhf1 Bc5 22.Na4 Be7
23.Nb3 Rf8 24.Nac5 Bxc5 25.Nxc5 Qe7 26.Qe3 a4 27.Qc3 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Nf8 29.Bf2 Qf7
30.Qd3 Qg6 31.Qc3 Qf7 32.Qe1 Nd7 33.Bh4 Qg6 34.Qb4 Qh6+ 35.Kb1 Nb6 36.Na6 Qxh4
37.Qf8+ Kd7 38.Nc5+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Qd7
9.O-O b6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Bg5 Na5 13.Ba2 c5 14.Rad1 e6 15.h4 Qa4 16.d5 c4
17.Qd2 exd5 18.exd5 Qxa3 19.d6 Qc5 20.h5 f6 21.Bf4 Qxh5 22.d7 Qc5 23.d8=Q Raxd8
24.Qxd8 Qc6 25.f3 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Kf7 27.Rfd1 Bc8 28.Nd4 Qa4 29.Re1 Qxa2 30.Rxc8 g5
31.Bd6 Kg6 32.Rg8 Kf7 33.Rc8 Kg6 34.Rg8 Kf7 35.Ra8 Kg6 36.Re7 Qa1+ 37.Kh2 Qxc3
38.Rg8 Qxd4 39.Rgxg7+ Kh6 40.Rxh7+ Kg6 41.Rhg7+ Kh6 42.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nf6 7.g3 Bc6 8.Bg2 e5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 a6 11.a4 Be7 12.Qc4 h6 13.d3 Nb6 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.Be3 Nbd5
16.b5 Nxe3 17.bxc6 Nxf1 18.cxb7 Rb8 19.Rxf1 O-O 20.Nd2 Nd7 21.Rb1 a5 22.Bc6 Bb4
23.Nde4 Kg7 24.Qd5 Nb6 25.Qxe5+ f6 26.Qb5 f5 27.Qe5+ Kh7 28.Nc5 Rf6 29.Bf3 c6
30.Na2 Bxc5 31.Qxc5 Nd7 32.Qa7 Qc7 33.d4 Rd6 34.Nc1 Nf8 35.Nd3 Ne6 36.e3 Rd7
37.Bxc6 Qxc6 38.Qxb8 Nd8  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.h4 Nxg5 7.hxg5 dxc4 8.Qa4+ c6
9.Qxc4 Be6 10.Qd3 Na6 11.g3 Nb4 12.Qd2 c5 13.Ne4 Bxd4 14.a3 Nc6 15.e3 Bd5
16.Rh4 Bg7 17.O-O-O Qb6 18.Qe2 O-O-O 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 h6 21.gxh6 Rxh6
22.Rxh6 Bxh6 23.Nfd2 Nd4 24.Bc4 Ne6 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Rh1 Bg7 27.g4 Kd8 28.Kc2 Ke8
29.f4 b6 30.f5 gxf5 31.Rh5 Kf8 32.gxf5 Nd8 33.Nc3 Rd7 34.Nf3 Nc6 35.Ne4 Ne5
36.Nxe5 Bxe5 37.Ng5 c4 38.Nf3 Bf6 39.Nd2 b5 40.a4 a6 41.axb5 axb5 42.Ne4 Be5  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bc2 Bd6 10.Ne4 Bb4+ 11.N4c3 Bd6 12.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Bf4 c5
9.dxc5 Be6 10.Qb5 Bd7 11.Qxb7 Nxc5 12.Qb4 Ne6 13.Be5 a5 14.Qa3 Bc6 15.Bc4 Qc8
16.O-O Bxe4 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rae1 Qd5 21.Qxe7 Rfe8
22.Qa3 Rad8 23.h4 h6 24.b4 axb4 25.Qxb4 Rb8 26.Qa3 Nf6 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Qb2 Qd3
29.a4 Re2 30.Qb7 Ng4 31.Qb4 h5 32.a5 Ra2 33.Qb6 Qf5 34.a6 Qf6 35.Qxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nf6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Bg5 Bxf3
9.exf3 Bg7 10.Bc4 h6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.Rd1 Ne8
16.Bxe8 Qxe8 17.O-O Qd7 18.Rfe1 Bf6 19.Qc4 Kg7 20.Re2 Rhd8 21.Red2 Bxc3 22.Qxc3+ Kg8
23.a3 Qd6 24.Rd4 Rd7 25.g3 Rad8 26.Rc1 Qf6 27.Rc4 Qxc3 28.R4xc3 Rc8 29.Kf1 Kf8
30.Ke2 Ke8 31.Ke3 Kd8 32.Ke4 Rd6 33.f4 Kd7 34.Rd3 Ra8 35.Rcd1 b5 36.h4 h5
37.R1d2 Ra4+ 38.Rd4 f5+ 39.Ke5 Ra8 40.Rb4 Ra4 41.Rbd4 Ra8 42.Rb4 Ra4 43.Rdd4 Rxb4
44.Rxb4 c6 45.Rd4 cxd5 46.Rxd5 Kc6 47.Rd4 Rxd4 48.Kxd4 Kd6 49.b3 b6 50.a4 bxa4
51.bxa4 Kc6 52.Kc4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.a3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Be4 O-O 12.Qd3 h6 13.f4 Qc7 14.Rb1 Na5 15.O-O f5
16.Bf3 Qc4 17.Qxc4 Nxc4 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bxc8 Rfxc8 20.Ra1 Rb3 21.a4 Bc7 22.Rd1 Ba5
23.Kf1 Nb6 24.Bd2 Rb2 25.Be1 Nd5 26.Rdb1 Rcb8 27.Rxb2 Rxb2 28.h3 Ne3+ 29.Kf2 Nxg2
30.Kf3 Nxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Ra2 32.Rb1 Rxa4 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Ra8 Ra1 35.Rxa7 Bxc3
36.Re7 Ra3 37.Kg2 Ra2 38.Kf3 Ra3 39.Kg2 Ra2 40.Kf3 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Ne2 h5 6.d4 h4 7.Nbc3 Nh6 8.e4 Bg4 9.Qd3 Nd7
10.d5 Nc5 11.Qe3 h3 12.Bf1 f5 13.f3 fxe4 14.fxg4 Nxg4 15.Qg1 Qf6 16.Nd1 Nd3+
17.Kd2 Qf3 18.a3 Bh6+ 19.Kc2 Nb4+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb1 Bd6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.a3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qd4 Ng6 15.Rd1 Be6
16.Ba2 Nc7 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Qa4 Qb6 19.b4 Ne5 20.Be3 Qc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6 22.Nd4 a5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Bc5 Bxc5 25.Nxc5 axb4 26.axb4 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rb8 28.f4 Ng6
29.Nxe6 Rxb4 30.g3 Ne7 31.Ra7 Nf5 32.g4 Nd4 33.Nxg7 Nb5 34.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.Qe2 Rfc8 13.O-O a6 14.Ne1 Ne4 15.Nd3 Qa5
16.a3 Qd8 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nc5 Qd5 19.Nxb7 Nxd4 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Qxa6 Nb3
22.Na5 Ra8 23.Nc6 Rxa6 24.Nxe7+ Kf8 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rd1 Ra5 27.Be5 Kg8 28.Bc7 Rc5
29.Bd6 Ra5 30.Bb4 Rb5 31.f3 f5 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Bc3 Rb7
36.Rf1 Kd6 37.Rf8 g6 38.Kd1 Kc5 39.Kc2 Na1+ 40.Kb1 Nb3 41.Bb4+ Kb6 42.Rc8 Rd7
43.Kc2 Na1+ 44.Kc3 Rf7 45.Bc5+ Kb5 46.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nxe4 8.Bxf7+ Rxf7
9.Nxe4 d5 10.Nc5 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.O-O b6 14.Nd3 Bg7 15.Qd2 d4
16.Bf4 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Qd5 18.f3 Raf8 19.Re2 Ba6 20.Re4 Bb7 21.Be5 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Rxf3
23.Rae1 Re3 24.Nf2 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Bxe5 26.Qe2 h5 27.b3 Bd6 28.Re8+ Kf7 29.Ne4 Be7
30.Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.Nc5+ Kd8 32.Nxb7+ Kc8 33.Qe8+ Kxb7 34.Qxg6 Qf3 35.h4 a5
36.a4 Qe2 37.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 c5 39.Kf3 b5 40.Ke4 Kc6 41.Ke5 b4  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.O-O-O Ng6 10.Qd2 Qe7 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Qe2 Qf7 13.f4 Bg4 14.Nf3 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Be6
16.b3 f5 17.Kb1 Qe7 18.Rhg1 O-O-O 19.Bd4 Rhg8 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.fxe5 f4 22.Na4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Bf7 24.Qf2 Kb8 25.Nc5 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.e6 Be8 28.a4 b6 29.Nxa6+ Kb7
30.Nb4 Qd1+ 31.Ka2 Qd6 32.Nd3 c5 33.Qh4 c4 34.bxc4 Qxe6 35.Nb2 Bxa4 36.Qxf4 Bc6
37.Kb3 h6 38.h4 Qh3 39.Nd3 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Qxg5 Qxf3 42.e5 Qe2 43.Kc3 Be4
44.e6 Bxd3 45.Qd5+ Ka7 46.cxd3 Qe1+ 47.Kc2 Qe2+ 48.Kb3 Qd1+ 49.Kc3 Qe1+ 50.Kb3 Qb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd2 Qe7 6.e3 g6 7.Be2 h5 8.O-O Bh6 9.f3 Bxe3+
10.Kh1 O-O 11.Ndxe4 Bxc1 12.Qxc1 Nc6 13.Qd2 Nh7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.f4 f5 16.Ng5 Ne7
17.Bf3 c6 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Rae1 Qg7 20.d5 Nxg5 21.fxg5 c5 22.Re2 Rf7 23.b4 b6
24.Re6 Rd7 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Qf4 Ba6 27.Rfe1 Rad8 28.Rf6 Kh7 29.Bxh5 gxh5 30.Qxf5+ Kh8
31.Rh6+ Kg8 32.Rg6 Bxc4 33.Qe6+ Rf7 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.g6 Rb7 36.h3 Bd3 37.Re3 c4
38.Rf3 Rf8 39.Rxf8 Kxf8 40.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nd5 O-O
9.Nxe7+ Qxe7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Rfd8 13.c3 Kh8 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.Bf1 Bc6
16.f4 Nb5 17.f5 Nf8 18.Qf3 a5 19.g4 a4 20.a3 Nd7 21.Qf2 b6 22.Rad1 Nc5 23.Bxc5 bxc5
24.Qe3 Rd7 25.Nc4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 h6 27.Be2 Rb8 28.Rd2 Nd6 29.Nxd6 cxd6 30.Bc4 Qb7
31.Rxd6 Bxe4 32.Qd2 Kh7 33.Rd8 Qb6 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Bf7 Bf3 36.Bg6+ Kh8 37.Kf2 Bxg4
38.Kg3 h5 39.h3 e4+ 40.Kh4 Bf3 41.Qe3 Qh2 42.Bxh5 Bxh5 43.Kxh5 Qg2 44.Kh4 Kg8
45.c4 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nd2 g5 13.Bg3 f5 14.exf5 Nhxf5 15.Nde4 Ng6
16.Qd2 Nf4 17.Bf1 Nd4 18.O-O-O a6 19.Kb1 Bf5 20.f3 c5 21.Bd3 b5 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.h4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Rb8 25.hxg5 Rb4 26.Bd3 Qa5 27.g4 Nxf3 28.Qc2 Rfb8 29.gxf5 Rxb2+
30.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 31.Kxb2 Bxc3+ 32.Nxc3 Qb4+ 33.Kc2 Nd4+ 34.Kd2 Qb2+ 35.Ke1 Qxc3+
36.Kf1 Nxf5 37.Bxf5 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Re8 13.Bb5 Re7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Na4 Na6
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Rxc5 Qa5 18.Qa4 Qb6 19.Qc2 Re4 20.Bd3 Rb4 21.b3 Be7 22.Rc7 Bd8
23.Bh7+ Kf8 24.Rd7 Bf6 25.Rc1 Re8 26.Bd3 g6 27.h3 Qe6 28.Rc7 Rb6 29.Nd4 Qe5
30.a4 Be7 31.a5 Rb4 32.a6 Ba8 33.Rxa7 Bd6 34.Nf3 Qh5 35.Rxa8 Rxa8 36.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Supancic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Ba2 a5
9.Re1 Qc7 10.h3 h6 11.Qe2 Nh7 12.Be3 Ng5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Qd2 exd4 15.Bxd4 Ne5
16.Nd1 Bf6 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qc3 Qf7 20.Re2 Qh5 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.Qd2 Raf8
23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Ng4 Rf4 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.f3 Qh4 27.Qd6 g4 28.Qxe6+ Kh7 29.hxg4 Qg3
30.Qxe5 R8f6 31.Rf2 Rh6 32.Rd1 Rh2 33.Kf1 Rh1+ 34.Ke2 Rxd1 35.Kxd1 Qxf2 36.Qxf4 Qf1+
37.Kd2 Qxg2+ 38.Kc3 Qf2 39.e5 b5 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.e6  1-0

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vombek, Dani"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 d4 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.d3 e5 9.O-O Nge7
10.f5 f6 11.g4 Bd7 12.Ng3 Ng8 13.g5 Qe7 14.Rf2 O-O-O 15.c4 Kb8 16.a3 Qf8
17.Bd2 Nge7 18.Rb1 Nc8 19.Qe1 Nb6 20.Bf1 Rc8 21.Be2 Qe7 22.Bd1 Ka8 23.b4 Na7
24.Kh1 Na4 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Rg2 Be8 27.Nh4 Rg8 28.Nh5 Rxg2 29.Nxg2 b5 30.Bxa4 Bxh5
31.Bb3 Bf7 32.cxb5 Bxb3 33.Rxb3 axb5 34.bxc5 Bxc5 35.Bb4 Bxb4 36.axb4 Rc2
37.Qd1 Qc7 38.Ne1 Rf2 39.Kg1 Ra2 40.Kh1 Qg7 41.Nc2 Qc7 42.Ne1 Kb7 43.Qb1 Rd2
44.Qa1 Qg7 45.Ra3 Kb8 46.Ra6 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Bxe4 fxe4 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.c5 Bc7 12.f3 exf3 13.Rxf3 b6 14.Na4 Ba6 15.Rc1 b5
16.Nc3 b4 17.Nb1 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Rxf3 19.Qxf3 Nd7 20.Bd6 Qf6 21.Nd2 Bd3 22.Ra1 e5
23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.a3 exd4 25.exd4 Re8 26.axb4 a6 27.Nf3 Nf8 28.Rd1 Bb5 29.Bxf8 Kxf8
30.Re1 Rb8 31.Re3 Bc4 32.b3 Bb5 33.Kf2 Re8 34.Nh4 Rxe3 35.Kxe3 Bf1 36.g3 Kf7
37.Nf5 Ke6 38.Nd6 Ke7 39.Kd2 Ke6 40.Kc3 Be2 41.Kd2 Bf1 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.Kf4 Bd3
44.b5 Bxb5 45.Nxb5 cxb5 46.b4 Kd7 47.g4 Kc7 48.h4 Kb8 49.g5 fxg5+ 50.hxg5 Kc7
51.Ke5 a5 52.bxa5 b4 53.a6 b3 54.a7 Kb7 55.Kd6 b2 56.c6+ Kxa7 57.c7 b1=Q
58.c8=Q Qg6+ 59.Qe6 Qxg5 60.Qd7+ Kb6 61.Qxh7 Qf6+ 62.Kxd5 Qg5+ 63.Ke4 Qg4+
64.Ke5 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bb6 5.Bd3 exf4 6.Bc2 g5 7.d4 g4 8.Ng1 f3 9.gxf3 Qh4+
10.Kf1 Ne7 11.Qe1 Qh5 12.f4 f5 13.Nd2 Rf8 14.Ne2 Nbc6 15.Nc4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 d5
17.Ng3 Qf7 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Bd3 h5 20.Ke2 h4 21.Nf1 Bf5 22.Ne3 Bxd3+ 23.Kxd3 Qxf4
24.Rg1 Qe4+ 25.Kd2 g3 26.hxg3 h3 27.Nf1 Qg6 28.Kd1 O-O-O 29.Bf4 Rxf4 30.gxf4 Qxg1
31.Qe6+ Kb8 32.Qxh3 Nf5 33.Kc2 Qf2+ 34.Nd2 Ne3+ 35.Kd3 Nc4 36.Nxc4 dxc4+  0-1

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Ba6
9.Nf3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Qd6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.g3 c5 14.Qf3 Qxf3 15.Nxf3 Nc6
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.e3 Bb7 18.Bg2 d4 19.O-O dxe3 20.fxe3 Rfe8 21.Rac1 Rxe3 22.Rxc5 Nd8
23.Nd4 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Re7 25.b4 Rd7 26.Rc4 Nb7 27.Nc6 Nd8 28.Nd4 Nb7 29.Rfc1 Rad8
30.Nf3 Nd6 31.Rd4 Nf5 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.a4 g5 34.Ne5 Re7 35.Rc5 Nd4 36.b5 Kg7
37.Rd5 Nc2 38.Kf3 Nb4 39.Rc5 Kf6 40.Ng4+ Kg7 41.Ne3 Nd3 42.Rd5 Ne5+ 43.Kf2 Kg6
44.Rd6+ f6 45.a5 Rb7 46.b6 axb6 47.axb6 Nf7 48.Re6 Nd8 49.Rd6 Nf7 50.Rc6 Ne5
51.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nfd7 8.Be3 c5
9.d5 Nb6 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 e6 12.Rad1 exd5 13.cxd5 N8d7 14.Nf3 a6 15.Bf4 Qc7
16.h4 h6 17.Rfe1 Rae8 18.Qf1 Nc8 19.a4 Kh7 20.Rd3 c4 21.Rde3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 dxe5
23.h5 Nd6 24.Nh4 Bf6 25.hxg6+ fxg6 26.Rh3 Bxh4 27.Rxh4 Qe7 28.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sher, Miron N"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.b3 c5 11.a3 Ne8 12.Rb1 f5 13.b4 b6 14.bxa5 bxa5 15.Qb3 Nf6 16.Qb6 Qd7
17.Qb5 Qd8 18.Qb6 Qd7 19.Qb5 Qd8 20.Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cigan, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 fxe5 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2 Be6 14.Nd5 Qd7 15.Ne3 Qc6
16.Nhxg4 Qxe4 17.Bf3 Rxf3 18.Nxh6+ Bxh6 19.gxf3 Qc6 20.Rg1 Bg7 21.Bxe5 dxe5
22.Qd8+ Kf7 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Qe7+ Bf7 25.Nf5+ Kg8 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.Qg7+ Ke8
28.Qxe5+ Kd8 29.Qe7+ Kc8 30.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O Rd8 14.Bd3 c5 15.Qc2 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Nf6 17.Rc7 Qd6 18.Rd1 Nd5 19.Bh7+ Kf8 20.Nb5 Qb4 21.Nc3 Bd7 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.h4 Rac8 24.Rxd5 Be6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.a3 Qb6 27.Be4 Bb3 28.Qc3 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Qd6+
30.f4 Bd5 31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Rc8+ Ke7 33.Qxg7 Qh5 34.Qf8+ Kf6 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Rc7+ Ke6
37.Qe8+ Kf6 38.Qe7+ Kg7 39.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "Maribor"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zupe, Miran"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6
9.b3 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.a3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E99"]

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.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 f5 12.f3 g5 13.a4 a5 14.Bf2 b6 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Bd3 Nc5
17.Bb1 Nd4 18.Ra3 Bd7 19.Nb5 Nxb5 20.axb5 e4 21.Bd4 Bxd4+ 22.Qxd4 Qf6 23.Qxf6 Rxf6
24.b4 Nb7 25.Bxe4 Re8 26.bxa5 Nxa5 27.Rc3 Bf5 28.Bxf5 Rxf5 29.Nc2 Rf4 30.Ne3 h5
31.h3 Kg7 32.Rd1 Kg6 33.Kf2 h4 34.Rdc1 Rd4 35.Nf1 Re5 36.R1c2 Rf4 37.Nd2 Kf5
38.Re3 Rd4 39.Ke2 Nb7 40.Ne4 Nc5 41.Nf2 Kf4 42.Rxe5 dxe5 43.Rc3 Na4 44.Nd3+ Kf5
45.Rc2 e4 46.Nb4 exf3+ 47.gxf3 Nc5 48.Na6 Kf4 49.Nxc7 Kg3 50.Na6 Nd7 51.Rc1 Kxh3
52.Ke3 Rf4 53.Rg1 Rf5 54.Kf2 Kh2 55.Rg2+ Kh1 56.Rg1+ Kh2 57.Rg2+ Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cheah, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5 8.d5 a6
9.Ng3 Rb8 10.a4 h6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Be2 h5 13.O-O Qb6 14.a5 Qc7 15.h3 b6 16.f4 Ned7
17.axb6 Qxb6 18.Rb1 Qb3 19.Qd3 Rb4 20.Rfc1 Nb6 21.e5 Ne8 22.f5 Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d6
9.Nf3 Be7 10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.O-O Re8 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Bf4 Nbd7
16.Qf3 Bf8 17.a4 Nb6 18.Ne3 Rab8 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Nc4 Rb4 21.Qd3 Nh5 22.Bd2 Qb7
23.f4 Nhf6 24.Rae1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rb3 26.h3 h5 27.Bc1 Rb4 28.Bd2 Rb3 29.Re2 h4
30.Be1 Nh5 31.Qf3 Qb4 32.Nd2 Rxb2 33.Re4 Qb7 34.Qxh5 Nf6 35.Qxh4 Nxe4 36.Ndxe4 Be7
37.Qg4 Qc7 38.f5 f6 39.Ng3 Bd8 40.Nh5 Qf7 41.Ne4 Rb1 42.Kf2 c4 43.Bc3 Qa7+
44.Ke2 Kf8 45.Nxd6 Bxa5 46.Nxg7 Qxg7 47.Qxg7+ Kxg7 48.Bxa5 Rb2+ 49.Ke3 Rxg2
50.Nxc4 Kf7 51.d6 Ke8 52.Kd4 Rh2 53.Kd5 Rxh3 54.Kc6 Rh7 55.d7+  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 e6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bb2 Ndxe5 13.dxe5 Rd8 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Bc3 Qa6
16.Be1 b6 17.g4 g5 18.e3 Rac8 19.h4 d4 20.exd4 gxf4 21.Rxf4 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bxa4
23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Be8 25.Bg3 Qe2 26.Bb7 Bf8 27.Qf4 Bc5+ 28.Kh1 Be3 29.Qf3 Qxf3+
30.Bxf3 Bc6 31.Kg2 Bxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Rc3 33.Ke4 Bc5 34.Bf4 Be7 35.h5 Kf8 36.Rc1 Rxc1
37.Bxc1 Ke8 38.a4 Kd7 39.Bd2 Kc6 40.Kd4 a6 41.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Qh4 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 f6 12.d5 exd5 13.Rd1 d4 14.Rxd4 Qh5 15.Be2 Qg6
16.Rg4 Qb1+ 17.Bd1 Nc6 18.O-O Qf5 19.Rg3 Qe5 20.Qd2 Qe8 21.Bc2 Ne5 22.h4 d6
23.Qe2 f5 24.f4 Ng4 25.Bxf5 Rxf5 26.Qxg4 Rf7 27.Bxg7 Qd7 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Bc3+ Kf8
30.f5 Re8 31.f6 Be4 32.Rf4 Bg6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.h5  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4
16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re3 Qg6 18.Nd2 f5 19.Qf3 Bb7 20.Nf1 f4 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Bd2 Re4
23.a4 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Rxe1 25.Bxe1 Qc2 26.Ra1 Qxb2 27.Qd1 Qb6 28.Nh2 Bc8 29.Qd3 a5
30.c4 Qa6 31.Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.O-O f5 8.Qc2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Nd2 Qh4 11.f3 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Nc6 13.Rab1 d6 14.e4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Na5
16.Bxb7 Nxb7 17.Rbe1 Rae8 18.Qa4 Na5 19.f4 Qh5 20.Rf3 e5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.f5 Rd8
23.Qc2 Nxc4 24.Bc1 Rde8 25.Qb3 Qf7 26.f6 Qd5 27.Bg5 e4 28.Rg3 g6 29.h4 e3
30.Rg4 b5 31.Rd4 Qc6 32.a4 a6 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxe3 Rxf6 36.Rd8+ Rf8
37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Qb4+ Kf7 39.Bd4 Qe8 40.Qb1 Qd7 41.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6
9.Be2 Na5 10.Be3 e6 11.Nf3 exd5 12.exd5 b6 13.O-O Bg7 14.Qa4+ Bd7 15.Qe4+ Qe7
16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Rab1 Bb5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Rxb5 Nc4 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxd2 Rxa2
22.Bg5+ Kd6 23.c4 Rb8 24.Rfb1 Kd7 25.Bf4 Rb7 26.Be3 Bd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.c5 Rc7
29.cxb6 Rb7 30.g4 Kd6 31.R1b3 Rc2 32.Kf1 Rc5 33.Ke2 Kxd5 34.Kd3 Rxb5 35.Rxb5+ Kc6
36.Rb2 Kc5 37.g5 Kd5 38.h3 Kc5 39.h4 Kd5 40.Rb4 Kc5 41.Rc4+ Kb5 42.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.h3 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.g4 Be6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Be5 Bxe5
16.Nxe5 Qxg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.f5 f6 19.Ng4 Bf7 20.Rhg1 Kh8 21.Qf2 Nd7 22.Qh4 b5
23.Be2 Nb6 24.Ka1 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.d5 Qc5 27.d6 Rcd8 28.d7 Re7 29.Ne4 Rxe4
30.Nh6 Re7 31.Nxf7+ Rxf7 32.Qxh5 Qf8 33.Qf3 Rfxd7 34.Rxd7 Rxd7 35.Qxc6 Qd6
36.Qxd6 Rxd6 37.Kb1 Rd2 38.a4 a6 39.Rg4 h6 40.axb5 axb5 41.Kc1 Rd5 42.Rf4 Kg8
43.h4 h5 44.Kc2 Kf7 45.b3 cxb3+ 46.Kxb3 Ke7 47.Rf3 Kd6 48.Rg3 Re5  0-1

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bg3 e5 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Nb3 Nde7 13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qb6 15.Bc4 d5
16.Bb3 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.cxd4 Be6 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.Be5 Nc6 21.Bf6 Na5 22.Bc2 Rec8
23.Rac1 Nc4 24.b3 Nd6 25.Bd3 Ne8 26.Be7 f6 27.f3 Kf7 28.Bc5 Ng7 29.g4 Bd7
30.f4 h5 31.Rfe1 Ne6 32.Bd6 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.f5 Nxd4
37.fxg6+ Kg7 38.g5 Nf3+ 39.Kf2 Nxg5 40.Ke3 Bd7 41.Kd4 Bc6 42.Bf5 Nf3+ 43.Kc5 Ne5
44.a4 Nxg6 45.Be6 Ne5 46.Bxd5 Nd7+ 47.Kd4 f5 48.Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Be2 Rc8 13.O-O Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bxg4
16.hxg4 Qxg4+ 17.Kh2 Qxe4 18.Ng5 Qf5 19.f4 e6 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.Be4 Rfd8 22.Nf3 Qe7
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Rc1 Rdc8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Rc1 Qc7 27.Rxc6 Qxc6 28.Kg3 b6 29.Ne5 Qe4
30.Qc3 h6 31.Kf2 g5 32.Qc6 Qf5 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qxf7 Qxf7 35.Nxf7 gxf4 36.Bxf4 Bxd4+
37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Nxh6 e5 39.Bd2 Kf6 40.Ke4 Ke6 41.Nf5 a6 42.Be1 Kf6 43.Nd6 Ke6
44.Nc4 b5 45.Na5 Kd6 46.Bb4+ Kc7 47.Kd5 Kb6 48.Nc6 Kc7 49.Bd6+ Kb6 50.Be7 Bc3
51.Bd8+ Kb7 52.Ne7 a5 53.Nf5 Ka6 54.Kc6 b4 55.Bb6 e4 56.Nd6 Bg7 57.Nxe4 Bf8
58.Bc5 Bg7 59.Nd6 a4 60.Nb5 b3 61.Nc7+ Ka5 62.a3  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Qb1 b6 10.Ng5 Bd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qb3 Qe8 15.Bb5 a6
16.Bd3 e5 17.d5 Na5 18.Qb4 h6 19.Nf3 f5 20.Be7 Rf7 21.Bc5 Rd8 22.Be3 Bc8
23.Rad1 f4 24.Bd2 Bf8 25.Qb2 Bd6 26.c4 Nb7 27.Bc3 Re7 28.Ne1 g5 29.f3 Nc5
30.Bc2 g4 31.fxg4 Bxg4 32.Nf3 Qh5 33.Kh1 Rf8 34.Rd2 a5 35.Qb1 Rf6 36.Bd1 Rg6
37.Re1 Reg7 38.Qa1 Re7 39.Qb1 Nd7 40.Qa1 Bc5 41.Qb2 Be3 42.Rd3 Reg7 43.Rdxe3 fxe3
44.Qc2 Nf6 45.Rxe3 Bh3 46.g3 Ng4 47.Nxe5 Qxe5 48.Bxe5 Nxe3 49.Qb3 Re7 50.Qxe3 Rxe5
51.Qf4 Rgg5 52.Bf3 Bf1 53.h4  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.d4 e4 8.Nf4 O-O
9.f3 exf3 10.Qxf3 g5 11.Nh5 g4 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qf4 Nb4 14.O-O c6 15.Bd2 Nd3
16.Qc7 Nxb2 17.Ne4 Qd8 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Nd6 Bf8 20.Rab1 Bxd6 21.Rxb2 Rf8 22.Bc3 Be7
23.d5 c5 24.d6 Bf6 25.Bxf6 Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tringov, Georgi P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Qb4+ 11.Nd2 c6 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.b4 Qd8 15.d6 Be6
16.Nb3 Nd7 17.Na5 Qb8 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.b5 cxb5 20.Rc7 Nf6 21.Qc2 Rxd6 22.Nxb7 Ra6
23.Bxb5 Rxa2 24.Qc1 a6 25.Bd3 Bf8 26.O-O Ne8 27.Rc6 Qxb7 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Qc4 Ra5
30.Qxe6+ Kg7 31.Bc4 Nf6 32.Bg5 Qe7 33.Qc6 Rc5 34.Qxa8 Rxc4 35.Qxa6 Rc7 36.Qa5 Qc5
37.Qa6 Nxe4 38.Be3 Qd6 39.Qa8 Nf6 40.h3 Be7 41.Rb1 Qe6 42.Rb6 Qd7 43.Qa1 Bc5  0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Rc5 Qd6 15.Qa4 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Qe6 17.Kg2 f5 18.Qc4 Qxc4 19.Rxc4 f4 20.Bd2 Rb8 21.Bc3 Rfc8 22.Rc1 Kf7
23.h4 Bf6 24.Kh3 Ke8 25.e5 Bg7 26.Bd2 Rb2 27.R1c2 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rd8 29.Bc3 Kd7
30.Kg4 Bh6 31.Bb4 Rb8 32.a3 Rb5 33.e6+ Kxe6 34.Re2+ Kf6 35.Bxe7+ Kf7 36.Bc5 Rb7
37.Re4 Rd7 38.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Ba6 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Nb5 d5
16.a4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Ne5 19.Qb3 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Bxb5 21.axb5 Qa3
22.h4 Qe7 23.h5 h6 24.e4 Rd8 25.Rd4 f5 26.exf5 exf5 27.Qd3 Rxd4 28.cxd4 f4
29.Kf1 Kf8 30.d5 Qd6 31.Qc4 Ke7 32.Ke2 Qe5+ 33.Kd3 Qxh5 34.Qc7+ Kf8 35.d6 Qxb5+
36.Ke4 Qe2+ 37.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 38.Ke5 Qc5+ 39.Ke4 a5 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.d7 Qc4+ 42.Kf3 Qd3+
43.Kf2 Qd2+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kh4 Qe4+ 46.Kh3 Qe6+ 47.Kh2 Qe5+ 48.g3 Qe2+ 49.Kh3 Qe6+
50.Kh2 Qe2+ 51.Kh3 Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nd5 Rd7 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c5 Na6 12.Bxa6 bxa6 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Ke2 Bc6
16.Rhd1 Bb5+ 17.Ke1 c6 18.b3 Bd3 19.g3 Be7 20.Nc4 Bxe4 21.Nxe5 Rd5 22.f4 f6
23.Nc4 Bg2 24.h4 Bf3 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Nd2 Bg4 27.Rc1 Kf7 28.Rc4 Rd3 29.Kf2 Ke6
30.Re4+ Kd7 31.Rd4+ Rxd4 32.Bxd4 Ke6 33.Ne4 Bf5 34.Nc3 Bc2 35.g4 h5 36.f5+ Kf7
37.fxg6+ Kxg6 38.Kg3 Bd3 39.Bf2 Bd8 40.gxh5+ Kxh5 41.Kf4 Bc7+ 42.Ke3 Bf5
43.Ne4 Bxe4 44.Kxe4 Kg4 45.Be1 f5+ 46.Kd4 Bh2 47.b4 f4 48.a4 Bg3 49.Bd2 f3
50.Be3 Kxh4 51.Kc4 f2 52.Bxf2 Bxf2 53.b5 cxb5+ 54.axb5 a5  0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vujadinovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Ne7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nd7 10.Be2 f5 11.f3 a5 12.O-O Kh8 13.a3 Ng8 14.b4 b6 15.Qd2 f4 16.Bf2 g5
17.Na4 Qe8 18.c5 bxc5 19.bxc5 Ndf6 20.Nc3 Qg6 21.Kh1 g4 22.Bh4 Rf7 23.cxd6 cxd6
24.Qd3 Bf8 25.Rac1 Rg7 26.Nb5 Qh6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Nc7 Rb8 29.fxg4 Nxg4 30.Bxg4 Rxg4
31.Kg1 Rb2 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 Qg6 34.Ne6 Be7 35.Kh1 h5 36.Rb1 f3 37.gxf3 Rh4
38.Qg2  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O e6
9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1 b4 13.Ne2 h5 14.g3 Qb6 15.Bg2 a5 16.Ned4 Rc8
17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Rhe1 a4 20.Re3 Qc5 21.c3 b3 22.a3 Rc7 23.h4 Rg8
24.Rde1 Qa5 25.Qf2 Rc5 26.f5 e5 27.Ne2 Bc6 28.Nc1 Bb7 29.Nd3 Rc4 30.Nb4 Qc5
31.Qe2 Rg4 32.Nd3 Qc6 33.Nf2 Rg8 34.Bf1 Rc5 35.Nd3 Ra5 36.Nb4 Qb6 37.Qxh5 Qc7
38.Bg2 Bf8 39.Qe2 Rc5 40.Rd3 Rc4 41.g4 Rxb4 42.cxb4 Ba6 43.Rc1 Qb6 44.Bf1 Bxd3+
45.Qxd3 Rxg4 46.Qd5 Ke7 47.Qa8 Bh6 48.Bb5 Qd8 49.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kaminski, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 g5 13.Bf2 f5 14.c5 Ng6 15.Nc4 Nf4 16.O-O Rf6
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 b6 19.a4 Qf8 20.Ra3 Ba6 21.Rc3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Qf7 23.Rg3 Qg6
24.Bf3 Raf8 25.Ne3 Kh8 26.Be1 g4 27.Nxg4 Nxg4 28.Rxg4 Qxg4 29.Bxg4 Nh3+ 30.gxh3 Rxf1+
31.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Qd7 14.d3 Bb7 15.Nd2 c5
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Rac8 19.Nf3 Nf4 20.Re3 Rce8 21.gxf4 Qg4+ 22.Kf1 Rxe3
23.fxe3 Bxf3 24.Qd2 Rd8 25.Bc2 Rd6 26.Qf2 Qh3+ 27.Ke1 Rg6 28.Bd1 Bxd1  0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qxb5
16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.a4 Qc4 18.b3 Qd3 19.Qf3 Qe4+ 20.Qxe4 Nxe4 21.Bb4 Rg8 22.Ke2 Kd7
23.Rhc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 c6 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.c5 d5 16.Nb6 Ra7
17.Qc2 Be6 18.b4 Nd7 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Nb3 d4 22.Rfc1 Bxb3 23.Qxb3 axb4
24.axb4 Rxa1 25.Bxa1 e4 26.Bc4 Qf4 27.Qd1 Ne5 28.h3 Nf3+ 29.gxf3 exf3 30.Kh1 Qh6
31.Qf1 Qf4 32.Re1 Ra8 33.Bb2 d3 34.Bxg7 d2 35.Ra1 Rxa1 36.Bxa1 Qxc4 37.Qxc4 d1=Q+
38.Kh2 Qxa1 39.Qf4 Qc3 40.Kg3 Kg7 41.Qe4 f5 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ Kg7 44.c6 Qxb4
45.Qe5+ Kf7 46.c7 f4+ 47.Kh4 Qb6 48.Qd5+ Kf6 49.Qg5+ Kf7 50.Qxf4+ Kg7 51.Qe5+ Kf7
52.Qe7+ Kxe7 53.c8=N+  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 b6 11.O-O Ne8 12.b4 f5 13.f3 f4 14.Bf2 g5 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Qa4 h5
17.Nb3 Ng6 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Qc6 Nd6 20.Nb5 g4 21.Nxd6 g3 22.Nxc8 Kh7 23.Qxa8 Qh4
24.h3 gxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qg3 26.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nh6 6.a3 O-O 7.Rb1 d6 8.O-O b6
9.e3 Bb7 10.d4 Na5 11.b3 Nf5 12.Qd3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nxd4 15.exd4 e6
16.Be3 Qd7 17.d5 e5 18.b4 Nb7 19.f4 Rac8 20.Rbc1 Rfe8 21.Nb5 Nd8 22.fxe5 Bxe5
23.Bf4 f5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Nd4 Qe7 26.Kf2 Re4 27.Rfe1 Qf6 28.Nc6 Kg7 29.Nxd8 Rxd8
30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 Re8+ 33.Kf2 Kf6 34.c5 dxc5 35.bxc5 bxc5
36.Rxc5 Re7 37.Ra5 Ke5 38.Ke3 Rd7 39.Kf3 g5 40.g4 f4 41.d6+ Kf6 42.h4 gxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 e5
9.Bd3 exd4 10.exd4 Qe8+ 11.Ne2 Ne4 12.Qc1 Nxg5 13.Qxg5 Qd8 14.Qd2 Re8 15.O-O Nf8
16.Ng3 Bd7 17.f4 Qe7 18.Rae1 Qf6 19.Be4 Ne6 20.Bf5 Ba4 21.Re4 c5 22.Bxe6 Rxe6
23.d5 Rxe4 24.Nxe4 Qh6 25.Re1 Bd7 26.Qa5 b6 27.Qa6 Qh4 28.g3 Qe7 29.Qb7 Re8
30.Re2 Qd8 31.Kf2 Bg4 32.Re3 h6 33.Qc6 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Qf6 35.Qb5 Bf5 36.Re3 Qd4
37.Qb3 Qd2+ 38.Re2 Qd4+ 39.Qe3 Qxc4 40.g4 Bd7 41.Qe4 Qc1 42.Kg3 Bb5 43.Qe3 Qb1
44.Rd2 a5 45.h3 a4 46.Kh2 Qc1 47.f5 Bc4 48.f6 gxf6 49.Qxh6 Bxd5 50.Qf4 Be4
51.Rf2 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qg1+ 53.Kh4 Bg6 54.Qxf6 d5 55.Kg5 Kh7 56.h4 Qc1+ 57.Rf4 Qe3
58.h5  1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Marinkovic, Ivan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 a6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.Nd5 O-O
9.O-O Nce7 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.h3 Bd7 14.c4 Rfd8 15.Qc2 c5
16.d5 Ba5 17.Rf1 b5 18.b3 Rdb8 19.h4 h6 20.Ne1 Bxe1 21.Rfxe1 b4 22.a4 Rf8
23.Kf1 f5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Be4 Qd7 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Ke2 Raf8 28.h5 Ne7 29.g4 Rf4
30.Bxf4 Qxg4+ 31.f3 Qxf4 32.Qd3 Nf5 33.Kd1 Nd4 34.Re3 Nxf3 35.Ra2 Qg4 36.Qg6 Ng5+
37.Rae2 Rf6 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Kc2 Nf7 40.Qa8 Rf1 41.Qxa6 Qg1 42.Re4 Rc1+ 43.Kd2 Ng5  0-1

[Event "JUG-Cup qual"]
[Site "Arandjelovac"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.d3 a5 7.a3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e5
9.Nd2 Bc5 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 b5 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O Qb6 14.Bg2 Rfe8 15.Nf3 Qc7
16.Rad1 Nb6 17.Bh3 h6 18.Kg2 a4 19.b4 Bf8 20.c3 Rad8 21.Bc1 c5 22.Rfe1 Nc4
23.Nd2 cxb4 24.Nxc4 bxc4 25.cxb4 c3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qc2 Qc4 28.Re3 Qa6 29.Rxc3 Ne8
30.Bg4 Nd6 31.Be2 Qa8 32.f3 f5 33.exf5 Kh8 34.Bd3 Qd5 35.Rc5 Qd4 36.Bb2 Qe3
37.Rxe5 Nxf5 38.Rxf5 Be7 39.Qc3  1-0

[Event "JUG-Cup qual"]
[Site "Arandjelovac"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Arsovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 a6
9.Rd1 b6 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Be2 Re8 13.O-O Rc8 14.Nc2 Nc5 15.Qe1 Qc7
16.Qf2 Bc6 17.Ra1 e6 18.Rfd1 Ncd7 19.Rd2 h6 20.Rad1 Bf8 21.Bf1 Ba8 22.Kh1 Qb8
23.Qh4 g5 24.Qf2 Ne5 25.Bd4 Nfd7 26.b3 Ng6 27.Be3 Nc5 28.Nd4 Bg7 29.Rc2 Be5
30.g3 g4 31.b4 Nd7 32.Bxh6 Nf6 33.f4 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 35.Bg2 Bxc2 36.fxe5 Kh7
37.Bg5 Bf5 38.Nxf5 exf5 39.exd6 Rxc4 40.Qxf5 Kg8 41.d7  1-0

[Event "JUG-Cup qual"]
[Site "Arandjelovac"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 d5 4.a3 Be7 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.b4 c5 15.Qb3 dxc4
16.Nxc4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 b5 18.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-Cup qual"]
[Site "Arandjelovac"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Bb6
9.Bb3 d6 10.Kh1 Qg6 11.f3 Kh8 12.Bf2 f5 13.Bc2 Nxd4 14.cxd4 fxe4 15.Nc3 Qh5
16.Nxe4 d5 17.Ng3 Qh6 18.Re1 Nc6 19.Ba4 Bd7 20.Ne2 Bf5 21.Ng3 Bd7 22.Ne2 Rae8
23.Nc3 Qg5 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Bg3 Nb8 26.Bc2 Be6 27.Qd3 Qh5 28.Re1 Nc6 29.Nxd5 Nxd4
30.Nf4 Qh6 31.Nxe6 Nxc2 32.Qxc2 Rxe6 33.Rd1 Qf6 34.Bxc7 Bd4 35.Qc4 Rc6 36.Qe2 h6
37.Qe8+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ Kh8 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qe4+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-Cup qual"]
[Site "Arandjelovac"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O
9.e3 d6 10.h3 Nc6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Rfd1 a6 13.a3 b5 14.b4 Qb6 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.cxb5 axb5
17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Rac1 Na5 19.Nd5 Qxa3 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Nc4 22.Qh4 Rb7 23.Nc3 Rd7
24.Nxb5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qb3 26.Rd4 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Qxb5 28.Qxe7 Qa5 29.Kh2 Be6
30.Qf6 Qc3 31.Qg5 h5 32.Rd8 Rxd8 33.Qxd8+ Kh7 34.Qd4 Qe1 35.Qf4 Qe2 36.Qf3 Qd2
37.Kg1 Kg7 38.Qf2 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Bf5 40.Bd5 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Nd3 dxc4 11.bxc4 Nb6 12.g4 Nxc4 13.gxf5 Nxb2 14.Nxb2 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Bxd4
16.Bxe4 Bxb2 17.Nd2 Bxa1 18.Rxa1 Rad8 19.Nb3 gxf5 20.Bxf5 b6 21.f3 Kh8 22.Kf2 c5
23.Bd3 Rd6 24.h4 e6 25.a4 Rc8 26.Rc1 f5 27.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bg5 c5
9.e3 d6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Nd2 a5 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.O-O a4 14.Rad1 Ra6 15.Qc2 Qa8
16.f3 h6 17.Bh4 Rb6 18.Nb1 Rb8 19.Bg3 e5 20.Nc3 Bc6 21.Rf2 R8b7 22.Bf5 Qb8
23.Rdd2 Rb3 24.Qd1 Ne8 25.Qc1 g6 26.Bd3 Nf8 27.Bb1 Ne6 28.Ba2 R3b6 29.Nd5 Bxd5
30.cxd5 N6g7 31.Rfe2 Qd8 32.Rc2 Nf6 33.Be1 Qe8 34.Bc3 Nf5 35.Bc4 Ra7 36.Qe1 h5
37.g3 Rb8 38.Rg2 Qd8 39.Rcd2 Nh7 40.Qe2 Re7 41.Kh1 Qf8 42.Rd1 Qh6 43.Re1 h4
44.g4 h3 45.Rf2 Nh4 46.Qc2 Ng2 47.Ree2 Ra7 48.f4 exf4 49.exf4 Qh4 50.g5 Raa8
51.f5 Nxg5 52.fxg6 f6 53.Bxf6 Re8 54.Qf5 Ne3 55.Rxe3 Rxe3 56.Bxg5 Qe4+ 57.Qxe4 Rxe4
58.Bf1 Rg4 59.Bf6 Re8 60.Bc3 c4  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nh7 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Be3 Qd8
16.Nb3 Ne6 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Bf1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.g3 Qf6 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.Nd4 Nf6
23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qc2 Bd7 26.Rad1 Bc6 27.Bd4 Qg5 28.Bxg7 Qxg7
29.Bg2 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 f4 31.Re6 fxg3 32.fxg3 Rf6 33.Rxf6 Qxf6 34.Rf1 Qe6 35.Rf4 Re8
36.Rg4+ Kf8 37.Rf4+ Kg8 38.Qf2 Qe5 39.h4 Qe6 40.Kh2 Qg6 41.Qf3 h5 42.Rf5 Re3
43.Qd5+ Qe6 44.Qxe6+ Rxe6 45.Rg5+ Kf8 46.Rxh5 Re2+ 47.Kh3 Rxb2 48.Rh7 Rc2
49.Rxc7 b5 50.h5 bxc4 51.h6 Kg8 52.Kh4 d5 53.Kh5 Rxa2 54.g4 d4 55.g5 c3 56.h7+  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 Ba6 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.Be2 b4 15.Ne4 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.O-O Bd4 19.Qf4 Qe5 20.Qxe5 Bxe5 21.Rab1 Bb7 22.Rfe1 Bd4 23.Be3 Bxf6
24.Bxa7 Ke7 25.Red1 Bd5 26.Bd4 c3 27.bxc3 bxc3 28.Rbc1 Bxa2 29.Bxf6+ Kxf6
30.Rd3 c2 31.h4 Rc5 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Ke1 Bd5 34.Kd2 Be4 35.Rd7 Rf5 36.Rd4 Ke5
37.Rxe4+ Kxe4 38.Bd3+ Kf3 39.Bxf5 exf5 40.Rxc2 Kxf2 41.Rc5 Rd8+ 42.Kc3 Kxg3
43.Rxf5 Rd7 44.Rh5 Kg4 45.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5
9.e4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qf6 11.dxe5 Qxf3 12.Nd6+ Kd8 13.Qxf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf7+ Ke8 15.Nxh8 Bxh1
16.e6 Nc5 17.Be3 Bf3 18.Nf7 Bg4 19.Bf4 Nba6 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bxd6 Rd8 22.e5 Nb4
23.Nb5 Ncd3+ 24.Kd2 cxb5 25.Bxd3 Nxd3 26.Kxd3 Bxe6 27.axb5 Ra8 28.Kd4 Kd7
29.b6 a6 30.Rf1 Rc8 31.Bc7 Kc6 32.Rd1 Kd7 33.Kc5+ Ke7 34.Rd4 Bf5 35.g4 Be6
36.h4 Rg8 37.Bd6+ Ke8 38.g5 Rh8 39.Rf4 Kd7 40.Bf8 Rg8 41.Rd4+ Ke8 42.Kd6 Bh3
43.Be7 Kf7 44.e6+ Kg6 45.Kd7 h5 46.Bd6  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.Be3 c6 8.a4 a5 9.Qd2 Na6
10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Nc1 e5 12.Be2 Nh5 13.d5 c5 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Bb1 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.O-O Kh8 18.N1e2 Qe7 19.Ng3 Nxg3 20.hxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.Be3 Bxe2
9.Bxe2 Qd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.a4 a6 12.a5 Nd5 13.Nc3 e6 14.Bf3 Kb8 15.Qb3 Be7
16.Rfc1 Na7 17.Be2 Ka8 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bg4 Qb5 20.Qd1 Kb8 21.f4 Qe8 22.Qb3 c6
23.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Qd2 a6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Nc1 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Rc1 e6 14.Be2 b6 15.O-O Bb7
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Bg5 Ba8 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.Rd4 h6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qe3 Bg7
23.Rcd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qxc3
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.d5 d6 11.Rb1 Qxa2 12.e4 Nd7 13.Re1 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bh6 b6
16.Qd3 Qa4 17.Bf1 Qd7 18.h3 Qc7 19.Re2 Bd7 20.Ra2 Bd4 21.Ra6 Rb8 22.Qa3 Rb7
23.Kg2 Kd8 24.Be2 Kc8 25.Bg4 Kb8 26.Qf3 Bxg4 27.hxg4 e6 28.Bd2 h5 29.gxh5 exd5
30.h6 dxc4 31.Rh1 Qc6 32.Rh4 f6 33.Kg1 g5 34.Rh5 Re7 35.Qa3 Qxe4 36.Qa2 c3  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg2 h6 7.O-O d6 8.a3 a5 9.e3 Bb6
10.b3 Bf5 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 Bh7 13.Ng1 Kh8 14.Nge2 Rfe8 15.Bb2 Nd8 16.Qd2 c6
17.e4 Ng8 18.Na4 Bc7 19.d4 exd4 20.Bxd4 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Nf4 Ne6 23.Nxe6 Rxe6
24.Rfe1 Rae8 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Nc3 Bd8 27.Rd1 Bf6 28.Bb6 Qf5 29.Rc1 Qd3 30.Qxd3 Bxd3
31.Na4 Re2 32.Rd1 Bc2 33.Rxd6 Bxb3 34.Nc5 Bxc4 35.Nxb7 a4 36.Na5 Bb5 37.Nxc6 Ra2
38.Bc5 Rc2 39.Be3 Ra2 40.Nd4 Bc4 41.Rc6 Bf7 42.Rc7 Bg6 43.Nb5 Ne7 44.Ra7 Nf5
45.Bd5 Rb2 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.Bg8+ Kh8 48.Bc4+ Kh7 49.Bg8+ Kh8 50.Bc4+ Kh7 51.Bc1 Rxf2+
52.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 f5 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O Kh8
9.b3 Ne7 10.d4 e4 11.f3 d5 12.Ba3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qd2 a6 15.Rac1 Re8 16.f4 b6
17.Rc2 Bb7 18.Na4 Nc6 19.Rfc1 Re6 20.Nec3 Rc8 21.Bf1 h6 22.Be2 h5 23.h4 Na7
24.Nd1 Rec6 25.Rxc6 Nxc6 26.Nf2 Na7 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.Nh3 Nh7 29.Qc3 Kg8 30.Kf2 Bf8
31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Ke1 Qd6 33.Kd1 Ke7 34.Kc2 Kd7 35.Kb2 Kd8 36.Qe1 Na7 37.Qf1 a5
38.a3 Kc7 39.Qe1 Bc6 40.Nc3 Kb8 41.Bf1 Qd7 42.Ng5 Nxg5 43.fxg5 Qd6 44.Qf2 Be8
45.Be2 Bd7 46.Qe1 Kb7 47.Bf1 Kb8 48.a4 Kb7 49.Qe2 Kb8 50.Qf2 Kb7 51.Be2 Nc6
52.Nb5 Qb8 53.Qf4 Qxf4 54.gxf4 Ne7 55.Nd6+ Kc7 56.Nf7 Be8 57.Ne5 Kd8 58.Ba6 Nc6
59.Kc3 Nxe5 60.dxe5 Bc6 61.Be2 Ke7 62.Bd1 Kd7 63.b4 axb4+ 64.Kxb4 d4 65.exd4 Bd5
66.Be2 Kc7 67.Bb5 Bf7 68.Kc3 Kd8 69.Kb4 Kc7 70.d5 Bxd5 71.Be8 e3 72.Kc3 Bb3
73.Kd3 Kd8 74.Bxg6 Bxa4 75.Kxe3  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Bf5
9.Ne2 a5 10.g4 Nxg4 11.fxg4 Qh4+ 12.Kd2 Be4 13.Rg1 Qxh2 14.Qe1 Ra6 15.Qg3 Qh6
16.Qxc7 Rd6 17.g5 Qh2 18.Rg3 Rfd8 19.a4 Na6 20.Qe7 R6d7 21.Qe5 Nc7 22.Bh3 Re8
23.Qf4 Ne6 24.Qf1 Rc7 25.Qg1 Qxg1 26.Rxg1 Bf3 27.Bf1 h6 28.gxh6 g5 29.Bh3 Kh7
30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxg5 Rxh6 32.Rf5 Be4 33.Rf2 Rh1 34.Ng3 Rh3  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Re8
9.Qc2 Nf8 10.h3 a6 11.O-O c6 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bh2 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.exd4 Nc6 14.Bb1 g6 15.Qd2 Kg7
16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Re2 a6 19.Nc3 Qd6 20.Rce1 Rad8 21.a3 Bg5 22.Nxg5 hxg5
23.Qxg5 Rh8 24.h3 Rh5 25.Qe3 Rh4 26.Rd2 Qf6 27.Red1 Bc8 28.Ba2 Be6 29.Rd3 g5
30.Qg3 Ne7 31.Qe5 Ng6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Ne2 Rc8 34.Rc3 Rxc3 35.Nxc3 Ne7 36.f3 Rh8
37.Kf2 Rd8 38.Rc1 b5 39.Ne2 b4 40.a4 b3 41.Bxb3 Rb8 42.Rc3 Rb4 43.g4 Bd7
44.Ke3 Ke6 45.Nc1 Kd6 46.Nd3 Rb8 47.Nc5 a5 48.Nxd7 Kxd7 49.Bd1 Nc6 50.Rc5 Kd6
51.Rb5 Re8+ 52.Kd2 Nxd4 53.Rxa5 Rh8 54.Ra7 f6 55.Ke3 Ne6 56.Rf7 Ke5 57.a5 d4+
58.Kd3 Nf4+ 59.Kc4 Rc8+ 60.Kb5 Nd3 61.a6 Nxb2 62.Bb3 Rc3 63.Re7+ Kf4 64.Re4+ Kg3
65.Rxd4 Rxb3+ 66.Rb4 Rxf3 67.Rxb2 Ra3 68.Rb4 Kxh3 69.Ra4 Re3 70.a7 Re8 71.Kc6 Kh4
72.Kd7 Ra8 73.Ke6  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Kh8 8.c3 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nf1 f5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Nb6
16.Qf3 f4 17.Nf1 Bd6 18.Re1 Be8 19.a5 Bc6 20.Qh5 Nxc4 21.dxc4 Qd7 22.c5 Rf5
23.Qg4 h5 24.Qh4 Bxc5 25.Bxf4 Qd5 26.Qg3 Rxf4 27.Ne3 Qf7 28.b4 Bd6 29.Rad1 Rf8
30.Rd2  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4
9.Ne2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.Nf4 Bb7 13.Ng5 Qb6 14.Nfxe6 fxe6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8
16.d5 h6 17.h4 c4 18.Kh1 Nc5 19.f4 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 a5 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Be3 a4 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Ne1 f5
16.Ndf3 Qa6 17.Rac1 Qxc4 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Rxc4 Nb6 20.Rcc1 a3 21.b3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nb4
23.Bxb4 Bxb4 24.Nd3 Be7 25.Nfe5 Rd8 26.e3 Nf6 27.Rc4 Nd7 28.b4 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Bf6
30.f4 Bxe5 31.fxe5 Ra4 32.Rb1 Bd7 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd2 g5 36.Rc5 h5
37.Ra5 Ra8 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.h4 gxh4 40.gxh4 Ra8 41.Bf3 Rg8 42.Ke2 Kd8 43.Rb3 Kc7
44.Rxa3 Rf8 45.Rc3 f4 46.a4 fxe3 47.Kxe3 Rg8 48.Rc1 Rg7 49.a5 Kd8 50.Rh1 Be8
51.Rh2 Rg1 52.Rg2 Re1+ 53.Kd2 Rf1 54.Ke3 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rb1 56.Rg8 Kd7 57.Rg7+ Kc8
58.Rg8 Kd7 59.Rg7+ Kc8 60.Re7 Bd7 61.Bxh5 Rxb4 62.Bg6 Rxd4+ 63.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.f3 O-O 8.O-O Qc7
9.h3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Kh8 11.Qc2 b5 12.Bd3 Na6 13.a3 b4 14.Na4 c5 15.Bd2 cxd4
16.Qxc7 Nxc7 17.Nxd4 bxa3 18.bxa3 Bd7 19.Nb2 Ncd5 20.Nc4 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O h6 8.a3 a5 9.e3 Bf5
10.b3 Qd7 11.Bb2 Bb6 12.d4 exd4 13.exd4 Bg4 14.Na4 Ba7 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.Rae1 d5
17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Ne5 Ne4 19.Qe1 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Ng5 21.Qxa5 Bf3 22.Qc3 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 dxc4 24.e6 Nxe6 25.Qf3 Ng5 26.Qd1 Qc6+ 27.f3 cxb3 28.Nc3 Qe6 29.g4 Qc4
30.Re1 Rxe1 31.Qxe1 Bd4 32.h4 Ne6 33.Qe4 Qc5 34.Qe1 Qc4 35.Qe4 Qc5 36.Qe1 Bxc3
37.Bxc3 Qxa3 38.Qd2 Qd6 39.Qb2 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.Bb1 b6 15.Qd2 Re8
16.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.O-O Bf5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Nd4 Bc8 12.f4 Nd7 13.Qb5 Qd6 14.Bf3 Nb6 15.Rad1 Bd7
16.Qe2 a6 17.N4b3 Qc7 18.e4 d4 19.Nb1 Be6 20.Qf2 dxc3 21.Nxc3 Nb4 22.Nd5 N6xd5
23.exd5 Bf5 24.g4 Bc2 25.Rc1 Bxb2 26.Nd4 Rac8 27.Be4 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Qd7 29.Nxc2 Nxc2
30.Rxc2 Qxg4+ 31.Kh1 f6 32.d6 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Rxc2 34.Bxc2 Qxd6 35.Bh6 Rc8 36.Bb3+ e6
37.f5 gxf5 38.Kh1 Kf7 39.Qe2 Qc6+ 40.Kg1 Rg8+  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 e6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.f4 a5 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.Na3 a4 12.Qd2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Ndb5 Bd7 15.Be2 Be7
16.O-O O-O 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.Qe1 Ne4 19.Bd3 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Kh1 Rae8 22.Qf2 Ng4
23.Qg3 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 g6 25.Nc2 Bf6 26.Nd6 Rb8 27.Be2 b5 28.Bg4 Nd8 29.Ne4 Be7
30.Nc5 Bxc5 31.Qxc5 Qb6 32.Qxb6 Rxb6 33.Nb4 Rd6 34.a3 Nb7 35.Kg1 Na5 36.Be2 h6
37.Bd3 Kg7 38.Rde1 g5 39.fxg5 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 hxg5 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Kg3 e5 43.Rf1+ Kg7
44.Rd1 d4 45.cxd4 Rxd4 46.Nc2 Rd6 47.Ne3 Nb3 48.Bc2 Nd4 49.Be4 Rf6 50.Re1 Rf4
51.Nd5 Rg4+ 52.Kf2 Rh4 53.h3 Be6 54.Nc3 Rf4+ 55.Kg1 g4 56.hxg4 Rxg4 57.Re3 Rg5
58.Kf2 Bc4 59.Rh3 Rg4 60.Rg3 Rxg3 61.Kxg3 Bf1 62.Kf2 Bc4 63.Ke3 Kf6 64.Bd3 Bxd3
65.Kxd3 Ke6 66.Ke4 Kd6 67.g4 Kc5 68.g5 Kc4 69.g6 Ne6 70.Kxe5 Ng7 71.Kd6 Nf5+
72.Ke6 Ng7+ 73.Kf7 Nf5 74.Kf6 Nd6 75.Ke6 Ne8 76.Kd7 Ng7 77.Kc6 Nf5 78.Kb6 b4
79.Nxa4 bxa3 80.bxa3 Kb3 81.Nc3 Kxa3 82.Kc5 Kb2 83.Nb5 Kc1 84.Nd4 Ng7 85.Kd5 Kd2
86.Ke5 Ke1 87.Nf5 Nh5 88.Ng3  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 b6 3.Nd2 Bb7 4.Ngf3 e6 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.c3 d6 11.O-O-O a6 12.h4 b5 13.Ne4 b4 14.c4 d5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.c5 Nc6 17.Qe3 Rfe8 18.Rhe1 a5 19.Bb5 Rec8 20.g4 Ba6 21.g5 Qf5 22.Ba4 e5
23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxf2 25.h5 Qh4 26.h6 gxh6 27.gxh6 Qxh6+ 28.Kb1 Qe6 29.Rg1+ Kf8
30.Qg7+ Ke7 31.Rge1 Bd3+ 32.Bc2 Be4 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.d5 Qf5 35.Qd4 Re8 36.Rf1 Qg6
37.d6+ Kd7 38.c6+ Kxc6 39.Rf6  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 c5 5.d4 Qa5 6.Bd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nb3 Qd8
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Be3 b6 12.f3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.b3 Ned7
16.Rac1 a6 17.Rfd1 e6 18.Bf1 Qe7 19.Bg5 Rfd8 20.Nde2 Ne5 21.Qe3 Qc7 22.Na4 Bc6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxb6 Rb8 25.Nd5 exd5 26.cxd5 Qb7 27.dxc6 Nxc6 28.Nc3 Ne7
29.Nd5 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 Rbc8 31.Bc4 Qb4 32.Rcd1 Rc5 33.g3 Qa3 34.Rxc5 Qxc5 35.Qxc5 dxc5
36.Rxd8+ Bxd8 37.Bxa6 Bf6 38.Kf1 Kf8 39.Bc4 Bc3 40.Ke2 g5 41.Kd3 Bb4 42.a4 f6
43.e5 fxe5 44.Ke4 Bc3 45.Kd5 Ke7 46.Kxc5 h5 47.b4 Kd7 48.b5 Bd4+ 49.Kd5 Bg1
50.a5 Bxh2 51.b6 Bg1 52.Bb5+ Kc8 53.Kc6 h4 54.gxh4 gxh4 55.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Mitropa-Cup"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 a6 4.Qc2 e5 5.e4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Bc7 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nge2 Nh5
9.h4 Qf6 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.Rg1 h6 12.Be3 Qf6 13.O-O-O Nf4 14.Nxf4 exf4 15.e5 Qxh4
16.g3 fxg3 17.Rxg3 Nd7 18.e6 Ne5 19.Rxg7 Kf8 20.Rdg1 Bd8 21.f4 Bf6 22.fxe5 Bxg7
23.Rxg7 Kxg7 24.Qg2+ Kf8 25.Qf3 f6 26.exf6 Rg8 27.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Mitropa-Cup"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Bc1 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rc1 c5 14.e3 Bf8 15.Ne5 Nc7
16.Na4 Ne6 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qf5 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 d4
23.exd4 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Qb7+ 26.Qf3 Qxc8 27.Rc1 Qd7 28.Qc6 Qe7
29.Qe4 d3 30.Rd1 Rd7 31.Bc3 Qd8 32.h4 Ba3 33.Bb2 Bf8 34.Bc3 h5 35.Nb2 Qc8
36.Rxd3 Nc5 37.Qc4 Qb7+ 38.Rf3 Ne4 39.Be1 Bc5 40.Kg1 Nd2 41.Bxd2 Rxd2 42.Qxc5 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "Mitropa-Cup"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 d6 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.f3 Ng6 14.Bd2 b6 15.Rae1 Bb7
16.e4 Qc7 17.f4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Rxf4 d5 20.Rxf6 dxe4 21.Bxe4 gxf6 22.Rf1 cxd4
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Nh5 Re6 25.cxd4 Qe7 26.d5 Re1 27.Nxf6+ Kf8 28.Nxh7+ Kg8 29.Nf6+ Kf8
30.Nh7+ Kg8 31.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa-Cup"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Qb3 c6 12.Rfd1 Bd6 13.Bh4 Nf8 14.e4 Be7 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bb5 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Re1 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8
22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.h3 f6 24.Qc3 Qe7 25.Nh4 Qd7 26.Qe3 Kf7 27.Nf3 Qc7 28.Qd2 Bc8
29.Nh2 h5 30.Nf1 h4 31.Ne3 Be6 32.Nd1 a5 33.Nc3 Qc4 34.Ne2 g5 35.Nc3 Bf5
36.f4 g4 37.hxg4 Bxg4 38.Kh2 Kg6 39.Nd1 Qf1 40.Qc2+ Kh6 41.Nf2 Bc8 42.Qd2 Kg7
43.Qe3 Kf7 44.Qf3 Qc4 45.Qd1 Ke7 46.Qe1+ Kd6 47.Qe3 Qc2 48.b3 Bf5 49.g4 Bxg4
50.b4 axb4 51.axb4 Qe2 52.Qxe2 Bxe2 53.Kh3 Ke6 54.Kxh4 Kf5 55.Kg3 b5 56.Nh3 Ke4
57.f5 Kxd4 58.Kf4 Kc3  0-1

[Event "Mitropa-Cup"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Bb3 exd4 14.exd4 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nf8
16.d5 Bf5 17.Rfe1 c5 18.Rcd1 a6 19.Qe3 Rac8 20.Nd2 b5 21.Nde4 Qe5 22.Qf3 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 Qd6 24.Re2 Nh7 25.Ne4 Ng5 26.Nxg5 hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa-Cup"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 Bd7 10.Qe1 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Bc5
16.Qf2 Ne4 17.Qf3 Nd6 18.c4 b6 19.Kh1 f5 20.Bd2 a5 21.g4 f4 22.Bd3 Rae8 23.Rde1 Re7
24.b3 Bd4 25.a4 Bc5 26.Be4 Qd8 27.Re2 Ref7 28.Bc3 Be3 29.Bb2 Qg5 30.h4 Qd8
31.g5 Qd7 32.Rh2 Re8 33.g6 Rf6 34.gxh7+ Kh8 35.h5 Nf5 36.Bxf5 Qxf5 37.Qh3 Qd3
38.Qg2 f3 39.Qh3 Kxh7 40.Ba1 Rf4  0-1

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.f4 Ned7 8.Bd3 c6 9.Nf3 O-O
10.O-O Nc5 11.Bc2 cxd5 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Qxd5 Nb6 14.Qd4 Bg4 15.Nd5 Ncd7 16.Nxb6 axb6
17.Qf2 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Be3 Qd6 21.Kh1 Bxh2 22.Qh4 Qg3 23.Qh6 Qe5
24.Rae1 Bg3 25.Bf2 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Bxf4 27.Rxe7 Rxa2 28.Bd4 Bd6 29.Rxb7 Bc5 30.Bxc5 bxc5
31.Be4 Be6 32.Bd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Ra4 34.Rc7 Rb4 35.Rf2 c4 36.d6 Rb6 37.Rd2 Rd8
38.Rf2 Rf8 39.Rd2 Rd8 40.Rf2 Rf8 41.Rd2 Rd8 42.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.d5 Ne7 7.h4 Nf6 8.Be2 h5 9.Qa4+ Bd7
10.Qb3 b6 11.Ng5 O-O 12.Bd2 c6 13.a4 a6 14.O-O c5 15.a5 bxa5 16.Qa3 Ne8 17.Qxa5 Qxa5
18.Rxa5 f6 19.Nf3 f5 20.Ng5 Nc7 21.Na2 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf5 23.b4 cxb4 24.Bxb4 Ne8
25.Bd3 Bf6 26.c5 Bxh4 27.cxd6 Nf6 28.Nac3 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Nd4 30.Rxa6 Rxa6 31.Bxa6 Rb8
32.Ba5 Ra8 33.Nc5 Bb5 34.Ra1 Bxa6 35.Bc7 Bb7 36.Rxa8+ Bxa8 37.g3 Bg5 38.Ne4 Nf3+
39.Kg2 Bxd5 40.Kxf3 Kf7 41.d7 Ke6 42.d8=Q Bxd8 43.Bxd8 Kf5 44.g4+ hxg4+ 45.Kg3 Bxe4
46.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Djukic, Zeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qc6+
17.f3 O-O-O 18.Qe2 Bd4 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.h4 Rd5 22.Rac1 Re5 23.Qc2 Be3
24.Bxe3 Rxe3 25.Rfe1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Rd8 27.Qf2 Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Kc7 29.g4 Rh8
30.g5 Rxh4 31.Rxe6 Rh2+ 32.Kg3 Rxb2 33.g6  1-0

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Re8
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bd2 Be5 11.Qd3 Qe7 12.Rad1 c6 13.Rfe1 d6 14.e4 Bd7 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxe4 18.Bxf6 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 gxf6 20.Rxd6 Be6 21.Red1 Kf8
22.a3 Ke7 23.c5 Kf8 24.f3 Kg7 25.Kf2 a5 26.a4 Re7 27.R1d4 Rae8 28.Bd3 Bc8
29.f4 f5 30.g4 fxg4 31.f5 Re5 32.Rxg4+ Kf8 33.Rxh6 Ke7 34.Rd4 Rxc5 35.f6+ Ke6
36.Bc4+ Rxc4 37.Rxc4 Kd6 38.Rd4+ Kc7 39.h4 Re5 40.Rf4 b5 41.Rg6 Rc5 42.axb5 Rxc3
43.bxc6 Rc2+ 44.Kg3 Rc3+ 45.Rf3 Rxc6 46.Rg5 a4 47.Ra5 Rc4 48.Ra7+ Bb7 49.Rf4 Rc3+
50.Kg4  1-0

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bg5 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 c5 11.e4 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Ne5 15.Bc2 Ng6
16.Bf2 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Rc8 19.O-O dxc4 20.Rad1 Ndf8 21.Nxc4 Qc7 22.Ba4 Qxc4
23.Qxc4 Rxc4 24.Bxe8 Nxf4 25.Rd2 Bxg2 26.Re1 Bd5 27.Bg3 Nh3+ 28.Kf1 a6 29.Ke2 b5
30.Rf1 Ng5 31.h4 Rc8 32.Ke3 Rxe8 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rdf2 Re7 35.Rc1 Bb7 36.Rd1 Bd5
37.Rc1 Bb7 38.Rd1 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.e5 Nd7
9.e6 Nb6 10.exf7+ Kh8 11.Qb5 Be6 12.Bf4 c6 13.Qe2 Bc4 14.Qe4 Bd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Qe3 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nc6 18.h4 Rxf7 19.h5 Kg8 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Bd3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4
23.Bh6 Qa5 24.Qxa5 Nxa5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.d5 Rh8 27.Rxh8 Kxh8 28.Rd1 Rf6 29.Kd2 Kg7
30.Kc3 b6 31.Rd2 a6 32.Re2 Kf8 33.Ne5 Ke8 34.Nxc4 Nxc4 35.Kxc4 Kd7 36.g3 g5
37.Kd4 g4 38.Ke5 Rf3 39.Rc2 b5 40.a3 Rf6 41.Kd4 Rf8 42.Re2 Rf3 43.Kc5 Rf6
44.Kb4 Kd6 45.Rd2 Rg6 46.Ka5 Kc5 47.b4+ Kc4 48.Re2 Kxd5 49.Rxe7 Kc4 50.Ra7 Kd3
51.Rxa6 Rxa6+ 52.Kxa6 Ke2 53.Kxb5 Kxf2 54.a4 Kxg3 55.a5 Kf4 56.a6 g3 57.a7 g2
58.a8=Q g1=Q 59.Qf8+ Ke4 60.Qc5 Qh2 61.Ka6 Qa2+ 62.Kb7 Kf3 63.b5 Kg2 64.b6 Qg8
65.Qc2+ Kh1 66.Qe4+ Kh2 67.Qe5+ Kh3 68.Qf5+ Kh2 69.Qe5+ Kh3 70.Kc7 Qc4+ 71.Kd7 Qf7+
72.Kd6 Qf8+ 73.Kd7 Qf7+ 74.Kd6 Qf8+ 75.Kc6 Qf3+ 76.Qd5 Qf6+ 77.Kc7 Qc3+ 78.Kd7 Qg7+
79.Kd6 Qf8+ 80.Kc6 Qf6+ 81.Qd6 Qf3+ 82.Kc7 Qc3+ 83.Kd7 Qg7+ 84.Kc8 Qg8+ 85.Qd8 Qc4+
86.Qc7 Qg8+ 87.Qd8 Qc4+ 88.Kb8 Qf4+ 89.Qc7 Qd4 90.b7 Qd5 91.Qc3+ Kh2 92.Qf6 Qc5
93.Qb2+ Kh3 94.Qb3+ Kh2 95.Qa2+ Kh3 96.Ka8 Qc6 97.Qa3+ Kh2 98.Ka7 Qd7 99.Qb2+ Kh3
100.Qc3+ Kh2 101.Qe5+ Kh3 102.Kb6 Qd8+ 103.Kc6  1-0

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vukovic, Zeljka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.h3 Bd6 13.Rfe1 Be6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Be7
16.Nc5 Qb6 17.a3 Rad8 18.b4 Qc7 19.Rcd1 h6 20.Bc1 Bd5 21.Ne5 Ne6 22.Bb2 Bd6
23.Qc3 Nf4 24.Bf1 Bxg2 25.Bxg2 Bxe5 26.Nxb7 Qxb7 27.Bxc6 Qc8 28.Bxe8 Nxh3+
29.Kf1 Qf5 30.Rd2 Bf4 31.Bc6 Bxd2 32.Qxd2 Rc8 33.d5 Qg4 34.Qe3 Ne4 35.Qd4 Ng3+
36.Kg2 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "JUG-chT Cetinje"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Be7
9.O-O b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Qe3 b5 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.h4 h6 22.Qf4 Nf6
23.g4 Qe7 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Ne4 26.g6 Qg5+ 27.Qxg5 Nxg5 28.f4 Nh3+ 29.Kh2 Nxf4
30.gxf7+ Kh7 31.Bf1 Rf8 32.Kg3 g5 33.Rc7 Kg7 34.Ra7 Ng6 35.Nxg6 Kxg6 36.Be2 b4
37.Bg4 a5 38.Be2 Kg7 39.Bh5 Kh6 40.Be2 Kg6 41.Bb5 Kg7 42.Be8 Rh8 43.Kg4 Kf6
44.Kg3 Kg7 45.Kg4 Rh2 46.Kxg5 Rg2+ 47.Kf4 Rxa2 48.Ba4 Re2 49.Kg5 Rd2 50.Rxa5 Rxd4
51.Ra7 Rd3 52.f8=Q+ Kxf8 53.Kf6 Rf3+ 54.Ke5 Bxb3 55.Bxb3 Rxb3 56.Kxe6 Rb1
57.Kf6 Ke8 58.Ke6 Kd8 59.Rd7+ Kc8 60.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Bg5 d5 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e3 c6 14.Qh5 Nc7 15.Rac1 Ne8
16.Bh3 Qe7 17.Ne2 Nd6 18.Bg2 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Nf4 dxc4 21.bxc4 c5 22.Bxb7 Nxb7
23.d5 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qg5 25.Qb2 e5 26.Ne2 Nd6 27.Kg2 e4 28.a4 Rb8 29.Nf4 Qg4
30.Qe2 Qf5 31.Ra1 g5 32.Nh5 Kh7 33.g4 Qe5 34.Ng3 Rf8 35.Qc2 Kg7 36.a5 b5
37.cxb5 Rxb5 38.Ra3 Rfb8 39.a6 R8b6 40.h3 Kf6 41.Ra4 Kg7 42.Nxe4 Rb2 43.Qc3 Rxf2+
44.Kg1 Qxc3 45.Nxc3 Rf3 46.Ne4 Rxe3 47.Nxd6 Rxd6 48.Rc4 Rxh3 49.Rxc5 Rg3+
50.Kh1 Rxg4 51.Rc7 Ra4 52.Rf1 Raxa6 53.Rfxf7+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 d4 7.Ne2 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.O-O h6
10.Ng3 g6 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.a3 Qe7 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Bc4 Kf8 15.h3 Kg7 16.Nh2 Rac8
17.b4 a6 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Ne5 20.Ba2 Bb5 21.Nf3 Nxd3 22.Nxd4 Nxf4 23.Rxf4 Bxf4
24.Ngf5+ gxf5 25.Nxf5+ Kf8 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.e5 Bxe5 28.Qe1 Nd7 29.Rd1 Rhg8
30.Rxd7+ Kxd7 31.Qxe5 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Bc6 33.Qf5+ Kd8 34.Bd5 Rg5 35.Qf6+ Kc8
36.Bxc6 Rxc6 37.Qxf7 Rc2 38.Qf8+ Kc7 39.Qf4+ Kd7 40.Qd4+ Kc7 41.Qf4+ Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.f3 a5
9.e4 d6 10.Be3 b6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Qc2 d5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Kb1 Qe7
16.e5 Nfd7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Nxe5 20.Bb5 Qe6 21.Rhd1 Ncd3
22.Qb3 a4 23.Bxa4 Nxb2 24.Rxe5 Qxe5 25.Bd4 Qf5+ 26.Kxb2 Rfd8 27.Bc3 Rxd1
28.Qxd1 Qc5 29.Qd3 h5 30.Bc2 g6 31.f4 Ra8 32.a4 Rc8 33.f5 gxf5 34.Qg3+ Kf8
35.Qg7+ Ke8 36.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bg5 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 e5 12.e4 exd4 13.Qxd4 c5 14.Qf2 b5 15.cxb5 d5
16.O-O-O c4 17.Nb1 Qa5 18.Nc3 dxe4 19.fxe4 a6 20.bxa6 Rxa6 21.Qd4 Rc8 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.e5 Nh7 24.Bxc4 Rac6 25.Qd7 Qa7 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Rd7 Qe3+ 28.Kb1 Qxe5 29.Re7 Qg5
30.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Qa5 7.Qd2 f5 8.e3 Nd7 9.f4 Bxc3
10.bxc3 Ngf6 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Bxf6 exf6 13.a4 Bd7 14.Ne2 Nxa4 15.g4 Kf7 16.gxf5 gxf5
17.Bc2 a6 18.Bxa4 Bxa4 19.Ng3 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nxf5 Qc7 22.Rg1 Rag8 23.Rxg8 Kxg8
24.Kf2 Kf8 25.c4 Qd7 26.e4 Rg8 27.Qb2 Qf7 28.cxb5 Qg6 29.Ng3 h5 30.Rxa4 h4
31.Ne2 Qg2+ 32.Ke1 Kf7 33.f5  1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd2 Na6 8.f3 O-O 9.Ng3 Bb7
10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.O-O dxc4 14.Bxc4 Rc8 15.Qe2 Nb8 16.Bd3 Nbd7
17.a4 Qc7 18.a5 Bd5 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra4 Bc6 21.Ra3 Ra8 22.Rfa1 Rxa3 23.Rxa3 e5
24.Be3 Re8 25.Qd2 h5 26.Nf5 g6 27.Bg5 Re6 28.dxe5 gxf5 29.Bxf6 Nxe5 30.Qg5+ Ng6
31.Bxf5 Rxf6 32.Qxf6 Qf4 33.Ra1 Bxf3 34.Qd8+ Nf8 35.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Burgess, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Be3 Rb8 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 c5 10.Be2 h5 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Nh7 14.h3 h4 15.Nh1 f5 16.f4 Nf7
17.Qe1 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qb6 19.Qxh4 Qxb2 20.Nhf2 Bf5 21.Rab1 Qd4 22.Bc3 Qe3 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
24.Rfe1 Bxe4 25.Bf1 g5 26.Rxe3 gxh4 27.Rxe4 Rfe8 28.f5 Nf6 29.Rxh4 b5 30.Rb3 bxc4
31.Rg3+ Kf8 32.Bxc4 Ne5 33.Bxa6 Nxd5 34.Bb5 Rec8 35.Ne4 c4 36.Rh8+ Kf7 37.Rh7+ Kf8
38.Ng5 Kg8 39.Rh4 c3 40.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.d3 Nd7 5.h3 Bh5 6.O-O e6 7.e4 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.d4 Bc7 10.c4 O-O 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Re1 Ba5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Ne5 Nc6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Qa4 Rfd8 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rd1 Bxd2 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rxd2 h5 21.Qd1 hxg4 22.hxg4 Re8
23.b3 Qd6 24.Bb2 Qf4 25.Re2 Re4 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.d5 Rd8 28.Rc1 Qd6 29.Rc4 Qxd5
30.Qxd5 Rxd5 31.Bc3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rc1 33.Kg3 Rc2 34.a4 f6 35.Rc5 a5 36.Bf1 Kh7
37.Bb5 Bf7 38.Bxc6 bxc6 39.Rxc6 Bxb3 40.Rc7 Bxa4 41.Bxa5 Ra2 42.Bb4 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corfu op"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 d6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.e4 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Qc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.a5 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Nd7
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 f5 18.Ne2 fxe4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Qc5 21.Qxe4 Nf6 22.Qe2 Bxd5
23.Bd3 Qc6 24.f5 Be4 25.Bh6 Rf7 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Rae1 d5 28.Rc1 Qa4 29.Bxa6 Rxa6
30.Qxa6 Bxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 Qh4+ 33.Ke2 Qxh6 34.Qe6 Kg7 35.h3 Qh5+
36.Kd3 d4 37.b4 Qb5+ 38.Rc4 Qb8 39.Rxd4 Qb5+ 40.Rc4 Rf8 41.Kc2 Qb7 42.Re1  1-0

[Event "Corfu op"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karagiannis, A."]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ba6 7.Ne5 d6 8.Qa4+ Kf8
9.Nd3 Qd7 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.c5 bxc5 12.dxc5 Rb8 13.Qc2 d5 14.Nb4 Bc4 15.Rb1 Ke7
16.g3 a5 17.Nxc6+ Qxc6 18.Bg2 Rxb1 19.Qxb1 Qxc5 20.O-O Bxe2 21.Re1 Qb5 22.Qa1 Rb8
23.Bf4 Rb7 24.a4 Qc4 25.Qa3+ Ke8 26.Be5 Bd3 27.Qc1 h6 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Qxh6 Qxc3
30.Qe3 Qxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Rb1 32.Qxb1 Bxb1 33.Bf1 c6  0-1

[Event "Corfu op"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Qf3 f5 7.O-O-O Nd7 8.g4 Nf6
9.gxf5 Bxf5 10.Bh3 Be4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.c3 Qh4 13.Rf1 Bd6 14.Bg2 Qe7 15.Qe2 O-O-O
16.f3 Ng5 17.e4 Bf4+ 18.Kb1 Rhe8 19.Qd3 Kb8 20.Ne2 Ne6 21.Bh3 Qh4 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Rfg1 Bc7 24.e5 c5 25.Rg4 Qf2 26.Nf4 c4 27.Qd1 Rd7 28.Ng2  1-0

[Event "Corfu op"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 Nbd7
9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 c6 11.Ne5 Nfd5 12.Ne4 Be6 13.a3 Qc7 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Qf3 Qc8
16.Bc2 f6 17.Qh5 fxe5 18.Nd6 Nf6 19.Nxc8 Nxh5 20.Nxe7+ Kf7 21.Rxe5 g6 22.Bg5 Rxd4
23.Rae1 Rd6 24.f4 Nc4 25.Rc5 Nf6 26.f5 Kxe7 27.Rxc4 gxf5 28.Bxf5 Kd7 29.Rf4 Bxf5
30.Rxf5 Re8 31.Rxe8 Nxe8 32.Rf7+ Kc8 33.Rxh7 Rd5 34.h4 Nd6 35.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Corfu op"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bd3 O-O-O
9.O-O Ne7 10.Kh1 Ng6 11.f4 Bc4 12.e5 Qe7 13.Ne4 Bxd3 14.cxd3 f5 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Qc2 Bb6 17.a4 f5 18.a5 Bd4 19.Ng3 Qf6 20.a6 b6 21.Bd2 Bxb2 22.Nh5 Qh4
23.Qxc6 Ne7 24.Qb7+ Kd7 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.Qf3 Qg4 27.Qxg4 fxg4 28.Rb1 Bd4 29.f5 Rcf8
30.f6 Nd5 31.f7 h6 32.Nf4 Nxf4 33.Rxf4 c5 34.Rxg4 Rxf7 35.Rg6 Rhf8 36.h4 Rf1+
37.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38.Kh2 Be5+ 39.Kh3 h5 40.g3 Rd1 41.Bf4 Bxf4 42.gxf4 Rxd3+ 43.Kg2 c4
44.Rg7+ Kc6 45.Rxa7 c3 46.Ra8 Rd7 47.a7 Rc7 48.Re8 Rxa7 49.Re3 Ra3 50.f5 c2
51.Re1 Re3 52.Rf1 Kd7 53.f6 Ke8  0-1

[Event "Corfu op"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.a3 c5 13.Bd3 Qd7 14.f3 f5 15.Rb1 Bf6 16.Bf2 Qe7
17.b4 Nf7 18.Na4 Bh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.h4 Bh6 21.Qc2 b6 22.Nc3 Bd7 23.Nb5 Kh8
24.Rb3 Qf6 25.Qd1 Rfc8 26.Bc2 cxb4 27.axb4 Bxd2+ 28.Qxd2 Rxc4 29.Na3 Rcc8
30.Bd3 Nc7 31.Be2 Ne8 32.Ba6 Rc7 33.Nb5 Bxb5 34.Bxb5 Ng7 35.g4 Rac8 36.Bc6 Ne6
37.g5 Qe7 38.O-O Nf4 39.Be3 Nh5 40.exf5 gxf5 41.f4 Ng3 42.Rf3 Ne4 43.Qh2 Rf8
44.Qh3 Nd8 45.fxe5 Qxe5 46.Bc1 Nxc6 47.dxc6 Kg8 48.b5 a6 49.bxa6 Qd4+ 50.Kh1 Nf2+
51.Rxf2 Qxf2 52.Qe3 Qxh4+ 53.Kg2 Qc4 54.Rc3 Qd5+ 55.Kh2 f4 56.Qe2 f3 57.Qf2 Qe5+  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 f5
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Qe7 11.dxe6 dxe6 12.b3 Nd7 13.Bb2 e5 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.b4 Rhe8
16.f3 Qh4 17.Qe1 Qh6 18.Kb1 g5 19.Qf2 e4 20.Be2 f4 21.fxe4 Bxe4+ 22.Ka1 fxe3
23.Qg3 Qg6 24.Rhe1 h5 25.Rd4 g4 26.Bf1 Qf7 27.h3 gxh3 28.Qxh3 Kb8 29.Ka2 Qf2
30.Rdd1 Bc2 31.Rc1 Bf5 32.Qxh5 Nf6 33.Qg5 Ng4 34.Re2 Rg8 35.Qxg8 Rxg8 36.Rxf2 exf2
37.Be2 Nh2 38.Bd4 Rxg2 39.Bf1 Rg1  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bc3 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.Qc2 Qf4 14.b4 c5 15.b5 Nb4
16.Bxb4 cxb4 17.Rfe1 Qc7 18.a3 b3 19.Qxb3 Kb8 20.Rac1 Bc8 21.c5 Rd5 22.b6 axb6
23.cxb6 Qd6 24.Ne5 Bd7 25.Nxf7 Rxd3 26.Qc4 Qxb6 27.Qxd3 Rf8 28.Qg3+ Ka7 29.Qxg7  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Be6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.a3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.O-O Rfc8 13.Rfc1 Bb3 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Bb5 Nf8
16.a4 Ne6 17.Bg3 Nc7 18.c4 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.exd4 Ne6 21.Bd7 Nxd4 22.Bxc8 Ne2+
23.Kh2 Nxc1 24.Bg4 Nd3 25.Ra3 Nxb2 26.Nxb3 Nbxc4 27.Nxa5 Nxa3 28.Nxb7 Rxa4
29.Bd7 Rc4 30.Nd8  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 b5 8.cxb5 axb5
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Nh4 O-O 12.f4 h6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Kh1 Rfd8
16.Qc2 Qd6 17.Rad1 Bg4 18.Rd2 b4 19.h3 Be6 20.c4 Ra3 21.Rfd1 Nd4 22.Qb2 c5
23.Kh2 Qa6 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.e5 Nd7 26.Re2 Nb6 27.Rf2 Na4 28.Qc1 Nc3 29.Rdd2 Nxa2
30.Qd1 Nc3 31.Qh5 b3 32.g4 Ra2 33.g5 hxg5 34.Qxg5 Rb8 35.Bd5 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Qa2
37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.Ng6 Kf7 39.Rxa2 bxa2 40.Qe7+ Kxg6 41.Qxe6+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kg8
43.Qe6+ Kh8 44.Qa6 Kh7 45.e6 Rb2+ 46.Kg3 Re2 47.h4 Re1 48.e7 Rxe7 49.h5 Re1
50.Qg6+ Kg8 51.Qa6 a1=Q 52.Qc8+ Kf7 53.Qd7+ Kf8 54.Qf5+ Ke7 55.Qxc5+ Kd7
56.Qf5+ Kc7  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nd2 d5 12.Kh1 dxe4 13.fxe4 Qd6 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Ng6
16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Ne6 fxe6 18.Bxc5 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 a6 20.Qd1 Qe8 21.h4 b6 22.Ba3 Bd7
23.h5 Ne7 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.h6 Ng6 26.Rf8+ Qxf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.hxg7+ Kxg7 29.Bxa6 Rf4
30.Qg5 Bc6 31.Bd3 Rf7 32.e5 b5 33.Kg1 Bd5 34.Bxb5 Bxa2 35.Be8 Rf5 36.Qd8 Nxe5
37.Qxc7+ Kh6 38.Ba4 Bd5 39.Bc2 Rh5 40.Qxh7+ Kg5 41.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.Bd2 Qh5
9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qg6 11.O-O e5 12.Bd3 Qh5 13.Nde2 Nc6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Be6
16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Nf5 Qh5 18.Ng3 Qh4 19.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Qb3 h6 11.c5 f5 12.a4 Kh8 13.Rd1 a6 14.Ra2 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.Ng3 Nf4
17.h3 Bd7 18.Bc4 b5 19.cxb6 cxb6 20.Ne4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.Bf1 Qb8
24.Bxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Bd3 b6 10.h4 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.Ba3 c5 13.h5 Nb7 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.c4 Nd6 16.Nc3 f5
17.Bc1 Bd7 18.a4 a5 19.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Ne5 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Ba3 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Nd3 Bf8 15.Bg5 c6
16.b4 Nc7 17.Qb3 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.e3 Ba6 20.Rfd1 Bc4 21.Qb2 Bd6 22.a4 Rab8
23.b5 c5 24.Ne2 Qf5 25.Qc3 Ne6 26.dxc5 Nxc5 27.Nd4 Qf6 28.Nb2 Bb3 29.Rdc1 Be5
30.Qb4 Ba2 31.Ra1 Bxd4 32.exd4 Re2 33.Rf1 Bc4 34.Rad1 Rc2 35.Nxc4 Rxc4 36.Qd2 Nb3
37.Qa2 Nxd4 38.Bxd5 Rc2 39.Qb1 Ne2+ 40.Kh1 Rb2 41.Qa1 Qc3 42.Bg2 Kh8 43.Rd7 f5
44.Qd1 Qf6 45.Rxa7 f4 46.Qd5 Nc3 47.Qf3 Rb4 48.Rc1 Ne4 49.Kg1 Qb2 50.Rac7 Nc5
51.Re1 Rxa4 52.Qg4 Ra1 53.Rc8+ Rxc8 54.Qxc8+ Kh7 55.Qf5+ Kh8 56.Qf8+ Kh7
57.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.c5 Nc6 8.h3 Ne4 9.Bd3 f5
10.Ne2 Bf6 11.Bh2 Bd7 12.a3 Be8 13.b4 Qe7 14.Bc2 Kh8 15.Nf4 g5 16.Nd3 f4
17.exf4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.O-O Bb5 20.fxg5 Qxg5 21.Kh1 Bxd3 22.Bxd3 Nxf2+
23.Rxf2 Rxf2 24.Bf1 e5 25.g4 Raf8 26.Bg2 Rd2 27.Qe1 Rff2  0-1

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 Nc6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Bxc4 Nb6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Be3 f5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Bd3 h6 14.O-O Kh8 15.Rad1 Bd7
16.Qd2 Qe7 17.Bb1 Qf7 18.Qc2 Qg8 19.Ne5 Be8 20.Qc1 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxh6 Qf7
23.Rd3 gxh6 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.f4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popchev, Milko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 Be6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nf3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Qd6 13.a3 Bd5 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.d4 Qh6
16.Kb1 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.exd4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Re8 21.c4 Rdd8
22.d5 Re5 23.Rhd1 Kf8 24.Kc2 Ke7 25.Kc3 Kd6 26.b4 b6 27.Kd4 Rde8 28.c5+ Kd7
29.Kc4 bxc5 30.Kxc5 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kontic, Djordje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 f5 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bg4 8.Bf4 Nh6
9.Qd2 Nf7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.f3 Bf5 15.O-O Qd6
16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.b3 c5 18.Re5 e6 19.Rae1 Rf6 20.Qg5 Rf7 21.Nh5+ Kh8 22.Nf4 cxd4
23.R1e2 Rbf8 24.Qh6 Kg8 25.g3 Rf6 26.Qg5 c5 27.Nh5 R6f7 28.g4 d3 29.cxd3 Bxd3
30.Rxe6 Qd8 31.Qxd8 Rxd8 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Rd2 gxh5 35.Rxd3 Kf7
36.Rc3 Rc8 37.gxh5 Ke6 38.Kf2 Ke5 39.Ke2 d4 40.Rc4 Kd5 41.Ra4 Re8+ 42.Kd2 Re5
43.Ra5 Rxh5 44.b4 Rxh2+ 45.Kd3 Rf2 46.Rxc5+ Kd6 47.Ra5 Rxf3+ 48.Ke4 Rh3 49.Kxd4 Kc6
50.Rxa7 Kb5 51.a3 Rh4+ 52.Kd5 Rh5+ 53.Kd6 Rh6+ 54.Kd7 Rg6 55.Ra5+ Kb6 56.Re5 Rg7+
57.Kd6 Ra7 58.Re3 Kb5 59.Kd5 Rd7+ 60.Ke4 Kc4 61.Kf3 Ra7 62.Ke2 Kb5 63.Kf3 Ka4
64.Ke4 h5 65.Kf5 Rg7 66.Rh3 Rg4 67.Rd3 Rg8 68.Ke4 h4 69.Rh3 Rg4+ 70.Kf3 Rg8
71.Kf2 Rg7 72.Re3 Rg8 73.Ke2 Rh8 74.Rh3 Rg8 75.Kd2 Rg4 76.Re3 Rg5 77.Kc2 Rg2+
78.Kc3 Rg3 79.Kd4 Rg4+ 80.Re4 Rg3 81.Kc5 Rg5+ 82.Kc4 h3 83.Rh4 h2 84.Rxh2 Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.d4 b5 12.Bc2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.Nd2 Qe5 15.N2f3 Qh5
16.Bg3 Rae8 17.Qb1 Qg4 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.e5 Nh5 20.exd6 Nf4 21.Qd1 cxd6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Nd4 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Nxg3+ 27.hxg3 a5 28.Bd3 Rb8
29.Rc1 Bd5 30.a3 a4 31.Rc7 b4 32.Bc4 Bxc4+ 33.Rxc4 bxa3 34.bxa3 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vukovic, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bf4 c5 13.Rad1 c4 14.Bf5 b5 15.b3 Nb6 16.bxc4 Nxc4
17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Qa4 Bd6 19.Be5 Qe7 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Bd7 Rfd8 22.g3 a5 23.Rb1 Bb4
24.a3 Bxc3 25.Rxb7 Rab8 26.Rfb1 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Be1 28.Qc2 g6 29.Ba4 c3 30.Qe2 Bd2
31.Bc2 Bc1 32.a4 Ba3 33.Qb5 Bb4 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Rc7 h5 36.h4 Rd6 37.Qb7 Rd8
38.Rc6 Rd6 39.Rxd6 Qxd6 40.Bb3 Ba3 41.e4 dxe4 42.Qxf7+ Kh6 43.Qc4 Bb4 44.Bc2 Qe7
45.Qc6 Kg7 46.Bxe4 Qd6 47.Qe8 Qf6 48.Bc2 Qf7 49.Qe5+ Qf6 50.f4 Bd6 51.Qe4 Ba3
52.Kf3 Bd6 53.Qd5 Qe7 54.Bb3 Qf6 55.Qg8+ Kh6 56.Bc2 Bc7 57.Qd5 Bb6 58.Ke3 Bc7
59.Qc5 Qe6+ 60.Be4 Bb6 61.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bd6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d3 Bc5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.Nbd2 g5 12.Bg3 b5 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Bb6
16.Nf1 Ne7 17.h4 g4 18.Bxe5 Ng6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Ne1 Qxh4 21.d4 Kg7 22.Qd2 c6
23.Ng3 Bd8 24.Nd3 Bg5 25.Qc2 Nf4 26.Nxf4 Bxf4 27.Qd3 h5 28.Bc2 Qg5 29.e5 Qh6
30.Qe4 dxe5 31.dxe5 Bxg3 32.Rxd7 Bxe5 33.Qf5 Bf6 34.Bb3 Rf8 35.Rad1 Rae8
36.Rc7 Re2 37.Rxc6 g3 38.Qf3 gxf2+ 39.Kf1 Rxb2 40.Rdd6 Re8 41.Rd1 Re1+ 42.Rxe1 fxe1=Q+  0-1

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Ng6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.f4 Nf8
16.Qf2 b6 17.e4 Bb7 18.Rad1 Ne6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nb5 Nc5 21.Nd6 Red8 22.Rfe1 a5
23.Bb1 Bc6 24.Nf5 Qe6 25.Qh4 g6 26.Nh6+ Kf8 27.f5 Qe7 28.f6 Qc7 29.Nf5 h5
30.Qg5 Ne6 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Nd6+ Rxd6 33.exd6 Qxd6 34.Qh7 Kd8 35.Qxf7 Nf4 36.Qe7+ Qxe7
37.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miljanic, Boro"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 Nc5
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Qe2 Nxd3 12.cxd3 b5 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Rxc6 Qd7
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.R6c2 Rxc2 18.Rxc2 Rc8 19.Nf3 Qa7+ 20.Bd4 Qb7 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8
22.Qd2 d5 23.e5 Nd7 24.Qc3 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Qxc5 Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Ncb5 Nh5 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Qa4 Qd7 15.Nc3 Nf6
16.Rfd1 Bh3 17.Bf3 Rad8 18.Nb3 Qe6 19.Nb5 Rc8 20.N5d4 Qd7 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qxa7 Qf5
23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.Qxc5 Ne4 25.Qd4 Ng5 26.Qd3 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qxf3 28.exf3 Re2
29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 c5 31.a4 c4 32.a5 Ra8 33.a6 Ra7 34.g4 f5 35.b4 cxb3 36.Nxb3 fxg4
37.Nd4 gxf3 38.Nb5 Re7 39.a7  1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a6 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Bd7 14.a5 Qe7 15.Qe1 Kh8 16.Ra2 Rad8
17.Nh4 Nxh4 18.Qxh4 Be6 19.Raf2 Ng8 20.Qh5 f6 21.Qd1 Nh6 22.Nd2 Bc8 23.h3 c6
24.d4 d5 25.Bc2 dxe4 26.Nxe4 f5 27.Nc5 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 a6 12.Rab1 Ng6 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.f4 Ngf8
16.Rbe1 f6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.f5 Bd7 19.b4 Be8 20.a4 Bf7 21.a5 Nc8 22.e4 dxe4
23.Nxe4 Nd6 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.Qf2 Qc7 26.Qg3 Rd8 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Re1 Qf7 29.Nh2 Bc4
30.Ng4 Kh8 31.Bb1 Nb5 32.Ne3 Nxd4 33.Nxc4 Qxc4 34.Nxb7 Rd5 35.Be4 Rd7 36.Nc5 Rd8
37.Nb7 Rd7 38.Nc5 Rd8 39.Nb7 Rd7 40.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4
16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re3 Qf4 18.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-Cup final"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qa4
9.Qg4 Ne7 10.Bd3 h5 11.Qf4 b6 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qg3 Nf5
16.Qd3 Nb8 17.O-O Nc6 18.Ne2 Rc8 19.Rae1 Nce7 20.Rb1 Qa4 21.c3 Qc4 22.Nc1 Qxd3
23.Nxd3 Nc6 24.Ra1 Na5 25.Rfb1 Nc4 26.Be1 Kd7 27.a4 f6 28.f4 Rc7 29.Ra2 Rhc8
30.Kf2 Na5 31.Ra3 Ne3 32.Ra2 Nf5 33.Ra3 Nc4 34.Ra2 fxe5 35.Nxe5+ Nxe5 36.fxe5 Rf8
37.Ke2 Kc6 38.Kd3 Rcf7 39.Rab2 Ne7 40.Bh4 Ng6 41.Bg5 Rf2 42.Ke3 Rxb2 43.Rxb2 Rf1
44.h4 Nh8 45.Ke2 Rh1 46.Kd3 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Ra1 48.Kd3 Nf7 49.Rf2 Nxg5 50.hxg5 Rxa4
51.Rf6 Kd7 52.Rf7+ Ke8 53.Rxg7 Ra2 54.Rh7 Rxg2 55.Rxh5 a5 56.Rh7 b5 57.Rb7 b4
58.cxb4 axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-Cup final"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 Rf6 13.d5 Rh6 14.dxe6 Nf8 15.c5 Nxe6
16.c6 Bc8 17.Bb2 Qe8 18.Rad1 Qh5 19.h3 N6g5 20.Nxg5 Qxg5 21.Bf3 Qg6 22.Kh2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG-Cup final"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Be3 Bxd4 8.Bxd4 O-O
9.Be3 d6 10.Qd2 a6 11.Be2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rfe1 Rae8 15.Bf1 Kh8
16.Ne2 Nce5 17.Ng3 Nh4 18.Qc3 Nef3+ 19.gxf3 Nxf3+ 20.Kh1 Bh3 21.Bh6 Rxe1
22.Rxe1 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Rf7 24.Bxg7+ Kg8 25.Bf6 Qg4 26.Kg2 Rxf6 27.Qxf6 Nh4+
28.Kh1  1-0

[Event "JUG-Cup final"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.Nc3 b4
10.Nd1 d6 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Ne3 a5 13.a4 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rae8 15.Rae1 e6 16.Nh4 Nb6
17.b3 exd5 18.exd5 Re7 19.Nd1 Rfe8 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Re1 Bc8 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.Kf1 Bd7
24.Bc1 Ng4 25.h3 Ne5 26.Nb2 Qf6 27.Qd2 h6 28.Qf4 g5 29.Qxf6 Bxf6 30.Nf3 Nxf3
31.Bxf3 Bxh3+ 32.Ke1 Bf5 33.g4 Bg6 34.Be2 Bc3+ 35.Kd1 Nd7 36.Nd3 Ne5 37.Nxe5 Bxe5
38.Be3 Bf4  0-1

[Event "JUG-Cup final"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 e5 4.e4 Qe7 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.d5 c5 9.h3 Bc8
10.Nd2 Nf7 11.Qf3 Nd7 12.Bd3 g6 13.Nc4 h5 14.a4 Bh6 15.Nb5 Kd8 16.a5 Bg5
17.Bxg5 fxg5 18.Qe3 Qf6 19.Rb1 b6 20.Nc3 Rb8 21.axb6 axb6 22.Ra1 Ke7 23.Nb5 Bb7
24.Ra7 Ra8 25.Rxb7 Ra1+ 26.Ke2 Rxh1 27.Nxb6 Rd8 28.Na7 Ke8 29.Nxd7 Qf4 30.Bb5 Qh2
31.Nxe5+ Kf8 32.Rxf7+ Kg8 33.Qxg5  1-0

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Ngf3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 cxd4
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Ng3 g6 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rae8
16.Ne4 Nf6 17.h4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bc8 19.Qd2 f5 20.Bc2 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gross, Stefan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 b5 7.Qxe4 d5 8.Qe3 bxa4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5+ Be6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.O-O Bd6 13.Qg5 h6 14.Qe3 O-O 15.b3 Bf5
16.Nxa4 Bxc2 17.Bd2 Rae8 18.Qc3 Qf5 19.Nc5 Re2 20.Nb7 Rfe8 21.Rac1 Bd3 22.Nxd6 cxd6
23.Rce1 Rc8 24.Qa5 Qg4 25.h3 Qxd4 26.Rxe2 Bxe2 27.Re1 Qe4 28.Be3 Rc2 29.Qd8+ Kh7
30.Qxd6 f6 31.a3 Qd3 32.b4 Qc3 33.Rb1 Qe5 34.Qb6 Ra2 35.Re1 Bc4 36.Bd2 Qb2
37.Bc1 Qc2 38.Qd4 Qf5 39.Rd1 Re2 40.Be3 Qe5 41.Qa7 Kg6 42.Bd4 Qf5 43.Bc5 Kh7
44.Bf8 Qg6 45.Qd4 h5 46.Qc3 Qe8 47.Bc5 Qe4 48.Rc1 Ra2 49.Bd4 Qg6 50.Rd1 Be2
51.Ra1 Rc2 52.Qe3 Bd3 53.Kh2 Re2 54.Qg3 Qe4 55.Bc5 h4 56.Qd6 Bb1 57.a4 Re1
58.Ra3 Bd3 59.Qc7 Rc1  0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be3 Qb6 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Ne2 a5
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Rac1 exd4 18.Nxd4 Qe5 19.Rfd1 Nh5 20.Ne6 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kh7
22.Rxd7 Bd6 23.Bg1 Nf4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Bc4 Nxg2 26.Rd1 Nh4 27.Bf1 Rf8 28.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qe2 a5
16.Bc4 Rfd8 17.Nb3 Nb6 18.Bb5 c5 19.Qe3 Rdc8 20.c3 Bc6 21.c4 Bxb5 22.cxb5 Qc7
23.Rec1 c4 24.Rc2 Qd6 25.Nd2 Rc7 26.h3 Rac8 27.Nf3 f6 28.b3 c3 29.Rb1 Qe6
30.Ne1 Rd8 31.Nd3 Rd4 32.f4 Qd6 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Nf2 Nd7 35.Kh2 Nc5 36.Qf3 Rf7
37.Qg4 Rf4 38.Qc8+ Rf8 39.Qg4 Rd2  0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Matlak, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ne5 b6
10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Rc1 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Ndf3 Ne4 15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.Nxd7 Qxd7
17.dxc5 bxc5 18.g3 Qe6 19.Bf1 f4 20.exf4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Rxf4 22.Bg2 Rcf8 23.Rd3 d4
24.Ng5 Nxg5 25.Bxb7 Rxf2 26.Qxf2 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 Qf5+ 28.Ke2 Qe5+ 29.Kd1 Ne6
30.Rc2 Qf5 31.Rf3 Qh5 32.Re2 Nc7 33.Re7  1-0

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.f3 e5 7.Bg5 exd4 8.Nxd4 c6
9.Qd2 h6 10.Be3 Re8 11.O-O-O h5 12.Nc2 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.exd5 Nbd7 15.h3 Nb6
16.g4 Bd7 17.Bd4 Rc8 18.Kb1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rhe1 Rf8 21.Bxa7 b6 22.d6 Qa8
23.Bxb6 Rxc3 24.Qxc3 Nd5 25.Qa5 Nxb6 26.Qxa8 Rxa8 27.Nd4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Bf6
29.Re3 Nc4 30.Rc3 Nxd6 31.Nb3 Be5 32.Rc5 Bg3 33.Rcd5 Rd8 34.Nd4 Re8 35.Nb3 Rd8
36.Nd4 Re8 37.b3 Bc8 38.a4 Bb7 39.Rc5 Nc8 40.Kc2 Nb6 41.Nc6 Kg7 42.Kb1 Re3
43.Ka2 Re6 44.Rdc1 Rd6 45.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Rb1 O-O
9.b4 h6 10.b5 Ne7 11.a4 g5 12.a5 Be6 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Ba3 b6 15.Bb4 g4 16.Ra1 h5
17.axb6 axb6 18.e3 f4 19.exf4 exf4 20.Re1 Bf5 21.Nb3 f3 22.Bf1 h4 23.Ra2 hxg3
24.fxg3 Qd7 25.Qd2 Rbe8 26.d4 Ng6 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Ra1 Kh7 29.Re1 Bh6 30.Qf2 Re7
31.Ba3 Rxe1 32.Qxe1 d5 33.cxd5 Nxd5 34.Bc1 Qe7 35.Qxe7+ Ngxe7 36.Nxd5 Nxd5
37.Kf2 Bxc1 38.Nxc1 Nc3 39.Ke3 Bd7 40.Nd3 Bxb5 41.h3 Nd1+ 42.Kd2 gxh3  0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gazik, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 e5 8.Nge2 Nbd7
9.d5 h6 10.Be3 cxd5 11.cxd5 a5 12.Nb5 Nc5 13.Nec3 Nh5 14.O-O-O a4 15.Kb1 f5
16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Nb5 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qd8 19.d6 Nf6 20.Bxh6 a3 21.Bg5 Be6 22.Nc7 Bf7
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qb4 b5 25.Bxb5 Rb8 26.Qxa3 Rb6 27.Qc5 Qb8 28.a4 Qb7 29.Rhe1 Rb8
30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Rc8 32.Qb4 fxe4 33.Qxe4 Kg7 34.d7 Rh8 35.h3 Rh4 36.Qxe5 Rxa4
37.d8=Q Bxe5 38.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.e3 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.Rb1 a6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.Rb3 b5 13.Bh6 Bg4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.d5 Rad8
16.Rb2 e6 17.O-O exd5 18.exd5 Ne7 19.c4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nf5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Bg4 c4 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.d6 Rc5 27.d7 Rd8 28.Kf1 Kf6 29.a3 Ke6
30.Re1+ Re5 31.Red1 Rc5 32.Re1+ Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O c5 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Qa4 a6 15.Bb1 g6
16.e4 b5 17.Qa5 Qd8 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.e5 cxd4 20.Nxb5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 axb5
23.Rd1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Rxd4 Ke7 27.Bd3 Bc6 28.Ke2 Kd6+ 29.Kd2 Ra8
30.a3 Ra4 31.Rxa4 bxa4 32.Bc2 d4 33.g3 g5 34.b3 axb3 35.Bxb3 f6 36.a4 Kc5
37.Bc2 Bd7 38.Bd1 Bf5 39.Bc2 Bd7 40.Ke2 Kb4 41.Kd3 Bf5+ 42.Kd2 Bd7 43.Bd1 Bf5
44.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 f5 17.Re1 f4 18.Ne4 Qh3 19.Qe2 Bg4 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.Bd1 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 fxg3
23.hxg3 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Rf8+ 25.Kg2 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Qe2+ 27.Nf2 Bxg3 28.a4 b4 29.cxb4 Bxf2
30.Rxf2 Qg4+ 31.Kh2 Qxd4 32.Kg2 Nxb4 33.Bd2 Nd3 34.Rff1 Qg4+ 35.Kh1 h5 36.Bc3 h4
37.Rad1 Nf2+ 38.Rxf2 Qxd1+ 39.Kh2 Qxa4 40.Rg2 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.e3 O-O 10.b4 Be6 11.Be2 Qd6 12.Qb3 c6 13.O-O Nd7 14.a4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bd6 14.Rab1 Nf6 15.b4 a6
16.a4 Bg4 17.b5 cxb5 18.axb5 a5 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qc8 21.Qd3 a4 22.b6 Qc6
23.Rfc1 Rec8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Nd7 26.Qd4 a3 27.Na2 Qe6 28.Rc7 Nxe5 29.Rxb7 Qf5
30.Rf1 Rab8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Nb4 Qe6 33.Nxd5 Nd7 34.Ra1 Nxb6 35.Nxb6 Qxb6
36.Qxb6 Rxb6 37.Rxa3 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Rf1 39.f3 h5 40.e4 Re1 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.Rf8 f6
43.Re8 Kg6 44.Re7 Kh6 45.f4 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.g3 b4
9.Ne4 Qa5 10.Bg2 Ba6 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qd1 Rc8 13.O-O Be7 14.Ne5 Qb5 15.a4 bxa3
16.bxa3 Nd5 17.e4 Nc3 18.Qd2 Ne2+ 19.Kh1 O-O 20.Re1 Nxc1 21.Rexc1 Qa4 22.Qe3 Bf6
23.Nf3 Rfd8 24.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.O-O e6 14.f4 Bg7 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.f5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 gxf5 18.exf5 Bxa2 19.Rb2 Bd5 20.f6 Bh8 21.Rf4 h5 22.Bxh5 Rfd8
23.Rg4+ Kh7 24.Bg5 Rac8 25.Rf2 Be6 26.Rh4 Kg8 27.Rf3 c4 28.Rg3 Rd3 29.Bf3 Bf5
30.Bf4+ Bg6 31.Be5 Re8 32.Rxg6+ fxg6 33.Rxh8+ Kf7 34.Rh7+ Ke6 35.Bd4 Kf5
36.Rxa7 Rc8 37.f7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.Qa4 Qc7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Ba3 a5 15.Rac1 Qb7
16.Rc2 Bf8 17.Rfc1 Ra6 18.Ne2 Qb5 19.Kf1 Qxa4 20.bxa4 Rc8 21.Rb1 e6 22.Bxf8 Kxf8
23.Nc1 Rc7 24.Nd3 Nd7 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Rb8+ Ke7 27.Rxc5 Kd6 28.Ke2 Rd7 29.Kd3 e5
30.Rc1 e4+ 31.Kd2 Kc7 32.Rcb1 Ra7 33.Kc3 h5 34.h4 Rd6 35.Kd2 Rd8 36.Rxd8 Kxd8
37.Rb8+ Kc7 38.Rf8 Kd6 39.Rd8+ Ke6 40.Rc8 Ra6 41.Rc7 f6 42.Rb7 Kf5 43.Ke2 g5
44.hxg5 fxg5 45.Kf1 h4 46.Kg1 Kg4 47.Kf1 Ra8 48.Ke2 Rc8 49.Kd2 Kf5 50.Ke2 Rh8
51.Kf1 g4 52.Rf7+ Kg5 53.Rg7+ Kh5 54.Rc7 Rb8 55.Rxc6 Rb1+ 56.Ke2 Rb2+ 57.Kf1 Rxa2
58.Rd6 Rxa4 59.Rxd5+ Kg6 60.Rd6+ Kg5 61.Rd5+ Kf6 62.Rd6+ Kf7 63.Rh6 Ra1+
64.Ke2 Ra2+ 65.Ke1 g3 66.Rxh4 Rxf2 67.d5 a4 68.Rh7+ Kg6 69.Ra7 Rxg2 70.Rxa4 Kf5
71.d6 Rg1+ 72.Ke2 Rd1 73.Ra5+ Kg4 74.Kxd1 g2 75.Rd5 g1=Q+ 76.Kc2 Qa1 77.Kb3 Qa8
78.Kc4 Qa4+ 79.Kc5 Qd7 80.Re5 Kf3 81.Kd5 Qb5+ 82.Ke6 Qe8+ 83.Kd5 Qa8+ 84.Ke6 Qe8+
85.Kd5 Qa8+ 86.Ke6 Kxe3 87.d7 Kd4 88.Rg5 e3 89.Rg4+ Kc3 90.Ke7 Qb7 91.Ke8 Qc6
92.Ke7 e2 93.Rg3+ Kc2  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Re1 c5 18.Ne4 c4 19.Bc2 Be7 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Rae8 22.f3 h6
23.Bd2 f5 24.Re5 f4 25.Qe2 Nb4 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Be4 Nd3 28.Bxf4 Qf7 29.Qg2 g5
30.Be5 Bxe4 31.fxe4 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Rxe5 33.Rd1 g4 34.Rd6 Qa7+ 35.Qf2 Qe7 36.Rg6+ Kh7
37.Rxg4 h5 38.Rf4 Kg7 39.Qd4 Kh7 40.Rf7+ Qxf7 41.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Ne2 e4
9.Bb1 O-O 10.Ng3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Re8 12.O-O d6 13.f3 exf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.exd4 Nxd4
16.Qd3 Nc6 17.Rxf6 gxf6 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Ne4 Re6 20.Bc2 Ne5 21.Rf1 Ke7 22.Kh1 Qa6
23.Bb3 Qxa3 24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.Bg5 Be6 26.Bxf6+ Kd7 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Bc2 Kc7
29.Qe4 Qxc3 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.h3 f5 32.Qh4 Qxc2 33.Qe7+ Bd7 34.Qxe5+ Kc8 35.Qh8+ Kc7
36.Qe5+ Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Ba7
10.Bb2 Be6 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Rc1 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Qb3 Rad8
17.a4 Rfe8 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Ne7 20.Ba5 Qxb3 21.Nxb3 Rd5 22.Bxc7 Rxb5 23.Nd2 Rb2
24.Ba5 Nd5 25.Rb1 Ra2 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Bd4 28.Ra3 b6 29.e4 Nf6 30.Bc3 Bc5
31.Ra2 Rd8 32.Bxe5 Rxd3 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Kf1 Rc3 35.Ke2 b5 36.Rb2 b4 37.Rb3 Rxb3
38.Nxb3 Bb6 39.f3 Kg7 40.f4 Kg6 41.Kf3 f5 42.g4 fxg4+ 43.Kxg4 f5+ 44.exf5+ Kf6
45.h4 Bf2 46.h5 Bb6 47.Nd2 Bd4 48.Nb3 Be3 49.Na5 Ke7 50.Kf3 Bd4 51.Nb3 Bc3
52.Nc5 Bd4 53.Nb3 Bf6 54.Nc5 Bh8 55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Nb3 Bf6 57.Nd2 Kc5 58.Kd3 Kd5
59.Ne4 Bh4 60.f6 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.h3 Re8 10.d5 Nh5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Qd2 c5 13.Nh2 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qxf4 Qe7
16.Nf3 Bd7 17.Rad1 Nc7 18.Bf1 f6 19.Qg3 a6 20.Nd2 g5 21.Be2 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5
23.Nf3 Qf6 24.Nxg5 Qg6 25.Bf1 b5 26.cxb5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Nxb5 28.Nce4 h6 29.Ne6 Bxb2
30.Qh4 Nd4 31.Re3 Nxe6 32.dxe6 Be5 33.e7 Kh8 34.Nf6 Bxf6 35.e8=Q+ Rxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kh7
37.Qa4 Bxh3 38.Ra8 Be5 39.Qxa6 h5 40.Ra7+ Kh6 41.Qa3 Bf5 42.Qe3+ Qg5 43.a4 Bd4
44.Qxg5+ Kxg5 45.Bc4 Be4 46.Kf1 d5 47.f3 Bxf3 48.gxf3 dxc4 49.a5 c3 50.Ke2 Kf4
51.a6 c2 52.Rf7+ Kg3 53.Kd2 c4 54.f4 h4 55.f5 h3 56.Rh7 h2 57.f6 Bxf6 58.a7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Re1 Rc8
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qe2 a6 18.Bxa6 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Bg7 20.Bg5 Nc7 21.Qa5 Ra8 22.Bxd8 Rxa5
23.Bxc7 Rxa4 24.Red1 Nf6 25.Be5 O-O 26.a3 Nd5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Nc2 bxa3 29.Rxa3 Rc4
30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Rc2 32.b3 Rd8 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.Ree1 Rxa1 35.Rxa1 Rb2 36.h4 Rxb3
37.g3 h6 38.Ra5 Kf6 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.Ra7 Rd6 41.Kf3 e5 42.Ra8 Rd3+ 43.Ke4 Rd4+
44.Ke3 Kf5 45.Ra7 f6 46.Rh7 h5 47.Rg7 Rg4 48.Rh7 Rb4 49.Kf3 e4+ 50.Ke2 Rb2+
51.Ke3 Rb3+ 52.Ke2 Rb2+ 53.Ke3 Rb3+ 54.Ke2 Kg4 55.Rh6 Kh3 56.Rxg6 Rf3 57.Rh6 Kg2
58.Rxh5 Rxf2+ 59.Ke3 f5 60.Rg5 Kf1 61.g4 Rf3+ 62.Kd4 e3 63.Rxf5 Rxf5 64.Kxe3 Rf8  0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 b6
9.Nd2 Bb7 10.f3 Qg5 11.e4 Nc6 12.Nb3 a5 13.Qf2 Rfd8 14.Rd1 a4 15.Nc1 a3 16.b3 e5
17.h4 Qg6 18.d5 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.O-O Nc5 22.Ne2 Qf6 23.Rfe1 c6
24.Nxd4 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 cxd5 26.e5 Qg6 27.Rde3 b5 28.f4 Qb6 29.Rg3 g6 30.h5 Kh8
31.hxg6 fxg6 32.e6 Rac8 33.Qe3 Qc7 34.Nxb5  1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.gxf3 c6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.f4 e5
9.fxe5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Qh4 12.Qd6 Rd8 13.Qc7 Nh6 14.Rd1 O-O 15.Rxd8 Rxd8
16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Qxe5 Bd2+ 18.Kf1 Bf4 19.Qa5 Qh3+ 20.Kg1 Rd2 21.Qxa7 Be5 22.Qa5 Bxc3
23.Qxc3 Qxc3 24.bxc3 Rxe2 25.Kg2 Rxe4 26.Rb1 Re7 27.a4 Kf8 28.a5 Ke8 29.Rb6 Rc7
30.c5 Kd8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Rxa6 Kd7 33.Kf3 Rb7 34.Ke3 Rb8 35.Kd4 Rb2 36.f4 Rd2+
37.Ke4 Rd5 38.Ra5 Ke6 39.c4 Rh5 40.Ra6 Rxc5 41.Kd4 Kd6 42.Ra7 Rf5 43.Ke4 Kc5
44.Ra4 Rh5 45.Ra7 f5+ 46.Kf3 Rxh2 47.Rc7 Rd2 48.Rxh7 Kxc4 49.Rc7 Rd6 50.Rb7 c5
51.Rb1 Re6 52.Rc1+ Kb4 53.Rb1+ Ka3 54.Rc1 Rc6 55.Ke3 Kb2  0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Be7
9.Ne1 O-O 10.Ba3 Nb4 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Nc2 Nc6 13.Rc1 Be6 14.Ne3 Qd7 15.Re1 f6
16.Qc2 Nd4 17.Qb1 b5 18.Qa1 f5 19.Nf1 e4 20.d3 exd3 21.exd3 f4 22.gxf4 Rxf4
23.Ne4 Nf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rxf3 25.Bxg7 Bh3 26.Nfg3 Ne6 27.Qe5 Rb6 28.Bf6 Bf8 29.Qh5 Nd4
30.Qg5+ Kf7 31.Bxd4 Rg6 32.Qh5 Bg4 33.Qxh7+ Bg7 34.Bxg7 Rxg7 35.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 a6 11.a4 Bd6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.a5 Nbd7 15.Nd2 Re8
16.e4 dxe4 17.Ndxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf8 19.d5 cxd5 20.Qxd5 Rd8 21.Nxd6 Rxd6
22.Qf3 Ng6 23.Bb2 Bg4 24.Qg3 Qd7 25.Be4 Rd8 26.Rfe1 Bf5 27.h4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rd3
29.f3 h5 30.Rbe1 Rd1 31.Qg5 Rd5 32.Qg3 Qd6 33.Qxd6 R8xd6 34.Bc1 Rd4 35.g3 Rxe4
36.fxe4 Rd4 37.e5 Rxb4 38.Bg5 Rb5 39.e6 fxe6 40.Rxe6 Kf7 41.Rd6 Nf8 42.Bd2 Ke7
43.Rd3 Nd7 44.Bc3 g6 45.Kg2 Ke6 46.Rd4 Nf6 47.Rf4 Nd5 48.Re4+ Kd6 49.Be1 Rb2+
50.Kf3 Rb3+ 51.Kf2 Nf6 52.Rc4 Ng4+ 53.Ke2 Rb2+ 54.Bd2 Ne5 55.Rc8 Ke7 56.Rc5 Nc6
57.Kd3 Kd6 58.Rc1 Kd5 59.Rf1 Ne5+ 60.Kc3 Ra2 61.Rb1 Rxa5 62.Rxb7 Ra3+ 63.Kc2 Rxg3
64.Bg5 Nf3 65.Bd8 Nd4+ 66.Kb2 Re3 67.Bf6 Re6 68.Kc3 Nf3 69.Bd8 Rc6+ 70.Kb4 Rc8
71.Rd7+ Ke6 72.Rd1 Rc2 73.Rd3 Ne5 74.Re3 Kf5 75.Bg5 Rc4+ 76.Kb3 Rd4 77.Kc2 a5
78.Re1 Rc4+ 79.Kb3 a4+ 80.Ka3 Nf3 81.Rf1 Kg4  0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.f3 e5 8.Nge2 h6
9.Be3 a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.g4 exd4 13.Bxd4 O-O-O 14.Nf4 Qf8 15.Rhe1 Kb8
16.Nce2 Nd7 17.Qc3 Be5 18.Nd3 f5 19.f4 fxe4 20.Nb4 Bxf4+ 21.Kb1 Ne5 22.Rf1 g5
23.Nxc6+ bxc6 24.Qb3+ Kc8 25.Qe6+ Kb7 26.Qb3+ Kc8 27.Qa4 Kb7 28.Qb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Nh6 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 a5 13.bxa5 c5 14.Qb3 Rxa5 15.Ne1 f5 16.f3 Kh8
17.Na4 Ra6 18.Rb1 Bd7 19.Nc3 Bc8 20.Nd3 Neg8 21.f4 exf4 22.Nxf4 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nf5
24.Qh3 Ngh6 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Rxa2 27.Bg5 Qe8 28.e7 Rxe2 29.Nxd6 Nxd6 30.exf8=Q+ Bxf8
31.Bxh6 Bxh6 32.Qxh6 Nf5 33.Qg5 h6 34.Qf4 Re7 35.Qf2 Qc6 36.Rbe1 Rd7 37.g4 Ng7
38.Qf6 Qxf6 39.Rxf6 Kh7 40.Re5 h5 41.g5 Rc7 42.Rf8 Rd7 43.Rb8 Rc7 44.Rd8 Rf7
45.Red5 Ne6 46.R8d6 Nf4 47.Rd7 Nh3+ 48.Kg2 Nf4+ 49.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Re8 8.Nd3 Bxc3
9.dxc3 Nxe4 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.Re1 Qd7 12.f3 Nf6 13.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Bb7 8.a3 Be7
9.Nf4 Bg5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Bxf4 12.exf4 d5 13.c5 bxc5 14.dxc5 d4 15.Ne4 f5
16.Ng5 Qd5 17.Nf3 Qxc5 18.Rfe1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Re8 20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Bxf5 Nd7 22.Be4 Rab8
23.b4 Nf6 24.Bc6 Re7 25.Re5 Rbe8 26.Rb5 Qa6 27.Ra5 Qb6 28.Rb5 Qa6 29.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ochoa de Echaguen, F Javier"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Ba3 a6
9.c3 Qc7 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bb1 b6 13.c4 Bb7 14.Bb2 Rfe8 15.b4 Rac8
16.Re1 Qb8 17.a3 Qa8 18.f3 Ne5 19.N4b3 Nh5 20.Bd4 Nf4 21.Re3 b5 22.c5 dxc5
23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.Bxc5 Rd8 25.Be7 Nc4 26.Re1 Rd7 27.Bg5 Qa7+ 28.Kh1 Nb2 29.Qc2 Nbd3
30.Bh4 Nxe1 31.Bxe1 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Qh5 Rg8 14.g3 Rg4 15.f4 Bg7
16.c3 b4 17.Nc2 bxc3 18.Nxc3 exf4 19.exf5 Rg5 20.Qxh7 Bxc3+ 21.bxc3 Bd5 22.gxf4 Qe7+
23.Kd1 Bf3+ 24.Kc1 Ne5 25.f6 Qxf6 26.fxe5 Qf4+ 27.Kb2 Qd2 28.Bb5+ axb5 29.Rhf1 Qd5
30.Qh8+ Kd7 31.Qf6 b4 32.Qxg5 bxc3+ 33.Kc1 dxe5 34.Qe3 Bh5 35.Qxc3 Ke7 36.Qd2 Qc4
37.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c6 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.b3 Nc6 12.e3 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5
9.Bf3 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Qc7 12.Be3 Rb8 13.f4 Re8 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nfd7
16.Rxf7 Kxf7 17.Qh5+ Kf8 18.Rf1+ Nf6 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Ndb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Qd7
22.Qxh7 Qe7 23.Rxf6+ Qxf6 24.Bxc5+ Re7 25.Qh8+ Kf7 26.Nd6+  1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Qg5 12.Nd3 Bf5 13.O-O Bxd3 14.cxd3 Nd6 15.b4 Qg6
16.Bc2 c6 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Rc1 Nxc2 19.Qxc2 Nc8 20.d4 Bxd4 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Bc3 Nb6
23.Rfe1 Rd7 24.Kf1 Rfd8 25.Rc2 f6 26.Ke2 Kf7 27.Rb1 a6 28.g3 Re8 29.Kf3 Na4
30.h4 Ba7 31.Ke2 Red8 32.Re1 Rd3 33.Rb1 R3d7 34.Re1 Nb6 35.Rb1 Nc8 36.a4 Nd6
37.Kf3 Re8 38.Ke2 Bb6 39.Kf3 Bd8 40.Ke2 f5 41.Kf3 Bf6 42.Ke2 Ne4 43.b5 Bxc3
44.dxc3 cxb5 45.axb5 a5 46.b6 Nxg3+ 47.fxg3 Rde7 48.Kf2 Rxe3 49.Rd1 R3e6
50.Rb2 Rc6 51.Rb3 a4 52.Ra3 Rxb6 53.Rxa4 Rb2+ 54.Kf3 Ree2 55.Kf4 Rg2 56.Rd3 Rbd2
57.Rad4 Rxd3 58.Rxd3 Ke6 59.Kg5 Ke5 60.Re3+ Kd5 61.Rf3 Ke4 62.Rf4+ Ke3 63.Kxg6 Rxg3+
64.Kxf5 Kd3 65.Rb4 Kxc3 66.Rxb7 Kd2 67.h5 Ke2 68.Rb4 Kf2 69.Ra4 Kg2 70.Rb4 Kh3
71.Ra4 Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Be7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Bf6 13.Qd2 Bf5 14.O-O Be4 15.Rac1 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 Qe7 17.Rfd1 Rad8 18.Qd2 Rd6 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Rfd8 21.Rc3 h6 22.f3 Bg6
23.Rd2 R6d7 24.Bd1 Rc7 25.Bb3 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 Qg5 27.Rd4 Rd6 28.Qd2 Qe7 29.e4 a5
30.Bxd5 Rb6 31.f4 axb4 32.axb4 Ra6 33.h3 Qh4 34.Rd3 b5 35.Kh2 Qe7 36.Qc3 Ra4
37.f5 Bh5 38.Rg3 Qf8 39.f6 g6 40.e5 Rxb4 41.e6 fxe6 42.Bxe6+ Kh8 43.Qe5 g5
44.Rc3  1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 a5 13.Bb2 Ng5 14.d5 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 e5
16.Be2 Qe7 17.f3 g6 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.Rae1 axb4 20.axb4 b5 21.f4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxd5
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Bxd5+ Nxd5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 c6 27.b5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Qxb5 29.Qb1 Rxf1+
30.Rxf1 Rb8 31.Rf2 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.h3 Kf7 34.Qa1 e4 35.Bd4 Ke6 36.Qa8 Ne7
37.Qh8 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.g3 Qd2+ 40.Kg1 Kd7 41.Bf6 Qe3+ 42.Kg2 Qf3+ 43.Kh2 Qf2+
44.Kh1 Qxg3 45.Qg7 Qxh3+ 46.Kg1 Qg3+ 47.Kf1 Qd6 48.Ke2 Ke6 49.Bd4 Qh2+ 50.Ke1 Qg3+
51.Ke2 Qf3+ 52.Ke1 Qg3+ 53.Ke2 Qg4+ 54.Ke1 Qh4+ 55.Ke2 Nf5 56.Qg8+ Kd7 57.Qf7+ Qe7
58.Qc4 e3 59.Bc3 Qe6 60.Qa6 Qd6 61.Qc4 Qd5 62.Qa4 Qb5+ 63.Qxb5 cxb5  0-1

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Be3 c6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 d5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Qd6 14.Bg3 Qe6 15.Kf1 Rad8
16.Kg2 b5 17.Bb3 a5 18.a3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Nh5 20.exd5 Qg6 21.Kh2 cxd5 22.d4 Bd6
23.Rg1 f5 24.Qd3 Qf6 25.f4 Nxf4 26.Qf3 Ne6 27.Nxd5 Qf7 28.Bxd6 Rxd6 29.Nf4 Nxd4
30.Qc3 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Qd3 Rfd8 33.Rae1 Nxb3 34.Qg3 Nd4 35.Nh5 g6 36.Nf4 g5
37.h4 g4 38.f3 h5 39.fxg4 hxg4 40.h5 Kh7 41.Ref1 Qf6 42.Kh1 R6d7 43.Rg2 Nf3
44.Ng6 Rd1 45.Rf2 Rxf1+ 46.Rxf1 Rd2 47.Qc7+ Kh6 48.Qf4+ Qg5 49.Qxg5+ Kxg5  0-1

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.Nf3 c5
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc5 14.Qa3 a6 15.Bc4 Bxd4
16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.Ba2 Rd3 18.Qb4 a5 19.Qb1 b6 20.Be3 Ba6 21.h4 Rad8 22.Qc2 Qe5
23.Rab1 Rc3 24.Qb2 Nxa4 25.Qa1 Qc7 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qxa4 b5 28.Qa2+ Rc4 29.Bb6 Qxb6
30.Qxc4+ Kg7 31.Qc3+ Kf7 32.e5 b4 33.e6+ Kg8 34.Qg3 Rd3 35.Qf4 Qd8 36.h5 Qf8
37.Qg5 Ra3 38.hxg6 h6 39.Qd5 Bd3 40.Ra1 Qf5 41.Qd8+ Qf8 42.Qxf8+ Kxf8 43.Rxa3 bxa3
44.Ra1 a4 45.Rxa3 Bc2 46.f4 Kg7 47.f5 h5 48.g3 Kf6 49.Kf2 Bxf5 50.Rxa4 Bxg6
51.Ra6 Ke5 52.Ke3 Bf5 53.Ra5+ Kxe6 54.Kf4 Bg4 55.Rg5 Kf6 56.Re5 Bd1 57.Re1 Bg4
58.Re5 e6 59.Rg5 Bd1 60.Re5 Bg4 61.Re1 Bf5 62.Re5 Bg4 63.Re1 Bf5 64.Re3 Bg4
65.Re1 Bf5 66.Re3 Bg4 67.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 c6 5.d4 cxd5 6.dxc5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.Qg4 g6
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.Qh4 Qd6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.e4 Qe7 14.Ng5 Nd8 15.a3 Nh5
16.Bb4 Qf6 17.O-O a5 18.Bc3 Qe7 19.b4 f6 20.Nf3 Ne6 21.g3 d6 22.Nd2 Neg7
23.Bb5+ Bd7 24.Bxd7+ Qxd7 25.f4 Rc8 26.Rac1 O-O 27.bxa5 Rc6 28.Bb4 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rc8
30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Bxd6 h6 32.f5 Qc1+ 33.Nf1 Qd1 34.Bb4 g5 35.Qh3 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 Qxe4+
37.Qg2 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Nxf5 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Ke4 Ne7 41.Ne3 Ng7 42.Nc4 Ne8 43.Bxe7 Kxe7
44.Kd5 h5 45.a4 Kd7 46.Nb6+ Kc7 47.Na8+ Kd8 48.Nb6 Ng7 49.Nc4 Kc7 50.Nd6 g4
51.Nb5+ Kb8 52.Nd6 Ka7 53.Nc4 Ka6 54.Ke4 Ka7 55.Kd5 Ka6 56.Ke4 Ne6 57.Kf5 Nd4+
58.Kxf6 e4 59.Ke5 e3 60.Nxe3 Nf3+ 61.Kf4 Nxh2 62.Nc4 Nf1 63.Nd6 Kxa5 64.Nxb7+ Kxa4
65.Nc5+ Kb4 66.Ne4 Kc4 67.Nf6 Nxg3 68.Nxh5 Nxh5+ 69.Kxg4 Nf4 70.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.e3 Na5
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 c6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.d5 Rb8 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Rb1 Rd8
16.Na2 c5 17.Nd2 Qe5 18.e4 f5 19.Nxc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 fxe4 21.Nc3 Bf5 22.Rbe1 Rd4
23.b3 Rbd8 24.Re2 Bg5 25.f4 Bxf4 26.g3 Bg5 27.Bxf7+ Kh8 28.Nb1 Bh3 29.Rfe1 Rf8
30.Bh5 e3 31.Na3 Qf6  0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bc4 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Bd7 14.h4 Rfc8 15.h5 e5
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Qb3 Nd8 18.Bh6 exd4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nxd4 Nc6 21.Nf3 Qb4 22.Qd3 Qe7
23.Bxf7 Ne5 24.Rxc8 Nxd3 25.Rxa8 Qc5 26.Kg1 Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Nf4 28.Rg1 Kxf7
29.Rb8 Bc6 30.Rd8 Ne6 31.Rd2 Qc5 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Kh1 Qh5+ 34.Kg1 Qc5+ 35.Kh1 Ng5
36.Nd4 Qc3 37.Rdd1 Bxe4 38.Ne6+ Nxe6 39.Rxe4 Qc6 40.Rde1 Kf6 41.Rf1+ Kg7
42.Rfe1 Ng5 43.Re7+ Kh6 44.Rb1 Ne6 45.Rf7 Nc5 46.Rc1 Qd5 47.Rf3 Nd3 48.Rb1 Ne5
49.Rh3+ Kg7 50.a3 b5 51.Rg3 a6 52.Rb4 Nc4 53.Rbb3 Qd1+ 54.Kh2 Qh5+ 55.Rh3 Qe5+
56.Kh1 Nd2 57.Rb4 Qe1+ 58.Kh2 Nf1+ 59.Kh1 Ng3+ 60.Kh2 Ne2  0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Qc2 c5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Be3 c4 13.Qxb7 Nb4 14.a3 Rb8 15.Qxa7 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Qc2 Be7 12.O-O b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.e4 b4
16.e5 Nh5 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Qb1 Kh8 19.Bd2 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Ng3 Qf7 22.Rfe1 Rg8
23.Be4 Nxg3 24.hxg3 bxa3 25.bxa3 Bc5 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Rxe3 Rgd8 28.Rde1 Rd6
29.Rb3 Rd7 30.Rb6 Rcc7 31.Qa1 Kg8 32.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.h3 b5 8.O-O Bb6
9.Re1 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 c6 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.Qf3 Bc7 15.Re1 Qd6
16.g3 Bxh3 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Nd2 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Bf5 20.d4 Qg6+ 21.Qg3 f6 22.Re7 Rfe8
23.Rae1 Kf8 24.Qxg6 Bxg6 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.Nf1 Ke7 28.Ne3 Ke6
29.Kg2 a5 30.Kg3 Bb1 31.a3 a4 32.Kg4 g6 33.f3 Bd3 34.Kh4 Bf5 35.Kg3 g5 36.fxg5 fxg5
37.f4 gxf4+ 38.Kxf4 Bg6 39.Kg5 Be4 40.Ng4 Bf3 41.Nh6 Be2 42.Nf5 Bd3 43.Ng7+ Kf7
44.Nh5 Be4 45.Ng3 Bg6 46.Nf5 Bxf5 47.Kxf5 h5 48.Kg5 Ke6 49.Kxh5 Kf5 50.Kh6 Ke4
51.Kg5 Kd3 52.Kf5 Kc2 53.Ke5 Kxb2 54.Kxd5 Kxc3 55.Ke5 b4 56.d5 bxa3 57.d6 a2
58.d7 a1=Q 59.d8=Q Kc2+ 60.Kf5 Qc3 61.Qa8 a3 62.Kg5 Qe5+ 63.Kh4 Qf6+ 64.Kh5 Qf7+
65.Kg5 a2 66.Qe4+ Kc3 67.Qe3+ Kc4 68.Qe2+ Kc5 69.Qe3+ Kc6 70.Qc3+ Kd7 71.Qd4+ Ke8
72.Qh8+ Ke7 73.Qe5+ Kf8 74.Qb8+ Qe8 75.Qf4+ Kg8 76.Qc4+ Qf7 77.Qc8+ Kg7 78.Qc3+ Kf8
79.Qc8+ Qe8 80.Qf5+ Kg7 81.Qf6+ Kg8 82.Qa1 Qf7  0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Qc2 a6 12.Rfd1 Bd6 13.e3 Qe7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Qf5 g6
16.Qc2 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 b5 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Be5 22.Bc6 Bxb2
23.Qxb2 Rcd8 24.Qc2 Rf8 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Qxc7 Qd2 28.a4 Qd5 29.Qc3 Rb8
30.h4 h5 31.Qc7 Rf8 32.Qc3 Rb8 33.Qb4 a5 34.Qc3 bxa4 35.bxa4 Rb4 36.Qf6 Kh7
37.Kh2 Rb8 38.Rc7 Kg8 39.Re7 Qc4 40.e4 Rf8 41.e5 Qd4 42.Rc7 Qd5 43.Rc6 Qd4
44.Ra6 Qc3 45.Qe7 Qd4 46.Rf6 Kg7 47.Rf4 Qd5 48.Rf6 Qd4 49.Qd6 Rd8 50.Qc7 Rd7
51.Qc6 Re7 52.Rxg6+ fxg6 53.Qf6+ Kg8 54.Qxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nc5 8.O-O d6
9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Nf3 Ne4 13.Bd3 f5 14.Be3 Qf6 15.Bd4 Qh6
16.Be5 Rae8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Re1 Bd7 19.c3 Kh8 20.Qc2 Qg6 21.Re2 c5 22.Nd2 Ng5
23.Kh1 Rxe2 24.Bxe2 Bc6 25.f3 Re8 26.Nf1 Qe6 27.Bd3 f4 28.Qd2 Nxf3 29.Qxf4 Ne1
30.Rxe1 Qxe1 31.Qxd6 Be4 32.Bb5 Qf2 33.Qg3 Rf8 34.h3 Qxb2  0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Na2 Bd6 13.b4 a5 14.b5 c5 15.Bb2 Rc8
16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Qd2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Ne4 19.Qxa5 Ra8 20.Qe1 Rxa4 21.Qe2 Rfa8 22.Nc3 Nxc3
23.Bxc3 Be5 24.Bb3 Ra3 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Qc2 g5 27.Qc3 Nd7 28.Rfd1 Nf6 29.Rd4 R3a5
30.b6 Rb5 31.Qc7 Qa3 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Qxd8+ Qf8 34.Qxf8+ Kxf8 35.Rc8+ Ke7
36.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 b6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qa4 c5 11.Ba6 cxd4 12.exd4 Bxa6 13.Qxa6 Nh5 14.Bg3 Bg5 15.Rc2 Re8+
16.Re2 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Raxc8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 19.Kd1 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Nf6 21.Re1 Ne4
22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Nxg5 hxg5 24.g4 g6 25.Kd2 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.f3 Rd8 28.fxe4 Rxd4+
29.Kc3 Ra4 30.exf5 Kf7 31.Re6 Rg4 32.Rd6 Ke7 33.Re6+ Kf7 34.Rd6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 Qd8
9.Bc4 Nc6 10.O-O Nd5 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Qxd5 Bf6 14.Rfd1 Na5 15.Rac1 Be6
16.Qe4 Re8 17.d5 Bd7 18.Qf4 Rc8 19.Bd4 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6 21.h3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qf6
23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.Nd4 Red8 25.Nde2 Kg7 26.Nf4 Bf5 27.f3 Kf8 28.Kf2 Rd7 29.g4 Rdc7
30.Nce2 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Nxc1 Bb1 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Kd4 Kd6 35.b4 Nd7 36.Nfe2 Ne5
37.f4 Ng6 38.Nc3 Bc2 39.N1e2 a6 40.a4 f5 41.g5 Bb3 42.Ng3 Nxf4 43.Nxf5+ Kc7
44.h4 Bc2 45.Ne3 Bg6 46.a5 b6 47.axb6+ Kxb6 48.Nc4+ Kc7 49.Na4 Ng2 50.Nc5 Nxh4
51.Nxa6+ Kc8 52.b5 Nf3+ 53.Kc5 Nxg5 54.d6 Bd3 55.d7+ Kxd7 56.Ne5+ Kc8 57.Nxd3 Ne6+
58.Kc4 Kb7 59.Nac5+ Kb6 60.Nxe6 fxe6 61.Nc5  1-0

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 c4
9.Bf5 Qa5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.f3 Nb6 15.Bf4 Bd7
16.e4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ba4 18.Qc1 Bc6 19.e5 Na4 20.Nb1 Qb6 21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Bg5 Bf5
23.Nd2 Bd3 24.Bf6 Qb2 25.Qxb2 Nxb2 26.a4 b5 27.axb5 Reb8 28.Nf1 Rxb5 29.Ne3 Rab8
30.Rxa7 Bf5 31.g4 Bc8 32.f4 Nd3 33.Rf1 Bb7 34.f5 Ra8 35.Rxa8+ Bxa8 36.e6 fxe6
37.fxe6 h6 38.Be7 Rb8 39.Bd6 Re8 40.e7 Kg7 41.Rf8 Bc6 42.Nxd5  1-0

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Re1 Be6 14.c3 Re8 15.Bc2 Rb8
16.Qd4 a5 17.Re3 Qc7 18.Rae1 c5 19.Qd3 g5 20.Bg3 Bd6 21.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 Bf5 8.Ne5 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Bb6 12.O-O d4 13.exd4 Bxd4 14.Nb5 Nc6 15.Rc1 a6
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Qb3 Nd5 18.Bg3 Na5 19.Qc2 Nb4 20.Nxb4 Qxb4 21.Be5 Nc6 22.Bc3 Qc4
23.b3 Qg4 24.h3 Qg5 25.Rcd1 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Rd3 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 f6
30.a4 Ne5 31.Qd2 Kf7 32.Kh1 Qc6 33.Qe3 Qd5 34.Bd4 Nc6 35.Bc5 Ne5 36.Bd4 Nc6
37.Bc5 Ne5 38.f4 Nd3 39.Qe7+ Kg6 40.Be3 h6 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qc8 Ne1 43.Qg4 Qd3
44.Bg1 f5 45.Qh4 Nc2 46.Qh5 Ne1 47.Qh4 Nc2 48.Qh5 Qe4 49.Qd1 Nb4 50.Qd4 Nd5
51.Qxe4 fxe4 52.g3 Kg6 53.Kg2 Kf5 54.Bc5 h5 55.Bd6 g6 56.Kf2 Ke6 57.Bb8 Nb4
58.g4 Nc6 59.Bc7 Nd4 60.b4 hxg4 61.hxg4 Kd5 62.Bb6 Nc2 63.b5 axb5 64.axb5 Na3
65.Bd8 Nxb5 66.f5 gxf5 67.gxf5 Nd6 68.f6 b5 69.Be7 Nf7 70.Ke3 Ke5 71.Kd2 Kd4
72.Ke2 Ng5 73.Ba3 Ke5 74.Be7 Nf7 75.Ke3 Nh6 76.Ke2 Kf5 77.Kd2 Ke6 78.Ke3 Ke5
79.Ke2 Kd4 80.Bf8 Nf7 81.Be7 Ne5 82.Bd6 Nf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 Be7 12.Re1 Be6 13.c3 Qc7 14.Qf3 Rfe8 15.Re3 Ng4
16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Re2 c5 18.b3 Nf6 19.h3 Bd6 20.Rae1 Qc7 21.Bg5 Nd7 22.Qh5 Nf8
23.Bd2 Qd7 24.f4 c4 25.Bc2 f6 26.Bf5 Rab8 27.Kh1 Bxf5 28.Rxe8 Rb7 29.Qf3 Bg6
30.Ra8 cxb3 31.axb3 Qc6 32.f5 Bf7 33.Bf4 Rd7 34.Bxd6 Qxa8 35.Bxf8 Qxf8 36.b4 Re7
37.Qg3 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 Qc8 39.Qe7 d4 40.cxd4 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qf4+ 42.Kh1 Qf1+ 43.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 Nd7 8.e3 g6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b4 Qd6 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Bg4 15.Nd2 Be6
16.Rfc1 Nd7 17.Ne2 Rfe8 18.Rab1 Bg4 19.Nc3 Be6 20.Qc2 Rac8 21.Ne2 f5 22.Nb3 b6
23.Nf4 Bf7 24.g3 Qf6 25.a5 Bf8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Nd2 b5 28.Nf3 Bd6 29.Ra1 Nb6
30.Bf1 Nc4 31.Nd3 Rc7 32.Ra6 Ree7 33.Nc5 g5 34.Bd3 Bh5 35.Ra8+ Kg7 36.Ne1 Rf7
37.Rca1 Rce7 38.Ng2 Bf3 39.R1a6 Bc7 40.Rc8 Be4 41.Qe2 Bxd3 42.Qxd3 Rf8 43.Rxf8 Kxf8
44.Qd1 Kg7 45.Nd3 Kh7 46.Kh1 Bb6 47.h4 Ra7 48.Rxa7+ Bxa7 49.Qa1 Qe7 50.Qa6 Qc7
51.hxg5 hxg5 52.Nge1 Kg8 53.Nf3 f4 54.exf4 Qh7+ 55.Kg2 Qxd3 56.Qc8+ Kg7 57.Qd7+ Kg6
58.Qxc6+ Kh5 59.Qe8+ Kh6 60.fxg5+ Kg7 61.Qe7+ Kg8 62.Qe6+ Kf8 63.g6 Ne3+
64.Qxe3 Qxe3 65.fxe3 Bb8 66.Ng5 Bd6 67.Ne6+ Kg8 68.Kf3 Bxb4 69.Nc7 Ba5 70.Nxb5 Kg7
71.Na7 Bc7 72.Nc6 Bd6 73.Ne5  1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 Qg6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h3 a6 11.d5 Nbd7 12.Kb1 b5 13.Na5 Nb6 14.a3 Nfd7 15.g3 Nc5
16.Bg2 Rxf4 17.Qxf4 Bg5 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Bf5 20.Qd4 Bxc2+ 21.Ka2 Bf6
22.Qd2 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 Re8 24.g4 Qf7 25.Ka1 Be5 26.Qd3 Qxf2 27.Rf1 Qg2 28.Qf5 Bf6
29.Rf2 Qxh3 30.Nc6 Qh6 31.Ka2 Qg5 32.Qxg5 Bxg5 33.Nb4 Bf6 34.Nxa6 Bxc3 35.bxc3 Nxd5  0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 h6
9.O-O Ba6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qd3 Qc8 13.c4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 c5 15.d5 b5
16.Qxb5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Qc4 Nb6 19.Qc2 Qe6 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Rab1 Nd5 22.Qc4 Ndc7
23.Qxe6 Nxe6 24.Ne5 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rb8 26.Rxb8+ Nxb8 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.Ke2 Ke7
29.Kd3 f6 30.Nc4 Nc7 31.e4 Ne6 32.Ne3 Kd6 33.Kc4 Nd4 34.Nf5+ Nxf5 35.Bf4+ Kc6
36.Bxb8 Nd6+ 37.Bxd6 Kxd6 38.f4 g5 39.g3 g4 40.a4 a6 41.a5 h5 42.e5+ fxe5
43.fxe5+ Kxe5 44.Kxc5 Ke4 45.Kb6 Kf3 46.Kxa6 Kg2 47.Kb5 Kxh2 48.a6 h4 49.a7  1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bg5 c5 12.d5 Qd6 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rad1 c4 15.Bh6 Na6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Ng3 Nc7 18.Qg5 h6 19.Nh5+ Kh7 20.Qf6 gxh5 21.e5 Qc5 22.Bc2+ Kg8 23.Qxh6 f5
24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Qxh5+ Kg7 26.Qg5+ Kf7 27.dxe6+ Kxe6 28.Rd6+ Kxe5 29.Qe7+ Kf4
30.g3+  1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 Re8 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Ncxe7 15.O-O Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Qc7 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Qd3 Qb6 20.b4 Red8 21.Qe4 Bc6 22.Qe5 Bd5
23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.Nb3 Nf6 25.h3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd3 27.Nd4 Rxa3 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.Qb8 Ra1+
30.Kh2 Ne4 31.f4 Nd2 32.h4 Nf1+ 33.Kh3 Nxe3 34.Rh8+ Kg6 35.h5+ Kxh5 36.Qe5+ f5
37.Qxe3 Rh1+ 38.Kg3 Rb1 39.Re8 Qxb4 40.Qe2+ Kg6 41.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nc6
9.O-O Re8 10.b4 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rxe5 14.Bf4 Re8 15.a4 Bd7
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.a5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.d4 h4 8.d5 Nce7 9.e4 f5
10.Bg5 h3 11.Bf3 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qd2 Kf8 14.O-O Neg8 15.Nc1 Nh6 16.Nd3 Kg7
17.Bh1 Nf7 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.f4 Qe7 20.c5 Rae8 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.b4 b6 23.Re2 Rhf8
24.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Bb7 14.d3 Qd7 15.Nd2 c5
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bd2 Kh8 19.Qh5 f5 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Qc6 22.f3 c4
23.Bc2 b4 24.dxc4 Qxc4 25.Re5 Nxc3 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 g6 29.Qh6 Kg8
30.Rf6 Qd3 31.Kg2 Nd4 32.Rf1 Nxf3 33.R6xf3 Qe2+ 34.Kg1 Bxf3 35.Rf2 Qd1+ 36.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Qd1 Be6 7.Nf3 g6 8.h3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Nb6 12.Nd5 Bxb2 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh6 Bxa1 15.Bxf8 Kxf8
16.Qxa1 Kf7 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.f4 Ne7 19.Nf3 Bxd5 20.cxd5 c6 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Bc4+ d5
23.Bb3 Nc5 24.e5 f5 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.e6 Qb6 27.Kh2 Rf8 28.Nf7 Rxf7 29.exf7+ Kxf7
30.Qe5 Ne4 31.Bc2 Nd2 32.Re1 Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Bg4 14.f3 Bf5 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Nd2 Bd3 17.Rf2 b4 18.cxb4 Qc7 19.Nf1 Bxf1 20.Kxf1 Bxh2 21.Rc2 Qb6 22.Qd3 Qf6
23.Be3 Bg3 24.Ke2 Rfe8 25.Rh1 h6 26.Kd1 Re6 27.Bd2 Rae8 28.Rc5 Re2 29.Qxe2 Rxe2
30.Kxe2 Qxd4 31.Rf1 Qe5+ 32.Kd1 Qxb2 33.Rxd5 Qxa2 34.Rd3 Qa1+ 35.Ke2 Qe5+
36.Re3 Qh5 37.Be1 Bf4 38.Re4 Qb5+ 39.Kf2 Bg3+ 40.Kg1 Bh2+ 41.Kxh2 Qxf1 42.Re8+ Kh7
43.Bg3 Qb5 44.Rb8 Qc4 45.Rb6 h5 46.Kh3 Qc8+ 47.Kh2 h4 48.Bd6 Qc4 49.Bb8 f6
50.Bd6 g5 51.Bb8 f5 52.Be5 g4 53.Rb7+ Kg6 54.Rg7+ Kh6 55.Rc7 Qxb4 56.f4 Qe1  0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Qb3 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd1 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Bc4 17.O-O a6 18.Rc1 b5 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 bxc4 21.Qa4 Qb6 22.Qxc4 Qxb2
23.Qxa6 Nd5 24.Bf2 Nc5 25.Qd6 Nd3 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.Qxd5 Nxf2
29.Qc5 Nh3+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Nh3+ 32.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[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.Nxe5 Qd4
9.Nf3 Qxe4 10.Qxe4 Nxe4 11.Re1 Nd6 12.Nd4 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nc3 Kd7 15.d3 Rae8
16.Bd2 b6 17.Ne4 Bg6 18.Bc3 f6 19.Ng3 h5 20.Re2 h4 21.Nf1 Bh5 22.Ree1 c5
23.Ne6 Bf7 24.Nxg7 Reg8 25.Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.Re1+ Kd7 27.Bxf6 Rh6 28.Re7+ Kc6
29.Be5 Rg6 30.Nd2 R8xg7 31.Bxg7 Rxg7 32.Nf3 b5 33.Nxh4 Rg8 34.a3 Bd5 35.f4 a5
36.Kf2 a4 37.g4 b4 38.Nf3 Bxf3 39.Kxf3 bxa3 40.bxa3 Nb5 41.Re6+ Kb7 42.Re4 Ra8
43.c4 Nxa3 44.Re2 Kc6 45.Rb2 Rh8 46.Rh2 Nb1 47.g5 a3 48.Kg4 Nc3 49.g6 a2
50.Rxa2 Nxa2 51.h4 Kd6 52.h5 Nb4 53.Kg5 Nc6 54.g7 Rg8 55.Kf6 Re8 56.Kf7 Re7+
57.Kf6 Re6+ 58.Kg5 Ne7 59.h6 Rg6+  0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.Nd5 f5
9.e3 h6 10.Bf6 Bxf6 11.Nxf6+ Kf7 12.Nd5 Ne5 13.Nd4 c6 14.Nc3 a6 15.Be2 c5
16.Nf3 Be6 17.b3 Qa5 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Rd1 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.O-O d5
23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa5 25.Rxb5 Qa7 26.Ne2 Rb8 27.Ra5 Qb6 28.Nf4 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Rd1 Qb4 31.Qc2 Ra3 32.h4 Qc3 33.Qe2 Qe5 34.Qd2 c4 35.Rb1 c3 36.Qc2 d4
37.Nxe6 Qxe6 38.exd4 Qc4 39.Be2 Qxd4 40.h5 Kf6 41.Qc1 Rxa2 42.Qxh6 Qc5 43.Re1 Rd2
44.Kh1 Qb4 45.f4 Rd8 46.Bc4 c2 47.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.h3 b6
9.Re1 Bb7 10.a4 Re8 11.d5 a5 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 c6
16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd2 Rad8 18.Nc4 Qb7 19.Qe3 Qc7 20.b3 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Rad1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nxa4 26.Rd5 Re6 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.Rxe5 Rxe5
29.Nxe5 Nc5 30.Qc3 f6 31.Nc4 h5 32.Qd4 Nd7 33.Qd5 h4 34.Kg2 hxg3 35.fxg3 Ne5
36.Nxe5 Qxc2+ 37.Kf3 Qf5+ 38.Kg2 Qc2+ 39.Kf3 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 f5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Ne2 d6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.c4 c5
9.Nbc3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 Re8 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rab1 Rc8 14.Rfd1 b6 15.b3 a6
16.c5 dxc5 17.dxc5 Nb8 18.cxb6 Qxb6 19.Nd5 Qa7 20.a4 Nc6 21.b4 Ne5 22.b5 Nc4
23.b6 Nxd2 24.bxa7 Nxb1 25.Nb6 Rc7 26.Rxd7 Rxa7 27.Rxa7 Rxe2 28.Ra8+ Bf8
29.Bf1 Rd2 30.Bxa6 Kg7 31.Rc8 Bb4 32.Rc4 Rb2 33.Nd5 Be1 34.Rf4 Nd2 35.Bd3 Ne4
36.Bxe4 fxe4 37.Kf1 Rb1 38.Rxe4 Bb4+ 39.Kg2 Bc5 40.Rc4 Ba7 41.Nb4 Rb2 42.Nc2 h5
43.Kf3 g5 44.h3 Kg6 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.hxg4 Kf6 47.Ne3 Bxe3 48.fxe3 Ra2 49.Ke4 Ke6
50.Rc6+ Ke7 51.Ra6 f6 52.Ra8 Kf7 53.a5 Kg7 54.Kd5 Rg2 55.Rc8 Rxg4 56.Rc4 Rg3
57.Rc3 Rg1 58.Ra3 Rd1+ 59.Kc6 Rc1+ 60.Kd7 g4 61.Ke6 g3 62.e4 g2 63.Rg3+ Kf8
64.Rxg2 Ra1 65.Kxf6 Rxa5 66.e5 Ra6+ 67.e6 Ra7 68.Rb2 Rf7+ 69.exf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Re8
9.h3 a6 10.e4 b5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qe2 c6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.a3 Rad8
16.b4 Nb6 17.Nd2 Bh6 18.c5 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 Nc4 21.Qc2 Rd8 22.Rd1 Nxb2
23.Qxb2 Nh5 24.Kh2 Bc8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Ne2 Qc7 27.Qd2 Be6 28.h4 Ng7 29.Ng1 f6
30.Bf3 Qe7 31.Bd1 Bc4 32.Bg4 Be6 33.Bd1 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Qc2 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Be7
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Rac1 Qe8 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qa4 Bc6
16.Qxa7 g5 17.Nd4 gxh4 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Bb5 Rd6 20.Qa4 h3 21.gxh3 Qd8 22.Rxd6 Bxd6
23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.Rd1 Nc5 25.Qc6 Qg5+ 26.Kh1 Bxh2 27.Kxh2 Kh7 28.Qf3 Qe5+ 29.Kh1 f5
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.exf4 Ne4 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Rd6 Rxf4 34.Kg2 b5 35.Rxe6 Kg7 36.Re5 b4
37.Rb5 e3 38.fxe3 Re4 39.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c6
9.a4 e5 10.Nge2 exd4 11.Nxd4 d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.O-O Ne5 14.cxd5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Bf2 Bd7 19.Qb3 Re5 20.Qb6 Rae8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.Rxd5 Rxd5
23.g4 Bc8 24.Kf1 Rd2 25.Re1 Be6 26.b3 Rb2 27.Kg1 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rb8
30.b4 Rd2 31.Be3 Rd3 32.Re2 Rbd8 33.Kf2 R8d7 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 Bf6 36.g5 Bc3
37.Qc5 R7d5 38.Qe7 Rd7 39.Qc5 R7d5 40.Qe7 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 c5 4.a3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 cxd4 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qd1 O-O
9.e3 e5 10.b4 d6 11.Be2 a5 12.b5 Ne7 13.a4 Qc7 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Bb2 Rad8 16.Rc1 Nd7
17.Ne4 Nc5 18.Nc3 b6 19.e4 Qb7 20.O-O Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22.Bf3 Qg6 23.Qe2 f5
24.g3 f4 25.Rfe1 Bh3 26.Rcd1 Nf5 27.Kh1 fxg3 28.fxg3 Nh6 29.Rd2 Ng4 30.Kg1 Rf6
31.c5 Rdf8 32.cxd6 Rxf3 33.d7 Re3 34.Qc4+ Kh8 35.Rxe3 Qg5 36.Rf3 Rd8 37.Qf7 Nf6
38.Qe8+ Ng8 39.Qxe5 Qg4 40.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Nfd7
16.h3 Bh5 17.d5 Bf6 18.Rb1 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Re8 20.Bd2 Qc7 21.Rc1 Bb2 22.Rb1 Bf6
23.Rc1 Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo op"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sjodahl, Pontus"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 b6
9.f4 d6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Kh1 Nb8 15.Nd4 Nbd7
16.b4  *

[Event "Malmo op"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Be3 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Rab1 b6 15.Bb5 Rfd8
16.Qb2 Be8 17.Qb3 a6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Qxb6 Qxa2 20.Nf4 Ba4 21.Rdc1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Qa3
23.Kf2 Bb5 24.Nd5 e6 25.Nc3 Bd3 26.Ra1 Qe7 27.Na4 Bb5 28.Nc3 Bc4 29.Kg1 Rb8
30.Qc6 Bxd4 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.f4 Bd3 33.Ra4 Bb5  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Nh3 c6
9.Bh6 b5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Nf2 e5 12.Be2 bxc4 13.Bxc4 Qb6 14.O-O-O Rb8 15.Bb3 exd4
16.Na4 Qb5 17.Qxd4 Qg5+ 18.Qd2 Qxg2 19.Rdg1 Qxf3 20.Bd1 Nxe4 21.Bxf3 Nxd2
22.Kxd2 Ne5 23.Bg2 c5 24.Kc1 Rb4 25.Nc3 Bf5 26.Bf1 Rd8 27.Rg3 Rf4 28.Nh3 Rh4
29.Nf2 d5 30.Bd3 Nxd3+ 31.Nxd3 d4 32.Nd1 Be4 33.Re1 Bxd3 34.Rxd3 Rxh2 35.Rf3 Rd7
36.Nf2 Rg2 37.b3 h5 38.Kd2 h4 39.Kd3 f5 40.Re6 Rf7 41.Ke2 f4 42.Re5 g5 43.Rxc5 Rf6
44.Rd3 g4 45.Kf1 f3 46.Rxd4 g3 47.Rc7+ Kg6 48.Rg4+ Kf5 49.Rc5+ Ke6 50.Rc6+ Ke7
51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Rxf6+ Kxg7 53.Rxf3 Rxf2+ 54.Rxf2 gxf2 55.b4 Kf6 56.a4 Ke5
57.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c4 b4 13.Nc2 Rb8 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Bg5
16.Qd3 a5 17.Rad1 Be6 18.b3 Kh8 19.Nde3 Qb6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Rbd8 22.Bf3 Ne7
23.Be4 Qc5 24.Qf3 Ng8 25.Rd5 Qc7 26.g3 Nf6 27.Rdd1 h5 28.Rfe1 Rfe8 29.Ne3 Bxe3
30.Rxe3 Kg8 31.h3 Rc8 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Qe7 34.Kg2 Nh7 35.Red3 Red8 36.Rh1 Ng5
37.Qe3 Nxe4 38.Qxe4 d5 39.Rdh3 f6 40.cxd5 Kf7 41.g5 Qd6 42.Rd3 Rc3 43.g6+ Ke7
44.Rh7 Rg8 45.Rxc3 bxc3 46.Qc4 c2 47.Qxc2 Qxd5+ 48.Kg3 Kd6 49.Rh4 Re8 50.f3 Re7
51.Rc4 Rb7 52.Rc8 Rd7 53.Qc1 Qb5 54.Re8 Kd5 55.Re6 a4 56.Qd2+ Kc5 57.b4+ Kc4
58.Qc1+ Kd4 59.a3 Qc4 60.Qd2+ Qd3 61.Qxd3+ Kxd3 62.b5 Kc4 63.b6 Kb5 64.Kg4 Ka6
65.f4 Rd4 66.b7+ Kxb7 67.Re7+ Kb6 68.Rxg7 Rxf4+ 69.Kh5 Rxf5+ 70.Kh6 Rf3 71.Rf7 Rh3+
72.Kg7 Rxa3 73.Kxf6 Rg3 74.g7 a3 75.Rf8 Kb5 76.g8=Q Rxg8 77.Rxg8 Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxd4 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Bb5 Bb6 13.Rd2 Be6 14.Rc2 f6 15.Be3 Bd5
16.Nc3 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bxe3+ 18.fxe3 Bh3 19.Nd5 Kf7 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rxc6 Rac8
22.Rxc8 Rxc8+ 23.Nc3 h5 24.Kc2 Bf5+ 25.Kd2 Rd8+ 26.Ke1 g5 27.e4 Bc8 28.Rg2 Bb7
29.Re2 g4 30.Na4 Rd4 31.Nc5 Ba8 32.b3 h4 33.Kf2 Rd1 34.b4 Rb1 35.Nd3 Bc6
36.Ke3 Rf1 37.Rg2 Rf3+  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wong Meng Kong"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.Rd6 Be6 13.Nf3 Nc5 14.Nd2 Nfd7 15.Bf4 a5
16.Ndb1 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Be3 a4 19.g4 Be6 20.Rhd1 Be5 21.R6d2 Bxh2 22.Kc2 Be5
23.b4 axb3+ 24.axb3 Re7 25.f4 Bg7 26.Bd4 Bh6 27.Rf1 Rf7 28.g5 Bg7 29.Kb2 Bf5
30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Rd4 Re8 32.Nd2 Ne6 33.Rd6 Bh3 34.Rf3 Nxf4 35.Rxh3 Nxh3 36.Bg4 Nxg5
37.Rxd7 Rxd7 38.Bxd7 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Ba5 4.b4 c6 5.bxa5 cxd5 6.cxd5 Qxa5 7.Qb3 d6 8.Ba3 Nf6
9.Bxd6 Nbd7 10.Nf3 e4 11.Nd4 Nb6 12.Nb5 Nbxd5 13.Ba3 Be6 14.Nd6+ Kd7 15.Nxb7 Qb6
16.Nc5+ Kd8 17.e3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nb6 19.Nxe6+ fxe6 20.Ba6 Nc8 21.Ke2 Rb8 22.Rhc1 Kd7
23.Rc4 Rxb3 24.Rd4+ Kc7 25.Bc5 e5 26.Rc4 Nb6 27.Rc2 Kd7 28.Bc4 Nxc4 29.Rxa7+ Ke6
30.Rxc4 Rc8 31.Rb4 Rd3 32.Rb6+ Kf5 33.Rxg7 Rxc5 34.Rf7 Rc2 35.Rbxf6+ Kg5
36.f4+ exf4 37.exf4+ Kg4 38.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Temirbaev, Serik"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Rad1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Qc8
16.Ba1 Rd8 17.Rc1 f6 18.a3 e5 19.b4 Na6 20.Nh4 Qe6 21.e4 Ndc7 22.Nf5 Bf8
23.Qe2 Kh8 24.Nfe3 Ne8 25.Rfd1 Nac7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Nd6
29.Nxd6 Qxd6 30.Qxd6 Bxd6 31.Nc4 Be7 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 Ne6 34.f5 Nf4 35.Bf3 Nh3+
36.Kg2 Ng5 37.Nd2 Kg8 38.h4 Nxf3 39.Kxf3 g6 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.Nf3 Bf8 42.e5 Bh6+
43.Kg3 Bxf3 44.Kxf3 gxf5 45.exf6 b5 46.Bb2 a6 47.Kg3 Bd2 48.Kf3 h5 49.Kg3 Ke6
50.Kf3 Be1 51.Kf4 Bxh4 52.f7 Be7  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rfc1 Qb6 15.Bh3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Nf6 17.Qe2 Ne4 18.Be1 e6 19.Bf1 Rfb8 20.Qb5 Qxb5 21.Bxb5 Bf8 22.f3 Nd6
23.Bd3 Nf5 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.a4 Bd6 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Kd3 Kd7 29.Rcb1 b5
30.Bc3 Ra6 31.Rb2 Bc7 32.axb5 Rxb5 33.b4 Rab6 34.bxa5 Rxb2 35.axb6 Rxb6 36.Ra7 Rb5
37.Kc2 h5 38.Ra8 Bb8 39.Ra6 Bc7 40.Ra7 Kc6 41.Ra8 Rb8 42.Ra6+ Rb6 43.Ra5 Bd6
44.Ra7 Rb7 45.Ra6+ Kd7 46.Ra5 Ke6 47.Ra6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O Bg4 9.d5 Na6
10.Be3 c5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Ne1 Qe8 13.Nd3 Nh5 14.g4 Nf6 15.f4 Qe7 16.f5 Ne8 17.Qd2 Nec7
18.a4 Rfc8 19.b3 Ne8 20.g5 f6 21.h4 Nec7 22.Bh3 Rf8 23.Qg2 Kh8 24.Ra2 Rae8
25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Raf2 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Bxf5 e4 29.Bxd7 exd3 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8
31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Qh3 Bg7 33.Nd1 Nb4 34.Be6 Nc2 35.Bf2 d2 36.Qd3 Nxe6 37.dxe6 Nd4
38.Qe3 Be5 39.Qh3 Nxe6 40.Be3 Bd4 41.Kf1 Nf4 42.Qf3 Bxe3 43.Qxe3 Qxe3 44.Nxe3 Kg7
45.Kf2 d5 46.cxd5 Nxd5 47.Nd1 c4 48.bxc4 Nb6 49.Ke2 Nxc4 50.h5 a6 51.Nc3 Ne5
52.Ne4 b5 53.a5 Nc6 54.Ng3 b4 55.Nf5+ Kg8 56.Nd4 Nxa5 57.Kxd2 Nc4+ 58.Kd3 Nd6
59.Nc6 Nf5 60.Nxb4 Ng7 61.Nxa6 Nxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Bxc3+ 4.bxc3 f5 5.e4 fxe4 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Rf8
9.h4 d6 10.Qg3 Qd7 11.Be2 Qf7 12.Nh3 Nc6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.Nxe4 Bd7
16.O-O O-O-O 17.f4 Na5 18.Rae1 Rde8 19.Bd3 Qf7 20.c5 d5 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Re3 b6
23.cxb6 axb6 24.Qe1 Rf6 25.g3 Kb7 26.Qe2 h6 27.Nf3 Rg8 28.Ne5 Qg7 29.Kg2 Ka7
30.g4 Rgf8 31.Ref3 Rh8 32.Rh1 Be8 33.Kg3 h5 34.g5 Rff8 35.Rc1 Nc6 36.Nxc6+ Bxc6
37.Qxe6 Bd7 38.Qxd5 c6 39.Qd6 Bg4 40.Qxc6  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Bg5 Nxc5 8.Nd2 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 exd5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 b6 14.e3 Re8 15.Be5 Nfe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qd4 Qe7 18.Bg3 h5 19.Bb5 Bd7 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.f3 Nc5 22.Rd1 Rad8
23.h4 Qf5 24.hxg5 Qxg5 25.Kf2 Qg6 26.Bh4 Nb3 27.Qd3 Rc8 28.Qxg6+ fxg6 29.Rxd5 Rc2+
30.Kg3 Rxe3 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Ke8 33.Rhd1 Nc5 34.Rxa7 Nd3 35.Bf6 h4+ 36.Bxh4 Ree2
37.Rxd3 Rxg2+ 38.Kh3 Rh2+ 39.Kg4  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Ng5 f6 8.Nxe6 Qxe6
9.d3 b5 10.Nb1 Bd6 11.a4 Ne7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nd2 Rfb8 14.Nb3 Nc8 15.Qh5 Nb6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.Nd2 Ra2 19.Rfc1 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.g3 Rd8 22.Nf3 Bd4
23.Nxd4 Rxd4 24.Ra1 Rda4 25.Rxa2 Rxa2 26.b3 c5 27.h4 Qd7 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Qd1 h6
30.Ra1 Qa6 31.Rxa2 Qxa2 32.h5 Kh7 33.Qe2 Qb1 34.Qd2 Qa1 35.Qe3 Qc3 36.Qe2 Qb2
37.f4 Qc3 38.Kh3 c4 39.bxc4 bxc4 40.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.f3 O-O 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Nc1 Ne5 13.Be2 h5 14.O-O Nh7 15.f4 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4
17.h3 Bd7 18.N1e2 Rc8 19.f5 b5 20.a3 a5 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.Nf4 b4 23.axb4 axb4
24.Nd1 Bb5 25.Re1 Nf8 26.Nf2 Ra8 27.Qc2 Qf6 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Bc1 Ra1 30.e5 Qxf4
31.Bxf4 Rxe1+ 32.Kh2 Re2 33.Qb3 Rxf2 34.Bg3 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.d6+ Rf7
37.Qc2 Rf5 38.Qxc5 e4 39.Qxb4 Bc6 40.Qe1 Re5 41.Qc3 Re6 42.Qxc6 e3 43.Qd5 e2
44.d7 e1=Q 45.d8=Q Qe3 46.Qb8 Kg7 47.b4 Re7 48.b5 Nd7 49.Qbd6 Kh7 50.Qf3 Qc5
51.Qxc5 Nxc5 52.Qf8  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 Ndf6 13.d5 e5 14.Ne1 a5 15.f3 Ng5 16.Rb1 axb4
17.axb4 Bc8 18.Bb2 Qe8 19.Kh1 Nh5 20.f4 exf4 21.exf4 Ne4 22.Kg1 Bd7 23.Qd1 Nhf6
24.Nf3 Ra4 25.b5 Ra8 26.Bd3 Ng4 27.Bd4 Qg6 28.Qc2 Nc5 29.Rfe1 Rfe8 30.Bf1 Re4
31.Qd2 Ra3 32.Bxc5 bxc5 33.Bd3 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Re1 Qa8 36.Qe2 Nf6 37.Ng5 Ra1
38.h3 Rxe1+ 39.Qxe1 Qe8 40.Qxe8+ Nxe8 41.Kf2 h6 42.Nf3 Kf7 43.g3 Nf6 44.Nh4 g6
45.Ng2 Ng8 46.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.f3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Be7 8.e4 Nc6
9.Ng3 Ba6 10.Bd3 Na5 11.Qe2 d6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Rb1 h5 14.Re1 h4 15.Nf1 c5 16.Be3 Rc8
17.Nd2 e5 18.f4 Bf6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Nf3 Qe6 21.fxe5 Be7 22.Rf1 Bxc4 23.Bg5 Bxd3
24.Qxd3 Nc6 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Rbd1 O-O 27.Qd7 Qxd7 28.Rxd7 h3 29.gxh3 Rce8
30.Kg2 Nxe5 31.Rxa7 Nc4 32.Rf2 Rxe4 33.Ng5 Re5 34.Nxf7 Ne3+ 35.Kg3 Rf5 36.Re2 Nf1+
37.Kg2 R8xf7 38.Rxf7 Kxf7 39.Kg1 Kf6 40.Kg2 b5 41.Kg1 c4 42.Kg2 Kg5 43.Kg1 Kh4
44.Kg2 Rf4 45.a3 g6 46.Re6 Nd2 47.Rxg6 Nb1  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cabello, FJ."]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bb5 c6 3.Ba4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Re8 8.d3 Nbd7
9.Nbd2 Nf8 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.Ng3 Nhf4 13.Bxf4 Nxf4 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.d4 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Bb6 17.Kh1 Qf6 18.Rad1 g6 19.Bb3 exd4 20.cxd4 Ne6 21.Bxe6 Qxf3+ 22.Kg1 Rxe6
23.Re3 Qg4 24.f3 Qf4 25.Kg2 Rae8 26.Rd3 Qxd2+ 27.R1xd2 d5 28.e5 f6 29.f4 fxe5
30.fxe5 c5 31.dxc5 Bxc5 32.Rxd5 Rxe5 33.Rd7 R5e7 34.a3 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 Re7 36.Rxe7 Bxe7
37.Kf3 Bd6 38.h4 Bxg3 39.Kxg3 Kf7 40.Kf4 Kf6 41.b3 h6 42.Kg4 Ke5 43.Kf3 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a5
9.Rd1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Ndb5 Nc5 12.Bg5 Bd7 13.f3 Ne6 14.Be3 Bxb5 15.cxb5 Nd7
16.Bc4 Ne5 17.Bb3 b6 18.Bd5 Rc8 19.a3 Qh4 20.Ne2 Kh8 21.Rac1 Nc5 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Ncd7 24.Qd2 Qd8 25.Nd4 Nf6 26.Bb3 Ra8 27.h3 Qe7 28.Bg5 Rec8 29.Re1 Ned7
30.Bd5 Ra3 31.Bb7 Re8 32.Rxc7 Qf8 33.Bc6 Rd8 34.f4 h6 35.Bh4 Rc8 36.Rxd7 Nxd7
37.Bxd7 Rcc3 38.Nf3 Rd3 39.Qf2 Qb8 40.e5 dxe5 41.Nxe5 Bxe5 42.fxe5 Rxd7 43.e6  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eslon, Jaan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 b5 10.O-O Nb6 11.cxb5 axb5 12.a3 Re8 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Nf4 Bb3
16.Rc1 e5 17.Nfe2 Nfd7 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nxb5 Nc5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Bc2 Bc4 22.Nbc3 d5
23.Rfd1 Nb3 24.Bxb3 Bxb3 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Ng3 Rad8 27.Qf2 Nc4 28.Nf1 Rb8 29.Kh1 Rec8
30.h4 f5 31.Nd2 Nxb2 32.Nxb3 Nd3 33.Qd2 Nxe1 34.Nxd5 Rd8 35.Rd1 Kf7 36.Nc5 Qb5
37.Qa2 Qb2 38.Qxb2 Rxb2 39.Bg5 Rd6 40.Na4 Rb7 41.Nac3 Nc2 42.a4 Nd4 43.Be3 Rbd7
44.Nb4 Nc6 45.Nbd5 Ne7 46.Bc5 Rxd5 47.Nxd5 Rxd5 48.Rc1 Rd2 49.Rb1 Ra2 50.Bxe7 Kxe7
51.Rb7+ Ke6 52.Rxh7 Bf6 53.g4 fxg4 54.fxg4 e4 55.g5 Be5  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Qc2 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 Be7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Qb1 b4 19.Be4 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 Qb5+ 21.Bd3 Qh5 22.Kf1 e5
23.Bg3 Ne7 24.Be4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 bxa3 27.bxa3 Qg6 28.Qa4 e4 29.Nd2 Rd8
30.Nc4 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qf5 32.Nd6 Qe6 33.Qc2 Nf5 34.Nxe4 Be7 35.a4 f6 36.Bf4 a5
37.h3 Bb4 38.Kg1 Ne7 39.Bb8 Qd7 40.Ng3 Nc6 41.Bf4 Bf8 42.Qg6 Nb4 43.Qh5+ Kg8
44.Qxa5 g5 45.Bc7 Nc6 46.Qb6 Bb4 47.Ne4 Kf7 48.Bg3 Qd5 49.f3 Kg6 50.Qb5 Qe6
51.Qd3 f5 52.Nd6 Bc5 53.Nc4 Nb4 54.Qe2 Nd5 55.Bf2 Nc3 56.Qd3 Nxa4 57.g4 Be7
58.gxf5+ Qxf5 59.Ne5+ Kf6 60.Ng4+  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.a4 c6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.a5 b5
10.axb6 Qxb6 11.Qc2 Rb8 12.Ra2 e5 13.d5 cxd5 14.cxd5 Nc5 15.Nd2 Nh5 16.Be3 Bd7
17.Rxa6 Qc7 18.Ra2 Rb4 19.Nd1 Rc8 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Ra8+ Bf8 23.b3 f5
24.Bc4 Kf7 25.Ra7 Ke8 26.Nb2 Rc8 27.exf5 gxf5 28.O-O e4 29.Re1 Kd8 30.Ba6 Rc2
31.Ra8+ Ke7 32.Nd3 Rb6 33.Nxe4 fxe4 34.Rxe4+ Kf7 35.Ra7 Nf6 36.Rf4 Ke7 37.Bc4 Bg7
38.g4 h6 39.h4 Re2 40.g5 Nh5 41.Rf5 Bd4 42.gxh6 Nf6 43.Rf4 Re4 44.h7 Rb8
45.Rb7 Rh8 46.Rxe4+ Nxe4 47.Bb5 Nf6 48.Nf4 Rxh7 49.Ne6 Rxh4 50.Kg2 Be5 51.Bc6 Rg4+
52.Kf3 Rg1 53.b4 Rb1 54.b5 Rb4 55.b6 Ke8 56.Ng7+ Kd8 57.Rb8+ Ke7 58.b7 Bg4+
59.Ke3 Rb3+ 60.Kd2 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.O-O a6
9.Qc2 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Qxc4 Nc5 14.f3 Ba6 15.Qc2 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Nb3 17.Rb1 Nxc1 18.Rbxc1 Rxa2 19.f4 Qb8 20.Rc2 Re8 21.f5 h6 22.g4 Qb6+
23.Kh1 Rb8 24.Rb1 Ra3 25.b4 Re3 26.Qc4 Rb7 27.h3 Rg3 28.Ra1 Qe3 29.Ra8+ Kh7
30.Qxf7 Rxh3+ 31.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 32.Kg1 Qxg4+ 33.Rg2 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.Qxh5 Nxh5
36.Rc2 Nf6 37.Rc4 d5 38.exd5 Nxd5 39.Rc5 Ne3 40.Rf8 Rxb4 41.Kg1 Rf4 42.Rxc7 Rxf5
43.Rxf5 Nxf5 44.Rc5 Nd4 45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nh3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 b6
9.f4 exf4 10.Nxf4 Bb7 11.Ba3 Rf7 12.Nd5 g6 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Qf4 c6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Bb4 c5 17.Bxa5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 bxa5 19.Rac1 Qc6+ 20.Qf3 Re8 21.Qxc6 dxc6
22.Kf3 Rb7 23.Rb1 Reb8 24.Rb3 Rb6 25.Ra3 Ra6 26.Rb3 Rab6 27.Ra3 Ra6 28.g4 fxg4+
29.Kxg4 Rb2 30.Kf3 Kg7 31.Ke3 a4 32.h4 Ra5 33.d4 cxd4+ 34.cxd4 Rb4 35.Kd3 Rf5
36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Rc3 Kf6 38.e4 fxe4+ 39.Kxe4 Ke6 40.h5 Rb2 41.Ra3 Rb4 42.c5 a5
43.h6 Rb1 44.Rxa4 Re1+ 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Ke3 Re1+ 47.Kd2 Rh1 48.Rxa5 Kd5 49.Kc3 Rc1+
50.Kb2 Rh1 51.Ra7 Kxd4 52.Rxh7 Kxc5 53.Ka3 Kb6 54.Rh8 Rh4 55.h7 Ka7 56.Kb3 c5
57.a4 Kb7 58.a5 Ka7 59.a6 Rb4+ 60.Kc2 Rc4+ 61.Kd2 Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 a6 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 e6 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.f3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6
10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Na5 12.Be2 Be7 13.Nc1 O-O 14.Ncb3 Bb7 15.O-O Rc8 16.Nxa5 Qxa5
17.Nb3 Qe5 18.Qd4 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Rc2 20.Bd3 e5 21.Qa7 Rxb2 22.Na5 Qxa7 23.Bxa7 Ra8
24.Be3 Bc8 25.Nc4 Rb3 26.Nxe5 Be6 27.Nc6 Bf8 28.Bd4 Rc8 29.Rac1 Ra3 30.Rd2 Bd7
31.Bxf6 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Bxc6 33.Be5 f5 34.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 a6 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb7 8.f3 c5 9.Ne2 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Bd6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Qd2 Nbc6 13.Rd1 Bc5 14.Nb3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Qc7 16.Qc5 Rc8
17.Be2 a5 18.Nac1 O-O 19.O-O Rfd8 20.Bb5 h6 21.Nd3 Rd7 22.Nf2 Rcd8 23.Rxd7 Rxd7
24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Ng6 26.Ne3 Qd8 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.Qf2 Qd8 29.Qd2 Qb6 30.Kh1 Qc7
31.Nc4 Ba8 32.Qd6 Qa7 33.Nc5 Nge7 34.Bxc6 Nxc6 35.b3 Kh7 36.h4 e5 37.Nxe5 Nxe5
38.Qxe5 Bc6 39.h5 Kg8 40.Qd6 Qa8 41.Kh2 Qc8 42.g4 Qe8 43.Kg3 Qc8 44.Kf2 Kh7
45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kf2 Kh7 47.Kg3 Kg8 48.f4 Qa8 49.Kf3 Be8 50.f5 Qa7 51.Ke3 Kh7
52.Kd4 f6 53.Ke3 Bf7 54.Kf3 Bg8 55.Ke2 Bf7 56.Kd3 Bg8 57.Kc2 Bf7 58.Kb2 Kg8
59.Ka2 Kh7 60.Ka1 Kg8 61.Kb1 Kh7 62.Kc2 Bg8 63.Kd2 Bf7 64.Kd3 Bg8 65.e5 fxe5
66.Qxe5 Qa8 67.Ne6 Qf3+ 68.Kc4 Qc6+ 69.Qc5 Bxe6+ 70.fxe6 Qxe6+ 71.Kb5 Qxb3
72.Kxa5 Qc3 73.Qf5+ Kh8 74.Qf8+ Kh7 75.Qxb4 Qc7+ 76.Qb6 Qc3+ 77.Ka6 Qc4+
78.Qb5 Qxg4 79.a5 Qc8+ 80.Qb7 Qc4+ 81.Ka7 Qc5+ 82.Qb6 Qe7+ 83.Ka6 Qe2+ 84.Qb5 Qe6+
85.Ka7 Qe7+ 86.Kb6 Qe6+ 87.Qc6 Qe3+ 88.Qc5 Qe6+ 89.Kc7 Qf7+ 90.Kd8 Qf6+ 91.Kd7 Qf7+
92.Kc6 Qe8+ 93.Kb7 Qf7+ 94.Qc7 Qb3+ 95.Qb6 Qf7+ 96.Kc6 Qe6+ 97.Kc5 Qe5+ 98.Kc4 Qe2+
99.Kc3 Qe1+ 100.Kd3 Qd1+ 101.Ke3 Qe1+ 102.Kf3 Qh1+ 103.Kf2 Qh4+ 104.Kg2 Qe4+
105.Kf1 Qh1+ 106.Ke2 Qxh5+ 107.Kd2 Qd5+ 108.Kc3 Qf3+ 109.Kb2 Qe2+ 110.Ka3 Qd3+
111.Qb3 Qd6+ 112.Qb4 Qd3+ 113.Ka2 Qe2+ 114.Ka1 Qe5+ 115.Ka2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.Bd3 e6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O c5 11.d5 exd5 12.Rhe1 d4 13.Bc4 Kf8 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Rxd4 g5
16.Bg3 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Bd5 Ra7 19.Ne4 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be7 21.Qe3 Rb7 22.Bd6 Kg8
23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Qc3 Kh7 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Nf6+ Qxf6 27.Qxf6 Rhd8 28.f3 Bb7
29.b3  1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qc2 Qd5 8.Be2 b5
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bb7 11.a4 a6 12.Ba3 Nd7 13.Rfe1 f5 14.Nh4 O-O-O 15.f3 Ng5
16.Be7 Nf7 17.Bxd8 Nxd8 18.f4 Nb6 19.Bf3 Qd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxb7+ Nxb7 22.Ra6 Qd5
23.Qb2 Kd7 24.Rb1 Kc6 25.Nf3 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Nxa8 27.Ne1 Nb6 28.Nc2 Kd7 29.Ne3 Qe4
30.Qxb5+ Kd8 31.Nxc4 Nxc4 32.Qxb7 Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Nd2 34.Qb8+ Kd7 35.Qb5+ Kd8
36.Ra1 Ke7 37.Qc5+ Kd7 38.Qf8 Ne4 39.Qf7+ Kc6 40.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A91"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 d6 6.b3 c6 7.Bb2 Qc7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O e5
10.d5 h6 11.Kh1 c5 12.f4 Ng4 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.d6 Qxd6 15.Qxd6 Bxd6 16.Nb5 Be7
17.Nc7 Bd8 18.Nxa8 Na6 19.a3 e4 20.Nf4 b6 21.Nd5 Bb7 22.h3 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Bf6
24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Rxf5 Rxa8 26.Re5 Nc7 27.Bxe4 Nb5 28.Bg2 Rd8 29.e3 Nd6 30.e4 Nb5
31.Re7 Kf8 32.Rb7 Rd7 33.Rb8+ Ke7 34.Rd1 Nd4 35.b4 Kd6 36.bxc5+ bxc5 37.Rc8 Re7
38.Re1 Nd7 39.Rd8 Ke5 40.Rb1 Nf6 41.Rbb8 Ne2 42.Kh2 Nc3 43.Rbc8 Na4 44.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.O-O d6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 h6
9.a4 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.h3 Be6 12.a5 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Ne4 Be6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Bxb3 18.Qxb3 Qe6 19.Nd2 Qxb3 20.Nxb3 b6 21.axb6 cxb6
22.Nd2 f6 23.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Qxc4 a6
9.Qd3 Bd6 10.O-O e5 11.Bg5 exd4 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 Nc5 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Nd4 Re8 17.Rfe1 c6 18.e4 Ne6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.e5 Nh7 21.b3 Rad8 22.Ne4 Bc8
23.h4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Qf3 Qxe5 27.Nd6 Rf8 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 29.Bh3 Re8
30.Rd7 Re7 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Qf5 Kg7 33.Bf1 Qe6 34.Qc5 Qd5 35.Qe7 b5 36.Bg2 Qd1+
37.Kh2 Qh5+ 38.Kg1 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qh5+ 40.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 d6 12.f4 Rc8 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Qe2 Nd7
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qf2 Bf6 18.Nb5 Nc5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.e5 Be7 21.Kh1 Na5 22.Be2 Bc6
23.Nc3 Qb7 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Qd7 27.Nc3 f5 28.h3 Kf7 29.Kh2 g6
30.Qf1 a6 31.Bd3 Bb7 32.Qe2 Qc6 33.Qf2 Nb3 34.Bf1 Qd7 35.Qc2 Na5 36.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nh5 10.Be3 f5 11.Qd2 f4 12.Bf2 Be5 13.Rfd1 Qf6 14.Rac1 Na6 15.a3 c6
16.b4 Nc7 17.Nb3 Kh8 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Rd3 g5 20.Rcd1 Ng3 21.c5 dxc5 22.Nxc5 g4
23.fxg4 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2 b6 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qf3 Bc4 27.Rd4 b5 28.h4 a5 29.g5 Qg6
30.Rd7 axb4 31.axb4 Be6 32.R1d6 h6 33.Rxc6 hxg5 34.Bd4 Bxd4+ 35.Rxd4 gxh4
36.Qxf4 h3 37.Qh4+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg8 39.Qxh3 Ra1+ 40.Kh2 Qf6 41.Rd3 Rh1+ 42.Kxh1 Qf1+
43.Kh2 Bxh3 44.Rxh3 Kg7 45.Rg3+ Kh7 46.Nd5 Rf8 47.Rcc3 Qd1 48.Rh3+ Kg7 49.Rcg3+ Kf7
50.Rh7+ Ke8 51.Ra3  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O d6 7.Bc2 e5 8.Nd5 Be7
9.Ne1 Nc6 10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 O-O 12.d3 Nd7 13.Ba4 Nde5 14.Nc2 Bg5 15.Nd5 Bxc1
16.Rxc1 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Ne3 g6 19.d4 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Rac8 21.b4 Qg5 22.Rce1 h5
23.a3 h4 24.h3 Qg3 25.Re2 Rc7 26.Ref2 Re7 27.Rf4 Rc8 28.Kh1 Rcc7 29.Bd1 Bc6
30.Bg4 Bb7 31.b5 Nd7 32.Bxd7 Rcxd7 33.Ng4 f5 34.R4f3 Qxf3 35.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 e4
9.Nd4 Ne5 10.f4 exf3 11.Nxf3 Re8 12.O-O Bg4 13.b4 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Ne4
16.Qc2 a5 17.b5 d5 18.Rf4 Ng5 19.Bb2 Re4 20.cxd5 Qxd5 21.Rxe4 Nxe4 22.d3 Ng5
23.a4 Ne6 24.e4 Qg5 25.Rf1 Qc5+ 26.Rf2 Qe3 27.d4 Rf8 28.Qe2 Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Rd8
30.Rc2 Nxd4 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.Rxc7 g6 33.Rxb7 Rxe4 34.Ra7 Rxa4 35.h3 Kg7 36.Kh2 h5
37.b6 h4 38.Kg1 Rb4 39.Rxa5 Rxb6 40.Ra4 g5 41.Ra2 Kg6 42.Kf2 Rb5 43.Ra3 f6
44.Kf3 Kf5 45.Rc3 Ke5 46.Ra3 Rd5 47.Re3+ Kd4 48.Re4+ Kd3 49.Re3+ Kd2 50.Re2+ Kd1
51.Re6 Rf5+ 52.Kg4 Rf2 53.Kh5 Kd2 54.Kg6 Rxg2 55.Kxf6 g4 56.hxg4 h3 57.Kf5 Rf2+
58.Kg5 h2 59.Rh6 Ke3 60.Kg6 Kf4 61.g5 Kg4 62.Rh8 Ra2 63.Kf6 Ra6+ 64.Kf7 Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 c6 8.h4 e5 9.h5 Nxh5
10.Nge2 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nf6 12.g4 c5 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.Be2 Re8 16.Bh6 Bh8
17.Bg5 b5 18.O-O-O Qa5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qh6 Be6 21.f4 Nxe2+ 22.Ngxe2 b4 23.e5 dxe5
24.Ne4 Bg7 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.f5 Qxa2 27.f6 Qxc4+ 28.Kd2 Red8+ 29.Ke3 Qb3+ 30.Kf2 Bxf6
31.Nxf6 Rxd1 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxa8 Kxf6 34.Rh7 Qd5  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nc6 3.Bg5 Bg4 4.e3 f6 5.Bh4 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nge7 8.Bg3 Nf5
9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bd3 Nfe7 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 Kf7 13.c3 e5 14.dxe5 fxe5 15.Bg3 e4
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Bc2 Nf5 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qg4 Ne5 20.Qf4 Kg7 21.Nd2 Rhf8 22.Qh2 Rae8
23.O-O-O Qa6 24.Nb3 c6 25.Kb1 Re7 26.Rhe1 Nd6 27.f4 exf3 28.gxf3 Rf6 29.Rf1 Nec4
30.Rg1 Qb6 31.Rd4 Ree6 32.e4 Nb5 33.Rdd1 Ne3 34.exd5 cxd5 35.Rde1 Rxf3 36.Bd3 Ref6
37.Bxb5 Qxb5 38.Qd2 Qe8 39.Nd4 Qe4+ 40.Kc1 Rf1 41.Rgxf1 Rxf1 42.Rxf1 Nxf1
43.Qf2 Qe3+ 44.Qxe3 Nxe3 45.Nb5 Kf6 46.Nxa7 Kg5 47.Nc8 Kh4 48.Ne7 g5 49.b3 Kxh3
50.Kd2 Nf1+ 51.Ke1 Kg2 52.Nxd5 h5 53.Nf6 h4 54.a4 h3 55.Ng4 h2  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Nd2 Nh7 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Nb5 h5 15.h3 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6
17.Qb3 Qe7 18.a3 Nh7 19.Qe3 Ng5 20.Bd3 f6 21.Rab1 Kh8 22.b4 b6 23.Rb3 Bc8
24.Bc2 Rb8 25.f4 Nh7 26.f5 g5 27.h4 Rg8 28.Bd1 gxh4 29.Bxh5 Rg3 30.Qh6 Rxb3
31.Nxb3 cxb4 32.Bg6 Rb7 33.Bxh7 Qxh7 34.Qf8+ Qg8 35.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 c6
9.a4 e5 10.a5 exd4 11.Bxd4 Ne5 12.O-O Be6 13.b3 c5 14.Bf2 Nc6 15.Bh4 Nxa5
16.f4 Nc6 17.f5 Bd7 18.g4 h6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Nb4 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.e5 dxe5
23.Bxg6 Bc6 24.Qe1 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 c5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Rb1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxa2 13.Rxb7 Rb8 14.Rxb8+ Nxb8
15.O-O O-O 16.Qb1 Qxb1 17.Rxb1 Bg4 18.d5 Nd7 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rb8 21.Rxb8+ Nxb8
22.Be2 Nd7 23.Bb4 Kf8 24.Bb5 Nb6 25.Bc5 Be5 26.Kf1 Bd6 27.Bd4 e5 28.dxe6 fxe6
29.e5 Bb4 30.g3 Ke7 31.f4 h5 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Kf3 Ba3 34.Bd3 Bb4 35.Bc2 Nc8
36.Bb3 a5 37.g4 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 Ne7 39.Ke4 Bd2 40.Bb2 Bb4 41.Bc1 Be1 42.Kd4 Bf2+
43.Kd3 Be1 44.Bc4 Bb4 45.Kc2 a4 46.Kd3 a3 47.Ke4 Nc6 48.f5 gxf5+ 49.gxf5 Nd8
50.fxe6+ Kg6 51.Kd5 Be7 52.Bd2 Kg7 53.Ba5 Kf8 54.Bc7 Ke8 55.Ba2 Nb7 56.Bd6 Na5
57.Kc5 Nb7+ 58.Kc6 Nxd6 59.exd6 Bh4 60.Kc7 Bg3 61.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Nf3 exd5
10.exd5 Re8 11.O-O Qb6 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.h3 Nb4 14.Bb1 h5 15.a3 Na6 16.Bd3 Nh7
17.Bf4 f5 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nc7 20.a4 a5 21.Nh4 Kf7 22.Rae1 Nf8 23.Bxf5 gxf5
24.Qd1 Kg8 25.Nxf5 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Bxd6 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Nxd5 29.Qe4 Nc7
30.Qe7 Nce6 31.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.a3 e5 13.Ba2 Nf6 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5
16.Rae1 Be6 17.Bb1 Rad8 18.f4 Qd6 19.e4 Qd4+ 20.Qf2 Bc4 21.Qxd4 Rxd4 22.Rf3 Rd2
23.b4 Rfd8 24.e5 Ne8 25.f5 Nc7 26.Rg3 Kf8 27.h4 R2d4 28.h5 Re8 29.Rge3 Nd5
30.Nxd5 Bxd5 31.Bd3 Rg4 32.R1e2 Rg5 33.e6 Re7 34.Rf2 Rxh5 35.Be4 Bxe4 36.Rxe4 Rg5
37.a4 Ke8 38.exf7+ Kxf7 39.Rd4 Rg3 40.b5 c5 41.Rd6 Rc7 42.a5 Rb3 43.b6 axb6
44.axb6 Rc6 45.Rxc6 bxc6 46.Rc2 Rxb6 47.Rxc5 Kf6 48.Kf2 Kg5 49.Kf3 h5 50.Kg3 h4+
51.Kh3 Rb3+ 52.Kh2 Rb6 53.Kh3 Ra6 54.g3 hxg3 55.Kxg3 Kf6 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Re5+ Kd7
58.Re6 Ra4+ 59.Kf3 Ra3+ 60.Kf4 Ra1 61.Rg6 Rf1+ 62.Ke4 Re1+ 63.Kd4 Re7 64.f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Re1+ Be6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Ne4 Qb4 14.Qc1 Rfe8 15.h3 Rab8
16.b3 Bf5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Nc5 h5 19.Ne5 Rbd8 20.Qa3 Re7 21.Rac1 Rde8 22.Qb2 Qb5
23.a4 Qb6 24.b4 f6 25.Nc4 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Qb8 27.Na5 Nf4 28.Rd1 Qd8 29.Qb3+ Kh7
30.Nxc6 Qd6 31.d5 Nxd5 32.Bc3 Qxc6 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Re2 35.Na6 Rc2 36.Rc5 Bd7
37.Bxf6 Bxa4 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Nxc7 Rxc5 40.Ne6+ Kf6 41.Nxc5 Bc6 42.f4 Ke7
43.Kf2 Kd6 44.Nd3 Be4 45.Ne5 Kd5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 g5 48.Ke3 Bh7 49.b5 gxf4+
50.Kxf4 Kc5 51.Nc6 a6 52.bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.e4 Nh6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 d6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Bc2 Qe7 11.Rfe1 Rfd8 12.Rad1 Nf8 13.Ne2 a6 14.b3 f6 15.Nf4 c5
16.d5 e5 17.Nd3 Ng6 18.b4 Bc8 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rb1 Bg4 21.Bd1 Qc7 22.Qc3 Bd7
23.Nd2 a5 24.Bh5 Rab8 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.f3 g5 28.h3 Nf7 29.Rb1 a4
30.Rxb8+ Qxb8 31.g4 Nh8 32.Qb2 Qa7 33.Kf2 Ng6 34.Ke2 Kf7 35.Nf1 Qa6 36.Qc2 Qa8
37.Ng3 Qh8 38.Nh5 Ne7 39.Nf2 Qb8 40.Nd3 Nc8 41.Ng3 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Qb1 Nc5 15.Bxc5 bxc5
16.Nb3 Nd7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bf3 f5 19.Qc2 Qf7 20.Rd3 Ba6 21.Na5 Nb6 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.b3 f4 24.Rd1 Ra8 25.Nb5 Bf6 26.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.O-O Nxg3 13.fxg3 O-O 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 f5
16.Nc3 Nb6 17.Rae1 Qd6 18.Kh1 Be6 19.Ne5 Kg7 20.a3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rae8 22.Bxf5 Bxf5
23.Rxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxf5 Rf8 25.Qe4 Nd7 26.h4 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Qe6 28.Kg1 b6 29.h5 Qf5
30.Qe3 Re8 31.Qe2 g4 32.Qe4 Qxh5 33.Qxc6 Rf8 34.Qd7+ Rf7 35.Qd4 Kh7 36.Re4 Rg7
37.Rf4 Qg6 38.Rf6 Qg5 39.Qe4+ Kh8 40.Qf4 Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kh8 42.Rf8+ Rg8 43.Rxg8+ Qxg8
44.e6 h5 45.Qe5+ Qg7 46.Qxh5+ Kg8 47.Qe8+ Qf8 48.Qxf8+ Kxf8 49.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 Qa5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qa6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.b3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Qc2 dxc4
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.b4 Nd3 18.Nxc4 Rac8 19.Qxd3 Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.a4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 b6 11.Rfd1 Bb7 12.Rac1 Qe7 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 e5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Qc4 a5 17.e4 Rac8 18.Nb5 Bxd2 19.Nxd2 Rcd8 20.Qe2 Nxa4 21.Nc4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qb4
23.Nbd6 Qc5 24.g4 h6 25.h4 Qc7 26.Nxe5 Nc5 27.Qc4 b5 28.Qxb5 Ncxe4 29.Nxe4 Nxe4
30.Qd5 Qc2 31.Rf1 a4 32.h5 Ng5 33.f4 Nh3+ 34.Kh1 Nxf4 35.Qf3 Ne6 36.Nxf7 Qc7
37.Qe4 Ng5 38.Nxh6+ gxh6 39.Qg6+ Qg7 40.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.Qd6+ Kg8 42.Qd5+ Qf7
43.Qd8+ Kg7 44.Qd4+ Qf6 45.Qd7+ Nf7 46.Qxa4 Qxb2 47.Qd7 Qf2 48.Qe6 Qf6 49.Qd7 Qd6
50.Qf5 Ng5 51.Qc8 Qe6 52.Qc3+ Kf7 53.Qc7+ Ke8 54.Qb8+ Kd7 55.Qa7+ Kc6 56.Qa4+ Kd5
57.Qd1+ Ke4 58.Qf1 Qd5 59.Kh2 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.Rb1 b6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Be2 Bc6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Ne2 e6 14.h4 Nd7 15.h5 Nf6
16.f3 Nxh5 17.g4 Nf6 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Rh3 Bg7 21.e5 Nd5 22.f4 f6
23.exf6 Nxf6 24.g5 Nd5 25.Bc4 b5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.dxc5 Rc8 28.Qe3 a6 29.Rd1 Qxa2
30.Rh2 Qc4 31.Qh3 Qe4 32.Rd3 Kf7 33.Re3 Qf5 34.Qxh7 Rxc5 35.Re5 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Qa2
37.f5 exf5 38.Rh6 Rc6 39.Rxg6 Rxg6 40.Rxf5+ Ke7 41.Qxg6 Bxc3 42.Qb6 Be1+
43.Kf1 Be6 44.Qc5+ Kd7 45.Qd4+ Ke7 46.Qf6+ Kd7 47.Qg7+ Kd6 48.Rf3 Qb1 49.Qd4+ Ke7
50.Kg2 Qa2 51.Re3 Bd2 52.Qg7+ Ke8 53.Qh8+ Kd7 54.Rd3+ Bd5+ 55.Kf2 Ba5 56.Qg7+ Kc6
57.Qf6+ Kb7 58.Qe7+ Kc6 59.Qe8+ Kd6 60.g6 Bb6+ 61.Kg3 Bc7 62.g7 Qa1 63.Qg6+ Ke7+
64.Kf2 Bc4 65.Re3+ Kd7 66.Qe8+ Kd6 67.Qe7+ Kc6 68.Re6+  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 a5 13.Bb2 Ng5 14.Ne1 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1
16.Bxa1 e5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.f3 Qe7 19.Qc3 Ne6 20.Nc2 f4 21.c5 bxc5 22.Bc4 Kh8
23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.bxc5 Qc6 25.e4 Re8 26.Nb4 Qxc5+ 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Rc1 Nb3 29.Rxc7 Nxa1
30.Rxb7 h6 31.h4 Nb3 32.Nc6 Nc5 33.Rb5 Nd7 34.Rd5 Re6 35.Nd4 Re7 36.Nf5 Rf7
37.h5 Kg8 38.Nh4 Nf6 39.Rxe5 Kh7 40.Rf5 Ra7 41.Kh2 Ra8 42.Rxf4 Nxh5 43.Rf7 Ra2
44.Nf5 Kg6 45.Rf8 Kg5 46.Ne7 g6 47.Nd5 Kh4 48.Rg8 Ra6 49.Ne7 Kg5 50.g3 Ra2+
51.Kh3 Kf6 52.Nd5+ Kf7 53.Rc8 Rf2 54.Rc7+ Ke6 55.Re7+ Kd6 56.Rf7 Ke6 57.Rf8 Ke5
58.g4 Ng7 59.Kg3 Ra2 60.Rf6 g5 61.Rxh6 Ne6 62.Nb4  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Qb1 Nbd7 12.f4 b4 13.Na4 h6 14.a3 Qe7 15.Rc1 bxa3
16.bxa3 Rab8 17.Bb4 Ba8 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qc2 a5 20.Qc7 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Rb7 22.Rac1 Nxe5
23.fxe5 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 Ng4 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Nd7 Rd8 27.Bb5 Nxe3 28.g4 Nxg4 29.Ra7 Rc8
30.h3 Ne3 31.Nb6 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Nd1+ 33.Ke1 Bc6 34.Bxc6 Nb2+ 35.Kd2 Rxc6 36.Nd7 Nc4+
37.Kd3 Rc8 38.a4 g5 39.Rb7 Kg7 40.Rb5 Kg6 41.Rb7 h5 42.Nf6 Nd6 43.Nxd5 exd5
44.exd6 Rd8 45.Rb5 Rxd6 46.Rxa5 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.Ra8 Kf5  0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nge2 h6 9.Be3 exd5
10.cxd5 h5 11.Nf4 Nbd7 12.Be2 a6 13.a4 Ne5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qd2 Rb8 16.a5 Ne8
17.Na4 Bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nc7 19.Nd3 Nd7 20.Rc4 b5 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Rcc1 Nb5 23.Kh1 Rc8
24.Nf2 Re8 25.Ra1 Ra8 26.Ra2 Nd4 27.Rxa6 Rxa6 28.Bxa6 Qa8 29.Bd3 Qa2 30.Nd1 Nc4
31.Bxc4 Qxc4 32.Re1 Be5 33.Nf2 Rb8 34.Nd3 Bg7 35.Bf4 Rb6 36.h3 Qb3 37.e5 dxe5
38.Rxe5 Bxe5 39.Bxe5 Nxf3 40.gxf3 Qxd5 41.Qh6 Qxf3+ 42.Kh2 f6 43.Qxg6+ Kh8
44.Qe8+ Kg7 45.Qd7+ Kh6 46.Bf4+ Kg6 47.Bc1 Rb7 48.Qe8+ Kg7 49.Ne1 Qf5 50.Ng2 Qe5+
51.Qxe5 fxe5 52.Kg3 Rb3+ 53.Ne3 Kf6 54.Kf2 Ke6 55.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bc8 15.Ne3 Be7
16.Ba4 Bd7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Rb8 19.Qd2 Be7 20.c3 b3 21.Qd1 Qc8 22.Nd2 Bg5
23.Nc4 Ne7 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.Bxb3 Be6 26.Re2 Kh8 27.Ba2 f5 28.b4 f4 29.Nd2 Bg4
30.f3 Bd7 31.Bb3 Bf6 32.Ba4 c5 33.Nc4 cxb4 34.Bxd7 Qc5+ 35.Kh1 Rxd7 36.Rb1 Rdb7
37.Reb2 Rb5 38.cxb4 Rxb4 39.Rxb4 Rxb4 40.Rxb4 Qxb4 41.g3 fxg3 42.hxg3 Bd8
43.Kg2 Kh7 44.Qc2 Qe1 45.Qa2 Qd1 46.Nb6 h5 47.Nd7 Be7 48.Qf7 Qe2+ 49.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bc2 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Qd3 g6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Bb3 b5
16.Ba2 Na5 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.d5 exd5 21.Bxd5 Kg7 22.Qd4+ f6
23.Rfe1 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Nc6 25.Qb6 Rb8 26.Qxa6 Qb7 27.Qxb7+ Rxb7 28.Nf4 Ra8
29.Ne6+ Kg8 30.Rd6 Ne5 31.Nc5 Rc7 32.Ne4 Nc4 33.Nxf6+ Kf7 34.Rde6 Nxb2 35.Nxh7 Nd3
36.Ng5+ Kg7 37.Rf1 Kh6 38.Re3 Nf4 39.h4 Rca7 40.g3 Nd5 41.Rd3 Nf6 42.Rb1 Rxa3
43.Rxa3 Rxa3 44.Rxb5 Ra7 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.Rc5  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Ne5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Bb4
10.Bd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.f3 f6 14.Ng4 exf3 15.gxf3 O-O 16.Nf2 Nd7
17.Nd3 Bxd2+ 18.Qxd2 Qb6 19.O-O c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Rfd1 Rad8
23.Qc3 bxc4 24.bxc4 h5 25.Rd4 e5 26.Rd2 h4 27.Kf2 h3 28.Kg3 e4 29.Rd5 Rxd5
30.cxd5 Qxd5 31.Qc4 Qxc4 32.Rxc4 exf3 33.Kxf3 Rd8 34.Ra4 Rd2 35.Kg3 Rd3 36.Kf3 g5
37.Rxa6 Kf7 38.Ra7+ Kg6 39.Ra6 Rc3 40.a3 Rb3 41.Ra8 f5 42.Rg8+ Kf6 43.Rf8+ Ke6
44.Rg8 g4+ 45.Kf4 Rb2 46.e4 Rf2+ 47.Kg3 Rf3+ 48.Kh4 fxe4 49.Kxg4 Kd5 50.Rd8+ Kc4
51.a4 Rf7 52.Kxh3 e3 53.Re8 Kd3 54.Kg4 e2 55.h4 Rf1 56.h5 e1=Q 57.Rxe1 Rxe1
58.Kf5 Rh1 59.Kg6 Ke4 60.h6 Ke5 61.h7 Ke6 62.Kg7 Rg1+ 63.Kf8 Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Ne5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Bb4
10.Bd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Rc2 O-O 14.Qg4 Bxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Qc3 16.Ke2 f5
17.Qh4 Ra7 18.c5 Rc7 19.Rf1 Nd7 20.Qe7 Nxe5 21.Qxc7 Nc4 22.Rfd1 f4 23.exf4 e3
24.bxc4 exd2 25.Rxd2 Qxc4+ 26.Ke3 Qc3+ 27.Ke2 Qc4+ 28.Ke3 Qc3+ 29.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Nge2 exd5
10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Be2 h4 14.Nf1 Nh7 15.g4 f5 16.gxf5 gxf5
17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Rg1 Kh8 19.Qc2 Qf8 20.f4 Ndf6 21.Bd3 Nh5 22.a5 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4
24.Bxh7 Bg4 25.Nd2 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Re8+ 27.Be4 Qf5 28.Ra4 Qxd5 29.Rf1 Qe5 30.Qd3 d5
31.Qe3 Rxf1+ 32.Nxf1 Qxe4 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Qxe4 dxe4 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Nd2 Bf5
37.Nb3 c4 38.Nc5 Kf6 39.Nxb7 Ke5 40.Nc5 Bc8 41.Ke3 Kd5 42.Nxe4 h3 43.Kf4 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 b4 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.Nbd2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Ne5 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rac1 Qa5
16.Ng4 Ncd7 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.Nc4 Qg5 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.f4 Qh4 21.g3 Qh3 22.Na5 Bxb2
23.Nxb7 Bxc1 24.Nxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxc1 a5 26.Be4 Nf6 27.Qd2 Rf8 28.Bg2 Qf5 29.Qd4 h5
30.h3 Re8 31.Rc5 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb3 33.Rxa5 Nd5 34.Rb5 Qxa4 35.Rb7 Qa6 36.Bxd5 exd5
37.Qxd5 Qe2+ 38.Kh1 Rf8 39.e4 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 h4 41.gxh4 Qxf4+ 42.Kg2 Rc8  0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.e4 Ngf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nge2 c6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Ng3 g6 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Be2 b5 12.O-O b4 13.Nd1 exd4 14.Bxd4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Ne3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Re8 18.b3 c5 19.Bb2 c4 20.Bd4 Ba6 21.Qf2 Rad8 22.Rbd1 Nb6
23.Kh1 Nd5 24.Ne4 Qc6 25.bxc4 Bxc4 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.Bxa7 Qxa2 28.Bc5 Qa6 29.Rfe1 Qb7
30.h4 f5 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.Ng5 Qb7 33.Qd4 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 h6 35.Ne6 Re8 36.Re5 Qc6
37.Rxd5 Qxe6 38.Rd6 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.h5 gxh5 41.Qf4 Qe5 42.Rxh6+ Kg7 43.Qxe5+ Rxe5
44.Rxh5 Rc5 45.Rh4 Rxc2 46.Rxb4 Kg6 47.Kh3 Rc1 48.Rb6+ Kf7 49.Kh4 Rg1 50.Kg3 Rc1
51.Kf4 Rc2 52.g3 Rc3 53.Rh6 Rb3 54.Rh5 Ke6 55.Rh8 Kf7 56.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Bd7
9.Nbc3 Ne7 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Re8 12.h4 Ng6 13.Bg3 Bc6 14.h5 Ne5 15.f3 h6
16.Bh2 b6 17.Ng3 g6 18.Nd5 Bg7 19.Nf1 f5 20.Nfe3 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 fxe4 22.f4 Nd7
23.hxg6 Bd4 24.Nf5 Nf6 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Nxd4 e3 27.f5 Re4 28.Ne6 Rh4 29.Nf4 Re8
30.g3 Rg4 31.Ne6 Re4 32.Kd1 e2+ 33.Ke1 Ng4 34.Bg1 Ne5 35.Bd4 Nf3+ 36.Kf2 Nxd4
37.Nxd4 Rxd4 38.f6 Re6 39.f7 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.Qf3 O-O 12.Qxc3 Nd7 13.f4 c5 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Be3 Bb7
16.Nf3 e6 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.O-O Bf8 19.c6 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 Bxc6 21.Nd4 Bc5 22.Kf2 Bxd4
23.Bxd4 Nb6 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Rfd1 Be4 26.g3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bd5 28.Bxd5 exd5
29.Rc2 Ra3 30.g4 Ra4 31.Kg3 Ra3+ 32.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Nd6 Bxg5 16.Nxb7 Qe7
17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Bh6 19.Qc2 Rfc8 20.c6 Qc7 21.Bd3 g6 22.a5 Qxc6 23.Qxc6 Rxc6
24.g3 Rc5 25.Rfe1 b3 26.Ra3 Rb8 27.Nd4 Nb4 28.Rxb3 Rd8 29.Re4 Nxd3 30.Rxd3 Rcd5
31.f4 Bf8 32.Kg2 Bc5 33.Nb3 Rxd3 34.Nxc5 Rd2+ 35.Kh3 Rxb2 36.Nxa6 Ra8 37.Nc5 Rxa5
38.Rc4 Raa2 39.Ne4 Rxh2+ 40.Kg4 Kg7 41.Nf6 Ra3 42.Ne8+ Kh6 43.Rc1 g5 44.fxg5+ Kg6
45.Rf1 f5+ 46.gxf6 Rg2 47.Ng7 Rgxg3+ 48.Kh4 Rh3+ 49.Kg4 Rag3+ 50.Kf4 h5 51.Ke4 Kf7
52.Kd4 Rg4+ 53.Kc5 Re3  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Nd4 Nc6 8.Nc2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.d4 Qh5 12.f3 Bh3 13.g4 Qh4 14.Ne3 g6 15.Bd2 exf3
16.Bxh3 f2+ 17.Rxf2 Rxe3 18.Bxe3 Qxh3 19.Rf3 Qxg4+ 20.Kh1 Nd5 21.Qb3 Qe6
22.Bg1 Na5 23.Qb5 b6 24.c4 Ne7 25.Re3 Qd6 26.Rf1 Nec6 27.Qd5 Rf8 28.Ref3 Qe7
29.a3 Nd8 30.Re3 Ne6 31.Qe4 Nxc4 32.d5 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 Re8 34.dxe6 Qxe6 35.Qxe6 Rxe6
36.Rc1 c5 37.Rc2 Rd6 38.Kg2 f5 39.Be3 Kf7 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.Rc1 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 d6 8.d5 O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7
10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Nd4 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qe7 15.Rc1 a6 16.b4 Rae8
17.Bh5 Bxd4 18.dxe6 Bxc3 19.exd7 Rd8 20.Rxc3 Rxd7 21.Rd3 Qe6 22.c5 bxc5 23.bxc5 Rfd8
24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.Rxb3 Bd5 26.Rc3 dxc5 27.Rxc5 Be6 28.Bf3 Rb8 29.g4 Kg7 30.Ra5 Rb2
31.Kh2 Rdd2 32.Kg3 Rdc2 33.Be4 Rc4 34.f3 Rc3 35.Re1 Ra2 36.Rxa6 Raxa3 37.Rxa3 Rxa3
38.Bf5 Kf6 39.Bxe6 Kxe6 40.Rc1 Rxe3 41.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nge7 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Bg7
9.Re1+ Be6 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Qa4 Bd5 14.Nb3 Nf5 15.Bf4 Re8
16.Rad1 Nh4 17.f3 Qf6 18.Bg3 Nxg2 19.Kxg2 Rxe5 20.Nd2 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Qf5 22.Qb4 g5
23.Qc3 g4 24.Kf2 Rc8 25.Qe3 h5 26.h3 Kh7 27.Ne4 Kg6 28.h4 Re8  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Rfe1 h6
16.Bb5 Nf6 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Qa4 a6 19.Bf1 Qf4 20.Be5 Qg4 21.h3 Qg6 22.Bc7 Rc8
23.Bh2 Bxe4 24.Ne5 Qf5 25.Qxa6 Ra8 26.Qb6 Bd5 27.Qc7 Kf8 28.Nc6 Bxc6 29.Qxc6 Qd5
30.Bb5 Rd8 31.a4 Qd2 32.Rf1 Nd5 33.b3 Kg8 34.Bc4 h5 35.Qb5 Nc3 36.Qb7 Ne2+
37.Kh1 Qc2 38.Qxe7 Rd1 39.Bxe2  1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Rhe8 13.Nc4 Nxe4 14.Nfxe5 Be6 15.Rad1 Bc5
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Ne3 g6 19.Nd1 a5 20.Kf1 Ke7 21.Ke2 a4 22.f3 Nf6
23.Nf2 axb3 24.axb3 Bxf2 25.Kxf2 Bf5 26.Nd3 Nd5 27.Ne1 h5 28.Ba3+ Kf7 29.c4 Nf4
30.Ke3 Ne6 31.g3 c5 32.Bb2 Bb1 33.Nd3 Bc2 34.Nc1 Bb1 35.Nd3 Bc2 36.Nc1 Bb1
37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 Nxg5 39.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.f3 e5 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Nc1 Nh7 11.Be3 f5 12.Nd3 c6 13.O-O-O cxd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Kb1 Nf6
16.h3 Rc8 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Re1 Rf7 19.Nc1 a6 20.Bd3 Qd8 21.Nb3 f4 22.Ne2 Nh7
23.Bh4 g5 24.Bf2 Ng6 25.Qb4 Bf8 26.Rc1 g4 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Na5 Rxc1+ 29.Nxc1 b5
30.Be2 Qg5 31.Nd3 Nf6 32.Rc1 Rh7 33.Nc6 Rh2 34.Rg1 Qh6 35.Nd8 g3 36.Ba7 Bh3
37.Ne1 Qh7 38.Nc6 Bd7 39.Bb6 Rh1 40.Rxh1 Qxh1 41.Qd2 Bc8 42.b4 Bd7 43.Kb2 Ne7
44.Nxe7+ Bxe7 45.Bd3 Kf7 46.Qe2 Qh8 47.Qc2 Bd8 48.Ba7 Qh1 49.Qe2 Ne8 50.Qf1 Qh8
51.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Bb3 Qd6 15.Qe2 Nd7
16.Ng3 Qc7 17.Nf5 Bd8 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Qf3 Rb8 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 c4 22.Bc2 Ne7
23.Qg3 Nxf5 24.exf5 Bf6 25.h4 Kh8 26.Bg5 Bb7 27.Rad1 Rbd8 28.Qe3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Qe7
30.Qb6 Bc8 31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.Qxf6 gxf6 33.Rd6 Kg7 34.Be4 Re8 35.g4 h6 36.Kh2 Rg8
37.Kg3 a5 38.a3 Re8 39.f3 Re7 40.g5 hxg5 41.hxg5 Rd7 42.gxf6+ Kh6 43.Rxd7 Bxd7
44.f4 exf4+ 45.Kxf4 a4 46.Bd5 Be8 47.Kg4 Kh7 48.Kg5 Kg8 49.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5
10.O-O dxc4 11.Ne5 Qxc5 12.Nxc4 Nc6 13.a5 Be6 14.Na4 Qb4 15.Nab6 Rad8 16.Qa4 Nd5
17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.Rad1 Rc5 20.b3 Nd5 21.Bf3 Rb5 22.Rd3 Nb4 23.Rdd1 Nc6
24.Rd3 Bf5 25.e4 Be6 26.e5 Rb8 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Rfd1 h6 29.h4 Rxb3 30.Nb6 Rb5
31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kh7 33.Nd7 Bxd7 34.Rxd7 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Ra7 Rxa5
37.Rxe7 Kg7 38.Rc7 Rc5 39.Kf1 h5 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.f3 a5 43.g4 Kf6
44.Kd4 Rc1 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Ra7 Ra1 47.Ra6 Ra4+ 48.Ke3 Kg7 49.Rxc6 Rxh4 50.Rc5 a4
51.Ra5 Kg6 52.Kf2 Rb4 53.Kg3 h4+ 54.Kg2 f5 55.Kh2 Kg5 56.Kh3 Kf4 57.Kg2 Rc4
58.Rb5 a3 59.Ra5 Rc2+ 60.Kh3 a2 61.Ra3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.Bb2 bxc3 11.Bxc3 Na6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Nf3 Nc7 14.O-O Nb5 15.Ba5 Qd7
16.e5 e6 17.Rac1 Bb7 18.Rfd1 Nc7 19.Qe2 Ba6 20.Qc2 Nd5 21.Ng5 Nf4 22.Rd2 c5
23.Qe4 Ne2+ 24.Rxe2 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 cxd4 26.Rc7 d3 27.Rxd7 dxe2 28.f4 Rad8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Kf2 Rd4 31.g3 h6 32.Ke3 Rd1 33.Kxe2 Rb1 34.Ne4 Bf8 35.Be1 Be7 36.Nd6 Bd8
37.g4 Kg7 38.h4 Bb6 39.h5 gxh5 40.gxh5 Bd4 41.Ne8+ Kf8 42.Nf6 Kg7 43.Ng4 Bb6
44.Nf2 Rb2+ 45.Kf3 a5 46.Nd3 Rh2 47.Bf2 Bd8 48.Kg4 Rh1 49.Bc4 Rb1 50.Be1 Rb8
51.f5 exf5+ 52.Kxf5 Rb1 53.Bb3 Ra1 54.Ke4 Kg8 55.Kd5 Bc7 56.Bd2 Rh1 57.Kc6 Bd8
58.Kd7 Bg5 59.Bxa5 Rxh5 60.Ke8 Rh3 61.Bxf7+ Kh7 62.Be6 Rh2 63.Bd5 Kg7 64.e6 Re2
65.Bc3+ Kg6 66.Kd7 Kf5 67.Bb4 Re3 68.Nb2 Re2 69.Nc4 Kf4 70.Bd2+  1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 c6 7.Bb2 b5 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.e4 Rb8 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Qe2 a5 12.h3 Qc7 13.Rac1 Qa7 14.a3 b4 15.c4 bxc3 16.Bxc3 Bh6
17.Bf1 d5 18.exd5 Nbxd5 19.Ba1 Rb6 20.Rc5 Nd7 21.Rc2 Ba6 22.Qe4 N7f6 23.Qe5 Bxf1
24.Kxf1 Qd7 25.Kg2 Nh5 26.Rh1 f6 27.Qe4 f5 28.Qe5 Rf6 29.Re1 Bf4 30.gxf4 Nhxf4+
31.Kg3 Re6 32.Qxf4 Nxf4 33.Kxf4 Rxe1 34.Nxe1 Qd6+ 35.Kf3 Qxa3 36.Bc3 Rxb3
37.Nxb3 Qxb3 38.Ke2 a4 39.Kd2 a3 40.Nd3 g5 41.Ne5 a2 42.Nxc6 e6 43.Rc1 Kg7
44.Nb4 Kg6 45.Ra1 Kh5 46.Rxa2 Kh4 47.Ra7 h5 48.Rg7 f4 49.f3 Qb1 50.Nd3 Qf1
51.Kc2 Qg2+ 52.Bd2 Qe2 53.Rg8 Qxf3 54.Be1+ Kxh3 55.Rxg5 h4 56.Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.d4 e4 6.f3 Bb4 7.Qb3 c5 8.a3 Qa5 9.Bg5 O-O
10.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 exf3 13.Nxf3 Rxf6 14.O-O-O cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc6
16.Rhf1 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Rb8 18.Bd5+ Kh8 19.g4 fxg4 20.e4 b6 21.e5 Rxf1 22.Rxf1 Ba6
23.Rf7 Rd8 24.Kd2 h6 25.Ke3 Kh7 26.Kf4 Kg6 27.Rf5 Kh7 28.Kxg4 Bc8 29.Rf7 Kg6
30.h4 h5+ 31.Kf4 Bb7 32.Rf5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 b5 34.d6 a5 35.Ke4 b4 36.axb4 axb4
37.Rg5+ Kh6 38.e6 dxe6 39.Ke5 b3 40.Rg2 g5 41.Kxe6 gxh4 42.Ke7 Rb8 43.d7 b2
44.Rxb2 Rxb2 45.d8=Q h3 46.Qd6+ Kh7 47.Qe5 h2 48.Qxh5+ Kg8 49.d5 Rb7+ 50.Kf6 Rb6+
51.Ke5 Rb2 52.Ke6 Re2+ 53.Kd7 Ra2 54.d6 Ra7+ 55.Ke6  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Bc4 Rd8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.Bd2 Rb8
16.h3 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Rb5 18.c3 Qe6 19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Bxb4 Rxb4 21.Ra4 Rbb8 22.Qc2 Nh5
23.Ne3 Nf4 24.Rc4 c5 25.Nd2 Rb5 26.Rc3 Rxa5 27.Ndc4 Rb5 28.Ra3 Qg6 29.Kh2 d5
30.exd5 Nxd5 31.Nxe5 Nxe3 32.Rxe3 Bd6 33.Kg1 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 c4 35.Re3 Rg5 36.g3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.O-O Bxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.exd4 Qc7
16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Qd2 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Nf6 19.Rc1 a5 20.Rfe1 Rac8 21.f4 Qd7 22.b3 Rc7
23.Qe2 Rec8 24.Rcd1 d5 25.Qf3 Qc6 26.Qe3 Rd8 27.f5 exf5 28.Bxf5 Qd6 29.Bd3 Kf8
30.Qf3 Rcd7 31.Re5 dxc4 32.Bxc4 Re7 33.Rde1 Rc7 34.Rd1 Rcd7 35.Qf4 Qc7 36.g4 Rd6
37.g5 hxg5 38.Rxg5 Qe7 39.Qh2 Ng8 40.Rg4 Nh6 41.Kf1 Rf6 42.Rh4 Rdd6 43.Re1 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kohler, Aran"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Bg7 12.c5 f5 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.Bb5 Bc8 15.Be2 Kh8
16.Rc1 a6 17.a4 Ng8 18.Nc4 Nf6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.f3 h5 21.a5 Bh6 22.Rc2 h4
23.Qe1 Nh5 24.Bd1 Qf6 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.b5 Bf4 27.bxa6 bxa6 28.Nca4 Qg5 29.Nc4 Bd7
30.Nab6 Bb5 31.Rff2 Rbd8 32.Rfe2 Rf6 33.Rc3 Ng3 34.hxg3 hxg3 35.Rb2 Qh4 36.Kf1 Qh1+
37.Ke2 Qxg2+ 38.Kd3 Qxb2 39.Qh1+ Qh2 40.Qe1 g2  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Na3 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne8
10.Be3 Nc7 11.Qd2 axb5 12.Naxb5 Nxb5 13.Nxb5 Na6 14.a4 Nc7 15.Ra3 Bd7 16.Bc4 Nxb5
17.axb5 Qb6 18.Qd3 Bxb2 19.Ra6 Qb7 20.O-O Rab8 21.Rc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 Qc7 23.f4 Ra8
24.Rb1 Ra1 25.Rxa1 Bxa1 26.f5 Be5 27.g3 Re8 28.Qa3 Rf8 29.Kg2 Qb6 30.Bh6 Bg7
31.Bd2 gxf5 32.exf5 Be5 33.Bh6 Bg7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Qe3 e6 36.Qg5+ Kh8 37.Qf6+ Kg8
38.fxe6  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kohlweyer, Bernd"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 a5 10.bxc4 b4 11.c5 Nf6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Qa4 O-O 14.Ne5 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 Nd5
16.Ndc4 f6 17.Nd3 Nc3 18.Qb7 Ra6 19.Nd6 Qd7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Kd2 Rfa8 22.Rhc1 Kf8
23.Rxc3 bxc3+ 24.Kxc3 Ke7 25.Nc4 f5 26.Nde5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 a4 28.Ra3 Rb8 29.f3 Rb3+
30.Rxb3 axb3 31.Kxb3 Ra1 32.Nd3 Rg1 33.e4 fxe4 34.fxe4 Rxg2 35.d5 exd5 36.exd5 Rxh2
37.Ne5 Rd2 38.Kc4 h5 39.d6+ Ke6 40.Nf3 Rc2+ 41.Kd4 Rg2 42.Kc4 Rg4+ 43.Kb5 Rf4
44.Ng5+ Kd7 45.Kb6 h4 46.Kb5 Rf5 47.Ne4 Re5  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.Nd2 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.h4 Bxf4 10.exf4 h6 11.h5 Bh7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qd6 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.O-O O-O
16.Rfe1 c5 17.Rad1 Rac8 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.c3 Nf6 20.f5 Rfe8 21.fxe6 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 fxe6
23.Re1 Re8 24.Qd3 Qc4 25.Qxc4 dxc4 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Rd4 Rc5 28.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd5 d6 10.a4 Be6 11.Be2 Re8 12.c3 a6 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Nh4 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Be4 Qc8 19.Qd5 Nxf5 20.Qxb7 Qe6 21.Qxb6 Rab8 22.Qxa6 Nh4
23.Bg5 Nhf3+ 24.gxf3 f5 25.Bb7 Rxb7 26.Qxb7 d5 27.Rad1 Nxf3+ 28.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qxf4
16.Rxb7 Bd6 17.g3 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qa5 19.Nd2 c5 20.Nc4 Qd8 21.Qf3 cxd4 22.cxd4 Bc7
23.Ne5 Bb6 24.Rd1 Qd5 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Nc6 Rfc8 27.Rc1 Bxd4 28.Rc2 Bf6 29.Rxa7 Rxa7
30.Nxa7 Rxc2 31.Bxc2 Nb4 32.Bb1 Bd4 33.Nb5 Bb6 34.a4 h5 35.Nd6 Nc6 36.Kg2 g6
37.Bd3 Bc7 38.Ne4 Kg7 39.Bb5 Nd4 40.Bc4 Bd8 41.Nc5 Bc7 42.Nd7 g5 43.Nc5 Kg6
44.Nb7 Nc6 45.Bb5 Nd4 46.Bd3+ Kf6 47.a5 Ke5 48.a6 Bb8 49.Nc5 Ba7 50.Nd7+ Kd6
51.Nf6 g4 52.h3 Nf3 53.Be2 Ne5 54.h4 Ng6 55.Nxh5 f5 56.Ng7 Ke7 57.Bc4 Nf8
58.h5 Kf6 59.Ne8+ Kg5 60.Nc7 Kxh5 61.Bxe6 Kg5 62.Bc8 Ng6 63.Nb5 Bc5 64.a7 Bxa7
65.Nxa7 Ne5 66.Nb5 f4 67.Nc3 Nd3 68.Ne4+ Kh5 69.Nf6+ Kg5 70.Nxg4 Nxf2 71.Kxf2 fxg3+
72.Kxg3  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qb3 Be7 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Nf6 8.g3 a6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qxc5 15.e4 Qh5
16.Bd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Nc5 18.Qd1 O-O 19.e5 Ng4 20.Nh4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 b4 22.Rd4 bxc3
23.bxc3 Ne3+ 24.fxe3 Qxe5 25.Qf3 f5 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.exf4 Ne4 28.Rc1 Nxc3 29.Rd6 Nxa2
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxe6 Rc2+ 32.Kh3 g6 33.Nf3 Nb4 34.Ng5 Nd5 35.Rxa6 Ne3 36.Ra8+ Kg7
37.Ra7+ Kg8 38.Ra8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O Qc7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Nbd7
9.Nbd2 b5 10.Nf1 Nb6 11.Ng3 c5 12.d4 a5 13.Bc2 b4 14.d5 Ne8 15.h3 Bd7 16.Nh2 Qd8
17.Qd2 Bh4 18.Nf5 g6 19.Nxh4 Qxh4 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.Qe2 f5 22.Bh6 Ng7 23.a3 bxc3
24.bxc3 Rfb8 25.Rab1 f4 26.Kh2 Na4 27.Bxa4 Bxa4 28.g3 fxg3+ 29.fxg3 Bd7 30.Ng5 a4
31.Rf1 Rb3 32.Rbc1 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.Rf1 Qb8 35.Qf3 Nf5 36.exf5 gxf5 37.Ne6 Rb2+
38.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eslon, Jaan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9.a3 Nbd7
10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Rc1 bxc4 12.Nxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.b4 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4
17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Rc8 19.Rc2 Qe8 20.Na5 Qb5 21.Qb3 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 d5 23.g3 e5
24.Rd1 d4 25.exd4 exd4 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Rd3 Kf8 29.Kf1 Rc8 30.Ke2 Ke7
31.Nb3 Rc2+ 32.Rd2 Rc4 33.Na5 Rc3 34.Rd3 Rc2+ 35.Rd2 Rxd2+ 36.Kxd2 Kd6 37.Kd3 Kd5
38.Nb3 g5 39.f3 Be5 40.Nc5 h5 41.a4 bxa4 42.Nxa4 h4 43.gxh4 gxh4 44.h3 Bc7
45.Nc5 Ke5 46.Nb3 Kf4 47.Nxd4 Kg3 48.Ke4 Kxh3 49.Nf5 Bd8 50.b5 Kg2 51.Nxh4+ Bxh4
52.b6 Bd8 53.b7 Bc7 54.Kf5 Kxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e3 e5
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Nb6 13.h4 g4 14.h5 gxf3 15.gxf3 Bd7
16.a4 a6 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Bc2 Nc8 19.Kd2 Ne7 20.Bh4 Nh7 21.Ng3 Qc7 22.Bxh7 Rxh7
23.Ne4 Rh8 24.Rhg1 Bf5 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.e4 Bc8 27.Ke3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qc2 Bh3
30.Qh2  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 c6 6.e3 Na6 7.Nge2 Nc7 8.O-O Be6
9.b3 d5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb1 Bd6 13.f4 e4 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Qe2 O-O
16.dxe4 dxe4 17.Rd1 Rad8 18.Na3 Ncd5 19.Nc4 Bc5 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Bh3 g6 22.a3 a6
23.b4 Ba7 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Rc8 27.Qd2 b5 28.Ne5 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Rc8
30.Qd2 Nc3 31.a4  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5 4.f3 g5 5.fxe4 gxh4 6.e3 Bh6 7.Kf2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 d6 11.Bb5 h3 12.g3 Bd7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Re1 e6 15.Ne3 O-O
16.Bf1 e5 17.c3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Qf6+ 19.Nef5 Bg7 20.Kg1 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Rae8 22.Qc2 Qg6
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 Qg4 25.Qf2 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Be5 27.Bd3 b6 28.Qe2 Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Kg7
30.Re4  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 Nf6
9.axb5 cxb5 10.bxc4 bxc4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qa3 Qe7 13.Nxc4 Qxa3 14.Rxa3 Nc6
15.Be2 Ke7 16.O-O Rhc8 17.Nbd2 Nd5 18.g3 Rab8 19.Ne4 Ndb4 20.Rc1 f6 21.Nc5 Be8
22.Bf3 Rc7 23.Kg2 Rbc8 24.Na5 Nxa5 25.Rxa5 Bc6 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Nxe6 Kxe6
28.d5+ Kf7 29.Rac5 a5 30.dxc6 a4 31.g4 Ra8 32.h4 a3 33.Kg3 Ra6 34.Ra1 Rcxc6
35.Rxc6 Rxc6 36.Rxa3 h6 37.Ra7+ Kf8 38.h5 Rc4 39.Kf3 Rb4 40.e4 Rb2 41.Ke3 Rc2
42.f3 Rc3+ 43.Kf4 Rc5 44.Rd7 Rc3 45.Rd5 Ra3 46.Rb5 Rc3 47.Rb2 Kf7 48.Kg3 Ke7
49.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Nb6 8.Qc2 Bg4
9.Ne5 Bh5 10.Bd3 Bg6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rab1 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 a5 14.a3 O-O 15.h3 Nfd7
16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Qc2 Nf8 18.Na4 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Ng6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Rdc1 Qd7 22.Qc2 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 a5 10.Qe4 g6 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.f4 O-O 13.O-O d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Qc5+
16.Be3 Qxd5 17.Bxb6 Qxe4 18.Bxe4 cxb6 19.Bxa8 Ba6 20.Bd5 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Rd8
22.Rd1 Kf8 23.Ke2 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.b3 Kg7 26.Kf3 b5 27.g4 a4 28.g5 Bb2
29.bxa4 bxa4 30.Ke4 Re8+ 31.Kd3 Rd8 32.Kc4 Rf8 33.Rf1 Be5 34.h4 Rxf4+ 35.Rxf4 Bxf4
36.Kd3 Bg3 37.h5 gxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qc2 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nf3 c6
9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O Bd7 11.Ne5 Be8 12.f3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Rab1 Rab8
16.e4 fxe4 17.fxe4 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 g6 19.e5 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Qd2 Kg7 22.h4 h6
23.Qe3 b5 24.Qf3 Be8 25.c5 a5 26.a3 a4 27.Bc2 Qf7 28.Bd1 Qe7 29.Kf2 g5 30.h5 Qf8
31.Kg1 Bf7 32.Qd3 Be8 33.Bg4 Qf7 34.g3 Kf8 35.Qb1 Kg7 36.Qb4 Qc7 37.Bxe6 Bxh5
38.Qb1 Bg6 39.Qf1 Qe7 40.Bc8 Be8 41.Qf5 Qf7 42.g4 Qe7 43.Kg2 Qf7 44.Kg3 Qe7
45.e6 h5  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.c4 Bd6 14.Rc1 Bf4 15.Rc2 Bg4
16.f3 Be6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Bc4 Qd6 19.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Qxf6 21.Bxd5 Bg3 22.Rc4 cxd5
23.Rg4 Qe5 24.Kg1 Bh2+ 25.Kh1 Qh5  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Nh4 Nf6
9.f3 Be7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.e4 fxe4 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bc4 O-O 15.O-O Nd7
16.Rae1 Nf6 17.Be5 Qd7 18.Qg3 Qg4 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Re3 Nd5 21.Rxe4 b6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Bxd5 Bg5 24.Bc4 Rae8 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.cxb6 Qe3+ 27.Qxe3 Bxe3+ 28.Kh1 axb6
29.d5 cxd5 30.Bxd5 f5 31.g3 Kf6 32.Re1 Re8 33.Kg2 Re5 34.Rd1 Bc5 35.Bf3 Re6
36.Rd2 Re1 37.a3 Rg1+ 38.Kh3 Rf1 39.Be2 Rf2 40.b4 Be3 41.Rc2 Kg5 42.a4 h6
43.a5 bxa5 44.bxa5 Bd4 45.a6 Be3 46.Ra2 Bd4 47.Ra4 Rxe2 48.Rxd4 Ra2 49.Rd6 Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bukic, Enver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nge2 Rb8 8.Qd2 a6
9.Rd1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Ncb5 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rb7 15.Nc6 Bxc6
16.dxc6 Rb6 17.Qxb4 Nxc6 18.Qd2 Qb8 19.b3 Rxb5 20.Rxc6 Rb6 21.Rxb6 Qxb6 22.Be3 c5
23.Be2 Ra8 24.O-O Nd7 25.Rc1 Ne5 26.Kh1 Nc6 27.Bc4 Nd4 28.f4 Ra3 29.f5 Qa5
30.Qxa5 Rxa5 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.a4 Be5 33.g3 e6 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.g4 Ra8 36.h4 Rh8
37.Rh1 Rd8 38.a5 d5 39.exd5 exd5 40.Bxd4 Bxd4 41.Bd3 Ra8 42.a6 c4 43.bxc4 Rxa6
44.cxd5 Ra3 45.Rd1 Be5 46.Kf3 Bd6 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 c6 6.Nge2 Na6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 Be6
9.b4 Bxc4 10.b5 Nb8 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6+ Nxc6 13.Qa4 Bd3 14.Qxc6+ Kf7 15.Rb7 Qc8
16.Rc7 Qe6 17.Ba3 Rhd8 18.f4 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Qa4 Qc4 21.Qxc4+ Bxc4 22.Rb1 Rd7
23.Kf1 Rc7 24.Ke1 Nd7 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Bxe7 Kxe7 27.d4 Nb6 28.dxe5 Bxe2 29.Nxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 Bd6 12.Nd4 Bc7 13.Re1 Qd6 14.g3 Bg4 15.Qd2 Rae8
16.Qc3 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Bxc7 Qxc7 20.Qxc6 Qe5 21.c3 f5 22.f3 Bh3
23.Re2 Kh8 24.Rae1 Qe7 25.Qd5 Qf6 26.Qd7 h5 27.Rf2 h4 28.fxe4 hxg3 29.hxg3 Qg5
30.Rf3 Qd2 31.Re2 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Bg4 33.Rff2 Bxe2 34.Rxe2 fxe4 35.Qd5 g6 36.Qg5 Rf7
37.g4 Rh7+  0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Bf4 c4 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Ne5 b5 13.a3 Rfe8 14.Rfe1 Ne4 15.Rad1 Nxd2
16.Rxd2 Na5 17.Bg3 Nb3 18.Rdd1 Rad8 19.f3 f6 20.Ng4 Bf5 21.e4 Bxg4 22.fxg4 dxe4
23.a4 Rd5 24.axb5 Rc8 25.b6 Rc6 26.Bc7 e6 27.Ra1 Nxa1 28.Rxa1 e5 29.dxe5 fxe5
30.g5 Rd2 31.Kf2 Bf8 32.Ke3 Rxb2 33.Bg4 Bc5+ 34.Kxe4 Bxb6 35.Bxe5 Rxg2 36.Bd7 Re2+
37.Kf4 Bc7 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Be8+ Ke6 40.Bxc6 Bxe5+ 41.Kf3 Rxh2 42.Bxb7 Bxc3
43.Rc8 Rh4 44.Be4 Bd2 45.Rxc4 Bxg5 46.Rc6+ Ke5 47.Rc5+ Kf6 48.Rc6+ Kg7 49.Rc7+ Kh6
50.Bd5 Rf4+ 51.Kg2 Rf8 52.Rd7 Re8 53.Kg3 Re5 54.Kf3 Be7 55.Kf4 Re1 56.Be4 Bg5+
57.Ke5 Rf1 58.Rb7 Bf6+ 59.Ke6 Bg7 60.Kd5 Rd1+ 61.Kc5 Rd4 62.Bc2 Rd8 63.Bb1 Bf6
64.Rf7 Be5 65.Be4 Bh2 66.Kc4 Rh8 67.Kd3 Kg5 68.Ke3 Be5 69.Rb7 h5 70.Rb6 Bf6
71.Kf3 Rf8 72.Kg3 Re8 73.Kf3 h4 74.Rb5+ Be5 75.Rb6 Rf8+ 76.Kg2 Bf6 77.Kh3 Rc8
78.Rb5+ Kh6 79.Rb3 Rc4 80.Bd5 Rd4 81.Bf7 Rd2 82.Ra3 Re2 83.Kg4 Re4+ 84.Kf3 Rd4
85.Re3 g5 86.Re4 Rd3+ 87.Ke2 Rc3 88.Be6 Kg6 89.Re3 Rc2+ 90.Kf3 Bd4 91.Rb3 Rf2+
92.Kg4 Be5 93.Bd7 Rd2 94.Bf5+ Kf6 95.Bc8 Rg2+ 96.Kh5 Bf4 97.Ra3 Ke5 98.Bd7 Kd4
99.Bh3 Rg3 100.Ra4+ Kc5 101.Bf5 h3 102.Ra2 Rg2 103.Ra3 h2 104.Rh3 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nd2 a5 10.Qe4 Na4 11.Be2 Nc5 12.Qe3 g6 13.O-O Bg7 14.Nf3 Ne6 15.Re1 O-O
16.Bd2 Bb7 17.Bc3 c5 18.Rad1 a4 19.Bd3 a3 20.b3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nd4 22.Bxd4 cxd4
23.Qd5 c5 24.f4 Kh8 25.Re2 Rac8 26.Rf1 Bh6 27.g3 Qe6 28.Qf3 d6 29.Kg2 dxe5
30.Rxe5 Qb6 31.Rfe1 Qb4 32.h4 Bg7 33.R5e2 Qb8 34.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qb3 Qc8 10.Rac1 dxc4 11.dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 d6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Ne7 12.O-O Nd5 13.Qb3 Nf4 14.Rfe1 Nxe2+ 15.Rxe2 dxe5
16.dxe5 Qe7 17.Rd1 c5 18.Rd6 b6 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Rd7 Qe8 21.Ng5 h6 22.e6 fxe6
23.Rxe6 Qh5 24.Rxb7 Qxg5 25.Qc4 Kh8 26.h4 Qf5 27.f3 Rad8 28.Qe4 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Qxe4
30.Rxe4 Rd2 31.Rg4 Rg8 32.Rxa7 Rxb2 33.a4 Rb4 34.Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Qg4 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.Qg3 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6
10.Nf3 Be7 11.Bg5 Nb4 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Ne2 Qd7 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.Rh3 Kb7 16.Bd2 Rdg8
17.Ng5 Bd8 18.f4 Rf8 19.Qd3 Nge7 20.Ng3 g6 21.Nf3 Nf5 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.c4 Be7
24.Rc1 Rd8 25.c5 bxc5 26.dxc5 Rb8 27.Ka1 Ka8 28.Rhh1 Rhd8 29.Rhd1 d4 30.Rc4 Qd5
31.Re1 Qe6 32.b4 Qc8 33.Nxd4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Qd8 36.Qxd8 Rxd8 37.Bc3 Bxh4
38.Re3 Bf2 39.Rf3 Bd4 40.Kb2 Kb7 41.Rd3 Bxc3+ 42.Kxc3 Rg8 43.b5 g5 44.a4 gxf4
45.Rd7 f3 46.gxf3 h4 47.Rxf7 Rh8 48.e6 h3 49.a5 h2 50.c6+  1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bd3 b5 9.Nge2 Nbd7
10.O-O Bb7 11.b3 e5 12.d5 b4 13.Na4 a5 14.a3 c5 15.Nb2 Qc7 16.a4 h5 17.Bc2 Rae8
18.h3 Nh7 19.Be3 h4 20.Bh6 Qd8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Bc8 24.Raf1 Qg5
25.Qe1 Ndf6 26.Kh1 Re7 27.Rxh4 Rfe8 28.Ng3 Rh8 29.Rhf4 Kg8 30.Kg1 Ne8 31.Qf2 f6
32.Nd3 Qh6 33.Bd1 g5 34.Nf5 Bxf5 35.Rxf5 Ng7 36.Rf3 Rxe4 37.Bc2 Rd4 38.Qe3 Kf7
39.Nf2 Re8 40.Qc1 Re2 41.Ng4 Qh4 42.Bxh7 Rdd2 43.Rxf6+ Ke7 44.R6f2 Nh5 45.Bd3 Rxf2
46.Rxf2  1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.Qf3 O-O 11.e5 bxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd7 13.f4 Nb6 14.Nf3 a5 15.O-O Ba6
16.Re1 a4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.Qc5 Rab8 19.Rb1 Bb5 20.Be4 f5 21.exf6 exf6 22.f5 g5
23.h4 h6 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Be3 Nd5 26.Bf2 Nf4 27.Bg3 Rfd8 28.Bxf4 gxf4 29.Rbd1 Qd6
30.Qc3 Re8 31.Nh4 Rbd8 32.Ng6 Bh6 33.Qf3 Bc4 34.Qg4 Bg5 35.Ne5 Bf7 36.Nf3 Kf8
37.Nxg5 fxg5 38.Qxg5 Bxa2 39.f6 Qc7 40.Bg6 Rxe1+ 41.Rxe1  1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Rc1 e5
9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 f5 11.h4 Bf6 12.h5 Bg5 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Rh3 Nc5
16.Ke2 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rf4 19.Qd3 Qg4+ 20.Bf3 e4 21.Rh8+ Kf7 22.Qe3 Qf5
23.Rch1 exf3+ 24.gxf3 Qe5 25.R1h7+ Kf6 26.Rf8+ Kg5 27.Rxf4 Qxf4 28.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.Qa4 Qc7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Ba3 a5 15.Rac1 Bf8
16.Bc5 Qe8 17.Qa3 Nd7 18.Na4 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 e5 20.Qc3 exd4 21.Qxd4 Rab8 22.Rfd1 Rb4
23.Qc3 Rb5 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Rc2 h5 26.h4 Rd6 27.g3 Re6 28.Nc3 Rb4 29.Ne2 a4
30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Rb1 Qa8 32.Nd4 Rf6 33.Rb6 Rxa2 34.Rbxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Ra3
36.Qc2 Qa5 37.Kg2 Ra2 38.Rxg6+ Kh7 39.Qf5 fxg6 40.Qxf8 Qa8 41.Qf7+ Kh6 42.Ne6 Ra7
43.Qf4+ Kh7 44.Ng5+ Kg8 45.Qd6 Ra6 46.Qd7 Ra7 47.Qd6 Ra6 48.Qe7 Ra7 49.Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 d5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O c6 11.Qc2 g6 12.h3 Be7 13.Bf4 Nf8 14.Ne5 Nh5 15.Bh2 Bd6
16.Rae1 f6 17.Ng4 Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Qd6+ 19.Kg1 Kg7 20.Nh2 f5 21.Na4 Be6 22.Nf3 Nd7
23.Nc5 b6 24.Nxd7 Bxd7 25.Ne5 Re6 26.Rc1 Be8 27.f4 Ng3 28.Rf3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Rf2 Rc8 31.f5 gxf5 32.Rxf5 Bg6 33.Rf4 c5 34.Qc3 Kg8 35.Rcf1 c4 36.Qe1 Rxe5
37.dxe5 Qxe5 38.Qf2 Qg7 39.Rf6 d4 40.exd4 Re8 41.Qe3 b5 42.d5 b4 43.d6 Rc8
44.Qd4 Qd7 45.Qd5+ Kg7 46.Re6 Qa7+ 47.Kh2 Kh6 48.Rf4 Qe3 49.Rh4+ Kg7 50.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "CRO-Cup"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 c3
9.Ne4 b4 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.Ng5 O-O 12.Bd3 h6 13.h4 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qc2 Qd5
16.O-O-O Nc5 17.Nc4 Nxb3+ 18.Qxb3 hxg5 19.hxg5 Qxg5 20.Ne5 Qxg2 21.Qc2 Qe4
22.Qxe4 Nxe4 23.Rh4 Nf6 24.Nxc6 g6 25.Nxb4 Rfc8 26.d5 a5 27.Nc6 Nxd5 28.Rdh1 Kg7
29.Ne5 Nf6 30.e4 Rab8 31.Nd3 c2 32.Kd2 Rb1 33.Nc1 e5 34.f3 Rb4 35.Nd3 Rd4  0-1

[Event "CRO-Cup"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O Bb7 10.e4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.a4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 c4 14.Ng5 Nb6 15.Bh5 g6 16.Bf3 Bd5
17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nd5 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bg5 f6 22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.exf6 Bxf6
24.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "CRO-Cup"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.O-O Ng6
10.h3 O-O 11.Re1 c6 12.Bb3 Re8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Na3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nc4 Bc7
17.Ng5 Rb8 18.Ne3 h6 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Nf3 Be6 21.Nc2 f5 22.Na3 Rb7 23.Nb5 Bb8
24.Rb1 Qf6 25.Bd2 Rbe7 26.Rc1 e4 27.Nfd4 Bf7 28.dxe4 dxe4 29.c4 Ne5 30.Bxa5 Nd3
31.c5 Be5 32.Ne2 f4 33.Nbc3 Nxe1 34.Nxe4 Qg6 35.Qxe1 f3 36.g3  0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bc4 Be6
9.Bxe6 Qxd1+ 10.Nxd1 fxe6 11.f3 Nc6 12.c3 b5 13.Nf2 Bd6 14.Nd3 a5 15.a4 b4
16.Be3 Kf7 17.Kd2 Rab8 18.Rhc1 Rhd8 19.Ke2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rb3 21.Ra2 Be7 22.Rcc2 h6
23.Nb2 Ke8 24.Nc4 Rb1 25.Rc1 Rdb8 26.Kd1 Bg5 27.Bxg5 hxg5 28.Kc2 R1b3 29.Rd1 Ke7
30.Raa1 R3b7 31.Rd3 Nd8 32.Rad1 Nf7 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.R1d2 Nd6 35.Ne3 Nf7 36.Ng4+ Kg6
37.Re7 Rb2+ 38.Kd1 Rxd2+ 39.Kxd2 Rb2+ 40.Kd3 Rxg2 41.Rxe6+ Kh7 42.Re7 Nh6
43.Rxe5 Nxg4 44.fxg4 Rxg4 45.Rxa5 Kg6 46.Ra6+ Kh7 47.a5 Rh4 48.e5 Rxh2 49.e6 Kg6
50.e7+ Kf7 51.Re6 Ke8 52.a6 Ra2 53.Ke4 Ra4+ 54.Kf3 Ra3 55.Kg4 Rxc3 56.Kxg5 c5
57.Kf4 c4 58.Ke4 Ra3 59.Kd4 c3 60.Kd3 g5 61.Rh6 Kxe7 62.a7 g4 63.Rh8 c2+
64.Kxc2 Kf6 65.a8=Q Rxa8 66.Rxa8 Ke5 67.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.d4 Qe7 8.Bg5 e5
9.d5 Nb8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 a5 12.e4 h6 13.Bh4 a4 14.b4 axb3 15.Nxb3 b6 16.a4 O-O
17.Be2 g5 18.Bg3 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 f5 20.Qc2 f4 21.Bg4 Nf6 22.Bxc8 Raxc8 23.a5 bxa5
24.Nxa5 Qh7 25.Qxh7+ Kxh7 26.Bxf4 gxf4 27.Nc6 Ne4 28.f3 Ra8 29.Ke2 Nc3+ 30.Kd2 Na4
31.Kc2 Rg8 32.Rhg1 Nc5 33.Na7 Rg7 34.Kc3 h5 35.Nb5 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Rxg2 37.Ra7 e4
38.Nxc7 exf3 39.Ne6+ Kh6 40.Rf7 f2 41.Rf6+ Kh7 42.Rf7+ Kg6 43.Rxf4 Ne4+ 44.Kd3 Nd2
45.c5 dxc5 46.h3 Rh2 47.d6 f1=Q+ 48.Rxf1 Nxf1 49.d7 Rd2+ 50.Kc4 Ng3 51.d8=Q Rxd8
52.Nxd8 Ne4 53.Ne6 h4 54.Nxc5 Nf2 55.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.d3 c5 9.e3 Nc6
10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfd8 12.Rad1 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Qc7 14.e4 Rac8 15.Rc1 b5 16.Nce5 Qa5
17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Ba1 Be8 19.Rfd1 Qb6 20.d4 a6 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Bf8 23.Ne5 Bd7
24.Nc6 Re8 25.Qc2 Qc7 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Be4 h6 28.Bh7+ Kg7 29.Bf5 Bd6 30.Bxd7 Qxd7
31.Qd3 Qg4 32.Re1 c4 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Qc3 h5 35.h4 Re4 36.Rxe4 Qxe4 37.Qxc4 Re8
38.Qxe4 Rxe4 39.Rd1 Ra4 40.Rd2 f5 41.f4 Kf6 42.Kg2 Rc4 43.Ne5 Re4 44.Nf3 Ra4
45.Rb2 a5 46.Ng5 Rd4 47.Rb7 Rxd5 48.Rxf7+ Kg6 49.Rd7 Rd2+ 50.Kf3 Bxf4 51.Rxd2 Bxd2
52.Ne6 a4 53.Nf4+ Kh6 54.Ke2 Bb4 55.Kd3 Be1 56.Ne2 f4 57.gxf4 Bxh4 58.Nc3 a3
59.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C69"]

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.Be3 O-O-O 11.Nbc3 Re8 12.Rd2 Bc6 13.Rad1 b6 14.f3 Ne7 15.Nf4 Ng6
16.Ncd5 Ne5 17.b3 c4 18.Nh5 Rg8 19.Kf2 Ba3 20.h3 Kb7 21.g4 Rd8 22.Bf4 Bc5+
23.Kg2 cxb3 24.cxb3 Rde8 25.Bg3 a5 26.Bf2 Bxf2 27.Kxf2 Nd7 28.Kg3 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Nc5
30.h4 h6 31.Nf4 Kc8 32.Ng6 c6 33.R5d2 Kc7 34.h5 Rd8 35.Ne7 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Rf8
37.Nf5 Rf7 38.Rd6 b5 39.Kf2 Nd7 40.f4 Nb6 41.Ke3 Nc8 42.Rd2 Ne7 43.Nd4 Kb6
44.Ne6 g6 45.hxg6 Nxg6 46.Rd6 Ne7 47.a3 h5 48.gxh5 Rh7 49.Nd4 Rxh5 50.Rxf6 Rh3+
51.Nf3 Kc7 52.f5 c5 53.Rf7 Kd8 54.Rf8+ Kd7 55.Kf4 Nc6 56.Rf7+ Kd8 57.Rg7 Rh1
58.f6 Rf1 59.Rg8+ Kc7 60.f7 Nd4 61.Rg3 Kd7 62.Ke3 Ne6 63.Rg6 Nf8 64.Ra6 Ke7
65.Ne5 Rb1 66.Ra8 Nh7 67.Re8+ Kf6 68.Rh8 Kxe5 69.Rxh7 Rf1 70.Rh5+ Kd6 71.Rf5 Rxf5
72.exf5 Ke7 73.Ke4 Kxf7 74.Kd5 a4 75.bxa4 bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.d4 d5 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.c4 Nf6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Qa4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Rc8 15.Bb2 Qd5
16.Rac1 Ne4 17.Qe2 Ng6 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qe6 21.f3 Nc5 22.e4 Rcd8
23.f4 Qb3 24.Bd4 Ne6 25.Be3 c5 26.f5 Nd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.f6 Qe6 29.Qh5 gxf6
30.exf6 Qxf6 31.Rc7 d3 32.Rf1 Re5 33.Qxf7+ Qxf7 34.Rfxf7 d2 35.Rg7+ Kf8 36.Rcf7+ Ke8
37.Rg8+ Kxf7 38.Rxd8 Ra5 39.Rxd2 Rxa3 40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.e5 b5 42.Rb7 a6 43.e6 h5
44.e7 Kf7 45.Kf2 Ra4 46.Ke3 b4 47.Kd4 a5 48.Ra7 b3+ 49.Kc3 Rb4 50.Kb2 a4
51.g3 Re4 52.h3 Re2+ 53.Kb1 Re4 54.Kb2 Ke8 55.Kb1 Re1+ 56.Kb2 Re2+ 57.Kb1 Ra2
58.g4 h4 59.g5 a3 60.g6 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O c5 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Ba3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.d5 Nc8 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Nd6 17.Bf1 Be5 18.Bb2 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 f6 20.Qe3 Qa5 21.e5 fxe5 22.Qxe5 Rf7
23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Rbe2 Qc3 25.Qe3 Qa5 26.Qg5 Qb6 27.Rxe7 Qxf2+ 28.Kh2 Qf6 29.Qxf6 Rxf6
30.Rd7 Rc3 31.Bb1 a6 32.Ree7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Nxf7 34.Rxb7 Ra3 35.Rb2 Kf8 36.Bc2 Rc3
37.Rb8+ Kg7 38.Bb3 Nd6 39.Rb6 Ne4 40.Rxa6 Nd2 41.Rb6 Rd3 42.d6 Nxb3 43.axb3 Kf6
44.d7+ Ke5 45.Rb7 g5 46.d8=Q Rxd8 47.Rxh7 Rd3 48.Rb7 g4 49.Rb5+ Kf6 50.hxg4 Kg6
51.g5 Rc3 52.b4 Rb3 53.g4 Kg7 54.Kg2 Kg6 55.Kf2 Rd3 56.Rc5 Rd4 57.b5 Rxg4
58.Ke3 Kf7 59.Kd3 Ke7 60.Kc3 Kd7 61.Kb3 Ke7 62.b6 Kd7 63.b7 Rg1 64.Rb5  1-0

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc4 Kd7 23.Rac1 Rxg5
24.Qe4 Nd8 25.Qd4+ Ke8 26.Qxa7 Qa5 27.Qb8 Qxa4 28.Rd4 Rd5 29.Rxd5 exd5 30.Qc8 Qd7
31.Re1+ Qe6 32.Rxe6+ fxe6 33.f7+  1-0

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.e5 Ng4
9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Nc6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Ne4 Ng8 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Rc1 Bc5 15.a3 a5
16.Nfg5 Be7 17.c5 h6 18.Nf3 bxc5 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Qb8 21.Rb5 Qc7 22.Nxd4 Nge7
23.Qd2 O-O 24.Rc1 a4 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Qxh6 Ra5 27.Be4 Ng6 28.Bxg6 fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kh8
30.Nxc6 dxc6 31.Rc4 Qd8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Rg4+  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd5 6.cxd5 exd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Qe7+
9.Ne2 O-O 10.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.O-O-O c5 13.Qf4 Na6 14.d6 Qd8 15.Nc3 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Qa5 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh4+ Kg8 20.Nd5 g6 21.Qh6 Nb3+ 22.Kb1  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 Qf6 13.Bb2 Qh6 14.d5 Rae8 15.Qa4 Re7
16.Nd4 e5 17.Ne6 Rf6 18.f4 Rg6 19.Qxa7 Rxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Rxe6 21.Rf3 Rg6+ 22.Rg3 Nxg3
23.hxg3 exf4 24.g4 fxg4 25.exf4 Qh3+ 26.Kf2 g3+ 27.Ke3 g2+ 28.Kd2 g1=Q 29.Rxg1 Rxg1
30.Qxb7 Qg3 31.Bd3 Qe1+ 32.Kc2 Rg2+ 33.Kb3 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nd5 Na6 10.O-O-O Bg4 11.Bg5 Rd6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Re6 14.h4 c6 15.Nc3 Ne8
16.Bh3 Rd6 17.Rxd6 Nxd6 18.b3 Ne8 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Na4 h5 21.Rd7 Bxg5+ 22.hxg5 Nec7
23.Kd2 Kf8 24.Nb2 Re8 25.Nd3 h4 26.Ke3 Ne6 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.f4 h3 29.Nxe5 h2
30.Rd1 Nb4 31.Rh1 Nxa2 32.Rxh2 Kg7 33.Ng4 Re8 34.Nf6 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Kxh8 36.Kd2 a5
37.Ne8 b6 38.Nd6 Kg7 39.Nc8 b5 40.Na7 bxc4 41.bxc4 Nb4 42.Kc3 c5 43.Nc8 a4
44.Nb6 a3 45.Nd5 Nd3 46.Kb3 Nxf2 47.e5 Kf8 48.Kxa3 Ke8 49.Ka4 Kd7 50.Kb5 Nd3
51.Kb6 Ke8 52.Kc6 Kf8 53.Kd6 Kg7 54.e6 fxe6 55.Nc7 Kf7 56.Nxe6 Nb2 57.Kd5 Nxc4
58.Nd8+ Ke8 59.Kxc4 Kxd8 60.Kxc5 Ke7 61.Kd5 Kd7 62.Ke4 Ke6 63.Kf3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Bg4 6.d5 Ne5 7.Be2 Nxf3+ 8.gxf3 Bd7
9.e4 Bg7 10.Be3 a6 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.a3 b5 13.O-O bxc4 14.Bxc4 Qc7 15.Qd3 Nf6
16.Bxa6 O-O 17.Bc4 Nh5 18.f4 Kh8 19.f3 f5 20.Rae1 g5 21.fxg5 f4 22.Bd2 Bh3
23.Rf2 Qb8 24.Nd1 Rg8 25.Kh1 Be5 26.Rg1 h6 27.Re2 Rxg5 28.Rxg5 hxg5 29.Bc3 Bf1
30.Bxe5+ dxe5 31.Qc3 Bxe2 32.Bxe2 Qd6 33.Nf2 Nf6 34.Bc4 Rg8 35.Nd3 Rg7 36.Nxe5 g4
37.Nd3 Nh5 38.fxg4 Ng3+ 39.hxg3 Qh6+ 40.Kg2 fxg3 41.Qe5 Qh2+ 42.Kf3 Kh7 43.d6 exd6
44.Qxg3 Qh1+ 45.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 b6 12.Ng5 Be7 13.Nge4 Bb7 14.Nd6 Na5 15.Be2 Bxd6
16.Rxd6 Rfc8 17.f3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.b4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Kf2 f6 22.Rd2 Bb5
23.Ra1 Ba4 24.Bg3 Rc3 25.e4 e5 26.Kg1 Rac8 27.h4 Kf7 28.Raa2 Ke7 29.Bf2 Rc1+
30.Kh2 R8c3 31.Re2 Bb3 32.Rab2 Bc4 33.Re3 Rxe3 34.Bxe3 Rc3 35.Bd2 Rxa3 36.Rc2 Be6
37.Kg3 h5 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Rc3 Ra2 40.Ke3 Bd7 41.Rd3+ Ke6 42.Rc3 Ra4 43.Rc1 Kd6
44.Bc3 Ra2 45.Bd2 Bc6 46.Rc3 Kd7 47.Rc1 Bb5 48.Rc3 Rb2 49.Rc1 Rb3+ 50.Bc3 Bc4
51.Kd2 Kc6 52.Ra1 a6 53.g3 Kb5 54.f4 Bf7 55.fxe5 fxe5 56.Kc2 Kc4 57.Bxe5 Bg6
58.Rxa6 Bxe4+ 59.Kd2 Rd3+ 60.Ke2 Bf3+ 61.Kf2 Kb5 62.Ra2 Bd5 63.Rb2 g6 64.Bf4 Kc4
65.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.O-O Ba7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Bb3 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nf1 c6 11.h3 Qc7 12.d4 O-O 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bc2 h6 15.Be3 Rad8
16.Qc1 Rfe8 17.b3 Bc8 18.c4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 d5 21.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 f5 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.c4 c5
9.Nbc3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 f4 12.gxf4 Qh4 13.d5 Ne7 14.O-O Nf5 15.Ng3 Nh6
16.Nce4 Ng4 17.h3 Nf6 18.Ng5 Nh5 19.Nxh5 Qxh5 20.Kh2 Bh6 21.Kg3 f6 22.Bf3  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.b3 e6 8.e4 exd5
9.exd5 Bd6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.Qd2 Re8+ 12.Be2 c4 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.bxc4 b5 15.cxb5 a6
16.c4 axb5 17.cxb5 Qe5 18.Nc3 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxc3+ 20.Kf2 Bb7 21.Qc4 Qe3+ 22.Kg3 h5
23.Qf4 Qxf4+ 24.Nxf4 g5 25.Nxh5 Rxe2 26.Rhc1 f5 27.Rc7 f4+ 28.Kh3 g4+ 29.Kh4 gxf3
30.Rxb7 fxg2 31.Nxf4 Rf2 32.Nxg2 Rxg2 33.Rc1 Rxh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nb7
16.Ng3 Nc5 17.Nh2 Be6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 e4 20.Be3 d5 21.Bd4 Ncd7 22.Nf1 a5
23.Ne3 a4 24.g4 h6 25.f4 exf3 26.Qxf3 Bc5 27.h4 Rfe8 28.g5 Ne5 29.Qg2 hxg5
30.hxg5 Nfg4 31.Nxg4 Bxd4+ 32.cxd4 Nxg4 33.Bd3 Re3 34.Rxe3 Nxe3 35.Qh3 Re8
36.f6 gxf6 37.Qh6 Ng4 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Re1+ Kd8 41.Rxe8+ Qxe8 42.Qxe8+ Kxe8
43.Bxb5+ Kd8 44.Be2 Ne3 45.gxf6 a3 46.bxa3 Kd7 47.a4 Nc2 48.a5 Nxd4 49.a6 Kc6
50.Bh5 Kb6 51.Bxf7 Nf3+ 52.Kg2 Ne5 53.Bxd5 Kxa6 54.f7 Nd7 55.Be6 Nf8 56.Bf5 Kb6
57.Kg3 Kc5 58.Kf4 Kd6 59.a4  1-0

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 a5 10.bxc4 b4 11.c5 Nf6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Nbd2 Nd5 15.O-O Bxb5
16.Qxb5 Nc3 17.Qb7 Qd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Ne5 a4 20.f3 f6 21.Nd3 Nc6 22.Kf2  0-1

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nf1 Nb6 15.Ne3 Bf6
16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 Na4 20.Bd2 axb4 21.axb4 Bd7 22.Qb3 Qb8
23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Rec1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Nc7 26.Nc2 Bd8 27.Na1 Nb6 28.Qc2 Nc4 29.Bxc4 bxc4
30.Qxc4 Ra3 31.Nb3 Bb5 32.Qc2 Ba4 33.Rb1 f5 34.exf5 Kh8 35.Bc1 Rxb3 36.Rxb3 Nxd5
37.Qc4 Bxb3 38.Qxb3 Qb5 39.Bd2 h6 40.Qc2 Nb6 41.Qe4 Nd5 42.g4 Qc6 43.Qd3 Bf6
44.h4 Nxb4 45.Bxb4 e4 46.Qxd6 Qxd6 47.Bxd6 exf3 48.Bg3 Kh7 49.h5 Kg8 50.Kh2 Bd4
51.Bh4 Be5+ 52.Kh3 Kf7 53.g5 hxg5 54.Bxg5 Bc3 55.Kg3 Bd2 56.Kxf3 Bc3 57.Ke4 Bb2
58.Bd8 Bc3 59.Bc7 Kf6 60.Bd8+ Kf7 61.Bc7 Kf6 62.f3 Bb2 63.Bd6 Bc3 64.f4 Kf7
65.Be5 Bb4 66.Bd4 Be7 67.Kf3 Bd8 68.Kg4 Be7 69.f6 Bxf6 70.Bxf6 Kxf6 71.f5 Ke7
72.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Berg, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.a3 bxa3 11.Bc3 g6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Qd8 14.Rxa3 Rxa3 15.bxa3 Nbd7
16.Bc3 Ba6 17.Qa4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Bg7 19.Bxf6 exf6 20.Bb5 Ke7 21.Nh3 Qc7 22.O-O Rd8
23.Re1+ Kf8 24.d6 Qc8 25.Re7 Ne5 26.d7 Nxd7 27.Rxd7 f5 28.Qa7  1-0

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Na6 10.Be2 Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.O-O Ne4 13.Qb3 b6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Olafur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nb8 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Qb3 Na6 14.O-O Nac5 15.Qc2 a5
16.Be1 b6 17.f3 Nf6 18.e4 Qe5 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.b3 b5 21.cxb5 Bxb5 22.Rf2 Qb8
23.Bc3 Bd7 24.g4 Qd8 25.g5 Ne8 26.f4 Bg4 27.Re1 f6 28.e5 dxe5 29.fxe5 Ra6
30.Bb2 Ne6 31.Qc4 Qd7 32.Qxa6 Nxd4 33.Qc4+  1-0

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Nc6
9.a3 bxa3 10.Rxa3 e5 11.e3 Bg4 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Nbd2 Rfc8 14.d5 Nb8 15.e4 Qc7
16.Rfa1 b6 17.Ne1 a5 18.Qe3 Na6 19.Nd3 Rab8 20.b3 Bd7 21.h3 Be8 22.f4 Nd7
23.f5 Qd8 24.g4 h6 25.Nf3 Nf6 26.Bf1 Nb4 27.Nxb4 axb4 28.Ra7 b5 29.Nd2 bxc4
30.Bxc4 Ra8 31.Kg2 Rxa7 32.Rxa7 Ra8 33.Rxa8 Qxa8 34.Be2 Qa2 35.h4 Qc2 36.g5 hxg5
37.hxg5 Nh7 38.Kf2 Bd7 39.Nf3 Bb5 40.Nd2 Bd7 41.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c6 8.Nxc4 Be6
9.b3 Bd5 10.Bb2 a5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 a4 13.Ncd2 Bf5 14.Ne5 Bh6 15.f4 Qc8
16.Ba3 Qd8 17.Bb2 axb3 18.e4 Be6 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Qxa1 Na6 21.Ba3 Re8 22.Qc3 Nc7
23.Bb2 Nb5 24.Qd3 Bg7 25.Kh1 Nd7 26.d5 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Nc7 28.Nc4 cxd5 29.Rd1 d4
30.Bxd4 Bg4 31.Bf3 Qc8 32.Nb6 Bxf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qe6 34.Nd5 Nb5 35.Qd3 Nxd4 36.Nc7 Qc6
37.Nxe8 Bxe5 38.Qe3 Ne6 39.Rd5 Bb8  0-1

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nd2 Qe6 10.b3 Rb8 11.g3 Bb4 12.Bb2 Qg6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.a3 Be7 15.Qe3 d5
16.c5 d4 17.Bxd4 Nd5 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qc4 Rb5 20.h3 Ra5 21.Kb2 Rb8 22.Rg1 Nb6
23.cxb6 Bxa3+ 24.Kc3 c5 25.Be3 axb6 26.Nb1 Bxb1 27.Bd3 Bb4+ 28.Kb2 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 Qxd3
30.Rxd3 Rba8 31.Rb1 Ra2+ 32.Kc1 h5 33.Rd7 Re2  0-1

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 h5 11.Bh6 h4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nf1 b5 14.a3 bxc4 15.Ne3 Nb6
16.f4 e5 17.O-O exf4 18.Rxf4 d5 19.e5 Nh7 20.Raf1 Be6 21.Bg4 Nd7 22.Qe1 Qe7
23.Bd1 h3 24.g4 Qg5 25.Kh1 Rab8 26.Ba4 f6 27.Bxc6 fxe5 28.Rxf8 Rxf8 29.Rxf8 Ndxf8
30.Qd2 Qf4 31.dxe5 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Ng5 33.Ncxd5 Qe4 34.Qb4 Bxd5 35.Qe7+ Nf7 36.Qxf7+ Bxf7
37.Bxe4 Nd7 38.Kf2 Nxe5 39.g5 Nd7 40.Kg3 Nc5 41.Bc2 Be6 42.Kf4 Bc8 43.Nxc4 Ne6+
44.Kg3 Nxg5 45.Nd6 Bd7 46.Bd3 Kf6 47.b4 Ke5 48.Nb7 Bf5 49.Nc5 Bxd3 50.Nxd3+ Kd5
51.Kg4 Nf7 52.Kxh3 Kc4 53.Nc5 a5 54.Na6 axb4 55.Nxb4 Kb3 56.Kg4 Kxa3 57.Nd5 Kb3
58.Ne7 Kc4 59.Nxg6 Kd5 60.Kf5 Nd6+ 61.Kf6 Ne4+ 62.Ke7 Kd4 63.h4 Ke3 64.Kf7 Ng3
65.Kf6 Kf3 66.Kg5 Ne4+ 67.Kf5 Ng3+ 68.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Gylfi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bd2 Bg7 17.Rc1 exd4 18.cxd4 c5 19.d5 Nb6 20.Ba5 Nfd7 21.b3 b4 22.Re2 Rb8
23.h4 h5 24.Ng5 Be5 25.Qd3 Qf6 26.Rf1 Qf4 27.Nh3 Qxh4 28.f4 Bd4+ 29.Kh2 Bc8
30.Bxb4 Nf6 31.Be1 Bg4 32.Nf5 Bxe2 33.Qxe2 Ng4+ 34.Kh1 Qf6 35.Bh4 Qxf5  0-1

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Qg3 Ng6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Rhe1 Qg5+ 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Kb1 Kf8 20.h3 Ke7 21.Bf1 c6 22.c4 c5
23.Re3 Ne5 24.Rc1 Kd7 25.a3 g6 26.Rg3 g4 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.f3 Nf6 29.Rd1 Nh5
30.Rg5 Nf4 31.g3 f6 32.Rgd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Nh5 34.Bb5+ Kc7 35.Bxe8 Rxe8 36.Rh1 Re7
37.Kc2 f5 38.Nd2 Nxg3 39.Rh3 Ne2 40.Rh6 Nd4+ 41.Kc3 Rg7 42.Kd3 b5 43.f4 fxe4+
44.Nxe4 Nf5 45.Rh3 Re7 46.Ng5 Re1 47.Ne6+ Kb6 48.Kd2 Rf1 49.Rh7 Rf2+ 50.Kc1 c4
51.Nd8 Kc5 52.Rxb7 Kd4 53.Kb1 Ne3 54.Nc6+ Kxd5 55.Nb4+ Kc5 56.Re7 Nf5 57.Re6 Rg2
58.Re8 Rg1+ 59.Ka2 Nd4 60.Rc8+ Kb6 61.a4 Kb7 62.Rd8 Nb3 63.Ka3 Ra1+ 64.Na2 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.O-O f4 14.c4 Rg8 15.f3 b4 16.Nc2 a5
17.b3 Be7 18.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Nf3 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rab1 N6d7 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Na4 Nxa4 15.Qxa4 Ng6
16.Bh2 Bd6 17.Ne5 Qf6 18.Qc2 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Bxe5 Qxe5
22.Bd3 Rac8 23.Qa4 c5 24.Qxa7 c4 25.f4 Ra8 26.Qb6 Qf6 27.Bc2 Rxa2 28.Qxb7 c3
29.Qb5 Rd8 30.Qb6 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 cxb2 32.Rb1 d4 33.Qxb2 Qh4 34.f5 Bc4 35.exd4 Rxd4
36.Qb8+ Rd8 37.Qe5 f6 38.Qe3 Bf7 39.Kh2 Re8 40.Qg3 Qxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Bd5 42.Ba4 Re2
43.Rb8+ Kh7 44.Be8 Rxg2+ 45.Kh4 Rg5 46.Bg6+ Rxg6 47.fxg6+ Kxg6 48.Rb5 Be6
49.Kg3 Bd7 50.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.e3 d5 11.Qe2 c5 12.Rfd1 Nc7 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Be1 Qe7 15.f4 Rfd8
16.g4 Nfe8 17.g5 f6 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Bh4 Qf8 20.Bf3 Nce8 21.cxd5 exd5 22.Qg2 cxd4
23.exd4 Bb4 24.Rac1 Nc7 25.Ne2 Nce8 26.Ng3 Rac8 27.Qh3 Nd6 28.Nh5 Nxh5 29.Bxh5 Rxc1
30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Rxc1 Qxf4 32.Bxd8 Qxc1+ 33.Kg2 Qd2+ 34.Kh1 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qb2+
36.Kg3 Ne4+ 37.Kh3 Qc3+ 38.Kg2 Qc2+ 39.Kh1 Qb1+ 40.Kg2 Qc2+ 41.Kh1 Qc1+ 42.Kg2 Qd2+
43.Kh3 Qe3+ 44.Bf3 Qh6+ 45.Qxh6 gxh6 46.Bh5 Kg7 47.Kg2 Bc3 48.Nf3 Nf6 49.Bxf6+ Kxf6
50.Kf2 Bc8 51.Ke3 Bb2 52.Ne5 Bc1+ 53.Kf2 Bf4 54.Nc6 a5 55.Bf3 Bxh2 56.Bxd5 Bd6
57.Be4 Bf5 58.Bxf5 Kxf5 59.Kf3 h5 60.Na7 h4 61.Nb5 Ke6 62.Kg4 Be7 63.Kf4 Kd5
64.a3 Bxa3 65.Nxa3 Kxd4 66.Nb5+ Kc5 67.Nc7 b5 68.Ne6+ Kd5 69.Nc7+ Kc6 70.Ne6 b4
71.Ng5 h6 72.Nf3 Kd5 73.Ke3 h3 74.Kd3 h5 75.Ke3 Kc5 76.Kd3 Kb5 77.Ke3 h4
78.Kf2 Kc5 79.Ne5 Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 Na6 9.Nd2 Bh6
10.Be2 Ng7 11.Nf3 Bxc1 12.Qxc1 f5 13.Qh6 Qe7 14.h4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5
17.Qg5 Qe8 18.g4 Qf7 19.Qe3 Qf4 20.Nxe5 b6 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.Rh3 Ne8 23.Re3 Nd6
24.b3 Bb7 25.f3 Re8 26.Nd3 Rff8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Kf2 Bc8 29.Nf4 Kf7 30.Bd3 Kf6
31.Rh1 a5 32.a4 Bd7 33.Ne2 Nf7 34.Ng3 Ne5 35.Bc2 Kg7 36.Re1 h6 37.h5 gxh5
38.Nxh5+ Kf7 39.Kg3 c6 40.Nf4 Kg7 41.Nh5+ Kf7 42.d6 b5 43.Re4 Ng6 44.Rxe8 Bxe8
45.Bxg6+ Kxg6 46.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.Ne3 Bf6 14.a4 Be6 15.b4 cxb4
16.cxb4 Nc6 17.a5 Nc8 18.Bb3 N8e7 19.Bd2 d5 20.h3 dxe4 21.dxe4 Bxb3 22.Qxb3 Nd4
23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.Bc3 Qxe4 25.Ng4 Qd5 26.Qb2 Ng6 27.Rad1 Qb7 28.Bxe5 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Rad8
30.Qb3 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Re8 32.Nd3 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.b4 Qe7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Bd3 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 h6 15.O-O Ne5
16.Be2 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 b6 19.Rac1 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 Bd7
22.Qa6 Qd8 23.Bf3 Rc8 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.h3 Be8 26.h4 Kf8 27.h5 Ke7 28.a4 Rd8
29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.a5 Ke7 31.axb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.dxe5 fxe5 11.h3 Be6 12.Ng5 Bg8 13.Qh5+ Ng6 14.Rfd1 O-O-O 15.Nf1 Qe8
16.Ng3 h6 17.Nf3 Be6 18.Nf5 Qf7 19.Rxd6 cxd6 20.Qxg6 Qxg6 21.Ne7+ Kc7 22.Nxg6 Rhe8
23.a4 Rd7 24.a5 Bg8 25.Nd2 Bh7 26.Nh4 d5 27.exd5 Rxd5 28.Nhf3 Bd3 29.c4 Rd6
30.Re1 Kd7 31.Bc5 Rde6 32.Re3 e4 33.Ne1  1-0

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Na6 12.O-O Nc7 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.e3 Qd6 15.Rac1 g6
16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Rd2 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Qd1 Ne4 20.Rdc2 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nfd4 Rxc1
23.Qxc1 Qc5 24.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qf5 Qe7 15.Bd3 Rfe8
16.Rfe1 Bb8 17.Ne2 g6 18.Qg5 c4 19.Bf5 Ne4 20.Qh6 c3 21.Ba3 Qxa3 22.Bxd7 Qxa2
23.Bxe8 Rxe8 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Nfd4 Qa5 26.f3 Nd2 27.Rc2 Bd6 28.Rec1 Bb4 29.Qh3 Rc7
30.Qh4 Rc8 31.Qf6 Ba6 32.Nf4 Bf8 33.Qe5 Rc5 34.Qe8 Rc8 35.Qa4 Qxa4 36.bxa4 Ba3
37.Rd1 Rc5 38.h4 Bb4 39.Kf2 h6 40.Rdc1 Bc4 41.Nfe2 Bd3 42.Rxc3 Bxc3 43.Rxc3 Bc4
44.Rc2 Nb1 45.Rc1 Na3 46.Nf4 g5 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Nh5 Ra5 49.Ra1 Nb5 50.Nc6 Ra6
51.Nb4 Rh6 52.axb5 Rxh5 53.Rxa7 Bxb5 54.Nxd5 Rh6 55.Ne7+ Kf8 56.Nf5 Re6 57.Nd4 Rb6
58.Ra5 Bd3 59.Rxg5 Rb2+ 60.Kg3 Bf1 61.Kh2 Rd2 62.Nf5 Rb2 63.e4 f6 64.Rg6 Kf7
65.Rg7+ Kf8 66.Kg1 Bc4 67.Rc7 Be6 68.Ne3 Rd2 69.Rc3 Ke7 70.Kh2 Kf7 71.Kg3 Ke7
72.Kf4 Kf7 73.g3 Rd7 74.Rc6 Ke7 75.Nf5+ Kf7 76.Rb6 Rd8 77.Rb7+ Kf8 78.g4 Rd3
79.Ra7 Bxf5 80.gxf5 Rd1 81.Kg4 Rh1 82.Rb7 Rh2 83.Rb1 Rg2+ 84.Kh5 Rg5+ 85.Kh4 Rg2
86.Re1 Ra2 87.f4 Ra4 88.Kg3 Ra3+ 89.Kg4 Ra4 90.Kf3 Ra3+ 91.Re3 Ra1 92.e5 Rf1+
93.Ke4 Ke7 94.e6 Ke8 95.Ra3 Re1+ 96.Kf3 Rf1+ 97.Kg3  1-0

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 Bb7 7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 d5
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Rae8 15.Rc1 e5
16.e4 d4 17.Na4 Nxe4 18.b4 Ndf6 19.Nxc5 Nc3 20.Rxc3 dxc3 21.Ng5 Bd5 22.Bxh7+ Kh8
23.Bg6 Re7 24.Qd3 e4 25.Qxc3 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Nh3 e3 28.a4 Bc4 29.Nd3 Bxd3
30.Bxd3 Nd5 31.f3 Rd8 32.Re1 Nxb4 33.Be4 Rxe4 34.fxe4 Nc2 35.Rc1 e2 36.Kf2 Rd2
37.Rxc2 Rxc2 38.Nf4 Ra2 39.Nxe2 Rxa4 40.Ke3 Ra2 41.Nd4 Rxg2 42.Kf4 Kg8 43.Nc6 Ra2
44.Ke5 a6 45.bxa6 Rxa6 46.Nd4 Rf6 47.Nf5 Kf8 48.g4 Kf7 49.Kd5 Ra6 50.e5 Ra5+
51.Kd6 g6 52.Nd4 Ra1 53.e6+ Ke8 54.Ke5 Rf1 55.Nc6 Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.f3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.e4 Be7 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.f4 a6
9.Nf3 c5 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.c3 b6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.h3 O-O-O 14.g4 g6 15.Ng3 Kb8 16.Be2 Rc8
17.Kf2 cxd4 18.cxd4 Na5 19.b3 Rc6 20.Rac1 Rhc8 21.Rxc6 Rxc6 22.Nf1 Qa3 23.Ne3 Rc7
24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Rg1 Qf8 26.Ng5 Qh6 27.Ng2 Nc6 28.Rc1 Nf8 29.b4 Qg7 30.b5 axb5
31.Bxb5 h6 32.Nf3 Qe7 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.Rxc6 Bxc6 35.Qb2 Ka7 36.Nfe1 Ng6 37.Ke3 Bb7
38.Nd3 Ba6 39.Nb4 Kb7 40.Qc3 Bc4 41.Kf2 Nf8 42.a3 Qg7 43.Qf3 Bb5 44.Ne3 Qf7
45.Qd1 Ng6 46.Ng2 Qe7 47.Qh5 Qg7 48.Qf3 Qc7 49.Qg3 Qf7 50.Kg1 Be8 51.Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.Bb2 bxc3 11.Bxc3 O-O 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.f4 Ba6 14.Nf3 e6 15.Rd1 Qb6
16.e5 c5 17.Kf2 Rac8 18.Qe3 Rfd8 19.Ng5 Bb7 20.Rhe1 h6 21.Ne4 Bf8 22.d5 c4
23.dxe6 Qxe6 24.Bc2 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Nc5 26.Kg3 Nxe4+ 27.Qxe4 Rd3+ 28.Rxd3 cxd3
29.Qxd3 Qxa2 30.e6 Qc4 31.exf7+ Qxf7 32.Qd4 Bg7 33.Qxg7+ Qxg7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7
35.Re7+ Kf6 36.Rxa7 Rc3+ 37.Kg4 Rc2 38.Ra6+ Kf7 39.Kh3 h5 40.Ra3 Kf6 41.Kg3 h4+
42.Kh3 Kf5 43.Ra6 Rf2 44.g4+ hxg3 45.hxg3 Rb2 46.Ra5+ Kf6 47.Kh4 Rb6 48.g4 Rc6
49.Ra7 Rc1 50.Ra6+ Kg7 51.Ra5 Rc7 52.Kg3 Rc3+ 53.Kf2 Rb3 54.Re5 Kf6 55.Re3 Rb4
56.Kf3 Ra4 57.Rb3 Rc4 58.g5+ Kf7 59.Rb7+ Kf8 60.Ke3 Ra4 61.Rd7 Rb4 62.Rd4 Rb5
63.Ke4 Ke7 64.Ra4 Rb7 65.Ra5 Kf7 66.Rd5 Kg7 67.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Rd1 Be7
9.exd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.a3 Nbd5 13.Bg5 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rac1 a5
16.Na4 Nb6 17.Bb3 Nfd5 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Nc5 Bf6 20.Qe4 Rfd8 21.Be1 g6 22.Nd3 a4
23.Ba2 Ne7 24.Ne5 Nbd5 25.Rc2 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qb6 27.h4 h5 28.Rdc1 Nf5 29.Bd2 Qd4
30.Re1 Rab8 31.Bg5 Rd7 32.Rd2 Qxe4 33.Rxe4 Rdb7 34.Rxa4 Rxb2 35.Rxb2 Rxb2
36.Ra8+ Kh7 37.Bxd5 exd5 38.Bf6 Ng7 39.e6 Rb1+ 40.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.a3 a5 9.e3 Bb6
10.Rb1 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Bh3  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Ng8 9.Nc3 Bb7
10.Nh3 Qd8 11.Nf4 Ne7 12.Nh5 Nf5 13.Nf6+ gxf6 14.exf6+ Be7 15.Bg5 Rg8 16.fxe7 Qb6
17.Qd2 d4 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Ne3 20.Bxe3 dxe3 21.Qxe3 axb5 22.b4 Qf6 23.e5 Qh4+
24.g3 Qxb4+ 25.Kf2 Ra3 26.Qf4 Rg4 27.Qf5 Qd2+ 28.Be2 Qe3+ 29.Kf1 Re4 30.Bxb5 Rxe5
31.Qxh7 Rxa2 32.Qh8+ Kxe7 33.Qxe5+ Qxe5 34.Rxa2 Qd5 35.Re2+ Kf8 36.Rg1 c4
37.Ba4 Na6 38.Bc2 Nb4 39.Be4 Qc5 40.Kg2 d5 41.Bf5 d4 42.Rf1 d3 43.Ref2 Nd5
44.Bxd3 Ne3+ 45.Kg1 cxd3 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.R1f2 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Qxc3 11.Rb3 Qa5 12.Rb5 Qxa2 13.Rxc5 Qe6 14.e5 Na6 15.d5 Qb6
16.Rc4 Bd7 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Rc3 Rac8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qb3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5
23.Qxb7 Bg4 24.d6 exd6 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Qxa7 h6 27.h3 Be6 28.Rd1 Qf4 29.Nd4 Be5
30.g3 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rc1+ 32.Rd1 Qd2 33.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34.Kg2 Bxh3+ 35.Kxh3 Qh1+
36.Kg4 f5+  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.e4 Bb7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Nbd2 Nxg3 15.hxg3 g4
16.Nh4 Qg5 17.a4 Ne5 18.Nb3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Be7 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Qe3 a5 22.Nxa5 Ba6
23.Rfd1 Bg5 24.Qa3 Be7 25.Qc3 O-O 26.Nc6 Bg5 27.Ra5 Qc4 28.Rxg5+ hxg5 29.Qf6 Qxc6
30.Nf5 exf5 31.Qxc6 Be2 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.Nxe5 Qe7 6.d4 d6 7.Nxc6 Qxe4+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+
9.Kxe2 Bb7 10.d5 Nf6 11.Nc3 Kd7 12.Bg5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxc6 14.Rhd1 Bb5+ 15.Kd2 c6
16.Nc3 Ba6 17.h4 h6 18.Bf4 Rb8 19.Kc1 Rb4 20.g3 Be7 21.h5 Ke6 22.a3 Rb7 23.Ne2 Bxe2
24.Re1 Bg5 25.Rxe2+ Kf6 26.b3 Bxf4+ 27.gxf4 Re7 28.Rxe7 Kxe7 29.Kd2 Kf7 30.Rg1 Re8
31.c4 Re6 32.Kd3 g6 33.hxg6+ Rxg6 34.Rh1 Re6 35.f3 Kg6 36.Rg1+ Kh7 37.Rh1 Re8
38.b4 a6 39.a4 Rb8 40.Kc3 Kg6 41.Rg1+ Kf6 42.Rh1 Kg6 43.Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.Nh3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nf4 Bd6
9.Qd2 g5 10.Nh3 Bf8 11.e3 Bg7 12.f3 d6 13.Nf2 Nd7 14.Be2 a6 15.O-O O-O 16.Rad1 Rad8
17.b4 c5 18.Qb2 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qe7 20.Rd2 Ne5 21.Qb3 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 Qc7 23.e4 f4
24.h3 Rd7 25.Na4 Bc6 26.b5 axb5 27.cxb5 Bb7 28.Qb4 d5 29.Qb1 Qd8 30.Qc2 d4
31.Ng4 Nxg4 32.hxg4 Rc7 33.Qb3 Qd6 34.Bc4 Bc8 35.Nb2 Bd7 36.Nd3 Rec8 37.Rc2 Kh7
38.Re1 Bf8 39.Ra1 e5 40.Bg8+ Kh8 41.Rxc7 Rxc7 42.Bc4 h5 43.gxh5 g4 44.fxg4 Bxg4
45.Nf2 Bxh5 46.Qh3 Rh7 47.Qf5 Bg6 48.Qg4 Qf6 49.a4 Rc7 50.Bd5 Bb4 51.Qh3+ Kg7
52.Rb1 Bd2 53.Ng4 Qg5 54.Nh2 Be3+ 55.Kh1 d3 56.Nf3 Qe7 57.Rd1 Rc3 58.a5 bxa5
59.Nh4 d2 60.Qg4 Qf6 61.b6 Rc1 62.Nf5+ Kf8 63.b7 Qh8+ 64.Nh4 Rxd1+ 65.Kh2 Rb1
66.Qc8+ Kg7  1-0

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qg5 6.Qa4 Qxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qxc6+ Kd8
9.Qxa8 Nf6 10.Na3 Bc5 11.b4 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 e3+ 13.dxe3 Ne4+ 14.Ke1 Ke7 15.Bb2 Rd8
16.Rd1 Nxc3 17.Kf2 Nxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Qxb2+ 19.Kg3 Qe5+ 20.Kf2 Rxd1 21.Qxc8 Rd2+
22.Kf3 Qf6+ 23.Ke4 Qc6+  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Qb3 Bc8 15.Bd3 Be6
16.a4 c5 17.Bb5 Na6 18.Rad1 c4 19.Qb1 Nc7 20.Ne5 Nxb5 21.axb5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Qa8
23.f4 Ra3 24.Qc2 Bf5 25.Qxf5 Rxc3 26.Rf3 Qa3 27.Kf2 Qb2+ 28.Kg3 Qe2 29.Rxd5 Rxe3
30.Rd7 Rxf3+ 31.gxf3 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 33.Kg3 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Qd3 Bg4 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.c4 Rd8 11.c5 dxc5 12.Qxd7+ Bxd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Nxe5 Bb5 15.Rfe1 O-O
16.f3 Rfe8 17.Nec4 h6 18.Be3 Nd7 19.a4 Ba6 20.Rac1 Bf6 21.b3 g5 22.Red1 b6
23.Kf2 Nb8 24.Nb1 Nc6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Nc3 Nb4 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Nxd1 Nd3+ 29.Ke2 Ne5
30.Nb2 Ng4 31.Nd3 Nxe3 32.Kxe3 Bd4+ 33.Kd2 Bc8  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Bd2 c5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Nbc6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.Bd3 Qa5+ 12.b4 Qb6 13.Qf4 Bb5 14.O-O Bxd3 15.cxd3 O-O
16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.a4 h6 18.b5 Qa5 19.h4 Rc3 20.Rxc3 Qxc3 21.Rc1 Qxd3 22.Rc7 Ng6
23.Qg4 Qe4 24.Qxe4 dxe4 25.h5 Nf4 26.Nd2 Rb8 27.Nxe4 Nd5 28.Rc2 a6 29.Nd6 axb5
30.axb5 b6 31.g3 Kf8 32.Ra2 f6 33.exf6 Nxf6 34.Ra7 Rd8 35.Nc4 Rd5 36.Ra8+ Ke7
37.Ra7+ Kf8 38.Ra8+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Qa5
16.Bc3 Bb4 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Qe3 Qa5 20.Rd2 Qf5 21.h3 h6 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.Red1 Qg5 24.f4 Qe7 25.Nf3 Qd6 26.Re1 Qc7 27.Ne5 Nf8 28.Qf3 f6 29.Ng4 Ng6
30.Rf1 Ne7 31.Ne3 Nf5 32.Rfd1 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 Re7 34.Qe4 Kf7 35.Rd3 Qa5 36.a4 h5
37.Qf3 Qf5 38.d5 exd5 39.cxd5 Red7 40.d6 Re8 41.Re3 Rxe3 42.Qxe3 Qe6 43.Qd3 g6
44.b4 Qd5 45.Qc2 Qe6 46.Qc5 Qe4 47.Rd4 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 h4 49.Qc4+ Kg7 50.Qd3 Qe6
51.a5 Kf7 52.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Qxc3 11.d5 Qa5 12.Bb2 b6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Ne5 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Qxa6
16.Qd2 f6 17.Ng4 Nd7 18.Rb3 Qc4 19.Re1 Ne5 20.Nh6 Qd4 21.Qf4 Kh8 22.Rh3 Nd3
23.Qh4 g5  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 c5 11.axb5 Bd5 12.Qd3 Be4 13.Qb3 Bd5 14.Qd1 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Bf4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Bc5 18.Qd1 O-O 19.Nbd2 h6 20.e4 Bc6 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Nd7
23.Bf4 e5 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Qa7 26.Qe2 Nf6 27.h3 Rd8 28.Rc1 Rd6 29.Kh2 Qa5
30.Rc3 Qb4 31.Rd3 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Qxb2 33.g4 b4 34.Kg3 Qc3 35.Bf1 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "Garmisch"]
[Site "Garmisch"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 a5 10.a4 Bh5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.Ne5 Rfd8 15.h3 Nfd7
16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.Nf3 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nd6 19.Nf3 Rc8 20.g4 Bg6 21.Ne5 Rdc7 22.Nxg6 hxg6
23.Bf4 g5 24.Bg3 Kf8 25.Re2 Rc6 26.Bxd6 Bxd6 27.Bf1 Bf4 28.Ree1 Ke7 29.Rad1 Kd6
30.Kg2 R6c7 31.Bd3 Rh8 32.Rh1 Rh4 33.Be2 Rc6 34.Bb5 Rc8 35.Be2 Rh6 36.Bb5 Rch8
37.Be2 Ke7 38.Bd3 Bd6 39.Be2 Rf6 40.Bd3 Rf4 41.Be2 Rh6 42.Rd3 Bc7 43.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 f4
16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5
23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.Bf4 d4 25.Bxg3 c5 26.Be5 Re8 27.f4 Qe2 28.Rae1 Qh5 29.Rc1 d3
30.Rxc5 Qe2 31.Rg1 Rd8 32.Rc7 Kf8 33.Bxg7+ Ke8 34.Bg4 Qxg4 35.Re1+ Qe2 36.Rxe2+ dxe2
37.Bc3 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rh8 Rxc3 41.Rxh7+ Kd6 42.Rh6+ Kd5 43.Rh5+ Kd4  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Nd5 12.Nf3 Na6 13.Ne5 Nab4 14.Ra3 Be6 15.Ne4 f6
16.Nd3 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 Bf5 18.Qb3 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.f3 Nc6 12.Nc2 Nh5 13.g4 Nf6 14.Be3 a6 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Rad1 Be6 17.b3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.g5 Nfd7 20.Bxb5 Bh3 21.Rf2 f6 22.Nd4 Kh8
23.Nd5 fxg5 24.Bxg5 Qb8 25.a4 Rf8 26.Nf4 h6 27.Nxh3 hxg5 28.Nxg5 Nc5 29.f4 Ng4
30.Rg2 Nf6 31.Qe3 Qb6 32.Nde6 Nxa4 33.Qxb6 Nxb6 34.Nxf8 Bxf8 35.Ne6 Nxe4
36.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Qxc3 11.Bd2 Qa3 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Rxb7 cxd4 14.Rc1 Ba4 15.Qb1 a5
16.Rc4 Bc6 17.Rb6 Qd6 18.Qc1 Rc8 19.e5 Qc7 20.Rb2 Nd7 21.Rbc2 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.Be3 Ne7
9.h5 Nf5 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.g4 fxg4 12.fxg4 Qe7 13.h6 Bf6 14.Qf3 O-O-O 15.Rh5 Rhg8
16.Ra5 Kb8 17.Rb5 b6 18.a4 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Rxg5 20.a5 d5 21.axb6 axb6 22.c5 Qf6
23.Qxf6 Nxf6 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.Rxb6+ Kc7 26.Rb5 Rd7 27.f3 Rg6 28.Kf2 Kd6 29.b4 Ng8
30.Ra6+ Ke7 31.Na4 Rxh6 32.Nc5 Rc7 33.Rb8 Nf6 34.g5 Nd7 35.Nxd7 Rh2+ 36.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 g6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bf5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qe2 a6 15.h3 b5
16.Bb3 Bd7 17.d5 Na5 18.Ne5 Nxb3 19.axb3 e6 20.Rcd1 Qe8 21.d6 f6 22.Nxd7 Qxd7
23.e4 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Nh5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Nd2 Qe8 14.Be2 gxh4 15.Bxh5 Qe7
16.O-O f5 17.Nc4 Nd7 18.Ne2 Rb8 19.Nf4 Nf6 20.Nb6 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 Bxb2 22.Rab1 Be5
23.Nxc8 Rfxc8 24.Qxf5 Bxf4 25.Qxf4 Rf8 26.Qc4 Rf7 27.Rb6 Re8 28.Rfb1 Qf6
29.R1b2 Ree7 30.a5 Rg7 31.Qf4 Qxf4 32.exf4 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Rd7 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.Rxb7 Rd1
36.Rb6 Rxd5 37.Rxa6 Rd4 38.f5 Ra4 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.a6 c4 41.a7 c3 42.f6+ Kf7
43.Rh8 c2 44.Rxh7+ Kxf6 45.Rc7 Rxa7 46.Rxc2 d5 47.g3 hxg3+ 48.Kxg3 Kf5 49.Rc8 Rd7
50.Kf3 Rh7 51.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 cxb3
9.axb5 b2 10.Ra2 Ne7 11.Qb3 Bb7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Nc5 Qb6 14.Qxb2 Rc8 15.bxc6 Bxc6
16.Nd2 e5 17.Nc4 Qxb2 18.Rxb2 exd4 19.Nd6 Rd8 20.Ndb7 Rf8 21.e4 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Bxd7
23.Kd2 a5 24.Nc5 Bc6 25.Bc4 a4 26.Ba2 g5 27.h4 a3 28.Rb4 Rfb8 29.Rhb1 Rxb4
30.Rxb4 gxh4 31.Rxd4 Rb8 32.Nd3 Bb5 33.Ke3 Nc6 34.Rd6 Rd8 35.Rxd8+ Nxd8 36.Ne1 Nc6
37.Nc2 Bf1 38.Nxa3 Bxg2 39.f4 h3 40.Kf2 Bxe4 41.Kg3 Nd4 42.Kxh3 Ne2 43.Kg4 Kg7
44.f5 Nd4 45.Kf4 Bxf5 46.Nb5 Nxb5 47.Kxf5 Nd6+ 48.Kg5 f6+ 49.Kg4 Kg6 50.Bb1+ Kg7
51.Kh5 Nc4 52.Bc2 h6 53.Bd3 Ne3 54.Be4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Nh5 9.g3 Qe8
10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.g4 f5 13.a3 Nac5 14.gxf5 gxf5 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Bxc5 dxc5
17.Qc2 Nxe4 18.Ndxe4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Bd3 Qh5 21.Qe2 Qh4 22.Rg1 Kh8 23.Rg3 Bxe4
24.Bxe4 Rf4 25.Rg4 Qxh3 26.Rxf4 exf4 27.O-O-O Re8 28.Qc2 f3 29.Qd3 Qh4 30.d6 cxd6
31.Bxf3 Qxf2 32.Qb3 Re3 33.Rd3 Qxb2+ 34.Qxb2 Bxb2+ 35.Kc2 Rxd3 36.Kxd3 Bxa3
37.Bxb7 Kg7 38.Ke4 Kf6 39.Kd5 h5 40.Kxd6 Kf5  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nge7 5.Bc4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd5 Qf6 8.O-O Ne5
9.Be2 c6 10.Qb3 h5 11.Qc3 g5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.f4 Qe7 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.fxe5 Bc5+
16.Kh1 Bd4 17.c3 Bxe5 18.Rf5 d6 19.Rxh5 Rxh5 20.Bxh5 Be6 21.Nd2 Bf4 22.Nf3 Ke7
23.Nd4 Rh8 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.g4 Kf6 26.Kg2 Kg5 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.c4 d5 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.exd5 exd5 31.Rd1 Be3 32.Rxd5+ Kh4 33.Rd3 Rf2+ 34.Kh1 Re2  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Qe2 Ra8
16.Rc2 Ne4 17.Rfc1 f6 18.Nf1 Nf8 19.N3d2 Ne6 20.Qg4 N6g5 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qh4 Ng5
23.Kh1 f5 24.f3 Rc8 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Qf2 Qf6 27.Re2 Re7 28.Nd2 Rce8 29.f4 g5
30.fxg5 Nxg5 31.Bxf5 Qh6 32.g3 Rf7 33.g4 Bc8 34.Qg2 Bxf5 35.gxf5 Rxf5 36.e4 dxe4
37.Nxe4 Rxe4 38.Rxe4 Bxh2 39.Bc1 Bg3+ 40.Kg1 Bh2+ 41.Kh1 Bg3+ 42.Kg1 Qh5
43.Re8+ Qxe8 44.Qxg3 Qe2  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.d5 Ne7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Ne8 10.g4 f5 11.Rg1 fxg4 12.fxg4 c6 13.g5 Bd7 14.Ng3 a6 15.a4 a5 16.h4 c5
17.O-O-O Nc7 18.Be2 Na6 19.Rh1 Nb4 20.h5 Rf7 21.Kb1 Qc7 22.Nb5 Qb6 23.Rdg1 Re8
24.Bd1 Ref8 25.Qh2 gxh5 26.Nxh5 Bh8 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.gxf6+ Ng6 29.Rxg6+  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qd6 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Qe2 b5 10.d4 Nd7 11.c3 O-O 12.b3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.Qe3 Rfe8
16.a4 Bf6 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ba3 Qe6 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Nd4 Qg6 21.f4 Bxd4 22.cxd4 f5
23.e5 Nb6 24.Bc5 Nd5 25.Qf2 Ra8 26.Rfe1 Qh6 27.g3 Bf7 28.Kh2 Be6 29.Qf3 Qg6
30.Nf1 h6 31.Nd2 Qf7 32.Qd3 Red8 33.Qf1 Qh5 34.Qf3 Qe8 35.Qf1 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Ra8
37.Qc1 Rxa1 38.Qxa1 Qh5 39.Qe1 Kf7 40.h4 Qg4 41.Qf1 Nc3 42.Qf3 Qxf3 43.Nxf3 Bxb3
44.Ne1 h5 45.Nd3 g6 46.Nb4 Bd5 47.Na6 Na2 48.Kg1 Bc4 49.Nb4 Ke6 50.Nxa2 Bxa2
51.Kf2 Kd5 52.Ke3 Bb1 53.Kd2 Ke4 54.Kc3 Ba2 55.Be7 Kf3 56.Kb4 Kxg3 57.Bg5 Kf3
58.Bh6 Ke4 59.Kc3 Be6 60.Bg5 Bf7 61.Bh6 Bd5 62.Bg5 Be6 63.Bh6 b4+ 64.Kxb4 Kxd4
65.Bf8 c5+ 66.Kb5 c4 67.Kc6 g5 68.Bc5+ Ke4 69.fxg5 c3  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Bc8 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nf3 e6
9.Ne5 Bd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Bd2 Nb6 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Qe2 a6
16.Bd3 Nb4 17.Bb1 Nc4 18.Be1 b5 19.a3 Nc6 20.Bd3 Qb6 21.f3 f5 22.Bf2 Bf6
23.Rad1 Rfe8 24.Kh1 Rcd8 25.Bb1 Qb7 26.Bd3 g6 27.h3 Kg7 28.Bg1 e5 29.dxe5 Bxe5
30.e4 Nd4 31.Bxd4 Bxd4 32.Bxc4 dxc4 33.Qc2 fxe4 34.Nxe4 h6 35.b3 Qc7 36.bxc4 bxc4
37.Rc1 c3 38.Qa4 Re6 39.Rfd1 Be5 40.Rxd8 Qxd8 41.Qc4 Qb6 42.f4 Bxf4 43.Qxc3+ Be5
44.Qf3 Re7 45.Rf1 Kh7 46.Qf8 Qc7 47.h4 Bg7 48.Nf6+ Bxf6 49.Qxf6 a5 50.h5 gxh5
51.Qf5+ Kg7 52.Qxh5 Re5 53.Rf7+ Qxf7 54.Qxe5+ Kg6 55.Qxa5 Qf1+ 56.Kh2 Qf4+
57.g3 Qf2+ 58.Kh3 Qf1+ 59.Kg4 Qe2+ 60.Kf4 Qf2+ 61.Ke4 Qg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qb3 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 a5 10.Qc2 Na6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Ne4 Rc8 13.b4 c5 14.Nxc5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 e5
16.Bxb5 Nc7 17.Bd3 exd4 18.e4 axb4 19.axb4 Nh5 20.Qb3 Qf6 21.Ke2 Ne6 22.Nd7 Nef4+
23.Kd1 Qg5 24.Bf1 d3 25.Ra5 Qh4 26.Be3 Rfd8 27.Nc5 Qf6 28.Kd2 Ne6 29.Nxe6 Rc2+
30.Qxc2 dxc2+ 31.Nxd8 Qc3+ 32.Ke2 Qc4+ 33.Ke1 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Be3 e6 13.a4 Qa5 14.O-O b4 15.Na2 Nc6
16.Rfd1 Ndxe5 17.Ng5 Qc7 18.Rd6 Ne7 19.Nxb4 Nf5 20.Rb6 h6 21.c6 Bc8 22.Nf3 Ng4
23.Nc2 e5 24.Rb4 Nd6 25.Qd5 Be6 26.Bb6 Qxb6 27.Rxb6 Bxd5 28.Rd1 Nc8 29.Rb4 Nf6
30.Nxe5 Re8 31.f4 Bf8 32.Rb7 Bxc6 33.Rxf7 Rxe5 34.Rxf6 Rxe2 35.Rxg6+ Kf7
36.Rxc6 Ne7 37.Rc7 Rc8 38.Rxc8 Nxc8 39.Rd7+ Ke8 40.Rc7 Kd8 41.Rc3 Bg7 42.Rd3+ Kc7
43.Nb4 Rxb2 44.Nxa6+ Kc6 45.Rd8 Nd6 46.Nb8+ Kd5 47.g3 Bf6 48.Rf8 Be7 49.Rg8 Nf5
50.Nd7 Nd4 51.Ne5 Ke4 52.Re8 Nf3+ 53.Kf1 Nxh2+ 54.Kg1 Bc5+ 55.Kh1 Ra2 56.Ng4+ Kf3
57.Nxh2+ Kf2 58.Nf1 Ra1 59.Kh2 Rxf1 60.f5 Kf3 61.Rb8 Bg1+ 62.Kh3 Bb6 63.Kh2 Rb1
64.Rc8 Bg1+ 65.Kh3 Bd4 66.Rc2 Rg1 67.a5 Rxg3+ 68.Kh4 Rg5 69.a6 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.Ng3 Re8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6
16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.b3 Bd7 19.Bd2 Nc8 20.a3 Na6 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Nb6
23.Bd3 Na4 24.Qe2 Nc7 25.Be3 Qb8 26.Rec1 Rc8 27.Qd2 Bd8 28.Ne2 Na6 29.Rxc8 Qxc8
30.Rc1 Qb7 31.Ne1 Bb6 32.Nc2 Rc8 33.Bxb6 Qxb6 34.Na3 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Qd4 36.Nb3 Qc3
37.Qxc3 Nxc3 38.Nc2 f5 39.f3 Be8 40.Kf2 f4 41.Ke1 Kf8 42.Kd2 Na2 43.Na3 Nc7
44.Nc2 Ke7 45.Nc1 Nxc1 46.Kxc1 g5 47.Kd2 h5 48.h3 Kd8 49.Be2 Kc8 50.Na3 Kb7
51.Ke1 Bd7 52.Kf2 Kb6 53.Ke1 Ne8 54.Kf2 Nf6 55.Ke1 g4 56.hxg4 hxg4 57.Kf2 g3+
58.Ke1 Ne8 59.Kd1 Nc7 60.Ke1 Bc8 61.Kd2 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 a5 8.a3 a4
9.Qa2 Nd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qf4 12.Bd3 e5 13.Ng3 exd4 14.O-O Nc5 15.Qb1 Be6
16.Ne2 Qf6 17.Nexd4 Bd6 18.Qc2 O-O 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 Rfe8 21.Rad1 Bf8 22.Ne3 h5
23.Rd2 Rad8 24.Nd1 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 g6 26.Qa5 Re4 27.Nd2 Re2 28.Nb1 Qd4 29.Nbc3 Rd2
30.Qb4 h4 31.Ne3 Nd3 32.Qxb7 Rxb2 33.Qxc6 Qxc3 34.Nd1 Qxa3 35.Nxb2 Nxb2 36.h3 Qb4
37.Qf6 a3 38.Re1 Qd6 39.Qxh4 a2 40.Qg5 Qa3 41.Qc1 Bb4  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxd4 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Rhe1 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Be3 O-O-O
15.Bxd4 Nxd4 16.Kb1 h6 17.Rd3 b6 18.f3 Rd5 19.Nf2 Rhd8 20.Ng4 h5 21.Ne5 g5
22.Nf7 R8d7 23.g4 hxg4 24.fxg4 Kb7 25.h3 a5 26.Re5 Nc6 27.Rexd5 exd5 28.Nxg5 d4
29.Ne4 Ne5 30.Rg3 Kc6 31.g5 Ng6 32.Rg4 Kd5 33.h4 Ne5 34.Rf4 Nd3 35.Rg4 Rc7
36.a4 Rc1+ 37.Ka2 Ne5 38.Rf4 Ng6 39.Rg4 Rh1 40.Nd2 Rxh4 41.Rxh4 Nxh4 42.Kb3 Ng6
43.Nc4 Kc5 44.Nd2 e5 45.Ne4+ Kd5 46.Nf6+ Ke6 47.Kc4 Nf4 48.b3 Kf5 49.Nd7 d3
50.Kc3 e4 51.Nxb6 e3 52.Nc4 e2 53.Ne3+ Ke4  0-1

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Ne4 e5 14.Rad1 exd4 15.exd4 Nf6
16.Nc5 Bf5 17.Qc1 Rad8 18.Rfe1 Qc7 19.h3 Nd5 20.Nd3 Qd6 21.Nfe5 Rfe8 22.Nf4 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Qxh6 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 d4 27.h4 d3 28.h5 d2 29.Rd1 b5
30.hxg6 Qxg6 31.Qe3 Be6 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.g3 a5 34.Rxd2 Qb1+ 35.Kg2 Rxd2 36.Qxd2 Qxa2
37.Qg5+ Kf7 38.Qxb5 a4 39.Qb4 Qd5+ 40.f3 Qd1 41.Qf4+ Ke7 42.Qe5 Kf7 43.g4 Qd2+
44.Kg3 Qd1 45.Qc3 Kg6 46.Qb4 Qg1+ 47.Kf4 Qh2+ 48.Ke3 e5 49.Kd3 Qf2 50.Qe4+ Kf7
51.Kc3 Ke6 52.g5 Kf7 53.Qf5+ Kg8 54.Qg6+ Kf8 55.Qf6+ Kg8 56.Qd8+ Kf7 57.Qd7+ Kg6
58.Qd6+ Kxg5 59.Qxe5+ Kg6 60.Qd6+ Kf7 61.Qd7+ Kg6 62.Qg4+ Kh6 63.Qf4+ Kg6
64.Qe4+ Kh6 65.Qe6+ Kg7 66.Qd7+ Kg6 67.Qd3+ Kf7 68.Qc4+ Kg6 69.f4 Qa7 70.Kb4 a3
71.Qd3+ Kf6 72.Qxa3 Qb6+ 73.Kc4 Qe6+ 74.Kc5 Qc8+ 75.Kd4 Qd7+ 76.Kc3 Qc6+
77.Kd2 Qg2+ 78.Ke3 Qh3+ 79.Kd4 Qd7+ 80.Kc3 Qc6+ 81.Kd2 Qg2+ 82.Kc1 Qf1+ 83.Kc2 Qe2+
84.Kb1 Qf3 85.Ka2 Qd5+ 86.b3 Kf5 87.Qb4 Qa8+ 88.Qa4 Qd8  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.axb5 cxb5
9.Nxb5 Bxe4 10.Bxc4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Bxf6 Qxc4
15.Nd2 Qc6 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Re1 Qf5 18.Be7 Rc8 19.Re5 Qg6 20.Rg5 Qe4 21.Bf6 g6
22.Qa4 a6 23.Rc5 Qb7 24.Qb3 Qd7 25.c4 Qe8 26.Rca5 Nd7 27.Bg5 Rc6 28.h4 Rac8
29.c5 e5 30.Re1 Qf8 31.Qd5 R8c7 32.dxe5 Nxc5 33.Be3 Ne6 34.Rea1 Qc8 35.Qd2 h5
36.Qe2 Qe8 37.R5a4 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Be7 15.Nf3 Nxe5
16.Nxd4 Ng6 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.Nxf3 c5 19.Rd1 O-O 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.Kf1 Nf8 22.Ne5 Bf6
23.Rd5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Ne6 25.f4 g6 26.g4 Kg7 27.f5 gxf5 28.gxf5 Kf6 29.Rd5 Rd8
30.Rad1 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Nxd8 33.Bxc5 Kxf5 34.Ke2 Ke4 35.Be7 Ne6
36.Bf6 Nf4+ 37.Kd2 Nd5 38.Bg7 f5 39.Bf8 Ne3 40.Ke2 f4 41.Bd6 f3+ 42.Ke1 Nc2+
43.Kd2 Na1 44.b4 Nb3+ 45.Ke1 Nc1 46.Kf1 Nd3 47.b3 Nc1 48.c4 Nxb3 49.c5 Nd4
50.Bg3 Nc6 51.Be1 Ke3 52.Bf2+ Kd3 53.Be1 a5  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d3 Qd6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.Rfd1 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.d4 Ng6 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qf5 e4 19.Ne5 Ne7 20.Qf4 Ned5 21.Qg3 Rfe8 22.a4 c5
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra7 Rf8 25.Rda1 cxd4 26.cxd4 Qb6 27.R7a6 Qb7 28.h3 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Rc1 Nh5 31.Qg4 Nhf4 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 33.Qxe4 Kh8 34.Rc5 Rd8 35.Qf3 Kg8 36.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Rb8 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.O-O Nh5 15.Rab1 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Ne5 17.Bc2 Ba6 18.b3 Qc7 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.Rbd1 Rfd8 21.Nf4 Qe7 22.Nd3 Ng4
23.f3 Nf6 24.Nf2 d5 25.cxd5 exd5 26.b4 cxb4 27.Qxb4 Qc7 28.Qa4 Qxg3 29.Qxa7 d4
30.e4 Qc7 31.Qa4 Ra8 32.Qb3 Nh5 33.Bd3 Nf4 34.Bf1 Ba6 35.e5 Bxf1 36.Kxf1 Qe7
37.Re4 Rxa3 38.Qb2 Ne6 39.f4 Qa7 40.f5 Ra2 41.Qc1 Ng5 42.Ree1 Qa6+ 43.Kg1 d3
44.Qe3 d2 45.Re2 Ra3 46.Rdxd2 Rxd2 47.Qxd2 Qb6 48.Kh2 Qb3 49.Qf4 Ra4 50.Qg3 Qc4
51.Re1 Qf4 52.e6 Qxg3+ 53.Kxg3 fxe6 54.fxe6 Kf8 55.Nh3 Ra3+ 56.Kg4 Nxh3 57.e7+ Ke8
58.gxh3 Ra7 59.h4 Rxe7 60.Rxe7+ Kxe7 61.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 Rfc8 17.Qe2 Rab8 18.Bd3 Nb6 19.Be3 Na4 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.Bb1 g6 22.Qd2 Rd8
23.Bg5 Be6 24.Bh6 Qb7 25.Nf5 Ne8 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Ng5 Bd7 28.f4 f6 29.Nf3 a5
30.a3 Be6 31.Qf2 Bb3 32.Rd2 Ne6 33.f5 N6g7 34.g4 b4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.a4 Ra8
37.g5 Rxa4 38.Qh4 Bf7 39.Rg2 b3 40.Rg4 Qa7+ 41.Kg2 Nh5 42.gxf6 Nexf6 43.Kh2 Re8
44.Rg2 d5 45.Ng5 Qe7 46.Nxf7 Kxf7 47.fxg6+ hxg6 48.Qg5 dxe4 49.Bxe4 Nf4 50.Bxg6+ Nxg6
51.Qxg6+ Ke6 52.Rf2  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Rb8 13.Bg3 Rb6 14.O-O Nh5 15.b4 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Qf6 17.b5 Qxc3 18.Nxc3 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Kf8 20.Rd2 Ke7 21.Rad1 Rb8 22.Bf1 Nf6
23.a4 a5 24.Be2 e5 25.Bf3 Be6 26.Bd5 Bg4 27.f3 Bf5 28.Kf2 h5 29.Rc1 g6 30.Bc6 Be6
31.Ne4 Nxe4+ 32.Bxe4 Rb6 33.Bd5 Bf5 34.Rcd1 Rbb8 35.Rf1 Rb6 36.Ke1 Rf8 37.Ke2 Rbb8
38.e4 Bc8 39.Ke3 Rb6 40.Rdf2 Bd7 41.g4 hxg4 42.fxg4 Be6 43.g5 Rbb8 44.Rf6 Bxd5
45.cxd5 Rb7 46.Kd3 Rd7 47.Kc4 Rb7 48.R1f3 Rbb8 49.Rh3 Rh8 50.Rxh8 Rxh8 51.b6 Rh1
52.Kb5 c4 53.b7 c3 54.Ka6 Rb1 55.Rf3 c2 56.Rc3  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nf1 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.h3 h6 12.Ng3 Qd7 13.Bb3 a5 14.a4 b4 15.Ba2 Rad8 16.O-O Rfe8
17.Re1 Bf8 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.Be3 Rb7 20.Rad1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Ba3 22.Bc1 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Qd6
24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Qd2 Rd8 26.d4 exd4 27.cxd4 Rb6 28.Ne4 Qa3 29.Bc4 Qxa4 30.Nc5 Qb4
31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Rxe6 Nxd4 33.Qxd4 c5 34.Qe4 Qb2 35.Re1 Rbb8 36.Re8+ Rxe8  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 c5
9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O f6 12.Bd3 Qf4 13.Re1 Nbc6 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Ne4 f5
16.g3 Qc7 17.Ng5 e5 18.Qh5 h6 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Nf3 Nd5 21.Ng5 Nde7 22.h4 hxg5
23.hxg5 Be6 24.Qxe6 Nd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Qxf5 Re8 28.g6 Kg8 29.Qh5 Re6
30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qxg7+ Kd6 33.Qf8+ Qe7 34.g7 Rg6  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.O-O d6 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Ne2 Qb6
9.d3 Be7 10.c3 dxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.d4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Bc2 f5 15.Ne2 Kh8 16.h4 Bxh4
17.g3 Be7 18.Kg2 c5 19.Nf4 Bg5 20.f3 Bxf4 21.Bxf4 cxd4 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Bb3 Be6
24.Rh1 d3 25.Rh4 d4 26.Qh5 Bf5 27.e6 e3 28.Be5 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 e2 30.Qg5 Bg6
31.Rxd4 Qf3 32.Rf4 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Rxf4 34.Qxf4 e1=Q 35.Rxe1 Qxe1 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7
37.Qd4+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Bb7 8.d5 Na6
9.g3 Nc5 10.Bg2 Ba6 11.Rd1 Bxc4 12.Qd4 Bxe2 13.Kxe2 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 O-O 15.b4 Na4
16.Qc2 b5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Bxa8 Qxa8 19.e4 d5 20.Qxc7 a5 21.bxa5 b4 22.Kf1 Nc3
23.Kg2 Qa6 24.Qb6 Qxb6 25.axb6 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 Rb8 27.Rb1 Rxb6 28.Kf3 Kf7 29.Ke3 Ra6
30.Rb2 Ra4 31.Kd3 Kf6 32.Kc2 Ra3 33.Kb1 dxe4 34.Rxb4 e3 35.f3 e5 36.Re4 h5
37.Kb2 Rd3 38.a4 g5 39.h3 e2 40.a5 Rxf3 41.a6 Rd3 42.a7 Rd8 43.Rxe2 Ra8 44.Rf2+ Ke6
45.g4 Rxa7 46.Rf5 Rg7 47.Kc3 h4 48.Kd3 Ra7 49.Rxg5 Kd5 50.Rh5 Ra3+ 51.Ke2 Ke4
52.Rxh4 Ra2+ 53.Kd1 Kd3 54.Kc1 Rc2+ 55.Kb1 e4 56.Rh6 Rg2 57.Rd6+ Ke2 58.h4 e3
59.Rf6 Kd2 60.Rd6+ Ke1 61.Rf6 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.Nd2 Bf5 5.Nxe4 Bxe4 6.e3 e6 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Ng3 Bxf4
9.exf4 Qd6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Be2 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.c3 Nc6 15.Qe3 Qxe3
16.fxe3 Rfd8 17.Kf2 Rd2 18.Rab1 Rad8 19.Rhd1 f5 20.Ke1 Rxd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ahmad, A."]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.a4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Bc2 Qc7 14.d5 c4 15.Nf1 Nc5 16.Ng3 g6
17.Bh6 Rfb8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qd2 Bc8 20.Ng5 Nfd7 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Ne5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8
24.Rf1 Bd8 25.Ne2 Ra2 26.Nd4 f6 27.Ngf3 Rxb2 28.Ra1 b4 29.cxb4 Rxb4 30.Kh1 Bd7
31.Ra8 Rb8 32.Rxb8 Qxb8 33.Nc6 Bxc6 34.dxc6 Ncd3 35.Qe3 Bb6 36.Nxe5 Bxe3
37.Nd7 Qc7 38.Bxe3 Qxc6 39.Nxf6+ Kf7 40.Bd4 Nb4 41.Bd1 c3 42.Bb3+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6
9.Nc4 Qd8 10.a4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Nf4 Nc6 15.Bd3 Nd4
16.Nc4 Nd7 17.O-O Ne5 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Be3 Bf6 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Ra2 Qh4 22.g3 Bxg3
23.hxg3 Qxg3+ 24.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.h3 Re8 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Na2 Bf8
16.b4 a5 17.bxa5 Qxa5 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.e5 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Nd5 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.Bxc3 Nb6
23.a5 Nd5 24.Be1 c5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Qb5 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 b6 10.h4 e5 11.h5 exd4 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.cxd4 Ba6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Bc2 Qb4+
16.Bd2 Qc4 17.e5 Rd8 18.Bb3 Qxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Bxe2 20.Kxe2 Rxd4 21.Be3 Rd8 22.Rad1 Na6
23.f4 Nc7 24.g4 Nd5 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 cxd5 27.Rc1 g5 28.Kd3 Re8 29.Rc7 gxf4
30.Bxf4 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Rxa7 Re4 33.g5 Kg7 34.Rb7 Kg6 35.Rxb6+ Kxg5
36.Rd6 f5 37.Rxd5 Kg4 38.Rd8 Kf3 39.Ra8 f4 40.a4 Re5 41.a5 Kf2 42.Kd4 Rg5
43.a6 f3 44.a7 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nd5 Rb8 11.a4 d6 12.O-O Be6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qc5 15.Be3 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bd3 Na6 9.Nge2 Nc5
10.Bc2 c6 11.a3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.b4 Na6 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Nh5 16.Na4 f5
17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.O-O Qh4 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Nc3 Nf4 22.Qg4 Qe7 23.Ne4 Nc7
24.Qd1 Kh8 25.b5 Rd8 26.Kh2 Rh5 27.Re1 Rf8 28.Qb3 Qh4 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Qf3 Nxd5
31.Nc4 Qd8 32.Nexd6 Qd7 33.b6 Qc6 34.Re6 Qd7 35.Ree1 Qc6 36.Rbd1 Qc5 37.Re6 Kg8
38.Ne5 Nxb6 39.Nxb7 Qc8 40.Qb3 Bxe5 41.Rc6+ Kh8 42.Rxc8 Nxc8 43.Nd8  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.f4 Rc8 13.Qe2 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Rd8 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Qc2 Bb6 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.a3 Bd7
16.b4 Be8 17.Ba2 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Bb1 Qc7 21.Nc5 Kf8 22.h4 a5
23.Qe4 axb4 24.axb4 Qd6 25.Nd3 Bc7 26.Bc2 b6 27.g3 Qd5 28.Qxd5 exd5 29.Nd4 Bd6
30.Nxc6 Bxc6 31.Kf1 Bb5 32.Ke1 Bxd3 33.Bxd3 Bxb4+ 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Bb5 Kd6 36.Be8 f6
37.Kd3 Kc5 38.h5 b5 39.g4 Be1 40.f3 Bf2 41.Bd7 Bg3 42.Be8 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bc5 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 O-O
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Qxb5 h6 19.Qc4 Rd8 20.h3 Qb7 21.Qc2 Qd5 22.Re1 Bb4
23.Rf1 Bc5 24.Re1 Bb4 25.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 cxb3
9.axb5 b2 10.Ra2 Ne7 11.Rxb2 O-O 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nce4 Nd7 14.Nd6 Rb8 15.Nxb7 Rxb7
16.Bd3 c5 17.O-O cxd4 18.exd4 Nf6 19.Nb3 Qd6 20.Qe2 Ned5 21.g3 Rc7 22.Ra1 Rfc8
23.Nc5 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Qe5 Rc1+ 26.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Kg2 g6 28.h4 Nc3 29.h5 Qd5+
30.Qxd5 Nxd5 31.Be4 gxh5 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.b6 axb6 34.Rxb6 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne4 d6 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.e4 Rg8
16.f3 Qc5 17.Qd2 Qh5 18.Rae1 Bd8 19.f4 Bc7 20.Be2 Qh6 21.Qd1 O-O-O 22.Bc1 f5
23.Bf3 Qg7 24.Rf2 Ne5 25.fxe5 fxe4 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Bxe4 d5 28.cxd5 Bxe5 29.Qc2+ Kb8
30.dxe6 Rc8 31.Qe2 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Qh6 33.g3 Qxc1+ 34.Kg2 Qg5 35.Rf7 Bc8 36.Bxh7 Rd8
37.Rf5 Bb7+  0-1

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 a5
9.a4 d5 10.Qc2 b6 11.b3 Ne4 12.Ba3 Rf7 13.Rad1 Rd7 14.b4 axb4 15.cxb4 Bb7
16.e3 Qb8 17.b5 Nd8 18.Bb2 Nf7 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Qe8 22.Rxd7 Qxd7
23.Rd1 Qe7 24.Bf1 Bd5 25.Bd4 Rd8 26.Ra1 g5 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Ra8 29.Ra6 Bb7
30.Rxa8+ Bxa8 31.b6 cxb6 32.Qc8+ Qf8 33.Qxe6+ Kh8 34.Qxb6 Bd5 35.e6 Bf6 36.e7  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxd4 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Rhe1 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Be3 O-O-O
15.Bxd4 Nxd4 16.Nc3 Rhf8 17.Re4 Nc6 18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.f3 Kd7 20.b4 Rf5 21.b5 Na5
22.Kc2 Rg5 23.g4 Rc5 24.Kd3 b6 25.Rd4+ Ke8 26.h3 Rc7 27.Ne4 Nb7 28.a4 Nc5+
29.Ke3 e5 30.Rc4 Ne6 31.Rxc7 Nxc7 32.Nd2 Kf7 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.Nc4 Nd5 35.Nxe5 Nc3+
36.Kd4 Ne2+ 37.Ke4 Ng3+ 38.Kd4 Ne2+ 39.Ke4 Nc3+ 40.Kd4 Ne2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 d6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be2 axb5
10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.h3 Nb6 13.Re1 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Qd7 15.Nc3 Rfb8 16.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c5 6.cxd5 O-O 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Qa3 Nce4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.O-O Re8 13.Qb3 Qd6 14.Rd1 a5 15.Qc2 Nc5
16.e4 Bd7 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Rac1 Ba4 19.b3 Nxb3 20.Qxc8 Nxd4 21.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Be6 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.b3 a5 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Nge2 Bh4+ 13.g3 Nde5 14.O-O Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bf6
16.Rac1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 f5 18.Nf4 Qd7 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Rcd1 Qf7 21.Bc1 b6 22.Bb2 Ne5
23.Nd5 Bh3 24.Rf2 Rae8 25.Qd4 Qxf3 26.Nxc7 Qxf2+ 27.Qxf2 Rxf2 28.Kxf2 Ng4+
29.Kg1 Re2 30.Bd4 Rg2+ 31.Kh1 Rxh2+ 32.Kg1 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rh2+ 34.Kg1 Rxa2 35.Bxb6 Ne5  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O c6 11.h3 Nf8 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Na4 Be7 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.dxc5 Qf6 17.Qc3 Qh6 18.Qb4 Re7 19.Rfd1 Ng6 20.Bxg6 Qxg6 21.Qh4 f6 22.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 c5 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.dxc5 d4 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.O-O bxc5
16.Bf5 Qd5 17.f3 dxe3 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Be4 Qd4 20.Bxb7 e2+ 21.Rf2 Rab8 22.Qxe2 Rxb7
23.Rd1 Qc4 24.Qe3 Qb3 25.Qxb3 Rxb3 26.Nf4 Nc4 27.Rc1 Nxb2 28.Rxc5 Nd3 29.Nxd3 Rxd3
30.Ra5 Rc8 31.Rxa7 Rc1+ 32.Rf1 Rc2 33.Ra4 f5 34.Kh1 Rdd2 35.Rg1 Kg7 36.h4 Ra2
37.Kh2 Rd3 38.Rf4 Kf6 39.a4 Rda3 40.Rb1 Rxa4 41.Rb6+ Kg7 42.Rxf5 Ra6 43.Rb7 Rf6
44.Rxf6 Kxf6 45.Rb6+ Kg7 46.Kh3 h5 47.Rb5 Kg6 48.Rg5+ Kh6 49.Kh2 f6 50.Rf5 Kg6
51.Rf4 Rb2 52.Kg1 Rb1+ 53.Kh2 Rb2 54.Re4 Ra2 55.Kg1 Ra1+ 56.Kf2 Ra2+ 57.Re2 Ra4
58.g3 Kf5 59.Rd2 Ra5 60.Rd4 Ra2+ 61.Ke3 Ra3+ 62.Rd3 Ra5 63.Rc3 Re5+ 64.Kd4 Re1
65.Rc5+ Kg6 66.Rc8 Kf5 67.Rg8 Rd1+ 68.Ke3 Re1+ 69.Kd2 Ra1 70.g4+ Kf4 71.gxh5 Ra5
72.h6 Rh5 73.Ke2 f5 74.Rg6 Rxh4 75.Kf2 Rh2+ 76.Kg1 Rh4 77.Kg2 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qd7 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Ba3 Nc7
16.d5 Nb5 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bb4 a5 19.Bd2 Nd6 20.Qd3 Nxe4 21.Rxb6 a4 22.Bb4 Rad8
23.d6 Bf8 24.Rd1 Nxd6 25.Qa6 Qc8 26.Bxd6 Qxa6 27.Rxa6 Re6 28.Rxa4 Rexd6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Rd4 Rb6 31.Kf1 Rb1+ 32.Ke2 f6 33.a4 Ra1 34.Rc4 Ra2+ 35.Nd2 Bh6 36.f4 g5
37.g3 gxf4 38.gxf4 Kf7 39.Kd3 Ke6 40.Nf1 Ra3+ 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Rb4 Bf8 43.Rb5+ Bc5
44.Ng3 Rxa4 45.Kf3 Kc6 46.Rb2 Bd6 47.Ne4 f5 48.Nxd6 Kxd6 49.Rb7 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 h5
51.Rh7 Kd5 52.Re7 h4 53.Re5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nf3 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Re1 Bf5
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Re1 a5 19.a3 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qf4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Qc7 Nc4 24.Qxb7 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Qe1+ 26.Kh2 Qe5+ 27.g3 Qxd4 28.Qc8+ Kh7 29.Qf5+ Kg8
30.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bc3 Be7 12.Qd2 a5 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 Kh8 15.g4 Nh6
16.Rg1 Ng8 17.g5 Bb4 18.Bd3 Nge7 19.Rg4 Rac8 20.Rag1 Nf5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Rh4 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Ne7 24.e6 Bxe6 25.Ne5 f4 26.Qxf4 Ng6 27.Nxg6+ fxg6 28.Qe3 Bf5 29.Ne1 Qb2
30.Ng2 Rxc3 31.Qe7 Rcc8 32.Rf4 Rce8 33.Qc7 Qd2 34.Qxb7 Be4 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8
36.Qe7 Qxf2 37.h3 Rg8 38.Qa3 Rc8  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Gisbergen, Stan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.e3 Be7
9.b3 d6 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Be2 a6 12.O-O Qc7 13.Nd4 b6 14.g4 Bb7 15.g5 Ne8 16.f4 g6
17.Bf3 Ng7 18.Qg2 Nc5 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qxb7 Nxb7 21.Nc6 Rfe8 22.Ne4 Nc5 23.Nxe7+ Rxe7
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Rad1 Rd8 26.Rf3  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 f5 7.c4 Bd6 8.b4 a6 9.Rb1 Ngf6
10.a4 O-O 11.c5 Bc7 12.Nb3 Ne4 13.Bb2 f4 14.Ne5 fxg3 15.hxg3 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qg5
17.Nd4 Bxe5 18.f4 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 Qg6 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qe3 Rad8 22.Be5 Qh5 23.Rf2 Rd5
24.Rh2 Qg6 25.Kg2 Rf7 26.Bd6 h6 27.Ra1 Rd7 28.Rhh1 b6 29.Kf2 bxc5 30.bxc5 e5
31.fxe5 Rf7+ 32.Ke1 Bxe2 33.e6 Rf3 34.Qxe2 Rxd6 35.cxd6 Qxg3+ 36.Kd1 Qxd6+
37.Ke1 Qb4+ 38.Kd1 Rd3+ 39.Qxd3 exd3 40.Re1 Qb2  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.Rd1 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Qa4 10.Qxa4 Nxa4 11.Be5 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e3 Ke7 14.Ne2 Be6 15.Nf4 Rac8
16.Bb5 Nb6 17.Bc3 a6 18.Bd3 Na4 19.Bd4 Rc6 20.f3 Rhc8 21.O-O g5 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.f4 g4 24.f5 Ne4 25.f6+ Kf7 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.b3 Nb6 28.Bxb6 Rxb6 29.Rd7+ Kg8
30.Rf4 h5 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rg5 Rb5 33.Rxb5 axb5 34.Rxe4 Kg8 35.Re5  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Bb5+ Nd7 6.Nf5 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3 Nb6
9.Qf3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf5 11.Qxf5 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Besseling, Michiel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Be3 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7
9.Bg2 Na6 10.Ne2 Nc5 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 d6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Bxc5 dxc5
16.exf5 O-O-O 17.Nb3 b6 18.Rad1 Rhe8 19.Kh1 h5 20.Rd5 Qe2 21.Nd2 Na5 22.Bf3 Qe7
23.Re5 Qf7 24.Qe4 Bc6 25.Qe2 Bxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Nc6 27.Re6 Qxf5 28.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 c5
16.e5 c4 17.Bf5 Ng4 18.Qe2 Qh4+ 19.g3 Qe7 20.Qxg4 Bxh1 21.O-O-O Bc6 22.Rd6 b4
23.Bxb4 Qb7 24.Bc3 Rae8 25.e6 fxe6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Rd7  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bd3 a6 12.Bg5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Qa4+ Kf8
16.Qd7 g5 17.b4 Bd4 18.Bxg5 Bxc3 19.Bh6+ Ng7 20.Rac1 Re8 21.Qxb7 Qf6 22.Be3 h5
23.Qxb6 Be5 24.f4  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Koster, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 c5
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.h3 Rc8 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Bg5 cxd4 14.cxd4 f5 15.Ne5 Be6
16.d5 Bxd5 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.exd5 Rc5 19.Bf3 b6 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Re6 Kg7 22.Qd2 Nc4
23.Qf4 Rf7 24.Rbe1 Rc7 25.Qg3 Rd7 26.Bh5 gxh5 27.Rxf6 Rxf6 28.Bxf6+ Kxf6
29.Re6+ Kf7 30.Qg6+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kf7 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Rg6 Rxd5 34.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O e5
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Rb1 b6 11.h3 Bd7 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Qe7 14.Qf3 Rac8 15.Nf1 Ne8
16.Ng3 g6 17.Bd2 Ng7 18.Rf1 f5 19.e4 Ne6 20.exf5 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 cxd4 22.Qd5+ Kg7
23.Bxd6 Qe3+ 24.Kh2 Rf6 25.Bf4 Qe8 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Bh6+  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Na3 Ng4 8.Qe2 Bf5
9.h3 Bd3 10.Qd2 Bxf1 11.Rxf1 Nf6 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.O-O-O e6
16.g3 Nb4 17.Nce5 Qa5 18.Bd4 Be7 19.a3 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Nxe5 Ra6
23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.hxg4 f6 25.Be3 Ra4 26.f3 b5 27.Rfe1 a6 28.Bb6 Kf7 29.b4 Rc8
30.Kb2 Rc6 31.Ba5 Bd6 32.f4 g5 33.Re4 gxf4 34.gxf4 f5 35.Red4 Be7 36.g5 e5
37.fxe5 Ke6 38.Rg1 Rc4 39.Kb3 Rxd4 40.cxd4 Kd5 41.g6 hxg6 42.Rxg6 Kxd4 43.Rg7 Bxb4
44.axb4 Kxe5 45.Rg1 f4 46.Bc7+ Ke4 47.Re1+ Kd3 48.Rf1 Ke3 49.Rxf4 a5 50.bxa5 Rxa5
51.Rb4 Ra1 52.Be5 Ra6 53.Rxb5 Rc6 54.Bc3 Kd3 55.Rd5+ Ke4 56.Rd4+ Ke5 57.Kc2 Ke6
58.Re4+ Kd5 59.Rg4 Rh6 60.Bd4 Rh3 61.Kd2 Rf3 62.Be3 Rf1 63.Kd3 Rd1+ 64.Bd2 Ke5
65.Rg5+ Ke6 66.Rh5 Kd6 67.Ke3 Kc6 68.Bc3 Rd5 69.Rh8 Rg5 70.Bd4 Rg4 71.Kd3 Kd5
72.Rh5+ Ke6 73.Kc4 Rg8 74.Ra5 Rc8+ 75.Kd3 Rg8 76.Be5 Rg4 77.Ke3 Rg1 78.Bf4 Rb1
79.Kd3 Rb3+ 80.Kc4 Rb1 81.Be3 Rh1 82.Bd4 Rc1+ 83.Bc3 Rd1 84.Re5+ Kd6 85.Re2 Kc6
86.Bd2 Rh1 87.Re6+ Kd7 88.Rg6 Rd1 89.Bf4 Ke7 90.Be5 Kf7 91.Ra6 Rd7 92.Kc5 Rd1
93.Bd4 Rb1 94.Rf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.d3 O-O
9.e4 Nbd7 10.Ne1 a6 11.g4 Ne8 12.g5 c5 13.a4 e5 14.Nc2 Nc7 15.Qg4 f6 16.h4 fxg5
17.hxg5 Rf7 18.Ne3 Nf8 19.Nf5 Nce6 20.f4 Bc8 21.Nh6+ gxh6 22.gxh6+ Kh8 23.f5 Nf4
24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Qf6 26.Qg3 Qxc3 27.Rb1 Qe5 28.Rxb6 Nd7 29.Qh4 Rf8 30.Rb3 Nf6
31.Rf1 Bd7 32.Qf4 Bxa4 33.Qxe5 dxe5 34.Ra3 Bc6 35.Rfa1 Bb7 36.Rb1 Ra7 37.Rb6 Bc8
38.Rc6 Rb7 39.Rxc5 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Rb2+ 41.Kf3 Rg8 42.Bf1 Bd7 43.Rxa6 Be8 44.Rxe5 Bh5+
45.Ke3 Ng4+ 46.Kd4 Nxe5 47.Kxe5 Rb1 48.Bh3 Rh1 49.d4 Rxh3 50.d5 Re8+ 51.Re6 Kg8
52.c5 Kf8 53.c6 Bf7 54.Rxe8+ Kxe8 55.Kd6 Rxh6+ 56.Kc7 Ke7 57.Kb7 Rh1  0-1

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.b3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Rad1 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 a6
16.Ne2 Rc7 17.Qc3 Nb6 18.Qa5 Nbd7 19.Nf4 d4 20.exd4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 c4 22.bxc4 Rxc4
23.Qxa6 Rc2 24.Bc1 Qa8 25.Qxa8 Rxa8 26.Be3 Raxa2 27.Rb1 Rab2 28.Nd3 Rxb1
29.Rxb1 Rc7 30.Rb5 Kg7 31.Kg2 Ne8 32.Nc5 Ndf6 33.Rb8 Bd6 34.Ra8 Re7 35.Bg5 Re1
36.Ne4 Bb4 37.Rb8 Ba3 38.Bf4 Nd5 39.Be5+ f6 40.Bg3 Kf7 41.Bd7 Nec7 42.Rb7 Rc1
43.Ba4 g5 44.Bxc7  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 f5 12.Ng3 g6 13.Be3 Nd6 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qe2 Na5
16.dxc5 Ndxc4 17.Bd4 bxc5 18.Bxc5 Rf6 19.Rab1 Rg6 20.Bd4 Rc8 21.Bxa7 Qc7
22.Bd4 Bb7 23.Rf2 Nxa3 24.Re1 Rf8 25.Qh5 Qc6 26.Be4 Qb5 27.Bxf5 Rxf5 28.Nxf5 Qxf5
29.Qxf5 exf5 30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Re5 Nc6 32.Rxf5+ Ke6 33.Rc5 Rg8 34.Re2+ Kd6 35.Ra2 Ra8
36.Rh5 Nxd4 37.cxd4 Bd5 38.Rh6+ Kc7 39.Ra1 Be4 40.g4 d6 41.f5 Kc6 42.Rxh7 Kd5
43.Rh3 Rg8 44.Raxa3 Rxg4+ 45.Rhg3 Rf4 46.Rg6 Kxd4 47.Rxd6+ Ke5 48.Rd1 Bxf5
49.Rf1 Rxf1+ 50.Kxf1 Kf6 51.Rg3 Bg6 52.h4  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.f3 a5 12.Nf2 d6 13.Ng4 Nbd7 14.e3 a4 15.O-O-O Ra6
16.Bd3 Qe7 17.Bc2 Rb8 18.Rd2 Bc8 19.Rhd1 e5 20.f4 e4 21.f5 Rbb6 22.h3 Bb7
23.Rg1 Kf8 24.Nxf6 gxf6 25.Bg3 Ne5 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.g4 Qh4 28.Rh2 Ra7 29.Qd2 Ke8
30.Qg2 Qg5 31.Qg3 h5 32.h4 Qxg4 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.h5 Ke7 35.h6 Ra8 36.Rxg4 Rba6
37.h7 Rh8 38.Rg8 Ra8 39.Rxa8 Bxa8 40.Bxa4 Kf6 41.Bd7 Ke7 42.Bb5 d5 43.cxd5 Bxd5
44.a4 c4 45.Rh6 f6 46.Kc2 Kd6 47.Rxf6+ Kc5 48.Rh6 Kb4 49.Bd7  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d4 Nbd7 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Qb6 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Ndf6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Rc1 c4
16.Qe2 Nd6 17.Rfd1 Nfe8 18.Rd2 e5 19.Rcd1 h6 20.Rxd6 Nxd6 21.Rxd6 hxg5 22.Rxg6 Rf6
23.Rxg5 b5 24.Qh5 Qc7 25.Rxe5 Rxf2 26.Rg5 Rf7 27.e5 Be6 28.Ne4 Qd8 29.Qh6 Qd5
30.Bc5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Bxh6 32.Rxe6 Bg7 33.Rxc6 Rd8 34.Ba3 a5 35.Nd6 Rf6 36.Nxb5 Rd1+
37.Kh2 Rf2 38.h4 Rdd2 39.Rxc4 Rxg2+ 40.Kh3 Be5 41.Rg4+ Kf7 42.Rg5 Ke6 43.Nc3 Rh2+
44.Kg4 Rd3 45.Ne4 Re3 46.Rg6+ Kf7 47.Kf5 Rf3+ 48.Kg5 Bxg3 49.Ra6 Bxh4+ 50.Kg4 Rf1
51.Nd6+ Kg6 52.Ne4+ Bf6 53.Nxf6 Rxf6 54.Rxa5 Rg2+ 55.Kh3 Rff2 56.Ra6+ Kf5
57.Ra5+ Ke4 58.Ra4+ Kd3 59.Rf4 Rh2+ 60.Kg4 Rxf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6
9.Nc4 Qd8 10.a3 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ne3 bxa3 13.Rxa3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rxa3 15.bxa3 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bc3 Bc6 19.Ng3 Qg5 20.Qd2 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 f6 22.Bc4 Nb6
23.Re1+ Kd7 24.Be6+ Kc7 25.Nf5 c4 26.Rb1 Bc5 27.Nxg7 Rd8+ 28.Ke2 Rd3 29.Bb4 Re3+
30.Kf1 Bxb4 31.axb4 c3 32.Kf2 Rd3 33.Rc1 Bd7 34.Bb3 Kc6 35.Nh5 Kb5 36.Nxf6 Bf5
37.Kg3 Rd6 38.Ne8 Rg6+ 39.Kf4 Bd7 40.Bf7 Rc6 41.Ke5 Kxb4 42.Nf6 c2 43.Nd5+ Nxd5
44.Bxd5 Rc5 45.Kd6 Bf5 46.Be4 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.g3 Bb7 8.d5 exd5 9.Bg2 Ba6
10.cxd5 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.b4 Bc4 13.f4 d6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Kf2 Nbd7 16.Re1 Rb8
17.e4 Qa5 18.Re3 Bb3 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.g4 Bc4 21.Qf3 Na4 22.Nxa4 Qxa4 23.Kg1 Rfe8
24.g5 Nd7 25.Bd2 Qc2 26.Be1 Rb3 27.Rxb3 Bxb3 28.Qc3 c4 29.Qd4 Qd3 30.Bc3 f6
31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Re3 Qd1+ 34.Re1 Qd3 35.Re3 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Rg8 37.Bf1 Rg4
38.Qxa7 Rxf4+ 39.Kg3 Qxf1 40.Qxd7+ Kg6 41.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Nf3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.a3 Ba5 10.e3 O-O 11.dxc5 Bf5 12.Bd3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 O-O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne3 Rdg8+
16.Kf1 Rg6 17.Nf5 Rhg8 18.Ke2 Bc5 19.Rc3 Bb4 20.Rc4 Bf8 21.h4 h5 22.Rh1 Kd7
23.Rc3 Ke6 24.Ng3 Bb4 25.Rb3 Bc5 26.Rh3 b6 27.Rd3 a5 28.a4 Rh8 29.Rd1 b5
30.axb5 Rb8 31.Ra1 Rxb5 32.b3 Bd4 33.Ra4 Rg8 34.Rh1 Rc5 35.Ra2 Rc3 36.Rd1 Kf7
37.Rd2 Rxg3 38.fxg3 Re3+ 39.Kf1 Rxf3+ 40.Kg2 Re3 41.Rd3 Rxe4 42.c3 Bb6 43.Rdd2 Re1
44.Re2 Rb1 45.Rab2 Rg1+ 46.Kh2 Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.Bd3 f5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Ne1 c5 13.f3 Nef6 14.b4 Qe7 15.Rb1 Rac8
16.Qd2 Nh5 17.Be2 cxd4 18.Qxd4 e5 19.Qd2 f4 20.Qa2 Kh8 21.exf4 exf4 22.Nd3 Qh4
23.Nf2 Ne5 24.Bb2 Rce8 25.Rbd1 Qg5 26.Nh3 Qg6 27.Rd2 Bc8 28.Nf2 Qh6 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.Ng4 Bxg4 31.fxg4 Nf6 32.Rxd6 Qg5 33.Qb2 Rfe8 34.Bf3 h6 35.h3 Re3 36.Bc6 Rf8
37.Qd4 Rxa3 38.Rxf4 Qh4 39.Rd8 Rxd8 40.Qxd8+ Kh7 41.Be4+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.f3 Nh5 11.Qd2 f5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bd3 Qf7
16.Rae1 Be6 17.b3 Be5 18.f4 Bg7 19.Be2 Qg6 20.Bf3 Bd7 21.Ne2 Nf6 22.Ng3 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Bxe2 Kf7 27.Nh5 Nxh5 28.Bxh5+ Kf8
29.Kf1 Bd4 30.Bf3 Kf7 31.Ke2 Ke6 32.Bd8 Bb6 33.g4 d5 34.h4 fxg4 35.Bxg4+ Kd6
36.Bxd7 Kxd7 37.Bf6 Ke6 38.Be5 Kf5 39.Kf3 h5 40.a4 a6 41.Bc3 Bc5 42.Ba5 Bd6
43.Bd2 Be7 44.Be1 Bf6 45.Bf2 Bc3 46.Ke3 d4+ 47.Kf3 c5 48.Bg3 c6 49.Bf2 Bb4
50.Bg3 Ba5 51.Bf2 Bc3 52.Bg3 d3 53.Bf2 Bb4 54.Be3 d2 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Bf2 Kxf4
57.Be3+ Ke4 58.Bg5 d1=Q+ 59.Kxd1 Kd3 60.Bf6 Bc3 61.Bd8 Bd4 62.Ba5 Bf2 63.Bd8 Kc3
64.Ke2 Bd4 65.a5 Kxb3 66.Kd3 Kb4 67.Bg5 Kxa5  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nd7 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.Bd3 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.O-O Qd8
16.Rfe1 Bd6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Rae8 20.h4 Re7 21.Ng5 Rfe8 22.g3 Bc8
23.Re3 g6 24.Rde1 Bd7 25.Kg2 Kg8 26.b3 b5 27.a4 a6 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qa2 Be5
30.Bf3 Bd4 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Qxe7 33.Ne4 Bf5 34.d6 Qe6 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Qb7 Bxe4
37.Bxe4 Qxd6 38.Qxb5 Qe7 39.Qd3 f5 40.Bd5 Qe1 41.Qf3 Qd2 42.Ba8 Qc2 43.h5 gxh5
44.Bd5 Kg6 45.Qf4 Qe2 46.Qd6+ Kg7 47.Qd7+ Kg6 48.Qf7+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Nc3 f5 5.g4 fxg4 6.Qxg4 Nf6 7.Qg2 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nge2 Be6 11.dxc5 Qd7 12.Nd4 Bh3 13.Qg3 Bxc5 14.Rg1 Bxd4 15.exd4 O-O
16.Bh6 Rae8+ 17.Kd2 Rf7 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Nxd4 20.Kc1 Bf5 21.Bg5 Ng4 22.Bf1 Nc6
23.h3 Nf6 24.Bg2 Nb4 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Kd2 d4 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Rf8 29.Qb3+ Kh8
30.Qxb4 Rxf2+ 31.Re2 Qxh3 32.Rxf2 Qe3+ 33.Kd1 Qxf2 34.Qe7 g6 35.Bd3 Qf3+
36.Kc2 Qc6+ 37.Kb3 Qd5+ 38.Kb4 a5+ 39.Ka3 Kg8 40.Bc2 a4 41.Bxa4 Qf5 42.Bb3+ Kh8
43.Qd8+ Kg7 44.Qxd4+ Kh6 45.Qb4 g5 46.Qd6+ Kg7 47.Qc7+ Kf6 48.Qb6+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 c5
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bc6 11.Qd3 f5 12.Qb3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qa4 14.Qxa4 Bxa4 15.Rc1 fxe4
16.Ng5 Bd7 17.d5 Na6 18.O-O O-O 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Ng3 Be5 21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Bg4 Rff8
23.Rfe1 Bd6 24.Bh6 Rfe8 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.Bd2 Kg7 27.Bc3+ Kh6 28.Re3 Bf4 29.Rh3+ Kg5
30.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 h6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.a3 a5 9.e3 Bb6
10.h3 Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.Kh2 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Na4 Ba7 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Bd2 Rad8
17.Rfc1 f5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 e4 20.Qxd6 Rxd6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.exd4 exd3 23.Bxa5 f4
24.Rd1 fxg3+ 25.fxg3 Ra8 26.Be1 Bf5 27.g4 Bg6 28.Bg3 Rd7 29.Rd2 c6 30.a4 Nb4
31.Re1 Nc2 32.Re6 Bh7 33.d5 cxd5 34.Rb6 Be4 35.Bf2 Rc8 36.Re6 Na1 37.Bxe4 dxe4
38.Rxe4 Nxb3 39.Rd1 d2 40.Be3 Rc1  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.O-O Rd8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.e3 Nd7 15.Qd3 Nf8
16.Rfb1 Rac8 17.Ne2 Ne6 18.a4 g6 19.a5 cxd4 20.exd4 Rc4 21.a6 Bc8 22.Qe3 Qc7
23.Ra2 Rc6 24.Rba1 Qd6 25.Ne5 Rxa6 26.f4 Qb6 27.Qd3 Rxa2 28.Rxa2 a5 29.Kf2 Ba6
30.Qe3 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Qxd4 32.Qxd4 Nxd4 33.Re1 Nc2 34.Rc1 Nb4 35.Rc7 Bxe5 36.fxe5 Nd3+
37.Ke3 Nxe5 38.Kd4 Ng4 39.h3 Nf6 40.Ra7 Rb8 41.g4 Rb2 42.g5 Ne4 43.Bxe4 dxe4
44.Rxa5 Rb3 45.h4 Rh3  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 dxc4
10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.e4 Bg4 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.h3 Bd7 15.Be3 Ne8 16.Rad1 Rd8
17.Rd2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bc8 19.Rxd8 Nxd8 20.f4 Kg7 21.Rb1 Nc7 22.Nf3 Bd7 23.Bb3 Nc6
24.Nd4 Na5 25.Bc2 Rc8 26.Kf2 Ne6 27.Nxe6+ Bxe6 28.Bd4+ f6 29.g4 Kf7 30.f5 Bd7
31.Kg3 gxf5 32.exf5 Bc6 33.Kf4 Bd5 34.h4 h6 35.Be4 Bxe4 36.Kxe4 Rc7 37.Rb6 Nc6
38.Be3 Kg7 39.Kd5 Rd7+ 40.Ke6 Rc7 41.Bf4 Nd8+ 42.Kd5 Rd7+ 43.Ke4 Nc6 44.Rb2 Na5
45.Rd2 Nb3 46.Rxd7 Nxc5+ 47.Kd5 Nxd7 48.a5 h5 49.gxh5 Kf7 50.h6 Nf8 51.h7 Nxh7
52.Kc5 Nf8 53.Kb6 e6 54.Kxb7 exf5 55.Kxa6 Ne6 56.Be3 f4 57.Bf2  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Strasbourg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bc5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd2 Bg4
16.Nf3 Rad8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bd4 19.Rab1 a5 20.Kf1 Rd6 21.Rd3 Rb8 22.c3 Bc5
23.Rxd6 cxd6 24.Bc2 Kg7 25.Bd3 f5 26.exf5 Kf6 27.Be4 Kg5 28.Ke2 h5 29.Rg1+ Kf6
30.h4 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rb3 32.Rg5 Rxc3 33.Rxh5 Rc4 34.Rh7 Rxa4 35.h5 Ra2+ 36.Kd3 Rxf2
37.h6 Rh2 38.Bd5 Kxf5 39.Rxf7+ Kg6 40.h7 Rxh7 41.Rxh7 Kxh7 42.Bc6 Kg6 43.Ke4 Kg5
44.Bd7 Bb4 45.Bc6 Bd2 46.Kd5 Bf4 47.Ke4 Kh4 48.Kd3 Kg3 49.Ke2 Kg2 50.Ba4 d5
51.Bc6 d4 52.Bb5 Kg3 53.Bc6 Be3 54.Bb5 Kf4 55.Bc6 Bg1 56.Kd3 Bh2 57.Ke2 Kf5
58.Kd3 Ke6 59.Kc4 Kd6 60.Bb5 Bf4 61.Ba4 Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Strasbourg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 c6 7.Be3 a6 8.a4 a5 9.Nd2 e5
10.d5 Na6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Nb3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.O-O f4 15.Bd2 Nac5 16.Bf3 Nxb3
17.Qxb3 Nc5 18.Qd1 Bf5 19.dxc6 e4 20.cxb7 Rb8 21.Bg4 f3 22.Be3 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Be5
24.g5 Qd7 25.Qd5+ Rf7 26.Nxe4 fxg2 27.Kxg2 Rxb7 28.Bxc5 Qg4+ 29.Ng3 Rb3 30.Ra3 Bxg3
31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.fxg3+ Kg6 33.Rxb3 dxc5 34.Rc3 Qe4+ 35.Rff3 Qe2+ 36.Rf2 Qe4+
37.Kh2 Qd4 38.Rcc2 Kxg5 39.Rf4 Qd3 40.Rcf2 h5 41.Rf6 Qd7 42.b3 Qc8 43.Rd6 h4
44.Rd5+ Kh6 45.Rf6+ Kg7 46.Rf4 hxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Qe6 48.Kf2 Qh6 49.Rdf5 Qh2+
50.Ke3 Qb2 51.Rg5+ Kh6 52.Rg3 Qxb3+ 53.Kf2 Qc2+ 54.Kf3 Kh5 55.Rf8 Qd3+ 56.Kg2 Qe2+
57.Kh3 Qe6+ 58.Kh2 Qe2+ 59.Rg2 Qe5+ 60.Kg1 Qe3+ 61.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 e5 9.d5 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.Be2 Nfd7 12.g4 a4 13.Qc2 c6 14.h4 Qa5 15.a3 Nb6 16.h5 cxd5 17.cxd5 f5
18.gxf5 gxf5 19.f3 f4 20.Bf2 Bd7 21.O-O-O Bf6 22.Kb1 Rac8 23.Rc1 Kh7 24.Qd1 Rg8
25.Rg1 Rg5 26.Bh4 Rcg8 27.Bxg5 hxg5 28.Qf1 Kh6 29.Bb5 Bc8 30.Qe2 Be7 31.Qh2 Ncd7
32.Bf1 Nf6 33.Bh3 Qa6 34.Bf1 Qa5 35.Bh3 Qa6 36.Bf1 Qa5 37.Bh3 Qa6 38.Bxc8 Qd3+
39.Ka1 Nxc8 40.Na2 g4 41.Nb4 Qe3 42.Nc2 Qd3 43.Nb4 Qe3 44.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e4 Bb4 7.Qc2 b5 8.e5 Nd5
9.Bg5 f6 10.exf6 N7xf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O c6 14.Ne5 O-O 15.Bg4 Qd6
16.Bh3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4
22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.dxc5 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Qg5+ 25.Kf1 Qxc5 26.Re1 Nh5 27.Qe4 Nf4
28.Bf5 Nd3 29.Re3 h6 30.Bg6 Nf4 31.Qe8 Qd6 32.Bf7 Rxe8  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.e3 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.f3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qf6 12.Nh3 Nd6 13.Rf1 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bd2 Qh6
16.Nf4 e5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 c4 19.Be2 Qxh2 20.Bb4 Qxg3+ 21.Kd2 Qg6 22.Rg1 Qf6
23.Rg5 Qxg5 24.Bxd6 Re8 25.Qxc4 Qf6 26.Bb4 a5 27.Bc3 d6 28.Qa4 Qf7 29.Bb5 Rc8
30.Ke2 Qh5 31.Rg1 Ra7 32.Kf2 h6 33.Rg2 Kh8 34.Rg1 Qf7 35.Rd1 Na6 36.Bc6 Qh5
37.Qxa5 e4 38.Bd4 Qh2+ 39.Kf1 exf3 40.Rd2 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.e5 Ng4 6.h3 Nh6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nf3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Be4 Ng8 13.O-O f6 14.Re1 fxe5 15.Bxe5 Nf6
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Bd6 e6 18.Ng5 Bh6 19.h4 Bxg5 20.hxg5 Nh5 21.Qg4 Kf7 22.Rad1 Re8
23.Rd3 Kg8 24.Rh3 Rf8 25.Bxf8 Qxf8 26.b3 Qf4 27.Qxf4 Nxf4 28.Rg3 Rf8 29.Ne4 Rf5
30.Rge3 Kg7 31.Rd1 a5 32.Rd6 Kf8 33.g4 Rf7 34.Nf6 h6 35.Ne4 Bxe4 36.Rxe4 hxg5
37.Re3 Rh7 38.Rxb6 Rh4 39.Rb5 Rxg4+ 40.Kf1 Ke7 41.Rxa5 Kf6 42.Rg3 Rh4 43.Raxg5 e5
44.c5 Rh8 45.b4 Rc8 46.Ke1 d6 47.cxd6 Rc4 48.a3 Rd4 49.R5g4 Rxd6 50.Rb3 Nd3+
51.Kf1 Kf5 52.Rg3 e4 53.b5 Nf4 54.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.Be2 Nf8 10.Bg4 Nf6 11.Bh3 Ne6 12.Be5 Ng5 13.Bf5 O-O 14.h4 Nge4 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.Ngxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.h5 gxh5 19.Qxh5 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 f6 21.Qg6 Qd5 22.Bf4 Rfd8
23.Rh5 Qe6 24.Rh7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.b3 Ne7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.c4 a5 10.a3 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Nc5 15.Ndf3 d4 16.Rc1 Ne6
17.e3 dxe3 18.fxe3 Qb6 19.d4 Rad8 20.Nxg6 Nxg6 21.Qc2 exd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Qa6
24.Rf5 Bxa3 25.Rcf1 Ne7 26.Rh5 g6 27.Re5 Bd6 28.Re4 Nd5 29.g5 Qb5 30.Ba1 Rc8
31.Rc4 Rxc4 32.bxc4 Nxe3 33.Qc3 Qe5 34.Qxe5 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Nxf1 36.Kxf1 Re8
37.Bd4 Re7 38.Kf2 a4 39.Bb2 h6 40.h4 hxg5 41.hxg5 Rc7 42.Bd5 Rd7  0-1

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Bxf6 Rxf6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.e3 c6 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Rb1 b6 15.f4 Ng6
16.e4 Bd7 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Nf3 Qf8 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Kh1 Qd6 21.Qe2 Raf8 22.Rf1 Qa3
23.Rb3 Qc5 24.Rbb1 h6 25.h3 R5f6 26.Kh2 b5 27.Nd2 Bf5 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Rxf6 Rxf6
30.Qxe4 h5 31.h4 a6 32.Qe2 e4 33.Qxe4 Qd6 34.Re1 bxc4 35.dxc4 Kh7 36.Re2 Qa3
37.Qe3 Qa4 38.Qc5 Qd1 39.Qxh5+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Rd1 Na5 12.Bc2 Bf8 13.b4 Nc6 14.a3 Bd6 15.Bb2 a5
16.Nb3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Ne7 19.d4 dxe4 20.Nxe5 Ned5 21.Qxb5 Ba8
22.Re1 Nf4 23.Bc1 e3 24.f3 N6d5 25.Bxe3 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rxe5 27.Be4 Nxg2 28.Bd4 Rg5
29.Ra1 Nb6 30.Nc5 Bxe4 31.fxe4 h6 32.Kh1 Qc8 33.Qd3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Qxd7 35.Rg1 Nf4
36.Qf3 Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 Nh3+ 38.Kg2 Ng5 39.Qf5 Ne6 40.b5 Qd6 41.Qe5 Qa3 42.Kf2 Qc1
43.Be3 Qc2+ 44.Ke1 h5 45.Bf2 Qd3 46.Bd4 h4 47.Qf5 Qb1+ 48.Kf2 Qb2+ 49.Kg1 Qe2
50.h3 Qe1+ 51.Kg2 Qg3+ 52.Kh1 Nf4 53.Qg4 Qe1+ 54.Kh2 Ne6 55.Qf5 Qd2+ 56.Kh1 Nf4
57.Qg4 Qe1+ 58.Kh2 Ne6 59.Qf5 Qd2+ 60.Kh1 Qc1+ 61.Kh2 Nf4 62.Qc8+ Kh7 63.Qg4 Qc2+
64.Kg1 Ne2+ 65.Kf1 Ng3+ 66.Ke1 Qb1+ 67.Kd2 Nxe4+ 68.Ke3 Qe1+ 69.Kd3 Nf2+
70.Bxf2 Qxf2 71.c4 Kh6 72.Qd7 Qf3+ 73.Kd2 Qf4+ 74.Kd3 g5 75.c5 Qg3+ 76.Kc4 Qf4+
77.Qd4 Qf1+ 78.Qd3 Qf6 79.b6 Qf4+ 80.Qd4 Qf1+ 81.Kb4 cxb6 82.cxb6 Qb1+ 83.Kc5 f5
84.Qf6+ Kh5 85.Qf7+ Kh6 86.b7 Qc2+ 87.Kd6 Qd3+ 88.Kc7 Qc3+ 89.Kd7 Qd4+ 90.Ke6 Qc4+
91.Ke7 Qc7+ 92.Kf6 Qc6+ 93.Kxf5 Qf3+ 94.Ke6 Qb3+ 95.Kf6 Qf3+ 96.Ke6 Qb3+
97.Kf6 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nge2 Bd6 11.a3 Nd7 12.Kd2 Nb6 13.b3 a5 14.a4 Bb4 15.Nf4 Ke7
16.h4 Rac8 17.h5 Bf5 18.Bd3 Be6 19.h6 c5 20.Rhc1 f5 21.Ne2 Rhg8 22.g3 Rg6
23.Rh1 Nd7 24.Rac1 Nf6 25.Kd1 Ng4 26.Rf1 Rxh6 27.Nf4 Nf6 28.dxc5 Rxc5 29.Nce2 Ne4
30.Rxc5 Bxc5 31.f3 Nd6 32.Nd4 Rh2 33.Be2 Kf6 34.Kd2 Bb4+ 35.Kd3 b6 36.Rc1 Bc5
37.Kd2 Bb4+ 38.Kd3 Bc5 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Nd3 Nb7 41.Nf4 Bb4+ 42.Kc2 Nc5 43.Nc6+ Kd6
44.Nxb4 axb4 45.Rd1 Nd7 46.Rd4 Kc5 47.Nd3+ Kd6 48.Kd2 Rh3 49.Rxb4 Rxg3 50.Rh4 Nf6
51.b4 Rg1 52.Rh6 Rg6 53.Rh1 Rg8 54.a5 bxa5 55.bxa5 Ra8 56.Ra1 Nd7 57.a6 Nb6
58.Ke1 Nc4 59.Kf2 Ra7 60.Nf4 Kc5 61.e4 fxe4 62.fxe4 Nb6 63.Rc1+ Kd6 64.Rb1 Kc7
65.Rh1 Kd6 66.Rxh7 dxe4 67.Nxe6 Kxe6 68.Ke3 Ke5 69.Kf2 Kd4 70.Rh8 f5 71.Rd8+ Nd5
72.Bb5 Kc5 73.Rb8 Nc7 74.Be2 Nxa6 75.Rb5+ Kc6 76.Ra5 Kb6 77.Rb5+ Kc6 78.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 b5
9.Bc2 Bb7 10.a3 Qb6 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.e4 Qh5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Rfe1 O-O
16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.h3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Bxe5 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Kf8
22.f3 Ke7 23.Kf2 Nd7 24.Ke3 Ne5 25.Bb3 g5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.g3 Ng6
29.Ne2 Ne5 30.Rc1 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Nxb4 axb4
9.b3 Bf5 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Re1 Ra5 12.d4 Qa8 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Qd2 Rxa2 17.Qxb4 Nbd7 18.Qc3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qb8 20.b4 b6 21.Qa3 e4 22.Bh3 Ne5
23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Qa8 Qxa8 25.Rxa8+ Kh7 26.Rb8 g5 27.Bc8 g6 28.Ba6 Kg7 29.Rc8 Re7
30.h3 Ng8 31.Kf1 f5 32.Ke1 Nh6 33.Kd2 g4 34.h4 Nf7 35.Ke3 Ne5 36.Bb5 Kf6
37.Ra8 Kg7 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ke3 Kg7 40.Kd4 Kf6 41.Rb8 e3 42.fxe3 Nf7 43.Re8 Re5
44.Bd7 Rxe8 45.Bxe8 Ne5 46.Bb5 g5 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Ba4 Nf7 49.Bd7 Ne5 50.Be6 Ng6
51.c5 bxc5+ 52.bxc5 Ne5 53.c6 Ng6 54.Bc8 Ne5 55.Ba6 Ng6 56.Bc8 Ne5 57.Bd7 Nf7
58.Be6 Ne5 59.Kc3 Ng6 60.Kc4 Kf6 61.Kb5 Ne7 62.Ka6 Ng6 63.Kb7 Ne5 64.Kxc7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Qc7
9.e4 Ng4 10.e5 Nxf2 11.Nc3 b5 12.Bb3 Ne4+ 13.Kh1 Nxc3 14.bxc3 h6 15.Nd4 Qe7
16.Qg4 g6 17.Be3 h5 18.Qh3 Ra7 19.Rf6 O-O 20.Raf1 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rc7 22.Qe3 Kg7
23.Bc2 Nd7 24.Qg5 Qe8 25.Be3 Rxc3 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Rxg6+ Qxg6
29.Qxg6+ Kh8 30.Qxh5+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 b4
9.Ne4 Be7 10.e3 O-O 11.d6 Bd8 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O f5 14.Ng3 Qb6 15.Bc2 Bf6
16.e4 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Bc3 18.Qd3 g6 19.exf5 exf5 20.Nh4 Kh8 21.Rfe1 Nc6 22.Ngxf5 gxf5
23.Nxf5 Rg8 24.Ne3 Rg7 25.Nd5 Qa6 26.Nc7 Rxg2+ 27.Kh1 Rg7 28.Nxa6 Ne5+ 29.Qe4 Bxe4+
30.Rxe4 Rf8 31.Rf1 Ng4 32.Nxc5 Nxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Rxf2 34.Re8+ Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8
36.Bb3 Rf7 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Ne4 Ke8 39.c5 Rf5 40.Ba4 Kd8 41.c6 Ra5 42.c7+ Kc8
43.Bb3 Ra6 44.Bd5 Rb6 45.Bg8 h6  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Rfe1 h6
16.Bb5 Nf6 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Qa4 Ra8 19.Ba5 Qc8 20.Ne5 Bd6 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.e5 Bxe5
23.Rxe5 Bd5 24.Bf1 Qb7 25.Bc3 Kg8 26.f3 Qb6 27.Qh4 Rf8 28.Re1 Rf7 29.Kh1 Nh7
30.Qg3 Qb7 31.h4 Nf6 32.Qg6 c4 33.Bd4 Qc7 34.Be3 Qe5 35.Re2 Nh5 36.Bf2 Qf5
37.Qxf5 Rxf5 38.Rc2 Rf4 39.Kg1 Kf7 40.Be2 a5 41.g4 Nf6 42.Be3 Rxf3 43.Bxf3 Bxf3
44.Rxc4 Bd1 45.Rc7+ Kg8 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 Nd5 48.Rc8+ Kf7 49.b5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nxd4 d5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nb3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Nbc5 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Nd5 14.O-O Kg7
15.c4 Bxe4 16.Nxe4 Rae8 17.Nc5 Nb6 18.b3 Re5 19.Nd3 Re2 20.a4 Nd7 21.Rfe1 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 c5 23.f3 Rb8 24.Re7 Rd8 25.Kf2 Kf6 26.Re3 Rb8 27.Nf4 c6 28.g4 Nf8
29.h4 h6 30.Rd3 Ne6 31.Nxe6 Kxe6 32.Re3+ Kd7 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 Re8 35.Rd3+ Kc7
36.f4 Re4 37.Kf3 Re1 38.Kg4 Rg1+ 39.Kf5 Rh1 40.Kf6 Rxh5 41.f5 Rh1 42.Kxf7 h5
43.Re3 Kd7 44.Rd3+ Kc7 45.f6 h4 46.Ke6 Re1+ 47.Kf5 Rf1+ 48.Kg5 Rh1 49.Rf3 h3
50.Kh4 h2 51.Kh3 Rg1 52.Kxh2 Rg8 53.f7 Rf8 54.Rf6 Kd7 55.Kg2 a5 56.Kf3 Ke7
57.Rxc6 Rb8 58.Rc7+ Kf8 59.Ke4 Rxb3 60.Kd5 Ra3 61.Ra7 Ra1 62.Rxa5 Kxf7 63.Kxc5 Rc1
64.Ra8 Ke7 65.a5 Kd7 66.a6 Kc7 67.Rg8 Ra1 68.a7 Ra5+ 69.Kd4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.b3 Bf5
10.Bb2 Qd7 11.e3 Bg4 12.Qc2 Bb6 13.Nd2 Bh3 14.Rac1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nh7 16.Nd5 Ba7
17.f4 Nd8 18.fxe5 c6 19.Nf4 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe3 21.Rce1 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Ne6 23.Ne4 f6
24.Bc3 Nd4 25.Qd1 Nf5 26.Kh1 b6 27.Qh5 c5 28.Rg1 Kh8 29.Rg6 Rae8 30.a4 Rf7
31.Rg2 Rff8 32.Qh3 Rd8 33.Reg1 Rfe8 34.Rd2 Qe6 35.Rdg2 Re7 36.Re2 Qd7 37.Rd2 Nd4
38.Qxd7 Rexd7 39.Bxd4 Rxd4 40.Rgd1 f5 41.Nc3 Nf6 42.Kg2 Nh5 43.Nd5 Nxf4+
44.Nxf4 Rxf4 45.Re2 Rfd4 46.Re6 R4d6 47.Rde1 Kh7 48.R1e5 f4 49.h4 Rxd3 50.Rxb6 Rg3+
51.Kf2 Rd2+ 52.Re2 Rdd3 53.Rb5 Rh3 54.Rxc5 f3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.Bb2 bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd7 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O Ba6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Re1 e5
16.Bb4 Re8 17.d5 c5 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.Be3 Bf8 20.Ba4 Nxa4 21.Qxa4 Bd3 22.f3 c4
23.Nc3 a5 24.a3 Rb8 25.Nd1 Rb3 26.Nf2 Rxa3 27.Qc6 Qa8 28.Qf6 Bg7 29.Qh4 Qa6
30.Ng4 Qd6 31.Bh6 f6 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Re3 Rb3 35.h4 Qf8 36.Qxf8+ Rxf8
37.Nf2 a4 38.Nxd3 cxd3 39.Rd1 a3 40.Rexd3 Rxd3 41.Rxd3 Ra8 42.Rd1 a2 43.Ra1 Kf7
44.Kf2 Ke7 45.Ke2 Kd6 46.Kd3 f5 47.Kc3 fxe4 48.fxe4 Ra3+ 49.Kb2 Re3 50.Rxa2 Rxe4
51.Ra6+ Kxd5 52.g3 Rc4 53.h5 gxh5 54.Rh6 Rc7 55.Rxh5 Kd4 56.g4 e4 57.Rf5 e3
58.Rf8 e2 59.Re8 Kd3 60.Rd8+ Ke3 61.Re8+ Kf2 62.Rf8+ Ke1 63.Kb3 Kd1 64.Rd8+ Kc1
65.Re8 Rc2  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 a5 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Bh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e3 e5
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Ne2 e4 12.Bxe4 g5 13.Bg3 Nxe4 14.fxe4 Nf6 15.e5 dxe5
16.Nc1 Ne4 17.Nd3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 e4 19.Nf2 Qe5 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.g4 Bg6 22.O-O-O Rd8
23.Rh3 Kf8 24.Rdh1 Kg7 25.g3 b5 26.cxb5 Rxd5 27.Nd1 Rd3 28.Kb1 c4 29.Nb2 Rxe3
30.Qh2 Qxc3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 Bb7 7.g3 Qb6 8.a4 a6
9.Na3 axb5 10.axb5 d5 11.Bh3 Ne4 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nd2 Ndf6 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bg2 Nd6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Bf4 Nf5 18.Re1 Rd8 19.Qa4 Ra8 20.Qd1 Rd8 21.Qa4 Ra8 22.Qc4 Bd5
23.Qe2 Nd4 24.Qh5+ g6 25.Qe5 Rg8 26.Bxe4 Bg7 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Bxd6 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Nf3+
30.Kg2 Bxb2 31.Ra2 Nd2 32.Re2 Bc1 33.b6 Kd7 34.b7 Rxa3 35.Rxa3 Bxa3 36.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.e3 Nxc5 8.Bd2 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rac8 12.Nb5 Be4 13.Qc1 Bxd2 14.Nxd2 d5 15.Nxe4 Ncxe4
16.b3 a6 17.Qa3 Qxa3 18.Nxa3 Nc3 19.Re1 dxc4 20.Bxc4 b5 21.Bf1 Ncd5 22.Red1 Rfd8
23.Nb1 Nxe3 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.fxe3 Rd1 26.Kf2 Ng4+ 27.Ke2 Rc1 28.g3 Nxe3 29.Kxe3 Rxf1
30.Kd4 Rc1 31.a4 bxa4 32.bxa4 f5 33.Kd3 e5 34.Kd2 Rh1 35.Kc2 e4 36.Ra3 Rxh2+
37.Nd2 h5 38.Kd1 h4 39.gxh4 Rxh4 40.Rc3 Rh1+ 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.Rc6 Rh6 43.Rc7+ Kf6
44.Ra7 Rh2+ 45.Ke3 Rh3+ 46.Ke2 g5 47.Rxa6+ Ke5 48.Rb6 Rh2+ 49.Ke1 Rh1+ 50.Nf1 Rh3
51.Rg6 Kf4 52.a5 Ra3 53.a6 g4 54.Kf2 e3+ 55.Ke1 Ra1+ 56.Ke2 Ra2+ 57.Ke1 Kf3
58.Rd6 Ra1+ 59.Rd1 Rxa6 60.Nh2+ Kg2 61.Nxg4 fxg4 62.Ke2 Ra3 63.Rd8 g3 64.Rg8 Kh2
65.Rh8+ Kg1 66.Rg8 g2 67.Rh8 Ra2+ 68.Ke1 e2 69.Rh7 Ra1+ 70.Kxe2 Ra8 71.Ke1 Re8+
72.Kd2 Re5  0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gadasi, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 Qe8
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nh5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Bd3 f4
16.Bf5 Qh5 17.Qxh5 Nxh5 18.Bc2 Bf6 19.Bd2 Bh4 20.a3 Ng7 21.b4 Nf5 22.Nb5 Bd8
23.a4 Nb8 24.c5 a6 25.Bxf5 Rxf5 26.Nc3 Be7 27.Ne4 Nd7 28.Rac1 Nf6 29.cxd6 Bxd6
30.Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.Re4 Kf7 32.Bc3 Rf5 33.g4 fxg3 34.fxg3 Rg8 35.Kg2 h5 36.Rce1 Rfg5
37.R1e3 Re8 38.Rf3+ Kg6 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rh8 41.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nd2 Be7 6.Ne2 h5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nxc4 h4
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.e4 O-O 11.Ne3 Nb6 12.g3 f5 13.exf5 Bf6 14.Qh5 Qxd4 15.Be2 Na4
16.Nxa4 Qxa4 17.O-O Bxb2 18.Rad1 b5 19.Ng4 Qa3 20.Bd3 Qc5 21.Qxh4 f6 22.Qh5 Qe7
23.Rb1 Bd4 24.Bc2 c5 25.Rfe1 Qf7 26.Qxf7+ Rxf7 27.Re8+ Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Rxb5 Ba6 30.Ra5 Be2 31.Ne3 a6 32.Bb3 Rb8 33.Nc4 Rb4 34.Nd2 c4 35.Nxc4 Bxc4
36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.Rxa6 Rc2 38.Ra4 Bxf2+ 39.Kg2 Bc5+ 40.Kh1 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.c5 Na6 10.a3 h6 11.b4 g5 12.Be5 Nd7 13.f4 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Bd7 15.e3 Qe8 16.Rf2 Qg6
17.Bf1 Nc7 18.Bd3 h5 19.Rg2 Qh6 20.a4 Rf7 21.Nb1 Rg7 22.Nc3 Rf8 23.Qe2 Be8
24.b5 h4 25.g4 Bg6 26.Rf1 Rgf7 27.Qc2 fxg4 28.Rxf7 Bxf7 29.Nf2 g3 30.hxg3 hxg3
31.Rxg3 Bh5 32.Rh3 g4 33.Nxg4 Qg7 34.Rg3 Bxg4 35.Qg2 Rf5 36.Be2 Rg5 37.Bxg4 Qg6
38.b6 axb6 39.cxb6 Ne8 40.Bxe6+ Kh8 41.Qh3+ Kg7 42.Ne2  1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 e6 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.O-O Bb7 12.Nc1 c5 13.a5 Rc8 14.Nd3 Ne4 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc5 Ndxc5 17.a6 Ba8 18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.Bxd4 Nd6 20.Ra5 Nxc4 21.Rxc5 Bxf3
22.Rxc4 Rxc4 23.bxc4 Be4 24.Bxa7 Ra8 25.Bd4 Rxa6 26.Ra1 Rxa1+ 27.Bxa1 f6
28.f3 Bd3 29.c5 Kf7 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.g4 Kd7 32.e4 Kc6 33.Ke3 Bc2 34.Kd2 Ba4
35.g5 e5 36.gxf6 gxf6 37.Ke3 Kxc5 38.f4 exf4+ 39.Kxf4 Kc4 40.Ke3 Kb3 41.Bxf6 Kc2
42.Kf4 b3 43.h4 h5 44.Kg5 Be8  0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Rb8 12.Rd1 h6 13.Bf4 Rb6 14.Bb1 Qc7 15.O-O Bb7
16.f3 Rb8 17.Rd2 Ba6 18.Rfd1 e5 19.Bg3 Rb3 20.Qc1 Qb7 21.Rxd6 Rxb2 22.Bd3 Rb6
23.Bf5 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Nb6 25.Bxe5 Nxc4 26.Rxa6 Nxe5 27.Ra5 Ned7 28.Nc3 Qc7
29.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.O-O f5 8.b3 Nh6
9.a4 Bd6 10.Ba3 Nf7 11.b4 Qf6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.b5 e5 14.dxe5 Ndxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Qb3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rad8 18.f4 Nd7 19.cxd5 Nc5 20.Qc4 Rxd5 21.Nf3 Rd8 22.bxc6 Qxc6
23.Nd4 Qd7 24.h3 Ne4 25.Rc1 Kh8 26.Qc7 g6 27.Rb3 b6 28.Rb5 Qxc7 29.Rxc7 R5d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Nf3 d6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 cxd4 13.exd4 Rc8 14.b3 b5 15.Nd2 Rc6
16.Qb2 bxc4 17.bxc4 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Rc8 19.Bf1 e5 20.Re1 Qb6 21.Qxb6 Rxb6 22.c5 dxc5
23.dxe5 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Nd5 25.Nc4 Ra6 26.a4 Rb8 27.a5 Rb4 28.Rac1 Nc7 29.f4 Ne6
30.Red1 Ndf8 31.Be1 Ra4 32.f5 Nd4 33.g4 h5 34.Nb2 Ra2 35.Rxc5 Rc6 36.Rxc6 Nxc6
37.Nd3 hxg4 38.Rc1 Ne7 39.Bb4 Nd5 40.Rc8 Nxb4 41.Nxb4 Rxa5 42.Nc6 Rb5 43.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 cxb3
9.axb5 b2 10.Ra2 Ne7 11.Rxb2 O-O 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nce4 Nd7 14.Nd6 Rb8 15.Bd3 Ba8
16.O-O Nf6 17.N6e4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rxb5 19.Ra2 c5 20.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5
9.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 dxe3 4.fxe3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d4 c5
9.d5 Bg4 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Ne5 13.Nf3 Nfd7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Be3 Qa5 17.Rac1 a6 18.Kh1 Rab8 19.b3 h5 20.Nd1 Rfe8 21.Bf4 e6 22.Ne3 Rbd8
23.Rcd1 Rd6 24.Qf2 Rf8 25.Qg3 Qd8 26.Bxe5 h4 27.Qf4 g5 28.Qf3 Bxe5 29.Ng4 f6
30.dxe6 Kh7 31.Ne3 Kg6 32.e7 Qxe7 33.Nf5 Qc7 34.Nxd6 Bxd6 35.Qf5+ Kh6 36.e5  1-0

[Event "AUT-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxc5 7.Ngf3 d5 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 a5 10.b3 d4 11.b4 axb4 12.Nb3 Be7 13.Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.Nc2 Be6
16.Bb2 Bxc4 17.Nxb4 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1 b5 19.e3 Rfe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 Be7 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxh4 14.d5 e5 15.Nxh4 Qxh4
16.f3 Kh8 17.Rac1 f5 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.e4 f4 20.Rc3 Rfd8 21.b3 Nc5 22.Qc2 Rac8
23.Bf1 a5 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Bxd3 Qd6 26.Be2 Rd7 27.Rc1 g5 28.g4 h5 29.gxh5 Qh6
30.Qb2 Kh7 31.Bf1 Qxh5 32.Qg2 Kg7 33.Qh3 Qf7 34.Qg4 Rd6 35.Bb5 Qe7 36.h4 Rg6
37.Qxc8 gxh4+ 38.Kh2 Bxc8 39.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "AUT-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 a6 11.Ne2 Ne4 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Ng3 f5 15.Qe2 Ra8
16.Rc2 Rf7 17.Rfc1 c5 18.Re1 a5 19.Bb5 Raf8 20.Nh5 Ng5 21.Rcc1 Ne6 22.Qd2 Qd8
23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.exf4 Nf6 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.f3 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Bc5 28.Qe3 Qd6 29.Nd3 Bxd4
30.Qxd4 Rfc8 31.Rcd1 Rd8 32.Re3 Bc8 33.Rde1 Rf8 34.R3e2 g6 35.g3 Kg7 36.h3 h5
37.a4 Kh6 38.Qe5 Qd8 39.Rd2 Bd7 40.Qd4 Bxb5 41.axb5 Rd7 42.Ne5 Rb7 43.g4 Kh7
44.g5 Ng8 45.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "AUT-chT9495"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.Rd1 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Qa4 10.Qxa4 Nxa4 11.Be5 b6 12.f3 Ke7 13.b3 Nc5 14.Bd6+ Kd8 15.b4 Nb7
16.Bg3 Ke7 17.e4 d6 18.Ne2 e5 19.Nc3 Be6 20.Nd5+ Bxd5 21.cxd5 a6 22.Bf2 Nd7
23.Bd3 Rhb8 24.Kd2 Nd8 25.Kc3 b5 26.Kb3 Nb6 27.Rc1 Kd7 28.Rc2 Na4 29.Rhc1 Rc8
30.f4 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 Rc8 32.Rxc8 Kxc8 33.f5 f6 34.Bc2 Nf7 35.h4 Kd7 36.Be3 Ke7
37.Bd1 Kf8 38.Kc2 Ke7 39.g4 h6 40.Kd2 Kd7 41.Bxa4 bxa4 42.b5 axb5 43.Kc3 Kc7
44.Kb4 Kb7 45.Kxb5 Nd8 46.Kxa4 Ka6 47.Kb4 Nf7 48.a4 Nd8 49.a5  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Bb7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Rc8 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.b4 Qe7 13.Bb2 d5 14.Qd4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 a5
16.Ne5 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.bxa5 e5 19.Qh4 Rxa5 20.a4 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rfc1 Re6
23.Rc8+ Ne8 24.Qc4 Ra7 25.Rd1 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.h3 h6 28.Ra8 Qb7 29.Rd8 Qe7
30.Qd3 Qb4 31.Qb5 Qxb5 32.axb5 Kh7 33.Rb8 Nc7 34.Rb7 Nxb5 35.Rxf7 Nd6 36.Rc7 Ne8
37.Rb7 h5 38.Ba3 Kg6 39.Be7 Rc6 40.Bd8 Nd6 41.Rxb6 Rxb6 42.Bxb6 e4 43.Bc7 Nf7
44.Kh2 Ng5 45.Kg3 Ne6 46.Bd6 Kg5 47.Be7+ Kf5 48.Kh4 g6 49.Bd6 Nd8 50.f4 exf3
51.gxf3 Nf7 52.Bc7 Ke6 53.e4 Kd7 54.Ba5 Ke6 55.Bc3 Kd7 56.Bb4 Ke6 57.f4 Kf6
58.Kg3 Ke6 59.Kf3 Nd8 60.Ke3 Nc6 61.Bc3 Nd8 62.Kd4 Nf7 63.Bb4 Nd8 64.Bf8 Nf7
65.h4 Nd8 66.Kc5 Kf7 67.Bh6 Ke6 68.Bg5 Nb7+ 69.Kc6 Nd6 70.e5 Nf5 71.Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.f3 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qc3 O-O 10.Be3 Re8 11.Ne2 Ne5 12.Nf4 Ng6 13.O-O-O Nxf4 14.Bxf4 a6 15.h4 Be6
16.g4 Nd7 17.g5 b5 18.h5 Qf8 19.h6 g6 20.Rxd6 b4 21.Qd4 Rad8 22.Rxd7 Bxd7
23.b3 Bh3 24.Qb2 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Rd3 26.Bxc7 Rc3+ 27.Kb1 Qc5 28.Bf4 Rd8 29.Qe2 Qd4
30.Bc1 a5 31.Bb2 Qd3+ 32.Qxd3 Rcxd3 33.Rf2 Kf8 34.Kc2 Re3 35.Be5 Ke8 36.Bc7 Rc3+
37.Kb2 Ra8 38.a3 a4 39.bxa4 Rxc4 40.Bd6 bxa3+ 41.Kxa3 Rcxa4+ 42.Kb3 R4a6
43.Rd2 Rd8 44.Bb4 Rxd2 45.Bxd2 f6 46.Kc4 Ra2 47.Kd3 Ra3+ 48.Ke2 Kf7 49.Bf4 Ra5
50.gxf6 Kxf6 51.Kf2 Rh5 52.Be3 Rh2+ 53.Kg3 Re2 54.Bd4+ Kg5 55.Bg7 Re3 56.Bf8 Rb3
57.Bg7 Kh5 58.Bf8 g5 59.Kf2 Rb2+ 60.Ke3 Rb7 61.Bg7 Rf7 62.Ke2 Kh4 63.Ke3 Kg3
64.e5 Kh4 65.Bf6 Kh5 66.Ke4 Kg6 67.f4 gxf4 68.Kxf4 Rf8 69.Ke4 Kxh6 70.Kf5 Re8
71.e6 Kh5 72.Bg7 Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.exd4 d5 14.O-O dxc4 15.Bxc4 h6
16.Bh4 Nb8 17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.Ng3 g5 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nf5 Qf8 22.Rxe6 Re8
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Bg3 Rd8 25.Re1 Nc6 26.Re6 Kh8 27.Nd6 Bc8 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 29.Qg6 Nxd4
30.Rxf6 Ne2+ 31.Kf1 Nxg3+ 32.hxg3 Qg7 33.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nd2 Qe6 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 a4 12.Qe3 axb3 13.axb3 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 Bb4 15.Bd3 d6
16.O-O dxe5 17.Bxe5 f6 18.Bf4 Qxe3 19.Bxe3 O-O 20.Nf3 c5 21.Bf4 Rf7 22.h4 Bg4
23.Be4 Re7 24.Bd3 Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.e4 b5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nc3 Qe5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Ng4 15.Qh3 h5
16.Rae1 Bb7 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.hxg3 Ne5 19.f4 Nd3 20.Re3 Nc5 21.Bc2 b4 22.Na4 Nxa4
23.Bxa4+ Ke7 24.Bd1 Rac8 25.a3 Rc4 26.Bf3 Rd8 27.b3 Rcd4 28.axb4 Rxb4 29.Ra1 Rdd4
30.Bxh5 g6 31.Bf3 Bxe4 32.Rxa6 Bxf3 33.Rxf3 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rb7 35.g4 Rb1 36.Ra3 Re1
37.g5 e5 38.g3 Ke6 39.Ra6+ Kf5 40.Rf6+ Kg4 41.fxe5 Re2+ 42.Kg1 Rxe5 43.R6f4+ Kxg5
44.Rxf7 Rxf7 45.Rxf7 Re3 46.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Re1 c5 18.Ne4 Be7 19.f3 Kh8 20.Bd2 f5 21.Nf2 f4 22.Ne4 fxg3
23.hxg3 Qh3 24.Qe2 c4 25.Bc2 cxd3 26.Bxd3 Rad8 27.Qf1 Qh5 28.g4 Qh4 29.Rad1 Nf4
30.Bxf4 Rxf4 31.Qf2 Rdf8 32.Qxh4 Bxh4 33.Rf1 Rxf3 34.Rxf3 Rxf3 35.Rf1 Rxf1+
36.Kxf1 Be7 37.Ke2 g6 38.Ke3 Kg7 39.a3 Bc8 40.Kf4 Bd8 41.c4 Bc7+ 42.Kf3 bxc4
43.Bxc4 Bb7 44.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.O-O-O Ne5 17.Nc3 Bb3 18.Rd2 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Be2 Kf8 21.Rf1 f5 22.e4 f4
23.Rf2 Ke7 24.Bf1 Rg8 25.Kd2 h5 26.Ke1 h4 27.h3 a5 28.Rd2 Bc4 29.Nd1 Bxf1
30.Kxf1 Rb8 31.Rc2 c4 32.Nf2 Kd6 33.Ng4 Nxg4 34.hxg4 Kc5 35.Kg1 Rb3 36.Kh2 Kd4
37.Kh3 Kd3 38.Rf2 c3 39.bxc3 Rxa3 40.Kxh4 a4 41.Kg5 Rxc3 42.Ra2 a3 43.Kf6 Kc4
44.Kxf7 Kb3 45.Rxa3+ Kxa3 46.g5 Rc2 47.g6 Rxg2 48.g7 Kb4 49.g8=Q Rxg8 50.Kxg8 Kc4
51.Kf7 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qb3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 exd5 8.Bf4 c6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 O-O 12.e3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 Rfc8 14.Kg2 b5 15.Rhc1 a5
16.b3 Nb6 17.a4 bxa4 18.Nxa4 Nxa4 19.Rxa4 Nd7 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 f6 22.Bg3 Kf7
23.f3 c5 24.Be1 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxd4 Rc2+ 27.Kf1 Rb2 28.Rxd5 Rxb3 29.Bxa5 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.f3 e5 8.Bxc4 Qxd4
9.Qc2 Bc5 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.Ng3 h6 14.Bd2 g6 15.Rc1 Nfd7
16.Nf1 Nc5 17.a5 Qb7 18.Nxb4 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 c5 20.Qd5 cxb4 21.Qxe5 f6  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13.Qxd4 Nf4 14.Rf2 a5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.cxd5 c5 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Qxd6 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Re8
9.O-O dxc3 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Qb3 Nd3 13.Nxc3 Nxc1 14.Raxc1 b5 15.Bxb5 axb5
16.Nxb5 Rb8 17.Qa4 Bb7 18.Nxc7 Re4 19.Qd1 Bxb2 20.Rc2 Bc6 21.Na6 Rb6 22.Nc5 Re8
23.Rd2 Qa8 24.Nxd7 Rb4 25.Nc5 Rg4 26.Kh1 Bc3 27.Rc2 Rd4 28.Rxc3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Qxa2
30.Kg1 h6 31.h3 Re2 32.Nd3 Bxf3 33.gxf3 Qd5 34.Re1 Qxf3 35.Rxe2 Qxe2 36.Kg2 Qe4+
37.f3 Qg6+ 38.Kf2 Qh5 39.Nf4 Qh4+ 40.Ke3 g5 41.Nd5 Kg7 42.Rc6 Qe1+ 43.Kd4 Qd1+
44.Ke5 Qxf3 45.Rc3 Qf1 46.Rb3 h5 47.Rg3 f6+ 48.Ke4 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "Internet m"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd3 b6
9.e4 Ne7 10.Qe3 O-O 11.f4 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Nf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc7 15.a4 f5
16.Ba3 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qd5 18.Qc2 Qd7 19.Ng5 Rf5 20.O-O Ned5 21.Rae1 Nxf4 22.Nxe6 Nh3+
23.gxh3 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Nxe6 25.Qc4 Qf7+ 26.Kg1 Ng5 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Re7+ Kf6
29.Kg2 Ne6 30.Rd7 Rc8 31.d5 Nf4+ 32.Kf1 Kf5 33.d6 Rc3 34.Rf7+ Ke4 35.d7 Rd3
36.Re7+ Kf3 37.Bc1 Rd1+ 38.Re1 Rxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Ne6 40.Bg5 Kg2 41.h4 Kxh2 42.Kf2 a6
43.d8=Q Nxd8 44.Bxd8 b5 45.a5 Kh3 46.Kf3 g6 47.Be7 h6 48.Kf4 Kg2 49.Ke4 Kg3
50.Kd5 Kf4 51.Kc5 g5 52.Kb6 gxh4 53.Kxa6 h3 54.Bd6+  1-0

[Event "Internet m"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4
10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.Qf3 Nbd7 15.Bb5 Ra5 16.Bc6 c4
17.Ne2 Nb6 18.Rd1 Qd8 19.d6 e5 20.Bg5 e4 21.Qf4 h6 22.Bh4 Qc8 23.Bxf6 Qxc6
24.O-O Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Kg8 26.Ng3 Rg5 27.Nf5 Qd7 28.Ne7+ Kh7 29.Qxf7+ Rg7 30.Qf4 Rg4
31.Qe3 c3 32.h3 Nc4 33.Qe2 Nxd6 34.Qxg4 Qxe7 35.bxc3 bxc3 36.Rxd6 Qxd6 37.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Bc2 Qd6 15.Qd3 g6
16.a3 Rfe8 17.h3 Bg7 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Ne7 20.Ne5 Nf5 21.f4 h5 22.Qd2 Ng3 23.Re3 h4
24.Rae1 Re6 25.Nxf7 Qxf4 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Rf8 28.Nd1 Nf1 29.Rxf1 Qxf1+
30.Kh2 Kg7 31.Bb3 Rf5 32.Bxd5 Qf4+ 33.Kg1 Bxd5 34.Qxd5 Rfxe5 35.Qd7+ Re7
36.Qd6 Qf6 37.Qxf6+ Kxf6 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.a4 Re4 40.Nc3 Re3 41.Rxe3 Rxe3 42.Nd5 Re6
43.Kf2 Rd6 44.Nf4 g5 45.Ne2 Rd3  0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 h6 7.Na4 Bg4 8.h3 Be6
9.Nh4 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Nf5 O-O 12.c4 Bxf5 13.exf5 d5 14.O-O Qd7 15.g4 Rfd8
16.Be3 Qd6 17.a3 Nd4 18.Kh1 c5 19.f4 dxc4 20.dxc4 e4 21.Bxd4 Qxd4 22.Qe2 Qd3
23.Rae1 Rd4 24.g5 Qxe2 25.Rxe2 Nh5 26.Kh2 Re8 27.Rfe1 Nxf4 28.Rxe4 Rexe4
29.Rxe4 hxg5 30.Rxd4 cxd4 31.Bxb7 d3 32.Bf3 d2 33.c5 bxc5 34.a4 Nd3 35.a5 Nxb2
36.a6 Nc4 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.a7 Nb6 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Bh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Be4
9.f3 Bg6 10.O-O c5 11.Na2 Ba5 12.dxc5 Qd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Rb1 Nbd7
16.Be3 Rc8 17.b4 cxb3 18.Nc1 b2 19.Nb3 Bc3 20.Rfd1 Ne5 21.Bd4 Bxd4+ 22.Rxd4 b6
23.Rxb2 Nc4 24.Rb1 bxc5 25.Nxc5 O-O 26.Nd3 Na3 27.Rb7 Nc2 28.Rf4 Rfe8 29.Bh3 Rc3
30.Kf2 g5 31.Rf5 g4 32.Bxg4 Ne3 33.Rxf6 Nxg4+ 34.fxg4 gxf6 35.Rxa7 Ra3 36.Nf4 Ra2
37.a5 Re4 38.Ra8+ Kh7 39.Rd8 Rxa5 40.Nxd5 Rxd5 41.Rxd5 Rxg4 42.Kf3 Ra4 43.g4 Kg6
44.h4 Ra1 45.h5+ Kg7 46.Rf5 Rg1 47.e3 Rf1+ 48.Ke4 Rg1 49.Rf4 Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Be7 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.axb5 Qxe5
16.bxa6 O-O 17.Nf3 Qb5 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Rxa4 Nc5 20.Rc4 Rxa6 21.Nd4 Ra4 22.Rxa4 Nxa4
23.b3 Nb6 24.Nb5 Nd5 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Ba3 Nf4 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Kf1 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a4 Nbd7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.e4 cxd4 15.Nfxd4 Nc5
16.Bc4 Be7 17.e5 Nfd7 18.Re1 O-O 19.Bf4 Nb6 20.Nd6 Bd5 21.Bb5 Nc8 22.Bc6 Nxd6
23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Nc6 Qc7 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.exd6 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 Rd8 28.Bd2 Ne4
29.Bxb4 f6 30.f3 Nxd6 31.Bc5 Kf7 32.Kf2 h5 33.b4 h4 34.Bxd6 Rxd6 35.b5 Rb6
36.Rb2 d4 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Kd3 Kd5 39.h3 Kc5 40.f4 g6 41.Rc2+ Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nge7 5.O-O Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Re1+ Be6 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Ne4 Qb4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc1 Bf5 15.Qxc6 Bxe4
16.Rxe4 Qxb2 17.Ree1 Nc3 18.Be7 Rfe8 19.Bc5 Ne4 20.Nd2 Qxd2 21.Rxe4 Red8
22.Rae1 h5 23.a4 Qc2 24.g3 a5 25.Re8+ Rxe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qxe8+ Kh7 28.Qxf7 Qxa4
29.Qxc7 Qa1+ 30.Kg2 a4 31.Qa7 Qd1 32.h4 Qb3 33.Kg1 Qb1+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.f4 Nf6 15.Nb5 Rd8
16.Nxd6 Rxd6 17.Bd2 Rxd5 18.Be1 Qh5 19.Bc3 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Qxf5 Rxf5
22.Rad1 Nd5 23.Bd2 Rc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Nb4 26.Bd2 Nd3 27.b3 Rd5 28.f5 a6
29.h3 f6 30.g4 Kf7 31.Kg2 Ne5 32.Bf4 Nc6 33.Kf3 h5 34.Ke4 Rd4+ 35.Ke3 hxg4
36.hxg4 Rd8 37.Rc1 Re8+ 38.Kf2 Rd8 39.Ke3 Rd7 40.a3 Re7+ 41.Kd3 Rd7+ 42.Ke3 Rd5
43.b4 g6 44.Rh1 Kg7 45.Bh6+ Kf7 46.Bf4 Kg7 47.Bh6+ Kf7 48.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.h3 Be6
9.d5 cxd5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.cxd5 Rc8 12.Be3 Be8 13.Qb3 Qa6 14.Rfc1 Nbd7 15.Qb5 Qxb5
16.Ncxb5 Nb6 17.Nc7 Rab8 18.Rc2 Bd7 19.Rac1 Na4 20.Nb3 Bf5 21.Rc4 Nb6 22.Rb4 Nfd7
23.Na5 Nc5 24.Nb5 Na6 25.Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.Rc4 Nb6 27.Rf4 Be5 28.Rh4 f6 29.Nxa7 g5
30.f4 gxh4 31.fxe5 Nc5 32.b4 Nca4 33.exd6 exd6 34.Nb5 Bb1 35.Nxd6 Bxa2 36.Bd4 Bxd5
37.e4 Be6 38.gxh4 Nd7 39.Naxb7 Nab6 40.Kf2 Nc4 41.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 c4 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qc6 16.f3 Nfd7
17.Qe2 Nd3 18.Bxd3 cxd3 19.Qxd3 Nxe5 20.Qe2 h6 21.Qxe5 Qc5+ 22.Qxc5 Bxc5+
23.Kh1 hxg5 24.Bxg5 Bd4 25.Rfe1 O-O 26.Be3 Bxc3 27.bxc3 e5 28.Rad1 Rac8 29.Rd7 Rf7
30.Rxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nc3 h6 10.Bf4 d6 11.Na4 e5 12.Nxc5 exf4 13.Nb3 fxg3 14.hxg3 Be6 15.Rc1 Qd7
16.Qd2 Bh3 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rad8 19.Nbd4 Rfe8 20.Nb5 Ne4 21.Qc2 Qg4 22.Rh1 Rc8
23.Rh4 Qg6 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxe4 Rd8 27.Rc3 Qf6 28.Rb3 Rb8 29.Rb5 g6
30.e3 a6 31.Rb6 Qd8 32.c5 Qf8 33.b4 Re8 34.Qf4 Nd8 35.Nd4 h5 36.Qf6 Re7 37.Rd6 Qe8
38.Nf5 gxf5 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Rh6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 e5 8.d5 f5 9.Be2 Nf6
10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bh5+ Nxh5 12.Qxh5+ Kf8 13.Nge2 Qe8 14.Ng3 Na6 15.O-O Bd7
16.b4 Kg8 17.Rb1 Kh7 18.Nb5 Rf8 19.Qxe8 Raxe8 20.Nxa7 Ba4 21.Bd2 Bc2 22.Rbc1 Bd3
23.Rfe1 e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.c3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 c6 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Be3 Bg4 17.Qd3 bxc3 18.Nxc3 Rfb8 19.Bd1 Rxb2 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Nxd5 cxd5
22.Reb1 Rxb1+ 23.Rxb1 a5 24.Rb5 Qf3 25.Qb3 Bb4 26.Qxd5 Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Qc4 h6
29.d5 Qxa4 30.d6 Qa1 31.d7 Qf6 32.Bb6 Be7 33.Bxa5 Qa6 34.Qd5 Kh7 35.Qe4+ g6
36.Re5 Bd6 37.Rd5 Qa8 38.f3  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.Rae1 Rxe1 14.Rxe1 h6 15.Ne5 Be6
16.a3 Bf8 17.Ne2 Nbd5 18.h3 Rc8 19.b4 Nd7 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bf5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 c5
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Rc1 Rc7 25.Qe4 cxb4 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.axb4 Qb6 28.Qg6 Qa6 29.Qe4 Qa2
30.Qd4 Bxb4 31.Bxb4 Qxe2 32.Bd2 a6 33.f4 Qb5 34.Kh2 Qc5 35.Qa4 b5 36.Qxa6 Qb6
37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qd7 Qd4 39.Be1 Qe4 40.Qxe6 Nxf4 41.Qg4 g5 42.Qd7+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.d3 d4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Bd5 dxc3 13.bxc3 Bd7 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.a4 Ne7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rfd1 Ng6 18.g3 Bh3 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Rac1 Qf6
23.Rc6 Qe7 24.Nf3 Kh8 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Rcc1 Bg4 27.f3 c5 28.fxg4 cxd4 29.Qxb5 Qg5
30.Qf1 Qxg4 31.Qf4 Qh5 32.g4 Nxg4 33.Rxd4 Nxh2 34.e5 Nf3+ 35.Bxf3 Rxd4 36.Qxd4 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.c3 b6
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O g6 13.h4 Bg7 14.Kb1 Ne7 15.Ne4 Nd5
16.Qd2 d6 17.Bc2 Rc8 18.Rde1 Re8 19.Rh3 b5 20.h5 f5 21.hxg6 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Qf6
23.Nh2 b4 24.Ng4 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.Nh6+ Bxh6 27.Rxh6 Bc6 28.Rh7 a5 29.c4 Nf4
30.Bxc6 Rxc6 31.b3 d5 32.cxd5 Nxd5 33.Reh1 Rec8 34.g4 R8c7 35.Rh8+ Kg7 36.R1h7+ Kf6
37.Rh1 Nf4 38.Rf8+ Kxg6 39.Rg8+ Kf6 40.Rf8+ Kg7 41.Rfh8 Ng6 42.Ra8 Rf7 43.Rxa5 Rf4
44.Rd1 Kf6 45.Rb5 Ne7  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 b5 13.Nxb5 cxb5 14.Bxb5+ Nd7 15.c3 Bb6
16.d4 dxe4 17.fxe4 O-O 18.O-O-O Rb8 19.Rdg1 Nf6 20.e5 Bxd4 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Qxd4 Qxd4
23.cxd4 Rxb5 24.Rd1 Rc8+ 25.Kb1 Rd8 26.Rd3 g5 27.Rhd1 Kg7 28.d5 Rd6 29.b3 a5
30.Kb2 Kf6 31.Ka3 Ke7 32.Ka4 Rc5 33.Re3+ Kd7 34.Rf3 Ke7 35.Rf5 f6 36.h4 gxh4
37.Rh5 Kd8 38.a3 Kc7 39.Rxh7+ Kb6 40.Rxh4 Rcxd5 41.Rxd5 Rxd5 42.Re4 Rf5 43.Re6+ Kb7
44.f4 Ka7 45.Re4 Kb6 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 Kc6 48.Rc4+ Kb6 49.Rd4 Kc6 50.Kb3 Rh5
51.Kc4 Rh1 52.b5+ Kc7 53.Kd5 Kd7 54.Kc5+ Kc8 55.Rd6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 g6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Bg7
9.Nd2 Nhf6 10.Be2 e5 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Re8 13.Nb3 Nf8 14.dxe5 Rxe5 15.Bh4 h5
16.Rc1 Re8 17.e4 dxe4 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxd8 Nc3 21.Rce1 Nxa2
22.Ba5 Be6 23.Nd2 Bc3 24.Ne4 Bxb4 25.Bxb4 Nxb4 26.Ra1 Nc2 27.Ra4 Bb3 28.Ra5 Nd4
29.Bd3 Nfe6 30.Nd6 Nf4 31.Be4 f5 32.Bb1 Rd8 33.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bc5 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.Nd3 Bd4 10.c3 Bb6 11.Nf4 Re8 12.d4 Qxe4 13.Qxe4 Rxe4 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Bd2 c5
16.Nd5 Bb7 17.Nxb6 cxb6 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Na3 Re2 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.f3 R8e6 22.Bf4 Bc6
23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Ne5 25.Re1 Bxf3 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.gxf3 Re2 28.Nb1 c4 29.h4 Kf8
30.Kf1 Rh2 31.Kg1 Rxh4 32.Na3 d5 33.Nc2 Rh5 34.Nd4 Re5 35.Kf2 Re8 36.Bf4 f6
37.Bd6+ Kf7 38.a4 g5 39.a5 h5 40.Nc6 h4 41.Nb4 Ke6 42.Bh2 Ra8 43.Kg2 f5 44.Kh3 Kd7
45.Nxd5 g4+ 46.fxg4 fxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Kc6 48.Nc7 Ra7 49.Kxh4 Rxc7 50.Bxc7 Kxc7
51.Kg4 Kc6 52.Kf4 Kb5 53.Ke4 Kxa5 54.Kd4 Kb5 55.Kd5 a5 56.Kd4 Ka4 57.Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O Qe7 10.h3 a6 11.a4 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.e4 Bd6 14.Qe2 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 Rd8 18.e5 Ne8 19.Ne4 Bd7 20.f5 Bxe5 21.Ng5 Bf6 22.Qh5 h6
23.fxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qg6 Qf7 26.Qg4 Nc7 27.Bxh6 Rd4 28.Rf4 Rad8 29.Raf1 Rxf4
30.Bxf4 Rd4 31.Qe2 Nd5 32.Bh2 Ne3 33.Bb3 Nd5 34.Be5 Rh4 35.Rc1 Bxe5 36.Qxe5 Qd7
37.Rc5 Kh7 38.Bxd5 exd5 39.Rc7 Qg4 40.Rxb7 d4 41.Kg1 Qg6 42.Rd7 d3 43.Qe3 Rxa4
44.Rxd3 Rb4 45.b3 Qb6 46.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Bxb3 12.Nxb3 Re8 13.d4 Nxd4 14.Nfxd4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bf8
16.f3 c5 17.Nf5 Re6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 g6 20.Ne3 Bg7 21.c3 Rb8 22.Qd3 Qc8 23.Nc4 Qc6
24.Bg3 Ne8 25.Red1 bxc3 26.bxc3 Rb3 27.Rac1 Qa4 28.Ra1 Qb5 29.Rac1 Qa4 30.Ra1 Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.c4 c5
9.Qd5 Ne7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh4 O-O 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.Re1 g5 14.Qh6 Kh8 15.Nxg5 fxg5
16.Bxg5 Be5 17.f4 Bg7 18.Qh4 Ng6 19.Qh5 Be6 20.f5 Bxc4 21.fxg6 Qxg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6
23.e5 Rae8 24.Bf6 Bxf6 25.exf6 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rxf6 27.b3 Bd3 28.Nd5 Rf7 29.g3 Rd7
30.Nf6 Rd6 31.Ne8 Rc6 32.g4 c4 33.bxc4 Bxc4 34.a3 Bf7 35.g5 Bxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kg7
37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Re3 b5 39.h4 Rc2+ 40.Kg3 a5 41.Re5 c5 42.Kf4 b4 43.axb4 axb4
44.Re3 Rc3 45.Re1 b3 46.Rb1 c4 47.Ke5 Rc2 48.Rg1 Kg7 49.Ke6 Re2+ 50.Kd5 b2  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.Nc3 axb5 10.Be3 Ba6 11.Qd2 c4 12.a3 Qa5 13.Rd1 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Nh3 d6
16.Be2 Nbd7 17.O-O Bc5 18.Nf2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb6 20.Qd2 g6 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Rd2 Re8
23.Kh1 Qe3 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.Rc2 Kg7 26.Nfe4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rb8 28.Bxc4 Bxc4
29.Rxc4 Rxb2 30.Nxd6 Ree2 31.Rg1 Ne5 32.Rc7 g5 33.h3 Kg6 34.Re7 Rbd2 35.Ne4 Nxf3
36.Nxd2 Nxg1 37.Ne4 Re1 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.d6 Ne2 40.d7 Nf4 41.Nc5 Kf6 42.Re8 Ne6
43.Nxe6 Rxd7 44.Nf8 Rd3 45.Nxh7+ Kg6 46.Nf8+ Kg7 47.Rb8 Rd2 48.Kg3 Rd4 49.Kf3 Rd2
50.Ra8 Rd4 51.Ke3 Rd1 52.Ke4 Rd2 53.g3 Rd1 54.Kf5 Rd5+ 55.Kg4 Rd3 56.Re8 Rd5
57.Ne6+ fxe6 58.Rxe6 Rd3 59.Re1 Kg6 60.Re6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 a5
9.Ne2 O-O 10.Bb3 b5 11.O-O a4 12.Bc2 c5 13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ba6 15.Rb1 Nc6
16.d5 Ne5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Bf4 Nc4 19.Bg5 e6 20.Nc6 Rfe8 21.Qf3 exd5 22.exd5 Ne5
23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Bd3 Qd6 25.h4 b4 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.Rfe1 b3 28.axb3 a3 29.Bf4 Ra5
30.b4 Raa8 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Qc3 a2 33.Ra1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qf4 35.Ra1 Qe4 36.Qb3 Qe2
37.b5 Ra5 38.b6 Rb5 39.Qxa2 Rb2 40.Qa8+ Kg7 41.Rf1 Rxb6 42.Qa4 Qe5 43.Rd1 h5
44.Qa3 Rd6 45.Qd3 Kf6 46.f4 Qb2 47.Qe4 Qb6+ 48.Kh2 Kg7 49.Qe5+ Kg8 50.Rc1 Rd8
51.Rc6 Qb5 52.Rd6 Rf8 53.Qf6 Kh7 54.f5 Qe8 55.Rb6 Qe4 56.fxg6+ Qxg6 57.Qd4 f6
58.d6 Rg8 59.Rb7+ Kh8 60.Qf2 Qf5 61.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Be2 Ne8 10.Bf4 Nc7 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Bh6 Nf6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rab1 Bg4 15.b4 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 cxb4 17.Rxb4 b5 18.Ne2 e5 19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Qe7 22.Rxd6 Nxe4
23.Qd4+ Nf6 24.Rxa6 bxa4 25.Qxa4 Rfc8 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.Qxc6 Qe5 28.Qc4 Rd8
29.Qb4 Rc8 30.Qd2 Rc3 31.Bd1 Ne4 32.Qd8 Rc6 33.Re1 Rd6 34.Qh4 Nc3  0-1

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 f5
9.Bd3 Qh4 10.O-O g5 11.Ne2 g4 12.Ng3 Ng5 13.e4 f4 14.Bxf4 Nf3+ 15.gxf3 gxf3
16.Kh1 Qxf4 17.e5 Qh4 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nc6 20.Rg1 Rf8 21.Bxc6 dxc6 22.Qa4 O-O-O
23.Qxc6 Kb8 24.Rg7 Rc8 25.Rg3 Qh6 26.Rag1 Qd2 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Qxa2 29.c5 bxc5
30.c4 cxd4 31.Qe4 Rd8 32.Rb1+ Kc8 33.Qb7+ Kd7 34.Qb5+ Kc8 35.Qb7+ Kd7 36.Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.a3 Na5 13.Ba2 c5 14.b4 Nc6 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Ne4 cxb4 17.Nfg5 f6 18.Qh5 fxg5 19.Nxg5 h6 20.Qf7+ Kh8 21.Bxd5 Bc5 22.Qg6 Bxf2+
23.Kh1 Qxg5 24.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.g4 a5 12.O-O-O a4 13.Kb1 Qa5 14.a3 Be6 15.Ne5 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Nxc3+ 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Rxe7 19.Kc2 f6 20.Nf3 Nd7 21.Rhg1 Rae8
22.h4 b5 23.Rg3 Bf7 24.h5 g5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh1 g5 27.Rgh3 Nf8 28.Ng1 Be6
29.Rh8+ Kg7 30.Bf5 Bxf5+ 31.gxf5 Kf7 32.Ne2 Rd8 33.Ng3 Rd6 34.Kd3 Kg7 35.R1h6 Kf7
36.Nh5 Re8 37.f3 Red8 38.Ng3 Ke7 39.e4 dxe4+ 40.Nxe4 Rd5 41.Rxf6 c5 42.Rg8 cxd4
43.Rg7+ Ke8 44.Rc6 dxc3+ 45.Kxc3 Rd3+ 46.Kb4 Nd7 47.Rg8+ Ke7 48.Re6+  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O-O a5 12.Kb1 b5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.f4 a4 15.g4 a3 16.b3 Rc8
17.Bf5 Rc7 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.Bh4 Qa8 20.g5 N6d7 21.Rhg1 Nb6 22.Bd3 b4 23.Ne2 c5
24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Qd2 Ba6 26.Nd4 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Bxd3+ 29.Qxd3 Nbd7
30.Qb5 Nxe5 31.Bg3 Nfg6 32.h4 Rc8 33.h5 Rxc1+ 34.Kxc1 Qc8+ 35.Kd1 Qg4+ 36.Ne2 Nf3
37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Qf4 Qh5 40.Kc2 Nxg5 41.Qh4 Ne4 42.Qxh5+ gxh5
43.Bc7 g5 44.Ng3 h4 45.Nxe4 dxe4 46.Kd2 f5 47.Ke2 Kg6 48.Bd6 g4 49.Bxb4 g3
50.Bd6 Kg5 51.b4 Kg4 52.b5 h3 53.Kf1 Kf3 54.Bxg3 Kxg3 55.Kg1 f4 56.b6 fxe3
57.b7 e2 58.b8=Q+ Kf3 59.Qf8+ Ke3 60.Qxa3+ Kd2 61.Qb2+ Kd1 62.Qb1+ Kd2 63.Qb4+ Kd1
64.Qd4+ Kc1 65.Qxe4 Kd2 66.Kf2 Kc3 67.Qxe2 Kd4 68.Qe3+ Kd5 69.Qxh3 Kc4 70.a4 Kb4
71.Qg4+ Kc5 72.Ke3 Kc6 73.Qf5 Kd6 74.Kd4 Kc6 75.Qe6+ Kc7 76.Kc5 Kb7 77.Qd7+ Ka6
78.Qc8+ Ka7 79.Qc7+ Ka6 80.Qc6+ Ka7 81.Qb5 Ka8  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bc2 Bd6 10.a3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Qd3 g6 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Bb3 Qe7
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.h4 exd4 18.Bh6 Bf5 19.O-O Ne5 20.Qg3 Nd3 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Qg3 d3
23.Nf4 Ng4 24.Bg5 h6 25.Qf3 hxg5 26.Nd5 Bh2+ 27.Kh1 Qd6 28.Rae1 gxh4  0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.a3 Qc7
9.Ba2 b5 10.Nf1 a5 11.Ng3 Nc5 12.c3 Be6 13.d4 Bxa2 14.Rxa2 Ne6 15.b3 Rfe8
16.Rd2 Bf8 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Qc2 c5 19.d5 Nf4 20.a4 bxa4 21.bxa4 c4 22.Rb1 Rb8
23.Rdd1 Rb7 24.Ba3 Reb8 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Nd2 h5 27.h3 g6 28.Rb1 Rxb1+ 29.Nxb1 Bh6
30.Bc1 Nd7 31.Na3 h4 32.Nf1 Qc5 33.Nb5 Ne2+ 34.Qxe2 Bxc1 35.Nh2 Nb6 36.Qd1 Bf4
37.Qc2 Bxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Kg7 39.Kg1 f6 40.Qd1 f5 41.exf5 gxf5 42.Qh5 Qxd5 43.Qg5+ Kf7
44.Qxf5+ Kg7 45.Nc7 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qd3 47.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bb5 e6 8.Nge2 Nxc3
9.Nxc3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Na5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf6
16.b4 Nc6 17.d5 Nd4 18.Be3 Qb6 19.Kh1 g6 20.Qd3 Bg7 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Rfd1 e5
23.h3 Bf5 24.f4 Qe6 25.fxe5 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Nb3 27.Rc2 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Bxe5 29.Bh6 Rf5
30.Rb1 Bxc3 31.Rxb3 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 e5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nb5 Bb8 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bd2 O-O 13.O-O Bd7 14.Bc3 Rc8 15.Qb3 Bb8
16.Rac1 Ng4 17.h3 Bxb5 18.Qxb5 Qd6 19.f4 Nxe3 20.Bb4 Qf6 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rf3 Bxf4
23.Qb4 Qg5 24.g4 Nc4 25.Rxc4 dxc4 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Qxf8 Qe5 28.Qxf7 Qe1+
29.Kg2 Qe2+ 30.Rf2 Qe4+ 31.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bb5 c6 3.Ba4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.Nf3 d5 6.exd5 O-O 7.Nxe5 Re8 8.c3 Bxf2+
9.Kf1 Bg4 10.Qxf2 Rxe5 11.Kg1 Qe7  0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.exd5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 Re8 11.Nc3 Bf8 12.Rxe8 Nxe8 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nc4 Nd7 15.Bf4 Qc7
16.h3 Bg6 17.a5 Nef6 18.Na4 Re8 19.f3 Nh5 20.Bh2 f5 21.Nc3 Bf7 22.Qd2 g6
23.g4 Nhf6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Bd3 Nxd5 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Qxf5 Bg8
29.Be4 Re6 30.Kh1 Rf6 31.Qh5 Rh6 32.Qxh6 Bxh6 33.Nxd6 Qd8 34.Nf5 Bg5 35.Rd1 Bf6
36.Nh6 Qe8 37.Nxg8 Kxg8 38.Bxb7 Qe2 39.Rg1+ Kf8 40.Bd6+ Be7 41.Bf4 Nf6 42.Bh6+ Ke8
43.Bc6+ Kd8 44.Bf4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.g3 Qf6 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Bg2 Rb8 12.O-O b5 13.b3 d6 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bb7
16.d5 exd5 17.cxb5 d4 18.Bxd4 Qe6 19.a4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f4 21.Rac1 c5 22.bxc6 Nxc6
23.Kg1 fxg3 24.Rxc6 gxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Rf5 26.Rc3 Rh5+ 27.Kg2 Rb4 28.Rd1 Qe4+
29.Rf3 Qh4 30.e3 Qg4+ 31.Rg3 Qe4+ 32.f3 Qh4 33.Rxg7+ Kf8 34.Qxb4 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Qh1+
36.Rg1 Qxf3+ 37.Ke1 Ke7 38.Rd2 Qe4 39.Qc4 Qf3 40.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5
9.Be3 Bg6 10.h4 Be7 11.h5 Bf5 12.dxe5 O-O 13.h6 Na6 14.hxg7 Re8 15.g4 Bg6
16.f4 Nb4 17.Rc1 Nd5 18.Bg2 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Bh4+ 20.Kf1 Bg3 21.f5 Qb6 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Qd2 Bxe5 24.Ned5  1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Rd1 Bg4
9.d4 exd4 10.c3 Ne7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ng6 13.cxd4 Be7 14.Nc4 Qe6 15.d5 Qf7
16.Na5 cxd5 17.Nxb7 Ne5 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Qxa6 dxe4 20.Qa4+ c6 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Qe7
23.Rd1 Qb4 24.Qxb4 Rxb4 25.b3 Nd3 26.f3 f5 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.Be3 Kf7 29.Rd2 c5
30.Rc2 Rc8 31.Kf1 Ke6 32.Ke2 Kd5 33.Bd2 Rb6 34.Rf1 Rf6 35.Rxf6 gxf6 36.g4 Rg8
37.Bc3 Rg6 38.Ke3 h5 39.gxh5 Rg3+ 40.Kd2 f5 41.h4 f4 42.h6 Rg2+ 43.Kd1 f3
44.h7 Rg1+ 45.Be1 Rxe1+ 46.Kd2 f2 47.h8=Q Rd1+ 48.Kc3 f1=Q 49.Qd8+ Ke5 50.Qc7+ Kf5
51.Qf7+ Kg4 52.Qg6+ Kf3 53.Qh5+ Ke3 54.a3 Qf6+ 55.Kc4 Qa6+ 56.Kc3 Qa5+ 57.Kc4 Nb2+  0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Qb3 Qc7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nf6
9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Rfc1 O-O 12.a3 Qe7 13.Be1 h6 14.Na2 Rac8 15.Nb4 Na5
16.Qa2 Bc7 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Nbd3 f6 19.Bb4 Nd6 20.Nf4 Rfd8 21.g4 Be4 22.Rxc7 Qxc7
23.Nxe6 Qe7 24.Nxd8 fxe5 25.Bd3 Qxd8 26.dxe5 Ndc4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Rc1 Kh8
29.Qb1 Nxe5 30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Qxe4 Nac6 32.h3 Nxb4 33.axb4 Nc6 34.h4 Qd8 35.h5 Qe7
36.Qf5 Qxb4 37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.g5 hxg5 39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kf8 41.Qf5+ Ke8 42.Qg6+ Kd8
43.Qxg7 Qg4+ 44.Kf1 Qxh5 45.Qxb7 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne2 Rc8 13.b4 cxd4 14.exd4 Ba6 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Rc1 e5 17.O-O Rfe8 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Bf5 Ra8 20.Nc3 g5 21.Bg3 Bc6 22.Qb3 Rad8
23.Rfd1 Nh5 24.Nb5 Qb8 25.dxe5 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Bxb5 27.cxb5 Rxe5 28.Bb1 Rde8
29.Rc6 Re1+ 30.Kh2 R8e3 31.Qc2 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Ne5 33.Rxd6 Qc7 34.Qd4 Qe7 35.Be4 Rxa3
36.Rd5 f6 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rb8  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.f3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.b4 Ba6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.b5 Bb7 15.O-O h6
16.Bh4 d5 17.Rfd1 Qb6 18.a4 a5 19.Be1 Ra8 20.Bf2 Rfd8 21.Qb2 Rac8 22.Nc1 Qa7
23.cxd5 Nxd5 24.e4 N5b6 25.Bf1 c4 26.Qc3 Qa8 27.Rd6 Qa7 28.Ne2 Ba8 29.Rad1 Qb8
30.Qxa5 Nd5 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.exd5  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Rb8 11.Qf3 g5 12.Bg3 d6 13.Na4 c5 14.c3 Ba5 15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.Qe3 Bd7
17.Bc2 Bxa4 18.Bxa4 Rxe4 19.Qxe4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 f5 21.Re6 f4 22.Rae1 Rxb2 23.Bb3 Rxb3
24.axb3 Kf7  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wiersma, Eelke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1 Kh8 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Be5
16.Bf3 c6 17.Qb3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5 19.Nc5 Nd4 20.Qd3 Re8 21.Nxb7 Qc7 22.Na5 Rab8
23.c5 d5 24.b5 Rxe6 25.Nxc6 Nxc6 26.bxc6 Rd8 27.Bxd5 Re7 28.h3 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Rxd3
30.Bf3 Rdd7 31.c6 Rc7 32.Bg4 Kg7 33.Bd7 Kf6 34.Rb1 Rexd7 35.cxd7 Rxd7 36.Red1 Rc7
37.Rbc1 Rb7 38.Rc6+ Kf5 39.Rc2 h5 40.Kf1 g5 41.Rd8 Rb1+ 42.Ke2 g4 43.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 b5 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Bg5 Bb7
9.a4 b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qc1 Ba6 13.Qh6 Qa5 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Qxh7 O-O-O
16.Rfc1 Nb6 17.e3 Nd5 18.Bf1 f5 19.Ned2 c3 20.bxc3 Nxc3 21.Ne5 Bxf1 22.Nxc6 Qc7
23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.Nxf1 Kb8 25.Qh5 Rh8 26.Qf3 Qb7 27.Qxb7+ Kxb7 28.Kg2 e5 29.dxe5 Rd3
30.Rc2 Rhd8 31.h4 Kb6 32.e4 fxe4 33.a5+ Kb5 34.h5 b3 35.Rb2 Na4 36.Re2 Rd1
37.Rxd1 Rxd1 38.Ne3 Rd8 39.Nf5 b2 40.Nd6+ Kc6 41.Re1 Nc3 42.h6 Rf8 43.g4 Kd7
44.h7 Rh8 45.Nxe4 b1=Q 46.Rxb1 Nxb1 47.f4 Ke7 48.Nf6 Ke6 49.Ne4 Na3 50.a6 Nc4
51.Ng5+ Ke7 52.Kg3 f6 53.exf6+ Kxf6 54.Kh4 Nd6 55.Kh5 Kg7 56.f5 Rb8 57.f6+ Kxf6
58.Kh6  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.c5 g5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nc4 g4 16.b5 Rf6
17.Qb3 Kh7 18.b6 a6 19.Ba3 Rg6 20.Rac1 h5 21.Qb4 Bf8 22.Qb1 h4 23.Ne3 g3
24.fxg3 hxg3 25.exf5 gxh2+ 26.Kh1 Nxf5 27.Nxf5 Nh3 28.Nd1 Qg5 29.Rc7+ Kg8
30.Nfe3 Qg3 31.Bb4 a5 32.Bd2 Rh6 33.Nf5  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Nh5 10.d5 h6 11.Be3 c5 12.a3 Nf6 13.h3 Ne8 14.Nd2 Nb8 15.b4 f5 16.f3 f4
17.Bf2 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rb1 Bf6 20.Nb3 Nd7 21.Re2 h5 22.Reb2 Rf7 23.Nc1 g5
24.Qa4 a5 25.Be2 Rg7 26.Nd3 Be7 27.Be1 Nef6 28.Nf2 Ra6 29.Rb5 Nf8 30.Qd1 Qc7
31.Na4 N8d7 32.Bc3 Bd8 33.Qd2 Kh7 34.Kf1 Qa7 35.Ke1 Ne8 36.Bd1 Bc7 37.Qb2 Nef6
38.Kd2 Bd8 39.Kc1 Bc7 40.Qd2 Bd8 41.Kb2 Nb6 42.Nxb6 Rxb6 43.Rxb6 Bxb6 44.Ka1 Bd8
45.Ba4 Ba6 46.Bb5 Bc8 47.Nd3 g4 48.hxg4 hxg4 49.Nxe5 dxe5 50.Bxe5 Qe7 51.Qxf4 Nh5
52.Rh1 Rg5 53.Bd6 Qg7+ 54.e5 gxf3 55.Qxf3 Bg4 56.Qc3 Be7 57.Bxe7 Rxe5 58.Bh4 Re2
59.Qxg7+ Kxg7 60.Be1 Rxg2 61.d6 Ng3 62.Bxg3 Rxg3 63.d7  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Rc8 11.Qd1 e6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Rc1 Nd7
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.b3 Rc7 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.Rc3 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.e4 dxe4 14.fxe4 Ne6 15.d5 Nc5
16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.Bc4 Rf8 19.Rd4 Re5 20.Qd2 Bxe2 21.Bxe2 Nf6 22.Bf3 Rfe8
23.d6 Ne6 24.Rd3 Rd8 25.Rd1 h6 26.b3 Nc5 27.Rd4 Ne6 28.Rd3 Nc5 29.Rd4 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne5 Be6 10.Qh5 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Rxf4 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bxd4+ 14.Be3 Bxe3+
15.Nxe3 Qd6 16.Rh4 Qg6 17.Qxg6 fxg6 18.Nd5 Rf7 19.Re1 Nc6 20.b4 Rd8 21.c4 h6
22.Rhe4 Kh7 23.h4 Rdf8 24.Re8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8 Nd4 26.Re4 Nf5 27.c5 c6 28.Nc3 h5
29.Rf4 Rd7 30.Ne4 Kg8 31.Ng5 Rd4 32.Rxd4 Nxd4 33.a4  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Qc7
9.e4 Ng4 10.e5 Nxf2 11.Nc3 Ne4+ 12.Kh1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Nc6
16.Qh5 h6 17.Rad1 Rf8 18.Bh4 Bd7 19.Rd6 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qxc4 21.Rfd1 Qxh4 22.Rxd7 Rc8
23.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nb5 a6 12.c4 Nb6 13.Na3 Qe7 14.Qb3 N6d7 15.Nc2 Nc6
16.Nb4 Nd4 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Qb2 Nc5 19.Be3 Nce6 20.O-O Bd7 21.f4 Rae8 22.Rad1 f6
23.Bf2 Nc5 24.e3 Nc6 25.Nb6 Qc7 26.Rd5 Nb8 27.Qb4 Ne6 28.f5 Nd8 29.Nxd7 Nxd7
30.Qd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Nc5 32.Bd5+ Nf7 33.Rb6 Kh8 34.e4 Rc8 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxb7 Nd6
37.Ra7 a5 38.Ra6 Rd8 39.Rb1 h5 40.h4 Nxc4 41.Rc1 Kh7 42.Be6 Rd4 43.Ra8 Nb6
44.Rxc5 Nxa8 45.Rxa5 Nc7 46.Ra7 Nb5 47.Ra8 Nd6 48.Bg8+ Kh6 49.Bd5 g6 50.Ra6 Nxf5
51.exf5 Rxd5 52.Rxf6 Kg7 53.Rxg6+ Kf7 54.Rh6 Rd3 55.Kf2 Ra3 56.Rxh5 Kf6 57.g4 Rxa2+
58.Ke3 Ra3+ 59.Kd2 e4 60.Rh8 Rg3 61.Rg8 Ke5 62.Re8+ Kd4 63.f6 e3+ 64.Ke2 Rg2+
65.Kf3 Rf2+ 66.Kg3 Rxf6 67.g5 Rf1 68.h5 Rh1 69.h6 Kd3 70.Kf3 Rh3+ 71.Kg4 Rh1
72.Kf5 e2 73.Kf6 Rh3 74.Kf7 Rf3+ 75.Kg6 Re3 76.Rxe3+ Kxe3 77.h7 e1=Q 78.h8=Q Qb1+
79.Kh6 Qh1+ 80.Kg7 Qb7+ 81.Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT9596"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.Bb3 Nbd7 7.c3 Nc5 8.Bc2 Bg4
9.Nbd2 Ne6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 g5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nf1 dxc3 14.Ng3 Rg8 15.bxc3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 g4 17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.Nf5 Qc7 19.Bb3 O-O-O 20.Bf4 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 Bf6 22.Ne3 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 Qe7 24.Rd1 Kc7 25.Rh3 Rg7 26.Rdd3 Rdg8 27.g3 Rg4 28.Qf3 R8g7 29.Rh6 Be5
30.Qf5 Rf4 31.Qh3 Rxe4 32.Rxh7 Bxc3 33.Rxg7 Bxg7 34.Rf3 d5 35.Qh7 f6 36.Bc2 Re5
37.Bf5 Bf8 38.Qh4 Re1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2 40.Bd3 Rg1+  0-1

[Event "NLD-chT9596"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.f4 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qa4 Nf6 15.f5 exf5
16.Rxf5 Ne8 17.Raf1 Nd6 18.R5f2 f6 19.Nc4 Nf7 20.Rf4 Qe6 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.Qb5 Rac8
23.Nd2 Nd6 24.Qh5 Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.d5 g5 27.Rf2 Re8 28.Rdf1 f5 29.Rxf5+ Nxf5
30.Rxf5+ Kg6 31.g4 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Bc8 33.Rf2 Bxg4 34.Nc4 Bf3 35.Rd2 Kf6 36.Rd4 Rd8
37.Kf2 Bh5 38.Nd2 Bg6 39.Kg3 b5 40.c4 bxc4 41.Nxc4 Bf7 42.d6 Bxc4 43.Rxc4 Rxd6
44.Rxe4 Rd3 45.a4 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT9596"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Bg4 6.Be2 O-O 7.Ne5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Rc8 10.e4 Nb6 11.Kb1 c5 12.Nxd5 Nfxd5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bg3 cxd4 15.Rxd4 e6
16.c4 Qb6 17.Qd2 Nb4 18.a3 Na6 19.Rd6 Qb3 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.f3 b5 22.Qb4 Qe3
23.Re1 Qg5 24.cxb5 Qf5+ 25.Ka2 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Nd3 27.Rxf5 Nxb4+ 28.Kb3 gxf5
29.Kxb4 Rc2 30.b3 Rxg2 31.Rd7 Ra8 32.Ka5 Rb2 33.Rd3 Re2 34.Ka6 e5 35.Kb7 Re8
36.Kxa7 f4 37.Bh4 Re3 38.Rxe3 fxe3 39.b6 f5 40.b7 f4 41.Bg5 h6 42.Bf6 e4
43.Be5 exf3  0-1

[Event "NLD-chT9596"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Helgason, Reynir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Bd6
9.Nb5 Be6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Ne4 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Nb6 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Ba5 Bd7 17.a4 g6 18.b3 Be6 19.Rab1 Nd5 20.Be2 b6 21.Nxd6 cxd6 22.Bd2 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.b4 Bd7 26.b5 Be6 27.f3 Nf6 28.Bb4 Ne8 29.Kf2 Bb3
30.a5 bxa5 31.Bxa5 d5 32.Bb4 Ba4 33.e4 fxe4 34.fxe4 Nc7 35.exd5 Nxd5 36.Bc5 Nc3
37.Bf3 Bxb5 38.d5 a5 39.Ke3 f5 40.d6  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT9596"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nge7 5.Nc3 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd3 Bc5 8.Qg3 O-O
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh6 Qe7 11.O-O-O d6 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Nd5 Qd7 14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Ne7
16.Nf4 Qc6 17.Bd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qa4 19.Kb1 Bf5 20.b3 Qa3 21.Ne6 Rfe8 22.Rd4 b5
23.g4 c5 24.Rf4 Bxc2+ 25.Ka1 a5 26.Qc1 Qxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Bg6 28.Nc7 Rac8 29.Nxb5 Re2
30.Ra4 Rxf2 31.Rxa5 Rd8 32.Nxd6 h6 33.Ra6 Rxh2 34.Rxc5 Rg2 35.b4 Rxg4 36.b5 h5
37.b6 Rxd6  0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bxd6 Qxd6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 a6 11.h3 b5 12.Be2 h6 13.a3 b4 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.Na4 Rfc8
16.Rc4 Qd6 17.Qa1 Be4 18.Rfc1 Bd5 19.R4c2 Rab8 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Rxc5 Rb6 22.Nd2 Ne4
23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Qa3 Bd5 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.R1xc4 c6 27.Qc3 Qd7 28.b4 Qb7 29.Kh2 Qb8+
30.g3 Qb7 31.h4 Kh8 32.h5 Rb5 33.Kg1 Rxc5 34.Rxc5 Kg8 35.Qc4 Kh8 36.Kf1 Kg8
37.Ke2 Qb6 38.Kd3 Kf8 39.Kc3 Ke7 40.e4 Kd7 41.Ra5 Ra8 42.Kb3 Ra7 43.g4 Kc8
44.f4 Kb8 45.Rc5 Rc7 46.f5 exf5 47.gxf5 Qb7 48.Re5 Qc8 49.Qc5 Kb7 50.Qd6 Qg8
51.Re7 Rxe7 52.Qxe7+ Kb6 53.e5 g5 54.e6 fxe6 55.f6 Qb8 56.d5 Qg3+ 57.Ka4 Qf3
58.Qc5+ Kb7 59.Qxc6+ Ka7 60.Qd7+ Kb6 61.Qxe6+ Kc7 62.Qc6+ Kd8 63.Qd6+ Kc8
64.Qxa6+ Kd7 65.Qe6+ Kd8 66.f7 Qd1+ 67.Ka5 Qa1+ 68.Kb5 Qf1+ 69.Kb6 Qf2+ 70.Kb7  1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.Ng3 Nc6 14.h3 Re8 15.Be3 Bf8
16.Bb3 Na5 17.Bc2 Nc6 18.Bb3 Na5 19.Bc2 Nc6 20.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Qe8
9.Nge2 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.a3 Nac5 12.Bc2 Nb6 13.b3 a5 14.a4 f4 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Bh4 Bf6
17.Bf2 Bd8 18.Nc1 Qg7 19.h4 Nbd7 20.Ne2 Na6 21.O-O-O Ndc5 22.Kb2 Bd7 23.Nc1 Rf6
24.Nd3 Nxd3+ 25.Bxd3 c6 26.Nc3 Nc5 27.Bc2 Bb6 28.dxc6 Bxc6 29.Qe2 Qc7 30.h5 Ne6
31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Bxb6 Qxb6 33.Qe1 Ng7 34.Rh6 Nh5 35.Qh4 Kg7 36.Qg5 Rh8 37.Rxh8 Kxh8
38.Rh1 Re6 39.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c6 8.Nge2 b5 9.Bh6 e5
10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Ng3 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Rb8 14.h4 bxc4 15.h5 Qb4 16.Qc1 Nb6
17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Ka1 Rb7 19.Be2 Be6 20.a3 Qe7 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Qg5 Qc5 23.Nh5+ Nxh5
24.Rxh5 Nd7 25.Qh6+ Kf6 26.Na4 Qf2 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Qxf8+ Rf7 29.Qh8+ Ke7
30.Rxe5 Qxe2 31.Nc5 Kd6 32.Qb8+ Rc7 33.Rxe6+ Kxc5 34.Qb4+ Kd4 35.Qc3+ Kc5
36.Qa5+ Kd4 37.Qe5+ Ke3 38.Qc5+ Kd3 39.Qb4 Qc2 40.Rd6+ Ke2 41.Rd4 c3 42.Qxc3 Qxc3
43.bxc3 Kf2 44.Rd2+ Ke3 45.Rb2 g5 46.Ka2 h5 47.Rb8 Rg7 48.Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.Rd1 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Qa4 10.Qxa4 Nxa4 11.Be5 b6 12.f3 Ba6 13.e4 Rc8 14.b3 Nc5 15.b4 Na4
16.b5 Bb7 17.Bd6 Kd8 18.Nh3 Ne8 19.Bb4 h6 20.Nf4 a5 21.bxa6 Bxa6 22.Nd3 d6
23.e5 Bxc4 24.exd6 Bxd3 25.Bxd3 Nf6 26.Ba6 Rc2 27.O-O Nc5 28.Bb5 Kc8 29.Rc1 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Kb7 31.Bc3 Rd8 32.Rd1 Ncd7 33.a4 Rc8 34.Bd4 e5 35.Be3 Rc3 36.Rc1 Rxc1+
37.Bxc1 Nc5 38.Bb2 Nfd7 39.Kf2 f6 40.Ke3 g5 41.Ba3 f5 42.Kd2 f4 43.Kc3 e4
44.fxe4 Nxe4+ 45.Kd4 Nef6 46.h3 Kc8 47.Ba6+ Kd8 48.Bb7 Ke8 49.Kc4 Kf7 50.Kb5 Ke6
51.Kc6 Ne5+ 52.Kc7 Ne8+ 53.Kxb6 Nxd6 54.Bxd6 Kxd6 55.a5 Nc4+ 56.Kb5 Nxa5
57.Kxa5 Kc5 58.Bf3 Kd4 59.Kb5 Ke3 60.Kc4 Kf2 61.Kd4 h5 62.Ke4 Kg3 63.Ke5 g4
64.hxg4 hxg4 65.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.c3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 b6 11.Bh4 Bb7 12.Bg3 Qc6 13.Re1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qd5 15.b4 Rac8
16.Qf3 Ba8 17.a3 Nh5 18.Rad1 Nxg3 19.Qxg3 Qh5 20.Be2 Qe5 21.Ba6 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Rcd8
23.g4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Nc5 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.a4 Rd6 27.Bd3 cxd4 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.cxd4 Rd8
30.Be4 Bf6 31.d5 exd5 32.Bxd5 g6 33.f4 g5 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.Kf3 a5 36.Rd3 Rd7
37.Rd1 Bc3 38.g3 Kf6 39.Rd3 Be1 40.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 Rd8 12.Nh4 c6 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.Qf3 d5 15.exd5 e4
16.Rxe4 Nxe4 17.dxe6 Nd6 18.exf7+ Qxf7 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Qxf7+ Nxf7 21.Be3 Be6
22.c4 b6 23.Nf3 Rac8 24.c5 bxc5 25.dxc5 Bd5 26.Nd4 g6 27.Ba6 Rcd8 28.h3 Rd7
29.a4 Nd8 30.Bc8 Rc7 31.Bg4 h5 32.Be2 Ne6 33.Nxe6 Rxe6 34.Rb1 Re8 35.a5 Kf7
36.a6 Rd7 37.Rb2 Re4 38.Bd3 Ra4 39.c3 Bc4 40.Bxc4+ Rxc4 41.Rb7 Ke6 42.Bd4 Ra4
43.Rb8 Rxa6 44.Rg8 Ra1+ 45.Kh2 a5 46.Rxg6+ Kd5 47.g4 hxg4 48.h4 a4 49.h5 a3
50.Rd6+ Rxd6 51.cxd6 Kxd6 52.h6 a2 53.h7 g3+ 54.Kg2 gxf2 55.Bxf2 Rh1 56.Bg3+ Kd5
57.Bh2 a1=Q 58.h8=Q Qg1+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nge7 5.O-O Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Ne4 Qb4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc1 Rfe8 15.h3 Rab8
16.b3 Bf5 17.Bd2 Qf8 18.Ng3 Rxe1+ 19.Bxe1 Bd7 20.Ne5 Qe8 21.Qc5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Qxe5
23.Rd1 Ra8 24.f3 f5 25.Bf2 Qd6 26.Qa5 Be6 27.Ne2 Qe5 28.Nd4 Bd7 29.Nc2 Re8
30.Na3 f4 31.Nc4 Qg5 32.h4 Qf5 33.Qxa7 Nc3 34.Rd2 g5 35.hxg5 Ne2+ 36.Rxe2 Rxe2
37.Qxc7 Qd5 38.Nd6 Rxf2 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Qxd7+ Kg6 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg8
43.Qd8+ Kg7 44.Ne8+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Re1 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.g3 g6 14.a4 a6 15.d5 Ng7 16.Nh4 c6
17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nc4 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Qe2 Rae8 21.Ne3 Bc6 22.Bxa6 e4 23.Bb5 Bxb5
24.axb5 Qe6 25.Qc4 g5 26.Qxe6 fxe6 27.Ng6 Rf7 28.Ng4 Kh7 29.N6e5 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Rf5
31.Rxe4 Rd8 32.Re2 Rd5 33.Nc6 Rxb5 34.Ra7 Rf6 35.Nd4 Ra5 36.Re7 Ra2 37.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 N7f6 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Ne5 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Qd5 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.c4 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Qd6 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Bf6 22.Rc2 Rfd8
23.Rd1 Qb4 24.Rdc1 Rc7 25.g4 Rcd7 26.Rd1 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4 29.Qxd4 Qb1+
30.Kh2 Qxc2 31.a3 Kh7 32.f3 Qa4 33.Qe4+ g6 34.Qf4 Qd7 35.a4 Qe7 36.Qb8 e5
37.Kh3 Kg7 38.Qa8 a5 39.Qb8 Qc5 40.Kg3 Qd4 41.Qe8 g5 42.Qe7 Kg6 43.Qb7 Kf6
44.Qc6+ Kg7 45.Kh2 Qc5 46.Qe8 Qd6 47.Kh3 Qe6 48.Qxe6 fxe6 49.Kg3 Kg6 50.Kf2 h5
51.gxh5+ Kxh5 52.Kg3 Kg6 53.Kf2 Kf6 54.Ke3 Ke7 55.Ke4 Kd6 56.g3 Kc5 57.Kxe5 Kxc4
58.f4 gxf4 59.gxf4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 c6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 Ndf6 14.b5 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Rac1 Nce4 17.Qb2 Bd7 18.h3 Rac8 19.Ne2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Nce4 21.a4 Ng5 22.Nfd4 Rc4
23.Nf4 Rec8 24.Bb3 R4c5 25.Rcd1 Nge4 26.Nde2 Be6 27.Qd4 a6 28.Nd3 R5c7 29.b6 Rc6
30.Ne5 Rc5 31.Nf4 Qd6 32.Ned3 Rc3 33.Ba2 a5 34.Ne5 R3c5 35.Ned3 Rc2 36.Ra1 Rd2
37.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 38.Rxd1 Nc3 39.Rd2 Nfe4 40.Nxe6 fxe6 41.Rc2 Rc6 42.Ne5 Rc5
43.Nd3 Nb5 44.Qb2 Rxc2 45.Qxc2 Nbc3 46.f3 Ng3 47.Kf2 Nge2 48.Nf4 Qc6 49.Ke1 Nxf4
50.exf4 Qc5 51.Kf1 Ne4 52.Qxc5 Nxc5 53.f5 Kf7 54.Ke2 Nxa4 55.Kd3 Nxb6 56.fxe6+ Kxe6
57.Kd4 Kd6 58.f4 Nc4 59.g4 b5 60.g5 a4 61.h4 b4 62.f5 b3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 b6
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Qc8 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.f3 Nef6 14.d5 Ne5 15.dxe6 Qxe6
16.Nxf5 Qxc4 17.Qxc4+ Nxc4 18.b3 Na5 19.b4 Nc4 20.Bg5 Rae8 21.Rac1 d5 22.e4 dxe4
23.Rxc4 exf3 24.Rxc7 f2+ 25.Kxf2 Ng4+ 26.Kg1 Rxf5 27.Rxb7 Rxg5 28.Rxa7 h5
29.a4 h4 30.gxh4 Rg6 31.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qa4 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Ne1 Rad8 14.Nd3 Bd4 15.Rac1 Rfe8
16.Nf4 Qe5 17.e3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Re7 19.Rfd1 Red7 20.Qb5 a6 21.Qc5 Qd6 22.Qxd6 Rxd6
23.c4 dxc4 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rxc4 Rd1+ 27.Bf1 Kf7 28.Kg2 Rd2 29.a4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.Qxc5 O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.Qc4 axb5 10.Nxb5 Nbd7 11.e3 Bb7 12.Qc2 Nxd5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Be2 Rfc8 15.Qb1 Nc5
16.O-O Ba6 17.a4 Nxa4 18.Qd3 Nc7 19.Rxa4 Bxb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Qb3 Qa6 22.Bxb5 Qxb5
23.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Bg5 Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4
9.e3 Qa5 10.exd4 Qxg5 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 b6 13.b4 Ke7 14.a4 d5 15.c5 bxc5
16.bxc5 Rb8 17.Rb1 Rxb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Bc2 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Qb1 Kh8 15.Ng5 Ng4
16.Ngf3 Qd6 17.Re1 Rxf3 18.Nxf3 Nce5 19.Nd2 Nc4 20.Nf1 Rf8 21.Bd1 Ncxe3 22.fxe3 Rxf1+
23.Kxf1 Qxh2 24.Bf3 Ne5 25.Qd1 Bh4 26.Rc1 Bg4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d3 Bb7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.g4 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.g5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Qb6
16.O-O-O d5 17.Rdg1 Nh7 18.Nh4 Re6 19.Nf5 d4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Nf3 Rae8 22.h4 c4
23.N3xd4 cxd3 24.Bxd3 Rxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Nh6+ Kh8 27.Nxf7+ Kg8 28.Nh6+ Kh8
29.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Be5 O-O 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Bxe4 Nxe5 14.Bh7+ Kg7 15.Bd3 d4
16.exd4 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Bf5 19.Qc4 Rfe8+ 20.Kd2 b5 21.Qb4 Qc7
22.Ne2 a5 23.Qb2 Bg6 24.h4 Qc6 25.f3 b4 26.Rae1 Rad8 27.cxb4 Qf6 28.h5 Bh7
29.b5 Re5 30.Qc3 Qe7 31.Nc1 Qxc5 32.Nb3 Qxb5 33.a4 Qd5 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.Re1 Qf6
36.Re3 Rd5 37.Ke2 g4 38.Re5 gxf3+ 39.gxf3 Qa6+ 40.Ke3 Rxe5+ 41.dxe5 Qb6+
42.Nd4 Bf5 43.Kf4 Be6 44.Nxe6+ Qxe6 45.Qxa5 Qc4+ 46.Ke3 Qb3+ 47.Kf2 Qb2+
48.Kg3 Qd4 49.Qe1 Qxa4 50.e6 fxe6 51.Qxe6 Qc2 52.Qe7+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ Kg7 54.Qd4+ Kg8
55.Qd5+ Kg7 56.Qe5+ Kg8 57.Qd5+ Kg7 58.f4 Qc3+ 59.Kg4 Qc8+ 60.f5 Qc1 61.Qe5+ Kf7
62.Qe6+ Kf8 63.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.e3 a5 10.Ne5 Na6 11.Nxc4 Nb4 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Rd1 c5 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.Nb6 Rad8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.e4 Rd3 19.Bf1 Ng4 20.Nbd5 Qxc5+ 21.Kg2 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.exd5 Ne5 24.Bf4 Qxd5 25.Ra3 Rxa3 26.bxa3 Nc6 27.Qb5 Qa2+ 28.Kh3 Qxa3 29.Bd3 h6
30.Be4 Qa1 31.Kg2 Qa2+ 32.Kh1 Qf2 33.Qb1 e5  0-1

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 d5
9.Bxd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.axb5 Bb7 13.c4 dxc3 14.dxc3 axb5
15.Rxa8 Bxa8 16.Qd3 Bxd5 17.Qxb5 Bd6 18.Nd2 Qa8 19.f3 Qa7+ 20.Kh1 Qf2 21.Qe2 Qh4
22.Nf1 h6 23.Be3 Re8 24.Qd2 Qh5 25.Bf2 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 f5 27.Bg3 f4 28.Bf2 Qf5
29.Qd1 Bc4 30.Kg1 Bd3 31.Nd2 Kh7 32.h3 Qb5 33.b3 Qe5 34.Bd4 Bc5 35.Ne4 Bxd4+
36.cxd4 Qb5 37.Nc5 Bf5 38.Qe1 Bc2 39.Qc1 Qe2 40.Qxf4  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A44"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.Be2 h5 7.Nf3 Bh6 8.O-O Bxc1 9.Qxc1 Bg4
10.Ng5 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Qe7 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 h4 14.f4 Rh5 15.Nf3 Ngf6 16.Nc3 Kf8
17.Qe3 Kg8 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Kh8 20.a5 Rg8 21.b4 Qf8 22.b5 Rg3 23.Ne2 Rg7
24.bxa6 bxa6 25.c4 Qg8 26.Rf2 Qd8 27.Nd2 Qxa5 28.Nc3 Qa3 29.Rb3 Qc1+ 30.Nf1 Qxe3
31.Nxe3 Rhg5 32.Ra2 e4 33.Rxa6 Rg3 34.Kf2 Ne5 35.Ncd1 Nxc4 36.Rb8+ Kh7 37.Nxc4 Rxg2+
38.Ke1 Rh2 39.Nce3 Rg1+ 40.Nf1 Nxd5 41.Raa8 Nf4 42.Ne3 Re2+ 43.Kd1 Rh1 44.Rh8+ Kg7
45.Rag8+ Kf6 46.Rh6+ Ke7 47.Rxh4 Rf2 48.Rgg4 Rhxf1+ 49.Nxf1 Rxf1+ 50.Kd2 e3+
51.Kxe3 Nd5+ 52.Kd2 Rxf5 53.Re4+ Kd7 54.Rh8 Rf2+ 55.Re2 Rf3 56.h4 c4 57.Rb8 Kc7
58.Rf8 c3+ 59.Kc2 Nb4+ 60.Kb3 c2+ 61.Kxb4 c1=Q 62.Re7+ Kb6 63.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.e4 Bd6 13.Nb5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 a6
16.Nd4 b5 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.f4 Qh5 21.Bc5 Rfd8 22.b4 Rac8
23.e5 Nd5 24.Qb3 a5 25.a3 a4 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Raxd1 Nc3 28.Rd2 Be4 29.Bd6 f5
30.Kh2 Bxd3 31.Rxd3 Ne4 32.Rff3 Rc2 33.Be7 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 Rd2 35.Re3 Kf7 36.Bh4 Ke8
37.Be1 Rb2 38.Rd3 h6 39.Rd1 Ra2 40.Rc1 Kd7 41.Rd1+ Kc6 42.Rc1+ Kd5 43.Rd1+ Kc4
44.Rc1+ Kb3 45.Rc6 Re2  0-1

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.a3 d6 5.b4 g6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Nge2 Ne7
10.Ne4 Nd7 11.g3 f5 12.N4c3 Nf6 13.Bg2 c6 14.O-O g5 15.b5 c5 16.Qd2 Rb8 17.f4 gxf4
18.exf4 Be6 19.Nd1 e4 20.Nec3 exd3 21.Qxd3 d5 22.Nxd5 Nfxd5 23.Bxg7 Nxf4
24.Qxd8 Rbxd8 25.Rxf4 Kxg7 26.Ne3 b6 27.Re1 Ng6 28.Rff1 Rf8 29.Nd5 Rd6 30.Rf2 f4
31.gxf4 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Rxf4 33.Rxf4 Nxf4 34.Re7+ Kf6 35.Rxa7 Nxd5 36.cxd5 h6
37.a4 Ke5 38.a5 Kxd5 39.Ra6 bxa5 40.Rxa5 Rb6 41.Kf2 Kc4 42.Kf3 Kb4 43.Ra1 Rxb5
44.Ke4 Ra5 45.Rb1+ Kc3 46.Rc1+ Kd2 47.Rc4 h5 48.Kd5 Ke3 49.Rxc5 Rxc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bc3 Be7 12.O-O a5 13.a3 O-O 14.Bd3 Kh8 15.Re1 Na7
16.a4 Nc6 17.Bb5 Be8 18.Qd2 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Bd6 22.g3 Nb4
23.Bf1 Bg6 24.Nh4 Be4 25.Rae1 Rh6 26.f3 Rxh4 27.fxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 e5
30.Kh1 Rf8 31.Bg2 Qa6 32.Re2 Na2 33.Rf2 Nxc3 34.bxc3 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Rfc8 15.O-O d5
16.Bg3 Qc6 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Be4 N7f6 19.Nxd5 Qxc2 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Bxc2 Rxc2
22.b4 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Rc1 Nd7
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Bb3 b6 15.e4 Bb7
16.Qe3 c5 17.d5 b5 18.Qf4 c4 19.Qc7 Qd8 20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Bc2 Nc5
23.Re1 Bc6 24.a3 g5 25.h3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Rxd3 27.Re2 Rfd8 28.Ne1 Rd2 29.Rc2 R2d7
30.e5 Rd4 31.Nf3 Rf4 32.Re3 Rd7 33.Rce2 Bxf3 34.Rxf3 Rxf3 35.gxf3 Kf7 36.Kg2 Rd4
37.a4 b4 38.Ne4 Bxe5 39.Nc5 Rd5 40.Nxa6 Bd6 41.Re4 Ra5 42.Nxb4 Bxb4 43.Rxc4 Bd6
44.b3 Ra8 45.h4 Rb8 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Rc3 Be5 48.Rd3 Rb4 49.Rd7+ Kf6 50.Rd3 Bd4
51.Kg3 e5 52.Kg2 Kf5 53.Kg3 Rb8  0-1

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 O-O 7.Bg2 Qe7 8.O-O b6
9.Rc1 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qa4 a5 12.Rfe1 c6 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Ne5 f6
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Nd3 Qd8 18.Bxe4 a4 19.Qc2 f5 20.Bf3 Qxd4 21.Nf4 Qf6 22.Re6 Qf7
23.Qe2 Ba6 24.Qe3 Bc8 25.Re7 Qf6 26.Rd1 Ra5 27.Nh5 f4 28.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 Qa5+ 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Rb8 8.e4 g6
9.a4 b4 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nfd2 Nb6 14.Ne3 a5 15.Qc2 b3
16.Qd1 Re8 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.Qxb3 Bh6 19.Bb5 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Bd7 21.c4 Bxb5 22.cxb5 f5
23.exf5 c4 24.Qc3 Qc5 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rf3 Re5 27.Kh1 Qxd5 28.Qxa5 c3 29.Qxc3 Rc8
30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.exd4 Re2 32.Nf1 Rxb2 33.a5 Ra8 34.Rfa3 Nc4 35.Ra4 d5 36.b6 Rb5
37.a6 Rxb6 38.a7 Rb7 39.h3 Kf8 40.Ra6 Ke7 41.Nh2 Rb6 42.Ng4 Rxa6 43.Rxa6 Nd6
44.Ne5 Nf5 45.Nc6+ Kd7 46.g4 Ng3+ 47.Kg2 Ne2 48.Kf3 Ng1+ 49.Kg2 Ne2 50.h4 Kc7
51.Kf3 Nc3 52.Ne5 Nb5 53.Ke3 Nxa7 54.Nxf7  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Qf1 c5 18.Re1 Kh8 19.a4 f5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Bd1 g5
23.Nf3 g4 24.Ne5 Qb7 25.f3 Kg7 26.Qf2 Qc7 27.Qd2 Bxe5 28.Qh6+ Kf7 29.Qxh7+ Bg7
30.Bh6 Rg8 31.Bxg7 Rxg7 32.Qxf5+ Nf6 33.Bb3+ c4 34.dxc4 bxc4 35.Qe6+ Kg6
36.Bc2+ Kh5 37.Re5+  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O b6
9.f3 Bb7 10.g4 c5 11.a3 cxd4 12.exd4 Bf8 13.Ng3 g6 14.Bf4 Re6 15.Kg2 Nc6
16.Nge2 Na5 17.b3 Rc8 18.h4 Bg7 19.Rc1 Qe7 20.Nb5 a6 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Nc7 Rc6
23.Nxa6 Bxa6 24.Bxa6 Qxa3 25.Bb5 Rc8 26.Be5 Qxb3 27.Qxb3 Nxb3 28.Nf4 h6 29.Rf2 g5
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Ba6 Ra8 32.Bb7 Ra7 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Bxd5 Nxd4 35.Bxd4 Bxd4
36.Rd2 Be3 37.Ra2 Rc7 38.Kf1 Kg7 39.Ke2 Bc5 40.Ra8 Rd7 41.Be4 Kf6 42.Rb8 Ke5
43.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Bc3 Ne4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qd3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 d6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Qe3 e6 14.Nc3 Qe7 15.Nd5 Qd6
16.Nc3 Nc6 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Qxc5 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bg7 20.Rfd1 b6 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Na5
23.c5 Nc4 24.Rdd1 Bb7 25.Nfd2 Nb2 26.Rdc1 bxc5 27.Nc4 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 Rac8
30.Rb5 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Nbd7
10.e3 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.Bh2 Re8 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Kh1 g5 16.f4 gxf4
17.exf4 Ng6 18.Bd3 Bd7 19.a5 Rbd8 20.Nf3 Qe3 21.Ng5 Nh4 22.Qc2 h6 23.Nf3 Nxf3
24.Rxf3 Qd4 25.f5 Re3 26.Bg1 Qxd3 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Bxf5 29.Re3 Nd7 30.Rf1 Bg6
31.Ne4 Bxb2 32.Nxd6 Ne5 33.Rb3 Bd4 34.Rb6 Bxg1 35.Kxg1 c4 36.Rc1 Kf8 37.Nxb7 Rxd5
38.Rxa6 Rd2 39.Rd6 Ra2 40.Rd5 Be4 41.Rxe5 Bxb7 42.Rxc4 Rxg2+ 43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Ke1 Kg7
45.h4 Bg2 46.Rec5 Bh3 47.Rb4 Be6 48.Kd1 Kf6 49.Rb6 Kg7 50.Kc1 Ra4 51.h5 Bg4
52.Kd2 Ra3 53.Kc2 Ra4 54.Kb3 Bd1+ 55.Kc3 Ra3+ 56.Kb4 Ra1 57.Kb5 Bf3 58.Rd6 Rb1+
59.Ka6 Rb2 60.Rb6 Rd2 61.Ka7 Rd8 62.Rb8 Rd7+ 63.Kb6 Rd6+ 64.Kc7 Ra6 65.Rb6 Ra7+
66.Kd6 Be2 67.Rb2 Bf3 68.Rf5 Be4 69.Re5 Bf3 70.Rf2 Bh1 71.Rb5 Be4 72.Ra2 Bd3
73.Rb6 Kf6 74.Kc5+ Kg5 75.a6 Kxh5 76.Rd6 Be4 77.Rd8 Kg5 78.Kb6 Ra8 79.Rxa8 Bxa8
80.Rc2 f5 81.Rc8 Be4 82.a7 f4 83.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.e4 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Nge2 c5
10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Be3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rfd1 Na5 15.b3 b5 16.g4 h6
17.cxb5 axb5 18.Ng3 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rb8 21.Rac1 f5 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5
24.Bh3 Rxf3 25.Be6+ Kh7 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Bg5 28.Kh1 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Nb7
30.Qa7 Qc7 31.Qg1 Qd8 32.Qa7 Qc7 33.Qg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sadkowsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.O-O d5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Rac1 Qd6 17.Bb5 Re6 18.Rfe1 dxe4 19.Qxd6 Rxd6 20.fxe4 Ne5 21.Bf4 Re6 22.Rc7 Bc6
23.Ba6 Ng6 24.Bg3 Ne8 25.Rc8 Rxc8 26.Bxc8 Re7 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Ba6 Ne5 29.Nf3 Nxf3+
30.gxf3 g5 31.Bd3 Kg7 32.Kf2 f5 33.exf5 Kf6 34.Bb8 Bxf5 35.Rc6+ Be6 36.b4 h5
37.f4 gxf4 38.Bxf4 Kf7 39.h4 Ng7 40.Rc7 Rxc7 41.Bxc7 Nf5 42.Bb8 a5 43.b5 Ne7
44.Bc7 Nd5 45.Bd8 Ke8 46.Bg5 Kf7 47.Kf3 a4 48.Ke4 Nc7 49.Be3 Nd5 50.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Enklaar, Bertus F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Bc2 Nb6 11.b4 a5 12.b5 Nb8 13.Re1 N8d7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Bf6 18.d4 Re8 19.Nh2 Nc4 20.Ng4 e4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Qh5 Nd6
23.Bf4 Nxf5 24.Bxc7 Rec8 25.b6 g6 26.Qg4 h5 27.Qf4 Nxb6 28.Rab1 Nd7 29.Rxb7 Qc6
30.Reb1 Qxc3 31.Bd1 Nf8 32.Bxh5 Ne6 33.Qg4 Rxc7 34.Bxg6 fxg6 35.Qxg6+ Nfg7
36.R7b6 Nf4 37.Qd6 Rf7 38.Rb8+ Rxb8 39.Rxb8+ Kh7 40.Qd8 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polaczek, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E32"]

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.cxd5 exd5 11.cxd4 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Bf5 15.O-O Nd6
16.Nf4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qf7 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Rc5 Nf5 20.g3 Rd6 21.Rfc1 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Re8
23.Qd3 Re4 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxe4 Rxd4 26.Qe3 Rd8 27.h4 Re8 28.Qc5 Re5 29.Qc3 Re7
30.h5 Rd7 31.Kg2 Re7 32.Rb1 Qf5 33.Rd1 Qf7 34.h6 gxh6 35.Rd6 Rd7 36.Rxh6 Qg7
37.Qc4+ Qf7 38.Ne6 Rd4 39.Qc5 Rg4 40.Ng5 Qc4 41.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.b3 a6
9.a4 Nbd7 10.a5 Nc5 11.Qc2 b6 12.O-O bxa5 13.Rxa5 Rb8 14.Ra3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.b4 Ncd7 17.Rxa4 Bxc4 18.Rfa1 d5 19.Ba7 Rc8 20.Ra5 c6 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Qd2 Qc7
23.Nc1 Rfd8 24.Be3 Ne4 25.Qb2 f5 26.Nb3 f4 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Bd4 Qd6 29.f3 Ng5
30.Nc5 Ne5 31.Qf2 Nexf3+ 32.Bxf3 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Nxf2 34.Kxf2 Qh6 35.Kg2 Rc7
36.b5 Rdc8 37.Kh1 Qh3 38.Bg2 Qg4 39.h3 Qf5 40.b6 Rf7 41.b7 Rxb7 42.Nxb7 f3
43.Rg1 Rb8 44.Ra7 g6 45.Kh2 Qf4+ 46.Kh1 fxg2+ 47.Rxg2 Bd3 48.Rg4 Be4+ 49.Kg1 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.c3 Re8 11.Bf4 a5 12.Qe2 Bf8 13.Rad1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 c6 15.h4 Qb6
16.Re2 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bc2 Red8 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Rd2 Qb6 21.Bg5 Nd5 22.c4 Nb4
23.Bb1 h6 24.Be3 Rd8 25.Qd1 Nc6 26.Ne4 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Bc5 29.Qd7 Qxb2
30.Qc8+ Bf8 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.g3 Qxa2 33.Bc5 Qxc4 34.Qxf8+ Kh7 35.Ba3 Qd4 36.Qc5 Qxc5
37.Bxc5 h5 38.Kg2 Kg6 39.Bf8 f6 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.Ba3 g5 42.Ke4 Kg6 43.f4 a4
44.fxg5 fxg5 45.Ke5 gxh4 46.gxh4  1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b4 a5 10.b5 c5 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.Be2 c5 13.dxc5 Nc6 14.O-O a4 15.Bb5 Ndxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb2 Bf6 18.Bd4 Ra5 19.Rb1 Bf5 20.Rb4 Qc7 21.Re1 Nc6 22.Bxc6 Bxd4
23.Rxd4 Qxc6 24.Nf3 Be6 25.h3 h6 26.Rb4 Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nh5 11.c5 axb4 12.Bxb4 Nf4 13.Nb5 Ra6 14.Nd2 dxc5 15.Bxc5 Nexd5
16.Bf3 Ne7 17.Nb3 Bd7 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 19.Bxe7 Re8 20.Rc1 Bc6 21.Bd6 Qd8 22.Bb4 Rxa2
23.Na5 Bb5 24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.Ra1 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Ra8 27.Rb1 b6 28.Bd2 bxa5 29.Rxb5 a4
30.Ra5 Rxa5 31.Bxa5 a3 32.Bd1 Bf8 33.Bb3 Bc5 34.Bc4 Bd4 35.Bb4 Nd3 36.Bd6 Bxf2+
37.Kf1 Bc5 38.Bc7 Nf2 39.Bxe5 Nxe4 40.Bd5 Bd6 41.Bd4 Nc5 42.h3 Ne6 43.Bc3 Bc5
44.Bc4 Bd4 45.Bb4 Bb2 46.Ke2 Nf4+ 47.Kf1 Kg7 48.Bd6 Ne6 49.Ke2 Ng5 50.Be7 Ne4
51.Kd3 f5 52.Kc2 f4 53.Kd3 Nf6 54.Bd6 Nh5 55.h4 Kf6 56.Ke4 Ng3+ 57.Kf3 Bc1
58.Bb4 Nf5 59.Bc3+ Ke7 60.h5 gxh5 61.Bd3 Nh4+ 62.Kf2 Bb2 63.Bb4+ Kf6 64.Bb1 Ke5
65.Ba5 Kd6 66.Bb4+ Kc6 67.g3 Bd4+ 68.Kf1 a2  0-1

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ye Rongguang"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6
9.Ne1 a6 10.a4 Nd7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nc5 13.Nc2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ne3 Bg6
16.d4 Ne6 17.Bg3 Qg5 18.Nd5 Ne7 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Bg4 Bf5 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Bf3 c6
23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Re1 Ng5 25.Qe7 d5 26.c5 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Rf7 28.Qxd7 Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Rfc1 Nb4 14.Bb1 Be4 15.Rd1 Qe7
16.a3 Nc6 17.Bc3 e5 18.Ng5 Bxb1 19.Raxb1 h6 20.Qf3 Rfc8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 b4
23.axb4 Bxb4 24.Rd3 Rab8 25.Rbd1 Qe6 26.Nc1 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8
29.Nd3 Qd5 30.Qxd5 Rxd5 31.e4 Rd4 32.f3 f6 33.h4 Nb4 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Nxb4 Rxb4
36.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Qb3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 Qd6 12.Bd3 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.O-O Rd8 15.Bb1 Na6
16.Nd4 g6 17.Nce2 Qc4 18.Qa3 Qc5 19.Qd3 Qc4 20.Qd2 Qb4 21.Qxb4 Nxb4 22.a3 Na6
23.b4 Nc7 24.Rc1 Ne8 25.Ba2 Rac8 26.Nf4 Bxd4 27.exd4 Nf6 28.Rfe1 Kf8 29.f3 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Ke7 31.Nd3 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.f4 b5 7.Nf3 b4 8.Nd1 Qb6 9.Nf2 c5
10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ngf6 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O e5 14.Nb5 Nxe4 15.Qxb4 Nxf2 16.Rxf2 a6
17.Rxd6 Qb8 18.f5 axb5 19.fxg6 Ra4 20.gxf7+ Kh8 21.Qxb5 Qxd6 22.Qxa4 Qg6
23.Qh4 Qxc2 24.Bf3 Qb1+ 25.Rf1 Qg6 26.Be4 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 h6 28.Be7 Qd4 29.Bxf8 Nxf8
30.Qe1 Qxb2 31.Qc1 Qe2 32.Rf6 Qh5 33.Rf1 Ba6 34.Rf3 Qg4 35.Rf6 Qxe4 36.Rxh6+ Nh7
37.Rxa6 Qd5 38.Qf1 e4 39.Ra3 Qe6 40.Rh3 Bf8 41.Qa1+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Bf4 b5 14.Ne5 a6 15.g4 c5
16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.Qd2 Qa8 18.f3 Rec8 19.Rc1 Ne8 20.g5 Nd6 21.b3 Qb7 22.Ka1 f6
23.Ng4 fxg5 24.Be5 Nf7 25.Bd4 R5c7 26.f4 Bc5 27.f5 Bd7 28.Ne5 Be8 29.f6 g6
30.Nxf7 Bxf7 31.h4 Bxd4 32.exd4 Qb6 33.Bb1 Qxf6 34.hxg5 Qe7 35.Rh3 b4 36.Ne2 Rxc1
37.Nxc1 Ne6 38.Nd3 Qxg5 39.Qh2 Qf6 40.Ne5 Nxd4 41.Rxh7 Nf3 42.Rxf7 Qxf7 43.Qh3 Nxe5
44.Qxc8+ Kg7 45.Qxa6 Qf6 46.Qxf6+ Kxf6 47.a4 bxa3 48.Ka2 g5 49.b4 g4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Qc2 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.e4 e5 11.Nd2 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qe7 13.Be2 Nxd5 14.Qg3 g5 15.exd5 gxh4
16.Qg7 Qf8 17.Qf6 Rg8 18.O-O-O Qe7 19.Qxh6 Bf5 20.g4 Bg6 21.g5 O-O-O 22.Qxh4 Kb8
23.Rhg1 e4 24.Qf4 Qd7 25.b3 Qh3 26.Qg3 Qf5 27.Nf1 e3 28.Bd3 Qxf2 29.Qxf2 exf2
30.Rg2 Nb7 31.h4 Rh8 32.Rxf2 Rxh4 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Rf6 Rg8 35.Ne3 Rh5 36.Rg1 Rg7
37.Kd2 Kc7 38.Kd3 Nd8 39.Nd1 Nf7 40.Nc3 Ne5+ 41.Kc2 Rh2+ 42.Kb1 a6 43.Ne4 Rd7
44.Re6 Re2 45.Nf6 Rf7 46.Rh1 b5 47.Rh8 bxc4 48.bxc4 Re1+ 49.Kb2 Nxc4+ 50.Kb3 Ne5
51.Ne8+ Kb6 52.Nxd6 Rf3+ 53.Kc2 Ka5 54.Rxe5 Rf2+ 55.Kd3 Rxe5 56.Nc4+ Ka4
57.Nxe5 Rxa2 58.Nxg6 Rg2 59.Rh5 Rg4 60.Ne5 Rd4+ 61.Ke3 Rxd5 62.Ke4 Rd4+ 63.Kf5 c4
64.g6 c3 65.Rh1 c2 66.g7 Rd8 67.Kf6 Kb3 68.Ng6 Rg8 69.Kf7 Rxg7+ 70.Kxg7 Kb2
71.Ne5 c1=Q 72.Nd3+ Kc2 73.Nxc1 a5 74.Na2 Kb3 75.Rh2 a4 76.Kf6 a3 77.Ke6  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.d5 Qb6 9.a3 Qa6
10.Qb3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bd4 Nde5 14.Rad1 Qc4 15.Qxc4 Nxc4
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rd4 Nb6 18.Ng5 Ne5 19.a4 h6 20.Nh3 a5 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Nf4 Rac8
23.Ne6+ Bxe6 24.dxe6 Nc6 25.Rdd1 Nd8 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc2 28.Rb5 Nxe6
29.Rxb7 Kf6 30.b4 Ra2 31.bxa5 Rxa4 32.Ra7 Nc5 33.Rb1 g5 34.Bd5 h5 35.e3 h4
36.Kg2 Rh8 37.Rb2 e6 38.Bc6 Ra1 39.Kf3 Nd3 40.Rb6 Ra2 41.e4 f4 42.gxf4 gxf4
43.e5+ Kxe5 44.Rb3 Rxf2+ 45.Kg4 Nc5 46.Ra3 Rxh2 47.a6 h3 48.Ra1 Re2 49.Rg7 Kf6
50.Kf3 Re3+ 51.Kxf4 Rc3 52.Kg4 Kxg7 53.a7 Nb3 54.Ra6 Rxc6  0-1

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.b4 f5 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.d5 exd5 14.Rad1 c5 15.cxd5 a5
16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Qe2 axb4 18.axb4 Ra4 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Ra1 Rfa8 21.Rxa4 Rxa4
22.g3 Nb6 23.Bb5 Ra8 24.Nh4 Rf8 25.f3 Ng5 26.Bd3 Bc8 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 Rxf1+
29.Qxf1 Kg8 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.Qxf5 g6 32.Qf1 Nd7 33.h4 Nf7 34.Bc3 Nfe5 35.Be2 Nf6
36.Qf4 Kg7 37.g4 h6 38.h5 g5 39.Qf5 Qd7 40.Qf2 Nxe4 41.Bxe5+ dxe5 42.Qe3 Qa4
43.Bf3 Nf6 44.Qxe5 Qd4+ 45.Qxd4 cxd4 46.Kf2 Nd7 47.Be4 Kf6 48.Bf5 Ne5 49.d6 Nf7
50.d7 Ke7 51.Ke2 Ne5 52.Kd2 Kd8 53.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Rd1 h6 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Ng3 Qd7 14.a4 Rad8 15.axb5 axb5
16.h3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Nd4 18.cxd4 Bxb3 19.Rd2 Bc4 20.Qd1 exd4 21.b3 d3 22.bxc4 bxc4
23.Bb2 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Bc3 Bc5 26.Rda2 Rde8 27.Qa4 Qd5 28.Rf1 Re2 29.Rxe2 Rxe2
30.Nd2 Kh7 31.Qa5 c6 32.Nf3 f6 33.Qc7 Qe6 34.Qa5 Qd6 35.Kh1 Qd5 36.Kg1 Rc2
37.Ne1 Re2 38.Nf3 Re7 39.Bb4 Bxb4 40.Qxb4 c5 41.Qc3 Re2 42.Nd2 Qe5 43.Qxe5 Rxe5
44.Nxc4 Re4 45.Nd2 Ra4 46.Rc1 Ra2 47.Nb3 c4 48.Rxc4 Rb2 49.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Nxe4 d5
9.Bd3 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Bf6 11.c3 Nd7 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Rfe1 Qc5
16.b4 Qh5 17.Bxc7 Nc4 18.h3 Ne5 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Qf4 Bg5 21.Qg3 Nb2 22.Rb1 Na4
23.Bc2 Bh4 24.Qd3 Bd7 25.Re5 Qh6 26.Nf3 Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Bf6 28.Qe3 Qxe3 29.Rxe3 Rfc8
30.Be5 Bxe5 31.Nxe5 Rxc2 32.Nxd7 Rxa2 33.Rc1 a5 34.bxa5 R8xa5 35.g4 b5 36.g5 b4
37.h4 Ra8 38.Rc7 Kg7 39.Nf6 Rd2 40.Rb7 Rd4 41.Ree7 Rf8 42.Re4 Rxe4 43.Nxe4 h6
44.Rxb4 Ra8 45.Kg2 Ra5 46.Rb7 Ra4 47.f3 hxg5 48.hxg5 Ra5 49.Kg3 Rd5 50.Kg4 Rd4
51.Kf4 Rd5 52.Nf6 Rf5+ 53.Kg4 Rc5 54.Rb1 Ra5 55.Rd1 Ra4+ 56.Ne4 Rb4 57.Rd8 Ra4
58.Kf4 Ra5 59.Nd6 Ra4+ 60.Kg3 Ra5 61.f4 Ra3+ 62.Kh4 Ra4 63.Kg4 Ra7 64.Rb8 Ra6
65.Ne8+ Kf8 66.Nc7+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Nbd2 Ba7
9.Nc4 Ne7 10.Bg5 Ng6 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Ne3 Qd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nhf5 Kh8 15.g3 c6
16.Qf3 Bb6 17.Rad1 Bxb3 18.axb3 Qe6 19.b4 Rae8 20.h4 Rg8 21.Kh2 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Nf8
23.Rf2 Nd7 24.Rdf1 Rg6 25.h5 Rg5 26.g4 d5 27.exd5 cxd5 28.e4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 b5
30.Ne3 Reg8 31.Rf5 R5g7 32.Kh3 Qd6 33.Rg1 Qe6 34.Qf3 Qd6 35.Nf1 Rg5 36.Nd2 Qe6
37.Ne4 Qxf5 38.gxf5 Rxg1 39.Nd6 R8g2 40.Qxg2 Rxg2 41.Kxg2 Kg7 42.Kf3 Kh6
43.Kg4 Kg7 44.Ne4 Kf8 45.h6 Ke7 46.Ng3 Nb6 47.Kf3 Na4 48.Ke4 Nxb2 49.Nf1 Nd1
50.c4 Nc3+ 51.Ke3 Na4 52.Nd2 Nb6 53.Ke4 Kd7 54.c5 Na4 55.Ke3 Nc3 56.Ne4 Nxe4
57.dxe4 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Qd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 Qg6
9.O-O O-O-O 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.f3 Bd6 12.Kh1 Rhe8 13.Qf2 Qh5 14.g4 Qh3 15.Qg1 h5
16.g5 Nd5 17.Bd2 Nf4 18.Rad1 f5 19.Qg3 h4 20.Qxh3 Nxh3 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Bb4
23.Kg2 Rxd2+ 24.Rxd2 Nf4+ 25.Kh1 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rf8 27.Re1 b5 28.Re5 Nh3 29.g6 Nf4
30.Rd4 Nd5 31.Rxh4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.a3 Rfe8 12.O-O Bd5 13.Bg3 cxd4 14.exd4 e5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Nc4 e4 17.Nh2 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Rc8 22.Be2 e3
23.fxe3 Bh6 24.Rad1 Bxe3+ 25.Kh1 Rc7 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.Rd5 Rxd5 28.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O c6 7.d3 h6 8.Nd2 Na6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc7 11.a4 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.c4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bb2 d4
16.Ba3 Rb8 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Qb3 Bg6 19.e4 dxe3 20.Rxe3 b6 21.Bb2 Qd6 22.Qa3 Qxa3
23.Rxa3 Nd7 24.Bc6 Rbd8 25.a5 Ne6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rf8 29.Be4 Bxe4
30.Nxe4 Nd4 31.Nd2 Rd7 32.Kg2 Rfd8 33.Rc3 Ne6 34.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nh3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 g6 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Qb3 c6
9.Nd2 Qe7 10.Nf4 g5 11.Nd3 Be6 12.Qc2 Bg7 13.Nb3 Nf7 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Ne1 Qd7
16.Nef3 Ne4 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Qb3 Qe7 19.Be3 d5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Qxc4 Bxb2 22.Rad1 Bg7
23.Nd4 Nd6 24.Qc5 Qf6 25.Nb3 Rfe8 26.Bd4 Qe6 27.e3 Ne4 28.Qc2 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Ned6
30.Rfd1 Rad8 31.h4 h6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.a4 Qe5 34.a5 Nb5 35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Rxd8+ Nxd8
37.a6 bxa6 38.Qd3 Nf7 39.Bxc6 Kg7 40.Qd7 Kf6 41.Qb7 f4 42.Qxa6 Nc7 43.Qxa7 fxg3
44.f3 Qb2 45.Qd4+ Qxd4 46.Nxd4 Ne6 47.Nc2 g4 48.f4 Nxf4 49.exf4 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c5 3.dxc5 f6 4.Bh4 e5 5.e4 Be6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Bxd5 8.Nc3 Be6
9.Nb5 Na6 10.f4 Bxc5 11.fxe5 fxe5 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Nxe5 Ne4 15.Nd4 Bxa2
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Rhe1 Nf6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Nd7 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Rc6 21.Ne5 Rc5
22.b4 Rc7 23.Kb2 Be6 24.c4 Rf8 25.Kc3 Bc8 26.Red1 Re7 27.Nc6 Rc7 28.Na5 Rf2
29.R1d2 Rf1 30.c5 h6 31.c6 Kf7 32.Kb2 Ke7 33.Re2+ Kf7 34.Nc4 Bf5 35.Ne3 Re7
36.Rdd2 Rb1+ 37.Ka2 Bg6 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.cxd7  1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nb3 b6 15.a5 Nc5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.Nb5 Ng6 18.Re1 e4 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bd2 Bg7 22.Ra3 Rf7 23.Qc1 Qf8
24.Bf4 Ba6 25.Be2 Kh8 26.Qc2 Ng6 27.Bd2 Be5 28.Qc1 Re8 29.Bh5 Qe7 30.f4 exf3
31.Rxf3 Rg7 32.Bc3 Reg8 33.Bxg6 Rxg6 34.Rf2 Qg7 35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.Qb2 e4 37.Qxg7+ R8xg7
38.g3 Bc8 39.Rb1 Ra6 40.Ra1 h5 41.Rf4 Kh7 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Ke3 Kf6 44.Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.a5 O-O 9.O-O Nd5
10.Ne4 Bf5 11.Nfd2 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nd7 13.f4 Rc8 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Ra4 b5 16.axb6 Qxb6
17.Be3 Nf6 18.Kh1 Nbd5 19.Bc1 Ng4 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.e4 Nf6 22.exd5 Qb5 23.f5 Nxd5
24.Bd2 e6 25.Ra5 Qxb2 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.f6 Bh8 28.Bc1 Qb6 29.Qa4 Rc6 30.Ba3 Rxf6
31.Rd1 Qe6 32.Bxf8 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Kg2 Rf2+ 35.Kh3 Qe6+  0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.e3 a6
9.Qc2 c6 10.Bd3 b5 11.c5 Nd7 12.e4 e5 13.exd5 exd4 14.Ne2 Qa5+ 15.Qd2 b4
16.Nfxd4 Nxc5 17.Bb1 cxd5 18.O-O Qb6 19.Rfd1 Bb7 20.Qc2 Ne4 21.f3 Rfc8 22.Qd3 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Nd6 24.Kh1 g6 25.b3 Re8 26.h3 a5 27.Rd1 Ba6 28.Qd2 Bxe2 29.Nxe2 Qf2
30.Bd3 Nf5 31.Nf4 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 Bg5  0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Re1 c5 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bd2 Kh8 21.c4 Nb4 22.Bxb4 cxb4
23.cxb5 f5 24.Nd2 axb5 25.Re6 Bf6 26.Nf3 f4 27.d4 fxg3 28.hxg3 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 Bxd4
30.Qc6 Bxf2+ 31.Kg2 Qd3 32.Rg6 Be1  0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.Qc2 Re8 7.b4 Bf8 8.Bb2 d6
9.Bd3 g6 10.Rc1 a5 11.b5 Nb8 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qb1 Nc5 14.Bc2 Be6 15.d3 Bh6
16.h3 a4 17.Rcd1 e4 18.dxe4 Bxc4 19.Rfe1 Qe7 20.Rd4 Bb3 21.Nd2 Bg7 22.Rb4 c6
23.Rc1 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Nfd7 25.Rd1 Ne5 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Qe6 28.Rb4 Rec8 29.bxc6 bxc6
30.Nxa4 Rxa4 31.Bxg7 Rxb4 32.axb4 Qxe4 33.Qc3 Ne6 34.Bf6 d5 35.f3 Qf5 36.Kf2 c5
37.g4 d4 38.gxf5 dxc3 39.fxe6 c2 40.Rc1 cxb4 41.e7  1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.e4 Bc5
9.Qd1 Bb7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.e5 Ne8 12.O-O f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.b4 Be7 15.Qe2 Qc7
16.Nb5 Qc6 17.f3 a6 18.Nd4 Qc7 19.Be3 Rae8 20.Nb3 e5 21.c5 bxc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5
23.Bxc5 d6 24.Be3 Qc8 25.Rac1 Qa8 26.Bb1 Rf7 27.Bg5 d5 28.Qd3 Kh8 29.Rc5 d4
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Qf5 Qd8 32.Bd3 Rg7 33.Rfc1 Qd6 34.R1c2 Reg8 35.Re2 Bc6 36.Qh5 Bb5
37.Qf5 Bxd3 38.Qxd3 f5 39.Rc4 Qf6 40.Rcc2 Re7 41.a4 Rd8 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 e4
44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Rxe4 Rxe4 46.Qxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 c5 13.Ng3 Rc8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Nf5 Bd8
16.Bg5 c4 17.Ba2 Re8 18.Rad1 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxe5 g6
23.Nh6+ Kg7 24.Qe3 Qb7 25.Qf4 Be6 26.Nhg4 Nxg4 27.Nxg4 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 Rxe1+
29.Rxe1 h5 30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Rb8 32.b4 cxb3 33.Bxb3 f5 34.Re8 a5 35.a4 Kf6
36.Kf1 Bc7 37.Re6+ Kg5 38.Rc6 Bd8 39.Ke2 Rb6 40.Rc8 Bf6 41.Rc5 Ra6 42.Kd3 h4
43.Bd5 Bd8 44.Rc8 Rd6 45.Kd4 Kf4 46.c4 Bf6+ 47.Kc5 Be7 48.Re8 Re6+ 49.Rxe7 Rxe7
50.Kd6 Re8 51.c5 Rd8+ 52.Ke6 Re8+ 53.Kd7 Ke5 54.Kxe8 Kxd5 55.f4 Kxc5 56.Kf7 Kb4
57.Kxg6 Kxa4 58.Kxf5 Kb5 59.Kg5 a4 60.f5 a3 61.f6 a2 62.f7 a1=Q 63.f8=Q Qe1
64.Qf4 Kb6 65.Kf5 Ka7 66.Qd4+ Ka6 67.Qd6+ Kb7 68.Qd5+ Ka7 69.Kf6 Qa1+ 70.Ke6 Qe1+
71.Kd7 Qf2 72.Kc7 Qc2+ 73.Qc6 Qh7+ 74.Qd7 Qc2+ 75.Kd6+ Kb6 76.Qd8+ Kb7 77.Qxh4 Qc6+
78.Ke5 Qc5+ 79.Ke6 Qc6+ 80.Kf5 Qd5+ 81.Kf4 Qxg2 82.Qe7+ Kc8 83.h4 Qf2+ 84.Kg5 Qg3+
85.Kf5 Qd3+ 86.Kf6 Qf3+ 87.Kg7 Qg3+ 88.Kf7 Qf3+ 89.Qf6 Qh5+ 90.Kg7 Qe2 91.Qf8+ Kd7
92.Qf7+ Kc8 93.h5 Qg2+ 94.Kf8 Qh3 95.Qe8+ Kb7 96.Qg6 Qc8+ 97.Kg7 Qc3+ 98.Kh7 Qh3
99.h6 Ka7 100.Qf6 Qd3+ 101.Kh8 Qh3 102.h7 Qc8+ 103.Kg7 Qg4+ 104.Kf8 Qc8+
105.Kf7 Qc4+ 106.Qe6 Qf4+ 107.Kg7 Qg3+ 108.Kf8 Qb8+ 109.Qe8 Qb2 110.Qe3+ Ka8
111.Qf3+ Ka7 112.Kg8 Qb8+ 113.Qf8  1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 b6
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.O-O Be4 12.Qc3 Qe8 13.b4 d6 14.Bb2 Nbd7 15.Nd2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 a5 17.f3 axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT9697"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Na4 Qa5+ 8.c3 Nh6 9.Nf3 Bg4
10.Nc5 Qb6 11.Be2 Nf5 12.Bd2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 e6 14.b4 Nd7 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.a4 Bf8
17.a5 Nh4 18.O-O Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Be7 20.Rfc1 Nb8 21.Be1 Na6 22.Qh3 Qd8 23.Nd2 Kf8
24.Nf3 Nc7 25.g3 b6 26.Qf1 c5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.c4 cxd4 29.c5 Qc8 30.Bf2 Qa6
31.Nxd4 Rc8 32.c6 Kg7 33.Qxa6 Nxa6 34.Nb5 Nc7 35.Nxa7 Ra8 36.Rab1  1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 Na6 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.a3 Ba5 11.O-O Bxf3 12.gxf3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Rc8 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.exd4 Nc7
16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.axb4 Na6 18.b5 Nb4 19.Be2 Nh5 20.Bg3 Ke7 21.Rd2 f5 22.f4 Nxg3
23.hxg3 a5 24.bxa6 Ra8 25.d5 exd5 26.cxd5 Nxa6 27.d6+ Kf6 28.Bf3 Rab8 29.Ra1 Nc5
30.Ra7 Rhd8 31.Re2 Ne6 32.Bd5 g5 33.Bxe6 dxe6 34.Rh7 Kg6 35.Re7 Rxd6 36.R2xe6+ Rxe6
37.Rxe6+ Kg7 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.b4 b5 40.Kg2 Kf7 41.Re5 Kf6 42.Rc5 g4 43.Rc6+ Ke5
44.Rc5+ Ke4 45.Kf1 Rb6 46.Ke2 Rb7 47.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 a5 10.bxc4 b4 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Bb7 14.f4 Nbd7 15.Bc2 Qc7
16.Qe1 Rfd8 17.Qh4 Nf8 18.f5 exf5 19.Rxf5 Ng6 20.Qg3 Re8 21.Rg5 Qd8 22.Ba4 Rxe5
23.Rxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qb6 25.Rf1 Qe6 26.Qf4 Rd8 27.h3 Qe7 28.d5 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Nxd5
30.Qf2 Qxe3 31.Bb3 Rd7 32.Re1 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Kf8 34.Nc4 Nf4 35.Re3 Ra7 36.Nd6 Re7
37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.Nc4 f5 39.Nxa5 Kd6 40.Bg8 h6 41.Kf3 Ne6 42.Bxe6 Kxe6 43.Nc6 b3
44.Nd4+ Ke5 45.Nxb3 g5 46.g3 Kd5 47.Nd2 Kd4 48.Nf1 Kd5 49.Ne3+ Ke5 50.g4 f4
51.Nf5 h5 52.Nh6 hxg4+ 53.hxg4  1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 Be7 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.f4 Nd7
9.Bg2 c6 10.g4 Nb6 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Be3 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.h4 Bf8 17.b3 a5 18.h5 a4 19.Qb2 Nc5 20.Qc2 axb3 21.axb3 Nbd7 22.b4 Na6
23.Qb3 Rab8 24.Ne4 Re6 25.f5 Re5 26.f4 Ree8 27.g6 Rxe4 28.Bxe4 Nf6 29.Bf3 Qd7
30.b5 Nc7 31.bxc6 Qxf5 32.gxh7+ Kh8 33.cxb7 Ne6 34.Qd3 Qh3 35.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rfd1 Nf8 13.Rac1 Ng6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne5 Ne7 17.b4 c5 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.e3 cxd4 20.exd4 Rc8 21.Qb3 Ba8 22.Bh3 Rc7
23.Qa4 Nc6 24.f4 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Be7 26.Bg2 Bc5+ 27.Kh1 Be3 28.Rc2 Qc8 29.Bxd5 Rd8
30.Qb3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Qxc3 32.Qxc3 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bc4 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Qc7 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Qb2 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.Rfd1 Be6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.c4 b5 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Nc3 Ba6 22.Bxc5 Nd3
23.Bxe7 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Rdc8 25.Bb4 Bc4 26.g3 Bxb3 27.axb3 Ra6 28.Kg2 f5 29.exf5 gxf5
30.d6 Bxc3 31.d7 Rd8 32.Rxc3 Rxd7 33.Rc8+ Kf7 34.Rf8+ Kg6 35.Bc3 Rd3 36.Be5 Rxb3
37.f4 h6 38.Kh3 Rf3 39.Kh4 Ra2 40.h3 Raa3 41.Rf6+ Kh7 42.Rf7+ Kg8 43.Rg7+ Kf8
44.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liu Dede"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Nb3 Ne6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bf5 Bg6
16.g4 Be7 17.Nfd4 Ncxd4 18.cxd4 O-O 19.Bd2 c5 20.dxc5 d4 21.Qf3 Qd5 22.Qxd5 Rxd5
23.c6 Rc8 24.Rac1 d3 25.Kg2 Bd8 26.Re4 Bb6 27.f4 Kf8 28.a4 Ke8 29.a5 Ba7
30.Kf3 Rc7 31.Be3 d2 32.Nxd2 Rd3 33.Ke2 Rxe3+ 34.Rxe3 Bxf5 35.gxf5 Nxf4+
36.Kf3 Bxe3 37.Kxe3 Nd5+ 38.Ke4 Nb4 39.Nb3 Rxc6 40.Rxc6 Nxc6 41.Kd5 Ne7+
42.Kc5 Nxf5 43.Kb6 Kd8 44.Kxa6 Kc7 45.Kxb5 g5 46.a6 h5 47.Nc5 Nd4+ 48.Kc4 Nc6
49.e6 fxe6 50.Nxe6+ Kb6 51.Nxg5 Kxa6 52.Kd5 Kb5 53.Ne4 Nb4+ 54.Kd4 Nc2+ 55.Ke5 Ne1
56.Kf5 Nd3 57.Kg5 Nxb2 58.Kxh5 Nd3 59.h4 Kc6 60.Kh6 Kd5 61.Ng3 Ke6 62.Kg5 Kf7
63.h5 Kg7 64.h6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.Be2 a5 15.O-O a4 16.Nc1 Be6
17.Bd3 g6 18.exd4 Nxd4 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qe3 f6 22.Be4 Ng7 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Qc3 Nde6 26.Ne2 Nc5 27.Qb4 Rfc8 28.Rfe1 Qf8 29.Nc3 Nf5 30.Nb5 Ra6
31.Qd2 Nd6 32.f4 e4 33.Nxd6 Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O
9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qf4 Na6 12.Rac1 c6 13.Rfe1 Rae8 14.Nh4 g6 15.Nf3 Nc7
16.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qa4+ Qxa4 8.Nxa4 Bd7
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bc6 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bf3 15.e4 O-O
16.Rg3 Bh5 17.f4 Rfc8 18.b4 a5 19.Na4 axb4 20.Nb6 Rxc5 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Nxa8 Rc2
23.Rb1 Nxe4 24.Rxb4  0-1

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O b6
9.f3 Bb7 10.a3 Bf8 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Qc8 14.Qb3 Bc6 15.Qa2 Nbd7
16.a4 Qd8 17.a5 Rb8 18.Bd2 Rxb1 19.Rxb1 Bd6 20.Nb5 Bb8 21.Ng3 g6 22.dxc5 Nxc5
23.Qc2 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bxb5 25.Rxb5 Qd7 26.a6 Qe6 27.Rb7 Nd7 28.Bc3 Be5 29.Bd4 Bxd4
30.Qxd4 Nb8 31.e4 Qxa6 32.Qxd5 Rf8 33.h4 Nc6 34.Rd7 Qb6+ 35.Kh2 Nb4 36.Qg5 a5
37.Nf5  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Rxa4 Nc5 14.Rd4 Qb8 15.Bc2 e5
16.Rdd1 O-O 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 e4 20.d6 Bd8 21.Qc4 exf3 22.Qxc5 fxg2
23.Rfe1 Qc8 24.Qxc8 Rxc8 25.Ba4 h6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.d7 Rcd8 28.Re8 g6 29.b3 Bg5
30.Rd6 a5 31.Rd5 f5 32.Kxg2 Kg7 33.Rxa5 Kf7 34.Rae5 Bf6 35.R5e6 g5 36.Bc6  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Bb3 Ne7
9.Nc4 Ng6 10.Re1 c6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.d4 Qe7 13.h3 h6 14.a3 b5 15.c4 bxc4 16.Bxc4 b5
17.Bf1 Bd7 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.b4 c5 20.bxc5 Qxc5 21.Bb2 Rfe8 22.Rc1 Qb6 23.Qc2 Rac8
24.Qb3 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Bc6 26.Be3 Qb7 27.Nd2 Ra8 28.f3 Nh5 29.Rc1 Be8 30.Rc5 Qe7
31.Qc3 Kh7 32.Nb1 Ng3 33.Bd3 Rd8 34.Kh2 Nh5 35.Rd5 Ngf4 36.Rxd8 Qxd8 37.Bf1 Qh4
38.Qd2 Qg3+ 39.Kh1 Qg6 40.Kh2 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Ba3 Bxa3
10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Nc2 Rd8 12.Qc1 b6 13.Nce1 Nbd7 14.Nd3 Ba6 15.Nfe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Rac8
17.Qe3 Nd7 18.Rfc1 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Qf6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.c5 Rb8 22.e3 Rdc8 23.Ra3 Be2
24.f3 bxc5 25.Kf2 Bd3 26.Rxc5 Rb6 27.Rxa5 Rcb8 28.Rc5 Rxb3 29.Rxb3 Rxb3 30.g4 fxg4
31.fxg4 Rb6 32.a5 Rb2+ 33.Kg3 Bb5 34.e4 Kg7 35.exd5 exd5 36.a6 Rb3+ 37.Kh4 Bxa6
38.Rxc6 Bc4 39.g5 Rb2 40.gxf6+ Kg6 41.Bf3 Rxh2+ 42.Kg3 Ra2 43.Bg4 Bb5 44.Rb6 Be8
45.Kf4 Rf2+ 46.Ke3 Rxf6 47.Bh5+ Kxh5 48.Rxf6 Bg6 49.Rd6 Be4 50.Kf4 Bh1 51.Rf6 Be4
52.Re6 Bh1 53.Re1 Be4 54.Rg1 h6 55.Rg7 Kh4 56.Re7 h5 57.Re5 Bg2 58.Rg5 Be4
59.Rg3 Bh1 60.Re3 Bg2 61.Re1 Kh3 62.Re3+ Kh4 63.Ra3 Be4 64.Rg3 Bh1 65.Rg1 Be4
66.Re1 Bg2 67.Re3 Bh1 68.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b4 Re8
9.Bb2 h5 10.h3 h4 11.Qb3 e4 12.Bc2 Nf8 13.d5 g5 14.Rad1 Ng6 15.Rd4 g4 16.Nxe4 gxh3
17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Re4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.f3 hxg2 21.Kxg2 Qg5+ 22.Kf2 Bf5
23.Rg1 Qh6 24.Qb1 Rad8 25.Reg4 Bxg4 26.Rxg4 b5 27.Qh1 e4 28.Rxh4 Qf6 29.Bxe4 bxc4
30.Nd4 Re5 31.Rf4 Qh6 32.Rh4 Qf6 33.Rf4 Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nh3 Nc6
9.e3 d6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Nf2 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Be2 a5 14.b3 Bd7 15.O-O Ng6 16.Bd2 Qe7
17.Rae1 b6 18.Nh1 Rae8 19.Ng3 f4 20.exf4 Nxf4 21.Bd3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Qf7 23.f4 exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A24"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 c6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.d3 a6 8.O-O b5 9.cxb5 axb5
10.b4 O-O 11.a4 Be6 12.Bd2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ne4 Bg4 15.Re1 Nb6 16.a5 Nd5
17.Rc1 f5 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Nc5 f4 20.Nc3 f3 21.Bf1 Nc7 22.N3e4 Nba6 23.Nxa6 Rxa6
24.Bc3 Qc8 25.Nc5 Bh3 26.Rxe5 Bxf1 27.Re7 Bf6 28.Nd7 Nd5 29.Qxd5 Bxc3 30.Qe4 Bg7
31.Nxf8 Bxd3 32.Re8 Bxe4 33.Nxg6+  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.f4 b6 13.b4 e5 14.dxe5 bxc5 15.bxc5 Qa5
16.Nb5 Qa4 17.Be2 Ba6 18.Nc3 Qa5 19.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Rad8 21.Bxa6 Rxd5+
22.Ke3 Rxc5 23.Rhc1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Ne7 25.Rc5 Rb8 26.Bc4 Rb7 27.g4 g6 28.a4 Kg7
29.a5 h6 30.a6 Rd7 31.h3 Kf8 32.Ke4 Rd1 33.f5 gxf5+ 34.gxf5 h5 35.f6 Re1+
36.Kf3  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.Bd3 h6 8.a3 Bf8
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Be4 d6 11.b4 Ne7 12.Bb2 Qe6 13.d4 f5 14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qxc7 f4 18.O-O Bg4 19.e4 Qxe4 20.Nxe5 Re7 21.Qc3 Rc8 22.f3 Qd5
23.Rad1 Qa2 24.Qd4 Rc2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Bf5 27.Rd2 Qe6 28.Qxf4 g5 29.Qc4 Qxc4
30.Nxc4 Rc7 31.Ne3 Be6 32.Be5 Rc1 33.Rd8 Kf7 34.Bb2 Rc6 35.Bd4 a6 36.Rb8 Bc8
37.Be5 Ke6 38.f4 gxf4 39.Bxf4 Kd7 40.g4 Bd6 41.Bxd6 Rxd6 42.Nf5 Re6 43.Kg3 Kc7
44.Ra8 b6 45.Ra7+ Bb7 46.Kh4 Kb8 47.Rxb7+ Kxb7 48.Kh5 a5 49.bxa5 bxa5 50.a4 Re2
51.h4 Ra2 52.Kxh6 Rxa4 53.g5 Rg4 54.g6 a4 55.g7 a3 56.Ne3 Rg1 57.Nc2 a2 58.h5 Kb6
59.Kh7 Kc5 60.g8=Q Rxg8 61.Kxg8 Kc4 62.h6 Kc3 63.h7 Kxc2 64.h8=Q Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Rb1 Bxf4 12.exf4 Rf6 13.Be3 Rh6 14.f3 Nc6 15.c5 Qh4
16.g3 Qh5 17.c4 Ne7 18.Qe2 Bc6 19.Rf2 Re8 20.Rbf1 bxc5 21.dxc5 Ng6 22.Qc2 Rf8
23.Bd4 e5 24.fxe5 f4 25.g4 Qg5 26.Be4 Nxe5 27.Bd5+ Nf7 28.Qb3 Re8 29.Re2 Qd8
30.Rfe1 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Rg6 32.Qd3 Bxd5 33.cxd5 c6 34.d6 Re6 35.Rxe6 dxe6 36.Qb3 Qc8
37.Qb2 h5 38.h3 hxg4 39.hxg4 Ng5 40.Kg2 Qd7 41.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Nf1 a5 12.Ne3 a4 13.Bc2 Bf6 14.h3 g6 15.Ng4 Bg7 16.d4 Bxg4
17.hxg4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nb4 19.Bd2 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Qd7 21.g5 Rac8 22.Rad1 c5 23.dxc5 Rxc5
24.Qb1 Nc4 25.Bb4 Rc6 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Rd5 Qg4 30.Rxe5 dxe5
31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Qd3 Qxg5 33.Qxb5 Rc2 34.Qd3 Rd2 35.Qe3 Qxe3 36.Rxe3 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 Qf6 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bd8 12.Ng1 O-O 13.Nf3 b6 14.Be2 bxc5 15.dxc5 Nc6
16.O-O Bc7 17.b5 Ne5 18.Nd4 Nd7 19.Na4 Bf4 20.Qb4 e5 21.Nb3 Qg6 22.g3 Nf6
23.b6 Bh3 24.b7 Rab8 25.c6 h5 26.c7 Rxb7  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 c5 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nxd5 Bg7 8.e3 Nc6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O e6 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Qc2 e5 15.Rad1 Bf5
16.Bd3 Bg4 17.Be2 Bd7 18.Bf3 Bc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.c5 Qa5 21.Na4 Qb5 22.Kh1 Rad8
23.h3 Rd7 24.b3 Rfd8 25.Rc1 f5 26.a3 e4 27.b4 Kg7 28.Nb2 a5 29.Qb3 axb4 30.axb4 Bxc5
31.Nc4 Rd3 32.Qa2 Bd4 33.Na5 Rd6 34.Rc4 Bf6 35.Qc2 Rc3 36.Qa2 Rd4  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8
9.Nf4 c6 10.a3 Nbd7 11.f3 Nb6 12.g4 g6 13.Rf2 c5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.h4 cxd4 16.exd4 Bg7
17.Nfe2 Nb8 18.Bf4 a6 19.b3 Nc6 20.Bc2 Be6 21.Qd2 Qd7 22.Nd1 Nc8 23.Ne3 Nd6
24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.f4 Ne7 26.Kg2 Qd7 27.Rh1 Nf5 28.Bxf5 Bxf5 29.Nxf5 Qxf5 30.Ng3 Qg4
31.Qd1 Qxd1 32.Rxd1 Rac8 33.Rd3 f5 34.Re2 Bf8 35.Rxe8 Rxe8 36.b4 Rc8 37.Kf3 Kf7
38.h5 Bd6 39.h6 Ke6 40.Ne2 Rc2 41.Nc3 Rh2 42.Re3+ Kf7 43.Nxd5 Rd2 44.Nf6 Rxd4
45.Nxh7 Rxf4+ 46.Ke2 Rg4 47.Rd3 Ke6 48.Rh3 Be5 49.Re3 Re4 50.Nf8+ Kf7 51.Rxe4 fxe4
52.Nd7 Bf4 53.Nc5 Bxg5 54.h7 Bf6 55.Nxb7 Kg7 56.Nc5 Kxh7 57.Nxa6 Kg7 58.Ke3 Kf7
59.Kxe4 Ke6 60.Nc7+ Kd7 61.Nd5 Bd8 62.a4 Kd6 63.a5 Kc6 64.a6  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.Qxd4 Bb7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Qxc4 d5 14.exd6 Nxd6 15.Qg4 Bf6
16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Bf4 Bc6 18.Rad1 Rb4 19.Qg3 Rd4 20.Be5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Re8 22.f4 Qe7
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 g6 25.Qc3 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Qd7 27.Qd4 Rxe5 28.fxe5 Qe7 29.Qc5 Qg5
30.h4 Qxh4 31.exd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Nb5 f5 15.Nd2 Bh6
16.a5 bxa5 17.Bxa5 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 fxe4 19.c5 Nf5 20.Qc4 Kh8 21.Ra7 c6 22.Nxd6 Nexd6
23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.Qxc6 Qxc6 25.dxc6 Rb2 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Bc3 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rb5
29.f4 Nd4 30.Ra8 Rb1 31.Rxc8+ Kg7 32.Kf2 Rxd1 33.c7  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7
9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Nc5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.f3 c6 13.b4 Na6 14.Rb1 Nc7 15.Qb3 e5 16.dxe6 Nxe6
17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Qc2 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qd2 Ne4 21.fxe4 Qxh4 22.exd5 Bxc3
23.Qxc3 Bxd5 24.Bf3 Rac8 25.Qd2 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 Qe4 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.Rxd4 Re7
30.a4 Ra2 31.a5 Rc7 32.h4 Rb2 33.Kh2 h5 34.Kh3 Kg7 35.g4 Rcc2 36.gxh5 Rh2+
37.Kg4 Rbg2+ 38.Rg3 f5+ 39.Kf4 Rxh4+ 40.Ke5 Rxg3 41.Rxh4 Rxe3+ 42.Kd4 g5
43.h6+ Kh7 44.Rh5 Re4+ 45.Kc5 Rg4 46.b5 f4 47.Kd4 Rg1 48.Ke4 Re1+ 49.Kf5 f3
50.Rh2 Re2 51.Rh1 f2 52.Rf1 Kxh6 53.a6 b6 54.Rh1+ Kg7 55.Rf1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.h3 b6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.Bb3 Ne5 15.Qc2 Ng6
16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Qd3 Nd5 18.Bc1 Qd7 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Nc3 Qb3 22.d5 Rfd8
23.Qa6 Qc4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Be3 Nxe4
10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Ne2 f5 12.O-O f4 13.Bc1 Nf6 14.Re1 Kf7 15.b3 Nbd7 16.Bb2 Ne5
17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.f3 Bb7 19.Bc4 Rd8 20.Nc1 Bxd5 21.Qe2 Bg7 22.Nd3 Rhe8 23.Rad1 e6
24.Nxe5+ Kg8 25.h3 Qb6 26.Kh2 Qb8 27.Rc1 Nh5 28.Ng4 Ng3 29.Qc2 h5 30.Nf2 Nf5
31.Bd3 Ne3 32.Qxc5 g4 33.Ne4 Qe5 34.Qxb4 Ba8 35.Rc5 Qb2 36.Re2 Rxd3 37.Rxb2 g3+
38.Nxg3 fxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Bxb2 40.Rg5+ Bg7 41.Nc7 Nd5 42.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qf4 Na6 12.Rfd1 Rfe8 13.Rac1 c6 14.e3 Nc7 15.Qh4 h6
16.Ne5 c5 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 c4 19.b3 b5 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.e4 dxe4 22.d5 Rad8
23.Bxe4 Nb5 24.Nxb5 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.Nc3 Re7 27.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.f3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qa4 17.Qc1 Bf5 18.Re1 Qc6 19.Nf1 Na4 20.Ng3 Bd3 21.Nh1 Kg7 22.Nf2 f6
23.Bf4 h6 24.Qa3 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Bg3 b5 27.e4 Kg6 28.exd5 Qxd5 29.Ng4 Bf5
30.Ne3 Qd7 31.Rad1 a5 32.d5 Bd3 33.Qc1 Rac8 34.d6 Rc5 35.Ng4 Rcc8 36.Qd2 Rxe1+
37.Rxe1 Re8 38.a3 Re6 39.Re3 Nc5 40.Qf2 Rxe3 41.Qxe3 Ne4 42.Be5 f5 43.fxe4 fxg4
44.Qd4 g3 45.Bxg3 Qg4 46.Qe3 Qd1+ 47.Be1 Kf7 48.e5 Ke6 49.Kf2 Qg4 50.Bd2 Bf5
51.Qa7 Kxe5 52.Qe7+ Kd5 53.Bxg5 Be6 54.Be3 Qf5+ 55.Kg1 Ke4 56.Bf2 Qd5 57.Qh7+ Bf5
58.Qh5  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Na4 Bc7 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Bf2 b5 15.a3 Ne5
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.O-O-O a5 18.g4 b4 19.Nb1 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Bg3 Rad8 22.Rhe1 c5
23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Nc3 25.bxc3 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rb8 27.Rd7 Nd3+ 28.cxd3 Qg5+
29.Kc2 Bxg3 30.hxg3 Rxb5 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Rxf7 c4 33.Ree7 b3+ 34.Kb2 cxd3 35.Rxg7+ Qxg7
36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.c4 Rb8 38.Kc3 a4 39.Kxd3 Rd8+ 40.Kc3 Rd1 41.Kb2 Rf1 42.Nd2 Rf2
43.Kc3 b2 44.Nb1 Rxf3+ 45.Kxb2 Rxg3 46.Nd2 Rxg4 47.Kc3 h5 48.c5 h4 49.c6 Rg6
50.Kb4 Rxc6 51.Nf3 h3  0-1

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Be6 7.d3 a6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Qe1 c6 12.Kh2 h6 13.a4 O-O 14.a5 d5 15.Nd2 Qe7 16.Ra4 Rad8
17.Qf2 dxe4 18.Ndxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 f5 20.Bg2 Qc7 21.Qe1 Rf6 22.Ne2 Rdf8 23.b3 Ne7
24.Nc3 Kh8 25.Kh1 g5 26.Ra1 Ng6 27.Qe2 e4 28.Qe1 exd3 29.cxd3 Bxb3 30.Ne2 Qe5
31.Qc3 Bd5 32.e4 fxe4 33.Rxf6 Rxf6 34.Qxe5 Nxe5 35.dxe4 Bc4 36.Nc3 Rf2 37.Na4 Rc2
38.Rd1 Be2 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rb8 Kf6 41.Nb6 g4 42.Kg1 Bf3  0-1

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A92"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Qc2 Bd7
9.Ne5 Be8 10.Ndf3 Ne4 11.b3 Kh8 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.Ne1 Nd7 14.N1d3 Qe7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7
16.c5 Bc7 17.b4 Be8 18.f3 Nf6 19.Qd2 Rg8 20.Rae1 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Ra2
23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 g5 25.e4 fxe4 26.fxe4 dxe4 27.Nf2 Nd5 28.Nxe4 h6 29.Re1 Bg6
30.b5 Bf5 31.Qe2 Qg7 32.Nd6 Ba5 33.Bxd5 cxd5 34.Rf1 Rf8 35.g4 Bg6 36.Qxe6 Rxf1+
37.Kxf1 Bd3+ 38.Kf2 Qf8+ 39.Nf5 Bc7 40.b6 Bxh2 41.Qe7 Qxe7 42.Nxe7 Bc4 43.Ba3 Kh7
44.c6 bxc6 45.Nf5 Bd3 46.Ke3 Be4 47.Nd6 Bg1+ 48.Kd2 Bxd4 49.b7 Ba7 50.Nc8 Bb8
51.Bd6 d4 52.Bxb8 c5 53.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Na4 Qc7
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nbc3 d5 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Ncxd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bd4 18.O-O Bxc5 19.Bf4 e5 20.Bh6 Be6 21.Bxf8 Bxf8 22.e3 f5
23.Qd2 e4 24.Rfd1 b5 25.f3 exf3 26.Bxf3 Ne5 27.Bg2 Bf7 28.Qd4 Qd6 29.a4 Kh8
30.axb5 Rxb5 31.Rbc1 Rb8 32.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.f4 c6 10.d5 Rc8 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Re1 e6
16.Bd2 Qa6 17.Bf1 Qb7 18.Qf3 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Bd3 Nbd7 21.Na4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 e5
23.Qe2 e4 24.Ba6 Qb8 25.Ba5 Nb6 26.Qb5 Nfd7 27.Qc6 Nf8 28.Nc5 Rd6 29.Qb5 h5
30.a4 Bd4 31.Bd2 Rd8 32.a5 Nbd7 33.Nb7 Re8 34.Qxd5 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Nf6 36.Qc6 e3+
37.Bxe3 Ng4+ 38.Kg1 Rxe3 39.Bc4 h4 40.Kg2 Re7 41.a6 Ne3+ 42.Kf2 Nxc4 43.Rxc4 Re6
44.Qa4 hxg3+ 45.hxg3 g5 46.Qb5 gxf4 47.gxf4 Rb6 48.Qa4 Rf6 49.Kg3 Kg7 50.Qa1 Ng6
51.Nc5 Qh8 52.f5 Qh6 53.fxg6 Qe3+ 54.Kg2 Qf3+ 55.Kh2 Qf2+ 56.Kh1 Qf3+ 57.Kh2 Qf2+
58.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 d5 6.Nxd5 Nxd5 7.cxd5 Nb4 8.d3 Nxd5
9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rac1 Be6 14.Ng5 c6 15.Nxe6 Qxe6
16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Qa5 a6 18.e4 Ne7 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.Qc5 Nd5 21.Re4 Qg5 22.Rce1 Qd2
23.R4e2 Qxd3 24.Rxe5 Kh8 25.h3 h6 26.a3 Qb3 27.R1e2 Nf6 28.R5e3 Qb5 29.Qxb5 axb5
30.Re7 Rfe8 31.h4 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Bf3 Rxe7 34.Rxe7 Rd7 35.Re5 g4 36.Be2 Rd2
37.b4 Ra2 38.Bxg4 Nxg4 39.Rh5+ Kg7 40.Rg5+ Kf6 41.Rxg4 Rxa3 42.Kg2 Rc3 43.Rf4+ Ke5
44.Rf8 Rc4 45.f4+ Ke4 46.g4 Rxb4 47.g5 Rb2+ 48.Kg3 Rb1 49.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Bxf5 Nf6 18.Bc2 Bg4 19.Bb3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nh5 21.Be3 Nf4 22.Rfd1 Rfd8
23.Bc4 Kg8 24.a4 Ng6 25.Rac1 Nh4 26.f4 Nf5 27.Bd2 Rac8 28.Bd3 Ne7 29.Be4 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Nxc8 32.Be3 Bb4 33.f5 Be7 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Ke2 f6 36.Kd3 Bd6
37.h3 Ke7 38.Kc4 Bc7 39.b4 Nd6+ 40.Kd3 b6 41.Kd4 Kd8 42.Bd3 Ke7 43.Bd2 Nf7
44.d6+ Kxd6 45.f4 Nd8 46.Kc4 Nc6 47.Be4 Nb8 48.Kb5 Bd8 49.Be3 Bc7 50.Bb7 Bd8
51.a5 Kc7 52.Bf3 a6+ 53.Kc4 bxa5 54.bxa5 Kd7 55.Bb6 Be7 56.Bd1 Bd6 57.Ba4+ Kc8
58.Be3 Bc7 59.Bd2 Nd7 60.Kd5 Kd8 61.h4 Ke7 62.Bb4+ Kd8 63.Ke6  1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.exf5 Nf6 6.Nxe5 c6 7.Be2 Qe7 8.Nc4 d5
9.Ne3 Qf7 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Ne2 Nxe2 12.Bxe2 d4 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.d3 Bxf5 15.Bg5 O-O
16.O-O Rae8 17.Bf3 Nd5 18.Re1 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qg6 20.Bh4 Bxd3 21.Bxd5+ cxd5
22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.cxd3 Re8 24.Qd1 h6 25.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.h4 h5 11.Nh3 Bd6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.g3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Nf4 Bf5 17.f3 O-O-O 18.Kf2 b5 19.Nxh5 Rxh5 20.g4 Bxg4 21.fxg4 Rh6 22.Ne4 Kd7
23.Kf3 a5 24.h5 a4 25.a3 Rg8 26.Rcf1 Ke6 27.Rh4 Bc7 28.Ke2 Bb8 29.Nc5+ Ke7
30.Rf5 Bg3 31.Rh3 Bd6 32.Kf3 Rg5 33.Ne4 Rxf5+ 34.gxf5 Bc7 35.Ke2 Kf8 36.Nf2 Ke7
37.Kd2 Bd8 38.Kc3 Ba5+ 39.Kc2 Bd8 40.Ng4 Rh8 41.h6 Kf8 42.e4 Kg8 43.d5 c5
44.e5 fxe5 45.Nxe5 Bf6 46.h7+ Rxh7 47.Rxh7 Kxh7 48.Nxf7 b4 49.Nd6 c3 50.bxc3 Bxc3
51.Ne4 Bd4 52.d6 bxa3 53.Kb1 c4 54.Ka2 Kg7 55.d7 Bb6 56.Kxa3 Kf8 57.f6 c3
58.Nxc3 Kf7 59.Kxa4 Bd8 60.Kb5 Kxf6 61.Kc6 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.cxb5 Qa5
10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.Nc1 axb5 13.Bxb5 Ba6 14.N1a2 Bxb5 15.axb5 Rfe8
16.O-O e6 17.dxe6 Rxe6 18.Rfb1 Nfd7 19.Qd1 Ree8 20.Bd2 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Nc4 22.Be1 Qd8
23.Nc1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Qg5 25.Nb3 Bg7 26.Na5 Nxa5 27.Rxa5 Nb6 28.Ra6 Nc4 29.b6 Rb8
30.Nd5 Nxb2 31.Qc2 c4 32.Bc3 Nd3 33.b7 Nc5 34.Ra8 Qd8 35.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Nb5 f5 15.a5 fxe4
16.Nd2 bxa5 17.Bxa5 Nf5 18.Nxe4 Bd7 19.Qd1 Bxb5 20.cxb5 Nd4 21.Rb1 Nf6 22.Bd3 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 Rxb5 24.Rxb5 Nxb5 25.g3 Nd4 26.h4 Qd7 27.h5 g5 28.Kg2 Qf7 29.Qg4 h6
30.Bd2 Nb3 31.Be3 Nc5 32.Bxc5 dxc5 33.f3 Rb8 34.Rd1 Rd8 35.Bf5 Kh8 36.Bg6 Qf6
37.Bd3 Bf8 38.Qe4 Qg7 39.Rb1 Bd6 40.Rb7 Rf8 41.Ra7 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 a5 10.Nbd2 Bc5 11.Nf1 d6 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Ne7
16.Rb1 Bd7 17.Qc2 Bc6 18.Nd2 d5 19.Nf3 dxe4 20.Nxe5 exd3 21.Qa2 Ne4 22.Nxf7 Rxf7
23.Bxf7+ Kh8 24.Nd1 Qd6 25.Qe6 d2 26.Rxe4 Qd3 27.Rh4 Qxb1 28.Rxh6+ gxh6 29.Qxh6+ Qh7
30.Qf6+ Qg7 31.Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo-45'"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 cxb3
9.axb5 b2 10.Ra2 Ne7 11.Rxb2 O-O 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O Rb8 15.Nc3 cxb5
16.Qh3 h6 17.Rxb5 a6 18.Rh5 Nf6 19.Rc5 Ned5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Ra1 Nb4 22.Be4 Bxe4
23.Nxe4 Nd3 24.Rc3 Qa5 25.Rf1 Nb2 26.Rc5 Rb5 27.Qg3 Nd3 28.Rc3 Nb4 29.Rcc1 Qd8
30.Ra1 a5 31.h3 Kh8 32.Nc5 Qd5 33.Rfc1 Ra8 34.Na4 Qg5 35.Qf3 Rf8 36.Rc5 Rxc5
37.Nxc5 Nd5 38.Nxe6 fxe6 39.Qxf8+ Kh7 40.Rxa5 Qg6 41.Ra1 Nf6 42.Qd6 Ne4 43.Qf4 Nc3
44.Kh1 Qc2 45.Qg3 Ne4 46.Qf3 Nxf2+ 47.Kh2 Ne4 48.Ra7 Nd6 49.Qg4 Nf5 50.e4 Qb2
51.exf5 Qb8+ 52.Qg3 Qxa7 53.Qg6+ Kh8 54.Qe8+ Kh7 55.Qg6+ Kh8 56.Qe8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo-45'"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O Nd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.a3 Nf6
9.c4 b6 10.Nbc3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.b4 Nd8 13.c5 Nf7 14.f3 g6 15.Qb3 e5 16.Bc4 Kg7
17.Rae1 d6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.d5 h5 20.a4 h4 21.a5 Nd7 22.axb6 Nxb6 23.Bb5 Ng5
24.h3 Qf7 25.f4 Nh7 26.e4 c6 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Bd3 f4 29.Qb2 Kh6 30.dxc6 Bxc6
31.Nd1 Qe7 32.Nf2 Bd7 33.Nc3 f3 34.Qd2+ Ng5 35.Nd5 Nxd5 36.exd5 fxg2 37.Kxg2 Rf3
38.Re3 Ra2 39.Qxa2 Rxe3 40.Bxg6 Rg3+ 41.Kh1 Kxg6 42.Qc2+ e4 43.Re1 Qf7  0-1

[Event "Oslo-45'"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5
9.Bb1 Re8 10.Qd3 g6 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf8 13.Qg3 Bg7 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nf4 Nd7
16.Bc2 Nf8 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Re3 e5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Rxe5 Qxe5 21.Bh4 Rc8 22.Bd3 Rxc3
23.Rb1 Bh6 24.Bf6 Qxf6 25.Nd5 Qd4 26.Nxc3 Qxc3 27.Rxb7 Qa1+ 28.Bb1 Be6 29.h3 a5
30.Qd3 Qe5 31.Qe4 Qg5 32.Rc7 Qd8 33.Rc5 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd6+  0-1

[Event "Oslo-45'"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.e3 d6 7.b4 g6 8.b5 Ne7 9.a4 Bg7
10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O g5 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 h6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Ba3 Ng6 16.Qc2 Qc8
17.Rae1 g4 18.Nd2 Nh7 19.Ne2 Ng5 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 Bd7 22.c5 dxc5 23.Bxc5 Rf6
24.Ref1 b6 25.Ba3 Kh8 26.Nc4 a6 27.Ne5 axb5 28.Be7 Re6 29.Bxf5 Bxe5 30.Bxe6 Nxe6
31.Rf7 Bg7 32.d5 Be8 33.dxe6 Bxf7 34.exf7 Qe6 35.f8=Q+ Bxf8 36.Bxf8 Kg8 37.Qf2 bxa4
38.Qf4 Re8 39.Bxh6 Kh7 40.Bg5 Kg6 41.h4 gxh3 42.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 Re8
9.Nf3 d6 10.c5 bxc5 11.dxc5 Ba6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nd4 Bxf1
16.Rxf1 Rc8 17.Kd2 Nc6 18.Rfc1 Nxd4 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.exd4 Rc4 21.Kd3 Rc8
22.f4 Kf8 23.b4 Ke7 24.b5 Kd7 25.a4 d5 26.a5 f5 27.Rb1 Rc4 28.b6 axb6 29.axb6 Rc8
30.Rb3 Kc6 31.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nd4 12.Bc4 c6 13.h3 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Nh4 Ne8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 20.Qg4 Qh6 21.h4 Nc7 22.Qg5 Qf6
23.f4 Rfe8 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Bb3 exf4 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Kf3 Ke7 28.Kxf4 Rg8 29.Rg1 Rab8
30.Ba4 Nb5 31.Ke3 Rxg1 32.Rxg1 c5 33.Rg7 Kf8 34.Rg2 h6 35.Rg1 Ke7 36.Rg2 Kf8
37.Rg3 Nd4 38.Rg1 Nb5 39.Rg2 Ke7 40.Bb3 Kf8 41.Rg1 Nd4 42.Ba4 Nb5 43.Rc1 Ke7
44.Ra1 Rb7 45.Rc1 Rb8 46.c3 bxc3 47.bxc3 Na7 48.d4 Rb2 49.dxc5 dxc5 50.Rd1 Nb5
51.Bxb5 Rxb5 52.Kd3 Rxa5 53.Kc4 h5 54.Kd5 Rb5 55.c4 Rb8 56.Kxc5 Rc8+ 57.Kb4 Rb8+
58.Ka5 Rc8 59.Kb4 Rb8+ 60.Ka5 Rc8 61.Rd4 Rc6 62.Kb4 Rb6+ 63.Kc5 Rb1 64.Kc6 Rb4
65.Rd7+ Ke8 66.c5 Rxe4 67.Rd3 Rxh4 68.Kb6 Rh1 69.c6 Rb1+ 70.Kxa6 Ra1+ 71.Kb7 Rb1+
72.Kc8 Rb5 73.c7 Rxf5 74.Re3+ Kf8 75.Kd7 Rc5 76.Re8+ Kg7 77.c8=Q Rxc8 78.Rxc8 Kg6
79.Kd6 Kf5 80.Kd5 h4 81.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 d6 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc3 Qxd1+
9.Rxd1 b6 10.g3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Nbd7 12.O-O Ke7 13.Rd3 Be4 14.Rd2 Bc6 15.Rd3 Be4
16.Re3 Rac8 17.Bh3 h6 18.Nh4 Rhd8 19.Rd1 Kf8 20.f4 Bc2 21.Rc1 Bh7 22.f5 exf5
23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rd1 Ne5 27.b3 Neg4 28.Bxg4 Nxg4
29.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4
10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.Qf3 e6 15.d6 Nc6 16.Qh3 h5
17.Bc4 Nd4 18.Rc1 Qc6 19.Ne2 Nxe2 20.Kxe2 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Rhd1 Bd4 23.Qf3 Qxf3+
24.Kxf3 Kg7 25.Be3 Rhd8 26.Bxd4+ cxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxa2 28.d7 Ra7 29.Rcd1 b3 30.Kg3 Kf6
31.Kh4 Ra5 32.Rb4 Ke7 33.Rxb3 Rxd7 34.Rxd7+ Kxd7 35.f4 Ke7 36.Rb8 Kf6 37.g3 Kg7
38.b4 Rd5 39.b5 e5 40.b6 exf4 41.gxf4 Rb5 42.b7 Kf6 43.h3 Rb3 44.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.d6 Qxd6
9.e5 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Nfd7 11.Nxb5 Na6 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Be2 h6 14.Be3 O-O 15.Nc3 Bb7
16.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 Bc5 14.Bc4 a5 15.Bd3 Qe7
16.Nb3 Bb6 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Nd7 19.Nb3 Nf8 20.Bc4 Bc6 21.Qh5 Rd6 22.c3 bxc3
23.bxc3 Qe8 24.Nc5 Rad8 25.g3 Rg6 26.Nd3 Nd7 27.Bxb6 cxb6 28.Bd5 Bxd5 29.exd5 Rd6
30.c4 f6 31.Qe2 Rc8 32.Rac1 Qg6 33.f4 Re8 34.fxe5 Nxe5 35.Nxe5 Rxe5 36.Qd2 Re4
37.Rxe4 Qxe4 38.Qf4 Qe2 39.Qxd6 Qe3+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+ 41.Kg1 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.e3 O-O 8.b4 a5
9.Rb1 axb4 10.axb4 b6 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.b5 Bb7 14.O-O Bd6 15.Bb2 h6
16.Rfe1 Qc7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.e4 d4 19.b6 Qb8 20.Nc4 Re8 21.h3 Nh5 22.e5 Bxe5
23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.Bf5 Bxf3 25.Bxd7 Bh2+ 26.Kh1 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Nf4+ 28.Kxh2 Nd3+
29.Kg1 Nxe1 30.Qf5 Qb7 31.f3 Nxf3+ 32.Kf2 Nh4 33.Qg4 f5 34.Qxh4 Qxd7 35.Qf4 Qe6
36.Nd2 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Re1 Qh3 17.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nf3 e5
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Be8 15.Qe6 Qc8
16.Qxc8 Rxc8 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rhe1 Nf7 19.Kb1 Nfd8 20.Bf1 Ne6 21.Bg3 Rf7 22.Nd2 Ncd4
23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Nd5 g5 26.Be2 c6 27.Bg4 Bd7 28.Bh5 Kg8 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7
30.Ne3 Rd8 31.Nf5 c5 32.Bd6 b5 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.cxb5 Bxb5 35.g3 c4 36.e5 Ba4
37.Rd2 fxe5 38.Rxe5 Kf7 39.Nh6+ Kf6 40.Ng4+ Ke7 41.f4 gxf4 42.gxf4 Kf7 43.Ra5 c3
44.bxc3  1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d5 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Qd2 g6 7.O-O-O Bg7 8.Bh6 Bxh6
9.Qxh6 a6 10.Nh3 Qc7 11.d6 exd6 12.Ng5 d5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Rxd5 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 Nf6
16.Rd8+ Kxd8 17.Nxf7+ Ke7 18.Qxf4 Kxf7 19.Bc4+ Kg7 20.Rd1 Bf5 21.Qc7+ Kh6
22.h3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.d4 dxc4 7.Na3 a5 8.Ne5 c6
9.Naxc4 Be6 10.b3 Bd5 11.Bb2 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nbd7 13.Nd3 Ne4 14.Qc2 a4 15.bxa4 Nd6
16.Nce5 Nf5 17.e4 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd4 19.Qc4 b5 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Rfd8 22.Bc5 Rxd3
23.axb5 cxb5 24.f4 e6 25.Rf3 Rd2+ 26.Rf2 Rxf2+ 27.Bxf2 Bf8 28.Rb1 Rxa2 29.Rxb5 h5
30.h3 Be7 31.Kf3 Ra3+ 32.Be3 Rc3 33.Ke2 Rc4 34.Rb7 Bf8 35.Kd3 Rb4 36.Rc7 Rb3+
37.Ke2 Rb2+ 38.Kf3 Rb3 39.g4 hxg4+ 40.hxg4 Ba3 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Ke2 Rb2+ 43.Kd3 Rb3+
44.Ke2 Rb2+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Kd2 Rb2+ 47.Kc3 Rg2 48.g5 Rh2 49.Kd3 Rb2 50.Bc1 Rb3+
51.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Rxa4 a5 14.e5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rg4 Re8 18.f4 g6 19.Qf3 Rb8 20.Bb1 Rb4 21.Rg3 Nf8 22.Rd1 Ne6
23.f5 Nd4 24.Rxd4 Bxd4 25.fxg6 f6 26.Qh5 Rb7 27.g7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.exf5 c6 6.Bd3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Qe2 Bd6
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bc7 11.f3 d5 12.g4 b5 13.Qg2 a5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Nxa4 Bd6 16.Kd1 Rb8
17.Re1 Re8 18.Qg1 Rb4 19.Ba3 Rf4 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Qc5 Qxc5 22.Nxc5 Rxf3 23.Be2 Rh3
24.Rxa5 Rxh2 25.Rg1 Nd7 26.Ne6 Nf8 27.Nc5 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6
16.exd7+ Bxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qb3 b5 19.O-O-O Rhe8 20.Bxc5 Rac8 21.Bd4 Qg2
22.Qa3 Qxg3 23.Qxa6 Rxc3+ 24.Kb2 Rcc8 25.Qxb5+ Kd6 26.Ka1 Qa3 27.Bb2 Qc5
28.Qa6+ Kd7 29.Qa4+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Bg4 11.Be3 d5 12.Nbd2 h6 13.h3 d4 14.hxg4 dxe3 15.fxe3 Nxg4
16.Bd5 Qd7 17.Nc4 Bf6 18.Nfd2 h5 19.Rf1 Rad8 20.Rf5 g6 21.Qxg4 hxg4 22.Rxf6 Ne7
23.Bxf7+ Kg7 24.Raf1 Qb5 25.g3 Rd7 26.R1f2 Qc5 27.Nb3 Qa7 28.Nxe5 Qxe3 29.Nxd7 Rh8
30.Kg2 Rh3 31.Bxg6 Nxg6 32.Kf1 Rh1+ 33.Kg2 Rd1 34.Rxg6+ Kxg6 35.Ne5+ Kg7
36.Nxg4 Qe1 37.Kf3 Qh1+ 38.Kf4 Rf1 39.Ke3 Qg1 40.Kf3 Rxf2+ 41.Nxf2 Qb1 42.Nd4 Qxb2
43.Nf5+ Kf7 44.Ne3 Qa2 45.e5 Qxa5 46.d4 Qa1 47.Ke4 a5 48.d5 a4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.c5 Nc6 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 bxc5 13.dxc5 Ne4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Bb5 Rc8
16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Qf6 18.h4 f4 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.exf4 gxf4 21.Rh4 Qe5+ 22.Kf1 fxg3
23.Rg4+ Kf7 24.Re1 Qxc5 25.Qf4+ Ke8 26.Rxe6+ Kd7 27.Rg7+ Kxe6 28.Rg6+ Kd7
29.Rg7+ Ke6 30.Rg6+ Kd5 31.Qd2+ Qd4 32.Bxc6+ Kxc6 33.Qxd4 Ba6+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rae8 12.Ne2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Bd2 c5 17.a4 Bh4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 h6
23.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 exd5
9.exd5 O-O 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Ng3 Ne5 13.Bc2 Nxc4 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qd3 Qh4
16.f4 b5 17.a4 Bd7 18.axb5 Ne3 19.Rfe1 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Qxf4 21.Re4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Qd2
23.Qe7 Be8 24.Qb7 Rd8 25.b6 Rd7 26.Qb8 Re7 27.Rf1 Qd4+ 28.Kh1 Qxd5 29.Qd8 Kf8
30.Nf5 Re2 31.Qg5 Qe5 32.b4 h6 33.Qh4 Re4 34.Qf2 Rxb4 35.Re1 Re4 36.Rf1 Re2
37.Qf3 Rb2 38.Nh4 Kg8 39.b7 d5 40.Qd1 Rxb7 41.Re1 Qb8 42.Nf5 Bd7  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Ne5 Bh5
9.e3 Bg6 10.Qb3 c6 11.a4 a5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nd3 Rb8 14.Be2 Bd6 15.O-O Nc4
16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.Qa2 Qc7 18.b3 Nb6 19.g3 O-O 20.Bf3 Qe7 21.Ne2 Na8 22.Nef4 Nc7
23.Qd2 Ra8 24.Ng2 Ne6 25.Nh4 Ng5 26.Bg2 Rfe8 27.Qe2 Ra6 28.f4 Ne6 29.Qd2 Ng7
30.Re1 Bb4 31.Nxb4 Qxb4 32.Qxb4 axb4 33.Rac1 Ra5 34.Kf2 Nf5 35.Nxf5 Bxf5
36.Bf3 Kf8 37.g4 Be4 38.Bxe4 Rxe4 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Rg1 Kd6 41.Rg3 Ra8 42.Rh3 Rae8
43.Kd2 b6 44.Re1 c5 45.dxc5+ bxc5 46.Rxh7 c4 47.bxc4 dxc4 48.Rxf7 Kc5 49.g5 Rd8+
50.Ke2 fxg5 51.fxg5 b3 52.Rb7 Rh4 53.Rb5+ Kc6 54.g6 Rxh2+ 55.Kf3 Rf8+ 56.Ke4 b2
57.g7 Rg8 58.Rg1 Rh4+ 59.Ke5 c3 60.Rb3 Rc4 61.Kf6 c2 62.Rxb2 c1=Q 63.Rxc1 Rxc1
64.Rg2 Kd5 65.Kf7 Rcc8 66.Kg6 Ke4 67.Kh7 Kxe3 68.a5 Ra8 69.a6 Rxg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 d5
9.d3 Re8 10.Re1 h6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Nf1 Bc5 13.Ng3 a5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.d4 exd4
16.Qxb5 a4 17.Qxc6 axb3 18.Qxc5 Rxa2 19.Rb1 dxc3 20.bxc3 Nb6 21.Qb5 Re7 22.Be3 Bc4
23.Qb4 Ra4 24.Qc5 Rd7 25.Nd4 Rd5 26.Qc6 Rd6 27.Qf3 Bd5 28.Qh5 Nc4 29.Bf4 Rf6
30.Bxc7 Qxc7 31.Qxd5 b2 32.Ne4 Rg6 33.Nc5 Nb6 34.Qf5 Ra1 35.Ne4 Rxb1 36.Rxb1 Nc4
37.Nf3 Ra6 38.Ned2 Ra1 39.Qc2 Qf4 40.h3 Nxd2 41.Nxd2 Rxb1+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.h3 b6 12.Ng5 Ba6 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Bd2 h6 15.Nge4 Re7
16.Rac1 exd4 17.exd4 Rfe8 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Red1 Qxd4 20.Bxh6 Qh4 21.Be3 Ne5
22.Rd4 Qh5 23.Rcd1 Bc8 24.Rf4 Ng6 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Rd6 Bf5 27.Qd2 Bxh3 28.gxh3 Qxh3
29.Rxc6 Nf4 30.Bd5 Kh8 31.Rc8 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 Qg4+ 33.Kf1 Qxc8 34.Qd4 Qh3+ 35.Ke2 Rxe3+
36.fxe3 Qg2+ 37.Kd3 Qg6+ 38.Kc3 Kg7 39.Kb3 Re4 40.Qd2 Qg5 41.a3 Re5 42.Nf4 Qg3
43.Ka2 Qxe3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.b3 d5
9.Ndb5 Qa5 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qd8 12.O-O a6 13.Na3 Bf5 14.Nc2 Nc6 15.Ne3 Qd4
16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Nd5 Ne4 19.Be3 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 e6 21.Bxe4 fxe4
22.Nb6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rb1 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Rb2 Kg7 27.c5 Rb4 28.Rd2 Rb1+
29.Kg2 Rc1 30.Nd7 f5 31.Rb2 Na5 32.Rb6 Rc2 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.c6 Nxc6 35.Rxb7 Nd4
36.f4 Nxe2 37.Ne5+ Ke8 38.Rxh7 Rxa2 39.Nc6 Kf8 40.Ra7 Nc3 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kh6
43.Ne5 e3 44.Nf7+ Kg7 45.Ne5+ Kf8 46.Ra8+ Ke7 47.Ra7+ Kd6 48.Rd7+ Kc5 49.Rc7+ Kb4
50.Nd3+ Kb5 51.Rxc3 Rd2 52.h4 a5 53.Nc1 Rd1+ 54.Ke2 Rg1 55.Kxe3 Rxg3+ 56.Kd4 Rg4
57.Nd3 Rxh4 58.Rc5+ Kb6 59.Re5 a4 60.Rxe6+ Kb5 61.Re5+ Kb6 62.Kc4 Rh3 63.Rb5+ Kc6
64.Ra5 Re3 65.Ra6+ Kc7 66.Rxa4 Re4+ 67.Kb3 Rxa4 68.Kxa4 Kd6 69.Kb4 Kd5 70.Kc3 Ke4
71.Kc4 Ke3 72.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nbd7
9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Bb3 c6 11.Ne5 Nbd5 12.Re1 Be6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Rxe7
16.Ne4 f6 17.Nd3 Nf8 18.Qf3 Qc7 19.Ng3 Rd8 20.Nc5 Bf7 21.Rxe7 Qxe7 22.Nf5 Qc7
23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.fxg3 b6 25.Nb7 Rd7 26.Nfd6 Be6 27.Rxc6 Ne7 28.Rc3 h5 29.Ba4  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 Nc6 7.e3 Be6 8.h3 h6
9.b3 Rc8 10.Be2 g5 11.Bh2 Bf5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 c6 14.O-O Ne4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qd2 Qb6 19.b4 Qe6 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Qd7
23.Rc3 Rxc3 24.Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 c5 12.Nf1 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Rc8 14.Ba2 Re8 15.Nf5 Bf8
16.Bg5 h6 17.Qd2 c4 18.Bh4 Qc7 19.Nh2 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.Rad1 Qc6
23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Nc5 25.Rf1 Rc7 26.Qe2 Ne4 27.Nf3 Kh8 28.Be1 Qb5 29.c3 Kg8
30.Nh4 g6 31.Nf3 Kh7 32.Nh2 Bg7 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Bxc4 Qd7 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Bxa6 Bxa6
37.Qxa6 Rd1 38.Nf3 Red8 39.Kh2 Rb1 40.Qb7 Nf6 41.Bh4 Rd7 42.Qc6 g5 43.Nxg5+ hxg5
44.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pacheco Asmat, Jorge"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Be3 Nbc6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O f5 10.exf5 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxf5 12.Be3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Be6
15.Qf4 Qe7 16.Rf1 Kg7 17.h4 Re8 18.Rf2 Bg8 19.Ne4 Rf8 20.Qxf8+ Qxf8 21.Rxf8 Kxf8
22.Nf6 Ne5 23.b3 h6 24.Ng4 Nxg4 25.Bxg4 Ke7 26.Kf2 Kf6 27.Bf3 b6 28.Ke2 Ke5
29.Kd3 Be6 30.g3 Bf5+ 31.e4 Bd7 32.Ke3 a5 33.Bd1 Bh3 34.Bf3 a4 35.Kd3 g5
36.hxg5 hxg5 37.bxa4 Bf1+ 38.Kc3 c5 39.a3 Bh3 40.Kd3 Bd7 41.a5 bxa5 42.Ke3 Bh3
43.Be2 Be6 44.Bf1 Bg4 45.Bd3 Bd1 46.Bf1 Bc2 47.Bd3 Bb3 48.Be2 Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Qb3 Qc7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd2 Ne7
9.Rc1 Nc6 10.Na4 Rc8 11.Ne2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nf4 Ndb8 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Nxd3 Bd6
16.g3 Qe7 17.Nc3 a6 18.Na4 Rc7 19.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 h6
9.Rd1 Nh7 10.Be3 Ng5 11.Nxg5 hxg5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd2 g4 14.c5 Be6 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Nd5 Qh4 17.Bg5 Qh8 18.Ne7+ Kh7 19.Qxd6 Nc6 20.Qg3 Be5 21.Qh4+ Kg7 22.Nd5 Qxh4
23.Bxh4 Bxb2 24.Rab1 Be5 25.Rxb7 Rab8 26.Rdb1 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Rc8 28.Bg3 Bxg3
29.hxg3 Nd4 30.Bd3 a5 31.a4 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rd1 33.Nf4 Bb3 34.Bb5 Rd2 35.Rd7 g5
36.Ne2 Rxe2 37.Bxe2 Nxe2 38.Ra7 Bxa4 39.Rxa5 Bd7 40.Rxg5+ Kf6 41.Rc5 Ke7
42.f4 f6 43.Rc2 Bb5 44.Rb2 Bd3 45.Rb3 Bc4 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.Ra7 Bd3 48.Ra3 Bc4
49.Ra5 Bd3 50.e5 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Temirbaev, Serik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Bb2 cxd5 14.cxd5 fxe4 15.Ngxe4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.a4 Nh4 18.Be2 Bf5 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.a5 a6 21.Rc1 Rxc1 22.Bxc1 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 Nf5 24.Bd2 Qf6 25.Qe1 Bh6 26.Bc3 Qf7 27.Bc4 Rc8 28.Qe2 Qd7 29.h4 Qa4
30.g3 Qa3 31.Qd3 Bg7 32.Kg2 Qa4 33.Qe2 Qa3 34.Bd2 Qb2 35.Qd3 Nd4 36.Bc3 Qc2
37.Qxc2 Nxc2 38.Bd2 Nd4 39.Bd3 Nb3 40.Be3 Rc3 41.Bf1 Nd4 42.Bxd4 exd4 43.Re8+ Kf7
44.Rb8 d3 45.Rxb7+ Kf8 46.b5 d2 47.Be2 axb5 48.a6 Bd4 49.a7 Bxa7 50.Rxa7 Rc1
51.Rxh7 d1=Q 52.Bxd1 Rxd1 53.h5 g5 54.Rb7 Rxd5 55.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O
9.Nc3 d5 10.Ne5 Na6 11.Rfe1 c5 12.e4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Rfd8 15.Qe3 Nb4
16.Qe2 Ba6 17.b3 Rac8 18.e5 Ne8 19.a4 Nc6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Nb5 Rc5 22.Red1 Rcd5
23.Qe1 f6 24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Ne3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Ne4 27.h4 Rf8 28.f4 Bxb5 29.axb5 Qc5
30.b4 Qxb5 31.Ng4 Qf5 32.Rd4 Qxg4 33.Rxe4 Rd8 34.Kf2 Rd3 35.Re3 Rxe3 36.Qxe3 Qf5
37.Qc3 h5 38.Qc7 Kh7 39.Qxa7 Qc2+ 40.Kg1 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qxb4 42.Qa2 Qe4 43.Qb2 Qe3
44.Qb1+ Kh6 45.Qb2 Qc5 46.Qb3 Qf2+ 47.Kh3 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Qe2+ 49.Kh3 b5 50.Qb4 Qc4
51.Qe7 Kh7 52.Qe8 Qd5 53.Kh2 b4 54.Qb8 b3 55.Qb4 Qd3  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.g3 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bg2 Rfe8 13.O-O Nb6 14.Re1 d5 15.Qc2 Qc5
16.Nd2 Rad8 17.Rac1 d4 18.Nf3 d3 19.Qd2 Bc8 20.h3 h5 21.Rcd1 Bf5 22.e6 Rxe6
23.Rxe6 Bxe6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Nd7 28.Qc3 Bf5
29.Nd4 Qe5 30.Qd2 c5 31.Nxf5 Qxf5 32.Qa5 Ne5 33.Qxa7 h4 34.Qa8+ Kg7 35.Qe4 Qf6
36.Qxh4  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.h3 e6
9.Ne5 Be7 10.g4 Bg6 11.e3 Bd8 12.Be2 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bc7 14.Na4 Ba5+ 15.Nc3 O-O
16.h4 h6 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Bd6 Re8 19.Rhg1 Bc7 20.h5 Bh7 21.g5 Bxd6 22.cxd6 Kh8
23.gxh6 gxh6 24.e4 dxe4 25.Na4 Qd8 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Qf6 28.Qc3 Qxc3+ 29.bxc3 Rab8
30.Rd4 a5 31.Bd1 b6 32.cxb6 Rxb6 33.Bc2 Rd8 34.d7 Rb5 35.Rgd1 Rxh5 36.c4 Kg7
37.Kb2 Kf8 38.Ba4 Rc5 39.Kc3 Ke7 40.Rd6 e3 41.fxe3 Be4 42.R6d4 Re5 43.Rf1 Bg2
44.Rg1 Rxe3+ 45.Rd3 Rxd3+ 46.Kxd3 Rxd7+ 47.Ke3 Bh3 48.Bxc6 Rc7 49.Bb5 e5
50.Rh1 Be6 51.Kd3 Kf6 52.Rxh6+ Kg5 53.Rh8 Kf4 54.Rh4+ Bg4 55.Rh8 f5 56.Re8 Rc5
57.a4 Kf3 58.Ba6 Kf2 59.Bb5 Be2+ 60.Kc3 f4 61.Rd8 Bf3 62.Rd2+ Ke1  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Na6 8.Nxc4 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Be3 Nce4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 h6
9.Bh4 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qc2 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rfd1 c5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qe5 Rac8 18.b4 Nd7 19.Qf4 Rfd8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nd4 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 e5
23.Qg3 exd4 24.Rdxd4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Bd5 26.Qf4 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O Qc5 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.f3 c5 14.Nde2 b6 15.Rd2 Nc6
16.Rfd1 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nd5 g5 19.Kf2 Kb7 20.Ne3 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Be6 22.a3 Rf8
23.Kg3 Ne5 24.Nc3 Kc6 25.Ne4 h6 26.h3 c4 27.Ng4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 b5 29.Nc3 a6
30.Rd5 Re8 31.Kf2 Nd7 32.Rf5 Re6 33.g3 Nc5 34.f4 a5 35.Kf3 b4 36.axb4 axb4
37.Ne2 Rd6 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.Rxg5 Nd3 40.Ke3 Nxb2 41.Nd4+ Kb6 42.Rb5+ Ka6 43.Rc5 Nd1+
44.Ke4 Nf2+ 45.Ke3 Nxg4+ 46.Ke4 Nf2+ 47.Ke3 Nd1+ 48.Ke4 Nc3+ 49.Ke5 Kb6 50.Rxc4 Rd5+
51.Ke6 c5 52.Ne2 Rd2 53.Nxc3 bxc3 54.Rxc3 Kb5 55.g4 Rg2 56.Kf5 c4 57.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Be7 15.Nf3 d3
16.Be3 O-O 17.Bd4 Rfd8 18.Qxd3 Qxb3 19.Qe2 Qe6 20.Rfd1 Rd5 21.h3 a5 22.Be3 Rad8
23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Bf4 Qd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd3 26.Kf1 h6 27.Ke2 Rd5 28.h4 a4 29.e6 fxe6
30.Bxc7 Bf6 31.c4 Nd4+ 32.Nxd4 Rxd4 33.cxb5 Rb4 34.b6 Rxb2+ 35.Kf1 Rb4 36.Rxa4 Rxa4
37.b7 Rb4 38.b8=Q+ Rxb8 39.Bxb8 Bxh4 40.Ke2 Kf7 41.Ke3 Kg6 42.g3 Bf6 43.Ke4 h5
44.f4 Bc3 45.Be5 Be1 46.Kf3 Kf7 47.Bd4 g6 48.Bb2 Ke7 49.Be5 Kd7 50.Bf6 Kd6
51.Be5+ Kd5 52.Bf6 Kc4 53.g4 Kd5 54.gxh5 gxh5 55.Be7 h4 56.Kg4 Ke4 57.Bg5 h3
58.Kxh3 Kf3 59.Bf6 Bg3 60.Bg7 Bxf4 61.Bf6 e5 62.Bxe5 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 a6 6.f3 c6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 b5 9.Bh6 e5
10.O-O-O Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Qa5 12.g4 b4 13.Nb1 Qxa2 14.Ng3 Nbd7 15.Nf5 gxf5 16.gxf5 Kh8
17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Rg1 Rg8 19.Rxd7 Nxd7 20.Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rae8 12.Ba2 Bd8 13.Bd2 Ne7 14.Nh4 Kh8 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Ng6 17.Nxg6+ hxg6 18.Qd2 Nh5 19.Bh2 Bh4 20.Rf1 f5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 c6
23.Bb3 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Rf3 g5 26.g3 g4 27.hxg4 fxg4 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qg2 Bf6
30.c3 d4 31.c4 Bg5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Rf1 Be3+ 34.Kh1 Rxf1+ 35.Qxf1 Qc6+ 36.Qg2 Qc1+
37.Bg1 Bxg1 38.Qxg1 Qxb2 39.Bf7 Nf6 40.Qh2+ Qxh2+ 41.Kxh2 g5 42.Be6 Kg7 43.Bc8 Nd5
44.Bxg4 Kf6 45.Bd7 b4 46.axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Bb4
9.Qc2 c5 10.Be2 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxc4 Qc7 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Qc2 h6
9.Bh4 exd5 10.cxd5 O-O 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qe7 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.O-O Rae8
16.c4 g6 17.Bd3 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Rae1 f5 20.f4 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Qg7 22.fxg5 Qxg5
23.Rf3 Nb7 24.Ref1 Nd8 25.e4 Nf7 26.exf5 Ne5 27.Ne4 Nxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Rxe4 29.Bxe4 Qf6
30.Rf4 Rf7 31.Kh2 Rg7 32.Qd2 Rg5 33.g4 Rg7 34.Qf2 Re7 35.Bd3 Kf8 36.Qg3 Rg7
37.Kh3 Re7 38.Rf1 Re5 39.Kh2 Re7 40.Qf4 Qh4+ 41.Kg1 Qf6 42.Rf3 Rg7 43.Rh3 Rg5
44.Be2 Be8 45.Re3 Bf7 46.Ra3 Qe7 47.Kf2 Kg7 48.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.a4 c5 14.Rb1 h6 15.Nd2 Ra6
16.Nb3 g5 17.a5 f5 18.g3 Nfg6 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Bd3 e4 21.Nxe4 Ne5 22.f4 gxf4
23.Bxf4 Nh4 24.Be2 Nhg6 25.Be3 Rf7 26.Rf1 Bf5 27.Nbd2 Rxa5 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Bg4 Ne7
30.Rxb7 Ra1 31.Qxa1 Nf3+ 32.Nxf3 Bxa1 33.Bxh6 Rxf3 34.Bxf3 Nf5 35.Bf4 Qa8
36.Rd7 Qa2 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg8 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rd7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Qd8 10.e3 Bd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Qxc4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.Qh4 cxd5
16.Qxe7 Bxe7 17.Nxe5 Bf6 18.f4 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Be6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5
22.Rxd5 Rad8 23.Rd4 b6 24.Rad1 Rde8 25.Rd5 Re7 26.Kf2 Rfe8 27.Kf3 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5
29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Rd7 Ra5 31.a3 Kg6 32.h4 Kf6 33.g4 Rb5 34.Rxa7 Rxb2 35.a4 Rb4
36.a5 bxa5 37.Rxa5 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 d6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Rd2 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.h3 Nf8
16.Nh2 Rd7 17.Bg3 Rad8 18.Bf3 Ng6 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nf3 d5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.b3 h5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Qd7 28.Qb2 Bf8 29.h4 Qf5
30.g3 Qd3 31.Bc3 f6 32.a3 Kf7 33.b4 c4 34.Qd2 Qxd2 35.Bxd2 Ke6 36.Kf1 g5
37.g4 hxg4 38.h5 f5 39.Bc3 f4 40.a4 Bh6 41.Bd4 Bf8 42.Bc3 Kf7 43.Kg2 Bg7
44.Bxg7 Kxg7 45.b5 axb5 46.axb5 fxe3 47.fxe3 c3 48.b6 c2 49.b7 c1=Q 50.b8=Q Qc2+
51.Kg3 Qe4 52.Qb2+ Kh7 53.Qf2 Qe6 54.Qf8 Qxe3+ 55.Kxg4 Qg1+ 56.Kh3 Qh1+ 57.Kg3 Qh4+
58.Kg2 Qg4+ 59.Kf2 Qe6 60.Qd8 Qf5+ 61.Kg3 Qe5+ 62.Kh3 d4 63.Qb6 Qe3+ 64.Kg2 Qe4+
65.Kf2 d3 66.Qb2 Qf4+ 67.Kg2 Qd6 68.Qb7+ Kh6 69.Qa8 Kxh5 70.Qh8+ Kg6 71.Qg8+ Kf6
72.Qh8+ Kf5 73.Qh7+ Ke5 74.Qh8+ Ke4 75.Qh7+ Ke3 76.Qf5 Qf4 77.Qc5+ Ke2 78.Qb5 Qe4+
79.Kg1 g4 80.Qa6 g3 81.Qc6 Qe3+ 82.Kg2 d2 83.Qb5+ Qd3 84.Qh5+ Ke3 85.Qh6+ Kd4
86.Qd6+ Kc3 87.Qa3+ Kc2 88.Qa2+ Kd1 89.Qa1+ Ke2 90.Qf1+ Ke3 91.Qf3+ Kd4 92.Qf6+ Kc5
93.Qe7+ Kc4 94.Qc7+ Kb3 95.Qb6+ Kc2 96.Qc5+ Qc3 97.Qf5+ Kb2 98.Qb5+ Kc1 99.Qg5 Qc4
100.Qh6 Qd5+ 101.Kxg3 Kc2 102.Qa6 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 b4 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 g6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Bb5+ Nd7
9.c3 bxc3 10.Nxc3 f5 11.O-O Bg7 12.Bc6 Rb8 13.Nb5 O-O 14.Nxd6 Ba6 15.Nb5 Nf6
16.Qc1 Qb6 17.Nd2 Rbd8 18.Nc4 Qb8 19.Rd1 Bc8 20.d6 Be6 21.h3 a6 22.Nc7 Rxd6
23.Nxd6 Qxc7 24.Bf3 Rb8 25.Rd2 Rb4 26.a5 h5 27.Qc2 Ne4 28.Ne8 Qe7 29.Nxg7 Nxd2
30.Qxd2 Kxg7 31.Rc1 c4 32.Bd5 Bxd5 33.Qxd5 Qe4 34.Qc5 Rb5 35.Qc7 Qe5 36.Rxc4 Qxb2
37.Rc5 Qa1+ 38.Kh2 Rb1 39.Qe7 Rh1+ 40.Kg3 Rc1 41.Rd5 Rc6 42.Rd8 Qf6 43.Qe8 Kh6
44.Rd7 Re6 45.Qf8+ Qg7 46.Qxg7+ Kxg7 47.Ra7 Kf6 48.h4 Rc6 49.Kf3 Kg7 50.g3 Re6
51.Ra8 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 a5 7.Nc3 Ba6 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 d6
10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxb6 12.Nc4 Qa6 13.Qa4+ Nbd7 14.d6 e6 15.Nb5 Nd5 16.Bd2 Bg7
17.Bc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.Kg1 N7b6 20.Nxb6 Nxb6 21.Qb3 a4 22.Qb1 Rab8 23.Qf1 c4
24.Na3 Nd5 25.h4 Qxd6 26.Nxc4 Qc5 27.Rh3 Rfc8 28.Ne5 Qd6 29.Re1 Nxc3 30.h5 Qd2
31.Rf3 Rc7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.a3 Rb2 34.Kh2 Ne2 35.Re3 Nd4 36.Nd3 Rb3 37.Rd1 Qa5
38.Nf4 Nc2 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rg3 Rxg3 41.fxg3 Qe5 42.Qf3 Ne3 43.Rd3 Nf5 44.Ne2 Rc4
45.Kh1 Rc2 46.Nc3 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Qc5 48.Ne2 Re1 49.Rd7 Qe5 50.Rd2 Ne3 51.Rd7 Qh5+
52.Qxh5 gxh5 53.Ng1 Ng4+ 54.Kh1 Nf2+ 55.Kh2 Ng4+ 56.Kh1 Nf2+ 57.Kh2 e5 58.Ra7 e4
59.Rxa4 e3 60.Ra8 Ng4+ 61.Kh1 f5 62.Ra7+ Kf6 63.Ra6+ Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd6 65.Ra8 e2
66.Ra6+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Be3 Nf5 17.Ba7 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1 Rd8 19.g4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nh6 21.h3 f5 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Be3 Nf7 24.Nd4 Nfd8 25.Nxb5 h5 26.Ng3 hxg4 27.hxg4 Nc6 28.Kg2 Ne5 29.Nd4 Nxd4
30.Rxd4 Kf7 31.Nf5 Rb8 32.Nxe7 Kxe7 33.b4 Ke6 34.Kg3 Rb5 35.Re4 f5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5
37.Rh4 Rb8 38.Rh5+ Ke4 39.Rh4+ Kf5 40.Rf4+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nc6
9.Be3 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 f5 11.Qd3 f4 12.Bd2 e5 13.dxe5 Bg4 14.Bc3 Bc5 15.b4 Qxd3
16.Bxd3 Rad8 17.Be4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.e6 Ne7 22.Bxb7 g6
23.O-O Kg7 24.c5 Kf6 25.Rfe1 c6 26.Ba6 Rfd8 27.Rac1 R8d5 28.b5 cxb5 29.Bxb5 Rg5+
30.Kf1 Rdd5 31.Bd7 Rxc5 32.Rb1 Rge5 33.Rxe5 Kxe5 34.Rb7 a5 35.a4 Kd6 36.Ra7 Nd5
37.Ra6+ Ke7 38.Ke2 Nc7 39.Rb6 Nxe6 40.Bxe6 Re5+ 41.Kd3 Rxe6 42.Rxe6+ Kxe6
43.Kc4 g5 44.Kb5 Kd5 45.Kxa5 Kc5 46.h3 h6 47.Ka6 Kc6 48.a5 h5 49.Ka7 Kc7
50.a6 h4 51.Ka8 Kc8 52.Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nc3 exf3 7.Nxf3 g6 8.Bc4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 Nbd7 12.Rae1 Nb6 13.b3 Nxc4 14.bxc4 Bf5 15.h3 Ne8
16.Bh6 Nd6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ne2 Qc7 19.Ng3 Rae8 20.Qc3+ Kg8 21.Ne5 Bc8 22.Rf4 f6
23.Ng4 b5 24.cxb5 Nxb5 25.Qd2 f5 26.Ne5 e6 27.Rff1 exd5 28.Qxd5+ Be6 29.Qd3 Nd4
30.c3 Nc6 31.Nxc6 Qxc6 32.Re5 Bxa2 33.Rfe1 Bf7 34.Re7 a5 35.R1e5 a4 36.c4 Rxe7
37.Rxe7 Re8 38.Ra7 Ra8 39.Rd7 Qf6 40.Qf3 Re8 41.Ra7 Qd4+ 42.Kh2 Qxc4 43.Qc6 f4
44.Nh1 Qd5 45.Qf6 Re2  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bd3 g6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Be2 h6 12.Bxg4 hxg5 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nxe6 Rb8 15.Nd5 Qxb2
16.Qxg5 Kf7 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Qe7+ Kg8 19.Qxd6 Kg7 20.c3 Qb5 21.Nc7 Qe5 22.Ne6+ Kg8
23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.f4 Nc4 26.f5 Kg7 27.g4 Bd7 28.Rad1 Bc6 29.Rd4 Ne5
30.h3 Re8 31.Kf2 Nf7 32.h4 g5 33.h5 Re5 34.Re1 Ra5 35.Re2 Ne5 36.Kg3 Ra3
37.Re3 Rxa2 38.Rd6 Ra5 39.Re6 Rc5 40.Re7+ Kf6 41.Rc7 Nf7 42.Rc8 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.Qf3 O-O 11.h4 bxc3 12.Ne2 h5 13.Qxc3 Bb7 14.O-O c5 15.Qxc5 Bxe4
16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Qa3 Bf6 18.Rfe1 Bxg5 19.hxg5 e6 20.Nf4 Bf5 21.d5 exd5 22.Bxd5 Rc8
23.Re7 Qb6 24.Rae1 Rc2 25.Qf3 Qc5 26.Rxd7 Bxd7 27.Nxg6 Qc3 28.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Re1 dxe5 13.dxe5 Be7 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Bc2 h5
16.a4 a6 17.Qe2 Rd8 18.Rab1 g5 19.f3 Rd5 20.Qc4 Bd8 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Rg8
23.Re2 Rg4 24.Rf1 Bg5 25.Bxg5 Rxg5 26.Nf3 Rg4 27.Qa2 Nd3 28.Bxd3 Rxd3 29.Ne1 Qc5+
30.Ref2 Re3 31.Qd2 Rg7 32.Kh1 Qxc3 33.Qxc3 Rxc3 34.Rb2 Rc1 35.Kg1 Rc6 36.h3 Rg5
37.Nf3 Rg6 38.Kh2 Kf8 39.Rff2 a5 40.Nd4 Rc4 41.Nb5 Rxa4 42.Nd6 Bd5 43.Rxf7+ Kg8
44.Rff2 Rb4 45.Rbc2 a4 46.Rc7 a3 47.Ne8 Rf4 48.Rfc2 a2 49.Ra7 Rf7 50.Ra6 Rf1
51.Rcxa2 Bxa2 52.Rxa2 Rg5  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 O-O
9.Bh3 c5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rad1 Re8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Ne5 c4 15.Nxc4 b5
16.Ne3 Bf8 17.Rfe1 Qb6 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.Nf5 h6 20.Bg2 Nh5 21.Be3 Nhf6 22.d5 Bc5
23.Qc2 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Re5 25.Nd4 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4
29.Qxe4 Nf6 30.Qf4 Rd5 31.Rd2 Qd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.f3 Kf8 34.Kf2 h5 35.Ke2 g6
36.Nb3 Re6+ 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Nc5 Rc6 39.b4 a5 40.Re2+ Kf8 41.Rd2 axb4 42.axb4 Ke7
43.Ke3 Rc7 44.Kf4 Ra7 45.Kg5 Nh7+ 46.Kh6 Nf6 47.Nb3 Rc7 48.Nc5 Ra7 49.Kg5 Nh7+
50.Kf4 Nf6 51.h3 Ra3 52.g4 hxg4 53.hxg4 g5+ 54.Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O Be6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 Qd7 10.d4 Bg4 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Nh4 Ne7 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 exd4 15.exd4 c6
16.Qf3 Ned5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qb3 Qc6 19.Rf3 b5 20.a4 Rab8 21.axb5 Rxb5 22.Qc3 Qb6
23.b3 a5 24.Rf4 Rb4 25.Re1 h6 26.g4 a4 27.bxa4 Rc4 28.Qd3 Qa5 29.Re2 Qxa4
30.h4 Rfc8 31.g5 Nh5 32.Rg4 hxg5 33.Bxd5 Rxc2 34.hxg5 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nb4 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.Bg5 a5 15.Rd1 O-O
16.Ne5 Nfd5 17.Bd2 f5 18.Ra1 Re8 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Nf4 Bb3 22.Rc1 Qb6
23.Rc3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Be3 Rab8 26.Rc2 f4 27.Bd2 Qxd4 28.Bc3 Qe4 29.Qxe4 Bxe4
30.Rd2 Bd5 31.Rxa5 Rec8 32.Rd1 Bb4 33.Bxb4 Rxb4 34.Ba2 Bxa2 35.Rxa2 Rc7 36.h4 Kf7
37.Rd2 Kf6 38.f3 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rc7 40.Ra6 Rcb7 41.Re2 R7b6 42.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6
9.d5 Ne5 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 e6 12.Nge4 exd5 13.Qxd5 Bf5 14.Rd1 Qh4 15.O-O Rad8
16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2 18.Ng3 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Rd4 h5 21.h3 Be5 22.Nd1 Rxf2
23.Rxf2 Qxg3 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Kf1 Qh4 26.Re4 Bg3 27.Re8 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Bxf2 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Qa8+ Kg7 31.Nxf2 Qh5 32.Nd3 Qb5 33.Qe4 Qb1 34.Qd4+ Kg8 35.Qc4 g3 36.Kf3 Qf1+
37.Kxg3 Qe2 38.Ne5 Qxe3+ 39.Nf3 g5 40.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Ne4 Bxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4
8.Qxd4 O-O 9.c4 Qa5+ 10.Qc3 Nc6 11.g3 d6 12.Bg2 Bf5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.b3 Bxe4
15.Bxe4 Rac8 16.O-O e6 17.f4 Rfd8 18.Rfc1 Kf8 19.Kf2 Ke7 20.e3 h5 21.Ke2 Rc7
22.h3 Nc6 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rh8 25.Rh1 Rcc8 26.g5 a6 27.Rxh8 Rxh8 28.Rh1 Rxh1
29.Bxh1 Kd7 30.Kd2 b6 31.Kc3 Ne7 32.Be4 d5 33.cxd5 exd5 34.Bd3 a5 35.b4 Kd6
36.Kb3 Nc6 37.a3 axb4 38.axb4 Nd8 39.Be2 d4 40.exd4 Ne6 41.Bc4 b5 42.Bxe6 fxe6
43.Kc3 Ke7 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.d5 exd5+ 47.Kd4 Ke6 48.Kc5 Kf5 49.Kxd5 Kxf4
50.Kc5 Kxg5 51.Kxb5 Kf6 52.Kc6 g5 53.b5 g4 54.b6 g3 55.b7 g2 56.b8=Q g1=Q
57.Qb6 Qxb6+ 58.Kxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.Rc1 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Bxc4 Nc5 14.Be2 b6 15.Nb5 Rd8
16.Qc2 Qg5 17.Bf3 Ba6 18.a4 Rac8 19.O-O Nxa4 20.Qxa4 Qxb5 21.Qa3+ Kf6 22.Ra1 Rxc3
23.Qxc3+ Kg6 24.h4 Kh7 25.Qc7 Rf8 26.Qxa7 Bc8 27.Qe7 Kg8 28.b4 Qd7 29.Qxd7 Bxd7
30.Ra7 Rd8 31.Rb7 b5 32.h5 Be8 33.Be2 f5 34.g4 Rd2 35.Kf1 Rb2 36.Rb8 Kf7
37.gxf5 exf5 38.Bxb5 Bxb5+ 39.Rxb5 Kf6 40.Kg2 Rb1 41.Rb7 Kg5 42.Rxg7+ Kxh5
43.Rb7 Kg4 44.b5 h5 45.b6 h4 46.f3+ Kh5 47.Rb8  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nh5 8.g3 Bh3
9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Rad1 c6
16.Nc2 Bf8 17.Bf2 a5 18.Ne3 h5 19.Ng2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 a4 21.Qc2 Qa5 22.f4 a3
23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa5 25.Rxb7 Reb8 26.Reb1 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Rb8 28.Rxb8 Nxb8
29.Qb3 Nbd7 30.c5 d5 31.exd5 Nxc5 32.Qc4 cxd5 33.Nxd5 Nfe4 34.Be3 Qe1 35.f5 gxf5
36.Bxh5 Nd7 37.Qc7 Nef6 38.Nxf6+ Nxf6 39.Qxf7+ Bg7 40.Bf2 Qe4+ 41.Bf3 Qc2
42.h3 Kh8 43.g4 Ne4 44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Bxe4 fxe4 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Qd5+ Kh8 48.Qa8+ Kh7
49.Qxa3 Bh6 50.Qc5 Qe2 51.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.Qc2 g6 13.a3 Be7 14.h3 Bf6 15.Rac1 a5
16.Rhd1 Be6 17.Kf1 a4 18.Bb5 Qb6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rfc8 22.Qc5 Qxb2
23.Nxc6 Kg7 24.Qd4+ Qxd4 25.Nxd4 Bd7 26.Ke1 Rab8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Kd2 Rb8
29.Rc1 Rb2+ 30.Rc2 Rb1 31.Rc1 Rb2+ 32.Rc2 Rb1 33.Rc7 Be8 34.Rc1 Rb2+ 35.Rc2 Rb1
36.Rc1 Rb2+ 37.Rc2 Rb1 38.Rc8 Kf8 39.Rd8 Rf1 40.Ke2 Rc1 41.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.Bb2 Qa5
10.Qc1 Bf5 11.Bc3 Qa6 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 e5 16.dxe5 Bxe4
17.Bxe4 Nxe5 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.b4 Qa6 21.c5 Qc4 22.Rac1 Rad8 23.Bxe5 Qxc2
24.Bxc2 Rxe5 25.Bxa4 Rd4 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Re1 Rxb4 28.Bxc6 Bd4 29.Bf3 Rb2
30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Bxe2 Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 a5 11.a3 Ne8 12.Rb1 f5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b4 Ndf6 15.b5 Bb7
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nh4 f4 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nd5 Rf7 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Rb8 Qe6 26.Qa4 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.c5 Rc7 29.Bb2 Rxc5
30.Qxf4 Qe6 31.Qd2 Kf7 32.h3 Ke7 33.f4 e4 34.Bd4 Rd5 35.Rb1 Kf8 36.Rb7 Qf6
37.Bxf6 Rxd2 38.Bg5 e3 39.Bh6+ Kg8 40.Re7 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Nf6 42.Rxe3 Kf7 43.f5 d5
44.Rb3 Ne4 45.g4 Kf6 46.Rb6+ Ke5 47.Kg2 Rd3 48.f6 Rg3+ 49.Kh2 Rf3 50.Bg7 Kd4
51.f7+ Kc5 52.Rf6  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7
9.Rd1 g6 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bh3 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.Ne4 Rb8 14.a3 Re8 15.b4 a5 16.Nc5 axb4
17.axb4 Ra8 18.Qb3 Rd8 19.Rd2 e5 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.dxe5 Bh3 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rc1 Bg4
24.Qe3 Rd5 25.Nd3 Bxf3 26.exf3 Bxe5 27.Re1 Bd6 28.Qxe7 Bxe7 29.Rxe7 Rxd3
30.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spice, Alan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Bb4 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.a4 h6 10.Na2 Be7 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Nc3 e5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Be6 15.a5 O-O
16.Na4 Rc8 17.Nb6 Rc5 18.e3 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Bc3 Qc7 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Kh1 d4
23.exd4 exd4 24.Bd2 Rc2 25.Bf4 Qc6 26.Nc4 d3 27.Re3 Ng4 28.Ne5 Nf2+ 29.Kg1 Nxd1
30.Nxc6 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Nxe3+  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.c4 Ne3
9.Qe2 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 O-O 11.Bxe3 fxe3+ 12.Qxe3 Be7 13.Rae1 Bf5 14.h4 Bb4 15.Re2 Nd7
16.a3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Bd6 18.Bxb7 Nf6 19.Qc3 Rb8 20.Bc6 Ng4+ 21.Ke1 Qf6 22.Ba4 c5
23.Rf1 Bg3+ 24.Kd1 cxd4  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bg5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Re1 Qd6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Bxg5 Qd7
16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Bb5 Bf5 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.b4 Rc8 20.Be3 a6 21.Ba4 Qd8 22.Bb3 Na7
23.Rc5 Be6 24.Qh5 Rxc5 25.dxc5 Nc6 26.Bc2 h6 27.Bxh6 gxh6 28.Qxh6 Qd7 29.Bh7+ Kh8
30.f4 d4 31.f5 d3 32.fxe6 Qd4+ 33.Kf1 Qa1+ 34.Kf2 Ne5 35.Bxd3+ Kg8 36.Bh7+ Kh8
37.Bg6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 Be7 8.Qe2 Nb6
9.Bg3 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Nd2 Na4 12.Nxc4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba4 14.Rd2 b5 15.Na5 Ba3+
16.Kb1 c5 17.Nb7 Qb6 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.f3 Qxc3 21.Qd3 Qa5 22.Qe3 Rad8
23.Be1 Qc7 24.Be2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Rc3 Ne8 28.Qd4 a5 29.Kb2 b4
30.Rc5 Rxc5 31.Qxc5 Qc7 32.Qxc7 Nxc7 33.Be3 Na8 34.Ba6 Bc6 35.Kb3 Kf8 36.Kc4 Nc7
37.Kc5 Bd7 38.Bc4 Ne8 39.Kb6 a4 40.Bc5+ Kg8 41.Bxb4  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Re1 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qe2 d6 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.g4 Re8
16.g5 Nfd7 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Ndb5 Rd8 19.f4 Nc6 20.f5 a6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Re8
23.Qg4 Bf8 24.g6 fxg6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rd2 Nd7 27.Qxg6 b5 28.Bd4 Ne5 29.Bxe5 dxe5
30.Rd3 Bc5+ 31.Kh1 Rf8 32.Rh3 Rf6 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.Qh7+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kg8
37.Qxe5 bxc4 38.bxc4 Bf2 39.Rb1 Qd7 40.Qh5 Rh6 41.Qg4 Rxh3 42.Bxh3 Re8 43.Nd5 Bd4
44.Qd1 Qf7 45.Qxd4 exd5 46.cxd5 Bc8 47.Bg2 Bg4 48.Rf1 Qh5 49.Qc3 Be2 50.Rf5 Qh4
51.Kg1 Rb8 52.Qg3 Qd8 53.Bh3 Rb1+ 54.Kg2 Qb6 55.Rf2 Bh5 56.Be6+ Kh7 57.Qh4 Kh6
58.Qf4+ Kh7 59.Qf5+ Kh6 60.Qf8 Qd4 61.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qa5 15.a3 Rd8
16.Rc1 Nf8 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Rc4 Bd7 19.Rb4 Qc7 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Rc1 a5 22.Rbc4 Qb6
23.Qe2 Bb5 24.Rc7 Rxd4 25.Bxb5 Rxf4 26.Bd3 Rd8 27.Rxf7 Nd5 28.Rxf4 Nxf4 29.Qd2 Qd4
30.Rc4 Qxe5 31.Rxf4 Rxd3 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qxd3 Qe1+ 34.Qf1 Qd2 35.Qb1 g6
36.g3 Kf7 37.b3 b5 38.Qf1 Qd5 39.Qc1 Qxb3 40.Qc7+ Kf6 41.Qxa5 Qd1+ 42.Kg2 Qd5+
43.Kg1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qc7 15.Bh5 O-O
16.Rad1 Kh8 17.f4 Rac8 18.Kh1 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bb5 20.Rf2 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 Nf6 6.d5 Na5 7.e4 d6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b6
10.Bg5 Ba6 11.b3 Ne8 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.Rb1 Qd7 14.g4 Nc7 15.Ne2 e6 16.Kf1 Rbe8
17.Rg1 Nb7 18.a4 Nd8 19.Be3 Bb7 20.h4 Na6 21.Rd1 Nb4 22.Bb1 exd5 23.exd5 a6
24.h5 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Re8 26.Qd2 b5 27.Nc3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Bc8 29.Rg3 Nb7 30.h6 Bh8
31.Ne4 Rf8 32.Re1 Qxa4 33.g5 Bf5 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Nh4 Bxe4+ 36.Rxe4 a5 37.Qe2 Be5
38.f4 f5 39.Rxe5 dxe5 40.fxe5 f4 41.e6 Qe7 42.Rg4 a4 43.Qe5 f3+ 44.Kf1 a3
45.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.h4 g4
10.Ne5 h5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Nc5 Nxc5
17.dxc5 Qb4 18.Rd6 Qxc5 19.Rfd1 O-O 20.Nd7 Nxd7 21.Rxd7 Qb6 22.Qc1 Bc8 23.Qg5 Bxd7
24.Rxd7 Kh7 25.Qxh5+ Kg8 26.Bc7 Qa6 27.Qxg4 Kh7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qg5 Kh8 30.Be5 Bxe5
31.Qxe5+ Kh7 32.Qh5+ Kg7 33.Qg5+ Kh7 34.Bh5  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O d6
9.Nbd2 Qb6 10.e3 Bd7 11.h3 Rac8 12.g4 h6 13.Qe2 a5 14.Rfc1 Ne7 15.a3 bxa3
16.bxa3 Qa6 17.Rab1 Ng6 18.Rc2 Bc6 19.Rcb2 d5 20.g5 hxg5 21.Rb6 Qa8 22.Nxg5 dxc4
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc4 Rc8 26.Ndf3 Nd5 27.Ne5 Nh4 28.Ngxf7 c5
29.Nd6 Rd8 30.dxc5 Nxe3 31.Qxe6+ Kh7 32.c6 Rb8 33.Re1 Neg2 34.Ndf7 g6 35.Ng5+ Kg7
36.Qe7+ Kh6 37.Ng4+ Kh5 38.Qh7+ Kxg5 39.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Rc1 Qa5 17.Rc3 Rd8 18.Rd3 Bd7 19.Bc2 Be8 20.b4 Qb6 21.d5 exd5 22.Rxd5 a5
23.Qd3 g6 24.Bb3 axb4 25.Nd6 Kg7 26.Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qc4 Qa6 28.Rb5 Rf8 29.axb4 Rac8
30.Qf1 Bf6 31.Bc4 Qa7 32.Bd5 Rc7 33.g3 Nd4 34.Nxd4 Bxd4 35.Kg2 Rd8 36.Rc1 Rcd7
37.Bf3 b6 38.Rc2 Qa4 39.Qc4 Qa1 40.Rd5 Rxd5 41.Bxd5 Rd7 42.Rd2 Bf6 43.Qb5 Qa7
44.Rc2 Rd6 45.h4 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nb3 Re8 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Bf4 Qd7
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd8 18.Rad1 c6 19.h4 Ne6 20.Bc1 Rf8 21.Qg4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6
23.Be3 Raf8 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd2 Nc5 27.Rde2 a5 28.g3 Rf3 29.Rd1 a4
30.a3 Nb7 31.h5 Nd6 32.Bb1 R8f6 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.Rf1 Nc4 35.Rfe1 Nd6 36.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Bb4 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Be4 Nf6 13.Bf5+ Kb8 14.a3 Ba5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.b4 Nc4 17.Bc1 Bb6 18.Ra2 Rhe8 19.O-O c6 20.Bb1 Rd7 21.Rc2 Red8 22.Ba2 Ne5
23.Na4 Nd3 24.Nxb6 axb6 25.f3 Nxc1 26.Rfxc1 Nd5 27.Kf2 b5 28.Rd1 f6 29.Rd4 Nb6
30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Ke2 Kc7 32.f4 Rd8 33.g4 Ra8 34.Rc3 Na4 35.Rd3 Nb2 36.Rd4 Nc4
37.Bxc4 bxc4 38.Rxc4 Rxa3 39.h4 b6 40.Kf3 Rd3 41.f5 Rd5 42.Kf4 h6 43.g5 hxg5+
44.hxg5 Rd1 45.b5 c5 46.Ra4 Kb7 47.Ra2 Rf1+ 48.Ke4 c4 49.Rc2 Rb1 50.Rxc4 Rxb5
51.Kf4 Rb1 52.Rc2 b5 53.Rh2 b4 54.Rh7 Kc6 55.Ke4 b3 56.gxf6 gxf6 57.Rh8 Kc7
58.Rh7+ Kc6 59.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT sf (Panfox-SMB)"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van de Mortel, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Nd2 Na6 9.h4 Nc5
10.h5 Bd7 11.g4 a4 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nf1 f5 14.gxf6 Nxf6 15.Ng3 c6 16.hxg6 hxg6
17.Be3 Qa5 18.Qd2 cxd5 19.exd5 a3 20.b4 Qxb4 21.Rb1 Qa5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Rxb7 Qc8
24.Rb3 Bf5 25.Nb5 Ra6 26.Qb4 Ne4 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.f3 Bc2 29.Rc3 e4 30.Rxc2 exf3
31.Bd3 Qg4 32.Kf1 f2 33.Re2 Rb6 34.Be4 Rf4 35.Qb1 Bd4 36.Bg2 Qg3 37.Rh3 Qg5
38.Qc1  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT f (Panfox-HSG)"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.Bb3 Bc7 14.Bc2 Nf8 15.Qe2 c5
16.Qc4 cxd4 17.exd4 Ba5 18.Be4 Qc7 19.Ne5 Qxc4 20.Nxc4 Bb4 21.a3 Be7 22.d5 Rb8
23.Rfe1 Bf6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rd7 27.b3 Rbd8 28.Bf3 Ne6 29.Rxd7 Rxd7
30.Kf1 Nd4 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Be4+ g6 33.Rb8 b6 34.Rb7 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 Nxb3 36.Bd5 b5
37.Nd6 Nd4 38.Bxf7 Be7 39.Nc8 Bc5 40.Be8 a6 41.a4 b4 42.Bf7 b3 43.Bc4 b2
44.Bd3 Nc6 45.Ke2 Ne5 46.Bc2 Nc4 47.Kd3 Na3 48.f3 Kg7 49.Kc3 b1=Q 50.Bxb1 Nxb1+
51.Kc4 Bg1 52.h3 Kf6 53.Nd6 Nd2+ 54.Kd5 Ke7 55.Kc6 Ke6 56.Nb7 Nc4 57.Nc5+ Bxc5
58.Kxc5 Nb2 59.a5 Nd3+ 60.Kb6 Nb4 61.Kc5 Nd5 62.h4 h5 63.g3 Ke5 64.Kc6 Ne3
65.Kb6 Nc4+ 66.Kxa6 Kd4 67.g4 Ke3 68.gxh5 gxh5 69.Kb5 Nxa5 70.Kxa5 Kxf3  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Bd2 a5 11.Rab1 Qb6 12.Be1 Qa6 13.b3 Rfd8 14.Rbc1 Nb6 15.Ne2 Ba3
16.Rc2 Be7 17.Rcc1 Ne4 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.a4 Ba3 21.Rc2 Bb4 22.f3 Bxe1
23.fxe4 Bh4 24.e5 Rad8 25.Nf4 dxc4 26.bxc4 Bg5 27.Rf2 c5 28.Qc3 cxd4 29.exd4 Qc6
30.Nh5 Qe4 31.Ng3 Qc6 32.Nh5 Qc5 33.h4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Qf3 Rd7 36.hxg5 Qxe5
37.Qf4 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Qxf4+ 39.Rxf4 Kf8 40.Ng3 Ke7 41.Rh4 Ra1 42.Rxh7 Rxa4 43.Rxg7 Kf8
44.Rh7 Rxc4 45.g6 fxg6 46.Rxb7 a4 47.Ra7 Ke8 48.Ne2 Kd8 49.Kg3 Kc8 50.Nf4 Kb8
51.Ra5 Kb7 52.Nxe6 Kb6 53.Ra8 Kb5 54.Nf4 Kb4 55.Nd3+ Kb3 56.Rxa4 Kxa4 57.Nb2+ Kb5
58.Nxc4 Kxc4 59.Kf4 Kd5 60.Kg5 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Niels Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Rd1 Ne8 10.Bf4 Bd7 11.Nb5 e5 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Rac1 Kh8 14.Bd5 Nb4 15.Bb3 Nc6
16.Bd5 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.a3 a6 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Ba2 Ng4 21.Nd5 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Rf8
23.Nb6 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Bg5 25.Qb3 Bxc1 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Qf7 Bxb2 28.Qxd7 Bxa3
29.Rb1 Bb4 30.Bd5 a5 31.Rc1 Bc5 32.f4 Qf8 33.Rxc5 dxc5 34.Bxc6 bxc6 35.fxe5 g6
36.e6 Qf5 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.e7 Qg4+ 39.Kf1 Qc4+ 40.Ke1 Qc1+ 41.Ke2 Qc2+ 42.Ke3 Qc1+
43.Ke4 Qe1+ 44.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Markos, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3 a6 8.c5 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8
10.O-O Bxc5 11.dxc5 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bc2 Nfd7 14.e4 Nxc5 15.exd5 Ng6 16.Bg3 f5
17.b4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.dxc6 Qg5 20.Bb3+ Kh8 21.Qd5 Qe7 22.c7 Qxb4 23.Rad1 Be6
24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.Bxe6 Qf8 26.Rd6 Ne7 27.Rfd1 Nc6 28.Rxc6 bxc6 29.Rb1 e3 30.fxe3  1-0

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bekker Jensen, Simon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.Be2 c5 11.e6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.Qe4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Qxa8 Bxd4
16.Bf4 Rxf4 17.O-O-O Bb7 18.Qa7 Nc6 19.Qxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxd8+ Nxd8  0-1

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Qb3 a5 11.g3 Qc7 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Rfc1 Qb6 14.Nb1 Bh5 15.Bxb4 Qxb4
16.Qxb4 axb4 17.Nd2 Kc7 18.Bf1 e5 19.a5 exd4 20.exd4 Nf8 21.a6 Ne6 22.Nb3 g5
23.Nf5 Bg6 24.Ne7 Be4 25.axb7 Rhe8 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Ra6 Rd6 28.Bb5 Nd8 29.Na5 Ree6
30.Bxc6 Nxc6 31.Raxc6+ Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Nd7 33.Ne5+  1-0

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 c6 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 d6 10.Ne2 Be6 11.c3 Qb6 12.Bc2 Bc4 13.Bd3 Bb3 14.Qe1 Ne5 15.Bb1 Bc4
16.Kh1 Qa6 17.dxe5 Bxe2 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Rf2 Bxf3 20.Rxf3 Be5 21.Bxf4 Nd7
22.Ba2 Bxf4 23.Rxf4 Ne5 24.Rf5 Rae8 25.Qg3 Qd3 26.Qf4 Ng6 27.Qf2 Re7 28.Rf1 Ne5
29.Qc5 Rfe8 30.Qd4 Rf8 31.Qc5 Rfe8 32.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Ne5 c5
16.f3 Bd6 17.Bh4 Qc7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ng4 f5 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.f4 Qe7 22.Nh5 Rg8
23.Ng3 Rad8 24.Qh5 Qf6 25.Be2 b5 26.Bf3 Bc8 27.Rfd1 a5 28.Qh3 Be7 29.Nh5 Qg6
30.Bc6 b4 31.cxb4 axb4 32.Bf3 cxd4 33.exd4 Ba6 34.Rc7 Bd6 35.Ra7 Bc4 36.g3 e5
37.fxe5 Bxe5 38.Kg2 f4 39.Qh4 Qc2+ 40.Kh1 Bd5 41.Bxd5 Qxd1+ 42.Kg2 Qe2+ 43.Kh3 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.h4 h5 7.Nh3 b5 8.Ng5 Bb7 9.a4 c6
10.Rd1 Qc7 11.f4 Nh6 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nfg4 14.O-O d5 15.exd5 Nf5 16.Bf2 Rd8
17.dxc6 Rxd4 18.Nd5 Qxc6 19.Qa5 Qd6 20.Ne4 Qxd5 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 22.Bxd5 Nxf2
23.Bxb7 Nxd1 24.axb5 O-O 25.c3 Nde3 26.bxa6 Rd7 27.Bc6 Rd2 28.Rb1 Bxh4 29.Bf3 Bf2+
30.Kh1 Ng4 31.Bxg4 hxg4 32.c4 Kg7 33.Qe5+ f6  0-1

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorensen, Torben"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 f6
9.Be3 b5 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Qh5 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Rc8 14.Ne2 Bxe4 15.f4 f5
16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Qe2 Nxf4 18.Qd2 Nd3 19.Qe3 Bd6 20.Rad1 Bf4 21.Rxf4 Nxf4 22.Bxg7 Rg8
23.Qd4 Qe7 24.Be5 Rxg3  0-1

[Event "Koge op"]
[Site "Koge"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Nc5 Bd5 15.Ne5 Nc4
16.Ned3 Nd7 17.b3 Ncb6 18.Be3 Bg5 19.Nf4 Ra7 20.Rac1 h6 21.Qd3 Nf6 22.Nh5 g6
23.Ng3 Ng4 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Nge4 Qe7 26.Qh3 h5 27.Qg3 Ba8 28.Re1 Nd5 29.h3 Ngf6
30.Ng5 Rc7 31.Re5 Ne8 32.Ngxe6 fxe6 33.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.e3 Qe7
9.Bd3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.O-O Bg4 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Qb1 Rcd8
16.Rfe1 Bh5 17.Qa1 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Ne4 19.Nb1 Qh4 20.f3 Ng5 21.Qf2 Qb4 22.Bf1 Bg6
23.Red1 Ne6 24.Nc3 d4 25.exd4 Nxd4 26.Bc4 Qa3 27.Nd5 Nc6 28.Re1 Bd3 29.Bxd3 Rxd5
30.Be4 Ra5 31.Rc2 g6 32.Rd2 Rc5 33.h4 h5 34.Rd7 Rc1 35.Rxb7 Rxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Nd4
37.Rd7 Qc5 38.Kh2 Ne6 39.Qg3 Ng7 40.Rb7 a5 41.Rd7 Qb6 42.Qd6 Qf2 43.Qf6 Ne8
44.Qg5 Qb6 45.Bd5 Ng7 46.Qe7 Qb8+ 47.Qd6 Qe8 48.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 e6 3.Nbc3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.d3 Rb8
9.f4 d5 10.g4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qb6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.c3 Rd8 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Be3 Rbc8
16.Ng3 Ne7 17.Qf2 Bh4 18.b4 Qa6 19.bxc5 Bc6 20.d4 Nd5 21.Rac1 b6 22.cxb6 axb6
23.Rfe1 Ba8 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Kh2 Rc4 26.Qd2 Rdc8 27.Bf2 Qa3 28.Re3 Rxd4 29.Qxd4 Qxc1
30.Qxb6 Qd2 31.Re1 Qxf4 32.Qe3 Qc7 33.Rc1 h6 34.Rc2 Rb8 35.Qe1 Ba8 36.Bd4 Be4
37.Rg2 Bxg2 38.Be5 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A91"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 Be7 6.O-O d6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.Nc3 e5
10.Rc1 Ng4 11.e3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Ndf6 13.f3 Nh6 14.Nf2 Nf7 15.e4 f4 16.gxf4 Nh5
17.Ne2 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 exf4 19.Nd3 Nh8 20.Kh1 Ng6 21.Rg1 c5 22.Qf2 Bh4 23.Qf1 Bf6
24.Bh3 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rd1 a5 27.Bxc8 Raxc8 28.Ne1 Ne5 29.Nc2 d3 30.Ne1 Rf6
31.Nxd3 Nxd3 32.Rxd3 b6 33.Rd5 h6 34.Qd3 Re8 35.Rd1 Ree6 36.Qd4 Rg6 37.Rf5 Re5
38.Rxf4 Reg5 39.Rf5 Rxf5 40.exf5 Rf6 41.Qd5+ Kh7 42.Re1 Qc5 43.Qxc5 bxc5
44.Rd1 Rxf5 45.Rxd6 a4 46.Kg2 Re5 47.bxa4 Re2+ 48.Kg3 Rc2 49.Rd3 Rxa2 50.Rd5 Rxa4
51.Rxc5 Kg6 52.Kf4 Kf6 53.h4 Ke6 54.Ke4 Kd6 55.Kd4 Ra1 56.Rd5+ Kc6 57.Re5 Rd1+
58.Ke4 Rc1 59.Kd3 Rd1+ 60.Ke3 Rc1 61.Re4 Kc5 62.Kf4 Rg1 63.Kf5 Rg3 64.Rg4 Rxf3+
65.Kg6 Ra3 66.Kxg7 h5 67.Rf4 Ra6 68.Rf6 Ra7+ 69.Kg6 Kxc4 70.Kxh5 Kd5 71.Kg6 Ke5
72.h5 Ra8 73.h6 Rg8+ 74.Kf7 Rh8 75.Kg7  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 Nc6 8.h5 O-O
9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.a3 Bg4 12.Na4 Qa5+ 13.b4 Qd8 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Be2 Ne4
16.Nc5 b6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Ng5 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.O-O Qd3 22.Qa2 Bf6
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bxe5 Bxg5 25.Bd4 Rc4 26.Qa1 Rc6 27.Rd1 Qe2 28.Rc1 Rc4 29.Rxc4 Qxc4
30.Bh8 Bh6 31.Qe5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qxa3 33.b5 Bf8 34.g3 a5 35.bxa6 Qxa6 36.Bf6 b5
37.Qf4 Qe6 38.Bd4  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxe5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Nf3 Qd6
9.Qc2 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.e3 dxe3 12.Bc3 Qc7 13.fxe3 Na6 14.a3 Rd8 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8
16.Be2 Nc5 17.Rd1 Qe8 18.Kb1 Ng4 19.Bd4 Ne6 20.Re1 c5 21.Bc3 Nxe3 22.Qe4 Nxg2
23.Bd3 g6 24.Nh5 Nxe1 25.Qxe1 Qd8 26.Be4 gxh5 27.Qg3+ Kf8 28.Be5 h4 29.Qg1 Bf6
30.Qf2 Nd4 31.Bxb7 Bf5+ 32.Ka2 Bxe5 33.Nxe5 Qb6 34.Be4 Re8 35.Qf4 Qd6 36.Bxf5 Qxe5
37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Bd3 Rb8 39.Qa6 Qc7 40.Qh6 Qe5  0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Re1 b5 10.Bc2 Nd7 11.Nf1 Nb6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.h3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Bb3 Qd6
16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.d4 Rad8 18.Bf4 f6 19.Qc2 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nd4 Qf7
23.b3 c5 24.Ndf5 Bf8 25.a4 c4 26.axb5 axb5 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Re4 Nc7 29.Bf4 Nd3
30.Bxc7 Qxc7 31.Qe2 Qf7 32.Kf1 g6 33.Nd4 f5 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Qf3 Bg7 36.Nge2 Ne5
37.Qg3 Nd3 38.Qf3 h6 39.Ra8 Kh7 40.Rxe8 Qxe8 41.g4 Qa4 42.Qe3 Qd1+ 43.Kg2 fxg4
44.hxg4 Bxd4 45.Nxd4 Qxg4+ 46.Kf1 Qd1+ 47.Kg2 Qe1 48.Qxe1 Nxe1+ 49.Kg3 Nd3
50.Nc2 Kg7 51.Ne3 Nb2 52.f4 h5 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.Kg3 Na4 55.Nxc4 Nxc3 56.Ne3 Ne4+
57.Kf3 Nd6 58.Nd5+ Ke6 59.Nc3 Nf5 60.Ne4 Kd5 61.Ng5 Nd4+ 62.Kg3 Kd6 63.Kf2 Ke7
64.Ke3 Ne6 65.Ne4 Ng7 66.Kf3 Ke6 67.Ng5+ Kd5 68.Ke3 Nf5+ 69.Kf3 Kd4 70.Ne6+ Kd3
71.Nf8 Ne7 72.Ne6 Kd2 73.Nf8 Ke1 74.Kg3 Ke2 75.Kh4 Kf3 76.Nxg6 Nxg6+ 77.Kxh5 Nxf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.e4 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.N2f3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc6 14.Rd1 Be7 15.Qb3 Na5
16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Qe2 O-O 20.b3 Nb6 21.Rd3 Qc7 22.Ng5 h6
23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Nd5 25.Bxh6 Nc3 26.Qf4 Rfd8 27.Re1 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 gxh6
29.h4 Kf8 30.Qf4 Ke8 31.Qxh6 Rd8 32.Rg3 Rd5 33.h5 Bf8 34.Rg8 Qe7 35.Qe3 b4
36.h6 Qh4 37.Qh3 Ne2+ 38.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 a5
9.Ne2 b5 10.Bc2 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Ba5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Rd1 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Ba6 14.cxd5 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd5
16.e4 Nf6 17.Qf3 Qc7 18.Bg5 Qe5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.Rac1 Rfd8 22.g3 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Rd7 Rc2 25.b4 a5 26.bxa5 bxa5 27.Ra7 Rc4 28.Rxa5 Rxe4 29.Rc5 Ra4
30.Rc3 h5 31.Kf1 f5 32.Ke2 f4 33.Kd2 fxg3 34.hxg3 h4 35.gxh4 Rxh4 36.Kc2 Rf4
37.f3 e5 38.Kb3 e4 39.fxe4 Rxe4 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.a4 f5 42.a5 Re7 43.Rc4 Kg6
44.a6 Ra7 45.Ra4 f4 46.Rxf4 Rxa6 47.Ra4 Rxa4 48.Kxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Bd4 c5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nd1 Nd7
16.Ne3 c4 17.h4 b5 18.h5 Nb7 19.O-O-O Nd6 20.Rdg1 g5 21.Qd2 Kh8 22.Kb1 f6
23.Ng4 a5 24.Nh6 Qe7 25.Bf1 b4 26.Bh3 c3 27.bxc3 bxc3 28.Qxc3 Nb5 29.Qd2 Nd4
30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.Bxf5 Nc5 32.Rc1 a4 33.d6 Qa7 34.Rc3 Rab8+ 35.Kc2 Qb6 36.Rc1 Rfd8
37.d7 Nxd7 38.Bxd7 Qb2+ 39.Kd1 Qxd2+ 40.Kxd2 Rxd7+ 41.Ke3 Kg7 42.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Rad1 Nbd7 13.Rfe1 Nb6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne4 Bd5 17.b3 Be7 18.Qh5 f5 19.Ng3 Nd7 20.Ne2 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bb4 22.Rf1 Qc7
23.Qh4 Bc5 24.Qg3 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 Rd8 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Qe4 Nf6 15.Qc2 b6
16.e4 Bb7 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qe2 a6 19.Bd3 c5 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Nc5
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Qe2 b5 25.a3 g5 26.h3 Nd3 27.Rd1 Nf4 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qe4 Ng6
30.Qc6 Nxe5 31.Nxe5 Bxe5 32.Qxa6 Qd2 33.g3 Bd4 34.Qa8+ Kg7 35.Qf3 Qxb2 36.Ne4 f5
37.Nd6 Kg6 38.g4 Qc2 39.Kg2 Bxf2 40.gxf5+ exf5 41.Qxf2 Qc6+ 42.Qf3 Qxd6 43.Qe2 Qc6+
44.Kf2 h5 45.Qe7 h4 46.Qd8 Qe6 47.Qd3 Qb6+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Nh5 14.Re1 Nf4 15.Bf1 c6
16.Rb1 Qe7 17.a3 Rd8 18.Qc2 Nc5 19.Rbd1 Nce6 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qd1 Qc7 22.g3 Nh5
23.c5 Bd7 24.Qa4 a6 25.Rd1 Rf8 26.Rd6 Kh7 27.Nd5 cxd5 28.Rxd7 Nxc5 29.Rxc7 Nxa4
30.exd5 e4 31.Nd2 b5 32.Nxe4 Bxb2 33.Nc5 Bxa3 34.Ne6 Re8 35.Rxf7+ Kg8 36.Ra7 Nc3
37.Rxa6 Bb4 38.Bxh6 Nxd5 39.Bxb5 Rc8 40.Bd7 Rb8 41.Ng5 Ne7 42.Be6+ Kh8 43.Nf7+ Kh7
44.Be3 Bc3 45.Ra7 Bf6 46.g4 Ng7 47.g5 Nxe6 48.gxf6 Nc6 49.Ng5+ Kg8 50.f7+ Kh8
51.Nxe6 Nxa7 52.Bxa7  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.d3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 c6 8.Nh4 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 O-O 10.g3 Re8 11.O-O Qa5 12.a3 Rad8 13.e4 e5 14.Kh1 Qa6 15.f3 Bf8
16.Rae1 g6 17.Qg2 Bg7 18.g4 Nf8 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Nxe4 21.Bxg7 Nxd2 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Qxd2 Ne6 24.Bf6 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 c5 26.Nf3 d4 27.Kg1 Qe6 28.Ne5 h6 29.h4 Kh7
30.Kf2 b5 31.Kg3 a5 32.g5 h5 33.Qf3 Kg8 34.Qc6 Qxc6 35.Nxc6 Ra8 36.Kf4 Ra6
37.Nb8 Re6 38.Be5 a4 39.bxa4 bxa4 40.Nd7 Rc6 41.Nf6+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 Qb6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.a4 b4
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Nfd2 Be7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.c3 Rb8 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Qc2 g6
16.Ne3 Bh6 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Bg5 Nxc5 8.Nd2 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 exd5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Ne6 14.Be5 Ng4 15.Bd4 Bd7
16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Qd3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Nd4 Ne4 21.e3 Qf6 22.f3 Ng3
23.Rg1 Re8 24.Kf2 Nf5 25.Re1 Nxd4 26.exd4 Rc2+ 27.Re2 Bf5 28.Qxc2 Qxd4+ 29.Kg3 Bxc2
30.Rxe8+ Kg7 31.Kh2 Qxb2 32.Re7 a5 33.g3 Qxa3 34.Rxb7 a4 35.Bb5 Qe3 36.Rg2 Bd1
37.f4 Bf3  0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Be3 Qd7
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qc2 Ne6 18.b4 a5 19.a3 Rfb8 20.Rad1 axb4 21.axb4 Ncd8 22.h4 Qc6
23.Qb3 Qc4 24.Qxc4 dxc4 25.Ne4 Kf8 26.g3 Ra3 27.Kg2 Ke8 28.Rh1 Nf8 29.Nd4 Nd7
30.h5 Nxe5 31.Bf4 Nd3 32.hxg6 Nxf4+ 33.gxf4 fxg6 34.Rh8+ Kf7 35.Nf3 Nc6 36.Nfg5+ Bxg5
37.Nxg5+ Ke7 38.Rh3 Rd8 39.Re3+ Kf6 40.Re6+ Kf5 41.Rxd8 Nxd8 42.Re8 Kxf4
43.Nh3+ Kf5 44.Rxd8 Rxc3 45.Rd5+ Ke4 46.Rxb5 Rb3 47.Rc5 Rxb4 48.Rxc7 Ra4
49.Ng5+ Kd3 50.Ne6 Kc2 51.Nc5 Ra3 52.Ne4 c3 53.Kf3 Kd3 54.Rd7+ Kc2 55.Ke2 Kc1
56.Nc5 Ra2+ 57.Ke3 Ra8 58.Nd3+ Kc2 59.Ne1+ Kc1 60.Kd3 Rc8 61.Rxg7 Kd1 62.Nc2 Rd8+
63.Kxc3 Rc8+ 64.Kd3 Rxc2 65.Rxg6 Rd2+ 66.Ke3 Re2+ 67.Kf3 Re8 68.Kg4 Ke2 69.f4 Kf2
70.f5 Re4+ 71.Kg5 Kf3 72.f6 Re5+ 73.Kh6  1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Bb3 Re8 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nf8 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Ne5 Bxb3
16.Qxb3 Qc7 17.Rc1 Bxe5 18.dxe5 N6d7 19.f4 Qb6+ 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.a3 f6 22.exf6 Nxf6
23.Rfe1 b5 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Kf2 N8d7 26.Be3 Ne4+ 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Rd1 Nf6 29.Rd8+ Re8
30.Rxe8+ Nxe8 31.Bc5 Nf6 32.Kf3 Kf7 33.Bd4 Nd7 34.f5 g6 35.Ke4 gxf5+ 36.Kxf5 Nf8
37.Be3 Kg7 38.g4 Ng6 39.Ke6 Nh4 40.Kd6 Nf3 41.Kc7  1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bf4 f5 13.Ne5 Ng6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.f3 Nf6
16.Qf2 Nh5 17.Be5 Bh4 18.Qd2 Bg3 19.Bxg3 Nxg3 20.Rfe1 Qd6 21.Rab1 Bd7 22.b4 b5
23.a4 a6 24.Bc2 Re7 25.axb5 axb5 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 Rae8 28.Bb3+ Kh7 29.Qf2 fxe4
30.Re3 Nf5 31.g4 Nh6 32.Rd1 Qxb4 33.Bc2 Rf7 34.Qe2 Rf3 35.Nxe4 Rxe3 36.Qxe3 Qc4
37.Qd2 Qd5 38.Ng5+ Kh8 39.Bxg6 Rf8 40.Bc2 c5 41.Qd3 Qxd4+ 42.Qxd4 cxd4 43.Rxd4 Rc8
44.Rxd7 Rxc2 45.Rb7 Rc5 46.Ne6 Re5 47.Rb8+ Ng8 48.Nf8 Rd5 49.h4 g5 50.Rb7 Rd1+
51.Kg2 Nf6 52.Ng6+ Kg8 53.hxg5 Nxg4 54.Kf3 Rd4 55.Rxb5 Ra4 56.Nf4 Nh2+ 57.Kg3 Nf1+
58.Kg4 Ne3+ 59.Kf3 Nc2 60.Rb8+ Kg7 61.Rb7+ Kg8 62.Nd5 Nd4+ 63.Kf2 Ra5 64.Rd7 Ne6
65.g6 Rxd5 66.Rxd5 Kg7 67.Rd6 Nf4 68.Ke3 Nxg6 69.Ke4 Kf7 70.Ra6 Ne7 71.Ke5 Ng6+
72.Kd6 Nf8 73.Ra1 Kf6 74.Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be2 h6
9.O-O c5 10.c4 Nc6 11.Nb3 cxd4 12.Nbxd4 Be4 13.cxd5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd5 15.Rfc1 Qa5
16.Bc7 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Bxb4 18.a3 Be7 19.Be5 Rfc8 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Nd2 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.Bf3 Kf8 24.Kf1 Ke7 25.Ke2 Bxf3+ 26.Nxf3 Ne4 27.Nd2 Nd6 28.Kd1 e5 29.e4 Kd7
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Kxc1 Kc6 33.Kc2 Kc5 34.Kc3 a5 35.f3 a4 36.h4 f5
37.exf5 Nxf5 38.h5 Ng3 39.Ne4+ Nxe4+ 40.fxe4 Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O g6
9.Ne2 Bg7 10.c3 O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Bd2 a5 14.a4 Rfb8 15.Qb3 b5
16.axb5 Qb7 17.Ra4 Qxb5 18.Qxb5 Rxb5 19.Rb1 Rab8 20.Nexd4 Rxb2 21.Rxb2 Rxb2
22.Nxc6 Nxc6 23.Bxa5 Rb3 24.d4 Nxa5 25.Rxa5 Bh6 26.f5 exf5 27.exf5 Kg7 28.Kf2 Rb2+
29.Kg3 Be3 30.Ra3 Re2 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.h4 Bf2+ 33.Kh3 Re4 34.Rd3 f5 35.d5 Kf8
36.g3 Ke7 37.Nd2 Re2 38.d6+ Kd7 39.Nf3 Bc5 40.h5 gxh5 41.Kh4 Bxd6 42.Kxh5 Rg2
43.Nh4 Rxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 Qc7 8.Nc3 a6
9.Bd3 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Rac1 Be7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Bc3 O-O 15.Neg5 h6
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Bb1 Nd8 18.Rfd1 Bc6 19.Ne4 f5 20.Ng3 Nf7 21.Nh5 Rg8 22.e4 Ng5
23.exf5 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nf6 25.Ng3 exf5 26.Kg2 f4 27.Nf5 Rge8 28.Nh4 c4 29.Be5 Bd6
30.Ng6+ Kg8 31.Bxd6 Qxd6 32.Qxc4+ Qe6 33.Nxf4 Qxc4 34.Rxc4 Ne6 35.Ng6 Kf7
36.f4 Rec8 37.Rdc1 Rxc4 38.Rxc4 Ra7 39.Ne5+ Kf8 40.Rc8+ Ne8 41.Bg6 Nxf4+
42.Kf3 Nxg6 43.Nxg6+ Kf7 44.Ne5+ Kf8 45.b4 Rb7 46.a3 Ke7 47.Nc4 Nd6 48.Rg8 Ke6
49.Nxd6 Kxd6 50.Ra8 Rb6 51.Ra7 g5 52.Kg4 Kc6 53.Rf7 Kb5 54.Rf5+ Ka4 55.Ra5+ Kb3
56.h4 gxh4 57.f4 Rf6 58.f5 Kc4 59.Kxh4 Kd4 60.Kg4 Ke4 61.Rc5 Rf8 62.a4 Rf7
63.Rc6 h5+ 64.Kh4 a5 65.b5 Rxf5 66.Ra6 Kd5 67.Rxa5 Kd6 68.Ra7 Kc5 69.Ra6 Re5
70.Kg3 Rf5 71.b6 Kc6 72.a5 Kb7 73.Ra7+ Kb8 74.Kh4 Rb5 75.Kh3 Rg5 76.Kh2 Rb5
77.Kg3 Rf5 78.Kg2 Rg5+ 79.Kh3 Rb5 80.Kh4 Rf5 81.a6 Rb5 82.Rb7+ Ka8 83.Kg3 h4+
84.Kg4 h3 85.Kxh3 Rh5+ 86.Kg4 Rg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.b4 Nb7 15.dxc6 Qxc6
16.Bb2 Nd8 17.Bd3 Ne6 18.c4 Nf4 19.Bf1 Qb6 20.c5 dxc5 21.Bxe5 Ng6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.e5 Be7 25.Nb3 Qa7 26.Nbd4 Bc5 27.Qd2 Rad8 28.Qb2 Qb6 29.Rad1 Bc8
30.Nb3 Bb4 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Re4 Be7 33.Nfd4 Bb7 34.Re1 Nf4 35.Re3 Bf8 36.Rg3 g6
37.Rg4 Ne6 38.Nxe6 Qxe6 39.a4 Rd1 40.Qc2 Re1 41.axb5 axb5 42.Nd4 Qxe5 43.Qd2 b4
44.Rg5 Qe8 45.Ra5 Rb1 46.Ra7 Qe4 47.Nf3 b3 48.Qd7 Bd5 49.Ra4 Qd3 50.Kh2 Rxf1  0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 c5 8.e3 Bb7
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Be2 Qe7 11.O-O a5 12.b3 Nc6 13.Qc2 a4 14.bxa4 Na5 15.Nd2 Bc6
16.Bb2 d6 17.Rab1 Rfc8 18.Bc3 h6 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Ne8 21.Nd2 Ra7 22.Rb6 Nc6
23.Rfb1 Qd7 24.Nb3 Ne7 25.a5 Qa4 26.Qd3 d5 27.Nd2 d4 28.exd4 cxd4 29.Qxd4 Nf5
30.Qe5 Qxa3 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Qxe6+ Rf7 33.Qxc8 Qxc3 34.Qxe8+ Rf8 35.Qe6+ Kh8
36.Nf3 Qxa5 37.Ne5 Kh7 38.Nd7 Rd8 39.c5 Nh4 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.c6  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 Be7 8.Qc2 Nb6
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nxc4 c5 13.Ne3 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Ne5 15.Be2 Nc6
16.Rd2 e5 17.O-O Nd4 18.Qd1 Be6 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Qg5 21.g3 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Rad8
23.Nf5 Rfe8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Qf2 h5 26.e5 Qc7 27.Nd6 Re7 28.Qd4 Nd7 29.Nf5 Re8
30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 Nxe5 33.Qxe5 Qxd6 34.Qxh5 Qe6 35.a3 Rd2 36.Qc5 Qh3  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Bd2 Ba6 11.b3 Bc5 12.Qe4 O-O-O 13.Be2 Rde8 14.f4 f6 15.a4 f5
16.Qf3 d6 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.O-O-O Bd4 19.Bd3 Qc5 20.Rhe1 g6 21.Kc2 Bb7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Re1 Rxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Niels Jorgen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.e4 g6 9.Bb5 Bg7
10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Ba6 12.b7 Bxb7 13.Re1 Ne8 14.Bf4 Nc7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Qd2 Rfd8
17.Rad1 Qe8 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.h4 Bc8 20.h5 Bg4 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Re3 Rab8 23.Rde1 Rb4
24.e5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Bf5 26.Nc6 Qxc6 27.dxc6 Rxd2 28.Rxe7 Rdxb2 29.Rxc7 Rb8
30.Nb5 c4 31.Rb7 Rc8 32.Nd6 Rxb7 33.Nxc8 Rc7 34.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Be7 10.Ne4 Qf5 11.Nfd2 Nb6 12.f4 O-O 13.Qc2 Rd8 14.e3 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1 Rd4 19.Qc7 Rxe4 20.Qd8+ Kh7 21.Qd3 Rb4
22.Qxe3 Bd7 23.Rad1 Qb5 24.Rf2 Rc8 25.Qxa7 Bc6 26.b3 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Rc3 28.Rfd2 Re4
29.Qf2 Rce3 30.Kg1 Qh5 31.Rd3 Re2  0-1

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e3 d5 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.Bf2 a5
16.O-O a4 17.Rfe1 Rfd8 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rac1 Ba6 20.Bf5 Rab8 21.Rb1 Qb5 22.Qc2 Rb6
23.b4 axb3 24.Rxb3 Qa5 25.Rxb6 Qxb6 26.e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Nf8 29.Qe7 Rd6
30.Be4 Bd3 31.Bxd3 Rxd3 32.Bxc5 Qb8 33.a4 Ne6 34.Bf2 Rd2 35.Qa3 Qd8 36.Qe3 Ra2
37.Qe4 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rae8 12.Bd2 Nd8 13.Ne2 Ne6 14.Ng3 Bd8 15.c3 c5 16.Bc2 Bc7
17.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.Nd5 Re8 10.h4 h5 11.O-O-O b5 12.Bh6 bxc4 13.g4 Nxg4 14.fxg4 Bxg4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Ne3 Nb4 17.Nc3 Rh8 18.Nxg4 hxg4 19.Bxc4 e6 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 c6 22.Qd4+ f6
23.Qxg4 cxd5 24.Bxd5 Qb6 25.Qd4 Nd3+ 26.Rxd3 Qxb2+ 27.Kd1 Rhe8 28.Rd2 Qa1+
29.Kc2 Rb2+ 30.Kd3 Rxd2+ 31.Kxd2 Qb2+ 32.Kd3 Re5 33.h5  1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.a3 Qc7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Qe7
16.e5 Ng4 17.g3 Qc5 18.Bd3 Nf2+ 19.Rxf2 Bxf2 20.b4 Qb6 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Be4 Bg4
23.Kg2 Bd4 24.h3 Bd7 25.Na4 Qd8 26.Qd1 g6 27.Ra2 Be3 28.Qe1 Bxc1 29.Qxc1 Bf5
30.Bf3 Qd4 31.Re2 Rad8 32.Nc5 Bd3 33.Rf2 b6 34.Nb7 Rc8 35.Nd6 Rc7 36.Rd2 c5
37.bxc5 bxc5 38.Qd1 c4 39.Nxc4 Rxc4 40.Rxd3 Qb2+ 41.Rd2 Qxa3 42.e6 fxe6 43.Qe2 Qc5
44.Qxe6 Rc2 45.Re2 Qc4 46.Qe5+ Kh7 47.Qe7+ Kg8 48.h4 Rxe2+ 49.Bxe2 Qc6+ 50.Bf3 Qf6
51.Qc5 Rd8 52.Be4 Qd4 53.Qc6 Qd2+ 54.Kf3 Qd6 55.Qc4+ Kg7 56.Kg2 Qd4 57.Qe6 Qd2+
58.Kf3 Qd6 59.Qc4 Kh6 60.Kg2 Qd4 61.Qe6 Qd2+ 62.Kf3 Qd6 63.Qc4 a5 64.Qb5 Qd1+
65.Kg2 Qd2+ 66.Kf3 Qc3+ 67.Kg4 Qc8+ 68.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.exd5 Bd6 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Rfe1 Qc7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 b5
16.Bd3 g6 17.Rad1 Nb6 18.Bc2 Rfe8 19.Qxe8+ Rxe8 20.Rxe8+ Kg7 21.h4 Qd7 22.Rd8 Qc7
23.Re1 Bxd5 24.h5 gxh5 25.Ree8 f6 26.Rh8 fxg5 27.Rxh7+ Kf6 28.Rxc7 Bxc7 29.Rf8+ Ke7
30.Rf5 Bf4 31.Nxg5 Bc1 32.Be4 Bxe4 33.Nxe4 c4 34.Kf1 Bxb2 35.Ke2 h4 36.Rf3 Nd5
37.Kd2 a5 38.Kc2 Be5 39.Rf5 Ke6 40.Rh5 b4 41.Nc5+ Kd6 42.Nb7+ Ke6 43.Nxa5 bxa3
44.Nxc4 Bf6 45.Nxa3 Nf4 46.Rh7 Nxg2 47.Kd2 Kf5 48.Nc4 Kg6 49.Rb7 h3 50.Ke2 Bc3
51.Kf3 Be1 52.Ne5+ Kf5 53.Nd3 Bc3 54.Rb5+  1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Bh6 14.Ne1 f5 15.Bf3 b6
16.a5 Ba6 17.Be2 Nc5 18.axb6 cxb6 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Nc2 Kh8 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.Na3 Rfb8
23.Nab5 Bc8 24.Qc2 Ng8 25.Ra2 Rxa2 26.Qxa2 Rb6 27.Ra1 Ra6 28.Qxa6 Bxa6 29.Rxa6 Bf8
30.Ra8 Qg7 31.g3 Qh6 32.Bd3 Qd2 33.Bf1 Be7 34.Ra2 Qe1 35.f3 h5 36.Kg2 h4
37.Re2 Qc1 38.Kf2 Nf6 39.Ra2 Nh5 40.Ra8+ Kg7 41.Ra7 Kf8 42.Ne2 Qd2 43.exf5 hxg3+
44.hxg3 gxf5 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7 Qh6 47.Bh3 Ng7 48.Bg2 Qf6 49.Bh3 Kg8 50.Ra8+ Kh7
51.Ra1 Kg6 52.Ra6 Nh5 53.Ra8 e4 54.Nbc3 exf3 55.Kxf3 Qe5 56.g4 fxg4+ 57.Bxg4 Qf6+
58.Ke3 Ng3 59.Kd3 Nxe2 60.Bxe2 Qf2 61.Ne4 Qe1 62.Rb8 Qa1 63.Kc2 Qa2+ 64.Rb2 Qa4+
65.Rb3 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3 a6 13.Bd2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bxb5 Bxf3
16.gxf3 axb5 17.Nxb5 Bh2+ 18.Kg2 Qb6 19.a4 Nxa4 20.Rxa4 Qxb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8
22.Kxh2 Qe2 23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Rc1 Nd5 25.e4 Nf6 26.Ba5 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Rb8 28.b4 Kf8
29.Rc4 Ke7 30.f4 Nd7 31.Rc7 Rb5 32.Ra7 f6 33.f3 Kd6 34.Kf2 Rh5 35.Bd8 Kc6
36.Ra6+ Kb7 37.Rxe6 Rxh3 38.Re7 Kc8 39.Ba5 g6 40.e5 fxe5 41.fxe5 Rh2+ 42.Ke3 Rh1
43.f4 h5 44.Rg7 Rg1 45.Kf2 Rg4 46.Rf7 g5 47.e6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.f3 Nc6 5.Qd2 g6 6.O-O-O Bg7 7.Bh6 O-O 8.Nh3 a6
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Nf4 Qd6 11.e3 Be6 12.h4 Bf7 13.h5 g5 14.h6+ Kh8 15.Nh3 g4
16.Ng5 Bg6 17.Ne2 e5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Nf4 Rae8 20.Bd3 Qxe3 21.Qxe3 Rxe3 22.Nfe6 Re8
23.fxg4 Nxg4 24.Nxc7 R8e5 25.Nf3 Nf2 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rhe1 Nxd1 28.Kxd1 Rxe1+
29.Kxe1 Ne7 30.Kf2 Ng8 31.Nxd5 Nxh6 32.Kg3 Bf7 33.Ne3 Bxa2 34.b3 Ng4 35.Nd5 Ne5
36.Bxf5 Nc6 37.Nc3 Nb4 38.Kf4 Kg7 39.Ke3 h6 40.Kd2 Kf6 41.Bc8 b5 42.Kc1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.e4 b5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nc3 Qe5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Ng4 15.Qg3 Qxg3
16.hxg3 Ke7 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Ne2 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rhd8 20.a3 Be8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.f3 Ne5
23.Kf2 b4 24.axb4 Rb8 25.Bc2 Rxb4 26.b3 Rb7 27.Nd4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc5 13.Rc1 Qg5 14.f4 Qh4+ 15.Qf2 Qxf2+
16.Kxf2 Bd7 17.Nf3 Rc8 18.b4 Ke7 19.Be2 f6 20.g4 h6 21.h4 a6 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 b5
24.Nh4 Ke8 25.Nf5 Rxh1 26.Nd6+ Kf8 27.Rxh1 Rc7 28.Ne4 fxg5 29.Nxg5 e5 30.Rh8+ Ke7
31.Rg8 exf4 32.exf4 Nd4 33.Rxg7+ Kf8 34.Rf7+ Ke8 35.Bh5 Kd8 36.Ne4 Rc4 37.Nc5 Bc8
38.Bg6 a5 39.f5 axb4 40.axb4 Rxb4 41.f6 Ne6 42.Nd3 Rc4 43.Re7 Nf4 44.Ne5 Be6
45.Re8+ Kc7 46.Nxc4 Bxc4 47.Bf5 Kd6 48.Bg4 Ng6 49.Bh5 Bf7 50.Re4 b4 51.Ke1 Kd7
52.Kd2 Kd6 53.Kc1 Kd5 54.Re1 Kd6 55.Bxg6 Bxg6 56.Re7 Bf5 57.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 d6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.Qxe3 Nf6 10.Nc3 b5 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.Qg3 b4 13.Nb1 Qc7 14.Qxg7 Rg8 15.Qh6 Bb7
16.N1d2 Rxg2 17.Rhg1 Rg6 18.Rxg6 hxg6 19.Nc4 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Ne3 Bb7 22.Qh8+ Ke7
23.Qh4 a5 24.Bb5 Ne5 25.Qd4 Bf3 26.Re1 Ne4 27.Nxa5 Rxa5 28.Qxb4+ Nd6 29.a4 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bf6 12.O-O Nc6 13.Be3 g6 14.Rc1 Bg7 15.Rc5 Ne7
16.Qb3 b6 17.Rc3 Bf5 18.Ba6 Qd6 19.Rfc1 Be6 20.Ne2 Nf5 21.Bf4 Qe7 22.Rc7 Qh4
23.g3 Qg4 24.Qd3 Nh4 25.Qd1 Rfe8 26.Nc3 Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qxf3 28.Be2 Qxf4 29.gxf4 Bh6
30.Bb5 Bxf4 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Nd1 Bxc1 33.Rxc1 Bg4 34.Ne3 Bf3 35.Rc3 Kg7 36.h3 Kf6
37.Kh2 Ke6 38.Rc6+ Ke7 39.Kg3 Be4 40.Rc7+ Kf6 41.Rxa7 h5 42.Rb7 Re6 43.f3 h4+
44.Kg2 Bf5 45.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Kh1 Rae8 14.f4 Be3 15.Qe2 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Re7 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Rxe7 Rxe7 19.Kg1 Bc6 20.Rf2 b5 21.Re2 Rxe2 22.Bxe2 b4
23.Qd4 Qg6 24.Bf1 Qxc2 25.cxb4 Be4 26.a3 Kh7 27.Qc3 Qd1 28.Kf2 f5 29.h3 Qd5
30.Bc4 Qb7 31.Bf1 Qb6+ 32.Qe3 c5 33.bxc5 Qxb2+ 34.Kg1 d5 35.c6 d4 36.Qf2 Qxf2+
37.Kxf2 Bxc6 38.Bc4 Kg6 39.g3 Kf6 40.Ke2 Be4 41.Kd2 g5 42.Be2 gxf4 43.gxf4 Ke6
44.Bc4+ Kd6 45.h4 Bd5 46.Bd3 Be6 47.Kc2 Bd7 48.Kb3 Kc5 49.Kc2 Be6 50.Kd2 Bc8
51.Kc2 Kd6 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Bc4+ Kf6 54.Kd3 Kg6 55.Kxd4 Kh5 56.Ke5 Kxh4 57.Be2 Kg3
58.Bd1 a5 59.Be2 Bd7 60.Bh5 a4 61.Bd1 Be8 62.Kxf5 h5 63.Bxh5 Bxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.h4 g4
10.Ne5 Bb4 11.f3 Nh5 12.Bf2 Qa5 13.Qd2 g3 14.Be3 f6 15.Ng4 f5 16.Ne5 f4 17.Bg1 Bb7
18.Rc1 Rg8 19.a3 Bd6 20.Ng4 Nd7 21.Qc2 O-O-O 22.Nxh6 Rg7 23.Be2 c5 24.d5 exd5
25.Nf5 Rg6 26.e5 Nxe5 27.Nxd6+ Rdxd6 28.Bxc5 Rde6 29.Kf1 d4 30.Bxd4 Nxf3
31.Bxf3 Bxf3 32.Qf5 a6 33.a4 Qd8 34.Qc5+ Rc6 35.Qf5+ Rce6 36.Qc5+ Rc6 37.Qf5+ Rge6
38.gxf3 Qxd4 39.Rc2 b4 40.Nd5 b3 41.Ne7+ Kb7 42.Nxc6 g2+ 43.Kxg2 Qg7+ 44.Qg5 Rg6
45.Nd8+ Ka8 46.Ne6 Qg8 47.Re2 Rxg5+ 48.hxg5 Ng3 49.g6 Nxe2 50.g7 Qxe6 51.Rh6 Qf7
52.Rh8+ Kb7 53.g8=Q Qxg8+ 54.Rxg8 c3 55.Rg7+ Kc6  0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olsen, Heini"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.Ng1 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.d4 d5 8.a3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Bf6 13.Be4 Nce7 14.Qd3 h6 15.Ne5 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Nf5 17.Be3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Rb8 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Qc7 Qb5 22.Rxf6 gxf6
23.Rc5 Qe2 24.Qg3+ Kh8 25.h3 f5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Rxf5  0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Qb6 6.Rb1 g6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.h4 d5
9.h5 g5 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Ne2 Be6 12.c3 Qc7 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Ng3 Bxg3 15.fxg3 O-O
16.O-O Qe8 17.Rbe1 Nd7 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nb6 20.e4 Qxh5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.c4 Nb6
23.Re7 Qg6 24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.Rxb7 Rae8 26.Qxc6 Qd3 27.b3 Nc8 28.Qc7 Rg8 29.Qf7 Ref8
30.Qe6 g4 31.Nh4 Qxg3 32.Nf5  1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 h6 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7
9.Be2 a5 10.b3 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nd2 c5 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rfc8 15.d5 a4
16.dxe6 Qxe6 17.b4 cxb4 18.Qxb4 Nc5 19.Nf3 Nfe4 20.Nd4 Qg6 21.f3 Ng5 22.Kh1 Re8
23.e4 Nge6 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.Qxb6 Rc8 26.Qb4 f5 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Qc3 Qg5 29.Rf2 Re3
30.Qc2 Qe7 31.Bf1 Re8 32.Qg6 Re6 33.Qg3 Qf7 34.Rd4 Rg6 35.Rg4 Rxg4 36.Qxg4 Re1
37.Kg1 Ba6 38.Rc2 Ne4 39.Rc1 Qa7+ 40.c5 Qxc5+  0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Rc1 Be6
9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Qd8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Rc2 e6 14.Bd6 Re8 15.Rd2 a5
16.f3 Bh6 17.Kf2 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qf6 19.Bg2 a4 20.Nd4 Na5 21.f4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc4
23.Re2 e5 24.fxe5 Qg5 25.Rhe1 Nxe5 26.Nf3 Nxf3 27.Kxf3 Qf5+ 28.Kg2 Re4 29.Rf2 Qe6
30.Bf4 Bg7 31.Rd2 Qxa2 32.Ree2 h6 33.Qc2 Rae8 34.Qd3 Qe6 35.Qb5 g5 36.Bd6 Rxe3
37.Rxe3 Qxe3 38.Rf2 Bd4 39.Rc2 Qe4+ 40.Kh3 g4+ 41.Kh4 Bf6+  0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Rhe8 13.Re1 b5 14.a3 Re7 15.h3 Bh5
16.Nh4 Ree8 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nf1 Nd7 20.N1e3 Bf7 21.Rd1 Re8 22.Ng4 Be6
23.Nfe3 Bg8 24.Nf5 h5 25.Rxd7 Kxd7 26.Nxe5+ Kc8 27.Ng6 Bc5 28.b4 Bh7 29.Ne5 Bxf5
30.exf5 Bd6 31.f4 c5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 cxb4 34.axb4 Bxb4 35.Nd3 Bf8 36.g5 Re2
37.f6 gxf6 38.Bxf6 Rxc2 39.g6 Rc6  0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 a6 10.Bg5 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Bb1 Rc8 14.Re1 Be7 15.a3 Re8
16.Qd3 Nf8 17.Rcd1 Qb6 18.h4 Rcd8 19.Ne5 Rd6 20.Be3 Bd5 21.Qe2 Qb7 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Qh5 Bf6 24.Be4 Qe7 25.Bg5 Ng6 26.g3 Qa7 27.Qf3 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Red8 29.Kg2 Ndf4+
30.Kf1 Nd5 31.Rc1 Rf8 32.Red1 Nde7 33.Qc3 Qb8 34.Nf3 b4 35.Qxb4 Qxb4 36.axb4 Rb6
37.Rc4 Rfb8 38.Ra1 f5 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.b5 f5 41.Bc2 axb5 42.Rc5 Rd8 43.Bb3 Kg7
44.Ra7 Kf6 45.Ke2 Rdd6 46.Ra5 Nc6 47.Raxb5 Rxb5 48.Rxb5 Rxd4 49.Rb6 Re4+
50.Kf1 Nge7 51.Kg2 Rb4 52.Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Be2 Rd8
16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Na4 h5 18.Nc5 Bh6 19.Rcd1 Bf8 20.Nb7 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rc8 22.Na5 Bb4
23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Nbd2 Rd8 25.h3 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Qd6 28.Be2 Be7 29.h4 Kg7
30.g3 Bf6 31.Ba6 Nd7 32.Bc4 Bd8 33.Bb3 Nc5 34.Qc3 f6 35.Qc4 Nxb3 36.Qxb3 Bb6
37.Qc2 Qe6 38.Nd2 Qg4 39.Qd3 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Bd4 41.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 e6 13.Nb3 b6 14.f3 Ba6 15.Kd2 Rd8
16.Bc4 Bf8 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.a4 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 Na6 20.Ke2 Kg7 21.Rhc1 f6 22.Bf4 Rad8
23.Rc8 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 25.g4 Kf7 26.h4 Ke7 27.g5 f5 28.R1c4 Rxc8 29.Rxc8 Rd8
30.Rc4 fxe4 31.fxe4 Rf8 32.Ke3 Kd7 33.Nd2 Nb8 34.e5 h6 35.gxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.Be3 Qa6 14.Qxa6 Nxa6 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.e5 Ng4 17.Bf4 Rad8 18.Nf3 Bc8 19.h3 Nh6 20.Be3 Bc5 21.Bg5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Nf5
23.g4 h6 24.Bc1 Ne7 25.Na4 Bb6 26.Bf1 Be6 27.b3 Ng6 28.Bxa6 bxa6 29.Nxb6 axb6
30.Be3 Bd5 31.Ne1 Nxe5 32.Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nf8 14.f3 N8h7 15.Bf1 Ng5
16.Bf2 Nh5 17.b4 Be5 18.b5 Qf6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Nce2 c5 21.Nc6 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Bxh2+
23.Kxh2 Qxf2 24.Rxd6 Nf6 25.Rxf6 Qxf6 26.Na5 Bg4 27.Nc3 Qe5+ 28.Kh1 f5 29.Nd5 Re6
30.Rb7 fxe4 31.Nc6 Qa1 32.Qf2 Bf3 33.Nce7+ Kh8 34.gxf3 Rf8 35.f4 e3 36.Qb2+ Qxb2
37.Rxb2 Kg7 38.Kg2 Rf7 39.Kf3 g5 40.Rb7 gxf4 41.Nf5+ Kg8 42.Nde7+  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 a5 8.c4 a4 9.e3 Ne4
10.Nfd2 Nc5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ba3 axb3 13.axb3 Nca6 14.Nc3 Nc7 15.Bc5 Rxa1
16.Qxa1 Nba6 17.b4 Nxc5 18.bxc5 e5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Nf3 Bg7 21.Nd4 Ne6 22.Qa3 Nxd4
23.exd4 Bxd4 24.Nxd5 Bh3 25.Qb3 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qa5 27.Rc1 Re8 28.Qf3 Qa2 29.Nf6+ Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.b3 O-O 7.c4 Ne4 8.Bb2 Be6
9.Na3 Nd7 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd2 14.Rfc1 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 e5
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nb1 Rac8 18.Bc3 Qb5 19.Na3 Qa6 20.Bb4 exd4 21.exd4 Bxd4 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.Nc2 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 Nf6 25.Ne3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Rd4 h5 28.Qf4 Kg7 29.g4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Ne4 31.Nxd5 Nxf2 32.Qxf2 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qxd5 34.Qxa7 Qf3 35.Qd4+ f6
36.Qd7+ Kh6 37.Qd2+ Kg7 38.Qd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Ne4 7.Be3 Bb7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 d5 10.O-O Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Qb3 a5 14.Bf4 c6 15.Rfd1 a4
16.Qc2 f6 17.Ne1 Nf8 18.Bd2 Qd7 19.Bb4 Ng6 20.Nf3 Qf5 21.b3 axb3 22.Qxb3 h5
23.Be1 Ba6 24.Rxc6 Bxe2 25.Rdc1 Bc4 26.Qb1 b5 27.Nd2 Qd7 28.R6xc4 bxc4 29.Nxe4 dxe4
30.Bxe4 Rab8 31.Qc2 Ne7 32.Qxc4+ Kh8 33.Qe2 g6 34.Qd3 Kg7 35.d5 Rec8 36.Rd1 Nf5
37.Bb4 Re8 38.d6 Re5 39.Rc1 Kh8 40.Rc7 Qe6 41.d7 Rd8 42.Bb7 Kg7 43.Bc3 Re2
44.Rc6 Qxd7 45.Qxe2 Qxb7 46.Rxf6 Qb1+ 47.Qf1 Qb3 48.Rd6+ Qxc3 49.Rxd8 Qxa3
50.Qd3  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nb6 8.Qc2 Bg4
9.Ne5 Bh5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6+ Kf8 13.Bxa8 Qxa8 14.O-O Bg6 15.Qe2 h6
16.Bh4 Kg8 17.Rfc1 Kh7 18.Nb5 Bd8 19.Nc7 Qb8 20.Bg3 Nh5 21.Na6 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Qd6
23.Nc5 Bf6 24.b3 Re8 25.Qa6 h5 26.Rc3 Qe7 27.Qb7 Bf5 28.a4 Rc8 29.a5 Qxb7  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 b4 5.a3 Na6 6.axb4 Nxb4 7.Nc3 d6 8.e4 g6 9.Be2 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd7 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Ra3 Qb6 16.Bg4 Ne5
17.Be2 Reb8 18.h4 Rb7 19.h5 gxh5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxh5 e6 22.Ne2 exd5 23.exd5 Kh8
24.Rf3 Qd8 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Bxf7 Qf6 27.Be6 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Ba1 29.Rb3 Qg6 30.Rg3 Qb1+
31.Kh2 Be5 32.f4 Qb2 33.Qe3 Bg7 34.Bf5 Rf8 35.Qe4 h6 36.Rg6 a5 37.Qe6 Rf6
38.Qe8+ Rf8 39.Qd7 Rxf5 40.Qxf5 a4 41.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.h4 c5 11.e6 c4 12.exf7+ Rxf7 13.Qd1 Nb6 14.h5 Nc6 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Be2 Bf5 17.Be3 Nb4 18.Rc1 N6d5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bd2 Qd6 21.b3 c3 22.Bxc3 Nf4
23.Ng5 Nxg2+ 24.Kf1 Ne3+ 25.fxe3 Bc2+ 26.Nxf7 Qf6+ 27.Ke1 Bxd1 28.Rf1 Bxe2
29.Rxf6 Bxf6 30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Kxe2 Kxh6 32.e4 Kg7 33.e5 Bg5 34.Bd2 Bxd2 35.Kxd2 Kf7
36.Ke3 Rh8 37.d5 Rh3+ 38.Kd4 Rh4+ 39.Kc5 Rh2 40.Kc6 Re2 41.e6+ Kf6 42.Kd7 Rd2
43.Rf1+ Kg7 44.Rf7+ Kg8 45.Kc6 Rc2+ 46.Kb6 Rd2 47.Kc5 Rc2+ 48.Kd4 Rd2+ 49.Ke4 g5
50.Rf5 Rxa2 51.Rxg5+ Kh7 52.Rf5 Kg6 53.Rf7 Re2+ 54.Kd3 Re1 55.Rxe7 a5 56.Kd4 a4
57.bxa4 bxa4 58.Ra7 Kf6 59.Rf7+ Kg6 60.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 Nd7 12.Be3 a4 13.Rb1 Ra6 14.f4 Na5 15.Ng3 Nb3
16.Bc2 Re8 17.Nh5 Nf8 18.f5 exd4 19.Qg4 Ng6 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Bf2 Qe7 22.Bxb3 axb3
23.Rxb3 Rc6 24.Qd1 Ne5 25.Bxd4 Kh8 26.f6  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 b6
9.b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.b5 cxb5 12.c6 Qc8 13.Rc1 Qxc6 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.a4 b4 17.Ned4 Qb7 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nb5 Rc8 20.O-O c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 c5 7.c3 Ne4 8.Nbd2 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.h4 d5 14.Rac1 a5 15.e3 Rfd8
16.Ne5 Be8 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.h5 e6 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Bf3 e5 21.Kg2 e4 22.Be2 Bb5
23.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.Rb1 O-O 10.b4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.e4 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.a4 h6
16.Rd1 Qa8 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Qe2 b5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.axb5 Ra4 22.Ne1 Rcc4
23.Be3 Qb8 24.Qg4 Kf8 25.Nd3 Ra5 26.b6 Nxb6 27.Nf4 Qd8 28.Nh5 g5 29.h4 Nd7
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Qh3 Ra3 32.g3 Qa8 33.Nf6 Nxf6 34.Qh6+ Ke8 35.exf6 Bd6 36.Qh7 Rxe3
37.fxe3 Rc3 38.Rb6 Qd8 39.Qh8+ Bf8 40.Rdb1 Kd7 41.Rb7+ Rc7 42.Qg8  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be2 O-O
9.Rb1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5
16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rb5 Nc6 20.Rxg5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qb2 22.Bc4 Rfd8
23.f4 Rxd4 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.e5 Qb3 27.Qg6 Qf7 28.Qxc6 Rad8 29.Qa6 Rd3
30.f5 Rf3 31.Ra1 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Qxf5 33.Qxa3 e6 34.Qe7 Rf8 35.Qd6 Qg6 36.Rd1 Rf5
37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Rd4 Rxe5 39.Rh4+ Rh5 40.Rxh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.Bg5 g6 15.Ne5 Rc8
16.Rad1 Nc4 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Qh3 Nd5 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.Bc1 f5 22.Nc3 Bf6
23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qg3 Bxd4 25.Bxf5 Bxf2+ 26.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 gxf5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Degerman, Lars"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Rd1 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Re8 14.Nbd4 Qd6 15.Bd2 Ne4
16.Be1 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Bg4 18.g3 Qf6 19.Kg2 Rc8 20.Qb3 Be5 21.Qxd5 Ng5 22.h4 Nxf3
23.Bxf3 Bxb2 24.Rab1 Bxf3+ 25.Qxf3 b6 26.Rd7 Qe6 27.Qd5 Qxd5+ 28.Rxd5 Rc2
29.a4 Ba3 30.Bb4 Bc1 31.Kf3 Rac8 32.a5 R8c6 33.Be7 Bb2 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Rd7 bxa5
36.Rxa7 Bf6 37.Bf8 Ra2 38.Rxf7 Rcc2 39.Rbb7 Rxf2+ 40.Ke4 Bc3 41.Rxf2 Rxf2
42.Bd6 Kg6 43.Rc7 Bf6 44.Ra7 Rf5 45.Bc7 Bc3 46.Bb6 Re5+ 47.Kd3 Bb4 48.e4 h5
49.Ke3 Re7 50.Rxe7 Bxe7 51.Bxa5 Kf7 52.Kf4 Ke6 53.Bc3 g6 54.Bg7 Bd6+ 55.e5 Bb4
56.Bf6 Bd2+ 57.Ke4 Be1 58.Kf4 Bd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.a3 Kh8 12.Rb1 Ng8 13.h3 Bd7 14.b4 Bh6 15.Bb2 f6 16.Ba1 Qe7
17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Bc2 Qe8 19.Qe2 Bf8 20.Nh2 Nh6 21.Nb5 Nf7 22.Ng4 Bg7 23.Ne3 Bh6
24.Bd3 Qe7 25.h4 Be8 26.g3 Nb8 27.Kg2 Nd7 28.Rh1 a6 29.Nc3 Kg8 30.h5 Bg7
31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh4 cxb4 33.axb4 a5 34.bxa5 Nc5 35.Bc2 Rxa5 36.Qg4 Rca8 37.Bb2 Ng5
38.Rbh1 Bd7 39.Qe2 Re8 40.Ng4 Kf7 41.Bc1 Kg8 42.Bd2 Ra3 43.Nb5 Ra2 44.Bb1 Rb2
45.Qd1 Bxb5 46.cxb5 Rc8 47.Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Rc1 Bh5 10.Qb3 Ra7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bg3 O-O 13.Nf4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Na4 Nd7
16.a3 Na5 17.Qa2 b5 18.Nc3 Nc4 19.Nb1 Qa5 20.Rc2 g5 21.b3 Nxa3 22.Nxa3 Qxa3
23.Ra1 Qb4 24.f3 e5 25.Be1 Qd6 26.Bxb5 exd4 27.exd4 Bf6 28.Rd1 Qb6 29.Bc6 Bxd4+
30.Kh1 Be3 31.Bxd5 Nf6 32.Bc4 Rd8 33.Rxd8+ Qxd8 34.Re2 Bb6 35.Rd2 Qe7 36.Re2 Qd8
37.Rd2 Qf8 38.Bf2 Bxf2 39.Rxf2 a5 40.Rf1 Qb4 41.Qa4 Qxa4 42.bxa4 Rc7 43.Bb5 Nd5
44.Rd1 Rc5 45.h3 g6 46.Rd4 Kg7 47.h4 gxh4 48.Rxh4 f5 49.Rd4 Kf6 50.f4 Ke7
51.Kh2 Kf6 52.Kg3 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.g4 O-O 10.g5 Nh5 11.Ne4 d6 12.Ng3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qe7 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.e3 Bxf1
16.Kxf1 f5 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Kg2 Ne5 19.Nd2 Qf7 20.Ne4 Qxd5 21.Rad1 Qc4 22.Qb1 Bg7
23.Nxd6 Qe6 24.Qe4 Rad8 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Nc4 Rxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Bxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Qxe4
29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Rd7+ Kg8 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rd7+ Kg8 33.Rh4 Qb1 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Rd7+ Kg8
36.Rhxh7 Qg1+ 37.Kh4 Qf2+ 38.Kg5 Qf5+ 39.Kh4 Qf2+ 40.Kg4 Qg2+ 41.Kf4 Qf1+
42.Ke5 Qf5+ 43.Kd6 Qd3+ 44.Kc7 Qxc4 45.Rhe7 Kf8 46.Kd8 Qh4 47.e4 a6 48.Kc7 Qxe7
49.Rxe7 Kxe7 50.Kxb6 Kd6 51.Kxa6 g5 52.b4 cxb4 53.axb4 g4 54.b5 g3 55.e5+ Kxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.O-O Nd7 7.d5 Ngf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Re1 c6 10.Bf1 Nc5 11.Be3 Nfd7 12.Qd2 a5 13.h4 Re8 14.h5 a4 15.Rad1 Qb6
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.f4 Qb4 18.a3 Qb3 19.f5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne4 21.Qd3 gxf5 22.Bd4 Ndf6
23.f3 cxd5 24.fxe4 e5 25.Rb1 Qxa3 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.Qh4 Ng8 28.Bf2 dxe4 29.Rxb7 Rab8
30.Rd7 f4 31.Rxe4 Rb1 32.Qh7 Ne7 33.Bh4 Qc5+ 34.Kh2  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.b3 f5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O Ngf6
9.a4 Qe7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rf7 13.Nb1 g5 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 Rg7
16.g3 g4 17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Rxg4 19.Kg2 Nf6 20.Rh1 Ne4 21.Ra2 Rf8 22.Rh3 Qg7
23.Qe1 f4 24.exf4 Rgxf4  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nh3 e6 7.Nd2 d6 8.e4 fxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 d5 11.Bg2 e5 12.O-O Qd6 13.Re1 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 O-O 15.Bg2 exd4
16.Bf4 Rxf4 17.gxf4 Rd8 18.Rad1 b6 19.Qa4 Kf8 20.cxd4 Qf6 21.Rc1 Nxd4 22.Rxc7 Qxf4
23.Qa3+ Kg8 24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qe7+ Kh6 26.Qxd8  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 d5 11.e3 Re8 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Be2 e5
16.cxd5 g5 17.Bf2 Nxd5 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.b4 Ne6 20.Qb2 e4 21.Nxe4 f5 22.Ng3 f4
23.exf4 Nexf4 24.O-O Nc3 25.Rae1 Qd5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qxe4 28.Qb3+ Bd5
29.Bf3 Qxf3 30.Qxf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Re2 32.Bg3 Ra2 33.Bxf4 gxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.a5 a6 14.O-O Rd8 15.Qa4 Bd6
16.Be3 Qf7 17.Bb6 Rd7 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nc4 20.Bf5 Nxb6 21.axb6 Rd8 22.Rad1 g6
23.Bc2 Qe7 24.Rd3 Bc5 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rd1+ Kc8 27.Qg4+ f5 28.Bxf5+ gxf5
29.Qxf5+ Kb8 30.Rd7 Qf8 31.Rf7 Qd6 32.Rd7 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Rb1 Nd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.h5 h6 9.Bf4 g5
10.Bh2 e5 11.Bxf5 exd4 12.exd4 Ne7 13.Qe2 Qxd4 14.Nf3 Qf6 15.Be6 Nb6 16.Bxc8 Rxc8
17.O-O O-O 18.Ne5 Rce8 19.Rbe1 Nf5 20.Qg4 Nh4 21.Nd1 Qe6 22.Qb4 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Ba6 Nf6
9.c3 O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.a4 Nxe4 12.Qf3 f5 13.a5 Bxf2+ 14.Rxf2 Nxf2 15.Qxf2 f4
16.Nd2 Qf6 17.Bb2 c5 18.bxc5 Rab8 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Nf3 dxc5 21.Rc1 Rfe8 22.Ba1 Qf5
23.Ba2 Re3 24.c4 Bc6 25.Nh4 Qg4 26.Bb1 Rf8 27.Rf1 Kg8 28.h3 Qg5 29.Bf5 Rg3
30.Qe2 Rxf5 31.Qe6+ Rf7 32.Qxc6 Qxh4 33.Be5 Re3 34.Bxf4 Re1 35.Qa8+ Rf8 36.Qd5+ Kh8
37.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kh2 Qxa5 39.Be5 Qe1 40.Bxc7 h6 41.Bg3 Qe3 42.Bd6 Rd8  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qd2 dxc4 8.e4 c5
9.d5 exd5 10.e5 d4 11.exf6 dxc3 12.Qe3+ Kf8 13.Qxc5+ Kg8 14.Bxc4 cxb2 15.Rb1 Nc6
16.fxg7 Kxg7 17.O-O Qf6 18.Qa3 Bg4 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Rxb2 Ne5 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.Rb5 Nxc4
23.Ne4 Qg6 24.Qxg4 Qxg4 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nxg4 h5 27.Rg5+ Kf8 28.Nf6 Rd6 29.Nxh5 Rdh6
30.Ng3 Rxh2 31.Rc5 Nd6 32.Rd1 Ne8 33.Rc8 R2h6 34.Re1 Re6 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.Ne4 Kf7
37.Rb8 b6 38.Ra8 Rh5 39.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.Re1 Qg6
9.Ne5 Qf5 10.d4 Be6 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Ne4 h5 13.c3 h4 14.Qe2 Bd5 15.f3 f6 16.Nd3 g5
17.b3 Nh6 18.c4 Bf7 19.Bb2 Rhe8 20.Qf2 h3 21.g4 Qg6 22.Rad1 Kb8 23.Qg3 f5
24.Ne5 Qh7 25.Nf2 Bg8 26.Qxh3 Bd6 27.Qh5 Rf8 28.Bc1 Bb4 29.Rf1 Nf7 30.Qxh7 Bxh7
31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Bxg5 Re8 33.Bd2 Ba3 34.g5 f4 35.Bc1 Bxc1 36.Rxc1 Bf5 37.Kg2 Rh7
38.Rh1 Rh4 39.Rce1 Rg8 40.Re5 Rxg5+ 41.Kf1 Rgh5 42.Ke2 Rg5 43.h3 Rhh5 44.Ng4 b6
45.Kf2 Kb7 46.Kg2 Rg8 47.Kf2 Rg6 48.Rh2 Rd6 49.Ke1 Rxd4 50.Rhe2 Rd6 51.Nf2 Rdh6
52.Kd2 c5 53.a4 a5 54.Kc3 Rg6 55.Nd3 Bxd3 56.Kxd3 Rxh3 57.Ke4 Rd6 58.Rf2 Rd4+
59.Kf5 Rh5+  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 c4 13.Ne5 Nxc3 14.Qh5 Qf6 15.f4 g4
16.f5 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Nxg3+ 18.hxg3 Rg8 19.Ng6+ Kg7 20.Ne7 Rd8 21.Rf4 Kh7 22.Nxc8 Rxc8
23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Nc6 25.Qxg4 Nb4 26.Qe2 Nd5 27.Qf3 a6 28.Ba4 b5 29.Bd1 b4
30.Re5 Nc3 31.Bc2 Rab8 32.Rae1 Nb5 33.Qf4 Rb6 34.Re7 Kg7 35.d5 Nd4 36.Qg4+ Kf8
37.Ba4 Nb5 38.Rd7 c3 39.Qxb4+ Kg7 40.Re6 c2 41.Bxc2 Qa1+ 42.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vanderstricht, Geert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.f3 c5 11.g4 Nf8 12.Nb5 Be7 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nbd4 Ng6 15.Rc1 Bb6
16.b3 Ne5 17.Bb1 Bd7 18.Qe1 g6 19.Qh4 Nc6 20.Kh1 h5 21.Qf2 Qe7 22.gxh5 Nxh5
23.Rg1 Rac8 24.Rce1 Qf6 25.Bc3 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Re7 28.f4 Ng7 29.f5 Kf8
30.Qf4 Nxf5 31.Ref1 Qe5 32.Qg4 Ke8 33.Nxf5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 gxf5 35.Bxf5 Re6
36.Qg8+ Ke7 37.Qxc8 Qxf5 38.Qc7+ Kf6 39.Qd8+ Re7 40.Qd6+ Re6 41.Qd8+ Re7
42.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.a5 a6 14.O-O Bd6 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Qb3 Bg6 17.Rfd1 Bf7 18.Qc3 O-O 19.Ng5 Bd6 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Rd4 Qe7 22.b4 Re8
23.Rad1 Bb8 24.Bc1 f5 25.e3 Ng4 26.Qd3 Be5 27.Rd7 Qxd7 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Rb8
30.Bf1 Bc3 31.Bc4+ Kh8 32.Be6 Ne5 33.Rd1 Bxb4 34.f4 Ng6 35.Bxf5 Bxa5 36.Bb2 Ne7
37.Be6 Bb6 38.Rd7 Bxe3+ 39.Kg2 Bc5 40.Be5 Rf8 41.Rxb7 h5 42.Kf3 Kh7 43.Rd7 Ra8
44.Ke4 a5 45.Kd3 Ra7 46.Rxa7 Bxa7 47.h3 g6 48.g4 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Beek, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bb5 a6
9.Ba4 c5 10.h3 b5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Nf1 Be6 17.b3 Bb4 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.Re2 f6 20.Ne3 Ba3 21.Be1 Nb4 22.Bxb4 Bxb4
23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Rd1 Kf7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Ne1 Rc8 27.Nd3 Bc3 28.Nd1 Bd4 29.Kf1 a5
30.Ke1 h5 31.f4 exf4 32.Nxf4 Bd7 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 Rc5 35.Be4 f5 36.Bf3 g6
37.Nf2 Kf6 38.Nd3 Rc8 39.Nf4 Be5 40.Nd3 Bg3+ 41.Kd2 b4 42.Nb2 Bf4+ 43.Ke1 Rc1+
44.Kf2 h4 45.Nc4 Rc3 46.Ke1 a4 47.Nb6 Rc1+ 48.Kf2 Bg3+ 49.Ke3 Bb5 50.Nc4 Bh2
51.Kd2 Ra1 52.Kd3 Kg5 53.Kd4 Bg1+ 54.Ke5 Rb1 55.d6 axb3 56.axb3 Rxb3 57.Bd5 Rc3
58.Rd2 Bxc4 59.Bxc4 Rxc4 60.d7 Bb6  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Rd1 O-O
9.g3 a5 10.Bg2 Bd7 11.Qc2 Be8 12.O-O f6 13.Be3 Nd6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nd2 Ne7
16.Bf4 Bg6 17.Qc5 b6 18.Qc1 Kh8 19.Nb1 Qd7 20.Nc3 Bf7 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.a4 c6
23.Qc2 Ng6 24.Bc1 Be6 25.f3 Bh3 26.Bh1 Nf5 27.e3 Nd6 28.b3 Rad8 29.Ba3 Bf5
30.Qf2 Be6 31.Rc1 Nf8 32.Nd1 Bf7 33.Bg2 Bg6 34.Qd2 Ne6 35.Nf2 Bh5 36.Nd3 Bg6
37.Rc3 Rc8 38.Rec1 Bf5 39.g4 Bg6 40.h3 Nf8 41.Nf4 Bf7 42.Qc2 g5 43.Ne2 Bg6
44.Qd2 Ne6 45.Qe1 Nd8 46.Qf2 Kg8 47.Ng3 N8f7 48.f4 f5 49.Bxd6 Nxd6 50.Rxc6 Ne4
51.Rxc8 Nxf2 52.Rxe8+ Bxe8 53.Kxf2 fxg4 54.hxg4 gxf4 55.Nf5 fxe3+ 56.Kxe3 Kh8
57.Kd2 Bg6 58.Ne3 Be4 59.Bxe4 dxe4 60.d5 Qf7 61.Rc8+ Kg7 62.Nf5+ Kf6 63.Rc6+ Kg5
64.Re6 h5 65.Re5 Qf6 66.Nd6+ Kxg4 67.Rxe4+ Kg3 68.Re3+ Kg4 69.Nc4 Qf2+ 70.Kd3 Qf1+
71.Kd4 Qa1+ 72.Ke4 Qh1+ 73.Ke5 h4 74.d6 Qc6 75.Kf6 Qd5 76.Re5 Qd4 77.Ne3+ Kf3
78.Nf5 Qb4 79.d7 Qf8+ 80.Ke6 h3 81.Nd4+ Kg4 82.Re4+ Kg5 83.Nf3+ Kh6 84.Rh4+ Kg6
85.Ne5+ Kg7 86.Rxh3 Qf6+ 87.Kd5 Qe7 88.Rg3+  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 a6 8.a4 Be7
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.Rac1 c6 14.h3 b5 15.Bd3 Qa5
16.e4 b4 17.Nb1 c5 18.Nbd2 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Ne5 20.N2b3 Qb6 21.a5 Qa7 22.Bb1 Rad8
23.Bg3 Nfd7 24.Kh2 Qa8 25.Rc7 Rc8 26.Rdc1 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Bd8 28.Rc1 Ng6 29.Rc4 Nf6
30.Nc5 Bxa5 31.Ndb3 Bd8 32.Rxb4 Bc8 33.Bd3 Be7 34.Ra4 Qc6 35.Ra5 Qb6 36.Qc2 e5
37.Bxa6 h5 38.f3 Bxc5 39.Bxc8 Be3 40.Bf5 h4 41.Be1 Rb8 42.Ra3 Bf4+ 43.Kh1 Qb5
44.Kg1 Be3+ 45.Bf2 Bxf2+ 46.Qxf2 Nf4 47.Kh2 N6h5 48.Nc1 g6 49.Rb3 Qe8 50.Bd7 Qd8
51.Rxb8 Qxb8 52.Bc6 Ng3 53.b3 Qd6 54.Qc2 Nf1+ 55.Kg1 Ne3 56.Qc3 Nd1 57.Qc2 Qd4+
58.Kh2 Ne3 59.Qf2  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bb6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be3 Bc7
9.Ng5 O-O 10.Bxf7+ Rxf7 11.Ne6 Qe7 12.Nxc7 Rb8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxa7 Qxc7
15.Bxb8 Qxb8 16.Qd4 c5 17.Qd2 b5 18.f3 Be6 19.b3 b4 20.Ne2 Ra7 21.Rfd1 Ra6
22.c3 bxc3 23.Nxc3 h6 24.Kh1 Qe8 25.Ne2 Qa8 26.Rab1 Bf7 27.Nc3 c4 28.bxc4 Nxc4
29.Qd4 Rc6 30.a4 Na3 31.Rbc1 Qc8 32.e5 dxe5 33.Qd8+ Qxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kh7 35.Ne2 Nc4
36.Ra8 e4 37.fxe4 Nxe4 38.Ra7 Rf6 39.Ng3 Ned2 40.Kg1 h5 41.h4 Kh6 42.Re1 Bg6
43.a5 Rf4 44.Re6 Nb3 45.a6 Nd4 46.Rxg6+ Kxg6 47.Rxg7+ Kxg7 48.Nxh5+ Kg6 49.Nxf4+ Kf5
50.Nd5 Nc6 51.Kf2 Ke5 52.Ne3 Nd6 53.Kf3 Nb5 54.Nc2 Nc7 55.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qd2 c5 8.dxc5 dxc4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.O-O-O+ Ke7 11.Ne4 Bd7 12.e3 Bc6 13.Nxf6 gxf6 14.Bxc4 Rc8
15.Nd4 Be4 16.f3 Rxc5 17.b3 Bd5 18.Nf5+ Ke8 19.Kb2 Bxc4 20.Nd6+ Ke7 21.Nxc4 Nc6
22.Rd2 Rg8 23.e4 f5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Rhd1 Rd5 26.Ne3 Rxd2+ 27.Rxd2 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ahmad, Aziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Ne4
9.Ndxe4 dxe4 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 Qxe5 13.Qd4 Qxd4 14.exd4 Re8
15.O-O f5 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Na6 18.a3 Bd7 19.b4 Nc7 20.d5 Re3 21.Rac1 Rae8
22.Rfd1 Kh8 23.Kf2 g5 24.Bh5 R8e5 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.b5 Be8 28.Bf3 Bf7
29.Nd5 Rd3 30.Rd7 g4 31.Rxc7 gxf3 32.gxf3 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 Kg6 34.Kf4 Rexd5 35.cxd5 Bxd5  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Qa5 12.a3 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.Qe2 b6
16.b4 Qc7 17.O-O Bb7 18.Rac1 O-O 19.c5 bxc5 20.Rxc5 Qf4 21.g3 Qd4 22.Rd1 Nd5
23.Nb3 Qf6 24.Qc2 g6 25.Na5 Rab8 26.Nxb7 Rxb7 27.Rc8 Rd7 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qc8+ Rd8
30.Qc5+ Kg7 31.Bf1 Rd7 32.Qd4 Rc7 33.b5 Nc3 34.Qxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rd4 Ke5 36.Rd8 Rb7
37.Rc8 Na4 38.f4+ Kd6 39.Kf2 Rc7 40.Rxc7 Kxc7 41.Ke3 Kd6 42.Kd4 Nb6 43.Bc4 f6
44.Bb3 e5+ 45.fxe5+ fxe5+ 46.Kd3 Nd7 47.Kc4 Nb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 a5 11.Ne2 Bc5 12.Nf4 Ne7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Rd8
16.e6 f6 17.c3 Bg4 18.Re1 a4 19.h3 Bf5 20.e4 Bg6 21.Rad1 Nc8 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.exf5 Ke7 24.g4 Rd6 25.Kf2 Rg8 26.Nh5 g6 27.Ng3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Nd6 29.Rd4 b5
30.Ne4 gxf5 31.Nxd6 cxd6 32.gxf5 Rg5 33.Rf4 d5 34.h4 Rg8 35.b3 axb3 36.axb3 Kd6
37.b4 Ke5 38.Rf3 h5 39.Rg3 Re8 40.Rf3 Ke4 41.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qd8 8.cxd4 d5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Rc1 e6 11.Bg3 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 O-O 13.Bd3 Re8 14.a3 Bf8 15.f4 Qb6
16.Bh4 Ne4+ 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qc2 Ne7 19.Bxe7 Bxe7 20.Ne2 Bd7 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.Qb1 Bh4+
23.g3 Be7 24.Rc3 Qd8 25.Rhc1 a5 26.Nb3 Qd5 27.Nd2 Qh5 28.Rh1 Bd5 29.Rc2 b5
30.Nc3 b4 31.Nxd5 exd5 32.axb4 Bxb4 33.Qd1 Qh6 34.Qg4 Rab8 35.h4 Qa6 36.Rhc1 Qd3
37.Qe2 h5 38.Nb1 g6 39.Nc3 Qxe2+ 40.Kxe2 Red8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bb3 Ba7
9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 Qd6 11.Ng3 d4 12.O-O Be6 13.Nh4 Ne7 14.Bg5 Ne8 15.cxd4 Bxd4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nhf5 Qd7 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Qc2 Rd8 21.Qb3 Qb6
22.Qxb6 cxb6 23.Rfd1 Rf7 24.Kf1 Rc7 25.Ke2 Nd6 26.Rac1 Rc5 27.b4 Rc6 28.Rxc6 bxc6
29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Nf1 Kf7 31.Nh2 Ke7 32.Ng4 Nf7 33.Ne3 Kd7 34.Nc4 Kc7 35.a4 Rd8
36.Ke3 Kb7 37.Rb1 g6 38.a5 b5 39.Nd2 c5 40.bxc5 Kc6 41.Nb3 Re8 42.h4 b4 43.g3 Kb5
44.f4 exf4+ 45.gxf4 e5 46.fxe5 Nxe5 47.Rc1 Ka4 48.Nd4 Ka3 49.Rb1 Rd8 50.c6 h6
51.c7 Rc8 52.Nc2+ Ka2 53.Rxb4 Rxc7 54.Ne1 Rf7 55.Rb6 g5 56.hxg5 hxg5 57.Rxa6 Kb3
58.Re6 Ng4+ 59.Kd4 Rd7+ 60.Kc5 Kc3 61.a6 Nf2 62.Kb6 g4 63.a7 Rd8 64.Kc7 Rg8
65.Rg6 Rh8 66.Rh6 Rg8 67.Rg6 Rh8 68.Ra6 Kd2 69.Ng2 Rh7+ 70.Kc6 Rh6+ 71.Kb5 Rh5+
72.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.a4 Bd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.a5 Qe8 14.Nd2 Bc6 15.b4 Ncd7
16.Qb3 Nh5 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bf6 19.Rac1 Qe7 20.Be2 Rfd8 21.Nde4 Be5 22.Rfd1 Nf6
23.Bf3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.Qb1 h6 27.Nc5 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxc5
30.Qc2 Qc7 31.Qe4 Qd8 32.bxc5 Qd2 33.Rc4 Qxa5 34.Qxb7 Rxc5 35.Rxc5 Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.g5 Nc5 14.Qc2 Qe5 15.Be3 f6
16.gxf6 Qxf6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Qd2 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.Bg5 Qf5 21.Be7 Re8 22.Qxd6 Qf7
23.c5 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Qd4 Qg7 26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.Re7+ Kh8 29.Rc7 Rb8
30.Re1 Bf5 31.Ree7 g5 32.Rxb7 Rbd8 33.Rxa7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.Re2 Rd4 36.b3 Rfd8
37.Rae7 Bg6 38.R7e5 Rh4+ 39.Kg3 h6 40.f3  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 Na6
9.a3 Ba5 10.b3 Qe7 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 d6 14.Nh4 Nxd5 15.Nf5 Qg5
16.h4 Qxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Nxe3+ 18.Kh2 Nxd1 19.Raxd1  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.a5 f5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.exf5 Nxf5
16.c5 Nd4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc4 Ra6 19.Ne3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 b6 21.Nc4 bxa5 22.Bxa5 Qe7
23.Bb4 Bg4 24.Qb2 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Ne8 26.Re1 Bf4 27.Ne4 Qh4 28.Ng3 Qf6 29.Qa2 Bxg3
30.hxg3 Bd7 31.Re3 Bb5 32.Nxe5 Ng7 33.Nf3 Rc8 34.Qa3 Qf7 35.Bc3 Nf5 36.Re1 Qxd5
37.Ba1 Re8 38.Rxe8+ Bxe8 39.Qc3 Kf7 40.Qf6+ Kg8 41.g4  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Veingold, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.Nxc7 Rac8 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.e3 h6 14.Bh4 b5 15.Be2 Rfd8
16.O-O g5 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Rfc1 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Nb6 20.Ne5 f6 21.Nf3 Kg7 22.Ne1 f5
23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Bf6 25.f4 Nd5 26.Nc2 Rb8 27.Nb4 Rb6 28.Nbxd5 exd5 29.b4 cxb3
30.Rcb1 Rc6 31.Rxb3 Rc4 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Kd3 Rh8 36.Rab1 Be7
37.g4 fxg4 38.a4 Rh2 39.axb5 axb5 40.Nxd5 Rxf2 41.Rxb5 Ra4 42.Rh1 Bd8 43.Rh6+ Kd7
44.Rb7+ Kc8 45.Rg7 Ra3+ 46.Ke4 Rf8 47.Rc6+ Kb8 48.Rc1 Re8+ 49.Kf5 g3 50.Kg4 g2
51.Rg1 Ra2 52.Rf7 Rh8 53.Kg3 g4 54.Nf4 Bg5 55.Rxg2 Bxf4+ 56.Rxf4 Ra3 57.Re4 Rh3+
58.Kxg4 Rhxe3 59.Re5 Red3 60.Rb2+ Kc7 61.Rc5+ Kd6 62.Rb6+ Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Qe2 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.Bb3 Nh5 12.Nc4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 gxf4 14.g3 Qf6 15.Nfd2 Bc5
16.Ba4 a6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.O-O-O Ba7 19.Qf3 h5 20.h3 Ke7 21.gxf4 Qxf4 22.Qxf4 exf4
23.d4 Be6 24.b3 Rag8 25.Nb2 f5 26.Nd3 fxe4 27.Nxf4 Bf5 28.Rde1 Kf6 29.f3 exf3
30.Nxf3 h4 31.Rhf1 Bb6 32.Rf2 Rh6 33.Ng2 Kg7 34.Ng5 Bg6 35.Re7+ Kh8 36.Nf4 Be8
37.Nfe6 c5 38.Rf6 Rh5 39.Nf4 Rgxg5 40.Rxe8+ Kg7 41.Nxh5+ Rxh5 42.Rf4 cxd4
43.cxd4  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Magai, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.a5 f5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.exf5 Nxf5
16.c5 Nd4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc4 Ra6 19.Ne3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Nh5 21.Ng4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Rf4
23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.Rab1 Rf5 25.Ne4 Nf4 26.Qxd6 Rxd6 27.Nxd6 Rf8 28.Rbd1 Qd7 29.h3 Nxh3+  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr6"]
[Site "Sremic Krsko"]
[Date "1998.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.h3 Ne4 10.c4 Bf6 11.b4 Qe7 12.Qb3 g5 13.Bh2 h5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Nd2 Bg7
16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 g4 18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Bxe5 Bxe5
22.dxe5 Qg7 23.Qc3 Bd7 24.Rf1 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.c5 Qh7 27.Qd4 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qxa2
29.Qxg4 Qc2 30.Nd4 Qh7+ 31.Kg1 Qh8 32.Qg5 Kf7 33.e4 dxe4 34.Qf4+ Ke7 35.Qxe4 Qh6
36.Nf3 a5 37.Qd4 a4 38.Qd6+ Kd8 39.Qb8+ Bc8 40.Qd6+ Bd7 41.Qb8+ Bc8 42.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr6"]
[Site "Sremic Krsko"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nge4 b4
10.Nb1 Ba6 11.Qg4 g6 12.Nbd2 c3 13.bxc3 bxc3 14.Nc4 Bb4 15.Ncd6+ Kf8 16.Qf3 f5
17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.O-O Kg7 19.Ba3 Rf8 20.Qe2 Qb6 21.a5 Qxd4 22.Qxa6 fxe4 23.Rad1 Qxd1
24.Rxd1 Bxa3 25.Qxc6 Bxd6 26.exd6 e3 27.fxe3 Kg8 28.d7  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr6"]
[Site "Sremic Krsko"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nf1 Ne7
9.Ng3 Ng6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 h6 12.d4 Re8 13.Bc2 c6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Re1 Qf8 16.Nd2 Be6
17.Bb3 Qe7 18.Nf5 Qd7 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Ng3 exd4 21.cxd4 Rad8 22.Qc2 Qf7 23.Rad1 Nd7
24.Nc4 Bb8 25.Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Rd1 O-O 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Be7 11.Rg1 Re8 12.Be2 d6 13.f4 Nbd7 14.Qc2 d5 15.f5 exf5
16.Qxf5 dxc4 17.Bxc4 g6 18.Qf3 Qc7 19.Bb3 Qxh2 20.Rh1 Qc7 21.Kf1 Qd8 22.Re1 Rf8
23.Ba4 b5 24.Bxb5 Rb8 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Bxf6 Qe6 28.d5 Qa6+ 29.Kg2 Rb6
30.Ne4  1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O
9.Ng3 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.O-O Nb8 12.h3 Nbd7 13.Be3 d5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Rfe1 Qe7
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Qf8 18.Qxf8+ Kxf8 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.d4 Nf4 21.Nxe5 Nxe5
22.Rxe5 Nxg2 23.Be4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Nxe4 Nf4 26.a4 Re8 27.Nc5 Nxh3+
28.Kg2 Nf4+ 29.Kf3 Ne6 30.Nxa6 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Rd8 32.Rc4 Rd7 33.d5 Rxd5 34.Nxc7 Ng5+
35.Kf4 Rf5+ 36.Kg3 Rf3+ 37.Kg2 h5 38.b4 h4 39.Rxh4 Rxc3 40.Nd5 Rd3 41.Nf4 Rb3
42.Rg4 Nh7 43.Nd5 Kg7 44.Rd4 Ng5 45.Nc7 f5 46.Na6 Ne4 47.Nc5 Nxc5 48.bxc5 Rc3
49.Rd5 Kf6 50.f3 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 b5 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxg5
16.Nxg5 Bb7 17.Ne4 Nd4 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Rac1 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wortel, Marten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Kh8 13.a5 Ng8 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nb3 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Ndf6 17.Nc3 Nh6 18.c5 Nfg4 19.g3 Qg5 20.Ne4 Qh5 21.h4 Bf5 22.Ng5 e4
23.Nd4 Bf6 24.Bc3 Kg8 25.Nde6 Bxe6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.dxe6 Rf5 28.cxd6 cxd6
29.Nf7 Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.e4 dxe4 7.d5 Qa5 8.Qd2 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.O-O-O a6 11.Kb1 b5 12.Qe3 Bb7 13.fxe4 Ng4 14.Qd2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qa3
16.Nf3 Nb6 17.Qc1 Qxc1+ 18.Kxc1 O-O-O 19.Re1 c4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 f6 22.Bd4 Kc7
23.Be2 Bc8 24.Bh5 Nd7 25.a4 Ne5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Rhf1 Bd7 28.Kd2 Kd6 29.Ra1 Ra8
30.Ba7 Bg4 31.Bxg4 Nxg4 32.h3 Ne5 33.Rfb1 Rhc8 34.Rxb5 Kd7 35.Rb7+ Ke8 36.Ra3 Ng6
37.Ke3 Rd8 38.Kd4 Nf4 39.g3 Ne2+ 40.Kxc4 Nxg3 41.Bc5 Rxa3 42.Rxe7+ Kf8 43.Bxa3 Kg8
44.d6  1-0

[Event "NLD-chT f"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 e6 13.Nb3 b6 14.f3 Ba6 15.Bd2 Rd8
16.Bc4 Bf8 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.a4 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 Na6 20.Ke2 Kg7 21.Rhc1 f6 22.Bf4 Rad8
23.Rc8 Kf7 24.g4 Bd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.h4 Ke7 27.g5 f5 28.R1c4 Rxc8 29.Rxc8 Rd8
30.Rc4 fxe4 31.fxe4 Rf8 32.Ke3 Kd7 33.Nd2 Nb8 34.e5 h6 35.gxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-chT sf"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Baljon, Christofoor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.e5 Ng4
9.Be2 f6 10.Bxg4 fxg5 11.Bxc8 Qxc8 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Ne3 Qd7 14.Ne2 Kh8 15.O-O Rad8
16.Nc2 Qf5 17.f4 gxf4 18.Rxf4 Qg5 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.Qe1 Qf5 21.Qc3 Qe4 22.Re1 Bh6
23.Kh1 e6 24.Ng1 Qf5 25.Nf3 g5 26.Nd2 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Qf2 28.N2b3 g4 29.Qg3 Qxb2
30.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Ne7 4.Qb3 Nbc6 5.Nf3 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.exf3 Nd4 11.Qd1 c6 12.f4 Ne6 13.Ne2 Bc5 14.Bd2 h5 15.Bc3 exf4
16.d4 Bb6 17.d5 fxg3 18.Nxg3 cxd5 19.cxd5 Nf4 20.Nxh5 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 Ng6 22.Rae1 Qh4
23.Qxh4 Nxh4 24.Re4 Ng6 25.Rfe1 Rad8 26.h4 f5 27.Rc4 Rfe8 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Kf1 Bc5
30.h5 Ne5 31.Rf4 Bb4 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Bh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bf4 c6 9.Be2 Qa5
10.O-O e5 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Bf3 Nh7 14.Nb3 Qd8 15.Bd4 Be5 16.Bg4 Qh4
17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.f4 Bxf4 19.Qf3 Be5 20.Qxf7+ Kh8 21.Bxe5+ dxe5 22.Qxb7 Ng5
23.Kh2 Nc7 24.Qxa7 Nce6 25.Qf2 Qxf2 26.Rxf2 Rcd8 27.h4 Nh7 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Nxd1 Kg7
30.Rd2 Nf6 31.Nf2 Ra8 32.Nc1 Nd4 33.b3 Kf7 34.Ne2 Nxe2 35.Rxe2 Rd8 36.a4 Rb8
37.Rb2 c5 38.Nd3 Nd7 39.a5 Ke6 40.b4 cxb4 41.Rxb4 Rc8 42.c5 Rc6 43.Rb5 Ke7
44.Nb4  1-0

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bd2 Bd6 10.Bb4 O-O 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qa3 c5 14.Nc3 Qb8 15.O-O Rc8
16.Na4 c4 17.b3 c3 18.f3 h5 19.Rac1 c2 20.Rf2 a5 21.g3 Ra7 22.Kg2 Bh7 23.h3 Ne8
24.Nc5 h4 25.gxh4 Nd6 26.Kg1 f6 27.Ned7 Qb5 28.Qa4 Qxa4 29.bxa4 Rd8 30.Nb6 Rb8
31.Nbd7 Rb1 32.Rff1 Rb2 33.Rf2 Bg6 34.Rg2 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Ne4 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Qa5 13.O-O O-O 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Be4 Bd7 17.Qb3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qc7 19.Rab1 Rab8 20.Qa3 Kg8 21.c4 Na5 22.Rfc1 Nxc4
23.Qxa7 Qa5 24.Rxb7 Rxb7 25.Qxb7 Nd6 26.Qxd7 Nxe4 27.Rc8 g5 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Qc8+ Kg7 30.Qb7 Nd6 31.Qb1 Nb5 32.h3 Nc3 33.Qb2 Nd1 34.Qa1 Nc3 35.Qe1 Qa3
36.Qe5+ Kg8 37.Qe3 Qb2 38.h4 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 g4 40.Ne5 Nxd4 41.Nxg4 Nf5 42.Nxh6+ Nxh6
43.Qxh6 Qxf2 44.a4 Qd4 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.a5 f6 47.Qg3 Kh6 48.a6 e5 49.Qf3 Kg6
50.h5+ Kh6 51.Kh3 Kg5 52.g4  1-0

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 f5 12.a4 Rxa5 13.Ra3 Nf6 14.Bf1 f4 15.Nb5 Nd7
16.Bd2 Ra8 17.Bb4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rd3 Bg4 20.Be2 Nc8 21.Nd2 Bd7 22.Bg4 Bxb5
23.cxb5 Nd6 24.Qc2 b6 25.Rb1 Qe7 26.Ra3 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ke8 10.h3 a5 11.Rd1 a4 12.g4 Ne7 13.Kg2 h5 14.Kg3 hxg4 15.hxg4 Ng6
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Re1 Be6 19.Nd4 Bxg4 20.f4 Rad8 21.Re4 Bc8 22.Nxa4 Rh3+
23.Kf2 Rh2+ 24.Ke3 Rdh8 25.Rf1 R8h3+ 26.Rf3 Rxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Nh4+ 28.Kg3 Rh3+
29.Kf2 Nf5 30.Nf3 Ng3 31.Rb4 Nh5 32.Nc3 Bg4 33.Nd2 Rh2+ 34.Ke3 b6 35.Rc4 c5
36.Ra4 Ng3 37.Ra7 Nf5+ 38.Kd3 Rh3+ 39.Kc4 Kd7 40.Nde4 Kc6 41.Ng5 b5+  0-1

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Bd3 e5 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nc6
16.O-O Bg4 17.Qe3 Rfd8 18.h3 Be6 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Nb3 b6 21.Rad1 Be6 22.Nc1 Nd7
23.Bb5 Rac8 24.Nd3 f6 25.Nb4 Nxb4 26.axb4 Nf8 27.h4 Bc4 28.Bxc4+ Rxc4 29.Rxd8 Qxd8
30.Qe2 Rc7 31.Rd1 Qc8 32.b5 Rd7 33.Rd5 Ne6 34.g3 Qe8 35.Qc4 Rc7 36.Qb3 h5
37.Rd6 Re7 38.Qd5 Kh7 39.Bb4 Nc7 40.Qd1 Ne6 41.Qd5 Nc7 42.Qd1 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sutovskij, Emil"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.b3 Nd7 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Rad8 11.h3 a5 12.a4 Bb4 13.Re2 f6 14.Nf1 Rfe8 15.Ne3 Nf8
16.Nh4 Qf7 17.Nef5 Kh8 18.Re3 g6 19.Nh6 Qg7 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.Qxg4 Bd2 22.Re2 Bg5
23.Bc1 Bxc1 24.Rxc1 Ne6 25.Re3 Nd4 26.Nf3 c5 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Rg3 Rd6 29.Rf1 Rc6
30.Qe2 Qh6 31.Rg4 Rce6 32.f4 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Rg5 exf4 35.Qh5 Qxh5 36.Rxh5 Re2
37.Rxf4 Rxc2 38.Rhxf5 Rg8 39.g4 Re8 40.Kf1 Re3 41.Rg5 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kraut, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.e4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.dxc5 Bxe4 10.Bxe4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nxe4 12.b4 Nc6 13.Re1 Be7 14.a4 f5 15.Nbd2 Nxd2
16.Bxd2 Kf7 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Ra3 Nxb4 19.Bxf6 Kxf6 20.Rb3 Nd5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxb5 Rhb8
23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.Ne5 Rb2 25.g3 g5 26.Nc6 Nc3 27.Nd4 e5 28.c6 exd4 29.c7 Rc2
30.Re6+ Kf7 31.c8=Q Ne2+ 32.Rxe2 Rxc8 33.Re5 Rd8 34.Rxf5+ Ke6 35.Ra5 d3 36.Ra1 Ke5
37.Kf1 Ke4 38.Re1+ Kf5 39.f3 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gamback, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bb6 11.e3 O-O 12.b5 Na5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.a4 Qd7 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.Bb4 Rac8
17.Qc2 Bc7 18.Rad1 f5 19.Qb2 Kh8 20.Ne2 Ng8 21.Qc3 b6 22.Nf3 a6 23.Ne5 Bxe5
24.dxe5 axb5 25.axb5 Nb3 26.Nf4 Qxb5 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.Bxd5 Ree8 29.Bd6 Nh6
30.e6 Nc5 31.Be5 Re7 32.Bxc4 Qe8 33.Qb2 Ne4 34.Bb5 Qh5 35.Rd7 Ng4 36.Bxg7+ Kg8
37.f3 Nxh2 38.Qxh2 Qg5 39.Bh6 Qg6 40.fxe4  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furhoff, Johan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O c6
9.Ne5 Be6 10.Bxf4 Nxf4 11.Rxf4 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 O-O 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.Raf1 Nb6 15.Nc3 Bg5
16.R4f3 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Qe7 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Qe6 20.Qb3 Rad8 21.c4 Rd7 22.Rd3 Qc6
23.Rfd1 Rd6 24.a4 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Re6 26.Rf3 Qc6 27.Rdf1 f6 28.c5 Kh8 29.Qc4 Rfe8
30.Nc3 Re5 31.b4 a5 32.Nb5 Rd8 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.Qxd3 axb4 35.Nd6 Rxc5 36.Nxb7 Rd5
37.Qe4 h6 38.Qe7 Rd7 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Nc5 Rd2 41.Rg1 Be3  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd3 a6 9.h3 e6
10.Nf3 exd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.a3 Qb6 16.b4 Ra7
17.Rfe1 Rc7 18.Bf1 cxb4 19.axb4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Rad1 Bd7 22.Re3 Qd6 23.Na2 Rec8
24.Nc1 Be8 25.Nb3 Nd7 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Nxc1 Nb6 28.Re1 Bd7 29.Nd3 Na4 30.Rc1 Rc7
31.Be2 f6 32.Rb1 Rb7 33.Qc1 Nb6 34.Qc5 Nc8 35.Bg4 f5 36.exf5 gxf5 37.Be2 Kf6
38.f4 exf4 39.Qd4+ Kf7 40.Qh8 Qxd5 41.Nxf4 Qd6 42.Qxh7+ Kf6 43.Qh6+ Ke7 44.Qg5+ Kf8
45.Ng6+ Kf7 46.Bh5 Ke6 47.Qe3+ Kd5 48.Qc3 Ke6 49.Qg7 Ne7 50.Nf8+ Kd5 51.Qc3 Qb6+
52.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.Be2 d5 8.d3 O-O
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.a3 a5 12.b3 Rad8 13.Bb2 Rd6 14.h3 Bc8 15.Nd2 Rg6
16.Bf3 Rd8 17.Rc1 Be6 18.Qc5 Qh4 19.g3 Qh6 20.h4 f5 21.Nc4 Bf7 22.h5 Rf6
23.Bxe5 b6 24.Qb5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Nxe3 26.Nxf7 Rxf7 27.Rc6 Qg5 28.Re6 Nc2+ 29.Kf1 Kh8
30.Qe5 h6 31.Kg2 f4 32.Qxg5 hxg5 33.Be4 fxg3 34.Kxg3 Nd4 35.Rg6 Ne2+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+
37.Kg3 Rf6 38.Rxg5 Nxd3 39.f3 Nc5 40.Bd5 c6 41.Bc4 Rdf8 42.Rf1 Ne6 43.Bxe6 Rxe6
44.f4 Kh7 45.Rf3 Re1 46.Re5 Rg1+ 47.Kf2 Rg4 48.Ke3 Rf6 49.Rg5 Re6+ 50.Re5 Rh6
51.Rh3 Rf6 52.Re4 Rg1 53.Kf2 Rb1 54.Rf3 Rd6 55.f5 Kg8 56.Re7 Rdd1 57.Kg3 Rg1+
58.Kf4 Rgf1 59.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 60.Ke5 Rf3 61.Re6 Re3+ 62.Kd6 Rxb3 63.Kxc6 Rxa3
64.Kxb6 Rh3 65.f6 Rxh5 66.fxg7 Kxg7 67.Re7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nh5 8.g3 Bh3
9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Nd1 Ne5
16.Nf2 Bd7 17.Rad1 a6 18.Qc2 Qb8 19.b4 c6 20.h3 b5 21.c5 d5 22.f4 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4
24.Nf3 Qc8 25.Ne5 Kg8 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.e5 Nf8 28.Kg2 a5 29.Ne4 Rd8 30.Nd6 Qe6
31.a3 axb4 32.axb4 Ra4 33.Qe4 Rxb4 34.Qxc6 c3 35.Qf3 Rb2+ 36.Bf2 Qb3 37.g4 Ne6
38.c6 Ra8 39.f5 Ng5 40.Qe3 Rxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Qc2+ 42.Qe2 Qa4 43.Kg3 c2 44.Rd3 b4
45.c7 b3 46.Rc3 Kh7 47.c8=Q Rxc8 48.Rxc8 Qd4 49.fxg6+ fxg6 50.Ne8 Ne4+ 51.Qxe4 Qxe4
52.Rxe4 b2 53.Nf6+ Bxf6 54.exf6 g5 55.Re7+ Kg6 56.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Ng5 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 g6 20.Qc3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8
22.h3 Qd5 23.f4 h6 24.Nf3 Kf8 25.Nd2 Ke8 26.Qc2 Qe6 27.Qd3 Qd5 28.Qb5+ Kf8
29.Nf3 Qe4 30.Kh2 Qxe3 31.Be5 Qe4 32.Qa6 Qa8 33.Bb2 Nd5 34.Ne5 Nxf4 35.Qf1 Qe4
36.g3 Qe2+ 37.Qxe2 Nxe2 38.Nc6 Bd6 39.Nxa7 Bxg3+ 40.Kg2 Bb8 41.Nc8 Nf4+ 42.Kf3 Nxh3
43.Nxb6 Ng5+ 44.Ke2 Ke7 45.a4 Kd6 46.Nc4+ Kc6 47.Bf6 Ne4 48.Be5 Nd6 49.Ne3 Bc7
50.Kf3 h5 51.Bc3 g5 52.b4 g4+ 53.Kg2 cxb4 54.Bxb4 Bb6 55.Nc2 Nf5 56.Bd2 h4
57.Nb4+ Kc5 58.Nd3+ Kd4 59.Nf2 h3+ 60.Nxh3 gxh3+ 61.Kxh3 Ke4 62.a5 Ba7 63.Kg4 Ne3+
64.Kg5  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Degerman, Lars"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 Nb6 7.Bxc4 Nxc4 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qxc4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.b4 c6 14.Rab1 Nh5 15.Bd2 Nf6
16.e5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Ra8 18.Qd3 h6 19.h3 Qb6 20.Nc5 Rfd8 21.Nh2 Be8 22.Re4 Bf8
23.Ng4 h5 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Bxe3 a5 26.Qd1 axb4 27.Rh4 Be7 28.Qxh5 Bxh4 29.Qxh4 Qb5
30.Bg5 f6 31.exf6 Bg6 32.fxg7 Re8 33.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Manninen, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.e5 Nfd7
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qe4 Qc7 11.Bf4 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Nbd2 Rd8 15.Bc2 Nb4
16.Rfc1 Qd7 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 O-O 21.a3 Nd5 22.g3 Nb6
23.Rc2 Nc4 24.a4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Rd5 26.b3 Nb6 27.Rc6 Qb7 28.Rac1 Nc4 29.Ng5 g6
30.Rc5 Nxe5 31.Rxd5 Qxd5 32.Qxd5 exd5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rc5 Rd8 35.Rxb5 h6
36.Nh3 Nf3+ 37.Kg2 Nd4 38.Rb6 Ne6 39.Ng1 d4 40.Nf3 d3 41.Nd2 Nd4 42.b4 Kg7
43.Rb7 Rd5 44.h4 Kf8 45.Kf1 Re5 46.Nc4 Re7 47.Rb8+ Kg7 48.Rd8 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 97/98"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O Bb4 8.Qd3 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.f4 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Qh3 Be7 14.Bd3 f5 15.Be3 Bb7
16.Ne2 c5 17.c4 d4 18.Bd2 a5 19.Rae1 a4 20.Nc1 Qb6 21.b3 axb3 22.axb3 Ra3
23.Kg1 Rf7 24.g4 g6 25.Kf2 Qd8 26.gxf5 Bh4+ 27.Ke2 gxf5 28.Rg1+ Kh8 29.Ref1 Nf8
30.Be1 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 Rg7 32.Qh6 Ng6 33.Rg3 Be4 34.Reg1 Bxd3+ 35.Kxd3 Qa5 36.Ke2 Ra2+
37.Nxa2 Qxa2+ 38.Kf1 Qb1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kf2 Qc2+ 41.Kf3 Qd2 42.Rf1 Nxe5+  0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5
16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 Nc6 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.d5 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.d6 e5 22.d7 Qe6
23.Bg4 Qc6 24.Rb1 Qxe4 25.Re1 Qd5 26.Bf5 Rad8 27.Be4 Qe6 28.Qh5 f5 29.Bd3 Rxd7
30.Rbc1 Qh6 31.Qxh6 Bxh6 32.Bxe5 Bg7 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.Bxc7 Bf6 35.Rb1 a3 36.Kf1 Kg7
37.Bc4 Rh8 38.Kg1 a2 39.Bxa2 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Nc3 41.g4 Nxb1  0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 d6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 Nbd7 9.a4 a5
10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Nxb6 12.Re1 Ne8 13.Bf4 f6 14.Nd2 Nc7 15.Bc6 Rb8 16.Nb3 Nc4
17.Nb5 Na6 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.Bxe5 fxe5 20.Nd2 Nb4 21.Nc4 Ba6 22.Ra3 Rc8 23.Na7 Rc7
24.Nb5 Nxc6 25.dxc6 Rxc6 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Rb3 Bc8 28.Na7 Ra6 29.Nxc8 Qxc8 30.Rb5 Rd8
31.Rd1 e6 32.Nxa5 Qc7 33.b3 Bf8 34.Nc4 d5 35.g3 Rc6 36.Na5 Rb6 37.Nc4 Rxb5
38.axb5 Be7 39.Ne3 Bg5 40.h4 Bxe3 41.Qxe3 d4 42.Qg5 Rf8 43.h5 Qf7 44.Rd2 Qf3
45.Qxe5 Ra8 46.Qxe6+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kh6 48.Qf4+ Qxf4 49.gxf4 Rb8 50.hxg6 hxg6
51.Rd3 Rxb5 52.Rg3 Ra5 53.Kg2 Ra1 54.Rg5 Rc1 55.Rd5 Rc3 56.f3 Kg7 57.Kg3 Kf6
58.f5 gxf5 59.Rxf5+ Ke6 60.Rd5 Kf6 61.Kf4 Ke6 62.b4 cxb4 63.Rxd4 b3 64.e5 Rc6
65.Rb4 Ra6 66.Rxb3 Ra4+ 67.Kg5 Ra8 68.Rb6+ Kxe5 69.f4+ Kd5 70.f5 Rg8+ 71.Kh6  1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.O-O a5 8.d3 a4 9.b4 dxc4
10.dxc4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nbd7 12.a3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Rdc1 Rfd8 15.c5 Nc8 16.Nc4 Bxc4
17.Rxc4 Na7 18.Rc2 Nb5 19.e3 Ne4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bf1 Nc7 22.Ne5 Nd2 23.Be2 f6
24.Nd3 Nb3 25.Raa2 e5 26.Nb2 Rd7 27.Nc4 Rad8 28.Nb6 Rd2 29.Nxa4 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Ra8
31.Rc3 Rxa4 32.Rxb3 e4 33.Bc4 f5 34.h3 Kf6 35.Kg2 h5 36.h4 Ke5 37.f3 Nb5
38.f4+ Kf6 39.Bxb5 cxb5 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Kd2 Ra8 43.Kc2 Kc6 44.Rc3 Rd8
45.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Qb3 Kxh7
16.Qxb4 Bb7 17.Qg4 Rc8 18.e4 Rc4 19.Re1 Qa8 20.Nd2 Rd4 21.f3 Qa7 22.Kh1 Kg8
23.Nf1 Rc4 24.Be3 Qb8 25.Bf4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Ne3 Rc5 28.b3 Rfc8 29.Qg3 Qb2
30.Rad1 Qxa2 31.Ng4 R5c7 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Qd6+ Re7 34.Qd8+ Re8 35.Qd6+ Re7
36.Nd7+ Ke8 37.Nb6  1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ke8 10.Rd1 Ne7 11.Nd4 Ng6 12.h3 Be7 13.f4 h5 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Rd2 Rd8
16.Rad1 Bc8 17.Ne4 a6 18.Kf2 Nh4 19.Ng3 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 21.f5 Kf7 22.Bf4 Bc5
23.Bxc7 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bb7 5.Ne2 f5 6.a3 Bd6 7.b4 Nf6 8.c5 Be7 9.Nf4 a5
10.Bb2 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Bxa1 Nc6 13.b5 Na5 14.c6 Bc8 15.cxd7+ Qxd7 16.Be2 Bd6
17.Nh5 Nd5 18.O-O Bb7 19.e4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 O-O 21.Bg4 Qxb5 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.Re1 Bb4
24.Qg4 g6 25.Qg5 Bxe1 26.Qe5+ Rf6 27.Nexf6 Nc4 28.Qxe1 gxh5 29.Bd7  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.b4 Qd6 10.Qb3 O-O 11.e3 c6 12.Be2 Be6 13.O-O Nd7 14.a4 Nf6 15.b5 Ne4 16.bxc6 bxc6
17.Rac1 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.Qa3 Qa5 21.Nfd4 Bd7 22.Nb3 Qb6 23.a5 Qf6
24.N5d4 Rfc8 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Qb4 Qd8 27.Qb7 Ba4 28.Qxa7 Ra8 29.Qb6 Qxb6
30.axb6 Rb8 31.Bf3 Rxb6 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Nc5 Rb4 34.Nxe4 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.O-O Nf8 10.Qc2 c6 11.h3 g6 12.Rab1 a5 13.a3 Ne6 14.Bh4 Ng7 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Bf5
17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.b5 Qa5 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Ne2 Rec8 22.Nf4 Qd8 23.Nd3 Nd6
24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Nc4 26.Ra6 Qe8 27.Kh1 Be7 28.Nfe5 c5 29.dxc5 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Rxc5
31.Qb2 Qc8 32.Ng4 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc3 34.Qb8+ Kg7 35.Ra7 h5 36.Ne5 Rb1 37.Qxb1 Qxe5+
38.Kg1 Qd6 39.Qb7 Kf8 40.Ra5  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nd5 e5 15.Rxc6 exf4
16.Rc7 Be6 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Rfc1 Bxb3 19.axb3 Ng5 20.b4 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qe5 22.exf4 Qxb2
23.Nd5 Rad8 24.R7c2 Qd4 25.Rd1 Rxd5 26.Qxd5 Qxb4 27.f5 Qb6 28.Qd7 Bf6 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Kg7 32.Qc4 Qa5 33.Rd7 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qxf2 35.Qxf7+ Kh6
36.Qh7+ Kg5 37.Rd5+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Nd7 13.Nxd5 Nxc5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qb4 Rac8
16.Be3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qxe5 18.Rad1 Na4 19.b3 Nc3 20.Bd4 Ne2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nd5 e5 15.Rxc6 bxc6
16.Ne7+ Kh8 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxc6 Qd2 19.Qxd2 Nxd2 20.Bxe5+ f6 21.Bc3 Nxf1
22.Kxf1 Bd3+ 23.Kg1 Rac8 24.Ne7 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Be4 26.c4 Kg7 27.Nd5 Rb8 28.Nc7 a5
29.Ne6+ Kf7 30.Nd4 Ke7 31.f3 Bb7 32.Ba4 Kd6 33.Bb5 Kc5 34.a4 Bc8 35.Kf2 Rb6
36.Nb3+ Kb4 37.Nd4 Ba6 38.Nc6+ Rxc6 39.Bxc6 Bxc4 40.e4 Bb3 41.f4 Bxa4 42.Bd5 Bc2
43.e5 fxe5 44.fxe5 Kc5 45.Bg8 h6 46.Ke3 a4 47.e6 Kd6 48.Kd4 Bb3 49.Kc3 Bxe6
50.Bh7 Bf7 51.Kb4 Ke5 52.h4 h5  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.e3 e5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O e4 12.Ne1 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 a6 14.Nc2 d5 15.Nb4 Qe6
16.b3 Ne7 17.a4 c6 18.Na2 Ng6 19.Bd2 Rfe8 20.Nc3 h5 21.a5 Nh4 22.Rac1 Qf5
23.Kh1 Re7 24.cxd5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.f4 Qg4 27.Qxg4 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.f3 Nf6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 c5 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 h5 12.g5 Nfd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bh3 O-O 15.Ne2 Nc6
16.O-O Re8 17.Re1 Nb6 18.Ng3 Nc4 19.Bf1 N6a5 20.e4 cxd4 21.cxd4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Nb2
23.Qd2 Nac4 24.Qf2 Rc8 25.Rab1 Qa5 26.d5 Qxa3 27.d6 Red8 28.Bc1 Nd3 29.Bxa3 Nxf2
30.Bxc4 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Rxc4 32.Rb4 Rxb4 33.Bxb4 Bf5 34.Nc3 a5 35.Ba3 Rc8 36.Nd5 Kh7
37.Ne7 Re8 38.Rc1 Be6 39.Rc7 b5 40.Bc5 b4 41.Bd4 Rd8 42.Be5 b3 43.Nc6 b2
44.Bxb2 Rxd6 45.Nd4 Bd5 46.Bc3 a4 47.Ra7 Bb3 48.Kf2 Rd5 49.Ke3 Re5+ 50.Kd2 Re4
51.Nxb3 axb3 52.Rxf7 Kg6 53.Rxg7+ Kf5 54.Rf7+ Kg4 55.g6 Kxh4 56.g7 Rg4 57.Rf4 Rxf4
58.g8=Q Rg4 59.Qf7 Rg2+ 60.Kd3 Rg3+ 61.Kc4 Rg4+ 62.Kxb3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Nc3 b4 6.Na4 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Bd3 g6 9.O-O Bg7
10.Bf4 Ng4 11.Be2 O-O 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nd2 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Be3 g5 16.Ne4 h6
17.Ng3 Rf7 18.Nh5 Nf6 19.Nxg7 Rxg7 20.f4 gxf4 21.Bxf4 Nf7 22.Kh1 Qd7 23.Bd3 Kh8
24.b3 Rag8 25.Rf2 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Rxg2 27.Qh5 Rxf2 28.Bg6 Bxd5+ 29.Kg1 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.b3 a5 10.a3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Rab1 Qa6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 a4
16.d5 cxd5 17.cxd5 axb3 18.dxe6 Qxe6 19.Qxb7 Nc5 20.Qb4 Nd3 21.Qc3 Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Rxa3
23.Nd4 Qf6 24.Rfe1 Ra2  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nh4 g6 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Nf3 b5 13.Rac1 b4 14.Na4 exd4 15.Nxd4 c5
16.Nf3 Bb7 17.Ng5 Ne5 18.f3 Nc6 19.Qd2 Nd4 20.b3 Nh5 21.Bf1 Bc8 22.f4 Bg4
23.Re1 f6 24.h3 fxg5 25.hxg4 Nxf4 26.Nb2 Bf6 27.Nd3 Nxd3 28.Bxd3 Ne6 29.e5 Bxe5
30.Be4 Bf4 31.Qb2 Bxc1 32.Qxc1 Rad8 33.Bd5 Qf7 34.Qe3 Re7 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Qxe6 Qxe6
37.Rxe6 Kf7 38.Bxg5 Rd7 39.Rf6+ Kg7 40.Rf2 d5 41.Bf6+ Kg8 42.cxd5 Rxd5 43.g5 Kf7
44.Re2 Rd7 45.Kf2 Rc7 46.Ke3 c4 47.bxc4 Rxc4 48.Kd3 Rc7 49.Kd4 a5 50.Kd5 a4
51.Kd6 Rc1 52.Re7+ Kf8 53.Rb7 Rb1 54.Ke6 Re1+ 55.Be5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ba6
9.O-O Bxc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxc4 c5 13.a4 Qc7 14.Na3 Rfd8 15.Qf3 a6
16.e4 e5 17.d5 Ne8 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nb2 Nd6 20.Bg5 Re8 21.Rfe1 c4 22.Qg3 f6 23.Bh6 Nc5
24.f3 Rab8 25.axb5 Rxb5 26.Ra2 a5 27.Be3 Reb8 28.Qf2 Nd3 29.Nxd3 cxd3 30.Qd2 Qc4
31.Rd1 Rb1 32.Ra1 R8b2 33.Raxb1 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Qxc3 35.Rbd1 a4 36.Rxd3 Qc2
37.R1d2 Qb1+ 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Bc5 Ke7 40.Rc3 Kd7 41.Bxd6 Kxd6 42.Rc6+ Kd7 43.Ra6 Qb5
44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rxg7 a3 46.Rf7 Qc5+ 47.Kg3 Qc3 48.Rxf6+ Kd7 49.Rf2 Qa5 50.Rf7+ Ke8
51.Rxh7 a2 52.Rxa2 Qxa2 53.Rh5 Qb2 54.Rf5 Qc3 55.h4 Ke7 56.h5 Qd2 57.Kh2 Kd6
58.Kh3 Qc1 59.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.O-O Bb7
9.d5 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a4 e6 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 exd5
16.Qc2 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Be4 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bg7 21.Rae1 Bf5 22.Bd5 Rad8
23.Bh4 Rb8 24.h3 h5 25.Qb5 Kf8 26.Qc4 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Qe2+ Kf8
30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Bc8 32.Kf2 Bb7 33.Qe4 Bxd5 34.Qxd5 Kg8 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Qd7
37.f6 Qg4 38.Qg5 Qxg5 39.Bxg5 Bh8 40.Kf3 Kh7 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Bf4 Kxf6 43.Bxd6 Ke6
44.Bb8 f5+ 45.Kd3 a6 46.Ba7 Kd5 47.Bxb6 c4+ 48.Ke3 Bg7 49.Kf4 Ke6 50.Kg5 Bf6+
51.Kf4 Bg7 52.Kg5 Bf8 53.Bd4 Bd6 54.Be3 Bg3 55.Bd4 Be1 56.Kf4 Bd2+ 57.Kf3 Bc1
58.Ke2 Bxb2 59.Kd2 Ba3 60.Ke3 Kd5 61.Kf4 Ke6 62.Kf3 Bd6 63.Ke3 Kd5 64.Kf3 Ke6
65.Ke3 Bh2 66.Kf3 Kd5 67.Bg7 Be5 68.Bh6 Bxc3 69.Bc1 Be5 70.Ba3 c3 71.Bc1 Kc4
72.Ba3 c2 73.Bc1 Kd3 74.Ba3 f4 75.Bc1 Bd6 76.Bb2 Kd2 77.Ke4 Bc5 78.Kxf4 Bd4
79.Ba3 Kd1 80.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Bf1 O-O
9.d4 Nf5 10.c3 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxc5 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Nxd6 15.Na3 Bf5
16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Rfd8 18.Kf1 Kf8 19.Ke2 Re8+ 20.Kf1 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.Ke2 Ke7 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Kxd1 f6 25.Kd2 Kd6 26.Ke3 g5 27.b4 h5 28.g3 Bg6
29.f4 c5 30.a3 b6 31.Bb5 Kd5 32.Be2 a5 33.Bf1 Bf5 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.h4 gxh4
36.gxh4 Bg4 37.Kf4 Bd1 38.Bb5 Bg4 39.Kg5 Ke4 40.Be8 Kd3 41.bxc5 bxc5 42.Bxh5 Bxh5
43.Kxh5 c4 44.Kg4 Kxc3 45.h5 Kb3 46.h6 c3 47.h7 c2 48.h8=Q c1=Q 49.Kf3 Qxa3
50.Qg8+ Kc2+ 51.Kf2 Qc5+ 52.Ke2 Qb5+ 53.Kf2 a4 54.Qg6+ Kc1 55.Qh6+ Kb1 56.Qg6+ Ka1
57.Qd6 Ka2 58.Ke1 a3 59.Kd2 Ka1 60.Qe7 a2 61.Qe1+ Qb1 62.Qc1 Qxc1+ 63.Kxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O b6 8.Bg5 Bb7
9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Qb1 h6 13.Bh4 Rxc1 14.Rxc1 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.d5 Nxg3 17.hxg3 e6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Bc4 Qe7 20.b4 Kh8 21.Qb3 Rf6 22.a3 Nf8
23.e5 dxe5 24.Qe3 Ng6 25.Ne4 Rf8 26.Bd3 g4 27.Nfd2 Bd5 28.Nc4 Nf4 29.gxf4 exf4
30.Qe1 Qh4 31.Ncd2 Bd4 32.Rc7 Bxe4 33.Nxe4 g3 34.Rd7 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Qh1+ 36.Ke2 f3+
37.gxf3 Qxe1+ 38.Kxe1 g2 39.Rxd4 g1=Q+ 40.Ke2 Qa1 41.Rd7 Qb2+ 42.Nd2 Qxa3
43.Rh7+ Kg8 44.Rxh6 Rd8 45.Rg6+ Kf7 46.Be4 Qb2 47.Kf1 Rxd2 48.Kg1 Rxf2 49.Kh1 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 d6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Qd1 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 d5 11.Bf3 cxd4 12.exd4 dxc4 13.bxc4 e5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Ba3 Re8
16.Nd5 Nxe5 17.Rc1 Qa5 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Be4 f5 20.Bb4 Qd8 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.Rfd1 Qh4
23.g3 Qh6 24.Ne7+ Rxe7 25.Bxe7 Nxc4 26.Qxb7 Re8 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Qxd5+ Kh8
29.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qb6 7.Bxf6 Qxb2 8.Qc1 Ba3
9.Bxg7 Rg8 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Qxb2 Bxb2 12.Rb1 Bc3+ 13.Kd1 Rxg7 14.Rc1 Bg4+
15.f3 Bxd4 16.exd4 Be6 17.g3 a6 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Ne2 Ke7 20.Kd2 Kd6 21.Rc3 h6
22.a4 Rgg8 23.Rb1 Rab8 24.Rb6 Bd7 25.Nf4 Rg5 26.g4 f5 27.h4 Rgg8 28.gxf5 Rg3
29.Ke3 Rg1 30.Rc5 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Ra1 32.a5 Ra4 33.Rxd5+ Kc7 34.Ne6+ Bxe6 35.fxe6 Rxa5
36.Rxc6+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.a3 f5 3.d4 e4 4.h4 Be7 5.g3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nh3 d6 8.Bg5 Ng4 9.Nd5 Bxg5
10.hxg5 Nc6 11.Qd2 Ne7 12.Ne3 Ng6 13.Bg2 c6 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.Rhe1 Be6 16.d5 cxd5
17.cxd5 Rac8+ 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.f3 N4e5 20.Rc1 Bb5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nxf5 Qd7 23.Nd4 exf3
24.exf3 Bd3+ 25.Ka1 Qa4 26.Qb4 Qxb4 27.axb4 Rc4 28.Ne6 Rxb4 29.b3 Rxb3 30.Nf2 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nd5 Bf8 8.d3 h6
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Nd2 d6 11.Ne4 Qd8 12.Nc3 Be6 13.b4 a6 14.Rb1 Qd7 15.a4 Rab8
16.b5 Ne7 17.Qb3 axb5 18.axb5 Bh3 19.e4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ng6 21.Qd1 c6 22.Be3 Qe6
23.f3 Be7 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Qa4 Qd7 26.Qa7 Qxa7 27.Bxa7 Ra8 28.Rb7 Bd8 29.Rfb1 Ne7
30.R1b3 Ba5 31.Bf2 Bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.f4 Nc6 12.Ba3 e5 13.Bxd6 exf4 14.c5 Qa6 15.Qxa6 bxa6
16.e5 Ng4 17.Bg2 Bd7 18.gxf4 Ne3 19.Be4 Rc8 20.Rg1 g6 21.Bd3 Bf5 22.Bxa6 Nc2+
23.Kf2 Nxa1 24.Rxa1 Rd8 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Rb1 Ne7 27.Rb7 Nc8 28.Bc7 O-O 29.Bxd8 Rxd8
30.c6 Bh3 31.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 b5 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxg5
16.Nxg5 Bb7 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Nd4 19.Nb6 Rab8 20.Nc5 Bc6 21.Nbd7 Bxd7 22.Rxd4 Be6
23.Nxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bg4 5.Bb2 Rc8 6.c4 e6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nc3 Qd8 11.d4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 a6 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Rac1 Bd6
16.Qxg7 Qh4 17.Rfd1 Ke7 18.Kf1 Rcg8 19.Qd4 Rg1+ 20.Ke2 Qxd4 21.exd4 Rg2 22.Na4 Re8
23.Kf1 Rxh2 24.Re1+ Kf6 25.Rxe8 Rh1+ 26.Kg2 Rxc1 27.Ra8 Kf5 28.Rxa6 Be7 29.Ra7 Bf6
30.Rxf7 Kg6 31.Rc7 Bxd4 32.b4 Rc2 33.Nc5 Rxf2+ 34.Kg3 Rxa2 35.Rxc6+ Kf5 36.Nd7 Rb2
37.Rh6 Bf2+ 38.Kh3 d4 39.Rf6+ Kg5 40.f4+ Kh5 41.Rf5+ Kg6 42.Kg4 Be3 43.Nf8+ Kg7
44.Ne6+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 Be6
9.Qb1 b6 10.Ng5 Bd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.h4 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qb5 Qc8
16.h5 c5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Rc1 Nc7 19.Qd3 Qg4 20.g3 e5 21.dxe5 Ne6 22.Qe2 Qxe2+
23.Kxe2 Nxg5 24.Bxg5 Bxe5 25.f4 Bg7 26.e5 f6 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Rh6 Kg7 29.Bxf6+ Kxf6
30.Rd1 Rfe8+ 31.Kf3 Rad8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.Nd4 Na5 14.Be2 Rfc8 15.f4 e5
16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Bd3 Re8 13.e4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bg4 15.e5 Bxf3
16.exf6 Nxd4 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.fxg7+ Kxg7 19.Bb2 Rad8 20.gxf3 Rh8 21.Kh1 Rxh7
22.Rg1+ Kh8 23.Rg3 Qe5 24.Rag1 Rh4 25.Qc1 Kh7 26.Qb1+ Kh8 27.Qf1 Qe6 28.Qg2  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.d4 Ne4 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Qxb4 Nxb4 10.Nxd5 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.Nxc7 Nxf2+ 13.Ke1 Nxh1 14.Nxa8 Bd7
15.Nc7 Nc2+ 16.Kf1 Rc8 17.Bf4 h6 18.h4 e5 19.dxe5 Rxc7 20.e6 Ne3+ 21.Bxe3 Nxg3+
22.Ke1 Bxe6 23.Bf4 Rc2 24.Bxg3 Rxb2 25.a3 Bd5 26.Bd6 b5 27.Bb4 Ra2 28.Kf2 a5
29.Bxa5 Rxa3 30.Be1 Ra4 31.Bf1 b4 32.Nd4 b3 33.Bc3 Ra2 34.Bh3 g6  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.e3 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O dxc4 12.Qxc4 e5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rae1 exd4 15.exd4 Qd6
16.Bc4 Nf6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Qb3 Rd8 19.f4 b5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Rxd5 22.Nxc6 Kf8
23.Re5 Rd6 24.Rc5 Bd7 25.d5 Bxc6 26.dxc6 a6 27.c7 Rc8 28.b3 Ke7 29.Rfc1 Rd2
30.Kf1 Rxa2 31.Rd5 g5 32.f5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ke8 10.h3 a5 11.Re1 Bb4 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Rxd1
16.Rxd1 Bd5 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 b6 19.f4 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.f5 Rg8 22.g4 h5
23.Kf2 hxg4 24.hxg4 Kf7 25.Bd2 Re8 26.Bf4 Re4 27.Rxe4 Bxe4 28.Bxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qa5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Rac1 Nd7 14.Bb1 Rfc8 15.Qf2 Qd8
16.Rfd1 Qe8 17.b3 a6 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.Qe2 Qf8 20.Kh1 Rac8 21.Qf3 e5 22.f5 Bh6
23.Nd5 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 f6 25.b4 Kg7 26.a3 Nd4 27.Ba2 g5 28.h4 h6 29.g3 a5 30.hxg5 hxg5
31.Kg2 axb4 32.Rh1 b3 33.Bxb3 Qf7 34.Bd1 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Rxh8 36.Rb1 Nc5 37.Rb6 Qd7
38.Qe1 Qd8 39.Qb4 Rh7 40.a4 Qh8 41.Rxb7+ Nxb7 42.Qxb7+ Kh6 43.Qb6 g4 44.Qb4 Kg7
45.Qb7+ Kh6 46.Qb4 Kg7 47.Qb7+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.b3 Bd7 12.a4 a6 13.Ba3 Re8 14.e4 Nc6 15.e5 Rc8 16.Qd2 f6
17.Bd6 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.a5 Na8 21.Na4 Qg7 22.Rac1 Nc7 23.Nc5 Nb5
24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Rc7 26.Bh3 Qe7 27.b4 Na7 28.Nxe6 Rxc1 29.Qxc1 Bxe6 30.Qc5 Rf7
31.Bxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxa7 Qxe5 33.Rd1 Rd7 34.Qc5 Kg7 35.Rd4 h5 36.h4 Qd6 37.Qc3 Qe5
38.Qc5 Qd6 39.Qc3 Qe5 40.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "DPMM sf Chemnitz-Porz"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg"]
[Date "1999.03.13"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Kyas, Juergen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Qc8 10.Bg5 Be7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nbd7 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Ne5 15.f4 Ng6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qh5 Ra7 18.b3 Ba8 19.Rc4 Qb8 20.Nf5 Kd8 21.Nd4 Rc7 22.Nc6+ Bxc6
23.dxc6 Qb5 24.Qd1 Kc8 25.Bd5 Rd8 26.Qd3 Bf8 27.Qd2 Ne7 28.Bxf7 Rxc6 29.Be6+ Kc7
30.Rxc6+ Qxc6 31.Qd3 f5 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.c4 Bg7 34.Rd1 Rb8 35.h4 Qc5+ 36.Kf1 a5
37.h5 h6 38.Re1 Bf6 39.Bf7 Nc6 40.Re6 Qd4 41.Qxd4 Bxd4 42.c5 dxc5 43.Rxh6 Rh8
44.Rxh8 Bxh8 45.Kg2 Bg7 46.g4 fxg4 47.Kg3 Nd4 48.Kxg4 Bh6 49.Bc4 Kd6 50.Kg3 Ke7
51.Kg4 Kf6 52.Kg3 Ne6 53.Kf3 Nxf4 54.Ke4 Nxh5 55.Kd5 Bf8 56.Kc6 Ng3 57.Kb5 Ne4
58.Kxa5 Nd2 59.Bg8 Ke5 60.Ka4 Kd4 61.Bf7 Kc3 62.Bg8 Kb2 63.Bf7 Nb1 64.Bg8 Nc3+
65.Ka5 Ka3 66.Bf7 Ne4 67.Bg8 Nd2 68.Kb5 Nxb3 69.Kc4 Ka4  0-1

[Event "DPMM f Porz-Solingen"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg"]
[Date "1999.03.14"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Nf4 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 d5 12.Nh5 Bb7 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Qg4 g6 15.Bd2 f5
16.Qg3 f4 17.Nxf4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Qxd4 19.Be3 Qe4 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.Be2 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Qxg2
23.Qxg2 Bxg2 24.Rg1 Bd5 25.h4 Nc5 26.Bc2 Nd7 27.h5 Ne5 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Kd1 Kf7
30.f4 Bf3+ 31.Kc1 Ng4 32.Bd4 Ke7 33.Bxg6 Rxf4 34.Bc3 e5 35.Re1 Ke6 36.Bh5 Rf5
37.Bxg4 Bxg4 38.Rg1 Rf4 39.Re1 Rf5 40.Rg1 Bh5 41.Rg7 Bf7 42.Kd2 Rh5 43.Ke3 Kf6
44.Rg1 Bd5 45.Rf1+ Ke7 46.Bb4+ Ke6 47.Bc3 Rh3+ 48.Kd2 Bf3 49.Rg1 Kf5 50.Rg7 Ke4
51.Rxa7 Rh2+ 52.Kc1 Rh1+ 53.Kd2 Rd1+ 54.Kc2 Rd5 55.b4 Bd1+ 56.Kc1 b5 57.Re7 Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT Playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beulen, Marcel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Bb3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Rb8
10.d4 Bg4 11.d5 Na5 12.c4 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Nd7 14.Qe3 Qc8 15.Ne1 f5 16.f3 f4
17.Qe2 Bh5 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nc5 20.g4 Be8 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 h5 23.Qe2 c6
24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.gxh5 Bxh5 26.Rf2 Rf6 27.Nf1 Rbf8 28.Nh2 Qc8 29.Be3 a6 30.Raf1 Qh3
31.Ng4 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 Qxg4+ 33.Kf2 Bh4+  0-1

[Event "NED-chT Playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rac1 Nd7 13.Qf2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nc5 15.Bb1 Na4
16.Nxa4 Qxa4 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Kh1 Rac8 19.h4 Rc7 20.h5 Nb4 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.b3 Qa5
23.Rg1 Kh8 24.Rg5 Qa3 25.Qh2 e5 26.Rcg1 Nc6 27.Rxg6 exf4 28.Bc1 Qc5 29.e5 Nxe5
30.Re6 Bf6 31.Qh6  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.a3 b6 11.d3 c6 12.b4 Nb7 13.dxc6 Qxc6 14.Nce4 Nd7 15.Qf3 Be7
16.Nxh7 Rfc8 17.Nhg5 f6 18.Nh3 Qxc2 19.O-O Nd8 20.Be3 Qc6 21.d4 Nf7 22.Rad1 Nf8
23.Qg4 Qe6 24.Qxe6 Nxe6 25.d5 Nf8 26.d6 Bd8 27.g4 Rc4 28.f3 g6 29.Kh1 Rac8
30.Nhf2 Nd7 31.Rg1 Kf8 32.Rg3 Rc2 33.h4 Re2 34.Bd2 f5 35.gxf5 Bxh4 36.Rh3 Bxf2
37.fxg6 Rxd2 38.Nxd2 Nxd6 39.Ne4 Nxe4 40.Rh8+ Kg7 41.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4
10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd4 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be2 Bxd4 14.exd4 Qa5+ 15.Qd2 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 Nd7 17.Rc7 Nf6 18.Bf3 Rad8 19.Ke3 Rfe8 20.Rxa7 e5 21.Rc1 g5 22.Bc6 exd4+
23.Kd3 Re6 24.Ra8 Rxa8 25.Bxa8 Ng4 26.Kxd4 Nxf2 27.Bf3 g4 28.Bd5 Re2 29.Rc7 Rxb2
30.Bxf7+ Kf8 31.Be6 h5 32.Bf5 Rb5 33.Bg6 g3 34.hxg3 Nh1 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Rf5 Rxf5
37.Bxf5 Nxg3 38.Bd3 Kf7 39.Kd5 h4 40.Kc6 Nh5 41.Kxb6 Nf4 42.Be4 Ne2 43.Kc5 Ke6
44.Bc6 Nc3 45.Kd4 Nd1 46.Bf3 Nb2 47.Kc3 Na4+ 48.Kb4  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 a6 8.Bg2 g5 9.Be3 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Ne5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Nf3 Qa5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.h4 Rg8 16.hxg5 hxg5
17.Rh6 Bc6 18.Qf3 Nd7 19.Rh7 Nf6 20.Rh6 Nd7 21.Bf1 Rd8 22.Bc4 Nf8 23.Nd5 exd5
24.exd5 Qb4 25.dxc6 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qxc4 27.b3 Qb4 28.a3 Qa5 29.cxb7 Nd7 30.Rc6 Bd8
31.Rc8 Ke7 32.Bc5+  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Nxc4 b5 7.Nd2 e6 8.g3 c5
9.Bg2 Rb8 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nb3 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8
15.Be3 Nfd7 16.b4 Na6 17.a3 Ke7 18.Rd1 Rc8 19.Ne4 Rc6 20.O-O Nb6 21.Bd4 f6
22.Rd3 Rd7 23.Rfd1 e5 24.Bxb6 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 axb6 26.g4 Nc7 27.f3 Ne6 28.e3 g6
29.Nc3 f5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Kf2 Ng5 32.Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 Be7
10.Bd2 a5 11.Nc1 Nd7 12.Nb3 Bb7 13.O-O h6 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Qe4 c5 16.Rac1 Kf8
17.Bb5 Ba8 18.Qd3 g5 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.dxc5 Qxa4 21.Nfd4 Qe8 22.c6 Bxc6 23.Nxc6 Rxc6
24.Nxa5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Kg7 26.Nc6 Qd7 27.Bxb4 Rc8 28.Bxe7 Rxc6 29.Bf6+ Kg8
30.Rxc6 Qxc6 31.Qd2 Qa4 32.h3 Qe4 33.f3 Qf5 34.Qa5 Nxf6 35.Qd8+ Ne8 36.Qxe8+ Kg7
37.Qb5 Qc2 38.Qb4 Qe2 39.Qd4 h5 40.b4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 h4 42.b5 Qg3+ 43.Kh1 Qe1+
44.Qg1 Qxe5 45.Qb1 Qd5 46.b6 Qb7 47.Qb4 e5 48.Qc5 Kg6 49.Qc7  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Na6 13.Bb1 Re8 14.a3 g6 15.Re1 Qd7
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.e4 d4 18.Ba2 Rab8 19.Bc4 Bc6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nc7 22.Qd2 Kg7
23.Rxe8 Nxe8 24.Ne1 Nd6 25.Nd3 Qf5 26.Qc2 Re8 27.h3 Bg5 28.Rd1 h5 29.b3 h4
30.Qb2 Bf6 31.Qc2 g5 32.f3 Re3 33.Qd2 Be5 34.Ba6 Qf6 35.Re1 Bf4 36.Qd1 Rxe1+
37.Qxe1 Be3+ 38.Nf2 Nf5 39.Bd3 Ng3 40.Qd1 Qe5 41.Qc2 Qxd5 42.b4 cxb4 43.axb4 Qe5  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Be6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxc4 Bf5
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 Nc5 12.Qa2 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qxd6
16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.b4 Ne6 18.Bxd7+ Qxd7 19.O-O O-O 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Bb2 Rac8 22.Rac1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 d4 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.exd4 Qxd4+ 26.Qf2 Qxb4 27.Qxa7 Rd2 28.Kh1 Ra2
29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.Qe5 Rxg2 31.Kxg2 Qd2+ 32.Kg3 Qxc1 33.Qe4+ g6 34.Qxb7 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ke8 10.h3 a5 11.Bf4 Be6 12.a3 Bc5 13.Rad1 h6 14.g4 Ne7 15.Nd4 Bxd4
16.Rxd4 c5 17.Rd2 Nc6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 b6 20.e6 fxe6 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Rxe6+ Kf7
23.Rxd8 Nxd8 24.Re3 Ne6 25.Be5 h5 26.Rd3 hxg4 27.hxg4 c4 28.Rd1 Ke7 29.Kg2 Rf8
30.Kg3 g5 31.f3 Rf7 32.Kf2 Rh7 33.Ke3 Rh3 34.Rd2 Rh1 35.Ke4 Rf1 36.Rh2 Kd7
37.Rh7+ Kc6 38.Rh6 Kd7 39.Rh7+ Kc6 40.Kf5 Nc5 41.Rh3 Rf2 42.Kxg5 Rxc2 43.Rh2 Rxh2
44.Bxh2 Nd3 45.Kh6 b5 46.g5 b4 47.g6 c3 48.bxc3 b3 49.g7 b2 50.g8=Q b1=Q
51.Qa8+ Kd7 52.Qd5+ Ke7 53.Bxc7 Qc1+ 54.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Rxc6 Qxa2 15.Rc7 Qe6
16.h3 Qd6 17.Rc5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 a5 19.e5 Qd7 20.Ra1 a4 21.Qd1 Ra7 22.f4 Rfa8
23.d5 Ra5 24.Qc2 a3 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Qb3 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc2 Nd7 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.b4 Ne6 12.Rb1 Ned4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne3 b6
16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Nc2 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Rc8 19.Qa4 Rc7 20.Be3 Qa8 21.f3 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Rbd1 Kh8 24.Be2 Be5 25.Qa3 Rg8 26.Rf2 d5 27.c5 bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.bxc5 Qb8
30.h3 Bg3 31.Qb2+ Rg7 32.Bf1 Bxf2+ 33.Qxf2 e5 34.f4 e4 35.Rb1 Qc7 36.Bb5 h6
37.c6 Bc8 38.Rf1 Kh7 39.Qd4 Qd6 40.Rf2 Be6 41.Kh2 Qc7 42.a4 a6 43.Bxa6 Qxc6
44.Bb5 Qc7 45.Qf6 Rg6 46.Qb2 Qa7 47.Rc2 d4 48.Rc6 Bf7 49.Rc8 Rg7 50.Rd8 Qc7
51.Qxd4 Qxf4+ 52.Kg1 Qg5 53.Qd2 e3 54.h4 Qe7 55.Qa5 Qxh4 56.Qa8 Qf2+ 57.Kh1 Qe1+
58.Kh2 Qh4+ 59.Kg1 Bg8 60.Re8 Qf2+ 61.Kh1 Rg4 62.Qb7+ Kh8 63.Rxg8+ Rxg8 64.Qd5 Rg7
65.Qc6 Kh7  0-1

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.e5 Nxc5 13.Qb4 Nfd7 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Be3 Rac8
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Ne6 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.Rcd1 Nb8 20.Ng5 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 e6 22.R5d2 Bxe5
23.a4 Nc6 24.Qe4 Qb8 25.axb5 axb5 26.h4 h5 27.Rd7 Bxb2 28.Bh6 Bg7 29.Qxg6 fxg6
30.Rxg7+ Kh8 31.Rdd7 Qe5 32.Rh7+ Kg8 33.Rdg7+ Qxg7 34.Rxg7+ Kh8 35.Bxb5 Nd4
36.Bd3 Rg8 37.Rxg6 Nf3+ 38.Kf1 Nxh4 39.Rxe6 Rxg2 40.Be3 Rd8 41.Rh6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Nb4 12.Bb1 b5 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qd3 g6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Ne5 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Qg3 Bb7 20.Be4 Rc8 21.h4 Qe7 22.Rad1 Nf6
23.Bb1 Rfd8 24.Qg5 Nd5 25.Qh6 Qf8 26.Qd2 b4 27.a4 Nf6 28.Qf4 Nh5 29.Qe3 Qe7
30.g3 Nf6 31.Bd3 a5 32.Qg5 Nd5 33.Nc4 Qxg5 34.hxg5 Ra8 35.Be4 Bc6 36.b3 Kg7
37.Ne5 Be8 38.Rc1 h6 39.gxh6+ Kxh6 40.Rc5 Ra7 41.Bxd5 exd5 42.Rec1 f6 43.Ng4+ Kg7
44.Ne3 Bf7 45.Rc7 Rxc7 46.Rxc7 Re8 47.Kf1 Rh8 48.Ke2 Rh1 49.Nf1 g5 50.Ra7 f5
51.f3 f4 52.g4 Rh8 53.Rxa5 Rb8 54.Rc5 Kf6 55.a5 Ke6 56.Rc6+ Kd7 57.Rf6 Be6
58.a6 Ra8 59.Rg6 Rxa6 60.Rxg5 Kd6 61.Nd2 Bd7 62.Rg6+ Ke7 63.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nc6
8.Kc2 Bd7 9.a4 e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Be2 h6 12.h4 Rc8 13.Rhd1 a6 14.h5 Na5 15.Ne5 Bc6
16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Bb5 axb5 18.axb5 Rc8 19.Rxa5 c4 20.Ra7 Bc5 21.Rxb7 Bxf2 22.Bd6 Bh4
23.Rf1 Rd8 24.e5  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.b4 Qh5 15.Be1 Bb8
16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Ng3 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.a4 bxa4 20.Rxa4 Nb6 21.Ra2 Nfd5 22.Nd4 Be5
23.Bf3 Rfc8 24.Ne4 Bxd4 25.exd4 Bc6 26.Rda1 Ne7 27.Rxa6 Nf5 28.Rxa8 Bxa8
29.Kf1 Nxd4 30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Bxa8 Nxa8 32.Nb7 Rb8 33.Bc3 e5 34.Nd6 Nc7 35.Rd1 Nce6
36.Ra1 f6 37.Ra6 Nc7 38.Ra5 Ndb5 39.Nxb5 Nxb5 40.Bd2 Kf7 41.Be3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 d6 8.a4 a5
9.h3 h6 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Nc3 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nd2 f5 15.Ndxe4 fxe4
16.Na2 Na6 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Nc3 Kh8 19.Nxe4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 dxe4 21.Qc3 Rf4 22.Rad1 Qc8
23.Qg3 Qf8 24.Bxa6 bxa6 25.Bc5 Qf7 26.Rd4 Qf5 27.Red1 Kh7 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 Qxe5
30.Bd4 Qg5 31.Qxg5 hxg5 32.Re8 Bb3 33.Re7 Rf7 34.Rxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 h6 9.Bh4 O-O
10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Rxd4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nc6 13.Rd2 Ne5 14.Be2 Ng6 15.Bg3 Ne8 16.Qc2 Bxc3
17.Qxc3 f5 18.Qd3 Rf7 19.h4 h5 20.Rg1 Rc8 21.Bd6 Nxd6 22.Qxd6 Nf8 23.Rd4 g6
24.Kd2 Qf6 25.Kc1 Re7 26.Kb1 Ree8 27.Qg3 Kf7 28.f4 Rc7 29.Rgd1 Rec8 30.R1d2 Ke7
31.f3 Rc6 32.e4 Ke8 33.e5 Qe7 34.Ka2 R6c7 35.b4 a5 36.b5 Rc5 37.Rd6 Rb8 38.Kb3 Rb7
39.Kc3 Rb8 40.Kd4 Kd8 41.Qg5 Qxg5 42.fxg5 Kc7 43.f4 Kb7 44.Bf3+ Ka7 45.Kc3 Rbc8
46.Rxd7+ Nxd7 47.Rxd7+ R8c7 48.Bc6 Rxd7 49.Bxd7 Rc7 50.Bxe6 Re7 51.Bd5 Kb8
52.Kd4 Kc7 53.Bc6 Rg7 54.Kd5 Rg8 55.Ke6  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.O-O b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3 Qd7 12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.Rfc1 Rac8 14.Rc2 e6 15.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nd2 Nd7
9.h4 f5 10.h5 Nf6 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.a3 c6 13.b4 Nc7 14.Qb3 cxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7
16.Nc4 Nb5 17.Nxb5 Bxb5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Bxb5 Rac8 21.Be3 Ne4
22.Bd3 Rc3 23.Qb1 Ng3 24.Rh3 Qxd5 25.Bc2 Qc4 26.Qa2 Rxc2 27.Qxc4+ Rxc4 28.Rxg3 f4
29.Rg4 b5 30.Bxa7 Rd8 31.Bc5 Kf7 32.a4 bxa4 33.Rxa4 Re4+ 34.Be3 Bf8 35.g3 Rdd4
36.Ra7+ Ke6 37.Rg6+ Kd5 38.gxf4 exf4 39.Rd7+ Kc4 40.Rxd4+ Rxd4 41.Bxd4 Bxb4+
42.Ke2  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb4
10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Qc2 Nxg3 13.fxg3 Nd7 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.a4 a6 16.Rab1 Ra7
17.Rbe1 O-O 18.g4 Nf6 19.Bd1 Nd5 20.Ne4 f6 21.Bf3 Qh7 22.Qd2 Rg7 23.Nc5 Re7
24.axb5 axb5 25.Be4 Qg7 26.Bf3 f5 27.Re5 fxg4 28.Bxg4 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qf6+
30.Kg1 Qf4 31.Qxf4 gxf4 32.Ne4 b4 33.cxb4 c3 34.Nc5 Ne3 35.Be2 Ra7 36.Nd3 Ra1+
37.Kf2 Ba6 38.Ra5 Nd1+ 39.Kf3 Rxa5 40.bxa5 Nb2 41.Nb4  1-0

[Event "NLD-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Be7 7.Bb5+ Nfd7 8.f5 O-O
9.fxe6 Ne5 10.exf7+ Rxf7 11.Rf1 Bh4+ 12.g3 Bf6 13.Nf5 Nbc6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Nxd6 Bg4
16.Qd5 Nb4 17.Qb3 Bh5 18.Rf5 Rd8 19.Bc5 Rxd6 20.Qxb4 Qxb4 21.Bxb4 Rd8 22.Rxh5 Nf3+
23.Kf2 Rd4 24.Be8 Rc7 25.Kxf3 Rxb4 26.Nd5  1-0

[Event "WCCC Man-Machine exh"]
[Site "Paderborn"]
[Date "1999.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Fritz 5.32"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ke8 10.Rd1 a5 11.h3 Bc5 12.g4 Ne7 13.Ne4 Ba7 14.Bh6 f5 15.exf6 gxh6
16.Re1 Ng6 17.Nd6+ Kd7 18.Nf7 Bc5 19.Rad1+ Bd6 20.Nxh8 Nxh8 21.Re7+ Kd8 22.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Nd5 Ne4 10.Bb2 f5 11.e3 e6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qe7 14.b4 Nd8 15.b5 Nf7
16.Qb3 b6 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.f4 Bb7 19.a4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ra8 21.Rae1 Qd7 22.Nf3 axb5
23.axb5 Ra7 24.Ra1 Rfa8 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Rf2 Qe8 27.c5 d5 28.Rc2 Qa8 29.cxb6 cxb6
30.Bb4 Nd8 31.Qc3 Ra2 32.Be7 Nf7 33.Rxa2 Qxa2+ 34.Kf1 Qb1+ 35.Kf2 h6 36.Qc6 Qd3
37.Ng1 Bxd4 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qf8+ Kh7  1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Qb3 Qe7
9.Bg2 h6 10.Nh3 Qc5 11.Bf4 Nxc4 12.a3 Ba5 13.O-O g5 14.Bc1 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5
16.Qc2 d6 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Qc5+ 19.Nf2 Ne5 20.Bh5+ Ke7 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.b4 Bb6
23.Bb2 Ke6 24.e4 Rf8 25.exf5+ Rxf5 26.Rae1 Kd5 27.Rd1+ Kc4 28.Be2+ Kb3 29.Rb1 Nf3+
30.Bxf3 Rxf3 31.Kg2 g4 32.bxc5 Bxc5 33.Bd4+ Kc4 34.Rbc1+ Kxd4 35.Rfd1+ Ke5
36.Rxc5+ Kf6 37.Rxc7 Bf5 38.Rxb7 Re8 39.Rd6+ Re6 40.Rxe6+ Bxe6 41.Rxa7 Rb3
42.Ra6 Ke5 43.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Ne5 c5 11.a5 Bxa5 12.Rxa5 Qxa5 13.Qxb7 cxd4 14.exd4 Qb6 15.Qxa8 Qxd4
16.Nc6 Qxc4 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Nxf5 exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bb4 7.e3 Nge7 8.Be2 O-O
9.Rc1 Bd6 10.Bg3 a6 11.O-O Nc8 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Bf3 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Ne7
16.Be2 Nec8 17.Bf3 c6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Ndxe4 Be6 20.Qc2 Nd6 21.Nc5 Bf5 22.Qb3 Rb8
23.d5 Nbc4 24.g4 Bg6 25.Rfe1 Nd2 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qd1 Nxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Rc8 29.Qf4 Qf8
30.Re1 Qd8 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nd5 Kh8 33.b4 b6 34.Ne7 Rc7 35.Nf5 bxc5 36.Nxd6 Re7
37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.bxc5 Qc7 39.Qe5 f6 40.Qd5 h6 41.c6 Bc2 42.Ne8 Qe7 43.Qd7  1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Qc2 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 d5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxf6 Rc8 14.Qb4 gxf6 15.Nb5 Rc2
16.Rd1 Nc6 17.Qg4+ Qg5 18.Qxg5+ fxg5 19.Nd6 Rb8 20.Nxb7 Rxb7 21.Rd2 Rc1+
22.Rd1 Rc2 23.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.cxd5 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxd5 11.Re1 Bf5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 f6 15.Qxc7 O-O
16.Rxe7 Qxf3 17.Rxg7+ Kh8 18.Bh6 Qxg4+ 19.Qg3 Qxd4 20.Rxg6 hxg6 21.Qh3 Kg8
22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Qb3+ Rf7 24.Rd1 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.h3 Qe4 27.Qd5 Qc2 28.Rd2 Qc1+
29.Kg2 Re7 30.Qd8 Qc6+ 31.Qd5 Qxd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 N6d7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nd4 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bg3 Nxc5 15.Qc2 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.O-O Nb4 18.Qe4 Nd5 19.Na4 Qc8 20.Qc2 f5 21.e4 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.a3 N5f6 13.Ng3 Rc8 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qe2 Nd5
16.Bd2 N7f6 17.Rad1 Nc7 18.Bf4 Ncd5 19.Bg5 Nc7 20.Ne5 g6 21.h4 Nfd5 22.Qg4 Nf6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.h5 Re7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Nh5 Bg7 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Re3 Nd5 29.Rh3 Qe8
30.Qg5 f5 31.Rh6  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.a4 O-O 7.Re1 Qc7 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.Nf1 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Ba2 e4 12.dxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Nc5 14.Be3 h6 15.Bxc5 Bxc5
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 Bf5 18.Re1 Qb6 19.Ne3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Qxb2 21.Rb3 Qxc2
22.Rxb7 a5 23.Bb3 Qc8 24.Bd5 Be6 25.Rc1 Qe8 26.Bxe6 Qxe6 27.h3 Rad8 28.Qc2 Rd5
29.Rc7 Rfd8 30.Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.h3 Be6 13.a3 Bf6 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.Qb3 Nb6
16.d5 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Ne7 18.Be3 Nec8 19.Rac1 Nd6 20.Bb1 Qd7 21.Rc5 g6 22.Rec1 Rac8
23.Nd4 a6 24.Ba2 Rfe8 25.Qd3 Ne4 26.Ra5 Qd6 27.b4 Be5 28.Nf3 Bb2 29.Rc2 Bg7
30.Bc5 Qd7 31.Bb3 Rcd8 32.Be3 Qd6 33.Rac5 Rd7 34.Nd2 Nf6 35.Nc4 Nxc4 36.Bxc4 Ne4
37.Ra5 Rde7 38.Bb3 Be5 39.Ba4 Bh2+ 40.Kf1 Ng3+ 41.Ke1 b5 42.Rc6 Qe5 43.d6 cxd6
44.Rcxa6 Nf5 45.Bxb5 Nxe3 46.Bxe8 Qa1+ 47.Kd2 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.h3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Re1 Qf7
16.c5 Nd7 17.Bb5 Nd4 18.Bxd7 Bxd7 19.Bh4 Bc6 20.Ng5 Qf6 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Ne2 Rad8
23.Nxd4 Rxd4 24.Qh5 h6  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Bxd4
9.Qxd4 a6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.Qc4 Qe7 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne5 15.Qb3 O-O
16.Rfe1 Qd7 17.f4 Ng6 18.Bd2 Qb5 19.c4 Qxb3 20.axb3 Rfe8 21.Kf2 Kf7 22.g3 Rxe1
23.Bxe1 Ke7 24.Kf3 Kd7 25.g4 Rh8 26.Bc3 h6 27.Rh1 Ne7 28.Rg1 Ke8 29.h3 Kf7
30.f5 Nc8 31.Bd4 a5 32.Bc3 b6 33.b4 axb4 34.Bxb4 Ne7 35.Ra1 h5 36.Ra7 hxg4+
37.hxg4 Rc8 38.Bc3 Ke8 39.Bd4 Kf8 40.Ke4 Kf7 41.b4 Ke8 42.Be3 Kf7 43.c5 bxc5
44.bxc5 dxc5 45.Bxc5 g6 46.d6 gxf5+ 47.gxf5 cxd6 48.Bxd6 Re8 49.Kd4 Kf8 50.Rxe7 Rxe7
51.Kd5 Kf7 52.Bxe7 Kxe7  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Bd4 Qd6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qd2 Qf6 15.f4 Nac4
16.Bxc4 Nxc4 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Qe3 Nc4 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.Qe3 Nc4 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qh5 Ng6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.e5 d5
9.Bd3 Na6 10.Ne2 Nb4 11.O-O Nxd3 12.cxd3 h6 13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Be3 Qd7 15.h3 O-O-O
16.Rf2 Rdg8 17.Nh2 Nh4 18.Ng3 g6 19.Qe2 g5 20.Raf1 h5 21.Nxh5 g4 22.Nf6 Bxf6
23.Rxf6 gxh3 24.g4 Bxg4 25.Nxg4 Rxg4+ 26.Kh1 Rg2 27.Qd1 h2 28.Rxf7 Rg1+ 29.Bxg1 hxg1=Q+
30.Kxg1 Rg8+  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.e3 Qa5 11.exd4 Qxg5 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 b6 14.b4 Bb7 15.f3 d6
16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Rhc1 Kf8 18.Rab1 Bc6 19.a4 a5 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.Rb6 Rdc8 22.Rcb1 g6
23.h4 Ke7 24.Be2 Nd7 25.R6b2 Rab8 26.Nb5 e5 27.Na7 Rxb2+ 28.Rxb2 Rc7 29.Nxc6+ Rxc6
30.Rb5 exd4 31.Rxa5 Rc7 32.Rb5 Nc5 33.Bd1 Ra7 34.Rb4 f5 35.Bc2 f4 36.Rb1 d5
37.cxd5 Kd6 38.Rb8 Kxd5 39.Rd8+ Kc4 40.Rc8 Kd5 41.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Be2 Ne4 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 dxc4 13.Qa4 Bd5 14.O-O Qe8 15.Qxe8 Rfxe8
16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 b6 18.Rfd1 bxc5 19.dxc5 Rec8 20.Be3 e6 21.Rb1 Bf8 22.Rd7 Bxc5
23.Rbb7 Bxe3 24.fxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxe3 10.fxe3 dxc6 11.Qd4 Qxd4 12.exd4 e5 13.dxe5 Ne7 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5
16.Bh5 b4 17.Ne2 Rb5 18.Bf3 Rxe5 19.Ra4 Rb5 20.Nd4 Rb6 21.Kf2 O-O 22.Ra5 Rd8
23.Rd1 Ra6 24.Re5 Ng6 25.Nxc6 Rf8 26.Rc5 Rb6 27.Rd6 Kh8 28.e5 b3 29.c3 Ra6
30.Na5 Rxd6 31.exd6 Be6 32.Rb5 Rd8 33.Nc6 Rc8 34.Rb8 Rxb8 35.Nxb8 Ne5 36.Be2 f5
37.Ke3 Nf7 38.d7 Kg8 39.Bb5 Kf8 40.Na6 Ke7 41.Nc5 Bd5 42.g3 Kd6 43.Kd4 Nd8
44.Ba4 g5 45.c4 Bf3 46.Nxb3 Bd1 47.Kc3 f4 48.gxf4 gxf4 49.Nc5 Bxa4 50.Nxa4 Nc6
51.Nb6 f3 52.Kd3 Kc5 53.Nd5 Ne5+ 54.Ke3 Nxd7 55.b3 Ne5 56.h4 Nc6 57.Nf6 Kb4
58.Kxf3 Kxb3 59.c5 Kc4 60.Nd7 Kd5 61.Kf4 Nd4 62.Nf6+ Kxc5 63.Ke4 h6 64.Ng4 h5
65.Nf6 Nc6 66.Nxh5 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qa4+ Bc6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qb3 Nd7 11.e3 Qe6 12.Rc1 a6 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.O-O Nf6 15.e4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.d5 Qf5 18.Nh4 Qe5 19.f4 Qd4+ 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.Nxe4 O-O 22.Nxd6 cxd6
23.Rc7 Bb5 24.Nf5 Qf6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Rf2 Rad8 27.Qe3 Rd7 28.Rfc2 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Qxb2
30.h3 Re8 31.a3 Qf6 32.Kh2 g6 33.Rc8 Kg7 34.Rxe8 Bxe8 35.Nc8 b5 36.Qxe8 Qxf4+
37.Kg1 Qc1+ 38.Kf2 Qf4+ 39.Ke2 Qc4+ 40.Ke3 Qc1+ 41.Kf3 g5 42.Qc6 Qd2 43.Qxd6 Qc3+
44.Kf2 Qxc8 45.Qe5+ Kg6 46.d6 Qc2+ 47.Kg1 Qd3 48.Kh2 h5 49.Qe7 Qd4 50.d7 Qf4+
51.Kg1 Qc1+ 52.Kf2 Qd2+ 53.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.dxc5 Nc4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg5 Bd7 15.Bb3 Na5
16.Rfd1 Bc6 17.f3 Bf8 18.e5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 e6 20.Be3 Rc8 21.Nf4 Be7 22.c4 Be8
23.Nd3 Nc6 24.f4 Nb8 25.Rb1 Na6 26.Bd1 Bc6 27.Rb3 Rc7 28.Be2 h5 29.Kf1 Kf8
30.g3 Ke8 31.h3 Kd8 32.Kf2 Kc8 33.Bd4 Ba4 34.Rb2 Nxc5 35.Ke3 b6 36.g4 hxg4
37.hxg4 Nb7 38.Nf2 Na5 39.Ne4 Nxc4+ 40.Bxc4 Rxc4 41.Nd6+ Bxd6 42.exd6 Kd7
43.Be5 g5 44.fxg5 Bc6 45.Kd3 Rxg4 46.Rf2 Be4+ 47.Kc3 Bg6 48.Bf4 Rg1 49.Kd2 Ra1
50.Ke3 Rc1 51.Rd2 Rc3+ 52.Kd4 Rc5 53.Ke3 Rf5 54.Rg2 e5 55.Bh2 Kxd6 56.Rg4 Kd5
57.Rg1 Bh5 58.Rg2 Rf3+ 59.Kd2 e4 60.Ke1 Re3+ 61.Kf1 Rd3  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 e5 8.h3 a6 9.Re1 h6
10.Nc2 Re8 11.a4 Bd7 12.Bd2 Qc8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.b4 Rad8
17.Bf1 Nh5 18.b5 Nb8 19.c4 c6 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.c5 axb5 22.axb5 cxb5 23.Bxb5 Nc6
24.Nc4 Bf8 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.cxd6 Rxd6 27.Bxh6 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 f6 29.Be3 g5 30.Nh2 Kg7
31.Qc5 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Qxd8 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Qxc6 Qd1+ 35.Nf1 Bb3 36.g3 Ba4 37.Qc4 Bd7
38.Kg2 Kg6 39.g4 Ng7 40.Ng3 Be6 41.Qa6 Qc2 42.Qb7 Qc8 43.Qb6 Qc4 44.Qd6 Bc8
45.Qe7 Qf7 46.Nf5 Ne8 47.Qd8 Be6 48.Ne7+ Kg7 49.Kg3 Kh7 50.f3 Kg7 51.h4 gxh4+
52.Kxh4 Kh7 53.Kg3 Ng7 54.Bc5 Ne8 55.Qd2 Kg7 56.Qh2 Bd7 57.Qh4 Qb3 58.g5  1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Rb8 8.Qd1 a6
9.Qc2 Nf6 10.Ne4 Qb6 11.Be5 d6 12.Nxf6+ exf6 13.Bc3 Qd8 14.a4 O-O 15.Be2 d5
16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.O-O b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bf3 Qd6 20.d4 f5 21.Rfd1 f4 22.d5 fxe3
23.Bxg7 exf2+ 24.Qxf2 Kxg7 25.Rac1 c4 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Rxc4 Bd7 28.Qd4+ Kg8
29.Rdc1 Rb6 30.Rc7 Rfb8 31.Qc5 h5 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.h4 Kg7 34.Kf2 Re8 35.Ra1 Kf6
36.Raa7 Rd8 37.Ke3 Ke5 38.Rc4 Rb6 39.Re4+ Kd6 40.Kf4 f6 41.Rc4 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leventic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 c6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Qd2 N8d7 11.e5 f6 12.Ng5 Bxe2 13.Ne6 Qc8 14.Qxe2 Re8 15.Nxg7 Kxg7
16.h4 h6 17.f4 Nf8 18.g4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.f5 gxf5 21.g5 f4 22.gxf6+ exf6
23.Rg1+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ Ke6 25.Rg7 fxe3 26.Qg4+ f5 27.Qh5 Re7 28.Qxh6+  1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxb5 8.Nc3 Qb6
9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Na6 12.Bc1 Nc7 13.Re1 Ba6 14.e4 Nd7 15.Qc2 Rab8
16.Bf1 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 e6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Kg2 c4 20.Rb1 Rxf3 21.Kxf3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Rf8+
23.Kg4 Ne5+ 24.Kg5 Nb5  0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jakubovic, Nedzad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8
10.Nd2 Nh7 11.a3 Bd7 12.b4 h5 13.f3 Bh6 14.Bf2 Qe7 15.Nb3 a4 16.Nd2 f5 17.c5 Nf6
18.Bd3 Na6 19.c6 bxc6 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.b5 fxe4 22.Ndxe4 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Nc5 24.Nxc5 dxc5
25.O-O e4 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Qd5+ Kh8 28.Rae1 Rad8 29.Qxe4 Qxe4 30.Rxe4 Rb8
31.Rb1 Rf6 32.Bxc5 Rf5 33.Bd4+ Bg7 34.Bxg7+ Kxg7 35.Re7+ Rf7 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7
37.Rc1 Rxb5 38.Rxc7+ Kf6 39.Rc4 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Rb2+ 41.Kg3 Ra2 42.Rxa4 Kf5 43.Ra5+ Kf6
44.a4 Ke6 45.Ra7 Kf6 46.a5 Ke6 47.a6 Kf6 48.Ra8 Kg7 49.f4 Kh7 50.Kf3 Ra3+
51.Ke4 Ra2 52.a7 Kg7 53.g3 Ra4+ 54.Kd5 Ra1 55.h3 Rd1+ 56.Kc4 Rc1+ 57.Kb3 Ra1
58.g4 hxg4 59.hxg4  1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Subasic, Ilijas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Rd1 c6 8.e3 Re8
9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Ne4 Nf8 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.Ne5 Bd7 14.O-O Be8 15.Ba2 Rc7
16.Qe2 Qe7 17.f4 f6 18.Nd3 Kh8 19.Ng3 f5 20.e4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Bg6 22.Ne5 Bxe4
23.Qxe4 g6 24.Rd3 Qf6 25.Bb1 Rg7 26.Rh3 Rd8 27.g4 Qe7 28.Rd3 Nd7 29.h3 Nf8
30.Kh2 Qc7 31.Rdf3 Nf6 32.Qe3 Qb6 33.f5 exf5 34.gxf5 Nd5 35.Qf2 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Ng6
37.Nf7+ Rxf7 38.Rxf7 c5 39.dxc5 Qe6 40.Qd4+ Ne5 41.Rxh7+  1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamberovic, Senad"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bf4 a5 8.Re1 Nbd7
9.Qc1 Re8 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Kh7 13.g4 Nhf6 14.h3 Qc7 15.Nf1 h5
16.Bf4 Qd8 17.g5 Ne4 18.c4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5
23.f4 Re7 24.Qd1 Qb6+ 25.e3 Qxb2 26.Qxd5 Qf2+ 27.Kh2 Bf5 28.Qd1 Rc8 29.Re2 Qh4
30.Qe1 Qxe1 31.Raxe1 b5 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.Ng3 Bd3 34.Rd2 Rc3 35.e4 h4 36.Ne2 Ra3
37.Nc1 Bc4 38.Kg2 a4 39.Rc2 Rg3+ 40.Kh2 Rf3 41.f5 gxf5 42.e5 f4 43.Re4 Be6
44.Rb2 Rxh3+ 45.Kg1 Bd5  0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 d5 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.e5 Nd7
9.a3 Ne7 10.g4 c5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.O-O-O Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Qe7 15.Nb5 O-O
16.f4 a6 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Rac8 19.Kb1 b5 20.f5 Qc7 21.Bd3 Nxd3 22.cxd3 Qc2+
23.Ka1 Rc3 24.f6 Rxa3+ 25.bxa3 Qc3+ 26.Ka2 Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Bihac"]
[Date "1999.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d3 e5 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rac1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.b4 Nhf6 15.a3 Re8
16.h3 b6 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Nh4 Nf8 19.Nf5 Rad8 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Qe3 Bc8 22.Na4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 b5 24.Nc5 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Qd3 Qe8 27.Nd6 Qd8 28.Nf5 Qe8 29.Qd6 Ng6
30.g3 Nxe4 31.Nxh6+ Kh7 32.Nxe4 Kxh6 33.h4 f6 34.Qd2+ Kh7 35.Nd6 Qf8 36.c5 Be6
37.Bd3 f5 38.Qg5 Ne7 39.Bc2 Kg8 40.f3 Qf6 41.Qxf6 gxf6 42.Kf2 Kf8 43.Bb1 Bd7
44.Kg1 Kg7 45.Kh2 Kf8 46.Kh3 Kg7 47.h5 e4 48.fxe4 fxe4+ 49.g4 e3 50.Bd3 Ng8
51.Kh4 Nh6 52.g5 fxg5+ 53.Kxg5 Bg4 54.Ne8+ Kf7 55.Nd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 Bh5 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nf1 c5 13.h4 Rc8 14.N1h2 Bg6 15.Bg5 Nb6
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.Nd4 Nc7 19.Ng4 Na6 20.Ne3 Rcc8 21.Qd1 h6 22.f4 Nc4
23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Qf3 Nc5 25.Kh2 a6 26.Re3 Rc7 27.Rf1 Rd8 28.Bh3 Nd3 29.Re2 Rc5
30.Bg2 Rcd5 31.Qg4 R5d7 32.Qf3 Nc5 33.Rff2 Nd3 34.Rf1 Nc5 35.Rff2 Bb1 36.Qg4 Bd3
37.Re3 Bb1 38.Rf1 Bg6 39.Rf2 Nd3 40.Rd2 Rxd4 41.cxd4 Rxd4 42.Rde2 b5 43.Qf3 Nb4
44.Ra3 Rd8 45.Qf2 Qc7 46.Be4 Bxe4 47.Rxe4 Rd1 48.Re2 Qd8 49.Qg2 Rd5 50.f5 exf5
51.e6 fxe6 52.Rae3 Kh7 53.Rxe6 Rd3 54.Qb7 Qd4 55.Qf7 Qg4 56.Rg2 Nd5 57.h5 Nf4  0-1

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Nb6 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Ne4 Nd5
16.Rab1 Bd7 17.Bf1 Be8 18.Nc5 b6 19.Nd3 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Qa7 22.Rec1 Rdc8
23.Nfe5 c5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.dxc5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Qxc5 28.Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Ng5 Bg4 10.f3 e5 11.Bg3 d4 12.fxg4 dxc3 13.Qxd8 Rfxd8 14.Rxc3 h6 15.Nh3 Ne4
16.Rb3 Nxc5 17.Rb5 Bf8 18.Be2 a6 19.Rb6 Na4 20.Rb3 Bb4+ 21.Kf1 Nc5 22.Rxb4 Nxb4
23.Bxe5 Ne4 24.Bf3 Nd2+ 25.Ke2 Nxc4 26.Bd4 Nc2 27.Bc3 Rd7 28.Nf2 N2xe3 29.b3 Re8
30.Ne4 Nd5 31.Rc1 Nd6  0-1

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.h3 Bf6 14.Rd1 Re8 15.Nc3 Be6
16.Bd3 h6 17.Rb1 Kh8 18.Be4 Nce7 19.Ne5 Rc8 20.Qe2 Kg8 21.Qf3 c6 22.Ng4 Bxg4
23.Qxg4 Kf8 24.Bc2 Nxc3 25.bxc3 b5 26.a4 Nd5 27.Qf3 a6 28.Qd3 Bg5 29.Ba3+ Be7
30.Bxe7+ Qxe7 31.Qh7 Qf6 32.Bf5 g5 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Rd3 Re8 35.Rf3 Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7
37.Ra1 Kg6 38.axb5 axb5 39.Kf1 h5 40.g3 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Rd3 Kg5 43.Rc1 Rh8
44.Rdd1  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.Qd2 a6 13.a4 b6 14.h3 Bb7 15.Bh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Ned7 17.f4 Qe7 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Qg5 Qf8 20.Rae1 h6 21.Qh4 Qg7 22.Re3 Rad8
23.Nge2 Kg8 24.Qf2 Nf8 25.Ng3 h5 26.Rd1 N8d7 27.Nf1 Qh6 28.e5 Nh7 29.e6 Ndf6
30.f5 gxf5 31.Qxf5 Kh8 32.e7 Rd7 33.Rde1 Rc7 34.Qf2 Bc8 35.Ng3 Qg7 36.Nf5 Bxf5
37.Qxf5 Ng8 38.Bxa6 Rcxe7 39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.Rxe7 Nxe7 41.Qxh5 Qd4+ 42.Kh1 Kg7
43.Qf3 Kf8 44.Qe4 Qd2 45.Qxh7 Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qf4+ 47.Kg1 Qe3+ 48.Kf1 Qc1+ 49.Kf2 Qf4+
50.Ke1 Qc1+ 51.Nd1 Nxd5 52.Qh8+ Ke7 53.Qh4+ Kf8 54.Qd8+ Kg7 55.Qxd6 Nb4 56.Qe5+ f6
57.Qg3+ Kf7 58.Be2  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qd5 15.Rad1 Qf5
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 f6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Rfd8 20.Qd2 Rxd4 21.Qxd4 Bc6 22.Bg4 Qd5
23.Qxd5+ Bxd5 24.Rd1 e6 25.Bf3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 a5 27.a3 a4 28.c6 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2 e5 8.d5 cxd5
9.cxd5 Bd7 10.Be3 Qa5 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 Qd8 13.Rc1 a5 14.b5 a4 15.f3 Be8 16.O-O Qa5
17.Nb1 Nbd7 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Qd2 Qd8 20.Qb4 Nc5 21.Nc3 Ra8 22.b6 Bf8 23.Rb1 Nfd7
24.Bb5 Nb8 25.Bxe8 Qxe8 26.Qb5 Qc8 27.Rb4 Nbd7 28.Nxa4 Ra6 29.Nf1 Qa8 30.Nxc5 dxc5
31.Rc4 Qd8 32.Rc1 Rxa3 33.Bd2 Ra6 34.Ba5 Nf6 35.Ne3 Bh6 36.Re1 Bxe3+ 37.Rxe3 Qd6
38.Re1 Nd7 39.Rc1 Kg7 40.Rb1 h6 41.Rc1 g5 42.h3 h5 43.Rc2 h4 44.Rc1 Kf8 45.Rc2 Ke7
46.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lanka,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.a4 a5
9.Re1 h6 10.Bh4 exd4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Nd2 c5 14.Nc2 g5 15.Bg3 Bb7
16.f3 d5 17.e5 Nh5 18.Nf1 d4 19.Na3 Qd5 20.c4 Qc6 21.h3 Qg6 22.Nb5 Re6 23.Bh2 Nf4
24.Bxf4 gxf4 25.Nh2 h5 26.Qd2 Qf5 27.Re2 Rae8 28.Rae1 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Qxe5
31.Nf1 Bc8 32.Kf2 c6 33.Na3 Bd8 34.Kg1 Bf5 35.b3 Bh4 36.Qd1 Qe1 37.Qd2 Bg3  0-1

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Be6 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.O-O Qc7 13.h3 Nb4 14.Qb1 Qxc5 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O g6 12.Rab1 Ne6 13.Bh6 a5 14.Ne5 Ng7 15.g4 Nd7
16.f4 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bc5 18.Rf3 Ne6 19.f5 Ng5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Nxd5 Rxe5 22.Qxc5 Rxd5
23.Qc3 Bxf5 24.e4 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Be6 26.Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.Rxe3 Bxa2 28.Ra1 Bc4 29.Rc3 Bb5
30.Rd1 Re8 31.Rd7 Rxe4 32.Rxb7 a4 33.Rc2 Re5 34.Ra7 h5 35.Rf2 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Agrest,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Nd7 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.a4 e6 8.d5 e5 9.Nd2 Be7
10.Bg3 b6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.e4 g6 13.f3 Nh5 14.Bf2 Nf4 15.Bf1 f5 16.g3 Nh5 17.Bd3 Ndf6
18.Qe2 Rf7 19.Be3 Bf8 20.Rg1 Kh8 21.b3 Nh7 22.Nc4 Bg7 23.Bd2 Rb8 24.a5 b5
25.Nb6 N7f6 26.Nxc8 Qxc8 27.Nd1 Qd7 28.Ne3 f4 29.Nf1 fxg3 30.hxg3 Rbf8 31.c3 Nh7
32.Nh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 h6
9.h3 Be6 10.Qe2 Bc5 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Nh7 13.Nc4 Ng5 14.Nfxe5 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Bxf2+
16.Rxf2 Nxe5 17.Qc5 Nd7 18.Qe3 O-O 19.Qf4 Qb6 20.Qg4 Rad8 21.Rf1 Qc5 22.h4 Ne6
23.Qf5 Qd6 24.e5 Qc5 25.Qe4 Nb6 26.c4 Nd7 27.Bh3 Qe7 28.Qe3 b6 29.Kh2 c5
30.Re1 Rfe8 31.Rd2 Ndf8 32.Rd5 Nc7 33.Red1 Nxd5 34.cxd5 Ne6 35.d6 Qb7 36.Bg2 Qd7
37.Bd5 b5 38.Qe4 Rc8 39.Bc3 a5 40.Bxa5 Qa7 41.Bd2 Rcd8 42.a4 c4 43.Be3 Qa5
44.axb5 cxb3 45.Bc6 Qa2+ 46.Kh3 b2 47.Rf1 Qb3 48.b6 f5 49.Bd5 Qc3 50.Qxf5 Qxe3
51.d7 Re7 52.Bxe6+ Rxe6 53.Qxe6+ Kh7 54.Qf5+ Kg8  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 h6
9.h3 Be6 10.Qe2 Bc5 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Nh7 13.Nc4 Ng5 14.Nfxe5 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Bxf2+
16.Rxf2 Nxe5 17.Qc5 Nd7 18.Qe3 O-O 19.Qf4 Qb6 20.Qg4 Rad8 21.Rf1 Qc5 22.h4 Ne6
23.Qf5 Qd6 24.e5 Qc5 25.Qe4 Nb6 26.c4 Nd7 27.Bh3 Qe7 28.Qe3 b6 29.Kh2 c5
30.Re1 Rfe8 31.Rd2 Ndf8 32.Rd5 Nc7 33.Red1 Nxd5 34.cxd5 Ne6 35.d6 Qb7 36.Bg2 Qd7
37.Bd5 b5 38.Qe4 Rc8 39.Bc3 a5 40.Bxa5 Qa7 41.Bd2 Rcd8 42.a4 c4 43.Be3 Qa5
44.axb5 cxb3 45.Bc6 Qa2+ 46.Kh3 b2 47.Rf1 Qb3 48.b6 f5 49.Bd5 Qc3 50.Qxf5 Qxe3
51.d7 Re7 52.Bxe6+ Rxe6 53.Qxe6+ Kh7 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Qe4 Re8 56.b7 Rd8 57.Rb1  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Godena,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.c4 dxc4 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Nd2 c3 14.Qxc3 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Nd5
16.Nf3 Rab8 17.Bd2 Bf6 18.Rab1 h6 19.Rfd1 Qb5 20.b3 Re2 21.Re1 Nc3 22.Rxe2 Nxe2+
23.Kh1 c5 24.a4 Qb6 25.b4 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 27.b5 Qe6 28.Re1 Qf6 29.Be3 Re8
30.h3 Qh4 31.Qc4 Re6 32.Qd5 Re5 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.a5 Rxe3 35.Rxe3 Qxf2 36.Qe4+ f5
37.Qf3 Bxe3  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Ne7 6.Qb3 h6 7.Bd2 a5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 O-O 10.e3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Be2 Nd7 13.O-O Nxc3 14.bxc3 e5 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Bb5 Rad8 17.Qa4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nf6 19.Qc2 Rd6 20.Kh1 Rfd8 21.Be2 g6 22.a4 Kg7
23.Rab1 c5 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.c4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qb2 28.Kg2 Ng8
29.Bd3 Qc3 30.Qb1 Ne7 31.Be4 Qxc4 32.Qb2+ Kf8 33.Qxb6 Qxa4 34.Qd8+ Qe8 35.Qxa5 Qc8
36.Qc3 h5 37.h3 Qc7 38.f4 Qd6 39.Qh8+ Ng8 40.Qe5 Qe7 41.Kf3 Qxe5 42.fxe5 Kg7
43.Ke2 f6 44.exf6+ Nxf6 45.Kd3 g5 46.Bf3 Kg6 47.Kc4 Kf5 48.Kxc5 g4 49.hxg4+ hxg4
50.Bxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Chandler,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Rad1 c5 14.Rfe1 c4 15.Qc2 Nc6
16.b3 cxb3 17.Qxb3 Na5 18.Qb1 Rac8 19.Rc1 Rc7 20.a4 Rdc8 21.Nb5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rxc1+
23.Qxc1 Bc6 24.Nd2 g6 25.h3 Kg7 26.Bf3 Qd7 27.Bg4 Qe7 28.Qc2 h5 29.Bf3 Qd7
30.Nc3 Be7 31.Qb2 Qf5 32.Qb1 Qd7 33.Qa2 Bb4 34.Ndb1 Nc4 35.Be2 Na3 36.Nxa3 Bxc3
37.Qb3 Ba5 38.Bb5 a6 39.Bxa6 Bxa4 40.Qd3 Qc7 41.Qb1 Qc3 42.Nb5 Qc6 43.Na3 Qc3
44.Nb5 Qc6 45.Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bg4
9.Ne2 Qc8 10.O-O c5 11.f3 Bf5 12.e4 dxe4 13.fxe4 Bg6 14.Rxf6 gxf6 15.Nf4 cxd4
16.cxd4 Qc3 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Rc1 Qxa3 19.h4 Nc6 20.h5 Bxe4 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Qh4 Rd6
23.Rd1 Rg8 24.Bf2 Qa4 25.Re1 Bxd3 26.Nxd3 Nxd4 27.Kh1 Qc6 28.Nf4 Nf5 29.Qh3 Qd7  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Lalic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 d4 13.Nb5 Bb6 14.e4 Ng4 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Nge5 17.Be4 Re8 18.Qh5 a6 19.Na3 d3 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Rxc4 d2 22.f6 g6
23.Qh6 Qxf6 24.Bxd2 Nd4 25.Bg5 Qe6 26.Bd3 Nf5 27.Qh3 Nd6 28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.Rc2 Ne4
30.Bxe4 Rxe4 31.Rd1 Rae8 32.Kf1 R4e6 33.h4 f6 34.Bf4 Kf7 35.g3 h5 36.a3 R8e7
37.Rdd2 Re4 38.Kg2 Rd4 39.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.e3 e5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 Ngf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Ng5 O-O
9.Qc2 b5 10.Bd5 Rb8 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.O-O h6 14.Nge4 Rb6 15.Rac1 Re8
16.Nxd6 Rxd6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Ng3 e4 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Qxc5 Rxd2 21.Rc2 Rd5 22.Qc6 Rd6
23.Qc5 Rd5 24.Qc6 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 g6
9.b4 Bg7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Qd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Be6 15.Nd2 Nd7
16.Rab1 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Qc2 b6 19.Nb3 Raa8 20.Qd2 c5 21.Bb5 Nf6 22.Rfd1 Ng4
23.g3 c4 24.Nc1 f5 25.N1a2 g5 26.Nb4 f4 27.Bc6 fxe3 28.fxe3 Rf2 29.Qxf2 Nxf2
30.Kxf2 Ra5 31.Nb5 Qf8+ 32.Kg1 Qf3 33.Re1 Bf8 34.Nc7 Bh3  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emms,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 a5 8.Nbd2 a4 9.Bc2 O-O
10.d4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.h3 g6 15.Be3 Bg7 16.Qd2 Nf8
17.Bd3 Ne6 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.c4 exd4 20.Nxd4 bxc4 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.Bxc4 Qd7 23.Bh6 Bh8
24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Qc2 c5 26.Re2 Rae8 27.Rce1 Qb5 28.b3 axb3 29.axb3 Nd7 30.Rd2 Nb8
31.Bf4 Bd4 32.Rb1 Nc6 33.Qc4 Qb6 34.Kh2 Rf6 35.Be3 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Ne5 37.Qc3 Rb8
38.Ne2 Qb7 39.Qc2 Nc6 40.Nc3 Nb4 41.Qb2 Qe7 42.Kg1 Re6 43.Rf1 Qg5 44.Rf3 Qe5
45.Rd1 Ra8 46.Rf2 Ra6 47.Qd2 Re7 48.Rf4 Kg7 49.Kh1 h5 50.Kg1 Rea7 51.Rdf1 Kg8
52.Rf6 Ra1 53.Rxf7 Rxf7 54.Rxa1 Kh7 55.Rd1 Rf6 56.Nb5 Qg3 57.Nxd6 h4 58.Nc4 Rf7
59.e5 Ra7 60.Qf2 Ra2 61.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nec4 13.Bc1 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Qd4
16.O-O Rfd8 17.Rb1 Na3 18.bxa3 Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Ba6 c5 21.Bf4 Bd2 22.Be5 c4
23.Bb7 f6 24.Bc7 Rd7 25.Bxa8 Rxc7 26.Bd5+ Nxd5 27.exd5 c3 28.g3 c2 29.Rbc1 Kf7
30.Kg2 f5 31.f4 Ke8 32.Kf3 Kd7 33.Ke2 Bxc1 34.Rxc1 Kd6 35.Kd2 Kxd5 36.a4 h5
37.a5 a6 38.h4 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "De Graaff,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Ne4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Qf5 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.Nfd2 Nf6
16.Rc1 Nd5 17.Kg1 Be6 18.a3 Qg6 19.Nc3 f5 20.Nf3 Nxc3 21.Ne5 Qf6 22.bxc3 c5
23.Kh2 Rc8 24.Qb2 Bd5 25.c4 Be4 26.f3 Bc6 27.f4 Be4 28.Rhd1 cxd4 29.Rxd4 Rec7
30.Rcd1 h6 31.Rd6 Qf8 32.a4 Kh7 33.Qf2 Rxc4 34.Nxc4 Rxc4 35.Qg3 Rc8 36.Qg6+ Kh8
37.a5 a6 38.Rd7 Qg8 39.R1d6  1-0

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wemmers,X"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 dxc3
9.Qd5 cxb2 10.Bxb2 Bxf2+ 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.e6 Nxe6 13.Rxf2 O-O 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.Qh5 Ng6
16.Bb3 Nef4 17.Qf5 d5 18.Qc2 b6 19.Ne5 c5 20.Nxg6 Nxg6 21.Raf1 Be6 22.Nf3 f6
23.Qd2 Qd7 24.Re1 Bf7 25.Rfe2 d4 26.Re4 Rae8 27.h4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Bxb3 29.axb3 Qd5
30.Qc2 Ne5 31.Nd2 h5 32.Qd1 Nd3 33.Kg1 Qf5 34.Qb1 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qxc5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Rfc1 Be7 14.Rxc4 Qb6 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Nb3 O-O 17.Nc5 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Rd5 19.h3 Rad8 20.R4c2 h6 21.a3 a5 22.Na4 Qb3
23.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Be7 7.a3 O-O 8.Rc1 a6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nh5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 g6 14.Ke2 Bf6 15.g4 Bg7
16.g5 f5 17.Rh4 Rf7 18.Rch1 Bh8 19.Kf1 Qd6 20.Ne2 Ne7 21.Nf4 c5 22.g3 Qb6
23.Kg2 Rc8 24.Rh6 Rc6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qxb2 27.e6 Rg7 28.Nxd5 Rxe6 29.Nc7  1-0

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Hengelo NED"]
[Date "2000.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schebler,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 Bh5 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nb3 Rfe8
16.Bh3 Nc5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Bd2 Bg6 19.Bd7 Red8 20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Bf7 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7
23.Be3 Re8 24.Bd2 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 b5 26.Kf1 Ke6 27.Ke2 Kf5 28.h3 h5 29.Bd2 d4
30.g4+ hxg4 31.hxg4+ Ke4 32.f3+ Kd5 33.Kd3 g6 34.b3 dxc3 35.Bxc3 b4 36.Bb2 Re8
37.Rd1 Re3+ 38.Kc2+ Ke6 39.Rd3 Re1 40.Rd1 Re2+ 41.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Hengelo NED"]
[Date "2000.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Piket,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 Nf6 5.Nd2 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.Be2 Qc7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc2 b6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Rfe1 Bb7 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.a4 Nf4 15.Bf1 Bc8
16.Bg3 e5 17.Ne3 Na5 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.h3 Bb7 21.Rad1 Qb8 22.Rd2 Nc6
23.Red1 Ne5 24.Be2 Rde8 25.Qb3 Bc6 26.Nh2 g5 27.Bb5 Qc8 28.c4 Re6 29.Nf3 h6
30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Qf3 Kg7 32.Qg4 Bd4 33.Re2 Re5 34.Bxc6 Qxc6 35.Nxf4 Qxa4 36.Rc1 Qc6
37.Kh1 Rfe8 38.Rce1 Kh8 39.Nd3 R5e7 40.h4 Qf6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.g3 Qg6 43.Kg2 Kg7
44.Nc1 a5 45.Nb3 Bf6 46.Nd2 Bxb2 47.Nf3 Bd4 48.Rh1 f6 49.Rh5 Rh8 50.Rxh8 Kxh8
51.Nh4 Qe8 52.Nf5 Rh7 53.Rd2 Qe6 54.Qf3 Qe5 55.Rd1 Qe6 56.Kg1 Rd7 57.Rb1 Rh7
58.Rd1 Rd7 59.Kg2 Rh7 60.Rd3 Kg8 61.Rd2 a4 62.e5 fxe5 63.Qa8+ Kf7 64.Qe4 Kg8
65.Rd3 Ra7 66.Qg4 Qg6 67.Rf3 Rf7 68.Qe4 Qe6 69.Qa8+ Kh7 70.g4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Magdeburg GER"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Bb6
9.Na3 Qg6 10.f3 Ne5 11.Qe2 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 Bxd4 13.cxd4 d6 14.Rac1 f5 15.Bf2 fxe4
16.Qxe4 Qf7 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Rc7 Be6 19.Bh4 Rae8 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Rxe7 Qxe7
22.d5 Re8 23.Re1 Qf6 24.dxe6 Qxb2 25.a4 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Qc6 27.Qf4 Re7 28.h3 h6
29.Qh4 Re8 30.Qd4 d5 31.Qe5 b6 32.f4 d4 33.f5 Qc5 34.Qe4 Qd6 35.f6  1-0

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Klip,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne2 Bd7
9.c4 Be8 10.Qb3 b6 11.Rac1 Ne4 12.h3 c5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 Bf7
16.Ne5 Qb6 17.Nxf7 Qxb3 18.Nh6+ gxh6 19.axb3 Nc6 20.Bxh6 Rf7 21.f3 Ng5 22.Nf4 Nd8
23.Nxd5  1-0

[Event "NED-chT"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wiersma,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 Qd6 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Rfe1 Qg6 13.Be3 Nf4 14.g3 f6 15.a4 Be6
16.a5 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Rad8 18.Nb3 Qh5 19.Nh4 Nh3+ 20.Kg2 Ng5 21.Nc5 Bh3+ 22.Kg1 Bg4
23.Kg2 Bd1 24.Qc1 f5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.Nxf5 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Qxf5 28.Kg2 Bf3+ 29.Kg1 Nh3+
30.Kf1 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B"]
[Site "Kopavogur ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Ba4 Re8 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxd4 Re6 15.Re3 Rae8
16.Qc2 Nh5 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Rae1 Rg6 19.Nf1 Re5 20.Rf3 Qe6 21.a3 Reg5 22.Ne3 Nf6
23.Re2 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.h4 Re5 26.Nf5 Rge6 27.Nd4 Re8 28.Rfe3 c6  0-1

[Event "Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B"]
[Site "Kopavogur ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nd5
9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Rd1 Nb4 13.Qe4 Bf5 14.Qh4 f6 15.e4 Be6
16.Bh6 Bf7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qf4 Qd6 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.a3 Na6 21.b4 Nc7 22.h4 a6
23.Ne2 Nc4 24.Qc1 a5 25.bxa5 Nxa5 26.Qc3 Nc4 27.a4 b5 28.e5 Qd7 29.axb5 cxb5
30.Ra7 Nd5 31.Qa1 Qf5 32.Nc3 Rd7 33.Nxb5 Rfd8 34.Re1 Nb4 35.Qa4 Nd3 36.Re2 Bd5
37.exf6+ exf6 38.Nc7 Bf7 39.d5 Nb6 40.Qa5 Nxd5 41.Nd4 Qg4 42.Nce6+ Kh6 43.Nxd8 N5f4
44.Nxf7+ Rxf7 45.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B"]
[Site "Kopavogur ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Bf1 b6 17.Ne5 Rad8 18.g4 Be4 19.Qe2 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nb3 21.Ra2 Bf3 22.Qe3 Na5
23.Rc2 f6 24.Bxc7 Rd7 25.Bg3 Bxg4 26.Bg2 Qb3 27.Rcc1 Qf7 28.d5 Qh5 29.c4 Nb7
30.a4 g5 31.Rc3 Qg6 32.Qd4 Bf5 33.Rce3 Nc5 34.a5 h5 35.axb6 axb6 36.h4 gxh4
37.Bxh4 Rg7 38.d6 Qf7 39.Rg3 Rxg3 40.Bxg3 Qg6 41.Re7 Nd7 42.Kh2 Kh8 43.Bc6 Rf7
44.Qd5 Rg7 45.Qd4 Qg5 46.Rxg7 Kxg7 47.Bd5 Qg4 48.Qe3 Ne5 49.Bxe5 fxe5 50.Qxe5+ Kg6
51.Qe8+ Kg5 52.Qe5 h4 53.Qg7+ Bg6 54.Qe5+ Qf5 55.Qe3+ Kg4 56.Be6  1-0

[Event "Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B"]
[Site "Kopavogur ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hjartarson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.Be3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.f4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 a5 13.a3 Ba6 14.h4 Bc4 15.Bc2 f5
16.h5 e6 17.Qf3 Nd5 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Bf2 Nd7 20.Nge2 Rb8 21.Rb1 Kf7 22.Ng1 Nxc3
23.Qxc3 Bd5 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 d5 26.g4 Rg8 27.Rh8 Rf8 28.Rh1 Rh8 29.Rg1 Qe7
30.Qc3 Rbc8 31.Qxa5 c5 32.Ba4 cxd4 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Qa7 Rhd8 35.Rd1 Ra8 36.Qxd4 Rh8
37.Rd3 Bf8 38.Rc3 Qd8 39.Bc2 Be7 40.Rcg3 Bh4 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Qb4+ Be7 43.Qb5 Rb8
44.Qe2 Rxb2 45.Qh5  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Halldorsson,Br"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Qc7
9.Ra2 Bf5 10.Ne2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nbd7 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nf4 Rc8 14.Bd2 Bc2 15.Qa1 g5
16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Nxd3 h5 18.gxh5 Rxh5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.f4 Qc4 22.Qd1 Rh4
23.Ra1 Nc5 24.Qe2 Nd3+ 25.Kf1 Qe4 26.Rg1 Rxh2 27.Rg2 Rxg2 28.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Rc2  0-1

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bricard,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 f6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 h5
9.h4 g4 10.Nd2 d6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.c5 bxc5 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.O-O Nb6 16.Qe2 e5
17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Nb3 Nh6 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.Qxb5+ Kf7 21.Nxc5 Kg6 22.Na6 Rhd8
23.Rbd1 Nf7 24.Qc6 Rd6 25.Qc5 Qd7 26.Rc1 Qa4 27.Nb4 a5 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.exd5 c6
30.dxc6 Qxc6 31.Qe3 Qc4 32.f4 Rd3 33.Qf2 e4 34.f5+ Kg7 35.Bf4 Rad8 36.Rfe1 a4
37.Rb1 Rxc3 38.Rb7 Rc2 39.Qb6 Qd4+ 40.Qxd4 Rxd4 41.Kh2 Kf8 42.Ra7 Ke8 43.Rb1 Rd7
44.Rxa4 Ne5 45.Rxe4 Kf7 46.Bxe5 fxe5 47.Rxe5 Rdd2 48.Rg1 Rd3 49.Rge1 Rxa2
50.Re7+ Kf6 51.R7e6+ Kxf5 52.R1e5+ Kf4 53.Re4+ Kf5 54.R6e5+ Kf6 55.Rxh5 g3+
56.Kh3 Rdd2 57.Rh6+ Kg7 58.Rb6 Rxg2 59.Re7+ Kf8 60.Rc7 Rh2+ 61.Kxg3 Rhe2
62.h5 Re7 63.Rf6+ Kg7 64.Rg6+ Kf7 65.Rc3 Ra1 66.Rf3+ Ke8 67.Rg8+ Kd7 68.Rb8 Rg7+
69.Kh2 Rgg1 70.Rb5 Rh1+ 71.Kg3 Rag1+ 72.Kf4 Rh4+ 73.Ke3 Rgh1 74.Rf7+ Ke6
75.Rf3 Rxh5 76.Rxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O Be7
9.c4 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.a3 Re8
16.d5 Nb8 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Qf3 Bf8 20.Nf2 Bc5 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.b4 Re3
23.Qg2 Bd6 24.Ne4 Be5 25.Rae1 Rxa3 26.Rf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Qe7 28.Nc5 Bd4+ 29.Kf1 Qd6
30.Ne6 Qxb4 31.Qd3 Qb6 32.Re4 Qb2 33.Rf4 Qc1+ 34.Ke2 Re8 35.Qf3 Bc5 36.Kd3 Bb4  0-1

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Conquest,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e6
9.Be3 Nb4 10.O-O Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Rg1 Kh8 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Nh5 15.e5 Rad8
16.Bb3 Qa5 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Qc4 a5 20.Nc5 g6 21.Bc2 Rg8 22.Nb3 Nb4
23.Be4 Ng7 24.Rg3 Nf5 25.Rh3 Rg7 26.Bc3 Ra8 27.Rd1 Nd5 28.Bd2 Qd8 29.Rg1 Nb6
30.Qc2 Nxd4 31.Nxd4 Qxd4 32.Be3 Qb4 33.Rg4 Qe1+ 34.Rg1 Qb4 35.Rg4 Qc4 36.Qb1 Nxa4
37.Bc2  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Qa5
9.Ne2 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.a4 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Be3 Bg4 15.Ra2 Rad8
16.d5 Ne5 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.Qb3 h6 19.Bf4 Qa6 20.Nd4 g5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nb5 Bg7
23.Qe3 Qb6 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Rc1 Re8 26.h3 Bf5 27.d6 Bd3 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 f5
30.Rc7 Red8 31.Re2 Bf8 32.Re8 f4 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.Kg2 Rxe8 35.Rxd7 Ra8 36.Rxb7 Rxa4
37.d7 Ra8 38.Nc7  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Qf3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Nbd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.Bb3 Rd8
16.g5 Nfd5 17.Rc1 c5 18.h5 cxd4 19.exd4 Rxh5 20.Rxh5 gxh5 21.Qxh5 g6 22.Qh8+ Ke7
23.Qe5 Rd6 24.Kf1 Qa6+ 25.Nb5 Qxb5+ 26.axb5 Bxd2 27.Ra1 Bf4 28.Qh8 Rd8 29.Qh4 Bb8
30.Qe4 Rd7 31.Qf3 Bf4 32.Rxa7 Bxg5 33.Bxd5 Nxd5 34.Qg3 Bf4 35.Qh4+ g5 36.Qh8 b6
37.Ra8 Nc7 38.Rf8 Nd5 39.Qg7 Kd6 40.Rxf7 Rxf7 41.Qxf7 Nc7 42.Kg2 Bc1 43.Qf8+ Kd7
44.Qb8 Nd5 45.Qb7+ Kd8 46.Qc6  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Be7 8.Bd3 Bg4
9.Be4 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Be3 Be6 12.b3 Bf6 13.O-O-O a5 14.a4 Ne7 15.h4 Qc8
16.Bg5 Bg4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rde1 Re8 19.Nd4 c6 20.Qd2 Kg7 21.Bc2 Qd7 22.Qd3 Ng6
23.h5 Nf8 24.Qg3 Kh8 25.Qf4  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sarbok,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 a6 10.a3 Re8 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Ba2 Qb6 14.Bb1 c5 15.d5 Nf8
16.d6 Bxd6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qe4 Bb7 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.Qxb7 f5 21.Nh4 Red8 22.O-O Qd2
23.Qf3 Qxb2 24.e4 b4 25.axb4 cxb4 26.Ne2 Qf6 27.g3 a5 28.exf5 e5 29.Ng2 Nh7
30.Ne3 Qg7 31.Rc1 Nf6 32.Rc7 a4 33.Rb7 b3 34.Nc3 Rac8 35.Ned5 Nxd5 36.Nxd5 Rc1+
37.Kg2 Rxb1 38.f6 Qh7 39.Ne7+ Kh8 40.Rd7 Rf8 41.Qd5 Rg1+ 42.Kh3 Rc1 43.Rd8 Rc8
44.Nxc8 Qg8 45.Rxf8 Qxf8 46.Nd6 b2 47.Nxf7+ Kg8 48.Nxe5+ Kh7 49.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "19th Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 h6 10.Bh4 c6 11.O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.a4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 b4 7.Qc2 g6 8.e4 d6 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.h3 e5 14.Be3 Rae8 15.Nh2 Bc8 16.Rfe1 Nh5
17.Qd1 Nf4 18.Bc2 Nf6 19.Ndf1 h6 20.Ng3 Nh7 21.Qd2 h5 22.Rab1 h4 23.Ngf1 Bh6
24.Nf3 Qd8 25.N1h2 Ng5 26.b3 Kg7 27.Kh1 Nxf3 28.Nxf3 Rh8 29.Rg1 Nh5 30.Ng5 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.h4 Nd7 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.h5 Bf5 13.Nc1 Rg8 14.g3 a5 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Nxd3 f5 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.Rac1 a4 19.Nb1 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Qe2 Ng6 6.h4 dxe4 7.Qxe4+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Nxe7
9.Nc3 c6 10.Bc4 Nf5 11.O-O f6 12.Bxf4 Bd6 13.Rae1+ Kd8 14.Nd2 Bxf4 15.Rxf4 Nd6
16.Bd3 Nd7 17.h5 h6 18.Re3 Re8 19.Rg3 Re7 20.Nce4 Ne8 21.c4 Nf8 22.d5 cxd5
23.cxd5 Re5 24.Nc3 Rxh5 25.Re3 Nd6 26.Nf3 Nf7 27.Rfe4 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 fxe5
30.Rf3 Ke7 31.d6+ Ke8 32.Nb5 Ne6 33.Bg6+ Kd8 34.Rf7 Bd7 35.Bf5 Be8 36.Re7 Nd4
37.Nc7 Bc6 38.Bh3  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Nh4 O-O 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Kh1 c5 14.Na2 Ba5 15.dxc5 Qe7
16.b4 Bxb4 17.Nxb4 Qxc5 18.Bb3 Qxb4 19.Ba3 Qh4 20.Qa2 Nc5 21.Bc4 Nfd7 22.a5 b6
23.Rac1 Ne5 24.axb6 axb6 25.Bd5 Rc7 26.Qb1 Rd7 27.Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Qb3 b6
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Be5 Bg4 18.Rad1 Be7 19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Bg3 Nf6 22.Ne5 Ne4
23.Bf3 Nxg3 24.Nc6 Qd6 25.Nxe7+ Kh8 26.Bxa8  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O g6 12.Na4 O-O 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Qb3 Qd8 15.Nc3 Ng7
16.Rfe1 Bf5 17.Bf1 Ne8 18.f3 Nf6 19.Na4 Nd7 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Na4 Nd7 22.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.e3 Ne6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nge2 O-O 12.O-O Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.e4 Nef4 15.exd5 Qg5
16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Nxd5 18.Rfe1 Qd8 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Re5 Nf6 22.Bc2 Kg7
23.f3 Qb6 24.Na4 Qc7 25.g4 Nd7 26.Ree1 Bd5 27.Nc3 Nf6 28.Ne2 Bc4 29.Nf4 Qd6
30.b3 Bd5 31.Kf2 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 h6 33.Rh1 Rh8 34.a4 Be6 35.Ne2 Nd5 36.Be4 Qb4
37.Qb2 a5 38.Rc1 h5 39.g5 h4 40.Rh1 Rh5 41.f4 Rh8 42.Bxd5 Bxd5 43.Rh3 Re8
44.Rxh4 Qxb3 45.Qxb3 Bxb3 46.Nc3 Bc4 47.Rh1 b5 48.Re1 Rd8 49.Ke3 Rb8 50.Kd2 Rd8
51.Ke3 b4 52.Nd1 Bb3 53.Nb2 Re8+ 54.Kd2 Rxe1 55.Kxe1 Kf8 56.Kd2 Ke7 57.Ke3 Kd6
58.Ke4 Bc2+ 59.Ke3 Kd5 60.g4 b3 61.f5 gxf5 62.gxf5 Bxf5 63.Kf4 Bg6 64.Ke3 Bc2  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.a3 Ng7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Bf5
16.b5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nf5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Rb3 Qe7 21.Rfb1 Rfc8
22.h3 Qd8 23.Rb6 Ng7 24.Ra6 Ne6 25.Rbb6 Rxa6 26.Qxa6 Ra8 27.Qb7 Ra1+ 28.Rb1 Rxb1+
29.Nxb1 c5 30.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nf1 Ne7 14.Ng3 h5 15.h3 h4
16.Nf1 Bh5 17.a4 b4 18.a5 bxc3 19.bxc3 Qb8 20.Ra4 Qa7 21.Be3 g5 22.N1h2 Bxe3
23.Rxe3 Nf4 24.Qd2 Rg8 25.Re1 O-O-O 26.Nxg5 Ne2+ 27.Rxe2 Bxe2 28.Rxh4 Rg7
29.Qxe2 Rxg5 30.Rh7 Rdg8 31.Ng4 R5g7 32.Rxg7 Rxg7 33.Qf3 Qc5 34.Qf6 Rg8 35.Nh6 Rg3
36.Nf5 Nxf5 37.Bxf5+ Kb7 38.Qxf7 Rxc3 39.Be6 Ka7 40.Bxd5 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Rd1
42.Bf3 Qxe5+ 43.g3 Rb1 44.h4 Qxa5 45.h5 Rb2 46.Kg2 Qc5 47.Be4 Rb4 48.f3 Rb6
49.Qg7 Qd6 50.Qc3 Qd8 51.Qc1 Kb8 52.h6 Qf6 53.h7 a5 54.Qf4 Qb2+ 55.Kh3 Qg7
56.Qd2 Rd6 57.Qc1 a4 58.Qb1+ Rb6 59.Qa2 Qh6+ 60.Kg2 Rb3 61.Qa1 Qd2+ 62.Kf1 Rxf3+
63.Bxf3 Qd3+ 64.Kf2 Qc2+ 65.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne2 Rc8 13.Qb3 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd1 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Ba6 Bc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.h3 Nb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.g4 Ng7 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Be6 15.Re1 O-O-O
16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Kb8 18.Be2 Bf7 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.Nxb4 h5 21.Nd3 hxg4 22.hxg4 g5
23.f4 gxf4 24.Nxf4 Rdg8 25.Nh5 Ne8 26.Rhf1 Be6 27.Nxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dutch Team Championships"]
[Site "Breda NED"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lemmers,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Nf3 Qxe4
9.Qa5 Qxc2 10.Re1 Qd3 11.Qxc7 Qd8 12.Qf4 Kf8 13.Nc3 g5 14.Qe3 Nh6 15.b3 Nf5
16.Qe2 h5 17.Bb2 g4 18.Ne5 Nd4 19.Qd1 Bf5 20.Ne2 c5 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Ng3 Bc8
23.Qc2 Qd5 24.Nc4 Qc6 25.Qb2 Bf6 26.Rac1 Be6 27.Ne4 Bg7 28.Ng5 Rh6 29.Qa3+ Kg8
30.Nd6 Qd7 31.Ndxf7 Bxf7 32.Re7 Qf5 33.Rc5 Bd5 34.Ne4 Re6 35.Rcc7 Bf8 36.Rxe6 Bxa3
37.Nf6+  0-1

[Event "Dutch Team Championships"]
[Site "Breda NED"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 h6 7.Bf4 d6 8.e4 b5 9.cxb5 a6
10.Nd2 e6 11.Be2 exd5 12.exd5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Nh5 14.Be3 f5 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.O-O Rb8
17.a4 Ndf6 18.Re1 g5 19.Bd2 Ng4 20.Qe2 Nxf2 21.Qxf2 g4 22.Qh4 Nf6 23.Bxh6 gxf3
24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qg3+ Kf7 26.Qxf3 Rh8 27.h3 Rh4 28.Re2 Nh7 29.Rae1 Ng5 30.Re7+ Kf6
31.Qg3  1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van Veen,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Re1 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.g4 Bg6 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Be2 c6 17.Bxh5 cxd5 18.exd5 f6 19.f4 Qb6+ 20.Be3 Qxb2 21.fxe5 O-O 22.Bxg6 hxg6  1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gather,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c6 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.d5 Bb4 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Bd3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc5
16.c4 Be6 17.Nb3 Qb4+ 18.Qd2 Qe7 19.Qe2 a5 20.O-O a4 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Nf3 Bg4
23.Qe3 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Rab8 25.a3 Rb2 26.Kh1 Nc5 27.Qe3 Ne6 28.Qd2 Qc5 29.Qc3 Rfb8
30.Be2 Qd4 31.Qa5 Rxc2 32.Rad1 Qb6 33.Qxb6 Rxb6 34.Bg4 Nd4  0-1

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Afek,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 cxd4 5.exd4 Qc7 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.f3 Bf5 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Nge2 e6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.O-O Be7 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Bf2 Qc7
16.Qc1 Bh7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Kg2 Nb4 19.Qe3 Bc2 20.Rdc1 Bxb3 21.Nb5 Qd7 22.Nc7+ Kf8
23.Qxb3 Nfd5 24.a3 Nxc7 25.axb4 a6 26.Nc3 f6 27.Rc2 h5 28.Re1 hxg4 29.fxg4 e5
30.Re4 Qe6 31.Qxe6 Nxe6 32.dxe5 fxe5 33.Rxe5 Nf4+ 34.Kf3 Nd3 35.Rf5+ Kg8
36.h5 g6 37.hxg6 Rh3+ 38.Kg2 Nxf2 39.Rcxf2 Rh4 40.Nd5 Bd6 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Rh5 Rxh5
43.gxh5 Bxb4 44.Ng4 Rd2 45.Rxd2 Bxd2 46.Kf3 Bc1 47.Ke4 Bxb2 48.Kf5 Kf8 49.h6 Bh8
50.Ke6 a5 51.Ne3 Bg7 52.Nf5 Bxh6 53.Nxh6 Kg7 54.Kf5 a4 55.Kg5 a3 56.Nf5+ Kg8
57.Kf6  1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.h4 h5 13.f4 e6 14.Bc4 Nf6 15.f5 exf5
16.e5 Ng4 17.Bf4 Bb4 18.Qd3 O-O 19.O-O-O Nf2 20.Qg3 Nxd1 21.Qxg6 Qxd4 22.Bh6 Qg4
23.Qxg4 hxg4 24.Nxd1 gxh6 25.Ne3 Rae8 26.Nxf5 Rxe5 27.Rf1 Rc5  0-1

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Ne2 c5 12.Qb3 Ba6 13.Qa4 Nb8 14.O-O cxd4 15.Nxd4 h6
16.Bh4 d5 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Qb3 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Qxc4 Nd5 22.Bf2 Rc8
23.Qd3 Nc6 24.Ne2 Nf6 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Rc1 Kf8 27.e4 Ke8 28.Nd4 Ne7 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8
30.Nc6 f6 31.Kf1 Nc5 32.Bxc5 bxc5 33.Ke2 Kd7 34.Na5 Nb6 35.Kd3 Kc7 36.Nc4 Kc6
37.b3 h5 38.h4 Nxc4 39.Kxc4 e5 40.g4 g6 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 Be7
9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 g5 11.d4 g4 12.Nfd2 Nf6 13.Ne4 Qd7 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 dxe5
16.Be3 O-O-O 17.Nd2 h5 18.b4 Qd3 19.a4 Rd5 20.Rac1 Rhd8 21.Qxd3 Rxd3 22.Ne4 Kd7
23.Kf1 Ke6 24.Ke2 Kf5 25.Ng3+ Kg6 26.Red1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1 28.Kxd1 Nd8 29.Ke2 Ne6
30.Ne4 Kf5 31.f3 Nf4+ 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Kd3 gxf3 34.gxf3 Ke5 35.Kc4 b6 36.Nf2 Ke6
37.Nd3 Bg5 38.b5 axb5+ 39.axb5 Kd6 40.Kd4 Bf6+ 41.Kc4 Bg5 42.Nb4 Bf6 43.Na2 Be5
44.Nc1 c6 45.bxc6 Kxc6 46.Nd3 b5+ 47.Kb3 Bb8 48.h3 Kd5 49.Kb4 Kc6 50.c4 bxc4
51.Kxc4 Kd6 52.Kd4 Ke6 53.Ke4 Kf6 54.Nxf4 Kg5 55.Ng2 Kf6 56.f4 Ba7 57.Ne3 Bb8
58.Nd5+ Kg6 59.Ne7+ Kf6 60.Nc6 Bd6 61.Ne5 Ke6 62.Nc4 Bc7 63.Ne3 Ba5 64.Nf5 Kf6
65.Ng3 Kg6 66.Ne2 Kf6 67.Ke3 Bb6+ 68.Kf3 Kf5 69.Ng3+ Kg6 70.f5+ Kg5 71.h4+ Kxh4
72.f6 Kg5 73.f7 Bc5 74.Ne4+ Kg6 75.Nxc5 Kxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O g6 12.Bh6 Nh5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bf5 15.Rfe1 Bb4
16.Re3 Ne6 17.Qb3 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Bc4 Nhf4 20.Ng3 b5 21.Bf1 Ng7 22.Re5 Be6
23.Qe3 Nd5 24.Qh6 f6 25.Ree1 Nf5 26.Qc1 Qd7 27.Ne4 Bf7 28.Qc5 Kg7 29.Rac1 Nfe7
30.g3 Rad8 31.a3 Bg8 32.Qc2 Rc8 33.Bg2 Nf5 34.Nc5 Qd6 35.h4 Bf7 36.Bh3 Nde7
37.g4 Nh6 38.g5 fxg5 39.Bxc8 Bd5 40.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Psakhis,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.e3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Rc1 Ne7 13.Ne2 f5 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Rd1 d6
16.Be2 Rfd8 17.O-O Kf8 18.f4 d5 19.b4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 a5 21.b5 c6 22.bxc6 Bxc6
23.Rc1 Rdc8 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Nxd5+ Bxd5 27.g3 Kd8 28.h3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rc8
30.Rxc8+ Kxc8 31.g4 fxg4 32.hxg4 Bc6 33.e4 b5 34.d5 exd5 35.exd5 Bd7 36.g5 hxg5
37.fxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vassallo,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 e5
9.d5 Nc5 10.Bc2 cxd5 11.exd5 a5 12.O-O Bd7 13.h3 Qb6 14.Be3 Nh5 15.Ba4 Bc8
16.Bb5 Qd8 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.d6 Be6 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Rad1 f5 21.Ng5 Bh6 22.h4 Nf6
23.Nc3 Rad8 24.Qe2 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Ne4 26.Na4 Qa7 27.f3 Nxg5 28.Qxe5 Bd7 29.Bxd7 Rxd7
30.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ricardi,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d4 Nh6 7.Bxh6 Bxh6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 g5 11.e3 f5 12.Nd2 e6 13.f4 Kh8 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Ne2 Rg8 16.Kf2 Rc8
17.Rc1 Qa5 18.a3 g4 19.Ne1 Nb8 20.Nc3 Rc7 21.Nd3 Rgc8 22.Qd2 Bf8 23.Ra1 Qb6
24.Rac1 Be8 25.Nc5 Qd6 26.b4 a6 27.h6 b6 28.Qb2 Qe7 29.Nd3 Nd7 30.Ne5 Nf6
31.Ne2 Kg8 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Nc1 Ba4 34.Nb3 Qd8 35.Rc1 Bxh6 36.Rc3 Qc8 37.Rxc7 Qxc7
38.Qc1 Qxc1 39.Nxc1 Bf8 40.Ncd3 h5 41.Ke1 Kg7 42.Kd2 Bb5 43.Nb2 a5 44.Kc3 axb4+
45.axb4 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vera,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.axb5 cxb5
9.Nxb5 Bxe4 10.Qa4 Nc6 11.Ne5 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.f3 O-O 14.fxe4 Qxd4 15.Nxc6 Qxe4+
16.Be2 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Qxg2 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Rf1 Qxg5 20.Nxc8 Ne4 21.Rf3 Qh4+
22.Kd1 Rd8+ 23.Kc2 Rd2+ 24.Kc1 h6 25.Ra2 Qe1+ 26.Bd1 Nc5 27.Rxd2 Nxa4 28.Nd6 f5
29.Nxc4 Nc5 30.Re2 Nb3+ 31.Kc2 Na1+ 32.Kc1 Nb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Wippermann,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bb5+ Nd7 6.a4 h6 7.O-O g5 8.Re1 a6 9.Bf1 g4
10.Nfd2 Ne5 11.Na3 Nf6 12.Ndc4 Nfd7 13.a5 h5 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Bd2 h4 16.Qxg4 Nde5
17.Qd1 h3 18.g3 Ng4 19.c3 Rg8 20.Nb6 N6e5 21.Nxa8 Nxh2 22.Kxh2 Ng4+ 23.Qxg4 Bxg4
24.Nb6 e6 25.Nac4 Qf6 26.Nxd6+ Ke7 27.Be3  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wiersma,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qg6 8.Qxd4 Bd6
9.Nbd2 c5 10.Qc3 Bg4 11.Bh4 Nh6 12.Rfe1 b6 13.e5 Bf8 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nd4 Bd6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qf3 Kd7 18.Nc4 Rab8 19.Rad1 Nf7 20.Bg3 Qf6 21.Qa3 a5 22.Ne5+ Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Qg6 24.Qa4+ Ke7 25.Qc6 Rbd8 26.Bxd6+ cxd6 27.Rd2 Rd7 28.Qxb6 a4 29.Qc6 a3
30.b3 h5 31.Red1 Rhd8 32.Qa6 h4 33.h3 Qe4 34.Qxa3 g5 35.Qb2 e5 36.Qc3 g4
37.hxg4 Qxg4 38.Qe3 Rg8 39.f3 Qg3 40.Qf2 Rg6 41.Re1 Kd8 42.Re4 h3 43.Qxg3 Rxg3
44.Rg4 Rxg2+ 45.Rdxg2 hxg2 46.Kxg2 Kc7 47.Kf2 Rh7 48.Rg2 Kc6 49.Ke3 Rh1 50.f4 Rh3+
51.Ke4 exf4 52.Kxf4 Rc3 53.Rd2 d5 54.Ke5 d4 55.b4 Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hendriks,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7
10.a4 a5 11.h3 Qxb6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qb7 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Na3 Ne8
17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Nc7 19.f4 Rab8 20.f5 Nd7 21.Nab5 Na6 22.Bg3 g5 23.Be1 Nb4
24.Nd1 Ne5 25.Bc3 Qb6  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Rb1 a5 8.b3 O-O 9.Nge2 d6
10.O-O g5 11.f4 gxf4 12.exf4 Kh8 13.Bb2 Nd4 14.Qd2 c6 15.Rbe1 Re8 16.Nd1 c5
17.Ne3 Bh6 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Qb6 21.Qd1 Bg7 22.Qh5 Bd7 23.Bf7 a4
24.Bg6 h6 25.fxe5 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 dxe5 27.Bc1 Ra6 28.Bxf5 Bxf5 29.Qxf5 axb3
30.axb3 Qxb3 31.g4 Qb6 32.g5 Qg6 33.Qxg6 Rxg6 34.Rf7 hxg5 35.Rxb7 g4 36.Kg2 e4
37.dxe4 Rc6 38.Rb4 Re6 39.Bf4 Rxe4 40.Kg3 d3 41.Rb8+ Kh7 42.Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Schmaltz,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Qd2 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Nc5
9.Bc2 a5 10.Nge2 Qe8 11.f3 Bd7 12.g4 c6 13.Ng3 cxd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.h4 b4 16.Nd1 Qb8
17.h5 Rc8 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qh6 Be8 21.g5 Bg7 22.Qxh7+ Kf8 23.Nf5 gxf5
24.exf5 Ra7 25.f6 Rcc7 26.fxg7+ Rxg7 27.Qh8+ Rg8 28.Qh6+ Rag7 29.b3 Ke7 30.Qf6+ Kd7
31.Rh7 Rxh7 32.Bxh7 Bh5 33.Bxg8 Qxg8 34.Ne3  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.f4 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qb3 Nd6
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Na4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Nc5 Qd8 20.Rc3 Rb8 21.g3 a5 22.Qc2 Nc4
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Rxc4 b5 25.Rc3 Nd5 26.Ra3 b4 27.Rd3 Nxe3 28.Qe2 Nd5 29.Qe5 Ne7
30.f5 exf5 31.d5 Ng6 32.Qxf5 Rb6 33.Ne4 Rb5 34.Rd4 Ne7 35.Qe5 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Nxd5
37.Nd6 Nf6 38.Kf1 Qc7 39.Qd4 Qc2 40.Kg1 Qb1+ 41.Kg2 Qxa2 42.Nc4 a4  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Be2 Nf8 14.Qe5 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Qb4
16.Qd4 Bd7 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Bf3 Qa5 19.Bf4 Rd8 20.Qc4 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg5 Bd6 8.e3 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Ne5 Ng7 12.O-O Be7 13.b4 Nf5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne2 Qd6 17.Qc3 O-O 18.Bc2 Qe7 19.f4 Nd6 20.Ng3 h5 21.Bb3 Bh4 22.Qc5 Re8
23.Rae1 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Bf5 25.b5 Nxb5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Qxb5 Be4 28.Rc1 Rac8
29.Qd7 Rcd8 30.Qxe7 Rxe7 31.Rc3 f6 32.Nf3 Rd6 33.Rfc1 Rb6 34.Nd2 Bf5 35.Ra3 Rb2
36.Nf3 b6 37.Rcc3 Kf7 38.Kf1 Bb1 39.Rab3 Rc2 40.Rxc2 Bxc2 41.Rc3 Ba4 42.Kf2 Bb5
43.Nd2 Ke6 44.Rc8 Bd7 45.Rc7 Be8 46.Rc8 Kd7 47.Ra8 Kc7 48.Nb1 Kb7 49.Rd8 Kc7
50.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Re8 12.Bg3 Qc8 13.Rc1 Bd8 14.f4 b6 15.cxb6 Bxb6
16.Na4 Qb7 17.Qb3 Bd8 18.Rc3 Be7 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.bxc5 Qd7 21.Qb2 Bd8 22.Rb3 Ne4
23.Rb7 Qc8 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Rc1 Re7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Rc3 Rb8 28.Qa3 Rb1+ 29.Kf2 e5
30.dxe5 g5 31.Rb3 gxf4 32.exf4 Ra1 33.Rb6 Qf5 34.Rxc6 d4 35.Rc7 Bh4 36.Bxh4 Qxf4+
37.Qf3 Bxf3 38.Rc8+ Kg7 39.Bf6+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Kh1 c5 14.Na2 Ba5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.b4 Bxb4 17.Nxb4 Qc7 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Qa2 Ne5 20.Bb2 a5 21.f4 axb4 22.fxe5 Ng4
23.Rfc1 Nxe5 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Rc1 Qd6 26.Rc8+ Kg7 27.Bd4 Kh6 28.Qf2 g5 29.Qg3 f4
30.Qh3+ Kg7 31.Qh5 Rf5 32.g4 fxg3 33.Rc5 h6 34.Qe8 Kh7 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.Qf7+ Kh8
37.hxg3 g4 38.Qf5 Qc6+ 39.Kg1 Kg8 40.Bxe5 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chernin,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Be4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bc3 e5 15.Nf3 Nc6 16.O-O Be6
17.Ng5 Bd7 18.Qb2 Qc7 19.Rac1 a5 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.h3 h6 22.Nf3 Rfe8 23.Bxc6 Bxc6
24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Bxe5 Bf8 26.Bf6 Qd6 27.Bd4 Qd5 28.Qc2 a4 29.Bb2 Bg7 30.Bxg7 Kxg7
31.Rd1 Qa5 32.Nd4 axb3 33.axb3 Be4 34.Qb2 Qe5 35.Qd2 b6 36.f3 Bb7 37.Kf2 h5
38.Ne2 Kg8 39.Qd4 Qb5 40.b4 Ra8 41.Nc3 Qc6 42.Ne4 Qe6 43.Nf6+ Kf8 44.Nh7+ Kg8
45.Nf6+ Kf8 46.Qxb6 Bc6 47.Qd4 Ra2+ 48.Kg1 Re2 49.Qd6+ Kg7 50.Qxe6 fxe6 51.Nd7 Rxe3
52.Nc5 Kf6 53.Rb1 Bb5 54.Ne4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nb6 8.e3 Bg4
9.Bd3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bh4 g6 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 a6 15.f4 c5
16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.f5 Nfd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.h4 Nf6 20.Qb3 Qc7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 Rb5 24.Bc6+ bxc6 25.Rhe1+ Re5 26.Qc3 f6 27.f4 Rxe1 28.Qxe1+ Kf8 29.Qe6 Kg7
30.h5 Rd8 31.Rh1 Qd6 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Qe1 Rh8 34.Rg1 Nc4 35.Rxg6+ Kf7 36.Qg1 Qd3+
37.Ka1 Qe3 38.Qd1 Qd2 39.Qb1 Rh1  0-1

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Bb4
9.Qc2 e5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Bh4 exd4 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.O-O Bd6 15.cxd5 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6 Qb8 20.Nf5 Ra7 21.Ne7+ Kh8
22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Qf3 Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qc2 25.Rfd1 Qxa4 26.Qh3 Rf8 27.Be7 Re8 28.Bb4 Nf6
29.Bf3 a5 30.Bc5 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Bd4 Bxd4 33.exd4 Nf6 34.Rd1 Qc2 35.Qh4 a4
36.d5 a3 37.Qd4 a2 38.Kh2 Rb8 39.d6 Rb1 40.d7 Qc7+ 41.g3 Qxd7  0-1

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.e4 h6 5.Bh4 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Re1 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bb7 13.Nbd2 a6 14.Nf1 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.N3d2 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Ne3 Rc8 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brodsky,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Nb3 Be7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nbd4 Nxd4
16.cxd4 Ne6 17.Bf5 O-O 18.Be3 c5 19.dxc5 d4 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Qxd4 Qc6 22.Qb4 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Rxf3 24.Qg4 Rdf8 25.b4 R8f5 26.Bh6 g6 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxf2 29.Rc1 R2f3
30.c6 Rg3+ 31.Kh2 Rff3 32.c7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Rapid Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Filippov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.h4 h6 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Nd2 Qa5 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.a3 Nd3+ 13.Bxd3 exd3 14.O-O Be7 15.Nf3 Bg4
16.Qxd3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 O-O 18.Bg3 Rad8 19.Qe4 Bf6 20.Rad1 Bxb2 21.Rxd8 Qxd8
22.Rb1 Qd2 23.a4 b5 24.Qxc6 bxc4 25.Qxc4 a5 26.Qb3 Bc3 27.Rd1 Qe2 28.Rd7 Bb4
29.Kg2 Qa6 30.Qd5 Qf6 31.h5 Re8 32.e4 Rc8 33.f4 Qe6 34.f5 Qf6 35.Bh4 Qa1
36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.f6 Bf8 38.Qg6  1-0

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.a3 Bf5 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qb4 Rc8 12.O-O a6 13.a4 Re8 14.Qa3 Nc4 15.Qa2 Ne4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.b3 Nd6 18.Nd2 Rc2 19.Qa3 e5 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bd1 Rc8 22.dxe5 Bxe5
23.Bb2 Qf6 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Rc1 h5 26.Be2 Nf5 27.g3 Rc3 28.Qb2 Rxc1 29.Qxc1 Re7
30.Qd2 Rc7 31.Rc1 Qd6 32.Qb2 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Qb4 34.Qc2 Nd6 35.Kf1 b5 36.axb5 axb5
37.h4 Kg7 38.Qd1 Qc5 39.Qa1+ Kg8 40.Qf6 b4 41.Kg2 Qd5 42.Qb2 Qc5 43.Qf6 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e3 Bd6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bxf4 11.exf4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rad1 b5 14.Bb1 b4 15.Ne2 Ne4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 Qa5 18.Nxe4 Qxa2 19.Nc5 Rfd8 20.Nb7 Rf8 21.Nc5 Rfd8 22.Nb7 Rf8
23.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Qc2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 b5 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 bxc4 14.bxc4 Rb8 15.Bc3 O-O
16.O-O c5 17.f4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne4 19.Qd3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Qh4 21.Kg2 Rb6 22.dxc5 Rc6
23.Be2 Rxc5 24.Qb4 Rc2 25.Bxa6 Nc5 26.Be2 e5 27.fxe5 Ne4 28.Rae1 Qg5+ 29.Bg4 Qxe5
30.Qd4 Qg3+ 31.Kh1 Nxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 Na6 7.Nge2 c6 8.f3 e5
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 Qb6 11.Bh6 Be6 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 14.h4 Nc5 15.h5 a5
16.g4 Rfc8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.g5 Nh5 21.Ng3 Be8 22.Rxh5 gxh5
23.Nf5 Rc7 24.Qf6 Rf7 25.Nh6+ Kf8 26.Nxf7 Bxf7 27.Nb5 Qd8 28.Qh8+ Bg8 29.Bh3 Qe7
30.Bf5 Rd8 31.g6 hxg6 32.Bxg6 Qg7 33.Qxh5 b6 34.Qg5 Qe7 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Rg1 Rf8
37.Bf7+  1-0

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Qf4 Qxf4 11.Bxf4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bb6 13.Rfe1 Nd5 14.Bd2 c5 15.Ng5 h6
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Bb7 18.Nf3 f5 19.Bd3 Nb4 20.Bxb4 cxb4 21.Ne5 Rfe8 22.Bxf5 Bd4
23.Ng6+ Kg8 24.Be6+ Kh7 25.Ne7 Bxb2 26.Rad1 Bc3 27.Re3 Rad8 28.Bd7 Bf6 29.Bf5+ Kh8
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.h3 g5 32.Re6 Kg7 33.Bg4 Kf7 34.Nc6 Rd2 35.Nxb4 h5 36.Bf5 Bd4
37.Nd3 Bd5 38.Re1 Bxa2  0-1

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6
10.a3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qa5 12.b4 Qc7 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.Qb3 b5 15.cxb6 Qxb6 16.O-O Rab8
17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Bxd5 Na7 20.Rac1 Qf6 21.Nd4 Nb5 22.Nxb5 axb5
23.Rc5 e6 24.Bc6 Rfd8 25.e4  1-0

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Nh5 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rfe1 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.Nh2 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Nhf3 Rad8 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 b5 19.Ne3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Qxd5
23.Rxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.f4 Bg6 10.c5 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bc4 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bd2 a5
16.a3 a4 17.Bb4 b5 18.Be2 Qd5 19.Rf2 f6 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Raf1 Raf8 22.Bg4 Bf5
23.Qe2 Qb3 24.Bc3 Qd5 25.Rf4 R6f7 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.h4 g5 28.hxg5 Bxg5 29.R4f2 Bh4
30.g3 Bxg3 31.Rg2 Rg7 32.Qh5 f4 33.Qxd5+ cxd5 34.exf4 Rxf4 35.Ba5 Bh2+ 36.Kxh2 Rxf1
37.c6 Rf6 38.Rc2 Rh6+  0-1

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Nf6
9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bc2 O-O 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Qc3 Bd7
16.Ne5 Be8 17.c5 Qc7 18.Nc4 b6 19.Nd6 Nd5 20.Qh3 g6 21.Qg3 Qe7 22.Bb3 Qf6
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.b4 Ba4 25.Rd2 a6 26.Rc1 Qe7 27.Qf4 Rd7 28.h4 h5 29.Re1 Rad8
30.Re3 Kg7 31.Ra3 Bb5 32.Rg3 Qf6 33.Qg5 Qxg5 34.hxg5 Rxd6 35.cxd6 Rxd6 36.Rc3 Bc4
37.a4 Rd8 38.Kh2 f6 39.gxf6+ Kxf6 40.Re3 g5 41.Rc2 Rf8 42.Rf3+ Ke7 43.Rxf8 Kxf8
44.a5 bxa5 45.bxa5 Ke7 46.Rb2 Kf6 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Kf3 h4 49.Rb8 g4+ 50.Ke3 Bf1
51.Rh8 Kg5 52.Rg8+ Kf5 53.Rh8 h3 54.gxh3 gxh3 55.Kf3 Bg2+ 56.Kg3 Ke4 57.Rh4+ Kd3
58.Kh2 Kc4 59.Rh6 Kxd4 60.Rxe6 Kc5 61.Rxa6 d4 62.Re6 d3 63.Re1 Kd4 64.f4 Bf3
65.f5 d2 66.Ra1 Ke5 67.a6 d1=Q 68.Rxd1 Bxd1 69.a7 Bf3 70.Kxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tukmakov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 a5 10.h3 f4 11.gxf4 Nh5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.f5 c6 15.f6 Nxf6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.f4 Qh4 18.Qe1 Qxe1 19.Rxe1 Bh6 20.Rf1 Rf7 21.Bd2 Bd7 22.Rf2 a4
23.Rbf1 Raf8 24.Kh2 Kh8 25.Kg3 c5 26.h4 b5 27.b3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Rb8 29.Ba5 Bc6
30.e5 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 dxe5 32.fxe5 Rxf2+ 33.Rxf2 a3 34.e6 Re8 35.Bb6 Rxe6 36.Bxc5 Be3
37.Re2 Ra6 38.Kf3 Kg8 39.Ke4 Kf7 40.Bxd4 Re6+ 41.Kd5  1-0

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Tukmakov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.e3 Na6 10.c6 bxc6 11.Bxc4 Nb4 12.Ne5 Nfd5 13.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Nxc6 15.Bxd5 Rxd5
16.Rxc6 Bb7 17.Rc7 Rb5 18.O-O Rxb2 19.Rxe7 Bd5 20.a3 a5 21.e4 Be6 22.Bd6 Re2
23.f3 a4 24.h4 Rc8 25.Be5 Kf8 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Ke7 28.Ba5 Kd7 29.Rd1+ Kc6
30.Rb1 Bb3 31.Bb4 Ra2 32.Rc1+ Kb6 33.Rc5 Ra1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d5 10.Qf4 Qxf4 11.Bxf4 Bb6 12.Na4 Be6 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.a3 Rad8 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Bg3 Nf6 17.Rad1 h6 18.f3 Nd5 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Be4 f5 21.Bd3 f4 22.Bf2 Kf7
23.h4 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Re5 Kf6 26.Bd4 c5 27.Rxd5+ cxd4 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Be4 Bf5
30.Bxf5 Kxf5 31.Kf2 Rc8 32.Rd2 g4 33.Ke2 gxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Ke5 35.Re2+ Kf5 36.Rd2 Ke5
37.Re2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st European Blitz Ch"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gofshtein,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4 c5 12.O-O a6 13.Ne5 c4 14.Bf5 b5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Bxd7 Rg8 19.Qh3 Qf8 20.Bg4 Rd8 21.f4 Bc6 22.Rf3 a5
23.Bf5 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Ne2 Ra8 26.Qh5 Qg7 27.Rg3 Qf6 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 29.Ng3 Ra5
30.Qg4+ Qg7 31.Qf3 Qf6 32.Bb1 Kf8 33.Nh5 Qd6 34.Qg4 Ke8 35.Qg8+ Kd7 36.Qxf7 Kd8
37.Qg8+ Kc7 38.Ng3 Ra8 39.Qh7 Bd7 40.Bf5 Rf8 41.Bxd7 Qxd7 42.Qxh6 Kb7 43.Ra1 Qb5
44.Qe6 Re8 45.Nf5 Bf8 46.Qf7+ Kc8 47.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hussein,NA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 e6 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O Rb8 10.a4 e5 11.e4 d4 12.Na3 Bd6 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Qe1 O-O 15.b4 Re8 16.Ba3 a6
17.bxc5 axb5 18.axb5 Rxb5 19.Rb1 Rxb1 20.Qxb1 Ba6 21.Qa2 h6 22.c6 Nf8 23.Nd6+ Kh7
24.Nxe8 Qxe8 25.Rc1 Ne6 26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.Qxa6 Nc7 28.Qc4 g5 29.Rb1 Kg6 30.Bh3 Qa8
31.Bf5+ Kg7 32.h4 g4 33.Nxd4 exd4 34.Qxd4 Be7 35.e5 Nfe8 36.Qxg4+ Kf8 37.Qg6 Qa4
38.e6 Nd6 39.Rb8+  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Ne5 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qxc5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qxd3
16.Qxe7 Nc6 17.Qf6 Rfe8 18.Bb2 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Qd5+ 20.Qf3 Rxe5 21.Qxd5 Rxd5
22.Rfd1 Rad8 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Rc1 Rd2 25.Rc7 b5 26.a4 bxa4 27.bxa4 Ra2 28.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Ne5 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 c5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qc3 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nc6 14.Bb2 Re8 15.d5 b5
16.a4 bxa4 17.bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ovezov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ngf6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 b6 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.a3 a5 17.Bc2 O-O 18.Bg5 Rfd8 19.Ng4 Bd4 20.Rxd4 Rxd4 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Qh5 Be4
23.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magai,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 Nb6 8.Bxc4 Nxc4
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qxc4 Be7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.O-O Rfd8 14.Rac1 c6 15.Rfd1 Nd5
16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 c5 18.Qb3 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Rac8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.h3 Bf6 23.Kh2 Qc6 24.Qb4 b5 25.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rahman,Zia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 Na6 7.Bg2 Nc5 8.Nh3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O
10.Qc2 Be5 11.Nf4 Qe7 12.Bd2 c6 13.dxe6 dxe6 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.b4 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nce4
17.Ba1 c5 18.Qb2 cxb4 19.axb4 Rc8 20.Qe5 Rfe8 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.f3 Bb7 23.Rd6 Rxc4
24.Rxe6 Qf7 25.Rd1 Rxb4 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Rd8 Bc6 28.Kf2 Rb5 29.Qd6 Rc5 30.Ne6 Rc1
31.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miladinovic,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nf3 Be7
9.Bg3 Bf6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Nb5 O-O 12.c3 Na6 13.Be2 Nf5 14.Bf4 Bd7 15.Na3 Rfe8
16.h4 Nd6 17.Qc2 Ne4 18.Rd1 Bc6 19.Nd2 Qa5 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.O-O Ba4 22.b3 Bc6
23.Nb1 d4 24.Bd3 Ree8 25.Bxa6 Qxa6 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.exd4 Be4 28.Qc4 b5 29.Qb4 Qb7
30.f3 a5 31.Qa3 Bxb1 32.Rxb1 Bxd4+ 33.Kh2 Re2 34.Rbe1 b4 35.Qa4 Qe7 36.Bg3 Be5
37.f4 Bxf4 38.Rxf4 Rxe1 39.Bxe1 Qxe1 40.Qc6 Rf8 41.Qd5 Qe3 42.Rc4 Qa7 43.Qc5 Qa8
44.Qc6 Qd8 45.Qc7 Qd5 46.Rc5 Qe4 47.Rc4 Qa8 48.Rc5 a4 49.Rb5 axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motwani,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C36"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.d4 Be7
9.Bxf4 O-O 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Rhf1 Bg4 14.Qb5 Na5 15.h3 a6
16.Qd5 Be6 17.Qh5 h6 18.d5 Bd7 19.Nd4 Nc4 20.Rf3 Qe7 21.b3 Ne5 22.Rg3 Qf6
23.Qe2 Qf4+ 24.Re3 Rae8 25.g3 Qg5 26.Ne4 Qg6 27.g4 f5 28.gxf5 Bxf5 29.Nxf5 Rxf5
30.Rg3 Rg5 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Rdg1 Qf6 33.Kb1 Re7 34.Re3 b5 35.Rf1 Qh6 36.Rc3 Re8
37.Qe4 Qh5 38.Qf5 Qe2 39.Rg1 Nf7 40.Rc8 Qe3 41.Rf1  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hracek,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Rc1 Nfe4 10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 exd5 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Rd3 Qb6 14.Be5 Qg6 15.O-O Bh3
16.Bg3 Be6 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Bh5 Qf6 19.Bf3 Ng5 20.Bg4 g6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Bh4 Qf7
23.Bxg5 Bxg5 24.Qe2 Rc4 25.b3 Rc6 26.e4 Rd8 27.Rfd1 Kg7 28.g3 Bf6 29.h4 Qc7
30.exd5 exd5 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Rd6 33.Rxd6 Qxd6 34.a4 Bd4 35.Qf3 Qc6 36.Qf4 Qf6
37.Qc7+ Qf7 38.Qc2 a5 39.Kg2 b6 40.Bf3 Bc5 41.Be4 Qf6 42.Qe2 Qe5 43.Qc2 Qf6
44.Bd5 Qf5 45.Qb2+ Qf6 46.Qe2 Qd4 47.Bc4 Qf6 48.f4 Qd4 49.Kh3 h5 50.Qe6 Kh6
51.Bd5 Qd3 52.Be4 Qf1+ 53.Bg2 Qd3 54.Qg8 Qd7+ 55.Kh2 Qg7 56.Qe8 Qf8 57.Qe5 Qe7
58.Qh8+ Qh7 59.Qe8 Qe7 60.Be4 Kg7 61.Qc6 Qf6 62.Qd7+ Qe7 63.Qd3 Qf6 64.Kh3 Qd6
65.Qc2 Qf6 66.f5 g5 67.hxg5 Qxg5 68.Qc3+ Qf6 69.Qd2 Be7 70.Qf4 Qg5 71.Qe5+ Qf6
72.Qxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 O-O 11.e3 Na5 12.Bd3 f5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.a4 c5 15.Ba3 Rf6
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Rc8 18.O-O Rxc5 19.Rfd1 Nc6 20.Rab1 Ne7 21.Rb5 Rfc6
22.Rxc5 Rxc5 23.e4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 g6 25.Bf3 Qe6 26.Qd2 b6 27.Re1 Qf6 28.h3 Kg7
29.Re3 Rc4 30.Bg4 Re4 31.Rxe4 dxe4 32.Qd7 a5 33.Qb7 h5 34.Bd1 Qe6 35.Bb3 Qe5
36.Qxb6 Qxc3 37.Qe6 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Nb3 Be7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.a4 Ne7 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 Bb6 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 O-O 21.Qd4 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rfe8
23.Bd3 Ng6 24.Re3 Nf8 25.Ra5 Rb8 26.Re1 Ne6 27.Bf5 Qc6 28.Qd3 g6 29.Bg4 Ng5
30.Qd4 h5 31.Bd1 Ne6 32.Qd2 d4 33.cxd4 Qd5 34.Ra3 Nxd4 35.Rd3 Rbd8 36.Ree3 Rxe5
37.Bb3 Qxb3 38.Rxe5 Ne2+ 39.Qxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Stohl,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Na5 15.Bc2 Qd5
16.h4 Qxg2 17.Rg1 Qh2 18.Be4 Rad8 19.Rh1 Qd6 20.h5 Nc6 21.hxg6 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qe5
23.Qh5 Qxe4+ 24.Be3 Qxg6 25.Nf5 Rfe8 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qh2 Rh8 28.Qe5+ Qf6
29.Rg1+ Kf8 30.Qxf6 exf6 31.Rxc7 Nd5 32.Bc5+ Ke8 33.Rxb7 Rc8 34.Kd2  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.Bb3 Qd7 13.f3 a5 14.Kh1 Rae8 15.Bd2 Re7
16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.Re2 Nbd5 18.Rfe1 Nc7 19.Qd3 Ne6 20.Bc4 g6 21.d5 Nc7 22.dxc6 Qxd3
23.Bxd3 bxc6 24.e4 Rd7 25.Bc2 fxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Bxb4 axb4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4
29.Bxe4 c5 30.Kg1 Rd2 31.Rc1 Rxb2 32.Rxc5 Ne6 33.Rc2 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Ra1 35.Rb2 Rxa4
36.Bc2 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Qg6 7.Qf3 Ne5 8.Qe2 Nh6
9.f4 Neg4 10.f5 Qf6 11.Bg1 O-O 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.O-O-O Qa6 14.Qxa6 bxa6 15.N4f3 Bxg1
16.Rxg1 Nhg4 17.h3 Nxf3 18.gxf3 Ne3 19.Re1 Nxf1 20.Rexf1 f6 21.h4 Bb7 22.Nb3 Rae8
23.Nc5 Bc8 24.c4 Kf7 25.h5 Rg8 26.Nd3 g6 27.hxg6+ hxg6 28.fxg6+ Rxg6 29.Rxg6 Kxg6
30.Nf4+ Kf7 31.Rh1 Kg7 32.Nd5 Re5 33.Nxc7 f5 34.Rh5 d6 35.Nd5 a5 36.Kd2 Bd7
37.exf5 Rxf5 38.Rxf5 Bxf5 39.Nc7 Bb1 40.a3 Ba2 41.Kc3 Kf6 42.Nb5 d5 43.c5 Ke5
44.f4+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen GER"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meessen,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Nd2 Bg6 12.e4 Bb4 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Rd1 Bh5 15.Bd2 Bxd2
16.Rxd2 Qa5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Bb3 c5 19.Rdd1 cxd4 20.axb5 Qb6 21.Ra6 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Qc5
23.f4 Nb6 24.Qd3 Rfd8 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.Rg1 Qh4 27.Qf3 d3 28.f5 Qf6 29.Qg3 exf5
30.e5 Qh6 31.Qf3 f4 32.Qb7 Qh5 33.e6 d2 34.exf7+ Kf8 35.Qe4 Qxb5 36.Rxb6 axb6
37.Bc2 Qd5 38.Qxd5 Rxd5 39.Rd1 Rc8 40.Bb3 Rc1 41.Kg2 Rxd1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen GER"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.Bd2 Be7
9.g4 Nhf6 10.g5 Nh5 11.h4 Nb6 12.e3 g6 13.Bd3 Ng7 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.O-O-O Nxe5
16.dxe5 Bg4 17.Rdg1 Qd7 18.f4 Bf5 19.Ne2 c5 20.Ng3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 O-O-O 22.f5 Nxf5
23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5+ gxf5 25.Rf1 Kd7 26.Rxf5 Ke6 27.Rhf1 Rdf8 28.a3 Rhg8
29.Kc2 Rg6 30.Kd3 h6 31.e4 dxe4+ 32.Kxe4 Rd8 33.Be3 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rf8 35.a4 b6
36.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dutch Open Blitzchess"]
[Site "Dordrecht NED"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.b3 c5 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.Rac1 a5
16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Be3 Qb6 18.Rfd1 Nf6 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Nc3 Rac8 21.Na4 Qc7 22.Nc5 Nd7
23.Bc4 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rd3 Rd7 28.Kf1 e6 29.Bf4 e5
30.Be3 h6 31.Ke2 Kh7 32.Qa6 e4 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Qc4 f5 35.Bd2 Bf8 36.Bc3 Qe7
37.Bxa5 Qxc5 38.Qxc5 Bxc5 39.Bd2 g5 40.a4 f4 41.g3 f3+ 42.Ke1 Kg6 43.b4 Bd4
44.g4 Kf7 45.a5 Ke6 46.a6 Kd7 47.Kf1 Kc7 48.h4 gxh4 49.Bxh6 Kb6 50.Be3 Bxe3
51.fxe3 h3 52.Kg1 Kxa6 53.g5 Kb5 54.g6  1-0

[Event "Tch-NED"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sadler,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Re8
9.O-O c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Bh6 Bd6 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.Rfe1 Qc8 15.Ng5 Ne6
16.f4  1-0

[Event "Tch-NED"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reinderman,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.h3 Be6 11.c4 Ng6 12.Re1 O-O 13.c5 Be7 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Kh2 f5
16.dxe5 f4 17.Bd4 Nh4 18.b4 Qe8 19.Bc3 Qh5 20.Rh1 Rxd2 21.Nxd2 f3 22.g4 Qg6
23.Nf1 h5 24.Ng3 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rf4 26.Rad1 Rxg4 27.Rd3 Rf4 28.Bd2 Rf8 29.Bc1 Qg4
30.Kg1 Ng6 31.Kf1 Nxe5 32.Rd1 Bh4 33.Bb2 Bxg3 34.fxg3 Qxg3 35.Qf2 Bc4+ 36.Ke1 Qf4
37.Rd4 Nd3+ 38.Rxd3 Qxe4+ 39.Kd2 Qxd3+ 40.Kc1 Bxa2 41.Bxg7 Qb1+ 42.Kd2 Qxh1  0-1

[Event "TCh-SWE"]
[Site "Lunds SWE"]
[Date "2001.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hjelm,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Be7 12.a5 O-O 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Rfc1 Rac8 15.Ba4 Bc6
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nce5 Qb7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Be1 Rc7 20.Rc2 Rfc8 21.Rac1 h6 22.h3 Bd6
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Nd4 R8c7 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.Rc4 Nd7 27.Rc2 Rxc2 28.Qf1 Rc4 29.Qxc4 Ne5
30.Qc2 Nd7 31.b3 Bc5 32.Qc4 Qe4 33.Qxa6 Bxd4 34.Qc8+ Nf8 35.Bxb4 Be5 36.Qxf8+ Kh7
37.Be1  1-0

[Event "Tch-NED"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Noomen,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Qc2 h6
16.f4 Ned7 17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.e5 Nd5 19.Qxg6 Rfe8 20.e6 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Bxc3 22.Bc4 Nf6
23.e7+ Rd5 24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Ba3  1-0

[Event "Tch-NED"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kocsis,Le"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 Nc6 4.Nd5 a5 5.e3 Nf6 6.a3 Bc5 7.d3 O-O 8.Ne2 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Ne7 10.g3 c6 11.Nc3 d6 12.Bg2 cxd5 13.Nxd5 a4 14.Qb5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bd7
16.Qc4 Rc8 17.Qa2 Bh3 18.b4 axb3 19.Qxb3 Kh8 20.Ke2 f5 21.Be6 Rc7 22.Bb2 Qg5
23.Rac1 Qh5+ 24.Ke1 Qf3 25.Bd5 e4  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shevelev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 b4 6.Na4 d6 7.a3 Ne4 8.Nd2 Bf5
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.axb4 Qxb4+ 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.e4 Bc8 13.Be2 g6 14.O-O Bg7 15.Nb5 O-O
16.Ra4 Na6 17.Rxb4 Nxb4 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 a6 20.Nc3 Rb8 21.Bg4 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Be2 f4 24.Bg4 Nd3 25.Bxc8 Rfxc8 26.b3 Rf8 27.Qc2 Ne5 28.Ne4 f3 29.g3 h6
30.Bc3 Rb7 31.Re1 Rfb8 32.Nxc5 dxc5 33.Bxe5 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 Kg7 35.h4  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shevelev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.c4 Qd6 12.Be3 Rfe8 13.d5 Na5 14.Qc2 b6 15.Rfd1 Ne4
16.Nd4 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Nb7 18.Nd4 Nbc5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Bf2 Nh5 21.Qf5 Qg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6
23.Nb5 Na6 24.Re1 Nf4 25.Bg3 g5 26.Bxf4 gxf4 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Re1+ Kd7
30.Re4 Nc5 31.Rd4 Re8 32.g3 fxg3+ 33.hxg3 f5 34.Rd2 g5 35.Nxa7 f4 36.gxf4 gxf4
37.Nc6 Re3 38.Re2 Nd3+ 39.Kf1 Rxf3+ 40.Kg2 Rg3+ 41.Kh2 Re3 42.Rxe3 fxe3 43.Nd4 Ne5
44.Kg1 Nxc4 45.Kf1 Kd6 46.Nb5+ Kxd5 47.Nxc7+ Kd4 48.Ke2 Ke4 49.Nb5 Kd5 50.Nc3+ Kc5
51.Kd3 b5 52.Nd1 Kb4 53.Nc3 Nb2+ 54.Kc2 Na4 55.Nd5+ Ka3 56.Nxe3 Kxa2 57.Nd5 Nc5
58.Kc3 Ka3 59.Ne3 b4+ 60.Kc4 b3 61.Kxc5 b2 62.Nc4+ Kb3 63.Nxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 dxc4 5.Na3 Nf6 6.Nxc4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.O-O Qc8 10.Re1 Rd8 11.Rc1 Na6 12.Qc2 Qf5 13.Qxf5 Bxf5 14.Na5 Rd7 15.Ne5 Rc7
16.Nxb7 Rxb7 17.Rxc6 Nb4 18.Rc4 Rab8 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Rec1 Nxa2 21.Ra1 Nb4
22.Ra4 Nbd5 23.Nc6 Rxb3 24.Bd4 Ne4 25.Rxa7 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Nxd2 27.Ra8+ Kg7
28.Nxf5+ gxf5 29.Rd4 Nb6 30.Rb8 Ne4 31.Rb7 Kf6 32.Kg2 Rb2 33.h4 Nd6 34.Rb8 Nbc4
35.Rxb2 Nxb2 36.Rb4 Nbc4 37.Rb8 Ne5 38.Rh8 Kg7 39.Ra8 h5 40.f3 Kf6 41.Kf2 Ng6
42.Ra4 e6 43.e3 Ke7 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Ra6 Nc4 46.Rc6 Nce5 47.Rc5 Ne7 48.Ra5 Nd5
49.Rc5 Ne7 50.Rc7 Nd5 51.Rc8 Kg6 52.Rg8+ Kh7 53.Rc8 Kg6 54.Rc5 Kf6 55.Rc8 Ne7
56.Rh8 Kg6 57.Ra8 Nd5 58.Rg8+ Kf6 59.Rg5 Nc3+ 60.Kf2 Nd1+ 61.Ke2 Nc3+ 62.Kf2 Nd1+
63.Ke1 Nxf3+  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 dxc4 5.Ne5 Be6 6.Na3 g6 7.Naxc4 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6
9.d3 O-O 10.Qc2 Nd5 11.a3 b5 12.e4 Nc7 13.Rd1 bxc4 14.dxc4 Qc8 15.Nd3 Rd8
16.Bg5 Re8 17.Rac1 Nd7 18.b3 a5 19.Bf4 a4 20.b4 Nb6 21.e5 Bxc4 22.Be3 Bb3
23.Qxc6 Nbd5 24.Re1 Ra6 25.Qc5 Qb8 26.Qd4 Ne6 27.Qb2 Nxe3 28.Rxe3 Rd8 29.Nc5 Nxc5
30.bxc5 e6 31.h4 Qc7 32.Kh2 Ra5 33.Qc3 Rc8 34.c6 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Bxe5 36.Qb4 Qd6
37.Qb7 Rc7 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Qb4 h5 40.Qe4 Bb2 41.Re1 Bxa3 42.Re3 Bc5 43.Rd3 Bd5
44.Qxa4 Qxc6 45.Qa1+ Kh7 46.Qf6 Bf8 47.Bxd5 exd5 48.Qd8 Bg7 49.Rxd5 Qb6 50.Rd2 Qa7
51.Qd5 Qb7 52.Qa2 Rc1  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e4 Bf6 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Ng6 10.h3 Re8 11.Qc2 Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.Be3 a6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.Nc4 Nb5
16.Rfd1 Nd4 17.Qd3 Bb5 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qc2 Nf4 20.e5 Qg5 21.g3 Qxg3+  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rustemov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 d4 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Nc4 Qh5 15.bxc3 dxe3
16.Nxe3 Re8 17.Rab1 a6 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nd6 Rd8 20.Rfe1 h6 21.a4 Nd5 22.Bg3 b4
23.Bh7+ Kf8 24.cxb4 Ndxb4 25.Qc4 Be6 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Be4 Rab8 28.Re1 Rb6
29.Bf3 Qg6 30.h4 e5 31.Ne4 Nd4 32.Bh5 Qe6 33.Qc5+ Kg8 34.Bg4 Qc6 35.Qxe5 Nd3
36.Qe7 Rf8 37.Rd1 Re8 38.Qd7 Qxd7 39.Bxd7 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 Rxe4 41.Rxd3 Nxg3 42.Kxg3 Re7
43.f3 Kf7 44.h5 Rb4 45.Bc6 Rc7 46.Bd5+ Ke7 47.Re3+ Kd6 48.Bb3 Re7 49.Rd3+ Kc5
50.a5 Rd4 51.Rxd4 Kxd4 52.Kf4 Re5 53.g4 Rxa5 54.Be6 Re5 55.Bf5 a5 56.g5 hxg5+
57.Kxg5 a4 58.f4 Rxf5+ 59.Kxf5 a3  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rustemov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Ne7 5.b4 Nxd5 6.bxc5 Nf6 7.d4 Qe7 8.Be2 O-O
9.Nf3 exd4 10.exd4 Re8 11.h3 b6 12.cxb6 axb6 13.Be3 Ne4 14.O-O Bb7 15.Qc2 Nc6
16.Rfe1 Ra3 17.Bf4 d5 18.Qb2 Qb4 19.Rab1 Qxb2 20.Rxb2 Na5 21.cxd5 Nc3 22.d6 cxd6
23.Bxd6 Rxa2 24.Rxa2 Nxa2 25.Ne5 Nc3 26.Bg4 Nd5 27.Rb1 Rd8 28.Ba3 Nc6 29.Nf3 g6
30.h4 f5 31.Bh3 Ba6 32.g3 Be2 33.Bg2 Bxf3 34.Bxf3 Nxd4 35.Bh1 Ne2+ 36.Kf1 Nec3
37.Rb3 Ne4 38.Rd3 Rd7 39.g4 Ndf6 40.Rxd7 Nxd7 41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Ke2 Kf7 43.Ke3 Ndf6
44.Bf3 Ke6 45.Be2 Nd5+ 46.Kd4 Nf4 47.Bc4+ Kf6 48.Bb2 Kg6 49.Ke5 Nh3 50.f3 Nd2
51.Bd5 b5 52.h5+ Kxh5 53.Kxf5 Kh4 54.Bc3 Nc4 55.Be1+ Kh5 56.Bf7+ Kh6 57.Kf6 Ng5
58.Be8 Nxf3 59.Bb4 Nce5 60.Bf8+  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Bd7 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Nb4 10.Bb1 a5 11.f3 Kh8 12.Be3 Ng8 13.c5 Bh6 14.Bf2 Qe7 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Na4 f5 17.Nb6 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Rae8 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.a3 Na6 21.Qe1 Qd8 22.Nc3 Nf6
23.Rd1 Nd7 24.Bd3 Nac5 25.Bb5 Re7 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Nb3 28.Ne4 Nf6 29.Nxf6 Rxf6
30.Qc3 Nd4 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Bxd4 Re5 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Qxe5 Bf8 35.Rb1 Bd6 36.Qc3 Kg7
37.Bf1 Qb6+ 38.Kh1 Qf2 39.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 d5 17.Ne2 Qd8 18.Ng3 Qd6 19.h3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 d4 21.Rd1 c5 22.c3 Qd5
23.Qd3 dxc3 24.Qc2 Qc6 25.Bxc3 Re8 26.Qd3 Be7 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Re2 Nd5 29.Qf3 Bf6
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Nh5 Ke7 33.Qe4+ Kd6 34.g4 Qb5 35.Ng7 Ne7 36.Ne6 Qc6
37.Qf4+ Kd7 38.Nf8+ Ke8 39.Nxh7 Kd7 40.h4 Nd5  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.Be5 Rg8 13.Qc2 c5 14.Bxc4 g4 15.Bb5+ Nd7 16.dxc5 b3
17.Qd3 gxf3 18.c6 Bb4+ 19.Bc3 Bxc3+ 20.bxc3 fxg2 21.Rg1 b2 22.Rd1 Qxh4 23.Qxd7+ Kf8
24.Qd4 b1=Q 25.Rxb1 Rd8 26.cxb7 Rxd4 27.b8=Q+ Rd8 28.Qxa7 Qh2 29.Ke2 Rd2+
30.Ke3 Rg3+ 31.Kxe4 Rg4+  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.b3 c5 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be5 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Bf5 17.Qc3 Nf6 18.Ng3 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Bh6 20.h3 Nd5 21.Qf3 a5 22.Ne4 Nb6
23.Nc5 Bd2 24.Re2 Bb4 25.Bd3 Nd5 26.a3 Bxc5 27.dxc5 f6 28.Bb2 e5 29.Bc4 Be6
30.Rd2 Qe7 31.Rc1 Rfd8 32.g3 Rd7 33.h4 Kg7 34.Qe2 Rad8 35.Qe1 Bg4 36.Bf1 Qe6
37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Bf3 39.Kh2 Rb8 40.b5 cxb5 41.Bh3 Qc6 42.Bxd7 Qxd7 43.c6 Qf5
44.c7 Rc8 45.Rc5 Nf4 46.Qf1 b4 47.Rc4 Bg2 48.Qxg2 Nxg2 49.Kxg2 Qe6 50.Rc1 Qf7
51.Rdc2 Qd5+ 52.Kg1 h6 53.Rc4 Qd2 54.R4c2 Qd7 55.Rc4 g5 56.hxg5 hxg5 57.Rxb4 Rxc7
58.Rxc7 Qxc7 59.Ba3 Qc3 60.Ra4 Kg6 61.Ra6 Qd3 62.Ra7 Qd1+ 63.Kg2 Qd5+ 64.Kg1 Qd4
65.Rc7 Qa1+ 66.Bc1 f5 67.Kg2 Qa8+ 68.Kg1 f4 69.gxf4 gxf4 70.Rc3 Kf5 71.Kf1 Qa1
72.Rc7 Qa6+ 73.Kg2 Qa8+ 74.f3 Qa2+ 75.Kf1 Qa6+  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.e3 Na6 10.c6 bxc6 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Be5 Nab4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.O-O Nb6 15.Be2 Be6
16.Nd4 Bc4 17.Bxc4 Nxc4 18.Na4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Nxc6 Nxc6 21.Rxc6 Rxa2
22.Rxb6 Rd2 23.Rb1 Ra7 24.g3 Rc7 25.Rf1 Rcc2 26.Rb7 e6 27.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.f4 N5c6 11.e5 Qg6 12.Qd2 Bxd4 13.cxd4 h5 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Bf3 Rad8
16.Ne2 Bg4 17.Ng3 h4 18.f5 Bxf5 19.Nh5 h3 20.Rf2 Qh7 21.g4 Bg6 22.Nf4 Be4
23.Rc1 Ng6 24.Nh5 Rde8 25.Bg5 Ngxe5 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Be2 c6 28.Bf6 Qg6 29.g5 Nd3
30.Nxg7 Nxf2 31.Bh5 Qh7 32.Qxf2 Bg2 33.Bg4 Qe4 34.Nf5 Re5 35.Qh4  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 b5 12.Qd3 a6 13.h4 g6 14.h5 Nd7 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Qe3 Bg7 17.Ng5 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.f4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.d5 Rd8 14.Ke1 Na5 15.Bg5 Bd7
16.Bd3 Rdc8 17.Ke2 e6 18.Be3 exd5 19.exd5 Rd8 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rc7 Bg4 22.h3 Bxf3+
23.gxf3 Be5 24.Rc2 f5 25.f4 Bf6 26.Rd1 Rd6 27.Ba6 Kg7 28.Rc7+ Kh6 29.Bc1 Re8+
30.Kf3 Re7 31.Rxe7 Bxe7 32.Ba3 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Bxa3 34.Rd7 Nc6 35.Bb5 Ne7 36.Rxa7 Bc5
37.a4 Kg7 38.Rc7 Bd6 39.Rd7 Bc5 40.Ke2 Kh6 41.Kd3 Ng8 42.Rf7 Bxf2 43.Bc4 Bg1
44.Ke2  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 Nb6 8.Ne5 Be7
9.Nxc4 O-O 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Bc4 c6 12.O-O b5 13.Bb3 b4 14.Ne2 b6 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Rfd1 Qe8 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qe4 Qe7 20.Bc2 g6 21.Qf3 c5 22.Be4 Ba6
23.b3 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.exd4 Rd8 27.Qe3 Bg5 28.Qe1 Kg7 29.Bf3 Qd6
30.Qe5+ Qxe5 31.dxe5 Rc8 32.Be4 Bf4 33.g3 Bxe5 34.Kg2 g5 35.g4 Rc7 36.Bd3 Kf6
37.Bb1 Ke7 38.h3 Rc8 39.Be4 Bd6 40.Bb1 h5 41.Be4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Bc5 43.Bb1 Rh8
44.Be4 Kf6 45.Bd3 Ke5 46.Bb1 Ra8 47.Re1+ Kf6 48.Rd1 Ke7 49.Rd2 Rh8 50.Rd1 Rh4
51.f3 Rh8 52.Be4 Be3 53.Re1 Bf4 54.Re2 Rh2+ 55.Kf1 Rh1+ 56.Kg2 Ra1 57.Rc2 Bd6
58.Re2 Bc5 59.Rd2 Rg1+ 60.Kh2 Re1 61.Bc6 Be3 62.Rc2 f5 63.Bb5 Kf6 64.Re2 Bf4+
65.Kg2 Rd1 66.Bc4 Rd6 67.Re1 Be5 68.Re2 Rd4 69.Rf2 Ke7 70.Re2 Kd6 71.gxf5 exf5
72.Re1 Rd2+ 73.Re2 Rd1 74.Re3 Ra1 75.Re2 g4 76.fxg4 fxg4 77.Bf7 Bd4 78.Kh2 Rg1
79.Rg2 Rf1 80.Rd2 Ke5 81.Bh5 Be3 82.Re2 Kf4 83.Bxg4 Kxg4 84.Rxe3 Rf2+ 85.Kg1 Rxa2
86.Re6 b5 87.Re5 Ra5 88.Kf2 Kf4 89.Re8 Ra3 90.Ke2 Rxb3 91.Kd2 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 f5 6.b4 a6 7.a4 Nf6 8.b5 axb5 9.axb5 Ne7
10.Qb3 d6 11.d3 O-O 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.O-O Nfg8 14.Bb2 f4 15.Ra1 Rb8 16.d4 fxg3
17.hxg3 exd4 18.Nd5 c5 19.bxc6 Nxc6 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Nf4 Bf7 22.Nxd4 Qf6 23.Nxc6 Qxb2
24.Qxb2 Bxb2 25.Nxb8 Bxa1 26.Nd7 Rd8 27.Nc5 Be5 28.Nxb7 Re8 29.Nd5 Nh6 30.e3 Rb8
31.Nb6 Nf5 32.Nd7 Rc8 33.g4 Nh4 34.Nxe5 dxe5 35.Nd6 Rc7 36.Nxf7+ Rxf7 37.Rd8+ Kg7
38.Bd5 Re7 39.c5 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.c6  1-0

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurajica,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Bd3 Nh6 8.Qf4 Qxf4
9.Bxf4 Ng4 10.O-O d6 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nc4 f6 13.Be2 Be6 14.Bd2 a4 15.h3 Ne5 16.Ne3 O-O
17.b3 Bd4 18.Rac1 axb3 19.axb3 Ra2 20.Nf5 Bb6 21.Rfd1 Re8 22.Ng3 d5 23.Bf1 Bf7
24.Bc3 Bg6 25.exd5 Bxc2 26.Rd2 Bxb3 27.Rxa2 Bxa2 28.dxc6 Bd5 29.Bb5 Kf7 30.Nf5 Bxc6
31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Bxc6 Rxf5 33.Rc2 h5 34.h4 Re5 35.g3 f5 36.Kg2 g6 37.Kf3 Kf6
38.Ba4 Re4 39.Bc6 Rd4 40.Bb5 Rb4 41.Bc6 Bd4 42.Ke2 Be5 43.f4 Bd4 44.Kf3 Rb3+
45.Kg2 Re3 46.Kh2 Ke7 47.Bb5 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 a5
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.O-O Nf8 13.Rae1 Be6 14.Ne5 N6d7 15.Bxe7 Rxe7
16.f4 f6 17.Nf3 Qb6 18.Re2 Rae8 19.Rfe1 Qb4 20.Na2 Qd6 21.Qd2 Qc7 22.Nc3 Nb6
23.Qc2 Nc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Qd2 e5 14.h4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5
16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.g3 f6 18.Bh3 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Kc7 21.Rxd7+ Rxd7
22.Bxd7 Kxd7 23.h5 Bf7 24.h6 g6 25.Kc2 Ke7 26.e5 g5 27.exf6+ Kxf6 28.Rd1 Bg6+
29.Kb3 Ke7 30.f4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Rf8 32.Rf1 Rf6 33.Kc4 b6 34.Kd4 Rd6+ 35.Ke5 Re6+
36.Kd4 Kf6 37.Rf2 Rd6+ 38.Ke3 Rd3+ 39.Ke2 Rh3 40.Kf1 Rxh6 41.Rd2 Ke7 42.Kg2 Bf5
43.Ne2 Be4+ 44.Kf2 Rh2+ 45.Ke3 Bd5 46.Rd1 Rh3+ 47.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.d3 c6 6.Qe1 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 a5
9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 b5 13.Ne3 a4 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rd1 Qe7
16.a3 g6 17.h4 h5 18.Qe2 Rfd8 19.c3 Qe6 20.Bc1 Nb6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rd7
23.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qf3 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.h3 Rab8
16.Nb3 Qg5 17.Qe3 Qg6 18.f4 Nf6 19.f5 Qg5 20.Qf2 Re7 21.Re3 h5 22.Rae1 Rbe8
23.R3e2 c5 24.Nd2 Bc6 25.a3 Qh6 26.b4 cxb4 27.axb4 Qg5 28.Re3 Bb7 29.R3e2 Bc6
30.Re3 Rb8 31.Nf3 Qh6 32.e5 Bxf3 33.exf6 Rxe3 34.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Bc6 36.Rg3 g6
37.fxg6 Rxb4 38.Ne2 fxg6 39.Rxg6+ Kf7 40.Rg7+ Kxf6 41.Rxc7 Bb7 42.Rh7 h4
43.Rh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.h3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Ng5 Bf5 8.e4 Bd7
9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Na6 11.Be2 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 f6 15.Nf3 Qb6
16.Rfe1 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Bf1 a5 19.Rad1 Kf7 20.Re3 Rhd8 21.Ne2 Bc6 22.Nc3 Na4
23.Nxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.a4 b4 13.Qxb4 Qd6 14.Qa3 Nc6 15.Rc1 Rb8
16.Bc4 Nb4 17.O-O Bb7 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Be2 h6 21.Nf3 Ng4 22.Rfd1 a5
23.Rc5 c6 24.h3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Rf4 26.Rxa5 Rbf8 27.Qa3 g5 28.Ra7 c5 29.dxc5 Qe6
30.Bf1 Nc2 31.Qd3 Nb4 32.Qd2 g4 33.Re1 Re4 34.hxg4 Qxg4 35.Rxe4 Qxe4 36.Rd7 e6
37.a5 Nc6 38.a6 Kh8 39.Bd3 Qa4 40.Rxg7 Kxg7 41.Qe2 Rf6 42.Bb5 Qa1+ 43.Kh2 Na7
44.Bd3 Qc1 45.Qe3 Qxb2 46.c6 Nxc6 47.Qc5 Qb8+ 48.Kh1 Qa8 49.Bb5 Na7 50.Qc7+ Rf7
51.Qe5+ Rf6 52.Qc7+ Rf7 53.Bd7 Kh8 54.Qe5+ Rg7 55.Nd4 Qd8 56.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Bg4 11.d5 Rd8 12.Qb2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd4 14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.Qb5+ Qxb5
16.Bxb5+ Kf8 17.cxd4 Bxd4 18.Rc7 Be5 19.Rxb7 Rb8 20.Rxb8+ Bxb8 21.O-O Bf4
22.Re1 Kg7 23.e5 Rc8 24.Bc6 e6 25.Re4 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Kg2 exd5
29.Bxd5 Re8 30.e6 fxe6 31.Bxe6 Kf6 32.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED Playoffs"]
[Site "Breda NED"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Feygin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qa4 Qc7
9.d4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Qb5 Qb6 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Rac1 a6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd5 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Kd7 20.Be5 Rhc8 21.Bxg7 Rxc1
22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Kxc8 24.a3 Kd7 25.Bf3 Kc6 26.Be2 Nb6 27.Kf1 Kd5 28.b3 Nc8
29.Ke1 Nd6 30.Kd2 Ne8 31.Bh8 f6 32.g4 Bb1 33.Bc4+ Kd6 34.f4 Ke7 35.Kc1 Be4
36.g5 fxg5 37.fxg5 Nd6 38.Be2 Kf7 39.Be5 Nb5 40.Bh5+ Bg6 41.Bf3 Nxa3 42.Bxb7 a5
43.d5 exd5 44.Bxd5+ Ke7 45.Bc7 Nb5 46.Bxa5 Kd6 47.Bc4 Nd4 48.Be1 Nf3 49.Bg3+ Kc5
50.h4 Kd4 51.Kb2 Nd2 52.Bf2+ Ke5 53.Bg8 Ne4 54.Be1 Kd4 55.b4 Nd6 56.Kb3 Ne4
57.Ka4 Nd6 58.Ka5 Nb7+ 59.Kb6 Nd6 60.Kc7 Ne8+ 61.Kd7 Ng7 62.Ke7 Nf5+ 63.Kf8 Ke3
64.b5 Ke2 65.b6  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED Playoffs"]
[Site "Breda NED"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chuchelov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.Bd2 Be7
9.g4 Nhf6 10.g5 Nh5 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Be6 14.Rg1 g6 15.Ne5 Nd5
16.Qf3 Ng7 17.h4 Nf5 18.h5 Qb6 19.Bc4 O-O-O 20.Rge1 Nxd4 21.Qe4 Nxc3 22.Bxe6+ Nxe6
23.Bxc3 Bxg5+ 24.Kb1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Re1 Qxf2 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.a3 Bd2
29.Re2 Qf1+ 30.Ka2 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Rd1  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 O-O 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Qc2 Qc5
16.Bf4 Nc4 17.Na2 Ne3 18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.Rfc1 Bd4 20.Nc3 Nh5 21.Bg5 f6 22.Nxg6 hxg6
23.Bxe3 Bxe3 24.Bc4+ Kh7 25.Rd1 a5 26.g3 g5 27.Kg2 g6 28.Kf1 Bc5 29.Rac1 Rfe8
30.Bf7 Rf8 31.Ba2 Bb6 32.Ke2 Rfe8 33.Bf7 Rf8 34.Ba2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 e6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Rc1 Ne4
9.Bd3 f5 10.Na4 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.f4 g5 13.Nf3 g4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bg5
16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.h3 gxh3 19.Rxh3 Be8 20.Kf1 Qe7 21.Kg1 Bg6 22.Rf1 Rf7
23.b4 Rbf8 24.a4 h5 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 h4 27.Ra1 Rh7 28.Qd1 Qg7 29.bxc6 bxc6
30.Qa4 Qh6 31.Re1 Rc7 32.Na8 Rcc8 33.Nb6 Rc7 34.Na8 Rcc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 d6 10.e4 Nd7 11.O-O a5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc8 14.e5 dxe5 15.dxe5 Nc5
16.Qc2 h6 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Nd4 Qe8 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na6 22.b5 Nb4
23.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hansen,Cu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.e4 Nf4
16.Bb5 Rad8 17.Ne2 Nxg2+ 18.Kf1 f5 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Kxg2 Ne5 22.Ng1 g5
23.Re1 Ng6 24.h4 g4 25.h5 Nf4+ 26.Kg3 Ne6 27.Rh4 Ng5 28.Be3 Bxf3 29.Nxf3 Nxf3
30.Rhh1 Nxe1 31.Rxe1 f4+ 32.Bxf4 Rd4 33.Rf1 c4 34.Kxg4 Kh7 35.Ba4 a6 36.Bc2+ Kg7
37.Kg3 Re8 38.Kf3 Re6 39.Bf5 Re8 40.Rg1+ Kf6 41.Bc2  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.Qd3 h6 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.Rad1 c5 15.Nf3 Qc8
16.b3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Wedberg,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Nd2 Bd4 14.Re1 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Ne5
16.Bf1 Nf4 17.Nf3 a6 18.a4 h6 19.a5 Rb8 20.Kh2 g5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.g3 Ng6
23.Bg2 b6 24.Qd2 bxa5 25.f4 Re8 26.Rf1 Rb4 27.Qf2 Qe7 28.fxg5 hxg5 29.e5 Nxe5
30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.d6 Qf8 32.Bd5 Re6 33.Qd2 Qxd6 34.Qxg5+ Kf8 35.Rf2 Rg6 36.Rxf7+ Ke8
37.Qd2 e4 38.Rf4 Be6  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nh5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e3 Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 O-O-O 15.Kb1 Kb8
16.Rhe1 Rhe8 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nf3 Ng7 19.Qc2 Ne6 20.Ka1 Nc4 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 f5
23.Red1 f4 24.e4 dxe4 25.Qxe4 Qg5 26.Qf3 Qf5 27.a3 Ng5 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.hxg4 f3
30.gxf3 Nxf3 31.Rd3 Rf8 32.d5 Ne5 33.Rh3 Rf7 34.g5 Nf3 35.Rg3 Rf5 36.dxc6 Rxd1+
37.Nxd1 bxc6 38.Ne3 Rf4 39.b4 Kc7 40.b5 Kb6 41.bxc6 Kxc6 42.Ng2 Rf7 43.Kb2 Rf5
44.Ne3 Rb5+ 45.Kc2 Nxg5 46.Rg4 Rc5+ 47.Kd3 Ra5 48.Nc4 Rd5+ 49.Ke3 Rf5 50.f4 Ne6
51.Rh4 Kd5 52.Nd2 Rf7 53.Ne4 h5 54.Nc3+ Kc6 55.Ne2 Re7 56.Kf3 Rb7 57.Rh1 Rb3+
58.Kf2 Rxa3 59.Rg1 Ra2 60.Kf3 Kd7 61.Ng3 Ra3+ 62.Ke4 Ra4+ 63.Ke5 Nxf4 64.Rd1+ Ke7
65.Ne4 Ne6 66.Nc3 Ra6 67.Nd5+ Kf7 68.Rc1 Kg7  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O O-O 11.Qb1 h6 12.b4 Bd6 13.b5 Nbd7 14.h3 Ne5 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Bf1 Rfc8 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Be1 Ned7 20.Qd1 Nc5 21.Rc2 Nfe4 22.bxa6 Nxc3
23.Bxc3 bxa6 24.Rac1 Ne4 25.Bb2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bc5 27.Bd3 Bd7 28.Qh5 Nf6 29.Qf3 Bd6
30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.Qxf5 Rd8 32.Bxa6 Ne4 33.Rc8 Nc5 34.Be2 Ne6 35.Rxd8+ Qxd8 36.a4 Qa5
37.Bf1 Qxa4 38.Qxd5 Qb4 39.Qa8+ Qb8 40.Qa1 Bf8 41.Bc4 Qd6 42.h4 Qb4 43.Qc1 Bd6
44.g3 Bf8 45.Qc2 Be7 46.Bd5 Bf8 47.Be5 Qc5 48.Qa2 Qe7 49.Bc3 h5 50.Qc4 Qd6
51.e4 Qd7 52.Kg2 g6 53.Bd2 Bg7 54.Be3 Nf8 55.f4 Ne6 56.Qb3 Nf8 57.Qd1 Nh7
58.e5 Nf8 59.Qf3 Qf5 60.Be4 Qe6 61.Bf2 Qe7 62.Qd3 Qd7 63.Qxd7 Nxd7 64.e6 fxe6
65.Bxg6 Nf6 66.Bd4 Kf8 67.Bc5+ Kg8 68.Kf3 Bf8 69.Bd4 Be7 70.Bc2 Nd7 71.Ba4  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berg,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qe3 Bd6 15.Qxh6 Rb8
16.Qg5+ Kh8 17.Qh4+ Kg7 18.Qg5+ Kh8 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Re3 Bg4 21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qh6+ Kg8
23.Rae1 Bh5 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Rh3  1-0

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 c6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Rfe1 Nh5 13.a4 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nhxf6 15.Rad1 Re8
16.Nc4 Nc5 17.b4 Ncxe4 18.Bd3 Ng5 19.Nfxe5 b5 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.Qxg6+ Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7
23.Nd6 Re7 24.f4 Ngh7 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Nxb5 Nf8 27.Nc6 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Nd5 29.Nbxa7 Kf6
30.c4 Nxb4 31.Nxb4 Rxa7 32.Re8 Ng6 33.Rxc8 Nxf4 34.g3 Ne6 35.Rc6 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 Rd1
37.h4 Ke5 38.Ra6 Kf5 39.Nd5 Rc1 40.Ne3+ Kf6 41.Ng4+ Ke7 42.Nxh6 Rxc4 43.Nf5+ Kf6
44.Ng7  1-0

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Ne4 7.Be3 d6 8.g3 Nd7
9.Bg2 f5 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 Ndf6 12.Ne1 h6 13.Nd3 Bd7 14.f3 Ng5 15.Bd2 a5
16.Bc3 b5 17.c5 Rfe8 18.Rae1 Nf7 19.e4 fxe4 20.fxe4 e5 21.Qd2 exd4 22.Bxd4 Ne5
23.cxd6 cxd6 24.Nf4 a4 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Qg5 27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5
29.Rxe5 dxe5 30.Re1 Re8 31.d6 Kf7 32.Bd5+ Kg6 33.Be4+ Kh6 34.Rc1 g4 35.Kf2 Kg5
36.Ke3 Re6 37.Rd1 Rh6 38.Rd2 Kf6 39.Bd5 Kf5 40.Rf2+ Kg5 41.Ke4 Rf6 42.Rd2 Rxd6
43.Kxe5 Rb6 44.Rc2 Rb8 45.Rc7 Rd8 46.Rc5 Bf5 47.Rxb5 Rh8 48.b4 Rxh2 49.Rc5 Re2+
50.Kd6 Re3 51.b5 Rxg3 52.b6  1-0

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qf3 Re8 12.b3 h6 13.Bb2 Nh7 14.Qd3 Bf6 15.f4 Nf8
16.Rad1 Ng6 17.g3 Qb8 18.Nf3 Qa7+ 19.Kg2 Rad8 20.Re2 Qb7 21.Rde1 Qc8 22.f5 Ne5
23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.g4 c5 25.Nd1 Bc6 26.c4 Qa8 27.h4 Bxb2 28.Nxb2 Re5 29.Nd1 h5
30.Qf3 d5 31.exd5 Rexd5 32.cxd5 Bxd5 33.Re4 hxg4 34.Qxg4 Bxe4+ 35.Qxe4 Qxe4+
36.Rxe4 Rxd1 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Re7 Rd2+ 39.Kf3 f6 40.Rxc7 Rxa2 41.Rxc5 Ra3 42.Rc3 Ra5
43.Kg4 Rb5 44.Rc6 a5 45.Ra6 Kh6 46.Ra8 Rb4+ 47.Kg3 Rxb3+ 48.Kg4 Rb4+ 49.Kg3 Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.cxd5 Qxb3 7.axb3 Nxd5 8.Ne5 Bf5
9.Na3 f6 10.Nd3 Nd7 11.f3 Bxd3 12.Bxd3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Be4 Bc5 15.Ke2 O-O-O
16.Bd2 Kb8 17.Rhd1 g6 18.Nc2 Nc7 19.Bc3 Rde8 20.h3 Nb5 21.Be1 f5 22.Bd3 Nc7
23.Bg3 Kc8 24.Ra5 b5 25.Bf2 Re6 26.Bc4 Re7 27.Bh4 Ree8 28.Bf6 Bb6 29.Bxh8 Rxh8
30.Ra3 bxc4 31.bxc4 Nxc4 32.Rc3 Nxb2 33.Rb1 Na4 34.Rxc6 Re8 35.Rc4 Nc5 36.Nd4 Nd5
37.Rb5 Rxe3+ 38.Kd2 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h6 12.Rad1 a5 13.h3 Be7 14.Ne4 b6 15.g4 Nh4 16.Nxh4 Bxh4
17.f4 Re8 18.f5 c5 19.e6 fxe6 20.f6 gxf6 21.Nxf6 Rd8 22.Be5 Bc6 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8
24.Ng8 a4 25.Rf8+ Kd7 26.Rf7+ Ke8 27.Rxc7 axb3 28.axb3 Be4 29.c4 Kf8 30.Nf6 Bxf6
31.Bxf6 Ra2 32.Bg7+ Ke8 33.Bxh6 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rg3 35.Bg5 Rxh3 36.Re7+ Kf8 37.Rxe6 Bc2
38.Rxb6 Bxb3 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.Bh6+ Kg8 41.g5 Bxc4 42.g6 Rd8 43.Kg3 Bd5 44.Bg5 Rf8
45.Rd6 Rf3+ 46.Kh4 Rd3 47.Bh6 Rd4+ 48.Kg5 Be4 49.Rf6 Rd5+ 50.Kf4 Bxg6 51.Rxg6+ Kf7
52.Rc6 Ke7 53.Ke4 Rd4+ 54.Ke5 Rd1 55.Rc7+ Kd8 56.Rxc5 Kd7 57.Bf4 Re1+ 58.Kf5 Rf1
59.Rc4 Ke7 60.Rc7+ Kd8 61.Rh7 Kc8 62.Ke5 Re1+ 63.Kd5 Rd1+ 64.Kc6 Rd7 65.Rh8+ Rd8
66.Rh1 Rd7 67.Rb1 Rc7+ 68.Kd6 Rg7 69.Kd5 Rb7 70.Rg1 Kd7 71.Bd6 Rb5+ 72.Bc5 Rb7
73.Rh1 Kc7 74.Rh6 Kd7 75.Re6 Kc7 76.Rf6 Kd7 77.Rf8 Kc7 78.Ke6 Kc6 79.Bd6 Rb3
80.Be5 Rd3 81.Rc8+ Kb5 82.Bc3 Kb6 83.Ke5 Kb7 84.Rc4 Rd7 85.Bd4 Rc7 86.Bc5 Kc8
87.Kd5 Rb7 88.Bd6+ Kd7 89.Rc5 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.f3 Nc6 11.Nb3 Qg5 12.e4 O-O 13.Rd1 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Be8
16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Be2 b6 18.Kf2 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Nc1 Nd7 21.Rd1 Nc5 22.Rxd8 Nxd8
23.Be5 Ncb7 24.Bc7 b5 25.Ke3 f6 26.Na2 e5 27.Bb6 Ne6 28.Nc3 Nd6 29.Nd5 Kf7
30.g3 g6 31.Bd3 Bc6 32.Nb4 Bb7 33.Ba7 Nc4+ 34.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qf3 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qd3 Qg5
16.Qc4 Bh3 17.Qf1 Bd7 18.Qc4 Bh3 19.Qf1 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Ne2 a5 15.a3 a4
16.Ba2 Rc8 17.d5 Na5 18.Nc3 Nb3 19.Bxb3 axb3 20.Qxb3 Bxc3+ 21.Qxc3 Nxd5 22.Qb3 Qd7
23.O-O c6 24.Rfe1 Rc7 25.Qf3 Rd8 26.Rcd1 f6 27.Be3 Qc8 28.h4 Nxe3 29.Qxe3 Kg7
30.h5 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Qg4 32.Rd8 Rd7 33.f3 Qf5 34.hxg6 Kxg6 35.Rxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Rd1 Bb7 10.b3 Na6 11.Nc3 c5 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rac1 Rd8 15.Qb1 h6
16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Be3 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Ba3 19.Rc2 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Nf3 Nfe4 22.Qb2 Ba6
23.b4 Nxc3 24.Qxc3 Ne4 25.Qe3 Rac8 26.Nd4 Qe8 27.Rdc1 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Qa4 29.Qb3 Qd7
30.Qa3 Bb5 31.Qc1 a6 32.Rc7 Qd6 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.gxf4 Kf8 35.e3 Bd3 36.Nc6 Re8
37.Ne5 Bb1 38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rb7 Rc8 40.Bh3 Rc1+ 41.Kg2 Nc3 42.Be6+ Kh7 43.f5 Ne4
44.Bg8+  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Strating,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bb2 Be6 8.c5 Nbd7
9.h3 a5 10.b5 Ne4 11.Qc2 a4 12.Rc1 f5 13.Be2 a3 14.Ba1 Bf7 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Ng5 e5
17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Bg4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Qa5+ 20.Qd2 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Nf8 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.f4 exf3 24.Bxf3 Ra4 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Rc3 Ne6 27.Rb1 Kf6 28.Rbb3 Ke5 29.Rxa3 Rfa7
30.Rxa4 Rxa4 31.Rc2 Ra5 32.Kc1 Nxc5 33.Kb2 Nd3+ 34.Kc3 Ra3+ 35.Kd2 c5 36.Rc3 Rxa2+
37.Rc2 Rxc2+ 38.Kxc2 Ne1+ 39.Kc3 d4+ 40.exd4+ cxd4+  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Wintzer,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.h4 Na5 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Qd7 17.Re3 f5 18.Qe1 Bd5 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.Rg3 Rf7 21.h5 b5 22.f3 a6
23.Rg5 Rf6 24.Rc1 Kf8 25.Qh4 h6 26.Rg3 Qe7 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Be5 Rf7 29.Qf4 Rc6
30.a4 Qb7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra1 Rc8 33.Rg6 Ke8 34.Qd2 Kf8 35.Bd6+ Ke8 36.Qe3 Qd7
37.Ra6 Rd8 38.Bc5 Rf6 39.Rxf6 gxf6 40.Ra7 Qc6 41.Re7+  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Nh4 Be7 12.g3 Nb6 13.f3 a5 14.Kf2 a4 15.Be2 Nc8
16.e4 a3 17.b3 dxe4 18.fxe4 O-O 19.Rac1 Bb4 20.Bd3 Rd8 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.Ke3 Nd6
23.Rhd1 Re8 24.Kf3 Re7 25.Rd2 Rd8 26.Rdc2 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Rde8 28.d5 cxd5 29.exd5 Re3+
30.Kg2 R8e5 31.Bc4 Nxc4 32.bxc4 Re2+ 33.Kf3 Rxa2 34.R3c2 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 b5
36.cxb5 Rxd5 37.Ra2 Rd3+ 38.Kf4 Kg7 39.b6 f5 40.b7 Rb3 41.Rxa3 Rxb7 42.h4 Kh6
43.Kf3 Kh5 44.Ra8 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 Kh6 46.Ra7 Kg7 47.Rc7 Rb1 48.Kf3 Rf1+ 49.Kg2 Rd1
50.Kf3 Kf6 51.Ra7 Ke6 52.Rb7 Rd7 53.Rb5 f6 54.Ra5 Rd3+ 55.Kf4 g5+ 56.hxg5 Rd4+
57.Ke3 Re4+ 58.Kf3 fxg5 59.Ra6+ Ke5 60.Ra5+ Kf6 61.Ra6+ Re6 62.Ra3 Rd6 63.Ra2 Rd3+
64.Kf2 Ke5 65.Ra8 g4 66.Re8+ Kd4 67.Rd8+ Kc3 68.Rf8 Rf3+ 69.Kg2 Kd2 70.Ra8 Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "De Vreugt,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Qf2 c5 14.Ba2 a6 15.Kh1 Qb6
16.Qh4 Rfe8 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Ncxe4 20.fxe4 Rxe4 21.Bxf7+ Kh8
22.Bf4 Bd2 23.Qh3 Rf8 24.Bxd2 Rxf7 25.Bc3 Re6 26.Rf4 Kg7 27.Raf1 Qc6 28.Qh4 b5
29.axb5 axb5 30.h3 h6 31.Qf2 Qd6 32.b4 Qc6 33.Qc5 g5 34.Rxf6 Rfxf6 35.Rxf6 Qxc5
36.bxc5 Rxf6 37.c6 b4 38.Bxf6+  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Nf6 15.e3 Nd5
16.a3 Rc8 17.b4 Rc7 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Rac1 Qa8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.fxg5 Qd8
23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Qd2 Rcc8 25.e4 Nc7 26.h4 Rfd8 27.Qe3 Nb5 28.Ne5 Rc7 29.Rd3 Kh8
30.h5 Kg8 31.Rcd1 f6 32.gxf6 gxf6 33.Ng4 Kh8 34.e5 Qg7 35.Qf4 f5 36.Nf6 c5
37.Rg3 Nxd4 38.h6 Qf7 39.Kh2 Bxg2 40.Rxg2 Rcc8 41.Rg7  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Be6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.f4 f6 15.Nf3 Nb6
16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Re2 Bd7 18.Rfe1 c5 19.e4 cxd4 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 Rxe2
23.Rxe2 Rc8 24.Nxd4 Rc4 25.Rd2 Ng6 26.f5 Ne5 27.d6 Kh8 28.Bb3 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 g6
30.Be6 gxf5 31.Bxd7 Nxd7 32.Re2 Rd1 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Re7+ Kg6 35.Nxf5 Ne5 36.Nh4+ Kg5
37.Kg3 Rd3+ 38.Nf3+ Nxf3 39.gxf3 Rxd6 40.Rxb7 Ra6 41.a3 h5 42.f4+ Kf5 43.Rb5+ Kg6
44.Rd5 Rb6 45.b4 Rc6 46.Rc5 Rd6 47.Ra5 Rd3+ 48.Kh4 Rf3 49.Rxa7 Rxf4+ 50.Kg3 Rc4
51.b5 h4+ 52.Kf2 Rc2+ 53.Kf3 Rc3+ 54.Kg2 Rc2+ 55.Kf1 Rc1+ 56.Ke2 Rc2+ 57.Ke1 Rc1+
58.Kd2 Rh1 59.Re7 Rxh3 60.Re3 Rh1 61.Re1 Rh3 62.Re3 Rh1 63.Re1 Rh3 64.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arakhamia,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Na5 11.d4 Nxb3 12.axb3 exd4 13.Nxd4 h5 14.e5 h4 15.exf6 Qxf6
16.c3 Bb7 17.Qg4 hxg3 18.fxg3 Qh6 19.h3 Qh5 20.Qxh5 Rxh5 21.Nd2 g4 22.hxg4 Re5
23.Nf3 O-O-O 24.b4 Bb6 25.Rfe1 Re6 26.Kf1 Rg6 27.g5 Rh8 28.Ke2 f6 29.Nf5 Kb8
30.N5h4 Bxf3+ 31.Nxf3 Kb7 32.gxf6 Rxg3 33.Rf1 Rxg2+ 34.Kd3 Rf8 35.Nd2 Rg6
36.Ne4 d5 37.Nc5+ Bxc5 38.bxc5 Rgxf6 39.Rxf6 Rxf6 40.Kd4 Rf2 41.b4 Rd2+ 42.Ke3 Rh2
43.Kd4 c6 44.Rg1 Rh7 45.Rg8 Kc7 46.Ra8 Rh4+ 47.Kd3 Kb7 48.Rg8 a5 49.Rg7+ Ka6
50.Rg6 axb4 51.cxb4 Rxb4 52.Rxc6+ Ka5 53.Rd6 Rc4 54.Rxd5 Kb4 55.Rh5 Rc1 56.Kd2 Rc3
57.Re5 Rc4 58.Kd3 Kb3 59.c6 b4 60.Re6 Rc1 61.Kd4 Ka4 62.Kd5 Kb5 63.Rh6 Rc2
64.Rg6 Rd2+ 65.Ke5 Rc2 66.Kd5 b3 67.Rg3 Rd2+ 68.Ke4 b2 69.Rb3+ Kxc6 70.Ke3 Rh2
71.Kd4 Rh4+ 72.Kc3 Rh3+ 73.Kxb2 Rxb3+ 74.Kxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Qe7 8.e3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Nc5 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Ng3 a5 14.O-O a4 15.f4 h6
16.Bh4 exf4 17.exf4 Qe3+ 18.Qxe3 Rxe3 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Rad1 Bg4 21.Rd5 b6
22.Kf2 Rae8 23.Rxc5 bxc5 24.Bxa4 R8e6 25.h3 Be2 26.f5 R6e5 27.Re1 Rxg3 28.Kxg3 Bxc4
29.Rxe5 fxe5 30.f6 Bd5 31.Bd7 Be4 32.h4 h5 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.Ke3 Bxg2 35.Bf5+ Kh6
36.a4 Bb7 37.a5  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gershon,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Nd2 c5 7.a3 cxd4 8.axb4 dxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.e4 d6 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Re1 b5 14.Re3 bxc4 15.Nxc4 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Rh3 g6 18.Na5 Rab8 19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.Be4 Rb5 21.Qd4 Qb6 22.Qxb6 N5xb6
23.Bh6 Rc8 24.Rxa7 Re5 25.Re3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.h3 Nb6 28.Rf3 f5 29.Rg7+ Kh8
30.Re7 Rd6 31.Bf4 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Kg8 33.Rxe6 Na4 34.Be5 Re1 35.Re7 Kf8 36.Rxh7 Rc6
37.Rd3 Ke8 38.Bd4 Rc1 39.Re3+ Kd8 40.Ree7 Nxc3 41.Bxc3 R1xc3 42.Ra7  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykhovsky,Av"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 g6
9.Ne2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Nd4 Qa5
16.Re1 Qc5 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Bd7 20.Red1 Red8 21.Kf1 a5 22.Ra1 Rdc8
23.Rdc1 b5 24.Ke2 a4 25.bxa4 bxa4 26.Bd6 Ra6 27.Ba3 Rb6 28.Kd2 Rcb8 29.Ra2 g5
30.h3 f5 31.Rcc2 f4 32.Rcb2 fxe3+ 33.fxe3 h5 34.Rxb6 Rxb6 35.Bb4 Kh7 36.Kd3 Kg6
37.Rf2 h4 38.Kc2 Rb8 39.Kd3 Rb6 40.Kc2 Rf6 41.Rxf6+ Bxf6 42.Kd3 Bc8 43.Ke2 Ba6+
44.Kf3 Bd3 45.Ne6 Be4+ 46.Kf2 Be5 47.Nc5 Bc2 48.Ke2 Bd6 49.Kd2 Bxc5 50.Kxc2 Bxe3  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vestly,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Qb3 Bb7
10.a4 a5 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Ng4 13.Bg5 Nde5 14.h3 Nxc4 15.hxg4 Nxb6 16.Nb5 Bc8
17.Qg3 f6 18.Bd2 Rf7 19.Ra3 Bd7 20.Qh2 Bh8 21.Rh3 h5 22.Rxh5 gxh5 23.Qxh5 Bg7
24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bh6 e5 26.Nxd6 Be8 27.Nxf7 Bxf7 28.Bxg7+ Ke7 29.Bxf6+ Kxf6
30.Qh4+ Kg6 31.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miladinovic,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 e6 11.h5 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 h6 13.Nge2 Be7 14.Kf2 Rc8 15.Rhg1 Nd7
16.Rad1 b5 17.Rg2 b4 18.Na4 Qa5 19.b3 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Rc1 Na7 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8
23.Rg1 Nd6 24.Rc1 Nb5 25.Rc8+ Bd8 26.Qc2 O-O 27.Kg2 Be7 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.Bg3 Qb7
30.Nc1 a5 31.Nd3 Qa6 32.Ne5 Nc3 33.Be1 Bd6 34.Nd3 Nb5 35.Nb2 e5 36.dxe5 Bxe5
37.Na4 Bc3 38.Bf2 d4 39.Qd3 dxe3 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qd3+ Kg8 42.Bxe3 Qc6 43.Qd8+ Kh7
44.Nc5 Bf6 45.Qxa5 Bd4 46.Bxd4 Nxd4 47.Ne4 Qc2+ 48.Nf2 Qc6 49.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.g4 Nf6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Rg1 Bb7 14.Nd4 Nd6 15.e3 Rc8
16.Bd3 g6 17.Qe2 e5 18.Ndb5 Nxb5 19.Nxb5 e4 20.Bc2 d5 21.O-O-O Rxc4 22.Kb1 Nd7
23.Bb3 Rc5 24.Nc3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Nc5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Na4 28.Qd2 Qxa3 29.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grabarczyk,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qf3 g5 6.d4 Ng6 7.Nge2 h6 8.g3 g4
9.Qd3 b5 10.Bb3 b4 11.Nd1 Ba6 12.Qd2 f3 13.Nf4 d5 14.exd5 Bd6 15.Nh5 O-O
16.Kf2 Re8 17.Re1 Re2+ 18.Rxe2 fxe2 19.Ne3 Qg5 20.Nxg4 Qf5+ 21.Nf4 Qxg4 22.Nxg6 Qxg6
23.Qxh6 Bxg3+  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.h3 Be7 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Kb1 Nh7
16.Ne2 Nf8 17.Rc1 Ne6 18.f4 Nc8 19.g4 Nd6 20.h4 Rxh4 21.Rxh4 Bxh4 22.g5 f6
23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Bxg6+ Kd7 25.e4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.d5 Nf8 28.dxc6+ bxc6
29.Qf7+ Kc8 30.Qxc7+ Kxc7 31.Ba5+ Kb7 32.Bxd8 Bxd8 33.Rc4 g5 34.f5 Nh7 35.Rxe4 Nf6
36.Re6 Kc7 37.Nd4 Nd5 38.Nxc6  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Maljush,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Rd1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Ndf6 12.O-O Bd6 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Nb5 Nh5 15.Nxa7 Ra8
16.Nac6 Qe8 17.f3 Nxf4 18.exf4 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Qc8 21.a4 Re8 22.g3 g6
23.Bb5 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qh3 25.b4 h5 26.a5 h4 27.Qg2 Qf5 28.a6 Kg7 29.Bf1 hxg3
30.hxg3 g5 31.a7 b5 32.Bxb5 Nd7 33.fxg5 Qxg5 34.f4 Qf5 35.Qf3 Nb6 36.Bd3 Qh3
37.Bf1 Qd7 38.f5 Kf6 39.Re6+ Kg7 40.f6+ Kh6 41.Qh1+  1-0

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gislason,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.O-O Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.Qd3 c5 10.Rb1 b5 11.cxb5 c4 12.Qd1 axb5 13.Bf4 d6 14.Nd4 b4 15.Ncb5 Bd7
16.a4 bxa3 17.Nxa3 Qb6 18.Bd2 Rfc8 19.Bc3 Qc5 20.e4 Ng4 21.h3 Ne5 22.Kh2 Nd3
23.Nac2 Nb3 24.Nxb3 Rxb3 25.Na1 Rxb2 26.Bxb2 Nxb2 27.Qe2 c3 28.Rfc1 Bb5 29.Qf3 Ba4
30.e5 Bxe5 31.Nc2 Bf6 32.Bf1 Bb3 33.Ne3 c2 34.Ra1 Qb4 35.Ba6 Rc5 36.Qe2 Na4
37.Rxa4 Qxa4 38.Ng4 Kg7 39.Qe3 Bxd5 40.Bd3 Rc3 41.Qd2 Qd4 42.Rxc2 Qxd3  0-1

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Olafsson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bg3 c5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 N7f6 11.Ne5 b6 12.Nc6 Qe8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.O-O Bb7 15.Re1 Rfd8
16.a3 Rac8 17.Qd2 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Nh5 19.Be5 f6 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Qd6 22.Re3 Bd5
23.Qe2 Qc6 24.Qh5 h6 25.Rae1 Qxc3 26.Qg6 Qxd4 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Bg6 e5 29.Rd3 Bg8
30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Qh8 d3 32.Bh7 Kf7 33.Bxg8+ Rxg8 34.Qh7 d2 35.Rf1 Rgd8 36.Qb1 Rc3
37.a4 Rcd3 38.Rd1 R8d7 39.Kh2 R3d5 40.f4 Rc5 41.Kg1 Rcd5 42.Qe4 Rd4 43.Qe3 Rd3
44.Qe2 R3d5 45.g4 Rd4 46.Kh2 R4d5 47.f5 R5d6 48.Kh3 Kg8 49.Qe4 Rc7 50.Qe8+ Kh7
51.Qg6+ Kg8 52.g5 hxg5 53.Qe8+ Kh7 54.Qh5+ Kg8 55.Qe2 Rc3+ 56.g3 Rc2 57.Qe8+ Kh7
58.Qe3 a5 59.Kg2 Rc1 60.Rxc1 dxc1=Q 61.Qxc1 Rd4 62.Qc6 Rb4 63.Kf3 Kg8 64.Qd7 Kh7
65.Ke2 Rb3 66.Qc6 Rb4 67.Kd3 Rb1 68.Ke4 Rb4+ 69.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 Nge7 8.Na3 O-O
9.h3 h6 10.Ba4 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Bf4 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Bg3 Bg6 13.e4 e6 14.Be2 Bb4 15.O-O O-O
16.Bf2 f5 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Rfc1 f4 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qd7
23.Rc2 Rfc8 24.Rac1 Rc6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.g3 Rf8 27.Kg2 h6 28.Qa6 fxg3 29.hxg3 Rc8
30.Be3 Rc7 31.Qb6 Kh7 32.b3 Ba3 33.Rc3 Bb4 34.Rc2 Qc8 35.Kf2 Kg8 36.Ke2 Qd7
37.Bd2 Bxd2 38.Kxd2 Qf7 39.Qxa5 Rb7 40.Qc3 Qg6 41.f4 Qe4 42.b4 h5 43.Kc1 c5
44.b5 cxd4 45.Qc8+ Kh7 46.Rh2 Qe1+ 47.Kc2 d3+ 48.Kb3 Qb1+ 49.Rb2 Qd1+ 50.Kb4 Ra7
51.Qxe6 Qe1+ 52.Ka3  0-1

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Schandorff,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 Na6 6.a3 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nc7 11.Bg5 b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Ne5 Ncd5 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Qb3 a6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Na4 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Bc6 20.Nc3 f6 21.Re3 Rf7 22.Rde1 Rb8
23.Re6 Qd7 24.h3 g6 25.Qb4 Kg7 26.a4 Rb7 27.Rd6 a5 28.Qa3 Qc8 29.Ree6 Bd7
30.Re3 Bc6 31.Ne2 Rfd7 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.Ree6 Rxd6 34.Qxd6 Bxa4 35.Rxf6+ Kg8
36.Qxd5+ Kg7 37.Qe5 Kg8 38.Nxg6 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 hxg6 40.Rxg6+ Kf8 41.Qh8+ Ke7
42.Qh7+ Kd8 43.Qxb7  1-0

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Qb3 Ra7
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Ne4 11.O-O Be7 12.Nxe4 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Bf5
10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qb3 a5 10.Na2 Be7 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Nc3 Bd5 13.Nf3 Nb6 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bd3 Qc7
16.Bd2 O-O 17.Bc3 Nbd7 18.h3 Bd6 19.Qc2 Rfe8 20.Nd2 Re6 21.Rab1 Rae8 22.b4 axb4
23.Bxb4 Bxb4 24.Rxb4 Ra8 25.Rfb1 b6 26.Bf5 Re7 27.e4 dxe4 28.Nxe4 Nd5 29.Rc4 Nf8
30.Rxc6 Qf4 31.Ng3 Rae8 32.Rc8 Rxc8 33.Qxc8 g6 34.Qd8 Qxd4 35.Rc1 gxf5 36.Rc8 Re1+
37.Kh2 Qb4 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gunnarsson,Arn"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 e4 5.d4 Be7 6.Nd2 c6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.Qc2 Nf6
9.Nb3 O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O h6 14.Bh4 Nf8 15.d5 c5 16.Na5 Ng6
17.Bg3 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Bh2 Qc7 20.b4 Bd7 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.d6 Qc8
24.Qb2 Nc6 25.Nb3 b6 26.f3 Re6 27.Rad1 Qe8 28.f4 Qc8 29.f5 Re8 30.Bg4 Qa6
31.Qf2 Qxc4 32.Qxh4 Ne5 33.Bf4 Nd3 34.Bg5 Qc3 35.Nd4 Nxg4 36.f6 Nde5 37.fxg7 Ng6
38.Qh5 cxd4 39.hxg4 Re5 40.Rf5 Rxf5 41.gxf5 dxe3 42.fxg6 Qxg7 43.gxf7+ Qxf7
44.Qe2 Qf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonsson Mem Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Olafsson,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Re1 Nh7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nf1 Nd7 13.d4 Bg5 14.Ng3 Qf6 15.Nxg5 Nxg5
16.Kg2 Rad8 17.f3 Ne6 18.Be3 Nf4+ 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Qf2 Nf6 22.Rad1 h5
23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Qxa7 hxg4 25.hxg4 c5 26.Qb6 Ree8 27.Qxb7 c4 28.Bxc4 Rb8 29.Qa7 Rxb2+
30.Re2 Nxg4 31.fxg4 Bxe4+ 32.Kh3 Rxe2 33.Bxe2 Qh6+ 34.Nh5 Bc2 35.Re1 Bg6
36.Qf2 Qd2 37.Nf4 Qxc3+ 38.Kh2 Qe5 39.Kg1 Bh7 40.Ng2 Be4 41.Bf3 d5 42.Qc5 Qe6
43.Bxe4 dxe4 44.a4 Qxg4 45.a5 Qg6 46.Qb6 Qg3 47.a6 Re6 48.Qd8+ Kh7 49.a7 Rg6
50.Re2 Rc6 51.Qa5  1-0

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg3 h6 10.Rd1 Be7 11.e4 Bb7 12.Be2 a6 13.Bd6 Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Qc7 15.Qd2 Nf6
16.e5 Ne8 17.Rd3 Ra7 18.Qe3 d6 19.b3 Bxf3 20.exd6 Nxd6 21.Qxf3 Nd7 22.Qg3 Nf5
23.Qxc7 Rxc7 24.Rd1 b5 25.cxb5 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 Be7 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Qe2 c5 13.dxc5 b4 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Rac1 Bc6
16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.cxb6 Qxb6 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.Rfd1 O-O 21.e5 Qb8 22.Be4 Bxe4
23.Qxe4 Bg5 24.Rc2 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Nd6 Rb8 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.g3 Rf8 29.Qc6 Qa7
30.Rc4 a5 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.h4 Be7 33.Nc8 Qd7 34.Qxd7 Rxd7 35.Nxe7+ Rxe7 36.Rc8+ Kh7
37.Ra8 b3 38.Rxa5 bxa2 39.Rxa2 Rb7 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.Ke4 h5 42.f4 Rb3 43.Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Qe3 Nge7
9.O-O Ng6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.b3 Nce5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Qa5 14.Bb2 f6 15.Qg3 h5
16.Rac1 h4 17.Qh3 Be7 18.f4 Nf7 19.Kh1 a6 20.Bg4 Rc6 21.a3 Qc7 22.f5 Ng5
23.Qd3 h3 24.g3 Qc8 25.fxe6 Bxe6 26.Bf5 Kf7 27.Nd5 Rd8 28.Bg6+ Kf8 29.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bd2 b6 12.Ne2 c5 13.g4 Ne7 14.Ng3 Ng6 15.Rfe1 Kc8 16.Nh5 Kb7
17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Nh2 Nh4 19.Bc3 Rg8 20.f4 Ng2 21.Re2 g6 22.Rxg2 gxh5 23.Re2 Be7
24.Kf2 b5 25.Be1 c4 26.Bc3 b4 27.Bd4 Rad8 28.c3 a5 29.Rg1 hxg4 30.hxg4 Bd5
31.Nf3 c5 32.Be3 Be4 33.f5 h5 34.f6 Bf8 35.gxh5 Rh8 36.h6 Rd3 37.Rg7 Kc8
38.Ng5 Rxh6 39.Rxf7 Rh2+ 40.Ke1 Rh1+ 41.Kf2 Rh2+ 42.Ke1 Rh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Be7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Be3 O-O 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Qe2 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.h4 Nb6 18.Rc1 Qd5 19.Rc7 Bd8 20.Ng5 Qxg2 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Qh5 Qxh1+
23.Ke2 Bxg5 24.Be4+ Bh6 25.Bxh1 Bxh1 26.Bxh6 Nd5 27.Rc4 Rfc8 28.Bg5+ Kg8
29.Qg4 Rxc4 30.Qxc4 a5 31.f3 a4 32.Kf2 a3 33.b3 Ra7 34.Qc1 Rc7 35.Qxh1 f6
36.exf6 gxf6 37.Bh6 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Nc3 39.h5 Rxa2 40.Kh4 Ne2  1-0

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 Kc8 13.Rad1 a5 14.a4 Ne7 15.Ne2 Ng6 16.Ng3 Nf4
17.Rfe1 c5 18.Re4 Ne6 19.c4 Bc6 20.Re3 Kb7 21.Rd2 Be7 22.Nf5 Bg5 23.Nxg5 hxg5
24.f3 Rad8 25.Red3 Rde8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GEMA Match"]
[Site "Mondariz Belneario ESP"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7
9.Rd1 Nh5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bc1 d6 12.e4 Nd7 13.Be2 Nhf6 14.O-O Qc7 15.Rfe1 a6
16.Bf1 Ng4 17.Bf4 Rfd8 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.h3 Nge5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Qd2 Qb8 22.b3 Bc6
23.Qe2 Ng6 24.Bg3 Bf6 25.Red1 h6 26.b4 Be8 27.Qa2 Ne5 28.a4 Qa8 29.Qb3 Rc7
30.Rc2 Qc8 31.Nb1 Qb7 32.Rcd2 Qxe4 33.Nc3 Qb7 34.Rxd6 Rxd6 35.Rxd6 Rc8 36.c5 bxc5
37.Bxa6 Qxb4 38.Qc2 Ra8 39.Nb5 c4 40.Qe4 Bc6 41.Rxc6 Nxc6 42.Qxc6 Rd8 43.Nd6 Be5
44.Ne4 Bxg3 45.Nxg3 c3 46.Bb5 Qb2 47.Ne2 c2 48.Kh2 Rd2 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Qxf7 Qf6
51.Qc7 Qxf2 52.a5 Qf5 53.Qc3 Rd5 54.Ba4 Rc5 55.Qb2 Qe4 56.Bb5 Qxe2 57.Bxe2 c1=Q
58.Bd3+ Kh8 59.Qf2 Rc8 60.a6 Qc7+ 61.Kg1 Qe5 62.Bf1 Qc5 63.Bd3 Qa3 64.Qd4 Qc1+
65.Kh2 Qc7+ 66.Kg1 Qc5 67.Qf2 Qa5 68.Qe3 Qc5 69.Qf2 Kg8 70.Be4 Qe5 71.Qe2 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Werle,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bb7 10.f4 Be7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.g4 b4 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Ng3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nc5
16.Bb1 d4 17.e4 Bh4 18.f5 Bxg3 19.hxg3 d3 20.Be3 Nxe4 21.fxe6 f6 22.e7 Qxe7
23.Bxd3 Nd2 24.Qf5 g6 25.Qf4 fxe5 26.Bc4+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qd3 Rc8 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 b4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 O-O 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bg5 f6
16.Bh3 Nd8 17.Be3 Bc6 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Bd5 Bb5 21.Nd4 Re8 22.Qf3 Ba6
23.e4 Nb7 24.Nf5 Rc7 25.Qf4 Qb6 26.Rac1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nc5 28.Qd6 Nd3 29.Qxb6 axb6
30.Rc7 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Nd6 Ba6 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Ne5+ Kf8 35.Nxd3 Bxd3
36.f4 Ke7 37.Kf2 Kd6 38.Ke3 Bf1 39.Kd4 Ke7 40.Bc4 Bg2 41.Bd3 Bh3 42.Kc4 Be6+
43.Kxb4  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yu Shaoteng"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Bb6 7.Bb3 c6 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.Re1 h6 10.h3 Be6 11.Nf1 Nbd7 12.Ng3 d5 13.Bc2 a5 14.Nh2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bc5
16.Qf3 a4 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Nf8 19.Qf3 b5 20.a3 Qe7 21.Nf1 h5 22.Bd2 g6
23.Rad1 N6h7 24.Bb1 Ne6 25.Ba2 Rad8 26.Nh2 Rd7 27.Qe2 Red8 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.Bc1 Neg5
30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Nxg5 Nxg5 32.Bxg5 Qxg5 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Kg7 35.Qf3 Qc1+
36.Kh2 f6 37.Qe2 Qa1 38.Be6 Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 Nb6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 O-O 14.Kf2 Qd7 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.h4 c5 17.Qb5 cxd4 18.exd4 Qe6 19.b3 Bd6 20.g4 Rac8 21.Rce1 Bb8 22.Qd3 Rfe8
23.Bd1 Qd6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rh3 a6 26.h5 gxh5 27.gxh5 Nc8 28.Bc2 Ne7 29.Ne2 Qe6
30.Ng1 Nc6 31.Kg2 Ba7 32.Rh4 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Qxd4 Nxh5 35.Bd3 Qe5 36.Qxe5 Rxe5
37.Ne2 Re8 38.Kf2 g6 39.Nc3 Rd8 40.Na4 Rc8 41.Nb6 Rd8 42.a4 Ng7 43.Bb4 d4
44.Be7 Re8 45.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Qb3 Qxb3 8.axb3 e6
9.e3 Bd7 10.h3 Bb4 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Bd3 Rfc8 13.Ke2 Na5 14.Rhc1 a6 15.Rc2 Bc6
16.f3 Nd7 17.g4 h6 18.h4 Re8 19.Bc7 b6 20.Kf2 Bb7 21.h5 Rac8 22.Bg3 Nb8 23.Rg1 Nbc6
24.f4 Be7 25.Rcc1 Nb4 26.Bb1 Bc6 27.g5 hxg5 28.fxg5 Bd7 29.g6 f6 30.Rh1 Bf8
31.h6 e5 32.dxe5 fxe5 33.Nf3 gxh6 34.Bxe5 Bg7 35.Bd6 Nac6 36.Rh4 a5 37.Bf4 d4
38.exd4 Nxd4 39.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 40.Kg3 Nc6 41.Rxh6 Bg7 42.Rh7 Nd4 43.Rd1 Nf5+
44.Kf2 Be6 45.Nd5 Rcd8 46.Bxf5 Bxd5 47.Bc7 Rf8 48.Bxd8 Rxf5+ 49.Kg1 Bxb2
50.Bxb6 Rg5+ 51.Kf1 Rxg6 52.Ra7 Rf6+ 53.Bf2 Rf5 54.Rd3 Ba3 55.Rd7 Bc6 56.Rd8+ Kf7
57.Rc3 Bd5 58.Rd7+ Ke6 59.Rh7 Bb4 60.Re3+ Kf6 61.Rc7 Bd6 62.Rc2 Bb7 63.Ke1 Rd5
64.Bh4+ Kf5 65.Bg3 Bb4+ 66.Kf1 Rd1+ 67.Ke2 Rb1 68.Re5+ Kf6 69.Rb5 Be4 70.Rc4 Rb2+
71.Ke3 Rxb3+ 72.Kxe4 Rxg3 73.Rc6+ Kg7 74.Rb7+ Kh8 75.Rc8+ Rg8 76.Rcc7 Re8+
77.Kf5 Bf8 78.Ra7 Kg8 79.Rxa5 Re1 80.Ra8 Rf1+ 81.Ke4 Re1+ 82.Kf3 Rf1+ 83.Kg2 Rf7
84.Rxf7 Kxf7 85.Kf3 Bd6 86.Ke4 Ke6 87.Ra6 Ke7 88.Kd5 Bg3 89.Rg6 Bf4 90.Re6+ Kf7
91.Ra6 Ke7 92.Ra7+ Kf6 93.Ra4 Kf5 94.Ra8 Bc7 95.Rf8+ Kg4 96.Ke4 Kg3 97.Rc8 Bd6
98.Rc2 Bb8 99.Rb2 Bd6 100.Kd5 Bc7 101.Rb7 Bf4 102.Ke4 Bd6 103.Kd5 Bf4 104.Rb3+ Kg2
105.Ke4 Bc7 106.Rc3 Bb6 107.Kf4 Ba7 108.Rc2+ Kh1 109.Kg3 Bb8+ 110.Kh3 Ba7
111.Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jonkman,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Bf1 Rd8 13.d5 Nf8 14.g3 Ng6 15.a4 h6 16.c4 Nh7
17.Nd2 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Ne4 Rd7 22.Ra3 Rf8 23.Qe2 Nf6
24.f3 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Qh5 26.h3 Rdf7 27.Kg2 Ne7 28.Bd2 Nf5 29.g4 Qg6 30.Kh2 Nh4
31.Qxg6 Nxg6 32.Kg3 h5 33.Bg5 hxg4 34.hxg4 Nf4 35.a5 Kh7 36.Rb3 Kg6 37.Bxf4 Rxf4
38.Re4 R8f7 39.Rxf4 exf4+ 40.Kf2 Re7 41.Rb1 Kf6 42.Re1 Rxe1 43.Kxe1 Ke5 44.c3 Kf6
45.Ke2 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.f4 Bg4 12.Re1 c5 13.fxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nf3 Nxf3
16.gxf3 Qe7 17.h4 c4 18.Bd4 Na4 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.f4 Qc7 21.e5 Nc5 22.h5 Bf5
23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Bxc4 Na4 25.Qd4 Rac8 26.Bb3 Nc5 27.Bc2 Bxc2 28.Kxc2 Qf7 29.e6 Qf5+
30.Kd2 Qxf4+ 31.Qxf4 Rxf4 32.e7 Re8 33.Nb5 Ne4+ 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.d6 Re5 36.Kc3 a6
37.d7 R5xe7 38.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 39.Nd6 Re3+ 40.Kd4 Re2 41.Rb1 b6 42.a4 h5 43.b3 Kg7
44.Ne4 Kh6 45.Ke5 Re3 46.Kf4 Rd3 47.Ng5 h4 48.Ne4 Kg7 49.Nf2 Rg3 50.Ng4 Rc3
51.Ne3 h3 52.Nd5 Rd3 53.Ke4 Rg3 54.Kf4 Rd3 55.Ke4 Rg3 56.Ne3 h2 57.Rh1 Rh3
58.Kd3 g5 59.Ke2 Kf7 60.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cuijpers,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Ne6 13.a4 b4 14.Nb3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Be7
16.h3 Bh5 17.Bf5 Rb8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Be3 h5 20.Qc2 hxg4 21.hxg4 Bxf5 22.gxf5 d4
23.Nbxd4 Qd5 24.Qd1 Nexd4 25.Bxd4 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Rb3 27.Re3 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Qe4
29.Qf1 Qxf5 30.Rb1 Rh3 31.Rb8+ Bd8 32.Nh2 Rg3+ 33.Kh1 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Ba3 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.Bc4 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rac1 e6 13.dxc5 Rd8 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Bb4 Na6
16.Rfe1 Nc5 17.e5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxe5 19.g3 Bg7 20.a3 Rac8 21.Red1 h5 22.h4 Qe5
23.Qe2 Qxe2 24.Bxe2 Ne4 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Bf3 Nd2 27.Be2 Rc8 28.Ba6 Rd8 29.Kg2 Ne4
30.Rc2 Bf8 31.Bb7 Nc5 32.Bf3 f5 33.Re2 Kf7 34.Bc6 Nd3 35.Bb5 Nxb4 36.cxb4 Kf6
37.Rc2 e5 38.Rc6+ Rd6 39.Rxd6+ Bxd6 40.Be8 e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.g4 Bb4 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Kb1 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 O-O 15.Qe2 Rfe8
16.h4 Nc4 17.g5 Ne4 18.Be1 b5 19.Rc1 a5 20.f3 Ned6 21.Bf2 a4 22.Rhe1 f5 23.Bg3 Rf8
24.Qh2 Nb7 25.Qc2 Nba5 26.Re2 b4 27.Qxa4 b3 28.axb3 Nd2+ 29.Rxd2 Nc4 30.Rxc4 Rxa4
31.Rxa4 Qxe3 32.Kc2 f4 33.Bf2 Qxf3 34.Ra1 Qg4 35.Re1 f3 36.Re5 Qd7 37.Rd1 Qb7
38.Rde1 Qc7 39.h5 Qd7 40.Re6 Qc7 41.R1e5  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.e3 b6
9.Ne2 c5 10.f3 Nd6 11.b3 Bb7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bb2 Nc6 14.Rd1 Ne8 15.Ng3 Bc8
16.Bd3 Rb8 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Rb1 d5 19.O-O Nd6 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.Nh5 Rf7 22.Ba1 dxc4
23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Ne7 25.Bxg7 Bb5 26.Qc3 Nd5 27.Qe5 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Qc7 29.Qxe6 Qd7
30.Qa6 Qb5 31.Qxb5 Rxb5 32.Rd1 Rxb3 33.h4 Rxg7 34.Nxg7 Nxe3 35.Rd7 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Rb2
37.Kh3 f4 38.Ne6 Rxg2 39.Nxf4 Ra2 40.Rxa7 c4 41.h5 h6 42.Ne6 c3 43.Rg7+ Kh8
44.Rf7 c2 45.Rf8+ Kh7 46.Rf7+ Kg8 47.Rf8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Golubev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Ng3 Nf4 13.Ra3 Neg6 14.Kh1 Qh4 15.Rg1 e4
16.f3 Bd7 17.Nf1 Nd3 18.Bxd3 exd3 19.Qxd3 Ne5 20.Qd1 Nxc4 21.Rb3 Na5 22.Ra3 Rae8
23.Ng3 Rf6 24.Nce2 Nc4 25.Rc3 Rg6 26.Qc2 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Nb6 28.Qxc7 Rc8 29.Qxb7 Rg7
30.Qxa7 Nxd5 31.Qa5 Qc4 32.b3 Qxb3 33.Nd4 Qa2 34.Bh6 Rf7 35.Qe1 Re8 36.Qc1 f4
37.Ne4 Qxa4 38.Qd2 Rxe4 39.fxe4 Ne3 40.Bxf4 Ng4 41.h3 Nf6 42.Re1 Qa8 43.Nf5 Bxf5
44.exf5 Ne4 45.Qd4 d5 46.Rb1 Rf8 47.Bh6 Rf6 48.Qe5  1-0

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.e4 Ne7
16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bd3 Ba4 18.Ne2 Nc6 19.Rc1 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc5 21.Be2 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Nb3
23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Rc1 Nb3 25.Rd1 Nc5 26.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Obodchuk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.a4 e5 5.e3 exd4 6.exd4 Be6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qc2 a5 11.Re1 O-O 12.Na2 b5 13.Nc3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bd5 15.Bf4 Be4
16.Qb2 Nd5 17.Bd6 Re8 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Rec1 N7b6 20.Bg3 b4 21.cxb4 c3 22.Qb3 axb4
23.Ne5 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 c2 25.Bb5 Rxe5 26.dxe5 Qg5 27.f4 Nxf4 28.Qxb4 Nh3+ 29.gxh3 Qe3+
30.Bf2 Qf3 31.Kf1 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Qxa1 33.Qd2 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.e3 h6 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Bh7+ Kh8 14.Be4 Qc8 15.O-O Na5
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Qa4 Nf6 18.Nb5 Ne4 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Rfc8 21.Bb4 Nc6 22.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg5 Bd6 8.e3 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ng6 10.O-O-O h6 11.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rac1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qe7 15.Rfd1 Rac8
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Bc3 h6 19.Nd2 Nb4 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qc4 Nd5
23.Qb3 b5 24.Nf3 Qb6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nxd4 bxa4 28.Qxa4 Rd8 29.Qc4 Nc7
30.Rc1 Nd5 31.Qc6 Rd6 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Rc8 Nxe3 34.fxe3 Rxd4 35.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 c4 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rc1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxa2 14.Nd2 Qa6 15.f3 b5
16.e4 Qb6 17.e5 Nxe5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.f4 Ng4 20.Re1 f5 21.Nf1 Qg6 22.Ra1 a6
23.h3 Nf6 24.Re5 Be6 25.Ne3 Qg3 26.Qd2 Ne4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Rf1 Rfe8 29.d5 Bd7
30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.d6 Rd8 32.Qd4 Be6 33.Qb6 Rd7 34.Qc5 Kg7 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Nc2 Qd3
37.Nd4 Qxc3 38.Qc5 Kh7 39.Nxf5 Qf6 40.Ne3 c3 41.Rd1 a5 42.f5 Bc4 43.Re1 c2
44.Nxc2 Bd3 45.Ne3 Qxd6 46.Qc1 h5 47.Qd2 a4 48.Qf2 Qh6 49.Rd1 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Karpov It"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2002.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rab1 b6
16.Rfc1 a5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.e4 Nb4 19.Bxb4 axb4 20.Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 b5
9.Bb3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.a3 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8 19.Nf1 Na5 20.Ng3 Rfe8 21.Qe2 h6 22.Rad1 Bf8
23.Bd2 Nb3 24.Bc3 exd4 25.Nxd4 Nd5 26.Nxb3 Nxc3 27.bxc3 axb3 28.Qb2 Be6 29.Ne2 Bc4
30.Nd4 d5 31.Nxb3 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 dxe4 33.Rde3 Qa8 34.Nd4 Bxa3 35.Qxb5 Bc5 36.Rg3 Bxd4
37.cxd4 Rcd8 38.Qh5 Qc6 39.Rd1 Rd5 40.Qg4 Qf6 41.h4 Rxd4 42.Qxg7+ Qxg7 43.Rxg7+ Kxg7
44.Rxd4 e3 45.fxe3 Rxe3 46.Kf2 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b5 11.Rg1 c6 12.a4 a6 13.f4 g6 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Bg2 Ra7
16.d5 exd5 17.O-O-O Qf5 18.Qxf5 gxf5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxd5 Bh4 21.Bh3 Nc6
22.Bxf5 Ne7 23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.Rg2 c3 25.b3 a5 26.Kc2 a4 27.b4 a3 28.e4 a2 29.Ra1 Rd8
30.Kxc3 Ra3+ 31.Kb2 Ra4 32.Kc3 Rd6 33.e5 Rc6+ 34.Kb3 Rc4 35.Rxa2 Rcxb4+ 36.Kc3 Rc4+
37.Kb3 Rxf4 38.Bxh7 Rfb4+ 39.Kc3 Rc4+ 40.Kb3 Rcb4+ 41.Kc3 Rc4+ 42.Kb3 Rcb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rad1 Qb6 13.Rd2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nf8 15.h3 Rd7
16.Nh2 Rad8 17.Bf3 a6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Nf3 Ng6 20.Bg3 Qc6 21.b3 Nh5 22.Bh2 Nf6
23.Rd3 d5 24.cxd5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Bf8 28.Bb2 Qe6 29.Bc3 c4
30.R3d2 Rc8 31.b4 Rcd8 32.a3 Be7 33.Qb2 f6 34.a4 Rb8 35.b5 axb5 36.axb5 Bc5
37.Qb1 Kf7 38.e4 Rbd8 39.exd5 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Rxd5 41.Rxd5 Qxd5 42.b6 Qb7 43.Ba5 Ke7
44.Qb5 Kd6 45.Qxc4 Bxb6 46.Qb4+ Kc6 47.Qe4+ Kc7 48.Qe7+ Kc6 49.Qe6+ Kb5 50.Bxb6 Qxb6  1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 b5 12.Bc2 Kh8 13.Nf1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Rad1 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Qf6 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Ng4 Qg5 19.d4 Rae8 20.Ne3 g6 21.g3 h5 22.h4 Qf6
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Na5 25.a4 Nc4 26.b3 Na3 27.Be4 exd4 28.cxd4 Re7 29.Qd3 Rfe8
30.Re3 Qg7 31.Rde1 f5 32.Bf3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 g5 34.Qxf5 Rf8 35.Qe4 bxa4 36.bxa4 Nc4
37.Bxh5 Nd2 38.Qg2 gxh4 39.Qh2 Qxg3+ 40.Qxg3 hxg3 41.Kg2 Ne4 42.Bf3 Nd2 43.Be2 Ne4
44.Bxa6 Rf2+ 45.Kh3 Kg7 46.Kg4 g2 47.Rg1 Ra2 48.Bb5 Kf6 49.Kf3 Ng5+ 50.Kg3 Ra3
51.Rxg2 Rxe3+ 52.Kg4 Re4+ 53.Kh5 Nf3 54.Rg6+ Kf7 55.Rg4 Rxg4 56.Kxg4 Nxd4
57.Bc4 Ke7 58.Kf4 c5 59.dxc6 Nxc6 60.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 b5 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Nf1 d5 12.Qe2 Be6 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Rad8
16.a4 Qc8 17.Be3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Bc4 19.Qe1 Rxd1 20.Bxd1 Bd3 21.Nd2 Rd8 22.b4 h5
23.f3 Nh7 24.Ne2 Bf6 25.Nc1 Bg5 26.Bxg5 Nxg5 27.Qe3 Nxh3+ 28.gxh3 Qxh3 29.Nxd3 Rxd3
30.Qg5 Rxc3 31.axb5 axb5 32.Nf1 Kg7 33.Rc1 Rxc1 34.Qxc1 Qd7 35.Be2 Nd4 36.Kf2 Qe7
37.Bd1 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qe1 39.Kg2 Ne2 40.Qd2 Nf4+ 41.Kg1 Nh3+ 42.Kg2 Nf4+ 43.Kg1 Nh3+
44.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nfd2 Nh5 6.Bg3 Bb7 7.a3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bf8
9.Nc3 g6 10.Qc2 Bg7 11.e3 O-O 12.g4 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nf3 c5 15.O-O-O cxd4
16.exd4 Nc6 17.Kb1 a6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Rh3 b4 20.Na4 bxa3 21.Rdh1 Nb4 22.Qd2 Nxd3
23.Rxh7 Qf6 24.Qxd3 Bc6 25.Nc5 Rfb8 26.Qxa3 Rb5 27.Ne5 Rab8 28.Ka1 Be8 29.Ncd3 Rb3
30.Qc5 Bb5 31.g5 Qd8 32.Rh8+ Bxh8 33.Rxh8+ Kxh8 34.Nxf7+ Kg8 35.Nxd8 Rxd8
36.Ne5 Be8 37.Qe7 Rdb8 38.Ng4  1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Qb6 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.d5 Qc5
16.Qe2 exd5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rxd5 Qf8 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 20.Qe8 g5 21.Bxf7+ Kg7
22.Qxf8+ Kxf8 23.Bd5 Bd7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.g3 Rd8 26.h4 Bg4 27.Bxc6 Bxf3 28.Bxb7 gxh4
29.Bxa6 Rd4 30.Nc3 hxg3 31.fxg3 Rd2 32.Be2 Bc5+ 33.Kh2 Bc6 34.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 b5
9.Bc2 Bb7 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Bb3 c5 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nc3 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Nd7 17.Nd5 Nc5 18.Ba2 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Rc8 20.Bf4 Ne6 21.Bg3 Rc2 22.Rab1 Qb6
23.Qd1 Nd4 24.Bb3 Rcc8 25.Bd5 Bf6 26.Bf4 Qc7 27.Qd2 Be5 28.Be3 Qc2 29.Red1 Qxd2
30.Rxd2 Ne6 31.Rbd1 Nc5 32.b3 Rfe8 33.Rc2 g6 34.Rdc1 Rb8 35.b4 Nd3 36.Rd1 Nf4
37.Bxf4 Bxf4 38.Rc7 Rf8 39.g3 Be5 40.Ra7 h5 41.Rxa6 h4 42.gxh4 Kg7 43.Rd3 f5
44.Rf3 fxe4 45.Bxe4 Rxf3 46.Bxf3 Rf8 47.Kg2 Rf4 48.h5 gxh5 49.Bxh5 Kf6 50.Be2 Bd4
51.f3 Ke5 52.Ra5 Rf7 53.Rxb5+ Kf4 54.h4 Ra7 55.Ra5 Rg7+ 56.Rg5 Rxg5+ 57.hxg5 Kxg5
58.Kg3 Be5+ 59.Kf2 Bd4+ 60.Ke1 Bb2 61.a4 Bc3+ 62.Kd1 Bxb4 63.Kc2 Kf6 64.Kb3 Bd2
65.Kc4 Ke6 66.Kb5 Kd7 67.Bc4 Kc7 68.Bd5 Be3 69.a5 Bd2 70.a6 Be3 71.f4 Kb8
72.f5 Bd4 73.Kc6 Ka7 74.Bc4 Be5 75.Bd3 Kb8 76.Kd7  1-0

[Event "Dutch Team Playoffs"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Nc3 Qg6 8.f4 Ne7
9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 Bf5 11.Na4 Bd4 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Qe2 h5 14.Bd2 a5 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Rhe1 Rfe8 17.Qd3 c5 18.c4 dxc4 19.Qc2 Qe6 20.Kb1 Reb8 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.e6 fxe6
23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Rb4 25.Qe4 Rab8 26.Nd1 Nd4 27.Rf1 c3 28.Rxc3 Nb3 29.Rd3 Nd2+
30.Kc1 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "Dutch Team Playoffs"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 c6
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Bg3 Nf8 12.h3 Be6 13.O-O N6d7 14.Na4 a5 15.a3 b5
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Nd7 18.Nd4 Bxc5 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Qxc6 b4 22.a4 Bf6
23.Qc2 Ne5 24.Bb5 Rec8 25.Qe2 Nc4 26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.exd4 Nd6 28.Bd3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Qxe4 Bb3 31.Rc7 Bxa4 32.Rfc1 Rd8 33.d5 Qf6 34.Be5 Re8 35.f4 Qd8 36.Qf3 Bd7
37.Qg3 f6 38.Rxd7 Qxd7 39.Rc7 Rad8 40.Rxd7 Rxd7 41.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurajica,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.g3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bg4 7.Qb3 O-O 8.Qxb7 Qd7
9.Qa6 Rab8 10.Qa4 Rfd8 11.Be2 h6 12.Qc2 Bh3 13.a3 a5 14.b4 axb4 15.cxb4 dxe4
16.dxe4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Qd3 c5 19.bxc5 Bxc5 20.f3 Ba7 21.Nc4 Rbc8 22.Bd2 Re8
23.Bb4 Nxe4 24.fxe4 Bg2 25.Nd6 Bxh1 26.Kd2 Bg2 27.Qb5 Qe6 28.Nxe8 Rxe8 29.Bd3 Bxe4
30.Rc1 Bxd3 31.Qxd3 Qh3  0-1

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.g3 Qc8 6.h3 Bd7 7.e4 Na6 8.Bf4 c6 9.Bg2 Nc7
10.Qd2 Ne6 11.Be3 c5 12.d5 Nd8 13.Bf4 f6 14.Qe2 Nh6 15.g4 Nhf7 16.Nd2 O-O
17.Be3 e5 18.f3 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Nxh6 20.h4 Ndf7 21.g5 fxg5 22.hxg5 Ng4 23.fxg4 Nxg5
24.Qe3 Rf4 25.Ne2 Rxg4 26.Bf3 Nxf3+ 27.Nxf3 Qd8 28.O-O-O Qe7 29.Rdg1 Rf8
30.Ng5 h5 31.Ne6 Bxe6 32.dxe6 Qxe6 33.Rxg4 Qxg4 34.Rg1 Qe6 35.Nc3 Kh7 36.Nd5 Rf7
37.Qg5 Rf8 38.Kb1 Rf7 39.a4 b6 40.Ka1 Rf3 41.Ne7 Rf6 42.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.b3 Rfe8 12.Qd1 a6 13.c5 Bc7 14.f4 Rad8 15.Qf3 e5
16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.g3 Ba5 19.Nb1 Bc7 20.Nc3 Ba5 21.Rac1 d4 22.Nb1 Bxd2
23.Nxd2 dxe3 24.Nc4 Qxc5 25.Be2 Qe7 26.Rc3 Nd5 27.Rd3 b5 28.Na5 Qc7 29.Nxc6 Qxc6
30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Rfd1 Re5 32.h4 h6 33.a4 bxa4 34.bxa4 Qc5 35.Qf3 a5 36.Rd4 Qc2
37.g4 Qc5 38.Kh1 Qe7 39.Rxd5 Rexd5 40.Rxd5 Rxd5 41.Qxd5 Qxh4+ 42.Kg2 Qf2+
43.Kh3 Qxe2 44.Qa8+ Kh7 45.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e3 c5 8.d5 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5
10.Bd3 f5 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 e5 13.g4 e4 14.Bc2 fxg4 15.Ndxe4 Bf5 16.Ng3 Bxc2
17.Qxc2 Nd7 18.Nf5 Qf6 19.e4 Qe5 20.Nxh6+ Bxh6 21.Rxh6 Nf6 22.O-O-O Kg7 23.Rdh1 Rh8
24.Rxh8 Rxh8 25.Rxh8 Kxh8 26.g3 a6 27.a4 Qd4 28.Qe2 Kg7 29.a5 Qe5 30.Kc2 Kg6
31.Kb3 Kg7 32.Kc2 Kg6 33.Kd1 Kg7 34.Ke1 Kg6 35.Qd1 Kg7 36.Kf1 Kh6 37.Kg2 Kg6
38.Qb3 Qd4 39.e5 Qxe5 40.Qxb7 Ne4 41.Qxa6 Nxc3 42.bxc3 Qe4+ 43.Kh2 Kh5 44.Qc8 Qxc4
45.a6 Qa2 46.Qf5 Kh6 47.Qf6+ Kh5 48.Qf7+ Kh6 49.a7  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 Nb6 8.Ne5 Be7
9.a4 a5 10.Nxc4 Nbd5 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bb5 Nb4 15.Rc1 c6
16.Bc4 Nd7 17.Bg3 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bf6 19.Qg4 c5 20.Rfd1 Nc6 21.Nb5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Rxd8 Nxg4 24.Rd6 Rab8 25.Rxb6 Nf6 26.Nd6 Bd5 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Bxd5 Nxd5
29.Rxc5 Rxb2 30.h3 f5 31.Nxf5 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 Rb2 33.Kg1 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 Rb2 35.Kg3 Nf6
36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Rc7 Ne4+ 38.Kf3 Nxf2 39.Nd5+ Kg8 40.Nf4 e5 41.Nh5 g5 42.Nf6+ Kf8
43.Nd7+ Ke7 44.Nxe5+ Ke6 45.Rc5 Nd1 46.Rxa5 Rf2+ 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Nf3 Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kf5
50.e4+ Kxe4 51.Rxh6 Ne3 52.Re6+ Kd3 53.Nxg5 Nf5+ 54.Kf4 Nh4 55.g3 Rf2+ 56.Kg4 Nf5
57.Ne4 Ne3+ 58.Kg5 Rf5+ 59.Kg6 Ra5 60.h4 Ng4 61.h5 Ne5+ 62.Rxe5 Rxe5 63.Nf6  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Nf1 Qb7 19.Ng3 Rc7 20.Bb1 Rfc8 21.Kh1 h6 22.Qd2 Bf8
23.a3 exd4 24.Nxd4 Ne5 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Ndf5 Nc4 27.Qd4 Nxe3 28.Nxe3 Qa7 29.Qd3 Qc5
30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 g6 32.Ne4 Qc4 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Qe3 Qh4 35.Qb6 Qc4 36.Ne4 Bf5
37.Nxd6 Qc5 38.Qxc5 Rxc5 39.Nxf5 gxf5 40.Rd1 f4 41.d6 Bxd6 42.Rxd6 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Rxb1
44.Rxh6+ Kg7 45.Rh4 Rxb2 46.Rxf4 b4 47.g4 bxa3 48.Kg3 a2 49.Rxa4 Kg6 50.Ra6+ f6
51.h4 Rb3+ 52.f3 Rb2 53.Ra7 Rc2 54.h5+ Kh6 55.Kf4 Rf2 56.Ra6 Kg7 57.Ra8 Kh7
58.Ke4 Kg7 59.f4 Rb2 60.Ra7+ Kh6 61.Kf5 Rg2 62.Ra6 Kh7 63.g5 fxg5 64.fxg5 Rf2+
65.Kg4 Rg2+ 66.Kf4 Rf2+ 67.Kg3 Rb2 68.Ra7+ Kg8 69.h6  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rac1 b6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.h3 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Be1 h6
16.Bd3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f3 Nd5 19.Kh1 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 a5 21.Bd4 Bd6 22.Bb5 Qe7
23.Bc3 Qh4 24.Be1 Qf6 25.Bc3 Qh4 26.Be1 Qf6 27.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bxf6 Bxf3 14.Bxd8 Bxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 cxd5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.a3 Ne8 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 Ndf6 14.h3 e4 15.Bc4 Kh8
16.Ng3 Rg8 17.Bd4 Qe7 18.Rf2 Nc7 19.Nf1 Qf7 20.Ne3 h5 21.Rc2 Bd7 22.Be2 Nce8
23.Rac1 Kh7 24.a4 a6 25.b3 Qg6 26.Bf1 h4 27.Qe1 Qh6 28.Ne2 Rb8 29.Ba7 Rd8
30.Bb6 Ra8 31.Nd4 Kg6 32.Rf2 Nh5 33.Be2 Ng3 34.Ne6 Bf6 35.Bd1 Qh7 36.b4 Rc8
37.Rxc8 Bxc8 38.Bb3 Qh8 39.Qd1 Bd7 40.Nc4 Bc3 41.Bd4 Bxd4 42.Nxd4 b5 43.axb5 Bxb5
44.Ne3 Nf6 45.Bc4 Rc8 46.Bxb5 axb5 47.Nc6 Rc7 48.Qa1 Qg7 49.Rc2 Nfh5 50.Qa8 Nxf4
51.Kh2 Rf7 52.Ra2 Rf8 53.Qa7 Qxa7 54.Rxa7 Nd3 55.Rd7 Ra8 56.Rxd6+ Kg5 57.Nc2 f4
58.Nd8 Ra2 59.Nf7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savanovic,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8 19.Qe2 Rc7 20.d5 Na7 21.b4 Rb7 22.Nh2 Bd8
23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Re8 25.Qf3 Bb6+ 26.Kh1 Bd4 27.g4 Rc8 28.Qg3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Nc8
30.Nhf3 Bb2 31.Rc2 a3 32.Nb3 Qa7 33.Kg2 Qb6 34.Qf2 Qd8 35.Nfd4 h5 36.g5 Nh7
37.Na5 Rb6 38.Nac6 Qe8 39.Nxb5 Rxb5 40.Bxb5 Qxe4+ 41.Kh2 Qf5 42.Bf1 Nxg5
43.Bxg5 Qxg5 44.b5 Bc1 45.Bg2 Be3 46.Qf3 Nb6 47.Kh1 h4 48.Re2 Bc5 49.Re7 f6
50.Qe2 Bxh3  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ristic,Nen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c6 7.e4 Qb6 8.e5 Qxb2
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 cxd5 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.Nxd5 Nc6 14.O-O Rb8 15.Nec3 Be6
16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.Rb3 Qa6 18.Rd1 Rd7 19.Qb2 Qa5 20.Rb5 Qd8 21.h3 b6 22.Kh2 Rc8
23.a4 a6 24.Rxb6 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Rc1 Qd7 28.Rc5 Bf8 29.Qc3 Qf5
30.Qc2 Qxc2 31.Rxc2 Na7 32.Rxc8 Nxc8 33.Rc6 Na7 34.Rxa6 Nc8 35.Rc6 Na7 36.Rc7  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Varga,Zo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bg5 f6 4.Bf4 c5 5.e3 c4 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e4 e6 8.Qe2 Kf7 9.a3 b5
10.g3 g5 11.Be3 h6 12.Bg2 Nge7 13.h4 dxe4 14.hxg5 exf3 15.Qxf3 f5 16.Qh5+ Ng6
17.Bxc6 hxg5 18.Qxg5 Be7 19.Rxh8 Qxh8 20.Qh6 Qxh6 21.Bxh6 Rb8 22.O-O-O Bb7
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.d5 e5 25.Be3 a5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Nxa4 f4 28.gxf4 exf4 29.Bd4 Ke8
30.Rh1 Nh4 31.Nb6 Bg5 32.d6 Rb8 33.d7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miljanic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O Ba7 8.Re1 d6
9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 Nf4 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Ne3 Ne7 15.d4 Neg6
16.Ng4 Qe7 17.Bc4 Ra8 18.Bf1 h5 19.Ne3 Qf6 20.Kh2 h4 21.g3 exd4 22.cxd4 Ne6
23.Bg2 Bd7 24.Rc1 Rae8 25.b4 c6 26.e5 dxe5 27.dxe5 Qd8 28.Nc4 Qc7 29.Qd6 hxg3+
30.fxg3 Rd8 31.Rcd1 Bc8 32.Qxc7 Nxc7 33.Nd6 Nd5 34.Nxc8 Rxc8 35.a3 Rfd8 36.h4 Rc7
37.h5 Nf8 38.Ng5 Re7 39.Bh3 Rde8 40.Bf5 Rxe5 41.Rxe5 Rxe5 42.g4 g6  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Golubovic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rfd8 14.e3 Rac8 15.Na4 c5
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rfd1 d4 20.exd4 Rxd4 21.Rxd4 Qxd4
22.Rd1 Qe5 23.bxc4 Rxc4 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Ra4 28.Rd2 h5
29.Kg2 h4 30.gxh4 Rxh4 31.Rd3 Ra4 32.Rg3+ Kh6 33.a3 f5 34.h3 f6 35.Rc3 Kg5
36.Kg3 Kg6 37.Kf3 Kg5 38.Ke2 Re4+ 39.Kd2 Rf4 40.Rg3+ Kh4 41.Ke2 Re4+ 42.Kf1 Ra4
43.Rf3 Kg5 44.Ke2 Re4+ 45.Kd2 Rd4+ 46.Kc3 Ra4 47.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Qxb3
9.axb3 Bb4 10.Ne1 O-O 11.Nc2 Be7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 a6 15.f3 Bh5
16.Rd1 Rad8 17.Bd2 Nf6 18.Bd3 Rd7 19.Bc3 Rfd8 20.Ba5 Re8 21.Bc3 Red8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Arapovic,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.d5 f5 6.exf5 gxf5 7.Qh5+ Kf8 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.Qd1 Na6 10.Nge2 c6 11.Ng3 e4 12.Be2 cxd5 13.cxd5 h5 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Qd2 h4
16.Nf1 Nc5 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Ne3 b5 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.b4 Na6 21.a4 Nxb4 22.Nxb5 a5
23.Bxd6+ Kg8 24.Bc7 Qb7 25.Nd6 Qa7 26.Ndxf5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Rh5 28.Nxg7 Kxg7
29.Bxh5 Nd3+ 30.Kf1 Kh7 31.Rc6 Qd4 32.Bb6 Qe5 33.Be2 Qa1+ 34.Qd1 Qxd1+ 35.Bxd1 Nxd5  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 h6 10.Nf1 d5 11.Ng3 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 dxe4 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Bxb3 18.axb3 Nh7 19.Nxe4 Bb6 20.Bf4 Rfe8 21.Nc3 Nf8
22.Nd5 Ng6 23.Nxb6 cxb6 24.Be3 Rxe5 25.Rd6 Ne7 26.Rxb6 Nf5 27.Bd2 Nd4 28.Rbxa6 Rxa6
29.Rxa6 Nxb3 30.Be3 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markovic,Miros"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jonkman,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 a6 6.Ba4 h6 7.h3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a3 Bc5 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.c3 Ba7 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Kh1 c5
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qg6 18.Qd2 c4 19.dxc4 Bxe4 20.cxb5 Qf5 21.Kh2 Qxb5 22.Ba2 d5
23.Rad1 Rad8 24.b4 Rfe8 25.Rfe1 Bb6 26.Be3 Bc7+ 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.Bxc7 Qxc7+
29.Kg1 Qg3 30.Re3 Qg6 31.Qf2 f5 32.Re2 Kh7 33.Red2 Rc8 34.Rc1 Red8 35.c4 dxc4
36.Bxc4 Bxg2 37.Qxg2 Rxd2 38.Qxg6+ Kxg6 39.Bf7+ Kxf7 40.Rxc8 Rd3 41.Rc7+ Kg8
42.a4 Rxh3 43.a5 Rb3 44.Rc4 Kh7 45.Kf2 g5 46.Ke2 f4 47.Kd2 f3 48.Rc7+ Kg6
49.Rc6+ Kh5 50.Rxa6 g4 51.Rb6 g3 52.a6 g2 53.Rb5+ Kh4 54.a7 g1=Q 55.a8=Q Qe3+  0-1

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Qc2 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Be7
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc5 11.Nd2 d5 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Bf3 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Qe8 15.Bxb7 Nxb7
16.Qe2 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxg5 18.Nc3 Be7 19.a4 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reinderman,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C35"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.O-O d5 7.exd6 Nxd6 8.Bb3 O-O
9.d4 c5 10.Bxf4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nd7 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Ne8 15.Bb3 Nf6
16.c3 Bg4 17.Qe1 Bc5 18.Qg3 Qd7 19.Be3 Ne4 20.Qh4 Be7 21.Qe1 Rae8 22.h3 Bh5
23.Nf5 Bf6 24.Ng3 Bh4 25.Nxh5 Bxe1 26.Raxe1 Qb5 27.g4 Nc5 28.Rf5 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Qb6
30.Bxf7+ Kh8 31.Rf2 g6 32.Ng3 Nd7 33.Nf1 Kg7 34.Bb3 Rxf2 35.Kxf2 Nc5 36.Nd2 Qd6
37.Ke2 Qh2+ 38.Ke1 Qg1+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Ke1 Qg1+ 41.Nf1 Qg2 42.Nd2 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ernst,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.h3 Nb6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Kd1 a5 15.Na4 Nxa4
16.Qxa4 O-O 17.Rc2 Bb4 18.Bc1 Qg3 19.Bd3 Rfc8 20.Qb3 c5 21.dxc5 Nd7 22.c6 Rxc6
23.Rxc6 Qxg2 24.Rf1 bxc6 25.Qc2 Qxh3 26.Qxc6 Rd8 27.Qc7 Rf8 28.Rf2 Nc5 29.Bf1 Qf5
30.a3 Rc8 31.Qf4 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van den Doel,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Bf6 13.Qe4 Ncb4 14.h4 Bd7 15.Bg5 Bc6
16.Qg4 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nd5 20.Rab1 Rb8 21.Qg3 Rc8
22.Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Rb4 Rc4 24.Rxc4 Qxc4 25.Rb1 Qxa4 26.Rxb7 a5 27.Qd3 g6 28.Ra7 Qa3
29.d5 exd5 30.Qxd5 Qxc3 31.Qxa5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qf4+ 33.Kg1 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 h6 35.gxh6 Qxh6+
36.Kg3 Qc1 37.Qe5 Qc8 38.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janssen,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Qb3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 e6 13.Be3 Bb4 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.Be2 Qe7
16.O-O O-O 17.Kh1 Bh5 18.Bg5 Qxg5 19.Rxd7 Rad8 20.f4 Qh4 21.g3 Qh3 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Rd1 Rd2  0-1

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qxd5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qa4 e5 14.Bc4 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.Bd5 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6 18.Rad1 Nxd4 19.exd4 Rab8 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8
22.h3 Be6 23.Bxb7 Rb8 24.Bc6 Rb4 25.d5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Bh4 Qa5 8.Qb3 e6
9.a3 Bd7 10.e3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Na5 15.Be2 Rc8
16.Ne5 Ba4 17.Bh5 g6 18.Bd1 Bxd1 19.Kxd1 Be7 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Kxc1 Rc8+
23.Kb2 f6 24.Nf3 Nc4+ 25.Kb3 b5 26.Rd1 Na5+ 27.Kb2 Nc4+ 28.Kb3 Na5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e4 b5 10.Rd1 a6 11.Be2 Qc8 12.a4 b4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e5 Be7 15.Ne4 b3 16.Qb1 Qd7
17.O-O Bd5 18.Rc1 Qxa4 19.Ned2 Nc6 20.Bxc4 Nb4 21.Ne4 Qa2 22.Bxd5 Qxb1 23.Rxb1 Nxd5
24.Ned2 a5 25.Nxb3 a4 26.Nc1 Kd7 27.Nd3 Rhb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bachofner,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.h4 Be6 8.h5 Nbd7
9.Ne2 Bf7 10.Ng5 Ne4 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.f3 Nef6 13.h6 Bf8 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 e6
16.c3 fxe4 17.Bc2 Qb6 18.O-O Ke8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Nf4 c5 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Bxg5 24.Ba4 c4+ 25.Kh1 Qc7 26.Rad1  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Nf1 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Qxd4 Rc8 17.Bb3 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Be3 Re8 20.f4 Bc5 21.Qd3 Qh4 22.Bxc5 Nxc5
23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.Nxg3 Nd3 25.Rf1 g6 26.Rab1 Kg7 27.Rf3 Nc5 28.Rd1 d4 29.Rf2 d3
30.Rdd2 Rcd8 31.Bd1 Rd4 32.h4 Bd5 33.Rf1 b4 34.b3 h5 35.Bf3 Be6 36.Bd1 Red8
37.Rff2 a5 38.Rf1 Bc8 39.f5 Rxh4 40.f6+ Kf8 41.Bf3 Rhd4 42.Rc1 Ne6 43.Ne4 Bb7
44.Nd6 Bxf3 45.gxf3 Rd5 46.f4 Kg8 47.Rf1 g5 48.f5 Nc5 49.Re1 Nd7 50.Nc4 Re8
51.Rg2 g4  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "De Vreugt,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 b6
9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Ne2 c5 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.O-O cxd4 15.exd4 Bc6
16.Qd1 d5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Ba6 Rc7 19.Bg3 Rc6 20.Bb7 Rc4 21.b3 Rxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxb7
23.Rc1 Nd5 24.b4 Qf6 25.Qa4 Qxd4 26.Qxd7 Ba6 27.Rfd1 Qb2 28.Qxa7 Bd3 29.Re1 Nc3
30.Kh1 Ne2 31.Rcd1 Nxg3+ 32.fxg3 Bc4 33.Qxb6 Bd5 34.Rg1 Qxa3 35.Qd4 Rd8 36.Qf4 Rc8
37.Rgf1 f6 38.Qd2 Rc3 39.Rb1 Be4 40.Rb2 Rd3 41.Qf2 Rd5 42.Re1 Rf5 43.Qd4 Bd3
44.h3 Rd5 45.Qf2 e5 46.Kh2 e4 47.b5 Bxb5 48.Rxe4 Qd6 49.Reb4 Bd3 50.Rb8+ Kh7
51.R2b6 Qe5 52.R8b7 Be4 53.Ra7 Qg5 54.h4 Qf5 55.Rxf6 Qxf2 56.Rxf2 h5 57.Rff7 Kh6
58.Rxg7 Bg6 59.Rgd7  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Kb1 Nxc3+ 14.Bxc3 a5
15.e4 b5 16.d5 Nc5 17.Qc2 O-O 18.h4 b4 19.Bd4 cxd5 20.exd5 e5 21.Be3 a4 22.d6 Bxd6
23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxc5 b3 25.Bxd6 bxc2+ 26.Kc1 Rfd8 27.Bb4 Rd1+ 28.Kxc2 Ra1
29.g4 a3 30.bxa3 Rc8+ 31.Bc3 Rxa2+ 32.Kb3 Rxa3+ 33.Kxa3 Rxc3+ 34.Kb4 Rxf3
35.Bc4 Rf4 36.g5 Kh7 37.Kc5 e4 38.Rh3 Kg8 39.Bd5 e3 40.Rxe3 Rxh4 41.Rf3 Kh7
42.Bxf7 Rh5 43.Rg3 Rh1 44.Be6 Rh5 45.Kd6 Rh1 46.Rh3+ Rxh3 47.Bxh3 Kg8 48.Ke7 Kh7
49.Bf1 Kg8 50.Bd3 Kh7 51.Be4 Kg8 52.Bxg6 Kh8 53.Be4 Kg8 54.Ke8 Kh8 55.Kf8  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shchekachev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 d4 13.Nb5 Bb6 14.e4 Ng4 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Nge5 17.Be4 Re8 18.Qh5 a6 19.Na3 d3 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Rxc4 d2 22.f6 g6
23.Qh6 Qxf6 24.Bxd2 Bd4 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Handke,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Bc8 14.b3 Bd7 15.Bb2 Qb8
16.Nbd2 g6 17.Nf1 Nh5 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Rc8 20.Qd2 b4 21.Kh2 Nb7 22.Rf1 Nc5
23.Rf2 a5 24.Qh6 f6 25.g4 Rf8 26.g5 fxg5 27.Raf1 Rf4 28.Nxg5 Bxg5 29.Qxg5 Rxf2
30.Rxf2 Qd8 31.Qh6 Qe7 32.Bc1 Bb5 33.Bg5 Qg7 34.Qh4 Bd3 35.Bxd3 Nxd3 36.Rf3 Nf4
37.Bh6 Qc7 38.Qf6 Re8 39.Rf2 Qe7 40.Qxe7 Rxe7 41.g3  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 g6 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nxd4 a6 16.a3 Bg7
17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Re4 Qa5 19.Nb3 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.Nac5 Bc8 22.Bc4 O-O 23.Bxd5 exd5
24.Qxd5 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 Bf5 26.Re2 Qb5 27.Qc4 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 Rfe8 29.g4 Be6 30.Rd4 Rac8
31.b4 Bf8 32.Ne4 Rc4 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Rc2 Rc8 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nd7 Rc6 37.Bf6+ Kg8
38.e6 Bb5 39.Rxc6 Bxc6 40.Ne5 Be8 41.e7 Bg7 42.g5  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kritz,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nh4 Ng6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.f4 Kg7 13.f5 Rh8 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.d4 c6
16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Rab1 b6 18.g3 Rh6 19.g4 Rah8 20.Qg2 d5 21.Rbe1 Rxh2 22.Qxh2 Rxh2
23.Kxh2 Qd6 24.dxe5 Qxe5+ 25.Kg2 g5 26.exd5 Qxd5+ 27.Kh3 c5 28.c4 Qd4 29.Re4 Qd6
30.Re2 Bc6 31.Be4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Qd2 33.Rfe1 Qxc2 34.R1e2 Qd3+ 35.R2e3 Qf1+
36.Kg3 a6 37.Re2 b5 38.cxb5 axb5 39.R4e3 c4 40.Rf2 Qg1+ 41.Kf3 Qc1 42.Ke2 b4
43.Rg2 c3 44.Kd3 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "Lost Boys Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e3 Qa5
9.Qb3 c5 10.Bc4 cxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.O-O Qh5 14.Qb5 Bg4 15.Qxh5 Bxh5
16.Nd2 Rfc8 17.Bd3 e5 18.d5 Na5 19.Rac1 f5 20.f3 Bh6 21.Rc2 Be3+ 22.Bf2 Bxf2+
23.Kxf2 Rd8 24.c4 b5 25.cxb5 Rxd5 26.Be2 Rd4 27.Nc4 Nxc4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4+ Kf8
30.Rd1 Rc8 31.Bb3 Rc5 32.Rd8+ Ke7 33.Rh8 Rxb5 34.Rxh7+ Kf6 35.h4  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Ned2 Be7 13.Re1 O-O 14.e4 cxd4 15.e5 Nd5
16.Nb3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Bxa6 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Qd3 h6 22.a5 Ra8
23.a6 Qb6 24.Nd2 Nc7 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.exf6 e5 28.fxg7 Rxa6 29.Rxa6 Qxa6
30.Qc2 Qd6 31.Bxh6 Qxh6 32.Qxc7 Qd2 33.Qc1 Qxc1 34.Rxc1 Ra8 35.Kf1 Ra2 36.Rb1 Kxg7
37.Ke2 e4 38.f3 f5 39.g4 Kf6 40.gxf5 Kxf5 41.fxe4+ Kxe4 42.h4 Ra7 43.Kd2 Rh7
44.Rh1 Rh5 45.Rh3 b3 46.Rh2 Ke5 47.Kd3 Kd5 48.Rh1 Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gritsak,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qa4 Rd6 12.Rac1 Bf5 13.Rfd1 Rad8 14.Ne1 e4 15.dxe4 Bxe4
16.Nf3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 h6 18.Rxd6 Rxd6 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 b6 21.Qa4 Na5 22.Nd2 Bd5
23.Bf3 Be6 24.Nb3 Nxb3 25.axb3 a5 26.h4 g6 27.h5 g5 28.Bc6 Qd6 29.b4 Qe5
30.bxa5 bxa5 31.c4 Qc5 32.Bb5 c6 33.Bxc6 Qxc4 34.Qxc4 Bxc4 35.Ba4 f6 36.f4 Bf7
37.fxg5 fxg5  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d5
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd5 11.Qe2 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd5 13.Qxc7 Nc6 14.Qf4 Rac8 15.Bd2 Qb3
16.Rab1 Ne7 17.Ne1 Qa2 18.Nd3 Qb3 19.Ne1 Qa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.g3 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.b4 Ne6 15.b5 Ba3
16.Rb1 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bg2 Qe6 19.Ne2 Nce4 20.Nd4 Qe7 21.O-O O-O 22.Rfd1 Rac8
23.Qb3 Bd6 24.Be1 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rfc8 26.Bh3 R8c7 27.Ba5 R7c5 28.Rb2 Rc1 29.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.d5 Ne7
17.Be3 Ng6 18.Qd2 Nh7 19.Nf1 Be7 20.b4 cxb4 21.cxb4 Bg5 22.Nxg5 Nxg5 23.Ng3 Nh4
24.Bd1 Qf6 25.Rc1 Rac8 26.Be2 Qg6 27.Bxg5 hxg5 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Qf6 30.Nf5 g6
31.Nxh4 gxh4 32.Rc6 Rxc6 33.dxc6 Rc8 34.Rc1 Rc7 35.Rc3 Kg7 36.Qd5 Qe6 37.Ra3 Qc8
38.Qxd6 Rxc6 39.Qxe5+ Kg8 40.Rd3 Re6 41.Qg5 Re8 42.Rd6 Qc3 43.Kh2 Qxb4 44.Rxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Nge2 a6 8.Ng3 c5
9.d5 Qa5 10.Be2 b5 11.cxb5 Nb6 12.O-O axb5 13.Nxb5 Bd7 14.Nc3 Rfb8 15.Qc2 Ne8
16.Bd2 Qa7 17.b3 Nc7 18.a4 c4 19.bxc4 Nxa4 20.Ra2 Bd4 21.Nxa4 Bxa4 22.Qd3 Qc5
23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Be8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Qb2 f6 27.h4 Ra3 28.Kh2 Qa5 29.c5 dxc5
30.d6 Nb5 31.Bxb5 Bxb5 32.dxe7 Kf7 33.Rb1 Be8 34.Qc1  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Bd3 Qxe4+ 13.Bxe4 Bb7 14.b3 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Bf3 Bb4 17.Bd2 Ba6 18.O-O-O O-O 19.Kb2 Rab8 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bc3+
23.Kb1 Bc4 24.Rdd1 Be6 25.Be4 a5 26.Bd4 a4 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Kb2 Rc5 29.Bc2 Rxc2+
30.Kxc2 axb3+ 31.axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oral,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Bf4 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxe6+ Bxe6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.O-O-O Bc5 17.Re1+ Kf8 18.Be3 Bb4 19.Rd1 Bxa2 20.Rd7 a5 21.Be2 Be6 22.Rc7 Rc8
23.Ra7 h5 24.Rd1 h4 25.Rc7 Ke8 26.Ra7 h3 27.g3 Kf8 28.Bg5 Kg8 29.f4 f6 30.Bh4 Re8
31.Kc2 Bf5+ 32.Bd3 Re2+ 33.Kc1 Bxd3 34.Rxd3 Rxh2 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Rdd7 Rg8
37.Bxf6 Kg6 38.Be5 Rh1+ 39.Kc2 h2 40.Rxg7+ Rxg7 41.Rxg7+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson,Br"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.f3 e5 11.d5 Nbd7 12.e3 Qe7 13.Bd3 g5 14.Bf2 Kd8 15.a4 a5 16.Qb3 Ba6
17.Bf5 Kc7 18.h4 e4 19.fxe4 Ne5 20.Rb1 Rhb8 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Bg3 Qe8 23.Rh6 Nfd7
24.Kd1 Nf8 25.Kc2 Nfg6 26.Bxg6 Nxg6 27.Rf1 Qg8 28.Rf6 Rd8 29.e5 Qg7 30.Rhxg6 fxg6
31.Ne4 Bc8 32.e6  1-0

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.d5 Ne7
17.Be3 Ng6 18.Qd2 Nh7 19.a4 Be7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nh4 22.Nxh4 Bxh4 23.axb5 axb5
24.Bd3 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Qd7 26.Qe2 c4 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Bc2 Rc8 29.Ra7 Qd8 30.Qg4 Bg5
31.Bxg5 hxg5 32.Qh5 Qf8 33.Bd1 Ra8 34.Ra4 Qc8 35.Rxa8 Qxa8 36.Kh2 Qxd5 37.Qe2  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kristjansson,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.b4 Rf6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bb2 Rg6 15.Rad1 dxc4
16.Bxc4+ Kh8 17.Bd5 c6 18.Bxc6 Rc8 19.b5 Ng5 20.Qxf5 Bxc6 21.bxc6 Rxc6 22.Nh4 Rh6
23.g3 Rc5 24.Rd5 Ne6 25.Rfd1 Qe8 26.Qe4 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 Nec5 28.Nf5 Rg6 29.Nxd6 Qe6
30.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nge2 a6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.h3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.b3 Be6 13.Qd2 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Bb2 Ba7
16.Ne2 Nc5 17.Nf4 Bf5 18.Bd4 Bb6 19.g4 Ne4 20.Qd3 Qh4 21.Bxb6 cxb6 22.Qe3 Bg6
23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.f4 g5 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Kg2 Rbd8 27.Rad1 gxf4 28.Qxf4 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Qe7 30.Qxe4 Qxe5 31.Qxe5 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Kf3 a5 34.c4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rab1 b6
16.Rfc1 a5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.e4 Nb4 19.Bxb4 axb4 20.Rxb4 c5 21.Qb5 Nc6 22.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Olafsson,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 c5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Rd1 h6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg3 e4 15.Bc2 exf3
16.gxf3 Re8 17.e4 Qe7 18.Bd6 Qe6 19.Ne2 Bxe4 20.Nf4 Bxc2+ 21.Nxe6 Rxe6+ 22.Kf2 Bxd1
23.Rxd1 Rae8 24.Rd2 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Rd8 Re2+ 27.Kf1 Rxd8 28.Kxe2 a5 29.Qb3 Rd6
30.Qb5 g5 31.Qa6 Nh5 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Qc7 Nf4+ 34.Kf1 Rf6 35.h4 g4 36.Kg1 gxf3
37.Kf1 f2 38.Qe5 Ng6 39.Qg3 h5 40.Qg5 Rf4 41.b3 Rxh4 42.Qd8 Rf4 43.Qxb6 Rf5
44.Qxa5 Ne5 45.Qxc5 Kg6 46.Qd6+ f6 47.b4 Ng4 48.Qg3 Kg5 49.b5 h4 50.Qh3 Re5
51.Qc3 h3  0-1

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 e5 11.Bg2 Nb6 12.Qd3 Bc5 13.Qe2 exd4 14.exd4+ Be7 15.O-O O-O
16.Be3 Re8 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Qc2 Nfd5 19.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Milk Masters"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Re1 Bc6 14.Ne5 Nbd5 15.Qd3 Nb4
16.Qh3 Nfd5 17.Bd2 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Qg3 Rfd8 21.h4 Be8 22.h5 h6
23.f4 Nf6 24.f5 Nbd5 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Qg4 Rd6 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Rc7 Qg5
30.Qxg5 hxg5 31.Nd3 Rf6 32.Ree7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Bxf7 34.Rxb7 Bxh5 35.b4 Be2 36.Nc5 Rf8
37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 Rf1+ 39.Kh2 Rb1 40.b6 Rb2 41.Rb8+ Kf7 42.b7 Bf3 43.Kg3 Be4
44.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 O-O 11.Nf3 Rd8 12.Be2 Qe4 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Qg6 15.O-O e5
16.Rfd1 Nb6 17.Bc3 Be6 18.Qb5 f6 19.a4 Qf7 20.a5 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4+ Nxc4
23.Rdc1 a6 24.Ra4 Nd6 25.Kf1 Rac8 26.Ke2 Na7 27.Ne1 Nab5 28.Bd2 Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Rc8
30.Bd2 Ne4 31.b3 Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Kf7 33.Nd3 Ke7 34.g4 Kd6 35.Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8 19.Qe2 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Nf1 Bd7 24.Ng3 g6 25.Qd2 Nc6 26.d5 Na7 27.Qb4 Nc8 28.Ne2 Bd8 29.Bd3 Qa8
30.Qc3 Ba5 31.b4 axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Malisauskas,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7
9.Qf3 Qe6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qxb7 O-O 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Ng5 Qd5 14.e4 Qd6 15.Bg3 e5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Rd1 Qf6 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.O-O Nb6 21.f4 Rab8 22.Qxa7 h6
23.e5 Qf5 24.e6 hxg5 25.e7 Qf6 26.fxg5  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bd3 b5 12.O-O Bb7 13.a3 Rc8 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 h5
16.Qb3 Bd6 17.Qa2 Rc4 18.b3 Rc7 19.Ne2 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Qe7 21.Bxd7 Nxd7 22.Ned4 Ne5
23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.b4 d4 26.Nxd4 Qg5 27.e4 Qf6 28.Be3 Bxe4 29.Ne2 Rd8
30.Qb3 Bd3 31.Nd4 Bc4 32.Qc2 Bd5 33.Ne2 Be5 34.Rd1 Be4 35.Rxd8+ Qxd8 36.Qb3 Qd6
37.h3 Qc6 38.Bd4 Bb8 39.Qe3 Kh7 40.f3 Bd5 41.Nf4 Bc4 42.h4 Qd6 43.g3 Bc7
44.Kg2 Bd8 45.Nh3 Qe6 46.Ng5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.Be3 cxd4
17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 d5 19.exd5 Nb4 20.Nc6 Nxc6 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Qxd8 Raxd8
23.Rad1 Nd5 24.Be4 Nxe3 25.Bxc6 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Re6 27.Rc1 Ba3 28.Rc3 Bb4 29.Rc1 Ba3
30.Rc3 Bb2 31.Rc5 Nd1 32.Be4 g6 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.Bxc6 Bd4 35.Kf1 Bxf2 36.Ke2 Bxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O a6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 Nce4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qd4 Nf6 15.Bb3 a5
16.b5 a4 17.Bc4 Rd8 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.Qc7 Kf8 20.Rfd1 Be8 21.Qb6 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc8
23.Bd3 Nd5 24.Qd4 Qb4 25.h3 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 g6 27.Rd2 Ke7 28.Be4 Rc5 29.b6 e5
30.Bxd5 exd4 31.Rxd4 Rb5 32.Bxb7 Rxb6 33.Bd5 Rb2 34.g4 h6 35.Kg2 f5 36.gxf5 gxf5
37.Kg3 Kf6 38.Bc4 Rc2 39.f3 Ke5 40.Rd5+ Ke6 41.Rd8+ Ke7 42.Rd4 Bd7 43.h4 Rb2
44.Kf4 Rh2 45.Ke5 Rf2 46.Rf4 Rc2 47.Rd4 Rf2 48.Bd5 Re2 49.Rd3 Rh2 50.Rc3 Re2
51.a3 Re1 52.f4 Ra1 53.e4 fxe4 54.f5 Rf1 55.Bxe4 Be8 56.Rc7+ Kd8 57.Ra7 Re1
58.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.b4 d4 14.Na4 Qd8 15.e4 Be8
16.Nb2 Nd7 17.Nd3 Bh4 18.c5 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Nde5 20.f4 Nxd3+ 21.Bxd3 h6 22.Nc4 Rc8
23.Nd6 Rc7 24.e5 f6 25.Qe2 a6 26.Qe4 f5 27.Qe2 Re7 28.g4 fxg4 29.Qxg4 Kh8
30.g3 Bf7 31.Ra2 Bg8 32.Rah2  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Rc8
16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.d5 Nfd7 19.Nf1 Re8 20.Ng3 Bf6 21.Rb1 b4 22.Re2 h6
23.Ne1 Bh4 24.Kh2 Bxg3+ 25.Kxg3 Nf6 26.f3 c4 27.Bb2 Qe7 28.Qd4 c3 29.Qxb6 cxb2
30.Qd4 Rc3 31.Rxb2 a5 32.Bd3 Qb7 33.h4 Re5 34.Rbc2 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 h5 36.g5 Nxd5
37.f4 Re8 38.exd5 Rxe1 39.f5 Qd7 40.fxg6 Rh1 41.gxf7+ Kf8 42.Rh2 Rd1 43.Re2 Rh1
44.Re8+ Kxf7 45.Bg6+ Kxg6 46.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Be3 e6 12.h4 f6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qb3 e5 15.O-O-O exd4
16.Bxd4 Qc7 17.Qe6+ Be7 18.e5 Nf8 19.Qb3 Nbd7 20.e6 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.e7 Nd7
23.Bd3 Kxe7 24.Rhe1+ Kf8 25.Bxg6 Ne5 26.Rxe5 fxe5 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Ng5 Rxh4
29.Ne6+ Kg8 30.Nxc5+ Kh8 31.Ne4 Rd8 32.Kb1 Rd4 33.Rxd4 exd4 34.Qc4 Rh1+ 35.Ka2 Rh2
36.Qxd4 Rxg2 37.Bh5 Qe6+ 38.Ka3 b5 39.axb5 cxb5 40.Qd8+ Qg8 41.Qxg8+ Kxg8
42.b3 Re2 43.Be8 Re3 44.Bxb5 Rxf3 45.Bc4+ Kf8 46.Ka4 Rf5 47.Nd6 Rf6 48.Ne4 Rf5
49.Nd6 Rf6 50.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qb3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.dxc5 Na6
9.c6 Bxc6 10.Qc2 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nc5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.f3 d5 14.e3 Rc8 15.b4 Na4
16.Qe5 Nd7 17.Qg3 f6 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Bh6 Qe7 20.e4 Bb7 21.Bb5 Bc6 22.Ba6 Rcd8
23.Rc1 Nb8 24.Be2 Kh8 25.Be3 Rc8 26.O-O Bb7 27.Nc4 Ba6 28.Rfe1 e5 29.f4 Nd7
30.Nxb6 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Bxe2 32.Nd5 exf4 33.Qxf4 Qe6 34.Rxe2 Nab6 35.Nxb6 axb6
36.Bb2 Re8 37.Rd2 h6 38.h3 Qb3 39.Kh2 Ne5 40.Qf5 Nc4 41.Qg6 Nxd2 42.Qxe8+ Kh7
43.Bxf6 Qb1 44.Qf7 Nf1+ 45.Kg1 Ng3+ 46.Kh2 Nf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dorfman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 e6
9.f3 a5 10.e4 Bg6 11.Be3 Bb4 12.Qb3 Nfd7 13.Nd3 Bd6 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Re8
16.Rad1 f6 17.Nc5 Qb8 18.f4 Bf7 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.e5 Bb4 21.Ne4 f5 22.Ng5 Nb6
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.g4 Nd5 25.gxf5 exf5 26.Bc4 Qd8 27.Bd2 Re6 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Qh3 Rg6+
30.Kh1 Qd7 31.Rg1 Kg8 32.Bb3 Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Kh8 34.Qf3 Ne7 35.h4 Rd8 36.h5 h6
37.Kf2 Qc7 38.Qe3 Nd5 39.Qg3 Qe7 40.Bxd5 Rxd5 41.Qg6 Qh4+ 42.Kf3 Qh3+ 43.Kf2 Qh2+
44.Ke3 Qh3+ 45.Kf2 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qb3 c5 11.a4 a6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Rfe1 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 Rfb8
16.c4 Bc6 17.Nb1 Qb7 18.Nc3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qxf3 20.Qc2 g5 21.Bg3 h5 22.h3 h4
23.Bh2 Qxh3 24.f4 gxf4 25.exf4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Nc5 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Ng4
29.Rd2 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Nxh2 31.Kxh2 Kf8 32.f5 Ra3 33.Re3 Rba8 34.f6 Ne6 35.Kh3 Ra2
36.Rxa2 Rxa2 37.fxe7+ Kxe7 38.Kxh4 Rg2 39.Bc6 Rg7 40.Rf3 Ng5 41.Rf5 Ne6 42.Bd5 Nf8
43.Kh3 Nd7 44.Kh4 f6 45.Rf1 Ne5 46.Ra1 Rg4+ 47.Kh3 f5 48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6 Nxc4
50.Bxc4 Rxc4 51.Rxd6+ Ke5 52.Rd2 Rxc3+ 53.Kg2 Ke4 54.Re2+ Kf4 55.Rf2+ Kg4
56.Ra2 f4 57.Rb2 Rg3+ 58.Kf2 Rh3 59.Rb8 Rh2+ 60.Kg1 Ra2 61.Rb3 f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Halkias,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5
9.Nge2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bg3 Rc8 13.Nf4 Bg6 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.Nd3 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.a3 Be7 19.Qd2 Rc4 20.b4 Qa8 21.Nb2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Bc7 a5 24.Nd3 axb4 25.axb4 Qa4 26.h3 Qb5 27.Kf2 Ra8 28.Qc3 Rc8 29.Qa3 Nf6
30.Ke2 Bxb4 31.Qxb4 Qxb4 32.Nxb4 Ne8 33.Ra1 Rxc7 34.Ra8 Kf8 35.Rb8 g5 36.e4 dxe4
37.fxe4 Rc4 38.Rxb7 Rxd4 39.Kf3 Rc4 40.e5 Nc7 41.Rb6 Rf4+ 42.Kg3 g6 43.Nd3 Rd4
44.Rb3 Kg7 45.Kf3 Nd5 46.Kf2 g4 47.hxg4 Rxg4 48.Kf3 Rd4 49.g3 Ne7 50.Ra3 Nc6
51.Ke3 Rd5 52.Ke4 g5 53.Rc3 Nxe5 54.Nxe5 f5+ 55.Kf3 Rxe5 56.Rc8 Ra5 57.Rc6 Kf6
58.Rb6 Ra2 59.Ke3 g4  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nh5 7.Bc2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 a5 11.Nb5 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ra3 Nh4 14.Be4 h6 15.Qc2 Nf4
16.Re1 Bg4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Ned4 f3 19.g3 Be5 20.Ree3 Qf6 21.Nxf3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nf5
23.Re2 Rac8 24.Be4 c6 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Nc3 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 g5 28.Rb3 Rf7 29.dxc6 bxc6
30.Rd2 Rf3 31.Rb7 Rf7 32.Rb6 Kg7 33.Ne4 Rd7 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Rxc6 Rxb2 36.Rxb2 Bxb2
37.Nxd6 Kf6 38.Nb7+ Kf5 39.Nxa5 Ra7 40.Nb3 Rxa4 41.Rxh6 Rxc4 42.Nd2 Rc2 43.Rd6 Ba3
44.Rd5+ Ke6 45.Rd3 Be7 46.Nf3 Rc5 47.Re3+ Kf6 48.Re4 Rc2 49.Nxg5 Bc5 50.Nh3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ribli,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc5 13.Rc1 Qg5 14.f4 Qh4+ 15.Qf2 Qxf2+
16.Kxf2 Ke7 17.Nf3 Bd7 18.b4 Rac8 19.g4 h6 20.h4 Rc7 21.Be2 Rhc8 22.g5 Nd8
23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Ne5 Be8 25.Rd1 hxg5 26.fxg5 f6 27.gxf6+ gxf6 28.Nc4 Nf7 29.h5 Ng5
30.Rd4 e5 31.Rh4 Bf7 32.h6 Bg6 33.a4 Kf8 34.Ke1 Bh7 35.a5 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jirovsky,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 a5 15.Ne4 Ke7
16.Rac1 Rhd8 17.Bb3 Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Ra6 19.Kf1 Rb6 20.Ba2 Rb4 21.b3 e5 22.Ng3 g6
23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Ke2 Kc7 26.f4 Ned7 27.Kd3 b6 28.Kc2 Nc5 29.Rd1 Nd5
30.Rd2 f5 31.Rd1 b5 32.h4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Kd6 34.Ne2 Nxa4 35.Bxd5 cxd5 36.Ra1 Rc4+
37.Kb1 Kc5 38.Nd4 Kb4 39.Ka2 Nc3+ 40.Kb2 a4 41.h5 Rc8 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Rc1 a3+
44.Ka1 Kc4 45.Ne2 Kd3 46.Nxc3 Rxc3 47.Rg1 Ke2 48.Rg2 Kf3 49.Rxg6 Kxf2 50.Rf6 Kxe3
51.Rxf5 d4 52.Rd5 d3  0-1

[Event "TCh-BEL 2002-3"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ikonnikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.O-O d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf5 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rc4
16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bb1 Ne6 20.Qd3 g6 21.e4 Nc5 22.Qe3 Qxb2
23.exd5 Qf6 24.Qxh6 Rd8 25.Be4 Qg7 26.Qe3 Re8 27.Ng3 Qe5 28.Qh6 Qg7 29.Qd2 Qc3
30.Qf2 Ra4 31.Ne2 Qe5 32.d6 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Rf8 34.d7 Ne6 35.Rd5 Qxe4 36.Nc3 Qc4
37.d8=Q Nxd8 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.Nxa4 Rd7 40.Qe3 Qd4 41.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "TCh-BEL 2002-3"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ikonnikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.O-O d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf5 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rc4
16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bb1 Ne6 20.Qd3 g6 21.e4 Nc5 22.Qe3 Qxb2
23.exd5 Qf6 24.Qxh6 Rd8 25.Be4 Qg7 26.Qg5 Re8 27.Ng3 Qe5 28.Qh6 Qg7 29.Qd2 Qc3
30.Qf2 Ra4 31.Ne2 Qe5 32.d6 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Rf8 34.d7 Ne6 35.Rd5 Qxe4 36.Nc3 Qc4
37.d8=Q Nxd8 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.Nxa4 Rd7 40.Qe3 Qd4 41.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Koenig Plauen GER"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 e6 8.a3 Bd6
9.b4 O-O 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 f5 14.g4 Kh8 15.O-O-O a5
16.c5 Bc7 17.b5 cxb5 18.Qxb5 Nf6 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Nb1 Nd5 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.Bxc3 Qd5
23.Rd2 f4 24.Rb2 fxe3 25.fxe3 Qg5 26.Bd2 Qg2 27.Rd1 Qf3 28.Qd7 Rf7 29.Qg4 Rb8
30.Kc2 b6 31.Qxf3 Rxf3 32.d5 Rc8 33.c6 Rd8 34.Bc1 Rxh3 35.Rb5 Rh2+ 36.Kb1 h5
37.Bb2 h4 38.d6 Rxd6 39.Rxd6 Bxd6 40.Rd5 Bg3 41.Be5 Rh1+ 42.Kc2 Rh2+ 43.Kb1 Rh1+
44.Kb2 Rh2+ 45.Kc1 Rh1+ 46.Kc2 Rh2+ 47.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Koenig Plauen GER"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Votava,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 b6
9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.O-O Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.Rad1 c4 14.Bf5 Nce8 15.Ne5 Nd6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bg4 Qe7 18.f4 Rfd8 19.Rf3 b5 20.Rg3 a5 21.Bf3 Qe6 22.Rf1 b4
23.Na4 Qf5 24.Qd1 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Nb6 Ra6 27.Nbxc4 Bd5 28.Qa4 Qc8 29.Qb5 Be6
30.f5 Rd5 31.Qa4 Bxf5 32.Rxf5 Bxe5 33.Nxe5 Rxe5 34.Rf1 Re7 35.axb4 axb4 36.Qxb4 Rea7
37.Qd2 Ra2 38.d5 Qc4 39.Rc1 Qd3 40.Qc3 Qxc3 41.bxc3 Rd2 42.c4 Rc7 43.Rg4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Bf5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Bxd3 13.Bxd3 f5 14.Qc2 Bxg3 15.hxg3 g6
16.Qb3 Nf6 17.Ne2 Nc8 18.Nf4 Qe7 19.Be2 Nd6 20.Qa3 Nfe8 21.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 d5 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Nf8 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.Nf3 Bf6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qf2 Ng6 19.Rae1 Rc8 20.h3 Be6 21.a3 Qb6 22.b4 a5
23.Na4 Qc6 24.Nc5 axb4 25.axb4 b6 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Ne5 Bh4 28.g3 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Qg6
30.Kh2 Rc2 31.gxh4 Rxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Qe4 33.Bd4 Qxh4 34.Ref1 Re7 35.Rf4 Qh5 36.Rg1 Re6
37.Rgg4 Rg6 38.b5 Re6 39.Rf2 Rxe5 40.Bxb6 Re4 41.Rg3 Qe5 42.Bd4 Rxd4 43.exd4 Qxd4
44.Re2 h5 45.Rb3 Qb6 46.Rd2 h4 47.Kh1 d4 48.Rdd3 g5 49.Rb4 Kh7 50.Kg2 Qc5
51.Rbb3 Qc2+ 52.Kf1 f5 53.b6 g4 54.hxg4 fxg4 55.b7 g3 56.Rf3 Qh2 57.b8=Q g2+
58.Ke2 g1=Q+ 59.Qxh2 Qxh2+ 60.Kd1 Kg6 61.Ra3 Kg5 62.Rh3 Qg1+ 63.Kd2 Kg4 64.Rhd3 Kf4
65.Rf3+ Ke5 66.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.b4 b6 9.h3 a5
10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.b5 cxb5 13.c6 Qc8 14.c7 b4 15.Nb5 a4 16.axb4 Bxb4+
17.Ke2 Ra5 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Rhc1 Qb7 20.Rab1 Be7 21.Nd2 Rc8 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qc4 a3
24.Rb3 Qd5 25.Qxd5 exd5 26.g4 Nf6 27.Bd6 Kf8 28.Bxa3 Bxa3 29.Nxa3 Ke7 30.Rc6 Kd7
31.Rcxb6 Rxc7 32.Kf1 Rc6 33.Rb8 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Kxc8 35.Nb5 Ne8 36.Rc3+ Kd7 37.Rc5 Nd6
38.Nxd6 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Kxd6 40.Rc8 Ke6 41.Re8+ Kf6 42.Re5 Ra5 43.h4 h6 44.h5 g5
45.hxg6 fxg6 46.Kg3 Rb5 47.Re8 Kg5 48.Re6 Ra5 49.f4+ exf3 50.Re5+ Kf6 51.Kxf3 Rb5
52.Kf4 g5+ 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Kg3 Ra5 55.Rf5+ Kg6 56.Rf8 Ra3 57.Kf3 h5 58.Rg8+ Kf7
59.Rxg5 hxg4+ 60.Kf4 Ke6 61.Rxg4 Rb3 62.Rg6+ Ke7 63.Ra6 Rc3 64.Ke5 Rxe3+
65.Kxd5 Rh3 66.Rg6 Ra3 67.Rg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.d5 g6 16.b3 Bg7
17.Be3 Nh7 18.Qd2 h5 19.Ng5 Nb7 20.Rf1 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 Qa5 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.Bd1 f6
24.Be3 Rae8 25.Bc2 Nd8 26.a4 b4 27.cxb4 cxb4 28.Rac1 Nf7 29.Bd3 Rc8 30.Rc4 Rxc4
31.Bxc4 h4 32.Ne2 f5 33.f3 Bf6 34.Nc1 Bd8 35.Nd3 Bb6 36.Bxb6 Qxb6 37.Nxb4 Rc8
38.Nc6 Kg7 39.a5 Qc7 40.Bxa6 Ra8 41.Bc4 Bxc6 42.dxc6 Rxa5 43.b4 Ra4 44.Bb3 Ra3
45.Bd5 f4 46.b5 Qb6 47.Rc1 Ra7 48.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Nd2 Nc7 14.Be3 f5 15.f4 g6
16.Nf3 Ne6 17.Kh1 Rf7 18.Rf2 Ndf8 19.Rg1 Ng7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.a3 Rac8 19.Qe2 Rc7 20.Bd3 Rfc8 21.Rb1 exd4 22.Nxd4 Ne5
23.Bxb5 Bxb5 24.Qxb5 Qa8 25.Nf5 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Qxe4 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.Rbc1 Rce8
29.Red1 Qg6 30.Kh1 h6 31.Rd4 Kh7 32.Rcd1 f5 33.Qxa4 Qh5 34.Qc2 Ng6 35.Rxd6 Nh4
36.Qd3 Re4 37.Rd7 R8e6 38.Bd4 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Nxg2 40.Kxg2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sprenger,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.a3 Bg4 8.Na4 Qd8
9.Ne5 e6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.f3 Bf5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Qd2 Bd6 15.h4 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 Qa5+ 17.Nc3 h5 18.g5 Nd7 19.Qd6 Qb6 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.axb4 Rb8 22.Na2 Rb6
23.e3 Ke7 24.Rh2 Ra8 25.Rd2 a5 26.bxa5 Rxa5 27.Nc3 c5 28.Nd1 Rb4 29.Nc3 Kd6
30.Kf2 cxd4 31.exd4 Nb8 32.Ke3 Nc6 33.Rcd1 Ra8 34.Rc1 Rab8 35.Nd1 Na5 36.Ra1 Nb3
37.Ra6+ Kc7 38.Rh2 Nxd4 39.Bd3 Bxd3 40.Kxd3 Nxf3 41.Rc2+ Kb7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Slobodjan,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5 d6 8.Ne2 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Ne5 11.Be2 Ng6 12.f4 O-O 13.h4 Re8 14.h5 Nf8 15.h6 g6
16.O-O N6d7 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.dxe6 Rxe6 19.Bd3 Re7 20.f5 Ne5 21.Bg5 Re8 22.Rad1 a6
23.Nc3 Nfd7 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Qf2 Kh7 26.Be2 Bc6 27.Bg4 Ra7 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Qf6 Rg8
30.Qxe5 dxe5 31.Rxd7 Rf8 32.Rfxf7+ Rxf7 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Nd5 Qd6
36.Nf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nb3 Bxb3
16.Bxb3 Qb6 17.Bf4 Rac8 18.Rc1 Nd7 19.Bd5 Nde5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Bxc6 Rxc6
22.Nxe5 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 Qe6 24.Nc6 Bg5 25.Qxg5 Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Sautron FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istratescu,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Qb3 e6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.e3 Bd6 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.O-O O-O
16.Bc3 Qe7 17.h3 Rfc8 18.a3 Rc7 19.Ne5 Rbc8 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Bd2 e5 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.g3 Qe7 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 h5 27.Qc2 g6 28.Bd2 Qe6 29.Bc3 Ne4
30.Bxe4 Qxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Sautron FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rainfray,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 h5 11.h4 g4 12.Ng5 Nxg3 13.fxg3 Qe7 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rh6
16.Bd3 f6 17.Nh7 Kf7 18.Rhf1 Nb6 19.Rf4 Bd7 20.Rdf1 Ba4 21.Qf2 Nd7 22.Bf5 Bb5
23.Bxd7 Bxf1 24.Ng5+ Kg7 25.Ne6+ Kg8 26.Qxf1 Qxd7 27.Rxf6 Rxf6 28.Qxf6 Qf7
29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Qe5+ Kg8 31.Qxd5 c6 32.Qg5+ Kh7 33.Nf4 Rg8 34.Qxh5+ Qxh5 35.Nxh5 Kg6
36.Nf4+ Kf5 37.Kd2 Re8 38.Nd3 Rf8 39.Ne5 Ke6 40.Ke2 Rg8 41.e4 a5 42.Ke3 a4
43.a3 c5 44.Nd3 cxd4+ 45.cxd4 b5 46.d5+ Ke7 47.Nb4 Rf8 48.e5 Rf1 49.h5 Rh1
50.Kd4 Rh2 51.d6+ Ke6 52.Nd3 Kd7 53.Nc5+ Kc6 54.d7 Kc7 55.e6  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Sautron FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Qc8 14.Rc1 Bc6 15.e4 Qb7
16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Ba2 a5 20.Qd3 Rad8 21.Ng5 Nf8 22.Bb1 h6
23.Nf3 Bxa4 24.b3 Bd7 25.Nh4 Be7 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Rc7 Qa8 28.Qg3 Bxh4 29.Qxh4 Rc8
30.Qg3 Rxc7 31.Bxc7 f6 32.Bxb6 a4 33.Bd4 axb3 34.Bxf6 Qb7 35.Bb2 Re7 36.h3 Rf7
37.Rd4 Bf5 38.Bxf5 Rxf5 39.Rb4 Qe7 40.Rxb3 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7
10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Ne5 Qe7 14.Bb5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5 16.Nd4 a6
17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.f3 Ng5 19.Qe2 b5 20.Rxc5 Rxc5 21.Ba3 Rac8 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.a4 bxa4
24.bxa4 a5 25.Rb1 Bc8 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Nb5 Qd8 28.Rc1 Qb6 29.Kf2 Rxc1 30.Qxc1 Bd7
31.Ke2 Nf7 32.f4 Nd8 33.Qa3 Nb7 34.Qe7 Qd8 35.Qxd8+ Nxd8 36.Kd2 Nb7 37.Kc3 Nc5
38.Bc2 Bxb5 39.axb5 Nd7 40.Kd4 Kf8 41.g4 g6 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Bd1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hansen,SuB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qb3 Rb8 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rfe1 h6 11.Bg3 Nf5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Rxe4 Nxg3 14.Rxg4 Nh5 15.Re1 Ne7
16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Rh4 Ndf4 18.Qd1 Be7 19.Rxh5 Nxh5 20.Bc2 Bd6 21.Qd3 g6 22.g3 Re8
23.b4 Bf8 24.Ne5 Bg7 25.Nc5 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Ng7 27.Qd2 Kh7 28.h4 b6 29.Nd3 f6
30.Re2 e5 31.dxe5 fxe5 32.Re4 Nh5 33.Qe2 Nf6 34.Rxe5 Nd7 35.Re3 Kg7 36.Nf4 Rxe3
37.Qxe3 Nf8 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.h5 Qd6 40.Bb3+ Kh7 41.hxg6+ Nxg6 42.Qxd6 cxd6
43.Bc2 Rc8 44.Bxg6+ Kg7 45.Bd3 Rxc3 46.Bxa6 Rc2 47.a4 Rd2 48.Bb7 Ra2 49.Bc6 Rc2
50.b5 Ra2 51.Nd5 Rxa4 52.Nxb6 Ra1+ 53.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg3 Bb7 10.Rd1 h6 11.e4 f5 12.b4 Be7 13.exf5 exf5 14.c5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nc6
16.b5 Na5 17.c6 f4 18.Bh3 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nf6 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Rxh6 gxh6 22.Qg6+ Kh8
23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qb3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qd3 d6 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Qf6 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Rd1 Ne4 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 f5 21.e3 Ke7 22.Bd3 Nf6
23.Bb1 Rac8 24.Ke2 Rc5 25.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Qd7 13.d5 Ne7 14.Nf1 Ng6 15.Bc2 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Nh4 Ngf4 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Ne6 21.Bd2 Nf6 22.g5 Nd7 23.Rad1 a5
24.Bc1 g6 25.Nh2 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Ng4 Reb8 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.g3 bxc3 30.bxc3 Ra2
31.Bd3 Ndc5 32.f4 Nxd3 33.Rxd3 Nc5 34.Rf3 Bxe4 35.Rff1 Bd3 36.fxe5 Bxf1 37.Rxf1 dxe5
38.Rxf7+ Kh8 39.Rf1 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Re8
9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.h3 g6 12.Bh6 Ne6 13.Ne5 Ng7 14.g4 Nd7 15.f4 Bf8 16.Qf2 Nxe5
17.fxe5 Be6 18.Ne2 Be7 19.Nf4 Bh4 20.Qf3 Rf8 21.Kh2 Qe7 22.Ng2 Bg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5
24.Rf2 f5 25.exf6 Ne8 26.Raf1 Nxf6 27.Qg3 Rae8 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.h4 Rxf1 30.hxg5 Rd1
31.Nf4 Rd2+ 32.Kh3 Bf7 33.Qf3 Rf8 34.b4 Rxa2 35.b5 a5 36.bxa6 bxa6 37.e4 dxe4
38.Bxe4 Ra4 39.d5 Re8 40.Nh5 gxh5 41.Bxh7+ Kf8 42.gxh5 Re7 43.g6 Rb7 44.h6 Rab4
45.g7+ Ke8 46.Bg6  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gretarsson,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.cxd5 Nxc3
9.Qd2 Qxa2 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.e4 Nd7 12.c4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Nxc5 14.Re1 a5 15.Nf3 a4
16.Bd3 a3 17.Bc2 a2 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 O-O 20.f3 f5 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 fxe4
23.Bxe4 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.Ra1 b5 26.Rhd1 Rg5 27.g3 Ra3 28.Kc1 bxc4 29.f4 Rh5
30.Rd2 Rc3+ 31.Kb2 Rd3 32.Rc2 c3+ 33.Kb3 Rd2 34.Raxa2 Rhxh2 35.Kxc3 Rxc2+
36.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 37.Kxc2 Kf7 38.Kd3 Kf6 39.Kd4 h6 40.Kc5 g5 41.fxg5+ hxg5 42.Kc6 Ke5
43.Kd7 Kxd5 44.Kxe7 Ke5 45.Kf7 Kf5 46.Kg7 Kg4 47.Kg6 Kxg3 48.Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kristjansson,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.e4 O-O
17.e5 Be7 18.Ng3 Qb6 19.Qg4 Rac8 20.Nh5 g6 21.Nf4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rd8 23.h4 Nf8
24.h5 Qa5 25.Bc3 Qxa2 26.h6 Qxb3 27.Bd2 Qb2 28.Be3 a5 29.Rc7 Rd7 30.Nxe6 fxe6
31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Qxe6+ Kf8 33.Qxd7 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qf5 35.Qxb5 Qh5+ 36.Kg1 Qd1+
37.Qf1 Qxf1+ 38.Kxf1 g5 39.Ke2 Kf7 40.g4 Kg6 41.f4 gxf4 42.Bxf4 a4 43.Kd3 Kf7
44.Kc2 Ke6 45.Kb2 Kf7 46.Ka2 Ke6 47.Bc1 Kf7 48.g5 Kg6 49.e6 Bd8 50.Ka3 Kf5
51.Bf4 Kxe6 52.g6 Bf6 53.Be5 hxg6 54.h7  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bd2 a6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Bd3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Bb8
16.Be1 Qd6 17.Bf5 Nc6 18.g3 Rcd8 19.Qf3 Qe5 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.exd4 Qe7
23.Ba5 Rde8 24.Re1 g6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qb3 Qg5 27.Bb4 e3 28.Rxe3 Bxg3 29.Rc5 Bxf2+
30.Kxf2 Qf4+ 31.Ke2 Qh2+ 32.Kd3 Rxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Re8+ 34.Re5 Qxh3+ 35.Kd2 Qh2+
36.Kc1 Rxe5 37.dxe5 Qxe5 38.Qf3 Qb5 39.Bc3 f5 40.Qd1 Kf7 41.Qd8 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nbd7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bc4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.Be2 e5 14.Nf3 Re8 15.b3 Ne4
16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 Be6 18.Rb1 Rac8 19.Bf3 Nd5 20.O-O Nc3 21.Bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.a4 h6 14.Nbd2 Bf8 15.Bc2 Qd7
16.b3 b4 17.d5 Ne7 18.c4 c5 19.Nf1 Kh8 20.N3h2 Ng6 21.Ne3 Rad8 22.Nf5 Bc8
23.Qf3 Nh7 24.Bd2 Ne7 25.h4 Ng8 26.g4 g6 27.Ne3 Bg7 28.Kh1 Ne7 29.Rg1 Rg8
30.Rg2 Rdf8 31.Rag1 Qd8 32.Nhf1 a5 33.Rh2 f6 34.Ng3 Rf7 35.Kg2 f5 36.gxf5 gxf5
37.exf5 e4 38.Bxe4 Be5 39.Kf1 Nf6 40.Bd3 Rfg7 41.Rhg2 Qe8 42.Ne4 Rxg2 43.Rxg2 Rxg2
44.Kxg2 Nh5 45.Kf1 Qf7 46.Ng4 Nxf5 47.Nxe5 dxe5 48.Ke1 Qg6 49.Nxc5 Kg8 50.Be3 Qg1+
51.Kd2 Nxe3 52.Qxe3 Qa1 53.Bc2 Qb2 54.Qd3 Nf4 55.Qe3 Bf5 56.Ne4 Kf8 57.f3 h5
58.d6 Bxe4 59.Qxe4 Ke8 60.Kd1 Qa1+ 61.Bb1 Qc3 62.Qa8+ Kf7 63.Qa7+ Kg8 64.Qh7+ Kf8
65.Qf5+ Kg7 66.Qe4 Qxb3+ 67.Bc2 Qc3 68.d7 Qa1+ 69.Bb1 Qxa4+ 70.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gudmundsson,Stefan Freyr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nge2 a6 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Be6 8.h3 h6
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.Kh2 c6 13.Ng1 Qe7 14.Nf3 Rd8 15.Rad1 d5
16.exd5 cxd5 17.a3 h5 18.Qe2 Rd6 19.Rde1 h4 20.g4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Nxg4+ 22.Kg1 h3
23.Bh1 h2+ 24.Nxh2 Nxh2 25.Rf2 Qg5+ 26.Rg2 Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 Rxh1+ 28.Kxh1 Qh4+
29.Rh2 Qxe1+ 30.Kg2 Nh4+ 31.Rxh4 Qxh4 32.Nxd5 Rg6+ 33.Kf1 Qh2 34.Nc7+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qb3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 c6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.O-O Nd7 14.a3 Nf8 15.Rd2 g6
16.Rc1 Rb8 17.Qd1 Bg7 18.b4 Qd6 19.Na4 Nd7 20.Rdc2 Rbc8 21.Qf1 b5 22.Nc5 Nxc5
23.Rxc5 Qd8 24.Qd1 Bf8 25.R5c3 Bd6 26.h4 a5 27.bxa5 Ra8 28.h5 gxh5 29.a4 Rxa5
30.axb5 cxb5 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Rxe5 33.Rc7 Re7 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qxh5 Qg5
36.Qf3 Qg4 37.Qg3 Qg6 38.Qh3 Qg5 39.Qd7 Ra7 40.Rc7 Ra1+ 41.Bf1 Qh5 42.g4  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.g3 Bd6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bg2 dxc4 12.Qxc4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.O-O Qd3
16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Be1 Qxe2 18.Nxe2 Nd3 19.Ba5 Rd6 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Nd5 22.Rd3 b6
23.Be1 Rfd8 24.Bf3 a5 25.Rad1 Kf8 26.b3 f5 27.a3 Nf6 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Bxd6
30.a4 Ne4 31.Kf1 Bb4 32.Be2 Bxe1 33.Kxe1 Ke7 34.Bc4 Nd6 35.Bg8 Kf8 36.Be6 Ke7
37.Bg8 b5 38.axb5 cxb5 39.f3 Ne8 40.Kd2 Nf6 41.Ke1  0-1

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Bb7 12.b4 Bd6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Qd2 Be7
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.e4 O-O 18.h3 Nb6 19.e5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Qf4 Bg6 22.Bd4 Rfd8
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Nd5 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qd2 h6 27.g3 Be4 28.h4 Qc6 29.Ne1 Nb6
30.Qe3 Nc4 31.Bxc4 bxc4 32.f3 Bd5 33.Kf2 Qa4 34.Qc3 Qd1 35.Be3 Qb1 36.Bd4 Qf5
37.Bc5 Bd8 38.a4 f6 39.Bd4 fxe5 40.Bxe5 Bb6+ 41.Kg2 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Bh8 Qh7
44.Bd4 Bc7 45.Be5 g4 46.Bxc7 Qxc7 47.Kf2 Qh7 48.fxg4 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 Qh3+ 50.Kf2 Qxg4
51.Qe5 Qd1 52.b5 axb5 53.axb5 Qd2+ 54.Kf1 c3 55.b6 Qb2 56.Qg5+ Kf8 57.Qf4+ Ke8
58.Qb8+ Ke7 59.Qc7+ Kf6 60.Qf4+ Ke7 61.Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 cxd5 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bd2 e6 10.Rc1 Bd6 11.Na4 O-O 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Rxc5 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Qd1 b6
16.Rc1 d4 17.Rg1 Rad8 18.e4 Rfe8 19.Rg3 d3 20.Bg2 Ng6 21.Kf1 Qd6 22.Bg5 Nf4
23.Qd2 Ne2 24.Rd1 h6 25.Be3 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 Qe7 27.Qc3 Qe5 28.Qb3 Qe6 29.Qa3 Qc4
30.Kg1 Qc2 31.Rd2 Qb1+ 32.Bf1 Rd7 33.Kg2 Red8 34.Qb3 Nh7 35.Rd1 Qc2 36.Rxd3 Qxb3
37.Rxb3 Rc7 38.e5 Nf8 39.f4 Ne6 40.f5 Ng5 41.Bd3 Rcd7 42.Bc2 Rc7 43.Bd3 Rcd7
44.Bc2 Rc7 45.Bd3 Rcd7 46.Bc2 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bd3 h6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Ba3 13.Bxa3 Qxa3 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Qb2 Rd8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.e4 b5 18.Ne3 Be8 19.Rac1 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.h3 Nc6 24.b4 Nd7 25.a3 Qc7 26.Qc3 Qd6 27.Bc2 Kf8 28.Bb3 Nde5 29.Nxe5 Qxe5
30.Qxe5 Nxe5 31.Kf1 Bc6 32.Bc2 g5 33.Ke2 Ke7 34.g3 f6 35.f4 gxf4 36.gxf4 Ng6
37.Ng2 e5 38.f5 Nh8 39.Ne3 Nf7 40.h4 Nd6 41.Kf3 Kf8 42.Bd3 Kg7 43.Bc2 Bb7
44.Bd3 Bc6 45.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne4 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 f5 8.Ne2 Nf6
9.O-O d6 10.Ng3 Nc6 11.e4 Ne7 12.Ra2 c5 13.Re2 Bd7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.exf5 Nxf5
16.Nxf5 exf5 17.d5 Rc7 18.Qc2 Nh5 19.Bd2 h6 20.f3 b6 21.a4 Qf6 22.Qa2 a5
23.Qb1 Rb7 24.Re7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Qxf7 26.g4 Nf6 27.Bxf5 Bxf5 28.Qxf5 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Kf2 Qe8 31.g5 hxg5 32.Bxg5 Qxa4 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Qxf6+ Kh7
36.Qe7+ Kh8 37.Qxd6 Qc2+ 38.Kg3 Qxc3 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.d6 Qe5+ 41.Kg4 Qd4+ 42.f4 a4
43.Qf7+ Kh6 44.d7 a3 45.Qf8+ Kg6 46.Qg8+ Kh6 47.Qg5+ Kh7 48.d8=Q Qg1+ 49.Kf5 Qb1+
50.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Tch-SWE 2002-3"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lindberg,Be"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Bb1 Rac8 19.Nf1 h6 20.Ng3 Rfe8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Nh4 Bb4
23.Rf1 Rcd8 24.Qf3 Nd4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.e5 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Nd5 28.a3 Bf8 29.Rfd1 Nb6
30.Bd3 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Nxd4 Rc5 33.Nf3 Rd5 34.Ne2 Bc6 35.Nc3 Rc5 36.Nd4 Bd7
37.e6 fxe6 38.Ndxb5 Nd5 39.Nxd5 exd5 40.Nc3 Bc6 41.Kf1 Be7 42.Rc1 Bg5 43.Rc2 d4
44.Nxa4 Rxc2 45.Bxc2 Bb5+ 46.Ke1 Bxa4 47.Bxa4 Bc1 48.Ke2 Bxb2 49.Bb3+ Kf8
50.a4 Bc3 51.Kd3 Ke7 52.Ke4 Kd6 53.f4 h5 54.g4 hxg4 55.hxg4 Kc5 56.g5 Bd2
57.Kf5 d3 58.Kg4 Be3 59.f5 Kd6 60.Kh5 Ke7 61.Kg6 d2 62.a5 Kd6 63.a6 Kc7 64.Kxg7 Bxg5
65.f6 Kb6 66.f7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tch-SWE 2002-3"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.e4 a6 6.Be2 b5 7.cxb5 axb5 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Qc1 d6 13.d4 Ra5 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.f3 Qe7 18.Qb2 Bc6 19.Bd3 Rh5 20.Bg3 Nd7 21.Be2 Nb6 22.e5 Rxe5
23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Bd3 Na4 25.Qb4 Qxc3 26.Qg4 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Ra8 28.Rac1 Nc3 29.Re1 b4
30.Re7 Bb5 31.Bxb5 Qxb5 32.Rxc7 Rxa2 33.h4 Ra8 34.Qf4 Rf8 35.Qxd6 Re8 36.Qf4 Qh5
37.Qxb4 Nd5 38.Qg4 Qxg4 39.fxg4 Nxc7 40.Rxc7 Re4 41.Kh2 Rxg4 42.Kh3 Ra4 43.g3 g6
44.Kg2 Kg7 45.Rc6 Re4 46.Kf3 Re6 47.Rc7 Kf6 48.Ra7 Rb6 49.Ra5 Ke6 50.Rc5 Rd6
51.Ra5 h5 52.Rb5 Rd5 53.Rb7 f6 54.Rb6+ Kf5 55.Rb3 Ke5 56.Re3+ Kf5 57.Ra3 g5
58.hxg5 fxg5 59.g4+ hxg4+ 60.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tch-SWE 2002-3"]
[Site "Sweden SWE"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Be2 Rc8 13.O-O Qa5 14.h3 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Na5 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 exf6 19.Rb1 Rfd8 20.Be2 Rc3 21.d5 b6 22.f4 Nc4
23.Rd4 Nd6 24.Ra4 Rc7 25.Bf3 Re8 26.Re1 Rce7 27.Kf2 Kg7 28.e5 fxe5 29.fxe5 Rxe5
30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Rxa7 Re8 32.Rd7 Ne4+ 33.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Re8 14.d5 g6 15.b3 Nb6 16.Ne3 Bc8
17.a4 Bd7 18.a5 Nc8 19.b4 c4 20.g4 h5 21.Nh2 hxg4 22.hxg4 Nh7 23.Kg2 Bg5
24.Rh1 Qf6 25.Bd2 Ne7 26.Qe2 Kg7 27.Rag1 Rh8 28.Kf1 Bf4 29.Nf5+ gxf5 30.gxf5+ Kf8
31.Ng4 Qg7 32.Rh6 f6 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.e5 dxe5 35.d6 Nxf5 36.Nxe5 Qxh6 37.Nxd7+ Kf7
38.Bxf5 Rae8 39.Qf3 Ng5 40.Qb7 Qh5 41.Bg4 Qh7 42.Ne5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 Kh8 11.Ra3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Ng6 15.Ne2 Bd7
16.Be3 Qe7 17.h3 Rf7 18.a5 Qf8 19.Rf2 Kg8 20.Qf1 a6 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Bc1 e4
23.Be3 Be5 24.Nf4 Nxf4 25.gxf4 Bf6 26.Bd1 Qh6 27.Rb3 Bc8 28.c5 Kh8 29.Rc2 Rg8
30.cxd6 cxd6 31.Rb6 Qf8 32.b4 Qd8 33.b5 axb5 34.Qxb5 h6 35.Qb4 Rd7 36.a6 bxa6
37.Rb8 a5 38.Qc4  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Renet,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bg2 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.a4 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Ke2 O-O 19.g5 Nc4 20.b3 Nxd2 21.Kxd2 Rfd8 22.Ke2 Ra8
23.h4 Ra5 24.Rhc1 Bb4 25.Kf3 Rda8 26.Rab1 b5 27.axb5 Rxb5 28.Bf1 Rba5 29.Rc2 Ra1
30.Rxa1 Rxa1 31.Bh3 Kf8 32.Bc8 Ra7 33.Bg4 Ke7 34.Rc1 Ra8 35.Rd1 f5 36.gxf6+ gxf6
37.Ng3 f5 38.Bh3 Rh8 39.h5 Bd6 40.Ra1 Bxg3 41.Kxg3 Rxh5 42.Ra7 Nc3 43.Rxb7+ Kd6
44.Bg2 Ne2+ 45.Kf3 Ng1+ 46.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4
10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd4 exd5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Ncb5 Ne5 14.O-O a6 15.Nc3 b5 16.Qb3 Nc4
17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Bf3 Be5 20.Nce2 Bb8 21.g3 g6 22.Bg2 h5 23.h4 Be5
24.Nf4 Rd6 25.Rc2 Rfd8 26.a4 bxa4 27.Qxa4 Bf6 28.b3 Ne5 29.Kg1 Ng4 30.Rd3 Be5
31.Qa5 R6d7 32.Bh3 Rc7 33.Rxc7 Bxc7 34.Qa1 Nf6 35.Bg2 Ne4 36.Qd1 Nc5 37.Rc3 Bb6
38.Qc2 Qd6 39.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Marcelin,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nf3 f5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Ne4
10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ba3 14.Bxa3 Qxa3 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Rc7 Rf7 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Nb5 Qf8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Rc1 Ba6 23.Nd6 Rd7
24.Qd4 Qd8 25.Qa4 Bb7 26.Qxa7 Rc7 27.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 a6 8.h3 b5 9.Bd3 Nf6
10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bf4 Ra7 13.a3 Rae7 14.Rc1 Nh5 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Be3 Nd7
17.b4 Bh8 18.Qd2 Nhf6 19.Bb1 cxb4 20.axb4 Nb6 21.Bd3 Bb7 22.Bg5 Rc7 23.Ne2 Nc4
24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 bxc4 26.Ng3 Qc7 27.Qf4 Nd7 28.Qh4 Ne5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.Rc1 Bg7
31.Bf6 h6 32.Nh5 Bf8 33.Qg4 Bc8 34.Bc3 Be7 35.Qf4 gxh5 36.Qxh6 f6 37.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 c5 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Rd1 Rfd8 13.d5 Ne5 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh4 Ng6
16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Be2 Nxg3 18.hxg3 a6 19.O-O Rdb8 20.a4 e5 21.Bd3 Nf8 22.g4 Qh4
23.f3 Bc8 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.b3 Nd7 26.Rb1 Nf6 27.Nc3 g6 28.Ne4  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chabanon,JL"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.g4 e5 13.Bb3 Qb6 14.Bc2 Rad8 15.g5 Ne8
16.a5 Qc7 17.Ra4 Be7 18.d5 g6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rc4 Bxg5 21.Qxc6 Qxa5 22.b4 Qb6
23.b5 Qb8 24.Ba3 Nb6 25.Bxf8 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Kxf8 27.Bb3 Qb7 28.Ne4 h6 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Bxd1 Qc7 31.Qd5 Qd8 32.Qb3 Be7 33.Be2 Qd7 34.Kg2 Ng7 35.b6 axb6 36.Qxb6 Nf5
37.Qb8+ Bd8 38.Qxe5 Nh4+ 39.Kg1 Kg8 40.Qd6 Qc8 41.Qd5 Qc7 42.Kf1 Be7 43.Nd2 Nf5
44.Bd3 Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellon Lopez,JuM"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 Rd8
9.Bf4 Qc8 10.Rc1 Nc5 11.b4 Ne6 12.Be5 Nd7 13.e4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxd4 15.Qh5 g6
16.Qe2 Bh6 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Nxd1 Bg7 19.f4 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Nd4 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.exf5 Qd5
23.Ne3 Qxh1 24.Qxd4 Qxh2 25.Qf4 Qb2 26.Bc4 Qxb4+ 27.Ke2 Qb2+ 28.Kf3 g5 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7
30.Qc4+ Ke8 31.Qe6 Kd8 32.f6 Qa3 33.Kg2 Qxe3 34.Qxe7+ Kc8 35.Qe6+ Kc7 36.Qd6+ Kb6
37.e6 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Kg2 Qc5 40.a5+ Kb5 41.Qd3+ Kxa5 42.e7 Qe5 43.Qd8+ b6
44.Qxh8 Qe2+ 45.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero,Ern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.e4 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 dxc4 8.Nc3 Nh6
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.a3 Rd8 11.Rd1 b6 12.Qf4 Bb7 13.O-O Na5 14.Ba2 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 c5
16.d5 Rf8 17.Qe4 Nf5 18.b4 Nb7 19.d6 Qd7 20.Bb1 g6 21.Qf4 f6 22.Ne4 fxe5
23.Qxe5 Nd4 24.bxc5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Be7 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Qg4 O-O 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.f4 Kh8 18.Kh1 Rac8 19.Rad1 b4 20.h4 Rfe8 21.e4 dxe4 22.f5 Nxe5 23.Qxe4 f6
24.Nxe6 Qc6 25.Rd5 Qc2 26.Qxc2 Rxc2 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.h5 Bf6 29.Ra5 Rc6 30.g4 h6
31.Re1 Rec8 32.Re2 Kg8 33.Kg2 Rd6 34.Rc5 Rxc5 35.Nxc5 Kf7 36.Kf3 Rd5 37.Nxa6 Be7
38.Re4 Rd3+ 39.Ke2 Rh3 40.Nxb4 Bxb4 41.Rxb4 Rh2+ 42.Kd3 Rxa2 43.Re4 Kf6 44.b4  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Qa5 6.Bd2 Qf5 7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O h6 10.a5 Rc8 11.Qa4 Bd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxc4 g5 14.Rfe1 b5 15.axb6 N5xb6
16.Qa6 g4 17.e4 Qh5 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bg7 20.e6 Be5 21.exf7+ Kf8 22.g3 Rd8
23.Rad1 Kg7 24.Ba2 Bd4 25.Qe2 Qg6 26.Bf4 Kh7 27.e5 e6 28.Bb1  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Nxd4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Ndf5 Bf8 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Qd2 Qb7 21.Bd4 Bxg2 22.Qg5 g6
23.Nh6+ Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Qe3 Ng7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7
29.Qg5 Bxh3 30.Nh5+ Kg8 31.Qd8+ Nf8 32.Be4 Qc8 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Qe7 Be6 35.Kg2 Nd7
36.Nxd7 Bxd7 37.Qxf7 Be6 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.a3 Bf7 40.f3 Qd7 41.b4 a5 42.bxa5 Qd2+
43.Kh3 Qxa5 44.Qd6 Qa7 45.Kg2 Bc4 46.Bd5+ Bxd5 47.Qxd5+ Kf8 48.Qxb5 Qxa3
49.Qb8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Qe7 11.h3 Bd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Nd2 cxd5 15.cxd5 Rfc8
16.Rc1 a5 17.Nc4 Ra6 18.a4 Qd8 19.f3 Bf8 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.axb5 Raa8 22.Rc3 Nfd7
23.Qc2 a4 24.Nd2 h5 25.Rc1 h4 26.Qd1 Kh7 27.Qe1 Bh6 28.Bf2 Bg5 29.R1c2 Qe7
30.Kh1 Kg7 31.b6 Nxb6 32.f4 Bxf4 33.Bxh4 Bg5 34.Bf2 Nbd7 35.Nf3 Bf4 36.Bh4 f6
37.Nh2 Rh8 38.Bf2 Bxh2 39.Kxh2 b6 40.Bb5 Ra5 41.Qe2 Nf8 42.Bc6 Nh7 43.Ra3 Rf8
44.Rc4 Kh8 45.Rb4 Qd8 46.Bxa4 f5 47.exf5 gxf5 48.Bc2 Rxa3 49.bxa3 Nd7 50.Qh5 Qf6
51.Rh4 e4 52.Qxh7+  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Be6 4.Na3 Nf6 5.Nxc4 g6 6.b4 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6
9.a3 Qd5 10.O-O a5 11.bxa5 Nxa5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Bc3 Qa4 14.Qb1 Rfd8 15.Rc1 Bd5
16.Be5 c5 17.d3 Qb3 18.Qxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.exd5 Ng4 10.f4 Re8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bd2 Nf5 13.Qb3 Na6 14.Rae1 Rb8 15.a3 Nc7
16.a4 Bd7 17.Ne4 Na6 18.Kh2 Nb4 19.Bb1 Qh4 20.Bc3 Ne3 21.Bxg7 Nxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rxe4
23.Bxe4 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ Qf6 25.f5 Qxc3 26.Nxc3 Re8 27.f6+ Kf8 28.Bb1 b6 29.a5 bxa5
30.Ne4 a4 31.Nxd6 Re2 32.Ne4 Na6 33.Rf2 Re1 34.Bc2 Re3 35.Rd2 a3 36.bxa3 Rxa3
37.Re2 Ra2 38.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kurajica,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nc3 f5 5.e3 b6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Nf6 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Ne5 12.Qf4 d6 13.Qd4 Bb7 14.Nf3 Nxd5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Qxe5 Qxe5 17.Bxe5 Rf8 18.Bb5+ c6 19.Bc4 O-O-O 20.O-O Rfe8 21.Bg3 Rd7 22.Rfe1 a5
23.Rac1 g5 24.h3 Kd8 25.Red1 Re6 26.Bd3 Rf7 27.f3 f4 28.exf4 gxf4 29.Bh4+ Kc7
30.Bc4 Kb8 31.Bf2 Rg6 32.Bd4 Rf8 33.Bd3 Rg5 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Nxb4 36.Bxb6 Nxd3
37.Rxd3 Rfg8 38.Rc2 Rb5 39.Bc5 Kc8 40.Rd4 Rg5 41.Bd6 Rgd5 42.Rxd5 Rxd5 43.Bxf4 Kd7
44.Kf2 Ke6 45.Be3 Kf7 46.g4 h5 47.Rc3 hxg4 48.hxg4 Rd6 49.f4 Rg6 50.Ra3 Rd6
51.Kg3 Bc8 52.Ra5 Rd3 53.Re5 Rd5 54.Rxd5 cxd5 55.f5 d4 56.Bxd4 Ba6 57.g5 Bd3
58.Kf4 Bc2 59.g6+ Kg8 60.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.f4 Ned7 14.Bg2 Ba3 15.Qc1 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 Rc8 17.a4 bxa4 18.O-O O-O 19.Rxa4 Nb6 20.Rd4 Nbd5 21.e4 Qb6 22.Qxb6 Nxb6
23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Rdb4 Nfd7 25.e5 c5 26.Rb5 Nc4 27.Ne4 Rxb5 28.Rxb5 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Nxb8
30.Nxc5 Nb6 31.f5 N8d7 32.Nd3 f6 33.f4 fxe5 34.fxe5 g6 35.f6 Kf7 36.Kf2 h5
37.Kg3 g5 38.Bc6 Ke6 39.Bb5 Kf5 40.Kf2 Nxe5 41.Nxe5 Kxf6 42.Nd3 Nd5 43.Kg3 Nc3
44.Bc6 Ne2+ 45.Kh2 Kf5 46.Ne1 Nd4 47.Bb7 Kf4 48.Ng2+ Ke5 49.Ba6 Nf3+ 50.Kg3 Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.O-O e6
10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.a4 bxa4
17.Nxa4 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Qd6 19.Rc2 Rxc2 20.Qxc2 a5 21.Qc6 Rb8 22.Rc1 Qxc6 23.Nxc6 Rb5
24.Nxb4 Rxb4 25.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2003.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[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 Be6 13.Ng3 c4 14.dxc4 bxc4 15.Ba4 Qc7
16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Be3 Nb6 18.Bc2 Rfd8 19.Nd2 Bh4 20.Ngf1 Rac8 21.Rab1 Nb8 22.Nf3 Be7
23.Bxb6 Qxb6 24.Ne3 Qa5 25.Red1 Nd7 26.h4 h6 27.g3 Nf6 28.a3 Rc5 29.Nd2 Qc7
30.b4 cxb3 31.Bxb3 Rxc3 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Qxa6 Qc5 34.Rb3 Rxb3 35.Nxb3 Qc8
36.Qd3 d5 37.Rc1 dxe4 38.Qb5 Qb8 39.Qc4 Bxa3 40.Qxe6+ Kh8 41.Rc6 Re8 42.Qc4 Qb4
43.Qc2 Qb5 44.Nd2 Qb2 45.Qa4 Qb4 46.Qc2 Qb2 47.Rc8 Qxc2 48.Rxe8+ Nxe8 49.Nxc2 e3
50.fxe3 Bd6 51.Ne4 Kg8 52.Kg2 g6 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Ne1 Be7 55.Nd3 Ke6 56.Nef2 h5
57.Ne4 Ng7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Spasov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.Kh1 f5 11.exf5 Nxf5 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qd2 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd7
16.Rae1 Qf7 17.h3 Rae8 18.Qd3 Nd4 19.Be3 Qf6 20.b4 Qh4 21.Ng1 Rf7 22.g3 Qd8
23.Kg2 Qc8 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Re2 c5 26.dxc6 Bxc6 27.Rfe1 Qf5 28.Bxc6 Qxd3 29.Rxe8+ Rf8
30.Bd5+ Kh8 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Re8 Qf5 33.Nf3 d3 34.Nd4 Qf6 35.Ne6 d2 36.Bf3 Qxf3+
37.Kxf3 d1=Q+ 38.Kg2 h6 39.Rxf8+ Kh7 40.Rf7+ Kh8 41.Rf8+ Kh7 42.Rf7+ Kh8
43.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.Ne2 Be5 13.Rab1 h6 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Bxe5 Rxe5
16.Qf4 Rg5 17.Ng3 Be6 18.Qd4 c5 19.Qxc5 d4 20.Qc6 Bxa2 21.Ra1 Bd5 22.Qa6 h5
23.f4 Rg4 24.Bf5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qd5+ 26.Kf2 Rxg3 27.hxg3 Qxf5 28.Qd3 Qc5 29.Ra4 Rc8
30.Rxd4 Qxc2+ 31.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 32.Kg1 Rxb2 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.Kg2 Rb7 35.Rda4 Ng4
36.Rxa7 Rb2+ 37.Kg1 g6 38.R7a2 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Yeke,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.a4 b4 10.Nb1 c5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.exd4 Be7 14.a5 O-O 15.Qe2 Nb8
16.Nc4 Nc6 17.Rd1 b3 18.Nb6 Ra7 19.d5 exd5 20.Be3 Nb4 21.Nd7 Nxd7 22.Bxa7 Bf6
23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Nc5 25.Bb1 Re8 26.Qd2  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nce2 a5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Nxe7
10.Ng3 Ba6 11.Qc2 c3 12.bxc3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 c5 14.dxc5 Na6 15.cxb4 axb4 16.h4 O-O
17.h5 h6 18.Rh4 Rc8 19.e5 Rxc5 20.Qe2 Qc8 21.Kg1 Rc2 22.Qb5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Nc5
24.Nd6 Qb8 25.Nd4 Rc3 26.Nc6 Qa8 27.Nxb4 Rb8 28.Qc6 Qxc6 29.Nxc6 Rb2 30.Rc4 Rxc4
31.Nxc4 Rc2 32.Na3 Rc3 33.Nb5 Rc4 34.a5 Nb3 35.Rb1 Nd2 36.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 e5 8.d5 f5 9.Be2 Nf6
10.exf5 Bxf5 11.g4 Bd7 12.Qc2 e4 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Bf5 15.Qd2 Nbd7 16.h4 Ne5
17.Nh3 Qd7 18.Nf4 Nh7 19.O-O-O Nxg5 20.hxg5 Qe7 21.Rxh8+ Bxh8 22.Nb5 a6 23.Nd4 Qxg5
24.Nfe6 Qxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Kf7 26.Rh1 Rg8 27.Rh7+ Bg7 28.Nxc7 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Bxh8
30.Nce6 Ke7 31.b4 Nd7 32.Ke3 Bxe6 33.dxe6 Bxd4+ 34.Kxd4 Nf6 35.Bf1 Ng4 36.Kxe4 Nxf2+
37.Ke3 Ng4+ 38.Kd4 Ne5 39.Kd5 Ng4 40.Ke4 b6 41.c5 Nf6+ 42.Kd4 dxc5+ 43.bxc5 bxc5+
44.Kxc5 a5 45.Kb5 Ne4 46.Kxa5 Nc3 47.a3 Nb1 48.a4 Nc3 49.Bh3 Kd6 50.Kb4 Nd5+
51.Kc4 g5 52.a5 g4 53.Bxg4 Ne3+ 54.Kb5 Nxg4 55.Kb6 Ne5 56.e7 Nc4+ 57.Kb5 Kxe7
58.Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.f3 Ba6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.e4 Nh5 8.g3 f5 9.e5 d6
10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 f4 12.Qc2 dxe5 13.dxe5 fxg3 14.hxg3 Qg5 15.Ne2 g6 16.f4 Qf5
17.Qxf5 exf5 18.Bg2 c6 19.b3 b5 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Nd4 Nd7 22.Nxb5 cxb5 23.Bd5+ Kg7
24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.e6+ Ndf6 26.O-O-O Kf8 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Rhe1 Ke7 29.Re5 Rc8+
30.Kb2 a6 31.Rd3 h5 32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Rc7 34.Ka3 Ne4 35.Kb4 Nd6 36.Rc5 a5+
37.Rxa5 Rb7+ 38.Kc5 Rc7+ 39.Kd5 Ne4 40.Ke5 Nf6 41.Ra6 Rc5+ 42.Kd4 Rc1 43.Rb3 Rc7
44.Rab6  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Zaja,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ngxe5
9.e3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 d6 11.Rg1 f6 12.Qc3 Bf5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.h4 Kb8 15.e4 Bg6
16.Be3 Bh5 17.Rg3 Rhg8 18.Be2 h6 19.Rd5 Bf7 20.c5 dxc5 21.Rxc5 Ne5 22.f4 Nd7
23.Ra5 Nb6 24.e5 f5 25.b3 Qxh4 26.Kb2 Qe7 27.Bc5 Qe6 28.a4 Rd7 29.Ka3 a6
30.Bxa6 bxa6 31.Rxa6 Kb7 32.Qa5 Rb8 33.Rc3 Rd5 34.Ra7+ Kc8 35.Rxc7+ Kd8 36.Qa7 Ra8
37.Qxb6 Qxb6 38.Bxb6 Ke8 39.e6 Bxe6 40.Re3  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev,Ar"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 h6 11.Rd1 Kc8 12.b3 Ne7 13.Bb2 b6 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nc3 Bf5
17.Rd2 Nf4 18.Kh2 Be7 19.g4 Be6 20.Kg3 Ng6 21.Ne4 Kb7 22.c4 Raf8 23.h4 h5
24.g5 Rhg8 25.Re1 Bg4 26.Re3 Bd8 27.Nh2 Be6 28.Red3 Ne7 29.Kf4 Nc6 30.Nf1 Be7
31.Nfg3 Nb4 32.Re3 g6 33.Bc3 Rd8 34.Bxb4 cxb4 35.Red3 Rxd3 36.Rxd3 a6 37.Nf6 Rd8
38.Rxd8 Bxd8 39.Nd5 b5 40.axb5 axb5 41.Nxb4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Bxc4 43.Ne4 Be7
44.Nc2 Kb6 45.Ke3 c5 46.f4 Bb3 47.Kd3 Be6 48.Kc3 Kc6 49.Ne3 Bd8 50.Nc4 Bc7
51.Nf6 Bf5 52.Ne8 Bd8 53.Ned6 Be6 54.Ne4 Kd5 55.Ned2 Bc8 56.Ne3+ Kc6 57.Nec4 Bf5
58.Nb3 Kd5 59.Nbd2 Bc8 60.Ne3+ Kc6 61.Nec4 Bc7 62.Ne4 Kd5 63.Ned6 Ba6 64.Ne3+ Ke6
65.Ndc4 Bb7 66.Kd3 Bc6 67.Kc3 Be4 68.Kb3 Kd7 69.Kc3 Kc6 70.Kb3 Bd5 71.Kc3 Be6
72.Kd3 Bc8 73.Kc3 Bh3 74.Kd3 Be6 75.Kc3 Kb5 76.Na3+ Ka4 77.Nac4 Bd8 78.Nc2 Kb5
79.N2e3 Bc7 80.Na3+ Kb6 81.Nac4+ Kc6 82.Kd3 Bc8 83.Kc3 Be6 84.Kd3 Kb5 85.Kc3 Ka4
86.Nc2 Bf5 87.N2e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Luther,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 g6 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nxd4 a6 16.a3 bxa3
17.bxa3 Bg7 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.Bd2 Qd8 20.Rxb7 Rxb7 21.Bxa6 Rc7 22.Nb5 O-O 23.Nxc7 Qxc7
24.Qc1 Qa7 25.Bb5 Nxe5 26.Qc5 Qb8 27.Rc1 Ng4 28.g3 h5 29.Be2 Qa8 30.Qc4 Ne5
31.Qe4 Rb8 32.Bd1 Nd7 33.Rb1 Rxb1 34.Qxb1 Bd4 35.Qb3 Qa7 36.Be1 Ne5 37.Nb2 Bxb2
38.Qxb2 Nd3 39.Qe2 Nxe1 40.a4 Qa5 41.Kf1 Nc3 42.Qxe1 Qd5 43.Qxc3 Qxd1+ 44.Kg2 Qxa4
45.h4 Qe4+ 46.Kg1 e5 47.Qc7 Kg7 48.Qe7 Qd4 49.Kg2 Qe4+ 50.Kg1 Qf5 51.Qc7 Qe6
52.Qc3 Qd5 53.Qc7 Kf6 54.Qc8 Qe6 55.Qd8+ Kg7 56.Qc7 Qf6 57.Qc5 g5 58.hxg5 Qxg5
59.Qc4 Qg4 60.Qc5 Qd1+ 61.Kg2 Qd4 62.Qe7 Qg4 63.Qe8 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.e3 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ng6 10.O-O-O h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.e4 Nf4 13.exd5 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.dxc6 Bf5
16.Qd2 Bh7 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxc6 19.b3 Rad8 20.Qe3 b5 21.a3 a5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Rd1 Rc8 24.Kd2 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Ne2 Qxg2 27.Rc1 Rd8+ 28.Nd4 Ra8 29.Nc2 Ra2
30.Qd4 Bg6 31.h4 Qc6  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Nc6
9.Rd1 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4 c5 12.dxc6 Qb6 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.Qxa5 b6 15.Bc1 Qxc1
16.Rxc1 bxa5 17.e3 Rab8 18.Nd4 Rb6 19.h3 Bc8 20.Bb5 a6 21.Ba4 Rd8 22.O-O Kf8
23.Rfd1 Rd6 24.Rb1 Rb4 25.a3 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Ne8 27.Rb8 Rd8 28.Ne4 Be5 29.Ra8 Nc7
30.Ra7 Nd5 31.Nc5 Nb6 32.Bb3 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rxd4 34.Rc7 Ke8 35.Rb7 a4 36.Bxf7+ Kxf7
37.Rxb6 Rc4 38.Nb7 Rc3 39.Rxa6 Kf6 40.Rxa4 Rxc6 41.Rf4+ Kg5 42.Rb4 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Ra1
44.Nd8 Rxa3 45.Nc6 Kf6 46.Rf4+ Bf5 47.g4 e5 48.Rb4 Bd7 49.Rb6 Bxc6 50.Rxc6+ Kg5
51.Re6 Kh4 52.Kg2 Rxh3 53.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Na4 Nfd7
9.Bf4 g6 10.e3 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.h4 f6 13.Nd3 a5 14.g4 Na6 15.Bg3 Bf7 16.g5 Re8
17.O-O-O Ra7 18.Bg4 Ndxc5 19.Ndxc5 Qxg4 20.Qb6 Raa8 21.gxf6 exf6 22.Qxb7 Nxc5
23.Nxc5 Bf8 24.Nd7 Be7 25.Nb6 Rad8 26.Bc7 Qe2 27.Bxd8 Bxd8 28.Nc8 Rf8 29.Nd6 Qxf2
30.Qxc6 Be6 31.Rhf1 Qxh4 32.Kb1 Qh6 33.Ka1 Qg7 34.Nb7 Qe7 35.Nc5 Bf7 36.Nd7 Be8
37.Qxd5+ Qf7 38.Qxf7+ Rxf7 39.Nc5 Re7 40.Rxf6 Rxe3 41.Re6 Rxe6 42.Nxe6 Be7
43.d5 Bd6 44.Nd8 Ba4 45.Rd4 Bd7 46.Nb7 Be5 47.Re4 Bf6 48.Nc5 Bf5 49.Re2 Bg4
50.Re1 h5 51.Ne4 Bh4 52.Rf1 Kg7 53.d6 Bf5 54.Nc5 Bf6 55.d7 h4 56.Rd1 h3 57.d8=Q Bxd8
58.Rxd8 g5 59.Nb3 h2 60.Rd1 g4 61.Nd4 Be4 62.Ne2 h1=Q 63.Rxh1 Bxh1 64.Ng3 Bf3
65.b3 Kf6 66.Kb2 Ke5 67.Kc3 Kf4 68.Nh5+ Ke3 69.b4 axb4+ 70.Kxb4 Be4 71.Ng3 Bg6  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 e5 8.d5 f5 9.Be2 Nf6
10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bh5+ Nxh5 12.Qxh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED Playoff"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qb3 a5 10.Na2 Be7 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Nc3 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 N7xb6
16.e4 Nb4 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.b3 f5 20.Bg5 Bd6 21.Rac1 h6 22.Be3 Bc7
23.Ne1 Nd7 24.d5 exd5 25.exd5 f4 26.Ba7 c5 27.Nb5 b6 28.Nf3 Rf5 29.d6 Bd8
30.Nfd4 Re5 31.g3 fxg3 32.hxg3 Ra8 33.f4 Re4 34.Nf5 Nc6 35.Ne7+ Bxe7 36.dxe7 Rxe7
37.Bxb6 Nxb6 38.Rxc5 Rd8 39.Rxd8+ Nxd8 40.Nd4 Rd7 41.Nf5 Nb7 42.Rb5 Nc8 43.Kg2 Ne7
44.Nxe7+ Rxe7 45.Kf3 Rc7 46.Ke3 Nd6 47.Rd5 Rc3+ 48.Kd4 Rxg3 49.Rxd6 Rxb3
50.f5 h5 51.Ke5 h4 52.f6 gxf6+ 53.Kxf6 Rb4 54.Ra6 Rxa4 55.Kg6 Kf8 56.Kf6 Ke8
57.Ke6 Kd8 58.Kd6 Rd4+ 59.Kc5 Rg4 60.Ra7 h3 61.Rh7 Rg3 62.Kb5 Ra3  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motzfeldt,Jonatan"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.h3 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.b4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bd3 e4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxa1 12.O-O Bg7 13.Qd3 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Re1 Bxh3
16.e4 Bg4 17.Re3 Rab8 18.Qd8 Rc8 19.Qd3 Rcd8 20.Qe2 Qa1 21.Qe1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Bb2
23.Kh2 Qxc1 24.Qxc1 Bxc1 25.g4 Rd2 26.c4 Rfd8 27.c5 Bb2 28.Rf6 R8d3  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Karason,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Na3 Ba5 7.Nb1 Bb4 8.Nc3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Ne4 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Rc1 d6 12.d5 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nb8 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.O-O Nc6
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.c5 Rac8 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Qa4 Qd7 21.Rb3 Rb8 22.Qxa7 Ra8
23.Qb7 Rxa2 24.cxd6 Qxd6 25.Rc3 Qe5 26.Rc2 Qb5 27.Qxb5 cxb5 28.Rc6 Re8 29.Rd1 Kf7
30.Rd7+ Kf6 31.e4 Ra7 32.h3 h5 33.h4  1-0

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Danielsen,Hen"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bxf3
9.gxf3 Bd6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 a6 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.Rg1 Qe7 14.f4 Bc7 15.c5 g6 16.Bd3 Ne8
17.Qg4 Ng7 18.Rg2 Rce8 19.Rag1 Kh8 20.Nb1 Nf6 21.Qh4 Bd8 22.f3 Nf5 23.Qf2 Nh5
24.Nd2 Nh4 25.Rg5 Nf5 26.Nf1 Qd7 27.R5g4 Bf6 28.Bc3 Qd8 29.Be1 Rg8 30.a4 Rg7
31.b4 Reg8 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 Qe7 34.Qa2 Rb8 35.Qa7 Rgg8  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Rc1 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.e3 Bd5 12.Be2 Qa5 13.O-O cxd4 14.exd4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nxd4
16.Bxb7 Rd8 17.Qb2 Nf5 18.Bc6+ Kf8 19.Bg3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qxa2 21.c4 a5 22.Qb5 Bd4
23.c5 Kg7 24.Bb7 Qc2 25.Qe2 Qb2 26.Qxb2 Bxb2 27.Rc2 Be5 28.Re1 Kf6 29.Rce2 Bc3
30.Rc1 Be5 31.Rce1 Bc3 32.Rb1 Be5 33.Rb3 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Bd4 35.Rf3+ Kg7 36.Rxe7 Bf6
37.Re4 Rf8 38.c6 Rc1 39.Rd3 h5 40.Rd7 Bd8 41.f4 Bb6 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kg3 Kh6
44.Rd3 f5 45.Re6 Rf1 46.Rd2 Rd8 47.Ba6 Rxd2 48.Bxf1 Bf2+ 49.Kh2 g3+ 50.Kh3 Rd1
51.Re2 Rxf1 52.Rxf2 gxf2 53.Kg3 a4 54.c7 Rc1 55.Kxf2 Rxc7 56.Kg3 a3 57.Kh2 a2
58.Kg3 a1=Q 59.Kh2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qb3 a5 10.Na2 Be7 11.Qxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bjarnason,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O Qc8 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bf4 Nbd7 14.Rac1 Re8 15.b4 Bf8
16.Qe2 e5 17.Bd2 Qb8 18.Nh4 a6 19.Nf5 Kh7 20.Bc4 g6 21.Nh4 Re7 22.f4 b5 23.Ba2 exf4
24.Bxf4 Ne5 25.Kh1 Bg7 26.Nf3 Nfd7 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Ra7 29.Nd4 Qe8 30.Be3 Nf6
31.Nf3 Nxd5 32.Bxa7 Nf4 33.Qd2 Nfd3 34.Bc5 Rd7 35.Nxe5 Bxe5 36.Qe3 Nxc1 37.Rxc1 Qd8
38.Qf3 Qg5 39.Rf1 h5 40.g3 Qg4 41.Be3 Qxf3+ 42.Rxf3 Kg7 43.Bf4 Bxf4 44.gxf4 Rd2
45.e5 Ra2 46.Rc3 Rf2 47.Rc6 Rxf4 48.e6 fxe6 49.Rxa6 Kf6 50.Ra5 Rf3 51.Kg2 Rb3
52.h4 e5 53.Kf2 Kf5 54.Ke2 Kg4 55.Rxb5 Rxa3 56.Rxe5 Kxh4 57.b5 Rb3 58.Kd2 g5
59.Kc2 Rb4 60.Kc3 Rb1 61.Kc2 Rb4 62.Kc3 Rb1 63.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pokorna,Reg"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.c3 Bf8 14.Re1 Be6 15.Bc2 c5
16.Qd3 g5 17.Bg3 Ne4 18.c4 Bf5 19.Qf3 Nxg3 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qa5
23.Nc3 d4 24.Rd1 Bg7 25.Ne4 Qxa2 26.Qd5 Rf8 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nd6 Qxb2 29.Re1 d3
30.Nf5 d2 31.Rd1 Qc1 32.Qxd2 Qxd2 33.Rxd2 a5 34.Rd7 Ra8 35.Nxh4 a4 36.Rd2 a3
37.Ra2 Bb2 38.Nf5 Rc8 39.Ne3 Rd8 40.Kf1 Rd4 41.Ke2 h5 42.Nd1 Kh7 43.Nxb2 Rxc4
44.Kd3 Rc2 45.Rxa3 Rxb2 46.Rc3 Rxf2 47.Rxc5 Rxg2 48.Ke3 Kg6 49.Kf3 h4 50.Rg5+ Rxg5  0-1

[Event "Greenland Open"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hjartarson,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.Nbd2 b5 10.Bc2 Bg5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O 13.Nf1 Bxc1 14.Rexc1 Ne7 15.Ne3 c5
16.a4 Nb6 17.g3 Qc8 18.h4 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Rxf5 21.Qg4 Nxa4 22.d4 Rf7
23.Qe4 g6 24.Bb3 c4 25.Bxa4 bxa4 26.dxe5 Qb7 27.Qxc4 Qxb2 28.Rf1 Qb5 29.Qe4 Re8
30.e6 Rf6 31.Qxa4 Rexe6 32.Qxa6 Qxa6 33.Rxa6 Re2 34.Rc6 Rc2 35.f3 Re6 36.Rf2 Rc1+
37.Kg2 Re3 38.Ra2 Rexc3 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7+ Kg8 41.Rxd6 R1c2+ 42.Kh3 Rxf3
43.Rd8+ Rf8 44.Rdd7 Rf6 45.Rg7+ Kf8 46.Rxh7 Kg8 47.Rhg7+ Kf8 48.Rgb7 Re2
49.Kg4 Rd6 50.Rb8+ Re8 51.Rxe8+ Kxe8 52.Kg5 Kf8 53.g4 Kg8 54.Kh6 Rd4 55.g5 Rxh4+
56.Kxg6 Kf8 57.Ra8+ Ke7 58.Kg7  1-0

[Event "Mal & Menning Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hjartarson,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bb7 7.Nd2 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 Qe7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Nf1 e5 13.Ne3 Qe6 14.O-O Kh8 15.Qc2 Nh5
16.Nd5 Rac8 17.Ne7 g5 18.Nxc8 gxh4 19.Nxa7 Nf4 20.Kh1 Rg8 21.Rf2 Nf6 22.Nb5 c6
23.d5 Qe7 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Qd2 N6h5 26.h3 Rg6 27.a4 Qg5 28.Nc7 Qg3 29.Bf1 Nxh3
30.Ra2 Nxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Qg5 32.Qxb6 h3 33.Qxc6 Ng3+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kh2 Nxf1+
36.Kh1 Ng3+  0-1

[Event "Mal & Menning Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hjartarson,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qb3 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 a5 10.Nd2 d6 11.f3 Nbd7 12.e3 O-O 13.Be2 h6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.O-O d5 16.Bf2 Ba6
17.Rfe1 Rab8 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Rab1 e5 20.Qc2 d4 21.exd4 exd4 22.Bd3 Re8 23.Bg3 Ra8
24.Bf5 Bb7 25.Qd3 Bc6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 a4 29.bxa4 Bxa4
30.Qb1 Qxb1 31.Bxb1 Kf8 32.Bg3 Ke7 33.Kf2 Ke6 34.Bc7 Ne8 35.Bg3 Nd6 36.Ne4 Nxe4+
37.Bxe4 Nb6 38.Bd3 Bb3 39.Bc7 Nxc4 40.Bxc4+ Bxc4 41.a4 Kd5 42.a5 Bb5 43.Ke1 c4
44.Kd1 c3 45.h4 d3  0-1

[Event "Mal & Menning Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hjartarson,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Nb8
9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 c5 12.d5 g6 13.b3 Nh5 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Nf1 Bf6
16.a4 Nb6 17.Be3 bxa4 18.bxa4 Nc4 19.Bc1 Bg7 20.Bd3 Na5 21.c4 Bc8 22.Bd2 Nf4
23.Qc2 Rb8 24.Reb1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Qc7 26.Ng3 Bd7 27.Bf1 h5 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Ne2 Rb8
30.Nxf4 Rxb1 31.Qxb1 Bxa4 32.e5 dxe5 33.Nxg6 fxg6 34.Qxg6 Nb7 35.Ng5 Nd8
36.Bd3 Qe7 37.Qxh5 Be8 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.Qh7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mal & Menning Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hjartarson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 O-O 13.a4 Re8 14.Nd2 g6 15.Bc2 Kg7
16.a5 Nf8 17.O-O Bd7 18.Rfe1 Bc6 19.f3 Re6 20.e4 Rae8 21.e5 N6d7 22.f4 f5
23.h3 h6 24.Bh4 Nh7 25.Nf3 Rf8 26.Kh2 Ree8 27.Rg1 Rf7 28.g4 fxg4 29.Rxg4 Ndf8
30.f5 g5 31.Bg3 Bd7 32.e6 Bxe6 33.Be5+ Kg8 34.Nxg5 Nxg5 35.fxe6 Rf2+ 36.Rg2 Rxg2+
37.Kxg2 Nfxe6 38.Rb1 Re7 39.Rb5 Rd7 40.Bf5 Kf7 41.Bb8 Kf6 42.Bc2 a6 43.Rb6 Ne4
44.Bxe4 dxe4 45.Kf2 Kf5 46.Be5 Re7 47.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mal & Menning Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d6 8.Re1 Nb8
9.a3 Nbd7 10.d4 O-O 11.Nbd2 c5 12.d5 g6 13.Bc2 Nh5 14.b3 Bb7 15.a4 Nb6 16.Nf1 Bf6
17.Ne3 Bg7 18.Bd3 bxa4 19.bxa4 Qc7 20.Bd2 c4 21.Bf1 a5 22.Nc2 Bc8 23.Be3 Rb8
24.Na3 Ba6 25.Qc2 Rb7 26.Rab1 Rfb8 27.Nd2 Nf6 28.Bxb6 Rxb6 29.Bxc4 Bc8 30.Nb5 Qe7
31.Bd3 Ne8 32.Nc4 Ra6 33.Nba3 Raa8 34.Nb6 Ra7 35.c4 Rc7 36.Qc3 Rc5 37.Rb5 Bh3
38.gxh3 Rxb5 39.Nxb5 Rxb6 40.Bf1 Rb8 41.Qxa5 Bh6 42.Qc3 Bf4 43.a5 Qg5+ 44.Bg2 Nf6
45.a6 Nxe4 46.a7 Ra8 47.Qf3 Nd2 48.Qg4 Qe7 49.c5 Nb3 50.cxd6 Qb7 51.Rb1 Qxb5  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Weick,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.f3 Nc6 5.Qd2 e6 6.Nh3 Be7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.e3 a6
9.h4 Qe8 10.h5 Ne4 11.fxe4 Bxg5 12.e5 Bh6 13.a3 Bd7 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Nce2 Nd8
16.c4 c6 17.c5 Nf7 18.g4 Ng5 19.O-O-O fxg4 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.Rdg1 Rb8 22.Rxg4 b6
23.Rhg1 bxc5 24.Rxg5 Rxf4 25.Bxh7+ Kf7 26.Qg6+ Kf8 27.exf4 Bxg5 28.fxg5 Be8
29.Rf1+ Bf7 30.h6  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Namyslo,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Nf5 d5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Re1 f6 13.f3 Nc5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Be3 Ne6
16.c3 Rb8 17.Qd2 Qg6 18.Kh1 c5 19.b4 cxb4 20.cxb4 d4 21.Bg1 Bb7 22.Na3 Rxf3
23.Nc4 Nf4 24.Ne5 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kunin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Qe2 g6 14.a4 Bf6 15.Rfd1 Re8
16.Bb5 Bc6 17.e5 Bg7 18.h4 Qc7 19.h5 Nb8 20.Ng5 a6 21.Bd3 Red8 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Qg4 cxd4 24.Bxg6 Be8 25.Bh7+ Kf8 26.cxd4 Nc6 27.Rac1 Qe7 28.Be4 Qb4 29.Nh7+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O Be6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 Ne7 10.Nh4 c6 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qb6 13.Qd2 d5 14.Na4 Qa7 15.d4 e4
16.c4 Rd8 17.cxd5 Rxd5 18.Nc3 Rxf5 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qb6
22.Qc2 g6 23.Qf2 O-O 24.Qf6 Nc8 25.Bc2 Qd8 26.Qxd8 Rxd8 27.Rc1 Nd6 28.Bd3 Ne8
29.Kf2 Nf6 30.Kf3 Rd6 31.b4 Nd5 32.a3 Rf6+ 33.Ke2 Re6 34.e4 Nf6 35.e5 Nd7
36.Bc4 Re7 37.Rf1 Kg7 38.Kd3 f6 39.exf6+ Nxf6 40.h3 h5 41.a4 Ne4 42.g4 h4
43.b5 axb5 44.axb5 Ng5 45.bxc6 bxc6 46.Rh1 Ra7 47.Kc3 Ne4+ 48.Kb4 Rb7+ 49.Ka5 Ng5
50.Rc1 Nxh3 51.Ba6 Rd7 52.Rxc6 Rxd4 53.Kb6 Rxg4 54.Bc8 Rg3 55.Rc4 g5 56.Rc7+ Kf6
57.Rc6+ Ke5 58.Rc5+ Kf4 59.Rc4+ Kf3 60.Rc3+ Kf2 61.Rc2+ Ke1  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rustemov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.g3 b5 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Nge2 Rc8 13.Qb1 O-O 14.O-O Nb6 15.b4 Bd6
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nd4 g6 18.a3 Nc4 19.Qa2 Rc7 20.Be1 Rfc8 21.Bh3 Re8 22.Bg2 Rec8
23.Nb3 Qe6 24.Ne2 Ne4 25.Nf4 Qe5 26.a4 Nb2 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Nd3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Nc3
30.Bxc3 Rxc3 31.Rd4 Qf5 32.g4 Qc8 33.axb5 axb5 34.h3 Be5 35.Rd2 Qc4 36.f4 Rxb3
37.fxe5 Rxe3 38.e6 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Rxe6 40.Qxc4 bxc4 41.Bxd5 Rd6 42.Bxf7+ Kxf7
43.Rxd6 c3 44.Rd7+ Ke6 45.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.Qc2 Qd5
16.a4 b4 17.Bd2 g5 18.Rf1 Rg8 19.fxg5 Rxg5 20.Bxb4 Be7 21.Ba5 Rg3 22.O-O-O Rxe3
23.Kb2 Rb8 24.Bb6 Kd7 25.Ka2 Rg8 26.Rb1 Rgg3 27.Rfc1 Qxd4 28.Bf1 Nd5 29.Ba5 Bf6
30.Bc4 Ref3 31.Rf1 Ne3 32.Rxf3 Nxc2 33.Rxg3 Qf2 34.Rf1 Nb4+ 35.Ka3 Bb2+ 36.Kxb4 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Agrest,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O h6 12.a3 Bd6 13.f3 Re8 14.Rae1 a6 15.Qc1 Be6
16.Kh1 Nh5 17.g3 Qf6 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Rf2 Na5 20.g4 Qh4 21.gxh5 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Nb3
23.Qd1 Rxe3 24.Rg2 Rxf3 25.Rf1 Nd2 26.Rfg1 Nc4 27.Rxg7+ Kf8 28.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Bc2 Nc4 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 f6 20.e6 Qe8 21.Nh4 g5 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Kh1 Kh7 24.Rg1 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Rg8 26.Qg4 f5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Qxf5+ Kh6 29.Rxg8 Qxg8
30.Rg1 Qh7 31.Qf4+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vaganian,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qd6 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Bd3 Nxd3+
16.Rxd3 Bf5 17.Rc3 Be4 18.O-O Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qg6+ 20.Kh1 Qf5 21.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Na6 12.Bxa6 bxa6 13.Nf3 Be6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Re8
16.a5 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxd4 19.Qxc6 Qxh4 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Qxa8+ Kh7
22.Qf3 Qb4 23.Qd3+ Kg8 24.Qd2 Rd7 25.Qe2 Re7 26.Qd2 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Lobron,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Be2 c6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ahlander,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Qa2 a5 10.O-O Bb4 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 Qd8 13.e5 Ne4 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Be2 O-O
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Ng5 Qd5 18.Qd1 Bxg2 19.Bd3 h6 20.Qh5 f5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Qg4 Bf3
23.Nxf3 Qxf3 24.Qxf3 Rxf3 25.Be4 Rf6 26.Kh1 Bd6 27.Rg1 Bf4 28.Rg2 Raf8 29.Rag1 R8f7
30.Bg6 Rd7 31.b3 Nd5 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Kg1 Bc7 34.Rg4 Ne7 35.Bd3 Nf5 36.Re4 Rdf7
37.Bc4 Rg6+ 38.Kf1 Rff6 39.Bf4 Bxf4 40.Rxf4 Ke7 41.Bxe6 Rxe6 42.Rxf5 Rg1+
43.Kxg1 Rxe1+ 44.Kg2 b6 45.Rf3 Rd1 46.Rg3 g5 47.Rh3 Rxd4 48.Rxh6 Kd7 49.Rh3 b5
50.axb5 cxb5 51.Rg3 g4 52.Re3 Kd6 53.h4 gxh3+ 54.Kxh3 a4 55.bxa4 Rxa4 56.Re8 Kc5
57.Rb8 Ra6 58.Kg4 b4 59.Kf4 Kc4 60.Ke4 b3 61.Ke3 Kc3 62.Rc8+ Kb2 63.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O a5 13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Rb1 Qc8 15.Re1 Rb8
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Ng4 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Be2 Bf5 20.e4 Be6 21.f4 Nd7 22.Qc2 Qa6
23.Bf2 Bxc4 24.Ra1 Bxe2 25.Rxa6 Bxa6 26.b5 Bb7 27.bxc6 Bxc6 28.Nd1 Ba8 29.Qxc7 Nf6
30.Bd4 Nxe4 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Nf2 Nf6 33.Qc3 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Be4 35.Nxe4 Re8
36.Qc3 Rxe4 37.g3 d5 38.Kg2 h5 39.Kf1 Rc4 40.Qe5 Re4 41.Qc3 Ra4 42.Qe5 Rc4
43.Kg2 Re4 44.Qc3 Re2+ 45.Kg1 Re6 46.Qd4 Re1+ 47.Kg2 Re4 48.Qc3 Re6 49.Qd4 Kh7
50.Kh3 Kg7 51.Kg2 Re4 52.Qc3 Rc4 53.Qe5 d4 54.Qd6 Ng4 55.h3 Nf6 56.Kf1 Rc1+
57.Kg2 Rc2+ 58.Kh1 Rc3 59.Qxd4 Rxg3 60.Kh2 Rf3 61.Kg2 Rb3 62.Kh2 Rb5 63.Kg2 Rf5
64.Kg3 Kh7 65.Kh4 Nd5 66.Kg3 Nxf4 67.Qc4 Ne6 68.Qc3 Ng5 69.Qc1 Rf3+ 70.Kh4 Rf5
71.Kg3 Ne4+ 72.Kg2 h4 73.Qc4 Rf4 74.Qd4 g5 75.Qd3 Kg6 76.Kg1 Kh6 77.Qd4 Nf6
78.Qc3 Kg6 79.Qc2+ Re4 80.Kg2 Kg7 81.Qc3 Re6 82.Qd4 Kg6 83.Qd3+ Ne4 84.Qd8 Nf6
85.Qd3+ Re4 86.Kg1 Kg7 87.Qb5 Kh6 88.Qb7 Kg6 89.Qb1 Kf5 90.Qd3 Kg6 91.Qb1 g4
92.hxg4 Kg5 93.Qc1+ Rf4 94.Qc5+ Kxg4 95.Qc7 Ne4 96.Qd7+ f5 97.Qg7+ Ng5 98.Qg8 h3
99.Qg7 Re4 100.Qc3 Kh4 101.Qf6 f4 102.Qd8 Kg4 103.Kf2 f3 104.Qc8+ Re6 105.Kg1 Kf4
106.Qf8+ Kg3 107.Qb8+ Kg4 108.Qc8 Kf5 109.Qf8+ Rf6 110.Qc8+ Kf4 111.Qc1+ Kg4
112.Kh2 f2 113.Qf1 Nf3+ 114.Kh1 Nd2 115.Qxh3+ Kf4 116.Qh4+ Ke5 117.Qg5+ Rf5
118.Qe7+ Kf4 119.Qd6+ Kf3 120.Qd3+ Kg4 121.Qg3+ Kh5 122.Qh3+ Kg6 123.Qg3+ Kf7
124.Qc7+ Ke6 125.Qc6+ Ke5 126.Qc3+ Ke6 127.Qc6+ Kf7 128.Qd7+ Kg6 129.Qd6+ Rf6
130.Qg3+ Kf7 131.Qc7+ Ke6 132.Qb6+ Ke5 133.Qc5+ Ke4 134.Qe7+ Kf5 135.Qd7+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Borriss,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 a5 11.Ra3 c5 12.Nb5 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Ng3 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Ng6
16.Qh5 e4 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Qg5 Kg7 20.g4 h6 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.gxf5 Bxf5
23.Rg3+ Bg6 24.Bxe4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qf6+ 26.Kg1 Rf8 27.h3 Kh7 28.Bxg6+ Nxg6
29.Qxa5 Qf2+ 30.Kh2 Ne5 31.Qc3 Rf6 32.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Souleidis,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8 8.Qg3 d6
9.f3 Rb8 10.h4 Kh8 11.h5 h6 12.Qh2 b5 13.g4 Re5 14.Nge2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Rc5
16.Qf4 b4 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Kb1 Be6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 a5 22.Be2 a4
23.Rc1 Kg7 24.b3 Kf8 25.Kb2 Ke7 26.Rcd1 Rb6 27.R4d2 Rbc6 28.Bd3 Rc3 29.Rg1 R6c5
30.f4 Ra5 31.Rg3 Kf8 32.Rdg2 Rcc5 33.Rg1 Kg7 34.R1g2 d5 35.exd5 Rxd5 36.Re2 Rd4
37.Re4 a3+ 38.Kc1 Rad5 39.g5 Rxe4 40.Bxe4 Rd4 41.gxf6+ Kxf6 42.Re3 Bg4 43.c3 Rd1+
44.Kc2 Ra1 45.cxb4 Rxa2+ 46.Kb1 Re2 47.Rxe2 Bxe2 48.Ka2 Bxh5 49.Kxa3 Bg6
50.Bh1 h5 51.b5 Kf5 52.Kb4 Kxf4 53.Kc5 h4 54.Kc6 Bd3  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Roeder,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Nb5 Nxb5 10.cxb5 O-O 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.f3 Ne8 13.Ng3 Bf6 14.Qd2 Bh4 15.Bh6 Ng7
16.O-O-O f6 17.Kb1 Bg5 18.Bxg5 fxg5 19.h3 Rf7 20.Rc1 Ne8 21.Rc3 Bd7 22.Ra3 Kg7
23.Rc1 h6 24.Nf1 Qb8 25.Ne3 Qd8 26.Be2 Qb8 27.Rcc3 Nf6 28.Ra5 Ne8 29.Qc2 Kh7
30.Rca3 b6 31.Ra6 Bc8 32.R6a4 Bd7 33.Qd2 Kg7 34.Nc2 Nf6 35.Qe3 Nh5 36.Nb4 a6
37.bxa6 Bxa4 38.Rxa4 c5 39.dxc6 Nf4 40.Nd5 b5 41.Ra5 Nxg2 42.Qg1 Nh4 43.Rxb5 Qc8
44.Rb7 Qxc6 45.Qb6 Qxb6 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.Nxb6 Ra7 48.b4 Nxf3 49.Bxf3 Rxa6
50.Nd5 Ra3 51.Be2 Ke8 52.b5 Kd8 53.Kb2 Ra4 54.Bg4 h5 55.b6 Ra5 56.a4 Ra8
57.Be6 g4 58.hxg4 h4 59.g5  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.e3 Nh5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Ne4 Na5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd6 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rab8
16.b4 Nb7 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Be2 Nf6 19.Nc3 Rbc8 20.Qb3 Nd6 21.O-O Rc6 22.Kh1 Rdc8
23.b5 Rc5 24.Na4 Rh5 25.Rg1 Nb7 26.Qb2 Nc5 27.Nxc5 Rhxc5 28.Rd2 Kf8 29.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.d5 Qb6 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.Ba2 e6 15.f4 Nd7
16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 O-O-O 18.fxg6 Re8+ 19.Kf1 Qa6+ 20.Ne2 fxg6 21.dxc6 bxc6
22.Qc2 Bb4 23.Bc4 Rhf8+ 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.h4 Ne5 26.Qb3 Kb7 27.g3 Ng4 28.Kg2 Rxf4
29.Ba6+ Qxa6 30.Nxf4 Re2+ 31.Kh3 Nf2+ 32.Kg2 Ng4+ 33.Kh3 Nf2+ 34.Kg2 Ne4+
35.Kh3 Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Bxc4 Bd7 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O exd5 13.Bxd5 Bc6 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Be3 Nc6
16.Nd2 Bd3 17.Re1 Nxe5 18.Bxc5 Re8 19.Nf3 Qd5 20.Rxe5 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Be3 Na5 13.c5 Bc4 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Ng3 Qc7
16.Nf5 f6 17.Rf3 Rf7 18.Raf1 Kh8 19.h4 Rc8 20.h5 Be6 21.Ba6 Rcf8 22.fxe5 fxe5
23.h6 g6 24.Ng7 Bc4 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Rxf7 Bxf7 27.d5 Qd8 28.Qf2 Qe7 29.Bb5 Nc5
30.Qf3 Kg8 31.Qg4 Qc7 32.Qh4 Nab7 33.Bc6 Qc8 34.Kh2 Qd8 35.Bg5 Qc8 36.Be7 g5
37.Bxg5 Bg6 38.Be7 Nxe4 39.Bxb7 Qxb7 40.c4 Qc7 41.Ne6 Qd7 42.Bf8 Kf7 43.Bg7 Ke8
44.Qg4 Qf7 45.Qh4 Qe7 46.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 b4 14.a5 Rb8 15.Ba4 Re7 16.Bb3 Re8
17.d5 Ne7 18.Nc4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxd5 21.Qc2 Nxc3 22.Rg4 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Ne2+
24.Qxe2 Rxb3 25.Bxh6 Qf6 26.Nd2 Rb5 27.Bg5 Qe6 28.Kh2 d5 29.Rag1 Rxa5 30.Nf1 d4
31.Ng3 f5 32.Bd2 fxg4 33.Bxa5 Qd5 34.Ne4 Re6 35.Rxg4 c5 36.Nd2 e4 37.fxe4 d3
38.exd5 Rxe2 39.Kg2 Re5 40.Ne4 Kf7 41.Rf4+ Ke8 42.d6 Rd5 43.Bc3 Bxd6 44.Rf5  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6
9.Nh3 Nc6 10.Nf4 d6 11.Nd5 Bf5 12.f3 Nxd5 13.cxd5 exf3 14.Rxf3 Ne7 15.d3 Bd7
16.Rf2 Ng6 17.Rb1 b5 18.d4 Rc8 19.Bd2 a6 20.Qb3 Bg4 21.e3 Qd7 22.c4 Bh3 23.Bxh3 Qxh3
24.cxb5 Rb8 25.Qc2 Qd7 26.Rbf1 Nh8 27.Qc6 Qxc6 28.bxc6 Rb5 29.Rf5 f6 30.a4 Rb3
31.Ba5 Rc8 32.e4 Nf7 33.R5f3 Rb2 34.h4 Ra2 35.Rb3 Rxa4 36.Bxc7 Rxc7 37.Rfb1 Re7
38.e5 Rxd4 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.exf6 gxf6 41.R8b7 Re2 42.Rxf7+ Kg6 43.Rf8 Rdd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.h4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bxd3
16.Rxd3 Nd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bf4 Qb7 19.h5 Rac8 20.Rad1 Qa6 21.e5 f5 22.d5 exd5
23.Nd4 Rf8 24.Qf3 Nc5 25.h6 g5 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Qh5 Bf4 28.Rf3 Bxe5 29.Nxf5 Qb7
30.Rxd5 Rce8 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Ne7 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Qb8+ 35.Rg3 Rxe7
36.Qxe7 Ne6 37.Qxe6 Qf4 38.a4 a6 39.Qxb6 Rb8 40.Qe3 Qh4+ 41.Rh3 Qf6 42.Qc3  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Ne5 Bxe2
10.Nxe2 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Nbd7 15.Nc6 Qb6 16.Ba5 Qb7
17.Nb4 Rac8 18.f3 Nb8 19.Qd2 Nfd7 20.Rfd1 h6 21.Kf2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8
24.Nc1 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Nd3 Bc7 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.Bxc3 Nb8 29.Bb4 Nc6 30.Bc5 f5
31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Nxd4
9.hxg4 Nxb3 10.axb3 hxg4 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.c4 Rb8 13.Qd5 c6 14.Qxf7+ Qxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.Rxa6 Nf6 17.Re1 bxc4 18.bxc4 d5 19.Rxc6 Bb4 20.Rd1 d4 21.Rc7+ Kg6 22.f3 g3
23.Nd2 Bxd2 24.Bxd2 Rh2 25.Be1 Rxb2 26.Bd2 Nh5 27.c5 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.c6 Rbxg2+
30.Kf1 Rc2 31.Kg1 Rh5  0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Thorhallsson,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O c5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ba2 Nf6
16.Rac1 Qd6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Bb1 Ned5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.a5 Rac8 21.Qd2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.f3 Be6 25.Qc3 g6 26.Qc5 Qd8 27.h3 Nd7 28.Qd6 Qh4 29.Nxd7 Qxd4+
30.Kh1 Bxd7 31.Qxd7 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb1 33.Qxd5 Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rowson,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Qb3 Qg6 14.Ne5 Qxg2 15.O-O-O Nxf2
16.Rhg1 Nxd1 17.Rxg2 Nxe3 18.Re2 Bxd4 19.Nxc6 Bb6 20.Nxd5 Rf1+ 21.Kd2 Rd1+
22.Kc3 Rc1+ 23.Kd2 Rc2+ 24.Ke1 Rxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Ba6+ 26.Kd2 Bc4 27.Nde7+ Kh8
28.Qc3 Rf8 29.Qe5 Bxa2 30.Qh5 Rf2+ 31.Kc3 Bf7 32.Qh3 Nd1+ 33.Kd3 Nxb2+ 34.Ke4 Re2+
35.Kf4 Be6 36.Ng6+ Kg8 37.Nce7+ Kf7 38.Qxh7 Nd3+ 39.Kf3 Re3+ 40.Kg2 Bh3+  0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.h3 Qc7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nh5
9.g4 g5 10.gxh5 gxh4 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bg7 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Bc4 Qf4 15.Qe2 Bf5
16.Rg1 O-O 17.Qe3 Nxh5 18.Ne5 Kh7 19.Ne2 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rad8 22.Nd4 e6
23.Rf1 Bg6 24.O-O-O Ng3 25.Rf4 Nf5 26.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Bxf5 28.Rxh4 Rd8+
29.Ke1 Kg7 30.b4 Rd7 31.a4 Kg6 32.Be2 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Bf4 d3 17.Qxd3 Nc5 18.Qd4 Rc8 19.Rac1 Bf8 20.Bd2 g6 21.Bg5 Ne6 22.Qd2 Nxg5
23.Nxg5 h6 24.Nf3 Bg7 25.Re2 Nd7 26.Rd1 Nc5 27.b4 Ne6 28.Bb3 Rc7 29.Re3 Qa8
30.Rd3 Bf8 31.Bd5 Qc8 32.Ne1 Ng5 33.f3 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Bg7 35.Ne2 Bf8 36.Rd3 Rc4
37.Nf4 Ne6 38.Nd5 Qd8 39.Nc2 Qh4 40.Nde3 Rc6 41.Rc3 Rec8 42.Rxc6 Rxc6 43.Qf2 Qd8
44.h4 h5 45.g3 Bg7 46.Kg2 a5 47.bxa5 Kh7 48.Qd2 Ra6 49.Nb4 Ra8 50.a6 Qa5
51.Ned5 Nc5 52.Qf4 Nxa6 53.Nc6 Qxa2+ 54.Rd2 Qc4 55.Na5 Qc1 56.Nb3 Qe1 57.Nf6+ Kh8
58.Qxd6 Nc5 59.Qd5 Rf8 60.Nd7 Bh6  0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Bd7 14.b3 Nb6 15.a5 Nc8 16.b4 c4
17.Nbd2 Bd8 18.Nf1 Ne8 19.g4 Ne7 20.Ng3 Kh8 21.Kh2 Ng8 22.Rg1 g6 23.Be3 Ng7
24.Nd2 Bf6 25.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.b4 O-O 9.b5 a6
10.a4 axb5 11.cxb5 Be6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.a5 Re8 14.a6 Nb6 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Bb2 Reb8
17.Rfc1 Qf7 18.Ba3 Bh6 19.Nd1 Ne8 20.axb7 Rxb7 21.Bb2 Rab8 22.Ra3 Nd5 23.Rca1 Bd7
24.Ra7 Bxb5 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Bxb5 Rxb5 27.Ra8 Qd7 28.Nc3 Qc6 29.Qa4 Nxc3 30.Bxc3 Kf8
31.g3 Rb6 32.Qa3 Bg7 33.Kg2 Ke7 34.Ra4 Rb8 35.Nc4 Qd5 36.Qa2 Kf8 37.Ra3 Qb7
38.Ra5 Bf6 39.Nd2 Qc8 40.Qe6 Kg7 41.Qd5 Qd7 42.Ra7 Bd8 43.Nc4 Nf6 44.Qa5 Qc6
45.Nd2 Nd5 46.Ba1 Kf8 47.Qa2 Nb4 48.Qe6 Qb6 49.Ra3 d5 50.Qd7 Be7 51.Rc3 c6
52.Ra3  1-0

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.b4 O-O 9.b5 a6
10.a4 axb5 11.cxb5 Be6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.a5 Re8 14.a6 Nb6 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Bb2 Reb8
17.Rfc1 Qf7 18.Ba3 Bh6 19.Nd1 Ne8 20.axb7 Rxb7 21.Bb2 Rab8 22.Ra3 Nd5 23.Rca1 Bd7
24.Ra7 Bxb5 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Bxb5 Rxb5 27.Ra8 Qd7 28.Nc3 Qc6 29.Qa4 Nxc3 30.Bxc3 Kf8
31.g3 Rb6 32.Qa3 Bg7 33.Kg2 Ke7 34.Ra4 Rb8 35.Nc4 Qd5 36.Qa2 Kf8 37.Ra3 Qb7
38.Ra5 Bf6 39.Nd2 Kg7 40.Qe6 Qc8 41.Qd5 Qd7 42.Ra7 Bd8 43.Nc4 Nf6 44.Qa5 Qc6
45.Nd2 Nd5 46.Ba1 Kf8 47.Qa2 Nb4 48.Qe6 Qb6 49.Ra3 d5 50.Qd7 Be7 51.Rc3 c6
52.Ra3 Qb7 53.Qe6 Nd3 54.Rb3 Qc8 55.Rxb8 Qxb8 56.Qxc6 Qa7 57.Bc3 Qa2 58.Qc8+ Kf7
59.Qh8 Bf6 60.Qxh7+ Bg7 61.h4 Ne1+ 62.Kf1 Nf3 63.h5 Qa6+ 64.Kg2 Ng5 65.hxg6+ Qxg6
66.Qh4 Qh6  1-0

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Rc8 15.Qe2 Nf6
16.Bd2 Nd5 17.e4 Qh4+ 18.Kd1 Nxf4 19.Qe1 Ng6 20.exf5 Qxd4 21.Qxe6+ Ne7 22.Ke2 Qd7
23.Qe3 h5 24.Raf1 Kf7 25.Kd1 Nd5 26.Qg5 Be7 27.Qg6+ Kg8 28.Rhg1 Bxc5 29.Bxd5+ cxd5
30.f6 Bxg1 31.f7+ Kf8 32.Rxg1 Qxf7 33.Qxa6 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.h3 g5 11.O-O-O Qxb3 12.axb3 g4 13.g3 Be7 14.Bg2 gxh3 15.Bxh3 O-O-O
16.Rdf1 Rh7 17.Bg2 Rdh8 18.Rxh7 Rxh7 19.Rh1 Rxh1+ 20.Bxh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "St Ingbert GER"]
[Date "2003.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Qd6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.b3 h6
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.a3 f6 11.Nh4 Nf8 12.b4 Bd4 13.c3 Bb6 14.Nc4 Qd7 15.a4 Rd8 16.Nxe5 fxe5
17.a5 Bg4 18.Qb3 Qxd3 19.axb6 axb6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Rfd1 Ne6 23.Rxd8+ Nxd8
24.h3 Qf7 25.Qc2 O-O 26.c4 Qe7 27.Re1 Nf7 28.c5 Rd8 29.Qc4 Rd5 30.f4 Qh4
31.Bc3 bxc5 32.bxc5 Qxf4 33.Qxf4 exf4 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Re7 Rxc5 36.Bd4 Rc1+
37.Kh2 Rc4 38.Ba1 Kg6 39.Re6+ Kf5 40.Re7 Ng5 41.Re5+ Kg6 42.h4 f3 43.Kg3 fxg2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maiwald,JU"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.c4 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.h3 Bh5 10.e4 O-O 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Nb5 N7c6 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Nxe5 Bxd1 17.Bxd5+ Kf8 18.Nf7 Qd7 19.Nbxd6 Rxe3 20.fxe3 Bh5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Berndt,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.e4 c5 11.Ng3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Be3 Ne8 14.f4 e5 15.Nf5 Kh8 16.Rf3 g6
17.Nh6 cxd4 18.cxd4 f6 19.f5 exd4 20.Bxd4 g5 21.h4 gxh4 22.Rh3 Ne5 23.Rxh4 Rc7
24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Qh5 Rg7 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.Kh2 Qd8 28.Be2 Qe7 29.Rg4 Nf6 30.Rxg7 Qxg7
31.Qh4 Nxe4 32.Bf3 Nf6 33.Rxd6 Bxc4 34.a3 e4 35.Bxe4 b5 36.Bf3 a5 37.Qf4 a4
38.g4 Qc7 39.g5 Nd5 40.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "TCh-BEL 2003-4"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2003.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Na6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc6 13.Be2 Qa5 14.O-O Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxe5
16.Qd5 Qxd5 17.Nxd5 Rfe8 18.Rac1 e6 19.Nc3 Re7 20.a3 Bf4 21.Bxh5 Bxe3 22.fxe3 gxh5
23.Ne4 Nc7 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Nxh5 Ne8 26.Rfd1 Ng7 27.Ng3 Ne8 28.e4 Nf6 29.Rd4 Kg7
30.Rc5 h6 31.Rd1 b6 32.Rc3 Kg6 33.Rd6 Rg8 34.b4 Kh7 35.Rd4 Rg5 36.a4 Re5
37.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O g6 11.h3 Nb6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Kb1 Ng7 14.Rhe1 O-O-O 15.Na4 Bf5
16.Ka1 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Kb8 18.Bf1 Ne8 19.Rc1 Nd6 20.Qb4 Nc8 21.Rc5 Nb6 22.Qb3 Rc8
23.Rec1 f6 24.a4 Qd6 25.R5c3 Rc7 26.Ne1 Nd7 27.a5 Rhc8 28.g4 Be6 29.Nd3 Ka8
30.Qa4 Bf7 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.dxc5 Qe5 33.a6 bxa6 34.Bxa6 Rd8 35.Rd1 g5 36.Rd4 Qh2
37.Ka2 Bg6 38.Qa5 Rb8 39.Rb3 Rxb3 40.Kxb3 Qe5 41.Ka2 Bf7 42.Qa4 Qe7 43.Qc2 Be6
44.Ka1 Bc8 45.Bd3 Rb7 46.Ra4 h6 47.e4 Be6 48.Qc3 Bf7 49.Rb4 Rxb4 50.Qxb4 Qc7
51.Qd4 Qf4 52.Bb1 Qe5 53.Qa4 Kb7 54.Qb4+ Ka8 55.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.e4 e6 9.exd5 exd5
10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Re2 Ng4
17.Qb6 Qa8 18.Bc7 Bf6 19.Bd6 Rd8 20.Na4 Nh6 21.Qa5 Qc8 22.h3 Qf5 23.Rae1 Qd3
24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Kh7 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qe4 29.g3 Qc2 30.Kg2 Nf5
31.Qd8 Ne3+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Nf1+ 34.Kg2 Ne3+ 35.fxe3 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Be7
9.Bf4 c6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Ba2 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Rc1 Nfd5 15.O-O Nxf4
16.exf4 Bf6 17.Rfe1 Kf7 18.Ne2 Rhd8 19.Rc3 Nd5 20.Rb3 Rd7 21.g3 a5 22.Nc3 Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 c4 14.Bc2 b5 15.Rfb1 a5 16.Bc1 Ba6
17.e5 Rfb8 18.Ng5 Nf8 19.Qh5 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Bb7 21.h4 Qc6 22.f3 Qe8 23.Qg4 Bd5
24.Bf6 Ng6 25.h5 gxf6 26.exf6 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Rxb4 e5 30.hxg6 hxg6
31.Rb1 exd4 32.Qxd4 Qe6 33.Qf4 Re8 34.Rd1 Bb7 35.Kh2 Qe5 36.Qxe5 Rxe5 37.Rd8+ Kh7
38.Rd7 Bd5 39.Re7 Be6 40.Be4 Kh6 41.Kg3 Rg5+ 42.Kf2 Rb5 43.f4 Rb3 44.g4 Rxc3
45.Re8 Kh7 46.f5 gxf5 47.gxf5 Bxf5 48.Bxf5+ Kh6 49.Rg8 Rb3 50.Be6 Rb6 51.Bxc4 Rxf6+
52.Ke3 Rg6 53.Rf8 Rf6 54.Rxf7 Rxf7 55.Bxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.b3 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Re8
16.a4 bxa4 17.bxa4 Rc8 18.Nf5 Qc7 19.Bb3 Bf8 20.Bb2 d5 21.Rc1 Qf4 22.Rxc8 Bxc8
23.g3 Qg5 24.h4 Qg6 25.h5 Nxh5 26.Nh4 Qg5 27.Ndf3 Qe7 28.exd5 Qd8 29.Rxe8 Qxe8
30.Ng5 Nxg3 31.d6 Qe2 32.Bxf7+ Kh8 33.Qb1 Ne4 34.Qxe4 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Bxd6+ 36.f4 Qd2+
37.Kg3  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 b4 5.a3 g6 6.axb4 cxb4 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Nf6
9.Rxa7 Rxa7 10.Qxa7 Na6 11.Be3 d6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.Nbd2 Qd7 14.Qb6 Qb7 15.Qa5 Nd7
16.Nd4 Ndc5 17.O-O O-O 18.Ra1 Bd7 19.N2b3 Ra8 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.Nb3 Bxb2 22.Nxc5 Qc8
23.Rb1 Nxc5 24.Qxc5 Bc3 25.Qxe7 Bf5 26.Rc1 b3 27.Rxc3 b2 28.Rb3 Ra1+ 29.Bf1 Bd3
30.h3 Rxf1+ 31.Kh2 b1=Q 32.Rxb1 Bxb1 33.d6 Qf8 34.Qf6 Rd1 35.c5 Bf5 36.Bf4 Qg7
37.Qd8+ Qf8 38.Qf6 h5 39.Be5 Kh7 40.c6 Rd5 41.f3 Be6 42.Qe7 Qh6 43.Qf6 Qf8
44.Qe7 Qh6 45.Qf6 Qf8 46.Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nbd5 15.Na2 Be7
16.e4 Nb4 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Nc4 Re8 22.f3 b6
23.d5 exd5 24.Nxb6 Rcd8 25.Ncxd5 Nfxd5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.exd5 Bf6 28.Qf2 Qe5
29.Bf4 Qxb2 30.Qxb2 Bxb2 31.Rxc6 Bf5 32.Bc7 Rc8 33.d6 Bd7 34.f4 Ba3 35.Rc4 Re6
36.Bb7 Rce8 37.Bc6 Bxc6 38.Rxc6 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40.Kf2 Rd1 41.Bxa5 Bxd6
42.Ke2 Rd5 43.Bd2 Bc5 44.a5 Bg1 45.a6 Rh5 46.h4 Rb5 47.Rc1 Bd4 48.Rc4 Bc5
49.Kd3 Kh7 50.Bc3 Kg6 51.Ra4 Rb1 52.h5+ Kh7 53.a7 Bxa7 54.Rxa7 Kg8 55.Ke4  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 Nh5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.Nxd5 Nc6 10.exd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 g5 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Nf3 Bb6 14.Nxf6+ exf6 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8
16.Bg3 Ba5+ 17.Kf1 f5 18.Bd6 Be6 19.Ne5 O-O-O 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Bc5 f4 22.Bxa7 Rhe8
23.Bc5 Rd2 24.b4 Bc7 25.g4 f5 26.h3 h5 27.gxf5 Bxf5 28.Bxh5 Rh8 29.Bf3 Rxh3
30.Bxc6 Rxa2 31.Rxh3 Bxh3+ 32.Kg1 Bd7 33.Bd5 g4 34.b5 f3 35.Bd4 Bf4 36.Rd1 Re2
37.b6 Be6 38.Bc6 Bxc4 39.Bc5 Rb2 40.Bd7+ Kb7 41.Bf5 Kc6 42.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 Qf6
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Nb3 Qg6 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Be7 15.Qd2 Rd8
16.Nxf7 Qxf7 17.Bxc7 Qe6 18.Bxd8 Bxd8 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.Rad1 Bc8 22.e5 Nd5
23.Ne4 Qxe5 24.Rde1 Be7 25.c4 Bb4 26.Nc3  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Bb7 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.Bg5 a5 10.e3 d6 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.f3 O-O 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.O-O Rab8 15.Kh1 Ba6
16.Rab1 d5 17.Qc2 h6 18.Bh4 Rfc8 19.Bg3 Ra8 20.Rfe1 Bb7 21.cxd5 exd5 22.Bf5 Re8
23.Rbd1 Nf8 24.e4 g6 25.Bh3 Nh5 26.Bf2 Nf4 27.Bxc5 Qc7 28.exd5 Nxh3 29.Ne4 Nd7
30.gxh3 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Qxc5 32.Qxc5 Nxc5 33.Re7 Rb8 34.Rc7 Na6 35.Rc3 Rd8 36.d6 Nc5
37.Kg2 Ne6 38.Kg3 Kg7 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Kf6 41.b5 Rb8 42.h4 h5 43.Rd2 Bc8
44.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.e4 Qe7 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Rac8 20.Rac1 Ne5 21.h3 Re8 22.Ne4 cxd5
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxd5 Rd8 25.Bc5 Qc7 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Bxb4 axb4 28.Nc5 Qd4
29.Nb3 Qd6 30.Bxb7 Bd3 31.Qe3 Bc4 32.Nd4 Qc7 33.Bg2 Ba6 34.Nc6 Nxc6 35.Qe8+ Kh7
36.Qxc6 Qa5 37.Qd5 Qxd5 38.Bxd5 Kg6 39.a5 f5 40.Bg2  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 Be7 11.d5 exd5 12.Rd1 d4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.d5 Nd4 15.Qb2 Re8
16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bb5 Bxa3 18.Qxd4 Bc5 19.Qd3 Bb4+ 20.Kf1 Rf8 21.Nd4 Qc8 22.h4 Bc5
23.h5 Qg4 24.Nf3 Rad8 25.Rh4 Qc8 26.Bc4 b5 27.Bxb5 Bb6 28.h6 g6 29.Qb3 Qc5
30.Qb2 f6 31.Rf4 Bc7 32.Rc1 Qb6 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 34.Rxf6 Rxf6 35.Qxf6 Rf8 36.Qb2 Rc8
37.d6 Qc1+ 38.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Ke2 Rc8 40.Ng5 a6 41.Ba4  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Legky,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.Rd1 Be7
9.exd4 O-O 10.a3 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.Qe4 Nce7 13.Bd3 Ng6 14.Bd2 b6 15.Qg4 Bb7
16.Ne4 Rc8 17.Re1 Re8 18.Rad1 Be7 19.Qg3 Nf6 20.Neg5 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Qd5 22.h4 Bd6
23.Qg5 Qb3 24.h5 Qxd3 25.Bb4 Qc2 26.Bxd6 h6 27.Qb5 Ne7 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.d5 exd5
30.Qa6 Rce8 31.b4 Ng4 32.Rf1 Nxf2 33.Rd2 Nh3+ 34.gxh3 Qf5 35.Qd3 Qxh5 36.Qxd5 Qxh3
37.Rg2 Rd7 38.Qc4 Qe6 39.Qh4 Rd3 40.Kh1 Rxa3 41.Re1 Re3 42.Rxe3 Qxe3 43.Qf6 g6
44.Rxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Poulton,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 d6 5.cxb5 a6 6.e3 g6 7.bxa6 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 Bxa6 10.Ra3 O-O 11.O-O Nb6 12.e4 e6 13.Re1 exd5 14.exd5 Bxb5 15.axb5 N8d7
16.Bf4 Nf6 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Bxd6 Rc8 19.Nc3 Nbxd5 20.Ne5 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Nd5
22.Nc6 Nxc3 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 Qxc8 25.Qd3 h5 26.b6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wirig,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 c6 7.O-O Re8 8.h3 Be6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Bb6 11.Kh2 Bf5 12.e4 Bg6 13.d3 a5 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.Rad1 Bh5
16.Rd2 Ne6 17.Ng1 Bc5 18.Qc1 Qd7 19.Nce2 a4 20.Nf3 axb3 21.axb3 Qc7 22.d4 Bxf3
23.dxc5 Bxg2 24.cxd6 Qd7 25.Kxg2 Nxe4 26.Rdd1 c5 27.f3 Nxd6 28.Bxe5 Nd4 29.Bxd4 cxd4
30.Nxd4 Ra2+ 31.Rf2 Rxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Qxh3 33.Rh1 Qd7 34.Rd1 Qh3 35.Rh1 Qc8 36.Qc2 f5
37.c5 Nf7 38.Qxf5 Qxf5 39.Nxf5 Re5 40.Nd6 Rxc5 41.Nxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.f3 Bh5 12.g3 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Nd7
16.e4 Nb6 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qf6 19.Bxb7 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Qxf3
22.Rf1 Qg4 23.a5 Nd7 24.a6 Qe2 25.Rf2 Qe1+ 26.Rf1 Qe2 27.Bf4 Nf6 28.Qf3 Qxb2
29.e5 Nd7 30.Qd5 Nb6 31.Qe4 c4 32.Be3 Be7 33.Rb1 Qa3 34.Bxb6 axb6 35.Qxc4 g6
36.Kh1 Kg7 37.Rf1 Qa5 38.Qd4 Bc5 39.Qa1 Ba3 40.e6+ Kh6 41.Rxf7 Re8 42.e7 Qa4
43.Qg7+ Kg5 44.Qf6+ Kh6 45.Qh4+ Qxh4 46.gxh4  1-0

[Event "TCh-SWE 2003-4"]
[Site "Goteborg SWE"]
[Date "2004.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 Nb6 8.Ne5 Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Nbd7 11.Nxc4 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Be2 b5 14.axb6 cxb6 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Qb3 Bf5 18.Ba6 Rab8 19.Qa3 Qe6 20.O-O Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rfc1 b5
23.f3 Bf5 24.Rc5 Rb6 25.Rxb5 Rfb8 26.Rxb6 Rxb6 27.Bf1 Rc6 28.b4 Rc7 29.Rc1 Bc2
30.Kf2 Qc8 31.Qa5 Qd8 32.g3 Qd7 33.Bd3 Qh3 34.Kg1 Qe6 35.e4 dxe4 36.Bxc2 Qc8
37.Qa4 exf3 38.Kf2 Rc3 39.Bf5 Qxf5 40.Rxc3  1-0

[Event "TCh-SWE 2003-4"]
[Site "Goteborg SWE"]
[Date "2004.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Qe7 10.Qe1 Bd6 11.c5 Bc7 12.e4 e5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qe4 N5f6 15.Qh4 Re8
16.Rae1 Qf8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Bd8 19.Qg3 exd4 20.Rxe8 Qxe8 21.Re1 Qf8 22.Bf4 Be7
23.Bd6 Bxd6 24.cxd6 Nf6 25.Re7 Be6 26.Nxd4 Bd7 27.Bf5 Re8 28.Bxd7 Nxd7 29.Nf5 g6
30.Qe3 Nf6 31.Qe5 gxf5 32.Qxf6 Rxe7 33.dxe7 Qe8 34.h4 c5 35.h5 h6 36.Qd6 f6
37.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "TCh-SWE 2003-4"]
[Site "Goteborg SWE"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bd2 b6 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Be2 O-O 14.a5 b5 15.Rac1 Be7
16.Ne5 Ra7 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Nc6 Rxa5 20.Nxb4 Bd7 21.Rc7 Rfa8
22.g4 R8a7 23.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.a3 Qb6 13.axb4 Bxb4+ 14.Bd2 c5 15.Bxb7 Bxd2+
16.Qxd2 Qxb7 17.O-O O-O 18.Ra5 Rc7 19.h3 h6 20.Rfa1 Qb8 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nh5
16.a4 b4 17.Bd2 f5 18.Bxb4 Nf4 19.Nc3 Nxb3 20.Rb1 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Rxb7 Qxc3
23.Bxa6 Qa5 24.Rxe7 Qxa6 25.Nh4 fxe4 26.Qg4 Rf7 27.Nf5 h5 28.Qg5 e3 29.Rxf7 exf2+
30.Kh2  1-0

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.e5 Ng8
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Qb7 15.f3 Rc8
16.Bd3 b5 17.c5 Nd5 18.Bd2 h6 19.O-O O-O 20.b4 Rce8 21.Rae1 Qa8 22.Qb2 Qd8
23.Qd4 f5 24.Re5 a6 25.Rfe1 Rf7 26.a4 Rff8 27.h3 Qf6 28.Kh2 Ra8 29.a5 Rf7
30.Bc2 Raf8 31.Bb3 Qd8 32.Bc1 Qa8 33.Bb2 Nf6 34.R1e3 Bd5 35.Bc2 Bc6 36.Re2 Qd8
37.Bb3 Ne8 38.Rd2 Qg5 39.Re3 Nf6 40.Bd1 Nd5 41.Re5 Rf6 42.h4 Qf4+ 43.Qxf4 Nxf4
44.g3 Nh5 45.Re1 R6f7 46.Be5 Nf6 47.Bxf6 Rxf6 48.h5 f4 49.g4 Kf7 50.Re5 Ke8
51.Kg1 Kd8 52.Rh2 Kc8 53.Kf2 Kb7 54.Bc2 Rh8 55.Rh4 Bd5 56.Bd3 Rff8 57.Rh3 Bc6
58.Ke2 Rf6 59.Kd2 Rff8 60.Kc3 Rf6 61.Kd4 Rff8 62.Re1 Rf6 63.Ke5 Rf7 64.Rg1 Rhf8
65.Re1 Rf6 66.Kd4 R6f7 67.Re5 Rh8 68.Kc3 Rf6 69.Kd2 Rff8 70.Ke2 Rf6 71.Rh4 Rff8
72.g5 Rf7 73.Rg4 hxg5 74.Rexg5 Rf6 75.Kf2 Rf7 76.Rxg7 Rxg7 77.Rxg7 Rxh5 78.Be4  1-0

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Be7 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bb2 Qb8 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Ne2 Bh4 15.Ng1 Bd8 16.Nf3 a5
17.a3 Ra7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 f5 20.Be2 Ng7 21.h4 h5 22.O-O-O Be7 23.Rh3 Qd8
24.Rdh1 Kf7 25.Bd4 Rh6 26.Kb1 a4 27.b4 Rb7 28.Qd1 Rb8 29.Qg1 Rb7 30.Qg3 Rb8
31.Rg1 Rb7 32.Rh2 Qh8 33.Kc2 Rd7 34.Kd1 Rd8 35.Ke1 Rd7 36.Kf1 Bd8 37.Kg2 Qe8
38.Kh3 Kg8 39.Bd3 Qe7 40.f3 Qe8 41.Qf2 Qf7 42.Rhg2 Rb7 43.Bc2 Rd7 44.Rg3 Ra7
45.Qg2 Kh7 46.Rg5 Rd7 47.Bb2 Be7 48.Qg3 Bd8 49.Rg2 Be7 50.Rg1 Bd8 51.Qf2 Kg8
52.R5g2 Bc7 53.Qg3 Bd8 54.Rd1 Kh7 55.Re2 Ne8 56.Qf2 Nc7 57.Bb1 Kg8 58.Rg1 Rh7
59.Qg3 Rg7 60.Reg2 Kh7 61.Qf2 Qf8 62.Bd3 Rdf7 63.Bc1 Qe7 64.Bb2 Qf8 65.Bd4 Qe7
66.Qg3 Rg8 67.Bc2 Rfg7 68.Qe1 Rf7 69.Bd3 Rfg7 70.Bc2 Rf7 71.Bd3 Rfg7 72.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 N5b6 12.Qc2 Qh4 13.Be2 Be7 14.Qe4 g5 15.Qg2 Nd5
16.O-O-O a5 17.f4 N7b6 18.Ne4 gxf4 19.exf4 Bb4 20.Bd3 Qe7 21.Kb1 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Qb4
23.Qf2 Na4 24.Rc1 Nxf4 25.Bc4 O-O-O 26.Rc2 Rxh3 27.Rd1 g5 28.Bf1 Rh1 29.Nxg5 e5
30.a3 Qb3 31.Ne4 Nxb2 32.Kc1 Nxd1  0-1

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 Bc5
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Ncb5 Bb6 11.Nc2 Ba5+ 12.Bd2 Bb6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Bxc7 axb5 15.Bxb6 Be6
16.Kf2 Nd7 17.Be3 Nde5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 f6 20.Be2 Kf7 21.Rhd1 Rhd8 22.a3 b4
23.Bc5 bxa3 24.Bxa3 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Ke3 d2 29.Rd1 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.h4 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nd7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Qa6 19.Rad1 Rac8 20.Qe3 Qa4 21.Qf4 Re8 22.Rc1 Rc6
23.Rdc3 Rec8 24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 Qxc6 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 h6 28.g3 hxg5
29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.Qxa7 Qxe4 31.Qxb6 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Kh2 Qc2 34.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd5 6.cxd5 exd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Bc4 d6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.h3 h6
16.Rae1 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Bxa6 Qxa6 14.Ne4 Ne7 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
16.Qc3 e5 17.Bh6 Rfd8 18.Nxe5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Qa4 20.b3 Qh4 21.Nd7 Qxh6 22.b4 Bxe3
23.Nxf6+ Kh8 24.Ng4+ Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Nxe3 b5 27.g4 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Rd2 h5
30.Rd7 Ng6 31.gxh5 Nh4 32.h6+ Kxh6 33.Rxf7 Rxa2 34.h3 Kg6 35.Rf4 Ra4 36.Rf8 Kg5
37.Kh2 Rf4 38.Rg8+ Kh5 39.Ng4 b4 40.Rb8 Nf5 41.Rb5 Kg6 42.Kg2 Re4 43.Ne5+ Kf6
44.Nd7+ Ke7 45.Nb8 Kf6 46.Nc6 Nh4+ 47.Kh2 Re2 48.Rxb4 Kg5 49.Rg4+ Kh5 50.Rf4 Kg5
51.Rf7 Re4 52.Rg7+ Kh5 53.Re7 Rf4 54.Re5+ Kg6 55.Re2 Kg5 56.Nd8 Kf5 57.Ne6 Rb4
58.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Huebner,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Bg5 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.e3 Be7 11.Bd3 Ng8 12.Rg1 f6 13.Bh4 f5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qc2 Ngf6
16.b4 O-O 17.a4 b6 18.cxb6 Nxb6 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Na2 Nb8 21.Kf1 Nfd7 22.Rb1 Rf6
23.Be2 Rh6 24.Rg2 Rb7 25.Qd2 Rh3 26.Kg1 h6 27.Qe1 Kh8 28.Nc1 c5 29.dxc5 Nxc5
30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Bxd3 Nc6 32.Bxa6 Rxb4 33.Rxb4 Nxb4 34.Bf1 d4 35.Rg6 Rh4 36.a6 Kh7
37.Rg3 dxe3 38.fxe3 e5 39.Qa1 Nc6 40.fxe5 Rb4 41.Bg2 Na7 42.Rf3 Qe6 43.Bh3 g6
44.Qa5 Qe7 45.e6 Rb5 46.Qc3 Rc5 47.Qd4 Rc7 48.e4 Qxe6 49.exf5 Qxa6 50.Bf1 Qc6
51.fxg6+ Qxg6+ 52.Rg3 Qb1 53.Qg4 Qb6+ 54.Kh1 Qb7+ 55.Rg2 Rg7 56.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Oos GER"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Berezovsky,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.Bd3 e5
9.Ne2 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Qc2 f5 14.f3 Nxg3 15.Nxg3 f4
16.exf4 gxf4 17.Ne4 exd4 18.cxd4 Qg7 19.Qf2 Nc6 20.c5 d5 21.Nc3 Be6 22.Ne2 Rae8
23.Bb5 Bd7 24.Nc3 Nxd4 25.Bxd7 Re3 26.Rad1 Qxd7 27.Kh1 Rxc3 28.Qxd4 Rc2 29.Rg1 Kh7
30.g4 Qe6 31.Rde1 Qg6 32.g5 Rf5 33.Re7+ Kg8 34.h4 Rc4 35.Re8+ Rf8  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Qd3 h6
9.Bh4 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Nb8 11.Rfe1 c6 12.Ba4 Bc7 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Qd2 Kh7
16.h3 Rg8 17.Nf1 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Ne3 Ndf6 20.Bc2 g4 21.Nh4 gxh3 22.Nef5 Qf8
23.gxh3 Nf4 24.Kh2 N6h5 25.Bd1 Be6 26.Bg4 Re8 27.Qd1 Nf6 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Bf3 d5
30.e5 Nd7 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Qxg1 Bd8 33.Be2 Bxh4 34.Nxh4 Qe7 35.Bd3+ Kh8 36.Nf3 Rg8
37.Qc1 Bxh3 38.Qxf4 Qe6 39.Rg1 Rxg1 40.Nxg1 Bg4 41.f3 Bh5 42.Bf5  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Bb2 e6
10.c5 Be7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Ne4 13.Na2 a4 14.Nc1 h5 15.Nd3 h4 16.Nde5 Qc7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7
18.Bd3 f6 19.Qc2 Bd8 20.O-O-O Bc7 21.Kb1 O-O-O 22.Ka1 Bb8 23.Rhf1 Rdf8 24.Rc1 Re8
25.Qe2 Qb7 26.Rfd1 Re7 27.Qe1 Ree8 28.Be2 Bg6 29.Nd2 Nxd2 30.Qxd2 Bh5 31.f3 Bg3
32.Bd3 f5 33.Rf1 Rhf8 34.e4 Qc7 35.e5 Qb7 36.Qg5 Qe7 37.Qd2 Qb7 38.Rc3 f4
39.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 c6
9.e4 b5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Nd1 Qb6 14.Ne3 b3 15.axb3 Bxb3
16.Qb1 c5 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 cxd4 19.e5 Nfd7 20.e6 fxe6 21.Ng5 Ne5 22.Bxe6+ Kh8
23.O-O Nbd7 24.Bd5 Rac8 25.Ne6 Rf6 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qe4 Rf5 28.Bf4 Qf6 29.Bg3 Rd8
30.b4 Nb6 31.Bb3 Rd7 32.h4 Nec4 33.Rfd1 e5 34.Rac1 Nd6 35.Qd3 Nf7 36.b5 Nd5
37.Rc5 Nf4 38.Qc4 Qe7 39.Rc6 Nd6 40.Qf1 Ne4 41.Qe1 Nxg3 42.fxg3 Nd5 43.Bxd5 Rxd5
44.Qe4 Rxb5 45.Rxd4 Rb1+ 46.Qxb1 exd4 47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Qa1 Qe5 49.Rc4 Rd7 50.Ra4 Qc5
51.Ra5 Qc3 52.Qa4 Qc7 53.Qa1 h5 54.Ra6 Kh7 55.Qf1 Qe5 56.Ra3 Qe7 57.Qd3 Qc5
58.Rb3 Qf5 59.Qc4 d3 60.Rb8 Qf6 61.Qg8+ Kh6 62.Qe8 Qd4 63.Qf8+ Qg7 64.Qf4+ Kh7
65.Qd2 Qe5 66.Rc8 Qd4 67.Ra8 Rb7 68.Qa2 Rg7 69.Qd2 Rg8 70.Rxg8 Kxg8 71.Qh6 Qd6
72.Qd2 Kh7 73.Qf2 Qd7 74.Qd2 Qd4 75.Kh1 a5 76.g4 hxg4 77.h5 Qa1+ 78.Kh2 Qe5+
79.Kg1 Qc5+ 80.Kf1 g3 81.hxg6+ Kg7 82.Qe3 Qf5+ 83.Ke1 Qf2+ 84.Kd1 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpB"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.e3 a5 7.Bd3 Na6 8.O-O Nb4 9.e4 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Be4 O-O 13.Ra3 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Qe2 Qe7 16.h4 c5
17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Ng5 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rg3 f5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Rf3 Qc5 23.Rf7+ Kg8
24.Rd1 Qxg5 25.hxg5 Kxf7 26.Rd6 Kg8 27.c5 Nc6 28.Qe4 Rf8 29.f3 Rf7 30.Kh2 Bd7
31.Qd3 Raf8 32.Rxd7 Ne5 33.Qe4 Nxd7 34.Qxb7 Nxc5 35.Qb5 Nb7 36.b4 axb4 37.a5 Ra8
38.a6 Nd8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.f3 g6 9.e4 Be6
10.Qa4 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Be3 b5 13.Qc2 Ne8 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.a4 Rb7 16.axb5 axb5
17.O-O Nc7 18.f4 Be6 19.b4 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.h4 Nd7 22.h5 e6 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Ra6 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Rd7 26.Bd3 Qh4 27.Qe2 Bh6 28.Bf2 Qf4 29.Re1 f5 30.exf6 Qxf6
31.Ra3 Rh7 32.Bxg6 Qxg6 33.Rg3 Bg5 34.Be3 Rf5 35.Qd3 Rg7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hjartarson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.e3 Bb7
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 Ne4 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 d5 15.Rac1 dxc4
16.Qxc4 Rfc8 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bc3 Nb6 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qg5 cxb4 21.Bd4 Qd7 22.axb4 Nd5
23.b5 h6 24.Qg6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qf7 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Ra1 Nb6 28.Bf3 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Nc4
30.b6 a5 31.b7 Rb8 32.Rb1 Nd6 33.Rb6 Nc4 34.Rc6 e5 35.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 O-O 15.Be3 Rfd8
16.Rac1 Nf8 17.Ne2 Ng6 18.Ng3 Nh4 19.f4 Rd7 20.Kf1 h6 21.Ke2 Rad8 22.Rd3 Ba5
23.Rb1 Bc7 24.b4 Ng6 25.Kf3 Nh4+ 26.Ke2 Ng6 27.Kf3 Nh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Ne1 Qb6 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf4 Bb3 16.Qe2 O-O
17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Bd2 h6 20.g3 Rac8 21.a5 Qd8 22.Qf1 Nd7 23.Rac1 Nde5
24.Be2 Nxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Ne5 26.Be2 Bc2 27.Qg2 d3 28.Bg4 Nxg4 29.hxg4 Be5 30.b4 Bc3
31.f3 Bb2 32.Kh2 Bxc1 33.Rxc1 Qd6 34.Nd5 Bb3 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Ne3 Be6 37.f4 Qd4
38.Kh3 Bd7 39.e5 Bc6 40.Qf1 Be4 41.Qd1 Rc6 42.Qe1 Bf3 43.Qf1 Qe4 44.Qf2 Rg6
45.Kh4 Be2 46.Qg1 Qf3 47.Kh3 Rxg4 48.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 49.Kh2 Qh5+ 50.Kg2 Qf3+ 51.Kh3 Bf1+
52.Kh4 g6  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd5 Nc5
9.Bg5 Ne7 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bh4 d5 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Na3 Re8 15.Nc4 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Rfd1 c6 20.Kf1 f6 21.Bg3 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Bb2 e6
10.c5 Be7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 axb4 13.axb4 Ne4 14.O-O O-O 15.Qb3 Qc7 16.Ra3 Bf6
17.Rfa1 Rxa3 18.Qxa3 e5 19.Qa7 Qxa7 20.Rxa7 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 e4 22.Nd2 Rc8 23.Nb3 Nf8
24.Na5 Bd7 25.f3 Bg5 26.Kf2 f5 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.Bd1 Bh4+ 29.Ke2 Bg3 30.Be1 Rc7
31.Ra6 Bxe1 32.Kxe1 Ng6 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Bh5 Bc8 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Bxg6 Kxg6 37.Kg3 Kf6
38.h4 h6 39.Kf4 g5+ 40.hxg5+ hxg5+ 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.Nb3 Ke7 43.Nd2 Kd8 44.Nf1 Rh7
45.Nh2 Rh4 46.Ra7 Bd7 47.Ra6 Ke7 48.Ra8 Kf7 49.Nf1 Rh6 50.Kf2 Rf6+ 51.Kg1 Kg7
52.Rd8 Rf7 53.Nd2 Kf6 54.Nb3 Kf5 55.Na5 Kg4 56.Ra8 Rf6 57.Ra7 Be8 58.Re7 Bh5
59.Kh2 Kh4 60.Rc7 Be8 61.Rc8 Bd7 62.Rd8 Bg4 63.Rd6 Rf2 64.Nxc6 Bh5 65.Ne5 Re2
66.Rh6 g4 67.Ng6+ Kg5 68.Rxh5+ Kxg6 69.Rxd5 Rxe3 70.c6 g3+ 71.Kh3  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Be6
9.Qxc7 Nd5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.e3 Nd7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Rac8 15.Bd3 e5
16.e4 Bc4 17.Bxc4+ Rxc4 18.b3 Rb4 19.Bg3 Bf8 20.Rb1 Rc8 21.O-O exd4 22.Rfd1 Nc5
23.Rbc1 d3 24.Rxd3 Rxe4 25.Rdd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga Playoff 2003-4"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 c6
9.e4 b5 10.Qb3 Qa5 11.Bd2 b4 12.Na4 Nxe4 13.Bxb4 Qc7 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Qd1 Bd5
16.O-O c5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Nc6 19.Re1 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4
22.Rac1 Qd6 23.b3 Rad8 24.Rc6 Qb4 25.Re2 e6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nd5 8.g3 Nb4
9.e4 Bg4 10.Be2 Bh3 11.f4 e6 12.Bf3 Be7 13.Kf2 Nf6 14.Be3 h5 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.a5 Qe7
17.Qb3 Rd8 18.Na4 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rd3 23.Qc4 Rxe3
24.Nc5 Qg5 25.Rhf1 h4 26.Rxf7 Qg4 27.Raf1 Nd5 28.Rxb7 Rxg3+ 29.Kh1 Rg1+ 30.Rxg1 Qf3+
31.Rg2 Qd1+ 32.Rg1 Qf3+ 33.Rg2 h3 34.Rb8+ Kf7 35.Rb7+ Kf8 36.Rb8+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Atalik,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Qb3 b5 7.c5 Nbd7 8.a4 g6 9.Qa3 b4
10.Qxb4 Rb8 11.Qa3 a5 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng1 e5 15.Ne2 Be6 16.Qc3 Bg7
17.Qc2 O-O 18.Bc3 Re8 19.dxe5 Nxc5 20.Nd4 Nb3 21.Nxb3 Bxb3 22.Qxe4 Bd5 23.Qf4 Qc7
24.Bc4 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Rb1 Rc5 29.Kd2 Rd8+
30.Ke2 Rc2+ 31.Kf3 Rdd2 32.Rhf1 Rxb2 33.Rxb2 Rxb2 34.Rc1 Rb4 35.Rxc6 h5 36.e4 Rxa4
37.h4 Ra2 38.Ra6 Kf8 39.Ra7 Kg7 40.e5 Kf8 41.g3 Ra4 42.Ke3 Kg8 43.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.e3 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qb3 f5 10.Qxb7 Rb8 11.Nxc6 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 Rxb7 13.Nd4 e6 14.Bd3 Bg7 15.Kd2 Ke7
16.Rhb1 Rhb8 17.Rb3 Rb6 18.Rab1 Kd8 19.g3 h6 20.Bc2 Bf6 21.Rb4 Kc7 22.Bd1 Be7
23.Bh5 Rf8 24.a4 d5 25.Rxb6 axb6 26.cxd5 e5 27.Nf3 Bd6 28.Nh4 f4 29.gxf4 exf4
30.e4 Bc5 31.Ng2 Kd6 32.Nxf4 Ra8 33.Bxf7 Rxa4 34.Nd3 Rxe4 35.Nxc5 Kxc5 36.Re1 Rh4
37.Be6 Bb5 38.Ke3 Bc4 39.Rd1 Rxh2 40.Bf7 Kd6 41.Rg1 Rh3+ 42.Ke4 Bd3+ 43.Kf4 Rh4+
44.Ke3 Bf5 45.f3 b5 46.Ra1 Rc4 47.Ra6+ Ke5 48.Kd2 Rf4 49.Rxh6 Rxf3 50.Be6 Be4
51.Bg8 Rd3+ 52.Ke2 Rxc3 53.d6 Rc2+ 54.Ke3 Rc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nh5
16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Nbd2 Bf6 19.Rb1 Qb6 20.Qe2 b4 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Qd8
23.Ndf3 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxd5 25.Bxa6 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bxa6 27.Rxa5 Ra8 28.Ne5 Be2
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Rb2 Bb5 31.Rd2 f6 32.Nf3 Bc6 33.Nd4 Rd8 34.f3 Bb5 35.Kf2 Ba6
36.h4 Kf7 37.g3 fxg3+ 38.Kxg3 g5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.f4 gxf4+ 41.Kxf4 Kf6 42.Ke3 Re8+
43.Kf2 Rd8 44.Ke3 Re8+ 45.Kf2 Re4 46.Nf3 Kf5 47.Rd6 Re2+ 48.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Rf3 Na5 13.c5 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 bxc5 15.dxe5 c4
16.Rd5 Nb3 17.Rb1 Qe7 18.Ng3 dxe5 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Qd1 Nf6 21.Rxe5 Rad8 22.Qe2 Qd7
23.Qxc4 Qd1+ 24.Qf1 Qc2 25.Be3 Nxe4 26.Re1 Nxc3 27.Qf3 Rd1 28.Bf2 g6 29.Nh6+ Kg7
30.f5 Kxh6 31.f6 Rxe1+ 32.Bxe1 g5 33.Bxc3 Nd2 34.Qe3 Qc1+ 35.Kf2 Qf1+ 36.Kg3 Qf4+
37.Qxf4 gxf4+ 38.Kxf4 Nc4 39.Rc5 Nxa3 40.Kf5 Rd8 41.Be5  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qd4 Bb7 12.Qxc5 bxc5 13.Nd2 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Bg4 11.d5 Na5 12.Be2 Rc8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nc4 15.Qb3 Nd7
16.Nb5 Nce5 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.d6 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 exd6 20.Bxd6 Re8 21.Nc7 Rd8
22.Nd5 Qc2 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Qxb7 Qxb2 25.Qxa7 Nf8 26.Bc5 Qb8 27.Qa3 Qa8 28.Qxa8 Rxa8
29.a3 Ne6 30.Bb4 Nd4 31.Rd1 h5 32.Rd3 Ra6 33.g4 Kh7 34.Kg2 Ne6 35.Nd5 hxg4
36.hxg4 Be5 37.Kf3 Kg7 38.Ke4 Bb2 39.Rb3 f5+ 40.Kd3 Be5 41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Rb1 Kf7
43.Ne3 Kf6 44.Nc4 Nf4+ 45.Kc2 Rc6 46.Kb3 Nd3 47.f3 Bf4 48.Bc3+ Ke6 49.Bd2 Bxd2
50.Nxd2 Rb6+ 51.Kc3 Rxb1 52.Nxb1 Ne1 53.Nd2 Kd5 54.a4 Kc5 55.Kb3 Nd3 56.Kc2 Ne5
57.Kc3 f4 58.Kb3 Nc6 59.Ne4+ Kb6 60.Nd2 Kc5 61.Kc3 Ne5 62.Nb3+ Kb6 63.Nd4 Ka6
64.Kb4 Nd3+ 65.Kb3 Ne5 66.Ka3 Kb6 67.Ne2 Nxf3 68.Nxf4 Ka5 69.Nd5 Nd2 70.Ne3 Nb1+
71.Kb2 Kxa4 72.Kxb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.Re1 h6
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Bb3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nc4 bxc3 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Nfxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5
16.Bf4 Re7 17.e5 Ne8 18.Qd3 d5 19.Qxc3 Bf5 20.Rad1 Rd7 21.a5 c6 22.Qxc6 Rc8
23.Qa4 Nc7 24.Be3 Ne6 25.a6 Nc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Rd4 Ra5 28.Qc6 Qb6 29.Qxb6 axb6
30.f4 Rxa6 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Bxd5 b5 33.Rc1 Rb6 34.Kf2 b4 35.Bb3 g5 36.fxg5 hxg5
37.Ke3 Be6 38.Rb1 Bxb3 39.Rxb3 Rb5 40.Kd4 Kg7 41.g4 Kf8 42.Kc4 Rxe5 43.Rxb4 Re2
44.h3 Re4+ 45.Kc5 Re3 46.Kd4 Rxh3 47.Ke4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kurajica,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg5 Bb7
9.e4 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rd1 Nh5 12.Bg3 Nc6 13.e5 Rc8 14.Be2 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Nb5 Ba8 17.Qg6 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Ne7 19.Qg4 a6 20.Nd6 Rc6 21.Ne4 Nf5 22.b4 Rc7
23.Bd3 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Bc3+ 25.Kf1 Qf6 26.g4 Nd6 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Rh5 Ke7 29.c5 bxc5
30.Rxc5 Rxc5 31.bxc5 Nb7 32.c6 dxc6 33.Qe4 Rc8 34.Bxa6 Nc5 35.Qc4 Nxa6 36.Qxa6 Rc7
37.Qb6 Rd7 38.Qc5+ Kd8 39.Rb1 Bd4 40.Qxc6 Ba7 41.g3 Qf8 42.Qa8+ Ke7 43.Qe4 Qc8
44.Ne5 Rc7 45.Kg2 Bc5 46.Qh7 Qa8+ 47.Kh3 Kf6 48.Qg6+ Kxe5 49.Re1+ Be3 50.Rxe3+  1-0

[Event "Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.h4 h5 7.g5 Nd7 8.Nge2 Bd6 9.Bg2 Ne7
10.e4 dxc4 11.O-O e5 12.Kh1 f6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Qc7 15.Qe1 O-O-O 16.Qg3 Bxf4
17.Nxf4 Kb8 18.Rf3 Bf7 19.Bh3 f5 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Nb6 22.Re1 Rxd4 23.g6 Bd5
24.Nfxd5 Qxg3 25.Rxg3 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 cxd5 27.f6 gxf6 28.Re7 Rxh4+ 29.Kg2 Re4
30.Rf7 Rg8 31.g7 Ree8 32.Rh3 d4 33.Rxh5 Rd8 34.Kf2 b6 35.Ke1 c3 36.Rh2 Rc8
37.Kd1 cxb2 38.Rxb2 Rc7 39.Rf8+ Rc8 40.Rf7 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Rd1 c5 14.Na2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rfd1 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Be5 18.Rd5 Qc3 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qf4 Nc6 21.Rd7 Na5 22.Rxe7 Nxb3
23.Rxb3 Qa1+ 24.Kh2 Qxa2 25.Rbxb7 a5 26.e4 Rae8 27.h4 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 h5 29.Qf6 a4
30.Ra7 Qb3 31.Qd6 Qc2 32.f3 Qb2 33.Qe7 Qd4 34.Kh3 Qc4 35.Qe5 Qc8+ 36.Kh2 Qd8
37.Kh3 Qd1 38.Qe7 Qh1+ 39.Kg3 Qa1 40.Kh2 Qd4 41.Kh3 Qc4 42.Qe5 Qc8+ 43.Kg3 Qc4
44.Kh2 Qb4 45.Kh3 Qc4 46.Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bistric,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.Re1 c5
9.Nb3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.Nfd4 Bd7 14.Red1 e6 15.h3 Ra4
16.g4 Rfa8 17.a3 Be8 18.Bh2 h5 19.g5 Nh7 20.Nf3 Nf8 21.e3 Nd7 22.Bf1 Nc5
23.Nbd4 Rc8 24.Nb5 Bd7 25.Rab1 Bf8 26.Nd6 Rca8 27.c4 Nd8 28.Rbc1 Bc6 29.Nd4 Be7
30.h4 Kf8 31.Bg2 Kg8 32.b4 Ne4 33.Nxe4 dxe4 34.Nxc6 Nxc6 35.Rd7 Rd8 36.Rxb7 f5
37.Rc7 Nxb4 38.Rxe7 Rxa3 39.Rxe6 Kf7 40.Rxb6 Nd3 41.Rcb1 Ra2 42.Bg3 Nxf2
43.Bxf2 Rdd2 44.Rf6+ Ke7 45.Rf1  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Brenjo,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.f3 Nh5 11.g4 Nf4 12.Nxf4 exf4 13.g5 h5 14.Qd2 c6 15.Qxf4 b5 16.O-O bxc4
17.Bxc4 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rb8 20.Rab1 Be6 21.Rfd1 Bxb2 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Qe3 e5 24.Kg2 Qe7 25.Qd3 Bd4 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rd2 Rc8 28.Rc2 Rxc2+ 29.Qxc2 Kg7
30.Qd2 d5 31.exd5 Qc5 32.Bg3 Qxd5 33.Qc2 Qf7 34.h4 a6 35.a4 Qb7 36.Qc4 Qb2+
37.Kh3 Qc3 38.Qe2 Qa1 39.Bh2 Qc3 40.Bg3 Qa1 41.Bh2 Qc3 42.Qe4 Qc8+ 43.Kg2 Qe6
44.Qe2 Kf7 45.Bg3 Ke7 46.Be1 Qc6 47.Qd3 Kf7 48.a5 Qe6 49.Qe2  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilincic,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bd2 a6 10.g4 e6 11.g5 Nd7 12.h4 Rc8 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 Be7 15.Qg4 Nb6 16.f4 Qd7
17.h5 b4 18.Ne2 Nc4 19.Nc1 a5 20.Bd3 a4 21.f5 e5 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.d5 Na7 24.d6 c3
25.dxe7 cxd2 26.Qxb4 dxc1=Q+ 27.Rxc1 Qxe7 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Qb5+ Qd7 30.Qxe5+ Ne7
31.Qb8+ Nc8 32.Qe5+ Qe7 33.Qb5+ Qd7 34.Qe5+ Ne7 35.Qb8+ Qc8 36.Qb5+ Qc6 37.Qb8+ Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golubovic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 c6 7.d4 Bb6 8.b3 Re8
9.h3 Bf5 10.O-O Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.Na4 Ne6 13.Kh2 Bc7 14.Bb2 h5 15.Rc1 Ng5
16.d5 Qd7 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Ng1 Rad8 19.f4 exf4 20.exf4 Nge4 21.Nf3 c5 22.Nc3 d5
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Ne5 Qe6 25.Qe2 Nd7 26.Qxh5 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Bg6 28.Qg5 Rd3 29.b4 Rb3
30.Rf2 cxb4 31.axb4 Rxb4 32.c5 Rb3 33.Re2 Qa6 34.Qg4 Bf5 35.Qxf5 Qxe2 36.Bd4 Rd3
37.Rf1 Rf8 38.Rf2 Qd1 39.Bxe4 g6 40.Qg5 Rxg3 41.Kxg3 Qxd4 42.Kf3 Qxc5 43.h4 Bd8
44.Qg4 Bb6 45.Re2 Qc1 46.Rg2 Qf1+ 47.Kg3 Bc7 48.Kh2 Re8  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Lazic,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qc7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 c5 15.Bxf8 Kxf8
16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Rfe1 N7f6 19.Rad1 Kg8 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Ba6 Bxa6 22.Qxa6 Re8
23.Ng4  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cvitan,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 c5 8.c4 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 a6 14.h3 Bh5 15.e3 Qe7
16.Qa4 Rad8 17.b5 axb5 18.Qxb5 Ba5 19.Rec1 Bxd2 20.Nxd2 Bg6 21.a4 Rfe8 22.a5 d4
23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Nf3 Rd5 26.Qb6 Be4 27.a6 bxa6 28.Qxa6 Qd7 29.Re1 Rd3
30.Ne5 Rxe5 31.Bxe4 Rd6 32.Qa8+ Re8 33.Bf5 Rxa8 34.Rxa8+ Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kovacevic,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nd7
16.h4 Qc4 17.h5 h6 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Rad1 Nf6 20.Ne5 Qc2 21.Qf3 Qa4 22.Ng4 Kh7
23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.Bd6 Rfd8 25.e5 Qd7 26.d5 Bg5 27.Qe4+ Kg8 28.f4 exd5 29.Qf3 Be7
30.Rxd5 Bxd6 31.Rxd6 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Simutowe,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 Ncb4 13.Ne5 b6 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bb3 Bf5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Rc3 Bg5 19.Bf4 Qf6 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Qe2 Qf4 22.Qd1 Qh6
23.h3 Rfe8 24.Rce3 Red8 25.Qe2 Qh4 26.Qd2 a5 27.Rc3 Qe7 28.Rec1 Qd6 29.Qe2 Rxc3
30.bxc3 Nc6 31.Ng4 Qa3 32.Rb1 Qd6 33.Ne3 Ne7 34.Bc2 Rc8 35.Qa6 Rc6 36.Qa8+ Rc8
37.Qa7 Rc6 38.c4 g6 39.cxd5 Nxd5 40.Be4 Rc7 41.Qb8+ Kg7 42.Bxd5 Rc1+ 43.Rxc1 Qxb8
44.Bc6 Qd6 45.d5 Bc8 46.Rb1 Qc5 47.Rd1 Ba6 48.d6 Bc8 49.Bb5 f5 50.d7 Bxd7
51.Rxd7+ Kh6 52.g3 Qc1+ 53.Kg2 Qb1 54.Rd4 Qb2 55.Rd6 Qe5 56.Rxb6 Qe4+ 57.Kg1 f4
58.gxf4 Qxf4 59.Rc6 Qg5+ 60.Kf1 Qh5 61.Ng4+ Kg7 62.Rc7+ Kf8 63.Rc3 Qd5 64.Re3 Qh1+
65.Ke2 Qa1 66.Ne5 Qb2+ 67.Kf3 Kg7 68.Kg2 Qd2 69.Nd3 Kf6 70.Re5 Qc3 71.Rd5 h5
72.Re5 Qd4 73.Re3 Qd5+ 74.Kg1 g5 75.Rg3 Qe4 76.Re3 Qd5 77.Be8 Qd4 78.Bc6 Qa1+
79.Kg2 Qd4 80.Ne5 Kg7 81.Nf3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Simutowe,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Re8
9.Be2 Ne5 10.f3 Ng6 11.Bf2 d5 12.O-O c5 13.Nb3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 b6 15.Re1 Be6
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Qc2 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rxe3 20.Bc4 Qg5 21.Rxe3 Qxe3+
22.Kf1 Ne5 23.Bd5 Re8 24.Re1 Ng4 25.Bxf7+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bd3 e6 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.f4 a6 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.Be1 g6
16.g4 b5 17.a4 b4 18.Na2 a5 19.Bb5 Qb6 20.Bh4 Ndb8 21.b3 Be7 22.Qf2 Bxh4
23.Qxh4 Na7 24.Bd3 Rxc1 25.Nxc1 Qd8 26.Qg3 Nc8 27.Ne2 Nd6 28.f5 exf5 29.gxf5 Ne8
30.Nf4 Qd6 31.Qg2 Nc7 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Bc4 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Kg7
36.Qxd5 Qg3 37.Ke2 Qc7 38.Kf3 Nc6 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qf8+ Kg5 41.h4+ Kh5 42.Be2 Qh2
43.Qf6 Kh6 44.Qf4+ Qxf4+ 45.Kxf4 Kg7 46.Bb5 Nd8 47.Bc4 h6 48.Bd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4 7.Bxc4 Qf6
8.b4 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nbc6 11.b5 Na5 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.e5 Nf4
15.Qc2 h6 16.Bf1 d3 17.Qxc7 Qxb5 18.a4 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.g3 Ne2+ 21.Bxe2 dxe2
22.Rxe2 Rd8 23.Re4 Nc6 24.g4 Be6 25.h3 Bd5 26.Rf4 g5 27.Rf6 Kg7 28.Rd6 Nxe5
29.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 30.Nxf3 Rxd8 31.Rd1 Kf6 32.Nh2 Rd7 33.Nf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bosboom,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Ne2 e6 8.Nf4 Ba6 9.Ne5 Bd6
10.Nxc4 Bxf4 11.exf4 O-O 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O cxd4 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Re1 Na5
17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Bxb4 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Rc8 21.Qd1 d3 22.h3 Qc4 23.Bd2 Ne4
24.b3 Qd5 25.f3 Ng3 26.Re5 Qd6 27.Kh2 Ne2 28.Be3 Rc2 29.b4 Nc3 30.Qf1 d2  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6
9.b4 Bb6 10.Nc4 Ne7 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.b5 O-O 13.O-O Ng6 14.a4 c5 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qxb6 Rfb8 18.Qe3 c5 19.a5 Rb5 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rbxa5 22.Rxa5 Rxa5
23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Bb2 Qb5 25.Ra1 Rxa1+ 26.Bxa1 Ng4 27.Qe1 Nf4 28.g3 Nd3 29.Qe2 Ngxf2
30.Bxe5 Qb1+ 31.Qf1 Qc2 32.Ba1 Nxe4 33.Nd4 Qd2 34.Qe2 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Ne1+ 36.Kf1 Nc2+
37.Kg2 Ne3+ 38.Kh3 Ng5+  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Qe8 14.f3 Ng6 15.Bf2 Ngf4
16.Kh1 Kh8 17.Nb5 Nxe2 18.Qxe2 Nf4 19.Qd2 Qf7 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.Nb5 Rg8 22.Nxc7 Rac8
23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.b3 Bc6 26.Rad1 Rcd8 27.Qd3 e4 28.Qe2 d5 29.cxd5 Bxd5
30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Bg3 Bxb3 32.Bxb3 Qxb3 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Qxe4 Rd1 35.Re1 Rxe1+
36.Bxe1 Qd1 37.Qb4 Qd3 38.h4 Qf1+ 39.Kh2 Be5+ 40.Bg3 Bxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Qd3+ 42.Kh2 Qd5
43.Qf8+ Kh7 44.Qf3 Qd6+ 45.g3 Qd2+ 46.Qg2 Qd7 47.Qe4+ Kg7 48.h5 Qf7 49.Qd4+ Kh7
50.g4 Qa2+ 51.Kg3 Qa3+ 52.Kf4 Qc1+ 53.Ke5 Qc7+ 54.Ke6 Qc6+ 55.Ke7 b6 56.Qd7  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Nf6 7.dxe5 Bxe5 8.Ba3 d6
9.Bb5 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Bd3 Re8 13.f4 Qa5 14.Qc2 b6 15.Bb2 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.Nd2 b5 18.c4 Nd7 19.Rac1 b4 20.Rf3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Nd4 22.c5 dxc5
23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Qxc7 Nf6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Rc4 Rxa2 28.Rxd4 Rc8 29.h3 Ne7
30.Rfd3 h5 31.Rxb4 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rcc2 33.Rbd4 h4 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.g4 Ng6 36.R8d4 b5
37.Kg2 Nxf4+ 38.Rxf4 Rxd2+ 39.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.Rb4 Rd3+ 42.Kf4 Rxh3
43.Rxb5 Rh1 44.Rb6+ Kh7 45.Kg5 h3 46.Rb3 h2 47.Rb2 g6 48.Ra2 Kg7 49.Rf2 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e3 c5
9.Qf3 Qd8 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.O-O e5 15.Rad1 Na5
16.Bd5 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qe4 Qc4 19.f3 exd4 20.cxd4 Nc6 21.Rd2 Rac8 22.Rfd1 Bh6
23.Rb2 b6 24.Bf2 Na5 25.Be3 Bg7 26.Nf4 e5 27.Nd5 Rcd8 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Rc2 Qf7
30.Rc7 Bf6 31.Rxa7 exd4 32.Bxd4 Qg7 33.Nxg6+ hxg6 34.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 Nbd7 15.Be3 Rfd8
16.Na2 Be7 17.Nc1 Ne5 18.Be2 Ng6 19.a5 a6 20.Nd3 h6 21.b4 Rab8 22.Kh1 Ne8
23.Rac1 Kh7 24.Nc5 Nc7 25.Bc4 Nh4 26.f4 Bd6 27.Be2 Ng6 28.Nd3 f5 29.f3 Nb5
30.Rg1 Bf8 31.Nc5 Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Nxf4 33.Be5 Nxe2 34.Nxe6 Nxg1 35.Rxg1 g5 36.Bxb8 Rxb8
37.exf5 Bxb4 38.Rd1 Bxa5 39.Rd7+ Kh8 40.f6 Bb4 41.h4 Re8 42.Nd8 Re1+ 43.Kg2 Bf8
44.Nf7+ Kg8 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Nxg5 b5 47.f4 b4 48.f5 Re2+ 49.Kf3 Re5 50.Kf4 Rd5
51.Rh7 Bd6+ 52.Kg4  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Qe2 Nh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Rfd1 e6
16.Na4 Qc7 17.Ne1 Nf6 18.Bg3 e5 19.Nc5 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Ba4 Qe7 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.e4 Nd7 24.Nb3 Nb8 25.Nc2 f6 26.Ne3 Bf8 27.f3 a5 28.Be1 a4 29.Nc5 Qf7 30.a3 Nd7
31.Nd3 Ba6 32.Qc2 Bxd3 33.Qxd3 Nc5 34.Qf1 Rd8 35.Ba5 Rd7 36.Bb4 Nd3 37.Rxc6 Bxb4
38.axb4 Nxb4 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Qb5 Nd3 41.Rf8 Qe7 42.Qb8 Rb7 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Qg8+ Qg7
45.Rxh6+ Kxh6 46.Nf5+ Kg6 47.Nxg7 Rxg7 48.Qe8+ Rf7 49.Qb5 Nf4 50.g3 Ne6 51.Kg2 Nd4
52.Qe8 Kg7 53.h4 gxh4 54.gxh4 Rf8 55.Qxa4 Kg6 56.Qd7 Rb8 57.Kh3 Rxb2 58.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van den Doel,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 c6 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Bd3 Ned5 15.Nc5 Rb8
16.Rac1 Nf4 17.Bb1 Qf6 18.Ne5 Qg5 19.Qf3 f6 20.Ned3 Nbd5 21.Nxf4 Nxf4 22.h4 Qh6
23.g3 Nd5 24.Be4 Nb6 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Qa3 Ra8 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Re8 29.Rce1 Nc4
30.R3e2 Nd6 31.Bd3 Rxe2 32.Rxe2 Kg8 33.Bc2 b6 34.Bb3+ Kf8 35.Ne6+ Bxe6 36.Rxe6 Nf5
37.Rxc6 Nxd4 38.Rc7 Nxb3 39.axb3 Rd8 40.Rxa7 Rd3 41.Ra3 b5 42.b4 Rd4 43.Rb3 h5
44.Kg2 Kf7 45.Kf3 Rc4 46.Ke3 g5 47.f4 gxh4 48.gxh4 Kg6 49.Rc3 Rxb4 50.Rc5 Rb3+
51.Ke4 Rxb2 52.f5+ Kh6 53.Rc6 Rb4+ 54.Kf3 Rxh4 55.Rxf6+ Kg5 56.Rg6+ Kxf5
57.Rb6 Rb4  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Visser,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Bc2 a6 8.a4 e5
9.d5 a5 10.h3 Nc5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.f3 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Qxd6 Ne6
16.Be3 Qb8 17.Qxb8 Rfxb8 18.b3 Bf8 19.Rd1 Bc5 20.Kf2 Kf8 21.Bxc5+ Nxc5 22.Rd6 Ke7
23.Rhd1 Ne8 24.R6d2 Be6 25.Nc1 Rd8 26.Ke3 Nd6 27.f4 f6 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.Nd3 Nxd3
30.Rxd3 Nb7 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rb1 Nc5 33.Ne2 Na6 34.Ng1 Nb4 35.Rc1 c5 36.Nf3 Nc6
37.Bd1 Rb8 38.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nezad,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.a4 Qc7 15.Bd3 b4 16.Be3 Nc4
17.Qe2 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Nh5 19.g3 Qd7 20.Kh2 f5 21.exf5 Nf6 22.Nbd2 Nxd5 23.Qe2 Rxf5
24.Bxa6 Bxa6 25.Qxa6 Nf6 26.Rac1 Rf8 27.Re2 e4 28.Qc4+ d5 29.Qc6 Qxc6 30.Rxc6 Bd8
31.Nd4 Rxf2+ 32.Kg1 Rxe2 33.Nxe2 Nd7 34.Nb3 Ne5 35.Rd6 Nc4 36.Rxd5 Ne3 37.Rd7 Rf1+
38.Kh2 Bf6 39.Nbd4 Bxd4 40.Nxd4 Rf2+ 41.Kg1 Rg2+ 42.Kh1 Rxb2 43.Rb7 Nc4 44.Kg1 Rd2
45.Nb3 e3 46.Kf1 Rf2+ 47.Ke1 Ne5 48.Re7 Nd3+ 49.Kd1 Rb2 50.Rxe3 Rxb3 51.Kc2 Rc3+
52.Kd2 Nc5  0-1

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bosboom,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 b6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Be3 e6 15.Qd2 Kh7
16.Rac1 Ne7 17.Qd3 Rc8 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Qa3 Qd8 20.Bd3 f5 21.Qxa7 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.Nd2 Nf5 24.Nxe4 Qd5 25.Nd2 e5 26.Nf3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Rxf3 28.gxf3 Qxf3 29.Re1 Qg4+
30.Kf1 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 exd4 33.Qxb6 Qf5+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kg1 Qg4+
36.Kf2 Qf5+ 37.Kg2 Qg4+ 38.Kf2 Qf5+ 39.Kg2 Qg4+ 40.Kf2 Qe4 41.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solleveld,Maa"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Nf1 Qc7
16.Bb1 Nc4 17.Ng3 g6 18.b3 Ncb6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Rc1 Qe7
23.Bb1 Bg7 24.Be3 a5 25.Bd3 b4 26.Bb5 Red8 27.Qd2 Nbd7 28.Qe2 Qf8 29.Nd2 Nb6
30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Rc7 32.Nf3 Rdc8 33.Qf2 Nbd7 34.Nd4 Ne5 35.Rcd1 Ncd7 36.Nf1 Rc5
37.Ne3 Qd8 38.Kh1 Rc3 39.Ne2 R3c7 40.Nd4 Nc5 41.Nf1 Qf8 42.Qg3 Rb8 43.Nh2 Bc8
44.Nhf3 Re7 45.Bc4 Bd7 46.Nc6 Bxc6 47.dxc6 Rc8 48.Bd5 Qe8 49.Nd4 Rb8 50.Nf3 Rc8
51.Qh4 Nxf3 52.gxf3 Be5 53.Bg5 Rec7 54.f4 Bc3 55.Re3 Rxc6 56.f5 Bg7 57.Rf1 R6c7
58.Ref3 Kh8 59.fxg6 fxg6 60.Rf7 Rxf7 61.Rxf7 Ne6 62.Bxe6 Qxe6 63.Re7 Qg8
64.Bf6 Rc1+ 65.Kg2 Rc2+ 66.Kg3 Rc3+ 67.Kg2 Rc2+ 68.Kg3 Rc3+ 69.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van de Oudeweetering,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.O-O Qb6 14.Qe2 b4 15.Rd1 Bc5
16.a4 h5 17.Be4 Ra5 18.Bf4 h4 19.h3 Ba6 20.Qe1 Kf8 21.b3 Kg7 22.Rac1 e5 23.Bd2 Nf8
24.Bd5 Ng6 25.Qe4 Bc8 26.Qe2 Re8 27.Bc4 e4 28.Bb5 Ba6 29.Nxh4 Nxh4 30.Qg4+ Ng6
31.Bxe8 e3 32.Be1 d3 33.Rxc5 Rxc5 34.fxe3 Re5 35.Bb5 Bxb5 36.axb5 Qxe3+ 37.Bf2 Qe2
38.b6 Rg5 39.Qxe2 dxe2 40.Re1 Nf4 41.Be3 Nxg2 42.Bxg5 Nxe1 43.Kf2 Nf3 44.Kxe2 Nd4+
45.Ke3  1-0

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 d5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Re1 exd4 13.cxd4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bf5 15.Nc5 Qc7
16.Bc2 Bg6 17.a3 Rad8 18.Qc1 Rfe8 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.b4 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Rd3 22.Bf2 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 Qd7 24.Qe2 g5 25.h3 Qf5 26.Qe7 Rd7 27.Qe2 Nd5 28.Rd1 Kh7 29.Qe4 Qg6
30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.Bg3 f5 32.Bd6 Nc3 33.Ra1 Nb5 34.Be5 Rd5 35.a4 Nd4 36.Bxd4 Rxd4
37.Rb1 f4 38.b5 Rc4 39.b6 a5 40.Rd1 Rxa4 41.Rd6+ Kh7 42.Rd7 Rc4 43.Rxb7 Rxc5
44.Ra7 Rb5 45.b7 Kg6 46.Rxa5 Rxb7 47.Rc5 Rc7 48.Kf2 Kf6 49.Kf1 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Michiels,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.b3 Ba7 12.Bb2 e5 13.Ne4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Be4 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Bb8 19.Rd7 Qe6 20.Qd2 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nd4 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Rxd4 exd4 24.Qxd4 Qg6 25.Be4 Qf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.g4 Be5 28.Bxe5 fxe5 29.Bxb7 Rc2
30.Bxa6 Rxa2 31.Bc4 Kg7 32.Kg2 h5 33.gxh5 f5 34.Kg3 f4+ 35.Kf3 Rb2 36.exf4 exf4
37.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Willemze,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Bg7
10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nc4 Rd8 12.e3 Ne8 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.e4 Nd7
17.Nc4 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Qe3 Rdc8 22.b3 Nd6 23.Rfc1 Rc7
24.Nb1 Rbc8 25.a5 c4 26.bxc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Nd2 Rc2 30.Nf3 Qb4
31.Ra3 Re2 32.Qxe2 Qxa3 33.Qd2 f6 34.Ne1 Qc5 35.Kh2 b6 36.axb6 Qxb6 37.Nd3 a5
38.Qc3 Kf7 39.Qa3 a4 40.Nc5 Qd6 41.Qb4 Ke7 42.Qa5 f5 43.Nb7 Qb8 44.Nc5 Qd6
45.f3 Be8 46.Nb7 Qd7 47.d6+ Kf6 48.Qb6 Qc6 49.Qd8+ Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kh6 51.Nd8 Qd7
52.Qf6  1-0

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Spoelman,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.dxc5 Na6
9.c6 Bxc6 10.Qc2 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.b4 d5 13.e4 dxc4 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Qxc4 b5
16.Qd4 h6 17.Ne5 hxg5 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Bxb5 Nb8 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Qc5 Kd7 22.e5 Ne8
23.O-O a6 24.Rfd1+ Kc7 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.a4  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bjornsson,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a6 12.O-O Be7 13.a3 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Ne4 h6
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Rd7 Bc8 19.Rc7 Ne7 20.Be4 Nd5 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Bd6 Re8
23.Rxf7 Be6 24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Qg6 Qd8 26.Qxh6+ Kg8 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Bc5  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baumegger,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C90"]

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.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Be6 13.h3 Rc8 14.Ng3 h6 15.a4 Re8 16.axb5 axb5
17.Nh2 Qd7 18.Nh5 Ra8 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Be3 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Bg5 22.Nf1 Ne7 23.Qd1 Ng6
24.d4 Qe7 25.Kh2 Qf6 26.dxc5 Bxe3 27.fxe3 dxc5 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Ng3 Ra8 30.Qf2 c4
31.Bd1 b4 32.cxb4 Qxb4 33.Bh5 Nf8 34.Rd1 Rb8 35.Rd2 g6 36.Bg4 Bxg4 37.hxg4 Qe7
38.Ne2 Qg5 39.Qg3 Nh7 40.Nc3 Nf6 41.Kh3 Nxg4 42.Nd5 h5 43.Qh4 Qxh4+ 44.Kxh4 Rb3
45.Re2 Kg7 46.Nc3 Kh6 47.Kg3 Kg5 48.Kf3 h4 49.Rd2 f6 50.Rc2 Rb8 51.Rd2 Rh8
52.Nd5 f5 53.exf5 gxf5 54.Ke2 h3 55.gxh3 Rxh3 56.Rc2 Rh2+ 57.Kd1 Nf2+ 58.Kc1 Rh1+
59.Kd2 Ne4+ 60.Ke2 Kg4 61.Rxc4 Rh2+  0-1

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.h3 Qc7 8.g4 e5 9.g5 Ng8
10.e4 b4 11.Na4 dxe4 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Bc4 exd4 15.Qb3 Nxc5 16.Naxc5 Bxc5
17.Nxc5 Qe7+ 18.Kd1 Qxc5 19.Bxf7+ Kd8 20.Bd2 a5 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Qf3 Bd7 23.Re1 Rf8
24.Bf4 Rxf7 25.Bxd6 Nxd6 26.Qg3 Kc7 27.Rc4 Rd8 28.Rxd4 Bf5 29.Kc1 Rfd7 30.Qe5  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Erdogdu,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 Na6 7.f3 Qe8 8.Nge2 e5
9.d5 Bd7 10.g4 h5 11.h3 Nh7 12.Bh4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.g5 Qg6 15.f4 Nc5 16.O-O-O a5
17.Bf2 a4 18.fxe5 Ne4 19.Nf4 Qxg5 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Be3 Qf5 22.e6 a3 23.Rg1 axb2+
24.Kb1 Ba4 25.Qg2 Ng5 26.Rd2 Bc2+ 27.Kxc2 Rxa2 28.Qxg5 Qxg5 29.Rxg5 Ra1 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7
31.Rg2+ Kh7 32.Kxb2 Rxf1 33.Nxh5 Rg8 34.Rxg8 Kxg8  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.e4 Qe7 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.Na2 Bd6 19.f4 f5 20.e5 Bc7 21.Nc1 Nb6 22.Nd3 Red8
23.Nc5 Rab8 24.Ra3 Nd5 25.Rb3 Nb4 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Rdxd3 Rd7 28.Rdc3 Bg6 29.Qc4 Bh5
30.Rc1 Kh8 31.Kf2 Bd8 32.h4 Qf7 33.Qc5 Ra8 34.Qc4 Be7 35.Bd2 Qg6 36.Rd3 Ra6
37.Rb3 Ra8 38.Rd3 Kh7 39.Re1 Ra6 40.Rb3 Bd8 41.Bc3 Rb6 42.Re3 Bd1 43.Ra3 Be7
44.Ra1 Bb3 45.Qe2 Bb4 46.Kg1 Bd5 47.Kh2 h5 48.Qc2 Bxg2 49.Kxg2 Rd5 50.Qe2 Be7
51.Kh2 Ra6 52.Qe1 Bd8 53.Rd1 Bb6 54.Red3 Qg4 55.Qf2 Ra8 56.Qc2 Ba7 57.Qb3 Qe2+
58.Kh3 Rb8 59.R3d2 Qf3 60.Rd3 Qg4+ 61.Kh2 Qe2+ 62.Kh3 c5 63.R3d2 Qg4+ 64.Kg2 cxd4
65.Bxd4 Rbd8 66.Qc3 Rxd4 67.Rxd4 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.g3 Bb4
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Bxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Qc3 b5 13.a4 Bb7 14.Qa5 Qd8 15.axb5 Qxa5
16.Rxa5 cxb5 17.Rxb5 Bc6 18.Rb4 Bd5 19.Re1 Rfb8 20.Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.e4 Bc6 22.Nd2 Rb4
23.Rc1 Nb6 24.b3 Bb5 25.bxc4 Nxc4 26.Nb1 a5 27.Nc3 Bd7 28.Na2 Rb2 29.Rxc4 Rxa2
30.Rc5 a4 31.Bf1 Rd2 32.d5 exd5 33.exd5 Kf8 34.Ra5 Ke7 35.h4 Rd1 36.Ra7 Kd6
37.Kg2 Rc1 38.Bd3 Rc7 39.Ra5 Rc5 40.Ra7 f6 41.Be4 f5 42.Ra6+ Ke5 43.Bf3 g5
44.Bd1 Bb5 45.Rxh6 a3 46.Bb3 Rc3 47.Ba2 Rc2 48.Rb6 Bd7 49.Bb1 a2 50.Bxa2 Rxa2
51.hxg5 Kxd5 52.g6 Be6 53.g7 Ra8 54.f4 Rg8 55.Rb7 Kd6 56.Kf2 Bd7 57.Rb6+ Ke7
58.Rg6 Kf7 59.Rd6 Be6 60.Ra6 Rxg7 61.Ra5 Kf6 62.Ra6 Rb7 63.Kg2 Rg7 64.Rb6 Rg6
65.Ra6 Kg7 66.Ra7+ Kh6 67.Ra5 Rf6 68.Kh3 Kg6 69.Rc5 Rf7 70.Rc6 Kf6 71.Ra6 Rb7
72.Rc6 Rb8 73.Ra6 Ke7 74.Ra7+ Bd7 75.Ra6 Rc8 76.Ra7 Rh8+ 77.Kg2 Kd6 78.Ra5 Bc6+
79.Kf2 Bd5 80.Ra6+ Kc5 81.Ra5+ Kd4 82.Ra4+ Kd3 83.Ra3+ Kd2 84.Ra5 Be4 85.Ra2+ Kc3
86.Ra3+ Kb4 87.Ra7 Rc8 88.Rg7 Rc2+ 89.Ke3 Rc3+ 90.Kd4 Bf3 91.Rg8 Kb3 92.Rb8+ Kc2
93.Rh8 Rd3+ 94.Ke5 Bg4 95.Rh2+ Kd1 96.Rg2 Ke1 97.Kf6 Kf1 98.Ra2 Rxg3 99.Ra5 Kg2
100.Kg5 Bh3+ 101.Kf6 Kf3 102.Ke5 Kg4  0-1

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qb1 Qc8 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.Qc1 c4 14.Ne1 Bd6 15.b3 b5
16.bxc4 bxc4 17.Bf3 Qe6 18.Na4 a5 19.a3 Nd3 20.Nxd3 Bxd3 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 O-O
23.Qb2 Ne4 24.Qd4 Rfd8 25.Ra2 Qc6 26.Bc3 f6 27.Be2 Nxc5 28.Bxd3 Nxd3 29.a4 Nb4
30.Rad2 Qxa4 31.e4 Nc6 32.Qc5 d4 33.h4 Rac8 34.Ra1 Qb3 35.Bxa5 c3 36.Bxd8 cxd2  0-1

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 Nc6
9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Bd3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 d4 15.exd4 Nxd4
16.Qb2 Bd7 17.Kf1 Ne6 18.Qxb7 Qxc3 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Ne2 Qxa3 21.c6 Bc8 22.Qb1 Ke7
23.g4 Rd6 24.Rh3 Rhd8 25.Re3 Kf8 26.Kg1 Rxc6 27.Bb5 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Rd6 29.Qb1 Qa5
30.Ng3 Rb6 31.Qb2 Kg8 32.Qc2 Bb7 33.Bc4 Qc5 34.Nf5 Bd5 35.Nxh6+ Kf8 36.Qh7 Rb1+
37.Qxb1 Qxc4 38.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.O-O Qa8 13.Nd2 Qb7 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Ra3 16.Qc2 Rfa8
17.Rfc1 bxc5 18.bxc5 Qa6 19.Nb3 Bd8 20.Qb2 Qc4 21.Nd2 Qa6 22.Nf3 h6 23.Ne1 Ne4
24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Nc2 Ra2 26.Qb3 Qe2 27.Bg3 Nf6 28.Nb4 R2a3 29.Qc4 Qxc4 30.Rxc4 Ra1
31.Rcc1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Rc8 33.Nxc6 Rxc6 34.Rb8 Kh7 35.Rxd8 Nd5 36.Rd7 Kg6 37.Ra7 Rc8
38.Kf1 Nb4 39.f3 Nc6 40.Rb7 f5 41.Bd6 Na5 42.Rd7 Nc4 43.Kf2 Ra8 44.fxe4 fxe4
45.Bf4 Kf6 46.c6 g5 47.Bg3 Ra2+ 48.Kg1 Ra1+ 49.Kh2 Kg6 50.c7 Nxe3 51.c8=Q  1-0

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5
16.Nf1 Na6 17.Ng3 Bc8 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nh2 Bd7 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 g6 22.Bd3 Nc5
23.Rc1 Qd8 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.b3 a4 26.Nf1 axb3 27.axb3 Qb6 28.Qe2 Ra3 29.Rb1 Rfa8
30.Ne3 Bd6 31.Red1 Kg7 32.Qf3 Qd8 33.g3 Ra2 34.Kg2 Qg5 35.Rh1 h6 36.Bc2 c4
37.bxc4 Bc5 38.Bb3 Bxe3 39.Bxa2 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.a4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Na3 Qb8 14.f4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6
16.Nc2 bxa4 17.Bb1 Bd8 18.Rxa4 Bb6 19.d5 Ne7 20.f5 Qa7 21.Qf3 Kh8 22.Na3 Qd7
23.b3 Bc5 24.Bd2 Rfb8 25.Bc2 Ne8 26.Kh1 f6 27.Rg1 Nc7 28.b4 Bd4 29.Rg3 Rc8
30.Bd1 Nb5 31.Nxb5 axb5 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Rh3 Qe8 34.Kg2 Ra2 35.Be1 Ra1 36.Bd2 Ra2
37.Qd3 g6 38.fxg6 Nxg6 39.Bh5 Qf7 40.Bxg6 Qxg6+ 41.Rg3 Rxd2 42.Qxd2 Qxe4+
43.f3 Qxd5 44.Qc2 Qa8 45.Qc7 Qf8 46.Qd7 Be3 47.Kf1 Bg5 48.f4 Qa8 49.fxg5 Qh1+
50.Kf2 Qxh2+ 51.Rg2 Qf4+ 52.Kg1 Qc1+ 53.Kh2 Qf4+ 54.Rg3 Qf2+ 55.Kh3 Qf1+
56.Kh4 Qh1+ 57.Rh3 Qe4+ 58.Qg4 fxg5+ 59.Kxg5 Qg6+ 60.Kh4 Qh6+ 61.Kg3 Qe3+
62.Kg2 Qd2+ 63.Kh1 Qe1+ 64.Kh2 Qd2+ 65.Qg2 Qf4+ 66.Rg3 e4 67.Qb2+  1-0

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 b5 8.cxb5 a6 9.bxa6 Bxa6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nf3 c4 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qe2 Nd3 14.Ne1 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qa6 16.Nxd3 cxd3
17.Qd2 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Nxe4 20.Qe1 Nxg5 21.h4 Qxa2 22.Qxe7 Nh3+
23.gxh3 Bxb2 24.Qxd6 Bd4 25.Rb8+ Rxb8 26.Qxb8+ Kg7 27.Qg3 Qe2 28.Qxd3 Qxf2+
29.Kh1 Be5 30.Rd2 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Bd6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Re2 Qh4 34.Qf5 h6 35.Kh1 Qc4
36.Rf2 Qc7 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qxh6 Bg3 39.Re2 Qd8 40.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e6 11.e4 Bh7 12.Be2 Be7 13.f3 Nfd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.O-O O-O 17.Qd2 Qb4 18.Nb1 Rfd8 19.Rd1 f5 20.Qxb4 axb4 21.Nd2 fxe4 22.fxe4 Nf6
23.e5 Ne8 24.Nc4 Bc2 25.Rd2 Rxa4 26.Rxa4 Bxa4 27.Bg4 Nc7 28.Nd6 b6 29.Rf2 Rf8
30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Nc8 Bb3 32.Nxb6 Nb5 33.Nd7+ Ke7 34.Nc5 Nxd4 35.Kf2 Bd5 36.Ke3 Nc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Rxd4 Qc7 13.Nc3 a6 14.Qd1 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.e4 Bc6 18.Be7 Rfc8 19.Bd6 Qb7 20.f3 e5 21.Rd2 b5 22.Qe2 a5
23.Qe3 b4 24.Be2 Bb5 25.O-O Bxe2 26.Qxe2 Nb6 27.Bxe5 Nc4 28.Rd5 Nxe5 29.Rxe5 bxa3
30.bxa3 Qb3 31.f4 Qxa3 32.Rd5 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg5 Bb7
9.e4 Be7 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.b4 Qb8 15.Qb1 Rfe8
16.h3 Ba6 17.Qa2 Rc7 18.Bf4 Qc8 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qb2 Rd8 22.Re1 Nd7
23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.cxb5 Nf6 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8
29.Bd3 h6 30.Nf3 Nd7 31.h4 Qc7 32.g3 Kf8 33.Kg2 g5 34.Qd2 Qd6 35.hxg5 hxg5
36.Qc3 Kg7 37.Bc2 g4 38.Nh2 Nf6 39.Qe3 Qd4 40.Qxd4 exd4 41.e5 Nd5 42.Nxg4 f5
43.Nh2 Bd8 44.Nf3 Bc7 45.Bb3 Nc3 46.Bxe6 Nxb5 47.Bxf5 Nxa3 48.Bd3 a5 49.bxa5 bxa5
50.g4 a4 51.Kg3  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nedev,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.h3 Ne5 11.Be3 b6 12.O-O-O+ Ned7 13.f4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nf3 Kc7
16.f5 g5 17.Bg1 f6 18.Bh2+ e5 19.fxe6 Nde5 20.e7 Re8 21.Be2 Rxe7 22.Rhf1 Bd7
23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Rf6 Rh8 25.Bh5 Rhh7 26.Bg6 Rhg7 27.Rd5 g4 28.h4 Kb7 29.h5 Be6
30.Rd6 Bd7 31.Bg1 Na5 32.Be3 Nxc4 33.Bxh6 Nxd6 34.Bxg7 Rxg7 35.Rxd6 Kc7 36.Rf6 Rg8
37.h6 g3 38.h7 Rh8 39.Kd2 Be8 40.Bf5 b5 41.Re6  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Re1 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Bc2 Rd8 13.Rb1 a5 14.h3 e4 15.Nh2 Nb6 16.c5 Nc4
17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.Qd3 Ncd2 20.Rxb4 Rxa2 21.f3 Qh4  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Hracek,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.f4 b5
16.Rf3 g6 17.Kh1 Nh5 18.Raf1 c4 19.Bc2 f5 20.Bc1 Nf6 21.Re3 Rce8 22.h3 Qd7
23.Re1 Nh5 24.Rf1 fxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxf4 26.Qg4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Nxh3 28.Ree1 Nf2+
29.Rxf2 Rxf2 30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2004.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ribli,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Nd4 Rhd8
16.a3 b3 17.Bd2 a5 18.Rfc1 e5 19.Nf5+ Kf8 20.Bc3 Nce4 21.Be1 g6 22.Ng3 Kg8
23.a4 Nd6 24.Bc3 Nxb5 25.Qxb5 Qxb5 26.axb5 Rd5 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Bxa5 Rxb5
29.Bc3 Nd7 30.e4 Kf8 31.f3 Ke7 32.Bd2 Ke6 33.Ne2 f5 34.Nc3 Rb6 35.Be3 Rd6
36.exf5+ gxf5 37.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XLVIII TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Sanxenxo ESP"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Graf,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Bc5 12.h3 Kc8 13.Rad1 a5 14.Na4 Ba7 15.g4 Ne7 16.Nd4 Bd7
17.e6 fxe6 18.Rfe1 b5 19.Nc3 Rf8 20.Rd2 Ng6 21.Nxe6 Rf7 22.Re4 Kb7 23.Nd4 Nh4
24.Kf1 Raf8 25.Nd1 h5 26.Ne3 c5 27.Ne6 Bc6 28.Nxf8 Nf3 29.Rd1 Bxe4 30.Ne6 Nh2+
31.Kg1 Nf3+ 32.Kf1 Nh2+ 33.Kg1 Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XLVIII TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Sanxenxo ESP"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "D83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.cxd5 Nxc5
9.Be5 Qa5 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.Qd2 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Rxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.e4 Nd3+ 16.Bxd3 Rxd3 17.Ke2 Rd6 18.Rc7 b6 19.Rd1 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Bxd7 21.Nb1 Be6
22.Nc3 Rc8 23.Ke3 f6 24.f4 Kf7 25.Rd4 Ke8 26.a3 Rc5 27.Ra4 a5 28.Rd4 Bb3
29.h4 h5 30.g3 Be6 31.Na4 Rc6 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Bc4 34.Nxb6 Bb5 35.Nd5 Kf7
36.f5 gxf5 37.exf5 Rc1 38.Re4 Re1+ 39.Kd4 Rxe4+ 40.Kxe4 Be2 41.Nf4 Bd1 42.b5 Bc2+
43.Ke3 Bxf5 44.b6 Bc8 45.Nxh5 Ke6 46.Ng7+  1-0

[Event "XLVIII TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Sanxenxo ESP"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Bg5 f6 7.Be3 Nh6 8.h3 Nf7 9.c5 dxc5
10.dxe5 Nfxe5 11.Bxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bd7 13.Be2 O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "XLVIII TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Sanxenxo ESP"]
[Date "2004.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.f4 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Bd2 Qa5 15.Rac1 Qb6
16.Ba2 c5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bxb4 cxb4 19.Rc5 Qd6 20.Rfc1 Rae8 21.Qf3 Re7 22.g4 Rfe8
23.Rc8 Qe6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.g5 Ne4 26.Rc2 Qf5 27.Rg2 Rc8 28.h3 b3 29.Bxb3 Nxg5
30.Rxg5 Qb1+ 31.Bd1 Rc1 32.Kh2 Rxd1 33.Qxd5 Qxb2+ 34.Rg2 Qc1 35.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XLVIII TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Sanxenxo ESP"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O e6
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 bxc4 13.bxc4 O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XLVIII TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Sanxenxo ESP"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.Nd3 Bxd3
16.Rxd3 Qe7 17.Rd1 e5 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Nf6 21.e4 Rad8 22.Be3 Nxd5
23.exd5 f5 24.Rac1 Qf7 25.Bc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 b6 27.Rb5 Qf6 28.d6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Levin,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Rd1 Be7
9.exd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rac1 Nd5 14.Qe4 g6 15.Qh4 f6
16.Bh6 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rf7 19.Qe4 Qd5 20.Rdc1 Rd8 21.Rc8 Qh5 22.Bd2 Rxc8
23.Rxc8+ Bf8 24.b4 Nb7 25.Qxe6 Kg7 26.Bc4 Nd6 27.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Nb8 8.d4 c6
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Nf8 13.h3 Ng6 14.Nf5 h6 15.a4 Nh7
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bc4 Bf8 18.Be3 Bxf5 19.exf5 Ne7 20.g4 e4 21.Nd4 Rad8 22.g5 hxg5
23.Qh5 Nd5 24.Bxg5 Be7 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Kh1 e3 27.fxe3 Ndf6 28.Qf3 Rde8 29.Re2 Ng5
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.exf4 Nxh3 32.Rae1 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Nxf4 34.Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.a5 a6
36.Kh2 Nd6 37.Bf1 Nd5 38.Bd3 Ne3 39.Kg3 Nd1 40.Kf4 Nxb2 41.Be2 Nbc4 42.Nb3 Kf8
43.f6 gxf6 44.Bxc4 Nxc4 45.Ke4 Ke7 46.Kd4 Nd6 47.c4 f5 48.c5 Ne8 49.Ke5 Ng7
50.Nd2 Ne6 51.Kxf5 Nxc5 52.Nc4 f6 53.Nb6 Kd6 54.Nc4+ Kd5  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 b4 11.Na4 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qc2 Be7 14.e4 Qa5 15.a3 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.axb4 Rfc8 18.Qb1 Qb7 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Rxc5 22.Bd2 Rb8
23.Ra2 Rc7 24.Rc1 h6 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Ra4 Bb4 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Ra3 Nd5 29.Qa1 Qc2
30.b3 Nf4 31.Rxa7 Rxb3 32.Qa4 Nxh3+ 33.Kh2 Nxf2 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qxf7 Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6
37.Re7 Rb6 38.Nd4 Ng4+ 39.Kh3 Nxe5 40.Rxe6+ Rxe6 41.Nxe6 Kf6 42.Nd4 h5 43.Kh4 g6
44.Ne2 Kg7 45.Kg5 Nf7+ 46.Kh4 Kh6 47.g4 g5+ 48.Kh3 h4 49.Nd4 Nd6 50.Nf3 Ne4
51.Nxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bb4 14.axb5 Nxb5 15.Qa4 Be7
16.Ne4 O-O 17.Rd1 Qc8 18.Bg5 Nxg5 19.Nexg5 h6 20.Ne4 Qe6 21.h3 c5 22.Rac1 Rac8
23.Qc4 Rc7 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.Ra1 Ra8 26.Ra5 Rc6 27.Rd7 Ra7 28.Rxa7 Nxa7 29.Nfd2 Rb6
30.Nc4 Nc6 31.Nxb6 Nxa5 32.Nc8 Bf8 33.Ncd6 Nb3 34.Kf1 Bxd6 35.exd6 Kf7 36.Ke2 c4
37.Kd1 Nd4 38.Nc5 e5 39.Kd2 Nb5 40.d7 Ke7 41.f3 g5 42.Kc2 Kd8 43.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.Bd3 b4
16.axb4 cxb4 17.Ne2 Qxc2 18.Bxc2 Bxd5 19.O-O Rfc8 20.Nd4 a5 21.Bf5 Rc5 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Be7 Ra6 24.Rfe1 Be4 25.f3 Bg6 26.e4 f6 27.Ne2 Rcc6 28.Nd4 Rcb6 29.Bd8 Rb7
30.Ne6 Bf7 31.Nc7 Raa7 32.Rxd6 Rxc7 33.Bxc7 Rxc7 34.Red1 Be8 35.Ra6 Rc5 36.Ra7 Kf8
37.Rd5 Rxd5 38.exd5 Nb6 39.d6 a4 40.Rb7 Nc4 41.Rxb4 Nxd6 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Ke6
44.Kd4 Nf5+ 45.Kc5 h5 46.Rb6+ Kf7 47.Rb7+ Kg6 48.Rb4 h4 49.g4 Nh6 50.h3 f5
51.Kd4 fxg4 52.fxg4 Nf7 53.Rb8 Bd7 54.Rb7 Be6 55.Rb6 Kf6 56.Ra6 Ng5 57.Rxa4 Nxh3
58.b4 Nf4 59.b5 h3 60.Ke3 h2 61.Rxf4+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nd7
16.Nf1 Nc5 17.b3 f5 18.exf5 Bf6 19.Be4 Qf7 20.Ng3 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxd5 22.Bd2 Nc6
23.Bg5 Nb4 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nxd6 Qxd1 26.Rexd1 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rc3 28.a4 Rxb3
29.axb5 axb5 30.Kh2 Kg7 31.Rg1+ Kh6 32.Rg4 Nc6 33.Rag1 Kh5 34.Rg7 h6 35.Ne4 Rxf3
36.R1g4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Nb3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qxc3+
16.Qxc3 Nxc3 17.f3 Ke7 18.Kd2 Na4 19.Rc1 Rhc8 20.Bd3 Rc7 21.Rc2 Rbc8 22.Rhc1 h5
23.Na5 Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Nfd7
16.h3 Bh5 17.Bb2 Re8 18.Qb1 Bg6 19.a4 d5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.dxc5 Nxc5
23.e5 Ne6 24.Nd4 Bb4 25.Rd1 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Nd7 27.f4 Qc6 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.Nf3 Nf8
30.Kh2 Ne6 31.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Rfe1 h6
16.Bb5 Nf6 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Qa4 Qb8 19.Bc6 Rc8 20.Ne5 Qa8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.f3 a6
23.Rd1 Qb5 24.Qc4 Kf8 25.a4 Qb6 26.a5 Qb7 27.g4 g5 28.Kg2 Ke8 29.Qa4+ Qb5
30.Qxb5+ axb5 31.a6 Ra8 32.Ra1 b4 33.Be1 Nd7 34.Nc4 e5 35.a7 Kd8 36.Ra6 Kc7
37.Rxh6 Rxa7 38.Rh7 Ra1 39.Bg3 Rc1 40.Nxe5 Rc2+ 41.Kh3 Nxe5 42.Bxe5+ Kd7
43.Rxf7 Ke6 44.Rf5 c4 45.f4 c3 46.bxc3 b3 47.Bd4 Bd6 48.Rf6+ Kd7 49.e5 Bc7
50.c4 Rxc4 51.e6+ Ke8 52.Rf7 Bxf4 53.Bf2 Rc7 54.Rf5 Ke7 55.Rb5 Rc3+ 56.Kg2 Kxe6
57.Bg3 Bxg3 58.hxg3 Rc2+ 59.Kf3 b2 60.Ke4 Kd6 61.Kd3 Rg2 62.Kd4 Kc6 63.Rb8 Rd2+
64.Kc3 Rg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bf4 Kc8 12.Rad1 Bb4 13.Ne4 Be6 14.c3 Be7 15.b3 b6 16.g4 Nh4
17.Nxh4 Bxh4 18.Bg3 Be7 19.f4 h5 20.f5 Bd5 21.Rd4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Ba3 23.Kf2 a5
24.c4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 a4 26.Kg2 axb3 27.axb3 Bc5 28.Re2 Ra3 29.e6 Re8 30.Rf3 Ra1
31.Bf2 fxe6 32.Bxc5 bxc5 33.fxe6 Rd1 34.Rf7 Rd6 35.Rxg7 Rdxe6 36.Rxe6 Rxe6
37.Rf7 Kd8 38.Kg3 Re1 39.g5 Rg1+ 40.Kh4 Rh1+ 41.Kg4 Rg1+ 42.Kf5 Rg3 43.g6 Rf3+
44.Ke6 Re3+ 45.Kf6 Rf3+ 46.Kg7 Rxb3 47.Kf8 Re3 48.Rf4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Nb3 Nf5 7.a3 Be7 8.g3 a5
9.Qd3 a4 10.Nbd2 h5 11.Bh3 g6 12.Ne4 h4 13.Bf4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Ng7 15.Bg2 Rxh1+
16.Bxh1 Bf5 17.Nfg5 Na5 18.Qf3 Ne6 19.Nh7 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 c6 21.e3 Nb3 22.Rd1 Qa5+
23.Ke2 Nec5 24.Qg2 Qa6 25.Kf1 Qxc4+ 26.Kg1 Qc2 27.Qf3 d3 28.Bg5 Ne4 29.Bxe7 Nxf2
30.Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31.Kg2 Qc2 32.Bd6 O-O-O 33.Kg1 Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rh8  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.b3 Ncb6 17.Ne3 g6 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Ba5 Qb8 20.Qd2 Bd8 21.Rec1 Nf6 22.Qb4 Nbd7
23.Bxd8 Rfxd8 24.Qe1 Rc7 25.b4 Rdc8 26.Bd3 Nb6 27.Nd2 Rc3 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Qe2 Nh5
30.g3 Qd8 31.Kh2 Bc8 32.Nf3 Na4 33.Qd2 Bd7 34.Ne1 Qc8 35.h4 Rc7 36.Be2 Ng7
37.N1g2 f5 38.exf5 Bxf5 39.f4 Qe8 40.Rc1 Rxc1 41.Qxc1 Bd7 42.Qc7 exf4 43.gxf4 Nf5
44.Nxf5 Bxf5 45.Bf3 Qd7 46.Qc6 Nb2 47.Qxa6 Nd3 48.a3 Bh3 49.Qc6 Qf5 50.Qe8+ Kg7
51.Qe7+ Kg8 52.Qe4 Bxg2 53.Qxf5 gxf5 54.Kxg2 Ne1+ 55.Kf2 Nc2 56.Be2 Nxa3
57.Bd3 Kg7 58.Ke3 Kg6 59.Kd4 Kh5 60.Kc3 Kxh4 61.Kb2 Nb1 62.Kxb1 Kg4 63.Bxb5 Kxf4
64.Bf1 Ke5 65.Bg2 Kd4 66.Kb2  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc2 Ne5 10.b3 exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Bf4 Na6 13.a3 f5 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Rae1 Nf7
16.Qc1 Nc7 17.a4 Na6 18.Nb5 Be5 19.Bd2 Nb4 20.Bxb4 cxb4 21.Qd2 a6 22.Nbd4 Qb6
23.Rd1 Re7 24.h4 Rae8 25.Nf4 a5 26.g3 Bg7 27.Kg2 Bh6 28.Rh1 Bg7 29.Bb1 Qxd4
30.Qxd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 b6 32.Rdd1 Nd8 33.Nd3 Nb7 34.Rd2 Kg7 35.Bc2 h6 36.Bd1 Re4
37.Nf4 Nc5 38.Bc2 R4e7 39.Nd3 Na6 40.Nf4 Kf6 41.Bd1 Re4 42.Bf3 Nc5 43.Bxe4 fxe4
44.Rb1 Bg4 45.Ne2 Bf5 46.Rbb2 e3 47.Rd4 exf2 48.Kxf2 g5 49.Nc1 Ke5 50.Rd1 gxh4
51.gxh4 Rg8 52.Rh1 Ne4+ 53.Ke1 Rg3 54.h5 Bg4 55.Kf1 Rc3 56.Ne2 Re3 57.Ng1 Nc5
58.Rh4 Bf5 59.Kf2 Rxb3 60.Rxb3 Nxb3 61.Nf3+ Kf6 62.Ke3 Bd7 63.Rf4+ Kg7 64.Nd4 Nc5
65.Kd2 Kg8 66.Ne6 Nxe6 67.dxe6 Bxe6 68.Rd4 Kf7 69.Rxd6 Bxc4 70.Rxh6 b5 71.axb5 Bxb5
72.Rg6 Be8 73.Rg1 Kf6 74.h6 Bg6 75.Rf1+ Kg5 76.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 g6 14.Nf1 a5 15.a4 b4 16.Bd3 Qc7
17.Ne3 bxc3 18.bxc3 c4 19.Bc2 Ba6 20.Nd2 Rfc8 21.Ba3 Bf8 22.Qf3 Bg7 23.g3 Rab8
24.Kg2 Nb6 25.g4 Nfd7 26.h4 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.h5 Nd7 29.Rh1 Nf8 30.g5 Rb2
31.Ng4 gxh5 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.gxf6 Ng6 34.Kf1 h4 35.Qh5 Kh8 36.Nf3 Rxc2 37.Rh2 Rxf2+
38.Rxf2 Nf4 39.Qxh4 Rg8 40.Rh2  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.b4 Qe7 14.Qb3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qb1 g6 18.O-O Qd6 19.Bc3 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Be5 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.Rd7 Rc7 24.Rd2 Qe7 25.Bf3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qb2 Rd7 28.Kg1 Rd2 29.Qc3 Qd6
30.a3 Rd3 31.Qa1 h5 32.a4 a6 33.axb5 axb5 34.Qa7 Qd7 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Qe5+ f6
37.Qb8 Rd6 38.Ra1 Qe7 39.Ra7 Rd7 40.g3 Bc8 41.Ra1 Rc7 42.Rc1 Bb7 43.Rc5 Qd6
44.Bd5 Bc8 45.Qb6 Bb7 46.Rxb5 Rd7 47.Rc5 cxd5 48.Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Neukoelln GER"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Maiwald,JU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.dxc5 Nxg3
10.hxg3 dxc5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Bd7 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nb3 b6 16.Rh2 Rc8
17.g4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 fxg4 19.Bxg4 Ne5 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Nd2 Kc7 22.Rdh1 Ne5 23.Rxh6 Nd3+
24.Kc2 Rxh6 25.Rxh6 Nxf2 26.Rh7 Kd7 27.Rg7 g4 28.Rf7 g3 29.Rg7 Nh1 30.Kd3 Rf8
31.e4 Rh8 32.Ke3 Rh2 33.Kf3 Rh8 34.Rg6 Rf8+ 35.Ke3 Rh8 36.Nf3 Rh5 37.Kf4 Nf2
38.Rxg3 Nd3+ 39.Ke3 Nb2 40.Nd2 Rh1 41.Rg8 Rc1 42.g4 Rxc3+ 43.Kf4 Ke6 44.Rg6+ Kf7
45.Rh6 Nd3+ 46.Ke3 Ne5+ 47.Kf4 Nd3+ 48.Ke3 Ne5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Neukoelln GER"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polzin,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ne5 Na5 15.Nxg6 fxg6
16.Nc3 Bb4 17.Bg5 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 h6 20.Bh4 g5 21.Bg3 Kh8 22.f3 dxe4
23.fxe4 Qd7 24.Re2 c5 25.d5 h5 26.d6 hxg4 27.e5 Nh5 28.e6 Qc6 29.hxg4 Qf3
30.gxh5 Qxg3+ 31.Rg2 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Rf3 33.Qd5 Raf8 34.e7 Rh3+ 35.Rh2 Rxh2+
36.Kxh2 Rf2+ 37.Qg2 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 g4 40.Rf1 g3 41.Rf8+ Kh7 42.e8=Q Qh2+
43.Kf1 g2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nb3 Ba7 14.a4 Ne7 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Rxe3 c5 17.Qb1 b4 18.Nh4 bxc3 19.bxc3 Rb8 20.Qe1 d4 21.Rg3 h5 22.cxd4 cxd4
23.h3 g5 24.Ng6 Nxg6 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Qe4 Nf4 28.Rd1 Qc7 29.Nxd4 Rd8
30.Rgd3 Nxd3 31.Qxg6+ Qf7 32.Qc6+ Qd7 33.Qg6+ Qf7 34.Qc6+ Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Machelett,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 h6 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O e5
9.e4 Bh7 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qd1 O-O 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Nh4 Qc7 15.Rc1 a6
16.d5 a5 17.Rc2 Nc5 18.Bc1 Qb6 19.Ba3 Na6 20.Qf3 Nb4 21.Rce2 cxd5 22.cxd5 Rac8
23.Bb2 Qa6 24.Rd2 Qb6 25.Bf1 Rc7 26.Na4 Qa7 27.Nc3 Qb6 28.Nf5 Be7 29.Na4 Qa7
30.Bc3 b6 31.a3 Na6 32.Bb5 Rec8 33.Bxe5 Bxf5 34.Qxf5 dxe5 35.d6 Bxd6 36.Rxd6 Nc5
37.Nxb6 Rb8 38.Bc4 Ne8 39.Red1 Nxd6 40.Rxd6 Rf8 41.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Mann,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bg3 Nf6 8.e3 O-O
9.Bh4 Be7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxd5 Qd6 14.Bd3 f5 15.Nc3 Rae8
16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qg4 Rf6 18.O-O Rg6 19.Qf5 Qe7 20.f3 exf3 21.Rxf3 Nd8 22.Nd5 Qd6
23.Raf1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2004-5"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.a3 Bd6 9.b4 Nbd7
10.Qb3 e5 11.Rd1 e4 12.Ng5 Ng4 13.Nh3 Nxh2 14.Be2 Nf6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Be6
17.Bc4 Bxh3 18.gxh3 Nh5 19.Nc3 Qh4 20.Bd5 Rae8 21.Bxb7 Qxh3 22.Qd5 Nf3+ 23.Ke2 Ng3+  0-1

[Event "German Cup"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Polzin,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3 c5
9.Be3 Rb8 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.b4 a5 13.b5 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd7 15.Rad1 Nc5
16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Be6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Rc8 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Bb6 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rc4 f5 25.Bxa5 fxe4 26.Bb6 Be5 27.Qc2 Rxc4 28.Qxc4 Qf5 29.Be3 Qh5
30.Qc8+ Kf7 31.Qc2 Bf6 32.Qxe4 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qb3 34.g4 Ke8 35.Kg2 g5 36.b6 h6
37.a5 Qb5 38.Qe6 Qc4 39.Qg8+ Kd7 40.Qe6+ Kd8 41.a6 Qxa6 42.Qg8+ Kd7 43.Qb8 Be5
44.Qc7+ Ke8 45.Qc8+ Kf7 46.Qe6+ Ke8 47.Qg6+ Kd7 48.Qxh6 Qd3 49.Qe6+ Ke8 50.Qg8+ Kd7
51.Qf7 Bf6 52.Qe6+ Kd8 53.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "German Cup"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Bd3 e6
16.Bxf5 exf5 17.O-O Qd7 18.Bc5 Rfe8 19.Nb5 Nc8 20.Rfe1 Nd6 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.Nxd6 cxd6
23.Bd4 f4 24.Bxe5+ dxe5 25.d6 Kg7 26.Rc1 Kh6 27.Rc7 Qxd6 28.Qf7 Rf8 29.Qxh7+ Kg5
30.Rxb7 f3 31.Qe7+ Rf6 32.Rd7 Qxe7 33.Rxe7 Kf4 34.Rxa7 e4 35.gxf3 Kxf3 36.Ra3+ Kf4
37.b4  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.b4 Bb6 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.h4 d4 17.Bg5 Bxc2 18.Qxc2 Qd5 19.Nh5 Qc4 20.Nd2 d3 21.Qd1 Qd5 22.Ne4 Kf8
23.Nef6 gxf6 24.Nxf6 Qc4 25.Re4 Ncd4 26.Bh6+ Ke7 27.cxd4 Nxd4 28.Rc1 Qxa2
29.Rxd4 Rhd8 30.Rf4 d2 31.Rc3 Qa4 32.Ng8+ Ke8 33.Nf6+ Ke7 34.Nd5+ Rxd5 35.Rxf7+ Kd8
36.Rf8+ Ke7 37.Bg5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga Playoff 2004-5"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Ne5 g6 12.O-O Nd6 13.b4 Rc8 14.b5 c5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Qb3 O-O 18.Na4 Rc8 19.b6 a6 20.Rad1 Bd6 21.Nc3 Ne7 22.Bg3 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Rc6 24.e4 Rxb6 25.Qa3 Qd7 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.exd5 Rf5 28.d6 Nc8 29.Ne4 Rd8
30.Qc3 Qc6 31.Qd4 Qb5 32.d7 Ne7 33.Nd6  1-0

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Ngf6 12.Nh4 Nxg4 13.Bd2 Ngf6 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.Rdg1 O-O-O
16.Nf5 Rg8 17.f3 Nb6 18.Be1 Re8 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 g6 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.e5 gxf5
23.exf6 Rxg1 24.Rxg1 Qd7 25.Rf1 Nd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.Bc3 Qe4 28.Kc2 Kd7 29.Rxf5 Qxd3+
30.Kxd3 Ke6 31.Ke4 Kf7+ 32.Re5 Re6 33.d5 cxd5+ 34.Kxd5 Rxf6 35.Rh5 Rd6+ 36.Ke5 Rc6
37.Rf5+ Ke8 38.Ke4 Be7 39.Bd4 a6 40.Kd5 Rd6+ 41.Ke4 Rg6 42.a4 Rg5 43.Rf3 h5
44.Rb3 b5 45.axb5 Rxb5 46.Rg3 Rg5 47.Rxg5 Bxg5 48.Kf5 Bd8 49.Ke6 h4 50.Be5 Be7
51.Kf5 Kd7 52.Kg4 Ke6 53.Bc3 Kd5 54.Kh3 Kc4 55.Kg4 Kb3 56.Kh3 Bb4 57.Bf6 Be1
58.Kg4 a5 59.Be5 a4 60.Bf6 Bd2 61.Bxh4 Kxb2 62.Be7 Kb3 63.Kf3 Bb4  0-1

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Ba6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Qa4 Qc8 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 c5
16.O-O cxd4 17.Qxd4 h6 18.Bh4 Qc6 19.Rad1 Rfc8 20.e4 Qc5 21.f4 Qh5 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.e5 Ne8 24.Qe4 Qf5 25.Qxf5 exf5 26.Rd7 Nc7 27.g4 fxg4 28.f5 Ne6 29.f6 Nc5
30.Re7 Ne6 31.Ne4 Rc7 32.Nd6 gxf6 33.exf6 Rf8 34.Nxf7 Rxf7 35.Rxe6 Kh7 36.Rf2 Kg6
37.Kg2 h5 38.Kg3 Rcd7 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.a4 Rd4 41.a5 bxa5 42.h3 gxh3+ 43.Kxh3 Rg4
44.Ra6 Rg5 45.Kh4 Rg4+ 46.Kh3 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Nf3 Qxe4
9.Qa5 b6 10.Qc3 Bf6 11.d4 Be6 12.Re1 Qd5 13.Qd3 Qf5 14.Qxf5 gxf5 15.Bg5 O-O-O
16.Nc3 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Ne2 Nh5 19.Ne5 Kb7 20.Rad1 Rhg8 21.f3 Rg5 22.g3 f4
23.g4 f5 24.h3 fxg4 25.fxg4 Rf8 26.Rf1 c5 27.Nf3 Rg7 28.d5 Bd7 29.Nd2 Nf6
30.Rxf4 Nxg4 31.Rxf8 Ne3+ 32.Kh2 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rxe2 34.Rc1 Rxd2 35.c4 Nd1 36.b3 Bxh3
37.a4 h5 38.Ra1 a5 39.Rh8 Bg4 40.Kg1 Bf3 41.Rg8 h4 42.Rf8 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Bb3 Ne7
16.h4 h6 17.h5 Bh7 18.Nd4 O-O 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Be3 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Qd7 22.Rac1 Rad8
23.f4 f5 24.Qf3 a5 25.Ne2 Ra8 26.Bf2 a4 27.Bc2 Nc8 28.Qc3 Qe8 29.Qf3 Nb6
30.Bd3 c6 31.Rc2 Nc4 32.Nc1 Bg8 33.Be2 Qe7 34.Nd3 Bf7 35.Nc5 Nxc5 36.dxc5 Be6
37.Bd4 Qd7 38.Bd3 Na5 39.Rf2 Nb7 40.g4 fxg4 41.Qe3 Rf5 42.Bxf5 Bxf5 43.e6 Qe7
44.Qe5 Rf8 45.Kg2 b4 46.Kg3 Kh7 47.Re3 Kh8 48.Rh2 Nxc5 49.Bxc5 Qxc5 50.e7 Re8
51.Rhe2 Bh7 52.f5 Qc1 53.f6 Qg1+ 54.Rg2 Qf1 55.Rf2 Qg1+ 56.Rg2 Qf1 57.fxg7+ Kg8
58.Qf4 Qxf4+ 59.Kxf4 Be4 60.Rxg4 Rxe7 61.Re1 c5 62.a3 b3 63.Rg3 c4 64.Re2 Rc7
65.Ke5 Rf7 66.Kd4 Rf5 67.Rh2 Rf4 68.Ke5 Rf1 69.Kd4 Rf4 70.Ke5 Rf1 71.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d6 11.Nd2 f5 12.f3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qf6 15.e4 f4
16.c5 dxc5 17.e5 Qg7 18.Bb5+ Nd7 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Ne4 Rad8 21.gxf4 gxf4 22.dxc5 Kc8
23.Nf6 Ba6 24.c4 Bxc4 25.g4 b5 26.Qe4 Bd5 27.Qxf4 Bc6 28.a4 b4 29.Qc4 Kb7
30.Rb1 Qg5 31.f4 Qg6 32.Ke2 Ka7 33.Rhd1 h5 34.f5 Qg5 35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Rd1 Rxd1
37.Kxd1 Qe3  0-1

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O e6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.f4 Na5 15.f5 Nc4
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Be1 b5 18.Bg3 Qd7 19.b3 Na5 20.Nb1 Nc6 21.Nd2 Ba3 22.Rcd1 Bd6
23.Bh4 Rce8 24.a4 Nb4 25.axb5 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Qxb5 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Bxf6 Rxf6
29.Ra1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 e5 31.Ra6 Bf8 32.Rb6 exd4 33.exd4 b4 34.Kf2 g6 35.Rb5 Rc8
36.Rxd5 Rc2 37.Ke1 Bh6 38.Ne4 Rxg2 39.Rd7 Bg7 40.d5 Rb2 41.Rd8+ Kf7 42.Rd7+ Kg8
43.d6 Rxb3 44.Re7 Bd4 45.d7 Bb6 46.Nf6+ Kf8 47.Nd5 Rd3 48.Re8+ Kf7 49.Nxb6 Rxd7
50.Nxd7 Kxe8 51.Nf6+ Kf7 52.Nxh7 b3 53.Kd2 Kg7 54.Ng5 Kh6 55.Nf3 Kh5 56.Kc3 g5
57.Kxb3 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg4 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.h3 Bh5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 f6 15.g4 Bg6 16.exf6 N7xf6
17.Ng3 Kh8 18.Ne5 Be8 19.h4 Qc7 20.h5 Nd7 21.Kg2 Bd6 22.Re1 c5 23.h6 N7b6
24.Bd3 cxd4 25.Qe4 Nf6 26.hxg7+ Qxg7 27.Qxd4 Bxe5 28.Qxe5 Bc6+ 29.Kg1 Nbd7
30.Qg5 Qxg5 31.Bxg5 Nxg4 32.Rxe6 Nc5 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.Bf5 Nf6 35.Rc1 Nfd7
36.Be3 Rxf5 37.Nxf5 Nxa4 38.Rxc6 Kg8 39.Re6 Nab6 40.Re7 Rc8  1-0

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 O-O-O 10.Bb2 f6 11.Qd2 Nb6 12.Be2 fxe5 13.O-O d5 14.cxd5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 cxd5
16.a4 d4 17.Qa6+ Kb8 18.Na3 c5 19.Rfe1 Qb7 20.Qe2 Bd6 21.Nb5 Rhe8 22.Ba3 Bf8
23.Rac1 a6 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 axb5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Qxe5+ Ka8 28.Qxb5 d3
29.Rd1 Rd5 30.Qe8+ Qc8 31.Qe4 Qc2 32.Rf1 Qxb3 33.a5 d2 34.Qe8+ Kb7 35.a6+ Kxa6
36.Qe2+ Qc4  0-1

[Event "XXXV Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5+ Kd8 16.Rxa8 Bxa8
17.Qa4 Bd6 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Qxa8 Qg5 20.Qb7 Qc1+ 21.Ke2 Qxh1 22.Ne5 Qc1 23.Nxf7+ Ke7
24.Nxh8 Qxb2+ 25.Kf3 Qc3+ 26.Kg4 Qxd4+ 27.Kh3 Qb6 28.Qc8 Qxb5 29.Qxc7+ Nd7
30.Ng6+ Kf6 31.Nxh4 Qd3+ 32.f3 Ne5 33.Qc1 Nf7 34.Qb2+ e5 35.Qb6+ Kg7 36.Kg3 Qc4
37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qf6 Kg8 39.Ng6 e4 40.Nf4 exf3 41.Ne6  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH Prem"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruck,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Be7 12.Qc1 Be6 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.O-O O-O 15.a5 a6
16.Ne4 Bg4 17.Qc3 f6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Be3 Qc8 20.Bb6 Rde8 21.Rad1 Nf7 22.Bd4 Kh8
23.Rd2 Bf5 24.Red1 Bd8 25.Bc5 Rg8 26.Nd6 Nxd6 27.Bxd6 Bg4 28.f3 Be6 29.e4 f5
30.e5 f4 31.gxf4 Qd7 32.Bc5 Qf7 33.Be3 Be7 34.Kh1 Qh5 35.Bf2 Rgf8 36.Bg3 Qg6
37.Bf1 h5 38.Bd3 Qh6 39.Be4 Bh3 40.Rg1 Qe6 41.Bf2 Rxf4 42.Rg6 Qg8 43.Bg3 Rxe4
44.fxe4 Qf7 45.Rh6+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH Prem"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.exf6 hxg5
9.fxg7 Rg8 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.dxc5 Qf6 12.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nxc5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qe2 Rxg7
16.Ne5 Ke7 17.Rad1 Be8 18.Rd4 Rc8 19.f4 Kf8 20.Ng4 Qe7 21.fxg5 Qxg5 22.Nf6 Bc6
23.Rg4 Qh6 24.Qe5  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH Prem"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2005.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Palac,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bb4 6.Bb2 Ne4 7.Qc2 e5 8.cxd5 Bf5
9.Bd3 exd4 10.Bxe4 dxc3 11.Bc1 Bxe4 12.Qxe4+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Bxe7 14.Ne2 Bf6
15.Ba3 cxd5 16.Nf4 d4 17.exd4 Nc6 18.d5 c2 19.Rc1 Nd4 20.Kd2 O-O-O 21.Kd3 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH Prem"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2005.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blagojevic,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rad1 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bd6
16.Bf5 Re8 17.Qd3 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Bb4 19.Be1 Qb6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 Rxe3
23.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 24.Kf1 Qc1+ 25.Kf2 Qb2+ 26.Kg3 Qxa2 27.Qd3 Qa1 28.Rd7 Qe1+
29.Kh3 Qe6+ 30.f5 Qc6 31.Rd6 Qc5 32.Rd5 Qe7 33.Rd7 Qg5 34.g3 Re8 35.Kg2 b5
36.h4 Qg4 37.Rd8 Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7 39.Qd5 f6 40.Kf2 Qb4 41.Kf3 h5 42.Kg2 a5
43.Qd7 a4 44.bxa4 bxa4 45.Qd1 Qe4+ 46.Kh2 a3 47.Qxh5+ Kg8 48.Qd1 Qa8 49.Qb3+ Kh7
50.Qa2 Qf3 51.Qc2 Qb7 52.Kh3 Qh1+ 53.Kg4 Qa8 54.Qa2 Qe4+ 55.Kh3 Qh1+ 56.Kg4 Qe4+
57.Kh3 Qxf5+ 58.Kh2 Qf3 59.Qc2+ f5 60.Qd2 Qb3 61.Qg5 Qf7 62.Qd2 a2 63.Qb2 Qa7
64.Qe2 Qa8  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH Prem"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benkovic,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be6 6.e3 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 c5 10.Nhf3 Nc6 11.dxc5 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Ne4 15.Rb1 Nxc5
16.Bd2 Ne4 17.Be1 Rac8 18.Kf1 b5 19.Ncd2 Nc5 20.b4 Na4 21.Ne4 Rc7 22.Rdc1 Rfc8
23.Bd2 a6 24.g4 e6 25.g5 Ne7 26.Ne1 Rc4 27.Nd6 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Nd5
30.a3 h6 31.e4 Ndc3 32.gxh6 Bf6 33.h7+ Kxh7 34.Nxf7 Nxe4 35.f3 Kg8 36.Ne5 Bg7
37.Nxg6 Ng3+ 38.Kf2 Nf5 39.Nc2 Kf7 40.Nf4 Be5 41.Nd3 Bg3+ 42.Kg2 Bc7 43.f4 Nc3
44.Kf3 Nd5 45.Bd2 Nh4+ 46.Kg4 Nf5 47.Nc5 Nf6+ 48.Kf3 Nh4+ 49.Ke2 Nd5 50.Nxa6 Bxf4
51.Nd4 e5 52.Nxb5 Nf5 53.Nc5 Kg6 54.Ne4 Kh5 55.Nec3 Ng3+ 56.Kf3 Bxd2 57.Nxd5 Kh4
58.Nd6 Bh6 59.a4 Bf8 60.Ne4 Nf5 61.Nef6 Nd6 62.a5 Nb5 63.a6 Bd6 64.Ne4 Bb8
65.Nec3 Nd6 66.Ne7  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH Prem"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Fercec,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 e5 6.Bxc4 exd4 7.exd4 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Qe7
9.Qxe7+ Nxe7 10.O-O h6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ne5 a6 13.Bf4 b5 14.Bb3 b4 15.Na4 Nfd5
16.Bg3 Be6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 a5 19.Ba4 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Nf5 21.Nc6 Re8 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.Bxe8 Rxe8 24.Rxd4 c6 25.Bd6 Ra8 26.Rd3 a4 27.a3 Ra7 28.axb4 Rb7 29.Rg3 Rxb4
30.Be5 g5 31.Ra3 Rc4 32.Bd6 Kg7 33.Rea1 Rc2 34.Rxa4 Rxb2 35.Ra6 Bd7 36.h3 h5
37.R6a2 Rb5 38.Ra8 Nc3 39.Re1 Be6 40.Ra3 Nb1 41.Ra6 Bd5 42.Rb6 Nc3 43.Re3 Rb1+
44.Rxb1 Nxb1 45.Re5  1-0

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ibrahimov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 b6
9.Ne2 Ba6 10.Qc2 Qc8 11.Nc3 c5 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Rxd4 Qc5 14.Bh4 d5 15.Qa4 Bb7
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Be2 Qd6 18.O-O Qe6 19.Qd1 Rac8 20.Bf3 Rc5 21.h3 h6 22.Qe2 Rfc8
23.Rfd1 g5 24.Bg3 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.h4 Kg7 27.Qd3 Rc4 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.g3 Rxd4
30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Rc5 32.Kf1 Kf8 33.Ke1 Ke7 34.Kd2 Ke6 35.Ra4 a6 36.Rb4 Rc6
37.Na4 Nd7 38.e4 dxe4 39.Rxe4+ Kf6 40.Rd4 Rc7 41.Bg4 Nc5 42.Nxc5 bxc5 43.Rd6+ Ke5
44.Rb6 f5 45.Be2 Rd7+ 46.Kc3 Rh7 47.Bc4 Bd5 48.Bxd5 Kxd5 49.Kd3 c4+ 50.Kd2 Rh2
51.Ke3 Rh1 52.Rxa6 Re1+ 53.Kf3 Rb1 54.Ra5+ Ke6 55.Ra6+ Ke5 56.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stevic,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.b3 Qf5 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.Nf3 Ne4 15.Qd3 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rae1 h6 18.Re3 Qb2 19.a4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 c5 21.R3e2 Nf6 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.g3 Nf6 25.Qf5 Ne4 26.Qc8+ Kh7 27.Qf5+ Kg8 28.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Frolyanov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Nc3 b6 9.Bb2 Ne4
10.Ne2 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.f3 Ng5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.h4 Ne4 16.fxe4 Bxe5
17.dxe5 fxe4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nf4 Nxe5 20.Ne6 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qd6 22.Nxg7 c5
23.Nf5 Qe6 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Ng4 Qe7 27.Qb2+ Kg6 28.Rf6+  1-0

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Bb2 e5 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Be7
9.g4 e4 10.Qg2 O-O 11.f3 exf3 12.Qxf3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Bh4+ 15.Kd1 Bf6
16.Bd3 g6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Kc2 c5 19.Qf4 Qb6 20.Be4 Nc6 21.a3 a5 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.a4 Rad8 24.Rad1 Rfe8 25.Rhf1 Rd7 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.h4 Re6 28.h5 Qb4 29.Qf4 Rb6
30.Qb8+ Kg7 31.h6+ Kxh6 32.Rh1+ Kg7 33.Rxh7+ Kf6 34.Qh8+ Ke6 35.Qc3 Rbd6
36.d4 Ke7 37.Rf1 Rf6 38.Rxf6 Qxc3+ 39.Kxc3 Kxf6 40.d5 Kg5 41.e4 Kf4 42.Kd3 Re7
43.g5 b6 44.Rh8 Rb7 45.Rf8 Re7 46.Rb8 Rxe4 47.Rxb6 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Rg3 49.Rb7 Ke5
50.Rxf7 Rxb3 51.Rf6 Kd4 52.Rf4+ Ke5 53.Rf6 Kd4 54.Rxg6 Kxc4 55.d6 Rd3+ 56.Ke2 Rd4
57.Rf6 Kd5 58.g6 Kc6 59.Kf3 Rd3+ 60.Kf4 Rd1 61.Kf5 Rg1 62.Ke6 c4 63.Ke7  1-0

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 e6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Na4 c4 9.b3 Be7
10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Qd4 Qa5 13.f3 Nc5 14.Nb2 g5 15.Bg3 Nd7 16.bxc4 Bc5
17.Qd3 f4 18.Bf2 Nxe5 19.Qb3 fxe3 20.Bxe3 d4 21.Bf2 Bd7 22.Qxb7 O-O 23.Qe4 Ba7
24.Bxd4 Qc3 25.Rad1 Ng6 26.Kh1 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Qxd4 28.Rxd4 Rab8 29.Nd3 Ba4
30.Nc5 Bxc2 31.Rd2 Bb1 32.Nd7  1-0

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Markowski,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.a4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.Re1 Bb4 10.Qb3 c5 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Ne4 Bc6
16.Bf1 Qh4 17.g3 Qg4 18.Bg2 b5 19.Ba3 b4 20.cxb4 cxb4 21.Rac1 Bxa4 22.Qxa4 N7b6
23.Qa5 bxa3 24.h3 Qg6 25.Rc6 a2 26.Ra1 Rac8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qxa2 Rc4 29.Qd2 Rb4
30.Kh2 Nc4 31.Qe2 a5 32.Nd6 Nxd6 33.exd6 Rxd4 34.Rd1 Rxd1 35.Qxd1 Qf6 36.Qe1 Nb4
37.Qc1 Nd5 38.Qc5 Kh7 39.d7 Qd8 40.Qc2+ f5 41.Qc8  1-0

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Izoria,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Be7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O O-O 11.f4 b5 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.Ne5 Qd8 14.Qe1 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.f5 f6 19.a3 e5 20.Ne2 Bd5 21.Qh4 Bc4 22.Rf2 Bxe2
23.Rxe2 exd4 24.exd4 Qd7 25.Rxe4 Qxf5 26.Rae1 Rad8 27.Re7 Qd3 28.Qe4 Qxd4+
29.Qxd4 Rxd4 30.Ra7 h5 31.h3 Rd5 32.Ree7 Rg5 33.Rxa6 Rc8 34.Re2 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Rd5
36.Rae6 Rb1 37.R6e4 Kh7 38.h4 Rf1 39.Re1 Rxe1 40.Rxe1 Rd4 41.Kh3 Rd2 42.Re4 Rxb2
43.a4 Rb3+ 44.Kh2 Kg6 45.axb5 Rxb5 46.Re7 Rb8 47.Ra7 Rf8 48.g3 Rf7 49.Ra5 Kh6
50.Kg2 g6 51.Ra6 Kg7 52.Kf2 Rd7 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Rb6 Ke7 55.Rb3 Ke6 56.Re3+ Kf5
57.Ra3 Rd5 58.Rb3 Ke5 59.Re3+ Kd6 60.Re8 Rf5+ 61.Kg2 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qf3 Rg8 13.g3 Qg4 14.Qe3 Qg5 15.f4 Qd5
16.Rg1 Nc6 17.O-O-O Bd7 18.Rg2 Qc5 19.Rb2 Ne7 20.Bg2 Bc6 21.Bxc6+ bxc6 22.Nc2 Qa5
23.Rb7 Nd5 24.Qe4 Qa6 25.Qxh7 O-O-O 26.Rxf7 Nxc3 27.Rdd7 Nxa2+ 28.Kd1 Rxd7+
29.Rxd7 c3 30.Qxg8+ Kxd7 31.Qg7+ Ke8 32.Qg8+ Ke7 33.Qb8 c5 34.h4 Qc4 35.g4 Nb4
36.Qxa7+ Kd6 37.Qb8+ Kd7 38.Qb7+ Kd6 39.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.e4 e6 8.g3 Qa5
9.Bg2 b5 10.O-O Be7 11.Be3 b4 12.Nb1 Bc8 13.Nd2 Ba6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.Bf1 Nb6
16.Nhf3 O-O 17.Ne5 Rac8 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Nexc4 Qd8 20.Qf3 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5
22.Rac1 Nd7 23.b3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Nc5 25.Nb2 Qe7 26.Rc2 e5 27.Rec1 Ne6 28.Rxc8 Bxc8
29.Nbc4 f6 30.Na5 Nd4 31.Nf3 Qd8 32.Nc4 Nxf3+ 33.Qxf3 Be6 34.Qe3 Qd7 35.Na5 h5
36.h4 Qf7 37.Nc6 Bxb3 38.a5 Kh7 39.Nxb4 Rb8 40.Na6 Rb5 41.Rc7 Qg6 42.Rc5 Rb7
43.Rc1 Bf7 44.Nc5 Rc7 45.Nd3 Rxc1+ 46.Nxc1 Qg4 47.Ne2 a6 48.Qd3 Qc8 49.Nc3 Qc7
50.Nd5 Qxa5 51.Ne7 Qb4 52.Nf5 a5 53.Nd6 Bg6 54.f4 a4 55.f5 Be8 56.Nxe8 Qd4+
57.Qxd4 exd4 58.e5 a3  0-1

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.h4 d4
16.Bb3 dxc3 17.bxc3 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 h6 19.h5 Bh7 20.a4 O-O 21.Bd5 Rad8 22.axb5 Ne7
23.Bb3 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 axb5 25.Bb3 Bb6 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Nc5 28.Ba2 Nf5 29.Nxf5 Bxf5
30.Nd4 Bd7 31.Rb1 Ra8 32.Bd5 Re8 33.Bc6 Rxe5 34.Rxb5 Bxc6 35.Nxc6 Rxh5 36.Nd4 Re5
37.Nf3 Rd5 38.Nd4 g6 39.Kf1 Rg5 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Rc8 Na6 42.Ra8 Ra5 43.Ra7 h5
44.Kf2 g5 45.Kf3 Kg6 46.e4 f6 47.Ne6 Ra3 48.Kf2 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Ra1+ 50.Kf2 Ra2+
51.Kf1 h4 52.Nxc7 Nb4 53.Rxa2 Nxa2 54.Nd5 Nc1 55.c4 Nb3 56.Ke2 Kf7 57.Nb4 Ke6
58.Nd3 Kd6 59.Ke3 Nc5 60.Nf2 Nd7 61.Ng4 Ke6 62.Nh6 Ne5 63.c5 Nd7 64.c6 Ne5
65.c7 Kd7 66.Ng8 Ng4+ 67.Kf3 Ne5+ 68.Ke3 Ng4+ 69.Kf3 Nh2+ 70.Ke3 Ng4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Kornev,Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.O-O O-O 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf6
16.Bb1 e5 17.Re1 e4 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Qb3 a6 20.Ne2 Nd5 21.Ng3 Bxg3 22.fxg3 c5
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Ba2 Re5 26.Rc1 Qb6 27.Rf1 h5 28.Kh1 Qg6 29.Kh2 Rg5
30.Be1 Rf5 31.Rxf5 Qxf5 32.Kg1 Bc6 33.Bd2 Nb6 34.Qc2 Bd5 35.Qc5 Qe6 36.Bb1 Nc4
37.Bc3 f6 38.Bc2 Qc6 39.Qxc6 Bxc6 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Bd1 g6 42.g4 h4 43.Bd4 g5
44.Ke1 Ke6 45.Be2 Bd5 46.Kd1 Nd6 47.Kc2 Bc4 48.Bxc4+ Nxc4 49.Kc3 f5 50.gxf5+ Kxf5
51.a4 g4 52.axb5 axb5 53.b3 Nd6 54.Bc5 Nf7 55.Be7 gxh3 56.gxh3 Ne5 57.Bxh4 Nc6
58.Be1 Kg5 59.Bg3 Kh5 60.Kd2 Na5 61.Kc2 Nc6 62.Kd1 Na5 63.Be1 Nc6 64.Ke2 Kg5
65.Kf2 b4 66.Ke2 Kh5 67.Kd1 Kg5 68.Kc2 Kh5 69.Bxb4 Nxb4+ 70.Kc3 Nc6 71.b4 Kh4
72.b5 Na5 73.Kd4 Kxh3 74.Kxe4 Kg4 75.Ke5 Kg5 76.e4 Nc4+ 77.Kd5 Nb6+ 78.Kc6 Nc4
79.Kc5 Na5 80.e5 Kg6 81.b6 Kf7 82.Kb5 Nb7 83.Kc6 Nd8+ 84.Kd7 Ne6 85.Kd6 Nd8
86.Kd7 Ne6 87.Kc8 Nc5 88.Kc7 Ke6 89.b7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stocek,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.e4 Qc7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Rac1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Kh8 17.Bb3 c5 18.g4 Bg6 19.h4 Qc6 20.Bg5 Rae8 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.h5 Qe4
23.Kf1 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Be4 25.Ng5 Bc6 26.f4 cxd4 27.cxd4 h6 28.Nf3 Nb6 29.a5 Nd5
30.f5 Rd8 31.Kf2 a6 32.Rc5 Nc7 33.Ke3 Red7 34.Nh4 Nd5+ 35.Kf2 Re8 36.Rd2 Kg8
37.Ng2 Red8 38.Nh4 Kf8 39.fxe6 fxe6 40.Ng6+ Ke8 41.Rc1 Rf7+ 42.Kg3 Nc7 43.Nf4 Kd7
44.d5 exd5 45.Nxd5 Nxd5 46.Bxd5 Ke7 47.Bxf7 Rxd2 48.Bc4 Rd4 49.Bxa6 Rd5 50.Kf4 Kd8
51.e6 Rxa5 52.Bd3 Ke7 53.Bf5 Kf6 54.Rd1 Ra4+ 55.Ke3 Ke7 56.Rc1 Ra5 57.Kf4 Kd6
58.Rc3 Ra4+ 59.Ke3 Bd5 60.Rd3 Ra5 61.Kf4 Ke7 62.Rc3 Bc6 63.Ke3 Ra6 64.Rb3 b5
65.Rb1 Ra3+ 66.Ke2 Ra4 67.Rc1 Ra6 68.Rb1 Rb6 69.Ra1 Bd5 70.Ra7+ Rb7 71.Ra6 b4
72.Kd3 b3 73.Kd4 Bf3 74.Ra1 b2 75.Rb1 Rb5 76.Kc4 Rb8 77.Rg1 Rc8+ 78.Kd4 Rc1
79.Rg3 Rf1 80.Kc3 Rf2 81.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 82.Kxb2 Kd6 83.Kc2 Re3 84.Kd2 Re5 85.Kc3 Kc5
86.Kd3 Kd5 87.Kc3 Re3+  0-1

[Event "6th EICC"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg5 Bb7
9.e4 Be7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bf4 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.O-O Nh5
16.Be3 Qe8 17.Bd3 g6 18.Be4 Nf6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nd4 Ba8 21.Qe2 a6 22.Na4 Bd8
23.Nc2 d6 24.Nc3 Qc6 25.f3 Qxc4 26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.Rxd6 Bc7 28.Rd2 b5 29.Re1 Kf7
30.Bf2 Re8 31.Nb4 Ba5 32.Nxa6 Rxc3 33.bxc3 Bxc3 34.Rc2 Bxe1 35.Bxe1 Bb7 36.Nc7 Rc8
37.Rc3 Nd5 38.Nxb5 Nxc3 39.Nd6+ Ke7 40.Nxc8+ Bxc8 41.Bxc3 Kd6 42.a4 h5 43.Kf2 Ba6
44.a5 Kc6 45.Ke3 Bf1 46.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.f4 Bb7 10.Qf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bd2 b4 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Qd1 Qb5 17.b3 Rac8 18.Rc1 f6 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qd1 Bd5 21.Kf2 g5 22.fxg5 Bxg5
23.g3 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Qb8 25.Nc5 Rc8 26.Nxa6 Rxc1 27.Nxb8 Rc2 28.Ke2 Rxa2 29.Rb1 Kg7
30.Nd7 h5 31.h4 Be7 32.Kd1 Bd6 33.Ne5 Ra7 34.Kc2 Kf6 35.Be1 Ra2+ 36.Rb2 Ra1
37.Kd2 Kg7 38.Nc4 Bxc4 39.bxc4 Ra3 40.c5 Bc7 41.Kc2 Rxe3 42.Rxb4 Re2+  0-1

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Al Sayed,Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 Qg6 13.Ng3 exd4 14.exd4 Nb6 15.Ne5 Qd6
16.Bb3 Be6 17.Bc2 Rad8 18.Qd3 f5 19.Rfe1 Bc8 20.Bb3+ Nd5 21.Nh5 Bg5 22.Rad1 Kh7
23.Ng3 g6 24.Qf3 Qf6 25.Ne2 Be6 26.Bc2 Rfe8 27.Nc3 Kg7 28.g3 h5 29.h4 Bh6
30.Nxd5 Bxd5 31.Qc3 Kh7 32.Re2 Re6 33.Rde1 Red6 34.Qa5 a6 35.Qb6 Qg7 36.Nd3 c5
37.Qxc5 Be4 38.Ne5 Rd5 39.Qc3 Rxd4 40.Bxe4 fxe4 41.Rxe4 Bd2 42.Qxd4 Rxd4
43.Rxd4 Bxe1 44.Rd7 Bd2 45.Rxg7+ Kxg7 46.Kf1 Kf6 47.Ke2 Bc1 48.Nd3 Bh6 49.a4 b5
50.a5 Bf8 51.Ke3 Ke6 52.Ke4 Be7 53.b4 Bf6 54.Nc5+ Kd6 55.Kd3 Kd5 56.Nxa6 Be7
57.Nc5  1-0

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Re1 d4 13.Nb3 dxc3 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Be4 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 Bd7 17.bxc3 O-O-O 18.a4 bxa4 19.Bg5 Ne7 20.Rdb1 Rdf8 21.Bb7+ Kd8
22.Bxa6 Bb6 23.Bb5 Bxb5 24.Rxb5 h6 25.Rd1+ Ke8 26.Bc1 f5 27.Ba3 Kf7 28.e6+ Kf6
29.Ne5 Re8 30.Nd7+ Kg6 31.Nxb6 cxb6 32.Rxb6 Rd8 33.Rd7 Rb8 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35.g4 Ng8
36.e7 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Re1 38.Rd1 Re5 39.Rd5 Re1 40.Rd1 Re5 41.Rd5 Re1 42.Rxf5 Nxe7
43.Ra5 Ng8 44.Rxa4 Ra1 45.Ra5 Nf6 46.f3 h5 47.h3 h4 48.Bb4 Rc1 49.Re5 Rc2+
50.Kg1 Rc1+ 51.Kf2 Rh1 52.Kg2 Rd1 53.c4 Rc1 54.Be1 Rc2+ 55.Bf2 Kf7 56.c5 Nd7
57.Rf5+ Ke6 58.c6 Ne5 59.c7 Rxc7 60.Bxh4 Rc2+ 61.Kg3 Nc6 62.Rf4 Kd5 63.Bg5 Nd4
64.Re4 Ne6 65.h4 Rc3 66.Re3 Rc2 67.Rd3+ Ke5 68.Bd2 Kf6 69.Bc3+ Kf7 70.Be5 Re2
71.f4 g6 72.Kf3 Ra2 73.Rb3 Nc5 74.Rc3 Ne6 75.f5 gxf5 76.gxf5 Nd8 77.h5 Ra6
78.Rc7+ Ke8 79.f6 Nf7 80.Kf4 Ra4+ 81.Kf5 Ra5 82.Re7+ Kf8 83.h6 Nxh6+ 84.Kg6 Ng8
85.Re8+ Kxe8 86.f7+ Kd7 87.fxg8=Q Rxe5 88.Kf6 Rc5 89.Qe6+ Kc7 90.Ke7 Rh5
91.Qe4 Rc5 92.Qd4 Kc6 93.Qd7+ Kb6 94.Kd6 Rc4 95.Qg7 Rc6+ 96.Kd5 Rc5+ 97.Kd4 Rc6
98.Qe7 Rh6 99.Qd8+ Ka6 100.Qe8 Kb6 101.Kd5 Rh1 102.Qc6+ Ka7 103.Qa4+ Kb6
104.Qb3+ Ka6 105.Qd3+ Kb6 106.Qe3+ Kb5 107.Qb3+ Ka6 108.Qc2 Rh5+ 109.Kc6 Rh6+
110.Kc7 Kb5 111.Qf5+ Ka6 112.Qd3+ Ka5 113.Qd2+ Kb5 114.Qxh6 Kc4 115.Qe6+ Kd4
116.Kc6 Kd3 117.Kc5 Kc3 118.Qe3+ Kc2 119.Kc4 Kd1 120.Qf2 Kc1 121.Kc3  1-0

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Williams,Si"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A91"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 Ng4 9.Qd2 Bf6
10.Nc3 Qe8 11.Nb5 Na6 12.f3 Nh6 13.Nf2 Nf7 14.f4 e4 15.e3 c6 16.Nc3 Nc7 17.d5 c5
18.g4 fxg4 19.Nfxe4 Bh4 20.Ng3 Nh6 21.e4 a6 22.e5 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Nf5 24.Ne4 Qg6
25.Rae1 Ne8 26.Qc3 b6 27.a4 a5 28.e6 Ra7 29.Qd3 Re7 30.Nf2 h5 31.Be4 h4 32.gxh4 g3
33.Nh3 Qg4 34.Bxf5 Rxf5 35.Kg2  1-0

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bellini,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.a3 a6 7.Be3 d6 8.O-O Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.b4 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Ne7 13.Qe1 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bb3 g5
16.g4 Bg6 17.h4 gxh4 18.Qxh4 Rh7 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Nh4 Ke7 21.Rf2 Rf8 22.Raf1 Rg7
23.Kh2 Bh7 24.Kh3 f6 25.Nf5+ Bxf5 26.Rxf5 Rh8 27.Rh5 Rhh7 28.Kg3 Rg6 29.Rfh1 Nb6
30.Kf3 Na8 31.a4 Nc7 32.a5 Rh8 33.R5h4 Kf8 34.Rd1 Ke7 35.Rdh1 Rh7 36.c3 Nb5
37.c4 Nc7 38.c5 d5 39.d4 dxe4+ 40.Kxe4 exd4 41.exd4 Rhg7 42.Re1 Kd7 43.Kf4 Rg5
44.Bc4 Nd5+ 45.Bxd5 cxd5 46.Re2 R7g6 47.Re1 Rg7 48.Re2 R7g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Be2 Nb4 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bxb5 Nfd5 14.O-O Nxf4 15.exf4 Rb8
16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Qc4 a6 18.Ba4 f6 19.Nc6 Ba7 20.f5 Nxc6 21.Bxc6 Qf7 22.Rde1 Kh8
23.fxe6 Qe7  1-0

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 g6 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Ng3 c4 16.Bh6 Rfb8
17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Be3 a5 19.Nh2 b4 20.f4 Ba6 21.Rf1 bxc3 22.bxc3 Rb2 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Kh1 Bg7 25.Qf2 Qd6 26.Bc1 Rb7 27.Nf3 Qc5 28.Qe1 Qc7 29.Ba3 Bf8 30.Bxf8 Rxf8
31.Qc1 Ne8 32.Qh6 f6 33.Ba4 Bb5 34.Bd1 Nd6 35.Nh4 Nc5 36.Qe3 Bd7 37.Bg4 Bxg4
38.hxg4 Nd3 39.Rab1 Rxb1 40.Rxb1 Qc5 41.Qf3 a4 42.Rf1 a3 43.Kh2 Rf7 44.Qe2 Nf4
45.Qf3 Nd3 46.Qe2 Qc8 47.Qf3 Qf8 48.Qe3 Nf4 49.Ne2 Qh6 50.Nxf4 exf4 51.Qxf4 Qxh4+
52.Kg1 Ne8 53.e5 Qg5 54.Qxg5 fxg5 55.Rb1 Rd7 56.Rb8 Kf8 57.d6 Kf7 58.e6+ Kxe6
59.Rxe8+ Kxd6 60.Ra8 Ke5 61.Rxa3 Ke4 62.Ra8 Kd3 63.Kf2 Kxc3 64.Ke2 Rd2+ 65.Kf1 Rd4
66.a4 Kd2  0-1

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.h3 c5 14.Qf3 Rb8 15.b3 Ba6
16.Re1 O-O 17.Bb2 f5 18.Bc6 Rbc8 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Rac1 Bb7 21.Qe2 cxd4 22.Bxd4 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACT Open"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bd3 e6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.O-O Nb4 13.Bb1 Rc8 14.f4 Nd7 15.f5 e5 16.a3 exd4
17.exd4 Nc6 18.Nxd5 Bf6 19.Bc3 Nxd4 20.Qe3 Nc6 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Ba2 Re8 23.Qf4 Qb6+
24.Kh1 Re4 25.Qf2 Qxf2 26.Rxf2 Rd8 27.Rff1 Nd5 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.f6 g5 30.Rad1 Rxd1
31.Rxd1 Re8 32.Rd7 Rb8 33.Kh2 h6 34.Kg3 Nd8 35.Kg4 Rc8 36.Kh5 Kh7 37.g3 Rb8
38.Bd4 Ra8 39.Be3 b6 40.a4 b5 41.axb5 Rb8 42.Bxa7 Rb7 43.Rxd8 Rxa7 44.b6 Rb7
45.Rd6  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.bxc4 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Ne4 cxd4 12.exd4 Be7 13.Be3 b5 14.cxb5 Nb4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Be4 Nd5 17.Qd3 g6 18.a4 axb5 19.axb5 Bb7 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.Ne5 Ne7
23.Qf3  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 e5
9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qe3 Be6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Bd3 Nc4 15.Qc1 Qb4
16.b3 N4e5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.O-O Rad8 19.Bb1 Qc5 20.Qb2 Nf3+ 21.gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Kh1 Qh5
23.Nd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxf3+ 25.Kg1 Bxh3 26.Rg5 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Rd8 28.Rd5 Rxd5
29.exd5 Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 e5
9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.Qe3 f5 13.Be2 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Bf5 15.Nc5 Qxe3
16.fxe3 N8d7 17.Nxb7 Rae8 18.O-O Rxe3 19.Rae1 Be4 20.Na5 Bd5 21.b3 Nc5 22.Bb5 Rxe1
23.Nxe1 Ne4 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Bc6 Ke7 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Nd3 Ndc3 28.a4 Kd6 29.Nc4+ Kd5
30.Nb4+ Kd4 31.Nc6+ Kc5 32.N4e5 Kd5 33.a5 a6 34.g4 g5 35.Kg2 Nb5 36.b4 Nbd6
37.h4 gxh4 38.Kh3 h6 39.Kxh4 Nc8 40.Kh5 Nf6+ 41.Kh4 Nd6 42.Kg3 Nfe4+ 43.Kf4 Nc3
44.Nb8 c5 45.Nxa6 cxb4 46.Nxb4+ Kc5 47.Nec6 Nc4 48.a6 Nb5 49.Kg3 Kb6 50.Kh4 Ne3
51.Kg3 Nc7 52.a7 Kb7 53.Kf4 Nxg4 54.Kxg4 Nb5 55.Kh5 Nxa7 56.Kxh6 Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 a5 8.bxa5 Qxa5
9.Bd2 b4 10.Nb1 Ne4 11.a3 Rb8 12.Ra2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Ra8 14.Be2 e5 15.O-O Be7
16.Rb2 bxa3 17.Qxa5 Rxa5 18.Ra2 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.e4 Qe7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 f5 15.exf6 N7xf6
16.Ng3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 a5 18.Qe2 Rae8 19.Bd2 Nd7 20.Ne4 Kh8 21.Nc3 Qh4 22.Ne4 Bxd2
23.Rxd2 Nf4 24.Qg4 Qe7 25.Qg3 Nb6 26.Bf1 Nbd5 27.Qa3 Qh4 28.Re1 Qh6 29.Rdd1 Nb4
30.Qc3 Rd8 31.Kh2 Rf5 32.g3 Nfd5 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 Nb6 35.b3 e5 36.Nc5 exd4
37.Rxd4 Rg8 38.Rc1 Rxf2+ 39.Kg1 Rf7 40.Rd6 N6d5 41.Bg2 Re8 42.Rf1 Rfe7 43.h4 Nf6
44.Bf3 h6 45.g4 Nfd5 46.g5 Ne3 47.Bh5 Nxf1 48.Bxe8 Rxe8 49.Kxf1 hxg5 50.hxg5 b6
51.Nd7 b5 52.g6 bxa4 53.bxa4 Rd8 54.Re6 Kg8 55.Kg1 Nd5 56.Ne5 Nb4 57.Nxc6 Nxc6
58.Rxc6 Kf8 59.Rc5 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Be2 Qa5 13.O-O Rfc8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qxd2
16.Rxd2 Na5 17.Bg5 Nc4 18.Rd3 Nb2 19.Rb3 Bxd4 20.Bxe7 Rc2 21.Rxb7 Re8 22.Rd7 Nc4
23.Rxd4 Rxe7 24.Bd1 Rc3 25.Bb3 Na5 26.Bd5 Nc6 27.Ra4 Rb7 28.Rd1 Kg7 29.Bb3 Rc7
30.f4 h5 31.Kf2 a5 32.Ke2 h4 33.Rd3 Rc1 34.Rd2 Rg1 35.Kf2 Rc1 36.e5 Rc3 37.Re4 Ne7
38.Red4 a4 39.Rxa4 Nf5 40.Ra8 g5 41.Rdd8 Ne7 42.fxg5 R3c5 43.Rh8 Rxe5 44.Rxh4 Rxg5
45.Rg4 Rxg4 46.hxg4 Ng6 47.Re8 Kf6 48.Re4 Kg5 49.g3 f6 50.Rc4 Ra7 51.Rc8 Kxg4
52.Rg8 Kg5 53.Ke3 f5 54.Kd4 Kf6 55.a4 Rd7+ 56.Kc3 Rc7+ 57.Kb4 Rb7+ 58.Ka3 Ra7
59.Bc4 f4 60.gxf4 Nxf4 61.Kb4 Ke5 62.Rd8 Rb7+ 63.Ka5 Ra7+ 64.Kb5 Rb7+ 65.Kc6 Rb4
66.Re8+ Kd4 67.Bb5 Rb1 68.Rd8+ Ke5 69.a5 Rc1+ 70.Kb7 Ne6 71.Re8 Kd6 72.Kb6 Rb1
73.Rh8 Nd4 74.Rh6+ Kd5 75.Rh5+ Kd6 76.a6 Rxb5+ 77.Rxb5 Nxb5 78.Kxb5 Kc7 79.a7 Kb7
80.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Papaioannou,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne3 Bg6
9.a5 Nbd5 10.Nexd5 Nxd5 11.Qb3 e6 12.e4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bxe4 14.f3 Bd5 15.c4 Qh4+
16.Ke2 Qxd4 17.Ra4 Bc5 18.Be3 Qe5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.f4 Qe7 21.Kf3 O-O 22.Bxc5 Qxc5
23.Qa3 b6 24.Bd3 Rfe8 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Rb1 Rab8 27.Raa1 g6 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rb1 Rxb1
30.Bxb1 Kf8 31.f5 Ke7 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.h4 Kf6 34.Bc2 c4 35.Ba4 c5 36.Kf4 h6
37.g3 g5+ 38.hxg5+ hxg5+ 39.Ke3 Ke5 40.Bb5 d4+ 41.Ke2 c3 42.Kd3 Kf5 43.Bd7+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Rb1 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bb7 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Rc1 Qb6 17.Nc5 Rfe8 18.a4 Nd5 19.Nxb7 Qxb7 20.Qf3 Rab8 21.Be4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Nc3
23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Rfe1 h6 25.Bd2 Rxb4 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Re7 Kg8 28.Rxa7 Rxa4 29.Rxa4 Nxa4
30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Rc6 Nc3 32.f3 Nd5 33.Kf2 Nf6 34.Rd6 h5 35.Ke2 Bh8 36.Rxd4 Ng4
37.Rd7 Ne5 38.Rc7 Bf6 39.Bc3 Kg7 40.Ke3 Nd7 41.Bxf6+ Nxf6 42.Kd4 Ne8 43.Rd7 Nf6
44.Rb7 Ng8 45.Ke5 Nf6 46.g3 Ng8 47.h3 Nf6 48.f4 Ng8 49.f5 g5 50.Rb6 Kh7 51.Rb8 Ne7
52.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Gundlach,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Ngf3 Nbd7
9.Bc4 O-O 10.Qc2 c6 11.a4 a5 12.O-O Qe8 13.b4 Nh5 14.Rfe1 Nf4 15.Nb3 axb4
16.cxb4 Nb6 17.a5 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Be6 19.Qc2 Bxb3 20.Qxb3 Qe6 21.Qxe6 Nxe6 22.Red1 f6
23.Rd6 Rfe8 24.Rd7 g5 25.Bg3 Rab8 26.Ne1 Bf8 27.Nc2 Red8 28.Rad1 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Rd8
30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.f3 Ne6 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Ke2 Ke8 34.Kd3 Kd7 35.Kc4 Nc7 36.Bf2 Nb5
37.h4 Nd6+ 38.Kd3 Be7 39.h5 Bf8 40.g4 Nb5 41.Kc4 Nd6+ 42.Kb3 Nb5 43.Bb6 Be7
44.Ne3 Bf8 45.Kc4 Nd6+ 46.Kd3 Nb5 47.Nf5 Nd6 48.Bc5 Nxf5 49.Bxf8 Nd4 50.Ke3 Ke8
51.Bc5 Ne6 52.Bb6 Kd7 53.Kd2 Nf8 54.Kc3 Ne6 55.Kc4 Nf8 56.b5 Ne6 57.Be3 cxb5+
58.Kxb5 Kc7 59.Bb6+ Kd7 60.Bf2 Kc7 61.Be3 Kd7 62.Kb6 Kc8 63.Bc1 Nd4 64.Ba3 Ne6
65.Be7 Nd4 66.Bxf6 Nxf3 67.Bg7 Nh2 68.Bxh6 Nxg4 69.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Postojev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Nbd7 10.Nh4 a5 11.Qe2 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Rd1 Nb6 14.Bd3 Qd6 15.e4 Qxd4
16.Be3 Qd8 17.Bc4 Qc7 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bd3 Rae8 22.Kh1 f5
23.f4 Re6 24.h4 Bc5 25.g3 Bd4 26.Kg2 Rfe8 27.Rab1 Qb4 28.b3 R8e7 29.Rh1 Bxe5
30.fxe5 Rxe5 31.Qf2 Re3 32.Rhd1 Qc3 33.Bf1 R7e4 34.Rdc1 Qe5 35.Rd1 Rg4 36.Rd3 Rgxg3+
37.Kh1 Qe4+ 38.Bg2 Qxh4+ 39.Kg1 Rxd3  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Uhlmann,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 d6 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Qa5
10.Nf3 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.a3 Re8 14.Rc1 b4 15.Nb1 bxa3 16.Nxa3 Qc7
17.Nc4 Nb6 18.b4 Nfd7 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Be3 Bd7 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.e5 Bb5
24.d6 Rad8 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Qd5 c4 27.Ng5 Qa7 28.Qxb5 c3 29.Rxc3  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 g6 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Bh6 Rfb8
16.g4 Bf8 17.Qd2 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Qd8 19.Ng3 Qf8 20.Qe3 c4 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.b4 cxb3
23.axb3 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.cxb4 Na4 26.Bd3 Bc8 27.Nb3 Bd7 28.f4 Rc8 29.Ne2 exf4
30.Qxf4 Qe7 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Rf3 Be8 33.Raf1 Nd7 34.Ned4 Ne5 35.Rg3 Rc3 36.Bxb5 Bxb5
37.Nxb5 Rxg3+ 38.Qxg3 Nb2 39.Na5 Nbd3 40.Nc6 Nxc6 41.dxc6 Qxe4 42.Qf3 Qc4
43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Nxd6 Qxb4 45.Qxf7+ Kh8 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Qe6+ Kg7 48.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hickl,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e5 7.d3 Ngf6 8.O-O h5
9.c4 d4 10.Re1 Bc5 11.Na3 Bb4 12.Rf1 Nf8 13.Nc2 Be7 14.e3 Ne6 15.exd4 exd4
16.Re1 Qd7 17.Qd2 h4 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.b4 Kf8 20.Re2 c5 21.bxc5 Bxc5 22.Nb4 hxg3
23.hxg3 Nc7 24.Rde1 a5 25.Nc2 b6 26.Ba3 Ne6 27.Re5 g6 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Bxc5+ bxc5
30.Qxa5 Rc8 31.Na3 Kg7 32.Re5 Qe7 33.Nb5 Nd7 34.Re2 Qg5 35.Qe1 e5 36.Nd6 Rb8
37.Bg2 Rb6 38.Nb5 Ra6 39.Rb2 Rb8 40.Bh3 Nf6 41.Re2 e4 42.dxe4 Nh5 43.Bg2 Rab6
44.e5 d3 45.Rd2 Rxb5 46.cxb5 c4 47.e6 Rd8 48.Rd1 d2 49.Qe4 c3 50.b6 Qf5 51.e7 c2
52.Rf1 d1=Q 53.exd8=Q Qxd8 54.Qb4 Qd1 55.b7 c1=Q 56.b8=Q Qxf1+ 57.Bxf1 Nf6
58.Q4f8+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Shchekachev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.f4 exd5 10.exd5 Ne8 11.O-O Nc7 12.Kh1 b5 13.cxb5 a6 14.bxa6 Bxa6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6
16.f5 Re8 17.Ng3 Qa8 18.Nge4 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxe4 20.f6 Rd4 21.Ne7+ Kf8 22.fxg7+ Kxe7
23.Qe2+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nce2 Nf6 7.Ng3 c5 8.e5 Nd5 9.Bxc4 e6
10.Nf3 Ba6 11.Bb5+ Bxb5 12.axb5 Qb6 13.Qd3 cxd4 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nxd4 Nxe5 16.Qe4 Nd7
17.Nh5 g6 18.Ra6 gxh5 19.Rxb6 axb6 20.Bg5 Nc5 21.Qf3 Bg7 22.Nf5 Bxb2 23.Nd6+ Kd7
24.Nxf7 Rhg8 25.Rd1 Ra1 26.Ne5+ Kc8 27.Rxa1 Bxa1 28.Qf7 Rxg5 29.Qe8+ Kc7
30.Qc6+ Kb8 31.Qe8+ Kb7 32.Qf7+ Nc7 33.Qf3+ Nd5 34.Qf7+ Nc7 35.Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.exf6 hxg5
9.fxg7 Rg8 10.Qc2 Qf6 11.dxc5 Nd7 12.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nxc5 14.O-O g4 15.Nd2 Qf5
16.Qxf5 exf5 17.Rfe1+ Be6 18.Re5 b6 19.Nb3 O-O-O 20.Bxe6+ Nxe6 21.Rxf5 Rxg7
22.f3 gxf3 23.Rxf3 a5 24.a4 Rd7 25.h3 Rh7 26.Rb1 Rh4 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Rhxd4
29.Rxb6 Kd8 30.Rbf6 Ke8 31.R3f4 Rb4 32.Kh2 Rdb7 33.h4 Kf8 34.R6f5 Rxf4 35.Rxf4 Rb3
36.g3 Rb4 37.Kh3 Rxf4 38.gxf4 f5 39.Kg3 Kg7 40.h5 Kh7 41.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 a5 14.Bd2 Ba6 15.Kf2 Be7
16.Rhd1 O-O 17.Kg1 f6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Kh2 b4 20.Na4 Qa7 21.e4 Bb5 22.Bxb5 cxb5
23.e5 Rad8 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Be1 Nf7 26.Bf2 d4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.Qe3 Qb8 29.Rxd4 bxa4
30.Re1 Nd6 31.Qe5  1-0

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 a5 8.b3 d6
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qc2 c5 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Ba1 b5
16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxb5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ne5 20.Qf5 Rcb8 21.a4 Rb6 22.Kh1 g6
23.Qh3 Kh7 24.Qg2 Nc6 25.f4 Rc8 26.f3 Nb4 27.Qh3 Rg8 28.Qh4 Nfd5 29.Qxe7 Nxe7
30.e4 Rc8 31.Bc4 Kg8 32.Rd2 Kf8 33.Rcd1 Rd8 34.Be5 Nc8 35.Bf6 Re8 36.e5 d5
37.Bxd5 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 Ne7 39.Rxc5 Ng8 40.Bh4 Rxb3 41.Rxa5 Rxf3 42.Bg3 Ra3
43.Ra7 Re7 44.Rd8+ Re8 45.Rxe8+ Kxe8 46.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 Qc7 14.Nf1 Rfb8 15.Ng3 Bc8
16.Be3 Nf8 17.a4 Bd7 18.Qd2 b4 19.Bd3 Bd8 20.Bc4 Qc8 21.Nh4 Ng4 22.hxg4 Bxh4
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 h6 25.g3 Bf6 26.Kg2 Nh7 27.Rh1 Nf8 28.f4 exf4 29.gxf4 Nh7
30.Kf3 Qc7 31.a5 Ra7 32.Qd3 Nf8 33.Rag1 Kh8 34.e5 dxe5 35.fxe5 Qxe5 36.Bf4 Qe8
37.Bxh6 Kg8 38.Bf4 bxc3 39.bxc3 Rb2 40.Kg4 Re7 41.d6 Re4 42.Bxf7+ Kxf7 43.Qd5+ Re6
44.Rh8 g5 45.d7 Qe7 46.d8=N+ Qxd8 47.fxe6+ Kg7 48.Qxd8  1-0

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor Final"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Rc1 Na6 9.Be2 O-O
10.O-O Nb4 11.Qb3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Na2 Nxa2 14.Qxa2 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Ne5 Rfc8
17.c5 Be8 18.Rc3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.Rb3 Rc7 21.Qb1 h6 22.Rb6 e5 23.b4 e4
24.Be2 axb4 25.Qxb4 Bc8 26.a5 Kh7 27.Qd2 Qg5 28.Kh1 h5 29.Rfb1 h4 30.h3 f5
31.a6 bxa6 32.Rb8 Raa7 33.Bd1 Qf6 34.Ba4 Rab7 35.R1xb7 Bxb7 36.Qa5 Qe7 37.Re8 Qd7
38.Re6 Rc8 39.Rd6 Qf7 40.Qb6 f4 41.exf4 Qxf4 42.Qxb7 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+ 44.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor Final"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 g6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nge2 c5 8.O-O-O Qa5
9.Bd2 Bg7 10.Nd5 Qxa2 11.Nc7+ Kf7 12.Nxa8 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qb1 Nb3+ 15.Nxb3 Qxb3
16.Re1 Bf5 17.Re3 Qa4 18.h3 h5 19.Qc2 Qc6 20.Be2 Bh6 21.Rg1 Bxe3 22.Bxe3 Rxa8
23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Be6 25.g5 Nd7 26.Rh1 Rc8 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rh8+ Nf8 29.c5 Kd7
30.Qc3 Bf5 31.b4 a6 32.b5 axb5 33.Qa5 Ke6 34.Bxb5 Qd5 35.Qc3 Qe5 36.Bd4 Qf4+
37.Be3 Qe5 38.Bd4 Qf4+ 39.Be3 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.Nb3 Qa4 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.dxc5 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qc6 14.O-O Bxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qb6 18.Bd3 g6 19.Qe5 Bd7 20.h4 Rac8 21.Rac1 f6 22.Qg3 Qxb2
23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.h5 Rd8 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kf8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bg2 Nxf4 10.gxf4 Bb7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhg1 Qc7 13.e3 Rad8 14.Kb1 a6 15.Ne5 b5
16.Qc2 Nxe5 17.fxe5 c5 18.Ne4 Kh8 19.f4 Rd7 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.dxc5 Rc7
23.Rd6 Qf3 24.Qc3 a5 25.Rc1 g6 26.a3 Rfc8 27.Qd4 Kg7 28.Rd8 b4 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.axb4 axb4 31.Qxb4 Qxe3 32.Qc4 Qf2 33.c6 Qxh2 34.c7 Qd2 35.Rc3 Qd1+ 36.Ka2 h5
37.Qa6 Qd7 38.Qb7 h4 39.Kb1 h3 40.Rxh3 Qd1+ 41.Ka2 Qa4+ 42.Kb1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 c6
9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Be6 12.Rab1 Rc8 13.b4 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Rfc1 Ng6
16.Ne2 a6 17.a4 Bd7 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Nh2 Qd8 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.a5 Rc7 22.f3 Bc8
23.Na4 Rce7 24.Qf2 Nf8 25.Nf1 Ne6 26.Qg3 g6 27.Qh4 Rc7 28.g4 Ng7 29.Rb2 Qd6
30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.Nxg3 h5 32.Nc5 Rce7 33.Rbe2 hxg4 34.hxg4 Ne6 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Nb3 Ng5
37.Nd2 Nxg4 38.fxg4 Bxg4 39.Ndf1 Bf3+ 40.Kf2 Bxe2 41.Kxe2 Ne6 42.Kd2 Nxd4
43.Kc3 Nf3 44.Re2 Rh8 45.Rg2 Kf8 46.Rf2 Ne5 47.Be2 Kg7 48.Rg2 Kf6 49.e4 Rd8
50.Nd2 d4+ 51.Kb2 d3 52.Bf1 b6 53.axb6 Rb7 54.Kc3 Rxb6 55.Nb3 Rdb8 56.Nc5 Rxb4
57.Bxd3 a5 58.Nf1 Rh8 59.Rf2+ Ke7 60.Ra2 Rh3 61.Rxa5 Rc4+ 62.Kd2 Nxd3 63.Nxd3 Rxe4
64.Ra7+ Kf8 65.Nf2 Rd4+ 66.Ke2 Rb3 67.Ne3 f5 68.Rc7 f4 69.Ned1 f3+ 70.Kf1 Rd6
71.Kg1 Rb5 72.Ne3 Re6 73.Neg4 Rh5 74.Kf1 c5 75.Rc8+ Ke7 76.Rc7+ Kd6 77.Ra7 c4
78.Ra6+ Ke7 79.Ra7+ Kd8 80.Ra8+ Kc7 81.Ra3 Rc5 82.Nd1 Rd6 83.Ngf2 Rcd5 84.Nc3 Rf5
85.Nfe4 Rd4 86.Ra7+ Kb6 87.Rg7 g5 88.Kf2 Rd3 89.Rg8 Re5 90.Rc8 g4 91.Rxc4 Rh5
92.Kg3 Rh3+ 93.Kxg4 f2 94.Nxf2 Rhg3+ 95.Kh4 Rxc3 96.Rxc3 Rxc3 97.Kg4 Kc6
98.Ne4 Rc1 99.Kf5 Kd5 100.Nf6+ Kd4 101.Ke6 Rg1 102.Kf5 Rf1+ 103.Ke6 Rf2 104.Ng4 Ra2
105.Kf5 Ra5+ 106.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.Bg5 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Be2 f6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Qxd4 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 Bc5
16.Qd2 Qf4 17.b4 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kxe3 O-O-O 20.b5 c5 21.a5 Kb8 22.b6 a6
23.Rhd1 Bf7 24.Rac1 Rhf8 25.Rd6 Rfe8 26.Rcd1 Re7 27.f4 h5 28.g4 Be6 29.f5 Bf7
30.e5 fxe5 31.g5 Kc8 32.R6d2 Bxc4 33.Bxc4 Rde8 34.Be6 Rxe6 35.fxe6 Nf8 36.Rd5  1-0

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.Bd3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.c5 Qc7 11.b4 b6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.f4 Rfb8 14.Qc2 g6 15.Kh1 Qc8 16.Ne2 Qf8
17.a4 bxc5 18.bxc5 Bd8 19.Ng1 Ng4 20.Nf3 f5 21.a5 Bc7 22.a6 Qc8 23.h3 Nh6
24.Rg1 Nf7 25.g4 Kh8 26.g5 Qf8 27.h4 h5 28.Bc3 Kg8 29.Rgc1 Nd8 30.Kg2 Be8
31.Nd2 Qe7 32.Nb3 Bd7 33.Rab1 Bc8 34.Rb2 Kf8 35.Rcb1 Kf7 36.Qd2 Kf8 37.Bb4 Kf7
38.Qc3 Ke8 39.Nd2 Nf7 40.Qa3 Kf8 41.Nf3 Ke8 42.Qa4 Qd7 43.Kf2 Kf8 44.Qa3 Kg8
45.Qc3 Qd8 46.Rb3 Kf8 47.Ke2 Kg8 48.Kd1 Kf8 49.Kc2 Qe7 50.Kb2 Qd8 51.Ka2 Qe7
52.R3b2 Qd8 53.Qa3 Kg8 54.Qa4 Qd7 55.Nd2 Kg7 56.Nb3 Nd8 57.Na5 Kf7 58.Be2 Kg8
59.Bd3 Kf7 60.Bc3 Rxb2+ 61.Rxb2 Rb8 62.Rxb8 Bxb8 63.Nb3 Bc7 64.Nd2 Kf8 65.Nf1 Qf7
66.Ka3 Qe7 67.Ng3 Bd7 68.Be2 Be8 69.Nf1 Bd7 70.Ba5 Be8 71.Nd2 Nf7 72.Nb3 Qd8
73.Qb4 Bxa5 74.Nxa5 Qc7 75.Bd1 Nd8 76.Ba4 Ke7 77.Nb7 Bd7 78.Nd6 Bc8 79.Bd1 Bxa6
80.Qa4 Bf1 81.Qb4 Nf7 82.Qb7 Qxb7 83.Nxb7 Ba6 84.Na5 Kd7 85.Kb4 Nd8 86.Ba4 Be2
87.Kc3 Bb5 88.Bb3 Be2 89.Ba4 Kc7 90.Kb4 a6 91.Kc3 Bb5 92.Bd1 Kd7 93.Bc2 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Qd7 14.Nb3 a5 15.Bd2 a4
16.Nc1 f4 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 c5 19.Ne2 c4 20.g3 Bg5 21.gxf4 Bh6 22.b3 Rf7
23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Rab1 Raf8 25.Rb6 Bxf4 26.Nxf4 Rxf4 27.Rb8 Rxb8 28.Qxf4 Rb2
29.Rf2 a3 30.Qg5 g6 31.h4 Rxa2 32.Bxg6 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 hxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.dxc5 Na6
9.c6 Bxc6 10.Qc2 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nc5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.f3 h6 14.Bh4 d6 15.b4 Ncd7
16.e3 a5 17.Bd3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1+ 19.Qxa1 Qc7 20.O-O Ra8 21.Qc3 Bb7 22.Ra1 Rxa1+
23.Qxa1 d5 24.Bg3 Qc8 25.Qb2 Qa8 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.e4 Ne7 28.Nc4 Nc8 29.b5 Qa4
30.Be2 f6 31.Bc7 Kf8 32.h3 Ke7 33.Kh2 Ba8 34.Qd2 Qa7 35.Qb4+ Kf7 36.Bg3 Qa2
37.Bf1 Qa1 38.Qd2 Nc5 39.Be2 Qa7 40.Qd8 Qd7  1-0

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Re8 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Be2 Bxg2 13.Rg1 Bb7 14.O-O-O Kh8 15.e4 e5
16.d5 Nf8 17.Rg3 Ng6 18.Rdg1 h6 19.Be3 Rg8 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.h4 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 exf4 24.Rg4 Qxe4 25.Bd3 Qe5 26.Rxf4 Re7 27.Rf5 Qd4 28.Rf4 Qe5 29.Rf5 Qd4
30.Rf4 Qe5 31.Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2005-6"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nd7 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Qb1 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.e5 h6 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Be3 Bd5
16.Nd2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qb7 18.f3 Rac8 19.Qd1 Rc3 20.Ne4 Rb3 21.Qe2 Nb8 22.Rfc1 Nc6
23.Nc3 Ba3 24.Rc2 Nb4 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Be4 Nxc2 27.Bxc2 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Bb2 29.Rd1 Qd7
30.Kf1 Bxd4 31.Qe4 Bxe5 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Qxd5 exd5 34.g3 g5 35.Ke2 Kg7 36.Bb3 d4
37.Kd3 f5 38.Be6 Kf6 39.Bc8 h5 40.h3 h4 41.gxh4 gxh4 42.f4 Bxf4 43.Kxd4 Kg5
44.Kd5 Bd2 45.Ba6 Kf6 46.Bd3 Be3 47.Kd6 Bf2 48.Kd5 f4 49.Be2 Ke7 50.Bg4 Kd8
51.Kc6 Be3 52.Kb7 Ke7 53.Kc6 a6 54.Kd5 b5 55.axb5 axb5 56.Be2 b4 57.Bd1 Bd2
58.Ke4 Kd6 59.Bb3 Kc5 60.Bg8 Kb5 61.Bb3 Bc1 62.Kf3 Kc5 63.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Ne5 g6 12.g4 Nf6 13.Rg1 Be6 14.Bd3 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.h3 h5 17.Rde1 O-O-O 18.Qd1 hxg4 19.hxg4 Rh2 20.f4 Rdh8 21.Re2 R2h3 22.Rf2 Qe7
23.f5 Bd7 24.Rf3 Qg5 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Qf1 R3h4 27.Nd1 Rxg4 28.Rxg4 Bxg4 29.Rg3 Qh4
30.Qf4 Bxd1 31.Qxh4 Rxh4 32.Kxd1 Rh2 33.Rxg6 Rxb2 34.Rg8+ Kc7 35.Rg7+ Kd6
36.Rg6+ Ke7 37.Rg7+ Ke6 38.Rxb7 Rxa2 39.Rh7 Na4 40.Kc1 Nc3 41.Bg6 Ne2+ 42.Kd1 Nc3+
43.Kc1 a5 44.Be8 a4 45.Rh6+ Ke7 46.Rxc6 Ne2+ 47.Kb1 Ra3 48.Bh5 Rb3+ 49.Ka1 Nc3
50.Bg6 Ne4 51.Ra6 a3 52.Ka2 Rxe3 53.Rxa3 Nc3+ 54.Kb2 Nd1+ 55.Ka2 Re2+ 56.Kb1 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 c6
9.Ng5 Bd5 10.e4 h6 11.exd5 hxg5 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Bxg5 Qd5 14.h4 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6
16.Be2 Qe4 17.Qd2 Rxh4 18.O-O-O Rxh1 19.Rxh1 O-O-O 20.Bf3 Qe6 21.Qc2 Qd7
22.Qa4 Ne5 23.Qxd7+ Nxd7 24.Rh7 Rf8 25.Bd5 e6 26.Bxc4 Nf6 27.Rh1 Kd7 28.Bd3 Ng4
29.f3 Ne3 30.g3 Nf5 31.g4 Nd6 32.Rh7 Rc8 33.Kd2 Ke8 34.Rh8+ Kd7 35.Rxc8 Nxc8
36.g5 Ne7 37.c4 Nc6 38.Kc3 b6 39.Be4 Ne7 40.f4 Nc8 41.c5 Ne7 42.Kc4 Kc7 43.Kb5 Nf5
44.Bxf5 gxf5 45.Kc4 Kc6 46.a4  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.h3 Ba7
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nh4 Ng6 12.Nf5 c6 13.Nd2 d5 14.Qf3 Be6 15.d4 a5
16.exd5 cxd5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Qg3 Ng6 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Rab1 Bd7 21.Bc2 Rae8 22.b4 Re7
23.bxa5 Qxa5 24.Rxb7 Qxc3 25.Nb1 Rxe3 26.Nxc3 Rxg3 27.Nce2 Bc8 28.Ra7 Re3
29.a4 Ne5 30.Rb1 Ra3 31.Bb3 Be6 32.Nc3 Rc8 33.Ncb5 Rxb3 34.Nxb3 h5 35.N3d4 Rc4
36.a5 Ra4 37.a6 Kh7 38.Ra8 Nc4 39.a7 Ra2 40.Re1  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Na6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O
10.Rc1 Nb4 11.Qb3 b6 12.Na2 Nxa2 13.Qxa2 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Ne5 Bb7 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Qa3 Qxa3 18.bxa3 Rfc8 19.Nd7 Nc3 20.Bb5 Rc7 21.Nxb6 Ra7 22.h3 Ba6 23.Kh2 Bxb5
24.axb5 Nxb5 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rb1 Nxa3 27.Rb3 Rb7 28.Rxa3 Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd4 f6 14.O-O-O Rd8 15.Qe3 Be7
16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxa7 Ba3 19.Rd1+ Kc8 20.Qd4 Qxd4 21.Rxd4 Bc5
22.Rd2 Be6 23.e3 Kc7 24.Kc2 h5 25.b3 h4 26.Bf1 hxg3 27.hxg3 Bb4 28.Bc4 Bxc4
29.bxc4 Ra8 30.f4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Bxc3 32.Kxc3 Rxa4 33.Rh2 Kd6 34.Rh6 Ke6 35.e4 b5
36.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6
16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 g6 18.Be3 Qc6 19.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.f4 Be7 21.Qf3 c4 22.Rfd1 Rad8
23.b4 a5 24.bxa5 b4 25.cxb4 Bxb4 26.Kh1 Qc5 27.a6 Rf7 28.Rac1 Qa5 29.h4 Kh8
30.e6 Re7 31.Qe3 Qxa6 32.Qe5+ Kg8 33.Rb1 Qa5 34.Qf6 Rf8 35.Qe5 Rd8 36.h5 Bc3
37.Qe2 Qc7 38.Qf3 d4 39.Rb5 Rxe6 40.Rb7 Qc6 41.Qxc3 dxc3 42.Rxd8+ Re8 43.Rdd7 Qf6
44.Kg1 gxh5 45.a5 Qg6 46.Re7 Rxe7 47.Rxe7 Qd6 48.Re2 Qc5+ 49.Kh2 Qxa5 50.Kg3 Qd5
51.Kh4 Qd3 52.Bxd3 cxd3 53.Re3 d2 54.Rd3 c2 55.Rxd2 c1=Q 56.Rd8+ Kf7 57.Kg5 h6+  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2005-6"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ernst,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ng2 Bg6 13.Ne2 c5 14.Bb3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5
16.Kh1 Nb4 17.Nf4 Bxd4 18.exd4 N8c6 19.Be3 Na5 20.Rc1 Re8 21.Kg2 Qf6 22.Kg3 Rad8
23.h4 e5 24.Nxg6 Qxg6 25.Rc7 Nxb3 26.Qxb3 Nd5 27.Rxb7 exd4 28.Bxd4 Qd6+ 29.f4 Re4
30.Bxa7 h5 31.gxh5 Ne7 32.Qb5 Qf6 33.Qg5 Rd3+ 34.Kh2 Qe6 35.Qg2 Nf5 36.Rb6 Qe7
37.Rb8+ Kh7 38.Qg5 Qe6 39.Rb5 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Koeln GER"]
[Date "2005.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sprenger,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.a3 Nc6
16.Nh4 Re8 17.Rc1 Bxe4 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bd5 Rc8 21.Bxe4 Qxd1
22.Rexd1 Bxh4 23.Bf5 c4 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Rd6 Bf6 26.Rc2 h6 27.f4 a5 28.Rd5 Rb8
29.Kf2 a4 30.Kf3 b4 31.Rc5 c3 32.bxc3 b3 33.Rb2 Rb6 34.Rc4 Ra6 35.Re2 Be7
36.Bc1 f5 37.Rd2 Kf7 38.Rd5 Ke6 39.Rb5 Bd6 40.g4 g6 41.h3 h5 42.gxf5+ gxf5
43.Ke2 h4 44.Bb2 Be7 45.Rb7 Kd6 46.Kf3 Ke6 47.Kf2 Bd6 48.Ke2 Be7 49.Rc7 Kd6
50.Rc8 Bf6 51.Rf8 Ke6 52.Rg8 Ne7 53.Rb8 Nc6 54.Rf8 Be7 55.Rh8 Bf6 56.Rh6 Kf7
57.Rc5 Kg7 58.Rxf5 Nd4+ 59.cxd4 Kxh6 60.Kd3 Kg7 61.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Koeln GER"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rustemov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Qd3 Na6 8.a3 Qa5+
9.Qc3 Qb6 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.b4 g6 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.e3 Bd5 15.Qc2 Rad8
16.Ne5 Nb8 17.e4 Be6 18.Be2 Bh6 19.Ndc4 Nbd7 20.O-O Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qb6 22.Rfd1 Nd7
23.Nd3 Nf6 24.Ne5 Nd7 25.Nd3 Nf6 26.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Koeln GER"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Baramidze,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nf5
9.Bd3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O-O h6 13.Nh4 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.g4 Qc7
16.Nf5 Rg8 17.Kb1 O-O-O 18.Nxd6+ Qxd6 19.Rc1 Kb8 20.Na4 Rge8 21.Qd2 Re7 22.Rc3 Rde8
23.Rb3 Bc8 24.Re1 b6 25.Nc3 Bd7 26.a4 c5 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.Bxb5 Rc8 29.Ba6 Rc6
30.dxc5 Rxc5 31.e4 Ne8 32.e5 Qd8 33.Qd4 Ka8 34.Rd1 f6 35.e6 Rxe6 36.Bb7+ Kb8
37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Qxd5 Rd6 39.Rbd3 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Qe7 41.Rd7 Qe6 42.R1d4 a5 43.f4 Kc8
44.Rd8+ Kc7 45.f5 Qe7 46.R8d5 Kc6 47.Rd8 Kc7 48.R8d5 Kc8 49.Ka1 Nc7 50.Rd6 Na6
51.Rxb6 Qe1+ 52.Ka2 Nb4+ 53.Kb3 Qe3+ 54.Kc4 Qe2+ 55.Kb3 Qc2+ 56.Ka3 Qc5 57.Rdxb4 axb4+
58.Rxb4 Qg1  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2005-6"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2005.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Solleveld,Maa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bc2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a4 a5 11.Ra3 Bg4 12.Qe1 Kh8 13.Rb3 b6 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bd2 Bg7
17.Ra3 Ng8 18.Qc1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.f4 Qd7 22.Qc2 Ne7 23.Rh3 Nf6
24.Ng3 e4 25.Nd4 Nfxd5 26.Ndxf5 Nxf5 27.cxd5 Rae8 28.Nxe4 Nd4 29.Rxh7+ Kg8
30.Rxg7+ Qxg7 31.Qd3 Qg6 32.Re1 Nf5 33.Bc3 Re7 34.Re2 Rff7 35.Qh3 Ng7 36.Nf6+ Rxf6
37.Rxe7 Rf7 38.Re8+ Nxe8 39.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 b6 8.cxb6 Qxb6
9.Bd3 Nxf4 10.exf4 Qxb2 11.Rc1 g6 12.O-O Bh6 13.g3 O-O 14.Na4 Qb4 15.Rxc6 Bg7
16.Qc2 Rb8 17.Rc7 Rd8 18.Ra1 Nf8 19.a3 Qb3 20.Qxb3 Rxb3 21.Nc5 Rc3 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.fxe5 Nd7 24.Ne6 Rxc7 25.Nxc7 Nb8 26.Rc1 Bh3 27.f3 h5 28.Kf2 Bc8 29.Ke3 e6
30.Rb1 Nc6 31.Nxa6 Bxa6 32.Bxa6 Ra8 33.Rb6 Ne7 34.a4 Nc8 35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.Rb3 Rc2
37.Ra3 Rxh2 38.a5 Rc2 39.a6 Rc8 40.a7 Ra8 41.Kf4 Kf8 42.Kg5 Ke7 43.f4 Kf8
44.Kf6 Kg8 45.Ra1  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Qe7 10.Qe1 a5 11.Bc2 e5 12.a3 Bd6 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 e4 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qf2 f5
17.cxd5 Ndf6 18.Bd1 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Bxh5 gxh5 21.g3 Bd7 22.a4 Rfc8 23.Rfc1 b6
24.Qe2 Qe8 25.Qd1 Be7 26.Kf2 Kh8 27.Qe2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Ng2 Kg7
31.Qd1 Kg6 32.h3 Qc6 33.Nh4+ Bxh4 34.gxh4 h6 35.Qg1+ Kf7 36.Qd1 Kg6 37.Qg1+ Kf7
38.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Re1 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Qd3 g6
16.b3 Bf5 17.Qd1 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Bg4 19.h3 Be6 20.Qd2 c5 21.Rd1 a5 22.Re2 Rad8
23.a3 Qc8 24.Qf4 Kg7 25.Rde1 Rd7 26.h4 h6 27.Rd1 Qd8 28.h5 Bg5 29.Qg3 d4
30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Ne1 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Be4 Rc7 34.Nf3 Rc3 35.hxg6 d3 36.Rb2 d2
37.Rbxd2 Rxf3 38.gxf3 Bxd2 39.f4 Bxf4 40.Rxd8 Bxg3 41.Rxf8 Bxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Kxf8
43.gxf7 Bxb3 44.Kg3 Bxf7 45.Bf5 b3 46.e6 Bh5 47.Bd3 Bd1 48.Kh4 Ke7 49.Bc4 b2
50.Ba2 h5 51.Kg5 Bg4  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Re1 b6 8.Bf4 h6 9.e5 d5
10.Bd3 g5 11.Bc1 c5 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2 h5 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Na3 a6 16.f4 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6
18.Nf1 cxd4 19.cxd4 O-O 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.Ng3 Nc6 22.Nc2 Bd7 23.Re5 Be8 24.Qe2 Bf7
25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Nxh5 Bxh5 27.Rxh5 Rf7 28.Qxg4+ Rg7 29.Bg6 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 Bxd4+
31.Kh1 Rf8 32.Rh6 Qd7 33.f5 Be3 34.fxe6 Bxc1 35.exd7 Bxh6 36.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Na6 9.Rc1 Nb4
10.Bb1 Nd7 11.Bf4 dxc4 12.e4 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nd2 Nd3 15.Bxd3 cxd3 16.Nc4 O-O
17.Qxd3 Ba6 18.Ne2 b5 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Nd2 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Qxd8 Rfxd8 23.Bxe5 Rxd2
24.Nf4 b4 25.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Bf8 27.Nd5 Re8 28.f4 Bb7 29.Kf2 f6 30.Bc7 Rxe4
31.Bxa5 Rc4 32.Ne3 Rxf4+ 33.Kg3 Re4 34.Bb6 Re6 35.Bd4 Rd6 36.Kf2 Kf7 37.g4 g6
38.h3 Rd7 39.Ke2 Ke6 40.Kd3 Bh6 41.Re1 Kf7 42.Ra1 f5 43.Kc4 f4 44.Nc2 Bd5+
45.Kd3 Bf8 46.Ra7 Rxa7 47.Bxa7 Be7 48.Bf2 g5 49.Ne1 Kg6 50.Bd4 h5 51.Ke2 hxg4
52.hxg4 Bf6 53.Bxf6 Kxf6 54.Nc2 b3 55.Nb4 Ke5 56.Nd3+ Kd4 57.Nf2 f3+  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.c4 a4 8.Bb2 d6 9.Qc1 c6
10.Nc3 axb3 11.axb3 Rxa1 12.Bxa1 Na6 13.Qa3 Qb6 14.Rb1 Be6 15.Qc1 h6 16.Qd2 g5
17.h4 Ne4 18.Qe3 g4 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Nd2 d5 21.c5 Qb5 22.Bf1 Bf5 23.Rc1 Nb4
24.Nb1 Qa6 25.Bb2 Qa2 26.Qc3 e3 27.Na3 exf2+ 28.Kh2 e5 29.dxe5 d4 30.Qxd4 Qxb3
31.Nc4 Nc2 32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Bxc3 h5 34.Bd2 Nd4 35.Be3 Nb3 36.Rc3 Be6 37.Rxb3 Bxc4
38.Rb4 Bd5 39.Bf4 Rf7 40.e4 Be6 41.Rb2 Bf8 42.Be3 Rf3 43.Bxf2 Rb3 44.Rxb3 Bxb3
45.Bd3 Kf7 46.Kg2 Ke6 47.Bd4 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Brynell,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4
10.Bd3 d6 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Nd7 14.Ne1 Qe7 15.f3 Bb7 16.e4 O-O-O
17.Nc2 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.d5 Rde8 20.Rhe1 Qf6 21.Qxf6 Nxf6 22.Nd4 f4 23.Bf2 Nd7
24.Ne6 Nc5 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.h4 Kd7 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Nxg5 Reg8 29.Ne6 Rxg2 30.Rh1 Rhh2
31.Rxh2 Rxh2 32.Rg1 Ba6 33.Rg7+ Kc8 34.b3 Rxa2 35.Nxc7 Kb7 36.Ne6+ Kb6 37.Rd7 a4
38.Rxd6+ Ka5 39.Nxc5 Bc8 40.Nxa4 Bf5 41.Rb6 Rf2 42.Rb5+ Ka6 43.Nc5+ Ka7 44.Rb7+ Ka8
45.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Qd5 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qg4 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Nxe5
16.Qg3 Nf7 17.Bf6 O-O 18.Rad1 Qf5 19.Bc3 c5 20.b3 Rad8 21.Qe3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.Re1 b4 24.Bb2 Rd5 25.h3 Nd6 26.a3 Qg5 27.Qxg5 Rxg5 28.axb4 cxb4 29.Ra1 a5
30.c4 bxc3 31.Bxc3 Nb7 32.b4 axb4 33.Bxb4 Rb5 34.Bc3 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2005-6"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Lemmers,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Ndf6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Re1 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Qd2 Qd7 17.h3 Rfe8 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 f6 20.Re3 Ng7 21.g4 Bf7 22.Rae1 Rac8
23.b4 Rc7 24.a3 Qa4 25.Qf4 Rd7 26.h4 a5 27.Qh6 axb4 28.axb4 e6 29.h5 Rde7
30.hxg6 Bxg6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Qxg6 Qxb4 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.e4 Qa5 13.Na2 Be7 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 e5
16.d5 Nc5 17.Nc3 a5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nh4 Kh8 20.Nf5 Rad8 21.Nxe7 Qxe7 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bh4 Ncd7 24.d6 Qe8 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.b4 axb4 27.Rxb4 Qd8 28.Qb2 Nc5 29.f3 Qa5
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Kg2 Rbd8 32.Rb6 Rd7 33.Qb4 Qxb4 34.Rxb4 Rfd8 35.Kf2 Rxd6
36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Ke3 Rd4 38.a5 Na6 39.Ra4 Nc5 40.Rb4 Na6 41.Ra4 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.dxc5 Na6
9.c6 dxc6 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.g3 Ke7 14.Bg2 Nb4 15.Qb3 Nc6
16.O-O Rad8 17.Ne4 h6 18.Qe3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxf6 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Ba6
23.Ng4 Rd2 24.b3 Bc3 25.Nxh6 f5 26.g4 Bg7 27.g5 Rxe2 28.e4 Bb7 29.Rf4 Be5
30.Rf1 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Kg2 Rh4 33.Re1 Rxh2+ 34.Kg1 Rh5 35.Nxf5+ Kd7
36.Rd1+ Kc7 37.Ne3 Bd4 38.Rd3 Rxg5+ 39.Kf1 Kc6 40.Nc2 e5 41.Rh3 e4 42.Rh6+ Kd7
43.Rh4 Rg1+ 44.Ke2 Rg2+ 45.Kd1 e3 46.Re4 Rd2+ 47.Kc1 a5 48.b4 a4 49.bxc5 bxc5
50.Ne1 Rf2 51.Kd1 Kd6 52.Re8 Be5 53.Nd3 Rd2+ 54.Kc1 Bd4 55.Ne1 Rh2 56.Kd1 Rb2
57.Nc2 Rb3 58.Re4 Rd3+ 59.Kc1 Be5 60.Nxe3 Rxe3 61.Rxe3 Bf4 62.Kd2 Bxe3+ 63.Kxe3 Ke5
64.Kd3 Kf4 65.Kd2 Ke4 66.Ke2 Kd4 67.Kd2 Kxc4 68.Kc2 Kd4 69.Kd2 c4 70.Kc2 c3
71.Kc1 Kc5 72.Kd1 Kd5 73.Kc1 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.exd4 Be7 15.a3 Nd5
16.Qc2 f6 17.Nc4 f5 18.f3 O-O 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qe5 Bf6 22.Qd6 Bc2
23.Rd2 Bg6 24.Rd1 Bc2 25.Rd2 Bg6 26.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rac1 Bd7 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.b4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Qd6 15.Nd5 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Bd7
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qe8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Rd1 h6 14.Nbd2 b4 15.Nc4 Na5
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Bd2 bxc3 18.Bxc3 Qa8 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Bg4 21.f3 Qxe4
22.Qf2 Qb7 23.Bc2 Nd5 24.fxg4 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Qb6 26.Qxb6 cxb6 27.Rd7 Re8 28.Bb3 Bc5+
29.Kf1 Re7 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.h4 g6 32.Rd5 Kg7 33.g3 Ba3 34.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.b4 c6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.e3 a5 13.b5 c5 14.Bd3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 O-O
16.O-O g6 17.Be2 Ne5 18.Qa4 Rac8 19.Rfc1 Qd6 20.h3 Rfe8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nf3 Rc5
23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.exd4 Rc3 26.Kf1 Bc8 27.Ke1 Bf5 28.Kd2 Rc2+ 29.Kd1 Rc3
30.Kd2 Rc2+ 31.Kd1 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Na3 Qe8 13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Naxb5 d6 15.Ba4 Bd7
16.b3 Ne7 17.Kh1 d5 18.f4 Ng4 19.e5 f6 20.h3 Nxe5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8
23.Nf3 e4 24.Ne5 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qf5 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nh2 Qxh3 28.Bg5 Nf5 29.Qxd5+ Kh8
30.Bf4 Bf2 31.Ra2 Bg3 32.Bxg3 Nxg3+ 33.Kg1 Rf8 34.Nd4 c5 35.Bd7 Qh4 36.Ne6 Rf1+
37.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.e3 Bf5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Bd2 e6
9.Rc1 Nc6 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Na4 Qc7 12.b4 a6 13.b5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Ba3 15.Rc2 Nb6
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 Rxa2 18.Qb1 Ra8 19.Ba5 O-O 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Bxb6 Qb7 22.O-O Rfb8
23.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 e5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Rad1 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nb4
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Qb1 Nd5 18.Bf5 Qc7 19.Rfe1 N7f6 20.e4 Ne7 21.Bxc8 Raxc8 22.Qc1 c5
23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Ba5 Qxa5 25.Rxd6 Qxa2 26.Re2 Qxb3 27.h3 Nxf2 28.Rxf2 Kg8 29.Nh5 Rc6
30.Rd7 Ng6 31.Qa1  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qe2 h6 15.b5 Rac8
16.a4 Ne4 17.Rac1 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nec5 19.Ba3 Qf6 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.bxc6 Rxc6 22.Bb5 Rcc8
23.h3 Qe7 24.a5 Nf6 25.Rd4 Ne8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Rdc4 Qa7 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 bxc5
30.Qc4 Nd6 31.Qxc5 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Nxb5 33.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6
16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 g6 18.Kh1 c4 19.b4 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.Bxg5 Bxg5 22.f4 Be7
23.axb5 Rxb5 24.Ba4 Rb2 25.Qd4 Rc8 26.Rfd1 Rc5 27.Rab1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Ra5 29.Bd1 Qa6
30.h3 Kg7 31.Bf3 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.Kh2 Qa5 34.Bxd5 Bc5 35.Qxc4 Bf2 36.Qe2 Qc5
37.c4 Bg1+ 38.Kh1 Be3 39.g3 Qa3 40.Kg2 h5 41.h4 Bc5 42.Qc2 Kf8 43.Qb1 Qb4
44.Qc2 Ke7 45.Bf3 Qe1 46.Qb3 Qb4 47.Qd3 Qb2+ 48.Kh3 Bd4 49.Bg2 Kf8 50.c5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.e3 b6 10.b4 Nxf4 11.exf4 Qc7 12.g3 g6 13.Rc1 Bg7 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O a5 16.b5 bxc5
17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Be6 20.Qxc5 Qxc5 21.Rxc5 Bxa2 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.fxe5 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Ra1 Rc2 26.Bf3 Rb2 27.b6 Bc4 28.b7 Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Ne6 15.Qb3 Bf7
16.Qb1 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Ng6 18.b5 Qxf4 19.Rd1 Bd6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.bxc6 O-O 22.Nb5 Qc5
23.cxb7 Rab8 24.Qf5 Ne5 25.Qc2 Qb6 26.Qc7 Rfd8 27.Rc1 Qa6 28.Nf5 Qb6 29.Qxb8 Rxb8
30.Rc8+ Qd8 31.Nxa7 Be8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Bd5+ Bf7 34.Ne7+ Kf8 35.Nec6  1-0

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogza,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O c6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.a4 a5
9.h3 h6 10.Ne1 Bb4 11.e4 Bh7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 b5
16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.f4 Be4 19.f5 Qb6 20.Kh2 Rfe8 21.Qg4 f6 22.Bxh6 Re7
23.e6 Nf8 24.Ng2 b4 25.Bc1 bxc3 26.Ba3 Rae8 27.Bc5 Qb2 28.Rg1 Bxg2 29.Rab1 Bf3+
30.Rxb2 Bxg4 31.Rf2 Bxf5 32.Bxe7 Be4 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Ra2 Rb8 35.Rga1 Rb2+
36.Kg1 Rxa2 37.Rxa2 Bb1 38.Re2 c2 39.Re1 a4  0-1

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Williams,Si"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.d5 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Ne5 11.e3 c6 12.b4 Bf6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rad1 a5 15.b5 cxd5
16.cxd5 Rc8 17.Ndb1 Bxb5 18.dxe6 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Kh8 20.Bxb7 Rc7 21.Qb3 a4 22.Nxa4 Qe8
23.Nbc3 Qh5 24.Bg2 Nf3 25.Bxf3 Qxf3 26.Qd5 Qh5 27.Qxd6 Rfc8 28.Kg2 h6 29.Nb5 Rc2
30.Nb6 f4 31.exf4 Qe2 32.Rf1 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Rc1+ 35.Rf1 Rc2 36.Qd5 Qe2
37.Qh1 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedjarova,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Nf3 a6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Rb1 e6 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qg3 Rfc8 14.Rfc1 Qd8 15.Bg5 b5
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.a3 Na5 18.f4 Rc6 19.f5 exf5 20.Rf1 Bh4 21.Qf3 g6 22.Nxd5 Rd6
23.Nb4 Nb3 24.Rbd1 Rc8 25.d5 Qg5 26.Kh2 Re8 27.Nc2 Qf6 28.Nd4 Qe5+ 29.g3 Nxd4
30.Rxd4 Bg5 31.Rd3 Bxe3  0-1

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Vasilevich,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 b5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.a4 c6 11.Be2 O-O 12.e5 Qe7 13.Qb1 a6 14.Nd2 f6 15.exf6 Qxf6
16.Bf3 e5 17.axb5 exd4 18.O-O Nd7 19.Bxc6 Rb8 20.Ne4 Qg6 21.cxd4 axb5 22.Bd5+ Kh8
23.Qb4 Bb7 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Nc3 Qf5 26.Rae1 Rb6 27.Re3 Qg4 28.Nd5 Rbb8 29.Ne7 Rf6
30.d5 Qd4 31.Nc6  1-0

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward,C"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Bg5 b5 14.Be2 h6 15.Bh4 Bb7
16.Re1 c5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.d5 Rec8 19.Nd2 Rab8 20.a4 c4 21.axb5 Ba3 22.Rb1 Bb4
23.Na2 Bc5 24.Rf1 axb5 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 Ba6 27.Bxa6 Qxa6 28.Rxb8 Rxb8
29.Nc1 Nf6 30.Ncb3 Bd6 31.Qf3 Rc8 32.Ra1 Qb5 33.h3 Bb4 34.Qf5 Re8 35.Qf3 Rc8
36.Qf5 Re8 37.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 c6 8.h3 cxd5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 f5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Bh6 Ng7 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bc2 Rf7
16.O-O f4 17.Qd3 Nf8 18.Ne4 Nf5 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.g4 Rg7 21.Kh2 Nh4 22.Rg1 Be7
23.N2c3 Kh8 24.Nd2 h5 25.Nf3 hxg4 26.hxg4 Qf6 27.Ne4 Nxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Qh4+ 29.Qh3 Rh7
30.Qxh4 Rxh4+ 31.Kg2 Bxg4 32.Rh1 Rxh1 33.Rxh1+ Kg7 34.Nxd6 Bxd6 35.Rh7+ Kf6
36.Rh6+ Ke7 37.Rh7+ Kf6 38.Rh6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Tissir,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.e4 Ng6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O f5 10.f4 Na6 11.Ng3 fxe4 12.Bxe4 Nh4 13.f5 Bf6 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.Qg4 Ng6
16.Nh5 Kh8 17.Bd2 Nc7 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.Nf4 b5 20.Ne6 Nxe6 21.fxe6 b4 22.Nd1 Qe7
23.Bf4 g6 24.Ne3 Bg7 25.Rf2 Qh4 26.Raf1 Qe7 27.g3  1-0

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Kh8 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Re1 h5 14.f3 Rg8 15.Bf1 Qe7 16.Nc4 Bd7
17.Qd2 h4 18.Bf2 Nf4 19.Ne3 Rad8 20.h3 Bc8 21.c4 N6h5 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 f6
24.c5 Nf4 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.c4 b6 27.a4 Qh7 28.Be3 Bf5 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Kh2 Qc7
31.a5 Nh5 32.axb6 axb6 33.Kg1 Ng3 34.Qb4 Rb8 35.Ra6 e4 36.Qb2 Kh7 37.Rxb6 exf3
38.Rxb8 Qxb8 39.Qxf6 Rg6 40.Qe7+ Rg7 41.Qf6 Rg6 42.Qe7+ Rg7 43.Qf6 Rg6 44.Qa1 g4
45.Ba7 Kh6 46.Re7 gxh3 47.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Qc2 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nf3 Be7 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Be1 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Nce4
16.Qe2 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.Bd4 Qa5 19.a3 Qa4 20.h3 h6 21.Nd2 Ng5 22.Qg4 Ne6
23.Nf3 Rc2 24.Be5 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rc4 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 b6 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.Bxc3 f6
30.f4 Kf7 31.Kf2 Bc5 32.Kf3 Re8 33.Rd3 b5 34.f5 Rd8 35.Ba5 Rd7 36.Rc3 Bd6
37.Rc8 Be5 38.Bb4 g6 39.Bc3 gxf5 40.gxf5 Bxc3 41.Rxc3 Ke7 42.Rc5 a6 43.Rc6 d4
44.Re6+ Kf7 45.exd4 Rxd4 46.Rxa6 Rd3+ 47.Kg4 Rd2 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.g3 Rxb2 50.Kh5 Rh2+
51.Kg6 Rg2 52.Kxf6 Rxg3 53.a4 bxa4 54.Rxa4 h5 55.Ra8+ Kd7 56.Rh8 Rh3 57.Kf7 h4
58.f6 Rh1 59.Kg7 Rg1+ 60.Kf8 Rg4 61.f7 Kd8 62.Rg8  1-0

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Ne2 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Ng3 Re8 14.Bc3 b6 15.Rad1 Bb7
16.Qb2 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 Qg5 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.d5 Rad8 21.d6 Bb8 22.b4 b5
23.h4 Qg4 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 cxb4 26.h5 a5 27.Rd2 Rd7 28.Rfd1 Ba7 29.Bd4 Bb8
30.Be5 Ba7 31.a3 Qe6 32.Bxg7 bxa3 33.Qa1 Kh7 34.Ne2 b4 35.Nf4 Qf5 36.Nd5 Bxd5
37.Rxd5 Qg4 38.Bd4 Rg8 39.g3 Bxd4 40.Qxd4 Rg5 41.Rxg5 hxg5 42.h6 f6 43.Qd5 Kxh6
44.Rd4 Kg7 45.Qxa5 Qe6 46.Qxb4 a2 47.Qa3 Rb7 48.d7 Rxd7 49.Rxd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qh5 Bd4
16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Bb4 Rfe8 18.Rd2 g6 19.Qg5 a5 20.Bd6 a4 21.Bd1 Bc5 22.Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Bb2 12.Bxc7 Qe7 13.Bd6 Qe6 14.Rb1 Bc3 15.Ba3 Nc6
16.e3 Bxd4 17.Bb5 Be5 18.O-O Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Ne4 Qe5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5 22.Nf6+ Kf8
23.Nxd5 Ne7 24.Nc7 Rb8 25.f4 Bf5 26.e4 Bxe4 27.Rbe1 Nd5 28.Rxe4 Nxc7 29.Bc4 Ne8
30.Rd4 b5 31.Bb3 Rb7 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Rd5 Rg8 34.Rxb5 Re7 35.Rff5 g4 36.Rfe5 Rxe5
37.Rxe5 Rg7 38.Rb5 f6 39.Kf2 g3+ 40.hxg3 Rc7 41.Rd5 Ke7 42.Rh5 Ng7 43.Rh7 Kd6
44.Rh1 Rc5 45.g4 Re5 46.Rh8 Re8 47.Rh1 Re5 48.Rh6 Ke7 49.Rh7 Rg5 50.Rh8 Ne6
51.Rh1 Nd4 52.Rh7+ Kd6 53.Rxa7 Nxb3 54.Ra6+ Ke7 55.axb3 Rb5 56.Ra3 Rb4 57.Kg3 Kf7
58.Kh4 Kg6 59.Ra6 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.Qa4 Qb6 12.O-O Be7 13.Nd2 a5 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Bd3 Qa7
16.Qc2 c5 17.a3 a4 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Bd2 h6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bb5+ Nd7 22.Rxa4 Qb8
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Qa4 Bd6 25.Bxd7+ Ke7 26.Bb5 Bxh2+ 27.Kh1 Bd6 28.Bxb4 Rc8
29.Bxd6+ Qxd6 30.Qa3 Qxa3 31.bxa3 Rc2 32.Kg1 Ra2 33.a4 Bd5 34.Rc1 Kd8 35.Rc3 g5
36.Bc4 Bxc4 37.Rxc4 f5 38.d5 exd5 39.Rd4 Ke7 40.Rxd5 Kf6 41.a5 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Ra2
43.f3 Ra3 44.e4 fxe4 45.fxe4 Ra4 46.Rd6+ Kg7 47.a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Bd3 e5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.c4 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 Ne7
16.O-O exd4 17.exd4 Nf8 18.Rfe1 Bf5 19.Bf1 Neg6 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nb3 Ne6
23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Rd2 25.f3 Nf8 26.Bb8 a5 27.g4 Bg6 28.f4 f5 29.Rb1 Rd7
30.gxf5 Bxf5 31.Rb2 Rd1 32.Kf2 Ne6 33.Bd6 Rb1 34.Rxb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3 c5
9.Be3 b6 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.a5 Nc5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Qb1 Rfc8 15.Bc2 Qd8
16.Rd1 Ncd7 17.Bd3 e6 18.Nb3 a5 19.Bf1 a4 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.e5 Nfe4 22.exd6 a3
23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Qa2 axb2 25.Qxb2 Rxa1 26.Qxa1 Qxd6 27.Nb5 Qb8 28.Qa2 Bf8
29.Qe2 Bc6 30.Bd4 Nd7 31.Ba1 e5 32.Qe3 Bc5 33.Qg3 Re8 34.Re1 Qb6 35.Bd3 Ra8
36.Bb2 Ra2 37.Re2 Qa5 38.Kh2 Qb4 39.Bc3 Qb3 40.Bxe5 Rxe2 41.Bxe2 Qa2 42.Nc3 Qb2
43.Qg5 Nxe5 44.Qxe5 Bxf2 45.Qf6 Qb8+ 46.Kh1 Bxg2+  0-1

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6
9.Bh4 Kh8 10.d4 g5 11.Nxg5 hxg5 12.Bxg5 Rg8 13.f4 exf4 14.Bh4 Rg4 15.Qe1 Kg7
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.e5 dxe5 18.dxe5 Qd5 19.Bxf6+ Kh7 20.Qe2 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qe3 22.Qd1 Be6
23.Rf3 Qe4 24.Qd2 Bd5 25.Rh3+ Kg6 26.Rg1 Rg8 27.c4 Qxc4 28.Qd3+ Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Kf5
30.Rd2 f3 31.h3 Rxg2 32.Rgxg2 fxg2+ 33.Kg1 Rb8 34.Rd1 Rb2 35.Rc1 Rxa2 36.Kh2 a5
37.h4 Kg4 38.Bd8 Ra3 39.Kg1 Rh3 40.Kf2 Rh1 41.Rg1 a4 42.Be7 Kh5  0-1

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Ba6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bh4 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Qa4 c5
16.Rd1 Qc8 17.O-O Qb7 18.Qxc4 Rac8 19.Qe2 c4 20.e4 b5 21.f4 a5 22.e5 Nd5
23.f5 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nxd5 Qxd5 26.f6 g6 27.Qe3 Kh7 28.Bg5 Rh8 29.Bxh6 Kg8
30.Bg7 Rh5 31.Rc1 Nb6 32.Rf3 Rd8 33.Rd1 c3 34.bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nge2 Nc6 6.Na4 Be6 7.d3 Bd4 8.h3 Qe7
9.Nac3 Bb6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nd4 12.c3 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.Bd2 f5 15.O-O-O O-O
16.f4 Rae8 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Rdf1 e4 19.dxe4 fxe4 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Rf1 Qe7
22.Bf4 Nc5 23.Kc2 Qf7 24.Be3 Qxd5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Rf4 Qd3+ 27.Qxd3 exd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp B"]
[Site "Gonfreville FRA"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 c5 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 cxd4 12.Rxd4 Rc8 13.Be2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bf4 Bf6
16.Rd1 d4 17.exd4 Bxg2 18.Rg1 Bb7 19.Kf1 Re8 20.Qf5 Nf8 21.Bb5 Re6 22.d5 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Rf6 24.Qg5 Ng6 25.Be5 Re6 26.Bd4 Bxd5 27.Qh5  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp B"]
[Site "Gonfreville FRA"]
[Date "2006.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taddei,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C35"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.Kf1 d6 6.d4 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Qf6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nd2 h6 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qb3 Bg5 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Kf2 Nb6 14.Bd3 Qg6 15.a4 a6
16.Rhf1 Ned5 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.h3 Bxh3 19.a5 Bxg2 20.exd5 Qxd3 21.Kxg2 Rde8
22.Rf3 g4 23.Rg3 Qh7 24.Nf1 Nxd5 25.Rxg4 Qh3+ 26.Kf2 Nxe3 27.Rg3 Ng4+  0-1

[Event "4NCL 2005-06"]
[Site "Birmingham ENG"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qb3 O-O
9.Be3 b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Rd1 Na5 13.Qb1 c5 14.O-O cxd4 15.cxd4 Rac8
16.d5 Nc4 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 e5 19.Nf3 f6 20.h3 Nd6 21.Nh2 Qe7 22.Qb2 Rc7
23.Qa3 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Qxa7 Bxd5 26.Qxb6 Bxa2 27.Rfe1 e4 28.Bb1 Bxb1 29.Rxd6 Rb7
30.Qd4 Qg7 31.Nf1 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Bd3 33.Ng3 Rb5 34.Rc1 Re5 35.f4 Re6 36.Rd5 Ba6
37.Rxf5 Rd8 38.Rg5+ Kh8 39.Re1 e3 40.Re5 Rxe5 41.fxe5 Rd3 42.Ra1 Bc4 43.Rc1 Ba6
44.e6 Rd5 45.e7 Re5 46.Rb1 Kg7 47.Rb8 e2 48.Nxe2 Rxe7 49.Nf4 Bc4 50.Kf2 Bf7
51.g4 Ra7 52.Kg3 Ra3+ 53.Kh4 Ra4 54.Ne2 h5 55.Ng3 hxg4 56.Nf5+ Kf6 57.hxg4 Be6
58.Rb6 Ke5 59.Nh6 Kf6 60.Rc6 Rc4 61.Ra6 Rb4 62.Nf5 Ke5 63.Ne3 Re4 64.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kurmann,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bb3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 h6 8.h3 Kh8
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nh4 c6 12.Nd2 d5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.d4 Qb6 15.Qg3 exd4
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.exd4 Bxb3 18.Nxb3 Rae8 19.Rae1 Ned5 20.Nf5 Nh5 21.Qf3 Rxe1
22.Rxe1 Nhf6 23.Qg3 Rg8 24.c4 Nh5 25.Qf3 Qb4 26.Rf1 Ndf4 27.g4 g6 28.Nxh6 Ng3
29.Nxg8 Kxg8 30.Rf2 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Nfe2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O f5 11.Ne1 Qh4 12.f3 Ng5 13.Bd1 Rf6 14.Qf2 Qh6 15.Nd3 Nd7
16.h4 Nf7 17.e4 g5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Re1 Re8 20.d5 e5 21.f4 Qxh4 22.Qxh4 gxh4
23.Bg4 Nh6 24.Bxf5 Nxf5 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Bf4 e4 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.Nb4 e3 29.Bxc7 Re4
30.b3 Nc5 31.Nc2 Bc8 32.b4 Na4 33.d6 Bd7 34.Rd5 Ke6 35.Bb8 Nb2 36.Rxf5 Kxf5
37.Rxe3 Nxc4 38.Rxe4 Kxe4 39.Bxa7 Kd5 40.Bb8 Nxd6 41.Ne3+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxb3 13.N2xb3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.dxc5 d4 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qf4 Qd5 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.b4 Qc4 21.Bd2 d3 22.Qxc4 Bxc4
23.f3 Kf7 24.Kf2 Ke6 25.Re1 Rd5 26.f4 Rd4 27.a4 Rfd8 28.axb5 Bxb5 29.Rac1 h6
30.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Rahman,Zia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Ne7 6.Qb3 a5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.e3 Qe8 11.Bd3 Nf5 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.d5 Na6 14.Nd4 Qe5 15.O-O a4
16.Bg3 Qf6 17.Qc2 c6 18.Qxf5 Qxf5 19.Nxf5 Nc5 20.Be5 Kh7 21.Bxg7 Rg8 22.Bd4 cxd5
23.Ne7 dxc4 24.Nxg8 Rxg8 25.f3 Nd3 26.Rad1 b5 27.e4 Kg6 28.Rd2 f6 29.Bc3 Re8
30.Rfd1 h5 31.h3 Bc6 32.Kh2 Re7 33.Rxd3 cxd3 34.Rxd3 Re8 35.Kg3 Kg5 36.Bd2+ Kg6
37.Kf4 Kf7 38.Bc3 Re6 39.Kf5 d5 40.e5 fxe5 41.Bxe5 Rg6 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Rh6
44.Bd4 Re6 45.Kg5 Bd7 46.Re3 Rg6+ 47.Kf4 Rg8 48.Re5 Be6 49.Rg5 Rg6 50.Rxg6 Kxg6
51.Kg3  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Qd1 Bc7 12.Qc2 a6 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Ne2 e5
16.Bf5 exd4 17.Nxd4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Rcd8 19.Nf3 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qe5
22.Bc3 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Nd5 24.Be4 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Qe5 26.Bc2 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bxb5 Rxe4 12.Nc3 Rxe1+ 13.Qxe1 a6 14.Ba4 Ra7 15.Bf4 Re7
16.Qd1 Qc7 17.Nd2 Nh5 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 f5 20.Bg5 Rf7 21.Nc4 Nd7 22.Qd2 Ne5
23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Re1 Bf6 25.Re6 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Kg7 27.Re1 f4 28.Bd1 h6 29.Qh4 Bf5
30.Bf3 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.a4 Nh5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Qc2 Qf6
16.Kh1 b4 17.h3 Be6 18.Bh2 bxc3 19.bxc3 Rb7 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Ne7 22.Ne4 Qf5
23.Nxc5 dxc5 24.Nxe5 Nf4 25.Bxf4 gxf4 26.Ng4 Rb6 27.Rfe1 Nxd5 28.Re5 Qd7
29.Rae1 Kg7 30.Qa2 Rd8 31.Qc4 Rg6 32.Qxc5 f3 33.gxf3 Nf4 34.Re7 Qd5 35.Qxd5 Nxd5
36.R7e5 Nxc3 37.Rc5 Nd5 38.Rc4 Re6 39.Rxe6 fxe6 40.Kg2 h5 41.Ne3 Kf6 42.f4 Nxe3+
43.fxe3 Rxd3 44.Kf3 Rd7 45.Rc5 h4 46.Kg4 Ke7 47.Rc3 Kf6 48.e4 Ke7 49.Kg5 e5
50.f5 Kd8 51.f6 c5 52.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Qf4 g6 14.Rfe1 Bg7 15.Rac1 Qb8
16.Qh4 Qd8 17.Qf4 Qb8 18.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bxb8 Qf6 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.a3 Bf5 13.Qd2 Ba5 14.b4 Ne4 15.Qc1 Rc8
16.Ra2 Rxc5 17.Qa1 Qc6 18.Qe5+ Kd8 19.Qxh8+ Kd7  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.Na4 Qa7
9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O Ba6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Bxa6 Qxa6 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Nfd7 15.Rc1 Rc8
16.f4 Ra7 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 f6 19.Ng4 Re8 20.h4 Kh8 21.h5 h6 22.Nc5 Qc8
23.Qf3 Qd8 24.e4 Nxc5 25.dxc5 dxe4 26.Qe3 Be7 27.Nxf6 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Kg8 29.Rg6 Rf7
30.Qxh6 Ree7 31.Qg5 Rd7 32.Qxd8+ Rxd8 33.h6 Kh7 34.Rxg7+ Rxg7 35.hxg7 Rd2
36.Bc3 Rd3 37.Kf2 Kg8 38.Ba1 Kf7 39.Ke2 Nd7 40.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adianto,U"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Qd2 e5 14.Be2 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Qe3 O-O 18.O-O Nxa4 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Ra3 Nd7 21.Rfa1 b6 22.b4 f5
23.bxa5 b5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Na2 Rfe8 26.Bf1 Be6 27.Rc1 Rec8 28.a6 Nb6 29.a7 Na4
30.Nb4 Bd7 31.Nd3 c5 32.Ne5 Be8 33.Rb1 c4 34.Rb4 c3 35.Bxb5 Bxb5 36.Rxb5 c2
37.Nd3 Rxa7 38.Nc1 Rd7 39.Kf2 Rd1 40.Ra1 Nc5 41.Rba5 Rc6 42.R5a3 Rd2+ 43.Ke3 Rxg2
44.Rc3 Rxh2 45.Ra2 Re6+ 46.Kd4 Re1 47.Rxc5 Rh4+ 48.Kd3 Rxc1 49.Ra8+ Kf7 50.Rc7+ Ke6
51.Ra6+ Kd5 52.Ra5+ Kd6 53.Rac5 g6 54.R7c6+ Ke7 55.Kd2 Rd1+ 56.Kxc2 Rd7 57.Rc3 Rhd4
58.Rc8 Kf7 59.Re3 Rd2+ 60.Kc3 Ra2 61.Ree8 Kg7 62.Rg8+ Kh6 63.Rgf8 Ra3+ 64.Kb4 Re3
65.Rf4 Kg7 66.Rcf8 Re1 67.Ra8 Rc1 68.Ra4 Rb7+ 69.Ka5 Ra7+ 70.Kb5 Rxa4 71.Rxa4 h5  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Paragua,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.Na4 O-O 11.h3 Nh5 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Be2 Nhf6 14.Bd3 Nh5 15.O-O e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5
17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rae1 Re8 19.Bd4 Bxd4 20.exd4 Bd7 21.Nb6 Nf4 22.Qd1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8
24.Bf1 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Ne6 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.dxe5 Nf8 28.g4 Be6 29.f4 Kg7 30.Bd3 f5
31.g5 h5 32.h4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.a3 Kd8 35.Na4 Bf7 36.Nc3 Ne6 37.Ne2 a5 38.Ke3 axb4
39.axb4 Kc7 40.Bc2 Bg8 41.Nd4 Nxd4 42.Kxd4 Be6 43.Bb3 Kd7 44.Bd1 Kc7 45.Kc3 Kd7
46.Ba4 Kc7 47.b5 Kd7 48.Kb4 Kc7 49.Bd1 Bf7 50.e6 Bxe6 51.b6+ Kd8 52.Kc3 Ke7
53.Kd4 Bd7 54.Ke5 Be6 55.Ba4 Bd7 56.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bd3 b5 9.O-O Bb7
10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.b3 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Nxb6 Qxb6 15.Bc2 Rad8 16.Nd2 a5
17.Bg5 Rde8 18.Qf3 Nd7 19.Qg4 e6 20.e4 f6 21.Be3 f5 22.Qh4 exd5 23.exf5 gxf5
24.Bh6 Ne5 25.Rfe1 d4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qg5+ Kh8 28.Bxf5 Rf7 29.Be4 Rg8 30.Qh5 Qc7
31.g3 Qe7 32.Rcd1 Qf6 33.Rf1 Bxe4 34.Nxe4 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Nh4+ 36.Kh2 Nf3+ 37.Kg2 Nh4+
38.Kh2 Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.e4 Bh3 12.Be2 e6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.d5 exd5 15.Qd4 Nc4
16.exd5 Nxe3 17.Qxe3+ Be7 18.Qf3 Bd7 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Ne4 Bxb2 21.Nc5 O-O 22.d6 Qd8
23.O-O Bh3 24.Rfe1 b6 25.Qb3 Bf6 26.Ne4 Be6 27.Bc4 Bg4 28.f3 Bd7 29.Nxf6+ Qxf6
30.Re7 Bh3 31.Rc7 b5 32.axb5 a4 33.Qa3 cxb5 34.Bxb5 Qf5 35.Rc5 Qe6 36.Rcd5 Ra5
37.d7 Rd8 38.Rd6 Qe7 39.Bf1 Be6 40.Qc3 Ra7 41.Bb5 a3 42.Qc5 Raa8 43.Bc6 Rab8
44.Qxa3 Bb3 45.Rf1 Bc4 46.Rfd1 Bb3 47.Rf1 Bc4 48.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 b5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Nc6 14.Bd2 Qb8 15.Rfc1 Qb7
16.Rc3 Nb4 17.Qb1 Rc8 18.Raa3 Rc4 19.Rxc4 dxc4 20.Rc3 Qb5 21.b3 cxb3 22.Rc8+ Bd8
23.Nc3 Qb7 24.Ne4 O-O 25.Nd6 Qb6 26.Qxb3 Nd5 27.Qc2 h6 28.Rc6 Qa7 29.Qe4 Nb8
30.Rc1 Qd7 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qg6 Ne7 33.Qg3 Kh7 34.h4 Nbc6 35.h5 Bc7 36.Bf4 a5
37.d5 exd5 38.Nh4 Nd4 39.Qd3 Bxd6 40.exd6 Nec6 41.Be3 Ne6 42.Ng6 Rf6 43.Qxd5 Nb4
44.Qa8 Rxg6 45.Rc8  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 Be6 5.Nge2 b5 6.Nf4 Bc8 7.a4 e5 8.dxe5 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 b4 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.e6 Ne5 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.Nd2 Ba6 14.b3 Rd8 15.bxc4 Bxc4
16.Bxc4+ Nxc4 17.Ke2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 Nf6 19.Rhc1 c5 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.f3 Nd7 22.a5 Rb8
23.e4 Rhc8 24.Rab1 Rb5 25.Rxb4 cxb4 26.Rxc8 b3 27.Bc3 Bxh2 28.Rd8 Nb8 29.Ke3 Rb7
30.e5 Nc6 31.Rd5 Ne7 32.Rd8 Nc6 33.Rc8 Ne7 34.Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Rd1 Bd7
9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Rxd2 Qf6 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Rfd8 13.b4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 e5 15.d5 Ne7
16.Qe4 Ng6 17.O-O Qd6 18.Qc4 h6 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Qc5 b6 21.Qc2 a5 22.Qb3 axb4
23.axb4 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.e3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bxc5 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Qd3 Be6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Rd2 Rad8 15.Rad1 Bg4
16.Qb1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 d4 18.exd4 Nxd4 19.Ne4 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qg5+
22.Qg4 Bxf2+ 23.Kf1 Qxg4 24.fxg4 Bh4 25.Rd7 h6 26.Bc3 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Rc8 28.Be5 Re8
29.Bg3 Bxg3 30.hxg3 b5 31.Ra7 Re6 32.Kf2 Rc6 33.a4 Rc2+ 34.Kf3 Rc3+ 35.Kf2 bxa4
36.bxa4 Rc4 37.Rxa6 Rxg4 38.Kf3 h5 39.Ra5 g6 40.Ra7 Kg7 41.a5 Ra4 42.a6 Kf6
43.Kg2 g5 44.Kf3 Kg6 45.Kg2 f6  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.a3 h6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 d6 14.Rfd1 f5 15.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 d5 16.b3 dxe4
17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Re1 Na5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxe5 Qxb3
23.Bf4 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 c6 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.d5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 g5 28.Bc7 Nc4 29.Rxb5 Ra8
30.Rb8 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Ra7 32.Be5 Nxe5 33.Nxe5 Kg7 34.Rd8 Ra2 35.Kg3 Re2 36.Nc6 Rc2
37.Rd3 f5 38.Nd4 f4+ 39.Kf3 Ra2 40.g3 fxg3 41.fxg3 Kg6 42.Ke4 h5 43.Nf3 Kf6
44.Nd2 g4 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.c4 Ke6 47.Nb3 Re2+ 48.Kf4 Bd6+ 49.Kg5 Be7+ 50.Kg6 Ke5
51.c5 Re4 52.Nd2 Re1 53.Nc4+ Ke4 54.c6 Kxd3 55.c7 Kxc4 56.c8=Q+ Bc5 57.Qxg4+ Bd4
58.Qf4 Kd3 59.g4 Be3 60.Qd6+ Ke2 61.Kf5 Rc1 62.Qe6 Kd3 63.Qd5+ Bd4 64.Qe4+ Kc3
65.g5 Ra1 66.Qc6+ Kd3 67.Qb5+ Kc3 68.g6 Rg1 69.Qc6+ Kd3 70.Qa6+ Kc3 71.Qe2 Kb4
72.Ke4 Bc3 73.Kd3 Rg3+ 74.Kc2 Bd4 75.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Visser,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.h3 a6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O c6
9.Re1 e5 10.d5 c5 11.Ne2 b5 12.Ng3 Nb6 13.b3 Bd7 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Qd2 Kh8 16.b4 cxb4
17.Qxb4 Qb8 18.c5 dxc5 19.Qxc5 Na4 20.Qb4 a5 21.Qe7 Re8 22.Qxf7 Qd6 23.Nh4 Rf8
24.Nxg6+ hxg6 25.Qxg6 Be8 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nf5+ Kg6 28.Nxd6 Kxg5 29.Nxe8 Nxe8
30.Bxb5 Nb6 31.Rab1 Nd6 32.Rb3 Rab8 33.Reb1 Rbd8 34.Rg3+ Kf6 35.Bd3 Nd7 36.Rf3+ Ke7
37.Rxf8 Rxf8 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.f3 a4 40.h4 Rb2 41.Rc2 a3 42.h5 Rxc2 43.Bxc2 Kf6
44.Kf2 Kg5 45.g4 Nc5 46.Ke2 Nc4 47.Bd3 Nd6 48.Kd2 Nd7 49.Kc3 Kf4 50.Be2 Ke3
51.Bd1 Nf6 52.Kb4 Kd2 53.Ba4 Ke2 54.g5 Nxh5 55.Kc5 Nb7+ 56.Kb6 Nd6 57.Kc7  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosch,Je"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bg4 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.Ne5 Bh5 8.e3 O-O
9.h4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Qxb7 Bd6 13.Qa6 Bxf4 14.exf4 Nh5 15.g4 Nxf4
16.h5 Bc2 17.Rc1 Ba4 18.Nb3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rfb8 20.b4 e5 21.dxe5 Rb6 22.Qa5 Qe7
23.Kf2 Qxe5 24.Rd1 Re6 25.Qc5 h6 26.Qd4 Qg5 27.Kg3 Rf6 28.Re1 Ne6 29.Qe3 a5
30.bxa5 Rxa5 31.Qxg5 hxg5 32.Bd3 Kf8 33.Re5 Ra2 34.Rh2 Nf4 35.Bb1 Ra1 36.Bc2 Rg1+
37.Kf2 Rxg4 38.fxg4 Nd3+ 39.Kg3 Nxe5 40.Bf5 Rb6 41.Rd2 c6 42.b4 Ra6 43.b5 Ra5
44.bxc6 Nxc6 45.Kf2 Rc5 46.Rd3 Ke7 47.Re3+ Kf6 48.Kg3 Ne5 49.Bc2 Rc4 50.Bd1 Ke6
51.Be2 Rf4 52.Bd1 Kd6 53.Be2 f6 54.Bd1 Kc6 55.Be2 Kc5 56.Bd1 Rf1 57.Be2 Rg1+
58.Kh3 Re1 59.Kg3 d4  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Werle,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 Qc8 10.Rc1 O-O 11.b4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bxg5 hxg5 15.bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qxc5 bxc5 17.Nxg5 Nd7 18.h4 Rfe8 19.e3 Bc6 20.Bc4 Rab8 21.O-O Rb2 22.Rfd1 Kf8
23.Rb1 Reb8 24.Rxb2 Rxb2 25.h5 Ke7 26.h6 Rb8 27.h7 Rh8 28.Ba2 Nf8 29.Rc1 Nxh7
30.Rxc5 Nxg5 31.Rxc6 Rd8 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Bb3 Rd3 34.Bc2 Rxa3 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.gxh3 Rxe3
37.Kg2 a5 38.Bd1 e5 39.Rc6+ Kf5 40.Bg4+ Kxf4 41.Rf6+ Kg5 42.Rxf7 a4 43.Kf2 Re4
44.Rg7+ Kf6 45.Ra7 Rd4 46.Kg3 Rd3+ 47.Kh4 a3 48.Ra6+ Kg7 49.Kg5 e4 50.Ra7+ Kh8
51.Kf6 Rd6+ 52.Ke5 Rd3 53.Kxe4 Rg3 54.Kf5 Rb3 55.Kf6 Rb6+ 56.Be6  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bf4 a6
9.e3 Be7 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O c4 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bh3 b5 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.Ne5 Nh5 16.Bh6 Bf8
17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.a4 b4 19.a5 Nc8 20.Na4 Qxa5 21.Nc5 Nd6 22.f4 Nf6 23.Ra1 Qc7
24.Be6 Ke7 25.f5 fxe6 26.fxg6 Nde8 27.gxh7 Kd6 28.Qg6 Qxh7 29.Nf7+ Kc6 30.Nxh8 Qxh8
31.Nxe6 Bc8 32.Nd8+ Kb5 33.Nf7 Qh4 34.Ne5 Qe4 35.Rxf6 Nxf6 36.Qxf6 Qxe3+
37.Kh1 Bb7 38.Qe7  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 g6 11.Nd4 Nxe5 12.Bc2 Bg7 13.f4 Nc4 14.Nxc4 dxc4 15.f5 gxf5
16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.Qh5 Qd6 18.Bxf5 h6 19.Be3 O-O-O 20.Qxf7 Rhe8 21.Qxg7  1-0

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perez,Lu"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Bb3 d6
9.Bd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne5 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.a4 b4 13.f4 Ng6 14.Nc6 Qd7 15.Nxb4 Bh4
16.g3 Bf6 17.Nc3 a5 18.Nc6 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bb7 20.Qf3 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Qf5 22.Qe4 Qxe4
23.Rxe4 Rfe8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Kf2 Ne7 26.Rb1 Nxc6 27.Rb7 Rc8 28.Bd2 Kf8 29.c4 Ke7
30.Bc3 g6 31.Kf3 Kd7 32.Rb5 f5 33.g4 fxg4+ 34.Kxg4 Re8 35.Kf3 Rf8 36.Ke4 Ke6
37.Bxa5 Ra8 38.Bxc7 Rxa4 39.Kd3 Ra3+ 40.c3 Kd7 41.Rb7 Nb4+ 42.Rxb4 Kxc7 43.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bd2 b6 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Be2 O-O 14.a5 b5 15.Rac1 Be7
16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Be1 Rfd8 19.Ne4 Be8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rc7 Bf8 22.g4 h6
23.h4 Nd5 24.Rc1 f5 25.Nd2 Be7 26.Nb3 Bxh4 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Bf3 Be8
30.Ne6 Rd6 31.Rc8 Nf6 32.Nd4 g6 33.Bb4 Rd7 34.Bc6 Kf7 35.Bxd7 Bxd7 36.Rf8+ Kg7
37.Ra8  1-0

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Day,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qb1 g6 12.b4 Ndf6 13.b5 c5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Qb2 Qd6
16.Rfd1 Be6 17.a4 Rfd8 18.a5 Rab8 19.h3 Qe7 20.Nd4 Rd6 21.Be2 Ng7 22.Qa3 Nfe8
23.a6 Qg5 24.Nxe6 Nxe6 25.Ne4 dxe4 26.Rxd6 Nxd6 27.Qxd6 Rd8 28.axb7 Rxd6
29.b8=Q+ Rd8 30.Qxa7 Nc5 31.Bc4 Rd7 32.b6 Qe7 33.Qb8+ Kg7 34.Ra7 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Nd7
36.Qf4 Rd6 37.Bb5 f5 38.Bxd7  1-0

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levitt,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Qe7 10.Qc2 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bb5 cxd4 13.Nxd4 N7f6 14.Rac1 Rd8 15.Rfd1 Bd7
16.Bxd7 Rxd7 17.Nb5 Rad8 18.Nb3 Ra8 19.Qc5 Qd8 20.Qc2 Qb6 21.Qc5 Qd8 22.Qc2 Qe8
23.e4 Ne3 24.fxe3 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxb5 26.Rc5 Qb6 27.Qc2 Rd8 28.Nd4 Ng4 29.Rb5 Qd6
30.e5 Nxe5 31.Qc5 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Ng4 33.Rxa5 e5 34.h3 exd4 35.exd4 Nf6 36.Ra7 b6
37.Rb7 Nd5 38.Kf2 g6 39.Ke2 Rd6 40.g3 h5 41.Kd3 Kg7 42.Kc4 Ne3+ 43.Kb5 Nf5
44.Rxb6 Nxd4+ 45.Kc5 Rxb6 46.Kxb6 f5 47.Kc5 Nb3+ 48.Kc4 g5 49.Kd3 Kf6 50.Ke3 Ke5
51.a4 f4+ 52.gxf4+ gxf4+  0-1

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.Be2 Nc6 10.f4 e6 11.Nf3 Ne7 12.Qb3 f5 13.Ne5 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nbd5 15.Bc4 Nf5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Bf2 Be8 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.O-O-O Nd6 21.Nc5 Rxf4
22.Be3 Rf7 23.Ne6 Rc8 24.Nxf7+ Bxf7 25.Nxg7 Bxa2 26.Nh5 gxh5 27.Bf4 Bd5 28.Rhe1 Be4
29.Re3 Kg7 30.Rc3 Nf5 31.Bxc7  1-0

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Bb3 c6 10.d4 Ng6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.a4 O-O 13.a5 Bc7 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.Nc4 Bg4
16.Ne1 Nhf4 17.f3 Be6 18.Be3 h5 19.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qb3 O-O
9.Nf3 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.Qb1 cxd4 15.cxd4 e6
16.h4 f5 17.Bb5 Qd6 18.d5 exd5 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Bd4 Qe4 22.Qc1 Qxh4
23.Qc7 Rf7 24.Qe5 Re7 25.Qh8+ Kf7 26.Qg7+ Ke6 27.Rfe1+ Kd6 28.Be5+ Kc5 29.Bd4+ Kd6
30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Qh6 Bc6 32.Bc3 Kc7 33.Bb4 Qd7 34.Ba6 Bb5 35.Bxb5 Qxb5 36.Bxa5 Qxa5
37.Qxh7+ Kc6 38.Rc1+ Kb5 39.Qb7 Rh8 40.Rb1+ Kc4 41.Qc6+ Kd3 42.Rd1+ Ke4 43.Qe6+ Kf4
44.Rd4+  1-0

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Visser,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.a3 Bb6 8.Ba2 h6
9.Ne2 Nf8 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.Ndf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Ne5 15.Bf4 Re8
16.Qd2 d5 17.Rae1 Ned7 18.c4 Nc5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rd1 Nce4 21.Qd3 Rc8 22.Qf3 Nxf2
23.Rxf2 Rc2 24.Nh1 Ree2 25.Bg3 Ne4 26.Rf1 Rxb2 27.Bb1 Nxf2 28.Bxf2 Bxf2+
29.Nxf2 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nc4 Nfd7 10.Ne3 Nc5 11.Nxg4 Qxd3 12.Be3 Qxd1 13.Raxd1 Nxe4 14.Ngxe5 Re8
15.Rfe1 f5 16.Nc4 Nc6 17.a4 a6 18.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Werle,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Bd3 g6 11.e4 Qc7 12.Qb1 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.a4 Rac8 15.Be3 Rfd8
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Rd1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rc3 19.a5 Ba8 20.axb6 axb6 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.h4 Bxg5
23.hxg5 Qf4 24.Qb4 Rc7 25.Re1 h6 26.gxh6 Qxh6 27.Qd6 Rc3 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Qxd7 Rc1
30.Bf1 Rxe1 31.Nxe1 Ra1 32.Nc2 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qc1+ 34.Ne1 Qc4+ 35.Kg1 Qc1
36.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosboom Lanchava,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Nge2 h5 7.Bg5 h4 8.Qd2 a6 9.Ng1 Be7
10.Nf3 Nf8 11.Be2 Ng6 12.O-O Nh5 13.g3 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 Nf6 15.Ne1 Rh6 16.f4 hxg3
17.f5 Nf4 18.Qxg7 gxh2+ 19.Kh1 Rh7 20.Qg5 Qe7 21.Ng2 Nxe2 22.Nxe2 Bd7 23.Ne3 Rh5
24.Qg2 Rh4 25.Qg5 Nxe4 26.Qg8+ Qf8 27.Qg2 O-O-O 28.Rf3 Qh8 29.Ng3 Rg8 30.Re1 Rh3
31.Nef1 Bxf5  0-1

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Wells,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bd2 b6 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Be2 Bb7 14.a5 bxa5 15.Rxa5 Be7
16.Ne5 O-O 17.f3 Rfd8 18.e4 Nc2 19.Bd3 Bb4 20.Na4 Ne3 21.Bxb4 Nxd1 22.Ba3 Ne3
23.Be7 Nd7 24.Bxd8 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Rxd8 26.Be2 Rd2 27.Nc3 Rxb2 28.Rc5 g6 29.Rc7 Rc2
30.Rxb7 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London/Crowthorne ENG"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.e4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Qxd4 14.a5 Nbd7 15.Rd1 Qc5
16.a6 bxa6 17.Be3 Qe7 18.Qg3 O-O 19.Bg5 Qc5 20.Be3 Qh5 21.Bc2 a5 22.Bg5 e5
23.Rd3 Qg6 24.Qh4 h6 25.Be3 Rfe8 26.Ba4 Rac8 27.Bxa7 Be7 28.Rg3 Qh7 29.Rf3 Nf8
30.Qg3 Ng6 31.Rf5 Bb4 32.Bb3 Re7 33.Rd1 Rxa7  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED Playoffs 2005-6"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Baramidze,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bg5 e6 13.Qd2 Nb6 14.h4 Rac8 15.d5 Qd7
16.Rfd1 exd5 17.exd5 Rfe8 18.d6 Na4 19.Rbc1 c4 20.h5 Nc5 21.h6 Bf8 22.Qd4 Nd3
23.Rb1 b5 24.Be7 Bxh6 25.Qh4 Bg7 26.Ng5 h6 27.Ne4 a6 28.a4 Rb8 29.axb5 axb5
30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxf6 Rb7 32.Rd2 Qg4 33.Rbd1 Qe4 34.Ra2 Nf4 35.f3 Qe3+ 36.Kh2 Nd3
37.Rdd2 Qc5 38.Re2 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Qc5+ 40.Kh2 Qh5+ 41.Kg1 Qc5+ 42.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED Playoffs 2005-6"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qa4 Rb8 8.g3 Nf6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 d5 13.e5 Ng4 14.b4 Re8 15.Qxc6 Nxe5
16.Qxd5 Qf6 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Nc6 21.d5 Nxb4 22.a3 Nc6
23.Qc4 Ne7 24.Qxc7 Nxd5 25.Qxa7 Qc6 26.Nf3 Rb3 27.Rfe1 Nf6 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8
29.Re1 Qxf3+ 30.Kg1 Nf6  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2006-7"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "De Boer,Sy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 Nd7 15.h4 cxd4
16.cxd4 Qc4 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Rac8 19.Rad1 Qb5 20.Qe3 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Re1 Rfe8
23.d5 Nc5 24.Rdd1 Rcd8 25.d6 Qf7 26.Ne5 Qb7 27.g6  1-0

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6
16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 Rad8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Kh1 f4 22.b4 c4
23.Qd2 Ne6 24.Rd1 Nc7 25.Qf2 Qe6 26.Qd4 Qc6 27.Kg1 g6 28.Kf1 Bg5 29.Bb2 Ra8
30.Qd2 Ne6 31.Bb1 Rd8 32.Qe1 Qc7 33.h4 Be7 34.Bc1 Qc6 35.Qf2 Rf8 36.Bc2 Bd8
37.Qd2 Bxh4 38.Qxd5 Qb6 39.Qd2 Bg3 40.Qe2 Qa7 41.Be4 Kh8 42.Bd5 Ng7 43.e6 Qe7
44.Qe5 Qh4 45.Ke2 h5 46.Be4 Rg8 47.Rd7 Qh1 48.Bd2  1-0

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Re1 e5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 b6 10.a4 a6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nc4 Qe8 14.b4 Nh5 15.Ne3 Nf4
16.Bb1 Rd8 17.Nc4 Nf6 18.Qc1 g5 19.Bg3 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qc6 22.Qc2 f5
23.Bxf4 fxe4 24.Nfxe5 Qe6 25.Bg3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qxe4 bxc4 28.Qxc4 Qxc4
29.Nxc4 Bxc3 30.Rc1 Rd4 31.Ne3 Bd2 32.Be5 Re4  0-1

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.Rd3 e5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 exd4 15.g4 Qc5
16.Na2 O-O 17.Rf5 Qe7 18.e5 d3 19.Bxd3 Nd5 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Nxb4 Nxb4 22.Bc4 Nd5
23.Rd1 Rae8 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Qb5 Nxe5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 f6 28.Be3 b6 29.g5 Kf7
30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Rd6 Re6 32.Rd1 Nc4 33.Rd7+ Re7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Rh5 Rg8+
36.Kf1 Nxe3+ 37.fxe3 Rg7 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.Kf3 Rc7 40.h4 f5 41.Rh6+ Ke5 42.h5 Rf7
43.b4 Kd5 44.Kf4 Kc4 45.b5 Kb4 46.Re6 Kxa4 47.Re5 a5 48.bxa6 b5 49.Rxf5 Ra7
50.Rf6 b4 51.e4 b3 52.Rb6 Ka3 53.e5 b2 54.e6 Ka2 55.Ke5 b1=Q 56.Rxb1 Kxb1
57.Kf6 Rxa6 58.Kf7 Ra2 59.e7 Rf2+ 60.Kg7 Re2 61.Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ba2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Ng3 Rad8 14.Bb2 e5 15.Qc2 Rd7
16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.h3 c4 18.a4 Re8 19.Ba3 e4 20.Bb1 Rd5 21.Ne2 Rg5 22.Nf4 Bc8
23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Qxc4 Na5 25.Qb4 Nd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.h4 Rg4 28.Qb5 Qd8 29.g3 a6
30.Qb4 Qxh4 31.Bxe4 Rxg3+ 32.fxg3 Qxe4 33.Rd2 Qf3 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.Kg1 Qf3
36.Kh2 Bf5 37.e4 Bxe4 38.Rxe4 Qxe4 39.d5 Nc4  0-1

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Nfd7 7.a4 Na6 8.O-O Nc7
9.Re1 Nxb5 10.axb5 O-O 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.e5 Bf5 13.h3 h6 14.Qe2 g5 15.Bg3 Qd7
16.h4 f6 17.e6 Qe8 18.Nh2 Bg6 19.f4 Bh5 20.Qd3 gxf4 21.Bxf4 Qg6 22.Nf1 f5
23.Kh2 Qg4 24.Qg3 Qxg3+ 25.Nxg3 Be8 26.Nge2 Kh7 27.Bg3 Nc4 28.b3 Ne3 29.Rac1 Rg8
30.Nd1 Nxd5 31.c4 Nb4 32.Ne3 a6 33.bxa6 Rxa6 34.Nxf5 Bf6 35.Nf4 Ra2 36.Nd5 Nxd5
37.cxd5 Bh5 38.Rf1 Rd2 39.Ne3 Bd4 40.Nc4 Rd3 41.Bf4 Rxb3 42.Nd2 Rb2 43.Rb1 Bg6
44.Rxb2 Bxb2 45.Rf3 Rf8 46.Nc4 Be4 47.Bxd6 Bxf3  0-1

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 Bb4 15.Re2 Qa5
16.Nd1 Nf8 17.Ne3 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.a3 Rac8 20.Be5 Nd7 21.Qb3 Qa6 22.Rc2 Rxc2
23.Nxc2 Bf8 24.Bg3 Qb6 25.Qc3 Nf6 26.f3 Re6 27.Ne3 Rc6 28.Qd2 Qb3 29.Rc1 Rxc1+
30.Qxc1 Qd3 31.Be5 Nd7 32.Qc3 Nxe5 33.dxe5 Qxc3 34.bxc3 Bc5 35.Kf2 d4 36.cxd4 Bxd4
37.f4 b5 38.Ke2 Bc5 39.Nc2 Kf8 40.Kd3 a5 41.Ke4 Bg1 42.h3 Ke7 43.Kd5 Kd7
44.g4 Bf2 45.Nd4 Bxd4 46.Kxd4 Kc6 47.h4 b4 48.axb4 axb4 49.Kc4 b3 50.Kxb3 Kd5
51.g5 Ke6 52.Kc4 Ke7 53.Kb5 f6 54.gxf6+ gxf6 55.Kc5 Ke6 56.Kd4 Kd7 57.Kd5 Ke7
58.e6 Kd8 59.Kd6 Ke8 60.e7  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2006-7"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wiersma,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 d6 10.Kh1 f5 11.f4 Bb6 12.Qf3 Kh8 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.Nc4 Qd7
16.Bd2 Nh4 17.Qd3 Qg4 18.g3 Qh3 19.Ne3 Ng6 20.Rae1 d5 21.Ng2 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 h6 25.Nf3 Ne7 26.Ne5 Nf5 27.Be1 Ne3 28.Qe2 Qf5 29.Qd3 Qxd3
30.Nxd3 c5 31.b3 Kg8 32.Bd2 c4 33.Nb2 cxb3 34.axb3 Kf7 35.Bxe3 Bxe3 36.Kg2 Ke6
37.Kf3 Bd2 38.Na4 Kd6 39.Ke2 Bc1 40.Kd3 c5 41.c4 d4 42.Ke4 Ba3 43.f5 Ke7
44.g4 Kf6 45.h4 g6 46.fxg6 Kxg6 47.Kf4 h5 48.g5 Bb4 49.Ke4 Ba3 50.Kf4 Bb4
51.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Polyarniy Krug"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Mitkov,N2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.N1c3 O-O 8.e4 Ng4
9.Be3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 a6 11.Na3 Bxe3 12.Nc4 Bd4 13.Qd3 b5 14.Ne3 b4 15.Ncd1 Nd7
16.Nf5 Nc5 17.Qf3 Bxf5 18.exf5 e4 19.Qf4 Qxd5 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rfe8 22.Kf2 Qxf5+
23.Kg1 Nd3 24.Bxd3 exd3 25.Qg3 Re2 26.h3 Rxb2 27.Rf1 Qd5 28.Qf4 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "Polyarniy Krug"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chaychenko,Bogdan"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C21"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.cxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.a3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Nxd4
9.Bd3 Qe5+ 10.Nge2 Nxe2 11.Bxe2 Bd6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Bxa7 Qf4 17.Be3 Qe5 18.g3 Rfe8 19.O-O Qe6 20.Rfe1 Re7 21.Qd3 Qb3 22.Re2 Bb5
23.Qxb5 Qe6 24.Ba7  1-0

[Event "Polyarniy Krug"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2006.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Medvedev,Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Qd3 Nbd5 11.e4 Nb4 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Bf4 a5 14.a3 Na6 15.Rfd1 Nc7
16.Rac1 Nh5 17.Be3 g6 18.h3 Ne8 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Bd6 22.Nb6 Be6
23.Nxa8 Qxa8 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Qf3 Be5 26.g4 Nhg7 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Bxb7 Nf6 29.Rc5 Ba4
30.Rdc1 Bd6 31.Rxa5 Bd7 32.Ra8 h5 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.f3 hxg4 35.fxg4 Ne6 36.Bc8 Ke7
37.Bxd7 Nxd7 38.Nxe6 Kxe6 39.a4 f5 40.Bd2 f4 41.Kf2 Ne5 42.Re1 Kd5 43.Rxe5+ Bxe5
44.Bc3 Bd6 45.Kf3  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2006-7"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "De Jong,JW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.b3 Qe7 11.Bb2 e5 12.Rfc1 Bf5 13.Nf1 Ne4 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.a3 Rfd8
16.Bxf7+ Bxf7 17.Nxe4 Bb6 18.b4 h6 19.Ng3 Rd7 20.b5 axb5 21.Qxb5 Bc7 22.Qxb7 Rb8
23.Qxc6 Rxb2 24.Rd1 Be6 25.a4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Bb3 27.Rc1 Bd8 28.Qc3 Qa3 29.h3 Qa2
30.Qc8  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Qd5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Bf4 Bd6 10.c4 Qe6 11.c5 Be7 12.Nc3 Qf5 13.Bg3 Be6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Qh5
16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Raf1 g6 18.Qc4 Rf8 19.d5 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.d6  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.a4 b6 11.Ba3 Qc7 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Ng3 Bb7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Be2 Ng6
16.Qb3 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Bd5 18.Qb1 Qc6 19.Bb5 Qb7 20.f3 Bc6 21.dxc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 bxc5
23.e4 a6 24.Bf1 Qa7 25.a5 Rb8 26.Qc2 Qc7 27.Bxc5 Qxa5 28.Bb4 Qb6+ 29.Qf2 Qb7
30.Qc5 Bb5 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Qd4 h6 33.Ne2 Rc8 34.Ra1 Ra8 35.Rxa8+ Qxa8 36.Kf2 e5
37.Qb6 Qe8 38.g3 Qd7 39.Qd6 Qxd6 40.Bxd6 Ne8 41.Bb4 f6 42.f4 Kf7 43.f5 Ne7
44.g4 Nc6 45.Ba3 Nc7 46.Nc1 Na6 47.Nd3 Na5 48.h4 Nc4 49.Bc1 Ke7 50.g5 hxg5
51.hxg5 fxg5 52.Bxg5+ Kf7 53.Kf3 g6 54.Kg4 Nb8 55.Bc1 Nd7 56.Kg5 gxf5 57.exf5 Nd6
58.Kg4 Nf6+ 59.Kh3 Nd7 60.Kg4 Nf6+ 61.Kh3 e4 62.Ne5+ Kg7 63.Ba3 Nxf5 64.c4 bxc4
65.Nxc4 Kf7 66.Bc5 Ke6 67.Nd2 Kd5 68.Nxe4 Kxe4 69.Ba7 Kf3 70.Bb8 Ne4 71.Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Greet,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Bg5 Qb6
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Qxb2 11.Rb1 f5 12.Rxb2 fxe4 13.Bd2 exf3 14.exf3 Nc6 15.Ne4 Bb6
16.Be3 Nd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.c5 Bc7 19.Bc4 Rb8 20.Rxb8 Bxb8 21.Ke2 Be5 22.Rb1 Kd8
23.g3 g6 24.f4 Bg7 25.Nd6 Kc7 26.Kd3 Kc6 27.Bb5+ Kd5 28.Ne4 Rf8 29.c6 d6
30.Rc1 Rd8 31.c7  1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tissir,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd5 h6
9.c3 Rb8 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Ba7 12.Be3 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Ne7 15.Bb3 Ng6
16.Qe1 Kh7 17.Qg3 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Bc2 Qe7 20.Rf2 Rf7 21.Raf1 Rbf8 22.a3 Rf6
23.h4 Qe6 24.h5 Ne7 25.Nh2 Kh8 26.e4 Bh7 27.Ng4 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.Nxf2 Ng8
30.b3 Nf6 31.Qf3 Bg8 32.g4 Qd7 33.d4 Be6 34.Bd1 Qe7 35.d5 Bd7 36.Be2 Nh7
37.Qe3 Qd8 38.Qa7 Qc8 39.Kg2 Nf6 40.Kg3 c6 41.c4 bxc4 42.bxc4 cxd5 43.exd5 e4
44.Qe3 Qe8 45.Qf4 e3 46.Nd1 Bxg4 47.Bxg4 e2 48.Bxe2 Qxe2  0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Rogers,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Be6 12.Rab1 N6d7 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.a5 Nc8 18.Na4 Qe7 19.Nc5 Nd6 20.Rbe1 Rad8 21.Ne5 f6 22.Nf3 Bc8
23.Nd2 Kh8 24.f3 Nb5 25.Ndb3 Qd6 26.f4 Re7 27.f5 Qg3 28.Qd2 Rde8 29.Rf3 Qh4
30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Qf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Rf7 33.g4 g6 34.e4 gxf5 35.gxf5 dxe4 36.Rxe4 Rd8
37.Ne6 Rd5 38.Nbc5 h6 39.Ke3 Rd6 40.Rg3 Bxe6 41.fxe6 Re7 42.Rf3 Nh7 43.h4 Rd5
44.Kd3 f5 45.Re5 Nf6 46.Rexf5 Rxf5 47.Rxf5 Kg7 48.h5 Nd5 49.Ke4 b6 50.axb6 Nxb6
51.Rf1 Nc4 52.Rg1+ Kh7 53.Nd7 Rg7 54.Nf6+ Kh8 55.Ra1 Re7 56.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramesh,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Bg5 d4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Nc3 h6 13.Bh4 Qd6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qd2 Nh5
16.Nd5 Rae8 17.Bd1 Bxd1 18.Raxd1 f5 19.Ne3 g5 20.Nxf5 Rxf5 21.exf5 gxh4 22.Qe2 Nf6
23.Kh1 Kh7 24.Rc1 c5 25.Rc2 a5 26.Qf3 Qd5  0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 c4 15.Bc2 e6
16.Qd2 b6 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 e5 19.f4 f6 20.Kh1 Qc5 21.f5 g5 22.h4 gxh4
23.Rf3 Kh8 24.Rg1 Qe7 25.Qxh4 Rg8 26.g4 Nb7 27.Rh3 Nd6 28.Rg2 Rg7 29.Ng1 Nf7
30.Nf3 Ng5 31.Nxg5 Rxg5 32.Rgh2 Rg7 33.d6 Qf7 34.g5 fxg5 35.Qg3 Re8 36.Rh6 Bc6
37.Kg1 Qd7 38.Qg4 a5 39.a3 b5 40.Kf1 b4 41.cxb4 axb4 42.axb4 Ra8 43.Qg3 Ra1+
44.Ke2 Ra2 45.Ke1 Qa7 46.f6 Rf7 47.Qxg5 Ra1+ 48.Ke2 Ra2 49.Ke1 Ra1+ 50.Ke2 Ra2
51.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ng5 Bg4 7.Bxc4 Bxd1 8.Bxf7+ Kd7
9.Be6+ Ke8 10.Bf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7
9.Rd1 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.e4 Qc8 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.b4 Be7 15.Qd3 Nc6
16.Qe3 a5 17.b5 Bc5 18.Rxc5 bxc5 19.bxc6 Qxc6 20.Bd3 Rfd8 21.O-O Rxd3 22.Qxd3 Ba6
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.Bxd6 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 c4 26.Ke2 Ra6 27.Bc5 Rc6 28.Be3 f6 29.Kd2 c3+
30.Kc2 Rc4 31.e5 Kf7 32.Bd4 Ra4 33.Kb3 c2 34.Be3 Rg4 35.g3 Kg6 36.Kxc2 Kf5
37.Bf4 Rxf4 38.gxf4 Kxf4 39.exf6 gxf6 40.Nd4 e5 41.Nb3  1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.Re1 Nh5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxg3
16.Qxg3 Qf6 17.Re2 Ne7 18.Nf1 Ng6 19.Ne3 Qf4 20.Nf5 Qxg3 21.Nxg3 Kh7 22.Rd2 Bb6
23.Kf1 Ne7 24.d4 f6 25.Be6 Kg6 26.a4 h5 27.d5 bxa4 28.Rxa4 a5 29.Ke2 h4 30.Bf5+ Kg7
31.Nf1 Rb7 32.Rc2 Ng6 33.Bxg6 Kxg6 34.Nd2 f5 35.f3 fxe4 36.Nxe4 Rf4 37.Rc4 Rb8
38.Rd2 Kf5 39.Kd3 Ra8 40.b3 Rb8 41.Ra2 Kg6 42.Rc6 Rff8 43.Ra4 Rf4 44.b4 axb4
45.Rxb4 Kh5 46.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h3 exd5
9.exd5 Nfd7 10.f4 f5 11.O-O Na6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.a4 Nf6 15.Kh1 Na6
16.Rae1 Nb4 17.Bb1 a6 18.Bf2 Qc7 19.Ng1 Bd7 20.Nf3 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8
23.Qe2 Qd8 24.Ng5 Qf6 25.Bh4 h6 26.Nf3 Qf7 27.a5 Bf6 28.Qe1 Ng7 29.Bxf6 Qxf6
30.Qh4 Nh5 31.Qxf6 Nxf6 32.g3 Kf7 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.b3 Kf7 35.Nd2 Kg7 36.Nf1 Kf7
37.Ne3 h5 38.Kf3 Ke7 39.Ned1 Ne4 40.Nxe4 fxe4+ 41.Bxe4 Bxh3 42.Ne3 Kf6 43.Bb1 Bd7
44.f5 gxf5 45.Kf4 Bc8 46.Nd1 Bd7 47.Nc3 Kg6 48.Na4 Bxa4 49.bxa4 Kf6 50.Bxf5 Na2
51.Bc8 Nc1 52.Bxb7 Nd3+ 53.Ke4 Nb4 54.Bc8 Kg5 55.Bd7 Nc2 56.Be8 Nd4 57.Bb5 Nb3
58.Bxa6 Nxa5 59.Kf3 Nb3 60.Bb5 Na5 61.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2006-7"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalka,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qb3 Qe7 10.Nh4 a5 11.Nxf5 exf5 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Bd3 g6 14.f3 Na6 15.Qf2 Nc5
16.Bc2 Ne6 17.Rd1 Rad8 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Bc5 21.Be3 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Nxd4
23.Bb3 c5 24.Bd5 Qe7 25.Ra3 Kg7 26.Re1 Qe5 27.Rh3 h5 28.Rg3 b6 29.h4 f6 30.Ree3 g5
31.Qf1 g4 32.Qa6 Rd6 33.Kh1 Kh6 34.Qf1 f5 35.exf5 Nxf5 36.Qc1 Nxg3+ 37.Rxg3+ Qf4  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2006-7"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.b4 f5
16.f3 Qe7 17.Re1 e5 18.c5 bxc5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Rc1 Rad8 21.Qa4 cxd4 22.exd4 c5
23.dxe5 Nb6 24.Qa5 Rd5 25.Nc4 Nxc4 26.Rxc4 f4 27.Bf2 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Qxe5 29.h3 Rb8
30.Rxc5 Qf6 31.Qxa7 Rd8 32.Qb7 Bf7 33.Rc8 Rxc8 34.Qxc8+ Kh7 35.Qd7 Kg6 36.a4 Qf5
37.Qa7 Bc4 38.a5 Qe6 39.Kh2 Kh5 40.Qc5 Kg6 41.Bd4 Qd5 42.Qb6+ Qe6 43.Qc7 Qf7
44.Qe5 Qe6 45.Qg7+ Kf5 46.Bf2 Qf7 47.Qc3 Qe6 48.h4 Kg6 49.Qc2+ Kh5 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Bd4 Kh6 52.Qc3 Kg6 53.Qc2+ Kh6 54.Bc5 Kg7 55.Qc3+ Kh6 56.Bf8+ Kh5 57.Qc2 Qf7
58.Qe4 Bd5 59.Qe5 Kg6 60.Be7 Qf5 61.Qb8 g4 62.Qd6+ Kh7 63.fxg4 Qe4 64.Kh3 Qe3+
65.Kh4 Bxg2 66.Kh5 Qh3+ 67.Kg5 Be4 68.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Nc3 Bd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Qb6 12.Bf4 Bc5 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Qe2+ Kf8 15.Ne5 Bf5
16.Na4 Qb5 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxc4 Qd4 19.Be5 Bd3 20.Qd2 Qxd5 21.Rfd1 Qxc4 22.Rac1 Qa6
23.Bxf6 Nd7 24.Bc3 Bb5 25.Qg5 Nf6 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Bxf6 h6 28.Bc3 Re8 29.Rd6 Qb7
30.Qf5 Qe7 31.Qxb5  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Perez Candelario,Man"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bg5 Be7 18.h4 Rc8 19.Bh6 Bf8 20.Rad1 f5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Nxf5 g6
23.f4 Rc2 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Nd4 Rc4 26.b3 Rc8 27.f5 Qe8 28.h5 Rf7 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Qg3 Re7 31.Nf3 Rc2 32.f6 Rh7 33.Rd4 Nf8 34.Rg4 Rh5 35.Rh4 Rxh4 36.Nxh4 Qf7
37.Qg4 Nc7 38.Rd1 Nce6 39.Qxb4 g5 40.Qg4 Qh7 41.Nf3 Bxf3 42.Qxf3 Nf4  0-1

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 g6 10.e3 Bg7 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Be2 Nfd5 13.Nd3 Nb4 14.O-O Nxd3 15.Bxd3 O-O
16.Ne4 Bd5 17.Bh4 Re8 18.Qc2 f5 19.Nc3 Bf7 20.Rfd1 Kh8 21.Bg3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Qxd5
23.Rac1 Red8 24.Qc3 Qb3 25.Bc2 Qb6 26.Bd3 Qb4 27.h4 Qxa4 28.Bc7 Rdc8 29.Ra1 Qb3
30.Bxa5 c5 31.Rdc1 Qe6 32.Qd2 cxd4 33.exd4 Qf6 34.Rxc8+ Rxc8 35.h5 gxh5 36.Bc3 Bd5
37.Qf4 e6 38.Ra5 Rg8 39.g3 Qd8 40.Kf1 b6 41.Ra7 Qb8 42.Qxb8 Rxb8 43.Rd7 Kg8
44.Ke2 Rb7 45.Rd8+ Kf7 46.Ba6 Ra7 47.Bb5 Bf6 48.Bd3 h4 49.gxh4 Bg7 50.Rb8 Bf6
51.Bb5 Bxh4 52.Rxb6 Rb7 53.Rxb7+ Bxb7 54.Kf1 Bf6 55.Be2 Bd5 56.Bb5 Bb7 57.Be2 Bd5
58.f3 Bb3 59.Kg2 Ke7 60.f4 Kd6 61.Kf2 Ba4 62.Bh5 Ke7 63.Bb4+ Kd8 64.Ba5+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c6 8.Nf3 b6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qc8 12.Rc1 Ba6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Rxc4 Qa6
16.O-O Nc6 17.Rfc1 Na5 18.R4c2 Qxe2 19.Rxe2 b5 20.Ne5 Ne4 21.a4 a6 22.Ba3 Rfc8
23.Rcc2 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 f6 25.Bb4 fxe5 26.Bxa5 exd4 27.exd4 bxa4 28.g3 Rb8 29.Ra2 Kf7
30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Rxa4 Nd5 32.Ra2 Rb3 33.Be1 Nb4 34.Ra4 Nd3 35.Bd2 Rb2 36.Be3 Ne1+
37.Kf1 Nc2 38.Bd2 Na3 39.Bf4 Nc2 40.Rxa6 Rb1+ 41.Kg2 Ne1+ 42.Kh3 Nd3 43.Ra7+ Kg6
44.Be5 Nxf2+ 45.Kh4 Nd3 46.Rxg7+ Kh6 47.Rf7 Nxe5 48.dxe5 Rb6 49.g4 Kg6 50.Rf6+ Kg7
51.Kg5 Rb2 52.h4 Rb6 53.h5 Ra6 54.h6+ Kg8 55.Kh5 Rb6 56.g5 Rb1 57.Rxe6 Rh1+
58.Kg4 Rg1+ 59.Kf5 Rf1+ 60.Ke4 Re1+ 61.Kd5 Rd1+ 62.Kc6 Rc1+ 63.Kd7 Rd1+ 64.Rd6  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nfd7 7.a4 Na6 8.Qd2 h6
9.Be3 Nc7 10.Be2 Nf6 11.h3 e6 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Rd1 O-O 14.Qxd6 Qc8 15.Qxc5 b6
16.Qd6 Na6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Qd4 Nc5 19.f4 Nc7 20.Bf3 Rb8 21.b4 Nd7 22.Bc6 Rd8
23.Ne4 Nd5 24.b5 Ne7 25.Nd6 Qc7 26.Qe4 Nc5 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Ne2 Nxc6 29.Qxc6 Qa5+
30.Kf2 Qxa4 31.Qxc5 Bf8 32.Qc7 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Rdc8 34.Qe7 Rxc2 35.Qh4 Qe4 36.Re1 Bc4
37.Qg4 Rxb5 38.e6 Bxe6 39.Qf3 Qxf3+ 40.Kxf3 Rb3+ 41.Ke4 Bf5+ 42.Ke5 Re3+
43.Kf6 Rd2 44.Nd4 Rxe1 45.Rd8+ Kh7 46.Kxf7 Re4 47.Rg8 Re7+  0-1

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Nbd7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rc1 Qb8 12.a4 a5 13.Ne1 Bg6 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Nd3 f5 17.Nf2 Nf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bd3 Qd8 20.Rc2 Kh8 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Bc3 g5
23.g3 Qf6 24.Kh2 Rf7 25.Rg2 Bc7 26.Rff2 Rg7 27.Qf1 Rag8 28.Qe1 Rg6 29.Bxa5 b6
30.Bd2 Rh6 31.Rg1 Qf5 32.Qf1 Rgg6 33.g4 Qf6 34.Rg3 gxf4 35.exf4 c5 36.g5 Qf5
37.gxh6 Rxg3 38.Kxg3 cxd4 39.Qe2 e3 40.Bxe3 dxe3 41.Qxe3 e5 42.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Magistral Ruy Lopez"]
[Site "Zafra ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bxc4 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nfd7 10.Be3 e6 11.h4 Nc6 12.e5 Na5 13.Be2 c5 14.f4 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc6
16.Qe4 Qa5 17.h5 Rfd8 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Kf1 Nb6 20.a3 Ne7 21.Nb5 Nbd5 22.Bc5 Rdc8
23.b4 Qd8 24.Rd1 Nf5 25.Nc3 b6 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Qe8 28.Be3 Rc3 29.Bd2 Rxa3
30.Bb5 Nd6 31.Rxd6 Qxb5+ 32.Kg2 Re8 33.e6 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.exf7+ Kxf7
36.Rh5 Ke7 37.Rg6 Kf7 38.Rc6 Re6 39.Rxf5+ Bf6 40.b5 Rd3 41.Bc1 Kg6 42.Rg5+ Kf7
43.Rc7+ Re7 44.Rxe7+ Bxe7 45.Rg3 Rd5 46.Rb3 Kg6 47.Be3 Kf5 48.Kf3 Bf6 49.Rb1 Bc3
50.Rh1 Ke6 51.Rh6+ Bf6 52.Ke4 Rxb5 53.Bd4 Rf5 54.f3 a5 55.Bxb6 a4 56.Bd4 a3
57.Be5 a2 58.Ba1  1-0

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arroyo Murillo,Andres"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Nxe5 Nf6 7.d3 Bd6 8.d4 O-O
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.f4 Nd5 11.Qe1 Qh5 12.c4 Nb4 13.Na3 c5 14.Qxe4 h6 15.Bxh6 Qxh6
16.Nb5 Bf5 17.Qf3 cxd4 18.g4 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Guerrero Arroyo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Re8
9.Nf3 Bf8 10.d3 h6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bh2 Qf6 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Bxc7 Nf4
16.Be5 Nxh3+ 17.gxh3 Qg6+ 18.Bg3 Bxh3 19.Nh4 Qe6 20.Qf3 Bg4 21.Qg2 g5 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.exf5 Qxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25.Kh2 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rae8 27.Qf3 Rc1 28.f6 Ree1
29.Qf5 Rg1 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qxb7 Kg6 32.Qxc6 Rce1 33.f4 Rc1 34.Qe4+ Kh5 35.fxg5 hxg5
36.Qh7+ Kg4 37.Qh3+ Kf3 38.Be1+ Ke2 39.Kxg1  1-0

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez Candelario,Man"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 Bd7 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.h3 Qe7 13.Bc2 Rfd8 14.Qf3 Bc6 15.b4 a5
16.a3 b6 17.Rfd1 Rd7 18.Qe2 Nh5 19.Qc4 Bb7 20.Nf3 Nf4 21.Rxd7 Qxd7 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.Bb3 Qe7 24.Re1 axb4 25.axb4 h6 26.Nd4 Rf8 27.e5 Qg5 28.f3 Bc8 29.Qxc7 Bxh3
30.Re2 Qg3 31.e6 Bxg2 32.exf7+ Kh7 33.Rxg2 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kolev,At"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 h6
15.Bh4 O-O 16.h3 g5 17.Bg3 Rad8 18.a4 b4 19.Kh2 Kh7 20.Re1 Rd2 21.Rxe4 Rxc2
22.Rd1 Kg6 23.b3 a5 24.h4 Ne7 25.Rd7 Nf5 26.f3 c5 27.Rc7 Rd8 28.Be1 Rd4 29.Kh3 Rxe4
30.fxe4 Ne3 31.g4 gxh4 32.Rc6 Nf1 33.Rxe6+ Kg7 34.g5 h5  0-1

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 d6 8.c3 b5
9.Bb3 Ne7 10.a4 b4 11.cxb4 Rb8 12.b5 axb5 13.axb5 c6 14.bxc6 Qb6 15.Ba4 Qxe3+
16.Qe2 Qc1+ 17.Qd1 Qe3+ 18.Qe2 Qc1+ 19.Qd1 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Khamrakulov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Bc4 c6 11.Bb3 h6 12.d4 Qc7 13.Ng3 c5 14.h3 c4 15.Bc2 b5 16.Be3 g5
17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nf4 21.h4 Nh7 22.g3 Nh3+ 23.Kh2 g4
24.Bxh6 Nxf2 25.Bxg7 Nxd1 26.f6 e4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Bxe4  1-0

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Ne2 Nb4 18.Bb1 d3 19.Ned4 Rc8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxd3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Qc7
23.e5 dxe5 24.Nxe5 Qc2 25.Qg3 Bb4 26.Bxh6 Nh5 27.Qf3 Bxe1 28.Qf7+ Kh7 29.Rxe1 Qf5
30.Bd2 Qxf7 31.Nxf7 Rc6 32.Bc3 Nf6 33.Ne5 Rc7 34.Nf3 Kg8 35.Re5 Rd7 36.Bd4 Rd5
37.Re2 e5 38.Bc3 Nd7 39.Nd2 Nc5 40.f4 e4 41.b3 e3 42.Nf3 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Nd3
44.Be5 g5 45.g3 gxf4 46.gxf4 Nxe5 47.fxe5 Ra1 48.Kg3 a5 49.Kf4 Rf1 50.Kxe3 a4
51.bxa4 bxa4 52.Ke4 Rh1 53.h4 a3 54.Re3 Ra8 55.e6 Kf8 56.Kf5 Ke7 57.Rb3 Ra5+
58.Kg6 Kxe6 59.h5 Kd5 60.Rb6 Ke4 61.Ng5+ Kd3 62.Ne6 Kc3 63.h6 Rah5 64.Kf7 Rxh6
65.Ra6 Kd2 66.Rxa3 Rf1+ 67.Ke7 Re1 68.Ra6 Kc3 69.Kd7 Kc4 70.Rc6+ Kb4 71.Ra6 Rd1+
72.Ke7 Rd2 73.a3+ Kc3 74.Rc6+ Kb2 75.Ra6 Ka2 76.a4 Ka3 77.a5 Rh7+ 78.Kf6 Rf2+
79.Ke5 Rh6 80.Kd5 Rd2+ 81.Ke5 Re2+ 82.Kf5 Kb4 83.Rd6 Kxa5 84.Rd5+ Kb6 85.Nf4 Rf2
86.Re5 Rh8 87.Ke4 Rh4 88.Rf5 Re2+ 89.Kf3 Re8 90.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Ruy Lopez Open"]
[Site "Zafra ESP ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spasov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nde2 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Bd7 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.Ne3 Ne7 12.O-O-O g5 13.h4 Bg7 14.Nc3 h6 15.Bg3 f5
16.exf5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bxf5 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Be5 Rf8 21.Rh8 Rxh8
22.Bxh8 Be6 23.Bf6 Nd5 24.Bxg5 Nxc3 25.a3 Kd7 26.g4 Nd5 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Be3 Kc6
29.Kb2 Bf3 30.Bf4 Be4 31.g5 b5 32.c3 a5 33.Be5 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Malaniuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Na4 c4 9.Ne5 Be7
10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.b3 Qa5 12.c3 cxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.b4 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qd8 16.Nc5 Ne4
17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Ra5 Bb7 19.f3 exf3 20.Rxf3 Qd7 21.Bd3 Bd6 22.Qc2 h6 23.Qf2 Bxf4
24.exf4 Rf6 25.Bb1 Raf8 26.Qc2 g5 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Qd2 Qg7 30.Bd3 e5
31.Bxa6 Bxa6 32.Rxa6 e4 33.Qe3 Kh7 34.h3 Kg6 35.Qg3 Qb7 36.Ra1 Kh6 37.Qe5 Qf7
38.c4 Re6 39.Qh8+ Kg6 40.Ra8 Qh7 41.Rg8+ Kh6 42.Qxh7+ Kxh7 43.Rxg5 dxc4 44.Kf2 e3+
45.Ke2 Re4 46.Rc5 Rxd4 47.Rxc6 Rd2+ 48.Kxe3 Rxg2 49.Rxc4 Rg3+ 50.Kd4 Rxh3
51.b5  1-0

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kogan,Ar"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.Na4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5
9.b4 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.Kd2 f5
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.a4 c6 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Rhf1 d5 20.Bb3 h5 21.f4 h4 22.Ne2 f6
23.c4 dxc4 24.Bxc4+ Kg7 25.f5 Bf7 26.Nc3 Rad8 27.Kc2 Rfe8 28.Rae1 Rh8 29.Re4 Rh5
30.Rg4+ Rg5 31.Rxg5+ fxg5 32.Ne4 g4 33.Be6 Nf8 34.Ng5 Nxe6 35.fxe6 Bg8 36.Rf5 Re8
37.Rxe5 Kf6 38.d4 Bxe6 39.Ne4+ Kg6 40.Nd6 Re7 41.Nc8 Bf5+ 42.Rxf5 Re8 43.Nd6 Re6
44.Rf4 Kg5 45.Rf5+ Kg6 46.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4
16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.bxc3 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Rfd8 20.Be3 b6 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8
22.c4 Nc6 23.c5 Nb4 24.Bb7 Rc7 25.cxb6 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 axb6 27.a3 Nd3 28.Be3 Be7
29.Ba6 Nb2 30.Bxb6 Bxa3 31.Bb5 Nd1 32.Bc4 Kf7 33.f4 g6 34.g4 Bc1 35.Bc7 Ne3
36.Bb3 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Be5 Nf5 39.Kf2 Be3+ 40.Kf3 Bd4 41.Ke4 Bxe5 42.Kxe5 Ng7
43.h4 Ke7 44.Bc2 Ne8 45.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Na6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nb4 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nc3 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.Rd1 Bb6
16.a3 Na6 17.Be3 Be6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Na4 h6 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Nf3 Nc5 22.Bd4 Nd5
23.Ne5 Be6 24.Nc4 Ra6 25.Nd6 Ra7 26.Nc4 Ra6 27.Nd6 Ra7 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.b4 Ne4
30.Nb5 Ra4 31.f3 Bd7 32.Nc7 Ng5 33.Rd3 Bf5 34.Rc3 Ne6 35.Nxe6 Bxe6 36.Bxb6 Ra6
37.Bd4 Bd7 38.Rc5 Rxa3 39.Rxd5 Bc6 40.Rc5 Rb3 41.Bc3 f6 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.g4 Ke6
44.Bd2 Rb2 45.Ke3 Rb3+ 46.Kd4 Rb2 47.Kc3 Rb1 48.h4 Rh1 49.h5 Rb1 50.Rc4 Kd7
51.Rd4+ Ke6 52.Bf4 Bb5 53.Bc7 Rc1+  0-1

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Teske,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 b5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Bf4 a6 13.a4 Nd7 14.Qe2 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nf6
16.Rb1 Bc6 17.Ra2 Bb5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Rab2 b4 20.Bd2 Rb8 21.Ne5 Rb6 22.Qe3 Qb8
23.h3 Rd8 24.Nf3 Qb7 25.Re1 Ra8 26.Ne5 b3 27.Nc4 Rb5 28.Qd3 Ra2 29.Rbb1 h6
30.Bc3 Nh5 31.Ne5 Bd6 32.Nc4 Bb8 33.Qf3 Qc6 34.Na5 Qb6 35.e5 g6 36.Nc6 Rc2
37.d5 Qb7 38.d6 Ba7 39.Nxa7 Qxa7 40.Red1 Rb7 41.Bd4 Qb8 42.Be3 Ng7 43.Bxh6 Nf5
44.Bg5 Qa7 45.Qxb7 Qxf2+ 46.Kh1  1-0

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Ne5 Nxd4 12.Qa4+ Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qxc6+ Bd7
15.Qb7 d4 16.Nd5 O-O 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Bd3 Qd6 19.Qf3 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Qd5 21.Qxd5 Nxd5
22.Bd6 Bb5 23.Rfd1 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Rad8 25.Bc5 Nf4 26.Rd2 Rd5 27.Ba3 d3 28.Rad1 Red8
29.g3 Ne6 30.f4 Nd4 31.Kf2 Nc2 32.Be7 R8d7 33.b4 f6 34.Bc5 a5 35.Kf3 axb4
36.Bf2 Kf7 37.Rb1 h5 38.Rb3 f5 39.Rb1 Ke7 40.h3 Kd6 41.g4 hxg4+ 42.hxg4 fxg4+
43.Kxg4 Kc6 44.Rh1 Kb5 45.Rh8 Rc7 46.Rh3 Kc4 47.Rhxd3 Rxd3 48.Rxc2+ Rc3 49.Re2 Kd3
50.Rb2 Rc2 51.Rb3+ R7c3 52.Be1 Rxb3 53.axb3 Rc3  0-1

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.Ng3 g6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Be3 d6
16.Re1 Na5 17.Nf1 Nf6 18.Bf2 Qd7 19.Ne3 Rae8 20.Bh4 Bb7 21.Bf1 Ne4 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.cxd5 c4 24.Qc2 Qb5 25.Bf2 Qb3 26.Rac1 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Rxe1 29.Kxe1 Rb8
30.Re2 Rb3 31.Re6 Nb7 32.Bxc4 Rxa3 33.Bb5 Kf7 34.Kd1 Rxc3 35.Ba6 Nd8 36.Re2 Rc5
37.Rd2 Ra5 38.Bc8 Rb5 39.Ke2 a5 40.Bd7 Rb4 41.g3 Nb7 42.Ra2 Nc5 43.Be6+ Nxe6
44.dxe6+ Kxe6 45.Rxa5 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 Rxh2 47.Ra7 Kd5 48.Rd7 Kc5 49.Ke3 d5 50.Rc7+ Kd6
51.Rg7 Rh1 52.Ra7 Re1+ 53.Kd4 Re4+ 54.Kd3 Re7 55.Ra6+ Kc5 56.Ra5+ Kc6 57.Ra6+ Kb5
58.Ra8 Rb7 59.Rc8 Ra7 60.Rc3 Ra4 61.Ke2 Rc4 62.Rb3+ Kc6 63.Ra3 Re4+ 64.Kd3 Rb4
65.Kc3 Rb1 66.Ra7 Rb7 67.Ra6+ Rb6 68.Ra7 Rb7 69.Ra6+ Kc5 70.Ra5+ Rb5 71.Ra7 d4+
72.Kc2 Kc4 73.Rc7+ Kd5 74.Rxh7 Rb6 75.Re7 Re6 76.Rd7+ Ke4 77.Kd2 Ra6 78.Ke2 Ra2+
79.Kd1 Kd3 80.Kc1 Rg2 81.Ra7 Ke3 82.Re7+ Kf3 83.Rd7 Rxg3 84.Rxd4 Ke3 85.Ra4 Rg4
86.Kd1 Rxf4 87.Ra3+ Ke4 88.Ke2 g5 89.Ra4+ Ke5 90.Ra5+ Kf6 91.Ra6+ Kf7 92.Rb6 Re4+
93.Kf2 Re6 94.Rb5 Kf6 95.Rb8 g4 96.Rg8 Ke5 97.Kg3 Re7 98.Ra8 Rd7 99.Ra3 Rd4
100.Ra5+ Rd5 101.Ra3 Kf6 102.Kh4 Rd1 103.Ra6+ Ke5 104.Kg5 g3 105.Ra2 f4 106.Kg4 Ke4
107.Ra4+ Ke3 108.Ra3+ Rd3 109.Ra2 Rd2 110.Ra3+ Kf2 111.Kxf4 g2 112.Rf3+ Ke1
113.Rg3 Kf1 114.Ke3 Rd8 115.Rf3+ Kg1 116.Rg3 Re8+ 117.Kd2 Kh2 118.Rg7 g1=Q
119.Rxg1 Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Rapid"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Habu,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 g6 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nxd4 a6 16.Bd2 Qd8
17.Qg4 Bg7 18.Bg5 Ne7 19.Rad1 Nxe5 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxg6+ N5xg6 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Bxe7 Nxe7 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qxg7 Rg8 27.Qxh7 Rd6 28.h4 Kd7 29.h5 Rd4
30.g3 a5 31.h6 Rg6 32.Qh8 Rh4 33.h7 Bd5 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Bb6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6
9.Nf1 O-O 10.Ng3 c6 11.Bb3 h6 12.h3 d5 13.Be3 Bc7 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rad1 Be6
16.d4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Nfd2 exd4 19.Bxd4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Qe7 21.f3 Nf4 22.Qf2 Bxe4
23.fxe4 Rad8 24.Qf3 Ne6 25.Rf1 Rd7 26.Qg4 Bb6 27.Kh1 Bxd4 28.cxd4 Qg5 29.Qf3 Qg6
30.d5 cxd5 31.Bxd5 Rde7 32.h4 h5 33.b4 Qg4 34.Qxg4 hxg4 35.Kh2 Nf8 36.Rf4 Nh7
37.e5 Nf8 38.Rdf1 Ne6 39.Rxg4 Nd8 40.Rgf4 Rd7 41.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Bb4 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rad1 Rac8 13.g3 Ne5 14.Bg2 Rfd8 15.Ne2 Ng6
16.f4 Ne8 17.f5 exf5 18.Nd4 dxc4 19.Nxf5 Qe6 20.bxc4 Ne7 21.Be4 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Bxd2
23.Kg2 Bb4 24.Bd4 Rd8 25.c5 Nf6 26.Bd3 Nxf5 27.Bxf5 Qe7 28.Qc4 Ba5 29.h4 Nd5
30.e4 Nc7 31.h5 Ne6 32.Bxe6 Qxe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Be5 h6 35.Rb1 Rd7 36.Bd6 b5
37.cxb6 Rxd6 38.b7 Bc7 39.b8=Q+ Bxb8 40.Rxb8+ Kf7 41.Rb6 Rd2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2
43.e5 Ra3+ 44.Kg4 Ra5 45.Rb7+ Kg8 46.Kf4 c5 47.Rb8+ Kh7 48.Rb6 c4 49.Rc6 Ra4
50.Ke3 Ra3+ 51.Kd4 Rxg3 52.Rxe6 Rh3 53.Rxa6 Rxh5 54.Kd5 c3 55.Rc6 Rh3 56.Ke4 h5
57.Kf4 Kg8 58.e6 Kf8 59.Ke5 Re3+ 60.Kd6 Rd3+ 61.Ke5 h4 62.Ke4 Rg3 63.Kf5 h3
64.Rc8+ Ke7 65.Rc7+ Kd8 66.e7+ Ke8 67.Ke6 Rg6+  0-1

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c6 8.Nf3 b6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.O-O Qc8 12.a4 Ba6 13.Ba3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Re8 15.Rfc1 Nc6
16.Nd2 Na5 17.c4 Qa6 18.Bb4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Qxc4 21.Rxc4 Nd5 22.Bd2 Rac8
23.Rac1 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 f5 25.f3 Re7 26.Kf2 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.e4 fxe4 29.fxe4 Kf7
30.Bf4 Ne8 31.Ke3 Nf6 32.h3 Ke7 33.Kd3 Kd7 34.Be5 Kc6 35.Bxf6 gxf6 36.g4 Kd6
37.h4 a6 38.Kc4 h6 39.Kb4 e5 40.d5 Kd7 41.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Na5 7.Be2 exd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Qxg7 Bf6 10.Qg3 Ne7 11.O-O Ng6 12.Nd4 Qe7 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.N2b3 Nxb3 15.axb3 O-O
16.Bg4 Kh8 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Ra5 Rae8 19.Rh5 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Rxe4 21.Bh6 Rfe8
22.Qf3 f6 23.Qxf6+ Kg8 24.d5 Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rf5+ Kg8 27.f4 Re1 28.g3 Rxf1+
29.Kxf1 a5 30.Rg5 Kf7 31.f5 Ne7 32.Rg7+ Kf6 33.g4 Nxd5 34.Rxh7 b5 35.Kf2 a4
36.bxa4 bxa4 37.h4 Ke5 38.Kf3 Kd4 39.f6 Nxf6 40.Bg7 Rf8 41.g5 a3 42.Rh8  1-0

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.Bh6 cxd4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Kd2 Be6
16.d5 f5 17.Nd4 Bg8 18.f3 fxe4 19.fxe4 e6 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rc7+ Kf6 22.Nf3 exd5
23.e5+ Ke6 24.Ba6 Nc4+ 25.Kc3 Nxe5 26.Nd4+ Kf6 27.Rf1+ Kg5 28.Re1 Ng4 29.h3 Nf6
30.Re5+ Kh6 31.g4 Ne4+ 32.Kb4 Re8 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Bb5 Rf8 35.h4 Nf2 36.Rxa7 Nxg4
37.Rb7 Rf4 38.Kc3 Rf6 39.Bc6 Ne5 40.Rxb6 Nxc6 41.a4 Nxd4 42.Rxf6 Nf5 43.a5 d4+
44.Kb4 Bd5 45.a6 Kh5 46.a7 d3 47.Kc3 Kxh4 48.Kxd3 Kg4 49.Kc3 Kg5 50.Rf8 h5
51.Rd8 Bb7 52.Rb8 Bf3 53.Kd2 h4 54.Rb3 Bd5 55.Ke1 Kg4 56.Kf2 h3 57.Rb4+ Kg5
58.Kg1 Kf6 59.Kh2 Ne7 60.Rb6+ Kf7 61.Rb8 Bg2 62.Rh8 Ke6 63.Rxh3 Nc8 64.Re3+ Kd6
65.Kxg2 Nxa7 66.Rg3 Nc6 67.Rxg6+ Kd5 68.Kg3 Ne5 69.Rg8 Ke4 70.Re8 Kf5 71.Rxe5+ Kxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nb1 c5 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd6 14.Nc4 Qb8 15.h3 O-O
16.Re1 Bd5 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Bf4 Qd5 20.Bf1 Rac8 21.a5 Rfd8 22.Qd2 Ne4
23.Qxb4 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Rc2+ 25.Re2 Rxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Qxg2+ 27.Ke1 Nxe5 28.Bxe5 Qg1+
29.Bf1 Qe3+ 30.Be2 Qg1+ 31.Bf1 Qe3+ 32.Be2 Qg1+ 33.Kd2 Qg5+ 34.Ke1 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nf5 g6 8.Bxb6 axb6
9.Ne3 Nf6 10.Nd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ndc4 Be6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 Bxd5 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.b3 f5 17.Ne3 Be4 18.f3 f4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Ng4 Bf5 21.Nf2 Ne5 22.Be2 Re8
23.Re1 Nd3+ 24.Nxd3 Bxd3 25.Kd2 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Bg5 Qb8 20.Qg3 a6 21.Rac1 g6 22.h4 Bg7
23.Nf3 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.h5 Qc7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Be4 Rc8 28.b3 Nc3 29.Bxb7 Qxb7
30.Nb2 Qd5 31.Qf4 Nc5 32.Bf6 Bxf6 33.exf6 Qf5 34.Qd4 Nd5 35.Re5 Qb1+ 36.Re1 Qc2
37.Nc4 Nd3 38.Rf1 N3f4 39.Qe5 Rd8 40.g3 Nh5 41.Nd4 Qc3 42.Nc6 Re8 43.Qxc3 bxc3
44.Nd6 Ra8 45.Ne7+ Kf8 46.Nxd5 exd5 47.Rc1 d4 48.Ne4 Re8 49.f3 Nxf6 50.Nxf6 d3
51.Nd7+ Kg7 52.Rxc3 d2 53.Rd3 Re1+ 54.Kf2 d1=Q 55.Rxd1 Rxd1 56.Nc5 Rd2+  0-1

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Nd2 h6 14.f3 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Nb3 axb4 17.axb4 cxb4 18.Qxb4 Rdb8 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.Qa3 e5 21.Rd1 Ne8 22.Bc3 Nf8
23.Rb1 Bc6 24.Qc1 Qa7 25.Bd2 Ne6 26.Na5 Bd7 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Qa3 f5 29.Qb4 Qc7
30.Nb3 Kf7 31.Kf1 g5 32.Bd3 f4 33.e4 N8g7 34.Qa3 Nc5 35.Nxc5 dxc5 36.Qa8 Ne6
37.Bc3 Bc6 38.Qh8 Qd6 39.Qh7+ Ke8 40.Be2 Nd4 41.Ba5 Nxe2 42.Qg8+ Ke7 43.Qg7+ Ke8
44.Kxe2 Qd4 45.Qg6+ Ke7 46.Qg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXXVII Bosnia GM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nc3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Nb4 14.Bd2 f6 15.Ng4 f5
16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Na2 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Nc6 19.Re1 f4 20.Bc3 f3 21.Re4 a5 22.b4 axb4
23.Nxb4 Rxa1 24.Qxa1 Nxb4 25.Rxb4 fxg2 26.Rg4 Rf7 27.Qa7 Bf3 28.Rg3 Bd5 29.Qd4 Qd7
30.f3 h6 31.Kxg2 Kh7 32.b4 c6 33.Kf2 Qc7 34.Qg4 g5 35.Qd4 Bxf3 36.Qh8+ Kg6
37.Be5 Qa7+ 38.Bd4 Bd5+ 39.Kg1 Qa2 40.Rg2 Bxg2  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Jovanovic,Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Nd7 4.e4 Ngf6 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nc3 Nf4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Qf6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5
15.Qh5 Re8 16.Re3 Qg5 17.Qe2 Bg4 18.f3 Bd7 19.Re1 Kf8 20.Qf2 Qf6 21.c4 c6
22.R3e2 b6 23.Qg3 cxd5 24.cxd5 Rac8 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Rxe5 f6
28.Re3 Rc5 29.Be4 Ke7 30.b4 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Kd6 32.g4 Bb5 33.h4 Rf1+ 34.Kg3 g5
35.Ra3 a6 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Rc3 Rg1+ 38.Kh2 Rf1 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.Rc2 Ke5 41.Kg3 Rg1+
42.Kf2 Rf1+ 43.Kg3 Rg1+ 44.Kf2 Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cabrilo,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.O-O d6 8.c3 h6 9.Be3 O-O
10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.h3 Bb6 12.Nh2 Ne7 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.f4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Ng6 16.Rf2 d5
17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 Ne5 19.Qg3 Qg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.exd5 Nxd3 22.Rf5 f6 23.d6+ Kh7
24.Bc2 g6 25.Rff1 Ne5 26.Be4 Ra7 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.a4 f5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nf3 Nxf3+
31.Rxf3 Rd8 32.Rd3 Rbd7 33.Rad1 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Saric,Ib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 Rad8 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.e4 Bg6 14.Ne2 a5 15.Bg5 e5
16.f4 exd4 17.f5 Qxe4 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Rf3 Qe5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Raf1 f5 22.Nf4 b5
23.Nxg6 bxc4 24.Nxe5 cxb3 25.Rg3+ Kh7 26.Rf4 Rd6 27.Nd7 Rd8 28.Rh4+  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ribli,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Be6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be3 e6 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a3 Be7 10.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Miladinovic,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 a6 7.a3 h6 8.h3 Bh5 9.c5 Bg6
10.Qa4 Nd7 11.b4 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Bf6 14.Bh2 Re8 15.Qb3 Bh7 16.Rad1 Nf8
17.Rfe1 Qc8 18.Bf1 Rd8 19.b5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Na5 21.Qb2 Nd7 22.Rc1 Nc6 23.a4 Bg6
24.Rcd1 Na5 25.Rc1 Nc6 26.g4 Re8 27.Bg3 Rd8 28.Kh2 Bh7 29.Nd2 Na5 30.Nf3 Nc6
31.Rg1 Re8 32.h4 g5 33.Qe2 Kg7 34.Rcd1  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savic,Miodrag R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6
10.Re1 Nd7 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.Nc4 c5 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Bg3 Qe6
17.Qd3 Rfe8 18.f3 Ba8 19.Nbd2 Bc6 20.b3 Bb5 21.Qc2 Nb6 22.Nxb6 Rxb6 23.Rab1 a5
24.c4 Bc6 25.Nf1 Qf6 26.Rec1 Qg5 27.Be1 f5 28.Bd2 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Qh4 30.Be1 Qg5
31.Bd2 Qh4 32.Be1 Qf6 33.exf5 Qxf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.Bd2 Re2 36.a4 Rf2 37.h4 Kf7
38.Bxa5 Rb8 39.Nh2 Rg8 40.Rg1 Rg3 41.Be1 Rg6 42.Bxf2 Bxf2 43.Rgd1 Bxh4 44.Kg1 Bf6
45.Kf2 Bd4+ 46.Kf1 Bf6 47.a5 Rg8 48.a6 Ra8 49.Ra1 Bxa1 50.Rxa1 Ke6 51.Kf2 Ke5
52.Ke3 f4+ 53.Kd3 h5 54.Nf1 Ra7 55.Nd2 Bd7 56.Kc3 Bc8 57.Rh1 Rxa6 58.Rxh5+ Bf5
59.Kb2 Ra8 60.Rg5 Kf6 61.Rh5 Re8 62.Rh6+ Kg5 63.Rh2 Re2 64.Kc3 c6 65.Rh8 d5
66.Rg8+ Kh6 67.cxd5 cxd5 68.Rf8 Kg6 69.Rd8 d4+ 70.Kc4 Rxd2 71.Kxc5 d3 72.Rd6+ Kg5  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Tadic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 c5 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.b5 Be4 17.Qb3 d5 18.h3 Qb7 19.Ne1 Nb6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.f3 Bg6 22.a4 dxc4
23.Bxc4 Nd5 24.e4 Nb4 25.Qe3 Qb6 26.h4 Rd4 27.Be2 Rcd8 28.g4 h5 29.gxh5 Bh7
30.h6 Kh8 31.Kf2 Qd6 32.Ng2 e5 33.h5 f5 34.exf5 Qf6 35.Rxd4 cxd4 36.Qa3 Nd5
37.Rc6 Qg5 38.Qc5 Rg8 39.Rg6 fxg6 40.Qxd5 Qxf5 41.f4 gxh5 42.Qxe5+ Qxe5 43.fxe5 Rf8+
44.Kg3 d3 45.Bxh5 Rf5 46.Bf3 Rxe5 47.Kf4 Re8 48.a5 d2 49.Ne3 Rb8 50.b6 axb6
51.a6 Rf8+ 52.Kg3 b5 53.a7 b4 54.a8=Q Rxa8 55.Bxa8 b3 56.Nd1 Bc2 57.Nb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Vogosca BIH"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric,Iv"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nc4 Ng6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 h6 11.d4 Qe7 12.h3 Rd8 13.Ne3 Qf8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Re8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Bxb6 axb6 19.Qd3 Kh8 20.Rad1 f5 21.Nd2 Rad8 22.Nc4 Qf6
23.a4 e4 24.Qg3 f4 25.Qh2 Bf5 26.d6 cxd6 27.Nxb6 Qg5 28.Nd5 Re5 29.Kh1 e3
30.fxe3 fxe3 31.Qg1 e2 32.Rd4 Rf8 33.Bc4 Be6 34.Nb6 Nf4 35.Qf2 Ref5 36.Bxe6 Nxe6
37.Qxe2 Nxd4 38.cxd4 Rf2 39.Qe4 R8f4 40.Qxb7 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Bosboom,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nd7 3.e4 e5 4.Bc4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Qf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qd3 Qg6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bf4 Nc5 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Be2 Nh6 12.Nd4 a5 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.a3 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.f3 Be6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Na6 19.b5 Nb4 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Nce2 c5 22.Nb5 O-O
23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.Nxd6 Bh3 25.Nf4 Qg5 26.Nxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Nxh3 Qd4
29.Qxd4 cxd4 30.Ng5 Rc7 31.Ne6 Rc4 32.Nxd4  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.a4 c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a5 a6 12.Qe2 b5 13.axb6 Bb7 14.Be3 a5 15.Na4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Nxb6 17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.b3 Qd6 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bd8 21.g3 Bb6 22.Ra4 Ra7
23.Kg2 Qd8 24.Rda1 Bxd4 25.Rxa5 Rd7 26.R1a2 Bb6 27.Ra6 Qb8 28.h4 h6 29.R6a4 Rfd8
30.Bb5 Rd6 31.Bf1 R6d7 32.Rg4 Kf8 33.Bc4 Bc5 34.Ba5 Bb6 35.Be1 Nf6 36.Bb4+ Rd6
37.Rf4 Bd4 38.Bxd6+ Qxd6 39.Qb7 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Rf3 g4 42.Rd3 Qe5 43.Ra8 Rxa8
44.Qxa8+ Kg7 45.Rd2 Ne4 46.Re2 Bxf2 47.Rxe4 Qxg3+ 48.Kf1 Qg1+ 49.Ke2 Qe1+
50.Kd3 Qd1+ 51.Kc3 Be1+ 52.Kb2 Qd2+ 53.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Qf3 Bb7 17.d4 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Be3 a5 20.Nd2 a4 21.a3 f6 22.Bf4 Bf8
23.Nf1 h5 24.Bd2 Re4 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Bxe1 Kf7 27.Ne3 g6 28.c4 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Qc8
30.Ne3 Bh6 31.Bc3 Qe6 32.Bd2 Ba6 33.Bb4 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Qxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.c3 h6 8.Bh4 a6 9.Nbd2 Nc6
10.a4 b6 11.Nc4 Rb8 12.d5 Na7 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Bf1 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Na5 g5
17.Bg3 Ne4 18.Qc1 e6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Bd3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Nc8 22.Bb1 Ne7 23.Qc2 Bf5
24.e4 Bg6 25.Nb3 Nc6 26.Nbd2 Rfe8 27.Qc1 Qb6 28.Nf1 b4 29.Ne3 bxc3 30.bxc3 Qb2
31.Qxb2 Rxb2 32.Nc4 Rb3 33.Ra6 Bxc3 34.Rd1 Nd4 35.Nxd6 Reb8 36.Ba2 R3b6 37.Rxb6 Rxb6
38.Nc8 Rb2 39.Bd5 Nxf3+ 40.gxf3 Bd4 41.Rf1 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dambacher,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Nf8 8.h4 h5 9.a3 Ng4
10.g3 Bd7 11.Ng5 f6 12.Nh3 Qc8 13.f3 Nh6 14.Nf2 Nf7 15.Be3 a6 16.b4 Qc7 17.Qb3 b6
18.Rb1 g5 19.hxg5 fxg5 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Qb7 Qxb7 22.Rxb7 h4 23.g4 Ng6 24.Bd1 Nd8
25.Rb6 O-O 26.Kd2 Nf7 27.Ba4 Bd8 28.Rb2 Bc8 29.Ke2 Nf4+ 30.Kf1 Nh8 31.Ncd1 Nhg6
32.Bd2 Rf7 33.Ne3 Rb7 34.Rxb7 Bxb7 35.Nf5 Bc7 36.Bc3 Rb8 37.Ke1 Bc8 38.Kd2 Kf7
39.Re1 Nf8 40.Nh6+ Kg7 41.Nf5+ Kf6 42.Ne3 N8g6 43.Rh1 Bb7 44.Rb1 Ne7 45.Bd7 h3
46.Nf1 Bc8 47.Rxb8 Bxb8 48.Bxc8 Nxc8 49.Ba5 Ba7 50.Nd1 Bb6 51.Bc3 Bc7 52.Ke3 Ne7
53.Nb2 Neg6 54.Bd2 Nh4 55.Kf2 Bb6 56.Nh2 Bd8 57.Bc3 Bb6 58.Bd2 Bc7 59.Bc3 Nhg6
60.Ke3 Nh8 61.Nd3 Nf7 62.Nc1 Nd8 63.Nb3 Ke7 64.Nf1 Kd7 65.Nh2 Nf7 66.Nf1 Nh8
67.Nh2 Nhg6 68.Nf1 Nh4 69.Nc1 Kc8 70.Kf2 a5 71.a4 Kb7 72.Nh2 Nhg6 73.Ke3 Ne7
74.Nd3 Ka6 75.Nb2 Nc8 76.Bd2 Bd8 77.Bc3 Ne7 78.Bd2 Neg6 79.Bc3 Nh4 80.Bd2 Kb6
81.Bc3 Nhg6 82.Bd2 Nf8 83.Bc3 Nd7 84.Bd2 Nb8 85.Bc3 Na6 86.Kd2 Nb4 87.Nf1 Kc7
88.Nh2 Ng6 89.Nf1 Nh4 90.Nh2 Bf6 91.Kd1 Ng2 92.Kd2 Kb6 93.Nf1 Na2 94.Nh2 Nf4
95.Nf1 Bd8 96.Nh2 Nb4 97.Nf1 Ng2 98.Nh2 Kc7 99.Nf1 Kd7 100.Nh2 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Nb1 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nbd2 Be7 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Qe2 N5b6
16.Re1 Rc8 17.Bf4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Nd2 g6 20.Rad1 Qa8 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Qc8
23.Rxd4 Rc4 24.Rdd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.g3 Bg5 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.b3 Rc7 29.Bxg5 Qxg5
30.Qd2 Qxd2 31.Rxd2 Kf8 32.f4 Ke7 33.Kf2 Nd7 34.Rc2 Rxc2+ 35.Bxc2 f6 36.exf6+ Nxf6
37.Kf3 Nd5 38.Ke4 Nc3+ 39.Kd4 Nxa2 40.Kc5 Kf6 41.Bb1 Nc3 42.Bd3 a5 43.Kb6 a4
44.bxa4 Nxa4+ 45.Kb5 Nc3+ 46.Kxb4 Nd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spoelman,W"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Qg4 Nxb3 13.axb3 f5 14.Qf3 Rb8 15.Bf4 Bb4
16.Rf1 g5 17.Bd2 Bxd2 18.Nxd2 Nf4 19.Qe3 Nxg2 20.Qg3 Nf4 21.Kh2 Ne2 22.Qe3 Nd4
23.f4 Nxc2 24.Qf2 Nxa1 25.Rxa1 Kh8 26.Rg1 gxf4 27.Qxf4 Qd6 28.d4 Rbe8 29.Rg3 Re6
30.Nf1 Qd5 31.Kg1 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 Qe4 33.Qd2 f4 34.Rg4 c5  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Qb1 Bd6 12.e4 Bf4 13.Bb2 O-O 14.a4 f5 15.e5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qc6
17.Qd1 c4 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.Qc2 Nf8 20.h4 Ng6 21.Ba3 Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Janssen,Ru"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.Bd3 a5 9.O-O Ba6
10.Na4 Qb7 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.Bd2 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Be7 14.Ne1 Qc7 15.Nd3 Ng4 16.f4 O-O
17.Rac1 Ngf6 18.Nf2 Rc8 19.Qd3 Qb7 20.Rc2 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Rfc1 Rac6 23.Nxc5 Nxc5
24.Qd4 Nce4 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 Qxc6 27.Bc3 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Ne4+ 29.Ke1 f6
30.Bxa5 Qc1+ 31.Ke2 Qg1 32.a4 Qxh2 33.Kd1 Qxg2 34.Bb4 h5 35.f5 Qf3+ 36.Kc2 Qxf5
37.a5 Nc5+ 38.e4 Nxe4 39.Kb3 h4 40.a6 h3 41.Bd6 Qf3+ 42.Ka2 Qe2 43.Qb6 Nxd6
44.a7 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Hendriks,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Na6 12.Bf4 Nc7 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.c3 Qc6
16.Bg3 b5 17.h4 a5 18.a3 Qb7 19.h5 h6 20.Re3 Qc8 21.Nh4 Bg5 22.f4 Bf6 23.Qf2 b4
24.a4 Qb7 25.Rde1 bxc3 26.bxc3 d5 27.e5 d4 28.Rd3 dxc3 29.Rxc3 Bxh4 30.Bxh4 Rd4
31.Rf3 Qb4 32.Bg3 Ne6 33.f5 Ng5 34.Rfe3 Re4 35.Rxe4 Nxe4 36.Qe3 Ng5 37.Bf4 Qxa4
38.Bxg5 hxg5 39.Qxc5 Qh4 40.Qxa5 Qd4+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Hilversum NED"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bc5 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.Nf3 Qxe4 10.Qxe4 Nxe4 11.d3 Nf6 12.Nc3 h6 13.Bf4 d6 14.Be3 Bb6 15.Rfe1 Bg4
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Bxb6 cxb6 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Rfe8 20.a4 a5 21.f3 Re5 22.Red1 Rd8
23.Ra3 Re6 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Ne2 Re5 26.Rb3 Rc5 27.Rd4 Rb8 28.Rxd6 Rxc4 29.Rc3 Rxa4
30.Rcxc6 Ra2 31.Rxb6 Rxb2 32.Rxb8+ Rxb8 33.Ra6 Rc8 34.Nd4 Rd8 35.c3 Nd5 36.Ne2 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Gofshtein,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Nxe4 7.Qg4 Nxc3 8.Qxg7 Ke7
9.bxc3 Qg8 10.Qe5 d6 11.Qe3 Nd7 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.h3 Bd7 14.g4 Kf8 15.Rg1 Qg7
16.g5 Ng8 17.h4 Ne7 18.Bd3 c5 19.h5 cxd4 20.cxd4 h6 21.Qf4 Ke8 22.Qxd6 Bc6
23.gxh6 Qxh6 24.Ng5 Qf6 25.Nh7 Qh6 26.d5 Rd8 27.Qg3 Rxh7 28.dxc6 Qf6 29.Rd1 Rxh5
30.cxb7 Qe5+ 31.Qxe5 Rxe5+ 32.Be2 Rb8 33.Rb1 Kd7 34.Rg7 Rf5 35.Bg4 Rf4 36.Bh5 Rxc4
37.Rxf7 Kd6 38.Bf3 Nd5 39.Rb5 Rb4 40.Rxb4 Nxb4 41.a4 Nd3+ 42.Ke2 Ne5 43.Rg7 Nxf3
44.Kxf3 Kc5 45.Ke4 Kb6 46.Ke5 Ka7 47.Kxe6 Rf8 48.Rf7 Re8+ 49.Kd5 Re2 50.Kc6 Rb2
51.f4 Rb6+ 52.Kc5 Rb4 53.f5 Rxa4 54.Kb5 Ra1 55.f6 a4 56.Re7 a3 57.f7 Rf1
58.b8=Q+ Kxb8 59.Re8+ Kc7 60.f8=Q  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.e3 e6 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 Bd6 12.h5 Be4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bg2 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 Nf6
16.Nd3 Be7 17.g5 Nfd7 18.g6 hxg6 19.hxg6 Rxh1+ 20.Bxh1 f5 21.Nf4 Nf8 22.Qb3 Kd7
23.e4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Bd6 25.Nd3 Kc7 26.Be3 Qh4 27.Bg2 Nd5 28.Rc1 Nxe3+ 29.fxe3 Qf6+
30.Ke2 Nxg6 31.Rf1 Qe7 32.Be4 Nh4 33.Qc4 g5 34.Rc1 Ra6 35.Nc5 Bxc5 36.dxc5 Nf5
37.Qc3 Kb8 38.Qe5+ Qc7 39.Qxc7+ Kxc7 40.Bxf5 exf5 41.Rf1 Ra8 42.Rxf5 Rh8
43.Rxg5 Rh2+ 44.Kd3 Rxb2 45.Rg7+ Kc8 46.Rg8+ Kd7 47.Ra8 Rb3+ 48.Kd2 Ke6 49.e4 Ke5
50.Rxa5 Kxe4 51.Kc2 Rh3 52.Ra7 Rh7 53.a5 Kd4 54.a6 Rh2+ 55.Kb1 bxa6 56.Rxa6 Kxc5
57.Ra3 Kb4 58.Rg3 c5 59.Kc1 c4 60.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Bd2 f5 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be2 Nb6
16.Qa5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nc4 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Bc1 cxd4 20.exd4 Be7 21.b3 Nb6 22.Re1 Kf7
23.Be3 Nd5 24.Rac1 Rc8 25.Bd2 Rfd8 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Kf1 Bd6 28.Ke2 Ke6 29.Kf3+ Kd7
30.Bf4 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Re8 32.Bxd6 Kxd6 33.Rc5 Re4 34.Ra5 Rxd4 35.Rxa7 Re4 36.Rxg7 d4
37.Rg8 Kd7 38.Rg7+ Kd6 39.Rg8 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibarra Jerez,JC"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Qxd1 12.Raxd1 b6 13.Rd2 c5 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.f4 f5
16.e5 Kf7 17.Kf2 Rg8 18.h4 h6 19.h5 g5 20.hxg6+ Rxg6 21.g3 Rag8 22.Ne2 h5
23.Rh1 Rh6 24.Ng1 Bd5 25.Rh4 c6 26.Nf3 Ng6 27.Rh2 h4 28.Nxh4 Nxh4 29.Rxh4 Rxh4
30.gxh4 Rg4 31.Ke3 Rxh4 32.c4 Rh3+ 33.Kf2 Bxc4 34.Rd7+ Ke8 35.Rd6 Rh2+ 36.Kg3 Rxb2
37.Rxc6 Rxa2 38.Rxb6 Ra3 39.Kh4 Rxb3 40.Rc6 Ke7 41.Rxc5 Be6 42.Rc6 Rf3 43.Kg5 Rg3+
44.Kh6 Rg4 45.Rxa6 Rxf4 46.Kg5 Rg4+ 47.Kh6 f4 48.Kh5 f3 49.Ra7+ Kd8 50.Ra8+ Bc8
51.e6 Rg1 52.e7+ Kxe7 53.Ra2 Kf6 54.Rf2 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf5 12.Be2 Be4 13.O-O Ne6 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rac8
16.Rac1 h6 17.Bg4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Nc5 19.Be2 a5 20.f3 Bg6 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Qxb4
23.axb4 Nd3 24.Bxd3 Bxd3 25.Rc7 Bxb4 26.Rxb7 Bc5 27.Kf2 Re8 28.Nc6 Re6 29.Rc7 Bb6
30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Bd4 Ba6 32.Ra8 Rxc6 33.Rxa6 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Bxd4 35.exd4 Rd2 36.Ra4 g5
37.h4 Kg6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Kh3 Kf5 40.Kg3 f6 41.Rb4 Rd3 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Rd1
44.Ra4 g4 45.fxg4+ Kg5 46.Kf3 Rf1+ 47.Ke2 Rf4 48.g3 Rxg4 49.Kf3 Re4 50.Rb4 f5
51.Ra4 Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Rc1 Ne6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Be2 Rac8
16.Rxc8 Rxc8 17.O-O Nxd4 18.exd4 g6 19.Qd2 Bf5 20.Bf3 Rc4 21.Rd1 Rc2 22.Qf4 Kg7
23.Bxd5 Rxb2 24.h3 Be6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.Bf3 Ba2 27.Rc1 Rd2 28.Bxb7 Rxd4 29.Rc6+ Kg7
30.Ra6 Rd7 31.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNab,C"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.h3 Bh5 7.e4 c6 8.O-O Ne7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 a5 11.a3 f6 12.Qe1 e5 13.d4 Qc7 14.c4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 exd4 16.exd5 c5
17.Qe6+ Kh8 18.Ne4 Nc8 19.Bg2 Ra6 20.Nxd6 Nxd6 21.Qe2 a4 22.b4 b6 23.Bxd4 Raa8
24.bxc5 Nxc5 25.Rae1 Nb3 26.Bc3 Rae8 27.Qh5 Qxc4 28.Bb4 Nc5 29.Rc1 Qb5 30.Rfe1 f5
31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Bf1 Qd7 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Rxc5 Ne4 35.Bb5 Qd8 36.Qxe8+ Qxe8
37.Bxe8 Nxc5 38.d6 Kg8 39.Bxa4 Kf7 40.d7 Ke7 41.Bb5 f4 42.gxf4 Ne6 43.a4  1-0

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Werle,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 e6 8.Nf3 c5
9.e4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 b4 12.Na4 Nxe4 13.Nb6 Bc5 14.Nxc8 Nd7 15.Be3 Rxc8
16.Bxa6 Rb8 17.Ke2 e5 18.Nf5 g6 19.Ng3 Bxe3 20.Kxe3 Nec5 21.Bc4 f5 22.f4 Nb6
23.Rac1 exf4+ 24.Kxf4 Nxc4 25.Rxc4 Nd3+ 26.Kg5 h6+ 27.Kxg6 Ne5+ 28.Kg7 Ke7
29.Nxf5+ Ke6 30.Nd4+ Kd5 31.Rxb4 Rbg8+ 32.Kf6 Rg6+ 33.Ke7 Rh7+ 34.Kf8 Rf7+
35.Ke8 Rg8+  0-1

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Re1 h6 14.Bc2 Rd8 15.a5 Bd6
16.h3 g5 17.Ba4 O-O 18.e4 Qg7 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.Qa4 Rfd8 21.Be3 g4 22.hxg4 Qxg4
23.dxc5 Bxe4 24.Qxb4 Be5 25.Bxh6 Bd4 26.Rxe4 Qxe4 27.Be3 e5 28.Bxd4 exd4
29.Re1 Qc2 30.Ne5 Re7 31.Nc6 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 d3 33.Nxd8 Qe2 34.Qf1 Qc2 35.Qe1 Qe2
36.Qf1 Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 c5 11.Nb3 Qc6 12.c4 Be6 13.Qe2 b5 14.N1d2 Nd7 15.f4 f6 16.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.c6 Bxc6 15.Qe2 Nc5
16.Rd1 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 Qb6 18.b3 Be7 19.Bb2 O-O 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Bf8 22.Rad1 Rxd3
23.Rxd3 Be8 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.h3 Rc8 26.Rd2 Qf5 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Bd4 Qc6 29.e4 Rd8
30.Qe3 h6 31.Kh1 Kh7 32.f3 f6 33.e5 f5 34.Bb6 Rd5 35.Rd4 Qb7 36.a5 Bc6 37.Nd6 Qd7
38.Rxd5 Bxd5 39.Bc5 Qc7 40.Bxb4 Qc2 41.Bc5 Be7 42.b4 Bg5 43.Qf2 Qd1+ 44.Qg1 Qe2
45.Qf2 Qd1+ 46.Qg1 Qb3 47.Qd4 Bc1 48.Ne8 Bb2 49.Qg1 Bxe5 50.Bd4 Bf4 51.Nxg7 Kg6
52.Qe1 Qc2 53.Kg1 Qd2 54.Qxd2 Bxd2 55.b5 axb5 56.a6 b4 57.a7 e5 58.Bxe5 Be3+
59.Kf1 Bxa7 60.g4 fxg4 61.fxg4 Kg5 62.Bb2 Bc4+ 63.Ke1 Be3 64.Nf5 Bf4 65.Kf2 Bd3
66.Ne3 Be4 67.Ng2 Bd2 68.Kg3 Bxg2 69.h4+ Kg6 70.Kxg2 Be1 71.h5+ Kf7 72.Bc1 b3
73.Kf3 Bd2 74.Ba3 Ke6 75.Ke4 Bc3 76.Kd3 b2 77.Kc2 Kf6 78.Bxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 g6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.e4 Nfd7
9.Nxd7 Bxd7 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Qd2 h5 12.h3 a5 13.f4 Na6 14.O-O Qc7 15.a3 Rd8
16.Qf2 c5 17.Nd5 Qc8 18.dxc5 Bxh3 19.f5 Bxg2 20.fxg6 f6 21.Kxg2 h4 22.Qf5 Qc6
23.gxh4 Rxh4 24.Rh1 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxd5 26.Qf3 f5 27.Rad1 Nc7 28.Kf2 Bxb2 29.Qh5 Bg7
30.Qh7 Ne6 31.Qg8+ Kd7 32.Ke2 Rd3 33.Rhg1 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Houska,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qb1 Ne8 14.Bg3 Nd6 15.a4 Nb8
16.Ne5 Na6 17.Na2 Nc4 18.Nxc4 dxc4 19.Be2 Qd7 20.Nc3 Nb4 21.e4 Bd6 22.Rd2 Bxg3
23.hxg3 Qe7 24.Rfd1 Rfd8 25.Qa1 a5 26.Qa3 Qg5 27.b3 cxb3 28.Qxb3 Qf6 29.Bf3 Ba6
30.e5 Qe7 31.Ne4 Bc4 32.Qa3 Bd5 33.Nd6 Rc6 34.Bh5 g6 35.Be2 Qc7 36.Qe3 Kg7
37.Bb5 Rc3 38.Qe2 Qe7 39.Rb2 Bc6 40.Qd2 Bxb5 41.Qxc3 Bxa4 42.Rdb1 Rd7 43.Rxb4 axb4
44.Qxb4 b5 45.Rc1 Kh7 46.Rc8 h5 47.Re8 Qg5 48.Ne4  1-0

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 h6 11.h4 h5 12.Bd3 Be7 13.Qf3 g6 14.Qh3 Ng4 15.Ne2 Nh6 16.Ng1 Bxc5
17.Nf3 Bb4+ 18.Ke2 Bc3 19.Rb1 Nf5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Bd2 Bxd2 22.Nxd2 c5 23.Nf3 Rc8
24.Rhd1 c4 25.Ne5 Nf6  0-1

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.a4 a5 9.e4 Bg7
10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Bxb5 13.b7 Ra7 14.Nxb5 Rxb7 15.Bd2 Qa8 16.Bc3 Ne8
17.Qd2 Nc7 18.Qg5 Bxc3 19.bxc3 f6 20.Qg4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.c4 Rf4 23.Qe2 Ne8
24.g3 Rf6 25.Ra3 Ng7 26.h4 Qf8 27.Kg2 Nh5 28.Rd1 Qc8 29.Rb3 Qd7 30.f3 Qd8
31.Qd2 Rf8 32.Rdb1 Nf6 33.Nd4 Rxb3 34.Nxb3 Qb6 35.Qxa5 Rb8 36.Qxb6 Rxb6 37.a5 Ra6
38.g4 h5 39.g5 Nd7 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Ke2 Ke8 42.Kd2 Ra8 43.Ra1 Ra6 44.Nc1 Kd8
45.Nd3 Kc8 46.Kc3 Kb7 47.Kd2 Kc8 48.Ke2 Kd8 49.Kf2 Kc8 50.Kg3 Kc7 51.f4 exf4+
52.Kxf4 Kc8 53.e5 Nb6 54.Nb2 Nd7 55.e6 Ne5 56.Ke4 Kb7 57.Nd3 Nxc4 58.Rc1 Nxa5
59.Rxc5 dxc5 60.Nxc5+ Kc7 61.Nxa6+ Kd6 62.Nb4 Nb3 63.Nd3 Nd2+ 64.Ke3 Nc4+
65.Kf2 Nb6 66.Nf4 Nxd5 67.Nxg6 Kxe6 68.Kg3 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Ngf6 6.Bb2 a5 7.a3 c6 8.d3 Bc5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.e4 Qc7 11.e5 Ne8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.Rae1 f5 15.c4 Qb6
16.d4 Be7 17.Rc1 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Nc7 19.Qc2 Nd5 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Qd2 h6 22.Qd3 Rfd8
23.Nfd2 Nf8 24.Ne3 Qb6 25.Ndc4 Qa6 26.f4 c5 27.Nc2 a4 28.bxa4 Nb6 29.Ne1 Nxa4
30.Qb3 b5 31.Nd6 c4 32.Qc2 Rab8 33.d5 exd5 34.g4 Bg6 35.Nxf5 d4 36.Be4 d3
37.Qd2 Nxb2 38.Qxb2 Bxa3  0-1

[Event "5th Staunton Mem"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bg3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O cxd4 14.Nb5 Nc5 15.Nf3 Nc6
16.Nfxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bc5 19.Rfe1 Bc8 20.e6 fxe6 21.Nxe6 Bxe6
22.Rxe6 Qd7 23.Rae1 Rf7 24.R6e5 Raf8 25.R1e2 Rf5 26.h3 h5 27.a3 a5 28.Rd2 Rxe5
29.Bxe5 Qe6 30.Bg3 Rf5 31.Re2 Qf7 32.Qb5 Qf6 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Bf8 35.Qe8 h4
36.Bc7 Kh7 37.Re6 Qf7 38.Qxf7 Rxf7 39.Bxb6 Bxb4 40.Re5 Rb7 41.Be3 Bd6 42.Rh5+ Kg6
43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.f4 Rb4 45.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "KNSB TCh-NED 2007-8"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lemmers,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qe2 Ng5 7.d4 Ne6 8.Be3 c6
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Qf2 Bb4 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nd7 14.Nb1 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.c3 Ne4 17.Qe1 Bd6 18.Nbd2 Bg3 19.Qd1 Bf4 20.Qe1 Ng3 21.Rf2 Qb6 22.b3 Qa5
23.b4 Qa3 24.Nb1 Qa6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rxf2 27.Bxf2 Ne2+ 28.Kh2 Rf8 29.Bf1 Bd3
30.Nd2 Nxc3 31.Bg2 Ne4 32.Be3 Qa3 33.Nb3 Qb2 34.Qc1 Qxe5+ 35.Kg1 Qg3 36.Qe1 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Tavoularis,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Nf4 Qd7 8.a3 Ne7
9.Nxe6 Qxe6 10.Nb5 O-O-O 11.Nxa7+ Kb8 12.Nb5 f4 13.Qf3 fxe3 14.Qxe3 Qxe3+
15.fxe3 Nf5 16.Kf2 c6 17.Bd3 Nd6 18.Nc3 f5 19.h4 g6 20.h5 g5 21.g4 fxg4 22.Kg3 h6
23.Kxg4 Re8 24.Rh3 Bg7 25.Rf1 Re7 26.Rhf3 Rhe8 27.Bg6 Rd8 28.b3 b6 29.a4 Ka7
30.b4 Nc4 31.Bd3 Nd6 32.b5 cxb5 33.Nxd5 Red7 34.axb5 Nxb5 35.Bxb5 Rxd5 36.Rf7+ Kb8
37.c4  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kristjansson,St"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.h3 Ba7
9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Nh4 Nd7 11.Ng3 Nc5 12.Bc2 d5 13.O-O c6 14.Be3 Ne6 15.Bxa7 Rxa7
16.Nf3 f6 17.d4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 f5 19.Nc5 e4 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.Ng5 Bc8 22.f3 exf3
23.Nxf3 Ng6 24.Bb3+ Kh8 25.Qd2 b5 26.Rae1 Qd6 27.Ne5 c5 28.Nxg6+ hxg6 29.Qf2 c4
30.Bd1 g5 31.Re5 Re7 32.Rfe1 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Qh6 34.Qe3 Qg6 35.Qf3 Kh7 36.Qh5+ Qxh5
37.Bxh5 g4 38.Re8 Rxe8 39.Bxe8 Kg8 40.hxg4 Kf8 41.Bc6 fxg4 42.Kf2 Be6 43.Bb7 a5
44.Bc6 b4 45.d5 Bf5 46.g3  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Petrosian,TL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc5 Bg4 17.Re1 Qa5 18.h3 Bh5 19.Nd3 Bg6 20.Nf4 Be4 21.Rxc6 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 d4
23.Qc1 Nd5 24.Nd3 Nb4 25.Nxb4 Qxb4 26.Rc4 Qb7+ 27.Kg1 Qd7 28.Qf4 Rad8 29.Rd1 Qxh3
30.Rcxd4 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 a6 32.e3 Rc8 33.Qd7 Qxd7 34.Rxd7 Rc2 35.Rb7 g5 36.a4 a5
37.b3 g4 38.Rb5 Rb2 39.Kf1 Kg7 40.Rxa5 Rxb3 41.Rf5 Rb2 42.Ke1 Ra2 43.Rf4 h5
44.Kd1 Kg6 45.Kc1 f5 46.Kb1 Rd2 47.a5 Rd8 48.Kc2 Ra8 49.Ra4 Kg5 50.Kd3 h4
51.gxh4+ Kxh4 52.a6 Kh3 53.a7 Kg2 54.Ra2 Kf3 55.Kd4 f4 56.exf4 Kxf4 57.Ra3  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.f3 Nh5 14.g3 Kh8 15.Be3 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Nd2 Qd6 18.Bc4 Raf8 19.Rf1 e4 20.f4 g5 21.Qxh5 gxf4 22.Qg4 Rg5
23.Qxf4 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Qe5 25.Nb3 c5 26.Rd1 h6 27.Rd7 Bc6 28.Ra7 Rg6 29.Rf7 Rxg3+
30.hxg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kf1 Qh3+ 32.Ke2 Qh5+ 33.Kd2 Qh2+ 34.Kc1 Qg3 35.Kb1  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Vuckovic,Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Be2 Rb8 10.Bf4 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nd2 b4 13.Na4 Ra8 14.c3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Ba6
16.c4 Qc7 17.Qc2 Rfb8 18.Nc3 Ne8 19.Bg5 Nb6 20.Rfb1 Bc8 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.h3 Bd7 24.Nf3 Ra6 25.Nc3 Na4 26.Nd1 Rb6 27.Rb3 Qb8 28.Ra3 Nb2 29.Nc3 Rb4
30.Nd2 Bxc3 31.Qxc3 f6 32.Bh6 Na4 33.Qg3 Ng7 34.h4 Rb2 35.h5 Kf7 36.hxg6+ hxg6
37.Bg4 Bxg4 38.Qxg4 Qb4 39.Rg3 g5 40.Nf3 Qxc4 41.Nxg5+ fxg5 42.Rf3+ Kg8 43.Qc8+ Kh7
44.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ba2 e5 11.O-O b6 12.Ng3 Ba6 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.e4 Rad8 15.Nf5 g6
16.Ne7+ Kg7 17.Bg5 Rde8 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 h6 20.Be3 Nf6 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Qd2 Qh5
23.c4 Kh7 24.Bf4 Nxd5 25.cxd5 g5 26.Bd6 Rg8 27.e5 Qg6 28.Re3 Rd8 29.Be7 Rd7
30.d6 Re8 31.Rae1 Bc4 32.Qc3 Bd5 33.h3 Qf5 34.Qd2 Qe6 35.h4 g4 36.Qd3+ Kg8
37.Bf6 Bc6 38.Qc2 c4 39.Rd1 b5 40.Rg3  1-0

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bijlsma,Nick"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qd1 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nb3 Bf6 13.c3 Ne5 14.Nbd4 Bg6 15.Nc2 Nec4
16.Ne3 Nxb2 17.Qd2 Na4 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qxd6 cxd6 21.Bb5 Nxc3
22.Bxe8 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Rxe8 25.Nd5 Bd8 26.Rc8 f6 27.Rb8 Bf7 28.Nc3 Ba5
29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.Ne4 d5 31.Nc5 Bc6 32.Kg1 Bb6 33.Nb3 Ba4 34.Kf1 Bxb3 35.axb3 Kf7
36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Ne1 Bc5 38.f3 b5 39.Kd3 a5 40.Nc2 a4 41.b4 Bd6 42.g3 Be5 43.Na3 Bd6
44.Nc2 Kd7 45.f4 g5 46.fxg5 fxg5 47.Nd4 a3 48.Kc2 a2  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.Bf4 g6
9.e3 Nh5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Qb6 Qb8 15.Bd3 Bg7
16.f4 Bg4 17.Qb3 h5 18.Nb6 e6 19.Kd2 f5 20.Qc3 Bf6 21.Kc2 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savchenko,Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.Nb3 Bg4 10.Be2 Re8 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Nfd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 c5 14.Qf3 c4 15.Nc1 Rc8
16.c3 Nb6 17.Ne2 Ne4 18.Nf4 f5 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.Qh3 g5 22.Ne2 Qf6
23.f4 exf3 24.Qxf3 g4 25.Qf2 Qe6 26.Bf4 Nd5 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Rfe1 Re6 29.Ng3 f4
30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.Re1 fxg3 32.Rxe6 gxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Rc6 34.Re5 Nc7 35.Rg5 Rb6
36.Rxg4 Rxb2+ 37.Ke3 Nd5+ 38.Kf3 Rxa2 39.Re4 Rc2 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Rd8 Rxc3+
42.Kg4 Nf6+ 43.Kf4 Rd3 44.Rb8 Rxd4+ 45.Ke5 Nd7+  0-1

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Black "Mamedov,Elm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bxf3
10.Bxf3 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Nc6 13.Rd1 Nd4 14.Qxb7 Qf6 15.Rd3 Rfe8
16.Qd7 Re6 17.e5 Qxe5 18.Bxa8 Qe1+ 19.Kh2 Ne2 20.Bh6 Be5+ 21.g3 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Nxg3+
23.Rxg3 Bxg3 24.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosovicka,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Nd7 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Rc1 c5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Qxd5 Bb7 15.Qc4 cxd4
16.Qxc7 Rc8 17.Qxd8 Rxc1+ 18.Ke2 Ba6+  0-1

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Black "Sanzhaev,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Bc5 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qb7+ 13.f3 Ng4 14.h3 Ne5 15.Ne4 f6
16.Bf4 Be7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Nb5 Nf7 19.Nbd6 Bxd6 20.Nxd6 Nxd6 21.Bxd6 Nc6 22.Rd2 Rd8
23.Rcd1 Rac8 24.Be7 Nxe7 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Qc6 27.Qxa7 Qxc4 28.Kf2 Qc5+
29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Qb7 Re8 31.Rc7 Qf5 32.Qxb6 Qxh3+ 33.Kf2 Qh2+ 34.Kf1 Qxg3 35.a4 h5
36.Qb5 Qxc7  0-1

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Testova,Nika"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "C52"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O Nge7 8.cxd4 O-O
9.Bb2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Be6 13.Qb3 c6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Qxb7 Qg5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.f3 Rab8 18.Qd7 Qxe5 19.Nd2 Bxd2 20.Kh1 Qe6 21.Qxa7 Ra8 22.Qc5 Qe3
23.Qxe3 Bxe3  0-1

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Black "Popov,Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.h3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7
9.e3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Rac1 a5 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.Bh2 N7f6 15.Nd2 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bg6 17.Nc4 Nd5 18.Bf3 Ra6 19.e4 b5 20.Ne5 a4 21.Qb2 Nb6 22.c4 Nxc4
23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Rxc4 Qd7 25.Rfc1 a3 26.Qb3 Bg5 27.R1c3 Qa7 28.Be5 Bd2 29.Rd3 Bg5
30.Bd6 Ra8 31.Bc5 Qc7 32.Rb4 Qd8 33.g3 Be7 34.h4 h5 35.Rb7 Bf8 36.Bg2 Ra4
37.Bb6 Qe8 38.f4 Rb4 39.Qc2 Rb2 40.Qc4 Qc8 41.Rc7 Qb8 42.Rb3 Rxb3 43.Qxb3 Ra6
44.Rxc6 Be7 45.f5 exf5 46.Rxg6 Bf6 47.Rxf6 gxf6 48.exf5 Qxb6 49.Qd5 Ra4 50.Kh2 Qxd4
51.Qc6 Kg7 52.Qf3 Qg4 53.Qd3 Qc4 54.Qd2 Rb4 55.Qd1 Rb2 56.Qxh5 Qe4  0-1

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gordeev,Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.c3 Qd7 11.Ne3 Bh5 12.f4 Ng4 13.Ng3 Nxe3 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qxh5+ Kg8
16.Bxe3 f5 17.d5 Nd8 18.Rf3 c5 19.dxc6 Nxc6 20.Ne2 Rf6 21.Rg3 Qe8 22.Qf3 Qf7
23.Nd4 d5 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rg5 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Rg6 27.Rxg6 Qxg6 28.Qxd5+ Kh7 29.Qxb7 Bh4
30.Qf3 Re6 31.Be5 Kg8 32.Rd7 Qe8 33.Rxg7+ Kf8 34.Rxa7 Rxe5 35.fxe5 Bd8 36.Qxf5+ Kg8
37.Ra6 Qb5 38.Rg6+  1-0

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Black "Gladkov,Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A44"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Bd3 a6 5.a4 Be7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxe2 8.Bxe2 Bg5
9.Nc3 Bxc1 10.Qxc1 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe3 Nbd7 13.Rae1 Ne8 14.b3 g6 15.f4 exf4
16.Rxf4 Ne5 17.Ref1 Ng7 18.Nd1 f5 19.Nb2 g5 20.R4f2 f4 21.Qd2 Qe7 22.Nd3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Langner,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Be6
10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Bb3 Bxb3 12.Qxb3 Qe6 13.Qd1 Ng4 14.Re2 f5 15.h3 Nh6 16.Ng5 Qg6
17.Nc4 Ba7 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.b5 axb5 20.Qxb5 Rab8 21.Qd5 Rf6 22.a5 Qh5 23.Raa2 Bc5
24.Ne6 Ne7 25.Nxg7 Kxg7  0-1

[Event "3rd Arctic Cup"]
[Site "Salekhard RUS"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv RUS"]
[Black "Jalgaonkar,Ankit Rajesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c4 dxc4 6.Na3 O-O 7.Nxc4 b6 8.Nfe5 c6
9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.O-O Bb7 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.Bf4 Qd5 15.Nf3 Qh5
16.Kg2 h6 17.h3 g5 18.g4 Qg6 19.Bg3 Rc8 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Qc2 Qxc2 22.Rxc2 Ne4
23.e3 Nxg3 24.Kxg3 f6 25.Rfc1 Rbb8 26.Rc7 h5 27.gxh5 f5 28.Nxg5 e5 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7
30.Ne6+ Kh6 31.Nxd8 Rxd8 32.dxe5 Rg8+ 33.Kf4 Rf8 34.e6 Re8 35.Kxf5 Kg7 36.Rc7+ Kf8
37.Kf6 Kg8 38.h6 a5 39.Rg7+ Kh8 40.e7 b5 41.Kf7 a4 42.Kxe8  1-0

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h3 exd5
9.exd5 Nfd7 10.f4 f5 11.O-O Na6 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Kh1 Nf6 14.Bf2 Bd7 15.Bh4 Qe8
16.Qb3 Rb8 17.a4 Na6 18.Rae1 Nb4 19.Bb1 Qf7 20.Ng1 Rfe8 21.Nf3 Nh5 22.Nb5 Bxb5
23.axb5 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 Qe7 25.Bh4 Bf6 26.Re1 Qf8 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Qc3 Rf8 29.Qd2 Ng7
30.Re3 h6 31.Qc3 a6 32.b6 Qf7 33.Nh4 Re8 34.Rg3 g5 35.fxg5 h5 36.Kh2 Re5
37.Rf3 a5 38.Qd2 a4 39.g6 Qf6 40.Qh6 Na6  1-0

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Lie,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.b4 Qe7 12.Bc1 a5 13.b5 Ne5 14.Bb2 Ng4 15.Nh3 O-O
16.Bd3 f5 17.Qe2 Qh4 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.O-O Qh6 21.f3 Nxe3 22.Rfe1 f4
23.fxe4 Rae8 24.Rc7 Rf7 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Nxf4 Qxf4 27.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Rxe3 dxe4
29.Bc4+ Kf8 30.h4 g6 31.b6 Rd6 32.a4 Rxb6 33.Bb5 Rc8 34.Rxe4 Kf7 35.Kh2 Rc2
36.Ba3 Rc7 37.Rf4+ Ke6 38.Bb2 Ke7 39.Rf3 Rc2 40.Bc3 Re6 41.Bxa5 Re4 42.Kh3 Rc5
43.Rd3 Ke6 44.Bd7+ Kf7 45.Bd8 Rcc4 46.Bg5 h6 47.Rf3+ Kg8 48.Bf6 Rc7 49.Bb5 Re6
50.Bd4 Re4 51.Bb2 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Kg3 Rc5 54.Rd3 Kf7 55.Bd4 Rf5 56.Bb6 Rfe5
57.Bd7 Rb4 58.a5 Rc4 59.Bg4 Ke8 60.Bf3 Re7 61.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qd1 Re8 13.Qb3 Ba5 14.Rfd1 exd4 15.exd4 Nb6
16.Qb5 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.Be1 Qf6 19.Bf1 Re6 20.a4 Nd6 21.Qd3 Nbc4 22.Ra2 Rae8
23.Bb4 Nf5 24.b3 Ncd6 25.Re2 Ne4 26.Rc2 h5 27.Ba3 Nh4 28.Rdc1 g5 29.Qd1 Qg6
30.Be2 Nxf2 31.Kxf2 Qe4 32.Bf3 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 g4 34.Re2 Qf4 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Rc8+ Kg7
37.Bc1 Qh2 38.Qd2 gxf3  0-1

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Cicak,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 e6
9.h4 h6 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Qd2 exd5 12.cxd5 f5 13.O-O-O a6 14.Bd3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf5
16.f3 Qd7 17.Bd4 Be5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qe3 Qd6 20.g4 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Qb6 22.Qxb6 cxb6
23.Rhe1 O-O 24.Re3 Rad8 25.Nc3 Rd7 26.Rdd3 Rfd8 27.Rxe5 Kf7 28.f4 b5 29.a3 Nc6
30.h5 Nxe5 31.fxe5 Re7 32.Re3 gxh5 33.gxh5 Rc7 34.Rf3+ Ke8 35.Kd2 Rxc3 36.Kxc3 Rxd5
37.Rf6 Rxe5 38.Rxh6 a5 39.Kd4 Re2 40.b3 Rb2 41.Re6+ Kf7 42.Re3 Ra2 43.b4 b6
44.Kd5 Rb2 45.Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balogh,C"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 Bf6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 Ng6
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Qh5 Bf6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 Qxg5 15.Nxg5 Re8
16.Rfe1 f6 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.Nd2 Rad8 19.Nf1 a5 20.f3 Be6 21.a3 f5 22.Kf2 f4
23.g3 g5 24.h4 h6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Rad1 Kf7 27.Rd2 Rd6 28.Red1 Red8 29.gxf4 gxf4
30.Rxd6 cxd6 31.Nd2 Rh8 32.Ke2 Rh2+ 33.Kd3 b5 34.b3 b4 35.axb4 axb4 36.Ra1 c5
37.Ra6 Ke7 38.Rb6 Rf2 39.Rb7+ Kf6 40.Rh7 d5 41.Rh6+ Kf7 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Rh6+ Ke7
44.Rh7+ Bf7 45.exd5 Kf8 46.Rh8+ Kg7 47.d6 Be6 48.Rh5 Kf7 49.Rxc5 Ke8 50.Rb5 Kd7
51.Rxb4  1-0

[Event "KNSB TCh-NED 2007-8"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Van Delft,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qb3 Ra7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 f6 12.Bf4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bg6 14.a4 Be7 15.a5 O-O
16.h4 h6 17.h5 Bh7 18.O-O Kh8 19.Ra4 Qc8 20.c4 Bd8 21.Bg4 f5 22.Be2 Rf7 23.Rfa1 Bg8
24.Bd3 Bh7 25.Rb4 Bg8 26.Qb1 Bh7 27.Qd1 Ra8 28.Qf3 Ra7 29.Be5 Ra8 30.Ra3 Kg8
31.Rb2 Ra7 32.Qe2 Kh8 33.Kh1 Ra8 34.Rab3 Bg8 35.Qd2 Bh7 36.Kg1 Ra7 37.Be2 Kg8
38.Qe1 Kh8 39.Qf1 Qa8 40.Qc1 Kg8 41.Qc3 Kh8 42.Kf1 Qc8 43.g3 Ra8 44.Ke1 Ra7
45.Kd2 Ra8 46.Kc1 Ra7 47.Rd2 Ra8 48.Kb2 Bf6 49.Bd6 Rd7 50.Ka3 Bg8 51.Rdb2 Ra7
52.cxd5 exd5 53.Bf4 Be6 54.Qc2 Rf7 55.Bd3 Bd8 56.Ka4 Bc7 57.Qb1 Bxf4 58.exf4 Qc7
59.Re2 Rf6 60.Re5 Qf7 61.Qe1 Ra8 62.Bc2 Rf8 63.Rbe3 Bc8 64.Qe2 Qg8 65.Kb4 R6f7
66.Qd3 Rf6 67.Re7 R6f7 68.R7e5 Rf6 69.Qe2 R6f7 70.Kc3 Rf6 71.Kd2 R6f7 72.Ke1 Rf6
73.Kf1 R6f7 74.Kg2 Rf6 75.Qe1 R6f7 76.f3 Rf6 77.Re7 R6f7 78.Bd3 Rxe7 79.Rxe7 Rf7
80.Kf2 Rxe7 81.Qxe7 Qe6 82.Qf8+ Qg8 83.Qd6 Qe6 84.Qb8 Kg8 85.Be2 Kf7 86.g4 Ke7
87.Qc7+ Qd7 88.Qe5+ Kf8 89.Kg3 Qd8 90.Qb8 Ke7 91.Kf2 Kf8 92.g5 Kg8 93.Bd3 Qd7
94.Ke3 Qe6+ 95.Kd2 Qd7 96.Kc3 Qe6 97.Kb3 Kh7 98.Qd6 Kg8 99.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "KNSB TCh-NED 2007-8"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van den Doel,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.h4 d4
16.Ng5 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 d3 18.Qd1 Qd5 19.Nh5 O-O-O 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 Rhe8 22.Qg4+ Kb7
23.Nf3 f6 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Qg7 Rd7 26.Qxf6 Rf8 27.Qg5 Rf5 28.Qg3 Rdf7 29.Be3 Bd6
30.Qh3 Rxf3 31.gxf3 Ne5 32.Kh1 Rxf3 33.Qg2 Rh3+ 34.Kg1 Nf3+ 35.Kf1 Rh2  0-1

[Event "KNSB TCh-NED 2007-8"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Bakker,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 e5
9.O-O O-O 10.e4 cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.Bf4 Re8 13.f3 Be6 14.Rb1 b6 15.Qd2 Rc8
16.Rfc1 Ne5 17.Nxd4 Bxc4 18.Bc2 a6 19.Nf5 Re6 20.Rd1 d5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qg5 Rxf5
23.Qxf5 g6 24.Qe5 Rc6 25.Bb3 Re6 26.Qd4 Bxb3 27.Rxb3 Qe7 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Qxb6 dxe4
30.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allahverdiev,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Nd4 Nc6 8.Nc2 Bxc3
9.dxc3 h6 10.Ne3 d6 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.b3 Re5 13.Nd5 Bf5 14.Bf4 Re6 15.Rad1 Nd7
16.Be3 a5 17.a4 Rc8 18.b4 b6 19.f3 Qe8 20.f4 h5 21.Rb1 f6 22.Kf2 Nd8 23.Kg1 h4
24.Bf2 h3 25.Bh1 Nf7 26.Ne3 Nh6 27.Rfd1 Bh7 28.Qa2 Kh8 29.Rd5 c6 30.Rd2 f5
31.bxa5 bxa5 32.Rdb2 Nc5 33.Rb6 Qd8 34.Nc2 Re7 35.Bd4 Ng4 36.Qa3 Nd7 37.Rb7 c5
38.Bf2 Bg8 39.Qb3 Ndf6 40.Na3 d5 41.Rd1 Nxf2 42.Kxf2 dxc4 43.Rxd8 cxb3 44.Rxe7 Rxd8
45.Ra7 Rd1 46.Rxa5 Ng4+  0-1

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Abasov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.e4 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Ne2 Qh4 12.O-O c4 13.Bb1 f6 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nf4 fxe5
16.dxe5 Rd8 17.Nxd5 Ne6 18.f4 Rd7 19.Bf5 Rf7 20.g3 Qh6 21.Be4  1-0

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gasanov,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 d6 8.h3 b5 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Qc2 Bb7 11.e4 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.e5 Nh5 15.Be4 Nxf4 16.Bxb7 Ra7
17.Qe4 Bh6 18.Bc6 Nb8 19.Nh2 Qc7 20.Ng4 Bg7 21.Bd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 h5 23.Ne3 Bxe5
24.Nxc5 Bxb2 25.Rab1 Bc3 26.Na4 Rc8 27.Rfc1 Qd8 28.Nxc3 bxc3 29.Rb3 Rac7
30.Qd3 c2 31.Rxc2 Rxc2 32.Nxc2 Nd7 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Qxc3 Nf6 35.Ne3 Qb6 36.Qd3 Kg7
37.g3 a5 38.Kg2 a4 39.Qa3 Qd4 40.Qxe7 Nxd5 41.Nf5+ gxf5 42.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Durarbeyli,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 b6 10.a3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.e4 Rfd8 15.Bb2 Ng4
16.Rad1 Nde5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bb1 Nc4 19.Bc1 a5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Qxd1 h6 23.f3 Ne5 24.Bd2 Ba6 25.Be1 a4 26.Ba2 Nd3 27.Bd2 Nb2 28.Qc2 a3
29.Bc1 Nd3 30.Qd2 Nxc1 31.Qxc1 Qd7 32.Bb3 Qd3 33.h3 Bb5 34.Ba2 Qe2 35.Qxa3 Qd1+
36.Kh2 Qd6+ 37.Kg1 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Babaev,Ra"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 Na5 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Nd4 O-O 13.c3 Ncxb3 14.N2xb3 Nc4 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Nd4 Bc5 17.b3 Nb6 18.Qg4 Qd7 19.Qxe6+ Qxe6 20.Nxe6 Bxf2+ 21.Kf1 Bd4+ 22.Nxf8 Rxf8+
23.Ke2 Bxc3 24.Rb1 d4 25.Bb2 Nd5 26.Rxd4 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Nf4+ 28.Kf3 Ne6+ 29.Ke3 Rd8
30.Bb2 Kf7 31.Rf1+ Ke8 32.g4 c5 33.Rc1 a5 34.h3 Ke7 35.Bc3 b4 36.Be1 Rd5
37.Ke4 Rd4+ 38.Ke3 Kd7 39.a3 Kc6 40.axb4 axb4 41.Ra1 Nc7 42.Bg3 Kb5 43.Ra7 Kb6
44.Ra1 g5 45.Rb1 Nd5+ 46.Kf2 Nc7 47.Ke2 Kb5 48.Rc1 Nd5 49.Bf2 Nc3+ 50.Rxc3 bxc3
51.Bxd4 cxd4 52.Kd3 Kc6  0-1

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mammadov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.h3 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Nf1 g5 10.g4 Ng6 11.Ng3 Nf4 12.Bxf4 gxf4 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.gxf5 Qe7 15.Qe2 a5
16.a3 c6 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Rhg1 Rhe8 19.Rde1 d5 20.Rg2 Qf8 21.Rd1 Kb8 22.Rgg1 Qc5
23.Rg2 Qb5 24.Ba2 dxe4 25.Bc4 exf3  0-1

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Ibrahimov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 h6 8.Bh4 d5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Qxh6 e5 14.Bd3 e4 15.Bc2 Bf5
16.Bb3 Qd7 17.Nh4 Nxd4 18.Rd1 Bg4 19.O-O Bf8 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "III President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.Bd3 O-O 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc7 13.Bb3 Re8 14.O-O e5 15.Rfd1 e4
16.Qe2 Nb6 17.b5 Qd6 18.g3 h5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.h4 Rab8 21.Na4 Nbd5 22.Nc5 Ng4
23.Rab1 Rb6 24.Ba4 f5 25.Rxb6 axb6 26.Na6 Ra8 27.Bb3 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Rxa6 29.Qxf5 Rxa3
30.Bxd5+ cxd5 31.Bb4 Qxg3+ 32.Kf1 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Rc1 c5
9.d5 a6 10.a4 Qb6 11.b3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Bxe5 14.Nf4 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qd8
16.h4 Nd7 17.h5 g5 18.Nd3 f6 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.a5 Bd4 21.Rh3 Rb8 22.Kf1 Qe8 23.Bc3 Bxc3
24.Rxc3 b6 25.axb6 Rxb6 26.Re3 Rb7 27.g3 Qf7 28.Rf3 h6 29.Kg2 Rfb8 30.Re3 Qg7
31.Qf5 Qh7 32.Qe6 Nf8 33.Qg4 Qg7 34.Qf5 a5 35.Nc1 Nd7 36.Re2 Qf7 37.g4 Ne5
38.Ra2 Ra7 39.Nd3 Nxd3 40.Rxd3 Kg7 41.Ra3 Kg8 42.Rd2 Qh7 43.Qf3 Rb4 44.Rda2 Rab7
45.Qd3 Qf7 46.Ra1 Qe8 47.f3 e5 48.dxe6 Qxe6 49.Rxa5 Rxb3 50.Ra8+ Kg7 51.Qd5 Rb2+
52.Kg3 Qxd5 53.cxd5 Rb8 54.Rxb8 Rxb8 55.Ra6 Rd8 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Rc7 Ra8 58.Rc6 Rd8
59.f4 Rd7 60.Kf3 Kf7 61.e5 dxe5 62.fxe5 Rxd5 63.Rxf6+ Kg7 64.Rg6+ Kh7 65.e6 Re5
66.Rf6 Kg7 67.Rf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Bb3 Ng6 10.Nc4 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 b5 13.Ne3 c6 14.Nf1 b4 15.cxb4 Qb6
16.Qd2 Rb8 17.b5 axb5 18.a5 Qc7 19.Qc2 Ra8 20.Bg5 Nh5 21.Rec1 Bd7 22.Qd2 Nhf4
23.d4 h6 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.Ne3 exd4 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Nh5 28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 c5
30.Qd2 Nf6 31.Bd1 Qd7 32.Bf3 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.Ne5 Be8 15.Rcd1 Nfd5
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qf3 Bc6 18.Qh3 Ned5 19.Bb3 b6 20.Ne4 Nf4 21.Qg3 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Nbxd5
23.Qb3 Qc7 24.Rd2 Ng6 25.Qg3 Rfd8 26.h4 Nde7 27.h5 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd2 29.Nxd2 Rd8
30.Ne4 h6 31.Nd6 Nf5 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.b3 Qc6 34.Qe3 Qe6 35.Qc3 a5 36.Qe3 Rd5
37.Kh2 Rc5 38.Kg1 Rd5 39.f4 Kh7 40.Kh2 Kg8 41.Qg3 Rd4 42.Re3 Qd5 43.e6 fxe6
44.Qg6 Rxf4 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.e3 Bb4 8.Nd5 Ba5
9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.b4 Nxd5 15.bxa5 Nb4
16.Ba3 Qe7 17.a6 Rab8 18.axb7 c5 19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.Bd5 Rfd8 21.Qf3 Bd3 22.Rfc1 e4
23.Qf4 Rxb7 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.f3 Re8 26.c5 Bb5 27.c6 Bxc6 28.Qd6 Re6 29.Qd8+ Re8
30.Qd6 Re6 31.Qd8+ Re8 32.Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Qg4 Re8
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.Bb5 Rad8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Nxe6 Qxb5 21.Nxd8 Bxd8 22.Bxd8 Rxd8
23.b3 Qc6 24.e6 N7f6 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Qc4 Rc8 27.Rc1 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.bxc4 Nf4
30.f3 Nd7 31.Rd1 Ke7 32.Kf2 a5 33.g3 Ne6 34.Ke3 Bc6 35.Nb2 Ne5 36.f4 Ng4+
37.Kd2 Nc5 38.Re1+ Kd6 39.h3 Nf6 40.Ke3 h5 41.Rd1+ Kc7 42.Kd4 Nce4 43.Rd3 Nc3
44.a3 Be4 45.axb4 Ne2+ 46.Ke3 Bxd3 47.Nxd3 Nxg3 48.bxa5 Nf5+ 49.Kf3 Nd4+
50.Ke3 Nc6 51.a6 Kb6 52.f5 Kxa6 53.Nc5+ Ka5 54.Ne6 Kb4 55.Nxg7 Kxc4 56.Kf4 Kd5
57.Kg5 Ke5 58.Nxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 d6 11.Nd2 Ng6 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.a4 a6
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qxa6 Rxb2 19.Ne4 h5 20.h4 Rb6 21.Qc4 Qg8 22.Qe2 Rb8
23.Ng5 Nf8 24.Qxh5+ Nh7 25.Rae1 Bb6 26.Re7 Rbf8 27.Kh2 R5f6 28.a5  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.e3 e6 10.Qf3 Ra7 11.Bd3 c5 12.Qh3 Be7 13.Rd1 cxd4 14.exd4 Nb6 15.O-O b4
16.Ne2 O-O 17.Ng4 g6 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.Be5 Nd5 20.f4 Bd6 21.Ng3 Bc6 22.f5 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Ng8 24.f6+ Kh8 25.Ng4 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Ne3 27.Nxe3 Qxe3 28.Rfe1 Qg5 29.Nf1 Rd7
30.Qg3 Qxg3 31.hxg3 Rfd8 32.Be2 h5 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Bxa6 Bd5 35.Ne3 Bxa2 36.Rd1 Ra7
37.Rd6 Rc7 38.Bd3 Nh6 39.Ra6 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Re1 41.Bxg6 fxg6 42.Ra8+ Kh7 43.Ra7+ Kg8
44.Ra8+ Kf7 45.Ra7+ Ke8 46.Ra8+ Kd7 47.Ra7+ Kd8 48.Ra8+ Kc7 49.Ra7+ Kb6 50.Rh7 Rxe3
51.Rxh6 Rxe5 52.Rxg6 Rf5 53.g4 hxg4 54.Kg3 Bd5 55.Kxg4 Bxg2  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6
16.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 Qe7 10.Nh3 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.O-O O-O 13.e4 dxe4 14.fxe4 e5 15.d5 cxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.cxd5 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc5 19.Rfe1 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Rad8 21.Rad1 Bb4
22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 Bd6 24.Rg5 Be7 25.Re5 Bd6 26.Rg5 Rc8 27.Be5 Bc5+ 28.Kh1 Bxd5
29.Nf4 Be3 30.Rg4 Rcd8 31.Re1 Bd2 32.Rg1 Be3 33.Re1 Bd2 34.Rg1 Bb7 35.Ne6 Bc8
36.Nxd8 Bxg4 37.Nc6 Re8 38.Bg3 Re2 39.h3 Bd7 40.Ne5 Bf5 41.Nc6 Be4 42.Nd4 Re3
43.Kh2 Rd3 44.Nb5 Bb4 45.a3 Bc5 46.Re1 Rxb3 47.a4 Bc6 48.Nxa7 Bxa4 49.Nc8 Rb2
50.Bd6 Bxd6+ 51.Nxd6 Bc6 52.Ne4 b5 53.Kg3 b4 54.Nf2 b3 55.Re3 Bd5 56.Rd3 Rxf2
57.Rxd5 Rf5 58.Rd2 Rb5 59.Rb2 Kf7 60.Kf4 Kf6 61.Ke4 h5 62.h4 Rb4+ 63.Kf3 Kf5
64.g3 Rb6 65.Kf2 Ke4 66.Ke2 Rb8  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Bb3 a6 8.Re1 Ba7
9.Nbd2 Nh7 10.Nf1 Ng5 11.Nxg5 hxg5 12.Be3 Qf6 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bb3 Ne7
16.a4 b4 17.a5 Ng6 18.Ra4 bxc3 19.bxc3 c5 20.Ra2 Nf4 21.f3 Rb7 22.Bc4 Rb8
23.Ne3 Qh6 24.g3 Nh5 25.d4 cxd4 26.cxd4 O-O 27.Rd2 Nf6 28.dxe5 dxe5 29.Rd8 Nh7
30.Qd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Nf6 32.Rb6 Rxb6 33.axb6 Bb7 34.Rc1 Rd8 35.Bf1 Kf8 36.Nc4 Rc8
37.Rb1 Nd7 38.Na5 Rb8 39.Bh3 Nf6 40.Bf1 Nd7 41.Bh3 Nf6 42.Rc1 Ne8 43.Bd7 Nd6
44.Rc7 Bxe4 45.fxe4 Rxb6 46.Bc6 g6 47.Rd7 Rb1+ 48.Kf2 Rb2+ 49.Ke3 Nb5 50.Bd5 Nc3
51.Rxf7+ Ke8 52.Rb7 Rxh2 53.Nc6  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurajica,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.Be2 e5
9.Bxg4 Nxg4 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Qa5 12.Qf5 Nh6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.O-O Rfc8 15.a3 Bxd2
16.Nbxd2 Qc7 17.Nc4 e4 18.Nfe5 Nf6 19.Qh3 Re8 20.b4 Nd5 21.Ng4 Re6 22.Rac1 Qe7
23.Nxh6+ Rxh6 24.Qf5 a6 25.Ne5 Re6 26.Qh3 Rh6 27.Qd7 Re6 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.Rc2 f6
30.Nc4 g5 31.Rb1 h5 32.a4 Rc7  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Cvitan,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.e4 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.e5 Nd5
16.h4 Qb7 17.Rh3 c5 18.Qe4 Rad8 19.Nd2 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brkic,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6
16.a4 d5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Nxe5 dxe4 20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 Re7 22.Qf5 Qa2
23.Bd1 Bd5 24.Bxh6 Be6 25.Qf4 gxh6 26.Re3 Qb1 27.Rg3+ Kh7 28.Kh2 Qxd1  0-1

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Drasko,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nf3 Be7 10.a3 d5 11.c5 b6 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.b4 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.O-O Nd7
17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Rfe1 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rb8 21.Rab1 Qc7 22.Rb4 a5
23.Rbb1 Rxb1 24.Nxb1 Re8 25.Qc3 f6 26.Nd2 e5 27.h3 e4 28.Nf1 f5 29.Ne3 f4
30.Ng4 Rb8 31.Ne5 a4 32.Qd2 f3 33.Qf4 fxg2 34.Qg4 Be8 35.Re3 Qc8 36.Qxc8 Rxc8
37.Kxg2 Kf8 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Rxf3+ Ke7 40.Re3 Kd8 41.Rg3 Rc7 42.h4 Rb7 43.Nd3 Re7
44.Nf4 Bd7 45.Rg6 Re4 46.Nxd5 Rxh4 47.Rd6 Ke8 48.Nb6 Bf5 49.c6 Ke7 50.Rd5 Be6
51.Re5  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bb2 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.Nc4 c5 13.Rc1 a5 14.Nfe5 cxd4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Bxd4 Rc8 17.Rc2 Nc5 18.Rd2 Ne4 19.Rd3 Qc7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rd7 Qb8 22.Rxe7 Rcd8
23.Rd7 Nc3 24.Qd4+ e5 25.Qg4+ Kh8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qh5 Rg8 28.Bf3 e4 29.Bg4 Qg5
30.f3 exf3 31.Qxg5 Rxg5 32.Bxf3 Ba6 33.Nd6 Rg6 34.Nb5 Nxb5 35.axb5 Bxb5 36.Rc1 Rg5
37.Kf2 Kg7 38.h4 Re5 39.e4 Bd7 40.Ke3 Be6 41.Kd4 Rb5 42.Bd1 Rb8 43.Ra1 Rc8
44.g4 Kf6 45.g5+ Ke7 46.Ke5 Rc5+ 47.Kf4 Kd6 48.h5 Ke7 49.h6 Kd6 50.Ra2 Rc1
51.Bf3 Rc5 52.Bd1 Ke7 53.Rc2 Rb5 54.Rc7+ Kd6 55.Ra7 Rc5 56.Ra8 Rc1 57.Bf3 Bxb3
58.Rxa5 Rf1 59.e5+ Kc7 60.Ra7+ Kb6 61.Rd7 Be6 62.Rd6+ Ka7 63.g6 fxg6 64.Rxe6 b3
65.Re7+ Ka6 66.Re8 g5+ 67.Kg4 Rg1+ 68.Kf5 Rf1 69.Kg4 Rg1+ 70.Kh5 g4 71.Ra8+ Kb6
72.Bxg4  1-0

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Balogh,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.h3 Bb4 12.Na2 Be7 13.Bd2 Ne4 14.Bf1 Bf6 15.Rab1 Bd7
16.b4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.b5 Rc8 20.Bb4 Nd5 21.Ba3 Nb6 22.Be4 Rc4
23.Rb4 Rxb4 24.Nxb4 Nxa4 25.Bxb7 Nc3 26.Rd3 Nxb5 27.Nc6 Bc7 28.Bc5 f6 29.Nxa7 Nxa7
30.Bxa7 e5 31.Bc5 Be6 32.Ba3 Kf7 33.Be4 Bb8 34.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BIH"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Somborski,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb4 12.Qb3 Nbd5 13.Be5 Qb4 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Qc2 b6
16.O-O Bb7 17.h3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qe4 19.Qe2 Rfd8  0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.e3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.h3 Bf5 8.O-O Re8
9.d5 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.b3 Ne5 14.Bb2 c5 15.Nc2 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Bc6 17.Qe2 d5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxg7 Nf4 20.Qg4 Nxg2 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.Bh6 Nh4
23.Ne1 Nf5 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bh4 Qg7 26.Bg3 Re4 27.Bf4 h5 28.Qe2 g5 29.Bd6 g4
30.Kh2 Rae8 31.Bxc5 g3+ 32.Kg1 gxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Qg3+ 34.Kf1 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Wells,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 O-O
9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bd3 Be4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Qd3 Qb7 15.c4 Nd7
16.Bb2 Ndf6 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.f3 Nd6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Qc3 Rab8 21.Rab1 Nf5 22.Nd3 Qc6
23.Rfe1 h6 24.Rbd1 Qa4 25.Qc1 Nd7 26.Rd2 Nb6 27.Nxc5 Qxc4 28.Rc2 Qb5 29.Ba1 Rbc8
30.h3 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg3 Bf5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Be2 Re8 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qb3 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Qb6 14.Qc2 c5 15.dxc5 Qxc5
16.Qa4 g5 17.Qb5 Qxb5 18.Nxb5 Re7 19.O-O Nc6 20.Rfd1 a6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Rc8
23.Bf3 Rec7 24.Rad1 Rc2 25.R1d2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rc1+ 27.Bd1 Kf8 28.f3 b5 29.Kf2 a5
30.a3 Ke7 31.Be2 Rc5 32.b4 Rc3 33.Rd3 axb4 34.axb4 Rc2 35.Ke1 Rb2 36.Rd4 Kd6
37.Bxb5 Rxg2 38.g4 Rb2 39.Be2 Nd7 40.Bc4 Rxb4 41.Rxd5+ Kc6 42.Rd4 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nf1 Nd7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Be3 h6 16.Qd2 Kh7
17.Nh2 Bg7 18.f4 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Bc2 e4 23.Rf1 Ne5
24.Rxf5 Qxd5 25.Qe2 Rf8 26.Raf1 Qe6 27.Rxf8 Rxf8 28.Bd4 Nc4 29.Rxf8 Bxf8
30.Qf2 Bg7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Qg3+ Kf8 33.Qxc7 Bd5 34.Qf4+ Ke7 35.b3 Na3 36.Bd1 e3
37.Ng4 Nc2 38.Qxh6 Qe4 39.Qf6+ Kd7 40.Qf3 Qxf3 41.gxf3 Ne1 42.Nxe3 Bxf3 43.Kf2 Bxd1
44.Nxd1 Nd3+ 45.Ke3  1-0

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Werle,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bxf3 7.exf3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.f4 Ne7 11.Bf3 c6 12.b4 d5 13.c5 a5 14.O-O Nd7 15.g4 Qc7 16.Ne2 Ra7
17.Rfc1 Rfa8 18.Rab1 axb4 19.axb4 Ra2 20.Rb2 R2a3 21.Qd2 Qa7 22.Kg2 b5 23.Ng3 Ra1
24.Rxa1 Qxa1 25.Ne2 Nf6 26.Nc3 Ra3 27.Qc2 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Nd7 30.Nb1 Ra8
31.Nc3 Ra3 32.Nb1 Ra8 33.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 Be6 5.Nh3 Bxh3 6.gxh3 Nf6 7.Bxc4 e6 8.Qf3 Nbd7
9.Bd2 Rc8 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.Kb1 a4 13.Bc2 Nb6 14.e4 a3 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 axb2
17.d5 cxd5 18.exd5 Be7 19.d6 Bxd6 20.Ne4 Nc4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rxd6 Qc7 23.Rhd1 Na3+
24.Kxb2 Qxc2+ 25.Ka1 f5 26.Qxa3 Qxe4 27.R6d4 Qe5 28.f4 Qc7 29.Qb4 Rg8 30.Qxb5+ Kf8
31.Qb2 Rg6 32.a4 Kg8 33.Rd7 Qa5 34.Qd4 Qc3+ 35.Qxc3 Rxc3 36.R7d3 Rc4 37.Ra3 e5
38.a5 Ra6 39.Rd5 exf4 40.Rxf5 Kg7 41.Kb2 Kg6 42.Rb5 f5 43.Rb6+ Rxb6+ 44.axb6 Rb4+
45.Rb3 Rxb3+ 46.Kxb3 f3 47.b7 f2 48.b8=Q f1=Q 49.Qg8+ Kh5 50.Qf7+ Kh4 51.Qf6+ Kxh3
52.Qxh6+ Kg2 53.h4 Kh3 54.Qg5 Qd3+ 55.Kb2 Qd4+ 56.Kc2 f4 57.h5 f3 58.h6 Qc4+
59.Kd2 Qe2+ 60.Kc3 f2 61.h7 Qe1+ 62.Qd2 Qa1+ 63.Qb2 Qa5+ 64.Kb3 Qd5+ 65.Ka3 Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.e3 d5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.Qxd5 exd5 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bd2 a6 14.Nd6 Rab8 15.Rc1 Rfd8
16.b4 b5 17.Nf5 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wade,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 b6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Ba6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rad8 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Bf4 Qc8 15.Nfe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Nd5 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Nc4 Bb8 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bc1 Qd7 22.Bh3 Bc8
23.Ne3 Qf7 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Qf1 Bxh3 26.Qxh3 f5 27.Qh4 h6 28.Qa4 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 d4
30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Qc6 Kh7 32.b3 Bd6 33.Bd2 Kh8 34.Qf3 a5 35.Rc1 Bc5 36.Qc6 Rf8
37.Re1 Kh7 38.Re6 Qh5 39.Re1 Rf6 40.Qd5 Qg6 41.Bf4 Bb4 42.Rc1 Bc3 43.Be5 Re6
44.f4 Re7 45.Qf3 b5 46.Rc2 a4 47.bxa4 bxa4 48.Rg2 Qg4 49.Qxg4 fxg4 50.h3 gxh3
51.Rf2 g5 52.g4 h5 53.Bf6 Re1+ 54.Kh2 hxg4 55.fxg5 Bb4  0-1

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Nxd2 d6 5.g3 e5 6.e3 exd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Ne2 Re8 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.fxe4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 c6
16.Qh5 Re7 17.Rf2 Nd7 18.Raf1 f6 19.Qf3 Qb6 20.Rd1 Rae8 21.Qc3 c5 22.a3 Qc7
23.b4 b6 24.Kh2 Nf8 25.Rf5 Ne6 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Rfd5 Ng5 28.Rxd6 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Qd3 cxb4 31.axb4 Qxc4 32.Qxc4+ Rxc4 33.Rd8 Kf8 34.R1d7 Rxd8 35.Rxd8+ Ke7
36.Rg8 Kf7 37.Rb8 Rc2+ 38.Kg1 Ra2 39.b5 g5 40.b6 axb6 41.Rxb6 h5 42.Rc6 Re2
43.Ra6 Rb2 44.Rc6 Rd2 45.Ra6 Re2 46.Rb6 Kg6 47.Ra6 Kf5 48.g4+ hxg4 49.hxg4+ Ke5
50.Ra5+ Ke6 51.Ra6+ Ke7 52.Ra7+ Kd6 53.Ra6+ Ke5 54.Ra5+ Kf4 55.Rf5+ Kg3 56.Rxf6 Re1+
57.Rf1 Rxf1+ 58.Kxf1 Kxg4 59.Kg2 Kf4 60.Kf2 g4 61.Kg2 g3 62.Kg1 Kf3 63.Kf1 g2+
64.Kg1 Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherniaev,A1"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.Qf3 d6 6.h3 b5 7.Bb3 a5 8.a4 b4 9.Nb1 Be6
10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Ne2 d5 12.g4 h6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Ndf1 Bd4 15.Ne2 Nc5 16.Nfg3 Nxb3
17.cxb3 Bc5 18.Bd2 Be7 19.O-O-O Qb6 20.Kb1 O-O-O 21.Nc1 Nd7 22.Be3 d4 23.Bd2 Nc5
24.Kc2 Bh4 25.Rdg1 Qc7 26.Qd1 f6 27.Kb1 Kb7 28.Rg2 Qf7 29.f4 Bxb3 30.Nxb3 Qxb3
31.Qxb3 Nxb3 32.Kc2 Nxd2 33.Kxd2 exf4 34.Nf1 f3 35.Rgh2 h5 36.Kc2 Rde8 37.Kb3 f5
38.gxf5 gxf5 39.exf5 Rhf8  0-1

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 h5 12.d5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qf6 14.Qd2 g4 15.Nd4 Nd7
16.Nb5 O-O-O 17.Nxa7+ Kb8 18.Nb5 Nc5 19.Qc3 Qg5 20.Rd1 exd5 21.cxd5 Bxd5
22.b4 Ne6 23.e3 Rhe8 24.a4 c6 25.Nd4 Rc8 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Qd4 Kc7 28.a5 Rb8
29.b5 Qe5 30.Qd2 Be4 31.axb6+ Rxb6 32.Rc1 Re8 33.Qa2 Kb7 34.Qxf7+ Re7 35.bxc6+ Rxc6
36.Qb3+ Ka8 37.Qg8+ Kb7 38.Qb3+ Ka8 39.Qa2+ Ra7 40.Qg8+ Kb7 41.Qf7+ Kb6 42.Qb3+ Kc7
43.Qf7+ Kb6 44.Qb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.a4 b4 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qc1 c5
16.f3 Bd3 17.Qd1 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qd5 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Qc6 21.Kf2 Rac8 22.Qc4 Rd7
23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Qxa6 Rd8 25.a5 Qd2+ 26.Qe2 Qd5 27.Qc2 c4 28.bxc4 Qd2+ 29.Qxd2 Rxd2+
30.Kg3 Rxb2 31.a6 Bc5 32.a7 Bxa7 33.Rxa7 g6 34.Rb7 b3 35.h4 Rc2 36.Rxb3 Rxc4
37.e4 Rc5 38.Kf4 h6 39.g4 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Erdos,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qc2 a5 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 Re8
16.Be3 Qc7 17.f3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Nh5 19.Ne2 Nf4 20.Nxf4 Bxf4 21.Bf2 a4 22.e5 Bxe5
23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Be4 c5 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Qxc5 Rc8 27.Qb4 Rc4 28.Qd2 Bf6 29.Rfe1 Rec8
30.Re2 Qc6 31.Qe1 Kg8 32.Red2 Rc2 33.Bd4 Re8 34.Qf2 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Rd8
37.Bxf6 Rxd2 38.Qg3 Rxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Qc2+ 40.Kh1 Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Qd2+ 42.Kg1 Qd1+
43.Kg2 Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Ne5 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e4 Be6 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 O-O-O 15.Qe2 Bc5
16.Rab1 Rd7 17.Be4 Rc7 18.Kh1 g5 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.f4 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 gxf4
23.Qxf4 Rd7 24.Qxh6 Kc7 25.Qf4 Qxc3 26.h4 Qd2 27.Qg3 Rd4 28.Re1 c5 29.Bf3 c4
30.Kh2 b5 31.Rd1 Qe3 32.Rxd4 Qxd4 33.h5 c3 34.h6 c2 35.Qg5 Bf5 36.a4 Kb6
37.axb5 axb5 38.Qf6+ Ka5  0-1

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Ne1 O-O 10.Bd3 a5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.O-O O-O 12.a3 a5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 b4 15.axb4 axb4
16.Qa4 Qb6 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.e4 Be7 19.Be3 c5 20.Rfd1 Nf6 21.Rc4 Ba6 22.dxc5 Qb5
23.Qxb5 Bxb5 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd3 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxd3 Rxc5 28.g3 g5
29.b3 g4 30.Nd4 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.h3 h5 33.Ne2 Re1 34.Nf4 gxh3+ 35.Kxh3 Rxe4
36.Nxh5+ Kg6 37.Nxf6 Kxf6 38.Kg2 e5 39.Kf3 Re1 40.Rd6+ Kg5 41.Rb6 e4+ 42.Kg2 Re2
43.Rxb4 f5 44.Rb8 Rb2 45.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.e3 e6 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 O-O 15.Be3 Bf6
16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qb4 Nc6 18.Qf4 Qb8 19.Qxb8 Rfxb8 20.Ng5 Be8 21.Rfd1 Bxb2 22.Rab1 Be5
23.f4 Bc3 24.Ne4 Bb4 25.f5 a5 26.f6 g6 27.Bb6 Rc8 28.Nc5 Rab8 29.Rbc1 Ba3
30.Rb1 Nd8 31.Ne4 Bxa4 32.Bb3 Bxb3 33.Rxb3 Bb4 34.Rd7 Ne6 35.Rbd3 a4 36.Nd6 Bxd6
37.R3xd6 Rc6 38.Be3 Rxd6 39.Rxd6 a3 40.Bc1 Ra8  0-1

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.a3 bxa3 12.O-O Bd6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Bxa3 cxd4
16.Bb5+ Ke7 17.Qxd4 a6 18.Be2 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Rhc8 21.Rfa1 Nd5
22.h3 Nb4 23.Ra4 Nc6 24.Nxc6+ Rxc6 25.Rb4 Ra7 26.Bc4 Rd6 27.f3 Bd5 28.Bf1 Rb7
29.Rba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7
10.e4 b4 11.Na4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 Nd5 15.Re1 f6 16.Nd2 Bf5
17.Qg3 Bc2 18.b3 e5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Nc4 e4 21.Bg5 Qe8 22.Rac1 Bd3 23.Nd6 Qe5
24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxe4 Rf5 26.Bh4 Rf4 27.Bg3 Bxe4 28.f3 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Rxf3 30.Rxe4 Rd3
31.Nb6 Rd8 32.Bh4 Rf8 33.Nxd5 cxd5 34.Ree1 Be3 35.Rcd1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Bxc5
37.g4 d4 38.Kg2 Rf4 39.h3 Re4 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Bxe1 Kf7 42.Kf3 Ke6 43.Ke4 h5
44.Bd2 hxg4 45.hxg4 d3 46.Kxd3 Kd5 47.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ba2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Ng3 Rfd8 14.Bb2 Na5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Bxc4 Nxc4 17.Bc1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Ne8 19.e5 Rd5 20.Qg4 Qd7 21.Ne2 f6 22.Qf3 Rc8
23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Bf4 e5 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th CRO-chT 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brkic,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d3 Bb6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Nf1 g5 14.Bg3 c4 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.Be5 O-O 19.h4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.Ng3 Bg4
23.Nxe4 Bxe2 24.Nxg5 f6 25.Rxh6 Bd3 26.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "12th Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Bb4 8.a3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 a6 12.a4 Bb4 13.Nd2 c5 14.Bd6 cxd4 15.Bxb4 a5
16.Ba3 dxc3 17.Nxc4 cxb2 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Nd6 Rd8 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.Be7 Re8 22.Bd6 Nc5
23.e5 Nd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qd4 Nd7 26.Qxb2 Nf8 27.Nc7 Qxb2 28.Rxb2 Bd7 29.Nxe8 Bxe8
30.Rxb7 Bxa4 31.Reb1 Nd7 32.Ra1 Bc6 33.Rc7  1-0

[Event "12th Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adly,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Be6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Ng5 Bg4 6.f3 Bd7 7.Bxc4 e6 8.d4 Be7
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 Bh5 28.Rxd8 Bxg4 29.Rxf8+ Qxf8
30.e4 a6  0-1

[Event "12th Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.a4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 c5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Nh4 Qe6
16.e4 Qb6 17.exd5 Qxd4 18.Rfd1 Qc5 19.d6 Ne5 20.Rd5 Qb6 21.a5 Qd8 22.f4 Ng4
23.Rh5 g6 24.Bd5+ Kg7 25.Rxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.h3 Qxd6 28.Qh5+ Kg7 29.hxg4 f5
30.Qg5+ Kh7 31.Re1  1-0

[Event "12th Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.Bf4 Rb8 13.b3 Qc8 14.Nf3 Qb7 15.Qd2 Rbd8
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Be6 18.Rad1 Qc8 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Qd3 Nh7 21.Bg3 Bf6 22.f4 Nf8
23.Nf3 Qb7 24.Qd2 Ng6 25.f5 Ne5 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Qe3 Bc8 28.Qc5 Qb6 29.Bf2 Qxc5
30.Bxc5 Bg5 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Be3 h5 33.Rf1 h4 34.Nb1 Be7 35.Nd2 Bb7 36.Re1 Bb4
37.Re2 c5 38.Bg5 f6 39.Bxh4 Bxd2 40.Rxd2 Bxe4 41.g4 c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.d3 Qd7 10.Nbd2 g5 11.Nf1 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.d4 b5 14.Bb3 Rg8 15.Bd5 exd4
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nxd4 Qb7 18.f3 c5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 O-O-O 21.a4 Nd5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Ra5 Bg5 24.Nh2 h5 25.Re4 Nc7 26.Kh1 d5 27.Re2 d4 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.cxd4 Rxd4
30.Qa1 Qd5 31.Re1 Rd2 32.Ra7 Rgxg2 33.Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.Qa7+ Kd6 35.Qb8+ Kc6
36.Qa8+ Kb6 37.Qxd5 Rxh2+ 38.Kg1 Rxd5 39.Kxh2 Rxf5 40.Kg3 c4  0-1

[Event "12th Essent Crown Group"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Adly,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Bd2 Bb4 14.Be1 Bd7 15.d5 Rfe8
16.d6 Bc6 17.Rd4 Rad8 18.Nb5 Bxe1 19.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 a6 21.Nc7 Rf8 22.a5 Ne8
23.Nxe8 Rfxe8 24.f3 Kf8 25.Rd3 Rd7 26.b3 Red8 27.Red1 g5 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5 hxg5
30.Kf2 Kg7 31.Kg3 Kf6 32.Kg4 Ke5 33.Re1+ Kf6 34.Red1 Ke5 35.Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Swinkels,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Ne2 b6 8.Ng3 Bb7
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Ne8 11.f4 f5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e4 g6 14.Be3 d6 15.Re1 Rf7
16.Bf2 Rb8 17.Ra2 Na5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Nf1 Nf6 20.Bh4 Qd7 21.Rae2 Ne4 22.Qc2 Bc6
23.Ng3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Qb7 25.Be7 Qd7 26.Bg5 Qb7 27.Qd2 d5 28.Re7 Qb2 29.Qxb2 Rxb2
30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Re7+ Kg8 32.Rxa7 Nxc4 33.Rc7 Rb6 34.Be7 Ra6 35.Bxc5 Nd2 36.Bxa6  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Berelowitsch,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.h3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Na6 10.Bc4 Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.O-O a6 13.Re1 Rb8 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6
16.e4 Rxb2 17.e5 Rb4 18.exd6 Na8 19.Ne5 Rxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxc4 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.Rab1 Rb4
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Ne4 Rxb1 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Rxb1 Qxd6 27.Rxb6 Qxb6 28.Qe8+ Kg7
29.Qxc8 Qb4 30.Qc7 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qxf2 32.d6 Qf4+ 33.g3 Qf2+ 34.Kh1 Qxg3 35.Qxc5 Qxh3+
36.Kg1 Qg4+ 37.Kf1 h5 38.Qe5+ Kh7 39.Qe7 Qc4+ 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Kf1 Qf3+ 42.Kg1 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Pliester,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Nxg4 Bxg4 13.Bxd5 Bxg5 14.fxg5 Qxg5 15.Rf4 Be6
16.Bg2 Rad8 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.d5 Bg4 19.Qd4 Qh5 20.Qxa7 Rd6 21.Qd4 Re8 22.Raf1 Rh6
23.h4 Bd7  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Strikovic,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 a5 4.Nc3 Na6 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.h4 h5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.g3 Bd7
10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bd2 c6 12.Ng5 Qb6 13.O-O Nc5 14.Kg2 f6 15.Nh3 f5 16.Ng5 O-O
17.f3 Nf6 18.Qc2 cxd5 19.exd5 Nh7 20.Be3 Nxg5 21.hxg5 Rfc8 22.b3 Qd8 23.f4 Bf8
24.Qd2 Bg7 25.Rae1 Qb6 26.Bf3 Qb4 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Rc1 a4 29.d6 e4 30.Nxe4 Qxd2+
31.Nxd2 axb3 32.axb3 Ra2 33.b4 Nd3 34.Bxb7  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peralta,Fe"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.e4 Qe7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 e5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Nf5 Qe8
17.Na2 Ba5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Bb3 Nd7 20.Qf3 Nc5 21.Bc2 Qe5 22.Be3 Ne6 23.Nc1 Qxb2
24.Ra2 Qc3 25.Ne2 Qe5 26.Rd7 Bc7 27.Bb3 Rae8 28.Rad2  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Malakhatko,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Rd1 Nxd4 12.exd4 Bc6 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Qb5+ Qd7 17.Rxd5 Qxb5 18.Rxb5 O-O-O 19.Be3 Kb8 20.Re1 Bd6 21.g4 f6 22.Kg2 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O h6 12.e3 O-O 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.Nd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 e5 17.Qc2 exd4 18.exd4 Nf6 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Qb3 Nfd5 21.Bd2 Nf6 22.Bf4 Qd7
23.Be5 Nfd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Rac1 Rac8 27.Qf3 Rc6 28.Kg2 Rec8
29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.h4 Rc2 31.b3 b5 32.Qd3 Rc3 33.Qxb5 Qxb5 34.axb5 Rxb3 35.b6 Be7
36.Ra1 Rb5 37.b7 Rxb7 38.Rxa5 Rd7 39.h5  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Gonzalez Menendez,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Qe7 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O Nh5 13.Bh2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nhf6 15.c4 Ne4
16.Bd3 f5 17.Qc2 Nef6 18.Rab1 Re8 19.Nd2 a5 20.Rfe1 Ne5  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Welling,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 d5 4.Be2 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O b5 9.Na3 b4
10.Nc2 bxc3 11.bxc3 Nb6 12.Qe1 Na4 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Qg3 O-O 15.f5 exf5 16.Bh6 g6
17.Bxf8 Nxc3 18.Bxe7 Nxe2+ 19.Kf2 Nxg3 20.Bxd8 Nxf1 21.Bf6 Nxh2 22.Nxh2 Rb2
23.Rc1 Nb4 24.e6 d4 25.e7 Bd7 26.Kg1 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Nxc2 28.Nf3 Nb4 29.Ne5 Ba4
30.g4 Nd5  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Trent,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Rd1 Nf4 10.Bf1 c5 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Nb5 cxd4 13.Nfxd4 Ne5 14.Qd2 a6 15.Nc3 Qh4
16.Nd5 f3 17.g3 Qxe4 18.h3 Bxh3 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Bxh3 Nxc4 21.Qc3 d5 22.b3 Nd6
23.Qe3 Rae8 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Nxd5 Rd8 26.Nc2 Bxa1 27.Nxa1 Nf6 28.Ne3 Rxd1+
29.Nxd1 Rd8 30.Ne3 Rd2 31.Nac2 Ne4 32.Bc8 Nxf2 33.Bxb7 Nh3+ 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Nh3+
36.Kh1 Ng5 37.b4 f5 38.a4 Rd6 39.a5 Ne4 40.b5 Nc5 41.bxa6 Nxa6 42.Bxf3 Nc5
43.Bd5 g5 44.Nb4 f4 45.gxf4 gxf4 46.Nc4 Rd8 47.Ne5 Kg7 48.Nec6 Re8 49.a6 Nxa6
50.Nxa6 Re1+ 51.Kg2 Rd1 52.Be4 Re1 53.Bf5 Rc1 54.Nab4 Rc5 55.Bd7 Kf6 56.Kf3 Kg5
57.Nd4 Rc3+ 58.Kf2 Rc4 59.Nf3+ Kh6 60.Nd5 Rc2+ 61.Ke1 Ra2 62.Kf1 Ra5 63.Nxf4 Ra7
64.Bc6 Ra6 65.Bd5 Ra5 66.Kf2 Rxd5 67.Nxd5 Kg6 68.Nh4+ Kg5 69.Kg3 h5 70.Kh3 Kh6
71.Kg2 Kg7 72.Kf3 Kf7 73.Ke4 Ke6 74.Kd4 Kd6 75.Nb4 Ke6 76.Nd3 Kd6 77.Ne5 Ke6
78.Nc4 Kf6 79.Nd2 Ke6 80.Ne4 Kd7 81.Kd5 Kc7 82.Kc5 Kd7 83.Ng5 Ke7 84.Kd5 Kf6
85.Ngf3 Ke7 86.Ne5 Kf6 87.Neg6 Kg5 88.Ke5 Kg4 89.Kf6 Kg3 90.Kf5 Kf2 91.Ke4 Kg3
92.Kf5 Kf2 93.Nf4 Kg3 94.Nfg2 Kf2 95.Kf4 Ke2 96.Ke4 Kd2 97.Kd4 Kc2 98.Ne3+ Kd2
99.Nf1+ Ke1 100.Ng3 Kd2 101.Ne4+ Ke2 102.Nd6 Kd2 103.Nc4+ Kc2 104.Na5 Kd2
105.Nb3+ Ke2 106.Nc5 Kf2 107.Ne4+ Ke2 108.Ng3+ Kd2 109.Nf1+ Ke1 110.Ng3 Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karim,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.d4 Ne6 10.dxe5 d5 11.Nd4 c5 12.Nf5 Bb7 13.a3 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Qf3 Rb8 16.Rd1 d4
17.Ne4 Qd5 18.Re1 Qc4 19.Qg4 Qxc2 20.Ng5 Bd5 21.Nxh4 Be7 22.Nf5 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 Rxb2
24.Rf1 Qe4 25.Nxg7+ Kd7 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Qxe4 Bxe4 28.Rac1 Bd3  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Golod,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bxc4 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qb3 Qe7 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Rxe4 Na5 13.Qc2 Nxc4 14.d5 Qc5 15.dxe6 O-O
16.Rh4 f5 17.Na2 Be4 18.Rxe4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Rad8 20.Bg5 Nd2 21.Bxd2 Rxd2 22.Rf1 Rxb2
23.Nc1 Rxf2 24.Nd3 R2xf3+  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perez Ponsa,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 f6
9.Nh4 g6 10.Nc4 Nf8 11.Be3 Be6 12.Na5 Qc8 13.d4 Bb4 14.Bd2 Bd6 15.Qf3 Nd7
16.dxe5 fxe5 17.Rad1 Rf8 18.Qc3 Nc5 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Nf3 Na4 21.Qe3 Nxb2 22.Rb1 Nc4
23.Qc3 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Nxa5 25.Qxa5 Bc4 26.Rfe1 Qh3 27.Qc3 b5 28.Bg5 Kd7 29.Rbd1 Re8
30.Bc1 Ke6 31.Qe3 Rf8 32.f4 Qxe3 33.fxe3 Bxa2 34.Bd2 Bc4 35.Kg2 b4 36.Kg3 a5
37.Ra1 Ra8 38.Kg4 a4 39.Reb1 c5 40.Be1 a3 41.f5+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Arakhamia,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Kh8 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.a4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Nb3 Ra8
16.a5 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Ra4 h6 19.Rb4 Rb8 20.Ng3 Bd7 21.Bd2 c5 22.dxc6 Bxc6
23.Ne4 Nf5 24.g3 Ne6 25.Bg2 Qc7 26.Rb6 Rbd8 27.Bb4 Rf7 28.Qg4 Kh7 29.h4 h5
30.Qd1 Kh8 31.Qb1 Bf8 32.Rd1 Be7 33.Bc3 Kh7 34.Qb2 Rdf8 35.c5 Bxe4 36.Bxe4 Nxc5
37.Nxc5 Qxc5 38.Qb4 Qc8 39.Bxb7 Qd7 40.Qb5 Qc7 41.Qc6 Bd8 42.Qxc7 Rxc7 43.Rb3 Rxc3
44.Rxc3 Bxa5 45.Rc8 Rxc8 46.Bxc8 Nd4 47.Kg2 Kg7 48.Bb7 Bb6 49.Bd5 Bc5 50.Rb1 Kf6
51.Rb8 Nf5 52.Rf8+ Ke7 53.Rf7+ Ke8 54.Rf6 Ne7 55.Be4  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotronias,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 Kh8 17.Re1 f5 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh3 c5 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.Nh4 Nh5 22.Bg5 Rae8
23.f3 Be5 24.Rad1 Qc6 25.d4 cxd4 26.cxd4 Bxd4+ 27.Kf1 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Bc5 29.Qg2 a5
30.Re6 Qc8 31.Re1 a4 32.Be6 Qc6 33.Qd2 f4 34.gxf4 Qc7 35.f5 Bd6 36.Qc3 Bxh2
37.Qxc7 Bxc7 38.Bf7 Bf4 39.Bxf4 Nxf4 40.Rd1 b4 41.Rd4 a3 42.b3 Ba6+ 43.Kf2 Nd3+
44.Kg3 Ne5 45.Be6 g5 46.fxg6 hxg6 47.f4 Re8 48.Rd6 g5 49.fxe5 gxh4+ 50.Kxh4 Bc8
51.Bxc8 Rxc8 52.Kg5 Rc2 53.Kg6 Rg2+ 54.Kf7 Kh7 55.Rf6 Rxa2 56.Rf1  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Papp,Ga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Qb3 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Bg3 d5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bc4 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 Nxg3+ 15.hxg3 Nd7
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Rf7 18.Qxd7 Qxa2 19.Qc6 Rd8 20.Qc2 Qa6+ 21.Rd3 Bf6
22.Re1 c5 23.Kf1 cxd4 24.e4 Rc8 25.Qd1 Rfc7 26.e5 Be7 27.Kg1 Rc1 28.Qb3+ Kh8
29.Kh2 Rxe1 30.Nxe1 Qc4 31.Qd1 Qb5 32.Qe2 Rc1 33.Nf3 Qa6 34.g4 Rb1 35.Nxd4 Rxb2
36.Qxb2 Qxd3 37.Nf5 Bg5 38.g3 Qd2 39.Qb5 Qxf2+ 40.Kh3 Qg1 41.Qd5 Qf1+ 42.Kh2 Qf2+
43.Kh3 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Houska,Jo"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qc2 Ngf6
9.b3 Rc8 10.c5 Bc7 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.O-O Bg6 13.Rae1 O-O 14.b4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Rce8
16.Qa3 a5 17.bxa5 Ra8 18.Nb3 Ne4 19.Qb4 Rfb8 20.a3 f5 21.Nfd2 Ra7 22.f3 Ng3
23.Rf2 Nf6 24.Nf1 Nfh5 25.Qd2 Qh4 26.Bc3 Rf8 27.Nc1 Rf6 28.Nd3 Nxf1 29.Kxf1 Ng3+
30.Kg1 Rg6 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Nh5 33.Kf1 f4 34.Qd4 Qg3 35.exf4 Qh2 36.Rb2 Ng3+
37.Kf2 Nf5  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Re8 12.Ng3 Qd7 13.Bf5 Qc7 14.Re1 Nc6 15.Ra2 Rad8
16.Rd2 h5 17.Bb1 g6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Qd7 21.Ba2 Na5 22.Rf2 Bc4
23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.Bg5 cxd4 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.cxd4 Qxd4 27.Qxd4 Rxd4 28.e5 Nxa3
29.e6 fxe6 30.Rf6 Kg7 31.Rexe6 Rg4 32.h3 Rg5 33.Rf3 Nb5 34.Re7+ Kh6 35.Rff7 Rf5
36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Re5 Nc3 38.Rxf5 b5 39.Rf6+ Kg5 40.Ra6 Kf4 41.Rxa7 Ke3 42.Rb7 Kd3
43.g4 hxg4 44.h4 Ne2+ 45.Kg2  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 g6 10.Bg2 Bg7 11.e4 Be6 12.O-O Nfd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Be3 Nc4 15.Qb3 Nxe3
16.fxe3 O-O 17.e5 Rb8 18.Ne4 Be6 19.Qc2 Bd5 20.Rad1 Bh6 21.Rfe1 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 e6
23.Qc3 Qb6 24.Rb1 Qb4 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Rbc1 Ra8 27.b3 Rfd8 28.Kf2 Ra5 29.Ke2 Bf8
30.Red1 Be7 31.Bg2 Kg7 32.Bf3 Rd7 33.Bg2 h5 34.Rd3 Rd8 35.Rdd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Chibukhchian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bb4 7.Rc1 Nf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Rxc3 Ne4 10.Rc1 g5 11.Be3 f6 12.h4 g4 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Bf4 Nd6 15.Qb3 Be6
16.e3 O-O 17.Be2 Kh8 18.O-O f5 19.g3 Nd8 20.Rc5 c6 21.Rfc1 N8f7 22.Qd1 Rad8
23.b4 a6 24.a4 Ne4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Bc4 Rd7 27.Qb3 Bxc4 28.Qxc4 Nd6 29.Qc3 Kg8
30.d5 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Ne8 32.Rcd1 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qe6 34.Qd4 Nf6 35.Rd6 Qf7 36.Bh6 Rc8
37.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milanovic,Da"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 a6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Ra7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Kb1 Rd7 15.Bc1 Qc7
16.Rxd7 Nbxd7 17.f4 Qc6 18.Qd1 e5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Rg1 b4 21.Na4 Ba7 22.Qc2 Qe6
23.Bd1 Neg4 24.Qe2 Qf5+ 25.e4 Nxe4 26.Bc2 Ngxf2 27.Bh6 Bd4 28.Be3 Qe5 29.Bxf2 Nxf2
30.Qxa6 Qxh2 31.Re1 h5 32.Qc4 Qd6 33.Qe2 g6 34.Bb3 h4 35.Rf1 h3 36.Rxf2 Bxf2
37.Qxf2 h2 38.Qf3 Kg7 39.a3 bxa3 40.Nc3 Qd2  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Pruijssers,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.a3 Nac5
10.Bc2 a5 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 Na6 14.Qb1 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nf3 Nb6
17.Nd2 Be6 18.b5 Nc5 19.Qb4 Qc8 20.O-O cxb5 21.Qxb5 Qc7 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Qa5 Na8
24.Rxb8+ Qxb8 25.Nd5 Bf8 26.Nf3 Qc8 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Nxe5 Qb8 29.Nf6+ Kg7
30.Qa1 Qd8 31.Neg4 Bxg4 32.Nxg4+ Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Nd5+ Kg8 35.e5 Nc7 36.Qa5 Ne6
37.Qa7 Qg5 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Ne8+ Kg8 40.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Deviatkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Na6 12.Nf3 Nd5 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Ne4 Nac7
16.Neg5 Bf6 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qe4 Bg7 19.Qh4 h6 20.Nxe6 Nxe6 21.Qh3 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4
23.Bxh6 Qf6 24.Qg3 Rfe8 25.Bg5 Bxf2+ 26.Qxf2 Qxg5 27.Bxd5 Qxd5 28.Qxa7 c5
29.Qb6 Rbd8 30.h3 Kg7 31.Qb5 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 c4 33.Qb4 Qd2 34.Qe7 Qd4+ 35.Kh1 Rd7
36.Qe2 c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Qc2 Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.O-O Qc7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Nbxd4 Ne5
16.Bb3 Bd7 17.Bg5 Ng6 18.Rad1 h6 19.Bc1 Rd8 20.Qe2 Bd6 21.g3 b5 22.Rfe1 Ng4
23.Nh4 Nxh4 24.Qxg4 Ng6 25.Qh5 Be8 26.Be3 Bb4 27.Rf1 Qe5 28.Qg4 a5 29.Bc2 Qc7
30.Qe2 Bc5 31.Bb1 Qb6 32.Nc2 b4 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.Qe3 Qc7 35.Nd4 Ne5 36.Kg2 Nc4
37.Qe2 Rac8 38.Nf3 Bb5 39.Rxd8+ Qxd8 40.Rc1 Nd6 41.Rxc8 Qxc8 42.Qd1 Qc7 43.e5 Nf5
44.g4 Ne7 45.Be4 Kf8 46.Qd4 Ke8 47.h4 Qc4 48.Qb6 Qxe4 49.Qb8+ Kd7 50.Qxb5+ Nc6
51.Qb7+ Ke8 52.Qa8+ Ke7 53.Qb7+ Ke8 54.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c5
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Re8 12.Ng3 Qc8 13.e4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qa6
16.Qe3 Nc6 17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Qa4 19.Bb2 Na5 20.Qf3 Qb3 21.Bc3 Rac8 22.Ne2 Qb5
23.f5 Nf6 24.a4 Qa6 25.Nf4 Ne4 26.Nxd5 Nxc3 27.Nxc3 Nb3 28.Rad1 Qa5 29.Ne4  1-0

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6
16.a4 d5 17.Nxe5 dxe4 18.Bf4 Nbd5 19.Bd2 Bd6 20.Nxe4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8+ Bxa8 26.Qg4 Bc6 27.Bxh6 Nxc3 28.Bxg7 Qxg7
29.Qc8+ Qf8 30.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Kotronias,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxe5 Ng4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Ng3 Rb8 17.Na4 Qd6 18.Qc1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qxc5 Qxc5 21.Nxc5 Bxd3 22.Nxd3 Rbd8
23.Rad1 Rfe8 24.h3 Ne5 25.Nc5 Kg6 26.Kh1 Rd5 27.Nce4 Ne6 28.Nc3 Rd3 29.Rde1 Nc4
30.Na4 Nd2 31.Rg1 Rdd8 32.Rc1 Rd6 33.Rgd1 Red8 34.Nc5 Ne4 35.Rxd6 Nxg3+ 36.fxg3 Rxd6
37.Nb7 Rd2 38.Rxc6 Kf7 39.Nd6+ Ke7 40.Nf5+ Kf6 41.Nxh6 Rxb2 42.Ra6 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Re1
44.Ng4+ Kg6 45.a4  1-0

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.d3 h6 8.a3 a5
9.e3 d6 10.b3 Bf5 11.Nd5 Be6 12.d4 exd4 13.exd4 Ba7 14.Ne3 d5 15.Bb2 Ne7
16.Qd3 c6 17.Rfe1 Qc7 18.c5 Ne4 19.b4 Ng6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 b6 22.cxb6 Qxb6
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 c5 25.Bc3 cxb4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Bxb4 Qd4 28.Qf4 g5 29.Qxd4 Bxd4
30.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.a3 Be7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.bxc3 exd5 15.Rxd5 Bxa3
16.Nd4 a5 17.Rb5 a4 18.Kd2 Be7 19.Ra1 Ra7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rd8 22.Bc7 Re8
23.Bb6 Ra8 24.Bc4+ Kf8 25.Ne6+ Bxe6 26.Bxe6 Bd6 27.Bd5 Re7 28.Kc2 Rd7 29.Be6 Re7
30.Bd5 Rd7 31.f4 g6 32.g3 Ke8 33.e4 Re7 34.h4 Rg7 35.Kb2 Ra6 36.Ka2 h6 37.Rd1 g5
38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Bc4 Bb8 40.Rbb1 Ra8 41.Rh1  1-0

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.h3 Rad8 13.Bc2 Bf5 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Qxd7 Rxd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.b3 Ba3 20.Nxe4 Rd5 21.Rad1 a5 22.Rd2 Rxd2
23.Bxd2 Nf7 24.Bc1 Bd6 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.Be3 Kf8 27.Bd4 h6 28.Kf1 Ra8 29.Nc5 Ke7
30.Re1 Bxc5 31.Bxc5+ Nd6 32.Re5 Rb8 33.h4 a4 34.bxa4 bxa4 35.Bb4 Ra8 36.Ke2 Kd7
37.h5 Ne8 38.a3 Nf6 39.c4 g5 40.hxg6 Rg8 41.Bd2 Rxg6 42.g3 Ne8 43.Ra5 Nd6
44.Rxa4 h5 45.Bf4 Rg8 46.Kd3 Rh8 47.c5 Nf5 48.Re4 h4 49.Be5 Ra8 50.a4 hxg3
51.fxg3 Rg8 52.Kc4 Nxg3 53.Rh4 Kc6 54.Rh7 Rg4+ 55.Kb3 Ne4 56.Rxc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 Nbd7 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a5 Nd5 10.Bd2 b5 11.axb6 N7xb6 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.Nc5 e5 15.Nxe5 Bxc5
16.dxc5 Qxe5 17.e4 c3 18.cxb6 cxd2 19.bxa7 Rxb2 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Rfd1 Ba8
23.Qe3 Re8 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 25.Kf1 g6 26.Ra4 Kg7 27.Rd4 Bc6 28.Bf3 Ra2 29.R4xd2 Rxa7
30.Bxd5 Ba4 31.Rb1 Rd7 32.Ra2 Rexd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC Playoff"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nf5 10.Bg3 Nc6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bd3 dxc4 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.d5 Rd8 15.O-O Be6
16.d6 b5 17.Rfe1 Qb6 18.e4 fxe4 19.Rxe4 a5 20.Qe3 Bf5 21.Rh4 b4 22.Qd2 bxa3
23.Rxa3 Qb1+ 24.Ne1 Rxd6 25.Bxd6 Re8 26.h3 Rxe1+ 27.Kh2 Rh1+ 28.Kg3 Rd1 29.Qf4 Qd3+
30.Kh2 Qxd6  0-1

[Event "10th EICC Playoff"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a4 b4 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 Qa5 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.Nc4 Qh5
16.Nfe5 Qxe2 17.Bxe2 Nc5 18.Na5 Bd5 19.Nec6 Bd8 20.Rab1 Nfe4 21.Nxd8 Rfxd8
22.f3 Nc3 23.Bxc3 bxc3 24.Rdc1 Rab8 25.Rxc3 Nxa4 26.Rcc1 Nb6 27.e4 Ba8 28.Bxa6 g5
29.Bf1 Rd2 30.Nc4 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Bc6 33.Rb6 Bd7 34.Rb8+ Kg7 35.e5 Ba4
36.Ra8 Bc6 37.Ra6 Be8 38.Rd6 Rc2 39.Bd3 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 h5 41.g3 Ba4 42.h4 gxh4
43.gxh4 Bc2 44.Be2 Bf5 45.Ke3 Kf8 46.Rd1 Rc2 47.Bd3 Bxd3 48.Kxd3 Rh2 49.c5 Ke7
50.Kc4 Rxh4+ 51.Kb5 Rh2 52.c6 Rb2+ 53.Ka6 Ra2+ 54.Kb7 Rb2+ 55.Kc8 h4 56.Rd7+ Ke8
57.Rd8+ Ke7 58.Rh8 Rb6 59.c7 Rb4 60.f4 h3 61.Rxh3 Rxf4 62.Rb3  1-0

[Event "TCh-BEL 2008-9"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Lutz,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bc4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Qd3 a6 12.O-O Bg7 13.e4 b5 14.Ba2 O-O 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.Qe3 Nd7 17.e5 Nb6 18.h4 Rfc8 19.Nd2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qc2 21.Rfc1 Qb2 22.Rcb1 Qc2
23.Bb3 Qc3 24.Qf4 Qd3 25.a4 Bd5 26.a5 Nc4 27.Rd1 Qf5 28.Qg3 h6 29.Be7 h5
30.Nf1 Bh6 31.Bg5 Bxg5 32.hxg5 Qg4 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Rdc1 Rd8 35.Rc3 Nb2 36.Bd1 Nxd1
37.Rxd1 Rac8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Ne3 b4 40.Rb1 Rb8 41.Nxg4 Ba2 42.Rb2 Rb5 43.Nf6+ Kg7
44.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Middelburg,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bd6
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Qf3 g6 11.h3 h5 12.g4 fxg4 13.hxg4 Nxg4 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.Qg2 Kg7
16.f3 Nf6 17.O-O-O b5 18.Ba2 c5 19.e4 Rh8 20.e5 Nfd7 21.Rhg1 Qe8 22.Nxb5 Bxd2+
23.Rxd2 cxd4 24.f4 Nb6 25.Rc2 d3 26.Rc7 N8d7 27.Nd6 Qd8 28.Rc6 d2+ 29.Qxd2 Nf8
30.Nf5+ Kh7 31.Qe2 Qd7 32.Qxh5+ gxh5 33.Rh6+  1-0

[Event "II Gedeon Barcza Mem"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llaneza Vega,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd4 Qh4
9.Bd3 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 Rb8 12.Be5 a5 13.Nd2 d5 14.c4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Qd8 16.exd5 f5
17.Nf3 f4 18.Bxg6 fxg3 19.Be4 Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 Rxf3 21.gxf3 Qh4 22.Rxf2 gxf2
23.Qd4 Bh3 24.d6 Kh8 25.dxc7 Rg8 26.Qd3 Qe7 27.Rf1 Bxf1 28.Qxf1 Qxc7 29.Qxf2 Qf4
30.Qb6 Rb8 31.Qxc6 g6 32.b3 Rxb3 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qd7+ Kh6 35.Qh3+ Kg5 36.Qg2+ Kf6
37.Qc2 Qe3 38.Kg2 Qc3 39.Qd1 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spoelman,W"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 g6 7.d4 Qe7 8.O-O Nxe4
9.Re1 f5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.f4 Ncd3 14.Re3 Nxf4 15.Nf3 Nfd3
16.Rxd3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Qe4 18.Qb5+ Bd7 19.Bf7+ Ke7 20.Qb3 Kf6 21.Bd5 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Qa4
23.Qxa4 Bxa4 24.Bxb7 Rab8 25.Bf4 Rhe8 26.Bd5 Rxb2 27.Bxh6 Be3 28.Re1  0-1

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.cxd5 exd5
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qe2+ Qe7 15.Re1 Qxe2
16.Rxe2+ Be6 17.Bf5 O-O-O 18.Bxe6+ fxe6 19.Bf4 Rd5 20.Rxe6 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Bf6
22.g4 Kd7 23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Rxb7+ Ke6 25.Rb6 Kd7 26.Rb7+ Ke6 27.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 Nfd7 9.f4 Nxe5
10.fxe5 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.e4 b4 13.Na4 dxe4 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Qb3 Re7 16.Nxc8 Qxc8
17.Bf4 f5 18.O-O-O Nd7 19.Bd6 Nf6 20.Bc4 Rd7 21.Kb1 Qb7 22.Qa4 Qa8 23.g4 Nd5
24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Rhf1 Kd8 27.Rxf5 Re8 28.Qxb4 Re6 29.Rdf1 Kc8
30.Rf8+ Bxf8 31.Rxf8+ Rd8 32.Qb6  1-0

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bf4 Re8 10.a4 a5 11.Re1 Nf8 12.Qe2 Ng6 13.Bg5 e5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.d5 Ne7
16.Nd2 b6 17.Nxc4 Ba6 18.Rad1 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Rc8
22.Qe2 Qd6 23.Rc1 Rc5 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Qd2 Rd8 26.Rc1 Qd4 27.Qxd4 exd4 28.Kf1 Be7
29.Ke2 Bc5 30.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.a5 b5
9.axb6 axb6 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.O-O Be7 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 b4 14.e4 Bg6 15.e5 bxc3
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Rd8 15.Ned5 cxd5
16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Nxd5 Qf7 18.a5 O-O 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Rfd1 Bh5 21.Rd2 b6 22.h3 Nc6
23.axb6 axb6 24.Qc4 Ne5 25.Qb3 Nc6 26.Qb2 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Rxd5 28.Bxd5 Qxd5
29.Qa2 Qh5 30.Be3 Qxh3 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Qd5 Nd4 33.Re3 h5 34.Qxc5 Rd8 35.Qa5 Rd7
36.Qa8+ Kh7 37.Re8 Rd8 38.Qe4+ f5 39.Rxd8 fxe4 40.Rxd4 e3 41.Re1 exf2+ 42.Kxf2 Qh2+
43.Kf3 g5 44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Rd6+ Kf5 46.Rd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Qa4 Na5 13.Rad1 Nc4 14.Bc1 Nb6 15.Qb5 Rc8
16.h3 Bd7 17.Qb3 Rc4 18.Nc2 Qc8 19.Ne3 Rc5 20.Nexd5 Nfxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Bxh3
23.Bxb7 Qc7 24.Bf4 Qa5 25.Qe3 Bg5 26.Bxg5 Rxg5 27.Bg2 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qxa2 29.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nc6
9.a3 Na5 10.Qc2 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rc8 14.b3 Nh5 15.Be2 Qh4
16.Rd1 f5 17.Rb1 Rf6 18.Qe1 Nc6 19.d5 Nd4 20.Kh1 e5 21.Rxd4 exd4 22.Bf1 Rg6
23.Bd2 Nf4 24.Rd1 Nd3  0-1

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 c4 8.Be2 Bb4
9.Nd2 Qa5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O g6 12.Bg5 Bf5 13.Qc1 Be7 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Bf3 Be6
16.b3 cxb3 17.Nxb3 Qd8 18.Qb2 b6 19.Rfc1 Ne8 20.Bf4 Bg5 21.Ne2 Nd6 22.Nd2 Na5
23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.Nf4 Nac4 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Qe2 Rc7 27.h4 Qd8 28.e4 Qd6 29.e5 Qd7
30.a4 Rac8 31.Rcb1 a6 32.g3 Rb8 33.Kg2 h6 34.Rb4 b5 35.axb5 a5 36.b6 Rcc8
37.Rbb1 Rb7 38.Qd1 Rc6 39.Rb5 Rcxb6 40.Rxd5 Bxd5 41.Nxd5 Rc6 42.Ne7+ Qxe7
43.Bxc6 Rb2 44.Qd3 Qe6 45.Bf3 Kg7 46.Qc3 Rb8 47.Re1 Rc8 48.d5 Qe7 49.d6 Qe6
50.Qd4 Na3 51.Bd5  1-0

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.h3 O-O
10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Ne2 Ne8 12.O-O e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Nd4 Ng7
17.Qc2 Re8 18.Rae1 Qg5 19.f4 Qg3 20.Qd2 Bf5 21.Nxf5 Nxf5 22.Rf3 Qh4 23.Bxf5 gxf5
24.Kh2 Re6 25.Rg1 Rg6 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.Rd1 Re8 28.Qf2 Qe7 29.Rd4 h5 30.a4 Kf8
31.Rd1 Qf6 32.b5 Re4 33.bxa6 bxa6 34.Rb1 Rxa4 35.Rb8+ Kg7 36.Rg3 Re4 37.Rxg6+ fxg6
38.Qa2 Rxe3 39.Qxa6 Qd4 40.Rb1 Qxf4+  0-1

[Event "39th Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 h6 8.a5 a6 9.c3 Nh7
10.Be3 Kh8 11.Qb3 Qe8 12.Nbd2 f5 13.exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2009.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 g6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be2 b5 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Rc1 Bb7 11.d4 Rc8 12.c5 b4 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Qe1 a5 15.a3 Rb8 16.axb4 axb4
17.Bd3 Ne4 18.Nd2 f5 19.f4 Ra8 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Be2 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.Rc2 Qb7
24.Bc1 Raa8 25.Rcf2 Bf6 26.g3 Rf7 27.Qe2 Rg7 28.h4 h6 29.Rh2 e6 30.g4 g5
31.fxg5 hxg5 32.h5 Rf7 33.Rhf2 Raf8 34.Bb2 Qb8 35.Kg2 Bd8 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 37.Rxf7 Kxf7
38.Bc1 Nf6 39.Kh3 Bc7 40.Bd2 e5 41.dxe5 Bxe5 42.Qa6 Qc7 43.Bxb4 Qd7 44.Qe2 Nxh5
45.Nb6 Qe6 46.Qf2+ Nf4+ 47.exf4 Qh6+ 48.Kg2 gxf4 49.Bd2 f3+ 50.Kg1 Qh3 51.Be3 Qxg4+
52.Kf1 Bg3 53.Qa2 Qh3+ 54.Kg1 f2+ 55.Bxf2 Bh2+ 56.Kh1 e3 57.Bg1 Bg3+ 58.Bh2 Qf1+
59.Bg1 Bf2  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2009.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.h4 Ne7
16.h5 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 h6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 O-O 20.Rd1 c5 21.Nf5 Nxf5 22.Qxf5 Ra7
23.Red3 Rd7 24.b4 Qc8 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 cxb4 27.cxb4 Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Qb2 29.Rd6 Qxf2
30.Rxa6 Ng5 31.Qg4 Qe2 32.Qf4 Nxf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qxe5+ 34.Kh3 Kh7 35.Rc6 Rd8 36.Rc5 Qe8
37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Rxb5 Rd1 39.Re5 Qb8 40.Qe4 Rh1+ 41.Kg4 Qc8+ 42.Kg3 Qc3+ 43.Qe3 Qxb4
44.Re8+ Kh7 45.Qd3+ g6 46.hxg6+ Kg7 47.Re4 Qb8+ 48.Kf3 fxg6 49.Qd7+ Kf8 50.Rf4+ Kg8
51.Qd5+ Kh8 52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Qc4+ Kh8 54.Rf7 Re1 55.Qd4+ Re5 56.Kf4 g5+ 57.Kg4 h5+
58.Kh3 Kg8 59.Rd7 Qb5 60.Kh2 Qc5 61.Qd3  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Berg,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.h3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.f4 e5 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Be3 b6
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nb8 19.Rd1 Nc6 20.O-O Kc7 21.Be2 Rad8 22.Rd5 Kb7
23.Bg3 Rhe8 24.Rd6 h5 25.Rf6 Rxd6 26.exd6 Na5 27.e5 Kc8 28.Bf4 Kd7 29.g4 hxg4
30.Bxg4 Bxg4 31.Rxf7+ Ke6 32.Rf6+ Kd7 33.hxg4 Nxc4 34.Rf7+ Ke6 35.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Nxc4 Bxf3
9.gxf3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a3 b5 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.b4 Bd6 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Qb3 O-O
16.Ke2 Be5 17.f4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Nb6 19.Rac1 Na4 20.Qa1 Qd5 21.Nf3 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Qxe4
23.Nd2 Qf5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Rc2 26.Rxc2 Qxc2 27.Qd4 Nc3+ 28.Kf3 h6 29.Ne4 Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bg5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Bd3 Qb8 13.Ne2 h6 14.Bd2 Bc5 15.b4 Be7
16.O-O O-O 17.f4 a5 18.e5 Ne8 19.bxa5 bxa5 20.Rab1 Bxa3 21.f5 Bb4 22.Bxb4 axb4
23.Rxb4 Qc7 24.Kh1 exf5 25.Bxf5 Bc6 26.Qd2 Qxe5 27.Rb3 Nd6 28.Bb1 Rfe8 29.Ng3 Rab8
30.Rc3 Re7 31.c5 Ne4 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.h3 Bg6 34.Kh2 Rc8 35.Qc1 d5 36.c6 d4
37.Rc5 Qd6 38.Qc4 Bd3 39.Qxd3 Qxc5 40.Nf5 Qe5+ 41.Kh1 Re6 42.Nxd4 Rd6 43.Qf5 Qxf5
44.Nxf5 Re6 45.Rc1 h5 46.Kh2 g6 47.Nd4 Rd6 48.Rc4 Kf8 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Ke7
51.Kg3 Rd5 52.Kf4 Kd6 53.Ke4 Re5+ 54.Kd3 Ra5  0-1

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne5 12.O-O a6 13.a4 Rb8 14.e4 Nfd7 15.Bh2 g5
16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 Nf8 18.Rf2 Nfg6 19.Be3 Bd7 20.a5 b5 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.Qc2 Qh4
23.Nf1 Reb8 24.Qc1 Rxb2 25.Rxa6 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Nd3 27.Qe3 Nxf2 28.Bg5 Nxh3+
29.gxh3 Qxh3 30.Rxd6 Rc2 31.Bf6 Qxe3+ 32.Nxe3 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Be8 34.Ra6 Rh1
35.Bf3 Rc1 36.d6 h6 37.Ncd5 Kh7 38.Ra7 Nf8 39.Re7 Ra8 40.e5 Ng6 41.Be4  1-0

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 b5 9.O-O Bf5
10.Qc1 Re8 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.f4 c5 13.Nf3 bxc4 14.bxc4 e6 15.Ba3 Qa5 16.cxd5 exd5
17.Ne5 Be6 18.Bf3 Ra7 19.Rb1 Rc7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxa2 23.Rb2 Be6
24.Rc2 Rec8 25.Kh1 c4 26.Bd6 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Rd7 28.d4 Nc6 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.Rb2 Rc8
31.Qa1 Qxa1 32.Rxa1 Bf5 33.Rxa6 c3 34.Rc6 Rdd8 35.Rbb6 c2 36.Ba3 Rxc6 37.Rxc6 Rxd4
38.h3 Ra4 39.Bb2 Ra2 40.e6 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 h6 8.a3 Be7
9.Nf3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 b6 13.e4 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.d5 exd5
16.exd5 Na5 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Bf5 Ra8 19.c4 Bf6 20.Ne5 Bc8 21.Be4 Qd6 22.f4 a6
23.Bd3 b5 24.cxb5 c4 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxf6 Ne3 27.Be5 Qxa3 28.Qe2 Nxd1 29.Rxd1 axb5
30.Qe4 f5 31.Qd4 Qa7 32.Bxb5 Qxd4+ 33.Rxd4 Ra1+ 34.Kf2 Ra2+ 35.Kg3 Bb7 36.Bc6 Rc8
37.Rc4 Ra6 38.Bb5 Rxc4 39.Bxc4 Ra3+ 40.Kf2 Bc8 41.d6 Bd7 42.h4 Kh7 43.Bd5 g6
44.Bf3 Rb3 45.Bd5 Ra3 46.Bf3 Kg8 47.Bd5+ Kf8 48.Bf3 h5 49.Ke2 Ke8 50.Kd2 Ra6
51.Bd5 Bc6 52.Be6 Ra3 53.Ke2 Rg3 54.Kf1 Rg4 55.d7+ Bxd7 56.Bd5 Rxh4 57.Kg1 g5
58.fxg5 Rg4 59.Bf6 h4 60.Bf3 Rg3 61.Kf2 Kf7 62.Bh5+ Ke6 63.Bf3 Be8 64.Bb7 f4
65.Bc8+ Kf7 66.Bb7 Bd7 67.Be4 Be6 68.Bd8 Re3 69.Bc2 Ra3 70.Be4 Bg4 71.g6+ Kg7
72.Bxh4 Ra2+ 73.Kf1 Ra4 74.Bd3 f3 75.gxf3 Bh3+  0-1

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 c6
9.Nc4 Bc7 10.Qc2 Ng6 11.g3 d5 12.Ne3 h6 13.Bd2 Be6 14.c4 Ne7 15.g4 d4 16.Nf5 Bxf5
17.exf5 e4 18.dxe4 d3 19.Qc3 O-O 20.Bc2 dxc2 21.Qxc2 c5 22.e5 Nd7 23.O-O-O Nxe5
24.Bxh6 Qb8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Ng5 Ng8 27.Qc3 Nf6 28.Kb1 Nc6 29.Rd7 Nd4 30.Ne6+ Nxe6
31.g5 Nxg5 32.Rg1 Bf4 33.h4 Qe5 34.Rxg5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 c6
9.e4 Qa5 10.b4 Qd8 11.a4 Be6 12.Qd3 Na6 13.Rb1 Nh5 14.Be3 f5 15.Ng5 fxe4
16.Qd2 Bd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qc2 Kh8 19.Bc4 Qf5 20.h3 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Ne6 Qf5
23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Bxa6 bxa6 25.O-O Bxd4 26.Rbe1 a5 27.bxa5 c5 28.Rxe4 e5 29.Re2 Qxc2
30.Rxc2 Rf6 31.Rb1 Ra6 32.Rb5 Kg7 33.Kf1 Kf6 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Rcxc5 Bxc5 36.Rxc5 Rd6
37.Rc7 Ra6 38.Rxh7 Rxa5 39.Rh4 Rc5 40.Kd3 Rd5+ 41.Ke3 Rc5 42.Rg4 Kf5 43.Kd3 Rc1
44.f3 g5 45.Rc4 Ra1 46.g4+ Ke6 47.Rc6+ Kd5 48.Rg6 Rxa4 49.Rxg5 Ra3+ 50.Ke2 Kd4
51.Kf2 e4 52.fxe4 Rxh3 53.Ra5 Kxe4 54.g5 Kf4 55.g6 Rf3+ 56.Ke2 Rg3 57.Rxa7 Rxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 h6
9.Ne4 Nd5 10.O-O g6 11.Re1 Bg7 12.Bf1 O-O 13.d3 f5 14.Nc5 Qd6 15.Nb3 Nb7
16.g3 Be6 17.c4 Nb6 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Nc3 a5 20.Na4 g5 21.Bd2 Bf7 22.Bc3 Rfe8
23.d4 e4 24.Rad1 Bg6 25.c5 Qc7 26.d5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxc3 28.Qxc3 Ne5 29.Red1 f4
30.c6 Qxc6 31.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 b6 9.Ng3 a5
10.Bd2 c6 11.Be2 Ba6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Rfc1 Qb7 15.Rab1 axb4 16.axb4 Rfc8
17.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qd3 Qd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Ne2 h6 13.Ng3 Bf7 14.Qc3 g6 15.Rd1 Qc8
16.Qxc6+ Ke7 17.b3 Be6 18.Bb2 Kf7 19.Rd3 Be7 20.Qc3 Nd7 21.Rf1 Qb7 22.Nh2 Raf8
23.f4 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 exf4 25.Qd2 g5 26.Bxh8 Rxh8 27.Nf3 Nc5 28.Rd4 fxg3 29.Rb4 Qa5
30.Ne5+ Kg7 31.Nc6 Qxa2 32.Nxe7 Qb2 33.Rd4 Re8 34.Nf5+ Bxf5 35.exf5 Ne4 36.f6+ Kf8
37.Qb4 Nf2+ 38.Kg1 Qxc2 39.Rd2 Qc6 40.f7 Re4 41.Qb8+ Kxf7 42.Rdd1 Qc5 43.Rc1 Qe3
44.Rxc7+ Kg6 45.Qg8+ Kh5 46.Qf7+ Kh4 47.Rc4 d5 48.Rxe4+ dxe4 49.b4 Nxh3+
50.Kh1 Qg1+ 51.Rxg1 Nf2+ 52.Qxf2 gxf2 53.g3+ Kh3 54.Ra1 e3  0-1

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Be3 c5
9.O-O b6 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.b4 Rc8 13.Nf3 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.Rxb4 Nc5
16.Qb1 Nfd7 17.Nd5 Bc6 18.Nxb6 Nxb6 19.Rxb6 Nxa4 20.Rb4 Nc5 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Qc2 Ra8
23.Rfb1 Ra3 24.Be2 Qa8 25.Bf3 Be5 26.Nb5 Ra2 27.Qd1 Bc6 28.Nc7 Qa7 29.Nd5 Rc8
30.Bg4 e6 31.Rb6 Kg7 32.f4 Ba4 33.Qf3 Ba1 34.Kh2 Bd7 35.Rxd6 Kf8 36.Nb6 Qc7
37.Bxc5  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nd2 Nge7
9.Qh4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.Bg5 Bxd4 12.O-O-O h6 13.exd5 hxg5 14.Qxd4 Rh4 15.Ne4 Bf5
16.f3 Bxe4 17.fxe4 Kf8 18.g3 Rh7 19.Bc4 Qd6 20.Rhf1 b5 21.Bxb5 Rxh2 22.Rf6 Qxg3
23.Rdf1 Rh7 24.Bc4 Ke8 25.Bb5+ Kf8 26.Bd7 Nc8 27.R6f3 Qh2 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Nf6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Ne5 O-O 13.g3 Bb5 14.Bg2 c6 15.Rc2 Nd5
16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.Rxc5 Rfd8 18.a3 f6 19.Nf3 g5 20.b3 b6 21.Rc2 Ne7 22.e3 Bd3
23.Rc3 Ba6 24.h4 g4 25.Nd2 Rab8 26.Bf1 Bb7 27.Bg2 Ba6 28.Bf1 Bb7 29.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Qd6
9.d3 Qxe6 10.dxe4 dxe4 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qc5 O-O-O 15.Bxc6 Qxc6
16.Qxc6 bxc6 17.Nxe4 Rhe8 18.f3 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Bc3+ 20.Kf2 Bd4+ 21.Ke2 Rd5 22.a4 Be5
23.Rb3 Kd7 24.g3 Bd6 25.Re3 Re6 26.Rd1 Ra5 27.Rd4 g5 28.Nf2 Rf6 29.Ng4 Rff5
30.Ree4 h5 31.Ne3 Rf8 32.f4 gxf4 33.gxf4 Kc8 34.Nc4 Rd5 35.Nxd6+ Rxd6 36.Kf3 Kd7
37.Rd3 Rf5 38.Re5 Rxe5 39.fxe5 Rd5 40.Ke4 Ke6 41.Rxd5 cxd5+ 42.Kd4 a5 43.h4 c6
44.c3 Kf5 45.Kc5 Kxe5 46.Kxc6 d4 47.cxd4+ Kxd4 48.Kb5 Kd5 49.Kxa5 Kc5 50.Ka6 Kc6
51.a5 Kc7 52.Kb5 Kb7 53.Kc5 Ka6 54.Kd6 Kxa5 55.Ke5 Kb6 56.Kf5 Kc6 57.Kg6 Kd6
58.Kxh5 Ke7 59.Kg6 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.Bc2 e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Nb5 Ne5 11.Nxd4 Nxc4 12.Ba4+ c6 13.O-O O-O 14.dxc6 Qb6 15.Bb3 bxc6
16.Nf5 gxf5 17.Bxc4 Qb4 18.Qc2 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Be6 20.Bd3 Qxe4 21.Bxe4 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berkes,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bg4 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.e3 e6 6.Nd2 Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be2 c5
9.Bxh5 Nxh5 10.Bh2 Nhf6 11.Ngf3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rac1 Qc6 14.c4 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Qa6
16.a3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Qb5 Nd3 19.Rc2 Qxb5 20.Nxb5 Ne8 21.Nc3 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Nxf2
23.Rxf2 Rxc4 24.Rd7 Bf6 25.Rxb7 Bxc3 26.bxc3 f6 27.Bb8 a5 28.Rfb2 Rxc3 29.R2b6 Rc8
30.a4 e5 31.Kf2 h5 32.Kf3 Kh7 33.Ke4 Rc4+ 34.Kd3 Rc8 35.Ke4 Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc8
37.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 c5 6.d5 Qa5 7.Nf3 g5 8.Bg3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qxc3+ 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.f3 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Ne5 13.Rb3 Qa5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.e3 Bd7
16.Qb2 O-O-O 17.Be2 Kb8 18.O-O Ka8 19.f4 Ng6 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Rxf6 exf6 22.Qxf6 Qa5
23.Ne4 Qxa2 24.Rb2 Qa1+ 25.Kf2 Ne5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Rxb7 Kxb7 28.Nxc5+ Ka8
29.Nxd7 Qb2 30.c5 Rc8 31.d6 Rhe8 32.Qxf7 Qb7 33.Qf5 g4 34.Bxg4 e4 35.Kg3 Qc6
36.Ne5 Rxe5 37.Qxe5 Re8 38.Qd4 a5 39.h4 Rg8 40.h5 Rg5 41.d7  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 d6 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.h3 g5 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nf3 e4 12.Nxg5 Rg8 13.Bb3 e3 14.Bxf7+ Ke7 15.Bxg8 Qxg8
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Bxh3 18.Qf3 Bg4 19.Qg3 Be6 20.Qh4+ Kd7 21.fxe3 dxe3 22.Rd1+ Kc8
23.Re1 e2+ 24.Kh1 Bg4 25.Bg5 h5 26.Be7 Bd4 27.c3 Be5 28.Bf6 Bc7 29.e5 Kd7
30.Rac1 Qg6 31.Qf2 Bb6 32.Qf4 Re8 33.Qd2+ Kc8 34.c4 Qe4 35.c5 Bc7 36.Rc3 Rxe5
37.Bxe5 Qxe5 38.g3 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Be5 40.Rd3 Bf6 41.b4 h4 42.gxh4 Bxh4 43.Qc3 Qh7
44.Rg3 Qh5 45.a3 a6 46.Qe3 Bxg3 47.Qxg3 Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Kosic,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6
9.Nc3 h6 10.Qc2 Na5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Be3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Nc6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Be4 Rac8 18.Rad1 b5 19.Rd6 Ne5 20.a3 Nc4 21.Ra6 Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Qxc3
23.Qxc3 Rxc3 24.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 Nfd7
9.e4 Nxe5 10.exf5 Ned7 11.a5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qb3 g6 14.Qxd5 gxf5 15.Bb5 a6
16.Ba4 Qc7 17.Bf4 e6 18.O-O  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qxb3 8.Bxb3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nbd7 10.d5 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Nc5 13.f4 e6 14.Bf3 Bd6 15.Ke2 Ke7
16.Bd2 a5 17.Bc3 Rhg8 18.Rac1 Ra7 19.e4 b6 20.e5 Bb8 21.Bd4 Rd7 22.Rhd1 Ba7
23.Bc6 Rc7 24.Bb5 Rgc8 25.Be3 Rd8 26.a3 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Bb8 28.Ke2 f6 29.exf6+ gxf6
30.Kf3 f5 31.h4 Kf7 32.Rd1 Re7 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Ne4 35.Bc6 Bd6 36.b5 Bc5
37.Bxe4 fxe4+ 38.Kxe4 Rc7 39.Rc1 Ke7 40.f5 exf5+ 41.Kxf5 Rc8 42.Bg5+ Kd7
43.f4 Ra8 44.Rd1+ Kc7 45.Ke6 Re8+ 46.Kf7 Re4 47.Kg7 Be7 48.f5  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.e4 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bxc3 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.bxc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.f3 Bh5
16.Be3 Nxe5 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Rfb1 Ke7 19.Bxb6 Nxb6 20.Rxb6 Rhb8 21.Rab1 Rxa4
22.Rxb7+ Rxb7 23.Rxb7+ Kd6 24.e5+ Kc5 25.Bd3 Kd5 26.Bxh7 Kxe5 27.g4 Bxg4
28.fxg4 Rxg4+ 29.Kh1 f5 30.Bg8 Kd6 31.Rb1 e5 32.Rd1+ Ke7 33.Bb3 e4 34.Ba4 e3
35.Bc2 f4 36.Be4 Rg5 37.Bxc6 Rc5 38.Bf3 Rxc3 39.Re1 Rc2 40.Be2 g5 41.h3 Kf6
42.Kg2 Kf5 43.Kf3 Rd2 44.Rg1 Rd6 45.Rg4 Rh6 46.Bd3+ Kf6 47.Bf1 Rh4 48.Rg1 Rh8
49.Bg2 Rd8 50.Kg4 Ke5 51.Bf3 Rh8 52.Ra1 Rh4+ 53.Kxg5 Rxh3 54.Ra5+ Kd4 55.Kxf4 Rh4+
56.Kg3 Rh8 57.Rd5+ Kc4 58.Rd7 Re8 59.Be2+ Kc3 60.Rd3+ Kc2 61.Kg2 Re7 62.Kf1 Re5
63.Ke1 Re7 64.Rd8 Re5 65.Bd3+ Kc3 66.Ke2 Re7 67.Rc8+ Kd4 68.Rc4+ Kd5 69.Ra4 Re5
70.Bg6 Re7 71.Kd3 e2 72.Be4+ Ke5 73.Kxe2 Kf4 74.Kd3 Rd7+ 75.Kc3 Ke5 76.Bd3 Rd6
77.Rh4 Rd5 78.Kd2 Rd4 79.Rh5+ Kd6 80.Rh6+ Kc5 81.Ke3 Rd6 82.Rh7 Re6+ 83.Be4 Rf6
84.Rh5+ Kc4 85.Bd3+ Kc3 86.Rc5+ Kb4 87.Rd5 Kc3 88.Be4 Kc4 89.Rd7 Kc5 90.Rd5+ Kc4
91.Rd1 Kc5 92.Rc1+ Kd6 93.Kd4 Re6 94.Bd5 Rf6 95.Rb1 Rf4+ 96.Be4 Rf6 97.Rb7 Re6
98.Rg7 Rf6 99.Rg5 Re6 100.Rh5 Rf6 101.Bf5 Kc6 102.Ke5 Rd6 103.Be4+ Kc5 104.Rh2 Rd4
105.Rh1 Rc4 106.Rd1 Rc3 107.Bd3 Kc6 108.Kd4 Rc5 109.Be4+ Kd6 110.Rh1 Re5
111.Ra1 Re6 112.Bf5 Rf6 113.Ra5 Kc7 114.Ke5 Rc6 115.Be4 Kb6 116.Ra8 Rc4 117.Bd5 Rb4
118.Kd6 Rb5 119.Rc8 Rb4 120.Bc4 Kb7 121.Rc7+ Kb6 122.Rc6+ Kb7 123.Ba6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nf5 g6 8.Bxb6 axb6
9.Ne3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.c4 Qe7 12.Nc3 Qc5 13.Qd2 Nb4 14.Rc1 Qe5 15.a3 Nc6
16.Ncd5 Ne8 17.Bd3 d6 18.O-O Be6 19.Kh1 Nd4 20.Rc3 Qg7 21.f4 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Re1 Kh8 24.Bf1 c5 25.Nxb6 Nf6 26.Nc2 Ne4 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.Nxa8 Rxa8 29.Ne3 Rf8
30.g3 h5 31.Bg2 Re8 32.Qf2 Bg4 33.Nd5 Nf5 34.h3 Qd4 35.Qe1 e3 36.hxg4 hxg4
37.Bf1 e2 38.Bxe2 Kg7 39.Qf1 Rh8+ 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.Bf3 gxf3+ 42.Rxf3 Nd4 43.Nc3 Qc2+
44.Qf2 Qc1 45.Qf1 Qxb2+ 46.Qf2 Qc1 47.Qf1 Qc2+ 48.Qf2 Nxf3 49.Qxc2 Ne1+  0-1

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pavlovic,Milos"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Bc5 7.exf5 Qe7 8.d3 Bxf5
9.O-O O-O 10.Qxe5 Qxe5 11.Nxe5 Rae8 12.Nc4 Ng4 13.Be3 Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Rxe3
16.Ne4 Bg4 17.h3 Bh5 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rc1 Ke7 20.Kf2 Re2+ 21.Kf1 Re3 22.Kf2 Re2+
23.Kf1 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac SRB"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Qd2 c5 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 e6 13.d6 Qf6 14.f4 e5 15.fxe5 Qf3
16.Rg1 Nc6 17.Bg2 Nxe5 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20.Ke2 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 Rfe8
22.Ke3 f5 23.f3 Rd7 24.Rd5 fxe4 25.fxe4 Kf7 26.Rgg5 b6 27.h4 Red8 28.e5 Ke6
29.c4 Rf8 30.h5 Rdf7 31.hxg6 Rf3+ 32.Kd2 Rf2+ 33.Kc3 R2f3+ 34.Kc2 Rf2+ 35.Rd2 hxg6
36.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 37.Kb3 Rd2 38.a4 Rd3+ 39.Kc2 Rd4 40.Kc3 Rd1 41.Kc2 Rd4 42.Kc3 Rd1
43.Kc2 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-NED 2009-10"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fridman,Ra"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.a3 Re8 7.d3 h6 8.Re1 Bf8
9.h3 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Ba2 Bb7 12.Nd5 Nh7 13.Bd2 d6 14.c4 Ne7 15.Ba5 Rc8 16.Rc1 Qd7
17.Nxe7+ Bxe7 18.c5 Ng5 19.Bb4 Ne6 20.d4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Qxd4 Bf6 23.Qd3 Bxb2
24.Rcd1 Be5 25.Qd2 Qe7 26.cxd6 Bxd6 27.Bxd6 cxd6 28.Qxd6 Rc3 29.Qxe7 Rxe7
30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rf8 g5 32.Rxf7+ Rxf7 33.Bxf7 Kg7 34.Bh5 Kf6 35.e5+ Ke7 36.Bg4 a5
37.Rd1 Bc6 38.Rd6 Be8 39.Rxh6 Rxa3 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.Kh2 Ra1 42.h4 gxh4 43.e6 b4
44.Rb7 Re1 45.Rb8 Ke7 46.Rb7+ Kd6 47.f4 Bc6 48.Ra7 a4 49.f5 b3 50.f6 Rf1
51.f7 b2 52.Bf3 Rh1+ 53.Kxh1 b1=Q+ 54.Kh2 Qb8 55.e7 Ke6+ 56.Kh1 Qb1+ 57.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ferreira,Ant3"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 Bc5 6.O-O c6 7.Bc4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.Re1+ Ne7 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bc1 h5 13.Nd2 Qa5 14.b4 Bxb4 15.Rb1 a6
16.Bc4 Bg4 17.f3 Bd7 18.Bb3 Nf5 19.Bxd5 Bxd2 20.Bxb7 Bxe1 21.Bxa8 Kf7 22.Be4 Nd6
23.Bf4 Nxe4 24.dxe4 Bc3 25.Qe2 Qa4 26.Qd3 Re8 27.Rb7 Kg8 28.e5  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Iwanesko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7 9.h3 O-O
10.Be2 Qxb6 11.O-O Ne8 12.a4 Nc7 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Ra3 Qa7 15.Qc2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.Nc4 Ne5 18.Bg5 Ne8 19.f4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Nf6 21.b3 Kh8 22.Qd3 Bb7 23.Re1 Rbe8
24.Ra2 Bc8 25.Rae2 Rf7 26.Kh2 Rg8 27.Re3 Bf8 28.Qe2 Qa8 29.Qc2 Bb7 30.Qxf5 h6
31.Rxe7 Bxe7 32.Rxe7 Ng4+ 33.Qxg4 Rxe7 34.Bf6+ Rgg7 35.Qh4 Qf8 36.f5 Kg8
37.Bxg7 Rxg7 38.Qf4 Bc8 39.f6 Rg5 40.Ne4 Re5 41.f7+ Kh8 42.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dimitrov,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 a6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd6 13.g3 b4 14.Ndb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qb8
16.Nxd6+ Qxd6 17.Bb5 Qe5 18.f3 Ra5 19.Bxd7+ Nxd7 20.Bf4 Qc5+ 21.Kg2 e5 22.Rac1 Qb5
23.Qxb5 Rxb5 24.Rc7 Nb8 25.Bxe5 O-O 26.Bd6 Rd8 27.Rd4 Na6 28.Re7 h6 29.Kf2 Bc8
30.Ke3 Be6 31.Ra7 Nb8 32.Rc7 Bxa2 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.Bxb4 Na6 35.Be7 Nxc7 36.Bxd8 Nb5
37.Be7 f6 38.g4 Kf7 39.Bd8 Bb3 40.h4 Ke6 41.g5 hxg5 42.hxg5 Kd7 43.gxf6 Kxd8
44.fxg7 Ke7 45.f4 Kf6 46.e5+ Kf5 47.Kf3 Be6 48.Ke3 Bd5 49.b4 Bg8 50.Kf3 Be6
51.Kg3 Bd5 52.Kh4 Kxf4 53.Kh5 Kf5 54.Kh6 Bg8 55.Kh5 Kxe5 56.Kg5 Ke6 57.Kg6 Ke7
58.Kg5 Kf7 59.Kf5 Kxg7 60.Kg5 Be6 61.Kh5 Kf6 62.Kh6 Bf5 63.Kh5 Nd4 64.Kh6 Bd3
65.Kh5 Nc6 66.Kg4 Nxb4 67.Kf3 Nd5 68.Kf2 Ke5 69.Ke1 Ke4 70.Kd1 Kd4 71.Kd2 Nb6
72.Kc1 Nc4 73.Kd1 Na5 74.Kc1 Kc3 75.Kd1 Nb3 76.Ke1 Kd4 77.Kf2 Ke4 78.Kg3 Be2
79.Kf2 Bd1 80.Ke1 Bg4 81.Kf2 Kf4 82.Kg2 Nc5 83.Kf2 Nd3+ 84.Kg2 Bf5 85.Kh2 Kf3
86.Kg1 Bh3 87.Kh2 Kg4 88.Kh1 Kg3 89.Kg1 Ne5  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gruenfeld,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Qc2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nbd7
9.b4 e5 10.e3 e4 11.Nd2 c5 12.Be2 Re8 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.d5 b5 15.Rd1 bxc4 16.Nxc4 Bb7
17.d6 Qe6 18.O-O Bd5 19.Ba5 Rec8 20.Rd2 Ne8 21.Rfd1 Ndf6 22.h3 h6 23.Bg4 Nxg4
24.Rxd5 Nef6 25.R5d2 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.d7 Rd8 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd6 Kf8 30.Qa4 Ke7
31.Qc6 h5 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rd5 Qb8 34.Qxc5+ Ke6 35.Qc4  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rfe1 h6 12.h3 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nf6 18.Bf3 Be5 19.Bc3 Bxd4 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Rd1 Bxf2+
22.Qxf2 Qc7 23.Bd4 Be6 24.Bb6 Qe7 25.Bc5 Qc7 26.Bb6 Qe7 27.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dimitrov,Pa"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d3 b4 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Bc2 Be6 12.O-O bxc3 13.bxc3 d4 14.c4 Bb4 15.Rb1 Nd7
16.Nb3 h6 17.Bd1 Qe7 18.Ne1 Rb7 19.Nc2 Bd6 20.Nd2 Rxb1 21.Nxb1 Rb8 22.Nd2 Nc5
23.Ne1 a5 24.Qf3 Nb4 25.Qg3 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Ba3 Nbxd3 28.Nxd3 Nxd3 29.Bxd6 cxd6
30.Nb3 Ra8 31.Nd2 Nc5 32.Bc2 Rb8 33.Rb1 Rxb1+ 34.Nxb1 Bxc4 35.Nd2 Be6 36.f3 Kf8
37.Kf2 Ke7 38.g3 d5 39.exd5 Bxd5 40.Ke2 g6 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 Ke6 43.Bd1 f5
44.f4 e4 45.Kf1 e3 46.Nf3 Bxf3 47.Bxf3 d3 48.Ke1 Nxa4 49.Bd1 Nc3 50.Bb3+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Guliyev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.a5 b5
9.axb6 axb6 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.e4 b5 15.Bb3 b4
16.Ne2 c5 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.g5 Nh5 19.Ba4 c4 20.Bb5 Bd6 21.e5 Be7 22.O-O Qa5
23.Bc6 Kd8 24.Be3 Kc7 25.Be4 Nb6 26.Qa1 Qxa1 27.Rxa1 Rb8 28.Ra7+ Kd8 29.Kf2 Nd5
30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Ra5 Kc7 32.f4 Kc6 33.Kf3 Rb5 34.Ra8 Rb6 35.Nc1 Kd7 36.Ra7+ Ke6
37.Kg4 Rb8 38.Ne2 Rc8 39.h4 Rb8 40.Bd2 c3 41.bxc3 b3 42.c4 Bb4 43.Bxb4 Rxb4
44.f5+ gxf5+ 45.Kxh5 f4 46.Kg4 f5+ 47.gxf6  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Ne7
9.e5 Nfd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bc1 d6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.c3 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Nf3 Rfe8
16.Bf4 Qb5 17.Bg3 c6 18.Qb3 Re2 19.Rab1 Qa6 20.Rfe1 Rae8 21.h4 h6 22.Rxe2 Rxe2
23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Nf6 25.Nf3 Ne4 26.Qb4 Nxg3 27.fxg3 Bf8 28.Qb3 Bd6 29.Kh2 Qb6
30.Qxb6 axb6 31.Kh3 Kg7 32.g4 Kf6 33.g5+ hxg5 34.Nxg5 Bf4 35.Nf3 Kf5 36.g4+ Ke4
37.Kg2 Bc1 38.b3 Kf4 39.h5 Kxg4 40.hxg6 fxg6 41.Ne5+ Kf5 42.Nc4 Ke4 43.Nxb6 Kd3
44.Nc4 Kxc3 45.Na5 Kb4 46.Nxb7 Bg5 47.a4 Be3 48.Kf3 Bb6 49.Kg4 Kxb3 50.a5 Bxa5
51.Nxa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b4 a5 10.b5 c5 11.Bd3 a4 12.O-O cxd4 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bb2 Nc5 15.Nxd4 Nbd7
16.f4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Nc5 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Rae1 Bd7 20.Nb1 Nb3 21.f5 Bg5 22.Qf2 Nxd4
23.Bxd4 Bxb5 24.Bb6 Qc8 25.h4 Bxf1 26.hxg5 Bd3 27.e6 hxg5 28.Nd2 fxe6 29.f6 Bg6
30.Re5 Rf8 31.Rxg5 Rxf6 32.Qe3 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Kf7 34.Bd4 Rh8+ 35.Kg3 Rh1 36.Bxf6 gxf6
37.Rg4 Qe1+ 38.Qxe1 Rxe1 39.Rxa4 Re2 40.Nf3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2 Nb4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7
8.d3 f6 9.a3 N4c6 10.Ne4 e5 11.c3 Na6 12.b4 Nc7 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 f5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Ng3 Qxd4 17.O-O Qxa1 18.Bf4 Qxa3 19.Qxe5+ Be7 20.Nxf5 Qxb4 21.Re1 Nd5
22.Nxg7+ Kf7 23.Qxd5+ Kxg7 24.Bd2 Qc5 25.Bc3+ Kf8 26.Qf3+ Kg8 27.Qg4+ Qg5
28.Qe6+ Kf8 29.h4 Qxh4 30.Qf5+ Ke8 31.Bxh8 Qb4 32.Re4  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2009-10"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Abeln,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.Nde2 O-O 7.g3 Bg4 8.Bg2 Qc8
9.h3 Bd7 10.g4 Re8 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bf3 g6 13.Bxh5 gxh5 14.Nf4  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2009-10"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Pruijssers,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.f3 Na6 9.Bg5 c6
10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Bc2 cxd5 13.Nxd5 b5 14.Nec3 b4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6
17.Nd5 Qd8 18.f4 Kg7 19.Rf3 Bc6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Qf2 Ne6 22.Rf1 f5 23.exf5 Nd4
24.f6+ Kh8 25.Rh3 Bxd5 26.Bxg6 Bg8 27.f7 Ra7 28.Qe3 Qd6 29.fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 30.Be4 Rf8
31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Bxh7 Rxh7 33.Qxe5+ Qg7 34.Qe8+ Qg8 35.Rxh7+ Kxh7 36.Qh5+ Kg7
37.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "26th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Petkevich,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nc3 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Nd2 Nh5 14.Bh2 Bd4 15.Kh1 Ng7
16.f4 f5 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.Rae1 fxe4 19.Ncxe4 Bf5 20.g4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 22.Nxe4 Qf7
23.Qg2 Rad8 24.f5 gxf5 25.gxf5 Kh8 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Bxd6 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Nxf5
29.Bf4  1-0

[Event "26th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vovk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bd7
9.O-O Ne5 10.h3 h5 11.Nd2 g5 12.b4 Bb6 13.a4 a6 14.a5 Ba7 15.Qb3 h4 16.g4 N7g6
17.b5 Bc5 18.bxa6 bxa6 19.N4f3 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Qe7 21.Nd4 Be6 22.Qc2 O-O 23.Rfb1 Rfb8
24.Bf1 Qd7 25.Qd1 Qc8 26.Be2 Bd7 27.Qf1 c5 28.N4f3 Qd8 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Bxa6 Ra8
31.Bc4 Rxa5 32.Rxa5 Qxa5 33.Nxg5 Qxc3 34.Bxf7+ Kg7 35.Qf2 Nd3 36.Qe2 Nge5
37.Bd5 Qc2 38.Bb3 Qb2 39.Qd1 Qc3 40.Ngf3 c4 41.Ba2 Nxf3+ 42.Nxf3 Ne5 43.Qd4 Qc1+
44.Kg2 Qc2+ 45.Kf1 Bxg4 46.hxg4 h3 47.Nxe5 Qg2+ 48.Ke1 Qg3+ 49.Ke2 Qg2+ 50.Ke1 Qg1+
51.Ke2 Qh2+ 52.Kf3 Qg2+ 53.Kf4 Qh2+ 54.Kf3 Qg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sprenger,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 Bb7
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.Nc3 b4 12.Ba4+ Nfd7 13.Ne2 Be7 14.dxc5 O-O 15.Bd2 Bxc5
16.Qc2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ne5 18.Kg2 Nxf3 19.Kxf3 Qd5+ 20.Qe4 Qxd2 21.Bc2 Qd5 22.Qxd5 exd5
23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Bb3 Nc6 25.Bxd5 Kf8 26.e4 Ne5+ 27.Kg2 Ke7 28.Nd4 Kf8 29.b3 Rd7
30.h3 Ng6 31.Ne2 Ne7 32.Nf4 g6 33.Kf3 Kg7 34.Ke2 Ra7 35.Rd2 Bd6 36.Ng2 f5
37.Ne3 fxe4 38.Bxe4 Be5 39.Nc4 Bc3 40.Rd6 Ng8 41.f4 Nf6 42.Bd3 Re7+ 43.Kf3 Rd7
44.Rxd7+ Nxd7 45.Ne3 Nb6 46.Ke4 h5 47.Bb5 Kf6 48.Be8 Bd2 49.Ng2 Nc8 50.Kd3 Bc1
51.Kc2 Nd6 52.Bd7 Ba3 53.Ne3 Ke7 54.Ba4 Nf5 55.Nd5+ Kd6 56.Nb6 Nd4+ 57.Kd3 Ne6
58.Nc4+ Ke7 59.Ke4 Bc1 60.Ne5 Nxf4 61.Nd3 Nxd3 62.Kxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kravtsiv,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Bc4 d6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qh5 Qe7 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qf3 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd2 Rg8 15.Be2 Rg6
16.Nc4 Bg4 17.Qd3 Rd8 18.Qc2 Bh3 19.Bf3 Qe6 20.Qe2 Ke7 21.Kh1 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Rxg4
23.Rad1 Rdg8 24.g3 R4g5 25.Nd6 Qh3 26.Nf5+ Rxf5 27.exf5 Rg5 28.Qe4 Kf8 29.Qg2 Qg4
30.f3 Qc4 31.a3 h5 32.h4 Rg7 33.Rfe1 Qb3 34.Rd7 Bc5 35.Kh2 Kg8 36.Re4 Qb6
37.Re2 Be3 38.Qf1 a5 39.Qe1 Bc5 40.Kg2 a4 41.Qd2 Kh7 42.Rd8 Qb5 43.Qd3 Qb3
44.Rd7 Ba7 45.Kh3 Bc5 46.Rg2 b5 47.Rc7 Qa2 48.b4 Qa1 49.Kh2 Bb6 50.Rxc6 Ba7
51.Qd8  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Steil Antoni,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.c4 f5
9.Nbc3 Nd7 10.b4 Nf6 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd3 Qe7 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.Rb3 a6 15.a4 Be6
16.Nf4 Rad8 17.Rd1 d5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Nfxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.b5 a5 22.b6 Qd7
23.Rb5 Bf8 24.Rxa5 Ra8 25.Qd2 Rxa5 26.Qxa5 Rd8 27.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cori T.,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 c5
9.d5 d6 10.h4 a6 11.h5 b5 12.Ne4 bxc4 13.Nfg5 Nd7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Ng5+ Kg8
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Rxh8+ Bxh8 18.O-O-O Qb6 19.Rh1 Bf6 20.Bh3 Nf8 21.Be6+ Nxe6
22.Nxe6 Qxb2+ 23.Qxb2 Bxb2+  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kogan,Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 b4 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nbd2 g6 8.e4 Bg7
9.h3 h6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Nf1 e6 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Ng3 exd5 15.exd5 Nbd7
16.O-O Kh7 17.Rae1 Nf8 18.Kh1 Bd7 19.Nh2 Ng8 20.h4 Qd8 21.h5 Qh4 22.Kg1 Bg4
23.Bf4 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rd8 25.hxg6+ fxg6 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Bg3 Qe7 28.Nxd6 Qxe1+
29.Qxe1 Bxd3 30.Qe3 Bxc4 31.Nxc4 Rxd5 32.Be5  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bromann,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O h6
9.Na4 Ba5 10.a3 c5 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Bxb4 13.Qf3 Be6 14.c3 Ba5 15.Qg3 Nh5
16.Qf3 Qh4 17.Bb5+ Ke7 18.e5 Rab8 19.Be2 g6 20.Qe3 Bb6 21.Nxb6 axb6 22.Ra7 Kf8
23.Rxc7 d5 24.Ba3+ Kg8 25.Be7 g5 26.Bxh5 Qxh5 27.Bf6 Rh7 28.Ra1 Rg7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.Rc6 Qg4 31.f3 Qf5 32.Rxb6 Rc8 33.Rb4 Qc2 34.Rc1 Qf5 35.Rd4 Rc6 36.g4 Qh7
37.Qd3 Qh8 38.f4 gxf4 39.Rxf4 Qd8 40.Qe3 Qg5 41.Kf2 Qh4+ 42.Qg3 Qd8 43.Rf6 Qb6+
44.Qe3 Qxe3+ 45.Kxe3 Ra6 46.h4 Ra4 47.Rf4 Ra2 48.Rg1 Rh2 49.g5 Rh3+ 50.Kd4 h5
51.Rg2 Bg4 52.Rgf2 Be6 53.R2f3 Rh1 54.Kc5 Re1 55.Kd6 Ra1 56.Rf6 Ra6+ 57.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nce2 Nf6 7.Ng3 h5 8.h4 Bg4 9.Nf3 c3
10.bxc3 bxc3 11.Be2 e6 12.O-O a5 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Rc1 Bb4 15.Ne5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nbd7
17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rfd1 Ng4 19.Nxh5 Rxh5 20.Qxg4 Rh7 21.g3 f6 22.Be3 Kf7 23.d5 cxd5
24.exd5 Re8 25.Bd4 Qc8 26.Bxc3 exd5 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Qb3 Rh5 30.Qxb4 Re2
31.Qa5 Kg6 32.Rc7 Qg4 33.Qa7 Kh6 34.Qb8 Kh7 35.Qb1+ Qf5 36.Qxf5+ Rxf5 37.f4 Ra2
38.Rb1 d4 39.Rbb7 Rd5 40.Rxg7+ Kh8 41.Rgd7 Rxd7 42.Rxd7 Rxa4 43.Kg2 Ra2+
44.Kh3 Rd2 45.Rf7 d3 46.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Qe3 d5 10.Rc1 Re8 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Qf4 g5 15.Qg4 f5
16.Bxd5+ Kh8 17.Qh5 Nxd4 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Nf3 Ne6 20.h4 g4 21.Ng5 Nxg5 22.hxg5 Rg8
23.g6 Rxg6 24.Qxf5 c6 25.Rd1 Nd6 26.Qe5+ Qf6 27.Qxf6+ Rxf6 28.Rd4 Rg8 29.Rad1 Rgg6
30.Kg2 a5 31.a4 Kg8 32.b4 axb4 33.Rxb4 b5 34.axb5 Nxb5 35.Nxb5 cxb5 36.Rxb5 Rf7
37.Rd4 Kf8 38.Rf4 h6 39.Rbb4 h5 40.Rb7 Rxf4 41.gxf4 Ra6 42.Rb5 Ra2 43.e3 h4
44.Rh5 g3 45.Rxh4 gxf2 46.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 Ngf6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 a5 8.a3 Bd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qe1 e5 11.e4 Re8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nh4 Qc7 14.Kh1 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Qe2 Nc5 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rfe1 dxe4 19.dxe4 b5 20.Ra1 a4 21.b4 Ne6 22.c3 Qb6
23.Nf3 c5 24.Rad1 Bc7 25.Bc1 Qc6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bf1 cxb4 28.cxb4 Nd4 29.Nxd4 Rxd4
30.Be3 Nxe4 31.Kg1 Rc4 32.Qf3 Rc3 33.Bxb5 Qxb5 34.Qxe4 f5 35.Qa8+ Kh7 36.Qf8 Qd5
37.Qe7 Bd8 38.Qe8 Rxa3 39.h4 f4 40.Bc5 Bxh4 41.Qxe5 Qxe5 42.Rxe5 fxg3 43.fxg3 Rxg3+
44.Kh2 Bf6 45.Re8 Rc3 46.Ra8 a3 47.Kg1 Rc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc2+ 49.Ke3 a2 50.Kd3 Rxc5  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gupta,Ab"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.e3 g6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Nbd5 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.Ke2 Bg7 15.b3 O-O
16.Bd2 Nbd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rac1 Ra7 19.f3 Nb6 20.Rhd1 Nd7 21.Be1 Re8 22.Nc5 Nf8
23.Bg3 Rc8 24.Rc4 Ne6 25.Be1 Rca8 26.d5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Nf8 28.Nd3 Bf6 29.e4 b6
30.Bf2 Rb7 31.Rb5 Nd7 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Bxc5 Rab8 34.Be3 e6 35.Bf4 e5 36.Be3 Bd8
37.Rxe5 Bc7 38.Rb5 Re8 39.Rc6 f5 40.exf5 Bxh2 41.Re6 Rc8 42.fxg6 Rd7 43.f4  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Qb3 Be7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 cxd4 15.Ne4 e5
16.Bd2 f5 17.c5 fxe4 18.c6 Nc5 19.Qa2 Bc8 20.b4 Kh8 21.bxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxe4 Bh3
23.a5 d3 24.Qc4 Bd4 25.Qxd3 b5 26.Be3 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Rf6 29.Rc1 Qxa5
30.c7 Rc8 31.Qc5 Qd2 32.d6 Rxd6 33.Bb7 Rxc7 34.Qxc7 g6 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berkovich,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 b4
9.Na4 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.c3 f5 12.O-O fxe4 13.cxb4 Bxb4 14.a3 Be7 15.b4 Qe5
16.Nc5 Bd5 17.Re1 Bxc5 18.bxc5 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Rc1 Rb8 21.Rc4 Bd5 22.Rb4 Ke7
23.Qe2 f5 24.Qh5 Qc3 25.Qh4+ Qf6 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Qxh7+ Kd8 28.Qh5 Rb2 29.h4 Kc7
30.Re2 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Bc6 32.Rd2 f4 33.Qg4 f3 34.Bh3 Qa1  0-1

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Guliyev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.Bg5 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.a5 Nfd5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.g3 Rfd8 18.Na4 Nc7 19.Nb6 Rab8 20.Rac1 g6 21.Qe5 Qd6 22.Bf1 Qxe5
23.dxe5 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Nbd5 25.Nc4 Rb4 26.Rc1 Kf8 27.Nd6 Rxb2 28.Rxc6 Ra2 29.Nb7 Nb5
30.Rxa6 Nd4 31.Bc4 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Ne3+ 33.Kxf3 Nxc4 34.Ke4 Rxf2 35.Nd6 Nd2+
36.Ke3 Rxh2 37.Ra7 Nf1+ 38.Kd3 Rd2+ 39.Kc3 Rf2 40.Rxf7+ Rxf7 41.Nxf7 Ne3
42.Ng5 Ke7 43.Kd4 Nf5+ 44.Kc5 Kd7 45.a6 Kc8 46.Nxe6 Ne7 47.Nd8  1-0

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lopez Martinez,Josep"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bc4 h5 7.d3 c6 8.Bb3 d5
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 a4 11.Ba2 Ne7 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Re1 Qd6 14.h3 Bb6 15.Ng5 Bc7 16.f4 O-O-O
17.Bd2 Ng6 18.Rf1 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qe7 20.Bxe6+ fxe6 21.Qe1 Rd5 22.Qg3 Rh6 23.Rae1 Rf5
24.Ng5 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Rxg5 27.Qf3 Rf6 28.Qe4 e5 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.h4 Rg8
31.Qf5+ Kc7 32.Qxh5 Qg7 33.Qf3 f5 34.Re2 f4 35.Qe4 Kd6 36.c3 Qf6 37.cxd4 exd4
38.Rf2 Rg4 39.h5 Rh4 40.g3 Qg5 41.Qxd4+ Kc7 42.Rf3 Qxh5 43.Qg7+ Kb8 44.gxh4 Qxf3
45.Qe5+ Kc8 46.Qe8+ Kc7 47.Qe7+ Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Grigoryan,Av"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a5 Nd5 10.Bd2 c5 11.Qa4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Rfd1 Bc5 14.Be1 Bd7 15.Qc2 Nb4
16.Qb1 Rb8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Nb5 Nd5 19.Nec3 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Qe8 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.Bd2 Bc5
23.Na4 Nfd7 24.Bf4 b6 25.axb6 axb6 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Bd2 Nf6 28.Bc3 Nc6 29.Qa2 Nb4
30.Qxc4 Qb5 31.Qh4 Nc2 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Be4  1-0

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Kh1 Nb6 14.Ba2 c5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.e4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qc7 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Be3 Nfd5 20.Bd4 Nb4 21.Qf2 Nxa2 22.Rxa2 Nd5
23.Re2 Nf4 24.Re4 Ne6 25.Bxa7 Qxc3 26.Bb6 Rc8 27.Rfe1 Rd5 28.h4 Rc4 29.Qg3 Rxe4
30.Rxe4 Qc6 31.a5 Qd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.g4 Kg7 34.Kg2 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 h6 36.Rb4 g5
37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rb5 Kg6 39.Be3 Ra2 40.Rd5 Rc2 41.Rd7 Ra2 42.Bd2 f6 43.Rd5 Kf7
44.Be3 Kg6 45.Rb5 Re2 46.Rb3 Ra2 47.Rb6 Nf4 48.Bxf4 gxf4+ 49.Kxf4 Rxa5 50.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.Na3 exd4 10.cxd4 Ne7 11.d5 O-O 12.Nc4 cxd5 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bb3 Ne7
16.Re1 d5 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Bxd5 Rfd8 20.Qf3 Bxd5 21.Rxe7 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rd2
23.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bf4 a5 11.e4 b6 12.Rfe1 h6 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 Bxc3 15.d6 Qd8
16.Qxc3 Bb7 17.Qxc4 Rc8 18.Qe2 Nd5 19.Rad1 Nxf4 20.gxf4 Nf6 21.f5 Re8 22.Ne5 Bxg2
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.fxe6+ Kg8 25.Kxg2 Rc5 26.Qf3 Kh8 27.d7 Re7 28.Rd6 Nxd7 29.Red1 Rg5+
30.Kf1 Qf8 31.exd7 Qxf3 32.d8=Q+ Kh7 33.Qxe7 Rf5 34.Qh4 Re5 35.Rxh6+ gxh6
36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.Rd6+ Kf7 38.Qc4+ Ke8 39.Re6+ Rxe6 40.Qxe6+ Kd8 41.Qxb6+ Kc8
42.Qc5+ Kb7 43.Qb5+ Kc8 44.Qc4+ Kb7 45.h4 h5 46.Qd4 Kb8 47.Kg1 Kb7 48.Kh2 Ka8
49.Qh8+ Kb7 50.Qg7+ Kb6 51.Qh6+ Kb7 52.Qe3 Qg4 53.Qe7+ Kb6 54.Qf6+ Kb7 55.b3 Qd1
56.Qf7+ Kc6 57.Qc4+ Kd7 58.Kg2 Kd8 59.Qg8+ Ke7 60.Qg5+ Kf7 61.Qf5+ Kg8 62.Qf3 Qc2
63.Qxh5 Qxb3 64.Qxa5 Qb7+ 65.f3 Qb2+ 66.Kh3  1-0

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 h5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.e4 a6 9.a4 Nf8
10.a5 Rb8 11.O-O b5 12.axb6 Rxb6 13.Na4 Rb4 14.Qc2 Ng6 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.Rfb1 Bd7
17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 O-O 19.Ne1 Rxb4 20.Bxb4 Qc7 21.Nd3 h4 22.Nab2 Qb7 23.Qc3 Ra8
24.Ba3 Rc8 25.c5 dxc5 26.Nc4 h3 27.Bh1 Bb5 28.Ndxe5 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Re8 30.Bb2 Bf8
31.Rd1 c4 32.Qd4 Qc8 33.Nc6 Bxc6 34.dxc6 Qxc6 35.e5 Qe6 36.Bf3 Bb4 37.Rf1 Nd7
38.Bd5 Nxe5 39.f4 Qc8 40.Kh1 Bc5 41.Qc3 Qd7 42.Rd1 Qg4 43.Rf1 Nd3 44.Bf3 Qg6
45.Qxc4 Nf2+ 46.Kg1 Ne4+ 47.Bd4 Nd2 48.Qxc5 Qd3  0-1

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Qa5
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 c4 11.Qc2 Ne4 12.Rfc1 Nxg5 13.Nxg5 Nf6 14.e4 h6 15.Nf3 Nxe4
16.Bxc4 O-O 17.Bd3 Nd6 18.Ne5 Be6 19.f4 f5 20.Qb3 Rfc8 21.a4 Rc7 22.Qb4 Qxb4
23.cxb4 Rac8 24.Rc5 b6 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.b5 Bf7 27.a5 Be8 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra8 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.Bxf5 Nd6 32.Be6+ Kf8 33.Kf2 Nxb5 34.Ke3 Nc7 35.Bc8 Ke7 36.g4 b5
37.Nd3 Bd7 38.Bxd7 Kxd7 39.Nb4 Ke6 40.f5+ Kf6 41.Kf4 g5+ 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.Kd2 Kd6
44.Kc3 Ne8 45.Nd3 Nf6 46.Ne5 h5 47.gxh5 Nxh5 48.Kb4 Ng7 49.Nf7+ Ke7 50.Nxg5 Kf6
51.h4 Kxf5 52.Kxb5 Kg4 53.Kc5 Kxh4 54.Kxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.Na3 exd4 10.cxd4 Ne7 11.d5 O-O 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Re1 Be6 15.b3 d5
16.exd5 cxd5 17.Ne5 Nf5 18.Ba3 Bd6 19.Nc6 Qc7 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Bd3 e5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Be7 14.O-O d6 15.Rad1 Nd7
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nc1 Nd4 18.Qb1 Nc5 19.N1e2 Nce6 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Ne2 Ne6 22.Qc1 Rac8
23.Qe3 Qg5 24.b4 g6 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 Rfe8 27.Rf3 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Rc7 29.Rdf1 Bc8
30.R1f3 Kg7 31.Qf2 Be6 32.h3 Ree7 33.Bf1 Qe5 34.Be2 Qb2 35.Kh1 Bxc4 36.e5 Qxe2  0-1

[Event "11th EICC Men Playoff"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 Ne8 8.Nge2 Nc7
9.O-O Bd7 10.a4 Nba6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Qd2 b6 13.f4 Bf6 14.f5 a6 15.b3 Qe7 16.a5 b5
17.h4 Rfb8 18.Bh3 h6 19.Kh2 bxc4 20.bxc4 Rb7 21.Rf3 Rab8 22.Rf2 Ne8 23.Ng1 h5
24.Nf3 g6 25.Ng5 Ng7 26.Raf1 Rf8 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Na4 Rdd8 30.Nb6 Rb8
31.Rf3 Rb7 32.Qf2 Ne8 33.Ne6 Rf7 34.Nxc5 dxc5 35.Bxc5 Qc7 36.Bxb4 Rxb6 37.Qxb6 Qxc4
38.Qb8 Kg7 39.Qxe8 Qxb4 40.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "11th EICC Men Playoff"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Ne2 b6 8.Ng3 d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Re8 12.h4 Nf8 13.Nf1 Bd7 14.a4 a6 15.Ne3 Rb8 16.g4 g6
17.Rb1 Kh8 18.Rb2 Rb7 19.f3 Qb8 20.h5 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Rbh2 b4
24.cxb4 Rxb4 25.Qd2 Re7 26.Nd1 Rb3 27.Qg5 Rf7 28.Nf2 Qb4+ 29.Bd2 Qa3 30.Ke2 Rb2
31.Qh6 Qa2 32.Qe3 Ba4 33.Nd1 Rb3 34.Re1 Ra3 35.Rhh1 Rb7 36.Nf2 Rb2 37.Qh6 Kg8
38.Rc1 Bc2 39.Ra1 Qb3 40.Rxa3 Qxa3 41.Rc1 Qa2 42.Qe3 N8d7 43.Nd1 Bxd1+ 44.Rxd1 Nb6
45.Rc1 Na4 46.Ke1 Rb3 47.Qe2 Rb2 48.Qd1 Qa3 49.Be2 Ra2 50.Rb1 Nc3 51.Rb8+ Kf7
52.Qb3 Qxb3 53.Rxb3 Nxe2 54.Kxe2 h5 55.Rb7+ Ke8 56.gxh5 Nxh5 57.Kd3 Ra3+
58.Kc2 Rxf3 59.Bg5 Nf6 60.Rb8+ Kf7 61.Rb7+ Ke8 62.Bxf6 Rxf6 63.Kb3 Kf8 64.Ka4 g5
65.Kb5 g4 66.Kc6 g3 67.Rb1 Ke7 68.Rg1 Rg6 69.Rg2 Rg8 70.Kc7 Rg7 71.Kc6 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Feller,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.a4 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Qe2 Bb4 12.Ne1 c5 13.Nd3 Ba5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.f3 Nf8 18.e4 Ng6 19.Nf1 Rac8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Ra8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Rd1 Nd7 24.Bd6 Qe8 25.Bg3 Bf6 26.e5 Be7 27.a5 Nb8 28.Be1 Nc6 29.Bc3 Bd8
30.Ra1 Bc7 31.Qe3 Qe7 32.f4 Rd8 33.Qe2 Nd4 34.Bxd4 cxd4 35.Bxa6 d3 36.Bxd3 Qc5+
37.Kh1 Qd4 38.Rd1 Qxf4 39.a6 Ba8 40.Qc2 g6 41.Qxc7 Rxd3 42.Rb1 Be4 43.a7 Bxg2+
44.Kxg2 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Nge2 h5 7.h4 g6 8.a3 Bg7 9.Bg5 a6
10.Nc1 Qc7 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.b4 b6 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Rb1 N8h7 15.Bd2 O-O 16.Bd3 Bd7
17.N1e2 Rfb8 18.O-O Ne8 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.Rb1 Bf6 21.g3 Rxb1+ 22.Qxb1 Ng7 23.Kg2 Bd8
24.Ng1 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Bh6 Qc8 27.Nd1 Nf6 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Ne3 e4 30.Be2 f4
31.gxf4 Kh6  1-0

[Event "TCh-NED 2009-10"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.Nxc6 Qb6
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.e4 Nc6 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.O-O Be7 14.a3 O-O 15.g4 e5
16.d5 Qc7 17.g5 Nd7 18.b4 cxb3 19.Qxb3 Bc5 20.Bd2 Nb6 21.Rfc1 Qe7 22.a4 Nc4
23.Be1 Qxg5 24.Ne2 Nd2 25.Bxd2 Qxd2 26.Rxc5 Qxe2 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qxb5 Qxb5
29.Rxb5 Bc8 30.Rb6 g6 31.Ra5 Kg7 32.Rc5 Kh6 33.f3 Kg5 34.Kf2 h5 35.Ke3 h4
36.d6 h3 37.Rxe5+ Kh4 38.Bf1 Be6 39.Ba6 Rd7 40.Rc5 Ra8 41.Rc7 Rdd8 42.e5 g5
43.Rb4+ Kh5 44.Bc4 Kg6 45.Ke4 Ra1 46.Bxe6 fxe6 47.Rc3 Ra2 48.f4 Re2+ 49.Re3 Rxe3+
50.Kxe3 Kf5 51.fxg5 Kxe5 52.Rb5+ Kxd6 53.Kf4 Ra8 54.Kg4 Ra3 55.Rb7 Ke5 56.Rf7 Ke4
57.g6 Ra1 58.Rf4+ Ke5 59.Rf3 Rg1+ 60.Kh5 Rg2 61.Rxh3 Kf4 62.Kh6 e5 63.Rh4+ Kf5
64.g7 Kf6 65.Ra4 Rxh2+  0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Dumitrache,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d5 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Be2 Na6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rad8 14.b4 Qb8 15.f4 Nc7
16.g3 d5 17.Rac1 Nfe8 18.Bc5 Rf7 19.Bg4 b6 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Nd6 22.cxd5 cxd5
23.Re1 Re8 24.h4 Qd8 25.Rd2 Qf6 26.Rde2 Rfe7 27.Qd3 Kg7 28.a4 Nf5 29.Bxf5 exf5
30.Rxe7+ Rxe7 31.Rxe7+ Qxe7 32.Nxd5 Nxd5 33.Qxd5 Qxb4 34.Qd7+ Kh6 35.Qf7 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Komarov,Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Qf3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Nbd7 14.O-O Rd8 15.Rfd1 O-O
16.Bb3 Qb6  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarthou,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5 4.d5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Nd2 d6
9.Be2 Nd7 10.Bg4 Be7 11.a4 b6 12.Nc4 Rb8 13.O-O h5 14.Bh3 Bd8 15.f4 Qe7 16.Bxd7+ Bxd7
17.fxe5 dxe5 18.d6 Qg5 19.h4 Qxh4 20.Nxe5 Bf6 21.Qd5 Rf8 22.Nf3 Qg4 23.e5 Bd8
24.Rae1 Qe6 25.Qd2 Bc6 26.Ne4 Kd7 27.Neg5 Bxg5 28.Nxg5 Qd5 29.Qe2 Rbe8 30.Rf2 c4
31.Qe3 Qc5 32.Qxc5 bxc5 33.Nxf7 Bd5 34.Ng5 Rxf2 35.Kxf2 Rf8+ 36.Kg3 Rd8 37.c3 g6
38.Re2 Kc6 39.Rd2 Rb8 40.Rf2 a5 41.Rf6 Kd7 42.Rxg6 Rxb2 43.Rg7+ Kc6 44.d7 Kc7
45.e6 Rxg2+ 46.Kf4 Rf2+ 47.Ke5 Bc6 48.Nf7 Re2+ 49.Kf6 Bxd7 50.Ng5 Rd2 51.Ne4 Rd5
52.Rxd7+ Rxd7 53.exd7 Kxd7 54.Kg5  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tirard,H"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O Qb4 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Rfe1 Ne7 13.h3 Bxh3 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Ng5 Bc4
16.b3 h6 17.Nh3 Be6 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.Re3 b6 20.Rae1 g5 21.Nd3 Ng6 22.Ne2 f5
23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nb4 Kb7 25.Ng3 Bc8 26.Nd3 Nf4 27.Ne5 Rd2 28.c4 Rxa2 29.Nf7 Rf8
30.Nxh6 Nxg2  0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "France FRA"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Nezar,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Bd6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.a4 a5 11.Nd2 Nb6 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb4 14.Ng5 g6 15.Nf3 f6
16.Bf4 Bd7 17.e4 c5 18.d5 e5 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Nd2 Qe8 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Bxa4
23.b3 Bb5 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.h4 Qg4 26.d6 Rd8 27.Rd5 b6 28.Rad1 Be2 29.Kh2 Bxd1
30.Rxd1 g5 31.Bh3 Qh5 32.Be6 Qxh6 33.Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.Qc4+ Kg6 35.Qe6 gxh4 36.Kg2 hxg3
37.Rh1 Qf4 38.f3 c4 39.Rxh7 Kxh7 40.Qe7+ Kg6 41.Qxd8 Qd2+ 42.Kxg3 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Rasidovic,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O c6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nd3 Ba5 10.b4 Bc7 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Rc1 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Nb6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qc2 Nc4
16.Bc3 Qf6 17.a4 Bd6 18.e3 g5 19.Rfe1 g4 20.b5 Qe7 21.Qb3 Bd7 22.Nc5 b6 23.e4 fxe4
24.Nxe4 Ba3 25.Ra1 Rac8 26.Nd2 Bd6 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.Bxd5 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Bb4
30.Qe3 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 Rf6 32.Bc6 Qf7 33.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saric,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.a3 b5 8.Be2 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Ne5 Ke8 12.b4 Na4 13.Bf3 Ra7 14.e4 Nd7 15.Be3 Rc7
16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.Bf4 Rc2 18.Bd1 Rc8 19.Bxa4 bxa4 20.Nd2 f6 21.Rfc1 Kf7 22.Nc4 Be7
23.Nd6+ Bxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Stojanovic,Da"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.Bb3 Qd7 13.a5 Nbd5 14.f3 Rfe8 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.e4 Nf6 17.Be3 Bd6 18.Kh1 a6 19.g4 fxg4 20.fxg4 Kh8 21.e5 Nd5 22.Bxd5 cxd5
23.Qf5 Qb5 24.Rf3 Bf8 25.Rh3 h6 26.Qxf7 Qxb2 27.Rg1 Qc2 28.Qxd5 Qc6 29.Qg2 Rad8
30.g5 Re6 31.gxh6 g6 32.Rf3 Bb4 33.Rf7  1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Panarin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.e3 Na6 10.Bc4 Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.O-O b6 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Qc2 Re8
16.e4 Qf6 17.Qd2 Qxb2 18.Bxd6 Ba6 19.Qd3 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Rac8 21.e5 Qb4 22.Qd3 Qa5
23.Nd2 c4 24.Nxc4 Qxd5 25.Qf1 Ne6 26.Ne3 Qa5 27.Red1 Nc5 28.Nd5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.f4 Re6 31.f5 gxf5 32.Qxf5 Nd7 33.Rd3 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Rce8 35.Rf1 Kh8 36.Kh2 Qd6+
37.Nf4 Qe5 38.Qxf7 R6e7 39.Qa2 Nf6 40.Rff3 Rd7 41.Rxd7 Nxd7 42.Qf7 Rf8 43.Qxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 a6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bb3 Nge7
9.d5 Na5 10.Bc2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Rb1 b4 14.Na4 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Be3 Rb8 17.Bd4 Qd7 18.b3 Bh6 19.Bd3 Bb5 20.Qe2 Nac6 21.Ba1 Ne5 22.Bxe5 dxe5
23.Nxe5 Qe6 24.Ng4 Bg7 25.Bxb5 Rxb5 26.f3 Nf5 27.Qc4 Bd4+ 28.Nf2 Qxc4 29.bxc4 Ra5
30.Rxb4 Ne7 31.c5 Nc6 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.f4 Be3 34.g3 Rd4 35.Rxd4 Bxd4 36.Nb6 Rxa2
37.Kg2 a5 38.Kf3 Bxc5 39.Nd7 Nd4+ 40.Kg4 Ba7 41.Nd3 Rxh2 42.Ra1 h5+ 43.Kg5 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenic,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Ne4 11.a3 f5 12.Bd3 Qf6 13.g4 fxg4 14.Bxe4 gxf3 15.Bxh7 O-O-O
16.O-O-O Kb8 17.Bd3 e5 18.Kb1 g5 19.c5 Bc7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 exd4 22.Rxd4 Be5
23.Rd6 Qf4 24.Bc1 Qf7 25.Bxg5 Bxd6 26.cxd6 Rdg8 27.Be3 Rh5 28.Ka2 a5 29.a4 Rh4
30.Rc1 c5 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Bd5 Qf6 33.Qd2 Rb4 34.Bc4 Qf5 35.h4 Qg4 36.Qd5 Nb6
37.Qd3 Nxc4 38.d7 Nxe3 39.dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 40.Qxe3 Rxh4 41.Qxf3 Ka7 42.Rd5 Qc6
43.Qf5 Kb6 44.Qe5 Rh6 45.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Nikcevic,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 c6
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.f3 Nf8 12.b4 Ne6 13.Nfe2 b6 14.Rb1 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.a4 Bd6 17.Kh1 c5 18.Bb5 Re7 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Nd4 Bb7 21.Nce2 Ra8 22.Qd3 Rc7
23.Bb2 Bf8 24.Ba1 Nc5 25.Qd1 Ne8 26.Nf5 Ba6 27.Be5 Rcc8 28.Nc3 Qg5 29.g4 Bxb5
30.axb5 Rd8 31.Nxd5 Rd7 32.e4 g6 33.Rg1 Qd8 34.Nd4 Ra2 35.Nc6 Qh4 36.Rb2 Rxb2
37.Bxb2 Ne6 38.Be5 N6c7 39.Bg3 Qh3 40.Ne5 Rxd5 41.exd5 Nxb5 42.Nd7 h5 43.Nxf8  1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovacevic,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 d6 8.f4 f5
9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Nd2 Ng4 11.Qe2 Ne3 12.Re1 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb6 14.Bxe3 dxe3 15.d4 d5
16.Qh5+ Kf8 17.c3 Qe7 18.Ng5 Bf5 19.Nf3 g6 20.Qh6+ Qg7 21.Qh4 Re8 22.Ne5 Qe7
23.Qh6+ Qg7 24.Qh4 Qe7 25.Qg3 c5 26.Qxe3 cxd4 27.cxd4 Kg7 28.Qd2 Be4 29.h3 Rhf8
30.Ba4 Rd8 31.Kh2 g5 32.fxg5 Rf5 33.Re2 Bc7 34.Rc1 Bb8 35.Rc3 Rdf8 36.Bc2 Bxe5+
37.dxe5 Qxe5+ 38.Rg3 Qxb2 39.Rc3 Re5 40.Qd4  1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Krivoborodov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Nhf6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be5 b6 11.b4 Nhf6 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.e3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 e6
16.Bg3 b5 17.Qc2 f5 18.Qb3 Kf7 19.f3 Nf6 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Be2 Qd5 22.Qc3 Be7
23.O-O Rhf8 24.Bd1 Kg8 25.Bb3 Qg5 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Be5 Nd5 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Nb3 Rf3
30.Bf4 Qg6 31.Na5 Bc8 32.Kh1 Rxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Bg4 34.Bg3 h5 35.Qe1 Rf8 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8
37.c6 Qf7 38.Kg1 Be7 39.c7 Qf6 40.Qc3 Bc8 41.Nc6 h4 42.Be5 Qf8 43.h3 Kh7
44.a3 Bg5 45.Qe1 Bd7 46.Qf2 Qe8 47.Na7 Kg6 48.Bf4 Qa8 49.Bxg5 Qxa7 50.Bf4 Qb6
51.Be5 Qe6 52.Qf8  1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geetha,Narayanan Gopal"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Bg4 10.O-O-O Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O 12.Qe3 Rfe8 13.f4 Rad8 14.f5 a5 15.Rxd8 Qxd8
16.f4 b5 17.Rd1 Qc8 18.Qd4 Nh5 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.f5 b4 21.Na4 Nf4 22.Kb1 Qa6
23.Nc5 Qe2 24.Nd7 Nh5 25.e5 gxf5 26.Rg1+ Kh7 27.Qh4  1-0

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.Qh5+ g6
9.Qe2 Bf5 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Ndc4 Nd5 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Qc8 14.Nd2 Bxe5 15.dxe5 O-O
16.O-O Qe6 17.Nxe4 Rae8 18.Rfe1 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Nb6 20.b3 Rf5 21.f4 Qd5 22.Qe3 Qa5
23.Qg3 Kh7 24.Rad1 Qxa2 25.c4 Re6 26.Ra1 Qb2 27.Rxa7 Rf7 28.Qd3 Nd7 29.Qe3 Nf8
30.Rxb7 Re8 31.Ra7 Ne6 32.Raa1 c5 33.Rab1 Qd4 34.Rbd1 Qb2 35.Rd2 Qa3 36.Rd3 Nd4
37.Qe4 Re6 38.Kh2 c6 39.Rg3 Qb2 40.Bd8 Qf2 41.Bg5 Qa2 42.Qb1 Qa5 43.Rd1 Qc7
44.b4 Ne2 45.Re3  1-0

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.Qh5+ g6
9.Qe2 Bf5 10.Nd2 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Qd5 12.Nc4 Be6 13.b3 O-O-O 14.O-O Qd3 15.Qb2 Bxc4
16.bxc4 Qxc4 17.Qa3 a6 18.Rb1 c5 19.Bg5 Rd3 20.e6 b6 21.Rfe1 h6 22.e7 Kd7
23.f3 e3 24.Rbd1 Nxe7 25.Rxd3+ Qxd3 26.Qa4+ Qb5 27.Qd1+ Ke8 28.Bf6 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 c6
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Bd6 11.f3 b6 12.b4 Bb7 13.Rb1 a5 14.Nfe2 axb4 15.axb4 Na6
16.Na2 Qc7 17.h3 c5 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Nac3 Bc6 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bb5 Ne6 22.Bd2 Bc5
23.Kh1 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 Qd7 25.Rb3 Rab8 26.Qb1 Rb6 27.Nbc3 Rxb3 28.Qxb3 d4 29.exd4 Nxd4
30.Nxd4 Qxd4 31.Bg5 Bf8 32.Rd1 Qe5 33.f4 Qf5 34.Bxf6 Qxf6 35.Nd5 Qe6 36.Qf3 Qe2
37.Qg4 Qxg4 38.hxg4 h6 39.Kh2 Bd6 40.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Qd7 13.Ba2 g6 14.b4 Bg7 15.Bb2 a5 16.d5 Ne7
17.Nb3 axb4 18.cxb4 Nh5 19.Rc1 Bc8 20.Rc3 Ra7 21.Na5 Nf4 22.Bc1 h6 23.Qc2 g5
24.Nh2 Neg6 25.Be3 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 Rxa5 27.bxa5 Qxh3+ 28.Kh1 Nh4 29.f3 Nxf3
30.Rc1 Nxh2 31.Qxh2 Qf3+ 32.Qg2 Qh5+ 33.Kg1 Bh3 34.Qg3 f5 35.Bf2 Bg4 36.a6 f4
37.Qh2 Qg6 38.Rxc7 Bf3 39.Rc8 Rxc8 40.Rxc8+ Kh7 41.a7 g4 42.a8=Q g3 43.Bxg3 fxg3
44.Qh4  1-0

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Ng3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nf5 Nb6 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.Bd3 Be6 12.a4 Rfe8 13.a5 Nc8 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.f3 Nd6
16.g4 Rac8 17.g5 Nh5 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bd3 c5 20.dxc5 d4 21.cxd6 dxc3 22.bxc3 Nf4
23.Be4 Nh3 24.Ra4 Nxg5 25.Rg1 f6 26.Rd4 Rc4 27.Ba3 Rec8 28.Bb4 Rxd4 29.exd4 Re8
30.Kd1 Nxe4 31.fxe4 Bg8 32.Kc1 Bh7 33.Re1 b6 34.a6 Qb5 35.Qe2 Qa4 36.Kb2 Rxe4
37.Qxe4 Bxe4 38.Rxe4 Kh7 39.Re7 Qd1 40.d7 Qd2+ 41.Ka3 b5 42.Ba5  1-0

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bd3 Bg6 11.Qc2 Bb4 12.Bd2 Ba5 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.b4 Bxb4 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bxb4 dxc4
17.e4 Rc8 18.Ng5 a5 19.Bd6 Rc6 20.e5 Rxd6 21.exd6 Nb6 22.Rae1 O-O 23.Re5 Nbd5
24.a4 Qxd6 25.axb5 Rc8 26.Rb1 Qb6 27.Nf3 Nb4 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.dxc5 Qxc5 30.Qa4 Nd3
31.Qxa5 Qxf2+ 32.Kh2 Ne4 33.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.e3 Nxc5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.Qe2 Qc6 15.b4 Nb3
16.b5 Qc5 17.Bxb3 Qxc3 18.Nd4 Rfc8 19.Rab1 axb5 20.Nxb5 Qc6 21.f3 Nd5 22.Be5 Bc5
23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc3 25.Nxc3 Qxc3 26.Qd2 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 g6 28.Bd1 Bc6 29.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Ba6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Re8 13.c5 Bxf1 14.cxb6 d5 15.bxa7 Kb7
16.Qf3 Ba6 17.O-O-O Qh6+ 18.Kb1 Qg6+ 19.Ka1 Rxe5 20.Na4 Re4 21.Rc1 Bb4 22.Nc5+ Bxc5
23.Rxc5 d4 24.Rhc1 Be2 25.Qh3 d3 26.Qd7 Qd6 27.Qf5 Rf4 28.Qe5 Qxe5 29.Rxe5 Rd8
30.Bc3 d2 31.Bxd2 Rxd2 32.f3 Rf6 33.Re1 Ba6  0-1

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Qa4 a6 15.d5 Bxa1
16.Rxa1 Bd7 17.Qb4 b5 18.Qd4 f6 19.e5 fxe5 20.Qxe5 Qb8 21.Qxe7 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5
23.Qe6+ Rf7 24.Ng3 Qe8 25.Re1 Qxe6 26.dxe6 Re7 27.Bc5 Ree8 28.e7 Nb7 29.Ba3 a5
30.Ne4 b4 31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.Nxe8 Rxe8 33.Bc1 Rxe7 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Bf4 Rd7 36.Rc1 Rd4
37.Be3 Rd3 38.Kf2 Nd6 39.Rc6 Kd7 40.Rc2 Rd5 41.Bd2 Nf5 42.Bc1 Nd4 43.Rc4 Nb5
44.Ke3 Rd1 45.Ke2 Rh1 46.Bd2 Rxh2 47.Rc5 Rxg2+ 48.Kd3 Na3 49.Be1 Rxa2 50.Rxa5 b3
51.Bc3 Nb1 52.Bb4 Rxa5 53.Bxa5 b2  0-1

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 d6 8.O-O Ne7 9.a5 Ba7
10.Be3 Ng6 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Re1 h6 14.Nf1 Nh7 15.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 a5
9.Rc1 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bb1 Bd6 12.Re1 c5 13.Ng3 cxd4 14.exd4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Nc6
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxc6 Qd7 18.Rc1 Re8 19.Qd1 Nf4 20.Be3 h5 21.Qc2 g6 22.Qc6 Qe7
23.Ne4 Ne2+ 24.Kh1 Nxc1 25.Qxe8+ Qxe8 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.Nxe8 Kxe8 28.Bxc1 Kd7
29.Be4 Ke6 30.b3 f5 31.Bc6 Bd3 32.Bg5 Bc7 33.d5+ Ke5 34.f4+ Kd6 35.Bf6 Kc5
36.Be5 Bd8 37.Be8 Kxd5 38.Bxg6 h4 39.h3 Bb1 40.Bf7+ Ke4 41.a4 b5 42.axb5 Ba2
43.g4 hxg3 44.Kg2 a4 45.Bh5 Bxb3 46.Bf3+ Kd3 47.h4 a3 48.h5 a2 49.h6 Bc7
50.Bb2 Bg8 51.Kxg3 Kc4 52.Bh5 Kxb5 53.Bg6 Kb4 54.Bxf5 Kb3 55.Ba1  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Bg7 7.d4 b5 8.Bc2 exd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.d5 Na5 11.a4 b4 12.Nbd2 c5 13.dxc6 O-O 14.Nb3 Naxc6 15.Nfd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.Re1 Nc6 18.Be3 Qf6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Rb1 Rfe8 21.f3 Rad8 22.Bb3 d5
23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Qf5 25.Bb6 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Rxd5 27.Qe8+ Bf8 28.Rc1 Qf6
29.Qb8 Qxb2 30.Be3 Qe2 31.Bh6 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33.Kf2 Qd6 34.Qa8 b3 35.Ke2 b2
36.Bxf8 Qxf8 37.Qb7 Qe8+ 38.Kd3 Qe5 39.Kc2 Qxh2 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qc3+ f6 42.Qd2 Qe5
43.Qd7+ Kh6 44.Qh3+ Qh5 45.Qc8 b1=Q+ 46.Kxb1 Qh1+ 47.Kc2 Qxg2+ 48.Kb3 Qxf3+
49.Kb4 Qe4+ 50.Ka5 Qf5+  0-1

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Rc8 10.O-O Bd6 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.Qb1 Bb8 13.h3 cxd4 14.exd4 dxc4 15.Ndxc4 b5
16.Ne3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Re1 Nxe5 19.Be4 Qg5 20.Bc1 Qh4 21.Bb2 Bg6 22.Nf1 Ba7
23.g3 Qf6 24.Re2 Qf3 25.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 26.Kg2 Bxb1 27.Rxb1 Nd4 28.Rd2 Rd8 29.Rbd1 e5
30.f4 f6 31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Re1 Rd5 33.Ne3 Rd7 34.Nf1 O-O 35.Rxe5 Rdf7 36.Bxd4 Bxd4
37.Ree2 Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sedlak,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bf4 Bxf4
9.Nxf4 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Qc2 Re8 15.c5 Na6
16.Nd3 Qc3 17.Qxc3 Nxc3 18.Nc4 Rxe2 19.Nd6 Bd7 20.Rac1 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Na4
22.Nxb7 Rb8 23.Na5 N6xc5 24.Ne5 Be6 25.Naxc6 Rb2 26.a3 Nc3 27.Nd4 Kf8 28.Bf1 Rb1
29.Rxb1 Nxb1 30.Nd3  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovacevic,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 a6 6.Bc4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qe3 g6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Qg3 Nd4 12.Bd3 c6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Nxc2+ 15.Bxc2 cxd5
16.O-O dxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bxg6+ hxg6 19.Qxg6+ Kf8 20.Bc5+ Kg8 21.Rfe1 Bd7
22.Re7 Qxe7 23.Bxe7 Rh6 24.Qd3 Be6 25.Rc1 Re8 26.Rc7 Bf7 27.h3 Rh5 28.Rxb7 Re5
29.Bb4 f5 30.Qxa6  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Drazic,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 c5 8.d5 a6 9.Nd2 e6
10.a4 exd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.Be2 Re8 13.O-O Rb8 14.a5 Qc7 15.e4 g5 16.Bg3 Ne5
17.Qc2 Nfd7 18.Nd1 b6 19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Ra2 Nf8 21.Bh5 Rb4 22.Ne3 Nfg6 23.Bxg6 fxg6
24.Ndc4 Nf7 25.e5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Qxg6 Rf8 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.d6 Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Rxf7
31.Ra5 Rb5 32.Rxb5 axb5 33.Nb6 Bd7 34.Ned5 Kf8 35.Nc7 c4 36.Nxd7+ Rxd7 37.Nxb5 e4
38.Na3 Ke8 39.Nxc4 Rb7 40.Re1 Kd8 41.Rxe4 Rb4 42.f3 Bxb2 43.Nxb2 Rxb2 44.Re6 h5
45.Re5 h4 46.Rxg5 Kd7 47.h3 Rb1+ 48.Kh2 Rb8 49.Rg4 Rh8 50.Rd4 Rh7 51.Kh1 Rh8
52.Kg1 Rh7 53.f4 Rh5 54.Kh1 Rf5 55.Kh2 Rh5 56.f5 Rxf5 57.Rxh4 Kxd6 58.Re4  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Todorovic,GN"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Bg4 4.e3 e5 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nf6 7.Bb2 Bd6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Nc3 e4 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.d3 exd3 14.Qxd3 Re8 15.O-O Bc7
16.Ba3 Qd7 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Rc2 Bb8 19.Rfc1 Qc7 20.g3 Qc8 21.Qf1 Be5 22.Ne2 Qa6
23.Bc5 Ne4 24.Nd4 Qb7 25.Nf3 Bb8 26.Bd4 Re6 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nf3 Rf8 29.b4 h5
30.h4 f4 31.exf4 Bxf4 32.gxf4 Rg6+ 33.Kh1 Rxf4 34.Qh3 Qe7 35.Nh2 Rxh4 36.Qc8+ Kh7
37.Rg1 Nd6 38.Rxg6 Qe4+ 39.f3 Qxg6 40.Qxc6 Rxd4 41.Rc1 Rd2 42.Rg1 Qf6  0-1

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Rd1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Rac8 18.Qd3 Rfe8 19.Be2 Qe5 20.Rd2 f5 21.exf5 Bxa3 22.O-O Bb4
23.Bh5 Bxd2 24.Bxe8 Rxe8 25.Qxd2 Qxf5 26.Qxd4 Re2 27.h3 Qe4 28.Qxe4 Rxe4
29.Rc1 a5 30.Rc7 d6 31.b3 Rb4 32.Rc3 Kf7 33.g4 Kf6 34.Re3 Rb5 35.Re6+ Kf7
36.Rxd6 Rxb3 37.Kg2 a4 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.Ra7 a3 40.h4 b5 41.Ra6+ Ke5 42.d6 b4
43.d7 Rd3  0-1

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pavlovic,Milos"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bd3 Qd8
16.g4 Bg6 17.Bf5 Re8 18.h4 c5 19.h5 Bxf5 20.gxf5 Rc8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bh4 cxd4
23.e6 Nc5 24.Rxd4 Nb3 25.Rxb4 Nxa1 26.h6 Rc7 27.Rg4 Nb3 28.Qb5 Nc5 29.Bxf6 Qxf6
30.Qxe8+ Qf8 31.Qxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rd4 gxh6 33.Rxd5 Ke7 34.a5 Ne4 35.Ne5 Nf6 36.Rb5 Ne8
37.Nd3 Nd6 38.Rd5 Rc8 39.Nc5 Rg8+ 40.Kf1 b6 41.Nb3 Nc4 42.a6 Kf6 43.Nd4 Ne5
44.f4 Nd3 45.e7 Re8 46.Nc6 Nxf4 47.Rd6+ Kf7 48.f6  1-0

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be2 f6 13.d5 e5 14.dxe6 Nc5 15.Bc4 Qxd1+
16.Nxd1 Bd6 17.Ne3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2010.08.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Bd2 Nbd7 13.Qf3 Qa5 14.h4 O-O-O 15.Rc1 Ne8
16.Be2 Nd6 17.e4 f5 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 22.Qc3 a5
23.Qxb4 axb4 24.Bc4 Rh6 25.Ke2 Nb6 26.a5 Nd5 27.Rcg1 Rd7 28.Rg4 Rf7 29.Rxe4 Nf4+
30.Kd2 Ng2 31.Rf1 Kd7 32.Kc2 Nxh4 33.Kb3 Nf3 34.Rd1 Rh2 35.Re2 Nh4 36.Rg1 Nf3
37.Rg4 g5 38.Kxb4 Rh4 39.Ree4 Rh2 40.Re2 Rh4 41.Rge4 Nxd4 42.Rxh4 gxh4 43.Rd2 Rf4
44.Kc5 h3 45.Bf1 h2 46.Bg2 Kc7 47.Rxd4 Rxf2 48.Bh1 Rf1 49.Bg2 Rc1+ 50.Rc4 h1=Q
51.Bxh1 Rxh1 52.Rg4 Rc1+ 53.Kb4 Re1 54.Rg5 b6 55.Rg7+ Kb8 56.axb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Docx,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.O-O c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Bxb4 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Rb1 Bxd2 15.Bxd2 Bd7
16.Rb6 O-O 17.Rxa6 Ng4 18.g3 Qh6 19.h4 Rab8 20.Bc3 Rfe8 21.Ra7 Rxe3 22.Rxd7 Rxd3
23.Qxg4 Qg6 24.Qf4 Re8 25.Re7 f6 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Re1 Qc8 28.Rb1 Kf7 29.Rb8 Qa6
30.Bb4 h5 31.Qf5 Rxg3+ 32.Kh2  1-0

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nh5 Nd5 13.Rc1 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Qf3 Be7
16.h3 Bd7 17.Ne4 Qh6 18.b4 Rac8 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.bxc5 b6 21.Ba6 Rb8 22.Bd3 Rbc8
23.Kh2 Na5 24.Rc3 bxc5 25.dxc5 Qg5 26.Rfc1 Bc6 27.Qg4 Qxg4 28.hxg4 Rfd8 29.Ng3 Kf8
30.Ne2 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Bb5 32.Nf4 g5 33.Rb1 Bc4 34.Rd7 gxf4 35.exf4 a6 36.Rb6 Kg7
37.g5 Bb5 38.Ra7 Kg6 39.Rxb5 axb5 40.Rxa5 Rxc5 41.g3 h6 42.gxh6 Kxh6 43.Kh3 Kg6
44.a4 Rh5+ 45.Kg4 f5+ 46.Kf3 bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Jong,JW"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.exf5 Ned7 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Nxb6 Qxb6
16.Bb5 O-O-O 17.Ke2 Bb4 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Rd5 20.Rhd1 Re5 21.Kf2 Kb8 22.Bd4 Rd5
23.Be3 Re5 24.Bd4 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hautot,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O c5 10.Nb3 Bb5 11.Re1 c6 12.f3 Ng5 13.Nc3 Ne6 14.f4 g6 15.Nxb5 cxb5
16.c3 Qd7 17.Qf3 a5 18.Be3 a4 19.Nd2 Rd8 20.Rad1 Be7 21.g4 Ng7 22.Rf1 h5
23.h3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Qe6 25.Bf2 f5 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.Kg2 Ne6 28.Bg3 Rd7 29.Qe2 g5
30.fxg5 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hovhanisian,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 e6 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Na5 11.c6 bxc6 12.O-O Nd5 13.Ne5 f6 14.N5xc4 Nb3 15.Rb1 a5
16.Nc2 Ba6 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 Bxe2 19.Rfe1 Bd3 20.Rbc1 Bxc2 21.Rxc2 Kd7
22.Rec1 Bb4 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Rxc6 Rxa4 26.Rc7+ Kd6 27.R1c6+ Ke5
28.Rxg7 Ra2 29.Rc2 Kd4 30.Re7 Kd3 31.Ree2 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Rd1 33.Kf3 Re8 34.h4 d4
35.b3 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Kc3 37.Re7 d3 38.Rc7+ Kxb3 39.Rxh7 Kc3 40.Rc7+ Kb2 41.h5 b3
42.h6 Rh1 43.Ke3 Rxh6 44.Rc6 Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istratescu,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Be6 13.Kc2 Bc4 14.Be3 Bxf1 15.Rhxf1 Nd7
16.f4 e6 17.Rad1 Be7 18.Nb1 b5 19.Nc3 Rb8 20.b3 Rb7 21.Rd3 g5 22.fxg5 Nxe5
23.Rdd1 bxa4 24.Nxa4 c5 25.Nb2 Rb4 26.Bd2 Rxe4 27.Rfe1 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Nc6 29.Nc4 Nd4+
30.Kb2 Rg8 31.Ra1 Bxg5 32.Rxa5 Bd8 33.Ra7 Rxg2 34.Nd6+ Kf8 35.Kc3 Rxh2 36.Rxf7+ Kg8
37.Ra7 Bf6 38.Kd3 Nxb3 39.Bf4 Rh4 40.Ke3 Nd4 41.Ne4 Rh3+ 42.Kd2 Nf3+ 43.Ke2 Bd4
44.Bd6 Nh4 45.Kd2 c4 46.Rc7 c3+ 47.Kc2 Nf5 48.Ng5 Re3 49.Bf4 Bf6 50.Nxh7 Nd4+
51.Kb1 Re1+ 52.Ka2 Re2+ 53.Ka1 Nb3+  0-1

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Stricht,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Nd5 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Qb3 Na6 14.Ne5 Nab4 15.Bd2 a5
16.Rad1 Bf5 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Rc1 Rad8 19.Ng3 Be6 20.Nh5 g6 21.Bh6 f6 22.Nf4 Bf7
23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michiels,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Ba5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7
9.d4 exd4 10.Qa4+ c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Re1 d5 14.Ba6 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qxf4
16.Rxe7+ Kxe7 17.Nxc6+ Bxc6 18.Qxf4  1-0

[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Piceu,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Nf3 Ba6 10.O-O Bxc4 11.bxc4 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.Bc3 Ng4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qc3+ Ngf6
16.Ne1 Nb6 17.a4 Qd7 18.a5 Na4 19.Qa3 Rb2 20.Ndf3 Rb4 21.Nd3 Rfb8 22.Nxb4 Rxb4
23.e5 Ng4 24.Rfb1 Rxc4 25.Qb3 Rf4 26.g3 Re4 27.e6  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harper,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.h3 Ne7 8.O-O Bb6
9.Nbd2 g5 10.d4 Ng6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Ba4+ Kf8 14.Nh2 Be6 15.Nxb6 axb6
16.Re1 c5 17.Bb5 Ne8 18.Bxe8 Rxe8 19.Qh5 Kg7 20.Nf1 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Nh2 Qf6
23.e5 Qg6 24.Qxg6+ Kxg6 25.b3 h5 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.Nf3 g4 28.hxg4 hxg4 29.Nh2 Ra8
30.Rd6 Kf5 31.c4 Rh7 32.f3 g3 33.Ng4 Rxa2 34.Rxb6 Kg5 35.b4 Bxg4 36.fxg4 f3
37.gxf3 g2 38.f4+ Kxg4  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bf8
9.Rc1 b6 10.Nf4 c5 11.O-O Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qf3 cxd4 14.Ncxd5 Ne4 15.Rcd1 Nc7
16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.exd4 Qc4 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Bb4 21.Rd3 Rad8
22.g3 Kf8 23.h4 Bd6 24.Ng2 b5 25.Ne3 Bc5 26.Rfd1 Bb6 27.Kg2 h5 28.Kf3 Rd6
29.Ng2 Red8 30.d5 g6 31.Nf4 Ke7 32.Rc1 Kf6 33.Rc2 R8d7 34.b4 Kf5 35.Rc5 f6
36.Rxb5 a6 37.Rc5 g5 38.Ng2 a5 39.Ne3+ Kg6 40.Rxa5 g4+ 41.Ke2 Bxa5 42.bxa5 Rb7
43.Nc4 Rd8 44.d6 Rb5 45.Kd1 Kf5 46.Kc2 Ke6 47.Re3+ Kd5 48.b3 Kc6 49.Kb2 Rf5
50.Re2 Rb8 51.Rc2 Rc5 52.Ka3 Kb5 53.Rd2 Rd8 54.d7 Kc6 55.Kb4 Rb5+ 56.Ka4 Kc5
57.Rd5+  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qb1 Qc8 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.Qc1 c4 14.a3 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Bxd3
16.Ne5 Bf5 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bg5 Qe6 19.Ne2 Nd5 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4 Rc8 22.d5 Qf6
23.d6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Nxf7 Qe6 26.Nd6+ Kf8 27.Qc3 Rd8 28.Rd1 Kg8 29.Rd2 Bg6
30.Be5 Rd7 31.Nxc4 h6 32.Nd6 Kh7 33.h3 Rhd8 34.Qg3 Rc8 35.b4 Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Rb1
37.f4 exf3 38.gxf3 Rb3 39.Bf4 Rxa3 40.Rg2 Ra2  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Banikas,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Rd1 Nh5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bc1 a6 12.g4 Nf6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Rg1 Qc7 15.Rg4 b5 16.cxb5 axb5
17.Qd3 b4 18.axb4 d5 19.Nb5 Qd8 20.Bd2 Nc6 21.Qe3 d4 22.Nbxd4 Nxb4 23.Bh3 Qb6
24.Kf1 Rfd8 25.Rc1 Nd5 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.Nxb3 Ra2 28.Na5 Rxb2 29.Nxb7 Rxb7 30.Rd4 Ba3
31.Rcc4 Rbb8 32.Bg4 g6 33.Bxh5 gxh5 34.Rh4 Ne7 35.Rxh5 Ng6 36.Rh3 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Be7
38.Be3 Rb2 39.Nh4 Nf8 40.Kf3 Rd5 41.Rg3 Rb3 42.Ng2 Rxg5 43.Nf4 Ng6 44.Nd3 Rxg3+
45.hxg3 Rb8 46.Kg2 Kg7 47.Rc6 Bf6 48.f4 h5 49.Bf2 Rd8 50.Rc7 Rd5 51.Kf3 Bd8
52.Rb7 Be7 53.Be1 Bf6 54.Bb4 Kg8 55.Nf2 Bd8 56.e4 Rd4 57.Ke3 Rc4 58.Rb8 Kh7
59.Kd3 Bc7 60.Rb5 Rc1 61.Rxh5+ Kg8 62.Rg5 Rg1 63.Ke2 Kh7 64.Kf3 Rb1 65.Rh5+ Kg8
66.Nd3 Rd1 67.Ke2 Rb1 68.Rc5 Bxf4 69.gxf4 Nxf4+ 70.Nxf4 Rxb4 71.Ke3 Rb3+
72.Kd4 Rf3 73.Nd3 f6 74.Rc8+ Kh7 75.Re8 e5+ 76.Nxe5 fxe5+ 77.Kxe5 Kg7 78.Ke6 Rf6+
79.Ke7 Ra6 80.Rd8 Ra5 81.Rd5 Ra7+ 82.Rd7 Ra5 83.Ke6+ Kg6 84.e5 Ra6+ 85.Rd6 Ra8
86.Ke7+ Kg7 87.e6 Kg6 88.Rd8 Ra7+ 89.Rd7 Ra8 90.Rb7 Kg7 91.Rc7 Kg6 92.Rc1 Ra7+
93.Kd6 Ra6+ 94.Kd7 Ra7+ 95.Rc7 Ra8 96.Ke7 Kg7 97.Kd7 Kf8 98.Rb7 Re8 99.Rb1  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.b3 Nxe4 8.Bb2 Qa5+
9.Kf1 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Re1 Qd8 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.h4 Ne5 14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.f4 Nh5
16.Bxd7+ Qxd7 17.Qe3 Qf5 18.Nh3 Qd3+ 19.Kg1 Qxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Ng4 21.Rf3 Bd4+
22.Kf1 Ne3+ 23.Ke2 Nxg2 24.Ng5 h6 25.Nge4 Ngxf4+  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 b5 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bb5
16.Qd2 Bf6 17.Rac1 a5 18.Bc4 Bd7 19.Re2 h5 20.f3 Rc8 21.Be3 h4 22.h3 Rb8
23.Kh1 a4 24.Bd4 Bg5 25.Be3 Bf6 26.Ba7 Rb7 27.Bd4 Bg5 28.Be3 Bf6 29.Bd4 Bg5
30.Be3 Bf6 31.Ba6 Rb8 32.Bd4 Bg5 33.Be3 Bf6 34.Qd1 a3 35.b3 Bb2 36.Rcc2 f5
37.Bd4 fxe4 38.fxe4 Bxd4 39.Qxd4 Re5 40.Qa7 Ra8 41.Qb7 Re7 42.Bd3 Rf7 43.Re1 Rb8
44.Qa7 Rc8 45.Rf2 Rxf2 46.Qxf2 Qf6 47.Qd2 Qd4 48.Qc2 Rf8 49.e5 dxe5 50.Bh7+ Kh8
51.Be4 Qf2 52.Rc1 Qe3 53.Rg1 Rf2 54.Qxc7 Qxe4 55.Qxd7 Kh7 56.d6 Rxa2 57.Qe8 Rd2
58.Qh5+ Kg8 59.Qe8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McNab,C"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Qe7 7.d4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bg4
9.Qa4 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 e4 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Be2 h6 15.O-O-O Nbd7
16.Nf1 a5 17.Ng3 d5 18.c5 Qe6 19.Rdg1 Ng8 20.Nh5 Bxh5 21.gxh5 Qf6 22.Rg4 Ne7
23.Rf4 Qe6 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Qb3 Ra7 26.Qd1 f5 27.Qe1 Nf6 28.Rh4 Kf7 29.f3 Raa8
30.Bxa5 exf3 31.Bxf3 Rxa5  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qb3 O-O
9.Nf3 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Rd1 Na5 13.Qb1 c5 14.O-O cxd4 15.cxd4 Rac8
16.d5 Nc4 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 e5 19.Nf3 f6 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.Nd2 R4c5
23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.Rc1 Qc7 25.Rxc5 Qxc5 26.h3 Ba6 27.Nf1 Qb5 28.Qa1 Qxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Bxf1
30.Kxf1 b5 31.Ke2 a5 32.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BEL 2010-11"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Nf4 Bb7 12.Qf3 Ne4 13.Be1 Qg5 14.a4 b4 15.Ncxd5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigoryan,K2"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 a6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 Rb8 10.b4 Qc7 11.Nd2 b6 12.Nb3 Ne8 13.Be3 g6 14.Bd3 Ng7 15.Bh6 Nf6 16.h3 Kh8
17.Qd2 Ng8 18.Be3 Bd7 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 f5 21.Rae1 Bf6 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Nd1 Rf7
24.Bh2 Ne7 25.Kh1 Ng6 26.Ne3 Bh4 27.Rb1 Bg5 28.Qf2 Re8 29.Nc2 f4 30.bxc5 bxc5
31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Nd2 Bf5 33.Nf3 Bd8 34.Rbe1 Ref8 35.Qd2 g5 36.Na1 Bf6 37.g4 fxg3
38.Bxg3 Bxa1 39.Rxa1 Be4 40.Qxg5 Bxf3+ 41.Kh2 Kg8 42.Rae1 Qd8 43.Qh6 Rf6
44.Qe3 Rf5 45.Rg1 Qf6 46.Rb1 Rh5  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sharafiev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.Nb5 Be7
9.Qc2 c6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.h3 Qe7 13.O-O Ne4 14.f3 f5 15.Qb1 Qh4
16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Bd2 Nd7 20.Bb4 Bxb4 21.axb4 Nb6
22.Bf7 Rf8 23.Ra5 Qe7 24.Re5 Qd6 25.Qxe4 Bd7 26.Rf4 h6 27.Ba2 Nd5 28.Bxd5 cxd5
29.Rxd5 Qxb4 30.Rxd7 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qxe2 32.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sharafiev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.Nb5 Be7
9.Qc2 c6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.h3 Qe7 13.O-O Ne4 14.f3 f5 15.Rb1 Qh4
16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Bd2 Nd7 20.Bb4 Bxb4 21.axb4 Nf6
22.Bf7  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stupak,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qe2 c5 8.Rd1 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Nb3 cxd4 13.Nfxd4 O-O 14.e4 Bd6 15.Nf3 Qc7
16.Bd2 a5 17.Nbd4 Qb8 18.Nb5 Bc5 19.h3 Nh5 20.e5 Ng3 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Qc4 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Nxe5 24.Qxc5 Nxf3+ 25.Kg2 Nh4+ 26.Kh2 Ne4+ 27.Qc7 Nxd2 28.Qxb8 Raxb8
29.Bd3 Rfd8 30.Be2 Rd5 31.Nc7 Rd7 32.Rac1 Rbd8 33.Nb5 g5 34.Kh1 Kg7 35.Rc7 Rd5
36.Bh5 Rf5 37.f3 Nhxf3 38.Bg4 Re5 39.Bxf3 Nxf3 40.Nd6  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bf6 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qc4 Rac8 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Qb3 Qb6 22.Qxb6 axb6
23.Be3 Bxb2 24.Bxb6 Bf6 25.h3 Ra8 26.g4 h6 27.Re4  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bf6  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bb3 g6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 f6
9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Bh6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nc4 Be6 14.O-O-O a5 15.Ba4 Qb4
16.Bb5 Ke7 17.a4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxe3+ 19.fxe3 Qxa4 20.Kb1 Nh6 21.Rd5 Rhd8 22.Rb5 Rab8
23.g4 Nf7 24.Bxf7 Kxf7 25.Rf1 Kg7 26.g5 Rf8 27.Rd5 Rbd8 28.Rxd8 Nxd8 29.Rd1 Nf7
30.gxf6+ Kxf6 31.h4 Qxe4 32.Rd7 Qc6 33.Qd1 Ke6 34.Nd4+ exd4 35.Qg4+ Kf6 36.Qxd4+ Ne5
37.Rd5 Qe6 38.Rc5 c6 39.Qf4+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 Nh5 6.Be3 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Nf3 Be6
9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Qxc4 O-O 11.g3 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Bg2 Nf5 14.Bd2 Nd6 15.Qb3 Rb8  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Safarli,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Nxb3 11.Nxb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 a5 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Bd2 Bf5
16.Qc1 a4 17.Nc5 Qc6 18.Bb4 Qg6 19.Qc3 O-O 20.Rfe1 h5 21.Nd3 Bxd3 22.Bxe7 Rfe8
23.Re3 Be4 24.Rg3 Qe6 25.Bh4 Rac8 26.Qc5 Qd7 27.f3 Bg6 28.Rg5 Kh7 29.Rf1 c6
30.f4 f6 31.Rg3 Qf5 32.h3 Re6 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Qa7+ Kh6 35.Bg5+ fxg5 36.fxg5+ Qxg5
37.Rxg5 Kxg5 38.Qg7 Rce8 39.Rf3 h4 40.Qc7 Kh5 41.Rc3 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Rf8 43.Qd7 Kh6
44.Qg4 Re4 45.Qd1 Rf2 46.Rf3 Rxf3 47.gxf3 Re6 48.Qd2+ Kg7 49.Qf2 Rf6 50.f4 Be4
51.Qxh4 Rg6 52.Qe7+ Kh6 53.h4 Rg2+ 54.Kh3 Rxb2 55.Qe6+ Kh7 56.f5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.h3 O-O 10.Nh4 Be4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thompson,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e5 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d3 c6 8.O-O Qd7
9.b3 h5 10.h4 Ng4 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 c5 13.Nde2 Nc6 14.Bf4 Nge5 15.Qd2 Rd8
16.Rad1 a6 17.Nd5 f6 18.Qc1 b5 19.Bd2 O-O 20.f4 Ng4 21.Ne3 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4
23.Nxg4 Bxg4 24.Bf3 Rc8 25.Qa3 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 Qc6 27.Re1 f5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Rc1 Qxe4
30.Rf2 Rxc1+ 31.Qxc1 d3 32.Kh2 Ra8 33.Be3 Re8 34.Bd2 Bd4 35.Rg2 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez,JuM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Bxf3 4.gxf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.f4 c6 7.h4 g6 8.h5 gxh5
9.f5 Rg8 10.d3 Qa5+ 11.Nd2 O-O-O 12.a3 e5 13.b4 Qc7 14.c4 d4 15.e4 c5 16.Be2 cxb4
17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Rxa7 Nc5 19.Kf1 Qb6 20.Ra8+ Kc7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Nf3 Bc3 23.Bc1 Ra8
24.Nxe5 Ra1 25.Kg2 Nfd7 26.Nxf7 Qf6 27.Bxh5 Qg7+ 28.Kh2 Nf6 29.Rg1 Qf8 30.Bf4+ Kb6
31.Qf3 Rxg1 32.Kxg1 Nxd3 33.Qxd3 Nxh5 34.Qb1+ Qb4 35.Qxb4+ Bxb4 36.Bg5 Kc5
37.Ne5 Kb6 38.Nd3 Bf8 39.f6 h6 40.Bh4 Kc6 41.f4 b5 42.cxb5+ Kxb5 43.Kf2 Kc4
44.Ke2 Bd6 45.f7 Bf8 46.f5 Kc3 47.e5 Ng7 48.Be1+  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Be6 4.Ng5 Bd5 5.e4 Bc6 6.Bxc4 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Qg4 Nf6
9.Qh3 Qd7 10.O-O Na6 11.a3 b5 12.Ba2 Nc5 13.Nc3 a5 14.Be3 h5 15.Rfd1 b4 16.Ne2 Ng4
17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.d4 Bb6 19.Qd3 Qe7 20.Nf3 Rd8 21.Bc4 Bb7 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Rac1 O-O
24.h3 Nf6 25.e5 Ne4 26.Nf4 Qxb2 27.Qe3 g6 28.Nd3 Qa3 29.Qh6 Rfe8 30.Bb5 Qf8
31.Qf4 Bxd4 32.Bxe8 Qxe8 33.Rxc7 Nc3 34.Re1 Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Nd5 36.Rb7 a4 37.Re4 a3
38.Rxd4 a2 39.Ra4 Rb8 40.Rba7 Nc3 41.Rxa2  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akesson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd2 Re8 8.Nge2 Bd6
9.Rc1 a6 10.Qb3 c6 11.f3 Nbd7 12.O-O b5 13.Bb1 Nb6 14.e4 b4 15.Nd1 dxe4 16.fxe4 Nxe4
17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Bg5 Qg8 20.Rxc6 Qxf7 21.Rxf7 Rxe2 22.Rxd6 Be6
23.Re7 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Rxd1 25.Rdxe6 Rf8+ 26.Ke2 Rg1 27.Rf7 Rxg2+ 28.Kf3 Rxf7+
29.Kxg2 h6 30.Rxb6 hxg5 31.Rxb4 Rf6 32.Kg3 Kh7 33.d5 Rd6 34.Rd4 Kg6 35.Kg4 Kf6
36.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov,Sergey1"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.O-O e6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Nf1 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb3 c5
16.dxc5 Nd5 17.Ne3 Qxc5 18.Rd1 Nb6 19.a4 Nc6 20.Bd2 Nd5 21.Rac1 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8
23.Nc4 Qa7 24.a5 Bc5 25.Qe4 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 Rd7 27.Rf1 Nce7 28.Nd6 Rf8 29.Ng5 Nf5
30.Ndxf7 Rdxf7 31.Nxe6 Nfe7 32.Qd3 Re8 33.Ng5 Rf5 34.Qh3 Rxg5 35.Qe6+ Kh7
36.Bxg5 Qd4 37.Qh3+ Kg8 38.Qd7 Rf8 39.Bxe7 Rf5 40.Rc8+ Kh7 41.Qe8  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Arman,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Rb1 b6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Bxc4 Qc8 14.Qb3 Qg4 15.g3 Bf6
16.Bxf7+ Kh8 17.Bd5 Bxg5 18.Bxb7 Bd2+ 19.Kxd2 Rxf2+ 20.Kc1 Qf3 21.Re1 Nc6
22.Bxc6 Rf8 23.Rb2 Rf1 24.g4 Qe3+ 25.Kd1 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Rf1 27.Re2 Qd3+ 28.Rd2 Qe3
29.Kc2 Qxe1 30.Qb2 Rf6 31.Qb5 Qa1 32.Qd5 Kg7 33.g5 Rf1 34.Kb3 Rf3 35.Qe5+ Kf8
36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.Be8+  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brynell,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nfd7 8.h3 Nc6
9.a3 Na5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.e4 Qc8 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Nd5 Nc6 16.dxc5 e6
17.Ne3 bxc5 18.Rac1 Qc7 19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ng4 Bg7 22.Qg5 Qe7 23.Qxe7 Nxe7
24.e5 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rec8 26.Rd7 Nf5 27.b4 h5 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.exf6 cxb4 30.Rxc8+ Rxc8
31.axb4 a6 32.Kg2 Rc6 33.Bb1 Rb6 34.Bxf5 gxf5 35.Ra7 h4 36.Kf1 Rxb4 37.Rxa6 Kh7
38.Kg2 Kg6 39.Ra8 Kxf6 40.Rc8 e5 41.Rh8 Kg7 42.Re8 f6 43.Re7+ Kg6 44.Re8 Rb3
45.Rg8+ Kh5 46.f4 exf4 47.Rh8+ Kg6 48.Rxh4 Kg5 49.Rh8 f3+ 50.Kh2 f4 51.Rg8+ Kf5
52.Rg1 Rb2 53.Rf1 Kg5 54.Rg1+ Kf5 55.Rf1 Ra2 56.Kg1 Kg5 57.Rb1 Ra3 58.Kh2 Rc3
59.Ra1 Rc2 60.Kg1 Kh4 61.Ra3 Kxh3 62.Rxf3+ Kg4 63.Kg2 Rc1 64.Ra3 f3+ 65.Rxf3 Rg1+
66.Kxg1 Kxf3 67.Kf1 f5 68.Ke1 Kg2 69.f4 Kg3 70.Ke2 Kxf4 71.Kf2 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Kh1 Kh8 10.a4 a5 11.Ra3 b6 12.Ne1 Nd7 13.f4 f5 14.Nd3 Ba6 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bh6 Rg8 19.Nf2 Nc8 20.g4 Nd6 21.gxf5 Bg5 22.Ng4 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 Bxh6 24.Nxh6 Qh4 25.Nxg8 Nxc4 26.Rg1 Rxg8 27.Rxg8+ Kxg8 28.Ra1 Nd6
29.Qe2 Nxf5 30.Qf3 Ne7 31.Rf1 Kh8 32.Qf7 Qh3 33.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 2010-11"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shimanov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5
9.Nd2 Qa5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qb4 Qxb4 13.axb4 Ne6 14.Be5 Ng4 15.Nf3 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.O-O-O Nc6 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.e4 Be6 21.Ba6 Rab8 22.Rd4 Rb6
23.Be2 g5 24.Kd2 Rfb8 25.Kc3 c5 26.bxc5 Rc8 27.Bd3 Rxc5+ 28.Kd2 Rb2+ 29.Ke3 Ra5
30.Rb1 Rxb1 31.Bxb1 Kg7 32.g3 Ra1 33.Bc2 Ra2 34.Bb1 Ra1 35.Bc2 Ra3+ 36.Bd3 g4
37.f4 gxf3 38.Kxf3 a5 39.Kf4 Rc3 40.Bb5 Rb3 41.Bd7 Rb4 42.Rd6 Bc4 43.Bc6 Rb6
44.e5 Be6 45.Ke4 Rb4+ 46.Kd3 Rb1 47.Ke4 Rb6 48.Kd3 h6 49.Ke4 Rb4+ 50.Kd3 Rb1
51.Ke4 Re1+ 52.Kf4 Rf1+ 53.Ke4 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BEL 2010-11"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Feller,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Nf3 Qxc5 11.Qe2 e6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Ne4 Bg7 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.b4 b6 17.Bb3 Ra7 18.b5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Ra5 20.Nbd6 Bc6 21.Rc2 Rd8 22.Rcd2 Nd7
23.Qc4 Ne5 24.Qc2 Raa8 25.f4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Ng4 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxd8  1-0

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Valguarnera,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.e4 exd5 6.exd5 d6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.g4 Re8 10.h4 Nxg4 11.Bxg4 Bg5+ 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Rxe3+ 14.Kd2 Re7 15.h5 f5
16.Be2 g5 17.h6 g4 18.Qf1 Rf7 19.Qf4 Nd7 20.Qxd6 Qg5+ 21.Kc2 Qe3 22.Rf1 Qe5
23.Qe6 Qg3 24.Ne4 Qc7 25.Rxf5 Nf8 26.Rxf7 Nxe6 27.dxe6 Qd8 28.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bove,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 b5
9.Re1 Bb7 10.Nf1 c5 11.Ng3 Rc8 12.d4 Re8 13.d5 c4 14.Bc2 a5 15.h4 Nc5 16.Nf5 Bf8
17.Nh2 Rc7 18.g4 Bc8 19.g5 Nfxe4 20.Qf3 g6 21.Ne3 f5 22.gxf6 Nxf6 23.Neg4 Nxg4
24.Nxg4 Rf7 25.Qg3 Bxg4 26.Qxg4 Qf6 27.Be3 Nd3 28.Rf1 e4 29.f4 exf3 30.Bxd3 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Simonian,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 b5 6.g3 Bf5 7.Bg2 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxc3
9.Bxc3 Be4 10.Qd2 e6 11.Ba5 Qd6 12.O-O Nd7 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Nh4 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 c5
16.Rad1 cxd4 17.Nf4 Qe4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.Nd3 Bd6 22.Rc1 O-O
23.Rc6 Be7 24.Rdc2 h6 25.f3 Rfb8 26.e4 Bd8 27.Bd2 Bb6+ 28.Kf1 Kh7 29.Ke2 Kg8
30.g4 Nd7 31.h4 Bd8 32.Bf4 e5 33.Bxe5 Rb7 34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.e3 a6 6.a4 b4 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Bd3 c5
9.O-O d5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.Rc1 Rg8 14.g3 f5 15.Nb3 Bb6
16.Be2 Rc8 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.a5 Bd8 19.Qd2 Bd5 20.Qxb4 Be7 21.Qa4 Qb7 22.Nbd4 Kf8
23.Bxa6 Qc7 24.Be2 Nc5 25.Rc1 f4 26.exf4 Bd6 27.Qb5 Kg7 28.b4 Rb8 29.Rxc5 Qe7
30.Rxd5 Rxb5 31.Rxb5 Qc7 32.a6  1-0

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Drasko,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 a6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Nf4 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.b3 Rc8 14.a4 c6 15.a5 Na8
16.Na4 Nc7 17.Nc5 Rb8 18.f3 Nb5 19.Ne2 Qc7 20.h3 Rbd8 21.Rf2 Bc8 22.b4 Qe7
23.Rcf1 Bb8 24.g4 h6 25.Rg2 Nd7 26.Nb3 Qh4 27.Nf4 Nf8 28.Be1 Qe7 29.Re2 Bxf4
30.exf4 Qf6 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.f5 g6 33.fxg6 Nxg6 34.Bg3 Nf4 35.Bxf4 Qxf4 36.Kg2 Re3
37.Rxe3 Qxe3 38.Rf2 Re8 39.a6 bxa6 40.Qxc6 Kg7 41.Nc5 Rd8 42.Qb6 Re8 43.h4 h5
44.Qc6 hxg4 45.fxg4 Bxg4 46.Qf6+ Kh7 47.Qxf7+ Kh8 48.Qf6+ Kh7 49.Qf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solomon,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Kh2 a6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Rad1 b5 17.Qc2 Rac8 18.Qb1 Bd6 19.a3 Ne7 20.Bd2 Nh5 21.Be1 Rf6 22.Qd3 Rcf8
23.Kg1 Nf5 24.e3 Rg6 25.g4 Nh4 26.f4 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Qf7 28.Ne2 Nf6 29.Ng3 h5
30.g5 h4 31.Ne2 Ne4 32.Bxh4 Qb7 33.Kg1 Qb6 34.Kh1 Kh7 35.Ng3 Nc5 36.Qe2 Rh8
37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Qxg6 Rxh4 39.Nh5 Rxh3+ 40.Kg2 Rxh5 41.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Molina,Fa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Bb4 10.Bxc4 dxc3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Ke2 cxb2 13.Bxb2 Ke7 14.Rhb1 a5
15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Ba3 Nc6 17.Nxc6+ bxc6 18.Bxb4+ axb4 19.Rxb4 Nd5 20.Rb7+ Kf6
21.a5 Rhb8 22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.a6 Ke5 24.g3 Kd4 25.a7 Ra8 26.Bd3 h6 27.Ra5 Nc3+
28.Kd2 Nb5 29.Bxb5 cxb5 30.Kc2 Kc4 31.f4 Kb4 32.Ra6 Kc4 33.Rc6+ Kd5 34.Rc7 g5
35.fxg5 hxg5 36.h4  1-0

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borgo,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Qb3 Qe7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 d5
9.O-O Qe6 10.c4 Bd6 11.c5 Be7 12.Bf4 Bd8 13.Nd2 O-O 14.f3 exf3 15.Qxf3 Rb8
16.b3 Ng4 17.Qd3 Nh6 18.Rae1 Rxf4 19.Rxf4 Bg5 20.Ref1 Bxf4 21.Rxf4 Bd7 22.Nf3 Nf7
23.h4 Re8 24.Kf2 Qh6 25.g3 Qe6 26.Bf1 Bc8 27.Qe2 Qd7 28.Qd2 Qe7 29.Qe2 Qd8
30.Qd2 g6 31.Bd3 Qe7 32.Qe2 Qxe2+ 33.Bxe2 Nd8 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Rf4 Ne6 36.Rg4 Nxc5
37.dxc5 Rxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Bxg4 39.Ke3 Bxf3 40.Kxf3 Kf6 41.Kf4 h6  0-1

[Event "1st Open"]
[Site "Cento ITA"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Collutiis,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.Nh4 O-O
9.Nxf5 exf5 10.Qc2 g6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Kh1 c5 13.Na2 Ba5 14.dxc5 Nc6 15.b3 Rfd8
16.f3 Bc7 17.Bb2 Qxe3 18.Qc3 Qh6 19.f4 Nd4 20.Qh3 Qxh3 21.gxh3 Ne4 22.Nb4 Ne6
23.Nd5 Nd2 24.Rf2 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Kf8 26.Rb1 Rac8 27.Ba3 Kg7 28.Rxb7 Bb8 29.Re2 Nxc5
30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Bxc5 Rb1+ 32.Kg2 Rc1 33.Ne3 Rd7 34.Ba3 Rb1 35.Bb2+ Kh6 36.c5 Rd3
37.Kf2 Rb3 38.Be5  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Burrows,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Qd4 Nce4 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.c4 Bb4 14.c5 Ba5 15.Na3 b6
16.Nc4 bxc5 17.Qxc5 Bb6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Qd4 Bb7 20.Rfd1 Qd6 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Rd3 Rfe8
23.f4 Bxd5 24.Rad1 Bxb3 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.axb3 Ne4 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Rc1 f6 29.Nf3 Nb5
30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Rc4 Rd8 32.Ke2 Rd5 33.g4 Ke6 34.h4 h5 35.g5 Kf5 36.Ke3 Rd7
37.Ra4 c5 38.Ra6 Nc7  0-1

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Devereaux,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ng2 Bg6 13.Na2 Be7 14.e4 Nb6 15.Bb3 a5 16.Be3 N8d7
17.Nc3 Bb4 18.h4 h6 19.Qe2 Bh7 20.Rad1 Re8 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Nf8 23.Qf2 Ra6
24.Bc2 Nc4 25.Bc1 Nd6 26.Na2 b5 27.axb5 Nxb5 28.Nxb4 axb4 29.Be3 Nd6 30.Bb3 Qe7
31.Bd2 Nb7 32.Rc1 Na5 33.Bd1 Rb8 34.Qg3 Rd8 35.Be3 Nb7 36.Ne1 Nd6 37.Nd3 Nb5
38.Rc4 c5 39.Nxc5 Rad6 40.Nb3 R6d7 41.Na5 Nd6 42.Rc1 Ra8 43.Nc6 Qe8 44.Nxb4 Qb8
45.Nd3 Qb5 46.Be2 Rdd8 47.Rc5 Qb6 48.Qf2 Nd7 49.Rc3 Qb7 50.Rfc1 Bg6 51.Rc7 Qb8
52.Bf4 Nf8 53.R7c6 Ra4 54.Bf1 Bh5 55.b4 Rxb4 56.Nxb4 Qxb4 57.Kg2 Ng6 58.Bg3 Ne7
59.Rc7 Ng6 60.Be2 Ne8 61.Rc8 Qe7 62.Qe3 Qd7 63.Rxd8 Qxd8 64.Rh1  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grover,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 b5 10.Bc2 d6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Bf4 Na5 13.d5 Nc4 14.Qc1 b4 15.Nd1 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6
17.Bh6 N4e5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Ba4 Nd4 21.Qc5 Qg5 22.Ne3 Bxe4 23.Ng4 f6
24.Rae1 Qf4 25.Re3 h5 26.Nh2 Rac8 27.Qxb4 Rf7 28.Qa3 Bd5 29.Bd1 Rc1 30.Ba4 Qg5
31.g3 Rxf1+ 32.Nxf1 Qf5  0-1

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hess,Ro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bc2 Nc6 10.Qd3 g6 11.O-O Be7 12.Bb3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Ng3 Bd7
16.Rad1 b5 17.d5 Nxb3 18.axb3 exd5 19.Qxd5 Bg4 20.f3 Qxd5 21.Rxd5 Be6 22.Rxb5 a6
23.Ra5 Bxb3 24.Ne4 Bd8 25.Ra3 Bd5 26.Nd2 a5 27.c4 Bb6+ 28.Kh1 Bc6 29.Rd3 Red8
30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Bg5 f6 32.Bh6 g5 33.Ne4 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Bd4 35.h4 a4  0-1

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Kveinys,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Qc1 Re8 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Nd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qa6 15.b3 c5
16.dxc6 dxc6 17.Rb1 c5 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.Qc2 Nd4 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Kg1 h6
23.Bd2 e5 24.e4 d3 25.Qc3 Qxa2 26.Ra1 Qc2 27.Qb4 Bf8 28.Qb5 Bc5 29.Rac1 Qb2
30.Rb1 Qd4 31.Be3 Qxe4 32.Bxc5 bxc5 33.Qxc5 Rd4 34.Re1 Qg4 35.h3 Qd7 36.Rxe5 Rf8
37.Qb5 Qd6 38.Rd1 d2 39.Re8 a6 40.Qa4 Rxe8 41.Qxe8+ Kg7 42.Kh2 h5 43.Qe2 h4
44.c5 hxg3+ 45.fxg3 Qd5 46.c6 Qxc6 47.Rxd2 Qe6 48.Rc2 Qxe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sammalvuo,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 e5 12.Bb2 e4 13.Nd2 b6 14.Ba2 Bf5 15.Qe2 Rad8
16.Rfd1 Na5 17.c4 Rfe8 18.Nf1 Bg6 19.Ng3 Re7 20.h4 h5 21.dxc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 bxc5
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Nxh5 Re6 25.Nf4 Rd6 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Qg4 Kf8 28.Qf4 Kg7 29.Qg3 Kh8
30.h5 Bh7 31.Qf4 Nc6 32.Bb1 f5 33.Rd2 f6 34.Qh6  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.O-O g6 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 Bg7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Re1 Na5 13.d5 Rc8 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qd2 Qd7
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Qf4 Nxb3 18.axb3 b4 19.Na4 Rb8 20.Rad1 Nc8 21.e5 Na7 22.Re3 Nb5
23.h4 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Nd4 Bxe5 26.Nxf5 Bc8 27.Ng7 Bg4 28.Nxe8 Bxd1 29.Rxe5 dxe5
30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Nc5 Rd8 32.h5 Nd4 33.f3 Bxb3 34.Ncd7 Bxd5 35.Bf8 Be6 36.h6 Nf5
37.g4 Bxd7 38.g5 Rxf8  0-1

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Fier,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d6
9.Be2 e5 10.Nfd5 Nc6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Be3 exd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 b6 15.O-O Bb7
16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Kf1 Qd7 18.Bd3 Qc6 19.f3 Qc5 20.Qf2 Qh5 21.Kg1 Bc6 22.b4 Re5
23.Be2 Qg6 24.Bf1 Rae8 25.Rxe5 dxe5 26.Re1 Nh5 27.b5 Ba8 28.c5 Nf4 29.Qe3 Rd8
30.c6 h5 31.Kh1 f6 32.g3 Ne6 33.Bc4 Kf7 34.Ne4 Ke7 35.Bxe6 Kxe6 36.Qb3+ Ke7
37.Rd1  1-0

[Event "MP Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2011.03.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nyzhnyk,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.e4 O-O 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bd3 Ne8 15.a5 a6 16.Ra4 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stanciu,Al"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nge2 a6 6.Bg5 Rb8 7.Qd2 f5 8.f4 b5 9.cxb5 axb5
10.d5 b4 11.dxc6 bxc3 12.Nxc3 fxe4 13.Bc4 Nh6 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qd4 Rf8 16.O-O e6
17.Qxe4 Rf6 18.Nd5 Rf7 19.Rae1 Kf8 20.b3 exd5 21.Qxd5 Qf6 22.a4 Qf5 23.Qxf7+ Qxf7
24.Bxf7 Kxf7 25.Re3 Bg7 26.Kh1 Bd4 27.Re4 Bf6 28.Re3 Rb6 29.Rc1 d5 30.Rc5 Bd4  0-1

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Bc2 a5
10.a3 c6 11.Nf3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rc1 Rfc8 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Na6
17.Bb1 Qd8 18.Qb3 Nh5 19.Na4 Nf4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Kh2 Bb5 22.Re1 Qf6 23.Nb6 Rc7
24.Qa3 h6 25.Ng1 g5 26.g3 Ng6 27.Kg2 Qd8 28.Ne2 h5 29.Qa5 Bxe2 30.Rxe2 Qf6
31.Rc2 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Rxc7 Nxc7 34.Nc4 Qf3+ 35.Kh2 Nf4 36.gxf4 exf4 37.Qxc7 Qh3+
38.Kg1 f3 39.Qd8+ Bf8 40.Qg5+ Bg7 41.Qd8+ Bf8 42.Qg5+ Bg7 43.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3.57"]
[White "Wells,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.a4 e6 9.Nf3 exd5
10.cxd5 Nh5 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.g4 Ng7 15.Kf1 Qc7 16.Kg2 Rb8
17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 f6 19.Qd2 Rf8 20.Ne2 Ne5 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Rhf1 Qe7 23.b4 b5
24.axb5 axb5 25.f4 c4 26.Bc2 exf4 27.Rxf4 Bd7 28.Raf1 Rxf4 29.Qxf4 Ra8 30.Nd4 Ra2
31.Rf2 g5 32.Qf3 Be8 33.Qe3 Bg6 34.Re2 h6 35.Nc6 Qe8 36.Kg3 Kh7 37.Rf2 Qa8
38.Kh2 Ra3 39.Qd4 Qe8 40.Qf6 Ra2 41.Ne7 Rxc2 42.Rxc2 Bxe4 43.Ra2 c3 44.Ra7 Bxd5
45.Qxc3 Bf7 46.Qd3+ Kh8 47.Qxd6 Be6 48.Rb7 Qf7 49.Rb8+ Kh7 50.Qd3+ Bf5 51.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4.89"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Poetsch,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Re8 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 Qb6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Ng5 Rd6
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.c4 Re8 18.Rab1 Qc6 19.Qf5 g6 20.Qc2 h6 21.f4 Ned7 22.Qf2 hxg5
23.fxg5 Qe4 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.gxf6 b6 26.Kh1 Ree6 27.Rbd1 Rxf6 28.Qxf6 Rxf6
29.Rxf6 Qxc4 30.Rd7 a5 31.Rxb6 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qxe3 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Rbb7 Qe5+
35.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5.86"]
[White "Petrisor,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 exd4 7.c3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 Bg7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf4 d6 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.h3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Rfe1 b5
16.Bb3 Rc8 17.Ne4 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Nfg5+ hxg5 21.Nxg5+ Kh6
22.Nf7+ Kh7 23.Ng5+ Kh6 24.Nf7+ Kh7 25.Ng5+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6.88"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sermier,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.dxc5 Qxd1
10.Nxd1 Bxc5 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nd2 Na5 13.Bb6 Bb4 14.Bxa5 Bxa5 15.Nxc4 Bc7 16.Nde3 Rb8
17.Rfc1 Bd7 18.a5 Ke7 19.Nb6 Ne8 20.Rc3 Bxb6 21.axb6 Nd6 22.Rd1 Nc8 23.Nc4 f6
24.Na5 Nxb6 25.Bxb7 Rhd8 26.Rc7 Ke8 27.Rd6 Nd5 28.Rc5 Ne7 29.Rxa6 e5 30.h4 Bg4
31.Rc7 Bxe2 32.Re6  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7.59"]
[White "Dubov,Danii"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bg4
9.Qa4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ne7 11.O-O-O Bxc5 12.Bh3 O-O 13.Be6+ Kh8 14.Bf4 d4 15.Ne4 Bb6
16.Kb1 Ng6 17.Bg3 f5 18.Nd6 f4 19.Nf7+ Rxf7 20.Bxf7 Nge5 21.Bb3 Qf6 22.Bd5 h6
23.Be4 Rd8 24.Rhg1 Rd7 25.Qb5 fxg3 26.hxg3 d3 27.f4 dxe2 28.Qxe2 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Nf7
30.Bc2 g6 31.Qe8+ Kg7 32.Rd7 Nd4 33.Be4 Qe6 34.Re7 Qc4 35.b3 Qf1+ 36.Kb2 Qxf2+
37.Kb1 Qe1+ 38.Kb2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8.59"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bukavshin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Rd1 b5 8.Nxb5 axb5
9.Qxa8 Bb4+ 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.Qc6+ Bd7 12.Qf3 Na4 13.Rb1 h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qe3 e5
16.a3 Ba5 17.dxe5 Bf5 18.b4 Bb6 19.Qf4 c3 20.Ne4 c2 21.Rc1 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qd1+
23.Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 24.Kxd1 Nc3+ 25.Ke1 Nxe4 26.e3 c6 27.Bd3 f5 28.g4 Ng5 29.f4 fxg4
30.fxg5 hxg5 31.Be4 Rh3 32.Bxc6+ Ke7 33.Bxb5 Rxe3+ 34.Be2 Rxa3 35.Bxg4 Rb3
36.Rf1 Rxb4 37.Bh5 Rb1+ 38.Ke2 Rb2+ 39.Kd3 Rxh2 40.Rxf7+ Ke6 41.Rf6+ Kxe5
42.Rxb6 Rxh5 43.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9.63"]
[White "Levin,Ev"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.f3 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 Ne7 6.e4 Ng6 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd2 d6 9.O-O-O h6
10.h4 a6 11.Nge2 Nd7 12.g3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 b5 14.Kb1 bxc4 15.Nc1 Nb6 16.f4 exf4
17.gxf4 Nxh4 18.Qf2 Ng6 19.Bh3 Qf6 20.Rdf1 Bxh3 21.Rxh3 Rb8 22.N1e2 Nxd5
23.Rg3 Nxc3+ 24.Nxc3 c6 25.Ka1 O-O 26.Qh2 Kh7 27.Rg5 Qd4 28.Rh5 Rb7 29.Rh1 Rfb8
30.f5 Rxb2 31.fxg6+ Kg8 32.Qf4 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.e4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 Re8 10.a4 Nf8 11.a5 Ng6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bd2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bxc5
16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Nxc4 Rd8 18.Qf3 Rb8 19.h4 Bd7 20.h5 Bc6 21.Qg4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Bd4
23.hxg6 Qxc4 24.Qh4 Qd5+ 25.f3 Bxc3 26.Rad1 Bd4 27.Qxh7+ Kf8 28.Qh8+ Ke7
29.Qxg7 Kd7 30.Rc1 Qxe5 31.Qxf7+ Kd6 32.Rfe1 Qf6 33.Qc7+ Kd5 34.Qc4+ Kd6
35.Qc7+ Kd5 36.a6 e5 37.Qc4+ Kd6 38.Qc7+ Kd5 39.axb7 Qb6 40.Qf7+ Kd6 41.Qf6+ Kd5
42.Qf7+ Kd6 43.g7 Qxb7 44.Qg6+ Kd7 45.Rh1 e4 46.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 Bd7 7.Bb3 Ng6 8.Nd5 Be7
9.c3 O-O 10.d3 Kh8 11.h4 Bg4 12.Ne3 Qd7 13.g3 Bf6 14.Nxg4 Qxg4 15.Ng5 Qxd1+
16.Kxd1 Nd8 17.Be3 Ne7 18.Ke2 h5 19.Rag1 Ng8 20.g4 hxg4 21.Rxg4 Be7 22.f4 f5
23.exf5 Nh6 24.Rg2 exf4 25.Bxf4 Rxf5 26.Bc1 d5 27.Kd1 Bd6 28.Re1 Nc6 29.d4 Raf8
30.Ne6 R8f7 31.Rg5 Ne7 32.Nd8 c6 33.Nxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rgg1 Nhf5 35.h5 Ng3 36.Re6 Bc7
37.Bc2 Nef5 38.h6 gxh6 39.Bxh6 Kh7 40.Bd2 Kg8 41.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Benidze,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.h3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.c4 Ng6 13.c5 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O-O 15.Kf1 Nh4
16.Ke2 Rhf8 17.b4 Rf7 18.Rg1 h6 19.Rg4 g5 20.Rxh4 gxh4 21.Bxh6 Rg8 22.Nc4 Bf6
23.Bd2 Kd7 24.Bc3 Ke6 25.Ne3 Bg5 26.Rg1 Rff8 27.Nf5 Bf6 28.Rxg8 Rxg8 29.Nh6 Rg1
30.Ng4 Rc1 31.Bd2 Rc2 32.Kd1 Rxa2 33.Bc3 a5 34.bxa5 Ra3 35.Kd2 Bg5+ 36.Kc2 Be7
37.Bxe5 Rxf3 38.Bxc7 Rxh3 39.Bh2 Bxc5 40.f4 Bd6 41.f5+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Qxd4 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Qd3 Be7 12.Nd5 O-O 13.b3 Rae8 14.Bb2 Bd8 15.f4 f5
16.exf5 Qxf5 17.Qc4 Qf7 18.Qc3 Nb8 19.Rf3 Nd7 20.Rg3 Nf6 21.Rd1 c6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6
23.Qxf6 Qxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.O-O Bb7
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd7 11.Bf4 h5 12.a4 a6 13.Nf3 Nb6 14.a5 Nd7 15.h4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Be7
17.Rfd1 Ng4 18.Ng5 Qd7 19.e5 Qc7 20.Bf3 Rd8 21.Ne4 g6 22.Bg5 Nh6 23.Bxe7 Qxe7
24.Nc5 Kf8 25.Rab1 Rb8 26.Qe4 Kg7 27.Nxb7 Qxb7 28.Qxc6 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Nf5 30.Be4 Ne7
31.Kf1 Rhc8 32.Ke2 Nc6 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.Kd2 Rd8 35.Kc2 Rd5 36.Kb2 f6 37.exf6+ Kxf6
38.f4 Rcd6 39.Ka3 Rf5 40.Kb4 Ke7 41.Rb2 Rdd5 42.Re2 Rd6 43.Rde1 Kd7 44.Re5 Ke7
45.Kc5 Kd7 46.Re2 Rc6+ 47.Kb4 Rd6 48.Rg2 Rd5 49.Rxd5+ Rxd5 50.g4 Kd6 51.gxh5 Rxh5
52.Rxg6 Rxh4 53.f5 Re4 54.Rxe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qe7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 O-O-O
9.Qf3 g6 10.Bf4 Nf6 11.h3 Bg7 12.Qe3 c5 13.Nb3 Bc6 14.Na5 Bb5 15.e5 Nh5 16.Qf3 c6
17.Rfe1 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 Rd4 19.Qf3 Bxe5 20.a4 Bc4 21.Nxc4 Rxc4 22.Qe2 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Re8
24.Rad1 Qf6 25.Qc4 Re6 26.Qxc5 Bxc3 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Qd6 a5 29.Qd7+ Kb8 30.Qxh7 Bd4
31.Rb1 Bxf2+ 32.Kh1 Bb6 33.Qd7 Qf4 34.Qd3 Bc7 35.g3 Qxa4 36.Qxg6 Qc4 37.Rd1 a4
38.h4 Be5 39.Qg5 Qe4+ 40.Kg1 Bd4+ 41.Kh2 Ka7 42.Qa5+ Kb8 43.Qd8+ Ka7 44.Qxd4+ Qxd4
45.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ipatov,A ESP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 Nd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 N5b6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 c5 14.Be3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5
16.Rad1 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 Ne5 18.Qe3 Qe7 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nd6 Nc8 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Nb6
23.Bb3 Rac8 24.e5 Rc5 25.Red1 Qc7 26.Rd6 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rd7 Qc5 29.Qf3 Rc1
30.Qxb7 Qc2 31.Qb3 Qxb3 32.axb3 Rc5 33.f4 g5 34.g3 Kg7 35.fxg5 Rxe5 36.h4 h6
37.gxh6+ Kxh6 38.Kf2 Rf5+ 39.Kg2 Rb8 40.R1d3 Kg6 41.Rc7 a5 42.g4 Rf4 43.Kh3 Rbb4
44.Rg3 Rf2 45.h5+ Kh6 46.Ra7 Rb5 47.Rd3 f5 48.gxf5 Rfxf5 49.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov,Sergey1"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Rc1 Rc8
9.Nh4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.g5 Nfd7
16.Ne4 Nd5 17.h4 a6 18.Ke2 Qb8 19.a3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Bb1 b5 22.Ba2 Rd8
23.Ba5 Qc8 24.Bxd8 Qg4+ 25.Kd2 Qxe4 26.Bxe7 Nf3+ 27.Kd1 Kxe7 28.Rxc6 Ne5
29.Qxd5 Rd8 30.Rc7+ Ke8 31.Kc1 Rxd5 32.Bxd5 Nd3+ 33.Kb1 Qxd5 34.Rd1 b4 35.axb4 Qb3
36.Rd2 Nxb4 37.Rc8+ Ke7 38.Rc7+ Ke6 39.Rd8 Qa2+ 40.Kc1 Qa1+ 41.Kd2 Qxb2+
42.Ke1 Nc2+ 43.Kd1 Qb1+ 44.Kd2 Nb4 45.Ke2 a5 46.Rd4 Qf5 47.Kf1 Qb5+ 48.Kg1 Nd5
49.Ra7 Qb1+ 50.Kg2 Qb6 51.Ra8 Nxe3+  0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2011.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Na6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc6 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Nb4
16.O-O-O Nf4 17.Kb1 Ne6 18.Be3 Nc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.f4 f6 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Ne4 Bg7
23.g3 Rfb8 24.Rd2 Rb4 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 Rb7 27.Rhd1 Kf7 28.Bd4 Rd8 29.Bxg7 Rxd2
30.Rxd2 Kxg7 31.Rc2 Rc7 32.Rc5 Kf6 33.Kc2 Ke6 34.b4 Kd7 35.Kc3 Kd6 36.a3 e6
37.Kc4 a6 38.Ra5 Ra7 39.Kd4 Ra8 40.Ke4 Ra7 41.g4 Ra8 42.h4 Ra7 43.g5 Ra8
44.Kf3 Rf8 45.Kg4 Ra8 46.h5 Ra7 47.h6 Ra8 48.Kg3 Ra7 49.Kf3 Ra8 50.Ke3 Ra7
51.a4 Rb7 52.Rxa6 Rxb4 53.Ra7 e5 54.Rxh7 exf4+ 55.Kf3 Rxa4 56.Rg7 Ke5 57.Rxg6 Kf5
58.h7 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Ra2+ 60.Ke1 Ra1+ 61.Kd2 Ra2+ 62.Kc3 Ra3+ 63.Kb2 Kxg6 64.h8=Q  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratanov,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Bg5 e6 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.Ne2 O-O 8.f3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.a3 Bd6 11.Bf2 Re8 12.Ng3 c5 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.O-O a6 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Qc2 g6
17.Ng3 Rc8 18.Rad1 h5 19.Rfe1 b5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Bd3 h4 22.Nge2 h3 23.Nd4 hxg2
24.Kxg2 Ne5 25.Bh4 Qb6 26.Qf2 Nc4 27.Bf1 Nh5 28.Bg3 Kg7 29.Rd3 Nxg3 30.hxg3 Nxe3+
31.Rexe3 Bxd4 32.Nxd5 Bxd5 33.Rxe8 Bxf2 34.Rxc8 Be1  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Le Roux,JP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a4 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.O-O Qxd1 12.Rfxd1 Rd8 13.Ne5 Nh5 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.b4 Nd7
16.Rd1 g5 17.Be2 gxf4 18.Bxh5 Nxe5 19.Rxd8+ Kg7 20.exf4 Nc6 21.Re8 Nxb4 22.Re7 b5
23.Rxf7+ Kg8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Re7 Rb8 26.Rxe6 Bb7 27.Nxb5 Nd5 28.Rb6 Nxf4
29.h4 Nxh5 30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Nxb7 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Rb5 Nf6 34.f3 Kf7 35.Nc5  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bc8 12.O-O Be7 13.Re1 O-O 14.a5 Ra7 15.Nc4 Bd7
16.Nfd2 Bb5 17.Qf3 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Bf6 19.Qf4 g6 20.Re4 Bg7 21.Rae1 Rd7 22.h4 Qf6
23.Qg4 h5 24.Qe2 Rdd8 25.g3 Bh6 26.Qd1 Nd7 27.Re7 Qd4 28.Bf1 Ne5 29.Nxe5 dxe5
30.Qxd4 cxd4 31.Bxa6 b3 32.cxb3 Bd2 33.R1xe5 Bxa5 34.Rb7 Rd6 35.Bc4 Bb6 36.Ree7 Rf6
37.Kf1 Bc5 38.Rec7 Bd6 39.Rc6 Kg7 40.Rd7 Bb4 41.Rb7 Bd6 42.Rbb6 Rb8 43.Ra6 Be5
44.Rxf6 Bxf6 45.d6 Rd8 46.f4 d3 47.Bxd3 Bxb2 48.Bb5 Bc3 49.d7 Kf8 50.Rc6 Ba5
51.Rc4 Ke7 52.b4 Bb6 53.Bc6 Kd6 54.b5 f5 55.Rc2 Ke7 56.Re2+ Kd6 57.Re8 Ba5
58.Ke2 Bb6 59.Kd3 Bc7 60.Kc4 Ba5 61.Re2 Rb8 62.Re3 Bb6 63.Rd3+ Ke6 64.Bb7 Rf8
65.Rd2 Ke7 66.Bc8 Rf6 67.Re2+ Kf7 68.Bb7 Rd6 69.Bd5+ Kf6 70.Re8 Bc7 71.Rf8+ Ke7
72.Rf7+ Kd8 73.Bc6 Bb6 74.Rf8+ Ke7 75.Re8+ Kf6 76.Bd5 Bc7 77.Kc5 Rxd7 78.Re6+ Kg7
79.Kc6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Bc2 Nb8 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Nf1 c5 14.Ne3 Qc7 15.Nd2 Bb7
16.Bb3 Nb6 17.a4 Bc6 18.a5 Nbd7 19.Ba2 Rae8 20.b4 Qb7 21.Qb3 Kh8 22.Qd1 h5
23.Rb1 Qa7 24.h3 Bh6 25.Kh1 Bf4 26.Ndf1 Qa8 27.f3 cxb4 28.cxb4 d5 29.Qb3 d4
30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.exd5 Rc8 32.g3 Rc3 33.Qd1 Bh6 34.Bxf6+ Nxf6 35.Rxe5 Qc8 36.g4 Bf4
37.Qe1 hxg4 38.d6  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Ng3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.b4 Bb6 10.Na4 Bc7 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.Rc1 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Admiraal,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.b4 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O b6 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.b5 Bb7 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.e4 Nb6
16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Bg5 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.a4 h6 21.Bh4 Nbd7 22.Nd2 Ne5
23.Bg3 Ng6 24.h3 Qd4 25.Qd3 h5 26.Bb8 Ne5 27.Qxd4 cxd4 28.Bxe5 dxc3 29.Bxc3 Nxe4
30.Nxe4 Bxe4 31.Bd4 Bc2 32.a5 Bd8 33.a6 Bd1 34.Bxd1  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Leenhouts,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Be3 O-O
10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Re1 Nh5 12.Nf1 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Qxh5 f4
17.Bc5 Qd5 18.f3 Qxc5+ 19.d4 Qb6 20.Rxe5 Qxb2 21.Rae1 Qxc3 22.d5 Bxd5 23.Re7 Bxa2
24.R1e5 Bf7  0-1

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Leenhouts,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.Nf3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 c5
9.e3 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.Nf5 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.h4 g4
16.e4 Qc7 17.Qc1 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Nxh6+ Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qc6 21.Qg5+ Kf8
22.Bxg4 Rc7 23.Rd4 Nf6 24.Bxd6 exd6 25.Qxf6 Bxg2 26.Rxd6 Qe4 27.f3 Qe3+ 28.Kxg2 Rxc4
29.Rf2 Rf4 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Leenhouts,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.c3 Nf6 8.Re1 Be7
9.d4 b5 10.Bc2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nh5 12.f4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Qg4 Bg5 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Nf3 Bh6 17.Nh4 Ne7 18.Kh2 Qc8 19.Qg2 c5 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 Qb8 22.Qf3 Qd6
23.Rae1 Ra7 24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Nf5 Rxe1 26.Nxd6 cxd4 27.cxd4 g6 28.Bb3 Re7 29.Qg4 Bg7
30.Nxf7 Rfxf7 31.Bxf7+ Rxf7 32.d5 Bxb2 33.d6 Kg7 34.Qe6 Bf6 35.d7 Bd8 36.Qe8 Rf8
37.Qe5+ Rf6 38.f3 h5 39.h4 b4 40.Kg2 a5 41.Kf2 a4 42.Qb8 Rf8 43.Qxb4 Bxh4+
44.Kg2 Ra8 45.Qxf4 Bf6 46.Qe4 Rd8 47.Qxa4 Kf7 48.Qc4+ Ke7 49.Qe4+ Kf7 50.Qd3 g5
51.a4 Ke6 52.Qc4+ Kxd7 53.Qf7+ Be7 54.Qxh5 Ra8 55.Qg4+ Ke8 56.Qh5+ Kd7 57.Qg4+ Ke8
58.Qc4 Ra5 59.Kg3 Rc5 60.Qg8+ Kd7 61.Qb3 Bd8 62.Qb7+ Bc7+ 63.Kg2 Ra5 64.Kf1 Kd6
65.Qb4+ Kc6 66.Ke2 Rc5 67.Qe4+ Kd6 68.Qd4+ Kc6 69.Qf6+ Kd7 70.Kd3 Ra5 71.Qf7+ Kc6
72.Qc4+ Rc5 73.Qe4+ Kb6 74.Kd4 Ra5 75.Qe6+ Kb7 76.Qb3+ Bb6+ 77.Kc4 Rf5 78.Qd3 Re5
79.Qd7+ Ka6 80.Qc8+ Ka7 81.Qd7+ Ka6 82.Qg7 Ra5 83.Kb4 Bc5+ 84.Kb3 Bb6 85.Qg8 Ka7
86.Qf7+ Ka6 87.Qe8 Ka7 88.Kb4 Rc5 89.Qe7+ Rc7 90.Qxg5 Rf7 91.Qd5 Rf6 92.a5 Bf2
93.Qd7+ Ka6 94.Qc8+ Ka7 95.Qc7+ Ka6 96.Qc4+ Ka7 97.Qe2 Rf4+ 98.Kb3 Bc5 99.Qe5 Rb4+
100.Kc3 Rb5 101.Qc7+ Ka6 102.Kc4  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Leenhouts,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Ne8 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.Rad1 Qa5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b3 Bf5 18.Bd3 Rfe8 19.h3 Rb4 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Ne4 Rd8 22.Qc3+ Kg8
23.d6 Nxd6 24.Rxd6 exd6 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.Nd5 Kg8 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 a6 4.f4 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 g6 7.Ngf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Nd7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.d4 cxd4 14.Qxd4+ Nf6 15.Rc1 b5
16.O-O Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.c3 Rd6 21.Qe5 Rc6 22.Rxd5 Rxc3
23.Rxc3 Qxc3 24.Rd1 Rc7 25.Qxc3 Rxc3 26.e4 Rc2 27.e5 Nh5 28.Bxh5 gxh5 29.Rd7 e6
30.f5 exf5 31.e6 Rxa2 32.Rxf7+ Kg6 33.Ra7 Kf6 34.e7 Kf7 35.b4 h4 36.Kf1 Ke8
37.Kg1 h5 38.Kf1 Kf7 39.Kg1 Re2 40.Rxa6 Rxe7 41.Rb6 Re5 42.Kf2 Kg7 43.Kf3 Kf7
44.Kf4 Re4+ 45.Kxf5 Rxb4 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.Kg5 Rb2 48.Kxh4 Rxg2 49.Rxb5 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qxd7+ Nxd7 13.Be3 f5 14.f3 O-O-O
15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Nc4 fxe4 17.Nxe5 Rde8 18.f4 Nd5 19.Nc4 b5 20.Nd2 b4 21.Rac1 bxc3
22.bxc3 Rhf8 23.g3 Bxc3 24.Re2 g5 25.fxg5 Rf3 26.Bc5 Bxd2 27.Rxd2 c6 28.Rb2 Rc3
29.Rxc3 Nxc3 30.Bd4 Nd5 31.Kf2 Rf8+ 32.Ke2 Rf3 33.Be5 Kd7 34.Rc2 Ra3 35.Kf2 Nb4
36.Rd2+ Ke6 37.Bd6 Nd3+ 38.Ke3 Ra4 39.Bf8 Ne5 40.Re2 Ng4+ 41.Kf4 e3+ 42.Kf3 Kf5
43.h3 Ne5+ 44.Kxe3 Kxg5 45.Kf2 Kf5 46.g4+ Kf6 47.Bd6 Nc4 48.Bf4 c5 49.h4 Nb6
50.Kf3 Nd5 51.g5+ Kf7 52.Bg3 Ra3+ 53.Kg4 c4 54.Re5 Ne3+ 55.Kh5 Nd1 56.Rf5+ Ke6
57.Rf6+ Kd5 58.Rd6+ Ke4 59.Rxd1 Rxg3 60.Rd7 c3 61.Rxh7 c2 62.Rc7 Kd3 63.g6 Kd2
64.Rxc2+ Kxc2 65.Kh6 a5 66.h5 a4 67.Kg7 a3 68.h6 Kb2 69.h7 Rh3 70.Kf8 Kxa2
71.g7 Rxh7 72.g8=Q+ Kb2 73.Qg2+ Kb1 74.Qe4+ Kb2 75.Qb4+ Ka2 76.Ke8 Rg7 77.Kd8 Rh7
78.Kc8 Rg7 79.Qc3 Rh7 80.Qc2+ Ka1 81.Kb8 Rf7 82.Ka8 Rh7 83.Kb8 Rf7 84.Qb3 a2
85.Qc2 Rb7+ 86.Ka8 Ra7+ 87.Kb8 Rb7+ 88.Kc8 Rc7+ 89.Qxc7 Kb1 90.Qa7 a1=Q 91.Qxa1+ Kxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Re1 Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.h4 h6 12.Bf4 a6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bh3 Qb6 15.g4 c5 16.g5 hxg5
17.hxg5 Nh5 18.Be3 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qc7 20.g6 Ne5 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 22.Nxe5+ Qxe5
23.f4 Nxf4 24.Rf1 g5 25.Ne2 Bc5 26.Nxf4 gxf4 27.Rxf4+ Ke7 28.Qf2 Rg8+ 29.Kf1 Qh5
30.Rd5 Qxh3+  0-1

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Bd3 e6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.c3 Ne7
10.Re1 h6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.h4 Nf6 14.Ng3 Ng4 15.h5 Nxe3 16.hxg6+ fxg6
17.Qxe3 Qe8 18.Rad1 Qxa4 19.Kf1 Qe8 20.Ke2 e5 21.Rh1 Ng8 22.Bc4 Rf4 23.Ng5+ Kh8
24.Ne6 Qf7 25.Ba2 Rg4 26.Qf3 Nf6 27.Ra1 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxe4+ 29.Kf1 Qe7 30.Bb1 d5
31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Qh3 h5 33.dxe5 Ng4 34.Qxg4  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 a6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.d3 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Nd7 11.O-O g6 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.c4 Bg7 14.Qg3 O-O 15.Nd2 b5
16.Rac1 Rab8 17.Ba1 a5 18.Nf3 a4 19.bxa4 bxc4 20.dxc4 Bh6 21.Rc3 Nb6 22.Qh3 Bg7
23.cxd5 Nxd5 24.Rcc1 Nxe3 25.Rfe1 Nd5 26.Rc4 Rb4 27.Qg4 Ne3 28.Rxe3  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nge7 5.Be3 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd2 Bb4 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.h4 Be6 13.h5 b5 14.h6 g6 15.Bxb5 Rb8 16.b4 c5
17.bxa5 Qxa5 18.a4 a6 19.Nd5 Qxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 axb5 22.Rxd6 Nc4
23.Ra6 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rfe8 25.axb5 Rxb5 26.Ra4 f6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Rd7+ Re7 29.Rxe7+ Kxe7
30.Ra7+ Ke6 31.Rxh7 c4 32.g4 Ra5 33.Kb2 Ra8 34.Kc3 Ke5 35.Re7+ Kd6 36.Rg7 g5
37.Kd4 Rh8 38.h7 c3 39.Kxc3 Ke5 40.Kd3 Rd8+ 41.Ke2 Rh8 42.Kf3 Ke6 43.Ra7 Kd6
44.Ke2 Ke5 45.Re7+ Kd6 46.Rb7 Ke5 47.Kf3 Ke6 48.c4 Kd6 49.Ke2 Ke5 50.Kf3 Kd6
51.Rg7 Kc5 52.e5 fxe5 53.Ke4 Kd6 54.Kf5  1-0

[Event "NK Internet Final 2011"]
[Site "PlayChess.com INT"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Rhe8 13.Bc3 Nh5 14.g3 Nf6 15.Kg2 b5
16.Re1 c5 17.Bb2 Bd7 18.Ng1 Bc6 19.f3 g5 20.h3 h5 21.g4 h4 22.Bc1 Nh7 23.Nf1 c4
24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Rdd1 Bb4 26.Bd2 c3 27.Bc1 Ba4 28.Ne3 Nf8 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Nd5 Ba5
31.Bxg5 Rd7 32.Ne2 Ne6 33.Bxh4 Bxc2 34.Rc1 Nd4 35.Nxd4 exd4 36.Rxc2 Rxd5
37.exd5 d3 38.Rxc3 Bxc3 39.Kf2 Kd7 40.Ke3 d2 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Bg5 Kxd5 43.Bxd2 Bf6
44.g5  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bf4 d5 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.exd4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Re1 Nc6 13.a3 Rc8 14.Ba2 e6 15.Qd2 Ne7
16.Ne5 Nfd5 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Nf5 19.Qd2 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bd5 21.Bb1 Nd6 22.Bd3 Bc4
23.a4 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Nc4 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rb1 Qa5 27.Nd7 Rfd8 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Ne4 e5
30.Qf3 Qb6 31.dxe5 Nxe5 32.Qg3 Rd5 33.h4 Qc7 34.Qf4 Nc4 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Rbd1 Rxd1
37.Rxd1 Qe5 38.Qa6 Rb8 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Nd7 Qe2 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qd4 Rc8 43.Nf6+ Kg7
44.Nh5+ Kf8 45.Nf6 Ne5 46.Ra1 Nc6 47.Nxh7+ Kg8 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Qf4 Kg7 50.Ne4 Re8
51.Qf6+ Kg8 52.Nd6  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.h3 Bh5 12.b3 Bb4 13.g4 Bf7 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Rad1 Nd7
16.a3 Bd6 17.Ng5 Bg8 18.Kg2 Rf8 19.Nf1 g6 20.Nf3 h5 21.Ng5 b5 22.Rd2 Rf4
23.f3 Kd8 24.Ng3 Ke7 25.gxh5 Nf8 26.Red1 Ne6 27.Nxe6 Bxe6 28.hxg6 Bxh3+ 29.Kf2 Bc5+
30.Ke2 Bg2 31.Bxe5 Bxf3+ 32.Kd3 Rd8+ 33.Kc3 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Rg4 35.b4 Ke6 36.Bxc7 Be7
37.Rd3 Bxe4 38.Re3 Bf6+ 39.Kb3 Kd5 40.Nxe4 Rxe4 41.Rd3+ Rd4 42.Rxd4+ Bxd4
43.c3 Bf6 44.Bb6 Ke6 45.Bd4 Bd8 46.c4 a5 47.c5  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Bd3 e6 11.Nf3 b5 12.a3 Nc4 13.O-O Be7 14.h3 a5 15.Qe2 Nxa3 16.Nxb5 Nxb5
17.Bxb5 Qb6 18.Bd3 O-O 19.Ne5 Be8 20.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Ba4 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bh4 Rb8
24.Ng4 Qd8 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Rc5 Qd8 28.e4 Bb3 29.e5 Rb4 30.Qd2 Bc4
31.Qc1 Qb8 32.Bc2 a4 33.Ra5 Bb3 34.Bd3 Bc4 35.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swinkels,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nxe5 Qh4
9.Qf3 f6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Kg2 O-O-O 12.d3 g5 13.Rh1 Ne7 14.Be3 Qh7 15.Nd2 Kb8
16.Kg1 Qg8 17.Nc4 Ng6 18.a3 Nh4 19.Qg3 Re8 20.f3 g6 21.b4 Be7 22.Bb6 Bd8
23.Bd4 Rh7 24.Rh2 f5 25.Rf2 Qe6 26.c3 Rd7 27.Raf1 f4 28.Qh2 Rxd4 29.cxd4 Qd7
30.Kh1 Rh8 31.Qg1 Qxd4 32.Rd2 Qc3 33.Rc1 Qg7 34.Qf1 Bf6 35.d4 Bxd4 36.Rcd1 c5
37.bxc5 Bxc5 38.e5 Qe7 39.Rd5 Be3 40.Qd3 Rh7 41.Rd8+ Ka7 42.Rd7 Nxf3 43.Qf1 Qc5
44.Rxh7 Nd4 45.Nxe3 fxe3 46.Rxd4 Qxd4 47.Rxc7 Qd5+ 48.Qg2 e2 49.Rc1  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Janssen,Ru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 h5 7.h4 Bb7 8.f3 c5 9.a3 cxd4
10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Kf2 Nc6 13.Be2 Ne5 14.c5 bxc5 15.bxc5 Qxc5 16.Ba3 Qc6
17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Bxd6 Nc6 19.Rhb1 Nd8 20.Ra5 Bc6 21.Ba6 g6 22.e4 Ng8 23.Ne2 f6
24.c4 Ne7 25.c5 Kf7 26.Nf4 Nc8 27.Bc7 Kg7 28.Rd1 Nf7 29.Bb5 Bxb5 30.Rxb5 g5
31.hxg5 fxg5 32.Rxd7 gxf4 33.Be5+ Kg6 34.Bxh8 Nxh8 35.Rbb7 a5 36.Rh7  1-0

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spoelman,W"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bf4 e5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.Rad1 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5
16.Bd5 c6 17.f4 Qe7 18.Bb3 Rad8 19.e5 Bc8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Kg7 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.Qd1 Qe7 24.Qd4 c5 25.Qe4 h5 26.Bd5 b5 27.Bc6 a6 28.a3 c4 29.Qd4 Be6 30.a4 b4
31.cxb4 Qxb4 32.Kf2 a5 33.Ke3 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ernst,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.g3 Bc6 8.Nf3 Bxf3
9.exf3 Nc6 10.Be3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Nfxd7 14.O-O-O Nxf3
15.Nb5 O-O-O 16.Nxa7+ Kb8 17.Be2 Nde5 18.Nb5 g5 19.h3 f5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Kxd1 Kc8 23.b3 Kd7 24.a4 h5 25.Bd4 c6 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxf3 cxb5 28.Bxb7 bxa4
29.bxa4 f4 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.a5 Kc7 33.Be4 h4 34.Kf3 Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.O-O-O Ng7 13.g4 Bd7 14.Nf4 g5 15.Nfe2 h5
16.Ng3 O-O-O 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Ne8 19.Rhe1 g4 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Ne2 Nf6 22.Rh1 Rh3
23.Rdg1 Rdh8 24.Qd1 c5 25.dxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Kb1 Nc4 27.Nf4 Rh2 28.Rxh2 Rxh2 29.Qe1 Ne5
30.Qe2 Kb8 31.Rc1 Qd6 32.Qc2 Nc6 33.Bf1 g3 34.Bg2 Ng4 35.fxg3 Nxe3 36.Qf2 Qe5
37.Ka1 Nxg2 38.Nxg2 d4 39.Rg1 d3 40.Rd1 Qe2  0-1

[Event "ch-NED"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Brandenburg,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Rc1 Nb4 12.Bb1 b5 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Nc5 Bd5 15.Ne5 Bxa2
16.Bxa2 Nxa2 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Ra1 Nb4 21.Ra3 Kh8
22.Qd2 Nd5 23.Rfa1 Rg8 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.Rxa6 b4 26.g3 Rd8 27.Qh6 f5 28.Nd3 Qf6
29.Qxf6+ Nxf6 30.Ne5 Rxd4 31.Nxf7+ Kg8 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Rxe6 Kxh6 34.Rxf6+ Kg5
35.Rb6 f4 36.Rb5+ Kg4 37.gxf4 Kf3 38.h4 Rxf4 39.h5 Rg4+ 40.Kf1 Rh4 41.Rf5+ Ke4
42.Rg5 Kd3 43.Kg2 Kc2 44.Kg3 Rh1 45.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Valsecchi,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bb6 5.Na3 f5 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Be6
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.cxd4 Nge7 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Qa4 Bd5 14.Nc4 h6 15.Nf3 g5
16.O-O-O f4 17.Nxb6+ cxb6 18.Bf2 Qe6 19.Kb1 g4 20.Ne1 a6 21.Bd3 b5 22.Qa3 Nf5
23.Bc2 Rhf8 24.Nd3 Nfxd4 25.Bxd4 Nxd4 26.Qc5+ Kb8 27.Nb4 Bxg2 28.Rhg1 Nxc2
29.Nxc2 Be4 30.Rge1 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rc8  0-1

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Collutiis,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Be6 5.d3 Qd7 6.Nd5 Nd8 7.e4 c6 8.Ne3 Nf6
9.f4 g6 10.f5 gxf5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Qf3 Bxd3 13.Qxf6 Rg8 14.Bd2 Ne6 15.Bc3 Ng5
16.Rd1 Rg6 17.Qf2 Ne4 18.Qf3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 e4 20.Qh5 Bg7 21.Ne2 Qe7 22.Nd4 Bxd4
23.cxd4 Qf6 24.Rxd3 exd3 25.Qh4 Qxh4 26.gxh4 Kf8 27.Kd2 Re8 28.Bf3 Rf6 29.Rf1 Rf4
30.Kxd3 Rxh4 31.Nf5 Rxh2 32.Nxd6 Re7 33.a4 Ra2 34.Bh5 Ra3+ 35.Kc2 Ree3 36.Rxf7+ Kg8
37.Rxb7 Rh3 38.Ne4 Rh2+ 39.Kb1 Rxh5 40.Nf6+ Kf8 41.Nxh5 Rxa4 42.Kc2 Rxc4+
43.Kd3 Rc1 44.Nf6 Rd1+ 45.Kc3 Rc1+ 46.Kd2 Rf1 47.Nd7+ Ke8 48.Ne5 c5 49.dxc5 Rf5
50.c6 Kd8 51.Rd7+ Kc8 52.Nc4 Rc5 53.Nd6+ Kb8 54.c7+  1-0

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kogan,Ar"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 b6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Qc2 c5 12.O-O Re8 13.Bf5 a6 14.a4 Nf8 15.Ne5 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Rfd1 Ng5 18.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Braga,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Ba6 10.Na3 Nfd7 11.Rb1 Nb6 12.b3 Bxc4 13.bxc4 N8d7 14.Bb2 Bxb2 15.Rxb2 f6
16.Rb3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.Reb1 Qd7 19.Nb5 Rab8 20.g3 Rf7 21.Kg2 Rbf8 22.Rf1 h5
23.h4 e6 24.Ra3 Nc8 25.Ra6 exd5 26.exd5 Kg7 27.f3 Rf6 28.Nc3 Qf5 29.Ne4 R6f7
30.Qe2 Rd7 31.Rc6 Kg8 32.Rf2 Rfd8 33.Qd2 Ne7 34.Ra6 Nc8 35.a4 Ne7 36.Qe3 Qf8
37.Qg5 Kg7 38.a5 Qf7 39.g4 Qf4 40.Qxf4 exf4 41.Re2 hxg4 42.fxg4 Rf8 43.Kf3 Nc8
44.Ng5 Rh8 45.Rc6  1-0

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rombaldoni,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 c5 8.c4 Nc6
9.Ne5 Bh5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4 O-O 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.c5 Be5 15.Qxc6 Qe7
16.Qa4 Rfc8 17.f4 Bc7 18.Bd2 a5 19.Rac1 Bg6 20.Be3 Rcb8 21.a3 e5 22.f5 Bxf5
23.Bg5 Be6 24.Rf1 Qe8 25.c6 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nc5 Bd5 28.Nxe4 Rxb2 29.Nc3 Bxc6
30.Qh4 Bb6+ 31.e3 h6 32.Bxh6 gxh6 33.Qxh6 Bxe3+  0-1

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Qb3 Nd7 10.Rad1 Kh8 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bd6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Rxf3
16.Qxf3 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Bd7 18.e4 Qe7 19.Qa3 Qxa3 20.bxa3 Kg8 21.exd5 cxd5 22.cxd5 Rc8
23.dxe6 Bxe6 24.Bxb7 Rc5 25.Rd6 Kf7 26.Ra6 Rxe5 27.Rxa7 Kf6 28.Ra4 Re1+ 29.Kf2 Ra1
30.Rf4+ Ke7 31.Re4 Rxa2+ 32.Re2 Rxa3 33.Bc8 Ra2 34.Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Ne4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 a5 10.Be1 Nb4 11.Qc1 c5 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Nd2 e3
16.Ne4 exf2+ 17.Bxf2 Be5 18.Nd6 a4 19.Rb1 f6 20.Qd2 Na6 21.b4 axb3 22.axb3 Rd8
23.b4 Rb8 24.Rb3 b6 25.cxb6 Rxb6 26.c5 Rb8 27.Bf3 Bd7 28.Rdb1 Bb5 29.Nxb5 Rxb5
30.Qa2 Qc8 31.Qa4 Nc7 32.Bc6 Rb8 33.b5 Rd2 34.Bf3 Nd5 35.Qc4 Ra8 36.b6 Raa2
37.b7 Qb8 38.Rd3 Rdc2 39.Bxd5 Rxc4 40.Bxe6+ Kh8  1-0

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sprenger,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qh4 Nd5 14.Qg4 Re8 15.Bh6 Bf8
16.Qg3 Nce7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Bb3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Bd6 22.c4 Qg5
23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Nf3 Be7 25.Ne5 Bf6 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Ne5 Bf6 28.Re1 Bd7 29.a5 Rd8
30.Rad1 Kf8 31.h3 Bc6 32.f3 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 Rcd7 34.d5 exd5 35.Rxg5 dxc4 36.Rxd7 Rxd7
37.Bxc4 f6 38.Rh5 Rd4 39.Bb3 Rb4 40.Bc2 g5 41.Rh7 Rb5 42.Be4 Rxa5 43.Bxc6 bxc6
44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Kg3 a5 46.Rc7 a4 47.Rxc6 Kf7 48.Ra6 a3 49.h4 gxh4+ 50.Kh3 Kg6
51.Ra5 f5 52.Kxh4 Rxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Alghero Open"]
[Site "Alghero ITA"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 f5
9.e3 Bd7 10.Ne1 Be8 11.Nd3 a5 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.a3 Na6 15.Nd3 Bf6
16.Rc1 c6 17.Ne2 b6 18.f3 Nd6 19.Ne5 Be8 20.Nf4 Qe7 21.Nfd3 Rc8 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Rf2 Kh8 24.Rfc2 a4 25.bxa4 c5 26.Re2 c4 27.Nf4 Nc7 28.e4 Bg5 29.exd5 Qf6
30.Nxc4 Bxf4 31.gxf4 Nxd5 32.Nxd6 Rxc1 33.Bxc1 Qxd6 34.Re5 Bd7 35.Bd2 Rc8
36.Qe1 h6 37.Bf1 Bxa4 38.Re6 Qc7 39.Qe5 Qxe5 40.fxe5 Rc2 41.Rd6 Bb3 42.Be1 Rc1
43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Kg3 g5 45.Bd3 f4+ 46.Kh3 Ra2 47.Bb4 Ne3 48.Rxh6+ Kg7 49.Rg6+ Kf7
50.Rf6+ Kg7 51.Bf8+ Kg8 52.Bb4 Bd5 53.Be1  1-0

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Saric,Iv"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 Nf6
10.d5 Ne7 11.b3 Qb8 12.c4 c5 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Bd3 Ng4
17.Bg5 Qa7 18.Qd2 Nb4 19.Bf1 bxc4 20.h3 Qxf2+ 21.Qxf2 Nxf2 22.Kxf2 cxb3 23.Bd2 bxa2
24.Nxa2 Nc2 25.Nb4 Nxa1 26.Rxa1 Be6 27.Rxa6 Rxa6 28.Bxa6 Rb8 29.Ke2 f5 30.Bd3 fxe4
31.Bxe4 Bc4+ 32.Bd3 Bxd3+ 33.Kxd3 h6 34.Kc4 Kf7 35.Kd5 Bf8 36.Nh2 Rb5+ 37.Kc4 Rc5+
38.Kd3 d5 39.Ng4 Ke6 40.Bxh6 e4+ 41.Kd2 Bxh6+ 42.Nxh6 d4 43.Ng4 Rc3 44.Nc2 Kd5
45.Nf6+ Ke5 46.Ng4+ Kf4 47.Nf6 Rg3 48.Ne1 Rb3 49.Nc2 e3+ 50.Kc1 Rd3 51.Nd5+ Kg3
52.Ne1 Ra3 53.Nc2 Rd3 54.Ne1 Rd2 55.Nb4 Kf2 56.Nf3 Ke2 57.Ng1+ Kf1 58.Nf3 Rxg2
59.Nc2 e2 60.Nce1 Rg3 61.Kd2 Rxh3 62.Nxd4 Rh8 63.Nd3 Rh2 64.Ne1 g5 65.Ndc2 Rh3
66.Nd3 g4 67.Nf4 e1=Q+ 68.Nxe1 Rh2+ 69.Kd1 g3 70.Ned3 Ra2 71.Kc1 g2 72.Nxg2 Kxg2
73.Nb2 Kf3 74.Kc2 Ke3 75.Kc3 Ra3+ 76.Kb4 Ra8 77.Kb3 Kd4 78.Kc2 Rb8 79.Nd1 Rh8
80.Nb2 Rh3 81.Nd1 Rh2+ 82.Kb3 Rg2 83.Nb2 Rd2 84.Na4 Rd3+ 85.Kc2 Rg3 86.Nb2 Rg2+
87.Kb3 Rxb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Mufic,Go"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.g4 Be4 8.f3 Bg6 9.h4 h6
10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Bd3 Kf7 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Bxg6+ Ke7 14.Bd2 Na6 15.Ne2 Rb8 16.e4 Kd7
17.O-O-O Qb5 18.Nf4 Bb4 19.Bf7 Nc7 20.Ng6 Bxd2+ 21.Rxd2 Rhd8 22.Kb1 Qa5 23.Ne5+ Ke7
24.Nxc4 Qa6 25.Bg6 Nd7 26.Qc3 Nb5 27.Qb4+ Kf6 28.h5 c5 29.dxc5 Ne5 30.Nxe5 Rxd2
31.Qxd2 Kxe5 32.f4+ Kf6 33.Qd7  1-0

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Palac,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.d3 Nd7 10.Be3 b5 11.Bc2 h6 12.Nbd2 Bg5 13.Nf1 Qf6 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nxg5 hxg5
16.Qd2 Qf3 17.Ng3 Rxh3 18.Bd1 Rxg3+ 19.fxg3 Qxg3+ 20.Kf1 Nc5 21.Re2 O-O-O
22.Rg2 Qh3 23.Bxg5 Nxd3 24.Bxd8 Kxd8 25.Kg1 Bxe4 26.Rh2 Qg3+ 27.Kf1 Ne7 28.Rh8+ Kd7
29.Qh2 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nh2 Bf7 13.Ndf3 Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.a3 h5 17.Rad1 a5 18.Nh4 Bc5 19.Nf5 b5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nf3 Be6 22.Ng7 Bf7
23.Nf5 Be6 24.g3 Bb6 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 c5 27.Kg2 c4 28.c3 Bc5 29.Re2 b4
30.axb4 axb4 31.g5 fxg5 32.Nxe5 bxc3 33.bxc3 Bxf5 34.exf5 Rf8 35.Nxc4 Rxf5
36.Nd2 Kd7 37.Ne4 Be7 38.Re3 Rf4 39.Kf1 Kc6 40.Ke2 g4 41.Kd3 Bc5 42.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Antoniewski,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.h3 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Nbd2 e5 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Qf3 Bg6
16.Nde4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bb4 18.Bd5 Rac8 19.Rfc1 Rfd8 20.Ng3 Kh8 21.Bxc6 bxc6
22.Rxc6 e4 23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Qg4 Qe5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rd1 Rc7 27.Rd4 Rc1+ 28.Kh2 Bd6
29.Qe2 Bc7 30.Qb2 Rd1 31.Rd2 Qxb2 32.Rxb2 h5 33.h4 Be5 34.Rc2 Rb1 35.Rc5 f6
36.Ra5 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gonda,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.h4 h5 10.g5 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nge7 13.Qe2 Be4 14.Rg1 Na5 15.Ba2 b5
16.Ne5 c5 17.Bd2 g6 18.a4 Nec6 19.Nd3 cxd4 20.cxd4 O-O 21.Nc5 Bd5 22.Bxa5 Qxa5+
23.Qd2 Qc7 24.f4 Bxa2 25.Rxa2 e5 26.d5 Rad8 27.Ne4 exf4 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Rc2 fxe3
30.Qc3 b4 31.Qb2 Qf4 32.Rxc6 Qxh4+ 33.Kd1 e2+ 34.Kd2 Qf4+ 35.Kc2 b3+ 36.Kb1 Qf5+
37.Ka1 Rc8 38.Nxh5+ f6 39.Rxf6 Rxf6 40.Nxf6 Qf1+ 41.Qb1 b2+ 42.Ka2 Qxb1+
43.Rxb1 Rc1 44.Rxb2 e1=Q 45.Rh2+ Kg7 46.Rh7+ Kf8 47.Rh8+ Ke7 48.Re8+ Kd6
49.Rxe1 Rxe1 50.Kb3 Kc5  0-1

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d5 e5 5.Nf3 e4 6.Ng5 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Qc2 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 e3 10.O-O-O Na6 11.f3 O-O-O 12.h4 h6 13.Nh3 Qd6 14.Kb1 c6 15.Qf5 Qc5
16.Rc1 Ne8 17.Qf4 Nac7 18.Bd4 Qa5 19.Qxe3 cxd5 20.c5 bxc5 21.Rxc5 Qa6 22.Qc3 Bc6
23.e4 Qb7 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Ra5 Qc6 26.Rxa7 Qxc3 27.Bxc3 Ne6 28.Bd3 Kb8 29.Ra5 N8c7
30.Rc1 Rhe8 31.Bd2 Bc6 32.Rc3 Nd5 33.Rca3 d6 34.Rb3+ Kc8 35.Ra7 Ndc7 36.Ba5 Kd7
37.Bxc7  1-0

[Event "20th TCh-CRO 1a"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Brkic,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bc6
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 c6 11.Qb3 Qa5 12.e4 Nbd7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.f4 Rac8 18.b3 f6 19.Bd3 Bh6 20.Be3 fxe5 21.fxe5 Kg7 22.Ke2 Rf7
23.h4 Rcf8 24.Rh2 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Kh6 26.Rg1 e6 27.Rhg2 Nc8 28.h5 g5 29.Rxg5 Rf2+
30.Ke1 Ne7 31.Rg7 R2f7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Ke2 Rf8 34.b4 a6 35.Rc1 Nc6 36.a3 Nd8
37.a4 Rf7 38.b5 axb5 39.Bxb5 Nc6 40.Rc5 Kxh5 41.Bxc6 bxc6 42.Rxc6 Re7 43.a5 Kg4
44.a6 Kf5 45.Rb6 Ra7 46.Rb7 Rxa6 47.Rxh7 Ra2+ 48.Kf3 Kg6 49.Re7 Ra6 50.Kf4 Rb6
51.e4 dxe4 52.Kxe4 Ra6 53.Kd3 Ra3+ 54.Kc4 Kf5 55.Kc5 Ra5+ 56.Kc6 Ra4 57.Rd7 Rc4+
58.Kb5 Rc1 59.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1.117"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Black "Alekseenko,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Be3 a6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Bc4 Qb8 10.Qd2 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.f4 Qb4 13.Bb3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Rae1 Qf5
16.Bd4 Bf6 17.Qc3 O-O 18.Bxf6 exf6 19.Qd3 Qc5+ 20.Qe3 Qa5 21.Qc3 Qd8 22.Re2 d5
23.Rfe1 Bg4 24.Re7 Qd6 25.h3 Bf5 26.Qd4 Rad8 27.Ra7 c5 28.Qe3 c4 29.Ba4 d4
30.Qe7 Qxf4 31.Rxa6 d3 32.cxd3 cxd3 33.Bb3 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 d2 35.Rd1 Kg7 36.Ra7 Rde8
37.Qc7 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Qg1+ 39.Kg3 Re3+ 40.Kh4 Rxh3+ 41.gxh3 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.127"]
[White "Kopasov,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxc5 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Rxd6 Ne5
17.Rad1 Nc4 18.R6d4 Be6 19.Ng5 Nxb2 20.Nxe6 Nxd1 21.Nxf8 Nxf2 22.Ne6 Ng4
23.Rd7 Re8 24.Nxg7 Rc8 25.Nxf5 Rc5 26.Rg7+ Kf8 27.Rxg4 Rxf5 28.Rf4 Rxf4 29.gxf4 b5
30.Bxe4 a5 31.Bxh7 b4 32.Bc2 Ke7 33.h4 Kf6 34.e4 Ke7 35.h5 Kf6 36.e5+ Kg7
37.f5 Kh6 38.f6 Kg5 39.f7 Kh4 40.h6 Kg3 41.e6  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3.127"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Black "Sirletti,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 a6
9.Ne2 Re8 10.d4 Rb8 11.Rc1 b5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.c4 bxc4 14.Ba1 Ba3 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Rc3 Bb2 17.Rc2 Nb4 18.Rd2 c3 19.Rd4 c2 20.Qd2 Bxd4 21.Nfxd4 Bd7 22.a3 Nc6
23.Qxc2 Rec8 24.Qd3 Nxd4 25.exd4 Bb5 26.Qe3 Rc2 27.Bf3 Rbc8 28.a4 Bxe2 29.Bxe2 R8c3
30.Bd3 g6 31.Bxc2 Rxe3 32.fxe3 Qe7 33.Kf2 Qb4 34.Bd1 a5 35.Kf3 Qc3 36.Rf2 Kg7
37.h4 h6 38.Bc2 f6 39.Bd1 Qe1 40.Bc2 Qh1+ 41.Rg2 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.g4 e5
44.Kf2 e4 45.Rg1 Qf3+ 46.Ke1 Qxe3+ 47.Kf1 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "5.117"]
[White "Dushin,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Nd7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.f4 Bb7 13.Na4 Nb6 14.Nac3 Nd7 15.Nd1 d5
16.e5 d4 17.Bf2 e6 18.c3 dxc3 19.Ndxc3 c4 20.dxc4 Nb6 21.Qc2 Nxc4 22.Rfd1 Qc7
23.Ne4 Nb6 24.Bc5 Rfd8 25.Bd6 Qc8 26.Nc5 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Rd6 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Qxd8
30.Nxb7 Qd5 31.Nd6 Kg7 32.b3 Qa5 33.Kh2 Nd5 34.Nc4 Qc5 35.Rf1 Rd8 36.Qe4 Nb4
37.a3 Nd5 38.b4 Qb5 39.Nd6 Qa6 40.Qf3 f5 41.Nd4 Nc7 42.Rc1 Qb6 43.Qxc6 Rc8
44.Qxb6  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "6.46"]
[White "Tokabayev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Be3 Bg6 11.Nd2 Ne8 12.Kh1 Bg5 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.Rxf4 Nef6 16.Rf1 Nc5
17.Bf3 Re8 18.dxc6 Nfxe4 19.Ncxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.cxb7 Rb8
23.Rxf7 Rxc4 24.Qd5 Rc5 25.Rf8+ Kxf8 26.Rf1+ Qf6 27.Rxf6+ gxf6 28.Qxd6+ Kf7
29.Qxc5 Rxb7 30.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "7.124"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Black "Shagdurov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Nge2 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 d6
9.d3 Be6 10.Be3 f5 11.f4 Nd4 12.Bxd4 cxd4 13.Nd5 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7
16.fxe5 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1 dxe5 18.Nc1 Qb6 19.Nd3 Rc8 20.Rc1 Qb5 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8
22.Qc1 Bd7 23.Qc2 Qb6 24.Qc5 h6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.b3 Kf8 27.a4 Bf6 28.Nb2 b5
29.axb5 Bxb5 30.Bf1 Bd7 31.Nd3 Ke7 32.Nc5 Bc8 33.b4 b6 34.Na6 Bxa6 35.Bxa6 Kd7
36.Bb5+ Kc7 37.Kf2 g5 38.Kf3 Be7 39.Kg4 Kd6 40.Kf5 h5 41.Be8 h4 42.g4 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "8.123"]
[White "Mironova,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.h4 f5
9.Qf4 h5 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Qg3 Nge7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Qf4 O-O-O 14.O-O g5 15.Qxg5 Rdg8
16.Qe3 Ng6 17.a4 c4 18.Ba3 Qd8 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.hxg5 Nd8 21.Bc5 Kb8 22.Rfb1 Nf7
23.Bf1 h4 24.Kh2 Nf4 25.Be7 Nh5 26.a5 a6 27.Rb6 Kc8 28.Rab1 Bc6 29.Kg1 Kd7
30.Bf6 Nxf6 31.gxf6 Rh6 32.Rxb7+ Bxb7 33.Rxb7+ Ke8 34.Re7+ Kf8 35.Rxe6 h3
36.Rxa6 Nd8 37.Rd6 Kf7 38.Rd7+ Ke8 39.Re7+ Kf8 40.a6 Nc6 41.a7 Nxa7 42.Rxa7 hxg2
43.Bxg2 Rhg6 44.Ne1 f4 45.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "9.124"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilya"]
[Black "Stroganov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 Qc7 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O b6 8.Ne4 Nbd7
9.b3 Bb7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.f3 O-O 15.e4 h6
16.Rae1 Qb8 17.Ne2 b5 18.Qd2 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Rfd8 20.Qf4 e5 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qh3 Nf6
23.Qg3 Rc7 24.Nc3 Nh5 25.Qh3 Nf4 26.Qg3 Bf8 27.Bc1 g5 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Qh3 Qa7+
30.Kh1 Qd4 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.exd5 Qf6 33.Re4 Re7 34.Rxe7 Bxe7 35.Bd3 Bf8 36.Qf5 Qxf5
37.Bxf5 Re8 38.Bd3 a5 39.h4 Bg7 40.Rc1 Bb2 41.Rc6 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Ba3 43.Ra6 Bb4
44.hxg5 hxg5 45.a3 Bxa3 46.Rxa5 Bc5 47.g4 Re3 48.Be4 Rxb3 49.Ra8+ Kg7 50.Ra2 Rb7
51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Kf1 Ke5 53.Ra4 f6 54.Ke2 Rb3 55.Ra8 Kd4 56.Ra4+ Bb4 57.Kd1 Kc3
58.Ra2 Kd4 59.Ra4 Kc5 60.Ra2 Kd4 61.Ra4 Ke5 62.Ra8 Bc5 63.Kc2 Re3 64.Re8+ Kd4
65.Ra8 Re2+ 66.Kd1 Ke3 67.Re8 Kf2 68.Rh8 Re1+ 69.Kd2 Bb4+ 70.Kd3 Re3+ 71.Kc4 Bc3
72.Rh2+ Kg3 73.Rc2 Be5 74.Rc1 Ra3 75.Kb4 Rxf3 76.Bxf3 Kxf3 77.Rg1 Bd4 78.Rd1 Bc5+
79.Kc4 Kxg4 80.Kd3 f3 81.Rc1 Kg3 82.Kc4 f2 83.Kd3 Kg2 84.Ke2 g4 85.Rf1 f5
86.Rc1 f4  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.9.2"]
[White "Sammalvuo,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.f3 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 Ne7 6.e4 Ng6 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd2 d6 9.O-O-O a6
10.Nge2 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Bd7 12.Kb1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 b4 15.axb4 Qb8 16.Na2 Ne7
17.Nec3 O-O 18.b5 Ra5 19.Nb4 Qb7 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Nxc6 22.bxc6 Qb3 23.Qd3 Rfa8
24.Kc1 Rc5 25.Kd2 Qxb2+ 26.Qc2 Qb4 27.Bd3 d5 28.Rb1 Qd4 29.Rhe1 g6 30.Rb3 dxe4
31.fxe4 Qf2+ 32.Re2 Qf4+ 33.Ke1 Ra1+ 34.Rb1 Rxb1+ 35.Qxb1 Rxc3 36.Bc2  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.10.3"]
[White "Carlsson,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qf3 Ng5 8.Qg3 Ne6
9.Bd3 d5 10.O-O Bc5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Bf5 Kh8 14.c3 Nc5 15.Bc2 f5
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bg5 Qf7 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qh4 h6 20.Rae1 Kg8 21.Be7 g5 22.Bxf8 gxh4
23.Bxc5 Bf5 24.Re7 Qf8 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.h3 Rf8 27.Rfe1 Rf7 28.R7e5 Qc2 29.R5e2 Qd3
30.Re8+ Kh7 31.Bd4 c5 32.Bxc5 Qc4 33.Bd4 c5 34.Rc8 Qxa2 35.Bxc5 Qxb2 36.Bd4 Qd2
37.Rh8+ Kg6 38.Rg8+ Kh7 39.Rh8+ Kg6 40.Re6+ Kf5 41.Rhxh6 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+
43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.g3 hxg3+ 46.Kg2 gxf2 47.Rhf6+  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.5.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6
9.Re1 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nh6 13.Qd2 Nf7 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.f3 Nc7 17.Bf1 Qf8 18.b4 a5 19.b5 c5 20.Nde2 f5 21.b6 Na6 22.Qc1 Bh6 23.f4 Bg7
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.a3 h5 26.Nd5 Nh6 27.Nec3 Kh7 28.h3 Re6 29.Rxe6 Bxe6 30.Be7 Qe8
31.Nf6+ Bxf6 32.Bxf6 Qf7 33.Ne4 Kg8 34.Bb2 Kf8 35.Ng5 Qd7 36.Qc3 Ng8 37.Nxe6+  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.4.3"]
[White "Vajda,Le"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d5 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.e5 Nd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxd4 Nb8 11.Nc3 c5 12.Nde2 d4 13.Ne4 Nc6 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.N2g3 Bg6
16.Qf3 Qd7 17.h4 h6 18.h5 Bh7 19.c3 Rad8 20.Rac1 d3 21.Nd2 Rfe8 22.Ngf1 Qe6
23.Qg3 Bf8 24.b3 Kh8 25.Nc4 Ne7 26.Bd2 Qf5 27.Qh2 Nd5 28.Nfe3 Nxe3 29.Rxe3 Be7
30.Rce1 Bg5 31.Rf3 Qe6 32.Qg3 Bxd2 33.Nxd2 Rd5 34.Rfe3 Red8 35.Qh4 Bf5 36.f3 Qa6
37.a4 Qa5 38.Rc1 Be6 39.Qf2 R5d7 40.Qh4 Bf5 41.Qf2 Be6 42.f4 Bg4 43.f5 c4
44.b4 Qxa4 45.e6 fxe6 46.fxe6 Rd5 47.e7 Re8 48.Qf8+ Kh7 49.Rf1 Bxh5 50.Rg3 Rg5
51.Rxg5 hxg5 52.Qf5+ Bg6 53.Qh3+ Kg8 54.Qe6+ Kh7 55.Kf2 Bh5 56.Rh1 g6 57.Qf7+ Kh6
58.Qf8+ Kh7 59.Ne4  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.6.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.e4 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Qe7 13.Bc4 exd4+ 14.Kf1 O-O 15.Bg5 Nf6
16.Re1 Qd8 17.Nxd4 Bc5 18.Nf5 Qb6 19.h3 h6 20.Bh4 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Rfe8 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Be2 Re5 26.Bf3 Bd6 27.Rc1 Ree8 28.g3 Rc8 29.Kg2 Ba3
30.Rcd1 Bd6 31.Rd2 f5 32.Rhd1 Kg7 33.Rd4 Rc2 34.R1d2 Rec8 35.Bd1 R2c3 36.Be2 Rc2
37.Bc4 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 b5 39.Bd3 f4 40.g4 Rc5 41.Be2 Rc3 42.h4 Kf6 43.Bf3 a5
44.Be2 a4 45.bxa4 bxa4 46.Bf3 a3 47.Be4 Ke5 48.f3 Be7 49.h5 f6 50.Rd1 Bd6
51.Kf1 Rc4 52.Ke2 Rb4 53.Bc2 Rd4 54.Rc1 Rxd5 55.Bd3 Rc5 56.Rb1 Rc8 57.Be4 Rb8
58.Rxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.5.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5
9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nb4 12.a3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Be6 14.Kh1 Rfc8 15.Nd2 Ng4
16.Bg1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qa6 18.Qf3 Nf6 19.Bd4 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 Qxc4 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Ne8
23.Qxb7 Nc7 24.Rab1 Qe6 25.Bxa7 Qxe5 26.Rfe1 Qd6 27.a4 Nd5 28.Red1 Qc7 29.Rxd5 Rxa7
30.Qb4 e6 31.Rd3 Qa5 32.Qxa5 Rxa5 33.Rb4 Rac5 34.Rb3 Ra8 35.Rb4 Rac8 36.Rb3 e5
37.Kg1 e4 38.Rd4 Re8 39.Kf2 e3+ 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Ra3 Ra5 42.c4 Rea8 43.Ke2 Rxa4
44.Rxa4 Rxa4 45.Kxe3 Kf6 46.h4 Ra1 47.Re4 h5 48.c5 Re1+ 49.Kd4 Rxe4+ 50.Kxe4 Ke6
51.Kd4 f6 52.Ke4 Kd7 53.Kd5 g5 54.hxg5  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.2.3"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 b5 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 Rb8 13.Qc2 Ba8 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3 Bg5
16.Rad1 b4 17.Nd5 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Qg5 19.Nd5 c5 20.g3 Rbd8 21.Ba4 Kh8 22.Qd2 Qg4
23.Qe2 Qh3 24.Rd3 f5 25.Rf3 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nf6 27.Qf1 Qxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Ng4 29.Rd3 Nxh2+
30.Kg2 Ng4 31.f4 g5 32.Re6 Rg8 33.Kf3 Rg6 34.Rd2 gxf4 35.Kxf4 Nf6 36.Rh2 Rdg8
37.Rxd6 Rg4+ 38.Kxf5 Ne4 39.Rdh6 Nxg3+ 40.Ke6 Re4+ 41.Kd7 Rg7+ 42.Kc6 Rxc4
43.d6 Nf5 44.Rf6 Rf4 45.Rf8+ Rg8 46.Rxg8+ Kxg8 47.d7 Nd4+ 48.Kxc5  1-0

[Event "TCh-BEL 2011-12"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Negi,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 Nh6
10.dxe5 fxe5 11.c4 Ng4 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Be3 Ng4 15.c5 Nxe3 16.fxe3 dxc5
17.Qd5 Qe7 18.Nh4 O-O-O 19.Nxg6 Qg5 20.Qf7 Bh3 21.Rf2 Rhf8 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 23.Qxf8+ Bxf8
24.Rxf8+ Nd8 25.Rf2 b5 26.Bc2 Nf7 27.Kh1 Be6 28.Rf3 Nd6 29.Raf1 Kb7 30.b3 h5
31.Rg3 Qh6 32.h4 c4 33.Nd5 cxb3 34.axb3 Bxd5 35.exd5 e4 36.Rg5 Qh8 37.Bd1 Qc3
38.Rg3 a5 39.Bxh5 Qxb3 40.Bg6 a4 41.h5 a3 42.h6 a2 43.h7 Qc3 44.Rh3 a1=Q
45.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 46.Kh2 Qh8 47.g4 b4 48.Kg3 b3 49.g5 b2 50.Rh1 Kb6 51.Kf4 Kc5  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Yankovsky,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 e6 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.g3 Bd6 8.Bg2 a6
9.bxa6 O-O 10.O-O Bxa6 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.b3 Rae8 14.a4 Ne5 15.Qc2 h6
16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.axb5 Nfd7 18.Ra6 Nb8 19.Ra4 Nbd7 20.Bb2 Rb8 21.Ra6 Rfe8 22.Bh3 Kf7
23.Nh4 Nf8 24.f4 Ned7 25.Rc6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd6 Re8 11.e3 Ne4 12.Qa3 Qf6 13.Bb5 Nxc3 14.Bxd7 Bxd7 15.O-O Nb5
16.Qb4 Re4 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.exd4 Bc6 19.Rad1 Rae8 20.a3 h5 21.h3 a6 22.Qc3 Qe6
23.Rb1 f6 24.a4 h4 25.a5 Qf5 26.Rbe1 Re2 27.g4 hxg3 28.Bxg3 Bb5 29.Rxe2 Bxe2
30.Re1 Qxh3 31.Qb3 Qh5 32.f3 Re7 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.Qb1 Rxe1 35.Qxe1 Kf7 36.Qb1 Bb5
37.Qc1 g5 38.Qb1 Qh3 39.f4 Bd3 40.Qxb7+ Kg6 41.Qb2 Be4 42.f5+ Kxf5 43.Qb3 Kg4
44.Qd1+ Kf5 45.Qb3 Qg2+ 46.Ke1 Qg1+ 47.Ke2 Qxd4 48.c6 Qc4+ 49.Qxc4 dxc4 50.c7 Bb7
51.Ke3 Kg4 52.Bd6 f5 53.Kd4 Kf3 54.Kxc4 Ke2 55.Be7 g4 56.Bd6 Ke3 57.Bc5+ Ke4
58.Kc3 f4 59.Kd2 g3 60.Ke1 Bc8 61.Bd6 Bd7 62.Kf1 Kf3 63.Kg1 Kg4 64.Bb4 f3
65.Bc5 Kg5 66.Be7+ Kg6 67.Bc5 Kh5 68.Bd4 Kh4 69.Be3 Bc8 70.Bd4 Kg4 71.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb6 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.O-O Be6 13.b4 Qf6 14.Qb1 h6 15.a4 Rac8
16.a5 Bc7 17.Bxc7 Rxc7 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.b5 Ne5 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Nd4 Rc3 22.Be2 Qe7
23.b6 axb6 24.axb6 Ra3 25.h3 Nd7 26.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne2 c4
9.O-O a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.e4 Ne7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 O-O 14.b3 Ng6 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Bg3 dxe4 17.bxc4 Bg4 18.h3 Bh5 19.Qa4 f5 20.Qxc6 Rc8 21.Qd5+ Qxd5 22.cxd5 f4
23.Bh2 Rc4 24.d6 Rec8 25.g4 fxg3 26.Nxg3 Bf3 27.d7 Rd8 28.Ngxe4 Rxd4 29.Ng5 Rd3
30.Ne6 R8xd7 31.Nc5 Bxc3 32.Nxd7 Be2 33.Bg3 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 Bd4 35.a4 Bxf2 36.Kxf2 Rxd7
37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Ra8 Ne7 39.Rxa6 Nf5 40.Be5 Rd5 41.Bc7 Rd3 42.Kg2 Nh4+ 43.Kh2 g5
44.Rd6 Ra3 45.a5 Ra2+ 46.Kg1 Nf3+ 47.Kf1 h5 48.a6 Nd2+ 49.Ke1 Ne4 50.Rc6 Nf2
51.Rc3 Ne4 52.Rc6 Ra3 53.Rc4 Nf6 54.Rc5 Rxa6 55.Rxg5 h4 56.Bd8 Re6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Mitkov,N1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng3 c5 12.Bb1 b6 13.Qf3 Bb7 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Qg3 g6
16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bc3 Re6 20.Qf4 c4 21.f3 f5 22.d5 Bxd5
23.Rcd1 Nc5 24.fxe4 Nxe4 25.g4 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Rd6 27.gxf5 Rd7 28.f6 Bf7 29.Qh6 Be6
30.Rd6 Qe8 31.Be4 Rad8  1-0

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Pap,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Qb3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Rad1 Ne4 12.Bf4 Ndf6 13.Ne5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nh5 15.Qb1 g6
16.Bh6 Bd6 17.f4 Ng7 18.e4 f6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Qxg6 Bf8 22.f5 fxe5
23.f6 Re6 24.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nb4 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Rad1 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bb3 a5 18.Qf3 Qd6 19.Rc1 Rd8 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rc3 f6 22.Ng4 Bg6
23.Qg3 Rfe8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Ne3 Qxg3 26.hxg3 Kf8 27.f3 Bf7 28.Kf2 Rd8 29.Ke2 Ke8
30.Bc2 Nxc2 31.Nxc2 Kd7 32.Na3 Rc8 33.Rxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qc7 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Rac1 e5 14.Ne4 Bb6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Bc3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Qb5 Qe6 19.Rfd1 e4 20.Ng5 Qg4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.h3 Qh5
23.Qf5 Re8 24.Bxg7 Bd8 25.Bh6 Qg6 26.Qxg6+ hxg6 27.h4 f6 28.Nh3 Be7 29.Rc4 Rd8
30.Rxe4 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rd2 32.g4 Rxb2 33.a4 a5 34.Nf4 Rb4 35.f3 Ne5 36.Kg3 Rxe4
37.fxe4 b5 38.axb5 a4 39.Nd5 a3 40.Nc3 g5 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.b6 Kh7 43.b7 Nc6
44.Bxg5 Bxg5 45.e5 Bxe3 46.Kf3 Bd4 47.e6 Kg7 48.Na2 Kf6 49.Ke4 Be5 50.Kd5 Ne7+
51.Kc4 Bd6 52.Nb4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Na3 a6 12.Re1 b5 13.Bb3 d6 14.Nc2 Bb7 15.a4 bxa4
16.Rxa4 a5 17.Nd4 Qb6 18.e5 d5 19.Bc2 c5 20.Nf3 Ng6 21.h4 d4 22.cxd4 Rad8
23.Ng5 cxd4 24.e6 d3 25.exf7+ Kh8 26.Bb3 d2 27.Rf1 Qc6 28.Re4 h6 29.Qg4 Qb6
30.Re3 Rd4 31.Qe6 Rd6 32.Qf5 Qc6 33.Rg3 Rf6 34.Qd3 Ba6 35.Qxd2 Bxf1 36.Kxf1 Nxh4
37.Kg1 hxg5 38.Qxg5 Nf5 39.Rc3 Qd6 40.Rh3+ Nh6 41.Rg3  0-1

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 Rc8 10.e3 b5 11.a3 g6 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.Qe2 Nc4 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfc1 a5 16.Bg5 e6
17.Ne5 h6 18.Bh4 a4 19.f4 Qc7 20.Nd1 Qb7 21.Rc2 Rc7 22.Rac1 Rfc8 23.Be1 Be8
24.h4 Nd6 25.g4 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Nfe4 27.Bb4 Bf8 28.g5 h5 29.Nc3 Nxc3 30.Rxc3 Nc4
31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.Rc2 Qe7 34.Qe1 Nxe5 35.fxe5 b4 36.axb4 Rxb4 37.Qc1 Rb3
38.Rc3 Qb4 39.Rxb3 Qxb3 40.Ke2 Kg7 41.Kd2 a3 42.bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Bf4 c4 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.Qa4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.g3 Ne4 12.Bg2 Qf6 13.Be5 Qe7 14.Qb4 Qxb4 15.cxb4 a6
16.b6 Nc6 17.Bc7 Nc3 18.Ne5 Nxb4 19.Kd2 Ncxa2 20.Rxa2 Nxa2 21.f4 c3+ 22.Kc2 a5
23.Ra1 Nb4+ 24.Kxc3 Na6 25.Bd6 Rd8 26.Be7 Re8 27.Bd6 Rd8 28.Be7 Re8 29.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nh7 11.d4 Ng5 12.Nxg5 Qxg5 13.Qe1 Bd7 14.Nf3 Qg4 15.Bc2 Rae8
16.h3 Qg6 17.Nh4 Qh7 18.Qd2 Nd8 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Nf3 Ree8 21.e5 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Qxf5
23.exd6 cxd6 24.Qxd6 Rxe3 25.Nd4 Qg5 26.Rf5 Qe7 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.Rd5 g6 29.Rd1 Kg7
30.Rd2 Rfe8 31.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 Qb6
9.d3 Rd8 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Nc3 d4 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Nb1 Bc5 14.Ba3 a5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.a3 b5 17.Nbd2 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rab8 19.Rfe1 a4 20.Qd1 Rb2 21.Qxa4 Ne5 22.Qd1 Nxd3
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxd3 Nxf2 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 Ba4 27.Reb1 Rdb8 28.Rxb2 Rxb2
29.c5 e5 30.Nf5 g6 31.Ne3 e4 32.Nd5 Kg7 33.Nb4 Nd3 34.c6 Nxb4 35.c7 Bd7 36.axb4 Rxb4
37.Bf1 Rb2 38.Rd1 Bf5 39.Rc1 Bc8 40.Bc4 f5 41.h4 Rd2 42.Kf1 h6 43.Ra1 Rc2
44.Ra8 Rxc4 45.Rxc8 Rc2 46.Ke1 g5 47.Kd1 Rc4 48.hxg5 hxg5 49.Ke2 f4 50.gxf4 gxf4
51.Re8 f3+ 52.Kf2 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Grigoryan,K2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 a6 8.Nf3 c6 9.Nd2 b5
10.O-O Be6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Bf3 d5 14.h3 bxc4 15.bxc4 dxc4 16.Na4 Qb4
17.Qc2 Rac8 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Nxc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 e5 21.Rfc1 exd4 22.exd4 Nd5 23.Rb7 N7f6
24.Bg3 Nh7 25.Nc5 Ng5 26.Be2 Rfe8 27.Bd3 Re1+ 28.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29.Kh2 Rd8 30.Nd7 Ne4
31.Bxe4 Qxe4 32.Qxc6 Qxd4 33.Qxa6 h5 34.Qa5 Re8 35.Rb8 Rxb8 36.Nxb8 Nb4 37.a3 h4
38.Qxb4 hxg3+ 39.fxg3 Qd5 40.Qa4 Bd4 41.Qd1 Qc5 42.Nc6 Bf2 43.Qd8+ Kg7 44.Qd2 Bg1+
45.Kh1 Be3 46.Qb2+ Kg8 47.Nb4 Qd6 48.Qb3 Qd2 49.Nd3 Ba7 50.Kh2 Qe3 51.Qb1 Qd4
52.Qd1 Bb6 53.Qb1 Bc7 54.Nf4 Bd6 55.Qb3 Bc5 56.Qb8+ Kh7 57.Qb1 Bxa3 58.Qa2 Qa7
59.h4 Qe7 60.h5 Bd6 61.hxg6+ fxg6 62.Qb3 Qf8 63.Qc4 Qe7 64.Kh3 Qf8 65.Kh2 Qe7
66.Ne6 Be5 67.Kh3 Bf6 68.Qd5 Kh8 69.Nf4 Kg7 70.Ne6+ Kf7 71.Nf4+ Kg7 72.Qd3 Qe8
73.Qc4 Qd7+ 74.g4 Qe7 75.Qd3 Qe8 76.g3 Qh8+ 77.Kg2 Qa8+ 78.Nd5 Qa2+ 79.Kh3 Qa1
80.Qf3 Be5 81.g5 Qa6 82.Nf4 Qc8+ 83.Kg2 Qc2+ 84.Ne2 Qd2 85.Qg4 Qd5+ 86.Kh2 Qd2
87.Kh3 Qd5 88.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Nancy GMA 2012"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Nc3 c5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.h3 Be7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bc2 Nce4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.e4 Qc7 17.Nf1 O-O 18.e5 Nd5 19.a3 b5 20.Nh2 b4 21.a4 Qc6 22.Qe4 f5 23.exf6 Nxf6
24.Qxc6 Bxc6 25.Re1 Bd5 26.Be3 Rfc8 27.Rac1 Nd7 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Bd4 Bxf3 30.Bxf6 gxf6
31.gxf3 Nc5 32.a5 Kf7 33.Re2 Nd3 34.Rd1 Nf4 35.Red2 f5 36.Bb3 Kf6 37.Kf1 Rg8
38.Rd6 Ra7 39.Re1 Rag7 40.Rexe6+ Nxe6 41.Rxe6+ Kg5 42.Rxa6 Rc8 43.Rb6 Rc1+
44.Ke2 Re7+ 45.Kd2 Rf1 46.f4+ Kxf4 47.Rxb4+ Re4 48.Bc4 Ra1 49.f3 Kxf3 50.Bd5 Rxa5
51.Bb7 Rc5 52.Kd3 Re5 53.Rd4 Re7 54.Bc6 Kf4 55.Bxe4 fxe4+ 56.Ke2 Rg7 57.Kf2 Rc7
58.Ke2 Rg7 59.Kf2 Rb7 60.b4 Ra7 61.Ke2 Rg7 62.Kf2 Ra7 63.Ke2 Ra3 64.Rd7 Rxh3
65.Rf7+ Ke5 66.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Nancy GMA 2012"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Nge2 a5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.h4 h5 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.g3 a4 15.a3 Nb6
16.Kd2 Kf8 17.Nxg6+ fxg6 18.Bd3 f5 19.Ne2 Rh7 20.Rc3 Nd7 21.Nf4 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Re7
23.Ra1 Nf6 24.Rb1 Ne8 25.b4 axb3 26.Rbxb3 Nd6 27.Rb4 Ree8 28.a4 Ra7 29.Bc2 Ke7
30.Rb1 Kd7 31.Rg1 Re6 32.Rb3 Kc7 33.Rbb1 Ra5 34.Rg2 c5 35.dxc5 Rxc5 36.Bd3 Ne4+
37.Bxe4 dxe4 38.Rgg1 Rd6+ 39.Ke2 Rc2+ 40.Kf1 Ra2 41.Rb4 Ra6 42.Rc4+ Kb8 43.Rg3 Rb6
44.Rg1 Rbb2 45.Rxg6 Rb1+ 46.Kg2 Raa1  0-1

[Event "10th Nancy GMA 2012"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.e4 Ng6 14.e5 Nd5 15.c4 Ndf4
16.Be4 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.g3 Qe4 19.Re1 Nh3+ 20.Kf1 Qf5 21.d5 b5 22.Re3 bxc4
23.d6 Rab8 24.Qb1 Qg4 25.Qc2 h6 26.Bc3 Rfd8 27.Qe4 h5 28.Nd2 Ng5 29.Qxg4 hxg4
30.Nxc4 Nf8 31.Ba5 Re8 32.Bc7 Rb5 33.d7 Nxd7 34.Nd6 Reb8 35.Bxb8 Rxb8 36.Rd1 Nb6
37.Rc3 c4 38.Nxc4 Rc8 39.Rdc1 Ne4 40.Nxb6 Rxc3 41.Rxc3 Nxc3 42.Nc4 f5 43.exf6 gxf6
44.f3 gxf3 45.Kf2 f5 46.Kxf3 Kg7 47.g4 Kf6 48.h4 fxg4+ 49.Kxg4 e5 50.h5 Nd5
51.Nd6 Ne3+ 52.Kf3 Nc2 53.Ne4+ Kf5 54.Ng3+ Kg5 55.a4 a5 56.Ke4 Nb4 57.Kxe5 Nd3+
58.Kd4 Nb2 59.Kc5 Nxa4+ 60.Kb5 Nc3+ 61.Kxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Nancy GMA 2012"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solodovnichenko,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nd4 6.Ba4 b5 7.c3 bxa4 8.cxd4 Bxd4
9.Nf3 Bb6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d3 a3 12.b3 Qe7 13.Nb5 Nh5 14.Bxa3 Qf6 15.Rc1 Bc6
16.Nbd4 Bb7 17.Bc5 Nf4 18.Qd2 Rc8 19.e5 Qh6 20.Nf5 Nh3+ 21.gxh3 Qg6+ 22.Qg5 f6
23.exf6 Bxf3 24.Rfe1+  1-0

[Event "10th Nancy GMA 2012"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 c5 10.a3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Ncb5 Ne5 13.Be2 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.e4 Qb6
16.Bc3 Rfc8 17.Rd1 Ng6 18.O-O Nf4 19.Bf3 e5 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Re8 22.Rfe1 Qc7
23.Qa4 h5 24.Qb5 e4 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Bxe4 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.g3 Qd4
30.Bxb7 Nh3+ 31.Kg2 Nxf2 32.Bd5 Kf8 33.Qd7  1-0

[Event "10th Nancy GMA 2012"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qc7 8.Qd3 a6
9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Na2 Ba5 13.b3 Nc6 14.Bb2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Rfd8
16.Qc2 Ng4 17.Bd3 Qc6 18.e4 c4 19.Qxc4 Qd7 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Be2 Rxc4 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.bxc4 h5 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Bxe4 26.Bd4 Bd3 27.h3 Nh6 28.c5 Nf5 29.c6 b5
30.Bc3 Bxc3 31.c7 Ne7 32.Nxc3 b4 33.Na2 a5 34.Nc1 Bc4 35.Bb3 Ba6 36.Bd1 Bc4
37.Bb3 Ba6 38.Bd1 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Myrstad,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.h3 a6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Nxe4
9.Bxf7+ Rxf7 10.Nxe4 h6 11.Re1 e6 12.Be3 Ne7 13.Qd2 Qf8 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Rad1 Re8
16.Bc1 Ba4 17.b3 Bc6 18.c4 b5 19.c5 Nd5 20.Nh4 Rf6 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Nf3 Nc3 24.Qc2 b4 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Rde3 Bd7 27.Qd2 Nd5 28.Re4 Rc3 29.Nh2 g5
30.Qe2 Rc6 31.Ng4 Qg6 32.Bd2 Rc2 33.Qd3 Rxa2 34.Ne3 Rxd2 35.Nxd5 Rxd3 36.Ne7+ Kf7
37.Nxg6 Kxg6 38.Ra1 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Bxd4 40.Rxa6 Bc5 41.Ra8 e5 42.Rf8 Be6  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Larsen,Ka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Qf3 Nd5
9.Bxc4 c6 10.Nge2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.h4 Rc8 13.g5 Nxf4 14.Nxf4 Nc7 15.Nh5 Nd5
16.Ne2 c5 17.e4 Nc7 18.Rd1 Qd6 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.gxf6 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rfd8 22.O-O Ne8
23.Nf5 exf5 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Qxf5 Re6 26.fxg7 Nd6 27.Qf3 Nxe4 28.Rd1 Rc2 29.h5 Ng5
30.Qg3 h6 31.f4 Rc5 32.b4 Rf5 33.Qc3 Ref6 34.Rd8+ Kxg7 35.Qc8 Nh3+ 36.Kh2 Re6
37.Kxh3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Zumsande,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 O-O-O 10.Bb2 f6 11.Nd2 fxe5 12.O-O-O Re8 13.g3 Kb8 14.Bg2 Qf7 15.Rhe1 Bb4
16.Ne4 Nb6 17.Bc3 Bxc3 18.Nxc3 d5 19.Qb2 e4 20.a4 Rhf8 21.a5 Nd7 22.cxd5 Nc5
23.Nxe4 Nd3+ 24.Rxd3 Bxd3 25.dxc6 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Bxe4 Qxf2 28.Qxf2 Rxf2
29.Bxh7 Rxh2 30.Bf5 Ra2 31.g4 Rxa5 32.Kd2 Rb5 33.Be6 a5 34.Kd3 Ka7 35.Kd4 Kb6
36.Bd5 Rb4+  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Williams,Si1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.f3 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.e4 fxe4
9.fxe4 e5 10.d5 Qe7 11.h3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bf2 Nh5 15.O-O a5 16.c5 Rxf2
17.Rxf2 Qxc5 18.d6 Nc6 19.Na4 Qe3 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.Bc2 Qxb3 22.Bxb3 cxd6 23.Nxb6 Rd8
24.Nc4 Bf8 25.Rd1 Ba6 26.Nxd6 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Nf4 28.Rc2 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Nd4 30.Rc7 Nd3
31.Rcxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Nxb2 33.Ra7 Nd3 34.Rxa5 Ne2+ 35.Kh2 g4 36.hxg4 Nf2
37.Be6  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.c3 g6 8.d4 b5 9.Bb3 Bg7
10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.h3 h6 13.Bh4 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.Nb3 cxd4 16.Nxa5 Qxa5
17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Qb6 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Nd4 Bc8 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Rad1 d5
24.Bb3 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26.Nf5 Rd8 27.Nxh6+ Kg7 28.Qc1 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 e3
30.Ng4 exf2+ 31.Kf1 Bd4 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qf4 Qc6 34.Bf3 Qc4+ 35.Be2 Bxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Qxe2
37.Nh6+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.O-O Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qa4 c5 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.b4 a5 14.b5 cxd4 15.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Hess,Ro"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qd6 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Ng5 Bg4 10.f3 Bc8 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ng4 14.Qd2 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 f6
16.Nf3 g5 17.Bg3 Be6 18.Qc3 Qe7 19.e5 O-O 20.h3 Bb4 21.Qd4 Rad8 22.exf6 Nxf6
23.Qe5 g4 24.Nd4 Bxc4 25.Qg5+ Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nf5+ Kg6 28.Nh4+ Kg7 29.Nf5+ Kg6
30.Nh4+ Kg7 31.Nf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d5 5.Nxe5 dxe4 6.Qe2 Be6 7.d4 exd3 8.Nxd3 Ng6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Ne4 Re8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 a6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxd6 cxd6
16.b3 a5 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.c4 a4 19.Rfe1 axb3 20.axb3 Rb8 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.Qc3 Qb7
23.Nf4 Ne5 24.Rxd6 Qxb3 25.Qxb3 Rxb3 26.c5 Kf7 27.h3 Rc8 28.Ra1 Rb7 29.Ra6 Bd7
30.Rd4 Re8 31.Nd3 Bxh3 32.Nxe5+ fxe5 33.Rh4 Bf5 34.Rxc6 Rd8 35.Rh5 Be4 36.Ra6 Rd5
37.Rh4 Bd3 38.Ra8 h6 39.Rha4 Rc7 40.R4a7 Rdd7 41.c6 Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Rxa7 43.Bxa7 e4
44.c7 Ba6 45.Kh2 g5 46.Bd4 h5 47.f3 exf3 48.gxf3 Kg6 49.Be3 Kf5 50.Bd2 h4
51.Be3 g4 52.fxg4+ Kxg4 53.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bxc4 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nh5 10.Be3 e5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.O-O Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4
16.b4 a6 17.Rfd1 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Kf8 19.Kf2 Ke7 20.f4 c6 21.a4 Ng7 22.a5 Ne8
23.Rd4 Nd6 24.Bd3 Rac8 25.h4 Ne8 26.Rc5 Nf6 27.Kf3 Rxd4 28.exd4 Rd8 29.Rc4 h5
30.Bf1 Ng4 31.Bg2 Nh2+ 32.Ke2 Ng4 33.Kd2 Rd7 34.Bf3 Nh2 35.Bh1 Ng4 36.Bf3 Nh2
37.Bg2 Ng4 38.Kd3 Nf2+ 39.Kc3 Nd1+ 40.Kd2 Nf2 41.Rc5 Ng4 42.Kc3 Nf2 43.Bf3 Nh3
44.f5 Nf4 45.fxg6 fxg6 46.d5 cxd5 47.exd5 Kd6 48.Kd4 Rf7 49.Rc8 Ne6+ 50.Ke3 Ng7
51.Be4 Nf5+ 52.Kd3 Nxh4 53.Re8 Nf5 54.Re6+ Kc7 55.Rxg6 Nd6 56.Bg2 h4 57.Kd4 Rf2
58.Rg7+ Rf7 59.Rg6 Rf2 60.Rg7+ Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanov,Al3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Be6 12.Rab1 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.b4 a6 15.Na4 Ng6
16.Nc5 Qf6 17.Nh2 b6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Be2 Qg5 20.f4 Nhxf4 21.exf4 Nxf4 22.Bg4 Re2
23.Qc1 Re4 24.Qxc6 Rae8 25.Kh1 h5 26.Nf3 Qe7 27.Bf5 Re2 28.Rbe1 g6 29.Qc1 Nxg2
30.Rxe2 Qxe2 31.Ng1 Qxa2 32.Bb1  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Maiorov,N1"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Qc7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ra2 Bf5
9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Bb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Re1 a6
16.Bf1 b5 17.Rae2 h5 18.Nh1 Nb6 19.Bb2 Na4 20.Nf2 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 Qa5 22.Ra2 Bc2
23.Qe2 Rfe8 24.Raa1 Rc6 25.Nd3 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Qc7 27.Qd2 Rc2 28.Qd3 Re6 29.a4 b4
30.a5 Rc3 31.Qd2 h4 32.Ra4 Qe7 33.Bd3 h3 34.gxh3 Nh5 35.Raa1 Qh4 36.Rac1 Rxd3
37.Qxd3 Rg6+ 38.Kf1 Qxh3+ 39.Ke2 b3 40.Kd1 Qxf3+ 41.Qe2 Qh3 42.Qf1 Qd7 43.Rb1 Qa4
44.Qd3 Qxa5 45.Rxb3 Nf6 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Qf5 Qa4+ 48.Qc2 Qa3 49.Qc8 Qa1+ 50.Qc1 Qa5
51.Qc8 Qa4+ 52.Qc2 Qa3 53.Qc8 Rg5 54.Qc1 Qa5 55.Qd2 Qc7 56.Qc2+ Qxc2+ 57.Kxc2 Rg2+
58.Kb3 Rxh2 59.Rb7 Kg8 60.Rb8+ Kh7 61.Rb7 Kg8 62.Rb8+ Kh7 63.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Neverov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bc6
9.Rd1 Bxf3 10.gxf3 c6 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Be2 e6 13.h4 Qe7 14.Be3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.Bxc5 Rfe8 18.Be3 Ned7 19.h5 Nb6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.a4 Rad8 22.O-O Nh7
23.a5 Nc8 24.f4 Nf8 25.Bg4 Nd6 26.e5 Nc4 27.Bxa7 Ra8 28.Bd4 Nxb2 29.Rb1 Nd3
30.Ne2 Rxa5 31.Rxb7 Ra4 32.Rd1 c5 33.Rxd3 cxd4 34.Kg2 Rea8 35.Rbb3 g5 36.fxg5 Bxe5
37.f4 Bd6 38.Kf3 Ng6 39.Bh5 Nh4+ 40.Kg4 Ng2 41.Rb7 Rf8 42.Rd7 Bb8 43.Kg3 Ne3
44.Rb3 Ba7 45.Rbb7 d3 46.Nc3 Rc4 47.Nb1 Rc1 48.Nd2 Nf5+ 49.Kg4 Ne3+ 50.Kf3 Nf1
51.Ne4 d2 52.Nf6+ Kh8 53.Rxa7 d1=Q+ 54.Rxd1 Rxd1 55.Bxf7 Rd6 56.Be6 Nd2+
57.Kg4 Rxf6 58.gxf6 Rxe6 59.Ra8+ Kh7 60.f7  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Pap,G"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Qc2 Nge7 7.Bg2 e5 8.dxe5 Bf5
9.Qc1 d4 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qf4 Qd7 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Nc3 f6
16.a3 Bc5 17.Nd5 fxe5 18.Nxe5 Qe8 19.Nf3 Qxe2 20.Rd2 Qxc4 21.Ne3 Qf7 22.Nxf5 Qxf5
23.Qxf5 Rxf5 24.Rc1 Bb6 25.Ne1 Ne5 26.Bxb7 d3 27.Kg2 Bxf2 28.Be4 Be3 29.Bxf5 Bxd2
30.Rd1 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 d2 32.Rd1 g5 33.Bc2 Kg7 34.b3 a4 35.Kf2 axb3 36.Bxb3 c5
37.Rb1 c4 38.Bc2 c3 39.Ke2 Nc6 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.Ba4 Nd4+ 42.Ke3 Nf5+ 43.Ke2 Ra8  0-1

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Azaladze,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.h4 h6 8.Be3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6
10.a4 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.O-O Ng4 13.Bf4 g5 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.h5 N6e5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.Be2 g4 18.a5 Qg5 19.Na4 Qxh5 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.b4 O-O 22.bxc5 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5
24.cxd6 Be4 25.Bxg4 Nxg4 26.Ra4 Qg6 27.Qe2 Nf6 28.Nd7 Bxd5 29.Nxb8 Rxb8 30.Rd4 Bc6
31.Re1 Rd8 32.Qc4+ Qf7 33.Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.Re7+ Kg6 35.Be5 Rd7 36.Rxd7 Bxd7
37.f3 h5 38.Kf1 Kf5 39.f4 Bf8 40.Ke1 Ng4 41.Rd5 Ne3 42.Rc5 Ke6 43.Rc7 Bxd6
44.Bxd6 Kxd6 45.Rxb7 Nxg2+ 46.Kf2 Nxf4 47.Rb6+ Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c4 O-O 8.h3 Be6
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.d4 Bf6 13.d5 Na5 14.Nd2 Bd3 15.Qg4 Nb6
16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.Rfd1 Kh8 18.Nde4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 g6 20.Bc2 Bg7 21.Bd3 Rf4 22.Qe2 Rd4
23.Ne4 b5 24.cxb5 Qb6 25.Rab1 axb5 26.Ng5 Rxd5 27.Bxg6 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 hxg6
29.Rxd6 Qc7 30.Rxg6 Ra6 31.Rxa6 bxa6 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Qh7+ Kf8  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Nevednichy,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.Qc2 a6
9.O-O c5 10.Rad1 Nbd7 11.d5 Ne8 12.e4 Nc7 13.a4 Re8 14.Bg3 Qb8 15.h4 b5 16.axb5 axb5
17.cxb5 Qa7 18.h5 Qa5 19.Rfe1 Qb4 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Bf1 Nb6 22.e5 Ncxd5 23.Ne4 dxe5
24.Nxe5 c4 25.Ng5 Rf8 26.Nexf7 Rxf7 27.Qxg6 Rf6 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Be5 Bc8 30.Bxf6 exf6
31.Qg6  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.a4 b6 14.Bd2 Bb7 15.Bd3 Rfe8
16.Rfe1 h6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.Rxe5 Rec8 20.c4 Rc7 21.a5 Rd7 22.Bc3 bxa5
23.Rexa5 Rc8 24.Rc1 Ne4 25.Bb2 Nd6 26.f3 Rdc7 27.Ra4 Ra8 28.Kf2 Bc6 29.Raa1 Ne8
30.Ra5 Rb7 31.Ba3 Rb3 32.Bc2 Rbb8 33.Rc5 Bd7 34.Ra5 Bc6 35.g4 Rd8 36.Ke3 Nd6
37.Bxd6 Rxd6 38.Be4 Bxe4 39.c5 Rxd4 40.Kxd4 Bc6 41.Ke5 Kf8 42.Kd6 Bxf3 43.c6 Rd8+
44.Kc7 Ke7 45.Rc3 Bxg4 46.h3 Be2 47.Kb6 Bb5 48.c7 Rc8 49.Rxb5 axb5 50.Kb7 Re8
51.c8=Q Rxc8 52.Rxc8 Kd6 53.Kb6 f5 54.Kxb5 Kd5 55.Rc4 g5 56.Kb4 h5 57.Kc3 g4
58.hxg4 hxg4 59.Kd3 e5 60.Rc8 g3 61.Ke3 f4+ 62.Kf3 Ke6 63.Rf8 Ke7 64.Rf5 Ke6
65.Ke4 Kd6 66.Rg5  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 a6 6.Be2 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qd3 g6 10.h4 Bg7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Nd5 Qd7 14.O-O-O f5 15.h5 Ne5
16.Qb3 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 O-O-O 18.Bg5 c6 19.Qb3 Rdf8 20.f4 h6 21.fxe5 hxg5 22.Rxd6 Qc7
23.Rhd1 Rd8 24.hxg6 Kb8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Bxa6 Qc7 28.Qxb7+ Qxb7
29.Bxb7 Bxe5 30.Bxc6 Kc7 31.Bd5 Kd6 32.b4 g4 33.Kd2 f4 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Bc6 Kf6
36.Bd7 Kxg6 37.Bxg4 Kf6 38.Kd3  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10.24"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nc6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Ba2 h6 12.Re1 Rd8 13.e4 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nh4 Qd6
16.f4 Nd7 17.c4 exf4 18.e5 Nxe5 19.Bxf4 Qf6 20.Bxe5 Qxh4 21.Bg3 Qg5 22.Bc7 Bh3
23.Qf3 Bg4 24.Qf2 Rd7 25.Bf4 Qf6 26.h3 Bf5 27.Bg3 Qg6 28.Bb3 b5 29.d6 Nc6
30.cxb5 Nd4 31.Bd5 Rad8 32.Rac1 Bd3 33.Bc6 Rxd6 34.Bxd6 Qxd6 35.a4 c4 36.Be4 a6
37.bxa6 Qxa6 38.Rcd1 Ne6 39.Bxd3 cxd3 40.Re4 Qc6 41.Rb4 Qd5 42.Rb2 Ng5 43.Qe3 Ne4
44.a5 Nc3 45.Ra1 d2 46.Qxc3 d1=Q+ 47.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 48.Kh2 Qd6+ 49.Qg3 Qc5 50.a6 Rd1
51.Rf2 Qa7 52.Qf4 Ra1 53.Qe5 Rxa6 54.Qe8+ Kh7 55.Qxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11.22"]
[White "Zhigalko,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bc2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 d6 11.h3 Na5 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Bd3 b4 15.Na4 Qd7
16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Nac6 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Qd2 Ng8 20.d5 Nce7 21.Nc3 Rb8 22.Bxa6 Bxa6
23.Rxa6 Rb4 24.e5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 f6 26.Bg3 Nf5 27.Bh2 Rfb8 28.Ra2 Nd6 29.Nd4 Bh6
30.f4 Nc4 31.Qe2 Qd6 32.Nc6 Qc5+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rxb2+ 35.Re2 R8b3 36.Ne4 Rxe2+
37.Rxe2 Bf8 38.Rc2 Ne3 39.Rd2 f5 40.Nd4 Ra3 41.Nb5 Rb3 42.Nd4 Ra3 43.Nb5 Ra5
44.d6 Nc4 45.dxc7 Nxd2 46.c8=Q Nxe4+ 47.Kf1 Bc5 48.Nc7 Ra1+ 49.Ke2 Ra2+ 50.Kd1 Nc3+
51.Ke1 Be3  0-1

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ilhomzoda,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 Nh6 4.f3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf5 6.Bf2 d4 7.g4 Ne3 8.Bxe3 dxe3
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nc3 e5 11.O-O-O+ Bd7 12.g5 f5 13.Rd5 Nc6 14.Bh3 g6 15.f4 exf4
16.Nf3 Ke7 17.Nb5 Bg7 18.a3 Be6 19.Rd6 Bc4 20.Nfd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Rad8 22.Rd1 Bxd4
23.R1xd4 Bxe2 24.Rxf4 Rxd6 25.cxd6+ Kxd6  0-1

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Ramnath,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Qe7 7.b4 g5 8.Nbd2 Bg7
9.Ne1 Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.Bb3 O-O-O 13.Qe2 Nh5 14.g3 f5 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Rxd5 17.Ne3 Nf4 18.Qd1 Qd7 19.gxf4 Rxd3 20.b5 Nb8 21.Nec4 exf4 22.Bb2 Qxb5
23.Qe2 Rhd8 24.Rae1 Nc6 25.Qe6+ Kb8 26.Ba3 Bxc3 27.Rb1 Qd5 28.Qxd5 R8xd5
29.Nb3 a5 30.Kh1 Bb4 31.Bxb4 axb4 32.Rbe1 Rc3 33.Rc1 b5 34.Ncd2 Ne5 35.Kg2 c5
36.Nb1 Rxc1 37.Nxc1 Nc4 38.Re1 Ne3+ 39.Kf2 c4 40.h3 Kb7 41.Rh1 Kb6 42.h4 g4
43.fxg4 fxg4  0-1

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.19"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Bg5 a6 8.e3 Be7
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 d5 12.Rfd1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.Bb3 Rd8 15.Rxd8+ Nxd8
16.Rd1 Nc6 17.h3 g5 18.Bg3 Bd7 19.Nd2 Nb4 20.Nc4 Qc5 21.Qb1 Bc6 22.Nd6 Kg7
23.a3 Nbd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.Rc1 Qb6 27.Be5+ f6 28.Nc4 Qd8 29.e4 b5
30.exd5 bxc4 31.d6 Bxd6 32.Bxd6 Qxd6 33.Rxc4 Rd8 34.Qe4 f5 35.Qe3 Kf6 36.b4 Qd3
37.Rc6 Qxe3 38.fxe3 a5 39.Rc3 axb4 40.axb4 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 Rb1 42.Rc4 Rb2+ 43.Kf3 h5
44.g4 fxg4+ 45.hxg4 h4 46.Rd4 Rb1 47.Rc4 Rg1 48.Kf2 Rb1 49.Kf3 Rb2 50.Rd4 Rb1
51.Rc4 Re1 52.Kf2 h3 53.Kg3 Rxe3+ 54.Kh2 Ke5 55.Rc5+ Kf4 56.Rc4+ Ke5 57.Rc5+ Kf4
58.Rc4+ Kf3 59.Kxh3 Rb3 60.Rc5 e5 61.b5 Kf4+ 62.Kg2 e4 63.Rc4 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.21"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Sanal,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Kh8 11.Nc3 Ng8 12.Nd5 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.c3 Qd7 15.Be3 Raf8
16.Nd2 Bd8 17.Ne4 Nce7 18.Nxe7 Bxe7 19.Ng3 Qc6 20.f3 R5f6 21.d4 Rg6 22.Kh2 Bh4
23.Bf2 exd4 24.cxd4 Ne7 25.Re4 Bg5 26.Bc2 Rh6 27.Qe2 Nd5 28.Re1 Nf6 29.Nf5 Nxe4
30.Nxh6 Bf4+ 31.Kg1 d5 32.fxe4 Qxh6 33.e5 Bc8 34.e6 Re8 35.Bf5 Qg5 36.Qc2 Bd6
37.h4 Qf6 38.Bh3 g6 39.Qe2 Kg7 40.g3 Re7 41.Kg2 h6 42.b4 Re8 43.Qe3 Qe7 44.Re2 Rf8
45.Be1 g5 46.Bd2 Kg6 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Bg4 Qf6 49.Re1 Be7 50.Rh1 Kg7 51.Rc1 c6
52.Re1 Bb7 53.Bc1 Bc8 54.Bd2 Kg6 55.Bh3 Kg7 56.Bg4 Kg6 57.Rh1 Kg7 58.Rc1 Bb7
59.Rh1 Bc8 60.Bc1 Bb7 61.Bd2 Bc8 62.Be1 Bb7 63.Bd2 Bd8 64.Re1 Be7 65.Rh1 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.21"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Temirov,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bf4 d6 6.e3 Nc6 7.h3 Nd7 8.d5 Nce5
9.Nd2 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 11.Be2 Ned7 12.e4 e5 13.Be3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.g4 f4
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Bf3 Qh4 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 b6 20.a4 Bd7 21.O-O-O Qe7 22.h4 Rac8
23.Ng5 Bf6 24.Be4 h6 25.Nh7 Rf7 26.g5 Bg7 27.g6 Rff8 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.f3 Qf6
30.h5 Qe7 31.b3 Qf6 32.Kb1 Kh8 33.Qf2 Ra8 34.Rd2 Kg8 35.Ra2 Qd8 36.Kc2 Ra7
37.Rha1 Qa8 38.Qe2 Kf8 39.Qd3 Ke7 40.Bf5 Qc8 41.Bxd7 Qxd7 42.Rh1 Qc8 43.Kb1 Qd7
44.Re2 Kf8 45.Re4 Kg8 46.Qf1 Kf8 47.Qh3 Qxh3 48.Rxh3 Ke7 49.Kc2 Ra8 50.Kd3 Kf6
51.Rh1 Kf5 52.Re2 Ra7 53.Rb1 Ra8 54.b4 Bf6 55.c5 axb4 56.cxb6 cxb6 57.Rxb4 Ra5
58.Rxb6 Rxd5+ 59.Kc2 Rd4 60.a5 Ra4 61.a6 e4 62.Rb5+ d5 63.Rxd5+  1-0

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.22"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Raetsky,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.Rc1 Nc6 10.a3 Be6 11.Nd2 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Qxc5 13.b4 Nxb4 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.Rb1 Qc5
16.Rb5 Qc8 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.Na4 Qc6 19.Be2 Qxg2 20.Rf1 Rfc8 21.f3 Qxe2+ 22.Kxe2 Bxc4+
23.Qxc4 Rxc4 24.Rxb7 Nf8  0-1

[Event "14th Dubai Open 2012"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gopal,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Be1 Qe7 13.Qe2 a6 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.a4 h5
16.Bb1 a5 17.Bd3 Ra8 18.Qc2 Nb6 19.Ne2 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Nfd5 21.Bb3 Nb4 22.Qb1 N6d5
23.e4 Nb6 24.Nf4 Rad8 25.Bc3 Rd7 26.Ne2 Red8 27.Rf1 Kh7 28.e5 Kg8 29.Kh1 Qh4
30.Ng1 Qf4 31.Rce1 N6d5 32.Re4 Qf5 33.Bd2 g5 34.Nf3 Bh6 35.h4 g4 36.Ng5 Ne7
37.Be3 Ned5 38.Nxf7 Rxf7 39.Bxh6 Qg6 40.Bg5 Rdf8 41.Kg1 Kh7 42.Bc4 Kg7 43.Be2 Nf4
44.Bf6+ Rxf6 45.exf6+ Rxf6 46.Re5 Rf5 47.Qe4 Nbd5 48.Bc4 Nf6 49.Qe3 N6d5
50.Bxd5 cxd5 51.g3 Nh3+ 52.Kg2 Rf6 53.Qe2 Kh7 54.f3 Nf4+ 55.gxf4 Rxf4 56.Rg5 gxf3+
57.Rxf3  1-0

[Event "KNSB Bekerfinale 2012"]
[Site "Bunschoten NED"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Ruitenburg,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d6
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nfd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nb8 14.Rc1 f5 15.d6 Bf6
16.Nd5 Nc6 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Bg5 Qxd6 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qd5 Qd8
22.Qxd8+ Nxd8 23.O-O Nc6 24.Rfd1 g6 25.Rd6 Kg7 26.Bd5 f4 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Rd8  1-0

[Event "KNSB Bekerfinale 2012"]
[Site "Bunschoten NED"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Haastert,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 d6 5.cxb5 a6 6.e3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.a4 O-O 9.Ra3 axb5
10.Bxb5 Na6 11.O-O Nb4 12.e4 Ba6 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rd1 Bxb5 15.Nxb5 Nb6 16.b3 Qd7
17.Bb2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 f5 19.e5 N6xd5 20.Raa1 Rad8 21.Rd2 dxe5 22.Qxe5 e6 23.Rad1 Rfe8
24.h4 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Nc7 Re7 27.Ng5 Kf6 28.Ngxe6 Rxe6 29.Nxd5+ Nxd5
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Rb6 32.Rd3 Ke5 33.g3 Rb4 34.Re3+ Kd5 35.Kg2 f4 36.Rd3+ Ke5
37.Kf3 fxg3 38.fxg3 h6 39.Ke3 h5 40.Kd2 Ke4 41.Rc3 Kd5 42.Kc2 Rg4 43.Rf3 Kd6
44.Kc3 Kc6 45.Rf6+ Kb7 46.Rf3 Kb6 47.Kb2 Ka6 48.Re3 Kb6 49.Re6+ Kb7 50.Re5 Rxg3
51.Rxc5 Rg4 52.Rc4 g5 53.Rc5 Rxh4 54.Rxg5 Rh1 55.Rg7+ Kb6 56.b4 h4 57.a5+ Kb5
58.Rb7+ Ka6 59.Rb6+ Ka7 60.Rh6 h3 61.b5 h2 62.Rh7+ Kb8 63.Rh8+ Kc7 64.a6 Kb6
65.Rh6+ Ka7 66.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sarrau,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bh4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nh7 14.g4 c6 15.Bg2 Be6
16.b3 Nc5 17.Qd2 a5 18.Rfe1 a4 19.b4 Na6 20.b5 Nc5 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Nd5 Ra7
23.Rab1 Bd7 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Ndf5 Ng5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Qxg5  1-0

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Wiley,To"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Qd3 Nb4 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Qd3 Nb4 13.Qd2 c6 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.Kh1 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Be7 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.a3 Nbd5 19.Rxg7 Kxg7 20.Rg1+ Ng4 21.Rxg4+ Kh7 22.Nxd5 Bxh4
23.Qf4 Bg5 24.Qf5+ Kg7 25.Nf4 Qe7 26.h4  1-0

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Solodovnichenko,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 Qc7 14.Nf1 Rfb8 15.g4 c4
16.Ng3 Nc5 17.Bg5 Bc8 18.Qd2 Ne8 19.Be3 a5 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Nh2 b4 22.f4 bxc3
23.Qxc3 g6 24.Kh1 Nd3 25.fxe5 gxf5 26.gxf5 Nxe5 27.Rg1+ Kh8 28.Bd4 f6 29.Rg2 Rb7
30.Rag1 Qf7 31.Bd1 Bg7 32.Nf1 Nd3 33.Ng3 Nf4 34.Rh2 Re7 35.Bf3 Bb7 36.Qd2 Nd3
37.Rhg2 Ne5 38.Bh5 Qf8 39.Ne2 Nc7 40.Nc3 Rd8 41.Bb6 Nd3 42.Bxa5 Rb8 43.Bxc7 Rxc7
44.Nb5 Bxd5 45.Nxc7 Bxe4 46.Ne6 Bh6 47.Qe2 Bxg2+ 48.Rxg2 Qc8 49.Qe4 Qb7 50.Qxb7 Rxb7
51.Nd8 c3 52.Nf7+  1-0

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 a6
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.a4 Qa5 11.O-O Qb4 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.h3 Qc7 14.Ne1 b6 15.f4 Bb7 16.Nd3 Rbe8
17.Bf3 e5 18.Qd2 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.f5 Bg7 21.Nf2 gxf5 22.exf5 Nf6 23.Nce4 Qe7
24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Ne4  1-0

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nachbar,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.h4 d5 2.c3 c5 3.d4 Nc6 4.h5 h6 5.e3 Nf6 6.dxc5 a5 7.Bb5 e5 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.b4 Be7
10.Bb2 O-O 11.a3 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxh5 13.Rxh5 Nxh5 14.Qxd5 Nf6 15.Qb3 e4 16.Nfd2 Qh2
17.g3 Ne5 18.Nf1 Qg2 19.Nbd2 Nfg4 20.c4 Qxf2+ 21.Kd1 Rfd8 22.Bd4 axb4 23.axb4 Rxa1+
24.Bxa1 Nd3  0-1

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vedder,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Nf8 8.Nge2 Ne6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Re8 12.Kh1 g6 13.Bc2 Ng7 14.Bf2 Bd6 15.e4 dxe4
16.fxe4 Ng4 17.e5 Nxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Be7 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Qd2 Qd5 21.Raf1 Be6 22.Nf6+ Bxf6
23.exf6 Kh8 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.Qh6 Rg8 26.Rf4 Bd3 27.Nc3 Qa5 28.Re1 g5 29.Rf3 Rg6
30.Qh5 Qa6 31.Rfe3 Rag8 32.Qf3 g4 33.Qf4 Bc4 34.Re8 Qb6 35.Qb8  1-0

[Event "6th ENCI Limburg Open 2012"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Henrichs,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.e3 e5 5.c5 Nh6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Qa4 Bg4 8.Bb2 a5 9.b5 Nb4
10.a3 Nd5 11.exd4 Nf4 12.Nh4 g5 13.h3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nxb2 16.Qc2 gxh4
17.d5 Nf7 18.c6 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Ng3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.Be2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.O-O Qd7 15.Re1 Rfe8
16.Qd3 Nc7 17.Re5 Ng4 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.a4 Nf6 20.f3 g6 21.Bd2 Ne6 22.Ne2 Kg7
23.b3 Ng8 24.Qb5 Nf6 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Rc1 f6 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Be3 Ndf8 29.Rc6 Ke7
30.b4 Kd7 31.b5 Rc8 32.Rxc8 Kxc8 33.Bh6 Kd7 34.g4 Ke8 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Nc3 Nc7
37.Bf4 Nfe6 38.Bg3 Ke8 39.Na2 a5 40.Nc3 Kd7 41.h4 Ke7 42.Kd2 Kd7 43.Kd3 Ke7
44.Nd1 g5 45.Ke3 Kd7 46.Nc3 Ke7 47.hxg5 fxg5 48.Be5 Kd7 49.Ne2 Ne8 50.f4 h6
51.f5 N6c7 52.Nc3 Ke7 53.Kd3 Kf7 54.Nd1 Kf8 55.Ne3 Kf7 56.f6 Ke6 57.Nf5 Na8
58.Ne7 Nxf6 59.Bxf6 Kxf6 60.Nxd5+ Ke6 61.Ke4 Kd6 62.Ne3 Nc7 63.Nc4+ Ke6 64.Nxb6 Ne8
65.d5+ Kd6 66.Nc4+ Kc5 67.Ke5 Kxc4 68.b6 Kc5 69.b7 Nf6 70.Kxf6  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gupta,Ab"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Qc2 Nge7 7.Bg2 e5 8.dxe5 Bf5
9.Qc1 d4 10.O-O Bc5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nb5 Ng6 13.Rd1 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bc3 Nd3
16.exd3 dxc3 17.Nxc3 Qd4 18.Qf4 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Bg4 20.Re1 c6 21.h3 Be6 22.f5 Bd7
23.d4 Bxd4 24.Red1 c5 25.Ne2 Ba4 26.Rd2 Bf6 27.Nc3 Bc6 28.Nd5 Bg5 29.Re2 Rfe8
30.Rae1 Kf8 31.Nb6 Rxe2 32.Rxe2 Rd8 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Kg2 Bf6 35.b3 Rd3 36.Na4 Bd4
37.Nb6 Bf6 38.Na4 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bosiocic,Mari"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 O-O 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.e3 Rb8
9.a4 Na5 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 b5 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Nd4 a6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Qc3 b4 18.Qc2 e5 19.Ne2 Qxc5 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Bd5 Kh8
23.Qe4 Rb5 24.Qh4 Kg7 25.g4 Rd8 26.e4 Rd6 27.Ng3 c3 28.bxc3 bxc3 29.Nh5+ Kg6
30.Rac1 c2 31.Nf4+ Kh7 32.Rd3 Rb1 33.Ne2 Ba6 34.Rh3 f5 35.Rc3 Rxc1+ 36.Kg2 Qxc3
37.Qe7 Rg1+ 38.Nxg1 Bf1+ 39.Kh1 Qc8 40.Bxf7 Qd7 41.Qf8 Qd8 42.Be8 Qf6  0-1

[Event "40th Annual World Open Playoff"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.Be2 f4 13.O-O fxe3 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Bxh5 Qxe3+
16.Kh1 gxh5 17.Nc4 Qh6 18.Nxd6 Rd8 19.Nf7  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Bg3 Ngf6
9.Nf4 O-O 10.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 b6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.e3 a5 11.Na4 f5 12.Ne1 Qe8 13.Nd3 Bf6 14.a3 Rd8 15.Qc2 Rf7 16.Rac1 g5
17.f3 Nd6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nc8 20.cxd5 exd5 21.f4 g4 22.Rfd1 Qe6 23.Nc3 Rfd7
24.Nb5 N8e7 25.Qd2 h5 26.Qf2 d4 27.exd4 Qxb3 28.Qc2 Qxb5 29.Bf1 Qxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rd5
31.Rfe1 Kh7 32.e6 Kg6 33.a4 h4 34.gxh4 Rh8 35.Qf2 Rh7 36.Re3 Rd6 37.h3 Nd5
38.Rg3 Rxe6 39.hxg4 Re4 40.gxf5+ Kf7 41.Qg2  1-0

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Ne2 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.c4 Nc6 11.a3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.Be5 Qd7 17.f3 Nd6 18.Ng3 Nc4 19.f4 Qe6 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.fxg5 Bxg5 22.Nxf5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Raf8 24.h4 Bd8 25.Qh5 Rh7 26.Nd6 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rg7 28.Bf5  1-0

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d4 exd4
9.Re1 d5 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qe5+ Qe7 13.Qh5 O-O-O 14.f3 Nf6 15.Rxe7 Nxh5
16.Rxf7 Re8 17.Kf1 Bd6 18.g3 Rhf8 19.Rxf8 Rxf8 20.Bd1 Nf6 21.Be3 Ng4 22.Bg1 Ne5
23.Nd2 g5 24.Be3 h6 25.Be2 Kc7 26.Ke1 Re8 27.Kf2 Nd7 28.Nb3 Rf8 29.Ke1 Kb6
30.Nd2 a5 31.b4 axb4 32.cxb4 d4 33.Bf2 Ne5 34.Rb1 Nxf3+ 35.Nxf3 Bxf3 36.bxc5+ Bxc5
37.Bxb5 g4 38.Bc4+ Kc6 39.a4 Be4 40.Rb2 d3 41.Ba6 d2+ 42.Rxd2 Bb4 43.Bb5+ Kb7
44.Be3 h5 45.Ke2 Bf3+ 46.Kd3 Rd8+ 47.Kc2 Rc8+ 48.Kd3 Rd8+ 49.Kc2 Bxd2 50.Bxd2 Bc6
51.Be3 Rd5 52.Bc4 Bxa4+ 53.Kc3 Rd7 54.Bd3 Bc6 55.Bg6 Rd5 56.Bf7 Re5 57.Bf4 Ra5
58.Kd4 Bf3 59.Bd2 Rb5 60.Bc4 Rb2 61.Kc3 Rb1 62.Bf7 Rb5 63.Bc4 Rf5 64.Kd4 Kc6
65.Be6 Rb5 66.Bc4 Rb2 67.Kc3 Rb7 68.Bf4 Bd5 69.Bd3 Rb3+ 70.Kd4 Bf7 71.Be4+ Kd7
72.Bc1 Rb6 73.Bf5+ Ke7 74.Bg5+ Kf8 75.h3 Rb4+ 76.Kc5 Rc4+ 77.Kd6 Rd4+ 78.Kc6 Kg7
79.hxg4 hxg4 80.Bf4 Rc4+ 81.Kb5 Rxf4 82.gxf4 g3 83.Bh3 Kf6 84.Kb4 Be6 85.Bg2 Kf5
86.Kc3 Kxf4 87.Kd2 Bc4 88.Bc6 Bf1 89.Bb7 Kg4 90.Ke1 Bb5 91.Bg2 Bc4 92.Kd2 Kh4
93.Ke1 Kg5 94.Kd2 Kf4 95.Bc6 Ba6 96.Bd5 Bf1 97.Bc6 Bh3 98.Ke2 Bg4+ 99.Kf1 Bf3
100.Bb5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Kampen,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.Bc4 c5 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qd6 12.e5 Qc7 13.O-O Nd7 14.Re1 Rad8 15.d6 exd6
16.exd6 Qc6 17.Bd5 Qa6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qxd6 20.Rad1 Qf6 21.Qxf6 Nxf6 22.Bxb7 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rb8 24.Bf3 Kg7 25.Kf1 Rb2 26.a4 Rb3 27.Rd3 c4 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Bc6 a6
30.g4 Rb6 31.Bf3 Rd6 32.g5 Nd5 33.Re4 Nxc3 34.Rxc4 Rd3 35.Bb7 a5 36.Kg2 Kg7
37.Bc6 Nd5 38.Re4 h6 39.h4 hxg5 40.hxg5 f6 41.Bxd5 Rxd5 42.Re7+ Kf8 43.gxf6 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nde2 Qb4 12.Qc1 f5 13.Qf4 Qb6 14.b3 Ng6 15.Qe3 Qxe3
16.fxe3 fxe4 17.Rxf8+ Nxf8 18.Ng3 b6 19.Rd1 Be6 20.Ncxe4 h6 21.Nc3 Re8 22.Kf2 Nd7
23.Nge2 Nf6 24.h3 Bf7 25.Nd4 c5 26.Nde2 b5 27.Ng3 h5 28.a3 h4 29.Nf1 Bg6
30.Rc1 Bf5 31.Nd2 g5 32.Ke2 Kg7 33.b4 cxb4 34.axb4 c5 35.bxc5 b4 36.Nd1 Rc8
37.Nb3 Ne4 38.Ra1 Ng3+ 39.Kd2 Be4 40.Nf2 Bxg2 41.Rxa6 Rf8 42.Ke1 Re8 43.Nd4 Rxe3+
44.Kd2 Nf1+ 45.Kc1 Re1+ 46.Kb2 Nd2 47.c4 Nxc4+ 48.Kb3 Ne5 49.Ne6+ Kg8 50.Nxg5 Nc6
51.Ng4 Bd5+ 52.Kb2 Kg7 53.Ra8 Re2+ 54.Kb1 Kg6  0-1

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Swinkels,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Qc2 b5
9.a4 bxa4 10.Qxa4 Rb8 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxc4 c5 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Bxb8 Bxc4 15.Qc2 Ba6
16.Bd6 Nf5 17.dxc5 Nd4 18.Qa4 Bxe2 19.Nc3 Bxf1 20.Kxf1 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5
22.Qxa5 Bb6 23.Qe5 Qe7 24.Ne2 Nb3 25.Rd1 Nc5 26.Nc3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Be4 f6
29.Qf4 Nb3 30.Bc2 g5 31.Qb4 Nd4 32.Qa4 f5 33.Bb1 Kg7 34.Qa6 Qc7 35.Qa8 g4
36.Ba2 h5 37.Kg2 h4 38.h3 hxg3 39.fxg3 Qd6 40.hxg4 Bc7 41.Kf1 Qxg3 42.Qg2 Qd3+
43.Kg1 Nf3+ 44.Kh1 Nh4 45.Bb1 Qe3 46.Qf1 Qg3 47.gxf5 Qh2+  0-1

[Event "ch-NED 2012"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ernst,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 Re8 8.e3 Bf8
9.Be2 d6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 b6 13.e4 Rb8 14.h3 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Ne5
17.f4 gxf4 18.Rxf4 Ng6 19.Rf2 Nd7 20.Nc4 Nde5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Kh1 Qg5 23.Bf4 Qh4
24.Qf1 Bg7 25.Bh2 Ra8 26.Ra3 Ra7 27.Rb3 Qd8 28.Nb1 c4 29.Bxc4 b5 30.Be2 bxa4
31.Ra3 Qb6 32.Rxa4 Qxb2 33.Bh5 Qb6 34.Nd2 Bd7 35.Nc4 Qb8 36.Bxe5 Bxa4 37.Bxg7 Kxg7
38.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nielsen,Aa"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Bb3 c6
9.Nf1 h6 10.Be3 Ng6 11.Ng3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qd2 a5 15.O-O O-O
16.a3 Re8 17.Kh1 Be6 18.Rfb1 Bg4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Bd1 Qd7 21.Qe2 axb4 22.Rxb4 Ra7
23.Qf1 e4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Rb3 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 Qc7 27.Qf2 Ra5 28.Kg1 Bc8 29.Bc2 Nf8
30.e4 Nd7 31.Re1 Ne5 32.Nxe5 Rexe5 33.Rf3 Be6 34.Qd4 Ra8 35.Rd1 Rea5 36.a4 Bg4
37.Rdf1 Bxf3 38.Rxf3 Rd8 39.Qf2 Re5 40.Rf4 Qe7 41.Qe2 Qc5+ 42.Kh2 Rh5+ 43.Rh4 Rxh4+
44.gxh4 Qe5+ 45.g3 Qc3  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hagen,Ande"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.b4 e5 13.Qc2 exd4 14.exd4 h6 15.h3 Re8 16.Nh4 Bf8
17.Nf5 Nb6 18.Bf4 Nbd5 19.Be5 Bc8 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Ne3 Be6 22.f4 Nd7 23.f5 Nxe5
24.fxe6 Rxe6 25.dxe5 Qb6 26.Qf2 Rxe5 27.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ochsner,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 d6
9.a3 Nb8 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Nf1 Qc7 12.Ng3 g6 13.Ba2 Nbd7 14.Bh6 Ng4 15.Bd2 h5
16.h3 Nh6 17.Qe2 Rc8 18.Rac1 Nf8 19.b4 c4 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Bxh6 Rxh6 22.Qe3 Rh8
23.Nd2 h4 24.Ngf1 f5 25.Bxc4 Bxe4 26.Bxa6 Bxg2 27.Bxc8 Ba8 28.Ba6 Qc6 29.f3 Qxa6
30.c4 Nd7 31.a4 Rh5 32.b5 Qc8 33.c5 Rg5+ 34.Kh2 dxc5 35.Nc4 Qb7 36.Rc3 e4
37.f4 Qb8 38.Kh1 Rh5 39.Rd1 g5 40.Qe2 Nf6 41.Ne5 gxf4 42.Nc6 Qc7 43.Rdc1 f3
44.Qa2 f4 45.Qe6 Bxc6 46.Rxc5 Bd5 47.Qxf6 Bxf6 48.Rxc7 e3 49.Kh2 f2 50.R7c2 Rg5
51.Nd2 Rg2+ 52.Kh1 Rg1+ 53.Kh2 exd2  0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Glud,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nb5 Bb6 13.Nd6 Rb8 14.Qa4 d4 15.e4 Qd7
16.Ndf5 Rbc8 17.Rac1 a6 18.Qa3 Bc7 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8
22.Bxc7 Qxc7 23.Qc5 Rd8 24.e5 Rd5 25.Qf8+ Ng8 26.f4 Rd8 27.Qc5 Rd5 28.Qc2 Qb6
29.Ne4 Ne7 30.Nd6 g6 31.Qf2 Nf5 32.Bxf5 gxf5 33.Ne8 Qc5 34.Qh4 d3+ 35.Kh1 Qf8
36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Rf3 Qxe8 38.Qh6 f6 39.Rg3+ Qg6 40.Rxg6+ hxg6 41.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hector,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 d5 7.Bb3 Be6 8.Ng5 Ne7
9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.O-O Ng6 11.g3 c6 12.Nd2 a5 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Ng5 Rae8 15.Bd2 h6
16.Nh3 Qb5 17.Rae1 a4 18.Bc2 Qxb2 19.Bxa4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Rd8 21.Bc1 Qxc3 22.Bb3 Rfe8
23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Bd4 25.Kg2 Kh8 26.Ng1 Bc5 27.Nf3 Qa5 28.Bb2 Qc7 29.h3 b6
30.Qd3 Kh7 31.Rd2 Qb8 32.Re2 Bb4 33.Qc4 c5 34.a4 Qc7 35.Qc2 Nd7 36.h4 Nf6
37.Bc4 Qd6 38.Re3 Rf8 39.Rd3 Qc6 40.Rd1 Ra8 41.Nxe5 Qxa4 42.Qxa4 Rxa4 43.Nxg6 Kxg6
44.Bxe6 Ba5 45.e5 Ne4 46.h5+ Kxh5 47.g4+ Kg5 48.Bc1+ Kg6 49.Rd7 Kh7 50.Bf5+ Kg8
51.e6 b5 52.Bb2  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bulski,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.d6 Bd7 14.h4 h5 15.Bh6 Bc6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Ne5 Qa4 18.Bd3 f6 19.Bc2 Qa5 20.Nxc6 Nxc6 21.Rb1 b5 22.f4 Rad8 23.Rh3 a6
24.a4 c4 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rg3 Kf7 27.e5 f5 28.Bd1 Qb6 29.Kf1 Na5 30.Ba4 Nb3
31.Bxb3 cxb3 32.Rxb3 Ra8 33.Rb1 Ra4 34.Rd3 Rea8 35.d7 Ra2 36.d8=Q Rxd8 37.Rxd8 Rxd2
38.Rxd2 Qc6 39.Rbd1 Kg7 40.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be6 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.Ng5 Qf5
9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.d3 Nf6 11.Nd2 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Bc5 13.Nf3 e5 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.Nxe5 Rhe8
16.Nc4 Ng4 17.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Danielsen,Hen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 g6 7.b4 Nc6 8.b5 Ne7 9.Be2 Bh6
10.a4 O-O 11.g3 Be6 12.Nb3 Bf7 13.h4 Re8 14.Ba3 Kh8 15.Qc2 Neg8 16.a5 Bf8
17.a6 b6 18.Na2 Nh6 19.Nb4 Nhg4 20.Nc6 Qd7 21.Bb2 Bg7 22.Bc3 h6 23.Qb2 Bg8
24.Qc2 Qf7 25.Bxg4 Nxg4 26.d5 Ne5 27.Nxe5 Bxe5 28.Bxe5+ Rxe5 29.Nd4 Qg7 30.Kd2 h5
31.Rae1 Bf7 32.Nc6 Ree8 33.Rhf1 Rf8 34.Nd4 Qe5 35.Qc3 Kh7 36.Re2 Kg8 37.f3 Rfe8
38.fxe4 Qxe4 39.Rf4 Qh1 40.Ref2 Qg1 41.Ne2 Qb1 42.Rf1 Qa2+ 43.Ke1 c6 44.bxc6 Qxa6
45.Nd4 Re5 46.Kf2 b5 47.Ra1 Qb6 48.Nxb5 Rae8 49.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Halkias,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 b6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bb7
9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.Nb5 Bxd2 14.Rxd2 Ne4 15.Rdd1 c5
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Nc3 Ndf6 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Nd2 Rb4 20.Bf3 Qb6 21.b3 Qa6 22.a3 Rb6
23.e4 dxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 2012"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Carlstedt,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Ne7 8.h4 h5 9.Qc2 Nbc6
10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bh2 b6 12.cxd5 Nb4 13.Qc1 Nbxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxc7 Qa5+ 16.Qc3 Qxa2
17.Bc4 Qa4 18.e4 Kh8 19.O-O Qd7 20.Rfe1 Re8 21.Ba2 b5 22.b4 Bb7 23.Qb3 Nc8
24.Qb1 Nb6 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.Rc1 Na4 27.Bd2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 f5 29.Ng5 Bxd4 30.Rd1 Qc6
31.Qb3 Qc4 32.Be3 Bxe3 33.Qxe3 Qxb4 34.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.109"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Gorjunov,S2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Bd6 6.e4 d4 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.Nc4 Bc7
9.a4 f6 10.Nh4 Be6 11.f4 O-O 12.b3 a6 13.fxe5 fxe5 14.Nf5 Nxf5 15.exf5 Rxf5
16.Rxf5 Bxf5 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Re1 e4 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.Qh5 g6
23.Qg5 Qe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Na5 exd3 26.Kf2 dxc2 27.Rc1 d3  0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.26"]
[Round "2.101"]
[White "Potyavin,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[ECO "E83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.Qd2 Ne8 10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.O-O-O f4 13.Bf2 Ng6 14.c5 Nh4 15.Qd3 Qg5
16.Kb1 Qh5 17.Ng1 b6 18.Bxh4 Qxh4 19.c6 Rf6 20.Qd2 Rg6 21.Qe1 Qh5 22.Rd2 Bf6
23.Rg2 Bh4 24.Qd2 a5 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qg2 g5 27.Nh3 Kf7 28.Rg1 Kf6 29.Be2 Ng7
30.Kc2 Bg3 31.Nxg5 Qxh2 32.Qxh2 Bxh2 33.Rh1 Bg3 34.Nh3 Rb8 35.Ng1 Bf2 36.Bd3 Kg6
37.Nge2 Nh5 38.Nb5 Ba6 39.Nxc7 Bxd3+ 40.Kxd3 Ng3 41.Rh2 Be3 42.Rg2 Kh5 43.Nxg3+ fxg3
44.Rxg3 Bf2 45.Rg2 Be1 46.Nb5 Bb4 47.Rg7  1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.27"]
[Round "3.103"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Zakharov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O d6 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e3 e5
9.b3 Re8 10.Ba3 Bf8 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.Bb2 a6 13.Nd2 exd4 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 d5
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nh3 dxe3 19.fxe3 Bc5 20.Qf3 Re7 21.Qxd5 Bxe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxd5
23.Bxd5 Nb6 24.Bg2 Bc5 25.Rac1 Be3 26.Rce1 Bxh3 27.Bxh3 Rae8 28.Bc3 Bc5 29.Rxe7 Rxe7
30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Nd5 32.Bg2 Bb4 33.Bf2 Nc3 34.Bxb7 a5 35.a4 Kf8 36.Ba6 Ne4
37.Be3 h5 38.Bc4 Nd6 39.Bd5 Ke7 40.Kg2 Nf5 41.Bf2 f6 42.Kf3 Nd6 43.Ke2 Nf5
44.Kd3 Nd6 45.Bd4 f5 46.Be3 Kf6 47.h4 Ke5 48.Bc6 Ke6 49.Bf4 Be1 50.Bb5 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Lim Yee Weng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.O-O Bb7
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd7 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Qg4 g6 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Nf3 Qf6
16.a4 h5 17.Qh3 a6 18.Nd2 O-O-O 19.axb5 axb5 20.f4 Qe7 21.e5 Kc7 22.Ne4 Ra8
23.Rab1 Ra2 24.Nd6 Rfa8 25.Nxb7 Kxb7 26.Rxb5+ Kc7 27.Rb4 R8a4 28.Rxa4 Rxa4
29.g4 hxg4 30.Qxg4 Nb6 31.Qg5 Qd7 32.h4 Ra2 33.h5 gxh5 34.f5 Nd5 35.Bxd5 Qxd5
36.Qe7+ Qd7 37.Qf8 Qd8 38.Qxf7+ Kc8 39.Qxe6+ Qd7 40.Qxd7+ Kxd7 41.e6+ Ke8
42.f6 Re2 43.f7+ Kf8 44.Rf6  1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.101"]
[White "Fokin,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nge2 Ne8
9.Bc2 f5 10.f3 Qh4+ 11.Bf2 Qg5 12.Rg1 Nf6 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4+
16.Bxe4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Kd3 c5 19.g4 Bd7 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.b3 g5
23.Rae1 Be8 24.Bg3 Bg6+ 25.Kd2 Rb6 26.Re7 a5 27.Ra7 Re8 28.Rxa5 d3 29.Re1 Rxe1
30.Bxe1 Be5 31.Rb5 Ra6 32.a4 Ra7 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Rb7+ Rxb7 35.Bxb7 d5 36.cxd5 Bc7
37.Ba6 Ba5+ 38.Kd1 Bb6 39.Bf2 Kf6 40.b4 Ke5 41.bxc5 Ba5 42.Bc4 Bd8 43.Bg3+ Kd4
44.Ba2 Kxc5 45.Be1 Be8 46.Bb3 Bc7 47.Bd2 h6 48.Kc1 Kd4 49.Bb4 Ke3 50.d6 Bd8
51.Bd1 Bc6 52.Bd2+ Kf2 53.f4 Kg3 54.f5 Kxh3 55.Bc3 Bd7 56.Kd2 h5 57.f6  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Prasca Sosa,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Nf5 Bxf5
9.exf5 O-O 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Ne5 12.Be2 c6 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Bf4 Bf6 15.Rad1 b5
16.g4 h6 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.Bc1 d5 19.f4 Nd7 20.Bf3 Bh4 21.Qh3 Rae8 22.Kh1 Nc5
23.Rd2 Ne4 24.Rg2 g5 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qb3+ Kh7 28.Be3 Rd8 29.Qc3 Qf6
30.Qxf6 Bxf6 31.b3 a5 32.Re2 Bc3 33.Kg2 Rd5 34.Bc1 Re8 35.h3 b4 36.Rh1 Kg7
37.Rf1 Re7 38.Rh1 c5 39.Be3 a4 40.Rf1 a3 41.Rb1 Kf7 42.Rf1 Re6 43.f5 gxf5
44.Ref2 Rf6 45.Rxf5 Rfxf5 46.Rxf5+ Rxf5 47.gxf5 h5 48.Bxc5 Kf6 49.Kf2 Kxf5
50.Ke2 Ke5 51.Be7 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "5.105"]
[White "Bezulenko,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[ECO "A02"]

1.f4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 e5
9.fxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.Qd2 Nxf3+ 13.Rxf3 Ng4 14.Bc5 Re8 15.Raf1 b6
16.Ba3 Bh6 17.Qe2 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 f6 19.h3 Ne3 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Rxe3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 a6
23.Nc3 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Rxf5 Re6 27.Qh5 Rg6 28.Nd5 Rh6 29.Qf3 Rg8
30.Nf6 Rxf6 31.Rxf6 Kg7 32.Bf8+ Kh8 33.Rf7 e4 34.Qf6+ Rg7 35.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.e3 Nf5
9.Bd3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 h6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Nh4 Qa5 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.Nf3 Kb8
16.Nd2 Rc8 17.Nb3 Qd8 18.Na4 h5 19.Rc1 h4 20.gxh4 Rxh4 21.Rxh4 Qxh4 22.a3 Qd8
23.Qc3 Qg5 24.Bf1 Bf5+ 25.Ka1 Qd8 26.Na5 Ka8 27.Be2 Nf6 28.f3 Bd7 29.Nc5 Bxc5
30.dxc5 Qe7 31.Qb4 b6 32.cxb6 Qxb4 33.axb4 axb6 34.Nb3 Kb7 35.Rc3 Ne8 36.Kb1 Nc7
37.Nd4 g6 38.Kc1 Ne6 39.Kd2 c5 40.Nb5 Bxb5 41.Bxb5 Rh8 42.Ke2 Rh1 43.bxc5 bxc5
44.Be8 Rh7 45.Rd3 d4 46.Ra3 g5 47.Kd3 dxe3 48.Kxe3 f6 49.Bg6 Rh2 50.Ke4 Rxg2
51.Kf5 Nd4+ 52.Kxf6 Rxb2 53.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "6.109"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Osipov,Vladimir N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Qd4 Qa5 12.a3 Bc5 13.Qd2 e3 14.Qc2 exf2+ 15.Kh1 Rd8
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Qd2 Kf8 19.b4 Qb6 20.Qf4 h5 21.h3 h4 22.Na4 Qe3
23.Nc5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Nxe5 25.Rxf2 Ke7 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.g4 Rc8 28.e4 d4 29.Rd1 d3
30.Bf1 Rc2 31.Rdd2 Rhc8  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Perera,WC"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Qc7 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Bg4 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.f3 Bh5 12.O-O Bg6 13.Be1 O-O 14.Nf4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 h6
16.Bg3 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.Rab1 Rd7 19.a4 Re8 20.Qb5 c4 21.Qb2 g5 22.Nh3 Qe6
23.Qc2 Nh5 24.e4 Qg6 25.Nf2 Rde7 26.Qd2 Na5 27.Rb5 Nb3 28.Qd1 dxe4 29.fxe4 a6
30.Rd5 Re6 31.Be5 f6 32.Bg3 f5 33.Be5 fxe4 34.Nxe4 Nf4 35.Rd7 Nd3 36.Ng3 Rxe5
37.Rxe5 Rxe5 38.dxe5 Qb6+  0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "7.111"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Turetsky,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.Nfd2 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bg6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.f4 h6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nde4 N7b6 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.g4 Nxc3 15.Nxc3 Nd5
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.f5 Bh7 18.c3 Bc5+ 19.Be3 O-O-O 20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Qf2 Qxf2+
22.Rxf2 Rhe8 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Rf7 Rd7 25.Raf1 Kc7 26.Rxd7+ Kxd7 27.Rf7+ Re7
28.Rf8 Bd3 29.Bf1 Bxf1 30.Kxf1 Re8 31.Rf7+ Re7 32.Rf8 Re8 33.Rf7+ Re7 34.Rf8 Re8
35.Rf7+ Re7 36.Rf8 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Gentilleau,JP"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Qd2 Ngf6 7.h3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 b6 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.Bd5 Rb8 12.O-O e6 13.Ba2 O-O 14.Rfe1 Bb7 15.e5 dxe5
16.Nxe5 Rbd8 17.Qe3 Nc5 18.a5 Bh6 19.Qxh6 Rxd4 20.Qg5 Nce4 21.axb6 Qc5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Qe3 Qxe5 24.f3 Rfd8 25.fxe4 Rxe4 26.Qf2 Qxb2 27.Bb3 Rd6 28.Rxe4 Qxa1+
29.Re1 Qa5 30.Kh1 Qxb6 31.Qf4 Qd4 32.Qg3 Kg7 33.Re3 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 Rd2  0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "8.109"]
[White "Lysukha,Nikita"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.O-O f5 9.Ng5 Qf6
10.Qb3 b6 11.Nf3 f4 12.Ne1 g5 13.Qd1 Rf7 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nc3 Bd7 16.Bh5 Re7
17.Bg4 Qg6 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Nd3 g4 20.f3 h5 21.b4 Ndf6 22.Nf2 g3 23.hxg3 fxg3
24.Nh3 h4 25.Qd2 Nh7 26.a3 Nef6 27.Rb1 Nh5 28.Ne2 Bf6 29.c5 Rg7 30.cxb6 cxb6
31.Qe3 Rb8 32.Bd2 Ng5 33.Nxg5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Qxg5 35.Bxg5 Rxg5 36.Rfc1 Rg7
37.Rc6 Rd7 38.Rbc1 Kf7 39.Kf1 Ke7 40.Nc3 Nf4 41.Na4 h3 42.gxh3 g2+ 43.Kg1 Rg8
44.Kh2 Nxh3 45.Kxh3 g1=Q 46.Rxg1 Rxg1 47.Nxb6 Rd8 48.Rc7+ Kf6 49.Rc8 Rxc8
50.Nxc8 Kg5 51.Nxd6 Kf4 52.Nf7 Kxf3 53.Nxe5+ Kxe4 54.Nc6 Kxd5 55.Nb8 Rg6
56.a4 Rb6 57.Nd7 Rxb4 58.Kg2 Rxa4 59.Nb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.02"]
[Round "9.108"]
[White "Timirev,Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.h3 Nc6 10.a3 h6 11.Be3 a6 12.Qc1 h5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb8
16.c4 Nbd7 17.b4 Nh7 18.Rb1 f5 19.Bh6 f4 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 21.Bd3 g5 22.Qc2 Nhf6
23.Bf5 g4 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Nh4 Qh6 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Ng6+ Kg7 28.Nxf8 Nxf8 29.Qe2 Nxe6
30.dxe6 Rh8  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Michiels,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 b6 10.Re1 Ba6 11.Bb2 Re8 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Ne7 14.Nf1 Bc8 15.Bc1 Ng6 16.g3 Bh3
17.a4 h6 18.Ra2 Rb8 19.Ne3 Bd7 20.Qf3 Nh7 21.h4 Ne7 22.Bd2 Qc8 23.Kh2 Nf6
24.Qg2 Nh7 25.f4 exf4 26.gxf4 Ng6 27.Nf5 Qd8 28.Rg1 Bxf5 29.exf5 Qxh4+ 30.Qh3 Qxh3+
31.Kxh3 Ngf8 32.Bc1 Re7 33.Rag2 f6 34.Kg4 Rbe8 35.Kf3 Nd7 36.Bd2 a5 37.Bc2 Nhf8
38.Bd1 Nb8 39.Kf2 Rd8 40.Bh5 Nfd7 41.Be3 Na6 42.Ke2 Kf8 43.Kd3 Rb8 44.Bf2 Nc7
45.Bh4 Rd8 46.Bg6 Kg8 47.Rb1 Rb8 48.Rbb2 Rd8 49.Bh5 Kf8 50.Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Neiksans,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nc3 a4
9.Nc1 Nf6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.N1e2 Bc5 12.O-O Re8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 d6 15.Kh1 g5
16.Bg3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Nc3 Rd4 19.Qh5 Qf6 20.f4 gxf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Nd5 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Qg6 24.Qxg6+ fxg6 25.Nxc7 Rb8 26.Bc4+ d5 27.Bxd5+ Kh8 28.Be4 Ne5
29.Rd1 Bg4 30.Rd5 Bb6 31.Nb5 Nc4 32.Bxg6 Rf8 33.Bd3 Nxb2 34.h3 Nxd3 35.cxd3 Rf5
36.Nc3 Rf1+ 37.Kh2 Bc7+  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Rodshtein,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 Bg4 11.Nf3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 O-O 13.f4 e6 14.Bg2 Qd7 15.O-O Rfd8
16.d5 exd5 17.Qxd5 Qg4 18.h3 Qe2 19.Qb3 Na5 20.Qb1 Nc4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Re1 Qh5
23.Qxb7 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rd2 25.e5 Qh4 26.Rf1 Bf8 27.Kh2 Qh5 28.Rc1 Qe2 29.e6 fxe6
30.Qe4 Qa6 31.a4 Rd5 32.Rc7 Rc5 33.Rd7 Rf5 34.Rd8 Qb6 35.Rc8 Rc5 36.a5 Rxa5
37.Rc6 Qb3 38.Rxe6 Rf5 39.Rc6 Qf7 40.Rc8 a5 41.Bf1 Kg7 42.Bd3 Qd5 43.Ra8 Qxe4
44.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 e6 10.g4 g6 11.h4 h5 12.g5 Nd7 13.O-O Bg7 14.Bd6 Bf8 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Rfc1 O-O
17.Bd6 Re8 18.f4 Qb6 19.Ba3 Nxd4 20.exd4 Qxd4+ 21.Kg2 Qxf4 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Rac8
24.Ne2 Ne5 25.Ke3 b5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Nxc1 Nc6 29.Bd6 Bd4+ 30.Kd2 Bf2
31.a4 bxa4 32.Bxa6 Bxh4 33.Bb5 Bxg5+ 34.Kd1 Na5 35.Nd3 Nc4 36.Bxc4 dxc4 37.Ne5 Bf6
38.Nxc4 g5 39.Kc2 Bd4 40.Kd3 Ba7 41.Nd2 Kg7 42.Ne4 g4 43.Nc3 h4 44.Ke2 Bd4
45.Nxa4 e5 46.Bc5 h3 47.Kf1 f5 48.Bxd4 exd4 49.Nc5 Kf6 50.Nd3 Kg5 51.b4 f4
52.b5 f3 53.Nf2 h2 54.Nh1 d3 55.Ke1 Kh4  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Felgaer,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.Re1 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Be3 h6 11.Nfd2 f5 12.f3 Bf6 13.Bf2 h5 14.c4 h4 15.Nc3 a6
16.b4 Bg5 17.c5 Nf6 18.Nc4 O-O 19.h3 Kg7 20.b5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Ra6 22.Qb3 fxe4
23.fxe4 Nh5 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.a4 Rf7 26.a5 Nc8 27.Qb2 Bf4 28.Ra3 Bg3 29.Bxg3 Nxg3
30.Qd2 Rf4 31.Qd3 Ne7 32.Rb3 Ng8 33.Nc3 Qc8 34.Rb5 Nf6 35.Nd2 Nd7 36.Ne2 Nc5
37.Qc4 Nxe2+ 38.Rxe2 Qd7 39.Re1 Ra8 40.Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.Qxf1 Qc7 42.Qe1 Rxa5
43.Rxa5 Qxa5 44.Qxh4 Qxd2 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Rezan,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.e3 Nf5
9.Bd3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nf6 12.O-O-O h6 13.Kb1 O-O 14.f3 Re8 15.Qc1 Bf8
16.Nf4 a5 17.g4 a4 18.Rh2 Bd6 19.g3 a3 20.b3 Nh7 21.Nh5 Ng5 22.Rf1 Qe7 23.e4 dxe4
24.Nxe4 Bb4 25.Nhf6+ gxf6 26.Rxh6 Kg7 27.Rfh1 Bf5 28.gxf5 Rh8 29.Nxg5 Rxh6
30.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Postny,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Qa4+ Qd7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.Qxc4 Qe7 11.b4 Bb6 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5 a6 14.N5c3 Ba7 15.Bxb7 Bb5
16.Nxb5 Qxb7 17.Nxa7 Rxa7 18.Be3 Ra8 19.Rc1 Nbd7 20.Nc3 Rfc8 21.Qb3 Ng4 22.Bd2 h5
23.b5 Nc5 24.Qb4 axb5 25.h3 Ne5 26.Be3 Ncd3 27.exd3 Nxd3 28.Qd4 Nxc1 29.Bxc1 Rc4
30.Qd3 Qc7 31.Bb2 Rxa5 32.Rd1 b4 33.Ne2 Rd5 34.Qb3 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Rc2 36.Bd4 Qc4  0-1

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hracek,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Bd2 b6 15.Ba6 Bc8
16.Bb5 Bb7 17.d5 Rac8 18.O-O a6 19.Be2 Nc4 20.Bg5 Rfe8 21.Nd4 Nb2 22.Rd2 Nc4
23.Rdd1 Nb2 24.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 Be6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 Rb8 14.b3 Rb6 15.Ng3 g6
16.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "5.52"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Lalic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Ba3 Na5 12.Bd3 b6 13.Rac1 Rd8 14.e4 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qd7 17.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Bc4 Nd7 11.Qd2 a6 12.Ng5 e5 13.Nce4 exd4 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.O-O h6
16.f3 hxg5 17.fxg4 Nxd5 18.Qxd4 Nf4 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.Rfd1 Kg7 21.g3 Ne6 22.Bd5 Rd6
23.Bxb7 Rb6 24.Bd5 Rxb2 25.Rab1 Rfb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "7.52"]
[White "Kadric,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Qe7
9.h3 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Be6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.g4 f6 15.Kb1 Bb4
16.Ng1 h5 17.gxh5 Rxh5 18.Nge2 Bc5 19.Rdf1 Rh4 20.Ng3 Qf7 21.Nf5 Rf4 22.g4 Bb4
23.a3 Ba5 24.Qe3 Bxf5 25.gxf5 Bb6 26.Qg3 Rh8 27.Ne2 Rfh4 28.Qg2 Qh7 29.Ng3 Rxh3
30.Qf3 Qg8 31.Qg4 R3h4 32.Qf3 g4 33.Qg2 Rh3 34.Rxh3 gxh3 35.Qf3 h2 36.Nh1 Qg1
37.Ka2 Kb8 38.Kb3 Qg8+ 39.c4 Qg1 40.Kc2 Bd4  0-1

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.09.30"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.Qc2 b6 10.Nf3 Ba6 11.O-O Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.e4 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 15.Rac1 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Qd5 17.Nc3 Qd6 18.Qc4 Nf8 19.Ne4 Qe6 20.Qa4 Qd5 21.Nc3 Qd6 22.Re4 Ne6
23.g3 Red8 24.Rd1 Nd5 25.Qc2 Rac8 26.Re5 Nf6 27.a3 h6 28.Qf5 Qd7 29.h4 Nc7
30.Qd3 Ncd5 31.Kg2 Qb7 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.Re2 Ne4 34.Ne5 Qc7 35.Qb3 Qb7 36.f3 Nd6
37.Rde1 Re8 38.Qd3 Re6 39.h5 Rce8 40.b3 Qe7 41.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st TCh-CRO 1a 2012"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Ruck,R1"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 Nb6 8.Bxc4 Nxc4
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qxc4 Be7 11.O-O O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Halay,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Bd7 9.Nc3 Be8
10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Nf4 Qe7 12.Qc1 Nbd7 13.a4 Ne4 14.a5 g5 15.Ne2 a6 16.Ne5 Bg6
17.f3 Nef6 18.Kh1 Qg7 19.Qc2 Qh6 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 Rad8 22.Qc3 g4 23.Bb1 gxf3
24.gxf3 Kh8 25.Ra2 Rg8 26.Nd3 Qxe3 27.Ndf4 Qxc3 28.Nxc3 Bf7 29.Re1 Nf8 30.cxd5 cxd5
31.Na4 Nh5 32.Nd3 Nd7 33.Rc2 Rc8 34.Rec1 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 Nhf6 36.Rc7 Bh5 37.Ne1 Nb8
38.Nc5 Nc6 39.Nxe6 Re8 40.Bxf5 Bg6 41.Bh3 Nxa5 42.b4 Nc6 43.Rxb7 Nxd4 44.Nxd4 Rxe1+
45.Kg2 Nh5 46.Kf2 Rh1 47.Ne6 Kg8 48.Ng5 Rxh2+ 49.Ke3 h6 50.Be6+ Kf8 51.Nf7 Nf6
52.Ne5 Bh5 53.Kf4 Re2 54.Kf5 Ne8 55.Nd7+ Ke7 56.Nf6+ Kd6 57.Rd7+ Kc6 58.Bxd5+  1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nguyen Duc Hoa"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Be1 f5 11.Nfd2 Qf6 12.Nc3 Kh8 13.Rac1 Qh6 14.Ndxe4 fxe4 15.Qd2 Qxd2
16.Bxd2 Nf6 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 dxc4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 e5 21.Bc3 exd4 22.Bxd4 Be7
23.Rxc4 Be6 24.Ra4 Rfd8 25.Rd3 a5 26.Bc3 Rf8 27.Rf3 Rfe8 28.Rd3 Bc5+ 29.Kg2 b5
30.Rxa5 Rxa5 31.Bxa5 Bxa2 32.Rd8 Rxd8 33.Bxd8 Bd5 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Kf3 Kg8
36.e4 dxe4+ 37.Kxe4 Bg1 38.h3 Kf7 39.Kd5 Ke8 40.Ba5 Kd7 41.g4 g6 42.Bb4 h5
43.b3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Bf2 45.Bd2 Bb6 46.Bg5 Bf2 47.Ke5 Kc6 48.Kf6 Kc5 49.Bd2 Kd4
50.Kxg6 Kd3 51.Ba5 b4 52.Bxb4 Ke2 53.Kf5 Bh4 54.Bd6 Kf3 55.Be5  1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Pascua,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 c6 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O Qb6 10.a3 e5 11.c5 dxc5 12.b4 Bf5 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.e4 Be6 15.bxc5 b6 16.cxb6 axb6
17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Na4 Qa7 19.Nb2 Nbd7 20.Rfd1 Rec8 21.a4 Bf8 22.Nd3 Qb8 23.Rdc1 Ne8
24.Qd1 c5 25.dxc5 Nxc5 26.Nb2 Nd6 27.Bg4 Qb7 28.Bxe6 Nxe6 29.f3 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 b5
31.Bf2 bxa4 32.Nxa4 Qb5 33.Nc3 Qd3 34.Nf1 Qxd1 35.Rxd1 Ra3 36.Nd5 Nb5 37.Nfe3 Bc5
38.Ng4 Bxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Ra2+ 40.Kf1 Nf4 41.Nxf4 exf4 42.Nxh6+ Kg7 43.Ng4 Na3
44.Kg1 Nc4 45.Rc1 Ra4 46.h4 f5 47.exf5 gxf5 48.Nf2 Kg6 49.Kh2 Ne3 50.Nd3 Kh5
51.Kh3 Rd4 52.Nc5 Rd6 53.g3 fxg3 54.Kxg3 Rd4 55.Ne6 Ra4 56.Nf4+ Kh6 57.Rc6+ Kg7
58.Ne6+ Kg8 59.h5 Nd5 60.Rd6 Nf6 61.Nf4 Kf7 62.Rc6 Ra1 63.Rc7+ Kg8 64.Rc5 Rg1+
65.Kh4  1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gao Rui"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 c6 15.b3 Qc7
16.Bg5 h6 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qc1 a5 19.Bd3 b4 20.cxb4 exd4 21.Bxd4 axb4 22.Qc2 c5
23.Bb2 Bc6 24.Rad1 Qb7 25.Re2 Re6 26.Bc4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Bd5 Re1+ 29.Nxe1 Nxd5
30.Qe4 N7b6 31.Nf5 Qd7 32.Bxg7 Bxg7 33.Qg4 f6 34.Nxh6+ Kf8 35.Nf5 Qf7 36.Nf3 Ne7
37.N3h4 Nbc8 38.Rd3 Nxf5 39.Nxf5 Ne7 40.Nxd6 Qg6 41.Qc4 Bh6 42.Rd1 f5 43.Qxc5 Bf4
44.Qxb4 Bxd6 45.Qe1 Kf7 46.Qe2 Qe6 47.Qf3 Ng6 48.a4 Rb8 49.Qd3 Be7 50.Rb1 Rg8
51.Qf3 Nh4 52.Qh5+ Kf8 53.g3 Qe4 54.Qh6+ Kf7 55.Qh5+ Rg6  0-1

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Xiu Deshun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Ba3 Na5 12.Bb5 b6 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.e4 e6 15.Qe3 Rac8
16.dxc5 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 bxc5 19.h4 Qb6 20.Be2 c4 21.Qf4 e5 22.Qg4 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Bb4 Nc6 25.Bxc4 Bc8 26.Qg3 Qc7 27.Ng5 Nd8 28.Bb3 h6 29.Nxf7 Nxf7
30.Qxg6 Qd7 31.Bd6 Qe8 32.h5  1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 a6 7.Nge2 Be6 8.Nd5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.c3 Ba7 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qe2 h5 13.h4 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 Qg6 17.Qg5 Qh6 18.Bh3 Bxh3 19.Rxh3 Qe6 20.Rh2 f6 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22.g4 Rh6
23.Qf5 Qf7 24.g5 fxg5 25.hxg5 Rh8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.f4 exf4 28.Kf3 Raf8 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7
30.Kxf4 Kg6+ 31.Ke3 Rf7 32.Rg1 Rhf8 33.Rg3 Rf1 34.Rgh3 Rh8 35.Rg2 d5 36.exd5 Rf5
37.Kd4 Rxg5 38.Re2 Rf8 39.Re6+ Rf6 40.Re7 Rg4+ 41.Ke5 Rg5+ 42.Kd4 Rg4+ 43.Ke5 c6
44.Rxb7 Rg5+ 45.Ke4 cxd5+ 46.Kd4 a5 47.b4 axb4 48.cxb4 Rf4+ 49.Kc5 h4 50.a4 Rg3
51.Rh2 Rxd3 52.a5 Ra3 53.Rg2+ Rg3 54.Rh2 Ra3 55.Rg2+ Rg3 56.Ra2 h3 57.a6 Rg2
58.Ra4 h2 59.a7 Rg1 60.a8=Q h1=Q 61.Qa6+ Kh5 62.Qe2+ Kh4 63.Rxg7 Rc1+ 64.Kb5 Ra1
65.Qe7+ Kh3 66.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Wan Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 e5 8.d5 f5 9.Be2 Nf6
10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bh5+ Nxh5 12.Qxh5+ Kf8 13.f4 e4 14.Nge2 Qe8 15.Qh3 Na6 16.O-O Qg6
17.Be3 h5 18.a3 Qg4 19.Qxg4 hxg4 20.b4 Bd7 21.Rac1 Ke7 22.Nd4 Rh6 23.g3 c5
24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Nb3 Nc7 26.Rfd1 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 d5 28.Bc5+ Ke8 29.Na5 dxc4 30.Nxc4 Nd5
31.Rc2 a6 32.Rdc1 Kd8 33.Ne5 Kc7 34.Bd4 Be8 35.Nc4 Kb7 36.Na5+ Kc7 37.Bg7 Re6
38.Be5+ Kb6 39.Nc4+ Ka7 40.Nd6 Ne7 41.Bd4+ Kb8 42.Nxe8 Kb7 43.Ng7 Rg6 44.a4 Rd8
45.Be5 Rg8 46.b5 R6xg7 47.bxc6+ Ka7 48.Bd4+ Ka8 49.Bxg7 Rxg7 50.c7  1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Chatalbashev,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 d4 10.Na4 Bf5 11.b4 d3 12.e3 Nxb4 13.Nd4 Be4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.Rb1 Nxa2
16.Qxd3 Ng5 17.Ba3 a5 18.Nb6 Ra6 19.Rfd1 Nb4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Nc6 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Ra2
23.Qxd8 Bxd8 24.Kg2 bxc6 25.Nd7 Nd2 26.Nxf8 Kxf8 27.Rxb4 Ke7 28.Rd4 Ba5 29.g4 g6
30.g5 Bc3 31.Rh4 Ke6 32.Rc1 Be5 33.Rb4 Kf5 34.Rb7 Ne4 35.Rxf7+ Ke6 36.Rf3 Nxg5
37.Rf8 Ke7 38.Rc8 Ne4 39.Kf3 Nxf2 40.Rf1 Nh3 41.Ke4 Bxh2 42.Rxc6 Rd2 43.Kf3 Ng5+
44.Kg4 Rg2+ 45.Kh4 h5  0-1

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 e6 10.e3 Rc8 11.Bd3 Bb4 12.O-O Nc4 13.Rfc1 O-O 14.Ne5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bb5
16.Qb3 Qb6 17.a4 Nxe5 18.a5 Qd8 19.Bxb5 Ng6 20.Bg3 Ne4 21.Bd3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Rc7
23.c4 dxc4 24.Rxc4 Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Qd6 26.Rb1 Qa3 27.Rxb7 Qxa5 28.Qa6 Qxa6 29.Bxa6 Ra8
30.g4 h6 31.f4 Kf8 32.Kf2 Ne7 33.Kf3 g6 34.g3 Nd5 35.Ke2 Kg8 36.f5 gxf5 37.gxf5 Rc8
38.fxe6 fxe6 39.Bd3 Nf6 40.e4 Rd8 41.e5 Nh5 42.Ke3 Nxg3 43.Rxa7 h5 44.Bh7+ Kf8
45.Bg6 Nf1+ 46.Kd3 Ng3 47.Rf7+ Kg8 48.Rf3 Ra8 49.Kc4 Rc8+ 50.Kb4 Ne2 51.Bf7+ Kh8
52.d5 exd5 53.Bxd5 Nd4 54.Rh3 Kg7 55.Rg3+ Kh6 56.e6 Re8 57.Rc3 Kg5 58.Rc5 Kf4
59.Bc4 h4 60.Kc3 Nxe6 61.Rh5 Kg3 62.Re5 Nc7 63.Rxe8 Nxe8 64.Be6 Ng7 65.Bc8 Nh5
66.Kd3 Kf3 67.Bb7+ Kf2 68.Bc8 h3 69.Bxh3 Nf4+ 70.Kd4 Nxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Aroshidze,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 c6 10.O-O Ng4 11.g3 Nf6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.g4 c5 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.exd4 Nb6
16.Qh4 h6 17.b3 Bd7 18.Kh1 Nh7 19.Qf2 Ng5 20.Kg2 Ne6 21.f4 Bc6 22.g5 Ba3
23.Rcd1 Nc5 24.Bb1 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Be3 Qd6 27.gxh6 Qxh6 28.f5 Qh5 29.d5 Bd7
30.Ng3 Qg4 31.h3 Qh4 32.Rd4 Bc5 33.Rxe4 Bxe3 34.Rxh4 Bxf2 35.Rxf2 Nxd5 36.Nxd5 Bc6
37.Kf1 Bxd5 38.Rg4 Rac8 39.Rd2 Re5 40.Kf2 Rc3 41.Rf4 f6 42.h4 Kf7 43.Re2 Rxg3  0-1

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.b3 a5 6.O-O a4 7.Bb2 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.e3 O-O
10.Ba3 Qc7 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.f4 e6 14.Qd3 b6 15.bxa4 Ba6 16.Qd2 c5
17.Rab1 Rec8 18.Rb3 Ne8 19.a5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 cxd4 21.exd4 bxa5 22.Bc5 Qd7 23.a4 Bc4
24.Rbb1 Rab8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Rc8 28.Bb6 f6 29.exf6 Nxf6
30.Re1 Rc4 31.Bc5 Qc6 32.Nb5 Ne4 33.Qxa5 Nxc5 34.Qd8+ Bf8 35.c3 Nd7 36.Qe8 Nf6
37.Qd8 Ne8 38.Rf1 Qc8 39.Qg5 Qd7 40.Qf4 Bg7  0-1

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Oms Pallisse,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 d6
9.g3 a5 10.Bg2 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.O-O a4 13.Nh4 c6 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Nf5 Rd8 17.Ne3 Ne7 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Bxe5 Ne4 21.Qd4 Ng5 22.h4 Ne6
23.Qd3 Qe8 24.Bc3 Nc5 25.Qd4 f6 26.Nd5 Bh3 27.Rfe1 Qf7 28.Bb4 Ne6 29.Qe3 Ra6
30.f3 h5 31.Qd3 Nc7 32.Nf4 Be6 33.Nxe6 Qxe6 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Qg6 Rxc4 36.Qxh5 Rc2
37.Rd2 Rxd2 38.Bxd2 Rc8 39.Qg6 Nd5 40.Qd3 Nb6 41.Bc3 Nc4 42.e4 Rc6 43.Re2 Rb6
44.g4 Rb3 45.Qd4 b5 46.g5 Ne5 47.Re3 Kf7 48.Qa7+ Qe7 49.Qxe7+ Kxe7 50.gxf6+ gxf6
51.f4 b4 52.fxe5 bxc3 53.exd6+ Kxd6 54.Rxc3 Rxb2+ 55.Kf3 Rb3 56.Re3 Ke5 57.h5 Kd4
58.Rxb3 axb3 59.h6 b2 60.h7 b1=Q 61.h8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qc2 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Be2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.O-O a6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Bf3 Qb6
16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Nxb3 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Nxc6 19.Nc5 b6 20.N5e4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Rfd8
22.Kf1 Kf8 23.Ke2 Ke7 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rc3 Na7 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.Kd3 Nd6
29.Nxd6 Kxd6 30.Kd4 e5+ 31.Kc4 g5 32.g4 Kc6 33.b4 Kd6 34.e4 b5+ 35.Kd3 Kc6
36.Kc3 Kd6 37.Kd3 Kc6 38.Kc3 Kd6 39.Kd3 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Munoz Pantoja,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 Nf6 4.d5 Na5 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bg5 e5 9.b4 cxb4
10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qxb4 Qc7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 Qd8 15.Be2 b6 16.Be3 Nb7
17.Rc6 Nd7 18.h4 Ndc5 19.h5 Bf6 20.g4 Rb8 21.g5 Be7 22.Bd2 Re8 23.Qc4 Na5
24.Bxa5 bxa5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Qc3 Bf8 28.Qh3 Bg7 29.Rxc5 Qxg5
30.Rc7 a6 31.bxa6 Rb1+ 32.Bd1 Qf4 33.Qd3 Rb4 34.Rc4 Bf8 35.Qh3 Bh6 36.Rxb4 Qd2+
37.Kf1 axb4 38.Ba4  1-0

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Fluvia Poyatos,Joa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 c6 10.f3 a5 11.O-O Na6 12.Qe1 Nc7 13.Kh1 Ne6 14.Qf2 c5 15.Nb5 Bf8 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Bc2 b6 18.Bc3 Ba6 19.a4 Ncd7 20.Ned4 Ne5 21.Rfe1 Rc8 22.Rcd1 Rc5 23.h3 Qb8
24.Nf5 g6 25.Qh4 Qd8 26.Nh6+ Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Bxb5 28.axb5 Nh5 29.Rd4 f5 30.e4 f4
31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Bb3 Nf7 33.Bxd5 Qxd5 34.exd5 Rxe1+ 35.Bxe1 Nxh6 36.Bf2 Nf5
37.Bxb6 Nd6 38.Bxa5 Nxb5 39.h4 Kf7 40.Kh2 Kf6 41.Kh3 Kf5 42.Bb4 Nf6 43.d6 h5
44.g3 Ke6 45.gxf4 Nxd6  0-1

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez,Yu"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Nd5 h6 10.Be3 d6 11.a4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bd2 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qf6 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Rxa8 17.Re1 Qf5 18.Re4 Bb6 19.h3 Kf8 20.Rf4 Qg6 21.Qf3 Bc8 22.Re4 Ra1+
23.Kh2 Bf5 24.Re1 Rxe1 25.Bxe1 Qg5 26.Qd1 Qe7 27.Bd2 Bc8 28.Qe1 Qxe1 29.Bxe1 g5
30.Bd2 Kg7 31.f4 g4 32.h4 h5 33.g3 Bf5 34.Kg2 Kf6 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke2 Kd7 37.Be1 Kc8
38.Ba2 Kb7 39.b4 Kc8 40.Bb3 Kb7 41.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Alonso Rosell,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Qd3 b6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bg2 Be7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nb5 Ne8 12.h4 a6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Rac1 Nef6 15.a4 Rc8
16.Rc2 Rc6 17.Rfc1 Qa8 18.Nd2 Nh5 19.Be3 Nhf6 20.Bh3 Rd8 21.Bf4 Nh5 22.Nf3 Nhf6
23.Qe3 Ne4 24.Nd2 Nxc3 25.bxc3 b5 26.Nb3 Nb6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ra1 Na4 29.Nc1 Qc8
30.Nd3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Nxc3 32.Be5 b4 33.g4 Ba6 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Re8 36.g6 Bxd3
37.gxf7+ Kxf7 38.exd3 Bf6 39.Bg4 Re7 40.Bh5+ Kg8 41.Bg6 Bxe5 42.dxe5  1-0

[Event "Casino Barcelona Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sjugirov,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Qa4 O-O
9.Qxc4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bc3 Qe7 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc3 c6 15.Rad1 a5
16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 Be6 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.h3 Re7 20.e4 Rd7 21.f4 Rad8 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Nxd7 24.Kf2 f6 25.Ke3 Kf8 26.Bf1 Ke7 27.a3 b5 28.h4 Kd6 29.b4 axb4
30.axb4 Nb8 31.e5+ fxe5 32.Ne4+ Ke7 33.Nc5 exf4+ 34.Kxf4 Nd7 35.Nxd7 Kxd7
36.Ke5 Bg4 37.Bd3 h6 38.Be4 Bd1 39.Bf5+ Kc7 40.Be4 Bh5 41.Bg2 Bg4 42.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 h5
9.h3 Nf6 10.Na3 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.Ncd4 Nxe4 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Be3 Nd6
16.Qg6 Rf6 17.Qxh5 Nc4 18.Bc1 Rf5 19.Qd1 Re5+ 20.Kf1 Qf8 21.Kg1 Bc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5
23.b3 Nd6 24.Bf4 Rf5 25.Qe1 e5 26.Be3 Qb5 27.Kh2 e4 28.c4 dxc4 29.bxc4 Qxc4
30.Qc1 Qf7 31.Rd1 Ne5 32.Qc2 Nec4 33.Bf4 Re8 34.Rac1 b5 35.Kg1 Rxf4 36.gxf4 Qxf4
37.Qe2 Re5 38.Rc3 Rg5 39.Kh1 Qe5 40.Rb3 c6 41.Rg1 a5 42.Bf1 Rf5 43.Rbg3 Rf7
44.Rg5 Nf5 45.Qc2 Qd5 46.Bg2 Ncd6 47.Rd1 Qc4 48.Qxc4 bxc4 49.Rg6 c3 50.Rc1 Rb7
51.Rxc3 Kf7 52.Rg4 Rb1+ 53.Kh2 Rb2 54.Kg1 Rb1+ 55.Bf1 Ke6 56.Rxc6 e3 57.Rc2 Ke5
58.Kg2 Ne4 59.Bd3 exf2 60.Rxe4+  1-0

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.g3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Nc6 10.e3 Rb8 11.Nd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 b6 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 c5 17.Rac1 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Rfd1 Rbc8 21.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O c6 11.a3 a5 12.Rb1 Na6 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Qf3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxf5
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Bxf5 Ne4 18.Qd1 g6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ernst,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bd6
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bd4+ 13.Kh1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bg4 15.Qe1 Re8
16.e5 c6 17.Be3 Nd5 18.Bd4 Qd7 19.Rf2 Bf5 20.Qe2 Bd3 21.Qh5 Rad8 22.Bh3 Qc7
23.e6 fxe6 24.Re1 Qf7 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qxd8 Rxd8 27.Bxe6 b6 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.Kg2 c5
30.Be5 Bf5 31.h3 h5 32.Kh2 b5 33.Rd2 Bd3 34.Rb2 a6 35.g4 h4 36.Kg2 Re8 37.Kf2 Nb6
38.Rd2 Na4 39.Re3 Re7 40.Kf3 Rd7 41.Kf2 a5 42.Re1 Rb7 43.Ra2 Nb6 44.Kf3 Nd5
45.f5 Re7 46.Raa1 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.cxb4 cxb4 49.Ra5 Nc7 50.Rc5 b3 51.Rxc7 Rxc7
52.Bxc7 b2 53.Be5 b1=Q 54.Rxb1 Bxb1 55.Kf4 g6 56.f6 Bd3 57.Kg5 Bf1 58.Kxh4 Bg2
59.Bc3 Bf1 60.Kg3 Ke6 61.h4 Be2 62.Kf4 Kf7 63.Kg5 Bd1 64.Bb2 Be2 65.Ba1 Bd1
66.h5 gxh5 67.Kxh5 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite Inv"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sadler,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e3 O-O
9.Nge2 Nb6 10.b3 a5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Nf4 Qc7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Nce2 Ra8
16.Rfd1 Bf8 17.c5 dxc5 18.dxc5 Nc8 19.Qd3 Rd8 20.Rc4 b6 21.Nd4 Na7 22.cxb6 Qxb6
23.Qc2 g6 24.Nxc6 Bxc6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Rxc6 Qb4 28.Rc3 Qb7 29.Rd3 Rc8
30.Qd1 Qc6 31.Rd5 Qb6 32.h4 h5 33.Ne2 Qc7 34.Nd4 Bb4 35.Kg2 Qb7 36.Qf3 Qe7
37.Rb5 Bc3 38.Nc6 Qe8 39.Rc5 Bf6 40.Rc4 Ra8 41.e4  1-0

[Event "World Cities Team GpF"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shoker,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Qa4+ Nd7 4.Qxc4 Rb8 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.d4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Ngf6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Qe3+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Bf4 Bd8 13.e4 Nc5 14.Nd2 Ne6 15.Be5 O-O
16.f3 Nh5 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Ne2 Nc5 19.a5 Be6 20.g4 Bxc4  0-1

[Event "World Cities Team GpF"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.23"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 Bxe2
9.Bxe2 e6 10.Rc1 Bd6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.O-O Be7 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.a3 f5
16.Qd2 Rac8 17.Rc3 Nf6 18.f3 e5 19.Rfc1 f4 20.dxe5 fxe3 21.Rxe3 d4 22.Bc4+ Kh8
23.Ree1 Nxe5 24.Qxd4 Nfd7 25.Bd5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nf6 27.Bxb7 Nh5 28.Qc5 Qf6
29.Qxf8+ Qxf8 30.Rc8  1-0

[Event "World Cities Team GpF"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ji Dan"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.d4 Bg4
9.Qb5+ Qxb5 10.Bxb5+ c6 11.Bd3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Bd6 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.c4 Rfd8
16.Rhe1 Nf8 17.Bc3 Re8 18.c5 Bc7 19.Bc4 Nd7 20.d5 Nxc5 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.b4 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Ne6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Rxe6 Bb6 26.Re7 Kf8 27.Rd7 a5 28.bxa5 Bxa5 29.Bxg7+ Ke8
30.Rb7 Bd8 31.Be5 Rxa2 32.Rxh7 Rf2 33.Bxf4 Rxf3 34.Bd6 c5 35.Kc2 c4 36.Bb4 Bf6
37.Rc7 Rf4 38.Be1 Re4 39.Bd2 Rh4 40.h3 Re4 41.Bb4 Bd8 42.Rg7 Re2+ 43.Kd1 Re3
44.Rg4 c3 45.Kc2 Bf6 46.Rc4 Rxh3 47.Bxc3 Rxc3+ 48.Rxc3 Bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team KO"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.Nf3 Nxc5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.b4 Ncd7 13.Qb1 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.O-O Rc8
16.Rc1 h6 17.e4 Nh5 18.Be3 Bd6 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxa4 Qe7 21.b5 Rb8 22.b6 f5
23.Nb2 Nxb6 24.Bxb6 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxf3 26.g3 Rb3 27.Bd4 e5 28.Bc3 Nf6 29.Bd3 Bd5
30.Qc2 Ba3 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.Na4 Rcb8 33.Qe2 Rxb1 34.Bxb1 Bd6 35.Rd1 Kh8 36.Qxa6 Qe6
37.Bc2 Qh3 38.Rxd5 Ng4 39.Rd2 Qxh2+ 40.Kf1 Rf8 41.Ke1 Rxf2 42.Qa8+ Bf8 43.Qxf8+ Rxf8
44.Rxh2 Nxh2 45.Nc5 Nf3+ 46.Ke2 Ng1+ 47.Ke1 Nf3+ 48.Ke2 Ng1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team KO"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.Bd3 Ng7 13.g4 Be6 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.Na4 Nxa4
16.Qxa4 Kb8 17.Rc1 Ne8 18.Rc3 Nd6 19.Rhc1 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Ne5 h5 22.Nxc4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Na5 Ka8 25.Ka1 Be2 26.Qc2 Bf3 27.Rb3 Rd7 28.Nc4 Bd5 29.Rc3 Qe4
30.Qa4 Bxc4 31.Qxc4 Rh1 32.Qc5 a6 33.a3 Rh5 34.Qf8+ Ka7 35.Rc5 Rf5 36.Rxf5 Qxf5
37.Qc5+ Qxc5 38.Rxc5 Rd5 39.Rxd5 cxd5 40.Kb1 Kb6 41.Kc2 g5 42.Kd3 f5 43.b3 Kb5
44.Kc3 Kc6 45.Kb4 b6 46.Kc3 Kd6 47.Kd3 Ke6 48.Ke2 g4 49.f4 Kd6 50.b4 Ke6
51.a4 Kf6 52.Kf2 Kg6 53.Kg2 Kh6 54.b5 axb5 55.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team KO"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kvon,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Nd2 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.e4 O-O 11.Nf1 Ne8 12.Ng3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nxf5 Nxf5 15.O-O Qf6
16.Qb3 Qe7 17.Bd2 g6 18.Rae1 Neg7 19.f4 Rae8 20.Qa4 a6 21.Re2 Qd8 22.fxe5 Rxe5
23.Ref2 h5 24.Qb3 Rf7 25.Qb1 Qd7 26.h3 Re8 27.Bg5 Ref8 28.Kh2 Ne8 29.Qe1 Kg7
30.Qe6 h4 31.Bxh4 Rh8 32.Bg5 Rh5 33.h4  1-0

[Event "World Cities Team KO"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nd7
9.Re1 Nb6 10.Bb3 Kh8 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bg5 13.N2f3 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Nf5 Qf6 17.Ne3 Nd7 18.Qh5 Qg6 19.Qxg6 hxg6 20.Rcd1 a5 21.Nd5 c6 22.Ne7 Nf6
23.f4 Bg4 24.Rd6 exf4 25.e5 Ng8 26.Nxg8 Kxg8 27.Rxg6 Bf5 28.Rg5 Be6 29.Re4 Bxb3
30.axb3 Rad8 31.Rxf4 Rd1+ 32.Rf1 Rd2 33.Rf2 Rd1+ 34.Rf1 Rd2 35.Rf2 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.a3 Bd6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nbd7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.Bf4 e5 13.dxe5 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nxe5 15.Qd1 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 d5 17.Rfd1 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qc8 19.Rac1 Qxc4 20.Rxc4 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.f3 Nd5 23.Bd2 f6 24.Kf2 Kf7 25.g4 Rd7 26.a4 g5 27.Ke2 h6 28.b4 Ne7 29.b5 f5
30.f4 fxg4 31.fxg5 h5 32.Rf4+ Kg7 33.Rf6 Ng6 34.a5 bxa5 35.Ra6 Ne5 36.Bc3 Re7
37.Kf2 h4 38.Rh6 a4 39.Ra6 Kf7 40.Rxa4 Kg6 41.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Bg2 d5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.f3 exf3 11.Bxf3 Qa5 12.Bg2 Bf5 13.O-O Be4 14.Ne3 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rfe8
16.Rf5 Re5 17.Qf1 Rae8 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Qxf6 R8e6 20.Qf3 Ne7 21.Qxb7 Nf5 22.c4 Qc5
23.Qb3 Re4 24.Qd3 Nxe3+ 25.dxe3 Qxc4 26.Qd8+ Kg7 27.Bb2+ f6 28.Rf1 Qc6 29.Kg1 Qd6
30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.Rc1 Rxe3 32.Rxc7+ Kg6 33.Kf2 Ree6 34.Rc2 Rc6 35.Rd2 Red6
36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.a3 a5 38.Bc3 a4 39.Bb4 Rb6 40.Bc5 Rb5 41.Bd6 Rb3 42.h4 Kf5
43.Be7 Kg4 44.Bd6 f5 45.Kg2 h6 46.Kf2 h5 47.Kg2 f4 48.gxf4 Kxh4 49.e4 Kg4
50.f5 Rd3 51.Bb4 h4 52.f6 h3+ 53.Kh2 Rf3 54.e5 Rf2+ 55.Kh1 Kh5 56.Bc5 Rf3
57.Kh2 Kg4 58.Bb4 Rf2+ 59.Kh1 h2 60.f7 Rxf7 61.Kxh2 Rf2+ 62.Kg1 Re2 63.Bd6 Kf3
64.Kf1 Re4 65.Kg1 Re1+ 66.Kh2 Rd1 67.Bb4 Rd4 68.Bd6 Rh4+ 69.Kg1 Rh6 70.Bf8 Rh8
71.Bd6 Rh6 72.Bf8 Rb6 73.Bd6 Rb1+ 74.Kh2 Re1 75.Bc7 Ra1 76.Bd6 Rd1 77.Bb4 Rd4
78.Bd6 Rg4 79.e6 Rg2+ 80.Kh1 Re2 81.e7 Kg4 82.Kg1 Kf5 83.Kf1 Re6 84.Kf2 Kg6
85.Kf3 Kf7 86.Bb4 Ke8 87.Bc5 Kd7 88.Bb4 Rb6 89.Bc5 Rc6 90.Bb4 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qa4 Nd5
9.O-O Na6 10.Qxc4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Rb1 Qxc5 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Qb3 Qa5 15.Qa3 Qc7
16.Bf3 Nc5 17.c4 Bd7 18.Bd2 Rad8 19.Qxa7 Ra8 20.Qb6 Qxb6 21.Rxb6 Rxa2 22.Bb4 Nd3
23.Rxf6 exf6 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Bxb7 Be6 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Ke7 28.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 h6
9.Nc3 b4 10.Nd5 d6 11.a5 O-O 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.c3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Nc5
16.Bc2 b3 17.Bb1 Rb8 18.d4 Nd7 19.Bd3 Kh8 20.Ra3 Nxa5 21.Rxa5 c6 22.c4 cxd5
23.cxd5 Qb6 24.Ra4 Rbe8 25.Rb4 Qa7 26.Rxb3 Bxd5 27.exd5 e4 28.Nh4 exd3 29.Nf5 Rb8
30.Qxd3 Rxb3 31.Qxb3 Nf6 32.Nxh6 Rb8 33.Qa3 Qc7 34.Nf5 Ne4 35.Qd3 Re8 36.Ng3 Nxg3
37.hxg3 a5 38.e4 Rb8 39.Qd2 Rb4 40.Kh2 f6 41.Qe2 Kg8 42.Qg4 Kf8 43.Rf5  1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Nd7
9.e4 c5 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O Nb6 12.Qb3 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 b6 14.d5 e6 15.h3 a5 16.Bg5 f6
17.dxe6 Ba6 18.Qd5 Qxd5 19.exd5 fxg5 20.Rfd1 Bxc3 21.Rac1 Be2 22.Nxg5 Bxd1
23.Rxc3 Rf5 24.Ne4 Kg7  0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.c3 Qe7 12.Na3 Na5 13.Bc2 b4 14.Nb1 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.Nbd2 Ba7
17.Re1 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Qf6 20.Qe2 Rfb8 21.Rab1 Bc8 22.Nf1 Rxb1
23.Rxb1 Rb8 24.Rxb8 Bxb8 25.Ne3 Ba7 26.d4 g4 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.Nh4 c6 29.Ne3 h5
30.Nhf5 Qf6 31.Qd3 Bb6 32.Bb1 Kf8 33.Ba2 Bc7 34.Qb1 Ke8 35.Qb4 d5 36.Bb1 exd4
37.cxd4 dxe4 38.Bxe4 Be6 39.Qc5 Kd7 40.d5 cxd5 41.Nxd5 Bxd5 42.Qxd5+ Kc8
43.Ne3 Qa1+ 44.Kh2 Qxa4 45.Qa8+ Kd7 46.Nd5 Bd8 47.Bf5+ Ke8 48.Qc8  1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Bb1 Nb4 15.Ne5 Nc6
16.Qd3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd3 18.Bxd3 Rfd8 19.Bf1 Nd5 20.Bxe7 Nxe7 21.Nb5 Bd5
22.Nxa7 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Bxa2 24.Rc7 Kf8 25.Rb7 Bd5 26.Rxb6 Ng6 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Nxe5
29.Rc5 Nd7 30.Rc2 Rb8 31.g3 g5 32.Be2 Ke7 33.Kf1 f5 34.Ke1 Nf6 35.Bc4 Ne4
36.Bd3 Nd6 37.Kd2 e5 38.Rc7+ Kf6 39.Kc3 e4 40.Bc4 h5 41.Rc6 Ke7 42.Rc7+ Kf6
43.Rc6 Ke7 44.Rc7+ Kf6 45.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.O-O d5 8.Nxf6+ gxf6
9.d4 e4 10.Nh4 f5 11.g3 Bg7 12.c3 O-O 13.f3 Bd7 14.Bf4 Bxd4+ 15.cxd4 Nxd4
16.Qd2 Nxb5 17.Qxd5+ Rf7 18.Rad1 Re8 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Qxb5 exf3 21.Rxf3 a6
22.Qb3 Qc5+ 23.Be3 Qb5 24.Qxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.h3 a5
9.g4 c6 10.Bg2 Na6 11.b3 Nc7 12.Ra2 Nfe8 13.O-O f5 14.Ng3 Nd6 15.f3 Bh4 16.Nh5 Ne6
17.Ne2 Qe8 18.a4 g6 19.Ba3 Qe7 20.Nhg3 Ng5 21.Qc1 Bd7 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Nh5 Kh8
24.Nef4 Be8 25.Kh2 Rg8 26.e4 Bxh5 27.Nxh5 Ne6 28.exd5 cxd5 29.Re2 Qd7 30.Qe3 Ng7
31.Nf4 Nf7 32.Qc3 Rgc8 33.Qd2 Bg5 34.h4 Bxh4 35.Bh3 Bg5 36.Rg1 Qc7 37.Rxg5 Nxg5
38.Kg2 Qc6 39.Nd3 Qh6  0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Bh4 Nc6 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.Re1 Nh5
16.Qc2 g6 17.Rxe6 Nf4 18.Rxe7 Nxe7 19.Qd2 g5 20.Ne5 Neg6 21.Nxg6 fxg6 22.Bg3 Nxg2
23.Qc2 Qf6 24.Be5 Qf7 25.a3 Nh4 26.Ba2 Qxa2  0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nc3 d6
9.a3 h6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Ba2 Rb8 12.Ne2 Bc8 13.Ng3 Bb6 14.c3 Re8 15.d4 Bg4 16.Qd3 Bxf3
17.gxf3 Ne7 18.Kh1 Qd7 19.f4 Qh3 20.f3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ng6 22.Be3 c5 23.Rf2 Nh5
24.Rg1 c4 25.Qd2 Bd8 26.Nxh5 Qxh5 27.Bb1 Bh4 28.Rff1 d5 29.e5 Rb6 30.f4 f5
31.Qg2 Rd8 32.Bc2  1-0

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Nc6 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.O-O Rfd8 14.a4 Qe7 15.Qb1 Rab8
16.Qe4 cxd4 17.exd4 Qf6 18.Bd3 g6 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.c4 Nf5 21.d5 exd5 22.cxd5 Re8
23.Ne5 Qd6 24.f4 f6 25.Kh1 h5 26.Qe2 Rbd8 27.Bc4 Re7 28.Qb2 Rde8 29.Nf3 Rxe1+
30.Nxe1 Qxf4 31.Bd3 Qe3 32.h3 Ng3+ 33.Kh2 Qf4 34.Kg1 h4 35.Qf2 Qxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Ne4+
37.Kg1 g5 38.a5 Nd6 39.Nf3 Rc8 40.a6 b6 41.Re1 Kf7 42.Rf1 Ke7 43.Re1+ Kd8
44.Bh7 Rc4 45.Bg8 Ra4 46.Be6 Rxa6 47.Nh2 b5 48.Ng4 Ne8 49.Nh6 Bxe6 50.dxe6 Ng7
51.e7+ Ke8 52.Ng8 f5  0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 11.Nxe6+ fxe6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Bb4 14.O-O-O+ Kc7
15.Rhe1 Nd5 16.Kc2 Rhf8 17.Bh4 e3 18.Bg3+ Kb7 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Rd3 Ba5 21.a3 c5
22.e4 c4 23.Rdd1 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Kc6 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Rd1 Be7 27.a4 Bc5 28.Rd2 g5
29.h3 h5 30.Be5 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Bd4 Rf4 33.Bxc5 Kxc5 34.Rd7 Rxe4 35.Kd2 a6
36.g3 Re5 37.Rg7 Rd5+ 38.Kc2 Rh5 39.Kd2 Rd5+ 40.Kc2 Rf5 41.Rxg4 Rf2+ 42.Kc1 e5
43.Rg6 Kd5 44.Rxa6 Ke4 45.Rd6 Ra2 46.g4 Rxa4 47.g5 Ra2 48.g6 Rg2 49.Re6 Kf4
50.Kd1 e4 51.Rf6+ Ke3 52.Rd6 Rg1+ 53.Kc2 Kf3 54.Rf6+ Ke2 55.Re6 e3 56.Rf6 Ke1
57.Re6 Kf2 58.Rf6+ Ke2 59.Rd6 Kf3 60.Rf6+ Ke4 61.Re6+ Kf4 62.Kb2 Kf3 63.Rf6+ Ke4
64.Re6+ Kd3 65.Rd6+ Ke2 66.Kc2 Kf2 67.Rf6+ Ke1 68.Re6 e2 69.Rf6 Rg2 70.Kc1 Rf2
71.Re6 Rg2 72.Rf6 Rg1 73.Kc2 Rg3 74.Re6 Kf2 75.Rf6+ Rf3 76.Rxf3+ Kxf3 77.g7 e1=Q
78.g8=Q Qe2+ 79.Kc1 Qe3+ 80.Kc2 Qd3+ 81.Kc1 Qxc3+ 82.Kd1 Qd3+ 83.Kc1 Qf1+
84.Kc2 Qg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-BEL 2012-13"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Houriez,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Ng3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Re8 10.b4 Bb7 11.O-O a6 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.a4 Ra7 15.b5 g6 16.Ng3 axb5
17.Nxb5 Ra8 18.Bb2 c6 19.Nc3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Rfe1 h5 22.h3 Bg7 23.Rad1 Qa8
24.Nge2 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Nc3 Re8 27.e4 Ra5 28.exd5 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 cxd5
30.Nb5 Bf8 31.Ra1 Qb7 32.Rc1 Nf6 33.Ba3 Qd7 34.Bxf8 Kxf8 35.Rc7 Qd8 36.Qc2 Kg7
37.Rb7 Ne4 38.Nc7 Qd7 39.Rb8 Qxa4 40.Ne8+ Kh7 41.Qc7 Ra7 42.Qe5 f5 43.Nc7  1-0

[Event "TCh-BEL 2012-13"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Goloshchapov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c5 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O Be6 12.Qa4 Qe8 13.Qc2 g6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bh6 c4
16.Qc3 f6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc2 Bd6 19.Ba4 Be5 20.Qd2 Qd7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rad1 Rd8
23.Ne2 Qc7 24.h4 Ne7 25.Nd4 f5 26.b3 a6 27.Qc2 f4 28.exf4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Nf5
30.Rdd1 c3 31.Rfe1 d4 32.g3 Bd5 33.Qd3 Ba8 34.Re6 Qc5 35.Re5 Qb6 36.Qc4+ Kg7
37.Re6 Qb7 38.Bc6 Qc7 39.Rd3 Kh6 40.Bxa8 Qxc4 41.bxc4 Ne3 42.Rexe3 dxe3 43.Rxc3 e2
44.Re3 Rd1+ 45.Kg2 e1=Q 46.Rxe1 Rxe1 47.Bb7 a5 48.a4 Kg7 49.Ba6 Kf6 50.g4 Ke6
51.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Haraldsson,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne2 Nbd7
9.c4 Ne4 10.h3 Qe8 11.Bh2 g5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qg6 14.f3 Nf6 15.Qc2 Qh6
16.Rae1 Bd7 17.Nc3 Rae8 18.a3 Rf7 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.e4 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 f4 22.b4 Qf8
23.Bc4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.d5 Qg7 26.e5 Rf7 27.d6 h5 28.Re4 Kh7 29.a4 a6
30.Be2 Kh6 31.Qc5 Rf5 32.Re1 Rg8 33.Bd1 Be8 34.Qd4 Qd7 35.Qc4 Rff8 36.Bb3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Jayakumar,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Qb6 12.b3 c5 13.Nc3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 a6 15.Rac1 Rb8
16.Rfd1 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 e5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 g6 21.Rc7 Rd8 22.Rdc1 b5
23.e3 Bd7 24.R1c5 Ng4 25.Bb7 a5 26.Kg2 Nf6 27.Bc6 a4 28.Bxd7 axb3 29.axb3 Rxd7
30.Rxd7 Nxd7 31.Rxb5 Ra8 32.b4 Ra2 33.Ra5 Rb2 34.b5 Ne5 35.Ra3 Kf8 36.Kg3 Ke7
37.Ra7+ Kd6 38.h4 h5 39.f3 Rb1 40.Kf4 f6 41.Ra6+ Ke7 42.Ke4 Nc4 43.Re6+ Kf7
44.Kd5 Ne5 45.Ra6 Nxf3 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Nxf3 Rxb5+ 48.Ke6 Rb6+ 49.Ke7 Kg7 50.e4 Kh6
51.Rd7 Rb3 52.Nd4 Re3 53.Kxf6 Rxe4 54.Ne6 Rxh4 55.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.21"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Jonsson,Ol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Ng3 Re8 10.Nf5 Bf8 11.Qf3 Qa5 12.O-O b6 13.a3 b5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Re6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nh6+ gxh6 18.Nxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qxf6 Be6 20.Qf3 Bd5 21.Qf5 Bg7
22.Qxh7+ Kf8 23.Be4 Rd8 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rad1  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Ptacnikova,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 h5 3.h4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Na4 Bg4 7.Bg2 e4 8.Ng5 Nd4
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Ngxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c6 12.d3 O-O 13.O-O f5 14.Bg2 f4 15.Bxf4 Rxf4
16.gxf4 Qxh4 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Rae1 Bh3 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.Ne4 Nf5 21.e3 Bb4 22.Qe2 Nh4
23.f3 Bxe1  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e3 Qe7 8.Rd1 Rd8
9.Qc2 a6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.h3 Nc6 12.a3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.Be2 Rd6
16.Qc5 Qd7 17.Nf1 Bg6 18.Ng3 f5 19.O-O Rf8 20.Rc1 f4 21.exf4 Rxd4 22.Bc4+ Bf7
23.Bxa6 Nd8 24.Be2 Ne6 25.Qe5 c6 26.Rfd1 Rd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Nxe4 Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Bg6
30.Nc3 Rxf4 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Rd1 Bf7 33.Bf3 Rf5 34.Kf1 g5 35.Rc1 Rf6 36.Rc8+ Kg7
37.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Kveinys,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Na6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nd5 e6
9.Nf4 O-O 10.h4 d5 11.Ng5 Re8 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Qa4 h6 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Rad1 Nxe3
16.fxe3 Qd6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Nc5
22.Qc2 Ne6 23.Bxa8 Qxe3+ 24.Kg2 Rxa8 25.Nd5 Qe5 26.Ne7+ Kg7 27.Nc6 Qd5+ 28.Kh2 Re8
29.Qc3+ Kg8 30.Rd1  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Dziuba,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.Nbc3 Qd7
9.Ne4 Bd5 10.O-O e6 11.a3 Be7 12.Qc2 a5 13.Be3 a4 14.Rac1 Bb3 15.Qb1 h6 16.Bb5 O-O
17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 Nd5 19.Bd2 Nde7 20.Qe4 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Nf5 22.Be3 Kf8 23.Nf4 g6
24.Ne2 Kg7 25.Ng3 Qe7 26.Nxf5+ exf5 27.Qf4 g5 28.Qxf5 Nxd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.Rc3 Rf4
31.Qd7 Qxe5 32.Re3 Qf5 33.Re7 Qxd7 34.Rxd7 c6 35.Bd3 b5 36.Rc1 Re8 37.f3 Rf6
38.h3 Be6 39.Rd4 Bb3 40.Be4 Bc4 41.Rd7 Rfe6 42.Rc2 c5 43.Rc7 Re5 44.Rd2 R8e7
45.Rdd7 Rxd7 46.Rxd7 Kf8 47.g4 Ke8 48.Rc7 Kd8 49.Rb7 Re7 50.Rb8+ Kc7 51.Rb7+ Kd6
52.Rb6+ Ke5 53.Kf2 Re6 54.Rb8 Kf4 55.Rd8 Rb6 56.Rd2 Ke5 57.Rd1 Rd6 58.Rxd6 Kxd6
59.Ke3 b4 60.Bf5 Bf1 61.Bc2 b3 62.Bh7 Ke5 63.Be4 Bb5 64.Bb7 c4 65.Be4 Bd7
66.Bh7 f5 67.Kd2 fxg4 68.fxg4 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.26"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Guramishvili,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Na6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 d5 11.Bh6 dxc4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qc3 Qd5 14.Rfc1 Rfd8 15.Qa3 Nb8
16.Qxe7 Nc6 17.Qh4 h6 18.b3 cxb3 19.axb3 Rd6 20.g4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxg2 22.Ra4 Qe5
23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.hxg3 Be4 25.f3 Rad8 26.e3 c5 27.fxe4 cxd4 28.e5 Rd5 29.exd4 R8d7
30.Kf2 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.Rc7 Re4 33.Re7 Kf8 34.Rxa7 Rxg4 35.Ra8+ Ke7 36.Rc8 Rb4
37.Rc3 Ke6 38.Re3 Rb5 39.Kf3 Rxe5 40.Rc3 Rc5 41.Rd3 h5  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.c4 Qd6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bb2 Be4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.d5 Nc5
16.Nd4 Nbd7 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Nb5 Qb8 19.d6 e5 20.Nc7 Rd8 21.f4 e4 22.Qg4 f6
23.Rad1 Rf7 24.Rd5 Nf8 25.f5 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Qxc7 27.Rd2 Nfd7 28.Qg3 Qxg3 29.hxg3 Re7
30.Rd5 Kf7 31.Kf1 Nd3 32.Rb1 h5 33.Ke2 h4 34.Bd4 hxg3 35.Ke3 g5 36.fxg6+ Kxg6
37.Rf1 N3e5 38.Kxe4 Nxc4+ 39.Kf4 Kf7 40.a4 Ke6 41.Rh5 Nde5 42.Kxg3 Rd7 43.Rf4 Rf7
44.Kh3 Ng6 45.Rf1 Ne7 46.Re1+ Kd7 47.g4 Nd6 48.Rf1 Ne4 49.Rf4  1-0

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ivana Maria,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 c5 5.dxc5 bxc5 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 O-O 12.Rb1 Nc6 13.b3 d6 14.Bb2 Qd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.e3 Qb7 17.Kg1 Ne5 18.f4 Nd7 19.Qf3 Qxf3 20.Nxf3 a5 21.a4 Rab8 22.Nd2 Rb6
23.Rb2 Rfb8 24.Kf2 f5 25.Ke2 Rb4 26.Rbb1 Nf6 27.Kd3 e5 28.h3 e4+ 29.Ke2 h5
30.h4 Kf7 31.Rbc1 Ke6 32.Rc3 Kd7 33.Rfc1 Kc6 34.R3c2 Rxb3 35.Nxb3 Rxb3 36.Rd1 Rb4
37.Ra1 Nd7 38.Ra3 Nb6 39.Rac3 Rxa4 40.Kd2 Rb4 41.Kc1 Kb7 42.Kd2 Na4 43.Ra3 Nb2
44.Rac3 Nd3 45.Ra3 Nb2 46.Rac3 Ka6 47.Kc1 Nd3+ 48.Kd2 Rb1 49.Ra3 Nb4 50.Rc1 Rb2+
51.Kd1 Rg2 52.Rca1 Nc6 53.R1a2 Rg1+ 54.Ke2 Kb6 55.Rd2 Kc7 56.Kf2 Rc1 57.Ra4 Rb1
58.Ke2 Rh1 59.Kf2 Kd7 60.Kg2 Rb1 61.Kf2 Kc7 62.Ke2 Rb3 63.Kf2 Rb4 64.Rda2 Rb8
65.Rd2 Rd8 66.Ra1 Ra8 67.Rad1 Nb4 68.Rxd6 Nd3+ 69.R6xd3 exd3 70.Rxd3 a4 71.Rd1 a3
72.Ra1 a2 73.e4 fxe4 74.Ke3 Ra4 75.Kxe4 Rxc4+ 76.Ke5 Ra4 77.Kf6 Ra6+ 78.Kg5 c4
79.f5 gxf5 80.Kxh5 c3 81.Kg5 c2 82.h5 Rb6 83.Rc1 Kd7 84.h6 Rb1 85.Rxc2 a1=Q
86.Kxf5 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Nezad,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.f4 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7
10.e4 Bb4 11.Be3 O-O 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.g4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 c5
17.Bf2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Nc5 19.g5 Nfxe4 20.Ng4 Rad8 21.Rde1 Re7 22.Nf6+ Nxf6
23.gxf6 Red7 24.Qg4 g6 25.Re5 Rxd4 26.cxd4 Rxd4 27.Qg5 Nd7 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.Ree1 Qb6
30.Kh1 Qc6+ 31.Kg1 Rd2 32.f5 Qc5+ 33.Re3 Nxf6 34.h4 exf5 35.Kh1 Qd5+  0-1

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Schmidt,Jad"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 a6 6.Be3 Nfd7 7.Qd2 h5 8.Bd3 c5 9.d5 Ne5
10.Be2 Nbd7 11.h3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Nb6 14.Qc2 Ba6 15.a4 O-O 16.f4 Nec4
17.Bxc4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Qa5+ 19.Bd2 Bxb5 20.Bxa5 Bxc4 21.Bc3 f5 22.e5 Bxd5 23.Nf3 Bh6
24.O-O Bxf4 25.Nh4 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Bf7 27.exd6 exd6 28.Bf6 d5 29.Nf3 Be8 30.Bg5 f4
31.a5 Bb5 32.Rfd1 Rf5 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Be2 35.gxf5 Bxf3+ 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.f6+ Kf7
38.Bh4 Rh8 39.Kh3 g5 40.a6 Rxh4+  0-1

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Visweswaran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Qc1 O-O 8.Nf3 Ne4
9.O-O b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nd3 Na6 13.b3 Ba3 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.e3 Nb4
16.Nxb4 Bxb4 17.Ne2 c5 18.a3 Ba5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Be5 Rfd8 21.Nf4 d4 22.exd4 cxd4
23.Nd3 Bc3 24.Ra2 Ng5 25.f4 Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Be4 27.Qe2 Qb7 28.b4 Rxc4 29.Rf1 Nxe5
30.fxe5 Rcc8 31.Qd1 Qd5 32.Re2 a5 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.Rf4 Qa2 35.Bxe4 Qa1 36.Qxa1 Bxa1
37.bxa5 Rc3 38.a4 Ra3 39.a6 Rxa4 40.Nc5 Ra2 41.Nxe6 Rc8 42.Nc7 g5 43.Bd5+ Kh8
44.Bxa2 Rxc7 45.Rf8+ Kg7 46.Rf7+ Rxf7 47.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Vishnu,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O dxe4
9.Nxe4 O-O 10.Bf4 Re8 11.a3 Nxe4 12.axb4 Qf6 13.Qf3 Ng5 14.Qg3 Ne6 15.Bd2 Bd7
16.Rfe1 Ne7 17.Bc3 Qf4 18.Nc5 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Nxc5 20.bxc5 a6 21.Be5 Rac8 22.Rad1 Nc6
23.Bc3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 f6 25.f3 Be8 26.Be4 Rd8 27.Kf2 h6 28.Re2 Kf8 29.Bxc6 Bxc6
30.Rd2 Rxd2+ 31.Bxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.Nf3 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe1 Re8 13.a3 b4 14.axb4 cxb4 15.Na4 a5
16.f5 Ba6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bxa6 Nxa6 19.Be3 Rxe4 20.Nd2 Re8 21.Qg3 Rc8 22.Qxd6 Nc7
23.Nc4 Nb5 24.Qa6 Rxc4 25.Qxb5 Rce4 26.Bf4 gxf5 27.d6 Rd4 28.Rad1 Ree4 29.Rxd4 Rxd4
30.Nc5 Qb6 31.Qxd7 Qxc5 32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.Be3 Qd5 34.Qc8+ Kf7 35.Qc7+ Kg6 36.Bxd4 Qxd4+
37.Kh1 Bf8 38.d7 Be7 39.Qc8  1-0

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Oleksienko,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Be2 Qxf3 8.Bxf3 Ne7
9.O-O d6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.b3 Bd4 12.Bb2 f6 13.Rad1 Be5 14.h4 Ba6 15.Rfe1 c5
16.Ba1 Rab8 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Nd5 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Nd4 22.Rd2 Rbe8
23.Nxc7 Ne2+ 24.Kf1 Ng3+ 25.Kg1 Ne2+ 26.Kf1 Ng3+ 27.Kg1 Ne2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Shoker,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.a4 Nb6 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Ra3 Qa6 15.Nb5 Ne8
16.Re1 Qb7 17.b3 h6 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nc4 Nd7 20.exf5 Qxd5+ 21.Qe4 Qxe4+ 22.Rxe4 Bf6
23.Ne3 Ne5 24.Bb2 g5 25.Nd5 Rf7 26.a5 Nc6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Nxf6+ Rxf6 29.a6 d5
30.Re6 d4 31.Rxf6 exf6 32.a7 d3 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Ke1 Ke7 35.Kd2 c4 36.bxc4 Ne5
37.Ra4 Kd7 38.f4 gxf4 39.gxf4 Nf3+ 40.Kxd3 Nxh2 41.Ra6 Ng4 42.c5 h5 43.c6+ Kc8
44.Rb6 h4 45.Rb7  1-0

[Event "15th Dubai Open 2013"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2013.04.15"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Qe7
9.a4 Nf6 10.f3 Nc6 11.Bd3 e5 12.Ne2 e4 13.Bc2 dxc4 14.Ba3 b6 15.fxe4 fxe4
16.O-O O-O 17.Rad1 Bg4 18.Rxf6 Bxe2 19.Rxc6 Qf7 20.h3 Bxd1 21.Bxe4 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.dxc5 Bxa4 24.c6 Qe6 25.Qf4 Bxc6 26.Bf5 Qd5 27.e4 Qd1+ 28.Kh2 Bd7 29.e5 Qd5
30.Be4 Qe6 31.Bd6 a5 32.Qf3 Kh8 33.g4 a4 34.Bb7 Re8 35.Bd5 Qg6 36.Bf7 Qc2+
37.Kg3 Rc8 38.Bxc4 Be6 39.Bd3 Qxc3 40.Qe4 Bg8 41.e6 Qf6 42.Bc4 b5 43.Bd5 Bxe6
44.Be5 Bxd5 45.Qxd5 Qe7 46.h4 b4 47.g5 Re8  0-1

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Rosenkilde,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Nh3 c5 12.e4 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.d5 Bf8 15.Bg5 Qc8
16.Rae1 Bg7 17.f4 Na6 18.exf5 exf5 19.Be7 Nc7 20.Ng5 Ne6 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Qxf5 Nxg5
23.fxg5 Kh8 24.g6 d6 25.Qh5 h6 26.Bf6 Rxe1 27.Qxh6+  1-0

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Satyapragyan,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nbd2 Nh7 8.Nc4 Qf6
9.Ne3 Ne7 10.Qe2 c6 11.h4 a5 12.Bd2 a4 13.Bc2 Bb6 14.a3 Ng6 15.g3 Be6 16.Nh2 Bc5
17.Nhg4 Qe7 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nf8 21.d4 exd4 22.Nxf6+ gxf6
23.Qg4 h5 24.Qf4 dxc3 25.Bxc3 Nd7 26.Rhe1 Ne5 27.Qd2 Rg8 28.f4 Rxg3 29.fxe5 fxe5
30.Bb4 Bxb4 31.Qxb4 Rd8 32.Rg1 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 b5 34.Be4 Kf8 35.Rg5 Qa7 36.Qd2 Qc5+
37.Bc2 Ke7 38.Kb1 Rh8 39.Rg7 Qc4 40.f6+ Kxf6 41.Qg5+ Ke6 42.Qf5+ Ke7 43.Qg5+ Ke6
44.Qf5+ Ke7 45.Qg5+ Ke6 46.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 c5 8.c4 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.O-O Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Re1 Qb4 14.Qc2 Qb6 15.a3 a5
16.c5 Qc7 17.Bb5 Na7 18.a4 Bd7 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.Ne5 Re7 21.f3 Nf6 22.Nc3 Nc6
23.Nb5 Qd8 24.Nd3 Ra6 25.Re3 Qb8 26.Rce1 Nd8 27.Nd6 g6 28.Qf2 Ne8 29.Qh4 Kf8
30.Nb5 Qc8 31.Nc3 Rd7 32.Ne5 Rg7 33.Nxd5 g5 34.Qh5 exd5 35.Nd7+ Rxd7 36.Qxe8+ Kg7
37.Re7+ Rxe7 38.Rxe7+  1-0

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pavlovic,Milos"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Bb3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 c6
9.Nc4 Bc7 10.Bg5 Ng6 11.Nh4 Nf4 12.d4 O-O 13.Re1 Ne6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nf3 Nf4
16.Ne3 Re8 17.Bc2 Bb6 18.g3 Nh3+ 19.Kg2 g6 20.Re2 h5 21.Rd2 Kg7 22.a4 a5
23.Qe2 Bg4 24.Rad1 Bxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 26.Kxf3 Ng5+ 27.Kg2 exd4 28.Nc4 Bc5
29.cxd4 Bb4 30.Rd3 Nxe4 31.d5 Bc5 32.Rf1 cxd5 33.Rxd5 Nf6 34.Rdd1 d5 35.Nd2 Bd4
36.Nf3 Bxb2 37.Rb1 Ba3 38.Rxb7 Reb8 39.Rfb1 Bb4 40.Rxb8 Rxb8 41.Bb3 Ne4 42.Rd1 Bc5
43.Bxd5 Nxf2 44.Rd2 Ng4  0-1

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Danin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Bb5 e6 8.Rc1 Nd7
9.Nf3 Rc8 10.O-O Be7 11.Na4 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.dxc5 h4 15.Bd6 Bxd6
16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Nxg5 Qe5 18.Qa4 Qxb2 19.Bxc6+ bxc6 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Qxc6+ Kf8
22.Qd7 Qf6 23.f4 h3 24.Rc1 Kg7 25.gxh3 Bxh3 26.Qb7 Kg6 27.Kf2 Bg4 28.Kg3 Bh5
29.Qxa7 Kh6 30.a4 Rg8 31.Kh4 Rxg5  0-1

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Roy Chowdhury,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Bb3 h6
9.Nf1 Ng6 10.Ng3 O-O 11.O-O d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 c6 15.Re1 Ndf4
16.Bxf4 Nxf4 17.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sharma,Di"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Be3 e5 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 f6 11.Bd2 Nh6 12.Re1 Nf7 13.Rc1 c6 14.d5 c5 15.Nb5 Qe7 16.Nh2 Bh6
17.Bg4 Bf4 18.a3 Bd7 19.Rc3 Bxb5 20.cxb5 Nc7 21.a4 b6 22.Nf1 a6 23.bxa6 Rxa6
24.Be2 Ra7 25.Ne3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Qd7 27.b3 b5 28.axb5 Nxb5 29.b4 cxb4 30.Rb3 Nd4
31.Rxb4 Nxe2+ 32.Qxe2 Rb7 33.Reb1 Rfb8 34.Qa6 Rxb4 35.Rxb4 Rxb4 36.Bxb4 Qc7
37.Qc6 Qb8 38.Qc4 Kg7 39.g3 Qd8 40.Kg2 Qb6 41.h4 Qa7 42.Bd2 Qb6 43.Qc2 h5
44.Be3 Qb4 45.f3 Qb5 46.Bf2 Qa6 47.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4 9.Bg5 h6
10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Qc1 Kg7 14.Nc7 Ra7 15.Ne1 f5 16.Nd3 Be7
17.Qc3 Nf6 18.Rfc1 Bd7 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.e3 Bc6 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Naik,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Nh5 6.Bg5 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Ne5 cxd4 11.Bxh5 Bxe5 12.exd4 Bxd4 13.Bg3 Be6 14.Nb5 Bb6 15.Qe2 Qd7
16.c4 O-O 17.Rfd1 d4 18.h4 Bf5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Qd2 f6 21.b4 a6 22.Na3 e5
23.c5 Bc7 24.Be2 Qh7 25.Nc4 Kg7 26.f3 Rh8 27.Nd6 Bxd6 28.cxd6 Rad8 29.a4 d3
30.Bf1 Rxd6 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Nd4 33.Rac1 Rd7 34.Qe3 Nc2 35.Qc5 Nd4 36.Qc4 e4
37.fxe4 Bxe4 38.Rd2 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013"]
[Site "Koge DEN"]
[Date "2013.04.27"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.g3 cxd4 4.Bg2 Qa5+ 5.Kf1 Nf6 6.Nxd4 e6 7.Nb3 Qa6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.a4 Bd7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Kg1 Rc8 12.e3 Qb6 13.g4 Qd8 14.Bg3 Nc6 15.h4 Nb4 16.Qe2 Qb6
17.g5 Ne8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.a5 Qa6 21.Qxa6 Nxa6 22.Nxe4 Bc6 23.Kh2 Rxd1
24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Nd4 Bd5 26.c3 Nac7 27.b4 Kf8 28.Rb1 Nd6 29.Nc5 b6 30.axb6 axb6
31.Bxd5 bxc5 32.Nc6 Rd7 33.bxc5 exd5 34.Nxe7 Nde8 35.Nf5 Ne6 36.Nd6 Rd8 37.Rb5 g6
38.Kg2 Ra8 39.Be5 Rd8 40.f4 Ra8 41.Kf3 Rd8 42.Ra5 Kg8 43.Ke3 Kf8 44.Kf3 Kg8
45.Nxe8 Rxe8 46.Ke3 Rc8 47.Bd6 Kg7 48.Kd3 h6 49.c4 dxc4+ 50.Kxc4 hxg5 51.hxg5 Nd8
52.Kd5 Nc6 53.Rb5 Nd8 54.Rb8  1-0

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Molinaroli,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 6.h4 Nf6 7.h5 Rg8 8.hxg6 hxg6
9.f3 Qa5 10.Qc2 d6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.e3 b5 13.cxb5 Bb7 14.e4 fxe4 15.fxe4 O-O-O
16.Bd2 Rde8 17.c4 Qa3 18.Rh3  1-0

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ernst,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O dxc4 8.e3 Rb8
9.Qe2 b5 10.a4 Ba6 11.axb5 Bxb5 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Na3 Ba6 14.Rfc1 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Qe7 18.Rca1 Bb5 19.Nd2 a4 20.Nxc4 Bxc4 21.Bxc6 Rb6 22.Qxa4 Ra6
23.Qxa6 Bxa6 24.Rxa6 g6 25.Rb1 h5 26.Rb5 h4 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Be4 Rh8 29.Ra7 h3+
30.Kf1 Rc8 31.Rc5 Qd6 32.Rc6 Qd8 33.Ke1 g5 34.Rc5 c6 35.Raa5 g4 36.Ra1 Rb8
37.Kf1 Rb6 38.Kg1 Kh6 39.Rxc6 Rxc6 40.Bxc6 Qb6 41.Bh1 Qb2 42.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Voss,Gun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bh2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Kb1 Rac8
16.Rc1 b5 17.Ng5 a6 18.Ne2 Rc7 19.g4 Rec8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.g5 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Nc3 e5 24.Nxe4 Qd5 25.Rhd1 exd4 26.Rxd4 Qe6 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.axb3 Ne5 29.f4 Nf3
30.Rd3 c5 31.Rcd1 c4 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Rd8+ Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kf7 35.Kc2 Re7 36.Nd6+ Kg6
37.Nxc4 Kh5 38.Rh8 g6 39.Ra8  1-0

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Van Foreest,Lucas"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a3 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.h3 Rd8 13.e4 Nh5 14.Be3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4
16.b4 Be7 17.Rac1 O-O 18.Rfe1 Bd6 19.a4 Ne5 20.axb5 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 f5
23.Qh5 Bg3 24.Nd5 exd5 25.Be2 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hovhanisian,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Ne5 e6 8.e3 Bd6
9.Bg3 Qc7 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Bh4 Qb6 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.O-O Bb4 15.Rfc1 Qa5
16.Qf3 Be7 17.a3 O-O 18.b4 Qd8 19.Bg3 Bc6 20.Be5 Bd6 21.Qf4 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nd7
23.Qd4 f6 24.exf6 e5 25.Qh4 Nxf6 26.Bf5 Bd7 27.Bd3 Bc6 28.Rd1 Qe8 29.Rac1 Kh8
30.h3 Qf7 31.a4 d4 32.exd4 g5 33.Qg3 exd4 34.Ne2 Bxa4 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Rd2 Qd5
37.Bb1 Qb3 38.Bd3 Qd5 39.f3 Re8 40.h4 gxh4 41.Qxh4 Qe5 42.Ng3 Qe3+ 43.Kh1 Rf8
44.Nf1 Qe5 45.Re2 Qh5 46.Qxh5 Nxh5 47.Re7 Nf4 48.Be4 Bb5 49.Nd2 d3 50.Rxh7+ Kg8
51.Rh4 Ne2 52.Bxb7 Rb8 53.Bd5+ Kg7 54.Ne4 Rd8 55.Rg4+ Kh6 56.Be6 d2 57.Rh4+ Kg6
58.Rg4+ Kh6 59.Rh4+ Kg6 60.Rg4+ Kh5 61.Bb3 d1=Q+ 62.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 63.Kh2 Kh6
64.Rg8 Bc6 65.Nf6 Rd6 66.Ng4+ Kh7 67.Rg5 Bd7 68.Rh5+ Kg7 69.Rg5+ Kf8 70.Re5 Bxg4
71.Rxe2 Be6 72.g4 Kf7 73.Re4 Rc6 74.Kg3 Rc4 75.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Hausrath,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.c4 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Ndf3 Ne4 12.Be3 cxd4 13.Nxc6 dxe3 14.Nxd8 exf2+
15.Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 16.Qxe1 Raxd8 17.Nd4 Bg6 18.Bf3 Bg5 19.Kg2 Be3 20.Nc2 Bb6
21.Nb4 Rfe8 22.Rd1 Ng5 23.Qf1 Nxf3 24.exf3 d4 25.Qb5 f6 26.Nd3 Re2+ 27.Kg1 Bf7
28.a4 Rd5 29.Qb4 Re3 30.Nf4 Rc5 31.Nd3 Rf5 32.Rc1 Re8 33.Kg2 h5 34.Re1 Rc8
35.Re2 g5 36.a5 Rxa5 37.Qd6 Rc6 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Re7 Re6 40.Rxe6 Bxe6 41.Qxb7+ Bf7
42.h4 Kf8 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.Qb7 Kf8 45.Qc8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th IBC Limburg Open"]
[Site "Limburg NED"]
[Date "2013.05.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Krivonosov,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Bxf5 Nxf5 11.Qd3 g6 12.Bxd6 Nxd6 13.h4 Nd7 14.g4 Qe7 15.Qc2 h6
16.O-O-O Rae8 17.g5 h5 18.Ne1 Ne4 19.Nd3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Rc8 21.Kb1 Rfe8 22.Ka1 Qe4
23.Qa3 a6 24.Rc1 Qe7 25.Qb3 Rc7 26.Nf4 Rec8 27.Rc3 Nf8 28.Rhc1 Ne6 29.Nd3 Ng7
30.Ne5 Nf5 31.Rh1 Qd6 32.Rc5 Re7 33.Qc2 Rce8 34.Rc3 Qe6 35.Qd1 Nd6 36.Rc1 Ne4
37.Qg1 c5 38.f3 cxd4 39.exd4 Nd6 40.f4 Rc8 41.a3 Rec7 42.Rxc7 Rxc7 43.Qd1 Nf5
44.Re1 Qd6 45.Nd3 Re7 46.Rxe7 Qxe7 47.Ne5 Kg7 48.Qb3 Nxd4 49.Qxd5 Nf5 50.Qd3 Qc7
51.Nd7 Qc1+ 52.Ka2 Qxf4 53.Qc3+ Qd4 54.Qc8 Qd5+ 55.Ka1 Qd1+ 56.Ka2 Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Berg,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Bd3 Qe8
10.Qd2 Nd7 11.h4 Ndc5 12.Bc2 f5 13.Be3 Bd7 14.h5 gxh5 15.Qe2 f4 16.Bxc5 Nxc5
17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.cxb5 a4 19.Nd2 f3 20.Nxf3 Ra5 21.b6 cxb6 22.Nd2 b5 23.Qxh5 Qxh5
24.Rxh5 b4 25.Ke2 Rc8 26.Nc4 Ra6 27.Bd3 b3 28.Ne3 a3 29.axb3 axb2 30.Rb1 Ra2
31.Bc2 Na6 32.b4 Nxb4 33.Bb3 Ra1 34.Rxb2 b5 35.Rh3 Rc3 36.Bc4 bxc4 37.Rxb4 Ra2+
38.Kf3 Rb3 39.Rxc4 Rbb2 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.Rc7+ Kg8 42.Nd1 Ra3+ 43.Kg4 Rxh3 44.Nxb2 Rh6
45.Nc4 Rf6 46.f3 Bh6 47.Rd7 Rg6+ 48.Kh3 Bf4 49.g4 Rh6+ 50.Kg2 Rh2+ 51.Kf1 Rh3
52.Ke2 Rh2+ 53.Kd3 Rf2 54.Nxd6 Rxf3+ 55.Kc4 h6 56.Nf5 Rf1 57.d6 Rd1 58.Re7 Kf8
59.Kc5 Rd2 60.d7 Bg5 61.Re8+ Kf7 62.Nd6+  1-0

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Ne7 5.Bd2 c5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 O-O
9.e3 Nbc6 10.Bc3 b6 11.Qc2 h6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Qa4 Be4 15.O-O a6
16.b4 b5 17.Qb3 Nf5 18.Rfd1 Rc8 19.Qb2 Re8 20.a4 bxa4 21.b5 axb5 22.Qxb5 Qe7
23.Re1 a3 24.Qa4 Ra8 25.Qd1 Nh4 26.Nxh4 Qxh4 27.f3 Qg5 28.Bb5 d4 29.fxe4 Qxb5
30.exd4 Ra4 31.d5 Ne5 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.d6 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Rd4 35.Qf3 Qxd6 36.Qxa3 Qxa3
37.Rxa3 f5 38.Kg1 fxe4 39.Kf2 Rf5+ 40.Ke3 Rb4 41.Re2 Rf8 42.Rd2 Kh7 43.Ra7 Re8
44.Rdd7 Rg8 45.Ra2 Rc8 46.Raa7 Rc3+ 47.Kd2 Rd3+ 48.Rxd3 exd3 49.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.Nec3 a6 8.a4 Nd7
9.Bf4 Ne5 10.Na3 Ne7 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Nc4 Bd4 14.Qf4 O-O 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Nxd6 f5 17.Bc4 Rd8 18.Nxb7 Bxb7 19.d6+ Kg7 20.dxe7 Rd7 21.Nd5 Rb8 22.f3 fxe4
23.fxe4 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Rxe7 25.O-O-O Bxb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Tikkanen,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.e3 Bg7
9.Bb5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4 Qd6 12.O-O Bd7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qd5 15.Rfe1 Rfd8
16.Rac1 Bf5 17.Rc5 Qd7 18.Ba5 Rdb8 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Nf4 21.Nc5 Qd6 22.b3 Re8
23.Qc4 Kg7 24.Bb4 Qf6 25.Bd2 Nd5 26.h3 Qh4 27.Bc1 Kf8 28.g4 f6 29.gxf5 fxe5
30.Ne6+ Kg8 31.Qxc6 Nf6 32.dxe5 Qxh3 33.exf6 exf6 34.Qc4 Kh8 35.fxg6 hxg6
36.Re4 g5 37.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hector,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.Re1 Be6 12.Ba2 Nf4 13.Nc4 Ng6 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Qd3 Bd5
16.Ncd2 Bxa2 17.Rxa2 Qd5 18.Raa1 Rad8 19.Ne4 Bxd4 20.Rad1 Nge5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5
22.Ng5 g6 23.Nf3 Qh5 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 c5 26.Qe4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Qxd4 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.O-O Rd8
9.Rc1 c6 10.b4 dxc4 11.Rxc4 Nbd7 12.Qb2 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Nbd2 Qa3 15.Rc2 Qxb2
16.Rxb2 Ra4 17.Rc1 Ne8 18.Nc4 f6 19.Nfd2 Kf8 20.Nb3 Ra7 21.e4 b6 22.e5 Bb7
23.Nxb6 Nxb6 24.Nc5 Na4 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Nxb7 Rxd4 27.Bxc6 fxe5 28.Nc5 Nxc5
29.Rxc5 e4 30.Re5 Nf6 31.Rxe6 Rc4 32.Bb5 Rb4 33.a4 Kf7 34.Rc6 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Rb2
36.Rb6 Ke7 37.Rb7+ Kd6 38.Rxg7 e3 39.Kf3 exf2 40.Bf1 Ra2 41.Ra7 h5 42.Ra6+ Ke7
43.h3 Ra3+ 44.Kxf2 Ne4+ 45.Kg2 Rxg3+ 46.Kh2 Ra3 47.a5 h4 48.Ra8 Ng5 49.Bg2 Ra2
50.Kg1 Ra1+ 51.Kf2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Nd7
9.Bc2 Nb6 10.Be3 d5 11.Nbd2 d4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Bb3 Nb4 15.Ne5 c5
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bg3 Bd6 18.a3 Bxe5 19.axb4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 cxb4 21.Qb3 Qe7 22.Nf3 Rad8
23.Rec1 Kh8 24.Rc2 e5 25.Rac1 Nd7 26.Rc7 Qd6 27.Qa4 h6 28.Nh4 Rf7 29.Qa5 b6
30.Qa2 Qf6 31.f4 Kh7 32.R1c6 Qe7 33.Qd5 exf4 34.Nf5 Qf8 35.Rd6 fxg3 36.Nxg3 Qe8
37.Nf5 g6 38.Nxd4 Kh8 39.Ne6  1-0

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Qe2 Ne7 13.Rfd1 Nf5 14.Bg5 h6 15.d5 e5
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Nxe5 Nd6 19.Nb5 Nxb5 20.Bxb5 Bd6 21.Nf3 Rac8
22.Bc6 Ba6 23.Nd4 g6 24.a3 Rc7 25.b4 Rd8 26.g3 Be5 27.Nc2 Bc4 28.Ne3 Be2
29.Re1 Bf3 30.b5 Bd6 31.Nc4 Bg4 32.Rc3 Bc5 33.Kg2 Re7 34.Rxe7 Bxe7 35.f3 Bc8
36.Rd3 Bc5 37.g4 h5 38.h3 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kg7 40.Kg3 g5 41.Rd2 f5 42.Re2 Kf6
43.Rh2 Kg6 44.Ne5+ Kf6 45.Nc4 Kg6 46.a4 Kg7 47.Rh5 Kg6 48.Ne5+ Kf6 49.f4 gxf4+
50.Kxf4 fxg4 51.Nxg4+ Bxg4 52.Kxg4 Rg8+ 53.Kf3 Rg5 54.Rh8 Rf5+ 55.Ke2 Re5+
56.Kd2 Re4 57.Kc2 Rxa4 58.Rh6+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.05.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Zherebukh,Y"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nh4 Nf6 13.Nf5 Bb4 14.c3 Bf8 15.g4 Bf7
16.Nf3 Re8 17.Kg2 h5 18.Ng5 Bg8 19.Kg3 Nh7 20.Rd1 a5 21.Nxh7 Rxh7 22.Bg5 g6
23.Nh4 Bd6 24.Bf6 Be6 25.g5 Rf7 26.b3 b5 27.Rac1 Ref8 28.Rd3 Rg8 29.Nf3 c5
30.c4 bxc4 31.bxc4 a4 32.Kg2 Re8 33.Nh4 Rg8 34.Nf3 Re8 35.Nh4 Rg8 36.Rd2 Be7
37.Bxe7 Rxe7 38.Rd3 Bf7 39.Nf3 Rd8 40.Rxd8+ Kxd8 41.Ne1 Rd7 42.Nf3 Re7 43.Ne1 Rd7
44.Nf3 Re7 45.Rc3 Be8 46.Ne1 Bc6 47.f3 Kd7 48.Nd3 Kd6 49.h4 Re8 50.Rc1 Rb8
51.Kf2 Be8 52.Ke3 Bf7 53.Kd2 a3 54.Kc3 Ra8 55.Rd1 c6 56.f4 exf4 57.e5+ Ke7
58.Nxc5 Be6 59.Rb1 Bf5 60.Rf1 Rb8 61.Nb3 c5 62.Rxf4 Ke6 63.Rf2 Kxe5 64.Nxc5 Rb1
65.Re2+ Kf4 66.Ne6+ Kg3 67.Nd4 Bg4 68.Rc2 Kxh4 69.c5 Kxg5 70.c6 h4 71.Rg2 Rb8
72.Ne6+ Kf5 73.Nd4+ Kf4 74.Rf2+ Kg3 75.Rf6 Bh5 76.Ne6 h3 77.c7 Rc8 78.Rf8 Rxf8
79.Nxf8 Bg4  0-1

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Pel,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nd4
9.Bd3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Be6 11.h4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nf6 13.O-O-O Nh5 14.Bd2 Be5 15.Ne2 Kc8
16.f4 Rd8 17.Kc2 Bg7 18.f5 Bd7 19.c5 Ba4+ 20.b3 Rxd3 21.Kxd3 Bb5+ 22.Ke3 Bxe2
23.Kxe2 Ng3+ 24.Kf3 Nxh1 25.Bg5 f6 26.Be3 Ng3 27.Kxg3 c6 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Kf3 b6
30.Rg1 g5 31.hxg5 Kd7 32.g6 Ke6 33.Rc1 b5 34.Rd1 Bf8 35.Kg4 Be7 36.g7 Rg8
37.Bh6 a5 38.Kh5 Kf7 39.Rd7 Re8 40.Rc7  1-0

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Swiercz,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd3 Nd5 12.Bxd5 Bxg5 13.Be4 g6 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.a3 Qb6
16.Qg3 Bf6 17.Na4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Bxa4 19.Rb4 Qa5 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Qf4 Qe5 22.Rc1 Rfd8
23.Qxe5 Bxe5 24.f4 Bf6 25.Rxa4 Rxb7 26.b4 Rd2 27.Kf1 Rbd7 28.Ke1 Bd8 29.b5 Bb6
30.Re4 Ra2 31.a4 Kg7 32.g4 Rd3 33.Rec4 Rf3  0-1

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ b5 7.Nxb5 Bd7 8.d6 Bxb5
9.Qxb5+ Nbd7 10.Qa4 Bxd6 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qa4 O-O 13.e3 Rb8 14.Bb5 Nb6 15.Qd1 Nbd5
16.Bd3 Bb4+ 17.Kf1 Nc3 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Ba3 Bxa1 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.h3 Bc3 22.g4 Rb2
23.Kg2 Nd5 24.Qc1 Qb6 25.Kg3 Qd6+ 26.Kg2 Qc5 27.Kg3 Rxa2 28.Rd1 a5 29.Bb1 Rb2
30.Ng5 a4 31.Ne4 Be5+ 32.f4 Qxe3+ 33.Qxe3 Nxe3 34.Rd7 Bb8  0-1

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Battaglini,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.h3 Na6 10.Bc4 Nc7 11.a4 a6 12.O-O Rb8 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Rxb6 15.b3 Nb5 16.Na4 Rb7
17.Rc1 Re8 18.Nd2 Rbe7 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 Bb7 21.Qf3 g5 22.Bg3 Qa8 23.Nb6 Qd8
24.Na4 Qa8 25.Nb6 Qd8 26.Na4 Qa8 27.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gozzoli,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7
9.a3 Be7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nf3 Ng4 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Be1 a6 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Rc1 Ne5
16.f4 Ng6 17.e4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Be3 19.e5 Nxf4 20.Bf3 Ng4 21.Bxb7 Nxh2 22.Kxh2 Qg5
23.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 24.g3 Qh6+ 25.Kg2 Rc5 26.Rc2 Rxe5 27.Nf3 Rh5 28.Bd2 Bxd2 29.Rxd2 Qg6
30.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vitoux,C"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bb5 Nh5 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Qe2 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Na5 c5 18.Ndc6 Qe6 19.Qb5 Rfb8 20.Qxc5 Rxb2 21.Ne7+ Kh7 22.Nd5 Rb5
23.Qxc7 Be5 24.Nb3 Bxc7 25.Nxc7 Qe7  0-1

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Postny,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.d5 e5 12.d6 Bxd6 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Ng5+ Ke7 15.Nxe4 Nf6
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6+ gxf6 18.Qc2 Qd7 19.f4 Bc5+ 20.Nxc5 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Qxc5 22.Qf5 e4
23.Qxe4+ Kf7 24.Rac1 Qe7 25.Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.Rxc7+ Ke6 27.f5+ Kd6 28.Rfc1 Ke5
29.R7c6 Rhd8 30.Rf1 Re8 31.Rxb6 Rab8 32.Rxa6 Rxb2 33.g3 Rf8 34.Re6+ Kd5 35.a5 h5
36.Kg1 h4 37.Rf2 Rb3 38.Rd2+ Kc5 39.gxh4 Rf3 40.Rf2 Ra3 41.Rc2+ Kd4 42.a6 Ra5
43.Rd2+ Kc3 44.Rf2 Rg8+ 45.Kf1 Kd3 46.Rf3+ Kd4 47.Rf4+ Kd5 48.Rf2 Ra1+ 49.Ke2 Ra2+
50.Kf3 Ra3+ 51.Re3 Rxa6 52.Rd2+ Kc5 53.Red3 Rh8 54.Rd5+ Kc4 55.R2d4+ Kc3
56.Rd8 Rh7 57.R4d6 Ra4 58.Rd3+ Kc2 59.Rd2+ Kc1 60.R2d4 Ra3+ 61.Kg4 Rg7+ 62.Kh5 Ra5
63.R4d5 Ra4 64.Rc5+ Kb2 65.Rb8+ Ka2 66.Kh6 Rg2 67.h5 Ra6 68.h4 Ka3 69.Rcb5 Ra7
70.Rb1 Ka2 71.R1b6  1-0

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Bf5 11.O-O Ne7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Na4 Ba5 14.Qc2 c5 15.dxc5 Nc6
16.Nd4 Nb4 17.Qb3 Nxd3 18.Nxf5 Nxe5 19.Rad1 Nf6 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qe8 22.Bf4 Ng6
23.Bh6 Qd7 24.Nxg7 Rc6 25.Rfe1 b6 26.b4 a5 27.a3 axb4 28.axb4 bxc5 29.bxc5 Rd8
30.h3 d4 31.Qf3 Kh8 32.Nf5 d3 33.Nd6 Rxd6 34.cxd6 Qxd6 35.Rxd3 Ne5 36.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Qc1 O-O
9.Rd1 b5 10.Bg5 Bd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bh4 Rb8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Ne4 Qe7
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rd4 h5 19.Qh6 f5 20.Qxh5 Rfd8 21.Qh6 f6 22.Qg6+ Kf8
23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Qg6+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Kampen,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 a5 4.Nc3 Na6 5.e4 g6 6.Bd3 h5 7.Nge2 h4 8.h3 Bh6 9.f4 exf4
10.Nxf4 Nf6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bc2 Nac5 13.Na4 Qe7 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Qd4 Qe5 16.Qf2 Qe7
17.e5 dxe5 18.d6 Qf6 19.Qxc5 exf4 20.Ba4+  1-0

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Pruijssers,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Nf1 O-O
9.Ng3 d5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.O-O Re8 12.h3 Bf8 13.Bc2 b5 14.Rd1 Qd7 15.d4 exd4
16.e5 Nh7 17.cxd4 Be7 18.Be3 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Rac1 Nf8 21.Bb1 Rab8 22.Nh5 Bd8
23.Qc2 Rb6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Bf7 26.Nf4 Rb7 27.Qc3 b4 28.Qd4 c5 29.Qxc5 Rxe5
30.Qc6 Bg5 31.Qxa6 b3 32.a4 Rb8 33.Rc3 Qe8 34.g3 Ra8 35.Qb5 Qe7 36.Nxd5 Qe6
37.Nc7 Qf6 38.Bxg5 Rxg5 39.Nxa8 Rxb5 40.axb5 Qe5 41.Nc7 Qe2 42.Rcc1 Qxb2
43.b6 Qa3 44.Be4 b2 45.Rb1 Ba2 46.b7 Bxb1 47.Bd5+ Kh7 48.b8=Q Bf5 49.Rf1 h5
50.Qe8 Kh6 51.Be4 Bxh3 52.Rb1  1-0

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.h3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Ne5 12.f4 Nec6 13.Nf3 b6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.O-O-O Ba6
16.h4 Kc7 17.h5 Nf6 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Nh4 g5 20.Ng6 Ng4 21.Bg1 gxf4 22.Nxf4 Nce5
23.Nd5+ Kb7 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Bxe3 Bxc4 26.Rxh6 Rxh6 27.Bxh6 Rg8 28.Bf4 Bxf1
29.Bxe5 Bxg2 30.Rd7+ Ka6 31.Rxe7 Bxe4 32.Bg7 Bg6 33.Kb2 Rd8 34.Bh6 Rh8 35.Bf4 Rf8
36.Rg7 Bd3 37.Rg4 Re8 38.Rg2 Kb5 39.Rh2 Kc4 40.Bd2 Bg6 41.Rg2 Re6 42.Bc1 Bf5
43.Rf2 Be4 44.Re2 b5 45.a3 a6 46.Bf4 a5 47.Re1 b4 48.cxb4 axb4 49.axb4 Kxb4
50.Bd6 Rxd6 51.Rxe4+ c4 52.Kc2 Rh6 53.Re3 Rh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.Re1 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5 12.h3 h6 13.a4 Rb8 14.b4 Bd6 15.Nf1 Ne7
16.Ng3 Be6 17.Be3 Re8 18.Bb3 Qc8 19.Qc2 Ng6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra6 Ra8
23.Rea1 Rxa6 24.Rxa6 Qc8 25.Ra7 Ne7 26.Qe2 Qd7 27.Ra6 Rb8 28.Nh4 Qc8 29.Ra7 Qe6
30.Ra5 Qb3 31.Qd3 Bxb4 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Qxb5 Qxc3 34.Qa6 Qc6 35.Qd3 Bd6 36.Kh2 Qa4
37.Nf3 Ng6 38.Nd2 Nf4 39.Bxf4 exf4 40.Nf5 Bf8 41.e5 Qd7 42.Qc2 Nd5 43.Nd4 Nb4
44.Qe4 Qd5 45.Qxf4 Nd3 46.Qe4 Qxe5+ 47.Qxe5 Nxe5 48.f4 Nd3 49.g3 Bc5 50.N4b3 Bb6
51.Kg2 Nb2 52.Kf3 f5 53.g4 g6 54.Nf1 Kf7 55.Ng3 Ke6 56.h4 fxg4+ 57.Kxg4 h5+
58.Kf3 c5 59.f5+ gxf5 60.Nxh5 c4 61.Na1 Nd3 62.Nc2 Ke5 63.Ng3 Kf6 64.Ne2 Ne5+
65.Kg3 Bc5 66.Nc3 Nd3 67.Kf3 Ne5+ 68.Ke2 Ke6 69.Na4 Ba7 70.Nc3 f4 71.Nb5 f3+
72.Kd2 Bc5 73.Nbd4+ Kd5 74.Nf5 Ke4 75.Ng7 Ng4 76.Ne6 Bb6 77.Ng5+ Kf4 78.Kc3 Ne5
79.Nxf3 Kxf3 80.Na3 Ba5+ 81.Kd4 c3 82.Kxe5 Kg4 83.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Spoelman,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Be7
9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Bc4 Bc5 13.Re4 O-O 14.Nc3 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.Bb3 Qc6 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Qe1 f6 20.Rd6 Qc7 21.Qe4 Nf7 22.Rd3 Bd7
23.Re1 Bc6 24.Qh4 Rad8 25.Rg3 Bd5 26.c4 Bc6 27.Bc2 h6 28.Qh5 Ng5 29.h4 Qa5
30.hxg5 Qxe1+ 31.Kh2 fxg5 32.Rxg5 Be4 33.Qxh6 Rd7 34.Qh5 Red8 35.Bb2 Qxf2
36.Qg4 Qxg2+ 37.Qxg2 Bxg2 38.Rxg2 Rd2 39.Bc3 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Rc8 41.Bd3 b5
42.Kf3 Kf7 43.Ke4 bxc4 44.Be2 g5 45.a4 a5 46.Kd4 e5+ 47.Kd5 e4 48.Kxe4 Re8+
49.Be5 c3 50.Bh5+ Kf8 51.Bxe8 c2 52.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "L'Ami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c6 8.Nf3 b6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.a4 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rfc1 Na5
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 f5 18.c4 Ba6 19.Bb4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Qd5 21.Nxb6 Bxe2 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.Bc5 Rc7 24.Rab1 Bd3 25.Rb4 g5 26.Rc3 Kf7 27.Rcb3 Rec8 28.h3 Kg6 29.Rb7 Bc2
30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Rb4 f4 32.a5 Bd3 33.Rb8 Rf7 34.Rg8+ Kf5 35.Rd8 Bc4 36.Rd6 fxe3
37.fxe3 g4 38.Kh2 Rg7 39.h4 g3+ 40.Kh3 a6 41.Bb4 Rg6 42.Rb6 Bb5 43.Be1 Rxb6
44.axb6 Bc6 45.Kxg3 h5 46.Kh3 Bb7 47.g4+ hxg4+ 48.Kg3 Bc8 49.Kf2 Bb7 50.Ke2 Bc6
51.Kf2 Bb7 52.Kg3 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-NED 2013"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ernst,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.b3 Ne4
9.Nc3 f5 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 h6 13.fxe4 hxg5 14.e5 Be7 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Qc2 f5 17.a3 Bf6 18.e3 g4 19.b4 Bd7 20.a4 Qe7 21.Rf2 Rc8 22.Rc1 a6 23.Bf1 Kf7
24.Qb3 Kg7 25.Be1 Bg5 26.Rc3 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.cxb5 cxb5 29.Rc5 Kg6 30.Rfc2 Rb8
31.Rc7 Qd6 32.Bd2 Ra8 33.Qc3 Bd8 34.Rc5 Qa6 35.Bc1 Be7 36.Bb2 Bg5 37.Be2 Rh7
38.Qd3 Kh6 39.Kg2 Qd6 40.Bf1 Kg6 41.Bc1 Qf8 42.Qc3 Be7 43.Bb2 Qh8 44.Kg1 Bxc5
45.bxc5 Bc6 46.Rf2 Ra2 47.Bd3 Rh5 48.Qb3 Ra7 49.Qd1 Rg5 50.Bc1 Ra1 51.Rb2 Qa8
52.Bb1 Qa4 53.Qd2 Rh5 54.Qe2 Kf7 55.Qd2 Qa5 56.Qe2 Rh8 57.Kg2 Qa4 58.Bd2 Qa3
59.Bb4 Qa7 60.Qd3 Ke8 61.Qf1 Qc7 62.Rf2 Rh5 63.Bc3 Ra3 64.Qc1 Ra4 65.Rb2 Qb8
66.Kg1 Ra7 67.Bd3 Rah7 68.Be1 Rb7 69.Ba5 Qa8 70.Qc3 Kf7 71.Bb4 Ra7 72.Bb1 Kg8
73.Rd2 Qb8 74.Rf2 Rah7 75.Rg2 e5 76.dxe5 Re7 77.Ra2 Qxe5 78.Qxe5 Rxe5 79.Ra6 Re6
80.Ba2 Kf7 81.Ra7+ Re7 82.Ra6 Rc7 83.Ba5 Rc8 84.Bb3 Ke8 85.Bc3 Rh7 86.Bd4 Rhc7
87.Be5 Re7 88.Bd4 Kf7 89.h3 gxh3 90.Kh2 Ke6 91.Bd1 Rec7 92.Kxh3 Ra8 93.Rb6 Rh7+
94.Kg2 Kd7 95.Kf3 Ra2 96.Bb3 Rd2 97.Ra6 Re7 98.Ba2 Rd1 99.Bb3 Rc1 100.Ra2 Kc8
101.Bc2 Rf7 102.Kf4 Kb7 103.Ke5 Rg1 104.e4 Re1 105.Ke6 Rf8 106.e5 Re2 107.Bb3 Rxa2
108.Bxa2 Rg8 109.Bf2 f4 110.g4 Rxg4 111.Bxd5 f3  0-1

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kenney,David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.f3 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.Kh1 Ne6 13.Bc2 Nf8 14.Qd3 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.e4 dxe4 17.fxe4 Be6 18.e5 Rad8 19.Ne4 Bd5 20.N2c3 Qe6 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Nc5 Qc8
23.Qf3  1-0

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pacey,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d6 bxc4 9.Na3 e6
10.Nxc4 O-O 11.Bd2 Bd5 12.Ba5 Qc8 13.Ne3 Qa6 14.Bc7 Nc6 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.e4 Nxc7
17.dxc7 Nd4 18.e5 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Rac8 20.Qxd7 Bxe5 21.Rfe1 Rxc7 22.Qd2 Bd4
23.Be2 Qb6 24.Rab1 c4 25.Qf4 e5  0-1

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Sapozhnikov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.exd5 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne8 11.O-O f5 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Kh2 Nf6 14.a3 a5 15.Bf2 Bd7
16.Kh1 Be8 17.Bh4 Qb8 18.a4 Na6 19.Ra3 Nb4 20.Bb1 Bd7 21.Ng1 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rae8
23.Qc1 Bh6 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Qd8 26.Nb5 Bxb5 27.axb5 Qc7 28.Re1 Ne4 29.Rae3 Qd7
30.Bh6 Rf7 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Rxe4 Rfe7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Qc3 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 b6
36.Qh4 Kf7 37.Bg5 h5 38.Bd8 Ke8 39.Bxb6  1-0

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chirila,I"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 d4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.a3 Nd7 13.h3 Nb6 14.Nf1 a5 15.Bb3 a4
16.Ba2 b4 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.Bb1 c5 19.Ng3 Re8 20.Bf4 Be6 21.Bc2 c4 22.Be5 Bc5
23.Ne2 cxd3 24.Bxd3 Bb3 25.Qd2 Bc4 26.Bb1 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 d3 28.Qd1 Rxe5 29.Nxe5 Qf6
30.Nxd3 Nxd3 31.Bxd3 Bxf2+ 32.Kh1 Bxe1 33.Qxe1 Qxb2 34.e5 Re8 35.Rb1 Qd4
36.Qa5 Qxd3 37.Rxb6 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.Kh1 h6 40.Rb4 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 a3 42.Ra4 Rb8
43.Qd5 Qe3 44.Re4 Qb3 45.Qxb3 Rxb3 46.Ra4 Kf8 47.Ra7 g5 48.Ra6 h5 49.Ra7 h4
50.Kg1 Rb1+ 51.Kf2 Rb2+ 52.Kf3 a2 53.g3 Rb3+ 54.Ke4 Rxg3 55.Rxa2 Rxh3 56.Kf5 Rg3
57.Kf6 Kg8 58.Ra8+ Kh7 59.Ra7 Kh6 60.Kxf7 Rf3+ 61.Kg8 Re3  0-1

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bb2 a6
10.a4 a5 11.Ne5 Na6 12.Rc1 Nb4 13.Bb1 Bd7 14.f3 Be8 15.Qe1 Nd7 16.Ne2 Nxe5
17.dxe5 Bc7 18.c5 g5 19.Bd4 Bg6 20.Nc3 Qg7 21.f4 gxf4 22.exf4 Kh8 23.Rf2 Rg8
24.Qe3 Qh6 25.Ne2 Raf8 26.Bb2 Bd8 27.Nd4 Be8 28.Kh1 Rg4 29.g3 Be7 30.Rg2 Na6
31.Bd3 Nxc5 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.Rxc5 Bxc5 34.Qxc5 Kg8 35.Qxa5 Qe6  1-0

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.e4 Na6 6.d3 c6 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 Bb6
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Nc7 11.Na4 Ne6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Be3 c5 14.Rfb1 O-O 15.a4 Nd7
16.Qd2 Nb8 17.b5 Nd4 18.Ne1 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Rb3 Nd7 22.Rba3 d5
23.f3 Rfe8 24.cxd5 Bg6 25.Bd2 Qd6 26.Nc2 Bf7 27.Ne3 Bg6 28.Nc4 Qxd5 29.Rd1 Rad8
30.Bc3 Re6 31.Ne3 Qd6 32.Nc4 Qd5 33.Ne3 Qd6 34.Nc4 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nd5 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.O-O Nf6 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.Rb1 Bc6
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qf3 Nd5 18.e4 Nb6 19.Ba6 Bd6 20.e5 Be7 21.Bb7 Rb8 22.Bxc6 cxd4
23.Rbd1 d3 24.Rxd3 Qc7 25.Rfd1 Rbc8 26.Bb5 Qc5 27.a4 Nd5 28.c4 Nb4 29.Rd4 Nc6
30.Bxc6 Qxc6 31.Rd7 Bc5 32.Qxc6 Rxc6 33.Rb7 Bb6 34.a5 Bxa5 35.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.a4 Na5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Bd2 c5 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Ba2 b4 14.Ne2 Nh5 15.h3 Qd7
16.g4 Nf6 17.Ng3 g6 18.Kh2 Ra6 19.c3 Qb5 20.cxb4 cxb4 21.Bh6 Re8 22.Rc1 b3
23.Bb1 d5 24.g5 Nd7 25.d4 Nc4 26.dxe5 Bb4 27.Rf1 Bc5 28.Bd3 Qa4 29.Qe2 Rae6
30.Bxc4 dxc4 31.Rxc4 Qa7 32.Qd2 Ba6 33.Ra4 Nb6 34.Raa1 Nc4 35.Qc3 Bxf2 36.Rfd1 Be3
37.Ne2 Bxg5 38.Bxg5 Qf2+ 39.Kh1 Qxe2 40.Re1 Qxb2 41.Qxb2 Nxb2 42.Reb1 Nd3
43.Rxb3 Nf2+ 44.Kh2 Nxe4 45.Bh6 Nc5 46.Rc3 Bb7 47.Rxc5 Bxf3 48.Kg3 Be4 49.Raa5 Bf5
50.h4 R6e7 51.Bg5 Rd7 52.Rd5 Rb7 53.Rdb5 Rxb5 54.Rxb5 Kg7 55.Rd5 Rb8 56.Rd8 Rb3+
57.Kf2 Rb5 58.Bf6+ Kh6 59.Rh8 Be6 60.Ke3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Canadian Open 2013"]
[Site "Ottawa CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Porper,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Bxf4
9.exf4 Qb6 10.a3 Bd7 11.Na4 Qc7 12.g3 O-O 13.O-O Rfc8 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.Nc3 Be8
16.Re1 Ne7 17.Qb3 Rc7 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.Re2 a6 20.Rce1 g6 21.Re3 Nd7 22.Nf3 Nb6
23.Qd1 Na4 24.Nxa4 Qxa4 25.Qxa4 Bxa4 26.g4 Bc2 27.Ne5 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 Nc6 29.Kf1 Nxe5
30.fxe5 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kleinman,Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 c6
16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.a4 Nf8 19.Bd3 Ne6 20.Be3 Nd7 21.Ra2 b4 22.dxe5 bxc3
23.Qxc3 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Qc1 c5 26.Ne2 d5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Bc4 Bb7 29.Rd2 Qb6
30.Red1 Rac8 31.Qc2 Re7 32.Kf1 Rce8 33.Bd5 Bd4  0-1

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kleinman,Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 c6
16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.a4 Nf8 19.Bd3 Ne6 20.Be3 Nd7 21.Ra2 b4 22.dxe5 bxc3
23.Qxc3 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Qc1 c5 26.Ne2 d5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Bc4 Bb7 29.Rd2 Qb6
30.Red1 Rac8 31.Qc2 Re7 32.Kf1 Rce8 33.Bd5 Bd4 34.Nxd4 cxd4 35.Bxd4 Nxd4
36.Rxd4 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Panjwani,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Bd3 b6 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.e4 c4 14.Bc2 e5 15.O-O Rfe8
16.d5 Nc5 17.a4 Ba6 18.Nd2 Nb7 19.Ba3 Nd7 20.Bb4 Ndc5 21.Qe3 Rac8 22.f4 Nd3
23.Bxd3 exf4 24.Rxf4 cxd3 25.Raf1 f6 26.Rg4 Qd7 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.Rh4 Qf7 29.Qh3 Qg8
30.Rf5 Rc7 31.c4 Nc5 32.d6 Rf7 33.Bxc5 Bc8 34.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.O-O Ng4 12.Nce2 Qh4 13.h3 Nf6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rf3 Re7
16.Nc3 Rae8 17.a3 Nh5 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.f5 Qh4 20.Raf1 Qf6 21.Kh1 Bb8 22.e4 Qxd4
23.f6 Rxe4 24.fxg7 Ng6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxf7 e3 27.Be1 Qd6 28.g3 Bxh3 29.R1f6 Qe5
30.Qb3 Be6 31.Qxb7 e2 32.Nxe2 Bd5+ 33.Kg1 Qxe2 34.Rf8+ Nxf8 35.gxf8=Q+ Rxf8
36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Qxb8+ Kf7 38.Qxa7+ Kg6 39.Qf2 Qe4 40.Kf1 Bc4+ 41.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Qe7
9.Re1 Bc5 10.Qd1 d6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 Qe5 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Rg3 Nh5
16.Rf3 c6 17.Bf1 Nf6 18.Rg3 Nh5 19.Rf3 Rfe8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Rg3 Nh5 22.Rf3 Nf6
23.Rg3 Nh5 24.Rf3 Nf6 25.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kovalyov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Ng3 d5 9.cxd5 cxd4
10.exd4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.Be2 Re8 13.O-O Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qa4 Nc7 16.Rfe1 Qd7
17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.Nf5 Nf6 19.f3 Rxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Re8 21.Kf2 Ne6 22.g3 g6 23.Ne3 Kf8
24.a4 Ke7 25.Ke2 Kd6 26.g4 Kc6 27.Bg3 h5 28.Kd3 hxg4 29.fxg4 Ne4 30.Nxd5 N6c5+
31.dxc5 Nxc5+ 32.Kc2 Kxd5 33.Rd1+ Kc6 34.Rd6+ Kb7 35.Rf6 Re2+ 36.Kc1 Nxa4
37.Rxf7+ Ka6 38.c4 Nc3 39.Bb8 Ka5 40.Rxa7+ Kb4 41.Re7 Na2+ 42.Kd1 Nc3+ 43.Kc1 Rg2
44.Be5 Na2+ 45.Kd1 Kxc4 46.Rc7+ Kd3 47.Rd7+ Ke4 48.Bc7 Nc3+ 49.Ke1 b5 50.Ba5 Nd5
51.Rb7 Kf3 52.Kd1 Ne3+ 53.Kc1 Rg1+  0-1

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.Rd1 Be6 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Bxc4 Bxd1 13.Bxf7+ Kf8 14.Qxd1 Nd8 15.Bb3 h6
16.Nf3 g5 17.Be5 Qxc5 18.Bd4 Qc6 19.O-O Ne4 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Qd3 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Nc5
23.Qf5+ Kg7 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Nf5+ Rxf5 26.Qxf5 Nxb3 27.axb3 Nc6 28.Rd1 Rd8 29.f4 gxf4
30.exf4 Rf8 31.Qc2 Qg6 32.Qc3+ Kh7 33.g3 e6 34.Nb4 Rxf4 35.Nxc6 bxc6 36.Qxc6 Rf7
37.Re1 Qf5 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.Rxe4 Rb7 40.b4 Kg7 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Rh4 h5 43.Ke3 e5
44.Rc4 Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.b3 Rb8 47.Kf3 Rf8+ 48.Ke3 Rf1 49.b5 Rb1 50.Ke4 Re1+
51.Kd3 Kd5 52.Rc7 e4+ 53.Kd2 Rh1 54.Rd7+ Kc5 55.Rxa7 Rxh2+ 56.Ke3 h4 57.g4 Rg2
58.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Cheng,Bi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 c6
9.Be2 Qd6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.e5 Qb4 12.O-O Qxb2 13.Qe1 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 e6 17.Qb1 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Rfb1 Nd7 20.Be2 Rfc8 21.a4 Bf8 22.Rb3 Be7
23.g4 g5 24.h4 h6 25.Kg2 Rc7 26.Bb5 Kg7 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rbb1 Nf8 29.Kf3 Ng6
30.Rc1 Rac8 31.Bd7 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rxc1 33.Bxc1 Nf4 34.Be3 Nd3 35.Ke2 Nb4 36.Bc8 Nc2
37.Bxb7 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Preotu,Razvan"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.f4 O-O-O 10.b4 Bxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Qe6 13.Bd3 Nf5 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Qd2 f6
16.Qc3 fxe5 17.fxe5 Qg6 18.Nd2 Nxe5 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.Bg3 Rd7 21.Nf3 Re8 22.Rae1 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Bc6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Bb5 26.Bg3 Kb7 27.h3 Qf6 28.Kh2 g5 29.Re5 Bc4
30.a4 h5 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.gxf3 Rg7 33.Rf5 Bb3 34.Be5 Bc2 35.Bxg7 Bxf5 36.Bf6 g4
37.fxg4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Bxg4 39.Kg3 Bd7 40.a5 Ka6 41.axb6 cxb6 42.Kf3 Kb5 43.Be7 Kc4
44.Ke2 a5 45.bxa5 bxa5 46.Kd2 Kb3 47.Bd8 a4 48.Ba5 a3 49.Bc3 Bf5  0-1

[Event "Quebec Open Invitational 2013"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Nf3 Ba6
9.Bd2 e6 10.Rc1 h5 11.Ne5 c3 12.bxc3 bxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nbd7 15.Qc2 c5
16.e4 Qb7 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.h4 cxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Be3 g6 21.Qc6 Qxc6 22.Rxc6 Bb4
23.Ke2 Ke7 24.Ra6 Bc5 25.Bxc5+ Nxc5 26.Ra5 Rhc8 27.Rb1 f6 28.f3 Rc7 29.Nf1 Ne6
30.Ne3 Kf7 31.Kf1 Rd8 32.Nd5 Rcd7 33.Rc1 Nf4 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Kg1 Rd1+ 36.Rxd1 Rxd1+
37.Kh2 Rd7 38.Ra6 Rc7 39.a5 Rb7 40.Rc6 Rd7 41.a6 Re7 42.g3 f5 43.exf5 gxf5
44.Rh6 Re6 45.Rh7+ Kg6 46.Rxa7 Re2+ 47.Kh3 Ra2 48.gxf4 Kh6 49.Ra8 Kg7 50.a7 Kh7
51.Rf8 Rxa7 52.Rxf5 Kh6 53.Rg5 Ra8 54.Kg3 Rb8 55.f5 Ra8 56.f6 Ra7 57.Rf5 Kg6
58.f7 Rxf7 59.Rxf7 Kxf7 60.Kf4 Kf6 61.Ke4 Ke6 62.f4 Kf6 63.f5 Kf7 64.Ke5 Ke7
65.f6+  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bury,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Bb7 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.f3 c5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Ra2 Nf8 14.Re2 Ne6 15.Bb5 Rf8
16.Bb2 a6 17.Ba4 a5 18.Bb5 Ne8 19.Bd3 Nd6 20.Qb1 g6 21.Nh1 f5 22.Nf2 Qd7
23.Rd1 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rac8 25.Bc1 b5 26.Bd2 Ra8 27.Be1 Rfe8 28.Nh3 Nc4 29.Bxc4 bxc4
30.Bc3 Qc7 31.Qc1 Rf8 32.Be1 Bc6 33.Bg3 Qa7 34.Rb2 Rf7 35.Rdd2 Ba4 36.Rb1 Rb7
37.Rxb7 Qxb7 38.Rb2 Bb3 39.Qc3 Qe7 40.Rb1 a4 41.Ra1 Re8 42.Be5 h6 43.e4 fxe4
44.fxe4 dxe4 45.Nf2 Rf8 46.Nxe4 Qh4 47.Re1 Nf4 48.Bxf4 Qxf4 49.d5 Qh4 50.d6 Bc2
51.g3  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wagener,Cl"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.c3 f5 5.d3 f4 6.b4 Qf6 7.a4 Be7 8.a5 a6 9.Bb2 g5
10.Na3 g4 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Qb3 Nf6 13.O-O-O Nd8 14.Qc2 h5 15.Rhe1 h4 16.d4 Nf7
17.Bd3 g3 18.fxg3 fxg3 19.h3 Nh5 20.Nf3 Nf4 21.c4 Ng5 22.Nxg5 Qxg5 23.Kb1 c5
24.bxc5 dxc5 25.d5 O-O 26.Ka1 Bd6 27.Bf1 Bd7 28.Nb1 Rab8 29.Nd2 Ng6 30.Be2 Rf2
31.Bf3 Nf4 32.Rg1 Rf8 33.Qc3 Ba4 34.Rdf1 Nxh3 35.Rh1 Rxf1+ 36.Nxf1 Nf2 37.Rg1 Be8
38.Ne3 Bg6  0-1

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Van Kerkhof,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.Nf3 exd4
9.Bc4 d3 10.Bxd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.e5 h6 13.Be4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Na6 15.Nd4 Bg5
16.f4 Nc5 17.Qf3 Be7 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.f5 f6 20.e6 Bd6 21.Be3 a5 22.Rad1 a4 23.Rd4 a3
24.c4 Kh7 25.Rfd1 Ra4 26.Rh4 Rh8 27.Kh1 Nxe6 28.fxe6 Qxe6 29.Nd4 Qf7 30.Bxh6 Kg8
31.Nf5 Rxc4 32.Qa8+ Bf8 33.Rxc4 Qxc4 34.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dastan,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.O-O h6 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Re1 Nh7 10.Nf1 Qf6 11.Ne3 Ne7 12.d4 O-O 13.h3 c6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nh2 Qg6
16.Nhg4 Bb8 17.Nc4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Qxg4 19.hxg4 Bc7 20.Be3 Nf6 21.Bc5 Rae8 22.Rad1 g5
23.f3 Kg7 24.Ne3 Rh8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Nf5+ Kf8 27.Nxe7 Kxe7 28.Kf2 h5 29.Rh1 Bb6+
30.Ke2 h4 31.g3 Bd8 32.Rh3 Ne8 33.Bxf7 Nd6 34.Bg6 Rh6 35.Bf5 Ke8 36.f4 exf4
37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Rhd3 Nf7 39.Rxd8+ Nxd8 40.g5 Rh8 41.Kf3 h3 42.Kxf4 h2 43.Rh1 Ke7
44.Kg3 Nf7 45.g6 Ne5 46.Rxh2 Rxh2 47.Kxh2 Nd3 48.Kg3 Nxb2 49.Kf4 Kf6 50.e5+ Kg7
51.Kg5  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Quaranta,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Qc7
9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.e4 Bxe4 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Pirrot,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 Nb6 13.Bd3 Ned5 14.Ne4 Nf4 15.Neg5 g6
16.Bf1 Kg7 17.g3 Nfd5 18.h4 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Nf6 21.Ne5 Qd5 22.Rac1 c6
23.Qa3 Nc8 24.Rc5 Qd6 25.Nexf7 Rxf7 26.Nxf7 Kxf7 27.Qb3+ Kf8 28.Re6 Qxd4
29.Rc4  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Rolle,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.e3 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Ne4 10.Bd3 f5 11.b4 a6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Bb2 Be8 14.b5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 axb5
16.Bxb5 Ng5 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Bc4 Nd8 19.d5 exd5 20.Bxd5+ Bf7 21.Bf3 c6 22.Rfd1 Be6
23.g3 Nf7 24.h4 Qe7 25.Qc3 Nh6 26.Rd6 Rf6 27.Rad1 Nf7 28.R6d2 Ra4 29.Qc2  1-0

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Qb3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Rd1 b5 8.Qb3 Bb7
9.a4 b4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.e3 Nc6 12.Nb1 Na5 13.Qc2 Bd5 14.Nd2 b3 15.Qc3 Nc6
16.Ngf3 Rg8 17.Be2 f5 18.O-O Bb4 19.Qc1 h5 20.Kh1 h4 21.h3 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 Qd6
23.Nxh4 Rh8 24.Nf3 Ke7 25.Qc5 Qxc5 26.dxc5 f6 27.Kh2 Rag8 28.Rg1 Rb8 29.Bxa6 Rb4
30.Bb5 Ne5 31.Nxe5 fxe5 32.c6 Kf6 33.f3 Bc4 34.Rd7 Bxb5 35.axb5 Rxb5 36.Rxc7 Rc5
37.Rd1 Rc2 38.Rdd7 Rg8 39.Rf7+ Kg6 40.h4 Rxb2 41.Rh7 f4 42.h5+ Kg5 43.h6 Rg6
44.Rcg7 Rc2 45.exf4+ exf4 46.Rxg6+ Kxg6 47.Re7 b2 48.h7 b1=Q 49.h8=Q Rxg2+
50.Kxg2 Qc2+ 51.Kh3 Qf5+ 52.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Vienna Open 2013"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Bruehl,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 e6 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Nh3 Ng6 8.Nf2 O-O
9.Nd3 Bd6 10.Be3 exd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.dxc6 dxc6 13.Be2 Re8 14.Qc2 Nd5 15.Bf2 Ba6
16.exd5 cxd5 17.O-O Qc7 18.h3 d4 19.Bxd4 Rad8 20.Qa4 Qc8 21.Rac1 Bc4 22.Ne4 b5
23.Qxb5 Bxb5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nxd6 Rxe2 26.Nxb5 a6 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Nf5 Nh4 29.Nxh4 Rxd4
30.Nc1 Rxb2 31.Nf5 Rc4 32.Rd1 h6 33.Nd3 Rxa2 34.Ne5 Rcc2 35.g4 Rg2+ 36.Kf1 Rgf2+
37.Kg1 Rfd2 38.Rc1 a5 39.Ne3 a4 40.N5c4 Rd3 41.Rb1 Rb3 42.Rd1 a3 43.h4 Rc3
44.h5 Kh7 45.Kf1 Rh2 46.Kg1 Re2 47.Ra1 Kg8 48.Kf1 Rexe3 49.Nxe3 Rxe3 50.Kf2 Rb3
51.Kg3 Kf8 52.Kf4 Rb4+ 53.Ke5 Ra4 54.Ra2 Ke7 55.f4 f6+ 56.Kd5 Rxf4 57.Rxa3 Rxg4
58.Ra7+ Kf8 59.Ke6 Kg8 60.Ra8+ Kh7 61.Ra1 Rg5 62.Rh1 Kg8 63.Ke7 Re5+ 64.Kd6 Kf7
65.Rh2 Ra5 66.Rh1 f5 67.Rg1 f4  0-1

[Event "TCh-BEL 2013-14"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Swinkels,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.Nde4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.f4 Qe7 15.Qd2 Rd8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Ne4 Be8 18.Rac1 f6 19.Nc5 Bf7 20.Bf3 e5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Qe3 Re8
23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.dxe5 Rab8 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 26.Bxc6 Rbe7 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Kf2 g5
29.Rc3 Rxe5 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.b3 Re7 32.Rb8 cxb3 33.axb3 Nd5 34.Rc5 g4 35.Ra8 Nb6
36.Rd8 h6 37.b4 Be6 38.Rd2 Kf6 39.Rd4 Kg6 40.Rc6 h5 41.Re4 Kf5 42.Rf4+ Kg6
43.Re4 Kf5 44.Rf4+ Kg6 45.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1.98"]
[White "Zhurikhin,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Rg6 11.Qe3 e5 12.Ng3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Ng4 14.Qxe4 Qxc5 15.Qe2 Be6
16.Ne4 Qe7 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rxg5 19.Nxg5 Qc5 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21.fxe3 Bf5 22.Bc4 Bxc2
23.O-O Ke7 24.Rf2 Bg6 25.Raf1 Ne4 26.Rxf7+ Kd6 27.Nxe4+ Bxe4 28.Rxb7 Kc5
29.Be2 Rg8 30.Rb5+ Kd6 31.Bf3 a6 32.Bxe4 axb5 33.Rf6+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2.105"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Aseev,Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bf5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.e4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe1 Ngf6 10.e5 Ng8 11.Nb1 Qb6 12.a3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qd4 14.Bf4 g5 15.Bd2 Qxb2
16.Nc3 Qxc2 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.d4 Na4 19.Rfc1 Nxc3 20.Rxc2 Nxe2+ 21.Bxe2 O-O-O
22.Rb1 Rd7 23.Rcb2 Bd8 24.a4 Kb8 25.a5 Ne7 26.Ba6 Bb6 27.axb6 bxa6 28.b7 Nf5
29.Bc3 h5 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Ng7 32.Bb4 Re8 33.Bc5 Red8 34.Rb3 Rg8 35.Bd6+ Rxd6
36.exd6 Ne8 37.d7 Nd6 38.Rh3 Rd8 39.Rh7 a5 40.Rg7 a4 41.Rxg5 Nb5 42.Rg7 Rxd7
43.g5 Rxb7 44.Kf1 a3 45.Ra1 Kc8 46.Rh7 Rd7 47.Rc1 Kc7 48.Ke1 Nxd4 49.Kd1 Nb3
50.Rc2 Na5 51.Kc1 Nc4 52.Kb1 Kd6 53.Ka2 e5 54.f3 Re7 55.Rch2 Kd7 56.Rg7 e4
57.fxe4 dxe4 58.Kb3 Ne5 59.Re2 Ng6 60.Kxa3 Kd6 61.Kb3 e3 62.Kc3 Kd5 63.Rh7 Nf4
64.Re1 Ke4 65.g6 Nd5+ 66.Kc2 fxg6 67.Rxe7+ Nxe7 68.Ra1 Nf5 69.Rxa7 g5 70.Ra4+ Nd4+
71.Kd1 c5 72.Rc4 Kd3 73.Rxc5 e2+  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3.112"]
[White "Yakovlev,YuriS"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.O-O Nh6
9.Bxh6 gxh6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Nc3 Rg8 12.Rad1 Bg5 13.Nxg5 Rxg5 14.Nb5 Ke7 15.h4 Rg6
16.Bd3 Nxe5 17.Qb4+ Kf6 18.dxe5+ Kg7 19.Qc5 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 Rg4 21.Qxb6 axb6
22.a3 Rxh4 23.f4 Ra4 24.g3 Rg4 25.Kf2 Rd4 26.Be2 Rg6 27.Bh5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4.129"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Potapova,Tatiana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Nc6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Nc3 O-O 12.a3 a6 13.b4 b5 14.Qb3 Rd8 15.Bb2 Rb8
16.Rac1 Be8 17.Rxd8 Qxd8 18.Rd1 Qb6 19.e3 a5 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 axb4 22.axb4 Rd8
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bc6 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Qc3 Bf6 27.Qd3 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Be7
29.Qa8+ Qd8 30.Qxd8+ Bxd8 31.Kg2 g6 32.Kf3 Bc7 33.e4 Bb6 34.Ke2 Bc7 35.Kf3 Bb6
36.Ke2 Bc7 37.Kf3 Bb6 38.Ke2 Bc7 39.Kf3 Bb6 40.Ke2 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "5.121"]
[White "Klimentiev,Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O cxd4
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qg4 Bxc3 11.Qxg7 Bxe5 12.Nxe5 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Bg5 Ne4 15.Bf4 Rg8
16.f3 Ng5 17.Ng4 Ke7 18.h4 Ne4 19.Nh6 Ng3 20.Rfe1 Rg6 21.Kh2 Nh5 22.Bd2 Kd7
23.Nxf7 Rag8 24.g4 Ng7 25.Bc3 d4 26.Rad1 Ke7 27.Bxd4 Kxf7 28.Bc3 Ke7 29.Kh3 h5
30.g5 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Nxd8 32.Rd1 Nc6 33.Bf6+ Ke8 34.Rd6 e5 35.c3 Nf5 36.Rd1 Ne3
37.Re1 Nd5 38.Bxe5 Re6 39.Bg3 Nf4+ 40.Kh2 Rxe1 41.Bxe1 Ne5 42.Kg3 Ned3 43.Bf2 Ne2+
44.Kg2 Nxf2 45.Kxf2 Nf4 46.Kg3 Nd3 47.b4 Kf7 48.f4 Kg6 49.Kf3 Kf5 50.Ke3 Nxf4
51.Kd4 Ng6 52.Kd5 Nxh4 53.b5 Ng6 54.c4 h4  0-1

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Tran Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bc2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Re1 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5
16.Bb3 Nf6 17.Qxd8 Raxd8 18.Nf4 Nd3 19.Nxd3 Rxd3 20.Bc2 Rd7 21.Ng3 Bg6 22.Ba4 Rc7
23.Bf4 Rc4 24.Bb3 Rxf4 25.Rxe7 Rb8 26.Rc1 Ne8 27.Bd5 Nd6 28.Rd7 Rf6 29.Bxb7 h5
30.Bf3 h4 31.Nf1 Rxb2 32.Ne3 a6 33.Ng4  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "6.106"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Chernov,Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.e3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 Qc7 11.Na3 Qa5 12.Nb1 b5 13.Qd2 Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Ba6 15.Rfc1 b4
16.a3 Bb7 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.c3 Bd6 19.c4 Bb4 20.Bc3 a5 21.c5 Bc6 22.Bxb4 axb4
23.Nf3 Nd7 24.Ne1 Rab8 25.Ra6 Rfc8 26.f4 f6 27.Nc2 Kf8 28.Re1 e5 29.Bh3 Rb7
30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxe5 32.Bxc8 Rc7 33.dxe5 Rxc8 34.Nd4 Be8 35.Rb6 Bd7
36.c6 Be8 37.c7 Ke7 38.Rb7 Bd7 39.Kf2 g6 40.Ke3 Rf8 41.Nc6+ Ke6 42.Rb8 Rc8
43.Rxc8 Bxc8 44.Na7  1-0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cherniaev,A1"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Nd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Nbd2 Nb6 8.e4 Bg6
9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Rd1 Bb4 11.Ne5 c3 12.Nf1 Na4 13.Qc2 Nxb2 14.Bxb2 cxb2 15.Qxb2 Qe7
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Rdb1 Ba5 18.Qxb7 Qxb7 19.Rxb7 Bb6 20.Rc1 Bxd4 21.Rxc6 Ng4
22.Rc2 O-O 23.Bf3 Ne5 24.Kg2 Rac8 25.Rbc7 Rxc7 26.Rxc7 Rb8 27.Bd1 Rb1 28.Bb3 Nd3
29.Rd7 Ne1+ 30.Kh3 Bxf2 31.Nd2 Rc1 32.Nc4 Bb6 33.Ne5 Rc7 34.Rxf7 Rc5 35.Rf1 Rxe5
36.Rxe1 Kf7 37.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "7.97"]
[White "Senkevich,K"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.e5 d5 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.d4 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Bd3 h6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Ne5 Bxe5
9.dxe5 Qd5 10.f3 Qxe5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 Qc5+ 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Qd2 Nbd7 15.Bf4 Rad8
16.Qf2 Qc5 17.Be3 Qe7 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Bf1 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Bxd5 22.Bd4 Ng6
23.c4 Bb7 24.b3 Rd8 25.Qb2 Qh4 26.Bf2 Qg5 27.Be3 Qa5 28.Qf2 Qf5 29.Qg3 Qf6
30.Qxc7 Qe7 31.Qxe7 Nxe7 32.Be2 Nf5 33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Rd1 Rxd1 35.Bxd1 Nxe3 36.Kxe3 Ke7
37.Kd4 Kd6 38.b4 e5+ 39.Ke3 g5 40.Bb3 f5 41.Bc2 f4+ 42.Ke2 e4 43.Bxe4 Bxe4
44.fxe4 g4 45.Kd3 h5 46.Ke2 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Qc1 Bg4 8.Bh6 O-O
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Qf4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.e3 e5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.Qh3 Rad8
16.f4 f6 17.Ne4 Kh8 18.Bc4 fxe5 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Qe6 Rde8 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.h3 exf4
23.exf4 Nh5 24.Rhf1 Rxf4 25.Bd5 Nb4 26.Bxb7 Nxa2+ 27.Kb1 Nb4 28.Bf3 h6 29.Ne4 Nf6
30.Nc3 Rf5 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rfd1 h5 33.R8d4 c5 34.Rc4 Nd7 35.Nb5 Rfe5 36.Rcc1 Nf6
37.Nd6 Rd7 38.g4 hxg4 39.Bxg4 Rde7 40.Bf3 Re3 41.Rf1 Nd3 42.Rcd1 Ne5 43.Bg2 Re2
44.Rg1 Rd7 45.Bf1 Rh2 46.Bb5 Rc7 47.Rdf1 a6 48.Ba4 Ra7 49.Rg5 Re2 50.Nf5+ Kf7
51.Ng3 Re3 52.Bc2 Nf3 53.Bxg6+ Kf8 54.Rf5 Nd2+ 55.Kc2 Nxf1 56.Rxf6+ Kg7 57.Nh5+ Kh6
58.Bf7+ Kg5 59.Rxf1 Ree7 60.h4+ Kxh4 61.Rh1+ Kg5 62.Bc4 Re4 63.b3 Rg4 64.Rh2 Rh7
65.Bxa6 Ra7 66.Be2 Rg1 67.Rf2 Ra2+ 68.Kd3 Rb1 69.Rg2+ Kh6 70.Nf6 Rxb3+ 71.Ke4 c4
72.Ng4+ Kg5 73.Ne3+ Kh6 74.Nf5+ Kh7 75.Rh2+ Kg6 76.Bh5+ Kg5 77.Rxa2 Kxh5
78.Ne3 c3 79.Rc2 Kg5 80.Nd5 Rb2 81.Rxc3 Kg6 82.Nf4+ Kf6 83.Rc6+ Ke7 84.Ke5 Kd7
85.Rh6 Rb1 86.Ne6 Ra1 87.Rh7+ Kc6 88.Rc7+ Kb6 89.Rc2 Rh1 90.Kd5 Rh5+ 91.Kd6 Kb5
92.Nf4 Rh1 93.Ke5 Re1+ 94.Kd4 Rh1 95.Rc5+ Kb6 96.Nd5+ Kb7 97.Rc7+ Ka6 98.Rc6+ Ka5
99.Kc4 Rh4+ 100.Kc5 Rh1 101.Rg6 Rc1+ 102.Kd4 Rh1 103.Rf6 Rg1 104.Ne3 Kb5
105.Rh6 Rg8 106.Rh1 Kc6 107.Rc1+ Kb5 108.Rc5+ Kb4 109.Nd5+ Ka4 110.Rc3 Rh8
111.Rg3 Rh1 112.Kc4 Rc1+ 113.Nc3+ Ka5 114.Rg6 Rh1 115.Ne2 Rh8 116.Rc6 Rh1
117.Nc3 Rh6 118.Rc5+ Kb6 119.Nd5+ Ka6 120.Rb5 Rc6+ 121.Kb4 Ka7 122.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Bitoon,R"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.e3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 Nf6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.Ng3 Re8 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qc2 e4 10.f3 Na6 11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.d3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qg5 14.e4 Qxg3 15.Bf4 Qh4
16.Be3 Nc5 17.Rf4 Qe7 18.Raf1 Rf8 19.R1f3 Ne6 20.Rg4 f6 21.Rfg3 Kh8 22.d4 Rf7
23.Bd3 g6 24.d5 Nc5 25.e5 f5 26.Rf4 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 c5 28.dxc6 Bxc6 29.Bd4 Qe6
30.Rh4 Raf8 31.Rf4 Rg7 32.c5 g5 33.Rf2 b5 34.Kf1 h5 35.Rh3 h4 36.Ke1 f4 37.Kd1 Kg8
38.Kc1 f3 39.Rhxf3 Bxf3 40.gxf3 h3 41.Rh2 Rh7 42.Kb2 a6 43.Qd2 Rf4 44.Be3 Rxf3
45.Bxg5 b4 46.cxb4 Qxe5+ 47.Kc2 Rhf7  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "8.94"]
[White "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Black "Krasovskiy,Sviatoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.e3 Nd7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qc2 a5 14.Rfe1 g6 15.e4 e5 16.a3 Rfe8
17.d5 Bg7 18.b4 Rf8 19.Rf1 f5 20.Ne1 f4 21.Nd3 g5 22.Rfc1 g4 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Ba6
25.Bf1 Bxd3 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Bxd3 Nc5 28.Bc4 a4 29.Bc3 Qf7 30.Rf1 f3 31.h4 Bf6
32.Kh2 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Qf4+ 34.Kh1 Nxe4 35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.d6+ Kh8 37.Bd5 Qf6 38.Qxe4 Qxh4+
39.Kg1 Rae8 40.Bg8 Rxg8 41.Qf5 g3 42.Qxf3 Qh2+  0-1

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhatko,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.Ne5 c6 12.cxd5 Bxf1 13.dxe6 Ba6 14.exf7+ Rxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.d5 cxd5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxd5 Ra7 19.Qb3 Kf8 20.Nf4 Qe8 21.Ne6+ Kg8 22.Nc5+ Kh8
23.Qxb6 Ra8 24.Nxa6 Nxa6 25.O-O Nb4 26.a3 Nc6 27.Rd6 Ne5 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Qxf6+ Kh7
30.Rc1 Ra7 31.Qf5+ Ng6 32.g3 a4 33.Rc8 Qe5 34.Qc2 Rb7 35.Rc6 Qe8 36.h4 Kg7
37.Qc3+ Kh7 38.Qf6 Qf7 39.Qxf7+ Rxf7 40.Rc5 Rb7 41.Ra5 Rxb2 42.h5 Nf8 43.Ra7+ Kg8
44.Rxa4 Ne6 45.Kg2 Nc5 46.Rd4 Ra2 47.g4 Rxa3 48.Kg3 Kf7 49.Rc4 Ne6 50.Rb4 Rc3
51.Rb7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Rc6 53.f4 Kf8 54.Rd7 Nc5 55.Rd4 Rb6 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Rd5 Rc6
58.Rd8 Kg7 59.f5 Rc7 60.Rd6 Nd7 61.Rg6+ Kh7 62.Re6 Kg7 63.Re7+ Kf6 64.Re6+ Kg7
65.e4 Nf6 66.e5 Rc3+ 67.Ke2 Nd5 68.Kd2 Rg3 69.Rg6+ Kh7 70.Rd6 Nf4 71.Rd7+ Kg8
72.e6 Kf8 73.Rf7+ Ke8 74.f6 Nxe6 75.Re7+ Kf8 76.Rxe6 Rxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "9.103"]
[White "Kazantsev,Nikita"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8
9.Bb2 a5 10.b5 Na7 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Bd3 Nh6 13.O-O Nf5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Nxd5 Qxb5
16.Nxe7 Kxe7 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.a4 Qd5 19.Ba3+ Ke8 20.Qg5 Nc6 21.Bd6 Be6 22.Rac1 Kd7
23.Rb1 h6 24.Rxb7+ Ke8 25.Qxg7  1-0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Vaibhav,S"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Be3 a6 10.Ba4 Rb8 11.Rc1 Kh8 12.Re1 Be6 13.a3 Nh5 14.Nd5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Bd2 c6 17.Nf4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Be5 19.Qd2 Rg8 20.Bd1 f6 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.hxg4 Qd7
23.f3 Rbe8 24.Bh2 f5 25.Bxe5+ dxe5 26.Qg5 fxg4 27.fxg4 Qe7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.Rf1 Kg7
30.g5 Rf8 31.Rxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Gundavaa,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5
9.Bc2 Nc6 10.O-O Re8 11.Qd3 g6 12.Qf3 Qf6 13.Qe4 Bd7 14.h4 Nce7 15.Bg5 Qg7
16.Rad1 Bc6 17.Qg4 Rac8 18.Bb3 h6 19.Bc1 Bd6 20.Rfe1 Nf5 21.Qh3 h5 22.Bg5 Be7
23.Bc2 Rcd8 24.a3 a6 25.Bb3 Rd7 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Nf4 Bb3 28.Rc1 Qxd4 29.Nce2 Qb6
30.Bxe7 Rdxe7 31.Nc3 Kg7 32.g4 hxg4 33.Qxg4 Rh8 34.h5 Rh6 35.Ne4 e5 36.hxg6 fxg6
37.Ng3 Nxg3 38.Qxg3 Qf6 39.Nh3 Bd5 40.Rc3 Rh5 41.Rce3 Bc6 42.f4 Rxh3 43.Qxh3 Qxf4
44.Qg3 Rf7 45.Kh2 Qh6+ 46.Qh3 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 Qxh3 48.Rxh3 Rg2+ 49.Kf1 Rxb2 50.Rhe3 e4
51.Kg1 Kf6 52.R1e2 Rb1+ 53.Kf2 Ke5 54.Re1 Rb2+ 55.R1e2 Rxe2+ 56.Kxe2 g5 57.Rh3 Kf4
58.Rh7 Bd5 59.Rd7 Bc4+ 60.Ke1 g4 61.Rxb7 g3 62.Rc7 Bb5 63.Rf7+ Ke3 64.Rg7 Kf3
65.Rf7+ Kg4 66.Rg7+ Kf3 67.Rf7+ Ke3 68.Rg7 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.15"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.e3 Bg4
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Bh4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nf8 12.f4 Qd7 13.f5 g6 14.Bf6 Rg8 15.fxg6 hxg6
16.O-O-O Qe6 17.Bh4 O-O-O 18.e4 Bf4+ 19.Kb1 dxe4 20.Nxe4 g5 21.Nc5 Qd6 22.Qb3 Qc7
23.Bg3 Nd7 24.Nxa6 Qb6 25.Qa3 Nd5 26.Nc5 Kc7 27.Bc4 N7f6 28.Qf3 Qb4 29.Bb3 Kb6
30.Rd3 g4 31.Qd1 Bxg3 32.Bxd5 Bxf2 33.Rb3 Nxd5 34.a3 Qb5 35.a4 Ne3 36.Rxb5+ cxb5
37.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Farid,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Re1 b6 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Qd3 g6 15.Rad1 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.b4 Bf6 18.h4 Re8 19.h5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Ne7 21.Ne5 Nf5 22.b5 Bg5
23.Bh2 Ng7 24.Qf3 Bf6 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.bxc6 Rxc6 27.Bxd5 Rc8 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.g4 Rc2
30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qb3+ Ne6 32.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Cao,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 O-O
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O Bf6 13.Be3 g6 14.Be2 Qd6 15.Qd2 Be6
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.h3 Ne7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.g4 Nc6 20.b4 a6 21.f4 Rc7 22.Kg2 Bh4
23.Rf3 Rcf7 24.Rcf1 Ne7 25.Kh1 Qd7 26.Bd3 Bf6 27.Qe2 Bg7 28.Bc2 Nc6 29.Qd1 Qe7
30.Kg2 Na7 31.Bd3 Nc8 32.Qe2 Nd6 33.Bg1 Qd7 34.Re1 Rxf4 35.Rxf4 Rxf4 36.Qxe6+ Qxe6
37.Rxe6 Nc4 38.Re8+ Rf8 39.Re7 Rf7 40.Re8+ Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "Gomez,Joh"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Qe2 h6 12.h3 Re8 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.a5 Bb4 15.e4 Bxa5
16.e5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nd5 18.Bd2 b6 19.Rfc1 Bb7 20.Bd3 Ne7 21.Bxa6 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Nxe5
23.Qg3 Nf5 24.Qf4 Red8 25.Re1 f6 26.Red1 Qc6 27.Qb4 Rd5 28.Ra2 Rad8 29.Be2 b5
30.Qb3 Nh4 31.f3 Qc5+ 32.Kf1 Nf5 33.Bf4 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Qc4+
36.Qe2 Qxf4 37.Qxb5 Qe3  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Varley,P"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 c4 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Bd6
9.Bd3 Nge7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 f5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Bxe7 gxh5
16.Bxd8 Kxd8 17.O-O Ke7 18.Ra5 Be6 19.Re1 Kf6 20.Ra2 Bd7 21.Ra5 Rhe8 22.Kf1 Bc6
23.h3 a6 24.b4 h4 25.Ra3 d4 26.c4 Rg8 27.f3 Bd6 28.Ra5 Bxb4 29.Rxf5+ Kg7
30.Re2 Rgf8 31.Rxf8 Rxf8 32.Be4 a5 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Re4 c5 35.Ke2 a4 36.Kd3 a3
37.Rg4+ Kh7 38.Nxa3 Bxa3 39.Rxh4 Rg8 40.g4 Rf8 41.g5 Rxf3+ 42.Kd2 Bb4+ 43.Kd1 d3
44.Rxh6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Raznikov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd2 e6 7.c5 Nbd7 8.h3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4
10.Bc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 g6 12.g4 Bg7 13.h4 h5 14.g5 b6 15.cxb6 Qxb6 16.Bh3 c5
17.Rd1 cxd4 18.exd4 O-O 19.O-O Nb8 20.Rfe1 Nc6 21.Qd3 Rfe8 22.Re3 Qb5 23.Qd2 a5
24.Bf1 Qb8 25.a4 Qf4 26.Bb5 Rec8 27.Rh3 Qd6 28.Rf3 Nb4 29.Kg2 Ra7 30.Re1 Rac7
31.Re2 Bf8 32.Rf6 Bg7 33.Rf3 Bf8 34.Rf6 Bg7 35.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Glud,J"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.d4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Be3 Na5 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Nd4 Qd6 18.Bh3 Bc8 19.Ne6 Nc4 20.f4 Bd7 21.Qd4 b5 22.Qd1 Rac8
23.e5 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Ne3 25.Qb3 Nxd5 26.exf6 exf6 27.Qxd5 Bc6 28.Bg2 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Qd6
30.Nc7+ Qxd5+  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Heberla,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nb3 Bb4
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.e3 Re8 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 g5 15.Bg3 Ne4
16.Qc2 Ndc5 17.Bd3 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Bf5 19.Qd1 Qb6 20.O-O Rad8 21.Nd4 Bg6 22.Qc1 d5
23.cxd5 Rxd5 24.f3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Rde5 26.b4 Rxe3 27.Qc5 Qxc5 28.bxc5 Rd8 29.Rfd1 Rc3
30.Kh2 Rxc5 31.Nxc6 Re8 32.Nb4 a5 33.Nd5 Kg7 34.Rac1 Rec8 35.Rxc5 Rxc5 36.g4 b5
37.Kg3 f5 38.gxf5 Bxf5 39.Ne3 Be6 40.Rd6 Kf7 41.Rb6 h5 42.f4 Rc3 43.Kf3 gxf4
44.Kxf4 Rc5 45.Rb7+ Kf6 46.Ke4 a4 47.Kd4 Rg5 48.Ke4 Bb3 49.Rb6+ Be6 50.Rb7 Bb3
51.Rb6+ Ke7 52.Nf5+ Kd7 53.Rxb5 Rxg2 54.Nd4 Rg4+ 55.Ke5 Kc7 56.Rc5+ Kb6 57.Rb5+ Ka6
58.Rb8 Rg3 59.Nc6 Rg6 60.Nd4 Ka7 61.Rb5 Rb6 62.Kf4 Bd1 63.Rd5 Ka6 64.Rd8 Rg6
65.Rb8 Rf6+ 66.Ke5 Rb6 67.Ra8+ Kb7 68.Rh8 Rg6 69.Kd5 Rg3 70.Rh7+ Kc8 71.Kd6 Rd3
72.Kc5 Rxa3 73.Nb5 Rg3 74.Kc6 Bf3+ 75.Kd6 Rg6+ 76.Kc5 Kd8 77.Nd4 Rg5+ 78.Kc4 Bg4
79.Kb4 Bd7 80.Ne2 Rg4+ 81.Ka3 h4 82.Nc3 Rd4 83.Ne2 Rc4 84.Kb2 Rc2+ 85.Ka3 Rxe2
86.Rxh4 Re3+ 87.Ka2 Kc7 88.Rh1 Kb6 89.Rh5 Bb5 90.Rg5 Bc4+ 91.Ka1 Re2 92.Rh5 Kc6
93.Rg5 Bd5 94.Rg4 Kb5 95.Rg1 Kb4 96.Rb1+ Bb3 97.Rc1 Bc2 98.Kb2 Be4+ 99.Ka1 Re3
100.Kb2 Rb3+ 101.Ka1 Ra3+ 102.Kb2 Bd5 103.Rd1 Bc4 104.Rc1 Ra2+ 105.Kb1 Rd2
106.Ka1 Bd3 107.Rc8 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.g4 e6 12.Ng2 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Qe7 15.Be2 O-O
16.O-O Na7 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Ne1 Bb5 19.Nd3 Nd7 20.Qd2 Nb6 21.g5 Nc6 22.Rc1 Re8
23.Bd1 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Nc4 25.Bc2 g6 26.Qc3 e5 27.dxe5 N6xe5 28.Kg2 Nc6 29.Bb3 b5
30.Kg3 Qc5 31.Rd1 a5 32.Ba2 a4 33.h4 Ne7 34.Bb1 Qc8 35.Qf6 Qe6 36.e4 Rd8
37.Ba2 d4 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Be5 Qxf6 40.Bxf6 Kf8 41.Rxd4 Rxd4 42.Bxd4 Nc6 43.Bc3 Ke7
44.f4 Ke6 45.Kg4 Ne7 46.h5 Nc6 47.h6 f5+ 48.exf5+ gxf5+ 49.Kf3 Ne7 50.Be5 c3
51.Bxc3 Kd5 52.Ke3 Kc4 53.Kd2 Ng6 54.Be5 Ne7 55.Kc2 Ng6 56.Bc7 Ne7 57.b3+ axb3+
58.Kb2 Ng6 59.a4 Kb4 60.a5 Kb5 61.Kxb3 Kc6 62.Be5 Kb5 63.Kc3 Kxa5 64.Kc4 Kb6
65.Kd5 Kb7 66.Ke6  1-0

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Skoberne,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nd2 Nd7 8.Nf3 Nb4
9.Bb1 c5 10.d5 b5 11.a3 Na6 12.cxb5 Nc7 13.Bd3 a6 14.bxa6 Bxa6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6
16.Nc3 Qa8 17.h4 Rb8 18.h5 Nb5 19.Ne2 Ra4 20.Ng3 c4 21.Ra2 Nc5 22.Be3 Nd3
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Ng5 Rb7 25.Qg4 Nc7 26.f4 Ne8 27.f5 Nf6 28.Qh3 Ne5 29.fxg6 Nxg6
30.Rxf6 exf6 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Nf5 Bh8 33.Nxf7 Rxf7 34.Bh6+ Ke8 35.Qxg6  1-0

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Petkov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.Nd2 Re8 10.f3 b6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Nb3 Ne7 13.e4 Ng6 14.a4 c5 15.Rf2 Bc8 16.a5 Bd7
17.Rfa2 Rb8 18.axb6 axb6 19.Ra7 h6 20.Bf1 Be6 21.Be3 Re7 22.R7a6 Reb7 23.Nd2 Ne8
24.Nb1 Nc7 25.R6a4 cxd4 26.cxd4 b5 27.cxb5 Nxb5 28.dxe5 Nxe5 29.Ra6 Nc4 30.Bf2 Qg5
31.h4 Qf4 32.Qe1 Nc7 33.Ra7 d5 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.Nc3 Rb3 36.Rc1 Nd2 37.Bg3 Nxf3+
38.gxf3 Qxf3 39.Bxc7 d4 40.Bg2 Qg4 41.Nd5 d3 42.Qf2  1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qe2 a5 8.Be3 a4
9.Nd2 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 a3 11.b3 Nf6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.f3 d5 15.Qc5 Nd7
16.Qd4 Bb7 17.b4 Re8 18.O-O Nf8 19.Nb3 Ne6 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Nb5 Qb6+
23.N5d4 Ba6 24.Rf2 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 Bc4 27.c3 Rac8 28.Nc2 Ra8 29.Rd2 g6
30.Kf2 c6 31.Ne3 Bb5 32.Rc1 Re7 33.Nc2 Bc4 34.Ne3 Bb5 35.Nc2 Bc4 36.Ne3 Bb5
37.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedov,Nid"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rae8 12.Bd2 Nd8 13.a4 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 c6
16.d4 exd4 17.Bxb4 Bf6 18.Qd2 cxd5 19.Nxd4 Re4 20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.Rd1 Re8 22.Ne2 d5
23.Bc3 Qe7 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.Nxd5 Qxb2 27.Nc7 Nxc7 28.Qd7 Qf6 29.Qxc7 Ba8
30.Qd6 Qg5 31.Qd7 Rf8 32.Qg4 Qe5 33.Rd7 g6 34.Qg3 Qf6 35.Qd6 Qg5 36.Qg3 Qf6
37.Kh2 a5 38.Ra7 Bc6 39.Ra6 Ra8 40.Rb6 Rd8 41.Qc7 Rd6 42.Bxf7+ Kf8 43.Rb8+ Kg7
44.Be6+  1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Amin,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 a5 8.O-O d6
9.Qd3 Re8 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Ne1 e5 12.Nc2 Na6 13.a3 exd4 14.axb4 axb4 15.Qxd4 Qc7
16.Nxb4 Rxe2 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bf5 19.Rfc1 Qd7 20.Nc4 Rd8 21.Ne3 Re8 22.Ra3 Bh3
23.Bf3 Qb5 24.Bxe2 Qxe2 25.Qa4 Re7 26.Qc2 Qf3 27.Qd1 Qf6 28.Qe2 g6 29.Ra4 g5
30.Qh5 Rxe3 31.Qxh3 Re2 32.Rf1 Kg7 33.b4 Qd4 34.Qd7 Qxd5 35.Ra5 Qe4 36.Rf5 Qe7
37.Qxe7 Rxe7 38.Rb5 Kf6 39.f4 Kg6 40.Rb6 Rd7 41.Rd1 f6 42.b5 Nc5 43.Rdxd6 Rf7
44.f5+ Kg7 45.Rd5 Na4 46.Re6 h5 47.h3  1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.Qa4 Nbd7 10.Qxc4 e5 11.O-O e4 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.h3 h5 15.f3 exf3
16.Qxf5 fxg2 17.Kxg2 Nc4 18.Qf3 Qe7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qe4+ 21.Qxe4 Rxe4
22.Rf3 Rae8 23.Kf2 Nd6 24.Bd2 Nc4 25.Bc1 c6 26.Nc3 R4e6 27.Ke2 g6 28.Kd3 Nd6
29.Bd2 f5 30.Rg1 Ne4 31.g4 fxg4 32.hxg4 Ng5 33.Rff1 h4 34.Rh1 h3 35.Ne2 Re4
36.Nf4 Bg7 37.b4 a5 38.bxa5 c5 39.dxc5 R4e5 40.Nxg6 Rd5+ 41.Ke2 Ne4 42.Be1 Rxc5
43.Bb4 Rc6 44.Ne7+ Rxe7 45.Bxe7 Ng3+ 46.Kf3 Nxf1 47.Rxf1 Bf6 48.Bxf6 Rxf6+
49.Ke2 Rg6 50.Rh1 Rxg4 51.Rxh3 Ra4 52.Rh5 Rxa3 53.Rb5 Kf8 54.Kf3 Ke8 55.Kf4 Kd8
56.e4 Kc7 57.Ke5 Kc6 58.Rd5 Ra4 59.Kf5 Rb4 60.Re5 Ra4 61.Kf6 Ra1 62.Rf5 Kc7
63.e5 Rxa5 64.Rf1 Ra2 65.e6 b5 66.e7 Re2 67.Kf7 Kc6 68.e8=Q+ Rxe8 69.Kxe8 Kc5
70.Kd7 b4 71.Ke6 b3 72.Ke5 Kc4 73.Rf8 b2 74.Rb8 Kc3 75.Ke4 Kc2 76.Rxb2+ Kxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 dxc4
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Qc2 Rb8 12.O-O c5 13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Qb4 15.Rd2 Ba6
16.Rad1 Rb6 17.Na4 Rd6 18.a3 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Qa5 20.Nc3 g6 21.Qa4 Qxa4 22.Nxa4 Rb8
23.Kf1 Kf8 24.Ke1 Bb5 25.Nc3 Ba6 26.h3 Ke7 27.f4 Nd7 28.Kd1 Nc5 29.Kc2 h6
30.h4 h5 31.a4 Rb6 32.a5 Rd6 33.Ne4 Rxd2+ 34.Kxd2 Nb3+ 35.Kc3 Bb7 36.a6 Bxa6
37.Nf2 Nc1 38.Bf3 Na2+ 39.Kd4 c3 40.bxc3 c5+ 41.Kxc5 Nxc3 42.Nd3 Bxd3 43.exd3 a5
44.d4 f5 45.Kc4 Ne4 46.Kb5 Kd6 47.Kxa5 Kd5 48.Kb5 Kxd4 49.Kc6 Ke3  0-1

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.a4 Re8 13.Ba3 c6 14.b5 Qe7 15.bxc6 Bxc6
16.Rfc1 g6 17.h3 Rec8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Qxb6 Nd7 22.Qd4 Nc5
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 a5 25.Rc5 Rab8 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Qb4 28.Qe5 Qb2 29.Qxb2 Rxb2
30.Rxa5 Rcc2 31.Rb5 Rxf2 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.a5 Rb7 34.a6 Ra7 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Ke2 Kf6
37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Kc4 Kd6 39.Kb5 Kc7 40.Rd1 h5 41.h4 Ra8 42.Rc1+ Kd7 43.Ra1 Kc7
44.a7 Kb7 45.e4 Re8 46.a8=Q+ Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Kxa8 48.Kc6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 e6 10.e3 Be7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.a3 Nh5 13.Be5 f6 14.Bg3 f5 15.Be5 O-O 16.h3 Nf6
17.g4 Ne4 18.gxf5 Rxf5 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qb6 21.b4 Raf8 22.Rg1 R8f7 23.Bf4 Nxb4
24.axb4 Bc6 25.Qxe6 Qxb4 26.Kd2 Qb2+ 27.Kd3 Bxf3 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Rg1+ Kh8
30.Be5+ Rxe5 31.Qxe5+ Rf6 32.Qxe7 Be2+ 33.Nxe2 Qb5+ 34.Kd2 Qb2+ 35.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Nd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.Qc2 h5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bc7 12.Nh4 O-O 13.h3 Be6 14.Qe2 Ng6 15.Bg5 Qe8
16.Qxh5 Nxh4 17.Qxh4 f6 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.d4 g5 21.Qh6 Bxd4 22.Rfe1 Qf7
23.Nd6 Qd7 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Rxe6 Qxe6 28.Be4 Qxh3 29.Nf5 Rg8
30.Qf7 Raf8 31.Qxb7 Rb8 32.Qf7 Rbf8 33.Qc4 Bxb2 34.Rb1 Rd8 35.Ne3 Bd4 36.Bf5 g4
37.Qxc6 Rde8 38.Rb7 Rxe3 39.Rh7+ Qxh7 40.Bxh7 Re1+ 41.Kg2 Re2 42.Bxg8 Rxf2+
43.Kh1 Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Cornette,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Rc1 O-O 8.e3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Ba2 Rc8 14.Bb1 g6 15.h4 f5
16.O-O g5 17.Ne5 Qf6 18.Ne4 Qxe5 19.Nxc5 Bb5 20.Rfd1 Nd7 21.Qb3 Nxc5 22.Qxb5 a6
23.Qb4 g4 24.g3 b5 25.Ba2 Kf7 26.Rc3 Kf6 27.Bb1 a5 28.Qxb5 Rab8 29.Qxa5 Rxb2
30.Bc2 Rb5 31.Qxb5 Qxc3 32.Qb1 Qxa3 33.Bxf5 exf5 34.Rd5 Ke7 35.Qxf5 Qa1+
36.Kg2 Ne6 37.Re5 Rc6 38.e4 Rd6 39.Qh7+ Ke8 40.Qg8+ Ke7 41.Qg7+ Kd8 42.Qf6+ Kc7
43.Rc5+  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 h6
9.Ne4 Nd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Ng3 h5 12.Re1 h4 13.Nf5 Bf6 14.Be4 Be6 15.d4 Nb6
16.Bd2 Nbc4 17.Bxa5 Nxa5 18.b4 Nc4 19.Bxc6+ Kf8 20.dxe5 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8
22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Nd4 Bc7 24.Nc3 Bxe5 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Rd1 Nd6 27.Nb5 Ke7
28.Nxa7 Nf5 29.Be4 Nd4 30.Kf1 Kf6 31.c3 Nf5 32.Nb5 Bxh2 33.a4  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qb3 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Qd1 Nce4 14.Nb5 Bc5 15.Rc1 a6
16.Nbd4 Re8 17.Ne1 Qd7 18.Nd3 Bd6 19.a3 Rac8 20.f3 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Ng5 22.Nb4 Rc8
23.Qd2 b5 24.Rc1 Re8 25.Kh1 Rc8 26.Rc3 Bc5 27.Bd3 g6 28.Qc2 Bb6 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8
30.Qc3 Bb7 31.Be2 Ne8 32.Nd3 Qc7 33.Qxc7 Nxc7 34.Kg1 Kg7 35.Bg3 Nge6 36.Kf2 f6
37.Nxe6+ Nxe6 38.b4 Kf7 39.Bd1 Ke7 40.Ke2 Bc6 41.Bc2 Be8 42.Bb3 Bc6 43.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gharamian,T"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.c3 dxc3 14.bxc3 Nd7 15.d4 Nb6
16.a4 Bf6 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ba3 g6 20.Bb4 Kg7 21.Rfb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.exd5 a6 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.a4 Qc7 14.h3 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Qd3 Nh5 18.Rad1 Nf4 19.Qe4 Ng6 20.Re3 Qc8 21.Rde1 Bf4 22.R3e2 Bd6
23.b3 Kh8 24.Nh4 Nxh4 25.Qxh4 Qf5 26.g3 Bc8 27.Kg2 f6 28.Re3 Qg5 29.Qxg5 hxg5
30.Ne4 Bb8 31.f3 Bb7 32.a5 bxa5 33.Nxc5 Bxd5 34.Ne6 Bxe6 35.Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.06.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vaisser,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bg3 Bxg3 8.hxg3 Qd6
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bd3 e5 12.e4 cxd4 13.cxd4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Rd1 Qb4+ 18.Kf1 Bb5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Qb5 21.Qxb5+ axb5
22.Rh4 Rxa2 23.Rb4 f6 24.Rxb5 Ra7 25.Rc5 Kf7 26.Rc7+ Kg6 27.Rdd7 Rg8 28.Ke2 h5
29.Ke3 Ra1 30.Rxb7 Re1+ 31.Kd2 Rg1 32.Ke2 h4 33.Kf3 hxg3 34.Kxg3 Rb1 35.f3 Kf5
36.Rxg7 Rxg7+ 37.Rxg7 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Renet,O"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 a5
16.d5 c6 17.c4 Nc5 18.Be3 Ba6 19.dxc6 Qc7 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Bd3 Bxc6
23.Bc4 Bh6 24.Nh2 Red8 25.Qf3 Bf4 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.Qxg4 Rd6 28.Nf1 Rd4 29.Qh4 Kg7
30.f3 a4 31.Qf2 Qa5 32.Rab1 Rad8 33.Rb2 h5 34.Rbe2 Rd1 35.Bd5 Rxe1 36.Qxe1 Qxe1
37.Rxe1 Bxd5 38.Rd1 Bxb3 39.Rxd8 Bxa2 40.Kf2 Bb3 41.Ne3 a3 42.Ra8 Bxe3+ 43.Kxe3 a2
44.h4 c4 45.Kd2 f6 46.Ra7+ Kh6 47.Ra6 Kg7 48.Ra7+ Kf8 49.Kc3 g5 50.g3 gxh4
51.gxh4 Ke8 52.Kd2 Kd8 53.Kc3 Kc8 54.Kb4 Kb8 55.Ra5 Kc7 56.Rc5+ Kd6 57.Rd5+ Ke6
58.Ra5 Kf7 59.Ra7+ Kg6 60.Kc3 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2014"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Ng5 Be6 12.Nxe6+ fxe6 13.Bg5 Bb4 14.O-O-O+ Kc7
15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxe4 f5 17.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qd4 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc3 d5 12.Na4 Ng4 13.h3 c5 14.Nxc5 Bf6 15.Qa4 Ne5
16.Be3 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Nf3+ 18.Kg2 Bd4 19.Qc6 Bxc5 20.Qe6+ Kh8 21.Bxc5 Qh4 22.Qg4 Qf6
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Rad1 c5 25.Be2 Ne5 26.Qg3 d4 27.Bd3 g5 28.Be4 h5 29.Rde1 h4
30.Qa3 g4 31.Qxc5 Rg8 32.Bb7 Rg5 33.Qxd4 gxh3+ 34.Kh1 Qg7 35.Qxh4+ Kg8 36.Bd5+ Kf8
37.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bg5 Qb6
9.Qb3 Qxb3 10.axb3 Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Ke7 13.O-O f5 14.Rfc1 Rhc8 15.g3 Nb4
16.Ne1 a6 17.Na4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8 Bxc8 20.Nb6 Bd7 21.Nxd7 Kxd7 22.Kf1 Nc6
23.Nd3 Nb4 24.Ke1 Nxd3+ 25.Bxd3 Bb4+ 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Kd1 h6 28.Ke2 Kd6 29.Kd1 Kc6
30.Ke2 Kb6 31.Kd1 Kc7 32.Be2 Kd6 33.Bh5 Ke7 34.Ke2 Kf6 35.Kd1 Ba5 36.Ke2 Bb4
37.Kd1 Ba5 38.Ke2 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.Nd4 Qd6
9.Qh5+ Kd8 10.Nxc6+ bxc6 11.Be2 e4 12.O-O Qe5 13.d3 Qxh5 14.Bxh5 exd3 15.cxd3 Bf5
16.d4 Rb8 17.b3 Kd7 18.Be3 a5 19.Bf3 Rg8 20.h4 Bd6 21.g3 a4 22.Bd1 Ba3 23.bxa4 Bb2
24.Bb3 Bxa1 25.Rxa1 Bd3 26.h5 Rbe8 27.h6 Rg6 28.Rc1 f5 29.Rc3 Rxe3 30.fxe3 Be4
31.a5 Rxg3+ 32.Kf2 Rg8 33.Ba4 Rg2+ 34.Ke1 Rxa2 35.Bxc6+ Kd6 36.Be8 Rxa5 37.Rc6+ Ke7
38.Bh5 Ra7 39.Kf2 Ra2+ 40.Kg3 Rg2+ 41.Kf4 Rf2+ 42.Ke5 Rh2 43.Bd1 Kd7 44.Rf6 Kc8
45.Ba4 Rh3 46.Bc6 Kb8 47.Bxd5 Rxe3 48.Rf8+ Ka7 49.Rf7 Bh1+ 50.Kf4 Bxd5 51.Rxh7 Rh3
52.Rxc7+ Kb6 53.Rh7 Be4 54.Rh8 Rh4+ 55.Ke5 Bd3 56.d5 f4 57.d6 Bb5 58.Rb8+ Ka6
59.Rxb5 Rh5+ 60.Kxf4 Rxb5 61.h7 Rb8 62.Ke5 Rh8 63.d7 Kb7 64.Kf6 Kc7 65.Kg7 Rxh7+
66.Kxh7 Kxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Nd5 Nd8 11.b4 Qc6 12.c5 Qd7 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Nd4 Re8
16.O-O Rxe4 17.Rfd1 f5 18.Nf3 dxc5 19.Rxc5 Qd6 20.Qc1 Qf8 21.Bd3 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Qxc8 Rxd5 25.Qxb7 Qd8 26.Qa6 Rd4 27.a3 Bf6 28.h3 Kg7 29.Kf1 Qd5
30.Ke2 Qxg2 31.Qxa7 Qxh3 32.Qb7 Rd6 33.Qb5 Bc3 34.Rc1 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 c6 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 Bc7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Ng3 Re8
9.c5 d5 10.cxd6 Bxd6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 e4 13.Qb1 Qe7 14.Bc2 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Bf5
16.f3 Bg6 17.fxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Rh4 Bg6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Qc2 Nd7 22.O-O-O Nf8
23.Rdh1 f6 24.Kb1 Qe6 25.Rc1 Rac8 26.Rd4 Qf7 27.Qd3  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Fier,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Bd3 Rxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxb2
16.Rb1 Bc3+ 17.Ke2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bxb5 Ra2+ 20.Kf1 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Bc4 Ra3
23.g4 f5 24.Kg2 f4 25.exf4 Bxf4 26.Rb3 Ra2 27.Rb8 Ra3 28.Qe2 Qf8 29.Rhb1 Be5
30.R1b3 Rxb3 31.Bxb3 Kg7 32.Qf3 Qxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Ba6 34.Bc2 h6 35.h4 Bc4 36.Be4 g5
37.h5 Ba2 38.Re8 c4 39.Bc2 Bb3 40.Bxb3 cxb3 41.Ke4 b2 42.Rb8 Kf6 43.Rb6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10.34"]
[White "Salem,AR"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.g3 a6 8.a4 O-O 9.Bg2 Nb6
10.b3 Rb8 11.O-O Na8 12.Ne1 b6 13.Nd3 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nc7 15.Qc2 Bg5 16.f4 exf4
17.gxf4 Bf6 18.Rae1 Re8 19.Qc1 b5 20.e5 bxc4 21.bxc4 dxe5 22.d6 Ne6 23.fxe5 Bh4
24.Re4 Nd4 25.Qd1 Bg5 26.Nd5 Bb7 27.Bxg5 Qxg5 28.Rg4 Qh6 29.Nxc5 Bxd5 30.Nxd7 Qe3+
31.Kh1 Bxg2+ 32.Rxg2 Ne6 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Nxe8 Rxe8 35.Rxf7 Qxe5 36.d7 Rd8
37.Re7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11.36"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Ne5 g6 12.Qb3 Nf6 13.h3 Be6 14.f3 Nfd7 15.Nd3 O-O
16.Nf4 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qa3 Rac8 19.Kb1 Rfd8 20.Ka1 Qf6 21.Rd4 Qe5 22.Be2 Qxe3
23.Rhd1 Nca4 24.Nb1 Qxa3 25.Nxa3 Kg7 26.Bb5 Nc5 27.Nc4 Ncd7 28.Bxd7 Rxd7
29.Nxb6 axb6 30.g4 g5 31.Ne2 Rc2 32.R4d2 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Kf6 34.Rd4 Ke5 35.b3 f5
36.Kb2 fxg4 37.hxg4 Bf7 38.Rb4 d4 39.Rb5+ Rd5 40.Rxb6 d3 41.Nc3 d2 42.Kc2 Rd7
43.Rb4 Bg6+ 44.Kd1 Rd8 45.a4 h5 46.Rxb7 h4 47.Rb6 Bf7 48.Rb5+ Bd5 49.Kxd2 h3
50.Nd1 Kf4 51.Nf2 h2 52.Ke1 Bxf3  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12.42"]
[White "Al Sayed,Mohamad"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.O-O c4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.b3 Qa5 11.Qe1 Bg4 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qa6 14.bxc4 Qxc4 15.Qd2 Nf5
16.e3 Nd6 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.Qb2 Nxc3 19.Rxc3 Qa6 20.Ne1 Rfd8 21.Rc5 Be6 22.Bf1 Qb6
23.Rb5 Qc7 24.Rxb7 Qd6 25.Rb5 Rab8 26.Qc3 Rbc8 27.Rc5 h5 28.h4 Bf5 29.Rc1 Ne7
30.Bd3 Bg4 31.Qb4 Rb8 32.Rb5 Rxb5 33.Qxd6 Rxd6 34.Bxb5 Rb6 35.a4 f6 36.Rc7 a6
37.Bf1 Nc6 38.Bg2 Be6 39.Nd3 Bf7 40.Rd7 Rb3 41.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13.47"]
[White "Tissir,M"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.h3 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Nh2 d5
10.Qf3 Be6 11.Ng4 Bxg4 12.hxg4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nh7 14.Rd1 Ng5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5 16.Na3 Qe7
17.Nc4 Nd8 18.Ne3 c6 19.Rd3 Ne6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.b3 Rfd8 22.Rad1 Rxd3 23.Rxd3 b5
24.Qd1 Bf8 25.c4 a6 26.Rd8 Rc8 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Rxc8 Qxc8 29.a4 Bc5 30.Qc1 Bxe3
31.Qxe3 bxa4 32.bxa4 c5 33.Qc3 c4 34.a5 Qc6 35.f3 Kh7 36.Kf2 Qb5 37.Ke2 h5
38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Kd2 Qc5 40.Ke2 Qb5 41.Kd2 Qc5 42.Ke2 Qb5 43.Kd2 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14.47"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Taleb,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.d5 a5 9.h3 g6
10.Be2 Bg7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Nh5 13.g3 Nhf6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.g4 c6 16.h4 Ne8
17.Nf1 cxd5 18.cxd5 Nc5 19.Ng3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.h5 g5 22.Nf5 Qd7 23.a4 Nc7
24.O-O Rc8 25.Rfc1 Bf8 26.f3 Raa8 27.Ra3 N7a6 28.Qe2 Nb4 29.Nb5 Nca6 30.Rac3 Nc5
31.b3 f6 32.Kg2 Kh7 33.Bf2 Ncd3 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Qd2 Nxf2 37.Kxf2 Qc5+
38.Kg2 Na6 39.Ne3 Qc8 40.Nc4 Qb8 41.Qc3 Be7 42.Ne3 Nc5 43.Nf5 Bf8 44.Qc4 Kh8
45.Na3 Qc8 46.Qb5 Na6 47.Nc4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15.41"]
[White "Debashis,D"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Re8 10.Bf4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Be5 Rc8 13.Rad1 Be7 14.Nc3 d6 15.Bg3 g6
16.Bc2 Na5 17.Ba4 Rf8 18.b3 Nh5 19.Bb5 Rc7 20.Ba6 Ng7 21.Bf4 Nf5 22.Rd2 h5
23.Rfd1 Bf6 24.h3 h4 25.Ne4 Bg7 26.Bg5 f6 27.Bf4 Qe7 28.Qg4 Kh7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qb3 h6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rad1 Qe7 11.Rfe1 dxc4 12.Qxc4 e5 13.e4 Nb6 14.Qb3 Bg4 15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.f3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rad8 19.b3 Qc7 20.Ne2 Bc8 21.Bc3 Nbd7 22.Qb2 Rde8
23.Nf4 Ne5 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Re6 26.Red1 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 c5 28.Qd2 Rfe8 29.e5 Nh7
30.f4 R6e7 31.Rd8 Nf8 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.Rxd6 b6 35.Kg1 Be6 36.Kf2 h5
37.h3 Ng6 38.Be4 Ne7 39.Kg2 Nf5 40.Rd3 g6 41.Bc6 Rc8 42.Bb7 Rb8 43.Be4 b5
44.Ba5 c4 45.bxc4 bxc4 46.Rd8+ Rxd8 47.Bxd8 c3 48.Kf2 Bxa2 49.Ba5 c2 50.Bxc2 Nd4
51.Be4 Be6 52.Kg2 Nb3 53.Bc3 a5 54.Bc2 a4 55.Bb4 Bd5+ 56.Kf2 Be6 57.Kg2 Bd5+
58.Kf2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Lenic,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qd8 12.Qc1 f5 13.Nc3 c5 14.d5 e5 15.Be2 Nd7
16.Kh1 e4 17.Ne1 Qh4 18.g3 Qe7 19.f4 Nf6 20.Ng2 Ne8 21.Ne3 Nd6 22.Qd2 Bd7
23.Rf2 Bd4 24.Rg2 h5 25.Nc2 Bf6 26.h4 a6 27.a4 Qg7 28.a5 Rab8 29.Na4 Bxa4
30.Rxa4 Bxb2 31.Ra2 Bc3 32.Qd1 b6 33.axb6 Rxb6 34.Qg1 Rc8 35.Qf2 a5 36.Rg1 Rb2
37.Rxb2 Bxb2 38.Qe1 Qc3 39.Qd1 a4 40.Bxh5 gxh5 41.Qxh5 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O e5 10.Bg3 a5 11.Bb5 Nh5 12.a4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qe7 14.e4 Be6 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.c4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rad8 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qc2 Qxc5 20.Ne4 Qb4 21.c5 Rd5 22.Rfd1 Rb8
23.Rab1 h5 24.Kg2 Rbd8 25.Rxd5 cxd5 26.Rd1 d4 27.c6 Rc8 28.c7 Qb6 29.Rc1 Bh6
30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 Bf8 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Nd5 d3 34.Kf1 d2 35.Ke2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.48"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.e3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Qe7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 e5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 f6 14.h4 g4 15.Bg6+ Kf8
16.Nd2 h5 17.Bd3 Be6 18.a3 Kg7 19.O-O Rad8 20.Re1 Bb6 21.Ne4 Rhf8 22.Qc1 Bd5
23.c3 Bc7 24.c4 Bf7 25.Qc3 Nd4 26.Rad1 Bg6 27.b4 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Ne2+ 29.Rxe2 Rxd1+
30.Kh2 f5 31.Bc2 Rc1 32.Rxe5 Bxe5 33.Bxe5+ Kg6 34.Bg3 Qe1 35.Qxe1 Rxe1 36.Bd6 Rfe8
37.c5 Rc1 38.Ba4 Re2 39.Kg3 Rc3+ 40.f3 Rxa3 41.Bd7 gxf3 42.gxf3 Ree3 43.Kg2 Rxf3
44.Be8+ Kf6 45.Bxh5 Rfd3 46.Be2 Rd2 47.Kf1 Ra1+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Goloshchapov,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.O-O Nd7
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Bc7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.e4 dxc4 14.bxc4 e5 15.d5 Ba5
16.Qe3 Bb6 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.h4 Bg4 19.Kh2 Rad8 20.Bh3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Rd6 22.Qe2 Rf6
23.Rf1 Rd8 24.Rad1 g6 25.h5 Na6 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Nb1 Nc5 28.Nd2 Na4 29.Rc1 cxd5
30.cxd5 Nc3 31.Qc4 b5 32.Qb3 Ne2 33.Rce1 Nc3 34.Rc1 b4 35.Bg4 a5 36.Qc4 a4
37.a3 Rb6 38.Nf3 Qf6 39.Nxd4 exd4 40.Rfe1 b3 41.e5 Qg5 42.Qxd4 b2 43.Rxc3 b1=Q
44.Rxb1 Rxb1 45.d6 gxh5 46.Bf3 h4 47.Qxh4 Qxh4 48.gxh4 Rb3 49.Rc7 Rxa3 50.d7 Rd3
51.Bg4 Kf8 52.f4 a3 53.Ra7 Rb8 54.Be2 Rd2 55.Kf2 Rbb2 56.Kf3 Rb3+ 57.Kg4 Ke7
58.Bc4 Rg2+ 59.Kf5 Rb8 60.Bxf7 Rf8 61.e6 a2 62.Ke5 Re2+ 63.Kd5 Rd2+ 64.Ke5 Re2+
65.Kd5 Rd2+ 66.Ke5 Re2+ 67.Kf5 Rb8 68.Kg5 Rb1 69.Ra8 Rg2+ 70.Kh6 Rd1 71.f5 Kf6
72.e7 Kxe7 73.Bxa2 Rxd7  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Bf4 a6 8.e3 Qa5+
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.b6 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Be2 Qxc3+ 13.Nd2 Nxb6 14.O-O Be7 15.Rb1 Nd7
16.Bh5+ g6 17.Bg4 Nf6 18.Bh3 O-O 19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Ne5 Bd6 21.Rb3 Qd2 22.Qxd2 Nxd2
23.Nxg6 Rd8 24.Rb6 Bxf4 25.Nxf4 Nxf1 26.Nxe6 Nd2 27.Nxd8 Bxh3 28.Nb7 Nc4
29.Rc6 Bd7 30.Rc7 Bb5 31.Nxc5 Rd8 32.Ne6 Rd6 33.Nd4 Bd7 34.h3 Kf8 35.g4 Ke8
36.Ra7 Rb6 37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.Rd8 Ne5 39.f4 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Ke7 41.Rh8 Nc4 42.Rxh7+ Kd8
43.g5 Rb2+ 44.Kg3 Nxe3 45.g6 Rb6 46.g7 Rg6+ 47.Kf3 Nc2 48.Nxc2 Ke8 49.Nd4 Ba4
50.f5 Rg1 51.f6 Kf7 52.Rh8 Kxf6 53.g8=Q  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.30"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.e3 Nh5 7.Be5 Nf6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nbd2 e6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bg7 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 h5 14.h4 Bh6 15.Qc2 Bf4
16.Nf1 O-O-O 17.g3 Bh6 18.N1d2 Kb8 19.a4 Qc7 20.a5 e5 21.Nb3 e4 22.Nh2 Rhg8
23.Bxh5 Bc8 24.Nc5 f5 25.b4 f4 26.g4 f3 27.g5 Bf8 28.Bg4 f5 29.Bxf3 exf3
30.Nxf3 Qf4 31.Qd3 Bxc5 32.bxc5 Rde8+ 33.Kf1 Qg4 34.a6 f4 35.Nd2 Bf5 36.Qf3 Qxf3
37.Nxf3 Be4 38.Rh3 Rh8 39.axb7 Kxb7 40.Nd2 Bf5 41.Rh2 Bd3+ 42.Kg1 Re2 43.Nf3 Be4
44.Ne1 a5 45.h5 Kc7 46.g6 Rg8 47.f3 Rxh2 48.Kxh2 Bf5 49.Ng2 Bc2 50.Nxf4 a4
51.Nxd5+ Kb7 52.Nf6 Ra8 53.g7 Ne7 54.d5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.25"]
[White "Amin,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 c6 8.Nc3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 d4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.a3 a5 13.Qc2 Nd5 14.Bd6 f5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Bxd5+ cxd5 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.exf3 f4 21.g4 h5 22.h3 Rd6
23.Kg2 Re8 24.Qb5 b6 25.b4 axb4 26.Qxb4 Qf6 27.Rfe1 Rc8 28.Rac1 Rc3 29.Re8+ Kh7
30.Rce1 Rxd3 31.R1e5 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rc6 33.Qb1 Rc3 34.Qh1+ Qh6 35.Rh5 Rxf3
36.Rxh6+ gxh6 37.Qh5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12.29"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Nbd7
10.b4 c5 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.d5 Ng4 13.Bb2 Nde5 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Ne5 16.Be2 exd5
17.cxd5 Nd7 18.f4 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 a6 20.Bf3 b5 21.e5 Nb6 22.Ne4 Nxd5 23.Bxd4 cxd4
24.Qd2 Qb6 25.Nd6 Bc6 26.Rac1 Ne7 27.f5 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 f6 29.Qh6 Ra7 30.exf6 Rxf6
31.Nc8 Qb7 32.Nxa7 Qxa7 33.fxg6 Rxf3 34.Qxh7+ Kf8 35.g7+ Kf7 36.g8=Q+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13.25"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Nd7 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qc2 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 e4 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.f4 exf3 13.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 O-O 15.b3 Nd7
16.Bb2 Qg5 17.d4 d5 18.e4 Nf6 19.e5 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Rae1 Bf5 22.Re3 Bg6
23.Rg3 Qh5 24.Qe3 Rad8 25.h3 Qh4 26.Kh2 Qe7 27.Rf4 f6 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Rxf6 Qxf6
30.Bc3 Qf1 31.Qg5 Rf8 32.d5 cxd5 33.cxd5 Qf4 34.Qe7 Qf7 35.Qe5 Re8 36.Qd4 h5
37.d6 Kh7 38.Kg1 Qd7 39.Bd2 Re6 40.Bf4 Rf6 41.Be5 Re6 42.Qd5 a6 43.Rc3 e3
44.Rxe3 Bf7 45.Qd4 Rg6 46.Rc3 b5 47.Kh2 Qb7 48.Bg3 Be6 49.Rc7 Qa8 50.d7 Qd8
51.Qe5 Bxd7  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14.16"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.c5 Qc7 8.Nh4 Bg6
9.Bf4 Qxf4 10.Qxb7 Qxh4 11.Qxa8 Nd7 12.e3 Be7 13.Qxa7 O-O 14.Be2 e5 15.Rd1 exd4
16.exd4 Bf6 17.O-O Bxd4 18.g3 Qf6 19.Na4 Re8 20.Bg4 Nf8 21.Rd2 h5 22.Bh3 h4
23.b4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Be4 25.Bg2 Nbd7 26.Qc7 Be5 27.Qb7 Rb8 28.Qa7 Rxb4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Nb6 Qe6 31.Nxd7 Nxd7 32.a4 Nf6 33.a5 Qh3 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Qd8 Rh4  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15.26"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Qe1 O-O
9.e4 c5 10.Nh2 f6 11.f4 Bf7 12.Nhf3 Rc8 13.c3 b5 14.a4 b4 15.c4 a5 16.Nb3 dxc4
17.dxc4 e5 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.Nxa5 Qc7 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Qc2 Ra8 23.Nb3 Bxc4
24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Be3 Bxb3 26.Qxb3 Nd7 27.Rf1+ Nf6 28.g4 h6 29.Bxh6 Qb6 30.Be3 Ke8
31.g5 Nd7 32.Qf7+ Kd8 33.Qxg7 Rxa4 34.h4 Ra2 35.Rf2 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Qe6 37.Bh3 Qc4
38.Rd2 Ra7 39.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16.32"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.h3 Ne5 10.Be2 Nxf3+ 11.Nxf3 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Bf5 14.Bf3 Be4 15.Ng4 Bxf3
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qxf3 Qd7 18.Rd1 Bg7 19.Bf4 Rfe8 20.Rd2 Rad8 21.Rad1 b6 22.d6 e5
23.Bg5 Rc8 24.Be7 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Qf6 Rfe8 27.Rd5 Re6 28.Qg5 Rce8 29.h4 Kg7
30.h5 h6 31.Qg4 e4 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Re5 Kf6 34.Rxe4 h5 35.Qh3 Qd8 36.Rxe6+ Rxe6
37.Qh4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17.26"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nge2 d6 6.h3 h5 7.Na4 Be6 8.d3 Qe7
9.Bg5 O-O-O 10.c4 Bd4 11.Rb1 Qd7 12.b4 Rde8 13.b5 Ne7 14.Qd2 Ng6 15.f4 Kb8
16.f5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Qxf5 18.Rf1 Qe6 19.Nxd4 exd4+ 20.Kd1 Nd7 21.Kc2 Nge5 22.Rbe1 f6
23.Bf4 g5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qf2 Rhf8 26.Qf5 Qg8 27.Nb2 g4 28.h4 Re7 29.a4 Rfe8
30.a5 Nxc4 31.Rxe7 Na3+ 32.Kd2 Rxe7 33.Qd5 Qc8 34.Rxf6 Re5 35.Qb3 Nxb5 36.a6 c6
37.Nc4 Qe8 38.Nxe5 Qxe5 39.Rf8+ Kc7 40.Rf7+ Kd8 41.Rf8+ Kc7 42.Qf7+ Kb6 43.Qxb7+ Ka5
44.Be4 Qxg3 45.Qxc6 Qh2+ 46.Ke1 Qg1+ 47.Kd2 Qe3+ 48.Kc2 Qe2+ 49.Kb3 Qd1+
50.Qc2 Qe1 51.Qa2+ Kb6 52.Rb8+ Kc5 53.Rxb5+ Kxb5 54.Qa4+ Kb6 55.Qc6+ Ka5
56.Qa4+ Kb6 57.Qxd4+ Kxa6 58.Qxd6+ Ka5 59.Qc5+ Ka6 60.Qc6+ Ka5 61.Qc7+ Kb5
62.Qb7+ Kc5 63.Qxa7+ Kd6 64.Qd4+ Ke7 65.Qb4+ Qxb4+ 66.Kxb4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18.32"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Re1 Bd7
9.Na3 a6 10.Nc2 Kh8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Qe8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rad1 Rd8 15.Qc1 Bc8
16.b4 Nd7 17.a4 Nf6 18.b5 Na5 19.b6 Qe7 20.Qa3 Nc6 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.bxc7 Rde8 24.Bd4 Qg5 25.Kh1 d5 26.Be3 Qh5 27.Be2 Bg4 28.Bxg4 Nxg4 29.Rxd5 Qh4
30.Kg1 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Qf4 32.Qc5 Rc8 33.Rd7 Be5 34.g3 Qf6 35.Nb4 b6 36.Qc4 b5
37.axb5 axb5 38.Qc5 Rfe8 39.Nd5 Qe6 40.Qxb5 Kg7 41.Rf3 Rf8 42.c4 Qxh3 43.Ne7 Qe6
44.Nxc8  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19.25"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Nd4 6.Ba4 c6 7.O-O d5 8.Nxe5 Bd6
9.c3 Bxe5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Rxe5 Nxf5 12.Nd2 Nh4 13.h3 Nd7 14.Re3 Qf6 15.Qf1 Ne5
16.Bd1 Bf5 17.d4 Nd3 18.Nf3 Rae8 19.Rxd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Re1+ 21.Kh2 Qd6+ 22.g3 Rxd1
23.Qxd1 Nxf3+ 24.Kg2 Qe6 25.Be3 Qe4 26.Kf1 Nh2+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 h5 29.Qb1 Nh2+
30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Nh2+ 32.Ke2 Qf3+ 33.Kd2 Qf7 34.Qd3 Nf3+ 35.Kc2 Qd7 36.Rh1 b6
37.Kb1 a5 38.a3 a4 39.Qg6 c5 40.dxc5 bxc5 41.Bxc5 Rb8 42.Bb4 Nd2+ 43.Ka1 d4
44.Qd6 Nb3+ 45.Ka2 Qf7 46.Qxb8+ Kh7 47.Qf8 Qe6 48.Rd1 Nd2+ 49.Ka1 Nb3+ 50.Kb1 d3
51.Qf3 Nd2+ 52.Rxd2 Qe1+ 53.Qd1  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20.32"]
[White "Ipatov,Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Re8 7.O-O e4 8.Ne1 Nc6
9.d3 d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nc2 Qh5 12.Ne3 Bh3 13.d4 Rad8 14.Rb1 b6 15.Qa4 Na5
16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Rxb5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 c6 19.Rb1 Nd5 20.Bd2 Nxe3+ 21.Bxe3 Nc4 22.a4 a5
23.Rb3 Rd5 24.Rfb1 Rb8 25.Bf4 Rb7 26.f3 e3 27.g4 f6 28.h4 h6 29.h5 Kf7 30.Rd1 Re7
31.Rdb1 Rb7 32.Rd1 Ke8 33.Kg3 Kd8 34.Rd3 Re7 35.Bxe3 Rxe3 36.Rxe3 Nxe3 37.Rxb6 Kc7
38.Rb3 Rd8 39.Kf2 Nc4 40.e4 Rb8 41.Rxb8 Kxb8 42.f4 Nb2 43.e5 fxe5 44.dxe5 Nxa4
45.g5 Nxc3 46.f5 Ne4+ 47.Ke3 Nxg5 48.Kd4  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21.24"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Nd7 11.Bb2 f5 12.Rc1 c6 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Bc4 Bd6 15.Qb3 b5
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Qxa4 Nb6 19.Qb3 Nc4 20.Bc3 Qb6 21.Rb1 a6 22.Nd2 Rfc8
23.Rfd1 Rc7 24.Nxc4 Rxc4 25.Be1 Rb8 26.Qa4 Qb5 27.Qa2 Rb6 28.Qe2 Rxb4 29.Qh5 Rxb1
30.Rxb1 Qxb1  0-1
