| ECO A40 in 2002 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's ehlvest jaan in 45 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Ne7 7. Qb3 c5 8. e3 Nbc6 9. Be2 Nf5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nce7 12. e4 Nxh4 13. Nxh4 d6 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. O-O a6 16. Be2 Re8 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Bg4 Kg7 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Nf4 Ng8 21. Qh3 g5 22. Nfg6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ |
| ECO A40 in 2006 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's rahman ziaur in 101 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 1994 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's bischoff klaus in 132 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 2005 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's williams simon k in 69 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 2002 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's short nigel d in 63 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 1995 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's van der wiel joh in 63 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 1991 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's luther thomas in 59 moves | 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. Qd5 Qa7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rd7 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe5 29. Re7 Qg5 30. Re8+ |
| ECO A40 in 2001 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's wintzer joachim in 81 moves | 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+ |
| ECO A40 in 1992 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's romero holmes al in 79 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 2006 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's tissir mohamed in 53 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 1998 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's dizdarevic emir in 51 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 1999 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's plaskett jim in 57 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 2006 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's humeau cyril in 41 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Qg3 Bd4 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. Be4 Qxa2 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qf3 |
| ECO A80 in 1997 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's illescas cordoba in 83 moves | 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 |
| ECO A81 in 1998 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's reinderman dimit in 51 moves | 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 |
| ECO A80 in 2000 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's klip hans in 45 moves | 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 |
| ECO A80 in 1987 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's wessman richard in 85 moves | 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 |
| ECO A81 in 1994 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's malaniuk vladimi in 71 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 1999 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's piket jeroen in 115 moves | 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 |
| ECO A40 in 2000 play it! sokolov ivan defeats black's piket marcel in 139 moves | 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 |