First Saturday GM - December 2003

(1) Carlsen,M (2450) - Howell,D (2381) [C86] First Saturday GM Budapest (1), 07.12.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.Rd1 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 d5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Bxf6 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bxf6 15.Bd5 Qd6 16.a4 Rab8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra6 Rb6 19.Rxb6 cxb6 20.Nd2 dxc3 21.bxc3 Ne7 22.c4 Qc5 23.Rb1 bxc4 24.dxc4 Nc6 25.Qb3 Rb8 26.Qa4 Bh4 27.Qxc6 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Qxd2 29.Rf1 Qe2 30.Rxf7 Kh8 31.Rf3 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Bf2 33.Rxf2 Qxf2 34.Qd6 Qf4+ 35.Kh1 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kh1 Rf8 38.Qxb6 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kh1 Qg3 41.Kg1 h6 42.Qb2 Kh7 43.Qe2 Rb8 44.Qf1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

(2) Berczes,D (2323) - Carlsen,M (2450) [E94] First Saturday GM Budapest (2), 08.12.2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nh5 8.g3 Bg4 9.d5 Qe8 10.Ne1 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 f5 12.f3 Na6 13.Nd3 c5 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.a3 Nc7 16.b4 b6 17.Rab1 Nf6 18.Rb2 h5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rfb1 Rf7 21.Rb7 Qe8 22.Qd1 h4 23.Nf2 Qc8 24.Kg2 Qf8 25.Nh3 Nh7 26.Ng5 Nxg5 27.Bxg5 hxg3 28.hxg3 f4 29.Nb5 Ne8 30.Rxf7 Qxf7 31.Nc3 fxg3 32.Qa4 Nf6 33.Bxf6 Qxf6 34.Ne2 Rf8 35.Qb3 Bh6 36.Rh1 Qg5 37.Qd3 Rb8 38.Rh3 Rb2 39.Rxg3 Qe3 40.Qxe3 Bxe3 41.Kf1 Kg7 42.Nc3 a6 43.Nd1 Rb1 44.Ke2 Bd4 45.Kd2 Rb3 46.Kc2 Rxa3 47.Rh3 a5 48.Rg3 a4 0-1

(3) Carlsen,M (2450) - Drabke,L (2440) [D17] First Saturday GM Budapest (3), 09.12.2003 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bd7 7.e3 b5 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.Ne5 Bc8 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Nxb5 Qxb5 12.Bxc4 Qb7 13.Bxf7+ Kd8 14.Bd2 e6 15.Ba5+ Ke7 16.Qa4 Nd5 17.Qe8+ Kf6 18.Ng4+ Kg5 19.h4+ Kxg4 20.Bxe6+ 1-0

(4) Vajda,A (2477) - Carlsen,M (2450) [B52] First Saturday GM Budapest (4), 10.12.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.c4 g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nde2 Qe6 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qb4 b6 14.Nd5 Qxe4 15.Nef4 Qxc4 16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Qxc4 Nxc4 18.b3 Ng8 19.Rb1 Nxe7 20.Rxe7 Rfe8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Kf1 Bc3 23.Ne2 Nd2+ 24.Bxd2 Bxd2 25.Rd1 Bb4 26.Rd4 a5 27.Rc4 Kg7 28.Rc6 d5 29.Rxb6 d4 30.a3 Bxa3 31.Nf4 Rc8 32.Ke2 Rc2+ 33.Kf3 Bb4 34.Nd3 Rc3 35.Ke4 Rxb3 36.Rb7 Kg8 37.Rb8+ Kg7 38.Rb7 Kg8 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Rb7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

(5) Carlsen,M (2450) - Vajda,S (2355) [C45] First Saturday GM Budapest (5), 11.12.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nxc6 Bc5 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Qf4 0-0-0 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Qg5 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Kb8 13.h3 Nd7 14.0-0-0 f6 15.f4 Rhe8 16.Be2 Bf7 17.Bf3 Nb6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Nc4 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qd3 Qe7 22.Qd4 Qd6 23.Ne2 a6 24.b3 Qa3+ 25.Kd1 Nd6 26.e5 fxe5 27.fxe5 Nf5 28.Qd8+ Ka7 29.Qxc7 Bd5 30.Bxd5 Ne3+ 31.Kd2 Nxd5 32.Qd6 Qa5+ 33.Kd3 Qe1 34.Qc5+ b6 35.Qg1 Nb4+ 36.Ke3 Nxc2+ 37.Kd3 Nb4+ 38.Ke3 Qh4 39.Qf1 Qg5+ 40.Ke4 Qg6+ 41.Qf5 Qxg2+ 42.Ke3 Qd5 43.Nf4 Qc5+ 44.Kf3 Kb8 45.Qg5 Qf8 46.Ke4 Nd5 47.Nxd5 cxd5+ 48.Kxd5 g6 49.Qf6 Qc5+ 50.Ke6 Qc6+ 51.Kf7 Qd7+ 52.Kg8 Qxh3 53.e6 Kc7 54.Qe5+ Kd8 1-0

(6) Kayumov,S (2434) - Carlsen,M (2450) [B92] First Saturday GM Budapest (6), 12.12.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Rc8 12.c4 Nb6 13.Nd2 Nbxd5 14.exd5 Bg4 15.Qb3 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nb1 Qa5 18.Bd2 b4 19.Bxb4 Qxd5 20.Nd2 Qd4 21.Bc3 Qa7 22.Ne4 Be6 23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.Qd1 Qb8 25.Qh5 g6 26.Qe2 Bg7 27.a4 f6 28.a5 d5 29.a6 Qa7 30.Bb4 Rfd8 31.Rec1 d4 32.Ba5 Re8 33.b4 f5 34.b5 e4 35.Qd1 d3 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Rc1 Rxc1 38.Qxc1 Bd4 39.Qc6 Bxf2+ 40.Kh1 Qd7 41.Qb7 Kf7 42.b6 Ke7 43.Qxd7+ Kxd7 44.b7 Ba7 45.Bb6 d2 46.Bb5+ Ke7 47.Bxa7 d1Q+ 48.Bg1 e3 49.b8Q e2 50.Bxe2 Qxe2 51.Qb7+ Kd6 52.a7 Bd5 53.Qxd5+ Kxd5 54.a8Q+ Kd6 55.Qa3+ Ke6 56.Qe3+ Qxe3 57.Bxe3 Ke5 58.Bg5 f4 59.Kg1 Kf5 60.h4 1-0

(7) Carlsen,M (2450) - Porat,S (2360) [C02] First Saturday GM Budapest (7), 13.12.2003 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Nc2 Bd7 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.0-0 a5 11.Rb1 Nb4 12.Nxb4 axb4 13.Kh1 Bb5 14.a3 h5 15.Be3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Be7 17.Rfc1 0-0 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.g3 Rfc8 21.Rc3 Qa6 1/2-1/2

(8) Horvath,P (2457) - Carlsen,M (2450) [A88] First Saturday GM Budapest (8), 14.12.2003 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Nc3 d6 7.d5 c6 8.0-0 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Rad8 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Qc1 Ng4 15.Nd4 Bf7 16.h3 Nf6 17.Rfe1 d5 18.a3 Na6 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.e4 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Qc5 23.b4 Qh5 24.Bg2 Nc7 25.g4 Qh4 26.Nf3 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Qd8 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Re7 Rc8 31.Ng5 Kf6 32.Rxf7+ Kxg5 33.Rxh7 a5 34.Kh2 axb4 35.axb4 Ne6 36.Rxb7 c5 37.Rb6 Nd4 38.Rd6 Nb3 39.bxc5 Nxc5 40.Kg3 Kh6 41.h4 Kg7 42.g5 Rb8 43.Bd5 Rb4 44.Rc6 Nd3 45.Rc7+ Kh8 46.f3 Nf4 47.Be4 Ne2+ 48.Kh3 Ng1+ 49.Kg4 Ne2 50.Rc6 1-0

(9) Carlsen,M (2450) - Taylor,T (2385) [B79] First Saturday GM Budapest (9), 15.12.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 Bd7 10.g4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rfc8 12.h4 Ne5 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.h5 Rac8 16.Nb3 Qd8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.e5 Nxg4 19.fxg4 Bxg4 20.Qh2 Bxe5 21.Qh7+ Kf8 22.Bd4 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Bf5 24.Rd5 e6 25.Rxe5 dxe5 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qxe5 Qd6 28.Qe3 Kf6 29.Nd2 Qe5 30.Nde4+ Bxe4 31.Nxe4+ Ke7 32.Qa3+ Kd7 33.Rd1+ Kc6 34.Qa4+ Kb6 35.Qb4+ Ka6 36.Rd3 b6 37.Nd6 Rc5 38.Ra3+ Ra5 39.Qc4+ 1-0

(10) Carlsen,M (2450) - Grigore,G (2485) [B32] First Saturday GM Budapest (10), 16.12.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 b5 9.Ne3 Nf6 10.g3 b4 11.Ncd5 Nxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.0-0 Be7 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.Ne3 Bg6 16.Qd5 Rc8 17.Bxe4 Bf7 18.Qd3 Nd4 19.Nd5 Rc5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Bxd5 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Re1 Re5 25.Bb2 Qa5 26.Rac1 0-0 27.Qxd4 Qd5 28.Rcd1 Qxd4 29.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Bf6 31.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

(11) Vajda,L (2537) - Carlsen,M (2450) [B22] First Saturday GM Budapest (11), 17.12.2003 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 g6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Qa4 Bg7 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Nxa7 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd4 Qa5 14.Be2 0-0 15.0-0 Nd5 16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.Bd4 Qc7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rfe1 e5 20.Bf1 f6 21.Qc2 Nf4 22.Nd2 Qd7 23.Ne4 f5 24.Rad1 Qe7 25.Ng3 h5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qc1 Qg5 28.Qe3 h4 29.b4 e4 30.b5 Bd5 31.c4 Bf7 32.Ne2 Nxe2+ 33.Bxe2 Qxe3 34.fxe3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

(12) Carlsen,M (2450) - Miton,K (2530) [E65] First Saturday GM Budapest (12), 18.12.2003 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 1/2-1/2

(13) Antal,G (2473) - Carlsen,M (2450) [B33] First Saturday GM Budapest (13), 19.12.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.0-0 0-0 14.c4 f5 15.Qf3 Re8 16.Rfe1 b4 17.Nc2 f4 18.Nxb4 Rb8 19.Nc6 Qg5 20.Nxb8 Bg4 21.Qxg4 Qxg4 22.Nxa6 f3 23.g3 Bh6 24.Nc7 Rb8 25.Nd5 Bg5 26.b4 h5 27.a4 h4 28.Ra3 Kg7 29.Ne3 Bxe3 30.Rxe3 hxg3 31.fxg3 f5 32.Bf1 fxe4 33.b5 f2+ 34.Kxf2 Qd1 35.Kg2 Rf8 36.Be2 Qe1 37.Rxe4 Rf2+ 38.Kh3 Qh1 39.Rg4+ Kf6 40.Rf3+ Rxf3 41.Bxf3 Qxf3 42.Kh4 Qf5 43.Kh3 e4 44.b6 e3 45.b7 Qh7+ 0-1