[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"]
[EventDate "2004.04.27"]
[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"]
[EventDate "2004.04.27"]
[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"]
[EventDate "2004.04.27"]
[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"]
[EventDate "2004.04.27"]
[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 "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2004.04.27"]
[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"]
[EventDate "2004.04.27"]
[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

