[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6
8. O-O-O Nc6 9. e3 d5 10. Na4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14.
Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Kb1 b5 16. f4 g6 17. Rdf1 Ke7 18. h4 Rbg8 19. Kc1 h6 20. Kd2 g5
21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. f5 Rh2 24. Rf2 Bf4+ 25. Kc3 e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5+
27. Kb3 Rh4 28. c3 f6 29. Rd2 Rf4 30. Kc2 g4 31. Rd1 g3 32. Rf1 Rh4 33. Be2 b4
34. Rd1 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rf4 36. Rf1 Ra4 37. Kb3 Ra5 38. a4 Rc5 39. Rf3 a5 40. Rd3
Rc4 41. Bf3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Iskov, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nc2 Bc5 8. e3
d5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Bh3 15.
Re1 Ne4 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Ba5 Re8 19. Rc2 Qe6 20. Qc1 Qf5 21. Bf1
Ng5 22. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 23. Kf1 d4 1-0

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Bjarnason, Saevar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Be6 17. a3 Na5 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. Ng5 Ba2 21. Rxc8+
Qxc8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Ne8 26. Nxc4 Bxg5 27. Bxg5
bxc4 28. Qd5 h6 29. Be7 Ra7 30. Bb4 Qa6 31. Rd1 Nc7 32. Qd6 Ne6 33. Qxa6 Rxa6
34. Rd6 Ra7 35. Rc6 Rc7 36. Ra6 Nc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxa4 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40.
Ke3 c3 41. bxc3 Rxc3+ 42. Kf4 Rc2 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46.
Ra6+ Ke7 47. g3 Rf2+ 48. Ke3 Rg2 49. Kf3 Rh2 50. h4 h5 51. a4 Ra2 52. a5 Ra1
53. Ke3 Rg1 54. Kd4 Rxg3 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Kc5 g5 58. hxg5 Ra3 59.
Kb4 Ra1 60. Rh6 Rh1 61. Kc5 h4 62. a6 h3 63. e6 h2 64. a7 Ra1 65. Kb6 Rb1+ 66.
Kc7 Rc1+ 67. Kb7 Rb1+ 68. Kc6 Ra1 69. Rxh2 Rxa7 70. exf7 Ra6+ 71. Kb7 Rg6 72.
Rf2 Kf8 73. Rf5 1-0

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kovacs, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 Nb6 17. Qe2 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Nd7 20. c4 Nb6 21. Ra3 Bc8
22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Ne1 Qh4 25. Qd3 h6 26. Qc2 Kh7 27. Re3 Qd8 28. Nd3
Be7 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. b4 Qc7 31. Qc1 g5 32. Nf5 Nf6 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. bxc5 Rxb1
35. Qxb1 dxc5 36. Be3 Nd7 37. Nxc5 g4 38. hxg4 Nxc5 39. Qb4 Bxg4 40. Bxc5 Qg5
41. Be3 1-0

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hartman, Christer"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3
Nc6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. a3 Bd6 17. O-O-O Bf4+ 18. Kc2 Rb8 19. Nc5 Be6 20. g3 Be5
21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. f4 Qe7 24. Rf1 f6 25. Rf2 Rfe8 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27.
Qxa7 Qb3+ 28. Kc1 Rbd8 29. Qe3 Qc4 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Qe2 Qc5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33.
Kc2 Qd4 34. e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 Ke6 36. Qf3 Qd2+ 37. Kb3 Rb8+ 38. Kc4 Qxb2 39.
Qxc6+ Kxe5 40. Qd5+ Kf6 41. Qc6+ Kf7 42. a4 Kg8 43. h4 Kh8 44. Qc7 Qb3+ 45. Kd4
Rf8 46. a5 Qb4+ 47. Ke5 Qg4 48. Kd5 Rf5+ 49. Kc6 Qg6+ 50. Kb7 Rf7 51. Nd5 Rxc7+
52. Nxc7 Qxg3 53. a6 Qb3+ 54. Kc6 Qa4+ 55. Kb7 Qb4+ 56. Kc6 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
g4 Nhf6 16. f3 Rc8 17. a5 Ne5 18. g5 Nh5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rcd8
22. Rf3 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Na5 c4 25. Qc2 f5 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. h3 Rc8 28. Bf2
Nbd7 29. Nc6 Qb7 30. Ra4 Rxc6 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. b3 cxb3 33. Qxb3+ Kh8 34. Qc4
Nc5 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Rxa6 Qb7 37. Qa4 Rf8 38. Ra7 Qb2 39. Qa3 Qd2 40. e5 Nh5
41. Qxc5 Nxf4 42. Ra2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nb1 Bb7 13. Nd2 d5 14. f3 dxe4 15.
fxe4 Be7 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Ne5 18. Kb1 Nac6 19. h5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. g6 f6 23. Nc4 O-O 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rhg1 Rf7 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qg4
Raf8 28. Rde1 a5 29. Qg6 Qf4 30. Bc4 Bc8 31. e5 fxe5 32. b3 a4 33. Re4 Qf6 34.
bxa4 Bb7 35. Ree1 Bf3 36. Bxe6 Bxh5 37. Qxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxe5 Bg6 39. Bb3 Kxh7 40.
Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nd5 15. c4 Nxf4 16. exf4 Nc5 17. Be2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Rxa2 20. Rc1 Ne4
21. Rc7 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. g3 g6 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. Rcb7 h5 27. Kg2
Ra2 28. Rb8 Ne3+ 29. Kg1 Ng4 30. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen, H."]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd6
Nxd6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 16. b4 e6 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Bc5 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Rd4 Nd6
21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. Kf1 b5 23. Ke2 g5 24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g4 f6 27. Nc2
Nc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nd4 Rd6 30. b3 Ne5 31. f3 Kf7 32. Ke3 Kg6 33. Rh1 Kg7 34.
Rc1 Rb6 35. c4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rxb4 37. c5 Kf7 38. Ra1 a5 39. c6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nilsson, Lars Kjoller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Na5 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Nc3 Rc8 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. c3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Be7 19. O-O Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bd8 21. Kh1 h5
22. b3 h4 23. h3 Rh5 24. f6 g6 25. a4 Rb8 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. c4 Rb7 28. Rfc1 a5
29. c5 Rb8 30. Rc3 Kf8 31. Rac1 Qa6 32. c6 Bb6 33. c7 1-0

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. c4 N5b6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nc3
Rad8 15. Be3 Nca4 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Bd4 a6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Qb2 f6 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Qb3 e5 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. Rd2 Nf8 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Qc6 26. Nf1 Ne6 27. Ne3
Bf8 28. a3 Rd7 29. Rd5 Nf4 30. b5 axb5 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. cxb5+ Qf7 33. Qc2 Qd7
34. a4 Kf7 35. g3 Nd3 36. Qc4+ Kg6 37. Bc3 f5 38. Nd5 e4 39. Bd4 f4 40. Bb6 Qf5
41. f3 Ne5 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. fxe4 fxg3 44. hxg3 Nc4 45. Bc7 Bc5+ 46. Kg2 b6 47.
a5 Nxa5 48. Bxb6 Bxb6 49. Nxb6 Nb7 50. Nc4 Kf6 51. Kf3 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. b6
Ke6 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Ke3 Ke6 56. Kd4 h5 57. Nd2 Kd6 58. Nc4+ Ke6 59. e5 g5 60.
Nd2 h4 61. g4 h3 62. Nf3 Kd7 63. Ke4 Kc6 64. Kf5 Kxb6 65. Kxg5 Kc6 66. Kf6 Nc5
67. g5 Kd5 68. g6 Ne6 69. Ke7 Ng7 70. Kf6 Ne6 71. Kf5 Ng7+ 72. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d5 Nd4 5. Be3 c5 6. Na4 d6 7. c3 e5 8. cxd4
exd4 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. Bxd6 Ne3 14. Qe2 Qxa4
15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Kf2 Be6 17. Be7 Rdc8 18. f4 Qd7 19. Bb4 Bc4 20. Bd2 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qg4 22. g3 Nd1+ 23. Kg2 Nxb2 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. e5 Qc6+ 27. Nf3
b5 28. Rhe1 Rd8 29. Bc1 Rd7 30. Rd3 Rad8 31. g4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thuesen, Mogens Henrik"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 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. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Rae8 20.
Kf2 Re4 21. Bxc5 Rhe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Nxe1 b6 24. Bxb6 Kd6 25. Nc2 Kxd5 26.
Ne3+ Ke4 27. a4 f5 28. a5 h5 29. c4 Kd3 30. Kf3 Re4 31. Ng2 g5 32. c5 Re2 33.
c6 g4+ 34. Kf4 Rxg2 35. c7 Rc2 36. Kxf5 Rc6 37. Ke5 Kc4 38. Kf4 Kd5 39. Kg5 Ke4
40. Kxh5 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Be3 a6 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Qd2 Nd7 16. Ra2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Bd4 Bb7 20. Na4 Bc6 21. c4 Qb7
22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Bc3 Rd8 25. Raa1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. Rb1 Rd8
28. Be5 Qd7 29. Ra1 Bb7 30. Qb2 f6 31. Bc3 Qd3 32. Re1 Kf7 33. h4 Rd7 34. Kh2
Bc6 35. Re3 Qd6 36. e5 Qc7 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Qe2 Bxg2 40. Qh5+
Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qxe6 Qc6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Re6 Qb7 45. Rb6 Qxb6 46. Qxd7+
Kg6 47. Kxg2 Qxb3 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qxc5 Qb7+ 51. f3 Qb2+ 52. Kh3
Qb7 53. Kg4 Kg7 54. Kf4 Qb8+ 55. Kf5 Qb1+ 56. Ke6 Qe1+ 57. Kd7 Qxg3 58. Qe7+
Kg6 59. Qe4+ Kg7 60. c5 Qh3+ 61. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 62. fxg4 1-0

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. a4 Nc7 12. f3 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Nf3 Nf6 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. h3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Bd7 22. g3 a6 23. a5 Nb5 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. b3 h6 27. Re3 Qf7 28.
Qe2 Qxd5 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Qf7 31. h4 Kh8 32. h5 Ra8 33. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6
21. Nf3 Rd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qa5 24. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 gxf6 26. a3 Qg5+
27. Kc2 Qf5+ 28. Kb3 Rg8 29. Rd4 Rd8 30. Rf4 Qg5 31. Qf3 f5 32. c5 Rd5 33. Qc3
Qd8 34. Kc2 Qc7 35. Rc4 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Kd2 Kc7 38. b4 Rd5+ 39. Kc2 Kc6
40. Rf4 Re5 41. Kc3 Re1 42. Rd4 Ra1 43. Kb3 Rf1 44. Rd2 Kc7 45. a4 Rh1 46. b5
axb5 47. axb5 Rxh5 48. b6+ Kc8 49. Ra2 Rh1 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum Open"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kosebay, Osman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rab8 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Rfb1 g6 21.
Be3 Qc6 22. a5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nc8 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Re7 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Kf1
Rc7 28. Ke2 Ne7 29. Be4 f5 30. Ba8 f4 31. Bd2 c3 32. Bc1 Nc6 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34.
Rb7+ Rc7 35. Rxc7+ Bxc7 36. a6 Bd6 37. Kd3 Kh6 38. Kxc3 Kg5 39. Kc4 Kh4 40. Kd5
Bc7 41. Kc6 Bb6 42. d5 g5 43. Ba3 Bxf2 44. d6 Kxh3 45. d7 Bb6 46. Bc5 Bxc5 47.
Kxc5 1-0

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Grigory"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. O-O Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Bf8 12. Qh3 Nc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Be2 Ba6
15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. e4 Qd7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. c3 Nc5 21.
Nf2 Qb7 22. Be3 h5 23. Bd4 Rf8 24. Qf3 Qa6 25. b3 Rh8 26. g3 Nd7 27. Qd3 Qxd3
28. Nxd3 Kd8 29. b4 Kc7 30. a4 a6 31. a5 b5 32. h4 Kb7 33. Kf2 Rc4 34. Ke3 Rhc8
35. Rac1 Nb8 36. Nb2 R4c7 37. Nd3 Rc6 38. Ke2 Nd7 39. Ke3 Rc4 40. Nb2 R4c6 41.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Koch, Wolfgang Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Rae1 Nd6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bh6 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf2 b6 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. c4
a5 22. b3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. g3 Nd6 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Qe7
28. Nf3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kf6 30. Kd4 Nb7 31. a3 Nc5 32. Bc2 Na6 33. Ne5 Be8 34.
Nd3 g5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 h6 37. Bd1 Bd7 38. Bc2 Be8 39. b5 Nb8 40. Nb4 g4
41. Na6 Nd7 42. Nxc7 Bf7 43. d6 h5 44. Nd5+ Bxd5 45. Kxd5 Nb8 46. Bb1 f4 47.
gxf4 h4 48. Be4 g3 49. hxg3 hxg3 50. Bf3 Kf5 51. Bg2 Kxf4 52. Ke6 1-0

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 c5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. bxc5 bxc5 15.
Rab1 Rab8 16. Ba1 cxd4 17. exd4 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. d5 f4 20. f3 exd5 21.
Rfd1 Nb6 22. cxd5 Rbc8 23. Qd2 Ba8 24. Rb4 Rc5 25. Bd4 Rxd5 26. Qb2 Re8 27. Bb5
Rc8 28. Ba6 Re8 29. Bb5 Re7 30. Rc1 Rf5 31. Bd3 Rf8 32. Kh1 Rfe8 33. Qf2 Nd5
34. Rb5 Kh8 35. Be4 Qh5 36. Rcb1 Qf7 37. Rb8 Nb6 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Bd3 Bd5 40.
Qh4 Bg8 41. Qxf4 Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 43. Bg1 d5 44. Qb4 Qa1 45. Bb5 Nc4 46. a4
h6 47. Qc5 g6 48. Bc6 Ne5 49. h3 Qd1 50. Kh2 Qe2 51. Kh1 Qd1 52. Kh2 Nd3 53.
Qe3 Ne1 54. Bd7 Nc2 55. Qe7 Qa1 56. Qe2 Qc3 57. Bf2 Nd4 58. Bxd4+ Qxd4 59. Be6
g5 60. Bf5 Qf4+ 61. Kg1 d4 62. Kf2 Qd6 63. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Kh1 Nc7 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 a6 12. Qh4 e6 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 b5 15.
Bg5 c4 16. Be2 Nce8 17. Raf1 Qa5 18. Rh3 h5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc7 21. Bxh5
Rfe8 22. Qh4 gxh5 23. f6 Qa4 24. Qxh5 Qxc2 25. fxg7 Qg6 26. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O a6 7. c4 Nb6 8. Qb3
Be7 9. Rd1 N8d7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qe8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Nc5
15. b4 Bg6 16. Qc3 Nca4 17. Qb3 c5 18. a3 cxb4 19. axb4 a5 20. b5 Nc5 21. Qe3
a4 22. Ra2 Qc8 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 h6 25. Ngf3 Rd8 26. Nd4 Ncd7 27. Rc1 Qc5
28. N2f3 Rac8 29. Raa1 Qb4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Qxc4
Nxc4 34. Rxa4 Ndxe5 35. Nxe5 Nxe5 36. Kf1 Nd3 37. g3 Nc5 38. Rc4 b6 39. f4 Ra8
40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Rc2 Ra4 42. Nc6 Ra3 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nc8 Ne4 45. g4 Rg3+ 46.
Kh2 Rb3 47. Nxb6 Rxb5 48. Nd7+ Ke7 49. Ne5 f6 50. Ng6+ Kd6 51. Ra2 Kd5 52. Kg2
Rc5 53. Ra7 Kd4 54. Kf3 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 Rc2+ 56. Kd1 Rh2 57. Rxg7 Rxh3 58. Nf8 Rc3
59. Ke2 Rc2+ 60. Kd1 Rc6 61. Ke2 Rc2+ 62. Kd1 Rc3 63. Ke2 Re3+ 64. Kf1 Rg3 65.
Ke2 Rg2+ 66. Kf1 Rd2 67. g5 hxg5 68. Nxe6+ Ke3 69. fxg5 f5 70. Ra7 Ng3+ 71. Ke1
Re2+ 72. Kd1 Kf2 73. Nf4 Re4 74. Nd3+ Ke3 75. Ra3 Rd4 76. g6 Ne4 77. Kc2 Rc4+
78. Kb2 Kd2 79. g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sher, Miron"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Ne5
Qd6 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Qb6 15.
Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qc7 19. Re1 Nf6 20. c4 a5 21. Qc1
Bd7 22. Bd2 a4 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. e5 c5
9. Ng5 cxd4 10. e6 f5 11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Nd1 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. a4 h6 15. Nf3
e4 16. axb5 Ne7 17. bxa6 Bc6 18. Bc4 exf3 19. gxf3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nf2
O-O 22. O-O Nc6 23. Nd3 Rfe8 24. Qg2 Kh7 25. Qxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nf4+ Kf7 27. Nxd5
Re2 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Kg2 d3 32. cxd3 Bd4 33. Rc2 Rg8+
34. Kh3 Rf1 35. Rg2 Rxf3+ 36. Rg3 Rgxg3+ 37. hxg3 Rf1 38. Nc3 Ne5 39. a7 Rh1+
40. Kg2 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44. Kh3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rh2+
0-1

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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. Bg5 Bg7 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 Qf8 15. Nd2
Ne5 16. Bc2 g5 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. f4 gxf4 19. exf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Bxg6 fxg6
28. Qe4 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. b4 Qe7 32. Qb1 c4 33. Bf2 Nc7 34. Bd4
Nxd5 35. Nh4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "18. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Brondby"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8.
Nb3 Ng6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. f4 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qe2 f6 14. Rad1 Na5 15.
Nd4 Qc4 16. Rd3 Rf7 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. b3 Nc6 20. Nce2 Nb4 21. R3d2
Bb7 22. c3 Nc6 23. c4 Bb4 24. Rd3 Na5 25. Nc2 Bc5 26. Ned4 Re8 27. Ne2 Ba8 28.
Rc1 Nb7 29. Nc3 Na5 30. Ne2 Nb7 31. Rcd1 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Nc5 33. R3d2 Bc6 34. a5
Qb7 35. Rd6 f5 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. exf5 Qc8 38. axb6 exf5 39. Qf2 Ne4 40. Bxe4
fxe4 41. Nc3 Qc5 42. Nd5 e3 43. Qf3 Rb8 44. Rd3 d6 45. Qe4 a5 46. Nd4 Kh8 47.
Rxe3 h6 48. Kg2 a4 49. bxa4 Qxc4 50. Nb5 Qc1 51. Re2 Qd1 52. a5 Nd7 53. Nxd6
Rff8 54. Qf3 Nc5 55. Re7 Qd2+ 56. Kh3 Nd3 57. Re2 Qd1 58. Ne7 Nxf4+ 59. gxf4
Qxd6 60. Qe4 Rf6 61. Re3 Qd7+ 62. Kg3 Re8 63. b7 Qb5 64. Rc3 Qf1 65. Rc8 Qg1+
66. Kh3 Qf1+ 67. Qg2 Qd3+ 68. Qg3 Qf1+ 69. Kg4 Qe2+ 70. Kh3 Qf1+ 71. Qg2 Qd3+
72. Kg4 Rg6+ 73. Kh4 Rxg2 74. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "1. division 1997/98"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Aarhus"]
[BlackTeam "Espergaerde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ne1
Be6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. Nce3 b5 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nf5 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. Kh1 Rbe8 21.
Be4 Qh4 22. b4 Re5 23. bxc5 Ne3 24. Bf3 Rff5 25. fxe3 Rh5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5 27. Kg2
Qxh2+ 28. Kf3 Qh3+ 29. Kxf4 Qf5+ 30. Kg3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "1. division 1997/98"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Espergaerde"]
[BlackTeam "Sydostfyn"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. O-O g6 18. b4 Bd7 19. Qa1 Qc8 20. Bd3 axb4 21. Ba6
Qd8 22. Ncxb4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Nb4 Ba8 26. Rd1 f4 27. Bc4 f3
28. g3 e4 29. Nc2 Qf6 30. Re1 Bd2 31. Nd4 Bxe1 32. Qxe1 e3 33. Qxe3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "1. division 1997/98"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1998.01.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1997.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Nykobing Falster"]
[BlackTeam "Espergaerde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 d6 9. Bg2 a6 10. Qa4 Nfd7 11. c5 Nxc5 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "1. division 1997/98"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hamann, Svend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Espergaerde"]
[BlackTeam "Frederiksberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Ne5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd4 b5 15.
Qg3 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21.
Rxf6 gxh6 22. Rdf1 Ra7 23. Bh5 Qd8 24. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "1. division 1998/99"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.11.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Sydostfyn"]
[BlackTeam "Espergaerde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 Bc5 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Nd4 Be4 16. b3 Ne5 17. Bb2 Nd3 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 21.
Rac1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 g6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 a6 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27.
Nf3 Ne4 28. Qc2 h5 29. Qb2+ f6 30. Nd2 Qb4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Kg1 h4 33. gxh4
Qxh4 34. Qc3 Qxh3 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kh5 37. Qxf6 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qe4 39. Qh8+
Kg5 40. Qd8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. division 1998/99"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.11.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Espergaerde"]
[BlackTeam "Gistrup"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3
Rh8 15. Qg7 Qxa5 16. O-O d4 17. Rfe1 Rdg8 18. Qxf7 Rf8 19. Qg7 Rfg8 20. Qf7 Rf8
21. Qg7 Rfg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "1. division 1998/99"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.11.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteTeam "Nordre"]
[BlackTeam "Espergaerde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 Be7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Qf3 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. g4 Rad8 12. g5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg5 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Bd2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21.
Rg1 f5 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Rfg2 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Be1 Qd7 27.
b3 cxd4 28. cxd4 b5 29. Bb4 Kf7 30. Kg2 a6 31. Bc5 Qd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Kf3
Bg5 34. Bd6 Ke6 35. Bf4 Be7 36. Bb8 Bb4 37. Kf4 Be7 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. Kf4 Bh4 40.
Kf3 Kf6 41. Bc7 Kg6 42. Bd6 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jorgensen, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Ne4 Qc7 7. Nxf6+ exf6
8. Bc4 Bd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Re1 Kd7 12. Qd3 Kc7 13. Nh3 b5 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4+ Kb7 17. d5 e5 18. dxc6+ Nxc6 19. Qxb5+ Kc7 20.
Bd2 a5 21. f4 Qe6 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bc3 e4 24. Re3 Rhd8 25. Kb1 Rd5 26. Qe2
Rad8 27. b3 Re8 28. Re1 Rc5 29. Qf2 Qd5 30. Qg3+ Kb6 31. Qxg7 Rg8 32. Qf6 Rxg2
33. Rxe4 Rg6 34. Qf2 Kb7 35. Bd4 Rb5 36. Qh4 Qg8 37. Re8 Qf7 38. R1e7+ 1-0

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15.
h3 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qd1 Nh5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Rb1 Nfd3 21. Rf1
Rac8 22. Qc2 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27.
Qa4 Qb6 28. Qa1 Qd4 29. Qxa6 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Qxd6 Qd4 33.
Qf4 Rc8 34. h4 h6 35. Kg3 Re8 36. Kh3 Re5 37. Qc1 g5 38. Qc7 Rxd5 39. Qg3 Rc5
40. Kh2 Qa1 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kh3 Qf6 43. Kh2 Rc8 44. Bg4 Rh8+ 45. Bh3 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Qc8 14. h3 Ng6
15. Bh2 b5 16. a3 Rd8 17. g4 Bf8 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 Nb6 20. h5 Ne5 21. Nxe6 Nbc4
22. Qe1 fxe6 23. g6 h6 24. Kb1 Be7 25. Bg1 Bg5 26. Rh3 Qc6 27. Bd4 Rf8 28. Ka2
Rac8 29. Qg1 Rb8 30. b3 Nb6 31. Kb1 Nbd7 32. Qg2 Nc5 33. Rhh1 Qc7 34. Rhf1 Nc6
35. Bg1 Qe7 36. Qh3 Ne5 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Nc6 40. Qh3 Bf6
41. Bg4 Nd8 42. b4 Nd7 43. Ne2 Be5 44. Nd4 Nf8 45. c3 Qf6 46. Kc2 Bf4 47. Ne2
Bg5 48. Bd4 Qe7 49. e5 Nc6 50. exd6 Qxd6 51. Qf3 e5 52. Be3 Bxe3 53. Qxe3 Nxg6
54. Qb6 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nilsson, Nils Specht"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6
9. g3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. c3 Nf5 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rxh1 14. Qxh1 Ne7 15. Qh7
Bf8 16. b3 Nd7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Kf2 c5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. b4 cxb4 22.
axb4 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Bh3 Qb5 25. Kf3 Ra2 26. Bf1 Nb6 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5
Qd7 29. Ng3 Nc4 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxg6 Nxe3 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qxf8+ Kc7 34. Qf4+
Qd6 35. Qxd6+ Kxd6 36. Kxe3 Nxg6 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Bd3 Rg2 39. Ne2 e5 40. Bxg6
exd4+ 41. Kxd4 Rxg6 42. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adamski, Jan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Ndb5 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 11. e3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Be2 Bg7 14. O-O e4
15. Rac1 h5 16. Nd5 h4 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. b3 f4 21.
exf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rcg8 23. Nc2 Bh3 24. Rg1 Qf2 25. Ne3 Bf6 26. Rcd1 Ke8 27. Ng4
Bxg4 28. fxg4 Be7 29. Rg2 Qc5 30. Bf3 b5 31. Re2 Kd8 32. Qa5+ Kd7 33. Qxa6 Bd8
34. cxb5 Bb6 35. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Karsten"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Nxb5 Nh5 14. e5 a6
15. Bh6 dxe5 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rad1+ Ke8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nc3 f6 20. f4 exf4
21. Nd5 Nf5 22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. Nd5 g5 24. Re5 e6 25. Rde1 Rc6 26. Nc3 Rd8 27.
Ne4 h6 28. Ra5 Ne3 29. Kf2 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Rd4 31. Nf2 Ne3 32. h3 Rd2 33. Rc1 Kg6
34. Ra1 Rc2 35. Rb1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 Nd7
15. h4 Bh6 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Bg7 18. Qd2 h6 19. O-O-O Nc5 20. Kb1 hxg5 21. hxg5
Ne6 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Bxh8 24. Nh7 Nf4 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. Ne3 Bg7 27. Ng4 Nh5
28. Nhf6 Nxf6 29. gxf6+ Bxf6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6+ Ke7 33. Rb6
Bc8 34. Bd1 Bd7 35. Bb3 Rh8 36. Rxa6 Rh1+ 37. Kc2 Rf1 38. Ra7 Rxf2+ 39. Kd3 g5
40. Ke3 Rf6 41. a4 g4 42. Bd1 g3 43. Bf3 bxa4 44. Ra5 Kd6 45. Rd5+ Kc6 46. Rxe5
Bg4 47. Bg2 Rf2 48. Rg5 Bd1 49. Rxg3 Rxb2 50. Rg7 Kb6 51. Bf1 Bb3 52. Bd3 a3
53. Rg1 a2 54. Ra1 Kc5 55. Rf1 Be6 56. Rg1 Bc4 57. Rf1 Bxd3 58. Kxd3 Rb1 59.
Rf5+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ligaard, Morten Lund"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. c4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. g4 Nb6
15. O-O-O Bd7 16. f4 Bc6 17. Nf3 gxf4 18. g5 fxe3 19. gxh6 Bf6 20. Qd3 Rad8 21.
Qxe3 Kh8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Na4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ f6 26. Qe4 Qc7 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nb6 30. Qxe6 Qf4+ 31. Kb1 Qxh6 32. Qe8+ Kg7
33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Bc2 Qf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8
39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Be4 Ke6 41. b3 Ke5 42. Bxb7 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roskilde Open"]
[Site "Roskilde"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Andreasen, Per Naesby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Ba6
9. Ne2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 b5 11. Bb3 c5 12. c3 c4 13. Bc2 a5 14. Ng5 g6 15. h4 h5
16. g4 Nc6 17. Rh3 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Nh6 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. h5 Bh6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22.
Qh2 Nce7 23. Nf3 Ng8 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Bxh6 Qh7 26. O-O-O b4 27. Rg1 bxa3 28.
bxa3 Qe7 29. Bf8 Rxh3 30. Bxe7 Rxh2 31. Rxg8+ Kxe7 32. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fant, Goran"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 d6
9. Be1 Nc6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb5 Qe6 14. Ng5 Qg4 15.
Qf2 h6 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. a3 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 0-1

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Casper Dahl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Bxc6+ Bd7 16. Bxa8 Qb8 17. Bf3 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxc3 19. Qd6 Nd5 20. Rb7
Bc8 21. Bxd5 Bxb7 22. Bxb7 Qa5 23. Bc6# 1-0

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hardarson, Robert"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. b4
Bg4 9. b5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 axb5 11. Bxb5 g6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7
15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Rxa2 18. Rc8 Qd7 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. Rc8 Qd7 21.
Rc7 Qd8 22. Rc8 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Nd2 b4 14. Nd1 Nxd5 15. exd5
Rxe2 16. Be3 a5 17. Qd3 Ba6 18. Nc4 Qh4 19. Rc1 Rxe3 20. Ndxe3 Nd7 21. Qd1 f5
22. Re1 Nf6 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. Nxa5 Bg7 25. Nec4 Bd4 26. Rc2 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nxf2
28. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qxc4 30. Qd2 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. Ra1 Ra5 33. a4 bxa3
34. bxa3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ra4 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Ra2 Kxd5 39. Ra1 f4 40.
Ra2 g5 41. h3 h5 42. Ra1 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Ra2 Ke5 45. Ra1 Kf5 46. Ra2 d5
47. Ra1 Kg5 48. Rh1 Rxa3+ 49. Kxd4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Ne7 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3
Bxd4 15. Rxd4 h5 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. R4d2 Nf8 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Kf2 h4
21. Ne2 Rh5 22. Kf3 Ke7 23. c4 Rg8 24. Kf2 Ra8 25. Nc3 g5 26. Rd7+ Ke8 27. fxg5
Rc8 28. Kf3 Nxg5+ 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Kf4 Rh5 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Kxe4 Rg5 33. e6
Rxg2 34. exf7+ Kf8 35. Rf1 Rxb2 36. Rf4 Re2+ 37. Kf5 Rxa2 38. Rxh4 Rf2+ 39. Kg6
Rg2+ 40. Rg4 Rf2 {Tid} 1-0

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Be2 a6 12. Rhe1 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bf2 Rd8
15. Qd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 Qb4 17. g3 Rac8 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Bb6 Re8 20. f5 Qe7 21. Qg4
Kh8 22. f6 gxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rd2 Qg7 25. Qh5 Nb4 26. Rf2 Nxd3+ 27. cxd3
Ng6 28. Kb1 Kg8 29. d4 Bc6 30. a3 Bd7 31. Ref1 f5 32. Re1 a5 33. Qd1 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Na4 Bxa4 36. Qxa4 Qb7 37. Bc5 Ra8 38. Qxb4 Qa6 39. Kc2 Reb8 40.
Qc3 Qa4+ 41. b3 Qb5 42. Kc1 Ra6 43. Rb2 Ra1+ 44. Kd2 Rba8 45. Rc2 Rxe1 46. Kxe1
Rc8 47. b4 Ra8 48. Re2 f4 49. Kf2 Qd7 50. Kg2 h5 51. Qd3 Kg7 52. Rf2 e5 53.
dxe5 h4 54. e6 Qxe6 55. Bd4+ Kh6 56. gxf4 Qg4+ 57. Kh1 Re8 58. Be3 Qh3 59. Rg2
Re4 60. f5+ Rxe3 61. Rxg6+ Kh5 62. Qxd5 Re1+ 63. Rg1 Rxg1+ 64. Kxg1 Qg4+ 65.
Kf2 Qxb4 66. f6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Nf6
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nxe4 17. Rd5 Re8 18. Kg1 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Rd7 Nf6
21. R7d6 Be4 22. c3 Bc2 23. Rc1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxa6 Rd2
27. Rb1 Ng4 28. f3 Ne3 29. Re1 Nxg2 30. Rxe5 Nf4 31. Bf1 f6 32. Rb5 Nd5 33. Bc4
Ne3 34. Rxb6 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rxb2 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+
Kf8 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Re7+ Nxc4 42. bxc4 Kf8 43. Rc7 Rc2 44. h4 h5 45. c5 Rxc3
46. Kg2 g5 47. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Bf4 Na5 15.
Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 g6 17. Nbd2 Nf8 18. e5 Ne6 19. Bh6 dxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Qe2 Bd5
22. Rad1 c6 23. Nf1 Qb6 24. Ne3 Red8 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Be3 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5
28. Bd3 Qb6 29. Nh2 Nb3 30. Ng4 h5 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Bb1 Nbd4 33. Qe3 Rac8 34.
Rd2 b3 35. Red1 Rc4 36. a5 Qc5 37. Bd3 Rc1 38. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxa5 40. Bd3
Qb4 41. Rc1 Nc2 42. Qf3 Qf4 43. Qxf4 Nxf4 44. Bf1 h4 45. Rd1 g5 46. Bc4 Nb4 47.
Bxb3 Nbd3 48. Nh5+ Nxh5 49. Rxd3 Nf4 50. Rd2 Rb8 51. Bd1 Ng6 52. Rxd5 Rxb2 53.
Bg4 Rb1+ 54. Kh2 Kh6 55. Rd6 Rb5 56. e6 fxe6 57. Bxe6 Kg7 58. Rd1 Re5 59. Bg4
Nf4 60. Kg1 Kf6 61. Kf1 Kg7 62. Ra1 Kf6 63. Bf3 Kg7 64. Ra4 Kf6 65. Be4 Kg7 66.
Bf3 Kf6 67. g3 hxg3 68. fxg3 Ng6 69. Be4 Re6 70. Kf2 Rb6 71. Ke3 Nf8 72. Ra5
Rb3+ 73. Kf2 Ne6 74. Rf5+ Ke7 75. Bd5 Rb2+ 76. Ke3 Rh2 77. Re5 Kd6 78. Rxe6+
Kxd5 79. Re8 Rh1 80. Kf3 Rxh3 81. Kg4 Rh7 82. Kf5 Rg7 83. Rd8+ Kc5 84. Kf6 Ra7
85. Rg8 Ra6+ 86. Kf5 {(1-0, 100-130)} 1-0

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. fxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 O-O 17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qc2 Nxe4 19. Nf3 Rfc8 20. e3 Qb6 21.
Bd3 Bb5 22. Qb3 Qa6 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. O-O Rb3 26. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Rxc1 h6 28. Qd4 Rxa3 29. Bb4 Rb3 30. Be1 Rxe3 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Rb1 f6 33. Rxb6
e5 34. Kf1 d4 35. Nh4 Ra3 36. Nf5 Ra1 37. Nd6 Nc5 38. Ke2 d3+ 0-1

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Qe1
Nd4 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Ne8 11. Qh4 f5 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 e6 15.
Qg3 Kh7 16. Kh1 b6 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Nd1 d5 19. Nf2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nb5 21. c3 Nd6
22. Qh3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Bc1 Qd5 27. Qe3 Qxb3
28. Qxe4 Kh7 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Kg1 Kg8 33. Kf2 Rd8
34. Ke2 a5 35. Be3 Kf7 36. g4 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh8 39. Kd3 Rh2 40. Rf2
Rh4 41. Kc4 Rxg4 42. Kb5 Rg3 43. Re2 a4 44. Kxb6 a3 45. bxa3 Bxc3 46. Kxc5 Kf6
47. a4 Kf5 48. Kb5 Kg4 49. Bc1 Rh3 50. Rc2 Rh5+ 51. Kc6 Rh8 52. Kb7 Rh3 53. Ka6
Kf5 54. a5 Ke4 55. Kb6 Kd3 56. Rg2 Rh1 57. Rg3+ Kd4 58. Be3+ Ke4 59. a6 Rb1+
60. Kc6 Ra1 61. a7 Bd4 62. Bxd4 Kxd4 63. Kb7 Rb1+ 64. Ka8 Rb6 65. Rh3 Ke4 66.
Rh8 Kxf4 67. Rb8 Ra6 68. Kb7 Rxa7+ 69. Kxa7 g5 70. Rf8+ Ke4 71. Rg8 Kf4 72. Kb6
g4 73. Kc5 g3 74. Kd4 Kf3 75. Kd3 g2 76. Kd2 Kf2 77. Rf8+ Kg3 78. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "21. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. exd6 exd6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Bg3 a6 15. a4
a5 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Na6 18. Re3 Nb4 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd8
22. d5 Nc5 23. Re3 Qd7 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 27. Re1 Re8 28.
Ne5 Qd8 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Kh2 Bd6 31. Re3 d4 32. Re4 d3 33. Kg1 h6 34. Re3 Bxe5
35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 Qd5 37. Bc3 Nc6 38. Qe3 Ne5 39. f4 d2 40. Bxd2 {Time}
0-1

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

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 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. d4 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nbd2 Qb8 15. Nh2
Na5 16. f4 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Qf3 Bd8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Kh1 Nb7 21. Re2 Ra6 22.
Ndf1 Nh7 23. g4 Bg5 24. Bg1 Nf8 25. Rf2 Rf6 26. Qg2 Rxf2 27. Bxf2 Ng6 28. Nf3
Be7 29. Bg3 Bc5 30. Qd2 Nd6 31. Re1 f6 32. Kh2 Qc8 33. Ne3 Nh8 34. Nf5 Nhf7 35.
Qg2 Kh7 36. Rf1 Qd8 37. Be1 Rh8 38. Bd2 Kg8 39. N3h4 Kh7 40. Qg3 Ng5 41. Nxd6
Bxd6 42. Be3 g6 43. Ng2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 h6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd4 Bd7 14. e3 Ne8 15.
h4 Nh7 16. Bd3 f6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ne2 Nef6 19. Be5 Qe8 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Qxa4 Qxa4
22. Bb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Ne8 24. Nd4 Rf7 25. Rc1 Nf8 26. c6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 Re7 28.
Kf2 Kf7 29. Rhc1 Nd7 30. Bc7 g5 31. Nb5 a6 32. Nd6+ Kf6 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. Rh1
Kg6 35. Nxe8 Rexe8 36. Bd6 Rec8 37. Rhc1 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Kf6 39. f4 gxf4 40. exf4
Kg6 41. Ke3 Nf6 42. Be5 Ng4+ 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Rc7+ Ke8 45. Bd6 Kd8 46. Rg7 Rc8
47. Bc5 Rc6 48. a4 Kc8 49. Re7 Kd8 50. Ra7 Kc8 51. Ra8+ Kb7 52. Re8 Nf6 53.
Re7+ Kc8 54. b5 axb5 55. axb5 Rc7 56. Rxe6 Nh5 57. b6 Rg7 58. Ke5 Rxg2 59. Re8+
Kb7 60. Re7+ Ka6 61. Ra7+ Kb5 62. b7 Re2+ 1-0

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qf3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f5 Qa5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 e4 17. Bxe4 Rab8 18. Bd5 Rxb2 19. Kxb2 Nxd5 20. Qxd5
Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rb8+ 23. Ka1 Bb2+ 24. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Re2 a5 18. b3 Bg7 19. f4 c5 20. a4 exd5 21. cxd5 Bd4+
22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. d6 b5 27. Qe1 Qxd6 28.
axb5 Rb6 29. Bf6 Bxf6 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

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 Nd7 10. a4 Bb7 11. d4 Bf6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Na5 15.
Bc2 Nc4 16. b3 Ncb6 17. Ba3 Be7 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bd3 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bb4
Nc5 22. Bc2 Nbd7 23. Na3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Bb1 Bd8 26. Qf3 Bc8 27. c4 bxc4
28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Naxc4 Be6 30. Rd1 Qb4 31. Bd3 Ra8 32. Bf1 Ra2 33. Qd3 Bc7 34.
Rb1 g6 35. g3 d5 36. exd5 Bf5 37. Qf3 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Qxd2 39. Rd1 Qb4 40. Qe2
Qxb3 41. g4 Bd7 42. d6 Bb6 43. Bg2 Bd4 44. Kh1 Bb5 45. Qf3 Qxf3 46. Bxf3 Ne8
0-1

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

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 Bb7 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. O-O c5 14. b3 d6 15.
Bb2 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. Qxf5
b4 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Na2 a5 26. e4 Nc5 27. Nc1 Rde8
28. Bf1 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Nd3 Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1
Nc5 34. Bd4 Nxb3 35. Bb6 a4 36. Nd3 Nd2 37. Nxb4 Nxf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 a6 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bf3 Bc6
15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Qc3 Rc8 17. Bd4 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qb3 Bd5 21.
Qe3 Qd7 22. c3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rce8 24. h3 e5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd5 27. Re1
Rf7 28. Qd4 Qa2 29. Ref1 Rd7 30. Qf4 Rf7 31. Qd4 Rd7 32. Qf4 Rf7 33. Bxf6 Rxf6
34. Qc7 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Qd5 36. c4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rb3 Re7
40. Rb6 Kf8 41. Kg3 Rf7 42. Re6 Rd7 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Re3 Rd4 45. b3 Rd2 46. g4
Kf7 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Rd3 Re2+ 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. Kc3+ Kc6 51. a5 h5 52. gxh5 Re5
53. Rd5 Rxd5 54. cxd5+ Kxd5 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "de Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

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. Re1 Qg6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. a3 a5 21. Nd2
Qc2 22. Rab1 b4 23. Rec1 Qd3 24. axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Nf1 Bd6 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Qd1 Qb5 29. b3 Bf5 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. Nd2 Bb4 32. Bf4 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Rc8
34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qc3 Bd7 36. Bd6 Qc6 37. Bc5 Qe6 38. Qa5 h6 39. Kh2 Qe8 40.
Qc7 Bb5 41. Qd6 Qd7 42. Qf4 f6 43. f3 Kh7 44. h4 Bd3 45. Qe3 Bb5 46. Qf4 Bd3
47. Qd2 Bb5 48. Qc2+ Kg8 49. Kg1 Qe8 50. Kf2 Qe6 51. Bb4 Qc6 52. Qf5 Qd7 53.
Qf4 Qe8 54. Qd6 Qc6 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Bc5 Qe8 57. Qxe8 Bxe8 58. Ke3 Bb5 59. Kd2
Kg6 60. g3 Kf7 61. Kc3 Be2 62. Kb4 Bd1 63. Ka3 Be2 64. Ka4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vesterhav"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. Be4 g6
15. Rad1 Bf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Kg7 18. Qb1 Qc7 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21.
b4 Rad8 22. h3 Rd7 23. b5 Nd4 24. Bxb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxb7 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Rd6
Qc3 28. Re1 Ree7 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. g3 Qc3 31. Qxc3+ Nxc3 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Nd4
Ne4 34. Rd8 Nxf2 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Nc6 Rc7 37. Ra8 Nc3 38. Rxa7 Nxb5 39. Rxc7
Nxc7 40. a4 Kf6 41. a5 b5 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Nd8 f6 45. Kd4 Na6 46.
Nb7+ Kc6 47. Nd8+ Kc7 48. Ne6+ Kd6 49. Nd8 Nb8 50. Nf7+ Ke6 51. Nd8+ Kd7 52.
Nf7 Nc6+ 53. Kc5 Nxa5 54. Kxb5 Nb7 55. Kc4 Nd6+ 56. Nxd6 Kxd6 57. Kd4 f5 58. g4
Ke6 59. gxf5+ gxf5 60. Ke3 Ke5 61. Kf3 f4 62. Kf2 Ke4 63. Ke2 f3+ 64. Kf2 Kf4
65. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Auchenberg, Per"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 d6 9. a4 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qg3
O-O-O 15. Rfd1 g5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rde8 18. Bd4 Rhg8 19. b4 Ne5 20. b5 a5
21. Qe3 Nc4 22. Qf2 g4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ne5 25. Bb6 Qd7 26. Bxa5 g3 27.
Qa7 1-0

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lonborg, Morten"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nf2 c5 13. b4 Qe7 14. bxc5 Nfd7
15. Be2 Nxc5 16. O-O Be6 17. Bb2 Nbd7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Nc5
21. Bc2 Qf7 22. Bxe5 Bxc4 23. Qf2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qa2 25. Ra1 Qc4 26. Rb1 Nd3 27.
Qg3 Rf7 28. Bd1 Qa2 29. Ra1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Tozer, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 O-O 13. c4 Nb6 14. Be3 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc4 Be7 18. Rc1 c5 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. b3 Rd5 21.
Qf2 Bd7 22. Bd2 Bb5 23. Ba5 Qd7 24. Rfe1 Rd4 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. h3 h6 27. Kh2 Ba8
28. Nc4 Qc6 29. Re2 Rf8 30. Rce1 Bb7 31. Bd2 Ba8 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Rc2 Rfd8 34.
Nb2 R3d5 35. Na4 Qb5 36. Nc3 Qb7 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rec1 Kh7 39. Bxc5 Bxc5 40.
Rxc5 Rd3 41. R1c3 Rd1 42. Rc7 Qd5 43. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 h6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Bc4 b6
15. d3 Kh8 16. Bd5 Qf6 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Nc4 Bb8 19. Ne3 Qg6 20. Qf3 f5 21. c4
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf5 24. Qh4 Bxd3 25. Rb3 e4 26. Bb2 Rd7 27. Ne7 Qe6
28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. g3 {#} Rxf2 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe4 Bxg3 32. Nf5+ Rxf5 33.
Qg4+ Qg6 34. Re7+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Bc5 10. Nxe4 $5 (10. c3 {It's main line.}) 10... dxe4 11. Qxd8+ $5
{Another options is:} (11. Ng5) (11. Bxe6) 11... Rxd8 12. Ng5 Bd5 $1 ({Badly:} 
12... Bxb3 13. axb3 $16) 13. Rd1 ({Can be recommended:} 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bxd5
exd5 (14... Rxd5 $5 {/=}) 15. Ne6 Bb6 16. Nxd8 Kxd8 17. c3 Ne5 $44) 13... Nd4
14. Bxd5 ({After:} 14. Be3 $6 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 h6 17. Nh3 Bb7 {
black has positional advantage in the endgame.}) 14... Rxd5 15. Be3 Rxe5 16.
Nxf7 (16. Bxd4 $2 Rxg5 17. h4 Rf5) 16... Kxf7 $1 {This move much better,than:}
(16... Ne2+ 17. Kf1 Ng3+ (17... Kxf7 18. Kxe2 {/}) 18. hxg3 Kxf7 19. Ke2 $14) (
{or} 16... Nf3+ $2 17. gxf3 Kxf7 18. f4 $1 Rf5 19. Rd7+ Be7 20. Rxc7 $16) 17.
Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rhe8 19. Re1 ({After:} 19. Kf1 {also possibly:} c5) 19... c5
20. Rd7+ R8e7 ({Worse is:} 20... Kf6 {in view of:} 21. Kf1) 21. Rxe7+ Rxe7 (
21... Kxe7 $2 22. f3 $16) 22. Kf1 c4 $1 $11 (22... Rd7 $2 23. Rxe4 Rd2 24. Re2
Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Rc1 c4 27. Ke1 $16) 23. Ke2 ({Also draw after:} 23. Rd1 e3
24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Kf2 Re6) 23... Rd7 24. Rd1 (24. Ke3 Kf6 25. Kxe4 $4 Re7+)
24... Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Ke6 26. Kd2 Kd5 27. Ke3 Ke5 28. a3 (28. a3 g5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Qh4+ 14. Ng3 Ne8
15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. O-O d6 19. a4 a6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rfe1
Bc8 22. Bc3 Bb7 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Qb2 Ra8 25. a5 e5 26. Qf2 Qh6 27. Rd2 Bc8 28.
Red1 Qg6 29. f4 e4 30. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Rhb1 Qc7 13. h4 Bd7 14. Qf4 O-O-O
15. Qf6 cxd4 16. cxd4 Kb8 17. Ke3 Rc8 18. a4 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Rhg8 21.
Qf4 Rxg2 22. Qxf7 Rgg8 23. Rg1 Rgf8 24. Qg7 Nb4 25. Ne1 a5 26. Ra3 Qd8 27. Qg5
Qxg5+ 28. Rxg5 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 Rxc2 30. Rg6 b6 31. Nf4 Kc7 32. f3 Re8 33. Rg7 Kc6
34. Ng6 Rd8 35. Ne7+ Kc7 36. Ng8 Kc6 37. Nf6 Bc8 38. Re7 Rh8 39. Ne8 Bd7 40.
Nd6 Kc7 41. Rg7 Rh1 42. Rb3 Re1+ 43. Kd3 Ree2 44. Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. e4
Qc7 16. Rb1 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 b5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd3 Rc8
22. Nc2 Qe7 23. Nd4 h6 24. b4 Kh7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Nxe4 28.
Rc1 f5 29. Qa3 Ra8 30. g4 d5 31. Bb6 Nc3 32. Kh1 Rc8 33. c7 fxg4 34. hxg4 Qh4+
35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nxc1 37. Qxc1 Qxg4 38. Bxd5 Qh3+ 39. Bg2 Qd3+ 40. Kg1 Qd6
41. Bb7 Qxb6 42. Bxc8 Be5 43. Bxa6 Qxc7 44. Qxc7+ Bxc7 45. Bxb5 Bd6 46. Bd3
Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nbd2 b6 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mittelmann, Gur"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. c5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf4 e5
15. Be3 Ne7 16. Qd6 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qxe5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bc4 20. cxb6 Re8
21. Qd2 Qxb6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nd4 Qa5 24. Qb2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. a3 Qe5
27. Qd2 a5 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Ra1 Qd5 30. Re1 Rb8 31. f3 Qc5 32. Qc1 Rb3 33. Qf4
Be6 0-1

[Event "22. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Bf5 c6 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rad1
Bxb2 21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Qg4 b6 23. Red1 Re8 24. h3 Bf6 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qa4 Rfe7
27. Rd6 Qe4 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. a4 h6 30. Qa2 Kh7 31. R6d5 Qg6 32. a5 Re5 33. a6
Bg5 34. Bxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 Qxg5 36. Qc2+ Qg6 37. Qc7 b5 38. Qxa7 Re6 39. Rd7 b4
40. Qb7 Rxa6 41. Rxg7+ Qxg7 42. Qxa6 Qc3 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens Holm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. Nf5 g6 12. Ng3 Bg7 13. Nc3 f6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15.
Qd3 Nh6 16. Rad1 Nf7 17. h3 Ne5 18. Qd2 Kf7 19. Be3 b4 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. f4 Nd7
22. c3 a5 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. cxb4 Bxd5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. exd5 dxc5 27. d6 c4 28.
bxc4 Nxc4 29. d7 Rc6 30. Bf2 Bb4 31. Re4 Qc7 32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Nd2 34. Qd3
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hovmoller, Kristian"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nf2 c5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bd2 Nc6 15.
b5 Nd8 16. Bc3 Nf7 17. Be2 Be6 18. O-O Rad8 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5 Nd6 21. Bb2 f4
22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. g3 Ne3 25. Qc1 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Nxf1 27. Bxf1 Qf7
28. Qe3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. Qd3 Qf7 32. Qxd7 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+
34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qxe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxb2
40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qf7 Rg8 42. Qxb7 c4 43. Qg2 Qxb5 44. Qd5 Qxd5+ 45. Rxd5 Rc8
46. Rxe5 c3 47. Re1 Kg8 48. Kg1 Rc5 49. Rc1 Kf7 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Kd3
c2 53. a6 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kb5 55. h4 h5 56. Kd3 Kxa6 0-1

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jacobsen, Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 a6 7. f4 Nd7 8. g4 Bb7 9.
Bg2 Nb6 10. Bf2 Nf6 11. Nge2 Qc7 12. O-O Nfd7 13. f5 c5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
cxd4 16. Nxd4 g5 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 h5 20. Nc6 hxg4 21. hxg4 Ne5
22. Na5 Rc8 23. Qe2 Ba8 24. Qxa6 Kf8 25. c3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rh6 27. Rfa1 Rch8 28.
Nc4 Bb7 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc4 Qb8 31. Rb4 Qc8 32. Ra7 Ba8 33. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Re1 Bg4 15.
Be2 Nfd7 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Re8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Na3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 N8d7 21.
Qd3 Nf6 22. a5 Nbd7 23. Nc2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Qf3
Rxe4 28. Bb2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nb3 30. Re1 Nxa5 31. c4 Nxc4 32. Ba1 Nb6 33. Ne3
Nbd7 34. Qb2 Qa5 35. Rd1 Qb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Nc2 Nxd5 39. Rxb5
Nc5 40. Be5 dxe5 41. Rxc5 Nf6 42. fxe5 Ng4 43. h3 Nxe5 44. Rb5 Re7 45. Kg2 Kg7
46. Ne3 Nc6 47. Kf2 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rd7 50. Rb2 Ne5 51. Rb5 Re7 52. Rb3
Kh6 53. Kg3 Nc6 54. Ng2 f6 55. Rb6 Kg5 56. Nh4 Nd4 57. Nf3+ Nxf3 58. Kxf3 Rc7
59. Rb5+ Kh4 60. Rb6 Rc3+ 61. Kf4 g5+ 62. Ke4 Rc4+ 63. Ke3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1
c4 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 O-O-O 15.
Re2 Nf5 16. h4 Rdg8 17. Ra1 Kb7 18. Bf4 Ka8 19. Qd2 Nfe7 20. h5 b5 21. Nh4 Nc8
22. g4 Nb6 23. Bg3 g6 24. Kh2 g5 25. Nf3 Qa5 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Bh3 Na4 28. Ng1 f5
29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Nf3 Rhf8 31. Bg2 Qd8 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 R6f7 34. Bxd5+ Kb8
35. Be4 Qc7 36. Qd6 Nc5 37. Bg6 Rf3 38. Rae1 Kb7 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 40. Re3 Rxe3 41.
fxe3 Qc6 42. e4 Kc8 43. Qd4 a5 44. Bf2 Nb3 45. Qe3 a4 46. Kg1 b4 47. cxb4 c3
48. Be1 Nd2 49. Bxd2 cxd2 50. Qxd2 Qc4 51. Qf2 Qa2 52. Qc5+ Kb7 53. Qc3 Qb1+
54. Kf2 Bb5 55. Ke3 Qc1+ 56. Qd2 Qxa3+ 57. c3 Qa1 58. c4 Qg1+ 59. Kf3 Qf1+ 60.
Kg3 Qxc4 61. Bf7 Qxe4 62. Bg6 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nilssen, John Arni"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. a5 Rc8 15.
Rfe1 h5 16. h3 Kh7 17. Be2 c4 18. Bf1 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Kxh6 20. Qd2+ Kg7 21. Qd4
Rc5 22. f4 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. e5 Kf8 25. Re2 Ng8 26. Qxc4 dxe5 27. fxe5
Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Nxe5 29. Qf4 Qf6 30. Qb4+ Kg7 31. Kg1 Nd3 32. Qxb7 Rxe2 33. Bxe2
Qf2+ 34. Kh2 Nc1 35. d6 Nf6 36. Bc4 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. f4 O-O 12. a4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bf2 exf4 15.
gxf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ng6 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Rg8 20. Kh1 g5 21. Rad1
Nc4 22. Qe2 Be6 23. Bd4 Rg6 24. Qf2 Rag8 25. Qg3 Rh6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5
28. Rxe5 g4 29. Rf1 Rgg6 30. Be4 Qc4 31. Bd3 Qc6+ 32. Be4 Qc4 33. Bd3 Bd5+ 34.
Kg1 Qc5+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Rxf2 g3 37. Bxg6 gxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bc6 39. Be4 Rxf6+
40. Ke3 Bxa4 41. Bxb7 Bxc2 42. c4 Kg7 43. Ra5 Rh6 44. c5 Rxh2 45. Rxa6 Rh3+ 46.
Kd4 Rd3+ 47. Ke5 Re3+ 48. Kd4 Rd3+ 49. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. O-O e5 15. d5
Ne7 16. Ne1 f5 17. f3 a5 18. b3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Be2 h5 21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Qc2 c5
23. b4 O-O 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rfb1 Rfb8 26. Be1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Bf6 28. Nb2 Nc8
29. Bxa5 Bb7 30. Qd2 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. a4 Qc7 33. Bd1 Ne7 34. Bc2 Kf7 35.
Nd1 Ba6 36. Bd3 g4 37. Be2 gxf3 38. Bxf3 Bxc4 39. Bxh5+ Kg7 40. Nc3 Rb8 41. Rc1
Ng8 42. Bg4 Nf6 43. Bf5 Kf8 44. Qf2 Bd3 45. g4 fxg3 46. Qxg3 Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7
48. Kf2 Nh5 49. Rg1+ Kf8 50. Nb5 Rb6 51. Ke3 Nf4 52. h4 Bc2 53. Nc7 Bxa4 54.
Ne6+ Kf7 55. Nxf4 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 exf4 57. h5 Rg3 58. Ra1 Be8 59. Bg6+ Rxg6 60.
hxg6+ Kf6 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Rg1 c4 63. g7 Bh5+ 64. Rg4 1-0

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Greiff, Hakan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Bd5 Be7 12. c3 c6 13. cxd4 cxd5 14. Qd2 Bxg5
15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nc3 f5 19. a4 Nf7 20. Be3 b4 21.
Nd5 Rd8 22. Rfd1 f4 23. Bc5 Ng5 24. Bxb4 Rd7 25. Bc3 Rh5 26. Nb4 Nf3+ 27. gxf3
gxf3 28. Rxd7 Rg5+ 29. Kf1 Kxd7 30. Rd1+ Ke6 31. Rd5 e3 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. a5
Rh5 34. Rxe5+ Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Kxe5 36. Nc2 Kf4 37. b4 g5 38. b5 e2+ 39. Ke1 axb5
40. a6 b4 41. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. Be5 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. d5 Nf4 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Rd4 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 20. Rc4 Qb8 21. Re1
Re8 22. Rb4 b6 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. g3 a5 25. Ra4 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 e4 27. Nxe4 N4xd5
28. Rd4 Qb7 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Rc5 33. h4 h5 34.
Rf4 Ng4 35. Qd4+ Ne5 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Nd3 38. b3 Rc2 39. Rd4 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "23. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. c3 b6 15.
Qf6 Rg8 16. Qh4 Rh8 17. Ng5 Qa3 18. Rhb1 Kf8 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. h4 Bd7
22. g4 Rc8 23. h5 gxh5 24. gxh5 Qxf6 25. exf6 e5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Rg5 28.
Rg1 Rxh5 29. Rh1 Rxe5 30. Rxh6 Rg5 31. Rh8+ Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34.
Rh1+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

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 Nd7 10. a4 Bb7 11. d4 Bf6 12. Na3 Nb6 13. d5 Ne7 14. a5 Nd7 15. c4 c6
16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. cxb5 Nxa5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qd3 axb5 21. Nxb5 d5
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Nxe5 Rfd8 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Bd2 Nc4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Nc3 Nxd2 29. Nxd5 Bf8 30. Rd1 Nb3 31. Ne5 f6 32. Nc4 Bc5 33. Nc7 Ra4 34.
Ne3 Ra2 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Ne6 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Rxb2 39. Rxg7+ Kf5 40.
Re7 Re2 41. Nf4 Rc2 42. g4+ Kg5 43. Rxh7 f5 44. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. Ne3 Be6 16. c4 Rc8 17. Nd5 f6 18. Rb1 Nd8 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Bf7 21. Nd5
Rxc4 22. Bxd6 exd6 23. Nxf6+ Ke7 24. Qxg4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Qd7+ Kf8 27.
Qxd8+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Qxh5 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh7
33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Qf8 36. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 h6 12. g3 Nd7 13. Nh4 Qc7 14. Ng2 O-O-O 15.
Nf4 Rde8 16. Bg4 Qc6 17. Re1 Kb7 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rb1 Ka7 20. Rb2 Ka6 21. Nh5 g6
22. Nf4 Ka7 23. h4 Rh7 24. Ng2 f5 25. exf6 Ng8 26. Nf4 Nf8 27. h5 g5 28. Ng6
Nxf6 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxe6 Qc7 31. Bf5 Rhf7 32. Bg6 Ne4 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34. Be3
Rf3 35. Qe1 Bc6 36. d5 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Bxd5 38. Rb5 Qc6 39. Rxa5+ Kb8 40. Rxd5
Qxd5 41. Bxe4 Qc5 42. Qxc5 bxc5 43. Kg2 Kc7 44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bxc4 Ra8 46. Bd3
Rxa3 47. c4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Ra8 49. Ke3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rendboe, John Filip"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. f3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. O-O-O fxe4 13. fxe4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Be5
15. Ng1 d6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Nxe6 Nxe4 19. Qc2 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Ne4 21.
Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Be2 Nf2 23. Bxf2 Rxf2 24. g3 Qf6 25. Qd1 Ba6 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27.
Bxf3 Bxc4 28. Be4 b5 29. Qc2 g6 30. a4 a6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Kb1 Qf7 33. Rd1 Qa7
34. Kc1 Qa3+ 35. Kd2 Bb3 36. Qd3 Qb2+ 37. Ke1 Bc3+ 38. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. f4 d6 12. Qg3 Bd4 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Bd2 Re8 16. Qh4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ne1
Be6 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 b6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Qb3 O-O 16. Rxf4 Nd4 17. Nxf7 Nxb3 18. Nxd8 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxf4 20. Nd5 Bxb2 21.
Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Rc2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rf6 24. Bxa8 Rf1+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kh1 Rf1+ 27.
Kg2 Rf2+ 28. Kh1 Bh3 29. Rc1 Be3 30. Rb1 Kxe7 31. Nc6+ Kd7 32. Ne5+ Kc7 33. Bf3
Bd4 34. Ng4 Rxf3 35. exf3 h5 36. Nh6 Be6 37. Re1 Kd6 38. g4 Bxa2 39. gxh5 Bd5
40. Kg2 gxh5 41. Nf5+ Kc6 42. Ne7+ Kd6 43. Nf5+ Kc6 44. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6
9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O-O Nge7
15. Kb1 h4 16. c3 O-O-O 17. g4 hxg3 18. h4 Qf2 19. Qxg3 Qxg3 20. Nxg3 Rdf8 21.
Rdg1 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Ne2 Kd7 24. Rg3 Rh6 25. Kc2 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rg4
e5 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Nd4+ Nxd4+ 31. Rdxd4 Kf6 32. Kd3 Rh7 33. Rdf4+
Rf5 34. Kd4 b6 35. a4 Rh8 36. b3 Rh7 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ronne Jubilaum"]
[Site "Ronne"]
[Date "2001.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smetankin, Stanislav"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2005.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bb6 Qc6 15.
Bf3 Be6 16. Rf2 Bd8 17. Ba7 b6 18. Rd2 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mortensen, Henrik"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O Be4 12. Qc3 Qe8 13. Bg5 d6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nd7 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nd3 f4 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Kh1 Qh5 21.
Rg1+ Kf7 22. f3 Rg8 23. Rxg8 Kxg8 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. b4 e5 26. Nf2 Rg6 27. Ne4
Qh4 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Ng5+ Kg7 32. d5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5
Qxg5+ 34. Kf2 Qe7 35. Qb7 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Qa7 e4 38. fxe4 Kh6 39. Kf3 Qh4
40. Qxa5 Qxh2 41. Qe1 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Qxa3 43. Qh1+ Kg5 44. Qh8 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qxe4
46. Qd8+ Kg4 47. Qxc7 Kg3 48. Ke1 f3 49. Qxd6+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Timmermans, Ivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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. Ne4 Bb6
15. Nfg5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Re1 O-O {[#]} 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh5
Qd3 21. Re4 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pert, Richard G"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. d4 e6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qh5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rad1
Rd8 15. Ne4 Rxd1 16. Qxd1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 O-O 18. Re3 c4 19. Qh5 Rd8 20. Rh3 h6
21. Rg3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxe5 23. h4 hxg5 24. Rxg5 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7
27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Cech, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf1 Ba4 11. g3 Nbc6 12. Bh3 Qd7 13. O-O Ng6 14. Re1 O-O-O 15.
Re2 Rde8 16. Bg4 h5 17. Bh3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe1 Nd8 20. Bg2 h4 21. h3 Nc6
22. g4 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Bg5 e4 25. Nd4 Nce5 26. Qd2 Nxg4 27. f3 e3 28. Qe1
Nf2 29. Rxf2 exf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rhf8 31. f4 Kb7 32. f5 Ka6 33. Kh1 Ne5 34. Bxh4 Nc6
35. Ne6 Rh8 36. Re1 Qh7 37. Bg3 Ne7 38. Nc7+ Ka5 39. Bd6 Bc6 40. a4 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 d5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Rfd1 Qd7
15. bxc4 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Na2 Qc8 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. c5 Na5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Nb4 c6 22. a4 h6 23. Rf1 Rdc8 24. h3 Rc7 25. Qa2 Rb8 26. Rb2 Qc8 27. Nd3 Rcb7
28. cxb6 axb6 29. Qb1 Qe8 30. Qc2 Qd8 31. Ne5 Rc8 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Qd6 34.
Rfb1 Qc7 35. Rb4 Ra8 36. Rc1 c5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. Qb5 Qd5 40.
Rxc5 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qxa4 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ g6 44. Rc7 Ra7 45. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "El Kher, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 O-O 8. a3
Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nd7 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. b4 Nb6 13. Rb1 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Ne7 16. bxc5 Qa5+ 17. Kf2 Qxc5 18. c4 Nf5 19. Re1 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3+
21. Rxe3 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Qc5 23. Qb3 Rad8 24. Qb2 a6 25. h3 h6 26. Qb6 Qa3 27.
Kg3 Qc3 28. Qb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 Rb8 30. Ree2 Rfc8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. f4
f6 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Ra2 Rb6 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Ke4 g6 38. g4 Rb1 39. Rxa6 Re1+
40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Ke4 Re1+ 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Rg7 Rxh3
46. Rxg6 Ke7 47. Kd2 Kd7 48. Rg7+ Kd8 49. Rh7 Rh4 50. Kc3 Rxg4 51. Rxh6 Kd7 52.
Rh7+ Kd8 53. Kb4 e4 54. dxe4 Rxe4 55. Kb5 Rd4 56. Kc6 Rxc4+ 57. Kxd6 Ke8 58.
Rh8+ Kf7 59. Kd7 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Kh1 c4 15. f3
h5 16. Rfc1 Nh7 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Be3 h4 21. Nf1 h3 22.
gxh3 Nf6 23. Ng3 Nfd7 24. Ra5 Qd8 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. h4 Ne5 27. h5 Nd3 28. Ra2 Qf6
29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. f4 Qh4 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Bg4 33. Rf1 Nd7 34. Rf2 Nf6
35. Bd4 Rb4 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Rxa6 Bd4 38. Rg2 Bh3 39. Nce2 Bc5 40. b3 Rbxe4
41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Qxe4 Qe1+ 43. Rg1 Bxg1 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Ra1 Qxa1
47. Qh4+ Kg7 48. Qxh3 Bc5+ 49. Kg2 Qd1 50. Qf3 Kh6 51. h4 Qd2 52. Kh3 Qd1 53.
Kg4 Qc2 54. Ng3 Bf2 55. Qe2 Qc8+ 56. Qe6 Qc3 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Qf7+ Kh8 59. Qf8+
Kh7 60. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. O-O Bf6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Rb5 g6 14. Nd2
a6 15. Rb2 d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Re2 Re7 20. Rfe1 Qf5
21. Qf3 Rbe8 22. g4 Qb5 23. Re3 f5 24. Nc5 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27.
Bxe3 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qxa2 29. Qc8+ Bf8 30. Ne6 Qd5+ 31. f3 Qd6 32. d5 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hanley, Craig"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. a4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Nb8 14. Qd3 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Nc6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. e4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 dxe4
21. Qxe4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qe3 Rd6 24. h3 Qd7 25. a5 b5 26. Re1 Ra6 27. b4
Rc6 28. Qe5 a6 29. Re3 Rd6 30. Rg3 g6 31. Rg4 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nilssen, John Arni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Qh5 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qd2 a5 14. Bc4 Bxh3 15.
gxh3 Qxh3 16. Rf3 Qg4+ 17. Kf2 e5 18. Nde2 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 Qg4+ 20. Rg3 Qc8 21. b3
Nh5 22. f5 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 b5 24. Nxb5 d5 25. exd5 Rd8 26. Rf1 Qb7 27. Nc3 1-0

[Event "24. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qf2 Qc7 15.
Bb6 Qc6 16. Bd4 b4 17. Ne2 Bc4 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 Qb5 21. c4
bxc3 22. Nxc3 Qb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Nb6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. Rd1
Rb8 28. Nc4 h5 29. g3 Rc8 30. Rd5 Rc6 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. f4 Rc5 34.
Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Qd5 Qc8 36. h3 Bg7 37. b4 e6 38. Qd3 Bf8 39. a3 Qc6 40. Ne3 Be7
41. Qc4 Qb7 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 Bf6 45. g5 Bd8 46. Qd4 Ke7 47. a4
Qc6 48. Ng4 Qxa4 49. Nh6 Qb3+ 50. Kg2 e5 51. fxe5 dxe5 52. Qc5+ Ke8 53. Qc6+
Kf8 54. Qd6+ Ke8 55. Qc6+ Kf8 56. Qd6+ Ke8 57. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Christensen, Jan N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 exf3 7. Bxf3 exd4 8.
O-O Nf6 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 d5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Bf4
O-O 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. f4 Qa5 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Ne4 h6 21.
Nd6 Re7 22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Nd6 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qd2 25. Ne4 Qe3 26. Rbe1 1-0

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossen, Claus"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. e3 Nf8 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. b4 g4 18. fxg4 Nxg4 19. e4 Rf8 20. h3 Nf6 21. e5 Nh5
22. Qe3 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Rac1 Qd7 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rf1 Qa4
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nf1 Qd1 30. Qf4+ Kg8 31. Kh2 Qd3 32. Ne3 g5 33. Qg3 Qxd4 34.
Nxd5 Qxd5 35. h4 Qd2 36. Kh3 c5 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Qf3 Qd4 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40.
Qxa7+ Kg6 41. h5+ Kf5 42. Qh7+ Kxe5 43. g3 Qe3 44. Qg7+ Kd5 45. a4 Kc4 46. Qb2
Qg1 47. Qb5+ Kd4 48. Qd7+ Kc3 49. Qg7+ Kb4 50. Qxh6 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1
Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 c4 55. Qf8+ Kb3 56. Qf3+ c3 57. h6 g4 58. Qb7+ Ka2
59. Qg2 Qxg2+ 60. Kxg2 c2 61. h7 c1=Q 62. h8=Q Qd2+ 63. Kg1 Qd1+ 64. Kg2 Qc2+
65. Kh1 Qd3 66. Kg2 Qe4+ 67. Kg1 Qxa4 68. Qe5 Qc4 69. Kf2 Kb3 70. Qe3+ Kc2 71.
Qe5 Qd5 72. Qc7+ Kd1 73. Qb8 Qd4+ 74. Kg2 e5 75. Qb3+ Kc1 76. Qf7 e4 77. Qe7
Kd1 78. Qf7 Qd2+ 79. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Lund, Silas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Rb1 c4 11. Qc1 b6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Ng5 Rdf8
15. Bg4 h6 16. Nh3 g5 17. Qd1 Ng6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxa3 21.
Qd2 Rfg8 22. Bh5 Qf8 23. Rf1 Ne7 24. Rf2 Be8 25. Qe2 Nf5 26. Bg4 Ng7 27. Bh3
Qe7 28. Ra1 Kb7 29. Rff1 Bd7 30. Kh1 Ne8 31. Bg3 h5 32. Rf4 Rxg3 33. hxg3 f5
34. exf6 Nxf6 35. Qe5 Rh6 36. Raf1 Ng4 1-0

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nilssen, John Arni"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Ne1 Re8 10. Nd3 Bd6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 Ne6
15. e3 Ng5 16. Rae1 Bh3 17. f3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne6 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rc1 Re7 21.
Qb3 Qc7 22. Nb4 Qd6 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. Nb4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Rc3 Nc7 27. a4
Rae8 28. Nc2 Na8 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. b3 Nc8 31. Kf2 Nd6 32. h4 f6 33. Na3 Kf7 34.
b4 a6 35. Rb1 Nf5 36. Nc2 Nd6 37. Na3 b5 38. Nc2 Nc4 39. a5 h5 40. Re1 Ke6 41.
Na1 f5 42. Nb3 Kf7 43. Nc5 Ra8 44. Nd3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Holst, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rad1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ng5 Qc7 16. f4 Rad8 17. Ndf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 g6 19. Bc2 Nf8 20. Rdf1 Ng4 21.
Rg3 f5 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Rxg4 fxg4 24. Qxg4 Rd4 25. h4 Bf6 26. h5 Kh6 27. hxg6
Kg7 28. Kh2 Nd7 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Kg3 Nf6 31. Qh3 e5 32. Kf3 exf4 33. Be4 Rxe4
0-1

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hanssen, Gunnar Berg"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bd6 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Ne8 10. e3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Qb4 12. Nxe8 Rxe8 13. Be2 Rd8 14. O-O
b6 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. a3 Qe7 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 d6 19. Rbc1 h6 20. Qb2 Ne5 21.
Ne4 Bb7 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxa3 25. h3 Qe7 26. Qd4 Bc6 27.
Bf1 Qb4 28. Qd3 a5 29. g3 b5 30. Rc1 Be8 31. c5 Bc6 32. Qc3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Gullaksen, Eirik T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Be3
a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Ncd5 O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb8 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Na4 Ne8 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. c4 f5 21. b4 Nf6
22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Rfd1 Ra8 24. c5 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Qe8 26. Qf3 g6 27. c6 bxc6 28.
dxc6 d5 29. Qe3 Bxb4 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. c7 Kf7 32. Rxd5 Bf8 33. Qd2 Nxd5 34. Bc4
Kg7 35. Bxd5 Qd7 36. Qa2 Ra7 37. Bxa7 Rxc7 38. Be3 f4 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Bd2 1-0

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hjelm, Niclas"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qc2
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Bg4 Rc7 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bxd7 Rdxd7 20. Ne2 c5
21. Ng3 f6 22. Re1 Kg7 23. Rcd1 Qe6 24. Qd2 h5 25. Ne2 Qf5 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Ne2
Kf7 28. Qc2 Re7 29. Qd2 Rcd7 30. a3 h4 31. h3 Bc7 32. b4 d4 33. bxc5 dxe3 34.
Qxe3 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qc6 36. Qb3+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ndf6 6. Ng5 Bg4 7. N1f3 Bh5 8.
h3 h6 9. g4 hxg5 10. gxh5 Rxh5 11. Bxg5 Rxg5 12. Nxg5 Qxd4 13. Qd2 Qe5+ 14. Qe3
Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 e6 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Raf1 Ne5 18. Rxf7 Nxf7 19. Bg6 Ngh6 20. Rf1
Be7 21. Nxf7 Kd7 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Nxh6 gxh6 24. Bf7 Bg5 25. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Bxc4 16. h5 Nb6 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 b5 19. Rh2 Nb6 20. f4 Na4 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 f6 23. h6 g6 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Qd7 27. Bg5 O-O 28.
Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qxe5 Qe6 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Rhd2 Rf7 32. Na5 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34.
Nc6 Rd7 35. Ne5 Rd8 36. Nc6 Rd7 37. Nb8 Rd8 38. Nxa6 Nb6 39. b3 g5 40. Rg1 Rg6
41. Nc5 Rxh6 42. Rxg5+ Rg6 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 1-0

[Event "25. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Rb8
15. Bc4 f5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Ng5 e4 18. c3 e3 19. Qd3 Rxb2 20. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 21.
Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Bxe6+ Kg7 23. Rd7+ Kh6 24. h4 Na4+ 25. Kc2 Qc5+ 26. Kb3 Qb5+ 27.
Ka3 Qc5+ 28. Kxa4 Qb5+ 29. Ka3 Qc5+ 30. Kb2 Qe5+ 31. Kb1 1-0

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, John Holm"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 bxc6 12. fxe4 Ng4 13. Nd1 Nxe3 14.
Nxe3 Bh6 15. Rd3 Be6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Nc4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be2 Rxd3 20.
Bxd3 Bd5 21. Re1 e6 22. Ne5 Bf4 23. g3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Kf7 25. c4 Kf6 26. Re3 Bg2
27. Kc2 e5 28. b4 Rd8 29. a4 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Re2 f3 32. Rf2 Ke5 33. Bf1
Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Kf4 35. Kc3 Re8 36. Kd4 Re2 37. Kc5 Rc2 38. b5 cxb5 39. axb5 f2
40. Kd6 Ke3 41. c5 Ke2 42. Rxf2+ Kxf2 43. c6 h5 44. c7 h4 45. Kd7 Ke3 46. c8=Q
Rxc8 47. Kxc8 Kd4 48. Kb7 Kc5 49. Kxa7 Kxb5 50. h3 Kc5 51. Ka6 Kd5 52. Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jensen, Soren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O-O 14. Qf3 f6
15. Bf4 Ne7 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. O-O-O Ng6 18. Be3 Qxa2 19. d5 Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21.
Kb1 cxd5 22. c4 Ne5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rd4 Qe8 25. Rhd1 Nc6 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Qg6+ 28. Ka1 Bb4 29. h5 Qf7 30. Qc4 Qc7 31. Bf4 Qe7 32. Nf5 Qe1+ 33. Ka2
Re8 34. Be3 Bf8 35. Rb5 Re5 36. Nd4 Rxb5 37. Nxc6 Ra5+ 38. Nxa5+ 1-0

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nilsson, Nils Specht"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. g3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 d6 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. O-O Re8 15.
Rfe1 a6 16. f4 Bc8 17. g4 Bh4 18. Ng3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nf8 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Nce4
Bb7 22. f5 f6 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Kf1 Re5 25. g5 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 h6 29. Ne6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Lund, Silas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Bd7 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Nh5 g6 14. Nf6 Ng8
15. Nxg8 Rdxg8 16. O-O f6 17. exf6 Rf8 18. Re1 Rxf6 19. Bg4 g5 20. a4 Rh7 21.
Re3 Qc7 22. Qe2 Re7 23. h3 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qg4+ Kd8 27.
Rae1 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Qd7 29. Qh5 Kc7 30. h4 gxh4 31. Qxh4 Qd6 32. Kf1 b6 33. g3
Kb7 34. Bf4 Qf8 35. Qh5 Qc5 36. Qe8 d4 37. Qd7+ Ka6 38. Qc8+ Ka5 39. Rb1 a6 40.
Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naes, Flovin Tor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ba2 Qc7 14. Ng5 Rcd8
15. Nce4 g6 16. Qh3 h5 17. Nxf7 Rxd4 18. Bh6 Rxe4 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Nf7 23. Rac1 Qe5 24. Rd7 Bg5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Rf1 g5 28. g3 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rf5 Bxb2 31. Rxg5 Bxa3 32. Bb1 Bc1 33. Re5
Bd5 34. h3 a5 35. Kf1 a4 0-1

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

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. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. d4 Be7
15. exd5 b4 16. Na4 Qxd5 17. f3 Rd8 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Qc2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21.
Re1 Nd5 22. Bf2 Qd6 23. Bg3 Qg6 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Qd4 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. h3 Qe2 29. Bf2 Bc6 30. Ne4 Qc2 31. Ng3 h4 32. Nh5 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qg5 34.
Qxh4 Qxh4 35. Bxh4 Bb5 36. Ng3 g6 37. Ne4 f5 38. Nd2 Kf7 39. Bf2 Nf4 40. Bg3
Nd5 41. Be5 Ke6 42. Bh8 Ne3 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Nf1+ 45. Nxf1 Bxf1 46. Bg7 Bd3
47. Bf8 Bc2 48. Bxb4 Bxb3 49. Kg3 g5 50. Ba5 Kf6 51. Bxc7 Kg6 52. Bd8 Kh6 53.
Kf3 Kg6 54. Ke3 Kh6 55. Kd4 Kg6 56. Ke5 Bc4 57. b4 Be2 58. Be7 Bb5 59. h4 gxh4
60. Bxh4 Be2 61. Kf4 1-0

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. h4 f6 20. Nd2 fxg5 21. hxg5
b5 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Rb8 27. b3 a5 28.
a4 Bd8 29. Rc1 Bb6 30. Rc6 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Ng7 32. Ka2 Nf5 33. Qc3 Nd4 34. Rxd6
Rc8 35. Qxa5 Kg7 36. Qb6 Rc2+ 37. Ka3 Qxb6 38. Rxb6 Rxd2 39. a5 Rd1 40. a6 Kf8
41. d6 Ke8 42. Kb2 Rd2+ 43. Ka3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. h3 Qf6
15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bb2 Nb4 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qg6 20. Qf3 Bd3 21.
Bb3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nc6 23. Re3 Nxd4 24. Qd1 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Be4 26. Rg3 Qc6 27.
Bb2 Bg6 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Qxa7 Qe4 30. Kh2 h5 31. Qa5 Rc8 32. a3 Rc2 33. Qd8+ Kh7
34. Qd4 f6 35. Qxe4 Bxe4 36. Bd4 Rd2 37. Bb6 g5 38. Rc3 Kg6 39. a4 f5 40. a5 f4
41. Rc4 Kf5 42. Rc8 Bd5 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AS04 Centenary"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2004.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 Nb8 14. Qd3 Nbd7 15.
Bf3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. b4 Rfd8 18. g4 Nf8 19. g5 N6d7 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qf2 Bd8
22. h4 a6 23. h5 Ba8 24. Be2 Qb7 25. Qg3 Bc7 26. Kf2 Bb8 27. Rg1 b5 28. cxb5
axb5 29. Nxb5 Nb6 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Qe3 Qb7 32. Nb3 Qd7 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1
Rxc1 35. Nxc1 Bc6 36. Qd3 d5 37. e5 Bxb5 38. Qxb5 Qa7+ 39. Kf3 Qxa3+ 40. Nd3
Qa7 41. Nc5 Bc7 42. Qa6 Qb8 43. b5 Bb6 44. Qb7 Qxb7 45. Nxb7 h6 46. Kg4 Nd7 47.
Nd6 hxg5 48. Kxg5 Kf8 49. h6 gxh6+ 50. Kg4 Bc7 51. Nc8 f6 52. exf6 Nxf6+ 53.
Kf3 Nd7 54. Bf1 Ke8 55. Bh3 Nc5 56. b6 Kd8 57. bxc7+ Kxc8 58. f5 Kxc7 59. fxe6
Kd6 60. Kg4 Nxe6 61. Bf1 Ng7 62. Kf4 Ke6 63. Bh3+ Kf6 64. Bc8 Ne6+ 65. Kg4 d4
66. Ba6 Nc5 67. Bf1 Kg6 68. Kf4 h5 69. Bg2 Kf6 70. Bf1 d3 71. Bg2 Ne6+ 72. Ke3
h4 73. Be4 Nc5 74. Bg2 Ke5 75. Bh3 Kd5 76. Bg4 Kc4 77. Kf4 Kd4 78. Kg5 Ke3 79.
Kxh4 Ne4 80. Bd1 Nc3 81. Bb3 Ne2 82. Kg4 Nd4 83. Ba4 Nc2 84. Kf5 Kd2 85. Ke4
Kc3 86. Kd5 d2 0-1

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "spielfrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

 1-0

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Harstad, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Nf1 Qd7 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Be3 f6 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21.
Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Qh5 Raf8 23. Rad1 c6 24. g3 Nd8 25. Rd2 Nf7 26. Bd4 Re6 27. Rxe6
Qxe6 28. Re2 Qd6 29. b4 Rd8 30. Bf5 Nf8 31. Qg4 Qh6 32. Re7 Ng6 33. Re6 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Nh6 35. Qh5 Nxf5 36. Qxf5 Rf8 37. Qg4 Qd2 38. Rxc6 Qxa2 39. Rc7 Rf7 40.
Qe6 1-0

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Max"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. g4 Rc8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6
Re8 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Qh3 Bg7 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Qd4+ 21. Rf2 Red8
22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. a3 Qxb2 25. Ne4 c4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 h5 28.
Rg2 Kh7 29. Rf1 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qe4 31. Kg1 Kh6 32. Qh4 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Rd2 34. Rg5
Qe2 35. Re1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rc7 37. Rf1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qe2 39. Re1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Rcd7
0-1

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Holst, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Bc2 g6
15. Bh6 Nd5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Ng4 Kg7 21.
Qe2 N7f6 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Bb3 Rfd8 24. Rd2 Rf8 25. Rd3 Rcd8 26. Red1 Nd7 27. Nf3
N7f6 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Qd2 Nd7 30. Re4 N7f6 31. Rh4 h5 32. Ne5 Rh8 33. Rf3 Rcf8
34. h3 Qe7 35. c4 Nc7 36. Rhf4 Nce8 37. h4 Qc7 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Bc2 Rh7 40. b4
Kg8 41. bxa5 Nd7 42. a6 Nxe5 43. dxe5 bxa6 44. Bxg6 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Rg7 46. Rd4
Qxa4 47. Bc2 Qa2 48. Rd1 Rg4 49. Rf4 1-0

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Aleksander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 Qc7 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 a5 20. h4 b5 21. Nd4
Rc5 22. h5 Re5 23. Nf3 b4 24. Rd4 Qc6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4 Rc5
28. Qxe7 Qxf3 29. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bc5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. exf6 Bxd4 14. Qe2 Bxe3+
15. Qxe3 Qd4 16. Rae1 gxf6 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Rxf6 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rd1+ 20. Kf2
Ne5 21. h3 Rg8 22. g4 Rd4 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rh6 Rg7 26. Re5 Rd1 27.
c4 Rd2+ 28. Ke3 Rxb2 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Kc7 31. Rbh5 Kd6 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33.
Rxh7 Ke7 34. g5 Rg2 35. h4 Bd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. a4 Kf8 38. a5 Ra2 39. Rh8+ Kg7
40. Ra8 Rh2 41. Rd8 Rxh4 42. Rxd5 f6 43. Kd3 fxg5 44. Rd4 Rh8 45. a6 Kf6 46.
Kc4 Ke5 47. Rd7 g4 48. a7 g3 49. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. b4
Rac8 16. Rac1 Ba8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Qb8 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bf4 h5
22. g5 Nh7 23. Ne2 Nhf8 24. Bb1 Qb6 25. Kg2 Bb7 26. Bg3 Bg7 27. Neg1 Ba8 28.
Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Bromann, Thorbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 b4 10. Nd1 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf2 a5 13. Nd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Ba6 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Rc8 18. Raf1 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 Bc5 20. c3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 g6 22. R5f2 Qe7 23. Re1 a4 24. h3 Rb8 25. Qe3 Rb6 26. Qf3 Bxd4 27. cxd4
Qb4 28. Rd1 Qa5 29. Qg4 Nb8 30. Rdf1 Qc3 31. Rf3 Qd2 32. R1f2 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Kg7
34. Rc2 Qe1 35. Rc7 Na6 36. Bxa6 Rxa6 37. Qd7 Qe4 38. Rxf7+ Rxf7 39. Qxf7+ Kh6
40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Rxh7 Qf4+ 42. Qxf4+ Kxf4 43. Rd7 Ke4 44. Rd6 Ra7 45. Rxg6 Kxd4
46. e6 Ke3 47. Rg5 Ke4 48. Rg4+ Ke3 49. Rg3+ Ke4 50. Kg1 d4 51. Kf2 Re7 52. Rg6
Kd3 53. Rf6 Kc2 54. Rf4 d3 55. Rc4+ Kd1 56. Rc6 d2 57. g4 Re8 58. g5 Rf8+ 59.
Ke3 Ke1 60. Rd6 d1=Q 61. Rxd1+ Kxd1 62. Kd4 Kc2 63. g6 Kb2 64. g7 Ra8 65. Ke5
Kxa2 66. Kf6 a3 67. Kf7 Kb1 68. g8=Q Rxg8 69. Kxg8 a2 70. e7 a1=Q 71. e8=Q Qa2+
72. Kh7 Qa7+ 73. Kh6 Qf2 74. Qe4+ Kb2 75. h4 Kc3 76. h5 Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Nce2 dxe3 13. b4 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Ng4
15. Rf4 Qxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26. Copenhagen Open  (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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 Rb8 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. c3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rb7 16. Qc2 Na7 17. d4 Qb8 18. d5 Bg4 19. Nfd2 h6 20. h3 Bh5 21. Ba4 Nb5
22. Na3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Reb1 Nxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 c4 27. g4 Bg6
28. Nd2 Qa7 29. Nxc4 Bh4 30. Ra2 f6 31. Qd3 Bg5 32. Rb2 Qc5 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Rb7
h5 35. Bd1 Be8 36. Ne3 Bb5 37. c4 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Bxc4 39. Qc2 hxg4 40. hxg4 c6
41. d6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Nb3 e5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rd2 Kb8 17. Na1 Nh5 18. Be1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

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. Bb1 Qb8 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. a3 Bd8 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Ba2 h6 23. Bc5 Nh5 24. Qd3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. g3 Nf6 27. Red1 Qb7
28. b4 axb3 29. Nxb3 Re8 30. Bd6 Bb6 31. Kg2 Na7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxe5 Nxe4
34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Ng5 36. Nbd2 Nc6 37. Qe3 Na5 38. h4 Nxf3 39. Nxf3 Nc4 40.
Qf4 Nxa3 41. Qf5 Qc6 42. Rd7 Rf8 43. Kh2 Qc2 44. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. h4 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Kb1 Kf8 18. Rgf1 Qc5 19. Rxf4 Rg8 20. Nb3 Qe5 21.
Rdf1 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxg2 24. Nd4 Na4 25. Nc6 d5 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27.
exd5 Nxc3+ 28. Kb2 Nxd5 29. Rd4 f5 30. a4 Rg4 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Rxf5 Bc4 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Rxh5 Kf6 36. Kc3 Kg6 37. Rg5+ Rxg5 38. hxg5 Kxg5 39.
Kxc4 f5 40. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

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. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. h3 b6 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4
Be7 15. Nge4 h5 16. Kf2 Ng6 17. Kg3 Bh4+ 18. Kf3 Be7 19. Kg3 Bh4+ 20. Kf3 Be7
21. Nf2 f6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. f5 Ne5+ 24. Kg3 Rg8 25. Nce4 c5 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. c3
a5 28. Kf3 a4 29. Ng3 hxg4+ 30. hxg4 Ra5 31. Rd2 c4 32. a3 Ne5+ 33. Bxe5 Rxe5
34. Nfe4 Bc6 35. Kf4 Rh8 36. Rf1 Rh3 37. Rff2 Rh8 38. Rh2 Re8 39. Rh7 Bxa3 40.
Nxf6 Bc5 41. Nxe8 Rxe8 42. Rd4 Bxd4 43. cxd4 b5 44. f6 b4 45. f7 Rf8 46. g5 Bd5
47. g6 c3 48. bxc3 b3 49. Ke5 Rd8 50. Ne4 b2 51. Nd2 a3 52. Rh8 Bxf7 53. Rxd8+
Kxd8 54. gxf7 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Ne3 f5 14. f4 Nf7 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Bd3 Nh6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Qc2 a6 19. Ne2 b5 20. Ng3 Bd4 21. Kh1
Bxe3 22. Bxe3 Nxd5 23. Bd2 c4 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Rad1 Nfg4 26. h3 Qh4 27. Rf3 Rae8
28. axb5 axb5 29. Kg1 d5 30. Qc3 Qf6 31. Be1 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Bf2 Qc6 34.
Bd4 Re6 35. Be5 Ne4 36. Nxe4 fxe4 37. Rg3+ Rg6 38. Bh5 b4 39. Bxg6 bxc3 40.
Be8+ Ng4 41. Bxd7 Qxd7 42. Rxg4+ Qxg4 43. hxg4 cxb2 44. Bxb2 Rxf4 45. Rxd5 Rf2
46. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 Be6 12. a3 Nc6 13. c5 Ne4 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rc1
Re8 16. Bb5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3
Qd7 22. Re1 Re4 23. f3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 a5 27. Qf4 a4
28. h4 h5 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Kd2 Bf1 34. g3
Bg2 35. Ke2 Bh3 36. Bd6 g6 37. Ke3 Bf1 38. Bc7 Kd7 39. Bb6 Bg2 40. Ke2 Ke7 41.
Ba5 Kd7 42. Kf2 Bh3 43. Bd2 Bf5 44. Bh6 Bc2 45. Ke2 f5 46. Bf4 Kc6 47. Be5 Bb3
48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

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 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4 Nb5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd4
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxa5 Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Nc6 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19. axb4 Re8 20. f4 g5
21. O-O Kg7 22. Ra3 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Be6 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. h4 Ke7 26. h5 Rac8 27.
Bd3 Rh8 28. Rh4 Rh6 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Rf3 Rb3 31. b5 d4 32. g4 Bd5 33. Rf6 Rh8
34. Rh3 Rg8 35. Rf4 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Rg2+ 37. Kh4 Be6 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 f6 40.
exf6+ Kxf6 41. Rxd4 Kxf5 42. Rf3+ Ke5 43. Rdd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

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 Rb8 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Ncd2 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Rb5 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. d4 e4 19. Qc4 Qa8 20. Nfd2 f5 21. Bf4
Nf6 22. Bxc7 Nd5 23. Bb6 Nf4 24. Nf1 Rf6 25. Ne3 Rg6 26. Kf1 Rh6 27. h3 Qe8 28.
Bc7 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rad1 h6 31. Rd2 Qd8 32. d5 Ne5 33. Qd4 Qf6 34. Nxf5
Qxf5 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Neg6 37. g3 Rbxd5 38. gxf4 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Rxd2 40.
f5 Nf8 41. Rxb4 Rxc2 42. Rb8 Kg8 43. b4 Rc6 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Ke3 Nd7 46. Rb7 Rd6
47. b5 Ke7 48. Ke4 Kd8 49. bxa6 Rxa6 50. Rb5 Kc7 51. Kd5 Rd6+ 52. Ke4 Rd2 53.
f3 Kc6 54. Rb1 Ra2 55. Rg1 Re2+ 56. Kd4 Re7 57. Rc1+ Kd6 58. Rc8 Ne5 59. a6 Ra7
60. Rg8 Nxf3+ 61. Kc4 Rxa6 62. Rxg7 Ke5 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Nec6 13. f4 Na5 14. Qd1 Rd8
15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Qh4 Nxe4 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bd3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qa5+ 21.
Ke2 Nc3+ 22. Kf2 h6 23. Rb3 Bd7 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. Kg1 Bc6 26. f5 exf5 27. Bxf5
Re8 28. Qf2 Qa4 29. Nd2 Re7 30. Bc2 Rae8 31. Rg3 Qa6 32. Rf1 Qe2 33. Bd3 Qxf2+
34. Rxf2 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Bc4 Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 R1xe2 38. Nf3 R8e4 39. Rf2 R2e3
40. Rd2 Rxa3 41. d5 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Bb5 43. Rh3 Bd7 44. Rh5 f6 45. d6 Rc1 46. Rb2
b6 47. cxb6 axb6 48. Rd5 b5 49. Nd2 Re5 50. Rxe5 fxe5 51. Nf3 Rc5 52. Re2 Rd5
53. Nxe5 Rxd6 54. Nxd7 Rxd7 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Rb8 Rd5 57. Ke2 Ke7 58. h4 Rc5 59.
g4 Rc2+ 60. Ke3 Rc3+ 61. Kf4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Bf4 f6 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Qxe5
cxb2 15. Ra3 Nf6 16. Rf3 h6 17. Qxb2 Qe7 18. Be5 Kf7 19. Qd4 a6 20. Bd3 Bd7 21.
Qg4 Kf8 22. Qg6 Qf7 23. Qg3 Ke7 24. Bg6 Qg8 25. Bd6+ Kd8 26. Bc7+ Kc8 27. Bb6
Nh7 28. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nilsson, Sebastian"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qe2 a5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Bromann, Thorbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Qd4 Bc6 14. h4 Nd7 15.
h5 g5 16. Nh2 O-O-O 17. Ng4 Nxc5 18. Rhb1 Kb8 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qb4 Rc7 21. f3 Rd8
22. Ke3 Qf8 23. a5 Be8 24. Bf1 f5 25. Nf6 Nd7 26. Qxf8 Nxf8 27. Kd4 Nd7 28. g4
Nxf6 29. exf6 Rf7 30. Ke5 Bc6 31. Bb5 Kc7 32. Ra3 Rdf8 33. Bxc6 Kxc6 34. c4 d4
35. Rab3 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rxf6 37. Rxb7 R6f7 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rb8 Kc5 40. Rc8+
Kb4 41. c5 Rf2 42. Kxd4 Rxc2 43. Ke5 Kxa5 44. Kd6 Rd2+ 45. Kxe6 Kb5 46. Kf6 Re2
47. Rh8 Re4 48. Rxh6 Rxg4 49. Rg6 a5 50. h6 a4 51. Rxg5 Rh4 52. Kg6 a3 53. c6+
Kxc6 54. Ra5 Rg4+ 55. Kh5 Rg3 56. Kh4 Rg8 57. Rxa3 Kd7 58. h7 Rh8 59. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Mikkelsen, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 bxa5 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. c4
Be6 22. Nxa5 Nd4 23. Qf2 Nxf3 24. Nc6 Qh4 25. Qxf3 Rd7 26. Rac1 Kh8 27. Nb4
Rad8 28. Nxd5 Qd4 29. Nf4 Bxc4 30. e6 Bxf1 31. exd7 Bb5 32. Ne6 Qxb2 33. Qc3
1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olsson, Linus"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15.
Re1 Nc8 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Bd2 Na7 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. Na3 Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Glud, Jakob Vang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Bb7 14. O-O-O Ke7
15. g4 Rad8 16. Qf3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Bd3 h6 19. h4 h5 20. gxh5 Rh8 21.
Be2 Nxh5 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. h5 Bc8 24. a3 a5 25. Qg3 a4 26. Kb1 Rg8 27. Bf3 Ke8
28. Na2 Qe7 29. Nb4 Bb7 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. f6 Nxf6 32. Nxe5 Qc7 33. Qg5 Nh7 34.
Qf5 Nf6 35. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korolev, Nikolaj"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. a5 Re8 15.
b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Ra3 Qc4 18. Rb1 d5 19. Ne5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Be6 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. d4 Rc2 24. Rg3 Bh4 25. Rg4 h5 26. Rxh4 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Chess Challenge 2005"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8
9. Be3 b4 10. Ne2 Nh6 11. h3 Qc7 12. O-O Nb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Qe2
f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Qf2 f5 19. Ng5 Bxa2 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Bf3 Rbc8
22. Kh1 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Ra1 Qe7 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Bh5+ Kf8 27. Bxe8 Bxa1
28. Rxa1 Kxe8 29. Rxa2 Nd5 30. Bc1 Rc6 31. Bb2 Nc3 32. Bxc3 bxc3 33. Ra1 Re6
34. Rd1 Kf7 35. Rd5 Re2 36. Qf3 Qe4 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Re5+ Qxe5 39. fxe5 Rxc2
40. Qe8+ Kd5 41. e6 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petersen, Nils"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Be3
Nh6 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Qd3
Bg7 15. Rac1 b5 16. b4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 e6 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. a3 Bd7 21.
Na4 Bb5 22. Nc5 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Bc4 25. Qa4 Bb5 26. Qa5 h5 27. h4 Rfd8
28. e3 Bc4 29. Nd3 Rb5 30. Qa3 Rdb8 31. Nc5 Bf8 32. e4 Qe8 33. Nd3 dxe4 34.
Bxe4 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Bxb4 36. Qd7 Qf8 37. Bc6 R5b6 38. Qc7 Bd6 39. Qxb6 Rxb6 40.
Rxb6 Bxg3 41. Bf3 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Skjoldan, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bh6 d6 13. f4 Nbd7 14. Rae1 b4 15.
Nd1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nf2 Kg7 18. e5 Nd5 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Rac8 22. Nbd2 Nc5 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Ncd6 Nxe4 25. Nxc8 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Rxc8 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 28. g4 b3 29. cxb3 Rc5 30. Qd6 Nf6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. g5 Ng4 33. Qd4+ e5
34. fxe5 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxf1 36. e6+ f6 37. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petersen, Soren Boeck"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nc4
Nc6 9. Qg4 dxe5 10. Ncxe5 Nf6 11. Qh3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nxf7 Nxf4 14. Nxd6+
Kf8 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qg5 Qe7 18. O-O-O e5 19. Bc4 e4 20. Rhe1 h6 21.
Qg6 Be8 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Qg3 Na5 24. Bd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qa4 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27.
Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Munksgerd, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

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
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. d5 Ne8 15.
N3h2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. b3 g6 20. Ng4 Bf8 21. Ne4
Bg7 22. Be3 Nb7 23. a4 Nd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd2 Rf8 26. Ra6 Nf7 27. Rea1 h5
28. Ra7 hxg4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. hxg4 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Qxb5 e4
34. Qc4 Rb8 35. Ra3 Rcb7 36. g3 Ne5 37. Qxe4 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. g5 Bd8 40.
Bxc5 Rxc3 41. Bd4 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Forsaa, Espen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bd2 Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nfd7 12. Rf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Raf1 Bf6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Ne4 c5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Nd6 Rf8 21.
Qe4 Rb8 22. Rh3 Qg6 23. Qe2 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sigfusson, Sigurdur"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3 12. axb3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Ra4 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qb5 19. c4 bxc3 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Nh5
Bd8 22. Rg4 f5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Qh3 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 cxb2 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Nf4+ Kg8 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Bleis, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h4 Qa5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.
h5 b5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. N5d4 Bc4 18. Na5 Qa6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. c3 Rb8 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Bf8 Rxf8 25. Rxh8+ Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Rh1 Nh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Nf5 hxg4 30. Nxe7# 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. e4 Ne8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Rd1 Ne5
15. Be2 f6 16. O-O b6 17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Qd4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Cech, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. a4 Bxb5 10. axb5 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 c4 13. Qe2 a6 14. bxa6 Qc8 15.
Ng5 Rxa6 16. Rb1 Ra2 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Rbc1 Qa4 19. Qd1 Nf5 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. Re1
h6 22. Nh3 Ng6 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Nf2 Ndf8 26. Ng4 Rf7 27. Rf1 h5 28.
f5 hxg4 29. fxg6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nxg6 31. Qxg4 Rxc2 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Rd1 Rxc3
34. Re1 Rd3 35. Qxd5 Qc2 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Qe2 Qb1+ 39. Be1 Nf4 40.
Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe4+ Kf7 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "27. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 b6 11. f4 exf4 12. e4 Nge7 13. Qf3 Qa3 14. Qxf4
Qxa2 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Qf3 Na5 18. h4 h5 19. Bg5 c6 20. Rg1 Rc8 21.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Petersen, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Bb4 9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. Bxf6 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. e5 b6 14. Rad1
Ra7 15. Bd3 f5 16. a4 Bb7 17. f3 Bd5 18. b3 Qc5 19. Qh4 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. h3
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd4 Rfa8 24. Kh2 Ra5 25. Rd2 Qa7 26. Qh4 Ra1 27. Rde2 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 Qc5 29. Qf4 b4 30. Qd2 Qd4 31. Kg3 h6 32. h4 Bb5 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3
Bc6 35. Re1 g5 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ke3 f4+ 39. Kd4 g4 40. fxg4 Bxg2
41. Be4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4 Kg6 43. Rxf4 Kg5 44. Rf7 Ra7 45. Rg7+ Kf4 46. g5 Rc7 47.
g6 Kf5 48. Kd3 Kxe5 49. Rf7 Rc3+ 50. Kd2 d5 51. Rb7 Rg3 52. g7 Kf6 53. Rxb4
Rxg7 54. Rh4 Ke5 55. b4 Kd6 56. Rh8 Kc6 57. Re8 Kd6 58. c3 e5 59. Rd8+ Kc6 60.
Rc8+ Kd6 61. Kc2 Rc7 62. Rd8+ Rd7 63. Rh8 Re7 64. Kd3 Rc7 65. Rh6+ Kd7 66. b5
Rc5 67. b6 Rb5 68. Ke3 Rb3 69. Kd2 Rb2+ 70. Kc1 Re2 71. Rh7+ Kc8 72. Rc7+ Kb8
73. Rc5 Kb7 74. Rxd5 Kxb6 75. Kd1 Kc6 76. Kxe2 Kxd5 77. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersen, Daniel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. e4 a6
9. Ne1 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Ne7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15.
Nd1 Nb6 16. Ne3 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 fxe4 19. dxe4 Ng6 20. Nf5 Nh4 21. Nxh4
Qxh4 22. Qe1 Qh6 23. Qg3 Rf6 24. e5 Rg6 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rae1 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rgf6
28. f5 Nc4 29. Re2 0-1

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hansen, Rene Rauer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
b6 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. h3 Re8 12. Re3 Bf8 13. Qd2 a6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4
Nc5 16. Bf1 Ra7 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Qe1 Ng4 19. hxg4 Qxh4 20. f3 Qxe1 21. Rexe1 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rxa7 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Bxa7 26. Ne2 Nd4 27. Ra1 Bb6
28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Kg3 g5 30. Bd3 Bb7 31. Rh1 Re6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. b4 Re8 34. Ke2
Ra8 35. Kd2 Rd8 36. e5 c5 37. bxc5 Bxc5 38. Bxb5 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rxe5 40. c3 Re8
41. cxd4 Rd8 42. Kd3 f5 43. gxf5 Bc8 44. g4 Bb7 45. d5+ Kh7 46. Bf6 1-0

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petersen, Soren Boeck"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Re1 N7f6 12. Nce5 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Be6 15. c3 Rad8 16. h4 Bf5 17. h5 c5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qf3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd6
21. Bd2 Be6 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Rc5 Qd6 24. Ba5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Nb6 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. Qe4 Rf6 28. Bxb6 Qxb6 29. b3 Kf7 30. Rc4 Rh8 31. Rec5 Rf5 32. g4 Rf6 33. d5
Qd6 34. dxe6+ Kg7 35. Qd4 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Qe3 Rd3 38. Qe1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2
Qf3+ 40. Kf1 Rd1 41. g5 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bd3
Ba4 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 c4 13. Bf1 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15.
h4 Rc8 16. h5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rc6 18. Nh4 Rb6 19. Rb4 Nc6 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. Rc1 Ne7
22. Bh3 Bc6 23. Qd1 Ra6 24. Ra1 Qd8 25. Kh2 Ba4 26. Rab1 Bc6 27. Qc1 Ka8 28.
Ng2 Nb6 29. Ne3 Bd7 30. Ra1 Qc8 31. Qd1 Na4 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qg4 Rg8 34. f4 Nf5
35. Ng2 Nb6 36. Qf3 g6 37. Be1 Ng7 38. g4 gxh5 39. gxh5 Nf5 40. Bxf5 exf5 41.
Bh4 Be6 42. Ne3 Na4 43. Ng2 Nb6 44. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Semcesen, Daniel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. g3 Bg7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Bg5
Qf8 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rec8 21. Rc1 f5
22. Bd2 Rc7 23. Na2 Rbc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc4 Qc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb3 b5 28.
a5 f4 29. g4 Nf6 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke1 Be8 32. Bb4 Bg6 33. Kd2 Qa7 34. e3 fxe3+
35. fxe3 Qf7 36. Ke2 Be4 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Be1 Nc5 39. Qd1 Qg6 40. Nb4 Qe4 41.
Qc2 Qg2+ 42. Bf2 Bg3 43. Qf5 Qxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 Kf7 46. Kf3 Kf6 47.
e4 Nb3 48. Nc6 Nd2+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Kd4 Kf7 51. Kd3 Ke8 52. Kd4 Kf7 53. Kd3
Kg6 54. Kc3 Kf6 55. Kd4 Nd2 56. Ke3 Nb3 57. Kd3 Nc5+ 58. Kd4 Nb7 59. Ke3 Kg6
60. Kd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Casper Dahl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

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. a3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Nb3 b6 16. Re1 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qd6 18. Qf3 Be4 19. Qg4 Na5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Qh5
Qe7 22. Qxa5 c5 23. f3 cxd4 24. Bf2 1-0

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. a5 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 O-O 13. g4 h6 14. Bf3 Nb4 15. Bg2
d5 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. e5 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Nxc2 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd7 Nxa1 21. Bxd5
Qe2 22. Rxa1 Rc2 23. Qh3 Rxb2 24. Rf1 Qb5 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. e6 Rcc2 27. exf7+ Kf8
28. Bf2 Qb4 29. Nd4 Rd2 30. Qg4 Qa4 31. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "28. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. g4 b5
9. a3 a5 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Ngf3 b4 13. Rc1 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bg7 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qb3 Re8 20. O-O Be6 21. Qxb4
Rb8 22. Qa3 Qd7 23. Rf4 h6 24. Qa5 Bd5 25. Rc3 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qd8 27. Rg4 Be6
28. Rg3 Ra8 29. Qb5 Bd7 30. Qd3 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 d5 32. e5 Nc4 33. Nxc4 Bf5 34. Qd2
dxc4 35. Rc1 Be4+ 36. Bf3 Rxc1 37. Bxe4 Ra1 38. Qc2 Ra2 39. Qxc4 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3
Qc8 41. Qxc8 Rxc8 42. Bd5 Rc3 43. Ke4 Re2 44. Rf3 Bf8 45. Bxf7+ Kg7 46. Bd5 Ba3
47. Rf7+ Kh8 48. Rf3 Re1 49. Rh3+ Kg7 50. Rf3 Re2 51. Rf7+ Kh8 52. Rf3 Be7 53.
Kf4 Kg7 54. Bg1 Rc1 55. Bf2 Rcc2 56. Be3 Rc3 57. Bg1 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Andersen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. dxc5 Bc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Bxg6 Qg5+
15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Bd3 Nxe5 17. f3 Nd7 18. c4 Nxc5 19. Ke3 dxc4 20. Bxc4 O-O-O
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. h3 Rh4 23. Be2 f5 24. Rhd1 f4+ 25. Kf2 Rhh8 26. Ke1 Kc7 27.
Bc4 e5 28. Ke2 Rhe8 29. Bf7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re7 31. Bg6 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Kf3
Nf6 34. Rd3 Rd7 35. h4 Rg7 36. h5 Rg8 37. Rd1 Rh8 38. Rh1 Rh6 39. a3 Kd6 40. g3
fxg3 41. Kxg3 Ke5 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Ke2 Kd5 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd4 c5+
47. Ke3 Kc6 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Kd2 Kc6 50. Rh3 Kd6 51. Rh1 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Kf2
Ke5 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. Rh3 Ke5 56. Rh2 Kf4 57. Kg1 Ke5 58. Rg2 Nxh5 59. Rxg5+ Kf6
60. Rxh5 Rxg6+ 61. Kf2 Rg4 62. Rxc5 Ra4 63. Rc3 Ke5 64. Ke3 Kd5 65. Kd2 Kd4 66.
Rh3 Kc5 67. Kc1 Rg4 68. Kb2 Rf4 69. Kb3 Rg4 70. c3 Rf4 71. Rh6 Rf7 72. Rh5+ Kb6
73. a4 Rf4 74. Rb5+ Kc6 75. Rb8 Rf1 76. Rh8 Rb1+ 77. Kc4 Rg1 78. Rh6+ Kc7 79.
a5 Rg4+ 80. Kb5 Rg5+ 81. Kb4 Rg4+ 82. c4 Rg1 83. Rh7+ Kb8 84. Kb5 Rg5+ 85. c5
Rg6 86. a6 Rg1 87. Rb7+ Ka8 88. Re7 Kb8 89. Kc6 Rg6+ 90. Kd7 Rg8 91. c6 Rc8 92.
Re5 Rc7+ 93. Kd6 1-0

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Jan Mose"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nxg4
15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5 Qc4 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Qxd6+ Ke8 19. Rd2 Qxe4 20. Re1 Rc6
21. Qa3 Be6 22. Qa5 f6 23. Bf2 Qc4 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

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 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a4 Bb7 15.
d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Nh2 g6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf3 h5 21. Nh6+ Kf8
22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Bd2 Ng8 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. Bc3 bxa4 27. Rxa4 a5 28.
Qd2 Qd8 29. Ra3 Ra7 30. Bd3 Bc8 31. Bb5 Bd7 32. Bc4 Rb7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. e5
dxe5 35. Nxe5 Qf6 36. Rae3 Bf5 37. Ng4 hxg4 38. Rxe8 Bd7 39. R8e7 gxh3 40. d6
Bc6 41. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zude, Erik"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. f4 Na5
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Rd1 Qh4 19. Bb1 Bxc4 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21.
Rd4 Qh6 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. Ne4 Kf8 24. Nd6 Rc5 25. Rd2 Ba6 26. a4 Nb3 27. Rd1
Nxe5 28. Ba3 Kg8 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nb5 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Nxa4 32. Nxa7 Kg7 33. Re1
f6 34. Re3 Nc5 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Bxh7 f5 37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. h3 h5 39. Bh7 h4 40.
Rg8 Kf7 41. Rb8 Ncd7 42. Rd8 Nf6 43. Bxf5 exf5 44. Ke1 b5 45. Rd6 Bb7 46. Kf1
Nc4 47. Nxb5 Kg6 48. Rd4 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Nxg2 50. Nd6 Ne1 51. Kf2 Nf3 52. Rd1 Bc6
53. Ke3 Ng5 54. Rg1 Nh5 55. Nf7 Kxf7 56. Rxg5 Ng7 57. Kf4 Bd7 58. Ke5 Be6 59.
Rg1 Nh5 60. Ra1 Nf6 61. Kf4 Ne4 62. Ra8 Kg6 63. Rh8 Ng5 64. Rxh4 Nf7 65. Kg3
Kf6 66. Ra4 Ke5 67. h4 Nd6 68. Ra7 f4+ 69. Kf3 Bd5+ 70. Kg4 Nf5 71. h5 f3 72.
Ra1 f2 73. h6 Nxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Bf3 Qa5 14. O-O c4
15. Kh1 O-O 16. e5 Rad8 17. Qe1 Ne8 18. Bxb7 Qb6 19. Be4 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa3 21.
Rf3 Qc5 22. Be3 Qxe5 23. Bb6 Qh5 24. Bxd8 Bxd8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rf5 Qh6 27.
Bxd5 Nf6 28. Bf3 Bc7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Rc5 Bd6 31. Rxc4 Qg5 32. Qc3 h5 33. Rc8
Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Qc4 Kg8 36. Rd1 Qf5 37. Qd3 Qc5 38. Qxd6 Qf2 39. Qd8+
Kh7 40. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorensen, Torben N"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Ne1 Be6 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
b4 cxb4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. axb4 a4 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21.
Rb4 a3 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfc8 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Ra2 Ra4 26. Kg2 Kg8 27. Rb1
Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke1 Kd5 30. Kd1 h5 31. h3 Bd6 32. Bf4 Be7 33. Bd2 g5 34.
e4+ dxe3 35. fxe3 f5 36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Kf3 h4 38. Be1 g4+ 39. Kg2 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3
hxg3 41. Kg2 Rh8 42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Rba1 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Kc5 45. Ra1 0-1

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

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. Re1 Be6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Qf3 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Kh1
Rfc8 22. a3 a5 23. Nd2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nb3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Ra3
28. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

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. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5
21. Ra6 Kh8 22. Qa4 f4 23. Nc2 Bc8 24. Ra8 f3 25. g3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Bf1
Rd8 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qh5 d4 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31. Nb4 Bd8 32. Qh5 Bb7 33. Bg2 Bxa8
34. Bxa8 Qf6 35. f3 dxc3 36. bxc3 Qg5 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. Be4 Rxc3 39. Rd7 h6 40.
h4 Be3+ 41. Kg2 Ra3 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Nd5 Rf7 44. Ne7+ Kf8 45. Ng6+ Kg8 46. Rh8+
Kg7 47. Re8 Ra2+ 48. Kh3 Rxf3 49. Nxe5 Rf6 50. Ng4 Bd4 51. Rd8 Ra4 52. Bc2 Rb4
53. Nxf6 Bxf6 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Bh7+ Kh8 56. Bg6 Kg8 57. Bf7+ Kh8 58. Kg2 Re4
59. Bg6 Re7 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. Bf5 Re3 62. Kf2 Re5 63. Bd3 Re7 64. Kf3 Re8 65. Be4
Re7 66. Bf5 Re5 67. Kf4 Re7 68. Be6 Kg6 69. Rc6 Re8 70. g4 Re7 71. h5+ Kg7 72.
Kf5 Bg5 73. Bd5 Kh7 74. Rc8 Ra7 75. Ke5 Re7+ 76. Be6 Ra7 77. Bd5 Re7+ 78. Kd6
Ra7 79. Bc6 Kg7 80. Re8 Bf4+ 81. Ke6 Bg5 82. Rb8 Re7+ 83. Kd5 Rf7 84. Be8 Ra7
85. Bg6 Ra5+ 86. Kc6 Ra6+ 87. Kb5 Ra7 88. Bf5 Rc7 89. Be6 Re7 90. Bd5 Kf6 91.
Kc6 Kg7 92. Rg8+ Kf6 93. Bb3 Re4 94. Rg6+ Ke5 95. Be6 Rd4 96. Bf5 Kf4 97. Rg7
Rd2 98. Rf7 Kg3 99. Kc5 Kh4 100. Kc4 Rd6 101. Kc5 Rd2 102. Kc6 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
b5 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. b3 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15.
Nbd2 b4 16. Ra7 Nb6 17. Rfa1 h6 18. Qd1 Re7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Qc2 Nfd7 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nb6 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Qb1 g5
28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Bg7 30. Qa2 Qa1+ 31. Qxa1 Bxa1 32. f4 f6 33. Bb5 Kf7 34.
Kf2 Kg6 35. f5+ Kf7 36. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "29. Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup)"]
[Site "Elsinore"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 Nba6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15.
Nc3 d6 16. Qf3 f6 17. h4 Nc5 18. h5 N7e6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nf5+ Kf7 21. Nh6+
Kg7 22. Nf5+ Kf7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qg4 Ke7
28. Be3 Bg7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qxg6 Rad8 31. Nf5+ Kf8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nxg7 Nxg7
34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Ne4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qf7 37. Qh4 Nf5 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7
40. Bg5 Ke6 41. Ng4 Re1 42. Be3 Qg7 43. Qe8+ Ne7 44. Qh5 Ba6 45. Bh3 Bf1 46.
Bh6 Qh8 47. Nxe5+ Bxh3 48. Qxh3+ Nf5 49. Nf3 Re2 50. Ng5+ Ke7 51. Qxf5 Qxh6+
52. Kg2 Re1 53. Nh3 Qe6 54. Qh7+ Kd8 55. Ng5 Qd5+ 56. Nf3 Re7 57. Qh8+ Kc7 58.
a3 c5 59. Qc3 c4 0-1