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Essent Chess Tournament
(October 22-28 / Essent, NETHERLANDS)

Final standings

1-2 Mamedyarov, Polgar     4.5 / 6
3.- Topalov     2.5
4.- Sokolov    0.5

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Results by round

Round 6 (October 28)

Topalov, V - Polgar, J     0-1     Nimzo-Indian: classical variation     56 moves
Mamedyarov, S - Sokolov, V     1-0     QGD Slav defense    60 moves

Round 5 (October 27)

Polgar, J - Mamedyarov, S 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Breyer variation 40 moves
Sokolov, I - Topalov, V 0-1 Old Benoni defense 47 moves

Round 4 (October 26)

Sokolov, I - Polgar, J 0-1 Nimzo-Indian 39 moves
Topalov, V - Mamedyarov, S 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Breyer variation 50 moves

Round 3 (October 24)

Mamedyarov, S - Polgar, J 1/2 Queen´s Indian 40 moves
Topalov, V - Sokolov, I 1/2 QGD Slav 61 moves

Round 2 (October 23)

Sokolov, I - Mamedyarov, S 0-1 Modern defense 32 moves
Polgar, J - Topalov, V 1-0 Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation 39 moves

Round 1 (October 22)

Polgar, J - Sokolov, I 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Bernstein variation 48 moves
Mamedyarov, S - Topalov, V 1-0 QGD semi-Slav: Meran variation 47 moves