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Match Stefansson - Movsesian
(Reykjavik, ICELAND)

Final score: 1.5 - 4.5

Game 6 (February 15th)

Stefansson,H (2569) - Movsesian,S (2663) [B84]
Match Stefansson - Movsesian (6), 15.02.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a3 b5 9.g4 Bb7 10.f3 Nc6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.h4 Ne5 13.0–0–0 Nfd7 14.Ndxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qc8 16.Nxd6+ Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Ba6 18.Bg5 Nc6 19.Rh2 ½–½

Game 5 (February 14th)

Movsesian,S (2663) - Stefansson,H (2569) [C45]
Match Stefansson - Movsesian (5), 14.02.2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Bxc4 g5 17.Qd4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 0–0–0 19.0–0 Nf4 20.Qxe6+ Nxe6 21.Rac1 Rd5 22.g3 Rhd8 23.Rfe1 c5 24.Kg2 Rd3 25.Re4 h5 26.h3 R8d5 27.Rc4 Kb7 28.Rc2 Kc6 29.Ra4 Kb7 30.Rc4 ½–½

Game 4 (February 13th)

Stefansson,H (2569) - Movsesian,S (2663) [B84]
Match Stefansson - Movsesian (4), 13.02.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a3 b5 9.g4 Bb7 10.f3 h6 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.0–0–0 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Rhe1 Rd8 16.Bxb5 Be7 17.Bf4 Qb7 18.Bf1 0–0 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Rb8 21.b4 Nf6 22.Bd3 Qd7 23.c3 a5 24.Rg1 Rfc8 25.Bc2 axb4 26.axb4 Qa7 27.Qe3 Qa3+ 28.Kd2 Rxc3 29.Qe5 Qxb4 30.Ke2 Qc4+ 31.Bd3 Rb2+ 32.Ke3 Nd7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Bxe7+ Kh8 35.Rg4 Rxd3+ 0–1

Game 3 (February 12th)

Movsesian,S (2663) - Stefansson,H (2569) [B88]
Match Stefansson - Movsesian (3), 12.02.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.Ba2 Bd7 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Rad1 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Rc8 16.Qh3 Ba4 17.Rd2 Bb5 18.Re1 Bg5 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 a6 21.c3 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.f4 Qd6 24.g3 Bc4 25.b3 Bb5 26.c4 Bc6 27.b4 Rd8 28.Qe5 Qd7 29.a4 b5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.a5 Rc8 32.Rc2 Bb7 33.Rec1 Rc4 34.Bxc4 dxc4 35.h4 Rf5 36.Qe3 Rd5 37.Re2 e5 38.a6 Bc6 39.Kh2 Qg4 40.Rf2 Rd3 41.Qxd3 cxd3 42.Rxc6 Qd7 43.Rc1 Qa7 44.Ra2 exf4 45.gxf4 Qe3 46.Rf1 d2 47.Raa1 Qe2+ 48.Kg3 Qe3+ 49.Kg2 Qe2+ 50.Kg1 Qe3+ 51.Kh2 Qe2+ 52.Kg3 ½–½

Game 2 (February 11th)

Stefansson,H (2569) - Movsesian,S (2663) [B84]
Match Stefansson - Movsesian Reykjavik (2), 11.02.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f4 a6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.g4 h6 10.Bf3 Nfd7 11.h4 b5 12.a3 Nb6 13.Nde2 Bb7 14.Bd4 Bf8 15.Qd3 N8d7 16.Ng3 0–0–0 17.b4 Nc4 18.Bf2 d5 19.exd5 Qxf4 20.Nge2 Qc7 21.Qd4 Bd6 22.Rh3 Be5 23.Qa7 Nf6 24.dxe6 Bxc3+ 25.Nxc3 Qe5+ 26.Be2 Ne4 27.Bxc4 Nxc3+ 28.Re3 Ne4 29.c3 Qh2 30.Rxe4 Qh1+ 31.Bf1 Qxe4+ 32.Be2 Qh1+ 33.Bf1 Rhe8 34.Qc5+ Bc6 0–1

Game 1 (February 10th)

Movsesian,S (2663) - Stefansson,H (2569) [B57]
Match Stefansson - Movsesian Reykjavik (1), 10.02.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Bd3 0–0 11.f4 a6 12.Qf3 b5 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.Qh3 Rfd8 15.a4 b4 16.Nd1 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Ne3 Na5 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.f5 exf5 21.Qxf5 Rf8 22.e6 Qc5 23.exf7+ Kh8 24.Rae1 Rad8 25.Bc1 Nf6 26.Qh3 Bc8 27.Qh4 Ne4 28.Qh5 Be6 29.Ng4 Bxg4 30.Qxg4 Bf6 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Qe6 Rd6 33.Qxe4 Rc6 34.Be3 Qc4 35.Bf4 Qxe4 36.Rxe4 g5 37.Be3 Kg7 38.Rxb4 Rxc2 39.Rb6 Be5 40.Re6 Bf4 41.Bd4+ 1–0

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