Bent Larsen, semifinale

(1) Valerga,D (2487) - Larsen,B (2486) [B38] Najdorf Final Playoff (3.1), 05.10.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 g6 5.c4 Lg7 6.Le3 Sf6 7.Sc3 0-0 8.Le2 d6 9.0-0 Ld7 10.Dd2 Sxd4 11.Lxd4 Lc6 12.Ld3 a5 13.b3 Sd7 14.Lxg7 Kxg7 15.Tae1 f6 16.Te3 Se5 17.Th3 Sf7 18.Lc2 Ld7 19.Tg3 Tc8 20.Td1 a4 21.Sd5 axb3 22.axb3 b5 23.cxb5 Lxb5 24.h4 Ld7 25.Ta1 e6 26.Sf4 Kh8 27.b4 Ta8 28.Tga3 Txa3 29.Txa3 Db6 30.La4 Lxa4 31.Txa4 Te8 32.Dc3 Se5 33.Sxe6 Sg4 34.Df3 Dc6 35.Ta1 Txe6 36.Dxg4 Txe4 37.Df3 f5 38.h5 Kg7 39.Db3 d5 40.b5 Dc4 41.Db2+ d4 42.Tc1 De2 43.Tc7+ Kh6 44.Dxe2 Txe2 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Td7 1/2-1/2

(2) Larsen,B (2486) - Valerga,D (2487) [E90] Najdorf Final Playoff (3.2), 06.10.2002 1.Sf3 Sf6 2.c4 g6 3.Sc3 Lg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Le3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Dxd8 Txd8 9.Sd5 Td7 10.Sxf6+ Lxf6 11.c5 Sc6 12.Lb5 Td8 13.Lxc6 bxc6 14.Sd2 Le6 15.Kd1 a5 16.Kc2 a4 17.Thd1 Tdb8 18.b3 Le7 19.Tdb1 axb3+ 20.axb3 f6 21.Kc3 Kf7 22.b4 Txa1 23.Txa1 Ke8 24.f4 Kd7 25.Sf3 Lg4 26.fxe5 Lxf3 27.e6+ Kxe6 28.gxf3 f5 29.exf5+ Kxf5 30.Ta6 Lf6+ 31.Kc4 Te8 32.Lf2 Te6 33.Lg3 Le5 34.Ta7 Te7 35.Ta6 Te6 36.Ta7 Te7 37.Ta6 1/2-1/2

(3) Larsen,B (2486) - Valerga,D (2487) [B13] Najdorf Final Playoff - Rapid tiebreak (3.3), 06.10.2002 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c3 Sc6 5.Lf4 Lf5 6.Db3 Dd7 7.Sd2 e6 8.Sgf3 Sge7 9.Le2 Sg6 10.Lg3 Ld6 11.0-0 0-0 12.c4 Sf4 13.Lxf4 Lxf4 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Sb1 Le4 16.Sc3 Tad8 17.Tad1 Tfe8 18.Se5 Lxe5 19.dxe5 Txe5 20.f3 Lf5 21.f4 Te3 22.Txd5 Dxd5 0-1

(4) Valerga,D (2487) - Larsen,B (2486) [B23] Najdorf Final Playoff - Rapid tiebreak (3.4), 06.10.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Sc3 g6 3.g3 Lg7 4.Lg2 e5 5.d3 Se7 6.h4 h5 7.f4 d6 8.Sf3 Sbc6 9.Le3 Lg4 10.Dd2 Dd7 11.Sh2 0-0-0 12.Sxg4 hxg4 13.0-0-0 exf4 14.Lxf4 Le5 15.Tdf1 Lxf4 16.Txf4 Se5 17.Thf1 Th7 18.Tf6 Kb8 19.Sd1 Da4 20.Kb1 Dd4 21.Dc3 S7c6 22.Dxd4 cxd4 23.c3 Td7 24.Kc2 Kc7 25.T6f2 Kd8 26.Kd2 Ke8 27.cxd4 Sxd4 28.Ke3 Sef3 29.Sc3 f5 30.Sd5 Thf7 31.Lxf3 Sxf3 32.Tc1 fxe4 33.dxe4 Se5 34.Sf6+ Txf6 35.Txf6 Ke7 36.Tf4 a5 37.b3 b5 38.Tc8 a4 39.Th8 Ke6 40.Te8+ Te7 41.Txe7+ Kxe7 42.Tf1 axb3 43.axb3 Ke6 44.Tf8 Sc6 45.Tg8 1-0