[Event "FRA-ch op-B"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Curto, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. f4 a6 8. Kh1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nf3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bg5 0-0 14. Qe1 Nc5 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Rfe8 18. g5 Be7 19. f6 Bf8 20. Nh4 g6 21. Rf3 Ne6 22. Qg3 Nd4 23. Re3 Rab8 24. Rf1 b4 25. axb4 Qb6 26. Nd1 d5 27. c3 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Qb7 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Ng2 Rbd8 31. Rd3 Qb5 32. Ne1 e4 33. c4 Qxc4 34. Ne3 Qxb4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qc7 Qd2 37. N1g2 Qd6 38. Qb7 Qc5 39. Qxa6 Rd3 40. Qc8 Ne5 41. Qxc5 Bxc5 42. Rc1 Bf8 43. Rc8 Nd7 44. b4 h6 45. h4 Kh7 46. b5 Bc5 47. Rc7 hxg5 48. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch op-B"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Medghoul, Abdel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. dxe6 0-0-0 12. Nbd2 Bg6 13. Ne5 fxe6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. 0-0-0 Be7 16. Bc4 e5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qd6+ 21. Ke1 b5 22. Bf7 Nh5 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Be8 Qe6 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd7+ Kb8 27. Qxc6 Qd6 28. Qxb5+ Qb6 29. Qd7 Bf6 30. Bf7 Nf4 31. g3 Bxc3+ 32. Kd1 Qxb2 33. Qd6+ Kb7 34. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch op-B"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cartigny, Patrick"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Be3 0-0 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Bxa7 Nexd5 19. Bd4 b5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rb2 Kf8 24. Re1 Rcc5 25. Re4 Rc4 26. Re3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 b4 28. Rf3 Rd6 29. Kg3 Rc3 30. Rxb4 Rc2 31. Ra4 Kg7 32. a3 Ra2 33. Ra5 Re6 34. Ra7 Kg6 35. Ra5 h5 36. Ra4 Re1 37. Raf4 Re6 38. Ra4 Ree2 39. h4 f5 40. Ra5 f6 41. Raxf5 Re6 42. R5f4 Ra6 43. a4 R2xa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Rf4 Ra3+ 46. f3 Kg7 47. Rb4 Kg6 48. Kh2 Kf5 49. Rc4 Kg6 50. f4 Kf5 51. Rc5+ Kg4 52. Rc4 Kxh4 53. Rc6 f5 54. Rg6 Rh3+ 55. gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Majcher, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 0-0 8. Kh1 e5 9. Nc2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Ne3 Nc6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Ndc4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Be3 Rad8 20. a4 Rd3 21. Na3 Qb3 22. Bd4 R8xd4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Qe1 Qxa4 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Rc3 Nc6 27. Rxd3 Qxd3 28. Qd1 e4 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. Rb1 a5 31. Nc4 b5 32. Ne3 a4 33. Rc1 Ne5 34. Rc8+ Bf8 35. f4 Nd7 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Kf1 b4 38. Nc4 Nc5 39. Ra8 Be7 40. Ra5 h5 41. g3 Kf6 42. Nb6 Ke6 43. Nxa4 Nxa4 44. Rxa4 Kd5 45. b3 Bc5 46. Ra5 Kd4 47. Ke1 Be7 48. Kd2 h4 49. Ra7 hxg3 50. hxg3 Bc5 51. Rd7+ Ke4 52. Rxd3 Bd4 53. Ke2 f6 54. Rd1 Bc3 55. Rd8 g5 56. fxg5 fxg5 57. Re8+ Kf5 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. g4+ Kf6 60. Ke4 Kf7 61. Ra8 Ke6 62. Ra6+ Kd7 63. Kf5 Be3 64. Rg6 Kc7 65. Rxg5 Bxg5 66. Kxg5 Kc6 67. Kf6 Kd5 68. g5 Kd4 69. g6 Kc3 70. g7 Kxb3 71. g8Q+ Kc3 72. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Jouglet, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. c3 Be7 9. Qb3 Qd6 10. Ne1 Bd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. f4 0-0-0 13. f5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Rde8 16. Qf4 Qd5 17. Nc2 f6 18. Ne3 Qf7 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Qf3 Ne7 21. Ndc4 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Qxc4 23. Nxd6+ cxd6 24. b3 Qc6 25. Bf4 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 d5 27. c4 Bc6 28. Re3 Kd7 29. Rae1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. g3 Ke6 34. Ke3 a5 35. Kd3 a4 36. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Renard, Stephane"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nd2 b5 12. Ndf3 Bb7 13. Ng5 0-0 14. Ngxf7 Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. g4 Kg8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Rf3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bouhallel, Rabah"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. a3 c6 4. d3 d5 5. Nd2 d4 6. exd4 exd4 7. Be2 a5 8. Ngf3 c5 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Re1 0-0 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Na1 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Nc2 Qd7 19. Bf1 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne1 Qc6 26. Nf3 Bd6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rb5 Bd7 29. Qb1 Bc7 30. Be2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Roger, Mehdi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rb1 0-0 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Qf4 Nd7 14. Bc4 Ne5 15. Bb3 Bc8 16. a3 Rb8 17. Qg3 h6 18. Bf4 Kh7 19. Ne2 Rf8 20. Bd2 Ba6 21. Bc3 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bc4 Qa5 25. b4 Qe5 26. Qxe5+ Nxe5 27. Ba2 g5 28. Rd1 a5 29. Rb1 Rb7 30. g3 g4 31. c3 Rfb8 32. h4 Kf6 33. Kf1 Ra7 34. Rd2 axb4 35. axb4 Rba8 36. Rbb2 Ra3 37. Bb3 Nf3 38. Rd1 Ne5 39. Ke2 R8a7 40. Rdb1 Ra8 41. Rd1 Rb8 42. Ra2 0-1

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Noose, Daniel"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 0-0-0 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Be3 Qb6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. d5 Qa5 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg4 Nb4 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. Rc1 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Bf4+ e5 20. Bxe5+ Rxe5 21. Qd7 Be7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Qh3 Rh5 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Qg3+ Qd6 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kf2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Bethune op"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Chemali, Lahcene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Kh1 0-0 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 b5 12. Qe1 b4 13. Ne2 bxa3 14. bxa3 e5 15. Bb2 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Therkildsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4+ 8. Be2 Bxe2+ 9. Nxe2 Nxc4 10. Nbc3 Nc6 11. b3 0-0-0+ 12. Ke1 Nb6 13. Kf2 e6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Nc3 Rd3 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rhd1 Rhd8 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Rd5 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Rc1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Bxd2 Nc6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. g4 g6 28. h4 Nb8 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 c5 31. Ke3 Na6 32. Ke4 Kd7 33. f5 Nb4 34. a3 Nc2 35. Bc1 Nd4 36. b4 Nb3 37. Be3 cxb4 38. axb4 a5 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Kd3 axb4 41. Kc4 Na5+ 42. Kxb4 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Bessat, Remy"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. c4 0-0 9. c5 Bc7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. 0-0 f5 12. Nc3 a6 13. g3 Rf6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rf7 17. Bh5 g6 18. Be2 Qe7 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Qb3 Bc6 21. Bd4 Raf8 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. h4 Qe7 24. f4 exf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Broutin, Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne4 Qc7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 15. Rhe1 Rh5 16. Re4 f5 17. Re2 Nf6 18. g4 Rh7 19. Bg5 Be7 20. gxf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Flament, Francois"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 e6 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qc7 22. Red1 f4 23. Bc5 Rf5 24. Qd3 Be8 25. Bd6 Qf7 26. f3 h5 27. Rc4 h4 28. h3 Qg6 29. Qd2 Qg3 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rf7 32. Bc5 Rb8 33. b3 g5 34. Ra4 Rb5 35. b4 Rfb7 36. Ra6 Rc7 37. Rd8 Kf7 38. Ra8 Rbb7 39. Bd6 Rd7 40. Rxc6 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Bxc6 42. Bc5 a5 43. a3 axb4 44. axb4 Bd5 45. Ra8 Kg6 46. Bd6 Rxb4 47. Rg8+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Bry, Stephane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 Qd7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Qa4 e6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Bd3 9. Qd1 Bb5 10. b3 a5 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Ba3 Ng6 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Nd2 c5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. c4 Bc6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf4 c6 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. Rc6 g6 25. Qxd4 Kg7 26. Rec1 Rf8 27. Rc7 Kg8 28. f4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Defrance, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 c6 9. h3 b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. a3 Nc5 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 15. Nh2 Be7 16. g4 Bc4 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Rd2 19. b3 Be6 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Rd8 22. Nf3 Qa5 23. Nd1 f6 24. a4 Bc5 25. Ne3 Bd4 26. Ra2 Bc3 27. Nd1 Bb4 28. Ra1 Rd7 29. Ne3 Bc3 30. Rd1 Qd8 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Ba5 35. Kf1 Bb6 36. Nc3 a6 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Nd2 Bd4 39. Ndb1 h5 40. f3 h4 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Ne2 Bb6 43. c4 Kd6 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Kc3 Be3 46. Na3 Kc5 47. Nc2 Bf2 48. Nc1 b4+ 49. Kb2 Bd4+ 50. Ka2 Bc3 51. Nd3+ Kb5 52. Nf2 Ka5 53. Nd1 Bd2 54. Kb2 Bd7 55. Nde3 Bb5 56. Nc4+ Bxc4 57. bxc4 Ka4 58. Kb1 b3 0-1

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Leignel, Nicolas"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bc3 Bb4 10. Qd2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Rhe1 Kb8 14. Kb1 g5 15. Rd2 Bc8 16. Be4 Ne7 17. Ne5 Rd6 18. Re3 Qg7 19. g3 Rhd8 20. Red3 Nd5 21. Qc4 f6 22. Nf3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Houriez, Alain"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
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1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 d5 5. d4 dxe4 6. Ng5 Be7 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bf4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bd6 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. 0-0-0 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 0-0 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qe5 f5 15. f4 Qd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Rhe1 Bc8 20. Re2 Kf7 21. Rde1 g6 22. Kd2 Rfe8 23. a4 Nf6 24. a5 a6 25. Bc2 Re7 26. Nb6 d5 27. Ba4 Ne4+ 28. Kd3 Rc7 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. b3 Nb5 31. Rec2 Na3 32. Rb2 Nb5 33. Re2 h5 34. Rd2 Na7 35. Rdc2 Nb5 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. h4 Bd7 38. Re1 Bc6 39. Ra2 Kf6 40. Rea1 Rh7 41. Kc2 Rd6 42. Kb2 Rc7 43. Ka3 Be8 44. Kb4 Rcc6 45. Rc1 Kg7 46. Rd2 Kf6 47. Rcc2 Rc7 48. c4 Rdc6 49. c5 Ke7 50. Re2 Kd8 51. Re5 Re7 52. Rce2 Bf7 53. Kxb5 1-0

[Event "Bethune-A"]
[Site "Bethune"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Renard, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nd5 Ne7 10. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Symoens, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 0-0-0 11. a4 Re8 12. a5 Qd8 13. Bb5 e6 14. Bc6 e5 15. dxe5 bxc6 16. Qa6+ Kb8 17. e6+ Ne5 18. Bxe5+ Bd6 19. Bd4 Rxe6+ 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Nd2 c5 22. Qb5+ Ka8 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Re1 Re6 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Qd3 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Qc6 28. c4 dxc4 29. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Bernou, Michel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bd5 d6 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Na3 Rfe8 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Be3 b6 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Ng5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Bxh3 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. gxh3 Rd2 24. Rf1 Rxb2 25. Rad1 Rxa2 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rd7 Rf7 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dupont, Dany"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Be3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Be7 10. Bd3 f6 11. 0-0 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Nc3 Rf8 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Rf1 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Qf2 a6 22. Qb6 Bc6 23. b4 Rc8 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Qg7 26. Na7 Kd7 27. Nxc8 Kxc8 28. Qa7 Be7 29. Qe3 Kd7 30. Be2 h6 31. h3 Bg5 32. Qc3 Qe7 33. Bd3 Qg7 34. Qc5 Be7 1-0

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 0-0 11. Bh6 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 Rb4 14. a3 Rb8 15. 0-0 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qc5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rb7 20. Rda4 Ra8 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. Ra6 Rc7 23. Na4 f6 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Rxa8 b5 27. Ra5 b4 28. Kf1 c5 29. Rb5 Ra7 30. Ke2 f5 31. e5 Bd7 32. Rb6 dxe5 33. Bd5 e4 34. f3 exf3+ 35. gxf3 Be8 36. Kd3 Bf7 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Kc4 Ra2 39. Kd3 Ra1 40. Rc6 Rd1+ 41. Kc4 Rd2 42. Rxc5 Rxc2+ 43. Kxb4 Rxh2 44. Ka3 Rf2 45. Rc3 h5 46. b4 h4 47. b5 h3 48. b6 h2 49. Rc1 Rc2 50. Rb1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soveaux, Jean"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Bh4 0-0-0 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 h5 13. Rae1 Ng4 14. Qf4 Qb6 15. b3 Rh6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 h4 19. h3 hxg3 20. hxg4 Rdh8 0-1

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. a3 Re8 13. f4 Qa5 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qh3 Bc4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Qc5+ 20. Rf2 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "La Fere op 1st"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2002.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gladyszev, Oleg"]
[Black "Benifei, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. exd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Ba3 Qc7 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Rab1 0-0-0 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Bc5 Rd7 20. Rb3 Rb7 21. Rfb1 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Kc7 23. Bxa7 Nd7 24. Kf1 Ra8 25. Ra3 Kb7 26. Bc5 Nxc5 27. Rxa8 Kxa8 28. dxc5 Ka7 29. Ke2 Ka6 30. Kd3 Kb5 31. Kc2 Ka4 32. Kb2 e5 33. g4 f6 34. a3 g6 35. c4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. f3 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. h4 e3 40. Kc3 Kxa3 41. Kd3 Kb3 42. Kxe3 Kxc4 43. Kf4 Kxc5 44. Kg5 Kd6 45. h5 c5 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. h6 Kd4 48. Kf5 c4 49. Kf6 c3 50. Kg7 c2 51. Kxh7 c1Q 52. Kg6 Qc8 53. Kg7 Qd7+ 54. Kg6 Qd8 55. Kg7 Qg5+ 0-1

