[Event "Vadsosjakken op"]
[Site "Vadso"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Malin, Odd Gunnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Ba3 g6 7. Bb5 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfe1 Bf5 13. a3 Rac8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rcd8 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. g3 Bh6 18. f4 Nf6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Qe3 e6 22. c4 Qd7 23. c5 Qe7 24. Rc2 Kh8 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rg6 27. b5 Na5 28. b6 axb6 29. Rg1 Nc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. g4 Bg7 32. cxb6 Qd6 33. g5 Qc6 34. Rg2 Qxb6 35. Bc1 Qb3 36. Qxb3 cxb3 37. h4 Bxd4 38. Nxd4 Kg8 39. Bb2 Nc5 40. h5 Rg7 41. Nf3 Kf8 42. Bxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ne5 Ne4 44. g6 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd2 46. h6+ Kxh6 47. Rxd2 Nxd2 48. gxf7 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Vadsosjakken op"]
[Site "Vadso"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Nilssen, Tor Gran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 0-0 8. 0-0 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Qh3 Na6 14. f4 c5 15. f5 c4 16. Bc2 Nc7 17. fxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qg6 Nce8 20. e4 Qg4 21. e5 Qxg6 22. Bxg6 Nc7 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Be3 Rad8 25. Rad1 b4 26. Na4 Nd5 27. Bc1 Ne7 28. Bh5 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Bc6 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. b3 cxb3 32. axb3 Rf2 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Rxd4 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rxc1 37. Rxb4 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Nd5 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40. bxc4 Nb6 41. Nb2 Kf7 42. c5 Nc8 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Na4 Kc4 46. c6 Kb5 47. Nc3+ Kxc6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. Kf5 Ne7+ 50. Ke4 a5 51. h3 Kc5 52. Ke5 Kb4 53. Nb1 0-1

[Event "Vadsosjakken op"]
[Site "Vadso"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Sitnikov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qh4 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. Kh2 g5 15. g3 Qh6 16. Ng1 Qg7 17. Qe2 h5 18. Rfe1 g4 19. Bg2 gxh3 20. Bxh3 Ng4+ 21. Kg2 Qxd4 22. Rac1 Nde5 23. Bc3 Qc5 24. f4 Qc6+ 25. Kf1 Qh1 26. Rc2 Ng6 27. Bxh8 Nxh8 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Qh7 30. Rce2 Kd7 31. f5 Kc7 32. fxe6 f5 33. Qf3 Rf8 34. b4 Ng6 35. c5 dxc5 36. bxc5 Bxc5 37. Rc1 b6 38. Qd5 Qe7 39. Nf3 a5 40. Nd4 Rd8 41. Qc6+ Kb8 42. Rxc5 Qxc5 43. Qxc5 bxc5 44. Nc6+ Kc7 45. Nxd8 Kxd8 46. Rc2 Ke7 47. Rxc5 Kxe6 48. Rxa5 Ne7 49. a4 Kd6 50. Rb5 Kc6 51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Vadsosjakken op"]
[Site "Vadso"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gunin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bf5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 0-0 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 g4 15. Nb3 h5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Bf2 Rae8 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Nxf5 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Qe7 23. Re2 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Qh4 25. Rxe8 Qxh2 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Re1 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2+ 29. Kd1 Qf3+ 30. Ne2 Bc5 31. Qe4 Qf2 32. Ng3 Qxg3 33. Qe7+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Vadsosjakken op"]
[Site "Vadso"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiseleva, Maria"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nh7 9. h3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Qf8 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Qf7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Re3 Nf6 19. Rae1 Re8 20. R1e2 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Rd3 e5 23. dxe5 Ncxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rde3 Rf8 26. b3 a6 27. Qd5 Ng4 28. Qxf7+ R8xf7 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Nd1 Bd4 31. R8e4 Rd5 32. Rxg4 Bc5 33. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Kirkenes Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Kirkenes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bjornstad, Leif"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qa6 0-0 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bd3 e5 13. 0-0 Re6 14. Ng5 Re8 15. f5 h6 16. Nh3 gxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Be2 Re5 19. g4 c6 20. b4 e3 21. Bb2 Nxg4 22. Bxg4 Qh4 23. Rf4 e2 24. Nxe2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Qxh3 26. Rf3 Qh4 27. Rg3 f6 28. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Barents Region-chB"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Hammari, Jan Arnt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Bb4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qc1 0-0 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bxc4 Nce7 18. Nd4 Be6 19. a3 Bd6 20. Nb5 Be5 21. b4 Qb6 22. Re1 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch M2"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Hammari, Jan Arnt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. a3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 h6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Kh1 Re8 13. b4 Ne7 14. Ng1 a5 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Ne4 19. Be1 Ng6 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Rc3 c6 23. b6 Qd7 24. Bf2 Re7 25. g4 Be6 26. h4 Nh7 27. h5 Nh8 28. Nh3 f5 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Rg1 fxg4 31. Rxg4 Nf6 32. Rh4 Qc8 33. Qg1 Bxh5 34. Nxh5 Nxh5 35. f4 Nf6 36. Be1 Ne4 37. Bh5 Qd8 38. Rc2 Qd6 39. Rg2 Kh7 40. Rhg4 Rg8 41. Bh4 Nf6 42. Rg6 Nxg6 43. Rxg6 Re6 44. f5 Nxh5 45. Rxe6 Qb4 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qxh5 Qb1+ 48. Kg2 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Kh7 50. Bg5 Qxf5+ 51. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch M2"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Johansen, Kjell Arne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. c5 a6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Be2 e4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 0-0 14. 0-0 Ne8 15. Nh3 Nc7 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Nf4 Bg5 18. g3 Ne7 19. h4 Bh6 20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qxe6 Rc8 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Qh5 Rf3 27. Ne2 Qd7 28. Ng1 Rf5 29. Qxh6 Rc6 30. Qe3 Rcf6 31. f3 Ng6 32. h5 Nh4+ 33. gxh4 Qg7+ 34. Kh3 Kh8 35. Rd2 Qd7 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Kh1 Rxh5 38. Rh2 Rfh6 39. Rff2 Rxh4 40. f4 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch M2"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Kristensen, Bjarne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. a3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 h6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nh7 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Barents Region-chB"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Nilsen, Ingvald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 Be7 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d6 9. b3 c5 10. d5 e5 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5 Nf8 15. h6 g6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. f4 Ng4 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rc7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. fxg6+ hxg6 22. Bg5 N8h7 23. Bh4 Rf8 24. Nh5 Ke8 25. Ng7+ Kf7 26. Ne6 Rcc8 27. Rf2 Kg8 28. Qg3 Qe8 29. Raf1 Nh5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qg4 Bxh6 32. Rf5 Ng7 33. Rf3 Nxe6 34. dxe6 Rc7 35. e7 Bc8 36. Qxg6+ Qxg6 37. Rg3 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Rxe7 39. Bh4 Qxg3 40. Bxg3 Rg7 41. Bh4 Bg4 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Nf8 44. Be1 Ne6 45. b4 Nf4 46. Bf1 Bh5 47. g3 Ne6 48. b5 Bg4 49. a4 Rh7 50. a5 Rh1 51. axb6 axb6 52. Kf2 Nd4 53. Bg2 Rh8 54. Ke3 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "Kirkenes Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Kirkenes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Oldernes, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Qc2 h6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Rxd4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Na4 Qc6 16. Bf3 d5 17. c5 Be6 18. b4 Rab8 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Nc3 b6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 bxc5 24. Qe4 Bf8 25. bxc5 Re8 26. Qf5 Rc8 27. h3 Qc7 28. Rd7 Qxc5 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. R7d5 Qc2 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Bb4 35. f4 a5 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf3 g6 38. h4 Be1 39. Rd6+ Kg7 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Bb4 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. f5 Ba3 44. f6 a4 45. f7 Bf8 46. Rg8 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch M2"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Oldernes, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Rc2 Bb7 15. Qa1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Bd4 Qd8 21. Qb2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc8 23. Qb2 Nc5 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. f4 h6 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Kh7 29. Nb4 Qc8 30. h4 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Nc5 33. a5 Ne4 34. Be2 Qd8 35. Bb6 Qxh4 36. Bxa6 Bxa6 37. Qh2 Qxh2+ 38. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kirkenes Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Kirkenes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Black "Tabrina, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bd2 h6 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. Ne4 d6 11. h4 f5 12. Neg5+ hxg5 13. Nxg5+ Kg8 14. f4 Nd4 15. Qd1 Rb8 16. e3 Ne6 17. Nh3 Qe8 18. Bf3 exf4 19. gxf4 b6 20. h5 Bb7 21. Be2 gxh5 22. Bxh5 Qc6 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. Bh5 d5 25. Kh2 dxc4 26. Rg1 Qxd3 27. Qe1 Nd5 28. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch M2"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Handberg, Rune"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. 0-0 Qc8 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. a3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Nd5 Rf8 20. Qd2 e6 21. Nb4 Ne7 22. Rac1 Qe8 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. Nc2 Kh8 25. g4 Ng8 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. Kg2 Be4 28. Nc2 Qf7 29. Nce1 c5 30. Kh1 Bc6 31. Qe3 Ne4 32. Ng2 h5 33. gxh5 Qxh5 34. Ne5 Qh7 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Bd3 d5 37. dxc5 Be5 38. cxd5 exd5 39. b4 Rde8 40. Bxe4 Qh6 41. Qb3 dxe4 42. Rd7 e3 43. f4 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch M2"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knutsen, Karl Johan"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. h3 Bd7 7. Be3 Qc8 8. Qd2 c6 9. Nh4 b5 10. f4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nh5 13. g4 Ng3 14. Rg1 Bxe5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe6 19. Qd4 f5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. 0-0-0 Rf4 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Bd5+ cxd5 24. Qxf4 Nc6 25. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Barents Region-chB"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nilssen, Tor Gran"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Qe8 8. Nge2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 Nxg4 11. fxg4 Bxg4 12. Bh6 f5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Ng3 Rf4 16. Be2 Rd4 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. 0-0 Bh3 19. Nb5 Rh4 20. Rf2 a6 21. Nc3 Nf5 22. Qd2 Rd4 23. Qg5 h6 24. Nh5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kh7 26. Ng3 Rg8 27. Nce4 Rg7 28. Kh1 Rf7 29. Rg1 Nxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Bf5 31. Ng5+ hxg5 32. Qxg5 Rf4 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Rf3 Be4 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Kg2 Bxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qf5 38. Bg4 f3+ 39. Kf2 Qf4 40. Qh3 Qd4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Barents Region-chB"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samchyk, Sergey"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. b4 Ne8 11. Nc1 f5 12. Bd3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Nb3 Qe8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. 0-0 Kg7 19. Rfe1 Nh4 20. Qf2 Rf4 21. Re4 Qf7 22. Nd2 Rf8 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Kh1 Nf5 26. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kirkenes Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Kirkenes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Selfors, Willy"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. h3 Nf6 10. 0-0-0 Bd7 11. g4 Nh7 12. Be2 Qe8 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Bg3 e6 15. Nxc7 Rxc7 16. Bxd6 Rc8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nb4 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc6 22. Rde1 Qe8 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. f4 a5 27. Rhg1 a4 28. h4 Bc4 29. f5 Qb5 30. Rg3 Rd8 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. d5 Be5 33. Rgg1 Kg7 34. Qe2 Bd7 35. Qxb5 Bxb5 36. Kc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kirkenes Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Kirkenes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svendsen, Jorgen Kinggaard"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e5 Bg7 11. Nd5 Re8 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ne3 Nxd4 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Qe2 e6 20. Nxg6 Nxg6 21. Nb4 Qg5 22. Qe3 Nf4 23. Qf3 d5 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rad8 26. Re3 Kh8 27. Rg3 Qe5 28. Qf3 f5 29. Qh5 f4 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rh3 Kh7 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Rd3 e5 34. Red1 d4 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. Rd3 Kf5 39. f3 Re3 40. Rd2 b5 41. Kf2 h5 42. g3 d3 43. gxf4 Kxf4 44. Kf1 Rxf3+ 45. Kg2 Bd4 46. a3 h4 47. h3 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Barents Region-chB"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tabrina, Anna"]
[Black "Esbensen, Hans Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d3 Ne5 9. h3 Be6 10. f4 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Neg4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Nf4 Rf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qg4 1-0

