[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Messam Sparks, Lateefah"]
[Black "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Bf4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bh2 e5 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. c3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qf3 Qe5 18. Nc4 Qg5 19. Nxd6 Rab8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra5 b4 23. d4 bxc3 24. Rxc5 cxb2 25. Rxg5 g6 26. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2007.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Black "Barron, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g5 2. Nxg5 e5 3. d4 Be7 4. Ne4 d5 5. Ng3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bf6 7. Qd3 h5 8. Bf4 Bxb2 9. e3 Bxa1 10. Be2 Bg7 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Nd2 h4 13. e4 hxg3 14. fxg3 Nbc6 15. c3 d4 16. cxd4 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2007.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dennis, Nigel W"]
[Black "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. a4 Bd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Nc6 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Bc4 Na5 17. Bd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qf3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qb4 21. Qg2 Rg8 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Rb3 Qa7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxb7 Qc5 26. Re1 Bd6 27. Be3 Qc8 28. Rxf7 Qxf5 29. Ra7 e4 30. Rg1 Nh5 31. Nxe4 Qe5 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Qf3 Rh6 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2007.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Black "Weidman, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c3 e6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 b6 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Ndf3 cxd4 14. Nd3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qd2 Qxc3 18. Qg5 Ne4 19. Qh4 Rf6 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nd4 Qa4 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Nf3 Qxa2 25. Nfe5 Qa4 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qf3 Bb5 28. Nb2 Qd4 29. Ned3 Bxd3 30. Nxd3 b5 31. Rd1 b4 32. e3 Qc3 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Rc8 35. g4 b3 36. gxf5 Qc2 37. Bf3 b2 38. fxe6 b1Q 39. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb7 41. Qe5 Re8 42. Bd1 Qc6 43. Bb3 Qxe6 44. Qxe6+ Rxe6 45. Bxd5 Kf7 46. f3 Nc3 47. Bxe6+ Kxe6 48. f4 a5 49. Kf3 a4 50. e4 a3 51. f5+ Ke5 52. Ke3 a2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2007.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacRae, James"]
[Black "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. c3 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qb3+ d5 9. c4 e6 10. a4 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Ndf3 Rb8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Nxc6 Qd6 16. Nxb8 Bb7 17. c5 Qd8 18. cxb6 Nce8 19. Na6 Nd6 20. Nc5 Ba8 21. Nxe6 Qe8 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 23. Bxa5 Kh8 24. Bb4 Qd8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. b7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2006.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Black "Haydon, David Leslie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. a3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 Rc8 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4 d4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Bxc2 15. Qd2 d3 16. Bxb7 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2006.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Webster, Richard J"]
[Black "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Qc2 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Nxa7 Rd7 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Nc8 20. Rd3 Ne7 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nc3 g5 24. Rfd1 Qe8 25. Qd2 h6 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Qxd8 Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Nd5 Nh5 30. Rd6 Bf7 31. Rd7 Be6 32. Re7 Bg8 33. Bf3 Kg6 34. Bxh5+ Kxh5 35. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poobalasingam, Peter"]
[Black "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. 0-0-0 Bd7 11. Rdg1 Rad8 12. g4 fxg4 13. Rxg4 e5 14. Nxd5 Qf7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rg3 Be6 17. Rhg1 Rf7 18. Ng5 Rfd7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. d5 Qe8 21. Qc3 Nb8 22. e4 Na6 23. Bg4 Re7 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qxe5 Nc5 26. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters op 82nd"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van de Laar, Michael"]
[Black "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nh6 6. 0-0 Nf5 7. e3 h5 8. Re1 d6 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Nb4 11. Qd1 Nd3 12. Re2 Bc6 13. a3 a5 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 h4 17. Bh1 Qd7 18. d4 Be4 19. d5 Bxb1 20. e4 Nd4 21. Re1 Ba2 22. Be3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxc4 24. Qg4 exd5 25. Qg2 d4 26. Bd2 0-0 27. f5 Kh7 28. Qg5 Qd8 29. Qg2 gxf5 30. Bg5 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 0-1

