[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7 
9.e4 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Ne3 Ne8 14.g4 e6 15.Qd2 Bb7 
16.O-O exd5 17.Nexd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Rb8 20.Rab1 Rb4 21.Rfd1 Qc8
22.b3 Nf6 23.Qxd6 Nxe4 24.Qxa6 Nc3 25.Bd6 Re4 26.Qxc8 Nxe2+ 27.Kh1 Rxc8 
28.f3 Re6 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2 e5 
9.h3 g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.a4 O-O 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Qd6 
Re8 16.Qxc5 Bf8 17.Qe3 Nh5 18.Bb3 Nf4 19.Ng5 Nd8 20.Qg3 Nh5 21.Qd3 Bc6 22.
Bd5 h6 23.Nf3 Nf6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxd8 Re8 27.Qd3 Rxe4 28.
Rxe4 Qxe4 29.Qxe4 Nxe4 30.Be3 f5 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.f3 Nd6 34.Kd3 
Kd5 35.b3 Bg7 36.Nd2 h5 37.Bf4 Nb7 38.Be3 Na5 39.Bb6 Nc6 40.f4 Ne7 41.Nf3 
Nc8 42.c4+ bxc4+ 43.bxc4+ Kc6 44.Bd4 Bxd4 45.Kxd4 Ne7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 b5 7.Qe2 Ne7 8.c3 
c5 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Nc2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Rd8 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Qg3 c5 18.Rac1 Qe6 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bd2 Kf7 21.Ba5 Rd7
22.Qb8 Rg8 23.Qb6 Be7 24.a3 Rc8 25.b4 Rc6 26.Qb8 c4 27.Qh8 Qxe4 28.Re1 Qf5
29.g4 Qd5 30.Qxh7 d3 31.Rcd1 d2 32.Rxd2 Qxd2 33.Qh5+ Kg8 34.Qe8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.Be3 Nf7 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Nd5 
Qd7 16.b4 Rae8 17.Rac1 g5 18.b5 Ncd8 19.Nxg5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 c6 21.Ne3 Nf7 
22.Bh4 Bh6 23.Qc3 Bg5 24.Bg3 Rg8 25.Kh2 Rg7 26.Rcd1 Reg8 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.
c5 Bf4 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Ng4 Qe7 31.cxd6 Qh4 32.g3 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cugini, Verter"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Nf4 fxe5 10.Nxe6 Qf6 11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.Nxa8 e4 13.Bb5 Nxd4 14.Bxd7 Bxd7 15.
O-O Bb5 16.Nb3 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Bd3 18.Qd2 Nxc1 19.Rfxc1 Bd6 20.Qa5+ Ke7 21.
Rc7+ Bxc7 22.Nxc7 Qxf2 23.Nxd5+ Kd6 24.Nc3 Rf8 25.h3 Rf5 26.Qd8+ Ke5 27.
Qe7+ Kf4 28.Qc7+ Kg5 29.Qxg7+ Kh5 30.Qxh7+ Kg5 31.Qg7+ Kf4 32.Rg1 Bf1 33.
g3+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 
Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Be3 O-O 13.a4 Nd5 14.Bf3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bc5 17.Nd6 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1 Bf4 19.Bxb7 Qh4 20.Rxf4 Qxf4 21.
Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Rc1 Bxa4 23.Qe1 Bb3 24.Rc7 f6 25.exf6 Qxd6 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 28.Qe4+ Kh6 29.Qh4+ Kg6 30.Qg4+ Kxf6 31.Qf3+ Ke7 32.Qb7+ Qd7 
33.Qb4+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bc2 b6 12.Qd3 Be7 13.Bg5 g6 14.Rad1 Ba6 
15.Ne5 Bb7 16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Ba4 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nxc6 Qe8 20.Qa3 Nc5 21.
dxc5 Bxc6 22.Bc2 Bb7 23.Rd6 Qe7 24.c6 Ba6 25.Rfd1 Bc8 26.Be4 Qc7 27.Qc3+ 
Kg8 28.b4 a5 29.b5 Qe7 30.Qd4 Qc7 31.Qf6 e5 32.Qxe5 Bg4 33.f3 Rae8 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O 
h6 9.f4 O-O 10.Kh1 Re8 11.Bf3 Ng4 12.Nxc6 Qh4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Qe1 Qxe1 15.
Rfxe1 bxc6 16.h3 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.a3 Bc8 19.b4 Ba6 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.a4 
Bc4 22.Rd4 d5 23.e5 c5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rd2 c6 26.Red1 Ra8 27.Ra1 f6 28.Re1
fxe5 29.fxe5 Ra7 30.Nd1 Rae7 31.Nb2 Ba6 32.Nd3 c4 33.Nc5 c3 34.Rf2 Bc4 35.
e6 d4 36.Rf4 Rd8 37.Rf5 Bd5 38.Kg1 Ra8 39.Rf2 Ra5 40.Nd7 Rxa4 41.Rf8+ Kh7 
42.Rd8 Kg6 43.Nf8+ Kg5 44.g4 Ra2 45.Rxd5+ cxd5 46.Kh2 Rxc2+ 47.Kg3 Re8 48.
Rf1 Rxf8 49.Rxf8 Re2 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.b4 a5 8.b5 d6 9.
d4 Nd7 10.Ba3 O-O 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.e3 Bf8 15.h4 Nf5 
16.e4 Ng7 17.Qc2 Be7 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nh3 e5 20.Nd5 exd4 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.Rxd4
Ne6 23.Rdd1 Nec5 24.f3 Ne5 25.Nf2 Qe8 26.Bb2 Rd8 27.f4 Ned7 28.Re1 h5 29.
Re3 d5 30.cxd5 Bxd5 31.a4 f6 32.Rce1 Bb7 33.g4 Kh7 34.gxh5 gxh5 35.e5+ Qg6
36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Bh3 Nxa4 38.Ba1 fxe5 39.fxe5 Nac5 40.e6 Nf8 41.Rg3+ Kh6 
42.Bf6 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Black "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg4 5.c3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a6
9.a4 Rb8 10.b4 Ra8 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 d5 13.e5 Nh5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxg3 
16.Qxg3 Bg5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Qxg5 hxg5 19.Re3 Kh8 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Rg3 f6 
22.exf6 gxf6 23.Rge3 e5 24.b5 axb5 25.axb5 Nb8 26.dxe5 Nd7 27.exf6 Rxe3 
28.Rxe3 Nc5 29.Bc2 c6 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Re5 Rxf6 32.Rxg5 Ne6 33.Rg6 Rxg6 34.
Bxg6 Nf4 35.Be8 c5 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.g3 Nxh3 38.f4 d4 39.cxd4 cxd4 40.Kg2 
Nxf4+ 41.gxf4 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.e3 Na6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Kd2 Nf6 11.Be5 Be7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Kxd3 O-O 14.Nf3 Ne4 15.
Ke2 Nb4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 f5 18.g4 Nd3 19.Bc7 Nxb2 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Rhg1+
Kf7 22.Rgb1 Na4 23.Rb3 b5 24.f3 b4 25.Nc4 Nc3+ 26.Kf2 Rxa2+ 27.Rxa2 Nxa2 
28.Nd6+ Ke6 29.Nxb7 Nc1 30.Rb1 Nd3+ 31.Ke2 Rg8 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Na5 Rg2+ 
34.Kf1 Rf2+ 35.Kg1 Rc2 36.Nb3 Bg5 37.Bf4 Bxf4 38.exf4 e3 39.Nc5+ Nxc5 40.
dxc5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 a6 9.
Nh3 Ne5 10.Nf2 e6 11.a4 exd5 12.cxd5 Qa5 13.Ra3 Bd7 14.Be2 Qb4 15.a5 b6 
16.axb6 Rfb8 17.Na4 a5 18.Nc3 Rxb6 19.Nfd1 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Kf2 Ne8 22.
g4 Nc7 23.h4 Nb5 24.Nxb5 Rxb5 25.Nc3 Rb4 26.Rc1 Rab8 27.Rc2 Qa6 28.Ra2 a4 
29.Qe2 Qa5 30.Bc1 Qd8 31.g5 f5 32.exf5 Bxf5 33.Ne4 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Qd7 35.Ra3
Rb3 36.Rxb3 axb3 37.Rc4 Qh3 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 
Nc6 9.Qh4 h6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Rc8 12.Qf4 O-O 13.Bd2 d5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.
Bc3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Kg7 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4+ Qxd4 19.cxd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rc2 
21.e3 Rfc8 22.a4 R8c3 23.Kf3 f5 24.h4 Kf6 25.a5 b5 26.a6 b4 27.Rfb1 Ra3 
28.Rxa3 bxa3 29.Rb3 a2 30.Ra3 g5 31.hxg5+ hxg5 32.g4 fxg4+ 33.Kxg4 Rxf2 
34.Ra5 Ke6 35.Kg3 Rb2 36.d5+ Ke5 37.Kg4 Rg2+ 38.Kf3 Rd2 39.Kg4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 a6 8.a4 b6 9.
O-O Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bh2 h6 13.Rfd1 Bd5 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 
Qc6 16.Nh4 Qe4 17.Nf3 Rab8 18.Nfd2 Qe6 19.Qc2 b5 20.Na5 Rfc8 21.axb5 axb5 
22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Nab3 b4 24.Nd4 Qd7 25.c4 Ne8 26.b3 e5 27.Nb5 f5 28.Ra7 Rb7
29.Rda1 e4 30.Rxb7 Nxb7 31.Ra7 Qxb5 32.Qxe4 fxe4 33.cxb5 Rc1+ 34.Nf1 Rc7 
35.b6 Rd7 36.Nd2 d5 37.Bc7 Nc5 38.Bf4 Rb7 39.Ra8 Kf7 40.Rc8 Ne6 41.Rb8 
Rxb8 42.Bxb8 Bc3 43.Nb1 Nc5 44.Kf1 Ke6 45.Ke2 Be5 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Cugini, Verter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Be7 8.Nge2
O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Qd3 Nbd5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.
Ng3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 h6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qg6+ Kh8 19.Qxh6+ Nh7 20.Bc2 f5 21.
Nxf5 Bf8 22.Ng7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Ngf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c5 9.Re1 c4 10.Bf5 Re8 11.c3 Nf8 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Qa4 a6 15.
h3 Ne6 16.Bh6 Qd6 17.Ne5 Nh5 18.Ndf3 f6 19.Ng4 Nhf4 20.Re3 Nd3 21.b4 Ng7 
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Ne1 Nf4 24.Rb1 h5 25.Nh2 b5 26.Qd1 Bf8 27.Qf3 Rxe3 28.fxe3
Ne6 29.h4 f5 30.Nf1 Nc7 31.Qf4 Qf6 32.Nf3 Bd6 33.Qg5 Ne6 34.Qxf6+ Kxf6 35.
g3 Nf8 36.a4 bxa4 37.Ra1 Rc6 38.Rxa4 Bc7 39.Kf2 Nh7 40.N1d2 Ke6 41.Ra1 Nf6
42.Ng5+ Ke7 43.Kf3 Ng4 44.Nh3 Re6 45.Nf1 Kd7 46.Ng5 Rc6 47.Ra2 Kc8 48.Nh7 
Kb7 49.Nh2 Nf6 50.Nxf6 Rxf6 51.Kf2 Re6 52.Nf3 Re4 53.Nd2 Rg4 54.Nf1 Kb6 
55.Ra5 Kc6 56.Rxa6+ Bb6 57.Ra8 Bc7 58.Rg8 Kb5 59.Rg7 Bd6 60.Rd7 Kc6 61.Rg7
Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.a3 N5f6 11.Bc4 c5 12.Rd1 a6 13.Ba2 b5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.
Bb1 g6 16.O-O Bb7 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Qe7 19.Nb3 Rac8 20.Rd2 Nb6 21.Rxd8+ 
Rxd8 22.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 6.e4 e5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Re1 h6 
9.h3 Nh7 10.Be3 Ng5 11.Qd2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxh3 13.Bxh6 Qf6 14.Kh2 Qxf3 15.
Kxh3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 
Ngf6 9.Ng3 O-O 10.c3 a6 11.Rd1 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 c6 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bd2 b5 15.a3 
N7f6 16.Re1 Qc7 17.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 
exd5 9.b4 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.a4 Bf8 15.Rfc1 
Nf6 16.b5 Qd6 17.Nd1 Rab8 18.Nb2 Ne4 19.Nd3 Bh6 20.Qa3 Qf6 21.Qa2 g5 22.
Nfe5 Rec8 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bh5 Rb7 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Rxc5 Bf8 27.Rc3 Bd6 28.
Ng4 Bxg4 29.Bxg4 Rcb8 30.Qc2 c5 31.Qf5 Qxf5 32.Bxf5 cxd4 33.exd4 Rb4 34.
Rh3 Rxd4 35.Bxh7+ Kg7 36.Bf5 Rbb4 37.Bd7 Bf4 38.g4 Be5 39.Re1 Bf6 40.Bf5 
Rb8 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Rh6 Kg7 43.Rh7+ Kf8 44.Rh6 Rb6 45.a5 Rd6 46.h4 gxh4 47.
g5 Be7 48.Rh8+ Kg7 49.Rh7+ Kf8 50.Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Rb8 15.
b4 a5 16.Bc4 Bd7 17.Ra3 Be6 18.O-O axb4 19.Ncxb4 Nxb4 20.cxb4 Bxd5 21.Bxd5
Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zak, Uriel"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8.d3 Re8
9.Nbd2 c6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rfe1 e5 12.h3 Be6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 
Bf5 16.Re2 Re6 17.Rae1 Qc7 18.Qc3 Rae8 19.d4 exd4 20.Qxd4 Bf8 21.Rxe6 Bxe6
22.Nh4 Qb6 23.Qd1 Rd8 24.Qc2 Qa5 25.Kf1 Nc5 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Rd1 Qc8 28.g4 
Qc7 29.Nf3 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Bc8 31.Qd4 a6 32.Ne5 Ne6 33.Qe4 Bd6 34.Nd3 Qe7 
35.b4 Qg5 36.a4 h5 37.Be1 hxg4 38.hxg4 Bd7 39.f3 Qf6 40.Qe3 Nf4 41.Nxf4 
Bxf4 42.Qd3 Be6 43.Bc3 Be5 44.Bxe5 Qxe5 45.c5 g6 46.Qd2 Qa1+ 47.Kf2 Qxa4 
48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qb6 Qb3 50.Kg3 Bd5 51.g5 Qb2 52.Bh1 Qe5+ 53.Kf2 Qxg5 54.
Qxb7 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bxg4 11.hxg4 Nxg4 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qd3
h5 16.Qe4 g5 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Rfc1 Nxd2 19.Nxd2 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Qh4 21.Nd1 Bb4 
22.Nf3 Nh2+ 23.Nxh2 Qxh2 24.d5 h4 25.dxc6 h3 26.Bf3 Rh4 27.cxb7 Rd8 28.
Qc6+ Kf8 29.Rc4 Rxc4 30.Qxc4 Qd6 31.Qc8 Kg7 32.Ne3 g4 33.Bxg4 h2 34.Kg2 
Ba5 35.Rd1 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bf4 Bd6 9.c4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.O-O Bxd2 12.Nxd2 Qg5 13.f4 Qg7 14.d5 Nc5 
15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f5 17.Bf3 O-O 18.Qd2 a5 19.Rac1 Ra7 20.Rc3 Kh8 21.Be2 
Rg8 22.Rg3 Qf6 23.Rxg8+ Kxg8 24.Rf3 a4 25.d6 Bd7 26.dxc7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Ne4 6.O-O f5 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.a4 Be7 
9.a5 bxa5 10.c3 O-O 11.Nd2 d6 12.Nef3 Nd5 13.Qe2 g5 14.Bg3 Qd7 15.e4 Nxc3 
16.bxc3 f4 17.Rxa5 Nc6 18.Rb5 Nd8 19.Nxg5 fxg3 20.Qg4 gxh2+ 21.Kxh2 Bxg5 
22.Rxg5+ Kh8 23.e5 Nf7 24.Rg7 Nxe5 25.Rxd7 Nxg4+ 26.Kg1 Nf6 27.Rxc7 Bc8 
28.Ne4 Ne8 29.Re7 a5 30.Ng5 Nf6 31.Nxh7 Nxh7 32.Rxh7+ Kg8 33.Re1 Rf7 34.
Rxf7 Kxf7 35.Ra1 Kf6 36.f3 e5 37.Be4 Ra7 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.g4 Kf6 40.Ke3 Kf7 
41.Rh1 a4 42.Rh6 Ke7 43.Bd5 a3 44.Rh2 Ra5 45.Bc4 Kf6 46.dxe5+ dxe5 47.Rd2 
Ke7 48.g5 Rc5 49.Ba2 Rxc3+ 50.Ke4 Be6 51.Kxe5 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Be7 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Bg3 O-O 15.e5 
Nd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Qg4 Rc8 18.Rad1 Rc4 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.b3 Rc3 21.h4 h5 
22.Qxh5 Rxg3 23.fxg3 Bc5 24.Kh2 Bxd4 25.Qg5 Rc8 26.Re2 Be3 27.Rxd5 Bxg5 
28.Rd6 Bc1 29.Rxa6 Rc5 30.Ra5 Nxe5 31.a4 Ng4+ 32.Kh3 f5 33.Rxb5 Rc3 34.Rb4
Bf4 35.Rxf4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cugini, Verter"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.O-O e6 8.Bf4 
Bb4 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.Qg3 Nxe5 
15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Qe3 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bb4 O-O-O 19.Rfd1 Nc5 20.Bxc5 bxc5 
21.Bb3 c4 22.Bxc4 Bxc2 23.Re1 Rd2 24.b4 Rhd8 25.g3 R8d4 26.Bf1 Bd3 27.Re3 
Kc7 28.Rae1 Kb6 29.Rf3 Bf5 30.Rfe3 g5 31.h3 h5 32.Be2 h4 33.Kg2 hxg3 34.
Kxg3 Rf4 35.f3 Rfd4 36.Ra1 Rb2 37.Bf1 Rdd2 38.Rae1 Kc7 39.h4 gxh4+ 40.Kxh4
Rh2+ 41.Kg3 Rh1 42.R1e2 Rb1 43.Bg2 Rhd1 44.f4 Bd3 45.Rf2 Bf5 46.Bf3 Rg1+ 
47.Rg2 Rh1 48.Bg4 Bxg4 49.Kxg4 Rh8 50.Kf3 Rf1+ 51.Ke4 Kb6 52.Rgg3 Rh4 53.
Rgf3 Rxf3 54.Rxf3 Rh5 55.Rd3 Kc7 56.Rg3 Kb6 57.Rg7 Rf5 58.Rg1 Kb5 59.Rd1 
Ka4 60.Rd7 b6 61.Rb7 c5 62.Rxb6 c4 63.Rc6 Kb3 64.b5 c3 65.b6 Rh5 66.b7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.d3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7 
9.c4 Nb6 10.h4 Bd7 11.Bf4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4
Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nde2 Qb6 21.Qxd7 
Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nb5 d5 8.cxd5 
Qa5+ 9.Nd2 exd5 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.O-O Nge7 12.b4 Nxb4 13.Qb3 Nbc6 14.Ba3 d3 
15.Qxd3 Bxa1 16.Rxa1 Kg7 17.e4 d4 18.N2c4 Qh5 19.Rb1 a6 20.Nb6 Be6 21.Nxa8
Rxa8 22.Rxb7 Kg8 23.Qd2 Bh3 24.Bxh3 Qxh3 25.Nxf7 Re8 26.Qf4 Qe6 27.Nh6+ 
Kg7 28.Qg5 Qxe4 29.Ng4 Qe6 30.h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Be7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf3 Rfd8 
15.Rfd1 Qe4 16.Qxe4 Nxe4 17.c4 b6 18.Kf1 Rac8 19.Rac1 Kf8 20.Ke2 f6 21.Be3
Rxd1 22.Kxd1 e5 23.Ke2 Kf7 24.Nd2 Nc5 25.b3 f5 26.f3 Ne6 27.Nb1 Bc5 28.Rd1
Bxe3 29.Kxe3 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.Nc3 Nc6 32.Nd5 Ke6 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.a3 h5 
35.b4 h4 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.Kc3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.d4 e6 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.Nf3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ne7 
9.Re1 a6 10.Qe2 h6 11.h4 Kf8 12.Rad1 Qe8 13.Bc2 Rd8 14.Ba4 f6 15.Bf4 g5 
16.Bg3 e5 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.Rd3 b5 19.cxb5 Nc5 20.bxa6 Nxa4 21.axb7 Nc5 22.
Rdd1 g4 23.Nh2 h5 24.f3 gxf3 25.Nxf3 Bh6 26.Rf1 Kg7 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Bxe5+ 
Kh7 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Rf7+ Kg8 31.Qc4 Be3+ 32.Kh1 Nd5 33.b8=Q Qxb8 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Nh3 c5 8.Nf2 a6 
9.Be2 Rb8 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.Rfd1 b6 13.d5 Ne5 14.h3 Ned7 15.Bg5 b5 
16.cxb5 c4 17.a4 Re8 18.Rac1 Qa5 19.Bxc4 Nb6 20.Bf1 axb5 21.Bxb5 Bd7 22.b3
Rec8 23.Bxd7 Nfxd7 24.Nb5 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 
dxe5 9.Be3 Ne8 10.O-O f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 c6 14.Qd2 e5 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16.c5 cxd5 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Bd8 Qc6 19.Be7 Qxd5 20.Nxd5 Rg8 21.Rad1
Bh6 22.Bb5 Be6 23.Bxe8 Raxe8 24.Bd6 Bd7 25.Ne7 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Rg7 27.Nxf5 
Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Bd4 29.b3 Rg4 30.Re1 e4 31.h3 Rg6 32.g4 e3 33.Re2 b6 34.Rd5 
bxc5 35.Bxc5 Bxc5 36.Rxc5 Rd6 37.Kg2 Rd2 38.Kf3 Rd3 39.Rc4 Rd2 40.Rxd2 
exd2 41.Rd4 Rf8+ 42.Ke2 h5 43.gxh5 Rf5 44.Rxd2 Rxh5 45.Rd3 a5 46.Rg3 Rh4 
47.Kd3 a4 48.Kc3 Rf4 49.Kb2 Rh4 50.Ka3 Rf4 51.b4 Rf2 52.b5 Kh7 53.Rg4 Rf3+
54.Kxa4 Rxh3 55.b6 Rh2 56.a3 Rh6 57.b7 Ra6+ 58.Kb5 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 b5 6.a3 Nd7 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O a5 9.
d5 b4 10.dxc6 bxc3 11.cxb7 Rb8 12.b3 Ngf6 13.Nd4 Rxb7 14.Bc4 Qb6 15.Be3 
Nc5 16.Bb5+ Nfd7 17.b4 O-O 18.Rb1 axb4 19.axb4 Nxe4 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.Ne6 
Qb5 22.Nxf8 Bxf8 23.Qd4 f5 24.Ra1 e5 25.Qb6 Qxb6 26.Bxb6 Nd2 27.Rfd1 d5 
28.b5 Nc4 29.Ba5 Na3 30.Bxc3 d4 31.b6 Rb7 32.Ba5 Nxc2 33.Rac1 Bb4 34.Rxc2 
Bxa5 35.Rc5 Bxb6 36.Rb5 d3 37.Kf1 e4 38.Rdb1 Bxf2 39.Rxb7 e3 40.Rd7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.f5 d5 8.Bb5 d4 
9.f6 Bxf6 10.e5 Bg7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Nf6+ Kh8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ngh7 Nxe5 15.Nxf8 
Qxf8 16.Qe1 N5c6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ng4 f6 19.d3 Nf5 20.Nf2 Nd6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 
22.Qxe4 Qe8 23.Bd2 f5 24.Qh4 Kh7 25.Rae1 Bd7 26.Rf3 Qd8 27.Qf2 e5 28.Qg3 
Qf6 29.Rff1 Re8 30.Re2 Be6 31.c4 e4 32.Rxe4 Bd7 33.Rxe8 Bxe8 34.Re1 Bf7 
35.Qc7 g5 36.Re7 Bg6 37.Qxa7 f4 38.Qxc5 Bxd3 39.a4 f3 40.Be1 fxg2 41.Bf2 
Bxc4 42.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.e4 Qc7 12.Rfe1 Rfd8 13.Rad1 h6 14.Qb1 dxe4 15.Nxe4 
Nxe4 16.Qxe4 c5 17.d5 Bf6 18.Bc1 b5 19.Qg4 exd5 20.cxd5 Nb6 21.Bxh6 Bxd5 
22.Bg5 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Rxd1 25.Bxd1 Qd8 26.Qg4 Nd5 27.Bc2 Nf6 
28.Qf5 g6 29.Qg5 Kg7 30.h4 Qd5 31.Re5 Qd6 32.Re3 Qd2 33.Bxg6 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 
Qd5+ 35.Be4+ Qxg5 36.hxg5 Nxe4 37.Rxe4 c4 38.bxc4 bxc4 39.Re2 Kg6 40.f4 
Kf5 41.Kf3 c3 42.Rc2 Rc7 43.g4+ Kg6 44.Ke4 Rc4+ 45.Ke3 a5 46.Kf3 Rc7 47.
Ke4 Rc4+ 48.Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bg2 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3
d6 9.Bf3 h6 10.h4 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc8 12.c4 b6 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Ne2 Ng4 15.h5 Ne7 
16.Bd2 Nf6 17.Qa3 Nh7 18.Rg1 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.g4 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Kd1
Qd8 23.Rg3 Ng5 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Qd3 Rf4 26.Rb3 Raf8 27.Qg6 Qxg6 28.hxg6 
Rxf3 29.Rgxf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cugini, Verter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Qb3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nc6 6.d5 Nce7 7.Nc3 g6 8.g4 
Bg7 9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qg3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Bc2 a5 14.h4 f5 15.gxf5 
gxf5 16.Rg1 Rf7 17.exf5 Qf8 18.Qg4 Nxf5 19.Qh5 Kh8 20.O-O-O Bh6 21.Bg5 
Bxg5+ 22.hxg5 Nd4 23.Bg6 Rg7 24.Rh1 Qg8 25.Bb1 Rxg5 26.Qxh7+ Qxh7 27.Rxh7+
Kg8 28.Rdh1 Rf8 29.Rxc7 Rxf2 30.Rc8+ Rf8 31.Bh7+ Kg7 32.Rc7+ Rf7 33.Rc8 
Rf8 34.Rxf8 Kxf8 35.Ne4 Nxe4 36.Bxe4 Rg4 37.Re1 Ke7 38.Kd2 Rh4 39.Kc3 Rh3+
40.Kd2 Rh2+ 41.Kc3 Re2 42.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 43.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 c5 5.O-O Nh6 6.Ne5 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nf5 9.c3 Nd7 10.Bd3 Nd6 11.Nd2 e6 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.g4 b6 14.Rf3 Bb7 15.Nf1 
Nfe4 16.Rh3 f6 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Ng3 Rf7 19.Be3 f5 20.gxf5 exf5 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 
22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Ng5 Bc8 24.Rxh7 Rf5 25.Qg4 Rxg5 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Qxg5 
Qxg5+ 28.fxg5 Be6 29.Bf4 Rf8 30.Be5+ Kf7 31.Rf1+ Bf5 32.Rf4 Ke6 33.Kf2 Rf7
34.Kg3 b5 35.Rh4 Kd7 36.Bf6 Kc6 37.Kf4 a5 38.a3 b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.Rh6 
bxc3 41.bxc3 Kb5 42.h4 Rf8 43.h5 Rg8 44.Rh8 Rxh8 45.Bxh8 gxh5 46.Kxf5 e3 
47.Be5 h4 48.g6 e2 49.g7 e1=Q 50.g8=Q Qe4+ 51.Ke6 Kc4 52.Qc8+ Kd3 53.Qc6 
h3 54.Qxd5 Qg6+ 55.Ke7 Qh7+ 56.Qf7 Qh4+ 57.Qf6 Qh7+ 58.Ke6 Kxc3 59.d5+ Kc4
60.d6 h2 61.Qf4+ Kc5 62.Qd4+ Kb5 63.Qb2+ Kc6 64.Qc3+ Kb5 65.Qb3+ Kc5 66.
Qd5+ Kb4 67.Qd2+ Kc5 68.Qxh2 Qg8+ 69.Ke7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Re1 Nf6 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Bd2 
Bd7 16.Rad1 Be8 17.Qc1 Nd5 18.Ne5 Qf8 19.Bb1 f5 20.a3 Qf6 21.Re2 Bh5 22.f3
Qh4 23.Qc4 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Bf7 25.g3 Qf6 26.Rde1 Rd7 27.Ba2 Kh7 28.Qd3 g6 29.
h4 Rad8 30.Kg2 Nc7 31.Qe3 Qg7 32.Ba5 Bg8 33.h5 gxh5 34.Bxc7 Rxc7 35.Qf4 
Qg5 36.Rxf5 Qxf4 37.Rxf4 Re7 38.Re5 Bf7 39.Rfe4 Rde8 40.f4 Kg7 41.f5 Kf6 
42.Rf4 Bg8 43.fxe6+ Kg6 44.Rfe4 Rf8 45.d5 cxd5 46.Rxd5 Rfe8 47.Rd6 Kf6 48.
b4 a6 49.Kf3 Bxe6 50.Kf4 Kf7 51.Rdxe6 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.Nge2 c5 8.g4 cxd4 
9.Bxd4 Qa5 10.Ng3 Be6 11.a3 Rfc8 12.b4 Qd8 13.g5 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nd5 
Bxd5 16.exd5 Qh8 17.Rc1 Kg8 18.Qd2 Nab8 19.Be2 a5 20.O-O axb4 21.axb4 Ra3 
22.Kg2 b6 23.h4 Rc7 24.h5 Rca7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Qf4 Rb3 27.Rh1 Qg7 28.Rh6 
Ra1 29.Rxa1 Qxa1 30.Bg4 Nf8 31.c5 bxc5 32.bxc5 dxc5 33.d6 e6 34.Ne4 Nbd7 
35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Ne8+ Kg8 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Ne8+ Kg8 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Ne8+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zak, Uriel"]
[Black "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Qe2 c5 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qc8 17.Qf3 Qxc4 18.Nc6 Bc5 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Rd4 Qxa2 21.
Nxb4 Qb2 22.Nc6 Nd5 23.Be5 f6 24.Bd6 Rfe8 25.Rc4 Rac8 26.Rfc1 a5 27.Ba3 
Qd2 28.Rd4 Qg5 29.h4 Qh6 30.Rxd5 Rxc6 31.Rh5 Qxc1 32.Bxc1 Rxc1 33.Rxh7 Rc5
34.Rh5 e5 35.Qb3+ Kf8 36.Qxb6 Rec8 37.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 c5 
9.dxc5 dxc4 10.c6 Nb6 11.Bg3 bxc6 12.Rd1 Nfd5 13.a3 Qe8 14.Ne4 e5 15.Nxe5 
f5 16.Nc3 Bf6 17.Bxc4 Bxe5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Bxd5+ Nxd5 20.Rxd5 f4 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Nc2 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Rb1 O-O 10.Be3 Qd8 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Bg5 
Ne5 16.Ne3 h6 17.Bh4 Ned7 18.Rbc1 Kh7 19.b3 Qc7 20.Ned5 Qb8 21.Bf1 Bc6 22.
Re1 e6 23.Nb4 Bb7 24.Nb5 a5 25.Nc2 Bf8 26.Rcd1 d5 27.Bg3 Qa8 28.exd5 exd5 
29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.Bxd6 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Re8 32.Ne3 dxc4 33.Bxc4 Nd5 34.Ng4 Rxe1+ 
35.Qxe1 h5 36.Nf2 Bc6 37.a4 Qd8 38.Ne4 f5 39.Nc3 N7f6 40.Bg3 Qf8 41.Bf2 
Qb4 42.Bd4 b5 43.axb5 Bxb5 44.Qe5 Bxc4 45.bxc4 Nxc3 46.Bxc3 Qb1+ 47.Kf2 
Qc2+ 48.Kg3 Ne4+ 49.fxe4 Qd3+ 50.Kh4 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.e3 d5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.
Bb2 Nc6 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.h3 Ne7 15.Ne5 
Ng6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.a4 Rc7 21.a5 Rec8 
22.axb6 axb6 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Qe3 Rcc8 25.Rac1 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.c5 Bb8 28.
b4 bxc5 29.dxc5 Qc7 30.g3 e5 31.b5 d4 32.Qe2 Bd5 33.Be4 Bxe4 34.Qxe4 Ra5 
35.b6 Qc6 36.b7 Rc7 37.Qxe5 Qxb7 38.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cugini, Verter"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O e5 6.Nbc3 Nge7 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5
Ne7 9.c3 d6 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 b6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qa3 O-O 15.
Bd2 Re8 16.Bc3 Nf5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc3+ Kg8 19.Rfe1 a5 20.Nf4 Nd4 21.Rxe8+
Bxe8 22.Re1 Bb5 23.Bf1 Bd7 24.Ne2 Nb5 25.Qd2 a4 26.Qf4 Qe7 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.
h4 h5 29.Rd3 Bf5 30.Re3 Qf6 31.Qg5 Rb8 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Bg2 Bb1 34.Rf3+ 
Ke7 35.Rf4 Bc2 36.Rc4 Bd1 37.Re4+ Kf8 38.Re3 Bc2 39.Be4 Nd4 40.Bxc2 Nxc2 
41.Re4 Rxb2 42.Rxa4 Nb4 43.Nc3 Rd2 44.Ra8+ Kg7 45.Rd8 Nxa2 46.Nxa2 Rxa2 
47.Rxd6 Rd2 48.Rd7 Kf6 49.Kg2 Ke5 50.Re7+ Kf6 51.Rd7 Rd3 52.f4 c4 53.Rc7 
c3 54.Kh3 Kf5 55.Rc4 f6 56.Rc6 Ke4 57.Rxf6 Kxd5 58.Rf8 Kd4 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d5 4.e5 f6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Rxf3 e6 10.Be3 c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Nc3 fxe5 14.fxe5 Rxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qb6 16.Ne2 Rf8 17.Qg3 Ne7 18.Qe1 Nhf5 19.Bf2 Nc6 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Qd2 
Nxe5 22.b3 Nc6 23.Rc1 Qd8 24.b4 Qf8 25.Be3 Nxb4 26.Rb1 Nc6 27.Rxb7 Rf1+ 
28.Kh2 e5 29.Ng3 Rf7 30.Rxf7 Qxf7 31.Ne2 exd4 32.Nxd4 Ne5 33.Qf2 Nc4 34.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Bf2 Be5+ 36.g3 Bxd4 37.Bxd4 a6 38.Kg2 Ke6 39.Kf3 Nd6 40.g4 
Nf7 41.Kf4 g5+ 42.Ke3 Ne5 43.Bc3 Kd6 44.Bb4+ Ke6 45.Bc3 Ng6 46.Kf3 Kf7 47.
Bd2 Ne5+ 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Bc3 Nc6 50.Kd3 h5 51.a4 h4 52.a5 Nd8 53.Kd4 Ne6+ 
54.Kxd5 Nf4+ 55.Kc6 Nxh3 56.Kb6 Nf4 57.Bd4 Ne2 58.Be5 Nf4 59.Bd4 Ne2 60.
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Nd5 14.e3 Rc8 15.
Nb3 f5 16.Na5 Ba8 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Nfe5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 f4 20.Qc5 f3 21.Bh3 Qg6+
22.Kh1 Qh6 23.Bg4 Rce8 24.Rce1 Qh4 25.Rg1 Qxf2 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Qxd5 Re8 
28.Rc1 Qxe3 29.Rc3 f2 30.Rf1 Qxc3 31.Ne7+ Kf7 32.bxc3 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 g6 8.Nf3 Bg4 
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.O-O e6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 exd5 14.Nc3 Nc6 15.Rae1 
Nd4 16.Qg3 Nxc4 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Bf6 Nxb2 19.Bb1 Rae8 20.h4 h5 21.Rf2 Bxf6 
22.Rxf6 Qg4 23.Qf2 Nc4 24.Rf4 Qd7 25.Qg3 Rxe5 26.Ref1 Qe6 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.
Rxf8+ Kg7 29.R8f7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qf4+ Nf5 32.Qg5 Nce3 33.Qd8 Ng3 
34.Qc7+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg5 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qb3 
Bxd2+ 9.Bxd2 b6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bg5 Bg6 15.
Nd2 Re8 16.a3 Nbd7 17.g4 Qc7 18.f3 h6 19.Be3 b5 20.b3 a5 21.Rfb1 Nb6 22.
Bd3 b4 23.a4 Nfd7 24.Nf1 Nc8 25.Ng3 Nf8 26.h4 f6 27.Qd2 Bh7 28.Kf2 Qf7 29.
g5 fxg5 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Bxg5 Ne7 32.Rh1 Neg6 33.Nf5 Qd7 34.Ke3 Nf4 35.Bxf4
exf4+ 36.Kf2 Bxf5 37.exf5 Re3 38.Rag1 Qe7 39.Rg4 Qe5 40.f6 Qxf6 41.Rhg1 
Ra7 42.Bc2 Rae7 43.Bd1 Qc3 44.Qa2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.d5 exd5 8.exd5 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Ne5 10.Qf4 Be7 11.O-O-O a6 12.g4 b5 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 
15.Qxc4 O-O 16.f4 Qb8 17.Rhg1 Re8 18.Bd4 Qb7 19.Qc6 Qb4 20.a3 Qa5 21.Rde1 
Kf8 22.Re2 Red8 23.Rge1 Ng8 24.g5 Rab8 25.Qc4 c5 26.dxc6 d5 27.Qa4 Qc7 28.
Be5 Bd6 29.Nxd5 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Qb6 32.Qb4+ Qxb4 33.axb4 Ne7 34.
c7 Re8 35.Rd8 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9.Qf3 d5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.O-O-O d4 12.Ne2 Qe5 13.Nf4 h5 14.h3 Be6 
15.Nd3 Qg5+ 16.Kb1 Ke7 17.Re1 Qa5 18.a3 Rh6 19.Nb4 Kd7 20.e5 Bd5 21.Qf5+ 
Be6 22.Qf3 Bd5 23.Qf5+ Be6 24.Qe4 c5 25.Qc6+ Ke7 26.exf6+ Kxf6 27.Qxa8 
cxb4 28.Be2 bxa3 29.Qf3+ Kg7 30.Qxa3 Qd5 31.Bf3 Qc4 32.Re5 h4 33.Rhe1 Rg6 
34.Be4 f6 35.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nd5 O-O 6.Nxb4 Nxb4 7.Nxe5 Re8 8.
Nf3 d5 9.a3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.O-O Na5 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.b4 c5 15.
Nb5 Qe5 16.d4 cxd4 17.f4 Qe7 18.bxa5 d3 19.Bxd3 Rad8 20.Nd4 Nd5 21.Bxg6 
hxg6 22.Qf3 Qf6 23.Bd2 Rd7 24.Rac1 Rde7 25.Qxd5 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 c5 12.O-O-O cxd4 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Kb1 
Qc7 15.Rhe1 Nf6 16.Bc2 b5 17.cxb5 Rb8 18.Re5 Bb7 19.Rc5 Qe7 20.Qd6 Qe8 21.
Ne5 Bd5 22.Nc6 Rb7 23.f3 a6 24.a4 axb5 25.axb5 Rd7 26.Qf4 Qa8 27.Qa4 Qb7 
28.Qa6 Ra8 29.Qxb7 Rxb7 30.Bd3 Kf8 31.Kc2 Ra4 32.Rc3 g5 33.h3 h5 34.Be2 g4
35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Rd4 Ra2 37.Rd1 Ra4 38.Rd4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Cugini, Verter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 Re8 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.c5 Be6 14.Na4 d5 15.Nb6 
dxe4 16.Nxa8 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Rxa8 18.Bc3 Bd5 19.b4 exf3 20.gxf3 Nh5 21.Bxg7 
Kxg7 22.f4 Nf6 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Nd5 25.Rb1 f5 26.Kf2 Kf6 27.Ke2 g5 28.
fxg5+ Kxg5 29.Rg1+ Kf6 30.Rgf1 f4 31.Rh3 Rg8 32.Rxh7 e5 33.Kf3 Rg5 34.Ke4 
Ke6 35.Rh8 Nf6+ 36.Kd3 e4+ 37.Kd4 Rd5+ 38.Kc4 Ke5 39.Rf8 Rd4+ 40.Kb3 e3 
41.Re1 Nd5 42.h4 Rxb4+ 43.Kc2 Rc4+ 44.Kd3 Rc3+ 45.Ke2 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Rf2+ 47.
Kg4 Rg2+ 48.Kf3 Rg3+ 49.Ke2 Ke4 50.Re8+ Kd4 51.Rd1+ Kxc5 52.Rc1+ Kd4 53.
Rd1+ Kc4 54.Re4+ Kc5 55.Rxd5+ cxd5 56.Rxf4 d4 57.Kd3 Rg1 58.Rf5+ Kd6 59.
Kxd4 e2 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c4 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Bd6 8.Bd3 
Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.Ba3 Nbc6 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bc2 Bxa3 14.Rxa3 Qd6 
15.Ra1 Bg4 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bc2 f5 18.Nf1 Rf6 19.Ng3 Raf8 20.h3 Nxh3+ 21.
gxh3 f4 22.Nf1 Bxh3 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Rg6+ 25.Bxg6 Qxg6+ 26.Ng3 Bg4 27.
Qb1 Qh6 28.Nf1 Bf5 29.Rxf5 Qg6+ 30.Ng3 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.a4 O-O 8.c3 Nh5 
9.Ne5 Nxf4 10.exf4 d6 11.Bf3 Be4 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Qe2 d5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 
Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qe8 17.Nd2 g5 18.Qe2 Kh8 19.c4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Qd7 21.Nb3 c6 22.
Rfc1 Rfc8 23.Rc3 b5 24.axb5 cxb5 25.Qd3 Bb4 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Qf3 a5 28.Rd1
g4 29.Qe2 Qc6 30.h3 gxh3 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.gxf3 Rc2 33.d5 exd5 34.Nd4 Rxb2 
35.Nxf5 h2+ 36.Kxh2 Rxf2+ 37.Kg3 Rd2 38.Rc1 Kg8 39.e6 h5 40.Rc8+ Kh7 41.e7
Bxe7 42.Nxe7 a4 43.Rb8 a3 44.Rxb5 a2 45.Ra5 d4 46.Rxh5+ Kg7 47.Ra5 d3 48.
Nf5+ Kf6 49.Ne3 Rc2 50.Kf4 d2 51.Ra6+ Ke7 52.Ke5 Rc1 53.Rxa2 d1=Q 54.Nxd1 
Rxd1 55.Ra6 Re1+ 56.Kf5 Re3 57.f4 Re1 58.Ra7+ Kd8 59.Kf6 Rh1 60.f5 Rh2 61.
Ra8+ Kd7 62.Kg7 Rg2+ 63.Kf7 Kd6 64.f6 Rf2 65.Re8 Kd7 66.Re5 Kd6 67.Rg5 Rf3
68.Rg1 Ke5 69.Re1+ Kd6 70.Kg7 Rg3+ 71.Kf8 Rf3 72.f7 Kd7 73.Rd1+ Kc8 74.Rd5
Rf4 75.Ke7 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Ba6 12.c4 d5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Re1 Nd7 15.a3
Qc7 16.Bb4 Nf6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.d5 Rad8 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Qc2 Qd6 21.Re3 h6 
22.Ne5 Qd4 23.Rae1 Bb7 24.Rg3 Be4 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Nf3 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Nxg3 
28.hxg3 Qd3 29.Qxd3 Rxd3 30.Re3 Rd6 31.f4 Kf7 32.Kg2 Rd4 33.Rc3 Rd6 34.Kf3
Kf6 35.Ke4 h5 36.Kf3 Rc6 37.Ke4 b5 38.c5 a5 39.Kd4 Kf5 40.Rb3 b4 41.axb4 
axb4 42.Rxb4 h4 43.gxh4 Kxf4 44.Rb6 e5+ 45.Kd5 Rc8 46.c6 e4 47.Kd6 Kg4 48.
c7 Kxh4 49.Rb8 Rxc7 50.Kxc7 Kg4 51.Rb3 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d3 Nbd7 8.b3 c6 
9.Bb2 Qe7 10.Qd2 Nb6 11.a4 a5 12.O-O Bf5 13.e4 Be6 14.d4 Rfd8 15.d5 cxd5 
16.cxd5 Bc8 17.Nb5 Nbd7 18.Ba3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Rfd1 b6 21.d6 Qd7 22.
Nec3 Bb7 23.f3 Ne8 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Rac8 26.Ra2 Qc6 27.d7 Qxd5 28.
dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 29.Rxd5 c4 30.bxc4 Rxc4 31.Bf1 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 d6 6.exd6 Qf6 7.Nh3 Nxf2 8.
Kxf2 Bxh3 9.g3 Bf5 10.Nf3 Bxd6 11.Bxd6 cxd6 12.Qd4 Nd7 13.Rd1 O-O 14.Bg2 
Rfe8 15.Rhe1 Ne5 16.Kg1 Red8 17.b3 Qe7 18.Qf4 Bg6 19.Rd2 Re8 20.Red1 Rad8 
21.Nd4 a6 22.h3 h6 23.Kh2 Bh7 24.a4 Rd7 25.Nf3 Ng6 26.Qd4 Qe3 27.Qb2 Ne5 
28.Nd4 h5 29.Nc2 Qf2 30.Qc3 Re6 31.Rf1 Qc5 32.Nd4 Ree7 33.Bd5 Nc6 34.Nf5 
Bxf5 35.Rxf5 Qe3 36.Bxf7+ Kf8 37.Be6+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc1
O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.dxe6 Nxe6 12.O-O f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.h5 Qa5 14.hxg6 hxg6 
15.a3 Rab8 16.g4 b5 17.g5 b4 18.Nb5 Nh5 19.Qxb4 Qxb4 20.axb4 Ng3 21.Bxg7 
Kxg7 22.Bd3 Nxh1 23.Rxh1 Bc4 24.Nxa7 Rc7 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.b5 Rc7 27.Nc6 
Rxb5 28.Nd4 Rxg5 29.Rf1 Rg2 30.c3 Rb7 31.Nc2 Rb3 32.Ka2 Rb8 33.Kb1 Ra8 34.
b4 Kf6 35.Kb2 Ke6 36.Kb3 Kd7 37.Ra1 Rc8 38.Ne3 Rf2 39.Nd5 Kd8 40.Rh1 Rc6 
41.b5 Rc5 42.b6 e6 43.Nc7 Kc8 44.Rh7 Rxf3 45.Kb4 Rh5 46.Rg7 Kb7 47.Nxe6 
Kxb6 48.Nd8 Re5 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 
Nxf6 9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Rd8 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.
O-O Bd7 16.Nd2 Qb6 17.Nc4 Qa6 18.Ne5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Bd6 20.Nc4 Bb5 21.Bxb7 
Rab8 22.Rfd1 Bxc4 23.Rxc4 g5 24.Bf3 Rxb2 25.Rcd4 Rc8 26.h4 h6 27.Rxd6 g4 
28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Kg2 gxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Rxa2 32.Nf4 e5 33.Nh3 h5 
34.Rb8 Kg6 35.Ng5 Ng4 36.Rg8+ Kf6 37.Ne4+ Ke6 38.Rg5 f5 39.Rxh5 Nh2+ 40.
Kg2 Ng4 41.Kf3 Nh2+ 42.Kg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zak, Uriel"]
[Black "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.b3 Qe7 10.Bb2 b6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bd3 f5 15.Qe2 c5
16.d5 exd5 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Rad1 Bf4 20.Nh4 g6 21.Bxf5 Bc6 22.
Bh3 Rae8 23.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Qc2 a5 
9.a3 Bxd2 10.Bxd2 Be4 11.Qc3 a4 12.Rad1 h6 13.Rfe1 d6 14.Bc1 Nbd7 15.Nd2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Qb3 Nb4 6.e4 dxe4 7.c5 a5 8.a3 exf3 
9.axb4 axb4 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Qxb4 Nf6 12.gxf3 Be7 13.Qa4+ Qxa4 14.Nxa4 O-O 
15.Bc4 Rd8 16.Be3 Nh5 17.O-O Bf6 18.Nc3 Bxd4 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
b4 Bf6 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.fxe4 Bc3 24.b5 Nf6 25.f3 Nd7 26.Kf2 c6 27.bxc6 bxc6 
28.Bb5 Ne5 29.Ba6 Bb4 30.Ke2 Nd7 31.Bb7 Bxc5 32.Bxc6 Ne5 33.Bb5 Bxe3 34.
Kxe3 Kf8 35.h3 Ke7 36.f4 Ng6 37.e5 f6 38.Ke4 f5+ 39.Kf3 Nh4+ 40.Kg3 Ng6 
41.Bc6 Kf7 42.Bb5 Ne7 43.Kf3 g5 44.fxg5 Ng6 45.Kg3 Nxe5 46.h4 h6 47.gxh6 
Kg6 48.h7 Kxh7 49.Kf4 Nf7 50.Bd7 Nd8 51.Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 
Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.h3 g6 12.g4 Ng7 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Kb1 O-O-O 
15.Rc1 Kb8 16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Ne8 18.Rc3 Nd6 19.Ra3 Nc8 20.Rc1 f6 21.Nd2 
h5 22.Nb3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Nc5 Bf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Rcc3 Qg7 27.Rc1 
Rde8 28.Qb4 Re7 29.Rb3 f4 30.a4 fxe3 31.fxe3 Rhe8 32.Na6+ Ka8 33.Rxc6 Nb6 
34.Rxb6 axb6 35.Qxb6 Rc8 36.Nc5 Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cugini, Verter"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Nxe2 Qxd5 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3 O-O-O 8.
c4 Qh5 9.Bb2 e6 10.Nd2 Bd6 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Ng3 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Rd7 14.Re1 f5 
15.Ne5 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rhd8 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Re2 g5 20.g4 Rd1+ 
21.Kh2 Kd7 22.f3 Nc5 23.Ba3 Nd3 24.gxf5 exf5 25.e6+ Ke8 26.e7 c5 27.Bb2 
Nxb2 28.Rxb2 Kxe7 29.Re2+ Kf6 30.Re8 b6 31.Rf8+ Kg6 32.Rg8+ Kh6 33.Ra8 Rd7
34.a4 a5 35.Rb8 Rd6 36.Kg3 Kh5 37.Rb7 h6 38.Rb8 f4+ 39.Kh3 Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kf5
41.Rf8+ Kg6 42.Rg8+ Kh5 43.Rb8 Rd3 44.g4+ fxg3 45.Rxb6 Rxf3 46.Rb5 g4+ 47.
Kg2 Kh4 48.Rxa5 Rxb3 49.Rxc5 Rb2+ 50.Kg1 Rb4 51.a5 Ra4 52.Rc6 h5 53.Rb6 
Rxa5 54.Rb1 Rc5 55.Rc1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d5 4.e5 Nh6 5.Nc3 f6 6.Be3 fxe5 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.Qd2 c5 
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.dxc5 Rb8 13.h3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
O-O-O Qa5 16.Rdf1 Rxf1+ 17.Rxf1 Qb4 18.Qd3 Qxb2+ 19.Kd2 Bf5 20.Rxf5 Qxc3+ 
0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 
d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nge2 Qb6 12.Rb1 Na6 13.b3 Rfb8 14.f3 Nc7 15.a4 
Qa6 16.Qc2 Rb7 17.Rd1 Nd7 18.h4 Rab8 19.Ba3 Ne5 20.Nf4 Rb6 21.Nce2 h5 22.
Rdc1 Qb7 23.b4 cxb4 24.Rxb4 Rxb4 25.Bxb4 Qxb4 26.Qxc7 Bf6 27.a5 Kg7 28.a6 
Ra8 29.Qb7 Qa3 30.Qxa8 Qxf3+ 31.Kg1 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Ng4 33.Ke1 Ne5 34.Qc8 Nf3+
35.Kf1 Nd2+ 36.Kg2 Qf3+ 37.Kh3 Nf1 38.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qf2+ 40.Ng2 Be5 
41.Qc4 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.b3 dxc4 4.bxc4 Qd4 5.Nc3 Qxc4 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.d3 Qa6 11.e4 e5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc6 14.Rb1 Bg4 15.f3 
Bc5 16.fxg4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Nd5 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 Nxd5 20.exd5 Ne5 21.Qb3 
b6 22.Rc2 Rd7 23.Rfc1 Nd3 24.Rd1 Nc5 25.Qf3 Re7 26.h3 h6 27.Kh2 Qa4 28.Re2
Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Re8 30.Qf1 Qxa2 31.Ra1 Qb2 32.Rxa7 Qe5 33.Qf5 Qd6 34.Qf4 Rd8 
35.Qxd6 cxd6 36.Kg1 Kf8 37.Bf1 Rd7 38.Ra8+ Ke7 39.Bb5 Rd8 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.
Kg2 Rf8 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Bc6 Kd4 44.Ke2 Kc4 45.Re7 b5 46.Kd2 b4 47.Re3 Kd4 
48.Rf3 b3 49.Rf4+ Ne4+ 50.Kc1 f6 51.Ba4 Rb8 52.Kb2 Ke3 53.Rf1 Nc5 54.Bc6 
Ke2 55.Ra1 Nd3+ 56.Kc3 b2 57.Rb1 Ke3 58.Bd7 Nf2 59.h4 Ne4+ 60.Kc2 Nxg3 61.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 62.Kxb2 Kd4 63.Be6 Nf1 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Bg5 b4 7.Bxf6 bxc3 8.Bg5 
Qa5 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.g4 Bf6 13.Bd2 Kf7 14.Be1 Rh8 15.Bf2 h5 16.
h3 Ng8 17.Kg2 Bh4 18.Qe1 Be7 19.Rh1 Ng7 20.c5 Nh6 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Rc1 Bd7 
23.a4 Rc8 24.Bxa7 Ra8 25.Bf2 Bxa4 26.Nxa4 Rxa4 27.Qc3 Qd7 28.Qc7 Rd8 29.
Qxd7 Rxd7 30.Nxe5+ dxe5 31.Bb5 Rb4 32.Bxd7 Rxb2 33.Rb1 Ra2 34.Rxb7 Bh4 35.
Rf1 Kf6 36.Kg1 Bg3 37.h4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Bxf2+ 39.Rxf2 Ra1+ 40.Kg2 g5 41.Rb6+
Ke7 42.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3
Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.h3 O-O-O 
15.Bg5 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 Be5 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bh4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc6 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 
21.Qe3 Nd5 22.Qd4 g5 23.Bg3 Nf4 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.Bxf4 gxf4 26.f3 Kd7 27.
Bc4 Ke7 28.Bd3 Kf6 29.Kg1 Rd5 30.Kf2 Re5 31.Be4 Rc5 32.c3 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 e5 
34.Re2 Rd5 35.c4 Rd4 36.Rc2 Ke6 37.b3 Kd6 38.Ke2 Kc5 39.a3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ncxe7 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.e3 
O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O c6 11.b4 Qe8 12.Rb1 Ng6 13.Qc2 f4 14.Ndxe4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Nxd6 Bxb1 18.Rxb1 fxe3 19.fxe3 Rab8 20.c5 Ne7 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Ne5+ Kh8 24.Nd7 Nf5 25.Re1 Rfe8 26.Nxb8 Nxd4 27.
Bf7 Re7 28.Rd1 Rxf7 29.Rxd4 Rf8 30.Nd7 Re8 31.Ne5 g6 32.Rd8 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qc2 Nb6 10.Rd1 a5 11.e4 h6 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Ne5 c5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Be3 Qxe5
16.Bxb6 Bc5 17.Nd5 exd5 18.Bxc5 Re8 19.Bd4 Qe7 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Rxd5 Be6 
22.Rb5 Qe7 23.e5 Red8 24.f4 Qc7 25.Qe4 Bd7 26.Rd5 Bc6 27.Qxc4 Qb6+ 28.Qc5 
Qb3 29.Rd6 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Rdc8 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 
Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nb3 a6 11.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.f4 h6 13.Bh4 Nc5 14.Bf3 g5 15.
Bf2 Ne6 16.f5 Nf4 17.Ng4 Nd7 18.Bd4 h5 19.Nf2 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Ne5 21.Rhd1 g4 
22.Ne2 Ne6 23.fxe6 Bxe6 24.Nf4 gxf3 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.gxf3 Nxf3 27.Rd7 Rb8 
28.R1d3 Nxh2 29.Rh3 Ng4 30.Rg3 Rg6 31.Nxg4 hxg4 32.Kd2 Kf8 33.Ke3 Ke8 34.
Rd2 Ke7 35.e5 b5 36.c5 Rh8 37.Kf4 Rh1 38.Rgd3 Rf1+ 39.Kg3 Rg1+ 40.Kf4 g3 
41.Rd6 Rf1+ 42.Ke3 Rg5 43.Rd7+ Kf8 44.Rg2 Rxe5+ 45.Kd4 Rg5 46.Ke3 f5 47.
Rxa7 Rg4 48.Ke2 Rh1 49.Kf3 Rh3 50.Rd7 Ke8 51.Rd6 Ke7 52.Re2+ Kf7 53.Rg2 
Rg8 54.Rxc6 Rd8 55.Rd6 Rxd6 56.cxd6 Ke6 57.Rxg3 Rh2 58.Rg2 Rxg2 59.Kxg2 
Kxd6 60.a3 Kd5 61.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Qc7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 h6 
9.Nh3 d5 10.exd5 Bxh3 11.gxh3 b5 12.Bxb5 Nxd5 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.fxe5 Rad8 
15.Rf3 Qe6 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nb4 18.Nc3 Nc6 19.d5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qh5 21.Rg3 
Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bc5+ 23.Be3 Bxe3+ 24.Rxe3 Nb8 25.d6 Nd7 26.Nd5 Rfe8 27.Ra3 
Re2 28.Rxa7 Ne5 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.b4 Rb2 31.Ra3 Rxb4 32.Re3 f6 33.Rxe5 fxe5 
34.Nc6 Rbb8 35.Nxb8 Rxb8 36.Kf2 Ke8 37.Ke3 Rb4 38.d7+ Kd8 39.Rd5 Rh4 40.
Kf3 Rxh3+ 41.Ke4 Rxh2 42.Kf5 Rxa2 43.Kg6 Rg2+ 44.Kf7 e4 45.Re5 Rg4 46.Re6 
h5 47.Rd6 h4 48.Rd1 e3 49.Ke6 e2 50.Ra1 Re4+ 51.Kd6 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Qc1 Nbd5 13.Nbd2 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Bd6 15.
Nb3 Qe7 16.Na5 Bd5 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nd5 19.Rd3 Qh4 20.Rf3 Bxe5 21.dxe5 
c5 22.Qxc5 Nxf4+ 23.Kh1 Ng6 24.Nc6 Qe4 25.Rc1 Rac8 26.Kg1 Qxe2 27.Rfc3 Kh8
28.Qb4 h6 29.Re3 Qh5 30.Rc5 Nh4 31.h3 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nd2 34.Qf4 
Nc4 35.Re4 Qd7 36.Rexc4 bxc4 37.Qxc4 Rc7 38.Qxa6 Rfc8 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qc2 
a5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.e3 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Bf4 O-O 13.O-O-O Re8 14.h3 Nd7 15.
Bd6 Qf6 16.Bd3 b6 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Be4 Bb7 19.Rhe1 bxc5 20.Bg3 Nf8 21.Bd5 
Ng6 22.h4 Nf4 23.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 24.Kb1 g6 25.Ng5 Rf8 26.Ne4 Rae8 27.Nxc5 Ba8 
28.g3 Qc7 29.Qd2 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 e6 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Nge7 8.d3 O-O 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 b6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.d4 e5 13.Na3 Bg4 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nb8 
16.Bg2 Nd7 17.Nb5 Nf6 18.h3 a6 19.Na3 b5 20.Nc2 Nd7 21.a4 Nb6 22.b3 bxa4 
23.bxa4 Nc4 24.Qe2 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 f5 26.Nc4 Rb8 27.Rab1 Qc7 28.Qd3 Rxb1 29.
Rxb1 Rb8 30.Qc2 f4 31.g4 Bf6 32.Rxb8 Qxb8 33.Qb2 Qxb2 34.Nxb2 Nc8 35.Bf1 
a5 36.Ba6 Nb6 37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.Bb7 Ke7 40.Bc6 Kd8 41.Ke2 Bh4 42.
Bb5 Bf6 43.Nd3 Kc8 44.Kd2 Bd8 45.Nc1 Kb8 46.Kc2 g5 47.Nb3 Nc8 48.Kd3 Ka7 
49.Bd7 c4+ 50.Kd2 cxb3 51.Bxc8 Bb6 52.Bd7 Bxf2 53.Kc1 Be1 54.Kb2 Kb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Cugini, Verter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Qc7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Ne7 8.Be3 O-O 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 Na6 11.a3 f5 12.f3 Be6 13.b4 f4 14.Bf2 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Bf8 
16.c5 b5 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Nc8 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Qb7 22.
Nxe5 Nd6 23.Qb3+ Kg7 24.Ng4 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bb5 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Bg5
a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Rxe5 11.Nxc6 Qe8 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd5 Qd6
15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.Re1 Kf8 17.c3 Qxb2 18.Qh5 h6 19.Qc5+ d6 20.Qxc7 Be6 21.
Qxd6+ Kg8 22.c4 Rc8 23.c5 Qb4 24.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Qa4 9.Qg4 Nc6 10.Nf3 Nge7 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1 f5 14.exf6 Rxf6 
15.Bg5 e5 16.Qh5 e4 17.Bxf6 exd3 18.Ng5 Nce5 19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.Qxg7+ Ke8 21.
Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zak, Uriel"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c3 c6 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.e4 Bg4 
9.Re1 e5 10.Nc4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 b5 12.Ne3 Nbd7 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Qc2 Re7 15.Ba3 
Rae8 16.Rad1 a5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Bg2 c5 19.Qd2 Re6 20.Qe2 b4 21.Bb2 bxc3 
22.Bxc3 Nc6 23.f3 Nd4 24.Qd3 a4 25.bxa4 Nd7 26.Nd5 Qa7 27.Nf4 R6e7 28.Nd5 
Re6 29.Kh1 Nb6 30.Nxb6 Qxb6 31.a5 Qb5 32.Qb1 Qa4 33.Bxd4 Bxd4 34.a6 d5 35.
Qb3 Rxa6 36.Qxa4 Rxa4 37.exd5 Rd8 38.Re2 Rxd5 39.f4 Rd6 40.Rc2 h5 41.Bf1 
h4 42.Kg2 hxg3 43.hxg3 Ra3 44.Bc4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Qc7 9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 d6 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh7 Nd7 15.Nxf8
Rxf8 16.Qg4 dxe5 17.Bxh6 Bf6 18.Re3 e4 19.Bb5 g6 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Bxf8 Kxf8
22.Rxe4 Qc6 23.Re3 Bh4 24.f3 g5 25.g3 f5 26.Qh5 f4 27.Qh6+ Ke7 28.Rxe6+ 
Qxe6 29.Qxe6+ Kxe6 30.Re1+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cavatorta, Fosco"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Nd7 7.Ne5 Ngf6 8.Nd2 a5 
9.Be2 a4 10.Qxb6 Nxb6 11.O-O Be7 12.a3 Nfd7 13.c4 g5 14.Bg3 h5 15.cxd5 h4 
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Be5 f6 19.d5 Nxd5 20.Bd4 g4 21.Ne4 Rh6 22.
Rfd1 Kc7 23.Rac1 Ra5 24.Bc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxc5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.f4 Be6 8.Nf3 
Nd7 9.Be2 Ne7 10.O-O c6 11.Be3 b6 12.Rad1 Ke8 13.Ng5 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nc5 15.
Bd6 h6 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.e5 Nf5 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Rd2 Ne3 20.b3 Nxf1 21.Kxf1 Ng5
22.Bg4 Rd8 23.h4 h5 24.hxg5 hxg4 25.Ne4 Rd7 26.Kf2 Kd8 27.Kg3 Re8 28.Kf4 
f5 29.Nf6 Bxf6 30.gxf6 Re6 31.Kg5 Rxe5 32.Bxe5 Rxd2 33.Kxg6 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cugini, Verter"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O e6 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Nxd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Nf5 12.Nc3 d6 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.
a4 Rac8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bd2 Qa6 19.b3 Nd4 20.Bb4 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Bf5 
22.Nxd6 Bxb1 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Qxb1 Nd4 25.Rc1 Re8 26.Bf1 b5 27.Qd3 f5 28.
Rc7 Be5 29.Rc5 Qf6 30.Bc3 bxa4 31.bxa4 g4 32.Bxd4 Bxd4 33.Rc6 Qe5 34.Rc1 
Qxd5+ 35.Bg2 Qe5 36.Qd2 Qg7 37.Kg1 Rd8 38.Qa5 Qf6 39.Qe1 Bb2 40.Rc6 Rd6 
41.Rc8+ Rd8 42.Rxd8+ Qxd8 43.Qe6+ Kg7 44.Bd5 Qf6 45.Qd7+ Kh6 46.Qxa7 f4 
47.Be4 Qg7 48.Qb6+ Qf6 49.Qc7 fxg3 50.Qxh7+ Kg5 51.hxg3 Qh6 52.Qb7 Qf6 53.
Qd5+ Qe5 54.Qg8+ Qg7 55.Qd8+ Qf6 56.Qd2+ Kh5 57.Qd5+ Kh6 58.Bf5 Bd4 59.Qe4
Bb6 60.Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.f5 Nge7 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.d3 
O-O 9.O-O d5 10.Bb3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 Nd4 13.Nexd4 cxd4 14.Qe1 a5 15.Bg5 
Ra7 16.Qh4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Qd6 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Ng5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qe5 21.Qa8 
Qe3+ 22.Kh1 1-0

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qa5+ 16.Nd2 Na6 17.Qc4 Nc7 18.Rc1 Ne6 19.d5 Rfd8 20.O-O Qxd2 21.dxe6 
fxe6 22.Bg4 Kh8 23.Bxe6 Be7 24.Qe4 Rab8 25.Bb3 Bf8 26.Bc2 Kg8 27.Qh7+ Kf7 
28.Bb3+ Kf6 29.Qg8 Qd7 30.Rfd1 Qe7 31.g3 a5 32.Qc4 g5 33.Qc3+ Qe5 34.Qxa5 
Be7 35.Qa6+ Kg7 36.Qc4 Rf8 37.Rd7 Rb6 38.Qxc5 Qxc5 39.Rxc5 Kf6 40.Rcc7 Bb4
41.Rh7 Ke5 42.Rc4 Rff6 43.f4+ gxf4 44.exf4+ Kd6 45.Kg2 Bc5 46.Kf3 Rb8 47.
Ra4 Kc6 48.Ra6+ Bb6 49.a4 Kc5 50.a5 Bd8 51.Rxf6 Rxb3+ 52.Kg4 Bxf6 53.Rxh6 
Bd4 54.a6 Kd5 55.Kf5 Rb8 56.Rg6 Rf8+ 57.Kg4 Ke4 58.h4 Bf2 59.h5 Rh8 60.h6 
Rh7 61.Re6+ Kd5 62.f5 Rf7 63.Re2 Bc5 64.Kg5 Ra7 65.Ra2 Be3+ 66.Kg6 Bd4 67.
f6 Ke6 68.g4 Bxf6 69.Re2+ Be5 70.h7 Rxa6 71.Kh5 Ra8 72.g5 Kf5 73.Rxe5+ 
Kxe5 74.g6 Kf5 75.Kh6 Ra1 76.h8=Q Rh1+ 77.Kg7 Rxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Qe2 d6 11.Nb3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 b5 13.f4 Ned7 14.Qg3 O-O 15.a3 
Bb7 16.Rae1 e5 17.Qh4 h6 18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Rf5 Re6 21.Ref1 Rae8 
22.Qg3 Qb6 23.Nd2 Qd6 24.Nb3 Kh8 25.Na5 Ba8 26.Nb3 Rc8 27.Qe3 Kg8 28.Rd1 
Qe7 29.Rdf1 Rd6 30.Qg3 Qd8 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Qg3 Qb6 33.Qe1 Re8 34.Qg3 Re7 35.
Qe1 Nf8 36.Nd2 Ng6 37.g3 Bb7 38.Qf2 Bc8 39.Rxf6 Rxf6 40.Qxb6 Rxb6 41.Nd5 
Rd6 42.Nxe7+ Nxe7 43.Kg2 Be6 44.Nf3 f6 45.Rd1 Kf7 46.Rd2 Rc6 47.h4 h5 48.
Kf2 Nc8 49.Be2 Nd6 50.Ke3 Bc4 51.c3 Ke7 52.Ne1 g6 53.Nd3 a5 54.Nf2 Bxe2 
55.Kxe2 Ke6 56.Kf3 Rc4 57.Re2 f5 58.exf5+ gxf5 59.Nd3 Ne4 60.Rc2 Kd5 61.
Ne1 Rc8 62.Ng2 Rg8 63.Ne3+ Ke6 64.Rg2 Rxg3+ 65.Rxg3 Nxg3 66.Kxg3 f4+ 67.
Kf3 fxe3 68.Kxe3 a4 69.Ke2 Kd5 70.Ke3 Kc4 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O h6 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 
axb6 9.Nc3 e6 10.d3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Kd7 12.Be3 Bc5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Ne5+ Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxb6 Nc4 17.Bd4 Ra5 18.a4 Bc2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nd4 Bg6 21.b4 
Ra7 22.a5 Nd6 23.Nb3 Rha8 24.Rac1 Rb8 25.Nc5+ Ke8 26.Rfd1 b6 27.Nb3 Kd7 
28.Nd4 Raa8 29.Ra1 bxa5 30.bxa5 Ra6 31.Bf1 Nc4 32.e3 Rxa5 33.Rxa5 Nxa5 34.
Ra1 Nc4 35.Ra7+ Kd6 36.Ra6+ Nb6 37.Ra7 Nc8 38.Ra6+ Kc7 39.Nb5+ Kd7 40.Kg2 
Rb6 41.Ra4 Nd6 42.Nxd6 Rxd6 43.Bb5+ Ke7 44.Rh4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Ne7 6.Nxe5 d6 7.Bb5+ Kf8 8.Nf3 
Nxe4 9.Qd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Nf5 12.Qd3 h6 13.Bd2 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.
Bb3 Qe8+ 16.Kf1 Ne7 17.c4 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Bb7 19.Rb1 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Nexd5 21.c4
Nb6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Nd2 Nbd7 24.f3 Re8 25.Kf2 Ne5 26.Qd4 h5 27.Rhe1 Nfd7 28.
Kg1 f6 29.h3 Kf7 30.Bf2 Nc5 31.Re3 Ne6 32.Qd5 Qxd5 33.cxd5 Nf4 34.Ra3 Nxd5
35.Rxa6 Ra8 36.Rxa8 Rxa8 37.Rb5 Ke6 38.Rb2 Nd3 39.Rc2 N3b4 40.Rc4 Rxa2 41.
Nb3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.O-O Nc7 8.d3 
Bg7 9.Be3 b6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qh4 e5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh6 O-O 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.a3 
Qe7 16.Rab1 a5 17.Rfc1 Rad8 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qe3 Qf6 20.Qd2 Rfe8 21.Ne1 a4 22.
Nxa4 Nd4 23.b3 Nxb3 24.Rxb3 Bxa4 25.Rbb1 Rd6 26.Qc3 Nb5 27.Qb2 Nd4 28.Rc4 
Bc6 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.e3 Ne6 31.a4 Nc7 32.Qc3 Nd5 33.Qb2 Nb4 34.Kg2 Rd8 35.
Qc3 Rcd6 36.d4 exd4 37.exd4 Rxd4 38.Rbxb4 cxb4 39.Rc7+ Kh8 40.Qe3 Re4 41.
Qc1 b3 42.Nf3 b2 43.Qc2 Rb4 44.Nd2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "XIX Festival A"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zak, Uriel"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1998.12.05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 Nge7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ng3
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qd7 10.Nce2 Bd6 11.Bf4 O-O-O 12.Bxd6 1/2-1/2

