[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Marco, Ivan"]
[Black "Santagati, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nb3 h5 9. Be2 h4 10. h3 Rg8 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bg4 e6 13. Ne3 Ne5 14. Be2 Bh6 15.
Ng4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Bg5 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Rhd3 Bf4 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. a3 Bc6 23. f3 Rh8 24. Bf1 Bb5 25. Rd4 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 h3 27. gxh3 Rxh3
28. R4d3 Rah8 29. Re1 Rh2 30. Rc3 Bg3 31. Re2 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Seminara, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Re2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb4 19. a3 Ba5 20. b4 Bb6 21.
Rae1 Kf8 22. a4 a6 23. b5 Ba5 24. Qc5+ Re7 25. bxc6 Bxe1 26. cxb7 Bxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Rb8 28. Rc2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Kg8 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Rc8+ Qd8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8
33. Ke3 a5 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Bf5 Rb8 36. Bc8 f5 37. Kc4 f4 38. g4 g5 39. Kd3 Ke7
40. Ke4 Kd6 41. d5 Kc7 42. Kf5 Kd6 43. Ke4 Kc7 44. Ke5 Rxc8 45. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8
46. Ke6 Kd8 47. d6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leonardi, Alfio"]
[Black "Imbraguglia, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bg5 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
cxd4 f5 9. exf5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxf5 11. Qd3 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Bg7 13. Ne2 a6 14. a3
b5 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Kd7 19. Kd2 f5 20. Bb1 Na5 21.
Ba2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rc2 h5 25. Rg1 Bf6 26. Rg6 Ke7 27. Ke3
d5 28. Rc3 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rhg8 30. Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Ng3 f4+ 32. Kxf4 Bg5+ 33. Ke5 h4
0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pinton, Maurizio"]
[Black "Meli, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e3 4. fxe3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxe5 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Bb5+ Ned7 12. Qxa7 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14.
Qa4 Bd6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qg4 Rb4 17. Rd4 f5 18. Qf3 Rxd4 19. exd4 Qh4 20. Qd5+
Kh8 21. g3 Qh5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Qg2 c5 24. Nb5 Bb8 25. d5 f4 26. gxf4 Nxd5 27.
Rf1 c4 28. Nc3 Ne7 29. Ne4 Ng6 30. Ng5 h6 31. Qh3 Qe2 32. Bc3 Ne5 33. Re1 Ba7+
34. Kh1 Qf2 35. fxe5 Bd4 36. Ne4 Qxc2 37. Bxd4 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qa4 39. e6 Rg8 40.
Rg1 Qc6 41. Bxg7+ Kh7 42. Qe5 Rc8 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qf7+ Kh7 45. Bxh6+ 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosolia, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Casto, Corrado"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. b3 Bf5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4
e6 9. O-O Rc8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rxd4 14. Bb5+ Nd7
15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Qh5 Qxb3 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Qa5 Bf6
21. h4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kh2 Qg4 25. h5 Qxf4 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. Qxa7 Qxf2 28. Qxb7 h6 29. a4 Rf4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Kh3 g5 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russo, Alfio"]
[Black "Pierantozzi, Stanislao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb5 Nxe4 17. Re1 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
Qa4 Rad8 22. Nc5 Re7 23. b4 d4 24. Rcd1 Bc6 25. Qa3 f6 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Qb3 Bd5
28. Qb2 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qc6 31. Ne4 Rb7 32. Qa5 Rc8 33. f3 Rb2 34. h4
Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Qc2 36. Rg1 Qf2 37. Qa6 Rg8 38. Qe6 d3 39. h5 h6 40. Rg4 d2 41.
Qd7 Qe1 42. Re4 Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Russo, Carmelo"]
[Black "Avola, Salvatore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. Ng5 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ b5 11. cxb5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e5 13. e3 h6 14. exd4 hxg5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxg5 Kf8 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qa6 Qe8 19. Rh1 Qh5 20. Bxf6 Qh3+
21. Kg1 gxf6 22. Qe6 Qh5 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. Rd7 f4 25. Qe6 Re8 26. Rxc7 fxg3 27.
fxg3 Bc5+ 28. Rxc5 Rxe6 29. Rc7 Re7 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rxh8 Qxh8 32. Kf2 Rd7 33.
Ne4 Qa8 34. Re1 Qd5 35. a4 f5 36. Ng5+ Kf6 37. h4 e4 38. Nh3 Qb3 39. Nf4 Qf3+
40. Kg1 Qxg3+ 41. Ng2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomaselli, Maurizio"]
[Black "Sileci, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 Na5 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. h5 Qb6 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. g4 Ke8 21.
g5 Nh5 22. Qxh7 Nf4 23. Qg7 Be6 24. Nd4 Bf7 25. Rh8 Rxh8 26. Qxh8+ Kd7 27. Qg7
Be6 28. Ndb5 Qc5 29. Rxd6+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rd8 Qe3+ 32. Kb1 Qe1+ 33. Nd1
1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tricomi, Massimo"]
[Black "Sardo, Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bg3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bb5 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Ndf3 cxd4 14. exd4 f6
15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd3 Nf4 18. Qf1 c5 19. g3 Ng6 20. Qd3 e5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qf5 Rab8 23. Qc2 d4 24. O-O Rfc8 25. Qa4 Qd5 26. cxd4 Qxf3 27.
Qxa7 Rxb2 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Qe7 Rb7 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33.
Qxc8+ Rf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. a4 Qa8 36. Ra1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casto, Corrado"]
[Black "Pinton, Maurizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nf3 Nxf3+ 6. exf3 e5 7. Bxc4 a6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. f4 exf4 11. Qf3 b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bxf4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. Rad1 Rae8 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Qc3 Ng4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. g3 Qb6 21.
Qf3 Ne5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxe1 25. Bb4 Ng2 26. Kxg2 Rxe3 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Kf2 Re7 29. d6 cxd6 30. Rxd6 g6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Re4 33. Bd1
Rb4 34. Rd2 Ke7 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 f5 37. Rc2 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Rd2+ Ke5
40. Rc2 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 g5 42. Rc5+ Ke4 43. Rc2 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Rc4+ Ke5 46.
Rc2 Ke4 47. Rd2 Rh3 48. Kg2 Rd3 49. Rc2 Re3 50. Rd2 f3+ 51. Kf2 Rb3 52. Kg3 Rb7
53. Rc2 Rg7+ 54. Kh3 Ke3 55. b4 f2 56. Rc3+ Kd2 57. Rf3 Ke2 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Imbraguglia, Fabio"]
[Black "Avola, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 Qxd4 7. Qxd4
Nxd4 8. Nf3 Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Nb4 10. a3 Nc6 11. e3 g6 12. Bb5 Bg7 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
b4 e6 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Ne7 17. Ke2 f6 18. Nd4 e5 19. Nb3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1
21. Kxd1 Nd5 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. Kc2 Rc8 24. Nc5 Nb6 25. Kc3 Rc7 26. e4 Nc8 27. Na6
Rb7 28. Nc5 Rc7 29. f3 Nd6 30. a4 Nb7 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Kc4 Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7
34. Kc5 Kc7 35. g3 Kd7 36. f4 Kc7 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. b5 cxb5 39. axb5 Kb7 40.
Kd5 Kb6 41. Kxe5 Kxb5 42. Kd6 a5 43. e5 a4 44. e6 a3 45. e7 a2 46. e8=Q+ Kb4
47. Qa8 Kb3 48. Ke6 Kb2 49. Kf7 a1=Q 50. Qxa1+ Kxa1 51. Kg7 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meli, Massimo"]
[Black "Rosolia, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pierantozzi, Stanislao"]
[Black "Leonardi, Alfio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Bb2 e5
15. dxe5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxe5 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bxe5
Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rf1 c5 24. Bd1 b6 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Rd1 Ne4 27.
Re1 f5 28. Bd1 Qd4 29. Qxd4+ cxd4 30. f3 Nd6 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. f4
Nc7 34. Bf3 h6 35. Ke2 Ne6 36. g3 g5 37. fxg5+ Nxg5 38. Bg2 Ke5 39. Kd3 Ne4 40.
g4 Nc5+ 41. Ke2 fxg4 42. hxg4 Kf4 43. b4 Na6 44. a3 Kxg4 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Kxd4
Ke6 47. Ke4 Nc7 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Ke5 Ne8 50. Bh3+ Kc6 51. Bg2+ Kc7 52. Ke6 Nd6
53. Bd5 b5 54. cxb5 Nxb5 55. a4 Kb6 56. a5+ Kc7 57. Bh1 h5 58. Kf5 Nd4+ 59. Kg5
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Russo, Carmelo"]
[Black "Tricomi, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santagati, Alessandro"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 Nbd5 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. Bxc3 Bd6 13. e4 Be7 14. Rfe1
O-O 15. Ne5 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. Re3 g6 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. e5 Bc7 20. Re4 Qh5 21.
Be2 Qf5 22. Bg4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd5 25. Bf6 h5 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. Bxh5
Bb6 28. Bxg6+ fxg6 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sardo, Gabriele"]
[Black "Tomaselli, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 12. Ne5+ c6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bf4
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Rhf1 h6 17. Nf7 Bxf7 18. Bxf7 Rhf8 19. Bg6 Qe6 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Bxe4 Rde8 22. Bf5+ Kc7 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Bh3 Ne3 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Re1
Qe7 27. Qa5+ Kb8 28. Qh5 Kc7 29. Bf5 Rf8 30. Bd3 Kd7 31. Qa5 Rf2 32. d5 cxd5
33. Bb5+ Kc8 34. Qc3+ Kd8 35. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Rxh2 37. g4 Rg2 38. Be2 Kd7
39. Bf3 Rg3 40. Rd3 Ke7 41. Kd2 b6 42. Ke2 Rh3 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Bg2 g5 45. Rxd5
Rh4 46. Kg3 h5 47. Rxg5 Rxg4+ 48. Rxg4 hxg4 49. Kxg4 Kd6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seminara, Antonio"]
[Black "Russo, Alfio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Qd2 d5 6. e5 Ne8 7. Be2 f6 8. Bh6
f5 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 e6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Nd8 14. Bxg7 Qxg7
15. Ng5 Nf7 16. Rh7 Qxh7 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Rh1+ Kg7 19. g4 Rh8 20. Rxh8 Kxh8
21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Bh5 Kg7 23. Qe3 Kf8 24. Qg3 Ng7 25. Bxf7 Kxf7 26. Qh4 Ne8 27.
Ne2 a5 28. Nf4 Ra6 29. Qh7+ Ng7 30. Nh5 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sileci, Salvatore"]
[Black "De Marco, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avola, Salvatore"]
[Black "Rosolia, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Be3 Be7 5. d5 Ngf6 6. Nfd2 c6 7. c4 cxd5 8.
cxd5 Qa5 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. f3 O-O 11. a3 Qd8 12. Be2 Nh5 13. b4 Nd7 14. g3 a5 15.
Nc4 b6 16. O-O Ba6 17. b5 Bb7 18. Na4 Bg5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bf6 21. Rc1 g6
22. Nxd6 Rb8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Bg7 25. Nf5 Nf6 26. Qg5 Ne8 27. Bxb6 Qxg5+
28. fxg5 Kh8 29. Bc5 Rg8 30. Ne7 Be5 31. Nxg8 Kxg8 32. Rf5 f6 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34.
Rcf1 Bc8 35. Rxf6 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Bh3 37. b6 Kg7 38. Rf4 Kh6 39. Rh4+ Kg5 40.
Rxh3 h5 41. Rg3+ Kh6 42. h4 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Pierantozzi, Stanislao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. Qc2 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Bc5 10. a3 a6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. d3 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 f6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qc4 Bd7 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bb5 21. Qb3
dxe5 22. d6+ Kh8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc3 c6 25. Ne4 Rcd8 26. Rc3 c5 27. bxc5 Bc6
28. Qc2 Bb8 29. Qe2 Bc7 30. Rcc1 Qe6 31. Red1 Qb3 32. Qh5 Qb2 33. f4 Qxa3 34.
Rc3 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qb4 36. Qb3 Qa5 37. Nd6 Qa1+ 38. Bf1 Bxd6 39. cxd6 Bb5 40.
Rd3 Bxd3 41. Qxd3 exf4 42. gxf4 Qf6 43. Qe4 Qxd6 44. Bd3 g6 45. h4 b5 46. h5
Kg7 47. hxg6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Imbraguglia, Fabio"]
[Black "Santagati, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 b5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Nb1 Nb6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bc5 Nc4
22. Qe2 Be7 23. Qa2 a5 24. Rc1 Qa6 25. Qb3 axb4 26. axb4 Bg5 27. Rc2 Ra8 28.
Nc3 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 h6 30. Nxb5 Qf1 31. Ra2 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Qe1 33. g3 Nd2 34. h4
Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leonardi, Alfio"]
[Black "Russo, Carmelo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Bd7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bh6 Nxd4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Bb3 Qb6
15. g4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 a5 17. g5 Ne8 18. a3 Bh3 19. Rg1 Nc7 20. Rg3 Be6 21. Bd5
b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 axb4 24. Bxe6 bxc3 25. Bb3 Nb5 26. bxc3 Nxc3 27. Kd2
Nb5 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. Ba4 Na3 30. Kd3 e5 31. Rg2 Rc4 32. Bb3 Rd4+ 33. Ke3 Nb1 34.
Re2 h6 35. h4 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nc3 37. Rd2 Nd1+ 38. Ke2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Nf2 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinton, Maurizio"]
[Black "Sardo, Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c5 5. e4 Qb6 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. c3 e6 11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rd1
Be7 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Qc4 Qb6 17. Qd4 Nc5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nc4 Bxd4 20. Nxb6
Bxb6 21. c4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Nf4 Rd4 25. Ke2 Rdxc4 26. Rd2 Ba5
27. Rb2 Rc2+ 28. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 29. Kd3 Rxa2 30. Rc1 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Nd3 b5
33. Rb1 a6 34. Ne5 g6 35. Nc6 Bb6+ 36. Kf4 Rd2 37. Ke5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Rxg2 39. Ra1
f6 40. e5 f5 41. h4 h6 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russo, Alfio"]
[Black "De Marco, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sileci, Salvatore"]
[Black "Casto, Corrado"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Rg4 Nf5 16. Ne5 h5 17. Rf4 g5 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Qxh5 Kg7 20. Nxf7 Qf6 21.
Nxg5 Rh8 22. Ne6+ Kg8 23. Nf4+ Kg7 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Ng5+ Kg7 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27.
Ng5+ Kf8 28. Nh7+ Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Be4 30. Re1 Rd8 31. d5 Qxb2 32. d6 Qg7 33.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomaselli, Maurizio"]
[Black "Seminara, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne4 12. Qe5 Nf6 13. Qd6 Ne4 14. Qb4
d5 15. Be3 a5 16. Qa4 O-O 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Bc5 Re8 20. h4 e5 21. h5
e4 22. h6 Bf5 23. hxg7 Qc7 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Ba3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Be2 Ng6
28. g4 exf3 29. Bxf3 Be4 30. Rdf1 Kxg7 31. Bc5 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Re6 33. Rfh3 Rae8
34. Rxh7+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ Kg5 36. Rf5+ Kxg4 37. Rhh5 Re1+ 38. Kd2 R1e2+ 39. Kc3
Nf4 40. Rhg5+ Kf3 41. Rg7 R8e4 42. b3 a4 43. Rfg5 d4+ 44. Kb2 axb3 45. Rg3+ Kf2
46. axb3 Rd2 47. Bd6 d3 48. Bc5+ Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tricomi, Massimo"]
[Black "Meli, Massimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avola, Salvatore"]
[Black "Pinton, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Bd6 7. O-O-O Be6
8. Nb5 Ke7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6+ gxf6 11. f5 Bd7 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bc4 Rc8 14. Bd5
Bc6 15. Ne2 Na6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bb3 a5 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5+ Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc4
21. Rhd1 Rc6 22. Rb5 b6 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. c3 Rg8 25. g3 Rg4 26. Re3 Rc4 27. Rxb6
Rgxe4 28. Rd3 Re2 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Rxd6 Rxh2 31. Rxf6 Re4 32. Rd6 Re1+ 33. Rd1
Ree2 34. f6 Rc2+ 35. Kb1 Rcd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rxe5 Rf2 39. Rxa5
Rxf6 40. Re5 Rf3 41. g4 Rf4 42. Rh5 Kg7 43. g5 hxg5 44. Rxg5+ Kh6 45. Rg8 f5
46. b4 Rf2 47. b5 Re2 48. a4 f4 49. b6 Re6 50. a5 Rf6 51. b7 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casto, Corrado"]
[Black "Imbraguglia, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Qa5 9. h4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Ne5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd5 cxd5 17. h5 Ba6 18. Be7 Rfc8 19. Kb2 Qa4 20.
Qxa4 bxa4 21. Bc2 Rab8+ 22. Bb4 Bc4 23. Ka3 Bxa2 24. h6 Rb7 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26.
Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rh3 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leonardi, Alfio"]
[Black "De Marco, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meli, Massimo"]
[Black "Sileci, Salvatore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2
a6 9. Bh6 b5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. g4 Be6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Nde5 14. h5 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bd1 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e6 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nf5 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. Bb3 d5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. Bc2 Ng3 26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kd1
Rf2 28. Qe1 Qf3+ 29. Kc1 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 Rb8+ 31. Bb3 c4 32. Qxe6 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1
Qxf1+ 34. Kb2 Qf2+ 35. Kc1 Qf4+ 36. Kd1 cxb3 37. axb3 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qxa1 39.
Qe5+ Kf7 40. Qxd5+ Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qxb8 Qb2+ 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Kd4 Qg1+ 45.
Kc4 Qxg5 46. Qc7+ Kg8 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qxa6 Qf4+ 51.
Kb5 Qe5+ 52. Kb4 Qe7+ 53. Kc4 Qf7+ 54. Kb4 Qe7+ 55. Ka4 Qd7+ 56. Ka3 Qe7+ 57.
b4 Qe1 58. Qb7+ Kh6 59. Kb3 Qd1+ 60. Kc4 Qg4+ 61. Qe4 Qc8+ 62. Kb3 Qg8+ 63. c4
Qf7 64. b5 Qf1 65. d4 Qd1+ 66. Kb4 Qd2+ 67. Kc5 Qg5+ 68. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rosolia, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Tricomi, Massimo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Bc8 8.
Nc3 a6 9. e3 Bg7 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bxa6 O-O 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Be6
15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Ra8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nc7 Ra5 20. b4 Rxa3 21.
Nxd5 e6 22. Nb6 Bc6 23. b5 Nc3 24. Bc4 Nxb5 25. d5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5
Nc3 28. Bc4 b5 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Bxb5 Rb8 31. Bd7 Rcb3 32. Ba4 Rb1 33. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 34. Kh2 Kf8 35. g3 Ke7 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. g4 Rb1 38. Bc6 h6 39. Nh4 Rc1 40.
Bd5 Bc3 41. f4 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Be1 43. Ng2 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rd2+ 45. Nxe1 Rxd5 46. h4
Kd6 47. Nf3 Rd3 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Nd4 Kd5 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. f5 Ra1 52. fxg6 fxg6
53. h5 g5 54. Nf5 Ra6 55. Ne7+ Ke5 56. Nf5 Rf6 57. Ke2 Ke4 58. Ng3+ Kd5 59. Nf5
Kc4 60. Kf3 Kd3 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. Kg3 Rxf5 63. gxf5 Kxf5 64. Kf3 g4+ 65. Kg3 Kg5
66. e4 Kxh5 67. e5 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russo, Alfio"]
[Black "Tomaselli, Maurizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rfc1 c5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne1 f5
15. g3 Nf6 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Ng2 g5 18. h4 Rf7 19. a4 Rg7 20. a5 Ng4 21. axb6
axb6 22. Ra7 Rc7 23. Rd1 gxh4 24. Nxh4 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxh4 26. Kf1 Qg4 27. Ke1
Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Rd6 Rge7 31. Ra5 f4 32. Nxc5 Kf7 33. b4 Kf6
34. Ra7 e3 35. Rb6 {...} 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russo, Carmelo"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Qb6 8. a3 c5
9. Qd2 a5 10. c4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 cxb4 13. Qa2 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15.
Rb1 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Nb3 a5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 a4 20. Na5 b3 21. Nxb3
axb3 22. Rxb3 Ng4 23. Ba7 Ne5 24. Rb7 Bc6 25. Rxe7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nc6 27. Rb7
Nxa7 28. Rxa7 Re8 29. e3 Rb8 30. Ra6 Bf8 31. Rc6 Kg7 32. d4 Rb2 33. h4 h5 34.
Rc7 Rc2 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. c5 dxc5 38. dxc5 Rc2 39. c6 Ke6 40. Rc8 Bd6
41. e4 Be5 42. Re8+ Kd6 43. c7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sardo, Gabriele"]
[Black "Santagati, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Bb7
15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qc5 Rc7 20. Qb6 Qe7
21. Rc5 Qd6 22. a4 Rd7 23. h3 Rc8 24. Rac1 bxa4 25. Ra1 Qe7 26. Qb4 Rb8 27.
Rxa4 Bc8 28. Qc3 Rb6 29. e4 Bb7 30. e5 Qd8 31. Be4 Ba8 32. Rac4 Kg7 33. g3 Qb8
34. b4 Qd8 35. Kg2 Qb8 36. h4 h5 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Qd8 39. Kh2 Bxc6 40.
Rxc6 Rxd4 41. Rd6 Rxd6 42. exd6+ Kh7 43. Qc7 Qf6 44. Kg1 Qe5 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46.
d7 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seminara, Antonio"]
[Black "Pierantozzi, Stanislao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Ngf6 7. Nd2 e6 8.
Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 c5 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qb1 Nfe4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rfd1 Qh4 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qa3
Ne4 21. cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 exd5 23. Qb3 b6 24. h3 Nc5 25. Qc3 Qf5 26. b4 Ne6
27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Re8 29. b5 Qd7 30. Rc6 Re4 31. Qd3 f5 32. Qc3 Re7 33. a4
Kh7 34. a5 bxa5 35. Qxa5 d4 36. exd4 Qxd4 37. b6 Re5 38. b7 Rxa5 39. b8=Q Ra1+
40. Kh2 Qxf2 41. Qe8 Qf4+ 42. g3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Sardo, Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qc2 a6 7. Bg5 g6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Qb3 Be6 10. e3 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. h5 Na5 14. Qc2 Kg7
15. Nh4 f5 16. h6+ Kg8 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Kh8 19. Bxh7 Nc4 20. Bf5 Bb4 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. a3 Nxa3 23. Qb3 Bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Nb5 25. Rc1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qa5 27.
O-O Qxc3 28. Qb1 Qc7 29. Qg6 Qf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. g4 Kh7 32. g5 Rc7 33. Kg2
Kg6 34. Rh1 Nd6 35. f4 b5 36. Kf3 a5 37. Kg4 b4 38. Rb1 Rb7 39. Rc1 b3 40. Rc6
b2 41. Rxd6 b1=Q 42. Rxe6+ Kh7 43. f5 a4 44. Kh5 Qd1+ 45. Kh4 a3 46. Re8 Qh1+
47. Kg4 Qg2+ 48. Kf4 a2 49. g6+ Kxh6 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rh7+ Kf6 52. Rxb7 Qe4+
53. Kg3 Qxe3+ 54. Kg4 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meli, Massimo"]
[Black "Leonardi, Alfio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. h3 a6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bh6 Qb6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Qb4 17. Qe3 c5 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. f4 e6 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxb1+ 24. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Kh2 Rd1 26. Qxc5
Nd5 27. c4 Rc1 28. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pierantozzi, Stanislao"]
[Black "Casto, Corrado"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 Bb7 7. e3 d5 8. Be2
Bd6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rae8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. h3 Ndf6
15. a4 Nh5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Ng3+ 20. Kxh2 Nf1+
21. Kg1 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pinton, Maurizio"]
[Black "Russo, Carmelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 e6 9. Qd2 Qf6 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxf7 Bxe2 13. Nxd8 Bb4 14. Nxc6
Bxc3 15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Qxc3 Rf8 17. f4 Bc4 18. b3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Be2 20. Kxe2
Qg6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Santagati, Alessandro"]
[Black "Avola, Salvatore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c5 Nf6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg3 f5 14. b4 Bh4 15.
Qb3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Kf7 17. f3 Rh8 18. Kf2 Qf6 19. Rad1 f4 20. gxf4 Rh2 21. Rg1
Qh4+ 22. Kf1 Qg3 23. Bd3 Rah8 24. Ne2 Qh4 25. Qb1 Ne7 26. a4 Nf6 27. g3 Qh3+
28. Ke1 Nh5 29. Qc1 Rg2 30. Kd2 Qxg3 31. Rdf1 Nf5 32. Kc3 Qh3 33. Rh1 Rh2 34.
Bxf5 gxf5 35. Rxh2 Qxh2 36. Qe1 Rh6 37. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sileci, Salvatore"]
[Black "Rosolia, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Qd2 a6
9. Bd3 e6 10. Nge2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 Ne5 15. Ne3
Bd7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 h5 18. Bh6 Qd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b3 Nh7 21. f4 Qe7
22. Qb2+ f6 23. Bd3 Kg8 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxg6 exf4 26. Bxh5 Ng5 27. Rae1 Qe3+
28. Kh1 f3 29. Bxf3 Nxf3 30. gxf3 Kh7 31. Ng3 Qf4 32. Re4 Qf7 33. Rh4+ Kg6 34.
Qe2 Bf5 35. Nxf5 Qxf5 36. Rg1+ Kf6 37. Rh6+ {...} 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomaselli, Maurizio"]
[Black "Imbraguglia, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nbc6
9. g4 g5 10. Bg3 Ng6 11. h4 Bg7 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.
Qd3 Kd7 16. Qxg6 Qg8 17. Qd3 a5 18. dxc5 Ba6 19. Qc2 bxc5 20. Nbd2 a4 21. O-O-O
Ke7 22. Rh1 a3 23. Qh7+ Bg7 24. bxa3 Qxh7 25. Rxh7 Kf7 26. Nxg5+ Kg6 27. Rxg7+
Kxg7 28. Nxe6+ Kf7 29. Nxc5 Be2 30. f3 Rxa3 31. Kb2 Ra7 32. e6+ Ke8 33. g5 d4
34. cxd4 Nxd4 35. Bd6 Nxf3 36. Nde4 Bc4 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. e7+ Rxe7 39. Bxe7+
Kxe7 40. Nfe4 Nxg5 41. a3 Nxe4 42. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tricomi, Massimo"]
[Black "Seminara, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. f4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14.
Nf6+ Kg7 15. Bh4 Na6 16. Rd1 g5 17. Bf2 Kg6 18. Bd4 Re7 19. Kf2 Bf5 20. Rhe1
1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Avola, Salvatore"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. f4 Qc7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Ne2 h5 8. c3 Be7
9. Qc2 Rc8 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Bh3 d5 13. Rf1 d4 14. a3 dxc3 15. Qxc3
Qd7 16. Rf3 Rd8 17. Nc4 Nd4 18. Re3 Qb5 19. Nc1 O-O 20. Kf2 Rfe8 21. Ne5 Bf8
22. g4 Bd6 23. Rg3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. Qd2 Nxe5 26. a4 Qd7 27. Bf1 Qe7 28. g5
Rf8 29. Qf4 Ng6 30. Qg4 f5 31. exf5 Rxf5+ 32. Kg1 Ne5 33. Qxh5 Nef3+ 34. Kh1
Rxg5 35. Rxg5 Nxg5 36. Ne2 Bb7+ 37. Kg1 Ngf3+ 38. Kf2 Qf6 39. Kg3 Rf8 40. Bxd4
Nxd4 41. Nxd4 cxd4 42. Ra2 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Imbraguglia, Fabio"]
[Black "Pierantozzi, Stanislao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nh4 Bg6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. h3 c6 11. f4 e5 12. f5 gxf5 13. Rxf5 g6 14. Rf1 Kg7
15. c4 Bc5+ 16. Kh2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bd4 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. h4 Rh8 21.
Bh3 Rh7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bd2 Rf8 24. Rad1 b6 25. b4 Rf7 26. a4 Nf8 27. Qb3 g5 28.
hxg5 fxg5 29. g4 Ne6 30. Rf5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. a5 Rf6 33. Rf1 Rg6 34. Kg2
Qh4 35. axb6 Rxg4+ 36. Kh2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leonardi, Alfio"]
[Black "Tricomi, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. c3 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Re1 Qf8 14. Ne5 h6
15. Bh4 Re8 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. f4 g5 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Bg3 f6 22. Qf2 gxf4 23. Bxf4 fxe5 24. Qg3+ Qg7 25. Bxh6 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Re6
27. Be3 Rd6 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Rh1 Bd5 30. a3 Bf7 31. g4 Rf6+ 32. Ke2 Bc4+ 33. Kd2
Bf1 34. g5 Rd6+ 35. Ke1 Bxg2 36. Rh6 Bf3 37. Rxd6 cxd6 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. Ke1 d5
40. Kd2 d4 41. cxd4 exd4 42. Bxd4 Kxg5 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bg7 Ke6 45. Bc3 Kd5 46.
Bg7 Kc4 47. Bf6 Be2 48. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rosolia, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Tomaselli, Maurizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. c3 h6 8. Qc2 a4
9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 g6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Kf2 f5 15. e4
Nf4 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 O-O 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxe2 21. Nxe2
fxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxb3 23. Rb1 Rae8 24. Qd3 Bd5 25. Rxb7 Nxd4 26. Nexd4 Bxb7 27.
Qb3+ Kh8 28. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 29. Kg3 Qf4+ 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Qc6 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russo, Carmelo"]
[Black "Meli, Massimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Nxe5 5. Bxe5 f6 6. Bg3 e5 7. f3 Be6 8. e4
d4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Qc1 Nh6 13. Na3 f5 14. Nc4 f4 15.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bh4 Nf7 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. a5 g5 19. Bf2 a6 20. Qc5 h5 21. h4 g4
22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Bc4 Nd8 24. c3 d3 25. Bxd3 Ne6 26. Qb6 Qd7 27. Be2 Bxe2 28.
Kxe2 Rd8 29. d4 exd4 30. cxd4 Qg7 31. d5 f3+ 32. gxf3 Nf4+ 33. Ke3 Nxd5+ 34.
exd5 Rxd5 35. f4 Qc3+ 36. Ke4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Santagati, Alessandro"]
[Black "Pinton, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sardo, Gabriele"]
[Black "Casto, Corrado"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Catania ITA"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seminara, Antonio"]
[Black "Sileci, Salvatore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. e3 Ngf6 4. c3 c6 5. Nd2 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. f4 exd4 10. exd4 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bf2 Nf6 14. Kh1 Bxh3
15. gxh3 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Bg4 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 g5 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Bxf4 24. Rgg1 0-1

