[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Bg5+ Ke8 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Rd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Be2 Ne7 14.
Rhd1 h6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. g4 Be6 17. Kb2 Rhd8 18. Rxe4 Rxd1 19. Bxd1 Rd8 20.
Be2 Rd5 21. f4 Ra5 22. a3 f5 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. h3 Bd5 25. Rd4 Bg2 26. h4 c5
27. Rd6+ Ke7 28. Rg6 Kf7 29. f5 Ra4 30. c4 Ra6 31. Rxa6 bxa6 32. Kc3 Kf6 33.
Kd3 Ke5 34. Ke3 Be4 35. c3 Bb7 36. Bf3 Bc8 37. Be4 a5 38. Bd3 Bb7 39. h5 Bf3
40. Be2 Bc6 41. Bd1 Bb7 42. Bf3 Ba6 43. Be4 Bc8 44. Kf3 Bd7 45. Ke3 Ba4 46. Bf3
Bb3 47. Be2 Ba4 48. Bd3 Bc6 49. Be2 Bb7 50. Bd1 Ba6 51. Be2 Bb7 52. Bd3 Bc6 53.
Be2 Bb7 54. Bf3 Ba6 55. Bd5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 h6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3 Re8
15. a3 Nd5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Qh5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Re4 Qd2 21.
Qe2 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Bd5 23. Re3 c5 24. Nf3 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Bc5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Bb5 Rd8 28. Nf5 Be6 29. Ne3 Rd2 30. b4 Bd4 31. Rc1 f5 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 f4
34. Nf1 Bxf2+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Rxf4 Rxf1 37. g4 Bg1+ 38. Kg3 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Black "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Ne2 d6 7. Nbc3 Nge7 8. O-O
a6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rad1 Rb8 12. b3 h5 13. h4 Nec6 14. Bf4 Nxe2+ 15.
Nxe2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Ke7 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. f4 Rhc8 21.
Rfc1 b6 22. Kf2 Rc7 23. Ng1 Rbc8 24. Nf3 e5 25. Ng1 Bh6 26. Ne2 f6 27. Ra1 b5
28. Rb2 Rb8 29. Rd2 b4 30. Rb2 Rc5 31. Bf3 Ra5 32. Rg1 f5 33. Ra1 Rf8 34. Kg2
Bc6 35. exf5 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxf5 37. Ke4 exf4 38. gxf4 Bxf4 39. Nxd4 Be5 40.
Ke3 Bxd4+ 41. Kxd4 Rae5 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. c3 Bf5 8. g4
Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd3 d5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. gxf5 Rxf5 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. Nxe4 Rxf4 17. exf4 Rb8 18. Qxc6 Rxb2 19. Ng5 Qb8 20. Qxd7 Qxf4
21. Qe8+ Bf8 22. Qf7 Qd2+ 23. Kf1 Qd3+ 24. Kg1 Rb1+ 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Kg2 Qb7+
27. Kg3 Qb8+ 28. f4 Bg7 29. Rb1 Qc8 30. c4 h6 31. Ne6 Bf6 32. Nf8 Bg7 33. Nd7
1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd7 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Rac8 12. Rf3 d4 13. Rh3 Rfd8 14. a4 Bf8
15. e4 g6 16. Ndf3 Be8 17. Bc1 Bg7 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Nb2 f6 21. a5
Nd7 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb6 axb6 24. e5 f5 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. g4 h6 27. gxf5 exf5 28.
Nf3 Ra8 29. Nd6 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Bc6 31. b4 Bd5 32. Rg3 Ra8 33. Qd1 Kh7 34. Nh4
Be6 35. b5 Qe7 36. Nf3 Bd5 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Ne1 Qh4 39. Kg1 Qe7 40. Nc8 Qc7 41.
Nd6 Qe7 42. Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bg5 b3 15. Bb1
Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc7 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Qd1 Rb7 21. Ra3
Nec6 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Ne3 g6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Kg7 27. Ne3 Rd8
28. Nd5 Ne7 29. Ne3 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Kf1 Nb6 32. g3 f5 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4
Kf6 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Ng2 Rxe1 37. Nxe1 c4 38. Ra1 Nd5 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Ng2 h6 41.
Kf2 Re6 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Kf3 Rh6 46. dxc4 Nxc4 47.
Bd3 Ne5+ 48. Ke2 Rh2 49. Bxa6 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Black "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Be2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. Bd2 d5 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nd4 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14.
Qxe2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Kh1 h6 19. Rd2 a5 20. Qh5
Bg6 21. Qh4 a4 22. Qxa4 Ra8 23. Qd7 Red8 24. Qe7 Rxa2 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. Nd7 Rxd7
27. Qxd7 Rxb2 28. Qxd5 Kh7 29. h3 Rb5 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Nbd2 f6
9. O-O fxe5 10. dxe5 Nh6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Ng4 13. c4 d4 14. Nfxd4 Ngxe5 15.
Nb5 Nf7 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Nc5 a6 18. Nxd7 axb5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. cxb5 Ne7 21. Bf3
Nd5 22. Bc5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 h4 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Bf8 14. b3 Be7 15. c4 Nb6
16. c5 Nd7 17. b4 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Ra2 O-O 20. Rfa1 Rc8 21. Kh2 Kg7 22. Ng1 Nh6
23. Qe2 g5 24. axb5 axb5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Nf3 Rh8 27. Ra7 Nf8 28. Kg1 Ng6 29.
Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Be3 Qd8 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Bxh6 Rxh6 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 f5 12. Ne1 Rf6 13. f4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rh6
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Be1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Ba3 18. Rc2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 a5 20. Qc3 Rc6 21.
Qd3 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Bh4 Qe6 26. Bf2 Bc8 27. Kh1
Bd7 28. Bg1 Rf8 29. Qc2 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. Rf2 Bd7 32. Rc2 c6 33. Bf2 Re8
34. h3 Kf7 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. g3 h6 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 c5 39. Kg3 cxd4 40. Kf3
dxe3 41. Bxe3 Bxg4+ 42. Kf2 Re6 43. Bxb6 Bxf4 44. Bxa5 h5 45. Rc5 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bb3 g6 5. d4 Qc7 6. f4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 Qa5 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qe1 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qc7 16. Qh4 Rb8 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Musso, Luciano"]
[Black "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. Qc1 Na5 10. Nb5 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 O-O 7. Nh3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Nc5 9. O-O e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b4 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rc1 c6 14. Nf4 Bf7
15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Rc2 g5 19. Ng2 Be6 20. Qxd6 Rad8
21. Qc5 Bh3 22. Qe3 Rd6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qe3 Rd4 26. f4 gxf4 27.
gxf4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxc4 29. Rg1 Rxb4 30. Kh1+ Kf7 31. Qh3 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Qg4 d6 7. d4 dxe5 8. dxe5
c6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. O-O Nxc5 11. a3 h5 12. Qd4 Nb6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Kc7
15. Ba2 Be7 16. Nc3 Nd5 17. Nxd5+ exd5 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Rac1 Kb8 20. a4 Bd7 21.
a5 Rc8 22. Bd2 b5 23. a6 Nc7 24. Nd4 Nxa6 25. Bf4 Kb7 26. Nxb5 Nb4 27. Nc3 Nxa2
28. Nxa2 Be6 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. Na4 Rac8 31. Be3 Rd7 32. Bc5 Bd8 33. Rc3 Ka8 34.
Bd4 Be7 35. Ra1 Kb8 36. Rb3+ Rb7 37. Bxa7+ Kc7 38. Rxb7+ Kxb7 39. Bc5 Bd8 40.
Ra3 Ra8 41. h3 g6 42. Kh2 Bc7 43. f4 Rd8 44. Be7 Rb8 45. Nc5+ Kc8 46. Bd6 Rxb2
47. Ra7 Bxd6 48. exd6 Rb8 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Kd8 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Bxf5
53. Rxf7 Bg6 54. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8.
Bd3 Bf5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. Rfe1 Rae8 14. f4
Qh6 15. Nf1 g5 16. g3 Nf6 17. b4 Ne4 18. Rab1 gxf4 19. exf4 Qg7 20. Ne2 Nd6 21.
a4 Ng6 22. Nd2 Re4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Qc3 Nh4 25. Rf1 Qg4 26. Rf2 Re8 27. h3 Qg7
28. Kh2 Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Nf5 31. Rd1 Re3 32. Qh5 Nxg3 33. Nxg3 Qxg3+
34. Kh1 Qxh3+ 35. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bd2 c4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. d4 Nb6 15.
Rfd1 Nd5 16. Qe4 h6 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Rab1 Bb4 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. c3
Ba3 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Qh3 Bb5 24. f5 exf5 25. Qxf5+ Kg8 26. Qh5 Ba4 27. Rf1 Qe6
28. Nh4 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bc2 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. h3 Be4 32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Rf6 Qxh3+
34. Kg1 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Bh6 Rad8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qe3 e6 16. Rd2 Qb8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qg5
f6 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. exf6+ Rxf6 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 Rdf8 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Bd1 Nf4
28. Re3 Bd5 29. Nh4 g5 30. Qg4 Kh8 31. Nf3 b4 32. Ne1 a4 33. Bf3 Qa8 34. Bxd5
Nxd5 35. Rxe6 a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. c4 a2 38. Nc2 Nf4 39. Re1 Rb8 40. Ra1 Rb2
41. d5 Qa5 42. Rad1 Qc3 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Re1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Nf4
Qd6 9. Nd3 Be6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qb5 14. Qc2 Nd6
15. O-O O-O 16. Nd3 Bf7 17. a4 Qe8 18. b3 c6 19. Qc1 Kg7 20. Qe3 Bg8 21. Rfc1
h6 22. f4 Rf6 23. Ne5 Be6 24. c4 Qg8 25. c5 Ne4 26. b4 Qe8 27. Rab1 a6 28. Rb2
Rf8 29. Rcb1 Bd7 30. Qc1 Qd8 31. e3 Be8 32. Bf1 g5 33. Ra1 e6 34. b5 gxf4 35.
exf4 Qa5 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. Rb6 Kf6 38. Qe1 Qxe1 39. Rxe1 h5 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41.
Bxa6 h4 42. Kg2 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rg8 44. Re3 Rg7 45. Ra3 Ra7 46. Be2 Ra5 47. Bd3
Ke7 48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. g4 fxg4 50. Nxg4 Kd7 51. Nf6+ Kd8 52. Nxe4 Bh5 53. Nd6
Kc7 54. Nc4 Ra8 55. Kf2 Bd1 56. a5 Kb7 57. Ne5 Ra6 58. Ke3 Bc2 59. Ra2 Bf5 60.
Rb2+ Kc7 61. Nc4 Ra8 62. Rb6 Rh8 63. a6 Rh3+ 64. Kf2 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 c5 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bd3 b5 8. cxb5 c4
9. Bc2 a6 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nfd7 15.
Qe3 h6 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. f4 Ned3 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Rae1 g5 21. Bg3 f6
22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. d6 Ncd3 24. Ba4+ Kd8 25. dxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qf3 Nf4 27. Qb7+ Kd6
28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Bd7+ Kf7 30. Bf5+ Kf8 31. Ne4 Qa7+ 32. Qxa7 Rxa7 33. Nxf6 Rf7
34. Rfe1 Rxf6 35. Rxe5 Rg8 36. Be6 Rxe6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. Rf5 Rge8
40. Rff7 Nh5 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rc7 Rb6 43. b3 cxb3 44. axb3 Rxb3 45. Rxh6 Nf4
46. Rhh7 Ne6 47. Ra7 Rb2 48. h4 g4 49. Kh2 Rb3 50. Rhf7 Rf8 51. Rfe7 Re3 52.
Reb7 Rf6 53. Ra8+ Nf8 54. Ra4 Rg6 55. Rbb4 g3+ 56. Kh3 Re1 57. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kh1 a6 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Rc4
15. Rad1 Rfc8 16. f5 Bd7 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qf2 Be6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Be2 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Qxc3 22. a4 Ne5 23. Rb1 Qxc2 24. Rxb7 Bf6 25. Bxa6 Qxa4 26. Ra7 Ng4 27.
Qg3 Rc3 28. Rxf6 exf6 29. Bf1 Qd1 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Bh6+ Nxh6 32. Qf4 Rc1 33.
Kg1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Black "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. f4 d5 15.
Kh1 c5 16. Qd2 d4 17. Nd1 Nb6 18. b3 f5 19. e5 Nd5 20. a3 Qd7 21. c3 dxc3 22.
Nxc3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qc8 25. Bd3 b5 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rfd1 Qd4 28.
Qc2 Qd7 29. Bf2 Qc8 30. Qe2 Bxb3 31. Rf1 Kh8 32. Bb1 Bc4 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4
Qc6 35. Kg1 Rd2 36. Qc3 Qd5 37. Qh3 c4 38. Bxf5 c3 39. Be1 Rxf5 40. Bxd2 cxd2
41. Qg4 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Bf8 43. Qe2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2
Qh5 9. Nc3 a5 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. e3 Qh6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nb5 Bd8 14. Nc2 exd5 15.
cxd5 Bd7 16. a4 Ne4 17. f3 Nc5 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Bc3 b6 20. Bd2 g5 21. Ncd4 Qg6
22. f4 Ng4 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. h3 Nh6 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28.
Qc4+ Kh8 29. Bc3 gxf4 30. gxf4 c5 31. Nf3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Rxf6 34.
Nd2 d5 35. Rfd1 Be6 36. Nf3 Rd8 37. Ne5 Nf7 38. Nc6 Re8 39. Kf2 Nd6 40. Ne5
Ne4+ 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Rg1 Bxh3 44. Rg5 Be6 45. Rd1 d4 46. Rh1 Rg8
47. Rgh5 Rg7 48. Rh6 Rxh6 49. Rxh6 Re7 50. Nc4 Kg7 51. Rh5 Rd7 52. Re5 Bxc4 53.
bxc4 Kf6 54. Rh5 d3 55. Ke1 Rg7 56. Kf2 Rd7 57. Ke1 Kg6 58. Rg5+ Kf7 59. Rf5+
Kg8 60. Re5 Kf8 61. Rxe4 Re7 62. Rxe7 Kxe7 63. Kd2 h5 64. Kxd3 h4 65. Ke2 h3
66. Kf3 h2 67. Kg2 b5 68. axb5 a4 69. b6 Kd7 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. c3 Rd8 11. Qc2 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. a4 Na5 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc8 17. Kh2 Ba6 18. Qe2 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb7 20. Bf4 h6 21. Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. Qe2
Ng6 9. g3 a6 10. h4 Bg4 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Nh2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. f3 b5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Na4 Qe8 20. b3 e4 21. f4 Nh5
22. Nf1 Qf7 23. Qxe4 Bxh4 24. gxh4 Re8 25. Qc2 Ngxf4 26. Ne3 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Rf2
28. Rhf1 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Rxf1 30. Qxe2 Qf5+ 31. Kc1 Ng3 32. Qd2 Rf3 33. Bg1 Ne4
34. Qe2 Qf4+ 35. Kb1 h6 36. Re1 Ng3 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Bh2 Qxh4 39. Bxg3 Qxg3 40.
Nb2 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Black "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Qa5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Rb1
Qc7 9. b4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rfe8 13. Rfc1 exd4 14. Bxd4 a6
15. f3 Rad8 16. Nf1 Qb8 17. a3 g6 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Qb2 Bg7 20. Ne2 Qc7 21. Ne3
h5 22. h3 Re7 23. g4 Kh7 24. Kg2 b6 25. Ng3 h4 26. Ngf1 Rh8 27. Rd2 Ne8 28.
Rbd1 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Nf8 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qxh4+ Kg8 32. Qg3 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Rd7 34.
f4 Ng7 35. f5 g5 36. Nd2 f6 37. Nf3 Kf7 38. h4 gxh4 39. Nxh4 Rh7 40. g5 fxg5
41. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. Qe2 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Nc6 11. d3 O-O 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Ne5 Nd4 14.
Qf2 e6 15. a4 h5 16. b3 b6 17. Bb2 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Black "Musso, Luciano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Qxg4 Qd7 11. Qe4 Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Qg6+ Kd8 14.
Bf4 Nc7 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Re6 Rc6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qf7 Qc4 21. Kb1 h5 22. Rd3 h4 23. Be5 Rh6 24. Qxf8+ Kd7 25. Qf5+ e6 26. Qf7+
Kd8 27. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. Nce2 cxd5 8. Bd2
a5 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nf6 11. Qa1 Nc6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nf3 O-O
15. Bxa5 Qc8 16. O-O Bb5 17. Qd1 Qb7 18. c3 Ne4 19. Bb4 Rxa3 20. Bxa3 Ra8 21.
Re1 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa3 24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Kf8 26. Re3 Bh6 27.
Re1 Rxc3 28. Ne5 Bd2 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. g3 f6 31. Nf3 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Kf1
Ke7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Ne1 Ba3 36. Nc2 Bd6 37. Ne3 Bc7 38. f4 f5 39. Ng2 h6 40.
Ne3 g5 41. fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. a3
bxa3 9. c3 Bd7 10. Nxa3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Nc2 Na5 13. Nb4 Bxb4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15.
Qd2 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Qxh6 Nxb4 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. Bxh7 Nc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Nh4
Ne7 22. g4 b4 23. f4 b3 24. f5 b2 25. Rab1 Qb3 26. f6 Nc6 27. Bd3 a4 28. Ng6
Qa3 29. Rd2 fxg6 30. Bxg6+ Kd8 31. Rdxb2 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 Rxb1+ 33. Bxb1 Qf1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O h6 10. a4 b6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ne2 exd4 14. Nexd4 c5 15.
Nf5 Ne5 16. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxd6 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Be2 Ne8 20. Rg1 f5 21. Rg6
Rf6 22. e5 Qxe5 23. Bc3 Qxc3 24. Rxg7+ Nxg7 25. Qxc3 Rg6 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1
a5 28. Qf6 Kh7 29. h4 h5 30. f4 Rg8 31. Kf1 Bd5 32. Qxb6 Ne6 33. Qd6 Rd8 34.
Qe7+ Kg6 35. Bb5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. Nf3 axb5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5 14. Qe2 Qa4
15. Kf2 Ra7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rhd1 Ba6 18. Qe1 Nf6 19. h3 Bc4 20. Kg1 Bxd5 21.
Nh2 Rb8 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Qe4 24. Rd2 Rab7 25. Qf2 Rb1+ 26. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Kh2 e6 28. f5 Qxg4 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Qf4 Qxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Rb6 32. c4 Bxc4 33.
Bxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bxa2 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. Rxc5 Kf6 37. Kg3 Bd5 38. Rc2 Be4 39.
Rf2+ Ke5 40. Rb2 h5 41. Rb5+ Kd4 42. Rb4+ Kd5 43. Kf2 e5 44. g3 Bf5 45. Ke3 Ke6
46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Ra6 Kg7 48. Rb6 g5 49. Rb4 Bg6 50. Rb6 h4 51. gxh4 gxh4 52.
Rb4 h3 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rb6+ Kg5 55. Re6 e4+ 56. Kg3 Bf5 57. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Ba5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Nf3 Qf6 9. Bd2 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxa5 Nf4 12. Bc3 Qg6 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Bf3 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. g3 Nh3 18. Bg2 Be6 19. f4 h5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21.
Qd5+ Kh8 22. Nd4 h4 23. f5 Qh5 24. Ne6 Rf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxh3 hxg3 27. Nf4
Qh6 28. Qg2 Rg8 29. Qxg3 Bxf5 30. Qe3 Bh7 31. Rg1 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Rd1 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Na4 Nd7 16. c5 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Qe2 Be6 21. b3 Nd5
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Bg5 Qxc5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Na4 Qe7 26. Kh2 b5 27. Nc3 b4 28.
Na4 Rf8 29. Rac1 e4 30. Nc5 Bf7 31. Qxa6 d4 32. Qb7 Qxb7 33. Nxb7 Bd5 34. Nd6
Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Rc8 Be5 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nc4 Bf6 39. Ne3 Be6 40. Nc2 d3
41. Nxb4 Bxh3 42. Nxd3 exd3 43. Rxd3 Bf5 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. Kh2 h5 46. a4 Bc3 47.
Rd5 Ke6 48. Rb5 Be5 49. Kg2 Be4+ 50. Kh3 Kf5 51. a5 Bd3 52. Rc5 g5 53. Kg2 Be4+
54. Kh3 Bd3 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. b4 Kd4 57. Kf2 h4 58. gxh4 gxh4 59. Kg2 Bf5 60.
Rxe5 Kxe5 61. a6 Kf4 62. b5 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. c3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O d4 8. e4 O-O
9. c4 e5 10. Na3 f6 11. Nc2 Nf7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rf2 Qb6 15. b3 Rae8
16. f5 gxf5 17. Nh4 Nd6 18. exf5 e4 19. Qh5 e3 20. Bd5+ Rf7 21. Re2 exd2 22.
Rxd2 Re5 23. Re2 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Ne5 25. Rf1 Nxd3 26. Ng6 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 hxg6 28.
Qxg6 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Nb4 30. Na3 d3 31. Rf2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Rg6 9. Qh4 Rg4 10. Qh6 Bf8 11. Qh3 Be7 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 a6 14. Bg5
Rxg5 15. Nxg5 Nxd4 16. Nf3 c5 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Qxh7 Bg5+ 19. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 20. Rd2
Nf6 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. h4 Qf4 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Rh3 Qe4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rf3 Qe1+
27. Rd1 Qe5 28. Rfd3 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 e5 30. Rf3 Bg4 31. Qxa8 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qxf3
33. Rc1 e4 34. Qxb7+ Nd7 35. Qxa6 e3 36. Qe2 Qe4 37. h5 Ne5 38. Bg2 Qh7 39. Rd1
1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bg4 13. h3 Bf5 14. c3
Rfd8 15. Be3 Bc2 16. Re1 Bg6 17. Rad1 e4 18. Nfd4 Ne5 19. Na5 Rd7 20. f4 exf3
21. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bd4 Bf5 25. Kg2 Be6 26. Nb3 b6
27. Nc1 Rd5 28. Re5 Bg5 29. Nd3 Rxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxa2 31. Nc6 a5 32. Bxb6 a4 33.
Bc5 f6 34. Kg3 Bc1 35. Ba3 g5 36. Nd4 Bc4 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. h4 h5 39. hxg5 fxg5
40. Nc2 Ke6 41. b4 Bf4 42. Nd4+ Kd7 43. Nc2 h4 44. Ne3 Be6 45. Ng4 Kc6 46. Nf6
Kb5 47. Ne4 Bd5 48. Nc5 h3 49. Ne4 h2 50. Kg2 g4 51. c4+ Kxc4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Black "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nfe5 Nxf4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. gxf4 O-O 13. Rc1 Qh4 14.
Ne5 Bb6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. b4 Rab8 17. Bxc6 f6 18. Nd3 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 e5 20. f3
Rbe8 21. Qe1 Qh3 22. a4 e4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. a5 Qd7 25. Rc2 Bc7 26. Nc5 Qg4+
27. Qg3 Bxf4 28. Qxg4 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Rxg4 30. h3 Rg3 31. Kh2 Rg6 32. b5 Rd8 33.
b6 axb6 34. axb6 d3 35. b7 Rb8 36. Nxd3 Rxb7 37. Rb2 Rxb2 38. Nxb2 Bd4 39. Nd3
h5 40. Rf3 Rg5 41. e3 Bb6 42. h4 Rd5 43. Ne1 Rd1 44. Ng2 Bc7+ 45. Nf4 g5 46.
hxg5 fxg5 47. Rg3 Bxf4 48. exf4 g4 49. Ra3 h4 50. Ra5 Rd7 51. Kg2 g3 52. Kh3
Rg7 53. Ra8+ Kf7 54. Ra1 Kf6 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Ra5+ Kxf4 57. Ra4+ Ke3 58. Ra3+
Kd2 59. Ra2+ Kc3 60. Rg2 Rh7 61. Ra2 Rh8 62. Ra1 Kc2 63. Ra2+ Kb1 64. Rg2 Kc1
65. Ra2 Kb1 66. Rg2 Rh7 67. Rg1+ Kb2 68. Rg2+ Kb3 69. Rg1 Kc3 70. Ra1 Rg7 71.
Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Qc4 a5 14. a3 Na6
15. Bd3 Bf5 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Qb5 e4 18. Be2 Rxc2 19. Qxb7 Nc7 20. Rac1 Rxb2 21.
Qxc7 Rxe2 22. d6 Rb2 23. Rfd1 Rbb8 24. d7 Rd8 25. Bb6 h5 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Bxd8 Qg6 28. Bxa5 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Kh7 30. Bb4 h4 31. h3 Qf5 32. Re7 Qd5 33. Re1
f5 34. Bc3 Qc5 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Ba1 f4 37. Rg4 Qa5 38. Rxe4 Qxa3 39. Bg7+ Kh7
40. Rexf4 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc7 42. Bd4 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3
b5 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nb3 Nb6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 c4 16. Nbd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe3 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qc7 21.
Qxe3 Qxc6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Qf4 c3 24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 c2 27. Rf1 Rac8
28. Nb3 Qc3 29. Nc5 Bxd4 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. Qxd4 Rcd8 32. Nd7 Qf5 33. Rd1 Rxd7
34. Qxd7 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kh3 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Qxb4 38. Qd7 Qc5 39. g4 h6 40.
Kg3 b4 41. h4 Qe5+ 42. Kg2 b3 43. Qd3 b2 44. Qb1 Qd5+ 45. Kg3 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Qb3+ Kh8 8. Nbd2
Ng4 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. h3 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. b4 Ne6 13. a4 c6 14. a5 Nd5 15. e4
fxe4 16. dxe4 Nf6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Rd2 Bd7 20. Rad1 Be8 21. Nh4 g6
22. Nf3 Bf7 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxc4 25. h4 Kg7 26. Bf3 Rf8 27. Kg2 Rad8 28.
Rh1 d5 29. h5 dxe4 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. Bxe4 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qd6 33. Qe3 Bd5 34. f3
Bxe4 35. fxe4 Qe6 36. h6+ Kg8 37. Qxa7 Qa2+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Kg2 Qc8 40. a6 Rf8
41. Rd1 Qg4 42. Ra1 Bh4 43. axb7 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Bg3 46. Qa2+ Kh8
47. Qg2 Qg4 48. Rf1 Rxf1+ 49. Qxf1 Bf4+ 50. Qg2 Qd1+ 51. Qf1 Be3+ 52. Kh2 Qh5+
53. Kg3 Qg5+ 54. Kh3 Qxh6+ 55. Kg3 Qg5+ 56. Kh3 Qd8 57. Qa6 Qd7+ 58. Kg3 Bf4+
59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Qe2 Qd8 61. Qa6 Qh4+ 62. Ke2 Qg4+ 63. Kd3 Qd1+ 64. Kc4 Qe2+
65. Kc5 Qxa6 66. b8=Q+ Kg7 67. Qc7+ Kh6 68. Qxc6 Be3+ 69. Kd5 Qxc6+ 70. Kxc6 g5
0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Black "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 8.
Ke1 h5 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne3 Kc7 12. Bd3 b6 13. a4 Na6 14. h3 Nxe3 15.
Bxe3 Nb4 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Kf2 Bh6 20. Nd4 e6 21. Ne2
Rhg8 22. Bd2 Rad8 23. Rcd1 c5 24. c4 Ne7 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Nc3 a6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Na5 30. b3 Nxb3 31. Kg3 Na5 32. Nb2 Bg7 33. Kh4 Kd7 34.
Kxh5 Ke7 35. Bf2 Kd7 36. Bh4 Nb3 37. Be1 Kc6 38. Kg5 b5 39. h4 b4 40. h5 Nd4
41. h6 Bf8 42. h7 Bg7 43. Bh4 Ne2 44. g3 Nc3 45. h8=Q Ne4+ 46. Kh5 Bxh8 47. Kh6
f6 48. Kh7 fxe5 49. Kxh8 exf4 50. gxf4 Kd6 51. Kh7 e5 52. Bg5 Nc3 53. Kg6 Ke6
54. fxe5 Kxe5 55. Kf7 f4 56. Ke7 Ne4 57. Bh4 Kd4 58. Be1 f3 59. Kd7 f2 60.
Bxf2+ Nxf2 61. a5 Kc3 62. Na4+ Kxc4 63. Kc6 Nd3 64. Kb6 b3 65. Kxa6 Kb4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Musso, Luciano"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Bh7 10. Nh2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Kh8 15.
b4 Bg5 16. Bc1 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Ne7 18. e3 Nd5 19. b5 Qe7 20. a3 c6 21. c4 Nf6 22.
a4 Qb4 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Qc3 Ra8 26. Red1 Bg8 27. Bf1 Rfc8 28. c5 Qc7
29. b6 Qe7 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Nf1 Nd7 32. Nd2 Qf6 33. Nb3 Rdb8 34. Rbc1 e5 35.
Bxg8 Kxg8 36. d5 Nf8 37. dxc6 bxc6 38. Rd6 Qg5 39. Qxe5 Re8 40. Qf4 Qh5 41. Nd4
Nh7 42. Qxf5 Ng5 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Qg4 Rxf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf7 46. Rd7 Qa2 47. Nc2 Rxc2
48. Rxc2 Qxc2 49. Qd1 Qf2 50. b7 Rf8 51. Rd8 Rxd8 52. Qxd8+ Kh7 53. Qxg5 hxg5
54. b8=Q Qxe3 55. Qf8 Qc1+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Qf2 Qxf2+ 58. Kxf2 Kg6 59. Ke3 Kf5
0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 e5 8. dxe6
Nxe6 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Rfe1 b5 15.
b3 Rb8 16. Nfd5 Nec6 17. Bh6 b4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Na4 Be6 20. Nb2 a5 21. f4 f6
22. Bf1 Kh8 23. Re3 Rf7 24. Rde1 Qf8 25. Nd3 Qh6 26. Qd1 Rbf8 27. g3 g5 28. Bg2
gxf4 29. N3xf4 Ne5 30. h3 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 f5 32. Nf4 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Rg7 34. Kh2
Ng4+ 35. Kg1 Ne5 36. Kh2 Rfg8 37. Nh5 Rg5 38. g4 Rxh5 39. gxh5 Qg5 40. R1e2
Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Nef3 42. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kh2 Nxe2 44. Rxe2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

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. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. cxd4 f4 16. f3 Ng3 17. Rf2 Qh4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 Ra6 20. Rd2 Bd7 21. hxg3
fxg3 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. Qe1 Rxf3 24. Qxg3 Rxg3 25. Rf1 Ra8 26. Rdf2 Be6 27. Bf5
Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Rg6 29. Rf7 c6 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Rc1 Rf4 32. R1xc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6
Rxd4 34. Rc5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Rxb5 Ke6 37. Rxa5 Rb1 38. Rb5 d4 39. Rb3 Kxe5
40. Kg3 Ke4 41. Rb7 d3 42. Re7+ Kd4 43. Rd7+ Ke3 44. Re7+ Kd2 45. Rxg7 Rh1 46.
a4 Kc2 47. Rc7+ Kxb2 48. Rb7+ Kc2 49. Rc7+ Kd1 50. a5 Rh6 51. a6 Rxa6 52. Rxh7
d2 53. Kf4 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 Ke2 55. Rh1 Rh4 56. Ra1 Rh5+ 57. Kf6 Rc5 58. g4 d1=Q
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. h3 e5
9. b3 e4 10. Ne1 d5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Kh2 Ba6 15. Ne2 Nh5
16. Rc1 f5 17. Rg1 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Qc7 b4 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22.
Nc2 Bf8 23. Nf4 Bxf1 24. Rgxf1 Nxf4 25. exf4 Nf6 26. Ne3 h5 27. Kg2 Bd6 28. h4
Kf7 29. Rfd1 Ke6 30. Kf1 Ng4 31. Ke2 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Kd7 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1
Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc3
d6 9. b3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Qb8
15. Qe3 Rd8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rcd1 Kf8 18. Bh3 h6 19. Bg2 Bc6 20. h3 Rd7 21. dxc5
dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 c6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 Ngf6 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Ng4 16. a5 Nxe3 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Nxe3 Red8 19. c4 Nd7 20. c5 a5 21. Ng5
Rf8 22. Nc4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Ba6 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxa6 Nd7 26. Bc4 Rab8 27. Qa3 h6
28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Red1 Nf6 30. Qd3 Kh7 31. Bxf7 Qxf7 32. h3 Bf8 33. Qe3 Rb5 34.
Rdc1 Rb4 35. f3 Nh5 36. Qc3 Rb3 37. Qd2 Nf4 38. Ra2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Qc7 4. dxc5 dxc5 5. Na3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. Ne2
b5 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 h6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Ne3 O-O 15. g3
Rd8 16. Bh3 Nb6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Qc2 Nh7 19. h4 Nf8 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. g4 Ne6
22. Ng3 Nd4 23. Qd3 f5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qd7 27. O-O-O Rf8
28. d6 Qxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Bxh6 Bb8 31. Rhg1 Rc7 32. Be3 Rxf5 33. Rd8+ Rf8
34. Rgd1 Ba7 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rd5 Rf7 37. Bg5 Kg8 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Kd2 e4 40.
fxe4 Rf2+ 41. Kc1 Bb8 42. Rd2 Bf4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Rd5 Rxh4 45. Rxc5 Rxe4 46.
Kc2 Re3 47. Ra5 Re6 48. Kb3 Kh6 49. Kxb4 g5 50. c5 g4 51. Ra3 Re2 52. Rxa6+ Kg5
53. Kc3 g3 54. Ra8 g2 55. Rg8+ Kf4 56. c6 Re3+ 57. Kb4 Rg3 58. Rxg3 Kxg3 59. c7
g1=Q 60. c8=Q Qb6+ 61. Ka3 Qd6+ 62. b4 Qd3+ 63. Kb2 Qd2+ 64. Qc2 Qxb4+ 65. Qb3+
Qxb3+ 66. axb3 Kf4 67. Kc3 Ke5 68. Kc4 Kd6 69. Kb5 Kc7 70. Ka6 Kb8 71. b4 Ka8
72. b5 Kb8 73. Kb6 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 f5 7. d5 Nf6 8.
Bg5 exd5 9. Qe5+ Qe7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxc7 d6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14.
Nd4 f4 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Nf5+ Ke6 18. Ng7+ Ke5 19. Rd2 Nb4 20. Kd1
Nxa2 21. Rb2 Nc3+ 22. Ke1 Ne4 23. e3 fxe3 24. fxe3 Rc1+ 25. Ke2 Bc6 26. Kf3 Rg8
27. Bc4 Nd2+ 28. Kf2 Nxc4 29. Rxc1 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rc1 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15. bxc5
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ra3 17. Ra1 Qa8 18. Rxa3 Qxa3 19. Qc2 Ra8 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Qb3 Bf8
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd6 Qc8 25. Na4 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rb8 27. Qc2 Rxb1+
28. Qxb1 Qb8 29. Qd3 Qxd6 30. Qa6 g6 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. g3 Nf6 33. Nc5 h5 34. Kg2
e5 35. Qb7 exd4 36. exd4 Ng8 37. Qa7 Ne7 38. Nd3 Qe6 39. Ne5 Kh6 40. Qa8 f6 41.
Qh8+ Kg5 42. h4+ Kf5 43. Qh6 fxe5 44. Qg5+ Ke4 45. Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nbc3
a6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 d6 11. Rad1 Nec6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Kh1 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Ne4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Qe7 17. Rde1 f5 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Nh3 b4 20. Nd1 Rad8 21. Bg5
Rde8 22. b3 Nd8 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Nf7 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Ne3 Ne6
28. Nd5 Nc7 29. Nxc7 Qxc7 30. Ng5 Nxg5 31. Qxg5 Rd8 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Rfe1 h6 34.
Qh4 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd4 36. Qh3 Re8 37. Kg1 Qd6 38. Qf1 h5 39. Qe2 e4 40. Qb2
Kh7 41. Qf2 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Qxd3 43. Qxc5 Qd2 44. Re3 Rd8 45. Kf1 Rd7 46. Re2 Qc3
47. Re1 h4 48. gxh4 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qxh4 50. Qf2 Qg4+ 51. Kh1 Rd1 52. Rxd1 Qxd1+
53. Kg2 Qg4+ 54. Kf1 f4 55. Qa7+ Kh6 56. Qd4 Qf3+ 57. Kg1 Qg4+ 58. Kf1 Qf5 59.
c5 e3 60. c6 Qh3+ 61. Ke1 Qh4+ 62. Kd1 Qg4+ 63. Kc1 Qg1+ 64. Qd1 Qf2 65. c7 e2
66. Qxe2 Qxe2 67. c8=Q Qe1+ 68. Kc2 Qe4+ 69. Kd2 Qd5+ 70. Ke2 Qe5+ 71. Kf1 Qa1+
72. Kg2 Qxa2+ 73. Kf3 Qxb3+ 74. Kxf4 g5+ 75. Ke4 Qb1+ 76. Kf3 Qd3+ 77. Kg2 Qd2+
78. Kf1 Qd6 79. Qh8+ Kg6 80. Qg8+ Kf5 81. Kg2 Qd2+ 82. Kg1 Qd4+ 83. Kg2 Qe4+
84. Kg3 Qd3+ 85. Kg2 Qe2+ 86. Kg3 Qe5+ 87. Kg2 a5 88. Qf7+ Ke4 89. Qf3+ Kd4 90.
Qd1+ Kc4 91. Qf1+ Kb3 92. Qf7+ Ka3 93. Qd7 b3 94. Qd3 a4 95. Kh3 Ka2 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Ne2 f5 14. Ng3 Rf6 15.
Rc1 c6 16. Qe2 b5 17. a4 Raf8 18. Rc2 Rh6 19. Rfc1 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1 g5
22. Qe1 Rf7 23. Qa5 g4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5
28. Qc3 Qe7 29. Ra7 Qh4 30. Qe5 Qd8 31. Nf5 Rhf6 32. Nd4 Qf8 33. Qg3 Rg6 34.
Rc1 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. b4 Rdf6 37. Nb3 Bc8 38. Ra8 Rf8 39. g3 Bd7 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Ra1 Ke7 42. Ra7 Kd6 43. Nc5 Rf7 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Black "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a3 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. c5 Be7 15.
axb4 Rd8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Ne5
Qh3 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Bf1 Qh5 24. Be2 Qf5 25. Bd3 Qh3 26. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
Qa5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3 Bd7 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Bxa6 bxa6
15. Bd2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 g6 19. Rfc1 Qc4 20. c3 O-O 21. Bh6
Rfd8 22. Be3 Ba4 23. Qf4 Rd3 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. h4 e3 26. fxe3 Rd2 27. e4 Qe2 28.
Bf2 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. g3 f6 31. c4 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Bxc2 33. c5 Ba4 34. Re1
fxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf7 36. Re4 Rd8 37. Rf4+ Ke8 38. Bd4 Rd5 39. Kf2 e5 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be2 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. Re1
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Bf1 Nd7 11. Nf3 N5b6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nbd2 c5 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. a4 Rad8 16. a5 Nc4 17. d5 Nxb2 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxd5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 c4 23. Bf6 Rf5 24. Bb2 cxd3 25. Bxd3 Rd8 26. Qe3 Rxa5 27.
Rc1 Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Bf1 f6 30. g4 Kf7 31. f3 h6 32. Bc3 Ra2 33. Rb1 f5
34. Nf2 Ra3 35. Be1 Re3 36. Bg2 Rd6 37. Bb4 Rd4 38. Be1 Rd6 39. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Bd3 h6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Kh7 13. O-O-O f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Nh2 Nf4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. g3 Nxh3 19. Ne4 h5 20. Qe2 Bh6+ 21. Kb1
Qf8 22. g4 Rf4 23. f3 h4 24. d6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Ng1
28. Qe3 Rxe4 29. Rd7+ Kh8 30. Qxe4 Qf4 31. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. c3 Nc7 12. d4 Re8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Be3 d5 15.
Ne5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd5 20. Kg2 a4 21.
Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. e4 Qb7 14. Rad1
Rfd8 15. f3 d6 16. Rd2 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. Rfd1 Bg5 19. Rd3 Bf6 20. Qf2 Rdc8 21.
Qd2 h6 22. h4 Rc6 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Rc5 25. Nc3 Rac8 26. Qf2 Qe7 27. f4 Qb7
28. Qf3 Qe7 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rd7 Qf8 31. Ne4 Ra5 32. f5 exf5 33. Qxf5 g6 34. Qf2
Rc6 35. Rb7 f5 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Qxb6 fxe4 38. Rf1 Qd6 39. Qxa5 Nf6 40. c5 Qd5
41. Rxf6 e3+ 42. Kh2 Qd3 43. Qc7 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. O-O Na5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bd3 Qf7 13. Qe2 Kd6 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Na3 Be6 17. Rac1 Kd7 18. Nc4 Bd6 19. Nxd6 Kxd6 20. a3 Rae8
21. b4 Bf5 22. Qf3 g6 23. Qg3+ Kd7 24. b5 Na5 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Re8 27.
Qxd4 Nb3 28. Qxa7 Nxc1 29. Qxb7+ Nc7 30. Bf1 Re1 31. Qc6+ Kc8 32. Bxc1 Qd5 33.
Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Bd2 Rd1 35. f3 Rxd2 36. a4 Ra2 37. Bc4 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Nb6 39. Bg8
h6 40. Ke3 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Na6 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 e6 14. Nh4 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Ne2 Qa8 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21.
Rd3 Na6 22. a3 Nb8 23. Rcd1 Qf3 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. Bc3 Ne5 26. Qa2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3
cxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. b3
Ngf6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. O-O Rc8 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qb1 Rfd8
15. Qa1 Nb8 16. Rc2 Ne8 17. Rfc1 Bf8 18. a3 Nd6 19. e3 Nd7 20. d4 Ne4 21. dxc5
Ndxc5 22. b4 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Nd3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qb1 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 g6 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Qd2 h6 32. Nc5 Qc6 33. Qd3
Kh7 34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. Nxe4 Bb2 36. Nd6 a6 37. Nxf7 Bxa3 38. Nd8 Bxb4 39. Nxe6 a5
40. Nd4 a4 41. Nxb5 a3 42. Nd4 a2 43. Nc2 Bc3 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4
a1=Q 47. Nxa1 Bxa1 48. f4 Bc3 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Bf6 51. h4 Bd8 52. e4 Kg7 53.
f5 Bc7 54. fxg6 Kxg6 55. h5+ Kf6 56. Kf3 Be5 57. Kg4 Bb2 58. Kf4 Bc1+ 59. Kg4
Bg5 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. g4 Kd4 62. e5 Kxe5 63. Ke2 Ke4 64. Kd1 Kf3 65. Ke1 Be3 66.
Kd1 Kf2 67. Kc2 Ke2 68. Kc3 Bg5 69. Kd4 Kf3 70. Kc4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. c3
Qe8 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 h6 11. Bh4 Nf4 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Bd7 15. Ne3
Kh8 16. Nd5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bg3 Nd3 20. Re3 e4 21. Qd2 Qd7
22. Nd4 c6 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Re2 Rad8 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. Rd1 Qg6 28.
Qe3 Be5 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. f3 Bf4 31. Qg1 Qh5 32. Bf6+ Kh7 33. Rf1 Rg3 34. fxe4
Qxe2 35. hxg3 Bxg3 36. Bd1 Qxe4 37. Bf3 Qe6 38. Bd4 Qe7 39. Bg4 fxg4 40. Bf6
Qe6 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3 g6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Qd6
15. Re4 Nce7 16. Rae1 Ng8 17. Re5 Bd7 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nc5 Rad8 20. b4 a6 21. h4
Nc7 22. h5 Bc6 23. Ng5 Bd5 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. Rh5+ Kg7 27. Bxg6
Rf6 28. Bd3 Ne8 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Rh8 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Musso, Luciano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Ng3 Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. f4 Qd5
15. c4 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 Kg7 17. g4 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Rab8 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. Re2 Rbc8 21.
Bh4 h6 22. Be1 b5 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Bxd5 Bc5+ 27. Bf2
Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rc8 29. Re1 Rc7 30. Kf3 Nh7 31. Bb3 Kf8 32. Re5 a6 33. h4 Nf6
34. f5 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Re3 a5 37. Rd3 a4 38. Bd1 Rc4 39. Kg3 Rc7 40. Kf3
Rc4 41. Kg3 Rc7 42. Rd4 Rc5 43. Bf3 Ke7 44. Rb4 Kd6 45. Rd4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nb3 Qe7 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
h3 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nh4 Nd5 19. Qxe7 Ndxe7 20. Nf3 e4 21.
Nfd2 a5 22. Rfe1 a4 23. Nc1 Nd5 24. Nf1 a3 25. Rd2 Ne5 26. Rc2 axb2 27. Rxb2 b6
28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Nc4 30. Rb5 Nxe3 31. Re5 Kf7 32. g4 Kf6 33. Rb5 Nd5 34.
g5+ Kxg5 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. c4 c6 37. cxd5 cxb5 38. dxe6 Kf6 39. Rf1+ Kxe6 40.
Rf4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

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
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Bb3 e5 11. h3 Bb8 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 h6 14. Nh4 Rd8 15. Nf5
Qe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rad1 Nd3 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Ba2 Qe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bb1 Ba7
22. Kh1 Be6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. e4 Qb3 25. e5 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Nfd7 27. Be3 Bb6 28.
Bf2 Nf8 29. f5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re8 31. Re1 Nd3 32. Bxd3 Bxf2 33. Re4 Nd7 34. e6
fxe6 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. Bxe6+ Kf8 37. Re2 Bd4 38. g4 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Nd5 40. Rb2 Nf4
41. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nfd2 O-O 7. Bg3 Nbd7 8.
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O f6 7. Nh4 Be6 8. d3
Qd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Na3 b5 11. Nc2 g5 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ng6 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. a4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Bc4 Nc5 14. Ng5 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Qc4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. f3 a6 21. Rd2
b5 22. Qb3 Rd6 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa5 25. Rd6 Qxa4 26. Rxf6 Rc7 27. Bh6
Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qe1 29. Qe6 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d4 7. c3 c5 8. e4 dxe3
9. Bxe3 Qd6 10. Na3 Ng4 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Rad1 Qe6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bg4 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc6 17. Bxc5 Qxa2 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. e6 f5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Qxb7 Rxc4 22. Ra1 Rc7 23. Qxc7 Qxb2 24. Qxe7 Qxc3 25. Qb7 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bxa1 27.
Rxa1 Qe5 28. Rxa7 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. O-O Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Qd5 O-O
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 d6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 Bf6 12. Re1 c6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rad1 d5 16. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. h3 Bd6 5. a4 e4 6. dxe4 dxe4 7. Nd4 Nge7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Bd2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4+ Kh8
15. g3 Ng6 16. Qh5 c6 17. Bc3 b5 18. Be6 Qf6 19. d5 Be5 20. Rc1 Bxc3+ 21. Rxc3
cxd5 22. Bxd5 Ne5 23. O-O Rac8 24. Rfc1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 bxa4 26. Rc7 a3 27. Rb7
axb2 28. Qd1 Rc8 29. Kg2 h6 30. Rxb2 Nd3 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Qb3 a5 33. Qb5 Qc3 34.
Be6 Rf8 35. h4 Qd2 36. Rf1 Qe2 37. Qxa5 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Bg8+
1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne5 c5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Rad8 16. Ndf3 Nf8 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Qe3 Ba8 19. Qh3 h6 20. Ngf3 Be4 21. Rfe1
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 N6d7 23. Rc1 f6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. g3 e5 26. Qxd7 Rexd7 27. fxe5
fxe5 28. Re3 exd4 29. Bxd4 Bb4 30. a3 Bd2 31. Nxd2 Rxd4 32. Nf3 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Black "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 Na6 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. g4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Be4
Bb7 16. Rd1 e6 17. f5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Qh6 exf5
22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qf4 Qb7 25. Kf2 Re8 26. gxf5 Re4 27. Qg3 Bc4
28. Re1 Qe7 29. Nf4 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 g5 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nf3 33... f6 {
...} 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Bd3 e6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne2 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Be7 12. b3 Kf8 13. c4 Kg7 14. Kh1 Nf5 15. Bf2
Re8 16. g3 Nf8 17. h3 Nd7 18. Kg2 f6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 fxe5
22. fxe5 Nh4+ 23. Bxh4 Bxh4 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. Rh3 g5 26. Nh5+ Kh8 27. Qd2 Nh7 28.
Bxh7 Kxh7 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Rxh4 gxh4 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Musso, Luciano"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 e4 8. dxe4
dxe4 9. Ng5 e3 10. fxe3 h6 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. a3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Nf5 Re8 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Qc3 Bf8 17. e4 Ng4 18. h3 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Nd4 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Kf2
Nxf5 22. exf5 Nxf3 23. Nxf3 Qd1 24. e3 Rbd8 25. Qe1 Be7 26. Qxd1 Rxd1 27. Ke2
Rh1 28. h4 Bf6 29. g4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne8 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nc7
15. a4 Rfb8 16. Bf1 Be5 17. Be3 a6 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxe4 20. c4 Re8 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. a5 Ne8 26. h3 Re7 27.
Be2 Nb3 28. Qc3 Nc5 29. Bf3 Rc7 30. Qe1 Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg8 32. Qd8 Kf8 33. Bg4 b6
34. axb6 Rb7 35. f5 f6 36. h4 a5 37. h5 a4 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. hxg6 a3 40. g7+
Rxg7 41. Bh5 Re7 42. Qa8 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qd8 15.
Kh1 e6 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. Be1 Qe7 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Rfe1 Nd4 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Qc1
Nc6 22. Nb5 Na4 23. c3 Nc5 24. Bc2 Rcd8 25. Rxd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxd6 27. Nxd6
Qxd6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxa7 b6 30. Qe3 Ra8 31. Bxb6 Rb8 32. Bd4 Rxb2 33. Rg1
Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Rc2 35. a4 Ra2 36. a5 Qd5 37. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qe2 Nxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Ne7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Qh6 13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14.
fxe3 h6 15. Be2 d6 16. Rc1 c6 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Be6 20. a3 Nf5
21. Kf2 Re8 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Rhe1 Nd6 24. Nd3 Bc8 25. Nc5 f6 26. b4 Re7 27. a4
Rde8 28. Re2 Nf5 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Rb3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Rb8 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Qxf5 Nb6
15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd2 e3 17. Ne4 exf2+ 18. Nxf2 Qe3 19. Rf1 Bg4 20. Qd2 Qxe2 21.
Rfe1 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bf5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd7 25. Bb2 c6 26. Kg2 Bd8 27.
Rde2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Ba5 29. Rf1 Rfe8 30. Rff2 Be1 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33.
Bxe2 Ne4 34. Bd3 Nc3 35. a3 Nd1 36. Bc1 Bf2 37. Bf4 Bxd4 38. Bxd6 g6 39. Kf3
Nf2 40. Bc2 Kg7 41. g4 Nh3 42. Ke4 Bg1 43. Bg3 Ng5+ 44. Kf4 Ne6+ 45. Ke5 Kf7
46. b4 Bd4+ 47. Kd6 Bb2 48. c5 Bxa3 49. Bb3 Bxb4 50. Bxe6+ Kf6 51. Bc8 b6 52.
Bf2 Bxc5+ 53. Bxc5 bxc5 54. h4 c4 55. g5+ Kg7 56. Be6 c3 57. Bb3 a5 58. Ke7 c5
59. Bc2 c4 60. Ba4 Kg8 61. Kf6 Kf8 62. Ke6 Kg7 63. Kd5 Kf7 64. Bc2 Ke7 65. Kxc4
Ke6 66. Kd4 a4 67. Bxa4 Kf5 68. Bc2+ Kg4 69. Ke5 Kxh4 70. Kf6 Kh5 71. Bb3 Kh4
72. Bd1 Kg3 73. Kg7 Kf4 74. Kh6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. a3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
a5 9. b5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. d3 a4 15.
Rb4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Bf3 Ra5 18. Rxa4 Rxb5 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ra5 21.
Qc1 b5 22. Qc3 Ra7 23. Rb4 Qa8 24. Rb3 Rb8 25. Rc1 Rbb7 26. e4 f6 27. Kg2 Ra4
28. h3 Qc8 29. Bg4 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Rb4 h5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Rxa4 bxa4 34.
Qd4 Qf7 35. Rc4 Rb5 36. Rxa4 Qxd5+ 37. Qxd5+ Rxd5 38. d4 Kf7 39. Ra7 Rxd4 40.
Rxc7+ Kf6 41. Ra7 h4 42. a4 hxg3 43. Kxg3 Rd3+ 44. f3 Ra3 45. a5 d5 46. a6 d4
47. Ra8 g5 48. a7 Kg7 49. Kg4 Ra5 50. Rd8 Rxa7 51. Kxg5 Ra5+ 52. Kf4 Ra4 53.
Kf5 Ra5+ 54. Kg4 Ra4 55. f4 Kf6 56. h4 Ke7 57. Rd5 Ke6 58. Re5+ Kf6 59. Re4 Rb4
60. h5 Ra4 61. h6 Ra6 62. h7 Kg7 63. Re7+ Kh8 64. Rd7 Rh6 65. Rxd4 Kxh7 66.
Rd7+ Kg8 67. Kf5 Ra6 68. Re7 Kf8 69. Re6 Ra7 70. Kg5 Kf7 71. Rb6 Ra1 72. Rb7+
Kf8 73. Rd7 Ra5+ 74. Kf6 Ra6+ 75. Ke5 Ra5+ 76. Ke6 Ra6+ 77. Rd6 Rxd6+ 78. Kxd6
Kf7 79. Ke5 Ke7 80. Kf5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 e3 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bxe3 d6 8. Nge2
e5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Qe2 Be6 15.
Rae1 Bd6 16. Nce4 Be7 17. Ng5 Bg8 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nfd7 21.
Re2 Nc5 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bxa2 26. Ned6 b6 27.
Re7 c5 28. Ra1 Nc6 29. Rxa2 Nxe7 30. Nxe7 Rad8 31. Nef5 Rd7 32. h4 Rfd8 33. Ne4
Rd5 34. g4 a5 35. Nxf6 Rxd3 36. Kg2 Rb3 37. Ne4 Rdd3 38. h5 Rb4 39. g5 Rd5 40.
Ned6 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. g6 hxg6 43. hxg6 Rd1 44. Ne4 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 Rxg6 46.
Ne7+ Kf7 47. Nxg6 Kxg6 48. Ke5 a4 49. f4 Rd4 50. f5+ Kg7 51. Ra1 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. f3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. c3 Nd7 6. a4 c6 7. Nd2 Ngf6 8. Bd3 e5
9. Ne2 Be7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Nf5 bxa4 13. Rxa4 c5 14. Bg5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rxd4 Qe6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Rb4 Ba8 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Nd4 Qd6 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rb5 Bc4 25. Rxa5 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne5 27. Bf4
Nxd3 28. Bxd6 Nxb2 29. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Black "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bh6 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qc7 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Qh6 f6 14. exf6 exf6
15. O-O-O Nc5 16. g4 Be6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Ngxe6 19. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3
Qf4+ 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Re3 Rfe8 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Kc2 Nd5 25. Rf3 a5 26. a3 Re5
27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Kf7 29. Re3 Rde8 30. Rde1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 a5 7. b5 d5 8. bxc6
Nxc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Be6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Rc1 Qe7
15. e4 Ndb4 16. a3 Na6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rac8 20. Nc3 Nc5 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rfd8 23. Qa2 a4 24. Qe2 Nb3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Qb5
Qxa3 28. e5 Qe7 29. Qxa4 Nc5 30. exf6+ Qxf6 31. Qb5 b6 32. h4 Rf7 33. Qe2 Re7
34. Qg4 Qc3 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. h5 Re5 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Kg1 Re6 39. Bf3 Qf5 40.
Qxf5 gxf5 41. Rd5 Kf6 42. Kg2 Re5 43. Rd6+ Re6 44. Rd8 Ke7 45. Ra8 Kd6 46. Rf8
Ke5 47. Bh5 Rf6 48. f4+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Re5+ Kd4 51. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 d6 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Rf8 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nd8 15.
Kb1 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nc4 Nb7 18. Ne3 f6 19. g4 Be6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Bc4 Bd7
22. Ndf1 O-O-O 23. Ng3 Rh8 24. Nh5 Be8 25. Ba6 Bxh5 26. Rxh5 Qb6 27. Bxb7+ Qxb7
28. c4 Bf8 29. Rh3 Kd7 30. Nf5 Ke6 31. Rhd3 Rh7 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. c5 d5 34. exd5+
Rxd5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Nd4+ exd4 37. Qf5+ Ke7 38. Qxh7+ Kd8 39. Qf5 Qe5 40.
Qxe5 fxe5 41. Rb8+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. g3 Qe7 8. Bg2 c6
9. O-O Na6 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Qa4 Nc5 13. Qxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. Nxc6 Nb3 16. Rb1 Kd7 17. Nb4 Rac8 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Nd3 Rxc4 20. Be3 Rhc8 21.
Nb5 Bb8 22. Nb4 a5 23. Na6 Nd5 24. Bg5+ Kf8 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Nd6 Rc5 27. Rd3
a4 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Rc2 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. Rd6 R2xc3 33. Rxb6
R3c6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd1 h6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Be3 Ke7 38. Ra8 Rc4 39. Kf1 Na1
40. Ke2 Nc2 41. Kd3 Nxe3 42. fxe3 Rg4 43. e4 h5 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ke3 h4 46. Kf3
hxg3 47. hxg3 Rg5 48. Rxa4 Kf7 49. Ra8 Rc5 50. Kf4 Rb5 51. a4 Rc5 52. Ke3 Rc4
53. Ra5 Kf6 54. g4 Rb4 55. Kf4 e5+ 56. Rxe5 Rxa4 57. Rf5+ Ke6 58. Rb5 Ra1 59.
Kg5 Ra7 60. Kg6 Re7 61. g5 Rc7 62. Rb8 Re7 63. Rg8 Kd6 64. Rxg7 Rxe4 65. Ra7
Re1 66. Kg7 Rg1 67. g6 Ke6 68. Ra6+ Ke7 69. Kg8 Rg2 70. g7 Rh2 71. Ra1 Ke8 72.
Re1+ Kd7 73. Re4 Rh1 74. Kf7 Rf1+ 75. Kg6 Rg1+ 76. Kf6 Rf1+ 77. Kg5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2
Qh5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne1 Qh6 12. Nd3 Rae8 13. b4 Nd8 14. b5 Bc8 15.
e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf7 18. Bg2 Bf6 19. f4 Qg6 20. Qe2 Nh6 21. Rad1
Nf5 22. Nf2 b6 23. g4 Nh4 24. Be4 Qf7 25. Nd3 d5 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qd7 28.
Bh1 Bb7 29. Ba3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Ng6 31. Qf2 c5 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34.
Bxd5 exd5 35. Qf5 Qa4 36. Kh1 Kh8 37. Qd3 Qd7 38. h3 Qc6 39. Rc1 Qa4 40. Rf1
Qc6 41. Rc1 Qa4 42. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 d5 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Qf6 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qe5 13. Re1 Qh2+ 14. Kf1
Rae8 15. Ke2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bg3+ 17. Ke2 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Rxe3+ 19. Kf2 Rxe1 20.
Kxe1 Qg1+ 21. Ke2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
Bf5 15. b4 a6 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bg6 18. Qb2 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qb3 f6 21.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 22. a4 Be8 23. Nb3 Re7 24. Nc5 f5 25. Rfe1 g5 26. Rbd1 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. c5 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nh6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nf5 14. g4 Nh6 15. h3
f5 16. g5 Nf7 17. d4 e6 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. h4 h6 20. gxh6 Bxh6 21. Qd3 Nxb4 22.
Rxb4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxh4 24. Nxb5 e5 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. Bxh3 exd4 27. Rfb1 Rfc8
28. Nd6 Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Nxd6 30. cxd6 Bg7 31. Rb7 Rd8 32. Bg2 Kf7 33. Ra7 Ke6 34.
Ra8 Rxa8 35. Bxa8 Kxd6 36. Bb7 g5 37. Bc8 g4 38. Kg2 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. h4 Bd7 11. f3 b5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Kb1 h6 16. Be3 e5 17. g4 d5 18. g5 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Ng3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 a4 23. Qe2 Rg8 24. Bb5 O-O-O 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Nf5 Rgd8 27.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Qa6+ Qb7 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rd1+ Rd7 31. Qf6+ Kc8 32. Qh8+ Kc7
33. Qxe5+ Kb6 34. Rd6+ Rxd6 35. Qxd6+ Ka7 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37. Qc4+ Ka7 38. a3 Qe7
39. axb4 Qxh4 40. Qxf7+ Kb6 41. Qe6+ Kc7 42. b5 Qh1+ 43. Ka2 Qh5 44. e5 Qf3 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Musso, Luciano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Nbc3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Nxe5 8. Nd4
Ne7 9. Ncb5 N7c6 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qxd5 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14.
Be2 a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rc8 17. h3 Nb8 18. Rhd1 h6 19. f4 Nec6 20. a3 Rfe8
21. R1d3 Rc7 22. b4 Rce7 23. Kd2 Kh7 24. Bf3 Na7 25. c4 Nac6 26. h4 Kg8 27. Bf2
Kh8 28. Re3 Kh7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Kc3 Rc7 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Na7 33. b6 Nb5+
34. Kb4 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nc7 6. Bc4 Ne6 7. b4 cxb4 8.
Nd5 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Nxb4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. d4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd7
15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qb8 18. Nd3 Rc8 19. Nc5 Ne6 20. g3 Nf8 21.
Ne5 Be8 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. a4 Rb8 24. Qa5 Qd8 25. Rb4 f6 26. Ned3 f5 27. f3 Bc6
28. d5 fxe4 29. fxe4 Be8 30. Qxa7 Nxa4 31. Nxa4 Ra8 32. Qb6 Qd7 33. Nac5 Qh3
34. Nf4 Ra1+ 35. Rb1 Rxb1+ 36. Qxb1 Qh6 37. Qxb7 g5 38. Nfe6 Qf6 39. Qb1 Bg6
40. Bd3 Qe5 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O
f6 9. Nh4 fxe5 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. Ng6 hxg6 12. Qxh8 e4 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe5 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. Qg8 Nde5 18. Nh7 Ke8 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Qh8 b6
21. Rad1 Bb7 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Rd6 Nce5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Rexe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6+ Kf7
27. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g5 2. d4 h6 3. h4 g4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 Nf6
9. Qd2 e6 10. Ng3 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qe2 h5 13. Bg5 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7
Ndxe7 16. d5 Nd4 17. Qd3 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. c3 Nb5 20. Ra1 O-O-O 21. O-O Ng6
22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. c4 Bd7 24. b4 Nxh4 25. c5 Bb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. c6 Kb8 28.
Ra3 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 Qc7 5. Be3 g6 6. Qd2 h5 7. Na3 a6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Bxc5 Be6 12. Qf2 Bg7 13. Nh3 Qa5 14. Ng5 Bc4
15. Bb6 Qa4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qc2 Qxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Nd7 19. Nxc4 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Rb8
21. Nd7 Rb5 22. f4 e5 23. a4 Ra5 24. b4 Rxa4 25. Kb3 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. f4 Bd6 14. dxc5 Bxf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nh3 Qc7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne4 Ra4 19. Nhg5 h6 20. Bc2 Ra5 21.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Rdd5 26. Red1 Rh5
27. g3 Rae5 28. Qc2 Qc5+ 29. Rd4 Rhf5 30. b4 Qc7 31. Rad1 g6 32. R4d3 Qc6 33.
Rd6 Qf3 34. R6d3 Qh5 35. R3d2 Rf3 36. a4 Rfe3 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Rf2 Re1+ 39. Kg2
Qg5 40. Qd3 Rd5 41. Qf3 Rf5 42. Qd3 Rd5 43. Qf3 Rf5 44. Qd3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Black "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Bg5 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Be2 Ne7 13. Kb1 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Qd7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Rh3 Kb8 17. Rb3 Nc8 18. g3 Nb6 19. Bb5 Qg4 20. a4 Nc4
21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Rb4 Qf5 23. a5 Nd7 24. g4 Qf6 25. Bc6 b6 26. Qe3 Nc5 27. Qa3
Nb7 28. Bxb7 Kxb7 29. Qa4 Rb8 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Qc6+ Kc8 32. Rbe4 bxa5 33. Re8
Rb6 34. Qa8+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nh6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qe1 Nf5 15.
g4 d4 16. Nd5 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 dxe3 18. Bxg7 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 cxd5 20. Be5 Nh6 21.
Bc7 Rd7 22. cxd5 Bb7 23. d6 exd6 24. Bb5 Rdd8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. h3 Bd5 27. Re8+
Rxe8 28. Bxe8 Kf8 29. Bb5 a5 30. Rd1 Be6 31. Rxd6 Ke7 32. Ra6 f5 33. Ra7+ Kf6
34. Rxh7 Nf7 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36. Bc4 Ng5 37. Ra7 Nxh3+ 38. Kg3 g5 39. Rf7+ Ke5
40. Rxf5+ Kxf5 41. Kxh3 Kf4 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. Bd2 Nxf3+
8. gxf3 Qh4 9. Nc3 a5 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. Bc3 Bb4 12. Nxb4 axb4 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14.
Rg1 Ke8 15. Rg4 Qxg4 16. fxg4 Rxg7 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rxa3 19. bxa3 h5 20.
Qa1 Kf8 21. gxh5 Rg1+ 22. Bf1 d6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rc1 d6 12. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Ba2 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rad1 b5 19. e5 Bb7 20. Bb1 Ne7 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Qb6+ 23. Rf2 Ng6 24. Kh2 Ra4 25. g3 Ba6 26. Bd3 Bxb5 27.
Bxb5 Rb4 28. Bd3 Ne7 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Bc2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 g6 32. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. a4 O-O 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxb5 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Ra1
21. Rf1 Bd8 22. Bf4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 e5 24. Be3 Kf7 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Kd2 Na5 27.
Kc2 Nc4 28. b3 Nd6 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. c4 Ba5 31. Bd2 Bb6 32. Be3 Ba5 33. Bd2 Bb6
34. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. c4 e4 8. Be2
d4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bf1 O-O 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Rxe4 Qf6 16. b4 Ba7 17. Bc3 c5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. d3 Rad8 20. Qd2 Bb8 21. g3
b6 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. Qb2 h6 24. Bg2 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Qxd4 Qf5 27. Rg4 g6 28.
Bd5 h5 29. Rge4 a4 30. Kg2 Kh7 31. R1e3 Qd7 32. Qf6 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Rh4
Kg6 35. Bf3 Rh8 36. d4 Bb4 37. Rd3 Be7 38. Rh3 Bf6 39. d5 Be7 40. Bd1 a3 41.
Rb3 Rb8 42. Bxh5+ Kg7 43. Bd1 Rxb3 44. Bxb3 Rb8 45. g4 fxg4 46. Rd3 Bd6 47. f3
gxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Rh8 49. Rd2 Kf6 50. Re2 Kf5 51. Bc2+ Kf6 52. Rf2 Rh4 53. Ke2+
Ke7 54. Kd3 Bxh2 55. c5 Bg1 56. d6+ Kd8 57. Rf5 f6 58. Rd5 Kd7 59. Kc3 Rh8 60.
Bf5+ Kc6 61. Be4 Kd7 62. c6+ Ke6 63. c7 Bh2 64. Rh5 Be5+ 65. Kc4 Rxh5 66. c8=Q+
Kxd6 67. Qd8+ Ke6 68. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qe2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nc3 c6 11. a4 Nc5 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bc4 Nf4 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Ncxe6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 Qb4 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Ne2 Nxa4 21.
b3 Nc3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxf4 Bh6 24. Nd3 Bxc1 25. Nxb4 Bd2 26. Ra1 Ne2+ 27.
Kf1 Bxb4 28. Kxe2 a6 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Ng5 h6 33. Ne4
Ke6 34. f4 a5 35. c4 b5 36. Kd3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. g4 a3 39. Kc2 Be7 40. Kb3
g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Nd2 Kxe5 43. Nf3+ Ke4 44. Ne1 Bc5 45. Nc2 Kd3 46. Ne1+ Ke2
47. Nc2 Kd2 48. Na1 Bd4 49. Nc2 a2 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 e5 7. Nf5 h5 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. h4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. c3 Qc7 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxh5 Qe5+ 17. Kf2 Rxh5 18. Qxh5 d4 19. Bh3 Kf8 20. Re1 Qc5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Bxf4 Kg8 23. Rxe6 dxc3+ 24. Kg3 Rf8 25. Re8 cxb2 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.
Re1 Qf5 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qe4 Nd4 30. h5 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Nxf5+ 32. Kg4 Bc3 33. Rb1
Nd4 34. Be5 b5 35. g6 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Musso, Luciano"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qc7 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Qe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Nc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Kh1 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd3 Re8
15. Rae1 Bc6 16. f4 Nh5 17. Qf3 Nxg3+ 18. Qxg3 Qf6 19. fxg5 Qxg5 20. Qd3 Re5
21. Rf3 Qh4 22. Ree3 Rae8 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qe2 Qh5 25. Qxh5 Rxh5 26. Kg1 a5 27.
Kf2 Rb8 28. b3 Rxh2 29. Rg4 Rh5 30. Rf4 Kg7 31. Ref3 f5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5
Re8 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Rf4 h5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Rf5 Kg6 38. Kf4 Bd7 39. Rg5+ Kh6 40.
Rd5 Rf8+ 41. Ke3 Bg4 42. Rd3 Be6 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. Rxd5 a4 45. Rf5 Rg8 46. Kf4
axb3 47. axb3 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rg7 49. Rf6+ Kg5 50. Rf8 Re7 51. Rf5+ Kg6 52. Kf4
Re6 53. Rg5+ Kh6 54. e5 dxe5+ 55. Kf5 e4 56. Rg8 e3 57. Kxe6 e2 58. Kf6 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O Rfe8 11. d3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxd5 14. Qd2
Nc6 15. f4 e4 16. dxe4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
f5 21. Bc3 Kf7 22. b4 a6 23. a4 Rd8 24. Kf2 g6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Nd4 27. Rd1
Ne6 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Be5 c6 30. bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. c3 exd4 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Qxb7 Rb8 8.
Qa6 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Rb6 10. Qa4 Rb4 11. Qa6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. Bb3 Nxf3+ 14.
Kd1 c6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Ba4 Ne7 17. a3 Qg4+ 18. Kc1 Nb3+ 19. Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Qxa7
Qc8 21. Rd1 Rb7 22. Qd4 Ng6 23. b4 Qd8 24. f4 Be7 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qe4 Qc7 27.
f5 Nf4 28. Ra2 O-O 29. Rad2 Nd5 30. Rg1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 g6 32. Ne4 Rd8 33. fxg6
fxg6 34. Rf2 Rf8 35. Qh6 Bxb4 36. axb4 Rxf2 37. Nxf2 Rxb4 38. Rg4 Rxg4 39. Nxg4
Qf7 40. Qe3 40... Qc4+ $139 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Nd2 Ne7 9. O-O c6 10. g3 g5 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. Rfe1 Qh5 13. f4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rae8
15. Kg2 Rf7 16. a3 Rg7 17. c4 Ng6 18. Kf2 Re4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ng1 gxf4 21.
exf4 Nxf4 22. Re3 c5 23. gxf4 cxd4 24. Rg3 Bxf4 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ke1 dxc4 27.
Qg2+ Kf8 28. Qxe4 Qh4+ 29. Ke2 d3+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Black "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5
15. Bb1 Nf6 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Qd1 c4 19. e4 b5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Re3
Rab8 22. Qc2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe6 24. Rf3 Bc8 25. Re1 Rb6 26. Qf4 b4 27. Qh4 Re8
28. h3 Qe7 29. Qf4 Rf6 30. Qg3 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Be6 32. Re3 Rb8 33. Qd1 a5 34. Rg3
Rb6 35. Kh2 Bd7 36. f4 f5 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Bc2 Kh7 39. Qh5 Bc8 40. Qh4 Bd7 41.
Qd8 Ra6 42. Qf8 g6 43. h4 Qg8 44. Qe7+ Qg7 45. Qd8 Qf7 46. Qc7 Qe7 47. Kh3 Kh8
48. Ba4 g5 49. hxg5 Qe8 50. g6 Qc8 51. Qxd7 Qxd7 52. Bxd7 Kg7 53. Bxf5 a4 54.
Bb1 c3 55. bxc3 a3 56. f5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 b6
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Rc2 a6 18. d5 b5 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Bb2 e6 21. dxe6
Rxe6 22. Nf4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Ree8 24. Nd5 Qe6 25. Nc7 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rec8 27. Rbc1
Ra7 28. Nxb5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rd7 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Nd4 f6 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nd3
34. Bc3 Bd6 35. g3 Bc5 36. Nc6 Bb6 37. Ba5 Bxa5 38. Nxa5 Ne5 39. Ke2 h5 40. f4
Nd3 41. Rc6 h4 42. Rc3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Nb4 44. Rc4 Nd3 45. Nc6 g5 46. Rc3 Rd6 47.
e5 fxe5 48. fxe5 Nxe5 49. Nxe5+ Ke6 50. Nf3 g4 51. Nd2 Kf5 52. Rc5+ Kg6 53.
Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 h5 6. h3 g5 7. Bh2 g4 8. Nfd2 Nc6
9. c3 Bg5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qf6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Nge7 14. e4 Ng6 15.
g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 gxh3 17. exf5 exf5 18. f4 h4 19. d5 Nce7 20. Bf1 Nxd5 21. Bxh3
Bc6 22. Bg1 Nxc3+ 23. bxc3 Bxh1 24. Bd4 Be4+ 25. Kb2 Qf7 26. Bxh8 Rxh8 27. Qe3
hxg3 28. Qxg3 Nxf4 29. Bf1 Nd5 30. Nb5 Kb8 31. Qf2 Nb6 32. Rd4 a6 33. Rxe4 axb5
34. Bxb5 Qd5 35. Rb4 Rg8 36. Bf1 Rh8 37. a4 Qe5 38. Qd4 Rh2+ 39. Kb3 Qe1 40.
Qd3 Rd2 41. Qxf5 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. e5
Nd5 9. a3 dxe5 10. dxe5 b5 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Bb2 a5 16. b5 Ndf4 17. Qf1 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Qc2 19. Ra2 Bb7 20. Nbd2 g5 21. Rc1
Qg6 22. Bc6 Ba6 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rab8 25. Qf1 Nd3 26. Rb1 Rfc8 27. Ba1
Rxb1 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Black "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. a3
d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Ng3 Qd6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Rad1 Ra5 20. Ngf5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qh4 Rg5 24. Re4 c5 25. Rde1 f5 26. Re7 Qd5 27.
f3 Rf6 28. Qf4 Rfg6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. R1e2 Rg3 31. Qb8 Rf6 32. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 h5
9. Qc2 g5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe3 c5 14. Bd2 Bxb2 15.
Rab1 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Bf6 17. Bh3 b6 18. Be6+ Kh8 19. Nh4 Bd4 20. Bc3 Rf6 21. Nf5
Bxe3 22. Nxd6 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Qa4 24. Rf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Bxf4 5. exf4 Qd6 6. Qd2 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O-O b6 9. h4 c5 10. g3 c4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bh3 Rb8 13. Ng5 b5 14. Rhe1 b4 15.
Na4 Qa6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxf7 cxb3 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21.
Rxe6 bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Black "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Ng4 6. Bg2 h5 7. d4 h4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Qd3 h3 10. Bxh3 Rxh3 11. Nc3 Bxg3+ 12. Kd2 Ne5 13. dxe5 Qxd3+ 14. exd3
Bf2 15. Nd5 Rxf3 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bxf6 Bh3 19. Be5 Kd7 20. Bg3
Bc5 21. Rae1 Bg2 22. c3 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Nc6 24. d4 Bd6 25. Rf1 Rh8 26. Bxd6 Kxd6
27. Rf2 Rh3 28. Ke2 Ne7 29. Kf1 Nd5 30. Kg2 Rd3 31. h3 b5 32. a3 a5 33. Kh2 a4
34. h4 Nxc3 35. bxc3 Rxc3 36. h5 Rxa3 37. h6 Re3 38. Rf5 c6 39. Kg2 Re7 40. Rh5
Rh7 41. Kf2 a3 42. Ke3 b4 43. Kd3 a2 44. Rh1 Ra7 45. Ra1 Kd5 46. Kc2 Kc4 47.
Kb2 b3 48. Rh1 Kxd4 49. h7 a1=Q+ 50. Rxa1 Rxh7 51. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nd4 e5 15.
Nxc6 dxc6 16. Bb4 Rd8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Be6 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Qe4 Bd7 22. Qd3 Be8 23. h4 g6 24. g3 f5 25. e4 f4 26. Bg4 Qe7 27. Rd2 h5 28.
Bd1 g5 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Kh2 Bf7 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Qh3 Re8 33. f3 Kh8 34. Bxa4
Rg8 35. Rg2 Qf6 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Qg2+ Kh7 38. Qf2 Bxc4 39. e5 Qg6 40. Qg2
Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Kg6 42. Bc2+ Kf7 43. Bf5 Bb3 44. Bd7 Ke7 45. Bxc6 Ke6 46. Kh3
Kxe5 47. Kh4 Kd4 48. Kxh5 Ke3 49. Kg4 Be6+ 50. Kg5 Bb3 51. Kf5 c4 52. a4 Bc2+
53. Kg4 Kd4 54. Kxf4 Kc5 55. Bb5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nf1 Rac8 13. h4 a5 14. N1h2 Ba6 15.
Bf4 c4 16. d4 b5 17. Ng4 Qd8 18. Ng5 h5 19. Ne3 g6 20. Bf3 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qc7
22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Bxh5 Ncxe5 24. dxe5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 Qxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Bg5
Qg7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Ng4 Qg6 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. h5 Qg7 33. Qh4 f6 34.
Be3 Ne5 35. Kg2 d4 36. cxd4 Bb7+ 37. Kh3 Nf3 38. Qg4 Nxe1 39. Rxe1 Qxg4+ 40.
Nxg4 Kg7 41. a3 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Bd2 c3 44. bxc3 bxc3 45. Bh6+ Kf7 46. Rc1
Bf3 47. Kh4 Bxg4 48. Kxg4 Rc4 49. Kf3 Rh8 50. Be3 Rxh5 51. Ke2 Rh8 52. Kd3 Rhc8
53. Rc2 Ke7 54. Bh6 Kd6 55. Bg7 Ke7 56. Bh6 R4c6 57. Bf4 Kd7 58. Bh6 e5 59.
dxe5 fxe5 60. Be3 Ke6 61. f4 Rd8+ 62. Ke2 exf4 63. Bxf4 Kf5 64. Kf3 Rd3+ 65.
Ke2 Ke4 66. g4 Rh3 67. Bc1 Rh2+ 68. Kd1 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bf4 Rxe1+ 14. Nxe1 Bf8
15. Nc2 a6 16. Nc3 Nbd7 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qf3 Ra7 20. Bf4 Ne8 21. Re1
Bf6 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nc7 24. Bxd6 Bxc3 25. Re7 Qxe7 26. Bxe7 Ncxd5 27.
Bxc5 Bxb2 28. Qe2 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Bc5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bg5 d6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a3 Ng6 14. h4 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Rd3 Nc6 18. h5 Nd4 19. Ba2 f5 20. Qh3 Rae8 21. h6
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 g6 24. Rc3 Qd6 25. Qh4 Nf5 26. Qh3 Qd1+ 27. Kh2
Bxf2 28. Qf3 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. e4 Rd8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qb1 Nf6
15. Qb2 Nd4 16. Ncd2 Kg8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 f5
21. Be2 h6 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qc1 Kg7 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Bc4 Qb7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Re6 Rh8 28. Qe3 Be4 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. Qe5 Re8 31. Bb5 Qd5 32. Rxe7+ Rxe7 33.
Qxe7+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nd2 h6 11. Be3 Nh7 12. O-O f5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Rb1
Qe7 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rb2 c6 18. Qb1 cxd5 19. cxd5 h5 20. Nc4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 fxe4
22. Nb6 Bf5 23. Nxa8 e3 24. Qc1 exf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxa8 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bd7
28. d6 Qe8 29. Qxc5 e4 30. Bc4+ Be6 31. Rbe2 Rc8 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe4 Qxe4
34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Rh2+ Bh6 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Bf8 38. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Black "Venturino, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Qf3 c6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Rf2 Nc6 17. c3 Bf6 18. Rd1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qg2 Bg5
21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Qxd5 Rad8 23. Qe4 Rfe8 24. Be2 Nd3 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxd3
Re3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Kg2 f6 29. Bf3 b6 30. Re2 Qc5 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Bd5+ Kf8
33. Bb3 Qc6+ 34. Bd5 34... Qc7 {...} 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Rfe1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Ng6 Qc7
15. dxe5 Nxc4 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Qb3 g5 19. Nfe2 Be6 20. Qa4 b5 21.
Qd4 Ng4 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nce4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 25. h3 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bb3 27. Qf3
Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Re6 29. Be1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qe5 31. Qe2 b4 32. b3 f5 33. Bd2 Qd5
34. Bc1 f4 35. Nf1 Qe4 36. Kg1 c4 37. bxc4 Rc6 38. Qd2 Rxc4 39. exf4 Rc2 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kg8 42. Bd2 gxf4 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44. Bxb4 Qd4+ 45. Kh2 Qg7 46.
Qf5+ Qg6 47. Qd5 Qg8 48. Qb7+ Qg7 49. Qf3 Rxa2 50. Bc3 Qg6 51. Qb7+ Kg8 52.
Qc8+ Kf7 53. Qc4+ Qe6 54. Qxf4+ Ke8 55. Nd2 Kd7 56. Ne4 Kc6 57. Qe3 a5 58. Qc5+
Kd7 59. Be5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Qc3 h5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cantore, Alberto"]
[Black "Capurro, Giuliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Qd6 12. h3 Rb8 13. a3 b5 14. Bb4 Nxb4 15.
axb4 a6 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rc5 Rbc8 18. Rac1 Rc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Rc5 Rc8 21.
Qc3 Qd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Bb7 24. Kf1 Bc6 25. Be2 e6 26. h4 Bb7 27. g3 Rc6
28. Ke1 Qc7 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. Kd2 Kf8 32. Kc3 Ke7 33. Kd4 Kd7 34.
Kc5 Kc7 35. g4 Bd7 36. f4 Bc8 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. Bc2 Bc8 39. e4 dxe4 40. Bxe4 Bd7
41. g5 Be8 42. Bf3 Bd7 43. h5 Be8 44. h6 Bd7 45. Be4 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Minnebo, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

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. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bf1 h6 13. Nf3 fxe4 14. Nd2 Nd3 15.
Bxd3 exd3 16. Nde4 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. a4 Qd7 20. Ba3 b6 21. Bb4
Ra7 22. f3 g5 23. Nb5 Ra6 24. Qd2 Rfa8 25. a5 c6 26. Nbxd6 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 cxd5
28. cxd5 bxa5 29. Nc5 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Black "Maccagno, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 Na6 7. Nf3 Qg4 8.
O-O Qxf4 9. d4 Qd6 10. b3 e6 11. Re1 Be7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Qd7
15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Nbxd4 Bc5 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Nb4 19. Bb2 Nd3 20. Bc3 Rae8
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd1 Re3 23. Kf1 Ne4 24. Nf5 Nxc3 25. Nxe3 Nxd1 26. Nxd1 Nc1
27. Nc3 Bb4 28. Nd5 Ba3 29. Nc3 Bb2 30. Nb5 Nxa2 31. Nxa7 Nc1 32. b4 Kf8 33.
Ng5 h6 34. Ne4 Ke7 35. Nc8+ Kd7 36. Nb6+ Kc6 37. Nd5 b5 38. Ne3 bxc4 39. Nxc4
Bd4 40. Na3 Nd3 41. Nc2 Kd5 42. Ng3 Be5 43. Ke2 Nf4+ 44. Kf3 Ne6 45. Ne3+ Kd4
46. Ngf5+ Kd3 47. h4 g6 48. Nxh6 Nd4+ 49. Kf2 Nc6 50. b5 Na7 51. b6 Bd4 52.
bxa7 Bxe3+ 53. Kf3 Bxa7 54. Nf7 Bd4 55. Kf4 Bf6 56. Ne5+ Ke2 57. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. c5
O-O 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. Qe3 e4
15. Nd2 Qf6 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. O-O Nf5 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. f3 Qg5 20. f4 Qg6 21. Kh1
h5 22. Na5 Rab8 23. b4 a6 24. g3 Re8 25. Rg1 Bb5 26. Bxh5 Qxh5 27. g4 Qh4 28.
gxf5 Be2 29. Rg3 Qxf4 30. Kg1 e3 31. Qe1 Bh5 32. Nb3 e2 33. Rcc3 Qxf5 34. a4
Re4 35. b5 Rf4 36. Nd2 Rxd4 37. Rc1 Qf4 38. Rc2 Re8 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Rxd2
0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Bianco, Valerio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5
h6 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nbd2 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bf4
O-O 15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Rxc6 Bxa2 18. Bc7 Qc8 19. Qa5 Be6 20. Rc5 Qb7
21. Rb5 Qc6 22. Rc5 Qb7 23. b4 d3 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Nd4 26. Nd2 Bf5 27. Rc7
Qb6 28. Nd7 Qxa5 29. bxa5 Rfc8 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Ne8+ Kf8 33. Nd6
Rc2 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Nf1 Nb3 36. Rd1 d2 37. g3 Rc1 38. Ne3 Rxd1+ 39. Nxd1 Nxa5
40. Kf1 Nb3 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Nb2 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Kc2 Na5 45. Kc3 a6 46. Kb4
Nc6+ 47. Kc3 Ne5 48. f4 Nf3 49. Kd3 Nxh2 50. Kxd2 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frassati, Giovanni"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
e6 f6 9. Bd2 dxe6 10. c4 Qb6 11. c5 Qc7 12. Na3 Bg7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bd3 Rd8 15.
Ba5 Nb6 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qe2 Bd4 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bc3 c5 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Ne5
Ba6 22. f3 Rd5 23. Nxg6 Rxd3 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Nxe7 Re8 26. O-O Rxe7 27. Qxf5
Rde3 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Rfd1 Bd3 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qg8 Kc6 33. a4 Re8
34. Qg5 Qe5 35. Qxe5 R8xe5 36. Rd2 c4 37. Rad1 Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1
40. b3 Kc5 41. Ke3 Bg6 42. a5 Rxa5 43. bxc4 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Kxc4 45. Ke5 Re3+ 46.
Kf6 Bd3 47. Kg7 b5 48. f4 b4 49. g4 Re2 50. Rd1 Rxh2 51. f5 Rg2 52. Rc1+ Kd4
53. f6 Rxg4+ 54. Kh8 h5 55. Rh1 Bg6 56. Kg7 b3 57. Rd1+ Kc3 58. Rc1+ Bc2+ 59.
Kh8 Rf4 60. Ra1 b2 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Musso, Luciano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. a3
Bd7 9. Qc2 Qc8 10. Rd1 Bh3 11. Bh1 h6 12. e4 Nc7 13. Nh4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Nf3 Ne8 19. c5 g5 20. Nd2 Rd7 21. Nc4 Rad8
22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 g4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 f6 26. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f3 Ne5 10. e4 Ng6 11. Bf2 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Be2 Nh5 14. g3 Ne5 15.
h3 Nf6 16. g4 c6 17. O-O d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc6 24. Re1 Be6 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Red1 b6 27. f4
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. a3 Nb7 31. f5 Bb3 32. Bg3 Na5 33. Bb8 Nc6
34. Bd6 Na5 35. Bb8 Nc6 36. Bf4 Na5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd4 Nc6+ 40. Ke4
Na5 41. Bb8 Nc6 42. Bd6 Na5 43. Ba6 Ba4 44. c4 Bc6+ 45. Kf4 Bg2 46. c5 Nb7 47.
Bc4+ Ke8 48. Bb5+ Kf7 49. Bb8 bxc5 50. Bxa7 Nd6 51. Be2 c4 52. Bd4 Bc6 53. Ke3
Ke8 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Kd4 Bg2 56. h4 h5 57. a4 Bh3 58. Bxd6 Kxd6 59. gxh5 Bxf5
60. Bxc4 Bg4 61. Bf7 f5 62. a5 f4 63. Ke4 f3 64. Ke3 Kc6 65. Kf2 Kb5 66. Kg3 f2
67. Kxf2 Kxa5 68. Ke3 Bd1 69. Kf4 Kb6 70. Kf5 Bc2+ 71. Ke6 Kc5 72. Bg6 Bb3+ 73.
Ke7 1-0

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Na3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc4 f6 9. d4 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qxc4 9. Nf5 Qxe4 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nh5 d6 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. f3 Qh4 14. Nc3
Nf6 15. Nce4 Rg8 16. Nxd6 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Qg6 7. Nd2 Nge7 8.
h4 Bxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. h5 Qe6 11. h6 g6 12. Rh4 O-O 13. g3 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nd5 15.
Nxe4 Nxe3 16. Bxe6 Nxd1 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Rxd1 Rcd8 20. d5 Ne5
21. Rb4 b6 22. Ra4 a5 23. d6 cxd6 24. Kf1 Nd7 25. Rxd6 Nxf6 26. Rxf6 Rb8 27. b4
axb4 28. Rxb4 b5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxf7 Rbc8 31. Ra7 Ra8 32. Rbxa4 Rxa7 33. Rxa7
Kg8 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. f4 Rf8 36. Kh3 Rf5 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kf7
40. g4 Rxf4 41. Kh4 Ke6 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rh8 Re4 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rg8 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Faraoni, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. N2b3 Rg8 13. Kh1 Nxd4 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. cxd4 Nc4 16. Qd3 O-O-O 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxd4 20.
Qxd4 Rxd4 21. a3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Rgd8 23. Rc3 Kc7 24. h3 Rd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26.
hxg4 Kc6 27. g3 Rd2 28. b4 Ra2 29. Kg2 Rxa3 30. Rh1 Rb3 31. g5 Rxb4 32. Rxh7 a5
33. Rxf7 a4 34. Rf8 Kxc5 35. f4 Rd4 36. g6 Rd7 37. Rf7 Rd8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Rxb7
Kc4 40. Kf3 a3 41. Ra7 Kb3 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Chilese, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3 Bf8 11. e3 a6 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Rac1 e4 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bc3 Qd8 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Nb1 Bg4 21. Re1 h5
22. Qd2 h4 23. a3 Qe6 24. Bb4 Bb8 25. a4 Qf5 26. Nc3 Bf3 27. Bf1 Ng4 28. Ne2
Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Bxe2+ 30. Kg1 Bf3 31. gxh4 Re6 32. Re2 Rg6+ 33. Rg2 Bxg2 34. Bxg2
Qh3 35. Kf1 Rf6+ 36. Ke1 Qxh4+ 37. Kd1 Bxh2 38. Rc2 Bg3 39. Kc1 Rf2 40. Qc3
Rxc2+ 41. Qxc2 Be1 0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Trumpf, Walter"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Rad1 c6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15.
Qd6 Bf6 16. Nf3 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Be7 18. Rd3 Bb4 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Rd8 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Bg4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxa4 25. Rxb7 Nxc3 26. Rb3 a4 27.
Ra3 Nb5 28. Ra1 a3 29. Bg2 Nc3 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. f3 a2 32. Bc4 Rb8 33. Rxa2 Rb1+
34. Kg2 Nxa2 35. Bxa2 Rc1 36. Bb3 Ke7 37. g4 f6 38. h4 Kd6 39. Kg3 Kc5 40. Bf7
g5 41. Bb3 Kd4 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kf2 Kc3 44. Ba4 Rxc2+ 45. Bxc2 Kxc2 46. Ke3 c5
0-1

[Event "XVII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Venturino, Marco"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d3 Be7 8. c4
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. dxc4 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. a3 Nxd5
15. Qb3 b5 16. Ne5 c4 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Rd1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3
Qe6 22. Nc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. g5 Ne4 26. Rd5 f6 27. gxf6
Nxf6 28. Re5 Qd7 29. f5 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bd4 Ne4 33. h4 Qe7
34. Qf4 Qb7 35. Kh2 Qc6 36. Qe5 Nf6 37. Qf4 Ne8 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kh3 Nf6 40. Qe5
Qd5 41. Qg3 0-1

