[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Amato, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Qe3 Nb6 12. g4 c6 13. h4 d5 14. Kb1 Bb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17. Be2 c5 18. h5 d4 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. g5 c4 21. Qb4
Qxb4 22. axb4 Rd7 23. Be5 Rad8 24. f4 d3 25. Bf3 g6 26. c3 Na4 27. Rd2 b5 28.
Rg1 Rf8 29. Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campo, Renato"]
[Black "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Ne2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Ng3 Qe6 13. Nf5 Kh8 14. Qe1 Ng8
15. Qg3 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. d5 Qe8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6 f6 20. Bd2 Bc8 21. Rae1
Nc5 22. Bc2 Ba6 23. Bb3 Ne7 24. f4 f5 25. fxe5 Nxe4 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qe3 Qg6 28.
exd6 cxd6 29. Qd4+ Qf6 30. Rxe4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 f4 32. h4 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Black "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qh4 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nd2 Ng4 9. Nf3 Nxe3 10. Nxh4 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne7 12. Ng3 g6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rde1
O-O 15. f4 Bd7 16. f5 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. f6 Nc6 20. Nf3 Be3 21.
Re2 Re6 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Bf2 25. Bxe6 Bxe1 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Black "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. c4 Qd6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qb3 Nd3 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. d6 c6 19. Re7 b5 20. Rc7+ Kb8
21. Rc1 Rhe8 22. Rxc6 Qd4 23. Qxf7 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Black "Gueci, Riccardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be3 e5 5. f3 c6 6. g4 h6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O
Qa5 9. Kb1 Nf8 10. Bc4 Ne6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rxd2
b5 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Ne2 Be7 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Nc1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Black "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nc4
Qc7 9. cxd4 b5 10. Ne3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nf4 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Be2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2
Nxe2 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Qxe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxc4 18. Rc1 Qa5+ 19. b4 Rxb4 20. Qd2
Qxe5+ 21. Kd1 a5 22. a3 Ra4 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Re3 O-O 25. Rg3 Rb8 26. Rg5 Qxd4
27. Qxd4 Bb3+ 28. Ke2 Rxd4 29. Rb5 Ra8 30. Rxb3 Kf8 31. Rc7 Ke7 32. Rh3 h6 33.
Rg3 g6 34. Rb3 a4 35. Rbb7 Ra6 36. Rc3 Rad6 37. Ra7 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Black "Ferro, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qb3 e5 14. c5 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Rb8 16. Qc3 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rxb2 18. Bb5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. a4 a6 21. Bd3
Bb7 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ba8 24. Qa7 Qc6 25. f3 Qxa4 26. Qxa6 Qe8 27. Kf1 Qe5
28. h3 g6 29. Re1 Qf4 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Qa4 Bxf3 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Black "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Re8 12. h4 Nf8 13. g4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 c6
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qe3 e5 20. d5 cxd5 21.
Bxd5 b6 22. c4 Qe7 23. Rh6 Qc5 24. Qh3 e4 25. Qh2 e3 26. fxe3 Qxe3 27. Rh1 Qd3+
28. Ka1 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxh7 Qxh1+ 31. Qxh1 Nxh7 32. a3 a5 33. Qd5 Re6
34. Ka2 Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Kb3 Nf8 37. Ka4 Nh7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Kb5 Nf8 40.
Ka6 Rc6 41. Qd5 Rc5 42. Qd6 Rxg5 43. Kxb6 Ne6 44. b4 axb4 45. Qxb4 Rd5 46. a4
Rd7 47. a5 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. a6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Musella, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. e4 Qc7 11. d5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nf4 16. Rac1 a6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qa5 21.
Bxc6 Rab8 22. Red1 Rfd8 23. Rd5 Qxa2 24. Rcd1 Bc7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. Qd1 Be7 28. Qd7 Qe6 29. Qb7 Qe5 30. Bd5 g5 31. Qc6 Bf8 32. Qd7 Qe7 33. Qf5
h6 34. b4 Bg7 35. Qc8+ Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4
Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qd7 16. Qd3 Qxg4 17. Kg1 Rc8 18. h3 Qd7 19. Rf1 Nc4 20. d5 Nxe3
21. Qxe3 Qb5 22. Nf4 Rf8 23. h4 Qb2 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Black "Verga, Domenico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Bf5 7. c3 d4 8. Bb5
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 dxc3 10. b4 a5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ne2 axb4 14. Rxb4
e6 15. Nxc3 Bxc5 16. Rc4 Bb6 17. Rxc6 Ba5 18. O-O Ne7 19. Rd6+ Ke8 20. Ne4 Nd5
21. Nxg5 Bc7 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. e6 f6 24. Nf7 Bxg3 25. Nxh8 Be5 26. Nf7 Rxa2 27.
Nxe5 fxe5 28. f4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Ke7 30. Rf7+ Kxe6 31. Rxh7 d4 32. Rh3 Ra1+ 33.
Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Black "Massafra, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bb3 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Ndb5 Be5 12. Qe2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Ba3
Rc8 15. Bb4 Qd8 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. a4 Nc6 18. Ba3 Na5 19. Rab1 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Ne4
21. Nb5 Rc4 22. f3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nc5 24. Bc1 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Rc6 26. Be3 Qd8 27.
Qd2 a6 28. Nd4 Rcc8 29. Ra1 e5 30. Ne2 d4 31. cxd4 Rc2 32. Qe1 Bd3 33. Nc1 Bg6
34. dxe5 Rac8 35. h3 Rb2 36. Ne2 Rcc2 37. Rd1 Qc8 38. Nf4 Bf5 39. Qa5 g5 40.
Rd8+ Qxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ Kh6 43. Qxg5# 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amato, Andrea"]
[Black "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Nf3 Ng5 5. d4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qh4+ 7. Qf2
Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 d5 9. c4 Nc6 10. Be3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Nc3 Be7
14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. d5 Bd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d6 Bd8 18. Rhe1 h6 19. Bd4 O-O 20. Ne4
b6 21. b4 a5 22. a3 Re8 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Bc3 Bf5 26. Rbd1 c5 27.
Ng3 Bh4 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ra1 Rc4 30. Rec1 Rd8 31. Bb2 Rb4 32. Ba3 Rf4+ 33. Kg1
Bxg3 34. hxg3 Re4 35. Rxc5 Bg4 36. Bb2 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Rc7 Ree8 39. Raa7
Rxd6 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rag7+ Kf8 43. Ba3 Re1+ 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bd3 cxd5 11. Qh5 f5 12. Qf3 c6 13. O-O g5 14. Bd2 Bf6
15. Rab1 g4 16. Qf4 Be5 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. f4 Bg7 19. Ba5 Qf6 20. c3 Rf7 21. Qb3
Re8 22. Qb7 Re3 23. Rbd1 Be8 24. Qb8 Qe7 25. Qc8 Qd7 26. Qb8 Qb7 27. Qxd6 Bf8
28. Qd8 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qa3 30. Rb8 Rxd3 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. cxb4 Re3 33. Qg5+ Rg7
34. Qh5 Kf8 35. Qxf5+ Rf7 36. Qxg4 Ree7 37. f5 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qe5 39. Qg5 Qxb8
0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Black "Campo, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. exd5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne4 f6 17. Nd4 fxg5 18. Ne6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Qb3+ Kh8
21. Qa3 c5 22. Qxa7 g4 23. Nxc5 Bb8 24. Qxd7 Qe5 25. Rfe1 Qxc5 26. d4 Qc2 27.
Qxg4 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bh5 29. Qxh5 Qg3 30. Re5 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Black "Puleio, Bernardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. c3 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Qb6 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. axb3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Be4 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra6 Rfc8 20. Rd1
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Rd2 23. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ferro, Mario"]
[Black "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Qc7
8. O-O Bf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. c3 Bd6 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. g4
Be4 15. f3 Bg6 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Bh4 Be8 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bg3 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Rg8 21.
Bxd6+ Qxd6 22. Qxb7+ Bd7 23. Qb3 Raf8 24. Kg2 Rg6 25. Re5 Rgf6 26. Rf1 h6 27.
Rf2 Kf7 28. Rf1 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Black "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d4 Ne7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Ne4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Kf2 Nb6 14. Bb3
Rfe8 15. Rae1 g5 16. c4 Ne7 17. h4 Bf5 18. Qc3 g4 19. Ng5 Ng6 20. g3 Qg7 21.
Bc2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxd4+ 23. Kg2 f3+ 24. Kh2 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 g6 8.
Qe2+ Nge7 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. O-O f6 11. Bh4 Kf7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Qa6
Nf5 15. Qb7 Bd6 16. Qa6 Rhb8 17. Rfb1 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Messina, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8.
Bxh3 a6 9. Qxb7 Nbd7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be7 12. Bxd7+ Kf8 13. Bc6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gueci, Riccardo"]
[Black "Musella, Vincenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Qe3 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Bh6 g6
15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qd8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Na4 Ba5 21.
Rd3 Rb8 22. Rfd1 Bc7 23. a3 Nf8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Qh6 g5 26. g3 Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7
28. f3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Black "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. d3 e6
9. O-O h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. Ne2 Be7 12. h4 e5 13. Nh2 f6 14. f4 fxg5 15. fxg5 Bf7
16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh3 Nd4 18. c3 Be6 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Nf8 22.
Qf3 Qd7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Be3 Kc7 26. Qg6 Raf8 27. Qe4 Qc6 28.
Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 d5 31. Rxf8 Nxf8 32. Kg2 Ng6 33. Kh3 e4 34.
dxe4 dxe4 35. Nf1 Bd6 36. c4 Kd7 37. Nd2 Bf4 38. Nxe4 Bxe3 39. Nf6+ Ke6 40.
Nxh5 Bd4 41. Ng3 Bxb2 42. Kg4 Ne5+ 43. Kh5 Nxc4 44. g6 Ne3 45. Kh6 Be5 46. Nh5
Nf5+ 47. Kh7 c4 48. g7 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Black "Casto, Corrado"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. a3 Bf8 10. bxc3 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rfb1 Bg7 16. Rb5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxb5 18. Be3 Qxc3 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Bd4 Qxc2
21. Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nd7+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd6
27. Qf4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Massafra, Antonio"]
[Black "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 Nc6 11. a3 Rb8 12. Qc2 a5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qxe4 Nd4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxb3 18. Qd1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qb6 20. Qe4 Qb7 21.
Qc2 Rb8 22. Qd2 Qa6 23. Rfc1 a4 24. e4 Qc6 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Rab1 Qe6 27. Ra1 h5
28. h3 Qe5 29. Re1 R8b6 30. Rab1 Qd4 31. Rbd1 Rb2 32. Rxd4 Rxc2 33. Rd5 Rbb2
34. e5 Rxf2 35. exd6 exd6 36. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxh3 39. Rc6 Rxa3
40. Rxc5 Rg3+ 41. Kh1 a3 42. Rb5 Rc3 43. Ra1 Rxc4 44. Ra5 Rc3 45. R5xa3 Rxa3
46. Rxa3 Kh6 47. Rf3 f5 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Black "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. b3 dxc4 4. bxc4 Qd4 5. Nc3 Qxc4 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qc2 Bb4 9. Bb2 Ngf6 10. Qf5 Qg4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Nd1 Qe6 14. Ba1 Nb6
15. Ne3 h6 16. O-O Nfd5 17. Nd1 Bd7 18. Nb2 Nb4 19. Qe4 Nxa2 20. Na4 f5 21. Qc2
Nb4 22. Qd1 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 c5 24. Qd1 e4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Verga, Domenico"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. Nge2 d6 8. Nd5
g5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bg3 Be6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qe6 14. Qd3 f6
15. a3 Ba7 16. O-O-O Ne7 17. f3 h5 18. Nc3 Ng6 19. b4 c6 20. b5 gxh4 21. Bh2
axb5 22. cxb5 Qd7 23. Qc4 Kb8 24. a4 Ne7 25. a5 Bd4 26. b6 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rh7
28. a6 {...} 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. f3 Nd6 7. Nd2 Qb6 8. Ne2
Nf6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. e4 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bd7
15. Nc4 Qb5 16. Ne5 h5 17. c4 Qa6 18. c5 Bg4 19. Qb3 e6 20. Nxg4 O-O-O 21. Ne5
1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Campo, Renato"]
[Black "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Bc4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O h6 14. Ngf3 Nd7
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. a4 Rae8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. a5 Nc8 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
Nxb3 Nd6 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Rfe1 a6 24. Ra4 Rd8 25. Nd2 Bf8 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4
c6 28. Kf1 Rc7 29. Ke2 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rcd7 31. Kf3 Rd3+ 32. Re3 Rd2 33. Rxe5
Rxb2 34. Kg3 Kf8 35. h4 h5 36. Rf3 Rb5 37. Kf4 Rd2 38. c4 Rbb2 39. Kg3 Rdc2 40.
Re6 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Rxf2 42. Rxg6 Rc2 43. Rg5 Rxc4 44. Kf4 f6 45. Rxh5 Kg7 46. g4
Kg6 47. Rh8 Rc5 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rb8 Rb5 50. g5 Kg6 51. Rg8+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Black "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Qh4 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. Be3
O-O 15. a4 a5 16. Bc5 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Re6 18. Re3 Rh6 19. h3 Qg5 20. Qc3 Re8 21.
Rae1 Ree6 22. Nxa5 Reg6 23. Rg3 Qh4 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Nxc6 Rxg3 27.
fxg3 Qxa4 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nc8 Rf6 30. Nxb6 Qa7 31. Qe3 Bb5 32. Nxd5 Qxe3+ 33.
Nxe3 h5 34. c4 Ba6 35. Rf1 Ke7 36. Rf4 Kd6 37. Re4 Kc5 38. Nc2 Bxc4 39. b4+ Kb5
40. Na3+ Kxb4 41. Nxc4 Kc3 42. Ne5 g5 43. g4 hxg4 44. Nxg4 Rg6 45. Ne5 Rf6 46.
Rg4 Rf5 47. Nf3 Kd3 48. Rxg5 Rf6 49. Re5 Rg6 50. Kh2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Black "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. e5
Be7 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d4 14. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gueci, Riccardo"]
[Black "Verga, Domenico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Qe2
f5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Black "Ferro, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bd2 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. h4 h5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15.
Ng3 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Qxb2 17. Rd1 Bxc2 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Rc1 Nc5 21.
Qg4 Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Nxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxh4 24. Qxg7 Rh2+ 25. Ke1 O-O-O 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Black "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bb3 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5
15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Ng5 N7f6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Qh3 Rxc1 19. Raxc1 Nf4 20. Qh4 Ne2+
21. Kf1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd2 23. Rc5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qa6+ 25. Bc4 Qxa4 26. Qc1 Ne4
27. Rc7 Rd8 28. b3 Qa2 29. Qe1 Nd2+ 30. Kg1 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Rxd4 32. Rxb7 Qc2 33.
Rb1 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Bf6 14. Qc1 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bf6 17. Nh5 Qd7 18. f3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh6 Qxd3 24. Qf4 Qg6 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Rf1 Rg8 27. g4 e5
28. Qe3 Rd8 29. g5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Bh4 Rg8 32. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Amato, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. dxc5 Rxd1+ 15.
Nxd1 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb2 Bb7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 a5 20. Ne1 Qe5 21.
Rd1 f5 22. Bc2 Bc6 23. Nd3 Qg7 24. g3 Bd6 25. Kh2 Bd5 26. Ne1 Rd8 27. Nf3 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 Qc3 29. Qe2 Be7 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. e4 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Qg7 33. Kg2 Be7
34. Qa8+ Qf8 35. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Puleio, Bernardo"]
[Black "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 a6
8. O-O e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 13. f4 Rac8 14. e5
dxe5 15. f5 b4 16. fxe6 bxc3 17. Qxd7+ Qxd7 18. exd7 Kxd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
bxc3 Ke7 21. Rab1 Rc6 22. Rb7+ Ke6 23. h3 Rhc8 24. Ra7 R8c7 25. Ra8 Kd5 26.
Rd8+ Ke4 27. Rd3 Rb6 28. Rdf3 Rcc6 29. Rg3 Rb2 30. Rg7 Rxc2 31. Rxh7 Rxa2 32.
Rxf7 Kd3 33. R1xf6 Rxf6 34. Rxf6 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 e4 36. Re6 e3 37. Rd6+ Kxc3 38.
Re6 Kd3 39. Rd6+ Ke2 40. h4 Ke1 41. Re6 e2 42. h5 Rd1 43. Kg3 Rd3+ 44. Kh2 Ra3
45. Re4 Rc3 46. Re6 Rd3 47. Rxa6 Kd2 48. Re6 Re3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Black "Brancati, Emanuele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Be2 e6 6. Na3 Be7 7. Nc2 O-O 8. Bf3
Rb8 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ne3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. g4 b4 13. c4 Ne8 14. f5 Bg5 15. Bg2
Ne5 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Nh3 Bh6 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. g5 Bxg5 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. Bxg5 Qg4 23. exf5 f6 24. Qxg4 Nxg4 25. Bf4 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nf2 Rd8
28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Ne4 Nc7 30. Nxc5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Nxa6 Rxd3 33. Rad1 Re3
34. Nxb4 Re2 35. b3 Rb8 36. Kg1 h6 37. Nc6 Rb6 38. Ne7 Rb8 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Rf2
Re4 41. Rfd2 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rgb4 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Black "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. d5 e5 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Ra7 13. Ne1 Ne8 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4
Bg5 16. Rf1 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Ne5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. exd3 Bc8 20. Rf2 f5 21. Nb5 Ra6
22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Re1 Ra3 25. Ne6 Rf7 26. g4 Qh4 27. gxf5 Nf6 28. Qg5
Qg4 29. h3 Qh5 30. Qxh5 Nxh5 31. Ng5 Rxd3 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rfe2 Bxf5 34. Re7+
Kf6 35. Rxc7 Nf4 36. Be4 Nxh3+ 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Re3 Bg4 39. Bxh7 g6 40. Bg8 Nf4
41. Be6 Be2+ 42. Ke1 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Nh5+ 45. Kg2 Nf4+ 46. Kh2 Rf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amato, Andrea"]
[Black "Campo, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nh6 9. b4 Nf7 10. b5 Na5 11. O-O Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Nc3 a6 14. Re1 Be7 15.
d5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. dxe6 O-O 19. e7 Bxe7 20. Rd5 Qa5 21.
Rxd7 Qxc3 22. Rb1 Rad8 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Bb2 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qc2 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7
27. Qxe7+ Rf7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kg6 31. Re1 h6 32. bxa6 bxa6
33. g3 c3 34. Re6+ Kh7 35. Rc6 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qb7 37. Qxc3 Rc7 38. Qd3+ Kg7 39.
Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45.
Re6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Black "Messina, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. b4 Bc7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Bc4
d5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Kd1 Bb6 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. d6 Nd5 15.
Nxf6+ Kf8 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Qf6 18. Bb2 Qf5 19. Re5 Qd7 20. Re7 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brancati, Emanuele"]
[Black "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O a6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Bg5 b4 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Na4 Nxe4 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Qd4 Bf6 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. f3 Qxa4 20. fxe4 Qxe4
21. c3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Rfc8 23. Rg3 Kf8 24. Rg4 e5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Nc5 Be7 27.
Nd3 f6 28. Rf1 Kg8 29. Re1 e4 30. Nf4 f5 31. Nxd5 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casto, Corrado"]
[Black "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. e4
Ngf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Be7 14. Qh6 Bf8 15.
Qh3 Nb6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qh6 Kb8 20. Rfb1 a6 21. Nd6
Na4 22. Qc1 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Rc2 c5 27. Qe5 cxd4
28. cxd4 Qxe5 29. dxe5 c3 30. Rb1 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Kc7 32. Kf3 Kc6 33. Ke2 Kc5 34.
Rd1 Rd5 35. f4 b4 36. h4 h5 37. Rg1 Rd4 38. Rb1 Kc4 39. Rd1 Rd5 40. Rg1 a5 41.
Rg2 Nc5 42. a3 Nb3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Black "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Nb5 Ke7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. f5 Bd7 14.
Nxd6 cxd6 15. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ferro, Mario"]
[Black "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O e5 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f6 14. Ba3 b6
15. Qd5 Bb7 16. Qe6+ Ne7 17. Qg4 O-O 18. e4 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21.
Bc1 Rd3 22. f3 Rcd8 23. a4 Nc6 24. Nb3 Ba6 25. a5 Bxc4 26. axb6 Rxc3 27. Nd2
Bxf1 28. Nxf1 axb6 29. Bd2 Rcd3 30. Rxb6 R3d6 31. Be1 Nd4 32. Rb7 Ne2+ 33. Kf2
Nf4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qa5 7. a3 g6 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. a5 Rb8 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16. Ra4 g5 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. e4 N5f6 19. e5 Nd5 20. exd6 e6 21. Nfe5 f5
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Be5 Rbc8 24. a6 Ba8 25. Ra5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nf4 27. Bf3 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Qc6 29. Nd2 Qe8 30. Ra4 Rb8 31. Rxb4 Qh5 32. Kh1 Qh3 33. Rg1 Nd3 34.
Qxd3 Rxb4 35. d7 Rbb8 36. Qd6 Kf7 37. Rc1 g4 38. Qxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rc8 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. a3 a5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O O-O
9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. b3 e4 13. Ne1 Qxc3 14. dxe4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rae8 16. Ng2 Bh3 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Qxb7 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxe3 21.
Bg6 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Qd2 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Black "Musella, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8.
Bf4 h5 9. h3 Nh6 10. g4 Nc5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rg1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qd7
15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Bg3 f5
21. exf6 gxf6 22. c4 Nb4 23. a3 Na6 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Kc2 Nf7 26. b4 Nd7 27. f4
a6 28. Bf3 Nb8 29. Rde1 Kd7 30. Re3 Rh3 31. Bg2 Rxg3 32. Rxg3 Bd6 33. Rd3 Kc8
34. Rf1 e5 35. c5 Be7 36. Ne4 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Nd7 38. f5 Bf8 39. Rh1 Bh6 40. Kc3
Kb7 41. Rd1 Kc8 42. Bf1 Nb8 43. Nxf6 Ng5 44. Bd3 Nf3 45. Ne4 Be3 46. f6 Bd4+
47. Kc2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. Qh4 Qa4 12. dxc5 Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nf7
15. Bd6 Nxd6 16. cxd6 Nc6 17. c4 d4 18. f4 b6 19. Rb1 Rd8 20. Rb5 Rxd6 21. c5
bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne7 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. g3 Bb7 25. Kf2 Nc3 26. Re1 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Ne5 e3+ 29. Kg1 h6 30. Nc4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. c3 Bd5 33. Ne5 dxc3 34.
Rxe3 Rc8 35. Nd3 Rb8 36. Nc1 c2 37. Rc3 Be4 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Ne2 Rh1 40. Ke3
Rxh2 41. Nd4 Bg6 42. g4 Rh3+ 43. Nf3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Black "Gueci, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bc1 h6 10. d5 c5 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 Nb8 13. Ne1 Nf6 14. Nd3 Ne8 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Bf6 17. Bg4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxc8
Rxc8 22. Qf5 Nf6 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. Rbe1 Nd7 26. a4 g6 27. Re3 Nb6
28. b3 Kg7 29. Ref3 f6 30. R1f2 Nd7 31. g4 b6 32. h4 Kh7 33. Kg2 Rg8 34. Kg3 g5
35. Nd6 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Rcf8 37. Nf5 Rg5 38. Ne3 Kg6 39. Rh3 h5 40. Kg3 hxg4 41.
Rh4 Rh5 42. Rfh2 Rfh8 43. Rxg4+ Kf7 44. Rgh4 Rg8+ 45. Kf2 Rhg5 46. Rh7+ R8g7
47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Nf5+ Kg8 49. Rh3 Nf8 50. d6 Nd7 51. Ne7+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kg8
53. Ne3 Kg7 54. Rf3 Kf7 55. Rf5 Rxf5+ 56. exf5 Kg7 57. Kf3 Kh6 58. Ke4 Kg5 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Massafra, Antonio"]
[Black "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. a3
O-O 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5
15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. h3 Be6 19. c4 Rd8 20. Qc2 Qf4 21. Qc1
Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. Rb1 Bxc4 25. bxc4 b6 26. Ne5 Ne8 27. Re1
f6 28. Nc6 Rxc6 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Ra8 Rc7 31. Rd8 Ke7 32. Rd4 Rc5 33. f4 Ra5
34. Rd3 Ra4 35. Re3+ Kd7 36. Rd3+ Ke6 37. Rc3 Kf5 38. g3 Ke4 39. c5 bxc5 40.
Rxc5 Rxa3 41. Rc7 Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Rg6 43. Rc4+ Kf5 44. Ra4 a6 45. Rc4 Ke6 46. Rc5
f5 47. Re5+ Kd7 48. Rxf5 Kc6 49. Rh5 h6 50. Re5 Kb6 51. f5 Rc6 52. h4 Rc4 53.
Kh3 Rc5 54. Re7 Rc7 55. Re6+ Kb5 56. Re5+ Kc4 57. Re1 Kb3 58. Rb1+ Kc2 59. Rb6
Ra7 60. Rb4 a5 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Black "Verga, Domenico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Ne7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 f5 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Bd2 h6 10. Qc1 g5 11. b4 c6 12. a4 Qe8 13. b5 Qh5 14. Qa3 c5 15. Qc1 Nf6
16. Ne1 f4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Bg2 Bh3 20. Qd1 g4 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22.
e4 Ng6 23. Ng2 f3 24. Ne3 h5 25. Kh1 Bh6 26. Rg1 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Kf7 28. Qf1 Qxf1
29. Rgxf1 h4 30. Kg1 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rh8 32. Rf2 a6 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Rfb2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Qxe5 Kf7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bd3
Kd6 15. Rde1 Rae8 16. Kd2 g6 17. g3 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Ne2 Ng7
21. f4 Be6 22. Ng1 Ne8 23. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Black "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3
Rb8 9. Nh4 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Ndf3 e6 14. Qf2 b5 15.
Be3 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. e5 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 d5 20. f5 Ba6 21. Rfc1
exf5 22. Bh6 Ne7 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxc3 26. dxc5 Qxe5 27.
Re1 Qc7 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Qb7 31. Kg1 Ng5 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Qc2
Qc7 34. Qb3 f4 35. c6 fxg3+ 36. Kg2 Qf4 37. Rc2 Qxh4 38. c7 Nd6 39. Re2 Qf4 40.
Qb8+ Ndc8 41. Qb3 Qxc7 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campo, Renato"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8.
O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 a6 10. d4 O-O 11. a3 b5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Qg4 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nb3 Rg6 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Bf4 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Nxa3 21. Nc5
Nc4 22. Nxb5 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casto, Corrado"]
[Black "Amato, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nd7 9. g4 a5 10. a4 Nc5 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nb5 Nd4 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. f3 c6 15.
Nc3 Rd8 16. Qe1 c4 17. Bxc4 Nxc2 18. Qe2 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxa1 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Bf4
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxa1 Qc4 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Qh1 Qd4 27. Kh3
Bb4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Black "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. bxc5 Bxc5 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbc6 11. Rc1 b4 12. Bb2 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb4 14. Bb1 O-O 15.
a3 Nbc6 16. d5 Na7 17. Na4 exd5 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qd4 f6
22. Ba2 Nb5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Qd3 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Black "Ferro, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nc3 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qh4 d5 5. e4 d4 6. Nd5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
a3 Bd6 9. f4 Qe7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Nf3 Bxe4 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Re1 Be2 14. Qf2 O-O
15. Rxe2 Qc7 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Rd2 Bc5 18. Kg2 Bb6 19. Qf1 Ne7 20. Qd3 Nd5 21.
Re2 Rxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rc8 23. Ne1 Qc6 24. Qf3 Re8 25. Bd2 Qc4 26. Rd1 g6 27. h4
Ne3+ 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gueci, Riccardo"]
[Black "Massafra, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Black "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 Bc6 15. Be3
Qd7 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Qc1 Ba4 18. Bd1 Rc8 19. Bxa4 Qxa4 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21. Rbxd1
Rc6 22. Rb1 Rb6 23. Kf1 Nc8 24. Ke2 Nb3 25. Ngf1 Be7 26. Nxb3 Rxb3 27. Nd2 Rb5
28. Kd1 Nb6 29. Kc2 h5 30. Nf3 Rc8 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. Bxg5 Na4 33. Re3 Rc7 34.
Rf3 Kc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rd7 37. Rh3 Kc7 38. Rh8 Rb3 39. Re8 a6 40. Be7 Kb6
41. Bd6 Ka7 42. Bb8+ Kb6 43. Bd6 Ka7 44. Rc8 Kb6 45. Bb8 Kb5 46. Ba7 Ka5 47.
Bc5 Kb5 48. Bb4 Kb6 49. Bd6 Ka5 50. Bc7+ Kb5 51. Bd8 a5 52. Ra8 b6 53. Rc8 Ka6
54. Bf6 Kb7 55. Rd8 Rxd8 56. Bxd8 Kc6 57. Be7 Kd7 58. Bd6 Kc6 59. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Black "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15.
Nc6 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Kg1 Nxc4 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. b5 Qb7 21.
bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nb5 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Black "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O b5 8. a3 a6
9. Qe1 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Be4 Ra7 14. Be3 Nd7 15. b4
Rc7 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxc7 Bxe4 18. Nxa6 c4 19. Rf2 Nf5 20. Ng5 Bd5 21. Rd1 e6
22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qa8 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. g4 Qxa3 27. gxf5 Bxb4
28. Qe2 Bc5 29. e6 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Bxf2 31. exf7+ Kg7 32. f6+ 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Black "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nbc3 c6 10. f3 b5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. O-O Be7 14. Rxd8+
Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Kc8 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Kc7 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. Nf4
Ke7 21. a3 a5 22. Nd3 Nd7 23. Kf2 c4 24. Nf4 Nc5 25. Ke3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27.
Nd1 Nd7 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Kd4 b3 30. c3 Ne5 31. f4 c5+ 32. Kxc5 Nd3+ 33. Kxc4
Nxf4 34. g3 Nh3 35. Kxb3 Ke5 36. c4 Kxe4 37. Kb4 Ke5 38. c5 Ke6 39. Kb5 Kd7 40.
Kb6 Kc8 41. Ne3 Ng5 42. Nf5 Ne6 43. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Verga, Domenico"]
[Black "Brancati, Emanuele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. h3 Bf5 8. c4
Qd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Na3 Rd8 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O e6 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. g4
Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Be5 Nc6 21. f4 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Ke7 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxd7+ Qxd7 25. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amato, Andrea"]
[Black "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Nxe4 c6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
N8e7 9. h4 exd5 10. h5 Nf5 11. Qd1 Nge7 12. g4 Nd6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bg2 Be6 16. Nh3 Qa5+ 17. Bd2 Qb5 18. Bc3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qd4 Bc5 21.
Qxg7 O-O-O 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 Qd3 25. Qg5 Bb6 26. Nf4 Qf3 27.
Rg1 Bxf2 28. Nxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Black "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Qe3 Bf6 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Be5 14. h4 c6
15. h5 Qa5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. g6 h6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4+ Kg8 21.
Rg1 Qxh5 22. Be2 Qh3 23. Rd3 Rf8 24. Qd6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Black "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
h3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 h6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qd8 15.
e6 fxe6 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rf5 21. g4
Rff8 22. Kh2 Rab8 23. Re1 Be8 24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. g5 Rxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxg5 27. Ng4
Qf5 28. Rxe6 Qxf2+ 29. Nxf2 Bf7 30. R6e4 Bxa2 31. h4 Bf6 32. Kg3 Bd5 33. Rg4
Rd8 34. Nd3 Bf7 35. Nc5 Bc4 36. b3 b6 37. bxc4 bxc5 38. dxc5 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 a5
40. Re6 a4 41. Rxc6 a3 42. Ra6 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 a2 44. c6 Rd6 45. Rg1 a1=Q 46.
Rgxa1 Bxa1 47. c7 Rxa6 48. c8=Q Ra2 49. Ke4 Bf6 50. Qg4 Ra5 51. Qg1 Bxh4 52. c5
e6 53. Qh2 Rxc5 54. Qxh4+ Rh5 55. Qe7+ Kh6 56. Qxe6 Rf5 57. Qg8 Kg5 58. Qh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ferro, Mario"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Qa4
Bxc3 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qe5 17. Qxb7 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. c6 Bb6 20. Rfd1
Qc5 21. Kh1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qd7 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 O-O 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Rad1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Be6 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. h3 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Nd4 Nh7 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qa3 c5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Be5 22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. c4 Nf6 24. Re2 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Black "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Bf4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O
h6 9. h4 d4 10. Ne2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bd2 e5 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Nh2
f4 16. gxf4 Nf5 17. Ng3 Qxh4 18. Be4 Kh8 19. Nf3 Qh3 20. Re2 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4
22. f5 Ne7 23. Kg2 Nxf5 24. Qh1 Qf6 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Rg1 Qf3+
28. Kf1 Qxh1 29. Rxh1 Kh7 30. Re4 Rae8 31. Reh4 Re6 32. Ke2 Rg6 33. R1h2
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Black "Casto, Corrado"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ exd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Be3 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Rhd8 19. Rhg1 g6 20.
Rac1 Ke6 21. Bd4 Rd7 22. Rc6+ Bd6 23. Rgc1 Kf5 24. Kd3 Rf8 25. h3 Rff7 26. a3
h5 27. Rg1 h4 28. b4 g5 29. Re1 Be5 30. Be3 Rb7 31. Rc5 Rfd7 32. Bd2 Bb2 33.
Rb1 Be5 34. a4 Bc7 35. Be3 Rd6 36. b5 a6 37. Rbc1 Ba5 38. Rc6 Rxc6 39. bxc6 Rc7
40. Rc5 Bb4 41. Rxd5+ Ke6 42. Rd4 a5 43. Rc4 Kd5 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxf4 Rxc6 46.
Rxc6 Kxc6 47. Ke4 Kc5 48. Kf5 Bc3 49. Kg4 Kb4 50. Kxh4 Kxa4 51. Kg4 Kb3 52. Kf5
a4 53. Bd6 Bd2 54. h4 Bb4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Massafra, Antonio"]
[Black "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 e6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qc1 Qc7 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qg5 d6
15. Nf3 b4 16. c4 Qb6 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Nbd2 Rad8 20. Be4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 f6 22. Qe3 e5 23. Nd6 Bc8 24. h3 Be6 25. Red1 Rd7 26. Rd2 a5 27. Rad1 Re7
28. g4 h6 29. Qe4 f5 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 32. Rd6 Nd4 33. Nxd4 exd4 34.
Qxd4+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Qxd7 36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7+ Kg8 38. c6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Campo, Renato"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14.
O-O-O a6 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Ng5 Rh5 19. h4 Kg8 20. f3
Qf4+ 21. Qd2 Rxh4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. g3 Rc4 24. Rh3 Rd8 25. Nd2 Rc6 26. Rdh1 Nh5
27. g4 Bxg5 28. f4 Bxf4 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Rxh5 Rh6 31. Rxh6 Bxh6 32. Kc2 Bxd2
33. Kxd2 d4 34. cxd4 Rxd4+ 35. Kc3 Re4 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Musella, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a3 Na6 12. Nc3 f6 13. Ng4 c5 14. d5 Bd6 15. f4
exf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Nf2 Qh4 18. g3 Qxc4 19. Bd2 Qb3 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 c4
22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. h4 Rae8 25. h5 Qxb2 26. h6 g6 27. Ra2 Qb6 28. Nh3
Nd3 29. Rag2 Ne1 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31. Qh5 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Black "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 h6 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nd3 Bf8 8.
O-O c6 9. Nf4 d6 10. d4 Bf5 11. e3 Qd7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 a5 14. Qe2 a4 15.
Bd2 a3 16. b3 Na6 17. e4 d5 18. e5 Nb4 19. Rfd1 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nxd4 21. Qf1 dxc4
22. Qxc4 Bg4 23. Re1 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qf4 Bh5 26. Na4 Rad8 27. Ba5 g5 28.
Qe3 Rb8 29. Rc2 Qh3 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Bg6 33. Rg3 Kh7 34. Rd2
b6 35. Bxb6 Rxb6 36. Nxb6 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Bxb6 38. Rd6 Re6 39. Rd7 h5 40. f5 Bxf5
41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Rxf5 h4 43. Rg4 Bd8 44. Rg8 Rg6 45. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 f6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc1 Ng6 14. Qa3 fxe5 15.
dxe5 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Rab1 Nc6 20. Rb5 Qc7 21.
Bh4 e5 22. Bg3 Rf4 23. Rfb1 Nd8 24. R5b2 Bc6 25. Qc5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Black "Brancati, Emanuele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Qg4 Bc5 14. Kh1 Kh8 15.
Nf3 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qc6 20. Rd6 Qe8 21.
Bxe6 h6 22. Qh4 Nc6 23. Bd5 f6 24. exf6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campo, Renato"]
[Black "Verga, Domenico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Re1
O-O 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qf3 c5 18. Bxh6 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nd5 20. Bxg7 f6
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ng6+ Kg7 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qg5 Kf7 25. Qh5 Kf6 26. Qh6 Kf7 27.
Nh8+ 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casto, Corrado"]
[Black "Ferro, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. Nd2 f5 8. Nc4 a6
9. a4 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g4 Nd7 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. gxf5
Bd7 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. f4 exf4 18. Kf2 b5 19. Nd2 c4 20. Qh3 Qb6+ 21. Kg2 Qe3 22.
Nf3 Ne4 23. Qh4+ Bf6+ 24. Ng5 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Black "Amato, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ne2 Bf6 12. f4 Nc5 13. c3 Bc8 14. Nd4 Re8
15. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Black "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Rfd1 Qf5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxc7 Bd6 14. Na8
Bxg3 15. hxg3 Nd7 16. Qe3 Rhe8 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nb6+ Kc7 20. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Massafra, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. d4 c6 7. Bd2 e6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bb3 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
g4 Bh7 16. Nxf7 Bf4 17. Bg3 Rxd4 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 19. Nxh8 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Black "Musella, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. f3 Qa5 5. Qd2 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gueci, Riccardo"]
[Black "Messina, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 h6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Nf1 a6 14. Ng3 Ng6
15. Bb1 Rce8 16. Qd3 b5 17. a3 Bc8 18. Ne5 Ncxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21.
Qc2 Rfe8 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. h4 Qc7 24. Qe2 Ne7 25. Rf4 g6 26. h5 g5 27. Rf6 Ng8
28. Qd3 Ke7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mangione, Claudio"]
[Black "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Be7 14. b5 Bd6
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb1 Qf6 17. Nbd2 Bd7 18. Rab1 h5 19. Rfc1 Rad8 20. Rb7 Bb8
21. Rcb1 Nf8 22. e4 g5 23. e5 Qh6 24. Bf5 g4 25. Nh4 Ne6 26. Nb3 Qg5 27. g3
gxh3 28. Kh2 a5 29. a4 c5 30. f4 Nxf4 31. Rxd7 cxd4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bh7+ Kh8
34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Bxf5 Ne2 36. Re1 Nc3 37. Nxd4 Ba7 38. Nc6 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Black "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nge7 8. Qd2
Nf5 9. O-O-O Nfxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb4 11. f4 Bd7 12. a3 Be7 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa5
15. f5 Rc8 16. Na2 Qc7 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Qf4 Qb6 19. Ka1 Bd4 20. c3 Be3 21. Qg3
Bh6 22. Rhf1 Qb3 23. Qf2 Qa4 24. Bc2 Qa5 25. g4 Rc4 26. Rd4 Qb6 27. h4 Rxd4 28.
cxd4 Bb5 29. g5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Bxf1 31. Qxf1 exf5 32. Nc3 a6 33. Ba4+ Kd8 34.
Qxf5 Qe6 35. Qf3 h6 36. gxh6 Rxh6 37. Nxd5 Rh3 38. Qg2 Rh6 39. Nc3 Rh4 40. Qxb7
Qc4 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rc1 Nb6 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 Qe7 14. f4 Bg7
15. e4 Rad8 16. Qe1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 c6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. e5 f6 20. g4 Bd3 21. Bxd3
Rxd3 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. Qg2 Bf8 26. Rce1 fxe5 27. f5 Re7
28. Re2 Kh8 29. Qh3 gxf5 30. gxf5 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Terranova, Roberto"]
[Black "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 e6 7. a3 a5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb5 e5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. d4 e4 15. Na4
Bf5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Nc3 a4 18. Nc1 Qb6 19. e3 Na5 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Be1 Rfe8 22.
Rb1 Bf8 23. h3 Rb8 24. Ra1 Qe6 25. Kh2 Bd6 26. Rh1 Bg6 27. Qc2 Bh5 28. N1e2 g5
29. Kg1 Kg7 30. Ra2 Nd7 31. Nb1 f5 32. Nd2 Bxe2 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe2 Nf6 35.
Ra1 Nd5 36. g4 f4 37. exf4 Nxf4 38. Qf1 Be7 39. Bc3 Bf6 40. Re1 Nxg2 41. Qxg2
Qd5 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Black "La Bella, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf5 O-O 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. d3 Rae8 14.
Bg5 Qc5 15. Qe2 e4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. dxe4 Rxe4 19. Rae1 Rfe6 20. c3
Qe7 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. a4 Rxa4 23. f3 Ra2 24. Rd1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rd2 a5
27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. Kd3 a4 30. g3 c5 31. Re2+ Kd6 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4
c4+ 34. Ke3 c5 35. Rd2 a3 36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Rc2 d4+ 38. Kd2 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 dxc3+
40. Kxc3 Kd5 41. f5 Kd6 42. Kxc4 Kc6 43. h4 Kd6 44. f6 gxf6 45. h5 Ke6 46. Kxc5
Kf5 47. Kd6 Kg5 48. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Black "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7
Rg8 9. Qxh7 dxc3 10. bxa5 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. a6 Nxe5 13. Ng5 bxa6 14. Be2 Bb7
15. f4 Rxg5 16. fxg5 d4 17. O-O Qc5 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Rb1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qd5 21.
Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxf7 Nd5 23. g6 Ne3 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 c2 27.
Rc1 Qb1 28. g7 Rg8 29. Qd2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Ferrante, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Qxc5 10. O-O Qb6 11. c4 Nbc6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14.
Rac1 Nb4 15. Bb1 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Nbd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Di Caro, Calogero"]
[Black "Ferro, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qb3 Nxf3+ 10. exf3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Nd5 c6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qd3 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Rbd8 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Qa3 b6 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Qc1 Qd7 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rd1 d4 26. Qc4+ Qf7 27.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd2 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Black "Campo, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8.
Nd2 c6 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1
c5 15. Rde1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. N2b3 Qa4 18. Bb5 Bg6 19. Bxa4 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2
Nxa4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nf5 Bc7 23. Nbd4 Nc5 24. Nb5 Be5 25. Nbd6 Rf8 26. Rd1
Rad8 27. Rxd5 Ne6 28. Rhd1 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Black "Greco, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qf5 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Rfd1 Be7 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. c4 Kb8 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nxe4
Qxe4 15. d5 f5 16. dxc6 Rdf8 17. Rd4 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Nd7+ Ka8 20. Nxf8
Rxf8 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. c5 1-0

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganci, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Amato, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Nd4 Nb6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. h3 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Rc2 Bf6
21. Kf1 Be4 22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 e5 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Black "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Qf4 Bg4 11. Bb5 Bxf3 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxf3 Rb8 14. Rab1
Qd7 15. b3 Rb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rbe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Livecchi, Dario"]
[Black "Tirrito, Luca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
f3 Be6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Qe3 Bf6 12. g4 Be5 13. g5 c6 14. h4 Qa5
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. h5 Rae8 17. Be2 b5 18. g6 h6 19. gxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rd6 Qc7 21.
Rhd1 a6 22. Qg1 Rf6 23. Qg3 Re7 24. Bf1 Bf7 25. R6d2 Bxh5 26. Bh3 Rxf3 27. Qh4
Nf6 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Qxh5 Nxh5 31. Rxe8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Qb6 33. b3
Qe3+ 34. Kb1 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "IX Weekend A"]
[Site "Palermo ITA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mazzilli, Piero"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.10.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

