[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 h6 12.Re1 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Bd2 
b6 16.b4 bxc5 17.bxc5 Rfd8 18.Reb1 Rab8 19.Qa4 Be8 20.Rb3 Nd5 21.g3 Rxb3 
22.axb3 Bb8 23.Ba5 Rc8 24.Ba6 Qf6 25.Ne5 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Dallaglio, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nc6 7.h3 Nh6 8.Nc3 O-O 
9.Be2 f6 10.exf6 exf6 11.Bf4 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Na4 b6 14.Rc1 g5 15.Bh2 Nf5
16.Bb5 Nfe7 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Re3 Qc8 19.Bd6 Bd7 20.Bxe7 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Suppa, Ercole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nd5 8.h3 c6
9.O-O Na6 10.Rd1 Nac7 11.Bb3 Qe8 12.c4 Nb6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Ne4 Rd8 15.Be3 
Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Nd7 17.Bd4 b6 18.Bc3 h6 19.Ba4 Qa8 20.Bc2 Rd8 21.b3 Nf8 22.
Nd4 c5 23.Nf3 Bf5 24.Ng3 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Qc8 26.Nxf5 Qxf5 27.Bc2 Qd7 28.Kh2 
Nce6 29.Qe4 Qc7 30.g3 Nd7 31.h4 h5 32.Qa8+ Qb8 33.Qd5 Qc7 34.Bxg6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vita, Igor"]
[Black "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e4 Rb8 8.Be2
Qa5 9.Qc2 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.Bd2 c5 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Bc3 O-O 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bxf6 exf6 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.b3 Rb6 18.Rd2 Bb7 19.f3 Qe5 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Bf1 
Kf8 22.Rd3 Re6 23.Qc3 Qxc3 24.Rxc3 Re8 25.Kf2 Rb8 26.Bd3 Ke7 27.Bc2 Ra6 
28.a4 Re8 29.Re3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garofalo, Pietro"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.a3 d5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e4 Qc7 12.b4 Rad8 13.Qc2 h6 14.b5 Na5 15.c4 dxe4 
16.Nxe4 Rxd3 17.Qxd3 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Rd8 19.Bf4 Rxd3 20.Bxc7 Bxe4 21.Bxa5 Bf6
22.Re1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Rxa3 24.Bd2 Bd4 25.Kf1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 
Nxd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.O-O Qg6 11.Nc3 c6 12.Re1 O-O 13.d5 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Rd8 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Rd1 Nc8 18.Qa5 Nb6 19.b3 Be8 20.Red3 Qe6 21.Ne2 
Qe7 22.Qd2 Nc8 23.Nd4 g6 24.h4 Rb8 25.Rc3 c5 26.Nc2 Bd7 27.Ne3 f6 28.h5 
Rf8 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Nc4 Bg4 31.f3 Be6 32.Nxd6 Rd8 33.Nf5 gxf5 34.Qxd8+ 
Qxd8 35.Rxd8+ Kf7 36.exf5 Bxf5 37.Rxc5 Ke7 38.Rh8 Be6 39.Rc7+ Kd6 40.Rxa7 
1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "De Vita, Gianni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.e3 f5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.g4 g6 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.Rg1+ Kh8 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Kb1 b6 15.h4 
Bb7 16.Ng5 Rg8 17.f3 Nxg5 18.hxg5 Rxg5 19.Qh2 Rag8 20.Rxg5 Rxg5 21.cxd5 c5
22.Qc7 cxd4 23.dxe6 Qxe6 24.Bc4 Qc6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be3 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.g4 Bg6 
9.h4 h5 10.g5 Nd7 11.Bh3 Qb8 12.Qe2 a6 13.Nd2 b5 14.Qf3 Bd8 15.a4 Ne7 16.
O-O b4 17.Ne2 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Nc4 b3 20.Nxe5 bxc2 21.Bd7+ Kf8 22.Be6 
Kg8 23.Nxg6 fxe6 24.Qf8+ Kh7 25.Qxh8+ Kxg6 26.Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Negrini, Claudio"]
[Black "Dinser, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Ng6 
9.Nxe5 Bxe2 10.Nxc6 Bxd1 11.Nxd8 Bg4 12.Nxb7 Rb8 13.Na5 Rxb2 14.h3 Bd7 15.
O-O Be7 16.Rfb1 Rc2 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Rb8 O-O 19.Nb7 Bb6 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Rb1 
Rxa2 22.Nxb6 axb6 23.Rxb6 Ne5 24.Rxd6 Ra1+ 25.Kh2 Rd1 26.f4 Nxc4 27.dxc4 
1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Mola, Pietro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.b3 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.
Bb2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.Rac1 g6 15.g3 
dxc4 16.bxc4 Bg7 17.Nf1 Qd6 18.Ne3 Red8 19.d5 Na5 20.Nd4 exd5 21.cxd5 Rxc1
22.Rxc1 Bb7 23.Nb5 Qb8 24.d6 a6 25.Nc7 Nb3 26.Rd1 Rxd6 27.Bxa6 Rxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 Be4 29.Bxf6 Qxc7 30.Bxg7 Nc5 31.Ba1 Nxa6 32.Qd4 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giuriati, Paolo"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.g4 f5 11.f3 Kh8 12.Kg2 Ng8 13.g5 f4 14.h4 h6 15.Rh1 Rf7 16.
Nd3 Bf8 17.Qg1 hxg5 18.hxg5+ Rh7 19.Rxh7+ Kxh7 20.Kf2 Be7 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 Bxg5 23.Ne6 Bh4+ 24.Ke3 Qf6 25.Qh2 Nh6 26.Rh1 g5 27.Nxc7 Ne5 28.Nxa8 
Bg4 29.Rf1 Bh3 30.Rg1 g4 31.f4 Ng6 32.Bd3 g3 33.Qxh3 Qxf4+ 34.Ke2 Qf2+ 35.
Kd1 Qxg1+ 36.Qf1 Qh2 37.Ne2 Ne5 38.Nxg3 Bxg3 39.Be2 Bf4 40.Qe1 Qg2 41.Qc3 
Nhg4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be6 8.Ng5 Qc7
9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.g3 Be7 11.Bh3 Qc4 12.a5 Nxe4 13.Qg4 d5 14.Ra4 Bb4 15.Qxe6+ 
Kf8 16.Rxb4 Qxb4 17.Qc8+ Kf7 18.Qxh8 Nxc3 19.O-O Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Nxc1 21.Rxc1 
Qxb2 22.Re1 e4 23.Qc8 Qb5 24.c4 Qb4 25.Rd1 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Insabato, Giovanbattista"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 Ngf6 5.Nbd2 e5 6.e4 c6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Re1 
O-O 9.Nf1 Re8 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Nh4 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nc5 15.g5
Nfd7 16.Nhf5 Bf8 17.Qg4 Ne6 18.c3 Ndc5 19.Bf1 Rad8 20.h4 Nf4 21.Be3 Ncd3 
22.Bxd3 Nxd3 23.Re2 Bc5 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Ne3 h5 26.gxh6 Ne6 27.h5 Bh7 28.
hxg7 Nf4 29.Ree1 Re6 30.Nef5 Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Kh7 32.Rad1 Rg8 33.Rd2 Rh6 34.
Red1 Nxh5 35.Rd6 Rg6 36.Rxg6 fxg6 37.Rd6 Qf7 38.Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rf8 11.Nd5 Nxe4 12.Nxc7 Nxg5 13.Nxg5 Rb8 14.Ne4 
Nf6 15.Nd6 Bd7 16.f3 Bc6 17.b4 Bh6+ 18.Kb2 e4 19.b5 exf3 20.gxf3 Bd7 21.
Kb3 Be3 22.Rd3 Bb6 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Be6 25.Rd3 Bc5 26.Rhd1 a6 27.a4 
axb5 28.Nxb5 Rbc8 29.Nd6 Rc6 30.a5 Rb8 31.Nb5 Be7 32.R3d2 Rc5 33.Nd4 Bh3 
34.Ra2 Ra8 35.Nb5 Be6 36.Nd4 Bh3 37.Nb5 Bf8 38.Rd5 Re8 39.Nc3 Re3 40.Rd3 
Rce5 41.Rxe3 Rxe3 42.Rd2 Bf5 43.Kb2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 
O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 
15.g4 Nf6 16.Bh6 Nxe4 17.Qe3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Nf6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Ne2 Rh8 21.
Ng3 Bc6 22.Nf5+ Kf8 23.Qh6+ Ke8 24.Rhe1 gxf5 25.Qxf6 Kd7 26.Qxf7 fxg4 27.
Qe6+ Kc7 28.fxg4 Re8 29.Qf7 Kb8 30.Qxh7 Bf3 31.Rd4 e5 32.Qg6 Rg8 33.Rxd6 
Rxg6 34.Rxd8+ Kc7 35.Re8 Rxg4 36.R1xe5 Bc6 37.R8e7+ Kb6 38.Kb2 Rh4 39.Rg7 
Rf4 40.Rg3 Rh4 41.Rd3 Rg4 42.Rd4 Rg3 43.c4 Rh3 44.Rd3 Rh4 45.Rb3+ Kc7 46.
Rb4 b6 47.Re7+ Bd7 48.Rg7 Kc6 49.a3 a5 50.Rg6+ Kc5 51.Rbxb6 Rxc4 52.Rbf6 
1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marchiando, Giorgio"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Qc7 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Na5 11.O-O Nc4 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Rae1 Bc5 14.Kh1 O-O 15.
Nce2 f5 16.Ng3 fxe4 17.Nxe4 e5 18.Nf5 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Rxf4 20.Nd5 Rxf3 21.
Nxc7 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Bxe4 23.Re1 Rc8 24.Nxa6 Bb7 25.Nxc5 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Monteleone, Antonio"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nd2 Bd6 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Rb1 O-O 8.Qf3 
Re8 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ng3 Nd7 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.Nxg3 g6 14.O-O f5 15.
Ne2 Nf6 16.Rfc1 Bh6 17.Nf1 Bd7 18.g3 Re7 19.a4 a5 20.b3 Bf8 21.c4 Ree8 22.
Nf4 g5 23.Ne2 Bb4 24.Rc2 dxc4 25.Bxc4 f4 26.Bd3 fxe3 27.Nxe3 Ne4 28.Bxe4 
Rxe4 29.d5 Rae8 30.Rd1 h6 31.Rd4 R4e5 32.dxc6 Bxc6 33.Nc1 Bc5 34.Rd3 f5 
35.Rdc3 Bb4 36.Rc4 Rd8 37.Kf1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moroder, Thomas"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.d3 c5 9.
Nbd2 Nc6 10.a3 Qc7 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Rad8 13.Qc2 e5 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 
Bf8 16.Nf1 Rxd1 17.Qxd1 Nd4 18.N3d2 g6 19.Ne3 Bg7 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 b5 
22.Bf1 Qa5 23.b4 cxb4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Nb3 Qxa3 26.Bxb5 Rc8 27.Nxd4 Qc3 28.
Nb3 Qc7 29.Qd3 Qb6 30.Ba4 Rc3 31.Qe2 Ba6 32.Qd1 Be5 33.Kg2 Bd3 34.Nc1 Qd4 
35.Qg4 f5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Passoni, Carlo"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.h3 c6 5.Nf3 b5 6.a3 a6 7.Bg5 Nd7 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.
O-O Ngf6 10.Re1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rad1 Nc5 14.Bf1 Ne6 15.Be3 
Rd8 16.Qc1 Bb7 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rd1 c5 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Nd2 Ne6 21.f3 Bf8 
22.Nd1 c4 23.c3 Nh5 24.Kf2 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Kg1 Nef4 27.Qc2 Ng3 28.Bf2 
Nxf1 29.Nxf1 Nd3 30.Ng3 Qf7 31.Qe2 Qg6 32.Kf1 Bd6 33.h4 Kf7 34.h5 Qf6 35.
a4 Bc6 36.axb5 axb5 37.b4 Ke6 38.Ne3 Nxf2 39.Nexf5 Nd3 40.Nd4+ Kd7 41.Nxc6
Qf4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 g6 2.f4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 h5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.Bf2 e6 9.
c3 Nd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Be7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Qe2 Kb8
16.b4 cxb4 17.cxb4 Rc8 18.a4 Rc3 19.a5 Qc7 20.Rfd1 Qd8 21.Qd2 Rc8 22.b5 
Nh4 23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.fxg5 Nf5 25.b6 a6 26.Rdc1 Qe7 27.Rc7 Rxc7 28.bxc7+ Kxc7
29.Qc3+ Kb8 30.Bxa6 Ka7 31.Rxb7+ Kxa6 32.Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Safranska, Anda"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 d4 9.
a4 c5 10.Nc4 Nbc6 11.Bd2 h6 12.c3 dxc3 13.Bxc3 Qc7 14.Rc1 Be6 15.Qe2 a6 
16.Qb2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ne3 Rfd8 19.b4 Rxd3 20.Ne1 Rdd8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.bxc5 Rxc5 25.Nd3 Rd5 26.Nf4 Rc5 27.Nd3 Rd5 28.
Nf4 Rd6 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Rxc7 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Bxb2 32.Kxf3 b4 33.Rb7 Bc3 34.Ne2
Bd2 35.Kg2 Ra2 36.Ng1 Bc3 37.Nf3 Kg7 38.h4 Re6 39.h5 g5 40.Nh2 Raa6 41.Rd1
Rab6 42.Rdd7 b3 43.Rxf7+ Kg8 44.Rfc7 Rxb7 45.Rxb7 b2 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sebastianelli, Diego"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.c3 Nf5 7.Bd4 Nxd4 8.cxd4 b6 
9.c6 Nxc6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Rc1 a6 13.Bd3 b5 14.O-O Qb6 15.Bb1 Be7 
16.Ne2 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Nf4 Bd6 19.Nh5 Kf7 20.Qd2 h6 21.Rfe1 Rag8 22.Qe3
Rg5 23.Nxf6 Kxf6 24.Ne5 Qc7 25.Qf3+ Rf5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Qxd5 Bxe5 28.dxe5+
Kg7 29.e6 Be8 30.Qxf5 Rf8 31.Qg4+ Kh8 32.e7 Rg8 33.Qe6 Kh7 34.Qe4+ Rg6 35.
h4 h5 36.Rc5 Kg7 37.Rxh5 Qd6 38.Rg5 Rxg5 39.hxg5 Qg6 40.Qd5 Qf7 41.Qd6 Qg6
42.Qc5 Qd3 43.f4 Qg6 44.Qd5 Qh5 45.Qd6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 a5 8.Bb2 
axb4 9.axb4 Ne4 10.Qb3 Rxa1+ 11.Bxa1 Bb7 12.Nf3 c5 13.b5 cxd4 14.Bxd4 d6 
15.e3 e5 16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Be2 Ng5 18.Ba3 Qf6 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Rg1 Ra8 21.Kd2 
Qh4 22.Bxd6 Nf6 23.Bxe5 Ne4+ 24.Kd1 Qd8+ 25.Ke1 Qd2+ 26.Kf1 Qa5 27.Qc2 
Nd2+ 28.Ke1 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cristiani, Cesare"]
[Black "De Vita, Gianni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 
9.Bf4 Qc7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Qh6 14.h4 Ndf6 15.Ne2
Ng4 16.Nf4 Bd7 17.Nd3 Rae8 18.Nde5 Bc8 19.Nxg4 fxg4 20.Ne5 Bf5 21.Qe2 Qh5 
22.Kh2 g5 23.Bxe4 gxh4 24.Kg1 dxe4 25.Rac1 Rf6 26.Rc5 Rh6 27.Qc4+ Be6 28.
Qe2 hxg3 29.fxg3 Qh1+ 30.Kf2 Rh2+ 31.Ke1 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Qg2+ 33.Rf2 Qxg3 
34.Nc4 Bd5 35.Ne5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.h3 Nfd7 8.e3 O-O 9.
Be2 e5 10.Bg3 exd4 11.exd4 Nf6 12.Bd6 Re8 13.O-O b5 14.Ne5 Nfd7 15.f4 Bf8 
16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Bd3 Ne6 18.f5 Qh4 19.Nf3 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4
9.Na3 Bd3 10.Nxc4 Bxc4 11.Bxc4 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 a6 14.f4 Nd7 15.
Ke2 Ng6 16.Nb3 Be7 17.Rac1 Bd8 18.Rhd1 Ne7 19.g3 Rb8 20.Bf2 h5 21.Nd2 Bb6 
22.Ne4 Bxf2 23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.Kxf2 Nb6 25.Bb3 Nbd5 26.f5 Rh6 27.fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Isonzo, David"]
[Black "Marchiando, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Ne5 a6 
15.Ng4 g5 16.Nxh6+ Kg7 17.Bxg5 Rh8 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Qc7 20.Be7+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
f5 9.e4 fxe4 10.Qc2 e3 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bd3 Na6 13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.
O-O Qxc5 16.a4 Rc8 17.Rd1 Qc6 18.Rd4 O-O 19.Rh4 h6 20.Rxh6 gxh6 21.Qg6+ 
Kh8 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Qg6+ Kh8 26.c4 Nf6 27.Bb2 e5 
28.Bxe5 Be8 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Rd1 Qb6 31.Bd6 Rf7 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Rd4 Rg7 34.
Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qxe3 Bf7 36.c5 Qb1+ 37.Kf2 Qa2 38.Be5 Re8 39.c6 Nd5 40.Rxd5 
Bxd5 41.c7 Bb7 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sebastianelli, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 
Be6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Re8 11.O-O Bd6 12.f3 c6 13.h3 Be7 14.Rad1 a6 15.Kh1 
Qc8 16.e4 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Bxh4 18.Nf4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qb8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qe2 
Nf8 22.Qg4 Qd8 23.Nc5 Bf6 24.Nxb7 Qe7 25.Na5 Rec8 26.Be4 Kh8 27.Nxc6 Qe8 
28.Na5 Rab8 29.b3 Rb4 30.Nc4 Rd8 31.d5 exd5 32.Bxd5 Rb5 33.Qf3 Rc5 34.Be4 
Rxd1 35.Rxd1 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 d6 8.e4 cxd4 
9.cxd4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.a3 h6 12.Be3 Re8 13.h3 Bf8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Qe2 Nd7 
16.Rc2 b5 17.Rfc1 Rc8 18.Nb1 Nb6 19.Nfd2 g6 20.f3 e5 21.Nb3 Bg7 22.d5 Nd4 
23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bf2 Nxd5 26.Qd2 Ne3 27.b4 Qg5 28.Bf1 Bxh3 29.
f4 Nxf1 30.fxg5 Nxd2 31.Nxd2 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.gxh6 Bxh6 34.Nf3 d3 35.
Be1 Bb7 36.Bd2 Bg7 37.Ng5 Bb2 38.Kf2 f6 39.Ne6 Bxe4 40.Nc7 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mola, Pietro"]
[Black "Giuriati, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.h4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Bd7 9.h5 h6 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Bd2 c4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nh4 Rdf8 14.O-O Kb8 15.
Bg4 Qd8 16.g3 Ka8 17.Qe2 Qe8 18.Rae1 a6 19.f4 g6 20.Kh2 Na7 21.Bh3 Nec8 
22.Ng2 Ba4 23.Ne3 Nb5 24.Ra1 Rfg8 25.g4 Ne7 26.f5 gxf5 27.gxf5 f6 28.exf6 
Qb8+ 29.Kh1 Nxf5 30.Nxf5 exf5 31.Bxf5 Qg3 32.Qh2 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Rf8 34.Bg6 
Nd6 35.Rae1 Nb5 36.Re7 Nxa3 37.Rh7 Rxh7 38.Bxh7 Bxc2 39.Bg6 Nb1 40.Bxh6 
Rh8 41.Bg7 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.
Na4 Rd8 9.Bd3 Bd4 10.O-O Qh4 11.Qg5 Qxg5 12.Bxg5 f6 13.Bf4 b5 14.Nc3 Rd7 
15.Rfb1 Ne7 16.Ne2 Bb6 17.b4 Ng6 18.a4 Bg4 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Rxd3 21.
cxd3 Bxe2 22.Rb3 bxa4 23.Rc3 Ne5 24.d4 Nf7 25.Rxc6 Kd7 26.Rc5 a6 27.Rxa4 
Bb5 28.Ra2 Re8 29.Rac2 c6 30.d5 Rxe4 31.dxc6+ Kc7 32.Rd5 Ne5 33.Rcd2 Rxb4 
34.Rd8 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Rb2 36.Rxb2 Kxd8 37.Kg3 Kc7 38.h4 h5 39.Rd2 a5 40.Rd5 
Kxc6 41.Rd8 a4 42.Rg8 a3 43.Rxg7 Kb6 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Negrini, Claudio"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 d5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bb5
O-O 9.O-O Rd8 10.Nd4 dxe4 11.Bxc6 Nxc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qh5 f5 14.Rfd1 Ba6 
15.Rd6 e3 16.Qh4 e2 17.b4 Qc7 18.Qd4 Rxd6 19.cxd6 Qd7 20.f4 Rd8 21.Kf2 
Qxd6 22.Qxd6 Rxd6 23.Ke3 c5 24.bxc5 Rc6 25.Kd4 Rc8 26.Re1 Rd8+ 27.Ke3 Rb8 
28.Nxe2 Rb2 29.Nd4 Kf7 30.Kd2 Rxa2 31.Nxe6 Bc4 32.Nd8+ Kf6 33.c6 Bb3 34.
Kc3 Ba4 35.Re6# 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piva, Giorgio"]
[Black "Del Dotto, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.Ng3 O-O
9.Be2 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Rb8 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.f4 Qe7 
16.e5 dxe5 17.d6 Qd8 18.f5 g5 19.Nce4 b6 20.Bxg5 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 hxg5 22.
Nxg5+ Kg8 23.Nxf7 Qh4 24.Ng5 Bb7 25.Ra3 Bh6 26.Rg3 Bxg5 27.Rxg5+ Kf8 28.
Rg4 Qh7 29.f6 Red8 30.f7 Nf6 31.Rxf6 Qb1+ 32.Bf1 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Sbraccia, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.Ne4 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16.c4 Rhe8 17.Bc3 Bf8 18.Qc2 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.cxd5 
Rd6 22.Rd2 b5 23.Rhd1 Kb7 24.Nh4 Ra6 25.Nf5 Bd6 26.g3 c4 27.Re2 Rd8 28.
Nxh6 b4 29.Re4 Rc8 30.Nf5 Be5 31.b3 Qa5 32.d6 cxb3 33.Qxb3 Bc3 34.Qd5+ Kb8
35.d7 Rd8 36.Qxa5 Rxa5 37.Ne7 Rc5 38.g4 Kc7 39.h6 a5 40.h7 f5 41.Nxf5 Bf6 
42.Nd6 Be5 43.Nxf7 Bf6 44.Nxd8 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agnello, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Negrini, Claudio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.Nc4 fxe4 5.Nc3 Qf7 6.Ne3 c6 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Ng5 
Qf6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.d4 Be6 11.g3 Nd7 12.Bg2 Ne7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.b3 g5 15.Bb2 
Ng6 16.c4 Rhg8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qd2 Nf4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Qa5 Kb8 21.Ba3 Bh3 
22.Bxd6+ Qxd6 23.Ne1 Nf6 24.Kh1 Qe6 25.N3c2 Bxg2+ 26.Nxg2 Qh3 27.Rg1 Ng4 
0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Rd1 
c5 9.c3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ne7 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.
Rac1 Nc6 16.Nc2 Be7 17.Qb3 g5 18.Bg3 b5 19.Ne3 Na5 20.Qd5 Qxd5 21.Nxd5 c5 
22.Nxe7 Kxe7 23.Rxc5 Rac8 24.Rxd4 Rxc5 25.Bd6+ Ke6 26.Bxc5 Rc8 27.Rd6+ Ke5
28.Rxa6 Rxc5 29.Rxa5 Kxe4 30.Kh2 Rd5 31.a3 h5 32.b3 Kf4 33.a4 Rd2 34.axb5 
Rd5 35.Ra4+ Ke5 36.Rb4 Rd7 37.b6 Rb7 38.h4 g4 39.Kg3 f5 40.Rb5+ Ke4 41.f3+
1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 
O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 e6 16.Rfd1 Be5 17.g3 Qe7 18.Nb5 b6 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.f4 Bxe4 
22.Rbc1 g5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Qe3 Kf7 25.Nc3 Bf5 26.g4 Bg6 27.Rf1 Kg8 28.Qf3 
Nd7 29.Rcd1 f5 30.gxf5 exf5 31.Nd5 Qc5+ 32.Qf2 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Qd2 
Qc7 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bg5 dxe5 11.Bxe7 Re8 12.d5 Nf4 13.d6 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Qb6 15.
Ng5 Nc5 16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Qc4 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Qh4 Bf5 20.d7 Red8 21.Bxd8 
Qxd8 22.Qb4 Rb8 23.Ne4 Bf8 24.Qc4 Qe7 25.Nc5 b5 26.Qe2 Rd8 27.b4 a5 28.a3 
axb4 29.axb4 f6 30.c4 bxc4 31.Qxc4+ Qf7 32.Qa6 Bxc5 33.bxc5 Be4 34.Rd6 f5 
35.Rfd1 Qe7 36.Qc4+ Kg7 37.Qe6 Qxe6 38.Rxe6 Kf7 39.Rxe5 Bc2 40.Rd6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moroder, Thomas"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Kh8 11.Be3 f5 12.Ng5 Nf4 13.Rc1 Nxe2+ 14.Rxe2 f4 15.Bd2 
Bf6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Nc6 18.Nd5 Nd4 19.Re1 c6 20.Nxf6 Qxf6 21.c5 f3 22.
cxd6 Qxe6 23.h3 fxg2 24.Rc3 Rad8 25.Bh6 Rf7 26.f4 Rxd6 27.Ra3 a6 28.Rd3 
Rdd7 29.a3 exf4 30.Rxd4 f3 31.Kf2 Qxh3 32.Bg5 g1=Q+ 33.Rxg1 Qh2+ 34.Ke3 f2
35.Rf1 Qg3+ 36.Ke2 Qg4+ 37.Ke3 Qxg5+ 38.Ke2 Qg4+ 39.Ke3 Qf4+ 40.Ke2 Qf3+ 
0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Qe2 Nc6 
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.f4 g6 11.h3 Bd7 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Rhf1 Na5 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Nf3 
Nc4 16.Bg1 Nxb2 17.Bd4 Nxd1 18.Rxd1 O-O 19.h4 Qa5 20.g5 Nh5 21.gxh6 Rxc3 
0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Passoni, Carlo"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 e6 8.h4 
Bd6 9.h5 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bxg3 11.fxg3 h6 12.Bd2 Qd5 13.Rh4 Nbd7 14.c4 Qd6 15.
O-O-O b5 16.Bf4 Qb4 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.c5 Rcd8 20.Kb1 Kc8 21.Bd6 
Nd5 22.Rc1 Rd7 23.Rg4 Rg8 24.Be5 f6 25.Bd6 f5 26.Rh4 Qa5 27.Qc2 Re8 28.g4 
Nf6 29.gxf5 exf5 30.Be5 Ne4 31.Rxe4 fxe4 32.Qxe4 Kb7 33.Qg6 Red8 34.Bxg7 
Rg8 35.d5 Rdxg7 36.Qxc6+ Kb8 37.Qxh6 Rxg2 38.Qf4+ Ka8 39.h6 Qa4 40.Qxa4 
bxa4 41.c6 Rg1 42.h7 Rxc1+ 43.Kxc1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piva, Giorgio"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 
9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 b5 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Nb6 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Qg5 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 h6 8.Rb1 a5 9.
a3 O-O 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.Nd2 d5 13.b5 Ne7 14.Qb3 c6 15.Ba3 Re8 16.
Ra1 Nf5 17.Bb2 Nd4 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Qd1 h5 20.e3 Nf5 21.e4 Ne7 22.exd5 cxd5
23.Re1 Qb8 24.Qe2 d4 25.Nce4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Qc7 27.Ra1 b6 28.Bc1 Nf5 29.Bg5 
Rb8 30.h4 Nh6 31.Ra4 Ng4 32.Qa2 Kh8 33.Ra7 Rb7 34.Rxb7 Qxb7 35.Qa6 Qb8 36.
c5 bxc5 37.Nxc5 Bc8 38.Qc6 Bf5 39.b6 e4 40.Bxe4 Bxe4 41.Nxe4 Ne5 42.Qc7 
Qa8 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Campanile, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 
9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Nfd7 12.Ne1 f5 13.f3 f4 14.Nd3 g5 15.b3 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 h5 17.a3 Rf7 18.b4 Bf8 19.Rac1 Rg7 20.h3 g4 21.fxg4 Nf6 22.gxh5 Qe8 
23.Nb5 Nxh5 24.Be1 axb4 25.axb4 Ra2 26.Nc3 Ra3 27.Kh2 Qg6 28.Qf3 Be7 29.
Rg1 Nf6 30.Bf2 Ng4+ 31.Kh1 Rh7 32.Be1 Ne3 33.Bf2 Bg4 34.Qxg4 Nxg4 35.Bxg4 
Qxg4 36.Kh2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Safranska, Anda"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Re1 b6 11.a5 Ba6 12.Qd1 d4 13.Ng5 b5 14.Rf1 h6 15.Nh3 c5 16.
f4 c4 17.f5 Rac8 18.g4 cxd3 19.cxd3 Qc2 20.Qf3 b4 21.Nf2 g5 22.Re1 f6 23.
Bf1 Nc5 24.Be2 Nb3 25.Bd1 Nxa1 26.Bxc2 Rxc2 27.Nc4 Nb3 28.Bxg5 hxg5 29.h4 
gxh4 30.g5 fxg5 31.Ng4 Bxc4 32.dxc4 Rxb2 33.f6 Nd2 34.Qf2 Ng6 35.Qf5 Nf4 
36.Kh1 Nh5 37.Qe6+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Rf7 40.Qe8+ Rf8 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.
fxg7+ Nxg7 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Nf6+ Rxf6 45.Qxf6 b3 46.c5 Rc2 47.c6 b2 48.c7 
Kh7 49.Qf2 d3 50.c8=Q Rxc8 51.Qxd2 Rc2 52.Qxg5 h3 53.Qh4+ Kg8 54.Qd8+ Kh7 
55.Qxd3 Rc1 56.Qxh3+ Kg6 57.Qe3 b1=Q 58.Rxc1 Qb5 59.Qxa7 Qe2 60.Qg1+ Kf7 
61.Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schweiger, Georg"]
[Black "De Vita, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 c5 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne4 Qc7 
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f5 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Ne5 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Qc1 Bb5 15.Bxe5
Bxe5 16.Qg5 Bf6 17.Qg4 Qa6 18.Rf2 Qxa2 19.Rbf1 Bd7 20.e5 Bxe5 21.Bxb7 Rab8
22.Qe4 Qxb2 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Nxg6 fxg6 25.Bd5+ e6 26.Qxg6+ Bg7 27.Be4 Rxf2 
28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Rxf2+ Ke7 30.Qxg7+ Kd6 31.Qg5 Rb5 32.Qf4+ e5 33.Qf6+ Be6 
34.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sebastianelli, Diego"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Bc4 Be6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bb3 h6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rac8 14.Kh1 Nc5 15.Bxe6 
Nxe6 16.Nb3 Rfe8 17.Rfd1 Bf8 18.Qf3 Qe7 19.a5 Rc4 20.Nd2 Rcc8 21.Ra4 Nc7 
22.Raa1 d5 23.exd5 e4 24.Ndxe4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Qxe4 26.d6 Qxf3 27.gxf3 Rxe3 
28.fxe3 Ne6 29.d7 Rd8 30.c3 Bc5 31.e4 Kf8 32.b4 Be3 33.Rd3 Bf4 34.c4 Ke7 
35.Rad1 Bc7 36.b5 axb5 37.cxb5 Bxa5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Mola, Pietro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 c6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6 
9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 Qb8 11.e5 Ne8 12.d4 dxc4 13.bxc4 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxd5 Nc7 18.Bc6 g6 19.f4 Bh6 20.Nc3 Qe8 21.Bxa8 Qxa8 22.
Rad1 Qc6 23.Qe4 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campanile, Roberto"]
[Black "Del Dotto, Riccardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f4 a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 
16.h3 Nfxd5 17.exd5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rxe2 19.c4 Qe7 20.Ra3 Bf5 21.Qc3 Re8 22.
Rf3 Nd7 23.Rxa6 Be4 24.Bb2 f6 25.Nxe4 Qxe4 26.Rxd6 Rc2 27.Rxd7 Rxc3 28.
Bxc3 Rf8 29.Rd6 Qxc4 30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.Rxf6 Qd4+ 32.Kh2 Qxf6 33.Kg3 Qd6 34.
Rd3 g5 35.Rf3 c4 36.h4 gxf4+ 37.Rxf4 c3 38.Kg4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D65"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O g6 12.Rfe1 Nf8 13.h3 Ne6 14.Bh6 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16.b4 Qd6 17.Qb2 Ng7 18.a4 Bf5 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.b5 a5 21.bxc6 bxc6 
22.g4 Rab8 23.Qa2 Be4 24.Ne5 c5 25.Nb5 Rxb5 26.Bxb5 cxd4 27.Bxe8 Qxe5 28.
f4 Qb8 29.Bb5 dxe3 30.Rxe3 Qxf4 31.Qf2 Qg5 32.Rf1 Kg7 33.Be2 h6 34.Rb3 Qe5
35.Rb6 g5 36.Qxf6+ Qxf6 37.Rxf6 Kxf6 38.Ra6 Ke5 39.Rxa5 Nf4 40.Bf1 h5 41.
Rb5 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kd4 43.a5 Kc3 44.a6 d4 45.Rc5+ Kd2 46.a7 d3 47.Kf2 Bh1 
48.Rc8 Kd1 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 b6 
9.Rd1 Bb7 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 c5 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.
Bxb7 Rc7 16.dxc5 Bxc1 17.Raxc1 bxc5 18.Bg2 Qe7 19.Rd2 Nf6 20.Rcd1 g6 21.
Qc3 h5 22.h3 Rfc8 23.f4 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Bf3 Rc7 26.Kg2 Nf8 27.Qe5 f6 
28.Qc3 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Nxd7 30.a3 Kf7 31.Qd2 Nb6 32.Kf2 Qc7 33.h4 Nc8 34.f5 
exf5 35.Qh6 Ne7 36.Bd5+ Nxd5 37.cxd5 Qe5 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Citti, Gianluca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 b6 
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Nhf6 11.h3 Kh8 12.Qd2 Ng8 13.Rfe1 a6 14.Bf1 Qc7 15.Bf4 
Bb7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Bc4 Qb8 18.Qe2 Qa8 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Nf6
22.Bc7 Rxd5 23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxe7 h6 26.f3 Kh7 27.c3 Bb3 28.
Rd8 Rxd8 29.Qxd8 Qc6 30.Bxb6 Bxa4 31.Qc7 Qb5 32.Bxc5 Qxb2 33.Qxf7 Qxc3 34.
Bf2 Bb3 35.Qd7 a5 36.Re7 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Bg3 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Vita, Igor"]
[Black "Marchiando, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
Re8 9.Nf1 b6 10.h4 Bb7 11.e5 Bc7 12.h5 Qb8 13.Bf4 d4 14.g4 Nd5 15.Bg3 f6 
16.exf6 gxf6 17.N3d2 Bxg3 18.Nxg3 Ne5 19.Nde4 Rf8 20.Qd2 Nxg4 21.Bh3 Ne5 
22.Nxf6+ Kh8 23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Nd7 Qf4 25.Qe2 Qf3 26.Nxf8 Qxe2 27.Nxe2 Rxf8 
28.Bxe6 Re8 29.Bxd5 Bxd5 30.Ng3 Re5 31.a4 Kg7 32.a5 b5 33.a6 Bc6 34.b4 c4 
35.dxc4 bxc4 36.Rd1 Rd5 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.Nf5+ Kf6 39.Nxd4 Bd7 40.b5 Bc8 41.
Nc6 Ke6 42.Nxa7 Kd7 43.Nxc8 Kxc8 44.b6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Lauria, Amilcare"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 c6 5.a4 a5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Na6 
9.h3 e5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Qd2 Nb4 12.g4 h5 13.f3 Re8 14.Ng3 hxg4 15.hxg4 Nh7 
16.Nce2 c5 17.d5 b6 18.Rf2 Rf8 19.Bf1 Bd7 20.Nc3 Bf6 21.Bb5 Bc8 22.Raf1 
Bg5 23.Nd1 Kg7 24.Rh2 f6 25.Kg2 Ba6 26.c3 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 a5 7.O-O b6 8.Nb1 Be7 
9.Ne5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ra7 12.e4 Bb7 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.exf5 
Bxg2 16.Kxg2 exf5 17.Qf3 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Rxe5 19.dxe5 Qe8 20.Qxf5 Qf7 21.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Rd1 Ke6 23.f4 Na6 24.Rd5 Nc5 25.Kf3 Na4 26.g4 g6 27.Rd3 Nc5 
28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Ke4 Rb7 30.f5+ Ke7 31.Rh3 h5 32.fxg6 hxg4 33.Rh8 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 
Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.O-O e5 13.dxe5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nxe5 
15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Qb3 b6 17.Rd1 Bf5 18.Bd3 Be6 19.Qa4 c5 20.Rc2 a6 21.h3 g6 
22.Qc6 c4 23.Be2 b5 24.Rd4 Rac8 25.Qb6 Rb8 26.Qa5 Qc5 27.Rcd2 Qb6 28.Qb4 
Qc7 29.Rd6 a5 30.Qc3 Rfd8 31.Qe5 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Rc8 33.Bg4 Bxg4 34.hxg4 b4 
35.Qd5 Qc5 36.Rxg6+ Kf8 37.Qf3 c3 38.bxc3 bxc3 39.Qf6 c2 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.
Qf6+ Kf8 42.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O f5 8.exf5 Bxf5 
9.Ne1 Nf6 10.Bf3 Qd7 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Ne3 Be6 13.Ned5 Kh8 14.Be3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 
cxd4 16.Nxf6 gxf6 17.Nd5 Rg8 18.Re1 Rg7 19.a4 Rag8 20.Kf1 Bd8 21.a5 f5 22.
Qe2 Bf7 23.b4 f4 24.Ra2 Qh3 25.Qxe5 Qxh2 26.Qxd4 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Re8+ 28.Be4 
Qxg2 29.Kd2 f3 30.Raa1 Bh4 31.Rf1 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Qg5+ 33.Kc2 Re2+ 34.Kb3 Qd8
35.Qxa7 Bf6 36.Ra2 Qe8 37.Rxe2 fxe2 38.Re1 Re7 39.Be4 Rxe4 40.dxe4 Qxe4 
41.Qe3 Qg6 42.Qxe2 Be5 43.f4 Qg3+ 44.Qe3 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Sebastianelli, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.e4 O-O
9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 d6 11.c4 Nc7 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.a4 a6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qd3 Qd7 
16.h3 h6 17.Bf4 Bf8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Rb1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.cxb5 Rb8 22.b4 
c4 23.Qxc4 Nxb5 24.Nxb5 Rxb5 25.Nd4 Rxd5 26.b5 Rc5 27.Qb3 Nd5 28.b6 Qb7 
29.Bg3 Ra5 30.Nc6 Rc5 31.Nd8 Qb8 32.b7 Be7 33.Qxd5 Rxd5 34.Nc6 Rd1+ 35.
Rxd1 Qxb7 36.Nxe7+ Qxe7 37.Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Safranska, Anda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c6 7.O-O Na6 8.a3 b6 9.
Qe1 Nc7 10.Qh4 c5 11.d5 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.e5 Nfd5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Bxg6 Ba6 
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Re1 dxe5 18.fxe5 Ne6 19.Nf3 Qxh4 20.Nxh4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 
22.g3 Rff8 23.Rad1 d4 24.e6 Bb5 25.e7 Rfc8 26.Nf5 Be8 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Nd6 
Bf6 29.Re6 Bg5 30.Rde1 Kg7 31.h4 Bd2 32.Rf1 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 f5 12.Nfd2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Bd3 g4 15.O-O h5
16.f3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nc5 18.Qe2 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 gxf3 20.Rxf3 Rxf3 21.Qxf3 Qg5 
22.Re1 Rf8 23.Qd3 Bh6 24.h3 Rf7 25.Bf2 Rg7 26.Qe4 Rf7 27.b3 b6 28.Qc2 Rg7 
29.Qe4 Rf7 30.Bh4 Qg7 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Bg5 33.Bf2 Qf7 34.Ke2 Kf8 35.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Kf7 37.Ke4 Kg6 38.Be1 Be7 39.a4 Bd8 40.a5 Be7 41.a6 Bg5 
42.b4 Bd8 43.c5 Bf6 44.Bf2 Bd8 45.h4 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Negrini, Claudio"]
[Black "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Be7 
9.Qd2 b6 10.Ng3 Bb7 11.Nh5 Rg8 12.Bg3 g6 13.Nf4 g5 14.Nh5 g4 15.Qh6 gxf3 
16.Qxh7 Rg6 17.Ng7+ Rxg7 18.Qxg7 Bf8 19.Qh8 dxc3 20.bxc3 Qg5 21.gxf3 Ncxe5
22.Be2 Nxf3+ 23.Bxf3 Bxf3 24.O-O O-O-O 25.d4 Bg7 26.Qh7 f5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Moroder, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.g5 Nd7
16.Bg2 e5 17.Be3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Qh5 Bf8 20.Rae1 b5 21.Re3 g6 22.Qh4 
b4 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qd8 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Rh3 h5 27.gxh6 Qxh4 28.Rxh4 a5 
29.h7+ Kh8 30.Rxf7 Re1+ 31.Bf1 Bg7 32.Kg2 Bxb2 33.Rg4 Rc8 34.Bd3 Rd1 35.
Rxg6 b3 36.Re7 Rf8 37.Rf7 Rd2+ 38.Kh1 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+ 40.Kh1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 exd4 11.Nxd4 f5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.h3 Ne5 15.f4 
Ng6 16.Be3 Qf6 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Rac1 Qe6 19.Bf2 Bd7 20.Bf3 Qf6 21.b4 Rab8 22.
Bxa7 Ra8 23.Bf2 Ra3 24.Ne2 Nh4 25.Bh5 Rea8 26.Rc2 Be8 27.Bxh4 Qxh4 28.Bf3 
Rb8 29.Nd4 Qf6 30.Nb3 Ra4 31.Re1 Bd7 32.b5 cxb5 33.cxb5 Bxb5 34.Rxc7 Bf8 
35.Bd5+ Kh8 36.Re6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Vita, Gianni"]
[Black "Negrini, Claudio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.f4 Qg6 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Qe2 Na5 14.Bb5 Qb6 
15.a4 a6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Be6 18.Rf2 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Rd7 20.a5 Qb5 21.Qxb5
axb5 22.Re2 Ra6 23.Kf2 Kf8 24.b4 cxb4 25.cxb4 Rc6 26.Raa2 Rd4 27.Rab2 Rcc4
28.Rbc2 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxc2+ 30.Kf3 g6 31.h3 c6 32.h4 f5 33.Rd4 Ke7 34.g3 
Rc1 35.Ke3 Rc3+ 36.Kf2 Rb3 37.Kg2 Ke6 38.Kf2 Rc3 39.Rd2 Rc4 40.Rb2 Re4 41.
Kf3 h5 42.Rb1 Kd5 43.Rd1+ Rd4 44.Rb1 Rd3+ 45.Kf2 Kc4 46.Rc1+ Rc3 47.Rb1 
Ra3 48.Rd1 Kxb4 49.Rd6 c5 50.Rxg6 c4 51.g4 fxg4 52.f5 Rf3+ 53.Ke2 Rxf5 54.
Rg5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.e5 Nfd5 
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qf2 Rab8 19.Nd4 Bf8 20.c3 Qc4 21.Bd2 Rb7 22.
b3 Qc8 23.Rae1 b5 24.a5 Bf5 25.Nxf5 Qxf5 26.exd6 Re6 27.Re5 Rxe5 28.fxe5 
Qxe5 29.Bf4 Qf6 30.Bg3 Qxc3 31.Qf4 Rd7 32.Rc1 Qxa5 33.h3 Bxd6 34.Rc8+ Bf8 
35.Qb8 Qb4 36.Re8 f5 37.Qc8 Rf7 38.Qe6 f4 39.Be1 Qc5 40.b4 Qc4 41.Bf2 Qxb4
42.Rc8 Qe4 43.Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 Nf6
9.h3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Nd5 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.f3 e6 15.Nc3 
Rd8 16.b4 Nd7 17.f4 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nf6 20.Nf3 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Rxd5+ 
22.Ke1 Bf5 23.Kf2 Bxb1 24.Rxb1 Rad8 25.Bc4 R5d7 26.Bb5 Rc7 27.Rc1 Re8 28.
a3 a6 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Isonzo, David"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Ng5 Qd5 7.d4 exd3 8.Qxd3
Qxe5+ 9.Be2 Qf5 10.Qg3 h6 11.Nf3 g6 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.Qe5 Qe6 14.Bc4 Qxe5+ 15.
Nxe5 e6 16.Bf4 Bg7 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.Bc7 c5 20.Rhe1 Bc6 21.f3 
O-O 22.Be5 Rfd8 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.c3 Kf6 25.Bb3 g5 26.Rh1 h5 27.h4 g4 28.
fxg4 hxg4 29.Rhf1+ Ke7 30.Rf4 Bxg2 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxg4 Bf3 33.Rg3 Be4 34.
h5 Rd3 35.Rg4 Bf5 36.Rg8 Rh3 37.Bd1 Rh1 38.Kd2 Rh2+ 39.Be2 Be4 40.Ke3 f5 
41.a4 Bd5 42.a5 f4+ 43.Kd3 c4+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 e6 8.Bc4 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.h4 Bxh4 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 
15.Re3 g6 16.Rg3 Qe7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.Qh5 f5 20.Re1 Qd7 21.Qe2 Nd8 
22.Bb5 Bc6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Re3 Re7 25.c4 Nf7 26.Bf4 Rc8 27.Rc1 Ree8 28.Be5
Nxe5 29.Rxe5 Kf7 30.Qe3 Qd7 31.Re1 Rxc4 32.d5 Re4 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.Qf4+ Kg8
35.Qxe4 e5 36.f4 Rd8 37.fxe5 Qxd5 38.Qe2 Qd4+ 39.Kh1 Rd5 40.a3 Kg7 41.g3 
Qc3 42.Qe4 Rd4 43.Qb7+ Kh6 44.Re2 Qxg3 45.Rh2+ Rh4 46.Rxh4+ Qxh4+ 47.Kg2 
Qg5+ 48.Kf3 Qf5+ 49.Kg2 Qxe5 50.Qxa7 b5 51.Qd7 Qf5 52.Qb7 Qc2+ 53.Kg1 Qc5+
54.Kg2 Kg5 55.Qxh7 Qxa3 56.Qd7 Qb2+ 57.Kf1 Qb1+ 58.Ke2 Qe4+ 59.Kd2 b4 60.
Kc1 Kh4 61.Qd8+ g5 62.Kb2 Qe5+ 63.Kb1 b3 64.Qd3 Qe1+ 65.Kb2 Qf2+ 66.Ka3 b2
67.Ka2 g4 68.Qh7+ Kg3 69.Qd3+ Kh2 70.Qh7+ Kg1 71.Qd7 Qe2 72.Qd4+ Kh2 73.
Qh8+ Kg2 74.Qh5 Kg1 75.Qc5+ Qf2 76.Qh5 Qd4 77.Qg6 Kg2 78.Qc2+ Kg3 79.Qc7+ 
Kf3 80.Qc6+ Kf2 81.Qc2+ Ke3 82.Qc7 Kd2 83.Qh2+ Kd1 84.Qh1+ Ke2 85.Qg2+ Ke1
86.Qh1+ Kf2 87.Qh2+ Kf3 88.Qh1+ Kg3 89.Qe1+ Kf4 90.Qf1+ Kg5 91.Qe1 Qf6 92.
Qe3+ Kh5 93.Qe2 Qc3 94.Qe8+ Kh4 95.Qe7+ Kg3 96.Qd6+ Kh3 97.Qh6+ Kg2 98.Qe6
g3 99.Qe4+ Kg1 100.Qe6 g2 101.Qb6+ Kf1 102.Qb5+ Ke1 103.Qe8+ Kd2 104.Qd8+ 
Kc2 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Bb4 9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.c4 Be7 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.cxd5
cxd5 16.Bd3 g6 17.Rf2 Rb8 18.Rfc2 Bb7 19.Rc7 d4 20.Bf2 Bd5 21.b3 f6 22.Bc4
Bxc4 23.R7xc4 fxe5 24.fxe5 Bg5 25.R1c2 d3 26.Qxd3 Nxe5 27.Qxd8 Rbxd8 28.
Rd4 Nd3 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.g3 e5 31.Bb6 Rd6 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.h4 Be7 34.Rc7 Ke6 
35.Be3 h5 36.Nc3 Bd8 37.Ra7 Kf5 38.Kf1 Kg4 39.Ne4 Rc6 40.Rd7 Ba5 41.Ke2 
Nc1+ 42.Bxc1 Rxc1 43.Rd5 Re1+ 44.Kd3 Bb6 45.Rxe5 Re3+ 46.Kc4 Kf3 47.Kd5 
Bc7 48.Re6 Bxg3 49.Rf6+ Bf4 50.Nc5 Re5+ 51.Kc4 a5 52.Ne6 Ke3 53.Rxg6 Re4+ 
54.Kb5 Be5 55.Ng5 Rb4+ 56.Kxa5 Bc3 57.Ka6 Rxh4 58.Rc6 Kd3 59.Nf3 Rf4 60.
Ne5+ Kc2 61.Nc4 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Passoni, Carlo"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Qh4 a6 15.
Be2 b5 16.O-O-O Bb7 17.Ba5 Qxa5 18.Rxd6 Qc7 19.Rhd1 Bd5 20.R6xd5 exd5 21.
Rxd5 Ne6 22.Ne5 Rd8 23.Qe4 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Ke7 25.Bg4 Re8 26.g3 Kf8 27.f4 Rd8
28.Qe4 Qc5 29.b3 Qd4 30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.c3 Rd6 32.Kc2 Nc5 33.Bf3 g5 34.f5 f6 
35.Ng4 h5 36.Nf2 g4 37.Bg2 Ke7 38.b4 Nd7 39.Nd3 Ne5 40.Nf4 Nf3 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rago, Riccardo"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 a5 10.f4 a4 11.Nd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Bc4 Qa5 15.f5
e4 16.Nxe4 Bxf5 17.Bd3 Qe5 18.Rxf5 Qxf5 19.Ng5 Qe5 20.Qh5 Qxe3+ 21.Kh1 h6 
22.Nxf7 Qe6 23.Bc4 Ra5 24.Nxh6+ Kh7 25.Nf5+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schweiger, Georg"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.
Na3 b6 10.Nc2 Bb7 11.g4 Qd7 12.f5 d5 13.Nh4 f6 14.exd5 exd5 15.d4 Nd8 16.
Qd3 c4 17.Qg3 g5 18.Nf3 Nf7 19.h4 h6 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Qh2 Nc8 22.Be3 Ncd6 
23.Nd2 Rfe8 24.Rae1 a5 25.b3 cxb3 26.axb3 Rac8 27.c4 dxc4 28.d5 Ne5 29.
Bxg5 fxg5 30.f6 Nxg4 31.f7+ Nxf7 32.Qh5 Rxe1 33.Nxe1 Nf6 34.Qg6 Bxd5 35.
Rxf6 Bxg2 36.Nxg2 cxb3 37.Ne4 b2 38.Rf1 Rc6 39.Qh5 Qd4+ 40.Kh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bg4 5.e3 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 e6 8.Nc3 Bd6 
9.d3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe7 11.O-O Rfe8 12.Rac1 Rad8 13.Nh4 Bb8 14.Qd1 Qd6 15.g3 
Bxe2 16.Qxe2 e5 17.e4 Qe6 18.Kh2 a6 19.Rfe1 Ba7 20.Rcd1 b5 21.exd5 cxd5 
22.cxb5 d4 23.Ne4 axb5 24.Nxf6+ Nxf6 25.Nf3 Qa6 26.Qd2 e4 27.dxe4 Nxe4 28.
Qc2 Nc3 29.Bxc3 dxc3 30.Qxc3 Bxf2 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Rd2 Ba7 33.Qd3 Qb6 34.
Re2 Rf8 35.Qd7 b4 36.h4 g6 37.Kh3 Qc5 38.Re8 Rxe8 39.Qxe8+ Kg7 40.Qd7 Bb8 
41.Ng5 Qf2 42.Qd3 Be5 43.Qf3 Qxf3 44.Nxf3 Kf6 45.g4 h5 46.Nd2 Ke6 47.gxh5 
gxh5 48.Nc4 Bd6 49.Kg2 Be7 50.Kf3 Kf5 51.Ne3+ Ke5 52.Ng2 Kd4 53.Nf4 Bxh4 
54.Nxh5 Be7 55.Ng3 Kd3 56.Nf5 Bf8 57.Ne3 Bc5 58.Nf5 Kc2 59.Ke4 Kb2 60.Kd3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Black "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.b4 Nbd7 10.bxc5 dxc5 11.a4 a6 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Nc4 Nb4 17.Nfe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 a5 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rc7 21.
Rc4 Rac8 22.Rac1 Kf8 23.Kf1 Qd6 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Rc3 Ke7 26.Ne5 f6 27.Rxc7+
Qxc7 28.Qc4 Kd6 29.Qxc7+ Kxc7 30.Nc4 Na2 31.Ke1 Nc3 32.Nb2 Kc6 33.f3 b5 
34.axb5+ Kxb5 35.Kd2 Kb4 36.Kd3 a4 37.Nc4 Nd5 38.g3 a3 39.Nxa3 Kxa3 40.e4 
Nb6 41.d5 e5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Monteleone, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3
Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Re1 Be7 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.Qf3 Nd5 
15.Nf5 exf5 16.Bxd5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Rad1 Bf6 20.b3 Bc3 
21.Rf1 f6 22.f3 Re8 23.Kf2 Re6 24.Bd4 Bxd4+ 25.Rxd4 Rae8 26.Rd2 f4 27.Rfd1
Kf7 28.Rd7+ Kg6 29.R1d2 a5 30.R7d6 Re1 31.Rxc6 Ra1 32.Rd4 Rxa2 33.Rxf4 Rd8
34.Rg4+ Kh6 35.Ke2 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Negrini, Claudio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxd5 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Rhb1 Kd7 14.
a4 Nb6 15.Rb4 c5 16.Rb5 c4 17.Be4 c6 18.Rc5 Nd5 19.Bf3 g5 20.Bxg5 Nxc3+ 
21.Kd2 Nd5 22.Rxc4 Rhg8 23.Bh4 Rab8 24.Rd4 Kc8 25.Ra3 Rb6 26.a5 Rb1 27.Bg3
Rd8 28.Rb3 Rxb3 29.cxb3 c5 30.Rd3 Kb7 31.Kc1 Rd7 32.Be2 Kc6 33.Kb2 Rb7 34.
Ka3 Rb4 35.Rd2 Nc3 36.Rd6+ Kb7 37.Ba6+ Kc7 38.Rxe6+ Kd7 39.Re3 Nb1+ 40.Kb2
Nd2 41.Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campanile, Antonio"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4 4.Bb2 Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.Qc2 Ngf6 7.Nbd2 b5 8.cxb5 
cxb5 9.Rc1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bb4+ 11.Kd1 Ng4 12.e3 O-O 13.Nd4 Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.
Rg1 Nde5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campanile, Roberto"]
[Black "Suppa, Ercole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O 
Re8 9.Re1 e5 10.e4 Qb6 11.exd5 cxd4 12.Nc4 Qc5 13.cxd4 Qxd5 14.dxe5 Ng4 
15.Nd6 Rxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qxg4 Nc5 18.Nxc8 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Nce4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nf5 Bc5 
15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Nxd6 Bd5 17.Nf5 Be6 18.Nd4 Qd5 19.e3 Rac8 20.Qa4 Rc7 21.
Rec1 Rfc8 22.Rxc7 Rxc7 23.h3 Bd7 24.Qd1 h5 25.a3 g6 26.Qe2 Qg5 27.Kh1 Kg7 
28.Rd1 h4 29.g4 Qe5 30.Qe1 Bxg4 31.hxg4 Nxg4 32.Qg1 Qf6 33.Rf1 Rc1 34.f4 
exf3 35.Rxc1 f2 36.Qd1 Nxe3 37.Qf3 Qxd4 38.Qxf2 h3 39.Bxh3 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 
Qd6+ 41.Kg1 Nd1 42.Qf3 Qd4+ 43.Kh1 Nf2+ 44.Kg2 Ne4 45.Rc2 f5 46.Bxf5 gxf5 
47.Qxf5 Nf6 48.Qf3 a5 49.Kf1 Kf7 50.Ke2 Qd6 51.Rd2 Qc5 52.Kd1 b5 53.Qb7+ 
Kg6 54.Rg2+ Kf5 55.Qf3+ Ke6 56.Re2+ Kf7 57.Qb7+ Kg6 58.Qg2+ Kf7 59.Rc2 
Qd4+ 60.Kc1 Qe3+ 61.Kb1 Qe1+ 62.Rc1 Qe5 63.Qb7+ Kg6 64.Rg1+ Kf5 65.Qc8+ 
Kf4 66.Qc1+ Kf3 67.Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Vita, Gianni"]
[Black "Moroder, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.cxd4 e6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Re1 Bc5 15.
Nxd5 Qxf2+ 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Bxd7 Rd8 18.Bxe6 Qh4 19.Rf1 f6 20.Rf4 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Vita, Igor"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6 
9.b3 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Qc1 Nh5 13.Nh2 Nc5 14.Qa3 Bf8 15.Rad1 
f5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Na4 Bf8 19.e3 e4 20.Rd4 b5 21.Nb2 Bg7 22.
Rd2 Be5 23.Rc1 a6 24.Bf1 Be6 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Rcd1 Kf8 27.Nf1 Ke7 28.Rc1 Red8
29.Rcc2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Rb8 31.Kg2 g5 32.Kg1 h5 33.Nd1 Rd8 34.cxb5 cxb5 35.
Kf1 f4 36.exf4 Bxh3+ 37.Ke1 gxf4 38.gxf4 Bxf4 39.Ne3 Rg8 40.Rc6 Rg1+ 41.
Ndf1 h4 42.Rxa6 Bxf1 43.Nf5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Nh4 Nf6 5.Be2 e5 6.fxe6 Bxe6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.h3 Nf6 13.Be3 b5 14.a3 Rae8 15.Ng5 
Bf5 16.g4 Be4 17.Ngxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Qd2 Qe6 20.Kd1 Bf4 21.c3 Bxe3 
22.fxe3 Rxe3 23.Bd3 Rff3 24.Bf5 Qe7 25.Qg2 Na5 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Qxf1 g6 28.
Bd3 Qh4 29.Kc2 Qxh3 30.Qxh3 Rxh3 31.Re1 Rh2+ 32.Kb1 Kf7 33.a4 Nc4 34.axb5 
axb5 35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Re5 c6 37.Ka2 Rg2 38.g5 Rg4 39.b3 cxb3+ 40.Kxb3 Re4 
41.Rxe4 dxe4 42.c4 Ke6 43.Kc3 Kf5 44.c5 e3 45.d5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 d5 11.Bf4 c6 12.c4 Be6 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O 
Bc5 15.c4 Be6 16.Rad1 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Rd1+ Ke7 19.Kf1 a5 20.Be5 f6 
21.Bd4 Bd6 22.h3 a4 23.Bd3 h5 24.Ke2 h4 25.Kd2 c5 26.Be3 g5 27.Re1 Kf7 28.
Kc2 b6 29.Bd2 Rg8 30.f3 Bg3 31.Re2 Be5 32.Bc3 Bc7 33.b3 axb3+ 34.axb3 f5 
35.Re1 Ra8 36.Ra1 Rxa1 37.Bxa1 Bd7 38.Kd2 Ke6 39.Bb2 Be5 40.Ba3 Bc6 41.Ke2
Bc3 42.Bc1 f4 43.Bd2 Bxd2 44.Kxd2 Ke5 45.Kc3 Kd6 46.Be2 Kc7 47.Bd3 Kb7 48.
b4 Kc7 49.b5 Bb7 50.Be2 Kd6 51.Bd1 Ke5 52.Be2 Bc8 53.Bd1 Kf6 54.Be2 Bb7 
55.Kd2 Ba8 56.Kc3 Ke5 57.Bd1 Bb7 58.Be2 Bc8 59.Bd1 Bd7 60.Be2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 
9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 h5 12.O-O Nh7 13.Qd2 h4 14.Nh1 g5 15.Nf2 Bd7 
16.Kh1 Qf6 17.Rae1 Kh8 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Qg6 20.Nd3 Rae8 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bxe5+ Rxe5 23.Qf4 Rg8 24.Rf2 h3 25.g3 Ng5 26.Ref1 Rg7 27.Kg1 Kg8 28.Bg4 
Be8 29.Bf5 Qf6 30.Qe3 Qe7 31.Rf4 b5 32.a3 a5 33.Nd1 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Re1
Bd7 36.Bxd7 Qxd7 37.Nf2 f5 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 39.exf5 Qxf5 40.g4 Nf3+ 41.Kh1 
Qxd5 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ Qxe4 44.Rxe4 Ng5 45.Re3 Kg8 46.b3 Ra7 47.Nxh3 
Nxh3 48.Rxh3 Ra3 49.Kg2 c4 50.Rh5 Rxb3 51.Rb5 c3 52.Rb8+ Kf7 53.Rc8 Rb2+ 
54.Kg3 Rd2 55.Rc7+ Ke6 56.h4 c2 57.g5 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 
Qxf6 9.e3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qg6 12.b4 a6 13.g3 Bg4 14.Bg2 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Qf5 16.Bg2 Rad8 17.O-O Rd7 18.a4 Ne7 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 c6 21.Qc5 h5 
22.h4 Rfd8 23.Kh2 Qf6 24.Bh3 Rd6 25.Ra7 Rb8 26.Qb6 cxb5 27.Qc7 Rdd8 28.
Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Qxb7 g5 30.hxg5 Qxg5 31.Qxb5 Kg7 32.Qb6 Ra8 33.Rb1 h4 34.Rg1 
Ng6 35.g4 Ra2 36.Rg2 Nf4 37.Qb1 Re2 38.exf4 Qxf4+ 39.Kg1 Qxd4 40.Qf5 Re5 
41.Qb1 Qc3 42.Kh2 Re1 43.Qf5 Qc1 44.Rg1 Rxg1 45.Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.Rg1 d5 
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qe2+ Qe7 13.Be3 Nxd4 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 
15.Bxd4 Qxe2+ 16.Kxe2 a6 17.Kd3 Re8 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 f6 20.h5 Bd6 21.
a4 Rc8 22.f3 Rc4 23.b3 Rc6 24.c3 Rc8 25.Re2 Bf4 26.Be3 Be5 27.Bd2 Rc6 28.
f4 Bc7 29.Kd4 Rd6 30.g5 Bb6+ 31.Kd3 fxg5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Rg2 Ke6 34.Rxg5 
Kf7 35.Bf4 Rd7 36.Be5 Kf8 37.Rg6 Bf2 38.a5 Bh4 39.b4 Bf2 40.Rg4 Ba7 41.Bd4
Bb8 42.Rg5 Bc7 43.Ke2 Bd8 44.Rg6 Bc7 45.Kf3 Rf7+ 46.Kg4 Bb8 47.Rg5 Rd7 48.
Kf5 Bc7 49.Rg6 Bb8 50.Rg2 Bc7 51.Rg5 Bb8 52.Be5 Rf7+ 53.Ke6 Bxe5 54.Kxe5 
Rc7 55.Kd4 Rc4+ 56.Kd3 Rh4 57.Rxd5 Ke7 58.Rc5 Kd7 59.Ke3 Kd8 60.Kf3 Kd7 
61.Rg5 Kc6 62.Kg2 b5 63.Rg6+ Kd5 64.Rxa6 Rxh5 65.Rb6 Ke4 66.a6 Rd5 67.Kg3 
1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mola, Pietro"]
[Black "Safranska, Anda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.d5 exd5 7.exd5 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
Ne5 9.O-O Be7 10.Bf4 Ng6 11.Be3 O-O 12.g3 Re8 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Nb5 Bf6 15.Nd4
Nb6 16.b3 a5 17.a4 Ne7 18.c4 Nd7 19.Qc2 Nc5 20.Rad1 Qd7 21.h3 Ng6 22.Nb5 
b6 23.Nd4 h5 24.Nf3 Ne5 25.Nd4 Ng6 26.Nf3 Re7 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.h4 Qg4 29.
Nh2 Qc8 30.Bf3 Re5 31.Rfe1 Qh3 32.Rxe5 Bxe5 33.Bg2 Qd7 34.Qe2 Rb8 35.Rd3 
Ne7 36.Qxh5 Qf5 37.Qe2 Bd4 38.Be4 Qd7 39.Kg2 f5 40.Bf3 Ng6 41.Qc2 Ne5 42.
Rd1 f4 43.Be4 Rf8 44.Rf1 Qf7 45.Qe2 Rb8 46.Bc2 Rf8 47.Nf3 Qh5 48.Qe4 Qxf3+
49.Qxf3 Nxf3 50.Kxf3 fxg3+ 51.Kxg3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Voltolini, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Citti, Gianluca"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.h3 h6 10.f4 Re8 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.Bd3 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nb4 14.Qf3 d5 15.Rd1 
c6 16.g4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Qd6 19.g5 hxg5 20.fxg5 Nh5 21.d4 Bb6 22.
Be3 g6 23.Kg2 Qg3+ 24.Qxg3 Nxg3 25.Bf2 Nxf5 26.Kf3 a5 27.h4 Nd6 28.Bg3 Nc4
29.Rab1 Re3+ 30.Kf2 Rae8 31.Bf4 R3e6 32.Kf3 Ne3 33.Rd2 Nf5 34.Be5 Ba7 35.
b4 Nxd4+ 36.Bxd4 Bxd4 37.Nxd5 cxd5 38.Rxd4 Re3+ 39.Kf2 Re2+ 40.Kg1 Re1+ 
41.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42.Kf2 Re4 43.Rxd5 Rxb4 44.Rxa5 Rxh4 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Kf3 f6 
47.gxf6 Kf7 48.Ra8 Kxf6 49.a5 Kg5 50.a6 bxa6 51.Rxa6 Rb3+ 52.Kg2 Kh5 53.
Ra4 g5 54.Kh2 g4 55.Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.O-O b6 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.b3 Bb7 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Qh4
Ke7 16.Ne5 Rae8 17.f4 Kd8 18.Rad1 Kc8 19.c4 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5+ 21.Kh1 Rd8 
22.f5 exf5 23.Bxf5+ Kb8 24.Nd3 Qc6 25.Qg3+ Bd6 26.Be5 Ka8 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.
Qxd6 Rxd6 29.Ne5 Rhd8 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Kg1 Rd2 32.Rf2 Rd1+ 33.Rf1 Rd2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bb2 e6 6.h3 h6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.g4 Be4 9.
Rg1 Qe7 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ba3 12.Bxa3 Qxa3 13.h4 g5 14.Rc1 Na6 15.cxd5 
exd5 16.Rh1 Nb4 17.Kf1 O-O-O 18.d4 Kb8 19.Qd2 h5 20.gxh5 g4 21.Be2 Rxh5 
22.Kg2 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bxg4 Rg8 25.Kh3 Qa5 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.dxc5 Qxc5 
28.Rc1 Qf8 29.Rc4 f5 30.Rxb4 fxg4+ 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Kg2 a5 33.Ra4 b6 34.Qd4 
Kb7 35.Qxe4 Qxh4 36.Rc4 Qf6 37.Qf4 Qg6 38.Rd4 Rg7 39.Rd6 Qe8 40.Rf6 Qd7 
41.Qd6 Qxd6 42.Rxd6 b5 43.Kg3 c5 44.e4 Re7 45.Rd5 Kc6 46.Kf4 Rf7+ 47.Ke3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Mola, Pietro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.d4 h6 12.Bh4 O-O-O 13.h3 Bf5 14.d5 Ne5 
15.Nd4 Bh7 16.f4 Ned7 17.Nf3 Rhe8 18.Bf2 Kb8 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Nh5 21.g3
Bf6 22.Re1 Rxe1+ 23.Nxe1 Re8 24.Kd2 Bxc3+ 25.bxc3 Ndf6 26.Re3 Rxe3 27.Kxe3
Nxd5+ 28.Kd4 Nhf6 29.Nf3 c5+ 30.Kd3 Kc7 31.Nd2 b5 32.f5 Kc6 33.Bg1 Nd7 34.
Ne4 N5f6 35.Nxf6 Nxf6 36.c4 b4 37.g4 Nd7 38.Bh2 d5 39.cxd5+ Kxd5 40.Bc7 
Nb6 41.Bb8 a6 42.Bc7 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dinser, Hans"]
[Black "Vincenzi, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nd7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.
O-O h6 10.Qc2 f5 11.e5 Nc6 12.d5 Nb4 13.Qd1 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 dxe5
16.fxe5 b6 17.e6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Black "Mussoni, Marcello"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Bg5 a6 
9.Bc4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Bb3 d5 14.e5 Qd7 15.Nc3 
Rae8 16.Bf4 Nd8 17.Bg3 Kh8 18.Bc2 Ne6 19.Qd3 g6 20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Qc3 f5 22.
exf6 Bxf6 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5+ Nxe5 25.f3 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bxf3 27.Rd2 Ng5 
28.Ng3 Nh3+ 29.Kf1 Bh1+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Garofalo, Massimo"]
[Black "Tomba, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1705"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Nf3 e6 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.Bc4 Bd7 
9.Qb3 Nf6 10.f5 exf5 11.Bf7+ Ke7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Qd7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Re1+
Kd8 16.Re8+ Kc7 17.Rxa8 hxg5 18.Rxa7 Qc6 19.Na3 Nf4 20.Nb5+ Kb8 21.Qa4 b6 
22.Rc7 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c3 Nf5 8.Bf4 Bxc5 
9.Bd3 Nh4 10.Nxh4 Qxh4 11.Bg3 Qh6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.O-O a5 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Rc1 
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 Ne5 7.N1c3 a6 8.Bxe5 
dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.O-O-O+ Bd7 11.Nd6 Bxd6 12.Rxd6 Ke7 13.Rd2 g5 14.b3 
Nf6 15.Kb2 Bc6 16.f3 g4 17.Be2 h5 18.a4 h4 19.fxg4 h3 20.Bf3 Rag8 21.Rg1 
Nxg4 22.gxh3 Nf6 23.Rxg8 Nxg8 24.Bg2 Nf6 25.b4 Nh5 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Be8 
28.Kb3 Nf4 29.Kb4 Nxg2 30.Rxg2 Rxh3 31.Re2 Kd6 32.Na4 Kc7 33.c4 b6 34.c5 
bxc5+ 35.Nxc5 f5 36.Ra2 fxe4 37.Ra7+ Kb8 38.b6 Bc6 39.Rc7 Bd5 40.Na6+ Ka8 
41.Ra7# 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Monteleone, Antonio"]
[Black "Lauria, Amilcare"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nxe2 8.Bxe2 b6
9.O-O Nf6 10.f4 O-O 11.Bf3 Ba6 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Rfe1 Rb8 14.e5 Ne8 15.Bf2 Qb7
16.Re2 Nc7 17.exd6 exd6 18.Re7 b5 19.Qa5 bxc4 20.Qxc7 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Rxb2 
22.Ne4 Rxf2 23.Kxf2 Bxa1 24.Rxa7 c3 25.Nxc3 Bd3 26.Ne4 c4 27.Ke1 Bxe4 28.
Bxe4 Re8 29.Kd2 Rxe4 30.Rc7 Rxf4 31.Rc6 Be5 32.a4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.h4 h6 8.Ne5 
Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Nd7 14.Nh5 Rg8 15.Bxd5
cxd5 16.Nxd7 Kxd7 17.Rh3 Ke7 18.Rg3 Kf8 19.Rh3 Be7 20.Bf4 Rc8 21.c3 Rc4 
22.g3 Qd7 23.g4 Rxa4 24.Re1 Ra2 25.Kg2 a4 26.Rd1 a3 27.Rd2 axb2 28.Rxb2 
Rxb2 29.Qxb2 e5 30.Bxe5 Qxg4+ 31.Ng3 Bf5 32.Rh1 Be4+ 33.Kg1 Bxh1 34.Kxh1 
f6 35.Bc7 Kf7 36.Qxb7 Qd7 37.Qb6 Rc8 38.Bf4 Rxc3 39.Kg2 Qg4 40.Be3 Qe6 41.
Qb1 Bd6 42.Nf5 Bc7 43.Bd2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Kb1 O-O-O 
15.Ba6 Bxa6 16.Qxa6+ Kb8 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.c4 Rhe8 19.Bc3 Be7 20.Rhe1 Bf6 21.
Qe3 Rc8 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Be7 24.Qf3 Bf8 25.Rd3 Rcd8 26.Red1 Rxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Kc2 Qd7 30.h4 b5 31.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O a6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Bxe4 Rac8 
15.Nd2 e5 16.Qf3 Nf6 17.Rc5 exd4 18.exd4 Qd6 19.Nb3 Rfe8 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.Rd1
Rce7 22.g3 Re1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kg2 g6 25.Qc3 Qe7 26.Re5 Rxe5 27.dxe5 Nd5
28.Qc5 gxf5 29.Qa7 Bc8 30.Qd4 Qb4 31.Qa7 Qg4 32.f3 Qc4 33.Qb8 Qe2+ 34.Kh3 
Nf4+ 35.Kh4 Qxh2+ 36.Kg5 Qxg3+ 37.Kf6 Nd5# 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Black "Agnello, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Na5 
9.Nbd2 c4 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Rb1 Rac8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 f5 15.exf6 
Nxf6 16.Bg5 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Ne5 Nd5 19.Ng5 h6 20.Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Safranska, Anda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 Ne8 13.b4 f5 14.Qb3 c5 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.
Nb5 Nc8 17.f4 Qe7 18.fxe5 Bxe5 19.Bd3 fxe4 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Nxe4 a4 22.Qc2
Bxb5 23.cxb5 b6 24.Qf2+ Kg8 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Rf1 Qe7 27.Re1 Qf8 28.Qg3 Ned6
29.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O exd5 
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 f5 15.Qc1 Ndf6 
16.Bh6 Bd7 17.a5 Rae8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Ra3 Bc8 20.Re1 Qd8 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Nc4
Ne5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 Ree8 25.Nb1 Nf6 26.Nd2 Bd7 27.Qc3 Kg8 28.b4 cxb4 
29.Qxb4 Bb5 30.e3 Rf7 31.Rc1 Rc7 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Rc3 Qd8 34.Kh2 h5 35.Nf3 
Ne4 36.Rc1 b6 37.axb6 Qxb6 38.Nd4 Nc5 39.Rc3 Kh7 40.Bf1 Rb8 41.Bxb5 axb5 
42.Ne6 Nxe6 43.dxe6 Re8 44.Qb3 d5 45.Qxd5 Qxe6 46.Rc7+ Kh6 47.g4 hxg4 48.
Qxe6 Rxe6 49.hxg4 fxg4 50.Rb7 Rxe3 51.Rxb5 Rf3 52.Kg2 Rxf4 53.Kg3 Rf5 54.
Rb4 Kh5 55.Rb8 Rf3+ 56.Kg2 Rc3 57.Ra8 Kg5 58.Rb8 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dinser, Hans"]
[Black "Galioto, Giovanni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.Nxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd2 
Qb6 9.e4 e6 10.Bc4 Nxe4 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.f3 Bb7 14.Ne2 Nc6 15.
Nc3 Be7 16.Ne2 O-O 17.Qc2 Ne5 18.b3 Bf6 19.Rb1 d5 20.Bd3 Nxd3+ 21.Qxd3 
Rxa2 22.Nf4 Ba6 23.Qe3 Bd4 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Qg5 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Bg7 5.f4 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.
Bd3 Nh6 10.Be3 Nf5 11.Bf2 Qb6 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.g4 hxg4 14.hxg4 Rxh1+ 15.
Qxh1 fxg4 16.O-O-O Nd7 17.Qh7 Bf8 18.f5 Qd8 19.Bh4 1-0

[Event "IX Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schweiger, Georg"]
[Black "Passoni, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.
a4 Rb8 10.Qc2 a6 11.Be3 b6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.g4 f5 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.gxf5 gxf5 
16.Qb3 Rf6 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Rae1 h6 19.Nge4 Rg6 20.Bf2 Nce7 21.Kh1 d5 22.
Ng3 Nh4 23.Bh3 d4+ 24.Nge4 dxc3 25.Bxh4 cxd2 26.Re2 Bd5 27.Qd1 Nf5 28.Bf2 
c4 29.Qxd2 cxd3 30.Qxd3 Qc6 31.Bg2 Qxa4 32.Rg1 Qc6 33.Bf3 Rxg1+ 34.Bxg1 
Nh4 35.Bg4 Rf8 36.Bf2 Rxf4 37.Bxe6+ Qxe6 38.Kg1 0-1

