[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Possanzini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Palmizi, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Be6 4. f4 Bd6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ng5 exd3 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8.
exd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Qe8 11. Re1 Rf7 12. Nd2 Re7 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 c6
15. b3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. c3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. d4 Bb6 20. Qg4 Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Bg5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. b4 a5 27. a3 axb4
28. axb4 Ba7 29. Bd8 b6 30. Bc7 c5 31. Bf1 c4 32. Kg2 Bb8 33. Bd8 b5 34. Be2
Nxe5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Bb6 Bxc3 37. Bc5 e5 38. Kf1 e4 39. Bd1 d4 40. Ke2 Ke6
41. Bf8 Kf5 42. h3 Kf6 43. Bc5 Ke5 44. Bf8 Kd5 45. Bc5 d3+ 46. Ke3 Be5 47. g4
g5 48. Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Bxd4 Kxd4 50. Ke1 e3 51. Bf3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragnini, Damiano"]
[Black "Possanzini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be3 Qxb2 7. Nbd2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Rb1 Qxa2 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Bc3 Qxc3 13. O-O a6 14. Ra1
Bd7 15. Ne4 Qxe5 16. Bxd7 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qf5 18. g4 Qf6 19. Ba4 h5 20. Bb3 Bc5
21. Re2 Qd4 22. Qb1 Qxg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Qa2 Ng4 26. Qa5+ b6 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Briffault, Philippe"]
[Black "Fioravanti, Emidio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxc3 14. bxc3
b6 15. f3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. Bd6 Nd5 19. Bb4 Nxb4 20. cxb4 Bc2 21.
bxa5 Bxb3 22. Bxb3 bxa5 23. Rfc1 Rab8 24. Rab1 Rb6 25. Bd1 Rc8 26. Rxb6 axb6
27. Be2 Kf8 28. e4 Ke7 29. Kf2 f6 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 c5 32. h5 Kd6 33. Bc4
Ke5 34. Ke3 f5 35. f4+ Kf6 36. gxf5 Kxf5 37. Rg1 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Rg6+ Kf7
40. d6+ Kf8 41. Re6 Rd8 42. Ke4 g6 43. Rf6+ Kg7 44. Rxg6+ Kh7 45. Re6 b5 46.
Bxb5 c4 47. Re7+ Kh8 48. Re8+ Rxe8+ 49. Bxe8 c3 50. Kd3 Kg7 51. Kxc3 Kf8 52. d7
Ke7 53. Kd4 Kd8 54. Kd5 Ke7 55. f5 Kd8 56. f6 Kc7 57. f7 Kd8 58. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "D'Ambrosio, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Miandro, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Qd4 Qxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. e3 Ke7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. O-O g6 14. h3 Rhd8
15. Bb1 Na5 16. Nd2 b5 17. b3 b4 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.
Nxc1 Nb7 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 a5 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. Kf1 Nd6 27. Ke2
Nb5 28. Nb1 f6 29. Kd3 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Kc2 Ke6 32. Kb2 d4 33. exd4 exd4
34. Nd2 d3 35. Nc4 Nc3 36. Kc1 Kd5 37. f3 Kd4 38. Kd2 a4 39. Nb2 a3 40. Nxd3
Nxa2 41. g4 g5 42. f4 gxf4 43. Nxf4 Nc3 44. Kc2 Ke4 45. Nh5 Kd5 46. Kc1 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fioravanti, Diego"]
[Black "Possanzini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Be2 Na6 8. a3
c5 9. d5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Rb8 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. h3 f5 15.
f4 Qb3 16. Rac1 Nc7 17. Qc2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 a5 19. Nf3 b5 20. Rb1 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. Nd1 Ne8 23. Nf2 Nf6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. Ne1 Rfa8 27. Kh2 Ra1
28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. Ned3 Rb1 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 e6 32. dxe6 Bxe6 33. b3 d5 34.
cxd5 Bxd5 35. g4 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Nd3 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 fxg4 40.
hxg4 Bc3 41. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Genga, Secondo"]
[Black "Negri, Jacopo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qxd5 Rd8 14. Qb3
Qxc5 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Qd5 Qxc3 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Qd6
Rc8 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxb7 Nd4 23. Qe7 Qa1+ 24. Bf1 Qxa2 25. Rxa7 Qd5 26. Rd7
Qe6 27. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giobbi, Costantino"]
[Black "Rotoni, Matteo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qb3 Qxb3 6. axb3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 f5 10. Na3 d6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 d5 14. Nd2 Kd7 15.
Nf7 Rg8 16. Ne5+ Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Kxd6 19. O-O cxd4 20. exd4 a5 21.
Rfe1 Raf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mircoli, Filippo"]
[Black "Marconi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3 b4
9. Ne2 a5 10. c4 Na6 11. O-O c5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15. Nh2 e6
16. f4 exd5 17. exd5 Qe7 18. Bf2 Re8 19. Rce1 Qf8 20. f5 b3 21. Qxb3 Nb4 22.
fxg6 fxg6 23. a3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bf5 25. Qd1 Ne4 26. g4 Bd7 27. Bh4 Bd4+ 28. Nxd4
Qh6 29. Nhf3 g5 30. Qc1 Re7 31. Kg2 Rae8 32. Bxg5 Nxg5 33. Rxe7 Qxh3+ 34. Kf2
Rxe7 35. Qxg5+ Rg7 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Profili, Bruno"]
[Black "Guglielmi, Dante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Be3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Be3 Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3 Bf5 13. Ne4 Qa5 14.
Ra3 Qb6 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. g4 Bc8 17. h4 b6 18. Nd3 f5 19. g5 Bb7 20. Qh3 c5 21.
Rh2 Nd7 22. h5 e5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ndf4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Qd6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. b4
Ne4 28. Rd3 Qxb4 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Qxg6+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rinaudo, Andrea"]
[Black "Nagni, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Bxc7 Nxb2 13. a4 Ba6 14.
f4 f6 15. Nf3 Re2 16. Nd4 Rd2 17. Ba5 Bxd3 18. Bxd2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Nc4 20. Nb3
Rb8 21. Ke2 d5 22. Kd3 Nd6 23. Be3 Rb7 24. g4 Kf7 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Kd4 g6 27. f5
Ne4 28. Bf4 Rc8 29. Rb1 c5+ 30. Ke3 gxf5 31. gxf5 Nc3 32. Rb7+ Kg8 33. Rxa7
Re8+ 34. Kd2 d4 35. Nc6 Re2+ 36. Kd3 Rf2 37. Bh6 Nd5 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rinaudo, Sergio"]
[Black "Buratti, Ettore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. c3 c5 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Ne4 h6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 d5 15. Ned2
Nhf6 16. Bb5 c4 17. Ne5 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qg4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qf6 28.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rcd1 Re7 30. Rd4 Kg7 31. Red1 Rce8 32. R1d2 Re5 33. Bd1 Kf6 34.
Bf3 Ke6 35. g4 g5 36. Kf1 a5 37. a3 Ba8 38. Rd1 Bb7 39. Ke2 Rb8 40. Kd2 Bc6 41.
Bg2 Kd6 42. Kc1 Kc5 43. R1d2 Rf8 44. Kd1 a4 45. Ke2 Re7 46. Rd1 Ree8 47. Rh1 f5
48. gxf5 Rxf5 49. h4 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zagaglia, Alessandro"]
[Black "Palmizi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O
Ne7 9. f4 b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nge2 Nb6 15. Ng3
Qd7 16. g5 Bc6 17. Qc1 hxg5 18. fxg5 Bf8 19. h4 O-O-O 20. h5 Kb7 21. h6 Ra8 22.
Nce2 a5 23. Nf4 Nec8 24. Nd3 Qe8 25. b3 Be7 26. Rh2 Nd7 27. Qb2 Qd8 28. Qc1
Ncb6 29. Rg2 Qf8 30. c3 a4 31. b4 Nc4 32. Nf1 a3 33. Bf4 Ndb6 34. Nd2 Nxd2+ 35.
Bxd2 Nc4 36. Bf4 Ra4 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Bc1 c6 39. Ne1 Kb6 40. Rg1 Kb7 41. Ng2 Qd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buratti, Ettore"]
[Black "Nagni, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1579"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Bg5
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ng6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 c6 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. Bxh6 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Nh2 e4 19. Qd1 Qh4 20. f4 Bxh3 21. Qe1
Qxe1 22. Raxe1 Bf5 23. g4 Bd7 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Bd4 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Nxf4 27. Kg3
Ng6 28. Rh1 Bc6 29. Nf1 Ne5 30. Ne3 Nf3 31. Rd1 b6 32. Nf5 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Bb7
34. Rhe1 e3 35. Rd3 e2 36. Rxe2 Rxe2 37. Nxe2 Ba6 38. Re3 Bxe2 39. Rxe2 Kf8 40.
Rd2 Ke7 41. Kf4 Rd8 42. Rd3 Rd6 43. Re3+ Kd7 44. Rd3 Kc6 45. Ke3 f6 46. Ke4 g6
47. Ke3 Re6+ 48. Kd2 Rd6 49. Ke3 Kc5 50. Kd2 f5 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. Ke3 Re6+ 53.
Kf4 Re2 54. Kxf5 Rxc2 55. Rd7 a5 56. Ke4 Rxc3 57. Rc7+ Kb4 58. Rb7 b5 59. Kd4
Rc4+ 60. Kd3 Rc1 61. Rh7 Ka4 62. Rh4+ b4 63. Rh2 Ka3 64. Rh5 a4 65. Kd2 Rc4 66.
Kd3 Rc3+ 67. Kd2 Kxa2 68. Rh4 Kb3 69. Re4 a3 70. Re1 a2 71. Ra1 Kb2 72. Rxa2+
Kxa2 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fioravanti, Emidio"]
[Black "Negri, Jacopo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Qc4 15.
Qd1 Bb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. a3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. b4 g6 20. Bb2 Bg7 21. Rf3 O-O
22. Rh3 h5 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. g4 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qh4 Rfd8 28.
Qh7+ Kf8 29. e6 d4 30. e7+ Kxe7 31. Qxg7 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34.
fxe5 Ke6 35. Rd3 Kxe5 36. Re1+ Kf6 37. Bxd4+ Kg5 38. Rg3+ Kh5 39. Bf6 Rd6 40.
Rh3+ Kg4 41. Rh4+ Kf3 42. Be5 g5 43. Rh3+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Genga, Secondo"]
[Black "Briffault, Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nhf6 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bc2 fxe4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Rb8 16. Qa5 a6 17. Qxc5 b5 18. d6 cxd6 19. Qxd6 Qg5+ 20. f4 exf4 21.
Qxb8 fxg3+ 22. Rd2 Bh3 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guglielmi, Dante"]
[Black "Zagaglia, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rac1 Be6
15. Qa3 Ra8 16. Na4 b6 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Re8 20. Nc3 Qd7 21.
Bf1 Ra8 22. Bb5 Qd8 23. Ba6 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Nxc8 25. Nb5 Bf8 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4
Ne7 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Nb5 a6 32. Nc3 b5 33. a3 Ke8 34.
Ra7 Rd6 35. Na2 Nc8 36. Ra8 Kd7 37. Nb4 Kc7 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Nxa6+ Kb6 40. Nb4
Ne7 41. Kg2 f5 42. f3 g5 43. f4 g4 44. h4 h5 45. b3 Ka5 46. Na2 Nc8 47. Nc3 Nb6
48. Kf2 b4 49. axb4+ Kxb4 50. Nb1 Kxb3 51. Nd2+ Kc3 52. Ke2 Kc2 53. Nf1 Nd7 54.
Nd2 Nf6 55. Nf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marconi, Andrea"]
[Black "D'Ambrosio, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. b3 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Nbd2
Bf8 9. a3 h6 10. e4 Bd7 11. c4 Rb8 12. b4 b5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. d4 Rb8 15. d5
Ne7 16. Qc2 c6 17. Nc4 Nc8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nfd2 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Rac1
Rbc8 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. f3 a5 24. Qa6 axb4 25. Qxb7 Bxb7 26. axb4 Nd7 27. Nb3 f6
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 d5 31. Bb5 Nb6 32. Na5 Ba8 33. Bc6 Bxb4
34. Bxa8 Nxa8 35. Nc6 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 d4 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. f4 Bd6 39. f5 Ke8 40. Na7
Nc7 41. Bd2 Kd7 42. Ba5 Bc5 43. Bxc7 Bxa7 44. Ba5 Bc5 45. g4 Ke8 46. h4 Kf7 47.
h5 Ke7 48. Kd3 Kd7 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Be1 Kb6 51. Bd2 Ba3 52. Kb3 Bd6 53. Kc4 Kc6
54. Be1 Kb6 55. Bd2 Be7 56. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miandro, Roberto"]
[Black "Mircoli, Filippo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bc5 14. N2b3 Nb4
15. Qd1 Nd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bf3 Nde5 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Qg4 g6 22. Qf4 f6 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Bc3 e5 25. Qg4 Ba4 26. Rd5 Rcd8 27. Ba5
Rb8 28. Rd3 f5 29. Qe2 Rf6 30. Qd2 Re6 31. h3 Qe8 32. Rd6 Bc6 33. Rd1 Ba4 34.
Qd5 Bxd1 35. Rxe6 Qf7 36. Qxe5 Qg7 37. Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Possanzini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Palmizi, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. Nb3 Bf6 8. e3
Qd6 9. d4 e4 10. Nfd2 b6 11. Re1 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. c3 h5 14. Bf1 h4 15. Bxa6
hxg3 16. fxg3 Rxa6 17. Qe2 Ra8 18. Nb1 Nh6 19. Na3 Ng4 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. h4 Bxh4
22. gxh4 Qxh4 23. Nxc7+ Kd7 24. Nc5+ Kxc7 25. Ne6+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rotoni, Matteo"]
[Black "Profili, Bruno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Nexc4 11. Nf3 e6 12. O-O Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be7 14. Nc3
Nd5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ne4 c6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Nc5 Bxc5
21. dxc5 e5 22. Nh4 g6 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Rg3 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qf3
Qe7 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Nf3 Rd8 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Rf1 Rd5 32. Nh4 Qxh4 33. Rxd3 Rxd3
34. Qxd3 Qd4 35. Qb3 Rd8 36. Qxb7 Qd7 37. Qb3 e4 38. Qc3+ Kg8 39. Qf6 e3 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "D'Ambrosio, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Zagaglia, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nd5 7. Bh2 Re8 8. c3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. a3 e4 14. Nd4 c6 15.
c4 Nb6 16. Rb1 Bxd4 17. exd4 e3 18. dxc5 exf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxe2+ 20. Kc1 Qe1+ 21.
Qd1 Qxh1 22. Qxh1 Re1+ 23. Kc2 Bf5+ 24. Kb3 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Nd7 26. Bd6 Re8 27.
Rf1 Re2 28. Nf3 Bd3 29. Kc3 Be4 30. b4 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Re3+ 32. Kb2 Rxf3 33. Bg3
Rxg3 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fioravanti, Emidio"]
[Black "Guglielmi, Dante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

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. Re1 Qc7 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qh3 b5 14. a3 a5 15.
f3 a4 16. Ba2 Rfb8 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qh5 20. Ne2 Qg6 21. Qf2 h6
22. c3 Nh7 23. Rad1 Ng5 24. Kh1 Ra6 25. Nf4 Qf6 26. Qd2 Bd8 27. Bd4 e5 28. Nd5
Qg6 29. Nb4 Raa8 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qxd7 Qh5 32. Rf1 Bb6 33. Nc6 Re8 34. Bd5 Be3
35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. fxg4 Rac8 37. h4 Ne6 38. Nxe5 Rc7 39. Nd3 g5 40. Rf3 Bb6 41.
h5 Nc5 42. Nxc5 Bxc5 43. Rdf1 Ree7 44. Rf6 Be3 45. Rxh6 Kg7 46. Rhf6 Bf4 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giobbi, Costantino"]
[Black "Briffault, Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. c4 e4
9. Nfd2 Re8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. a3 Nxd4 13. exd4 e3 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 exd2 16. Qxd2 d5 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. c5 c6 20. Rad1 Qg4 21. f3
Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. Qf1 Qf5 24. Qf2 g5 25. Bc1 g4 26. fxg4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nxg4+
28. Kf1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxd4 30. Na4 Bf6 31. h3 Ne5 32. Bb2 Re8 33. Kg2 Re6 34.
Rf1 Bg7 35. Rf5 Ng6 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rxh5 Re3 38. Rg5 Rxb3 39. h4 Kf6 40. Rg4
Rxa3 41. Rb4 b5 42. cxb6 axb6 43. Nxb6 Ke5 44. h5 Nf8 45. Kh3 c5 46. Rb1 Rd3
47. Rf1 f5 48. h6 c4 49. Nd7+ Ke6 50. Nxf8+ Kf7 51. Rxf5+ Kg8 52. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marconi, Andrea"]
[Black "Fioravanti, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Be6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. a3
Bg7 9. c4 Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. d4 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15.
Qf4 g5 16. Qg3 Bg6 17. h3 Nf5 18. Qh2 Qe7 19. g4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Qf2
Qxb3 22. Rab1 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Qc2 24. Qf1 Qe4 25. d5 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Kg7 27. Bd3
Qf4 28. Kg2 c6 29. Rf2 Qe3 30. Qa1+ f6 31. Bf5 cxd5 32. Nd4 Rbe8 33. cxd5 Qe5
34. Be6 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe5 36. Nf5+ Kh8 37. Qb1 b6 38. Nxh6 Qg3+ 39. Rg2 Qe3+ 40.
Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kh1 Qe3 44. Nf5 Qf4 45. Ng3 Rxe6 46.
dxe6 Rc8 47. Qg6 Qe5 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. e7 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 f5 52. Qf8+
Kh7 53. Qxf5+ Kg7 54. Qxc8 Qxe7 55. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miandro, Roberto"]
[Black "Rinaudo, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3
Be6 9. e4 Rb8 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. f4 Qc8 12. Kh2 a6 13. a4 e6 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Kh1
Rbd8 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Kh2 Bc6 19. g4 Nf6 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Qd1 b6 22.
Qe2 Qb7 23. Ne1 Re7 24. Bf3 Ne8 25. Qg2 Bd4 26. g5 d5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. e5 Ng7
29. Qe2 Nf5 30. Kh2 b5 31. a5 Qc7 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 34. Kg2 Rde8 35. Qd1
Be3 36. Bg4 d4+ 37. Ne4 Bxc1 38. Qxc1 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Bxe4 40. dxe4 Nxf1 41. Kxf1
c4 42. Qd2 Qc5 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Kg2 Na2 45. Ra1 Qb4 46. Qf2 Qb3 47. Bd1 Qe3 48.
Rxa2 Qxe4+ 49. Kg3 d3 50. Bf3 Qf5 51. Ra1 d2 52. Ng2 Qc2 53. Ne3 Qxb2 54. Rd1
c3 55. Be4 Rd4 56. Bc2 Red7 57. Qf3 b4 58. Qa8+ Rd8 59. Qxa6 b3 60. Bxb3 Qxb3
61. Qf6 c2 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nagni, Marco"]
[Black "Mircoli, Filippo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nc6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. c4 Qh4 20. f4 Ng4 21. g3
Qh3 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. a4 Rae8 26. a5 Re2+ 27. Rf2
Re1 28. Raa2 Rc1 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rac2 Rb1 31. Rb2 Rc1 32. Rfc2 Rxc2+ 33. Rxc2
Re4 34. Kf3 Rd4 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Kg5 Ke7 37. h4 Kd6 38. Kf5 b5 39. cxb5 Rxd5+
40. Kg4 Kc7 41. Kf3 Kb6 42. Ke4 Rd4+ 43. Ke5 Kxb5 44. Rb2+ Kc6 45. Ra2 Rd5+ 46.
Ke4 Rd4+ 47. Ke5 Kb5 48. Rb2+ Rb4 49. Rd2 Kc6 50. Rd6+ Kc7 51. Rd3 Rb6 52. f5
c4 53. Rc3 Rc6 54. Kd5 Kb6 55. Rxc4 Rxc4 56. Kxc4 Kc6 57. Kd4 Kd6 58. g4 Ke7
59. g5 h6 60. Kd5 d6 61. Kc6 hxg5 62. hxg5 g6 63. fxg6 Ke6 64. g7 Kf7 65. Kxd6
Kxg7 66. Ke5 Kg6 67. Kf4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Negri, Jacopo"]
[Black "Buratti, Ettore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. h3 Nxe3 8. fxe3
O-O 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bc4 e6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 h5 14. Rhf1 a6 15. a3
b5 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 dxe5 19. Ne4 exd4 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6
Nd5 22. Qg2 Nxe3 23. Qg5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Kh7 26. Rg1 Qe8 27. Qxh5+
Kg8 28. Re5 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Palmizi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Profili, Bruno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. Nbc3 Nc6 10. a3 Na5 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Rc1 e6 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. O-O
a6 16. Nd6 e5 17. b4 exd4 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Re8
22. Rfe1 Bh6 23. Rcd1 Bg4 24. f3 Re3 25. Qb2 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Be3+ 27. Kg2 Bxf3+
28. Kxf3 Qf6+ 29. Nf4 Ne5+ 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxd5 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qg5+ 33. Kf3
Qh5+ 34. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Possanzini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Rotoni, Matteo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Be6 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Qd7 14. Nd2 Ne8 15.
Nf3 h5 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Qb3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nf6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. f4 Nxg4 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Qxd5 Rab8 24. Rae1 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 Rbd8 26. Qe4 Qd2 27. Rb1
Rfe8 28. Qxb7 Rxe2 29. Rbf1 Qxd3 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 Rdd2 33.
Rh3 Rxb2 34. Rc1 Rxa2 35. Rd1 Rad2 36. Rb1 g6 37. f5 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 gxf5 39. Rb8+
Kg7 40. Rg8+ Kxg8 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rh6+ Kg5 44. Rh5+ Kg4 45. Rh4+
Kf3 46. Rf4+ Ke3 47. Re4+ Kf2 48. Rf4+ Ke1 49. Rf1+ Ke2 50. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Castelfidardo ITA"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rinaudo, Sergio"]
[Black "Genga, Secondo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. h3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bc2 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Nd3 14. Bxd3
Bxd3 15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Ng5 Rh4 20. Rad1 h6
21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxa8 Qg6 24. Qxd5 Be6 25. Qd8# 1-0

