[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Nf3 
Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxg5 10.Nxg5 e5 11.Nf3 exd4 12.Nxd5 Re8+ 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Qa4 d3 
15.O-O dxe2 16.Rfe1 Nc6 17.Qb5 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Rac1 Qh4 20.g3 Bxf2+ 
21.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 22.Kf3 Be4+ 23.Ke3 Bxd5+ 24.Kd4 Qf2+ 25.Kc3 Qe3+ 26.Kb4 a5+ 
0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O c6 8.Ne5 
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Kxd7 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.c3 Rhd8 14.a4 Qb3 
15.a5 a6 16.Be3 Ke8 17.Qb1 Qb5 18.Re1 Rd7 19.b3 g6 20.c4 Qf5 21.b4 Qxb1 
22.Raxb1 Ne4 23.Rec1 Rc8 24.Nf4 Bf6 25.f3 Nd6 26.g4 Bg5 27.Kf2 Bxf4 28.
Bxf4 f6 29.Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Re1 Kf7 31.Re4 f5 32.gxf5 exf5 33.Rh4 h5 34.b5 
cxb5 35.cxb5 Rc2+ 36.Kg3 Ra2 37.bxa6 bxa6 38.Rb6 Rxb6 39.axb6 Rb2 40.d5 
Rxb6 41.Rc4 Ke7 42.Kf4 Kd6 43.Rd4 a5 44.Kg5 Kc5 45.Ra4 Kb5 46.Rd4 Rd6 47.
Kf4 a4 48.Ke5 Rd8 49.d6 a3 50.Rd2 Kc4 51.Rg2 Kb3 52.Rxg6 a2 53.Rg1 Kb2 54.
Ke6 a1=Q 55.Rxa1 Kxa1 56.Ke7 Ra8 57.d7 Kb2 58.d8=Q Rxd8 59.Kxd8 Kc3 60.Ke7
Kd4 61.Kf6 f4 62.Kg5 Ke3 63.Kxh5 Kxf3 64.Kg6 Kg4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 
N7b6 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd5 11.O-O Qxc3 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Rfc1 Qa5 14.Nd2 Nc3 
15.Qg4 Ne2+ 16.Bxe2 Qxd2 17.Bf3 Bd7 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Rc8 20.Qd6 Qa5 21.
h3 Qc7 22.Qa3 b6 23.Rab1 f6 24.Qb4 Kf7 25.Qc4 Qd6 26.Qb3 Rc7 27.a4 c5 28.
Qa3 Rhc8 29.a5 b5 30.dxc5 Rxc5 31.Rd1 Qe7 32.Qd3 Bc6 33.Bxc6 R8xc6 34.Rxb5
Rxb5 35.Qxb5 Rc5 36.Qd7 Rxa5 37.Qc6 Rc5 38.Qe4 f5 39.Qa4 Rc7 40.Qd4 h6 41.
Qa4 Kg6 42.Qa6 Rd7 43.Ra1 Kf7 44.Kf1 Qd8 45.Ke1 Qb6 46.Qa4 Rc7 47.Qa3 a5 
48.Qxa5 Rc1+ 49.Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 Nc6 4.Be3 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.g4 f5 8.gxf5 gxf5 
9.Qh5+ Kf8 10.Bh3 Nf6 11.Qf3 Ng6 12.Bg5 f4 13.O-O-O Bxh3 14.Qxh3 Qc8 15.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nf3 Kf7 18.Kd2 a6 19.Ke2 Rcg8 20.Rhg1 Nf8 21.
Rxg8 Rxg8 22.b4 Nd7 23.Rc1 Be7 24.h3 h5 25.a3 Re8 26.Na4 Bd8 27.c5 Nf6 28.
Ng5+ Ke7 29.Kf3 Rg8 30.Ne6 Ne8 31.cxd6+ cxd6 32.Rc8 Nf6 33.Rb8 b5 34.Rb7+ 
Nd7 35.Nac5 dxc5 36.Nxc5 Bc7 37.Rxc7 Rd8 38.Ra7 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Bxc6 9.Qa3 dxc4 10.f3 Nh5 11.g3 f5 12.Bh3 Nf6 13.O-O Qd6 14.e4 Qxa3 
15.Bxa3 g6 16.d5 exd5 17.exf5 Kf7 18.Rfe1 Rhe8 19.fxg6+ hxg6 20.Bc5 Bd7 
21.Bg2 Bf5 22.Bd4 b6 23.g4 Bd3 24.Kf2 Rad8 25.h4 c5 26.Bxf6 Kxf6 27.g5+ 
Kf7 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Bf5 8.
Ne5 e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.h5 Be4 13.f3 Bd5 14.c4 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Bb4+ 16.Bd2 Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Qxd4+ 18.Kc2 O-O-O 19.Rd1 Qxd1+ 20.Qxd1 
Rxd1 21.Kxd1 Rd8+ 22.Kc2 Rd4 23.Be2 h6 24.Rd1 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 e6 8.cxd4 d6
9.O-O dxe5 10.dxe5 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.a4 
Nb4 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Bc6 18.Rd4 a5 19.Nxh7 Rd8 20.Nd6 Rxd6 21.exd6 N6d5
22.Ng5 Nf6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 Bxf3 5.Bxf3 e5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Bg2 
Bd4 9.e3 Bb6 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qh5 Qd6 13.d4 Nb4 14.dxe5 Nxc2+ 
15.Ke2 Qc5 16.Bd2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Qc7 6.b3 e5 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Ne2 e4 9.
Nd2 Be6 10.Nf4 Bf7 11.Be2 O-O 12.h4 Nbd7 13.g4 fxg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 
Nf6 16.Qg2 d5 17.Rg1 Ne8 18.h5 Bd6 19.h6 g6 20.Nh3 Be6 21.c5 Bxh3 22.Qxh3 
Qf7 23.Rf1 Bc7 24.O-O-O Ba5 25.Kc2 Bxd2 26.Rxd2 Nc7 27.Bc3 a5 28.a4 Ne6 
29.Rg1 Qf5 30.Qg3 Rf6 31.Kb2 Qf3 32.Qh2 Qf5 33.Rc2 Qf3 34.Rg3 Qf5 35.Qh1 
Ng5 36.Qg2 Nf3 37.Qh1 Kf7 38.Ka3 Kg8 39.Rb2 Ra7 40.Qf1 Qc8 41.Qg2 Kf7 42.
Rh3 Kg8 43.Rh1 Rf5 44.Qg3 Rf6 45.Rhb1 g5 46.Rh1 Rg6 47.Rbb1 Qd8 48.Qg4 Ra8
49.Rh3 Qe8 50.Qg3 Qd7 51.Rh5 Qe7 52.Rbh1 b6 53.Ka2 bxc5 54.dxc5 Qxc5 55.
Rc1 Qd6 56.Qh3 c5 57.Bb2 Rb8 58.Qf5 Rf8 59.Qh3 Qb6 60.Qd7 Rd8 61.Qe7 Nd2 
62.Rc3 d4 63.Rxg5 Rd6 64.Qe8# 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Black "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d3 g6 8.Bb2 
Bg7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 a5 11.a4 b5 12.axb5 Bxb5 13.e5 Nd7 14.exd6 Bxb2 15.
dxe7 Qc7 16.exf8=Q+ Nxf8 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.Ra2 Ne6 19.Neg5 Nf4 20.c4 Bc6 21.g3
h6 22.gxf4 hxg5 23.Ne5 Bb7 24.Qg4 Rd8 25.Rae2 gxf4 26.Nxg6 fxg6 27.Qxg6 
1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Black "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5 
9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 b4 12.N1h2 Ba6 13.h5 a4 14.a3 bxa3 15.bxa3 Rb8 
16.Ng4 Nd4 17.h6 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 g6 19.Qf4 c4 20.Bf1 cxd3 21.cxd3 Nc5 22.Be3
Nxd3 23.Bxd3 Bxd3 24.Qxa4 Bf5 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.Bf4 Ra8 28.Qb4 
g5 29.Bd6 Rfe8 30.Be5 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Qc7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.b3 b6 
9.Bb2 Ba6 10.O-O Rc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 O-O 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 g6 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Qf3 Rb8 19.g3 Bf8 20.Qe2 c5 21.Bxb7 
Qxb7 22.Bc1 Be7 23.Bh6 a5 24.h4 Qc6 25.a4 Qb7 26.Kh2 Qc6 27.Rh1 Qb7 28.
Rhe1 Qa8 29.Qe3 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Qd3 Be7 33.Qd7 Qd8 34.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 35.Kg2 Be7 36.Kf3 Bd8 37.Kg4 Be7 38.Kf4 Bd8 39.Ke3 Be7 40.Ke4 
Bd8 41.Kf4 Be7 42.Kg4 Bd8 43.h5 Be7 44.Bg5 Bxg5 45.Kxg5 gxh5 46.Kxh5 Kg7 
47.Kg5 Kg8 48.Kf6 Kf8 49.g4 h6 50.f4 Kg8 51.Ke7 Kg7 52.f5 exf5 53.gxf5 h5 
54.f6+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 h6 
9.h3 e6 10.Nbd2 Qd8 11.b4 Bxb4 12.cxb4 Nxb4 13.Be2 Nc2+ 14.Kf1 Nxa1 15.
Qxa1 b5 16.g4 Bh7 17.Kg2 b4 18.Ne5 O-O 19.h4 Be4+ 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.g5 f6 
22.Ng6 Rf7 23.gxh6 gxh6 24.h5 Kg7 25.Bg4 Qb6 26.Qb1 Re8 27.Rg1 e5 28.dxe5 
fxe5 29.Bg3 a5 30.Qd1 Nxg3 31.Kxg3 d4 32.e4 d3 33.Bf5 Rxf5 34.exf5 e4 35.
Qg4 Kh7 36.Kg2 Qf6 37.Kh3 c3 38.Ne7 c2 39.Ng8 Qf7 40.Nxh6 Kxh6 41.Qf4+ Kh7
42.Rg6 Qf8 43.f6 Re7 44.Qf5 Kh8 45.Rh6+ Kg8 46.Rg6+ Kh8 47.Rh6+ Kg8 48.
Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qxe5 Qxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7
15.Bd3 b6 16.Be4 Rb8 17.Rhe1 Bb7 18.Rd7 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Nc6 20.Nd6 Rbd8 21.
Rc7 Nxe5 22.Nb5 f6 23.Rxa7 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.a3 Kf7 26.b3 g5 27.Re3 Ke7 
28.c4 h5 29.Kc2 Rd8 30.Rc3 f5 31.h3 Rc8 32.Re3 Kf6 33.Nd4 g4 34.h4 Re8 35.
a4 Ng6 36.b4 Nxh4 37.g3 f4 38.gxf4 Nf5 39.Nxf5 Kxf5 40.Re5+ Kxf4 41.Rxh5 
g3 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nxe5 Re8 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.d3 Qh5 12.Rb1 Bg4 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Re1 Bxf3 
15.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16.exf3 Rad8 17.Qa4 Qxf3 18.Bxa7 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bxb2 20.Re8+ 
Rxe8 21.Qxe8+ Kg7 22.Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Bc4 Bxc4 8.
Nxc4 Qf5 9.O-O e6 10.Ne5 h5 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Ne2 Ne4 
15.Nf4 g5 16.Nxh5 Rxh5 17.g4 Qg6 18.gxh5 Qf5 19.Qd3 Ne5 20.Qxe4 Nxf3+ 21.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 22.Qxe1 g4 23.Qe3 Qxh5 24.hxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Qg3 Rxd4 26.Qxg4 Rxg4+ 
27.Kf1 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.Ke2 Rb5 30.b3 Rc5 31.Kd3 Ke7 32.Rh1 Ra5 33.a4 
Rf5 34.Ke3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Be3 Nh6 7.h3 Nf5 8.Bf2 h4 9.
Nf3 e6 10.Bd3 Bf8 11.O-O Be7 12.Qe2 Kf8 13.Nd1 Kg7 14.Ne3 Nd7 15.b3 b6 16.
Kh2 c5 17.Nxf5+ gxf5 18.Rad1 Nf8 19.c4 Bb7 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.
Bc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Qa5 24.Qc2 Ng6 25.Be3 Rhd8 26.Nd2 Kg8 27.Nc4 Qc7 28.Qf2 
Qc6 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.exd6 Qxd6 32.Bxc5 Qc7 33.b4 Rd8 34.Bxa7 
Qc3 35.b5 Rd2 36.Qf3 Qxf3 37.Rxf3 Rxa2 38.b6 Rb2 39.Rd3 Kf8 40.Rd7 Ke8 41.
Rc7 Kd8 42.Rxf7 Ne7 43.Rh7 Nc8 44.Rxh4 Nxb6 45.Rh8+ Kd7 46.Rb8 Nc4 47.Rxb2
Nxb2 48.Bd4 Nd3 49.Kg3 Ke8 50.Bc3 Kf7 51.Kf3 Nc5 52.Ke3 Ne4 53.Kd4 Nf6 54.
Ke5 Nd5 55.Bd2 Nb6 56.Kd4 Nd5 57.Ke5 Nb6 58.Be3 Nd7+ 59.Kd6 Nf6 60.Bd4 
Ne4+ 61.Kd7 Ng3 62.Bf2 Ne4 63.Be1 Nc5+ 64.Kd6 Nd3 65.Bg3 Nb2 66.Bf2 Nd3 
67.Be3 Nb4 68.g3 Nd5 69.Bd4 Ne7 70.h4 Ng8 71.h5 Nh6 72.Bb6 Ng4 73.Bd4 Nh6 
74.Kd7 Ng4 75.Bc3 Nh6 76.Ba5 Ng4 77.Bd8 Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nd4 5.Bc4 a6 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 b5 8.Bb3 
Bc5 9.d3 Qh4+ 10.Ng3 Nf6 11.Bd2 Ng4 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.O-O-O a5 14.a4 bxa4 15.
Bxa4 f5 16.h3 Nf6 17.Rhg1 O-O 18.Qf2 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxf2 20.Nxf2 Bb4 21.Rde1
Rad8 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Bxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Rxf4 25.Re5 Rxg4 26.g3 Bd5 27.Ree1 
d6 28.Ra1 Rb8 29.b3 Rg5 30.Bd7 Rb7 31.Bc8 Rc7 32.Ba6 Bb7 33.Bc4 Kf7 34.
Rae1 Re5 35.Ref1+ Ke7 36.Rf4 Rf5 37.Rxf5 exf5 38.Re1+ Kf8 39.Ra1 Rc5 40.
Be6 Bc6 41.Rf1 g6 42.g4 Bg2 43.Rf4 Bh3 44.g5 Re5 45.Bc4 d5 46.Ba6 Bg2 47.
Rxd4 Re6 48.Bb7 Rd6 49.Ke3 Ke7 50.Kf2 Bh1 51.Rh4 Rd7 52.Rxh1 Kd6 53.Ba6 
Ke5 54.Rh4 Rc7 55.d4+ Kd6 56.c4 dxc4 57.bxc4 Ra7 58.Bb5 a4 59.Rh1 a3 60.
Ra1 Ke6 61.Ra2 f4 62.d5+ Kd6 63.Ke2 Ke5 64.Kf3 Ra5 65.Be8 Ra7 66.Bc6 Ra5 
67.Bd7 Kd4 68.Be6 Ke5 69.Bg8 Ra7 70.c5 Ra8 71.Be6 Ra5 72.c6 Ra7 73.c7 Rxc7
74.Rxa3 Rc1 75.Ra2 Rc3+ 76.Kg4 Rg3+ 77.Kh4 Re3 78.Rd2 f3 79.Kg3 Kd6 80.Rf2
Re5 81.Kf4 h6 82.gxh6 Rh5 83.Rxf3 Rxh6 84.Kg5 Rh1 85.Kxg6 Rg1+ 86.Kf6 Rh1 
87.Kf5 Rh5+ 88.Ke4 Rh4+ 89.Rf4 Rh1 90.Bg4 Ra1 91.Rf6+ Ke7 92.Re6+ Kd8 93.
Ke5 Rg1 94.Rg6 Re1+ 95.Kd6 Ke8 96.Be6 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Bb2 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.d5 b5 
9.c4 bxc4 10.bxc4 Nb6 11.Nfd2 Rb8 12.Bc3 Ba6 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Rb1 Qa4 15.Qb3 
Qd7 16.Qc2 Qa4 17.Qxa4 Nxa4 18.Ba1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 c6 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qc1 
Nbd7 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Rfc8 12.b4 Qd8 13.Qb2 Nh5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Bf6 16.Rae1 Qf8 17.Nd2 a5 18.b5 Be7 19.Ra1 a4 20.Rfc1 Nf6 21.Nf3 Nd7 
22.Ne1 Be6 23.Bf3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 Bg5 7.Nge2 Bxc1 8.Qxc1 Nd7
9.Ng3 g6 10.O-O Qh4 11.Be2 Qf4 12.a3 h5 13.b4 h4 14.Qxf4 exf4 15.Nh1 Ngf6 
16.f3 cxb4 17.axb4 b6 18.Nb5 Ke7 19.Ra3 Bb7 20.Nc7 Rac8 21.Nxa6 Ne5 22.c5 
bxc5 23.bxc5 dxc5 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Ra7 Rb8 26.Rb1 Nfd7 27.Rbxb7 Rc1+ 28.Bf1
Rxb7 29.Rxb7 h3 30.Nf2 hxg2 31.Kxg2 Nxf3 32.Kxf3 Rxf1 33.Ke2 Ra1 34.Nd3 
Ra2+ 35.Kf3 Ra3 36.Ke2 Ra2+ 37.Kd1 Kd8 38.Nxf4 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Na3 Na6 2.e4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 c6 5.c3 Bxa3 6.Bxa6 bxa6 7.bxa3 Rb8 8.O-O 
Ne7 9.Qa4 Qb6 10.Qg4 Nf5 11.a4 a5 12.d4 Ba6 13.Re1 c5 14.Ba3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 
h5 16.Qg5 Qd8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Qg5 Qe6 20.Bd6 Rc8 21.Qxg7 Kd7 
22.Qg3 Rhg8 23.Qe3 d4 24.Qxd4 Bb7 25.Rab1 Bxg2 26.f3 Bh3+ 27.Kh1 Bg2+ 28.
Kg1 Bh3+ 29.Kf2 Rg2+ 30.Ke3 f4+ 31.Kd3 Bf5+ 32.Re4 Bxe4+ 33.Qxe4 Qg6 34.
Rb7+ Kd8 35.Qxg6 fxg6 36.e6 Ke8 37.Rg7 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 Bd7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Be2 Ne7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Rfc1 c6 12.Be1 Bf5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Na4 Re8 15.
Bb4 Bc7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nc5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Nd2 Rbd8 20.g3 Bc8 21.Bf1 
Kh8 22.Bg2 f5 23.a4 h5 24.a5 a6 25.Nc4 h4 26.Qa3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Qf6 28.b4 g5
29.Nd2 Be6 30.Rc3 Kg7 31.Qc1 Bd5 32.Qc2 Rh8 33.Rb1 Bb8 34.Nb3 Rh5 35.Nc5 
Rdh8 36.Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.a3 d6 7.h3 h6 8.Nc3 Be6 
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb8 11.Be3 Re8 12.Nh2 Bf8 13.Ng4 Nh7 14.f4 f5 15.Nh2 
exf4 16.Bxf4 g6 17.Qd2 Bg7 18.Bxh6 Bxb2 19.Rae1 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Nd7 21.Nf3 Qf6
22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.c3 Qf6 24.Bf4 Qf7 25.Ba2 Nhf6 26.c4 b6 27.a4 a5 28.Bh2 
Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Bg1 Rxe1 31.Qxe1 Qe8 32.Qd2 Nh5 33.Bf2 Qe5 34.Bb3 Qf4 
35.Qe1 Ne5 36.Bc2 Nf6 37.Be3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Qd5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe4+ 9.Qxe4 Nxe4 10.Bb4 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Ba3 Nd6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.c3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 O-O 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Nd4 Nxd4 
15.cxd4 Bd7 16.d5 Ba4 17.d6 Bxd1 18.dxe7 Rd4 19.Bb5 a6 20.e8=Q+ Rxe8 21.
Bxe8 Kf8 22.Be3 Rd3 23.Bxf7 Kxf7 24.Rc1 Rd7 25.Bb6 Kg6 26.f4 Ba4 27.Rc7 
Rd1+ 28.Kf2 Rd2+ 29.Ke3 Rxg2 30.Rxb7 Rxa2 31.Bc5 Rg2 32.Bf8 Kh5 33.Rb6 Bd7
34.Rxa6 Rxh2 35.Ra7 Bb5 36.Rxg7 Re2+ 37.Kf3 Ra2 38.Rxh7+ Kg6 39.Re7 Ra3+ 
40.Kg4 Ra6 41.Rg7+ Kh6 42.Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 e6 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.O-O d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Nb3 c5 
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nxc5 Bxc5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Qe2 b4 13.cxb4 Nxb4 14.Bb1 Bc6 15.
Rd1 Bb5 16.Qd2 a5 17.Nd4 Qb6 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Qg5 Qe2 20.Rf1 Bd4 21.a3 Nc6 
22.Qxg7 O-O-O 23.Bf4 Rhg8 24.Qxh7 Qg4 25.Bg3 Nxe5 26.Qc2+ Kd7 27.Ba2 Rb8 
28.Rac1 Ke7 29.b3 Kf6 30.Qd1 Bb2 31.Qxg4 Rxg4 32.Rce1 Rc8 33.Re2 Bd4 34.
Rd1 Nc6 35.Kf1 Be5 36.Rc2 Bxg3 37.hxg3 Rh8 38.Kg1 Nd4 39.Rcd2 e5 40.f4 Nf5
41.fxe5+ Kg7 42.Bb1 Ne3 43.Rd4 Rxg3 44.Kf2 Nxd1+ 45.Kxg3 Nc3 46.Rg4+ Kf8 
47.Bd3 Rh1 48.Rf4 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.Ne4 Nc6 8.b4 
cxb4 9.d4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 O-O 12.O-O g6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bh6 Bd7 15.
h4 Qc7 16.Qd2 e5 17.Bd5 exd4 18.Ng5 Nd8 19.Qxd4 Be5 20.Qe3 Bh2+ 21.Kh1 
Rxe3 22.Rxe3 Bf4 23.Nxf7 Nxf7 24.Re7 Bxh6 25.Rxf7 Kh8 26.Re1 Bf8 27.Be6 
Qd8 28.Rxd7 Qxh4+ 29.Kg1 Bc5 30.Rf7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nge7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.dxc5 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 dxc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O Qc7 12.g4 b6 13.Qf2 f6 14.Qh4 Ba6 15.
Re1 Rad8 16.e5 Nd5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Ng5 Bc8 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Nxh7 Rxf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qd5 10.Be2 Qxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Kc2
Rd7 15.Rhe1 Rhd8 16.Bc1 Bc7 17.b4 Nd5 18.h4 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 b5 21.h5
h6 22.Bb2 Kb7 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Kxa8 25.g3 Kb7 26.Ra1 Bd6 27.Bc1 Rd8 28.
Bd2 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Kxa8 30.Kd3 Kb7 31.Be2 Kc7 32.f4 Kd7 33.Ke4 f5+ 34.Kd3 Kc7
35.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 a6 11.a4 e5 12.a5 c5 13.Nh4 g6 14.Nf3 Bc7 15.dxe5 
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.e4 Be6 18.Be2 Nd7 19.f4 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 f5 21.Bf3 Rad8 
22.Bd2 Qf7 23.Ne2 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 
O-O 9.h3 Bf5 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Nbd2 e6 13.Nf1 Ne7 14.Ne5 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16.f3 Nd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qd2 b5 19.a3 a5 20.h4 f4 21.Re2 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23.Rae1 Rfc8 24.h5 gxh5 25.g3 Ra2 26.gxf4 bxc3 27.Qc1 Qa6 28.f5 
cxb2 29.Qg5 f6 30.Qg6 b1=Q 31.Rxe6 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7 3.Nc3 c6 4.d4 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.h3 exd4
9.Qxd4 Nc5 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxe5 Ncd7 12.Qc7 Qd6 13.Qxd6 Bxd6 14.a3 Nb6 15.
O-O-O Be7 16.Rhe1 O-O 17.g4 Nbd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bd4 Be6 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Bf1
Rfd8 22.Re1 Bd6 23.g5 h5 24.g6 fxg6 25.Ng5 Bd5 26.c4 Bf7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.
c5 Bc7 29.Bc4+ Nd5 30.Bd3 g5 31.Be5 g4 32.hxg4 h4 33.g5 g6 34.Bc4 Bxe5 35.
Rxe5 Re8 36.Bxd5+ cxd5 37.Rxd5 Red8 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.f4 Ke6 40.Rh1 Rh8 41.
Kd2 Kf5 42.Ke3 h3 43.Kf3 Rd8 44.Ke3 Kg4 45.Rg1+ Kh4 46.Rh1 Kg3 47.Rg1+ Kh2
48.Rg4 Rd1 49.Kf2 Rd2+ 50.Kf3 Rxb2 51.Rh4 Rb3+ 52.Ke4 Kg3 53.Rh6 h2 54.f5 
gxf5+ 55.Kxf5 Kg2 56.g6 h1=Q 57.Rxh1 Kxh1 58.g7 Rg3 59.Kf6 Kg2 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Black "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.Nxe4 O-O 7.d4 Qd5 8.Nxf6+
Bxf6 9.O-O-O b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.Ne5 Rd8 12.f4 Qa5 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Bd3 g6 15.
Kb1 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Bg7 17.h4 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qg5 h6 20.Qg3 Qc6 21.Rd2 Ba6
22.Rhd1 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Qc7 24.Rd6 Bf8 25.h5 g5 26.Qd3 Bxd6 27.exd6 Qc5 28.d7
e5 29.Qf5 Qe7 30.Bxe5 Qe6 31.Qf6 Kf8 32.Rd6 Qg4 33.Qxh6+ Ke7 34.Qf6+ Kf8 
35.h6 Qh4 36.Rd4 Qh5 37.Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Re1 c5 8.e4 Nc6 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 h6 11.d4 c4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qc7 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.Be5 Rd8 18.Qg4 Qg5 19.Qxc4 O-O 20.Qa4 Qe7 21.c4 
Nf6 22.Qxa7 Rd7 23.Qxb6 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rfd8 25.Bc3 Rb7 26.Qc6 Rc7 27.Bxf6 
gxf6 28.Qe4 f5 29.Qe2 Qc5 30.b3 Qc6+ 31.Qf3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.f3 
O-O 9.e4 Qd6 10.d5 Ne7 11.c4 b5 12.cxb5 a6 13.Qb3 Nexd5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.
Bc4 Be6 16.bxa6 e4 17.fxe4 Qe5 18.Rc1 Qxe4+ 19.Ne2 Nb6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Rxc7 Nd5 22.Rb7 Rfc8 23.a7 Nc3 24.Bxc3 Rxc3 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qxc3+ e5 27.
Rf1 Qb1+ 28.Qc1 Qb4+ 29.Nc3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.c3 Nbd7
9.Qb1 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.a4 a6 12.Rd1 Bc6 13.Bh2 Qb7 14.b4 Rfc8 15.b5 axb5 
16.axb5 Be4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rc1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nc3 20.Qb2 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Nxe2+
22.Qxe2 Qd5 23.Bg3 Qb3 24.Ne1 Nf6 25.Qd3 Qd5 26.Ra6 Rc1 27.f3 Nd7 28.Ra7 
Nf8 29.Ra6 Qb7 30.Qa3 Rc7 31.Nd3 Qc8 32.Nb4 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc4 34.Nd5 Qf1 35.
Nxe7+ Kh8 36.Bxd6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Qd2 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
dxe4 9.Ng1 f6 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.f3 exf3 12.Nxf3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.O-O-O 
Bd6 15.Bh3 Kb8 16.Kb1 h6 17.Rhe1 g5 18.c3 Qxf3 19.Bg2 Qf5+ 20.Ka1 Na5 21.
Bg1 Bf4 22.Qe2 Rd6 23.Be4 Qf7 24.c4 Qd7 25.c5 Ra6 26.b4 Nb3+ 27.Kb1 Ra3 
28.Bc2 Nc1 29.Rxc1 Bxc1 30.Rxc1 Rf8 31.Bb3 a5 32.b5 a4 33.Bxe6 Qh7+ 34.Qc2
Qe7 35.d5 Rf4 36.Qb2 Raf3 37.b6 a3 38.bxc7+ Qxc7 39.Qb6 Qh7+ 40.Ka1 Qg7+ 
41.Kb1 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Black "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.c5 
Nd5 9.Qb3 b6 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.Nxc6 Qc7 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 
15.Qg3 Bf5 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Be3 Qb4 20.Rac1 Qxb2 
21.Rc7 h5 22.Rfc1 Bg6 23.h3 Qxa2 24.R1c6 Rb5 25.Kh2 Rd8 26.Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bf5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.O-O Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 a5 
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qc7 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Qf3 Nbd7 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16.Qe2 Nh5 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Kh2 Qg5 20.Nf3 Qc5 21.e5 
Rd5 22.Rae1 Bc7 23.Qe3 Qxe3 24.Rxe3 Re8 25.Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O 
d6 9.Nc2 h5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.b3 h4 12.gxh4 Nh5 13.Ne4 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 f6 15.Be3 
Ng7 16.Ng3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Kf7 18.Ne1 Rh8 19.Nf3 Nf5 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Bf4 Qa5 
22.Bg3 b5 23.cxb5 Qxb5 24.e3 Qb4 25.Qb1 a5 26.Ne1 Qa3 27.Nc2 Qc5 28.h3 Qc3
29.Kh2 f4 30.Bxf4 Rxh4 31.Ne1 Ne5 32.Rd4 Rch8 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Rxh4 Rxh4 
35.Nf3 Rh8 36.Qe4 Qb2 37.Kg1 Qa1+ 38.Kh2 Qxa2 39.Nxe5+ fxe5 40.Qf3+ Kg7 
41.Qg3+ Kf8 42.Qxe5 Rh6 43.Qg5 Rf6 44.f3 Qxb3 45.e4 Qc2 46.h4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Kb1 O-O 13.h4 Nfd7 14.g5 Qc7 15.h5 
Rfd8 16.g6 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nf6 19.c4 Bf5+ 20.Ka1 a5 21.gxf7+ Kf8 
22.Qxa5 Qxa5 23.Nxa5 Ra8 24.Nxb7 Rdb8 25.d6 Rxb7 26.dxe7+ Kxe7 27.Bd3 Be6 
28.Bc5+ Kxf7 29.Ba3 Ra4 30.c5 Rc7 31.Rhe1 Rxa3 32.bxa3 Rxc5 33.Rc1 Ra5 34.
Rc7+ Nd7 35.Bc4 Bxc4 36.Rxd7+ Ke6 37.Rd4 Bd5 38.Rd3 Kf5 39.Red1 Bc4 40.Rc3
Bd5 41.Rb1 g5 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Rb4 e4 44.fxe4+ Bxe4 45.a4 Kf4 46.Rcc4 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 a6 8.a3 Be7 
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Be5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Nf6 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.O-O O-O 15.
Rac1 Bd6 16.Rc2 b5 17.Qb3 Qb8 18.g3 Nb6 19.a4 b4 20.Nb1 Qb7 21.Nd2 Rfc8 
22.Rfc1 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Qd7 24.a5 Nc8 25.Qa2 Ne7 26.Qa1 g6 27.Nb3 Rc8 28.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Qf1 Qc7 30.Qe2 Nc6 31.Qc2 Nxa5 32.Qxc7 Bxc7 33.Nxa5 Bxa5 34.
b3 f6 35.Bxa6 Kf7 36.f3 Bb6 37.Kf2 g5 38.h3 f5 39.f4 gxf4 40.gxf4 h6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 e5 11.Bb3 Bb8 12.Bd2 h6 13.Nh4 Rd8 14.Nf5 Qe8 15.f4 
exd4 16.exd4 Nf8 17.Rae1 Qd7 18.g4 Bd6 19.Re2 h5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 b6 
22.Rg2 Re8 23.Qd3 Be7 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.gxh5+ Kh8 26.Qg3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Bb4 5.a3 Qh4 6.g3 Bc5 7.e3 Nxf2 8.Kxf2 
Qh6 9.Ndf3 a5 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Ned4 Ne7 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Be4 Rb8 15.
cxb5 Rxb5 16.Nbd4 Rc5 17.b4 Rc3 18.Qd2 Rc4 19.Qd3 Rc6 20.Nxc6 Nxc6 21.Bxc6
Qxc6 22.b5 Qe6 23.Bb2 Bb7 24.Bd4 Qg4 25.Qe2 Bb8 26.Bc5 h5 27.h3 Qf5 28.
Rae1 d6 29.e4 Qg6 30.exd6 cxd6 31.Bd4 O-O 32.Nh4 Qg5 33.Qe3 Qd8 34.Nf5 f6 
35.Rhf1 Qd7 36.g4 Re8 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.Qh6 Ba7+ 39.Kg3 Qf7 40.Nxd6 Bb8 41.
Rxf6 Bxd6+ 42.Rxd6 h4+ 43.Kg2 Bxe4+ 44.Rxe4 Qa2+ 45.Rd2 Qf7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 
47.Rxe8 Qxe8 48.Qxh4+ Kg7 49.Qg5+ Kh7 50.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.f4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.d3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.g4 h5 7.g5 e6 8.Bh3 Ne7 9.
Qe2 Nc6 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.d4 Bg7 13.d5 Nb4 14.Qc4 a5 15.Nb5 Nc5
16.a3 Nba6 17.b4 Na4 18.Na7+ Kb8 19.Nc6+ Bxc6 20.dxc6 Ka7 21.Bf1 Nb8 22.
bxa5 Nc5 23.Be3 d5 24.Qb5 dxe4 25.axb6+ cxb6 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Bxc5 Nxc6 28.
Qa4+ Kb8 29.Qxc6 bxc5 30.Ba6 Qe7 31.Rd1 c4 32.Rd6 exf3 33.Qb6+ Ka8 34.Qc6+
Kb8 35.Qb5+ Ka8 36.Bb7+ Qxb7 37.Ra6+ Kb8 38.Rb6 Qxb6 39.Qxb6+ Ka8 40.Qa6+ 
Kb8 41.Qb6+ Ka8 42.Qa6+ Kb8 43.Qxc4 Rc8 44.Qb3+ Ka7 45.Qxf3 Rc3 46.Qd1 Rc7
47.Qd6 Kb7 48.Qb4+ Kc8 49.c4 Rb7 50.Qa4 Kc7 51.Qe8 Kd6 52.c5+ Kxc5 53.Kc2 
Kd6 54.Kd3 Rc7 55.Qd8+ Rd7 56.Qb6+ Ke7+ 57.Kc4 e5 58.fxe5 Bxe5 59.h3 Rd6 
60.Qb7+ Ke6 61.Qc8+ Ke7 62.a4 Rd4+ 63.Kc5 Rxa4 64.Qb7+ Kf8 65.Kd5 Ba1 66.
Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb4 7.d5 O-O 8.Ne2 e6 
9.Nbc3 c6 10.a3 N4a6 11.O-O cxd5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Qxd5 Nc6 14.Bg5 Qxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nc7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rfd1 Bg4 18.Rd2 Ne6 19.Be3 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Re1 c5 22.Na4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.Bd2 Bf8 25.b4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Re1 Rc8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 
Qxf6 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 c6 14.O-O Bf5 15.
Be2 Nc8 16.b4 a6 17.a4 Nd6 18.Rfc1 Rfe8 19.Ra3 Be4 20.Rb3 Qg5 21.Nxe4 Nxe4
22.Qb2 Re6 23.Bf1 h5 24.b5 cxb5 25.axb5 a5 26.Qa2 b6 27.Rb2 h4 28.h3 Rd8 
29.Rc6 Rdd6 30.Rbc2 Rg6 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rc6 Qf6 33.Qc2 g6 34.Bd3 Ng5 35.
Rc8+ Kg7 36.Qc7 Nh7 37.Qb8 Qe7 38.Rc6 Rf6 39.Qxb6 Qb4 40.Rxf6 Nxf6 41.Qc7 
a4 42.Qc2 a3 43.Qa2 Ne4 44.Bxe4 dxe4 45.Qd5 Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qxf2 47.Qe5+ Kh7 
48.b6 a2 49.Qa5 Qg3+ 50.Kh1 Qxe3 51.Qxa2 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.O-O Qc7 8.c3 
Ne5 9.Bc2 Neg4 10.e5 Qxe5 11.Nf3 Nxe3 12.Nxe5 Nxd1 13.Rxd1 d5 14.Nd2 Be7 
15.Ndf3 O-O 16.Re1 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Ng5 Be8 19.Rd3 h6 20.Ngf3 Rac8 21.
Nd4 Bd6 22.Nef3 b5 23.Bb3 a5 24.g3 Rc7 25.a3 Rb8 26.h3 b4 27.cxb4 axb4 28.
a4 Ra7 29.Nb5 Bxb5 30.axb5 Rxb5 31.Nd4 Rb6 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.Ra1 Ne4 34.Nf3 
Nc5 35.Re3 Nxb3 36.Rxb3 Rc2 37.Ne1 Rc4 38.Kg2 g6 39.Nd3 e5 40.Ne1 Kg7 41.
Kf1 Bc5 42.Kg2 e4 43.f3 f5 44.h4 d4 45.fxe4 fxe4 46.Kh3 d3 47.Ra7+ Kf6 48.
Nxd3 exd3 49.Rxd3 Ke5 50.Rf7 Rf6 51.Rc7 h5 52.Rd1 Rc2 53.Rc8 Rff2 54.Re8+ 
Kf6 55.g4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.e3 e6 
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd2 h6 12.Nb3 Nd7 13.Na4 Ndb8 14.Rc1 b6 15.Qd2 Ra7
16.Rc3 b5 17.Bxb8 Nxb8 18.Nac5 Nd7 19.Rfc1 Nb6 20.Na5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Qxa5 22.
b4 Qb6 23.Bd3 Rfa8 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Nb3 Qg6 26.Qe2 Re8 27.Qf3 Qe6 28.g3 Qe4
29.Qxe4 fxe4 30.Rc6 Kf8 31.Rb6 a5 32.Nxa5 Bd8 33.Rxb5 Bxa5 34.bxa5 Rd8 35.
Rcc5 Rad7 36.a6 Ke7 37.a4 Ke6 38.a5 Rd6 39.Rb6 Ra8 40.Rcc6 Rxc6 41.Rxc6+ 
Kd7 42.Rb6 g6 43.Kf1 Kc7 44.Rf6 Rf8 45.Ke2 Kb8 46.Kd2 Ka7 47.Kc3 Rc8+ 48.
Kb4 Rc1 49.Kb5 Rb1+ 50.Kc5 Ra1 51.Rxf7+ Kxa6 52.Rf6+ Kxa5 53.Kxd5 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 f5 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.g3 
Bc5 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.O-O a5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Qc2 Rae8 14.Ng5 g6 15.Bxf6
Rxf6 16.Bd5+ Kg7 17.Nge4 Nd4 18.Qd3 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Qe5 20.Nxf6 Nxe2+ 21.Kg2 
Qxf6 22.Rae1 Qe7 23.Nc4 Kg8 24.Ne3 Nd4 25.Nc2 Ne2 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Qg5 
28.Rxe2 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Nd5 Qd7 8.d4 Nd8 
9.e4 c6 10.Ne3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nf6 12.f4 Bh3 13.Ndf5 Bxg2 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.
Nxg2 Kxg7 16.f5 Re8 17.O-O Rxe4 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Bg5 Ng8 20.Qd3 Qe6 21.Nf4 
Qe5 22.Bh4 Ne6 23.Nxe6+ Qxe6 24.Rad1 Rf8 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.Qxd6+ Qxd6 27.
Rxd6 Ke8 28.Rd8+ Kf7 29.Rd7+ Ke8 30.Rxh7 Rxc4 31.Rxb7 Nh6 32.Rxa7 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rc2+ 34.Kh3 Rxb2 35.a4 Nf5 36.Rc7 Nxh4 37.Kxh4 Rb4+ 38.Kg5 Rxa4 39.
Rxc6 Ra2 40.h4 Ra3 41.g4 Ra4 42.Rxg6 Kf7 43.Rb6 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Black "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bc4 O-O 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Rb1 
Na5 9.Nd2 b6 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 Be6 13.Ne3 Bxa2 14.Rb5 Be6 
15.c4 c6 16.Rbf5 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 a5 18.Bb2 Ne8 19.Qh5 f6 20.Rh4 h6 21.Qg6 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nb3 Re8 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
Qd3 g6 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Bb3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Qc8 19.h3 Bf5 20.Qd2 Na5 21.Bg5 Rd7 
22.Bf6 Nc4 23.Qh6 Bf8 24.Qh4 c5 25.Re2 Bg7 26.Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.d5 Na6 
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.e3 c6 11.b3 c5 12.Nde2 Ne4 13.Bb2 b5 14.Rb1 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Nc7 
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.h4 a5 18.Nf4 a4 19.Qd2 b4 20.Rfe1 Qf7 21.e4 axb3 22.axb3 
Ra3 23.e5 Bc8 24.h5 Rd8 25.Qb2 Kg8 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Nh3 f4 28.e6 Qg7 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.Nxf4 Bb7 31.Be4 g5 32.Nh5+ Kh6 33.g4 Ne8 34.Re3 Ng7 35.Rh3 
Nxe6 36.Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.Ne2 c6 
9.Ba4 Ng6 10.c3 Ba5 11.Ng3 d5 12.Re1 Bb6 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 
Nd7 16.Nh5 Nc5 17.Bc2 a5 18.Qe2 Be6 19.b3 Ba7 20.Rad1 b5 21.Qd2 f6 22.Be3 
Rfd8 23.Qc1 Bb6 24.Nh2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Ng4 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nd7 28.Bxb6 
Nxb6 29.Qd2 Qe7 30.Qe3 Nd7 31.Qa7 Qa3 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Ne3 Nf4 34.Ng3 Qd2 35.
Bd1 Qxf2 36.Bg4 Bxg4 37.hxg4 Nf8 38.Ngf5 N4e6 39.Qe7 Qd2 40.Qe8 Kh8 41.Qf7
Qd8 42.Ne7 Ng6 43.Nxg6+ hxg6 44.Qxe6 Qd3 45.Nf5 gxf5 46.exf5 Qxc3 47.Qe8+ 
Kh7 48.Qg6+ Kh8 49.Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d6 5.c3 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5 7.e3 Nxg3 8.fxg3 c5 
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Nh3 d5 12.O-O Bg7 13.Kh1 O-O 14.g4 Qb6 15.Rb1 
Rae8 16.Qc2 Nf6 17.Nf2 Nd7 18.Nh3 Qc6 19.Qd3 e5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qc2 d4 22.
Rbc1 d3 23.Qb1 e4 24.Rf5 Nd7 25.Nf2 Nb6 26.Re1 Nc8 27.Ra5 b6 28.Ra3 f5 29.
gxf5 Rxf5 30.Kg1 a5 31.Qd1 Nd6 32.Ra4 Kh8 33.Rf1 b5 34.Ra3 a4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.a4 a5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Na3 Bf5
9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Be2 d5 11.b3 g6 12.c5 Nd7 13.Qd2 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Nh4 Be6 
16.Rac1 Nf6 17.f3 Ne8 18.g4 Qd7 19.Ng2 f5 20.g5 Bf7 21.f4 Nc7 22.Ne1 Nc6 
23.Nf3 Rfd8 24.Qe1 Ne6 25.Nb5 h6 26.Qh4 h5 27.Kh1 Qc8 28.Rg1 Qb8 29.Ne5 
Bxe5 30.fxe5 Ng7 31.Bf4 Be6 32.Rc3 Qc8 33.Rgc1 Qd7 34.Qe1 Nb4 35.Rh3 Kf7 
36.Qd1 Rh8 37.Qd2 Rh7 38.Rhc3 Rc8 39.Na3 Nc6 40.h4 Ra8 41.Bb5 Ne8 42.Nc2 
Nc7 43.Bf1 Na6 44.Rf3 Qd8 45.Bb5 Bd7 46.Qe2 e6 47.Bd2 Nab8 48.Rb1 Kf8 49.
Bc3 Be8 50.Qd2 Kg8 51.Rff1 Re7 52.Rb2 Kg7 53.Be2 Qc7 54.Na3 b6 55.Nb5 Qd8 
56.cxb6 Qxb6 57.Qe3 Na6 58.Bxh5 gxh5 59.g6 Qd8 60.Bd2 Kg8 61.Qh6 Rg7 62.
Be1 Rxg6 63.Rg1 Rg4 64.Rxg4+ hxg4 65.Qxe6+ Kg7 66.Qxf5 Bg6 67.Qxg4 Qe7 68.
Rg2 Qf7 69.Nd6 Qf1+ 70.Rg1 Qd3 71.Nf5+ Kf8 72.Qxg6 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 dxe4 5.dxe4 Bc5 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nb3 Bd6 8.Bg5 
h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.Qd2 b6 11.a4 a5 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bc6 Ra7 14.O-O Qe7 15.Rad1 
Qe6 16.Rfe1 Bb4 17.c3 Qxc6 18.cxb4 axb4 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Rc1 Qe6 21.Qxb4 c5
22.Qc3 Rxa4 23.Nbd2 Rd8 24.Nc4 Nd7 25.Qc2 Rb4 26.Red1 Ba6 27.Nd6 Rb8 28.
Ra1 Bc4 29.Rd2 Bb3 30.Qd3 Nf6 31.Qc3 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Ra7 Rc4 34.Qe3 
e4 35.Ne1 Ra4 36.Rad7 Re8 37.R2d6 Qc4 38.Rxb6 Ra1 39.f4 Ba4 40.b3 Bxb3 41.
Kf2 Ba4 42.Rc7 Qc1 43.Qxc1 Rxc1 44.Rbb7 Rf8 45.Re7 Bc2 46.Ke2 Ba4 47.Rbc7 
Rb8 48.Rxe4 Re8 49.Rxe8+ Bxe8 50.Kd2 Rc4 51.Nd3 Ra4 52.Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.c4 a6 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.Nc3 b5 7.d3 Bb7 8.
Qe2 c6 9.dxc6 Bxc6 10.Nf3 Qb7 11.O-O e6 12.Re1 Be7 13.Ng5 O-O 14.Nce4 Rfd8
15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Kg6 17.Qxe6 Bb4 18.g4 Qd7 19.h4 h5 20.Re5 Qxe6 21.
gxh5+ Kxh5 22.Nxe6+ Kxh4 23.Nxg7 Rf8 24.Bg5+ Kh3 25.Re3+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.f4 
Nbd7 9.f5 Bc4 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.Qe2 Qb4 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 h6 
15.Bd2 Be7 16.Nf1 Nb6 17.Nd5 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Nxc4 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Bc1 Bg5 21.
b3 Bxc1 22.Kxc1 Na3 23.Ne3 Nb5 24.Kb2 Rc6 25.Rd3 Ke7 26.Rhd1 Rd8 27.Nd5+ 
Kd7 28.Rg3 Rdc8 29.Rd2 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nf6 8.cxd4 
exd4 9.Re1 Be7 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nb5 Bb4 12.Nc7 Qd6 13.Nxa8 Bxe1 14.Nxe1 Bf5 
15.Nd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rxa8 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Bf3 Ne5 19.Qf5 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qb4 
21.Qd1 Qxb2 22.Rb1 Qe2 23.Qxe2 Rxe2 24.Kf1 Rxa2 25.Rxb7 Ne8 26.Be7 f6 27.
Bc5 d3 28.Ke1 Re2+ 29.Kd1 Rc2 30.Bxa7 Nc7 31.Rb8+ Kf7 32.Rd8 Nb5 33.Be3 
Nc3+ 34.Ke1 Re2+ 35.Kf1 Rb2 36.g3 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Rd1 38.Kf3 f5 39.Bf4 h6 40.
h4 Ne4 41.g4 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.gxf5 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Be3
Be6 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Qc3 O-O 11.Nc4 Qd7 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.Bc5 Bxc4 14.Qxc4+ Kh8
15.Qb3 Qc8 16.Qb4 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 Ng6 18.Qe3 Rfe8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Re1 h6 21.
h3 b6 22.Nd4 Qd7 23.Nf5 Kh7 24.g3 Ne7 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.h4 c5 27.Qe2 a5 28.
c3 Qe6 29.a3 c4 30.h5 Rd3 31.a4 c6 32.Kg2 Qd7 33.e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.Bd2 e5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bf5 h5 16.Qh3 Ne4 17.Rad1 g6 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Rfe1 f5 20.Bc3 Bc5 21.Rxe4 
fxe4 22.Rd7 exf3 23.Qxf3+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.O-O c5 6.d4 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7 
9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.e4 Bg4 14.Be3 O-O 15.h3 
Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Ne5 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qh2 Bd6 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.Be2 Nf6 21.f4 Ng6 
22.e5 Qe7 23.h4 Nd5 24.Bf2 Ngxf4 25.Bc4 Rfd8 26.Bg3 Qxe5 27.Bxd5 Ne2+ 28.
Kf2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.h3 Qc7 12.Qe2 b6 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Rd1 Be7 18.Bd2 Bf6 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nf6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 c5 7.Qe1 Nc6 8.c3 e5 9.
Nxe5 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.d4 Qb6 12.e3 Be6 13.h3 Nh6 14.g4 Rad8 15.Nd2 f6 
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nb3 Qe7 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.e4 Bh4 20.Qe2 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 Nf7 
22.Nd4 Qd6 23.e5 Qe7 24.Bf4 Rf8 25.Bg2 Nd8 26.Rf1 Nc6 27.Nxe6 Qxe6 28.Qb5 
Rd8 29.Bh6 Qxe5 30.Qxd5+ Qxd5 31.Bxd5+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Ne5 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.Nce2 cxd5 8.Bd2 a5
9.a3 bxa3 10.Rxa3 Nf6 11.Qa1 Nc6 12.Ba4 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Rxa5 O-O 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16.Nf3 Qc8 17.c3 Qc4 18.Qd1 Qa2 19.Bc1 Bc6 20.O-O Ba4 21.Qd3 Rb8
22.Qa6 Qc4 23.Qa7 Nd7 24.Nf4 Bb5 25.Re1 e6 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qc5 28.Qa1 
Bc4 29.Be3 Qb5 30.b4 Nxe5 31.Bd4 Nc6 32.Bf6 d4 33.cxd4 Qf5 34.d5 exd5 35.
b5 Bxb5 36.g3 d4 37.Bxd4 Nxd4 38.Qxd4 Bc6 39.h4 Rb1 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qd4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.h3 a6 
9.Rc1 Bd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.Bb1 Rfc8 14.Ne5 Be8 15.Nxc6 
Bxc6 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Bd3 Be8 19.Na2 Be7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+
22.Nxc1 Bb5 23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.f3 Kf8 26.Kf2 Ke8 27.Ke2 Kd7 28.
Kd3 Kc6 29.Kc3 Nd7 30.Nd3 Nb6 31.Ne5+ Kb7 32.Nxf7 h6 33.b3 Nd7 34.Be5 Nxe5
35.Nxe5 Kc7 36.Nd3 Kc6 37.e4 dxe4 38.fxe4 Bd6 39.e5 Be7 40.Nf4 Kd7 41.Kd3 
Bb4 42.Ke4 Ba3 43.Nh5 Bf8 44.Nf4 Ba3 45.d5 exd5+ 46.Kxd5 Bb4 47.Ne6 g5 48.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d3 Nc6 5.g3 e6 6.Qe2 Nge7 7.Nb5 Ng6 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bd2 a6 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Be7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Rc8 15.Qe2 
f5 16.exf5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Rxf5 18.Qb7 Rb8 19.Qxa6 b5 20.Ne4 b4 21.c4 Rb6 22.
Qa5 d5 23.g4 dxe4 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Kh1 Bd6 26.f4 exf3 27.Rf2 Ne5 28.Raf1 
Ng4 29.Rxf3 Nxh2 30.Bg5 Qb8 31.Rxf5 Nxf1 32.Rxf1 Qc8 33.Rf3 Rb8 34.Qa7 Qe8
35.Bh4 Qh5 36.Kg2 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 dxe4 4.dxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 b6 7.Nc4 Ba6 8.Bg5 
Nf6 9.O-O-O Bxc4 10.Qxc4 Qe7 11.Nh4 O-O 12.Nf5 Qd8 13.f4 Nbd7 14.g3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Bh3 Nc5 17.Rhf1 b5 18.Qd5 Rad8 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxf7 Qxd5 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.exd5 Rf6 24.Rd2 Kf7 25.Re2 a5 26.Kd2 g5 27.b3 
h5 28.Ke3 b4 29.c3 g4 30.Bg2 Rf5 31.Kd4 bxc3 32.Kxc3 h4 33.gxh4 Rf4 34.Re1
Nd7 35.Rf1 Rxf1 36.Bxf1 Ne5 37.Be2 Kg6 38.a3 Kf5 39.Kd4 Kf4 40.h5 Nf3+ 41.
Kd3 Ne5+ 42.Kd2 Kg5 43.Ke3 Nd7 44.b4 axb4 45.axb4 Nf6 46.Kd4 Nxh5 47.b5 
Nf6 48.b6 Nd7 49.b7 Kf4 50.Bb5 Nb8 51.Be8 g3 52.hxg3+ Kxg3 53.Kc4 Na6 54.
Bb5 Nb8 55.Kb4 Kf4 56.Ka5 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd2 
Qxc5 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.e3 O-O 11.Qb1 Qb6 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O Rd8 14.Rfd1 Bg4 15.
Na4 Qa7 16.b4 Rac8 17.Nc5 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 b6 20.Nd3 Qa3 21.b5 Nb8 
22.Bb4 Bxb4 23.Qxb4 Qxb4 24.Nxb4 Rc5 25.h3 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Rxb5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 
28.Bxd5 Kf8 29.e4 Rc5 30.Ra1 Ke7 31.Ra7+ Rd7 32.Ra8 Nc6 33.Rb1 b5 34.Rc8 
Rd6 35.Rc7+ Ke8 36.Ra1 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Black "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.e3 b5 8.Qc2 Nd5 
9.Bxb8 Rxb8 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Ne4 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Qc7 14.h4 c5 15.Ng5 
g6 16.Nxh7 cxd4 17.exd4 Nf4 18.Rh2 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Kxh7 20.h5 Kg7 21.hxg6 Rh8
22.Rxh8 Rxh8 23.gxf7 Rh6 24.Rh1 Qxe5+ 25.dxe5 Rxh1 26.Qd2 Bd5 27.Qf4 Rh6 
28.g3 Rg6 29.Qe3 Kf8 30.Qxa7 Kxf7 31.Qb6 Rg5 32.Qe3 Rf5 33.f4 Kg6 34.Qa7 
Rf7 35.Qb8 Rh7 36.Qg8+ Rg7 37.f5+ exf5 38.Qxd5 Rh7 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fittante, Giuliana"]
[Black "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.b3 b6 
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.e4 Qc7 12.e5 Ne8 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.Qb1 
Rfd8 16.h4 c5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Ne4 Ne8 19.Ba3 h6 20.Nfd2 Bf8 21.dxc5 Nxe5 
22.Rc3 f5 23.Nd6 Nxd6 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.cxd6 Rxc3 26.Rxe5 Bxd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 
28.Qxf5 Rf8 29.Qh5 Rd3 30.Nf1 Qf6 31.f4 Qc6 32.Qg4 Re8 33.h5 Qc5+ 34.Kg2 
Qc2+ 35.Kg1 Rxe5 36.fxe5 Rd1 37.e6 Qd3 38.Qf4 Qxf1+ 39.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 
Kf8 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.Ke3 Kxe6 43.Kf4 Kf6 44.b4 a6 45.a4 Ke6 46.b5 a5 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Black "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Qc7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a5 9.
Re1 Ngf6 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Nd4 Be7 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Nf3 Nc5 14.Bf4 Na6 15.Nfd4 
O-O 16.Qe2 Re8 17.h4 Bc5 18.Be5 Rc8 19.c3 Qe7 20.Qf3 Nd7 21.Qf4 Nxe5 22.
Qxe5 Qd7 23.Bh3 Kh8 24.Re2 Bf8 25.f4 Nc5 26.Qe3 Qd8 27.Kh2 Ba6 28.Nf3 Bxb5
29.axb5 Nb7 30.d4 Nd6 31.Qd3 g6 32.Ne5 Kg8 33.h5 Bg7 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Rae1 
Ne4 36.Bg2 Nf6 37.Rh1 Nh5 38.Bf3 Bxe5 39.fxe5 Qg5 40.Bxh5 Qxh5+ 41.Kg1 Qg5
42.Qf3 Kg7 43.Rh7+ Kxh7 44.Qxf7+ Kh6 45.Rh2+ Qh5 46.Qf4+ Kg7 47.Qf6+ Kh7 
48.Rxh5+ gxh5 49.Qf7+ Kh6 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Qg5 a4 52.Qxh5+ Kg7 53.Qg5+ Kf8 
54.Qf6+ Kg8 55.Qg6+ Kf8 56.Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O Be6 8.h3 h6 9.
Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nh4 c6 12.Kh2 Qc7 13.d4 d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 
Nxd5 16.Qd2 Ne7 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Qd4 Qc7 19.e4 O-O 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Rad8
22.Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.h3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Be6 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nc7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Qd3 Na6 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Nc3 
Rfe8 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.d5 Bxc3 19.dxe6 Bxe1 20.exf7+ Kxf7 21.c5+ 
Nd5 22.Rxe1 Kg7 23.Qc4 h6 24.Bxh6+ Kxh6 25.Qh4+ Kg7 26.Ng5 Rh8 27.Ne6+ Kf7
28.Qd4 Qa5 29.Qg7+ Ke8 30.Qxh8+ Kd7 31.Qxd8+ Qxd8 32.Nxd8 Kxd8 33.Bxd5 
cxd5 34.Re5 Nc7 35.Rg5 d4 36.Rxg6 e5 37.Rg8+ Kd7 38.Rg7+ Kc6 39.Rxc7+ Kxc7
40.h4 Kd7 41.h5 Ke7 42.b4 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.
c4 Qh5 9.Nc3 e6 10.Rd1 Bb4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.h3 O-O 
15.Bg5 Rfe8 16.Qd3 Rad8 17.Qb3 Rd7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 e5 21.
Qa4 Red8 22.Rac1 Re7 23.Qg4+ Qxg4 24.hxg4 h5 25.Nh4 hxg4 26.Nf5 Red7 27.
Rc4 e4 28.Rxe4 Be5 29.Rxg4+ Kf8 30.Rh4 Kg8 31.Rd3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 f5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ng5 d5 
9.Be2 h6 10.Nh3 g5 11.c4 Be6 12.Rc1 O-O 13.f4 Ng4 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.g3 Kg7 16.
Nf2 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 g4 18.h4 h5 19.c5 Bd7 20.Nd2 e6 21.Bf1 Ne7 22.Bg2 Ng6 23.
Bc3 Rh8 24.Nb1 Nxh4 25.gxh4 Bxh4+ 26.Kg1 Bg3 27.Be1 h4 28.Nd2 Bxe1 29.Qxe1
Qf6 30.Rc2 Rag8 31.Nb1 Bb5 32.Bf1 Kf7 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Rch2 h3 35.Qg3 Ra8 
36.Rc2 c6 37.Kh2 b4 38.Rf1 Ra6 39.Rff2 Rha8 40.Rb2 Kg6 41.Rfc2 Kh5 42.Nd2 
Ra5 43.Nf1 Qh4 44.Qg1 Kg6 45.Ng3 R8a6 46.Qe1 Rb5 47.Qd2 Ra3 48.Qf2 Qh8 49.
Qd2 Qa8 50.Qf2 Rba5 51.Qe2 Qa6 52.Qf2 Qa8 53.Qd2 Rb5 54.Qf2 Rba5 55.Qd2 
Qa7 56.Qf2 Qb8 57.Qd2 Rb5 58.Qf2 Qh8 59.Qd2 Ra8 60.Qd3 Qh6 61.Rb1 Rba5 62.
Rbb2 Kf6 63.Qd2 Rb5 64.Qd3 Rba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Nc5 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qe1 Ne6 14.Bf5 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16.Nb3 Qd7 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Rd1 Bc5 19.a4 Rab8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra6 
Bb6 22.Be3 Nf4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Raa1 Ne7 25.Nbd4 c6 26.Ra6 h6 27.Qd2 g5 28.
Qd3 g4 29.hxg4 Rxg4 30.Rda1 Ng6 31.e6 Qe8 32.Qf5 Rf4 33.Qh5 Rf6 34.b4 Qc8 
35.g3 Qb7 36.Ne5 Nxe5 37.Qxe5 Re8 38.Qh5 Rff8 39.Qg6 Bxd4 40.cxd4 Re7 41.
f4 Qc8 42.f5 Qe8 43.Qg4 Kh7 44.Ra8 Qxa8 45.Rxa8 Rxa8 46.Qg6+ Kh8 47.f6 
gxf6 48.Qxf6+ Rg7 49.e7 Kh7 50.Qf8 Rxg3+ 51.Kh2 Rg8 52.Qf7+ Kh8 53.Kh3 
Ra3+ 54.Kh4 Re3 55.Qf6+ Kh7 56.Qf5+ Kh8 57.Qf6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e4 e6 7.c3 Nge7 8.Na3 Rb8 9.
O-O b5 10.Nc2 a5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.d4 c4 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Nh4 f5 15.d5 exd5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Rxf5 18.Rad1 h5 19.h3 Rd8 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rff8 22.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 23.Qxd5+ Rf7 24.Qxb5 Rb8 25.Qxc4 Qd7 26.f5 Ne5 27.Qe4 gxf5 28.
gxf5 Bf6 29.Rf2 Rg7+ 30.Rg2 Rxg2+ 31.Qxg2+ Kf7 32.Qd5+ Ke7 33.Nd4 Rxb2 34.
Bf4 Qc8 35.Bxe5 Bxe5 36.Nc6+ Kf6 37.Nxe5 dxe5 38.Qd6+ Kxf5 39.Rf1+ Kg4 40.
Qd1+ Kh4 41.Qe1+ Kh5 42.Qxe5+ Kg6 43.Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 Nxd4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Kg8 7.Qxd4 Qe7 
8.Nc3 c5 9.Qc4+ d5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5+ Be6 12.Qd3 Rd8 13.Qg3 Rd4 14.f3 
Qd8 15.O-O Be7 16.Be3 Bh4 17.Qf4 g5 18.Nc6 gxf4 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O c6 8.e5 dxe5 
9.Nxe5 c5 10.d5 Ne8 11.Bf4 Nd6 12.Re1 Nf5 13.Nd3 Bd7 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.Be5 f6 
16.Bf4 Re8 17.b3 b6 18.a4 g5 19.Bd2 Nc7 20.Nb5 a5 21.Nxc7 Qxc7 22.Bc3 e5 
23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.Ra2 Rd8 26.Rd2 Nd4 27.Nc1 f5 28.Ne2 Nc6 29.
Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Qxd8 Nxd8 32.f4 gxf4 33.Nxf4 Kf6 34.Kf2 Nc6 35.
Be2 Nd4 36.Bd1 Ke5 37.Ke3 Bd7 38.Nd3+ Kf6 39.g3 Bc6 40.Nf2 Bg2 41.Kf4 Bf1 
42.Ke3 Ke5 43.Kd2 Bg2 44.Nd3+ Kf6 45.Nf4 Bf3 46.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 47.Kd3 Nxh2 48.
Nd5+ Ke6 49.Ke2 Ng4 50.Nxb6 Nf6 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Nc8 Ne4 53.Nb6 Kd4 54.Kf4 
Nd2 55.Kxf5 Nxb3 56.g4 Nd2 57.g5 Nxc4 58.Nd7 Nd6+ 59.Kf4 c4 60.Ne5 c3 61.
Nc6+ Kd3 62.Nxa5 c2 63.Nb3 Nc4 64.Kf5 Na5 65.Nc1+ Kd2 66.Na2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Black "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bf4 d6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nxe5 Nb4 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.f3 Re8 14.a3 Nh5 15.Bh2
Nc2+ 16.Kf2 Rxe5 17.e4 Nd4 18.g4 Re7 19.exf5 Nf6 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Bd3 g5 
22.Rhe1 Rae8 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Nd5 Rf7 25.Bg6 Rf8 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nf5 h5 28.
Kg2 Nb3 29.Re1 hxg4 30.fxg4 Nd2 31.Bxc7 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d6 2.h3 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 f6 6.e4 Be6 7.Be3 Nd7 8.
Nfd2 Bb4 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 Bb6 11.Bxb6 Nxb6 12.Nc3 c6 13.O-O-O Kc7 14.Bg4 
Bf7 15.Nb3 h5 16.Be2 Ne7 17.Nc5 Rad8 18.g3 Nc4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Bxh5 Bxh5 
21.Ne6+ Kc8 22.Nxd8 Kxd8 23.g4 Bf7 24.h4 Ng8 25.Ne2 Nd6 26.f3 Ke7 27.Ng3 
Nh6 28.a4 Be8 29.b3 Ke6 30.Kd2 c5 31.Ke3 Ng8 32.Nf5 Nxf5+ 33.gxf5+ Kf7 34.
Rd1 Ne7 35.Rd8 Nc6 36.Rc8 Bd7 37.Rc7 Ke8 38.Rxb7 a6 39.Rb6 Kd8 40.Rxa6 Kc7
41.Ra8 Bc8 42.Kd3 Kb7 43.Rxc8 Kxc8 44.Kc4 Nd4 45.Kxc5 Nxf3 46.Kd6 Nxh4 47.
b4 Nxf5+ 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubois, Martine"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9.Nf4 Nb6 10.Qb3 Bf5 11.O-O g5 12.Bd3 Qc8 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.Nfe2 h5
15.Ng3 Qg6 16.f4 g4 17.f5 Qh7 18.Be3 Rfd8 19.d6 exd6 20.Nge4 d5 21.Ng5 Qh8
22.h4 g3 23.Rf3 Ng4 24.f6 Bxf6 25.Nce4 Bxd4 26.Nxf7 Bxe3+ 27.Rxe3 Qd4 28.
Nxd8 Rxd8 29.Nxg3 Nxe3 30.Nxh5 Nc2+ 31.Kh2 Qxh4+ 32.Kg1 Nxa1 33.Qd1 Nc2 
34.Qxc2 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frank, Albert"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 d4 4.Nb5 Nc6 5.g3 a6 6.Na3 e5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Bc5 9.
O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.Nc2 f5 14.Rb1 a5 15.Nb3 Bd6 
16.e3 a4 17.Nd2 Bc5 18.e4 f4 19.b3 axb3 20.axb3 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Bxb4 22.Nf3 g5
23.Ne1 g4 24.f3 fxg3 25.hxg3 Qg5 26.Nc2 Bc3 27.Rf2 Ra2 28.Qf1 gxf3 29.Bxf3
Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Qe3+ 31.Kg2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Nf6 8.
Re1+ Be7 9.Bf4 Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Ne2 Nh5 13.Be5 f6 14.Bf4 Bf7 
15.Be3 g6 16.Qd2 Re8 17.g4 Ng7 18.Ng3 Bd6 19.Qf2 c6 20.f4 Qc7 21.f5 g5 22.
Kg2 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Nf1 Re7 25.Re2 Rae8 26.Rae1 Qd7 27.a3 Bb8 28.Qf3 Bc7 
29.c3 Bb8 30.Kg1 Bc7 31.Kh1 Bb8 32.Qg2 Bc7 33.Bg1 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Rxe2 35.
Qxe2 Ne8 36.Bh2 Nd6 37.Nd2 b6 38.Kg1 c5 39.Qe3 Kf8 40.Kg2 Qc6 41.a4 Nc4 
42.Nxc4 dxc4+ 43.Be4 Bd5 44.Bxd5 Qxd5+ 45.Kg1 Bxh2+ 46.Kxh2 cxd4 47.cxd4 
a6 48.Kg1 Kf7 49.Kf1 b5 50.axb5 axb5 51.Ke1 b4 52.Kd1 Kf8 53.Kc2 Qg2+ 54.
Kc1 Qh1+ 55.Kc2 Qg2+ 56.Kb1 b3 57.Qe1 Qc2+ 58.Ka1 c3 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malano, Francesco"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 e6 7.e5 b6 8.d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 d5 11.Nb5 Ne7 12.Nd6+ Kf8 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O-O Nc8 15.
Nxc8 Rxc8 16.g4 Qc7 17.Rd2 Ke8 18.Ba6 Rb8 19.Bd3 h5 20.gxh5 Rxh5 21.Rg2 
Rh8 22.h4 Bf8 23.Kb1 Bc5 24.Qc3 d4 25.Bxd4 Bc6 26.Bxc5 Bxg2 27.Bb5+ Kd8 
28.Qd3+ Kc8 29.Bd6 Qd8 30.Ba6+ Rb7 31.Qc4+ Kd7 32.Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.a4 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Bg5 Rd8 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qc7 16.Bxc6 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 bxc6 18.Qe5 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Mollero, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Bxc4 exd5 7.Bxd5 Nxd5 8.exd5
Be7 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Na6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Qd3 Nb4 13.Qg3 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Bf5 
15.Rad1 Qd7 16.Nh5 Bg6 17.Ne4 Qf5 18.Nxc5 Bxh5 19.Rd4 Nxd5 20.Qb3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Bb7 5.e3 f5 6.f3 Qh4+ 7.Qf2 Qxf2+ 8.Kxf2 
Bxc3 9.bxc3 c5 10.a4 Nc6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.a5 Ba6 13.Ba3 d6 14.Nh3 Nf6 15.
Nf4 Ke7 16.Be2 Rab8 17.Rhc1 Ne5 18.Nd3 Nxc4 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bxc5+ Kd7 21.
Bxa7 Rb2 22.Re1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.Na4 cxd5 8.Nf3 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 bxa3 11.Rxa3 Ne4 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Ng5 Nd6 14.Nc5 Bc6 15.c3 
Nd7 16.Nd3 Nc4 17.Ra1 h6 18.Nf3 a5 19.Bc2 Bb5 20.b3 Nd6 21.Nde5 Rc8 22.Bd2
Nf6 23.c4 dxc4 24.Bxa5 Qe8 25.bxc4 Nxc4 26.Nxc4 Bxc4 27.Ba4 Bb5 28.Bb3 Kh7
29.Qd2 Rb8 30.Ra3 Rb7 31.Qa2 Bc6 32.Bc4 e6 33.Ne5 Bd5 34.Bd2 Bxc4 35.Qxc4 
Qc8 36.Qa2 Nd5 37.Rh3 Qa8 38.Qc2 Rc8 39.Qe4 Nf6 40.Qd3 Qa2 41.g4 Qc2 42.g5
Qxd3 43.Rxd3 hxg5 44.Bxg5 Nd5 45.Ng4 Rb4 46.Be3 Rcc4 47.Ne5 Bxe5 48.dxe5 
Re4 49.Bd2 Rxe1+ 50.Bxe1 Re4 51.Bc3 Nf4 52.Rf3 Ra4 53.h3 Kg7 54.Bd2 Nd5 
55.Bg5 Re4 56.Bf6+ Nxf6 57.exf6+ Kh6 58.Kg2 Kg5 59.Kg3 Rd4 60.Ra3 Kxf6 61.
Ra6 Kg5 62.Ra7 f5 63.Ra5 Rd3+ 64.Kg2 Rd5 65.Ra3 e5 66.Rg3+ Kh5 67.Ra3 e4 
68.Ra4 Rd3 69.Ra8 Kg5 70.Re8 Kf4 71.Re6 g5 72.Re8 Rd2 73.Re7 Re2 74.Ra7 e3
75.Ra4+ Ke5 76.Ra5+ Kf6 77.Ra6+ Kg7 78.Kf3 Rxf2+ 79.Kxe3 Rh2 80.Kd4 Rxh3 
81.Ke5 Rf3 82.Ra7+ Kg6 83.Ra6+ Kh5 84.Ra8 g4 85.Rh8+ Kg5 86.Rg8+ Kh4 87.
Rh8+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Be3 e5 8.Nd2 
Bd6 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qf2 Be6 13.Nc4 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 Rad8 15.
Rfd1 Rfe8 16.c3 Bc7 17.Bc5 Bd6 18.Be3 Bc7 19.b4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Ra1 
Rd7 22.a4 Qd8 23.a5 Rd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25.Qf1 Qxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Nd7 27.g3 Kf8 
28.h4 Ke7 29.Bh3 Bd6 30.Kf1 c5 31.Bd2 cxb4 32.cxb4 Nb8 33.Bc8 Nc6 34.b5 
axb5 35.Bxb7 Kd7 36.a6 Kc7 37.Be3 Nd4 38.Bd5 Kb6 39.Bxf7 Kxa6 40.f4 Ka5 
41.f5 b4 42.g4 h6 43.f6 Bf8 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Kb5 46.Bxd4 exd4 47.e5 Kc5 
48.g6 Kc6 49.e6 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Ne5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Nd5 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Qxd5 Bc6 12.Qd4 b5 13.Nc3 h5 14.f3 Be7 15.Bd2 
O-O 16.Rad1 f6 17.Qh4 Qe8 18.e4 fxe5 19.Bg5 Bc5+ 20.Kg2 Bd4 21.Rd2 Qg6 22.
Ne2 Bc5 23.Be7 Be3 24.Bxf8 Bxd2 25.Be7 Re8 26.Rd1 Be3 27.Bd8 Qf7 28.Bg5 
Rf8 29.Rf1 Bxg5 30.Qxg5 Bxe4 31.Ng1 Bd3 32.Re1 e4 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor V."]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

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 Bh5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.g4 Bf7 14.Nxd4 Rd8 15.Be3
Qe5 16.Qc2 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Ne7 18.Nf3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qa5 20.Bc5 Nc6 21.Nd4 
Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Be6 23.Qd3 c6 24.Rd6 Kf7 25.Qd4 Qc7 26.f4 h5 27.f5 Bc8 28.e5 
fxe5 29.Qxe5 Re8 30.Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Llapasset, Jean-Louis"]
[Black "Crea, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.
Rb1 Nb3 10.Nf1 Ba4 11.Ng3 Qc6 12.O-O h6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.Qe1 g6 15.h4 Ne7 
16.Nh2 Nf5 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Bh5 Qd7 19.Nf3 Na5 20.Qd2 Nb3 21.Qe2 Bg7 22.Bf4
Rdg8 23.Kh2 Qe7 24.g3 Be8 25.Rbe1 Bf8 26.Ng1 Qd8 27.Nh3 Be7 28.Rg1 b6 29.
Rg2 Kb7 30.Reg1 Kc8 31.Qe3 Bf8 32.Bd1 Ba4 33.Qe2 Rg4 34.Qe3 Rgg8 35.Qf3 
Rg4 36.Be3 Be7 37.Kh1 Qe8 38.Nf4 Qd8 39.Nh5 Rhg8 40.Nf6 Bxf6 41.exf6 Qxf6 
42.Bf4 Kb7 43.Qe3 h5 44.Re1 Re8 45.Bg5 Qg6 46.f3 Rxg5 47.Qxg5 Qxg5 48.hxg5
1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Qd8 8.Re1 
Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mollero, Michele"]
[Black "Canelli, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Quagliana, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d3 Nh6 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 d4 8.Qe1 O-O 9.
Na3 Rb8 10.Bd2 f5 11.Nc4 Nf7 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Qf2 b5 14.Na3 Qd7 15.Rac1 e5 
16.Ng5 Nxg5 17.fxg5 e4 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Rc5 Qe7 20.Rfc1 Nd7 21.Rxb5 Rxb5 22.
Nxb5 e3 23.Qe1 Be5 24.Nxa7 Bxf4 25.Nxc8 Qxg5 26.gxf4 Qxf4 27.Qg3 Qh6 28.
Qd6 Nf6 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Rc8 Kg7 31.Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.dxc5 e6 7.b4 Bxb1 8.Rxb1 Nxe5
9.Nd4 a6 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.Be2 Ne7 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.O-O Nc6 14.Bg4 Nf6 15.Bh3 
Ne4 16.Rfe1 Be7 17.Qb3 Bf6 18.Rxe4 dxe4 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxe6 Qd8 21.Rd1 
Nd4 22.Rxd4 Bxd4 23.Bf7+ Kf8 24.Bd6+ Qxd6 25.cxd6 Bf6 26.Qe6 Bd8 27.Qe8# 
1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saccona, Silvano"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 d5 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Ne5 cxd4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ Bd7 9.Bxa8 dxc3 10.Bd5 cxb2 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Bxb2 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 
14.Kxd2 e6 15.Bd4 Nd5 16.Rhe1 Bb4+ 17.c3 Ba5 18.Rxe4 Rc8 19.Rc1 Rc4 20.Rc2
Bxc3+ 21.Rxc3 Nxc3 22.Kd3 Nxe4 23.Kxc4 a6 24.Kb4 Bb5 25.Kb3 g6 26.Kc2 Ke7 
27.f3 Nd6 28.Kd2 Bf1 29.g3 Kd7 30.Bg7 Kc6 31.Bf8 Kd5 32.Ke3 h5 33.Kf4 e5+ 
34.Kg5 Be2 35.g4 hxg4 36.fxg4 Bd3 37.h4 Ke6 38.h5 Nf7+ 39.Kh4 g5+ 40.Kg3 
Kf6 41.Kf3 Bc2 42.Ke2 Nd8 43.Bd6 Ne6 44.Kd2 Bb1 45.a3 Nd4 46.Bc7 Nf3+ 47.
Ke3 Nh2 48.Bd8+ Kg7 49.Bc7 Nxg4+ 50.Kf3 Nf6 51.Bxe5 Kf7 52.Bb2 Nxh5 53.Kg4
Kg6 54.Bc1 Bf5+ 55.Kf3 g4+ 56.Kf2 Be4 57.Ke3 Kf5 58.Bd2 g3 59.Be1 g2 0-1

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spinelli, Doriano"]
[Black "Dubois, Martine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 
e6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Qg3 Ne7 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.h4 Nb6 15.
Bb3 a5 16.Be3 Ne7 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Ng5 Nf5 19.Qh3 Rd2 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Ng5 Rd2
22.Rf1 Bc5 23.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 24.Kh2 Rd4 25.Bxe6+ Kb8 26.Bxf5 Rxh4 27.Nxh8 Qxb2
28.Rae1 Qc3 29.Rxf2 Rxh3+ 30.Bxh3 Qxe1 31.Rf8+ Ka7 32.e6 Qe5+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+ 
34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.Kg1 g5 36.Rf5 Qd4+ 37.Kh2 g4 38.e7 Qxh8 39.Bxg4 Qb8+ 40.g3 
Qh8 41.Rf8 Qc3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Festival Magistrale"]
[Site "Asti ITA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Verheyden, Frederic"]
[Black "Malano, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 d4 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Nc4 b6 10.Nh4 O-O 11.f4 Bg4 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Nf5 Rad8 15.Qg4 
Bf6 16.h4 Kh8 17.h5 g6 18.Nh4 Bg7 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.f5 Nf6 21.Qh3 Kg8 22.
fxg6 hxg6 23.Nxg6 Rf7 24.Bg5 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Rdxd7 26.Ncxe5 Nh7 27.Nxf7 Rxf7 
28.Bh4 Nb4 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.Rf1+ Nf6 32.Bxf6 Bxf6 33.Nd5 Nxd5 
34.exd5 a6 35.Kg2 Kg6 36.Kf3 Kf5 37.Re1 Be5 38.g4+ Kf6 39.Ke4 Bd6 40.Kf3 
Be5 41.Rh1 1-0

