[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Black "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Nb5 Ba5 16. Nc7 Bxc7 17. Bxc7 Bd7 18. Rac1 Re6 19. f3 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qb4
21. Qc3 Qb7 22. Bf2 Rb8 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. Qd2 Rbc8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 h6 27.
Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Qa5 Ne8 29. Kf2 Qc1 30. Qe1 Qf4 31. Qe5 Qd2+ 32. Qe2 Qa5 33. a3
Be6 34. Qc2 Nd6 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 f6 37. Bd4 Nc8 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Ke3 a5 40.
Kd4 Ke8 41. Bb5+ Kf7 42. Bc6 Ne7 43. Bxe7 Kxe7 44. Bxd5 Bd7 45. Kc5 g5 46. g3
f5 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 h5 49. f4 h4 50. fxg5 hxg3 51. hxg3 Kf8 52. g6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bxg3 7. hxg3 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qc2
c4 15. Ba4 Qa5 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Bc2 Qb6 18. Qc1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 h5 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rad8 22. Qc2 h4 23. g4 g5 24. O-O Kf8 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. Qc1 Nxe4 27. fxe4
Qc5 28. Rd4 f6 29. Rfd1 Qc8 30. e5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rd8 32. Qd2 Qxg4+ 33. Rxg4
Rxd2 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Rxc4 Rxb2 36. a4 b6 37. Kg2 Ra2 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Rd4 Ra3
40. Rd5+ Kf6 41. Kg4 Rxa4+ 42. Kh5 Rc4 43. Rxg5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caposciutti, Maurizio"]
[Black "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qe2
Nh5 9. Bg3 a6 10. O-O-O Bg5+ 11. Kb1 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. e5 d5 14. h4 h5 15.
g3 Bh6 16. Ng5 g6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. a3 O-O-O 20. Na2 Kb8 21. c3 Ka7
22. Qe2 Nb8 23. g4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 a5 25. h5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Rxh5 28.
Qxh5 Rg8 29. Rf1 Qxg5 30. Qxf7 Qd2 31. Bc2 Rg2 32. Qh7 Na6 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34.
Bxd3 Bc6 35. Rf6 Bd7 36. Nc1 Nb8 37. Bg6 Rg1 38. Bf7 Bb5 39. Rf3 Bd7 40. b3 Nc6
41. a4 Nd8 42. Rf2 c5 43. Kb2 cxd4 44. cxd4 Rg7 45. Bh5 Nc6 46. Ne2 Nb4 47. Rf7
Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Nc6 49. Kc3 Nd8 50. Bh5 Kb7 51. Bg4 Kc7 52. Nf4 Kc8 53. Kd2 Kc7
54. Ke3 Bc8 55. Bh3 Bd7 56. Bg4 Bc8 57. Bh3 Bd7 58. Bf1 Bc6 59. Ng6 Kd7 60. Kf4
Nf7 61. Bh3 Nd8 62. Kg5 b5 63. axb5 Bxb5 64. Kf6 a4 65. bxa4 Bxa4 66. Nf8+ Ke8
67. Nxe6 Nc6 68. Bg4 Bc2 69. Bf3 Be4 70. Bh5+ Kd7 71. Nc5+ Kd8 72. Nxe4 dxe4
73. d5 Ne7 74. Ke6 e3 75. Be2 Ng8 76. Kf5 Nh6+ 77. Ke4 Ng8 78. Bb5 Ke7 79. Ba6
Kd7 80. Kf5 Ne7+ 81. Ke4 Ng6 82. Be2 Ke7 83. Bg4 Kf7 84. Bh5 Kg7 85. d6 Nf8 86.
Kxe3 Kh6 87. Bg4 Kg5 88. d7 Nxd7 89. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. c4 Qd6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qc5 12. b4 Qh5 13. a3 b6 14. Nbxd4 Bb7
15. Bf4 a5 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 18. Rfe1 Rfa8 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. Red1 Ra2
21. Rd2 Ra1 22. Rdd1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qg4 24. Bg3 Rc8 25. Bd3 Ne4 26. Qe1 Nxg3 27.
hxg3 g6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Nb5 e4 30. Nh2 Qe6 31. Be2 h5 32. Nf1 Kh7 33. Qd4 Nf6
34. Ne3 Be7 35. Qb2 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 Qd7 38. Ne3 Ba6 39. Na3 Qd6 40.
Nac2 Qd2 41. Bf1 Ng4 42. Nxg4 hxg4 43. Qe5 Qxc2 44. Qxe7 Bxc4 45. Qc7 b5 46.
Bxc4 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qxc4 48. Qxc4 bxc4 49. b5 c3 50. b6 c2 51. b7 c1=Q 52. b8=Q
Qh6+ 53. Kg1 e3 54. fxe3 Qxe3+ 55. Kh2 Qe7 56. Qf4 f5 57. Qc4 Qf6 58. Qc7+ Kh6
59. Qc1+ g5 60. Qd1 Qe6 61. Qd2 Kg6 62. Qd3 Qf6 63. Qe2 Qc6 64. Qd3 Qe6 65. Qd1
f4 66. Qd3+ Qf5 67. Qd6+ Qf6 68. Qxf6+ Kxf6 69. gxf4 gxf4 70. g3 f3 71. Kg1 Ke5
72. Kf2 Ke4 73. Kf1 f2 74. Kxf2 Kd3 75. Kg1 Ke3 76. Kg2 Ke2 77. Kh1 Kf3 78. Kh2
Kf2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Mariano, Elia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qf3 c6 14. Bf4 Nd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. c3 a6 17. Bc2 b5 18. Kg2 Rc8 19. Qe3 b4 20. g5 bxc3 21. bxc3
Qa5 22. Rf3 Rc6 23. Bb3 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Rc2 Bb4 26. h4 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3
28. Qf2 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Qb5 30. Kg2 Qd3 31. Bc2 Qc3 32. Ba4 Nb6 33. Be8 Qe1 34.
Qf3 Qe4 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Bc6 Nd5 37. Bc1 Bc3 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Be3 Kf8 40. Kh3
Ke7 41. Kg4 Ke6 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "bye"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 c5 11. Be3 f5 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Qd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Qxc5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 b6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7
21. Ba4 Re4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Ba6 24. Re1 Bd6 25. Bc6 Rd8 26. b3 Kg8 27. a4
Bb4 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Be5 Bb7 31. f4 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 g6
34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Kg3 h6 36. Bb8 a5 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Bc7 Kd7 39. Be5 Bd6 40. Bg7
g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kc4 Bf2 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Kxd4 f4
47. Ke4 Kc5 48. Ke5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nf3
a6 9. a4 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. f4 Bd4+ 15.
Kh1 f5 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf5 19. Qd3 b5 20. g4 c4 21. Qd1 Ne3
22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Re1 Rxc3 24. Qe2 Nf8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ng5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qc7
28. Ra8 Qb7 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rxf8 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Kxf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kg7
34. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Re8 8.
Kh1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Qg3 Rad8 13. Bg5 Rd7 14. Qh4
Re6 15. a4 Qc5 16. c4 h6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f3 b6 19. Rfb1 c5 20. Rb3 g5 21. Qf2
Nh5 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. a5 Qc8 24. Rba3 Ree7 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. h4 f6 27. hxg5 hxg5
28. g3 Rd6 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Rh1 Rh7 31. axb6 axb6 32. Raa1 Rd8 33. Rh2 Rdh8 34.
Rah1 Ng7 35. Kf1 Rxh2 36. Rxh2 Rxh2 37. Qxh2 Qd8 38. f4 Qa8 39. f5+ Kf7 40. Qh7
Qf8 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kf3 Qf7 43. Kg4 Ne8 44. Qh8 Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Nxg7 46. Bxg5
fxg5 47. Kxg5 Ne8 48. g4 Nf6 49. Kh4 Kf7 50. g5 Nd7 51. Kh5 Kg7 52. Kg4 Nb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mauro, Alan"]
[Black "Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. c4 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5
15. f3 Be6 16. Ba3 Qb6 17. c5 dxc5 18. exf5 c4 19. Qe2 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21. Qxe5
Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. Ne4 Rf7 24. Kg2 a5 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. Bc3 Rad8 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 15. Nxf3 f6 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bh5 19. b3 Kf7 20. h3 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Bd4 22. Bd2 g5 23. c3 Bb6 24. Be3 Re6 25. Kf1 Rc6 26. c4 Bd4 27. Ke2
Ra6 28. a4 Rb6 29. Rb1 Rbd6 30. Rbd1 c5 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. Rhg1 Kf5 33. Rh1 Rh8
34. Rdg1 Rb6 35. Rb1 h6 36. Bd2 Rd6 37. Be3 h5 38. Rbg1 h4 39. Rd1 Kg6 40. Rhg1
Kh5 41. Rg2 Rg8 42. Rdg1 Rb6 43. Rb1 f5 44. Rgg1 Rg7 45. Bd2 Rbg6 46. b4 cxb4
47. Rxb4 g4 48. fxg4+ fxg4 49. hxg4+ Rxg4 50. Rxg4 Kxg4 51. c5 h3 52. Be3 h2
53. Bxd4 exd4 54. Rb1 Kh3 55. c6 bxc6 56. Rb8 h1=Q 57. Rh8+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Black "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Nd3 c5 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Bh3 e6 14. Nde1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Qc7 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. e3 Ba6 19. Nfe1 Qc4 20. a3 Ng5 21.
Bg2 e5 22. f4 e4 23. fxg5 exd3 24. Bd2 Bb7 25. h4 Nf8 26. Kh2 Ne6 27. Rf2 Qb5
28. b3 a5 29. a4 Qc6 30. Qb1 Ba6 31. Nxd3 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Ne1 Rb2 34.
Bxd5 Kh8 35. Kg1 Nxd4 36. Bc1 Re2 37. Ng2 Nf5 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. Kf2 Bd1 40.
Bxf7 Be5 41. Nf4 Kg7 42. Bd5 Kf8 43. Ba3+ Ne7 44. Bc4 Bxf4 45. gxf4 Ke8 46. e4
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Black "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Be3 Nh6 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. e5 Nxe3 8. fxe3
O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qf2 Bg4 13. Rdf1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb4
15. Be2 Rc8 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. g4 hxg4 18. Bd1 f6 19. Qh2 fxg5 20. hxg5 e6 21.
Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rxf5+ exf5 23. e6+ Kxe6 24. Qxg7 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Qf6 26. Qxb7 Qd8
27. Qxb4 Qb6 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Nxd5 Qxd4 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Ne7 Qf6
33. Nxc8 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxc8 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7 Kg5 37. Rd7 f4 38. Rd3 f3 39.
Bxf3 gxf3 40. Rxf3 Kg4 41. Rf7 g5 42. b4 Kh3 43. Kb2 g4 44. Rh7+ Kg2 45. Rg7 g3
46. a4 Kf2 47. Kb3 g2 48. c4 Rf8 49. Rxg2+ Kxg2 50. c5 Kf3 51. b5 Ke4 52. Kc4
Ke5 53. b6 Ke6 54. a5 Kd7 55. Kb5 Kc8 56. c6 Kb8 57. Ka6 Rf7 58. c7+ Rxc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Qd2 f5 8. f3 Nf6
9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Nge2 a6 13. Ng3 f4 14. Nge2 g5 15. g3
Ng6 16. O-O-O Nh5 17. Rdg1 Kh8 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nd1 Nh4 20. Rf1 b5 21. b3 Bd7 22.
Nb2 b4 23. Bc2 a5 24. Na4 Be8 25. Kb1 Nd7 26. Nc1 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Rf2 a4
29. Qd1 Rf7 30. Nd3 Rfa7 31. Nb2 axb3 32. Bxb3 Ra3 33. Nd3 Ba4 34. Nc1 Bxb3 35.
Nxb3 R8a4 36. Qe2 Qa6 37. Rc1 Rxb3+ 38. axb3 Ra1+ 39. Kc2 Ra2+ 40. Kd1 Rxe2 41.
Kxe2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Black "Wild, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 Nb6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. f4 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bh4 f6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Na4 e5 16. Bf3 exf4 17. exf4 Qc7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Qd2
Rfe8 22. Rce1 Be4 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd6 Re6 25. Qa5 Ree8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Nc3 f5 28.
g3 Re6 29. Rf2 Rae8 30. Ref1 Rxd6 31. cxd6 b6 32. b4 Qxd6 33. a3 Rd8 34. Nxe4
fxe4 35. Rf7 Re8 36. Qe3 a5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6
Qb6 15. Qg3 Rcd8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 d6 19. Qf4 Qxb2 20. Rac1 Ba8
21. Qa4 Qb7 22. f3 Rb8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Kf8 27.
Qc2 g6 28. Qd2 d5 29. e4 Kg7 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Bc2 Qb2 32. Bb3 dxe4 33. f4 Kh7
34. h4 Bd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Kh2 Qb6 37. c4 Qc6 38. cxd5 Qxd5 39. Qc3 Qd4 40.
Qa3 e3 41. g3 e2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d3 d5 2. b3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb2 f6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. e3 Bc5 7. a3 a5 8. h3 Bh5
9. Be2 Bg6 10. Nh4 Nge7 11. Bh5 Bxh5 12. Qxh5+ g6 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. O-O h5 15. c4
Rd8 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Qd5 21. Nxg6
Rg8 22. Nf4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
d5 9. Ne5 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Re1 f5 14. h4 h6 15.
Bf4 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Rf7 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 Qf6 22. Kg2 Bb7 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. f3 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. e3 Ne7 27. Rh6
Ng6 28. Qg5 Rg7 29. Rah1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nbd5 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd3
Bb7 15. Rad1 Qd6 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Qg4 Rd7 20. h4 Nxe3
21. fxe3 h5 22. Qh3 Bf6 23. Nc3 Qe7 24. g3 Rc8 25. Rf1 Bg7 26. g4 hxg4 27. Qxg4
Bh6 28. Rde1 Kg7 29. h5 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rd5 31. Rxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 33.
Bxg6 Ra5 34. e4 Rxa3 35. Rf1 Be3+ 36. Kg2 Ba6 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rc7 Kg5 39. Rc6
Kg4 40. Rxe6 Ra2+ 41. Kh1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Black "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qe7 8.
d3 c6 9. dxe4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. O-O d5 13. Re1 Be6 14. f3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Kh1 Kd8 17. Bf5 Bf7 18. Ng4 Bd6 19. Qd3 h5 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Be3
Qa5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. e3 cxd4 11. exd4 Ba6 12. Re1 Bd3 13. Re3 Bg6 14. h3 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Bd6 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Nh4 Bh5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Ndxf3 Ne4 20. c4 f5 21. Nd2 f4
22. Rxe4 fxg3 23. fxg3 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Qg4 Rc7 26. Rf1 Rcf7 27. d5 Ne3
28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxe6 Bf8 30. Bc1 Be7 31. Bxe3 Bxh4 32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5
15. O-O Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. f4 e6 19. Bb5 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nd5 21.
Bd2 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. c4 Bf2 26. Rf1 Bxg3 27. hxg3
Nh5 28. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Isonzo, David"]
[Black "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Kh1 h6 14. Bh4 g6
15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qf3 Bd6 19. h4 h5 20. Rg1 Qd8 21. g3
Nf6 22. Rge1 Ng4 23. Kg2 Qb6 24. Ne2 Re6 25. c3 Rf6 26. Nf4 Qc7 27. Re2 Bxf4
28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Qg3 Nxf2 30. Bf5 Ne4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rf1 Rg4 33. Bxg4 Qxg3+
34. Kxg3 hxg4 35. Kxg4 Kg7 36. Kf4 f5 37. h5 Rh8 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Ke5 Re8+ 40.
Kf4 e3 41. Re1 e2 42. Kf3 Kg5 43. Rg1+ Kf6 44. Re1 b5 45. Rxe2 Rxe2 46. Kxe2 a5
47. b3 f4 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. a4 Kg5 50. c4 b4 51. d5 cxd5 52. cxd5 Kf5 53. d6 Ke6
54. Kxf4 Kxd6 55. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mariano, Elia"]
[Black "Caposciutti, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
Ne5 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nf3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bb7 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qd4 d6 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16. Na4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rab8 18. Qf4 Qb7 19. Nc3 e5 20. Qg3 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. f4 b4 23. Ne2 Qb5 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxe5
Rxa2 28. Nd4 Ng4 29. Bg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c4 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d5 a6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. e4 e6 13. Re1 Rae8 14. a4 Re7 15. Qc2
Rfe8 16. Nf3 Bc8 17. Qd2 exd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Mauro, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
a5 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Ne8 12. a3 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Na6 18. Qa3 b6 19. Ra1 h5 20. c5 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 dxc5 22.
Qb3 Nd6 23. Nb5 g4 24. Ra7 Qg5 25. Nxc7 g3 26. hxg3 fxg3 27. Be3 Qh4 28. Nf1 c4
29. Qxb6 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Qxe4 31. Nxg3 Qc2 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Rxg7
Kxg7 35. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Black "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be2
O-O 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 Bd7 11. a4 Be8 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. O-O Qg5 15.
Bg4 Rf6 16. h4 Qxh4 17. f4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rh6 19. Rf4 Qg3 20. Qe1 Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Bh5 22. Bh3 g5 23. Rf6 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxf6+ 26. exf6 g4 27. b5
cxb5 28. axb5 gxh3 29. gxh3 Kf7 30. Ra1 Kxf6 31. Rxa7 Be8 32. b6 Bc6 33. Kg3
Rg8+ 34. Kf4 h5 35. Ra2 h4 36. Ra7 Rg3 37. Ra8 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. e3 Nh6 6. Bd3 Qg5 7. f4 Qxg2 8. Qf3
Bh3 9. Qxh3 Qxh1 10. Nce2 Nd7 11. Bd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O Nhg4 14. Nf3
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nf2+ 16. Ke1 Nxh3 17. Bf5 O-O 18. Bxh3 Ne4 19. Ne5 Rae8 20. c3
Rf6 21. Bd7 Re7 22. Bc8 Bd6 23. Nf3 Rg6 24. Ned4 Rg2 25. Nf5 Re8 26. Bxb7 Rb8
27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Bxc6 Rxb2 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Kd1 Nf5 31. Kc1 Rb5 32. c4 Rc5
33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. exd4 Rxd5 35. cxd5 Kg8 36. h4 Rh2 37. d6 Kf7 38. f5 Rxh4 39.
Be3 Ke8 40. d5 Kd7 41. Bxa7 Ra4 42. Be3 Rxa2 43. Bd4 Rg2 44. Be5 h5 45. Kd1 h4
46. Ke1 h3 47. Kf1 Rg5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. Nd3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Nf2
Ndf6 16. g4 Kh8 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rae1 Rg8 19. g5 Nd7 20. Kh2 Nc7 21. Bh5 a6 22.
a4 b5 23. b3 Rb8 24. Bd2 Qf8 25. Ncd1 Bd4 26. Ne3 Rg7 27. Bc3 h6 28. gxh6 Re7
29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Nc2 d3 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qxd3 Nf6
35. Qd4 Bd7 36. Re1 Qf8 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qa7 Rc8 39. Qd4 Be8 40. Bf3 Bg6 41.
Ne3 bxc4 42. bxc4 Nce8 43. Ng2 Qxh6 44. Re7 Qf8 45. Re6 Qg7 46. Qd3 Ra8 47. Qe2
Ra7 48. Qf2 Re7 49. Qe1 Rxe6 50. Qxe6 Qd7 51. Qe1 Bh5 52. Bxh5 Nxh5 53. Qh4
Neg7 54. Qg5 Qe8 55. Qh6+ Kg8 56. Qxd6 Qf8 57. Qg6 Qf6 58. Qxf6 Nxf6 59. Ne3
Ne4 60. Kg2 Kf7 61. Kf3 Nc5 62. Nc2 Ne8 63. Nd4 Nd6 64. Nc6 Nxc4 65. Ne5+ Nxe5+
66. fxe5 Nd3 67. e6+ Kf6 68. Ke3 Nb4 69. Kd4 f4 70. Ke4 Nxd5 71. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Black "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rc1 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. d5 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15.
b3 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf3 Rcd8 19. a3 a4 20. bxa4 Rd7 21. Rb1
Ra8 22. Rb5 h5 23. Rdb1 Ra6 24. Bg5 Rda7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Nb4 Qa8
28. Nxa6 Rxa6 29. Qd2 Bc7 30. a5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Qxa5 32. Qxa5 bxa5 33. Kf1 f6
34. g3 Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. h4 f5 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Bd5 Kf6 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. Ke2
Kf6 41. Rb2 Kf5 42. Bf7 Kf6 43. Be8 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. f3 Kf5 46. Bc6 Ke6 47.
Bd5+ Kf5 48. Rg2 Nb3 49. g4+ Kf6 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Rg5 Bb6+ 52. Kd3 Bc5 53. Kc2
a4 54. Kb2 Bd4+ 55. Ka2 Nd2 56. Rxh5 Kg6 57. Rg5+ Kh6 58. Rg8 Bf2 59. Rg2 Be3
60. Rg8 Bf2 61. Rd8 Kh5 62. Rh8+ Kg6 63. h5+ Kg5 64. h6 Kg6 65. h7 Bc5 66. Be4+
Nxe4 67. fxe4 Kg7 68. Ra8 Kxh7 69. Rxa4 Kg6 70. Ra5 Bb6 71. Rb5 Be3 72. Kb3 Kg5
73. Kc2 Kf4 74. Kd3 Bc1 75. a4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Bd4 Qb7 18. f3 Bd5 19. Nd3 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 Nd5 21.
Rc2 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Nb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. e4 Nb6 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27.
Bxc5 Nd7 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. Kf2 f6 30. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wild, Alexander"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Bd4 Bg4 14. b3 Rb4
15. Re3 Ne4 16. a3 Rxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxc5 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Rae1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ng5
21. Kg2 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 d4 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Qxd4 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Black "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Qe2 c5 10. c3 O-O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. b4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bd6 19. f4 g5 20. a4 Qe8 21.
b5 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Qg4+ Kb8 24. Qxf4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. bxa6 bxa6 27.
Rb1+ Kc8 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Rb6 Kc7 31. Rxa6 h6 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Kf3
Rb2 34. Ra7+ Kc6 35. Rh7 d5 36. exd5+ Kxd5 37. Rxh6 e4+ 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kf4
Rb2 40. g4 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Rf3+ 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. g5 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Rf3+
46. Kg4 Rf2 47. h4 e3 48. Rh8 Rg2+ 49. Kf3 Rf2+ 50. Kg4 Kd4 51. Rd8+ Ke4 52.
Re8+ Kd3 53. h5 e2 54. h6 Rg2+ 55. Kf5 Rf2+ 56. Kg6 Rf4 57. h7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Na6
9. f3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nh5 12. Nge2 Bf6 13. O-O Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4
Nxf4 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. Qd2 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Qg5 19. Raf1 Rae8 20. Qf2 Re7 21. Rf6
Bf5 22. exf5 Qxf6 23. a3 a4 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 25. Bxa4 Qxf5 26. Qa7 Qg5 27. Kh1 Re2
28. Rg1 Rxb2 29. Bb5 f5 30. Qxb7 f4 31. Qxc7 f3 32. gxf3 Qh5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Rc8 9. Rc1 d6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Rc7 12. a3 Qc8 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. e4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 h6 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Rxc7 Qxc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. Qd2
Bd8 22. Rc2 Bb6 23. Qc1 Rd8 24. h3 Kf8 25. a4 Rc8 26. Kf1 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qa8 28.
Qe2 Nd7 29. Bc2 Qc8 30. Qd2 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Nb8 32. Qc3 Ba6 33. Bb3 Qc7 34. Qxc7
Bxc7 35. d5 e5 36. Nf5 Nd7 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. Bc2 h5 39. h4 g6 40. Ne3 Ke7 41. Kh2
Nd3 42. Bxd3 Bxd3 43. f3 Bb6 44. Nec4 Kd7 45. g4 Bd4 46. Kg3 Bc2 47. b3 Bc3 48.
Ne3 Bd3 49. Ndc4 Be1+ 50. Kh3 Be2 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Nf5 Bb4 53. Kg2 Bd1 54. Ng7
Bxb3 55. Ne3 Bd2 56. Nef5 Bxa4 57. Nxh5 Bb5 58. Nf6+ Kc7 59. Ng4 a4 60. Nge3
Bd3 61. h5 a3 62. h6 a2 63. h7 a1=Q 64. h8=Q Bxe3 65. Nxe3 Qb2+ 66. Kg3 Qb8 67.
Qf6 Qf8 68. Kf2 Bb5 69. Nd1 Bd7 70. Qg5 f5 71. Qc1+ Kb8 72. exf5 Bxf5 73. Ke2
Qc8 74. Qxc8+ Kxc8 75. Nc3 a6 76. Ke3 Kc7 77. f4 Kb6 78. fxe5 dxe5 79. Ne4 a5
80. Nd6 a4 81. Kd2 Bg6 82. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caposciutti, Maurizio"]
[Black "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c3 d5 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 dxe4 7. Bxe4 g5 8. Qh5+
Kf8 9. Bg3 f5 10. Bxb8 Nf6 11. Qxg5 Nxe4 12. Qf4 Qb6 13. b4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Rxb8
15. Qxb8 Qxb4+ 16. Kd1 Qxd4+ 17. Kc2 Kf7 18. Nf3 Qxa1 19. Qxa7 Be6 20. Qxb7
Qxa2+ 21. Qb2 Qxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Kc1 Kf6 24. Nd4 Nxf2 25. Rf1 Ne4 26. Kc2
Rb4 27. Nf3 Bb3+ 28. Kc1 Bc4 29. Re1 Bd3 30. Nbd2 Ra4 31. Kb2 c5 32. Nxe4+ Bxe4
33. Kc3 Ra2 34. Nd2 34... Bxg2 {...} 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Nd5
15. Rac1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qd5 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rdc1 b5 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. Ne5 Bxe2 21.
Qxe2 Na7 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Nc8 24. Qc2 f6 25. Nc6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nfd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Be3 Qc6 12. f3 Be7 13. a4 a6 14. Nc4 Rd8 15.
a5 g5 16. Nbd2 Rg8 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Bg3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Rad1 Rg5 21. Nb3
Kf8 22. Rd5 Qb5 23. Nc1 Nf6 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxa5 26. Qc4 Nd5 27. exd5
Bd6 28. Qxf4 Qc7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Ng4 Be7 31. c4 Rd6 32. Qh5 Rg6 33. Nd3 Rg5
34. Qh6 Rg6 35. Qe3 Bd6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Nde5 Rg5 38. f4 Rf5 39. Qd7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Qc7 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
f4 b6 16. Bf2 Nh5 17. b3 Ne6 18. Nde2 Rad8 19. a3 Bc8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bb7
22. f5 Nf8 23. g4 Nf6 24. g5 N6d7 25. f6 Bh8 26. Bg3 Ne5 27. c5 h6 28. cxd6 Qd7
29. Qc1 Nh7 30. gxh6 Bxf6 31. Na4 Ba6 32. Qe3 Nc4 33. Qf2 c5 34. Nac3 Ne5 35.
Nd5 Bg5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Qxc5 Bxe2 38. Ne7+ Bxe7 39. dxe7 Qxd1 40. exd8=Q Qxd8
41. Rxe2 Qd1+ 42. Re1 Nf3+ 43. Bxf3 Qxf3 44. Re3 Qf6 45. Kg2 Ng5 46. e5 Qf5 47.
h4 Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Ne6 49. Qc6 Rb8 50. Qe4 Rb2 51. Bf2 Qf5 52. Qxf5 gxf5 53. Rf3
f4 54. Be1 Kh7 55. Bc3 Rc2 56. Bb4 Kxh6 57. Rf2 Rc7 58. Bd6 Rb7 59. Kg2 Kh5 60.
Kf3 Rb3+ 61. Ke4 Kg4 62. Rf1 Re3+ 63. Kd5 Kxh4 64. Bc5 Re2 65. Kd6 Rc2 66. Bb6
Rb2 67. Bg1 Kg3 68. Ke7 Rb7+ 69. Kf6 f3 70. Be3 Rb3 71. Rg1+ Kh2 72. Re1 f2 73.
Re2 Rxe3 74. Rxf2+ Kg3 75. Rf1 Nd8 76. Rg1+ Kf2 77. Rg7 Rf3+ 78. Ke7 Nc6+ 79.
Kd6 Nd4 80. Rh7 Ke3 81. Kd5 Nf5 82. Rxf7 Nh4 83. Rg7 Kf2 84. e6 Re3 85. Rg4
Rxe6 86. Kxe6 Nf3 87. Kf5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 g6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Bf4 d5 14. Rac1 Qd8
15. Rfd1 Nh5 16. Be3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Mariano, Elia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
Nf6 15. Rfc1 Bf5 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. b4 Qh4 18. Na4 Nf6 19. Nf1 Rac8 20. Nc5 b6
21. Ng3 Ng4 22. h3 Nxe3 23. Qb3 bxc5 24. Qxe3 Be6 25. bxc5 Rb8 26. a3 Bd5 27.
Nf5 Qf6 28. Nd6 Red8 29. Re1 Qg6 30. g3 Kh7 31. a4 Rf8 32. a5 f5 33. Qf4 Qf6
34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Nxe4 Bxe4 36. Qxb8 Qxd4 37. Qxa7 Qc3 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Qe7
Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qxa5 41. Qxe4+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qb6 16. Ra3 Nc5 17. Nxa5 Rxa5 18. b4 Ra8 19. a5 Qc7 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qa4+
Kf8 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Qc6 Qa7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 g6 26. a6 Re8 27. Rb7 Qa8 28.
Bb4 Kg7 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qc8 31. Rf3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Rhf8 33. Qf6+ Kh6 34.
Rb4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Black "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
Ng4 9. Qb3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Nc3 Nf3+ 14. gxf3
Rxe1 15. Ne2 Bh3 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qd3 h5 18. Rb1 h4 19. c4 hxg3 20. Bf4 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Black "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Rf7 14. Bc2 Nf8 15.
Qd3 g5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. h3 Rg7 18. Nh2 h5 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. f3 Nh4 21. Rad1 Rc8
22. Bb1 Ne7 23. Bf2 Neg6 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Qd3 Qf6 26. g3 Rf8 27. Be1 Nf5 28.
Kg2 Qd8 29. b4 Qb8 30. g4 Bxh2 31. gxf5 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. h4 exf5 34. Bg3
Bxg3 35. Qxg3 f4 36. Qe1 f3+ 37. Kg1 g3 38. Qe3 f2+ 39. Kg2 Bf5 40. Nxd5 Qd6
41. Nf4 Bg4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nh2 Qa5 14. g4 Nb4 15.
g5 Ne8 16. Ng4 Rc8 17. Kh2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rg1 d5 20. Nxe5 Bd6 21. f4 d4
22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxc8 dxc3 25. bxc3 Nc2 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. cxd4
Qd2+ 28. Kh1 Nxa1 29. Rxa1 Qxd4 30. Re1 Qf2 31. Rb1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Mauro, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5
Qb7 15. Bd4 Bf5 16. Qa3 Rfc8 17. Bd3 e5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Bc3 Rab8 20. Rd3 Bf8
21. Qb3 Qc6 22. Qd5 Bh6+ 23. Kd1 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rb1+ 26. Ke2 Rxh1
27. Rxe5 Rxh2 28. Kf2 Bd2 29. c4 f4 30. Rd5 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rc1 33.
Kd3 Rd1+ 34. Ke4 Rxd5 35. Kxd5 Kf8 36. Kd6 Ke8 37. c5 Kd8 38. c6 Kc8 39. c4 a5
40. c5 a4 41. c7 a3 42. Ke7 Kxc7 43. Kxf7 Kc6 44. Ke6 Kxc5 45. Ke5 Kc4 46. Ke4
Bc1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Black "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. f3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nh3 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Be3
a6 9. a4 g5 10. Nf2 Bg7 11. Bc4 Nf8 12. h4 gxh4 13. d5 e5 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. O-O-O
Nh5 16. g4 Nhf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Be5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Qd3 h5
22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. Rdg1 Rg5 24. Nd1 Rg3 25. Rxg3 hxg3 26. Rg1 O-O-O 27. Bxa6 Rg8
28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rg2 Qh6+ 30. Kb1 Qh1 31. Qe2 Rh8 32. Ka2 Rh2 33. Ne3 Bf4 34.
Rxh2 gxh2 35. Ng4 Qg1 36. Nxh2 Qxh2 37. Qc4 Qg1 38. b4 Kb8 39. Qc6 Be5 40. c3
Qe3 41. Kb2 Qxf3 42. Qe8+ Ka7 43. Qc6 Qe2+ 44. Kb3 Qa6 45. Qxc7+ Qb7 46. Qc4
Qe7 47. Qc8 Bf4 48. Qc6 Be3 49. Qc8 Qb7 50. Qc4 Kb8 51. Qb5 Bf4 52. Qe8+ Ka7
53. Qb5 Qc7 54. Qe8 Be5 55. c4 Kb7 56. Qb5 Qc8 57. a5 Qc7 58. a6+ Ka7 59. Qe8
f6 60. b5 Qg7 61. Qc8 f5 62. exf5 Ba1 63. Ka4 Bd4 64. Qe6 Qc7 65. Kb3 Qg7 66.
Qxd6 Be3 67. Qg6 Qe7 68. Qe6 Qg7 69. Ka4 Qc7 70. Qc6 Qg7 71. d6 {...} 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wild, Alexander"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. c3 Ne7 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Nc2 Kh8 17. Ne3 Rg8 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kh1 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 Qxf5 22. f3 Qe6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rab8 25. c4 Rxg3 26. Rf2 Rg6 27.
Rb4 Rbg8 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. a3 e5 5. Nd2 Bc5 6. e3 Bg4 7. Ne2 a5 8. b3 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. O-O Qd7 12. Kh2 h6 13. f4 Bxe3 14. fxe5 Nh7 15. Nf3
d4 16. Bc1 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Rad8 18. Nf4 Ne7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qf4 c5 21. h4 Nd5
22. Qe4 b6 23. Bh3 Qe7 24. Bf5 Nf8 25. Rg1 Ne3 26. h5 Ne6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. g4
Nxc2 29. g5 Nxa1 30. gxh6 Qxh6 31. Qg4 Nc2 32. Nh4 Ne3 33. Qf3 Rxe5 34. Rg3 Re6
35. Kg1 Rf6 36. Qe4 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bonaccorsi, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. c3
O-O 9. Nh4 f6 10. f4 Bd7 11. c4 Be8 12. Ndf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qe2 Bh5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bb2 N7c6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rae1 Nb4 22. Qb1 Rd2 23. Kh1 Rb2 24. Rf5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qd4 26. Rxh5 Nd3 27. Rd5
Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Qg1+ 30. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb4 5. a3 N4c6 6. Be3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nf5 14. Bc5 Nd6
15. Ng3 f5 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bf2 b6 18. Qc2 Bh6 19. Rad1 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Ra3 22. c5 Nb5 23. Nb1 Ra8 24. Qc4 Na3 25. Nxa3 Rxa3 26. d6+ Kh8 27. c6 Nf6 28.
d7 Bg7 29. Bxb6 h5 30. Bc5 Rg8 31. b5 Ra8 32. Qf7 h4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc2 Qc8 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. a4 Na5 14. Ne3 Bc6 15.
Ncd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 b6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bd4 Nd8 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nb6 Qf5
22. a5 Re8 23. h3 e5 24. Be3 h5 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Rc7 Nxb6 27. axb6 e4 28. Qa2
Rb7 29. Rd1 Re7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Qxa6 Qd7 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. Rc8
Bf6 35. Bxe4 Kg7 36. Bd3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. h3
Nd7 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Ne2 Bg7 16. d4 b4 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Ne6 20. Qd2 Nxg5 21.
Qxg5 Be6 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Qe5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qe2 Ra8 27.
a4 bxa3 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Qa1 30. Kh2 Qxa3 31. Bg2 Qc5 32. Qb2 g5 33. Qb8+
Kg7 34. Qb2+ f6 35. Qd2 h6 36. Bf3 Qa3 37. Bg2 Qa2 38. Qe3 Qa5 39. Bf3 Qc5 40.
Qd2 Bf7 41. Bg2 Bc4 42. Kg1 Bb5 43. Qb2 Bc6 44. Qd2 f5 45. Qb2+ Kh7 46. exf5
Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qxf5 48. Qb7 Qe5 49. Qa8 Kg7 50. Qb8 Qe4+ 51. Kg1 d5 52. Qb7 Qe5
53. Qd7 d4 54. Qd8 Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. Kh2 d3 57. Qd7 Kf7 58. Qd8 Qe2 59.
Qd5+ Kg7 60. Qd4+ Kh7 61. Kg2 d2 62. Qd8 Kg7 63. Qd4+ Kg6 64. Qb6+ Kf7 65. Qb3+
Qe6 66. Qf3+ Kg8 67. Qd3 Qd6 68. Qb3+ Kg7 69. Qd1 Qd4 70. Kf1 Qd3+ 71. Kg2 e5
72. Kg1 Kg6 73. Kg2 h5 74. Kh2 e4 75. Kg1 Qc3 76. Kf1 Qc4+ 77. Kg2 Qd3 78. Kg1
Kh6 79. h4 g4 80. Kh2 Kg6 81. Qa4 d1=Q 82. Qe8+ Kf6 83. Qf8+ Ke6 84. Qe8+ Kd5
85. Qd7+ Kc4 86. Qc6+ Kb3 87. Qb6+ Ka2 88. Qa5+ Kb2 89. Qb4+ Q1b3 90. Qc5 e3
91. Qe5+ Kb1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Black "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Rhe1 Qd5 16. Rxe6+ Kd7 17. Re3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3+ Kc7 19. Bf4+ Kb6 20. c4
Rg8 21. b4 a5 22. Be3+ Kc7 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd7+ Kc8 26. b5 a4 27.
b6 Ra5 28. Rc7+ Kb8 29. Rdd7 Bg5 30. Rxb7+ Ka8 31. Ra7+ Rxa7 32. Rxa7+ Kb8 33.
Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Black "Wild, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. Ne5 Qc7
9. Qg4 g6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qh4 Nd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Ng4 Nd7 15. e5
Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 h5 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxf6 Rh7 20. O-O Ba6 21. Rfb1
Rb8 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 Bxb5 24. Qf4 f5 25. Qc1 a4 26. Qf1 Qa5 27. Bxc4 Rb7
28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. c4 b4 30. c5 a3 31. Qc4 Ke7 32. Qb3 Qb5 33. h4 Qc6 34. Qg3
Qd5 35. Qxg6 Kd7 36. Rc1 Kc6 37. Qe8+ Qd7 38. Qa8 Qxd4 39. Qc8+ Rc7 40. Qxe6+
Kb7 41. Qb6+ Kc8 42. e6 a2 43. Qa6+ Kd8 44. Qxa2 Rxc5 45. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Na6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bg3 Nh7 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nf3
e4 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Kh1 Qg6 18. Bh4 Rae8 19. h3 Nc5 20. Ncb5 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rfe8
22. Rc3 e3 23. Rf3 Nfe4 24. Rcxe3 Bf6 25. Rg3 Bxh4 26. Rxg6+ Kh7 27. Kh2 Nf2
28. Rxe8 Nxd1 29. Rxc8 Kxg6 30. Rxc7 Ne3 31. Nxd6 b6 32. Nb7 Ne4 33. Rxd7 Bg3+
34. Kh1 Bf2 35. g4 Bg3 36. gxf5+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Isonzo, David"]
[Black "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 dxe5 11. dxe5 Be6 12. O-O Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Qd5 14. Re1 Qc4
15. e6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Nc4 18. c3 Rad8 19. Re1 Rf5 20. Nfd2 N6e5
21. Nd4 Rf7 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Ne6 Rd7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. b3 Nd2 26. Ba3 Nxb3 27.
Rab1 Nd2 28. Rxb7 Nc4 29. Bc5 Kf6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bc4 Rfe8
21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qc4 h6 23. g3 Rae8 24. Rd7 Rf6 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Kg2 Qd1 28. Qe2 Qa1 29. b3 Rd6 30. e5 Re6 31. f4 g5 32. Qg4 Qd4 33. Rf2 Qe4+
34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 gxf4 36. gxf4 f6 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. Kf5 fxe5 39. fxe5 Rg6
40. h4 Rg1 41. Rf4 Rg2 42. Rxb4 Rf2+ 43. Rf4 Rxa2 44. Ke4+ Ke7 45. Rf6 Re2+ 46.
Kf5 Rf2+ 47. Kg6 Re2 48. Rxc6 Rxe5 49. Kxh6 Rb5 50. Kg7 Rh5 51. Rc4 Rb5 52.
Re4+ Kd7 53. Re3 a5 54. Kf7 Kc7 55. Rh3 Rd5 56. h5 Rd7+ 57. Kf6 Rd6+ 58. Kf5
Rd5+ 59. Ke4 Rd8 60. h6 Rh8 61. h7 Kd7 62. Kf5 Ke7 63. Kg6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Ne1 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. f3 Nf4 13. Kh1 Rf7 14. Nd3 Ncxd3 15.
Bxd3 h5 16. c5 h4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Na4 h3 19. g3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 fxe4 21. fxe4
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 b5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Bg4 25. Qxa5 Be2 26. Rf2 Bd3 27. Qb4 Bf6
28. Rd2 Bg5 29. Rxd3 Qf6 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. Qd2 Rf8 32. Bf4 Qxe4 33. Nd7 Rc8 34.
Bxg5 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Qg1+ 37. Qf2 Re1+ 38. Kf3 Rf1 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40.
Ne4 Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qg2+ 42. Ke2 Qxh2 43. Rc3 Qg2 44. Rc7+ Ke8 45. Be7 Qxg3 46.
Bxd6 e4 47. Bxg3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mauro, Alan"]
[Black "Mariano, Elia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Nbd7 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Ne2 Rad8 13. c3 e5 14. Qc2 exd4
15. Nxd4 g6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qc5 19. Nxd8 Bxd8 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. Qa4 Nef6 22. Rd1 Qf5 23. Qxa7 Bb6 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qc6 h5 26. Qd6 Qe4
27. Qd3 Qa4 28. Qb1 Qc4 29. Qd3 Qxa2 30. Qb5 Qe6 31. b4 Qb3 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33.
Qxd7 Qxc3 34. Qe7 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Black "Caposciutti, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. O-O Re8 13. Bd3 exd4 14. exd4 Nf8
15. h3 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc8 20. c5 Bb8 21.
Ng5 Ng6 22. f4 Nxf4 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Qb3 Be6 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qxe6 Nxe6 27.
Rb1 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Bg3 29. Rb2 g6 30. Bh6+ Ke7 31. Kf1 Rh4 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Bg8
Nd8 34. Bg5+ Kxg5 35. Rd7 Re4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qe2 c6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Bg5
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. g4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nc5 16. Qf5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rfe8 18. h4 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. f3 Rc7 21. Ra1
b6 22. Nd1 Nd7 23. Ne3 f6 24. Ke2 Nc5 25. b4 Ne6 26. Nf5 Rd7 27. hxg5 hxg5 28.
Rhd1 Red8 29. c3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Bf8 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Nc7 34.
Bf2 Ke6 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Be3 Ne6 37. Kb3 Kc7 38. Ng3 Be7 39. Nh5 Nf8 40. Ng7 Ng6
41. Nf5 Bf8 42. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Black "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Bf4 Na5 8. Nbd2 Qc7
9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Kb8 12. h4 Nc8 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Ba4 15. Qc1
h5 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bf4 f6 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 fxe5
22. dxe5 Nd8 23. Ba2 Bb5 24. Re1 Bc4 25. b3 Bd5 26. c4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nc6 28.
Qb2 Bc5 29. Re4 Be7 30. b4 Bxh4 31. c5 Nd8 32. Rc1 Rf8 33. Qd2 Rf5 34. Rd1 Nf8
35. Rd4 g5 36. Bh2 Nc6 37. Rd6 Rxf3 38. Rf1 Qf7 39. b5 Ne7 40. c6 b6 41. Rd7 g4
42. Bg3 Bxg3 43. Qd6+ Ka8 44. Rxe7 Bxe5 45. Qb4 Qf4 46. Qxf4 Bxf4 47. Rd1 Rxa3
48. Bxe6 Nxe6 49. Rxe6 g3 50. fxg3 Bxg3 51. Rg6 h4 52. Kg2 Ra5 53. Rb1 a6 54.
bxa6 Ka7 55. Kh3 Kxa6 56. c7 Rb5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4
c5 9. Nde2 Nc6 10. Nf4 Nb4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a5 Bc6 14. Qd2 Re8 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bxc5 Nxc2 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Qxc2 Bg5 20. Bb6 Qf6 21.
Ncd5 Qh6 22. Nh3 Bxd5 23. Nxg5 Rbc8 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc6 27.
Bd4 d5 28. exd5 Rd6 29. Bb6 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Kf2 Bb5 33. Rd2
Kf7 34. h3 Bc6 35. Kg3 Bb5 36. Kf2 Bc6 37. Bc5 Bb5 38. g4 Rc8 39. b4 Re8 40. h4
Rc8 41. h5 h6 42. Kg3 Re8 43. Rd5 Bc6 44. Rd2 Bb5 45. f4 Re2 46. Rd8 Re8 47.
Rd1 Re4 48. Rd5 Re8 49. f5 Re4 50. Kf3 Re8 51. Rd6 Bc6+ 52. Kg3 Bb5 53. Kf2
Re2+ 54. Kg3 Re8 55. Rg6 Rg8 56. Bd4 Ba4 57. Kf4 Bb5 58. Be5 Ba4 59. Ke3 Bb3
60. Ke4 Ba4 61. Kd4 Bc6 62. Kc5 Be4 63. Kb6 Bh1 64. Bb2 Bg2 65. Ka7 Bh1 66. Bd4
Bg2 67. Bc3 Bh1 68. f6 gxf6 69. Rxf6+ Ke7 70. Rxh6 Rxg4 71. Rb6 Kf7 72. h6 Rh4
73. Bg7 Bc6 74. Kb8 Rc4 75. Be5 Kg6 76. Bd6 Kxh6 77. Rxb7 Bxb7 78. Kxb7 Re4 79.
Bf8+ Kg6 80. Kxa6 Kf7 81. Bc5 Ke6 82. Kb7 Rh4 83. a6 Rh7+ 84. Kb6 Kd5 85. a7
Rh8 86. Kb7 Rh7+ 87. Ka6 Rh8 88. Bf2 Kc4 89. b5 Rh6+ 90. b6 Rh8 91. Bg3 Kc5 92.
Kb7 Rg8 93. Bc7 Re8 94. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. Bc4 h5 6. c3 e6 7. Qe2 Bd7 8. f3
Qh4+ 9. g3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qg4 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. h3 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nd2
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Bh5 a5 12. Rb1 Kh7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bg4 g6 15.
Ne4 Be7 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nd2 Qd4 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 Qg4 20. Qxg4 fxg4 21. Nc4
Kg6 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. d4 b5 24. Ne3 h5 25. d5 c5 26. Ne4 Nf6 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28.
Re2 Raf8 29. Nd1 b4 30. g3 Rc8 31. Re4 Rcf8 32. a3 b3 33. cxb3 axb3 34. Rc1 Bd8
35. Re3 Rf3 36. Rec3 Bg5 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Kf1 Bd2 39. Rc4 Rd3 40. Ke2 Rxd5 41.
Nc3 Bxc3 42. Rxc3 Kf5 43. Rxb3 c4 44. Rc3 Rb5 45. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 46. Ke1 d5 47. Rc8
Ke4 48. a4 d4 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Ra8 Kd3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rd1 exd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qe7
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nh3 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Nxb2 20. g3 Nd1
21. Qc1 Qe6 22. Nf2 Qb3 23. Kg2 Ne3+ 24. Kh3 Nc4 25. Qf4 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mariano, Elia"]
[Black "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Rf6 12. Ne1 Rh6 13. g3 Rg6 14. f3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Rxg3+ 16. Kf2 Qh4 17. Ke2 Rh3 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Ng2 Bxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Qg4 21.
Ne1 Rh2+ 22. Kd1 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Rf8 24. Bd2 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Rf4 Qh5 27. Bf1
g5 28. Rf2 Qh4 29. Rg2 Nxc4 30. Nf3 Qe4+ 31. Bd3 Nxe3+ 32. Bxe3 Qxe3 33. Nxg5
Qc5+ 34. Kd2 Qa5+ 35. b4 Qd5 36. Rag1 Rf6 37. Ne4+ Rg6 38. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qh4 b6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bh6 Bb7 15.
Ng5 Rfe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxh7+ Ke6 19. Rxf6+ Kxf6 20. Rf1+ Ke6
21. Bc4+ Kd6 22. Rd1+ Kc6 23. Bd5+ Kc5 24. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Black "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O c6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. d3 O-O 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 e5 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ne6 15.
Nc2 Nd7 16. b5 Nb6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ra1 Bd7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb1 Rb8 21. Qa2
Ra8 22. Qb1 f5 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Rb1 Ra6 25. Qb2 Qd8 26. Nb4 Na4 27. Nxa4 Rxa4
28. Nxc6 Qe8 29. Nb4 Bg7 30. Nd5 Bc6 31. Ne7+ Qxe7 32. Bxc6 Ra7 33. Bd5 Kf7 34.
Qb8 Kf6 35. Rb6 Rd7 36. Bb4 Nc7 37. Bc6 Rd8 38. Qa7 Ne6 39. Rb7 Qf8 40. Bd5 Ra8
41. Qb6 Nd8 42. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Black "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Be3 Bb7 5. f3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 a6 8. Ng3
h5 9. h4 c5 10. Nce2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nde2 d5 13. Qd2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. fxe4 O-O-O 16. Qc3 Bc5 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 Rh6 19. b4 Be3 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21.
Rf1 Rf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bf2 Bh6 24. Ng3 Bf8 25. a3 Bd6 26. Rd1 Rg8 27. Bc4
Rg4 28. Bxf7 Bxe4 29. Bxh5 Rxh4 30. Be8 Bh7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Bxb6 Kc6 33. Bd8
Rg4 34. Nh5 Rxg2 35. Nxf6 Bxc2 36. Rc1 e4 37. Ng4 Bf4 38. Kf1 Bxc1 39. Kxg2
Bxa3 40. Ne3 Bd3 41. Ba5 Kb5 42. Nd5 Kc4 43. Nb6+ Kd4 44. Nd7 Ke3 45. Nf6 Ke2
46. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 47. Kg3 Kd3 48. Kf2 Bd5 49. Ke1 Bb3 50. Kf1 Kc4 51. Ke2 Bxb4 52.
Bxb4 Kxb4 53. Kd2 Ka3 54. Kc3 a5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Black "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Qd7 13. Qc2 Qf5 14. Rb1 a5
15. b3 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Bg7 20. Rbe1 b6 21.
Nc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rad8 23. e4 Rd4 24. f5 Qe5 25. f6 Re8 26. Qc1 Qh5 27. e5 Re6
28. h3 Rd3 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxe5 31. Rd8+ Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qf4 h6
34. Qd6 Qe6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Black "Mauro, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Nc6
9. Bb2 b6 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. d5 Na7 12. Qc2 b5 13. e4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Bg4 15. Bxa6
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qd7 19. Kh1 Nb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. Rg1
Ra8 22. Rc4 Rab8 23. Qc3 Qa7 24. Qd2 Rb4 25. Rgc1 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Ra8 27. Ra4 Qb7
28. Rxa8+ Qxa8 29. a4 Qa7 30. Qe3 Qa6 31. Kg2 c4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. a5 Qa2 34.
Nd4 Qxa5 35. Nc6 Qc7 36. Qg5 Nf6 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Qg5 e5 39. Qe3 Nh5 40. Qa7
Nf4+ 41. Kf1 Qc8 42. Ke1 Qh3 43. Nd8 Qxf3 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. Bd2 h6 10. Rc1 Ngf6 11. Na4 Qe7 12. a3 O-O 13. Bb4 Ne4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. O-O Rbe8 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Qa5 Bd3 21. Rfe1
Ba6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Re6 24. Ng3 Rfe8 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. h3 Nb6 27. Qc5 Na4
28. Qb4 Bb5 29. d5 Qg5 30. Rd1 Re5 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Ne4 Qe7 33. Nd6 a5 34. Qd2
Nxb2 35. Qxb2 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kh2 Bd3 38. Qd4 Bg6 39. Bxc6 Qc1 40. Nc4
Kh7 41. a4 Qg5 42. Ne5 Qf6 43. g3 Kg8 44. Qf4 Qe6 45. Nxg6 Qxg6 46. Bd5 Kf8 47.
Qb8+ Ke7 48. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. Nc3 h5 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bf4 Ne7
9. Rd1 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qd1
Nf5 16. Qe2 Qa7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Bh6 Qe7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. h4 Qd8 26. Nf4 Nd7 27. Ng5 Nf8 28.
Nd3 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qc8 30. Nc5 Kg8 31. Qa3 Qa8 32. Qxa6 Qxa6 33. Nxa6 Nd7 34.
Nc7 Nf8 35. Nxb5 Bd7 36. Nc7 Bc6 37. b4 Nd7 38. b5 Bb7 39. a4 Nb6 40. a5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wild, Alexander"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 bxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bb7 15. f4 Nxd5 16. O-O e4 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. Bb3 d5 19. Ba4+ Nd7 20. Rc1
Bd6 21. Bc3 f6 22. Bd4 Ke7 23. Nc2 Nc5 24. b3 Nd3 25. Rcd1 Nxf4 26. Ne3 Ne2+
27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Ke6 29. Nxd5 Be5 30. Nc7+ Bxc7 31. Rd7 Rac8 32. Rxg7 Rhd8
33. Rxh7 Ba8 34. h4 e3 35. Re1 Be5 36. b4 Bd5 37. Ra7 e2 38. Rxa6+ Kf5 39. Bb5
Bc4 40. g4+ Kf4 41. Bxc4 Rd1 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Kf2 Rxc4 44. Kxe1 Ke3 45. Ra3+
Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. g4 e5 8. g5 Ne8
9. h4 f6 10. gxf6 Bxf6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Ng5 Ng7 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5
Ra5 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Na3 Ba6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20. Ne6 Nxe6 21. dxe6 Nf6
22. f3 Ra4 23. b3 Rxc4 24. bxc4 Nh5 25. Bg5 Nf4 26. O-O-O Bxg5 27. hxg5 Qa8 28.
e7 Rb8 29. Rh2 Rb4 30. Qc3 Qe8 31. Rxd6 Qxe7 32. Ra6 Qxg5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 Bd6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. a3
O-O-O 9. b4 h5 10. Nb3 h4 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 g5 14. f3 Bg6 15.
Ka1 Rhe8 16. Qc1 Kb8 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxb4 19. Ned4 exd4 20. exd4 Bd6 21.
Bd3 Bf4 22. Qb1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Nd7 24. d5 Nce5 25. Rc3 Nc5 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. Bc1
Bxc1 28. Rhxc1 Ka8 29. Qa2 Ned3 30. Rb1 Nf4 31. a4 Re5 32. a5 Rde8 33. Qb2 Re1
34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Ka2 Na4 36. Qd2 Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Qa4+ 38. Kb2 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a5 11. Ne1 Nc5 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rae1 Nh5 15.
Ne2 Ng5 16. Bc1 f6 17. Qd1 Qc8 18. f3 Bf8 19. Nc3 Be7 20. Be3 Qc7 21. f4 Nf7
22. f5 Ng7 23. g4 g5 24. Qd2 Rec8 25. Re2 Qd8 26. Bf3 Ne8 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rh2
Ng5 29. Rxh4 Bf8 30. Qh2 Qe7 31. Bg2 Qg7 32. Kf2 Nc7 33. Rh1 h6 34. d4 Be8 35.
Rd1 b5 36. c5 exd4 37. Nxd4 dxc5 38. Nde2 Rd8 39. Qh1 Na6 40. Nf4 Nb4 41. Rxd8
Rxd8 42. Ne6 Nxe6 43. Bxh6 Qc7 44. fxe6 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 Qg3 46. Be3 Bg7 47. Nd1
Nc1+ 48. Bxc1 Qd3+ 49. Kf2 Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Rxd1 51. Bf4 Rxh1 52. Rxh1 Qxa2 53. e7
Qxb3+ 54. Bf3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Nd2 Ng4 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bb2 c4 14. bxc4 Ne5 15.
Qc2 Nexc4 16. Nd1 Nxb2 17. Nxb2 Bf5 18. e4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Rb1 Qb6 21. Nd3
Rc3 22. Nb4 Rfc8 23. a4 Qa7 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 R3xc6 26. axb5 Rb6 27. Qe2
Qb8 28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxb5 30. Nf1 Bd4 31. h3 Rb2 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2
Qb6 34. h4 Bg4 35. Nh2 Bd7 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. Qe2 Qb5 39. Qe3 Be6 40.
Nd4 Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Qc5 42. Qd2 Kg7 43. Qb2+ f6 44. Qd2 Bd7 45. Qb2 Bc6 46. Qd2
Be8 47. Qb2 Bc6 48. Qd2 Be8 49. Qb2 Qc7 50. Qd2 Bf7 51. Qb2 Qa7 52. Qd2 Qc5 53.
Qb2 e6 54. Bf3 d5 55. exd5 exd5 56. Kg2 Qd6 57. Qd4 Qe5 58. Qa7 h6 59. Qd7 Qe6
60. Qa7 Qd6 61. Qd4 g5 62. hxg5 hxg5 63. Qa7 Kf8 64. Qa8+ Ke7 65. Qa7+ Kf8 66.
Qa8+ Ke7 67. Qa7+ Kf8 68. Qa8+ Kg7 69. Qa7 Qe6 70. Bh5 f5 71. Bxf7 Qxf7 72.
Qd4+ Kg6 73. Kg1 Qe6 74. Qa1 Qe4 75. Qh8 Qe1+ 76. Kg2 Qe4+ 77. Kh2 d4 78. Qg8+
Kf6 79. Qf8+ Ke6 80. Qg8+ Kf6 81. Qf8+ Ke6 82. Qg8+ Kd6 83. Qxg5 Kc5 84. Qc1+
Kb4 85. Qd2+ Kb3 86. Qd1+ Kc3 87. Qa1+ Kd2 88. f3 Qe2+ 89. Kh3 d3 90. Qa5+ Ke3
91. Qc5+ Kd2 92. Qb4+ Kc2 93. Qa4+ Kb2 94. Qb4+ Kc1 95. Qa3+ Kd1 96. Qa1+ Kd2
97. Qa5+ Ke3 98. Qc5+ Kxf3 99. Qxf5+ Ke3 100. Qf4# 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Black "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Be2 Na5 7. a3 Ne7 8. O-O Nf5
9. g4 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. Bf4 Nc4 12. Bg3 Qd8 13. Qc1 g6 14. b3 Na5 15. Qe3
Bd7 16. f4 c5 17. Nb5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. b4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Qd2 Ne7
22. Bd3 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Qb7 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Bh4 Nd5
28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Be4 O-O 30. f5 Kh7 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxg6+ Kxg6 34.
Qd3+ Kg7 35. Bg3 Rc8 36. Be5+ Kf8 37. Rf1+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Isonzo, David"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3 Rac8 13. Qd1 a6 14. a3 b5 15.
b4 Na7 16. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mariano, Elia"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Ng4 10. f4 Re8 11. Rf3 Qh4 12. h3 Bd4+ 13. Nxd4 Re1+ 14. Qxe1
Qxe1+ 15. Rf1 Qg3 16. Nf3 Nh2 17. Ne4 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qh4 20. f5 h6
21. Rf4 Qe7 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Re1 Qg5
27. h4 Qg3 28. Rf3 Qxh4 29. Bc3+ Kg8 30. Bxg6 Qg5 31. Bf7+ Kh7 32. Be6 Be8 33.
Bf5+ Bg6 34. Bxg6+ Qxg6 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Rf6 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Rf8 38. Rg7+ Kxg7 39.
Rf1+ Kg6 40. Rxb1 Rf4 41. b3 Rf2 42. Rb2 Rf1 43. Re2 Kf5 44. Bg7 h5 45. Bf8 b5
46. Bxd6 bxc4 47. bxc4 Rc1 48. Bxc5 Rxc4 49. Bxa7 Rc7 50. Bd4 Rc4 51. Bf2 Kf6
52. d6 Rc6 53. Rd2 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4
a5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. h3 Qc7 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15.
Kh1 Qd8 16. Bd3 d5 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Qe2 Nf8 20. Rf1 Nbd7 21. Rad1 f6
22. Rde1 Bf7 23. Qf2 Bg6 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. Bg3 fxe5 26. dxe5 Bc5 27. Qd2 Ndf8
28. Qd3 Ne6 29. h4 Rf8 30. Ne2 Qe7 31. Qd2 Rf5 32. Neg1 Raf8 33. Qd1 Qe8 34.
Nh3 h6 35. Qd3 Ne7 36. Qd1 Qg6 37. Kh2 Qg4 38. b3 R5f7 39. Qd3 Nf5 40. Bf2 Bxf2
41. Rxf2 Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Nxh4 43. Nxh4 Qxh4 44. Ref1 Qd4 45. Qg3 Rxf2 46. Rxf2
Rxf2 47. Nxf2 Nf4 48. Qg4 Qxe5 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Ng4 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qh4+ 52. Kg1
Ne2+ 53. Kf1 Ng3+ 54. Kg1 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 Ne4+ 56. Ke3 Qe1+ 57. Kd4 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mauro, Alan"]
[Black "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. c4 Bc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 c6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a3 O-O 13. c5 Be7 14. Qg3 Rfe8
15. b4 Qd8 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bd1 b5 21.
Be2 a6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Nb8 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rxa6 Ra8 26. Qa3 Rxa6 27.
Qxa6 Qa8 28. Ra1 Qxa6 29. Rxa6 e5 30. dxe5 Rb8 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Kf1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Black "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
f6 9. c3 Bd7 10. h4 Be8 11. Bh3 Bf7 12. Nb3 e5 13. Nh2 b5 14. Qg4 c4 15. exd5
f5 16. Qe2 Bxd5 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Qh5 Bf7 19. Qe2 f4 20. Nf3 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bc4
22. Qe3 h6 23. Nbd2 Bd5 24. Ne4 Bc7 25. Qd3 Bb6+ 26. Kh2 Qe8 27. Nd6 Qg6 28.
Qxg6 Nxg6 29. Bf5 Nge7 30. Nxe5 Nxf5 31. Nd7 Nxd6 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Bf4 Ne4 34.
Rad1 Nf6 35. Be5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Bf3 37. Rf1 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Black "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. a4
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Ba2 Bd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Bb1 Nc4 14. O-O e5 15.
Nb3 Bb4 16. f4 Qe7 17. e4 Bc6 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Qd3 Ncxe5 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. h3 Nf6
22. Ba2 h6 23. Rf5 Bd7 24. Rf2 O-O 25. Raf1 Bd6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Nd5 Bc5+ 28.
Kh1 Qd6 29. Rxf6 Be6 30. Bxh6 Ng6 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Nd2 Qg3 33. Rf3 Qg5 34.
Nf6+ Kg7 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. e5 Nf4 37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38. Nh5+ Kh6 39. Nxf4 Rxf4 40.
Qe1 Bf2 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Black "Wild, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 Bd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Rac1 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Qe5 17. Ng3 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Bc6 19. Rc3 Rg8 20. Bf3
Bxf3 21. Rxf3 f5 22. Rc3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Kf1 Rg4 25. a3 Rd4 26. Ke2 b5
27. Nf1 b4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. b3 h5 30. Nd2 Rg4 31. g3 Rb4 32. f4 a5 33. Rc8 a4
34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. Nf3 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Rc4 Bf6 38. Rb4 Ra3+ 39. Ke2 Rc3 40.
Rb7+ Rc7 41. Rb8 Kd6 42. Rf8 Ke7 43. Ra8 Rc4 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. h4 Rb4 46. Kf1
Rb2 47. Rd7 Rb8 48. Kg2 Rd8 49. Ra7 Re8 50. Rb7 Re7 51. Rb5 Bc3 52. Rc5 Bb4 53.
Rb5 Bd6 54. Rb6 Rd7 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Ra8 Rd8 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58. Ng5 Be7 59. Nf3 f6
60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Ra7 Rd5 62. Rb7 Ke8 63. Rb8+ Bd8 64. Rb7 Rd7 65. Rb5 Ke7 66.
Rb3 Bc7 67. Rb7 Bd6 68. Rb5 Rc7 69. Ra5 Kd7 70. Ra8 Rc8 71. Ra7+ Rc7 72. Ra8
Rc2+ 73. Kh3 Bc5 74. Rb8 Rc3 75. Kg2 Rc2+ 76. Kh3 Rf2 77. Rb3 Kd6 78. Rd3+ Kc6
79. Rc3 Kd5 80. Ne1 Bb4 81. Re3 Bxe1 82. Rxe1 e5 83. fxe5 fxe5 84. Ra1 e4 85.
Ra5+ Kd4 86. Ra4+ Ke3 87. Ra3+ Ke2 88. Ra2+ Kf3 89. Ra5 Ke3 90. Ra3+ Kd4 91.
Ra4+ Kc3 92. Ra3+ Kb2 93. Re3 Rd2 94. Re1 Kc2 95. Re3 Rd3 96. Re2+ Kd1 97. Ra2
e3 98. Ra1+ Ke2 99. Kg2 Rd2 100. Rf1 Kd3+ 101. Kf3 Kd4 102. g4 fxg4+ 103. Kg3
e2 104. Re1 Ke3 105. Kg2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nf1 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bd6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. f6 g6 19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. Qh4 Bf8 21. Rad1
Nb7 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Bd5 Nd6 24. g4 e4 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Re3 Qd7 27. Rg3 Rb6 28.
Kh1 Nc8 29. Bxe4 Nd6 30. Bg2 Nd3 31. Rf1 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. f3 Rxd4 34. Rh3
h5 35. cxd4 Qe6 36. gxh5 Qe2 37. Kg1 Ne1 38. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
a5 9. b3 Nc5 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. h4 Nf4 14. g3 Nxe2 15. Qxe2
f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Be2 a6 9. O-O e6 10. Rfe1 Be7 11. Bf1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bh4 Rfd8 14. Bg3 Ne8
15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. b4 Qb8 20. f3 h6 21. Bf2
Bg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Bd3 Nef6 24. h3 Bf8 25. f5 Re8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nf3 d5 28.
exd5 exd5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nxb6 Nxb6 31. Bxb6 dxc4 32. Bxc4+ Kh8 33. Nh4 Bd6
34. Bd4 Be4 35. Bxf6 Bf4 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Re1 Rd8 39. Qe6 Bh7
40. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng5 dxe5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Be7
15. Rae1 Rf8 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Nf3 Nd3 20. Re2 Rd5
21. Qxh7 Qc7 22. Bh6 Qc4 23. Bxf8 Nf4 24. Re3 Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Nd4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. b5 Na7 7. a4 Bxc5 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Rf6 13. c4 Rh6 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qc2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rc8 19. Qb2 Rxh2 20. Nef3 Rh6 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc5 23. Qe5 Nc8 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. Nxe6 dxe4 26. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. Re1
Nf7 9. Bf1 e6 10. a4 a5 11. b3 b6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.
Bd3 Na6 16. Na2 Nc7 17. c4 Ba6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nc3
Qd7 22. Ne2 Nd8 23. Nf4 Nde6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. cxd5 Nc7 26. dxc6 Qf7 27. Bxa6
Nxa6 28. Bd6 Nc7 29. Qc4 Ne8 30. Bb8 Bf8 31. Ba7 Qxc4 32. bxc4 Nd6 33. Bxb6
Nxc4 34. Bxa5 Kf7 35. Nd2 Nd6 36. d5 Nc8 37. Nc4 Bc5 38. Bd8 f5 39. a5 Ke8 40.
Bb6 Bb4 41. a6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Pecorari, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Qd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. b4 Rad8 15.
Rfd1 e5 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Rbc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 f5 20. Qd2 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Re3 Qb7 24. Bg4 h5 25. Be6+ Kh7 26. Rde1 Bc6 27. b5
Be8 28. Bd5 Qg7 29. Re7 Bf7 30. Rf1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Black "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. e4 e6 7. Be2 h6 8. h3 a6
9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 c5 12. f4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Be3 Rfd8 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. Bf3 Ne8 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 exf4 20. Bxf4 g5 21. Nf5
Bf8 22. Be3 Nc7 23. h4 Ne6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qd3 Ne5 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. b3 b5 28.
Rb1 Qb7 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Bg7 31. Be3 Qe7 32. Bg4 Nxg4 33. Qxg4 f6 34. Rbe1
Bd7 35. Qg3 Be6 36. Rc1 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rc6 38. Rc2 Rdc8 39. Rfc1 Kf7 40. Qf2 Kg8
41. Bd4 Qf7 42. Qe2 f5 43. Bxg7 Qxg7 44. exf5 Bxf5 45. Rc3 Qd4+ 46. Qe3 Qxe3+
47. Rxe3 g4 48. Rf1 Rf8 49. Rf4 Bc8 50. Rd4 Bf5 51. Kh2 Kg7 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Re7
Kf6 54. Re2 Kg6 55. Nb3 Rf7 56. Red2 d5 57. c5 Re6 58. Rf4 Re3+ 59. Kf2 Rc3 60.
g3 Be4 61. Rxf7 Kxf7 62. Nd4 Rxc5 63. Ke3 Rc3+ 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. Rb2 Bf3 66. Rb6+
Kf7 67. Rxa6 Rd3 68. Nf5 Rd1 69. a4 d4 70. Rd6 d3 71. Ke3 Be2 72. a5 Ra1 73. a6
Ra2 74. Nd4 Bf1 75. Rd5 Rxa6 76. Rg5 Rg6 77. Ra5 Rf6 78. Ra7+ Kg6 79. Ra2 Rf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Bb1 Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 Be6 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 Bc8 19. Ba2 Bf5 20. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Nf4 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. g3 Qd8 14. a3 Be7 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. Kc2 O-O 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21.
Rhxf1 Qd5 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qc4 fxe5 24. Rad1 Qxc4+ 25. bxc4 Bd6 26. f4 Kg8 27.
fxe5 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Be7 29. Rf2 Rd8 30. a4 Bg5 31. Bc3 Be3 32. Rf6 Re8 33. h4 a6
34. Kd3 Bc5 35. Ke4 Ba3 36. Bd4 Bc1 37. Be3 Ba3 38. g4 c5 39. Bh6 Bb2 40. h5
Bc3 41. Bc1 Be1 42. Be3 Bb4 43. g5 Re7 44. g6 hxg6 45. hxg6 Kg7 46. Kf3 Bc3 47.
Bf4 Re8 48. Kg4 Rd8 49. Kg5 Rd4 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Kh5 Rd1 52. Rxc7 Rf1 53. Rc8+
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 h6 13. Rhe1 Qf7 14. Qe2
Rhe8 15. Qc2 Rf8 16. Ned2 g5 17. h3 Rg8 18. Nf1 h5 19. Ne3 Rdf8 20. Nh2 Be7 21.
f3 Kb8 22. Nhf1 Bd6 23. Be4 Ne7 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. a4 Qg6 26. Qxg6 Rxg6 27. Kc2
a5 28. Kd3 Rg7 29. Nd2 Bg3 30. Rh1 Bf4 31. Ndf1 Ng6 32. Kc2 c5 33. Ra1 Rgg8 34.
Kd3 Bc7 35. Kd2 Bf4 36. Kd3 Ra8 37. Nc2 Ne7 38. Nfe3 Nd5 39. Rae1 Bg3 40. Ra1
Raf8 41. Raf1 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Mariano, Elia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Bc6 13. e4 a6 14. Rac1 Qd7
15. b3 Rfc8 16. h3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 h6 20. Be3 Qb7 21.
Rc6 Nd7 22. Rdc1 b4 23. Qc4 Rd8 24. Rc7 Qb5 25. Qe4 Bf6 26. Bf1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nfd4 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bf1 a6 14. c3 Bc7
15. g3 Nce5 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Bd7 18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Nd4 Nce5 21.
h4 Ne7 22. Nec2 Bd7 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. Bf4 h6 27. Nb4
Be6 28. h5 Rfd8 29. Qe2 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Nc2 Qf6 32. Nd4 Bf5 33. Be5 Qg5
34. Nxf5 Qxf5 35. Bd4 b5 36. Qf3 Qg5 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Re7 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qg5 40.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mauro, Alan"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Qd3
Rd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rf3 e5 17. Raf1 Be6 18. Rg3 Qh5 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Ne4 Kh8
21. c5 dxe3 22. Nd6 e2 23. Re1 Rab8 24. h3 Rd7 25. Rxe2 Rb5 26. Rd2 e4 27. Qxe4
Qxc5+ 28. Qd4 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 c5 31. Rd2 Bf5 32. Rc3 Rb5 33. Rf2
Rxd6 34. Rxf5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bb2 Nb4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nc3 b6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Rcd1 Nbd5 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Ree1 a5
21. Nxf7 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Kxf7 24. Bc3 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. c5 Bd5
27. Rc2 Ne4 28. Rec1 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf6 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. c6 Rxc6
33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. Rb3 Kd6 35. Kh2 Kc5 36. g4 Bxa4 37. Re3 Bd7 38. Rd3 Bc6 39.
Re3 Bd5 40. f4 a4 41. g5 Bb2 42. g4 a3 43. f5 exf5 44. gxf5 a2 45. Re1 Be4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Black "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e5 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Ne4 Qe7 10. O-O Nf6 11. d3 Na5 12. Ba2 b6 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxg6 Bd7 17. f5 e5 18. Nxh8 Bxh8 19. Bxh6 O-O-O 20. Bg5 Bc6 21.
Be6+ Kb8 22. Qe2 Rd4 23. h3 Ka7 24. c3 Rd8 25. b4 Nb7 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. a5 Re8
28. Rfb1 Nd5 29. Qb2 e4 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Qb6+ Kb8 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. dxe4 Bxe4
34. Bf4+ Kc8 35. Rb6 Bxc3 36. Rc1 Bd4+ 37. Kh2 Bxf5 38. Rxa6 Re2 39. Ra8+ Kd7
40. a6 Nd8 41. Rd1 Be4 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44. Bxd2 c4 45. Bg5 Bxa7 46.
Bxd8 c3 47. Bg5 Bf2 48. g4 Be1 49. Bc1 Bd2 50. Ba3 c2 51. Kg3 c1=Q 52. Bxc1
Bxc1 53. h4 Kf6 54. Kf2 Bd3 55. a7 Be4 56. Ke2 Ke5 57. g5 Kf5 58. Kf2 Ba3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
c3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Nf1 Nge5 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bd2 a5
15. Qe3 b4 16. Kh1 a4 17. Rac1 Qe6 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Na2 20. Rc4 Rfb8 21. e5
Rxb2 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Be3 Qxd3 25. Rxc5 Qxa3 26. Qc6 Qb4 27. Rf1
Nc3 28. Qc7 Rb8 29. Qd7 h6 30. Qxe7 a3 31. Bc1 Bf8 32. Qe3 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wild, Alexander"]
[Black "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 c6 6. Ne3 d5 7. d3 Bc5 8.
dxe4 Nh6 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Qh4 11. Ng3 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Re8+ 14. Be2
Bd7 15. Qd3 Na6 16. Kd1 Rad8 17. Bd2 b5 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Bg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxd3
21. Bxd3 Rxd5 22. Ne4 Bb6 23. Re1 Kh8 24. Ke2 Nb4 25. Red1 Bc7 26. g3 Rh5 27.
Rh1 a6 28. a3 Nxd3 29. cxd3 Be5 30. Rab1 Bd4 31. h4 Rd5 32. b4 c5 33. Rhc1 Kg8
34. Rc2 cxb4 35. axb4 Rdd8 36. Rc7 Be5 37. Ra7 Ra8 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. f4 Bd4 40.
Rb3 Kf8 41. Nd6 g6 42. Ra3 Ra7 43. Kf3 Re7 44. Ne4 Re6 45. g4 Ke7 46. g5 Rc6
47. Ra2 Rc1 48. Rxa6 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 Rxf4 50. Rd6 Rxe4+ 51. dxe4 Kxd6 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Black "Iotti, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 b6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. f3 a6 8. Be3
e6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Qe1 Rfe8
15. Qf2 Bf8 16. Bf1 g6 17. b4 Qb8 18. a3 Rc8 19. Nb3 Bc6 20. Kh1 Be7 21. Rd2
Red8 22. Nd4 Ba8 23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Rcd1 Qc7 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Rb1 Re8 27. Qg1 Qc7
28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Rcd1 Rcd8 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Be3 Ned7 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rc2 Rb8 34.
Qf2 Red8 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Qb7 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Nd4 Rdc8 39. Nxe6 d5 40.
exd5 Nxd5 41. Bd4 b5 42. Rbc1 Rxc2 43. Qxc2 a5 44. bxa5 Bxa3 45. Ra1 Bd6 46. a6
Nb4 47. Qb3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 c6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. Qa4 d6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Qb7 13. Ba6 Qd7 14. Be2
Bb7 15. Bg4 Qxg4 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bini, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Mauro, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Nf4 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 8. d3
Nc7 9. Qd2 a6 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. e3 Rb8 13. Na4 Ne6 14. Nd5 Ba8 15. Bxg7
Nxg7 16. Qb2 Ne6 17. f4 b5 18. Nac3 f5 19. h3 Ng7 20. Ne2 e6 21. Ndc3 Qf6 22.
Qd2 d6 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. g4 h6 25. Qe1 Kh7 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Bf3 Nb4 28. Bxa8
Rxa8 29. a3 Nc2 30. Nb1 Na1 31. Nd2 Nc2 32. Rc1 Nxa3 33. e4 b4 34. Nf3 a5 35.
Qh4 Kg8 36. Qxh6 Ne8 37. Ng5 Qg7 38. Qh4 Nc7 39. gxf5 exf5 40. exf5 Rd7 41.
fxg6 Qxg6 42. f5 Qf6 43. Ng3 Rg7 44. N3e4 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Rf8 46. f6 Qxd3 47. Rf3
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. h3 Ng7 12. g4 h5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rg1 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Ne6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Rc1 O-O-O 19. Qa4 Kb8 20. g5 Be7 21.
Nxd5 Qd6 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Qa5 Nc7 24. Ne5 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Rd5 26. Qa4 Ne6 27. Bg2
Rxe5 28. dxe5 Nxg5 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 Bc8 31. f4 Ne6 32. Rh1 Rf8 33. Be4 Nc7
34. Rh7 Be6 35. Rch1 Na6 36. Rh8 Rxh8 37. Rxh8+ Kc7 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rf8 Nc5 40.
Bc2 b4 41. b3 Nxb3+ 42. Bxb3 Bxb3 43. e4 Kd7 44. Rb8 Kc7 45. Rf8 Kd7 46. Rb8
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Di Vincenzi, Renato"]
[Black "Sansonetti, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Isonzo, David"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qa4 14. Nbc7+
Kd8 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. O-O f4 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Qh4 Qc6 20. a4 Bxd5
21. exd5 Qd7 22. a5 Kc8 23. a6 Kb8 24. a7+ Ka8 25. Qf6 Ng6 26. b4 Rg8 27. Ra6
f3 28. Rda1 Nf4 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Rxg3 33. hxg3
Ng5 34. g4 f2 35. Rb6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mariano, Elia"]
[Black "Fabiano, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minerva, Enzo"]
[Black "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. c4 Bg4 14. Re1 Bf6 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. Bg2 b5 18. b4 Qd6 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. cxb5 Nc2 21. Be3
Qc3 22. d6 Rab8 23. Bc6 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Qa3 25. Qd2 Bd8 26. Qd5 a6 27. bxa6 Qxa6
28. a4 Bf6 29. Bb5 Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. d7 Rfb8 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Bc6 Ra5 34.
Bd2 Ra7 35. Bb5 Rd8 36. Kg2 Rdxd7 37. Bb4+ Ke8 38. Rc8+ Bd8 39. Bc5 Rac7 40.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rxd8+ Kxd8 42. Bb6 Kd7 43. Bxc7 Kxc7 44. Kf3 f5 45. g4 g6 46.
gxf5 gxf5 47. Kg3 Kb6 48. Kh4 h6 49. Kh5 e4 50. Kh4 f4 51. Kg4 e3 52. fxe3 fxe3
53. Kf3 Ka5 54. Kxe3 Kxa4 55. Kf4 Kb5 56. Kg4 Kc6 57. Kh5 Kd6 58. Kxh6 Ke7 59.
Kg7 Ke6 60. h4 Ke7 61. h5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parrella, Alfredo"]
[Black "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qxb6
axb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 b5 12. f3 Nb6 13. Kd1 g6 14. g3 Bh6 15.
Ng2 O-O 16. b3 Ra6 17. Kc2 Rfa8 18. Kb1 Bf8 19. Rd1 Nc8 20. Bb2 h5 21. Nc3 Nb6
22. Ne1 Re8 23. Nc2 Nc8 24. Rd3 Nd6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxa4 Nf5 28.
Bc1 Bh6 29. Nc3 g5 30. Rd1 g4 31. f4 Bf8 32. Kb2 Bd6 33. Bd2 Ra8 34. Re1 Re8
35. Ra1 h4 36. Rg1 hxg3 37. hxg3 Kg7 38. Rg2 Rh8 39. Be1 Rh3 40. Bf2 Nh5 41.
Ne2 Rh1 42. Bg1 Kg6 43. Ka2 Nf6 44. Nc3 Bc7 45. Kb2 Ba5 46. b4 Bc7 47. b5 Nd6
48. bxc6 bxc6 49. Nb4 Nc4+ 50. Kc2 Na5 51. Nd3 Nc4 52. Ne5+ Nxe5 53. dxe5 Ne4
54. Nxe4 dxe4 55. Kc3 Kf5 56. Kb3 f6 57. exf6 Kxf6 58. Kc4 Bb6 59. Rb2 Ba7 60.
Rb7 Rxg1 61. Rxa7 Rxg3 62. Kd4 Rf3 63. Kxe4 Rf1 64. Ra6 Rc1 65. Ra8 Kf7 66.
Ra7+ Kf6 67. Ra8 Kg7 68. Ra2 Kg6 69. Rg2 Kh5 70. Rh2+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Black "Nironi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. Qb3
Qf6 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Ng5 Nh6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6
15. Bxe6 Nd4 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Bh3 O-O 18. Nc3 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Kh1 Qh5 21.
Qc4+ Kh8 22. f4 Rae8 23. Bd2 Nf5 24. Rf3 Rd8 25. Rh3 Qg6 26. Qe2 Rfe8 27. Qd1
Ne3 28. Qe2 Nc2 29. f5 Rxe2 30. fxg6 Nxa1 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Nxe2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tonon, Alessandro"]
[Black "Clementini, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Re1 Qc7 11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 a6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Bf1 Qc7 20. a4 Kh8 21.
Ne2 Rac8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Rcd1 h5 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bd6 Qb7 27. g3 Bh6
28. Nd4 bxa4 29. Ra1 h4 30. Re2 hxg3 31. Rxa4 c5 32. Nf5 Bxa4 33. Qxa4 Nf4 34.
Nxh6 Nxe2+ 35. Bxe2 gxh6 36. Qf4 Re6 37. Bg4 Qxb2 38. fxg3 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qxf4
40. gxf4 c4 41. f5 Rxd6 42. exd6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 1/2-1/2

