[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bevilacqua, Maurizio"]
[Black "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.O-O Qxd2 14.Rxd2 Na5 
15.Rc1 Rfc8 16.Rdc2 Rxc2 17.Rxc2 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Bxc8 19.Kf1 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 
21.Ne5 Be6 22.a3 Bd5 23.g3 e6 24.Bd2 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Be3 Bf8 27.Bc1 b5
28.Bd3 Kf7 29.Ke2 a5 30.h4 a4 31.h5 b4 32.hxg6+ hxg6 33.axb4 Bxb4 34.Bb2 
Bd5 35.f4 a3 36.Ba1 Bb3 37.g4 Bd5 38.Bc2 Kf6 39.g5+ Ke7 40.Bd3 Bb3 41.Be4 
Bd6 42.Ke3 Bd5 43.Bd3 Bb4 44.Ke2 a2 45.Ke3 Bb3 46.Ke4 Bd5+ 47.Ke3 Bd6 48.
Bc2 Bc4 49.Be4 Bb4 50.Bc2 Ba3 51.Kd2 Bd5 52.Bd3 Bb4+ 53.Ke3 Ba3 54.Kd2 
Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Black "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.c4 g6 8.b3
Bg7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.d4 e6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rfd1 Rad8 13.Rac1 Nb8 14.h3 Nc6 15.d5 
Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Rxd4 Nh5 18.Rdd1 Nf4 19.Qf3 e5 20.Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 f5
22.f3 Rf7 23.Bc3 Rdf8 24.Bd2 f4 25.Be1 g5 26.Bf2 h5 27.c5 g4 28.cxd6 Qd8 
29.Rc7 gxh3 30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.gxh3 Qxd6 32.Rc1 Bf6 33.Kh2 Kh7 34.Qc4 Bd8 35.
Qc5 Qf6 36.Qc8 Rg7 37.Qc2 Qd6 38.Bc5 Qf6 39.Rg1 Rg3 40.Rxg3 fxg3+ 41.Kg2 
h4 42.Be3 Qd6 43.Qc8 Qe7 44.Qf5+ Kg8 45.Qg6+ Kh8 46.d6 Qd7 47.Qh5+ Kg8 48.
Qxe5 Qc6 49.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.O-O-O Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.Rdg1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5
15.g4 fxg4 16.Ndxe4 Be6 17.Rg3 Bxa2 18.Nxa2 Qxe4 19.Qxe4 Rxe4 20.Nc3 Re7 
21.Rxg4 Rae8 22.Rhg1 g6 23.h4 Re6 24.h5 Kg7 25.Kd2 Rf6 26.f4 Rf5 27.hxg6 
hxg6 28.e4 Rh5 29.f5 Rh2+ 30.Kd3 Rxb2 31.Rxg6+ Nxg6 32.Rxg6+ Kh7 33.e5 Rg8
34.Rxg8 Kxg8 35.e6 Rf2 36.Ne4 Rf3+ 37.Ke2 Rxf5 38.e7 Kf7 39.Nd6+ Kxe7 40.
Nxf5+ Ke6 41.Ne3 b6 42.Kd3 c5 43.d5+ Ke5 44.Kc4 a6 45.Ng4+ Kd6 46.Ne3 b5+ 
47.Kc3 Ke5 48.Kb3 a5 49.Ka3 a4 50.Kb2 b4 51.Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d3 e5 4.Be2 Ne7 5.h4 h5 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Nf1 d5 8.Ng3 Nd7 
9.c3 Nf8 10.Ng5 Ne6 11.Nxe6 Bxe6 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qc2 Ng8 14.Nf1 Nf6 15.Be3 
Qc7 16.f3 Nd7 17.Nd2 f5 18.a4 Bf6 19.a5 a6 20.Bf2 O-O-O 21.Qa4 g5 22.b4 
gxh4 23.Bxh4 Bxh4+ 24.Rxh4 Nf6 25.O-O-O Qg7 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Bf1 Qg5 28.Rh1
Qe3 29.Qc2 c5 30.bxc5 Kb8 31.Kb2 Rc8 32.Nb3 Nd7 33.Qd2 Qxd2+ 34.Rxd2 Nxc5 
35.Ka3 Nxb3 36.Kxb3 d4 37.c4 h4 38.Be2 Kc7 39.Bd1 b6 40.axb6+ Kxb6 41.Ka3 
Rc5 42.Ba4 Kc7 43.Kb3 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc7 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.h3 Nd7 
9.Be3 e5 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Rd2 h6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.a3 Ne6 15.b4 f5 
16.Rdd1 f4 17.Bc1 Nd4 18.Qa2 g5 19.Rfe1 h5 20.Nb1 Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Nf6 22.Rd3
Be6 23.Nd2 g4 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Bd1 Kf7 26.Bb3 Rad8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.c5 Bxb3 
29.Qxb3+ Kg6 30.Nc4 Rh8 31.Nd6 Bf8 32.Kf1 Qh7 33.Bb2 Bxd6 34.cxd6 Qh5 35.
Rd1 f3 36.gxf3 gxf3 37.Ke1 Qg4 38.Kd2 Qf4+ 39.Kc2 Qxe4+ 40.Qd3 Kf5 41.Re1 
Qxd3+ 42.Kxd3 e4+ 43.Kc4 Rh4 44.Bxf6 Kxf6 45.Kd4 Rh2 46.Kxe4 Rxf2 47.Kd4 
Re2 48.d7 Ke7 49.Rg1 Ra2 50.Ke4 Rxa3 51.Rd1 Kd8 52.Ke5 Rb3 53.Ke6 Re3+ 54.
Kd6 Re7 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Nd2 Qd6 10.N2f3 Ne4 11.Qc1 Bg4 12.Nxc6 Bxb2 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qxb2 
Rac8 15.Rfe1 Nc3 16.Nd4 Qf6 17.e3 h5 18.h4 Rfd8 19.a4 Ne2+ 20.Kh2 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22.exd4 Rxc2 23.Kg1 Be6 24.Rac1 Rdc8 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.Re5 Rc1+ 
27.Kh2 Rc2 28.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Misiano, Franco"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 b5 
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nac4 
16.a5 Nd7 17.Nc3 Rc8 18.Ne2 f5 19.exf5 Nf6 20.Ng5 Bxd5 21.Nc3 Bf7 22.Nxf7 
Rxf7 23.Nd5 h6 24.Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.Be4 Kh8 26.Bd5 Re7 27.Re4 Qe8 28.Qg4 Rec7 
29.Qd1 Kh7 30.Kh2 g6 31.fxg6+ Qxg6 32.Rg4 Qe8 33.Be4+ Kh8 34.Bxh6 Bg7 35.
Bxg7+ Rxg7 36.Rh4+ Kg8 37.Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Nbd2 exd4 8.cxd4 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.a3 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.Re1 Bg7 14.b4 h6 15.Nf1 Kh8
16.Ng3 Ng8 17.Bb2 Nce7 18.Qd2 d5 19.e5 Qc8 20.Nh2 Nf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.Bxf5
Qxf5 23.Nf1 Ne7 24.g4 Qd7 25.f4 c6 26.Ne3 Rg8 27.Re2 h5 28.Rf1 Bh6 29.g5 
Bg7 30.f5 gxf5 31.Rff2 f4 32.Rxf4 Ng6 33.Nf5 Nxf4 34.Qxf4 Kh7 35.Qf3 Rh8 
36.Nxg7 Kxg7 37.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Podini, Francesco"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d3 Be6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.d4 b6 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Rxc6 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.e3 h6 15.Bxf6
Bxf6 16.Ne2 Rd8 17.Rac1 Rdc8 18.Rfd1 cxd4 19.Rxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.
exd4 Rc2 22.Nc3 Rxb2 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxa2 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.d5 Kf8 27.
Kg2 Ke7 28.d6+ Kd7 29.h4 b5 30.Rd5 a6 31.Rh5 b4 32.Rxh6 b3 33.Rh8 Ra5 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Black "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Nd2 Ne8 10.O-O f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.c5 Ng6 14.Nc4 Rf7 15.Rc1 Bf8 16.
cxd6 Bxd6 17.Nb5 h5 18.a4 Rg7 19.a5 g4 20.Ncxd6 cxd6 21.fxg4 Qg5 22.Nxa7 
Bd7 23.Qb3 hxg4 24.Qxb7 Rxa7 25.Bxa7 f3 26.Bb5 g3 27.hxg3 Bh3 28.Qb8 Qxg3 
29.Qxe8+ Kh7 30.Rc2 Bxg2 31.Rff2 Nf4 32.Rxg2 fxg2 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb5 8.Bxb5+ 
Qxb5 9.Nc3 Qc4 10.Be3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 Qa5 6.f4 Nd7 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.e5 dxe5
9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nb6 12.O-O Be6 13.Qe1 h6 14.Bd2 Nc4 15.Bc1 
O-O-O 16.a4 Qd5 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.a5 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bf5 21.Ba6 Nb6 22.
axb6 bxa6 23.b7+ Kb8 24.e6 Qxe6 25.Bf4+ Rd6 26.Qxa6 Bxc2 27.Ra1 Kc7 28.
Qa5+ Kd7 29.Qxa7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.e4 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7 
9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Bf4 Nc5 12.Re1 a5 13.h3 Nh5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Bc1 f5 19.Kh2 f4 20.gxf4 Rf8 21.f5 Be5+ 22.Kg1 
Qf6 23.Nce2 gxf5 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Qxf5 26.Qxf5 Rxf5 27.f4 Nxf4 28.Nxf4
Bxf4 29.Bxf4 Rxf4 30.Rxd6 Raf8 31.Rd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Ngxe5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be4 Bf8 13.f4 Ng4 14.Qd3 Qh4 15.
h3 Nh6 16.Bf3 c6 17.Rae1 Bd7 18.Bd1 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qg3+ 20.Kh1 Qxh3+ 21.Kg1 
Qg3+ 22.Kh1 Re6 23.f5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Black "Bevilacqua, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.e3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 d6 9.
Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 a6 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.f4 
Ncd7 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Bf8 18.Nc2 Qb8 19.g4 h6 20.Rd3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 
22.g5 hxg5 23.fxg5 Nh7 24.Qh5 g6 25.Qh4 Bg7 26.Rh3 Ndf8 27.Ne3 b4 28.Ncd1 
e5 29.Ng4 Bc8 30.Nde3 Qa7 31.Nd5 Bxg4 32.Qxg4 Qb7 33.Qh4 Ra8 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 
35.gxf6 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Black "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.a4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qd6 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Bf8 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Nxe5 Ncxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bc4 Nd6 18.Rad1 Bf5 19.Rxd6 Rxd6 20.Nxf7 Rd5 
21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Nxh6+ Bxh6 23.Bxh6 Bxc2 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Be3 a6 26.a5 Rc6 27.
b4 Kf7 28.Bc5 Bb3 29.Rc3 Bc4 30.Re3 Re6 31.g4 Rxe3 32.Bxe3 Ke6 33.f4 Bd3 
34.Kf2 Bc4 35.Kg3 Bd3 36.Kh4 Bf1 37.Bd4 Kf7 38.Kg3 Ke6 39.h4 Bd3 40.f5+ 
gxf5 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Black "Podini, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bd7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 O-O 11.e4 Ng4 12.Qe2 Ne5 13.b3 c5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 
Nc6 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 Qa5 19.Rac1 Nd4 20.f6 exf6 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.
Qxd4 f5 23.Qxd6 Bxc3 24.Qxd7 Rcd8 25.Qb7 Rb8 26.Qd7 Rbd8 27.Qb7 Rb8 28.Qd5
Qxd5 29.exd5 Bd4+ 30.Kh1 Bc5 31.Rfe1 Rfd8 32.Bf1 a5 33.Bd3 Kg7 34.Kg2 Kh7 
35.Re2 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Bc2 Kg7 38.Rd1 Rbc8 39.Red2 Rd6 40.Re2 Rdd8 41.
Rde1 Bb4 42.Rd1 Bc5 43.Rd3 Kf6 44.Kg2 Kg7 45.Rf3 Re8 46.Rd2 Rcd8 47.Kf1 
Kf8 48.h4 h5 49.Re2 Kg7 50.Rd3 Bd6 51.Rc3 Bb4 52.Rce3 Rxe3 53.Rxe3 Bc5 54.
Rd3 Kf6 55.Ke2 Ke5 56.Rf3 Kf6 57.Kd3 Ke5 58.Rf1 Kf6 59.Rf3 Ke5 60.Bd1 Kf6 
61.Kc3 Ke5 62.Kb2 Bd4+ 63.Ka3 Bc5+ 64.Ka4 Ra8 65.Kb5 Kd6 66.Bc2 Rb8+ 67.
Ka4 Rb4+ 68.Kxa5 Rb8 69.Bxf5 Ra8+ 70.Kb5 Rb8+ 71.Ka6 Ra8+ 72.Kb7 Ra7+ 73.
Kb8 gxf5 74.b4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O b5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 a5 14.Ned4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.f5 O-O 18.Qf4 f6 19.Rhe1 fxe5 20.Qxe5 a4 21.Nxe6 
Nxe6 22.fxe6 a3 23.Qxd5 axb2+ 24.Kxb2 Rfa8 25.Re4 h6 26.Kb1 Kh7 27.Qf5+ 
Kh8 28.Rd7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nf3 Na6 8.O-O Nc7 
9.Qe1 e6 10.dxe6 Nxe6 11.f5 Nd4 12.Qh4 Nd7 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6
Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 Nxf6 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Raf1 Kg7 19.Nd5 Nd7 20.Nc7 Rxf3 21.Rxf3
Rb8 22.Ne8+ Kh6 23.Nxd6 b5 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Bxb5 Ne5 26.Rc3 Kg5 27.Bc4 Rb8 
28.b3 a5 29.Bd5 Rb4 30.Rxc5 Rd4 31.Bc4 Kf4 32.Bd3 Nxd3 33.cxd3 Rxd3 34.
Rxa5 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Rd2+ 36.Ke1 Rxg2 37.e5 Kf5 38.h4 Rg4 39.h5 gxh5 40.e6+ 
Kxe6 41.Rxh5 Rg2 42.a4 Rb2 43.Rb5 h5 44.Kd1 Kd6 45.Kc1 Rh2 46.a5 Kc6 47.
Rb6+ Kc7 48.Kb1 h4 49.Rb4 h3 50.Rh4 Kc6 51.Rh5 Rg2 52.Rxh3 Kb5 53.Rh5+ Kb4
54.a6 Rg6 55.a7 Ra6 56.Kb2 Rxa7 57.Rh4+ Kb5 58.Rh8 Rb7 59.Rc8 Kb4 60.Rc4+ 
Kb5 61.Kc3 Rh7 62.Rb4+ Kc5 63.Rg4 Rh3+ 64.Kb2 Kb5 65.Ka3 Rh1 66.Rg5+ Kb6 
67.Ka4 Rh4+ 68.b4 Rh6 69.Rb5+ Ka6 70.Rd5 Kb6 71.Rd4 Rg6 72.Rd8 Rh6 73.Rb8+
Ka7 74.Rb5 Ka6 75.Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Black "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.O-O 
Nf6 9.Nc3 Qd8 10.Be3 Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.a3 Rc8 13.b4 Qd6 14.Qb3 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 h6 16.h3 Bh5 17.g3 Nd5 18.Ne4 Qb8 19.Kg2 Bf8 20.Nc5 Nce7 21.g4 Bg6 
22.Ne5 b6 23.Na6 Qb7 24.Kg3 Be4 25.b5 f6 26.Nd3 Ng6 27.Kh2 Qd7 28.Ndb4 
Qd6+ 29.Kg1 Ndf4 30.Bf1 Nd5 31.Nc6 Nxe3 32.Qxe3 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Rxc6 34.Qe4 
Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Ne7 36.Nc7 e5 37.Bc4+ Kh8 38.Bd3 g6 39.Nb5 Qd5 40.Qxd5 Rxd5 
41.Nxa7 Rxd4 42.Bb5 Nd5 43.Nc6 Rd2 44.Nb4 Bc5 45.Nxd5 Rxd5 46.a4 Rd2 47.
Rf1 f5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Kg2 Kg7 50.Kg3 Kf6 51.Bc6 e4 52.f4 Ke6 53.Bb7 e3 
54.Bc8+ Kf6 55.Ba6 Ra2 56.Bb5 Rd2 57.Re1 Ke6 58.Re2 Rd1 59.Bc4+ Kd6 60.Kf3
Rf1+ 61.Kg3 Ra1 62.Bb5 Rc1 63.Be8 Bd4 64.Bb5 Rd1 65.Be8 Bc5 66.Bb5 Rb1 67.
Be8 Kd5 68.Bd7 Ke4 69.Rc2 Rg1+ 70.Kh2 Rg7 71.Rc4+ Kd3 72.Bb5 Kd2 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Misiano, Franco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

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 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rc1 Ng4 14.h3 Rxf3 15.hxg4
Rf7 16.Qb3 Bd7 17.Be3 Raf8 18.g5 g6 19.f4 Qb8 20.g3 a6 21.a3 Ne7 22.Bd2 
Qa7 23.Bb4 Qb6 24.Qc3 Bxb4 25.Qxb4 Qxb4 26.axb4 Nc6 27.b5 Nb4 28.Rfd1 Nxd3
29.Rxd3 Bxb5 30.Re3 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Re7 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.g4 Rd8 34.Kg3 Rd6 35.
Rc8 Re8 36.Rxe8 Kxe8 37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 Kf7 39.f6 h6 40.Kf4 hxg5+ 41.Ke5 
Rb6 42.Rc2 g4 43.Rc7+ Kf8 44.Rg7 Rxb2 45.Kxe6 Rb6+ 46.Kf5 a5 47.Rxg4 a4 
48.Rh4 a3 49.Kg6 Kg8 50.Rh2 Ra6 51.Rc2 Ra8 52.Rc7 a2 53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.Rh7 
1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6 
9.Rd1 Re8 10.b3 Qe7 11.h3 Nf8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Be3 Nh5 14.Rac1 f5 15.Qd2 
Ne6 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 f4 18.g4 Nf6 19.g5 Nh5 20.Bd2 Bf8 21.Ne4 Bxd6 22.
Nxd6 Rd8 23.Ne4 Nd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.c5 Be6 26.Nd6 Rd7 27.Rd1 a5 28.Bc1 a4 
29.Bb2 axb3 30.axb3 Bxb3 31.Rxd4 Ra2 32.Bc3 Rc2 33.Bb4 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 Rc4 35.
Re4 Rxe4 36.Bxe4 Bd5 37.Bd3 Ng7 38.h4 Be6 39.Ne4 Ne8 40.Bd2 Bf5 41.Bxf4 
Bxe4 42.Bxe4 Rd4 43.f3 Rc4 44.Be3 Nc7 45.Kg3 Ne6 46.Bb1 Kf7 47.Ba2 Rc2 48.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 49.Kf2 Kd5 50.Ke1 Rb2 51.Kd1 b5 52.cxb6 c5 53.Bf2 Rxb6 54.e4+ 
Kc4 55.Kc2 Ra6 56.Kb2 Ra8 57.f4 Rf8 58.Be3 Kd3 59.Bxc5 Rb8+ 60.Ka3 Kxe4 
61.Bd6 Rb6 62.Bc7 Rb7 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.O-O 
Qc7 9.Kh1 h5 10.a4 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Qe1 d5 
16.exd5 Bb4 17.Nd4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bxd5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Qg3 O-O 21.Bxd5 exd4 
22.Qg5 Nxd5 23.f6 Nxf6 24.Rxf6 Qxc3 25.Raf1 Rc5 26.R6f5 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.f5 Nxb5 13.Nxb5 Nf6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.e5 
Qxd5 16.exf6 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Bxf6 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Rd2 Be6 21.Be3 
b6 22.a5 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra6 Rd3 26.Bd2 Rb3 27.Bc3 Bxc3 
28.bxc3 Bc4 29.Ra8+ Kg7 30.Rb8 Bd5 31.Ne5 Rxc3 32.Rxb6 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Rc2+ 
34.Ke3 Rxg2 35.Rd6 Be6 36.h4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nh6 8.Be2 Nf5 9.
Bf2 e6 10.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 
Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 Rd8 12.a4 c5 13.Bc4 h6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bd5 
Nf8 16.c4 Ng6 17.Ra3 Rb8 18.h3 a5 19.Nh2 Bd7 20.Bd2 b6 21.Nf1 Qe8 22.Qa1 
Nh5 23.Ne3 Nhf4 24.Kh2 Nh4 25.Bc3 Nhg6 26.h4 Qe7 27.g3 Nxh4 28.Qd1 Qf6 29.
gxf4 Qxf4+ 30.Kg1 Bh3 31.Bxe5 Nf3+ 32.Kh1 Nxe5 33.Qh5 Be6 34.Ng2 Qg5 35.
Qh2 Ng4 36.Qg3 Qh5+ 37.Kg1 Bxd5 38.cxd5 Ne5 39.f4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nge2 e5 8.O-O Qa5 
9.d5 c5 10.h3 Ne8 11.Be3 f5 12.Qc2 Qd8 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Kh2 Ndf6 15.Bg5 Qd7 
16.Ng1 Nh5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 h6 19.Bh4 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxf4 21.Bg3 g5 22.
Rae1 Nf6 23.Bb1 N6h5 24.Qc2 Be5 25.Rxe5 dxe5 26.Be1 Qg7 27.Ne4 Bf5 28.Qc3 
b6 29.a3 Nf6 30.Nd2 Bxb1 31.Nxb1 Ne4 32.Qe3 Qg6 33.Nf3 Rae8 34.Nc3 Nd6 35.
b3 e4 36.Nd2 Nf5 37.Qg1 Nd4 38.b4 e3 39.Nf3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Black "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Be7 8.b3 O-O 
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Ne5 11.Bc2 Re8 12.h3 Qc7 13.Kh1 Bf8 14.N4f3 Ng6 15.Rc1 
e5 16.Rg1 Qb6 17.Qf1 Nh5 18.g3 h6 19.Nb1 Be6 20.Nc3 Rac8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Rc5 23.Bb1 Rec8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Nd2 Qd8 26.Qe2 Nf6 27.Kh2 Be7 28.Nc4 
Ne8 29.Ne3 Bg5 30.Nf5 Ne7 31.Nxe7+ Qxe7 32.h4 Bf6 33.Rc1 Qc7 34.Qd2 Bd8 
35.Kg2 Rxc1 36.Qxc1 Qxc1 37.Bxc1 Bb6 38.f4 Bd4 39.Ba3 Kf8 40.Bb4 b6 41.Bd3
a5 42.Bd2 exf4 43.gxf4 Nc7 44.b4 a4 45.b5 Bc5 46.Kf3 f5 47.Bc3 h5 48.Be1 
Ke7 49.Bc4 fxe4+ 50.Kxe4 g6 51.f5 Kf6 52.Bc3+ Kf7 53.Bd2 Ne8 54.Bg5 Nf6+ 
55.Kf4 Bd4 56.fxg6+ Kxg6 57.Bd3+ Kf7 58.Kf5 Ne8 59.Bf4 Bc5 60.Kg5 Nf6 61.
Be2 Ne4+ 62.Kxh5 Kf6 63.Kg4 Nc3 64.Bc4 Nd1 65.Kf3 Nb2 66.Be2 a3 67.h5 Na4 
68.h6 Ke7 69.h7 Bd4 70.Ke4 Bh8 71.Kf5 Nc3 72.Bc4 Nd1 73.Kg6 Nf2 74.Bg5+ 
Kf8 75.Bh6+ Ke7 76.Bg7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorighet, Claudio"]
[Black "Misiano, Franco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qc2 
Nc6 9.a3 Bd7 10.Bd3 f5 11.Nge2 Be7 12.h4 g6 13.Rc1 a6 14.Ng1 Kf7 15.Nf3 h6
16.Ne5+ Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Rhc8 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qd2 Bd6 20.O-O Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rd8 
22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.exd4 Bc6 24.Rfd1 Rd7 25.Na2 Rad8 26.Nb4 Ba4 27.Rd2 Rxd4 28.
Rc7+ R4d7 29.Rxb7 Rxb7 30.Rxd8 a5 31.Ra8 axb4 32.Rxa4 bxa3 33.bxa3 g5 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35.g4 Rb5 36.Ra7+ Kg6 37.gxf5+ Kxf5 38.a4 Rxe5 39.a5 e3 40.fxe3 
Rxe3 41.Kf2 Ra3 42.a6 e5 43.Ra8 Kf4 44.a7 Ra2+ 45.Kf1 Ke3 46.Re8 Rxa7 47.
Rxe5+ Kf4 48.Rb5 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 Ra2+ 50.Kf1 Kg4 51.Rb3 Kh4 52.Rc3 Ra4 53.Kg2 
Ra2+ 54.Kf1 Rd2 55.Rb3 Rd5 56.Rc3 Rd2 57.Rb3 g4 58.Rc3 Re2 59.Rb3 Kg5 60.
Rc3 Kf4 61.Rb3 g3 62.Rb8 Kf3 63.Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Black "Podini, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Rb8 9.
Be3 b5 10.Bb3 c4 11.Bc2 cxd3 12.Bxd3 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Nh2 Qc7 
16.Nd2 Na5 17.Rac1 Be6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Nhf3 Nh5 20.Kh2 Ba3 21.Rc2 Bc5 22.g3 
Bxe3 23.Qxe3 h6 24.Be2 Nf6 25.c4 b4 26.Rfc1 Nc6 27.Nf1 Qc8 28.g4 Bxg4 29.
Nh4 Bxe2 30.Rxe2 Nd4 31.Rg2 Kh7 32.Qg3 g6 33.Qxe5 Qe6 34.Qxe6 Nxe6 35.e5 
Nh5 36.Rf2 Kg7 37.Ne3 Nef4 38.Rcf1 g5 39.Nhf5+ Kh7 40.Nd6 Kg7 41.Nd5 Nxd5 
42.cxd5 Nf4 43.Rc1 Nxd5 44.Nxf7 Rdc8 45.Rd1 Nf4 46.Rd7 Rc3 47.Rfd2 Rxh3+ 
48.Kg1 Rb6 49.R2d6 Rxd6 50.exd6 Kf6 51.Ra7 Rd3 52.d7 Ne6 53.Nxh6 Nc5 54.
Rc7 Nxd7 55.Rc6+ Ke5 56.Rxa6 Kf4 57.Ra4 Rd4 58.a3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Black "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O 
a6 9.e4 Qb6 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Bxd4 d6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.h3 Be6 15.Rc1 
Nd7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qc5 19.Qe4 Rfe8 20.a3 a5 21.Qe1 Qa7 
22.b4 Rbc8 23.Qe4 Rc7 24.Rc3 Nf6 25.Qd3 axb4 26.axb4 Ra8 27.Rb1 b6 28.Rbb3
Qa1+ 29.Qb1 Rca7 30.c5 bxc5 31.bxc5 Qxc3 32.Rxc3 Ra1 33.Qxa1 Rxa1+ 34.Kh2 
dxc5 35.Rxc5 Rd1 36.g4 h6 37.Kg3 Rd3+ 38.Kh2 g5 39.Rc7 Kf8 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.
Rc7 Nxd5 42.Bxd5 Rxd5 43.Rxe7 Kf6 44.Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.c3 d6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.c4 Nf6 
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.f4 b6 13.g4 Rd8 14.g5 Ne8 15.Nd5 exd5 
16.cxd5 Qb7 17.Nc6 Nb8 18.Nxd8 Bxd8 19.e5 g6 20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.
Qc2 Nd7 23.Qxg6+ Ng7 24.Bd4 Nf8 25.Qh6 e5 26.fxe5 Nf5 27.Rxf5 Bxf5 28.Qxd6
Rc8 29.Rf1 Be7 30.Qxb6 Qxb6 31.Bxb6 Be4 32.d6 Bxg5 33.Re1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Black "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.Ne5 e6 9.
Nc3 Nbd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.dxe4 Nc5 13.e5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 f6 15.exf6
Qxf6 16.Qe2 e5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf1 19.Kxf1 Bxe5 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.Ke2 
Re8 22.Kd1 Bd4 23.Rb1 c6 24.Ne2 Be5 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Nxc3 Kf7 27.Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Black "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Bxf5 
exf5 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Qa4 g5 13.Ne2 g4 14.Ne1 f6 15.Nf4 
Qd7 16.Ned3 fxe5 17.dxe5 Rac8 18.Rac1 b6 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Nf4 
Qd7 22.Bc3 Nxe5 23.Qb3 Nc4 24.Rxd5 Bd6 25.Bb4 Qf7 26.Rcd1 a5 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 
28.Rxd6 Nxd6 29.Qxb6 Nc4 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Kg7 32.b3 Ne5 33.Qxa5 Kf6 
34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qd4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.Be3 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bd3 d6 8.f3 c6 
9.Ne2 Bh3 10.Kf2 O-O 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 Ng4+ 13.fxg4 Qf6+ 14.Ke1 Qf3 15.
Kd2 d5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.a3 Be7 19.Re1 d4 20.Nxd4 Qxd1+ 21.Nxd1 
exd4 22.Bf4 Nxf4 23.Rxe7 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Bxg4 25.Nf2 Be6 26.Rc1 Rdb8 27.Rc2 
Rb5 28.Ne4 Kf8 29.Rec7 a5 30.Nc5 Bg4 31.b3 g6 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.a4 Rb6 34.Ra7 
Rf6 35.Rxa5 Rf2+ 36.Kc1 Rxh2 37.Rc2 Rh1+ 38.Kb2 Bf3 39.b4 h5 40.b5 Rd6 41.
Ra7 g5 42.a5 h4 43.gxh4 gxh4 44.Rf2 Bd5 45.b6 h3 46.Raxf7+ Bxf7 47.b7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Black "Bevilacqua, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.e3 c6
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Re8 12.O-O Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 g5 15.Bg3 
Bxa3 16.Qc2 Bf8 17.d5 Qb6 18.Rfd1 Bg7 19.Na4 Qb5 20.d6 c5 21.Nc3 Bxc3 22.
Qxc3 b6 23.Ne5 Nf8 24.e4 Nd7 25.f3 a6 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.Ne3 f6 28.Nf5 Kh7 29.
b4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Ng4 10.Rd1 Nc5 11.h3 Ne5 12.b3 Ne6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.
Rac1 c6 16.Ne4 Nf7 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Qb4 Bf8 19.Rd2 Qc7 20.Qc3 Bg7 21.Bd4 e5 
22.Be3 Be6 23.Ng5 Nxg5 24.Bxg5 Rd7 25.e4 Bf8 26.Rcd1 a5 27.a4 Bf7 28.Bf1 
d5 29.c5 d4 30.Qc2 h6 31.Bf6 g5 32.h4 g4 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.h5 Bxh5 35.Be2 Rf7 
36.Bh4 Be7 37.Bxe7 Qxe7 38.Qd1 Qd7 39.Rb2 Raf8 40.Bc4 Rg7 41.Qe1 Qc7 42.b4
axb4 43.Qxb4 Bg6 44.Bd3 Qe7 45.Qd2 Qf6 46.Rcb1 Rff7 47.a5 h5 48.Rb6 h4 49.
gxh4 Qxh4 50.a6 bxa6 51.Rxc6 g3 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 
d6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Bxd8 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nd2 f6 13.Bb3 Bxb3 14.axb3 a6 
15.Nc4 Bc7 16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Rd1+ Kc8 19.Nb6+ Bxb6 20.Bxb6 Nh6 
21.f3 Nf7 22.Kf2 Re8 23.h4 h5 24.g4 hxg4 25.fxg4 Re7 26.Bc5 Rd7 27.Rxd7 
Kxd7 28.Bf8 g6 29.Ke3 Nd8 30.h5 gxh5 31.gxh5 Ke8 32.Bh6 Nf7 33.Bg7 Ke7 34.
Kf3 Ng5+ 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Bh6 Ne6 37.b4 b5 38.Kf3 Nc7 39.Be3 Ne8 40.Bc5 Ng7 
41.Kg4 Ne6 42.Be3 Ng7 43.Bc5 Ne6 44.Be3 Ng7 45.Bf2 Ne8 46.Bc5 Ng7 47.h6 
Ne6 48.h7 Kg7 49.Kf5 Ng5 50.h8=Q+ Kxh8 51.Kxf6 Nxe4+ 52.Kxe5 Nd2 53.Kd6 
Nc4+ 54.Kxc6 Nxb2 55.Kb6 Nc4+ 56.Kxa6 Na3 57.Be3 Nb1 58.Bd4+ Kg8 59.Kxb5 
Kf7 60.Kc6 Ke8 61.b5 Na3 62.b6 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.g4 e5 9.
d5 Nd4 10.Nce2 Nxf3+ 11.Nxf3 Bxg4 12.Neg1 Nxe4 13.Qc2 f5 14.Bh3 Bh5 15.
O-O-O h6 16.Rf1 g5 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qxe4 Qf6 19.Rf2 Rf8 20.h4 g4 21.Ng5 Bg6
22.h5 Rxf2 23.hxg6 Rf1+ 24.Kd2 hxg5 25.Rh5 Qf5 26.Qxf5 R1xf5 27.Ne2 R8f6 
28.Ng3 Rf3 29.Ne4 Rxg6 30.b4 Rh3 31.Rxg5 Rxe3 32.Kxe3 Bh6 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.
Nxg4 Bxg5+ 35.Ke4 Bd2 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qd3 Nc6 
9.e4 d5 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qe2 Nxe4 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxd5 14.Bb2 Qc8 15.c4 
Nf6 16.d5 Bd8 17.Bh3 Re8 18.Ng5 Nxd5 19.Nxf7 Nf4 20.Nh6+ gxh6 21.Qe5 Ne2+ 
22.Qxe2 Qc6 23.f3 Bc7 24.Qe3 e5 25.Rd5 Rad8 26.Rad1 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Re7 28.f4
Qa4 29.Rxe5 Qd1+ 30.Bf1 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Qf3 32.Qxf3 Bxf3 33.Kf2 Bg4 34.Bg2 
Kf7 35.Bd5+ Be6 36.Bxe6+ Kxe6 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.h3 h5 39.Kf3 Rd7 40.g4+ Ke6 
41.Ke4 Rd2 42.f5+ Kd7 43.g5 Rxa2 44.h4 Re2+ 45.Kf4 Rg2 46.Kf3 Rg4 47.Bf6 
Rxc4 48.g6 hxg6 49.fxg6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bevilacqua, Maurizio"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 e6 7.Bd3 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O 
9.h3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne8 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 b6 15.a5 b5 
16.Bxc5 Nd6 17.Qd2 f5 18.f3 f4 19.Na2 Rf6 20.Nb4 Bd7 21.Bb6 Qe8 22.Rac1 g5
23.Rf2 h5 24.b3 g4 25.Bf1 gxh3 26.gxh3 Rg6+ 27.Kh2 Rg3 28.Rc7 Kh8 29.Nd3 
Rc8 30.Qc2 Qg6 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Qc7 Bxh3 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Qh4 Bxf1 35.Rxf1 
Bf6 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Black "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 Be7 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Nc5 15.
Bc2 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Rfd8 17.f4 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Kf2 Be7 21.
Kf3 Kf8 22.b4 Nd7 23.Bc3 Ke8 24.a3 a5 25.g4 axb4 26.axb4 Bd8 27.Ke4 Bc7 
28.h4 Ke7 29.f5 f6 30.exf6+ Nxf6+ 31.Bxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Black "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nd5 8.Qc2 b5 
9.O-O f6 10.axb5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 cxb5 12.e4 Ne7 13.e5 Bb7 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Re1
Qd7 16.Bh6 Kf7 17.Qe2 Na6 18.Rxa6 Bxa6 19.Bh3 Nf5 20.Nh4 Rhg8 21.Qh5+ Rg6 
22.Nxf5 Qd5 23.Bg2 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 exf5 25.Bd5# 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Black "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Ngf3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Nf6 7.c3 O-O 8.Qc2 
Na6 9.Nf1 Nc5 10.Ng3 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Be3 Qa5 13.h3 b6 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.c4 
Bc8 16.Rd2 Nb3 17.axb3 axb3 18.Rxa5 bxc2 19.Rxa8 c1=Q+ 20.Kh2 Qb1 21.e5 
Nh5 22.Bd3 Qc1 23.Nxh5 gxh5 24.Bc2 Qf1 25.b3 f6 26.Rd1 Qe2 27.Nd4 Qxd1 28.
Bxd1 fxe5 29.Nxc6 Bb7 30.Nxe7+ Kf7 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Nd5 b5 33.Bxh5+ Ke6 
34.Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Dorighet, Claudio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 
O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kh1 a6 12.Bf3 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Nd4
Re8 16.c3 Qb6 17.a3 Nb7 18.Qe2 Nd8 19.f5 Nb7 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Nc6 Qc7 22.
Rae1 Na5 23.Bg4 Nxg4 24.Qxg4 Nxc6 25.dxc6 e6 26.Rf3 Qxc6 27.Qh4 Qc4 28.Re4
Qd5 29.Rh3 f5 30.Re1 Kf7 31.Rg3 Rh8 32.Qb4 Be5 33.Bf4 Rc4 34.Qa5 Bxf4 35.
Qxa6 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.f4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Bc5 8.c3 Qb6 
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Kh1 Nf6 11.a3 a5 12.Bg1 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.Nd2 
Nxd4 16.Nc4 Qa7 17.cxd4 Be7 18.d5 Bc5 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.d6+ Kd8 
22.Qc2 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Misiano, Franco"]
[Black "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
d4 Bg7 9.dxe5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.O-O c5 13.Qb5 Bf8 14.Be3 d4 
15.Rfd1 Bd6 16.Bxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nc6 7.Qd2 g5 8.Bg3 Bg7
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.h3 Qa5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Nh5 13.Bh2 Ne5 14.Nd4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 
Nf4 16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.Nf5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rc8 19.Rab1 b5 20.Qf3 Bxf5 21.exf5 
Qxc3 22.Qxf4 Rc4 23.Qc1 Qxc2 24.Qa3 Ra4 25.Qf3 Qe4 26.Qc3 O-O 27.Rbe1 Qd4 
28.Qc7 Re8 29.Qc6 Kf8 30.Re2 Qc4 31.Qf3 Qf4 32.Qc3 Qd4 33.Qc1 Qf6 34.Rfe1 
Rc4 35.Qa3 d5 36.Re5 d4 37.g4 Rc3 38.Qb4 Rxh3 39.Qxd4 Qh4 40.Qe4 Ra3 41.
Qf4 Rxa2 42.f6 Ra4 43.Rxe7 Qxg4+ 44.Kf1 Qh3+ 45.Kg1 Qg4+ 46.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Podini, Francesco"]
[Black "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 f5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.
h3 fxe4 10.dxe4 Be6 11.b3 Na6 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Kh2 c6 14.Na4 Qe7 15.Nb6 Rad8 
16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Rad1 Ndc5 19.Nac3 Kh8 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bg8 22.
Bd4 b6 23.Qe3 Rfe8 24.Bxg7+ Qxg7 25.Qd4 a4 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nd4 axb3 28.
axb3 Nb4 29.e5 dxe5 30.Nxc6 Nxc6 31.Bxc6 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rc8 33.Bd5 Nxb3 34.
fxe5 Na5 35.e6 Kf6 36.Rf1+ Ke7 37.Rf4 Nb3 38.Ne2 Nc5 39.Nd4 Kd6 40.Rf1 Nd3
41.Rb1 Nf4 42.Rb5 Re8 43.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nxd5 cxd5 7.Bd3 d6 8.h3 
dxe5 9.Nxe5 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.c3 Qd6 13.f4 c5 14.Be3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qb6 16.Qa4 Rd8 17.Bb5 Rb8 18.Bc6 Bf5 19.Rac1 Be4 20.Rf2 e6 21.Rc3 a6 
22.Qd1 Rdc8 23.Ba4 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Qa5 25.Bb3 Qxc3 26.Qd2 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 Rb4 
28.Kf2 a5 29.Bd1 h5 30.Bf3 Bb1 31.Bd1 h4 32.Kf3 Be4+ 33.Kf2 Bf6 34.Bf3 Bb1
35.Bd1 a4 36.Bf3 a3 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Black "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 
9.O-O c4 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Qc1 Nc6 13.a4 f6 14.exf6 exf6 15.Nh2 Bf5
16.Ng4 Be6 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Bf3 Bf7 19.Rd1 h5 20.Ne3 Nd8 21.Qb2 a6 22.Rdb1 
Re7 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.cxb4 Rd7 25.c3 b6 26.g3 Kh7 27.Re1 Bh6 28.b5 a5 29.Re2 
Re8 30.Rae1 Bxe3 31.Bxe3 Ne6 32.Bc1 Ng7 33.Rxe8 Nxe8 34.Ba3 Kg7 35.Re7 
Rxe7 36.Bxe7 Nc7 37.Bd8 Na8 38.g4 hxg4 39.Bxg4 f5 40.Bf3 Kf8 41.Kg2 Ke8 
42.Bg5 Nc7 43.Kg3 Kd7 44.Bf4 Ne8 45.Be5 g5 46.h4 gxh4+ 47.Kxh4 Nd6 48.Bxd6
Kxd6 49.Kg5 Ke6 50.Bh5 Bg8 51.f4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Black "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Nd2 Nbd7 
9.e4 Nxb6 10.a4 a5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qe2 e6 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Nc4 
Nxc4 16.Qxc4 exd5 17.exd5 Rab8 18.Nb5 Rfe8 19.f3 Re5 20.Rd1 Ne8 21.Bf4 Re7
22.Ra2 Be5 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bd2 Nc7 25.f4 Qg4 26.Rf1 Nxb5 27.h3 Bd4+ 28.Qxd4 
Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Nxd4 30.Bxa5 Nf5 31.Bd2 Re4 32.a5 Rd4 33.Bc3 Ne3+ 34.Kg1 
Rxd5 35.Re1 Rd1 36.Rxd1 Nxd1 37.Bxf6 Kf7 38.Bc3 Ke6 39.a6 Nxc3 40.bxc3 Kd5
41.a7 Ra8 42.Ra4 Kc6 43.Kf2 Kb6 44.Kf3 d5 45.f5 gxf5 46.Rf4 Rxa7 47.Rxf5 
Kc6 48.Ke3 Re7+ 49.Kd2 Re6 50.Rh5 h6 51.Rf5 c4 52.h4 Kd6 53.Rf8 Re4 54.
Rf6+ Re6 55.Rf8 Rg6 56.Rf3 Ke5 57.Rf8 Rf6 58.Re8+ Kf4 59.Rg8 Rf5 60.Rg1 
Rh5 61.Rf1+ Kg3 62.Ke3 Rxh4 63.Rf5 Re4+ 64.Kd2 Kg4 65.Rxd5 h5 66.Rd8 h4 
67.Rg8+ Kf3 68.Rh8 Kg3 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Black "Bevilacqua, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 c5 6.e3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qc7 9.
Bb2 d6 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Rfd8 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Rac8 15.Qe2 
Qb8 16.Rfd1 Qa8 17.Nc2 Nc5 18.a3 Bc6 19.Nb4 Be8 20.f4 e5 21.Ncd5 Qa7 22.
fxe5 dxe5 23.Bxe5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 f6 25.Bd4 Bf7 26.e5 fxe5 27.Qxe5 Bf8 28.Kh1
Re8 29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Qf5 Bg6 32.Qf1 Be7 33.Bd5 Rf8 34.Qe2 Bg5 
35.Rf1 Rd8 36.Ra1 h6 37.Bxc5 bxc5 38.Rf2 Qb6 39.Raf1 Kh7 40.Rf8 Rxd5 41.
cxd5 Qb5 42.h4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Black "Misiano, Franco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.g3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.
Bh3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 e5 12.Bxc8 Raxc8 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Qxd5+ Kh8 15.Re2
Ncxe5 16.Nbd2 Nf6 17.Qd4 Bc5 18.Qh4 Bxf2+ 19.Kg2 Ng6 20.Qh3 Bc5 21.Re6 Rc6
22.Ng5 Rxe6 23.Qxe6 Qc7 24.Nde4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Bb6 26.h4 Qe5 27.Qxc4 Qf5 28.
Bg5 Qf3+ 29.Kh2 Ne5 30.Qb4 Qe2+ 31.Kh3 Qg4+ 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 
Qc7 9.Bf3 Rb8 10.a4 h5 11.Kh1 g6 12.Be3 Bg7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Nde2 Nb6 15.b3 
Re8 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nh7 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Nd6 Re7 21.Bd4 Bd7 
22.c4 Bc6 23.Qe3 Nd7 24.c5 Bd5 25.Nf4 Qc6 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Nd3 a5 28.Qf2 
Rf8 29.Qh4 Re6 30.Rde1 Bh6 31.h3 Bg5 32.Qf2 Re7 33.Qg3 Re6 34.Rf3 Bh6 35.
Ref1 Ng5 36.Be3 Ne4 37.Qe1 Bg7 38.Nf4 Nxe5 39.Nxe6 Nxf3 40.gxf3 Bc3 41.Qh4
fxe6 42.Rg1 Nxd6 43.cxd6 Bg7 44.Rxg6 Qxd6 45.Bd4 Rf7 46.Qxh5 Qf4 47.Be5 
Qc1+ 48.Rg1 Qe3 49.f4 Qe4+ 50.Kh2 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dorighet, Claudio"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Re8 
9.b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 Qc8 11.Qd2 Bh3 12.Rae1 e4 13.Nf4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qd7 15.Ncd5 
Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.d5 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Rae8 20.Rh1 Re5 21.a4 
Rh5 22.h4 Rf5 23.Qd4 a5 24.Qd2 b6 25.Qe2 Ree5 26.Rc1 Rf3 27.Rcd1 Qg4 28.
Rd2 h6 29.Qd1 Qd7 30.Rd4 Qe7 31.Qe2 Ref5 32.Rf1 Re5 33.Rh1 Kg7 34.Rf1 f6 
35.Rh1 Qd7 36.Rd2 g5 37.Qd1 Ref5 38.Rh2 Qe8 39.Re2 Qh5 40.Qe1 Qg4 41.Rh3 
Re5 42.Rd2 Qf5 43.Qd1 Qg6 44.Qh1 Re8 45.Rh2 Rf5 46.Qd1 Rf3 47.Qh1 Rf8 48.
Rh3 Rf5 49.Qd1 Re5 50.Rc2 Rh8 51.Qh1 Ree8 52.Rh2 f5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Qa1+ 
Qf6 55.Qxf6+ Kxf6 56.Rxh8 Rxh8 57.Rc1 Ke7 58.Rd1 Kd7 59.Rd4 Re8 60.Kf1 Ke7
61.Rd1 Rh8 62.Kg2 Kd7 63.Rd4 Re8 64.Kf1 Re5 65.Ke2 c6 66.Ke1 Kc7 67.dxc6 
Kxc6 68.Kd2 d5 69.Rxd5 Rxd5+ 70.cxd5+ Kxd5 71.Kc3 Kc5 72.Kc2 Kb4 73.Kb2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Black "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.Bg5 Bg4 
9.Qc2 Qc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.b3 Rfe8 13.e4 e5 14.d5 c5 15.a4 a6 
16.Kg2 Kh8 17.g4 Ng8 18.h4 Bf6 19.Rh1 Qd8 20.Rh2 Nf8 21.Rah1 Kg7 22.Be3 
Qd7 23.h5 Bd8 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Ne2 Re7 26.Ng3 Rf7 27.Bh6+ Nxh6 28.Rxh6 Kg8 
29.R6h3 Be7 30.Nf1 Qd8 31.Ne3 Bg5 32.Qe2 Qf6 33.Kf1 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 g5 35.Be2
Ng6 36.Rh6 Qe7 37.b4 b6 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxc5 dxc5 40.R1h5 Raf8 41.Qxg5 Rxf2+
42.Ke1 Qxg5 43.Rxg5 Rg2 44.Rf5 Rb8 45.Kf1 Rg3 46.Bf3 Rb1+ 47.Kf2 Rgg1 48.
d6 Rgc1 49.Rxg6+ hxg6 50.Rxe5 Rb2+ 51.Ke3 Rc3+ 52.Kf4 Rf2 53.Re8+ Kf7 54.
d7 Rfxf3+ 55.Ke5 Rfd3 56.d8=Q Rxd8 57.Rxd8 Rxc4 58.Ra8 Rb4 59.Ra7+ Ke8 60.
Rxa6 a4 61.Rxg6 a3 62.Ra6 Rb3 63.Ke6 Kf8 64.Ra8+ Kg7 65.Ra4 Rb4 66.Ra7+ 
Kg6 67.e5 Rxg4 68.Rxa3 c4 69.Rf3 Rg1 70.Ke7 Ra1 71.Rf6+ Kg7 72.Rc6 Rc1 73.
e6 c3 74.Ke8 c2 75.e7 Kg8 76.Rg6+ Kh7 77.Rg2 Kh6 78.Rd2 Kg7 79.Rf2 Kg8 80.
Rg2+ Kh7 81.Rd2 Kg7 82.Rg2+ Kh7 83.Rf2 Kg7 84.Rf7+ Kg8 85.Rf2 Kg7 86.Rd2 
Kh7 87.Rg2 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.d4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.Be2 O-O 8.d5 
Bg4 9.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10.Qd2 Qc5 11.f3 Bf5 12.Nc3 c6 13.g4 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.g5 
Nfd7 16.O-O-O Nb6 17.Qd4 Qa5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Na6 20.Kb1 Nc5 21.Rd1 Qb4
22.a3 Qb3 23.Rh2 Rfd8 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Nxc4 26.Ka1 cxd5 27.exd5 Ne3 28.
Rc1 Rac8 29.Re1 Nc2+ 30.Rxc2 Rxc2 31.g6 Qc4 32.gxf7+ Kxf7 33.Nf3 Qxd4 34.
Nxd4 Rd2 35.Ne6 R8xd5 36.Ng5+ Kg6 37.Re7 Rd1+ 38.Ka2 Rd7 39.Re6+ Kf5 40.
Re4 R1d4 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Black "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.c4 d4 6.d3 e5 7.b4 cxb4 8.a3 Bd6 9.
axb4 Nxb4 10.Ba3 Qe7 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Nbd2 Bg4 15.h3
Bf5 16.Nb3 Rfd8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Kh2 Qd6 19.Na5 Nxa5 20.Rxa5 g6 21.Rfa1 a6 
22.Qg5 Bc8 23.c5 Qe7 24.c6 bxc6 25.Ne5 Nd5 26.Qxe7 Nxe7 27.Nxc6 Nxc6 28.
Bxc6 Rb8 29.Kg2 Rb2 30.Bf3 Rd6 31.g4 Kg7 32.g5 h6 33.h4 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rdb6 
35.R1a4 Rd6 36.Kg3 Rbb6 37.Be4 Bd7 38.Rc4 Rb2 39.Kf3 Bb5 40.Rc5 Rb4 41.Kf4
Rb2 42.Bf3 Rb4 43.Rc7 Rb1 44.Be4 Rf1 45.Kf3 Rg1 46.Kf4 Rf1 47.f3 Re1 48.
Ra2 Rd8 49.Rac2 Ra1 50.Ra7 Be8 51.Rc5 Ra2 52.e3 dxe3 53.Kxe3 Ra3 54.Kf4 
Bb5 55.Rxb5 Raxd3 56.Bxd3 axb5 57.Bxb5 Kf8 58.Bc6 Rd6 59.Be4 Rd8 60.Ra8 
1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Black "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Rb1 Bd7 9.
g3 f6 10.Nh4 O-O-O 11.exf6 gxf6 12.f4 e5 13.fxe5 fxe5 14.dxe5 Nh6 15.Ndf3 
Ng4 16.Qe2 Bc5 17.Bg2 Nb3 18.Bf4 Rhf8 19.Rf1 Rde8 20.Rd1 Be3 21.Rxd5 Bxf4 
22.Rxd7 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Be4 Kxd7 25.Qg4+ Qe6 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Re1 Nf8
9.c5 Ng6 10.cxd6 Bxd6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.d5 c5 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Nd2 
Bb8 16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Qd7 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Rac1 Nf4 21.Re3 
Rhg8 22.g3 Bb8 23.Kf1 Nh3 24.Kg2 Nf4+ 25.Kf3 Nh3 26.a4 f5 27.Rb3 Rc8 28.
Nc3 b6 29.Kg2 Ng5 30.h4 Nh7 31.a5 bxa5 32.Na4 Bd6 33.Rb7+ Rc7 34.Nxd6 Kxd6
35.Rxc7 Kxc7 36.Rxc5+ Kb7 37.Rxa5 Rd8 38.Nc5+ Ka8 39.Rb5 Rb8 40.Rxb8+ Kxb8
41.Kf3 Kc7 42.g4 Kd6 43.Nb7+ Kc7 44.Na5 Kd6 45.b4 a6 46.g5 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Podini, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.Nc3 Bxc5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 d5 7.e3 O-O 8.b4 Bd6 
9.Bb2 Ne5 10.Nb5 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Qg3 a6 15.h3
Bh5 16.Nd4 Bd6 17.Qh4 Re8 18.Nf5 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Qg3 Rxf5 21.Bxf5 Ne4 
22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.O-O Be2 24.Rfc1 Bb5 25.Qc7 Bc6 26.Qxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rd1 Re8 
28.Rd4 Kf8 29.Rc1 Re5 30.Rc5 Re6 31.Kf1 g6 32.Ke1 f5 33.g3 Re7 34.h4 Bb5 
35.Kd2 Kg7 36.Kc3 Bd3 37.a4 Kh6 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 Kh5 40.b6 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qc7 8.O-O-O
a6 9.f4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Black "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.c3 d5 8.e5 Nf5 9.
g4 Nh4 10.O-O Nxg2 11.Kxg2 f6 12.d4 O-O 13.Be3 b6 14.Nbd2 Qe7 15.h4 Ba6 
16.Rf2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nb4 18.Qa4 Rac8 19.Rh1 Bd3 20.Qa3 a5 21.Kg3 Qb7 22.Ne1
Be4 23.Ndf3 fxe5 24.fxe5 Rf7 25.Rhf1 Bf8 26.Qb3 Qa6 27.a3 Nc2 28.Nxc2 a4 
29.Qa2 Rxc2 30.Ne1 Rfxf2 31.Rxf2 Re2 32.Rxe2 Qxe2 33.Bf2 h5 34.g5 Qg4+ 35.
Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qf5 37.Kf1 Bd3+ 38.Nxd3 Qxd3+ 39.Ke1 b5 40.Qa1 b4 41.Qd1 
Qe4+ 42.Kd2 Qf4+ 43.Ke1 b3 44.Qd2 Qe4+ 45.Kd1 Be7 46.Qc3 Kf7 47.Kd2 Bd8 
48.Qc5 Qb1 49.Qc3 Qf1 50.Ke3 Qb5 51.Qd3 Qc6 52.Kd2 Ba5+ 53.Kd1 Ke8 54.
Qxg6+ Kd8 55.Qf6+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Black "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O h6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 Be7 
9.e4 dxe4 10.Ncxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bf4 Nxe4 
15.Rxe4 Bf6 16.Qb3 Qb6 17.Qc3 Rfd8 18.c5 Qa6 19.Bd6 Rd7 20.f4 Be7 21.Bxe7 
Rxe7 22.f5 Rae8 23.Qe3 f6 24.fxe6 Qc4 25.b3 Qd5 26.Re1 a5 27.a3 Kh8 28.Qc3
Rxe6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.Kf2 Qf5+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.a4 
Kg6 35.h4 Kf5 36.b4 axb4 37.Qxb4 Kg4 38.Qc3 Qf5+ 39.Ke2 Qe6+ 40.Kd2 f5 41.
Qd3 Qa2+ 42.Ke1 Qxa4 43.Qe2+ Kxg3 44.Qe5+ f4 45.Qxg7+ Kf3 46.Kd2 Qb4+ 47.
Kc2 Qc4+ 48.Kd2 Kf2 49.Qf6 f3 50.h5 Qe2+ 51.Kc3 Qe3+ 52.Kc2 Ke2 53.Qh4 
Qd3+ 54.Kb2 f2 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Black "Podini, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 
Nc6 9.e4 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nf3 Rb8 12.Bd2 Rxb6 13.Bc3 d6 14.Qd3 Bf6 15.Rd1
Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Qf6 17.O-O Na5 18.Bd5 Bd7 19.Nd2 Rfb8 20.f4 c4 21.Qe3 Be6 
22.e5 Qg6 23.Be4 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Ne4 Rb2 26.Rxd6 Rxa2 27.Qb6 Rf8 28.
Rd8 g6 29.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.d4 Ne7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 f6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.dxc5 Bxc5+ 13.Kh1 Bg4 14.h3 Bf5 15.Bd3 
Be4 16.Qe2 Nf5 17.Kh2 Rfe8 18.Qc2 Bd6 19.Ng1 g5 20.Ne2 Qg7 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 
22.Qd3 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 gxf4 24.Qf3 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Ng3+ 27.Kh2 Ne2 
28.Bd2 Ne5 29.Rf2 Nd3 30.Rf3 Nxb2 31.Be1 Rc8 32.Nd2 Nxc3 33.Rc1 Be5 34.Nb1
d4 35.Nxc3 dxc3 36.Bxc3 Nc4 37.Bd2 b5 38.Bxf4 Bb2 39.Rc2 Rc6 40.Kg3 Ra6 
41.Rb3 Rxa2 42.Rxb5 Ra3+ 43.Kh2 Ra4 44.g3 Be5 45.Bxe5 Nxe5 46.Rb7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.Be2 c5 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.Ngf3 d5 6.c3 d4 7.c4 e5 8.h4 Nf6 9.
Nf1 Nh5 10.g3 O-O 11.N3h2 f5 12.Bxh5 gxh5 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.f3 f4 15.gxf4 exf4
16.Qd2 Qf7 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.Qg2 Ne5 19.Ke2 Rg8 20.Ng3 fxg3 21.Qxg3 b5 22.b3 
bxc4 23.bxc4 Rb8 24.Rad1 Be6 25.f4 Rb2+ 26.Ke1 Rxh2 27.fxe5 Rh3 28.Qf4 
Qxf4 29.Bxf4 Rxh4 30.Bg5 Rg4 31.Rxg4 Bxg4 32.Rb1 Bxe5 33.Be7 Rg7 34.Bh4 
Bh3 35.Kf2 Rg2+ 36.Kf3 Rxa2 37.Bf2 Bg4+ 38.Kg2 h4 39.Kg1 h3 40.Rf1 Bf3 41.
Bg3 h2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Black "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 Nbd7 8.h3 e5 
9.Be3 Qe7 10.Nd2 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nc5 12.Bf3 Ne6 13.Be3 Ne8 14.Ra3 Qf6 15.Nc4 
Nd4 16.Be2 Bd7 17.a5 Nc7 18.Bxd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd6 b5 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rxa8 Rxa8
22.Nc4 Be6 23.Ne3 b5 24.Qxd4 Bxd4 25.Ncd1 Ra2 26.b3 Bxb3 27.Bxb5 Nxb5 28.
cxb3 Ra3 29.Nc2 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Black "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bd3 
Be7 9.O-O a6 10.Re1 g5 11.Be3 g4 12.Nd4 Nxe5 13.Bf1 h5 14.Nf5 exf5 15.Bxc5
Bxc5 16.Rxe5+ Be6 17.Qxd5 Qb6 18.Qxc5 Qxb2 19.Rb1 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Misiano, Franco"]
[Black "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Qa5 11.Bd2 c4 12.Bf1 Qa4 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.Re2 Nc6 15.g4 Be6 
16.Bg2 Qa3 17.Qe1 b5 18.Bc1 Qa4 19.a3 Rfb8 20.Bf4 a5 21.Qc1 b4 22.axb4 Qb5
23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Re1 Rba8 25.Rxa5 Qxa5 26.Qd2 Na7 27.Bg5 Kf8 28.Bh6 Nb5 29.
Ng5 Bxh6 30.Nxe6+ fxe6 31.Qxh6+ Kg8 32.Qd2 Qxc3 33.Qxc3 Nxc3 34.Kf1 Nb5 
35.Rd1 Ra2 36.f4 Rxc2 37.f5 Kf7 38.fxe6+ Kxe6 39.Rb1 Nxd4 40.Rb6+ Kxe5 41.
Rb7 e6 42.Rxh7 Kf4 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

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 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6
15.Kg1 Rae8 16.Qf1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Bd2 Bg4 20.Bd1 Qg6 21.
Qf2 c5 22.Qg3 Qf5 23.h3 Bh5 24.Kh2 Qd3 25.Bf4 Qf1 26.Rc1 Qc4 27.Be5 Bg6 
28.Bb3 Qe2 29.Bxd5+ Kh8 30.Re1 Qxb2 31.Nh4 Qf2 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Qxg6 Rxe5 
34.Rxe5 Qf4+ 35.Qg3 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Black "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c3 Nc7 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 O-O 10.Ndf3 Nfd5 11.Re1 f6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Qc2 Bf7 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.Re4 
Rad8 16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.h4 b5 18.Na5 Nb6 19.Nb7 Rb8 20.Nc5 Qd8 21.h5 Nd7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.Rxe6 Nf8 26.Rxc6 Qd5 27.Rc5 Qxa2 28.
Nh4 Rec8 29.Nxg6 Nxg6 30.Bxg6 Rxc5 31.dxc5 Qc4 32.Be3 b4 33.Bd3 Qa2 34.c6 
b3 35.Bc4+ Kh8 36.Qf5 e6 37.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Dorighet, Claudio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.f3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bd3 a6 
9.Nge2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.f4 e5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.d5 Nd4
16.Bb1 Nxe2 17.Qxe2 Qe7 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Qf2 b5 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.b4 h6 22.Nxd7 
Qxd7 23.Bc5 Re8 24.Bb6 f6 25.Rc7 Qd6 26.a3 Rb8 27.Rc6 Qd7 28.Ba2 Kh7 29.
Rc7 Qd6 30.Qxf6 Qxc7 31.Bxc7 Bxf6 32.Bxb8 Kg7 33.Bd6 Bg5 34.Bc5 Bg4 35.d6 
Bf6 36.Bd5 Bd7 37.Bb7 h5 38.h3 Rb8 39.Bd5 h4 40.Kh2 Rh8 41.Be3 Rc8 42.Bh6+
Kxh6 43.Rxf6 Kg5 44.Rf7 Rd8 45.Kg1 Bc8 46.Rc7 Kf6 47.Kf2 Be6 48.Bxe6 Kxe6 
49.Rc6 Rf8+ 50.Ke3 g5 51.Rxa6 Rc8 52.Kd3 Rc1 53.d7+ Kxd7 54.Rg6 Ra1 55.
Rxg5 Rxa3+ 56.Ke2 Rb3 57.Rxe5 Rxb4 58.Kf3 Kd6 59.Rd5+ Ke6 60.Rh5 Rb3+ 61.
Kg4 Rg3+ 62.Kxh4 Rxg2 63.Rxb5 Re2 64.Rb4 Rg2 65.Kh5 Ke5 66.h4 Rg8 67.Ra4 
Rh8+ 68.Kg4 Rg8+ 69.Kf3 Rf8+ 70.Ke3 Rf1 71.Ra5+ Kf6 72.Ra8 Re1+ 73.Kf4 
Rf1+ 74.Kg4 Re1 75.Rf8+ Kg7 76.Rf4 Ra1 77.Kf5 Kf7 78.Kg5+ Kg7 79.e5 Ra6 
80.h5 Re6 81.Rf6 Kh7 82.Kf4 Kg7 83.Rg6+ Kf7 84.Rg3 Ra6 85.Kf5 Rh6 86.Rh3 
Kf8 87.Kg5 Kg7 88.Ra3 Rb6 89.h6+ Kg8 90.Ra8+ Kh7 91.Kf5 Rxh6 92.e6 Rh5+ 
93.Kf6 Rh1 94.e7 Rf1+ 95.Kg5 Rg1+ 96.Kf4 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c3 Nc7 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 O-O 10.Ndf3 Nfd5 11.Re1 f6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Qc2 Bf7 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.Re4 
Rad8 16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.h4 b5 18.Na5 Nb6 19.Nb7 Rb8 20.Nc5 Qd8 21.h5 Nd7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.Rxe6 Nf8 26.Rxc6 Qd5 27.Rc5 Qxa2 28.
Nh4 Rec8 29.Nxg6 Nxg6 30.Bxg6 Rxc5 31.dxc5 Qc4 32.Be3 b4 33.Bd3 Qa2 34.c6 
b3 35.Bc4+ Kh8 36.Qf5 e6 37.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

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.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Rfc8 14.Nde2 Be6
15.Kb1 Qb4 16.h4 a6 17.h5 a5 18.Rd4 Bc4 19.a3 Qc5 20.Bxc4 Nxc4 21.hxg6 
fxg6 22.Nd5 Kf7 23.Nxf6 Kxf6 24.Qh4+ Qg5 25.e5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Black "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.b3 c6 9.
Bb2 Na6 10.e3 e5 11.Nd2 Ng4 12.Ne2 g5 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 f4 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.
exf4 gxf4 17.gxf4 Qg6 18.Kh2 exf4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.
Nexd4 Bf5 23.Rfe1 Rae8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Nxe1 Kf6 27.Nef3 Nc5 
28.b4 Nd3 29.Kg1 Be4 30.c5 Nf5 31.Nxf5 Kxf5 32.Kf1 a5 33.Nd4+ Ke5 34.Bxe4 
Kxe4 35.Ne6 axb4 36.axb4 h6 37.Nd8 Nxb4 38.Nxb7 Nd3 39.Nd6+ Kf3 40.Nf5 
Nxf2 41.Nxh6 Nxh3 42.Nf5 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Black "Hitzgerova, Gabriela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.
h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qd2 Nf8 12.d5 c5 13.Nh4 Nh5 14.Kh2 Qd8 15.Bf3 Nf4 
16.gxf4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qxh4 18.Bg2 Be5 19.Bg3 Bxg3+ 20.fxg3 Qe7 21.e5 dxe5 
22.d6 Qd8 23.Nd5 Re6 24.Qf2 f5 25.Nc7 Rb8 26.Nxe6 Nxe6 27.Bd5 Qxd6 28.Rae1
Qc7 29.g4 Kg7 30.gxf5 Nf4 31.Be6 b6 32.Qh4 gxf5 33.Rxf4 Bxe6 34.Rg1+ Kf8 
35.Qh6+ Ke7 36.Rg7+ Bf7 37.Rxf7+ Kxf7 38.Qxh7+ Ke6 39.Qxc7 exf4 40.Qxb8 
1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Di Fonzo, Valerio"]
[Black "Dorighet, Claudio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 a6 6.c4 e5 7.Nc2 Be6 8.Nc3 Be7 
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.cxd5 O-O 12.g3 h6 13.Bg2 Nh7 14.O-O Bg5 15.f4 
Bf6 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.Bf2 g6 19.h3 Bg7 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Rac1 h5 22.
Be3 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rc2 Bf6 25.Kh2 Rc7 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Qc3 Qc4 28.Bg1 
Nf8 29.Qxc4 Nxc4 30.b3 Nd2 31.Ne2 Nd7 32.Be3 Nb1 33.Bc1 Nc3 34.Nxc3 Bxc3 
35.Bf4 Be5 36.h4 Kf8 37.Bh3 Ke7 38.Bxd7 Kxd7 39.Bxe5 dxe5 40.g4 f6 41.gxh5
gxh5 42.b4 Kd6 43.Kg3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duarte, Riccardo"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 b6 8.Nbd2 O-O 
9.O-O d6 10.Ba4 Bd7 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.d4 Rac8 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 
Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.cxd4 Rc7 18.Qh4 Qc8 19.Qxe7 Bb5 20.Qxd6 Bxf1 21.Rxf1
Rxc2 22.Qb4 b5 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bd3 Nb6 8.b3 Bg4 
9.a4 a6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nf6 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 b4 14.Ne2 Qc7 15.f4 a5 
16.e5 Nfd5 17.Qg7 O-O-O 18.Qxf7 Rdf8 19.Qe6+ Qd7 20.Qxd7+ Nxd7 21.exd6 
exd6 22.f5 gxf5 23.Ng3 f4 24.Nf5 Kc7 25.Kd2 Rf7 26.Rhg1 Rhf8 27.Ng7 Re7 
28.Rae1 Kb6 29.Bxh7 N7f6 30.Bd3 Rh8 31.Nf5 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 Rxh3 33.Nxd6 Nc3 
34.Rg7 Rh1+ 35.Bf1 c5 36.Nc4+ Kc6 37.Rg6 Nd5 38.Nxa5+ Kd6 39.Nc4+ Ke6 40.
dxc5 Kf5 41.Rg7 Ne4 42.c6 Kf6 43.c7 Rh8 44.Rd7 Re8 45.Rd8 Nxc7 46.Rxe8 
Nxe8 47.Na5 Nc7 48.Nc6 Ke6 49.Nxb4 Kd6 50.Bc4 f3 51.Nd3 Ne8 52.b4 N8f6 53.
Bb3 Nc3 54.Kd2 Ncd5 55.Bxd5 Kxd5 56.Ke3 Kc4 57.Kxf3 Kc3 58.a5 Kxc2 59.a6 
Nd7 60.a7 Nb6 61.Nc5 Kc3 62.Nd7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 Qc7 
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 Bf8 11.d5 a5 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.a3 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Nb3 b6 
16.a4 g6 17.Re1 Nh5 18.Bf1 Ng7 19.Nd2 f5 20.Rc1 Reb8 21.Kh2 Qd8 22.Be2 f4 
23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Nc4 Rb4 25.Nb5 Qf6 26.Rf1 Rb8 27.Nxa5 Ra8 28.Nc4 Raxa4 29.
b3 Ra8 30.Nc3 Rab8 31.Rb1 Be7 32.Bf3 Rf8 33.Qe2 Rf7 34.Na2 Rb8 35.Nc3 Rbf8
36.Nd2 Qg5 37.Rb2 Qf6 38.g4 Qh4 39.Rbb1 h5 40.Rg1 Ne8 41.Ra1 Nf6 42.Ra7 
hxg4 43.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 44.Rxg4 Bxg4 45.Qxg4 Qxf2+ 46.Qg2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Misiano, Franco"]
[Black "Murgia, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Be3 Be7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Kh8 12.Re1 Bf6 13.h3 Qe7 14.Nf1 Rad8 15.Qc1
Nh4 16.N1h2 Rg8 17.Bg5 Ng6 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Nf1 g5 20.Ng3 g4 21.hxg4 Rxg4 22.
Nh2 Rh4 23.Nf3 Rg4 24.Nh2 Rg8 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.exf5 Nd7 27.Be4 Nc5 28.Qc2 
Rd7 29.b4 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Rgd8 31.Ng4 Bg5 32.Bc5 Qe8 33.g3 f6 34.f4 Rd3 35.
fxg5 Rxg3+ 36.Kf2 Rxc3 37.Nxf6 Rd2+ 38.Re2 Qd8 39.Rh1 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Black "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.O-O 
Nge7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.N1d2 O-O 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Nfd4 Be4 13.Re1 a6 14.Bf1 Qd7 15.
Bd3 f5 16.f4 Rad8 17.Be3 g5 18.Ne2 Ng6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qd5+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ 
Rxf7 22.fxg5 f4 23.Bb6 f3 24.Ng3 Bc7 25.Bf2 Nf4 26.Nxe4 Nxg2 27.Red1 Kg7 
28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Rd1 Nf4 30.Nd4 Nh3+ 31.Kf1 Nxf2 32.Nxf2 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Bxg5 
34.Rg4 Kh6 35.h4 Bc1 36.Nd3 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Podini, Francesco"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.d4 Ne7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 f6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.dxc5 Bxc5+ 13.Kh1 Bg4 14.h3 Bf5 15.Bd3 
Be4 16.Qe2 Nf5 17.Kh2 Rfe8 18.Qc2 Bd6 19.Ng1 g5 20.Ne2 Qg7 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 
22.Qd3 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 gxf4 24.Qf3 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Ng3+ 27.Kh2 Ne2 
28.Bd2 Ne5 29.Rf2 Nd3 30.Rf3 Nxb2 31.Be1 Rc8 32.Nd2 Nxc3 33.Rc1 Be5 34.Nb1
d4 35.Nxc3 dxc3 36.Bxc3 Nc4 37.Bd2 b5 38.Bxf4 Bb2 39.Rc2 Rc6 40.Kg3 Ra6 
41.Rb3 Rxa2 42.Rxb5 Ra3+ 43.Kh2 Ra4 44.g3 Be5 45.Bxe5 Nxe5 46.Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Black "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Ne5 
O-O 9.f3 Nh5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Rb8 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Qd2 Qb4 
15.b3 a5 16.Nb1 Qb6 17.Nc3 Qb4 18.Nb1 Rb6 19.Qxb4 axb4 20.c3 Ba6 21.cxb4 
Bxf1 22.Rhxf1 Rxb4 23.Kb2 Rfb8 24.Na3 Nf4 25.Rd2 Ne6 26.Nc2 R4b6 27.b4 Nc7
28.a3 Ra8 29.Kb3 Rba6 30.Ra1 Ra4 31.Rd3 Nb5 32.Kb2 Kf8 33.g4 h6 34.f4 e6 
35.Ne1 Nd6 36.Rc1 Nc4+ 37.Rxc4 dxc4 38.Rc3 Ke7 39.Nc2 g5 40.fxg5 hxg5 41.
Ne3 Rh8 42.Nxc4 Rxh2+ 43.Kb3 Ra6 44.Ne5 f5 45.Nxc6+ Kd6 46.Ne5 Kd5 47.b5 
Rb6 48.a4 Rh1 49.Nc6 Ke4 50.Rc5 f4 51.Re5+ Kf3 52.a5 Rb1+ 53.Kc4 Rc1+ 54.
Kb4 Rb1+ 55.Kc4 Rc1+ 56.Kd3 Rbxc6 57.bxc6 Rxc6 58.Rxg5 Kg3 59.Rg6 f3 60.
Rf6 f2 61.Ke4 Kg2 62.g5 Ra6 63.Rxf2+ Kxf2 64.Ke5 Ke3 65.g6 Ra7 66.a6 Kd3 
67.Kf6 Rxa6 68.g7 Ra8 69.Kxe6 Kxd4 70.Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Black "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H."]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruso, Daniele"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Bf8 11.Qf3 d6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Qg3 Qf6 14.Rae1 Ne5 15.
Be2 Qg6 16.Qxg6 Nxg6 17.f4 Be7 18.Bd3 Bf6 19.Kh2 Bd7 20.Nd1 Re7 21.Bc3 
Bxc3 22.Nxc3 Rae8 23.Re2 Nf8 24.f5 Nh7 25.Rfe1 Bc8 26.g4 Nf6 27.Kg3 Nd7 
28.Kf4 Ne5 29.Re3 g5+ 30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Ne2 g5+ 32.Kg3 c5 33.Nc3 Bb7 34.Rf1 
Rf8 35.Ree1 Bc6 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Ba6 Rf7 38.Rf1 Rxf1 39.Bxf1 Ke7 40.Kf2 
Kf6 41.Ke3 Ng6 42.Nb5 Bxb5 43.Bxb5 Ke5 44.c3 Nf4 45.Bf1 c6 46.Kf3 d5 47.
exd5 cxd5 48.Ke3 a5 49.b3 d4+ 50.cxd4+ cxd4+ 51.Kf3 Nd5 52.a3 Nc3 53.Bd3 
Kd5 54.Bc4+ Ke5 55.Bd3 Nd5 56.Bc4 Nf4 57.Bf1 Kd5 58.h4 Ng6 59.Bc4+ Ke5 60.
hxg5 hxg5 61.Bd3 Ne7 62.b4 axb4 63.axb4 Nd5 64.b5 Nb6 65.Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cazzaniga, Walter"]
[Black "Luppi, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.h3 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bf4 Qa5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.a3 Bf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.b4 Qd8 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.O-O Ne4 15.Qb3 e6
16.Rc2 Nd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rd1 Bf6 19.Ne2 Ne7 20.Rdc1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 23.Nf4 Nb6 24.Nh5 Bh8 25.g4 fxg4 26.hxg4 Qc7 27.Qb1 f6 28.Kg2 
Qc4 29.g5 f5 30.Qh1 Qd3 31.Nf4 Qe4 32.Qh5 Kf8 33.Qxh7 1-0

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dorighet, Claudio"]
[Black "Vismara, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 c6 7.d4 O-O 8.O-O Re8 
9.b3 e4 10.Qd2 Bf5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Rae1 Qe7 13.a4 h5 14.Nf4 g5 15.Bh3 Bh7 
16.Nfe2 Nf8 17.Ba3 Bh6 18.d5 c5 19.Kh1 Ng6 20.Rd1 Ne5 21.Ng1 h4 22.Bg2 Bg6
23.gxh4 gxh4 24.Nce2 Bh5 25.Bb2 Kh8 26.f4 exf3 27.Nxf3 h3 28.Neg1 hxg2+ 
29.Qxg2 Bg6 30.Qh3 Kg7 31.Qg3 Nfd7 32.Nh4 Kh7 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 Rg8 35.
Qh3 Rg6 36.Rdf1 Rag8 37.Ne2 f6 38.Nf4 Rg5 39.Nh5 R8g6 40.Nf4 Rg8 41.Ne6 
Rxf5 42.Qxf5+ Kh8 43.Qh3 Qh7 44.Bxe5 Nxe5 45.Rf5 Ng4 46.e4 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marcoli, Paolo"]
[Black "Misiano, Franco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 
f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 a6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Na4 Bc7 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.
Rc1 e5 16.Be2 h6 17.c4 d4 18.c5 Be6 19.Nb6 Rad8 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 e4 22.
Nh4 Rd5 23.Ng6 Rfd8 24.Nd6 R8xd6 25.cxd6 Qxd6 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Qb3+ Kh7 29.Qf7 Nd8 30.Qe7 Qxe7 31.Nxe7 Ne6 32.Rd1 d3 33.f3 Nc5 34.fxe4 
Nfxe4 35.Nd5 d2 36.Ne3 Na4 37.g3 b5 38.Kg2 Nac3 39.Rf1 a5 40.Nd1 b4 41.
axb4 axb4 42.Kf3 b3 43.Nb2 d1=Q+ 44.Nxd1 Nd2+ 45.Kf2 Nxd1+ 46.Rxd1 b2 47.
Ke3 b1=Q 48.Rxd2 Kg6 49.Rf2 Qg1 50.Kf3 Kf5 51.Re2 g5 52.Rf2 Qh1+ 53.Rg2 
g4+ 54.Kf2 Ke4 55.Rg1 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Podini, Francesco"]
[Black "Bemporad, Filippo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Ne8 
9.d3 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nd5 Rb8 12.a4 Qd7 13.Kh2 Ne7 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nc3 
c6 16.Be3 c5 17.a5 Nc7 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Rfb1 Na6 20.Nd5 Be6 21.Qe1 Kh8 22.Bd2
Nc7 23.Nxc7 Qxc7 24.Ra2 Bd7 25.b4 cxb4 26.Rxb4 Bc6 27.Be3 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 a6 
29.Rb6 d5 30.cxd5 Qd7 31.d6 Qe6 32.Qb1 Qd5+ 33.Kh2 Rfd8 34.Qb3 Rxd6 35.
Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Rb3 Rd7 37.Rc2 Kg8 38.Rc4 Rf8 39.Kg2 Rff7 40.Rc8+ Rf8 41.Rc4 
Bf6 42.Kf1 Rff7 43.Ke2 Bd8 44.Bb6 Bxb6 45.Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Qendro, Llambi"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5 
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Kh1 Nc7 12.a4 a6 13.f4 Rb8 14.a5 Bd7 15.e5 dxe5 
16.Nc4 Bb5 17.d6 Ne6 18.fxe5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Bxc4 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Bxc4 Nxe5 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 23.Be3 c4 24.Bg5 Qd7 25.Qd4 Nf3 26.Qf4 Nxg5 27.Qxg5 Qxd6 28.Rf7 
Rf8 0-1

[Event "XVII Memorial Edoardo Crespi A"]
[Site "Milano ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Black "Bolico, Exfelicos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.12.15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.Nc3 Bxc5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.a3 a5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7
9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rc1 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxh4 15.Nxh4 
exd5 16.Nf3 Re8 17.Bb5 Rc8 18.Qd2 Re6 19.Bxc6 Rexc6 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Rc1 
Qc8 22.Rxc6 Qxc6 23.Nd4 Qg6 24.Qc2 Qxc2 25.Nxc2 Ba6 26.Nd4 Kf8 27.f3 g6 
28.Kf2 a4 29.Ke1 Ke7 30.Kd2 Kd6 31.Kc3 Ke5 32.g4 Bc8 33.h3 Bd7 34.h4 h5 
35.gxh5 gxh5 36.Ne2 Bf5 37.Nf4 Bg6 38.Nxg6+ fxg6 39.e4 dxe4 40.fxe4 Kxe4 
41.Kd2 1-0

