[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 b5
9.Bf3 Bb7 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.g4 Qc4 13.Qd3 h6 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Qe2 Be7 
16.Bd2 g5 17.h3 gxf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Bg2 Nfd7 20.Nc1 Bg5 21.Bg3 h5 22.gxh5 
Ke7 23.Nd3 Rcg8 24.Kh2 Rg7 25.Rf2 Bf6 26.Rxf6 Nxf6 27.Nxe5 Rxg3 28.Kxg3 
Nxh5+ 29.Kh2 dxe5 30.Rd1 Nf4 31.Qf2 f5 32.Re1 Kf6 33.Bf1 Qh7 34.Re3 Rd8 
35.exf5 exf5 36.Rg3 Rd6 37.Kg1 Qh4 38.Ne2 Nxe2+ 39.Bxe2 Qe4 40.Bf3 Qf4 41.
Bh5 Qc1+ 42.Qf1 Qxf1+ 43.Kxf1 e4 44.Rg6+ Ke5 45.Rxd6 Kxd6 46.Bg6 Ke5 47.h4
Kf6 48.h5 f4 49.Be8 Kg5 50.b3 f3 51.c4 bxc4 52.bxc4 e3 53.Bg6 Bc8 54.Bd3 
Kxh5 55.c5 Kh4 56.c6 Kg3 57.c7 Bh3+ 58.Ke1 f2+ 59.Kd1 Kg2 60.Bxa6 f1=Q+ 
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 d5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e5 Nd7 13.f4 e6 14.a5 c5 15.Na4 Qc7 
16.Qd2 Rb8 17.Nxc5 Rxb2 18.Rfc1 Rb8 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.Bxa6 f6 21.c4 fxe5 22.
cxd5 Qd8 23.Bc4 Bb5 24.Bb6 Qd7 25.Bxb5 Qxb5 26.dxe6 exf4 27.Rab1 Qf5 28.e7
Rfe8 29.Qa2+ Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.Bd8 Ra8 32.Rc4 g5 33.h4 h6 34.Rb7 Bf6 
35.Re4 Kg6 36.Kh2 Kf5 37.Rc4 Kg4 38.Rc6 Bxe7 39.Bxe7 Rxa5 40.Rxh6 Ra2 41.
Rb5 Rg8 42.Bxg5 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bojkovic, Natasa"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bc4 c6 12.a4 Bf8 13.Ke2 Bb4 14.f3 Re8 15.
a5 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Na4 Nh5 18.Rhd1 f5 19.c3 Be7 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 
fxe4 22.fxe4 Rf6 23.Rd7 Nf4+ 24.Kd2 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Kc2 a6 27.Rd1 Ke8 
28.g3 Nh5 29.Rf1 Rd8 30.Rf8+ Kd7 31.Rf7+ Ke6 32.Re7+ Kf6 33.Rxb7 Ra8 34.g4
Ng3 35.Kd3 Rd8+ 36.Ke3 Rd1 37.Be7+ Ke6 38.Bh4 Nf1+ 39.Ke2 Rb1 40.b4 Nh2 
41.Re7+ Kd6 42.Rxh7 Rb2+ 43.Kd3 Nf3 44.Ke3 Nd2 45.Bd8 Nb1 46.Bb6 g5 47.
Bc7+ Ke6 48.Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Van Egmond, Rogier Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nf5 a6 8.Bxd7+
Qxd7 9.Bg5 d5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne3 d4 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.c4 Be6 14.O-O Bg7 15.f4
f5 16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.Nd2 Rg8 18.Qh5 Rg5 19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Nf3 Rg8 21.c5 d3 22.
Qf2 Qb8 23.Rae1 fxe4 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 
Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.Be3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8
15.h4 h5 16.g5 a6 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Nxd1 Kd7 19.Bd4 Ke6 20.Ne3 c5 21.Bc3 b5 
22.Ke2 Rd8 23.b3 Rd7 24.Ra1 Bd8 25.b4 Bb6 26.a4 cxb4 27.Bxb4 Kxe5 28.axb5 
axb5 29.Bc3+ Kf4 30.Bxg7 Bxe3 31.fxe3+ Kg3 32.Ra5 Bf5 33.Bd4 Bg4+ 34.Ke1 
Kxh4 35.Kf2 Rd5 36.Kg2 Rf5 37.Ra1 Bh3+ 38.Kg1 Rxg5+ 39.Kh1 Rf5 40.c3 Kg3 
41.Rg1+ Kf2 42.Kh2 Bf1 43.Rg3 Rf3 44.Rxf3+ Kxf3 45.Kg1 Bc4 46.Kh2 Be6 47.
Bc5 h4 48.Bd4 h3 49.Bc5 Bg4 50.Kg1 f5 51.Bd4 f4 52.exf4 e3 53.Bf6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Re8
9.e4 c6 10.Nc3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.c5 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.h3 
a6 16.b3 Nc6 17.Bb2 h5 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Ne2 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 h4 22.
Nf4 Be6 23.Bxd5 hxg3 24.fxg3 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Re3 26.Qf2 Rae8 27.Rd6 Qc8 28.
Rf1 Qf5 29.Nd5 Qxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Re1+ 31.Kg2 R8e2 32.Rd7 Ne5 33.Rxb7 Rxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Nd3+ 35.Kf3 Nxc5 36.Ra7 Re6 37.g4 Kg7 38.g5 Re5 39.Nf4 Rxg5 40.b4 Rf5
41.bxc5 g5 42.c6 Rxf4+ 43.Ke3 Kf6 44.c7 Rc4 45.Kd3 Rc1 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.Rxa6+
Kd7 48.Kf5 Rc5+ 49.Kg4 Kxc7 50.Ra7+ Kd8 51.Rxf7 Ra5 52.Rf2 Ke7 53.Kh5 Ra3 
54.Rh2 Kf6 55.Kh6 Kf5 56.Rf2+ Ke6 57.Kxg5 Rxh3 58.Rd2 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O 
Re8 9.Qb3 a5 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Nbd2 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.a3 Na6 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Ne1
e4 16.Nf1 Nd7 17.Ne3 Nc5 18.Qc3 Bd7 19.b3 b5 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Rd2 Rc8 22.
Bh3 Rb8 23.N1c2 Ba6 24.Nd4 Qc7 25.Ra3 Re5 26.Nc6 Nxc6 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.Rxa5
Qb6 29.b4 Ne6 30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.Nd5 Qb5 32.Qxe5 Re8 33.Qc3 e3 34.Nxe3 Rc8 
35.Qb2 Rb8 36.Nd5 Bb7 37.Qe5 Ba8 38.Bxe6 fxe6 39.Qxe6+ Kh8 40.e4 Qa4 41.
Qe5 Qa7 42.b5 Rf8 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Marchand, Francois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d5 12.Re1 Ne6 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Qg4 
Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Ba3 Rd8 18.Be7 g6 19.Bxd8 Qxd8 20.Nh6+ Kg7 21.Nxf7 Qf6
22.Rxe6 Qxf7 23.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Braun, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Qg3 g6
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bd3 Ng7 19.Qh3 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qe3 Bxd4 22.
Qxd4 Nf5 23.Qf2 Qd6 24.Rad1 Rf6 25.g3 Qc6 26.Kg1 Raf8 27.Rfe1 a5 28.Qa7 a4
29.Re5 R6f7 30.Qf2 Ng7 31.a3 Rb8 32.c3 Rf6 33.Qd4 Rbf8 34.Rde1 Nf5 35.Qa7 
Ng7 36.Qe3 Re8 37.g4 Ref8 38.Rf1 R8f7 39.g5 Rf5 40.Bxf5 gxf5 41.Qd4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Bojkovic, Natasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 
d6 9.f3 Na5 10.Qd2 Nxb3 11.axb3 d5 12.e5 Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Qxd5+ 
Qxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 fxe5 18.f5 gxf5 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Rxa7 Rxa7 21.
Bxa7 Nc7 22.Bb6 Ne6 23.Nd5 Ra8 24.Ke2 Ra2 25.Rb1 Ra6 26.Be3 Rd6 27.c4 Ra6 
28.Kd3 f4 29.Bf2 Ng5 30.Ke2 Rh6 31.h4 Ne6 32.Ra1 Bf8 33.Ra8 Rg6 34.Rb8 Rg2
35.Kf1 Rg7 36.Re8 Rg6 37.h5 Rh6 38.Ne7 Rxh5 39.Nc8 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Qd2 
c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 a5 14.h6 g6 15.Nh2 
f6 16.exf6 d4 17.Qf2 e5 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.fxe5 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qxe5 21.Ne4 Kh8 
22.Qh2 Qxh2 23.Rxh2 Rad8 24.Bb5 Na7 25.a4 Nxb5 26.axb5 Nc4 27.b3 Ne3 28.
Rd3 Nf5 29.Kb2 Rd5 30.c4 Re5 31.b6 Kg8 32.Ka3 Re6 33.c5 Rc6 34.Ka4 Ra8 35.
Kb5 Kf7 36.Ra2 Ke6 37.Kc4 Ra6 38.Kb5 Ra8 39.Rxa5 Rxa5+ 40.Kxa5 Rc8 41.Kb5 
Kd5 42.b4 Ra8 43.f7 Ke6 44.Ng5+ Ke7 45.Nxh7 Kxf7 46.Ng5+ Kf6 47.Ne4+ Ke5 
48.Nd6 Nxd6+ 49.cxd6 Kxd6 50.Rxd4+ Ke6 51.Re4+ Kf6 52.Rc4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nb3 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.a4 b4 13.Nb1 O-O 14.N1d2 Nd7 15.Qh3 Rfe8
16.Nc4 e5 17.f5 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bf4 Rad8 20.Qg3 Nf6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bxe5
Qc5 23.Rae1 Bd5 24.Nd2 Qc6 25.b3 Nh5 26.Qf2 Bg5 27.Bxd4 Nf4 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 
29.Nf3 Nxd3 30.cxd3 Bf4 31.Qb2 Qh6 32.h3 Be3+ 33.Kh1 Bxd4 34.Qxd4 Bxb3 35.
Qxb4 Bd5 36.Qd4 Qc6 37.a5 h6 38.Kh2 Re2 39.Qf4 Ra2 40.Kh1 Rxa5 41.Rf2 Ra1+
42.Kh2 Bxf3 43.Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Pegoraro, Nicola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nc3 Bd7
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O a6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rfd1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 
Bxd4+ 16.Qxd4 exd6 17.c5 Qc7 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.cxd6 f6 20.Nc7 Rf7 21.Rac1 Bc8 
22.Qa7 Bf5 23.Qxa6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Gagliardi, Pietro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.e4 Bd7 7.Nc2 g6 8.Be2 
Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Kh1 g5 14.Nd4 h6 15.a4 Nc6
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Qd7 18.f4 Qxf5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bxb2 21.Bg4 Qf6 22.
Bxc8 Rxc8 23.dxc6 Rxc6 24.fxg5 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 
9.a3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bf5 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 
exd4 16.Nd5 Ra2 17.Re1 Bg4 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.exf3 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Kg7 21.Qe4 
Rd2 22.f4 c6 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Nxf6 Qxf6 25.Rb8 g5 26.Qe8 Kg6 27.Qe1 Rxd3 
28.Qe4+ Qf5 29.Rg8+ Kf6 30.Qxc6 Qe6 31.fxg5+ hxg5 32.Re8 Qf5 33.Qxd6+ Kg7 
34.Qf8+ Kg6 35.Qg8+ Kh5 36.Qh8+ Kg4 37.h3+ Kf3 38.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bg2 c6 8.e4 d5 
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Qa4 Na5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Nd3 Qd8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 
21.Qxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rc1 Nc4 23.b3 Nd6 24.Nf4 Nb5 25.Nxd5 f6 26.Ne3 Nxd4 27.
Rc7 Nb5 28.Rb7 Kf8 29.a4 Nd4 30.Rxa7 Nxb3 31.Nd5 Re6 32.Rb7 Nc5 33.Rb8+ 
Kf7 34.Nxb6 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Ra1 36.Rc8 Ne6 37.Ra8 Nc5 38.Ra7+ Kg6 39.Rc7 Ne6 
40.Rc4 Ra2 41.h4 Ra3 42.Nd5 Kf5 43.Nc3 h5 44.Nd5 g5 45.Ne3+ Ke5 46.Rb4 Ra2
47.Rb5+ Kd6 48.a5 gxh4 49.gxh4 Ra4 50.Rb6+ Ke5 51.Kg3 Nd4 52.a6 Nf5+ 53.
Nxf5 Kxf5 54.f3 Ra3 55.Kf2 Ke5 56.Ke2 Kf5 57.Kd2 Kg6 58.Kc2 Kf7 59.Kb2 Ra5
60.Kb3 Kg6 61.Kb4 Ra1 62.Kb5 Kf5 63.Kc6 Kf4 64.Kb7 f5 65.Rb5 Kxf3 66.Rxf5+
Kg4 67.Rf6 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Costantino"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Nbd4 Bg4 12.Be3 Re8 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Rc1 Ng6 
15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nce5 17.Be2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Qf3 Ne5 21.
Qf4 Nd3 22.Qg4 Nxc1 23.Rxc1 Bxe3 24.Nxe3 b5 25.Nf5 g6 26.Nd4 a6 27.a3 Rc7 
28.Qg3 Rce7 29.Kh2 Re1 30.Rc2 h5 31.Rd2 h4 32.Qg4 R8e4 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qc7 
Re5 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baccaro, Franco"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b4 d6 
9.bxc5 dxc5 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nd7 13.Ndf3 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Nb4 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d3 d6 
9.Rb1 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.e4 h5 12.f4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxh3 14.fxe5 Nxd5 15.e6 fxe6
16.Bxh3 Nf6 17.d4 Ng4 18.Bxg4 hxg4 19.Be3 Rf8 20.Nf4 g5 21.Nh5 Rxf1+ 22.
Qxf1 Rf8 23.Qe2 Rf3 24.Nxg7 Qxg7 25.e5 Rxg3+ 26.Kh2 Rh3+ 27.Kg2 Qh7 28.
Qxg4 Rxe3 29.Qxe6+ Qf7 30.Qc8+ Qf8 31.Qe6+ Kg7 32.Rf1 Rg3+ 33.Kxg3 Qxf1 
34.Qd7+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Everet, Alexandro"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 dxc4 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Ne2 a6 7.Nbc3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.O-O Qc7 10.dxc5 Nbd7 11.f3 Nxc5 12.Bc2 Rd8 13.Qe1 Bd6 14.h3 O-O 15.e4 
Bh2+ 16.Kh1 Be5 17.Be3 Nd3 18.Bxd3 Rxd3 19.Qf2 Rc8 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 
Qe7 22.Bd4 Bb8 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.f4 Nd7 25.Qg3 e5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Be3 Ng6 28.
Qxc7 Bxc7 29.Kg1 f6 30.Nd5 Be5 31.Rd2 Kf7 32.Kf2 Re8 33.Bc5 Bb8 34.Nec3 
Ne5 35.Ne3 Bc6 36.Ke2 Nd7 37.Bb4 Bf4 38.Kf3 g5 39.Bd6 Bxe3 40.Kxe3 f5 41.
Kd4 Bxe4 42.g4 Nf6 43.h4 Rd8 44.Kc5 Nd7+ 45.Kb4 Ne5 46.gxf5 Bxf5 47.Ne2 
Nd3+ 48.Kc3 Rxd6 49.Ng3 Kg6 50.hxg5 Kxg5 51.Rh2 Bg6 52.Nf1 Rc6+ 53.Kd4 
Rc4+ 54.Ke3 Ne5 55.Rd2 Re4+ 56.Kf2 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gaido, Paolo"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bg5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rad1 Bg7 14.Nb5 Rdc8 
15.Nd2 Bf8 16.h3 Kg7 17.Kh2 Nd8 18.Nb1 a6 19.N5c3 Rab8 20.Bd5 c6 21.Bxe6 
Nxe6 22.e3 b5 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Kg2 Ra8 25.Rd2 Ra6 26.Rc1 Rca8 27.Rcc2 Bb4 
28.Re2 Nc5 29.a3 Bxa3 30.Nxa3 Rxa3 31.Nxb5 cxb5 32.Rxc5 Rxb3 33.Rxe5 Ra7 
34.Rd2 Rc7 35.Red5 Kf6 36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rb6 Rd7 38.Rc2 Rd6 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 41.Rxf7 b4 42.Kf3 Kc5 43.Ke2 Ra3 44.Rc7+ Kb5 45.e4 Ra2+ 46.Ke3 
b3 47.e5 b2 48.Rb7+ Kc4 49.Ke4 Kc3 50.Rc7+ Kd2 51.Rb7 Ra4+ 52.Kd5 Kc3 53.
e6 Ra5+ 54.Kd6 Ra6+ 55.Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Messa, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Bb6 
9.d3 h6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Nf1 d4 15.Ng3 Qd7 
16.a3 a5 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Kh2 Qd6 19.Nh4 Ne7 20.Rf1 dxc3 21.bxc3 g5 22.Nf3 
Ng6 23.Bb2 c5 24.Rfe1 g4 25.hxg4 Nxg4+ 26.Kg1 b4 27.Nh2 Nxh2 28.Kxh2 Nf4 
29.Rad1 b3 30.Bb1 c4 31.d4 Bg4 32.f3 Qf6 33.Qf2 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Bh3 35.Ne2 
Nxg2 36.Qxh4 Nxh4 37.Kf2 Ng6 38.Rh1 Bd7 39.Rdg1 Kg7 40.f4 exd4 41.cxd4 Bc6
42.Kf3 f5 43.d5+ Kf7 44.dxc6 fxe4+ 45.Bxe4 Rxe4 46.Kxe4 Rd2 47.Nd4 Rxb2 
48.f5 Ne7 49.Rc1 Ra2 50.Rxc4 Rxa3 51.Nb5 Ra2 52.Nd6+ Kf6 53.c7 Re2+ 54.Kd3
Re3+ 55.Kd2 b2 56.Kc2 b1=Q+ 57.Kxb1 a4 58.Rxh6+ Kg5 59.Re6 Rxe6 60.fxe6 
1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menoni, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 
Bd7 9.O-O-O Rc8 10.Bb3 Na5 11.f3 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 O-O 13.g4 Qa5 14.Kb1 Ne8 
15.Qd2 Kh8 16.h4 Nc7 17.Na2 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 d5 19.Ne2 Bc6 20.Nd4 Be8 21.Bf4 
dxe4 22.fxe4 Na6 23.h5 Nc5 24.Re1 h6 25.b4 Nd7 26.Nf3 Nf6 27.Ne5 Bc6 28.
Rde2 Kg8 29.c3 Rfd8 30.Nc1 Bb5 31.Rg2 Nh7 32.Be3 Bd6 33.Nf3 Bc6 34.Bxa7 
Nf6 35.Rge2 Bg3 36.e5 Bxf3 37.Re3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zucconi, Leandro"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
cxd4 9.cxd4 a6 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.a3 b5 12.Nb3 d6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Rec1 
Re8 16.Bb1 Bf8 17.Qd3 g6 18.h4 Nf6 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.
d6 Re6 23.Nc5 Rxd6 24.Nxb7 Rxd3 25.Nxd8 Rxd2 26.Nc6 Rxb2 27.Nxe5 Bxa3 28.
Rc6 Nh5 29.Nd3 Rd2 30.g4 Ng7 31.Nf4 Bb4 32.Be4 Re8 33.f3 Bd6 34.Nd5 Rxd5 
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.a4 Na6 7.a5 c5 8.Nc3 Rb8 
9.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 
Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.
Bf3 Bb7 16.Ne4 Rac8 17.Qg3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Bc5 19.c3 f5 20.Bf3 Bxd4 21.cxd4 
Nb6 22.Rad1 Qd7 23.Qf4 Rc2 24.Rd2 Rfc8 25.Rfd1 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.b3 Qe4 
28.Qxe4 fxe4 29.Kg1 e3 30.Rxc2 Rxc2 31.Re1 Rxa2 32.Rxe3 Rd2 33.Rc3 Rxd4 
34.Rc6 Kf7 35.Rxa6 Rd5 36.Ra7+ Kg6 37.Rb7 Rxe5 38.Kf2 h5 39.b4 h4 40.Kf3 
Kf6 41.g3 h3 42.g4 Rd5 43.Ke3 e5 44.g5+ Kg6 45.Kf3 Rd2 46.Rxb5 Kf5 47.Rb7 
g6 48.Kg3 Rd3+ 49.Kh4 e4 50.Rf7+ Ke5 51.Kg4 Kd4 52.Rf6 e3 53.Kf3 Rd2 54.
Rd6+ Kc3 55.Rxg6 Rxh2 56.Kxe3 Kxb4 57.Kf3 Rg2 58.Rh6 Rxg5 59.Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Aldrovandi, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 
O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 a6 12.Rfd1 Bd7 13.Qd3 Rac8 14.Bf4 e5 15.
Bg5 Be6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qxd6 Qa5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Rfd8 20.Qa3 Qxa3 21.
bxa3 Be7 22.Rb1 Rc7 23.a4 a5 24.Rb5 Bb4 25.Rb1 g6 26.a3 Bxa3 27.Rxb7 Rxb7 
28.Rxb7 Bb4 29.g4 e4 30.Kf1 Rd6 31.Re7 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Rc7 f4 34.Bg4 
Rg6 35.f3 e3 36.h4 h5 37.Bxh5 Rh6 38.Bg4 Rxh4 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Rc7+ Kf6 41.
Rc6+ Ke7 42.Re6+ Kd8 43.Kg2 Rh8 44.c5 Bxc5 45.d6 Re8 46.Rxe8+ Kxe8 47.d7+ 
Kd8 48.Kf1 Bb4 49.Ke2 Ke7 50.Bf5 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Dickhoff, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.dxc5 
Nd7 9.f4 Nxc5 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Qd3 Qb6 12.Qd4 Qxd4 13.Nbxd4 Bd7 14.Bd3 Nc5 
15.O-O-O Rac8 16.Kb1 a6 17.Rhe1 Rc7 18.g4 Nc6 19.f5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Rfc8 21.
f6 g6 22.g5 Nb4 23.Rd2 Rc4 24.h4 a5 25.h5 R8c7 26.Rh1 R4c5 27.c3 Na6 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29.f7+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Marchand, Francois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e3 Nxe5 5.Nh3 Ng6 6.g3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Bg2 
O-O 9.Bxb4 Nxb4 10.Nc3 d6 11.O-O Be6 12.b3 Qc8 13.Ng5 Bg4 14.f3 h6 15.Nge4
Bh3 16.Qd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Re8 18.Rad1 Nc6 19.Nf2 Nce7 20.e4 f5 21.Rfe1 fxe4 
22.Rxe4 Nc6 23.Qd5+ Kh8 24.Rde1 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Nge5 26.Nd5 Qd7 27.f4 Nf7 28.
Qg6 Rf8 29.Ng4 Nfd8 30.b4 Qf7 31.Qxf7 Nxf7 32.b5 Na5 33.Re7 c6 34.bxc6 
bxc6 35.Nde3 c5 36.Rxa7 Nc6 37.Rd7 Kg8 38.Nf5 Ra8 39.Nxd6 Rxa2+ 40.Kh3 
Nxd6 41.Rxd6 Na5 42.Ne5 Rc2 43.Rd8+ Kh7 44.f5 h5 45.Nf7 g5 46.Nxg5+ Kg7 
47.Ne4 Nxc4 48.f6+ Kg6 49.Rg8+ Kf7 50.Rg7+ Kf8 51.Ng5 Rf2 52.Ne6+ Ke8 53.
Re7# 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.Rb1 a4 12.b4 axb3 13.Nxb3 b6 14.Ra1 Ne8 15.Be3 f5 
16.f3 Nf6 17.a4 c5 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd2 Nc8 20.Nd5 Nd7 21.Nb1 Nc5 22.Nbc3 
Qd7 23.Ra3 Nxa4 24.Nxa4 Rxa4 25.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 
h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3 Qc7 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Bd6 
15.Bf4 Nc5 16.Rad1 b6 17.c3 Bb7 18.Bc2 Rfd8 19.Rd4 a5 20.b4 Ba6 21.Qe3 Nb7
22.Bxh6 Bxe5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxe5 Nd5 25.Qg3 f6 26.Qg6 fxe5 27.Qh7+ Kf8 
28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxg7+ Kd6 30.Qxe5+ Kc6 31.Qd4 Kd7 32.Bg5 Rg8 33.Bf5 Kc6 34.
Rxe6+ Nd6 35.b5+ Bxb5 36.c4 Kb7 37.Qxd5+ Bc6 38.Qxd6 Qxd6 39.Rxd6 Rxg5 40.
g4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gorelli Fagiolini, Marco"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.g3 a6 8.Bg2 b5 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nh4 Bb7 11.Re1 Be5 12.f4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qd4 
Qf6 16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.Rd1 Rxe2 18.Bf3 Rc2 19.Be3 d6 20.g4 Rxc3 21.Bd4 Rxf3 
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 a5 8.Re1 Ne4 
9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.e4 Nc6 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.Rb1 
Rb8 16.Bb2 Kh8 17.Qd2 Bg5 18.h4 Bh6 19.Qe2 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qf6 21.c5 Bf5 22.
Rbc1 exd4 23.cxd4 Nb4 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Red1 Nd3 26.Rb1 Nb4 27.d5 Qf7 28.
Rbc1 Rbe8 29.Qb6 Nd3 30.Rc7 Re7 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Bd4 Ne1 33.Bh1 Bg4 34.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grinza, Andrea"]
[Black "Mariano, Elia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 e5 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 e4 14.Nxd5 Qd6 
15.Nc7 exf3 16.Nxa8 fxg2 17.Rg1 Qxh2 18.Kd2 Ne5 19.dxe5 Rd8+ 20.Ke2 Bg4+ 
21.f3 Rxd1 22.Rcxd1 h5 23.fxg4 h4 24.Nc7 h3 25.Nd5 Qg3 26.Nf4 Qxg4+ 27.Kd2
h2 28.Rxg2 Qxd1+ 29.Kxd1 h1=Q+ 30.Kc2 Qh7+ 31.Kd2 Qb1 32.Nd3 Qxa2 33.Rg4 
Kf8 34.Rb4 b6 35.Rd4 Ke7 36.Rg4 g6 37.Rd4 Ke6 38.Rd6+ Kf5 39.Rf6+ Kg5 40.
Rf4 Kh5 41.Ke2 Qb3 42.Kd2 g5 43.Rb4 Qa2 44.Rd4 g4 45.Rd8 Kh4 46.e4 Kg3 47.
Ke2 Qb3 48.Rc8 Kh2 49.Rc3 Qe6 50.Ke3 g3 51.Nf4 g2 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 
Nc5 9.O-O Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bc5 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Qf3 O-O 
15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubicic, Maja"]
[Black "Zucconi, Leandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 b6 8.O-O 
Bb7 9.Qb1 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Ne5 c5 12.f4 Qc7 13.g4 Bd6 14.Ndf3 Ne4 15.Qe1
f6 16.Ng6 Rfe8 17.Qh4 Bc6 18.g5 Qf7 19.Qh5 Kh7 20.Nfh4 Re7 21.Bxe4 dxe4 
22.Qg4 Rg8 23.Nxe7 Qxe7 24.g6+ Kh8 25.f5 e5 26.Rad1 exd4 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.
exd4 Bd5 29.Rfe1 Re8 30.b3 Bc7 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qg3 Qc6 33.Qf2 Qd6 34.Nf3 Bc6
35.Rde1 Kg8 36.R1e2 Kf8 37.Qe1 Qf4 38.Nh4 Qg4+ 39.Rg2 Qf4 40.Rc3 Bd7 41.
Qg3 Bd6 42.Re3 Rc8 43.Rf2 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Qxg3+ 45.hxg3 Rd1 46.Rfe2 Rxd4 47.
Kf1 Bc6 48.Rc2 Bc5 49.Ng2 Bb5+ 50.Ke1 Bd3 51.Rc3 Bb4 52.Kf2 Bxc3 53.Nf4 
Rd6 54.Ne6+ Rxe6 55.fxe6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Luciani, Valerio"]
[Black "De Kleuver, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Nge2 Rb8
9.O-O b5 10.Rae1 b4 11.Nd1 a5 12.Bh6 O-O 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.f4 f5 
16.h3 Nd4 17.c3 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Qc7 19.g4 bxc3 20.bxc3 fxe4 21.dxe4 Bb5 22.
c4 Bd7 23.Qf2 Nc6 24.f5 Qd8 25.Qg3 Ne5 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.f6+ Rxf6 28.Rxf6 Qxf6
29.Rxd6 Rb1+ 30.Kh2 Rb2 31.Nf5+ gxf5 32.g5 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qe5+ 34.Qg3 Qxg3+ 
35.Kxg3 Ba4 36.Rxe6 f4+ 37.Kxf4 Rxg2 38.Ra6 Rc2 39.Kf5 Bd7+ 40.Ke5 Bxh3 
41.Rxa5 Rxc4 42.Ra7+ Kg6 43.Kf4 Rd4 44.Rc7 c4 45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.
Ke5 Rd2 48.Rxc4 Rxa2 49.Rc6 Kg7 50.Rc7+ Kg6 51.Kf4 Ra6 52.Rb7 Rd6 53.Kg3 
Rd3+ 54.Kf4 Rd6 55.Kg3 Be6 56.Kf4 Bf7 57.Ra7 Re6 58.Ra1 Be8 59.Rh1 Rxe4+ 
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 e5 5.e4 f4 6.Nh3 a6 7.d6 Nc6 8.Nxf4 exf4 9.
Bxf4 b5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Nd5 Bb7 13.Nc7+ Kf7 14.Nxa8 Bxa8 15.Bxd4 
cxd4 16.Qxd4 Qg5 17.a4 Bc6 18.axb5 axb5 19.c4 b4 20.c5 Nf4 21.Bc4+ Kg6 22.
g3 Bxf3 23.gxf4 Qh4+ 24.Kd2 Bxh1 25.f5+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pantaleoni, Claudio"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans-Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nge7 7.Nb3 Ng6 8.g3 
d6 9.h4 Be7 10.h5 Nf8 11.Qg4 Bf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.f4 Nd7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Ne4 
Nb4 16.Rh2 Nd5 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Bd3 Be7 19.Ng5 f5 20.Qe2 N7f6 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 
22.fxe5 Ng4 23.Re2 Nb4 24.Bc4 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 b5 26.Bd3 Bb7 27.Be7 Nxd3+ 28.
Rxd3 Rfe8 29.Rd7 Bf3 30.Re1 Bc6 31.Rc7 Rec8 32.Rxc8+ Rxc8 33.Nc5 Kf7 34.
Bd6 Ra8 35.Re2 Bf3 36.Re1 Bd5 37.a3 Nf2 38.Re3 g5 39.hxg6+ hxg6 40.Rc3 g5 
41.Nd7 Rh8 42.Nf6 Rh1+ 43.Kd2 Ne4+ 44.Nxe4 Bxe4 45.Rc7+ Kg6 46.Bf8 Rg1 47.
g4 fxg4 48.Ke3 Bd5 49.Rg7+ Kf5 50.Be7 Re1+ 51.Kf2 Rxe5 52.Rxg5+ Kf4 53.Rg7
Rf5 54.Bb4 Bf3 55.Rg6 e5 56.Bd2+ Ke4 57.Rxa6 Rh5 58.Bc3 Rh2+ 59.Kg3 Rh3+ 
60.Kf2 g3+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piva, Giorgio"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Ne8 12.f4 f5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.e4 f4 15.Be2 g5
16.Bg4 Nf6 17.Bxc8 Nxc8 18.a4 Nd6 19.Re1 Qe8 20.Qe2 Qg6 21.Kh1 g4 22.Ba3 
Rac8 23.Qd3 Rf7 24.Re2 Nh5 25.Ree1 Qh6 26.Nf1 g3 27.h3 f3 28.Ra2 f2 29.Re3
Rg7 30.Rf3 Nf4 31.Bc1 Qxh3+ 32.gxh3 g2+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Farina, Saverio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Bb5+ Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 Nd7 7.Re1 Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Na4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 f6 12.Bf4 fxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bf6 
15.Nc5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Qf6 17.c3 Rb8 18.b4 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.cxb4 Ra8 21.g3 h6
22.h4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Qe3 Kh8 25.Kg2 Rf7 26.Rh1+ Rh7 27.Rxh7+ Kxh7 28.
Rxg5 Rxa3 29.Ne4 dxe4 30.Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rupp, Markus"]
[Black "Niederstaetter, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2
c5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.f4 Bg4 13.f5 Na5 14.Bd5 e6 15.fxe6 
fxe6 16.Nf4 exd5 17.Qxg4 Nc4 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Nxg6+ hxg6 20.Rf3 Bxd4 21.cxd4
Nxe3 22.Rxc5 Qd7 23.Rh3+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c5 8.e3 Nc6 
9.Qe2 d5 10.Rd1 Qd7 11.d4 Rad8 12.Nc3 Qc8 13.Rac1 dxc4 14.bxc4 Qa8 15.d5 
Na5 16.e4 Ba6 17.d6 Bxc4 18.Qe1 Bxd6 19.e5 Nd5 20.exd6 Nc6 21.Qe4 Nxc3 22.
Bxc3 Bd5 23.Qg4 g5 24.Bf6 Rxd6 25.Qf4 e5 26.Nxe5 Rxf6 27.Qxf6 Bxg2 28.Ng4 
h5 29.Nh6+ Kh7 30.Nxf7 Qe8 31.Rd6 Be4 32.Re6 Qxf7 33.Qxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxe4 
Nd4 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Rce1 Nc6 37.Re6 Nb4 38.a4 Nc2 39.R1e4 Nd4 40.Re7 Nc6 41.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 42.Kf3 a6 43.Rf4+ Ke6 44.Rf8 Kd5 45.Ra8 a5 46.Ke3 c4 47.f4 Ne7 
48.Re8 Nf5+ 49.Kd2 Kd4 50.Rd8+ Kc5 51.Rg8 Ne7 52.Rg7 Nd5 53.Rg6 Kb4 54.Rd6
c3+ 55.Kd3 Kc5 56.Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sgnaolin, Davide"]
[Black "Everet, Alexandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bc4 h6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 c6 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Qc7 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Nd2 Ne6 13.Nb3 b6 14.Rfd1 Nh7 15.Ba6 
Bd7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Bf1 Neg5 18.Qe2 Qc8 19.a5 Qc7 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ra6 Ra8 
22.Bxb6 Qb7 23.Bc5 Be6 24.Rda1 Bxc5 25.Nxc5 Rxa6 26.Rxa6 Qxb2 27.N3a4 Qc1 
28.Nd3 Qa1 29.Nac5 Qb1 30.Rxc6 Bc8 31.Nxe5 Nf6 32.f3 Nh5 33.Kh2 Qb8 34.g3 
Qxe5 35.f4 Nxf4 36.gxf4 Qxf4+ 37.Kh1 Bxh3 38.Bxh3 Nxh3 39.Qg2 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 dxc4 9.Na3 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qxc4 b6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd4 Rb8 14.Nc6 Rb7
15.b4 Qxc4 16.Nxc4 Nb8 17.N6e5 Re7 18.Nd6 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.Nexf7 Rf8 21.
Nxc8 Rexf7 22.Bh3 Rf6 23.Nxa7 Nc3 24.Rf1 Nxe2+ 25.Kg2 Rg6 26.Kh1 Rh6 27.
Bg4 Nd4 28.Rad1 e5 29.f4 Rg6 30.Bh3 Rh6 31.Bg2 Nf5 32.Bd5+ Kh8 33.Rd3 exf4
34.gxf4 Rd8 35.Rfd1 Rh4 36.Be6 Rxd3 37.Rxd3 g6 38.Bxf5 gxf5 39.Rd8+ Kg7 
40.Rxb8 Rxf4 41.Rxb6 Rf2 42.a4 h5 43.Kg1 Ra2 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vreugdenhil, Frans"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.O-O 
Ng6 9.Rd1 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rd2 a6 12.Rad1 b5 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.Rc2 Qb7 15.
Rcd2 Re8 16.Bg5 Bf8 17.Nh4 Nge5 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Nf3 Qb4 21.Kh1 
Bb7 22.Qf1 Rac8 23.Bh4 Na7 24.a3 Qa5 25.Be1 Qc7 26.Bg3 Nb5 27.f5 Nxc3 28.
bxc3 e5 29.Qe1 Qa5 30.Ra2 d5 31.exd5 e4 32.Nd4 Bxd5 33.f6 g6 34.Qe3 Ba8 
35.Bf4 Rcd8 36.Rb1 Qh5 37.h3 h6 38.a4 Kh7 39.g4 Qd5 40.h4 Qd7 41.Rg1 a5 
42.Nb5 Qd3 43.Nc7 Bd6 44.Nxe8 Bxf4 45.Qxf4 Qh3+ 46.Qh2 e3+ 47.Rag2 Bxg2+ 
48.Rxg2 Rd1+ 49.Rg1 Rxg1+ 50.Kxg1 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 g6 2.b3 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.d4 Ne4 10.O-O Bf5 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Na4 Qd7 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.Rxc5 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Na6 16.Rcc1 Qb5 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.h3 Be4 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Bxe7 Qd7 21.Bg5 
f6 22.Be3 Rc2 23.Qa5 Bf8 24.Bd2 Qc8 25.Rd1 Nc7 26.Bf4 Ne6 27.Be3 Rxe2 28.
Qxa7 Rc2 29.Qa5 Kg7 30.Ne1 Qc7 31.Qa4 Bxg2 32.Nxc2 Bf3 33.Rc1 Qd6 34.Qe8 
h5 35.Qc8 g5 36.Qxb7+ Kh6 37.h4 Kg6 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Ne1 Be4 40.Qc8 h4 41.
Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qc6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Satta, Vladimiro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 e6 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nd7 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 d5 8.Nd2 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Ngf6 10.c3 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.
Rfe1 Rad8 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bc1 Nf6 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.h4 Qa5 20.a3 Rd7 21.g4 Nd5 
22.g5 Qd8 23.Qg4 Bf8 24.h5 Ne7 25.Be4 g6 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Kg2 Bg7 28.Rh1 
Qc8 29.Bf4 Nf5 30.Qh3 Qd8 31.Rdg1 Kf8 32.Qh7 a6 33.Rh3 a5 34.Rgh1 Nd6 35.
Bc2 Nc4 36.Bb3 Nb6 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Be5+ f6 39.gxf6+ Qxf6 40.Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.g4 O-O 8.O-O-O Qa5 
9.Kb1 Re8 10.h4 h5 11.gxh5 Nxh5 12.Bh3 Nd7 13.Qg2 Nb6 14.Bg4 Nc4 15.Bc1 b4
16.Nce2 Rb8 17.Rd3 Rb6 18.Bxh5 Ra6 19.a3 bxa3 20.b3 a2+ 21.Ka1 Na3 22.Bxa3
Qxa3 23.Nh3 Bxh3 24.Qxh3 Qc5 25.Bxg6 Qxc2 26.e5 Qxe2 27.Rg1 Qxe5 28.Be4 
Kf8 29.Rgd1 Qf6 30.Qd7 d5 31.Bf5 c5 32.Bg4 Qd6 33.Qxd6 exd6 34.Bd7 Re2 35.
Rc1 Ke7 36.Ba4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Sciortino, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.
Nbd2 Bd7 10.Ne5 Be8 11.Ndf3 Nbd7 12.Nd3 Bh5 13.Nfe5 Ng4 14.Qc2 g5 15.a4 a5
16.Nxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Bh5 18.e4 fxe4 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6 21.Bg2 Bg6 22.
Qe2 Bh5 23.Qd2 Ng4 24.Rae1 h6 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Qe2 e5 27.Bf3 Qd7 28.dxe5 
Nf2 29.Bxh5 Nxd3 30.e6 Bc5+ 31.Kh1 Nf2+ 32.Kg2 Qd3 33.Bf7+ Kh7 34.Qe5 Rxf7
35.exf7 Kg6 36.Qf6+ Kh5 37.Qf3+ Qxf3+ 38.Kxf3 Nd3 39.Re2 Nxb2 40.Rxb2 Kg6 
41.Rd2 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Ne4 O-O 7.c4 Nc7 8.Bf4 d5 
9.exd6 exd6 10.Nxd6 Bg4 11.Be2 Ne6 12.Bg3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nxd4 14.O-O Qb6 15.
Re1 Nd7 16.Rb1 a5 17.b3 Qb4 18.Re4 Ne6 19.Nxf7 Nec5 20.Nd6 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 
Ne5 22.f4 Nf7 23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Qd3 Re8 25.h3 Qa3 26.Rf1 a4 27.f5 Qe7 28.Bf3
Rxf5 29.Bd6 Qd7 30.Rd1 Bf8 31.c5 Qf7 32.bxa4 Qxa2 33.Bg4 Qf2+ 34.Kh2 Rd5 
35.Qf1 Qxf1 36.Rxf1 Bxd6+ 37.cxd6 Rxd6 38.Rb1 Re7 39.Bc8 Rd8 40.Rxb7 Rxb7 
41.Bxb7 c5 42.Kg3 c4 43.Kf3 c3 44.Be4 Rf8+ 45.Kg3 Re8 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 
Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.c3 O-O 11.f3 h6 12.a4 Be6 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.Qf2 b4 15.Nd2 
Qb8 16.Kh1 Qa7 17.Qg3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Qe3 19.f4 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Rfb8 21.Nf3 Bb3 
22.Bd3 Nd7 23.Be3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Kleuver, Esther"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Ne1 h6 11.f3 Ng5 12.Nc3 g6 13.Be3 Ne6 14.f4 Ng7 15.Qf3
e6 16.Nc2 Rc8 17.Bf2 Be7 18.Qh3 Na5 19.Bh4 Bxh4 20.Qxh4 Nc4 21.Rac1 Nxb2 
22.Ne3 Nd3 23.Ncxd5 exd5 24.Nxd5 Nf5 25.Qh3 Qxd5 26.Rxc8+ Kd7 27.Rc2 Qxd4+
28.Kh1 Rc8 29.Rd2 Nf2+ 30.Rdxf2 Qxf2 31.Qd3+ Qd4 32.Qb5+ Kc7 33.Rc1+ Kb8 
34.Rb1 Qe4 35.a4 Nh4 36.Rb2 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7 
9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.b3 Bb7 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Nh4 e6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.O-O 
O-O 16.Bg5 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Qc6 18.Qc2 Ng4 19.h3 Nge5 20.Rbd1 d5 21.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 fxe4 4.dxe4 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Bxe4 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 
8.Ng5 Ke8 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Ngxe4 Na6 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O h6 13.Rhe1 Kf7 14.Bf4 
Be7 15.Nb5 Rad8 16.Nd4 c6 17.Ng3 g6 18.Nf3 Nb4 19.Ne5+ Kf6 20.Nxf5 exf5 
21.Rd7 Nd5 22.Bd2 Bd6 23.Rf7+ Ke6 24.Rxb7 Bxe5 25.f4 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 Rd5 27.
Rxa7 g5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Re7+ Kxe7 30.Rxe5+ Kf6 31.Rc5 f4 32.Rxc6+ Kf5 33.
Rc5+ Ke4 34.Kd2 g4 35.Ke2 h5 36.Rc7 h4 37.h3 gxh3 38.gxh3 Rg8 39.Kf2 Rg3 
40.Rc3 Rg7 41.a4 Rb7 42.Rc4+ Ke5 43.b3 Rg7 44.a5 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Everet, Alexandro"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.h3 
Nbd7 9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.f3 Ne6 12.Kh1 Bc7 13.Bd2 Qd6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rf2
c5 16.b3 Rac8 17.Qb2 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Bb6 20.Ne2 a6 21.Ng3 h5 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 Ne4 24.Rf3 Rc7 25.Be3 Rce7 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Qd2 Qe7 28.Bg1
Re2 29.Qd3 Qe4 30.a4 Bc7 31.Raf1 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 f5 33.Rc3 Bd6 34.Rff3 Kf7 
35.g3 Rb2 36.Rfe3 Re4 37.Rcd3 h4 38.gxh4 Bxf4 39.Rf3 g6 40.Rd1 Kg7 41.Rdf1
Bd6 42.h5 f4 43.hxg6 Kxg6 44.R1f2 Rb1 45.Rf1 Ree1 46.Rxe1 Rxe1 47.Kg2 Rb1 
48.Bf2 Kf5 49.Rc3 Bb4 50.Rc7 Rxb3 51.Rf7+ Ke4 52.h4 Bd6 53.h5 f3+ 54.Kh3 
Rb2 55.Bh4 Rh2+ 56.Kg4 Rg2+ 57.Kh3 Rh2+ 58.Kg4 Rg2+ 59.Kh3 Bf4 60.Re7+ Kf5
61.Rf7+ Ke4 62.Re7+ Kxd4 63.Rf7 Ke4 64.Re7+ Kd4 65.Rf7 Ke4 66.Re7+ Be5 67.
Bf6 Rh2+ 68.Kg4 Rxh5 69.Kxh5 f2 70.Rxe5+ Kf4 71.Kg6 Kg3 72.Rf5 Kg2 73.Bd4 
f1=Q 74.Rxf1 Kxf1 75.Kf5 b5 76.a5 Ke2 77.Ke5 Kd3 78.Kxd5 b4 79.Bf6 b3 80.
Kc5 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Qd6 14.g3 Qb4 15.Rb1
Bd7 16.Re1 Rae8 17.Bc2 Qb6 18.b4 a6 19.Qd3 Ne4 20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 g6 22.
d5 e5 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.dxe6 Kh8 25.Bb3 Rf5 26.Bd5 Ne7 27.Bxb7 Ref8 28.Rb3 
R5f6 29.Bd5 Nxd5 30.Qxd5 Qxe6 31.Qxe6 Rxe6 32.Re3 Ref6 33.Nxe5 Rxf2 34.a3 
Ra2 35.Nd7 Rc8 36.Nc5 Rd8 37.Rf3 Rd1+ 38.Rf1 Rdd2 39.Rf8+ Kg7 40.Ne6+ Kh6 
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Black "Bojkovic, Natasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Qh5 12.Nf3 Rac8 13.Qe1 Qa5 14.Rd1 Rcd8 15.Qh4
Qh5 16.Qf2 b6 17.Rfe1 Bc8 18.Re2 b5 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 b4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.
exd5 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Bxa7 Rfe8 25.d6 Be6 26.d7 Re7 27.Red2 Bh6 28.Rd6 
Bxd7 29.Bb6 e4 30.Bxd8 e3 31.Qf3 e2 32.Qxh5 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc6 11.Rad1 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Qb6 Qb8 15.Qb3 
Nd7 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Re8 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Bf6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Bd4 
Qd8 22.Qxb7 Rc8 23.Rd2 Qa5 24.c3 Qxa4 25.Qf3 Ne4 26.Re2 d5 27.f6 Qd7 28.
fxg7 Rc6 29.Qf5 Qxf5 30.Rxf5 Rd8 31.g4 h6 32.h4 Rg6 33.Rf4 f6 34.c4 f5 35.
cxd5 Nd6 36.Re6 Kf7 37.Rxg6 Kxg6 38.Be5 Nf7 39.Rxf5 Nxe5 40.Rf8 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Nf3 
cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.O-O-O f6 13.g4 Bd7 14.f4 Nc6 
15.Nxd5+ exd5 16.Qxd5 Qc7 17.Bc4 Rae8 18.Qf7+ Kd8 19.Rxd7+ Qxd7 20.Rd1 Nd4
21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bb5+ Kc7 23.Bxe8 Ne2+ 24.Kd2 Nxf4 25.Bb5 Rd8+ 26.Bd3 Nxd3
27.cxd3 Rd4 28.Rg1 Kd6 29.Ke3 Rb4 30.Rg2 g6 31.h5 Ke5 32.h6 a6 33.Rc2 Rxg4
34.Rc7 Rg3+ 35.Kd2 Rh3 36.Rxh7 Rh2+ 37.Kc3 g5 38.d4+ Kd5 39.Rh8 Rh3+ 40.
Kd2 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Rh3+ 42.Ke2 Ke4 43.d5 Rh2+ 44.Ke1 Kf3 45.d6 Re2+ 46.Kd1 
Re6 47.Rd8 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Mariano, Elia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qc2 
c6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Ne4 11.Bxe4 Bxg5 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.Bf5 Nf6 
15.Bxc8 Raxc8 16.Qe2 Ne4 17.Qf3 f5 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.b4 Rce8 20.g3 R8e6 21.
Rfc1 Rh6 22.b5 Reh4 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Rab1 Rxh2 25.Rxc6 Rh1+ 26.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 
27.Kxh1 f4 28.exf4 Qf5 29.Re1 Qd3 30.Kg2 Qxd4 31.Re7 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rc1 Bb6 12.Na4 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nxb6 axb6 
15.Qb3 Ra6 16.a3 Rd8 17.Qb5 Bf5 18.Rfd1 Be4 19.Rd2 g6 20.Rcd1 h5 21.Ne1 
Bxg2 22.Kxg2 h4 23.Nf3 hxg3 24.hxg3 d4 25.e3 d3 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 Ra5 
28.Qxb6 Rf5 29.e4 Rh5 30.Qxb7 Ne5 31.Qc8+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne2 e5
9.h3 f6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Bg2 g5 12.f4 gxf4 13.gxf4 Qd7 14.f5 Bf7 15.Bf3 O-O-O
16.O-O Kb8 17.a3 Nc8 18.Qe1 c4 19.Qh4 c3 20.bxc3 dxc3 21.Nb1 Nd4 22.Nbxc3 
Nxc2 23.Rac1 Nxa3 24.Qxf6 Qe7 25.Nd5 Qxf6 26.Nxf6 Rxd3 27.Rc3 Rd6 28.Ng4 
Nc4 29.f6 h5 30.Rxc4 hxg4 31.Rxc8+ Rxc8 32.Bxg4 Rcc6 33.Rf5 Rxf6 34.Rxe5 
Be6 35.Nd4 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Bxg4 37.hxg4 Rd6 38.Nf3 a6 39.Re8+ Rc8 40.Re7 a5 
41.e5 Rb6 42.Rf7 a4 43.Rf4 a3 44.Ra4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.d4 d5 7.b3 Be6 8.Nbd2 h6 
9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.g4 Bxe5 13.gxf5 Bc7 14.Bxe4 e6 15.Bg2
Qh4 16.h3 Qf4 17.Re1 gxf5 18.e4 Nd7 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.Qg4+ Qxg4 21.hxg4 Rfd8
22.Rad1 Nf8 23.d5 cxd5 24.cxd5 Ba5 25.Rf1 exd5 26.Bxd5 Rd7 27.Rd3 Ne6 28.
Bc4 Rxd3 29.Bxd3 Rd8 30.Rd1 Nf4 31.Bc2 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Bb6 33.Bf3 Nd3 34.Bf6
Bxf2+ 35.Kf1 Bc5 36.Bxb7 Nc1 37.Ke1 Nxa2 38.Kd2 Ba3 39.Bd4 a5 40.Kd3 Nc1+ 
41.Kc4 Na2 42.Bd5 Nc1 43.Bb6 Bb4 44.Be3 Nxb3 45.Kxb3 Kg7 46.Be4 Be7 47.Bb6
Kf6 48.Be3 Ke5 49.Bc2 Bf8 50.Bd2 Kf6 51.Ka4 Kg7 52.Bc3+ Kg8 53.Bxa5 Bg7 
54.Bd2 Bf8 55.Kb5 Kg7 56.Kc6 Be7 57.Kd7 Bf6 58.Ke8 Bd4 59.Bb3 f6 60.Bc2 
Be5 61.Bb4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Prakken, Gerrit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Qg4 c5 6.dxc5 Nbc6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Nf3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.O-O-O e5 11.Qh5 Bf5 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.Bxf6 Bxb2+ 14.Kxb2 gxf6 
15.Bc4 Bg6 16.Qh4 Kg7 17.Bb3 Qa5 18.g4 d4 19.Qg3 Qc3+ 20.Kb1 Nb4 21.Nxd4 
exd4 22.Qxc3 dxc3 23.Rd7 Kf8 24.Re1 Nbc6 25.f4 Rb8 26.f5 Bf7 27.Rd6 Ng8 
28.Re3 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.h4 Nce7 31.Rd8 Nc6 32.Ra8 Nh6 33.Be6 Ke7 34.g5
fxg5 35.hxg5 Nf7 36.Bxf7 Kxf7 37.g6+ hxg6 38.fxg6+ Ke7 39.g7 Bf7 40.g8=Q 
Bxg8 41.Rxg8 Ke6 42.Rg7 Na5 43.c6 Nxc6 44.Rxb7 Kd5 45.a3 a5 46.Ka2 a4 47.
Kb1 Kc5 48.Kc1 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bojkovic, Natasa"]
[Black "Ranieri, Fabrizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bg2 c5 8.c4 Nc6 
9.O-O Qc7 10.Bf4 dxc4 11.dxc4 a6 12.Nbd2 b6 13.h4 Bb7 14.Rad1 b5 15.a3 Nb6
16.Rfe1 b4 17.Ne4 Na5 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Ng5 h6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qh5 Rad8 22.
Rxd8 Bxd8 23.Nge4 Nd7 24.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.a3 Nf6 7.d3 d6 8.O-O Nc6 9.
h3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rae1 Qa5 13.Ra1 Rfd8 14.g4 h6 15.Ng3 Qc7 
16.f4 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Bf2 d4 19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Nb8 21.a4 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 
Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.c3 Bb7 11.f3 c5 12.Qd1 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Re8 15.Nd2 
Ng6 16.Bf2 Nf4 17.Bh4 Ng6 18.Bf2 Nf4 19.Bh4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Everet, Alexandro"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Qd2 
Nxe3 9.Qxe3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 a5 12.O-O Nd4 13.c5 Be6 14.Nxd4 exd4 
15.Qf3 Kh8 16.Rac1 f5 17.Nf4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxa2 19.Qg4 Qf6 20.g3 c6 21.Qh3 
Kg8 22.Ra1 Bb3 23.Bd3 a4 24.Rfc1 Rae8 25.Re1 Qf7 26.Rec1 Be5 27.Re1 Bxf4 
28.gxf4 Qxf4 29.Qg3 Qxg3+ 30.hxg3 Kg7 31.Kf1 g5 32.Kg2 h5 33.Kg1 Kf6 34.f3
Kg7 35.Kf2 Rxe1 36.Rxe1 Bd5 37.Be2 Bxf3 38.Bxf3 g4 39.Re7+ Kg6 40.Rxb7 
Rxf3+ 41.Ke2 Rxg3 42.Rb6 Re3+ 43.Kf2 Re6 44.Rb4 d3 45.Rd4 Re2+ 46.Kf1 Rxb2
47.Rxd3 h4 48.Rd6+ Kg5 49.Rxc6 a3 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 
c5 9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be3 Re8 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.a3 Nb8 15.h3 
a6 16.d6 b5 17.Qh4 Nbd7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Qb7 21.Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd6 cxd6 5.d4 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O d5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.c3 Nf6 10.h3 Bf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.Bf4 Ne4 13.b4 e6 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Nbd2
Rc8 16.Rfc1 Kh8 17.Qe3 Rg8 18.Ne1 Qh4 19.Ndf3 Qh5 20.Nd3 f6 21.Kf1 b6 22.
c4 dxc4 23.Rxc4 Ne7 24.Rac1 Rce8 25.R1c2 Nd5 26.Qc1 Bf8 27.a3 Re7 28.Nfe1 
Reg7 29.Rc6 Rxg2 30.Nxg2 Qxh3 31.Ne1 Rxg2 32.Nxg2 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qxg2 34.Kd3 
Qf3+ 35.Be3 b5 36.Rd2 f4 37.Qe1 fxe3 38.fxe3 Nf4+ 39.Kc2 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gentilleau, Jean-Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.e4 Nc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Qe4 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Qe2
Nb4 16.Bc4 Nbd5 17.Nc3 Kh8 18.Bg5 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Qc8 20.a4 Bc5 21.Bh4 Nd5 
22.Qd3 Rf4 23.Bb3 Be8 24.Bg3 Rf5 25.Re1 Bf7 26.Ne5 Bg8 27.Rac1 Qf8 28.Rc2 
Rd8 29.Rd2 Bb6 30.Qc2 Qc5 31.Nc4 Ba7 32.Be5 Bb8 33.Bxb8 Rxb8 34.Ne5 Nf6 
35.Rde2 Rc8 36.c4 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.cxb5 Qxc2 39.Rxc2 Ra8 40.g3 Nd5 41.
Nc6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Kh8 16.Rfd1 Rg8 17.Nd5 Qf8 18.Kh1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Nc7 Rc8 21.Qxa5 
Be5 22.Bf1 Qf7 23.Nd5 e6 24.Bf4 Nd7 25.Bxe5+ Nxe5 26.Nf4 Qe7 27.Qc3 Rg7 
28.c5 Bd7 29.cxd6 Rxc3 30.dxe7 Rxe7 31.Re1 Ng6 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Rbc1 Rxc1 
34.Rxc1 Bc6 35.b4 Kg7 36.Kg1 Rd7 37.Bc4 Kf6 38.Rc2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Rb1 40.a3 
e5 41.h4 e4 42.f4 Ra1 43.Rc3 Rb1 44.g3 Ke7 45.Ke3 Be8 46.Be2 Kd6 47.g4 
fxg4 48.Bxg4 Rh1 49.Rc8 Rxh4 50.Rxe8 Rxg4 51.a4 g5 52.fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Nd2 Qc7 8.O-O
Nf6 9.f4 e5 10.Kh1 Bc5 11.Qe1 Ng4 12.h3 h5 13.Nb3 Ba7 14.f5 Qb6 15.Bg5 
Nf2+ 16.Kh2 h4 17.Bc4 a5 18.a4 Bd7 19.Qe2 g6 20.Rae1 gxf5 21.exf5 e4 22.
Rxf2 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kort, Jacob"]
[Black "Tocchioni, Doriano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Na6 8.a3 Nc7 9.
b4 cxb4 10.axb4 a5 11.bxa5 Na6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Nf3 Nac5 14.Bc2 Rxa5 15.O-O 
b6 16.Rxa5 bxa5 17.Na4 Qc7 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Qa1 h6 21.Qa3 Rc8 
22.Ra1 Bd8 23.Ba4 Bg5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Bc6 Rb8 26.Qc3 Rb4 27.Ra3 Qb6 28.Kh2
Bc8 29.Bb5 Bd7 30.Bxd7 Nxd7 31.Qg3 a4 32.Rf3 f6 33.h4 gxh4 34.Qxh4 Rb2 35.
Nf1 Qd4 36.Ne3 Rb1 37.Qg4 Nf8 38.Nf5 Qa7 39.Nh6+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Ng6 41.Rg3 
1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 
Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Be4 Nc6 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bg4 13.Be3 Rad8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Be7 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6 bxc6 18.Rab1 Rb8 19.c5 Bf6 20.Rb3 Rxb3 21.
axb3 Rd8 22.Ra1 Bxd4 23.Rxa7 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Rc8 25.Ra6 Kf8 26.Rxc6 Ke7 27.b4
Kd7 28.Ra6 Rb8 29.Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Barendse, Ted"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Nbc6 10.Be2 c4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 O-O-O 13.O-O Kb8 14.Nf4 g6 15.h4 Nc8
16.h5 g5 17.Nh3 Rdg8 18.f4 gxf4 19.Rxf4 Be8 20.Rf6 Nb6 21.Qe1 Nxa4 22.Nf2 
Ne7 23.g4 b5 24.Nd1 Qb6 25.Qf2 a5 26.Rb1 Kc8 27.Rxh6 Rxh6 28.Bxh6 b4 29.
cxb4 Nf5 30.Be3 f6 31.Kh1 Nxe3 32.Qxe3 fxe5 33.Qxe5 axb4 34.g5 Kd7 35.g6 
Qd8 36.Rxb4 Nb6 37.Nf2 Bxg6 38.hxg6 Rxg6 39.Qh5 Rg5 40.Qf7+ Kc6 41.Qxe6+ 
Kb7 42.Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lostuzzi, Manlio"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 b6 11.f4 Rc8 12.g4 h6 13.Be3 e5 14.f5 Nb4 15.Rf2 Qc7 16.h3
Bc6 17.Rd2 Nh7 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Nd1 b5 20.axb5 Bxb5 21.Qf2 Bg5 22.Nc3 Bc4 23.
Na5 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Ba2 25.Nxa2 Qxa5 26.c3 Nxa2 27.Kh2 Qa4 28.b4 Rxc3 29.
Raxa2 Qxb4 30.Qa7 Nf6 31.Qxa6 d5 32.exd5 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mambrini, Augusto"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Re8 8.d4 e4 
9.Qc2 Bf5 10.b3 Nbd7 11.h3 h5 12.b4 Nf8 13.Bb2 N8h7 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Qe2 c6 
16.Kh2 Ng5 17.Rh1 Rac8 18.Rac1 Nfh7 19.Nb1 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 exf3 21.Qxf3 Be4 
22.Qd1 Bxh1 23.Qxh1 Qf5 24.Nd2 g5 25.e4 Qf6 26.Nd3 g4 27.h4 Bh6 28.Rd1 d5 
29.cxd5 cxd5 30.e5 Qf5 31.Nb3 Red8 32.Nbc5 Rc7 33.Qe1 Nf8 34.Bc1 Bxc1 35.
Nxc1 b6 36.N5d3 Ne6 37.Qe3 Qf3 38.Qxf3 gxf3 39.Nf4 Rc4 40.Nb3 Rc2 41.Kg1 
Nxf4 42.gxf4 Rdc8 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.c3 
Re8 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nxf4 11.exf4 c5 12.Bb5 cxd4 13.Nxd4 e6 14.N2f3 Re7 
15.Bf1 Qb6 16.Qc2 Nc5 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.Qb1 Ba4 19.Rc1 Rae8 20.g3 a6 21.h4 f6
22.b3 Bd7 23.b4 Ne4 24.c4 e5 25.c5 Qc7 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Nb3 Nxg3 28.fxg3 e4
29.Nh2 Qxg3+ 30.Bg2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marchini, Massimo"]
[Black "Rago, Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Nd7 
9.Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 f5 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f3 Kh8 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4
Ng4 16.Bc1 h6 17.h3 Nf6 18.e5 Ng8 19.Qd3 Qc7 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Bb2 Bc8 22.d5 
cxd5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Nxd5 Bc5+ 25.Kh2 Qf7 26.Nf4 Ne7 27.e6 Qe8 28.Qe5 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mariano, Elia"]
[Black "Solinas, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Ng4 8.h3 Qh4 
9.O-O Nh6 10.b4 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 e4 13.Bc2 Rf6 14.Qe1 Qh5 15.Ng3 Qh4 
16.Nge2 Qh5 17.Be3 Rg6 18.Kh1 Ng4 19.Bg1 Na6 20.a3 Bf6 21.Qd2 Bd7 22.c5 
Re8 23.c6 bxc6 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Ng3 e3 26.Bxe3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 d5 4.c4 e5 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.Qc2 Qa5+ 8.
N5c3 Nxd5 9.a3 Nc6 10.e3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Be2 Be6 13.O-O Rac8 14.Bd2 
Qd8 15.b4 Bb6 16.Qb2 Qg5 17.Rfc1 Rcd8 18.Na4 Bh3 19.g3 Bg4 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 
21.Nxb6 axb6 22.b5 Nb8 23.Bb4 Rfe8 24.Qb3 h5 25.Rc7 Qf3 26.h4 Rd5 27.Qc2 
Nd7 28.e4 Rd3 29.Re1 Rd4 30.Qe2 Qb3 31.Qxh5 Nf6 32.Qf5 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 g6 34.
Qg4 Qb1+ 35.Kg2 Qxe4+ 36.Qxe4 Rxe4 37.Rxb7 Re6 38.Bd2 Rd4 39.Be3 Ra4 40.
Bxb6 Rxa3 41.Be3 Rb3 42.b6 Kg7 43.g4 Rc6 44.h5 gxh5 45.gxh5 Rc8 46.Rd7 Rh8
47.h6+ Kg6 48.Re7 f6 49.Rg7+ Kh5 50.h7 f5 51.b7 f4 52.Ba7 Kh6 53.Re7 e4 
54.b8=Q Rbxb8 55.Bxb8 Rxb8 56.Rxe4 Kxh7 57.Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Menoni, Vincenzo"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nd2 c5 
9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.a3 a6 14.Be3 b5 15.a4 Rb8
16.axb5 axb5 17.Qc2 Na5 18.b3 Qb6 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.Rfc1 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.
Bxb5 Rxb5 23.Ra8+ Rb8 24.Rxb8+ Nxb8 25.Qc8+ Bd8 26.Bg5 Qb6 27.Bxd8 Qxd8 
28.Qc5 Nd7 29.Qd6 Nxe5 30.Qxe5 O-O 31.Qd4 Qd6 32.b4 Rb8 33.b5 Qb6 34.Qxb6 
Rxb6 35.Rb1 Kf8 36.f4 Ke7 37.Kf2 f6 38.Ke3 e5 39.h4 Kd6 40.fxe5+ fxe5 41.
Ra1 Kc5 42.Ra7 Rxb5 43.Rc7+ Kd6 44.Rxg7 Rb3+ 45.Kf2 Rb2+ 46.Kg3 d4 47.
Rxg6+ Kd5 48.h5 d3 49.Kf3 e4+ 50.Ke3 Re2+ 51.Kf4 d2 52.Rg8 Ke6 53.Rd8 Ke7 
54.Rd5 e3 55.h6 Kf7 56.Rd7+ Kg8 57.g4 Re1 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messa, Roberto"]
[Black "Schwenk, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

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.g3 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bg2 Rfe8 13.O-O Nb6 14.Re1 f6 15.e6 
Qxe6 16.Qxe6+ Rxe6 17.Rxe6 dxe6 18.Bxc6 Rd8 19.Na3 Rd2 20.Bc3 Rd3 21.Rc1 
Bf8 22.Nb5 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 Ba3 24.Rc2 Kf7 25.Kf1 Rd1+ 26.Ke2 Rc1 27.Rxc1 Bxc1
28.Bc6 Ba3 29.Kd3 Bc5 30.Be1 e5 31.b4 Bd4 32.c5 Nc8 33.Kc4 Ne7 34.Bd7 c6 
35.a4 a6 36.g4 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Bh3 f5 39.Bf1 Ke6 40.Be2 h4 41.h3 Nd5 
42.a5 Kd7 43.f3 Ne3+ 44.Kd3 Nd5 45.Kc2 e4 46.fxe4 fxe4 47.Bxa6 Bf2 48.Bxf2
Nxb4+ 49.Kc3 Nxa6 50.Kd4 Nc7 51.Kxe4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.
Bxd4 Qa5 16.Rfe1 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rac1 Qa5 19.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Scacco, Mauro"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans-Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3 
a6 9.Bf1 d6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.f4 Qc7 12.Nb3 b5 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Qf3 Na5 15.Nxa5 
Qxa5 16.e5 Ne8 17.Bd3 g6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.f5 Bc6 20.Qf2 Rb8 21.fxe6 fxe6 
22.Rf1 Qc7 23.Qf7+ Kh8 24.Bh6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Ne4 O-O 7.c4 Nc7 8.Be2 d5 
9.exd6 exd6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 d5 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.Bxc4+ Kh8 14.O-O Bg4 15.Be3
Nd7 16.h3 Nb6 17.hxg4 Nxc4 18.Bf4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Qc2 Rae8 21.Rfe1 Nb6
22.Bc7 Na8 23.Bg3 Nb6 24.b3 Qd7 25.g5 fxg5 26.Nxg5 Qxd4 27.Rad1 Qf6 28.Qc5
Nd5 29.Ne4 Rxe4 30.Rxe4 Nc3 31.Ree1 Nxd1 32.Rxd1 b6 33.Qd6 Qc3 34.Qe7 Qc2 
35.Rd8 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nd7 6.exd5 exd5 7.Nb3 Ngf6 8.Be3
a5 9.a4 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nxc5 11.Bxc5 Bxc5 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.f3 b6 15.
Qd2 h5 16.O-O-O g6 17.h3 h4 18.Rhe1 Kg7 19.Nd4 Ra7 20.Re3 Rc7 21.Rde1 Rh5 
22.Kb1 Qd6 23.R1e2 Qf4 24.c3 Rg5 25.Qe1 Nh5 26.Re8 Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
Qa5 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Nd2 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.f3 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Qxa6 14.Kf2 Rac8 
15.a4 Rc6 16.Qb5 Qc8 17.Rhb1 Nh5 18.Bg3 Re8 19.Ra2 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Nf6 21.Qe2
Qf5 22.Kg1 cxd4 23.cxd4 Qg6 24.Kf2 Nh5 25.g4 Nf6 26.a5 bxa5 27.Rxa5 Rc2 
28.Rab5 h5 29.g5 Qxg5 30.Rb8 Rcc8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Qd3 h4 33.Nf1 g6 34.Qd1 
Qf5 35.Rc1 Ne4+ 36.Kg1 Nc3 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Black "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Nh6 12.g4 Nf7 13.Rg1 Kh8 14.h4 f5 15.Ng5 Nh6 16.
gxf5 gxf5 17.f3 Ng6 18.h5 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Qd2 Be5 21.O-O-O c6 22.Rg2 
Qe7 23.c5 Rf6 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Bc4 Bd7 26.exf5 d5 27.Nce4 Rxf5 28.Bxd5 cxd5
29.Qxd5 Bxb2+ 30.Rxb2 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Bc6 32.Rd6 Bxe4 33.Nxe4 Nf5 34.Rf6 Ng3 
35.Rxf4 Nxe4 36.Rxe4 Qxc5+ 37.Rc2 Qg1+ 38.Kb2 Rb8+ 39.Ka3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zilahi, Gabor"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Qc7 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Rc8 
9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.exd4 Be7 13.Rb1 b4 14.Re1 O-O 15.
Nc4 Rc7 16.Qd3 Rfc8 17.Re2 Qa6 18.Ne3 Qxa2 19.c4 bxc3 20.Bc1 Qa5 21.d5 
exd5 22.Nc2 d6 23.Be3 a6 24.Bd4 Qb5 25.Qf3 Ne4 26.Qg4 g6 27.Rbe1 f5 28.Qh3
Qd3 29.Qg2 Bf8 30.g4 Rf7 31.h4 f4 32.f3 Nd2 33.Rc1 Nxf3+ 34.Kf2 Nxd4 35.
Qxd5 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zucconi, Leandro"]
[Black "Schaefer, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.b3 c6 7.Bb2 a5 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.h3 Nb6 10.a4 Bf5 11.Ne5 Nfd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc7 15.f4 
Nd5 16.Qe2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Nb4 18.Kh2 Rd5 19.c3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nd5 21.c4 Nb4 
22.Qd2 b5 23.axb5 cxb5 24.cxb5 Qb6 25.Bd4 Qxb5 26.Nc3 Qd3 27.Qxd3 Bxd3 28.
Bc5 Bc2 29.Ra1 Bxb3 30.Rxa5 Nd3 31.Bxe7 Re8 32.Ra7 h6 33.Nd5 Rc8 34.Rc7 
Rxc7 35.Nxc7 g5 36.Be4 Nf2 37.Bb1 gxf4 38.gxf4 Bc4 39.Kg3 Nd3 40.Ne8 Nc1 
41.Kf2 Bf8 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Bxf8+ Kxf8 44.Ke1 Ne2 45.f5 Kg7 46.Ne8+ Kf8 47.
Nd6 Ba6 48.Ba2 Ng3 49.Kf2 f6 50.Kxg3 fxe5 51.Bc4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.
d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Nb3 Qd8 13.h3 Be8 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.Qe2 Nb6
16.Na5 Na4 17.Nxb7 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qc7 19.Qa6 Bf8 20.Rfc1 Nd7 21.Rab1 Nb6 22.
c4 Rcb8 23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.c5 Qd7 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Qe2 Qa7 27.Rc2 Bc5 28.Bxc5 
bxc5 29.Rbc1 Bb5 30.Qe3 c4 31.Qxa7 Rxa7 32.Rb1 Ra5 33.Bf1 Rc8 34.Rb4 Kf8 
35.Bxc4 Ke7 36.Bb3 Rxc2 37.Bxc2 Bd7 38.Bb3 Bxh3 39.Rb6 Kd8 40.Rb7 Bd7 41.
f4 f6 42.Rb6 exf4 43.gxf4 f5 44.e5 Ba4 45.d6 Bxb3 46.axb3 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barendse, Ted"]
[Black "De Kleuver, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 
O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.Bb3 Qe8 11.g4 Nd7 12.g5 Nc5 13.Rhg1 Bd7 14.Qh5 Nxb3+ 15.
axb3 f5 16.Qxe8 Raxe8 17.exf5 Nxd4 18.f6 Nf5 19.fxe7 Rxe7 20.Ne4 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 d5 22.Nc5 Bb5 23.Rg2 Rf3 24.Kd2 Bf1 25.Rg1 Rf2+ 26.Kc1 Bh3 27.Rd2 
Ref7 28.Nd3 Rxd2 29.Kxd2 Bf5 30.Ne5 Rc7 31.Rc1 Kf8 32.c4 Ke7 33.c5 Rc8 34.
b4 h6 35.h4 hxg5 36.hxg5 Rh8 37.c6 Rh2+ 38.Kc3 bxc6 39.Nxc6+ Kd6 40.Nd4 
Be4 41.Ra1 e5 42.Rxa6+ Kd7 43.Ra7+ Kd6 44.Ra6+ Kd7 45.Ne6 d4+ 46.Kc4 Bf3 
47.Nc5+ Kc8 48.Re6 Be2+ 49.Kd5 d3 50.Kc6 Rh8 51.Rd6 Bf3+ 52.Kb6 e4 53.Nb7 
Re8 54.b5 Bg4 55.Nc5 Bd1 56.Kc6 Bc2 57.b6 Re7 58.b7+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellin, Robert Cecil"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

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.O-O a5 10.a4 Bf5 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Rad1 c6 14.Rfe1 Rae8 15.Ne4 
Be6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.c3 N4d5 18.c4 Nb4 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nxc5 Qd5 21.e6 f6 22.
Bf4 Ra8 23.b3 Ra7 24.Nh2 Qf5 25.Qg4 N6d5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.g3 Nxf4 28.gxf4 
Rd8 29.Nd7 Nd5 30.Nf3 Nxf4 31.Nh4 Nxe6 32.Nb6 Kf7 33.Nxf5 Ra6 34.d5 cxd5 
35.Nxd5 Kf8 36.Re4 Rc6 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Aldrovandi, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.h4 a6 10.Qh5 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.f4 b5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 
Qxc5 16.e5 g6 17.Qf3 Ra7 18.h5 dxe5 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qh3 Bd8 21.Bxg6 Rg7 
22.Bxh7+ Kf7 23.Ne4 Qc7 24.Qh6 exf4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bonanzinga, Corrado"]
[Black "Vujovic, Milorad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bxe6 
fxe6 9.Nxe6 Qa5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Kf7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Bd8 Nf6 
15.Qg6 Qxd5 16.Nf4 Qg5 17.Bxf6 Qxf4 18.Bc3 Bf5 19.Qh5 Bxc2 20.Rae1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 e5 8.Be3 
Qd8 9.d4 exd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nh6 12.O-O-O Nf5 13.Be5 Be7 14.g4 f6 
15.Bc7 Nh4 16.Be2 f5 17.h3 O-O 18.f4 Be6 19.g5 Ng6 20.Rhf1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Farina, Saverio"]
[Black "Ragonese, Lucio Rosario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bd2 
O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qc7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Nf3 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Re1 Qf4 15.
Bd2 Qg4 16.h3 Qh5 17.Ne5 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Rad8 19.Bg5 h6 20.Be3 Nxe5 21.dxe5 
Nd7 22.f4 f6 23.exf6 gxf6 24.f5 Ne5 25.Be2 Kf7 26.Bxh6 Rg8 27.fxe6+ Kxe6 
28.c5 Rxd1 29.Bxd1 Rg6 30.Be3 Kd7 31.Bh5 Rg7 32.Rd1+ Ke6 33.b4 bxc5 34.
Bxc5 Nc4 35.Re1+ Kf5 36.Bg4+ Kg6 37.Bxa7 Nxa3 38.Bc5 Nc4 39.Bd1 Ne5 40.
Bc2+ Kf7 41.Bb3+ Kg6 42.Re3 Rd7 43.Be6 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Rd3 45.Rg3+ Rxg3 46.
Kxg3 Nd3 47.Bd6 Ba6 48.Kf3 Nb2 49.g3 Bb5 50.Ke4 Nc4 51.Bf4 Nb2 52.Kd4 Na4 
53.g4 Nb2 54.h4 Kg7 55.h5 Nd3 56.h6+ Kh8 57.Bd6 Nf2 58.Bf5 Be2 59.g5 Ng4 
60.gxf6 Nxh6 61.Be6 Bh5 62.Kc5 Be8 63.Bf4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Rb8
15.O-O Rb4 16.e4 Qb7 17.Re1 Be6 18.Bg5 Rxb2 19.Bxf6 Qb6 20.Nd1 gxf6 21.
Nxb2 Qxb2 22.Qxf6 Bxa2 23.h4 Rb8 24.h5 Rb6 25.Qg5+ Kf8 26.Red1 Rd6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kort, Jacob"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.O-O-O
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Qa4 10.Qxa4 Nxa4 11.Bd4 b6 12.f3 Ke7 13.Be5 Ne8 14.b3 d6 15.
Ba1 Nc5 16.Kc2 d5 17.b4 Na4 18.Kb3 dxc4+ 19.Kxc4 a6 20.Nh3 f6 21.Kb3 b5 
22.Nf4 g5 23.Nd3 e5 24.h4 Be6+ 25.Kc2 g4 26.fxg4 Bxg4 27.Nf2 Rc8+ 28.Kd2 
Rg8 29.Rc1 Rxc1 30.Kxc1 Nd6 31.e3 Bf5 32.h5 Rc8+ 33.Kd1 Rc2 34.g4 Rxf2 35.
gxf5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Ng3 Bd6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Nxe5 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.d4 Qe8 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 c5 14.Be3 a5 
15.Rfe1 a4 16.Qc2 c4 17.a3 Qb5 18.Bd2 Ng4 19.Nxg4 Bxg4 20.Bc3 Rae8 21.f3 
Bc8 22.Nf1 Bf5 23.Qf2 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Ne3 Be6 26.Re2 Qd7 27.Qe1 Bf7 
28.Nd1 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Qe8 30.Qd2 Qb8 31.g3 Bh5 32.Kg2 Qf8 33.Qe2 Qe8 34.Ne3 
Qe6 35.Qd2 Qf7 36.Qd1 Qe6 37.Kf2 Qh3 38.Qg1 Qe6 39.Qh1 Bg6 40.Qd1 Qh3 41.
Kg1 Qe6 42.Ng4 h5 43.Ne5 Bxe5 44.dxe5 Kh7 45.Kg2 Be8 46.Qd4 Bf7 47.h3 Qg6 
48.g4 Be6 49.Kg3 hxg4 50.hxg4 Qh6 51.Qb6 Bd7 52.Qxh6+ Kxh6 53.f4 g6 54.Bd4
Be6 55.Be3 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Qe2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.g4 fxg3 8.hxg3 
Nxg3 9.Qh2 Nxh1 10.d4 d5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.Qxh1 Nc6 14.O-O-O Bxf3 
15.Qxf3 Nxd4 16.Qg4 Ne6 17.Bg3 c6 18.Rh1 Bg5+ 19.Kb1 f5 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.
Re1 Rae8 22.Be5 Nf4 23.Bxf6 Rxe1+ 24.Nd1 h5 25.Qf3 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marchand, Francois"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 d5 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.Nh3 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.
Nf3 Ba6 10.b3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Rfd1 Nd7 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Nf4 Rac8 15.Rac1 
g5 16.Nd3 c5 17.Nde5 cxd4 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Rxd4 Qg7 20.Qd3 b5 21.Nd2 bxc4 
22.bxc4 Nxd2 23.Qxd2 Bxc4 24.Qe3 Kh8 25.Rd2 Rce8 26.Rb1 f4 27.Qa3 a6 28.
Rdb2 Qf6 29.Qd6 Rd8 30.Qc5 Rc8 31.Qd6 Rcd8 32.Qc5 Bb5 33.a4 Rc8 34.Qd6 
Rcd8 35.Qc5 Bxa4 36.Rb7 Bb5 37.Qa7 Ra8 38.Rxh7+ Kg8 39.Qc7 Qg6 40.Be4 dxe4
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bh3 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 Bxh1 8.f3 
e6 9.Kf2 Qf6 10.Ng4 Qf5 11.Qxh1 h5 12.Kg1 Nc6 13.Nf2 Qxc2 14.f4 Rc8 15.f5 
c4 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qe4 Qxe4 18.Nfxe4 Nd4 19.b3 cxb3 20.Bb2 bxa2 21.Rxa2 a5
22.Na4 Nf3+ 23.Kg2 Nxd2 24.Bxg7 Nxe4 25.Bxh8 b5 26.Nb6 Rc6 27.Na8 Bd6 28.
Rxa5 Rc2+ 29.Kf3 Ng5+ 30.Ke3 Nxh3 31.Rxb5 Rc5 32.Rb7 Rc8 33.Nb6 Rb8 34.Nc4
Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Be7 4.Bb2 Bf6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.d4 g6 7.e4 O-O 8.Qd2 Bg7 
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O c6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Ng3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf5 15.Bc3 
Nf6 16.Qb2 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qe7 18.Qc2 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Nd3 
Nc4 16.Nb4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bb7 18.Qa7 Qc8 19.Nbd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bd8 21.Qe3 
Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Bb6 23.Qd2 Bc5 24.Bd3 Qc7 25.h4 Qb6 26.Be2 Rfd8 27.Rd1 b4 28.
Bxa6 Bd4 29.Qd3 Ra8 30.Bc4 Ra5 31.f4 Rxd5 32.Bxd5 Rc8 33.g5 Qa5 34.Bb3 Qc5
35.f5 Kf8 36.g6 hxg6 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Qf3+ Ke7 39.Qf7+ Kd8 40.Ba4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scavo, Fernando"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qe2 c6 8.a4 b6 
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nh4 Nc5 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Rfe8 14.Bg5 e4 15.
Qe3 Rad8 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Qh3 a5 18.Re1 Bd6 19.Be3 Be5 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Rad1 
Rd4 22.b3 Qd7 23.Kf1 h6 24.Rxd4 Bxd4 25.Rd1 Re5 26.Ne2 Rxf5 27.Nxd4 cxd4 
28.c3 d3 29.Kg1 h5 30.f3 exf3 31.Rxd3 Qa7+ 32.Rd4 g6 33.gxf3 Qe7 34.Kg2 
Kg7 35.Qg3 Qe3 36.Qf2 Rg5+ 37.Kf1 Qxc3 38.f4 Rf5 39.Rd3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.a4 a5 8.Re1 O-O 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ne2 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Qd3 Qf6 15.Rad1 
Rfd8 16.Qc3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 g6 19.Rd2 Rd7 20.Red1 Rdd8 21.c3 Kf8
22.Kg2 Ke7 23.Rf1 Kf6 24.h4 c5 25.Rfd1 c4 26.Bc2 g5 27.hxg5+ hxg5 28.Rh1 
Kg6 29.Ng3 Nf4+ 30.Kf1 g4 31.fxg4 Kg5 32.f3 f6 33.d5 Nc8 34.Rdh2 Na7 35.
Rh6 b5 36.Kf2 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Qd4 Ng6 6.Qxe4 a6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Qa4+ 
Bd7 9.Qb3 Rb8 10.Bg5 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Bc4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Be7 14.O-O O-O 
15.Rad1 Qc8 16.a4 c6 17.a5 Qf5 18.Qa4 b5 19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Bc1 Rb4 21.Qxc6 
Rc8 22.Qxa6 Rcc4 23.h3 h6 24.Rd3 Kh7 25.b3 Rc5 26.Be3 Ra5 27.Qc6 Qh5 28.
Ne2 Ne4 29.Ng3 Nxg3 30.fxg3 f5 31.Nh2 Re4 32.Qc3 Bb4 33.Qb2 Be7 34.Qc1 Bf6
35.Qd2 Ra2 36.Bd4 Be7 37.Rf2 Bd6 38.Bxg7 Bc5 39.Bd4 Bd6 40.Bc3 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aldrovandi, Antonio"]
[Black "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 e6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
d6 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.O-O Ng6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Be3 b6 14.Be4 Rb8 15.
Qa4 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.c4 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.g3 Qe7 20.Rac1 Rc8 21.c5 
bxc5 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Qa6 Rbb8 24.Qc4 Bb6 25.Qxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Bd8 27.Rd1
h6 28.Rcxd8+ Kh7 29.R8d7 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.e4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a4 b4 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rac1 
Rc8 16.Rfd1 Rc6 17.Nfd2 h6 18.Bh4 Rce6 19.Nb3 Ba8 20.Ne3 Qb6 21.a5 Qa7 22.
Nf5 Bf8 23.Bc4 Bxe4 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Bxf6 Bxf5 26.Bd8 Rg6 27.Bb6 Qb7 28.f3 
Nxb6 29.axb6 e4 30.Nd4 exf3 31.Nxf3 Be4 32.Rf1 Qxb6+ 33.Kh1 Qb7 34.Rf2 Re6
35.Qf1 a5 36.Nd4 Re5 37.Nf5 a4 38.Rd1 a3 39.bxa3 b3 40.Ng3 Bc2 41.Rc1 Bg6 
42.Nf5 Bxa3 43.Rd1 b2 44.Qd3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.Nbd2 c6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 a4 
9.c4 a3 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ne1 f5 13.Nc2 b5 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 
bxc4 16.bxc4 e5 17.dxe5 Be6 18.c5 Qc8 19.Nb4 Re8 20.Qc1 Qc7 21.Rd1 Bf7 22.
Rd6 Rxe5 23.Qf4 Qe7 24.Rad1 g5 25.Qd2 g4 26.Rd8+ Be8 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Bg2 
Qxc5+ 29.Kh1 Kf7 30.Qf4 Qe5 31.Qc4+ Ke7 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.Nxc6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Farina, Saverio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 
Qb6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Nd3 Qb6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Na4 Qb5 
15.b3 Be6 16.Be3 Nd7 17.Nf4 O-O 18.c4 Qb7 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.Bxf6 
Nxf6 22.Nc5 Qb6 23.Qd4 Rab8 24.Rfd1 Rfc8 25.Rac1 Rc6 26.Ncxe6 Rxc1 27.Rxc1
fxe6 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.Nxe6 Kf7 30.Nd4 Rb7 31.f3 Nd7 32.Rc6 g6 33.a4 Ke7 34.
Re6+ Kf7 35.Rd6 Nf6 36.g4 Ke7 37.Re6+ Kf7 38.Rc6 Ke7 39.Kf2 Nd7 40.g5 Nc5 
41.h4 Kd7 42.Rf6 Ke7 43.Kg3 Kd7 44.Kg4 Ke7 45.h5 Nd3 46.Kh4 gxh5 47.Kxh5 
Rc7 48.Kh6 Ke8 49.Rxb6 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Everet, Alexandro"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O h6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 c5 
9.c3 Nc6 10.Nb3 cxd4 11.Nfxd4 Be4 12.f3 Bh7 13.Be3 e5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bf2 
Qb8 16.Qc1 a5 17.Nc5 Re8 18.Re1 a4 19.e4 Ra5 20.b4 axb3 21.Nxb3 Ra4 22.Qc2
Qa8 23.Nd2 Nd7 24.Bf1 Bc5 25.Nb3 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Qa7+ 27.Kg2 Ra8 28.Nc1 Nc5 
29.Bd3 f6 30.Re2 Kh8 31.Nb3 Ra3 32.Nxc5 Qxc5 33.c4 d4 34.Qd1 Bg8 35.Rc2 
R8a4 36.Qe2 Qa5 37.f4 Rc3 38.Rac1 Rca3 39.fxe5 Qxe5 40.Rf1 Bh7 41.Re1 Bg6 
42.Rd2 Kh7 43.Kh2 Rxc4 44.Bxc4 Qxg3+ 45.Kh1 Re3 46.Bd3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nurkic, Sahbaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Kh8 12.a4 Ng8 13.Nc4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Ngf6 15.Nc3 Ng8
16.Ba3 Nh6 17.b5 b6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Bb4 Rf4 20.a5 Rb8 21.axb6 axb6 22.Ra7 
Bb7 23.Qb1 Nf5 24.Bd3 Qh4 25.Be4 Nf6 26.f3 Bh6 27.Qe1 Qh5 28.Nxd6 Nxe4 29.
Ncxe4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qb4 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.O-O f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16.a3 Qe7 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Ne5 Nc4 20.Qe2 Nxe5 21.Qxe5
Rf5 22.Qe3 e5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 25.Rcd1 g5 26.Rd4 Rae8 27.f3 Kf7 
28.Kf2 Ke6 29.Rfd1 Rf8 30.R1d2 Rc8 31.h4 Rg8 32.Nd1 Rf8 33.Ne3 h5 34.hxg5 
Rxg5 35.Rh4 Rh8 36.Rd1 Rg7 37.Re1 Kf6 38.Reh1 Rgh7 39.Ke2 Kg6 40.Rd1 Rd8 
41.Kf2 Rhd7 42.Rhd4 Kf6 43.Re1 Re7 44.Re2 Kg6 45.Red2 Red7 46.Nd1 Kf6 47.
Nc3 Ke6 48.Rd1 Rh8 49.Rh4 Ke5 50.Ne2 Rdh7 51.Nd4 Bd7 52.Rdh1 Kf6 53.Ne2 
Be8 54.Nf4 Kg5 55.Ne6+ Kf5 56.Nd4+ Kg5 57.Ne6+ Kf5 58.Nd4+ Kg5 59.g3 Re7 
60.Rd1 Bc6 61.Rc1 Be8 62.Rc8 Rhh7 63.Rh1 Bd7 64.Rc5 Bc6 65.b4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bxb5 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Be2 Be5 18.Bf3 c5 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Kg1 Bxc3 21.bxc3
Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4 23.Rab1 Qe5 24.Rb3 Rad8 25.c4 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 h6 27.Rb6 a5
28.Qd5 Qa1+ 29.Kh2 Re5 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Rb1 Rxd5 32.Rxa1 Rd3 33.Re1 Rc3 34.
f3 Nf6 35.Bxc5 Rxc4 36.Be7 Nd5 37.Bd6 Ra4 38.Re5 Rd4 39.a3 a4 40.Bc5 Rd2 
41.Re4 Rc2 42.Ba7 g5 43.Kg1 Nc3 44.Re7 Kg6 45.Rb7 Ne2+ 46.Kf1 Ng3+ 47.Kg1 
f5 48.Rb4 f4 49.Kh2 Nf1+ 50.Kh3 Rc1 51.Bg1 Ne3 52.Kh2 Rc4 53.Rb6+ Kf5 54.
Rxh6 g4 55.Bxe3 fxe3 56.Kg3 gxf3 57.Kxf3 Rc3 58.Ra6 Rxa3 59.Ra5+ Ke6 60.g4
Kf6 61.Ke2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Nd2 e5 8.Nc4 
Ne7 9.Be3 Ng6 10.O-O Be6 11.Qh5 Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Be7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qf5 Bf6 
15.Bb6 Qc8 16.Qf3 O-O 17.Rfe1 Nf4 18.Re3 Ne6 19.Qf5 Re8 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Rgd3
Re7 22.Rd6 Qe8 23.c3 Kg8 24.R1d3 Rb8 25.Rg3 Kh8 26.a4 Ra8 27.a5 Rb8 28.h4 
Bxh4 29.Rh3 g5 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Rhd3 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagrotteria, Salvatore"]
[Black "Kort, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 a5 
9.Ne1 Nc5 10.f3 Nh5 11.Be3 b6 12.a3 Bd7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1 15.Qxa1 
Nb3 16.Qa2 Nd4 17.Bd1 Qe7 18.Qa7 Rc8 19.Rf2 Bf6 20.Ra2 Bg5 21.Bf2 Qd8 22.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 23.Bxe2 Be7 24.g3 Ng7 25.Nd3 Rb8 26.b5 f5 27.Nb4 fxe4 28.fxe4 
Ne8 29.Bg4 Bxg4 30.Nc6 Qd7 31.Qxb8 Bf3 32.Qc8 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lantini, Marco"]
[Black "Vaccani, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 
Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxb5 
axb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.Nxb7+ Kc7 18.Qxe7 Rxa2 19.b4 Qe3+ 20.Rd2 
Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Messa, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 
Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.c3 c5 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.f3 Qc7 14.Re1 d5 15.exd5 
Neg4 16.d6 Qxd6 17.fxg4 c4 18.Bd1 Rae8 19.Qf2 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Re8 21.Qf2 Qd3
22.Bf3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Re3 24.Qa8+ Re8 25.Qf3 Re3 26.Qf5 Re1+ 27.Nf1 Qd1 28.
Be3 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marchini, Massimo"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 Na6 9.
Nc3 c6 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Qb1 Rb8 12.a3 Na6 13.e4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 b5 15.Ned2 bxc4 
16.bxc4 c5 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rfe1 cxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Bc3 Nc5 21.Rab1 Ba4 22.
Rxb8 Qxb8 23.Qb1 Qa7 24.Ng5 g6 25.Rf1 Rb8 26.Qa2 Bd7 27.Nge4 Bf5 28.Re1 
Kg7 29.Kh1 Nd3 30.Rf1 Ng4 31.c5 Nxc5 32.h3 Nf6 33.Nxf6 Bxf6 34.f4 h5 35.
Qd5 Qc7 36.Kh2 Be6 37.Qf3 Rf8 38.Qe3 Rf7 39.h4 Na4 40.Ba1 Qc5 41.Qe1 Bf5 
42.Ne4 Bxe4 43.Qxe4 Nb6 44.fxe5 Bxe5 45.Bxe5+ dxe5 46.Re1 Nd7 47.Re3 Nf6 
0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.b4 e5 8.Bb2 a5
9.e3 axb4 10.axb4 Rxa1+ 11.Bxa1 Bg4 12.d3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nc6 14.b5 Ne7 15.d4
Nd7 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.f4 f6 18.fxe5 fxe5 19.c5 Rf6 20.Bh3 Nd5 21.Qc4 c6 22.
Bxd7 Qxd7 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bxe5 Re6 25.Bg3 Qe7 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.Kd2 Re8 28.Rb1
h5 29.h4 Rd8 30.Ke1 Qf3 31.Rb8 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pegoraro, Nicola"]
[Black "Steigenberger, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qc7 Nge7 9.Nc3 Nb4 10.Bd3 Qg6 11.Be3 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 O-O 13.Qxe5 Qxg2 14.
O-O-O Nc6 15.Qf4 d6 16.Rhg1 Qh3 17.Rxg7+ Kh8 18.Rdg1 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Satta, Vladimiro"]
[Black "Barendse, Ted"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 Kh8 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Bh4 
Nh5 16.Rc1 g6 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Nc5 Rae8 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qg7 
22.Bb5 Rf4 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.g3 Rb4 25.b3 Qb7 26.Rc5 Kg8 27.Qc2 Rc8 28.Rc1 
Rb6 29.Bg5 Qf7 30.Be3 Ng7 31.Ra5 Rb7 32.Qc5 Rcc7 33.Ra6 Nf5 34.Rxc6 Rd7 
35.Rc8+ Kg7 36.Bg5 d4 37.Bf6+ Kh6 38.g4 Ne7 39.Qc2 g5 40.Qd3 Ng6 41.Qh3+ 
Nh4 42.f4 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 
a5 9.O-O a4 10.Nc1 Ne5 11.Be3 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd3 Qd4 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qc2 Qc5 16.Na3 O-O 17.Rad1 Ra5 18.Rd2 b6 19.Rc1 Ba6 20.Qd1 Rc8 21.Rc3 h5 
22.Nc2 Qe5 23.f4 Qb8 24.Ne3 b5 25.cxb5 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Rxb5 27.Qxa4 Rb1+ 28.
Kf2 Bb7 29.Bf3 h4 30.g4 Bxf3 31.exf3 d5 32.Qd4 Ra1 33.c4 Qb1 34.Nd1 Rxa2 
35.cxd5 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bellin, Robert Cecil"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Nb3 a5 8.a4 Qb6 
9.Rb1 cxd4 10.Nbxd4 Bb4+ 11.c3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxb1 13.Nb5 O-O 14.Bd3 Qa2 
15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg6 17.Qd3+ f5 18.Qg3 Ndxe5 19.fxe5 f4 20.Bxf4 Qb1+ 
21.Kd2 Qa2+ 22.Ke1 Rxf4 23.Nh3+ Kh7 24.Nxf4 Qb1+ 25.Kd2 Qa2+ 26.Ke3 Qc2 
27.Nd3 Qxa4 28.Nd4 Nxd4 29.Qh4+ Kg8 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Qd8+ Kh7 
33.Qh4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe5 7.e4 c5 8.d3
O-O 9.h3 d6 10.Kg2 Bd7 11.Bf4 Bc6 12.Be2 Ne8 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.b4 cxb4 15.Nd5 
a5 16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 b5 18.Rha1 a4 19.cxb5 Nxb5 20.Rxa4 Rxa4 21.Rxa4 Nc7 
22.Ra5 Ne6 23.Be3 h6 24.Ra7 Re8 25.Qc3 Bxd5 26.exd5 Ng5 27.d4 Ng6 28.Bb5 
Qb6 29.Bxe8 Qxa7 30.Bxg5 hxg5 31.Kf3 Ne7 32.Bc6 Nf5 33.Ke4 Qe7+ 34.Kf3 Qa7
35.Ke4 g6 36.Qd2 Nxg3+ 37.Kf3 Qa3+ 38.Kg2 Ne4 39.Qe1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bd3 e5 5.c3 Ne7 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nbd2 h6 
9.Re1 Kh8 10.Nc4 Nc6 11.a4 a5 12.dxe5 Ncxe5 13.Nfxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Bc4 Qe7 16.Be3 b6 17.Bd5 Rb8 18.Qc1 Kh7 19.b4 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.b5 Qh4 
22.Ra2 Rfd8 23.c4 Bf8 24.Rae2 Bd3 25.Rd2 Bf5 26.Red1 Bb4 27.Re2 Rd7 28.Bd2
Bc5 29.Be3 Bb4 30.Bd2 Bc5 31.Bc3 Re8 32.Qb2 e4 33.Bd4 Bd6 34.Qc3 Rf8 35.
Be5 Bc5 36.Bd4 Bd6 37.Be5 Bc5 38.Qg3 Qe7 39.Rde1 Bb4 40.Rf1 Re8 41.Bd4 Bd6
42.Qe3 Qh4 43.Bc6 Bf4 44.Bf6 g5 45.Bxd7 Bxd7 46.Qd4 Bf5 47.Qd5 Kg6 48.Bb2 
Bxh3 49.Rxe4 Rf8 50.gxh3 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 g5 11.fxg5 Ndxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Kg2 Nc6 14.Nf3 Bf8 15.
b3 Bd7 16.Be2 Bg7 17.Bb2 h6 18.Qd2 O-O-O 19.h4 f6 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Rac1 
Rdg8 22.b4 Kd8 23.b5 Ne7 24.Bc3 Qd6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qa3 27.Bd3 Qa4 28.
Bb4 Bxb5 29.Bxb5 Qxb5 30.Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.Rc7+ Kd8 32.Rhc1 Qb6 33.Qc3 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 c6 
9.Nbd2 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qc7 14.Qc3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 
e5 16.Rfe1 Qb6 17.Qc2 Bc5 18.Rad1 Re7 19.Bh3 Kh7 20.Kg2 Rae8 21.Re2 g6 22.
Rd3 Nf8 23.Qd1 Qc7 24.Qd2 Qb6 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Qf4 Rxe4 28.
Rxe4 Nxe4 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.Be6 Nxe6 31.Qxe6 Nd6 32.Qxg6 Qc7 33.Qxh6+ Kg8 
34.Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.Na4 Qc6 8.Nxc5 
Nxc5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 Qb6 11.c3 a5 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Qxb6 Bxb6 14.Ke2 Bc5 
15.Bd2 b6 16.Rhb1 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.a4 Kd7 19.Kd3 Ra7 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4
Be7 22.Kc2 Rc8 23.Kb3 Rac7 24.Rc1 f6 25.h4 h5 26.Rc2 fxe5 27.fxe5 Nd8 28.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 29.Bg5 Rc4 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.a5 Nc6 32.a6 Rxb4+ 33.Kc3 Rc4+ 34.
Kd3 Na7 35.Rf1 Nc6 36.Ra1 Na7 37.Ng5 Rf4 38.Rc1 Kd7 39.Rc7+ Kxc7 40.Nxe6+ 
Kd7 41.Nxf4 Nc6 42.Nxd5 Nxe5+ 43.Ke4 Nc6 44.Nxb6+ Kc7 45.Nd5+ Kd6 46.Nf4 
1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Qc2 d6 
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 e5 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.h4 Rg8 15.hxg5 
hxg5 16.e4 Bd7 17.f3 O-O-O 18.b4 Nb7 19.a4 Rh8 20.Rxh8 Rxh8 21.a5 cxb4 22.
Qxb4 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Nxa5 24.Qxa5 Kb8 25.c5 Rc8 26.c6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rxc6 28.
Nc4 Qc7 29.Qb5+ Ka8 30.Bf2 g4 31.Be3 gxf3 32.gxf3 Nd7 33.Na5 Rc3 34.Bc4 
Nf6 35.Bd2 Ra3 36.Bd5+ Nxd5 37.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Re1 d6 10.a4 Nc6 11.h3 Rb8 12.b3 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b6 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Re2 
Rfd8 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.Rde1 Bf8 18.Qd2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Na2 d5 21.Bxf6 gxf6 
22.Qc3 d4 23.Qf3 f5 24.Qh5 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Bg7 27.Nb4 Qc3 28.Nd3
Qxc2 29.Ne5 Rb7 30.Qh4 Rd5 31.Ng4 0-1

[Event "VI Festival A"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Be2 
e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.Rad1 Rfc8 13.Kh1 Be8 14.Qe3 Na5 15.f4
Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Qf3 h6 18.Bh4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rd4 Qc7 21.Qe2 b4 22.
Rxb4 d5 23.Bxf6 Bxb4 24.Qg4 Bf8 25.exd5 Qc4 26.Rd1 exd5 27.h3 Ra6 28.Nxd5 
Qxc2 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Nd4 Qa4 31.b3 Qd7 32.Nxc8 Rxf6 33.Qxd7 Bxd7 34.Nf3 
Bxc8 35.Rd8 Be6 36.Rxf8+ Kh7 37.Nd4 Bd5 38.Rd8 Be4 39.f5 Bxf5 40.Nxf5 Rxf5
41.Rd7 Rb5 42.Rxf7 1/2-1/2

