[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ITA-CRO"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Ng3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Be2 Nc7 14. Bf4 Ne6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. O-O Nd6 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21.
Ng3 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Nf4 Bc4 25. f3 f6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. g3
g5 28. Ng2 Bd3 29. Rbd1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rc8 31. Rc1 Ke6 32. Ke3 Bg6 33. Kd2 Rc4
34. Ne3 Ra4 35. Ra1 Ra5 36. c4 dxc4 37. Nxc4 Ra4 38. Kc3 b5 39. Ne3 a5 40. Ra2
Kd6 41. Ra1 Kc6 42. Rc1 Kd6 43. Ra1 h5 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bf7 46. Kb2 Be6 47.
Rd1 b4 48. Rd3 bxa3+ 49. Rxa3 Rxd4 50. Rxa5 Rxh4 51. Nf5+ Bxf5 52. Rxf5 Ke6 53.
Ra5 f5 54. Kc2 Rd4 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Rh6 Rh4 57. Kd2 Kf4 58. Rf6 Rh2+ 59. Ke1
Ke3 60. Kf1 f4 61. Kg1 Ra2 62. Rh6 Ra5 63. Kg2 Rg5+ 64. Kh1 Kxf3 65. Ra6 Re5
66. Ra3+ Re3 67. Ra8 Kg3 68. Rg8+ Kh3 69. Kg1 Rg3+ 70. Kh1 Rg4 71. Rg5 f3 72.
Rf5 Kg3 73. Kg1 h4 74. Ra5 f2+ 75. Kf1 h3 76. Ra3+ Kh2 77. Rf3 Rg2 78. Rxf2 Kg3
79. Rf8 Ra2 80. Rg8+ Kh2 81. Rg7 Ra1+ 82. Kf2 Kh1 83. Rg3 Ra2+ 84. Kf1 h2 85.
Rg8 Ra7 86. Rf8 Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "SUI-SVK"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Qc2 Na5
9. Nbd2 Nb3 10. Nxb3 Ba4 11. Nfd2 Ne7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qb1 Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Qxb3
15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Bh5 Rdf8 19. Re3 Qb6 20. Rg3 g6 21.
Be2 Nb3 22. Re1 h6 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Bd1 h5 25. Qe2 g5 26. Be3 Na5 27. h3 Rfg8
28. Rf1 Rg7 29. Bc2 Qg8 30. Bd2 g4 31. f4 Bh4 32. Re3 Nb3 33. Bxb3 cxb3 34. f5
Qh7 35. c4 Bg5 36. Rc3 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 gxh3 38. cxd5+ Kb8 39. Rxh3 exd5 40. Rxb3
Rhg8 41. Rf2 Rg3 42. Rxg3 Rxg3 43. Qa5 Qg8 44. Qxd5 Re3 45. e6 fxe6 46. Qd6+
Ka8 47. fxe6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "GER-SLO"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. Be3 Rae8 13. g4 Bc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qe2
b6 16. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "CZE-HUN"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rb1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 d4 13. Ne4 cxb4 14. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Weiss, Christian"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "AUT-FRA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Re8 9. b3 a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. c5 exd4 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 c5 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Re1 Ng6 21. h4
Rad8 22. h5 Ne7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. h6 gxh6 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qc3 f6 27. Re1 Qc7
28. Qe3 Bf8 29. Bxf6 Rxd5 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Qg4+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+
hxg6 34. Be7 c4 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. b4 Kf7 37. Re5 Bf3 38. Re3 Bd5 39. Kf1 g5 40.
Re8 Bf3 41. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "AUT-FRA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bb8 17. Ne4 Ng4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Nxf7 Qc7 22. Qg6 Qxf7 23. Qxg4 Ba7 24. Be5 Bxe3 25. Bb1 Ke8 26. Bg6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "SUI-SVK"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Qe2 b5 11. Ba2 bxa4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxa4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Qc7 15.
Kh1 Rae8 16. f5 h6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nd4 e3 20. Bxe3 Bg5 21. Ne6
fxe6 22. dxe6 d5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qh5 Nf6 25. Qxg5 Ne4 26. Qg6 Re7 27. Rae1
Qe5 28. Rd1 Rf6 29. Qg4 Rh6 30. Qf4 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "GER-SLO"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. g5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Rhg1
g6 15. e4 Nf6 16. f3 O-O 17. Qd2 b6 18. Qh6 Kh8 19. h4 a5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21.
Rde1 Bb7 22. h5 Nxh5 23. Rh1 f6 24. exd5 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. dxe6 Bxf3 27.
Rh4 Rfe8 28. Bc4 Rad8 29. Rg1 Kh6 30. d5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Bxf6 Rxe6 33.
Bd4 Bxa2 34. Kd2 Rd6 35. Kc3 Be6 36. Be3+ Kg7 37. Rxh5 Rc6+ 38. Kd2 Bb3 39.
Bd4+ Kg8 40. Rb5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "CZE-HUN"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5
Nd7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. f4 Re8 14. h5 e5 15.
Rd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxg5 17. Qe3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 h6 21.
Nd5 Ra7 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Kd2 Be6 24. Nb4 Bc8 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Nb4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ITA-CRO"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. a4
bxa4 9. Rxa4 Nd7 10. Nb3 Ngf6 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ra2 d5 14. Rfa1 Bb4
15. Bxa6 O-O 16. Qb5 Bxc3 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. bxc3 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Nxe4 20. Ra6
Nxc3 21. Rxb6 Qa7 22. Qd3 Qxb6 23. Qxc3 Qa6 24. h4 Rc8 25. Qd2 f6 26. Be3 Qc4
27. Nd4 Kf7 28. Qa5 Qc7 29. Qb5 Rb8 30. Qf1 e5 31. Nb5 Qxc2 32. Nd6+ Kg8 33.
Qa6 Qc7 34. Nf5 Qd7 35. Qd3 Kf7 36. Bc5 g6 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. Qa6 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 f5
1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ITA-CRO"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. e5 Nfd7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Nc6
15. Neg5 Bf6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Qd5+ Kf8 20. Bd6+ Ne7
21. Qe6 Qe8 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Bc7 Bc6 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Nc8
27. Qe6 Ne7 28. Qd6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "GER-SLO"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

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 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Nd3 e6
15. Nxf4 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Qd3 Kb8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qh3 Rhe8 20. Nd3 Ba5 21.
Nc5 Qe7 22. Nb5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxc5 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Rf6 Qd7 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27.
Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nc5 Kc7 30. Rc1 Bb6 31. h3 Bxc5 32. Rxc5+ Kd7 33.
Rxd5+ Kc6 34. Rd6+ Kc7 35. Rf6 Re7 36. b4 Kd7 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Rd5 b6 39. Kh2
Kc6 40. Rd6+ Kc7 41. Rf6 Kd7 42. Kg3 Rxe5 43. Rf7+ Re7 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Kf4
Kf6 46. b5 Ke6 47. Kg5 Kf7 48. Kh6 Kg8 49. h4 Kh8 50. h5 gxh5 51. Kxh5 Kg8 52.
Kg5 Kg7 53. a3 Kf7 54. Kf5 Ke7 55. Ke5 h6 56. a4 Kd7 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "CZE-HUN"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Nd2 a6 11. Be2 d6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bc4 d5 14. Bb3 Nf6 15.
N4f3 dxe4 16. Ng5 Nfd5 17. Ndxe4 h6 18. Nf3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Nf5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21.
Re2 Kf8 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nc5 Ng8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 b6 27. Rf2 f6
28. e6 bxc5 29. e7+ Nxe7 30. Rxf6+ Ke8 31. Rf7 Be6 32. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "AUT-FRA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. g3 Bxa6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. Nh3 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Nf4 c4 14. h4 Rfc8 15.
b4 Bb5 16. Bh3 Qe8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Be3 Na4 19. Bd4 Bh6 20. e3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3
Ne4 22. Ne2 Ba4 23. Qd4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb5 25. Qd2 Bg7 26. Rfc1 Qa6 27. Nd4 Qb7
28. b5 Rc5 29. Qa5 Bxd4 30. exd4 Rxb5 31. Rxb5 Qxb5 32. Qxb5 Bxb5 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "SUI-SVK"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nde4 Nf5
15. h3 Nh4 16. Bg5 Nxg2+ 17. Kd2 Rxf2+ 18. Kc1 Qxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Bh6 20. Nce4 Bf5
21. hxg4 Bxg5+ 22. Nxg5 Bg6 23. Rf1 Raf8 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Nh3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "CZE-HUN"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 b6 18. c4 a5 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. Qf3 Ra7
22. Rae1 Re8 23. Re2 Qd6 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Qh3 g6 26. Re4 Qxa4 27. Bf6 Qd7 28.
Rf5 Bf8 29. Rfxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 Bxg4 32. Re8 Rc7 33. Bd4 Rc8 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Bxb6 Bb4 36. c5 Kf8 37. Bb5 Ke7 38. d6+ Ke6 39. Bc4+ Kf6 40. Bd8+
Ke5 41. Bb6 f5 42. Ba6 Bd7 43. Bb7 a4 44. c6 Kxd6 45. cxd7 Kxd7 46. Bd5 a3 47.
bxa3 Bxa3 48. Bd4 Ke7 49. Kg2 g5 50. Bb7 Kf7 51. Bc8 Be7 52. Bxf5 Bf6 53. Be3
Kg7 54. Kf3 h6 55. Ke4 Bb2 56. Bd7 Bf6 57. Kf5 Bc3 58. Be8 Bb2 59. Bb5 Bc3 60.
Ke6 Bb2 61. Bc5 Bc3 62. h3 Bb2 63. Ke7 Bc3 64. Ke8 Bb2 65. Bf8+ Kh8 66. Kf7 Bc3
67. Bxh6 Bd4 68. Bxg5 Bc3 69. Bd3 Bd4 70. h4 Bc3 71. h5 Bd4 72. h6 Be5 73. Be7
1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ITA-CRO"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Nf3 Qa5
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nxd2 Nd7 18. Bd4 g6 19. Nf1 Rc6 20. Ne3 h5 21.
Rad1 b5 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 g5 24. h3 Ng6 25. Re2 Bh6 26. Bf6 Nf8 27. Bb2 Nd7
28. Ba3 Bf8 29. Red2 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rc2 Rec8 32. Rdc1 Be7 33. cxb5 Rxc2
34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Nxc2 axb5 36. Nd4 b4 37. Nc6 Kf8 38. Nxb4 d5 39. Nc6 dxe4 40.
a4 Bc5 41. a5 Ke8 42. a6 Kd7 43. a7 Bxa7 44. Nxa7 f5 45. Nb5 Kc6 46. Nd4+ Kd5
47. Nc2 e5 48. Kf1 f4 49. Ke2 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Helbich, Jan"]
[Black "Moor, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "SUI-SVK"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. b3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 a6 14. Qb3 e6 15. Rfd1
N8e7 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nf5 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Qb4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc4 21. Rd3 b6
22. c6 Ne7 23. c7 Qd7 24. a4 Nc6 25. Qb3 Na7 26. Nxa7 Rxa7 27. Bf4 b5 28. Bd1
Rfa8 29. Rb1 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Qxc7 31. axb5 Qb6 32. Qc3 Ra5 33. Qb4 Bxd4 34. Rf3
Bc5 35. Qe1 Rxb5 36. Rbb3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Qa7 38. Be2 Nd6 39. Bd3 Bd4 40. g3 e5
41. Kg2 e4 42. Be2 Kg7 43. f3 h5 44. Qb1 h4 45. gxh4 Qe7 46. Qd1 Nf5 47. Kh1
Qxh4 48. fxe4 Be5 49. Qg1 dxe4 50. Bf1 e3 51. Qg2 Ng3+ 52. Kg1 Nxf1 53. Kxf1
Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Brod, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "AUT-FRA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. d3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 h6 11. h4 Be6 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. d4 c4 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 Nf5 16. Qa3 Qd7 17. e3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bf8 19. gxf5 Bxa3 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21.
Nxa3 Qe7 22. Nc2 Kh7 23. Bh3 f5 24. Nce1 b6 25. Kh2 Qe4 26. Nd2 Qe7 27. h5 Rg8
28. Nef3 Rcf8 29. hxg6+ Rxg6 30. Rg1 Qf6 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Qh4 33. Rxg6
Kxg6 34. Rg1+ Kf7 35. Rg7+ Ke6 36. Bg3 Qh5 37. Rxa7 Qe2 38. Nb3 h5 39. Rc7 h4
40. Bxh4 Rh8 41. Nc1 Qd1 42. Bg5 Qf3 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rh6 Qxf2+ 45. Kh1 Rxh6
46. Bxh6 Qh4 47. Kg2 Qxh6 48. Bxf5+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "GER-SLO"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bf4 b4 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Qd2 Bd5 14. Rfe1 Na6 15. a3
dxe5 16. dxe5 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nec7 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Be3 Nac7 20. Bb6 Rb8 21. Qe3
Rb7 22. b4 Qd7 23. Rd1 Rfb8 24. Ba5 Qe8 25. Raa1 Nf8 26. Rac1 e6 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Nd5 29. Rc4 Nd7 30. Rdc1 Bf8 31. Nd4 Bxb4 32. Nxc6 Bxa5 33. Nxa5 Rb4
34. Nc6 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 N7b6 36. Qc5 Rc8 37. Qd6 Kg7 38. Rc2 Qf8 39. Bxd5 Nxd5
40. Qd7 Rc7 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. exd6 Rd7 43. Ne5 Rxd6 44. Ra2 Kf6 45. Ng4+ Ke7 46.
Ra7+ Rd7 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Ne5+ Ke7 49. f3 f6 50. Nc4 e5 51. Kf2 Ke6 52. Nd2
f5 53. g4 fxg4 54. fxg4 Nf6 55. h3 Kd5 56. Ke3 g5 57. Nf1 e4 58. Nd2 h6 59. Nf1
Ke5 60. Kf2 Nd5 61. Ng3 Kd4 62. Nf5+ Kd3 63. Nxh6 e3+ 64. Ke1 Nb4 65. Nf7 Nc2+
0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "FRA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 d5 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 a5 10. a4 Ra7 11. exd5 exd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4
15. Nf3 Bg7 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Qb3 Rc4 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kh8 23. Qc3 h6 24. Qc7 f5 25. Nb5 Bxb2 26. Bxb6 Qd7 27. Re1 Nc6
28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxd5 Rb8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Rc1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4
34. Bb7 Re8 35. Rd1 Bc8 36. Bc6 Re6 37. Rxd4 Rxc6 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rxc8 f4 40.
gxf4 gxf4 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Rc4 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Ra8 Rxc7 45. Rxa5 Rc3+ 46.
Kxf4 Rh3 47. Ra8 Rxh2 48. Kg3 Rh5 49. a5 Rg5+ 50. Kf4 Rb5 51. a6 Rb6 52. a7 Ra6
53. Kf5 Ra4 54. f4 h5 55. Kg5 h4 56. Kg4 Kg7 57. Kh3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ITA-GER"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. e3 Nb4 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rac1 Qc7 19. Bg2 Rfd8 20. f4 Nd5 21. Nc5
Nb6 22. b3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qc4 Qb6 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Rcd1 Qb4 27. h4 Qxc4
28. bxc4 h5 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke2 Bb4 31. e4 Ke7 32. e5 g6 33. Be4 Rc7 34. Kf3
Rcd7 35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 exd5 37. Bxd5 b6 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf4 Rc7 40. Kxf5 Rc2
41. Bf3 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc5 43. Bxh5 f6 44. Bg4 b5 45. Kg6 fxe5 46. h5 e4 47.
Rd7+ Ke8 48. h6 Rc6+ 49. Kg5 bxa4 50. h7 Bc3 51. Ra7 Rc5+ 52. Kf4 a3 53. Ra8+
Ke7 54. h8=Q Bxh8 55. Rxh8 a2 56. Rh1 Rc3 57. Ra1 Ra3 58. Be2 e3 59. Ke5 Ra4
60. g4 Kf7 61. Kf5 Kg7 62. g5 Rd4 63. Rxa2 Rd2 64. Rxd2 exd2 65. Bd1 Kf7 66.
g6+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "CRO-CZE"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

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 d5 11. O-O d4 12. Na4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Qc6 14. Qxc6+
Nxc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Bd2 Be6 17. f4 f6 18. b4 Kd8 19. a4 Kc7 20. a5 Rbd8 21.
Rab1 Kb8 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Ka7 24. Rfb1 Rhe8 25. f5 Bd7 26. Nc4 Bc8 27. Bc1
g6 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Ba3 Re6 30. Bc5+ Ka8 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rb6 Rd7 33. Na5 Rc7
34. Nxc6 Bb7 35. Rxa6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "SLO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
Ne8 9. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Weiss, Christian"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "AUT-SUI"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. h3 Bd6 12. Ng5 cxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. Nce4 h6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Qe3 Qd6 22. Be4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qa3 Rc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Ne5 Qc2 27. Qd3
Qc7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Qa3 Ra8 30. b3 a5 31. Qc5 Rc8 32. Qb6 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4
34. Qa5 Rd8 35. d5 exd5 36. Rd4 g6 37. Qxa4 Qe6 38. Qd1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ITA-GER"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 b6 8. O-O h6
9. Be3 Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ba6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Na3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 Rad8 16. Qa4 Qc8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qc6 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Red1 Bf8 21. f3
Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc6 dxc6 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. b5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
cxb5 28. axb5 Rd8 29. Ra1 Rd7 30. Bc4 Rc7 31. Kf2 Nd7 32. Bd5 Nb6 33. c4 Kf6
34. Ke3 Ke7 35. h4 Rd7 36. f4 Kd6 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Rf1 exf4+ 39. gxf4 f5 40. Rg1
fxe4 41. Rxg6 Nxd5+ 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Kxe4 Rd4+ 44. Ke5 Rb4 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46.
Rb7 c4 47. Kd4 Ke8 48. Kc3 Rb3+ 49. Kxc4 Rf3 50. Rxa7 Rxf4+ 51. Kc5 Kd8 52. Kc6
Rc4+ 53. Kb7 Rxh4 54. b6 Ke7 55. Ka8+ Kf6 56. b7 Rb4 57. Ra5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "AUT-SUI"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Na6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 b6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Bf2 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 dxe5 16. Bd5 Nd4 17. Qd1 Rc8 18. fxe5 Nc6 19. Qe2 Nxe5 20. O-O-O Ncd7 21.
Rhe1 e6 22. Bb7 Rc7 23. Ba6 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qe7 25. Kb2 Nc5 26. Bd4 Nc6 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Bb5 Rc8 29. Rf1 Na5 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 a6 33. Bf1 Rc7
34. c4 Nd7 35. Rf4 Ne5 36. c5 b5 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 Rc6 39. Kc1 g5 40. Rd4
Nac4 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Orsag, Milan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "CRO-CZE"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5
Rfe8 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qf5 a5 17. Rac1 a4 18. Rfd1 Ra6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Nf6 21.
Be5 Qe7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qg4 Bc6 24. Rc3 Qd6 25. Rdc1 Bd7 26. Qh4 Re4 27. Qh2
Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 c4 29. Nd2 Re5 30. Kg1 Rb6 31. Rd1 Bg4 32. f3 Bxh5 33. e4 Rxb2
34. Kf1 f5 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Mrva, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "SLO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Qb3 Nh6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. Bxf7+ Kd8 10. O-O Rf8 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Bd5 Bc5 13. Nbd2 Qb6 14. Qd3 a5
15. Nb3 d6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Ne7 19. Qxh6 Nxd5 20. Nxc5 dxc5
21. Qf8+ Kc7 22. Rxc5+ Bc6 23. Rxc6+ Qxc6 24. Qxa8 Qf6 25. exd5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "FRA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. f3
Be6 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. h4 Qc6 17. Rfd1 h6 18. h5 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "SLO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
Bd2 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. g3 Be6 11. Bg2 c6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nbd7 14. O-O h6
15. Ne5 g5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. h4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nxe5
21. Na4 f4 22. Nc5 Rg8 23. Nxb7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxg5 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Rd4 f3 27.
Bxf3 Nxf3 28. exf3 Rb5 29. Rb4 Bc8 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Na5 Kd6 32. Ke2 Kc5 33.
Ke3 b4 34. Nb3+ Kc4 35. Nd2+ Kb5 36. axb4 Kxb4 37. Kd4 a5 38. f4 Be6 39. Ke5 a4
40. f5 Ba2 41. Kd6 Bb3 42. Ke7 Bd5 43. Kd6 Bb3 44. f6 Be6 45. f4 Bf5 46. Ke7
Be6 47. f5 Bd5 48. Kd6 Bg2 49. Ke7 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "FRA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 Qh4+ 8. Kf1
Qxh6 9. exf5 O-O 10. fxe6 dxe6 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe3 13. Nf2 Nc6 14. Qa4
Nxd4 15. Qxb4 Nc2 16. Re1 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Nxb4 18. Rxe6 Nd3+ 19. Kg3 Rfe8 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nh3 Nxb2 22. Rc1 Re2 23. Nf4 Rd2 24. c5 b5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Ne6
c6 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Ne4 Rd5 29. Nd6 Nd3 30. Re6+ Kh5 31. Ne4 Nxc5 32. Rxc6
Nxe4+ 33. fxe4 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rd2 35. e5 Rxg2 36. e6 Kg6 37. Ke5 Rxa2 38. Kd6 Kf6
39. Kd7 Re2 40. Rd6 b4 41. Rd1 b3 42. Rf1+ Ke5 43. Rd1 Kf6 44. Rf1+ Kg5 45. e7
a5 46. Ra1 b2 47. Rb1 Rd2+ 48. Kc7 Re2 49. Kd7 Rd2+ 50. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "CRO-CZE"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 O-O 9. Bc4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. c4 Qc6 16. b3 h6 17. h4 Qe6 18. Rd3 Nc6 19. c3 Qf5 20. Qe4 Qe6 21. g3
Rc8 22. Kg2 Rfd8 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. h5 Rh8 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. Rh1 Kg8 27. Bxh6
Bxe5 28. Rd5 Bf6 29. Qd3 Bg7 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxd7 Rcf8 33. Qd5
Qf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Rc7 Rf6 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Rhf8 38. Rexe7+ Kh6 39. f4
Rh8 40. Rg7 Rd6 41. Rcd7 Rd8 42. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "AUT-SUI"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15.
Rc1 e4 16. Bb1 d5 17. b5 Bb7 18. O-O Rxc4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa8 21. Ba2
Bd5 22. Qc2 Bxa2 23. Qxa2 Qd5 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Bg3 Nf8 26. Be5 N6d7 27. Nc3 Qc5
28. Nxe4 Nxe5 29. Nd6 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. dxe5 Rxa3 32. Rc1 Ng6 33. f4 Nxf4
34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Nxf7 Rb3 36. g3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Nxg5+ hxg5 39. e6 Re3 40.
Re8 Kg6 41. Re7 Re5 42. Rxa7 Rxe6 43. Rc7 g4 44. h3 gxh3+ 45. Kxh3 Kf6 46. Kg4
Re4+ 47. Kf3 Re5 48. Rc6+ Re6 49. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ITA-GER"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. b4 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. d3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nd2 Qf7 15.
Bf3 Nd8 16. Rac1 c5 17. bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb1 Ra5 19. Rc2 Qe7 20. Ba1 Qd7 21. Be2
Bxa3 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3+ Qf7 24. Qb1 Bd6 25. Nb5 Bb8 26. Bc3 Ra4 27. Bb4 Re8
28. Bd6 Nc6 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Nxa7 Rb4 31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Nxa7 33. Qxb6 Nc8
34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Rb1 Qe7 36. Qd5 Nd6 37. Rb6 Rd8 38. Qb3 Rd7 39. Bf3 g6 40. Bd5
Kg7 41. g3 h5 42. Qb2 Kh7 43. Kg2 Rc7 44. h4 Rd7 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. Qb4 Rd7 47.
Qc5 Kg7 48. Kg2 Kh7 49. Ba2 Kh6 50. Bb3 Rd8 51. Ba2 Rd7 52. Bd5 Kh7 53. d4 exd4
54. exd4 f4 55. Bf3 fxg3 56. fxg3 Nf5 57. Qxe7+ Rxe7 58. Rxb7 Rxb7 59. Bxb7
Nxd4 60. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "FRA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Rad1
Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Nf5 16. Qg4 h6 17. Bd2 c5 18. Bc1 Nd4 19. Qh4 g5 20. Bxg5 Nxf3+
21. Rxf3 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Qd8 23. Qxc5 Qd2 24. Rd1 Qxc2 25. Rg3 Bf5 26. Rf1 Rfd8
27. h4 Rac8 28. Qe7 Bg6 29. Qg5 Qxb2 30. h5 Rd6 31. Nd5 Rcd8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33.
hxg6 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qa1 36. Re3 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qd4 38. Nd5 f6 39. Qg4
Qxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rc1 41. Re7 Rc8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Nf5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "CRO-CZE"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 c4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4
Ng4 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be4 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bf4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nc6 16. Na3 O-O 17. Nc4 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rd2 21.
b3 Qe6 22. Qf4 Qd7 23. c4 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 e6 25. h4 Rd8 26. h5 Qd4 27. Qxd4 R8xd4
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Kf1 Rh4 30. Kg1 Rf4 31. Rf1 Re4 32. a3 b6 33. Rfd1 Ree2 34.
Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Rc1 Rd3 36. Rb1 e5 37. Kf1 e4 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. a4 Kf6 40. a5 Ke5
41. b4 Rc3 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Rc2+ 44. Ke1 Rxc5 45. Rb7 Rxa5 46. Rxf7 Ra2 47.
Rg7 Kf6 48. Rg8 a5 49. Re8 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51. Rg8 a4 52. Rxg6 a3 53. Ra6 Kd4
54. g4 Kc3 55. g5 Kb3 56. g6 Ra1+ 57. Ke2 Rg1 58. Ke3 a2 59. Kxe4 Rxg6 60. Rxa2
Kxa2 61. f4 Kb3 62. f5 Rg1 63. f6 Kc4 64. Ke5 Re1+ 65. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ITA-GER"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Nb4 12. e5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. d4 b5 15. f5
dxe5 16. dxe5 exf5 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Bc3
Bb7 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Qf2 Be4 24. e6 Nf8 25. exf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5
Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. h3 Ne6 31. Kh2 Rf8 32. Re5 Kf7 33. a4 Rb8
34. Re4 Rb7 35. Kg1 Nc5 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rh4 g6 39. Rf4 Rf7 40.
Rb4 Rb7 41. Kf1 Na6 42. Re4+ Kd5 43. Rd4+ Kc6 44. Ke2 Nc7 45. Bb4 Nd5 46. Bd2
Ra7 47. Kd3 Ra2 48. Kc2 Ra7 49. Re4 Kd6 50. Be1 Rf7 51. Kd3 Kc6 52. Kd4 Nc7 53.
Re5 Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Rf1 55. Ke2 Rf7 56. Bb4 Rf4 57. Bd2 Rf6 58. Bc3 Rf7 59. Ba5
Nd5 60. Bd2 Nf4+ 61. Bxf4 Rxf4 62. Re3 Kd5 63. Rd3+ Kc4 64. Rc3+ Kb4 65. g4 Rc4
66. Kd3 Rf4 67. Ke3 Rf1 68. Rc7 h5 69. Rc6 Rh1 70. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Moor, Roger"]
[Black "Brod, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "AUT-SUI"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rfc8 17. c3 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Ng7 19. g4 f5 20. Bc2 Kf7
21. Kg2 h5 22. Re1 hxg4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Rde4 Nf5 25. Re6 Re8 26. Bd1 g3 27.
Bc2 Rac8 28. Be4 Rc7 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rh5 Rh8 32. Rg5+ Kf7 33.
Rxf5+ Ke8 34. Kxg3 b5 35. Re4 a5 36. Rg5 Rh1 37. Re2 b4 38. cxb4 axb4 39. f5
Rg1+ 40. Kh4 Rh1+ 41. Kg4 Rc4+ 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rcf4 44. Rg7 Rxf5 45.
Rgxe7+ Kd8 46. Re8+ Kc7 47. Rc2+ Kb6 48. Re6 Kb5 49. Rxd6 Rd1 50. Rd8 Rdxd5 51.
Rxd5+ Rxd5 52. Rf2 Kc4 53. Kf1 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. Rf4+ Kb5 56. Kd2 Rxa2 57.
Kc2 Ra1 58. Kb3 Rh1 59. Rxb4+ Ka5 60. Rg4 Rh5 61. Ka3 Kb5 62. Rg8 Rh3+ 63. b3
Ka5 64. Rg5+ Kb6 65. Ka4 Rh4+ 66. b4 Rh1 67. Rg6+ Kb7 68. Ka5 Rh7 69. Rb6+ Ka7
70. Rg6 Kb7 71. b5 Rf7 72. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Helbich, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "SLO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 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 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. a4 Nf6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 h5 22. c5
Ng6 23. Nc6 Qc8 24. Nb5 dxc5 25. Bxc5 Re8 26. Nba7 Qa8 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. Rb1 Bf8
29. Bf2 Bd6 30. Qb7 Ng8 31. Nb8 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Bc8 33. Rb1 N6e7 34. Bb5 Rf8 35.
Nxc8 Nxc8 36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Nc5 Nce7 38. Ne6 Rb8 39. Nxg5 Kg7 40. Bd3 Rxb1+ 41.
Bxb1 c6 42. Ne6+ Kg6 43. dxc6 Nxc6 44. Nxf4+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ITA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. h3 e5 11. a3 Bb8 12. Ba2 h6 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Qe8 15.
Ne2 Nf8 16. dxe5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qxe5 18. Ng3 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Rd7 20. Nd4 Be5 21.
Nf3 Bc7 22. b4 Ne4 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bb1 Nd2 27. Nxd2
Rxd2 28. Bc3 Rd7 29. Bc2 Bd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Nc7 32. Bb3 Nd5 33. Bb2 Bf6
34. Bc1 a6 35. f4 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Nc7 38. Ke4 Ba1 39. g4 a5 40. bxa5
Bc3 41. a4 Bxa5 42. Ba3+ Ke8 43. h4 Ne6 44. h5 Bb6 45. Bc2 Bd8 46. Bb4 Bf6 47.
Kd3 Kd7 48. Kc4 b6 49. Bd2 Ba1 50. Bf5 Kd6 51. Bb4+ c5 52. Be1 Nc7 53. Be4 Bb2
54. Bg3 f6 55. g5 fxg5 56. fxg5+ Be5 57. gxh6 gxh6 58. Bh4 Ke6 59. Bh7 Kd6 60.
Bg8 Bg7 61. Bf7 Be5 62. Bd8 Kd7 63. Bh4 Kd6 64. Bf2 Ke7 65. Bg8 Kf8 66. Bh7 Kg7
67. Bd3 Kf7 68. Bh4 Ke6 69. Bg6 Kd6 70. Be1 Ke6 71. Bd2 Nd5 72. Bf7+ Kxf7 73.
Kxd5 Bg7 74. e4 Ke7 75. Bf4 Kd7 76. e5 Ke7 77. e6 Ke8 78. Be3 Ke7 79. Bd2 Ke8
80. Bf4 Kd8 81. Bd6 Bf6 82. Bf8 Bg5 83. Bg7 Ke7 84. Bc3 Ke8 85. Kc6 Ke7 86. Kd5
Ke8 87. Be1 Kd8 88. Bg3 Bf6 89. Bf4 Bg7 90. Bg3 Bf6 91. Bb8 Bg7 92. Ba7 Kc7 93.
Bxb6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "FRA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Na4 Be6 13. h3 Re8 14. Rad1 h6
15. Bf4 Bf8 16. b3 Nd7 17. Ba6 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Qg3 Qf6 21.
Be5 Qf5 22. Bd3 Qg5 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Bc3 c5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Ng3 c4 27. Bf5
Bxf5 28. Nxf5 g6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Ne3 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5
Re1+ 34. Kh2 Re2 35. bxc4 Rxf2 36. Rxg5 f5 37. Rg3 Rxc2 38. Ra3 Rxc4 39. Rxa7+
Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kg5 41. Rb6 Ra4 42. Rb2 f4 43. Kg1 Kh4 44. Rf2 g5 45. Kh2 Ra3 46.
Rb2 g4 47. hxg4 Kxg4 48. Rf2 f3 49. Kg1 Kg3 50. gxf3 Rxf3 51. Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "CRO-HUN"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "AUT-SLO"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg4 8.
Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nf4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh2 Re8 13. Nd3 Be6 14. Nd5 Na5
15. a4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Ra2 Qc4 18. Ra3 Rac8 19. Bd2 b6 20. g4 Bxd3 21.
cxd3 Qc2 22. Bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Kg3 Bxb2 27.
Re1 Rb4 28. Rxe7 Bd4 29. Rc7 Rxa4 30. Rc4 Rb4 31. f4 Kg7 32. Bf3 Rxc4 33. dxc4
a4 34. Bd1 a3 35. Bb3 f5 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ba2 Ke7 38. Bb1 Kd8 39. gxf5 gxf5 40.
Ke2 Ke7 41. Kd3 Bf2 42. Kc3 Kf6 43. Kb3 Be3 44. Kxa3 Bxf4 45. Kb4 Be3 46. Kc3
Bc5 47. Bc2 Kg5 48. Kd2 a5 49. Ke2 Kf4 50. Kf1 h6 51. Ke2 Bb6 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "CZE-GER"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d3 e5 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nb1 Bc5 8. c3
O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nfd2 c5 12. b5 Rb8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Nbd2 Re6 15.
Re1 a5 16. Qb3 b6 17. e3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. f3 Bf5 20. e4 Bg6 21. Bh3 h5 22.
Kg2 h4 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Ne3 Qe7 25. Ndc4 Rd8 26. Rad1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nh5 28.
Rg1 Nf8 29. Kf2 Qg5 30. Ng4 Re8 31. Nce3 Ne6 32. Nd5 Bd6 33. Qc4 Qd8 34. Nxe5
Ng5 35. Nxg6 Nh3+ 36. Ke2 Nxg1+ 37. Rxg1 Qg5 38. Nge7+ Bxe7 39. Bd2 Nxg3+ 40.
Kd1 Qg6 41. Nf4 Qf6 42. Rxg3 Bd6 43. Rg4 Rd8 44. Ke2 Be5 45. Nd5 Qe6 46. Bc3
Kf8 47. Rg5 Bxc3 48. Qxc3 f6 49. Rh5 Kf7 50. Qc4 Kg6 51. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "FRA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Ra3 Qb4 12. Qc2 c4 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Nb1 axb5 15. Be3
Qb4+ 16. Bd2 c3 17. Bxc3 Qc5 18. Bxb5 Ne5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4
22. Nd2 Qc7 23. O-O Ba6 24. Rc1 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Bh6 26. Rb1 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Nh5 28.
g3 Rfc8 29. Nc4 Rab8 30. b4 Nf6 31. Na5 Qxa5 32. bxa5 Rxb1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. a6
Nd7 35. a7 Ra8 36. Bd4 Nc5 37. Qb2 Na6 38. Qb7 Nc7 39. Rc3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ITA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. O-O b5 10. Qe1 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Be7 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Nf2 e5 15. f5
Na5 16. b3 Kh8 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Ng4 f6 20. Nh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 d5 22.
Ng6+ hxg6 23. fxg6 Nf8 24. exd5 e4 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Rh3 Nxg6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28.
Qxg6 Bxd5 29. Rh8+ Bg8 30. Bh6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "CZE-GER"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Re2 Rc5 13. Ba3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc7 15.
Bb5 Nc5 16. c4 Nfe4 17. Qc2 f5 18. a5 bxa5 19. Ne1 Qb8 20. f3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Nf6
22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxf5 Bd8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Bc6 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Nd3 Bb6
28. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Weiss, Christian"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "AUT-SLO"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nce4 h6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
Nf3 cxd4 16. exd4 O-O 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. f3 Bd8 20. Qe3 Nh5 21. Bxh6
f5 22. g4 fxg4 23. fxg4 gxh6 24. gxh5 Qg7+ 25. Bg6 Rf5 26. Rf1 Rg5+ 27. Kf2 Bb6
28. Nf3 Rf8 29. Ke1 Ba5+ 30. Kd1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 33. Bd3
Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "CRO-HUN"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 d4 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 Rab8 14. b3
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nc3 Qd8 17. Na4 Nc6 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3
Rfe8 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Nc5 a5 24. Na6 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Rb7 26. Kd2 Nb4
27. Nc5 Rb6 28. a3 Na6 29. Nxa6 Rxa6 30. Kd3 c5 31. Re1 Rb6 32. Rb1 Kf6 33. b4
axb4 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 cxb4 36. Kxd4 Ke6 37. c5 b3 38. Kc3 Kd5 39. Kxb3
Kxc5 40. Kc3 Kd5 41. Kd3 g5 42. Ke3 h6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Kd3 h5 46.
Ke3 Kc4 47. Ke2 Kc3 48. Ke3 Kc4 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Kd2 Ke4 51. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ITA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Be6 8. c3
c6 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Qc2 g5 14. f4 Bxf4
15. Nf5 Kb8 16. Bxf4+ gxf4 17. Qf2 h5 18. Qxf4+ Ka8 19. Rf2 Rdg8 20. Qc7 Rc8
21. Qd6 Qg6 22. Qf4 Rcg8 23. Re1 h4 24. h3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Nd6 Rhg8 27.
Kh1 Nb6 28. Nxf7 Bxf7 29. Rxf7 Rxg2 30. Bh7 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "CRO-HUN"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Qb3
Bxe2 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Kxe2 Nc6 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bf4 Nge7 14. g4 Kd7
15. h4 h5 16. g5 Ng6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Ne5+ Ncxe5 19. Bxe5 Rg8 20. f4 Bb4 21. Nd1
Rgc8 22. Nf2 Rc2+ 23. Kf1 Be7 24. Rh3 Rxb2 25. Rc3 Bd6 26. Nd3 Rbxa2 27. Rxa2
Rxa2 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 29. Rc8 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "AUT-SLO"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 a5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b5 a4 14. Ra2 Nb8 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Nxa4 Qxb5 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Qb1 O-O 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. h4 h6 21. a4 Bb4
22. Ba1 Rc6 23. Ne2 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "CZE-GER"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bxf5
Qxf5 15. Qb3 b5 16. Qc3 Qg6 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nc2 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rfd8
21. Be3 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Rxb4 Rd5 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27.
g3 Rb2 28. Re4 g5 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31. Kg4 Re5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Rc6+
f6 34. Bxg5 Rxf2 35. h4 b4 36. Be3 Rf1 37. Rb6 Bc3 38. h5+ Kh7 39. Bf4 Rb1 40.
Rb7 b3 41. h6 f5+ 42. Kxf5 b2 43. hxg7 Rf1 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "FRA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. Be2 f6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. a3 Nbd5
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Bxf5 Kh8 20. Be4 Bc6 21.
Rad1 Ncd5 22. Qa2 Be8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bf5 Rc7 25. Bb4 Be7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27.
Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Be6 Bc6 30. Qb1 Nc4 31. Qc1 Nd6 32. Re5 Nc4 33. Rf5
Qd8 34. Qf4 Rxf5 35. Qxf5 Qf6 36. Qg4 g6 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. h4 Be8 40.
Ne5 Nxe5 41. dxe5 Qxe5 42. Bd7 Bf7 43. Qb4 b6 44. Bg4 d4 45. Bf3 Qf6 46. Qa4 a5
47. Qd7 Qe5 48. g3 h5 49. Kf1 Qc5 50. Be4 b5 51. Ke2 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Kd3
Qc4+ 54. Kd2 b3 55. Qd6 Qa4 56. Qc5 Qd7 57. Kd3 Kg8 58. Qxd4 Qb5+ 59. Ke3 Qf1
60. Qd2 Qa6 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qd4+ Kf8 63. Kf4 Kg8 64. Kg5 Qc8 65. f4 Qe8 66.
Qe5 Qc8 67. Qd6 Kg7 68. Qf6+ Kg8 69. Bxg6 Qc5+ 70. Bf5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Brod, Manfred"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "AUT-SLO"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Qg3 Bf8 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. e5 Ncxd3 20. cxd3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nh3 Qd7 27. Nf4
Nc2 28. Rac1 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 e5 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Nh5 g6 33. Ng3 Kg7
34. Qb6 Re6 35. Qb3 Bc5 36. Rc1 Rc6 37. Qa4 Be3 38. Rd1 Qd4 39. Qa3 Qc5 40. Qb3
Rc7 41. Rf1 f4 42. Ne4 Qc1 43. Rd1 Qc2 44. Qxc2 Rxc2 45. Rb1 Kf8 46. h4 Ke7 47.
b4 Rc1+ 48. Rxc1 Bxc1 49. g3 fxg3 50. Kg2 Ba3 51. Nc3 Kd7 52. b5 axb5 53. Nxb5
Bb4 54. d4 Kc6 55. Na7+ Kd5 56. dxe5 Bxa5 57. Kxg3 h5 58. Nc8 Kxe5 59. Ne7 Be1+
60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Nd5+ Kf7 62. Nf4 Bxh4 63. Nd3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Moor, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "FRA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 g6 8. Na3
Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Rad8 12. Bd1 Rfe8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qe2 Nh5 16. g3 Rf8 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Nxa7 h6 19. Be3 Ba6 20. Nb5 Kh7 21. Bc4
f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Nd6 exd6 24. Bxa6 Rdf8 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Nf4 27. gxf4
exf4 28. Bd2 Re5 29. Qf3 Rh5 30. Bc4 d5 31. Bb3 Qb7 32. Ra3 Qd7 33. d4 c4 34.
Bc2 Rf6 35. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mrva, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ITA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rd8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Qf4 Ne8 14. Rfd1 d5 15. e5
Ng7 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Bf4 Qf7 21. Re1 g5
22. Bg3 Bf5 23. Nd1 Re8 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. c3 Na6 26. Nf1 Nc7 27. Bd3 Ne6 28. Bxg6
Qxg6 29. Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "CZE-GER"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. d3 Qf6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. Nb3 Nd8
15. a4 Bc6 16. e4 b6 17. f3 f4 18. g4 Bb7 19. a5 c5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rfd1 Nc6
22. Bf1 Rc8 23. Nd2 Na5 24. Rab1 Rfd8 25. Ba1 Bc7 26. Nb3 Nxb3 27. Qxb3 Ra8 28.
d4 Bc6 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. c4 Qe7 31. Qc3 h6 32. Bb2 Re8 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Bxa1
Qg5 35. h4 Qg6 36. Bh3 Be5 37. Qc1 Bxa1 38. Qxa1 h5 39. g5 b5 40. Qa7 Bxe4 41.
Qxc5 Bxf3 42. Bf5 Qf7 43. Rf1 Be2 44. Rxf4 Bxc4 45. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "CRO-HUN"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qd7 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Rc8 10. O-O-O Qc5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne1 Bg7
15. e5 Be6 16. Qxb7 dxe5 17. Nd3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf6
21. Rd4 Rg8 22. Rb4 Rg5 23. Nd3 Rc6 24. Nf4 Bc4 25. Rd1 Rf5 26. Rd4 Ba6 27. Rd2
Bc4 28. g3 e5 29. Ng2 Be6 30. Ne3 Rh5 31. Ne4 Ke7 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Nxg4+ Bxg4
34. Rxg4 Rxh2 35. b3 h5 36. Rb4 Ke6 37. Rb5 h4 38. Re2 f6 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. a4
Kf5 41. a5 bxa5 42. Rxa5 Re4 43. Rd2 Kf4 44. Rad5 f5 45. c4 Re1+ 46. Kb2 Kf3
47. R5d3+ Kg4 48. Rg3+ Kf4 49. Rc3 Ra6 50. Rc1 Rxc1 51. Kxc1 e4 52. Kb2 Kf3 53.
c5 f4 54. b4 e3 55. fxe3 fxe3 56. Rd1 e2 57. Rc1 Re6 58. b5 Re5 59. b6 Rxc5 60.
Rxc5 e1=Q 61. Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "CRO-FRA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Nb3 b6 14. b5 Bxb3 15.
Qxb3 Na5 16. Qa4 c4 17. Nd2 cxd3 18. c4 a6 19. Rac1 Nb7 20. Qb4 Nc5 21. Bc3
axb5 22. Qxb5 Nc6 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 d2 26. Bxb6 Ra8 27. Qd3
dxe1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Rfb8 29. Bc5 Rc8 30. Bb4 Qe6 31. Bf1 Bf8 32. Rd1 Be7 33. h4
Rc6 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. Qd5 Rac8 37. Bxd6 Bb6 38. Rd2 Bd4 39. Rxd4 exd4
40. e5 Qe6 41. Qxd4 Rxc4 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Qd3 Qc8 44. Qf3 Rc1 45. Bb4 h5 46.
Kh2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ITA-AUT"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nh5 8. Re1
Nf4 9. d5 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 h6 11. b4 f5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. f3 f4 14. c5 Nf6 15. Ba3
Rf7 16. b5 Bf8 17. Nc4 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb4 g5 20. g4 fxg3 21. hxg3 g4 22.
Ne3 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxd5 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ncxd5 Be6 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Rf6 Bxd5
28. Nxd5 Bg7 29. Rxd6 Qg5 30. Rg6 Qxg6 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 Kxg6 33. Rc1 Bf8
34. Rc6+ Kh5 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Be3 Bc5 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kg4 39. Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "SLO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Na3 a6 9. O-O Bf5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Bf4
Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "CZE-SVK"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "GER-HUN"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. e4 c6 10. h3 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15.
Re1 Nf7 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Nf8 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Rc2 h6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc1
Kh7 22. Rce2 Ng6 23. Qc2 Rg8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bf6 26. Ne2 Qd7 27. Bc3 Rd8
28. Nf4 exf4 29. Bxf6 Rf8 30. Bb2 fxg3 31. fxg3 f4 32. gxf4 Bf5 33. Be4 Bxe4
34. Rxe4 Qf5 35. Qg2 Rg8 36. Kf1 Ne5 37. Qh1 Rd8 38. Bd4 Ng6 39. Qf3 c5 40. Bc3
h5 41. Ke2 Rd7 42. Qe3 b6 43. Bd2 Kg7 44. Kd1 Kf7 45. Kc1 Rd8 46. Bc3 Qd7 47.
Kb2 Qf5 48. Qf3 Nh4 49. Qe2 Ng6 50. Qe3 Rd7 51. Qf3 Nh4 52. Qh1 Ng6 53. Re3 Re7
54. Be5 Rxe5 55. Rxe5 Nxe5 56. Qd5+ Kf6 57. Qd6+ Qe6 58. fxe5+ Kf5 59. Qd3+ Kf4
60. Qd2+ Kf5 61. Qf2+ Kxe5 62. Qe2+ Kd6 63. Qxh5 Qe3 64. Qg6+ Kc7 65. Qg7+ Kb8
66. Qg2 Qf4 67. Ka3 Qc1+ 68. Qb2 Qe1 69. Qh2+ Kb7 70. h4 Qc1+ 71. Qb2 Qe1 72.
Qg2+ Ka6 73. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Weiss, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ITA-AUT"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Qd2 Rdg8 14. h5 g5 15.
hxg6 Rxg6 16. Ne3 Qd8 17. a3 Qg8 18. b4 h5 19. c4 d4 20. Nd5 exd5 21. cxd5 Nd8
22. Nxd4 h4 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. bxc5 hxg3 25. fxg3 Nxc5 26. d4 Qh7 27. dxc5 Bxc5+
28. Be3 Rg5 29. Nd6+ Kb8 30. Ne4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Rf5+ 32. Nf2 Ba6+ 33. Re2 Bxe3
34. Qxe3 Bxe2+ 35. Qxe2 Qxg3 36. Be4 Rg5 37. Qb2 Rh2 38. Qd4 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Rxf2+
0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Orsag, Milan"]
[Black "Mrva, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "CZE-SVK"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e5 Ne8 8. Be2 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O b6 12. Qe1 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. fxe5 Nd7 15.
Nb5 Qc8 16. Qh4 Nxe5 17. Ng5 h5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Qg3
h4 22. Nxh4 Qe6 23. Nf5 Nd6 24. Nd4 Qc8 25. b3 Bg7 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6
28. Bf3 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Rad8 30. Rd5 Nf5 31. Qe1 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 e6 33. Be4 Rd8 34.
Bg5 Rd7 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qg3 Qe5 37. Qf3 Qe4 38. Qg3 Qe2 39. Rg1 Rd3 40. Qh4
Rd1 41. Be3 e5 42. h3 f4 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Bg1 f3 45. Qf2 fxg2+ 46. Kxg2 e4
47. Qf5 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 e3 49. Qg5 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "SLO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Bc4 Qg5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+
Nexd7 15. O-O O-O 16. d6 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Qd4 Nc5 19. Ne3 Nd3 20. Qxa7
Rxd6 21. Qxb7 Nh5 22. Qc7 Red8 23. Qa5 Qg6 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "GER-HUN"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 c5
9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nd3 Ne8 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 b6 15. Rae1
Kh8 16. b3 Qf6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bh5 f4 19. Bxe8 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21. Rxf8+
Qxf8 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Nxe5 Re8 24. Qg3 Bf5 25. Nb5 Qf6 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Rf1
Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxf5 h5 30. g3 a6 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Rf3 b5 33. Ne7 Re8 34.
Rf7+ Kh6 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "CRO-FRA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc1 Nc5 12. Bh6 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qb6 15.
Rab1 Nd7 16. Qd2 f5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nce5 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Kh8 21. Ne6
Rfc8 22. Kh1 Qb4 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne6 Kh7 25. f4 Nxe6 26. fxe5 Qc5 27. Qg3 Ng7
28. Rbe1 dxe5 29. Qxe5 e6 30. Bf3 exd5 31. Bxd5 Qc7 32. Qf6 Ra6 33. Qh4 Qd8 34.
Re7 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Black "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "CZE-SVK"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. e4 Nc6 8. d5
Nd4 9. Qd3 e5 10. f4 Bd6 11. O-O-O c5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Nf3 Qe8 14. Nxe5 c5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg3+ Kh7 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qh4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Bd3 f5 23. Nc3 Bd6 24. Nd5 Kg7 25. Rde1 Rae8 26. Kd2 Re6 27. Rxe6
Nxe6 28. Rf1 Nd4 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Be2 Nxe2 31. Rxe2 Rb8 32. g3 h5 33. Re3 Rb7
34. Ra3 Ke6 35. Re3+ Kf7 36. Rd3 Ke6 37. Ne3 Rf7 38. Ke2 Bc7 39. Kf3 Bd6 40.
Rd5 Bc7 41. Kg2 h4 42. Kh3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Bd6 44. Kg2 Bc7 45. Rd1 Bd6 46. Rd5
Bc7 47. Nd1 Rg7 48. Kf3 Rh7 49. Nc3 a6 50. Rd2 Rh8 51. Nd5 Bd8 52. a4 Rh7 53.
Re2+ Kd6 54. Ne3 Ke6 55. Nd5+ Kd6 56. Kg2 Rb7 57. Re8 Rd7 58. Re5 b5 59. axb5
axb5 60. cxb5 Rb7 61. Nc3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "CRO-FRA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Be2 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Nb6
15. Be5 c6 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Nbd7 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21.
Rcd1 f6 22. Bf4 Qf7 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qc1 Rac8 25. Qa3 Nf5 26. Qxa7 Ng6 27. Bh2
Ngh4 28. Qc5 Bd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Qc3 Rcd8 31. g3 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. gxh4
Rd1 34. Bc2 R1d4 35. b4 Kh8 36. Qf3 R4d5 37. Bf5 Rd4 38. a3 c5 39. bxc5 Qc4 40.
Be6 b6 41. Bc7 Rf8 42. cxb6 Qc5 43. Qe3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "ITA-AUT"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf5 13. Be3 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Qh4 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qb3 Rad8 17. Rfc1 f5 18. f3 Bh5 19. Qb4 Rfe8 20. Bf2
Qg5 21. Kh1 Re6 22. Re1 Rg6 23. Bg3 Qh6 24. Qe7 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Bxf3+ 26. Qh4
Qxh4+ 27. gxh4 Be4 28. Rad1 Bxd4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. g4 g6 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Re2
Kf7 33. Red2 e3 34. Re2 f4 35. Rf1 Ke6 36. Rxf4 Ke5 37. Rf7 Ke4 38. Kg2 Rg8+
39. Kf1 b5 40. Rxh7 Kd3 41. Rc7 Rg4 42. Rh7 b4 43. a3 bxa3 44. bxa3 Rf4+ 45.
Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "GER-HUN"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 Nh6 7. fxe6 Nf5 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Qd2 dxe6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. d5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Qxd8
Raxd8 15. Nh3 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Nd8 17. Bd2 Ne6 18. Be2 Ba6 19. Re1 Nd6 20. Ng5
Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Rf5 22. Be7 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. a3 Ra5 25. Kc2 c5 26. Ra1 Bf7
27. Bd6 Bg6+ 28. Kd2 Rb5 29. Ke3 Kg8 30. Be5 c4 31. Bd4 Rb2 32. g4 Rxh2 33. a4
Bd3 34. Kf4 Rh3 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Re5 h5 37. g5 Rh4+ 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. Rd5 Ke6 40.
Re5+ Kd6 41. a5 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "SLO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Rc1 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "GER-HUN"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8.
Bf4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qc4 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Bf5 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Qf3 Qa6 20. g4 Be6
21. Kb1 Bd6 22. Rhe1 f6 23. Nc4 Qxc4 24. Rxe6 Rad8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne7+ Kf7
27. Rxd6 Kxe7 28. b3 Qb4 29. Rd3 Re8 30. g5 Kf8 31. g6 Qb6 32. f5 Qc7 33. Qd5
Re1+ 34. Kb2 Qe5+ 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Rd7 Rxf5 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Rxb7 Rh5 39. Rxg7
Rxh2 40. Rf7 Rf2 41. Rh7 Kf8 42. Rxh6 Kg7 43. Rh7+ Kxg6 44. Rxa7 f5 45. Ra6+
Kg5 46. Ra8 f4 47. a4 Re2 48. Rg8+ Kh4 49. Rf8 Kg3 50. a5 Re6 51. b4 f3 52. b5
f2 53. Rxf2 Kxf2 54. a6 Ke3 55. a7 Kd4 56. a8=Q Kc4 57. Qa4+ Kc5 58. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "CRO-FRA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qxe7 Bxe7 14.
Bf4 Nd6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. h3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Na4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bc8 20. b3
f6 21. Nd4 Kf7 22. Be3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. c3 Bd6 25. Bc5 Be5 26. Bd4 Bd6 27.
Nb2 h5 28. Nc4 Be7 29. b4 g5 30. Na5 Bd7 31. Rd1 Be8 32. Nb3 Bd6 33. a4 Kg6 34.
a5 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Nc5 Bf7 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Bc5 Bd8 39. Ng3 f5 40. Bxa7 Be7
41. Be3 Bd6 42. Ne2 Bc4 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44. Rd4 Ba6 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. Bf4 Ra7 47.
Bxd6 cxd6 48. Kh2 Rh7+ 49. Kg3 Rh1 50. c4 Ra1 51. Kf4 Ra3 52. Kg5 Rb3 53. b5
cxb5 54. c5 Rxd3 55. Rxd3 dxc5 56. Rd8 b4 57. Kf4 Bf1 58. Ke3 Bxg2 59. a6 b3
60. a7 Ke5 61. Re8+ Kf6 62. a8=Q Bxa8 63. Rxa8 Kg5 64. Rb8 c4 65. Rb4 Kh4 66.
Rxc4 Kh3 67. Rb4 g3 68. fxg3 Kxg3 69. Rxb3 f4+ 70. Ke2+ Kg2 71. Rf3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Black "Helbich, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "CZE-SVK"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kg2 Ng7 14. Nb5 e5
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. h3 Bc6 18. Kh2 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Qb3 b6 21.
Rae1 Qb7 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. b4 Nf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nh5 26. Bh6 Ng7 27. b5 Bd7
28. Be4 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Qc7 30. Qf2 Be6 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 33. Qe2 Rf8 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Bd5 Qf7 36. Bxe6 Qxe6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg3 Kg8 39. h4 Qd7 40. Qd3
Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "ITA-AUT"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qf4 c5 11. h4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. Qxe5
Bf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. c3 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. g3 g6
21. Qf7 Ba4 22. Bxa4 Rf8 23. Qd7 Rfd8 24. Qf7 Rf8 25. Qd5 Rfd8 26. Qb5 Bxd4 27.
Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rd8 31. Qxa7 f4 32. Qc5 fxg3 33.
fxg3 h5 34. a4 $138 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Moor, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "SLO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Ne8 9. d4 c6 10. h4 h5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Be3 Nc7 15.
Qxe7 Bg4 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O Qxb2 19. Ne4 Bxa2 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21.
Rac1 Bd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Ra1 Qb6 24. Rfb1 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Rab1 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rc6 Rae8 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ITA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bf4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nc6 16. Rd1 b6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Nc7 Rec8 21.
g4 Nd8 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Ke2 a5 24. Rd5 h5 25. gxh5 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Na6
Ra8 28. Rxd6 Rxa6 29. Rhd1 Rc5 30. h6 gxh6 31. Rxh6 Rb5 32. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "HUN-SVK"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. d5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d6
Nc5 15. e5 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rad1 Rf7 19. Rfe1 Rfd7 20. Ne5
Rxd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 h6 23. Rd4 Kh7 24. h4 g6 25. g3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. Kg2 Qf5 28. Nf3 Kh6 29. Re5 Qc2 30. Nxg5 Qxa2 31. Nf3 Qc2 32. Rh4+ Kg6 33.
Rf4 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "FRA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 8. Be3
h6 9. h3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. c4 Ndb4 15.
Qc3 Rad8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 f5 18. Nf2 Bd7 19. a3 Nxd4 20. exd4 Nc6 21. d5
Na7 22. Nd3 Nc8 23. c5 Qe3+ 24. Kh2 Bb5 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Nf4 Rfe8 27. a4 Bd7 28.
c6 bxc6 29. dxc6 Be6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Qb3 Rdd6 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Rfe3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "CRO-GER"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nxc5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Be3 Be7 17. g4 Bf6 18. c3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Na4 20. Rc1 O-O 21.
Nd4 Rfd8 22. g5 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 h5 24. Ka1 Nc5 25. Kb1 Na4 26. Rhd1 Qf5+ 27. Qc2
Qb5 28. c4 Qc6 29. Qe2 Qc7 30. b3 Qf4 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Nc5 33. Bd4 b6 34.
Kc2 Kh7 35. Be3 Kg6 36. b4 Ne4 37. Kb3 Kf5 38. f3 Nd6 39. c5 Nb5 40. a4 Rxd1
41. Rxd1 Nc7 42. cxb6 axb6 43. Rc1 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "AUT-CZE"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nf3 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qd7 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Nc7 14. Rac1 Bg4 15.
Qf1 Ne6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rd2 Bf8 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Re8 21. Be4
Nc7 22. f5 Bf7 23. Qg2 Rcd8 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxf6 Rc8 27. Ng5 Nb4
28. Bc3 h6 29. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "ITA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "FRA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
f5 9. h3 Ngf6 10. Rxg7 Ne4 11. Bd2 Kf8 12. Rg2 Rg8 13. Rxg8+ Kxg8 14. Bd3 Kh8
15. Ke2 Qe8 16. Qd1 Qh5 17. Qh1 Ndf6 18. Rg1 dxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Qg2 Bf8 21.
Bd3 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Bb7 23. Qg5 Qh6 24. Ne5 Qg7 25. Ne2 Bb4+ 26. Kc2 Qxg5 27.
Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxg5 Nd5 29. a3 Bf8 30. Nxe6+ Kf6 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Nc3 Ne7 33. e4
Rd8 34. e5+ Ke6 35. Ne2 Ng6 36. Rg5 Rf8 37. f4 Bc8 38. Kd2 Bd7 39. Ke3 Rc8 40.
Bxf5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "HUN-SVK"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. g4 c5 11. Rg1 Nb8 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Rb8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1
Nd4 16. h6 Bh8 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Ng3 Kf7 20. b3 Rg8 21. Bd2 c5 22.
f3 a5 23. Rb1 Rb7 24. Kf2 Qc7 25. Qe1 Ra8 26. Ne2 Qd8 27. Ng3 Ra6 28. Qe2 Qb8
29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Qc1 Ra8 31. Qc2 Qf8 32. Rh1 Qd8 33. Rhg1 Qf8 34. Qd1 Qb8 35.
Qe1 Qd8 36. Nf1 Qb8 37. Rg2 a4 38. b4 cxb4 39. Rxb4 Rxb4 40. Bxb4 a3 41. Kg1
Ra4 42. Ba5 Qa7 43. Bd2 Qb6 44. f4 exf4 45. Bxf4 Rb4 46. Qg3 Rb2 47. Bxd6 Rxg2+
48. Kxg2 Qb1 49. Kg1 Qd1 50. Bxa3 Qxg4 51. Qxg4 Bxg4 52. Ng3 f5 53. exf5 gxf5
54. Bd6 Bf6 55. Bf4 Bh4 56. Kf2 Bd1 57. Ke1 Ba4 58. Kd2 Bxg3 59. Bxg3 Ke6 60.
Bc7 Kf6 61. Bb6 Ke5 62. Bc5 f4 63. Bf8 f3 64. Bg7+ Kf4 65. Bxd4 Kg3 66. Ke1 Bc2
67. Bf2+ Kg2 68. d4 Bd3 69. c5 Be4 70. a4 Bc6 71. a5 Kh3 72. Kd2 Kg4 73. Kc3
Kf5 74. Kc4 Ke6 75. Bg3 Be4 76. Kb5 Kd7 77. Kb6 Bc6 78. a6 Be4 79. Kb5 Bd5 80.
Kb4 Kc6 81. Kc3 Kb5 82. a7 Ka6 83. Kd3 Kxa7 84. Ke3 Bc6 85. Kf4 Kb7 86. Ke5 Kc8
87. Kf5 Bd5 88. Ke5 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "AUT-CZE"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 dxe5
15. Rae1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Bb5 Kf7 19. Bf6 Nxf6 20. exf6 a6 21.
Ba4 Kxf6 22. Qe3 Bd5 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 e5 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. h3
Qd6 28. Qe2 a5 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qd2 f4 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6+ Kf5 33. Rxb6 Rc8
34. c4 a4 35. bxa4 Rxc4 36. a5 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Rb5 g5 39. f3 h5 40. Rc5
Re1 41. Rc4 Ra1 42. Rc5 g4 43. hxg4+ hxg4 44. fxg4+ Ke6 45. g5 e4 46. g6 e3 47.
g7 Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Re7 Rxa5 50. g3 Rh5+ 51. Kg2 Rg5 52. Kf3 fxg3 53. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "CRO-GER"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Be4 12. Qc3 d6 13. b4 Qe8 14. a4 a5 15. b5
Nbd7 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Ba8 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qh5 22. c5 f4 23. cxd6 f3+ 24. Kg1 fxe2 25. Rfe1 Qf3 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 cxd6
28. Bxd6 Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 exf1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Rc4 31. Kg2 h5 32. Kf3 Nf6 33. Kf4 Kf7
34. Be5 Rxa4 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Rc6 Nd5+ 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. Rxe6+ Kf5
40. Re8 Rxe3+ 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Bxg7 Rxb5 43. Re5+ Kg6 44. Bf8 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Nf6
46. Be7 a4 47. d5 Nd7 48. Re6+ Kf5 49. h3 Rb3+ 50. Re3 Ne5+ 51. Ke2 Rxe3+ 52.
Kxe3 a3 53. Bxa3 Nc4+ 54. Kd4 Nxa3 55. g4+ Kf6 56. gxh5 Nb5+ 57. Kd3 Nd6 58.
Kd4 Kf5 59. h4 Kf6 60. h6 Kg6 61. h5+ Kxh6 62. Ke5 Nf7+ 63. Ke6 Kg7 64. d6 b5
65. d7 Nd8+ 66. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Mrva, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "HUN-SVK"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15.
Nf1 Rfe8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nh2 h5 18. Qf3 Kg7 19. Ngf1 Rad8 20. Qg3 Bd6 21. Bg5
Be7 22. f4 Nh7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. f5 Nc4 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Nf3 Nxb2 27. Ne3 Kh6
28. Rf1 c4 29. Nh4 Qg5 30. Qxg5+ Kxg5 31. Rf7 Kxh4 32. Rxh7 Nd3 33. Kh2 Kg5 34.
g3 Rf8 35. h4+ Kf6 36. a4 b4 37. Nxc4 Bxe4 38. cxb4 Ke6 39. Kg1 Rc8 40. Ne3 Rf3
41. Bb3+ Kd6 42. Nc4+ Kc6 43. Na5+ Kb6 44. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "CRO-GER"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. Qd1 dxe4 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Ngxe4 Qd7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Bc3 Rac8 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21.
f3 f5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nc4 Bf6 24. b3 e5 25. Qe2 Rc6 26. Kg1 Rce6 27. Qg2 a6
28. Re2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd2 Qc5 31. Nf1 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Rae1 e3 34.
g4 Bh4 35. Ng3 Qg5 36. Rf1 Qxg4 37. Ne4 Qh5 38. Kh1 Bf2 39. Rexf2 exf2 40. Rxf2
Kh8 41. h3 Rg6 42. Qf1 h6 43. Rf5 Qh4 44. Qf3 Kh7 45. Kh2 Qe1 46. Qf2 Qxf2+ 47.
Rxf2 Rc8 48. b4 Ra8 49. Nc5 Ra2 50. Nb3 Ra4 51. Nxd4 Rxb4 52. Nb3 Rg5 53. d4
Rc4 54. Rd2 Kg8 55. d5 Rc7 56. h4 Rf5 57. Na5 Rd7 58. Nc6 Kf8 59. Nb4 Rf4 60.
c3 Rxh4+ 61. Kg3 Rc4 62. Rd3 Ke7 63. Nc2 Kd6 64. Ne3 Kc5 65. Kf3 Ra4 66. Rd1
Rf7+ 67. Ke2 Re4 68. d6 Rd7 69. Rg1 Rxd6 70. Kf3 Re7 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "FRA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 Be7 14. Be3 Qxb2 15.
Rb1 Qxa2 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Bb5 Qa2 19. Bc3 Nd8 20. Rb2 Bxb5 21. Rxa2
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rxc3 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Rxa7 O-O 25. g5 f6 26. h4 fxg5 27. hxg5 Bxg5
28. Kg2 Rxf4 29. Qd3 Rc7 30. Ra8 Rcf7 31. Ne1 g6 32. Qh3 h5 33. Qxe6 Kg7 34.
Qxd5 Rg4+ 35. Kh3 Rf1 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Nf3 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Black "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "AUT-CZE"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Nb5 Qe5 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Bd2 Kf7 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Rhe8
21. Qe5 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Bc3 Rc4 24. Re3 Qd7 25. Rg3 Qd8 26. Qg5 e5 27.
Bxe5 Re4 28. Qxg7+ Ke6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxb7 Re7 31. Qc6+ Ke5 32. Qc5 Qd6 33.
f4+ Ke6 34. f5+ Ke5 35. Qxd6+ Kxd6 36. f6 Rf7 37. Rf1 Re2 38. b4 Ke5 39. Rg5+
Ke6 40. Rgf5 d4 41. R5f3 Kd5 42. Rd1 Re6 43. Rdf1 Re2 44. g4 h6 45. h4 Re4 46.
Rg3 Re3 47. Rg2 Rh3 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Rfh7 50. g6 R7h4 51. Rg5+ Ke4 52. Kf2
d3 53. Rfg1 Rh2+ 54. R5g2 Rf4+ 55. Ke1 Rh3 56. g7 d2+ 57. Rxd2 Rxa3 58. g8=Q a5
59. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "ITA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6
9. Qe2 Ba6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. d3 b5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rd2
d4 16. Na4 e5 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc2 Bd6 21. Bc1 Qe7
22. Bd2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bd5 Bc5 25. Qf3 Ba6 26. h4 Kh8 27. Kh2 f5 28. Bg5
Qd7 29. Bc6 Qd6 30. Rc1 e4 31. dxe4 fxe4 32. Qg2 d3 33. Be3 d2 34. Rd1 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Brod, Manfred"]
[Black "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "AUT-CZE"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qf3 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Bc6 16. Qg3 Nd7 17. Qf2 d5 18. e5 Bb4 19. Nb3 g6 20. Rfc1 Qd8 21. Bd4 Rc8
22. Qe3 Kg7 23. Rf1 Kg8 24. Rf3 Bf8 25. Rh3 Bg7 26. Nd2 Bb5 27. Nf3 Qe7 28. g4
f6 29. Re1 Qb4 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Ne5 Nxg4 32. Nxg4 Qxd4 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Qe2
Bxh6 35. Rxh6 Kg7 36. Rh3 Rf8 37. Qxe6 Rce8 38. Nxb5 Rxe6 39. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 40.
Kg2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Helbich, Jan"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "HUN-SVK"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14. Nb5
O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxa7 Qg5 18. a4 Nf5 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Ngh4
21. Ra3 Nxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra8 23. d5 Re7 24. Qb3 Rae8 25. Qxb7 Be6 26. Qb4 Bxd5 27.
Qf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Re5 29. Nb5 g5 30. Rb4 Re2 31. Kg1 Bc6 32. Nc3 Rc2 33. Rb6
Ba8 34. Rb5 Nh4 35. Rxg5+ Ng6 36. h4 Re5 37. Rg4 Rxb2 38. Nb5 Re4 39. Rxe4 Bxe4
40. Nxd6 Bd5 41. Nf5 h5 42. Rd1 Be6 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Nd4 Bc4 45. Nf3 Re2 46. a5
Ne5 47. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "FRA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 e6
9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qe3 h6 13. Bh4 Rfe8 14. Bg3 e5 15. Bd1
d5 16. Bc2 c4 17. dxc4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. Qe2 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Nc5 21. Rfd1 Rad8
22. Nf1 Nd3 23. Rb1 Nf4 24. Qe3 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Qxc4 26. Qxb6 Bc8 27. Qb2 N6d5
28. Rc1 Nd3 29. Nd2 Qc6 30. Qb1 Nxc1 31. c4 Nd3 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Bb3 Qc6 34.
f3 Qc1+ 35. Qxc1 Nxc1 36. fxe4 Rd8 37. Bd5 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nc3 39. Bxe5 Nxd5 40.
exd5 Rxd5 41. Bf4 Rd3 42. a5 Rxa3 43. Bc7 Bd7 44. g3 Ra2 45. Ke3 Bh3 46. Bb6 f6
47. Bc7 Kf7 48. Bb6 g5 49. Bc7 Kg6 50. Bd8 f5 51. Bc7 Kf7 52. Kd3 Ke6 53. Ke3
Kd5 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Bb6 Kb5 56. Bc7 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Moor, Roger"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ITA-SUI"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Qe1 Rfe8 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Be3 Nfg4 16. Bg1 Nc4 17. Qc1 g6 18. Nf5 Rac8 19. h3 Nge5 20. Bd4 Qd8 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Ne3 Rd4 27. Qf2
Qd8 28. Ned5 Bg7 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 f5 31. e5 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Qxd5 33. Rd1
Qc4 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Rb1 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ra1 Qc5 38. Qb8 Bxe5 39. Ra7+ Bd7
40. Rxd7+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Ke6 43. Rxh7 f4 44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. Qf7+ Kg5
46. h4+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "CRO-GER"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 cxd4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. cxd4 Nd5
15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Bc5 Nd7 18. Qd5 Nde5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd8 Nxf3+
21. gxf3 Rexd8 22. Ra3 Bg6 23. a5 Bf5 24. Kh2 a6 25. Re1 Be6 26. Re5 Rab8 27.
Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "FRA-GER"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "AUT-HUN"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. c3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bg7 9. Bc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "CZE-SUI"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Nf6 7. c3 e5 8. h3
Be7 9. d4 Qc7 10. d5 Nd8 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Ne8 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Nc4 Nf7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qc2 Ng7 18. g4 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Kg2
Qd8 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. Be4 Nh8 24. Rh1 Rdf7 25. Qe2 Bh4 26. Bh6 g5 27. Qd3 Ng6 28.
Bxg6 Rxf3 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 R8f6
34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Rh2 R2f4 37. Re2 c4 38. Re4 Rxg6 39. Qxg6 b5 40.
Rf1 Qe7 41. Rfxf4+ gxf4 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Bxf6 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. b3 cxb3 46.
Rb4 e4+ 47. Kxe4 Bxc3 48. Rxb3 Bd2 49. Rb2 Bc3 50. Rc2 b4 51. Kxf4 Be5+ 52. Kf5
b3 53. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ITA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Ne1 Na7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
a4 Rfd8 16. Rab1 Nc6 17. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "CRO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Rad1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Ne5
Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ITA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. b3
Bg4 9. a3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 f5 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Kh7 21. b5
Nd8 22. Ne4 Ne6 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd2 Red8 27. g3 Nb6 28.
Be3 Nd5 29. Bd2 Nb6 30. Be3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Orsag, Milan"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "CZE-SUI"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 g5 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. d5 Nb8 15.
h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Nd7 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Kg2 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qb4 21. Qc2
b5 22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qc3 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6 Qxc4 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. Rh1
Rae8 28. Rh4 Qc2 29. Rdh1 Qg6 30. Qh3 Rf5 31. e4 Rg5 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Rh1 Rxg3+
34. fxg3 Bxh4 35. Qxh4 Kg7 36. Rb1 Qg5 37. Qxg5+ hxg5 38. Rb7 Kf6 39. Kf2 Ra8
40. Ke3 a5 41. a4 Rh8 42. Rb5 Rh3 43. Rxa5 Rxg3 44. Ra8 g4 45. Kf4 Rxf3+ 46.
Kxg4 Ra3 47. Kf4 Ra2 48. a5 c4 49. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "FRA-GER"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. c5 Bb8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 h6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. a3 Rd8 14. Ned2 Qf6 15.
Nc4 b5 16. Ncd2 a5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Bd2 Qf8 19. Rad1 N7f6 20. Bf1 Bc7 21. Ne5
Bb7 22. Qd3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Qg3 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxh6 Qf8 27. Bg5
Ne7 28. Qh3 Rd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Bc8 33. Qd3
Be6 34. h4 b4 35. Re3 Qc8 36. Rg3 Qc4 37. Qd2 Rc8 38. Bh6 g6 39. Qg5 Kh7 40. h5
Qe4 41. Qf6 Rg8 42. Bd2 Qf5 43. hxg6+ Rxg6 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Bg5 Qe4 46. Bf4
Rxg3 47. Qxg3+ Kf8 48. axb4 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Weiss, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "AUT-HUN"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Kh1 h5 13. Rae1 h4 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1
h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Mrva, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "CRO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf3
h6 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Na5 14. b3 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bf5 16. c4 Bf6 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Rb2 Qd8 20. h4 Bxd2 21. Bxd2 b6
22. h5 Qh4 23. g3 Qd4 24. Qc1 Qg4 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Be2 Qd4 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. Rc2 f5 31. c5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qb3 33. Rxd6 Qxb4 34. Rd7
f4 35. Rb2 Rxc5 36. Qb1 Qc3 37. Rbb7 e4 38. Qb3+ Kh8 39. Qxc3 Rxc3 40. Rxg7
Rc1+ 41. Kg2 f3+ 42. Kh2 Re8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rbg7+ Kf8 45. Rxa7 Kg8 46. Rhg7+
Kh8 47. Rgf7 Rc2 48. Kh3 Rxf2 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rxh6 Rb2 51. Rhh7 f2 52. Rhg7+
Kh8 53. Rgf7 e3 54. h6 f1=Q+ 55. Rxf1 Rb6 56. Re1 Rxh6+ 57. Kg2 e2 58. Ra4 Kg7
59. Rf4 Rhe6 60. Kf2 Kg6 61. Rc4 Re5 62. Rc2 Rf8+ 63. Kg2 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "CRO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 g6 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. c4 g5
15. Bg3 c5 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. cxd5 cxd4 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Ba6 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 e5 22. Bb7 Rd8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. f3 Rb8 25. Rc7 Ke7 26. Bc6 Rd8 27. Be1
Kd6 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Bb4+ Kc7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. g4 Bb6 32. Ke2 Bc7 33. Bf8
Bd6 34. Bxh6 f6 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. Kf5 Be7 38. h3 a6 39. a4 a5 40. h4
gxh4 41. Bd2 h3 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "FRA-GER"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg4 13. Be2 Qa5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Qc2 Rd2 19. Qb3 Rb2 20. Qxb2 Nf3+
21. Bxf3 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Qxa2 23. Rd2 Qa3 24. Rfd1 Bc3 25. Rd3 Qb2 26. Bd6 Rd8
27. Ba3 Rxd3 28. Bxb2 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bxb2 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "ITA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Qe4 Rd8 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bb5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 g5 18. Ne5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20.
Qg8 Be3+ 21. fxe3 Qxb5 22. Qf8+ Kf6 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Qf8+ Kf6 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26.
g4 b6 27. Qf8+ Kf6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf8+ Kf6 30. a4 Qf1+ 31. Rd1 Qh3 32. Qd8+
Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Kg6 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "AUT-HUN"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Nd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Qf7 14. b4 Na6 15. e4
fxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Be3 h6 21.
Rfd1 Qf5 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rd5 Qf6 24. Rxd7 hxg5 25. Bd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27.
Qc4 Bxf2+ 28. Kg2 b5 29. Qxb5 Rf6 30. Qxg5 Kg7 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Qg4 Re7 33. Rc2
Bb6 34. Qc8 Be3 35. Re2 c5 36. b5 Nc7 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Qxc7+ Rf7 39. Qxc5 Re4
40. Qc3+ Kh7 41. a4 Ree7 42. h4 Rd7 43. Kh3 Rde7 44. Qc5 Rd7 45. h5 gxh5 46.
Qxh5+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qg5+ Rg7 50. Qe3 Rge7 51. Qb3+ Kf8 52.
g4 Rg7 53. Qc3 Kg8 54. Kh4 Rh7+ 55. Kg3 Rhg7 56. Qe3 Rge7 57. Qg5+ Rg7 58. Qf5
Rgf7 59. Qg6+ Rg7 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Qf5+ Kg8 62. g5 Rge7 63. Qg6+ Kf8 64. Qf6+
Kg8 65. g6 Re3+ 66. Kg4 Re1 67. Qc6 Rde7 68. Kg5 R1e6 69. Qc3 Re1 70. a5 R1e3
71. Qc5 R3e4 72. Qd5+ Kg7 73. Kf5 Rh4 74. Qd6 Rh5+ 75. Kf4 Rb7 76. b6 Rxa5 77.
Qc6 Rxb6 78. Qc3+ Rf6+ 79. Kg4 Ra2 80. Qc7+ Kxg6 81. Qb7 Ra4+ 82. Kg3 Rb6 83.
Qd5 Ra3+ 84. Kf4 Rf6+ 85. Ke4 Ra4+ 86. Ke3 Rfa6 87. Qg2+ Kh7 88. Qb7+ Kh6 89.
Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "CZE-SUI"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxc6 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Nb4
Bf6 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Nxa6 Bxd4 23. Kf1 Bxb2 24. Rxd7 Bxc1 25. Rb7 Bf4 26. g3
Bd6 27. Rd7 Bf8 28. Rb7 Ra8 29. Rb6 Re8 30. Rb8 Re6 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. a4 g6 33.
a5 Kg7 34. Nb3 Rc6 35. Rb6 Rc2 36. a6 Ra2 37. Rc6 h5 38. Nd4 Ra5 39. Ke2 Bc5
40. Kd3 Ba7 41. Ne6+ Kh6 42. Nc7 Bxf2 43. Rf6 Ba7 44. Rxf7 Bb8 45. h4 Bxc7 46.
Rxc7 Rxa6 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Brod, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "AUT-HUN"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. c3 Nc6 7. exd5 Nxd4 8.
Nc4 Qc5 9. Be3 Qxd5 10. Bxd4 Nf6 11. Qb3 Qe4+ 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14.
O-O-O a6 15. Bd3 Qc6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Rhe1 Nc5 19. Qc4 b5 20. Bxg7+
Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Bxa8 b4 23. Qc4 bxc3 24. b4 Bd7 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc3
Ba3+ 27. Kd2 Qb6 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Kf3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Black "Moor, Roger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "CZE-SUI"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 N8d7 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qd2 d5 15.
c5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc8 17. b4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Nf5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfd1 Nb8 21. Rb1
Nc6 22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. Rb3 g6 24. a4 Kg7 25. g3 h5 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. f4 Qd8 28. a5
Nh6 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Bf3 Re8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Rd3 Nf5 33. Qc3 e5 34. dxe5 d4 35.
exf6+ Kf7 36. Nxd4 Ncxd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Red8 39. Re4 Rd2+ 40. Re2 Rxe2+
41. Bxe2 Qc6+ 42. Kf2 Qh1 43. Qb3+ Kf8 44. Qe6 Qh2+ 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "FRA-GER"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. h3 h5 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. Kh2
Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nd1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bh6 19. Bc3 Rxb1 20. Nxb1 Nb7 21. f4 Bg7
22. Ne3 Be8 23. Qb2 Bh8 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. e5 Nd7 26. Ne4 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qc7 28.
Ng5+ Kg8 29. d6 exd6 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Bxb7 Nxe5 32. Nd5 Bd7 33. Ne4 Be6 34.
Nxd6 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc3 36. Nxc3 Bxc4 37. Rf6 Be6 38. Be4 Kg7 39. Rf2 Rd8 40.
h4 Rd4 41. Rc2 Kf8 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Kf2 f5 44. Bb7 a5 45. Bc6 Rd6 46. Bb5 Rd4
47. Ne2 Rb4 48. Bc6 a4 49. a3 Rb3 50. Rc3 Bd7 51. Bxd7 Kxd7 52. Rxc5 Rxa3 53.
Nf4 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kh3 Kd6 57. Ra5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "ITA-SLO"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Mrva, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "CRO-SVK"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

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 f6 10. e6 dxe6 11. b3 Qf7 12. Bg2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. O-O c5 15.
a3 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 O-O 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxa6 Nc3 21.
b4 Rd6 22. Qb7 Qxc4 23. Qxa7 Rb6 24. Qa5 f5 25. Rfe1 f4 26. Bf1 Qd4 27. Qe5 Qd2
28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 h6 31. Rac1 Nd5 32. f5 Rg5 33. Re5 Rgxf5
34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Bg2 Nb6 36. Kg1 Rf7 37. Bc6 Rf4 38. f3 Rd4 39. Be4 Nc4 40. a4
Nd6 41. Bg6 Rxb4 42. Rxc7 Rb8 43. a5 Kg8 44. a6 Ra8 45. Rd7 Nb5 46. Bd3 Rxa6
47. Bxb5 Rf6 48. Kf2 g5 49. Kg3 Rf4 50. Bd3 Kf8 51. Rh7 Rh4 52. h3 Kg8 53. Bc2
Kf8 54. Bb3 Ke8 55. Bf7+ Kf8 56. Be6 Ke8 57. Kf2 Kf8 58. Ke3 Ke8 59. Bg4 Kf8
60. Ra7 Kg8 61. Ke4 h5 62. Kf5 hxg4 63. hxg4 Rh3 64. Ra3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ITA-FRA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Ne1 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ne6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4
15. Qc4 Qa5 16. Bg5 b5 17. Qd3 b4 18. Qe3 f4 19. Bxf4 Nf5 20. Qd2 d6 21. e4 Nd4
22. Be3 Nb5 23. a3 Qa4 24. axb4 Qb3 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Bd4 Rfc8 28.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rdc1 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Qxc4 31. Qc3+ Kf7 32. Qxc4 Bxc4 33. Rc1 Ba2
34. f3 Rb8 35. Nd3 g5 36. Kf2 Rb7 37. Ke3 e6 38. dxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kd4 Bb3 40. f4
gxf4 41. gxf4 Ba4 42. Rc8 Bb3 43. h4 Ba2 44. f5+ Kf6 45. Rc6 Ke7 46. e5 dxe5+
47. Kxe5 Bb1 48. Nc5 Rxb4 49. f6+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. f7 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "HUN-SUI"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qa5 14.
Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Qc1 Rd8 17. Rc3 Qe5 18. Nf3 Qxe4 19. Qa3+ Ke8 20. Rd1 b5
21. Rd4 Qb7 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qf8+ Kd7 25. Bf3 Qa7 26. Bxa8 Qxa8
27. Ne4 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "AUT-CRO"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 Nd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bc4 N5f6 13. Rhe1 b5 14.
Bd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qc6 Rb8 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qg5+ 20.
Kb1 Qxg2 21. Qf4 Rb5 22. Rg1 Qb7 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "GER-SVK"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Qf4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nc3 c5 13. g3 Qc7 14. d5 O-O 15.
Bg2 e5 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Kf1 e4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Kg1 Bd7 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3
Nxc4 22. d6 Nxd6 23. Nd5 Qa5 24. Re7 Bc6 25. Ne5 Rae8 26. Rd1 c4 27. Qe2 Ne4
28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qxc4 Qc5+ 31. Ne3+ Kh8 32. Rd3 Nf6 33. Rd4 Qxd4
34. Qxd4 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "CZE-SLO"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 f6 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 Nh6 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nb3 Bf7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc5 b6 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Nb5
Qd8 16. Nc7 bxc5 17. Ne8 c4 18. Qa5 g6 19. Nd6 Kg7 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8
22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Bxf7 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Kxf7 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Bd2 Kd5 27. a4 Nf5
28. Rc1 Bd6 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 h5 31. h3 Ne7 32. Ba5 Nd7 33. Bc7 Bxc7 34.
Rxc7 Kd6 35. Rc2 Nb6 36. h4 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. Kc3 Ned5+ 39. Kb3 Ke6 40. Rc6+
Kf7 41. f3 f5 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Rd6 Ke7 44. Rxg6 Nd7 45. g4 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "HUN-SUI"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Bg4 6. c4 d4 7. h3 Bf5 8. e3 dxe3
9. Bxe3 Bxd3 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qa3 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Rad1 f6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nge7 17. Qxc5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb4 19. Qb3 Qa6 20. a3 Nc2 21.
Bf1 Qb7 22. Bxb5+ Ke7 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Nxe5 Nd4 25. Qf7+ Kd6 26. Rxd4+ Kxe5 27.
f4+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "ITA-FRA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 c5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 N8xd7 14. O-O Rc8
15. Qb3 Nb6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Be5 Rd8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Nbd7 21.
Bf4 b5 22. a4 Rc4 23. axb5 Rb4 24. Qa2 axb5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Bf6 27. Rfd1
Rxb2 28. Qa7 Nf8 29. Ne5 Qc2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bg3 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kh2
Rd8 34. Ng4 Bc3 35. Qc7 Rd3 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Rd7 38. Qc8 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rdf7
40. Qb8 R2f5 41. Bf4 h6 42. Bd6 Kh7 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Qb7 R8f7 45. Qe4 Kh8 46.
Kh2 Rf8 47. Qd4 Rb8 48. g4 Rf7 49. Qe5 Rbf8 50. Qxb5 Rf3 51. Qe5 Rf2+ 52. Kg3
Rc2 53. Qe4 Rb2 54. Qe5 Re2 55. Qb5 Rxe3+ 56. Kg2 Rfe8 57. h4 R3e5 58. Qd3 Re4
59. Kf3 Rb4 60. Qc3 Reb8 61. Qc7 Rf8+ 62. Kg3 Ra4 63. Kg2 Ra3 64. Qc4 Ra2+ 65.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "GER-SVK"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Qd3 e6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. g3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Qe3 Kb8 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 Rc7 18. Ne1 f6 19. Nd3 Re8 20. Nf4 b6 21.
Rhe1 Rce7 22. Qf3 a5 23. a4 Nd8 24. Nh5 Qc6 25. Qf4+ e5 26. Qxf5 Qxa4 27. Kc2
Nxc3 28. bxc3 Qa2+ 29. Kd3 Qxb3 30. Rb1 Qc4+ 31. Kd2 exd4 32. Rxe7 Qxc3+ 33.
Ke2 Rxe7+ 34. Kf1 d3 35. Qxd5 Nb7 36. Kg2 Qe5 37. Nf4 Ka7 38. Qxd3 Qe4+ 39.
Qxe4 Rxe4 40. Nd5 Re6 41. f4 Rd6 42. Rb5 Rc6 43. Rb2 Ka6 44. Ra2 Ka7 45. Rb2
Nd6 46. g4 Nc4 47. Rb1 Rd6 48. Nc7 Kb7 49. Nb5 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Ke4 Nd6+
52. Ke3 Nc4+ 53. Ke4 Nd6+ 54. Ke3 Rd5 55. Nd4+ Kb7 56. h4 b5 57. g5 Kb6 58.
gxf6 b4 59. Nf3 Rf5 60. Ne5 Kb5 61. Nd7 Nc4+ 62. Ke4 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "CZE-SLO"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng5 dxe5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Be7
15. Rfe1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 17. Qh6 Kf7 18. Bb5 Nf6 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Qh4 a6 21.
Bf1 h5 22. h3 Qc6 23. Rad1 Rag8 24. Rd6 Qc5 25. Red1 Bc8 26. Bd8 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Weiss, Christian"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "AUT-CRO"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Nc4 f6 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nb5 Ne6 14. Nbd6 Ned4 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nxb7 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qxb7 18. Na5 Qxb2 19. Nxc6 Ba3 20. Rb1 Qc3 21.
Rb3 Qc5 22. Qa1 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxa3 Rac8 25. Rfb1 Rf7 26. Rb8 h6 27.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Qb3 Kh7 30. h4 f5 31. Qb5 e4 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Rc6
Kg8 34. Rc5 g6 35. h5 Kg7 36. hxg6 Kxg6 37. Rc6+ Kg5 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Ra6 exd3
40. exd3 Rd7 41. Rc6 Rd5 42. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "HUN-SUI"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Qb6 11. Ncb5 a6 12. Nc2 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Rb1 Ne5 15.
b4 Qd8 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Rfc1 Nfd7 20. Nd4 Nxc5 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Qc2 Ned3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Qf2 b6 26. Ne2 Nxe4 27. Qf3 Qd5
28. Rxb6 Nc3 29. Nxc3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxe3 31. Rc6 Rd8 32. Ne4 Rxf3 33. Rxa6 Rxf4
34. Rxe6 Rg4+ 35. Ng3 Bf6 36. Re2 Rd3 37. Kh1 Rgd4 38. Rc8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8
40. Kg2 Kf7 41. a4 Rd5 42. Ra2 Ra5 43. Ne4 Ke6 44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Rd2+ Bd4 46. h4
Ra8 47. Ng5 e5 48. Nxh7 e4+ 49. Kf4 e3 50. Rg2 Kc4 51. Ng5 Re8 52. Kf3 Kd3 53.
Nh3 Be5 54. Ng1 Rf8+ 55. Kg4 Rf4+ 56. Kh3 Rxa4 57. Rxg6 Rf4 58. h5 e2 59. Nxe2
Kxe2 60. Rg2+ Kf3 61. Rg3+ Ke4 62. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "CZE-SLO"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3 8.
fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Qg5 13. Rf3 Be7 14. Rg3
Qe5 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. e5 O-O 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rh3 e5 19. Rh5 Bg4 20. Rg5 Qb4 21.
Rb1 h6 22. a3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qb6 24. Rg4 f5 25. Rg6 Bc5 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Na4 Qa5
28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Rbg1 Rf7 30. c4 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Qg2 Qb7 34.
c5 Rc8 35. Qa2 Re8 36. Qg2 Kh7 37. Rd6 Kh8 38. Qg6 Ref8 39. Rxc6 Rf6 40. Rxf6
Rxf6 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qh5 Qd5 43. e4 Qxc5 44. exf5 Qf8 45. Qg4 Rxf5 46. Qe4 Qf6
47. Rg2 h5 48. Qc2 Kh6 49. Qc1+ Rf4 50. Rg1 g5 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "AUT-CRO"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 c6 11. g4 Qc7 12. Ng3 Rd8 13. a4 c5 14. Be3 Nb6 15. a5
Nc4 16. Bg5 Be6 17. b3 Nxa5 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Nge2 Nc6 21. Rad1 Qh4
22. Nb5 a6 23. Nxd6 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Ne5 27. Qxb7 Rf8
28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qxa6 Qf6 31. f4 Nd7 32. Qd6 Rf7 33. f5 exf5 34.
Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Rxf5 Rxf5 36. gxf5 Nc5 37. Bf1 Kg7 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Kf2 h6 40. Kf3
Ke5 41. Kg4 Nd7 42. Kh5 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ITA-FRA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O e4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 c6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Na6 15.
Ba3 Rfe8 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nc3 f5 18. Rab1 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nd3 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nf4
Nxf4 22. exf4 b6 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Qd5+ Qe6 25. Rbd1 Nf8 26. Bb2 Ra7 27. Qxe6+
Rxe6 28. Rd5 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Rd1 Nf8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 g6 33. Ke3 Ke7
34. Be5 Nd7 35. Rd5 Nf6 36. Rd2 Nd7 37. Bb2 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. f3 exf3 40.
Kxf3 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Bc3 Kg8 43. Kf2 h6 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Black "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "GER-SVK"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Qc2
Bxe2 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Nfd7
15. Bd3 g6 16. Nd1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. Nc2
Qb6 22. Rfe1 Na5 23. Na1 Rc6 24. g3 Re8 25. h4 Nc4 26. Bc1 Nxa3 27. h5 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qxd4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rc7 Rd8 31. Nc2 Qb6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Ne3 Qd4 34.
Ng4 Rc7 35. Rd1 Qb4 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Rh1 Rxd3 39. Rh7+ Kxh7 40.
Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Nf6 Bxf6 42. exf6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Helbich, Jan"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "GER-SVK"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. f4 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Bg4 Nd6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 Qc4 23. g6 hxg6 24. b3 Qxc3 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27. Qe6+
Kh7 28. Qh3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ITA-FRA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8.
Nd5 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. c3 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qd3 b5 14. Qe3 Qd7
15. Rad1 a5 16. f4 Rfb8 17. e5 h6 18. Bh4 Qe6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Rde1
dxe5 22. fxe5 b4 23. Rf2 Bd5 24. Qc5 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Qe3 Bxa2 27. g4 fxg4
28. Qd3 Rc6 29. Bf6 exf6 30. Qxg6 f5 31. Qh5 Qf7 32. Qh4 Be6 33. Ref1 a3 34.
Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 Qg6 36. Qf2 a2 37. Ra1 Kh7 38. Rf4 Bxe5 39. Rf1 Bg7 40. Rf5
Rxc3 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Moor, Roger"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "HUN-SUI"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Na5 6. Bb3 Nxb3 7. axb3 c6 8. h3
Ne7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Qd2 f5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rhf1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Ng3 a4 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Qe3 b3 21. cxb3
Bxb3 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Re1 d5 24. Kd2 Ra2 25. Rb1 dxe4 26. dxe4 Be6 27. Ke1
Nc8 28. Nf3 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tabernig, Bernhard"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "AUT-CRO"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Nxa6 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qa4+
Qd7 15. Qxc4 Nb4 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. Ne1 Bc4
21. Be3 Nc6 22. Rb1 Rb3 23. h3 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nf3 Bd3 26. Rc1 Rxb2 27.
Na4 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Bxb1 29. Nc5 Kf7 30. g4 g6 31. Kg2 e5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Ng5+
Kg8 34. Nge4 Bg7 35. Nd2 Ba2 36. f4 Bd5+ 37. Kg3 Nf7 38. h4 Nd6 39. Nf3 Nc4 40.
Bf2 Bf8 41. Nd7 Be7 42. Bd4 Nd6 43. Nd2 Kf7 44. Be5 Nb5 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5
Bc6 47. Nb8 Bb7 48. Nf3 h6 49. Bf4 Nd6 50. Ne5+ Kg7 51. Nbc6 Nxf5+ 52. Kg4 Bc8
53. Nxe7 Nxe7+ 54. Kf3 Nf5 55. h5 Nd4+ 56. Ke4 Ne6 57. Be3 Bb7+ 58. Kf5 Nf8 59.
Bd4 Bc8+ 60. Ke4 Kh7 61. Kd5 Bb7+ 62. Kc4 Ba6+ 63. Kd5 Be2 64. Bc5 Kg7 65. Bd4
Bxh5 66. Nd7+ Kf7 67. Nxf8 Bf3+ 68. Ke5 Kxf8 69. Kf6 Ke8 70. Ke6 Bg4+ 71. Kd5
Kd7 72. Bf2 h5 73. Bh4 Bf3+ 74. Kc5 Ke6 75. Kd4 Kf5 76. Bg3 c6 77. Bd6 h4 78.
Be7 Kg4 79. Ke3 Bd5 80. Bd6 h3 81. Kf2 c5 82. Ke3 c4 83. Be5 Kf5 84. Bh2 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "CZE-SLO"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 Bc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. g3 Bb7 13. b4 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qb3 c5 18. b5 Kh8 19. Nd2 Nhf6 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6
axb6 22. Nc4 Ne8 23. Na4 Bc8 24. Qa3 Nd6 25. Qb2 Nxc4 26. dxc4 f5 27. f3 Nf6
28. Nc3 Bb7 29. Qc2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Ra8 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Ra8
34. Rxa8+ Bxa8 35. Qe4 Bb7 36. Bg4 Qf6 37. h4 h6 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Bh3 Kg7 40.
Bg4 Kf7 41. Qf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Kf6 43. Be6 Bg7 44. Bd2 Bf8 45. Bc3 Bd6 46. Ke4
Bc7 47. Bd2 g5 48. Kf3 e4+ 49. Kg4 gxh4 50. gxh4 h5+ 51. Kxh5 Ke5 52. Kg4 Kd4
53. h5 Kxc4 54. d6+ Kd3 55. dxc7 Kxd2 56. Kf4 e3 57. Bc4 Bd5 58. c8=Q Bxc4 59.
Qh3 e2 60. Qe3+ Kd1 61. h6 e1=Q 62. Qxe1+ Kxe1 63. h7 Kd2 64. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "FRA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Ne8 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Rfe1 d4 13. e5 Nc7 14. b4 Na6 15. b5
Nc7 16. h4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bc1 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. cxb5 Bd5 21. Nc4 Kh8 22.
Bd2 Ra7 23. Reb1 Qa8 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Nd5 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 e5 28. Bh6
Rg8 29. Re1 Qd5 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Bd2 Bg7 32. Qh5 Qe6 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5
35. Bxa5 f5 36. Bc7 Nf6 37. Qg5 e4 38. b6 Nd5 39. Rb1 h6 40. Qh5 Nc3 41. Ra1
exd3 42. Nd6 Rf8 43. b7 d2 44. b8=Q Rxb8 45. Bxb8 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qxa1 47. Nf7+
Kg8 48. Nxh6+ Bxh6 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qf7+ Bg7 51. Qxf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ITA-CZE"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nb3 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Nc5 d4 16. Nb1 Qb6 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. a5 Qd6 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Na4 Qb8
22. Qe2 Rc6 23. Rfb1 Qc7 24. h3 Nc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Qb7 27. Nc4 Rb8 28.
Nc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Qb3 30. Ra1 Rb5 31. Nxe5 Rxa5 32. Bb2 Rxa1+ 33. Bxa1 Bxc5 34.
Bxa6 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qxe4 36. Nf3 Nd6 37. Qd1 Nf5 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Bc2 Qa2 40. Bxf5
Bxf5 41. Bxd4 Qd5 42. Qd2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "AUT-GER"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Ba3
Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Nce1 b6 12. Nd3 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nfe5 Rfd8
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qd2 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Ba6 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxc6 Bxd3 20. Bxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "CRO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "HUN-SLO"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "FRA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 a5 10. b3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ng4 12. Qc2 a4 13. Nc4 axb3 14. Qxb3 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e5 c4 17. Qxc4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Orsag, Milan"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "ITA-CZE"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
O-O-O b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Kb1 Bd7 14.
Bd3 g6 15. Nd4 Ba4 16. b3 Bd7 17. h4 Rfc8 18. Qe2 a5 19. h5 a4 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Rh2 axb3 22. axb3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Bb5 24. Nxb5 Qe5 25. Nd4 Qxh2 26. g3 Qh1+
27. Rd1 Qe4+ 28. Kb2 Qe7 29. Kb1 Ra3 30. Qb2 Qe4+ 31. Nc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Weiss, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "AUT-GER"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. Qd2 d5 8. bxc3
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rb1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 O-O-O 13. e6 cxd4 14. Qe1 f5
15. Bb5 Rd6 16. a4 a6 17. Ba3 axb5 18. Bxd6 bxa4 19. Be5 Rg8 20. cxd4 Qxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 g5 22. Ra3 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Rxa4 gxf4 25. c3 f3 26. g3 f4 27. Kf2
fxg3+ 28. hxg3 Kc7 29. Ra2 Rg6 30. Kxf3 b5 31. Kg2 h6 32. Kh3 Kb7 33. Rb2 Kb6
34. Reb1 Na7 35. Re2 Nc6 36. Re3 b4 37. cxb4 Nxd4 38. Rd3 Nxe6 39. Rxd5 Ng5+
40. Kg2 Rc6 41. Rb2 Re6 42. Rd8 Rg6 43. Re8 e6 44. Rb3 Ne4 45. Kh3 Nd6 46. Rh8
e5 47. b5 e4 48. Rb8+ Ka7 49. Rf8 Kb6 50. Kg2 h5 51. Rb8+ Nb7 52. Rh8 Nc5 53.
Rb1 Nd3 54. Rb8+ Kc7 55. Re8 Nc5 56. Re5 Kb6 57. Rxh5 Nd3 58. Rh8 e3 59. Rd8
Nf4+ 60. Kf3 Nh5 61. g4 Nf6 62. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "HUN-SLO"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "CRO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne8
15. Rad1 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nf6 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Bd3 Qh5 22. Rde1 Rc5 23. Qd4 Ng4 24. h3 Re5 25. Be2 Qh4 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Qf4 Rf5
28. Qe4 Re5 29. Qf4 Rf5 30. Qb4 a5 31. Qb6 Ne5 32. Rd1 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Rxd1 34.
Nxd1 h6 35. Qxb7 Qe1 36. Nf2 Nc4 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qc1 39. Nd3 Qxc2 40. Ne1
Qc1 41. Nd3 Qd2 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Nf4 Nxb2 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Qb7+ Kh8 46. Qa8+
Kg7 47. Qb7+ Kf6 48. Qf3+ Kg7 49. Qb7+ Kf6 50. Qf3+ Kg7 51. Qb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "FRA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nge2
c6 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Be2 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. Kh1 Rd7 16. a3 Ne8 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. b4 Qb6 21. Qd4
Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Kg1 Ke7 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "HUN-SLO"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 a6 9. Nb3 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "AUT-GER"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 e5 12. Qf2 Be6 13. h4 Nd7 14. g5 Rb8 15.
Bh3 Nb6 16. g6 Bxh3 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxh3 Nc4 19. Bc5 Rhd8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21.
Rhg3 Rd2 22. Qxd2 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 Qd7+ 24. Kc1 Qe6 25. Kb1 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rh1
h4 28. Rgh3 Rd8 29. Bf2 b4 30. Ne2 Rd1+ 31. Nc1 Bg5 32. R3h2 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Bxc1
34. Kxc1 h3 35. b3 Qg6 36. Rh2 Qh5 37. Bg1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "ITA-CZE"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Kh2 Rae8 12. Rb1 Nd8 13. b4 Nc8 14. b5 f5 15. f4
c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ndc3 e4 18. dxe4 Bxc4 19. Qc2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Rd1 Qe7
22. Nf2 Nd6 23. e4 Nb5 24. Nd3 Na3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Ndc1 Qe3 27. h4 Re7 28.
Rb8 Rfe8 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Ng1 Rd7 31. Nb3 Qd6 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Bc3 34. Rxc4
dxc4 35. Rxd7 cxb3 36. axb3 a5 37. e5 Ne6 38. Bxc6 Nd4 39. Bd5+ Kh8 40. Kg2 Rb8
41. e6 Re8 42. e7 Nf5 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "CRO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "HUN-SLO"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. Be3 Nd4 8. O-O
O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ITA-CZE"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Qf4 17. Bg3 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bc4 Re8 20. d5 Na5 21. Bb5
Red8 22. dxe6 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Re5 Bxf3 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mrva, Vladimir"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "FRA-SVK"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Qe3+ Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14.
Bd1 Rhe8 15. Kd2 Kf8 16. b3 Rad8 17. Kc1 b5 18. a3 c5 19. Kb2 a5 20. Rf1 b4 21.
axb4 axb4 22. Nd5 Ne4 23. Nb6 Nc3 24. Ra7 Kg8 25. Bf3 h6 26. Nd7 Ncb5 27. Rb7
Nd6 28. Ra7 N4b5 29. Ra5 c4 30. Bc6 c3+ 31. Kb1 Nd4 32. Rd5 Ne4 33. Rxd4 Nd2+
34. Rxd2 cxd2 35. Rd1 Re1 36. Bf3 Rxd7 37. c3 bxc3 38. Kc2 Rc7 39. b4 Rxd1 40.
Bxd1 Kf8 41. b5 Ke7 42. Bf3 Kd6 43. b6 Rc6 44. b7 Rb6 45. Kxc3 Rxb7 46. Kxd2
Rb4 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Be2 f5 49. g3 Rb3+ 50. Bd3 g5 51. f4+ gxf4+ 52. gxf4+ Ke6
53. h3 Rxd3+ 54. Kxd3 Kd5 55. Ke3 Kc4 56. Ke2 Kd4 57. Kf3 Kd3 58. Kg3 Ke3 59.
Kh4 Kxf4 60. Kh5 Kg3 61. Kxh6 Kh4 62. Kg6 f4 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Brod, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "AUT-GER"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
g4 16. Bh4 Bb8 17. e5 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxe5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Nxb7 Nd4 21. Ba4+ Kf8
22. Nxd8 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxd8 24. Rac1 Rd2 25. Rc6 Rxb2 26. Bb3 Kg7 27. Rxa6 Nd5
28. Re1 Bf6 29. Bxf6+ Nxf6 30. Ra7 Kg6 31. Rb7 Nd5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rb5 Rc8 34.
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Moor, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "CRO-SUI"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. b3 Bf6 12. O-O d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Rb1 N8e7 15.
b4 Qd7 16. b5 Na5 17. Re1 c6 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nc4 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Bd8
22. Reb1 Na5 23. Rb4 f6 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Ra4 Qc8 26. Bd6 Nh4 27. Ne2 Qf5 28. Nf4
Qxd3 29. Nxd3 Re2 30. Rb2 Nf5 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Bf4 Re7 33. g4 Nh4 34. Rbb4 Ng6
35. Bg3 Kf7 36. Ra3 Rb7 37. Rxb7+ Nxb7 38. Ra6 Ne7 39. Bd6 Nxd6 40. cxd6 Nc8
41. Rxc6 Nb6 42. Nb3 Rc8 43. Na5 Rb8 44. Nc5 Ke8 45. Nab7 g6 46. d7+ Nxd7 47.
Re6+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ITA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. f4 Bg7 7. g4 Qa5 8. Bg2 b5
9. Nge2 Bb7 10. O-O b4 11. Nb1 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nd2 f5 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3
Qd8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Qh5 e6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bxe4
Rf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Qe7 24. c4 Nb6 25. Rc3 Kh8 26. Qh5 Rg8 27. Kh2 Qb4
28. Bc1 c5 29. Rg3 Qxc4 30. Qd1 cxd4 31. b3 Qb5 32. Rfg1 Nd7 33. Bb2 Nf8 34.
Qxd4 Qc6 35. Qf2 Qe4 36. f5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5+ Qxe5 38. Qd4 Rg7 39. Qxe5 Ng6 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "CRO-SLO"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bf4 f6 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nb5
Na6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 e6 11. Qb3 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5+ 13. Be2 g5 14. Bh2 Nf7 15.
O-O Re7 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Qxa6 Qd7 20. Re3 Kg7 21.
Rae1 Rae8 22. Qb5 Nd8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nb5 Kf7 25. Rc1 Rb7 26. Rc7+ Rxc7 27.
Nxc7 Re7 28. Nd2 Rd7 29. Nb3 Bf5 30. Rc3 Nb7 31. Rc6 a5 32. Rb6 Nd6 33. Nxd5
Ne4 34. Ne3 Bg6 35. f3 a4 36. Na5 Nc5 37. Nec4 Rxd4 38. Bd6 $138 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Pcola, Pavol"]
[Black "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "AUT-SVK"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. Bf4 O-O-O 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nh4 e6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qd2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na3 a6 13. c3 f5 14. O-O-O
Nf6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nc2 Rde8 17. Rdg1 Rh6 18. Ne1 Qe7 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4
Qxe4 21. e3 Nd8 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Rg3 Qf6 24. Rhg1 Nf7 25. Nf3 Re6 26. Ng5 Nxg5
27. Rxg5 Re4 28. f4 Rxh3 29. Rxg6 Qh4 30. Rxg7 b5 31. Kd2 Rxf4 32. R7g2 Re4 33.
Re2 Rh2 34. Rgg2 Rh1 35. Ref2 f4 36. exf4 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Qb1+ 39.
Kd2 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "GER-SUI"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bg2 Bf6 10. Nxd5 Bxd4 11. O-O Bxb2 12. Rb1 Ba3 13. Bf4 Na6 14. Nxc7
Nxc7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Be6 19. Bxb7 Re8 20.
Bf4 h6 21. Be3 a5 22. Bd5 Kf8 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rd3 Bb4 25. c3 Ba3 26. Rd8+ Re8
27. Rd5 Ra8 28. Bb6 a4 29. Ra5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Ke8 31. Kf1 h5 32. Bb4 Bc1 33. Ke2
Kd7 34. Kd3 f5 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. Bc5 f4 37. h3 fxg3 38. fxg3 g6 39. Bf8 Bd2 40.
Bg7 Bc1 41. Kb4 a3 42. Kc4 Kd6 43. Kb5 Bb2 44. Bf8+ Ke6 45. c4 Be5 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Kf6 48. c5 Kg5 49. Bd6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "CZE-FRA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4
dxc4 9. e5 Qf5 10. Qxf5 exf5 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. h4 g6
15. g3 Be7 16. Ke2 Kf7 17. Rag1 Rad8 18. g4 Nd5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. h5 Rhg8 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Rg1 Rxg1 24. Nxg1 Ke8 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. Ne2 Bh4 27.
f3 Bg5 28. Nc3 Kc6 29. Nd1 Bc1 30. Kc3 b6 31. Nf2 Bg5 32. Nd3 Kb5 33. b3 Kc6
34. a4 Be3 35. b4 Bg5 36. b5+ Kb7 37. a5 Kc7 38. a6 Be7 39. Kb3 Bf8 40. Nf4 Kd7
41. Ne2 Be7 42. Nc1 Bf8 43. Nd3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ITA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Na4 Bd6 12. c4 Ne5 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Qa5 15. Qd3 a6 16. dxe6 axb5 17. Qxd6 Ra6 18. Qd3 bxa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. e7 Re8
21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Qd4 Kf7 23. Qe4 Qf5 24. Qxb7 Rd6 25. Qb4 Rd5 26. Re3 Rb5 27.
Qh4 Rxb2 28. Rae1 Rxe7 29. g4 Qg6 30. f4 Rb1 31. h3 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 f5 33. Re5
Re8 34. Qf2 Bd7 35. Rd5 Qc6 36. Qd2 Be6 37. Ra5 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Qd8 39. Qe1 fxg4
40. f5 Qc7+ 41. Kg1 Qb6+ 42. Kh2 Qb2+ 43. Kh1 Bxa2 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Rd7 Rc8 46.
Rd1 gxh3 47. Qg3+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "GER-SUI"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Nc4 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. c3 Re8 13. Qb3 Ba8 14. h4 h6 15. Bd2
Bf6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rbd8 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Qe2 Be7
22. Bc1 Bf8 23. Nd2 Nb8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nc4 Nc6 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qf3 Qd7 28.
Bf4 Qd5 29. Qe4 Kg8 30. Kg2 Re7 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd8 34. Kf3
f6 35. Ree1 h5 36. d4 c4 37. Ra1 a6 38. Re4 Kf7 39. Rae1 Rd5 40. Rb1 Ra5 41. b3
cxb3 42. Rxb3 Rb7 43. c4 Rxa4 44. c5 e5 45. Be3 exd4 46. Bxd4 b5 47. Rc3 Rc7
48. Be3 Rxe4 49. Kxe4 Ke6 50. c6 b4 51. Rc4 b3 52. Bc1 g6 53. Rc3 f5+ 54. Kd3
Kd5 55. Rxb3 Rxc6 56. Be3 Ke6 57. Rb8 Ba3 58. Re8+ Kd5 59. Bd4 a5 60. Re5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "CZE-FRA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. Bf1 Ba7 16. Rac1 h6 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Qe1 Bb8 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kh2 Bd6 21. Ned4
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bg2 Qe7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qc3 f6 27. Qa5 Bb4
28. Qb6 Bc8 29. Rc7 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rc4 Ba5 32. Rdc1 Bd7 33. Ba3 Rd5 34.
Bb4 Bxb4 35. Rxb4 b5 36. Rc7 a5 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxb5 0-1

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "CRO-SLO"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. d4 g6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Nf3 Nf6
15. d6 Nh5 16. dxe7 Qxe7+ 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rab1 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 h6 22. Re2 Re6 23. Qd3 Nxb2 24. Rexb2 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxb7 Rc4
27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. h3 Rxa4 29. R1b7 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 a4 31. Ra8 Nf6 32. Rxf7 Re8 33.
Raa7 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Weiss, Christian"]
[Black "Mrva, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "AUT-SVK"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. e4 f5 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 Nf6 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Ra1 Raf8 20. Ra7 Qc8 21. Qa4 Bh6 22.
Qa2 R6f7 23. Ra1 Kg7 24. Bg2 f4 25. Nd1 Ng8 26. gxf4 Bxf4 27. c5 Nf6 28. c6
bxc6 29. dxc6 Qb8 30. Rb7 Qd8 31. b5 Nh5 32. Qe2 Bg5 33. Qg4 Bh4 34. Raa7 Qf6
35. Rxc7 Bxf2+ 36. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kh2 Qxa7 38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. b6 Ra2 40. c7 Rc2
41. Kh1 Nf4 42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. b7 Nxg2 44. Qb5 Nh4 45. c8=Q Rcxc8 46. bxc8=Q Rxc8
47. Qb2 Rf8 48. Qd2+ Rf4 49. Qxd6 Rxe4 50. Kg1 Nf5 51. Qc7 Re3 52. Kf2 Re4 53.
Kg2 Re3 54. Kf2 Rxh3 55. Qxe5 Kg5 56. Kg2 Re3 57. Qc7 h5 58. Qc1 h4 59. Kh2 Kf4
60. Qc4+ Re4 61. Qc1+ Kg4 62. Qd1+ Kg5 63. Qd2+ Kh5 64. Qd1+ Kh6 65. Qc1+ Kh7
66. Kh3 Re3+ 67. Kg4 Rg3+ 68. Kf4 Ng7 69. Qh1 Nh5+ 70. Ke5 h3 71. Ke6 Nf4+ 72.
Kf6 Nh5+ 73. Kf7 Rc3 74. Ke6 Kh6 75. Ke5 Kg5 76. Kd4 Rg3 77. Ke5 Kh4 78. Ke4
Rg2 79. Qe1+ Ng3+ 80. Kf4 g5+ 81. Kf3 Kh5 82. Qe8+ Kh6 83. Qe6+ Kg7 84. Qxh3
Rg1 85. Qd7+ Kh6 86. Kf2 Rh1 87. Kxg3 Rh4 88. Qe6+ Kh5 89. Qf6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Balogh, Tomas"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "AUT-SVK"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Bg5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Na4 Rfe8
15. Re1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bh3 20. Bf3 d4 21.
Bb4 Rac8 22. Bc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Qd3 Re6 26. f3 Qg6 27.
Qxd4 Rd6 28. Qc4 Rcd8 29. Rc1 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Qe6 32. Qc4 Qh3 33.
Qh4 Qxh4 34. gxh4 Rd2 35. Rxc6 Rxb2 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rc7 Rxa2 38. Rxf7 Kg6 39.
Rc7 a5 40. h5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Ra6 a4 43. h3 a3 44. f4 Ra1 45. Kf3 Rh1 46.
Kg2 Re1 47. Kf2 Ra1 48. h4 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ITA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Ne2 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. f4 Nd7 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. b3 Bd7 14. Be2 Qc8
15. Bf3 Qa6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Ne6 18. a4 Bc8 19. g3 Kh8 20. Bf2 Qa5 21. Ne2
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 c5 23. Red1 Bb7 24. Bg2 Rb8 25. Nc1 g5 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bxb7 Rxb7
28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Nd3 Bd4 30. Re2 Rbb8 31. Ne5 Kg7 32. Nc6 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rb6
34. Nxa7 Nd4 35. Nb5 Nxb5 36. axb5 Kg6 37. c4 Re3 38. Rd7 c6 39. Rd6+ Re6 40.
Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "CZE-FRA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qg6+ Ke7 14. Bb1 Nf8 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qh4 Bd7 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 g5 20. Nd3 a5 21. a3
Nxd3+ 22. Bxd3 Be8 23. Rc1 Kd6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. h4 Rg8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Ng4 Rf8
28. g3 Nb8 29. Kd2 Nc6 30. Ke3 b6 31. Rh7 Ne7 32. Ne5 Rg8 33. Rh6 Rf8 34. f4
gxf4+ 35. gxf4 Rb8 36. Rf1 Bd7 37. f5 Ng8 38. Rg6 Ne7 39. Rh6 Ng8 40. Rh7 Nf6
41. Nxd7 Nxd7 42. fxe6 Kxe6 43. Rh6+ Rf6 44. Bf5+ Kd6 45. Rfh1 Rbf8 46. Kf4 Nb8
47. Kg5 Rxh6 48. Rxh6+ Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rg7 Rd8 51. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "CRO-SLO"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8.
Nde2 Bg7 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. h4 a6 12. h5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Bh6 Nxb3
15. axb3 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Bb5 17. Qe3 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Kg7 19. Rah1 Rh8 20. Qd4 e5
21. Qd2 Rc8 22. R6h4 h5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. c4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rxh4 27.
Rxh4 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. b4 b6 31. b3 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. b4
axb4 34. Qxb4 Qd7 35. Kf3 Qe7 36. c5 dxc5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. d6 e4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5
40. Qb6 Qd4 41. g5 Qd3+ 42. Ke1 c4 43. d7 Qxd7 44. Qb2+ f6 45. Qxf6+ Kh7 46.
Qe5 Qb7 47. Kd2 Qb4+ 48. Ke2 c3 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Qf8 51. Qd5+ Qf7 52. Qxe4
Qa2+ 53. Ke3 Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Qc4+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Ke6 57. Qc6+ Ke5 58. Qe4+
Kd6 59. Qb4+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Ke8 61. Qc6+ Ke7 62. Qc5+ Kd7 63. Qb5+ Ke6 64. Qc6+
Ke7 65. Qc5+ Qd6 66. Qxc3 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "GER-SUI"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. a3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Rd1 a4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 Na5 15.
Nd2 Be6 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 c6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rad1 b6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Kh1 Nb7
22. Bg1 c5 23. Qd3 c4 24. Qc2 b5 25. Nb1 Na5 26. Nc3 Nb3 27. Rcd1 f4 28. e4
fxe3 29. Bxe3 Bf7 30. f4 b4 31. axb4 gxf4 32. Bxf4 Bxb4 33. Re5 Bxc3 34. Rg5+
Bg6 35. Rxg6+ hxg6 36. Qxg6+ Qg7 37. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Brod, Manfred"]
[Black "Helbich, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "AUT-SVK"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Qg3 Bf8 15.
Rae1 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Krupkova, Petra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "CZE-FRA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 e6
9. h3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 e5 12. Bh2 Re8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Nc4 Bf8 15. Ne3 Bc6
16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Nh4 b5 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Bf3 Nh7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf5 g6 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nfe3 Qa7 24. Nc2 Ra8 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qa3 Nhf6 28.
Qxa8 Bxa8 29. Nc7 Bc6 30. b4 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Ne3 Bxe4 33. Nxc4 Bxf3 34.
gxf3 Nb8 35. f4 Ne4 36. fxe5 Nxg3 37. fxg3 dxe5 38. Nd5 Bg7 39. g4 f6 40. Nd6
h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. c4 f5 43. Nxf5 Bf8 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Nfe3 Nc6
47. Nc2 Kf5 48. Nce3+ Ke6 49. b5 Na5 50. Ke4 Bc5 51. Kd3 Bd4 52. Nf1 Kf5 53.
Ng3+ Kg5 54. c5 h4 55. Ne4+ Kf5 56. c6 Ke6 57. c7 Kd7 58. Nd6 1-0

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ITA-HUN"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3
Nh5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. g4 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Bb6 14. N1d2 d5
15. O-O-O Re8 16. Qd3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. Ned2 Ne5 19. Rhe1 Ng6 20. Kc2 c5
21. Qf5 Qxf5+ 22. gxf5 Nf8 23. Nc4 cxd4 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rxd4 Rxe1 26. Nxe1
Ra1 27. Kd2 g5 28. Rd6 Kg7 29. Rxb6 Nd7 30. Rxb7 Nc5 31. Rb6 Ne4+ 32. Ke2 g4
33. f3 g3 34. hxg3 Nxg3+ 35. Kf2 Nh1+ 36. Ke2 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Moor, Roger"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "GER-SUI"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qf3 b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nb4 15.
O-O Nc5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 g6 19. Qf4 Ne6 20. Qg3 Rfe8 21. Nd4
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nxd4 23. Rf2 Ne6 24. Bh6 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxg6
hxg6 28. Rxd5 Qxg3+ 29. hxg3 Rad8 30. Rfd2 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. c3 Rc5 33.
Rxc5 Nxc5 34. Be3 Ne4 35. Kg2 f5 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Ba7
Ke5 40. Bb8+ Kd5 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. b3 a5 43. Ba7 Nd7 44. Kf4 a4 45. Bd4 Nf8 46.
Ba7 Ne6+ 47. Ke3 g5 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Kg4 Ke4 50. bxa4 bxa4 51. c4 Kd3 52. Kf5
Nd8 53. Kxg5 Kxc4 54. Kf4 Kb4 55. Ke3 Nc6 56. Bb6 Ka3 57. Bc5+ Kxa2 58. Kd2 Kb2
59. Bd6 Na5 60. Bf8 Nc4+ 61. Kd1 Ne3+ 62. Kd2 Nc2 63. Be7 a3 64. Bxa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "CRO-SLO"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Qe8 12. d5 Bg6 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5
15. Qb1 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. f3 Ne6 18. Rf2 Qc5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Nb3 Qb6 21.
Qe1 a6 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nd1 Ne8 25. Ne3 N8c7 26. Nc4 Qb5 27. Qa5
f6 28. Ne3 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 b6 30. Nc6 Rd6 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nc4 Rd1 33. Nc2 Na8 34.
N2e3 Ra1 35. b3 Nd4 36. Nd5 Be8 37. Nd6 Bd7 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. Ba6 Nc7 40. Nxc7
Rxc7 41. Bc4+ Be6 42. Rd2 Rd7 43. Rxd4 Bxc4 44. Rxc4 Rxd6 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rc7+
Kg6 47. Rb7 h5 48. h4 Kh6 49. Kg3 Rc6 50. a3 Kh7 51. b4 Rc3 52. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

