[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d6 4.d4 Nd7 5.a4 e6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.O-O g5 9.
b4 cxb4 10.cxb4 g4 11.Ne1 Ngf6 12.Qe2 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Bd3 O-O 15.Bxh7+ 
Kg7 16.Bf5 Bd6 17.g3 Re8 18.Qd3 Nf8 19.Nc2 Be6 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.
b5 a5 23.f3 Qc7 24.fxg4 Ng6 25.Kg2 Rh8 26.Nf3 Rce8 27.Bd2 Qb8 28.Ng5 Rxh2+
29.Kxh2 Bxg3+ 30.Kg1 Bh2+ 31.Kf2 Qf4+ 32.Ke2 Qxg5 33.Kd1 Nf4 34.Bxe6 fxe6 
35.Qc3 Nxg4 36.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 37.Qf3 Qg6 38.Rb2 Nd3 39.Rc2 Nb4 40.Bxb4 axb4 
41.Rg2 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 
Nbd7 9.O-O c5 10.a4 a6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Na3 b4 
15.Nc4 O-O 16.Be3 Be7 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Qd1 Bd5 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 h6 21.Ne1 
Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Bxg2 23.Nxg2 Qa6 24.Bd4 Qxe2 25.Nf4 Qe4 26.Be3 Ng4 27.Ng2 Bf6
28.Bc5 Ne5 29.Ne1 b3 30.Qd1 Qxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Nf3+ 32.Kf1 Nxe1 33.Kxe1 Bxb2 
34.Ke2 e5 35.f3 Bd4 36.Ba3 f5 37.Kd3 Kf7 38.f4 Kf6 39.fxe5+ Kxe5 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Black "Mukic, Josko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Nc6 8.c3 
Bf5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Qd7 11.Bg3 Rad8 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nb6 
15.Bb3 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Qd6 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.Re1 e5 19.Nc4 Qf6 20.Qf3 exd4 21.
cxd4 b5 22.Na5 Kg7 23.Nc6 Ra8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Nxa7 Qxd4 26.Rd1 Qf6 27.Nxb5
Ne5 28.Qg3 Re7 29.Nc3 c6 30.Ne2 Nd3 31.Nf4 Nxf4 32.Qxf4 Qxb2 33.Rd8 Re1+ 
34.Kh2 Qa1 35.Qd4+ Qxd4 36.Rxd4 Be6 37.Bxe6 Rxe6 38.a4 Kf6 39.Kg3 Ke5 40.
Rd7 f5 41.Kf3 c5 42.Ke3 Ra6 43.f4+ Ke6 44.Rg7 Kd5 45.Kd3 Rxa4 46.Rxg6 Ra3+
47.Kc2 Kc4 48.g4 Rxh3 49.gxf5 Rh2+ 50.Kd1 Kd5 51.f6 Ke6 52.f5+ Kf7 53.Rg7+
Kxf6 54.Rc7 Kxf5 55.Rxc5+ Kg4 56.Ke1 Rg2 57.Kf1 Rg3 58.Kf2 Kh4 59.Rh5+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guido, Flavio"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 dxe5 8.Nxe5 
e6 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nc3 Ba6 14.Re1 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Rec1 Bb5 18.Qc3 Bd6 19.Bd1 a5 20.a3 a4 21.b4 axb3 
22.Qxb3 Qa5 23.a4 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Bb1 
Rac8 16.Na4 Qb8 17.Nb6 Rc7 18.Qc2 Kf8 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nh7+ Ke8 21.Qg6 Nxh7 
22.Qxh7 Bf6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qxh6 Ke7 25.Qh5 Ne5 26.f4 Rh8 27.Qd1 Ng6 28.
Qd4 Bb5 29.Rfd1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Bc6 31.Be4 Bxe4 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Rc8+ Kg7 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35.Qd4 Bc6 36.Nd7 e5 37.fxe5 Rd8 38.e6 Bxd7 39.Qb6 Bxe6 40.Qxd8 
Ne5 41.e4 Bd7 42.Kf2 Bc6 43.Ke3 Nd7 44.g4 Nf8 45.g5 Nd7 46.h4 fxg5 47.
Qxg5+ Kh7 48.h5 Nf8 49.Qf6 Kg8 50.Kd4 Ne6+ 51.Ke5 Nf8 52.Qd8 f6+ 53.Kxf6 
Bd7 54.Ke7 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d5 5.Nf3 c5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd2 
Qc7 9.Bf4 e6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Nd4 Bxc5 12.Nb5 Qa5 13.O-O a6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
exd6 Qxc3 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh6 Kf7 18.Rab1 b5 19.Bd2 Qc5 20.a4 b4 21.Qf4 d4 
22.Qf3 a5 23.Bb5 Bd7 24.Qg3 e5 25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Re2 Qxd6 27.Rbe1 f4 28.Qf3 
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.
Bc4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Qd7 12.Qe2 Be7 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Kg2 c5
15.Rd1 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Qc6 17.Kg1 Bc5 18.Rh4 Nb4 19.Bh6 Nd3 20.Rf1 Rhg8 21.
Be3 h5 22.Nd4 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Ne5 25.Rf4 Rg4 26.Rxf6 Rxc4 27.
Qxh5 Qc5 28.Rxf7 Nxf7 29.Qxf7 Qd5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 
9.e4 d6 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Bg3 c4 15.Bc2 
Rfd8 16.Ne4 Nf8 17.Nd6 f5 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.h4 Ng6 20.Nd4 Ndf4 21.Qf1 Qb6 
22.a4 bxa4 23.Rxa4 Nd3 24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.h5 Nf8 26.b4 g5 27.hxg6 Nxg6 28.f4 
Rxd4 29.cxd4 Qxd4+ 30.Qf2 Qc4 31.Qa2 Qxa2 32.Rxa2 Bxb4 33.Rxd3 a5 34.Kf1 
Rc8 35.Rd4 Ne7 36.Ke2 Rc1 37.Rd1 Rc4 38.Be1 Re4+ 39.Kf2 Rxf4+ 40.Kg3 Rg4+ 
41.Kh2 Nd5 42.Rc1 Kg7 43.Bxb4 axb4 44.Rc6 Rg6 45.Raa6 Ne3 46.Rxe6 Rxg2+ 
47.Kh3 Rg6 48.Ra7+ Kh6 49.Rxg6+ Kxg6 50.Kg3 b3 51.Kf4 b2 52.Rb7 Nc4 53.e6 
Kf6 54.e7 Kf7 55.Rb4 Kxe7 56.Kxf5 Kd6 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Na6 
9.a3 O-O 10.Be3 Nc7 11.h4 Nbd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bd2 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bg4 15.h5 
Qd7 16.Qe2 c5 17.dxc5 Rac8 18.c4 Nc7 19.O-O-O Ne6 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Rh4 Bxf3 
22.gxf3 Qxe5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Re4 Qf6 25.Kb1 Rfd8 26.Rd2 Rd7 27.Rg4 Rcd8 
28.Rg2 Qe5 29.Rf2 Nxc5 30.f4 Qc7 31.Bxc5 Qxc5 32.f5 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
fxg6 Qd4 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 c5 8.dxc5 
Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 e6 10.a4 b4 11.a5 Bxc5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Ba4+ Ke7 14.Nd3 Bd6 15.
Ne3 Bc7 16.Bb3 Nc6 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Bxb4+ Nxb4 19.Nxb4 Rab8 20.Bc4 Nc5 21.c3 
Rhd8 22.Ke2 f5 23.f3 Kf6 24.h3 Rdc8 25.Rhd1 Bf4 26.b3 Be5 27.Rac1 Bc7 28.
Ra1 Be5 29.Rac1 Rc7 30.Rc2 Bc8 31.Nf1 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Rxb4 33.Rdc1 Nb7 34.
Bxa6 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Bd7 36.Bxb7 Rxb7 37.Kd2 Rb5 38.a6 Ra5 39.Rc7 Bb5 40.Rc5 
Ra2+ 41.Kc3 Bxf1 42.g4 Bxh3 43.gxf5 Bxf5 44.b4 Ra3+ 45.Kd4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Nd2 d5 8.Bd3
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 a5 11.a4 Qb6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nf3 Ba6 14.Be3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3
Qc7 16.Bf4 Rab8 17.b3 Rb4 18.Bd2 Nc5 19.Qe3 Re4 20.Qc3 Ra8 21.Nd4 Qxe5 22.
Nxc6 Qc7 23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.Rad1 Rb4 25.Qf3 Rb7 26.Rfe1 Ne4 27.Bf4 Qc5 28.c4
Rxb3 29.Qxb3 Qxf2+ 30.Kh1 Qxf4 31.Rf1 Qh4 32.Qf3 Ng5 33.Qe3 dxc4 34.Rd4 
Qh5 35.Rxc4 h6 36.Qd3 e5 37.Qf5 Re8 38.Rc8 f6 39.Rfc1 Rxc8 40.Rxc8+ Kf7 
1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 Nf6 8.Nf4 
Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.c3 Bd6 11.Ngh5 Rg8 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 
15.Bg5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Qe7 17.Qxe6 Qxe6+ 18.Bxe6 Ke7 19.Bb3 Rh8 20.g6 Nd7 21.
gxh7 Nf6 22.Bc2 Kf7 23.g3 Rae8+ 24.Kf1 Re7 25.Bd3 c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Rh4 
g5 28.Rc4 Bb6 29.Kg2 Rd7 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cetkovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.e5 Ne7 6.Bc4 Nbc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Bxd4 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nf5 10.Qf4 Be7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd4 14.Qe4 Qxe5 
15.Qxe5 Nxf3+ 16.Ke2 Nxe5 17.Ba6 Nc6 18.Bb7 Rb8 19.Bxc6 dxc6 20.Nd2 Rd8 
21.c4 Bf6 22.Rab1 c5 23.Ne4 Ke7 24.Rbd1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.
Nxf6 gxf6 28.Kf3 f5 29.a3 e5 30.Kg3 Ke7 31.Kf3 Kf6 32.h4 Kg6 33.b4 Kh5 34.
Kg3 f4+ 35.Kf3 f5 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Black "Guido, Flavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qc7 14.Nge4 Rfd8 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.e4 Qb7 17.a4 Rac8 18.f3 Bf8 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Qe3 Nc5 21.Ne2 b5
22.axb5 axb5 23.Ba1 bxc4 24.bxc4 Ra8 25.Bd4 Rdc8 26.Ra1 Qb4 27.Qc3 Qxc3 
28.Bxc3 Ra4 29.e5 dxe5 30.Rxa4 Nxa4 31.Bxe5 Nb6 32.Bd4 Nxc4 33.Rc1 h5 34.
h3 Nd6 35.Rxc8 Nxc8 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Bd6 38.f4 Ne7 39.Kf3 f5 40.Ng3 g6 
41.Be3 Nd5 42.Bc1 Kf7 43.Bd2 Ke8 44.Bc1 Kd7 45.Ne2 Bc5 46.Bb2 Kc6 47.Be5 
Kb5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Ng3 Kc4 50.Nh5 Bd4 51.Ng7 Bxe5 52.fxe5 Nc7 53.Nxf5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e3 c6 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.b4 e4 11.Nd4 a5 12.b5 c5 13.Nb3 Qe7 14.Rb1 Nb6 15.Ba3 Qe5 
16.Bxc5 Bg4 17.Qd4 Qh5 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Qxb6 Nd7 20.Qxb7 Bxc3 21.Qxe4 Bf5 
22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.Bxf3 Bxb1 24.Rxb1 Rc8 25.Bc6 Ne5 26.Rc1 Bb4 27.Nd4 Bc5 28.
Kf1 Nd3 29.Rc2 a4 30.Ke2 Nb4 31.Rd2 a3 32.Nb3 Nxc6 33.bxc6 Bb4 34.Rc2 Rxc6
35.c5 Rc8 36.Kd3 Rb8 37.Nd4 Be1 38.Rc1 Bxf2 39.c6 Re8 40.c7 Rxe3+ 41.Kd2 
Re8 42.c8=Q Rxc8 43.Rxc8+ Kg7 44.Nb5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 
dxe5 9.dxe5 Bd7 10.O-O Bc6 11.Nc3 N8d7 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Rd1 Qb8 14.Bf4 O-O 
15.Ne4 Nd5 16.Bg3 Qd8 17.h4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Be4 f5 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Rac1 Bb6 24.Qe2 Qg7 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qh6 27.Re1 
Rae8 28.Bc2 e5 29.Rg4 Nf4 30.Bxf4 exf4 31.Qd2 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 f3 33.Rg6 Qxh4
34.Qe3 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 a6 8.a4 O-O 
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nb3 Na5 11.g4 Nd7 12.f4 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Nc5 15.Be3 
Qxb3 16.Qe2 Bd7 17.Ra3 Qb6 18.a5 Qb4 19.Rd1 Nb3 20.Na2 Qb5 21.Qxb5 Bxb5 
22.Rxb3 Ba4 23.Rdd3 Bxb3 24.Rxb3 Bd8 25.Rxb7 Bxa5 26.b4 Bd8 27.Bf1 a5 28.
b5 Rc8 29.Bd3 d5 30.exd5 exd5 31.Kg2 Re8 32.Kf3 Be7 33.Rd7 Bc5 34.Bd2 d4 
35.Be4 g6 36.Bc6 Re6 37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 Re5 39.Rd5 Rxd5 40.Bxd5 Bb6 41.Bc6
Kg7 42.Bg5 f6 43.Bd2 Rc7 44.Bf4 Re7 45.Be4 Kf7 46.Nc1 a4 47.Nd3 Ba5 48.Bd6
Rd7 49.Bc5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 b6 3.f4 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe1 Nd5 
9.c4 Bf6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxc3 12.dxc3 Qf6 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.Rd6 Nc6 15.Qd2
Qe7 16.e4 Nd4 17.Rxd4 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Qc5 19.Bd3 Rac8 20.b4 Qxd4+ 21.cxd4 Ba6
22.b5 Bb7 23.Rc1 d5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Nd2 Bxg2 26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Ke3 
Ke7 29.f5 g6 30.fxe6 fxe6 31.a4 a6 32.c5 axb5 33.axb5 Bd5 34.Nd2 e5 35.
dxe5 Rxc5 36.Ra1 Ra8 37.Ra6 Rxa6 38.bxa6 Ra5 39.Kd4 Ke6 40.Nb1 Ra4+ 41.Ke3
Kxe5 42.Nc3 Ra3 43.Kd2 Bc6 44.Kc2 Kd4 45.Ne2+ Kc5 46.Nc1 b5 47.h4 Rxa6 48.
Kc3 Bd5 49.Kb2 Ra4 50.h5 gxh5 51.Bxh7 Kd4 52.Ne2+ Ke3 53.Nc3 Rb4+ 54.Kc2 
Rc4 55.Kb3 Rd4+ 56.Kc2 b4 57.Na4 h4 58.Bf5 Rd2+ 59.Kc1 Rf2 60.Bd7 b3 61.
Nb2 Rc2+ 62.Kb1 Be4 63.Nd1+ Kd2 64.Bg4 Rc1+ 65.Kb2 Rb1+ 66.Ka3 Rxd1 67.Ka4
b2 68.Bxd1 Kxd1 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukic, Josko"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 e4 5.c4 Nb4 6.c5 Bxc5 7.a3 Nc6 8.d4 Bd6 
9.Nc3 a6 10.Be2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

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.Kh1 O-O 11.Nd2 Ng4 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.f3 Nge5 14.Nxc6 Nxc6 15.
Nc4 a5 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.g4 Qf6 18.Nf5 g5 19.Bd2 Bxf5 20.exf5 Rae8 21.f4 gxf4 
22.Bxf4 Nd5 23.Qxd5 Rxe2 24.Rae1 Qe7 25.f6 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nd2 
Be6 9.Nc4 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nf6 12.f3 Bc5+ 13.Kf1 Ke7 14.Bg5 Rad8 
15.Ke2 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Nd7 18.h4 Kf6 19.Rh1 Be7 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.Bf2 Ne6
22.Bb6 Rxd1 23.hxg5+ hxg5 24.Rxd1 Bd8 25.Be3 Ke7 26.Kf2 f6 27.g3 Bc7 28.
Kg2 Bd6 29.Bd2 Bc5 30.Ba5 Bd4 31.Bb4+ Bc5 32.Ba5 Bd4 33.b3 Bc5 34.Be1 Bd6 
35.c3 b5 36.Bf1 Bc5 37.a4 Rd8 38.Ra1 Be3 39.axb5 axb5 40.Be2 Nc5 41.Ra7+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.b4 Qe8 8.Be2 e5
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Ne1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nf6 14.a4 Nd5 15.Qb3 
Nxc3 16.Qxc3 exd4 17.Qxc7 dxe3 18.Bb5 Qe6 19.Rd1 e2 20.Bxe2 Qxe2 21.Nef3 
d5 22.Nb3 Qc4 23.Qxc4 dxc4 24.Na5 c3 25.Nb3 Bf5 26.Nbd4 Bg6 27.Nb5 Rad8 
0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.
e6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Ndf6 11.dxe6 d5 12.f5 c4 13.Bxc4 Qb6 14.Bd3 Nd6 15.Rf1 gxf5
16.Bd2 h6 17.Nf7 Nxf7 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Qe2 e6 20.O-O-O Bd7 21.Rf4 d4 22.
Nb1 Nd5 23.Na3 Rc8 24.Rh4 Ne3 25.b3 Qc5 26.b4 Qe5 27.Re1 f4 28.Rh5 Qf6 29.
b5 Be8 30.Qf3 Re7 31.g3 Bg6 32.Kb1 Rxc2 33.Nxc2 Bxd3 34.Bxe3 dxe3 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Black "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.b3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.c4 h6 12.Bb2 a5 13.Nc3 Be7 14.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Mukic, Josko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.b4 O-O 14.Rac1 
Rad8 15.Qb2 Ng6 16.Bg3 Nh4 17.Bxh4 Qxh4 18.Rfd1 Qg5 19.Bf1 c5 20.Rd2 f5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Qf2 Qc7 13.g5 Nh5 14.Qh4 g6 15.Bh3 Nb6
16.Kb1 Nc4 17.Bc1 Na3+ 18.bxa3 Qxc3 19.Rd3 Qc7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Qg4 Ng7 22.
Rhd1 Rfc8 23.R1d2 a5 24.Bb2 Qb7 25.h4 b4 26.a4 Qc6 27.f4 Qxe4 28.Re2 Qh1+ 
29.Nc1 Rc4 30.Rh3 Rxf4 31.Qxf4 Qxh3 32.Qe4 Rf8 33.Qb7 Nf5 34.Qd7 Qxh4 35.
Qxe6+ Rf7 36.Nd3 Bxg5 37.Re1 Kg7 38.Qd5 Bf6 39.Rh1 Ne3 40.Qf3 e4 41.Bxf6+ 
Rxf6 42.Rxh4 exf3 43.Nf2 h5 44.Kc1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guido, Flavio"]
[Black "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 Nc6 
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Re1 Be6 14.Nc3 Bxb3 15.
cxb3 Nd5 16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Qc4 c6 19.Bg5 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22.Re1 Rd5 23.Bxe7 Rxe5 24.Rxe5 Bxe5 25.Qd3 Kg7 26.c4 Bd4 27.Bh4 
Qc5 28.Kf1 Qe5 29.Bg3 Qf6 30.Qe4 Ba1 31.Bc7 Bc3 32.Ke2 Qg5 33.Qe3 Qf6 34.
Kd3 Kg8 35.Kc2 Bd4 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.f3 Qf5+ 38.Qe4 Qc5 39.Bxa5 Bf6 40.Bd2 
Qa3 41.Qd3 Qb2+ 42.Kd1 Qa1+ 43.Bc1 Bg5 44.Qc2 Qd4+ 45.Ke2 Qg1 46.Qc3+ f6 
47.f4 Qxg2+ 48.Ke1 Qg1+ 49.Ke2 Qg2+ 50.Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.O-O b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.b3 a6 12.Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Be6 14.c5 b6 15.Qa4
Na5 16.Ne5 c6 17.Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Be3 h6 8.Nbd2 Ng6
9.d5 Nb8 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.h4 Be7 12.g3 Ngf8 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.h5 N6d7 15.O-O-O
Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Cetkovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 Bb7 8.d4 
Nxd4 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Nxe5+ Kf8 11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qd3 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Nc3 
Bb7 15.Qh3 b4 16.Ne2 Qd5 17.Nf4 Qd6 18.Nfg6+ hxg6 19.Qxh8+ Ng8 20.Qh7 Qd5 
21.Nxg6+ Kf7 22.Nf4 Qg5 23.Qh3 Bd5 24.Nd3 Qf6 25.Ne5+ Ke8 26.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Nxe4 9.Bxe4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Qxd4 Qf6 12.Be3 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 
a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7 13.g5 Nc5 14.Rg1 Re8 15.
e5 dxe5 16.Rh4 g6 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.gxf6 Qd8 21.Qxe5
Bd7 22.Rf4 Bc6 23.Qh5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Qa5 7.Qe2 Bd7 8.c3 a6 9.
Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ngf3 Nf6 14.Nxe6 Qc8 15.Nxf8
Rxf8 16.Be3 Bb5 17.Qd2 Qg4 18.O-O-O Qxg2 19.Ng5 Qg4 20.Qd4 Qf5 21.Qf4 Bd7 
22.Qc7 Rc8 23.Qxb7 h6 24.Rhg1 hxg5 25.Rxg5 Qe4 26.Rd4 Qh1+ 27.Rd1 Qxh2 28.
Rxg6 Qe5 29.Rdg1 Bf5 30.R6g5 Qe4 31.Rxf5 Qxf5 32.c6 Kf7 33.Bc5 Qf4+ 34.Kb1
Qe4+ 35.Ka1 Rg8 36.Rc1 Rb8 37.Qxa6 Qc2 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6 
9.h3 a6 10.Bg5 Rb8 11.Bf1 Re8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nh4 h6 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Qf3 b5 
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 e4 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.Bxf4 Ra8 
22.Be3 Bf8 23.Ne2 Nd5 24.Nd4 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 Red8 26.Be2 Rac8 27.g4 Be7 28.
Nb3 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Rd8 30.Be2 Nxb3 31.cxb3 Rd4 32.Bf1 Bg5 33.Rc3 Rd6 34.Kg2
Kf8 35.Kg3 Bf6 36.Rc2 Be5+ 37.f4 exf3+ 38.Kxf3 Ke7 39.Ke2 Kd7 40.Bg2 Kc7 
41.Be4 Kb6 42.b4 Bf6 43.b3 Be7 44.Kf3 g5 45.Ke3 Rf6 46.Rd2 Bxb4 47.Rd7 Bd6
48.Kd4 Bf4 49.Kc3 Be5+ 50.Kc2 Kc5 51.Rd8 Kb4 52.Rc8 Kc5 53.Rd8 Bc7 54.Rc8 
Ba5 55.Ra8 Bc7 56.Ra6 b4 57.Ra7 Kb6 58.Ra8 Rd6 59.Rf8 f6 60.Bd3 Kc5 61.Rh8
Kd4 62.Re8 Kc5 63.Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 c5 5.Bg2 d5 6.d4 Ne4 7.c4 dxc4 8.O-O c3 
9.Nxc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nc6 11.d5 Bxc3 12.Rc1 Bb2 13.Rc2 Nd4 14.Rxb2 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 O-O 16.Qc1 Qd6 17.Rc2 b6 18.Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cetkovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Guido, Flavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Nf3 
a6 9.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qe2 h6 12.a3 Rc8 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qa4+ Qc6 17.Qh4 Qxc2 18.Bg5 Rc4 19.Rac1 Qxc1 20.Rxc1 Rxh4 21.
Rc8+ Kd7 22.Rxh8 hxg5 23.Nxh4 gxh4 24.Rxh4 e4 25.Rh3 b5 26.Re3 Bxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 28.Kg3 Nxe3 29.fxe3 g5 30.Kg4 f6 31.Kh5 Ke7 32.Kg6 g4 33.g3 f5 
34.Kg5 Kd6 35.Kf4 Kd5 36.b3 a5 37.Kg5 a4 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.Kf4 Kc4 40.Ke5 
Kd3 41.Kxe6 Kxe3 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bxe7 
Ngxe7 9.Qf4 e5 10.Qg5 O-O 11.Be2 f6 12.Qd2 d5 13.O-O d4 14.Nh4 g5 15.Nf3 
Bc8 16.h4 h6 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Nxg5 fxg5 19.Qxg5+ Kh7 20.Bh5 Rg8 21.Qh4 Ng6 
22.Bxg6+ Kxg6 23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.f4 Bg4 25.Nc7 Rac8 26.Nd5 Rxd5 27.exd5 Nb4 
28.fxe5 Nxd5 29.Rae1 Ne3 30.Rf6+ Kg5 31.c3 Re8 32.cxd4 cxd4 33.Rd6 Be6 34.
Rc1 Bd5 35.Rc7 Rxe5 36.Rg7+ Kf5 37.Rxa7 Kf4 38.Rf6+ Nf5 39.Kf2 Re3 40.Rd7 
Bxa2 41.Rxd4+ Ke5 42.Rb4 Kxf6 43.g4 Rxd3 44.gxf5 Rb3 45.Ra4 Rxb2+ 46.Ke3 
b5 47.Ra5 Kxf5 48.Kd4 Bc4 49.Ra8 Rb3 50.Kc5 Ke4 51.Rh8 Kd3 52.Rh3+ Kc2 53.
Rh2+ Kc3 54.Rh3+ Kb2 55.Rh8 Kc3 56.Rh3+ Bd3 57.Rh4 Rb1 58.Rh8 b4 59.Kb6 b3
60.Rc8+ Bc4 61.Kc5 Rh1 62.Rg8 Bxg8 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.O-O 
Nf6 9.Re1 O-O 10.c3 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Bb3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.
Rd1 Nd5 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qb5 a5 19.Qxd5 a4 20.Qb5 Bd6 21.Bd2 
Nf6 22.Rac1 Qb8 23.d5 a3 24.b3 Ra6 25.Rc4 Re8 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Bxe1 Bxg3 
28.hxg3 Qe5 29.Bc3 Qxd5 30.Qxd5 Nxd5 31.Bd2 f6 32.Rd4 Ne7 33.Rd7 Nf5 34.g4
Nh4 35.Rxb7 Rc6 36.Ra7 Rc2 37.Bb4 Rxa2 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Rxa3 Rb2 40.Bc3 Rb1+
41.Kh2 g5 42.g3 Ng6 43.Ra7+ Ke6 44.Rb7 Ne7 45.Kg2 Nd5 46.Bd4 g6 47.Bc5 f5 
48.gxf5+ gxf5 49.b4 g4 50.b5 Nf6 51.b6 Nd7 52.Bd4 Rb4 53.Be3 Rb1 54.Rc7 
Ne5 55.Rc1 Rb4 56.Kf1 Kd5 57.Rd1+ Ke6 58.Bc5 Rb5 59.Rd6+ Kf7 60.Rd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.h4 Qa5 15.Rb1 
Qxc3 16.Rxb7 Rad8 17.Bb2 Qa5 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Qe4 g6 20.Qxc6 Rc7 21.Qe4 
Qxa2 22.Re2 Rb8 23.Qe5 Rcb7 24.d5 Rxb2 25.Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nd2 Nbd7 7.h3 e6 8.c5 Qxb3 
9.axb3 Ne4 10.Ngf3 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 e5 12.Bh2 exd4 13.exd4 Be7 14.g4 Bg6 15.f4
f5 16.g5 Kf7 17.Bd3 a6 18.Kf2 h6 19.h4 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rh3 21.Bg3 Rxh1 22.
Rxh1 Bd8 23.Rh8 Nf8 24.Nf3 Bh7 25.Ne5+ Ke7 26.g6 Nxg6 27.Rxh7 Nxe5 28.fxe5
1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mukic, Josko"]
[Black "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 b6 5.d4 Bb7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 d6 
9.c4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.Bb1 Qb8 14.Qd3 Qa8 15.Re1
Bf8 16.Qc2 g6 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.e4 e5 19.Bc3 Nh5 20.Qb2 f6 21.Nf1 Nf4 22.
N3d2 a6 23.Ne3 b5 24.Qc2 Ne6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nd4 27.Qd1 Bh6 28.Bd3 b4 
29.Bb2 f5 30.f3 Qb8 31.Rb1 Bf4 32.Nf1 Nf6 33.g3 Bh6 34.Be2 Bg7 35.a3 a5 
36.Ra1 e4 37.f4 h6 38.axb4 axb4 39.Ra2 g5 40.Ne3 gxf4 41.Bxd4 cxd4 42.Nxf5
d3 43.Bxd3 exd3 44.Ne7+ Kf7 45.Nxc8 Rxe1+ 46.Qxe1 Qxc8 47.Qd1 Qc5+ 48.Kg2 
Qe3 49.Rf2 fxg3 50.hxg3 Kg8 51.Rf3 Ng4 52.Qxd3 Qc5 53.d6 Ne5 54.d7 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Black "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nge7 5.Nxc6 Nxc6 6.Bc4 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Na5 10.Bd3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bc5 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh6 Bd4 14.Bg5 Bf6 
15.f4 Qe7 16.Kh1 Bxg5 17.fxg5 f5 18.Rae1 f4 19.g3 f3 20.Re3 Qe5 21.Rexf3 
Rxf3 22.Rxf3 Be6 23.Rf6 Re8 24.Qh4 d5 25.Qf4 Qxb2 26.h4 Qa1+ 27.Kh2 Qd1 
28.Qxc7 Qd2+ 29.Kh1 dxe4 30.Rxe6 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Rf8 32.Rxe4 Rf2+ 33.Kh3 Qh1+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nec6 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
d6 9.N1d2 Nd7 10.f4 O-O 11.c3 e5 12.f5 Nf6 13.c4 Nb4 14.Be2 a5 15.Nc1 Bd7 
16.a3 Na6 17.Na2 a4 18.Nc3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Qc2 g6 21.Rf3 Ra6 22.Bd3 
Kh8 23.Nd5 gxf5 24.exf5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 b5 26.f6 Bxf6 27.Bxh7 e4 28.Bxe4 Bd4+
29.Kh1 Bg4 30.Rf4 Qg5 31.g3 Rh6 32.Nf3 Bxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Rg8 34.Raf1 Qh5 35.
Rxf7 Rxg3 36.Rf8+ Kg7 37.d6 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Bd3 
Bg7 9.Qb3 d5 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Rad1 Qa5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Rb8 15.
h3 Bf5 16.g4 Bc8 17.Bb5 Qc7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qc2 Qf4 20.Nd4 f5 21.Nxc6 fxe4
22.Nxe7+ Kh7 23.Nxc8 Rbxc8 24.Rfe1 Be5 25.Rd7+ Kh8 26.Rxe4 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 
Qxh3+ 28.Ke1 Qh1+ 29.Ke2 Qf3+ 30.Kf1 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Rxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Qh2+ 33.Ke3
Qxc2 34.Rxe5 Qxb2 35.Ree7 Qxc3+ 36.Ke2 Rb8 37.Rd2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nxd5 exd5 5.Qf3 c6 6.Qg3 d6 7.d4 dxe5 8.dxe5 
Bf5 9.Bg5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qa4 11.Nf3 Qxc2 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Bc3 c5 14.Bd2 Be6 15.
O-O h6 16.Rac1 Qe4 17.Rfe1 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Bxg4 19.b4 Be6 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Bb5 
b6 22.Be3 Ke7 23.Bxd7 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Kxd7 25.Rec3 Rhc8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxc8 
Kxc8 28.Nd4 Bd7 29.f4 g6 30.Kf2 Kd8 31.Kf3 Ke7 32.h4 f6 33.g4 fxe5 34.fxe5
b5 35.g5 hxg5 36.hxg5 a5 37.Ke3 b4 38.Nb3 a4 39.Nc5 b3 40.axb3 a3 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e6 2.Bb5 Qg5 3.Bf1 d5 4.Nf3 Qd8 5.e5 c5 6.b4 cxb4 7.a3 Nc6 8.axb4 
Bxb4 9.c3 Be7 10.d4 f6 11.Bd3 Nh6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Qc2 Nf5 14.g4 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxh4 16.Bxh7 Qf6 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Bg6+ Kd8 19.Nd2 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Bf5
Re8 22.Bxd7 Nxd7 23.O-O Bg5 24.Qd3 Bf4 25.Qxd5 Rh8 26.Nf3 Qd6 27.Qxb7 Rb8 
28.Qxa7 Rh3 29.Rfd1 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Qc7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Ne5+ Kc8 33.Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Black "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Re1 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.
Nf3 Qb6 16.c4 Nb4 17.Be3 Qa6 18.Bc5 Nc6 19.b4 b6 20.b5 Qc8 21.bxc6 bxc5 
22.Qe3 Rb8 23.Qxc5 Rb6 24.Re2 Qa6 25.Nd4 Rfb8 26.Kh2 Qa4 27.Rc1 Bh6 28.
Rcc2 Kf7 29.a3 Rb1 30.Nxe6 Rd1 31.Nd4 Rd8 32.Nf3 Qb3 33.e6+ Kg8 34.Qe5 Rf8
35.Rb2 Qxa3 36.Qe4 Rf4 37.Qe5 Rf8 38.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 Nc6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.d5
Qd6 9.Qf3 Bg4 10.Qf4 e5 11.dxe6 Qxe6+ 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Qc4 Qd7 14.Be2 O-O 15.
h3 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qe6 18.O-O-O b5 19.Qd3 Nb6 20.Kb1 Rad8 21.Qf3 
Rfe8 22.Nd4 Qd5 23.Qxd5 Nxd5 24.Rhe1 Bf4 25.Bc1 Bxc1 26.Nc6 Bd2 27.Rf1 Rd6
0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 c6 6.e3 Be6 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.b3 d5 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 Na6 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.e4
Be6 16.Qc3 Nc7 17.Rd2 Nb5 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Rf1 c5 20.f4 c4 21.bxc4 Bxc4 22.
Bxe5 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Bxd3 24.Qb3 Nd4 25.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26.Kh1 Qc4 27.Rfd1 Qxb3 
28.axb3 Kf8 29.Kg1 Rc3 30.Bf1 Rxb3 31.Rxd3 Rdxd3 32.Bxd3 Ke7 33.Bc4 Rb4 
34.Bd5 f6 35.Rf1 fxe5 36.Rf7+ Kd6 37.Rxb7 Rxb7 38.Bxb7 Kc5 39.Kf2 Kd4 40.
Kf3 a5 41.Bc6 Kc5 42.Be8 Kc4 43.h4 Kc5 44.Kg4 Kd4 45.Bc6 Ke3 46.Kg5 a4 47.
Kh6 a3 48.Bd5 a2 49.Bxa2 Kxe4 50.Kxh7 Kf5 51.Bb1+ e4 52.Bxe4+ 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guido, Flavio"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Bg4 8.Be2 
e6 9.h3 Bh5 10.O-O-O O-O-O 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Nxf7 Qd7 13.Nxd8 Bxd1 14.Nxc6 
Qxc6 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Rxd1 Bb4 17.Bd4 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qxg2 20.Qd7+ 
Kb8 21.Qxe6 Qxf2 22.Rd7 Qg1+ 23.Kb2 Rf8 24.Rxc7 Kxc7 25.Qe7+ Kc6 26.Qxf8 
Qb6+ 27.Ka1 Qg1+ 28.Kb2 Qb6+ 29.Ka1 Qc7 30.Qb4 g6 31.Qc4+ Kb6 32.Qd4+ Qc5 
33.Qg7 Qg1+ 34.Kb2 h5 35.h4 Qg2 36.Qd4+ Kc7 37.Qg7+ Kd6 38.Qf6+ Kd7 39.
Qf7+ Kd6 40.Qf6+ Kd5 41.Qf7+ Ke5 42.Qe7+ Kf4 43.Qf6+ Ke3 44.Qd4+ Kf3 45.
Qf6+ Ke2 46.a3 Qe4 47.Kb3 Ke3 48.a4 Qc6 49.Qf7 Qb6+ 50.Kc4 Ke4 51.Qd5+ Kf4
52.Qd4+ Qxd4+ 53.cxd4 g5 54.hxg5 Kxg5 55.Kd3 b5 56.c3 Kf4 57.Ke2 Ke4 58.
Kf2 b4 59.cxb4 Kxd4 60.Kg3 Kc4 61.Kh4 Kxb4 62.Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.h3 e5 8.g4 Nxe4 9.
Nxe4 f5 10.gxf5 gxf5 11.Nc3 e4 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Na4 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 f4 15.Rg1 Kh8
16.Nc3 b5 17.Ncxe4 Re8 18.Bd3 Bf5 19.Bh6 Bxb2 20.Qh5 Bg6 21.Rxg6 hxg6 22.
Qxg6 Nd7 23.Kf1 Re7 24.Rb1 Rg8 25.Qxd6 Qa3 26.Nb3 Rge8 27.Bxf4 bxc4 28.
Bxc4 Bg7 29.Ng5 Qb4 30.Nd2 Qc3 31.Qg6 Nf6 32.d6 Rb7 33.Rxb7 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Qe2 Bd7 
9.Na3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nb3 Nce4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qc2
Qc7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Rd3 b5 17.a3 a5 18.Qd1 b4 19.cxb4 axb4 20.axb4 Qc4 21.
Na5 Qa2 22.Nc6 Rd6 23.b5 Qxb2 24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 
Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Kh8 13.Nc4 Be6 14.Nce3 Bg5 
15.h4 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Qb6 17.b3 Qb4+ 18.Qd2 Qxe4 19.Bd3 Qb4 20.c3 Qc5 21.b4 
Qb6 22.g4 d5 23.Nf5 e4 24.Be2 Bxf5 25.gxf5 Ne7 26.O-O-O Rac8 27.Kb2 Qf6 
28.Bg4 Rc4 29.a3 Rfc8 30.Rc1 e3 31.Qd1 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Qxc3+ 33.Ka2 Qc2+ 34.
Qxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Kb3 Rxf2 36.Kc3 h5 37.Bxh5 Nxf5 38.Bg4 d4+ 39.Kc4 e2 40.Re1 
Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mukic, Josko"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.b3 Bf5 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.c3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.O-O Nd7 12.c4 c5 13.Nc3 cxd4 14.exd4 O-O 15.
Rab1 b6 16.Rfc1 Rfd8 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qa6 e5 20.Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 
Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.h3 Nb6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Bd3 g6 13.O-O-O Nf6 14.Kb1 Nfd7 
15.Nf3 O-O-O 16.Rc1 Kb8 17.Na4 Nxa4 18.Qxa4 Nb6 19.Qa5 f6 20.Nd2 Nc4 21.
Qc3 Nxd2+ 22.Qxd2 Qd7 23.Ka1 Bf5 24.Be2 Be4 25.f3 Bf5 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 
Be6 28.Rhd1 f5 29.d5 cxd5 30.exd5 Bxd5 31.Bf3 Bc6 32.Qb4 Qc7 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8
34.Qc3 Qd6 35.Bxc6 Qxc6 36.Qe5+ Qd6 37.Qg7 Qd7 38.Qe5+ Qd6 39.Qg7 Qf4 40.
Qc3 Qd6 41.Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Cetkovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.O-O d6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.
Qb3 O-O 10.h3 Qe7 11.a5 Ba7 12.Re1 Be6 13.Nbd2 b5 14.axb6 Bxb6 15.Ra4 a5 
16.b5 Nd8 17.Ba3 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Ne6 19.Nfxe5 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nc6 Qe6 22.
Rxa5 Bb6 23.Raa1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Nd7 25.Qa2 Nc5 26.Nxb6 cxb6 27.Nb4 Qf6 28.
Nd5 Qd8 29.Qc4 Re8 30.f3 Kh7 31.d4 Ne6 32.Qc6 f5 33.exf5 Ng5 34.f6 Re2 35.
Ra8 Nxh3+ 36.gxh3 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 
Bf8 9.Bg5 c6 10.a4 a5 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.Bf1 h6 13.Bh4 Ne5 14.f3 Ng6 15.Bf2 
Qc7 16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Be3 Rb8 19.Bg1 Rbd8 20.Qf2 Rb8 21.h3 b6 22.
Bh2 Rbd8 23.f4 Qb7 24.Bd3 c5 25.Ndb5 Bc6 26.e5 dxe5 27.fxe5 Nd5 28.Nxd5 
Bxd5 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.exd6 c4 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Bf5 Nf8 33.h4 Bc6 34.b3 Bd7 
35.bxc4 Bxf5 36.Qxf5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Mukic, Josko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 
Bxe5 9.Nd5 c6 10.Ne3 Qh4 11.Ng4 Bc7 12.Qd4 f6 13.g3 Qh3 14.Ne3 Qe6 15.Nf5 
O-O-O 16.Nxg7 Qh3 17.Qd1 Nh6 18.Nh5 Nf7 19.Bg4 Qg2 20.Bf3 Qh3 21.Bg4 Qg2 
22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.Bxf3 Be5 24.Rb1 Nd6 25.b3 c5 26.O-O f5 27.Bf4 Rde8 28.Bxe5 
Rxe5 29.Rbd1 Kc7 30.Nf4 fxe4 31.Bg4 Rg8 32.Bh3 h5 33.Ng2 h4 34.Ne3 Bc6 35.
Bg4 b5 36.h3 Rg7 37.Rd2 bxc4 38.Rxd6 cxb3 39.axb3 Bb5 40.Rfd1 Bd3 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 cxd4 7.Nb5 Qd8 8.Qxd4 
Nbd7 9.Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cetkovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 a6 6.O-O d6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Kh1 
Nc6 9.c3 Qc7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nd2 e5 12.h3 O-O 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Be6 15.
Qf3 Nd7 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.b3 a5 19.Be2 a4 20.c4 axb3 21.axb3 Ra3 
22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Bg4 Bb4 24.Bxe6 Bxd2 25.Rd1 Bf4 26.Qg4 fxe6 27.Qxe6 Qc8 
28.Qe7 Rxb3 29.Rd7 Rg8 30.Rfd1 Qe8 31.Qd6 Qh5 32.Rd8 Rxh3+ 33.Kg1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Black "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.e4 d6 9.
h3 h6 10.Be3 e5 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.Nh2 Nc6 13.f4 Nh5 14.f5 Nxg3 15.Ng4 Nxf1 16.
Rxf1 h5 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Bf6 hxg4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.f6+ Kh7 21.Rf5 Rg8 22.Qg5 
Rh8 23.Qxg4 Kg8 24.Nd5 Re8 25.Kf2 Nd4 26.Rxe5 Re6 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Rf5 Nxf5 
29.exf5 Rxf6 30.Bxb7 Qxb7 31.Nd5 Rxf5+ 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6 
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Ne2 Bf8 13.Ng3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Ndf5 
Re6 16.Qd2 Nxd3 17.cxd3 c5 18.Ne2 Ng4 19.Nf4 Re8 20.Nh5 g6 21.Nhg7 Re5 22.
h3 gxf5 23.Nh5 Bh6 24.f4 Nf6 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.fxe5 Bxd2 27.exf6 Bxe1 28.
Rxe1 fxe4 29.dxe4 Re8 30.e5 Re6 31.a5 d5 32.Rc1 d4 33.axb6 Rxe5 34.Bxd4 
cxd4 35.Rc7 h5 36.Rxb7 Rb5 37.Rd7 Rxb6 38.Rxd4 Rxb3 39.Ra4 Rb6 40.Ra5 Rxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Guido, Flavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f3 Bh5 4.e4 dxe4 5.Qe2 a6 6.Qxe4 Nc6 7.d3 e6 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Qe2 Bb4 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 e5 13.Qf2 O-O 14.g4 Bg6 15.h4 
h5 16.gxh5 Bxh5 17.Ne2 Bc5 18.Qg3 Rad8 19.Rd5 Rxd5 20.exd5 Nd4 21.Nxd4 
Bxd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Rg1 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 g6 25.Bd3 Re8 26.Rf1 Qe5 27.f4 Qd6 
28.Qg2 Re3 29.f5 Qg3 30.Qd2 Qxh4 31.Qb4 b5 32.fxg6 Bxg6 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nec6 7.c3 g6 8.Nc2 
Bg7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nd2 d6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Ne3 b5 13.Bc2 Qc7 14.Qe1 Bb7 15.Bd2 
Rae8 16.Qh4 Qb6 17.Kh1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Nd1 Qc7 21.Nf2 Ne7 
22.Nd4 Ng6 23.Qh3 Qf7 24.a4 Nd5 25.Ne2 Kh8 26.axb5 axb5 27.Nd3 Rg8 28.Ng3 
Nf6 29.Re2 Ne7 30.Ne1 Bf8 31.Nf3 Rg6 32.Ng5 Qg8 33.Nh5 Nxh5 34.Qxh5 Nd5 
35.Bxf5 Nf6 36.Bxg6 Nxh5 37.Bxe8 Nf6 38.Bf7 Qg7 {...} 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.
O-O Nd7 9.a4 Bd6 10.Bf4 Bxf4 11.Nxf4 Qc7 12.Qf3 O-O-O 13.a5 Rhg8 14.a6 b6 
15.Kh1 Nf8 16.c3 Ng6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Bd3 Rh8 19.h3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 g5 21.Rae1
f5 22.f4 g4 23.Re3 Rh4 24.b4 gxh3 25.g3 Rg4 26.Kh2 Qd6 27.Qe2 Rdg8 28.Rg1 
Kd7 29.Re5 b5 30.Qf3 Rh8 31.Rge1 Rhg8 32.Rg1 Rb8 33.Rge1 Rbg8 34.Rg1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 Be7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 a6 6.a4 axb5 7.axb5 Rxa1 8.Bxa1 
c6 9.bxc6 bxc6 10.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.e4 cxd4 10.cxd4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 f5 13.Rh4 Be7 14.Rh3 e4 15.
Bc4+ Kh8 16.Ne5 Qe8 17.Bf7 Rxf7 18.Ng6+ Kg8 19.Rxh7 Rf8 20.Qh5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e4 Qb6 4.Nc3 Qxb2 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Rb1 Qa3 7.Rb3 Qa5 8.Bd2 
dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qxa2 10.Nc5 Bf5 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Rxb7 Qd8 13.Bf4 e6 14.Nb5 Nd5 
15.Bc7 Qc8 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Qd8 18.Be5 O-O 19.Qd2 f6 20.g4 fxe5 21.
gxf5 Nf4 22.Rg1 Rf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.fxe6+ Kg8 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.dxe5 Nd5 27.
Bxd5 cxd5 28.e7 Qxe7 29.Qxd5 Nc6 30.Qxc6 Qxe5+ 31.Kf1 Rf8 32.Nd7 Qe8 33.
Qd5 Rf7 34.Ne5 Re7 35.Nd3 h6 36.Rg3 Rd7 37.Qc4 Qa8 38.f3 Re7 39.Kf2 Qb8 
40.Qd4 Qb7 41.Rg6 Qc7 42.Rxh6+ Kg8 43.Rh4 Qxc2+ 44.Kg3 Qc7+ 45.Nf4 Rf7 46.
Rg4 Qc1 47.Qd8+ Rf8 48.Qd5+ Rf7 49.Qa8+ Rf8 50.Qxa7 Qe1+ 51.Qf2 Qe5 52.
Qa2+ Rf7 53.Qa8+ Rf8 54.Qd5+ Qxd5 55.Nxd5 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berni, Giorgio"]
[Black "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Be3 Ne5 12.f3 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rfc1 Rac8 15.
Bf1 Rfd8 16.Kh1 Ned7 17.Rab1 Qb8 18.Bg1 Kh8 19.Nc2 Rg8 20.b4 g5 21.Bd3 Ne5
22.Ne3 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Qa8 24.Qd4 Rg7 25.Na4 Nd7 26.Nxb6 Nxb6 27.Qxb6 g4 28.
Qd4 gxf3 29.gxf3 f5 30.c5 e5 31.Qd2 fxe4 32.cxd6 Rd8 33.Qb2 Bxd6 34.Bf2 
Rdg8 35.Rd1 Qf8 36.Qe2 Bc6 37.Rxd6 Qxd6 38.Nf5 exf3 39.Qf1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 e5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guido, Flavio"]
[Black "Del Monaco, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Rc8 8.a3 Nge7 
9.b4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf5 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Nc3 Ncxd4 14.Nxd5 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 exd5 16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 a5 18.Qd7 Qe6 19.Qxb7 Rb8 20.Qa7 axb4 21.
axb4 Bxb4 22.Rfc1 Rbc8 23.h3 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 h6 25.Qb7 Bd2 26.Rd1 Bf4 27.
Rxd5 Qg6 28.Rd1 Re8 29.Re1 Bd2 30.Rf1 Bf4 31.Re1 Bd2 32.Re2 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 
Qd3 34.Qe4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 g5 36.g3 Kh7 37.Rd4 Ba5 38.Rd7 Kg6 39.Kg2 Bb4 40.
Kf3 Re7 41.Rxe7 Bxe7 42.Ke4 Kh5 43.Bc1 Kg6 44.Be3 h5 45.f4 f5+ 46.Kd5 h4 
47.Ke6 hxg3 48.Kxe7 gxf4 49.Bxf4 g2 50.Bh2 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 c5 15.dxc5 
Bxc5 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Ne5 h6 18.Nd3 Bd6 19.Rfe1 Rd7 20.Ne5 Rdd8 21.Ng4 Nxg4
22.Qxg4 Qg5 23.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Ferretti, Folco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.
Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Cetkovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nbd7 7.f5 c6 8.g4 g6 
9.Bc4 Nxe4 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.fxg6+ Kxg6 12.Nxe4 Bh6 13.Qf5+ Kg7 14.g5 Rf8 
15.gxh6+ Kxh6 16.Qg4 Rf4 17.d3 d5 18.Bxf4+ exf4 19.Rg1 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 b6 3.f4 Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe1 O-O 
9.Qg3 a6 10.d3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Nb4 12.Bd1 Nh5 13.Qh3 Bf6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 e5
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.N4f3 g6 18.g4 Ng7 19.a3 Nd5 20.Qh6 Ne6 21.Bxe5 Nc3 22.Bxf6
Qxf6 23.Nd4 Qe5 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.Nf3 f6 26.Ncd2 Rad8 27.Kf2 Ng5 28.Re1 Nxf3 
29.Nxf3 Nxd1+ 30.Raxd1 Qxc2+ 31.Re2 Qxd1 32.Nd4 Rxd4 33.exd4 Qxd4+ 34.Kf1 
Be4 35.Rd2 Bd3+ 36.Kg2 Qxg4+ 37.Kf2 Re8 38.h3 Qd4+ 39.Kg3 Qe3+ 40.Qxe3 
Rxe3+ 41.Kf4 Rxh3 42.Kg4 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mukic, Josko"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qd3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d5 5.d4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.Rb1 
Qc7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.c4 Nxd4 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Qxe5 
15.c4 O-O 16.Re1 Qf6 17.Rxb7 Bd6 18.g3 Qf5 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Nc2 21.Re2 
Nb4 22.Bf3 Nd3 23.Be3 Ne5 24.Bd5 Nxg4 25.Rd7 Rad8 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Bxc5 Rd7
28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Bf3 Nf6 30.c5 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Rc1 32.c6 Ne8 33.Rd2 Ke7 34.Rd7+
Ke6 35.Rxa7 Rc5 36.a4 g6 37.a5 h5 38.a6 Ra5 39.c7 Nxc7 40.Rxc7 Rxa6 41.
Rc6+ Rxc6 42.Bxc6 g5 43.Kf3 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9.Bf4 Na6 10.a3 Nc7 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.g3 b5 14.c3 a6 15.b3 
Rc8 16.c4 Ne7 17.O-O Ng6 18.Rfc1 Qd7 19.d5 bxc4 20.dxc6 Qxc6 21.Rxc4 Qd7 
22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Bxa6 Bxa6 25.Qxa6 Be7 26.Bh6 Bd8 27.Rc3 Qd1+ 
28.Kg2 Ne5 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Rd3 Qh5 31.Qc6+ Ke7 32.Bg7 1-0

[Event "VIII Festival A"]
[Site "Verona ITA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O Qc7 10.a3 a5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bg5 b6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.b4 Be7 
15.Be4 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nd4 Kh8 18.b5 Rad8 19.Nc6 Rd5 20.a4 Rg8 21.Rad1
Rdg5 22.g3 Bc5 23.Kg2 Qc8 24.f4 R5g6 25.Qf3 Qf8 26.Rd8 Qxd8 27.Nxd8 Rxd8 
28.Rd1 Rgg8 29.Rd3 Rxd3 30.Qxd3 Kg7 31.g4 h6 32.Qd7 e5 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Kf3
Rh8 35.Ke4 h5 36.g5 Bd4 37.Kf5 h4 38.Qc7 Re8 39.g6 Rf8 40.c3 Bc5 41.Qxe5+ 
Kh6 42.g7 Rg8 43.Qf6+ Kh7 44.Qxf7 Rxg7 45.Qh5+ Kg8 46.Qxh4 Kf7 47.Qe4 Rg1 
48.Qb7+ Kg8 49.h4 Rf1+ 50.Ke4 Ra1 51.Qc8+ Kg7 52.Qg4+ Kh7 53.Qh5+ Kg7 54.
Qg4+ Kh7 55.Kd5 Rg1 56.Qh5+ Kg7 57.Kc4 Ra1 58.Qg4+ Kh7 59.Qh5+ Kg7 60.Qg4+
Kh7 61.Kd5 Rg1 62.Qf5+ Kg7 63.Kc6 Rg6+ 64.Kb7 Kh6 65.Ka6 Bg1 66.Qf1 Bc5 
67.Qf4+ Kh5 68.Qf5+ Kh6 69.Qxc5 bxc5+ 70.b6 1-0

