[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 h6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g5 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.d5 Ne7 9.
Ng3 Ng6 10.Be2 Nf4 11.O-O h5 12.Rc1 h4 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Qd7 15.c5 a6 
16.Bc4 O-O 17.Qc2 dxc5 18.Bxc5 b5 19.Bxf8 Bxf8 20.Bb3 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Bb6 22.
Rcd1 Kg7 23.Rfe1 N6h5 24.Ne4 Qxf5 25.Rd2 Rh8 26.Nf2 Qxc2 27.Bxc2 Ba5 28.
Rdd1 Bxe1 29.Rxe1 f6 30.Ne4 Nxd5 31.Rd1 Nhf4 32.Bb3 c6 33.Kg1 Ne2+ 34.Kf2 
Nd4 35.Nc5 a5 36.Bxd5 cxd5 37.Nb7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Black "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O Be7 
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 e5 11.fxe5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 dxe5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd6 15.
Rae1 Qg5 16.Qe3 Qxe3+ 17.dxe3 f5 18.a5 e4 19.Bc4 Bd7 20.Bc3 g5 21.Re2 Rae8
22.g3 h5 23.Rb1 Bc8 24.Rbe1 Kh7 25.Kh1 Re7 26.Kg1 Kg6 27.Rb1 f4 28.gxf4 
gxf4 29.exf4 Rxf4 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Bh3+ 32.Kg1 e3 33.Bb2 Bg4 34.Re1 
Bf4 35.Be2 Kf5 36.h3 Bxe2 37.Rxe2 Ke4 38.c4 Kf3 39.Kf1 Bg3 40.Ba3 Rc7 41.
Bb2 Rc8 42.Bc3 Rg8 43.Rg2 Bf2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.O-O 
Bb7 9.f4 b4 10.Nb1 Nf6 11.Qe2 d6 12.a3 bxa3 13.Nxa3 Be7 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.Nb1 
O-O 16.Kh1 a5 17.Nc3 Nb4 18.Nb5 Qb6 19.Bxb4 axb4 20.N5d4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 g6 
22.Ra5 Ra8 23.Rb5 Qc7 24.Rg5 Nd7 25.Rg3 Nc5 26.Qh5 Nxd3 27.f5 Ne5 28.fxe6 
fxe6 29.Qh6 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d4 Ne4 
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nbd2 Ndf6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.f3 Nd6 13.e4 Rc8 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Re1 
Rc7 16.Nd3 Nb5 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Rxe7 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Bxb2 21.cxb6 
Rxe7 22.bxa7 Bxa1 23.Qxa1 Nxa7 24.Qd4 Nc6 25.Qxd5 Rd8 26.Qg5 Re5 27.Qh6 
Re2 28.Nf1 Rd1 29.f4 Nd4 30.g4 Rxa2 31.f5 Rf2 32.Qh4 Rf4 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.
fxg6 hxg6 35.h3 Rb1 36.Qc7 g5 37.Qe5+ f6 38.Qe7+ Kh8 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Qe7+ 
Kh6 41.Kh2 Rbxf1 42.Bxf1 Rxf1 43.Qxb7 Rf2+ 44.Kg3 Rb2 45.b4 Ne2+ 46.Kf3 
Nf4 47.b5 Rb3+ 48.Ke4 Ne6 49.Qe7 Nf4 50.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.h4 d5 3.h5 dxe4 4.hxg6 fxg6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.Qe2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Qc4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Qc5 Qd6 15.
c4 O-O 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Ng4 18.Rh4 Bxd4 19.Qxd6 cxd6 20.Rxg4 Rxf2 21.
Rxe4 e5 22.Bd3 Rc8 23.Kb1 b4 24.Rg4 Kg7 25.Be4 Rcf8 26.Kc2 a5 27.Rg3 R8f4 
28.Bc6 e4 29.Rg5 e3 30.Rxa5 Bc3 31.Rd5 Bxd2 32.Rxd6 Bc3+ 33.Kc1 e2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.Ng5 Bc7 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.a4 h6 14.Ba3 Bd6 15.Bxd6 
Qxd6 16.Nge4 Qe7 17.c5 Nd5 18.Rfc1 N7f6 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Nd6 Rf8 21.Qe4 Nf6
22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.dxe5 Nd5 24.Rab1 a5 25.Nxc8 Rfxc8 26.Rxb7 Rcb8 27.Rxb8+ 
Rxb8 28.Be4 Ra8 29.Rd1 Kf8 30.f4 Ke7 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.c6 Ke6 33.c7 Rc8 34.
Rc1 Kf5 35.Kf2 g5 36.Kf3 g4+ 37.Ke2 Ke4 38.g3 h5 39.Rc6 h4 40.gxh4 d4 41.
exd4 Kxd4 42.h5 Ke4 43.h6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Bc4 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bg5 
h6 9.Bh4 Ne5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.f4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Bg4 13.Qe1 Re8 14.Bh4 Bf5 15.Bxf6
Qxf6 16.Qe3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Nd2 dxe4 19.Rae1 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Qf5 21.Nxe4 
Re7 22.Qf3 Nh4 23.Qf2 Rxe4 24.Qxh4 Rxd4 25.Re7 Qc5 26.Kh1 Rad8 27.Qe1 Rxf4
28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.Qxe8+ Kh7 30.Rg1 Qf5 31.Qe3 b6 32.Qc1 c5 33.Qe1 Rf2 34.Qc1
Rc2 35.Qb1 Qg6 36.Qa1 Rf2 37.a3 Qf6 38.Qb1+ Qf5 39.Qa2 Qe4 40.Qb3 c4 41.
Qa4 Rxb2 42.Qxa7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O c4 8.b3 cxb3
9.Qxb3 Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Bg4 12.e3 Qd7 13.Nc3 Rfd8 14.Be1 Bf5 15.a4 
Ne4 16.Ne2 Rab8 17.Nf4 g6 18.a5 a6 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Nd3 h5 21.Nc5 Qc7 22.Nf3 
Nd7 23.Na4 Qd6 24.Bd2 Nf6 25.Nc5 Ne4 26.Bc3 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Qe6 28.Nd4 Nxd4 
29.Bxd4 Be4 30.f3 Bf5 31.Qb6 h4 32.Rc3 hxg3 33.hxg3 Bh3 34.Qxe6 Bxe6 35.
Rb1 Rdc8 36.f4 Bd8 37.Ra3 Be7 38.Rc3 Bd8 39.Ra1 Rc6 40.e4 dxe4 41.Bxe4 
Rcc8 42.Be5 Bc7 43.Bf6 Bd6 44.cxd6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.Ng3 
O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bf5 12.Nxf5 gxf5 13.c3 e6 14.Ne5 Nbd5 15.
Qf3 Ne4 16.Bc2 f6 17.Nd3 Rae8 18.c4 Nb6 19.b3 Ng5 20.Qe2 e5 21.dxe5 Nf7 
22.e6 Ne5 23.Nf4 Ng6 24.Qf3 Nd7 25.Be3 Nde5 26.Qh5 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 O-O 8.d3 
a5 9.a4 Ne8 10.Nbd2 Nc7 11.e5 Ne6 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Neg5 h6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bf4 Rad8 16.Qe2 Kh7 17.b3 Rd7 18.Nh2 Rfd8 19.Bg3 b5 20.Nf3 Qb6 21.Qe3 Kg8 
22.Nd2 Rd4 23.axb5 cxb5 24.f4 Qc7 25.Bf2 c4 26.Nf3 R4d5 27.dxc4 bxc4 28.
Qc3 Rc8 29.b4 axb4 30.Qxb4 Rb8 31.Qc3 Rdd8 32.Bd4 Rb7 33.Qe3 Qc6 34.Bc3 
Bd5 35.Nd4 Qc8 36.Kh2 e6 37.g4 Rdd7 38.f5 Ra7 39.Rxa7 Rxa7 40.Nxe6 fxe6 
41.Qxa7 exf5 42.Rd1 Bb7 43.Qb6 Qc6 44.Qxc6 Bxc6 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Rd8+ Kh7 
47.Bd4 h5 48.e6 Bxd4 49.Rxd4 Kg7 50.Rxc4 Be8 51.Rc8 Kf8 52.Rc7 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Nb5 f5 14.Nd2 Bh6 15.a5 bxa5 
16.Rxa5 Rxa5 17.Bxa5 Bd7 18.c5 Qa8 19.Nb3 Qb7 20.Nxc7 Ba4 21.Bc4 fxe4 22.
Nxe8 Rxe8 23.cxd6 Bxb3 24.Qxb3 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Black "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Qc2 Qc7 
9.Bd3 Nf8 10.h3 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Bh2 Bf6 13.g4 exd4 14.Ne4 dxe3 15.gxh5 
exf2+ 16.Kxf2 Qb6+ 17.c5 Qxb2 18.Nxd6+ Ke7 19.Qxb2 Bxb2 20.Rab1 Ba3 21.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rxb7+ Kd8 23.Bd6 Nd7 24.Rxd7+ Kxd7 25.Bf5+ Kd8 26.Bxc8 Kxc8 
27.Rb1 Kd7 28.Nd4 Rc8 29.Nc2 Bxc5+ 30.Bxc5 Ke6 31.Rb7 Rd8 32.Ke2 a5 33.Ne3
a4 34.Re7+ Kf6 35.Re4 Ra8 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rossato, Armando"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 c5 2.c3 Qc7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 
Nd5 9.e4 Nxf4 10.gxf4 g6 11.Re1 Bh6 12.f5 gxf5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Nf1 O-O-O 
15.Ng3 Rdg8 16.a4 a6 17.c4 cxd4 18.a5 bxa5 19.Qxd4 Rg4 20.Qc3 Rxc4 21.Qb3 
Rc5 22.Qxf7 Bf8 23.Nd4 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Kb8 25.Ra3 Qb7+ 26.Kg1 Qd5 27.Rb3+ Ka8
28.Ne6 Qd2 29.Rbe3 Rc1 30.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31.Kg2 Qc6+ 32.Kh3 Nd5 33.Rd3 Ka7 34.
f6 Qc4 35.Rd4 Qc6 36.Nxf8 Qc8+ 37.Ne6 Nc7 38.Re4 d5 39.Re1 Re8 40.fxe7 Qd7
41.Nf5 Nb5 42.Qxe8 Qxe8 43.Neg7 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 f5 8.a3 Bd6 
9.b4 Ngf6 10.O-O Ne4 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Bb2 Bb8 14.a4 Nb6 15.Qc2 
Qd7 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Rfc8 18.Qd3 a6 19.Nd4 Nc4 20.Qe2 Ned2 21.Rfd1 Nxb2
22.Rxd2 Nc4 23.Rc2 Nxe5 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.b5 Nc4 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qg5 e5 28.Nf3
Qd8 29.Qh6 Qd7 30.bxa6 bxa6 31.h4 Qg7 32.Qg5 Nd6 33.Rb1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Bg4 13.c3 Be7 14.Qa4 Bd7 
15.Qc2 Re8 16.c4 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rfd1 Qe5 21.
h3 Rab8 22.Rd2 Qg5 23.Kf1 Kh8 24.Rad1 Rb4 25.Re2 Reb8 26.b3 Be6 27.Re3 Rh4
28.Rg3 Qe5 29.Re1 Qd6 30.Nb5 Qb6 31.Qb2 a6 32.Nc3 Rc8 33.Na4 Qa7 34.Rc1 
Rd8 35.Qe2 Rf4 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.Qxf3 a5 38.Qf4 Kg8 39.Qc7 Qxc7 40.Rxc7 d4 
41.Rc5 Nd5 42.Rxa5 Nf4 43.Nc5 Rc8 44.Be4 g5 45.Ra8 Rxa8 46.Bxa8 Kf8 47.Ke1
Bf5 48.Kd2 Ke7 49.b4 Kd6 50.a4 Ne6 51.g4 Nc7 52.Bb7 Be6 53.Kd3 Ke5 54.a5 
Ba2 55.a6 Nb5 56.Bc6 Na7 57.b5 Bb1+ 58.Kc4 Ba2+ 59.Kb4 Bb1 60.Bf3 Nc8 61.
a7 Nxa7 62.b6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Ne4 
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 d6 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Rfd1 Qe8 13.b4 Rc8 14.Rac1 h6 15.Ba1 
f5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Bd4 Qf7 19.Ne1 Ne4 20.Qb4 Ba8 21.Nd3 Kh7 
22.f3 e5 23.Bb2 Rcd8 24.Qe1 Ng5 25.Nb4 f4 26.e4 Ne6 27.Rd2 a5 28.Nc2 Rb8 
29.Ba3 Nc5 30.Rxd6 Rfc8 31.Rcd1 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Nxe4 33.Rd7 Qf6 34.Bd3 Qb6+ 
35.Kf1 Nf6 36.Rd6 Rc6 37.c5 Qc7 38.Bxg6+ Kxg6 39.Qe4+ Kg5 40.Qxc6 Qxc6 41.
Rxc6 e4 42.Bc1 Kg4 43.h3+ Kg3 44.Nd4 Bh8 45.Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Black "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.c4 Bg4 
9.dxe5 dxc4 10.Qe2 Qd3 11.Qxd3 cxd3 12.Bd5 Nb4 13.Bxa8 Nc5 14.Na3 Be7 15.
Bd2 a5 16.Bxb4 axb4 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Be2 c6 
9.O-O Qc7 10.Rad1 Re8 11.b4 a5 12.a3 axb4 13.axb4 exd4 14.exd4 Nf8 15.Rfe1
Bf5 16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Be3 Re7 19.h3 Nd7 20.Bf4 Nf6 21.c5 Ne4 22.
cxd6 Qd7 23.Qc1 Nxd6 24.Ne5 Qe8 25.Bf3 Rd8 26.Qc5 f6 27.Nd3 Ne4 28.Qb6 Ng5
29.Bxg5 fxg5 30.Ne5 Rd6 31.Be2 h6 32.Qc5 Rd8 33.Bc4+ Kh7 34.Nf3 Re4 35.
Rxe4 Qxe4 36.Re1 Qc2 37.Qb6 Ra8 38.Qxb7 Ra3 39.Re7 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Qxc4 41.
Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Ba6 7.Bb2 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 
d5 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.Rfc1 Re8 12.c4 Nb8 13.Ne5 c5 14.Ndf3 Bf8 15.cxd5
exd5 16.Qf5 h6 17.Rd1 a4 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Qc2 axb3 20.Qxb3 c4 21.Qb7 Nbd7 
22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Qxd7 Nxd7 24.Rxd5 Nb6 25.Rb5 Na4 26.Bd4 c3 27.Ne1 Reb8 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Kf1 Rb2 30.Nd3 Rb3 31.Nb4 Bc5 32.Nc2 Rb2 33.Rc1 Ra2 34.Ke1 
Bd6 35.g3 Nb2 36.Ke2 Na4 37.Kd3 Kh7 38.h4 Kg6 39.f4 Bxa3 40.Nxa3 Rxa3 41.
Bxc3 Nxc3 42.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 43.Kxc3 Kf5 44.Kd3 Kg4 45.e4 Kxg3 46.Ke3 Kxh4 47.
Kf3 h5 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Black "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.f4 Ne4 12.c4 f6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rad1 Nxd2 15.Rxd2
f5 16.g4 Qc6 17.Qf3 fxg4 18.Qxg4 Bf6 19.Qh3 g6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Rg2 c4 22.
Bf5 Rce8 23.Bd7 Bc8 24.Bxc6 Bxh3 25.Bxd5+ Kg7 26.e4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 cxb3 28.
axb3 Rc8 29.Bc4 Rfd8 30.e5 Be7 31.Ra1 a5 32.Kf3 Bb4 33.Ke4 Rc7 34.d5 Kf8 
35.d6 Rc6 36.Ba3 Bxa3 37.Rxa3 Rc5 38.Kd4 Ke8 39.Ra2 Kd7 40.b4 axb4 41.Ra7+
Ke8 42.Rxh7 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 b6 6.c3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb7 8.Nxf6+
gxf6 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Be4 c6 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Bf3 Bb8 15.
O-O-O f5 16.Qe3 Qf6 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Ba6 19.Rhe1 Rg8 20.h4 Kf8 21.g3 
Kg7 22.Bh5 c5 23.Nf3 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Nf6 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 27.Ra4 Bb7
28.Rxa7 Rc7 29.Ng5+ Rxg5 30.hxg5 Ne4 31.f4 Nc5 32.Rd1 Ke7 33.Rd4 Ke8 34.
Kd2 Ne4+ 35.Ke3 Nxg3 36.Rd6 Re7 37.Rxb6 Bd5 38.Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.a4 Kd7 40.a5 
1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Bb5+ Nc6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d3 Ba6 7.Nf3 c4 8.dxc4 
Bxc4 9.Ne5 Ba6 10.Nxc6 Qb6 11.exd5 Nf6 12.Qf3 Rc8 13.Bd2 exd5 14.Ne5 d4 
15.Na4 Qb5 16.b3 Rxc2 17.Kd1 Rxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Bb4+ 19.Kd1 O-O 20.Rc1 Nd5 21.
Kc2 Ba3 22.Kb1 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Ne3 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Nc6 Bf5+ 26.Kb2 Nc2 27.Ne7+ 
Kh8 28.Nxf5 Qxc5 29.Qd3 Qa3+ 30.Kb1 Qxa2+ 31.Kxa2 Nb4+ 32.Ka3 Nxd3 33.Rd1 
Nxf4 34.Rxd4 Nxg2 35.Rd7 a6 36.Ra7 g6 37.Nd4 Rd8 38.Nf3 f5 39.Ng5 Rd1 40.
Nxh7 Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kf8 42.Kb4 f4 43.Nh7+ Ke8 44.Rxa6 f3 45.Rf6 Ne1 46.Kc3 
Ke7 47.Rf4 Ke6 48.Rf8 Ke5 49.Ng5 Rd3+ 50.Kc4 Rd4+ 51.Kc3 Rf4 52.Re8+ Kf5 
53.Rxe1 Kxg5 54.Kd2 Rb4 55.Re3 Kf4 56.Rc3 Rd4+ 57.Ke1 Re4+ 58.Kf1 Re2 59.
Rc4+ Kf5 60.h4 Rb2 61.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 O-O 11.g3 f6 12.Bh3 fxe5 13.Bxe6+ Kh8 14.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15.
Qd2 e4 16.Nh4 Nb6 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.b3 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Nb4 20.Rhc1 Nd3 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nf5 g6 23.Ne3 Kg7 24.Rf1 h6 25.f5 g5 26.Nc3 Rd8 27.f6+ Kf8 
28.Rf5 Nb4 29.Ng4 Nc6 30.Ke3 Nb4 31.Kd2 Nc6 32.Ne2 h5 33.Nh6 e3+ 34.Kd1 h4
35.Rxg5 hxg3 36.Rg8# 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 O-O 7.Re1 Rb8 8.c3 d6 
9.a3 b5 10.b4 a5 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.d4 a4 14.e5 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nb6 
16.Nc3 Nc4 17.Bf4 Bg4 18.e6 Nxd4 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.Bxb8 Bxf3 21.Qd3 Ne2+ 
22.Nxe2 Qxd3 23.Rad1 Qxa3 24.Bh3 Rf8 25.Bf4 e5 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Bc1 Qc5 28.
Rd7 Bg4 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossato, Armando"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.O-O Nfd7 7.e4 Nc6 8.c3 e5
9.Nb3 h6 10.Be3 b6 11.g4 Nf6 12.h3 h5 13.Nh2 hxg4 14.hxg4 d5 15.f3 Bb7 16.
Bg5 Qd7 17.Bb5 Nh7 18.Be3 a6 19.Ba4 Rad8 20.Qe2 exd4 21.Rad1 dxe4 22.cxd4 
exf3 23.Qf2 Qc8 24.Nc1 Nf6 25.Qh4 Qe6 26.Bf2 Ne4 27.d5 Rxd5 28.Bb3 Na5 29.
Bxd5 Bxd5 30.Nxf3 f6 31.Rfe1 c5 32.Nd3 g5 33.Qh3 Qc6 34.b4 Nc4 35.bxc5 
bxc5 36.Re2 Nc3 37.Re7 Bxf3 38.Nb4 Ne2+ 39.Rxe2 Qa4 40.Qxf3 Qxd1+ 41.Kg2 
cxb4 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.c3 Nge7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 g6 8.O-O Bg7 
9.Re1 O-O 10.e5 a5 11.Nf1 a4 12.a3 Ba6 13.Qxa4 Bxd3 14.Qh4 Qc7 15.g4 Ra4 
16.b3 Ra7 17.Bh6 Rfa8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qf6+ Kg8 20.Ng5 Nc8 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.
e6 Nd6 23.exf7+ Nxf7 24.Ne6 Qe5 25.Rxe5 Nfxe5 26.Nd2 Rf7 27.Qh4 h6 28.f4 
Re8 29.fxe5 Rxe6 30.Re1 c4 31.bxc4 dxc4 32.Qxh6 Nxe5 33.Qg5 Rfe7 34.Kg2 
Kf8 35.Qh6+ Ke8 36.Qh8+ Kd7 37.Ne4 Nxg4 38.Qd4+ Kc7 39.Nd6 Rxe1 40.Nb5+ 
Kc6 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qe2 Nf7 7.h4 c6 8.O-O-O 
cxd5 9.Nxd5 e6 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nxe4 d5 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Ng5 Nxg5 15.
Bxg5 O-O 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qe3 Qc5 19.Rd4 Nxf2 20.Qxf2 e5 21.Rd2 
Qxf2 22.Rxf2 e4 23.Be2 Bg4 24.Rd1 exf3 25.Bxf3 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 Rxf3 27.gxf3 
Re8 28.Kc1 Re5 29.Rd4 Kf7 30.Kd2 Ke6 31.Ra4 a6 32.Rb4 b5 33.a4 Rh5 34.axb5
axb5 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.c3 g6 37.Rf4 Ke5 38.b3 h6 39.Rg4 Kf6 40.Rb4 Ke6 41.Kf2 
Kd6 42.Rxb5 Rxh4 43.Rb6+ Ke5 44.Rxg6 Rh2+ 45.Kg3 Rh1 46.Rc6 Rg1+ 47.Kf2 
Rb1 48.b4 Kf4 49.Rf6+ Kg5 50.Rd6 Kf4 51.Rxd5 Rb2+ 52.Ke1 Kxf3 53.Kd1 Ke3 
54.Kc1 Rg2 55.b5 h5 56.Rxh5 Kd3 57.Rc5 Rh2 58.b6 Rh6 59.b7 Rb6 60.Rc7 Rb3 
61.c4 Kc3 62.c5 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 
Nc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.h3 Rc8 15.Bb1 
Na5 16.Ne5 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 Rc8 19.Rfd1 Qd7 20.Bg5 g6 21.Qg3 Rfd8 
22.Qh4 Nd5 23.Ne4 Bxg5 24.Nxg5 Nf6 25.Ba2 Kg7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Qf4 Rc2 28.
Qe5 h6 29.h4 Bd5 30.Bb1 Rxb2 31.Rc1 Qb5 32.Bc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Bd6 6.Ne5 Qc7 7.Na3 a6 8.Qa4+ Bd7 
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Nb5 Bxf4 11.exf4 O-O 12.dxc5 Qc6 13.Qa3 Nbd7 14.Nd4 Qxc5 
15.Qxc5 Nxc5 16.Be2 Rac8 17.O-O Na4 18.Rab1 b5 19.Bd1 Nb6 20.Re1 g6 21.g4 
Rfe8 22.g5 Ne4 23.Re2 Rc7 24.Bc2 Nd6 25.Rbe1 Rec8 26.h4 Ndc4 27.h5 Nxb2 
28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Bxg6 N2a4 30.Bh5 Nxc3 31.Re3 Rc4 32.Nxe6 d4 33.Nxd4 Rxd4 
34.f5 Nbd5 35.Rg3 Rh4 36.Bf3 Nf4 37.Bb7 Nfe2+ 38.Kg2 Rb8 39.Bxa6 Nxg3 40.
fxg3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Black "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 
9.d5 Qd7 10.dxc6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bxc6 12.Qc2 g5 13.Bg3 O-O-O 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Rdg8 16.h4 g4 17.Nb5 a6 18.Be5 Be4 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nd4 c5
22.f3 gxf3 23.gxf3 Bh7 24.e4 cxd4 25.cxd4 Rg3 26.Rh3 Rxh3 27.Bxh3 Qxh4 28.
Bf1 Kd7 29.c5 b5 30.a4 Qf4+ 31.Kb2 Rb8 32.Ka2 f5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Qg2 Qg5 
35.Qh2 f4 36.Qb2 b4 37.Qb3 Ra8+ 38.Kb2 Qh4 39.Rd2 Qe1 40.Bb5+ Kd8 41.Rd1 
Qf2+ 42.Kb1 d5 43.Bc6 Ra3 44.Qxb4 Qa2+ 45.Kc1 Rb3 46.Qb6+ Rxb6 47.cxb6 
Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Black "Rossato, Armando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 
Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.
g4 Bh4 16.Rg1 Qg5 17.Rg2 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Ne7 19.Qe4 Ng6 20.Nc2 d5 21.Qf5 e4 
22.Qxg5 Bxg5 23.Be2 Nf4 24.Rg1 Rfe8 25.Ne3 b4 26.cxb4 d4 27.Nf5 d3 28.Bf1 
Rec8 29.h4 Bf6 30.Nd6 Rc2 31.Nxe4 Bxb2 32.Rb1 d2+ 33.Nxd2 Bc3 34.Rg3 Bxd2+
35.Kd1 Rxa2 36.Bc4 Rd8 37.Bxa2 Bxb4+ 38.Kc2 Rd2+ 39.Kb3 Rxf2 40.Kxb4 Rxa2 
41.Rd1 Rb2+ 42.Ka3 Rh2 43.h5 Ne6 44.Kb4 Kg7 45.Ra1 h6 46.Rxa6 Rb2+ 47.Kc3 
Rf2 48.Ra5 Ng5 49.Kd3 Rb2 50.Rg1 Rb3+ 51.Kc4 Rf3 52.Ra6 Rf4+ 53.Kd3 Rb4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 e5 5.e4 Ne7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O f5 8.d4 d6 9.
Bg5 Qc7 10.Rc1 h6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.c5 dxc5 13.dxc5 f4 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Nxf4 
Rxf4 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.cxd6 Rf7 18.dxe7 Rxe7 19.Rcd1 Nf6 20.Bc5 Re8 21.f4 Be6
22.e5 Nd7 23.Be3 Nb6 24.Be4 Bf7 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Rd7 Rab8 27.a3 Bc4 28.Rf2 
g5 29.Rg2 Rf8 30.h4 Rxf4 31.Bd3 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 Rxh4 33.Re2 Re8 34.e6 Rd4 35.
Rf3 Rd6 36.Rf7 Rdxe6 37.Rxe6 Kxf7 38.Rd6 Bxc3 39.bxc3 Re6 40.Rd7+ Re7 41.
Rd6 Kg7 42.Kf2 h5 43.Kf3 b5 44.Kf2 Kf8 45.Rh6 h4 46.Kf3 Rg7 47.Kg4 Ke7 48.
Rh8 Kd7 49.Rh6 Kc7 50.Re6 Kb6 51.Re5 c5 52.Rf5 c4 53.Rf8 Rh7 54.Kh3 g4+ 
55.Kh2 g3+ 56.Kh3 Rg7 57.Rf1 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.g3 c5 6.d3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.h4 Qb6 
9.Rb1 Qc7 10.Bh3 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qh5 Bd6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rfe1 Ng6 15.
Nxd5 Qb8 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Ne4 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Bxd5 20.h5 Nf8 21.b4 
cxb4 22.Nd6+ Ke7 23.Nf5+ Kd8 24.Rxb4 Nd7 25.c4 exf5 26.cxd5 b6 27.d6 Re8 
28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Bxf5 Nf6 30.d7+ Ke7 31.Rc4 Rd8 32.Rc7 Nxh5 33.Rxa7 g6 34.
Bg4 Nf6 35.Bh3 Nxd7 36.Rb7 f5 37.Bg2 Kd6 38.d4 Rc8 39.f4 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rc4 
41.Bf1 Rxd4 42.Bb5 Rd2+ 43.Kh3 Nf6 44.Rxb6+ Ke7 45.Rb7+ Kf8 46.Bc4 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Qd5 6.Qe2 Bf5 7.Nc3 Qxd4 8.Nf3 
Qb4 9.O-O-O Bg7 10.Ne5 f6 11.a3 Qc5 12.Nc4 Bg4 13.Nd6+ Qxd6 14.Qxg4 Qc7 
15.Qe6 fxg5 16.Bc4 Qf4+ 17.Rd2 Qf5 18.Qe2 Be5 19.Kb1 Nd7 20.g4 Qf4 21.Rhd1
Ngf6 22.Be6 Nc5 23.Re1 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Rc1 d4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bf3 Rb8 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd4 Be6 19.Rfd1 Qa5 20.Bb2 Nf6 21.Rc5 
Qb6 22.Rd5 Qxd4 23.R5xd4 Rbc8 24.h3 Rc2 25.R1d2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 b6 27.Rd6 Nd7
28.Bc6 Re7 29.Ba3 h6 30.Rd2 Nc5 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rb8 Rc7 33.Rxb6 Nd7 34.Rxa6
Nb8 35.Be4+ f5 36.Rxe6 fxe4 37.Rxe4 Rc2 38.Bd6 Nc6 39.Rc4 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.O-O 
b5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.a4 b4 11.Nb1 c5 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Nc4 Be7 15.a5 
O-O 16.Qh3 e5 17.f4 Rad8 18.Rae1 Bd6 19.b3 Kh8 20.Bc1 Nb8 21.f5 Be7 22.Qh5
Nd7 23.Bb2 Nf6 24.Qh3 Nd7 25.Rf3 Bg5 26.Qg3 Bf6 27.Qf2 Rfe8 28.Rh3 Bc6 29.
Bc1 Bb5 30.g4 g5 31.Rh5 Rg8 32.Kh1 Be7 33.h4 Nf6 34.Rxg5 Nxg4 35.Qf3 Nf6 
36.Bb2 Bxc4 37.Bxc4 h6 38.Rxg8+ Rxg8 39.Bxf7 Rg4 40.Rg1 Rxh4+ 41.Kg2 Bd6 
42.Kf1 Qxf7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rc1 Ba7 12.a3 Nce7 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Ng5 f5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16.e4 Rc8 17.Qb1 h6 18.exd5 hxg5 19.Rcd1 e5 20.Rfe1 e4 21.Be3 
Bb8 22.Rd2 Bd6 23.Qd1 f4 24.Bd4 f3 25.Bf1 Bf5 26.b4 Qe8 27.Qa1 Qg6 28.Be5 
Rfd8 29.Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Rc1 Rcd8 31.Rc7 b5 32.Qe5 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.Rc2 
Bf5 35.Rc7 Qf6 36.Qe8+ Qf8 37.Qh5 Rxd5 38.Qxg5 Rd1 39.g4 Be6 40.Qe5 Bxg4 
41.h3 Bxh3 42.Kh2 Bxf1 43.Qe6+ Kh8 44.Rc8 Rd8 45.Rc5 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bf4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O d6 
9.e4 e5 10.Be3 Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.d5 Nb8 13.a4 c4 14.Be2 Nbd7 15.b3 Qc7 16.
bxc4 bxa4 17.Qxa4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Nb3 Qc7 20.c5 dxc5 21.Na5 Bc8 22.Qc6
Qa7 23.d6 Bd8 24.Nxe5 Bxa5 25.Rxa5 Bb7 26.Qxc5 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 Nxe4 28.Rc7 
Nxd6 29.Rd1 Rac8 30.Rd7 Ne4 31.Rxb7 Nxc3 32.Re1 Rfe8 33.Bxa6 f6 34.Nf3 
Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 Ne4 36.Re7 Nd6 37.Bxc8 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.d4 e4 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Nh3 Nc6 8.O-O Qd7
9.Nf4 O-O-O 10.Qa4 h5 11.Nxe6 Qxe6 12.Bf4 a6 13.Rfc1 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Rxd6 15.
b4 Kb8 16.b5 Na7 17.bxa6 Rxa6 18.Qb3 Ne7 19.Na4 Rxa4 20.Qxa4 e3 21.Rab1 h4
22.Qb3 exf2+ 23.Kxf2 b5 24.Qc3 hxg3+ 25.Qxg3+ Ka8 26.e3 Rh5 27.Rb3 Nf5 28.
Qc7 Nd6 29.Qd8+ Ndc8 30.Ra3 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7 
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Nxa7 Qa5 14.Nxc8 Rbxc8 
15.Qb3 Qa6 16.e3 Nhf6 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.Bf1 Qd6 19.Bb5 Ndf6 20.Ne5 Ng4 21.f3 
Nd2 22.Qd1 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qb6 24.Qe2 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qxb5 26.Qf2 Qd3 27.a3 Qe4
28.Qf4 Qd3 29.Qd4 Qb3 30.Rc3 Rxc3 31.Qxc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Rc8 33.Rc1 Rc4 34.
Kf2 g5 35.Rb1 Rxc3 36.Rxb7 Rxa3 37.Rb6 Kf7 38.Rb7+ Kg6 39.Rb6 Ra2+ 40.Kg1 
Kf7 41.Rb7+ Kg6 42.Rb6 f4 43.gxf4 Kf5 44.fxg5 Kxe5 45.h4 Ra4 46.h5 Rg4+ 
0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Re1 a5 9.
a4 h6 10.Na3 Kh7 11.Bb5 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Be3 b6 15.Bc2 Bb7 
16.f4 Nc5 17.Bf2 Qd7 18.f5 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Qg4 h5 21.Qg5 Bxa4 22.Bxc5 
Bxc2 23.Bd4 Bh6 24.Qh4 Bb3 25.g4 Rg8 26.Kf2 Qd8 27.f6 c5 28.Be3 g5 29.Qxh5
Qxf6+ 30.Kg3 Qe5+ 31.Kf3 Rae8 32.Bd2 Rg6 33.Re2 d5 34.h4 dxe4+ 35.Kg2 e3 
36.Bxe3 Qe4+ 37.Kf2 Rf6+ 38.Kg1 Qf3 39.hxg5 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.O-O-O c6 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 Nbd7 13.f3 a6 14.Kb1 Rec8 15.
Rd2 b5 16.Rhd1 h6 17.Bh4 Rab8 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Ne1 Nb6 20.Rc1 Nfd7 21.Rdc2 
Bf8 22.Nd1 Ra8 23.b3 Ra3 24.Bxb5 Bxb3 25.Rxc6 Bxa2+ 26.Kc2 Bb3+ 27.Kd2 
Ra2+ 28.Kc3 Rca8 29.Nc2 Ba3 30.Nxa3 R8xa3 31.Be7 Ba4+ 32.Bxa3 Rxa3+ 33.Kb2
Rb3+ 34.Ka2 Rxb5 35.Nc3 Ra5 36.Nxa4 Rxa4+ 37.Kb3 Rd4 38.R1c2 Kf8 39.Ra2 
Ke7 40.Ra7 Rd6 41.Rcc7 Rd2 42.Rc6 Kd8 43.Ra2 Rxa2 44.Kxa2 Na4 45.Kb3 Nac5+
46.Kc4 Ne6 47.Kd5 Ke7 48.g3 Nd4 49.Rc3 f6 50.Ra3 Ne6 51.Ra7 h5 52.f4 exf4 
53.gxf4 g5 54.e5 Nxf4+ 55.Kc6 Ke6 56.Rxd7 Kxe5 57.Kc5 h4 58.Kc4 g4 59.Kc3 
Ke4 60.Rh7 g3 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb5+ 
Nc6 9.Bb4 Bd6 10.Qa3 Ne4 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Bxd6 Nxd6 13.Be2 Rfd8 14.O-O Qa5 
15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Nh4 Be4 18.f3 Bc2 19.g3 g5 20.Ng2 Bg6 21.Kf2 
f6 22.Rfd1 Kf7 23.Ne1 Ke7 24.Nd3 Nac4 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.Nc5 b6 27.Na6 b5 28.
Nc5 e5 29.b3 exd4 30.exd4 cxb3 31.axb3 a5 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Ra2 Ra7 34.d5 Rc8 
35.b4 Raa8 36.Rd4 a4 37.Bd3 Kf7 38.Bxg6+ hxg6 39.h4 Nf5 40.Rd3 gxh4 41.
gxh4 Rd8 42.Re2 Ra7 43.Re6 Nxh4 44.Rc6 a3 45.d6 a2 46.Rc7+ Rxc7 47.dxc7 
Rxd3 48.Nxd3 a1=Q 49.c8=Q Qa2+ 50.Kg3 Qg2+ 51.Kxh4 g5+ 52.Kh5 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rb1 Nc6 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 g5 12.b4 cxb4 13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.Rxb4 Qc7 15.Nd2
Rb8 16.Bd5+ Kg7 17.Qb3 b6 18.Rb1 Bd8 19.a4 h5 20.a5 Rh8 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.
Rxb6 axb6 23.Ra1 h4 24.Qa3 hxg3 25.hxg3 Bb7 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.e4 Qc6 28.Qa8 
Qxa8 29.Rxa8 f4 30.g4 Kf7 31.Nb1 Ke8 32.Kg2 Kd7 33.Nc3 Kc6 34.Nb5 Kd7 35.
f3 Rf8 36.Ra7+ Kc6 37.Ra8 Be7 38.Rxf8 Bxf8 39.Kf2 Kc5 40.Ke2 Be7 41.Kd2 
Bd8 42.Kc3 Be7 43.Nc7 Bf6 44.Ne6+ Kc6 45.Nf8 Be7 46.Ne6 Bf6 47.Nf8 Be7 48.
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Black "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4 8.O-O 
Bc3 9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Ba3 d5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxc6+ Bxc6 13.h3 Bb5 14.Re1 Qc7 15.
Re3 a5 16.Bb2 Bxd2 17.Nxd2 O-O 18.c4 Bc6 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.Rg3 Rfc8 21.Qf3 Kh8
22.Qe3 h6 23.Rc3 b5 24.Rf3 Kh7 25.c5 b4 26.Rc2 Re8 27.Bc1 Qe7 28.Nf1 Ne4 
29.Ng3 f5 30.Re2 Rf8 31.Qf4 Ng5 32.Rfe3 Ne4 33.Rf3 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Re1 Nh5 
9.Be3 Nf4 10.Bxf4 exf4 11.Nbd2 g5 12.b4 h6 13.b5 Ne7 14.e5 d5 15.Nh2 Bf5 
16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Qg4 Qc8 18.Nb3 b6 19.a4 Qe6 20.Nc1 Rac8 21.a5 c5 22.bxc6 
Rxc6 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ne2 b5 25.Reb1 Rb8 26.Nf3 Rcb6 27.Kf1 b4 28.cxb4 Rxb4
29.Rxb4 Rxb4 30.Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 b5 5.g3 Bb7 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.d3 Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 
9.Nd1 Rc8 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.O-O d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.f5 exf5 14.e6 fxe6 15.Qxe6+ 
Qe7 16.Qxf5 g6 17.Qg4 Rxc2 18.Bg5 Qe2 19.Nf2 Qxg4 20.Nxg4 Bb4 21.a3 Bd2 
22.Rf2 Bxg5 23.Rxc2 Kd8 24.h4 Be7 25.Rf1 h5 26.Nh2 Ne5 27.Bh3 Rf8 28.Rxf8+
Bxf8 29.Rd2 Bc6 30.Kf2 b4 31.Nf3 Nxf3 32.Kxf3 bxa3 33.bxa3 a5 34.Rc2 Kc7 
35.Be6 Kb6 36.Bf7 Bxa3 37.Bxg6 Ba4 38.Rc8 Bd1+ 39.Kf4 Kb7 40.Rh8 Bd6+ 41.
Kg5 a4 42.Bf7 Bb3 43.Re8 Bxg3 44.Rd8 Kc7 45.Ra8 Kb7 46.Bxd5+ Bxd5 47.Rxa4 
Bf2 48.Kxh5 Kb6 49.Kg5 Kb5 50.Ra7 Kb4 51.h5 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bc4 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nf6 7.Nd2 Qc7 8.Qe2 h6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Ngf3 Nc6 11.O-O b6 12.Rfe1 Rh7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bg5 15.
Bd5 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nf3 e6 18.a4 Kf8 19.Red1 Kg8 20.Rd4 Rf8 21.Rad1 
Bd8 22.Qb5 Rff7 23.Ne1 g5 24.Nc2 a6 25.Qe2 h5 26.Nb4 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.
Nc2 f4 29.Rb4 f3 30.Qxb5 Qxb5 31.Rxb5 fxg2 32.Nd4 Rf8 33.Rb8 Bc7 34.Rxf8+ 
Kxf8 35.Re1 Rf7 36.Re4 h4 37.h3 Rf4 38.Rxf4+ gxf4 39.Nf3 d6 40.exd6 Bxd6 
41.Nxh4 e5 42.f3 Bc5+ 43.Kxg2 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd7 5.Nf3 Nb6 6.Be3 Bf5 7.Nh4 Be6 8.a4 Nb4
9.b3 a6 10.a5 Nd7 11.Ra4 c5 12.f4 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.f5 Nxa4 15.Nxa4 cxd4 
16.Bxd4 Bd7 17.e6 Bxa4 18.bxa4 Qc7 19.c3 Qf4 20.exf7+ Kxf7 21.Nf3 Nc6 22.
Bd3 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Qe3+ 24.Qe2 Qxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Kf6 26.g4 e6 27.Rb1 Rd8 28.g5+ 
Ke7 29.Ne5 Ke8 30.Bxa6 Be7 31.Bb5+ Kf8 32.Nd7+ Kg8 33.f6 gxf6 34.gxf6 Bd6 
35.Rg1+ Kf7 36.Rg7+ Ke8 37.f7+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 d5 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 h5 7.h3 Bf5 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 Nxe4 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe4 Qc8 12.Qd5 f6 13.Bf4 c6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
Qxd6 Ng6 16.Rfe1+ Kf7 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Qc7+ Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Re8 
21.Bf1 Kg8 22.Bc4+ Kh7 23.Kg2 Bxc2 24.Rd2 Be4+ 25.f3 Bd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.
Kf2 Rc8 28.Ba5 b6 29.Bc3 Rd8 30.f4 h4 31.Rd4 hxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Ne7 33.Ra4 a5 
34.Kf3 Nc6 35.f5 d4 36.Bd2 b5 37.Rxa5 Nxa5 38.Bxa5 Ra8 39.Bb6 Rxa2 40.Bxd4
Ra4 41.Ke4 Kh6 42.Kd5 Kg5 43.Bc5 Kxf5 44.Kc6 Rh4 45.Kxb5 Rxh3 46.Kc4 g5 
47.b4 g4 48.b5 g3 49.b6 Rh7 50.Kd5 Kg4 51.Ke6 f5 52.Be7 g2 53.b7 g1=Q 54.
b8=Q Qe3+ 55.Kd5 Qe4+ 56.Kc5 Qxe7+ 57.Kd4 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 h6 8.Re1 
dxe4 9.dxe4 Be6 10.c3 a5 11.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ngf6 7.Bg5 Bb4+ 8.Nfd2
Qa5 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 e5 14.Re1 
Bf5 15.dxe5 O-O-O+ 16.Kc3 Rd7 17.exf6 Rhd8 18.Kb3 Rd2 19.Be2 Be6 20.Kc3 c5
21.g4 Kc7 22.h3 R8d4 23.Rhg1 Bd7 24.Rg3 Ba4 25.b3 Ra2 26.bxa4 Rxa3+ 27.Kb2
Rxa4 28.Bd3 Rf4 29.Re7+ Kb6 30.Re2 h6 31.Kb3 Rb4+ 32.Kc3 Rxf6 33.Bf5 a5 
34.Rd3 a4 35.Rb2 Ka5 36.Rd5 Rxb2 37.Kxb2 Kb4 38.Re5 Kxc4 39.Re4+ Kb5 40.
Bd7+ Kb6 41.f4 a3+ 42.Kxa3 Rd6 43.Be8 f6 44.h4 Ka5 45.g5 fxg5 46.fxg5 hxg5
47.hxg5 Rd3+ 48.Kb2 Rg3 49.Ra4+ Kb6 50.g6 Kc7 51.Re4 Kb6 52.Re7 Ka6 53.g7 
b5 54.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5 
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.
Bxd4 Nf6 16.Bf5 Qa5 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.Qb3 Qd5 19.Bxf6 Qxb3 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 
21.axb3 Be7 22.Rfe1 Bf6 23.Re2 Rc6 24.Rd1 Rac8 25.Kf1 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Rossato, Armando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 a6 7.N5c3 Be6 8.Na3 
Rc8 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 O-O 13.c3 Bg5 14.O-O Kh8 15.
Qe2 Ne7 16.Rfd1 Rc5 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Qd3 Be7 20.Nc2 f5 21.Ne3 
fxe4 22.Qxe4 Qf7 23.f3 Rc6 24.Nd5 Rfc8 25.Rd3 Rc4 26.Qe1 Rh4 27.Rad1 Rh6 
28.h3 Re6 29.Qe4 Bd8 30.Qb4 Rc6 31.Kh2 h6 32.Re1 Rg6 33.Re4 a5 34.Qb3 Bb6 
35.Qd1 Bf2 36.f4 Bc5 37.Rf3 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qg6+ 39.Kh2 Qxe4 40.f5 Qh4 41.
Ne7 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Bf8 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O 
Bd7 9.a3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bh4 Rae8 14.Bg3 e5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Qxd5 Bb6 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Qe4 Bf5 20.Qe2 Bg4 21.Bd5 
Nd4 22.Rxd4 Bxd4 23.c3 Qa5 24.Qe4 Bf5 25.Qe2 Qxd5 26.cxd4 Bg4 27.Bxe5 Rc8 
28.Qe3 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Qxf3 30.Qxf3 Rxf3 31.Rd1 Kg8 32.Kg2 Rb3 33.d5 Rb5 34.
f4 Kf7 35.Kf3 Rd8 36.Ke4 g6 37.h4 Rb3 38.h5 gxh5 39.Rg1 h4 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.
Rxh7 h3 42.d6 Ke8 43.Kf5 Rd7 44.Rh6 Kf7 45.Kg4 Rd8 46.Kf5 Rd7 47.Rh8 Rd3 
48.Rh6 Rb3 49.Ke4 Rg3 50.f5 Rb3 51.Rf6+ Ke8 52.Kd5 h2 53.Bxh2 Rxb2 54.Be5 
Rf7 55.d7+ Rxd7+ 56.Kc4 Re2 57.Bd6 Rf7 58.Re6+ Rxe6 59.fxe6 Rf5 60.Kd4 a6 
61.Ke4 Rh5 62.Bb4 Kd8 63.Bd6 Kc8 64.Be5 Kd8 65.Bd6 b6 66.Bb4 Kc7 67.Be7 
Kc6 68.Bf8 a5 69.Be7 b5 70.Bf8 Rh8 71.Bg7 Rg8 72.Bf6 Kd6 73.e7 Kd7 74.Kd5 
Rg6 75.Bh4 Rh6 76.Be1 Rh5+ 77.Ke4 a4 78.Bb4 Rh4+ 79.Kd3 Rh3+ 80.Kd4 Rb3 
81.Kc5 Rxb4 82.Kxb4 Kxe7 83.Kxb5 Kd7 84.Kxa4 Kc7 85.Kb5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 a6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.c4 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Nfd7 16.Qd2 Bg5 17.Rf2 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Re8 19.Qd4 Qb6 20.Qf4 Nf6 21.Rd1 
Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Re4 23.Qf5 Rcxc4 24.Kh1 Re5 25.Qf3 Qe3 26.Qxe3 Rxe3 27.g3 Ne4
28.Rg2 g6 29.Na5 Rc7 30.b3 Rec3 31.Nc4 b5 32.Na3 Rc1 33.Rdg1 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Black "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.e5 Ng4 10.Qe1 Nb4 11.h3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Nh6 13.Be3 b6 14.d4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nf5 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Ncb5 Qb7 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Nd4 Be4 20.Rd2 a6 21.Qf2 
Rad8 22.Rfd1 e6 23.Nb3 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rb8 25.Rd6 Bc6 26.Nd4 Bd5 27.Nc2 Bxa2 
28.Nb4 Bc4 29.Rxb6 Qc8 30.Nc6 Qe8 31.Rxb8 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.a3 a5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.e4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qxe7 Bxe7 16.Bc4 Rd8 17.Rfe1 Kf8 18.Ne5 Rxd4 19.Bxf7 Ng4 20.Nf3 Rd8 21.Bb3
Bf5 22.h3 Nf6 23.Ne2 Bc5 24.Nh4 Ne4 25.Nxf5 Bxf2+ 26.Kh2 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 Nd2 
28.Be6 g6 29.Nxh6 Kg7 30.Ng4 Rd6 31.Nf4 Rf8 32.Kg3 Rd4 33.Bf5 Rxf4 34.Re7+
Kh8 35.Bxg6 Nf1+ 36.Kh4 Nh2 37.Rxb7 Nxg4 38.hxg4 Rf2 39.Be4 R8f7 40.Rb8+ 
Kg7 41.Bxc6 Rc7 42.Bf3 Rcc2 43.b4 Ra2 44.Rb7+ Kf8 45.g5 Rxa3 46.g6 Rd2 47.
b5 Rad3 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.b6 Rd4+ 50.Kh3 Rb2 51.b7 Rd6 52.Rc7 Rxg6 53.Rc8+ 
Kg7 54.b8=Q Rxb8 55.Rxb8 Ra6 56.Ra8 Rh6+ 57.Kg4 Rg6+ 58.Kf4 Rf6+ 59.Ke4 
Rb6 60.Rxa5 Kh6 61.Kf4 Rf6+ 62.Rf5 Rb6 63.g4 Rb4+ 64.Be4 Rb6 65.Rh5+ Kg7 
66.g5 Rb4 67.Rh6 Ra4 68.Rh7+ Kg8 69.g6 Kf8 70.Rb7 Kg8 71.Kf5 Ra5+ 72.Kf6 
Ra6+ 73.Kg5 Rd6 74.Kh6 Rd8 75.Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd3 c5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.O-O-O c4 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bh3 Kg7 14.f4 a6 15.g4 
b5 16.Bxf6+ Bxf6 17.g5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nc5 19.Bg2 Qa5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 
Nd3+ 22.Kb1 Nb4 23.Qc1 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Rfd8 25.e4 Rac8 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.bxc3 h6
28.gxh6+ Kxh6 29.Kc2 Kg7 30.h4 Rh8 31.f5 Rc5 32.f6+ Kf8 33.Kd2 Rh5 34.Ke3 
Rc8 35.e6 fxe6 36.Ne7 Rd8 37.Nxg6+ Kf7 38.Nf4 Re5 39.h5 Kxf6 40.h6 Rh8 41.
h7 Rg5 42.Rh6+ Kf7 43.Nxe6 Rg6 44.Rxg6 Kxg6 45.Nc7 Rxh7 46.Nxa6 Rd7 47.Nb4
Kf6 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Nc6 Rf7+ 50.Ke3 Kd6 51.Nd4 Kc5 52.e5 Kd5 53.e6 Rh7 54.a3
Rh8 55.Kf4 Rf8+ 56.Ke3 Re8 57.Kf4 Rxe6 58.Nxe6 Kxe6 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Kd4 Kc6 
61.a4 bxa4 62.Kxc4 a3 63.Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3
Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e3 a6 9.
Bb2 Re8 10.Qe2 Rb8 11.d4 dxc4 12.bxc4 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 
Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.f4 Qa5 19.Ba1 Rbd8 20.f5 Bf8 21.Qg4 Qc7 
22.e6 fxe6 23.fxe6 d4 24.Rf7 Re7 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Rdf1 Qd5 27.Qf4 Ree8 28.
exd4 cxd4 29.Ra7 Qxe6 30.Bxd4 Re7 31.Bc5 Rf7 32.Qxf7+ Qxf7 33.Raxf7 Bxc5+ 
34.Kh1 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qb3 Kh8 8.Bf4 Nc6 
9.c5 Ne4 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.O-O Nxc3 13.bxc3 e5 14.Bc1 e4 15.Ng5 
Qc7 16.f3 Na5 17.Qd5 h6 18.Nh3 Bd7 19.Nf4 Rf6 20.a3 e3 21.Qa2 Ba4 22.Rde1 
Bb3 23.Qb2 Re8 24.d5 Qb6 25.Ne6 Rfxe6 26.dxe6 Nc4 27.Qa1 Nd2 28.Bb2 Bc4 
29.g4 Rxe6 30.f4 Qb3 31.Bf3 d5 32.Rc1 Nxf3+ 33.exf3 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 e2+ 35.
Kg2 e1=Q 36.Rxe1 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4
c5 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.e4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Ba2 Nxe4 14.O-O Nf6 15.
Bg5 Nd5 16.Rac1 Nc6 17.Bb1 f5 18.Rfe1 Bd7 19.Ba2 Qd6 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Nc4 
Qc7 22.Ne3 Qd6 23.Nc4 Qc7 24.Ne3 Qd6 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rc5 Rce8 27.Rb1 Be6 
28.Rxb7 f4 29.Qc3 Rc8 30.g3 f3 31.h3 Qxg3+ 32.fxg3 f2+ 33.Kh2 f1=Q 34.Bf4 
Qf2+ 35.Kh1 Qxa2 36.Rxc6 Bf5 37.Kg1 Be4 38.Kf1 Bd3+ 39.Kg1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Rac1 Nbd5 15.
Bd2 a6 16.Na4 b5 17.Nc5 Nf4 18.Bf1 Qd5 19.Bxf4 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.e4 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Bc3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d4 9.
exd4 cxd4 10.d3 e5 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Na3 Qc7 13.Nc2 f6 14.Nh4 f5 15.Bd5+ Kh8 
16.Qh5 Bxh4 17.Qxh4 Nf6 18.Bg2 a5 19.Ba3 Rg8 20.Qg5 Bd7 21.Qd2 Rge8 22.f4 
Rad8 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Qf4 Bc6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Bc5 Nh5 27.Qxf5 g6 28.Qf1 Qg7
29.Re4 Re6 30.Qe2 Rde8 31.Bxd4 c5 32.Bc3 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qxc3 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 
1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Nd2 Bc7 8.e4 d4 
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne7 11.Ne4 Nxd5 12.Qh5 Nf6 13.Qg5 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxg5 15.
Bxg5 Rb8 16.c3 h6 17.Bd2 dxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.Be3 b6 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 c4 
22.Rfc1 b5 23.Rab1 Bd7 24.Bd2 Rfe8 25.Bf3 Bd6 26.Kf1 Rec8 27.Bd5 Bf5 28.
Ra1 Ba3 29.Rc3 Bb2 30.Rac1 Bxc1 31.Bxc1 b4 32.Rf3 Be6 33.Be4 Rd8 34.Bf4 
Rbc8 35.Be5 f6 36.Bf4 Rxd4 37.Bg6 Bh3+ 38.Ke2 Bg4 39.Ke3 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossato, Armando"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e3 e5 5.Be2 Ngf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 O-O 
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.O-O a5 12.Rd2 Bf8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Rfd1 Nc5 15.Ng5 
Bxe2 16.Rxe2 e4 17.f3 exf3 18.gxf3 h6 19.Nge4 Ncxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.fxe4 
Rad8 22.Rf1 Bd6 23.Ref2 Rd7 24.Rg2 Be5 25.Ba3 Qd8 26.Kh1 Qh4 27.Bb2 Bxb2 
28.Qxb2 f6 29.Qa3 Re5 30.b4 Qxe4 31.bxa5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Nf3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Rae1 e5 13.Kh1 Rae8 14.f4 Kh7 15.c5
Kg8 16.Qa4 exd4 17.cxd4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 dxc5 20.Bc6 cxd4 21.Bf2 
Qd6 22.Bxd7 Rd8 23.Bc6 Qxf4 24.Bg3 Qd2 25.Rd1 Qc3 26.Bxc7 Rc8 27.Rc1 Qe3 
28.Bf4 Qe6 29.Qb3 Rxc6 30.Qxe6 Rxe6 31.Rfd1 Rfe8 32.Bg3 Re2 33.a4 Rd8 34.
Rc7 d3 35.Rxa7 d2 36.h3 Rc8 37.Rd7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Black "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 c6 4.c3 d5 5.e5 f6 6.h4 fxe5 7.dxe5 Nh6 8.h5 Bf5 9.
Bxh6 Bxh6 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Nh3 Qb6 12.b3 Nd7 13.Qd4 Bc1 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.a4 
Nc5 16.Na3 Nxb3 17.Nb5 Nxa1 18.Nc7+ Kd7 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Be2 Nc2+ 21.Kd1 
Rxa4 22.g4 Bh6 23.gxf5 Ra1+ 24.Kxc2 Rxh1 25.fxg6 Ke6 26.f4 Rh2 27.Kd3 
Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 cxd4 6.exd4 Qb6 7.Nbd2 Qxb2 8.Bc4
Nc6 9.Rb1 Qc3 10.Rb3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.d5 Nb4 13.dxe6 dxe6 14.O-O f5 15.
Qe2 a6 16.Nd4 Be7 17.Re1 Qc5 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Qxe6 Rd8 21.Nc4 
Nc6 22.Rxb7 Rd4 23.Rc7 Rxc4 24.Rxc6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 Na5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.O-O c6 
9.Qe2 h6 10.Nh4 Nxb3 11.axb3 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Bxh4 13.Be3 a6 14.Rad1 Be6 15.f4
exf4 16.Bxf4 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Qd2 Rc8 19.Rf3 Rc6 20.Rd3 Qf6 21.Rd4 Qg6 
22.Kh1 Bf6 23.Rd3 d4 24.Ne2 Rfc8 25.Nxd4 Bxd4 26.Rg3 Qxg3 27.Bxg3 Bxb2 28.
c4 Bf6 29.Rf1 Be7 30.Be5 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Qe3 Bf8 33.Rd1 b4 34.Qg3 Bf5 
35.Qf3 Bg6 36.Qf4 Re6 37.Rd2 Bc5 38.Qg3 Rce8 39.Bd4 Bd6 40.Qf2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qc2 
Ng4 16.Rab1 Ne5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 Qc7 19.Qb3 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 Qxc3 21.Bxd6 
Bd7 22.Qxc3 Bxc3 23.Rxb7 Bxa4 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rc7 Rxc7 26.Bxc7 Bf6 27.d6 
Kg7 28.e3 Bb5 29.Bc6 Bxc6 30.Rxc6 Ra8 31.d7 Bd8 32.Be5+ f6 33.Rc8 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nd2 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 
dxc6 9.f4 e5 10.f5 b5 11.a4 Bb7 12.Qe2 h5 13.O-O Ng4 14.Kh1 Bd6 15.Bg1 Qe7
16.Nb3 Nf6 17.c3 h4 18.Na5 Nh5 19.Bf2 Bc5 20.Qf3 Ng3+ 21.Bxg3 hxg3 22.Qxg3
O-O-O 23.axb5 cxb5 24.Nxb7 Kxb7 25.b4 Bb6 26.c4 Qh4 27.Qxh4 Rxh4 28.Rad1 
Bd4 29.cxb5 axb5 30.g3 Rh6 31.Bxb5 Rb6 32.Bc4 Rxb4 33.Bxf7 Kc7 34.Rb1 Rdb8
35.Rfc1+ Kd6 36.Rxb4 Rxb4 37.Rc2 Be3 38.Bd5 Bd4 39.Rc6+ Ke7 40.Rc7+ Kd6 
41.Rxg7 Rb2 42.h4 Rf2 43.h5 Be3 44.h6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 Bd7
9.Nc3 Bc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Rc8 14.Qg3 g6 15.Bh6 
d5 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Bxc6+ bxc6 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Ne2 Kg7 20.f4 f5 21.Rc2 Qd7 
22.Nc1 a5 23.Nd3 Qa7 24.Rfc1 Nc4 25.Qf2 a4 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Na5 28.Nc5 
Rhe8 29.Ra2 Qb6 30.Rca1 Ra8 31.Qe1 Nxb3 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Nxe6+ Kf7 34.Ng5+ 
Ke7 35.Rxa8 Nxd4 36.Kh1 Ne2 37.Qa1 d4 38.Qa7+ Qxa7 39.Rxa7+ Ke8 40.Ra8+ 
Ke7 41.Ra7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Black "Rossato, Armando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 a6 8.Bc4 
e6 9.c3 d5 10.exd5 b5 11.Bb3 d3 12.Ng3 exd5 13.O-O Nf6 14.Qf3 O-O 15.Qxd3 
Re8 16.h3 h5 17.Qf3 h4 18.Nh1 Ra7 19.d3 Rae7 20.Bd2 d4 21.Rae1 Bb7 22.Qf2 
Nd5 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Qxh4 dxc3 25.bxc3 Nxc3 26.Kh2 Qd7 27.Bxc3 Bxc3 28.Ng3 
Be1 29.f5 Re2 30.Rg1 Bxg3+ 31.Qxg3 Qxf5 32.Qc7 Qf3 33.Qg3 Qxg3+ 34.Kxg3 
Re3+ 35.Kf4 Rxd3 36.h4 Rd2 37.g3 Kg7 38.Rc1 Bd5 39.Ke3 Bxb3 40.Kxd2 Bxa2 
41.Ra1 Bc4 42.Rxa6 Kh6 43.Ke3 Kg7 44.Rb6 Kh6 45.g4 Kg7 46.g5 Bf1 47.Kd4 
Be2 48.Ke5 Bc4 49.Kd6 Kf8 50.Rb8+ Kg7 51.Ke7 Be2 52.Rb7 Bf1 53.Rb6 Bc4 54.
Rb7 Be2 55.Kd8 Kf8 56.Re7 Bc4 57.Re4 Be6 58.Rf4 Kg7 59.Ke7 Bd5 60.Rf6 b4 
61.Rd6 Be6 62.Rb6 b3 63.Rb4 Bd5 64.Kd6 Be6 65.Ke5 Kh7 66.Kf6 Bd5 67.Rd4 
Be6 68.h5 Bf5 69.Rb4 Bc2 70.h6 Kg8 71.Rb8+ Kh7 72.Kxf7 Bd1 73.Kf6 Bc2 74.
Rb7+ Kh8 75.Ke5 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bg3 d6 6.Nd2 c6 7.h4 g4 8.h5 Be6 9.
Bc4 Bxc4 10.Nxc4 Rg8 11.Ne2 Na6 12.Qd3 b5 13.Nd2 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.a4 Qd7 
16.Nf4 e5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nd3 Qd5 19.Nxb4 Qxb3 20.Nxb3 Bxb4+ 21.c3 Bd6 22.
axb5 cxb5 23.Rxa5 Rxa5 24.Nxa5 f4 25.Bh4 Nxh5 26.Nb7 Bb8 27.Bd8 Ng7 28.
exf4 Ne6 29.Ba5 Nxf4 30.Rxh6 Nd3+ 31.Ke2 Nxb2 32.Bb4 Nc4 33.Rh7 Rg6 34.
Re7+ Kf8 35.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 b6 
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Qf3
Nd7 16.Qh3 Ne5 17.Bf1 Ng6 18.Qg3 Red8 19.a4 Bb7 20.Ba3 Rac8 21.Rd2 Bh4 22.
Qe3 Bf6 23.Red1 Be7 24.g3 h6 25.f4 Nf8 26.h4 Rd7 27.Bg2 d5 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 
29.Rd4 Qc5 30.Qd3 dxc4 31.Qxc4 Qa5 32.b4 Rxc4 33.bxa5 Rxc3 34.axb6 a5 35.
Rd8 Rxg3 36.Kf2 Rc3 37.Rb8 Rc8 38.Rxc8 Bxc8 39.Rd8 Bb7 40.Rb8 f5 41.exf5 
Bxg2 42.Kxg2 exf5 43.Kf3 Re4 44.Ra8 Rb4 45.Rxa5 Rb3+ 46.Ke2 Rxb6 47.Rxf5 
Ne6 48.Kd3 g6 49.Re5 Nxf4+ 50.Kc4 Ne6 51.a5 Ra6 52.Rb5 Kf7 53.Rb7+ Kf6 54.
Kb5 Rd6 55.Rh7 h5 56.a6 Nd4+ 57.Ka5 Ke5 58.Rc7 Nc6+ 59.Kb5 Kd5 60.Rg7 Nd4+
61.Ka5 Kc5 62.Rc7+ Rc6 63.a7 Rxc7 64.a8=Q Nc6+ 65.Ka6 Ra7+ 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Qc7 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Nf1 Be6 10.Ne3 a6 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qb3 Nd8 14.a4 Kh8 15.a5 Ne8
16.Qd1 Nc7 17.Bb3 Nc6 18.Nc4 Qe8 19.Qg4 Rf6 20.f4 Rg6 21.Qe2 exf4 22.Bxf4 
e5 23.Bd2 Rd8 24.Rf1 Rf6 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Ne3 Ne7 27.Rf1 Qb5 28.Bc4 Qxa5 
29.Qh5 d5 30.exd5 Qb6 31.Ng4 Ng6 32.Nxf6 gxf6 33.Qf3 Ne8 34.Bh6 Qd6 35.Qe4
b5 36.Ba2 Ng7 37.c4 Rf8 38.Bxg7+ Kxg7 39.Qf5 Ne7 40.Qg4+ Kh8 41.Rf3 f5 42.
Qh5 Qg6 43.Qxg6 hxg6 44.Re3 e4 45.dxe4 fxe4 46.Rxe4 Nf5 47.g3 Nd4 48.b4 
Nf3+ 49.Kg2 Nd2 50.Rh4+ Kg7 51.bxc5 b4 52.Rd4 Nf3 53.Rd1 Ng5 54.c6 Ne4 55.
c7 a5 56.d6 Rf2+ 57.Kg1 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Be6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e4 d4 15.Nd2
Nc6 16.f4 f5 17.a3 Rab8 18.Qc2 Na5 19.exf5 Bd5 20.Rae1 Qd6 21.Re5 Kh8 22.
Be4 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Qb6 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Nb3 26.Rd5 Rfe8 27.Re1 Rbc8 28.
Re5 Red8 29.f6 d3 30.f7 Rf8 31.Re7 d2 32.Nxd2 Nxd2 33.Re8 Kh7 34.Rxc8 Rxc8
1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Black "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.
b3 Na6 10.e3 Qe8 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Ne1 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qe7 15.Bb2 c5
16.f4 cxd4 17.exd4 Rfc8 18.Qd3 Rc6 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.Nd2 Nb8 21.Rfe1 R6c7 22.
c5 bxc5 23.d5 Qf7 24.Nc4 Bf8 25.dxe6 dxe6 26.Nxa5 Rd7 27.Qe2 Rd5 28.Nc4 
Re8 29.Rad1 Red8 30.Rc1 Rd3 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.Bxc3 Qb7+ 33.Kh3 Re8 34.Na5 Qa8
35.Qb5 Na6 36.Qb6 Qc8 37.Be5 Kf7 38.Rd1 Nb8 39.Nc4 Kg6 40.Bc3 Kh6 41.Ne5 
Qa6 42.Qxa6 Nxa6 43.Rd7 Rb8 44.Kh4 Rxb3 45.g4 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nh5 7.Be3 e5 8.h3 Nc6 
9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.a4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Qh4 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Nd3 17.Rf1 Nxb2 18.Qb3 Nd3 19.Qxb7 c5 20.Qd5 Nf4 21.Qc4 
Be5 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Qxf4 Bxf4 24.Nf3 Re2 25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Kf1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28.Kxe1 d5 29.g3 Bc7 30.Ke2 Kg7 31.Nd2 Kf6 32.g4 Kg5 33.f3 Kf4 34.
Nf1 Be5 35.Ne3 d4 36.cxd4 Bxd4 37.Nc4 Kg3 38.Nd6 f6 39.Nb5 hxg4 40.hxg4 a6
41.Nxd4 cxd4 42.g5 fxg5 43.f6 h5 44.f7 h4 45.f8=Q h3 46.Qd6+ Kg2 47.Qxd4 
h2 48.Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 Nge7 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O O-O 
9.Be3 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.a3 b4 13.axb4 Qxb4 14.Nd1 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 
Nd4 16.c3 Nb3 17.Be3 a5 18.Nf2 Ba6 19.Rfd1 Nc6 20.g4 a4 21.f5 Na7 22.g5 
exf5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Bf4 Rb6 25.Nh4 Bc8 26.Bh3 Nb5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 a3
29.bxa3 Nxc3 30.Rxb3 Rxb3 31.Re1 Rd8 32.Ng4 Rxa3 33.Nh6+ Kf8 34.Bxh7 Ra2 
35.Kf1 Bd4 36.Bg3 Kg7 37.Bf5 Rb8 38.h4 Rbb2 39.Re8 Rb1+ 40.Re1 Rxe1+ 41.
Kxe1 Re2+ 42.Kf1 Be5 43.Bf2 Ra2 44.Ng4 Nd1 45.h5 Nxf2 46.Nxf2 Bf4 47.Nh3 
Be3 48.Be4 Rh2 49.h6+ Kh8 50.Bg2 d5 51.Ng1 Bxg1 52.Kxg1 Rh5 53.Bxd5 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 Re8 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Qc2 Bf8 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.
Nf3 Bd6 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bf3 Qc7 18.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Bxd5 20.Qxc7 Bxc7 21.
Rxc7 Bxf3 22.gxf3 b5 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Rdd7 Rf8 25.Ra7 Rac8 26.Rxa6 Rc2 27.
Kg2 Kh8 28.f4 Kg7 29.Rd5 Rb8 30.Ra7 Rcc8 31.Rdd7 Rf8 32.b4 Rb6 33.Kf3 f5 
34.Rac7 Kg6 35.Rc5 Ra8 36.Rdd5 Rxa2 37.Rxf5 Rb2 38.Rg5+ Kf6 39.Rh5 Kg7 40.
Rhg5+ Kf6 41.Rcf5+ Ke6 42.Rxb5 Rxb4 43.Rxb6+ Rxb6 44.Rh5 Rb8 45.Rxh7 f5 
46.Rh6+ Kf7 47.Ra6 Rb4 48.Kg3 Rb3 49.Kh4 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 b5 2.d4 Bb7 3.e3 a6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Qe2 d6 
9.e4 Nbd7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 dxe5 12.dxe5 e6 13.Ng3 c5 14.h4 Qc7 15.Re1 Ne7 
16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nc6 18.Bf4 Rfe8 19.h5 c4 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Qe3 Ne7 22.
Rad1 Nc5 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Nd5 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Qxd5+ Qf7 27.Qe4 Ra7 28.
Be3 Raa8 29.Ng5 Qd7 30.Bd4 Rad8 31.Qh4 h6 32.Ne4 g5 33.Qg3 Qf5 34.Nc5 Rd5 
35.Kh1 Bxe5 36.f4 Bxd4 37.Rxe8+ Kf7 38.cxd4 Kxe8 39.Nxa6 Rxd4 40.Qe3+ Re4 
41.Qc3 Kf7 42.Nc7 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 
d6 9.g4 h5 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Nge2 Bg7 12.Kg2 O-O 13.f4 Qb6 14.Rf1 Na6 15.Rb1 
Nc7 16.Qd3 Rfb8 17.Qh3 Nb5 18.Bd2 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Qa6 20.Rf2 Qxa2 21.Re1 Nf8 
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nc3 Qc4 24.f5 Qd4 25.f6+ exf6 26.gxf6+ Kg8 27.e5 Rb3 28.e6
Rxc3 29.exf7+ Kxf7 30.Re7+ Kg8 31.bxc3 Qxd5+ 32.Qf3 Qg5+ 33.Qg3 Qd5+ 34.
Kh3 Ra4 35.Qe3 Rg4 36.Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bc4 d5 8.
exd6 Bxd6 9.Nd2 Ng5 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd3 Qf6 12.Nc4 Bf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.Qe2 
Rb8 15.b3 Rb5 16.Rfe1 f6 17.Qe3 Qh4 18.a4 Rd5 19.f4 Nf7 20.Nd2 Bg4 21.Bc4 
Rdd8 22.Ne4 Rde8 23.Qxa7 Re7 24.g3 Qh5 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Rxe7 Bf3 27.Rxc7 
Be4 28.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.d5 Nce7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nc5 12.Bc2 a6 13.Re1 Be6 14.b3 Rb8 15.a3 
Kh8 16.Be3 Rg8 17.Nd5 g5 18.Nh2 Bf8 19.Qd2 Rg6 20.Rad1 Bg7 21.Nb4 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 exd4 23.e5 dxe5 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Nf3 f6 26.Nd3 Nxb3 27.Qb4 Na5 28.Nxd4
Bxc4 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Nc6 Nxc6 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxc4 Kh7 33.Qf7 Kh6 34.Qxb7
1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bc4 dxe5 8.fxe5 Nb6
9.Bb3 a5 10.O-O a4 11.Bc2 f6 12.Qe1 Nc6 13.Qh4 fxe5 14.Ng5 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 
h6 16.Bxg6 hxg5 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Bxg5 Qd5 19.Nd2 Qg8 20.Qh5 Nd5 21.Kg1 Nf6 
22.Rf1 exd4 23.Ne4 Ra5 24.Qh4 Qh8 25.Qf4 Ne5 26.cxd4 Nxg6 27.Qxc7 Ra8 28.
Bxf6 Bxf6 29.d5 Kg8 30.Nxf6+ exf6 31.Re1 Nf8 32.Re8 Qg7 33.Qd8 b5 34.Re3 
Qa7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nf6 8.d3 
Nc6 9.Bg2 Bc5 10.a3 a6 11.b4 Ba7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.b5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Bc5 15.Rb1 
Qd7 16.Bb2 Ra6 17.Qc1 Be7 18.e4 Rd8 19.Qf4 h6 20.Rfe1 Ra5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
exd5 exd5 23.h4 Ne5 24.Qb4 Nc6 25.Qf4 Ne5 26.Qb4 Nc6 27.Qf4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 a6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 
9.a4 Ne8 10.Ra3 h6 11.Bh4 f5 12.f4 Ndf6 13.Bd3 e5 14.O-O exf4 15.exf4 Nc7 
16.a5 Bd7 17.h3 Rb8 18.Qc2 Re8 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Re1 Qf8 21.Bf2 Rxe1+ 22.Nxe1 
Nh5 23.Qd2 Re8 24.Nc2 Bf6 25.b4 cxb4 26.Nxb4 g5 27.Ne2 Qg7 28.Bb1 Re7 29.
Kh1 Qf7 30.fxg5 hxg5 31.Ng3 Ng7 32.Rf3 Qg6 33.c5 Nb5 34.c6 Bc8 35.Bc2 g4 
36.hxg4 Qxg4 37.cxb7 Rxb7 38.Nc6 Rf7 39.Kg1 Bg5 40.Qd3 Bd7 41.Nf1 Bh4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8 
9.Nbd2 Qb6 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 e5 14.Rad1 Bc5 15.a3
a5 16.Rd2 f6 17.Nh4 Nf8 18.Nf5 Be6 19.Rfd1 g6 20.Nh4 Bg4 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.
Nxf3 Rad8 23.Rd3 Ne6 24.Kg2 Bd4 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.c5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.
Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Nxb3 30.Rd7 b5 31.Bxf6 Rxe4 32.Rg7+ Kf8 33.Rxh7 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35.Rc7 c5 36.Bg5 Re5 37.Bf4 Rd5 38.Kf3 Na5 39.Rxc5 Rxc5 40.Bd6+ 
Kf7 41.Bxc5 b3 42.Bd4 Nc4 43.Kg4 b2 44.Bxb2 Nxb2 45.Kg5 Nc4 46.h4 Nd2 47.
h5 Ne4+ 48.Kf4 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossato, Armando"]
[Black "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 b6
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 Ne4 11.Rf3 f5 12.Rh3 Ndf6 13.Ndf3 Ng4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Ne1 
Nf6 16.Bd2 Qe8 17.Nc2 a5 18.a4 Ba6 19.Qd1 Rd8 20.b4 Bd6 21.b5 Bb7 22.Na3 
Bd5 23.Nac4 Bc7 24.Qe2 Nd7 25.Rf1 Rf6 26.Kf2 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Bxc4 28.Qxc4 Rg6
29.Bc1 Qe7 30.Kg1 Rg4 31.Rxf5 Kh8 32.Rfh5 h6 33.Qe2 Rg5 34.R5h4 Qf7 35.
Rxe4 Qg6 36.Rf4 Qb1 37.Rf1 Rf8 38.e4 Rxf1+ 39.Qxf1 Rg4 40.d5 Rg6 41.dxe6 
Rxe6 42.Bf4 Qxe4 43.Re3 Qxa4 44.Qd3 Qxf4 45.Rf3 Qxe5 46.Qxd7 Rd6 47.Qc8+ 
Kh7 48.g3 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Qd5 50.Qf5+ Qxf5 51.Rxf5 Rd3 52.Rf7 Rxc3 53.Rb7 Rb3 
54.Rxb6 a4 55.Ra6 a3 56.b6 c4 57.b7 Rxb7 58.Rxa3 Rb3 59.Ra6 c3 60.Rc6 Rb2+
61.Kf3 c2 62.Ke3 Ra2 63.Kd3 c1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 c5 9.
Nd2 Ne8 10.O-O Nd7 11.Kh1 Kh8 12.g4 h6 13.Rg1 a6 14.Nf1 Rb8 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.
Bd3 Nc7 17.a4 Rh8 18.h3 Bf6 19.Nh2 Bg5 20.Raf1 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Kg7 22.Rf3 Rh7
23.Qf2 Kg8 24.Nf1 Nf8 25.Ng3 Bd7 26.b3 Ne8 27.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Be7 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Nxc4 8.dxc4 
Be6 9.b3 Nh5 10.Nd5 g5 11.Nd4 Ng7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Ne3 O-O 14.Bb2 b6 15.a4 
a5 16.Qe2 Qe8 17.g3 Qg6 18.f3 Nh5 19.Kh2 Rf7 20.Rad1 Raf8 21.Ng4 Ng7 22.
Rd3 h5 23.Nf2 Ne8 24.Kg2 Nf6 25.g4 Rh7 26.Rh1 Nd7 27.Bc1 Rff7 28.Bd2 Qg7 
29.Be1 Nf8 30.Nd1 Ng6 31.Bg3 hxg4 32.hxg4 Qf8 33.Rxh7 Rxh7 34.Nf2 Rh4 35.
Rd1 Qh6 36.Rh1 Rxh1 37.Nxh1 Nf4+ 38.Bxf4 gxf4 39.Qe1 Bh4 40.Qg1 Qg5 41.Qh2
Kg7 42.Nf2 Bxf2 43.Kxf2 c6 44.Kf1 d5 45.Qe2 Kf6 46.exd5 exd5 47.cxd5 cxd5 
48.Qb5 e4 49.Qxb6+ Ke5 50.Qc7+ Kd4 51.Ke2 Qh6 52.c3# 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Rossato, Armando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.e3 d6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxd5 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.Bxg7 Rg8 13.Bf6 a6 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.
Rc1 Rxg2 16.Be4 Rg4 17.h3 b5 18.Bxc6 Rxa4 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Ke2 Nd5 21.Bg7 
Re8 22.Ng5 Rg8 23.Bh6 Rxa2 24.Nxh7 Rxb2+ 25.Ke1 Rg2 26.Rf1 Nb4 27.Nf8+ Kc8
28.Rc3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nd2 Nh6 7.Ndf3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.
Nh4 Nf5 10.Nxf5 Bxf5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Be3 e6 13.h3 Bf8 14.Rc1 b5 15.Be2 Nb6 
16.Ra1 a5 17.Qd1 Nc4 18.Bc1 a4 19.Kf2 h4 20.Bd3 c5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.b3 axb3
23.Qxb3 Qa5 24.Be3 Nxe3 25.Kxe3 c4 26.Qc2 b4 27.cxb4 Bxb4 28.a4 Ke7 29.Ra2
Rab8 30.Rb1 Rhg8 31.Rab2 Rg3 32.Kf2 c3 33.Rb3 Qxa4 34.Nxh4 Rbg8 35.Qe2 c2 
36.Qxc2 Be1+ 37.Kxe1 Rxb3 38.Rxb3 Qa1+ 39.Rb1 Qxd4 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.Rb8+ Kg7
42.Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.Qd2 Qe4+ 44.Kf2 Kg7 45.Nf3 f6 46.exf6+ Kxf6 47.Qd4+ Qxd4+
48.Nxd4 e5 49.fxe5+ Kxe5 50.Nf3+ Kf4 51.g3+ Ke4 52.h4 f4 53.g4 d4 54.h5 d3
55.h6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Black "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Bd3 Na6 8.O-O Bg4 
9.Qe1 Nb4 10.a3 Nxd3 11.cxd3 Rb8 12.Qh4 b5 13.e5 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 b4 15.axb4 
dxe5 16.Rh3 Rxb4 17.d6 Qxd6 18.Rxa7 exf4 19.Rxe7 h5 20.Qe1 Ng4 21.Re2 Bd4+
22.Kh1 Ra8 23.Rf3 g5 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Bxf4 Qg7 27.h3 Bxb2 28.
Re8+ Rxe8 29.Qxe8+ Qf8 30.Qxf8+ Kxf8 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Bd6+ Ke8 33.Re3+ Kd7 
34.Bxc5 Rb5 35.d4 f5 36.g3 Bc1 37.Re1 Bd2 38.Re2 Bc3 39.Rc2 Be1 40.Kg2 Rb3
41.d5 Bxg3 42.Ra2 Be5 43.Ra7+ Kd8 44.Rf7 f4 45.Rf8+ Kd7 46.Rf7+ Kc8 47.
Rf8+ Kb7 48.Rf7+ Ka8 49.Rf8+ Rb8 50.Rf5 Rb2+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kf2 Rb2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.f4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.b3 c5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 
exd5 16.Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ncxe7 7.Ng1 Nf6 8.e3 
O-O 9.h4 f4 10.exf4 d5 11.Be2 c5 12.cxd5 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nf5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.
Rh3 Nd6 16.Re3 Nf5 17.O-O-O Nxe3 18.fxe3 Bd7 19.Qd4 Qa5 20.Kb1 Rac8 21.Nh3
b5 22.a3 Rb8 23.Qb4 Qb6 24.Rd4 a5 25.Qb3 Rec8 26.Ng5 Qc5 27.d6+ Nd5 28.
Rxd5 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Black "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.c3 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.c4 Rc8 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.O-O Bd6 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.Bb3 Bb8 
15.Qf5 Qc7 16.f4 Ne7 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qh4 Nf5 19.Qf2 a6 20.Bc2 Qd7 21.g4 Ne7 
22.e4 Rfd8 23.e5 Nfd5 24.Ne4 b5 25.Qg3 Nb4 26.Bb1 Nd3 27.Rd1 Nxc1 28.Rxc1 
Qd4+ 29.Qf2 Ng6 30.Qxd4 cxd4 31.Rf1 d3 32.a4 Ba7+ 33.Kh1 Be3 34.Ba2 d2 35.
Nd6 Rc1 36.Bxf7+ Kh7 37.axb5 axb5 38.Be6 Ra8 39.Raxc1 dxc1=Q 40.Rxc1 Bxc1 
0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.c4 
Qb6 9.Qxb6 Nxb6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.a4 d5 12.exd6 exd6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Be2 Bxb2 
15.Rb1 Bg7 16.Bf3 d5 17.a5 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 dxc4 19.Bxc6 Bf5 20.Rc1 Rac8 21.
Bb7 Rc7 22.a6 Bc8 23.Bxa7 Bxb7 24.axb7 Rxb7 25.Be3 c3 26.Ke2 Rb2+ 27.Kf3 
f5 28.Rhd1 Rc8 29.Rd3 Rb4 30.Rc2 h6 31.g3 g5 32.Rd5 Rb2 33.Rc1 g4+ 34.Kg2 
c2 35.Rd2 Ra2 36.Re2 Bf8 37.Rce1 Bb4 38.Rc1 h5 39.h3 Rc4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.
Bg5 Kf7 42.Bh6 Ra6 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e3 a6 8.d4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.b3 d6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.f4 Neg4 13.Qd2 Re8 14.h3 Nh6 15.g4 Nd7 
16.g5 Nf5 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Nc5 20.Ng3 e5 21.Bd5 Be6 22.Nh5
Nd7 23.Qg2 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Kh8 25.Kh1 Rc8 26.e4 fxe4 27.f5 Rc3 28.Kh2 Rg8 29.
h4 h6 30.f6 Qc8 31.Rf2 Nc5 32.Ng7 Nd3 33.Raf1 Nxf2 34.Rxf2 e3 35.Re2 b5 
36.Kg3 a5 37.Qf3 Rc1 38.Qh5 Rxg7 39.fxg7+ Kxg7 40.Qxh6+ Kg8 41.Qxd6 Rh1 
42.Qxe5 Qh3+ 43.Kf4 Rf1+ 44.Ke4 Qf3+ 45.Kd3 Rd1+ 46.Kc3 b4+ 47.Kc4 Qxe2+ 
48.Kc5 Qc2+ 49.Kb5 Qd3+ 50.Ka4 Qxd5 51.Qb8+ Kg7 52.Qf4 Rd2 53.Qf6+ Kg8 54.
Qa1 e2 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Be3 b5 7.Bd3 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Re1 Re8 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.exd6 e6 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Ng4 Rb8 15.Nh6+ 
Kf8 16.Qf3 f6 17.h4 Qd8 18.h5 Bxh6 19.Bxh6+ Kf7 20.hxg6+ hxg6 21.Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.O-O Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Ng5 Bxg5 8.Qh5 
g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Nc5 11.Nd2 b5 12.Be2 Be6 13.Rfd1 Na4 14.Nb3 f6 15.
Be3 Ne7 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 Kf7 18.a4 a6 19.Ra3 Rhd8 20.Rda1 Rac8 21.axb5 
axb5 22.Ra7 Rd7 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Ra7 Ke8 25.c3 h5 26.h4 Rb8 27.Bd1 Nc8 28.
Ra6 Ne7 29.Bb3 Rd8 30.Ra7 Rb8 31.Be6 Rd8 32.Rc7 f5 33.f3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Nc8 
1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.a4 b4 
9.a5 d6 10.h3 Rb8 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.c3 Kh8 13.d4 bxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.Bd5 Nxa5 
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Be4 Nf6 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Nbd2 Nc6 20.Rxa6 Bd7 21.dxe5 dxe5 
22.Nc4 Qf8 23.Ncxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Bd6 25.Nxd7 Nxd7 26.Be3 Qf5 27.Qg4 Qb5 
28.Qa4 Qd5 29.Rd1 Qb7 30.Ra7 Qb1 31.g3 Qf5 32.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Ng3 O-O 12.Ne4 Be7 13.h4 f5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf3
e5 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Ng5 Qe8 18.d5 Na5 19.Ba2 Bd6 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Rd8 22.
O-O e4 23.Qe2 Nc6 24.Rb1 b6 25.Rb5 Ne5 26.e7 Qxe7 27.Bg5 Nf3+ 28.gxf3 hxg5
29.fxe4 g6 30.Rd5 gxh4 31.Qe3 Kh7 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Rfd1 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Qxe3 
35.fxe3 g5 36.Kg2 g4 37.Rh5+ Kg6 38.Rxh4 Kg5 39.Rh7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Black "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.b3 Ngf6 6.Bb2 e6 7.d3 Bc5 8.c4 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.a3 a5 11.Ra2 Bb6 12.Qa1 Rfe8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Re1 e5 15.cxd5 
cxd5 16.e4 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 d4 18.Qd1 Rec8 19.Nh4 Qe6 20.Ra1 Nc5 21.b4 axb4 
22.axb4 Rxa1 23.Bxa1 Na6 24.Qa4 Qe8 25.Qb3 Qb5 26.Nf5 Bc5 27.Rc1 Rc7 28.f4
Qxb4 29.Qd1 g6 30.fxe5 Nd7 31.Nh6+ Kg7 32.Ng4 Qb6 33.Qd2 h5 34.Qh6+ Kg8 
35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.exf6 Qxf6 37.Qf4 Qe7 38.e5 Nb4 39.Be4 Qe6 40.Rf1 b6 41.Bb2
Re7 42.Bc1 Qxe5 43.Qh4 Nd5 44.Bg5 Rd7 45.g4 hxg4 46.hxg4 Be7 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 
48.Qh7+ Ke6 49.Qg8+ Kd6 50.Qb8+ Rc7 51.Bd2 Kd7 52.Qa8 Ne3 53.Bxg6 Qg3+ 54.
Kh1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 
Nge7 9.Be3 Bc7 10.O-O-O b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Nc5 Qc8 13.e5 Nb4 14.Nxb7 Qxb7 15.
Be4 Nbc6 16.Bc5 Bb6 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Qg4 Kf8 19.Rd3 d5 20.exd6 f5 21.Bxc6 
Qxc6 22.Qe2 Kf7 23.Re1 Rhe8 24.a3 Rad8 25.Qe5 Bc5 26.Red1 Rd7 27.b4 Bb6 
28.Kb2 Bd8 29.Qc5 Qxg2 30.Qc8 Qb7 31.Qxb7 Rxb7 32.Kb3 Bf6 33.Ne2 Rd7 34.
Ng1 g5 35.fxg5 Bxg5 36.Rh3 Kf6 37.Ne2 e5 38.a4 bxa4+ 39.Kxa4 e4 40.c4 f4 
41.c5 f3 42.Nc3 Ke5 43.Rd5+ Kf4 44.c6 Ra7 45.d7 Rf8 46.Rd4 Ke3 47.Rxe4+ 
Kd3 48.Re8 Rf4 49.Nd5 Rf5 50.c7 Rxc7 51.Nxc7 Kc2 52.Re1 a5 53.Rf1 f2 54.
Ne6 Bf6 55.Rh6 Be5 56.d8=Q Kb2 57.Nc5 axb4 58.Nd3+ Kc2 59.Nxb4+ Kb2 60.
Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7 
9.Nh3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng5 Nb6 12.h3 Bc4 13.f4 h6 14.Nge4 Nfxd5 15.f5 g5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.f6 exf6 18.Rf5 Ne7 19.Nxf6+ Kh8 20.Rf2 Rxa2 21.Rxa2 Bxa2 
22.h4 Ng6 23.hxg5 d5 24.Qf1 Bc4 25.gxh6 Bxf6 26.Rxf6 Bxe2 27.Qf2 Ne5 28.
Bg5 Rg8 29.Rg6 Qxg5 30.Rxg5 Rxg5 31.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Battagin, Mose'"]
[Black "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 g6 8.O-O 
Bg7 9.Qe1 O-O 10.Kh1 Rb8 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Na4 Rb5 15.
Nb2 d5 16.e5 Ng4 17.a4 Rb7 18.h3 Nh6 19.Be3 d4 20.Bd2 Be6 21.Ng5 Bd5 22.
Ne4 Qc8 23.Kh2 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qe6 25.Rbe1 Qd5 26.Nc4 Bf8 27.e6 f5 28.Qe2 Bg7
29.Bc1 Kh8 30.Ba3 Ng8 31.Qd2 h5 32.Qa5 Nh6 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Bxc5 Bf6 35.Ne5
Bxe5 36.Rxe5 Rd8 37.Ba3 Kg7 38.Rc5 Rc7 39.Re1 Ng8 40.Rc4 Nf6 41.Bb2 c5 42.
Ba3 Nd5 43.g3 Ne3 44.Rxc5 Rxc5 45.Bxc5 Nxc2 46.Re2 Ne3 47.Bxe7 Rc8 48.Bd6 
Kf6 49.Be5+ Kxe6 50.Bxd4 Rc2 51.Rxc2 Nxc2 52.Be5 Ne1 53.d4 Nf3+ 54.Kg2 Nd2
55.b4 Kd5 56.b5 axb5 57.axb5 Nc4 58.Kf3 Na3 59.b6 Kc6 60.Bc7 Nc4 61.g4 
Nd2+ 62.Kg3 hxg4 63.hxg4 Ne4+ 64.Kf3 Nf6 65.gxf5 gxf5 66.Kg3 Kd7 67.Kh4 
Ne4 68.d5 Nf6 69.d6 Kc6 70.Kg5 Ne4+ 71.Kxf5 Nc5 72.Kg6 Kd7 73.f5 Ke8 74.
Kg7 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cacco, Christian"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5 
9.e4 Bg4 10.Ne1 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 a6 12.Bd2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Nb3 15.Rb1 
Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Nxe4 17.Qc2 Qa5 18.Qxe4 Qxb5 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.b4 Rxa2 21.bxc5 
Qxc5 22.g4 h6 23.h4 Rfa8 24.Rb4 Ra1 25.Rc4 Qb5 26.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27.Kg2 Ra2 
28.g5 Qb6 29.Qe1 Bg7 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.h5 Qb7 32.hxg6+ fxg6 33.Qe6 hxg5 34.
Nxg5+ Kh6 35.Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Corvi, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.
Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Nc2 Nbd7 12.Qc1 Ne4 13.Nce1 Qb4 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Nd3 
Nb8 16.c5 Qe7 17.b4 axb4 18.Rfb1 Na6 19.Nfe5 Nf6 20.Nxb4 Nxb4 21.Rxb4 Nd7 
22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Rab1 Qc7 24.f4 Ra7 25.Qb3 h6 26.Kf2 g6 27.Bf3 Kg7 28.h3 
Rh8 29.e3 h5 30.Rg1 Qe7 31.Be2 Kf8 32.h4 Kg7 33.Rb6 Kh6 34.Qb4 Qc7 35.Rb1 
Rd8 36.Ke1 Rg8 37.Kd2 Rd8 38.Kc3 Rg8 39.a5 Rd8 40.Rb3 Rg8 41.Ra3 Rd8 42.a6
bxa6 43.Bxa6 Bxa6 44.Raxa6 Rxa6 45.Rxa6 Rb8 46.Qa5 Qb7 47.Qb6 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Qd2 e5 7.d5 c6 8.O-O-O cxd5
9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd7 11.Nh3 b5 12.Bh6 Rb8 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Ng5 b4 15.h4 
Qa5 16.Bc4 h5 17.g4 Qc5 18.Bb3 Nf6 19.gxh5 Nxh5 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Rdg1 Bf5 22.
Qg5 Kh7 23.Nf6+ Nxf6 24.h5 Nxh5 25.Rxh5+ Kg7 26.Qh6+ Kf6 27.Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 Bg4 
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Qd2 c5 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.b3 Re8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 
Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nc6 18.Bg4 Nce5 19.Be2 Nc5 20.f4 Nc6 21.Bg4 Rb8 
22.Nd5 e6 23.Nc3 a6 24.Kh1 Qa5 25.f5 Rbd8 26.Rf1 Nd7 27.Rf3 Nce5 28.Rg3 
Nxg4 29.hxg4 Qe5 30.Qxd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Ne5 32.Rb6 Rd7 33.g5 Ree7 34.f6 Re8 
35.Ne2 Rc8 36.Ng1 Rcc7 37.Nf3 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Nd7 39.Rb4 Rd3 40.Rg4 Re3 41.e5 
h6 42.gxh6 Nxe5 43.Nxe5 Rxe5 44.Rd4 Kh7 45.Rd8 Kxh6 46.Rb8 Rd7 47.R4xb7 
Rd2 48.Rh8+ Kg5 49.Rh3 Kxf6 50.a4 g5 51.Rf3+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z."]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.dxc5 bxc5 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Bf4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.b3 Rc8 13.h3 Qa5 14.g4 Nb6 15.a4 
d4 16.Nb5 Rfd8 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nbd5 19.Bd2 Qa6 20.Qc2 Qb7 21.f3 Qb8 
22.Nd3 a6 23.Na3 Bd6 24.Nc4 Nf4+ 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Nxf4 Qxf4 27.Qd2 Nd5 28.
Rfd1 Re8 29.h4 Ne3+ 30.Nxe3 Rxe3 31.Qa5 Rce8 32.Qxa6 d3 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 c6
9.Ng5 Bd5 10.e4 h6 11.exd5 hxg5 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Bxg5 Nxd4 14.Bxc4 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Qa5 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.O-O f5 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Rfd8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rd1 Kf8 22.Kf1 a6 23.Nb6 Rc6 24.Nd5 Rd6 25.Nf4 Be5 26.Ne2 Nc6 27.Nc3 Bxc3 
28.bxc3 Ne5 29.Be2 Rc6 30.f4 Ng4 31.Bxg4 fxg4 32.Rd3 Rc4 33.g3 Ra4 34.Rd2 
Ra3 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.Rb2 b5 38.Kc2 Kc5 39.Kd3 a5 40.Re2 b4 41.Re5+
Kb6 42.Re7 Rxc3+ 43.Kd4 f5 44.a4 Rc7 45.Re8 Rc2 46.Rg8 Kb7 47.Rxg6 b3 48.
Rg7+ Rc7 49.Rxc7+ Kxc7 50.Kc3 Kd6 51.Kxb3 Kd5 52.Kc3 Kc5 53.Kd3 Kb4 54.Kd4
Kxa4 55.Ke5 Kb3 56.Kxf5 a4 57.Kxg4 a3 58.Kg5 a2 59.f5 a1=Q 60.f6 Kc4 61.
Kg6 Kd5 62.g4 Ke6 63.g5 Qb1+ 64.Kg7 Qb7+ 65.Kh6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nge7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O-O d6 8.
Qg3 f5 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.f3 fxe4 11.fxe4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.Nge2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 
Bxe2 15.Rd2 N7g6 16.Rxe2 Qh4 17.Qxh4 Nxh4 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Rxd8
Rxd8 21.Rf2 h6 22.g3 Ng6 23.Rf7 Rc8 24.h4 Rf8 25.Rxc7 Rf3 26.h5 Nf8 27.Bf7
g5 28.hxg6 Rxg3 29.Rxb7 Nxg6 30.Be6 h5 31.Rxa7 h4 32.b4 Nf4 33.Bf5 h3 34.
Rh7+ Kg8 35.b5 Rg2 36.Rxh3 Nxh3 37.Bxh3 Rg6 38.a4 Kf7 39.Kb2 Ke7 40.Bf5 
Rh6 41.Kb3 Kd8 42.a5 Kc7 43.Kb4 Rh2 44.c4 Rb2+ 45.Kc5 Kb7 46.Bd7 Ra2 47.
Bc6+ Ka7 48.a6 Rd2 49.Bd5 Rh2 50.Kd6 Rh5 51.c5 Rg5 52.Bb7 Rh5 53.b6+ Kb8 
54.Bd5 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quinn, Mark Peter"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Qc2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 b6 8.b3 Nbd7 
9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.c5 b4 12.Re1 Bb5 13.e4 a5 14.e5 Ne8 15.Nf1 Nc7 16.
h4 Re8 17.N1h2 Qc8 18.Bf4 Qa6 19.Rad1 a4 20.Qd2 axb3 21.axb3 Qa3 22.Rb1 
Ba6 23.Qc2 Bb5 24.h5 Qa6 25.Re3 Qa2 26.Qd1 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rigo, Gianfrancesco"]
[Black "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng5 Bf5 6.c3 e6 7.Bc4 c5 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.Nxf7 Qc7 10.Nxh8 Be4 11.Qh3 Bf5 12.Qf3 Be4 13.Qh3 Bf5 14.Qh4 O-O-O 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16.Nf3 Be7 17.Nf7 Ne4 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qg5 h6 20.Qxg7 Rg8 21.Qxh6 
Qxb2 22.O-O Qxc3 23.N3e5 Nxd4 24.Bg3 Ne4 25.Rac1 Qa3 26.Qe3 Qa5 27.Nd3 Rg7
28.Nde5 Nf6 29.Rfd1 Be4 30.Rxd4 cxd4 31.Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rossato, Armando"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Nbd2 e6 4.c3 Nd7 5.Qb3 Rb8 6.e3 Ngf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.a4 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 Bh5 11.b4 Re8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ngf3 Bf8 14.c4 e5 15.Bb2 Bxf3 
16.gxf3 d5 17.c5 exd4 18.Bxd4 Ne5 19.Be2 Nc6 20.Qc3 Nh5 21.f4 Nxf4 22.Bf3 
Ne6 23.Nb3 Ng5 24.Bg2 Ne4 25.Qb2 Nxb4 26.Rad1 Nc6 27.f3 Ng5 28.e4 dxe4 29.
fxe4 Qc8 30.Kh1 Qg4 31.Rd3 Nxe4 32.Rdf3 Ng5 33.Rg3 Qe2 34.Qc1 Rbd8 35.Be3 
Ne4 36.Rh3 Qg4 37.Rhf3 Qe6 38.Qc2 Qg6 39.Qc4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruzzier, Dario"]
[Black "Bracaglia, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O 
e5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne4 O-O 11.f4 exd4 12.cxd4 Re8 13.Nf2 cxd4 14.exd4 d5 15.
Bb2 Nb4 16.a3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Be6 19.Qd3 Bd5 20.Rae1 Qb6 21.Ba1 
Qc6 22.Qh3 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Nd3 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qc1 26.Bc3 Qxf4 27.Nd3 
Qe4 28.Nc5 Qb1+ 29.Kf2 Qc2+ 30.Kg1 b6 0-1

[Event "I Open A"]
[Site "Padova ITA"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A."]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1998.12.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 1/2-1/2

