[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Becher, Helmut"]
[Black "Berra, Davide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. b4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. c5 Nh5
15. e3 h6 16. a4 a6 17. Ne2 g5 18. f3 Nef6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Nc3
Nd7 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 e5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Ne2 Ra7 27. Ra1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 e4 29. Nb4 f4 30. exf4 Nxf4 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. Ra6 e3 33. Qc3 Qh4 34.
Ra2 Rf6 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. c6 Nb6 37. c7 Rc6 38. Qa5 Rc1+ 39. Bf1 Qg5+ 40. Rg2
e2 41. Qa6 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Black "Pax, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qa4 c5 11. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Black "Temi, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qd7 14. Bb5 a6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. h3 Be6 17. Qa4 Bd5 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 Rfb8 20. Bg3 Rb5 21.
Rb1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rossi"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. e3
Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Qd6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Rac1 a5 16. b5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bd6 20. g3 Qe6 21.
Kg2 Rc5 22. Qd3 h5 23. Ne2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ne4 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. exf4 Qxh3+ 27.
Kg1 Qh1+ 28. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 29. Kg2 Nxd3 30. Rc2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Black "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. Rd1 Qc4 14. Qxc4
Rxc4 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nf5+ exf5 18. Rxd5 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. Kf1
Re4 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. f3 Ra4 23. a3 Ra5 24. Ke2 Kc6 25. Kd3 Re5 26. Rd2 Kc5 27.
c4 Re6 28. b4+ Kc6 29. Re2 Rd6+ 30. Kc3 Rg6 31. a4 Kd7 32. c5 Ra6 33. Kb3 Rh6
34. h3 Rh4 35. Rd2+ Kc7 36. Rd5 g6 37. b5 a5 38. c6 bxc6 39. Rc5 Rb4+ 40. Ka3
Rd4 41. Rxc6+ Kb7 42. Rc2 Rd5 43. Kb3 Rd4 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Rc2 Rd4 46. Re2 Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Black "Berra, Davide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 Bc7
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. b4 h6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 b6 15. Qd4
bxc5 16. bxc5 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. e4 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. exd5 Nd3 21. dxe6
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rac8 23. Na4 Bb7 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Rd6 Rfe8 27. Bh3
Kf8 28. Bxf5 Ke7 29. Rd7+ Rxd7 30. exd7 Rb8 31. Ne4 Rb2 32. Nd6 Rb8 33. Nc8+
Kd8 34. e6 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Becher, Helmut"]
[Black "Rossi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 Nf6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. f3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Be6
15. Nf3 Bc7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. e5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Black "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7
8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2 d6 11. e3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O
Rae8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nb5 g5 17. Bxe4 gxf4 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. exf4 a6 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. cxd4 c6 22. Bf3 Rxf4 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Rad1 Be6 25. Rd3 d5 26. c5 Rf8 27. Qd2
Qg6 28. Qe2 h6 29. Bh5 Qf6 30. Rg3 Re4 31. Rf3 Bf5 32. Qb2 Qg5 33. Rg3 Qxh5 34.
Qxb7 Qf7 35. Qxc6 Be6 36. Qxa6 Rxd4 37. Rf3 Bf5 38. Qxh6+ Qh7 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pax, Horst"]
[Black "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nh5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 14. Bb3 a5 15.
a4 Qc7 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bb6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qf4 21.
Bd5 Qxa4 22. b3 Qa2 23. Be4 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 a4 25. Bc5 axb3 26. Bxa3 Rxa3 27. Rd8+
Kg7 28. Qd4+ f6 29. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Temi, Walter"]
[Black "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. Bc2 Rc8 10. Nc3 Na5 11. h4 Nc4 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rh3 a5 15. Bd3
Qb6 16. Rg3 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 g6 18. Ne2 b4 19. a4 Rc7 20. Ke1 Bc8 21. Bb5+ Bd7 22.
Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berra, Davide"]
[Black "Rossi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. c5 Qd8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Ndf6 15.
Nb3 Ng5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. f4 Ne4 18. Bf3 f6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc3
Rfe8 22. a4 Re7 23. Ra2 Rae8 24. Nd2 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rd2 Qc7
28. f5 Rd7 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. Qg4 Qf7 33. Qe4 Qd5 34.
Qg4 Qf7 35. Qg6 Kg8 36. Rd1 Rf8 37. Qxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. g4 Re7 40. Kg2
g6 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Black "Becher, Helmut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Black "Temi, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nbc3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 g6 8. O-O
c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bd2 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Na2 Nb6 13. b4 Qd7 14. Be3 d4 15. Bf2 Nd5
16. c4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qc2 Bh6
22. Nc1 O-O 23. c5 Rac8 24. Qg2 Qc7 25. Nb3 Rfd8 26. Qe4 Rd5 27. Rbc1 Kh8 28.
h4 Bf8 29. Kg2 Be7 30. Rfd1 Qd7 31. Rc2 Bd8 32. Rdc1 Rc6 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Ke2 h5
35. Rg1 f5 36. exf6+ Bxf6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Rxg4 Rf5 39. h5 g5 40. Ke1 Kh6 41.
fxg5+ Bxg5 42. Rcg2 e5 43. Na5 Rcf6 44. Qa8 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pax, Horst"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bd6 b6 9. Bxf8 Qxf8 10. Nc7 Rb8 11. Na6 Bxa6 12. Bxa6 Bb4 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qe4 g6 20. Rfd1 Kg7
21. Bf1 Qc5 22. c3 Qxc3 23. Rbc1 Qa3 24. Rc7 Qa4 25. Rd3 a5 26. Rh3 Qb4 27. Qe3
h5 28. Rd7 Rc8 29. a3 Qa4 30. Rb7 Qc6 31. Ra7 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qe4 b5 34.
Rd3 Qc5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Rh3 b3 39. Qf4 Qg5+ 40. Qxg5
Bxg5 41. Bd3 f5 42. Bb1 e5 43. Kf1 e4 44. Rc3 Kf6 45. Kg2 Bd2 46. Rc5 Ke6 47.
h4 Bf4 48. Rc3 Kd5 49. Rh3 Be5 50. Re3 Kc4 51. Ba2 bxa2 52. Ra3 Nf3 53. Rxa2
Nxh4+ 54. Kh3 Nf3 55. Kg2 Ne1+ 56. Kf1 Nd3 57. Ra6 Nf4 58. Ra8 Kd5 59. Re8 Bd4
60. Rd8+ Ke5 61. Rg8 Nd3 62. f3 e3 63. Rxg6 e2+ 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Black "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Nh3 Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 c5 12. c3 a6 13. Ne5 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Nf4 Rad8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Nh5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. f3 Nd7 21.
Rad1 Qb6 22. Bc2 c4+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bf4 Nc5 25. Qe3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3
cxd3 28. Qxd3 Rd8 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Rd1 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Black "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nc5 10. Qa3 Nxd5 11. Qxc5 Nxf4 12. O-O-O Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Rxd4 Ne6 15. Rd2 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Be6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Kb2 Nb8 20. Bf3 Nc6
21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rhd1 Rfc8 23. Nb5 Bf5 24. Nd4 R6c7 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rd8+
Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Ra8 a6 29. Rd8 Kf6 30. Rd4 e6 31. g3 Kg6 32. e4 fxe4 33.
Rxe4 Rd7 34. Kc2 Kf5 35. Rf4+ Ke5 36. Rh4 f5 37. Kc3 b5 38. Rh6 Rc7+ 39. Kb3
Re7 40. a4 Ke4 41. axb5 axb5 42. f4 Kd3 43. Rf6 Kd2 44. Rf8 Rd7 45. Rb8 Rd5 46.
Rb6 e5 47. fxe5 Rxe5 48. Rd6+ Ke2 49. Kc3 Ke3 50. Rd1 Ke2 51. Rd7 h5 52. Rh7
Rd5 53. Re7+ Kf3 54. Re8 Kg2 55. Re2+ Kf3 56. Ra2 f4 57. gxf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Black "Becher, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Qe1 Nb4 13. Rc1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qf2 Nd5 17. a5 bxa5 18. Bc5 a4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd4 Qb4 21. c4
Ne7 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. g4 Rfd8 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Qa7 26. c5 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Qg5 Kh8 29. Rf4 Qd7 30. f6 Rg8 31. Rg4 g6 32. Qh6 Qd4+ 33. Kf1 Qxe5 34. Bc4
Qxf6+ 35. Rf4 Qg7 36. Qg5 Rgf8 37. h4 Qxb2 38. Rf2 Qg7 39. Rf6 Bb5 40. Ke1 Bxc4
41. Rxc4 h6 42. Qe5 Rfe8 43. Qf4 Kg8 44. Rxa4 a5 45. Ra2 e3 46. Rg2 h5 47. Qd6
Kh7 48. Rb2 Rad8 49. Qf4 Rd7 50. c6 Rc7 51. Rb7 Ree7 52. Rb8 Qh6 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossi"]
[Black "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rfd1 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf5 Qc7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxc5 Qa4 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Rab8
21. Rd2 Rb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rdxb2 Rc8 24. Nd4 b4 25. h3 Qa7 26. Nc2 Rc4 27.
Nxb4 Qc7 28. g3 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 h5 30. h4 g6 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Rc2 Qb1 33. Rc4 Kg7
34. Rf4 Qa1 35. Kg2 Qd1 36. Rd4 Qa4 37. Kf3 Qa8+ 38. Ke2 Qa4 39. Kd2 Qb5 40. a3
Qf5 41. Ke2 Qa5 42. Rd3 Qb5 43. e4 Qe5 44. Re3 Qb5+ 45. Kd2 Qf1 46. f4 Qf2+ 47.
Kd3 Qf1+ 48. Kd4 Qf2 49. e5 Qb2+ 50. Rc3 Qa1 51. Kc4 Qf1+ 52. Rd3 Qc1+ 53. Kd5
Qc7 54. Ke4 Qb7+ 55. Nd5 Qb1 56. Nf6 Qh1+ 57. Kd4 Qc1 58. Ne8+ Kf8 59. Nd6 Qa1+
60. Rc3 Qd1+ 61. Ke4 Qa4+ 62. Kf3 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Black "Pax, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5
Bd6 15. Rh5 g6 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. Bxc6 gxh5 19. a4 a6 20. c4 Be5
21. a5 Bxd4 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Ba5 Qc5 24. Rb1 Qxa5 25. Qxf7 Qc7 26. Qxe6+ Rd7
27. Rb7 Rhd8 28. Rxc7+ Kxc7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Qxa6 Bb6 31. Kf1 Rd2 32. c5 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Temi, Walter"]
[Black "Berra, Davide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nb4 9. Be2 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd3 Nge7 14. b4 Ng6
15. Bd2 a6 16. Ne2 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Be7 20. Kg2 f6 21. Rh1
f5 22. Rh2 Rfc8 23. Rch1 Nf8 24. Nf4 a5 25. b5 Nd8 26. g4 fxg4 27. Rxh7 gxf3+
28. Kxf3 Nf7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Becher, Helmut"]
[Black "Pax, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. O-O
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berra, Davide"]
[Black "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 c6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Qe2 e5 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 e4 18. O-O exf3 19. Qxf3 Qg5 20. Qe2 Rfe8
21. Rae1 Re6 22. Qf3 Rf6 23. Qe2 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Re8 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qe2 Re8 27.
Qf3 Rf8 28. Qe2 Qg3 29. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Black "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Re1+ Be7 9. d4 O-O-O 10. c3 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Rhe8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14.
e6 fxe6 15. Qxg4 Bd6 16. Nf3 h5 17. Qg6 Kb8 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Re2 Rc6 20. Ne5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rb6 23. Re2 Qa4 24. Bf4+ Ka8 25. Be5 Rc8 26. b3 Qb4
27. Rf1 Rbc6 28. Ref2 a5 29. Qxg7 Rc1 30. Rf8 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qd2 32. Qf6 Rc2
33. Qf2 Qd3 34. Qg3 Qd2 35. Qg8+ Ka7 36. Bb8+ Ka6 37. Qxe6+ b6 38. Qxd5 Qe3+
39. Kh1 h4 40. a4 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Black "Rossi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3
Qc7 9. Re1 Rd8 10. Qc2 h6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf1 e6 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rad1
dxe4 16. dxe4 Rxd1 17. Qxd1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ne8 19. Nbd2 e5 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bc4 Na5
22. Be2 Nd6 23. Nh4 g5 24. Ng2 c4 25. h4 f6 26. Bg4 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Nf1
Qc6 29. Bc1 Nb3 30. Nd2 Nc5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qd1 Qxa4 33. Qg4 Qd7 34. Qh5 Nd3
35. Rd1 b5 36. Ne3 Rd8 37. Kg2 Qf7 38. Qg4 Qd7 39. Qh5 Qb7 40. f3 Qf7 41. Qg4
Nb7 42. Nd5 Nbc5 43. b4 Na4 44. Nb1 Nb6 45. Ne3 Qd7 46. Qh5 Qf7 47. Qg4 Nd7 48.
Rh1 Nf8 49. Nf5 Nxc1 50. Rxc1 Rd3 51. Re1 Qd7 52. Qh5 Rd1 53. Rxd1 Qxd1 54.
Ne7# 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Temi, Walter"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. d3 c4
15. d4 Be7 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rd6 18. Qg4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. c3 Qd7 21. f4
b5 22. a3 a5 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Bg3 Qb6 26. Qf2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28.
Bh4 Bxh4 29. Qxh4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Rb5 32. Rxb5 Qxb5 33. h3 h6 34. Qg4
Qb2 35. Qf3 Ra3 36. Re3 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rc1 38. f5 Qb8+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3
exf5 41. Kf4 Rc2 42. g3 g6 43. Ke5 Rd2 44. Kf6 Rd3 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Kxf7 Rxg3
47. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Black "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Ba3 Ng4 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bxa3 20. Re1 Bd6 21.
e4 Bc5 22. Kf1 Ba6 23. Na4 Rad8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Nb3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4+ 27.
Kf2 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Re7 30. Red1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 f6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33.
Rc8 Rb7 34. Rxc6 Rxb3+ 35. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Becher, Helmut"]
[Black "Temi, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bc1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. O-O Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bh6 18. Rdd1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc4 20. Bg4
e6 21. Rc2 Ne5 22. Bd1 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Rc8 24. Bb3 Nd3 25. g3 Nc5 26. Bc2 Rd8 27.
Rc1 Kg7 28. Kf1 Rd4 29. f3 Rd2 30. h3 b6 31. h4 h6 32. Kg1 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Kf1 Kf6 35. Kg1 Ke5 36. Bb3 a5 37. Rc3 Kd4 38. Rc4+ Ke3 39. Rc3+ Rd3 40. Rc1
Nxb3 41. axb3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berra, Davide"]
[Black "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. c3 c6 8. Ne5
h6 9. Bh4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qe2 e5 14. e4 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Nc5 16. Bc2 Be6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Kh1 Bg5 19. f3 Rad8 20. Nb3 dxe4 21. Qxe4
Bf5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Bf2 Qc7 25. Qe6 Rf6 26. Qg4 Rf4 27. Qh3 Nb6
28. Nc5 Rd2 29. Ne6 Qe7 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ g6
34. Qe4 Qd7 35. a4 Rd3 36. Qb4 h5 37. Qb3 Re3 38. Rbd1 Qe7 39. Qxb6 h4 40. Qd4
Kh6 41. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pax, Horst"]
[Black "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 e6 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 Rhe8 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Be5 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc7 23. g4 Rd8 24. f3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 a6 26. b3 Kd8 27.
Qd2+ Ke8 28. Qd4 Ke7 29. b4 Ne8 30. Kc2 Nf6 31. Kb3 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Qc5+
Qxc5 34. bxc5 Nd5 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Nd4 Nc7 37. Kb4 g5 38. c6+ Ke7 39. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rossi"]
[Black "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qa4 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc6 7. Qxc6 dxc6
8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bc5 Re8 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Rad8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. O-O Nb6 17. b3 Nfd7 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Be2 e4 20. c5 Nc8 21.
Na4 Ne5 22. Nb2 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27.
Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Ne7 29. Bb4 Nd5 30. Bd2 Bf8 31. b4 Bg7 32. Kd1 Ke7 33. Kc2
Be5 34. Kb3 g5 35. g3 h5 36. a4 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Bc3 Bh2 40.
b5 f4 41. exf4 Bxf4 42. Bd4 Ke6 43. Be3 Be5 44. Bg5 Bd4 45. Be3 Bf6 46. c6 bxc6
47. Bxa7 cxb5 48. axb5 Kd7 49. Bc5 Kc7 50. Kb4 Kd7 51. Kb3 Be5 52. Be3 Kd6 53.
Kb4 d4 54. Bg5 Kd5 55. Bxh4 Bf4 56. Kb3 Kc5 57. Bf6 d3 58. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krumm, Johannes"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bf3 Nb4 12. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Black "Moncelli, Giorgio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Nge2 b5 7. a3 Nbd7 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. b3 a4 13. h3 axb3 14. cxb3 Ra5 15.
Ra2 Qa8 16. Nb1 Nfd7 17. f4 c5 18. Nec3 b4 19. Nb5 Bc6 20. Nc7 Qa7 21. d5 Ba8
22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. a4 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. e5 Nb6 27. Rc1 Qb3
28. Bf1 Ra2 29. Qd3 Qb2 30. Qd2 Qb3 31. Qd3 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pax, Horst"]
[Black "Berra, Davide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O
Rdf8 15. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Scotti, Umberto"]
[Black "Becher, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 c6 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Bg5 N7f6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Bh4 h6 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Be5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nbd7
15. Nh4 e6 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Nc4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd5 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc7
21. Rad1 Qe7 22. g3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Qxa7 Rd2 26. Qxb7 Qc5
27. Rf1 Qxe5 28. Qxc6 Rxb2 29. Qc4 Ne6 30. Rd1 h5 31. Qd3 Qc5 32. Qe3 Qe7 33.
Re1 Qg5 34. f4 Qd8 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qxe6 h4 37. a4 Qa8 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qxh4+
1-0

[Event "I Weekend"]
[Site "Novara ITA"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Temi, Walter"]
[Black "Rossi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. cxd4 cxd4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nxd4 Bxb5 8.
Nxb5 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. N5c3 Nxe5 11. d4 Ng6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. d5 e5 14. Be3 b5
15. a4 Nf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Be7 18. N1c3 O-O 19. Qc4 Qc8 20. Qe2 Bc5
1/2-1/2

