[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Be2 f6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nd2
Kf7 21. Rhc1 Rdc8+ 22. Kd1 Ke7 23. Nb3 e5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nc7 26. c4 dxc4
27. Bxc4 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Nd5 29. g3 Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Nd1+ 31. Kf3 Nb2 32. Bf1 Rc8 33.
Nd2 Rc2 34. Ke3 f5 35. Rb1 f4+ 36. gxf4 exf4+ 37. Ke2 b6 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ke1
g5 40. Ra1 g4 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Bb5 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Rxh7 g3 45. Ne4+ Ke6
46. Kf3 Rxh2 47. Rd7 Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Bf1 Rh1 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. Bg2 Rh6 52.
Ng5 Nc4 53. Nf7+ Ke6 54. Rd4 Kxf7 55. Rxc4 Ke7 56. Rc7+ Kd6 57. Rf7 Ke5 58.
Re7+ Re6 59. Rh7 Rf6 60. Bh3 Kd5 61. Rh5+ Kd4 62. Bf5 b5 63. Kxf4 g2 64. Rg5 b4
65. Rxg2 b3 66. Kg5 Rxf5+ 67. Kxf5 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6
9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Nc3 Nc6
15. Bf4 Bb4 16. e4 O-O 17. Qg4 h5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxh5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21.
Be5 Qd2 22. Rd1 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rb1 f6 26. Bd6 Rf7 27. Rb8+
Kg7 28. Rc8 Kg6 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Kf5 31. Kf1 Ke4 32. Ke2 c3 33. Bf4 h5 34.
Be3 Bc4+ 35. Kd1 Kd3 36. Kc1 Bd5 37. h3 Bf3 38. h4 Bg4 39. Bh6 Bf3 40. Bg7 f5
41. Be5 Be4 42. Kd1 Bc6 43. Kc1 Ba4 44. Bg7 Ke2 45. Bf6 Kxf2 46. Be5 Kf3 47.
Bf4 Ke2 48. Be5 Kd3 49. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Qb6 9. Rd1 d5 10. e5 d4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Be4 d3 14. Bxd3 Qc6 15.
f3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Nc3 Qxe5 20. Qb7 Qc7 21. Qxa6
b4 22. Ne4 Nf4 23. d4 Nd5 24. Bg5 Qc6 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. Rac1 Ra8 27. Qc4 h6 28.
Bd2 Be7 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Re1 Bxc5 31. dxc5 O-O 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 Rfb8 34.
Qc3 Rxa2 35. b4 Qb5 36. c6 Rc8 37. Qc5 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Rb2 39. b5 Kf8 40. Rd1 Rc7
41. h4 Ke7 42. h5 g5 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. f4 Kf6 45. Rd8 Ra7 46. c7 Ra1+ 47. Kh2
Raa2 48. c8=Q Rxg2+ 49. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. g4
Rhe8 15. Rhe1 b6 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Ncxe4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nd6+ Qxd6 20. Nc4
Qf6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Rg1 Qe6 24. b3 Qd5 25. Nc4 Kb7 26. Kb2 Rg8
27. Rxg8 Qxg8 28. Qf2 Qd8 29. Ne5 Qd1 30. h4 a5 31. a4 Kc8 32. Nc4 Qd4+ 33.
Qxd4 cxd4 34. c3 dxc3+ 35. Kxc3 Kd7 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Bf3 38. Kc3 Bd5 39. Nf1
Kd6 40. Ng3 Be6 41. Nf1 Kc5 42. Ne3 c6 43. Nc2 b5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. b4+ axb4+
46. Nxb4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Re1 Qd7
15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd6 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Qc3 h6 21.
h4 Bd7 22. Re4 Re8 23. Rc4 b6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Re7 26. Rf4 a5 27. Bf3 Bb5
28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h5 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Bf4 h6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Qg3 Nxh5 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5
21. Nd5 Nxf4 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23. g3 Nh5 24. Bxf5+ g6 25. Be4 Rad8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27.
Nc7 Nf6 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. b4 Nd7 6. Bb2 e5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nh6
9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 a5 11. exd4 e4 12. Ne1 Nb6 13. Qb3 axb4 14. Qxb4 Na4 15. Bc3
e3 16. fxe3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. dxc3 Qd2 19. Nb5 Ng4 20. Nf3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1
Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. a4 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Na5 15.
Bc2 Nc4 16. Nh2 Be7 17. Ng4 f5 18. exf5 Bxd5 19. b3 Ncb6 20. Ne3 Be4 21. Nd2
Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 d5 25. Rd1 c6 26. c4 Nf6 27. cxd5 cxd5
28. Ng5 d4 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Ne6 Kh8 32. Qg3 Rg8 33. Bg5 h6 34. Bd2
Ne4 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Qg3 Ne4 37. Qf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Bb3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Rae8 19. e5 Ng4 20. g3 Re7
21. Rae1 Qb6 22. Qa3 Rd7 23. Ne4 Rd4 24. Qe7 c5 25. Nd6 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 Qd5 27.
Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Nxc5 Rxb2 30. Rd1 Rc4 31. Rc1 Rd4 32. Nxe6 Rdd2 33.
Rc8+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Nf3 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Nxh2 38. Nh4 Nxf1 39.
Nxg2 Nxg3+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Ng3+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Bh5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Bc5 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Na5 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. b4 Bd6 15.
c4 c5 16. Be3 Nbc8 17. Nb3 b6 18. b5 O-O 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Nh4 Bc7 21. Rfe1 Nd6
22. Nd2 Qe6 23. a4 Bf7 24. Bf1 g5 25. Nhf3 Bg6 26. a5 h6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7
Rd7 29. g4 h5 30. Nh2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bf7 32. Rc1 Ng6 33. Nb1 Rfd8 34. Ra4 Kg7
35. Nc3 Rh8 36. f3 Nf4 37. Nd5 Qe8 38. Ra7 Qd8 39. Rd1 Ne6 40. Qa2 Nd4 41. Rb1
Rh6 42. Bf2 Bxd5 43. cxd5 Qh8 44. Bxd4 exd4 45. Rb2 c4 46. e5 fxe5 47. Bxc4 e4
48. Bf1 e3 49. Rc2 Ne8 50. Rcxc7 Nxc7 51. Qb2 Kf7 52. Bc4 Ke7 53. Qa3+ Rhd6 54.
Qd3 Qe5 55. Nf1 e2 56. Qxe2 Qxe2 57. Bxe2 Nxd5 58. Ra1 Nf4 59. Bd1 Rd5 60. Ng3
Rc7 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Bb3 Rxb5 63. Nd6 Rxb3 64. Ne8+ Ke5 65. Nxc7 d3 66. Ra2 Rc3
0-1

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Nh6 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Ke7 12. h3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Rad1 f6
15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Na4 Bf8 18. c5 Ke7 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. g4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 g5 22. b4 Bg7 23. Nb2 Rf8 24. Kg2 Rf4 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Rd3 Nf7
28. Bxf7 Rxd3 29. Nxd3 Kxf7 30. a4 Bf6 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Kd2 Bc7 34.
Kc3 Bd8 35. Nb2 Bc7 36. Nc4 Kd7 37. b5 cxb5 38. axb5 Ke6 39. Kb4 b6 40. Nb2 Bd8
41. Kc4 Be7 42. c6 Bd6 43. Nd3 Bc7 44. Nb4 Bd6 45. Na6 Ba3 46. Nc7+ Kd6 47.
Ne8+ Ke6 48. c7 Kd7 49. Kd5 Bb2 50. Nf6+ Kxc7 51. Nxh7 Bc1 52. Kxe5 a5 53. bxa6
b5 54. Kd5 Kb6 55. e5 Kxa6 56. e6 Ba3 57. Nxg5 Kb6 58. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qe2 g5 12. h3 h5 13. Nf1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15.
Nh2 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nxg4 Rg8 18. Nh6 Rg7 19. Bb5 Kf8 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Bxb4+
axb4 22. Qh5 Qf4 23. Re3 Rg5 24. Qh3 Nxe5 25. Rae1 Rxa2 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. g3 Rg6
28. Nf5 Qxf5 29. Qh8+ Rg8 30. Qh6+ Rg7 31. Qh8+ Rg8 32. Qh6+ Rg7 33. Qh8+ Rg8
34. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Qb3 Nb4 10. Bb1 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Na4 O-O 14. f4
Rac8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. Qxb6 Rb8 18. Qc5 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Qa3 e5
21. dxe5 Ne4 22. Kf1 Nb4 23. Re1 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 Qg4 25. Nf2 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nd2+ 27.
Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Bc3 Nf6 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. a4 a6 16. Qb3 Nf5 17. e3 axb5 18. Qxb5 b6 19. Rfc1 Ra7 20. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Ne5
b5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Qd1 d5 11. Nd2 b4 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 h6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qc2 Bg5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qb1 Bf6 26. Rd2 Bb5 27. Qd1
a5 28. Nd4 Bg5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Kg2 Be8 31. b3 a4 32. bxa4 Rc4 33. a5 Qxa5 34.
Nb3 Qc7 35. Bf3 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Rf2 Kg7 38. Nd2 Rc1 39. Qb3 Bd4 40. Re2
Qc5 41. h3 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1 e5 15.
Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Bg3 Bb5 21. Qh5
f6 22. Rf4 g6 23. Qh6 Rad8 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxd6 Rfxd6 26. Rf1 Bf8 27. Qc1
Bxf1 28. Bxe5 Re6 29. Qxf1 Rxe5 30. Bb3+ c4 31. Qxc4+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 Bxb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qa4 Bh3 14. Nf4
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxh3 c5 17. dxc5 Ne6 18. Rac1 Rec8 19. Bf5 Rxc5 20. Bxe6
Rxc1 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. a4 Ra2 25. Rc4 Ke6 26. Rh4 h5
27. Nf4+ Kd6 28. Nxh5 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ 30. Kf3 Be1 31. Rd4+ Ke5 32. Nf4 Rxf2+
33. Kg4 f5+ 34. Kg5 Rf1 35. Nd3+ Ke6 36. Nc5+ Ke5 37. Rf4 Rg1 38. Rxf5+ Kd6 39.
g4 Rh1 40. Nxb7+ Kc6 41. Nd8+ Kd7 42. Nf7 Rxh2 43. Ne5+ Ke7 44. Nf3 Re2 45.
Nxe1 Rxe1 46. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
Re8 9. a5 Bf8 10. d5 b5 11. Bb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13. c3 a6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bb6
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Nh4 Nd7 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Bd5 Rec8 23. Red1 Be7 24. Rd3 b4 25. c4 Rc5 26. b3 Bd8 27. Rd2 Rxa5
28. Rxa5 Bxa5 29. Ra2 Bb6 30. Rxa6 Bc5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nfd4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Qc2 Re8 16. e3 Bg6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Ra3 c4 20. dxc4 Bc5 21. cxd5
Bb4 22. Ra1 Rxc1 23. Rfxc1 Bxd2 24. Rd1 Bb4 25. Rac1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rd4
Bf5 28. d6 Bd7 29. Rc7 b6 30. Qd5 Rf8 31. Qb7 Bxh3 32. d7 Qf6 33. Rc8 Be7 34.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3 Ba6
9. d5 cxd5 10. exd5 e5 11. Ne4 h6 12. g4 Nf6 13. N2c3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Qh3
f5 16. gxf5 Bc8 17. Ng3 Rxf5 18. Qg2 a4 19. Ba2 Rf4 20. c3 Qh4 21. h3 Rf7 22.
Ne4 Ra6 23. Be3 Bf5 24. Bb1 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28.
Rg1 Rf7 29. O-O-O f4 30. Bd2 Raa7 31. Qg6 Rf6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Rdf1 Qxh3 34.
Qxb5 Qf3 35. c4 Rff7 36. Bc3 e4 37. Qe8 Rae7 38. Qc8 Qh5 39. Re1 e3 40. fxe3
fxe3 41. Bxg7 Rxg7 42. Rxg7+ Rxg7 43. Qe6 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. a3 c6 10. e4 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Bg5 13. Rc2 cxd5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15.
Ne5 f6 16. Ng6 Re8+ 17. Ne2 f5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Ne5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rxc4
Qd5 22. O-O Bxe5 23. Rc5 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qf7 25. Ng3 Be6 26. Rd1 Rac8 27. Re5 g6
28. h4 Bb3 29. Rde1 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 h5 31. Nf1 Qc4 32. Qb6 Qf7 33. Nd2 Bd1 34.
Nc4 Rxc4 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Re7 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Bf1 Nd7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Bd1
e5 22. b4 Ne6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ra8 25. Rda2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
d5 9. O-O-O e6 10. h4 Nh5 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16. c3 Rd8 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. g4 Kf8 20. Bh6+ Bg7 21. Bg5
Rc8 22. Ka1 Qd6 23. Rde1 a6 24. Re2 b5 25. Rhe1 Re8 26. a3 Bf6 27. Bf4 Qb6 28.
Bh6+ Bg7 29. Bg5 Qd6 30. Qc2 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. g5 Ng8 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34.
Qxg6 Qd7 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qf7 37. f4 Ne7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxa6 Kg7 40.
Ra7 Kf8 41. b3 Rg8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rxg8 Nxg8 44. a4 Ne7 45. a5 Nc6 46. a6 Kg6
47. Kb2 Kf5 48. c4 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5
Nec6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Bg2 Qxe5+ 11. Nce2 Na6 12. h5 Be4 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Bxc5
15. Qc1 g5 16. Nh3 Nd4 17. fxe4 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 dxe4 19. Bxg5 Qg3 20. Kf1 Qxg4
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qe1 Qf5+ 23. Nf2 e3 24. Rh3 exf2 25. Qe2 Nc7 26. Rf3 Qg5 27.
Rxf7 Nd5 28. Qxe6+ Kb8 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qe8+ Rd8 31. Qe4 Qg1+ 32. Ke2 f1=Q+
33. Raxf1 Qh2+ 34. R1f2 Qxh5+ 35. R2f3 Qh2+ 36. Rf2 Qh5+ 37. Qf3 Qe5+ 38. Kf1
Qxb2 39. Re2 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 a6 41. Kh3 Ka7 42. Re5 Bd6 43. Rg5 Rb8 44. Rd5 Bf8
45. a4 Qxc2 46. Rd8 Qc1 47. Rdxf8 Qh6+ 48. Kg3 Qg5+ 49. Qg4 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qd2+
51. Rf2 Qd5+ 52. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny I."]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 f5 6. b4 Nf6 7. b5 Ne7 8. e3 a6
9. b6 c6 10. d4 d6 11. Nge2 Be6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 Nd7 15. O-O
Qe8 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Rbc1 Rad8 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Bd6 exf4 20. Nxf4 Ne5 21. Nxe6
Qxe6 22. Rfd1 Nc8 23. Nc5 Qf7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. c5+
Kh8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Qe6 Qa8 31. Rb1 Qb7 32. Bf4 h6 33. Rd1 g5 34.
Bc7 Qa8 35. Rb1 Qb7 36. Rd1 Qa8 37. Rd6 f4 38. Qf7 Nf5 39. Rxf6 fxe3 40. Re6
1-0

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G."]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 e5 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ndb4 8.
Bg5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Be6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. a3 Nd5 12. e4 Nxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Kc2 h6 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. f4 Bg7 18. Be2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. Bf3
Ba4+ 21. Kb2 Bc6 22. e5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Kd7 24. h4 Ke6 25. h5 Kf5 26. Kc2 g5 27.
Rg1 gxf4 28. Bxf4 Bxe5 29. Bxh6 Bf6 30. Rad1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rh8 32. Be3 Rxh5 33.
Rd7 Be5 34. Rxf7+ Ke6 35. Rf8 Bd6 36. Ra8 a5 37. a4 b6 38. Re8+ Kd5 39. Re4 Rh3
40. Bf4 Rxf3 41. Rd4+ Kc5 42. Bxd6+ cxd6 43. Kb3 d5 44. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
b5 9. cxb5 Nxd5 10. Qa4 Nb7 11. Qh4 e6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nb3 a6 14. e4 Nb4 15.
Bg5 Rd7 16. a4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Nbd4 a5 19. Nc6 Nc5 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Rxb4
Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nd2 h6 25. Be3 Nc3 26. Ra1 Rd8 27. Ra8 Nxb5
28. Nc4 Kh7 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Na5 Rh8 31. Ra7 Nd5 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Ra8 Nxe3 34.
fxe3 Bf6 35. Ba4 Bg5 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Bc6 Ra3 39. Rxc8 Rxa5 40.
Rxc7 Kg8 41. Be8 e4+ 42. Kxe4 Rf5 43. h4 Bd8 44. Rd7 Ba5 45. Ra7 Be1 46. g4 Rf6
47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Rf5 49. Kd3 Kf8 50. e4 Rf4 51. Ke3 Bd2+ 52. Kxd2 Kxe8 53.
Ke3 Rh4 54. Ra5 Ke7 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Rb5 e5 57. Ra5 Rxh5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. Ra6+ f6
60. Ra8 Rh1 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Ra8 h5+ 63. Kf3 Rh4 64. Ke3 Kg7 65. Ra7+ Kh6 66.
Ra8 Rh3+ 67. Ke2 Rg3 68. Rh8+ Kg5 69. Rf8 h4 70. Kf2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Torneo dei Campioni"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Nbd5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5
15. Qd3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

