[Event "Fontys, Tilburg NED"]
[Site "Fontys, Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, M."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. g3 Re8
12. Bg2 Be5 13. O-O a5 14. b5 d6 15. h3 Nfd7 16. f4 Bf6 17. Ra2 Nc5 18. g4 g6
19. Rc2 Bg7 20. Ng3 Nbd7 21. Kh2 Nb6 22. Nce4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Ng5 fxg4 25.
hxg4 Bd7 26. Ne6 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Rxe6 29. Rc7 Re7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31.
Bxb7 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-tch 1998, Poros"]
[Site "GRE-tch 1998, Poros"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Tzoumbas, Anastasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 b6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Rb1 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Nb6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Qe7 17. Bb2
Ne4 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. Qd1 a5 20. Rb6 a4 21. Bc3 Qc7 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. Qd4 Ne6 24.
Qe5 Qd7 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxb8 Bb3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bb4+ Ke8 29. Qb8+ Qd8 30.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rc1 Kd7 32. f3 Nc6 33. Bf8 g6 34. Rc5 Kc7 35. Kf2 Kb6 36. Kg3
Na5 37. Rc8 Nc6 38. Bd6 Be6 39. Rh8 h5 40. Kf4 Na7 41. h3 Nc8 42. Bb4 Kb5 43.
g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Nb6 45. Rb8 f5 46. Ke5 Bd7 47. Kd6 1-0

[Event "CZE-tch 1997/98, Czechia"]
[Site "CZE-tch 1997/98, Czechia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Na4 d6 11. Nec3 Bg4
12. f3 Bf5 13. Be2 Bb6 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. Nxb6 Nc5 16. Qb4 Re8 17. O-O axb6 18.
Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Rxe2 21. Nc3 Re5 22. Rad1 Ra6 23. Bg3 Re7 24. Qxd6
Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Rd7 26. Be5 Ne8 27. Rfe1 f6 28. Bg3 Kf7 29. Rd4 Ra5 30. Rb4 Nd6
31. Rxb6 Nc4 32. Rb4 Rc5 33. Bf2 Rc8 34. Bd4 Nd6 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Rc1 Rxb4 37.
axb4 Bd3 38. Na4 Nf5 39. Bb6 Rxd5 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. Nc3 Re5 42. g4 Nd6 43. Rd7
Nc8 44. Bc5 Bc4 45. Bf8 Re8 46. Rxg7# 1-0

[Event "Ch Moscow (open), Moscow (Russ"]
[Site "Ch Moscow (open), Moscow (Rus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaitsev Mikhail (RUS)"]
[Black "Sambuev Bator (RUS)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 1... e6  2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. f3 O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng3 b5 12. Be3
b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Rxa5 Qxa5 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 d6 17. Kd2 Bc8 18. Be2 Bd7
19. Ra1 Rfc8 20. b3 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 a5 22. Bd1 Ned7 23. Ne2 e5 24. Nc1 Nc5 25.
Ra1 Nfd7 26. Nd3 g6 27. Bc2 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Nc5 29. Be2 a4 30. bxa4 Nb7 31. Rb1
Na5 32. Rxb4 Nxc4+ 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Bb6 Rac8 35. Bd1 Rb4 36. a5 Rb2+ 37. Kd3
Rxg2 38. Ba4 Rxh2 39. Bc6 Ra2 40. Kc4 Rb8 41. Bc7 Rb1 42. Bxd6 Rxa5 43. Bxe5
Rc1+ 44. Kd4 h5 45. Bf6 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Ch Russia (club), Maikop (Russ"]
[Site "Ch Russia (club), Maikop (Rus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gutov Andrey"]
[Black "Solozhenkin Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 exd5 11. Be3
O-O 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Rc2 Qd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 Nc4 18.
Bh6 Rfe8 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Be3 a6 21. Ne2 Bg4 22. Qg3 Bf5 23. Nf4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3
Qf5 25. Rc3 Nxa3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nc5 Nc2 28. Rc1 b6 29. Nb3 a5 30. Qe5 Nxe3
31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Qxe3 a4 33. Nc1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Ch Sweden, Ronneby (Sweden)"]
[Site "Ch Sweden, Ronneby (Sweden)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akesson Joel (SWE)"]
[Black "Hall Jesper (SWE)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 O-O 10. g3 a5 11. Bb2 bxc5 12.
bxc5 Ba6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. O-O Rb8 15. Rb1 Bc4 16. Re1 Rb7 17. Ba1 Qa8 18. Na4
Nd7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Nb2 Ba6 21. Nd3 Rb8 22. Ndf4 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Nc3
Nxd4 25. Nfxd5 Bxc5 26. Ne4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 exd5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Bxd5 Rxa3 30.
Bd4 Rd3 31. Rb1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem, St Petersburg RU"]
[Site "Chigorin mem, St Petersburg R"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, A."]
[Black "Sambuev, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 1... e6  2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3 O-O 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. e4 b4 12.
axb4 cxb4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nbd4 b3+ 15. Kf2 Nc5 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Be3 Bxd5 18. Rc1
Bxe4 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxb3 Qc7 21. Nxa5 Bc2 22. Qd2 h5 23. h4 Bg6 24. Bd4 Rac8
25. Ba6 Rb8 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Be2 Rfe8 28. Nc4 Qd5 29. Ne3 Qd6 30. Nef5 Qe6 31.
Bd3 Rbc8 32. Ra1 Re7 33. Ra6 Rc6 34. Rxa7 Qb3 35. Ra3 Qe6 36. b4 Qd5 37. Ra8+
1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem, St Petersburg RU"]
[Site "Chigorin mem, St Petersburg R"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aleksandrov, A."]
[Black "Tunik, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Nd4 Nbd7 10. c6 Ne5 11. Ncb5
O-O 12. Nd6 Ba5+ 13. Bd2 c3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
O-O-O Rd8 18. Be2 Kf8 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Rhd1 Rb3 21. Nc4 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Rxc3+ 23.
Kb2 Rc5 24. e4 Ke7 25. f4 Ra5 26. Nb3 Ra4 27. Nc5 Ra5 28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Nb3 Ra4
30. Rxc6 Nb6 31. Rc7+ Kd8 32. Rxf7 Rxe4 33. Bd3 Re3 34. Kc2 e5 35. Kd2 exf4 36.
Rxf4 Re5 37. Bxh7 Rh5 38. Be4 Rxh2 39. Rf2 Ke7 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42.
Nxf5+ Kf6 43. Nd4+ Kg6 44. Nc6 Nc4+ 45. Kc3 Nxa3 46. Kb4 Nb1 47. Ne5+ Kh7 48.
Nc4 Rh5 49. Rc2 Rh4 50. Kc5 Rh5+ 51. Kb4 Rh4 52. Kc5 Rh5+ 53. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem, St Petersburg RU"]
[Site "Chigorin mem, St Petersburg R"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gutow, A."]
[Black "Tunik, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be2 a6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12.
O-O Bb7 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Na4 N6d7 16. Rfd1 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18.
Nc3 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 20. d5 e5 21. Bf3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Ne2 a5
25. Nd4 axb4 26. axb4 Qg5 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Bc8 30. Rc7 Bg4
31. d6 Rab8 32. Qd5 Kh7 33. Rc3 Rb1 34. Rcd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "City-ch, Hamburg"]
[Site "City-ch, Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Breyther, Ruediger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O
b6 12. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup Russia, Krasnoiarsk (Russi"]
[Site "Cup Russia, Krasnoiarsk (Russ"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov Sergey (RUS)"]
[Black "Filippov Valerij (RUS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nc6 9. c5 O-O 10. Bb5 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Bf4 Nc4 13. O-O Nxb2 14. Qe2 d4 15. Nb1 a6 16. Bd6 axb5 17. Bxf8 Nc4 18.
Bd6 Bf5 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Qf4 Ne4 21. Rd1 Re8 22. h3 d3 23. f3 g5 24. Qc1 Nexd6
25. Qxg5+ Bg6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Ra2 d2 28. Nxd2 Re2 29. Kh1 Ne3 30. Rg1 Rxd2
31. Rxd2 Qxd2 1-0

[Event "EST-tch, Tallinn"]
[Site "EST-tch, Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 1... e6  2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qf6 10. a3 Ba5 11. f4 Bd8
12. g3 b6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. b4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Ba6 16. Rc1 Bc4 17. Ne4 dxe4 18.
Rxc4 Nc6 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. O-O Be7 21. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Elite FEFB Ch, Tihange"]
[Site "Elite FEFB Ch, Tihange"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timmermans, Daniel"]
[Black "Goossens, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 c4
12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Qd4 O-O 14. Ba2 Qc5 15. Nf5 Kh8 16. c4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18.
f3 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Ne5 20. Bb2 Rfc8 21. Rhc1 Ne8 22. Nf5 f6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. c5
Rc7 25. Nd6 Nf6 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. d6 Rcc8 28. Nxe5+ Kf8 29. e4 Bc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6
31. Bd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. Rb7 Ke8 35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Kc3 Rb6
37. Rxa7 Rxd6 38. Kc4 Rh6 39. Kxc5 Rxh2 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. d6+ Kf6 42. Rf8+ Ke6
43. Re8+ Kf6 44. Re2 Rh5+ 45. Kb6 Rh4 46. Kc7 Ra4 47. Kxd7 Rxa3 48. Kc8 Rc3+
49. Kd8 h5 50. Re7 Ra3 51. Re4 g5 52. d7 Kf7 53. Re7+ Kf6 54. Ke8 1-0

[Event "GRE-tch 1998, Poros"]
[Site "GRE-tch 1998, Poros"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vragoteris, Antonios"]
[Black "Skalkotas, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O
h6 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Ba2 Bc6 15. Bf4 Nfd5 16. Bb1 f5 17. Bc1 Rf6 18.
Ba2 Rg6 19. f3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Nxc3 21. bxc3 b5 22. a4 a6 23. Re5 Bd5 24. Bxd5
Nxd5 25. Rde1 Rc8 26. Bd2 Rc4 27. axb5 axb5 28. g4 Kf7 29. h4 fxg4 30. h5 Rf6
31. fxg4 Kg8 32. Ra1 Rc8 33. Ra6 Rcf8 34. Ra1 Rf3 35. Qg6 Nxc3 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6
37. Rxe6 b4 0-1

[Event "III open Nova Gorica 98/8"]
[Site "III open Nova Gorica 98/8"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolov S"]
[Black "Cvitan O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ba2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18.
Bc1 Bg7 19. h3 Qa5 20. f4 Bf5 21. Qf3 Bc2 22. f5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rfe8 24. b4 Qd8
25. Nxd5 Qh4 26. Kh2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Bxc4
Rxc4 31. Nxe8+ Kf8 32. Bh6+ Kxe8 33. Qxb7 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Rc7 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qf3
Ke6 37. Bf4 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Rc4 39. Bb8 Rc3 40. Qb7 Rc2 41. Qa6+ Qb6 42. Qxa7 Qxa7
43. Bxa7 Ra2 44. b5 Rxa3 45. Bf2 Rb3 46. b6 Kd5 47. Bg1 Ke4 48. Bc5 Kd3 49. Bg1
Ke2 50. Bc5 Kf1 51. g4 Rb5 52. Bd4 Rb4 53. Bc5 Rb3 54. h4 Ke2 55. Kg2 Rb5 56.
Bg1 f5 57. gxf5 gxf5 58. Kg3 Rb4 59. Bc5 f4+ 60. Kg4 Rb5 61. Bd4 f3 62. Kg3 Rd5
63. Bf2 Rh5 64. Bg1 Rb5 65. Kg4 Rb1 66. Bc5 Rc1 67. b7 Rb1 68. h5 Rxb7 69. h6
Rc7 70. Bb6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "KS Summer Open, Copenhagen"]
[Site "KS Summer Open, Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bekker-Jensen, David"]
[Black "Adamski, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd4 17. Bxd4
Nxd4 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Bxe6 Kxf6 22. Bd5 Rfd8 23. b4
Rd6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "KS Summer Open, Copenhagen"]
[Site "KS Summer Open, Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guindy, Esmat"]
[Black "Petersen, Steen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nd5 11. Rc1
Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Nxc5 14. Rxc4 Nd7 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rd4+ Bd7 17. O-O
Ke7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Rd2 Rhd8 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Bf3 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8
Nxd8 24. Kf2 f6 25. Ke2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres memorial, Tallin/Parnu"]
[Site "Keres memorial, Tallin/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 1... e6  2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. a3 Be7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nf4 Rb8 12.
a4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. d5 e5 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. b3 Rbe8 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. Qb1 Nb8 19.
a5 Qc8 20. axb6 Bxb6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Nbd7 23. Nb4 Ng4 24. Re2 f5 25. Rea2
e4 26. h3 Nge5 27. Nxa6 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nde5 29. Nb5 Rf6 30. Nac7 Rd8 31. Ne6 Rxe6
32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Ra7 Bc6 34. Qb2 e3 35. fxe3 Qg6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Nd4 Be4 38.
Rf1 Rf8 39. Qf2 gxh3 40. Bxf3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata op-29 Mar del Pl"]
[Site "Mar del Plata op-29 Mar del P"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Souza, Mauro Guimaraes"]
[Black "Arambel, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O
b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 Ne7 14. Rad1 Nfd5 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Ne4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qd5
18. Qg3 e5 19. Ng5 exd4 20. Be4 Qd7 21. Bf5 Qe7 22. exd4 Bd5 23. Rde1 Qf6 24.
Qe3 Rae8 25. Qxe8 Qxg5 26. Qe2 Nf4 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Bxg4 Nxg2 29. Re5 Bb7 30.
Re7 Bd5 31. Rf5 Ba8 32. Rfxf7 1-0

[Event "Memorial A.Petrov, St. Petersb"]
[Site "Memorial A.Petrov, St. Peters"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uchitel Stanislav (RUS)"]
[Black "Zvereva Marija (RUS)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O
h6 12. Rc1 b6 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Ne7 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. Qh3 Nfg8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rc3 Bb7 20. Bb1 Qd5 21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Rg3 f5 23. Be5 Nf6 24. Rg6
Kh7 25. Rg3 Rf7 26. Bd3 g6 27. Be2 Qd8 28. Qh4 Ne4 29. Qxh6+ Kxh6 30. Rh3+ Qh4
31. Rxh4+ Kg5 32. g3 f4 33. Rg4+ Kh6 34. Rh4+ Kg5 35. Bxf4+ Kf6 36. Be5+ Ke7
37. f3 Ng5 38. Bf4 Nxf3+ 39. Bxf3 Bxf3 40. Rd3 Bd5 41. Bg5+ Kd7 42. Rh6 Rc2 43.
Bd2 Rxb2 44. Bf4 g5 0-1

[Event "Monaco Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco Rapid"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, M."]
[Black "Nikolic, Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 b6 12.
Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Qa4 Bc4 17. Red1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2
Nc4 19. Rdc1 Nxd6 20. Nc3 a5 21. Qd4 Nf5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb7 Rc5 24. b4 axb4 25.
axb4 Rc6 26. Bxc6 dxc6 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Bg5 Rd6 29. b5 c5 30. Ra6 Nd4 31. Kg2
Nd7 32. Re1 Ne6 33. Ne4 Rd5 34. Nf6+ Nxf6 35. Bxf6 Rf5 36. Bb2 Bg7 37. Bxg7
Kxg7 38. Rxb6 c4 39. Rb8 c3 40. Rc1 Rc5 41. b6 Kf6 42. Rh8 Rb5 43. Rxc3 Rxb6
44. Rxh7 Ng5 45. Rh4 Kg7 46. Rhc4 Ne6 47. Rc2 Rb3 48. R4c3 Rb5 49. Ra2 Rb7 50.
Rca3 Rd7 51. Ra7 Rd5 52. R2a3 g5 53. R3a5 Rd8 54. Rf5 Rf8 55. Kh3 Kg6 56. Kg4
f6 57. Ra6 Kf7 58. Rb5 Re8 59. Rbb6 Re7 60. Rd6 Re8 61. Rxe6 Rxe6 62. Rxe6 Kxe6
63. f4 1-0

[Event "Monaco Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco Rapid"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, M."]
[Black "Karpov, An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O
b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. f4 Nd5 17. f5 exf5 18.
Bxf5 Qc7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qg3 Qh4 22. Bf4 Qxg3 23. Bxg3 Rfe8 24.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Bc7 Ra8 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. h4 Be6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30.
Rxe6 Rxd4 31. h5 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Re7 Rh4 34. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NEDtch 1997/98, Nijmegen"]
[Site "NEDtch 1997/98, Nijmegen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Nbd7 8. b4 Bc7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O b6 12. d5
exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. f4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nb6 16. h3 Bd7 17. e4 Rc8 18. Be3 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 Bb6 20. Rf3 Rxc4 21. Kh1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qc7 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Nce2 Re8 25.
Rbb3 h6 26. Kh2 Bc8 27. Rbc3 Bd7 28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Nge2 Qxb4 31. e5
Qd2 32. e6 Bc8 33. Nf5 fxe6 34. Nxd6 Nxd5 35. Re4 Rd8 36. Rxc4 Bd7 37. Rd4 Qc2
38. Ne4 Rf8 39. N4c3 Nxc3 40. Nxc3 Bc8 41. Rc4 Qd2 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. Rc6 Qb8 44.
Ne2 Kh8 45. Qd4 a5 46. Qc5 Bd7 47. Rb6 Qa8 48. Qd6 Qc8 49. Nd4 Rg8 50. Ra6 Qb8
51. Qxb8 Rxb8 52. Ra7 Rd8 53. Rxa5 Kg8 54. Ra7 Kf8 55. Kg3 Bc8 56. Nc6 Rd3+ 57.
Kh4 Rc3 58. Ne5 Kg8 59. Kh5 Kh7 60. h4 Rb3 61. Kg4 Bb7 62. g3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Open, New York"]
[Site "New York Open, New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3 O-O 9. d5 Re8 10. Kf2 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12.
Ng3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc7 14. c4 b5 15. e4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd7 17. Be2 Ne5 18. h4 Ba6
19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Qa4 Qc8 21. Nf5 c4 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Qa5 Ncd3+ 24. Kg3 Qd7 25.
Qa6 Rad8 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Qxa7 Qa8 28. Rhb1 c3 29. Rc7 Qxa7 30. Bxa7 g6 31. Ne3
Rc8 32. Rbb7 Nc1 33. f4 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Ned3 35. Bd4 f5 36. exf5 Re4 37. Ng4 Rxd4
38. Nh6+ Kf8 39. f6 Re4 40. Rxh7 Ke8 41. f7+ Ke7 42. f5 gxf5 43. Nxf5+ Kf8 44.
Rh8+ Kxf7 45. Nxd6+ Kg7 46. Nxe4 Kxh8 47. Nxc3 Ne5 48. Kf4 Nc4 49. g4 Nxa3 50.
d6 Nd3+ 51. Ke4 Nb4 52. d7 Nc6 53. Kd5 Nd8 54. g5 Nc2 55. h5 Ne3+ 56. Kd4 Nf5+
57. Ke5 Ng3 58. h6 Kh7 59. Ne4 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "New York Open, New York"]
[Site "New York Open, New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 1... e6  2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5
5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 b6
12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Be3 Qf6 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qe5 18. Bf4
Qf5 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Ned4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Nc5 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. Be3
Nxa4 25. Rd2 Qc1+ 26. Rd1 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Bf1 Rc6 30. Rb1 Nc3
31. Ra1 a5 32. Rb2 Nd5 33. Bg2 Rxd6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxb6 Ra8 36. Ra4 f6 37.
Rb2 Be7 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Bxd2 Bd8 40. Kg2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Open, Montecatini"]
[Site "Open, Montecatini"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delmont, Jean Robert"]
[Black "Laketic, Gojko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bc4 15. Bf1 Qc8 16. Bd2 Ra3 17. Qg4 Kh8 18.
Qh4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nd7 20. c4 Qxc4 21. Rac1 Qa4 22. Qe7 Rxa2 23. Rc7 Rxd2 24.
Rxd7 Rg8 25. Qxf7 Re2 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rc8 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 30.
Kg2 Rxc8 31. Qxe6 Qd3 32. Rxd5 Rc2+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kg4 Rc4+ 35. Kh5 Qf3+ 36.
g4 Qh3+ 37. Kg6 Rxg4+ 38. Kf7 Rf4+ 39. Ke7 Qa3+ 40. Ke8 Qf8+ 41. Kd7 Rf7+ 42.
Kc6 0-1

[Event "Open, Toronto"]
[Site "Open, Toronto"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chow, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5 O-O 9. g3 b6 10. b4 bxc5 11. dxc5 a5 12.
Rb1 Nc6 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Qa4 axb4 15. axb4 Bd7 16. b5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Nc4 18. c6 e5
19. Qd3 Be6 20. O-O d4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bg2 Nd6 24. Rb4 Ne4 25. Ba3
Qa5 26. Rb3 Bxa3 27. Rxa3 Qxb5 28. c7 Rb7 29. Qxb5 Rxb5 30. f4 Rc8 31. fxe5
Rxc7 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Nxd4 Rxe5 34. Nxe6 Rc8 35. Rc3 Re8 36. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Open, Toronto"]
[Site "Open, Toronto"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Black "Crisan, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. d5 O-O 9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 d6 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O h6 13. f4 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. h3 Bc8 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Qf3 b5
19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Kh2 Ng6 22. Bc3 c4 23. Bd4 Qb8 24. Bxc4 Re4 25.
Qc3 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxd5 27. Qd3 Rxf4 28. Bxg7 Nb4 29. Qc3 d5 30. g3 Re4 31. Qf6
Ra7 32. Bxh6 Qe5 33. Rac1 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 d4 35. Bd2 d3 36. Rf2 Rae7 37. Bxb4
Rxb4 38. Bxd3 Rxa4 39. Rc4 Ra1 40. Rg4 Kg7 41. h4 Kh6 42. Kg2 Rae1 43. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Pan American, San Felipe VEN"]
[Site "Pan American, San Felipe VEN"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paschall, W."]
[Black "Garcia, Gild"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. g3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc6
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bc5 14. O-O Be6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qb6 17. b4 a5 18.
bxa5 Rxa5 19. Qb1 Rb5 20. Qe4 Rd8 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Rxb5 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qa6 24. Qc2
Nd4 25. Qc7 Rd7 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Rxb7 Qxa3 28. Be4+ g6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Nd5
Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Qd6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poland Championship, Ksiaz Pol"]
[Site "Poland Championship, Ksiaz Po"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sosnicki Michal"]
[Black "Macieja Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Bg2 d6
12. h3 a6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. g4 Ne5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. g5 h4
19. gxf6 hxg3 20. Nxg3 Qxf6 21. Nge4 Qh4 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. Nxg3 f5
25. Rfe1 Bd7 26. Nh5 Nd3 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bf3 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Ba7 30. Be2 Bxh5
31. Bxd3 Re8 32. Kg2 g6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup, Copenhagen"]
[Site "Politiken Cup, Copenhagen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Larsen, Peter"]
[Black "Petersen, Steen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 1... Nf6  2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd5 11. Nxd4
Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 bxc6 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Kc3 e5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. b4 Ke7
18. Rhd1 c5 19. Bd5 Rhc8 20. Kb3 a5 21. Bxe6 Kxe6 22. b5 Rxb5+ 23. Kc3 Rcb8 24.
Ra2 a4 25. Rdd2 e4 26. Kc4 f5 27. h4 Rb1 28. g3 g6 29. Rac2 R1b3 30. Ra2 Rb1
31. Rac2 R1b3 32. Ra2 Rb1 33. Rac2 R1b3 34. Ra2 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-tch 1997/98, Sweden"]
[Site "SWE-tch 1997/98, Sweden"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Bg2 d6
12. h3 a6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nce2 Bd7 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Ba7 18. Qd2
Rc5 19. Kh2 Ng6 20. a4 Rc8 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Nf6 24. Nf5 Bxf5
25. Qxf5 Qc8 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Qd1 Qf5 28. Kg1 h5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qf3 Rc8 31.
Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Rc2 33. f5 a5 34. Bf3 Rd2 35. Ne2 Rd3 36. Kg2 Rxb3 37. Ng3
Kf8 38. Nxh5 Rxf3 39. Kxf3 Nxh5 40. Rb1 Bc5 41. Rxb7 Nf6 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rb7+
Kf8 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co, Malmoe"]
[Site "Sigeman & Co, Malmoe"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nd4 Re8 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O a6 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. h4 Be7 18. h5
Ne5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rc8 21. Rad1 Qd7 22. Qf4 h6 23. Bh4 b5 24. Rd4 Nh7
25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 Nf6 28. Rxa6 Qb7 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Rb1 Qb4 31.
Ra4 Qb3 32. Bd1 Qb6 33. Rf4 Ned7 34. b4 Re5 35. Rc4 Qd8 36. Rc6 Qe7 37. Bf3 Rf5
38. Ra6 Ne5 39. Be2 Ned7 40. b5 Nc5 1-0

[Event "Torneo internazionale, Monteca"]
[Site "Torneo internazionale, Montec"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Drei, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. g3 d5 9. c5 Nc6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Bf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 N4e5 18. Rad1
Nc4 19. f4 Qc8 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Nxd5 b5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bxa8
1-0

[Event "VAM Open, Hoogeveen NED"]
[Site "VAM Open, Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Beek, L."]
[Black "Timmermans, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4
12. h4 b6 13. Qg5 O-O 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. cxb6 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nxb6 17. Nd1 Ba6 18.
Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rc6 Rda8 20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Kd2 Rb6 23. Kc2 Nb8 24.
Rc1 Kf8 25. Nd1 Nc6 26. Kd3 Ke7 27. Rc2 Kd6 28. h5 f6 29. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP II, Reykjavik"]
[Site "VISA Nordic GP II, Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Bf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rc1 Bg7 15. Rc5 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rc3 Bf5 18.
Ba6 Qd6 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Rc7 Qh4 23. g3 Qg4 24. Qd3 Nh4
25. Qd1 Rfe8 26. Nc3 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. Be2 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Bh6 30. Bb5 Bxf4
31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Nd1 Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Bg4 34. Ne3 Bf3 35. Rc3 Kg7 36. h3 Kf6 37.
Kh2 Ke6 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. Kg3 Be4 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 h5 42. Rb7 Re6 43. f3
h4+ 44. Kg2 Bf5 45. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "World Open, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Open, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 8. Bd2 Ba6 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O
12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 Bb7 14. Bb4 d6 15. a4 a6 16. Rb3 axb5 17. axb5 Qc7 18. f3
Nbd7 19. Bd3 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rc3 Qf4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd2 Nh5 24. Ke2
Ndf6 25. Nxh5 Nxh5 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. Bd6 Qd8 28. Be5 f6 29. Bg3 Ra8 30. Rd1 Nxg3+
31. hxg3 Qd6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Be2 Qb4 34. Qd2 Qb3 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Ra2 37.
Rc3 Ra7 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Rc8 Ke7 40. Rc2 Kd7 41. Rc1 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2 43. Ke3 f5
44. Rc3 g5 45. Bf1 h4 46. gxh4 f4+ 47. Kd3 gxh4 48. Rc2 Ra1 49. Ke2 Rb1 50. Kf2
Rd1 51. Be2 Rxd4 52. Rc1 Ra4 53. Rc2 Kd6 54. Ke1 Ke5 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Rd2+ Kc5
57. Rc2+ Bc4 58. Bxc4 Rxc4 59. Re2 Kd5 60. Rb2 e5 61. Ke2 Rc3 62. Rb4 Re3+ 63.
Kf2 Kc5 64. Rb1 Rc3 65. Rb2 Kd4 66. Rd2+ Rd3 67. Re2 Rb3 68. Rd2+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "World Open, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Open, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Blecourt, Sandra"]
[Black "Betaneli, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. f3 Bc6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf4 Qc7 12.
d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bb7 14. Qa4 Qe5 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Be2 c4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qa2
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Bc6 22. O-O Nc5 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2
f5 25. Kf2 Re6 26. h3 Rce8 27. Re1 Bb7 28. g4 f4 29. e4 g5 30. Bb4 Re5 31. Bc3
R5e6 32. Bb4 Rc6 33. Rd2 Bc8 34. Rd5 h6 35. h4 a5 36. Bc3 Rg6 37. Bxa5 Bb7 38.
Bxb6 Nxe4+ 39. fxe4 Bxd5 40. exd5 Rxb6 41. c5 Rb3 42. Bc4 Rxe1 43. Bxb3 Re3 44.
Ba4 Kf7 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bxd7 Rc3 47. c6 Ke7 48. a4 Kd6 49. Be6 Rxc6 50. dxc6
Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Site "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Edzgveradze, N."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5
12. Be2 Neg4 13. Bd4 Nh6 14. f3 Nf5 15. Bf2 g6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. O-O-O Ne5 18.
Kb1 Bd7 19. h4 Nxh4 20. Rh2 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 g5 22. Rdh1 Rc8 23. Nh5 Bg6 24. f4 Nc4
25. Qe1 Nf5 26. g4 Nfe3 27. Bxe3 Nxe3 28. Qd2 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. f5 Bxh5 31.
Rxh5 Rxg4 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Qd3 Re8 34. Rxh7 Rh4 35. R7xh4 gxh4 36. Ne4 Bg7 37.
Rg1 f5 38. Ng5 Qf6 39. Rg2 Re1+ 40. Ka2 Rg1 41. Qe2 Rxg2 42. Qxg2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Site "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giorgadze, G."]
[Black "Supatashvili, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ncxd5
exd5 12. Bd3 Bg5 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Be2 Rfe8 17. Re1 h6
18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Qd2 a6 20. b4 Qg6 21. a4 Bh3 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5
Ne7 25. Bf4 Nf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rc7 Bc8 28. Qc3 Qe6 29. h3 f6 30. g4 Ne7 31.
Qe3 Ng6 32. Bg3 Re7 33. Rc5 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Be6 35. b6 Nf8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Bd6
Rd7 38. Bc7 Re7 39. Bb5 Nd7 40. Rc3 Kg6 41. Bd6 Rf7 42. Rc7 Nxb6 43. Be8 Nc4
44. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Site "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sturua, Z."]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6
12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18.
Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Rfd1 Bd7 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. d5 e5 24. f4 Rf7
25. Qe3 Qxd5 26. Bc3 Qe4 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rd5 a4 30. Rxe5 h6 31.
Rxe4 Kh7 32. Rd1 Bc6 33. Re6 Re8 34. Rxe8 Bxe8 35. Rd6 h5 36. Rd5 Kg6 37. Rd6+
Kh7 38. Rd8 Re7 39. Kf2 Rf7+ 40. Kg3 Re7 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rf6+ Ke4
44. Bb4 Re5 45. Bd6 Rd5 46. Re6+ Kf5 47. Rxe8 Rxd6 48. Kxh5 Rd2 49. g4+ Kf4 50.
Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Site "Zonal 1.5, Panormo GRE"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Supatashvili, K."]
[Black "Tsichlis, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nb6
12. Ba2 Bd7 13. d5 Nbxd5 14. Ncxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Qf3 Bg4
18. Qe4 Qd7 19. Bxb7 Bf5 20. Qf3 Bg4 21. Bc6 Qe6 22. Qe4 Rac8 23. Bd5 Qd7 24.
Bb3 Rb8 25. Bc2 g6 26. Qf4 Bxb2 27. Rab1 f6 28. Ba4 Qf5 29. h3 Be2 30. Qxf5
gxf5 31. Rfe1 Bd3 32. Rbd1 Be4 33. f3 Ba8 34. Bxa7 Rbd8 35. Bc5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1
Rc8 37. Bb4 Kf7 38. Bd7 Rg8 39. Bxf5 Bxf3 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. g4 h5 42. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Zt 1.4, Krynica POL"]
[Site "Zt 1.4, Krynica POL"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Babula, V."]
[Black "Macieja, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ol (men), Elista RUS"]
[Site "ol (men), Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nickoloff, B."]
[Black "Zelcic, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Re8
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d6 Nc6 14. g3 Ne4 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Qd4 Nxb2 18.
Qxb2 Nxd6 19. O-O Nc4 20. Qd4 Rxe2 21. Qxc4 Re7 22. Rfd1 d6 23. Rd4 g6 24. Qd3
Bf5 25. Qd2 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rxa3 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qd4+
f6 31. g4 Rh3 32. Rd6 Be6 33. Re1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ol (women), Elista RUS"]
[Site "ol (women), Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cmilyte, V."]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Rg1 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qb3 11. Qc5 Nc6
12. Bg2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 O-O 16. Nd6 Ne5 17. Nc3 Nd3+ 18.
Ke2 Nxb2 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Bg4+ 21. f3 Bd7 22. Rgb1 Na4 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24.
Nc4 Be6 25. Nxb6 Nxb6 26. Bb4 Rfe8 27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Bc6 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb8 30.
Bd5 a5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Bc3 Rb3 33. Bd4 Rxa3 34. Rc1 Nd6 35. Rc6 Nf5 36. Rxe6
Nxd4+ 37. exd4 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Rxh2 39. Ra6 Ra2 40. Ra7 a4 41. d5 Ra1 42. Kd2 Kf8
43. d6 Ke8 44. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ol (women), Elista RUS"]
[Site "ol (women), Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedova, R."]
[Black "Ankerst, Mil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 O-O 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Be6 11. b5
Nbd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. Na4 b6 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qe7
18. Qh4 Rfd8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Bd4 Nde8 21. Nc3 Rd7 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. f3 Qe7 24. Ng3
Nh7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rdc1 Rec7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Be5 Rb7 29. Ne2 f6 30. Bg3
Nf8 31. Nd4 Kf7 32. Nc6 Rd7 33. Nxa7 Nd6 34. Nc6 Ng6 35. Ra8 Nf8 36. Kf2 Nc4
37. Rb8 g5 38. Ke2 h5 39. h4 Kg7 40. Nd4 Bf7 41. Nf5+ Kg8 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Ra8
Be6 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Nxe6+ Ke7 47. Nd4 Kf6 48. Nc6 Nd6 49. Be5+
Ke6 50. Bd4 Nc4 51. f4 gxf4 52. exf4 Kd6 53. Bg6 Kc7 54. Bxh5 Na3 55. Be5+ Kb7
56. Nd4 Nc4 57. Bf6 Rh7 58. Bf3 Rd7 59. g4 Rd6 60. g5 1-0

[Event "ol (women), Elista RUS"]
[Site "ol (women), Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedova, R."]
[Black "Erwee, Yvette"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. e4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. f3 a6 15. Rf2 Ne8 16. Bf1 f6 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rd8
19. Rad1 Bf7 20. Bf2 Nc7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Ne5 23. h3 Rc8 24. a4 Qc7 25.
Qc3 Qd7 26. a5 Qc7 27. f4 Nd7 28. g4 Rfe8 29. Re1 Bg6 30. Bg2 Re7 31. Bh4 Rd8
32. e5 Rf8 33. e6 Nb8 34. f5 Be8 35. Bg3 b6 36. Bf4 Bb5 37. Qg3 Rd8 38. g5 Kh8
39. Qh4 Rf8 40. gxf6 gxf6 41. Bh6 1-0

[Event "ol, Elista RUS"]
[Site "ol, Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, J."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 1... Nf6  2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 d6 11. Be2 a6
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. h3 Re8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Rac1
Ng6 19. Rfd1 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qe7 21. Na2 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Qxe3+ 24.
Kh1 Ne4 25. Nf5 Nf2+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27. Ng3 Ne4 28. Qb3 Bf2 29. Rd3 h5 30. Bxh5
Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Qxh5 32. Rxg6 Qxg6 33. Qf3 Bd4 34. Nd3 Qg5 35. Qe4 Qe3 36. Qxe3
Bxe3 37. Kg3 g6 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Ne1 Kf6 41. Kd3 Bf2 42. Nf3 Kf5 43.
Ke2 Ba7 0-1