[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Lutz"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Ng4 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.Nbxd4 Qb6 14.O-O Bc5 15.h3 
Bxf3 16.hxg4 Bd5 
    ( 16...Bxd4 )
    ( 16...Bb7 )
17.Nf3 N 
    ( 17.Nb3 O-O! 18.Qxd7 Bxb3 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qd3+ Kg8 21.Qxb3 Qxb3 22.
    axb3 Rfb8 23.Ra4 Rxb3 24.Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Chernin,A/Brno 1993} )
17...Qb7 
    ( 17...O-O? 18.Qxd7 Rad8 19.Qa4 Bxf3 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.gxf3 +/- )
18.Qf4!? O-O 19.Qh2 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.g5 Ne4 22.Be3 {Die schwarze 
Initiative sieht bedrohlich aus, daher gibt Weiß seinen Bauern zurück und 
leitet in eine ausgeglichene Stellung über. Aber vielleicht war 22.b3!? 
möglich :} 
    ( 22.b3!? Rf5 23.Be3 
        ( 23.Bb2 Raf8 24.Rac1 Qb6 $40 )
    23...Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qb6 25.Rae1!? {/\ Be4, Nd4} )
22...Bxe3 23.fxe3 Qxb2 24.g6 h6 
    ( 24...hxg6? 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Ng5 +- )
25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.Nxe5 Rac8 28.Rf4 Rxf4 29.exf4 = Kf8 
    ( 29...Rc2 30.g4 {/\ Rd1} )
30.Rd1 Bd5 31.a4 Ke7 32.Rb1 h5 
    ( 32...Rc2 33.g4 )
33.Rb6 Kf6 
    ( 33...Rc2 34.Rxa6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 $132 {/\ Ra7} )
34.g4 
    ( 34.Rxa6 Kf5!? )
34...hxg4 35.Nxg4+ 
    ( 35.Nxg4+ Kxg6 
        ( 35...Kf5 36.Ne3+ = )
    36.Ne3 = )
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury MVGR"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Ne7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 {Lutz} 1...d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.a3 bxa3 12.bxa3 O-O 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.e4 c5 16.Bf4 Qc8 
    ( 16...Qxf4 {Lutz} 17.Rxb7 +/- {(B.Gelfand; A. Huzman)} )
17.Bg5!? N 
    ( 17.Qe2 {Lutz} 17...c4 18.Bc2 Bxa3!? 
        ( 18...g6?! 19.Ne5 +/- {1-0 Gelfand,B-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk aan 
        Zee 1992 (56)} )
    19.e5 
        ( 19.Rxb7 Qxb7 20.e5 Nd5 21.Bxh7+ Kh8! -+ )
    19...Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nd5 21.Bh6 c3! 22.Qg4 g6 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 ~= {
    (B.Gelfand; A.Huzman)} )
17...h6?! 
    ( 17...cxd4!? 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Rfc1 Qe8 20.Nxd4 Ba4 21.Qb2 = )
18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.dxc5 +/- Rd8 20.Qc2?! 
    ( 20.Qe2 $142 +/- )
20...Qc7 21.Rfc1 Rac8 22.Bb5 Bc6 23.g3 Bxb5 24.Rxb5 Qc6 25.Rb4 Rc7 26.Qb1 
Qa6 27.a4 Qe2?! 
    ( 27...Rdc8 28.Rbc4 Rb7 29.Qa2 Qc6 30.Rb1 Rd7 +/- )
28.Kg2 Qa6 {#} 29.Rb8! Qxa4 30.e5 Be7 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Qb8 Qd7 33.c6 Qc8 
34.Qb5 Re7 35.Nd2 Bb6 36.Nc4 Qd8 37.Nd6 
    ( 37.Nxb6 axb6 38.Rb1 Rc7 )
37...Rc7 38.Qc4 Qe7 39.Rc3 Qg5 40.Nb5 Rc8 41.Qe2 Qd8 42.Nd6 Rc7 43.Qe4 Qg5
44.Rc2 Qe7 45.h4 Qf8? 
    ( 45...Qd8 46.Rd2 {/\Rd3,Nb7+-} )
46.Rd2? 
    ( 46.Nb5 Rc8 47.c7 a6 48.Qb7 axb5 49.Qxb6 {/\Rd2-d8} 49...Qe7 50.Qxb5 
    +- )
46...Re7 47.Nb7 f6?! 
    ( 47...Qc8 $142 )
48.exf6 Qxf6 49.Nd6 e5 50.Nb5 Qe6 
    ( 50...Rf7 51.Rc2 +- )
51.Rc2 Re8 52.c7 Rc8 53.Qb7 Qd7 54.Rd2 Bd4 
    ( 54...Qe6 55.Rd6 Qf5 56.Rxb6 axb6 57.Nd6 +- )
55.f4! a6 56.Qxa6 Rxc7 57.Nxc7 Qxc7 58.Qa8+ Kf7 59.Qd5+ Kf8 
    ( 59...Ke7 60.fxe5 Bxe5 61.Re2 Kf6 62.Rf2+ )
60.Ra2 Qc1 61.Qd8+ Kf7 62.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij MVGR"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 b6 {Der junge Zvjaginsev bevorzugt einen originellen Stil. 
So ist diese relativ seltene Variante keine Überraschung.Ribli.} 3.e4 Bb7 
4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 
    ( 5.Qb3 Na6! 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Ng6 9.Bd2 d6 10.a3 Nc5! 11.Qc2 
    Bxc3 12.Bxc3 f5! =+ {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Yermolinsky,A/WchT Luzern 1993 
    (41)} )
    ( 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qb3 a5 7.a3 a4 8.Qc2 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.h4 d5 11.Rh3 
    dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 Rigo,J-Bricard,E/Paris op 1995 (36)} )
    ( 5.Qc2 Ne7 6.d4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.O-O e5 10.a4 Nc6 11.Rb1 
    O-O 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Rfe1 Na5 {Beim,V-Lempert,I/Berliner 
    Sommer 1993/0-1 (61)} )
5...Ne7 {Diese Springerentwicklung erscheint mir logisch, da Schwarz 
später f7-f5 ziehen kann.} 
    ( 5...Nf6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Be4 Bxe4 8.Nxe4 d5 9.exd6 
        ( 9.Qa4+ Qd7 )
    9...Bxd6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Nxf6+!? 
        ( 11.Nxd6+ cxd6 )
    11...Qxf6 12.d4 O-O 13.Bg5 += {Weiß besitzt Übergewicht im Zentrum, 
    und der schwarze Damenflügel ist geschwächt.} )
6.Ne2!? {Ein interessantes Springermanöver, das gegen den Läufer auf b4 
gerichtet ist! Dieser hängt jetzt in der Luft und kann nicht,- wie sonst -
auf c3 schlagen.} 
    ( 6.O-O O-O 7.Ne2 
        ( 7.Bc2 f5 8.Qe2 
            ( 8.e5 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Ng6 10.d4 Qh4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.f4 Qg4+ 13.Ng3 
            Qh3 14.f3 Nxd4 {0-1 Zlotnikov,M-Shabalov,A/New York op 1997 
            (22)} )
        8...Bxc3 9.bxc3 Bxe4 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Nbc6 12.d4 Nf5 13.d5 Na5
        14.dxe6 Qe7 15.c5 Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 Ioseliani,N-Matveeva,S/EU-chTW 
        1997 (22)} )
        ( 7.Re1 f5 8.exf5 
            ( 8.e5 Ng6 9.Bf1 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nc6 11.d4 Nxd4 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.f4 
            d6 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Qxd6 cxd6 {Huebner,R-Miles,A/Bad Lauterberg
            1977/EXT 97/0-1 (45)} )
        8...Nxf5 9.Be4 Bxe4 
            ( 9...Nc6 10.d4 Na5 11.Bxb7 Nxb7 12.Qd3 c5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Ng5 
            Rf5 15.dxe6 dxe6 16.Nxe6 Qh4 17.g3 Qh5 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.a3 Raf8
            20.Bf4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Nc5 22.Qd1 Qg6 23.cxd4 Rxf4 24.dxc5 Rxf2 
            25.Re2 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Aumann, W-Schlusnik,N/Budapest FS06 IM 
            1997/EXP 58 (30)} )
        10.Nxe4 
            ( 10.Rxe4 Bxc3 11.dxc3 Nc6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Qd3 Qe8 14.Rae1 h6 
            15.b4 Qe7 16.a3 g5 17.Bc1 Rf7 18.Rg4 Rg7 19.c5 bxc5 20.b5 {1-0
            Sunye Neto,J-Hoffman,A/ARG-WORLD 1994/CBM 42/[Ribli] (41)} )
        10...Nc6 11.a3 Bc5 12.b4 Bd4 13.Ra2 a6 14.d3 Qe8 15.Ng3 Nxg3 16.
        hxg3 b5 17.Re4 Bf6 18.Rae2 Qb8 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.Qd2 Rad8 21.Qc1 {1/ 
        2-1/2 Murashko,V-Poluljahov,A/RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997 (41)} )
    7...f5 8.Ng3 Bd6 9.Re1 c5 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Bxf5 Bxg3 12.Be4 Bxe4 13.
    Rxe4 Bd6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Bg5 Qe8 17.Rd3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 
    Gurevich,M-Kengis,E/URS-chYM 1983 (28)} )
6...f5 
    ( 6...O-O? 7.a3 Bd6 8.e5 Bxf3 9.exd6 Bxe2 10.dxe7 Bxd1 11.exd8=Q Rxd8 
    12.Kxd1 +- )
7.Ng3 {Weiß hält seine Zentrumsstellung und provoziert Schwarz zu f5-f4.} 
    ( 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.a3 Ng6 9.exf5 Nh4 10.Be4 Nc6 11.fxe6 O-O 12.d4 Nxg2+ 13.
    Kf1 Nh4 14.Bg5 Nxf3 15.Bxd8 Raxd8 16.Rd1 dxe6 17.Qd3 Ng5 18.Bg2 {1-0 
    Mitenkov,A-Ivanov,V/Moscow op 1994/EXT 94op (26)} )
7...Ng6 8.O-O f4 
    ( 8...O-O!? {Speelman} )
9.Ne2 O-O 10.Bb1 
    ( 10.Bc2!? {Dieser Rückzug wirkt natürlicher. Weiß möchte in einigen 
    Varianten jedoch Qb3 ziehen.} )
10...Be7!? N {Schwarz muß sich mit 10...Nh4 nicht beeilen, denn dieser 
Springerzug hilft dem Weißen, nach dem Springertausch f2-f3 zu ziehen. 
Schwarz verbessert zunächst seine Läuferstellung.} 
    ( 10...Nh4 11.Nxh4 Qxh4 12.f3 += {Weiß besitzt ein massives Zentrum, 
    während der schwarze Bb7 wegen der Bauernkette g2-f3-e4 keine Zukunft 
    hat.} 12...e5 13.d4 Nc6 14.a3 Be7 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Bxf4! 
    Rxf4 18.g3 Rxe4!? 19.gxh4 +/- {1-0 Chernin, A-Speelman,J/EUCup G3 1997
    (24)} )
11.d4 c5 ~ 12.Bd2 
    ( 12.d5 e5 =+ {Schwarz hat freie Hand am Königssflügel.} 13.d6 Bf6 {
    Schwarz kann 14...Nc6 nebst ...Nd4 ziehen, und der weiße Pd6 wird 
    schwach.} )
12...Qc7 13.b3 Nc6 
    ( 13...e5!? 14.dxe5 
        ( 14.d5 =+ )
    14...Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Bc3 Qg5 17.f3 = )
14.Bc3 
    ( 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 
        ( 15...Nxe5 16.f3 
            ( 16.Bc3 f3 -/+ )
            ( 16.Bxf4 Nf3+ 17.gxf3 Rxf4 18.Nxf4 Qxf4 19.Qd3 Bd6 ~ )
        )
    16.Bc3 Qg5 17.f3 )
14...e5 15.dxe5 
    ( 15.d5 Nd4 =+ )
15...Ncxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.f3 Ng6 
    ( 17...Bf6 18.Nxf4 +/- Nxc4 
        ( 18...Nxf3+ 19.Rxf3 
            ( 19.Qxf3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Rxf4 =+ )
        19...Bxc3 20.Nd5 Bd4+ 21.Qxd4 +- )
    19.Nd5 +- )
18.Qd2 d6 19.Bc2 = {Weiß konsolidiert seine Stellung und kann nun endlich 
die Entwicklung des Damenflügels abschließen.} 19...Rad8 
    ( 19...Bf6 20.Rad1 Be5 = )
20.Rad1 Bf6 {Strategisch macht es Sinn für Schwarz, die schwarzfeldrigen 
Läufer zu tauschen, aber Weiß bekommt eine unerwartete Möglichkeit, seinen
Bc2 besser zu postieren.} 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.e5! += {Mit diesem Zug 
durchbricht Weiß die schwarzfeldrige Blockade des Nachziehenden.} 22...
Nxe5 23.Nxf4 {Der weiße Springer strebt nach d5.} 23...Qf7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.
cxd5 ~ 
    ( 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Nc6 27.Be4 Nd4 += )
25...Rf8 26.Be4 h6 27.Qe1 g5 {Schwarz übt positionellen Druck am 
Königsflügel aus. Er führt den sogenannten "Minoritätsangriff" gegen die 
potentiell gefährliche weiße Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel durch.} 28.Qe2
Rf4 29.a4 h5 30.a5 {Es ist interessant, daß beide Spieler ihr Glück im 
Minoritätsangriff suchen.} 30...bxa5 31.Qa6 Qc7 
    ( 31...g4 32.Qxd6 )
32.Ra1 g4 33.Qxa5 Qxa5 {Im folgenden vereinfacht Schwarz die Stellung und 
behält leichte Initiative.} 34.Rxa5 gxf3 35.gxf3 Nxf3+ 36.Bxf3 Rxf3 37.
Rxf3 Rxf3 38.Rxa7 {Wir haben ein Turmendspiel mit großer Remisbreite. 
Schwarz steht etwas besser und gewinnt mit der folgenden Aktion den Pd5.} 
38...Rf5 =+ 
    ( 38...Rxb3 39.Ra6 = 
        ( 39.Rd7 Rb6 40.Kf2 Kf8 =+ )
    )
39.b4! {Weiß opfert einen (unwichtigen) Bauern für Aktivität.} 39...cxb4 
    ( 39...Rxd5 40.bxc5 dxc5 41.Kf2 =+ )
40.Rb7 Rxd5 41.Rxb4 {Schwarz besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber das reduzierte
Material bietet Weiß gute Remischancen.} 41...Kf7 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Re2 
44.Rh4 {Es ist für Schwarz kaum möglich, seinen h-Bauern zu halten.} 44...
Re5 
    ( 44...Kg6 45.Rd4 Re6 46.Rd5 = Kh6 47.Kh4 {Durch aktives Spiel hält 
    Weiß die Stellung.} )
45.Kf3 d5 46.Ra4 {Weiß droht, 47.Ra6 mit Aussperrung des schwarzen Königs 
auf der 6. Reihe, zu spielen.} 46...Kf6 47.Kf4 Re2 
    ( 47...Rf5+!? 48.Ke3 
        ( 48.Kg3? Ke5 -/+ )
    48...Ke5 49.Rh4 )
48.Ra6+ Re6 49.Ra4 
    ( 49.Rxe6+!! Kxe6 -+ )
49...Rc6 50.Ke3 Rc2 
    ( 50...Ke5 51.Rh4 Rh6 52.Kd3 Kf5 53.Kd4 Kg5 54.Rh3 = )
51.Rf4+ Kg6 52.Rd4 Rc3+ 53.Kf4 = {Schwarz kommt nicht voran; er verliert 
seinen d-Bauern.} 
    ( 53.Kf4 Rc4 
        ( 53...Rc5 54.Ke5 += )
        ( 53...Rh3 54.Rxd5 Rxh2 55.Rd6+ = {Das ist natürlich elementar 
        remis für Weiß. Ribli.} )
    54.Ke5 Rxd4 55.Kxd4 Kf5 56.Kxd5 Kg4 57.Ke4 = )
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander LAZV"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus MVGR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 
a6 9.f4 O-O 10.Qf3 Na5 11.g4 Nxb3 12.axb3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.g5 Bb4 15.h4 Nc5
16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Nb1 Ne4 18.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 19.c3 Qb6 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Kxd2 Bd7 22.
h5 a5 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.h6 g6 25.Rhc1 Rfd8 26.Nc2 d4 27.Nxd4 b5 28.b4 Bc6 29.
bxa5 Rxa5 30.b4 Ra4 31.Rxa4 bxa4 32.c4 a3 33.Kc3 a2 34.Kb2 Qa7 35.Nc2 Qb7 
36.Kxa2 Be4 37.Na3 Bf5 38.Qb3 Qe4 39.b5 Qxf4 40.Rc3 Qh2+ 41.Nc2 Ra8+ 42.
Kb2 Qg1 43.Rd3 Bxd3 44.Qxd3 Qxg5 45.Qd6 Qh4 46.Qc7 Qxh6 47.b6 Qf8 48.b7 
Re8 49.c5 h5 50.Qd6 Rb8 51.c6 Qe8 52.Nb4 Kh7 53.Na6 Rxb7+ 54.cxb7 Qb5+ 55.
Qb4 Qe2+ 56.Kc3 Qxe5+ 57.Kb3 Qd5+ 58.Ka4 Qd1+ 59.Ka5 Qd8+ 60.Kb5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Felsberger, Alfred MVGR"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 {#} 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 {On the 
evaluation of this ending depends the evaluation of whole variation.So far
white has attempted the folowing possibilities: A) 13.0-0-0. B) 13.Bd3 C) 
13. a4, D) 13.Nb5,but he is still facing some difficulties in getting 
significient advantage:} 13.Nb5 
    ( 13.O-O-O a6 
        ( 13...Bd7 14.Bd3 h5!? 15.Ne2 Ke7 16.Nd4 g6 17.g3 Bc6 18.Rde1 Nd7 
        19.c3 = {Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/Lucern/1985} )
    14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Ne2 Nc8 16.Nd4 Ne7 17.Rhf1 Nc6 18.Nxc6 
        ( 18.c3!? += )
    18...Bxc6 19.f5 Bd7 20.f6 g6 21.Rf3 $36 {Hartmann,G-Moors,H/BL/1986} )
    ( 13.Bd3 Ke7 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Rhf1 Bc6 
        ( 15...g5!? 16.f5!? Bc6!? ~ {/\ Nd7} )
    16.Ne2 f6 17.exf6+ gxf6 18.Nd4 Kd6 
        ( 18...e5?! 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Rde1 e4 21.c4 $36 )
    19.Rde1 Rae8 20.g4!? $36 {Nijboer,F-Gurevich,M/Groningen/1992} )
    ( 13.a4 {/\ a5} 13...a5 14.Nb5 Ke7 15.b3 f6!? 16.exf6+ 
        ( 16.Kd2 fxe5 17.fxe5 Bd7 {>< Pe5} )
    16...gxf6 17.Kd2 Bd7 18.Re1 Bxb5 
        ( 18...h5?! 19.Nc7! Rac8 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.f5 += )
    19.Bxb5 Nc8 20.c4 
        ( 20.Re3 Nd6 21.Rhe1 Ne4+ =+ )
    20...Nb6!? 
        ( 20...dxc4 21.Bxc4 Rd8+ 22.Kc3 Rd6 23.Rd1 += {
        Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,M/ Manila(izt)/1990} )
    21.cxd5 
        ( 21.c5 Nd7 22.c6 bxc6 23.Bxc6 Rad8 =+ {Georgiev,Kir} )
    21...Nxd5 22.g3 Rhd8 23.Kc1 Rac8+ 24.Bc4 = {Georgiev,Kir} )
13...Ke7 14.O-O-O 
    ( 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Nd4 Na4 
        ( 15...g6?! 16.b3 h5 17.Kd2 a6 18.a4 Nc8 19.b4 Kd8 20.Rhc1 a5 21.
        Rcb1 Kc7 22.Ra3 += {Timann,J-Korchnoi, V/Brussels SWIFT/1986} )
        ( 15...Nc4!? 16.b3 Na5 17.Kd2 Nc6 18.Ke3 Rac8 19.Rab1 h6 20.Nxc6+ 
        Rxc6 21.g4 h5 22.h3 g6 = {Arnasson,J-Dolmatov,S/Akureyri/ 1988} )
        ( 15...h5 16.b3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/URS-chTJ Kramatorsk
        1989} )
    16.O-O-O Nc5 {This is considered to be the main line of variation.} 
    17.Kd2 
        ( 17.Rde1?! h5! 18.g3 Rag8 19.Rhg1 g5 20.f5 g4! 21.f6+ Kd8 22.Re3 
        h4 23.b4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Nxd3+ 25.cxd3 Rh2 -/+ {
        Timman,J-Chernin,A/Montpellier(ct) /1985} )
        ( 17.Rhf1 g6 18.b3 Rac8 19.Kb2 a6 20.Rf3 h5 21.g3 Rcg8 22.Rdf1 Be8
        23.Re3 g5 24.f5 g4 25.Be2!? Rg5 26.Rc3!? b6 27.Kc1 {/\ b4} 27...a5
        28.a3 += {Chiburdanidze,M-Vareille,F/Montpellier/1986} )
    17...g5!? {#} 
        ( 17...h5 18.Rhf1 h4!? 
            ( 18...g6 19.Rde1 += )
        19.Rf2 
            ( 19.f5 Nxd3 20.Kxd3 Rh5 21.fxe6 Bxe6 = {Nunn,J} )
        19...Rac8 20.Rdf1 f5!? 
            ( 20...a6 21.f5 Nxd3 22.Kxd3 Rh5 23.fxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxe6 +/- )
        21.Ke3 a6 += 
            ( 21...g5?! 22.fxg5 Rcg8 23.b4! Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rxg5 25.Rc1 +/- {
            Hunn,J-Hjartarsson,J/Linares/1988} )
        )
    18.fxg5 Rag8 19.h4 
        ( 19.Nf3 Ne4+ 20.Kc1 Nxg5 =+ )
    19...h6 20.Nf3 
        ( 20.g4!? hxg5 21.h5 Nxd3 
            ( 21...Rh6 22.Rdf1 {-> f6,f7} )
            ( 21...f6 22.exf6+ Kxf6 23.Rhf1+ Ke7 24.Rde1 Kd6 25.Rf6 Ke7 
            26.Ref1 )
        22.Kxd3 f6 23.exf6+ Kxf6 24.Rhf1+ Ke7 25.Rde1 Rf8 26.Rxf8 Rxf8 27.
        Re5 Kf6 28.Re1 Ke7 = )
    20...hxg5 21.Nxg5 
        ( 21.hxg5 Rxh1 22.Rxh1 Ne4+ 23.Ke3 Nxg5 24.Rh5 Nxf3 25.gxf3 Bc6 = 
        {Nunn, J-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee/1990} )
    21...Rxh4!? 22.Rxh4 Rxg5 23.g4 
        ( 23.Re1 Rxg2+ 24.Re2 {Christiansen,L-Gurevich,M/Reykjavik/1990} 
        24...Rg8!? ~= {Gurevich,M} )
    23...Rxe5 24.Rh5 Ne4+!? {#} 25.Bxe4 
        ( 25.Kc1 Ng5 ~= {Gurevich,M} )
    25...Rxe4 26.Re1 Rd4+ 27.Kc1 Bc6 28.Rg1 Rf4 = )
    ( 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3} )
    ( 14.b3!? Bd7 
        ( 14...f6!? 15.exf6+ gxf6 16.a4 a5 17.Nc7?! Rb8 18.Bd3 Bd7 19.O-O 
        Kd6 $132 {Nijboer,F-Hoeksema,E/NLD-ch sf Enschede 1991 (60)} )
    15.Nd4 a6 16.Bd3 g6 17.Kd2 h5 18.g3 Rac8 19.a4 += )
    ( 14.a4!? Bd7 15.a5 Bxb5 16.Bxb5 Nd7 17.b4 Rac8 18.Kd2 g5! $132 {
    Luther,T-Mueller,K/Altensteig 1992 (32)} )
    ( 14.h4 h5 15.Rh3!? Bd7 16.Nd4 g6 17.b3 a6 18.Rc3 Rhc8 19.Kd2 += {
    Gallagher,J-Kelecevic,N/Biel Credis 1996 (43)} )
    ( 14.Kd2 Bd7 15.Nd4 Na4 16.b3 Nc5 17.Bd3 g6 18.a4!? a5 19.Raf1 h5 20.
    g3 Rag8 21.h4 += {Ehlvest, J-Gurevich,M/Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (49)} )
14...Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8!? {This move seems to be a novelty,but it does'nt 
change anything in the position:white has to play on the kingside,while 
black tries to create a counterplay on the queenside by doubling the rooks
over the c-file and transfering the knight to c6.} 
    ( 15...Na4 16.Bd3 {-> 14.Bd3} 
        ( 16.Bd3 Nc5 17.Rhf1 
            ( 17.Kd2 f5!? 18.Rdg1 
                ( 18.exf6+ gxf6 19.Rde1 Kd6 20.g4 Nxd3 21.cxd3 ~ )
            18...h5!? 19.g3 Rag8 20.h3? g5 21.b4 Ne4+ 22.Ke3 Rg7 $36 {
            Mainka,G-Schmidt,B/BL 1990/0-1 (53)} )
        17...g6 
            ( 17...Bc6 18.Rf3 Nd7 19.Re3 Rhc8 20.f5 g6 21.g4 += {
            Clerides-Elbilia/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (31)} )
        18.Rf3 h5 19.g3 Rag8 = {Fogarasi Tibor-Namgilov Sogto/It (cat.9), 
        Budapest (Hungary) 1996 (28)} )
    )
    ( 15...h5!? 16.Bd3 
        ( 16.g3 Na4 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.h3! Rag8 19.Rhf1 g6 20.Kd2 Be8 21.Rc1! 
        Bd7 22.b4 Na4 23.c4 += {Chandler,M-Short,N/Hastings A1 
        1988/1/2-1/2 (82)} )
    16...g6 17.g3 a6 18.h3 Nc8 19.Kd2 Na7 20.c3 Bb5 21.Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 
    Nunn,J-Korchnoi,V/Bruxelles/1985} )
    ( 15...a6 16.Bd3 
        ( 16.g3 Nc8 17.Bg2 Na7 18.Rhe1 Rac8 19.c3 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 
        Chandler,M-Chernin,A/Moscow GMA-qual f 1990} )
    16...Nc8!? 17.g4 Na7 18.Rhg1 Nc6 19.c3 Rac8 20.Be2 b5 21.Nxc6+ Bxc6 
    22.Rd4 += {Shmuter,L-Dickenson,N/ECC - Tyniste n. Orlici 1995 (28)} )
16.Bd3 
    ( 16.b3!? )
16...Nc4 17.Rde1?! Na5 18.Kd2 Nc6 19.Nf3 
    ( 19.c3 Nxd4 20.cxd4 h5 21.Rc1 g6 = )
19...a6 20.h4?! {Depriving himself the play on the kingside and letting 
black to do what he wishes.} 
    ( 20.g4 h5 21.h3 
        ( 21.gxh5 Rxh5 22.Rhg1 g6 23.a3 Na7 = )
    21...g6 22.a3 Na7 23.Nd4 Bb5 $132 )
20...h5! {Of course!} 21.Rhf1 g6 22.a3 
    ( 22.c3!? )
22...Rc7 23.Rh1 Na7 24.Nd4 Bb5 25.Rc1 
    ( 25.Nxb5!? Nxb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.c3 Rc4 28.g3 = )
25...Rhc8 26.Rhe1 Bc4!? 27.a4 Nc6 28.Nxc6+ Rxc6 29.g3?! 
    ( 29.b3 Bxd3 30.cxd3 d4!? 31.Rc4 = )
29...Rb6! =+ {Finaly getting a chanse to make some progress.It's quiet 
interesting to observe how black move by move is improving position,while 
white is just moving the pieces!} 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.b3 Rc5 32.Re3 Rbc6 33.
Rd3 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.b4 
    ( 35.c3 b4 36.Rc2 f6 37.Rc1 Kf7 38.Rc2 g5! -/+ )
35...Rc4 36.c3 Ra6! -/+ 37.Rc2 f6 {Bringing the king to the center decides
the game.} 38.Rd4 Rc8 39.exf6+ 
    ( 39.Ke3 Ra3 40.Kd3 
        ( 40.Rd3 Rc4 41.exf6+ Kxf6 42.Kd2 Kf5 {39.e:f6} )
    40...Ra1 41.Ke2 fxe5 42.fxe5 Rf8 -/+ )
39...Kxf6 40.Ke3 Ra3 41.Rd3 Rc4! 42.Kd2 Kf5 43.Re3 Re4 44.Kd3 
    ( {More persistant was} 44.Rd3 {with some drawing chances.} )
44...Rxe3+ 45.Kxe3 e5 46.fxe5 Kxe5 47.Kf2 Ke4 48.Re2+ Kd3 49.Re6 Kxc3 50.
Rxg6 d4! -+ {This pawn will cost white a rook so there is no reason to 
capture the pawn on b4 and to lose precious time.} 51.Rg5 d3 52.Rxb5 Ra1 
53.Rxh5 d2 54.Rd5 d1=Q 55.Rxd1 Rxd1 56.Ke3 Kxb4 57.h5 Kc5 58.Ke4 Kd6 59.
Kf5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir STKZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 
Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nh6 12.Bxh6 Bxh6 13.Re1 Bg7 14.Rc1 Rb8 15.
b4 Be6 16.d5 Bf5 17.Qd2 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 Qb6 20.Ne4 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur STKZ"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Donev"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 {Tsesarsky Hecht} 1...d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 
Bxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4!? {Schwarz verliert keine Zeit, mittels ...c7-c6 das 
Zentrum zu decken, sondern versucht das Spiel zu öffnen, denn das 
Läuferpaar könnte eine starke Waffe werden.} 
    ( 7...c5 {Tsesarsky} 8.dxc5 dxc4 
        ( 8...d4 9.Ne4 O-O 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.e3 e5 12.exd4 exd4 13.Bd3 += {
        1-0 Nutu Gajic,D-Baciu Ionescu,O/ROM-chW 1994 (34)} )
    9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rc1 
        ( 10.e3 Qa5 11.Nd4 Na6 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Nb5 Qe5 15.Qd4 
        Nxc5! 16.Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric, S-Petrosian,A/Erevan 1989} )
    10...Bd7 11.g3 
        ( 11.e3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Bc6 13.b4 += 
            ( 13.e4?! Nd7 14.b4 b6 15.b5 Bd5! 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qxd5 Nxc5 
            -/+ {Malaniuk,V-Kruppa,Y/USSR 1986 (20)} )
        )
    11...Qa5 12.Bg2 Bb5 13.Qb3 Bc6 14.O-O Na6 15.Nd2 Nxc5 16.Qc4 Bxg2 17.
    Kxg2 Qb6 18.b4 Na6 19.a3 = {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Beliavsky,A/URS-ch53 Kiev
    1986 (40)} )
8.Qxc4 a6 
    ( 8...O-O {Tsesarsky} 9.g3 
        ( 9.e4 a6 10.Rd1 
            ( 10.e5 Be7 11.Qd3 c5 12.Qe4 Nc6 13.O-O-O cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 
            15.Rxd4 += {0-1 Sorsak,J-Leserer,H/cr 1987 (27)} )
        10...Nd7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.Qb3 c6 13.O-O += {1/2-1/2 
        Szuhanek,R-Vajda,A/Timisoara 1994 (24)} )
        ( 9.Rd1?! a6 10.e3 
            ( 10.a4 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Qxb5 Nd7 ~= )
        10...b5 11.Qb3 Nd7 
            ( 11...c5 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.a4 Nd7 14.axb5 Nxc5 15.Qc4 += )
        12.Bd3 c5 13.Bb1 Qb6! =+ {0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Lputian,S/USSR (ch) 
        1986 (35)} )
    9...Nd7 10.Bg2 e5 11.d5 Nb6 12.Qb3 Bf5 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.O-O c6 15.e4 Bd7 
    = 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.Bf3 Bh3 18.a4 Bg5 19.a5 Nd7 20.Nc4 Qf6 21.Bg2 Bxg2 
    22.Kxg2 Qg6 23.Qc2 Rfc8 24.Qe2 cxd5 25.Rxd5 Qa6 26.Rxd7 Qxc4 27.Qf3 
    Rd8 28.Rad1 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Qe6 30.Qd3 h5 31.h4 Be7 32.Nb5 Bc5 33.Qd5 
    Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bb4 35.Rxe5 Bxa5 36.Nxa7 Bb6 37.Nb5 g6 38.Re7 Bc5 39.Rd7 
    b6 40.Nc7 Rb7 41.Nd5 Rxd7 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Nxd7 Bd4 44.b4 b5 45.Nc5 Bxc5
    46.bxc5 b4 47.c6 b3 48.c7 b2 49.c8=Q b1=Q 50.Qc3+ Kg8 51.Kf3 Qa2 52.
    Qd4 Qe6 53.Ke3 Qc8 54.e5 Qc2 55.Qe4 Qb2 56.Kf3 Qa2 57.Qd4 Qc2 58.Qe4 
    Qb2 59.Kg2 Qb3 60.Kh2 Qb2 61.Qf4 Qa2 62.Qf6 Qe2 63.Qd8+ Kg7 64.Qd4 Kg8
    65.Qe3 Qxe3 66.fxe3 Kf8 67.Kg2 Ke7 68.Kf3 Ke6 69.Ke4 Ke7 70.Kd5 Kd7 
    71.e6+?? 
        ( 71.e4! Ke7 72.e6 fxe6+ 
            ( 72...f6 73.e5 f5 74.Kc5 Kxe6 
                ( 74...g5 75.hxg5 f4 76.gxf4 h4 77.g6 Kxe6 78.f5+ +- )
            75.Kd4 Ke7 76.Kd5 Kd7 77.e6+ Ke7 
                ( 77...Ke8 78.Kd6 +- )
                ( 77...Kd8 78.Kd6 Ke8 79.e7 +- )
            78.Ke5 +- )
        73.Kc6 +- )
    71...fxe6+ 72.Ke4 
        ( 72.Ke5 Ke7 73.e4 Kf7 = )
    72...Ke8 73.Kf4 Kf7 74.e4 Kf6 75.e5+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 
    Uhlmann,W-Hjartarson,J/Leningrad White Knights 1984 (84)} )
    ( 8...b6 {Tsesarsky} 9.e4 O-O 10.Rd1 
        ( 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 g6 
            ( 11...c5 12.e5 Be7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Qc8 16.Bd3
            Nc6 17.Qe4 f5 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Qh7+ +- {1-0 Nutu-Gajic - 
            Ionescu-Baciu/Timisoara zt, SW 1993 (21)} )
        12.e5 Bg7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Qe7 16.h5 c6 17.Rd2 +/- 
            ( 17.Rd6? Nd7 
                ( 17...Bxe5 18.Rxg6+ Bg7 19.Rh4 
                    ( 19.Rg4 Nd7 20.Bd3 Ne5 21.Re1 Nxd3+ 22.Qxd3 Qc5+ $132
                    )
                19...b5 20.Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.Rg4+ +- )
            18.hxg6 Nxe5 19.gxf7+ 
                ( 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 $8 
                    ( 19...Qxd6? 20.gxf7+ Kh8 21.Qf4!! Bxe5 
                        ( 21...Rad8 22.Bd3!! Qc5+ 23.Kb1 +- )
                    22.Rxh6+ Kg7 23.Qg5+ Kxf7 24.Rxd6 Bxd6 25.Bc4+ +- )
                20.Rd2 Qg5 21.Bd3 
                    ( 21.f4 Qxg6 22.Bd3 Qe6 =+ )
                21...Bxb2+ 22.Kd1 
                    ( 22.Kc2 Bg7 23.gxf7+ Rxf7 24.Bh7+ Kf8 25.Qxc6 Qc5+ 
                    26.Qxc5+ bxc5 = )
                22...Bg7 23.gxf7+ Rxf7 24.Qxc6 Rd8 25.Re1 $132 )
            19...Rxf7 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Rd2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nutu 
            Gajic,D-Aleksieva,S/Moscow ol 1994 (38)} )
        )
    10...Ba6 11.Qb3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 c6 = 
        ( 12...Qc8 13.g4 c5 14.e5 Bd8 15.g5 Bxg5 
            ( 15...cxd4 16.Ne4 hxg5 17.Nfxg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 d3 19.Qb4 f6 20.
            exf6 Rxf6 21.Qe4 +/- {1-0 Rodriguez, J-Restifa,H/Buenos Aires 
            Najdorf op 1993 (41)} )
        16.Nxg5 hxg5 17.Rg1 Nc6 =+ )
    )
9.Ne4 Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.e3 
    ( 11.Qxc7?! Qxc7 12.Rxc7 Nc6! {Die Falle schnappt zu. Jetzt hat der 
    weiße Turm keinen Rückzug mehr und muß gegen eine schwarze Leichtfigur
    geopfert werden.} 13.Ne5 Bd8 14.Rxc6 bxc6 =+ )
11...Bd7 12.Ne5 
    ( 12.Qxc7 Bb4+ 13.Nfd2 Qxc7 14.Rxc7 Bc6 15.Nc5 Ra7!! -/+ {/\Ba5 und 
    wieder steckt der Rc7 in der Falle.} 
        ( 15...Ra7! {Tsesarsky} 16.Bc4 Ba5 17.Re7 Bd8 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Nxe6
        Bf6 -/+ )
        ( 15...Ba5 16.Rxb7 Bxb7 17.Nxb7 Nc6 
            ( 17...Bxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Nd7 19.b3 Rab8 20.Na5 Rb6 21.Bd3 += )
        18.Nxa5 Nxa5 19.b3 Rfc8 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 += )
    )
    ( 12.Bd3 {Tsesarsky} 12...Bb5 13.Qc2 c6 14.O-O Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd7 16.Qb3
    += {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Van der Sterren,P/ Tallinn 1987 (27)} )
12...Bd6 
    ( 12...Nc6 {Tsesarsky} 13.Nd3 += )
13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Nc5 
    ( 15.Nxd6 {Tsesarsky} 15...cxd6 16.O-O Rc8 17.Qb3 Qd7 = )
15...Bxc5 
    ( 15...Rb8 16.O-O c6 17.Bf3 {nebst b4,a4 mit besserem Spiel für Weiß.}
    )
16.Qxc5 c6 += {Auf dem Brett steht eine typische Stellung mit dem 
Zentralbauern d4 gegen das schwarze Bauernpaar e6/c6. Der weiße Plan ist 
einfach: Rochade, Lf3 nebst Minoritätsangriff am Damenflügel ( b4,a4,b5). 
In solchen Stellungen ist der Läufer dem Springer überlegen. Die Stellung 
ist halboffen, der Springer hat keine starken Stützpunkte (von d5 kann der
Springer immer mit e3-e4 vertrieben werden). Beim Spiel auf zwei Flügeln 
kann sich der Läufer besser bewegen. Weiß hat einen kleinen, aber 
dauerhaften positionellen Vorteil.} 17.O-O Qd5 18.Qa3! 
    ( 18.Qxd5 exd5 = )
18...Rad8 
    ( 18...Rfd8 {Tsesarsky} 19.Bf3 += )
19.Bf3 Qd6 20.Qa5 Rfe8 
    ( 20...Rd7 {Tsesarsky} 21.Rfd1 += )
21.Rfd1 Qb8 
    ( 21...Rd7!? {Tsesarsky} )
22.g3 Rd7 23.a3 e5 
    ( 23...Red8 $142 {Tsesarsky} )
24.dxe5 Qxe5 
    ( 24...Rxe5 {Tsesarsky} 25.Qa4 += )
25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 {# Hecht: Bei verteilten und nicht festgelegten 
Bauernmehrheiten ist der Läufer in der Regel die stärkere Leichtfigur. Der
Läufer kann als Langschrittler eigene Freibauern unterstützen und 
gleichzeitig feindliche kontrollieren. Der Springer als Nahkampffigur kann
das im allgemeinen nicht leisten. Grober Fehler von Schwarz im 30.Zug. 
Dafür gibt es eine Endspielmedaille.} 27.Rd1 Nf6 
    ( 27...Re7 {Tsesarsky} 28.Bg4 Ne5 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Be2 += )
28.Rd8+ Re8 29.Rd4 
    ( 29.Rxe8+ {Tsesarsky} 29...Nxe8 30.Kf1 Nd6 = )
29...Kf8 
    ( 29...Re7 $142 {Tsesarsky} )
30.Kf1 Ke7? {Leider verliert dieser logische Zug (/\Rd8). Lputian hat 
übersehen, daß nach 31.Rb4 Rb8 der Bauern c6 hängt: 32.Bxc6+-} 
    ( 30...Re7 $142 !? {31...Rd7 +=} )
    ( 30...Re5 $142 ! {/\Ke7} 31.Rd8+ Ke7 32.Rb8 Rb5 33.b4 Nd7 = )
    ( 30...a5 {Tsesarsky} 31.Ke2 += )
31.Rb4! b5 
    ( 31...Rb8 {Hecht} 32.Bxc6 {Motiv: Fesselung} )
32.Bxc6 +- Rb8 
    ( 32...Rd8 {Tsesarsky} 33.Ke2 Rd6 34.Bf3 +/- )
33.a4 Rb6 34.axb5 axb5 
    ( 34...Kd6 35.Rb3 Kc5 36.bxa6! +- )
35.Bf3 
    ( 35.Bxb5!? )
    ( 35.Bxb5 {Tsesarsky} 35...Kd6 36.Rd4+ 
        ( 36.Rb3 Ne4 37.Rd3+ 
            ( 37.Rb4 Nf6 = )
        37...Kc5 38.Rd4 Nd6 
            ( 38...Nxg3+ 39.hxg3 Rxb5 40.Rd7 +- )
        39.Be2 Rxb2 += )
    36...Ke7 37.Rb4 Kd6 = )
35...Ne8 36.Re4+ Kd8 
    ( 36...Re6 {Tsesarsky} 37.Ke2 +/- )
37.Rd4+ Ke7 38.Bd5 
    ( 38.Ke2 +/- {Tsesarsky} )
38...Nd6 39.Ke2 Ra6 40.Rd1 
    ( 40.h4? {Tsesarsky} 40...Ra1 41.b4 Nf5 42.Re4+ Kf6 43.Bc6 Nd6 44.Rd4 
    Ke7 45.Bd5 Nf5 += )
40...Ra4 
    ( 40...Nc4 {Tsesarsky} 41.Bxc4 bxc4 42.Kd2 Rf6 43.f4 
        ( 43.Rf1 Kd6 44.Kc3 Kc5 45.h4 
            ( 45.f3 Rd6 )
        45...Rd6 46.Ra1 Rd3+ 47.Kc2 Rd7 48.Rd1 +/- )
    43...Rd6+ 44.Kc2 Re6 45.Re1 Re4 46.Kd2 Kd6 47.Ra1 +/- )
41.Kd3 g5 
    ( 41...Nc4 {Tsesarsky} 42.Kc3 +- )
42.f4 Nc4 
    ( 42...f5 {Tsesarsky} 43.Rc1 +/- )
43.Rb1 
    ( 43.Bxc4 {Tsesarsky} 43...Rxc4 44.Ra1 +/- )
43...Nb6 44.Bc6 Ra5 
    ( 44...Rb4 {Tsesarsky} 45.b3 Kd6 46.Kc3 Kc5 47.Rc1! Nc4 
        ( 47...f6 48.Bf3 +- )
    48.Be8 +- )
45.Kc3 gxf4 46.Kb4 
    ( 46.exf4 {Tsesarsky} 46...Kd6 47.Kb4 Ra2 48.Kxb5 +- )
46...Ra2 47.exf4 
    ( 47.Kxb5? Na4! 48.exf4 Rxb2+ 49.Rxb2 Nxb2 {Gibt dem Nachziehenden 
    Remischancen.} )
47...Nc4 48.Bxb5 Nd2 
    ( 48...Nxb2 {Hecht} 49.Be2 Na4 {sonst Kb3} 50.Bc4 Rb2+ 51.Rxb2 Nxb2 
    52.Be2 +- )
    ( 48...Rxb2+ {Hecht} 49.Rxb2 Nxb2 50.Be2 +- )
49.Bc4! +- {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug, nach dem Weiß die zwei Mehrbauern 
behalten kann. Der Rest ist eine einfache Aufgabe für einen Großmeister.} 
    ( 49.Re1+ {Tsesarsky} 49...Kd6 50.Kc3 +- )
49...Nxc4 50.Kxc4 Kf6 51.h3 h5 52.b4 Ke7 53.b5 Kd7 54.b6 Kc8 55.Kd5 Ra3 
56.g4 Rxh3 57.g5 Re3 58.Rh1 Re6 59.Rxh5 Kd7 60.Rh7 Rd6+ 
    ( 60...Re7 {Hecht} 61.g6 +- )
    ( 60...Ke7 {Hecht} 61.b7 Rb6 62.g6 +- )
61.Kc5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei STKZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d3 Bc5 8.a3 
    ( 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bf4 c6 13.e4 Nfd7 14.
    Rad1 Re8 15.h3 Qf6 16.Nh2 a5 = {Dizdar,G-Campos,J/Barcelona Vulca/1991
    } )
8...a5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.Qc2 N 
    ( 12.Bg2 Re8 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.e4 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nf8 16.Kh2 Ne6 17.f4 Nd4 
    18.Qd1 Red8 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Qd3 += {
    Karlsson,L-Sehner,N/Slupsk/1987} )
12...Qb8 13.Bf4 Qa7 
    ( 13...Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.e4 += 
        ( 15.Rad1!? )
    )
14.Rad1 {Weiß besetzt erst die d-Linie, bevor er zum geplanten Pe4 
schreitet.} 
    ( 14.e4 )
14...Rfe8 
    ( 14...d4?! {Danach wären zwei wertvolle Figuren zu reinen 
    Deckungsfunktionen degradiert.} )
15.e4 dxe4 
    ( 15...Bd4?! 16.exd5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nxd5 18.Bc1 +/- )
16.dxe4 {Weiß kann mit der Eröffnung zufrieden sein: er hat das B-Paar und
eine Majorität im Zentrum. Momentan hat Schwarz diese Majorität gebändigt;
er kann seinem Spiel aber schwer eine Spitze geben und langfristig hat 
Weiß eben doch Chancen, die P(e4,f2) in Gang zu setzen.} 16...Nf8 17.Kg2 
Ng6 
    ( 17...Ne6 18.e5 +/- )
    ( 17...Bd4 18.Ne2 += )
18.Bg5 Bd4 19.Ne2 Be5 20.Be3 Qb8 21.Kh1 Bc7 22.Bg2 Qc8 23.Nc3 b5 24.Ne2 
Ne5 25.Bd4 Nc4 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qc1! 
    ( 27.b3!? Nxa3 28.Qc5 b4 29.Nd4 ~= )
27...a4 28.Qh6 Be5 
    ( 28...Nxb2 29.Nf4! 
        ( 29.Nd4 Bd6 30.Nf5 Bf8 31.Qxf6 Nxd1 32.Qg5+ = )
    29...Be5 
        ( 29...Nxd1 30.Nh5 +- )
        ( 29...Bxf4 30.gxf4 Qe6 31.Rg1 Kh8 32.f5 Qe7 33.Rd7 Qf8 34.Qxf6+ 
        Qg7 35.Qxc6 +- 
            ( 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.e5 +- )
        )
    30.Nh5 f5 31.Rd6 Re6 32.Rxe6 Qxe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.exf5 exf5 35.Bxc6 +=
    )
29.f4? {Weiß bricht die Brücken hinter sich ab; dazu gab es m.E. keinen 
Anlaß.} 
    ( 29.Nd4 {Zumal es eine gefahrlose Alternative gab, mit der Weiß auch 
    seinen Angriff verfolgen konnte.} 29...Bxd4 
        ( 29...Nxb2?? 30.Nf5 +- )
    30.Rxd4 Qe6 
        ( 30...Nxb2? 31.e5 +- )
    31.e5 f5 32.Qg5+ Kh8 
        ( 32...Qg6 33.Qxg6+ hxg6 34.Bxc6 +- )
    33.f4 Rg8 34.Qh4 Nxb2 
        ( 34...Rg6 35.Rfd1 )
    35.Rd6 $40 )
29...Bxb2 30.g4 Bxa3 
    ( 30...Ne3 31.Ng3 
        ( 31.e5 Re6 
            ( 31...Nxg2 )
        )
    31...Nxf1 
        ( 31...Nxd1 32.Nf5 +- )
    32.Bxf1 Re6 )
31.e5 Bf8 
    ( 31...Re6 )
32.Qh4 
    ( 32.Qxf6 Ne3 )
32...Ne3 33.Be4 h6 34.Ng3 Nxd1 35.Nh5 Qd8? 
    ( 35...Rd8 $142 {Wenn ich nicht irgendetwas Geniales übersehen habe, 
    konnte Schwarz an dieser Stelle sich verteidigen:} 36.Nxf6+ 
        ( 36.Qxf6 Qe6 )
        ( 36.Bf5 Qc7 )
    36...Kh8 37.g5 
        ( 37.Qh5 Qe6 -+ )
        ( 37.Bf5 Qb7 )
    37...Qe6 38.gxh6 Be7 -+ )
36.Nxf6+ Kh8 37.Qh5 Qxf6 $8 
    ( 37...Qc8 38.Qxf7 +- )
38.exf6 Rxe4 
    ( 38...Ne3 39.Qxf7 Rxe4 40.g5 Nf5 41.g6 +- )
39.Rxd1 a3 40.Qxf7 a2 41.Ra1 Rea4 42.g5 R4a7 43.Qe6 c5 44.g6 c4 45.g7+ 
Rxg7 46.fxg7+ Bxg7 47.Qc6 Ra3 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Qe7 b4 50.f5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei STKZ"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 
    ( 4...e6 5.e5 d5 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.Ne4 )
5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 
    ( 6.Bb3 )
6...Nd5! 7.Bxd5 
    ( 7.exd6 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qxd6 = )
    ( 7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.Bxd5?? Qa5+ )
7...cxd5 8.Bf4 
    ( 8.Nxd5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nc6 )
8...Bg4 9.exd6 e6 10.h3 
    ( 10.Be5 O-O {/\NC6,QB6=} )
10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.O-O O-O 15.c3 
    ( 15.c4 dxc4 16.Rad1 e5 17.Bh6 Qxd6 ~ 
        ( 17...Re8 18.Qd5 Re6 19.d7 Re7 20.Rxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4 f6 22.Rd1 ~ )
    )
    ( 15.Rad1 Qf6 )
15...Bg7 
    ( 15...Bc5 16.Qg3 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.cxb4 Bxb4 19.Rab1 Ra3! -/+ )
16.c4 
    ( 16.Rad1 Qb6 {/\Rfd8,Bf8} )
16...e5 17.Bd2 
    ( 17.Bg3 Qxd6 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.cxd5 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 f5 =+ )
17...Qxd6 18.cxd5 Rfd8 19.Bg5! f6 20.Be3 Qxd5 21.Qxd5+ Rxd5 22.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 
    ( 22...Rb5 23.b3 a5 24.Rac1 {/\Rc7,Rd7} )
    ( 22...Rad8 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Rc1 {/\Rc7,Ba7} )
23.Rxd1 f5 24.Rd7 b6 25.g3 Bf6 
    ( 25...f4 26.gxf4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Bxb2 28.Rb7 Bd4 29.Bb8 a5 30.Bc7 Rc8 
    31.Bxb6 Bxb6 32.Rxb6 Rc2 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Rb7+ Kh6 35.Kg2 Rxa2 36.h4 {
    /\Ra7,Kg3,f3=} )
26.h4 h5?! 
    ( 26...f4 =+ )
27.b4! {/\b5,a4-a5-Ba7} 27...Kf8 28.b5 a6 
    ( 28...f4 29.gxf4 exf4 30.Bxf4 Bxh4 31.Rb7 {/\Rb8,Ba7,a4-a5,b6=} )
29.a4 = axb5 30.axb5 Ra1+ 31.Kg2 Rb1 32.Rd6 Kf7 33.Rxb6 Rb2 {/\f4 
33.gf4ef4 34Bf4Bd4-} 34.Rb8 Be7 35.b6 Bd6 36.Rd8 Ke6 37.Rg8 Kf7 38.Rd8 Ke6
39.Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak YRVN"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar STKZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 c6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 dxc4 7.a4 O-O 8.Na3 Na6 
9.Nxc4 Be6 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Rc1 Bd5 13.e3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc5 15.Bxc5 
Rxc5 16.Qe2 b6 17.Nfd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qa8+ 19.Qf3 Qxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Rfc8 21.Rcd1
R5c7 22.Rd3 Ne4 23.Rfd1 Bf6 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Kg7 26.Ra8 Nc5 27.Ncd2 
Rd7 28.Rc8 Rd3 29.Rc7 a5 30.Rc6 Nxb3 31.Nc4 Rc3 32.e4 Nd4 33.Nxd4 Bxd4 {# 
Starker Läufer, Mehrbauer, Fesselung} 34.e5 
    ( 34.Rc8 b5!? 
        ( 34...Rc2! 35.Kh3 Bxf2 36.Nxb6 Rxc8 37.Nxc8 Bc5 -+ )
    35.axb5 a4 36.Rc6 
        ( 36.b6 Bxb6 37.Nxb6 
            ( 37.Rb8 Rxc4 38.Rxb6 Rxe4 -+ )
        37...Rxc8 38.Nxc8 a3 -+ )
    36...a3 37.Nd2 Rd3?! 
        ( 37...Rxc6! 38.bxc6 Bb6 39.Nb3 Kf6 40.f4 Ke6 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Ke2 
        Kxc6 43.Kd3 Kb5 -+ )
    38.Rc2 Bb2 39.b6 a2 40.b7 $132 )
34...g5 35.h3 h5 36.g4 h4 37.Kf1 Rxh3 38.Nxb6 Bxb6 39.Rxb6 Ra3 40.e6 Rxa4 
41.Rb5 Rxg4 42.Rxa5 h3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei STKZ"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 
e6 9.Bxd5 exd5 10.Be3 Ne5 11.b3 
    ( 11.b4 a5 12.Bd4 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.a3 h5 15.Ne2 
        ( 15.Nh3!? )
    15...Rh6 16.Be3 Rha6 17.Nf4 
        ( 17.Nd4 Bg6 18.Nb3 axb4 19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Nxa1 Rxa1 -+
        )
    17...d4 -+ {0-1 Klinger, J-Cebalo,M/Biel 1986/MCL 04/[Dolmatov] (29)} 
    )
11...Nd3+ 12.Kd2 Nxc5 13.Na3 {This endgame was played abysmally - by both 
sides. Here I would say that Black has a slight advantage due to his two 
bishops. I think the best way to play the position is 13...Bd7 followed by
14...0-0-0.} 13...Bd7 
    ( 13...Ne6 14.Nc2 f6 15.Ne2 Kf7 16.Ncd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bd7 {After the 
    exchange of knights White's task is much simpler - the position is 
    about equal.} 18.Bf2 h5 {At some point this h-pawn should simply be 
    blocked. Here is a good moment.} 19.Rad1 h4 {Now this pawn should 
    definitely be blocked with 20 h3.} 20.Nc2 h3 =+ {1/2-1/2 Turov, 
    M-Sotnikov,I/RUS-chJ U20 1996/CBM 54/[King] (38)} )
14.Ne2 Be7 {14...Bd6 seems better} 
    ( 14...Bd6 15.Nc2 Ne6 16.Ncd4 g6 17.Rad1 
        ( 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.f4 O-O 19.g3 b5 20.b4 a5 21.a3 Ra6 22.Bd4 Rfa8 
        23.Rac1 axb4 24.axb4 g5 $36 {0-1 
        Prudnikova,S-Khurtsidze,N/JUG-chW1 1996/EXT 97 (43)} )
    17...O-O 18.Rhe1 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.f4 e5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 =+ {0-1 
    Manca,F-Gelfand,B/EU-chJ U20 1988/TD 88\09 (65)} )
15.Nc2 O-O 
    ( 15...Ne6!? )
16.Nf4 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bc6 {White really has nothing here. His only advantage 
may be black's isolated "d" pawn, but that's not enough in return for the 
black two bishops.} 18.Rhe1 Bf8 19.Rad1 {now white may be slightly 
better,since it is very difficult to find any counter play for black} 
19...a5 20.Kc2 Nd7 {if black can play a4 then he has no problems at 
all,the more Nd7 is to allow a4,since immediately it is very bad because 
of b4} 
    ( 20...a4? 21.b4 )
21.a4 {white plan now is quite simple,playing Bf2 and after it transfering
the "d4" knight to e3 maybe via f5 or may via c2 putting a lot of pressure
on the "d5" pawn} 21...Nc5! 22.Bf2 Re8 23.Nf5 
    ( 23.Kb2 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Bd6 )
23...Nxa4 $8 24.bxa4 
    ( 24.Nxd5 Rxe1 25.Bxe1 Re8 )
24...Bxa4+ 25.Kd3 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 {The position has changed quite a lot, the 
material balance has also changed two pieces for 2 pawn and rook, although
the "d5" pawn is very weak and white will probably win it, I think black 
should not be worse here, he can only be better here.} 26...a4 
    ( 26...Red8!? 27.Bd4 
        ( 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.Kc2 a4 )
    27...a4 
        ( 27...b5 )
    28.Ne3 ~ )
27.Bd4 
    ( 27.Nxd5 )
27...Ra5 28.Ne3 a3 
    ( 28...Rd8?? 29.Bb6 )
29.Nfxd5 Bc5?? {Once more a move, that I can not explain. Maybe black was 
in a time trouble since otherwish I can not explain a move losing at once}
    ( 29...Rd8 30.c4 
        ( 30.Nb4!? a2 31.Ra1 Bxb4 32.cxb4 Ra3+ 33.Ke4 )
    30...a2 31.Ra1 Ra3+ 32.Kc2 += )
    ( 29...Bd6!? )
30.Nc4 +- Bxd4 
    ( 30...Rb5 31.Nc7 +- )
31.Nxa5 Be5 32.Nc4 {the game is over} 32...Bxh2 33.Nxa3 Re5 34.c4 Rg5 35.
Rd2 h5 36.Nb5 h4 37.Nd4 Bd6 38.Ne3 b6 39.Ndf5 Bc5 40.Ke4 g6 41.Nxh4 Bxe3 
42.Kxe3 Rc5 43.f4 
    ( 43.Rd4?? Rg5 )
43...Rxc4 44.Nf3 Rc6 45.Ne5 Re6 46.Rd8+ Kg7 47.Rd7 Kg8 48.Kd4 Rf6 49.Ke4 
Kg7 50.g4 Kg8 51.Rb7 Kg7 52.g5 Rf5 53.Rxb6 Kg8 54.Nxg6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 
d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 c5 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.d3 Qe7 13.e4 Rfd8 14.b5 d5 15.Rae1 d4
16.Qc2 Nf8 17.Bc1 N6d7 18.Ng5 f6 19.Nh3 Ne5 20.f4 Nf7 21.a4 a5 22.Qe2 Re8 
23.g4 e5 24.g5 h6 25.Rf3 Nd7 26.Rg3 Kf8 27.Nf2 Qd6 28.h4 Ke7 29.Nh3 Rh8 
30.Kf2 Rcg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O 
9.Be3 a6 10.b3 N8d7 11.exd6 
    ( 11.h3 Bf5 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Re1!? h6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Rc8 16.Rad1 
    Re8 17.Bf4 += {Chandler,M-Hort,V/Surakarta 1982/1/2-1/2 (65)} )
    ( 11.Rc1!? Rb8 12.Re1 dxe5 
        ( 12...Bxf3 13.exd6 Bxe2 14.dxe7 Bxd1 15.exd8=Q Rbxd8 16.Rcxd1 += 
        )
    13.Nxe5 Nxe5 
        ( 13...Bxe2?! 14.Qxe2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Red1 +/- )
    14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Nd7 16.Bh6 += {Oratovsky,M-Zilberman,Y/ISR-chT 
    (AFEK-Herzliya) 1996 (30)} )
11...cxd6 12.d5!? 
    ( 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rc1 
        ( 13.Qd2!? Rc8 14.a4 Nf6 15.a5 Nbd7 16.d5!? ~ {Zeller Frank-Appel 
        Ralf/Bundesliga 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)} )
    13...Re8 14.Bf4 
        ( 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Rfe1 Nbd7 16.Red1 Rc8 17.Qb2 h6 18.a4 a5 19.Qb1 +=
        {1/2-1/2 Parkanyi,A-Schnelzer,R/Budapest FS10 IM-A 1994 (41)} )
    14...Rc8 15.a4 Nf8 16.g4 Bg6 17.Re1 h6 18.Bg3 Nh7 $132 {
    Schneider,H-Schnelzer,R/Hessenliga 1995 (54)} )
    ( 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.h4 Nf6 17.Ng5 h6 ~ {
    1/2-1/2 De Souza,A-Loureiro,L/BRA-ch 1995} )
12...e5 13.Ne1!? 
    ( 13.Nd2!? Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Bg5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.Rxf4 Re8 18.
    Nde4 Ne5 19.Raf1 Qe7 ~ )
13...Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Bg5 
    ( 14...f5 15.f4 Rc8 
        ( 15...e4?! 16.Nc2 += )
        ( 15...g5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 
            ( 16...dxe5 17.g4! +/- )
        17.Nc2 f4 18.Bd2 Bf6 19.Nd4 Nexc4?! 20.Ne6 Nxd2 21.Nxd8 Nxf1 22.
        Qe6+ Kg7 23.Ne4! +- )
    16.Nf3 Bf6 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qf2! += )
15.Nd3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 += Nf6 
    ( 16...f5 17.f4 e4 18.Nb4 a5 19.Nc2 Nc5 20.Nd4 Nbd7 21.Ncb5 Qb6 22.Ne6
    ! Nxe6 23.Qxb6 Nxb6 24.dxe6 Rae8 25.Nxd6 Rxe6 26.Nxb7 +/- )
17.f4 Nbd7 18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Qg3 Ngxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Kh1 Rc8 22.Ne4 f6 23.
a4! += {Preventing black's counterplay on the queenside. White stands 
slightly better because of weakness of e6 square.} 23...Kh8 24.a5 h6?! {
Creating to himself another weakness.} 25.Qh3! Rc7 26.Ng3 Rcf7 27.Nf5 Re8 
28.Qg3 Qd7 29.h3 g6 30.Nd4 Kh7 31.Ne6 +/- Qe7 32.Rae1 Rc8 33.Rf4 Rg8 34.
Qe3 f5 35.c5! {White pieces take ideal position and it's a time for 
breakthrough.} 35...g5 36.Rf2 Ng6 37.b4 Qd7 38.Qd3 f4 
    ( 38...Ne7 39.Rfe2 
        ( 39.Ref1!? dxc5 40.Rxf5 Nxf5 41.Rxf5 Rxf5 42.Qxf5+ Kh8 43.bxc5 
        $40 )
    39...Re8 40.Qf3 $40 )
39.Rfe2 Qa4 40.Re4 f3?! 41.gxf3 Qd7 42.f4! +- {The rest is a matter of 
technique.} 42...dxc5 43.bxc5 Kh8 44.fxg5 Rf5 45.d6 hxg5 46.Qe2 
    ( 46.Qd1! +- )
46...Rd5 47.Qh5+ Qh7 48.Qxh7+ Kxh7 49.Rb4 Kh6 50.Rxb7 Ne5 51.Rf1 Rh8 52.
Rf6+ Kh5 53.Rb4 Rh7 54.Rd4 Rxd4 55.Nxd4 Rb7 56.c6 Rb4 57.c7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.c4 Nb6 
    ( 9...Nc7 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Nc3 Be8 14.Ba4 f5 15.
    Qd3 Bc5 16.Bg5 Qf7 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Qe2 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxa4 20.Nxa4 Bxd4 21.
    Be5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 += {0-1 Stein,B-Kovalev,A/Gausdal Int 1990/TD 90\05 
    (44)} )
10.Nc3 
    ( 10.exd6 a6 
        ( 10...Bxd6 11.O-O 
            ( 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qg4 Bxf3 15.Qxg7 Rf8 
            16.gxf3 Nxc4 17.Rd1 Qd3 -+ {0-1 
            Romanovich,L-Lingnau,C/Komercni Banka op 1997/EXP 59 (41)} )
        11...a6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nc3 O-O 
            ( 13...Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.c5 axb5 16.cxb6 Qb8 17.Qb4 Bxh2+ 
            18.Kh1 Qe5 19.Qh4 b4 20.Ne4 Bc6 21.Nd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd6 23.
            Bf4 Be7 24.Qg3 O-O 25.Be5 g6 26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.Qxd6 += {1-0 
            Stein,B-Skembris,S/ Dortmund-B 1990/CBM 18 (65)} )
        14.Be3 Nc8 15.c5 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 axb5 17.Nxb5 Qa5 18.a4 Be8 19.Ng4 
        Qb4 20.Qxb4 Nxb4 21.Nc7 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Bxa4 23.Rd4 {1-0 De la Villa 
        Garcia,J-Sion Castro,M/Zaragoza op-A 1995/EXT 95op} )
    11.Bg5 Qb8 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd4 Nd7 14.Nbd2 Qxd6 15.O-O f6 16.Be3 e5 
    17.Qg4 Ke7 18.Nh4 Qe6 19.Qh5 Qf7 20.Qe2 Qe6 21.Qh5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Qe6 23.
    Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Hoffmann,M/BL9697 1997/BL9697} )
10...a6 11.Bg5 Qc7 
    ( 11...Be7!? 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qd4 Bxf3 
        ( 14...Nc8 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.Qxg7 O-O-O 17.Ne5 Qc7!? $36 )
    15.exd6 
        ( 15.gxf3 Nc8 16.Rg1 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Qf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rd1 Ke7 ~ )
    15...Qf6 16.Qxb6 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bf3 18.Qe3 ~ )
12.exd6 Bxd6 13.O-O-O O-O 
    ( 13...f5 14.Qe3! h6 
        ( 14...axb5 15.Nxb5 +- )
    15.Bxc6 bxc6 
        ( 15...Qxc6 16.Nd4 Qc5 17.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 18.Bxe3 Nxc4 19.Nxg7+ Kf7 20.
        Rxd6 Nxd6 21.Rd1 +/- )
    16.c5 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 hxg5 18.Ne5 +/- )
14.Be3 f5 
    ( 14...Bb4!? 15.Ng5 
        ( 15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Ng5 f5 {transposes to 15.Ng5} )
    15...f5 $8 
        ( 15...g6 16.Qh4 h5 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.c5 +- )
    16.Qh4 h6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Rxd7 hxg5 19.Qxg5 Be7 ~ )
15.Qd3 
    ( 15.Qh4 Be7 16.Qg3 f4 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Qg4 Bc8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne5 
        ( 20.Rd2 Bb4 -/+ )
    20...Qxf2 21.Rhe1 ~= )
15...Bf4 16.c5!? {the begining of a very long and force variation which I 
am not sure both players analysed [atleast during the game]} 
    ( 16.Kb1 Bxe3 
        ( 16...axb5 )
    17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qxe3 Rae8!? 
        ( 18...Nxc4 19.Qxe6+ Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.Rhe1 )
    19.Qe5 
        ( 19.b3 e5 $132 )
    19...Rf7 )
16...Nb4 
    ( 16...Bxe3+ 17.Qxe3 
        ( 17.fxe3 Nb4 18.cxb6 Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 {transposes to the game} )
    17...axb5 18.cxb6 Qc8 19.Kb1 b4 20.Nb5 e5! 21.Nd6 
        ( 21.Nc7 $142 Ra5 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Ng5 Be8 24.Nxe8 Qxe8 25.f4 $36 )
    21...f4 22.Qe4 Bf5 23.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Rhe1 Ra6 )
17.cxb6 
    ( 17.Qd4 Bxe3+ 18.fxe3 Nxa2+ -+ )
17...Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 Bxe3+ 
    ( 18...Qxc3+!? 19.Rxc3 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 axb5 $36 )
19.fxe3 Bxb5 
    ( 19...Qxc3+ 20.Rxc3! axb5 21.Ne5! Rxa2 
        ( 21...b4 22.Rc7 )
    22.Nxd7 Ra1+ 23.Kc2 Rxh1 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Rc7 Rxh2 26.Rxb7 Rxg2+ 27.Kd3
    +- )
20.bxc7 Bxd3 21.Rd1 {here is the critical position after white's 16 
move,black simply gives his bishop after his position is quite lost,but of
course it was necessary to analyse a bishop retreat} 21...Rac8? 
    ( 21...Bb5 22.Nxb5 
        ( 22.Ne5 Be8! 23.Rd8 Bh5 24.Rd7 Rac8 -/+ {/-+} )
        ( 22.Nd4 Bc4! 
            ( 22...Bd7 23.Nxf5 )
        23.b3 Bd5 -/+ )
    22...axb5 23.Ne5 {this is the critical position!white has his strong 
    "c7" pawn and the knight on "e5" takes the control over the important 
    "f7" square, it seems to me that black has reall no plan to free 
    himself} 23...f4 {I think this is maybe the only why to get some play}
    24.e4! 
        ( 24.exf4 Rxf4 25.Rd8+ Rf8 26.Rd7 Rf5 = )
    24...Rxa2 25.Rd8 Ra8 26.Rd7 {and again it is very difficult to see a 
    plan for black} )
    ( 21...Bc4! {probably this was black's best continuation when it's not
    clear if white has more than a draw} 22.Ne5 
        ( 22.Rd7 )
    22...Bd5 23.Nd7! 
        ( 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 Rae8! 25.Rc5 
            ( 25.Nc4 Re7 26.Rc5 Rc8 )
        25...b6 26.Rc6 Rc8 )
    23...Rac8 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Rxc7+ 27.Kd2 g6 = )
22.Rxd3 Rxc7 23.Rd6 Re8 24.Kd2 +/- {white has hugh,he has a slight 
material advantage,but black's pawn structure is very bad,the "e6" pawn} 
24...h6 
    ( 24...e5 25.e4 )
25.e4! fxe4 
    ( 25...Kf7 )
26.Nxe4 Rec8 27.Nc3 Kf7 28.Nd4 Re8 
    ( 28...e5 29.Nf5 )
29.Ke3 Ree7 30.Rb6 Rc5 31.Ne4 Re5 32.Nf3 Ra5 
    ( 32...Rd5 33.Nd6+ Kf6 34.Nxb7 +- )
33.Nd6+ Kf8 34.a3! +- {there is no reason for white to change pawns in 
this positioh,since any way the b7 pawn is lost} 34...Rc5 
    ( 34...Rd5 35.Nxb7 Rc7 36.Nd6 Ke7 37.Ne4 )
35.Nxb7 Rc2 36.g3 
    ( 36.Nd6 g5 37.g3 )
36...e5 37.Nd6 a5?? {this move now changes nothing but it tells us that 
black was in a very serious time trouble during the last moves he played} 
38.Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Nh2 Nc5 15.Bc2 d5 
16.Qf3 d4 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 a5 19.cxd4 Ne6 20.Nf3 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.
Rb1 Qd7 23.Qf3 Nh7 24.Be3 Ng5 25.Qg3 Ra6 26.h4 Nh7 27.Red1 Rg6 28.Qf3 Rc6 
29.Qe2 Rd6 30.a4 Rb8 31.Ra1 bxa4 32.Bxa4 Qe6 33.Rac1 Rb7 34.Rc5 Ra6 35.Rb5
Rxb5 36.Bxb5 Ra8 37.g3 Qb3 38.Bc4 Qb4 39.Qh5 Qe7 40.Qf5 Nf6 41.b3 Ne8 42.
Qh5 Nd6 43.Bd5 Ra6 44.Rc1 Nb5 45.Bc4 c6 46.Qg4 Ra8 47.Bxh6 Na3 48.h5 Qd6 
49.Bg5 Nxc4 50.dxc4 Qd3 51.Kg2 Qxb3 52.h6 Qb4 53.hxg7 Bxg7 54.Bf6 Qf8 55.
Rh1 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slutzky, Leonid HERZ"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.d4 c5 8.O-O 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bxc6 Bh3 14.Bxa8
Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Bxc3 16.Rb1 Rxa8 17.Rb7 e6 18.e4 h5 19.Be3 a6 20.Ke2 Be5 21.
Rb6 Kf8 22.Bc5+ Ke8 23.f4 Bc7 24.Rb7 Kd8 25.Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz POLW"]
[Black "Haimovich, Tal HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 a5 14.O-O Ba6 15.Kh1 
Ne7 
    ( 15...h6 16.Rad1 
        ( 16.f5 exf5 17.Nf4 Ne7 18.Rae1 Qc7 19.e6 O-O 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Ne5
        Rf6 22.Qg3 $40 {Arakhamia,K-Voiska,M/Azov iztW (04) ,TD 92\07 1990
        (49)} )
    16...O-O 17.f5 exf5 18.Nf4 Na4 19.Qg3 Ne7 20.Nh4 Nxb2 21.Nh5 ~= {
    Mainka,Romuald-Lalic,Bogdan/Bad Mergentheim GER op 1988 (40)} )
    ( 15...Bxd3 16.cxd3 {/\ Rac1} 16...Rb8 
        ( 16...Qb5 17.f5 Nxd3 18.Qg3 Nxb2 19.Qxg7 O-O-O 20.Nf4 +/- {
        Maxion,D-Marschner,J/2.BLN 9091 Lasker-Kreuzberg [6] 1990 (45)} )
        ( 16...Nd7 17.Rac1 Qa6 18.Ned4 += {Pasko,W-Spendowski/cr POL cup 
        1995 (39)} )
    17.Rad1! 
        ( 17.f5? exf5! 
            ( 17...Nxd3 18.Qg3 Qe3 
                ( 18...g6 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ng5 +/- )
            19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Ng3 
                ( 20.Ng5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Ncxe5 22.fxe6 ~ )
            20...Nf2+ 
                ( 20...Ncxe5 21.Rae1 +/- )
            21.Rxf2 Qxf2 22.Rf1 ~ )
        18.Nf4 
            ( 18.Nh4 g6 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Qxf5 Nd8 -/+ )
            ( 18.Ng3 Ne7 )
        18...Ne6! 
            ( 18...Ne7 19.Qh4! ~ )
        19.Qg3 
            ( 19.Qxb6 Rxb6 20.Nxd5 Rb5 -/+ )
        19...O-O 
            ( 19...Nxf4 20.Qxf4 = )
        20.Nxd5 Qd8 -/+ {Nunn,J-Nogueiras,J/Rotterdam 47/351 1989 (60)} )
    17...O-O 18.Qh4 f6!? 
        ( 18...b3 19.a3 Na4 
            ( 19...Qa6 20.Qe1 Nxd3 21.Qc3 )
        20.f5 Nxb2 21.Rd2 +/- )
    19.Ng3 Ne7? 
        ( 19...fxe5 20.fxe5 Rb7 += )
        ( 19...Rb7!? )
        ( 19...Qb5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Nh5 Rh6 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Nxd3 24.Qe7
        Qb7 25.Rf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxb7 Rxh5 27.Kg1 Nxe5 += )
        ( 19...Rb7 20.d4 Na4 21.Qh3 Re7 22.Rd2 += {Klugel-Wurth/Ft 203-A 
        1993 (34)} )
    20.exf6! Ng6 
        ( 20...gxf6 21.f5 +/- {/\} 21...e5? 22.Nxe5 +- )
        ( 20...Rxf6 21.Nh5 Rf7 22.Ne5 +/- )
    21.Qg4 Rxf6 
        ( 21...gxf6 22.f5 +/- )
    22.Nh5 Rf7 {Mokry,K-Bruk,O/ Haifa 48/390 1989 (42)} 
        ( 22...Rf5? 23.Nh4 +- )
    23.Ng5! )
    ( 15...Nd7 16.Ned4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd3 18.cxd3 O-O 19.Qe3 Rac8 20.Rae1 
    f6 
        ( 20...Rfe8!? )
    21.exf6 Rxf6 22.g3 += {Herrera,I-Gomez,A/Bayamo (01) ,CBM 18 1990 (59)
    } )
    ( 15...Rb8 16.Bxa6 
        ( 16.Qg3 g6 17.Ng5 Ne7 18.Qh3 h5 19.Rae1 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Nf5 =+ {
        Leko,P-Galyas,M/WYFWC Szeged B16(2) 1994 (52)} )
    16...Nxa6 17.Qg3 g6 
        ( 17...Kf8? 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Nfd4 +/- {Zehm,W-Herrmann,K/WT/M\504 
        9092 CCYB 7 1991 (27)} )
        ( 17...O-O 18.Qh3 Nc5 19.Ng3 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Nh5 Rh6 22.f5 +/- 
        {Zelcic,R-Kovacevic,B/Djakovo op (06) ,EXT 94op 1994 (41)} )
    18.f5 exf5 19.Nf4 Ne7 20.Qh4 Nc5 21.Qf6 Qxf6 22.exf6 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 
    Muller, Karsten-Bezold,Michael/Munster A chy-D (07) 1990} )
    ( 15...g6 16.Rac1 Na4 17.Qh4 Qd8 18.Qh6 Qe7 19.Qg7 Qf8 20.Qf6 Nc5 21.
    Bxa6 Rxa6 22.c4 +/- {Lipka, J-Tibensky,R/Bratislava op (05) ,EXT 92op 
    1992 (35)} )
    ( 15...O-O 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Qe3 ~ {Rebel-Genius2/3/94-45 
    Autoplayer T 1994 (32)} )
16.Nd2!? {Interesting move demanding from black accurate play to equalize.
} 
    ( 16.h3 h6 17.Rad1 O-O 18.g4 Na4 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.b3 Nd7 21.Kh2 Rfc8 
    22.Ned4 += {Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/NLD-ch/1996 +/= CBM 54-14.00 Ba6 
    15.Kh1/Survey 1996} )
    ( 16.Rad1 Na4 
        ( 16...Rc8 17.Ng3 h5 18.Ne2 Qb7 19.Ned4 Ne4 20.Qe2 Bc4?! 21.Ng5 
        Nxg5 22.fxg5 +/- {Zakic,S-Certic,B/Belgrade-A (01) ,EXT 90 1990 
        (51)} )
    17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.Ned4 
        ( 18.b3 Nd7 19.Kg1 Nc5 = {Riemersma,L-Glek,I/Bussum(4) 1995 (47)} 
        )
    18...Na4 19.Rb1 O-O 20.Kg1 Rfc8 21.Kf2 Rc7 22.g4 g6 23.Ke3 += {
    Nunn,J-Glek,I/BL 9293 (1992) ,BL 90 1993 (45)} )
    ( 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.f5!? 
        ( 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Ng3 g6 19.Nd4 Nd7 20.Qd2 O-O 21.c3 bxc3 22.Rxc3 
        Nb6 23.Rfc1 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Rc8 25.b3 a4 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 {=/+ 
        Arppi,H-Callens,P/cr 1992} )
    17...exf5 18.Nh4 g6 
        ( 18...Bxd3 19.cxd3 O-O 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Qg6 22.Nd4 +/- )
    19.g4 d4 
        ( 19...Qb7? 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.gxf5 +/- {Lau,R-Bykhovsky, 
        Av/Copenhagen 55/(286) 1992} )
    20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.gxf5 Ne4 22.Qg2 Nd2 ~ {Elburg,J-Rydholm,L/cr 
    K.Betinsch ,CYB 14 1994 (40)} )
    ( 16.Ng3 g6 
        ( 16...Na4!? 17.Qxb6!? 
            ( 17.Nd4?! g6 18.Rae1!? Nxb2 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.f5! exf5? 21.e6 
            ~= {P.Blatny-Glek, Wien op (8) 1996} )
        17...Nxb6 18.Nd4 g6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.a3 bxa3 21.Rxa3 
            ( 21.b3!? O-O 22.Rxa3 Rc8 23.Rfa1 Nc6 24.Nge2 += {
            Brustman,A-Bobrowska,M/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (49)} 
            )
        21...Kd7 22.Rfa1 a4 23.Nge2 Rc8 24.Kg1 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 = {
        Votava,J-Glek,I/BL9697 1997 (40)} )
    17.Ne2 Rb8 
        ( 17...Na4!? 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.Ned4 O-O 20.a3?! 
            ( 20.Bxa6! Rxa6 21.a3 += )
        20...Bxd3 21.cxd3 Na4 22.b3 Nc5 =+ {Werner, I-Bobrowska,M/EuJun 
        (girls), Tallinn EST 1997 (48)} )
    18.Bxa6 Nxa6 19.Ned4 Nc5 20.Qh4 Ne4 21.Rad1 h6 22.Ng5 +/- {
    Lutz,Christopher-Glek,Igor V/BL 1995/96 GER 1995 (47)} )
    ( 16.b3 h6 17.Ng3 
        ( 17.a3 bxa3 18.Rxa3?! Qb4 {/\Bd3/} )
        ( 17.Rad1 O-O 18.g4 d4 19.Bxa6 Qxa6 20.Rxd4 +/- {
        Kuczynski,R-Schmidt,Wl/POL-chT Lubniewice (02) ,EXT 95ch 1995 (41)
        } )
    17...g6 18.Qd2?! 
        ( 18.Ne2 $32 Nf5 )
    18...Nf5! 19.Nxf5 gxf5 -/+ {Renet,O-Glek,I/FRA-GER Clichy ,CBM 50 1995
    (52)} )
    ( 16.Rfd1 h6! 
        ( 16...Na4?! 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.b3 {/\a3!/} )
    17.Ned4 O-O 18.Qh4?! 
        ( 18.Nb3 $32 = )
    18...Ra7! 19.g4?! 
        ( 19.Qe1 =+ )
    19...Ng6 -/+ {Mainka,R-Glek,I/Recklinghausen ,CBM 50 1995 (32)} )
16...Rb8?! 
    ( 16...O-O! 17.Nb3 
        ( 17.a3 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Qb5! =+ )
        ( 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.a3 Rc8 19.Nd4 bxa3 20.bxa3 = )
    17...Rfc8 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nbd4 Ne4 20.Qe3 a4 ~ )
17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Nd4 += Nc5 
    ( 18...O-O 19.N2f3 Nc5 20.Qh4 Ng6 21.Qg4 a4 22.h4 $36 )
19.Rae1 Nc6?! {Another inaccuracy after which black faces serious 
difficulties.} 20.f5! $36 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Ne4 {Hoping to survive in the 
endgame.} 
    ( 21...exf5 22.e6! 
        ( 22.Rxf5?! O-O 23.Qxd5 Rbd8! 24.Nc4 $8 Rxd5 25.Nxb6 Rd2 26.Rc1 
        Rfd8 ~= )
    22...O-O $8 23.exf7+ Rxf7 24.Qxd5 Rd8 
        ( 24...Qd8 25.Rxf5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 +/- )
    25.Rxf5!! +- )
22.Qxb6 Rxb6 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Rxe4 +/- {White is a pawn up without any 
visiable compensation for it, but the rook endings are always tricky!} 
24...exf5 
    ( 24...Rc6!? 25.fxe6 Rxe6 26.Rd1 Ke7 27.Rd5 Rc8! 28.Re2 Rec6! += )
25.Rxf5 Rc6 26.e6! fxe6 
    ( 26...Rxe6?! 27.Rxe6+ fxe6 28.Rxa5 O-O 29.Kg1 Rc8 30.Ra4 Rxc2 31.Rxb4
    +/- )
27.h3! Rf8!? {Starting the forced play leading to an endgame with certain 
drawing chances.} 
    ( 27...Rxc2? 28.Rxe6+ Kd7 29.Ra6! $40 Rxb2?! 30.Rf7+ Ke8 31.Rb7 Rd2 
    32.Ra8+ Rd8 33.Rxd8+ Kxd8 34.Rb8+ +- )
28.Rxa5 Rf1+ 29.Kh2 Rf2 30.Rxb4 Rcxc2 31.Ra8+ Kf7 32.Ra7+ Kf6 33.Rg4 g5! 
34.Rxh7 Rxb2 {The arising ending despite of seeming simplicity is quiet 
complicated.} 35.Rh6+ Kf7 36.Rxg5?! 
    ( {After} 36.a4! Rf4!? 
        ( 36...Rf5?! 37.Rc4! Ke7! 38.Re4! 
            ( 38.Rc6 Rff2! = )
        38...e5 39.a5 +- )
    37.Rxg5 Rxa4 38.Rc5! Ke7 39.Re5 Ra6 40.h4!? +- {white has decisive 
    advantage.} )
36...Rxa2 37.h4 e5! {Reminding white that black also have a passed pawn!} 
38.h5 e4 39.Rh7+ Ke6 40.Rh8 
    ( 40.Rg6+ Rf6! 41.Rc7?! Rxg6 42.hxg6 Ra5! = )
40...Rf5 41.Rg6+ 
    ( 41.Re8+ Kf6 42.Rxf5+ 
        ( 42.Rg6+ Kf7 )
    42...Kxf5 43.Kg3 Kg5 44.Re5+ Kh6 = )
41...Ke5 42.Kh3 Kf4 43.Rg4+ Ke3 44.Rg3+?! 
    ( {Deserved attention} 44.h6!? Rh5+ 45.Kg3 Ra6 46.Re8! Rhxh6 
        ( 46...Ra4 47.Re6 +/- )
    47.Rexe4+ Kd2 48.Rd4+ Kc1 49.Rg7 +/- {with good chanses to win.} )
44...Kf2 45.Rb3 e3 $132 46.g4 Rf4!? 
    ( {It was simplier to play} 46...Rf3+!? 47.Kh4 e2 48.Rxf3+ Kxf3 49.
    Rf8+ 
        ( 49.Re8?! Ra1 50.Rxe2 Kxe2 51.h6 Rh1+ 52.Kg5 Kf3 53.Kg6 Kxg4 = )
    49...Ke3 50.Re8+ = {with a draw} )
47.Re8 Ra1 48.Kh2 e2 49.Rb2 Re1 50.Rb5 Rf3! 51.Rf5 $8 
    ( 51.h6?? Rh1+! 52.Kxh1 Rh3# )
51...Rxf5 52.gxf5 Ra1 53.f6! = Ra5 54.Kh3 Rf5 55.Kg4 Rxf6 56.Kg5 Rf3 57.
Rxe2+ Kxe2 58.h6 Rg3+ 59.Kf6 Rh3 60.Kg7 Rg3+ 61.Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cernov, Vadim GZCH"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 Nc6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Rb8 
9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.g4 Ne8 12.f5 Nf6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rb1 Ba6 15.Qd2 b4 16.
axb4 axb4 17.Ne2 c4 18.b3 cxd3 19.cxd3 Nc5 20.Ne1 Qa5 21.Rf2 Qb5 22.d4 Nd3
23.Nxd3 Qxd3 24.Qxd3 Bxd3 25.Rd1 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Rfc8 27.Ra2 Nd8 28.Bg5 Kf8 
29.Bf4 Nc6 30.Be3 Nd8 31.Bf4 Nc6 32.Be3 Nd8 33.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valery STK2"]
[Black "Slovineanu, Veaceslav GZCH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.Bf4 Be6 10.Ng5 d5 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Nxh7 Nxh7 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7
15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rad1 g6 17.Qe2 Bf6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qf3 Bd4 20.Bh6 Re8 21.c3
Qd6 22.cxd4 c4 23.Rfe1 Rad8 24.h4 b5 25.h5 Nb4 26.Bg5 Rc8 27.hxg6 Qxg6 28.
Bf6 Nd3 29.Re5 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Re8 31.Qh3 Qh7 32.Qd7 Kf8 33.Qd6+ Kg8 34.Qc6 
Kf8 35.Qxb5 Qf5 36.Rf1 Nf4 37.Qc5+ Kg8 38.Qe3 Qg4 39.g3 Nd5 40.Qh6 Nxf6 
41.Qxf6 Re6 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Re1 Rb6 44.Qd5 Kg7 45.Re4 Qf3 46.Qd4 Qd3 47.
Rg4+ Kf8 48.Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai GZCH"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexander STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6 
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Qf5 Qe7 14.Bb5 Rfd8 15.
Rfe1 Qe6 16.Qb1 a6 17.Bd3 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Ng5 Qh6 21.Rxd5 
Qxh2+ 22.Kf1 Nf6 23.Rxd6 Qh1+ 24.Ke2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gabdrakhmanov, Rafail STK2"]
[Black "Svetuschin, Dumitru GZCH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 
    ( 5.Nc3 )
5...O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 
    ( 6...Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 
        ( 7...Nb4 8.c3 Na6 9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Qa4 Nd7 11.Nb3 += )
    8.Re1 c6 = )
7.c3 e5 
    ( 7...b6!? 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Bf1 e6 10.a4 a6 11.b4 c5 ~ )
8.Re1 Re8 9.Bf1 b6 
    ( 9...c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nc4 )
10.d5 Bb7 11.c4 
    ( 11.Nc4 Nc5 12.Nfd2 c6 $36 )
11...a5 12.Nb1 
    ( 12.b3 {/\Bb2,a3,b4} )
12...Nc5 13.Nc3 Bc8! 14.Bg5?! 
    ( 14.b3 {/\Rb1,a3} )
    ( 14.Bd2 )
14...h6 15.Bd2 Nh7! 16.Qc1?! Bg4! 
    ( 16...h5 17.Ng5 = )
17.Bxh6 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qh4 N 19.Be3 
    ( 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 {/\Rh8,Nf6-h5} )
19...Bf6 
    ( 19...f5!? 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Qc2 ~ )
20.Qd2 
    ( 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Nxe4 23.Bg3 Qf6 )
20...Ng5 21.Bg2 Kg7 
    ( 21...Nh3+ 22.Bxh3 Qxh3 23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Bxc3 -/+ )
22.Rad1 
    ( 22.Kf1!? )
22...Rh8 23.Kf1 Rh5 
    ( 23...Rae8 24.Ke2 Qh5 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.h4 Nh7 27.Nb5 ~ )
24.f4? 
    ( 24.Ke2! Qxh2 25.Rg1 Nh3 =+ )
24...Nh3 25.Ne2 
    ( 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.f3 Bxh2 )
25...Re8 26.fxe5 
    ( 26.f3 exf4 27.Nxf4 Nxf4 28.Bxf4 Be5 N )
26...Rhxe5 27.f3 
    ( 27.f4 Rxe4! $40 )
27...Bg5 28.Qd4 
    ( 28.f4 Rxe4 29.Bxe4 Nxe4 $40 )
28...Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Nxe4!! -+ 30.fxe4 Rf5+! 31.Bf3 Rxe4 32.Qc3+ Kh7 33.Ng3 
Rxf3+ 
    ( 33...Rxc4 34.Qd3 Rxf3+ 35.Qxf3 Rf4 -+ {was more decisive} )
34.Qxf3 Rf4 35.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 36.Kg2 Ng5 
    ( 36...Qg4 -+ )
37.Rf1 Qxc4 38.h4? Qc2+ 39.Kh1 Nf3 40.Rxf3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sanduleac, Vasile GZCH"]
[Black "Akhmadeev, Vadim STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.Qa4 Qc8 7.Nd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 
a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nde2 Nf6 11.Qd4 g6 12.Bg5 Bg7 13.Qd2 Qb7 14.O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16.b3 a5 17.a3 Qc7 18.h3 Bc8 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.Qe3 Re8 21.Ng3 Nd7 
22.Bh6 Bh8 23.Na4 Ba6 24.Kh1 Bb5 25.Nc3 a4 26.f4 axb3 27.Nxb5 cxb5 28.Qxb3
Ra5 29.e5 dxe5 30.fxe5 Nc5 31.Qb4 Ra4 32.Qxb5 Rb8 33.Qe2 Rxa3 34.Ne4 Nxe4 
35.Qxe4 Ra6 36.Qf4 Bg7 37.e6 Qxf4 38.Bxf4 Rc8 39.exf7+ Kxf7 40.Be5 Bxe5 
41.Rxe5 Rxc2 42.Rde1 Rc7 43.R5e2 Rf6 44.Kg1 Rf5 45.Re3 Kf8 46.R1e2 Rc1+ 
47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Ra3 Rc8 49.Ra7 Re8 50.Rb7 Rf1 51.Ra7 Kf7 52.Rb7 h5 53.Ra7 
Rf6 54.Kg3 Re6 55.Rxe6 Kxe6 56.Ra6+ Kf5 57.Ra1 g5 58.Rf1+ Kg6 59.Re1 e6 
60.Kf3 Kf6 61.Ke4 Ra8 62.Rf1+ Ke7 63.Rf2 Ra5 64.Rb2 Rf5 65.Rb7+ Kf6 66.Rb8
Rf4+ 67.Ke3 Kg7 68.Re8 Rf6 69.Re7+ Kf8 70.Rh7 h4 71.Ra7 Rf5 72.Rb7 Ra5 73.
Rc7 Ra3+ 74.Kf2 Rg3 75.Ra7 e5 76.Ra5 e4 77.Re5 Kf7 78.Rxe4 Ra3 79.Rb4 Kg6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khasangatin, Ramil STK2"]
[Black "Nevednicii, Boris GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c6 11.c5 Nd5 12.Qb3 Qd7!? {dieses Bauernopfer 
scheint Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen zu versprechen. Andere Züge haben 
sich nicht so bewährt:} 
    ( 12...Nxc3? 13.bxc3 b6 14.Bf4 Nd7? 15.Bxc6 Rc8 16.Bb7 +- {1-0 
    Eisinger,M-Richter,K/GER-ch Bad Oeynhausen 1939/HCL 31 (36)} )
    ( 12...Bxd4? 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qxb7 e6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Rad1 Bxc5 17.Qxa8 
    Qc7 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qxd5 +- {1-0 Petersen,P-Hald,J/DEN-ch qual 
    Gladsaxe 1993/ EXT 93ch (24)} )
13.Nxd5 
    ( 13.Rd1 e6 14.Bg5 Na6 15.Bh4 Ne7 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Bg3 f5 18.Nc3 f4 19.
    Bh2 Nac7 = {Motylev,A-Genba,V/St.Petersburg op2 1994/ EXP 43/0-1 (73)}
    )
13...cxd5 14.Qxd5 
    ( 14.Bxd5 Nc6 15.Rd1 Na5 
        ( 15...Nxd4!? 16.Rxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.c6 Qc7 ~ )
    16.Qf3 Rad8 17.Be4 Nc6 18.Be3 
        ( 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Be3 Qd5 20.Qe2 f5 ~= )
    18...Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Bxb7 Qc7 21.c6 Bxb2 22.Rab1 Bd4 23.Ba6 Rd6 =
    {Malakhov,V-Genba,V/RUS-chJ Moscow 1995/CBM 46/[Nikitin]/0-1 (97)} )
14...Qxd5 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Rd5 
    ( 18...Rab8 19.Rd2 Rb4 20.b3 Rd5 ~= {(Nikitin)} )
19.Rd2 g5 20.Rad1 h6 21.Kf1 Rad8 22.Ke2 f5 23.f3 Kf7 24.Rd3 Ke6 25.R1d2 
R5d7 26.Ra3!? {löst sich aus der Passivität. Allerdings ist das 
entstehende Turmendspiel aufgrund des aktiven schwarzen Königs recht 
remisträchtig} 26...f4 27.Bf2 Bxd4 28.Bxd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Ra6! 
    ( 30.Rxa7 Rc4 31.Kd3 Rxc5 = )
30...Kd5 31.Rxa7 Rc4 32.Kd3 Rd4+ 33.Kc3 Rc4+ 34.Kb3 e5 35.Rd7+?! 
    ( 35.Re7!? += )
35...Kxc5 = 36.Re7 Rb4+ 37.Kc3 Rc4+ 38.Kd3 Rd4+ 39.Ke2 Rc4 40.Rxe5+ Kd6 
41.Kd3 Ra4 42.Re8 Rxa2 43.Kc3 Ra1 44.Rh8 Rg1 45.Rxh6+ Ke5 46.h4 Rxg2 47.
hxg5 
    ( 47.Rh5 Rf2 = 
        ( 47...Kf5?? 48.Rxg5+ Rxg5 49.hxg5 Kxg5 50.Kd4 Kh4 51.Ke4 Kg3 52.
        b4 +- )
    )
47...Rg3 48.Rxc6 Rxf3+ 49.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir STKZ"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 {Die sogenannte Ragozin-Variante des 
Damengambits, in der Schwarz nach lebendigem Figurenspiel strebt. Das 
ganze System ist nach meiner Meinung etwas riskant für Schwarz. Ribli.} 5.
Qa4+ {Kramnik wählt eine Nebenvariante. Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung ist 
5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5.} 5...Nc6 6.a3 Be7 
    ( 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bd7 
        ( 7...O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Bd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 b5 12.e3 Rb8 13.
        Bd3 Qe7 14.O-O Rfe8 15.Nd2 Na5 16.Nb3 Nb7 17.Rfe1 {1-0 
        Bertok,M-Krstev,K/JUG-ch 1961 (36)} )
    8.cxd5 
        ( 8.Qc2 O-O 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg5 Re8 11.e3 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Be2 
        Bf5 14.Qa2 Rad8 15.O-O Rd6 16.c4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Be4 ~ {
        Yepez,O-Ortega,R/Panamerican 1966/1-0 (63)} )
    8...exd5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 
        ( 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 ~ )
    10...Qxf6 11.e3 
        ( 11.Qb3 Qd6 12.e3 
            ( 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Qa6 Bf5 
                ( 13...Nxd4 14.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 cxd6 = )
            14.e3 O-O 15.Be2 Rb2 16.O-O Rfb8 ~= )
        12...Bf5 ~ )
    11...O-O 12.Be2 a6 13.Qb3 Qd6 14.O-O b5 15.Ne1 Na5 16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.cxb4
    Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Jelling,E-Hector,J/Bellinge 1991} )
7.cxd5 
    ( 7.e3 O-O 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.b4 e5 11.b5 exd4 12.bxc6 dxc3 13.
    Qxc3 bxc6 14.Bb2 Rb8 15.h3 Qe7 16.O-O c5 17.Rae1 Be6 18.Nd2 Rfd8 19.f4
    Qd7 20.Re2 Bf8 21.Qc2 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 Qd3 23.Qxd3 Rxd3 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.
    Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Puc,S-Sokolov,V/ Sarajevo 1958 (28)} )
7...exd5 8.Bf4 O-O 9.e3 Bf5 10.Ba6!? {Eine orginelle Art, den Läufer zu 
entwickeln.} 
    ( 10.Be2 = {lenkt in eine normale Damengambitstellung, aber der 
    schwarze Springer steht auf c6 nicht glücklich.} )
10...bxa6 11.Qxc6 Rb8 ~ 12.b4 
    ( 12.Bxc7 Qc8 13.Nd1 
        ( 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Rb5 15.Qc6 Rxb2 16.Rc1 
            ( 16.O-O Rc2 -+ )
        16...Bxa3 17.O-O Rb7 18.Rc3 
            ( 18.Rc4 Bd3 )
        18...Bb4 19.Rcc1 Bd3 20.Rfd1 Be2 -/+ )
    13...Rb6 
        ( 13...Rb7 14.Rc1 )
    14.Qc1 
        ( 14.Qc3 Ne4 )
    14...Rb7 15.Bf4 Qe6 16.O-O Rc8 17.Nc3 Ne4 ~= 18.Nd2 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bd8 )
12...Rb6 13.Qa4 Nh5 14.Bg3 
    ( 14.Be5 Bg4 ~ )
    ( 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.Nxd5 Qb7 16.Nxb6 axb6 ~ {Schwarz hat zwei 
    Leichtfiguren gegen Turm und zwei Bauern.} )
14...Rh6 {Strategisch Schwarz steht sehr schlecht. Praktisch alle seine 
Bauern am Damenflügel sind schwach. Andererseits besitzt er das Läuferpaar
und große Initiative am Königsflügel.} 15.O-O 
    ( 15.Ke2!? {Ein auf den ersten Blick sonderbarer Zug, aber der Koenig 
    steht hier keineswegs schlechter als in der Partie auf g1.} 15...Bg4 ~
    )
15...Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bd6 17.Rfe1 
    ( 17.Nxd5 Bxg3 
        ( 17...Be4!? 18.Nc3 
            ( 18.Nf4 Bxf4 19.exf4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qc8 21.g4 Qd8 22.g5 
                ( 22.Kg2 Qxd4 
                    ( 22...Qh4? 23.Rh1 +/- )
                23.f5 c5 )
            22...Rh4 )
        18...Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qc8 20.g4 Qd8 21.Rfc1 Qh4 22.Kf1 Qh3+ 23.Ke2 Rf6
        24.Qc6 Bxb4 )
    18.fxg3 Qxd5 19.Ne5 Be4 20.Nxf7! Rxf7 21.Qe8+ +- )
17...Be4 18.Nxe4 
    ( 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Nf3 Be4 = )
18...dxe4 19.Nd2 f5! 20.Qxa6 
    ( 20.Nc4 Qg5 21.Qd1 Rh5 22.Rc1 Qh6 23.Kf1 Rh1+ 24.Ke2 += {Wenn Weiß 
    den schwarzen Angriff abwehren kann, hat er gute Aussichten im 
    Endspiel.} )
20...Qg5 21.Qe2 {Gegen 22...Qh5 gerichtet.} 
    ( 21.Qc4+!? Kh8 22.Qe2 {In einigen Varianten macht dies einen großen 
    Unterschied wegen der schwachen schwarzen Grundreihe.} )
21...Rh5 22.Nc4? 
    ( 22.Nf1 Qh6 23.f4 exf3 24.Qxf3 Rh1+ 
        ( 24...f4 25.exf4 Bxf4 26.Qb3+ Kh8 27.gxf4 Rh1+ 28.Kf2 Qxf4+ 29.
        Ke2 )
    25.Kf2 Qe6 ~= )
22...Qh6 23.f4 exf3 24.Qxf3 {#} 24...Bxg3!! -/+ {Dieser schöne Zug bietet 
dem Schwarzen Vorteil. Die Aufstellung der schwarzen Schwerfiguren ist so 
überzeugend, daß Weiß die Dame abgeben muß.} 25.Qxg3 f4 26.Qg4 
    ( 26.exf4 Rxf4 27.Re8+ {Hätte Weiß 21.Qc4 Kh8 22.Qe2 gespielt - wäre 
    jetzt Matt, aber in diesem Fall hätte Schwarz natürlich anders spielen
    müssen.} 27...Kf7 28.Qxf4+ Qxf4 29.Rf1 Rh1+ -+ )
26...fxe3 27.Qxh5 $8 Qxh5 28.Nxe3 
    ( 28.Rxe3 Qf7 29.Rc3 
        ( 29.Rc1 Qf2+ 30.Kh2 Rf4 -+ )
    29...Qf2+ 30.Kh2 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 
        ( 31.Rh3 Qxd4 32.Rc1 Qf4+ -+ )
    31...Qxd4+ -+ )
28...Qh4 {Turm und Springer bieten keine ausreichende Kompensation für die
Dame. Früher oder später setzt sich der schwarze Materialvorteil durch.} 
29.Re2 Qxd4 30.Rd1 Qc3 31.Nd5 Qxa3 32.Kh2 
    ( 32.Nxc7 Qxb4 -+ )
32...h6 33.Re3 Qa6 
    ( 33...Qb2 )
    ( 33...Qa4 )
34.Nxc7 Qc4 35.Nd5 Kh7 {Der schwarze König befindet sich in Sicherheit, 
damit kann der Angriff beginnen.} 36.Red3 Qh4+ 37.Rh3 Qg4 38.Rd2 Rf5 39.
Rhd3 Qh4+ 40.Rh3 Qc4 {Ich glaube, daß die letzte Phase der Partie in 
Zeitnot gespielt wurde. In diesem Fall muß zunächst mit bescheidenen Zügen
und Zugwiederholungen (wie Barejev spielte) die Zeitkontrolle erreicht 
werden, bevor ein konkreter Plan zu Realisierung des Vorteils gefunden 
werden kann.} 41.Rhd3 Qh4+ 42.Rh3 Qe4 -+ {Nach diesem Zug gibt es für Weiß
keine Verteidigung mehr.} 43.Re3 
    ( 43.Rhd3 Rh5+ 44.Kg3 
        ( 44.Kg1 Qe1# )
        ( 44.Rh3 Rxd5 -+ )
    44...Rg5+ 45.Kh3 Rxg2 46.Rxg2 Qxd3+ -+ )
    ( 43.Nc3 Qf4+ -+ )
43...Rh5+ 44.Kg1 Qb1+ 45.Kf2 Rxd5! {und Weiß gab wegen 46.Rxd5 Qa2+ mit 
Turmgewinn auf. Eine schöne Partie, die Barejev in Kramniks Stil spielte. 
Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter LAZV"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur STKZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Svidler"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 {A tough decision for me, since I never looked at 
this move seriously in my life, at least before this game, but also a 
forced one, because I don't believe anymore that 3.Nxe5 gives White 
anything.} 3...Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Be7 {Artur plays
this line from time to time, among other things. It gives Black a rather 
dull but very bullet-proof position.} 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 {An interesting bit 
of statistics: in ten games in which this position occured, Black were 
only able to make two draws.} 9...Be6 10.c5 O-O 11.Bf4 c6 12.h3 
    ( 12.b4 {was played by Kindermann in his game vs. Jussupow in 
    Garmisch-Partenkirch 1994, but it allowed Black to activate his 
    pieces, slowly but unstoppably:} 12...Qd7 13.Re1 Rfe8 14.Qc2 g6 15.h3 
    Nh5 16.Be5 Bg5 17.b5 Nf4 18.Bf1 Bf5 19.Qd1 f6 20.Bd6 Rxe1 21.Qxe1 Re8 
    ~ {, even though White went on to win the game, which shows that even 
    the simplest set-ups may work for White in this position. But I wanted
    to destroy any counterplay in its cradle.} )
12...Re8 13.Re1 Nd7!? 
    ( {Black has another very natural move here:} 13...Qd7 {, planning 
    14...Bf5. But here White is able to play} 14.g4!? {and it is not very 
    clear where is any of the Black pieces going.} 
        ( 14.b4 {was seen in Polgar-Jussupow, Vienna 1996, where this 
        position was reached thru another move order, and after} 14...Bf5 
        15.Re5 Bg6 16.Qf3 Bd8 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Rd1 Nc7 19.Be5 Ne6 20.Bxg6 
        hxg6 21.a4 Bc7 22.Bxc7 Nxc7 {the draw was agreed.} )
        ( 14.Qc2 g6 15.b4 {transposes to Kindermann-Jussupow.} )
    )
14.Qd2 {After a lenghty thought I decided that prophylaxis is still my 
most important task. At first I wanted to play} 
    ( 14.b4 {, but it allows} 14...Bg5! 
        ( 14...Bf6 15.Bc2 a5 16.b5 Nxc5 {does not work in view of} 17.dxc5
        Bxc3 18.Qd3 )
    15.Bg3 Qf6 {, and White is unable to stop Bf5.} )
14...Bf6 15.Bc2 Nf8 16.Re2 {Another prophylactic move, but in a normal 
course of events it would lead to a highly unclear position with both 
sides playing for a win, which is hardly a worthy result of prophylactic 
measures. The problem is that after} 
    ( 16.b4 Ng6 17.Bd6 Nh4! {Black's counterplay is very disturbing.} 
        ( 17...Qd7 18.Qd3! +/- )
    )
16...b6! {Right on time.} 
    ( 16...Ng6 17.Bd6 Qd7 18.Rae1 Red8 19.b4 Bf5 20.Ba4 {gives White a 
    huge advantage,} )
    ( {while after} 16...Bd7 17.Rxe8 Qxe8 18.Re1 
        ( {or even} 18.Be3!? {in order to meet} 18...Ne6 {with} 19.f4!? )
    18...Ne6 19.Be5 {White enjoys a stable plus.} )
17.Rae1 
    ( {Worse is} 17.b4 a5 18.Na4 Nd7 {, and White is needlesly tangled up 
    in queenside affairs.} )
17...bxc5 18.dxc5 Bd7 
    ( 18...Qa5?? 19.Nxd5 +- )
19.Rxe8 Bxe8 20.b4 Ne6 21.Bd6 g6! {The forced sequence ended, and I 
started to think. The first thing I noticed was that unless Black plays a5
himself , I will never be able to push b4-b5 because of Qa5 - the 
beautiful bishop on d6 no longer protects the queen. Then I realized that 
Black plans 22...Bg7 and 23... Qf6, and after that White can only be 
worse. After some thought I came to the conclusion that} 
    ( 21...a5 22.b5 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 cxb5 24.Qd3 +/- )
22.f4 {is the only way to answer all of this.} 22...Bd7?! {After the game 
Artur was very displeased with this decision. He made this move almost 
immediately, and, as it turned out, it was almost the last chance to 
change the course of the game. Black had to play} 
    ( 22...a5! {, and it is very hard to tell who has the upper hand in 
    the following complications.} 23.f5! 
        ( 23.b5 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Bxc5 -/+ )
    23...gxf5 
        ( 23...Nd4 24.b5 Nxc2 25.Qxc2 Bd4+ 
            ( 25...d4 26.Ne4 cxb5 27.Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.Qe4 +/- )
        26.Kh1 Qf6 27.Ne2! += )
        ( 23...axb4 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.fxe6 Rxa2 
            ( 25...Bc3 26.Qh6 Bg7 27.Qf4 +/- )
        26.e7 Qa8 27.Qd3 ~= )
    24.Bxf5 
        ( 24.Ne2!? axb4 25.Bxf5 ~= )
    24...Bg7! 
        ( 24...axb4? 25.Qh6 +- )
        ( 24...Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Qf6 26.Ne2! Bf2 27.Rf1 Qxf5 28.Ng3 Qg5 29.Qxf2 
        axb4 30.Nf5 $40 )
    25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Rxe6 Qh4 27.Ne2 ~ )
23.Ne2! {This little move secures White's edge. Black is unable to stop 
24.f5.} 23...Bg7 24.f5 gxf5 25.Bxf5 Qh4? {The decisive mistake. It was 
necessary to play} 
    ( 25...Nxc5! {, but after} 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Bxc5 Qh4 28.Nd4! {the 
    control over d4, the safer king and the weakness of a7 pawn gives 
    White a lasting egde.} )
26.Rf1 Re8 27.Kh1! {Completing the consolidation and leaving Black 
paralized. White is planning, for instance, 28.Ng3, 29.Bg4 and 30.Bf5, 
while Black is hard-pressed to find a move.} 27...Bc8 28.b5! Bb7 
    ( 28...cxb5 {is bad:} 29.Qxd5 Qc4 30.Bxh7+! +- )
29.Bxe6! Rxe6 30.Nf4 
    ( {It was tempting to play} 30.Qa5!? Rxe2 31.Qc7 {, but after} 31...
    Qe4! 
        ( 31...Bf6 32.Qb8+ Kg7 33.Qf8+ Kg6 34.Qg8+ +- )
    32.Qb8+ Qe8 33.Qxb7 Re1 {Black is escaping.} )
30...Re8 31.Qa5 Qd8 $8 32.Qxa7 Qd7 
    ( 32...Qa8 33.Qxa8 Rxa8 34.b6 Rxa2 35.Kh2! {, and with rooks on board,
    White will easily win.} )
33.bxc6 Qxc6 34.Rb1 Ba8? $138 
    ( 34...Bc8 {did not lose at once, but if White does not fall for} 35.
    Rb6? Re1+ 36.Kh2 Qe8 $132 {, he is still almost winning.} )
35.Rb6 Qc8 36.Rb8 Qc6 37.Nxd5! +- Kh8 38.Qc7 Qa4 39.Rxe8+ Qxe8 40.Ne7 Be4 
41.c6 h6 42.Qb8 {Black resigned - he loses a piece.} 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei STKZ"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bxc4 
Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nh5 10.Be3 e6 11.f4 Qh4 12.Qf3 Nc6 13.Ne2 Rad8 14.Rd1 
    ( 14.e5 Bh6 15.Rg1 Ng7 16.Bb5 Nb4 17.Rxc7 Nd5 18.Rxb7 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Nf5
    20.Qe4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Rytshagov,M/Erevan olm 1996 (42)} )
14...Na5 
    ( 14...a6 15.a3 
        ( 15.Rg1 Rd7 16.Bb3 Na5 17.Bc2 c5 18.dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.Bxd1 Bxb2 20.
        Ng3 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Nf6 22.Kg2 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Yudovich sr,M-Koh/corr 
        1970 (47)} )
    15...Rd7 16.O-O Rfd8 17.e5 Bh6 18.Kh1 Ne7 19.Rg1 Nf5 20.d5 exd5 21.
    Rxd5 Rxd5 22.Bxd5 c6 23.Bb3 Nhg7 = {Portisch,L-Simagin,V/Sarajevo 
    1963/1-0 (76)} )
15.Bd3 c5 16.dxc5 Bxb2 17.O-O {Black have played very actively, but white 
position is quite compact. In case the first player can hold the pawn 
structure, his bishop pair can become active.} 
    ( 17.e5 Nc6 18.Ng3? Bxe5! 19.Nxh5 
        ( 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Nxd3+ 21.Rxd3 Nxg3 22.fxg3 Qe4 -+ )
    19...Bc3+ 20.Ke2 Qxh5 21.Qxh5 gxh5 22.f5 Nd4+ 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 {Van 
    Wely,L-Lin Weiguo/Manila olm 1992/1/2-1/2 (52)} )
17...e5 
    ( 17...Nc6 18.Bb5! ~ )
18.f5 Nc6 
    ( 18...Bd4!? {The central piece of white's build up is the Be3, so it 
    must be good to get him off the board.} 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Bb5 a6 =+ )
19.Bc4 Nf6 
    ( 19...gxf5 20.Qg2+ Qg4 
        ( 20...Kh8 21.Bg5 Qxe4 22.Qxe4 fxe4 23.Bxd8 Nxd8 ~ )
    21.exf5 Qxg2+ 22.Kxg2 = )
    ( 19...Nd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Bd5 = )
    ( 19...Bd4!? 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Bd5 Bxe3 22.fxe3 =+ )
20.Rxd8 Rxd8 
    ( 20...Nxd8 21.Rb1 Bd4 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Bf4 = )
21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Rb1 Bd4?! 
    ( 22...Na5 23.Bxf7+ 
        ( 23.Bd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Nc4 ~ )
    23...Kxf7 24.Rxb2 Rd1+ 25.Kg2 Rd7 26.Nc3 Nc4 27.Rb1 += )
23.Rxb7 Bxe3 24.Rxf7 {White rook have made quite a career and black must 
be very careful.} 
    ( 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 25.fxe3 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Nd8 27.Bb3 Qg5+ 28.Kf2 Qh4+ = )
24...Bxf2+? 
    ( 24...Qxf2+! 25.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 27.Ke3 Na5 
        ( 27...Nd2 28.Be6 Kh8 29.Nc3 += )
    28.Rxa7+ Nxc4+ 29.Kxe4 Nd2+ 30.Ke3 Nc4+ 31.Kf3 Rc8 += )
25.Kg2! Bxc5 
    ( 25...Qg4+ 26.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 27.Ke3 Qg5+ 28.Kxe4 +- )
    ( 25...Na5 26.Rd7+ 
        ( 26.Be6 Kh8 27.Qxf6+ Qxf6 28.Rxf6 Bxc5 29.Rxg6 Rd2 30.Kf3 +/- )
    26...Nxc4 27.Rxd8+ Kg7 28.Qxf2 Qxe4+ 29.Kg1 +/- )
26.Rxf6+ Kh8 
    ( 26...Kg7 27.Rxc6 Rf8 28.Rc7+ Be7 29.Qe3 +- )
27.Rxc6 Rf8 28.Bf7! {Krasenkow might have missed this simple response, 
without mating threats black will simply be a piece down.} 
    ( 28.Rxc5 Rxf3 29.Kxf3 +- )
28...Qg5+ 29.Qg3 
    ( 29.Qg3 Qxg3+ 30.Kxg3 Rxf7 31.Rxc5 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei STKZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D21"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Qxc4 c5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qxc5 Nxc5 11.Rc1 Nf6 12.g3 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.O-O Ke7
15.Nd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rhc8 17.Rc2 Ncd7 18.Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar STKZ"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.
e3 Bb6 10.b3 Bf5 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 Rae8 13.Bb2 Bh7 14.Qd2 e4 15.dxe4 Nxe4 
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qc3 f6 18.b4 Qf7 19.Rfd1 Re7 20.c5 dxc5 21.bxc5 Ba7 22.
Rac1 b6 23.cxb6 Bxb6 24.Qc4 Qxc4 25.Rxc4 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.Nd2 Bxg2 28.
Kxg2 Rd7 29.Nb3 Nb7 30.a4 Kf7 31.Kf3 h5 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.Rc2 c5 34.Nd2 Kd5 
35.Nc4 Kc6 36.Ba3 Bc7 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rd8 39.Rd2 Rh8 40.Kf3 Nd6 41.Nxd6
Bxd6 42.Bb2 Rb8 43.g5 fxg5 44.Kg4 Be7 45.Bxg7 Rb4+ 46.Kf5 Rxa4 47.e4 c4 
48.Rc2 Rb4 49.e5 a4 50.Bf6 Bf8 51.e6 Rb5+ 52.Kg6 Kd5 53.e7 Bxe7 54.Bxe7 {#
Daß Schwarz hier noch gewinnt, entspricht nicht den 
Stellungsgegebenheiten. Probleme bereitet freilich die Abseitsposition des
weißen Königs. Die Suche nach einem Gewinn gestaltet sich daher schwierig.
Remis hat Weiß freilich immer...... Endspielmedaille für Strategie und 
Taktik} 54...g4 55.Bf6 {Auf der Suche nach einem Gewinn bin ich nicht 
fündig geworden. Bitte versuchen Sie Ihr Analyseglück!} 
    ( 55.Kf5 Kd4+ 56.Kxg4 Kd3 57.Ra2 c3 58.Rxa4 c2 59.Ba3 
        ( 59.Bg5? Rxg5+ )
        ( 59.Ra1 Rb1 60.Ra3+ Ke2 )
    59...Rb1 60.Kf3 
        ( 60.f4 Ra1 61.Ra8 Ke2 62.Rc8 Kd1 63.Bb2 Rb1 = )
    60...Ra1 61.Ra8 Kc4! 62.Rc8+ Kb3 = )
55...Rb3 56.Re2 
    ( 56.Ra2 Rf3?! 
        ( 56...a3! {mit doppelter Drohung, den Bf2 abzutauschen.} 57.Ba1 
            ( 57.Kg5 c3 58.Kxg4 Rb2 59.Rxa3 Rxf2 60.Bxc3 = )
        57...Rf3 {58...g3 =} )
    57.Bh4 a3 58.Kg5 )
56...c3 57.Kf5 a3 58.Kxg4 Rb2 59.Re5+ Kc4 {#} 60.f3 
    ( 60.f4 $142 {Tempoersparnis, wenn es nach Opfer von Turm und Läufer 
    gegen die zwei Freibauern darum geht, wenigstens das Remis zu retten.}
    )
60...c2 61.Re8 Rb1 62.Rc8+ Kd3 63.Rd8+ Ke2 64.Re8+ Kf1 65.Rc8 c1=Q 66.
Rxc1+ Rxc1 67.Kf5 
    ( 67.f4 Ke2 68.f5 Kd3 69.Be5 
        ( 69.Kf4 Rf1+ 70.Ke5 a2 71.Ke6 Ke4 -+ )
    69...Ke4 -+ )
67...Ke2 68.Ke4 Rc4+ 69.Kd5 Rf4 {Die Katastrophe ist da!} 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury LAZV"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei STKZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 
    ( 7.Bg3 e5 
        ( 7...Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bxc4 exd5 10.Bxd5!? c6 11.Qa4! Bxf3 12.gxf3 
        Be7 13.Bb3 O-O 14.e5 Nd7 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Bxf7+! +/- {Xu 
        Jun-Nikolic,Ne Belgrade GMA Open 1988} )
    8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qb3 
        ( 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rc1 b5 14.Qc2 
        Rfb8 15.Nd1! b4 16.Ne3 Qb5 17.Nc4 +/- {1/2-1/2 
        Timman,J-Lautier,J/Wijk cm6 1994 (48)} 
            ( 17.Nd2!? )
        )
        ( 9.h3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Nd2 b5 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.
        a3 Nf4 16.Kf1 g6 17.Nb3 O-O 18.Kg1 c6 =+ {
        Volkov,S-Ibragimov,I/RUS-Cup8 1997/1-0 (60)} )
    9...Nf6 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Nfd2 Nh5 12.Nc3 Nhf4 13.Bf1 h5 14.h4 Bc5 15.Nc4
    Rh6 16.f3 Bd7 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxf4 Rb6 19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Qd2 Rb4 21.O-O-O 
    Rd4 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 ~= {0-1 Mikhalchishin,A-Vorotnikov,V/Lvov 1983 (40)} 
    )
7...e5 8.Bxc4 
    ( 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bxc4 Bd6 
        ( 9...a6 10.h3 
            ( 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.O-O Qd7 
                ( 13...Nd7 14.Nb3 Qe7 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.Rc2 Nf4 17.Qd2 a5 
                18.g3 Nh5 19.Nb5 += {Podgaets,M-Raetsky,A/Biel op MTO 
                1997/1-0 (68)} )
            14.f3 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Ne8 16.Nb3 h6 17.Rac1 Kh7 18.Rc2 Rcb8 19.
            Rdc1 b5 20.Na5 += {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Piket,J/Wijk op 1993/0-1 
            (64)} )
        10...Bd7 11.h4 
            ( 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Re1 Ne8 14.Bf1 Be7 15.Nc4 Nd6 16.
            Nxd6 Bxd6 17.Rc1 Qh4 18.g3 Qe7 19.Bg2 h6 20.Nb1 f5 $132 {
            1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Ibragimov,I/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03 
            (26)} )
        11...h5 12.Ng5 Bd6 13.f3 Qe7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Bb3 Bc5 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.
        g3 c6 = {Varga,Z-Magem Badals,J/EU-chT 1992/1/2-1/2 (54)} )
    10.h3 Bd7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O-O a6 13.Rhe1 Qe7 14.Kb1 Rfc8 15.Bf1 b5 16.
    Nd2 c5 $36 {Boensch,U-Gofshtein,L/Herzliya 1993/1-0 (50)} )
8...a6 
    ( 8...Bd6 9.Qa4+ 
        ( 9.h3 Bd7 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Nf8 12.Nh4 Ne7 13.g4 b5 14.Bb3 c6 15.Nc3
        b4 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd5 Ne6 18.Rc1 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nf8 20.Ba4+ Nd7 21.
        Rc6! +/- {1-0 Smyslov,V-Semkov,S/Roma op 1990 (33)} )
        ( 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nfd2 Bd7 12.g3 h5 13.h4 Ng4 14.Bxg4 
        Bxg4 15.Qb3 b6 16.Nc3 a6 17.f3 Bd7 18.Nc4 += {
        Nikolaidis,I-Valkesalmi,K/Moscow olm 1994/1-0 (48)} )
    9...Kf8 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Be2 h6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bb5 Bc8 14.Rc1 += {1-0 
    Zilberstein, V-Ibragimov,I/Katowice op 1990 (35)} )
9.O-O 
    ( 9.h3 Bd7 10.h4 Bd6 11.h5 N6e7 12.h6 gxh6 13.Nc3 Ng6 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.
    O-O-O O-O-O 16.Kb1 Nf6 17.Qe2 Rdg8 18.Nd2 Ng4 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Qxa6+ 
    Kd8 21.Qa8+ Bc8 22.Nc4 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Qd7 ~ {1/2-1/2 
    Alterman,B-Nikolic,N/Zagreb zt 1993 (31)} )
9...Nf6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Nfd2 Bd7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.a3 
    ( 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.a3 b5 15.Nb3 Nf4 
        ( 15...c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Na5! +/- Bxe4 $140 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bf3 
        f5 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Rfd1 +- )
    16.Bf3 Kh8 
        ( 16...g5!? )
    17.Na2 g5 18.Nc5 Rg8 
        ( 18...g4 19.Be2 )
    19.Nb4 $36 {<< 1-0 Karpov,A-Milov,V/Credit Suisse 1997 (34)} )
13...Qe7 14.Nc4 
    ( {The move} 14.Rc1!? {was more accurate-see game Karpov, 
    A-Milov,V,1997.The move done in the game gives the black opportunity 
    either to exchange black square bishops or to take the important 
    diagonal c5-g1.} )
14...Bc5 15.Bg5 
    ( 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.b4 Qd4 17.Rc1 
        ( 17.Qc2 Nf4! 18.Rfe1 Bb5! $36 )
    17...Nf4 =+ )
    ( 15.b4 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 = )
15...Qd8! 
    ( 15...h6 $140 16.d6! Bxd6 17.Nd5 Qd8 
        ( 17...Qe6? 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bg4 +- )
    18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxh6 Re8 20.Nxd6 +- )
16.Rc1 
    ( 16.Qb3 h6! 
        ( 16...b5 17.Na5 Bb6 
            ( 17...h6? 18.Nb7 +/- )
        18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 Qd6 20.a4 $132 )
    17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxb7 Qg5 19.Kh1 
        ( 19.Qxc7? Bh3 20.Bf3 Nh4 -+ )
    19...Nf4 20.Bf3 Bg4! $40 )
16...Bd4 17.Bf3 Bb5?! 
    ( 17...h6 $142 !? 18.Bd2 Nh4 $36 
        ( 18...Bb5 19.Qb3 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Ne8 {-see game.} )
    )
18.Qb3 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 h6 20.Bd2 
    ( 20.Bxf6! Qxf6 21.Qxc7 Nh4 22.Bg4! 
        ( 22.Be2 Qg6 
            ( 22...Rac8 23.Qd7! 
                ( 23.Qxb7 Qg6 24.g3 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Qxe4 27.gxh4
                Qxe2 $132 )
            23...Qf4 
                ( 23...Qg5 24.Qg4 +/- )
            24.Qg4 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 += )
        23.g3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Qxe4 25.gxh4 Qxe2 26.Rfe1 Qg4+ 27.Qg3 = )
    22...Qf4 
        ( 22...Qg5 23.Bh3 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Nd2 25.Rfd1 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Nxe4 27.Rc2
        +/- )
    23.Bh3 Bxf2+ 24.Kh1 +/- )
20...Ne8! 21.Nd1 
    ( 21.Ne2 Bb6 $36 
        ( 21...Bxb2 22.Rb1 Nd6 23.Qb4 Bd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Qxd4 +/- )
    )
21...Bb6 22.a4 
    ( 22.Be3! Nd6 23.Qc2 Nh4 
        ( 23...Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Nb5 25.Nf5 Rc8 26.a4 Nd6 27.Bg4 +/- )
    24.Bg4 f5 25.Bxb6 cxb6 26.exf5 
        ( 26.Bxf5 Ndxf5 27.exf5 Qxd5 28.Ne3 Qf7 29.Qe4 Nxf5 30.Nxf5 
            ( 30.Qxe5 Rae8 31.Qxf5 Qxf5 32.Nxf5 Rxf5 33.f3 Rc5! 34.Kf2 
            Rec8 = )
        30...Qxf5 31.Qxb7 += )
    26...Nhxf5 
        ( 26...Rc8 27.Qd2 
            ( 27.Nc3 Qg5 28.Qe2 Ndxf5! $132 
                ( 28...h5 29.Bh3 Ndxf5 30.f4 exf4 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Ne4 Nf3+ 
                33.Kh1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Qh4 35.Qxb6 N3d4 $132 )
                ( 28...Nhxf5 29.Bxf5 
                    ( 29.f4? exf4 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Bxf5 f3! 
                        ( 31...Nxf5 32.Ne4 Qd8 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Qxc8 Rxc8 
                        35.Rxf4 += )
                    32.Rc2 Nxf5 $40 )
                29...Qxf5 30.Rfe1 += )
            )
        27...Rxc1 
            ( 27...Ne4 28.Rxc8 Nxd2 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Re1 Rxd5 31.f6 Kf7 32.
            fxg7 Kxg7 33.Nc3 +/- )
        28.Qxc1 Nhxf5 29.Re1 += )
    27.Ne3 Rc8 28.Qd2 += )
22...Nd6 23.Qc2 Nh4 24.Be2 
    ( 24.a5? Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Bd4 26.Qxc7 Qf6 27.Kg2 
        ( 27.Qd7 Qxf3 28.Qxd6 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qxe4+ 30.Kg1 
            ( 30.f3 Qd3 -+ )
        30...Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qe2 -+ )
    27...Nxe4 28.fxe4 Qg6+ 29.Kf3 Qh5+ 30.Kg3 Qe2 -+ 
        ( 30...f5!? $40 )
    )
24...Qf6 25.Kh1 Rac8 
    ( 25...Qg6? 26.g3 Qxe4+ 27.Qxe4 Nxe4 28.Bb4 Nf5 29.a5! +- )
26.f3 Bd4 27.g3 
    ( 27.Ne3!? += )
27...Ng6 28.Qb3?! h5! 29.h4 Qd8! {Weakening king's side of the white,the 
black prepare breakthrough f7-f5 and get serious initiative.} 30.Ne3 Nf4! 
31.Rfe1 
    ( 31.Bd1? Qd7 -/+ )
    ( 31.gxf4 Qxh4+ 32.Kg2 exf4 33.Be1 Qg5+ -+ )
31...Nxe2 32.Rxe2 Qd7 33.Kg2 Bxe3! 
    ( 33...f5? 34.Nxf5 Nxf5 35.exf5 Kh8 36.g4 +/- )
    ( 33...Kh8 34.Bb4! )
34.Bxe3 
    ( 34.Rxe3 $142 f5 35.exf5 Qxf5 36.Bb4 Rf7 37.Qc2 Re8 = )
34...f5 35.exf5 Rxf5 36.Bc5 
    ( 36.Rec2 Qf7 37.Bg5 e4 38.fxe4 Nxe4 39.Qxb7 Rf2+ 40.Kg1 Rf8 41.Bf4 
    Rxf4 42.gxf4 Qxf4 43.Qb3 Rf6 $40 )
36...Rcf8 37.Rc3 g5! 38.Bxd6 cxd6 39.hxg5 
    ( 39.Qb4!? )
39...Rxg5 40.Qc4 Qf7 =+ 
    ( 40...Qg7 41.Qh4 Rf4 42.Qh3 )
41.Kh2 Rf5 42.Qe4 Kh8 43.Rec2 
    ( 43.Kg2 Rg8 )
43...h4 
    ( 43...Rxf3 44.Rc7 Qg8 -/+ )
44.Rc8?! 
    ( 44.Rg2 $142 Rg8 45.gxh4 Rf4 46.Rxg8+ Qxg8 47.Qe1 Rxa4 -/+ )
44...hxg3+ 45.Kg2 Qh5! 46.Rxf8+ Rxf8 47.Kxg3 Rg8+ 48.Kf2 Qh3! $40 49.Ke3 
Rg1! 50.Qc4 Qh6+ 51.Kd3 Qh5! 
    ( 51...Qh1 52.Qc8+ Rg8 53.Qf5 )
52.Qc8+?? 
    ( 52.Qe4 Qh3! $40 
        ( 52...Rd1+ 53.Ke2 Rd4 54.Rc8+ Kg7 55.Rc7+ Kf8 56.Qh7 )
    )
52...Rg8 53.Qe6 Qxf3+ 54.Kc4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.O-O e5 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 Bd6
9.Nc4 Ne7 10.Nh4 O-O 11.b3 f6 12.f4 exf4 13.Nxd6 Qxd6 14.Bxf4 Qd4+ 15.Kh1 
Be6 16.Qe1 b6 17.Qg3 Rf7 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Rf2 Raf8 20.Raf1 Kh8 21.h3 Qd8 22.
Bd2 Qd4 23.Nf3 Qd8 24.Bc3 Kg8 25.Nd2 Qb8 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.g4 Ng6 28.Nc4 Ra7
29.Ne3 Re8 30.Kh2 Bf7 31.Nf5 h6 32.Kg3 Rd7 33.Rd2 Nf8 34.Ne3 Ng6 35.h4 Nf8
36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Ng4 Ng6 39.Rf5 Be6 40.Rxg5 Bxg4 41.Kxg4 Rd6 42.
Rf2 Re7 43.Rgf5 Rd8 44.Rf1 Nf8 45.Be1 Rde8 46.Bg3 Rd7 47.R1f2 Ng6 48.Rh2 
Re6 49.Rhh5 Rde7 50.Rf2 Rd7 51.Rf1 Rde7 52.Rhf5 Rd7 53.Kg5 Rde7 54.Bh2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valery STK2"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Nc2 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Nb5 a6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexander STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.d4 Nc6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabdrakhmanov, Rafail STK2"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O 
    ( 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 
        ( 6.Nb3 = )
    6...bxc6 = )
4...Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.c4 Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O {Schwarz hat eine "ewige" 
Felderschwäche auf d5, aber sein Springer steht auf e7 fexibler als der 
weiße Königsspringer.} 8.a3 d6 9.Rb1 a5 {Nach diesem Zug entsteht dem 
Schwarzen eine neue Felderschwäche auf b5, aber er muß die Drohung 10.b4 
verhindern.} 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 = {Mit diesem Zug kann Schwarz das Spiel
ausgleichen. Sonst kommt Weiss mit 11.Ne3 und starker Kontrolle über das 
Feld d5, was ihm einen geringen Vorteil bietet.} 12.cxd5 Nxd5 {Jetzt hat 
Schwarz Raumvorteil und eine starke Zentrumsstellung, aber seine weißen 
Felder sind schwach.} 13.Ne3 
    ( 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 a4 17.b5 Nd4 18.Ba3 
        ( 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Ba3 Rfc8 20.Qd2 h5 21.Rfc1 Rc3 22.Rxc3 dxc3 23.
        Qc2 Ra5 24.Rb4 Bf8 25.Rxa4 Rxa4 26.Qxa4 Qa2 {0-1 
        Langeweg,K-Bobotsov,M/ Hoogovens 1968} )
    18...Rfc8 19.Ne3 Qe6 20.f3 Qa2 21.Bb2 a3 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Nc4 Rxc4 24.
    dxc4 Qxc4 {0-1 Lewi,J-Barczay,L/Lublin 1969 (44)} )
    ( 13.Ne4 b6 14.Ng5 Bc8 15.Ne3 Nde7 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 cxb4 18.Bd2 Rb8 
    19.Bxb4 Nxb4 20.Rxb4 h6 
        ( 20...Bd7 21.Ne4 Nc6 22.Rb1 Nd4 23.Nc3 Re8 24.Ned5 b5 25.Nb4 Rc8 
        26.Ncd5 Bf8 27.e3 Nc6 28.Nxc6 Bxc6 29.Qb3 Kg7 {
        Foisor,C-Chelushkina,I/ Moscow ol 1994/1/2-1/2 (58)} )
    21.Nf3 Be6 22.Qb1 Nc6 23.Rb5 Na7 24.Rb4 Nc6 25.Rb5 Na7 26.Rb4 b5 27.
    Rc1 Qd6 28.h4 f5 29.Nd2 e4 30.h5 g5 {0-1 Benko, P-Schmid,L/Monte Carlo
    1969 (40)} )
13...Nde7 
    ( 13...Nxe3 14.Bxe3 Nd4 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bg2 c4!? 17.dxc4 Bxc4 18.Re1 
    Bb3 19.Qd2 Qd6 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Rbc1 Bd5 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.
    Bxd5 Qxb2 {= Olafsson,H-Cramling,P/ Reykjavik (zt_play off) 1995 (35)}
    )
14.Qa4? {Dieser Zug ist ein schwerer Fehler.} 
    ( 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 b6 17.f4 Nd5 18.Bd2 f5 19.Kh1 Nxc3 20.
    Bxc3 Bxc4 21.dxc4 e4 {Kolev,A-Gdanski,J/Budapest-Z A 1993/0-1 (66)} )
    ( 14.Ne4 b6 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.Nd5 Ra7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Nf3 Rd8 19.Qb3 a4 
    20.Qc2 Be6 21.Bg5 f6 22.Be3 Rc8 23.Rbc1 f5 {0-1 
    Schieferstein,M-Epishin,V/Bad Zwesten op 1997 (31)} )
    ( 14.Bd2 Rb8 = 
        ( 14...b6 = )
    )
14...Nd4 -/+ 15.Qd1 $8 {Gegen die schwarze Drohung 15...Bb3 gibt es keine 
andere Möglichkeit.} 
    ( 15.b3 b5 16.Nxb5 Bd7 17.Bxa8 Bxb5 -+ )
15...Bb3 {Schwarz entfaltet starken positionellen Druck. Weiß befindet 
sich in einer sehr passiven Stellung.} 16.Qe1 Qc7 17.Bd2 Rad8 {Mit 
einfachen Zügen verbessert Schwarz seine Stellung.} 18.Nc4 b5!? 
    ( 18...b6 19.e3 Ne6 =+ 
        ( 19...Nc2 20.Qe2 ~ {Und für den scheinbar aktiven Springer gibt 
        es keinen Weg zurück.} )
    )
19.Nxb5 
    ( 19.Ne3 a4 -/+ {Weiß befindet sich praktisch im Zugzwang.} )
19...Nxb5 20.Bxa5 Qb8 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 {Weiß hat Turm und zwei Bauern gegen 
zwei Leichtfiguren. Das Problem ist, daß die schwarzen Figuren sehr aktiv 
stehen und Schwarz das Läuferpaar hat.} 22.Rc1 Nd4 {Der schwarze b3-Läufer
steht ausgezeichnet und auch der Springer macht sich gut auf d4.} 23.e3 =+
{Weiß möchte den starken schwarzen Springer verjagen, aber es kommt so zur
Schwächung seiner Bauernkette.} 23...Ne6 24.Qe2 Qb5 25.Rfe1 h5 {Schwarz 
hat großen positionellen Druck. Er muß sich nicht beeilen, kann zunächst 
mit einfachen Zügen seine Stellung verbessern.} 26.h4 Kh7 27.Bf1 f5 {
Schwarz kommt allmälich voran, weil Weiß praktisch kein Gegenspiel hat. 
Der starke schwarze b3-Läufer paralisiert seine Stellung.} 28.Bg2 
    ( 28.Nd2!? Bd5 
        ( 28...Ba4? 29.b3 
            ( 29.Rb1 Bc2 -/+ )
        29...Bxb3 30.Rb1 +- )
    29.Nc4 )
28...Nc8 {Der schwarze Springer strebt nach b6 und möchte die einzige 
aktive weiße Figur tauschen.} 29.Bf1 Nb6 30.Nxb6 Qxb6 31.Ra1 Qa5 32.Rec1 
c4! {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern für den Vorposten auf c5.} 33.Rxc4!? {
Weiß opfert eine Qualität, um endlich den Läufer b3 loszuwerden.} 
    ( 33.dxc4 Rd2 34.Qe1 Nc5! 
        ( 34...e4 35.Rd1 Rxd1 
            ( 35...Bxd1 36.Rxd1 +/- )
        36.Rxd1 Qa4 )
    35.Rc3 Rxb2 -/+ )
33...Bxc4 34.dxc4 {Weiß hat drei Bauern für die Figur, aber die schwarzen 
Figuren dominieren das Brett.} 34...Rd2 -/+ 35.Qe1 
    ( 35.b4 Qd8 -/+ 
        ( 35...Rxe2 36.bxa5 Rd2 )
    )
35...Qd8 36.b4 f4! {Bis jetzt spielte Schwarz hauptsächlich am 
Damenflügel, aber nach diesem Zug erlangt er auch Aktivität am 
Königsflügel.} 37.Be2 
    ( 37.exf4 Nd4 38.Qxd2 Nf3+ -+ )
37...fxg3 38.fxg3 e4 {Während im Endspiel ungleichfarbige Läufer in der 
Regel günstig für den Verteidiger sind, ist es im Mittelspiel genau 
umgekehrt.} 39.Rd1 Bc3 40.c5 
    ( 40.Rxd2 Bxd2 41.Qf2 Bc1 -+ 42.Qf7+? Ng7 )
40...Qd5 41.Rxd2 Bxd2 42.Qf2 Bc1 {Leider sind die weißen Damenflügelbauern
völlig ungefährlich.} 43.g4 {Weiß möchte natürlich Bauern tauschen.} 43...
Ng7 {Dieser Verteidigungszug sichert die schwarze Königsstellung. Die 
weiße Bauernmasse am Damenflügel ist kaum zu halten.} 44.Qf4 hxg4 45.Bxg4 
Bxa3 46.h5 {In sehr schwieriger Stellung opfert Weiß einen Bauern für 
eventuelle Gegenchancen.} 
    ( 46.Bh3!? Bxb4 47.Bg2 Bxc5 48.Bxe4 Qd1+ 
        ( 48...Qd2 49.Bxg6+ Kxg6 
            ( 49...Kg8 50.Qc4+ +/- 
                ( 50.Qb8+ Bf8 -/+ )
                ( 50.Qf7+ Kh8 -/+ )
            )
        50.Qg5+ Kh7 51.Qxc5 = {Springer und Dame gewinnen nicht gegen die 
        Dame.} )
    49.Kf2 Qd2+ 50.Kf3!? )
46...gxh5 {Jetzt gibt es eventuell eine Remismöglichkeit für Weiß: der 
h-Bauer mit dem schwarzfeldrigen Läufer ist theoretisch remis, aber es 
gibt ja noch andere Figuren auf dem Brett.} 47.Bh3 Bxb4 48.Bg2 Qxc5 49.
Bxe4+ Kg8 50.Bd3 
    ( 50.Kf2 -/+ )
50...Qc1+ -+ 51.Kf2 
    ( 51.Bf1 Bd2 52.Qc4+ 
        ( 52.Qb8+ Kh7 -+ )
    52...Qxc4 53.Bxc4+ Kh7 -+ )
51...Qd2+ 52.Be2 Qe1+ {und Weiß muß aufgeben. Er verliert Material. Ribli.
} 
    ( 52...Qe1+ 53.Kf3 
        ( 53.Kg2 Qxe2+ -+ )
    53...Qh1+ 54.Kg3 
        ( 54.Kf2 Be1# )
    54...Be1+ -+ )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Black "Akhmadeev, Vadim STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.g4 h6 
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rg1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Qe2 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.O-O-O Bxb3 15.
axb3 Rc8 16.h4 b4 17.Na4 Rc6 18.f4 Nd7 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 exf4 21.Bxf4 Qc7
22.g6 Bf6 23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.gxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rxh1 Nf8 26.Kb1 Ne6 27.Be3 Nf8 28.
Rh2 Ke7 29.Rh8 Qa5 30.Rh5 Qd8 31.Qd2 Qb8 32.Rf5 Nd7 33.Bg5 Rc8 34.Ra5 Qb7 
35.Rd5 Qc6 36.Bf4 Ne5 37.Qf2 Rb8 38.Nc5 Rb5 39.Nd3 Rxd5 40.exd5 Qxd5 41.
Qa7+ Ke6 42.Bxe5 dxe5 43.Qxa6+ Kf5 44.Nxb4 Qd1+ 45.Ka2 e4 46.Qb5+ Kg4 47.
Nd5 Qf3 48.Qe8 Kg3 49.Qb8+ Kg2 50.Qb6 Kh1 51.b4 Bg5 52.Qd4 Bh6 53.b5 e3 
54.Qd3 Kg2 55.Nc3 Kf2 56.Ne4+ Kg2 57.Nc3 Kf2 58.Ne4+ Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khasangatin, Ramil STK2"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik POLW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.d4 Nf6 8.dxc5 Nxe4 
9.cxd6 Nxd6 10.Bc5 Ne4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Be3 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.O-O h6 15.
Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Ke7 17.Rfd1 Rhd8 18.Nc4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Ra1 Rd7 21.
a4 Nb8 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 23.a5 b5 24.Bc5+ Kd7 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.b4 Bxc3 27.Rd1 Rxc5
28.bxc5 Kc6 29.Ne4 Be5 30.f4 Bc7 31.a6 f5 32.Nd2 Kxc5 33.Re1 Kd6 34.Ra1 
Bb6+ 35.Kf1 Kd5 36.Ke2 e5 37.fxe5 Kxe5 38.Nf3+ Ke4 39.Rb1 Nxa6 40.Rxb5 Nc5
41.Rb4+ Kd5 42.Nh4 Ne4 43.Nxg6 Bg1 44.Rb5+ Kc4 45.Rxf5 Bxh2 46.Kf3 Nxg3 
47.Ra5 Nf1 48.Kg2 Bc7 49.Ra4+ Kc3 50.Kxf1 a5 51.Re4 Kb3 52.Re3+ Kb2 53.Re7
Bd6 54.Ra7 Bb4 55.Ne5 Kb3 56.Nc6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander MVGR"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4!? {Weiß gibt zwar die Kontrolle 
über das Feld d4 auf, verstärkt aber seine Herrschafft über d5.Ribli.} 
5...d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 Nd4?! {Es scheint natürlich, daß Schwarz den Punkt
d4 mit seinem Springer besetzt, meiner Meinung nach kommt dieser Zug aber 
zu früh. Beser wäre es zu warten und diesen Zug nur nach Be3 auszuführen. 
Denn dann ist Nxd4 - wie es in unserer Partie geschah - nicht möglich.} 
    ( 7...O-O!? 8.O-O f5 
        ( 8...Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Rb8 
            ( 10...c5 11.a3 a5 12.b3 Rb8 13.Rb1 b5 14.Bd2 {1/2-1/2 
            Krause,C-Backwinkel,P/BL8586 1986} )
        11.b4 
            ( 11.b3!? )
        11...b5 12.cxb5 Rxb5 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Rc1 c6 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Bg5 f6 17.
        Bf4 Rd8 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Nf4 Ng8 21.Rc2 Bd7 22.Rfc1 Nh6 {
        0-1 Tonoli,W-Le Quang,K/Team-ch BEL, Antwerp BEL 1997 (40)} )
    9.Nd5 Be6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Qd2 Rf7 12.Rac1 Raf8 13.b4 
        ( 13.f3!? Kh8? 14.b3!? Ng8 15.exf5! gxf5 16.f4 Nf6 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 
        18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 b6 21.Rfe1 Re8 22.Bf3 Rff8 23.
        Bxf6+ Rxf6 24.Re3 {1-0 Csom,I-Gulko,B/Biel izt 1976 (41)} )
    13...Nc8 14.b5 Nd8 15.d4!? 
        ( 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.d4 c6 17.bxc6 Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Chernin, 
        A-Kindermann,S/Dortmund-A 1991} )
    15...c6 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 e4 19.Rfd1 += Qe8 20.b6 axb6 
    21.Nxb6 Nxb6 22.Bxb6 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Timman, J/Niksic 1978 (33)} )
8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Ne2 {Jetzt hat Weiß nicht mehr die Schwächung auf d4, und 
der schwarze Bg7 steht aufgrund seines Pd4 weniger aktiv.} 9...c6 
    ( 9...c5?! 10.Nf4 
        ( 10.h4 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.h5 h6 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.g4 g5 15.Bh2 O-O 16.
        Qd2 a5 17.f4 f6 18.Bf3 Ra6 19.Ng3 b5 {Schmidt,R-Haub, T/NRW-I 
        1991/0-1 (44)} )
    10...Bd7 11.h4 h5 12.Bh3 Bxh3 13.Nxh3 Qd7 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.f4 Qg4 16.Kf2 
    += {Hort-Zinn Leipzig 1973} )
    ( 9...Nc6 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rb1 a5 13.b3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.g4 
    Bd7 16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Ne4 h6 18.a3 Ne5 19.f4 Nc6 20.Bd2 Rae8 21.Be1 Qe7 
    22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 Nd8 24.Bg3 b5 25.Qd2 bxc4 26.dxc4 Bc6 27.Rbe1 {
    1/2-1/2 Rehbein,D-Bornemann,W/BL2-N 1992 (54)} )
    ( 9...h6 10.O-O c6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Rc1 c5 14.Rc2 Bd7 15.Bc1 
    Qc7 16.h4 b5 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.g4 Nc6 19.f4 Qe7 20.h5 Qh4 21.hxg6 fxg6 
    22.Rf3 Qxg4 23.Rg3 Qh5 24.Rh3 Qg4 25.Rg3 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff, 
    K-Sokolov,I/Dortmund-A 1989} )
10.O-O O-O 11.h3 {Das ist ein kleiner profilaktischer Zug, der das 
mögliche Bg4 unterbindet und seinem König auf h2 Platz verschafft.} 
    ( 11.Rb1 a6 12.b3 b5 13.Qc2 c5 14.a4 Nc6 15.Bd2 bxc4 16.bxc4 Ra7 17.
    Nf4 a5 18.h4 Nb4 19.Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Sher,M-Riemersma,L/Cappelle op 1996} 
    )
    ( 11.b4 a5 12.b5 cxb5 13.cxb5 d5 14.Ba3 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Re8 16.Nf4 Bh6 
    17.Qf3 Bxf4 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Qxf4 Be6 20.Qf6 Rc7 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.b6 
    Rc3 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Smyslov,V/Monte Carlo 1968 (41)} )
    ( 11.Bd2 h6 12.b4 Kh7 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.c5 Rae8 16.Re1 Be5 17.
    cxd6 Qxd6 18.Rc5 b6 19.Rc2 Rc8 {Winants,L-Nijboer,F/Wijk-B 
    1991/1/2-1/2 (61)} )
11...Be6 12.b3 f5 
    ( 12...d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nf4 += 
        ( 14.Ba3 += )
    )
13.Bb2 Qb6 
    ( 13...c5?! 14.Nf4 += )
14.Rb1 g5?! {Schwarz bereitet 15...f4 vor und verhindert zugleich 16. Nf4.
Aber er schwächt damit auch seine Königsstellung.} 
    ( 14...a5!? )
15.exf5 Bxf5 16.g4! {Es scheint, daß Weiß nun Initiative am Königsflügel 
bekommt.} 16...Bg6 17.f4 gxf4 18.Nxf4 {Weiß besitzt freie Hand am 
Königsflügel, und auf der Gegenseite hat Schwarz aufgrund des Doppelbauers
auf der d-Linie weder etwas im Zentrum noch am Damenflügel.} 18...Be5 {
Dieser Zug hilft nur Weiß.} 
    ( 18...Rf7!? {Mit der Idee der sofortigen Turmverdopplung auf der 
    f-Linie.} )
19.Bc1!? {Der Läufer war schlecht postiert auf b2, die Diagonale c1-h6 ist
wichtiger.} 19...Rf6 20.Rb2! {Weiss auch doppelt seine Tuerme auf der 
f-Linie.Ribli.} 20...Raf8 21.Rbf2 Qa5 22.a3 R8f7 
    ( 22...Bxf4 23.Bxf4 
        ( 23.Rxf4 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 
            ( 24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.Bxf4 Qxa3 -/+ )
        24...Qxa3 =+ )
    23...Qxa3? 
        ( 23...Qc3 24.Bd2 +- 
            ( 24.Bxd6 Rxf2 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Nc8 ~ 27.Bb4 Qxd3 
                ( 27...Qb2+ 28.Qe2 Qxe2+ 29.Kxe2 +/- )
            28.Qxd3 Bxd3 29.Bc5 Bc2 30.Bxd4 Bxb3 31.c5 += )
        )
    24.Bc1 +- )
23.h4 {Nachdem alles vorbereitet ist, startet Weiß konkrete Aktionen am 
Königsflügel.} 23...Bxf4 
    ( 23...Qc3 24.Bd2 Qb2 25.Bb4 +- )
24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.Bxf4 Qc3 
    ( 25...Qxa3 26.h5 +- )
26.Rf3 h6 {Schwarz muß sich gegen die Drohung 27.h5 verteidigen.} 
    ( 26...h5 27.gxh5 Bxh5 28.Rg3+ Bg6 29.Bd2 Qb2 30.h5 +- )
27.h5 Bh7 28.Bxh6 +/- {Weiß hat einen Bauern gewonnen und besitzt starken 
Angriff am Königsflügel.} 28...d5 
    ( 28...Rxf3 29.Qxf3 )
29.Qf1 Bxd3 {Schwarz opfert ein Figur für etwas Gegenchancen. Andernfalls 
kann er aufgrund der Mattdrohung auf f8 nicht überleben.} 30.Qxd3 Rxf3 31.
Qxf3 d3 32.Bf1 +- {Schwarz hat eine glatte Figur weniger, ohne sonderliche
Chancen.} 
    ( 32.Qf8+ Kh7 33.Qxe7+ Kxh6 34.Qe3+ +- )
32...dxc4 33.bxc4 Qd4+ 34.Be3 Qxc4 35.Qf4 
    ( 35.Bf2 +- )
35...Qc2 36.Qe4 {Schwarz verliert auch noch seine einzige "Hoffnung", den 
Pd3.} 36...Nd5 37.Bd4 {Nun droht Matt in ein paar Zügen. Schwarz gab auf.}
1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat YRVN"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury MVGR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Epishin"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qb3 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.Bf4 N 
Nh5! 
    ( 8...g6 9.Qe3+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.e4 Bxf1 13.Kxf1 Nbd7 
    14.g3 a6 15.Kg2 b5 16.Rhe1 += )
9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.g3 g6 13.Bf4 Bg7 14.Qe3+ Qe7 15.Qxe7+ 
Kxe7 16.Nc3 Nbd7 17.Bh3? 
    ( 17.h3 Nh5?! 18.Bg5+ f6 19.Bd2 f5 20.g4 fxg4 21.hxg4 Nhf6 22.Bh3 += )
17...h6 18.Bg2 Ng4 19.O-O Nge5 20.Rfe1 Nc4 21.Bc1 Rhe8 =+ 22.Nd2 Nde5 23.
Nxc4 Nxc4 24.e4 Ne5 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.a4 Bc4 27.Ra3 g5 28.h3 
    ( 28.Nb5 Bxb5 29.axb5 Nd7 30.b3 Bd4 =+ )
28...a5! 29.Bf1 Nf3+ 30.Kg2 Bxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Nd4 32.f3 
    ( 32.f4 gxf4 33.Bxf4 Ke7 34.Rf2 Kd7 35.Ra1 Re7 36.Raf1 Rb8! 37.Be3 b5 
    38.Rxf7 bxa4 $36 )
32...Reb8! 33.f4 b5 34.axb5 Nxb5 35.Nxb5 Rxb5 36.fxg5? 
    ( 36.e5 dxe5 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.Rf2 e4 39.Re2 ~= )
36...Bxb2 37.Bxb2 Rxb2+ 38.Kf3 hxg5 39.Rfa1 Rab8 -/+ 40.Kg4 R8b4 41.Ra4 
Re2 42.Kxg5 Rexe4 43.Rxa5 Kg7 -+ 44.g4 Re5+ 45.Kh4 Rxd5 46.Rf1 Rb7 47.Raa1
Rc7 48.Rad1 Rxd1 49.Rxd1 c4! 50.Rxd6 c3 51.Rd1 c2 52.Rc1 Kf6 53.Kh5 Rc8 
54.g5+ Kg7 55.Kg4 Kg6 56.h4 Rc4+ 57.Kf3 Kh5 58.Kg3 Rc3+ 59.Kf4 Rc5 60.Kg3 
Rc4 -+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bb7 15.
Re2 Bf6 16.Rd2 Qe7 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Rad1 h6 19.dxc5 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Nxc5 21.Qe3
Rxd2 22.Qxd2 Rc8 23.Qd4 a5 24.Ne1 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Kf8 26.Ne3 Rc7 27.Qe5 Rc8 
28.Qd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rb8 30.Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij MVGR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.
Be3 Qb6 10.Na3 d5 11.Qe2 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bf2 Bd7 15.Nc4 
Qd8 16.e5 Bc6 17.b4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qd5+ 19.Qe4 Rfd8 20.Nd6 Rd7 21.Rfe1 Bf8 
22.Rec1 f5 23.exf6 Qxd6 24.fxe7 Bxe7 25.Rc5 Bf6 26.h4 Re8 27.Rac1 Kf7 28.
a3 Ree7 29.h5 b6 30.Rc6 Qd5 31.hxg6+ hxg6 32.Rh1 Bg7 33.Kf3 e5 34.Re1 Bf6 
35.Qxd5+ Rxd5 36.Re4 Rb5 37.g4 Rd7 38.Bg3 Rdd5 39.Rc7+ Kg8 40.Rxa7 Kf8 41.
fxe5 Bxe5 42.a4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus MVGR"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak YRVN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Ba2 Nb6 12.Nf4 Bd7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nfxd5 Nfxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran YRVN"]
[Black "Felsberger, Alfred MVGR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 a6 7.Re1 d6 8.a4 Be7 9.
e4 Qc7 10.b3 O-O 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nbd7 13.Ra2 Rfe8 14.Rd2 Bf8 15.Ba3 
Rad8 16.Rde2 Qb8 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.f3 g6 19.Nc2 Nc5 20.Ne3 Red8 21.Rd2 Ba8 22.
Bb2 Bg7 23.Ba1 Ne8 24.Qb1 Bc6 25.Bf1 Qa7 26.Qa2 Ba8 27.b4 Nd7 28.Ncd1 Ne5 
29.Bg2 Nxc4 30.Bxg7 Nxe3 31.Bd4 Nxg2 32.Rxg2 e5 33.Ba1 b5+ 34.Rf2 Nc7 35.
f4 Ne6 36.fxe5 Ng5 37.Kf1 dxe5 38.Bxe5 Nxe4 39.Ne3 Re8 40.Ng4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cernov, Vadim GZCH"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.
Be3 b6 10.Bf2 Ba6 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Nbd2 Rae8 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Nf1 e5 15.Rad1 d5 
16.fxe5 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nd2 Nc6 20.Nf3 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 
22.Bf3 h5 23.Qd2 Kg7 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Red1 Qd6 26.Kg2 Rh8 27.Be2 Rce8 28.Qc2 
Bb5 29.Bf3 Bd7 30.Qc4 Qf6 31.Rf1 h4 32.Bg1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov HERZ"]
[Black "Slovineanu, Veaceslav GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bc8 7.Bd2 e6 8.Be2 Nbd7 
9.a4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.a5 Ne4 14.Be1 Ndf6 15.h3 
Bf5 16.Rdc1 Rab8 17.Na2 Rfe8 18.Bb4 Nd7 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Nc3 Qh6 21.Nxe4 
Bxe4 22.Ra4 Qd6 23.Nd2 Bf5 24.Rb4 Qc7 25.Qa2 Nf6 26.Bf3 Rbd8 27.Qa3 Qe7 
28.Rb3 Bc8 29.Qxe7 Rxe7 30.Rb4 Ne8 31.Nb3 Nd6 32.Nc5 Rf8 33.Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai GZCH"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.b3 d5 8.Bb2 
d4 9.Qc1 Bg4 10.Be2 d3 11.Bd1 O-O-O 12.h3 Bf5 13.a3 e4 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4
c5 16.Bc3 h5 17.Qb2 Rh6 18.b4 Rg6 19.bxc5 Qxc5 20.Bd4 Qc7 21.Kf1 h4 22.
Bxa7 Nd7 23.Bd4 Rc6 24.a4 f6 25.a5 Be6 26.f3 Bxc4 27.fxe4 Re8 28.Rb1 Ba6 
29.Kg1 Qxa5 30.Ra1 Qc7 31.Ba4 Rc4 32.Bb3 Rc6 33.Bc3 Ne5 34.Bd5 Rb6 35.Qa3 
Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Nh2+ 37.Rxh2 Qxh2 38.Qc5+ Qc7 39.Qxc7+ Kxc7 40.Ba5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Black "Svetuschin, Dumitru GZCH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Be3 Nh5 10.Nh2 Qe8 11.Be2 Nf4 12.Bf3 f5 13.O-O Qe7 14.Kh1 Nc5 15.b4 fxe4 
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bf5 18.Qc2 Qh4 19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.Qe4 Raf8 21.Rad1 Qf6 
22.g4 Nxh3 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Qg2 Qh4 25.f4 e4 26.Bf2 Qh5 27.Qg3 Kh7 28.Qh4 
Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Bf6 30.Qd2 Be5 31.Bd4 Bg3 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.Rdf1 Rg4 34.Rg2 f4 
35.Qc2 f3 36.Rxf3 Bxh2 37.Rxh2 Rh4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sanduleac, Vasile GZCH"]
[Black "Slutzky, Leonid HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 O-O
9.e5 
    ( 9.h4 h6 10.e5 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 {Bologan-Lautier/Chalkidiki/1992} 12.
    Nb3 Qd6 
        ( 12...e5 13.Nh2 += )
    13.d4 cxd4 14.Nfxd4 e5 15.Nb5 += {Lautier} )
9...f6 N {Die Idee aus Bologan-Lautier. Das unterlassene Zugpaar h4/h6 
spricht hier für Weiß.} 10.exf6 Rxf6 11.c3 Rf8 
    ( 11...e5 12.c4 += )
12.Nf1 
    ( 12.Nb3!? Qd6 13.d4 )
12...Qd6 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Ne3 Rae8 15.h4 Nf5 16.Nxf5 gxf5 17.c4 f4!? 18.gxf4 
    ( 18.Bxf4 e5! 
        ( 18...Rxf4? 19.gxf4 Qxf4 20.Qe3 +/- )
    19.Be3 Bg4 20.cxd5 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 ~= 22.Qe4 Bf5 23.Qe2 Bg4 = )
18...Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Be3 Bg7 21.Rad1 Kh8 22.d4 cxd4 23.Bxd4 
    ( 23.Rxd4! Bxd4 $140 ? 
        ( 23...Bc6 24.Red1 +/- )
    24.Bxd4+ +- )
23...Qxf4 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qe5+ Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bc6 27.Rde1 
    ( 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Bxd5 Re2 30.b4 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Rxa2 32.
    Rd7+ Kg6 33.Rxb7 = )
27...dxc4 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Rc5 
    ( 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxe6 Rb8 31.Re2 Kg6 += )
29...Rf4 30.Rxc6 Kf6 31.Rc1 Rg8+ 32.Kf1 Rgg4 33.Re1 Re4 = 34.Rc7 Rxe1+ 35.
Kxe1 Rxh4 36.Rxa7 Ke5 37.Kd2 Kd4 38.Rd7+ Kc5 39.Rf7 Rh1 40.Rc7+ Kd4 41.a4 
h5 42.Rh7 Rb1 43.Kc2 Rf1 44.Rxh5 Rxf2+ 45.Kb1 e5 46.a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haimovich, Tal HERZ"]
[Black "Nevednicii, Boris GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Nf3 a6 8.O-O b5 9.
a3 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.b4 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Nb3 Nxc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Na5 Bc8 18.Nxc4 Ng4 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.Bc5 Be6 21.Na5 Rac8 
22.Rcd1 f5 23.Bb6 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Bf8 25.f3 Nf6 26.Rd8 fxe4 27.fxe4 Kf7 28.
Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Nxc6 Ke8 30.Nxe5 Bb7 31.Nc4 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Bxe4 33.Kf2 Bd3 34.
Ne5 Bb5 35.Bd4 Bh6 36.Bb2 Bg7 37.g4 Bxe5 38.Bxe5 h5 39.g5 Kd7 40.h4 Kc6 
41.Ke3 Ba4 42.Kd4 Kb5 43.Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Re2 b5 14.c3 
Nce4 15.Ne5 Qb7 16.Nd3 a5 17.Bd4 b4 18.cxb4 axb4 19.Qb3 Bf8 20.Ne3 Qa6 21.
Rc2 Reb8 22.Nf4 Rd8 23.f3 Ng5 24.Rd1 Ne8 25.Nexd5 Qxa2 26.Qxa2 Rxa2 27.Be3
Rb8 28.h4 Ne6 29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Nf4 Be7 31.Nxe6 Bxh4 32.Bg5 Bxg5 33.Nxg5 Nf6
34.Rd4 h6 35.Rxb4 Re8 36.Ne4 Nxe4 37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Ra4 39.Re2 Kf7 40.
Kf2 Ke6 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.Kd3 h5 43.Kc3 Rxe4 44.Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter LAZV"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.a4 b6 
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 e5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.O-O g6 14.Qe1 Bg7 15.Qh4 
O-O 16.Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Epishin"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 
Bf5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.a4 N a5 
    ( 12...Nxc3? 13.bxc3 Qd5 14.Qb4 +/- )
13.Bf4 Ra6 $8 14.Ne5 
    ( 14.Rac1!? Qc8 
        ( 14...Nd5? 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bc7 +/- )
        ( 14...Nxc3 15.bxc3 Be6 16.c4! +/- )
    15.Ne5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 += )
14...Qxd4 15.e3 
    ( 15.Nxe4 Bxe5 16.Be3 Qc4 -/+ )
15...Nc5 16.Qxf7+ Rxf7 17.exd4 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nd3 19.Re2 Nc4 $132 20.Bc7 
Ncxb2 21.Bd8 
    ( 21.h3!? Nc4 
        ( 21...e6 22.Bd8 Ra8 23.Bg5 h5 24.Ne4 +/- )
    22.g4 Bc8 23.Ne4 $36 )
21...Kf8 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Ke8! = 24.Bc7 e6 25.Bd6 Rd7 26.Ba3 Rxd4 27.
Bxb2 Nxb2 28.Rxb2 Rxe4 29.Rxb7 Rd4! 30.Rxh7 Rd7 31.Rh8+ Kf7 32.Rh7+ Ke8 
33.Rh8+ Kf7 34.Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d3 d6 6.Nd5 Be7 7.g3 Nf6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 
9.Bg2 h6 10.O-O g5 11.Ne1 Rg8 12.Nc2 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.b4 h5 15.bxc5 dxc5 
16.Rb1 b6 17.Ne3 Nd4 18.a4 h4 19.g4 Qd6 20.a5 bxa5 21.Nf5 Nxf5 22.exf5 Bc6
23.Be3 Nd7 24.Qd2 f6 25.Qxa5 Ke7 26.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nbd2 
Nd7 9.c3 Bf6 10.b4 g6 11.Ba3 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 a6 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Na5 15.Ne3
Bg7 16.Bb4 b6 17.Nd5 f5 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Bxa5 bxa5 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Nxf6 Qxf6 
22.Re2 Qg5 23.Nc4 a4 24.Qd1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergei LAZV"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 Qb6 
16.Bb2 g6 17.Qc2 Nh5 18.Bf1 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.Qc3 Nf4 21.a5 Qd8 22.b4 Nf6
23.e5 Ne4 24.Qb3 Nxh3+ 25.gxh3 Nxd2 26.Nxd2 Qg5+ 27.Qg3 Qxd2 28.Bc3 Qh6 
29.Ra2 Bc8 30.Bd2 Qh5 31.Rc2 Bd7 32.Kg2 Rac8 33.Be2 Qf5 34.Bd3 Qh5 35.Be2 
Qf5 36.Bd3 Qh5 37.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa STK2"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir STKZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 {Diese - auf den ersten Blick - sonderbar 
anmutende Fortsetzung ist in letzter Zeit sehr populär.Ribli.} 4.e3 
    ( 4.g3!? {Meines Erachtens ist dies die beste Fortsetzung für Weiß.} 
    4...Nxf3+ 5.exf3 e6 
        ( 5...Nf6 6.d4 e6 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 cxd4 11.
        cxd4 Bd6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.f4 Rb8 14.Bb2 {1/2-1/2 
        Ribli,Z-Emms,J/BL9596 1996 (31)} )
    6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Nf6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.fxe4 f6 12.Qd1 
    Bc5 13.Qh5+ += g6 14.Qh6 Kf7 
        ( 14...Bf8 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.b3 O-O 18.Bb2 Qc7 19.Re1 Qb7 
        20.b4 += {+/= Gulko,B-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 1996} )
    15.Rd1 Bc6 16.b3!? N 
        ( 16.Be3 Qf8 17.Qf4 e5 18.Qf3 Qe7 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Rd3 Rab8 21.b3 
        Rhd8 22.Rad1 d6 23.Qe3 Rb6 24.Qd2 += {Vaganian,R-Yudasin,L/ Moscow
        olm 1994/CBM 45/[Ribli]/1-0 (62)} )
    16...Qf8 17.Qd2 += {Ribli, Z-Ivanisevic,I/Maroczy mem 1997/1-0 (50)} )
4...Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 d6 8.Qd1 
    ( 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Rb1 O-O 10.Ne4 e5 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qxf6 Bxf6 13.Bc3 Be6 
    14.Ke2 d5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Berebora,T/Andorra 1996/EXP
    54 (37)} )
8...e5!? N {Schwarz verhindert 9.d4 und gibt die Kontrolle über das Feld 
d5 auf. Dafür kann er mit Ne7 und späterem f7-f5 seine Initiative am 
Königsflügel organisieren.} 
    ( 8...Nf6 9.Be2 O-O 10.Bf3 Rb8 11.O-O a6 12.d4 b5 13.dxc5 bxc4 14.cxd6
    Qxd6 15.Qxd6 exd6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Bxd5 cxb3 19.axb3 Rb6 
    20.h3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Xu Jun/ Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02 (24)} 
    )
    ( 8...Nh6 9.Be2 Nf5 10.Qc2 e5 11.Bf3 O-O 12.Rd1 Rb8 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Bd5 
    Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.O-O b5 17.d3 a6 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.Ne2 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 
    Kleff,A-Bruchmann,S/Berliner Sommer 1994} )
9.Be2 
    ( 9.g3 Ne7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.f4 e4 13.d3 d5 ~ )
9...Ne7 10.O-O O-O = 11.Bf3 {Weiß verstärkt zwar die Kontrolle über das 
Feld d5, aber der Läufer steht nicht gut auf f3.} 
    ( 11.d3 f5 12.f4 = )
11...f5 12.Nd5 Be6 {Schwarz beendet in aller Ruhe seine Entwicklung. Die 
Schwächung des Feldes d5 spielt keine Rolle.} 
    ( 12...e4 13.Bxg7 
        ( 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Be2 )
    13...Kxg7 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 
        ( 14...exf3 15.Nxc8 fxg2 16.Kxg2 Rxc8 = )
    15.Be2 = )
13.d3 
    ( 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.d3 
        ( 14.Bd5? Bxd5 15.cxd5 Qf7 -/+ )
    14...g5 =+ )
13...g5 =+ 14.e4 
    ( 14.h3?! )
    ( 14.g3?! g4 15.Bg2 h5 )
14...g4 
    ( 14...f4? {Dieser Zug gewinnt zwar Raum am Königsflügel, dennoch wäre
    er ein strategischer Fehler, weil er die weißen Felder schwächt und 
    den Bg7 einschließt.} 15.Bg4 = )
15.Be2 h5 16.f3 $8 {Sonst spielt Schwarz 16...f4 nebst 17...g3, mit großem
Übergewicht am Königsflügel.} 16...Nxd5 17.cxd5 
    ( 17.exd5?! Bd7 =+ {Und Schwarz hat greifbares Übergewicht am 
    Königsflügel.} )
17...Bd7 18.Bc1 {Der weiße Läufer stamd schlecht auf b2, auf c1 
kontrolliert er die Diagonale c1-h6 und verhindert das Erscheinen des 
schwarzen Läufers auf h6.} 18...g3! {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern für 
offene Linien. Das ist ein für die Königsindische Verteidigung typisches 
Motiv.} 19.hxg3 
    ( 19.h3?! {Nach diesem Zug kann Weiß nur warten. Schwarz hat derweilen
    freie Hand am Königsflügel und am Damenflügel.} )
19...f4 20.Qe1 
    ( 20.g4 hxg4 21.fxg4 Rf6 ~= )
    ( 20.gxf4? exf4 -/+ 21.Rb1 Bd4+ )
20...Qg5! 
    ( 20...fxg3? 21.Qxg3 +/- )
21.Rb1 Qxg3 22.Qxg3 fxg3 23.b4?! {Weiß verliert die Geduld und möchte 
selbst zu aktivem Spiel am Damenflügel kommen. Der Partiezug beschleunigt 
jedoch nur die schwarzen Aktionen.} 
    ( 23.Be3!? {Und Weiß bereitet den Königsmarsch mit Kf1-Ke1-Kd2 vor.} )
23...cxb4 24.Rxb4 b5 {Jetzt hat Schwarz nicht nur großen Raumvorteil am 
Königsflügel, sondern auch eine gesunde Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel.} 
25.Bg5 Rac8 
    ( 25...Bf6?! {Unter strategischem Gesichtspunkt wäre das eine gute 
    Idee, aber Weiß kann zu schnell die c-Linie besetzen.} 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 
    27.Rc1 $132 )
26.Rb2 
    ( 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Rc8 -/+ )
26...Bf6 27.Bxf6 
    ( 27.Be3 Rc7 =+ )
27...Rxf6 28.d4 {Weiß strebt nach Vereinfachung, aber das kommt nur 
Schwarz zugute. Andererseits war guter Rat ohnehin schon teuer. Schwarz 
hat positionellen Vorteil, Druck am Königsflügel und beherrscht die 
c-Linie.} 28...exd4 29.Bxb5 Rb8 30.Rfb1 Rxb5 
    ( 30...Bxb5 31.a4 )
31.Rxb5 Bxb5 32.Rxb5 Rf8 -/+ {Das Erscheinen und Eindringen des Turmes ist
sehr gefährlich für Weiß. Sein König steht sehr passiv.} 33.Kf1 Rc8 34.Ke2
    ( 34.Rb2 d3 35.Ke1 h4 36.Kd2 Rc2+ 37.Rxc2 dxc2 38.Kxc2 h3 -+ )
34...Rc2+ 35.Kd3 Rxg2 36.e5!? {Dieser Zug kann die Partie nicht retten, 
aber läßt noch einige theoretische Gegenchancen offen. Ein bedeutsames 
Prinzip in Turmendspielen ist, daß die Qualität der Bauern immer wichtiger
ist als ihre Quantität.} 
    ( 36.Kxd4 h4 37.e5 dxe5+ 38.Kxe5 h3 39.Kf6 Rf2 -+ {Da es kein 
    Dauerschach für Weiß gibt, entscheiden die schwarzen Freibauern die 
    Partie.} )
36...Rf2! 
    ( 36...dxe5? 37.d6 Kf7 38.Rxe5 Rb2! = )
37.exd6 Rxf3+ 38.Ke4 
    ( 38.Kxd4 {Nach diesem Zug kann der schwarze g-Bauer auf g1 mit Schach
    umgewandelt werden.} 38...g2 39.Rb1 Rf1 40.d7 g1=Q+ -+ )
38...Rf8 39.Rb1 h4 -+ {Die verbundenen Freibauern entscheiden zusammen die
Partie.} 40.d7 
    ( 40.Rg1 Kg7 {Schwarz möchte Kg6-Kg5-Kg4 spielen, mit Gewinn.} 
        ( 40...Kh7! 41.Rh1 )
    41.Ke5 d3 -+ )
40...g2 41.Rc1 Kg7! {Und Weiß gab in hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.Ribli.} 
    ( 41...h3? 42.Rc8 g1=Q 43.Rxf8+ Kxf8 44.d8=Q+ Kg7 45.Qd7+ )
    ( 41...Kg7 42.Rc8 g1=Q 43.Rxf8 Qe3+ 44.Kf5 Qf3+ 45.Ke5 Qxf8 -+ )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur STKZ"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valery STK2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.c3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O 
e5 9.Nb3 c6 10.Rc1 exd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.Nfd2 a5 13.a4 Qb4 14.Bf4 Bf8 15.Bc7
Nb6 16.Ra1 Nc4 17.Qc1 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 Bf5 19.Ra3 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bf4 Rac8
22.Bg4 f5 23.Be2 c5 24.Rc3 Rcd8 25.Rd1 c4 26.f3 Bd3 27.Bxd3 cxd3 28.b3 b5 
29.axb5 Qxb5 30.Qd2 Bb4 31.Qxd3 Qxd3 32.Rcxd3 Rc8 33.Rf1 Rc2 34.Rf2 Rc1+ 
35.Rf1 Rc2 36.Rf2 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander STK2"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei STKZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Lutz"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5?! {Da Weiß nicht mit 
f2-f4 nachfolgt, erweist sich dieser Zug lediglich als Zeitverlust.} 13...
Qc6 14.Bf4 
    ( 14.Qe2 c4 15.Bc2 Bc5 16.b4 Bd4 17.Bb2 e5 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.a4 Nf8 20.
    axb5 axb5 21.Ra1 h6 22.Nf3 N8d7 23.Rfd1 Nb6 24.Ra5 O-O 25.Rxb5 Bxc3 
    26.Rc5 Bxb2 27.Rxc6 Bxc6 28.Qe3 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Rd8 30.Be2 Bd4 31.Nxd4 
    exd4 32.Qh3 d3 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Bd1 c3 35.Qxc6 Rc8 {0-1 Velazco,E-Sieiro
    Gonzalez,L/ Buenos Aires VII Najdorf op 1995} )
14...c4 15.Bc2 Bc5 16.b3? {Schwächt das Feld c3.} 16...Nb6 17.Nf3 {Das 
Eingeständnis der verfehlten weißen Strategie.} 17...O-O 18.Ne5 Qe8 19.
bxc4 Rd8 20.Qe1 
    ( 20.Qe2 Bd4 )
20...Ng4 21.Nxg4 Rxf4 22.Ne5 Bd4 23.Nf3? 
    ( 23.Nd3 $142 -/+ )
23...Rxf3! -+ 24.gxf3 Qg6+ 25.Kh1 Qh5 26.Rd1 Be5! 27.Rxd8+ Kf7 28.f4 Bxf4 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei STKZ"]
[Black "Akhmadeev, Vadim STK2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 a6 
    ( 6...e6 7.Nc3 a6 
        ( 7...Be7 8.O-O-O 
            ( 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bxd7 Bxd7 
            13.Ne4 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qe7 15.Qc7 Qb4 16.Nf6+ gxf6 17.Rxd7 += {
            /+/-} 17...Rac8 18.Qg3+ Kh8 19.Rhd1 
                ( 19.Qe3 Kg7 20.Rd4 Qc5 21.Qd2 f5 22.g4 Kh7 23.Qd3 Rc7 24.
                gxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5+ exf5 26.Rhd1 Rg8 27.Rd7 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 
                Rg2 29.Rxb7 Rxf2 30.c4 Rxh2 31.c5 Re2 32.c6 Re6 33.c7 Rc6+
                34.Kd2 a5 35.Ke3 h5 36.Kd4 h4 37.Kd5 Rc2 38.Kd6 {1-0 
                Rublevsky,S-Predein,V/Kurgan 1993/ EXP 38} )
            19...Qe4 20.c3 b5 21.R7d4 Qf5 22.Qe3 Kh7 23.Rf4 Qg5 24.h4 Qg6 
            25.Qf3 f5 26.g4 Rfd8 27.gxf5 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 exf5 29.Rxf5 Rc7 
            30.h5 Qe6 31.Rxb5 Rd7+ 32.Kc2 Kg7 33.Qg3+ Kh7 34.Qe5 Qc6 35.
            Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qg4+ Kf6 37.Rf5+ Ke7 38.Qb4+ Ke6 39.Qf4 Ke7 {1-0 
            Vasiukov,E-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius zt 1975/ MCL 05} )
        8...O-O 9.Rhe1 Qa5 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e5 fxe5 13.Nxe5 
        $36 {Dvorietzky,M-Scholseth,T/Saint John/1988/0|1/32/} )
    8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.O-O-O h6 
        ( 9...Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qc5 
        Qc8 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 O-O 18.Qxc6 +- {
        Gurgenidze,B-Gufeld,E/ Tbilisi/1969/1|0/23/} )
    10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rhe1?! 
        ( 11.e5!? )
    11...Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Rd8! 14.Bg3 Qc8 
        ( 14...Qc5!? )
    15.Qe3 O-O 16.Qf3 Bc6 
        ( 16...b5 17.Bh4 $36 )
    17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Na4 += {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Ruban, 
    V/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50/[Chekhov] (39)} )
7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 
    ( 7...Nxd7 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bh4 Qb6 10.O-O-O Qxd4 11.Nxd4 e6 12.Bg3 b5 13.a3
    Nb6 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Nd2 Na5 16.Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Barczay,L/HUN-ch 
    1976/MCD-ch} )
8.O-O 
    ( 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Rg8 11.O-O Rc8 12.c4 Bg7 13.Rac1 e6 14.
    Nb6 Rc6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Qe3 += {1-0 Ansell,S-McShane,L/Witley 1996/EXT
    97 (65) /+/-} )
8...h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nc3 e6 {a standard position position for this 
variation black has double pawns on the "f" file and enjoyes the pair of 
bishops and the open "g" file while white's plan is to put pressure on the
"e6" pawn with quite simple plan f4-f5 puttingn the Queen on "h3" or maybe
"b3" and then trying to bring the other knights to put pressure on "e6" 
from "d4" and "f4' quite a long plan but that's simply what white is going
to play here} 11.Rad1 Be7 
    ( 11...Rc8 )
12.Qd3 {the knight is going to "d4"} 12...Rc8 13.Nd4 Rc5 14.Kh1! {just a 
good move,not having the King on both the "g" file and the a7-g1 diagonal}
    ( 14.f4?! Qb6! {black is threatening now both "e5" and Qxb2} )
14...Rg5 
    ( 14...Qb6!? )
15.f4 Rg7 16.f5 Rhg8 17.Rd2 Qc8 18.Qh3 += {white has managed to play his 
plan,he only needs to finish it's last part bringing the "c3" knight to 
"f4"} 18...Rh7 
    ( 18...Qc4!? 19.Rfd1 e5 20.Nb3 Bc6 21.a3! 
        ( 21.Na5 Qb4 22.Nb3 
            ( 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Qd3 Qb6 )
        22...Qc4 23.a3 )
    21...Bxe4 22.Na5 )
19.Nce2 {threatening fxe6 followed by Nf4} 19...e5 
    ( 19...Rhg7!? 20.Ng3 
        ( 20.fxe6 fxe6 
            ( 20...Bxe6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 
                ( 21...Qxe6 22.Qf3 +/- )
            22.Nf4 $36 )
        21.Qh5+ Kd8 22.Qa5+ Ke8 23.Qh5+ Kd8 = )
    20...Rh7 )
20.Nb3 h5 21.Nc3 +/- {white has achived his goal,he has the "d5" sqaure 
for his knight and you can look at black's bishop and see what they worth}
21...Bc6 22.Qf3 Rg4 23.Rfd1 b6 
    ( 23...Rhg7!? )
24.Qe3 Qb7 
    ( 24...Qc7 )
25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 +/- {/+-} 26...Rhg7 27.R1d2 Qc6 28.Qd3 R7g5 
    ( 28...b5 29.Na5 Qc7 30.b4 )
    ( 28...Qb7 29.c3 )
29.h3! +- Rg3 
    ( 29...Rf4 30.g3 +- )
    ( 29...Rh4 30.Kh2 Qa4 31.c4 
        ( 31.Re2 Rf4 32.Rxd6 +- )
    31...b5 32.Rc2 +- )
30.Qxa6 Re3 31.Na5 Qc7 32.Qa8+ Kd7 
    ( 32...Qd8 $8 33.Qa7! 
        ( 33.Qxd8+ Kxd8 34.Nc6+ Kd7 35.Nxe7 Kxe7 36.Rxd6 Rxe4 +/- {but of 
        course black got here much more than white should have given him} 
        )
    33...Qd7 
        ( 33...Re1+ 34.Kh2 bxa5 35.Rb5 +- Qd7 36.Rb7 )
    34.Qxb6 )
33.Nb7 Rxe4 34.Nxd6 Re1+ 
    ( 34...Bxd6 35.Rxd6+ Qxd6 36.Qb7+ )
35.Kh2 Bxd6 36.Rxd6+ Ke7 
    ( 36...Qxd6 37.Qb7+ )
    ( 36...Ke7 37.Rc6 {and mate is coming soom} )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khasangatin, Ramil STK2"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar STKZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Qg6 
    ( 6...Nge7 )
7.Nd2 Nf6 
    ( 7...Nxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Qc2 c6 11.g3 d5 12.Bd3 dxe4 13.fxe4 
    Bg4 14.O-O Bxd2 15.Bxd2 Qd6 16.Bc3 h5 17.Qf2 f5 18.exf5 Bh3 19.Rfe1 
    O-O-O 20.Re6 Qc7 21.Rae1 Nd5 22.Bd2 Qf7 23.Bg5 Rde8 24.Qe2 Nc7 25.Re5 
    Rxe5 26.dxe5 Bxf5 27.Qf2 Bg6 28.Bxg6 Qxg6 29.Bf4 Rf8 30.Kh1 b6 31.Qf3 
    Kb7 32.Rd1 {Judd,M-Bird,H/USA-04.Congress 1876/0-1 (42)} )
    ( 7...Nge7 8.Nc2 
        ( 8.h4 Bxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.h5 Qf6 11.h6 g6 12.Rh4 O-O 13.g3 dxe4 14.
        Bc4 Nf5 {1/ 2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Skembris,S/Asti op 1996} )
        ( 8.g3 Nxd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Bg2 d5 11.exd5 O-O 12.Nc4 Qf5 13.d6 cxd6
        14.Nxd6 Ba5+ 15.Kf1 Qg6 16.Nxc8 Raxc8 17.Bxb7 Rb8 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.
        Be4 Qa6+ 20.Kg2 Rxb2 21.Rhd1 Ng6 22.h4 Qe2 23.Qxe2 Rxe2 24.h5 Ne7 
        25.d5 Nc8 26.d6 Rd8 27.d7 Nb6 28.Bf5 Bc3 29.Rac1 Bf6 30.Rc8 g6 31.
        Bg4 Rxa2 32.Bd4 Be7 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Re1 {1-0 Chytilek, 
        R-Lehmann,Z/EU-chJM U20 1996} )
        ( 8.f3 d5 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 
        Nc6 14.Qc5 f5 15.Nd2 Re8+ 16.Kf2 Ne5 17.Qd5+ Nf7 18.Rhe1 Qb6+ 19.
        Kf1 Be6 20.Qd4 Qxb2 21.f4 Rad8 22.Bd5 Bxd5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 
        Be4 25.Nxe4 fxe4 26.Re2 Qb1+ 27.Kg2 Nd6 28.Qxa7 Qd3 29.Kf1 Qf3+ 
        30.Rf2 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 e3 32.Rf1 Qg2+ 33.Rf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kd3 Qd2# {0-1 
        Harej, B-Krstic,U/Nova Gorica op 1997} )
    8...Bb6 9.g3 d6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.Nf3 
    Be6 15.b3 Qf6 16.Re1 Bd7 17.Qd2 h6 18.h3 Ra5 19.Red1 Nfe7 20.Ncd4 Nxd4
    21.Nxd4 Nc6 22.Nc2 Ne7 23.Nb4 Rf5 24.Rf1 Rh5 25.Qe2 Qf7 26.Rae1 Re8 
    27.h4 Nc6 28.Qc4 Qxc4 29.bxc4 Rc5 30.Bd5+ Kf8 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Re1 {
    Kugelmann,W-Milovanovic,R/Cattolica op 1989/0-1 (44)} )
8.f4 N 
    ( 8.Qc2 O-O 9.O-O-O Ng4 10.Qd3 Re8 11.Re1 Nce5 12.Qe2 d5 13.f3 dxe4 
    14.Nxe4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Bf5 16.Kb1 Rad8 17.Ka1 Nc6 18.Bc4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 
    Bxd4 20.Qf4 Be5 21.Qe3 Qxg2 22.Nf2 Bxb2+ {0-1 
    Hrolfsson,H-Thorhallsson,G/ Peer Gynt 1992} )
    ( 8.Qf3 Ne5 
        ( 8...Bb6 9.Qf5 Nxd4 10.cxd4 Qxf5 11.exf5 d5 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O-O 
        Re8 14.Rhe1 Bd7 15.f3 h6 16.g4 {1/2-1/2 Ciganikova, 
        A-Churova,I/Horni Becva op 1993} )
        ( 8...Bxd4 9.Bxd4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Bd3 Qh6 12.Nb3 c6 13.O-O d5 
        14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Be4 Nf6 16.h3 Qg5 17.Bd3 Be6 18.Nc5 Bd5 19.Qg3 
        Qxg3 20.fxg3 b6 21.Na6 Rad8 22.Rfd1 Rd6 23.Rd2 Rfd8 24.b3 Be4 25.
        Rad1 Rxd4 26.Bxe4 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Rxd2 28.Bxc6 Rxa2 29.Bb5 Nd5 30.g4 
        Ne3 31.g3 Rg2+ 32.Kh1 Rxg3 33.Kh2 {Naxakis,T-Fanouraki,N/7th Open 
        1997/0-1 (44)} )
    9.Qf5 d6 10.Qxg6 hxg6 11.f3 
        ( 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.O-O Rde8 14.Bxe5 Rxe5 15.Bf3 g5 16.h3
        g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.g3 Bxf3 19.N4xf3 Reh5 20.Kg2 Ng4 21.Nb3 Bxf2 
        22.Rxf2 Ne3+ {0-1 Pokorna,R-Churova,I/SVK-chT9596 1996} )
    11...Bd7 12.b4 Bb6 13.Nc4 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 a5 15.b5 a4 16.Kf2 Rh5 17.Rab1 
    Kf8 18.h3 Rc5 19.Rb4 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rd1 Bc5 23.Rb2 
    Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxb5 25.Rxb5 Bxb5 26.c4 Be8 27.Bf4 Rc8 28.c5 Bb5 29.a3 
    Ke7 30.h4 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Kxd8 32.Be5 Kd7 33.Ke3 Kc6 34.Kd4 f6 35.Bf4 Bf1 
    36.g3 Be2 37.Ke4 Bd1 38.Be3 Bb3 39.f4 Bd1 40.Kd4 Bf3 41.Kc4 Kd7 42.Kd4
    Ke6 43.Bd2 Kf5 44.Ke3 Kg4 45.Kf2 b6 46.cxb6 cxb6 47.Bb4 b5 48.Bf8 Bc6 
    49.Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Ciganikova,A-Talla,V/Horni Becva op 1993} )
    ( 8.Nf5 Bxe3 9.Nxe3 O-O 10.Bd3 d6 
        ( 10...d5 11.exd5 Qxd3 12.dxc6 Re8 
            ( 12...b6 13.Qf3 Be6 14.c4 b5 15.O-O-O Qg6 16.h4 h5 17.Qf4 
            Rab8 18.Qg5 bxc4 19.Qxg6 fxg6 20.Ndxc4 Ne4 21.Rd4 Nxf2 22.Re1 
            Rf6 23.Ne5 Bxa2 24.Re2 Re8 25.Nf3 Rxc6+ 26.Rc2 Rxc2+ 27.Nxc2 
            Be6 28.Ra4 Nd3+ 29.Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Mitkov,N/EU-chTM 
            1997} )
        13.Nb3 Qb5 14.Qc2 Qxc6 15.O-O b6 16.Nd4 Qc5 17.Rfe1 Bb7 18.f3 g6 
        19.Qf2 Qg5 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 h5 22.Kf2 a6 23.a4 Nd7 24.Red1 Re7 
        25.a5 Rae8 26.Ndc2 b5 27.b4 c5 28.Rd6 c4 29.Ne1 Rxe3 30.Rxd7 Bc8 
        31.Rd2 Rxc3 32.Rad1 Rb3 33.Rd8 Kf8 34.Nc2 Rb2 35.R1d2 c3 36.Rxe8+ 
        Kxe8 37.Re2+ Kf8 38.Ke3 Bf5 39.Nd4 Rxb4 40.Nxf5 gxf5 41.Kd3 Rb2 
        42.Re5 {0-1 Pavasovic,D-Ibragimov,I/Ljubljana op 1996} )
    11.Qe2 Qg5 12.h4 Qc5 13.g4 d5 14.g5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Be6 17.
    Qc2 f5 18.gxf6 Rxf6 19.O-O-O Raf8 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.Rh5 Rg6 
    23.Rxh7 Ne5 24.Rh5 Rxf2 25.Qe4 Qd7 26.Rd1 Rg1 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Rf5+ Qxf5
    29.Qxf5+ Rxf5 30.Rxg1 Rf2 31.Rd1 Ke6 32.Nc2 c5 33.Re1 Kf6 34.Rd1 Rh2 
    35.Ne3 Rxh4 36.Rd6+ Kg5 37.b3 Rh3 38.Nd5 Kf5 39.Kb2 $138 {1-0 
    Mukhametov, E-Najer,E/St.Petersburg op 1994} )
    ( 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Kd8 10.Qf3 d6 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Qf4 Nh5 14.
    Qh4+ Kc8 15.O-O-O Ng3 16.Rg1 Re8 17.N4f3 Nxf1 18.Rdxf1 Nd3+ 19.Kc2 Nc5
    20.Kc1 Nxe4 21.Qf4 Nc5 22.Ne1 f6 23.g4 h6 24.h4 a5 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 
    Ne6 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Nxe4 d5 29.Nxf6 gxf6 30.gxf6 Bb5 31.f7 Rf8 32.Rf5 
    c6 33.Nf3 Nc5 34.Ne5 Nd3+ 35.Nxd3 Bxd3 36.Rfg5 Kd7 37.Rg8 Ke7 38.R1g7 
    Bf5 {0-1 Korou,L-Makropoulou,M/GRE-chW 1996} )
    ( 8.f3 Bb6 
        ( 8...d5 9.Bb5 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 dxe4 11.O-O Bd7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nxe4 
        Qf5 14.Bd3 Qf4 15.Qc1 Qxc1 16.Raxc1 Ne5 17.Bc2 O-O-O 18.Rfe1 f6 
        19.Nc5 Bc6 20.Rcd1 g6 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Nd3 23.Re2 Rhe8 24.b3 
        Nf4 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Ne2+ 28.Kf2 Nxc3 29.a3 Kd7 
        30.Ke3 Ke6 31.Kd3 Nb5 32.Ne4 b6 33.a4 {Berg,E-Hector,J/Reykjavik 
        op 1996/0-1 (67)} )
    9.Nc4 Bxd4 10.cxd4 d6 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Bd3 Nb6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.O-O O-O 
    15.a3 Na5 16.Qc2 c5 17.b4 Nc6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.dxc5 Ne5 20.cxd6 Qxd6 
    21.Be2 Qg6 22.Kh1 Bd7 23.Qb2 Qd6 24.Rfd1 Qc7 25.Bb6 Qb8 26.f4 {1-0 
    Berg,E-Jensson,E/Reykjavik op 1996} )
    ( 8.Be2 Nxe4 9.Bh5 Qxg2 10.Bf3 Nxf2 11.Bxf2 Qg6 12.Qe2+ Ne7 13.Rg1 Qh6
    14.Nf5 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Qb6+ 16.Kf1 {1-0 
    Muzikantova,V-Tallova,I/Frydek-Mistek opW 1997} )
8...Bxd4 
    ( 8...Ng4 9.Bg1 Nxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4 11.Qc2 O-O $132 
        ( 11...Bxd2+?! 12.Kxd2 Nf6 13.Re1 
            ( 13.e5 Ne4+! 14.Kc1 d5! )
        13...O-O 14.e5 Qxc2+ 15.Kxc2 Nd5 16.f5 )
    12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Kf1 Qh6 ~ 
        ( 13...Bxd2 14.e5 )
    )
    ( 8...Nxe4? 9.f5 )
9.f5 Qg4 10.Bxd4 
    ( 10.cxd4? d5 11.e5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Ng4 )
10...Nxd4 11.cxd4 d5 
    ( 11...Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 d5 13.e5 Ng4 
        ( 13...Ne4 14.g4 h5 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bg2 hxg4 17.Bxe4 += Rh5 18.O-O
        ! )
    14.Rc1 c6 15.h3 Ne3 16.g4 h5 17.Kf2 Nxf1 18.Rcxf1 ~ )
12.Qxg4 
    ( 12.e5 Qxd1+ {see11...Qd1} )
12...Nxg4 13.Be2 Nh6 14.f6 += 
    ( 14.g4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 
        ( 15.Rc1 Kd8 )
    )
14...O-O 
    ( 14...gxf6!? )
15.exd5 Re8 16.Kf2 gxf6 17.Rhe1 Nf5 18.Bf3 Rd8 19.Rac1 c6 $8 20.dxc6 bxc6 
21.Bxc6 
    ( 21.Nb3 )
21...Rb8 22.b3 
    ( 22.Nb3 $142 Be6 23.d5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rc7 a5 26.Re4 += )
22...Nxd4 23.Nf3 Be6 24.Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei STKZ"]
[Black "Mashinskaya, Yulia STK2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 
Be6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.b4 f6 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Na7 13.d4 Nxb5 14.dxe5 fxe5 15.
Nxe5 c6 16.a4 Nd6 17.e4 Bf6 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Qc2 Rad8 20.Rfc1 Nbc8 21.f4 Kh8 
22.Ndf3 Nf7 23.Nd3 Bxb2 24.Rxb2 Ncd6 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Nd4 Qe7 27.Qc3 Nh6 28.
Rd2 Qe8 29.Qxa5 Ng4 30.e5 Nf7 31.Qc3 b6 32.Bxc6 Qe7 33.Nd3 Ne3 34.Nb4 Nf5 
35.Bd5 Nxd4 36.Rxd4 Bd7 37.Nc6 Bxc6 38.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander MVGR"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 d5 13.cxd5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov HERZ"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Na4 cxd4
9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.b4 Re8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "201"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Bd3 Ncb4 13.Bb1 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Bd2 
Rc8 16.a5 b5 17.Ra3 f5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Nf3 Rfe8 20.Bxb4 Bxb4 21.Ba2 Qd6 
22.Re3 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Ng5 Re7 25.Nxe6 Bd6 26.Nf4 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Bxf4 
28.Qxf4 Re8 29.h3 h6 30.Qc7 Rd8 31.Rd3 Kh7 32.b4 Rd7 33.Qc5 Qe4 34.Re3 Qd5
35.Rf3 Kg6 36.Rd3 Kf7 37.Qc8 Qb7 38.Qc2 Qe4 39.Qb3+ Qd5 40.Qd1 Kf6 41.Qh5 
Qe4 42.Qd1 Rd5 43.Qd2 Qe6 44.Qc3 Qd7 45.Rd1 Kf7 46.Qf3 Kg6 47.Qg3+ Kh7 48.
Rc1 Qd6 49.Qf3 Qe6 50.Rd1 Qd6 51.g3 Qd7 52.h4 Qe6 53.Kg2 Qd7 54.h5 Qf7 55.
Rd2 Qd7 56.Rd3 Qf7 57.Qe2 Qd7 58.Qc2 Qe6 59.Rd1 Qd7 60.Rd2 Qe6 61.Qd3 Qd7 
62.Qf3 Qf7 63.Qe2 Qd7 64.Qe3 Qc6 65.Qf3 Qd7 66.Qc3 Qe6 67.Qc2 Qd7 68.Rd3 
Qe6 69.Re3 Qd7 70.Rf3 Kg8 71.Rf4 Qe6 72.Kg1 Qd7 73.Qb3 Qe6 74.Kg2 Qd7 75.
Qc3 Qb7 76.Qf3 Qd7 77.Qe3 Kh7 78.f3 Kg8 79.g4 fxg4 80.fxg4 Rd6 81.Re4 Kh7 
82.Kg3 Rd5 83.Qf4 Qd8 84.Kg2 Qc8 85.Re2 Kg8 86.Qe4 Rd6 87.Qe8+ Qxe8 88.
Rxe8+ Kf7 89.Re4 Rc6 90.Kf3 Rc1 91.Kf4 Kf6 92.d5 Rf1+ 93.Ke3 Rd1 94.Re6+ 
Kf7 95.Ke4 Rb1 96.Rxa6 Rxb4+ 97.Kf5 Rd4 98.Ra7+ Kf8 99.Rb7 Rxd5+ 100.Ke6 
Rd8 101.a6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 f5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Qa5 9.
Bd2 
    ( 9.Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} 9...e5 10.Qd2 Ng4 
        ( 10...Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 Na6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Rad1 
            ( 14.Qe2?! Rfe8 15.h3 Nb4 16.Rad1? Bd3 17.Rxd3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 e4
            -/+ {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Agrest,E/St.Petersburg op2 1994/EXP 43 (25)
            } )
        14...Rfe8 15.h3 Nc5 16.Qe3 Nd3 17.Ba1 Nb4 18.Ne1 h5 19.a3 Nc2 20.
        Nxc2 Bxc2 21.Rd2 Bxb3 22.Nb5 cxb5 23.Qxb3 bxc4 24.Qxb7 Rac8 {
        1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990/EXP 18} )
        ( 10...Re8 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Rfe1 Nh5 13.e3! Qd8? 
            ( 13...Qc7! )
        14.dxe5 dxe5 15.e4 +/- {Gagarin, V-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 
        (24)} )
    11.h3 N Nh6 12.d5 
        ( 12.Rad1!? )
    12...Nf7 13.dxc6?! 
        ( 13.a3!? )
    13...bxc6 14.e4 f4 15.Ne2?! 
        ( 15.Rad1!? )
    15...Qxd2 16.Nxd2 fxg3 17.fxg3 Na6 18.Rad1 Nb4 19.c5? 
        ( 19.a3!? {Tyomkin,D} 19...Nc2 20.Rf3 Ng5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Rf1+ 
        Ke7 =+ )
    19...dxc5 -/+ {Leski,M-Bauer,C/FRA-ch 1997/0-1(42)} )
9...Qc7 10.d5 
    ( 10.Qc1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bh6 Nbd7!? 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.e4 f4 15.Qa3 
    Re8 16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Bg4 $132 {B.Malich - Dolmatov, 
    Bundesliga 1992} )
10...Na6 
    ( 10...h6 {Schussler} 11.Rc1 Nh5?! 12.e4 e5? {Much too ambitious. 
    White is ahead in the development and is now happy to be able to open 
    up the position.} 
        ( 12...f4 += )
    13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nh4 +- {1-0 Panchenko,A-Beshukov,S/Sochi 
    1990 (22)} )
    ( 10...e5 {Tyomkin,D} 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ng5 Bc8 13.h4 
        ( 13.Rc1 h6 14.Nh3 g5 )
    13...Na6 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.Rc1 += {Langeweg,K-De Prado,O/Candas op 
    1992/0-1(40)} )
11.Rc1 
    ( 11.Nd4!? {Tyomkin,D} 11...Bd7 12.e3 Nc5 13.Nce2 g5 14.Rc1 
        ( 14.f4?! g4 )
    14...h6 15.Bc3 a5 16.Ba1 cxd5 17.cxd5 Qb6 18.Qc2 += {Quinteros Miguel 
    A-Rodriguez Andres/It (open) "Clarin", San Luis (Argentina 
    1995/1/2-1/2 (47)} )
11...Bd7 
    ( 11...e5!? N {The most logical continuation Tyomkin,D} 12.dxe6 Bxe6 
    13.Ng5 Rfe8 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.Nd5! 
        ( 15.e4?! Nc5 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.Be3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Qa5 
        20.Qc2 d5 $36 )
    15...Qd7 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qd2 
        ( 17.e4 Nc5 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Be3 fxe4 20.Bxe4 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.
        Bd3 ~ 
            ( 22.Bg2 d4 23.Bd2 d3 $36 )
        )
    17...Qe7 18.e4 Bc8 19.Rfe1 Be5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nf3 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 += )
    ( 11...Nc5 {Tyomkin,D} 12.Be3 Bd7!? N 
        ( 12...Nce4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bd4 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.
        Nd4 
            ( 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Kf7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.e3 a5 21.Ne2 Nc5 22.
            Nc3 Ke7 = {Nikolic,P-Dolmatov,S/Hastings A1 1989/1/2-1/2(32)} 
            )
        17...Rae8 18.e3 Bf7 19.Qc2 d5 20.cxd5 {1/2-1/2 
        Lerner,K-Dolmatov,S/URS-ch56 Odessa 1989} )
    13.dxc6 
        ( 13.Ng5?! h6 14.b4 Na6 )
        ( 13.Bd4!? )
    13...Bxc6 
        ( 13...bxc6 14.Ne5!? dxe5 15.Bxc5 Be6 16.e4 )
    14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nd4 Bxd5 16.cxd5 += {Foisor, C-Agrest,E/Open, Biel SUI 
    1997/0-1(35)} )
12.e4? N {After this move it is not so easy to take back a pawn} 
    ( 12.Nd4 {Tyomkin,D} 12...Qb6 13.Na4?? 
        ( 13.Be3 += )
    13...Qxd4 -+ 14.e3 Qg4 15.Bf3 Qh3 16.c5 Ng4 17.Bxg4 fxg4 {0-1 Tuzan, 
    O-Berkovich,M/Moscow5 1990} )
12...fxe4 13.Ng5 Bg4 14.Qe1 Nc5 15.Qe3 Bh6 =+ {/-/+} 
    ( 15...e6 16.Ncxe4 
        ( 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rae8 = )
    16...Nfxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 exd5 19.cxd5 c5 = )
16.h3 Bf3?! 
    ( 16...Bxg5 $142 17.Qxg5 Bf3 18.Bxf3 exf3 19.Rce1 Qd7 20.Qh6 Rae8 -/+ 
    )
    ( 16...Bf5 17.g4 )
    ( 16...Bd7 17.Qe2 
        ( 17.b4? Nd3 18.Rb1 Ne5 -/+ )
    )
17.Bxf3 exf3 18.Qd4 
    ( 18.Qxf3? Nfe4 -+ )
18...Qd7 19.Kh2 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qf5 
    ( 20...e5!? 21.Qh4 Ne8 =+ )
21.Bh6 Rf7 22.g4! 
    ( 22.Rfd1 Qh5! 23.Be3 Nce4! 
        ( 23...e5 24.dxe6 Nxe6 25.Qh4 $8 Qxh4 26.gxh4 Rd7 27.Kg3 =+ )
    24.h4 $8 
        ( 24.Nxe4 Ng4+ 25.Kg1 Qxh3 -+ )
        ( 24.Rh1 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 cxd5 -+ )
    24...Qf5 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bf4 g5 -/+ )
22...Qd3? 
    ( 22...Qd7 23.Qe3 e5 {and black keeps the extra pawn} )
23.Rfd1 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 {In the ending the f-pawn turns to weekness,also Rf7 
has no moves.} 24...Ncd7 25.Re1 c5 26.Rdd1 Ne5 27.Kg3 a6 28.a4 Rb8 29.Bf4 
Nfd7 30.Bh6! {preparing monouevre Ne4-g5 which gives a draw} 30...b6 31.
Ne4 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Ng5 Rf6 34.Ne4 Rf7 35.Ng5 Rf6 36.Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus MVGR"]
[Black "Slutzky, Leonid HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Ba2 e5 12.h3 e4 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Bb2 Bf5 15.Qe2 
Rad8 16.Nb3 b6 17.c4 Qe7 18.Rac1 a5 19.dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sherf, Roni HERZ"]
[Black "Felsberger, Alfred MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Bb4 8.Nxc6 
bxc6 9.Qd4 Bf8 10.O-O d6 11.f4 Nf6 12.b3 Be7 13.Bb2 d5 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Kh1 
Bb7 16.e5 Nd7 17.Qh3 Nc5 18.Rf3 a5 19.Rg3 Rfe8 20.Ba3 g6 21.Rf1 Bf8 22.Qg4
Qc8 23.h4 Ba6 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.h5 Bb4 26.Rh3 Qc7 27.Rff3 Ra7 28.Rfg3 Bf8 
29.Qh4 Qd8 30.hxg6 Qxh4 31.gxh7+ Kh8 32.Rxh4 Be7 33.Rh6 Bxe2 34.Nxe2 c5 
35.Kg1 Rb7 36.Kf2 Rb4 37.Ke1 Re4 38.Kd2 c4 39.Re3 cxb3 40.Rxb3 Rxa4 41.Rb7
Rb4 42.Ra7 Rbb8 43.Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Black "Cernov, Vadim GZCH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.e4 e5 
9.h3 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 
    ( 10...Qe7 11.Qd2 
        ( 11.Re1 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bf4 e4 14.Nd2 Qf7 15.Be3 Ndf6 16.f3 d5
        17.cxd5 cxd5 =+ {0-1 Wexler,B-Enevoldsen, J/Moscow olm 1956 (38)} 
        )
        ( 11.b3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Qd2 Qf6 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 
        Qg7 17.Qxg7+ Nxg7 18.Rfe1 e4 19.Nh2 Nf6 = {1/2-1/2 
        Pavanasam,A-Salov,S/Calcutta op 1993 (42)} )
        ( 11.Qe2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Rad1 e4 15.Bd4 Nef6 16.
        Nh2 Ne5 17.f4 exf3 18.Nxf3 += {1-0 
        Dokuchaev,A-Zhelnin,V/Cherepovets 1993 (28)} )
        ( 11.Rc1 f5 12.c5 exd4 13.cxd6 Nxd6 14.Bxd4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.
        Re1 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Nf6 18.Ng5 = {1/2-1/ 2 
        Chiburdanidze,M-Kempinski,R/Lippstadt 1995 (28)} )
    11...f5 12.exf5 
        ( 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bh6 
            ( 13.Rad1 Nc5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qd8 Qxd8 16.Rxd8 Ne6 = {Barcza, 
            G-Donner,J/Maroczy mem 1961/0-1 (60)} )
        13...Nd6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.b3 Nf6 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Rad1 Nf7 = {
        1/2-1/2 Pogrebissky,I-Bohatirchuk,F/URS-ch sf 1938 (48)} )
        ( 12.Rad1 Nef6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.c5 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ne4 17.
        Qc2 Bxe5 18.Ne2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Irzhanov,R-Saltaev,M/Ashkhabad 1996} 
        )
    12...gxf5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bh6 
        ( 14.Rfe1 Qf7 15.Bh6 e4 16.Nh4 Ne5 $132 {1/2-1/2 
        Renman,N-Hammar,B/SWE-ch 1983 (38)} )
    14...e4 15.Bxg7 Nxg7 16.Nh2 Ne5 17.b3 Rd8 18.Qf4 Rd3 19.Ne2 Ng6 20.Qh6
    Be6 =+ {1/2-1/2 Kotov,A-Bohatirchuk,F/ URS-ch sf 1938 (35)} )
    ( 10...Nc7 11.Qd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Qe2 c5 14.Nf3 Ne6 = {1/2-1/2 
    Anastasian,A-Minasian,A/ARM-chJM 1983 (40)} )
    ( 10...h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Nc7 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.b3 Ne6 16.
    d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Ng5 18.Nxg5+ hxg5 19.Ne4 +/- {1-0 
    Sack,B-Sobisch,R/OLNN 1993 (35)} )
11.exf5 
    ( 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.exf5 exd4 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.Nxh7 dxe3 15.Nxf8 Nxf8 16.
    fxg6 e2 17.Nxe2 cxd5 18.Nf4 Qg5 19.h4 Qg4 20.Qxd5 Nxg6 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.
    h5 Bd7 -+ {0-1 Purgin,N-Provotorov,A/RUS-chT 1995 (37)} )
    ( 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Bh6 Bg7 13.Qd2 Qf6 14.Rad1 f4 15.Bxg7 Qxg7 $36 {Phan 
    Koshnitsky,N-Fakhiridou,E/Erevan olw 1996/1-0 (73)} )
    ( 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.Rfe1 Nd6 14.b3 Nf7 15.Ne2 Re8 16.Ng5 Nf8 
    = {Buhr,C-Rogozenko,D/Hamburg ch 1997/1/2-1/2 (64)} )
11...gxf5 12.dxe5 dxe5 
    ( 12...Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Ne2 Be6 16.Rac1 Ng7 17.Nf4 +/- 
    {1-0 Blaho,S-Nikolov,D/Bratislava op 1993 (31)} )
13.Bg5 Qb6 
    ( 13...Bf6!? 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 )
14.Na4 Qb4 
    ( 14...Qc7 15.Re1 e4 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Ng5 $36 )
15.Qb3 Qxb3 16.axb3 Nc7 
    ( 16...e4!? 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.Be3 Ne6 19.f3 exf3 20.Nxf3 f4 $132 )
17.Be3 Na6 
    ( 17...Ne6 18.Rfe1 e4 19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 += )
18.Rfd1 f4 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Bd4 += {The white take the initiative because 
of the controle of the open "d" file and some development advantage.} 
20...Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Ndc5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.Ra3 Bf5 24.b4 
    ( 24.Rxf4 Nd3 
        ( 24...Ne6 25.Rh4 a6 26.b4 +/- )
        ( 24...a5 25.Nd4 Ne6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.c5 +/- )
    25.Rd4 Nxb2 26.Ne5! +/- )
24...Ne6 25.Rd7 Rf7 26.Rd6 +/- Nc7 27.Nd4 Bd7 
    ( 27...Bg6 28.b5 Ne8 29.Rxg6+ hxg6 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Nxc6! +/- )
28.b5 cxb5 
    ( 28...Ne8 29.Rh6 Kg7 30.Rh5 cxb5 31.Bxb7 Rb8 32.Bd5 Re7 33.Rxa7 +/- )
29.c5! 
    ( 29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.Rxa7 bxc4 31.Kh2 += )
29...b4 
    ( 29...Ne8 30.Bxb7 b4 31.Ra5 Rb8 32.Bd5 +/- {-see game.} )
    ( 29...Rg7 30.Kh2 b4 31.Ra5 Bc8 32.c6 b6 33.Re5 ~= )
30.Ra5 Ne8 31.Bxb7 Rb8 32.Bd5 Nxd6 33.Rxa7! 
    ( 33.cxd6 Rb6! 34.Rxa7 Rxd6 = )
33...Nb7 
    ( 33...Rb7 34.Bxb7 Nxb7 35.Rxb7 Bxh3 36.c6 Bc8 37.Rxb4 +/- )
    ( 33...Kf8 $142 34.Bxf7 Rb7 35.Rxb7 Nxb7 36.c6 Bxc6 37.Nxc6 Kxf7 38.
    Nxb4 +/- )
34.c6! +- Nc5 35.cxd7 Rd8 36.Bxf7+ Kxf7 37.Nc6 
    ( 37.Nc6 Rxd7 38.Ne5+ +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slovineanu, Veaceslav GZCH"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Donev"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nge7 8.fxe5 Nxe5
9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Qd2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 b5 
    ( 12...Ng4 13.Bf4 Bxb2 14.Rab1 Bg7 15.Rxb7 )
13.Bh6 b4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 {Der schwarze Springer steht klar besser als der 
arme Läufer, der vom Bauer e4 eingeschränkt ist.} 15.a3 bxa3 
    ( 15...a5 16.axb4 axb4 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 )
16.Rxa3 a5 17.b3 
    ( 17.Rfa1 N7c6 )
17...Qb6 18.d4?! 
    ( 18.Kh1 $142 )
18...cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc7 20.Nf4 Rab8 21.h3 Rfc8 22.c4 Rb6 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5
{Es ist klar, daß diese Bauernstruktur günstig für Schwarz ist, weil die 
Leichtfiguren einen unterschiedlichen Wert haben. Der Ne5 ist ein Riese im
Vergleich mit dem armen weißen Läufer, der von den eigenen Bauern 
eingeschränkt ist. Für Weiß wäre ideal, wenn er den Zug c4-c5 vorbereiten 
könnte um den d5 Bauern freizumachen.} 24...Rcb8 25.Rxa5 {/\c5} 
    ( 25.Qe3 Qb7 26.c5 Rxb3 27.Rxb3 Qxb3 28.Qxb3 Rxb3 =+ )
25...Rxb3 26.Ra7 R8b7 27.Rxb7 Rxb7 -/+ 28.Qf2 Kg8 29.Qf6 Rb8 30.h4 h5 31.
Re1 Re8 {/\Nf3} 32.Kh1 Qa5 33.Rc1 Qa1?? 
    ( 33...Qa3 )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai GZCH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qd4 
Bf8 9.e5 Nh6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Bd2 c5 12.Qf2 f5 13.O-O-O Be7 14.h3 Qb6 15.Rhg1
g6 16.g4 Rf8 17.Bc4 Bc6 18.a4 Rb8 19.b3 Qb7 20.Be3 Qb4 21.Rd3 Qa5 22.Bd2 
Qb6 23.Qe2 Qa7 24.g5 Nf7 25.h4 Bd8 26.h5 Ba5 27.Rh3 Rg8 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.
Rh7 Qb6 30.Rg3 Ra8 31.Rgh3 Bb4 32.Qh2 Qd8 33.Nb1 Qe7 34.Qf2 Bb7 35.Be3 Rc8
36.Kb2 Qf8 37.Qe2 Rc6 38.Nd2 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Nxh8 40.Nf3 Nf7 41.Nh4 Qg7 42.Ka2
Bc8 43.Bc1 Qg8 44.Qh2 Kd8 45.Bb2 Kc7 46.Ng2 Kb8 47.Ne3 Ba5 48.Be2 Bd8 49.
Nc4 Be7 50.Bc3 Bb7 51.Bf3 Rc8 52.Bxb7 Kxb7 53.Rd3 Qe8 54.Qd2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetuschin, Dumitru GZCH"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.a4 e6 8.a5 
Be7 9.d5 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.axb6 Nxb6 12.Nd2 a5 13.Na4 Nxa4 14.Rxa4 Rb8 15.
Re1 Qc7 16.Nc4 Rb4 17.c3 Rxa4 18.Qxa4 Bd8 19.Bf4 e5 20.Be3 Bd7 21.Qa3 Re8 
22.b3 f5 23.f3 fxe4 24.fxe4 Bb5 25.Nb2 Rf8 26.c4 Be8 27.Na4 Bg6 28.Nc3 Bh4
29.g3 Bd8 30.Qc1 Qd7 31.Qd1 h6 32.Kg2 Qe8 33.Rf1 Rxf1 34.Qxf1 Qd7 35.Qf3 
h5 36.h3 Qb7 37.Nb5 Qd7 38.Bd2 Kh7 39.Qd3 Kg8 40.Nc3 Qb7 41.Nd1 Qd7 42.Qc2
Kh7 43.Nf2 Be8 44.Kf3 Qa7 45.Qa2 Qa6 46.Nd3 a4 47.bxa4 Qxa4 48.Qxa4 Bxa4 
49.Nc1 Bc2 50.h4 Kg8 51.Ke3 g5 52.Be1 Be7 53.Ne2 Bf8 54.Nc3 Bh6 55.hxg5 
Bxg5+ 56.Ke2 Kf7 57.Nb5 Ke7 58.Ba5 Kd7 59.Bc7 Be7 60.Ke3 Bg5+ 61.Ke2 Ba4 
62.Bb8 Be7 63.Kd3 Bxb5 64.cxb5 Kc8 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran YRVN"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile GZCH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c4 a5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.h3 Bxf3 
    ( 9...Bh5 )
10.Nxf3 Be7 {Dieser naheliegende Zug ist hier vielleicht nicht der beste.}
    ( 10...Bc5 11.Nh4!? )
11.Nd4 O-O 
    ( 11...g6 12.Bh6 += )
12.Nf5 {Darin sehe ich das Problem von 10...Be7.} 12...Re8 
    ( 12...Bc5 {Damit gäbe Schwarz zu, daß sein 10.Zug nicht optimal war 
    (er hätte ja gleich nach c5 gehen können). Immerhin behielte er seinen
    Be7.} 13.e4 += )
13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.e3 {Nun muß Schwarz mit den beiden Pferden das B-Paar 
bekämpfen. Momentan machen beide B einen kümmerlichen Eindruck, aber da es
Schwarz schwer fällt, konkrete Ziele zu finden, hat Weiß viel Zeit, das zu
verändern.} 14...Nc5 15.Qc2 Ne6 16.Bd2 Nd7 17.Rae1 
    ( 17.Rac1!? += )
17...Qc5 18.Qa4 {Eine Provokation.} 
    ( 18.Rc1 )
18...Qb6 
    ( 18...b5?! 19.Qd1 Qd6 20.e4 += )
19.Qc2 Qc5 20.Rc1 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 Ndc5 {Nun hat Schwarz doch noch ein 
konkretes Ziel gefunden.} 22.Rc3 
    ( 22.d4 {Das ist ein Zugeständnis, da es den Bd2 auf lange Sicht 
    einkerkert.} 22...Ne4 
        ( 22...Nd7!? )
    23.Bc1 += {/\ Kh2, f3} )
22...Nd7 
    ( 22...d4? 23.exd4 Nd7 24.d5 +/- )
23.Ra3?! {Weiß möchte Pd4 ausweichen; allerdings begibt sich der Ra3 
hierauf gefährliches Gelände.} 
    ( 23.Re1 d4 )
    ( 23.d4 )
23...a4 24.Rc1 Red8 25.f4 Nc7 26.Rac3 d4 27.Rc4 dxe3 28.Bxe3 {Diese 
Stellung finde ich nicht so klar: jetzt sind zwar die weißen B aktiv, aber
dafür mußte Weiß seine Bauernstruktur (Pd3) schwächen.} 28...Nb5 
    ( 28...Nf6 {Die Blockade auf d5 kam ernsthaft in Betracht: Schwarz hat
    aber aktivere Ideen.} 29.Bb6 Rd7 30.Re1 Ncd5 += )
29.a3 Nf6 30.Be4?! Re8 
    ( 30...Nd6! 31.Rb4 Re8 $132 {Danach fällt es mir schwer, das weiße 
    Spiel zu rechtfertigen.} )
31.Bc5 g6 
    ( 31...Nxe4 32.dxe4 += )
32.g4 Nd7 33.Bf2 Nf8 34.Bh4 Ne6 35.Rf1 Nd6 36.Rb4 Nc5 37.Rd1 Kg7 
    ( 37...Ndxe4 38.dxe4 Rxe4 39.Rxe4 
        ( 39.Bf6 )
    39...Nxe4 40.Rd7 Nc5 41.Re7 )
38.Bf2 Ne6 39.Bf3 Re7 40.Re1 Rd7 41.Re5 Nb5 42.Be2 Nbd4 43.f5 Nxe2+ 44.
Rxe2 Nf8 45.Kg2 f6 46.Rbe4 Rf7?! {Es ist zwar verstänlich, daß die Krücke 
Pd3 dem Schwarzen nicht so gut schmeckt, aber jetzt begibt sich Schwarz 
freiwillig in die Rückenlage.} 
    ( 46...Rxd3 47.Re7+ Kg8 48.Rxb7 gxf5 49.gxf5 Ra5 50.Ree7 Rxf5 )
47.Bd4 gxf5 48.gxf5 Nd7 49.Rg4+ Kh8 50.Re6 Rg8 51.Kg3 h5?! 52.Rxg8+ Kxg8 
53.Kh4 Rg7 54.Bxf6 Nxf6 55.Rxf6 Rd7 56.Re6 Rxd3 57.Re7 Rf3 
    ( 57...Rb3 58.Kg5 Rxb2 59.Kg6 Rg2+ 60.Kf6 
        ( 60.Kxh5 Rg3 61.Rxb7 Rxh3+ 62.Kg6 Rg3+ 63.Kf6 c5 64.Rc7 Rxa3 65.
        Rxc5 )
    )
58.Kg5 Rxh3 59.Rxb7 h4 60.Rb4 Rb3 61.Rxh4 Rxb2 62.Rxa4 c5 63.Kg6 Rg2+ 64.
Kf6 Ra2 65.Rg4+ Kf8 66.a4 Rh2 67.Rc4 Rh6+ 68.Ke5 Ra6 69.Kd5 Ke7 70.Re4+ 
Kf6 71.Kxc5 Kxf5 72.Kb5 Ra8 73.Re1 Rb8+ 74.Kc6 Ra8 75.Ra1 Ra5 76.Kb6 Ra8 
77.a5 Rb8+ 78.Kc7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nevednicii, Boris GZCH"]
[Black "Kalantarian, Norik YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Ng1 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2
d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Ng3 g6 11.Bh6 Ncb8 12.Nce2 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.O-O b5 15.Qd2 
Qb6 16.Qf4 a5 17.Rfd1 Rg8 18.h4 a4 19.Rd3 Nd8 20.Bg5 c4 21.Rd2 Bxg5 22.
Qxg5 a3 23.bxa3 Rxa3 24.Rb2 Nc6 25.Qh6 b4 26.Qxh7 Rf8 27.h5 gxh5 28.Nxh5 
b3 29.Qh6 Qa5 30.Qg5 Ne7 31.Qd2 Rh8 32.Nhg3 Nb6 33.Rab1 Na4 34.axb3 Nxb2 
35.Qxb2 Rxb3 36.Qc1 Rxb1 37.Qxb1 Kd7 38.Qb7+ Qc7 39.Qb5+ Qc6 40.Qb4 Qc7 
41.Qb5+ Qc6 42.Qb4 Ng6 43.f3 Qc7 44.Qa4+ Ke7 45.f4 Rb8 46.Qa3+ Ke8 47.f5 
Nh4 48.Nh5 Qe7 49.Nf6+ Kd8 50.Qa5+ Qc7 51.Qa4 Qe7 52.fxe6 fxe6 53.Nf4 Qf7 
54.Qc6 Nf3+ 55.gxf3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nc6 7.Qxe4 Qd4 8.Qxd4
Nxd4 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Ne2 Bc5 11.b4 Nxe2 12.Kxe2 Bd4 13.Rb1 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.Re1 b6
9.d5 Bh6 10.a4 Nh5 11.Bc2 Ba6 12.c4 Bb7 13.a5 Ng7 14.Nb1 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 f5 
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nc3 e4 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.Nce2 Ne5 20.a6 Bc8 21.Nb5 Rf7 22.b3 
Nh5 23.Ng3 Qh4 24.Nxh5 Qxh5 25.Qf4 Rg7 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Kh1 Kh8 28.Ne2 Rg4 
29.Qe3 Rag8 30.Rg1 Nf3 31.h3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 
Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 a6 11.Nc2 Be6 12.Bf4 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nd4 dxc4 15.
Nxe6 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Rxe6 17.Rd8+ Re8 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.Rd1 Nc6 20.Bxc4 Rd8 
21.Rxd8 Nxd8 22.Kg1 Kf8 23.Kf2 Bd4+ 24.Ke2 Nc6 25.Bd5 Nf6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.
Kd3 Ba7 28.Bd6+ Ke8 29.Kc4 Kd7 30.Be5 Ne8 31.Ne4 a5 32.a4 Bb6 33.Nc5+ Kc8 
34.Ne4 Kd7 35.b4 axb4 36.Kxb4 Ke6 37.Bg3 Bd8 38.a5 Kd7 39.a6 Be7+ 40.Nc5+ 
Kc8 41.Kc4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 
Bd7 9.O-O-O Rc8 10.Bb3 Na5 11.f3 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 O-O 13.Kb1 a6 14.g4 b5 15.
g5 Ne8 16.h4 b4 17.Na4 Qa5 18.h5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxa6 e5 21.Nb6 Rd8 
22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Nf5 g6 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Nxd6 Qd8 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Qf7 Nf6 28.
Qxg6 Qa8 29.Qg5 Ra7 30.Kc1 Re7 31.Rh6 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qxb2 33.Rxf6 Qc3+ 34.Kc1
Qa1+ 35.Kd2 Qc3+ 36.Kc1 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander LAZV"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.g4 Rfc8 13.h4 Qa5 14.Nd5 Qxd2 
15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Rxd2 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 h6 18.a4 Kg7 19.Rb4 b6 20.Ba6 Rc5 21.
Kc1 Kf6 22.Kd2 d5 23.Re1 dxe4 24.Rbxe4 Rd8+ 25.Bd3 g5 26.hxg5+ hxg5 27.b4 
Rc4 28.Rxc4 Bxc4 29.Ke3 Bxd3 30.cxd3 Rc8 31.Kd4 Rc2 32.Re5 e6 33.Rb5 Rf2 
34.Ke3 Ra2 35.a5 bxa5 36.bxa5 e5 37.d4 Ra3+ 38.Ke4 exd4 39.Rf5+ Ke6 40.
Kxd4 Ra4+ 41.Ke3 f6 42.Rc5 Kd6 43.Rb5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz POLW"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.O-O-O Qxd4 13.Rxd4 Ke7 14.g3 
Nb8 15.Bg2 Nc6 16.Rd2 Rd8 17.h4 h5 18.Rhd1 Bd7 19.Ne2 Rac8 20.Kb1 g6 21.c3
Rc7 22.Bf1 Rdc8 23.Ng1 a6 24.Nf3 Na7 25.Nd4 Bb5 26.Bg2 Ba4 27.Re1 Nc6 28.
Nf3 Na5 29.Bf1 Bd7 30.Nd4 Nc6 31.Nb3 Na7 32.Nd4 Bb5 33.Bg2 Bd7 34.Bf3 Nc6 
35.Nb3 Rh8 36.Be2 Na7 37.Nd4 Nc6 38.Nf3 Na7 39.Ng5 Bb5 40.Bf3 Bd7 41.Kc1 
Bb5 42.Kb1 Bd7 43.Nh3 Bb5 44.f5 gxf5 45.Nf4 Rcc8 46.Nxh5 Rcg8 47.Kc2 Nc6 
48.Rg2 Rc8 49.Kd2 d4 50.Nf4 dxc3+ 51.bxc3 Rhd8+ 52.Kc1 Nd4 53.Bd1 Rxc3+ 
54.Kb2 Rc4 55.h5 Rdc8 56.Bb3 Nxb3 57.axb3 R4c5 58.h6 Bc6 59.Rd2 Rh8 60.Rh2
Be4 61.g4 Rhc8 62.Ka3 Ra5+ 63.Kb2 Rac5 64.Ka3 Ra5+ 65.Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre NONA"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nd7 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Rac1 N7f6 15.Ba6
Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qd5 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.a4 Ne4 19.Rfe1 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Bf6 21.Ne5 
Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Rc4 23.a5 b5 24.Rb1 a6 25.Rb4 Rc6 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Qc7 28.
Rg4 Qxa5 29.h4 Qxc3 30.Qa2 h6 31.h5 Re8 32.Kh2 Rce6 33.f4 Re2 34.Qxa6 Qf3 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat YRVN"]
[Black "Bakhtadze, Giorgi NONA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.e3 exd4 
9.exd4 Bf5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Re1 Nf5 13.Ncb5 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Re8 15.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Be3 Ng4 17.Qd3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Qf8 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Nf3 b6 21.h3 
Qe7 22.Re1 Qf6 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Bd7 26.Qe3 Qa1+ 27.Kh2 Bf6 28.
g4 Kg7 29.Kg3 h6 30.h4 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Bh3 Bxh3 33.Kxh3 Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Toria, Gocha NONA"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf6 15.
Re3 Bb7 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qf6 21.
Qe2 Rfd8 22.Re1 Rac8 23.Re3 Qd4 24.Qf3 a5 25.Re5 Qd6 26.R1e2 h6 27.Qe4 Rc5
28.Qf4 Kf8 29.Qe3 Qc6+ 30.Qf3 Qxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Ke7 32.R5e3 g5 33.h3 h5 34.g4 
h4 35.Re1 Rd2 36.R1e2 Rd6 37.Re1 f5 38.gxf5 Rxf5+ 39.Kg2 Kf6 40.R1e2 Rf4 
41.Re5 Rc6 42.R5e3 Rd4 43.Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Black "EMPTY NONA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kodua, Davit NONA"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bf4 Nbd7 4.e3 Nh5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Bg7 8.Bd3 e6
9.c4 Nxg3 10.hxg3 c5 11.O-O g4 12.Nfd2 cxd4 13.Qxg4 Qg5 14.Qe2 dxe3 15.Ne4
Qe5 16.fxe3 O-O 17.g4 d5 18.Nec3 d4 19.Ne4 dxe3 20.g5 hxg5 21.Nbc3 f5 22.
Nxg5 Nf6 23.Rf3 Bh6 24.Nh3 Ng4 25.g3 Bd7 26.Nf4 Rf6 27.Re1 Bc6 28.Rff1 Rd8
29.Nh5 Rg6 30.Nf4 Bxf4 31.Rxf4 Qh8 32.Be4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY YRVN"]
[Black "EMPTY NONA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eklund, Lars-Goeran SKAR"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanyslav DNDN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.h3 b4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bd3 c5 15.e4 
cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.Nxe6 Nxe6 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Bxe6 Bxe4 20.Qb3 Qf6 21.Rd1 
Qe5 22.g3 Qc5 23.Be3 Qc7 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady DNDN"]
[Black "Cederqvist, Niclas SKAR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 
f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.g3 Bd7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.Re1 Qb6 15.
Na4 Qc7 16.Be3 b5 17.Nc3 a6 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Bg5 Rfe8 20.Nh4 Rf8 21.Bh3 b4 
22.Na4 Ne4 23.Be3 Nd8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Nf3 Qc7 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 Qa5 28.
b3 Nb7 29.Rc1 Bd7 30.Qe2 Qb5 31.Qxb5 axb5 32.Nb6 Be8 33.Bxe6+ Kh8 34.Bxd5 
Nd8 35.Rc8 Be7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jardesten, Hakan SKAR"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuriy DNDN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 5.c3 Be7 6.exd5 exd5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
Re8 9.d4 Bd6 10.Re1 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxe1+ 12.Qxe1 Nxa6 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Ne5 c5 
15.Ndf3 Nc7 16.Ng5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qe8 18.f4 Nd7 19.Bd2 f6 20.Nf3 fxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Qg6 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.Rd1 Ne6 25.Be3 Rd8 26.Qg4 d4 27.cxd4 
cxd4 28.Rc1 Qd5 29.Bh6 Re8 30.Rc7 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timoshenko, Grigory DNDN"]
[Black "Persson, Jan SKAR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qb3 Qa5 7.Bxf6 dxc4 8.Qxc4 
gxf6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 b6 11.g3 Ba6 12.Qb4 Qf5 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.
Ne4 Kd8 16.Nd6 Qc2 17.O-O c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nxf7+ Ke7 20.Nxh8 Rxh8 21.a4 
Bxe2 22.Rfc1 Qf5 23.Re1 Bf3 24.Bxf3 Qxf3 25.a5 Rb8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Ra7+ 
Rb7 28.Rxb7+ Qxb7 29.Qh4 Qf3 30.Qxh7+ Kd6 31.Qc2 f5 32.Qd1+ Qxd1 33.Rxd1+ 
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kjellqvist, Niklas SKAR"]
[Black "Baklan, Volodymyr DNDN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bd7 14.cxd5 
exd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qxd7 Rfd8 17.Qb7 Qxc3 18.Rfc1 Qe5 19.e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Vladimir DNDN"]
[Black "Hogberg, Jan SKAR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B74"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 
Nc6 9.Nb3 h5 10.h3 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Bh6 Rc8 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ne5 17.c3 Nc4 18.Qc1 b5 19.Nd4 a6 20.Nf5+ Kf6 21.h4 Bxd5 
22.Qg5+ Ke6 23.Bxc4 gxf5 24.Rfe1+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ipek, Ali ANKK"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander BESH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb5+ Bc6 11.Bxc6+ Nxc6 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Be3 b5 
15.Qc2 Nb4 16.Qe2 Nxa2 17.Rxa2 Qxa2 18.Qxb5+ Kf8 19.b3 Qa3 20.Qb7 Rd8 21.
Ne5 Qb4 22.Qxa7 Qxb3 23.g3 f6 24.Nd7+ Kf7 25.h4 Ra8 26.Qc7 Rac8 27.Qa7 Ra8
28.Qc7 Rhc8 29.Qf4 Ra5 30.Nc5 Qd5 31.Re1 Rca8 32.Nd3 Ra3 33.Nc1 h5 34.Qc7 
R8a7 35.Qc2 Ra1 36.Kh2 Bd6 37.Qe2 Rb1 38.Nd3 Ra2 39.Ne5+ Bxe5 40.Qxh5+ Ke7
41.Qg6 Rxe1 42.Qxg7+ Kd8 43.Qf8+ Kc7 44.Qe7+ Qd7 45.Qc5+ Qc6 46.Qe7+ Kc8 
47.Qf8+ Kd7 48.Qf7+ Kd8 49.d5 Qxd5 50.Qf8+ Kc7 51.Qe7+ Qd7 52.Bb6+ Kc8 53.
Qc5+ Kb7 54.Qb4 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen BESH"]
[Black "Yasin, Hur ANKK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "B69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qxd6 Be7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.e5 Bb4 15.
Kb1 Rb8 16.Qd3 Ne7 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.g3 Rc8 19.Bg2 Be7 20.c3 b4 21.Rc1 Bb5 22.
Qd4 O-O 23.c4 Nc3+ 24.Nxc3 bxc3 25.cxb5 c2+ 26.Ka1 Rfd8 27.b6 Qc6 28.Qe3 
Bc5 29.Qb3 Bxb6 30.Ne1 Rd1 31.Nxc2 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 Qxg2 33.Qxb6 f6 34.Kb1 
Qxh2 35.Qe3 a5 36.b3 Qh3 37.Nd4 Qg4 38.Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ulucan, Teoman ANKK"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon BESH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 
Bd7 9.O-O-O Rc8 10.Rhg1 Ne5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.g4 d5 13.g5 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxd3+ 
15.Qxd3 dxe4 16.Qxe4 Qc7 17.f4 Rfd8 18.Rg3 Qc4 19.Kb1 Bc6 20.Qd3 Qxd3 21.
cxd3 Ba4 22.b3 Be8 23.Rgg1 Rd5 24.Nc2 a5 25.Kb2 g6 26.Rg2 Bf8 27.Ne1 a4 
28.Rc2 Ra8 29.Rc7 Bc6 30.Nc2 axb3 31.axb3 Bd6 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.b4 Rb8 34.
Kc3 c5 35.bxc5 Bxc5 36.d4 Bd6 37.h4 Rdb5 38.Kd3 Rb2 39.Bc1 R2b3+ 40.Kc4 
Rb1 41.Kd3 Bxf4 42.Bxf4 Rxd1+ 43.Ke2 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor BESH"]
[Black "Keles, Cengiz ANKK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "D06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Rxb1 e5 7.Bd2 Qxd4 8.
Qxd4 exd4 9.g3 g6 10.Bg2 Nge7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 b5 13.Nh3 Rb8 14.Rc1 Kd7 15.
Ng5 f5 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rc5 h6 19.Nf7 Rh7 20.Nd6 Ra8 21.Rxb5 g5 
22.Rb7+ Ke6 23.O-O gxf4 24.Nb5 Rd8 25.Bxc6 Rg7 26.Nc7+ Kd6 27.Ba4 Nc6 28.
Nb5+ Ke5 29.Rxg7 Bxg7 30.gxf4+ Kxf4 31.Nc7 Rd6 32.b5 Ne5 33.b6 Kg4 34.Rb1 
d3 35.b7 Rd8 36.Kf1 Rb8 37.Na6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karaca, Alper Tunga ANKK"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris BESH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Rb8 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ba7 
Rb7 16.Be3 Be6 17.h4 d5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Rxh1 
22.exd5 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.Ng3 Bf3 25.Re1 Rg1 26.Bb5+ Rxb5 27.Rxg1 e4 
28.Re1 Kf8 29.Kc1 Rxg5 30.Nf1 Rg1 31.Kd2 Rg2+ 32.Kc1 g5 33.Ne3 Re2 34.Rxe2
Bxe2 35.Kd2 Bb5 36.Nd5 f5 37.Nxb4 f4 38.b3 e3+ 39.Ke1 f3 40.c4 Bd7 41.Nd3 
f2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark BESH"]
[Black "Solakoglu, Ozgur ANKK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.b3 Be6 8.Bb2
d5 9.e5 Ng8 10.O-O-O c6 11.f4 Qa5 12.Be2 h5 13.Kb1 Bc5 14.Qd3 Ne7 15.Na4 
Bf5 16.Qg3 Be4 17.Bd3 Nf5 18.Qh3 Ne3 19.Bc3 Qc7 20.Nxc5 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxd3 
22.Nxd3 c5 23.e6 f6 24.Qf5 O-O-O 25.e7+ Rd7 26.Ne5 fxe5 27.Qf8+ Rxf8 28.
exf8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander BESH"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanyslav DNDN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Ne1 Bxe1 16.Rxe1 Nb8 17.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shneider, Alexander DNDN"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen BESH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.O-O 
Bg7 9.b3 h5 10.Bb2 h4 11.Nd5 hxg3 12.hxg3 Ne5 13.Qd2 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Qb6 15.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 f6 18.Rfd1 Kf7 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Rac8 21.
Rad1 Rc2 22.R4d2 Rhc8 23.Be4 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 f5 25.Bd3 Kf6 26.f4 Rc5 27.e4 
fxe4 28.Bxe4 Rc3 29.Kf2 g5 30.fxg5+ Kxg5 31.Bf3 Bf5 32.Be2 Kf6 33.Bc4 Be4 
34.Re2 Ke5 35.g4 Kf4 36.g5 Rc2 37.Rxc2 Bxc2 38.Ke2 Be4 39.Kd2 Ke5 40.Ke3 
Bxd5 41.Bd3 Bg8 42.Bc2 Be6 43.Bh7 Bf5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon BESH"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady DNDN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 g6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.a4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.Re1 Ne8 10.Bf4 a6 11.Bf1 b6 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Bh6 Qd6 15.Be3 
Qc7 16.f3 Nd6 17.Kh1 c4 18.Na2 Bd7 19.Nb4 Qb7 20.c3 a5 21.Nc2 Qc7 22.Bh6 
Bxh6 23.Qxh6 f6 24.Qd2 Rfc8 25.f4 Rf8 26.g3 b5 27.axb5 Rxb5 28.Na3 Rb7 29.
Qe2 Rc8 30.Rad1 Rcb8 31.Rd2 Qc5 32.Bg2 Rb3 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.h3 Rh8 35.Kh2 h5 
36.Rf2 Rbb8 37.Rd1 Nf7 38.Rdf1 h4 39.g4 exf4 40.Qxc4 Qxc4 41.Nxc4 Bb5 42.
b3 a4 43.Ra1 axb3 44.Na5 Bd3 45.Rb2 Ne5 46.Rxb3 f3 47.Bf1 Rxb3 48.Nxb3 
Bxf1 49.Rxf1 Rc8 50.Rc1 Nd3 51.Rc2 f2 52.Nd2 Ra8 53.c4 Ra1 54.c5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuriy DNDN"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor BESH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Qb4 11.Qd1 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.a3 Qa5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 
Qb6 16.h3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Bb4 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 Rd8 20.Be7 Be6 21.Bxd8 
Rxd8 22.b4 h5 23.Rd4 Bf8 24.Rc1 c6 25.Bb3 a5 26.bxa5 Bxa3 27.Rc2 c5 28.Ra4
Bb4 29.Rxb4 cxb4 30.Kf1 d4 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rc7 Rd5 33.Rxb7 d3 34.Ke1 Rxa5 
35.Kd2 Rxe5 36.Kxd3 Rd5+ 37.Ke3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris BESH"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Grigory DNDN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Qe2 
Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.h3 O-O 15.Be1
Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Volodymyr DNDN"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark BESH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 a6 5.f3 b5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.a4 b4 8.Nd1 Rb8 9.
a5 Bg7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Ne2 c5 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.c6 Qxc6 14.Ba2 Nc5 15.O-O Qc7 
16.Nf2 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.Rdb1 Be8 19.Nc1 Nfd7 20.Bd5 Ne5 21.f4 Ned7 22.
Nb3 e6 23.Bc4 Qc6 24.Bd3 Nxd3 25.cxd3 e5 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.d4 exd4 28.Bxd4 Nf6
29.e5 dxe5 30.Bxe5 Rd8 31.Qe3 Rbc8 32.Qb6 Qe7 33.Qxa6 Rxc1+ 34.Rxc1 Nd5 
35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Qc4 Qf6 37.g3 Qxb2 38.Nd3 Qe2 39.Re1 Qf3 40.Qd4+ Nf6 41.
Ne5 Qc3 42.Qxc3 bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mirumian, Vigen DNHY"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "9"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael YRVN"]
[Black "Khachian, Melikset DNHY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O 
e6 9.f4 Be7 10.f5 e5 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 a6 14.a4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.cxb5 Nc5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nb4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Nbd5 
Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Rc8 23.b6 Bd8 24.f6 Rb8 25.fxg7 Bxb6+ 26.Kh1 Bd8 27.Qh5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Ara DNHY"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat YRVN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Nh6 9.
Nf3 Bd7 10.Nxc7+ Qxc7 11.Bb2 a6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Ng5 f5 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.O-O 
Nc6 16.Nxh7 Rxf4 17.Qh5 Qe5 18.Ng5 Be8 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bg6 Bxg6 21.Qxg6 Qf5
22.Qxf5 Rxf5 23.Nxe6 Rc8 24.h3 Kh7 25.g4 Re5 26.Nxd4 Re4 27.Nf3 Nf7 28.
Rad1 Re2 29.Rxd5 Rxc2 30.Ba1 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Ncxd8 32.Rf2 Rc1+ 33.Rf1 Rc2 34.
Bd4 Ne6 35.Bb6 Nf4 36.Nd4 Nxh3+ 37.Kh1 Rf2 38.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 39.Kg2 Nxg4 40.
Ne6 Nd6 41.Bd4 Kg6 42.Kf3 Nf6 43.a4 Kf7 44.Nc5 Ke7 45.Be5 b5 46.a5 Nd7 47.
Nxd7 Kxd7 48.Bxg7 Ke6 49.Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen DNHY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.h3 Nh6 8.d4 
cxd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 f6 11.Be3 Nf7 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Nd2 Rab8 15.
b3 f5 16.f3 f4 17.Bf2 Qh5 18.Rfd1 Ng5 19.h4 Nf7 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Be6 22.
Nde4 Nxe5 23.Nc5 Bf7 24.Nd7 Nxd7 25.Rxd7 Bf6 26.Rxa7 Rbd8 27.Qe1 Bd5 28.
Nxd5 cxd5 29.Qe6+ Rf7 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Kg7 32.Ra8 Kh6 33.Qe6 Rg7 34.
Rd8 Bxh4 35.Bd4 Bf6 36.Bxf6 exf6 37.Qxf6 Qg5 38.Qxg5+ Kxg5 39.Rxd5+ Kh4 
40.Kf2 Rc7 41.Rd2 g5 42.b4 h5 43.b5 g4 44.b6 Rc5 45.fxg4 hxg4 46.Rb2 g3+ 
47.Ke2 f3+ 48.gxf3 g2 49.Kf2 Kh3 50.Rb1 Kh2 51.a4 Rc2+ 52.Ke3 Rc3+ 53.Kd2 
Rb3 54.Rxb3 g1=Q 55.b7 Qg5+ 56.Kc2 Qf5+ 57.Kb2 Qe5+ 58.Ka2 Qb8 59.f4 Kg2 
60.f5 Kf2 61.Kb1 Ke2 62.f6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nadanian, Ashot DNHY"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.g4 fxg4 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Nxg4 Be7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.h4 h6 13.Bh3 hxg5 14.Bxc8 Rxc8
15.hxg5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Qa5+ 18.Kd1 Qd5 19.Qh7+ Kf7 20.Qh5+ Ke6 
21.Qg4+ Qf5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak YRVN"]
[Black "Akopian, Gagik DNHY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Be3 Bb4 14.f3 Qe7 15.
Rfe1 Rad8 16.Rac1 Nb6 17.Nb3 Nfd7 18.a3 Bd6 19.Na5 Nf8 20.Qf2 f6 21.b4 Rd7
22.Bh3 Ne6 23.f4 Bf7 24.Rcd1 Bxb4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Nxb7 Qxb7 
28.Rb1 Qa6 29.Qb2 Nec5 30.Bf1 Bc4 31.Ra1 Nd3 32.Bxd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eklund, Lars-Goeran SKAR"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre NONA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 
O-O 9.Ba3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 e5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Bxa3 
15.Nxa3 Qe7 16.Nc4 g6 17.Rac1 c6 18.b4 Nb6 19.Qb3 Nbd5 20.a3 h5 21.Qf3 
Rad8 22.Kg1 Rd7 23.Rd3 Qd8 24.Nb3 Rde7 25.e3 Ne4 26.Nc5 Ng5 27.Qg2 b6 28.
Nb3 Qd7 29.h4 Qf5 30.Rcd1 Nf3+ 31.Kh1 Ne1 32.Nd4 Qxd3 33.Rxd3 Nxg2 34.Nxc6
Rc7 35.b5 Ne7 36.Nd6 Ra8 37.Kxg2 Nxc6 38.Rc3 Rd8 39.Ne4 Re7 40.Nf6+ Kg7 
41.Rxc6 Re6 42.Rxe6 fxe6 43.Ne4 Rd3 44.Ng5 Kf6 45.e4 Rxa3 46.f4 Rb3 47.e5+
Ke7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bakhtadze, Giorgi NONA"]
[Black "Cederqvist, Niclas SKAR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 Nge7 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Qd2 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.d4 Re8 12.Na3 cxd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.e5 a6 15.Bg5 Qd7 
16.g4 Kh8 17.Bh6 Ng8 18.Bxg7+ Kxg7 19.Nc2 Rac8 20.Ne3 f6 21.Nf1 Qf7 22.Ng3
Nge7 23.exf6+ Qxf6 24.Qe3 Ng8 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Qd8 27.Rad1 Rf8 28.Ne4 
Rc2 29.Re2 d4 30.Rxc2 dxe3 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Nd6 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Ne7 34.fxe3 
Kg8 35.e4 g5 36.b4 Ng6 37.Rc6 Nxe5 38.Rxb6 Nxg4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jardesten, Hakan SKAR"]
[Black "Toria, Gocha NONA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Bb7 
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.Rae1 Qc7 13.f4 Ng4 14.f5 d5 15.e5 Ndxe5
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.fxe6 Bc5 18.Ne2 fxe6 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Kh1 Nc4 21.Qg5 Nxb2 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.Nf4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY NONA"]
[Black "Persson, Jan SKAR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kjellqvist, Niklas SKAR"]
[Black "Kodua, Davit NONA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Rxe4 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Ne5 Rad8 16.Re2 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Rd7 18.Qa4 Rxd4 19.Re2 Qe7 20.Qxa7 Qc7 21.c5 
b5 22.Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY NONA"]
[Black "Hogberg, Jan SKAR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander BESH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.O-O Bf5 
9.Ne5 e6 10.c5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nfd7 12.f4 Nxe5 13.fxe5 f6 14.e4 dxe4 15.exf6 
Bxf6 16.Be3 Na6 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc7 19.Bd3 a6 20.Bc4 Kg7 21.Rad1 Nd5 
22.Bf2 Rad8 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Re4 Re7 25.Rde1 Rde8 26.g4 e5 27.g5 Bxg5 28.
dxe5 Re6 29.h4 Bd8 30.Bf1 Ba5 31.Rd1 Kg8 32.Bg3 Bc7 33.Rde1 R6e7 34.Kg2 
Ba5 35.Rd1 Bc7 36.Rde1 Ba5 37.Rd1 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen BESH"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.c5 Bc7 12.Bg5 Bg4 13.Re1 f6 14.Bh4 Nf5 15.
Bg3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 f5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nbd4 Qd7 19.Qd3 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Qa6 f4 22.gxf4 Bxf3 23.Nxf3 Bxf4 24.Re1 Re4 25.g3 Bb8 26.Kg2 h6 27.Qd3 
Rxe1 28.Nxe1 Be5 29.b4 Qg4 30.Nf3 Bf6 31.Qa6 Qd7 32.b5 g5 33.bxc6 Qe6 34.
Qb7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat YRVN"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon BESH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Rd1 O-O 14.Bg5 Nd5 15.Nc5 
Bxg5 16.Nxb7 Qe7 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Qe4 g6 19.Nc5 a5 20.Rac1 Nce7 21.g3 Rfd8 
22.h4 Qh6 23.Bb5 Nf5 24.Qe5 Qf8 25.Bc6 Ra7 26.Ne4 Nfe7 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Rc5
Qe7 29.Rc6 Rad7 30.Rdc1 f6 31.Qxe6+ Qxe6 32.Rxe6 Kf7 33.Rcc6 Ne7 34.Rxf6+ 
Kg7 35.Ra6 Nf5 36.Nc5 Rxd4 37.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor BESH"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nf3 d6 
9.O-O Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nfe8 12.Bf4 b5 13.Na5 Bd7 14.Nb7 Qe7 15.Nxc5 
b4 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Nxa4 Nb5 19.Rac1 Nf6 20.Rc4 a5 21.Rfc1 Rfe8
22.e4 h6 23.h4 Rab8 24.Kf1 Kh7 25.Re1 Nd7 26.Bh3 Ne5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Bd7 
Re7 29.Bxb5 Rxb5 30.b3 f5 31.Rc6 fxe4 32.Rxd6 Bd4 33.f4 Rbb7 34.Rd1 Ba7 
35.Nb2 a4 36.Nxa4 Rf7 37.Re6 e3 38.Ke2 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Kf3 Kg7 41.Nb2 
gxf4 42.gxf4 Rf5 43.Nc4 Rbf7 44.Re4 e2 45.Kxe2 Rxf4 46.Rxf4 Rxf4 47.d6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris BESH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nge7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Ba4
Nc6 9.d3 Bb4+ 10.c3 dxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.d4 O-O 13.O-O d6 14.Kh1 Qd8 15.Bc2
b6 16.Qd3 e5 17.Ba3 a5 18.Ba4 Nb4 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Bb3 Nc6 21.Rf2 Rc8 22.Ng3 
exd4 23.cxd4 Nb4 24.Nf5 Bh4 25.Rf3 Bb7 26.d5 Bf6 27.Re1 Re8 28.Ba4 Rf8 29.
Bb2 b5 30.Bb3 a4 31.Bd1 Rc4 32.a3 Na6 33.Rg3 g6 34.e5 dxe5 35.fxe5 Qxd5 
36.Qxd5 Bxd5 37.exf6 Kh8 38.Ne3 Re4 39.Kg1 Bb7 40.Kf2 Rf4+ 41.Bf3 Nc5 42.
Kg1 Nd3 43.Rb1 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark BESH"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
Be6 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.O-O Ne8 13.Qd2 h6 14.Na5 Qc8 15.
c4 Bd8 16.b4 Bxa5 17.bxa5 Nef6 18.Rab1 Nc5 19.f3 Qc7 20.Kh1 Nfd7 21.f4 
exf4 22.Rxf4 Rae8 23.Bd4 Ne5 24.Rbf1 Re7 25.Bc3 Rfe8 26.Qd4 f6 27.Bh5 Ncd3
28.Re4 Nc5 29.Re3 Rf8 30.Bd1 Nf7 31.Bc2 Rfe8 32.Rg3 Ng5 33.Bg6 Nce4 34.Rg4
Nxc3 35.Qxc3 Re3 36.Qd2 R8e7 37.h4 Nf7 38.Bb1 h5 39.Rgf4 Nh6 40.Bg6 R7e5 
41.Bxh5 R3e4 42.Bg6 f5 43.Rxe4 fxe4 44.Qf4 Qe7 45.c5 dxc5 46.d6 Qxd6 47.
Bxe4 Qe7 48.Bg6 Qf6 49.Qc4+ Qe6 50.Qd3 Qe7 51.g3 Kh8 52.Qf3 Ng8 53.Bd3 Nf6
54.Kg2 Re3 55.Qf5 Qd6 56.Rf3 Rxf3 57.Qxf3 Qd4 58.Bg6 Qd2+ 59.Kh3 Qd7+ 60.
g4 c4 61.Bf5 Qd5 62.Kg3 Qxa5 63.g5 Qe5+ 64.Kh3 Nd5 65.Be4 Qe6+ 66.Kg2 Nc3 
67.Bxb7 Qe2+ 68.Qxe2 Nxe2 69.Kf2 Nc1 70.Bd5 c3 71.Be4 Nxa2 72.Ke1 Nb4 73.
h5 a5 74.Kd1 a4 75.Bf5 a3 76.Be6 a2 77.Bxa2 Nxa2 78.Kc2 Kh7 79.Kb3 Nc1+ 
80.Kxc3 Ne2+ 81.Kd2 Nf4 82.h6 g6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanyslav DNDN"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen DNHY"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.
e4 e5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bc4 h6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qg3 O-O-O 13.O-O g5 14.Bd5 f6 
15.Rfd1 Qh7 16.Nd2 Ne7 17.Bc4 Kb8 18.Qe3 Bc6 19.b4 b6 20.b5 Bb7 21.Re1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khachian, Melikset DNHY"]
[Black "Shneider, Alexander DNDN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 h5 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qd2 h4 12.Bh2 e5 13.Nf3 g4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.Bc4 Be6 
16.Nd5 Nd7 17.Qe2 Rc8 18.Bg1 b5 19.Bb3 Nc5 20.O-O-O Nf6 21.Rxh4 Rxh4 22.
Nxh4 Nfxe4 23.g3 Nxb3+ 24.axb3 Nf6 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Kb1 Be7 27.f3 Qg7 28.
Bf2 Qh7 29.Rd3 f5 30.f4 e4 31.Rd2 Qg7 32.Qh5+ Qf7 33.Qh8+ Qf8 34.Qd4 Kf7 
35.g4 Bf6 36.Qa7+ Qe7 37.Nxf5 Bxf5 38.gxf5 Qxa7 39.Bxa7 Ke7 40.Bd4 Rh8 41.
c4 Rh4 42.c5 Bxd4 43.cxd6+ Kd7 44.Rxd4 Rxf4 45.Rd5 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuriy DNDN"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara DNHY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
Be6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qe1 O-O 12.Rd1 Ne8 13.Nd5 Bh4 14.Qd2 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne5 16.c4 Bf6 17.Kh1 Rc8 18.Rc1 Ng6 19.Be3 Be5 20.Nd4 Nf6 21.Nf3 Re8 
22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Qd4 Nfd7 24.b4 Qe7 25.Bf2 Rc7 26.Rfe1 f5 27.c5 Qf8 28.c6 
bxc6 29.dxc6 Nb8 30.b5 axb5 31.Bxb5 Rec8 32.Qd5+ Qf7 33.Qxd6 Nexc6 34.Bxc6
Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Nxc6 36.Rc1 Qxa2 37.Rxc6 Rxc6 38.Qxc6 Qb1+ 39.Bg1 h6 40.h3 
Kh7 41.Kh2 Qb8+ 42.Kh1 Qb1 43.Qd6 h5 44.Kh2 Qe4 45.Bd4 h4 46.Qe5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen DNHY"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Grigory DNDN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nd4 Qa5 12.f4 Rfd8 13.Kb1 a6 14.h4 Qc7 
15.f5 Bd7 16.h5 h6 17.Bh4 Bc8 18.Qh3 Re8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.g4 Nh7 21.Nf3 b5 
22.a3 Rb8 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Qg3 Rd8 25.e5 d5 26.Rd4 Rf8 27.Nh4 Qc5 28.Rhd1 
Ng5 29.Ne2 b4 30.Qb3 a5 31.axb4 axb4 32.Ng6 Rf7 33.Nef4 Ba6 34.Nxd5 Be2 
35.Nde7+ Rxe7 36.Nxe7+ Qxe7 37.Rd7 Qf8 38.Re1 Bxg4 39.Qg3 Bxh5 40.Qb3 Bg4 
41.Qc4 b3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baklan, Volodymyr DNDN"]
[Black "Nadanian, Ashot DNHY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O
Qg6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qd4 Qh5 12.Nd2 d6 13.f4 Kh8 14.Rae1 Bd7 
15.Bb3 a5 16.e5 Nc6 17.Qe3 Rae8 18.Nf3 Re7 19.Qd2 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Be8 21.Qd5 
Qh6 22.Qc5 b6 23.Qa3 Kg8 24.Bd5 Qf6 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.Ng4 Qg6 27.Qxe7 Qxg4 
28.Qg5 Qc8 29.Re7 Rd8 30.f5 Rd5 31.c4 Rd4 32.h3 h6 33.Qg3 Rd2 34.Rf2 Rxf2 
35.Qxf2 Qd8 36.f6 Qd6 37.Re3 g6 38.Re1 a4 39.Rc1 Qe6 40.a3 Kh7 41.c5 b5 
42.Re1 Qd5 43.Re2 Qd1+ 44.Kh2 Qd5 45.Re7 Bd7 46.Qf3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigorian, Arusiak DNHY"]
[Black "Gurevich, Vladimir DNDN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Nf4 
Bf6 16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Nf4 Qc5 18.Nd3 Qh5 19.Bf4 e5 20.Bd2 Bh4 21.Qe3 Kh8 22.
Bd5 Nc7 23.Bxa8 Nxa8 24.a4 Nc7 25.Qb6 Ne6 26.axb5 Nd4 27.Qxd6 Rd8 28.Qxe5 
Qg6 29.Qf4 Bh3 30.g3 Bg5 31.Ne5 Bxf4 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Bxf4 Nf3+ 34.Kh1 
Nxe1 35.Rxe1 axb5 36.Ra1 f6 37.Kg1 g5 38.Be3 Re8 39.f3 Bd7 40.h3 Rc8 41.c3
Kg8 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Ra7 Ke7 44.h4 gxh4 45.gxh4 g6 46.Bd4 Rc6 47.Ra8 Rc8 48.
Ra7 Rc6 49.Rb7 Ra6 50.b4 Ke8 51.Rb8+ Kf7 52.Rh8 Be6 53.h5 gxh5 54.Rxh5 Bc4
55.Ke3 Kg6 56.Rh8 Kg7 57.Rh2 Ra1 58.Kf4 Rf1 59.e5 fxe5+ 60.Bxe5+ Kg6 61.
Rg2+ Kf7 62.Ke4 Re1+ 63.Kf5 Bd3+ 64.Kf4 Rf1 65.Kg4 Ke6 66.f4 Rh1 67.Bd4 
Rh6 68.Ra2 Rg6+ 69.Kf3 Kf5 70.Be5 Bc4 71.Rh2 Ke6 72.Ke4 Bd5+ 73.Kd4 Bc4 
74.Rh8 Rg4 75.Rh6+ Ke7 76.Kc5 Rg8 77.Rc6 Kd7 78.Rh6 Rc8+ 79.Kd4 Rf8 80.Ke4
Be6 81.Rh7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre NONA"]
[Black "Ipek, Ali ANKK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 e5 
9.h3 h6 10.c3 Nh7 11.d4 Bf6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Be6 15.Nf1 
Rfd8 16.Ne3 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nb8 20.Nd2 Qc7 21.Nc4 
Re8 22.h4 b5 23.d6 Qd8 24.Ne3 Qa5 25.a3 a6 26.Nd5 Nd7 27.b4 Qa4 28.Be4 Qb3
29.Nc7 Rd8 30.Nxa6 cxb4 31.cxb4 Nhf8 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.bxc5 Qe6 34.Bd5 Qf5 
35.Qe4 Qh5 36.Qf3 Qxf3 37.Bxf3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yasin, Hur ANKK"]
[Black "Bakhtadze, Giorgi NONA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 d6 8.Be3 Nf6 
9.Nd2 O-O 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qxe6+ Kh8 15.Qxd6
Nc5 16.Qxd8 Raxd8 17.Be2 Nd3 18.Bxb6 Nf4 19.Be3 Nxe2+ 20.Kf2 Nxc3 21.bxc3 
Rd3 22.Rfc1 Rc8 23.Rab1 Bc6 24.Ke2 Rdd8 25.a5 Nd7 26.c4 Rb8 27.Nb3 Ba4 28.
Nd4 Nc5 29.Nc6 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Bxc6 31.Bxc5 Bc3 32.Rb6 Ba4 33.Rxa6 Bb3 34.Ra7
Bxc4+ 35.Ke3 g5 36.Bb6 Rd1 37.a6 Rd3+ 38.Kf2 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Be5+ 40.Kg4 Be6+ 
41.Kh5 Rxg2 42.h4 gxh4 43.Re7 h3 44.a7 h2 45.a8=Q+ Rg8 46.Qxg8+ Bxg8 47.
Rxe5 h1=Q+ 48.Kg4 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Toria, Gocha NONA"]
[Black "Ulucan, Teoman ANKK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Bf5 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nbd5 12.Be5 Qa5 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.O-O Ndxc3 
15.bxc3 Bg4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ng5 19.Qe2 e5 20.Kh1 exd4 21.
cxd4 Qf5 22.f4 Ne6 23.Qf3 Rfe8 24.Rg1 h6 25.Bc2 Qf6 26.Rg3 Nf8 27.Rcg1 Qd6
28.f5 g5 29.h4 Nh7 30.Bb3 Qe7 31.Qh5 Qe4+ 32.Kh2 f6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Qg6+ 
Kh8 35.Rh3 Re7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NN ANKK"]
[Black "EMPTY NONA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kodua, Davit NONA"]
[Black "Solakoglu, Ozgur ANKK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bd6 4.Bxd6 Qxd6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9.O-O Nxd3 10.cxd3 O-O 11.d4 Bg4 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.Rfc1 Rfe8 14.b4 
Nd7 15.Ne1 Bh5 16.Nd3 Bg6 17.Qb3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qxb4 19.Rcb1 Qa4 20.Rxb7 c5 
21.Qf5 Nf6 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Nb3 Rcc8 24.h3 Qa6 25.Rb4 g6 26.Qb1 Ne4 27.Qb2 
Rc4 28.Nd4 Rxb4 29.Qxb4 Qf6 30.Qb2 Rc8 31.Rb1 h5 32.Ne2 Qxf2+ 33.Kh2 Ng5 
34.Kh1 Qxe3 35.Rf1 Re8 36.Nf4 Ne4 37.Rf3 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Ng5 39.Rg3 Ne4 40.
Nxh5 Kf8 41.Rxg6 Qc3 42.Qxc3 Nxc3 43.Ra6 d4 44.Nf4 Re4 45.Nd3 Re3 46.Nb4 
d3 47.Rd6 a5 48.Nd5 Nxd5 49.Rxd5 a4 50.a3 Ke7 51.Kg1 d2 52.Rxd2 Rxa3 53.
Rd5 Rb3 54.Ra5 a3 55.Ra6 f6 56.Kh2 Kf7 57.h4 Kg6 58.g3 Rb2+ 59.Kh3 a2 60.
Kg4 Rb4+ 61.Kf3 Rb3+ 62.Kg4 Rb4+ 63.Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 1"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NN ANKK"]
[Black "EMPTY NONA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag BOSN"]
[Black "Cobb, James CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "A64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 Bf5 15.Na5 Qd7
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Nc6 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.Qd3 Ree8 21.Ra2 c4 22.
Qf3 Qb7 23.Re1 Nd7 24.Ra4 Nb6 25.Rb4 a5 26.Rb5 Qc7 27.Nxa5 Nd7 28.Nc6 Ra1 
29.Rf1 Rb1 30.Rb4 Ne5 31.Qe4 Ra1 32.Rxc4 Qd7 33.Rc2 Ng4 34.Qd3 h5 35.Rc4 
Bf6 36.Qf3 Bg7 37.b4 Rea8 38.Kg2 Rb1 39.h3 Nf6 40.Na5 Qb5 41.Bd2 Rxf1 42.
Kxf1 Nxd5 43.Qd3 Kh7 44.Rd4 Nc7 45.Rxd6 Qe5 46.Rd7 Ne6 47.h4 Re8 48.Rd5 
Qa1+ 49.Kg2 Kg8 50.Nc6 Qa8 51.b5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spice, Alan CRDF"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Bb4 8.Bg5 
Nbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Na2 Be7 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Nc3 e5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Be6 15.a5
O-O 16.Na4 Rc8 17.Nb6 Rc5 18.e3 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Bc3 Qc7 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Kh1
d4 23.exd4 exd4 24.Bd2 Rc2 25.Bf4 Qc6 26.Nc4 d3 27.Re3 Ng4 28.Ne5 Nf2+ 29.
Kg1 Nxd1 30.Nxc6 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko BOSN"]
[Black "Trevelyan, John CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[ECO "E09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 
Re8 9.Rd1 Bd6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Qf6 13.b3 Qg6 14.Qe1 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Qh5 16.h3 Nd7 17.Bf4 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Be7 19.Rd3 g5 20.Bd2 f5 21.Rd1 Qf7 
22.Ba5 h6 23.Bd8 Bc5 24.h4 g4 25.Kh2 Qf8 26.f3 h5 27.Qd2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Mark CRDF"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.a3 
a6 9.Be2 b5 10.O-O d6 11.f4 Be7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.g4 Nd7 14.g5 Re8 15.Bd3 b4 
16.Ne2 Bb7 17.Ng3 Bf8 18.Nh5 bxa3 19.bxa3 Ne7 20.Qg4 Ng6 21.Rf3 d5 22.Rh3 
Bc5 23.Re1 dxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rab8 26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.Qf3 Nxe4 28.Qxe4
Red8 29.Rb3 Qc5+ 30.Ree3 Rxb3 31.cxb3 Qxa3 32.Ng3 Qb2 33.Nf1 Nh4 34.Qh1 
Nf5 35.Rh3 Qd4+ 36.Kg2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir BOSN"]
[Black "Borg, Andrew CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Re8 
9.Qc2 Bf8 10.d4 g6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.a3 Rb8 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nd2 b5 
16.cxb5 cxb5 17.Rac1 Qb6 18.Nb3 Bb7 19.Nc5 Bc6 20.Ne2 Rec8 21.Nf4 Bf8 22.
Nfd3 a6 23.Qe2 Bg7 24.Rc2 Nxc5 25.dxc5 Qb7 26.Ne5 Rd8 27.Rcd2 Rf8 28.Nxc6 
Qxc6 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.e4 dxe4 31.Bxe4 Qc8 32.Qf3 Kg7 33.Rd7 Rd8 34.Ra7 
Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Bb2 36.Qd6 Bxa3 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qc3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fletcher, John CRDF"]
[Black "Boric, Muhamed BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 e5 6.g5 Nfd7 7.d5 h6 8.Nf3 hxg5 
9.Bxg5 Bf6 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Rg1 N8d7 12.a4 a5 13.Bb5 Kf8 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.O-O-O 
Bd7 16.b3 Bxb5 17.Bxc5 Ba6 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Rg2 Bg7 20.Rdg1 Nf6 21.Ng5 Nh5 
22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Rxg6 Qh4 24.R1g4 Qh3 25.f4 exf4 26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Qe3+ 
28.Qxe3 fxe3 29.R6g5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj ESPG"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail ROEK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.O-O 
Qc7 9.a3 Bd7 10.e5 Ng4 11.b4 Nd4 12.Qd1 Ba7 13.Bb2 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Bb5 15.
Rc1 Bc4 16.Ng5 h5 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Qf3 O-O 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.cxd3 Rfc8 21.d4 
Nh6 22.Nf3 Nf5 23.h3 b5 24.Rfd1 Bb6 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Kd3 Kd7 29.Nd2 f6 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Nh6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.f3 Nf7 34.Nb3 Rh8
35.Nc5+ Bxc5 36.bxc5 Ng5 37.Rf1 Rh3 38.Ke3 Kc6 39.Bc1 e5 40.dxe5 fxe5 41.
Ke2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir ROEK"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 {Huzman Kortschnoj} 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2
e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 h6 9.dxe5 dxe5 
    ( 9...Ng4 10.exd6 Nxe3 11.fxe3 cxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qb6 14.Qd4 
    Re8 15.e5 +/- {1-0 Khalifman,A-Yurtaev,L/EUCup Novosibirsk 1989 (34)} 
    )
10.Qc1 
    ( 10.h3 {Huzman} 10...c6 11.Qc1 
        ( 11.c5 Qe7 12.b4 Nh5 13.Bc4 Rd8 14.Qb3 Nf8 15.Rad1 Be6 16.b5 Nf4 
        17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qa4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qf6 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.e5 Qe7 22.Rd6
        Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Moldobaev, E-Mamadshoev,M/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 
        (44)} )
    11...Kh7 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.c5 Nh5 14.b4 Nf4 15.Bf1 Re8 16.Qc2 Ne6 17.Bc4 
    Ndf8 18.a3 Nf4 19.b5 N8e6 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Rd6 Ng5 22.Qd1 Rb8 23.Rxc6 {
    1-0 Sadler,M-Tkachiev,V/London Lloyds 1993/TD 93\09 (43)} )
10...Kh7 
    ( 10...Ng4 11.Bd2 Kh7 
        ( 11...h5?! 12.Rd1 c6 13.h3 Ngf6 14.b4 a5 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1 
        17.Qxa1 Nh7 18.c5 Qe7 19.Bc4 Re8 20.Na4! Ndf8 21.Nb6 Be6 22.Be3! 
        Rd8 23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Qa7! += {+/= Magerramov,E-Foigel,I/corr 1988} 
        24...Bxc4 $140 25.Nxc4 Qd1+ 26.Kh2 Qb3 27.Ncxe5 Qxb4 28.Qa2 Ne6 
        29.Nxg6 +/- )
    12.Ng5+! {Kortschnoj} 
        ( 12.Rd1 c6 13.Ng5+! hxg5 14.Bxg4 += {Magerramov,E} )
    12...hxg5 13.Bxg4 f6 14.Be3 c6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.b4 += )
11.Rd1 Re8 12.b4 
    ( 12.c5 {Huzman} 12...c6 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Nc4 Nf8 15.f3 Nh5 16.Nd6 Rd8 
    17.Bc4 Be6 18.Bf1 Nf6 19.Qc2 Ne8 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Nxg7 Qxg7 22.b4 g5 23.
    Ne2 Ng6 24.Ng3 Nf4 25.Bc4 h5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 {Buturin,V-Movsesian,S/Mlada
    Boleslav op 1992/EXT 92op/1-0 (38)} )
12...c6 
    ( 12...a5 13.b5 b6 14.c5 bxc5 15.Bxc5 Bb7 16.Qc2 += )
13.c5 Qe7 14.Nd2 Nf8 
    ( 14...a5 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Nf8 18.f3 Ne6 19.Nb3 += )
15.f3! 
    ( {It is necessary for white to prevent 15..Ng4 forcing an exchange of
    the white bishop, which would reduce his initiative.} 15.Nc4?! Ng4 16.
    Bxg4 
        ( 16.Nd6 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rd8 = )
    16...Bxg4 17.f3 Be6 
        ( 17...Bc8 {Huzman} 18.Nd6 Rd8 19.Rb1 Ne6 20.Ne2 += )
    18.Nd6 Red8 
        ( 18...Reb8 19.Rb1 )
    19.b5 
        ( 19.Rb1 $36 {<<} )
    19...cxb5 20.Ncxb5 Rd7 $132 )
15...Ne6 16.Nb3 {xd4} 16...Nh5 
    ( 16...Bd7!? )
17.Qc2! {With this move white connects the rookcs, takes under control xf5
and after b4- b5-c6,Na5 will support the presure on xc6 with Qc2-a4} 17...
Nhf4 18.Bf1 {/+/-} 18...Ng5 
    ( 18...Rd8 {Huzman} 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Rd1 Qg5 21.Kh1 +/- )
    ( 18...h5? {Huzman} 19.g3 +- Ng5 20.gxf4 Nxf3+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 22.f5 {The 
    black have not enough compensation for sacrifised piece.} )
19.b5 h5 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Na5 
    ( 21.h4? Nge6 22.g3 Nd4! -/+ )
21...Qc7 22.Qa4 
    ( 22.Nc4!? {Huzman} 22...Nge6!? 23.g3 Nd4 24.Rxd4 exd4 25.Bxf4 Qe7 26.
    Nd6 
        ( 26.Nd1!? d3 27.Qc1 Bxa1 28.Qxa1 Qxc5+ 29.Nde3 $40 )
    26...dxc3 
        ( 26...Rd8 27.Nd1 d3 28.Qc1 Bxa1 29.Qxa1 +/- )
    27.Nxe8 Qxe8 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Bd6 Qh8 += )
22...h4? 
    ( 22...Bd7 $8 23.Nc4 += 
        ( 23.Rab1 Rab8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.h4 Nge6 26.g3 Nd4! )
        ( 23.h4 {Huzman} 23...Nge6 24.g3 +/- g5 $132 {Probably the white 
        are winning,but the black have some tactical counterchances.} 
            ( 24...Nd4 {Kortschnoj} 25.Rxd4 Nh3+ 26.Bxh3 exd4 27.Bf4 Be5 
            28.Bxd7 Bxf4 29.Bxe8 Bd2 30.Ne2 +/- )
        )
    23...h4 24.Qa5 $36 )
23.Nxc6 
    ( 23.Rd6!? {Huzman} 23...h3! 24.Rxc6 hxg2! 25.Bxg2 
        ( 25.Bxf4 Nh3+ 26.Kxg2 Nxf4+ 27.Kh1 Qe7 ~= )
    25...Qe7 $132 )
23...Bd7 
    ( 23...h3 {Huzman} 24.Nd5 hxg2 25.Bxg2 +- )
24.Qa5! 
    ( 24.Bb5 {Huzman} 24...h3 $132 )
24...Qxc6 25.Rd6!? 
    ( 25.Bb5! Qf6 26.Bxd7 Nxf3+ 
        ( 26...Nxg2 27.Nd5! Qxf3 28.Bxg5 Nf4 29.Rd2 Qxe4 30.Qb4 +- )
        ( 26...h3! {Huzman} 27.Nd5! 
            ( 27.Bxf4 Qxf4 28.Nd5 Nxf3+ 29.gxf3 Qxf3 $132 )
            ( 27.Bxe8 hxg2 28.Bxf4 Qxf4 29.Rd3 
                ( 29.Bd7? Qe3+ 30.Kxg2 Qxf3+ 31.Kg1 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Qf3+ 33.
                Ke1 Qe3+ 34.Ne2 Nf3+ 35.Kf1 Nxh2+ 36.Ke1 Nf3+ = )
            29...Nxf3+ 30.Kxg2 Nh4+ 31.Kg1 Nf3+ ~= )
        27...Nxd5 28.exd5 Nxf3+ 29.gxf3 Qxf3 30.Qd2 Re7 31.Qf2! +- )
    27.gxf3 Qg5+ 28.Kf2! Qg2+ 29.Ke1 Qxf3 30.Kd2 Ng2 31.Bg1 +- )
25...Qc8 26.Ba6 Qd8 27.Qxd8 Raxd8 28.Rad1 Re6 
    ( 28...h3 $8 29.Bf1! 
        ( 29.g3? Nxf3+ 30.Kh1 
            ( 30.Kf2 Nxh2! )
        30...Ng2 )
        ( 29.Rxd7 {Huzman} 29...Rxd7 30.Rxd7 hxg2 31.Bxf4 exf4 $132 {for 
        example:} 32.Nd5 
            ( 32.Rd3 Bd4+ 33.Kxg2 Bxc5 += )
        32...Nxf3+ 
            ( 32...Rb8 33.Rb7 Rxb7 34.Bxb7 Bd4+ 
                ( 34...Nxf3+ 35.Kxg2 Ne1+ 36.Kf1 +/- )
            35.Kxg2 Bxc5 36.Nxf4 +/- )
        33.Kxg2 Ng5 34.c6 f3+ 35.Kg3 Rxe4 36.c7 Be5+ 37.Kf2 Bxc7 38.Rxc7 
        +/- )
    29...hxg2 30.Bxg2 Nge6 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 += Rb8! $132 )
    ( 28...Bc8 {Huzman} 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8 Bxa6 31.Nd5! 
        ( 31.c6 h3 
            ( 31...Nge6 {Kortschnoj} 32.Ra8 +/- )
        32.c7 hxg2 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.c8=Q Bxc8 35.Rxc8 Nxf3+ 36.Kxg2 Nd2 ~= 
        )
        ( 31.h3 Nge6 32.Rd7 +/- )
    31...Nge6 32.Rd7 h3 33.Rxa7 Bc4 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Bf2 +/- )
29.c6 Bxc6 
    ( 29...h3 {Huzman} 30.Bxf4! 
        ( 30.Rxd7 Rh8 31.Bb7 hxg2 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Kxg2 Bxc3 34.c7 Rb6 $132
        )
    30...exf4 31.Rxd7 Rh8 32.Bb7 Bxc3 33.c7 hxg2 
        ( 33...Rb6 34.Rd8 Rb2 35.Rxh8+ Bxh8 36.c8=Q hxg2 
            ( 36...Rxg2+ 37.Kh1 +- )
        37.Qg4 +- )
    34.Rd8 +- )
    ( 29...Bc8! {Huzman} 30.Rxd8 Bxa6 31.c7 
        ( 31.R1d6 +/- {Kortschnoj} )
    31...Rc6 32.Nd5 Rc4 
        ( 32...Rc2 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Nb4 +- )
    33.Ra8 +/- )
30.Rxd8 +/- Bxe4 
    ( 30...h3 $142 {Huzman} 31.Bc4 Rf6 32.Bxf4 Rxf4 33.Nd5 +- )
31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Bc8 
    ( 32.Bc4 {Huzman} 32...Rc6 33.Bb5 +- )
32...Nc3 33.Bxe6 Nxe6 34.R8d3 Nxd1 35.Rxd1 Nd4 36.Bxd4 exd4 37.Rd3 +/- Kh6
38.Kf1 Be5 39.h3 Kg5 40.Ra3 Kf4 41.Rxa7 Ke3 42.Rxf7 Bg3 43.Re7+ Kd2 44.a4 
d3 45.a5 Kd1 46.a6 d2 47.a7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christensen, Tobias ESPG"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergei ROEK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Qd2 Re8 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.O-O Qd7 12.Rfe1 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Rad1 Re7 15.
Bc3 Rae8 16.Qb2 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qf5 18.Rd2 Qc5 19.Qf6 Qh5 20.Ng5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2
Ne5 22.h4 h6 23.Nf3 Re6 24.Qf4 Nxf3 25.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 26.Kxf3 Rf6+ 27.Kg2 Re5 
28.e3 Kf8 29.Rd5 Rfe6 30.Red1 Ke7 31.Kf3 c6 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Rd4 Ra5 34.a4 
Rf5+ 35.Ke2 a5 36.f4 h5 37.Kf3 Rc5 38.e4 b5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd3 f5 41.exf5+ 
gxf5 42.cxb5 cxb5 43.b4 Rd5 44.axb5 axb4 45.b6 Rb5 46.Kc4 Rxb6 47.Kb3 Rb7 
48.Rd3 Rb5 49.Kc4 Rb8 50.Kb3 d5 51.Re3+ Kd6 52.Re5 d4 53.Rxf5 d3 54.Ra5 
Rg8 55.Kxb4 Rxg3 56.Kc3 Rf3 57.Rxh5 Ke6 58.Rh8 Rxf4 59.Kxd3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ahn, Martin ROEK"]
[Black "Jaksland, Tim ESPG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Qh5 12.Qxh5 Nxh5 13.Rad1 
    ( 13.Nde2 Rfc8 
        ( 13...Na5 14.Rfd1 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bc6 16.Bxa7 
            ( 16.g4 Nf6 17.Ng3 a6 = )
        16...Bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nxf4 18.Nd5 
            ( 18.Be3 = )
        18...Nxd5 19.exd5 Bd7 20.c4 Bf5 = {0-1 
        Burnoiu,C-Dovramadjiev,T/Bucharest op 1995 (32)} )
    14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Bc1? 
        ( 15.e5! Ne8 
            ( 15...dxe5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Bd4 +/- )
        16.exd6 Nxd6 17.Bc5 += )
    15...b5 
        ( 15...Na5 16.e5 Nxb3 17.axb3 Ne8 =+ )
    16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxb5 Na5 18.Nbc3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 exf4 =+ {1/2-1/2 
    Rosenberger,F-Troyke,C/BL 1994 (60)} )
    ( 13.Nf3? Ng3 14.Rfe1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxe4 -/+ {1-0 Jurkovic,A-Guzman,A/ 
    Ibercaja B 1996 (41)} )
13...Nf6 
    ( 13...Rac8 14.Kh2 
        ( 14.Nd5?! Rfe8 15.Nc3 a6 
            ( 15...Rf8!? )
        16.a3 Nf6? 17.Ba2? 
            ( 17.e5 dxe5 
                ( 17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 dxe5 19.fxe5 +- )
            18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.fxe5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rxd5 
                ( 21.Bxd5 Be6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.c3 Bxe5 24.Rd7 += )
            21...Be6 22.Ra5 Bxb3 23.cxb3 Rc6 
                ( 23...Rc2 24.Rf2 )
            24.Rc1 += )
        17...a5? 
            ( 17...Red8 $132 )
        18.a4? {1-0 Kieran,R-Hadrys,H/WchJW-U10 1993/TD 93\05 (40)} 
            ( 18.e5 +/- )
        )
    14...b6 
        ( 14...Na5 = )
    15.g3 
        ( 15.g4 Nf6 16.g5 
            ( 16.Ba4? Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Nxg4+ 19.hxg4 Bxd4 20.cxd4
            Bxa4 -/+ )
        16...Nh5 17.a3 += )
    15...Na5 = {0-1 Peterson,E-Troyke,C/GER-chJ U20 1991/TD 91\04 (23)} )
    ( 13...Rfc8 14.g4 Nf6 15.e5! Nxd4? 
        ( 15...Ne8 +/- )
    16.Bxd4 Ne8 17.Rfe1 Kf8 18.Ne4 Bh6 19.exd6 exd6 
        ( 19...Nxd6 20.Nxd6 exd6 21.Be5 dxe5 22.Rxd7 +- Bxf4 23.Rxf7+ Ke8 
        24.Rxf4 +- )
    20.g5 
        ( 20.Nxd6! Nxd6 21.Be5 +- )
    20...Bg7 21.Bxg7+ Nxg7 22.Nxd6 +- {Sakharov,A-Giorgadze,T/URS-ch otbor
    1976/MCD-ch/1-0 (69)} )
    ( 13...Na5 14.g4 Nxb3 15.axb3 Nf6 
        ( 15...Nxf4 16.Bxf4 e5 17.Be3 exd4 18.Bxd4 Bc6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
        Rxd6 += )
    16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Nf3 Rfd8 += 
        ( 19...Bxf3 20.Rxf3 Bxe5 21.Rd7 +/- {1-0 Ahn,M-Faybish,N/ 
        BEL-chT9697 1997/EXT 97 (27)} )
    )
    ( 13...Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rfc8 17.c3 Bxd4+ 18.Rxd4 
    Nf6 
        ( 18...Ng7 19.g4 f5 20.Bc2 Kf7 21.Kg2 += {1/2-1/2 
        Moor,R-Brod,M/XVII Mitropa Cup, Montecatini Terme ITA 1997 (71)} )
    19.Bd1 Rc5 20.Bf3 Rac8 21.Rfd1 a6 22.R1d2 Rb8 23.a3 b5 24.Kf2 = {
    1/2-1/2 Brandstaetter,F-Piveny,I/Werfen op 1993 (41)} )
    ( 13...Rfd8 14.g4 Nf6 15.e5! 
        ( 15.f5!? )
    15...dxe5 
        ( 15...Nxg4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.e6 +/- )
    16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.fxe5 Nd5 
        ( 18...Nd7 19.Rxf7 
            ( 19.Bxf7+ +/- )
        19...Nxe5 20.Rxe7+ Kf8 21.Bc5 +- )
    19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Rd1 e6 21.c4 Bxe5 {1-0 Ahn, M-Vanderwaeren,S/ch-BEL, 
    Geel 1996} )
14.e5 
    ( 14.f5!? )
14...dxe5 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.fxe5 Nh5 
    ( 16...Nd7 17.e6 Ne5 18.exf7+ 
        ( 18.Bc5 Bf6 19.Rfe1 fxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kg7 21.Nd5 +/- )
    18...Nxf7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 +/- )
17.Nd5 
    ( 17.Bc5 Ng3 18.Rf2 Rae8 
        ( 18...Nf5 19.g4 +/- )
    19.e6 f5 20.Bxa7 +/- )
17...Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Ng3 
    ( 18...e6 19.Rb5 Rfb8 20.g4 a6 21.Rc5 b6 
        ( 21...Ng3 22.Rf3 Ne4 23.Rc4 f5 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Rxf5! +- )
    22.Rc6 Ng3 23.Re1 Ne4 24.Bxb6 Nd2 +/- )
19.Rf3 
    ( 19.Rfd1 +/- )
19...Nf5 20.Bf4 
    ( 20.Bf2 h5 21.e6 
        ( 21.c3!? )
    21...fxe6 22.Rd7 Rf6 23.Rxb7 +/- )
20...Rfd8 21.Rfd3 Rxd5 22.Bxd5 Rc8 23.g4 Bh6 $8 24.Bxh6? 
    ( 24.Bxb7! Rxc2 
        ( 24...Rc7 25.Bxh6 
            ( 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.Bxh6+ Kxh6 27.Bd5 Ne3 28.c3 +/- )
        25...Nxh6 26.Be4 Rc5 
            ( 26...Kg7 27.c3 +/- )
        27.Rd5 +/- )
    25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.g5 Bxg5 27.Bxg5 Rxb2 28.Be4 +- )
24...Nxh6 25.Rc3? 
    ( 25.e6 Rxc2 26.g5 Nf5 27.exf7+ Kg7 28.Bb3 Rc8 29.Rd7 Rb8 += )
25...Rxc3 =+ 26.bxc3 b6 27.Kf2 e6 28.Bf3 
    ( 28.Be4 )
28...Kf8 29.Ke3 Ng8 30.Kd4 Ke7 31.c4 f6 32.exf6+ Nxf6 33.c5 bxc5+ 34.Kxc5 
Nd7+ 35.Kb4 
    ( 35.Kb5 Kd6 36.Ka6 Nc5+! 37.Kxa7 Kc7! 38.c4 e5 39.g5 e4 40.Bg4 e3 41.
    h4 Na4 -/+ )
35...Kd6 36.Ka5 
    ( 36.g5!? )
36...Nc5 37.Kb5 g5 38.Kc4 h6 39.Kd4 Nd7 40.Be2 Nc5 41.Bc4 Nd7 42.Bf1 Nf6 
43.a3 Nd7 
    ( 43...e5+! =+ )
44.Bg2 Nf8 45.Ke4 Nd7 46.Bf1 Nb6 47.Kd4 Na4 48.Bg2 Nc5 49.Bf3 e5+ 50.Ke3 
    ( 50.Kc4 Ne6 51.Bg2 Nf4 52.Bf1 Kc6 53.c3 =+ )
50...Ne6?! 
    ( 50...Kc7 51.Bd5 Kb6 52.c4 Kc7 
        ( 52...Ka5 53.Bc6 )
    53.Kf3 Kd6 54.Ke3 Nd7 55.Kd3 Nf6 56.Bf3 Kc5 57.Bb7 Ne8 58.Bd5 Nd6 59.
    Be6 e4+ 60.Kc3 e3 61.Kd3 Nxc4 -/+ )
51.Be2 Nd4? 
    ( 51...Nc5 =+ )
52.Bd3 Kd5 53.c4+ Kd6 54.Ke4 = a5 
    ( 54...Ne6 55.Kf5 Nf4 56.Bf1 a5 57.c5+ 
        ( 57.a4 Ne6 58.Bd3 = 
            ( 58.Kg6? e4! -/+ 59.Kxh6 Ke5 60.h4 
                ( 60.Kh5 e3 61.h4 gxh4 62.Kxh4 Nf4 63.g5 e2 64.Bxe2 Nxe2 
                65.c5 Nf4 66.c6 Nd5 67.Kh5 Ne7 68.c7 Kd6 69.g6 Kxc7 70.g7 
                Kd6 71.Kg5 Ke5 -+ )
            60...gxh4 61.g5 e3 62.g6 h3 -+ )
        )
    57...Kxc5 58.Kxe5 $132 )
55.c5+! Kxc5 56.Kxe5 Nb5 57.a4 
    ( 57.Bxb5 Kxb5 58.Kf6 Ka4 59.Kg6 Kxa3 60.Kxh6 a4 61.Kxg5 Kb3 62.h4 a3 
    63.h5 a2 64.h6 a1=Q -+ )
57...Nc3 58.Bc2? 
    ( 58.Kf5! Nxa4 59.Bc2 Nc3 60.Kg6 Kd4 61.Kxh6 Ne4 = )
58...Nd5? 
    ( 58...Kb4 59.Kf6 Nxa4 60.Kg7 Nc5 61.Kxh6 Kc3 62.Bd1 Nb3 63.h4 
        ( 63.Kxg5 a4 64.h4 a3 -+ )
    63...gxh4 64.g5 h3 65.Bf3 Nd4 66.Be4 h2 67.g6 a4 -+ )
59.Bb3?! 
    ( 59.Bf5 = )
59...Nf4 60.Kf6 Nxh3 61.Kg6 Kb4 62.Bc2?! 
    ( 62.Bd1 Nf2 63.Bf3 Kxa4 64.Kxh6 Kb4 65.Kxg5 a4 66.Kf5 a3 67.Bd5 = )
62...Kc3 63.Bf5 Kd4 64.Kxh6 Ke5 65.Kg6 Kf4 66.Kf6! = 
    ( 66.Kh5 Nf2 67.Bc8 Ne4 68.Kg6 Nc5 -+ )
66...Nf2 67.Ke7 Nxg4 68.Bc8 Ne3 69.Kd6 Nf5+ 70.Kc5 g4 71.Kb6 g3 72.Bb7 Nh4
    ( 72...Nd4 73.Bh1 Nb3 74.Kb5 Ke3 75.Kc4 Nd4 76.Kc5 Kd3 77.Kb6 Nb3 78.
    Kb5 Kd4 79.Bg2 Ke3 80.Bh1 Kf2 81.Kc4 Nd2+ 82.Kb5 Nb3 = 
        ( 82...Nf3 83.Kxa5 )
    )
73.Bh1 Ke3 74.Kxa5 Kf2 75.Kb6 Kg1 76.Be4 Kf2 77.Bh1 Ng2 78.a5 Kg1 79.a6 
    ( 79.Bxg2 Kxg2 80.a6 Kh2 81.a7 g2 82.a8=Q g1=Q+ = )
79...Kxh1 80.a7 Nf4 81.a8=Q+ Kh2 
    ( 81...g2 82.Qf3 +- )
82.Qg8 Nh3 83.Qd5 Nf2?? 
    ( 83...g2 = )
84.Kc5 $138 {(...) eventually White blundered a fork.} 
    ( 84.Kc5 g2 85.Qd6+ Kh1?? 
        ( 85...Kh3 86.Qh6+ Kg4 
            ( 86...Kg3 87.Qe3+ +- )
        87.Kd4 Nh3 88.Qe6+ Kg3 89.Qe5+ Kg4 = )
    86.Qh6+ Kg1 87.Kd4 +- )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Steen Skovlund ESPG"]
[Black "Coenen, Norbert ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 g6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Ne5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qd5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Be2 e5 11.O-O c4 12.Qa4 Be6 13.d4 Be7 14.Rb1 O-O 
15.Rb7 Bd6 16.Rxa7 Rxa7 17.Qxa7 c5 18.e4 Qxe4 19.Bf3 Qf5 20.Qb6 Bb8 21.
Qxc5 Rc8 22.Qb6 e4 23.Bd1 Bc7 24.Qa6 Bd5 25.a4 Ra8 26.Qb5 Qe6 27.Qb4 f5 
28.h3 h5 29.Ba3 Kf7 30.Qc5 Rc8 31.Kh1 f4 32.f3 e3 33.Be2 Bb8 34.Qb5 g5 35.
Bc5 Bc7 36.Bb4 Bd6 37.a5 Rb8 38.Qa4 Kg6 39.a6 Ra8 40.Ra1 Bc7 41.Qb5 Rb8 
42.Qc5 Bb6 43.Qd6 Ra8 44.Qxe6+ Bxe6 45.Bc5 Bxc5 46.dxc5 Ra7 47.c6 Bd5 48.
Rd1 Be6 49.Ra1 Bd5 50.Rb1 Rxa6 51.c7 Be6 52.Bxc4 Rc6 53.Bxe6 Rxc7 54.c4 
Kf6 55.Bd5 g4 56.hxg4 hxg4 57.fxg4 Kg5 58.Kg1 Kxg4 59.Bf3+ Kg3 60.Rb5 Rg7 
61.Rh5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meessen, Rudolf ROEK"]
[Black "Ejsing, Esben ESPG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "E31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 e5 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.
a3 Ba5 10.Qb1 a6 11.b4 Bb6 12.Nc1 a5 13.b5 a4 14.Bd3 Ba5 15.Ne2 g5 16.Bg3 
h5 17.h4 Ng4 18.Kd1 Nb6 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nxg5 e4 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Qxe4+ Kd7 23.
Nf4 Qf6 24.Qe6+ Kc7 25.Qxf6 Nxf6 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Nfe6+ Bxe6 28.dxe6 Ng4 29.
Ke2 Ne5 30.f4 Nexc4 31.f5 Bd2 32.Rxc4 Nxc4 33.Kd3 Nxe3 34.Kxd2 Nxf5 35.Bf4
Ra5 36.Kd3 Rxb5 37.Ke4 c4 38.Rc1 Rc5 39.g3 Ng7 40.Kd4 Nxe6+ 41.Nxe6+ Rxe6 
42.Rxc4 Rxc4+ 43.Kxc4 Kc6 44.Kd3 Kd5 45.Be3 Re4 46.Bf2 b5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crouch, Colin BRBC"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc CE92"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 a6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bh6 
Bxh6 9.Qxh6 c5 10.Nf3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ng5 Re8 13.h4 Re7 14.Nd5 Re8 15.
h5 Nf8 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.O-O-O Be6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Nxh7 Qg7 20.Qxg7+ Kxg7 
21.Ng5 Kf6 22.Nf3 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Nh7 26.Kd2 Ng5 
27.Nxg5 Kxg5 28.Ke3 Kf6 29.g3 g5 30.f4 gxf4+ 31.gxf4 a5 32.b3 b6 33.Bh5 
Bd7 34.Kf3 Bc6 35.Bg4 Be8 36.Ke3 Bc6 37.Bc8 Be8 38.Bb7 Bd7 39.Kf3 a4 40.
bxa4 Bxa4 41.Ba6 Bc6 42.Bb5 Bb7 43.f5 Ke7 44.a3 Kf6 45.Bd7 Kg5 46.Ke3 Kf6 
47.Be6 Bc6 48.Bd5 Ba4 49.Kd3 Ke7 50.Bb7 Kf6 51.Ba6 Bc6 52.Bb5 Bb7 53.Ba4 
Kg5 54.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Renet, Olivier CE92"]
[Black "Lewis, Andrew BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 
O-O 9.O-O a6 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nd6 Bxd6 16.exd6 Qg5 17.Rf2 e5 18.Bc3 Rae8 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Re6 21.Re1 
Qg6 22.Rd2 Qg4 23.h3 Qc4 24.Qxc4 bxc4 25.Ba5 Rb8 26.Re4 Rc8 27.Bc7 c3 28.
bxc3 f5 29.Ra4 Kf7 30.c4 Rg6 31.c5 Nxc5 32.d7 Nxd7 33.Rxd7+ Ke8 34.Rd5 
Rxc7 35.Rxe5+ Kf7 36.Rxf5+ Ke6 37.Rf2 Kd7 38.Rf7+ Kc8 39.Rxc7+ Kxc7 {# 
Nach dem Turmtausch erzwingt Weiß ein leicht gewonnenes Endspiel. Thema: 2
verbundene Freibauern gegen den schwarzen Randfreibauern.} 40.Rg4 Rc6 41.
Rxg7+ Kb6 42.Rxh7 Rxc2 43.h4 Rxa2 44.h5 {die gute weiße Königsposition 
verhindert einen raschen Angriff des schwarzen Turms auf den h-Bauern von 
hinten.} 44...Rc2 45.Rh8 a5 46.h6 Rc6 47.h7 Rh6 48.g4 
    ( 48.Rb8+ +- )
48...a4 49.g5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lehtivaara, Petri BRBC"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel CE92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 {Baburin} 1...d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 
O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 
    ( 9...Qe7 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bd2 a5 12.e4 N5b6 13.Be3 h6 14.Rad1 e5 15.dxe5
    Bc5 16.Bf4 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Moscow Alekhine 1992/CBM 33 (36)} )
10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Na2 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxb4 axb4 16.
Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxc4 Qxb2 18.Rfb1 
    ( {After} 18.Rab1 {Baburin} 18...Qa3 19.Rxb4 Be6 20.Qd4 {White's 
    position is slightly worse, but the pressure on the b7-pawn allows him
    to look to the future with optimism. White's 18th move is yet another 
    contribution to the theme 'moving the wrong rook'.} )
18...Rxa4 {This is the refutation - Black parts with his queen for a 
while, but soon will get it back with dividends.} 19.Rxb2 Rxa1+ 20.Bf1 Bh3
21.Rxb4 b5 22.Qd3 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 {# Die verbundenen Freibauern
gewinnen, aber wie.....!} 24...Rd8 {The rest is a matter of technique.} 
    ( 24...Rb8!? 25.Ke2 Kf8 26.Kd3 c5 27.Rb1 Ke7 28.Kc3 Kd6 29.f4 
        ( 29.Ra1 Ke5 30.f3 b4+ 31.Kc4 
            ( 31.Kb3 Kd4 )
        31...b3 32.Rb1 b2 33.Kxc5 Rc8+ 34.Kb4 Kd4 )
    29...Kc6 30.Ra1 Rd8 
        ( 30...b4+ 31.Kc4 b3 32.Rb1 b2 33.Kc3 ~ )
    31.Ra7 
        ( 31.Ra6+ Kb7 32.Ra5 Kb6 33.Ra1 b4+ -+ )
    31...b4+ 32.Kc2 c4 33.Rxf7 Rd3 -+ )
25.Ke2 Kf8 26.Rb2 Ke7 27.e5 Rd4 28.Ke3 Rc4 29.f4 f6 30.Ra2 fxe5 31.Ra7+ 
Ke6 32.Rxg7 exf4+ 33.gxf4 h5 34.Rg6+ Kd7 35.Rg7+ Kd6 36.Rg6+ Kc7 37.Rg7+ 
Kb6 38.f5 Rc1 39.Ke4 Rf1 40.Ke5 b4 41.f6 c5 {Eine andere Idee:} 
    ( 41...Kc5!? 42.Ke6 
        ( 42.Rg5!? Re1+ 43.Kf5 Kc4 44.Kg6 b3 45.f7 )
    42...b3?! 
        ( 42...Kd4!? 43.Rb7 c5 44.f7 Kc3 45.Ke7 c4 46.f8=Q Rxf8 47.Kxf8 
        Kb3! 48.Ke7 c3 49.Kd6 c2 50.Rc7 Kb2 51.Kd5 b3 -+ )
    43.Rb7 Kc4 44.f7 c5 45.Ke7 Kc3 46.f8=Q Rxf8 47.Kxf8 c4 48.Ke7 b2 49.
    Kd6 Kc2 50.Kd5 c3 51.Kd4 = )
42.f7 Kb5 43.Ke6 b3 44.Rg8 Rxf7 
    ( 44...c4 45.Rg5+ )
45.Kxf7 c4 46.Rb8+ Ka4 47.Rc8 {#} 47...Ka3?? 
    ( 47...Kb4 48.Ke6 c3 49.Kd5 c2 50.Kd4 
        ( 50.Rc4+ Kb5 
            ( 50...Ka3 51.Rc3 Kb2 52.Kc4 )
        51.Rc5+ Kb6 52.Rc6+ Kb7 -+ )
    50...b2 51.Rc4+ Kb5 52.Rc5+ Kb6 -+ )
48.Ra8+?? {Der falsche Spieler konnte gewinnen mittels} 
    ( 48.Rxc4! b2 49.Rc8 b1=Q 50.Ra8+ Kb2 51.Rb8+ Kc2 52.Rxb1 Kxb1 53.h4 
    Kc2 54.Kg6 Kd3 55.Kxh5 Ke4 56.Kg6 +- )
48...Kb2 49.Ke6 c3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Relange, Eloi CE92"]
[Black "Sands, David BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Ng6 8.f3 a6 
9.Nge2 Bd6 10.Qd2 Qe7 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.h4 Nh5 13.g3 h6 14.O-O-O b5 15.Kb1 a5 
16.a4 bxa4 17.Bxa4 Rb8 18.Rc1 Bb4 19.Qc2 O-O 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Qa4 Qd8 22.
Na2 Bd6 23.Rc4 Qf6 24.Rg1 Ne7 25.Qxa5 Qg6 26.g4 Nf4 27.Nxf4 exf4 28.h5 Qg5
29.Bc5 Be5 30.Nb4 Ra8 31.Qb5 Rfb8 32.Qd7 Nc8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qxf7 Nd6 35.
Bxd6 cxd6 36.Nd3 Bf6 37.Rg2 Rb3 38.Qg6+ Qxg6 39.hxg6+ Kxg6 40.Nxf4+ Kh7 
41.Nh5 Bd8 42.Rc3 Rb7 43.Rc6 Bb6 44.Re2 Rab8 45.Rc4 Rf8 46.Rc3 g6 47.Ng3 
Bd4 48.Rd3 Be5 49.Nf1 Rfb8 50.Rdd2 Rb3 51.Rf2 Rf8 52.Nh2 g5 53.Ka2 Rb7 54.
Nf1 Ra8+ 55.Kb1 Rb3 56.Rde2 Bd4 57.Ng3 Bxf2 58.Rxf2 Raa3 59.Rg2 Ra6 60.Nf5
Rxf3 61.Rh2 Rf4 62.Rxh6+ Kg8 63.e5 Rxg4 64.e6 Re4 65.Rg6+ Kh7 66.Rg7+ Kh8 
67.Rxg5 Re2 68.Nd4 Re4 69.Nc6 Re2 70.e7 Ra8 71.Rg6 Kh7 72.Rxd6 Re8 73.Rd7 
Kg6 74.Rd8 Kf7 75.d6 Re1+ 76.Ka2 Re3 77.d7 R8xe7 78.Nxe7 Ke6 79.Ng6 Rd3 
80.Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wilson, Jonathan BRBC"]
[Black "Koch, Jean-Rene CE92"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 
    ( 8.b3 )
8...a5 
    ( 8...Na6 )
9.Nd4 Na6 10.e4 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bh3 13.Re1 
    ( 13.Bg2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nc5 15.Re1 Qf7 16.Be3 c6 17.Nf3 Bxb2 18.Rb1 Bc3 
    19.Rf1 Bf6 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Qe2 = {Lukacs,P-Dao Thien Hai/
    Budapest FS10 GM 19931/2-1/2(34)} )
13...Nc5 14.Bh1 Qa4? 
    ( 14...Qf7 {Tyomkin,D} 15.Be3 Rae8! 
        ( 15...e5 16.dxe6 Nxe6 17.Qd2 Rae8 18.Nxe6 
            ( 18.Bxb7? Bxd4 19.Bxd4 c5 -+ )
        18...Bxe6 19.Rac1 
            ( 19.Qxa5?! {Dautov} 19...b6 20.Qd2 Bxc4 =+ )
            ( 19.Bxb7?! {Dautov} 19...Rb8 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5 22.cxd5
            Rxb2 = )
        19...a4 N 
            ( 19...b6 20.b3 Kh8 = {- Van der Sterren,P-Nikolic, P/Ter Apel
            1994/CBM 40/[Dautov] (42)} )
        20.b3 axb3 21.axb3 b6 = 
            ( 21...c6? 22.Qxd6 
                ( 22.Bg2? Rd8 = {- Otero,E-Valdes,L/Hermanos Saiz 1992/EXT
                97} )
            22...Bxc4 23.Rxc4 Rxe3 24.Qxf8+! Bxf8 25.Rxe3 +/- )
        )
    16.Qd2 b6 17.b3 
        ( 17.Nc6?! Nd7 
            ( 17...e6! 18.Bxc5 $140 ? bxc5 )
        18.Bd4 Nf6 19.Re2 Bd7 = {Hirsch,J-Michalek,J/Brno Morava-C 
        1991/0-1(43)} )
        ( 17.Rab1 Kh8 18.b3 Bd7 19.a3 e5 20.dxe6 Nxe6 21.Bd5 Re7 22.Nxe6 
        Bxe6 23.Bg5 Bf6 24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Rxe6 Qxe6 = {
        Sakurai,L-Quinteros,M/Villa Ballester op 1994/0-1 (57)} )
    17...Kh8 18.Rac1 Bd7! 19.h4 Qf6 20.Ne2 e6 21.dxe6 Nxe6 = {
    Akopian,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Novosibirsk 1993/1-0(60)} )
15.b3 Qb4 
    ( 15...Nxb3 16.Nxb3 
        ( 16.Bb2 Nc5 )
    16...Bxa1 17.Nxa1 Qxc4 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.Nxb3 Rf7 20.Nd4 += {in this 
    position two light piece stronger than the rook and twoP })
16.Be3?! 
    ( 16.Rxe7!? N Bf6 $142 
        ( 16...Qc3 17.Be3 Rae8 
            ( 17...a4 18.Rc1 Qd3 19.b4 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.bxc5 Rxe3 22.
            Ne6! +/- )
        18.Rc1 Qd3 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Rd1 Nb4 22.a3 +/- )
        ( 16...Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Be3 +/- )
    17.Re3 
        ( 17.Rxc7?? Bxd4 )
    17...a4 18.a3 
        ( 18.Bb2 axb3 19.axb3 Na4! 20.Rxa4 Rxa4 21.Nc2 
            ( 21.Bc3 Qxc3 22.Rxc3 Bxd4 )
        21...Bxb2 22.Nxb4 Ra1 ~= )
    18...Qb6 19.b4 Nb3 20.Nxb3 axb3 21.Rb1 Bd4 22.Rbxb3 Bxe3 23.Bxe3 += )
    ( 16.Bb2? Na4 )
    ( 16.Rb1? Nd3 )
16...a4 $36 17.a3 Qc3 18.Rc1 
    ( 18.b4?! Nb3 19.Nxb3 axb3 20.Rc1 Qb2 $36 )
18...Qb2 19.Rb1! N 
    ( 19.b4? {Tyomkin,D} 19...Nb3 20.Rb1 Qc3 
        ( 20...Qxa3 21.Nxb3 axb3 22.Rxb3 Qa6 23.Bd4 )
    21.Nxb3 axb3 22.Qxb3? 
        ( 22.Rc1 = )
    22...Rxa3! -/+ {Komarov,D-Piskov,Y/ Douai 1993} )
19...Qxa3 
    ( 19...Qc3? 20.Nb5 )
20.Nb5 Qa2 21.Re2 
    ( 21.b4 Na6 
        ( 21...Nb3? 22.Re2 )
    )
21...axb3 22.Bxc5 Bg4!? 
    ( 22...dxc5!? 23.Rxa2 bxa2 24.Ra1 $132 )
23.f3 Rxf3 24.Bd4 Rxg3+ 25.hxg3 Bxe2 26.Qc1 
    ( 26.Qxb3 Qxb3 27.Rxb3 Bxc4 28.Rb4 Bxb5 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rxb5 {and this
    position about a draw} )
26...Rf8 27.Bg2 Qc2?? 
    ( 27...Bxd4+ 28.Nxd4 Bxc4 29.Rb2 Qa7 30.Rd2 b5! $132 {black has 5! 
    pawns for a knight,but white has a good counterplay ( 30...Qa5 31.Ne6 
    ) ( 30...Qc5 31.Kh2 )} )
28.Bxg7 +- Kxg7 29.Nd4 Qxc1+ 30.Rxc1 b2 31.Rb1 Bxc4? 32.Ne6+ Kg8 33.Nxf8 
Kxf8 34.Rxb2 b5 35.Bf1 Bxd5 36.Rxb5 c6 37.Rb8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre CE92"]
[Black "Kenworthy, Gary BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 
Be7 9.Bf3 d6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Bh5 g6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Rxa4 Nb6 14.Ra2 Nf6 15.Bh6
Rg8 16.Bg5 Nbd7 17.Bf1 h6 18.Be3 g5 19.Qa1 Nc5 20.b4 Ncxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 
22.Bxa6 Kf8 23.Bd3 Rxa2 24.Qxa2 Bxd3 25.cxd3 Qb7 26.b5 Nd5 27.Qa6 Qxa6 28.
bxa6 Kg7 29.a7 Nc7 30.Rb1 Na8 31.Rb7 Re8 32.Nb5 d5 33.Rb8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander BTLP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.d4 cxd4 
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Ne2 Nb4 18.Bb1 d3 19.Ned4 Bf8 20.Bd2 Nc2 21.Nxc2 dxc2 22.
Bxc2 Bc8 23.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan BTLP"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.e4 Qc7 10.e5 Nd7 
    ( 10...Ng4 11.Bf4 f6 12.Nbd2 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 fxe5 
        ( 13...Nxe5 14.Rac1 Qe7 15.Bxe5 fxe5 16.Qxe5 O-O 17.Ne4 Bb6 18.Ng5
        h6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Qxe6+ Qxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.Rc2 Rfe8 23.Bd5 +/- 
        {1-0 Komarov, D-Todorov,O/Cappelle op 1997/EXP 57 (32)} )
    14.Bg3 O-O 15.Rac1 Qe7 16.Nf3 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Qe4 Bd7 19.Qxb7 Kh8 
    20.Qe4 Bb5 21.Be5 Rad8 22.Bxb5 axb5 23.Bxg7+ Qxg7 24.Rxc5 d3 ~= {
    1/2-1/2 Gleizerov,E-Savchenko,S/Alushta 1993/ CBM 36/[Ftacnik] (32)} )
11.Bf4 b5 12.Bb3 
    ( 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Nd5 16.Bg3 O-O 17.Rac1 Qb6
    18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Qc2 Rac8 20.a3 a5 21.Ng5 g6 22.h4 Rc7 23.Qe2 h6 24.Nf3
    Rfc8 25.Nd4 Na4 26.Rxc7 Nxc7 {Gofshtein,L-Zilberman,Y/Herzliya 
    1993/CBM 39/1/2-1/2 (53)} )
12...Bb7 
    ( 12...Be7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Ne4 
        ( 14.Rac1 Nxb3 15.Nxb3 Bb7 16.Nfd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qd7 18.Rfd1 O-O 
        19.Nf5 Bd5 20.Rxd5 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Dlugy,M/Brussels mix 
        1987/EXT 87} )
    14...Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb7 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Rc3 Qb8 18.Rfc1 Na7 19.Qe2 O-O 
    20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dlugy,M-Lev,R/Lloyds Bank op 
    1987/TD 87\02 (27)} )
13.Nc3 Ne7 14.Ne4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 +/- {Advantage of two bishops 
and possibility of attack on the king's side give to white clear 
advantage. advantage of two bishops and possibility of attack on the 
king's side gives to white clear advantage} 16...O-O 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.h4 
Rfe8 
    ( 18...Rfd8 19.h5 Ne7 20.Bh4 )
19.h5 Ne7 20.Bf4 
    ( 20.h6!? g6 21.Bf4 {-see game} )
20...Nf8? 
    ( 20...Qa7 $142 21.h6 g6 22.Nh2 $40 )
21.h6 g6 22.Be3 +- Qa7 
    ( 22...Nd7 23.Rfd1 +- )
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Qf4 Nd7 25.Rfd1 Rec8 26.Rxc5 Nxc5 
    ( 26...Rxc5 27.Qf6! Nf5 28.Bxe6! +- )
27.Qf6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins BTLP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be3 
    ( 6.Na3!? {is the main continuationin the position} )
6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf6 
    ( 7...Nh6?? 8.Qc1 )
8.Nc3 Qd8 
    ( 8...Qa5 9.Bc4 O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.O-O Nb6 12.Bb3 Nbd5 13.Bd2 Qd8 ~ )
9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O 
    ( 10.h3!? {now allowing Bg4} 10...Nc6 11.a3 )
10...Nc6 11.d5 
    ( 11.h3 Na5 12.Bd3 b6 )
11...Na5 12.Be2 Bg4 {the correct idea,black's light colored bishop has no 
good place on the board,the idea is simply to exchange him for white's 
knight,and thengo with the knight to c4 with about equal position} 13.Re1 
Rc8 14.Bd4 
    ( 14.Bxa7 b6 )
14...a6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nc4 17.Re2 = {we have reached here quite a 
standard position,white has two bishops but has some play in 
compensation,black main problem in this position is normally the "e7" pawn
while his play ison the "c"file} 17...b5 
    ( 17...Qc7 18.Qd3 Nd6 19.Rae1 Nf5 20.Be5 Qc4 
        ( 20...Nd6 $8 += )
        ( 20...Qc5 21.g4! +/- )
    21.Qxc4 Rxc4 22.g4 Nd6 23.Bg3! += {/+/-} 
        ( 23.g5?! Nfe4! 24.Rxe4 
            ( 24.Nxe4 Bxe5 25.Nd2 Rc2 )
        24...Nxe4 25.Bxg7 Nxg5 26.Be2 Kxg7 27.Bxc4 Nf3+ )
    )
18.Qd3 Nd6 
    ( 18...b4?! 19.Na4 a5 
        ( 19...Nxd5 20.Bxg7 Nc3 21.Qxd8 Nxe2+ 22.Bxe2 Rfxd8 23.Bh6 +/- 
        Nxb2? 24.Nxb2 Rc2 25.Bxa6 Rxb2 26.Bc4 +- )
    20.Rae1 Re8 21.b3 += {/+/-} )
19.Rae1 Nf5 20.Be5 b4 21.Bxf6 
    ( 21.Na4 Qa5 22.b3 Rfd8 )
    ( 21.Ne4 Nxd5 
        ( 21...Nxe4?! 22.Bxe4! Nd6 
            ( 22...Bxe5? 23.Bxf5 +- )
        23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qd4+ )
    22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rd2 e6 24.Qxa6 Qc7 $36 )
21...Bxf6 22.Ne4 Bg7 23.Bg4 Nd4 
    ( 23...e6 {this was another alternative,giving black atleast equal 
    chances} 24.Rd2 
        ( 24.d6? Nd4 )
        ( 24.Bxf5? exf5 25.Ng3 Qd6 )
    24...h5 
        ( 24...exd5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 
            ( 25...dxe4 26.Qe2 )
        26.Ng3 $36 )
    25.Be2 exd5 26.Qxd5 Qb6!? $36 
        ( 26...Qxd5 27.Rxd5 = )
    )
24.Bxc8 Nxe2+ 25.Rxe2 Qxc8 26.Rc2 Qf5 27.Nc5 Rc8 
    ( 27...Qxd3 28.Nxd3 a5 29.Rc5 
        ( 29.Rc7 Rd8 30.Rxe7 Kf8! =+ )
    29...Ra8 ~ )
28.Qxa6 Bd4?! {this is not a mistake yet, since it seems black has a draw 
also after this move,but the simple Qxc2 leads immediately to a draw} 
    ( 28...Qxc2 29.Qxc8+ Bf8 30.Kh2 Qc1 
        ( 30...Qxf2 31.Nd7 )
    31.b3 = )
29.g4 $8 Rxc5 
    ( 29...Qxc2 30.Qxc8+ Kg7 31.Ne6+ )
30.gxf5 Rxc2 {this is the critical position after 28...Bd4 it seems here 
that black can and should make a draw} 31.d6 
    ( 31.Qa4 Rxb2 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qxe7 Bxf2+ 34.Kf1 Bd4 = )
31...exd6 32.Qxd6 Bxb2?? {probably time trouble since otherwish I can 
explain this move from such strong player as Kengis} 
    ( 32...Bxf2+ $8 33.Kf1 Bc5 34.Qd8+ Bf8 {and it seems very difficult [ 
    probably impossible] to find a winning plan for white} )
33.Qxb4 {the game is over} 33...gxf5 34.a4 Bc3 35.Qc5 f4 36.Kg2 Rc1 37.a5 
h6 38.a6 Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kg7 40.Qg4+ Kh7 41.Qxf4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rausis, Igors BTLP"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Nxd5 Nf6 7.Bxc4 Nxd5 8.Bxd5
Be7 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bd6 14.e5 Bc7 15.
Rc1 b6 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Rfd1 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slutzky, Leonid HERZ"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds BTLP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 
    ( 5.e3 )
    ( 5.e4 )
    ( 5.g3 )
5...cxd4 
    ( 5...g6?! 6.Nxd5 
        ( 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg7 {So gelangt man in die Abtauschvariante der
        Grünfeldindischen Verteidigung. Ribli.} )
    6...Qxd5 7.Qc2! += )
6.Qxd4 Nxc3 7.Qxc3!? 
    ( 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.bxc3 f6 
        ( 8...Nc6 9.Bf4 
            ( 9.e4 e5 10.Bc4 f6 11.Be3 Kc7 12.O-O Be7 13.Bd5 Bd7 14.c4 
            Rac8 15.c5 Kb8 16.Rab1 {1/2-1/2 Giemsa,S-Waldschlaeger,J/BL2-N
            1989 (21)} )
        9...f6 10.e4 e5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bb5 Kc7 13.Nd2 Be7 14.Ke2 Na5 15.
        Rhb1 b6 16.Ba6 Nb7 17.a4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Bc4 Bd7 20.Bd5 Rab8 
        21.Nb3 Bc6 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Kd3 Kd6 {
        Angelova,P-Gruenberg,R/Dortmund WA 1988/1-0 (63)} )
    9.e4 e5 10.Bc4 Bc5 11.Ke2 Nd7 12.Rd1 Ke7 13.Bb3 Nb6 14.Nxe5 Be6 15.Nd3
    Bd6 16.Bf4 += {Shurygin, S-Sergienko,S/Decin op 1996/EXP 53/1/2-1/2 
    (46)} )
7...Bf5 {Schwarz enwickelt seinen Läufer und verhindert die Möglichkeit 
8.e4.} 
    ( 7...Nc6 8.e4 e6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O Qb6 11.a4 Qc5 12.Qd3 Qd6 13.Qe2 a6 
    14.Bd3 Qc7 15.e5 $36 {Van Wely-Landa/Leeuwarden op/1997/} )
    ( 7...e6 )
8.Nd4 
    ( 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.e4 e6 12.f3 Na6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.
    Kf2 Bc5 15.Bc4 e5 16.Nb5 Bxe3+ 17.Kxe3 Ke7 18.Rhc1 Rhc8 19.Na3 {
    1/2-1/2 Quinn,M-Fridman,D/WchJM-U18 1993/ TD 93\05} )
    ( 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Be4 10.Nd4 Rc8 11.f3 a6 12.fxe4 axb5 13.Nxb5 e5 14.
    O-O Nd4 15.exd4 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Be7 ~ )
    ( 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Be4 10.O-O e6 11.Be3!? += {Weiss hat 
    Entwicklungsvorsprung wegen des schwarzen Königs in der Mitte. Der 
    schwarze Königsläufer hat Probleme wegen der Schwäche des g7-Bauern.} 
    )
8...Be4 {Ein sehr riskanter Zug, der zu Verwicklungen führt.} 
    ( 8...Bd7!? 9.e4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 Rc8 = )
9.Bf4!? 
    ( 9.f3 Nc6 
        ( 9...e5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.a3 a6 =+ )
    10.Nxc6 
        ( 10.Nb5 e5 11.a3 a6 =+ )
    10...Bxc6 11.e4 Rc8 = )
9...e5 {Eine interessante Idee. Schwarz bekommt nach dem Bauernopfer 
schnelle Entwicklung, aber ich bin nicht überzeugt, daß die Kompensation 
ausreichend ist.} 
    ( 9...Nc6!? 10.Nxc6 
        ( 10.Nb5 e5 11.Rd1 
            ( 11.Bxe5 Bb4 -+ )
        11...Qb6 )
    10...Bxc6 11.Rd1 Qb6 = )
10.Bxe5 Na6 {Die schwarze Drohung ist 11...Bb4. Auch der Turm kann schnell
nach c8 kommen, aber der Springer steht nicht wirklich gut auf a6.} 11.a3 
Rc8 12.Qd2 
    ( 12.Qe3 Qd5 ~= )
12...Qd5 13.Bg3 Bc5 ~= {Schwarz hat großen Entwicklungsvorsprung und gut 
zentralisierte Figuren, aber die Lage ist unklar, denn der Springer steht 
auf a6 unglücklich. Weiss droht mit f2-f3 nebst e2-e4 Tempi zu gewinnen 
und seine Entwicklung zu beenden.} 14.Rd1 
    ( 14.e3 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 
        ( 15.exd4 Rc2 = )
    15...Qxd4 16.exd4 Rc2 ~= )
14...O-O 
    ( 14...Bxd4?! 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Rxd4 Rc1+ 17.Kd2 
        ( 17.Rd1 Rc2 ~= 18.Rd2 Rc1+ 19.Rd1 = )
    17...Rc2+ 18.Kd1 Bg6 19.Rd2 += )
15.f3 Rfd8 
    ( 15...Bg6 16.e4 Qh5 )
16.e3 
    ( 16.fxe4 Qxd4 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 =+ {Der schwarze Läufer beherrscht die 
    Stellung. Weiß hat Entwicklungsprobleme.} )
16...Bxd4 
    ( 16...Bg6 17.Be2 += )
17.Qxd4 Qa5+?! 
    ( 17...Qxd4!? 18.Rxd4 
        ( 18.exd4 Bg6 ~= )
    18...Rxd4 19.exd4 Bg6 ~= )
18.b4 Rxd4 
    ( 18...Nxb4? 19.axb4 +- )
19.bxa5 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 += {Nach den unklaren Verwicklungen hat Weiß hat 
einen Bauern mehr und das Läuferpaar. Die weißen Bauern a3 und a5 sind 
allerdings schwach und er hat noch Eröffnungsprobleme am Königsflügel.} 
20...Rd8+ 
    ( 20...Bc6 21.e4 += )
    ( 20...Bg6 21.e4 Rc3 
        ( 21...Rc5 22.Be1 += )
    22.Bd6 += )
21.Ke1 Bd3 22.Kf2!? 
    ( 22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.Ke2 Rxa3 24.Rb1 )
    ( 22.Be2 Nc5 
        ( 22...Bxe2 23.Kxe2 )
    23.Kf2 )
22...Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Rd2+ 24.Kg1 f6 {Früher oder später muß Schwarz seine 
Grundreihe befreien.} 25.Rb1 Nc5 26.Rc1 Ne6 {#} 27.a6! {Mit diesem 
zeitweiligen Bauernopfer erhöht Weiß seinen Vorteil. Er tauscht einen der 
Doppelbauen gegen einen "gesunden" Bauern.} 27...bxa6 28.Rc6 Kf7 29.Rxa6 
+/- Rd1+ 
    ( 29...Rd7 30.Bb8 +/- )
30.Kf2 Rd2+ 31.Kf1 Nc5 32.Rxa7+ {Weiß hat bereits zwei Mehrbauern und 
verfügt über gute Gewinnchancen. Die schwarzen Figuren stehen aktiv, aber 
der weiße Läufer kann das neutralisieren.} 32...Kg6 33.e4 Ra2 
    ( 33...Nd3 34.a4 {Trotz der maximalen Aktivität seiner Figuren hat der
    Schwarze aufgrund des starken weißen Läufers g3 nichts.} )
34.Bd6 Ne6 35.a4 f5 {Schwarz kann die Stellung kaum halten. Er versucht 
noch diesen "aktiven" Zug.} 36.Re7 Nd4 
    ( 36...Kf6 37.e5+ +- )
37.Be5 +- Rxa4 38.Rxg7+ {Weiß hat klar zwei Bauern mehr und auch noch 
Angriffschancen gegen den schwarze König.} 38...Kh6 39.Rd7 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 
Ra2+ {und Schwarz gab diese hoffnungslose Stellung auf.} 
    ( 40...Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Ne2+ 42.Kh4 +- {und es droht 43.Rd6 matt. Ribli.} )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krakops, Maris BTLP"]
[Black "Ben Menachem, Itzhak HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nge7 5.O-O Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 
Nxd5 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nc4 Qb4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc1 c5 
15.Bd2 Qb5 16.a4 Qa6 17.dxc5 Rab8 18.Ra3 Nb4 19.Nce5 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Rd5 21.
Bxb4 Rxb4 22.Rxd5 Bxd5 23.Qd2 Bxe5 24.Qxb4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Rogozenko"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Schulz,A} 1...c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 {Schulz:
Ein Versuch, auf einfachem Weg Ausgleich zu bekommen. Die Variante ist 
noch sehr jung, ein endgültiges Urteil kann noch nicht gefällt werden.} 
13.Qxd4 Qc7 {After which several games with this variation were played, 
one can say now that there are several ways for White to reach a slightly 
better position.} 14.Bc4 
    ( 14.Qc5 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 Bf5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rab8 18.Bc4 Qc7 19.Bb3 
    Rbd8 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Georgiev,K/Cacak 1996/CBM 57/[Alterman,B]} )
    ( 14.h4!? )
14...Nb6 15.Qh4 {Novelty. White keeps the Knight against the Bishop on c8.
Black`s problem in this variation (9.0-0-0 d5) is the inferior pawn 
structure, which here together with his weakest minor piece (the Bishop on
c8), makes the position quite unpleasant for Black. Schulz: Zielt gegen 
die Schwäche e7. Schwarz kann nie gut e7-e6 spielen, weil dann Feld f6 arg
schwach wird. Dasselbe passiert, wenn der e7 fällt.} 
    ( 15.Be2 Be6 
        ( 15...c5 16.Nb5?! Qc6 17.Qe5 Ba6 18.Nc3 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rab8? 20.
        Qxe7 Nc4 21.b3 Rfe8 22.Nd5 +/- {Brodsky,M-Hodgson,J/Isle of Man op
        1996/EXT 96op2/1-0 (42)} )
    16.g3 Rab8 17.Qc5 Qb7 18.b3 Nd5 19.Rd4 Rfc8 20.Na4 Bf5 21.Kb2 e5 22.
    Rd2 += {Rodriguez, A-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca Elite 1997} )
15...Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Rb8 17.Qc5 += {Schulz: Wieder gegen e7 gerichtet.} 17...
Be6 
    ( 17...Qb6 18.Na4 Qb5 19.b3 +/- )
18.b3 Rb6?! 
    ( 18...Rfd8 += )
19.Rhe1 +/- Qxh2 
    ( 19...Re8 {Schulz,A} )
20.Qxe7 {Schulz: Damit sind die Felder d6 und f6 sehr schwach.} 20...c5 
    ( 20...Qxg2 21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Rd7 Qh1+ 23.Kb2 Qh6 24.Qxe6+ 
        ( 24.Ne4 +- {Schulz,A })
    24...Kh8 25.Ne4 c5 26.Qe5+ Kg8 27.Qd5+ Kh8 28.Ng5 +- )
21.Re2 {Schulz: Weiß entscheidet sich für den ruhigen Weg.} 
    ( {Schulz: Verführerisch ist} 21.Ne4 {aber nach} 21...c4 
        ( 21...Qxg2? 22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Nxh7 +- 
            ( 23.Rg1? Qxf3 )
            ( 23.Nh5+ gxh5 24.Rg1 Qg6 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxa7 +- )
        )
    22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Rh1 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 h6 25.Ne8+ Rxe8 26.Qxe8 cxb3 27.axb3 
    Qf5 {hat Schwarz gutes Gegenspiel für die Qualität.} )
21...c4 22.Qxa7 
    ( 22.Ne4? {Schulz,A} 22...Qf4+ 23.Kb1 cxb3 24.axb3 Bxb3 $40 )
22...Rc6 
    ( 22...Rfb8 23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Qxb6 +/- )
23.b4 +- Rc7 
    ( 23...Rb8 24.a3 Qf4+ 25.Qe3 +- )
24.Qb6 Ra8 25.a4 Qh6+ 26.Kb2 Qf8 27.Rd6 
    ( 27.Qxc7?! {There is no need for these complications.} 27...Qxb4+ 28.
    Kc1 Qxc3 29.Rd8+?! Kg7! 30.Rxa8 $140 Qa1+ 31.Kd2 Qd4+ 32.Ke1 Qg1+ 33.
    Kd2 Qd4+ = )
27...Rca7 28.Red2 Qe7 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Qd6 Qb7 31.Qf8+ Kf6 32.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sahl, Bjarke ESPG"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Ne2 Re8 8.c3 
f5 9.Qc2 g6 10.h3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.Kb1 a5 13.Nf1 h5 14.g3 b5 15.f3 Ra7 
16.Rg1 Rae7 17.Rg2 Kf8 18.Ng1 Bd7 19.f4 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Nf3 Qb6 22.Ne5 
Rxe5 23.fxe5 Rxe5 24.Re2 Re8 25.Qc1 Kg7 26.Bc2 a4 27.a3 Qc7 28.Qd2 Be6 29.
Qe1 Bd6 30.Rd4 Rb8 31.Rg2 Bc5 32.Rd1 Qe5 33.Rd3 Ba7 34.Nh2 d4 35.Nf3 Qd5 
36.exd4 Qa2+ 37.Kc1 Qa1+ 38.Bb1 Ba2 39.Nd2 Ne4 40.Kc2 Bd5 41.Re2 b4 42.
axb4 a3 43.bxa3 Qxa3 44.Qc1 Qa4+ 45.Kb2 Rc8 46.Qc2 Qb5 47.Nxe4 Bxe4 48.
Rxe4 fxe4 49.Rd1 e3 50.Qd3 Qg5 51.Re1 Re8 52.g4 hxg4 53.hxg4 Bb8 54.Qe2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Black "Christensen, Tobias ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Qa4 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.c5 {after this move white scored almost 100%} 
11...dxc5 
    ( 11...Kh8? {Tyomkin,D} 12.cxd6 exd6 13.Nd4 +/- d5 14.Nxc6 Nxc6 15.
    Qxc6 Rb8 16.Rd1 d4 17.Qa4 +- {Zifroni,D-Rinberg,A/Tel Aviv Cup rapid 
    1996/ EXP 52/1-0 (41)} )
    ( 11...d5 12.Ne5 Ne4 13.Nxc6 Bd7 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.c6 Be8 16.Rd1 +/- {
    Palac-Mencinger/Bled op/1992} )
12.Ne5 {In this position white's plan to attack week black pawns c6 and 
c5,and to take conrol over d-file.Black has counterplay using open 
b-file,and /^a1-h8[byNe4].} 12...Rb8?! 
    ( 12...Qb6 $142 13.Qc2 {/\Na4} 
        ( 13.Be3! Be6 14.Qa3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe5 16.Nxc5 Bxb2 17.Nxe6 Bxa3 
        18.Bxb6 axb6 19.Nxf8 Kxf8 20.Rad1 +/- )
    13...Qc7 14.Nd3 c4 15.Nc5 e5 {Tyomkin,D} 
        ( 15...Rb8 {Dautov} 16.Bd2 {/\N3a4} 16...Rd8 {/\Nd5} 
            ( 16...Ne8!? {/\ Nd6+/=} )
        17.N3a4 
            ( 17.Rad1!? )
        17...Nd5 18.Rad1! 
            ( 18.Bxa5 Qxa5 19.Qxc4 Bxb2 20.Nb3 Rxb3 21.axb3 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 
            Bb7 = )
        18...e5 {/\e4} 19.e4! Nb4 20.Bxb4 Rxb4 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qf8 
        23.Qd2 Rb5 $8 24.Qd8 Bf6 25.Qc7 Be7 26.Bh3! +/- {1-0 
        Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas 1994 (47)} )
        ( 15...Nb7!? {Dautov} 16.N3a4 Nd6 17.Rd1 
            ( 17.Bd2 Nd5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bf5 ~ )
        17...e5 18.Bg5 h6 19.Qd2 Nf7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qc1 e4 22.Qxc4 Rb8 ~ 
        )
        ( 15...Ne8!? {Gelfand} 16.Bd2 Nd6 ~ 17.Rad1 += )
    16.Rd1 Nb7 17.Nxb7 
        ( 17.N3a4!? Nd6 18.Bg5 )
    17...Qxb7 
        ( 17...Bxb7 18.Na4 )
    18.Qa4 Qf7 19.Bxc6 Rb8 20.Bb5 Be6 21.Rd6 += {- 
    Szymanski,A-Miton,K/Frydek-Mistek opA 1997/EXT 97} )
    ( 12...Qc7 13.Nc4 
        ( 13.Bf4 g5 14.Bxg5! +/- )
    13...Nxc4 14.Qxc4+ Kh8 15.Qxc5 +/- )
    ( 12...Be6 {Glek} 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Qxc6 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 
    17.Bd2 
        ( 17.Rd1 Kf7 += )
    17...Ne8 18.Rfc1 
        ( 18.Bf4!? )
    18...Nd6 19.b3 b5 20.Rab1 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Rxa2 22.Be5 Rxe2 23.Rxc5 +/- {
    Bezold-Glek,Bad Ragaz,1994} )
13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Be3!? N 
    ( 14.Nc4 {Tyomkin,D} 14...Nxc4 15.Qxc4+ Kh8 16.Na4 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Rxb4 
        ( 17...cxb4 18.Bf4 +/- )
    18.Nxc5 {_|_} 
        ( 18.Bxc6!? += )
    18...Rc4 19.Nd3 Ne4 20.Bf4 Be6 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.b3 += {/+/- Rohde, U-Van
    Mil,J/NRW-I 1996/GER 13/0-1(48)} )
14...Ba6?! {losing control of the diagonal c8-e6} 
    ( 14...Ne4 15.Nxe4 
        ( 15.Nc4 Qb4 
            ( 15...Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qb5 17.Qxa5 
                ( 17.Qxb5 Rxb5 18.Nxa5 Rxa5 19.Bxc6 Bxc3 20.Rac1 Bd4 
                    ( 20...Bb4? 21.Bh6 )
                21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Be6 23.a4 Rc8 = )
            17...Qxc4 18.Qxa7 Rb2 19.Bxc5 +/- )
        16.Qxa5 Qxc4 $132 )
    15...fxe4 16.Nc4 Qb5 17.Qxb5 Rxb5 18.a4 Nxc4 19.axb5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 cxb5
    {Despite of the fact that white has material advantage,black has some 
    drawing chances.} )
15.Qa3 Nc4 
    ( 15...Ne4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Nd7 Bxb2 18.Qa4 Qb5 
        ( 18...Qc7 19.Nxf8 +/- )
    19.Qxb5 Rxb5 20.Rab1 +/- )
16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Rd2 Rb7 18.Bxc5 +/- Qc7 19.Rad1 Rc8? 
    ( 19...Rfb8!? 20.b3 
        ( 20.Bd4 e5 )
        ( 20.Qa4 $140 Bf7 21.Qxc6? Qxc6 22.Bxc6 Rc7 )
    20...Bf7 21.e4 +/- )
    ( 19...Bf7 20.e4 +/- )
20.Bd4 e6 21.e4! 
    ( 21.Qc5?! Bd5 )
21...Bf8 22.Qa4 Rb4 23.Qxa7 Qxa7 24.Bxa7 +- {white is pawn up and has 
winning ending} 24...Nxe4?? 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8 Rxb2 28.Bc5 
Rc2 29.Rxf8+ Kg7 30.Rd8! Bxa2 
    ( 30...Rxc3 31.Bd4+ )
31.Bd4+ Kh6 32.Nxa2 Rxa2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jaksland, Tim ESPG"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9.Nbd2 d6 10.O-O-O Bb6 11.Qc2 Qe8 12.e5 Bf5 13.Ne4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 
dxe5 15.g4 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Rd3 Nd5 18.Rhd1 Qg6 19.f3 h6 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.
Re1 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qe4 Rd5 25.Rf1 Qf8 26.Qa4 e4 27.
Qxe4 Qa3+ 28.Kd1 Qxa2 29.Qxe6+ Kf8 30.Qc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Slutzky, Leonid HERZ"]
[Black "Larsen, Steen Skovlund ESPG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 Re8 
9.e4 exd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Be3 Rb8 12.a4 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bd7 
    ( 13...a5 14.Rad1 
        ( 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.b3 Qc8 16.Kh2 h5 17.f3 Nh7 18.Rad1 Qd8 19.Ndb5 h4
        20.g4 Ng5 21.f4 Nge6 22.Ne2 Rc8 23.Kh1 Qe7 24.Bf2 Bc6 25.Na7 Rb8 
        26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.f5 Nf8 28.Nd4 Rb6 {Heck,N-Heyme,S/Bad Zwesten op 
        1997/EXP 57/1-0 (39)} )
    14...Qe7 15.Bg5 c6 16.f4 Qf8 17.f5 Nfd7 18.f6 Bh8 19.Qd2 Re5 20.Nf5 
    Bxf6 21.Nh6+ Kg7 22.Rxf6 Nxf6 23.Nf5+ Bxf5 24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 
    26.exf5 {1-0 Nalbandian,T-Sturua,Z/Protvino zt 1993/CBM 35/[Dautov]} )
    ( 13...Qe7 14.f3 a5 15.Rad1 Bd7 16.Rfe1 Rbd8 17.Ndb5 Be6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 
    19.cxd5 Bd7 20.Bf1 Rf8 21.Kg2 b6 22.Bc4 Rde8 23.b3 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Rd8 
    25.Bc4 Rde8 26.Bf2 Qd8 27.f4 Re7 28.Re2 f5 29.e5 Kh8 30.e6 Bf6 31.g4 
    Bg7 32.Bg3 Ne4 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.Qxe4 Bf6 35.h4 Rg8 36.g5 Bg7 37.h5 {1-0
    Beliavsky,A-Tratar,M/ SLO-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2} )
14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Kh2 
    ( 15.b4!? Ne6 16.Nde2 b5 
        ( 16...Nf8 17.g4 Be6 18.Nd5 += )
    17.axb5 
        ( 17.e5? dxe5 18.Ba7 Rb7 -/+ )
        ( 17.cxb5 axb5 18.a5 c5 $132 )
    17...axb5 18.c5! dxc5 19.e5 Nh5 20.bxc5 Nf8 21.g4 b4 22.c6 Bxg4 23.
    hxg4 Qxg4 24.Qe4 +/- )
    ( 15.g4!? )
15...Re5 16.f3 
    ( 16.b4! Rh5 
        ( 16...Ne6 17.g4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Re8 19.f4 
            ( 19.g5 Nh5 20.Bxg7 
                ( 20.f4 += )
            20...Kxg7 
                ( 20...Nf4!? 21.Nd5! Nxd5 22.cxd5 +/- )
            21.f4 += )
        19...Bxg4!? 20.hxg4 Nxg4+ 21.Kh1 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Ne3 23.Qf2 Nxf1 24.
        Bxf1 += )
    17.bxc5 Bxh3 
        ( 17...dxc5 18.Nde2 Bxh3 19.Nf4 Ng4+ 20.Kg1 Bxg2 21.Ncd5! +/- )
    18.f3! 
        ( 18.Nd5 Bxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Qh3+ 20.Kf3 Qg4+ 21.Kg2 Qh3+ = )
    18...Bxg2+ 
        ( 18...dxc5 19.Nde2 +/- )
    19.Kxg2 Qh3+ 20.Kf2 Qh2+ 21.Ke1 Qxg3+ 22.Bf2 +/- )
16...Rh5 17.h4 Re5 {/\18...Nce4} 18.b3? 
    ( 18.Bf4 Re8 19.b4 Ne6 20.Be3 += )
18...Ncxe4! 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 -/+ 20.Qd2 Re5 21.Bf4 Re8 22.Rfe1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 
Qf8 24.Nc2 Re8 25.a5! Rxe1 26.Qxe1 d5 
    ( 26...Bc8!? )
    ( 26...Qe8!? )
27.Bxc7 dxc4 28.bxc4 Qc5 29.Bb6 Qxc4 30.Qd2 h6 31.Ne3 Qe6 32.Qd3 Kh7 33.
Qc4 
    ( 33.f4 Bc6 -/+ )
33...Qxc4 34.Nxc4 Bc6 -/+ {-+After long manouvers the black use an extra 
pawn.} 35.Ne5 Bd5 36.Nd3 Bf8 37.Nc5 Bc6 38.Nd3 Bd6 39.Bd4 Nd7 40.Bh3 Kg8 
41.Kg2 Bb5 42.Nf4 Bc6 43.Nd3 Kf8 44.Kf2 Bb5 45.f4 
    ( 45.Nf4 Bb4 -/+ )
45...Bxd3 46.Bxd7 Bb5 47.Bc8 Bc7 48.Bxb7 Bxa5 -+ 49.Bc5+ Kg8 50.g4 Bc3 51.
Ke3 a5 52.Bd5 Be1 53.Be7 Bd7 54.Kf3 Bc3 55.Be4 Bb2 56.f5 gxf5 57.gxf5 a4 
58.Kg4 f6 59.Bd5+ Kg7 60.Kf4 a3 61.Ke4 Be8 62.Kd3 Bf7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ejsing, Esben ESPG"]
[Black "Haimovich, Tal HERZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O h6 7.c4 e6 8.d3 Bc5 
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nd4 Bh7 11.Nc2 Qe7 12.a3 Rad8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.b4 Bd6 15.Nb3 
Bb8 16.Na5 Qd6 17.g3 Qc7 18.Rc1 Rfe8 19.Qd2 b6 20.Nb3 Qd6 21.a4 Rc8 22.
Ncd4 h5 23.b5 c5 24.Nc6 Bc7 25.Qc3 a5 26.Qd2 h4 27.Rce1 Qe6 28.Bd1 Qh3 29.
Nc1 Ng4 30.Bxg4 Qxg4 31.f3 Qg6 32.f4 hxg3 33.Re2 gxh2+ 34.Kh1 f6 35.Rxh2 
Nf8 36.Rg1 Qf7 37.Rh6 d4 38.e4 Kh8 39.Rh3 f5 40.Nxd4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag BOSN"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc CE92"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 
    ( {Black usually now or a move later inserts} 9...a6 10.a4 Re8 
        ( 10...Nbd7 11.h3?! 
            ( 11.Nd2 $142 )
        11...Rb8 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Nb3 Nc4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 
        17.Qxd2 Rb4 18.Re1 Nd7 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Ra2 
        Bd7 23.Rea1 a5 24.Nd1 Ra8 25.Ra3 a4 -/+ {Johansson, 
        P-Yakovich,Y/Koge op/1997/} )
    11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 Nc4! 
        ( 14...Bf5 15.Na5 Qd7 16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Nc6 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 
        Rxe4 20.Qd3 Ree8 21.Ra2 c4 22.Qf3 Qb7 23.Re1 Nd7 24.Ra4 Nb6 25.Rb4
        a5 26.Rb5 +/- {Nikolic,P-Cobb,J/EUCup G2/1997/} )
        ( 14...Bd7 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Re1 Ng4 17.h3 Ne5 18.f4? Nec4 19.Nxc4 
        Nxc4 20.Qd3 Ne3! 21.Be4 f5 22.Bxe3 fxe4 23.Qc4 Qb7 24.Ra3 Qb4 -/+ 
        {Klee,M-Lau,R/Dresden op 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (48)} )
    15.Ra4 
        ( 15.Qd3 Rb8! 16.Qxc4 Rb4 $132 )
    15...Nb6 16.Ra2 Nc4 17.Ra4 Ne5?! 
        ( 17...Nb6 = )
    18.Na5 Bd7 19.Ra2 Qc7 20.h3 Bb5 21.b3 Nh5 22.Bd2 f5 23.Qc2 Bd7 24.Re1 
    Rf8 25.f4 Nf7 26.Kh2 Rae8 27.Nc6 $36 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Tolush,A/ 
    Bucharest/1953/} )
10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Qb3!? {A rare move, which is probably new, although in a 
few moves the game transposes into known positions. But Nikolic has been 
playing this line already for a long time and he has tried just about 
every other alternative.} 
    ( 11.h3 b6 12.Re1 
        ( 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Ne3 
            ( 13.Nxe5 $142 Rxe5 14.Bf4 Re8 15.e4 += {[+]} )
        13...a6 14.a4 Rb8 15.f4 Ned7 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Na3 c4 18.Kh2 Qc5 19.
        Nc2 Qc7 20.Na3 h5 21.e4 Bb7 22.Re1 Rbc8 23.Be3 Nc5 $36 {
        Fairhurst,W-Czerniak,M/Moscow olm/1956/} )
    12...Ba6 13.a4 h5 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.axb5 h4 16.g4 Ne5 17.f4 Nexg4 18.hxg4
    Nxg4 19.Nf1 h3 20.Bxh3 Qh4 21.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 22.Kh1 Re5 23.fxe5 Qe4+ 24.
    Kg1 Qg4+ {1/2,Donner,J-Milic, B/Beverwijk/1955/} )
    ( 11.Rb1 a6 12.b4 cxb4 13.Rxb4 Nc5 14.Nb3 Nfd7 15.Bb2 Nxb3 16.axb3 Nc5
    17.Na4 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Bd7 19.Rf4 Bb5 20.Re1 a5 21.e3 Rc8 22.h4 f5 23.Rd4
    Ba6 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Ne4 =+ {Nikolic,P-Ivanchuk,V/ Munich SKA/1994/
    } )
    ( 11.a4 a6 {-9...a6,10...a6} )
11...a6 12.Nc4 
    ( 12.a4 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nb6 {-12.Nc4} )
12...Ne5 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.a4 Nfd7 
    ( 14...Bf5!? 15.h3 
        ( 15.e4 Bh3! 16.Bxh3 Nf3+ 17.Kh1 Nd4 18.Qd1 Qxb6 19.a5 Qc7 20.f3 
        b5 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.Ra2 Reb8 23.Ne2 Ne8 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 =+ {
        Roizen,N-Bach,A/ ATI-Homorod-C/1993/} )
    15...Bc2 16.Qxc2 Qxb6 17.a5 Qc7 18.Nd1 Nh5 19.g4 Nf6 20.Ne3 Re7 21.Bd2
    Rbe8 22.Rae1 Ned7 23.Nc4 Ne4 24.Bf4 b5 25.axb6 Nxb6 26.f3 Nxd5 27.fxe4
    Nxf4 28.Rxf4 d5 -/+ {->^-,Certic,B-Barlov,D/JUG-Cup Svetozarevo/1990/}
    )
    ( 14...Qc7 15.h3 h6 16.Bd2 g5 17.Nxc8 Rbxc8 18.Nd1 Ng6 19.Qc2 c4 20.
    Ne3 Qc5 21.Rad1 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.b4 cxb3 24.Qxb3 Qb6 25.Nf5 +/- {
    Beim,V-Simeonov,S/Berliner Sommer/1991/} )
    ( 14...Ned7 15.Nc4 Ne5 16.Nb6 Ned7 17.Nxc8 Qxc8 18.a5 b5 19.axb6 Rxb6 
    20.Qa4 
        ( 20.Qc2 Qb7 21.Rd1 Rb4 22.e3 h5 23.Bf1 ~ {
        1/2,Cosma,I-Ghitescu,T/ROM-chT/1992/} )
    20...c4 21.Ra2 Ng4 22.h3 Ngf6 23.Nd1 Rxe2 24.Be3 Rb3 25.Qc6 Rb8 26.
    Rxa6 Ne8 27.Qxc8 Rxc8 28.Rc6 Rc7 29.Bf3 Rc2 30.Be4 Re2 = {
    Johansen,D-Rogers,I/Sydney Mercantile/ 1991/} )
    ( 14...Nh5 15.h3 f5 16.Kh2 g5 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.e4 f4 19.Qd1 fxg3+ 20.
    fxg3 Nf6 21.Bxg5 Nfg4+ 22.hxg4 Qxg5 23.Bh3 Nc4 24.Rf5 Qe3 25.Rf3 Qd2+ 
    26.Qxd2 Nxd2 27.Rf4 Nc4 28.g5 Nxb2 29.Bxc8 Rxc8 ~= {
    Ilincic,Z-Velimirovic, D/Belgrade/1994/} )
15.Nxc8 Rxc8 N 
    ( 15...Qxc8 16.a5 $142 
        ( 16.h3 b5! 
            ( 16...c4 17.Qa2 f5 18.a5 Nc5 
                ( 18...Nf7 19.Rd1 b5 20.axb6 Rxb6 21.Bf1 Nc5 22.Qxc4 Qb8 
                23.e3 Ne5 24.Qe2 Rb4 $36 {Kakhiani,K-Nutu Gajic,D/Subotica
                iztW/ 1991/} )
            19.f4 Nb3 20.fxe5 Nxa1 21.Qxa1 Bxe5 22.Qa3 b5 23.axb6 Rxb6 24.
            Bf4 Rb3 25.Qa4 Rxb2 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Qc6 Qd8 28.Qxc4 Rc2 ~= {
            Thinius,M-Stein,B/ BL/1992/} )
        17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra5 b4 19.Ne4 Qc7 20.Qa2 b3 21.Qa1 Nf6 22.Ra7 Qd8 
        23.Bg5 h6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qc1 Rb4 26.Ra6 Nd7 27.Nxd6 Rxe2 -/+ {
        Sakaev, K-Anastasian,A/Frunze op/1989/} )
    16...b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Qc2 
        ( 18.Qa4 Qb7 19.Bh3 Ra8 20.Na2 Rb5 21.f4 Nb6 22.Qc2 Ned7 23.e4 Re8
        24.Rf3 Nf6 -/+ {|^><[+],Ramirez,E-Glavina,P/Cadiz op/1991/} )
    18...Qb7 19.Ra2 = )
16.Qc2 
    ( 16.Qxb7?! Rb8 17.Qxa6 Ra8 = {/\ gives Black at least a draw by 
    repetition.} 
        ( 17...c4 18.Ne4! f5 19.Bg5 +/- )
    18.Qxd6?? Bf8 -+ )
    ( 16.a5 c4! =+ {/\Rc5><a5,Nc5-b3} )
16...Nc4 
    ( 16...c4 17.Bh3 
        ( 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Bf4 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 = )
    17...f5 ~ {/\} 18.e4?! Nf3+ 19.Kg2 Nd4 )
17.Bh3 
    ( 17.Ne4!? b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 $36 {/\b3,Bg5} )
17...f5 18.e4 {The most principled move. Now tactical complications arise.
} 18...Nde5! {[]} 
    ( 18...fxe4 19.Nxe4 +/- {><e6,d6} )
19.Qe2 
    ( 19.exf5 Nf3+ 20.Kh1 
        ( 20.Kg2 Nd4 ~ 
            ( 20...Ne1+ 21.Rxe1 Rxe1 22.fxg6 +/- )
        )
    20...Nd4 21.Qd3 Ne5 22.Qb1 Qd7 ~= )
19...Na5 20.exf5 
    ( 20.Qd1!? += )
20...Nb3 21.fxg6!? 
    ( 21.Ra3 Nd4 $40 )
21...Nxa1 22.Be6+ Rxe6! 
    ( 22...Kh8 $143 23.Qh5 Nxg6 24.Bg5 Qb6 25.Bf7! Nf8 
        ( 25...Re5 26.Bxg6 h6 27.Qh3 {/\,Qc8,Bh6+-} )
    26.Bxe8 Qxb2 27.Ne2 += {->><Kh8,/\Nf4-g6} )
23.gxh7+ Kh8 24.dxe6 Nb3 25.f4 ~= Nd4?! 
    ( 25...Nc6 $142 26.Nd5 Ne7 ~ )
    ( 25...Nxc1!? 26.Rxc1 Nc6 $132 )
26.Qe4 Nec6 27.f5 $36 {/\Nd5,f6,o^e,f} 27...Qf6 28.Qg4! {/\Nd5,Bg5 White 
avoids exchangning Q.} 
    ( 28.Nd5?! Qe5 ~ )
28...Ne5 
    ( 28...Rf8 29.Ne4! 
        ( 29.Nd5? Qe5 30.f6 Ne2+! 31.Qxe2! Qxe2 32.fxg7+ Kxg7 33.h8=Q+! 
        Kxh8 34.Rxf8+ Kg7 35.Rf7+ Kh8 36.Nf6 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qe2+ = )
    29...Qe5 30.f6 Bxf6 31.Rxf6 +- )
29.Qh5 Rf8 30.Nd5 +- Nef3+ $8 
    ( 30...Qd8 31.e7 +- )
31.Rxf3 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Qxf5 33.Qxf5 Rxf5 34.e7 Bd4+ 
    ( 34...Re5 35.Bf4 +- )
35.Kg2 Re5 36.Bf4 Re6 37.Bxd6! {/\Nc7} 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier CE92"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Bangiev"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bd3 {Eine 
Neuerung.} 
    ( 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O 
        ( 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Bxd5 Qxd5 10.Bxf4 Bg4 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Nc3 Qf5 13.
        Bxc7 Rac8 14.Bg3 Rfd8 15.Rhf1 Bf6 16.h3 Bh5 17.Bh2 Qa5 18.g4 Bg6 
        19.Be5 Nb4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Ne1 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Nxa2+ 23.Kb2 Nxc3 24.
        Qf3 Qb4+ 25.Kc1 Na2# {0-1 Reinderman,D-Rausis,I/Cappelle op 
        1993/TD 93\04} )
    8...O-O 9.Ne5 Be6 10.Qh5 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Rxf4 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bxd4+ 
    14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.Nxe3 Qd6 16.Rh4 Qg6 17.Qxg6 fxg6 18.Nd5 Rf7 19.Re1 Nc6
    20.b4 Rd8 21.c4 h6 22.Rhe4 Kh7 23.h4 Rdf8 24.Re8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8 Nd4 26.
    Re4 Nf5 27.c5 c6 28.Nc3 h5 29.Rf4 Rd7 30.Ne4 Kg8 31.Ng5 Rd4 32.Rxd4 
    Nxd4 33.a4 {0-1 Riemersma,L-Sokolov,I/NLD-ch 1995/CBM 48/[Bangiev]} )
7...Be7 8.c4 Ne3 9.Qe2 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 O-O 
    ( 10...Ng4+?! 11.Kg1 )
11.Bxe3 
    ( 11.g3?! f5! )
11...fxe3+ 12.Qxe3 Be7 
    ( 12...Re8?! 13.c5! {/\a3} 13...f5 14.Bc4+ Kf8 
        ( 14...Kh8 15.Neg5! +- )
    15.Nfg5 +/- )
    ( 12...f5?! 13.Neg5 Re8 
        ( 13...h6 14.Ne6 +/- )
    14.Qf4 Bd6 15.Qh4 h6 16.c5! Be7 17.Bc4+ +- )
13.Rae1 Bf5 
    ( 13...Nc6 14.h4!? )
14.h4 {/\15.Qf4} 
    ( 14.Qf4!? Bg6 15.h4 {/\16.h5} 15...Bb4 16.Re2 Nd7 17.h5 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 
    Nf6 
        ( 18...Bd6 19.Qf5 Nf6 20.c5 Be7 21.Bxb7 +/- )
    19.h6!? Bd6 20.Qh4 $40 )
14...Bb4! 
    ( 14...Nd7 15.Qf4! 
        ( 15.g4!? Bxg4 
            ( 15...Bxe4 16.Qxe4 +- )
        16.Neg5 $40 )
        ( 15.Neg5 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nf6 = )
    15...Be6 $8 
        ( 15...Bxe4 16.Qxe4 +- )
    16.Neg5 $36 )
15.Re2 
    ( 15.Qf4?! Bxe1+ 16.Rxe1 
        ( 16.Kxe1 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 g6 -/+ )
    16...Bg6 17.h5 
        ( 17.g4 f5 -/+ )
    17...Bxh5 18.Neg5 Bg6 -/+ )
15...Nd7 16.a3 
    ( 16.Qf4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 
        ( 17.Bxe4 Bd6 18.Qf5 g6 ~ )
    17...Nf6 18.Qxb7 Qd6!? ~ )
    ( 16.c5 c6! 
        ( 16...Re8 17.a3 
            ( 17.Qf4 )
        17...Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf6 19.Qf4 Ba5 20.b4 +/- )
    17.Bc4 
        ( 17.Nd6? Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nxc5! -+ )
        ( 17.a3 Ba5 18.Nd6 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rb8 =+ )
    17...Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 $132 )
16...Bxe4 17.Bxe4 
    ( 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qxb7 Bd6 ~ )
17...Bd6 18.Bxb7 Nf6! {>< g4; /\19...Ng4} 19.Qc3 Rb8 20.Bc6 Ng4+ 21.Ke1?! 
    ( 21.Kg1 $142 Qf6 $40 )
21...Qf6! {/\ 22...Bg3} 22.Ba4 c5 23.Rf1? 
    ( 23.Ne5 cxd4 24.Nxg4 Qxh4+ 25.Rxh4 dxc3 =+ )
23...Bg3+ 24.Kd1 cxd4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko BOSN"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel CE92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.
Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Qb1 Ne4 12.Nc2 {intending b3} 
    ( 12.Qb2!? Nd7 13.Rac1 $140 ! += 
        ( 13.Nc2 {Maric,A-Polgar,Z/Tilburg (ct) 1994/0-1(28)} )
    13...b6? 14.cxd5 +/- )
12...Nd7 N {intending action on the kingside by pushing "g"pawn} 
    ( 12...Na6 {Tyomkin,D} 13.Qb2!? {Tyomkin,D} 
        ( 13.c5 b6 
            ( 13...e5?! {Tsesarsky} 14.Qb2 exd4 15.exd4 f4 16.Rae1 Bf5 
                ( 16...Qf6!? 17.Qc1! += 
                    ( 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Nxc5! -/+ )
                )
            17.Ne5 
                ( 17.Nd2? Qf6 18.Qc1 Qg6 =+ {
                Dokuchaev,A-Tregubov,P/RUS-Cup9 1997/0-1(37)} )
            17...Qf6 18.f3 Ng5 
                ( 18...Nd2 19.Rf2 +- )
            19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Rf2 += )
        14.b4!? 
            ( 14.cxb6 {Tyomkin,D} 14...c5 15.Qe1 Nb4 
                ( 15...Qb7!? )
            16.Nxb4 cxb4 17.Ne5 Nc3 18.f3 Ba6 19.Qd2 Qb7 = {
            Ulibin,M-Tregubov,P/Berliner Sommer 19961/2-1/2(60)} )
        14...Nxb4 
            ( 14...axb4? 15.cxb6 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 
                ( 16...Naxc5 17.Qxb4 )
            17.a5 Bb7 18.Rc1 +/- )
        15.Nxb4 axb4 16.cxb6 c5! 17.dxc5 
            ( 17.a5 Nc3 
                ( 17...c4!? 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Ne5 Bb7 )
            18.Qb2 c4 19.Bc2 Bb7 -/+ )
        17...Qxc5 18.Qb2! Qxb6 19.Rfb1 )
    13...b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.f3 Nf6 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Rfe1 c5 18.Bc4 Qg5 $132 {
    Ionov,S-Tregubov,P/Chigorin mem 1995/EXT 95} )
13.b4 g5 14.bxa5 
    ( 14.b5!? )
    ( 14.Re1!? {clearing f1-square for a knight} 14...g4 15.Bxe4 dxe4! ~ 
        ( 15...fxe4 16.Nd2 += Qh4 $140 17.Re2 )
    )
14...g4 15.Bxe4 fxe4 {In this structure white has problems with 
knight-c2,as you'll see later} 
    ( 15...dxe4!? )
16.Nd2 
    ( 16.Ne5!? )
16...Qh4 17.Qe1! Qh5 18.Kh1 Rxa5 19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 dxc4 21.Qg3! 
    ( 21.fxg4? Qg6 
        ( 21...Rxf1+ 22.Qxf1 Qxg4 23.Nxc4 +/- )
    22.Rxf8+ 
        ( 22.e4?! Rxf1+ 23.Nxf1 b6 )
    22...Nxf8 23.e4 
        ( 23.Nxc4? Qe4+ 24.Kg1 Rg5 )
    23...b5! 24.Nf3 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 bxa4 26.Ne5 Qf6 27.Nxc4 
        ( 27.Kg2 c5 )
    27...Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Ng6 -/+ )
21...Raf5 22.Rg1 Rg5 23.Nxc4 
    ( 23.fxg4 Qg6 )
23...b6 24.Nd2? 
    ( 24.f4!? Rg7 25.e4 c5 26.Nd6 {with better perspectives for 
    white.Black cannot use weekness of the /^a8-h1 at once.} )
24...c5 25.Qd6? 
    ( 25.e4 {/^a8-h1} 25...Nf6 $40 
        ( 25...Bb7 $140 ? 26.Qc7 )
    26.f4 Rg7 )
    ( 25.fxg4 $142 Qg6 26.e4 Bb7 27.h4 
        ( 27.Rae1 Nf6 -/+ )
    27...Bxe4+ 28.Nxe4 
        ( 28.Kh2? Bxc2 29.hxg5 Qxg5 -/+ )
    28...Qxe4+ 29.Qg2 Qxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Rd5 31.dxc5 Nxc5 32.a5 {and this 
    ending should be drawing} 32...Nb3 $140 33.Rb1 )
25...Kh8 -/+ 26.Raf1?? 
    ( 26.Ne4 Rd5 
        ( 26...g3 27.Rg2 )
    27.Qxe6 gxf3 28.Ng3 Qf7 29.Qxf7 Rxf7 30.e4 Rg5 -/+ )
    ( 26.Qxe6 Rg6 -/+ )
    ( 26.Qg3 $142 ! )
26...gxf3 -+ 27.Rxg5 Qxg5 28.Nxf3 
    ( 28.Rf2 Bb7! -+ )
28...Rxf3 
    ( 28...Bb7 $144 -+ )
29.Rxf3 Bb7 30.Ne1 Qxe3 31.Qg3 cxd4 32.Kg2 Ne5 33.Kh3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Relange, Eloi CE92"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan BOSN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.d4 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 Rb8
9.Qc2 Be7 
    ( 9...b5 10.b3 
        ( 10.a3 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Be3 a5 15.Ba7 
        Rb7 16.Bc5 Bd6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Bd4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.h3 b4 21.Nd5
        c3 22.axb4 axb4 23.bxc3 b3 24.Qb2 Nxd5 {Bezold,M-Hracek,Z/ New 
        York op 1995/EXP 47/0-1 (60)} )
        ( 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Bxa7
        Rbd8 16.f4 Qe7 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.e5 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nd5 
        21.Bd4 c5 22.Bf2 Nxc3 23.Qc6 Ne2+ 24.Kf1 Nd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Qxb5 
        Qc7 27.Rc1 d3 {0-1 Bezold,M-Romanishin,O/Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 50
        } )
    10...cxb3 11.axb3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Bb7 13.Bb2 a6 14.Rfc1 Ne4 15.Qe1 Qd7 
    16.Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Tolnai,T/HUN-chT 1994/TD 94\03} )
10.Qa4 b5!? $36 11.Nxb5 Bd7 12.Nc3 
    ( 12.Nxa7? Nb4! 
        ( 12...Nxd4?! 13.Qxc4 Rb4 14.Qxd4! Rxd4 15.Nxd4 ~= )
    13.Qa5 Rb6 )
12...Nxd4 13.Qxa7?! 
    ( 13.Qxc4 $142 Rb4 14.Qa6 
        ( 14.Qd3? Bb5! )
    14...Nc2 $36 )
13...Nc2 14.Rb1 Nd5 15.Bd2 Qc8 16.Qa5 Ncb4 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qa7 Ra8 19.Qd4 
Bb5 20.Rfc1 c5 21.Qe5 f5?? {Apparently setting up the devastating threat 
of ...Bf6...} 
    ( 21...Bf6 22.Qe4 Rxa2 -/+ )
22.Nd4!! +/- cxd4 23.Bxd5 Ra6 
    ( 23...exd5 24.Qxd5+ Kh8 25.Qxb5 +/- )
24.exd4 Qd7 25.Bxc4 Bxc4 26.Rxc4 Bf6 
    ( 26...Rxa2 27.Rc7 Qd6 28.Bf4 Qxe5 29.Bxe5 Bf6 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.b4 +- 
        ( 31.Re7 )
    )
27.Rc7 Qa4 28.Qc5 Qxa2! 
    ( 28...Bxd4 29.Bc3!! Bxc5 30.Rxg7+ Kh8 31.Rg4+ Bd4 
        ( 31...e5 32.Bxe5+ Rff6 33.Bxf6+ Rxf6 34.Rxa4 )
    32.Bxd4+ Qxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxa2 34.b4 )
29.Rc1 Qxb2 30.Rc8 Rxc8 
    ( 30...Rd8 31.Ba5 Rxa5 32.Qxa5 Rxc8 33.Rxc8+ Kf7 34.Qc7+ Kg6 35.Qc6 +-
    )
    ( 30...Bd8 31.Bb4 Re8 32.Qb5 +- )
31.Qxc8+ Kf7 
    ( 31...Kf7 32.Rc7+ Be7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Bg5+ Kf7 35.Qxa6 )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir BOSN"]
[Black "Koch, Jean-Rene CE92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.b4 
    ( 6.Bd3 {Gurevich,M} 6...O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Nb4 9.Be2 Na6!? {
    [TN;9...c6-51/85]} 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.b4 Nfe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bb2 Bxb2!? 
        ( 13...Nc3 14.Bxc3 Bxc3 15.Nd4 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 += {/\18.Qd3}
        )
    14.Rxb2 a5 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 e5!? 17.dxe6 Bxe6 $132 {
    Lautier,J-Gurevich,M/Belgrade 1991/1/2-1/2(46)} )
6...O-O 
    ( 6...c5! N {Malaniuk,V} 7.a3?! 
        ( 7.b5 $142 )
    7...O-O 
        ( 7...Nc6!? )
    8.Bb2 Nc6 9.d5?! 
        ( 9.b5 $8 Na5 ~ )
    9...cxb4! 10.Nb5 $8 bxa3 
        ( 10...a6 11.dxc6 
            ( 11.axb4 Nxb4 ~ )
        11...axb5 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 bxc6 14.cxb5 +/- )
    11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.dxc6 Qa5+! 
        ( 12...Bxa1 13.c7 Bc3+ 14.Nxc3 Qxc7 15.Qa4 ~ )
    13.Nd2 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 a2! -/+ 
        ( 14...bxc6 15.Qxa3 Qxa3 16.Nxa3 =+ )
    15.cxb7 Bxb7 -+ {/\Be4 Sulava,N-Malaniuk,V/Montecatini Terme 
    1995/1-0(31)} )
7.Bb2 Kh8 N 
    ( 7...Nc6? {Tyomkin,D} 8.b5 Na5 9.Be2 Qe8 10.Nd5! Nxd5 11.cxd5 b6 12.
    Bc3 Nb7 13.Rc1 +/- {<->c Hartman,C-Christensen,T/Arnold Cup 1991/TD 
    91\06/1-0 (36)} )
    ( 7...c5!? 8.b5 ~ )
8.Be2 c6 
    ( 8...c5!? )
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qb3 Be6? 
    ( 10...e5 $142 )
11.d5! += {/+/- capturing the center} 11...Bg8 12.Rfd1 Na6 13.a3 Rad8 14.
Rac1 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd5! Qd7 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qc3 Qg7 20.
c5! Nb8 
    ( 20...Bd5 21.Bxa6 Bxf3 22.gxf3 bxa6 23.cxd6 Rfxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.
    Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Rc5 +/- {/+-} )
21.b5 
    ( 21.Rxd6 Rxd6 22.cxd6 Bd5 )
21...Rff8 
    ( 21...cxb5 22.Rxd6 )
22.bxc6 Qxc3 23.Rxc3 bxc6 24.cxd6 Bd5 25.Bc4 Rxd6 26.Bxd5 Rfd8 27.Rb3 Rxd5
28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Rb7 Nc6 30.Rc7? 
    ( 30.Ng5! +/- {/+-} 30...Rb8 31.Rxh7+ Kg8 32.h4 )
30...Rd6 31.Kf1 
    ( 31.Ng5 Kg8 {-like the game} )
31...a6 32.Ng5 Kg8 33.h4 
    ( 33.Rxh7 d4 
        ( 33...Ne5!? 34.Re7 Nc4 35.Ne6 Kh8 ~= )
    34.exd4 
        ( 34.Ke2 d3+ 35.Kd2 Na5 )
    34...Nxd4 $132 )
33...h5 34.Nf3 d4 35.exd4?! 
    ( 35.Ke2 $142 )
35...Nxd4 36.Nxd4 Rxd4 = 37.Rc6 Kg7 38.Rxa6 Rxh4 39.a4 Rb4 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.
g3 h4 42.gxh4 Rxh4 43.Ra6+ Kg5 44.Ke2 
    ( 44.Kg2 $142 )
44...Rb4 45.Ke3 Rb3+ 46.Ke2 f4 47.Rd6 
    ( 47.Kf1 Kg4 48.Rxg6+ Kf3 49.Kg1 = )
47...Ra3 48.Ra6 f3+ 49.Kd2 Kf5 50.a5 g5 51.Ra8 Kg4 52.Rh8?? 
    ( 52.a6! Ra2+ 
        ( 52...Kh3 53.Rg8 Kg2 
            ( 53...g4 54.Rg6 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 Re2+ 56.Kf4 Rxf2 57.Rxg4 = )
        54.Rxg5+ Kxf2 55.Rg6 = )
    53.Ke1! Re2+ 
        ( 53...Ra1+ 54.Kd2 Rf1 55.Ke3 )
    54.Kf1 Re6 
        ( 54...Rb2 55.Ke1 
            ( 55.Re8 Ra2 -+ )
        55...Ra2 56.a7 Re2+ 57.Kd1 = )
    55.a7 
        ( 55.Ra7? Rb6 56.Ke1 Rb1+ 57.Kd2 Rf1 58.Ke3 Re1+ 59.Kd3 Re2 60.Rf7
        Rxf2 61.a7 Ra2 62.Ke4 Re2+ 63.Kd3 Re8 -+ )
    55...Re7 56.Kg1 Re1+ 57.Kh2 Ra1 58.Rb8 Rxa7 59.Rb4+ = )
52...Rxa5 -+ 53.Ke1 
    ( 53.Ke3 Re5+ 54.Kd3 Re2 55.Rh2 Kf4 56.Kd4 g4 57.Kd3 Kg5 -+ )
53...Ra1+ 54.Kd2 Rf1 55.Rh2 Kf4 56.Kc2 Re1 57.Kd2 Re2+ 58.Kc1 Ke4 59.Kd1 
Kd3 60.Rh8 Rxf2 61.Ke1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre CE92"]
[Black "Boric, Muhamed BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 
Nc6 9.Qd2 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.b3 e4 12.Ng5 
    ( 12.Nd4 {ist die Hauptfortsetzung.} )
    ( 12.Nh2?! c6 13.Rc1 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Nc6 15.Be2 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Ne7 17.d6 
    Nf5 18.Bf4 e3! 19.fxe3 g5 $36 {0-1 Michalczak,T-Levin,F/BL2-W 1996/BL2
    (43)} )
12...f5 13.Rc1 
    ( 13.Rd1? f4! 14.Bxb6 e3 15.fxe3 
        ( 15.Bxe3 fxe3 16.Qxe3 Bxc3+ 17.Qxc3 Qxg5 18.Qxa5 Re8+ 19.Be2 Qxg2
        -+ )
    15...Qxg5 16.Bd4 fxe3 17.Bxe3 Qg3+ 18.Bf2 Rxf2 19.Qxf2 Bxc3+ 20.Ke2 
    Bg4+ {0-1 Wenger,K-Kiss,A/Graz op 1993/EXT 93op2} )
13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qxd2+ 16.Bxd2 c5 17.e7 Rf7 18.Nb5 {zwingt 
Schwarz zu einem interessanten Qualitätsopfer.} 18...Nc6 19.Nc7 Rxe7 20.
Nxa8 Nxa8 {Obwohl Weiß zusätzlich zur Mehrqualität noch das Läuferpaar 
hat, ist die Lage nicht klar. Denn die schwarzen Springer verfügen über 
Stützpunkte (d4,e5) und seine Bauernmajorität am Königsflügel ist mobil.} 
21.g4 Nc7 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Rg1 Kh7 24.Be2 Ne6 25.Kf1 Bf6 26.Rd1 Ncd4 27.Bh5
Bg5 28.h4 Bxd2 
    ( 28...Bxh4? 29.Bg6+ Kh8 
        ( 29...Kg7 30.Bxf5+ Ng5 31.Bc3 +/- )
    30.Bxh6 +/- )
29.Rxd2 Nf4 30.Bd1 a5 31.Rg3 Ng6 32.h5 Ne5 33.a3 b6 34.Re3 Kg7 35.Be2 Kf6 
36.Rg3 Rg7 37.Rxg7 Kxg7 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 Kf6 40.b5? 
    ( 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Ra2 ~ )
40...f4 -+ 41.f3 exf3 42.Bd3 Kg5 43.Kg1 Kh4 44.Bf1 Kg3 45.Rh2 Ne2+ 
    ( 45...f2+ 46.Kh1 
        ( 46.Rxf2 Nef3+ -+ )
    46...f3 47.Rh3+ Kf4 48.Rh4+ Ng4 49.Bh3 Kg3 50.Rxg4+ Kxh3 51.Rg3+ Kh4 
    -+ )
46.Bxe2 Ng4 47.Rh3+ Kxh3 48.Bxf3 Kg3 49.Be2 Nf6 50.Kh1 f3 51.Bd3 Nxh5 52.
Kg1 Nf6 53.Kh1 Ng4 54.Kg1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail ROEK"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin BRBC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 c5 7.dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.Rxd1
Bxc5 9.Nf3 b5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Be4 Ra7 14.Bf4 e5 
15.Bh6 Nc5 16.Bc6+ Bd7 17.Bxd7+ Rxd7 18.Ke2 Na4 19.Rxd7 Kxd7 20.Rd1+ Ke6 
21.Rc1 Nxb2 22.Rc6+ Kd7 23.Rxa6 Rc8 24.Ne1 Na4 25.e4 Rc6 26.Rxc6 Kxc6 27.
Bd2 Kc5 28.Kd3 Nb2+ 29.Kc3 Na4+ 30.Kd3 Nb2+ 31.Kc3 Na4+ 32.Kd3 Nb2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew BRBC"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir ROEK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Bg5 a6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rac1 Nd7 14.b3 Rac8 15.Nd4
Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rfe8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Nf3 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Qf4 Red8 21.h4 
Be7 22.Ng5 Qb7+ 23.f3 Bf8 24.Ne4 Rc6 25.Rc3 b5 26.cxb5 Rxc3 27.Nxc3 axb5 
28.Ne4 d5 29.Nf2 Qa6 30.Rc1 Qxa2 31.Rc7 f6 32.Rb7 Qxe2 33.Qc7 Ra8 34.Qf7+ 
Kh8 35.Ra7 Rc8 36.Rc7 Ra8 37.Ra7 Rc8 38.Rc7 Rb8 39.Rb7 Qe5 40.Ng4 Qe2+ 41.
Kh3 Qf1+ 42.Kh2 Rc8 43.Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kishnev, Sergei ROEK"]
[Black "Lehtivaara, Petri BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Qe8 7.g3 d6 8.Nf3 
b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Ng5 Qg6 14.Nh3 e5 15.f3 
Nef6 16.Bb2 exd4 17.Nf4 Qf7 18.Bxd4 c5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rab1 Nb6 21.Ba1 Bc8
22.Rfc1 Bd7 23.Bh3 Nh5 24.Qd2 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 Rae8 26.Qxd6 Rxe2 27.Bf1 Re3 
28.Re1 f4 29.gxf4 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Qxf4 31.Qxc5 Qxf3 32.Bg2 Qg4 33.h3 Qg6 34.
Kh2 Rc8 35.Qe7 Re8 36.Qb4 Rxe1 37.Qxe1 Qd6+ 38.Qg3 Qxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Nxc4 40.
Bd5+ Kf8 41.Bxc4 h6 42.h4 Ba4 43.Bd5 Be8 44.Kf4 g5+ 45.hxg5 hxg5+ 46.Kxg5 
Ke7 47.Be5 Bb5 48.Bb3 Kd7 49.Bd4 a6 50.Kf4 Kd6 51.Ke3 Bf1 52.Kd2 Kc6 53.
Kc3 Kb5 54.a4+ Kc6 55.Kb4 Bd3 56.Ka5 Be2 57.Be6 Kd6 58.Bc8 Kc7 59.Bf5 Bf1 
60.Be4 Be2 61.Be5+ Kc8 62.Kb6 Bd1 63.a5 Be2 64.Bb7+ Kd7 65.Bxa6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sands, David BRBC"]
[Black "Ahn, Martin ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 Qe8 8.f3 e5 
9.d5 Nc5 10.b4 Na6 11.a3 Nh5 12.Bd1 f5 13.Nge2 Nf4 14.O-O Nxe2+ 15.Bxe2 f4
16.Bh4 g5 17.Bf2 b6 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Qh5 20.g4 Qg6 21.Kg2 Rf7 22.Be3 h6 
23.Rac1 Bf8 24.Nb5 Nb8 25.c5 a6 26.Nc3 bxc5 27.bxc5 Nd7 28.c6 Nf6 29.Rg1 
h5 30.Qd1 Rb8 31.Rc2 Rb3 32.a4 Rb4 33.a5 Bh6 34.gxh5 Nxh5 35.Kf2 g4 36.
Bxh6 Qxh6 37.Qd2 Nf4 38.Ke1 Qh2 39.Qe3 g3 40.Bd1 Qh4 41.Ne2 Rg7 42.Kd2 
Nxe2 43.Bxe2 Qf4 44.Qxf4 exf4 45.Kc3 Rb8 46.Bc4 Rg5 47.Rh2 Rb1 48.Rxb1 
gxh2 49.Rh1 Rh5 50.e5 Rxe5 51.Rxh2 Re3+ 52.Kd4 Rxf3 53.Rb2 Kg7 54.Rb7 Bf5 
55.Rxc7+ Kf6 56.Ra7 Ra3 57.c7 f3 58.Ra8 Rxa5 59.Rf8+ Kg6 60.Rxf5 Rc5 61.
Rxf3 Rxc7 62.Bxa6 Ra7 63.Bc4 Rb7 64.Rb3 Rf7 65.Rg3+ Kh5 66.Re3 Rb7 67.Re6 
Rb6 68.Ke3 Kg4 69.Bd3 Kg5 70.Rg6+ Kh5 71.Rg8 Kh6 72.Kf4 Rb4+ 73.Be4 Rb6 
74.Rg3 Ra6 75.Kf5 Kh7 76.Kf6+ Kh8 77.Bf5 Ra7 78.Rh3+ Rh7 79.Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bergmans, Norbert ROEK"]
[Black "Wilson, Jonathan BRBC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.b3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Bb2 Be7 13.Rac1 O-O 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 
Qb6 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Bb1 Bf8 18.Nf3 Nc5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.b4 Ncd7 21.e4 Ne8 22.
e5 Bxf3 23.gxf3 g6 24.f4 Bh6 25.Qe4 Rc8 26.Ne2 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Qc7 28.Be3 
Nb6 29.Bxb6 Qxb6 30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.fxe3 Nc7 32.Be4 f6 33.exf6 Kf7 34.Nc3 Kxf6
35.Kg2 Bf8 36.Kf3 Ke7 37.Nb1 Nd5 38.Ke2 Kd6 39.Bd3 e5 40.f5 gxf5 41.Bxf5 
h5 42.Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary BRBC"]
[Black "Roessler, Eckhard ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Nc4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 e6 {Weiß steht aufgrund des Läuferpaares zwar etwas angenehmer, doch 
weist die schwarze Stellung keine leicht angreifbaren Schwächen auf, so 
daß es nicht einfach ist, substantielle Fortschritte zu erzielen.} 9.O-O 
Bd6 
    ( 9...Be7 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.Ne4 Rd8 12.Bf4 O-O 13.c3 += {
    Rabiega,R-Beliavsky,A/ AUT-chT9697 1996/EXP 57/[Balinov,I]/1/2-1/2 
    (56)} )
10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.h3 O-O-O {durch die unterschiedlichen Rochaden 
ändert sich der Charakter der Partie grundlegend. Nun wird die Sicherheit 
der Könige eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielen.} 13.Be3 
    ( 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 h6 15.Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Horvath, C-Van der 
    Werf,M/EU-chJ U20 1988/TD 88\09} )
13...Nb6 14.a4 h6 15.a5 Nbd5 16.a6 b6 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.c4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 {Die
ungleichfarbigen Läufer bewirken im folgenden Mittelspiel eine weitere 
Verschärfung des Kampfes und bevorzugen in der Regel den, der schneller 
angreifen kann.} 19...Rhf8 20.c5 bxc5 21.dxc5 Be5? 
    ( 21...Bxc5!? {sieht zwar sehr gefährlich aus, konnte von mir aber 
    nicht "widerlegt" werden, z.B.} 22.Rfc1 Qb6 23.Rc3 Kd7 24.Rac1 Bd6 25.
    Qxc6+ = )
    ( 21...Be7 ~ )
22.Bxe6+! Kb8 
    ( 22...fxe6? 23.Qxf8! Bf6 
        ( 23...Rxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kd7 25.Rf7+ +- )
    24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Qxf6 +- )
23.Ra3 Ka8 24.Bc4 Rb8 25.b3 f6 26.Ra4 Bc3 27.Bd5 Rfc8 28.Be6 Re8 29.Re4 
Be5 30.Bc4 Re7 31.Rd1 Rbe8 32.Kf1 f5? {verliert einfach den Bauern. Warum 
nicht} 
    ( 32...Rd7 += {?} )
33.Qxf5 Qb8 34.Qg6 Rf8+ 35.Rf4 Bf6 36.Rf3 Qh2 37.Ke2 Qe5 38.Qd3 Qc7 39.Qd6
Qc8 40.b4 
    ( 40.Rxf6 +- )
40...Rfe8 41.b5 Bg5 42.Rd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cobb, James CRDF"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander BTLP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Be3 
    ( 5.d5 Nd4 6.Bg2 c5 7.Nge2 Bg4 8.O-O += )
5...Nf6 6.h3 
    ( 6.d5 Ne5 7.h3 c6 8.f4 Ned7 9.Bg2 ~ )
6...e5 7.Nge2 
    ( 7.d5 Nd4 8.Bxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 O-O {/\Ne4} 10.Qd3 Re8 N )
7...d5! 8.Bg2 
    ( 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Bg2 O-O 10.exd5 Nc4 11.Bc1 Re8 12.O-O Bf5 13.Nd4 Bd7 
    14.b3 Nb6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 Re5 17.Bf4 Rh5 18.g4 Nfxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.
    Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Qf3 Nxf4 ~= {- Novak,I-Seifert,M/Trencianske Teplice 
    1981/ MCD-r8} )
8...Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.d5 Na5! 11.Bxe4 
    ( 11.b3 f5 )
    ( 11.c4 Bd7 12.Rc1 b5 ~ )
11...Nc4 12.Bc1 O-O 13.Bg2 f5 14.O-O Nd6 15.b3? 
    ( 15.f4 e4 16.Rb1 =+ )
    ( 15.Rb1 )
15...f4! $40 16.gxf4 $8 Qh4! 17.Bb2 Bxh3 18.fxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Ne4 20.Qd4 
    ( 20.f3 Rf5 21.fxe4 
        ( 21.Bc1 Bxe5 )
    21...Qxe4+ 22.Kg1 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Rh5# )
20...Qg5+ 21.Kh2 Qh5+ {/\22Kg2.Qe2} 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan BTLP"]
[Black "Spice, Alan CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Be7 4.g3 d5 5.d3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Nc6 7.Bg2 e5 8.c3 Nf6 
9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Re8 12.Ne3 Nd8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 f6 15.Nd2 
Nf7 16.Nc4 Nd6 17.f4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Bd6 19.fxe5 Rxe5 20.Bf4 Re8 21.Rae1 Bd7 
22.Be4 f5 23.Bg2 Kh8 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.gxf4 Bb5 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 
28.Rd1 Kg8 29.d6 b6 30.a4 Bd7 31.a5 Kf8 32.axb6 axb6 33.Ra1 Rb8 34.Bd5 h6 
35.h4 Rd8 36.Ra6 Rb8 37.Kf2 g6 38.Ra7 Ke8 39.Bg8 Kf8 40.Rxd7 Kxg8 {# 
Stellungsmerkmale: riesiger Einzelfreibauer, abgeschnittener schwarzer 
König. Plan: Einwandern des weißen Königs nach Bauernfeger h5.} 41.h5 gxh5
    ( 41...g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.h6 b5 44.h7+ Kh8 45.Re7 +- )
42.Kg3 c4 43.Kh4 b5 44.Kxh5 Kf8 45.Rh7 Kg8 46.Kg6 Rd8 
    ( 46...Rb6 47.Rd7 Rb8 48.Kxh6 +- )
47.d7 h5 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.Rf7+ Kg8 50.Re7 
    ( 50.Re7 Kf8 51.Re8+ Rxe8 52.dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 53.Kxh5 Kf7 54.Kg5 Ke6 55.
    Kg6 )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Trevelyan, John CRDF"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins BTLP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors BTLP"]
[Black "Adams, Mark CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 e6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 d6
9.O-O Nb4 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Nc3 Bc6 12.a3 N4d5 13.Ne4 h6 14.Bd3 Nc8 15.Re1 Be7
16.Bb1 dxe5 17.dxe5 Ncb6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Qf3 Nc7 20.Rd1 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Nbd5 
22.Bd2 Bg5 23.Bb4 Be7 24.Nc2 Bxb4 25.Nxb4 Rd8 26.Rd2 O-O 27.Rad1 Qb5 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29.b4 Qa6 30.h4 Qb6 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Qxd5 Qg6 34.g3 
Qc2 35.Qd3 Qxd3 36.Rxd3 Re8 37.f4 Re7 38.Kf2 Re6 39.Ke3 f6 40.Ke4 fxe5 41.
fxe5 Re7 42.Rd6 Kf7 43.Kd5 Kf8 44.h5 Rc7 45.a4 Kf7 46.a5 Kf8 47.b5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borg, Andrew CRDF"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds BTLP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krakops, Maris BTLP"]
[Black "Fletcher, John CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Qb6 7.Nc3 d6 8.e5 
d5 9.h3 Nh6 10.b3 e6 11.d3 a5 12.Na4 Qa7 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.c4 Nf5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Rc1 Be7 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Bd7 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.d4 Bb5 21.Nxe6 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag BOSN"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 {Tyomkin,D} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.
O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc8 9.Rd1 a6 10.Nc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qb7+ 12.f3 Be7 13.Bg5 
    ( 13.e4 )
    ( 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Rd2 h6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.e4 d6 17.Nde2 Ne8 18.e5 dxe5 19.
    Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qb3 Ra7 21.Ne4 Nd7 22.Bc3 Ndf6 = {Piket,J-Karpov,A/Monaco 
    rapid 1993/1/2-1/2(72)} )
13...Nc6! N 
    ( 13...h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qb3!? 
        ( 15.Rd3 N O-O 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Qb3 Rc7 18.Ne4 Be7 19.g4 Nc6 20.Nxc6
        Qxc6 21.Nd6 Raa7 = {Sorin,A-Leitao,R/Schahin Cury, Americana BRA 
        1997/1/2-1/2(48)} )
        ( 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Qb3 
            ( 16.Rd3 O-O 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Qb3 Ra7! = {Matlak, 
            M-Novikov,I/Rubinstein mem 1989/EXT 89/0-1 (47)} )
        16...Qc7 17.Rac1 O-O = {Jukic,M-Balashov,Y/Katowice op 1992/TD 
        92\04/1-0(54)} )
    15...Nc6 
        ( 15...O-O 16.c5 )
    16.Ne4 Be7 17.c5 $36 {Jukic,M-Mitenkov,A/Katowice op 1992/1/2-1/2 (63)
    } )
    ( 13...O-O?! 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Re8 16.Ba3 +/- {Karpeshov,O-Vilkov,V/
    RUS-chT 1995/EXT 97/1-0 (55)} )
14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qxc6 dxc6 = 17.Ne4 
    ( 17.Rd6 Rc8 18.Rad1 O-O 
        ( 18...Be7 19.Rd7 )
    19.Rd7 Rfd8 20.Ne4 Be7 = 21.c5 $140 f5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.
    Nd6 Be7! )
17...Ke7! 
    ( 17...Be7?! 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Rc8 20.Rad1 )
18.Nxf6 Kxf6 
    ( 18...gxf6 = )
19.Rd6 Rhd8! 20.Rad1 
    ( 20.Rxc6 Rd2 21.Kf2 
        ( 21.Rxb6?! Rxe2+ 22.Kh3 
            ( 22.Kg1? Rd8 -/+ )
        22...Rd8 23.Rxa6 Rdd2 )
    21...Rxb2 22.Rd1 Rxa2 23.Rxb6 Rc8 = )
20...Ke7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov HERZ"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 {Hecht} 1...d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nc3 
Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Bd2 a5 11.Rab1 
    ( 11.b3 Qe7 12.Ne1 e5 13.cxd5 e4 14.Qe2 Bxc3 15.d6 Qxd6 16.Bxc3 Nd5 
    17.Bb2 f5 18.Nc2 b5 19.f3 N7f6 20.a4 exf3 21.gxf3 b4 22.Re1 Rae8 23.
    Qa6 Qc7 24.Qd3 Nh5 25.Re2 Re6 {Pajkovic, V-Marcetic,N/JUG-chT 1997/EXP
    59/0-1 (40)} )
11...Qb6 12.Be1 Qa6 13.b3 Rfd8 14.Rbc1 Nb6 15.Ne2 Ba3 16.Rc2 Be7 17.Rcc1 
Ne4 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.a4 Ba3 21.Rc2 Bb4 22.f3 Bxe1 23.fxe4 Bh4 
24.e5 Rad8 25.Nf4 dxc4 26.bxc4 Bg5 27.Rf2 c5 28.Qc3 cxd4 29.exd4 Qc6 30.
Nh5 Qe4 31.Ng3 Qc6 
    ( 31...Qg4 32.Ne2 f6 {kam in Betracht.} )
32.Nh5 Qc5?! 
    ( 32...Qxa4 33.Ra1 Qb4 34.Qg3 h6 35.h4 {ist nicht besser.} )
    ( {Prophylaktisches} 32...Bh6 {verdient jedoch Erwägung:} 33.Rdf1 Rxd4
    34.Rxf7 Rd1 {führt zu einer höchst unbequemen Stellung für Weiß.} )
33.h4 {Jetzt gewinnt Weiß eine Figur.} 
    ( {Auf} 33.dxc5 {folgt} 33...Rxd1+ 34.Rf1 R8d3 35.Qxd3 Rxd3 36.Rb1 Rd7
    37.Rb5 Bd8 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.} )
33...Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Qf3 Rd7 36.hxg5 Qxe5 37.Qf4 
    ( 37.Qg3!? )
37...Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Qxf4+ 39.Rxf4 Kf8 40.Ng3 Ke7 41.Rh4 Ra1 42.Rxh7 
    ( {Genauer war wohl} 42.c5 Rc1 43.Rxh7 Rxc5 44.Rxg7 Kf8 45.Rh7 Rxg5 
    46.Ne4 +/- )
42...Rxa4 43.Rxg7 Kf8 44.Rh7 Rxc4 45.g6 fxg6 46.Rxb7 a4 47.Ra7 Ke8 48.Ne2 
Kd8 49.Kg3 Kc8 50.Nf4 Kb8 51.Ra5 Kb7 52.Nxe6 Kb6 53.Ra8 Kb5 54.Nf4 Kb4 55.
Nd3+? 
    ( 55.Nxg6 {müßte zum Gewinn ausreichen.} )
55...Kb3 56.Rxa4 {Dies führt zum Remis, doch ist nicht klar, ob Weiß jetzt
noch gewinnen kann.} 56...Kxa4 57.Nb2+ Kb5 58.Nxc4 Kxc4 {# Hecht: Nach dem
zu erwartenden Kf4 muß Schwarz seine Verteidigung so einrichten, daß er 
sowohl seinen Bg6 verteidigen als auch den weißen Bauern angreifen kann. 
Doppelstrategie!} 59.Kf4 {Nach Kg4 geht j e d e r Annäherungszug des 
schwarzen Königs!} 59...Kd5 
    ( 59...Kd4? {Hecht} 60.g4 +- )
    ( 59...Kd3? {Hecht} 60.g4 Ke2 61.g5! +- 
        ( 61.Ke5? Kf3 62.g5?? Kg4 63.Kf6 Kh5 -+ )
    )
60.Kg5 
    ( 60.g4 {Hecht} 60...Ke6 61.Kg5 Kf7 62.Kh6 Kf6 63.g5+? Kf5 -+ )
60...Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko BOSN"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.h3 
    ( 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Nc2 O-O 17.Bxc5 Qxc5
    18.g3 Ne5 19.Rac1 a5 20.Ne3 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qb6 22.Bb1 Rc8 23.b4 axb4 
    24.axb4 g6 25.h3 Kg7 26.Rc2 Rd8 27.Qe2 Nxe4 28.Ng4 Nxg4 29.Nxe4 Bxe4 
    30.Qxe4 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Nf6 32.Qe5 Qb7+ 33.f3 Rxb1 34.Rd2 Qa7 {0-1 
    Hebden,M-Sadler,M/Hastings Challengers 1991/EXP 26} )
    ( 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Ncd7 15.Bb2 Bd6 16.Rc1 O-O 17.Ne2 
    Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Bxc8 19.Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Psakhis,L/Gausdal Int 
    1994/ EXT 94} )
    ( 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Rxd5 Be7 16.e4 O-O 17.Bf4 
    Nf6 18.Rdd1 Rfe8 19.e5 Nd5 20.Bg3 Nc7 21.Qe4 Ne6 22.Bh4 Bxh4 23.Qxh4 
    h6 24.h3 c4 25.Qg4 Nc5 26.Re1 Nd3 {Vasiljevic,D-Georgiev,K/JUG-chT 
    1994/EXT 94ch/0-1 (39)} )
12...Be7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Be3 
    ( 15.Bf4 Ng6 
        ( 15...Rxd4 16.Bxe5 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 O-O = )
    16.Be3 Bc5 17.Nc2 = )
15...Bc5 16.Nd5 exd5 17.b4 Bxb4 
    ( 17...Bf8 18.exd5 
        ( 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Nd4 ~= )
    18...Nxd5 19.Bf4 f6 
        ( 19...Nxf4 20.Qxe5+ Ne6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Nxe6 $40 )
    20.Bxe5 fxe5 
        ( 20...Nc3 21.Qe1 
            ( 21.Qh5+ g6 22.Re1 Be7 23.Qh4 fxe5 24.Rxe5 Qd6 25.Rae1 Rd7 
            -/+ )
        21...fxe5 22.Qxe5+ Be7 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.Nxg7+ Kf8 25.Ne6+ Ke8 26.Qh5+
        Qg6 27.Qxg6+ hxg6 28.Nxd8 Bxd8 29.Rd6 +/- )
    21.Qxe5+ Be7 
        ( 21...Kf7 22.Rac1 $40 )
    22.Ne6! 
        ( 22.Re1 Qf6 23.Nf5 Qxe5 
            ( 23...Bc8!? )
        24.Rxe5 Kf8 -/+ )
        ( 22.Nf5 Qf6 23.Re1 Bc8 
            ( 23...Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Kf8 )
        24.Nxg7+ Kf8 -/+ )
    22...Bf6 23.Qe1 Rd7 
        ( 23...Bxa1? 24.Nxd8+ Kxd8 25.Bxd5 +- )
    24.Bxd5 
        ( 24.Nc7+ Kd8 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Bxd5 Re8 28.Qd1 Bxa1 -+
        )
    24...Re7 25.Bb3! 
        ( 25.Bxb7 Rxe6 -+ )
    25...Bxa1 26.Rxa1 Qc6 
        ( 26...Bc8 27.Nxg7+ Kf8 28.Qc3 +- )
    27.Qf1! ~= )
18.axb4 O-O 
    ( 18...Nxe4!? -/+ )
19.Nb3 
    ( 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Nd4 Qe7 -/+ )
19...Qc7 20.Bf4 dxe4! 
    ( 20...Nxe4?! 21.Rac1 Qe7 22.f3 Ng6 23.Bh2 Nf6 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.Rc7 Rd7
    26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Bd6 Re8 28.Re1 Kf8 29.Nd4 ~= )
21.Nc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Re8 =+ {/-/+ White have not enough compensation for 
sacrifised material.} 23.Bg3 h6 24.Rd4 Qb6 25.Bh4 Ba8 {Black improved 
position of their pieces and start to realise their material advantage.} 
26.Qd2 Nd3! 27.Qe3 Rd8? 
    ( 27...Rc8 $142 28.Nxd3 exd3 29.Qxd3 ~= {/=/+} )
28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Nxa6 
    ( 29.Bxf6! gxf6 
        ( 29...Qxf6 30.Nxd3 exd3 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Bxf7 +- )
    30.Qxh6 
        ( 30.Nxe4 Nxb4 31.Bb3 $132 )
    30...Bd5 $8 31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Qxf6 Nxc5 33.bxc5 Qxc5 34.Qxa6 Kg7 =+ )
29...Ne5 30.Bb3?! 
    ( 30.Qc5!? ~= )
30...Qd3 {I think the white lost because of finishing time limit .} 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bd6 7.e3 O-O 8.c5 
    ( 8.Bd3 Qe8 9.Qc2 e5 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.exd4 e4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 
    Qxe4+ 14.Nxe4 Re8 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Rxe5 17.f3 f5 18.Bf4 Re7 19.O-O 
    fxe4 20.fxe4 Rxe4 21.Rae1 Bf5 22.Bxc7 Rae8 {Lutz,C-Richter,W/BL9293 
    1993/BL 90/1/2-1/ 2 (62)} )
    ( 8.Qc2 e5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.dxe5 
        ( 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Bb2
        Bg4 16.Nd4 Be5 17.h3 Bd7 18.Rd1 c5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.Bxe5 Bxc4 21.
        Bxf6 Bxb3 22.Bxe7 Bxc2 23.Bxf8 Bxd1 24.Bxc5 {1/ 2-1/2 Bellon 
        Lopez,J-Nikolac,J/Bahrain 1990/CBM 20/[Schussler]} )
    10...Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nc4 Bf6 13.Bd3 g6 14.O-O c6 15.e4 b5 16.exd5
    bxc4 17.Qxc4 cxd5 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.Rb1 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Bf4 Rfe8 22.
    Rfe1 d4 {Schlosser, P-Petursson,M/Munich 1989/CBM 13/1-0 (48)} )
8...Be7 9.b4 Nd7 10.Bb2 f5 11.b5 Ncb8 12.Qb3 c6 13.Rc1 
    ( 13.a4 {does not have the desired effect of keeping black bottled up,
    since counterplay can be mounted against the c5 square.} 13...b6!? 
    $132 
        ( 13...e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 
            ( 15...Bxc5 )
        16.Be2 
            ( 16.Bd4 Nxc5 17.Qc2 Ne4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 $36 )
        16...Nxc5 17.Qc2 ~ )
    )
13...cxb5 14.Bxb5 Nc6 15.O-O 
    ( 15.h3!? )
15...Qc7 16.Rc2 Bf6 17.Rb1 g5!? {Black wins with amazing power from this 
position, but this is due to partly to the power of suggestion and partly 
a lack of a plan from white.} 18.Bc3 
    ( 18.Qd3!? {looks better, keeping an eye on both the center and the 
    kingside.} 18...g4 $140 19.Ne1 f4?! 20.e4 
        ( 20.Qe2!? )
    )
18...g4 19.Ne1 f4 20.Nf1 
    ( 20.Ba1!? )
20...fxe3 21.fxe3 {It seems to me that the fearless alternative} 
    ( 21.Nxe3!? {was preferable:} 21...Nxd4 $140 
        ( 21...Bxd4 22.Bxc6 )
        ( 21...Qf4 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Qa4 +/- )
        ( 21...h5 {only further exposes the black king, and white can 
        consider} 22.Nxd5!? exd5 23.Qxd5+ Rf7 24.Bc4 )
    22.Bxd4 
        ( 22.Nxd5?! Qxc5 )
    22...Bxd4 23.Nxd5 Qd8 
        ( 23...Qe5 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Nd3 Qf6 
            ( 25...Qg7 26.Nxc8 Raxc8 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.Qxb7 )
        26.Nxc8 Nxc5 27.Nxc5 Bxc5 28.Bd7 Bxf2+ 29.Kh1 Be1 30.Qe3 $8 +- )
    24.Qc4 Bg7 
        ( 24...Bxc5 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Rxc5 +- )
        ( 24...Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Kxf2 exd5 28.Bxd7 +- )
    25.Ne3 +/- )
21...Bg5 22.g3?! {Creating a regrettable weakness at f3.} 22...Nf6 23.Nd3 
Bd7 24.Nf4 Rae8 {Black's position is the much more dynamic. The weakness 
on b7 is easily guarded, while the liberating advance ...e5 will expose 
white's frailer center and kingside.} 25.Be2 Bc8 26.Rcb2 Qf7 {Now b7 and 
d5 are guarded and black is ready to go over to the attack.} 27.Bb5 Ne4 
28.Nd2 Nxc3 {Softening up the dark squares before opening up the position.
} 29.Qxc3 Qg7 {Again preparing ...e5. Now that black owns the bishop pair,
guarding d5 is less critical and line-opening has the highest priority.} 
30.Nb3 e5 31.dxe5 
    ( 31.Nxd5 exd4 32.exd4 Be6 {33...Rf3 $140} )
31...Nxe5 32.Kg2 Rd8 33.Nd4 Nf3 34.Rb4 
    ( 34.c6!? )
34...Bf6 35.Rd1?! 
    ( 35.c6 {still looks like the best chance to create counterplay.} )
35...Qh6 36.Rh1 
    ( 36.h4 Bxd4 -/+ 
        ( 36...gxh3+!? 37.Kxf3 Qh5+!! 38.Nxh5 Bxd4+ 39.Nf4 Bxc3 -/+ )
    37.Rbxd4 Nxd4 )
36...Bxd4 37.exd4 Rxf4! 38.gxf4 Qxf4 {threatening ...Nxd4 and ...Qe4 or ..
.Rf8 and ...Nh4.} 39.Qc1?? {Blunders the queen, but Whites' position was 
lost anyway} 
    ( 39.Rb3 Nxd4 40.Rb4 Nxb5 41.Rxb5 Qe4+ 42.Kg1 d4 43.Qd2 Rf8 -+ )
    ( 39.Rbb1 Nh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe4! 41.Qb2 a6! 42.Bf1 Rf8! -+ )
39...Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir BOSN"]
[Black "Slutzky, Leonid HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.e3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Nc2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.Nd4 
Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Bf8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Bc6 19.Qg4 Qa5 20.a3 b5 21.Qh5 Qb6 
22.Bd3 h6 23.b4 Rbc8 24.Qe2 bxc4 25.Rxc4 Bb5 26.Rcc1 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Qb5 28.
Qxb5 axb5 29.e4 f6 30.f4 d5 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.exd5 Rd8 33.Re1 exd5 34.Kf2 
Rc8 35.Re2 Kf7 36.f5 g6 37.fxg6+ Kxg6 38.Kf3 h5 39.Re6 Bg7 40.Rd6 Rc2 41.
Bd4 Ra2 42.Ra6 Rd2 43.Be3 Ra2 44.h3 Bf8 45.Bd4 Be7 46.g3 Kf7 47.h4 Rd2 48.
Be3 Ra2 49.Ra5 Ke6 50.Ra7 Ra1 51.Ke2 Bd6 52.Ra6 Kd7 53.Bd4 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Be5
55.Bc5 Rb2 56.a4 Rb3+ 57.Ke2 bxa4 58.Rxa4 Bxg3 59.Ra7+ Ke6 60.Rh7 Bxh4 61.
Rxh5 Bg5 62.Rh8 d4 63.Bxd4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Menachem, Itzhak HERZ"]
[Black "Boric, Muhamed BOSN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 {Tyomkin,D} 1...Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Qd3 h6 6.Bd2 
    ( 6.Bh4!? Qa5 7.Nd2!? 
        ( 7.e3 Ne4 8.Be2? 
            ( 8.Nd2 $142 )
        8...g5 9.Bg3 Ndf6 10.a3? 
            ( 10.Nd2 )
        10...Bf5 11.b4 Qd8 {0-1 Kampmann,H-Bogdanovich,G/Leipzig VfB op 
        1996/EXT 96op2} )
    7...e5?! 8.Bxf6! Nxf6 
        ( 8...gxf6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.e4! )
    9.dxe5 Ng4 10.h3 
        ( 10.f4? Bc5 -/+ )
    10...Nxe5 11.Qe3 d4 
        ( 11...f6? 12.f4 +/- )
    12.Qxd4 Be6 13.Nb3 Bxb3 14.cxb3 +/- {Karayannis,A-Pavlovic,M/Open, 
    Agios Nikolaos GRE 1997/0-1(28)} )
6...b5 N 
    ( 6...Qb6!? 7.O-O-O e6 8.e4 ~ {Schumacher,H-Staller,P/Bad Ragaz op 
    1991/TD 91\08/0-1(34)} )
7.a3 Bb7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 e6 = 10.Ne5 
    ( 10.Nxf6+!? Qxf6 
        ( 10...Nxf6 11.c4 bxc4 
            ( 11...a6 12.Be2 += )
        12.Qxc4 Qb6 13.b4 += {<->c} )
    11.c4 c5! 
        ( 11...bxc4 12.Qe4!? 
            ( 12.Qxc4 c5 )
        12...Rb8 13.Bxc4 c5 14.d5 $132 )
    12.cxb5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.Bd3 {It is very defficult to
    evaluate this ending, but looks like black is better} )
10...Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd3?! 
    ( 11...Nxe4 $142 12.Qxe4 Qb6 = )
12.Bxd3 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 += {This ending is better for white: more space and 
vulnerable queenside pawns give white some advantage.} 13...O-O-O 14.Be3 
c5 15.Bxb7+ Kxb7 16.Ke2 Be7 17.c4! a6?! += {/+/- I suppose black saticfied
that draw was agreed in this position.} 
    ( 17...a6?! 18.Rhc1 
        ( 18.Rac1!? Kc6 
            ( 18...Rc8 19.Rhd1 )
        19.b4 )
    18...Rc8 $8 
        ( 18...Kc6 19.b4 bxc4 
            ( 19...cxb4 20.axb4 +/- )
        20.Bxc5 Bg5 21.Rxc4 +/- )
    19.a4 += {/+/-} 19...b4 
        ( 19...bxc4 20.Rxc4 )
    20.Rd1 {After change all rooks there will be a big question if black 
    can save the bishop ending.Also white has a choice if to change a 
    couple of rooks or to change at all.} )
    ( 17...bxc4 $142 18.Rhc1 Rd5 19.f4 g5! 
        ( 19...f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Rxc4 +/- )
    )
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc CE92"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Baburin} 1...c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Be2 {Baburin: This is an important line and this game 
has a certain interest for opening theory.} 9...Bb7 
    ( 9...Qxc3+ 10.Bd2 Qa3 11.Rc1 Ba6 
        ( 11...Nc6 12.Rc3 Qe7 13.Ng5 f5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Nxe6 dxe6 16.Bb5 
        Bd7 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Rxc6 Be7 ~ {Van Mil,J-Krasenkov,M/Budapest 
        1989} )
    12.O-O Nc6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Bg5 Qxa2 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 h6 
    18.Bh4 Bc5 19.Qg4 g5 20.Bg3 Rh7 -/+ {/-+ Van derWerf,M-Van 
    Wely,L/Nld-chT 1995} )
10.O-O Qxc3 
    ( 10...d6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.d5?! 
        ( 12.Re1!? )
    12...exd5 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.c4 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxg7 
    Rhg8 18.Bf6 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Rd6 $40 {Yrjola,J-Jansa,V/Berlin 1986} )
11.Bd2 Qc7 {Qb2 and Qa3 are both unclear continuations that must be 
seriously analized} 
    ( 11...Qb2!? )
    ( 11...Qa3!? )
12.Rc1 Qd8 {Baburin: White has very good compensation for a pawn and 
starts to convert his advantage in development into something more real.} 
    ( 12...Nc6 $142 !? )
13.Bg5 Be7 
    ( 13...f6? 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Ne5! +- Ke7 
        ( 15...fxg5 16.Bh5+ Ke7 17.Nf7 )
    16.Bf3 Bc6 
        ( 16...d5 17.Qd2! )
        ( 16...Nc6 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qh5 fxg5 
            ( 18...Qe8 19.Bxf6+ Kxf6 20.Qh4+ )
        19.Qxg5+ Ke8 20.Qh5+ Ke7 21.Rxc6 )
    17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Qh5 Nxe5 
        ( 18...Qe8 19.Bxf6+ )
    19.Bxf6+ Kxf6 20.Qxe5+ )
14.Bxe7 Qxe7? 
    ( 14...Kxe7 $8 {it is clear white has very big compensation,but I do 
    not think there is something force} 15.Qb3 Ke8! {with the idea Nc6} 
        ( 15...Nc6?! 16.d5 Na5 17.Qa3+ )
    )
15.Rc7 Ba6 16.Qa4 Qd8 17.Rfc1 Bxe2 
    ( 17...b5? 18.Qa3 {and black simply can not move} )
    ( 17...Nc6? {Baburin loses on the spot to} 18.Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Bxa6 +- )
18.Rc8 O-O?! 
    ( 18...Bxf3 $142 {just eliminate white's knight which will cause black
    big problems in the near future} 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.gxf3 Nc6 +/- )
19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Ng5! {Baburin: Now the knight, which Black could have 
exchanged on move 18, becomes very active - White threatens to play 21 
Qc2. On paper, Black has quite sufficient compensation for a queen: rook, 
bishop and pawn. Practically however, Black is still behind in 
development, while his king comes under attack.} 20...Bd3 
    ( 20...Bh5 21.Ne4 Nc6 22.Nd6 +/- {/+-} )
21.d5 h6? {losing by force after white's nice combination} 
    ( 21...exd5 22.Qd4 
        ( 22.Qd1 {Baburin} 22...Bg6 23.Qxd5 
            ( {Also interesting is} 23.h4 Nc6 24.h5 Bf5 25.Qxd5 )
        )
    22...Bg6 23.Qxd5 Nc6 +/- )
22.Nxf7! +- Kxf7 23.dxe6+ dxe6 
    ( 23...Kxe6 24.Qb3+ )
    ( 23...Ke7 24.Qa3+ )
    ( 23...Ke8 24.Qg4 dxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kf8 26.Rc7 +- )
24.Rc7+ Kg8 25.Qg4 Bg6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 
    ( 26...Kh7 27.Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qf6+ Kh7 29.Qe7+ )
27.Rc8 {Baburin: much more effective unit here than the three Black 
pieces.} 27...Nd7 28.Rxa8 Nf8 29.Rxd8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sahl, Bjarke ESPG"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier CE92"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 f5 6.e3 Bg7 7.c3 e6 8.Nh3 Na6
9.Nf4 Nc7 10.Bc4 Qd6 11.a4 Be5 12.O-O Bxf4 13.exf4 Nxd5 14.Rd1 Qxf4 15.
Bxd5 Qxc1 16.Rxc1 exd5 17.Rd1 d6 18.Rxd5 Ke7 19.Na3 Be6 20.Re1 Rhd8 21.
Rxf5 d5 22.Nb1 Rab8 23.f4 b5 24.Rh5 Kf6 25.a5 Bf5 26.Nd2 Re8 27.Re5 Rxe5 
28.fxe5+ Ke6 29.Nf3 b4 30.Rh6+ Bg6 31.h4 bxc3 32.bxc3 d4 33.cxd4 c4 34.h5 
c3 35.Ne1 Rb1 36.Kf2 c2 37.Nxc2 Rb2 38.hxg6 Rxc2+ 39.Ke3 hxg6 40.Rh8 Ra2 
41.Rd8 Rxa5 42.Rd6+ Ke7 43.g4 Ra1 44.Ke4 a5 45.Ra6 {Stohl: Black's 
resignation seems very premature.} 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel CE92"]
[Black "Christensen, Tobias ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.f3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Bg7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h4 Nbd7 
9.Nge2 c5 10.h5 Nxh5 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.g4 e6 13.gxh5 exd5 14.exd5 cxd4 15.Bg5 
Qa5+ 16.Kf2 Qxd5 17.Qg1 Nc5 18.Bd2 Bf5 19.Qh2 Bxd3 20.Nf4 Qf5 21.Rag1 Bxc2
22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Qxh7+ Kf7 24.Rxg6 Qxg6 25.Nxg6 Bxg6 26.Qh4 Nd3+ 27.Kg2 Rh8
28.Qg4 Ne5 29.Qxd4 Rxh1 30.Qd5+ Kf8 31.Qxd6+ Kg8 32.Kxh1 Re8 33.Bc3 Bh5 
34.f4 Nc6 35.Qd5+ Bf7 36.Qg5 Ne5 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.fxe5 Bxa2 39.Qf5 Bd5+ 40.
Kh2 Bf8 41.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jaksland, Tim ESPG"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi CE92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 e5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.Qd2 
Nf6 9.Qc3 Nd7 10.a3 a5 11.a4 b6 12.Na3 O-O 13.Nc4 Rb8 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Ra3 
Nf8 16.Qc3 Nd7 17.Rb3 Re8 18.O-O Ba6 19.Ra1 Qd8 20.Nd6 Re6 21.Nc4 Qc7 22.
Qd2 Ree8 23.h4 h5 24.Ng5 f6 25.Nh3 Nf8 26.Nxb6 Rxb6 27.Qxa5 Nd7 28.Bxc5 
Rb7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.Be3 c5 31.c4 Bf8 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.Ng1 Rb7 
35.Rb1 Nc6 36.Ke2 Rb4 37.b3 Na5 38.Bd2 Rxb3 39.Rxb3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koch, Jean-Rene CE92"]
[Black "Larsen, Steen Skovlund ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 
Bd7 9.Bb3 Na5 10.f4 Qc7 11.f5 Nxb3 12.axb3 Be7 13.g4 e5 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.Bg5 
Nxg4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rg1 Nf6 18.Rxg7 Nh5 19.Rg1 Nf4 20.Qc4 f6 21.O-O-O Kd7
22.Rd2 b5 23.Qc5 Rhd8 24.Rg7 Qxg7 25.Rxd6+ Ke8 26.Qxc6+ Kf8 27.Rxf6+ Kg8 
28.Rd6 Qg2 29.Nxe5 Qg1+ 30.Nd1 Qg5 31.Kb1 Rxd6 32.Qxd6 Rf8 33.Nd7 Rf7 34.
f6 h5 35.Nc3 Qh4 36.Ka2 b4 37.Nd5 Nxd5 38.Qxd5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ejsing, Esben ESPG"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre CE92"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.Re1 Nc6 8.c3 Rb8 
9.a4 a6 10.Na3 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.d4 b4 13.Nc4 bxc3 14.bxc3 cxd4 15.e5 
dxe5 16.Nfxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bb7 18.cxd4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qd5+ 20.Qf3 Rb3 21.Be3
Qxf3+ 22.Kxf3 Nd5 23.Reb1 Rc3 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Ra8 26.Rb1 h5 27.Rb7 
Bxe5 28.dxe5 Ra3 29.h4 Kg7 30.Ke4 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Ra4+ 32.Kf3 e6 33.Rb5 Ra1 
34.Rc5 Kh6 35.Rc8 Rf1+ 36.Ke4 Rf5 37.Rf8 Kg7 38.Ra8 g5 39.hxg5 Rxg5 40.Kf4
Rf5+ 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Rg8+ Kh7 43.Ra8 Rf1 44.Rf8 Kg7 45.Ra8 Rh1 46.Kf3 Kg6 
47.e4 Rf1+ 48.Ke3 Kg7 49.Rb8 Rh1 50.Kf3 h4 51.gxh4 Rxh4 52.Ke3 f6 53.exf6+
Kxf6 54.Rb6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander BTLP"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 
cxd5 9.Qb3 b6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Bd2 Na5 14.Qb4 Nb7 {
Black must find a way to cope with the impending Ba6, which wins the fight
for the control of the c file in white's favour. Schwarz muss einen Weg 
finden gegen das drohende Ba6, welches den Kampf um die Kontrolle der 
c-Linie gewinnen würde.} 
    ( 14...Ne8 15.Rac1 Nd6 16.b3 Bf6 17.Ba6 Nc6 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.Bd3 a6 20.
    Nb5 Be7 21.Rc2 Nxb5 22.Bxb5 Qd6 23.b4 Ra7 24.Rfc1 h5 25.Bd3 {
    Vaganian,R-Christiansen,L/Reggio Emilia 1987/0-1 (74)} )
    ( 14...Qd7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Ba6 Rc7 17.Nb5 Rxc1+ 18.Rxc1 Bf8 19.Qa4 Nc4
    20.Rc2 e5 21.Bc3 Ne4 22.b3 Ncd6 23.Bb2 Qf5 24.dxe5 Nc5 25.Qd4 Ne8 26.
    Rxc5 bxc5 27.Qxd5 {Sadler,M-Gretarsson,H/Gausdal Int 1994/1-0 (47)} )
    ( 14...Re8 15.Ba6 e5 16.dxe5 Nc6 17.Qa4 Nxe5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Be1 Red8 
    20.Rac1 Rab8 21.Be2 Rbc8 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxd5 Rc1 25.Rd1 
    Rxd1 26.Qxd1 {Stohl,I-Seul,G/ BL9394 1994/1-0 (40)} )
15.Ba6 Nd6 16.Rfc1 Nfe4 17.Be1 
    ( 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rc2 f5 19.Rac1 += )
17...f5 18.Ne2 Bh6 
    ( 18...Qe7 19.Rc2 Rf7 20.Rac1 +/- )
19.Rc6 g5 20.Ng3 
    ( 20.f3 Qd7 21.Rac1 g4 22.Qa3 Nc4 23.R6xc4 dxc4 24.fxe4 gxh3 +/- )
20...g4?! 
    ( 20...Nxg3 21.Rxd6 +- )
    ( 20...Re8 21.f3 Qd7 22.Rac1 Nc5 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Qa3 +/- 
    )
21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe6 f4 {Black has lost a strategical fight so he is going
for broke, white must play carefully. Schwarz hat den strategischen Kampf 
schon verloren und versucht ein wildes Gegenspiel, Weiss muss genau 
spielen.} 
    ( 22...Qh4 23.hxg4 fxg4 24.Qb3 +- )
23.hxg4! 
    ( 23.Rxh6 Qg5 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Bb4 Rg8 $132 )
23...Qh4 
    ( 23...fxe3 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bh4 +- )
24.Qb3 fxe3 
    ( 24...Qxg4 25.Qxd5 +- )
25.fxe3 
    ( 25.g3! +- )
25...Nf2 
    ( 25...Qg5 26.Rxe4 +- )
26.Rxh6 Qxh6 
    ( 26...Nh3+ 27.gxh3 Qxh6 28.Qxd5+ +- )
27.Qxd5+ 
    ( 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Bxf2 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lewis, Andrew BRBC"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan BTLP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hazai"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 
    ( 6...e5 7.Bg5! c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.d5 += )
    ( 6...c6!? 7.Be3 e5 )
7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 
    ( 10...Nbd7!? 11.Be2 h5 )
11.Bg5 
    ( 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Nh7 13.Be3 Re8 
        ( 13...Ne5 )
    14.Qd2 f5 15.Rad1 h4 16.Nh1 Ne5 17.Nf2 Bd7 
        ( 17...b6!? )
    18.exf5 Bxf5 19.g4 hxg3 20.hxg3 Nf6 21.Kg2 Bd7 22.Bh6 Nf7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
    24.Rh1 Qe7 25.a5 Rh8 = {Ward-Peng Xiaomin, China-England 1997} )
11...Qa5!? 12.Be2 Nbd7 
    ( 12...Nh7 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Be3 
        ( 14.O-O?? Bd4+ 15.Kh1 h4 -+ )
    14...Nd7 15.O-O Ne5 16.Qd2 h4 17.Nh1 f5 18.Nf2 {leads to the main line
    with funny transpositions, compare to 11.Be2.} )
    ( 12...Re8 13.O-O Nh7 14.Be3 Nd7 
        ( 14...Bxc3?! 15.bxc3 Qxc3 16.Qc1! {Suddenly White goes for the 
        exchange of Q while he is a P down. The idea is that Black can 
        hardly finish the development of his << because of the pressure on
        the b <->.} 16...Qxc1 17.Rfxc1 Nd7 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Rcb1 f6 20.Rb6 
        Rd8 21.Bxe5! fxe5 22.Nf1 +/- {Adorjan-Sznapik, Banja Luka 1983} )
    15.Qd2 ~ )
13.O-O Nh7 14.Be3 
    ( 14.Bd2 )
14...Re8 
    ( 14...Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qxc3 {looks a bit better, than the Adorjan game.} 
    )
15.Nh1 
    ( 15.Qd2!? )
15...Ne5 16.Nf2 Qb4 17.Bd2 {It is not easy to capture the Q:} 
    ( 17.a5 Bd7 
        ( 17...Qxb2 18.Na4 Qb4 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Bd2 Qd4 21.Qc1 ~= )
    )
    ( 17.Ra3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.a5 
        ( 19.Bf4 Bf8 20.Rb3 )
    19...Bd7 )
17...Qd4 18.a5 Bd7 19.Ra3 Rab8 
    ( 19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Bf4 
        ( 21.Rb3 Bb5 )
    )
20.Rb3? {but suddenly} 
    ( 20.Qc1 Nc4 
        ( 20...b5? 21.Be3 Qb4 22.Na2 +- )
    21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Bf4 Be5 
        ( 22...Bf8 23.Re1 )
    23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 )
20...b5! {comes with a great effect.} 21.axb6 c4! 22.Ra3 Qxb6 23.Ra2 Bb5 
24.Qc1 Nf6 25.Be3 Qc7 26.Nxb5? {To give away this N against the seemingly 
bad B is a grave error.} 
    ( 26.Qd2 )
26...axb5 27.b4 {Usually this blocvkade strategy is good for White. In 
this case Black's invasion on the << is irresistible.} 27...Ra8 28.Qc2 
Ned7! {/\ Nb6-a4} 29.Bc1 Nb6 30.Nd1 Rxa2 31.Qxa2 Na4 {White cannot 
blockade the vital c3 square.} 32.Qc2 Nd7 33.Bd2? {overlooking Black's 
next move.} 33...f5! -+ {Now Black dominates all over the board.} 34.Nc3 
Nxc3 35.Bxc3 Bxc3 36.Qxc3 fxe4 37.fxe4 Qa7+! 
    ( 37...Rxe4 $143 38.Qg3 Nf8 39.Bxh5 )
38.Kh1 Ne5 39.Qg3 Rf8 40.Bf3 Qe3 41.h3 Kg7 42.Kh2 Ra8 43.Qh4 g5 44.Qg3 h4 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins BTLP"]
[Black "Lehtivaara, Petri BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.Na3 {Dieses Manöver gegen ein frühes Pb7-b5 
hat sich inzwischen viele Anhänger. Man kann diese Methode auch ein wenig 
später anwenden.} 4...a6 
    ( 4...b4 5.Nc4 )
5.c4 bxc4 
    ( 5...e6 6.cxb5 
        ( 6.b3 c6 {->5....c6} 
            ( 6...Be7 7.O-O b4 {-> 5....b4} 
                ( 7...bxc4 8.Nxc4 a5 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 a4? 11.bxa4 Na6? 12.
                Ng5 +- {Loginov,V-Weiss,C/Oberwart op/1996} )
            )
        )
    6...Bxa3 7.bxa6 Nxa6 8.bxa3 O-O 9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O e5 11.d4 Be4 12.Qd2 
    exd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qd7 15.f3 c5 16.Nc2 Rab8 17.e4 += {Sulava, 
    N-Horvath,C/Osijek/1993} )
    ( 5...e5!? {Diese energische Fortsetzung verdient sicher die 
    Aufmerksamkeit der Anhänger (und Gegner) von 2...b5.} 6.cxb5 
        ( 6.b3 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.O-O h6 9.Nh3 Bd6 10.d3 O-O 11.Nf4 dxc4 12.
        dxc4 Qe7 13.Nc2 Rd8 14.Qe1 Nc6 15.Be3 Be5 =+ {
        Spassov,L-Rashkovsky,N/Cappelle op/1989} )
    6...Bxa3 7.bxa3 
        ( 7.bxa6? Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e4 -+ {Das ist eine der Pointen von 5... e5.
        } )
    7...axb5 8.Qb3 O-O 9.O-O 
        ( 9.Qxb5 Ba6 10.Qb3 e4 ~= )
    9...Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c6 = {Dizdar,G-Razuvaev,Y/BL9091/1991} )
    ( 5...c6 6.O-O e6 7.b3 Qa5 
        ( 7...d5 8.d4 Nbd7 9.c5 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 e5 12.Nc2 e4 ~ {
        Popchev, M-Donchev,D/Bulgaria-ch/1988} )
    8.Nc2 c5 9.Bb2 Be7 10.d3 O-O 11.e4 d6 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.f4 Nd7 ~ {
    Spassov,L-Donchev,D/Chartres open/1990} )
    ( 5...b4 6.Nc2 c5 
        ( 6...e6 7.b3 
            ( 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 a5 9.axb4 axb4 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.d4 c5 12.d5 
            exd5 13.Nh4 Ne4 14.Nf5 +/- {Loginov,V-Jeric,S/Budapest ExpFS 
            AugGM/ 1993} )
        7...d5 
            ( 7...Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bb2 
                ( 9.d4 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.axb4 Nxb4 12.Bd2 c5 13.Nxb4 axb4 = 
                {Ninov,K-Vogel,J/Groningen op/1988} )
            9...Qc8?! 10.d3 a5 11.e4 d6 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.d4 Ne8 14.Ne3 g6 
            15.f4 +/- {Krojanski, H-Jaeckle,M/Dortmund op-A/1992} )
        8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O Bd6 10.a3 bxa3 11.Bxa3 O-O 12.d4 Re8 13.Ne3 Ne4 
        14.Qc1 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 += {Loginov,V-Parkanyi,A/ Zalakaros op/1994} )
    7.O-O 
        ( 7.d4 e6?! 
            ( 7...cxd4 8.Nxb4?! e5! =+ )
        8.d5! exd5 9.Nh4 +/- )
    7...e6 
        ( 7...Qc7?! 8.d4 cxd4 9.Ncxd4 d6 
            ( 9...Qxc4 10.Bd2 )
        10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.Qxb4 e5 12.Nb3 a5 13.Qc3 a4 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.Nh4 g6 
        16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.b4 +/- {Keene-Damjanovic/Strasbourg op/1973} )
    8.d4 
        ( 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.d4 d6 += {Larsen-Ljubojevic, Teesside 72} 
        )
    8...cxd4 
        ( 8...d5 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.Ne3 Bb7 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Rc1 Rc8 
        14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nd6+ += {Loginov,V-Szczygiel,A/Wisla BES/1992} )
        ( 8...a5 9.d5?! exd5 10.Nh4 g6 11.cxd5 d6 12.b3 Bg7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.
        Ne3 Nbd7 15.Nc4 Nb6 =+ {Nicolaide-Armas,I/Predeal/1987} )
    9.Ncxd4 
        ( 9.Nfxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Qc7 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6+ 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.
        Qxc6 Rxc6 15.b3 d5 16.Ne3 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Be7 18.Bb2 += {
        Murugan,K-Cooper,L/BCF-ch/1989} )
    9...Qb6! 
        ( 9...Be7 10.a3 
            ( 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Rc8 
                ( 12...d6!? )
            13.c5!? +/- {Vaganian, R-Popovic,P/Sarajevo/1987} )
        10...bxa3 11.b3 O-O 12.Bxa3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Qe7 14.Qa1 d5 15.Rc1 += {
        Lputian,S-Panchenko,A/USSR/1990} )
    10.a3 Nc6 11.b3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 bxa3 14.Bxa3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 
    O-O 16.Qa1 Rfc8 17.Rc1 d5 = {Loginov,V-Grosar,A/Budapest/1994} )
6.Nxc4 c5 7.Qb3 Bd5 
    ( 7...Ra7 )
    ( 7...Qc7 )
8.Nfe5! Nc6 
    ( 8...Bxg2?? 9.Nd6+ exd6 10.Qxf7# )
9.Bxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxc6 
    ( 10.Nb6 Nxe5 11.Qxd5 Rb8 12.Na4 
        ( 12.Qxe5 d6 )
    12...Nc6 13.Qxc5 )
10...dxc6 11.O-O e6 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.d3 Qb7 14.e4 Nf6 
    ( 14...Nb4 15.Qb3 Qb5 )
15.Bf4 Rd8 16.Rfd1 Qb5 17.Qc2 Be7 18.Bc7 Rd4 19.a4 Qb7 20.Be5 Rd8 21.Ra3 
O-O 22.Rb3 Qa7 23.Rb6 Nd7 
    ( 23...Nd5 24.exd5 
        ( 24.Rxc6? Nb4 )
    24...cxd5 25.Rc6 dxc4 26.Qxc4 )
24.Rxc6 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Rb8 26.d4 Rfd8 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Qb7 29.Qf5 Bd6 30.
Nc4 Bf8 31.Rb6 Qc7 32.d6 Qa7 33.a5 Rbc8 34.Qd5 Qa8 35.Rb7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sands, David BRBC"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds BTLP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nf3 Bc7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e4 O-O
9.Nd2 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O h6 13.Bh4 Ne5 14.Re1 Ng6 15.Bg3 Rb8 
16.Bf1 Bg4 17.f3 Bc8 18.Qc2 Nh5 19.Bf2 Nhf4 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.Nc4 b5 22.axb5 
axb5 23.Ne3 c4 24.Bg3 Nh5 25.Bf2 Ne5 26.Bg1 Nf4 27.Red1 Nfd3 28.b3 Nb4 29.
Qb2 Qf6 30.bxc4 bxc4 31.Qd2 Nbd3 32.Ra2 Rb3 33.Ne2 Bb6 34.Rda1 Bc5 35.Nc2 
Reb8 36.Bxc5 Nxc5 37.Ned4 Rb1 38.Rxb1 Rxb1 39.Ra1 Nxe4 40.Qe3 Rxa1 41.Nxa1
Ng4 42.Qxe4 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krakops, Maris BTLP"]
[Black "Wilson, Jonathan BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2 Bg5 14.a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Bb7 16.Bc4 Na5 17.Ba2 Bc6 18.Ra3 Bb5 19.b3 
    ( 19.Nde3 Rc8 20.b4 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Nxc4 Rxc4 24.Qd5 
    Qc8 25.O-O {1/2-1/2 Zagrebelny,S-Beshukov,S/Alushta3 1994/CBM 41} )
19...Kh8 
    ( 19...Nb7 20.b4 a5 21.Bb3 
        ( 21.c4?! Bd7 22.O-O axb4 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Ncxb4 = {
        Sveshnikov-Iskusnyh/Kemerovo/1995} )
    21...Bh6 22.Ra1 Qg5 23.g3 ~ {Shabalov-Reinderman/Capelle/1995} )
20.c4 Bc6 
    ( 20...Bd7 21.O-O f5 ~ )
21.O-O Bb7 22.b4 Nc6 23.Qg4 Bc8 24.Qe2 Ne7 25.c5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Rb8 27.Qc4 
    ( 27.c6 f5 ~ )
27...dxc5 28.bxc5 Qc7 29.Nb4 Be7 30.Nd3 Bd7 31.Rc1? 
    ( 31.Bxf7 Bb5 32.Qe6 Bxc5 
        ( 32...Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Bxc5 34.Rd7 Qa5 ~ )
    33.Nxe5 h6 34.Ng6+ Kh7 35.Nxf8+ Rxf8 36.Bg6+ Kh8 37.Rf3 Bxf1 38.Rxf8+ 
    Bxf8 39.Kxf1 Qc1+ 40.Ke2 Qc2+ 41.Kf3 Qd3+ = )
31...Bb5 32.Qc2 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Qxc5 34.Qxc5 Bxc5 35.Rb3 =+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kenworthy, Gary BRBC"]
[Black "Ozolins, Aris BTLP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "B34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Ng8 8.Bc4
Nh6 9.Qf3 f5 10.exf6 exf6 11.O-O Nf7 12.Re1+ Ne5 13.Rxe5+ Be7 14.Qxf6 Rf8 
15.Qd6 Rf5 16.Bh6 Rxe5 17.Qxe5 d6 18.Qh8+ Kd7 19.Qxh7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cobb, James CRDF"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5?! exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 = 
    ( 7...h6 8.Bh4 
        ( 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 = )
    8...Bf5 = )
8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Rab1 
    ( 12.Rac1 Bd6 13.h3 Qc7 14.Nd2 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 = {- 
    Ninov,K-Velikov,P/BUL-ch 1988/EXT 88ch} )
12...a5 
    ( 12...Bd6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Qe7 
        ( 14...b5 15.Rfc1 Qe7 16.Na2 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.Nc3 Nf6
        20.a5 Rac8 21.Ne2 Ne4 22.Nc1 g6 23.Nd3 = {1/2-1/2 Gevorgian, 
        K-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow op2 1995 (48)} )
    15.b5 a5 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Rb6 += {1/2-1/2 Filgueira Hernan-Sorokin 
    Maxim/It (open), Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996} )
13.Ne5 
    ( 13.a3 Bd6 14.Rfc1 
        ( 14.Nd2 Re8 15.g3 
            ( 15.Rfe1 Re6 16.f3 Nh5 17.f4 Nf6 18.Nf3 Ne4 19.Qc2 f6 20.Nxe4
            Rxe4 -/+ 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Ra3 23.b5 Qe8 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rec1
            Raxe3 -+ {0-1 Nemet,I-Ruefenacht,M/SUI-chT Basel-Riehen 1995 
            (33)} )
        15...Qd7 16.Kg2 h5 17.h4 Qg4 18.Rfe1 Re6 19.Nf1 Rae8 $132 {1-0 
        Bruk,O-Muir,A/EU-chT Haifa 1989 (52)} )
        ( 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.f4 f6 17.exf6 {1/2-1/2 
        Petronic,J-Simic,R/Novi Sad 1995 })
    14...Qe7 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Na4 {- Mellado,J-Bjerring,K/Barbera op 
    1996/EXT 96op2} )
    ( 13.Qc2 Bd6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Ng4 -/+ {1/2-1/2 
    Gerstner,W-Viellieber,R/ Viernheim-U20 1986 (24) })
    ( 13.Rfc1 Bd6 14.h3 
        ( 14.a3 Qe7 15.Na4 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Bobrowska,M-Radziewicz,I/POL-chJW
        U20 1994 (31)} )
    14...Re8 15.Nd2 h6 16.a3 Qe7 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Qa4 Kh8 19.Qxa5 +/- {
    1/2-1/2 Guevara,M-Ortega,L/Sagua la Grande 1989 (47) })
13...Re8 
    ( 13...Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Rbc1 $132 {- 
    Udovcic,M-Trifunovic,P/JUG-ch 1960/MCD-ch} )
14.f4 
    ( 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bd6 -/+ )
14...Bd6 15.Rf3 Nd7?! 
    ( 15...Rc8 16.Re1 c5!? 
        ( 16...b6 17.e4 Bb4 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Re2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 f6 21.Nc4 
            ( 21.Rh3 g6 -/+ )
        21...Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Qd7 23.Qd2 Re8 24.Ne3 Qe6 25.Nxd5 cxd5 =+ )
    17.Qb5 Re7 =+ 
        ( 17...b6 18.Na4 cxd4 19.exd4 Rc4 20.Rd3 Bc7 
            ( 20...Rb4 21.Qc6 Bxe5 22.fxe5 b5 23.Nc5 Rxb2 24.Rf1 Ne4 25.
            Nb7 Qe7 26.Qxd5 Nd2 27.Rc1 Nc4 $132 )
        21.a3 Rc2 = )
    )
16.e4?! 
    ( 16.Qf5!? Nf6 
        ( 16...Re7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Bc7 19.Nxd7 
            ( 19.Rg3 Nf8 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Kh1 Qxd4 22.Rxg7! 
                ( 22.Nxh7?! Rd8! 23.Rg1 
                    ( 23.Re1 Qf2 24.Qb1 Nxh7 
                        ( 24...Rxe5 )
                    25.Rh3 Qxe1+! 26.Qxe1 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Red7 28.Rxh7+ Kxh7 
                    29.Qe4+ Kg8 30.h3 Re8 -/+ )
                23...Bb6 24.Rf1 Qd1 25.Rf3 Nxh7 26.Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Qd7 
                =+ )
            22...Kxg7 23.Nh5+ Kg8 24.Nf6+ Kh8 
                ( 24...Kg7 25.Nh5+ = )
            25.Qg5 Nd7 26.Qh4 Nf8 
                ( 26...Nxf6 27.Qxf6+ Kg8 28.Qxe7 += )
            27.Qg5 = )
            ( 19.Rh3 g6 20.Qg5 f6 
                ( 20...Bb6 21.Rd1 f6 22.Nxf6+ Nxf6 23.Qxf6 Bxd4+ 24.Kf1 
                Qf8 25.Qxf8+ Rxf8 26.Nxg6! hxg6 27.Rxd4 +/- )
            21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Qxf6 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Qd6 
                ( 23...Rae8 24.Rxh7 Kxh7 25.Qxg6+ Kh8 26.Qf6+ Kg8 
                    ( 26...Rg7 27.Nf7+ +- )
                27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.Qf6+ = )
            24.Qxd6 Bxd6 25.Re3 =+ )
        19...Qxd7 
            ( 19...Rxd7 )
        20.Nf6+ gxf6 21.Rg3+ Kf8 22.Qxf6 
            ( 22.Qxh7 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Ree8! -+ )
        22...Ree8 $8 23.Qh6+ Ke7 24.Qg5+ 
            ( 24.Re1+ Kd8 25.Qf6+ Kc8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Kf2 Qd7 28.Rg8+ Bd8
            29.Rf8 b6 -+ )
        24...f6 25.Re1+ Kd8 26.Qxf6+ Kc8 27.Ree3 
            ( 27.Rge3 Rd8 28.Rd3 Bb6 29.Kh1 Bxd4 -+ )
        27...Rd8 28.Rg7 Qxd4 29.Qxd4 Rxd4 30.Re8+ Bd8 
            ( 30...Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Rxh7 $132 )
        31.Rxh7 Rd7 -/+ )
    17.Rg3 
        ( 17.Qd3 Rc8 =+ )
        ( 17.Rh3 Re6 $132 )
    17...Re6 18.Re1 $132 )
16...dxe4 =+ 17.Nxe4 Nf8 
    ( 17...Nxe5 18.fxe5 Bb8 19.Rbf1 
        ( 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.Rg3+ Kf8 -+ )
    19...Ba7 20.Kh1 
        ( 20.Nd6 Rxe5 21.Qb3 
            ( 21.Kh1 Re7 22.Qa3 Bxd4 23.Rxf7 Rxf7 24.Rxf7 Qg5 25.Rf1 b6 
            -/+ )
        21...Rd5 22.Nxb7 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1 Qb6 24.Qxb6 Bxb6 25.Rxf7 Rd2 -/+ )
    20...Bxd4 21.Nd6 Bxe5 22.Nxe8 Qxd3 23.Rxd3 Rxe8 24.Rd7 b5 25.b3 = )
18.Qc4 
    ( 18.Qb3 Re7 19.Rd1 a4 20.Qc2 Bb8 
        ( 20...Bc7 21.Nc5 )
    21.Nc5 f6 -/+ )
18...Re7! 
    ( 18...Ne6? 19.Nxf7! Kxf7 20.Ng5+ Kf6 21.Nxh7+ Kg6 22.Qd3+ Kf7 23.Ng5+
    Kf6 24.Nh7+ Kf7 
        ( 24...Ke7 25.f5 Nc7 26.f6+ gxf6 27.Re1+ Kf7 
            ( 27...Ne6 28.Rxf6 Kd7 29.Qh3 +- )
        28.Rxe8 Qxe8 29.Rxf6+ Kg7 
            ( 29...Ke7? 30.Qe4+ Kd7 31.Qf5+ Ne6 
                ( 31...Ke7 32.Rg6 +- )
            32.h3 +- 
                ( 32.Ng5 Bxh2+ 33.Kf1 +- )
            )
        30.Rxd6 +- )
    25.Ng5+ = )
19.Rd1 Qc7?! 
    ( 19...Ng6 =+ )
20.a4?! 
    ( 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.d5 Nd7 
        ( 21...Rd8 22.Rfd3 c5 23.Qc3 Ra8 24.Qd2 = )
    22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Rg3 = )
20...Rd8 =+ 
    ( 20...Ng6 =+ )
21.Rdd3 
    ( 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Re3 =+ )
    ( 21.Rff1 =+ )
21...Qb6 22.Ng5? 
    ( 22.b3 Ng6 =+ )
    ( 22.Rf2 =+ )
22...Bxe5 -+ 
    ( 22...Qb4 -/+ )
23.fxe5 Rd5 24.Rf2 
    ( 24.Rf4 Qxb2 
        ( 24...Ng6 25.Rf2 Qd8 26.Nf3 c5 -/+ )
    25.Rdf3 Qd2 26.Qf1 
        ( 26.Nxf7 Ne6 -+ )
        ( 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Nxf7 Qxd4+ 28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.Nd6 Nd7 30.Nxb7 Nxe5 
        31.Ra3 
            ( 31.Rf5 Rd5 -+ )
        31...Rd5 -+ )
    26...Ng6 27.Rf2 Qe3 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Nxf7 Rxd4 -+ )
24...h6 25.Nf3 Ne6 -+ 26.g3 Red7 27.Rfd2 Qd8 28.Kg2 c5 29.b3 cxd4 -+ {
1:0-??} 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir ROEK"]
[Black "Spice, Alan CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "A99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 {Chuchelov} 1...e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.
Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 c6 10.Re1 
    ( 10.Qc2 {Tyomkin,D} 10...d5 N 
        ( 10...Na6 11.e4 Nb4 12.Qe2 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 e5! 15.Nh4 
            ( 15.dxe5? Bf5 {White is losing exchange} )
            ( 15.Qe2!? Bf5 16.Rad1 Qg6 17.Ne1 )
        15...g5 16.a3 $8 Na6 17.Nf3 g4 18.Nd2 Bg5 
            ( 18...Bf5 19.Qe3 += )
        19.Qc2 Bf5 20.Be4 Qg6 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.dxe5 += {
        Vukic,M-Farago,I/Harrachov 1967/1/2-1/2 (56)} )
    11.e3 b5? 
        ( 11...b6 $142 )
        ( 11...Na6!? )
    12.Ne5 +/- {<->c San Segundo,P-Spice,A/ EU-chTM 1997/1-0/CBM59(34)} )
    ( 10.Rc1!? {Tyomkin,D} 10...Na6 11.e3 Bd7 12.Na4 Nc7?! 
        ( 12...b5 $142 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.cxb5 cxb5 )
    13.c5 d5 14.Nb6 Ra6 15.Ne5 +/- {() Bilek,I-Olivier,J/Val Thorens 
    1989/1-0 (74)} )
10...d5?! += {/+/-} 
    ( 10...Ne4 {Tyomkin,D} 11.e3 d5 12.Ne5 Nd7?! 13.Nd3 Nd6? 14.c5 Nf7 15.
    Na4 Bd8 16.f3 Bc7 17.e4 += {/+/- White got everything in this position
    Nickoloff,B-Young,R/Boston op 1988/EXT 88op2/1-0 (38)} )
    ( 10...Na6 {Tyomkin,D} 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Rxe4 Nc7 14.Qd2 a4 
    15.Rae1 Qh5 16.Rf4 Bd7 
        ( 16...Bf6!? )
    17.Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.Qc3 b5 19.Nd2 += {Rechmann, P-Stolte,A/NRW-II 
    1993/1/2-1/2 (60)} )
    ( 10...b5? {Tyomkin,D} 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.d5! b4 
        ( 12...e5 13.Ng5 +/- )
    13.Na4 Nxd5 14.Nd4 f4?? 
        ( 14...Qf7 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Nb6 Ra6 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.Qd3 +/- )
    15.Nxe6 +- fxg3 16.fxg3 Bxe6 17.Bxd5 Bg5 18.Qd4 Rf7 19.Qe4 {
    Gligoric,S-Maric,R/Skopje/Ohrid 1968/ 1-0 (30)} )
11.e3 
    ( 11.Ne5 {Tyomkin,D} 11...Nbd7 12.e3 
        ( 12.Nd3!? )
    12...Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 
        ( 13...Ne4!? )
    14.cxd5 exd5 15.Ne2 += {() O'Cinneide,M-Spice,A/ EU-chTM 
    1997/CBM59/1-0 (88)} )
11...b5? {Just helps white to open blacks' position} 
    ( 11...Ne4 {-10...Ne4} )
    ( 11...Na6 12.Ne5 )
12.Ne5 Ne4 13.Ne2 Bf6 
    ( 13...Bb4 14.Rf1 Nd2 $140 ? 
        ( 14...Bd6 {Chuchelov} 15.f3 Nf6 
            ( 15...Ng5 16.a4 b4 
                ( 16...bxc4 17.bxc4 Ba6 18.Qd2! += Bxe5 $140 19.dxe5 Bxc4 
                20.Ba3 Nd7 21.Bxf8 Qxf8 )
            17.Rc1 Ba6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.Rc2 += )
        16.a4 b4 17.Rc1 Ba6 18.Qd2 Nfd7 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rc2 += )
    15.a3 )
14.f3 Nd6 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.Rc1 +/- {/+-} 16...b4 17.Nf4 Ba6 18.Qd2 {
Actually the game is over for black:the full control on c-file and in the 
center give white a big advantage} 18...Nd7? {losing material by force} 
    ( 18...Qe7 19.Rc2 +/- )
    ( 18...Ra7 {Chuchelov} 19.a3 Rb7 20.axb4 axb4 21.Rc5 Qe7 22.Ra1 +/- )
19.Rc6 +- Be7? {another blunder in the losing position} 
    ( 19...Nxe5 20.Rxd6 )
    ( 19...Qe7 $142 20.Nfg6! 
        ( 20.Neg6 $144 ! )
        ( 20.Rc7 {Chuchelov} 20...Bb5 21.a4! bxa3 22.Bxa3 Rfc8 23.Rxc8+ 
        Rxc8 24.Qxa5 +- )
    20...hxg6 21.Nxg6 Qf7 22.Rxd6 Qxg6 23.Rxd7 Rfc8 24.Rc1 +- )
20.Rc7! Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nb5 22.Nxe6 Qf7 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Nxf8 Bb7 25.Nxh7 Kxh7
26.Qd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Trevelyan, John CRDF"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergei ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 O-O 8.Nf3 d6 
9.Be2 Bf5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd7 14.Rb1 Re8 15.
Bd2 a6 16.b3 Qf6 17.a4 h6 18.Rfe1 Kf8 19.h3 Rab8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 
Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Qa1 23.g3 Ne5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Coenen, Norbert ROEK"]
[Black "Adams, Mark CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 O-O 13.f3 Nbd7 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.Kh1 
Rb8 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne5 18.c4 Ng6 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc6 c4 21.Qxb8 Qxc6 22.
Bc2 Nd7 23.Qg3 Nde5 24.Nc3 Bh4 25.Qh3 Bf6 26.f4 Nd3 27.e5 Be7 28.Ba4 Qc7 
29.Rb1 Bc5 30.Ne4 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qa5 32.Bc2 Qxa2 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Qxd3 Nh4 
35.Rf2 Qd5 36.Qxd5 exd5 37.Nd6 Be6 38.f5 Bd7 39.g3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borg, Andrew CRDF"]
[Black "Bergmans, Norbert ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 Ne4
9.Ndxe4 dxe4 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Be2 e5 12.O-O exd4 13.exd4 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.f3 
Bxc3 16.bxc3 f4 17.Be1 e3 18.c5 Qd8 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.c4 Kg8 21.Bb4 Rf6 22.d5
Qe8 23.Rfe1 Qh5 24.Qb2 Rh6 25.h3 Nf6 26.Bf1 g4 27.fxg4 Nxg4 28.Qd4 Qh4 29.
Qxf4 Qf2+ 30.Qxf2 exf2+ 31.Kh1 fxe1=Q 32.Rxe1 Nf6 33.Bd2 Rh4 34.Re7 Re4 
35.Rc7 cxd5 36.c6 Ne8 37.cxb7 Nxc7 38.bxa8=Q Nxa8 39.cxd5 Rd4 40.Be3 Rd1 
41.Kg1 Ba6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plumanns, Dieter ROEK"]
[Black "Fletcher, John CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Rogozenko"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Ne7 {Fighting for d5-square before 
castling. The idea is that after 12.Nf6 gf6, Black tries to push d6-d5 
immidiately, after which in many variations the Queens swap is possible 
and Black`s King will be well placed in the centre.} 12.Nc2 
    ( 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bd3 
        ( 13.Nc2 Bb7 14.Bd3 d5 = )
    13...d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.f3 Qc5 16.Qd2 Be6 = {Kharitonov-Shariyazdanov,
    S.Petersburg 1997} )
12...Nxd5 13.exd5 
    ( 13.Qxd5 {This looks more logical than 13.ed5.} 13...Be6 
        ( 13...Rb8 14.Nb4 Bb7 15.Qd3 += )
    14.Qc6+ Ke7 15.Nb4 += {Polgar J.-Lautier, Las Palmas 1994} )
13...O-O {The only idea for White to fight for advantage here is to open 
the queenside with a4. So first of all Black has to prevent that. That`s 
why to castle in this moment is not precise.} 
    ( 13...Qb6 14.Be2 Bg5 15.Nb4 O-O 16.a4 bxa4 17.Qxa4 Bb7 18.Qa5 Bd8 19.
    Qxb6 Bxb6 20.O-O a5 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 d5 23.Rfd1 d4 24.cxd4 Bxd4 25.
    Rac1 Rfc8 26.b3 Rc7 27.Bb5 Rb8 28.Ba4 Kf8 = {Inkiov-Benjamin,Palma de 
    Mallorca GMA 1989} )
14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Bg5 16.Be2 
    ( 16.Nb4?! Qb6 17.Qa1 a5 18.Bd3 e4 19.Be2 Bb7 =+ {
    Henriques,S-Hitzgerova,G/ WchJW-U16 1994} )
16...f5 17.O-O Rf6? {Too optimistic.} 
    ( 17...a5 ~ 18.b4?! Bb7 19.b5?! Qc8! 
        ( 19...Qd7 20.Na3 Bd8 21.Nc4 Qxb5 22.Nxd6 +- )
    20.Rc4 Qd7 {with the idea Bd8-b6.} )
18.Nb4 Rh6? 
    ( 18...Qb6 {Probably the last chance to hold the position.} 19.Qa1 a5 
    20.Nc6 Bb7 21.Rxa5 Rxa5 22.Qxa5 Qxa5 23.Nxa5 Bxd5 24.Rd1 Bf7 += )
19.Bxa6 Bd7 20.Nc6 Qf6 {There are no reasons to go for such an attack. 
White`s position is very solid.} 21.Bb5 +- Rf8 22.Ra7 Be8 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Bxe8 Rxe8 25.Qa4 Rf8 
    ( 25...Rd8 26.Nc6 Rf8 27.Ra8 +- )
26.Qd7 Bf4 27.g3 g6 28.Rfa1 Rxh2 29.Kxh2 Qh4+ 30.Kg1 
    ( 30.Kg2 +- )
30...Bxg3 31.Nxg6+ hxg6 32.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon SLGH"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk EMBE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 f5 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.e3 c5 
9.Nge2 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rad1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Bc6 15.
Nd5 Re8 16.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qd7 19.b4 Kf8 20.b5 Re8 21.Rb1 
Qc7 22.a4 Qb6 23.Rd1 a5 24.Qf4 Re7 25.c5 dxc5 26.dxc5 Qxc5 27.Qb8+ Re8 28.
Qxb7 Re7 29.Qa8+ Re8 30.Qc6 Bd4 31.Rd2 Re7 32.Kg2 h5 33.Rc2 Qxc6 34.bxc6 
Bb6 35.f4 Kg7 36.Rb2 Bc7 37.h4 Kf6 38.Rb7 Kg7 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Rb3 Kg7 41.Re3
Kf6 42.Ke2 Bb6 43.Rxe7 Kxe7 44.Bb3 f6 45.Bg8 Kf8 46.Be6 Ke7 47.Bd5 Bc7 48.
Bg8 Kf8 49.Bd5 Ke7 50.Kd3 g5 51.hxg5 fxg5 52.fxg5 Bxg3 53.Kc4 Bf4 54.Kb5 
Bc7 55.Ka6 Kf8 56.Kb7 Bd6 57.c7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volke, Karsten EMBE"]
[Black "Adams, Michael SLGH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 g6 {This move has a bad reputation
and is considered much weaker than the main alternatives 5...e6 and 
5...ab5.} 6.e4 d6 7.a4 
    ( {White's strong hold onto b5 doesn't enable Black to achieve the 
    typical Volga << counterplay on the a and b-files. In this sense also 
    possible is} 7.Na3!? Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.O-O Bb7 
    12.Be3 
        ( 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.f4 Nf6 15.bxa6 Bxa6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Qe2 
        Qa8 18.Nab5 Ra5 19.Rad1 Na4 20.e5 Nxc3 21.Nxc3 dxe5 22.fxe5 Nd7 
        23.e6 +- {->,Rylander,D-Punteri,M/EUChJ Tallin/1997/} )
    12...Qc7 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.bxa6 Bxa6 15.Nab5 Qb7 16.Rfd1 Ne8 17.a4 Nc7 
    18.b3 Bxb5 19.axb5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Rb1 Ra3 22.Qc1 Qa7 23.Na4 Ra2 
    24.Bf1 Nca8 25.Nxb6 Nxb6 26.b4! +- {Gallego,V-Pham,S/ESP-ch 
    Torrevieja/1997/} )
7...Bg7 8.Na3 O-O 9.Ne2 e6!? {Black logically tries to mix up the matters 
in the center.} 
    ( {A good example of White's strategy is the following game-} 9...axb5
    10.Nxb5 Ne8 11.Nec3 Nc7 12.Bg5 Nba6 13.Bc4 Rb8 14.O-O h6 15.Be3 Bd7 
    16.Qd3 Kh7 17.f4 f5 18.e5! dxe5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Rae1 Nb4 21.Qd2 Bxb5 
    22.Nxb5 Nxb5 23.axb5 Qd6 24.Bxh6 +/- {Bareev,E-Adams,M/Munich 1993/0-1
    (54)} )
10.Nc3?! 
    ( {More clearcut and simpler is} 10.dxe6 $142 !? Bxe6 
        ( 10...fxe6 11.Bg5 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qa5+ 14.b4 cxb4 15.Nc4 
        Qd8 16.Bxd6 axb5 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Nb6 Ra6 19.Nxc8 Qxc8 20.Rc1 Qd7 
        21.Qxd7 Nfxd7 22.axb5 Ra2 23.Rb1 Nc5 24.Kf2 b3 25.Kg3 b2 26.Nf4 
        Ra1 27.Bc4 Be5 28.Kg4 +/- {Nogly,C-Hess,M/Hamburg op/ 1992/} )
    11.Nf4 d5 12.Be2 
        ( 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bc4 axb5 15.Bxb5 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qb4+ 
        17.Qd2 Rxf3 18.Qxb4 cxb4 19.Nc4 Ra7 20.Ke2 Rf8 21.Bd2 Na6 22.Bxa6 
        Rxa6 23.Rhf1 Rc8 =+ {0-1 Kludacz,M-Pinski,J/Koszalin op 1997 (60)}
        )
    12...axb5 
        ( 12...Qe7 13.e5 Nh5 14.Nxh5 gxh5 15.f4 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qh3 17.Bf1 Qg4 
        18.Qxg4 hxg4 19.Bg2 +/- {Levitt,J-Smith,A/Dublin zt/1993/} )
    13.Nxb5 Nc6 14.O-O 
        ( 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.O-O Nd4 17.Re1 Qh4 18.Bf1 Rad8 19.
        Re4 Qh5 20.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21.Rxd4 cxd4 22.Qxd4 Nf6 ~ {
        Bogdanovski,V-Cosma,I/ Belgrade Trako/1994/} )
    14...Qd7 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Be3 Qe7 18.Bf2 Rfd8 19.Qc2 Nd4 
    20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Bd3 += {Levitt,J-Nelson,J/Swansea GB-ch/1995/} )
10...exd5 
    ( 10...Bb7 11.Bc4 axb5 12.Naxb5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5
    Ra6 16.O-O Qb6 17.Qc4 Nc6 18.Nc7 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Ra5 20.Nd5 Qa7 21.Bd2 Ne5
    22.Qa2 Ra6 23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 +/- {Kohler, T-Lutzenberger,R/GER-ch 
    Sued Jedesheim/1991/} )
11.Nxd5 Nxd5 
    ( {Hazardous is} 11...Nxe4?! 12.fxe4 Qh4+ 13.Kd2 Qxe4 14.Qf3 Bh6+ {
    Vaisser,A-Polgar,S/ Oviedo rapid/1993/} 15.Kd1! +/- {/\} 15...Bg4? 16.
    Nf6+ )
    ( 11...Nh5 12.g3 Nd7 13.Be2 Bb7 14.bxa6 Bxa6 15.Nb5 Bxb5 16.Bxb5 f5 
    17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Nb6 Qb7 19.Qd5+ Qxd5 20.exd5 Ra6 21.a5 Rb8 22.Kd1 Bd4 
    23.Kc2 Nf6 24.Bg5 Kf7 25.Rhe1 c4 26.Bxf6 Bxb6 27.Bc3 +/- {
    Lavrov,A-Vajda,L/Budapest FS FebIM-A/1995/} )
12.Qxd5 Ra7 13.Bc4 Bd4! N {<=> Trapping White's K in the center.} 
    ( 13...Be6 14.Qd3 d5!? 15.Bxd5 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Qa5+ 17.Bd2 Qxa4 18.b3 Qd4
    19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Rb1 Rb7 21.b4 cxb4 22.Bxb4 Rc8 23.Bd2 axb5 24.Nxb5 Nc6
    25.Nc3 Rxb1+ 26.Nxb1 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Ke2 += {
    Tsvetkov,I-Marcholev,D/BUL-ch/ 1997/} )
14.h4? {A serious tactical miscalculation, after which White's [+] falls 
to pieces.} 
    ( 14.Qg5 Qxg5 
        ( 14...Bxb2? 15.Qxd8 Bc3+ 16.Bd2 Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rxd8 18.b6 Rb7 19.
        a5 +/- )
    15.Bxg5 Bxb2 16.Ra2 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 axb5 18.Bxb5 Ba6 ~ )
    ( 14.bxa6 Nxa6 {/\Nb4|^} )
    ( 14.Bg5!? Qb6 
        ( 14...Qa5+? 15.Bd2 Qxa4 16.b3 +- )
    15.Be2 axb5 
        ( 15...Be6? 16.Nc4! )
        ( 15...Bxb2 16.Nc4 Bc3+ 17.Bd2 +/- )
    16.Nxb5 Bxb2 17.Nxa7 
        ( 17.Rb1 Be5 = )
    17...Bxa1 18.Nxc8 Bc3+ 19.Bd2 Bxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Rxc8 $132 )
14...Be6 15.Qg5 Bf6 16.Qg3 
    ( 16.Qf4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 axb5 -/+ {/\} 18.Nxd6 Rd7 -+ )
16...Bxc4 17.Nxc4 axb5 18.Nxd6 Rd7! 19.Bf4 $8 
    ( 19.Nxb5 Rd1+ -+ )
    ( 19.O-O Rxd6 20.e5 Bxh4 -+ )
    ( 19.e5 Bxe5! 20.Qxe5 Re7 -+ )
19...Bxb2 20.O-O!? 
    ( 20.Rb1 Qa5+!? 
        ( 20...Bc3+ 21.Ke2 bxa4 22.Rhc1 
            ( 22.Nb5? Rd2+ -+ )
        22...Bb4 =+ )
    21.Ke2 
        ( 21.Kf1 Qxa4! -/+ )
    21...Qc3 $40 )
    ( 20.Rd1 Qa5+ 21.Ke2 Qxa4 -+ {><Ke2,o^b,c} )
20...Bxa1 21.Rxa1 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Nc6 {White somehow managed to survive the 
opening, but he is an exhchange down for unsufficient compensation.} 23.
Kh2 
    ( 23.Rc4 Nd4 24.Kf2 Qa5 -+ {->} )
23...Nd4 24.Ra2 Qe7?! 
    ( 24...Ne6 $142 25.e5 f6!? 
        ( 25...Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Qe7 27.Ne4 $132 )
    26.Bh6 Ng7 -/+ )
25.e5 Qe6 
    ( 25...Ne6!? 26.Ne4 Rd4 -/+ )
26.Rd2 Nf5 27.Qf2 Nxd6 28.exd6 Rc8 29.Re2 Qf6 
    ( 29...Qf5 30.Bg3 c4 -/+ )
30.Be5 Qf5 31.Bg3 h5? {A serious mistake, which costs Black his passed 
pawn and winning chances.} 32.Re5 ~= Qd3 33.Rxc5 Re8 
    ( 33...Rxc5 34.Qxc5 Kg7 35.Qc8 Rxd6 = 
        ( 35...Qf5 36.Qe8 $36 )
    )
34.Rc7 Rdd8 
    ( 34...Rxd6 35.Bxd6 Qxd6+ 36.Qg3 = )
35.Qa7 Qd5 36.Re7 Rf8 
    ( 36...Rxe7? 37.Qxe7 Rf8 38.d7 Qa5 39.Bd6 +- )
37.Qe3 Rxd6 = 38.Bxd6 Qxd6+ 39.Qe5 Qxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan SLGH"]
[Black "Thinius, Marco EMBE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Bg5 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.cxd4 
Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Na6 12.a4 Nc7 13.axb5 Nxb5 14.Qd3 Nd6 
15.Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qe7 17.c4 f6 18.Nf3 f5 19.Rfb1 g5 20.c5 g4 21.Ne5 Nf7 
22.Qe3 Nxe5 23.Qxe5 Rfc8 24.Ra6 h5 25.h4 gxh3+ 26.Kh2 Rf8 27.Qf4 Qg7 28.
Rb7 Rf7 29.Raxa7 Rxa7 30.Rxa7 Kh7 31.f3 Qf6 32.Qe5 Qg6 33.Ra8 Rg7 34.Qf4 
Qh6?? 
    ( 34...Qg5 $142 +/- )
35.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meissner, Hans-Juergen EMBE"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John SLGH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nf3 Ng6 5.h4 h5 6.g3 Bc5 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bd2 d6 9.
Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 N6e7 11.Nh2 g6 12.Qc1 c6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 
axb6 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.O-O b5 18.a3 Nc8 19.Rfd1 Nh6 20.Nf1 Ke7 21.Ne3 Nb6 
22.Rac1 Ng4 23.Bxg4 Bxg4 24.Rd3 Nc4 25.Nxc4 bxc4 26.Re3 Rhb8 27.Rb1 Rb7 
28.f3 Be6 29.Nd1 d5 30.Ra1 Kd6 31.Re2 d4 32.Kf2 c5 33.c3 Bd7 34.Rd2 Ke6 
35.Ke2 Rab8 36.Ke1 Ba4 37.Ra2 Bb3 38.Ra1 Bxd1 39.Kxd1 Rxb2 40.Rxb2 Rxb2 
41.a4 Rg2 42.Ra3 Kd6 43.a5 Kc7 44.a6 Kb8 45.a7+ Ka8 46.Ra6 Rxg3 47.Rxf6 
Kxa7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony Cornelius SLGH"]
[Black "Syre, Christian EMBE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 a6 6.Nf3 Rb8 7.Rb1 b5 8.cxb5 axb5
9.b4 cxb4 10.axb4 d5 11.d4 Bf5 12.Rb3 Be4 13.e3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e6 15.Be2 Na7
16.Ra3 Qd7 17.e4 Ne7 18.Bf4 Rb7 19.exd5 exd5 20.O-O O-O 21.Be5 Nec6 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Na2 Rd8 24.Qd2 Nc8 25.Nc1 Nd6 26.Nb3 Qe8 27.Nc5 Re7 28.Re3 
Nf5 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Nb3 Qxb4 31.Qxb4 Nxb4 32.Bxb5 Rb8 33.Bd7 Nc2 34.Bxf5 
gxf5 35.Nc5 Nxd4 36.Rd1 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nc3 38.Rd3 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rc1 40.Nb3 Rc2 
41.Nd4 Rc1 42.Nxf5+ Kf6 43.g4 Ke5 44.Re3+ Kf4 45.Nd4 Kxg4 46.Rg3+ Kh5 47.
Nf5 Ne4 48.Ng7+ Kh6 49.Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Welz, Peter EMBE"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron SLGH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.Nf3 Nd4 
9.Nh4 Qb6 10.Nd1 Qa6 11.O-O Ne7 12.f4 O-O 13.Nf2 f5 14.c3 Ndc6 15.Nf3 Rad8
16.h4 b6 17.Nh3 h6 18.Rfd1 Kh7 19.Bf1 Qb7 20.Qh2 Kg8 21.Nf2 Be8 22.Bg2 Qb8
23.Bd2 Bf7 24.Re1 Kh7 25.Re2 b5 26.Rae1 Rd7 27.Bh3 b4 28.g4 d5 29.h5 bxc3 
30.bxc3 gxh5 31.gxf5 exf5 32.exf5 Rb7 33.Ne5 Be8 34.Nf3 Bf7 35.Kf1 Qd6 36.
Re6 Bxe6 37.Rxe6 Qd8 38.Nh4 Rf6 39.Qg3 Rb2 40.Be1 Qc7 41.Qf3 Rxa2 42.Qxh5 
Qxf4 43.Rxf6 Bxf6 44.Qf7+ Bg7 45.Ng6 Qf3 46.Bg4 Rxf2+ 47.Bxf2 Qxg4 48.Nxe7
Nxe7 49.f6 Ng8 50.Qxg7+ Qxg7 51.fxg7 c4 52.Bxa7 Kxg7 53.Ke2 Kf6 54.Bf2 Ne7
55.dxc4 dxc4 56.Kf3 Kf5 57.Be3 h5 58.Bd4 Nc6 59.Bg7 h4 60.Bf8 Ne5+ 61.Kg2 
Kg4 62.Bd6 Nd3 63.Kh2 Nf2 64.Be5 Ne4 65.Bd4 Ng5 66.Bb6 h3 67.Bd8 Nf3+ 68.
Kh1 Kf5 69.Be7 Ke5 70.Bf8 Ke4 71.Bg7 Kf4 72.Bf8 Ke3 73.Bg7 Kd3 74.Bh8 Nd2 
75.Kh2 Ne4 76.Kxh3 Nxc3 77.Kg4 Nb5 78.Bb2 Nc3 79.Kf3 Kc2 80.Ba3 Kb3 81.Bf8
Kc2 82.Ke3 Nd1+ 83.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gausel, Einar OSLS"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan RPMS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nxd5 
Qxd5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Qd6 12.Rfc1 b6 13.Bh6 Rac8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 
15.a3 Rfd8 16.Rab1 a5 17.Rc4 h6 18.Qe3 Be6 19.Rh4 h5 20.Ng5 Nd4 21.Nxe6+ 
Qxe6 22.Qxe6 Nxe6 23.Re4 Rc7 24.Rc1 Rd4 25.a4 Rb4 26.Rxb4 axb4 27.e3 Rd7 
28.Bf1 Nd8 29.f4 Nb7 30.Kf2 Na5 31.Be2 Kf8 32.Rc2 e5 33.Ke1 Ke7 34.h3 Ke6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohr, Georg RPMS"]
[Black "Agdestein, Espen OSLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9.O-O Ne7 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qc3 
Rac8 15.Nc5 Bg6 16.Nd4 Nf5 17.Ndb3 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.g3 h5 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 
21.Re1 f6 22.Nd3 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heim, Sverre OSLS"]
[Black "Zupe, Miran RPMS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 
    ( 2.e4 d5 {Das ist die Grundstellung der Caro-Kann Verteidigung. 
    Ribli.} )
2...d6 {Meiner Meinung nach bietet diese genügsame Fortsetzung Schwarz 
keinen Ausgleich. 2...d5 ist die Grundstellung der Slawischen 
Verteidigung.} 3.Nc3 
    ( 3.e4 )
3...Nf6 4.Nf3 
    ( 4.e4!? )
4...Bg4 5.g3 
    ( 5.e4 )
5...Nbd7 
    ( 5...Bxf3!? 6.exf3 d5 = {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar, aber Schwarz 
    kann mit nachfolgendem ...e7-e6 eine bequeme Stellung ohne Schwächen 
    aufbauen.} )
6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 
    ( 8...Bh5 9.Nh4 Bg6 
        ( 9...O-O 10.Nf5 Re8 
            ( 10...Bg6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.e4 Rfd8 13.Re1 Ne8 14.d5 Nc7 15.
            Be3 {Degerman,L-Malmstig,E/SVE-ch 1997/1-0 (64)} )
        11.Nxe7+ 
            ( 11.d5 c5 12.g4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.f3 Bh5 16.
            e4 {1-0 Maherramzade,J-Vescovi,G/ WchJM U20 1996 (38)} )
        11...Qxe7 12.g4 Bg6 13.e4 h5 14.f3 Nf8 15.Be3 N6h7 16.Qd2 Qh4 17.
        Ne2 Ne6 18.Bf2 Qf6 19.d5 {Alvarez,J-Galego,L/Capablanca Premier-B 
        1997/1-0 (60)} )
    10.e4 
        ( 10.Be3 O-O 11.a3 Nb6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qb3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Nfd7 15.a4
        c5 16.Be3 Ne5 17.Bf4 Rb8 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Rfd1 Qc8 20.a5 Nd7 += {
        0-1 Ibragimov,I-Cseshkovsky,V/St.Peterburg-Z 1993 (41)} )
    10...Qb6 11.d5 Nc5 12.Qe2 a5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Nfd7 15.Be3 O-O 16.
    Rfd1 Rfc8 17.h4 Qb4 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.Nd5 {1-0 Garcia 
    Ilundain, D-Rodriguez Reinoso,V/Albacete op 1995} )
9.Bxf3 += {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und - wegen des Zentrumsvorteils - die 
etwas freiere Stellung.} 
    ( 9.exf3 exd4 10.Qxd4 Qb6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.b3 Nc5 13.Re1 Rfe8 14.Bb2 a5 
    15.Ba3! Bf8 
        ( 15...Rad8 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.Qc2 d5 ~ )
    16.Ne4 Nfxe4 17.fxe4 Rad8 18.Bb2 Qc7 19.Rad1 {1-0 
    Polgar,Z-Ljubojevic,L/Bilbao 1987/CBM 03 (45)} )
9...O-O 10.Bg2 
    ( 10.d5 Qc7 11.b3 a5 12.Be3 Rfe8 13.Rc1 Bf8 14.Qc2 g6 15.g4 Nb6 16.
    Rfd1 cxd5 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.g5 e4 19.gxf6 exf3 20.Nxd5 Qd8 21.exf3 Re5 
    22.f4 Rh5 23.Rd3 {1-0 Delemarre,J-Moreira,J/WchJM U20 1997 (34)} )
    ( 10.b3 += )
10...Re8 
    ( 10...Qb6 11.d5 c5 12.e4 Ne8 13.b3 Qd8 14.h4 Nc7 15.a4 Bf6 16.Be3 g6 
    17.h5 Bg5 18.f4 Bh6 19.Ra2 Qe7 20.Bf3 f5 21.hxg6 {1/2-1/2 
    Stohl,I-Ruck,R/ CRO-chT2 1995/EXT 97} )
11.d5 Rc8 
    ( 11...c5 {Es wäre logisch, die Stellung gegen die weißen Läufer 
    geschlossen zu halten, aber Schwarz hat in diesem Fall eine sehr 
    passive Stellung und Weiß kann später das Spiel nach Vorbereitung mit 
    f2-f4 öffnen.} )
12.b3 a6 13.Bd2 cxd5? {Das ist nicht logisch. Schwarz öffnet freiwillig 
die Stellung für Weiß und gibt die Kontrolle über das Feld d5 auf.} 
    ( 13...Qc7 += )
14.Nxd5 Nxd5 
    ( 14...b5? 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Bb7 +- )
15.Bxd5 $36 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und sein d5-Läufer ist besonders 
stark. Es ist schwer für Schwarz, etwas Gegenspiel aufzuziehen.} 15...Qc7 
16.Rc1 {Weiß bringt den Turm ins Spiel und vermeidet so auch 16...b5, was 
allerdings nicht so gefährlich für Weiß wäre.} 16...Nf6 17.Bg2 Qd7 18.Bg5 
{Die positionelle Drohung ist Bxf6 mit der Idee Qd2 und Rfd1 mit Druck in 
der Mitte.} 18...e4 {Dieser Bauer wird schwach, aber Schwarz wollte den 
g2-Läufer aussperren.} 
    ( 18...b5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qd5 $36 )
19.Qd2 
    ( 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qd5!? )
19...h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.e3 {Weiß legt die Bauernschwäche e4 fest.} 21...
Qc6 22.Rfd1 Be7 23.h4 Bf8 
    ( 23...h5 {Es wäre logisch, eine Bauernstellung h5-g6-f5-e4 zu 
    errichten, aber Schwarz bleibt dafür leider nicht genügend Zeit.} 24.
    Qd5 Qxd5 25.Rxd5 +/- )
24.Bh3 Rcd8 25.Qb2 
    ( 25.Qd5 Re5 26.Qxc6 bxc6 = )
    ( 25.a4 )
25...b5 26.Bf1 
    ( 26.cxb5!? Qxb5 27.Rc7 )
26...b4 27.Rd5 {Der weiße Turm beherrscht das Brett und zerschneidet die 
schwarze Stellung. Der Verteidigungsplan h5-g6-f5 geht nicht.} 27...Qb6 
    ( 27...g6 28.h5 )
28.Rcd1 Rc8 29.Bg2 Rc5 30.Qd4 Rxd5 
    ( 30...f5? 31.Rxf5 +/- )
31.Qxd5!? 
    ( 31.Qxb6 Rxd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 $132 )
31...Re5 32.Qa8 +/- g6 
    ( 32...f5 33.Rd5 $22 Kf7 
        ( 33...Rxd5 34.Qxd5+ +- )
    34.c5 +/- )
33.Bxe4 {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern, aber die Verwertung des 
Materialvorteils ist noch nicht leicht. Die ungleichfarbigen Läufer bieten
Schwarz gewisse Remischancen.} 33...Kg7 34.Bg2 a5 {Schwarz befindet sich 
in passiver Stellung ohne Gegenspiel.} 35.Rd4 Qc7 36.Qf3 Be7 37.Qd1 h5 38.
Bd5 Bf6 
    ( 38...Bd8 39.Rf4 Re7 +/- )
39.Rf4 Qd7 40.Qf3 Rf5 {Damit handelt sich Schwarz eine weitere Schwäche 
ein, bekommt aber etwas mehr Freiheiten. Nach meiner Meinung muß bei gutem
Spiel Weiß gewinnen.} 
    ( 40...Qe7 41.Kg2 Qd8 $8 +/- )
41.Rxf5 Qxf5 42.Qxf5 gxf5 {In Endspielen mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern gibt
es eine große Remisgefahr. In unserer Stellung hat Schwarz aber nicht nur 
einen Bauern weniger,sondern auch noch viele Bauernschwächen.} 43.Bf3 Kg6 
44.Bd1 Be5 45.Kf1 Bc3 46.Ke2 Kf6 47.Kd3 {Der Manöverkampf beginnt. Weiß 
wird seine Trümpfe im richtigen Moment ausspielen.} 47...Be1 48.Ke2 Bc3 
49.Bc2 Ke5 {Schwarz provoziert den Zug 50.f4, wonach die weißen Bauern am 
Königsflügel auf der Farbe des schwarzen Läufers stehen.} 50.Bd3 Bb2 
    ( 50...Kf6 )
51.Kd1 Kf6 $8 
    ( 51...Bc3 52.Be2 +- )
52.e4! {Weiß tauscht den schwachen schwarzen Bauenr auf f5, aber die 
Stellung öffnet sich für den weißen König. Dieser kann ins Zentrum 
gelangen, weil der schwarze König an den Ph5 gebunden ist.} 52...fxe4 53.
Bxe4 Bd4 54.Ke2 Bc5 55.f4 {Sonst kommt Weiß nicht voran. Die weiße 
Strategie ist einfach: Er hat die Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel und 
bildet sich dort einen Freibauern. Dies bindet den schwarzen König am 
Königsflügel, so daß Weiß für seinen König freie Hand im Zentrum und am 
Damenflügel bekommt.} 55...Bd4 56.Kf3 Kg7 57.g4 {Weiß tauscht den zweiten 
schwachen schwarzen Bauern, bekommt dafür aber einen h-Freibauern.} 57...
hxg4+ 58.Kxg4 Bf6 59.h5 Kf8?! 
    ( 59...Kh6 60.Bd5 Kg7 61.Kf5 {Droht 62.h6 mit Gewinn.} 61...Bd8 62.Bf3
    Kh6 63.Ke4 +/- )
60.h6 Ke7 61.h7 {Dieser Bauern bindet eine schwarze Figur - Läufer oder 
König.} 61...Kf8 62.Bf5 Kg7 63.Kf3 Bb2 64.Ke4 Bc1 {Schwarz spielt 
eigentlich ohne König.} 65.Kd5! {Der f4-Bauer ist nicht von großer 
Bedeutung. Wichtiger ist das Eindringen des weißen Königs in den 
Damenflügel.} 65...Bxf4 66.Kc6 Bg3 
    ( 66...Bg5 {Mit der Idee nach 67.Kb6 Bd8 zu spielen und den Bauern a5 
    zu verteidigen.} 67.Kxd6 +- )
67.Kb5 Bf2 68.Kxa5 Bc5 69.Ka4 
    ( 69.Bb1 )
69...Kh8 70.Bb1 {Der einzige Gewinnplan für Weiß. Die Drohung ist 71.a3 
nebst 72.b4 zu ziehen. Dafür mußte die Möglichkeit ...a3-a2 entschärft 
werden.} 70...Kg7 71.a3 bxa3 72.b4 Bd4 73.Kxa3 Kf8 {Schwarz befreit seinen
König und läßt den Läufer die Blockade des gefährlichen h7-Bauern 
übernehmen.} 
    ( 73...Kh8 74.Kb3 Kg7 75.Bf5 Kh8 76.Kc2 +- )
74.Be4 Ke7 75.Bf5 Kd8 76.Kb3 Kc7 77.Kc2 d5 {Das ist der letzte Versuch für
Schwarz in auswegloser Stellung.} 
    ( 77...Kb6 78.Kd3 Bb2 79.Ke4 Bc3 80.Kd5 Kc7 81.Bg4 Bb2 82.Bh5 f5 83.
    Ke6 +- )
78.Kd3 Be5 79.cxd5 +- Kd6 80.Kc4 {In Endspielen mit ungleichfarbigen 
Läufern ist es wichtig, weit voneinander entfernte Freibauern zu haben. 
Weiß besitzt jetzt b- und h-Freibauern, was ihm den Gewinn garantiert.} 
80...Bg7 81.b5 Be5 
    ( 81...Kc7 82.Kc5 Bf8+ 83.d6+ Bxd6+ 84.Kd5 +- )
82.b6 Bg7 83.Kb5 Bd4 84.Ka6 
    ( 84.b7 Kc7 85.Ka6 Kb8 
        ( 85...Bh8 86.Ka7 Bd4+ 87.Ka8 +- )
    86.d6 +- )
84...Be5 85.b7 Kc7 86.Ka7 {Und Schwarz gab in hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.
Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cigan, Stefan RPMS"]
[Black "Hoen, Ragnar OSLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c5 7.c4 d4 8.b4 Nfd7 
9.d3 Nc6 10.bxc5 Nxc5 11.Ba3 Na6 12.Nbd2 Qa5 13.Qc1 Rb8 14.Rb1 Nc7 15.Nb3 
Qh5 16.Qg5 Qxg5 17.Nxg5 h6 18.Ne4 Re8 19.Nec5 Nd8 20.Na5 b6 21.Nc6 Nxc6 
22.Bxc6 Rd8 23.Rb2 e5 24.Ne4 Bf8 25.Rb3 Bf5 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Nd5 Ne6 28.
Bxf8+ Kxf8 29.Ra3 Rd6 30.Bb5 a5 31.Rb3 Nc5 32.Rb2 Rb7 33.f4 e4 34.dxe4 
Bxe4 35.Rd1 Ne6 36.Nf6 Bc6 37.e4 Nxf4 38.e5 Re6 39.gxf4 g5 40.f5 Rxe5 41.
Bxc6 Rc7 42.Nd7+ Rxd7 43.Bxd7 Ke7 44.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moen, Ole Christian OSLS"]
[Black "Kovac, Boris RPMS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bg7 6.O-O Qb6 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.c3 e6 
9.Ne3 Qb6 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.e5 d5 12.Nd6+ Kf8 13.d4 Nce7 14.b3 a6 15.Bd3 b5 
16.Ba3 c4 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Bc2 h5 19.Nh4 Rh6 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Ba4 Rh7 22.Ne8 
Rxb1 23.Nxc7 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Bh6 25.Ne8 Bxf4 26.Rb1 Bd2 27.Rb8 Bxc3 28.Bc5 g5
29.Nf3 g4 30.Nh4 Rh6 31.Nd6 Kg7 32.Nxc8 Ng6 33.Nxg6 Rxg6 34.Nd6 g3 35.Nxf7
Rg4 36.Rxg8+ Kxg8 37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.Nxg4 hxg4 39.hxg3 Be1 40.Bd1 Bxg3 41.Bxg4
Kf7 42.Bh5+ Kg7 43.Kf1 Bf4 44.Ke2 Bh2 45.Kf2 Bf4 46.Be8 Bg5 47.Bb4 Bd8 48.
a4 a5 49.Bc5 Bc7 50.Ke3 Bd8 51.Bh5 Bg5+ 52.Kf2 Kh6 53.Bg4 c3 54.Bd1 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gruskovnjak, Tomislav RPMS"]
[Black "Bjerke, Richard OSLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 
Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.O-O Be6 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Rac1 Rab8 15.
Ba7 Ra8 16.Be3 Rab8 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Bf2 Rab8 19.Ba7 Ra8 20.Be3 Rab8 21.Ba7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury MVGR"]
[Black "Short, Philip DGLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 c5 
9.dxc5 d5 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Nd4 Nxc5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Nd4 Nbd7 14.N2b3 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16.c3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Nc5 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Be3 e5 20.Nb5 Rad8 21.
Red1 Rf7 22.Bh3 Re7 23.a4 Bc6 24.Bg2 Red7 25.Bh3 Re7 26.Bf1 Ra8 27.a5 Bxb5
28.Bxb5 d4 29.cxd4 exd4 30.Bf4 Kf8 31.Bc4 Rd7 32.b4 Ne4 33.axb6 Rxa1 34.
Rxa1 d3 35.Ra8+ Ke7 36.Bxd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel DGLS"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Bg2 a6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.O-O 
Ngf6 9.a4 c5 10.d3 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nb3 Rc8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.
Ba5 Qd6 16.Bc3 Nd5 17.Ra7 Qb6 18.Rfa1 Nb8 19.R7a2 Nc6 20.Qb1 Nxc3 21.bxc3 
Bf6 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rfd8 24.e3 Nb4 25.Ra7 Ba6 26.Nbd2 Qxa7 27.Qxb4 Qb6 
28.Ne4 Rc7 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Rb1 Qd6 31.Qb2 Rdc8 32.d5 Qxd5 33.Nd4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus MVGR"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat DGLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Be2 Re8 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.
Nf4 c6 9.c4 Qa5+ 10.c3 Rd8 11.Qd4 Nf6 12.O-O d5 13.Rd1 c5 14.Qd2 d4 15.
cxd4 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 cxd4 17.f3 Nc6 18.b3 Bf5 19.Bb2 Rd7 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Nxd3 
b6 22.Re1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Nf4 Nc7 25.Kf2 f6 26.Ke1 Kf7 27.Kd1 g5 28.
Nd3 Ne6 29.Ba3 Ne5 30.Nb4 g4 31.Nd5 gxf3 32.gxf3 Nc6 33.Rg2 Ne5 34.f4 Nd3 
35.f5 Nef4 36.Nxf4 Nxf4 37.Rg4 Nd3 38.Kd2 Ne5 39.Rf4 Ke8 40.Bb2 Kf7 41.
Bxd4 Nf3+ 42.Kd3 Ne5+ 43.Kc3 Nc6 44.b4 Rc7 45.Re4 Rd7 46.a3 Kg7 47.Rf4 Kf7
48.Bf2 Ne5 49.Rd4 Rc7 50.Bg3 Re7 51.Re4 a6 52.a4 Rd7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin DGLS"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O 
dxe5 9.dxe5 Qc7 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.a3 h6 13.Bd2 g6 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bg7 16.Rc1 Qd8 17.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Watzka, Horst MVGR"]
[Black "Mee, John DGLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bd2 c6 8.O-O 
Bb4 
    ( 8...Qc7!? )
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 
    ( 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 = {0-1 
    Nielsen,S-Bonnez,F/DEN-ch qual Randers 1990/EXT 90ch (39)} )
    ( 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qc7 13.Bb3 Rad8 14.Qf3 += {
    Gdanski,J-Gechkov,A/Wch-stud Antwerpen 1992/EXP 30/1-0 (59)} )
    ( 10.Nxd7 Kxd7 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qc7 13.Bd3 
        ( 13.f3!? )
    13...Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Rad8 = {1-0 Splinter,J-Rosenfeld,C/US op Chicago 
    1994/EXT 94 (34)} )
10...O-O 
    ( 10...Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Qa6 15.Qxa6 
    bxa6 = {Solozhenkin,E-Bagirov,V/Jyvaskyla op 1994/EXT 94op/1/2-1/2 
    (47)} )
11.Bb3 
    ( 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qc7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rfd1 Nd5 15.Be1 += {
    Gristchuk, A-Rozanov/Moscow-ch op 1995/EXT 95ch/1-0 (81)} )
11...Rad8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qc7 14.Bd2 
    ( 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Be1 a5 16.a4 b6 17.f3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Bg3 Rd7 20.
    Rd2 Rfd8 21.Rad1 = {Gurevich,I-Morozevich,A/London Lloyds 1994/EXP 
    43/0-1 (113)} )
14...Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Bf4 g5? {schwächt die schwarzen Felder am 
Königsflügel unwiederbringlich. Dies fällt besonders schwer ins Gewicht, 
weil Schwarz im Gegensatz zu Weiß keinen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer mehr hat.
} 
    ( 16...Nc5 17.Ba2 Rd7 = )
17.Be3 Qxe5 18.Bxg5 Qxb2 {zwar verschwindet nach diesem Qualitätsopfer 
wenigstens der Läufer g5, doch hat Schwarz keine ausreichende 
Kompensation, weil die Königsstellung anfällig bleibt.} 19.Bxd8 Rxd8 20.
Qe3 Qg7 21.Rad1 Ra8 22.Rd4 
    ( 22.Rd7!? )
22...Nc5 23.Rfd1 Qf6 24.h3 h6 25.Rd6 Be4 26.Qg3+? {ab hier ist die Partie 
vermutlich durch Zeitnot gekennzeichnet} 
    ( 26.Qxc5 +- )
26...Kh8 27.Qe3 Rg8 28.g3 
    ( 28.Qxc5?? Rxg2+ 29.Kf1 Qf3 -+ )
28...Bd5? 
    ( 28...b6 +/- )
29.c4? 
    ( 29.Bxd5 cxd5 30.Qxc5 +- )
29...Qe7? 
    ( 29...Be4 +/- )
30.cxd5 
    ( 30.Qxh6# )
30...Qxd6 31.dxe6 
    ( 31.Qxh6# )
31...Qf8 32.exf7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "James, Kevin DGLS"]
[Black "Detter, Peter MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.a3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.h3 h6 12.Bf4 Be6 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.Bb5 Qb7 15.Qa4 
Nb8 16.Ne2 a6 17.Bd3 b5 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qd2 Nbd7 20.Ng3 Ne4 21.Qe3 Ndf6 22.
Be5 Nxg3 23.fxg3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.g4 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qc8 27.Qf4 Nd7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Mil, Johannes TESS"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John DVBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Bd6 5.g3 Ne7 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5 
9.c4 Qb6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 Bc7 12.Qb3 bxa4 13.Qxa4 Qb4 14.exd5 Qxa4 15.
Rxa4 Nxd5 16.Ng5 Bb7 17.Nb3 Bb6 18.Bd2 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian Michael DVBR"]
[Black "Welling, Gerard TESS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.g3 Nf6 
9.Bg2 Be7 
    ( 9...h6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfc1 Be7 12.Qd1 O-O 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Ne4 15.Qb3 
    Bf6 16.Ne5 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Be7 19.Be3 Qd7 20.Qb2 Rfc8 21.Bd4
    Rc7 22.Ra3 Qe8 23.Rb3 Rac8 24.e3 {Lobron,E-Eliet,N/Antwerpen op 
    1996/EXT 96op2/1-0 (79)} )
10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.b4 Nh5 14.Be3 a5 15.b5 b6 16.Rc1 
O-O 17.a4 Nhf6 18.O-O Ng4 19.Bf4 
    ( 19.cxb6 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Nxb6 21.bxc6 Nc4 22.Qd3 Bg5 {ist unzutunlich 
    für Weiß.} )
19...bxc5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.bxc6 Qxc6 22.e4 e5 23.Nxd5 
    ( 23.exd5 Qb6 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bh4 Nxf2 26.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 27.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28.
    Kxf2 g5 {ist unvorteilhaft für Weiß.} )
23...Qd6 
    ( {Zu scharfem Spiel mit etwa gleichen Aussichten für beide Seiten 
    führt die Fortsetzung} 23...Rac8 24.Qd1 Qe6 25.Bd2 f5 )
24.Bg5 f6 25.Qe2 Nxf2 
    ( 25...Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 fxg5 27.Rc6 Qa3 28.Qxg4 Rf7 29.Rc7 {überläßt dem 
    Weißen entscheidenden Druck.} )
    ( 25...Nxh2 {kam jedoch stark in Betracht:} 26.Kxh2 
        ( 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Rfd1 Qe6 28.Kxh2 fxg5 29.Bh3 Qb3 
            ( 29...g4 )
        30.Rb1 Qa3 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Rd3 Rxf2+ 33.Bg2 
            ( 33.Kh1 Nb6 -+ )
        33...Qa2 
            ( 33...Nb6 34.Rxb6 Qxd3 35.Qxd3 Bxb6 36.Qd6 {mit Remisstellung
            } )
            ( 33...Kg7 34.Rxd7+ Be7 35.Rb3 
                ( 35.Qe6 {scheitert an} 35...Rh8+ 36.Kg1 Qe3 )
            35...Qa2 36.Rxe7+ Kh6 {und Weiß ist in Schwierigkeiten:} 37.
            Rbb7 {scheitert an} 37...Rxg2+ 38.Kh3 Rh2+ 39.Kg4 Rh4+ )
        34.Qxa2 Rxa2 35.Rxd7 Rxa4 36.Rbb7 Bf8 {ist ebenfalls ungemütlich 
        für Weiß.} )
    26...fxg5 27.Qc4 Rf7 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel. Anscheinend kann sich 
    Schwarz jedoch auch nach dem Textzug halten; die folgende Abwickling 
    ist forciert.} )
26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Nxe3 Nd3 28.Rfd1 N7c5 
    ( 28...Nxc1 29.Qc4+ +- )
29.Rxc5 Qxc5 30.Rxd3 Rfd8 31.h4 Rd4 32.Kh2 
    ( 32.Rxd4 Qxd4 
        ( 32...exd4 33.Qc4+ Qxc4 34.Nxc4 Rb8 35.e5 ~ )
    33.Qc4+ Kf8 ~ )
32...Rad8 
    ( {Nach} 32...Rxa4 33.Rd7 {bekommt Weiß eine gefährliche Initiative.} 
    )
33.Nd5?! 
    ( {Weiß mußte} 33.Rxd4 {versuchen, wenn er Gewinnaussichten behalten 
    wollte.} )
33...Qc4 34.Bf1 Rxd3?! 
    ( 34...Qxa4 {scheint mir hier keine Bedenken zu haben.} )
35.Qxd3 Qxd3 36.Bxd3 Kf8 37.Kg2 Rb8 38.Bb5 Rc8 39.Ne3 Rc3 40.Nc4 Rc2+ 41.
Kf3 Rc3+ 42.Kg4 Ke7 43.Nxa5 Ke6 44.Bc4+ Kd6 45.Bf7 f5+ 46.exf5 gxf5+ 47.
Kxf5 Rf3+ 48.Kg6 Rxg3+ 49.Kh7 e4 50.Nc4+ Kc5 51.h5 e3 52.Nxe3 Rxe3 53.Kxg7
Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van de Plassche, Bas TESS"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus DVBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 {
Probably the best way to meet this sharp gambit.As showed the game 
Degraeve-Gurevich black has serious difficulties in variations arising 
after 8. ..a6?!} 8.Nh3 Qe7 9.Nf4 Nc6 10.Bb5!? {Deserves attention 10.Qd3 
leading to complicated positions with mutual chances.For instanse:} 
    ( 10.Qd3!? Nb6 
        ( 10...g6!? 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Qg3 h5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Nce2 O-O-O 15.c3 
        Na5 =+ {Sorin,M-Jurkovic,A/Cannes opB18th 1997/EXP 57/ - (56)} )
    11.Nh5!? Qb4 
        ( 11...f6 12.Qg3 Nxd4 13.Nxg7+ Kf8 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Nh5 ~= )
    12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Rxh7 Rg8 14.Nh5 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Nxd4 16.O-O-O += {
    Watson,W-Muir,A/Walsall 1992/CBM 32/1-0 (60)} )
10...Qb4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Rh3?! 
    ( 12.a3!? Qc4 13.Rh3 c5 14.Qg4!? Ba6? 
        ( 14...Qxd4 15.Rd1 Qxe5+ 16.Re3 h5 17.Qg3 h4 18.Qg4 $40 )
        ( 14...cxd4!? 15.Qxg7 Rf8 16.b3 Qc6 17.Nce2 Qxc2 ~ )
    15.O-O-O cxd4 16.Nxe6? 
        ( 16.Qxg7! +/- )
    16...fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kd8 18.b3 Qc5 -/+ {Makropoulou, 
    M-Thorhallsson,T/Katerini GP 1993/TD 93\09 (32)} )
12...c5?! {Right idea,but the wrong timing.After preliminary 12...Rb8 
covering square b5 black can play c5 with much more damaging consequances 
for white.} 
    ( 12...Rb8! 13.a3 
        ( 13.Qg4? Qxd4 14.Rd1 Qxe5+ 15.Re3 h5! -+ )
        ( 13.Nh5 g6 14.Nf6+ Nxf6 15.exf6 c5 -/+ )
    13...Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qxa3 15.Rxb8 Nxb8 16.Ncxd5 Qa5+ 17.Nc3 c5!? -/+ 18.
    Nh5 Nc6 19.Nxg7+ Kf8 20.Qf3 $8 cxd4 21.Qxc6 Qxe5+ -/+ )
13.Nd3! Qc4 
    ( 13...Qxd4? 14.Nb5 Qe4+ 15.Re3 Qxg2 16.Nxc7+ Kd8 17.Nxa8 Bb7 += )
14.dxc5 Nxc5?! {Once again preliminary Rb8 was more accurate.} 
    ( 14...Rb8!? 15.c6 
        ( 15.Rg3 Nxc5 16.Rxg7 Rxb2! -+ )
    15...Qxc6 16.Qg4 Kf8 17.O-O-O Ba6 =+ )
15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Qg4 g6 17.O-O-O ~= {The opening is finally over and we can
make some conclusions.Better development and weakness of dark squares in 
the position of black fully compensates white for the lack of a pawn.} 
17...Bd7?! 
    ( 17...Qxf2!? 18.Rf3?! 
        ( 18.Ne4! dxe4 19.Qxe4 Rb8 20.Qa4+! 
            ( 20.Qc6+?! Kf8 21.Rf3 Bb7! 
                ( 21...Qb6?! 22.Rd8+ Kg7 23.Rxf7+! Kxf7 24.Qf3+ Kg7 25.
                Qf6+ = )
            22.Qxb7 Rxb7 23.Rxf2 Ke7 24.Rfd2 Rhb8 -/+ )
        20...Kf8 21.Rf3 Qxg2 22.Rd8+ Kg7 
            ( 22...Ke7? 23.Rxh8 Qh1+ 24.Kd2 Qg2+ 25.Ke1 Qg1+ 26.Rf1 Qe3+ 
            27.Kd1 Qxe5 28.Re8+ +- )
        23.Rxf7+! Kxf7 24.Qf4+ )
    18...Qc5 19.Qf4 Rf8 20.Qh6 Bb7 -/+ )
18.Qf4 Qe7 19.Rh6! {Fixing the pawn on h7.} 19...O-O-O 20.Rdh1 += Bc6 {
Preparing d4.} 21.Qd4?! 
    ( 21.Ne2!? d4 22.Rxh7 
        ( 22.Nxd4?! Bxg2 23.R1h2 Bd5 24.Rxh7 g5 25.Qe3 Rxh7 26.Rxh7 ~ )
    22...Rxh7 23.Rxh7 Bxg2 
        ( 23...Qc5!? 24.Qxf7 Qxe5 25.f4 Qa5 26.Kb1 Bd5 27.Nc1 += )
    24.Qxf7 Qxf7 25.Rxf7 += )
    ( 21.Rxh7!? += )
21...Qg5+ 22.f4 Qxg2 23.R6h2 Qf3 24.Rh3 Qg2 
    ( 24...Qg4!? 25.Rh4 Qf5 26.Qc5 Kd7 27.Ne2 Qe4 28.Nd4 Bb7 ~ )
25.R3h2 Qf3 26.Rh3 Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel DVBR"]
[Black "Van Schaardenburg, Mark TESS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "A52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {Meulders} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e5 {Meulders: Eine gute Verteidigung für 
aktive Spieler, besonders wenn Weiß versucht den Bauer zu behalten. Falls 
er das aber nicht tut, und sich ruhig entwickelt, muß Schwarz sich oft mit
einer etwas schlechteren Stellung abfinden, besonders ein Endspiel worin 
er gegen den weißen Laüferpaar ankämpfen muß.} 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 
Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 
    ( 6.Nc3 {Meulders} 6...Qe7 7.Qd5 {ist für Weiß die materialistisch 
    eingestellte Alternative.} )
6...Qe7 7.e3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Be2 b6 {In the arising type of position 
White has a comfortable edge-better central control and an active ^^.} 
    ( {Therefore it's probably better to try Blatny's idea} 9...O-O 10.O-O
    Ng6 11.Bg3 Bd6!? {after which White's advantge is very small and at 
    least not permanent.} )
10.O-O 
    ( 10.a3 {Meulders} 10...Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Bb7 12.O-O d6 13.Rfd1 O-O 14.b4 
    a5 15.Rac1 Nd7 16.Qb2 += {1-0 Hausrath,D-Chersich,M/ WchJM-U20 
    1995/EXP 48 (43)} )
10...Bxd2 {Meulders: Es drohte 11.a3 Bd6? 12. Ne4+/-} 
    ( 10...Bb7?! 11.Nb3! 
        ( 11.Nf3 {Meulders} 11...Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rd8 13.Be2 O-O 14.a3 Bd6 15.
        b4 c6 16.Qa4 g5 17.Bg3 f5 18.f3 Bb8 {1/2-1/2 Schoen, 
        W-Motwani,P/Netanya op 1987/EXT 87op (35)} )
    11...a5 12.a3 Bc5 13.Nxc5 bxc5 14.b4 f6 15.bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qd4 Qe7 17.
    Rab1 Bc6 18.c5 O-O 19.Bb5 Rfd8 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Bxc6 dxc6 
    23.Qc3 +/- {><P,Solozhenkin,E-Plesec,D/ Paris-ch/1993/} )
11.Qxd2 += {()^^} 11...Bb7 
    ( 11...d6 {Meulders} 12.b4 Ng6 13.Bg3 h5 14.c5 dxc5 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Rfd1
    Be6 17.h3 h4 18.Bh2 O-O 19.bxc5 Qxc5 20.Rac1 Qg5 21.Bxc7 Rbc8 22.Bb7 {
    1-0 Pein,M-Svidler,P/Lloyds Bank op 1991/ TD 91\08 (41)} )
12.Qc3 
    ( {Unconvincing is the immediate} 12.c5?! bxc5 13.Qa5 Ng6! 
        ( 13...d6 $143 ? 14.Bxe5 dxe5 
            ( 14...Qxe5? 15.Qb5+ +- )
        15.Rfc1 c6 16.Rxc5 f6 17.Bc4 Qd8 18.Qa3 Qb6 19.Ra5 O-O-O 20.Rxa7 
        Rd2 21.Ra8+ Bxa8 22.Qxa8+ Qb8 23.Be6+ Kc7 24.Qa5+ Kd6 25.Qxd2+ 
        Kxe6 26.Rc1 +- {Solozhenkin,E-Stiazhkin,V/Leningrad/1990/} )
    14.Qxc7 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 O-O 16.Qc7 Rab8 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.Qf4 Bc6 19.b3 a5 
    20.Rc3 Rb4 21.Qg3 a4 22.Rfc1 axb3 23.axb3 Bd5 24.Bc4 Bb7 = {
    Flear,G-Blatny,P/Andorra/1993/} )
    ( {Strategically the soundest is probably} 12.Rac1!? d6 13.b4 {/\c5|^ 
    White's idea is to open the position for his ^^ by c4-c5. Bosboom also
    concentrates on this plan.} 13...O-O 
        ( 13...Ng6 14.Bg3 O-O 15.c5! dxc5 16.bxc5 Rfd8 17.Qb4 Bc6 18.a3 a5
        ?! {x b6} 19.Qb2 Be4 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Rc3 Qf6 22.Rfc1 Ne7 23.Bc7 
        +/- {Chernin,A-Blatny,P/Brno/1993/} )
    14.c5 dxc5 15.bxc5 Rad8 16.Qc3 Ng6 17.Bg3 Rd5 18.cxb6 cxb6 19.Rfd1 
    Rfd8 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.a3 Nf8 22.Qb4 Qe6 23.h3 += {
    Alterman,B-Blatny,P/Pardubice/1993/} )
    ( 12.b4 {Meulders} 12...a5 13.c5 axb4 14.cxb6 c5 15.Qb2 Ng6 16.Bg3 O-O
    17.a3 Ra4 18.Bd1 Ra6 19.axb4 Rxb6 20.b5 Nh4 21.Bxh4 Qxh4 22.Ra4 c4 23.
    f3 Rc8 24.Be2 Rh6 {Hracek,Z-Blatny,P/CSR-ch 1990/ EXT 90ch/0-1 (57)} )
    ( 12.Rfd1 {Meulders} 12...d6 13.b4 Ng6 14.Bg3 h5 15.h3 h4 16.Bh2 Rh6 
    17.c5 Ne5 18.Kh1 Rd8 19.Qc3 Rg6 20.f3 Kf8 21.Bf4 Rc8 22.Rac1 Qe6 23.
    Qb2 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Nxf3 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Rxd6 Rxc1+ {1-0 
    Ruzzier,D-Grosar, V/Portoroz 1996/EXP 51} )
12...Ng6 
    ( 12...d6 $142 13.c5 
        ( 13.b4 $142 !? += )
    13...bxc5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Qxe5+ dxe5 16.Rfc1 
        ( 16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Rac1 Rxd1+ 18.Bxd1 Ke7 19.Rxc5 Kd6 20.Ra5 Ra8 21.
        b4 f6 22.Kf1 c6 23.Bf3 Kc7 24.Ke1 Kb6 25.Kd2 Rd8+ 26.Kc1 Ba6 27.a4
        Bd3 28.Rc5 Rd6 = {Hansen,L-Blatny,P/ Amsterdam OHRA-B/1989/} )
    16...O-O-O 17.Rxc5 Rhe8 18.Rac1 Re7 19.f3 Rd2 20.R1c2 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rd7
    22.Kf2 Rd6 23.Bb5 Bd5 24.b3 Kb7 25.Ke2 e4 26.Bc4 {
    =/+/=,Malaniuk,V-Blatny,P/Kecskemet GM/1991/ White is somewhat better,
    but with patient defense Black must be able to hold the game.} )
    ( {A virtually untested, but interesting alternative is} 12...f6!? 13.
    b4 c5! 14.b5 h5 15.a4 g5 16.Bxe5 fxe5 17.a5 O-O-O 18.axb6 axb6 19.Ra7 
    Kc7 20.Rfa1 e4 21.R1a6 Rh6 22.Qa1 Rb8 23.Ra2 g4 24.Rd2 Rd6 25.Qd1 Rxd2
    26.Qxd2 Ra8 27.Rxa8 Bxa8 28.g3 Qe5 -/+ {Gausel,E-Reite,J/NOR-chT/1991/
    } )
13.Bg3 
    ( 13.Qxg7?! O-O-O 14.Qd4 Rdg8 ~= )
    ( 13.Bxc7? d6 -/+ )
13...O-O 
    ( 13...h5!? 14.f3 d6 15.Rad1 
        ( 15.Rfe1 $142 )
    15...Kf8 16.b4 f5 17.Rd4 Re8 18.e4 h4 19.Be1 Nf4 20.Bd1 Qg5 21.Qd2 Re6
    22.Kh1 Rhh6 $132 {Mohota,N-Das,D/Calcutta op/1996/} )
14.b4 Rfe8 N 
    ( 14...c5 15.a3 
        ( 15.bxc5 Qxc5 16.Rfd1 $36 )
    15...f5 16.Rfe1 Qg5 17.bxc5 f4 18.exf4 Nxf4 19.Bf1 bxc5 20.Re5 Rf5 21.
    Rae1 += {Akhsharumova,A-Bingaman,A/Boston op/1988/} )
15.Rfd1 {/\Bc7} 15...d6 16.c5! $36 {Meulders: Das ist für Weiß in dieser 
Variante immer der thematische Durchbruch: Pd6 droht isoliert zu werden, 
muß also tauschen, aber Schwarz kann nicht 2x auf c5 nehmen oder seine 
Bauernstellung am Damenflügel ist eine Ruine.} 16...dxc5 
    ( 16...bxc5 17.bxc5 dxc5 
        ( 17...d5 18.c6 +- )
    18.Rac1 +/- {><P<<} )
17.bxc5 Rad8 18.h3!? {White has realized the model plan and keeps his 
options (c6, cb6) open depending on Black's reaction. Weiss beeilt sich 
nicht: mal ein Luchtloch auf h2 schaffen.} 
    ( 18.c6 {Meulders} 18...Bc8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 += {
    _|_^^} )
18...Rxd1+?! {Dubious, as later on Black will not be able to regain 
control of the d-file.} 
    ( 18...Nf8 $142 19.Bb5!? Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.cxb6 
        ( 22.c6 Ba8!? 23.Qe5 Ne6 {/\a6,<=>><c6} )
    22...cxb6 += )
19.Rxd1 {<->d} 19...Nf8 20.c6!? {><c7 Meulders: Nicht um Bb7 tot zu 
machen, aber eher um der schwache Pc7 zu fixieren.} 20...Bc8 
    ( 20...Ba8 21.Bf3 +/- {/\Bd5,e4,f4[+],><Ba8} )
21.Rd5 $36 {Dies erscheint mir ein typischer "Herumfischzug", mit dem Weiß
vom Gegner eine Entscheidung provoziert wohin er mit dem Laüfer gehen 
will.} 21...Be6 
    ( 21...Rd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.Qe5 Ne6 24.Bc4 $40 )
    ( 21...Ne6!? {Meulders} 22.Qe5 f6 23.Qb2 Nc5 24.Bh5 Rd8 25.Bf3 Be6 26.
    Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qd4 Qe7 28.Qf4 += )
22.Rd2 f6 
    ( 22...Rd8 $142 !? 23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.a4 $36 
        ( 24.Qe5 Bxa2 
            ( 24...Bd5 25.Qxc7 Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Bxc6 27.Bb8 a5 28.Bc7 +/- )
        25.Qxc7 Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Bd5 27.Bb5 Ne6 28.Bd6 a6 = )
    )
    ( 22...Ng6 {Meulders} )
23.Qd4 +/- {Meulders: Jetzt hat Weiß die d-Linie in der Hand...} 23...Qf7 
    ( 23...Ng6 {Meulders} 24.Bc4 )
24.Qf4 {...und nun hat er Pc7 fest im Schußfeld.} 24...g6 
    ( 24...Ng6? {Meulders} 25.Qxc7 Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Rc8 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxd8 
    +- )
25.a4 
    ( 25.Qxc7?! Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Rc8 += 
        ( 26...Rc8 {Meulders} 27.Bd8 Rxc6 28.Bxf6 Bxh3 29.gxh3 
            ( 29.Bb2! Be6 30.Bb5 Rc5 31.a4 +/- )
        29...Rxf6 30.e4 g5 31.f3 +/- {_|_} )
    )
25...Kg7 
    ( 25...a5 {Meulders} 26.Qxc7 +- )
26.Bb5 {/\Qc7 /\Qxc7} 26...Re7 
    ( 26...Rc8 27.Ba6 g5 $8 28.Qd4 $40 )
27.Rd8 {Meulders: Schwarz ist in eine passive Lage geraten, aber Weiß muß 
auf der Hut sein. Jetzt droht ...Ne6 nit Gewinn.} 27...Bf5 28.Qb4 
    ( 28.Ra8!? {Meulders} 28...a5 29.Ra7 Ne6 30.Qc4 {/\e4 +-} )
28...Re4 
    ( 28...Ne6 29.Rd7 +/- )
    ( 28...a5! {Meulders} )
29.Qd2 
    ( 29.Qc3 $142 !? )
29...Re7 30.Qc3 g5 
    ( 30...a5 {Meulders} )
31.h4 
    ( 31.f3!? {/\e4-e5} 31...Ng6 32.Bc4 Be6 33.Bd3 $40 )
31...h6 32.Bc4 
    ( 32.a5 += {Meulders} )
32...Be6 33.Bd3 {Meulders: Andauernd umklammern, also nicht tauschen!} 
33...Ba2 
    ( 33...a5 {Meulders} )
34.Bf5 {Meulders: Weiß zögert.} 
    ( 34.a5! {Meulders} 34...Ne6 35.Ra8 Nc5 36.Rxa7 Nxd3 37.Qxd3 bxa5 38.
    Rxa5 Bc4 39.Qd4 +/- )
34...Ne6 {Meulders: Zweifellos gab es hier Zeitnot.} 
    ( 34...Be6 $142 35.Bc2 +/- )
    ( 34...a5! {Meulders /\...Bb3} )
35.Ra8 a5 36.Qd2? {Loses two tempi and the position becomes suddenly 
unclear.} 
    ( 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.e4 $40 {/\e5} 37...Nf4 38.Bxf4 gxf4 39.Qh3 +- )
36...Nc5?? {Black returns the favour, this tactical blunder loses 
immediately. Meulders: Endlich der große Sprung vorwärts...} 
    ( 36...Bb3 $142 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rc8 
        ( 38.e4 Bxa4 39.Qc3 Bxc6! {/\} 40.Qxc6 Nd4 41.Qb7 Nxf5 42.Qc8 Nh6 
        43.Qh8+ Kg6 -+ )
        ( 38.Qc3 Bxa4 39.Qc4 Nc5 -/+ )
    38...Bxa4 39.Qd5 ~= )
37.Qd8 
    ( 37.Qd8 {Meulders} 37...Qg8 38.Qxe7+ )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sziva, Erika TESS"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Franciscus DVBR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Qd2 Bb7 
9.d5 Nb4 10.O-O c5 11.Kh1 e6 12.a3 Na6 13.Rad1 exd5 14.exd5 Nc7 15.f5 Qd7 
16.fxg6 fxg6 17.Ng5 Rae8 18.Bf4 Kh8 19.Bf3 b5 20.Nce4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Be5 22.
Bh6 Rf5 23.Ng5 Bg7 24.Bxg7+ Qxg7 25.Ne6 Nxe6 26.dxe6 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.
gxf3 Rxe6 29.Qf4 Qe7 30.c3 Kg7 31.a4 a6 32.axb5 axb5 33.Rd2 Rf6 34.Qg3 Re6
35.Qf2 Re5 36.b3 Re3 37.Rc2 Qe5 38.c4 Rxb3 39.cxb5 Rxb5 40.Ra2 Rb7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delemarre, Jop DVBR"]
[Black "Croonenborghs, Tom TESS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.b4 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.c4 c6 8.O-O += Qe8
    ( 8...Na6 {Tyomkin,D} 9.Qb3 Nc7 10.Nc3 Kh8 11.Rfd1 Be6?! 
        ( 11...d5 $142 )
    12.d5 Bg8? 
        ( 12...cxd5 13.cxd5 Bg8 14.Nd4 += {/+/-} )
    13.dxc6 b5 
        ( 13...bxc6 14.Nd4 )
    14.Nd2 bxc4 15.Nxc4 +/- {/+- Kindl,P-Kalker,P/Wuert-ch Friedrichshafen
    1983/1-0 (51)} )
    ( 8...Kh8 $142 9.Nc3 
        ( 9.Nbd2 Be6 {/\ Bg8, Nbd7} )
    9...Be6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 
        ( 11.Ng5 )
    )
    ( 8...d5!? )
    ( 8...Ne4 9.Ne1!? )
9.Nbd2 Na6 N 
    ( 9...h6 {Kindermann} 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Bc3 Nc7 12.a4 +/- g5 
        ( 12...a6 $142 )
    13.b5 Bd7 14.e3 a6 15.bxc6 
        ( 15.b6 Ne6 16.Qxf5 Nxd4 ~ )
    15...Bxc6 16.d5 
        ( 16.Qxf5 Ne4 
            ( 16...Bxa4? 17.Qa5 )
        17.Qa5 +/- )
    16...Bd7 17.a5 e5 18.Rab1 
        ( 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.Qxf5?! Nf4 )
    18...Bc8 19.Rb6 Qd8 20.Rd1 
        ( 20.Bb4 Nce8 {/\Nd7} )
    20...Nce8 21.Rb2 
        ( 21.Rbb1 $142 )
    21...Rf7 +/- {Sadler,M-Kindermann,S/Bern Cup sp 1996/1-0 (30)} )
    ( 9...Nbd7 10.Qb3 Kh8 11.Ng5 
        ( 11.d5 e5 12.dxe6 
            ( 12.Ng5 {-11.Ng5 })
        12...Qxe6 13.Nd4 Qf7 += )
    11...e5 12.d5 )
    ( 9...Ne4?! 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qb3 e6 14.f3 )
10.Qb3 Nc7 11.Rae1?! {White easly gets clear advantage playing on the 
queenside[see game Sadler-Kindermann,Bern,1996-9...h6]} 
    ( 11.a4 Kh8 12.b5 {() })
11...b5 
    ( 11...Kh8 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Re3 +/- )
    ( 11...Ne4? 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ng5 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nxe4 )
12.cxb5+ Be6 13.Qc2 Nxb5 14.Ng5?! 
    ( 14.a4 $142 Nc7 15.b5 Bd5 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.bxc6 Ne6 
        ( 17...Na6 18.Ng5 +/- )
    18.Ne1 +/- )
14...Bxa2? 
    ( 14...Bd5 15.a4! 
        ( 15.Bxd5+ cxd5 
            ( 15...Nxd5 )
        16.Ne6 Qc8! 
            ( 16...Rc8 17.Qd3 +/- )
        17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.Rc1 Bh6 )
    15...Nc7 
        ( 15...Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nc7 17.b5 )
    16.b5 
        ( 16.e4? fxe4 17.Ndxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Qd7 =+ )
    16...Bxg2 17.Kxg2 +/- )
    ( 14...Bd7 $142 15.a4 
        ( 15.Qb3+ Nd5 16.Bxd5+ cxd5 17.Qxd5+ e6 18.Qc4 d5 19.Qd3 Qe7 20.
        Ngf3 Qxb4 21.Rb1 Qa5 22.Nb3 +/- )
    15...Nc7 16.b5 Ncd5 17.e4 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 $36 )
15.Bxc6 Rc8 16.Rc1 Rxc6 $8 17.Qxc6 Qxc6 18.Rxc6 +/- {/+-_|_} 18...Nd5 19.
Ra6 Nxb4 20.Ra4 a5 21.Rxa5? 
    ( 21.Ngf3 $142 +- {winning pawn a5} )
21...Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxa2 Nxa2 24.Ne6 Bf6 25.Nxf8 Kxf8 26.Rb1 Kf7 27.
Rb7 Nc3 28.e3 Ke6 29.f3 Nd1 30.Rb3 Bg5 31.Nf1 Bf6 32.Kg2 Bg7 33.h4 Bf6 34.
Nd2 Bc3 35.Nb1 Bf6 36.Kf1 Nb2 37.Nd2 Na4 38.Kg2 Nc5 39.Rb8 Bg7 40.Nc4 Bf6 
41.Na5 Nd7 42.Rb7 Ne5 43.Rc7 Kd5 44.Kf2 Nd3+ 45.Ke2 Ne5?! {It will be 
easier for white to change knights when black knight is placed on "e5"} 
46.Nb3 Nf7 47.Nd4 Ne5 48.Nc2 Ke6 49.Ne1 {White has to change knigts in 
this ending, and at this moment black can do nothing to prevent it.After 
changing knights the white's plan is to play f4, than to transfer his king
to d7,and e3-e4.In my opinion both sides didn't know clearly what's going 
on in this ending.} 
    ( 49.Nd4+ Kf7 50.h5!? )
49...h6? {Because of forthcoming R:B ending pawn have to stay onh7[see 
49...Kf7]} 
    ( 49...Kf7 50.Nd3 Nxd3 51.Kxd3 d5 
        ( 51...Ke6 52.Kc4 
            ( 52.f4 d5 )
        )
    52.f4 Ke6 {otherwise white plays Rc8-d8 and move his king} 53.Rc6+ Kd7
        ( 53...Kf7 54.Rc8! )
    54.Rc2!? 
        ( 54.Ra6 Bg7 {Because of d5-d4 white can not move his king out of 
        d4-square} 55.Kc2 d4 )
    )
50.Nc2? 
    ( 50.Nd3! {changing knights.} )
50...Kd5?? 
    ( 50...h5! 51.Ne1! 
        ( 51.Nd4+ Kf7 
            ( 51...Kd5? 52.Rc8 )
        52.Nc6 Nxc6 53.Rxc6 g5! )
    )
    ( 50...Kf7 51.Nd4 h5 {-50. ..h5} )
51.Nd4 Nf7 
    ( 51...h5 52.Rc8 )
52.h5 Bxd4 53.Rxe7 Ne5 54.exd4 Nc6 55.Rh7 gxh5 56.Rxh6 Nxd4+ 57.Kf2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon SLGH"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar OSLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 
O-O 9.c3 Bh5 10.h3 Bg6 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Nb3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Be3 Rc8 17.h4 h6 18.Qb3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qe7 20.Rd1 Rc4 21.Bf1 
Re4 22.Rxe4 Bxe4 23.Bg2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rc8 25.Rd4 Rc6 26.c4 Rxc4 27.Rxc4 
dxc4 28.Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agdestein, Espen OSLS"]
[Black "Adams, Michael SLGH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 a6 10.Ng5 {A rather harmless continuation, as exchanges ease Black's
defensive task.} 
    ( {A more promising try to gain an advantage is} 10.e4 )
10...Bxg2 11.Kxg2 O-O 
    ( {Black has also an alternative way to equality:} 11...Nc6 12.Qf4 O-O
        ( 12...Ra7 13.Nce4 
            ( 13.Nge4 Rd7 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Na4 Qa8+ 17.Kg1 
                ( 17.f3!? Qc6 18.Nxb6 Rb7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 
                Bxb2 22.Rab1 O-O 23.Qxc5 Qa4 24.Rd3 Rb5 25.Qc6 Bf6 26.Rxb5
                = {1/2,Horvath,T-Schneider,A/HUN-ch/1984/} )
            17...Qc6 18.Nxb6 Rb7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Bxb2 22.
            Rab1 O-O 23.Qxc5 Qa4 24.Rd2 Rb5 25.Qc6 {Kasparov, 
            G-Ribli,Z/Skelleftea WCup/1989/} 25...Bc3! = )
        13...Rd7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nxh7 Rxh7 16.Qe4 Rh5 17.Qxc6 Rc5 18.Qa4 
        Qa8+ 19.Kg1 Qc6! 20.Qa3 Ra5 21.Qb3 Rc5 22.Bf4 g5 23.Be3 Rxc4 24.
        Qd3 Qe4 = {1/2,Ribli,Z-Wahls,M/BL/1988/ (36)} )
    13.b3 Ra7 14.Nge4 
        ( 14.Bb2 Qa8 
            ( 14...h6 15.Nge4 Rd7 16.Rab1 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qc8 18.f4 Re8 19.
            Qf3 Qb7 20.a4 Na5 21.Bc1 Rc8 22.Qxb7 Nxb7 23.Be3 Rc6 24.Rdc1 
            Bf6 25.Ne4 Bd8 26.b4 += {(),Krasenkov,M-Brodsky,M/Rostov op/ 
            1993/} )
        15.Kg1 h6 16.Nge4 Rd8 17.Qe3 Qb8 18.Rac1 b5 $132 {Ribli,Z-Ftacnik,
        L/Dubai olm/1986/} )
    14...Rd7 15.Bb2 d5 
        ( 15...Qb8 16.Rd2 Rfd8 17.Rad1 b5 18.Ba1 h6 19.f3 Na5 20.cxb5 axb5
        21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qb4 += {><b5,Popov, V-Gabdushev,R/St.Petersburg 
        Chigorin/1997/} )
    16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Nc3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 = {
    1/2,Fischer,R-Krallmann,M/Schoeneck-tt/1997/} )
12.Nce4 Ra7 
    ( {More ambitious, but also more risky is} 12...Ne8!? 13.Qd3 g6 14.h4 
    Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Qe3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Ng7 18.Bb2 Nf5 19.Qc3 f6 20.h5 gxh5 
    21.Rh1 Qe8 22.Ng5 Ng7 23.Rad1 Rc8 24.Qd4 b5 25.Ne4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Qc6 
    27.Rc1 ~= {Jirovsky,M-Ftacnik,L/CZE-chT/1994/} )
13.Qd3 
    ( 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qe3 
        ( 14.Qg4 Be7 15.h4 Nd7 16.b3 Nf6 17.Qf3 Rd7 18.Bb2 Qa8 19.Rac1 
        Qxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Rc8 21.Bd4 Rc6 22.Be3 Rb7 23.Ne1 Rc8 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.
        Nd3 h6 26.Be3 Rb7 = {Adorjan,A-Lau,R/Plovdiv EUchT/1983/} )
    14...Rd7 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Qf3 = {1/2, Taimanov,M-Csom,I/Titograd/1984/ 
    With only two pairs of minor pieces on the board White's chances of 
    utilizing his space advantage and building up pressure against Black's
    potential weaknesses are very small. In fact, it's Black who often 
    manages to free himself completely with a timely d6-d5 or b6-b5 break.
    } )
13...Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rd7 
    ( 14...Nc6 15.Bf4 d5 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Qf3 Nxd5 18.Be5 Qa8 19.Rac1 Rd8 
    20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Rxc3 b5 23.Rc6 Rd7 24.Rd6 Qxf3+ 25.Kxf3 
    Rxd6 26.Bxd6 f5 27.h4 = {1/2,Fauland,A-Csom, I/Budapest Elekes/1990/} 
    )
15.Nc3 N {White takes b5 and d5 under control, but also loses time.} 
    ( 15.Bf4 Qc8 
        ( 15...d5 16.cxd5 Rxd5 17.Qc2 += {<->c,d, ><b8} )
    16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Qf3 Qb7 18.Rd2 Nc6 19.h4 h6 20.Kg1 Na5 21.b4 Nxc4! 22.
    Rxc4 d5 = {Csom,I-Ermenkov,E/EU-chT Plovdiv/1983/} )
15...Qc8 16.Bd2 
    ( 16.Bf4?! Qc6+ 17.f3 Rc8 $36 {><c4} )
    ( 16.b3 $142 Nc6 17.Bf4 Bf6 18.Rac1 = )
16...Nc6! 
    ( 16...Qc6+ 17.f3 Rc8 18.b3 = )
17.Qe4 Ne5 18.b3 Re8 
    ( 18...f5 $142 !? $36 )
19.Rac1? {Now the initiative quickly passes on to Black.} 
    ( 19.Kg1 $142 {/\} 19...f5 20.Qg2 ~ )
19...f5! 20.Qb1 Qb7+ 21.Kg1 Bf6!? 
    ( 21...b5 22.f4 Ng4 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Qd3 $132 )
22.a4 g5! $40 {><Kg1,/ ^h1-a8 A remarkable attacking concept in hedgehog 
positions. Black starts a >> pawn storm, which is surprisingly efficient. 
It's because Black controls the weakened long diagonal and there are no 
pieces around White's deserted K. Also White has no effective counterplay 
in the [+] or on the <<.} 23.Be3 
    ( 23.f3 g4! 24.fxg4 
        ( 24.f4 Nf3+! 25.exf3 Bd4+ -+ )
    24...Nxg4 -/+ )
23...h5 24.Bd4 h4 25.Bxe5 {It's already White who logically seaks 
salvation in exchanges.} 25...Bxe5 26.g4?! {Now Black's attack gets too 
powerful.} 
    ( {White should have tried to transfer his pieces to the >>:} 26.Qd3 
    $142 hxg3 27.hxg3 g4 
        ( 27...Rh7 28.Qf3 =+ )
    28.e4!? Rh7 $40 
        ( 28...f4!? =+ )
        ( 28...Bxc3? 29.Rxc3 fxe4 
            ( 29...Qxe4 30.Qxe4 fxe4 31.Re3 += )
        30.Qe2 ~ )
    )
26...h3! 
    ( 26...fxg4?! 27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.Qxg5 h3 29.e4 =+ {<=>><Kf8} )
27.f3 $8 
    ( 27.e4 fxg4 -+ )
27...Rg7! {/\fg4} 
    ( 27...fxg4!? 28.Qg6+ Kf8 $40 )
28.e4 
    ( 28.gxf5 g4 29.Qe4 gxf3+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Kxf3 Qf7 -+ {->} )
28...fxg4 29.fxg4 Rf8 30.Rd3 
    ( 30.Rf1 Bd4+ 31.Kh1 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Bxc3 -+ )
    ( 30.Qd3 Rf4 31.Qxh3 Rh7 32.Qg2 
        ( 32.Qg3 Rh4! -+ )
    32...Rxh2! 33.Qxh2 Rxg4+ 34.Qg2 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qf7 -+ {/\Qh5,Qf4->} )
30...Rf4 31.Rxh3 Rxg4+ 32.Kh1 
    ( 32.Kf2 Qf7+ 33.Rf3 Qh5 -+ )
32...Rh7! 33.Qd3 
    ( 33.Rxh7 Qxh7 34.Qb2 Bxc3 -+ )
33...Rgh4 34.Rxh4 $8 Rxh4 35.h3 
    ( 35.Rc2 Qh7 -+ )
35...g4 36.Rg1 Qh7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan SLGH"]
[Black "Heim, Sverre OSLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 
Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Nb5 Qe7 12.O-O-O Nxb5 13.cxb5 d5 
    ( 13...d6 14.Qxd6 Qh4 15.Qb4 
        ( 15.Bd3 += )
    15...Be6 16.Kb1 f5 17.f3 Rac8 18.Be2 b6 19.Rd6 Qe7 20.Qd2 f4 21.Bf2 
    Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Qc2 Rc8 24.Qa4 Qc7 25.Rd1 +/- {1/2-1/2 
    Ornstein,A-Rogers,I/Gausdal open 1979 (75)} )
14.exd5 Rd8 
    ( 14...Bf5 15.Bd3 Rac8+ 16.Kb1 Qd7 17.Bxf5 Qxf5+ 18.Qd3 e4 19.Qb3 b6 
    20.Rc1 Rcd8 21.Rhd1 Rd7 22.Rd2 Rfd8 23.Rcd1 Be5 24.h3 +/- {1-0 
    Smyslov, V-Jimenez Zerquera,E/Havana 1963 (53)} )
15.d6 
    ( 15.Kb1 Bf5+ 16.Ka1 Rac8 17.d6 Qe6 18.Qd5 Qf6 19.Be2 Bc2 
        ( 19...Rc2!? 20.Bd3 Rxb2 21.Bxf5 e4 22.Bd4 Rb4 -/+ )
    20.Rd2 e4 21.Rd4 b6 
        ( 21...Bd3 22.Bxd3 exd3 23.Rd1 Rd7 += )
    22.Re1!? += 
        ( 22.Rc1? Rc5 23.Qb7 Bd3 -/+ {0-1 Feher,G-Szabolcsi,J/HUN-chT1 
        1995 (50)} )
    )
15...Qe6 
    ( 15...Qe8 16.Qb4 Be6 17.Kb1 Bf8 18.Be2 Rd7 19.Rd2 f5 20.f4 
        ( 20.Qa3 f4 21.Bc5 b6 22.Bb4 Rad8 23.Rhd1 e4 24.b3 
            ( 24.Bc3 Qf7 ~= )
        24...Bg7 25.Bc4 += )
    20...e4 21.Qa3 Qd8 22.Rhd1 b6 23.h3 h5 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 fxg4 26.Qc3 
    Bg7 27.Bd4 Rc8 28.Qe3 +/- {Cao,S-Afek,Y/FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN 
    1997/1-0 (107)} )
16.Kb1 Bf8 17.Bc5?! 
    ( 17.Qc3! Rxd6 18.Bc4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qg4 20.Qb3 Bf5+ 
        ( 20...Kg7 21.Bd5 a6 22.h3 
            ( 22.b6 += )
        22...Qb4 23.Bxf7 Qe4+ 24.Ka1 axb5 $8 
            ( 24...Qxg2 25.Bg8! +- )
        25.Bd5 Qa4 26.Qxa4 Rxa4 27.Bxb7! +/- )
    21.Ka1 Rc8 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 
        ( 22...Kg7 23.f3 Qxg2 24.Be6 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Bc2 26.Bh6+ +- {
        1.59/1.40. 1-0 Serper-Sermek/Tilburg 1994 (40)} )
    23.Qd5 
        ( 23.f3? Qxg2 24.Be6 Bxe6 25.Qxe6 Qxf3 -/+ )
        ( 23.Rg1 +/- )
    23...Be4 
        ( 23...Qe2 24.Rg1 +/- )
    24.Qxe5+ 
        ( 24.Be6 Qe2 25.Qd7 +- 
            ( 25.Qxe5+?! Bg7 26.Qd4 $8 h5? 
                ( 26...Bd3! 27.Rg1!? 
                    ( 27.Rxd3 Rc1+ 28.Bxc1 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Qxe6 30.Be3 += )
                27...Re8 
                    ( 27...Bxb5! 28.Bxc8 
                        ( 28.Qb4 a5 29.Qb3 Rc2 30.Rc1 Rxc1+ 31.Bxc1 Bc6 = 
                        )
                    28...Bxd4 29.Bxd4+ Kg8 30.Bxb7 += )
                28.Bf7 Rf8 29.Bb3 Bxb5 30.Bd1 +/- )
            27.Qd8+ Bf8 28.Qf6+ Bg7 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Bg8+ Kh8 31.Bc4+ Kh7 
            32.Bxe2 {1-0 Nemeth,M-Fleger,H/Balatonbereny op 1996} )
        )
    24...Bg7 25.Qd4 +/- )
17...b6 18.Bb4 Bb7 19.h4 
    ( 19.f3 Rd7 20.Be2 Rad8 21.Qc2 Bxd6 22.Bc4 Qf6 23.Bc3 Bc5 24.Rxd7 Rxd7
    25.Rd1 Bd4 =+ {0-1 Wirthensohn,H-Zueger,B/SWZ-ch 1994 (37)} )
19...Bxd6 
    ( 19...Rac8!? 20.f3! +/- 
        ( 20.h5 Bxd6 21.Bc3 
            ( 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Qxd6 Be4+ 23.Bd3 Qxd6 24.Bxe4 Qb4 -+ )
        21...Be7 =+ {Anka,E-Silman,J/Budapest FS03 GM 1994/EXP 42/0-1 (75)
        } )
    )
20.Bxd6 Rd7 21.f4 
    ( 21.h5 Rad8 22.hxg6 Be4+! 23.Bd3 Rxd6 24.gxf7+ Kxf7 -/+ )
21...exf4 22.Qxf4 
    ( 22.h5!? Rad8 
        ( 22...Be4+ 23.Ka1 Rad8 24.Qxf4 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Bc4 Qe7 
            ( 26...Bd5 27.Rd1 +- )
        27.Bxf7+ +- )
    23.hxg6 
        ( 23.Qxf4? Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 
            ( 24...Qe1+ 25.Kc2 +- )
        25.Bc4 Qe4+ 26.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 27.Kc1 Bxg2 -+ )
    23...Be4+ 24.Ka1 
        ( 24.Bd3 Bxg6 25.Bxg6 Qxg6+ -/+ )
    24...Qxg6 25.Qxf4 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Bc4 Rf6 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Qxa7 
    Qxg2 $132 )
22...Rad8 23.Bc4 
    ( 23.h5? Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Bc4 Qe4+ -+ )
23...Be4+ 24.Ka1 Qxc4 25.Rc1 Qe6 
    ( 25...Qxb5 26.Be5 
        ( 26.Qxe4 Rxd6 -/+ )
    26...Re8 27.Bc3 Qf5 
        ( 27...f5 28.h5 +/- )
    28.Qh6 f6 29.h5 Qg5 30.hxg6 Qxh6 31.Rxh6 Bxg6 32.Bxf6 Re2 33.g4 = )
26.Be5 f6 
    ( 26...Rd5 27.Bc3 $132 )
27.Qxf6 Qxf6 28.Bxf6 Rf8 29.Bg5 Bxg2 30.Rhd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoen, Ragnar OSLS"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John SLGH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 
    ( 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Qh4 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.h3 O-O 10.g3 Qh5 11.g4 Qe5 12.g5 
    Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Re8 14.Bf3 Qxe2+ 15.Bxe2 Ba6 16.c4 Bxc4 17.Nc3 Rab8 18.
    Kf1 Be6 19.b3 f6 20.gxf6 Bd4 21.Bb2 Bxf6 22.Na4 Bh4 23.Nc5 Rf8 24.Rh2 
    Bxh3+ 25.Kg1 Rbe8 26.Nxd7 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Bxd7 28.Bc4+ Be6 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
    30.Rf1+ Ke7 31.Bxe6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Fontys 1997/CBM 61} )
6...Bb6 7.Nd2 Nge7 8.Nc4 
    ( 8.Bd3 Ne5 9.Nc4 d6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.O-O O-O 12.Be2 f5 13.exf5 Nxf5 
    14.Nxf5 Rxf5 15.f4 Nc6 16.Bd3 Rf6 17.Qc2 h6 {- Zahariev,Z-Miles,A/7th 
    Open 1997/EXT 97} )
8...Bxd4! 9.Bxd4 
    ( 9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 = )
9...O-O 10.Bd3 
    ( 10.Be2!? )
10...d5 11.Ne3 
    ( 11.exd5?! Nxd4 12.cxd4 
        ( 12.d6? Nef5 13.cxd4 Re8+ -/+ )
    12...Nxd5 =+ )
11...Nxd4 12.cxd4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 f5!? 
    ( 13...c6!? 14.O-O Be6 =+ )
14.Bf3 
    ( 14.Bc2?! f4 15.Qh5 Ng6! 
        ( 15...g6 16.Bb3+ Kg7 17.Qe5+ Kh6 -/+ )
    )
14...f4 15.Qb3+ 
    ( 15.Nc4 Nf5 16.O-O 
        ( 16.d5 Re8+ -/+ )
    16...Nxd4 -/+ )
15...Kh8 16.Nc2 Nf5 17.O-O-O 
    ( 17.O-O!? Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Rfe1 ~= )
17...a5!? 
    ( 17...Nh4!? 18.Rhe1 Qd6 
        ( 18...Nxf3!? 19.Qxf3 Qd6 )
    )
18.Rhe1 Ra6 19.d5 
    ( 19.Re5 $142 ! Rd6 20.Qd3 {/\Be4} 
        ( 20.Qc3!? )
    )
19...Rd6 20.Qc3 b6 {/\21...Bb7} 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 c6 23.Qd2 
    ( 23.Re5 Bb7 24.Qd2 cxd5 25.Rxf4 Rdf6! 26.Rxf6 
        ( 26.Rd4?? Qc7+ )
    26...Qxf6 27.Re1 Qg6 =+ )
23...cxd5 
    ( 23...Bf5 $142 ! 24.Re5 
        ( 24.Rxf4 cxd5 {see 24.R:f4} )
    24...Bg6 
        ( 24...cxd5 25.Rexd5 Qc7+ 26.Kd1 Rxd5 27.Bxd5 ~ 
            ( 27.Rxd5 Be6 28.Rd6 Bxa2 -/+ )
        )
    25.Rxf4 Rxf4 26.Qxf4 cxd5 27.Kd2 Rd7! =+ {><d2} 
        ( 27...d4 $140 ? 28.Re8+! Qxe8 
            ( 28...Bxe8?? 29.Qf8# )
        29.Qxd6 +/- )
    )
24.Rxf4? 
    ( 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5 Bf5 26.Qxd8 Rxd8 27.Re5! g6 28.Be4 += )
24...Bf5! {><c1} 25.Re5? 
    ( 25.Kd1!? )
25...Qc7+ 26.Kd1 Rdf6 27.Qe3? {The last part in the chain of the white's 
mistakes.Now the position of white is hopeless.} 
    ( 27.Qd4 $142 Qc2+ 
        ( 27...Bc2+ 28.Kd2 Be4! 
            ( 28...Rxf4 29.Qxf4 Qc5 
                ( 29...Rxf4?? 30.Re8+ )
            30.Qe3 )
        29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Re6 Qc2+ 31.Ke3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 
            ( 32.Kxf3 Qf5+ )
        32...Qc1+ 33.Ke2 Rc8! 34.Qxf6+ Kg8 $40 )
    28.Ke1 Qb1+ 29.Bd1 
        ( 29.Kd2 Rc6! -+ )
    29...Qxa2 =+ )
27...Qc2+ -+ 28.Ke1 Qb1+ 29.Bd1 Bc2 30.Rd4 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Qxb2 32.f3? 
    ( 32.Qd4 Rxf2 33.Qxb2 Rxb2 -+ )
    ( 32.Rd2 Qa1+ 33.Rd1 
        ( 33.Ke2 Rxf2+ 34.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qxe5 )
    33...Qxa2 -+ )
32...Qxg2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony Cornelius SLGH"]
[Black "Moen, Ole Christian OSLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Rc1 
Re8 9.e3 Re4 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.Be2 a6 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Nxc3 Re8 15.
O-O d6 16.Qc2 Ne5 17.Rfd1 Bd7 18.h3 Rc8 19.Rd2 Qh4 20.Rd4 Qe7 21.Nd5 Qf8 
22.Rd2 Bc6 23.Nb4 Bd7 24.c5 a5 25.Nd5 Re6 26.f4 Nc6 27.Bg4 Qe8 28.Bxe6 
fxe6 29.Nc3 dxc5 30.Rcd1 Nb8 31.Qe4 b6 32.f5 e5 33.Rxd7 Nxd7 34.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bjerke, Richard OSLS"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron SLGH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4 
9.exf5 Bb4 10.Bxc4 dxc3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O cxb2 13.Bxb2 Ke7 14.g4 
    ( 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Nd3 Rc8 16.Bxe6 Kxe6 17.Nxb4 Rc4 18.Rfe1+ Kf7 {
    1/2-1/2 Ward,C-Ansell,S/BCF-ch 1997/EXP 59} )
14...Rc8 15.Rac1 Nc6 16.Nxf7 {Diese Transaktion ist nicht günstig für 
Weiß. Solider ist} 
    ( 16.Nd3 Bd2 17.Ba3+ Ke8 
        ( 17...Kd8 18.Rcd1 Be3+ 19.Kh1 Nd4 20.Ne5 {ist natürlich nicht 
        empfehlenswert für Schwarz.} )
    18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rcd1 Nd4 20.Bxe6 
        ( 20.Rxd2 Rxc4 21.Nb2 Rc3 {führt zum Vorteil für Schwarz.} )
    20...Be3+ 21.Kh1 Nxe6 22.Rfe1 Nd5 23.Nb4 = {mit Ausgleich.} )
16...Kxf7 17.Bxe6+ Kf8 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Rfd1 Rc7 20.h4 Re7 21.Rc2 Nd7 22.
Kf2 
    ( 22.Rd5!? )
22...Nc5 23.g5? 
    ( {Besser war} 23.f6 gxf6 24.Bxf6 Rf7 25.g5 )
23...Ne5 24.Bc3 Ned3+ 25.Kg3 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Re3 27.Rc2 b6 28.h5? Ne4+ 29.Kh4
Rxf3 30.Rc8+ Ke7 31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.Rxg7 Rf4+ 33.Kh3 Ndf2+ 34.Kg2 Nxd1 35.g6 
Ne3+ 36.Kg1 Rg4+ 37.Kh2 Rg2+ 38.Kh3 Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander MVGR"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John DVBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 f5 4.c4 {->A20} 4...Nf6 5.b4 N 
    ( 5.Nc3 c6 
        ( 5...Nc6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 g5 9.f3 exf3 10.exf3 Bg7 11.O-O 
        O-O 12.f4 g4 13.Nf2 Re8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Bd2 h5 16.Re1 h4 17.Ne2 Nh5 
        18.Qc2 Ng6 19.Bc3 hxg3 20.hxg3 {Stolte,A-Sandmann,B/NRW-I 1990/BIG
        90/1/2-1/2 (52)} )
    6.d4 
        ( 6.O-O Be7 7.c5 O-O 8.d3 Nbd7 9.cxd6 Bxd6 10.b4 Qe7 11.b5 c5 12.
        Bb2 Kh8 13.Nd2 Rd8 14.a4 a6 15.Nc4 axb5 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Nxb5 Qe7 
        18.Qc2 e4 19.dxe4 Nxe4 20.Nc7 Rb8 {Trofimova,O-Martyniuk,T/EU-chJW
        U20 1996/JUN 97/1-0 (31)} )
    6...e4 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 g5 9.Ng1 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.f3 Bb4 12.e3 Nxc3 
    13.bxc3 Bxc3+ 14.Bd2 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 exf3 16.Nxf3 O-O 17.h4 g4 18.Ne5 Qd6
    19.Kf2 Nd7 {Fabiano,G-Arlandi,E/Catania op 1994/EXT 94op/0-1 (36)} )
    ( 5.O-O g6 6.b4 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d3 Kh8 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qa4 Nbd7 11.Rac1 c6
    12.b5 Nb6 13.Qb3 axb5 14.cxb5 c5 15.e4 Qe7 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Qc2 fxe4 18.
    dxe4 Bxa2 19.Nxa2 Rxa2 {Loeffler,S-Meyer,C/BL2-N 1993/BL2/1-0 (48)} )
5...e4 6.Nd4 d5 {Van der Wiel ist ein Spieler, der gerne schon früh in der
Partie nach Komplikationen strebt.} 
    ( 6...c5!? )
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.b5 Nf4 
    ( 8...Bc5 9.Nb3 
        ( 9.Bb2?! Qf6 10.e3 Nb4 11.Bf1 Nd7 $132 )
    9...Bb6 10.O-O += )
9.gxf4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 Bc5 
    ( 10...Nd7 {Vielleicht hätte Schwarz seinen wunden Punkt (><g7) so 
    besser schützen können.} )
11.e3 Qc4 12.Bb2 O-O 
    ( 12...Nd7 13.Rc1 )
13.Rg1! {mit Riesen-Waschkraft.} 13...Rf7 
    ( 13...c6 14.Bf1 +- )
    ( 13...Qf7 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 +/- )
14.Rc1 Qb4 
    ( 14...Qe6 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Rxc5 +/- )
15.Qc2 Bd6 16.Nd5! Qxb5 
    ( 16...Qa5 17.Bf1 $40 )
17.Nf6+ +- Kh8 18.Bf1 Qxb2 
    ( 18...Qc6 19.Qd1 Qb6 20.Qh5 +- )
19.Qxb2 Rxf6 20.Qxf6 {Es ging auch anders: das ist aber besonders hübsch 
und dabei auch noch ganz klar.} 20...gxf6 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Na6 23.Ke2 
Nc5 24.Bxf5 Rd8 25.Rg3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian Michael DVBR"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g5 7.O-O-O a6 8.g3 
Nd7 9.f4 Bg7 10.Nh3 Qe7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.e5 O-O-O 14.a4 b4 15.Bxb7+
Kxb7 16.Ne4 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Qg2 Nc6 19.Nc5+ Kb6 20.Qe2 Rxd4 21.Qxa6+ 
Kxc5 22.Nf2 Rb8 23.Rxd4 Bxd4 24.Ne4+ Kd5 25.Re1 f5 26.Nd2 Qc5 27.Qe2 e5 
28.g4 Na5 29.Qf3+ Kd6 30.gxf5 Qd5 31.Qe2 Kd7 32.f6 Rf8 33.Rf1 Nb7 34.Qh5 
Rf7 35.Qxh6 Qg2 36.Qg6 Nd6 37.Qd3 Qxh2 38.c3 bxc3 39.bxc3 Bb6 40.Nc4 Qh7 
41.Qxh7 Rxh7 42.Nxd6 Rh8 43.Nf7 Rb8 44.Kc2 Be3 45.Nxe5+ Ke6 46.Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus DVBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Nxe4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O c5 13.Qe2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 
15.a4 Qc7 16.Qe5 Qa5 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 18.dxc5 Nd7 19.c6 Nc5 20.cxb7 Bxb7 21.
Be2 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rab8 23.Rfb1 Nb3 24.Ra2 Nd2 25.Rxb8 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Rxb8 
27.Rd2 Rc8 28.Rd7 a5 29.Ra7 Rc5 30.Kf1 Rxc4 31.Rxa5 Rxc3 32.Kg2 Ra3 33.Ra7
g5 34.h3 Kg7 35.a5 Kg6 36.a6 h5 37.Ra8 h4 38.Ra7 Kf6 39.Ra8 Kf5 40.Ra7 f6 
41.Ra8 Kf4 42.a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel DVBR"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan MVGR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Petursson} 1...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 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.Ba3 
    ( 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Nd2 c5 14.a4 Ra6 15.Ra3 g5 16.g3 Nh3+ 17.Bxh3 Bxh3 
    18.Qh5 Qd7 19.Qxg5 h6 20.Qe3 f5 21.Qe2 f4 22.Nb5 Kh7 23.gxf4 exf4 24.
    Kh1 Bg4 25.Nf3 Ng6 26.Rg1 Bxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Ne5 28.Qh5 Qf7 29.Qh3 Nxc4 30.
    Rf3 Be5 31.Nc7 Rxa4 32.Bxf4 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Novgorod 
    1997/CBM 60/[Huzman]} )
12...Bg4 13.c5 
    ( 13.Re3!? f5 14.h3 Bh5 15.bxa5 Bh6 16.Qe1 fxe4 17.Nh2 Nf5 18.Nxe4 Qh4
    19.g4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Nxh3+ 21.Kg2 Qxe1 22.Rxe1 Rxa5 23.Bb4 Rxa2+ 24.Kxh3
    Rxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Bxg4 26.c5 Bf3 27.cxd6 cxd6 28.Nc3 Rc8 29.Bh3 Rc4 30.
    Be6+ Kh8 31.Bxd6 Bg7 32.Kg3 e4 33.Ne2 Bf6 34.Nd4 Bxd4 35.exd4 Kg7 36.
    Be5+ Kh6 37.d6 Rc2 38.d7 {1-0 Stocek,J-Slugin,S/Plzen KB opJ-A 
    1997/EXT 97} )
    ( 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb5 
    Ned4 19.Qd3 Nxb4 20.axb4 Qb6 21.g3 Ra6 22.Rxa6 Qxa6 23.Rb1 Rc8 24.Qd1 
    Qb6 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Qf3 Qa7 27.Rb3 b5 {Peng,Z-David,A/Hoogovens-B 
    1997/CBM 57/1/2-1/2 (40)} )
    ( 13.bxa5 f5 14.c5 Rxa5 15.Bb4 Ra8 16.a4 Kh8 17.Ra3 dxc5 18.Bxc5 b6 
    19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nb5 Rad8 21.Qc2 fxe4 22.Qxe4 Rxd5 23.Rc3 c6 24.Nbd4 
    Qb4 25.Rc4 Qd6 26.Nxc6 Nh3+ 27.gxh3 Bxf3 28.Qe3 e4 29.Bg2 Rd3 30.Qxb6 
    Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Bd4 32.Qxd4+ Rxd4 33.Nxd4 Qd5 34.Rec1 Kg7 35.Kg1 Kh6 36.
    R1c3 e3 37.f3 Rf4 {0-1 Sorokin,M-Sutovskij,E/Villa Martelli 1997/CBM 
    60/[Huzman]} )
13...f5 14.h3 fxe4 
    ( 14...Bh5!? )
15.hxg4 exf3 16.gxf3 
    ( 16.Qxf3 axb4 17.Bxb4 Nfxd5 18.Qd1 Nxb4 19.Qb3+ d5 20.Qxb4 e4 -+ )
    ( 16.g3 Qd7! 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.bxa5 Qxg4 $40 {/-+} )
16...Nf5! 17.Ne4 
    ( 17.gxf5 Qg5+ 18.Kh2 Qh4+ 19.Kg1 Rxf5 20.Ne4 Rh5 -+ )
17...Nd4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.b5 Qh4 20.Re3 
    ( 20.Bxd6 Nh3+ 21.Bxh3 Qxh3 22.Ng5 Qh4 23.Bxe5 
        ( 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Ne6 Nxf3+ 25.Kf1 Nd4! -+ )
    23...Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Nxf3+! 25.Nxf3 Qxg4+ 26.Kf1 Rxf3 $40 {/-+} )
20...Nh3+ 21.Bxh3 Qxh3 22.Ng5 Qh4 23.Ne6 Bh6! 
    ( 23...Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 e4 26.Qxe4 
        ( 26.Qd1 Be5 $40 )
    26...Bxa1 27.Bxd6 ~= )
    ( 23...Nxe6 24.dxe6 e4 25.Rxe4 
        ( 25.e7 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 exf3 27.Qd5+ Kh8 28.Qxf3 Qxe7 29.Rd1 ~= )
    25...Bxa1 26.e7 Rfe8 27.Qxa1 Rxe7 28.Qd4 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 ~= )
24.Rd3 Nxe6 
    ( 24...Bf4!? 25.Nxf4 Rxf4 26.Bb2 Raf8 27.Bxd4 exd4 $40 )
25.dxe6 Bf4 
    ( 25...e4 26.e7 exd3 
        ( 26...Rxf3 27.Rxf3 exf3 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Bxd6 Qxg4+ 30.Bg3 +/- )
    )
26.e7 Qh3!! 
    ( 26...Rf7 {Petursson} 27.Rxd6 Qh3 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Bc5! = )
27.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28.Qc2 
    ( 28.Qb3+ Rf7 29.Qb2 
        ( 29.Bc5 Bh2+ 30.Kh1 dxc5 31.Qb2 c4 -+ )
    29...e4! 
        ( 29...Bh2+ {Petursson} 30.Kh1 e4 -+ )
    30.Rc3 Bh2+ 31.Kh1 Be5+ 32.Kg1 exf3 -+ )
28...Bh2+ 29.Kh1 Bf4+ 30.Kg1 Bh2+ 31.Kh1 e4! -+ 32.Bb2 
    ( 32.fxe4 Bg3+ 33.Kg1 Qh2+ 34.Kf1 Rxf2+ 35.Qxf2 Qxf2# )
32...Be5+ 33.Kg1 Bh2+ 34.Kh1 Be5+ 
    ( 34...Bf4+! {Petursson} 35.Kg1 Qh2+ 36.Kf1 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 exd3+ 38.Qxd3 
    Re8+ 39.Qe4 Rxe4+ -+ )
35.Kg1 exf3 36.Qc4+ 
    ( 36.Qb3+ Kg7 37.Bxe5+ dxe5 38.Rxf3 Rxf3 39.Qe6 Kh6 40.g5+ 
        ( 40.Rf1 Qh4 41.Kg2 Rf4 42.f3 e4 $40 )
    40...Kxg5 41.Qxe5+ Rf5 -+ )
36...Rf7 37.Qc8+ Kg7 38.Bxe5+ dxe5 39.Rxf3 Qxf3 40.Rf1 Rf4! 41.Qc7+ Kh6 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus MVGR"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Franciscus DVBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bd3 e6 8.Ne5 Be7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Qe2 g6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.a3 
Ne4 16.Na2 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8 18.Bb4 Bd8 19.f3 Nd6 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Nc1 Bc7 
22.Nd3 Nf5 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qc7 25.Bc3 Bd7 26.Qd2 b4 27.axb4 Bb5 28.
Bxf5 exf5 29.Qxd5 Qd7 30.Qa8+ Qe8 31.Qb7 Qd7 32.Qb8+ Qe8 33.Qb6 Qe6 34.
Qd8+ Qe8 35.Qd2 Qe6 36.h3 h5 37.Qd4 Kh7 38.e4 fxe4 39.Qxe4 Qb6+ 40.Kh2 Qe6
41.Qe3 Kg7 42.Bd4 Kh7 43.Bc5 Kg7 44.Kh1 Kh7 45.Bb6 Qe7 46.Qf4 Qd7 47.Be3 
Kg8 48.Qf6 Qe6 49.Qd8+ Qe8 50.Qd4 Qd7 51.Qc3 Qe7 52.Bf4 Kh7 53.Qe1 Qe6 54.
Bg5 Qc4 55.Kh2 Qe6 56.Bf6 Qf5 57.Qe3 Qd7 58.Qc5 Kg8 59.Kg3 Qe6 60.Qe3 Kh7 
61.Kh2 Qd7 62.Qc3 Qe6 63.g4 hxg4 64.hxg4 Qc4 65.Kg3 Qe2 66.Qc1 Qf1 67.Qe3 
Bc4 68.Be7 Qe2 69.Qc3 Qf1 70.Bc5 Qe2 71.Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delemarre, Jop DVBR"]
[Black "Watzka, Horst MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 {Tyomkin,D} 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.c3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 
7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5 9.Nb3 c6 10.Bh4 {In this variation white can't get some
serious advantage.} 10...exd4 N 
    ( 10...h6 11.Rc1 Qb6 
        ( 11...e4 12.Nfd2 b5 13.a4 a6?! 
            ( 13...bxa4 $142 )
        14.Ra1 Bb7 15.h3 Bf8 16.Bg3 Nh7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Bxa8 19.Qa1 
        Nb6 20.Nc5 += {Sergeev,V-Jirovsky,P/SVK-ch 1997/EXT 97/1-0 (58)} )
    12.c4 dxc4 13.Nbd2 e4?! 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.Nxc4 Qc7 17.Bg3 += 
    {Malaniuk,V-Iljin,S/St.Petersburg op 1995/EXP 46/1-0 (40)} )
11.Nbxd4?! 
    ( 11.cxd4 $142 Qb6 12.Nfd2 += 
        ( 12.Rc1 Ne4 )
    )
    ( 11.exd4 Qb6 = )
11...Qb6 = {/=/+ Black got position,which usually getting with white 
pieces.} 12.Qc2?! Ne5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 =+ {preparing c5 and Bf5} 14.b4 a5 15.
a3 Re8 =+ 16.Rfd1 Ne4 17.Qb3?! 
    ( 17.f3 $142 Nd6 18.Bf2 =+ )
17...Nd6? 
    ( 17...c5 $142 ! 18.Bb5 $140 
        ( 18.bxc5? Qxb3 19.Nxb3 Nxc3 -+ )
    18...cxd4 19.Bxe8 Nxc3 -+ )
18.Bg3 Nf5? 
    ( 18...Ne4 $142 )
19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Bd6! += Qd8 21.Bc5 Qg5 22.Bd4 += Be4 23.Bf1 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 
    ( 24.cxd4!? += )
24...b5?! 
    ( 24...Re7 $142 += )
25.a4! axb4 26.cxb4 bxa4 27.Rxa4 Rab8 28.Qc3 += {Strange solution to agree
a draw in this position,because this position is the best for white in 
this game! Perhapse white was in time-trouble already.} 
    ( 28.Qc3 Re6 29.Ra6 Qf6 
        ( 29...c5? 30.Rxe6 cxd4 31.Qc7 Rxb4 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Qc5 )
    30.Qc5 )
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan RPMS"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johannes TESS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e4!? {Das ist meine 
Lieblingsvariante. Weiß gibt die Kontrolle über d4 auf, hat aber ein Feld 
auf d5. Ribli.} 5...d6 6.d3 f5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nd5 {Weiß spielt 
eigentlich eine geschlossene Sizilianische Verteidigung, aber mit 
Mehrtempo. Ribli.} 9...Be6 10.Bg5 Qd7 
    ( 10...h6? {Die Fesselung ist wirklich unangenehm für Schwarz, aber 
    dieser Zug ist ein bekannter Fehler. Ribli.} 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bxh6 )
11.Qd2 Nh5 
    ( 11...Kh8 12.Rae1 Ng8 13.Be3 Nd8 14.b3 Nf7 15.Ndc3 c5 16.Nd5 Rae8 17.
    exf5 gxf5 18.f4 b6 19.Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Goldenberg,R-Zichichi,A/Reggio 
    Emilia 1978} )
    ( 11...Rab8?! 12.Rac1 b6 13.b4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.exf5 
    Bxf5 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Qf4 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Meulders,R/Brussels 1987 
    (26)} )
12.exf5 
    ( 12.Rac1 Nd8 13.Be3 c6 14.Ndc3 Nf7 15.b3 Nf6 16.d4 Qe7 17.d5 Bd7 18.
    dxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Ng4 21.Rc4 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bh6 23.Qc3 Rad8 
    24.Qc2 f4 25.g4 f3! $40 {0-1 Stryjecki,M-Petran,P/Slovan op 1996/ EXT 
    97 (34)} )
12...Bxf5 
    ( 12...gxf5 13.f4 Kh8 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.b4 Nd8 16.Ne3 Nf7 17.Bh4 exf4 
    18.gxf4 Nh6 19.h3 b6 20.b5 Qf7 21.Kh2 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 
    Serper,G-Sakaev,K/URS-chJ 1991 (27)} )
13.b4!? N {Mit der Unterstützung des g2-Läufers hat Weiß freie Hand am 
Damenflügel. Ich hab schon ähnlich gespielt gegen Ibragimov, nach 13.Rae1,
aber vielleicht der Textzug ist noch präziser. Ribli.} 
    ( 13.Rae1 Rf7 14.b4 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Qxh3 16.b5 Nd8 17.f4 Ne6 18.fxe5 Raf8 
    19.Rxf7 Rxf7 20.Bf6 dxe5 21.Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Ibragimov,I/ 
    Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/CBM 36/[Ribli]} )
13...Kh8!? 
    ( 13...a6 14.b5 axb5 15.cxb5 Nd8 16.Ne7+ 
        ( 16.Rac1 Ne6 )
    16...Kh8 17.Nxf5 Qxf5 
        ( 17...Rxf5 18.Bh3 +/- )
    18.Bxd8 Raxd8 19.Bxb7 +/- )
    ( 13...Rf7!? )
    ( 13...Rae8 14.b5 Nd8 )
    ( 13...e4 14.d4 
        ( 14.dxe4 Bxa1 15.exf5 ~= )
    )
14.b5 
    ( 14.Rae1!? )
14...Nd8 15.a4 += {Weiß hat freie Hand am Damenflügel, was etwas bessere 
Chancen bietet. Ribli.} 15...c6 
    ( 15...e4?! 16.d4 )
16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Ndc3 
    ( 17.Ne3 Be6 {Weiß hat Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination. Sein 
    g5-Läufer hängt in der Luft. Ribli.} )
17...Ne6 18.Be3 Nf6 19.f3 {Das ist immer eine schwere Entscheidung, wenn 
wir unseren Läufer auf der großen Diagonale einschließen müssen,aber Weiß 
verteidigt sich gegen 19...Ng4, und bereitet den Zug g3-g4 vor. Ribli.} 
    ( 19.h3?! Nc5 )
19...Nc5 20.Rad1 Rab8 
    ( 20...Bxd3? 21.Bxc5 Bxe2 
        ( 21...dxc5 22.Qxd3 +- )
    22.Qxe2 +- )
    ( 20...Nxd3? 21.g4 +- )
21.g4 Nb3 22.Qe1 Be6 23.h3 {Weiß verteidigt zuerst den g4-Bauern und 
bereitet f3-f4 vor. Ribli.} 23...d5 ~ 24.d4! exd4?! 
    ( 24...dxc4!? {Dieser Zug führt zu großen Komplikationen und wäre 
    besser als die Partiefortsetzung. Ribli.} 25.dxe5 Nd5 ~ 26.f4 $36 )
25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 += Rfe8 27.Qf2 
    ( 27.Qh4 Qf7 28.f4 $36 )
27...Rb4!? 28.cxd5 Nxd5 29.Ne4 {Nach dem wahrscheinlichen Läufertausch 
werden die schwarzen Felder im Lager des Nachziehene sehr schwach. Ribli.}
29...Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Qxd4+ Qg7 
    ( 31...Kg8?! 32.f4 $36 )
32.Qc5! {Wegen der schwachen schwarzen Königstellung muß Weiß natürlich 
die Damen auf dem Brett behalten. Ribli.} 
    ( 32.Qxg7+?! Kxg7 33.Nc5 Nf4 )
    ( 32.Qd2 Rb8 $132 )
32...Nf4 33.Qxc6 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber der schwarze Springer 
steht ausgezeichnet auf f4 und die weiße Königsstellung hat auch ihre 
Schwächen. Das Hauptproblem für Weiß ist der eingeschlossene Läufer. 
Ribli.} 
    ( 33.Rd1?! Bd5 =+ )
33...Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Rc8 ~= 35.Qb5?! 
    ( 35.Qd6 Qxd6 36.Nxd6 Rc2 ~= 37.Re1 )
35...Rf8? $138 
    ( 35...Bd5 36.Qd7 )
    ( 35...Bd7!? )
    ( 35...Nxg2!? {Psychologisch es ist schwer, diesen schönen Springer 
    für einen so schlechten Läufer zu geben. Ribli.} 36.Kxg2 Bc4 37.Rc1 $8
    Bxb5 38.Rxc8+ Kg7 39.axb5 =+ {Theoretisch steht Schwarz besser , denn 
    die Dame ist stärker als die weißen Figuren, aber meiner Meinung nach 
    kann Weiß die Partie halten. Ribli.} )
36.Rc1 Bd5 37.Qd7!? {In Zeitnot ist dieser Fesselungszug sehr unangenehm 
für Schwarz. Ribli.} 
    ( 37.Qc5 Qxc5 
        ( 37...Qg7 38.Qc3 )
    38.Rxc5 
        ( 38.Nxc5 Nxg2 39.Kxg2 Rxf3 =+ )
    38...Bxe4 39.fxe4 Rd8 )
37...Qg7 38.Qd6 Bxe4 39.Rc7 +/- Qf6 
    ( 39...Rf7 40.Rc8+ +- )
    ( 39...Qa1+ 40.Kh2 +- )
40.Qd7 Qa1+? 
    ( 40...g5 $8 41.fxe4 Qh6 
        ( 41...Qg6 42.Qd4+ Kg8 43.Bf1 +- )
    42.Qd4+ 
        ( 42.Rxa7 Nxh3 43.Qd4+ Rf6 )
    42...Kg8 
        ( 42...Qf6 43.Qxf6+ Rxf6 44.Rxa7 Rb6 )
    43.Rxa7 +/- Nxh3 44.Qc4+ Kh8 45.Qc3+ +- )
41.Kh2 +- {Nach diesem Zug kann sich Schwarz gegen die Mattdrohung nicht 
mehr verteidigen. Ribli.} 
    ( 41.Kh2 g5 42.fxe4 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Welling, Gerard TESS"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg RPMS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O d5 8.c3 O-O 9.
Na3 b6 10.e5 a5 11.Be3 Ba6 12.Bf2 Rc8 13.Nc2 Nf5 14.Re1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zupe, Miran RPMS"]
[Black "Van de Plassche, Bas TESS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qe3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bh6
9.Qd3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd4 11.Qd3 Bxc1 12.Rxc1 e5 13.O-O Nf6 14.f4 O-O 15.Rf2 
Nd7 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Rcf1 a5 18.Bg4 Nc5 19.Qe3 Qh4 20.Nd5 Ra6 21.h3 h6 22.
Nf6+ Kg7 23.Qa3 Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Nxe4 25.Rxg6+ Kxg6 26.Qxf8 Nf6 27.Qe7 e4 28.
Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thoeng, Paulus TESS"]
[Black "Cigan, Stefan RPMS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bb5 e5 5.b4 cxb4 6.Nd5 a6 7.Ba4 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Nxb4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.d3 O-O 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Be3 Rfb8 15.
Rb3 d5 16.Qa1 Bd6 17.Bg5 dxe4 18.Nd2 Rxb3 19.axb3 exd3 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.
cxd3 Qd7 22.Rc1 Be7 23.Qa4 Rd8 24.Rxc6 Qxd3 25.Nf1 Qf5 26.Qxa6 Rd1 27.Qc8+
Qxc8 28.Rxc8+ Kg7 29.g4 f5 30.gxf5 Rb1 31.Rc7 Bg5 32.Rb7 Kf6 33.Kg2 Kxf5 
34.Rxf7+ Kg6 35.Rb7 Bf4 36.Ng3 h6 37.Kf3 Rb2 38.h3 Kg5 39.Rg7+ Kh4 40.Kg2 
Bxg3 41.Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gruskovnjak, Tomislav RPMS"]
[Black "Van Schaardenburg, Mark TESS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "C31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.Qe2 cxd5 5.fxe5 Nc6 6.c3 d4 7.Qe4 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6
9.b5 Nce7 10.Na3 Bf5 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qf3 Nh6 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Ba3 f6 15.Nxb6 
axb6 16.Bd6 fxe5 17.Bxb8 Qxb8 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Nh3 Bxh3 21.gxh3 
Nf4 22.Qe4 Nf5 23.O-O Nd6 24.Qxe5 Nxc4 25.Qxb8 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Rxb8 27.cxd4 h6
28.Rf2 Nxd4 29.Rf4 Rd8 30.Rc1 Na3 31.Re4 Ndxb5 32.Rc6 Rxd2 33.Rxb6 Nd4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sziva, Erika TESS"]
[Black "Kos, Igor RPMS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[ECO "C14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 
c5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.O-O-O a6 
    ( 11...Nb6!? 12.h4!? 
        ( 12.Bd3 f6 13.Ne2?! fxe5 14.fxe5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Kb1 Bd7 =+ {
        Kindermann, S-Dizdar,G/Berlin op 1988 (45)} )
        ( 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nb5 Na4! 
            ( 13...Rac8? 14.Nd6 Rc7 15.Bb5 f6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd4 Qa4 18.
            Rhe1 fxe5 19.Rxe5 +/- {1-0 Groszpeter,A-Almasi,I/HUN-chT1 1995
            (34)} )
        14.Nd6?! 
            ( 14.Nbd4 Qb6 15.Nb3 a5 16.Bd3?! Nxb2! 17.Kxb2 a4 18.Bxh7+!? 
            Kxh7 19.Ng5+ Kg8 20.Qd3 ~= {Lindberg,B-Ulibin,M/Rilton 
            Cup1997/0-1 (57)} )
        14...f6 15.Be2 $8 
            ( 15.Bd3? fxe5 16.fxe5 Rxf3 17.gxf3 Nxe5 -+ )
            ( 15.Bb5 Nxe5! 16.fxe5 Bxb5 -/+ )
        15...fxe5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxd6 =+ {
        Hjartarson,J-Brynell,S/Rilton Cup96/97 1996 (40)} )
    12...Bd7 13.h5 Rac8 14.h6 g6 15.a3 Na5 16.Qd4 += {
    Solozhenkin,E-Morozevich,A/Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997 
    (43)} )
12.Ne2 
    ( 12.Bd3 b5? 
        ( 12...f6!? 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Rde1 Bd7 15.Kb1 b5 $132 {
        Gather,J-Federau,J/NRW-II 1990 (22)} )
    13.Bxh7+! Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh5! Nd8 
        ( 17...g6 18.Qh8+ Ke7 19.Qh4 )
    18.Nh7+ Kg8 
        ( 18...Ke7 19.Qg5+ )
    19.Rd3! Qe7 20.Rh3 f6 21.Nxf6+! Nxf6 22.exf6 {1-0 
    Chandler,M-Agnos,D/London 1989} )
12...b5 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Re8 
    ( 14...Nb6 15.Nb3!? 
        ( 15.Bd3!? Nc4 16.Qe2 Ra7 17.Rhf1 g6 18.Qf2 f6 19.Bxc4!? bxc4 20.
        Nf3! += {Wedberg,T-Upmark,J/Rilton Cup9495 1994 (36)} )
    15...Qc7 16.Qd4! Bd7 17.Qc5 Rac8 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Nd4 f6 20.g3 += {
    Hazai,L-Vigh,B/HUN tch 1992 (39)} )
15.Bd3 b4 16.Rhe1! {Very strong move:white is getting ready for an ending 
and it's very important to have an option to play Qe3 after Qb6.} 16...a5
?! {Giving white the possibility to change the knight on d7 and thus to 
deprive black attacking chances on the queenside.} 
    ( 16...Rb8 17.g4 a5 18.Nb3! Qb6 19.Qe3! a4 20.Qxb6 Rxb6 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.
    h4 += )
17.Bb5! += Rb8 18.Bxd7 Bxd7 19.Kb1! {White's play in this game is good 
example of profilactic in chess:white does'nt create any threats,but at 
the same time does'nt give black even a small chance to get an active 
counterplay,hoping in the future to exploite the fact that black has a 
"bad" bishop.} 19...a4 20.Re3 Rb6 
    ( 20...a3 21.b3 Rec8 22.g4 Rc7 23.f5 Rbc8 24.Rf1 $36 )
21.g4 Reb8 22.Rc1!? {Another profilactic move.} 22...Qe7 23.g5 
    ( {Less accurate was} 23.f5 a3 24.b3 Qg5! {with counterplay.} )
23...f5? {Panic!There was no need in such a drustic measeres.Black openes 
the file against his own king making white's task much easier.} 24.gxf6 
gxf6 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.Reg3 +/- b3 27.cxb3 axb3 28.a3 fxe5 29.fxe5 Qh4 30.Rg4
! Qh3 31.Qf2 +- {White queen joines the attack with desicive effect.} 
31...Qh6 32.Qf7 Qf8 33.Rg8+! {Nice tactical blow} 33...Qxg8 34.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poldauf, Dirk EMBE"]
[Black "Short, Philip DGLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 {Konikowski,J} 1...Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 
7.dxc5 dxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bf4 Be6 10.Ne5 
    ( 10.Qa4 {Konikowski,J} 10...Qa5 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.b3 Nc6 {1/2 
    Cebalo-Rajkovic,D/Vrsac/1981/} )
10...Na5 
    ( 10...Nxe5 {Konikowski,J} 11.Bxe5 Nd7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.b3 Rb8 14.Qd2 
    Qa5 15.Rfd1 Nf6 16.Qb2 a6 17.Nd5 Rfe8 18.Nf4 b5? 
        ( 18...Bc8 )
    19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nxe6+ fxe6 21.Qe5 +- {Pytel,K-Vezzosi/Martigny/1988/} 
    )
    ( 10...Nd4 {Konikowski,J} 11.e3 Nf5 12.Bxb7 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rab8 14.Bf3 
    Rxb2 15.Na4 Rc2 16.Rdc1 +/- {Smyslow,W-Dueball/Bath/1973/} )
    ( 10...Nh5 {Konikowski,J} 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be3 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rab8 14.
    Rd2 Rxb2 15.Rxb2 Bxc3 ~ {Kozma-Espig,L/ Zinnowitz/ 1967/} )
11.Qa4 
    ( 11.Nd3 {Konikowski,J} 11...Nh5 12.Nxc5 Nxf4 13.gxf4 Bxc4 14.Rc1 Qc7 
    15.Nxb7 Qxf4 16.e3 Qe5 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.Bxa8 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Qxd5 20.Nxd5 
    Rxa8 21.Kxf1 Bxb2 22.Nxe7+ Kf8 23.Rc8+ Rxc8 24.Nxc8 a6 = {
    Tal,M-Kasparow, G/Moskau/1987/} )
    ( 11.Qc1 {Konikowski,J} 11...Nh5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Na4 Qb4 14.b3 Nxf4 15.
    gxf4 Rad8 16.Qe3 Nxc4 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 18.Nxc5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxb7 
    Rc8 21.Rac1 Bd4 22.Na5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rd8 {1/2 Wells-Parmentier/ 
    Hastings-B/1988/} )
    ( 11.Rc1 {Konikowski,J} 11...Nh5 12.Qxd8 Rfxd8 13.Nd3 Nxf4 14.Nxf4 
    Bxc4 15.b3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 e5 17.bxc4 exf4 18.Bd5 fxg3 19.fxg3 Rd7 20.
    Rcf3 Rf8 21.e4 ~= {Drazic-Ivanovic,B/Jugoslawien/1991/} )
    ( 11.Qc2 {Konikowski,J} 11...Nh5 12.Rad1 Qe8! 13.Nd5 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rc8 
    15.Rd2 f6 16.Nf3 Nc6 17.Rfd1 Kh8 18.Kh1 b6 19.b3 Bg4 20.Qb1 e5 21.fxe5
    Nxe5 {1/2 Tukmakow-Spraggett/Bern/1995/} )
11...Qb6 
    ( 11...Ne8 12.Rad1 
        ( 12.Ne4 {Konikowski,J} 12...Qb6 13.Bd2! Bxe5 14.Bxa5 Qxb2 15.Nxc5
        Bc8 16.e3 Rb8 17.Rab1 Qe2 18.Rfe1 Qh5 19.Nd3 Bf6 20.Nf4 Qe5 21.Nd5
        Qe6 22.Bb4 a6 23.Qa3 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Nikolaiczuk,L/Dortmund/1986/} )
    12...Nd6 13.Nd5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Naxc4 15.Bc3 b5 16.Qc2 b4 17.Be1 Rc8 18.
    b3 Nb6 19.Nf4 Bd7 20.Qb2 Qc7 21.Bd2 Bc6 22.Bh3 Bd7 23.Bg2 Bc6 24.Rc1 
    Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Rfd8 26.Bxb4 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Urban,K/POL-chT 1995/EXT 
    95ch/1-0 (89)} )
    ( 11...Nd7 12.Nxd7 
        ( 12.Rad1?? Bxe5! 13.Bxe5 Nxc4 14.Bf4 Nxb2 -+ )
    12...Bxd7 13.Qc2 Bf5 
        ( 13...Nxc4 14.Bxb7 e5 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.Bc6 Rxb2 17.Qc1 exf4 18.Na4?
        Rd2 {0-1 Baquero-Ivanov,I/Philadelphia/1989/} )
        ( 13...Nc6 14.Rad1 Nd4 15.Qd2 Bc6 16.Bh6 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qd7 18.Bxg7 
        Kxg7 19.e3 Qc6+ 20.f3 Nf5 21.Kf2 += {
        Schwartzman-Sutovskij/Groningen/1993/} )
    14.Qa4 
        ( 14.e4 {Konikowski,J} 14...Bd7 15.Nd5 Nc6 16.Qd2 e6! 17.Nc3 e5 
        18.Be3 b6 
            ( 18...Nd4 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Re8 ~ )
        19.Rad1 
            ( 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Re8 21.Rad1 Bg4 22.Ne2 Qxd2 23.Rxd2 Rad8 
            -/+ )
        19...Be6 20.Nd5 Nd4 21.b3 Qd7 ~ )
        ( 14.Qc1 Qc8 15.Nd5 Nc6 16.Bh6 Bh3 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc3+ Kg8 19.a3 
        Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qg4 21.e3 b5 22.cxb5 Qe4+ 23.Kg1 Qxd5 24.bxc6 Qxc6 
        25.Rac1 Rfc8 26.b4 c4 27.Rfd1 Rd8 28.Rd4 Rxd4 29.Qxd4 Rc8 30.Rc3 
        a6 {1/2 Kiselew-Istratescu/Bukarest/1993/} )
    14...Bd7 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Fedorov,A/Minsk 
    1996/CBM 54} )
    ( 11...Nh5 {Konikowski,J} 12.Rad1 Qb6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Nxf4 15.gxf4
    Bxe5 16.Rxe5 e6 17.b4 +/- {Uhlmann,W-Padewski/Moskau/1956/} )
12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Rfc8 
    ( 13...Rfe8 14.Bd2 Qd6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Bxa5 Qa6 17.Qa3 Qxe2 18.Bc3 Qb5
    19.Rfe1 b6 20.d6 exd6 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Rad1 +/- {1-0 
    Khasin,A-Tataev,M/Kemerovo2 1995/EXP 49 (31)} 
        ( 22.Rad1 {Konikowski,J} 22...Qc6 23.Qb3+ c4 24.Qa3 Bf8 25.Bxf6! 
        Kxf6 26.Qc3+ Kf7 27.Qh8 +- {Chasin-Tatajew/Kemerovo/1995/} )
    )
14.Rfd1 
    ( 14.Bd2! Qxb2 
        ( 14...Qd6 15.f4 b6 16.e4 +/- )
    15.Nf3 Nxd5 
        ( 15...b6 $140 16.Rab1 +- )
    16.Qxa5 Nc3 ~= {/+/- I think the black have some, but not enough 
    compensation for sacrifised piece.} )
14...Nh5 15.d6 Nxf4 
    ( 15...exd6 16.Nd7 Qb4 
        ( 16...Qxb2 17.Rab1 Qxe2 18.Qxa5 Nxf4 19.gxf4 Bd4 20.Kh1 +/- )
    17.Qxb4 cxb4 18.Bxd6 Rc2 
        ( 18...Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bc3 
            ( 19...Rc2 20.Bxb4 Nc6 21.Be4! Rxe2 22.Bd3 +- )
        20.Bxb4 Bxb4 21.Rxb4 Rc2 22.g4 Ng7 23.Bxb7 Nxb7 24.Rxb7 +/- )
        ( 18...Bxb2 = {Konikowski,J} )
    19.Bxb4 Nc6 20.Bc3 Bxc3 
        ( 20...Rxe2 21.Nc5! +/- )
    21.bxc3 Rxe2 
        ( 21...Rxc3 22.Rab1 +/- )
    22.Rab1 += {/+/-} )
16.Qxf4 Bxe5 
    ( 16...Qxb2 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Nd3! 
        ( 18.Nc4 Qxe2 
            ( 18...Nxc4 19.Qxc4 exd6 20.Rab1 +/- )
        19.Nxa5 
            ( 19.Bf1 Qc2 20.Nxa5 Bxa1 
                ( 20...Rf8 21.Rac1 Qa4 22.Qd5 Qxa5 23.dxe7 +/- )
            21.Rxa1 Rf8 22.Qxe7 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Rae8 24.Qxb7 Re1 -+ )
        19...Rf8 20.Qxe7 Qxf2+ 21.Kh1 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 Rae8 -+ )
        ( 18.Nxg6+ hxg6 19.Qxg6 Qf6 20.Qh5+ Qh6 
            ( 20...Bh6 21.dxe7 Re8 22.Qxc5 Nc6 23.Rab1 +/- )
        21.Qxh6+ Bxh6 22.dxe7 Re8 23.Rd7 Bg5 -/+ )
    18...Qb6 
        ( 18...Qf6 19.Qxf6 Bxf6 20.d7 Rd8 21.Nxc5 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 +/- )
        ( 18...Qa3 19.d7 Rd8 20.Qxe7 Bxa1 21.Ne5! +- )
    19.d7 
        ( 19.dxe7 Bxa1 20.Rxa1 Qd6 )
    19...Rf8 20.Qxe7 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 ~= {/+/-} )
17.Qxe5 exd6 
    ( 17...Nc6 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 
        ( 18...exd6 19.Rxd6 Rxc6 20.Rad1 += {/+/-} )
    19.Qxe7 
        ( 19.dxe7 Re6 20.Qg5 Re8 = )
        ( 19.d7 Re6 20.Qc3 Rd8 =+ )
    19...Rd8 20.Rac1! 
        ( 20.d7 Re6 21.Qg5 Rxe2 $132 )
    20...Rcxd6 21.Rxd6 Rxd6 22.Qe8+ Kg7 23.Qe5+ +/- )
18.Rxd6 Nc6 19.Qf6 +/- Rd8 20.Rad1 
    ( 20.Bxc6?! {Konikowski,J} 20...Rxd6 21.Qxd6 Qxb2 = )
20...Rxd6 21.Rxd6 
    ( 21.Qxd6?? {Konikowski,J} 21...Rd8 -+ )
21...Rd8 
    ( 21...Rf8 $142 22.Bxc6 
        ( 22.h4! $40 )
    22...bxc6 23.Rxc6 +- )
22.Bd5! 
    ( 22.Bxc6 {Konikowski,J} 22...Rxd6 23.Qxd6 bxc6 += )
22...Qc7 
    ( 22...Rf8 23.h4! +/- {/+-} 
        ( 23.Bxc6 {Konikowski,J} 23...bxc6 24.Rxc6 +- )
    )
23.Rxc6! bxc6 24.Bxf7+ +- Qxf7 25.Qxd8+ Kg7 {#} 26.Qa5 Qe7 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.
Qc4+ Kg7 29.Kg2 h5 30.a4 Kh7 31.a5 Kg7 32.a6 Kh7 
    ( 32...g5 {Konikowski,J} 33.Qc3+ Kg6 34.Qd3+ Kg7 35.h3 +- )
33.h4 Kg7 34.f3 g5 35.hxg5 Qxg5 36.Qe6 Qd2 37.Qe5+ Kg6 38.Kf2 Qd7 
    ( 38...c4 {Konikowski,J} 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Qe7+ Kg6 41.Qxa7 Qxb2 42.Qc5 
    c3 43.Qxc6+ Kh7 44.a7 +- )
39.Qxc5 Kf7 
    ( 39...Kf6 {Konikowski,J} 40.f4 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel DGLS"]
[Black "Volke, Karsten EMBE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Bd7 
9.h3 Ne8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Rb1 Bc6 12.a3 Nc7 13.b4 b6 14.Qd2 f5 15.f3 e6 16.
Kh2 Rf7 17.Rbe1 Qf8 18.f4 Kh8 19.Rf2 Re7 20.Ng1 Rd8 21.Rff1 Ba8 22.Nf3 
Red7 23.Bg1 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 d5 25.exd5 cxb4 26.axb4 Qxb4 27.Rc1 exd5 28.cxd5
Bxd5 29.Ne4 Na6 30.Qxb4 Nxb4 31.Ng5 h6 32.Bxd5 hxg5 33.Bc4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 
Bh6 35.Rh4 Kg7 36.Re1 Bg5 37.Re6 Bxh4 38.gxh4 Nxd3 39.h5 Nf4 40.h6+ Kh7 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thinius, Marco EMBE"]
[Black "Kennefick, Maurice DGLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 cxd4 8.exd4 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 b6 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.Qa4 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 a6 16.Bd3 d4 17.Bd2 b5 18.Qd1 Qd7 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh6 Qg4 21.Qh3 Qxh3 
22.gxh3 Rfd8 23.a4 Bc6 24.axb5 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Ra7 Rc2 27.Ba5 Re8 28.
e6 f5 29.Bb6 d3 30.Rd1 d2 31.Be3 Bb4 32.Rd7 Rxe6 33.Bxd2 Bxd2 34.R1xd2 Re2
35.Rxe2 Rxe2 36.b3 Rb2 37.Rd3 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ke6 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Ke3 Rc2 41.f4+ 
Ke6 42.Rd2 Rc3+ 43.Rd3 Rc2 44.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin DGLS"]
[Black "Syre, Christian EMBE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.f5 d5 8.exd5 
exd5 9.Bb5 Bxf5 10.d3 O-O 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 d4 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Bd2 dxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16.Qe1 Nxc4 17.dxc4 Qd7 18.Qh4 Bxc2 19.Bh6 Rae8 20.Rac1 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kimpinsky, Frank EMBE"]
[Black "Mee, John DGLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.a3 {solider als das Mieses-Gambit 4.b4?!} 
4...c6 
    ( 4...e5?! 5.Nf3 
        ( 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.d3 c6 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe1 += {
        Schmidt,S-Guth,N/Strasbourg op 1993/EXT 93op/1-0 (67)} )
    5...c6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 += {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Mueller 
    Using,D/St.Ingbert op 1995/EXT 95op (38)} )
5.b4 
    ( 5.d4 Nf6 6.Ne2 Bf5 7.b4 Qd8 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Be7 = {1-0 
    Schmidt,S-Kraenzle,H/2.BLS9697 Viernheim-Muenchen36 1997/BL2-S (44)} )
5...Qc7 6.Bb2 Nf6 7.Bc4 
    ( 7.d4 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne2 O-O 13.
    c4 a5 = {Najer,E-Shvedchikov,A/ Moscow-ch op 1995/EXT 95ch/1-0 (32)} )
7...Bf5 8.Nf3 e6 9.Qe2 Bd6 
    ( 9...Nbd7 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.O-O-O 
        ( 11.Bxe6!? fxe6 12.Nxe6 Qe5 13.Nc7+ Kf7 14.Qxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxa8 Bd6 
        ~ )
    11...O-O-O 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nxe6 Qd6 14.Nxd8 Kxd8 15.d3 += {1-0 
    Blatny,P-Przewoznik,J/Poznan 1987/TD 87\06 (21)} )
10.d3 
    ( 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.Bxe6? O-O! -/+ )
10...b5?! {der damit eingeleitete Plan am Damflügel zu spielen, ohne den 
eigenen König in Sicherheit zu bringen, gefällt mir nicht.} 
    ( 10...O-O 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Bg4 = )
11.Bb3 Qe7?! 12.Nd2 a5 13.bxa5 Nbd7 
    ( 13...Rxa5 14.a4 += )
14.a4! b4 15.Nce4 Bc7 16.Nc4 Nc5? 
    ( 16...O-O += )
17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.g4? 
    ( 18.Qf3!? +/- )
18...Nxb3? 
    ( 18...Bxd3! 19.cxd3 Nxb3 20.Qf3 Qc5 ~ )
19.cxb3 Bg6 20.g5 Qc5 21.Bxf6 Rg8 22.Qf3 Qd5 23.Qxd5 cxd5 24.Nb6 Bxb6 
    ( 24...Rxa5 25.Rc1 Ra7 26.Ke2 +/- )
25.axb6 Bxd3 26.Kd2 Ba6 27.Rac1 Kd7?! 
    ( 27...Rb8 28.Rc7 Rxb6 29.Rhc1 Rg6 30.Re7+ Kf8 31.Rcc7 +- )
28.Rc7+ Kd6?! 29.Rhc1 Rgc8? 30.R1c6# 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James, Kevin DGLS"]
[Black "Welz, Peter EMBE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bd7
9.Bc2 Nb4 10.Ba4 Qa6 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Be3 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Bb4+ 14.Nc3 Nxb2 15.
Qc2 Nc4+ 16.Kd1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nf5 18.g4 Nfxe3+ 19.fxe3 Rhc8 20.Qb3 Rc6 21.
Re1 Rac8 22.Qb1 Na3 23.Nd2 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander MVGR"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon SLGH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "49"]

{Speelman: The time scramble in this game distracted Chief Arbiter Bob 
Wade from the notorious incident in the game Summerscale v Felsberger.} 
1.c4 {Speelman} 1...b6 {Eine seltene, aber nicht ungefährliche Variante. 
Schwarz vermeidet die theoretischen Hauptvarianten.} 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.
e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 
    ( 5.Qb3 Na6! 6.Be2 
        ( 6.a3 Nc5 {Das ist ein typisches Motiv in solchen 
        Stellungen.Ribli.} 7.Qxb4 a5 8.Qb5 c6 -+ 
            ( 8...Bc6 -+ )
        )
        ( 6.d3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf3 8.gxf3 exf5 ~ )
    6...Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Ng6 9.Bd2 d6 10.a3 Nc5! 11.Qc2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 f5!
    =+ {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Yermolinsky,A/WchT Luzern 1993 (41)} )
    ( 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qb3 a5 7.a3 a4 8.Qc2 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.h4 d5 11.Rh3 
    dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 Rigo,J-Bricard,E/Paris op 1995 (36)} )
    ( 5.Qc2 Ne7 6.d4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.O-O e5 10.a4 Nc6 11.Rb1 
    O-O 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Rfe1 Na5 {Beim,V-Lempert,I/Berliner 
    Sommer 1993/0-1 (61)} )
5...Ne7 {Diese Springerenwicklung scheint mir logisch. Später kann Schwarz
f7-f5 ziehen und das Spiel für seinen Läufer öffnen.} 
    ( 5...Nf6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Be4 Bxe4 8.Nxe4 d5 9.exd6 
        ( 9.Qa4+ Qd7 )
    9...Bxd6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Nxf6+!? 
        ( 11.Nxd6+ cxd6 )
    11...Qxf6 12.Qa4+ c6 13.d4 O-O 14.Bg5 += )
6.Ne2!? {Eine seltene Fortsetzung. Aber dieser Springerzug ist sehr 
logisch. Weiß vermeidet den möglichen Tausch mit Bxc3 und deutet damit an,
daß der Läufer auf b4 nicht gut platziert ist. Der weiße Springer strebt 
nach g3.} 
    ( 6.O-O O-O 7.Ne2 
        ( 7.Bc2 f5 8.e5 
            ( 8.Qe2 Bxc3 9.dxc3 
                ( 9.bxc3 Bxe4 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Nbc6 12.d4 Nf5 13.d5 
                Na5 14.dxe6 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Ioseliani,N-Matveeva,S/EU-chTW 
                1997 (22)} )
            9...Bxe4 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Nbc6 12.Bf4 Nf5 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.
            Rd2 Qe8 {Rayner,F-Plaskett,J/London Lloyds 1993/0-1 (58)} )
            ( 8.d4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Bxe4 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Nxe4 
                ( 12.Ba3!? )
            12...Qg6 13.Ng3 
                ( 13.Ng5!? )
            13...Nbc6 {xh4 Rahman,Z-Speelman,J/Calcutta op 1996/0-1 (47)} 
            )
            ( 8.Re1 Bxc3 9.dxc3 h6 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Nd4! Qf6 12.Nxf5 exf5 
            13.Bf4 d6 14.c5! bxc5 15.Bb3+ Kh7 16.Qh5 Qg6 17.Qxg6+ Kxg6 18.
            Re7 Na6 19.Bxd6! Rae8 20.Rae1 Be4 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Bf4 {1-0 
            Rotstein,A-Sulava,N/Geneva op 1996} )
        8...Bxf3 9.gxf3 Ng6 10.d4 Qh4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.f4 Qg4+ 13.Ng3 Qh3 14.
        f3 Nxd4 {0-1 Zlotnikov,M-Shabalov,A/New York op 1997 (22)} )
    7...f5 8.Ng3 Bd6 9.Re1 c5 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Bxf5 Bxg3 12.Be4 Bxe4 13.
    Rxe4 Bd6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Bg5 Qe8 17.Rd3 Nc6 18.Be3 Rxf3 19.
    gxf3 Ne5 20.Rc3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Qh5 22.e4 Rf8 23.Kg2 Rf4 24.Qe2 Nxf3 25.
    Rxf3 Qg4+ 26.Kf2 Qh4+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+ 28.Kf2 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 
    Gurevich,M-Kengis,E/URS-chYM 1983} )
6...f5 
    ( 6...O-O 7.a3 Bd6 
        ( 7...Bc5 8.b4 )
    8.e5 Bxf3 9.exd6 Bxe2 10.dxe7 +- )
7.Ng3!? N {Heutzutage ist es alles andere als einfach, im 7. Zug eine 
theoretische Neuerung zu bringen. Weiß behält sein Zentrum und hat keine 
Angst vor 7...f4.} 
    ( 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.a3 Ng6 9.exf5 Nh4 10.Be4 Nc6 11.fxe6 O-O 12.d4 Nxg2+ 13.
    Kf1 Nh4 14.Bg5 Nxf3 15.Bxd8 Raxd8 16.Rd1 dxe6 17.Qd3 Ng5 18.Bg2 {1-0 
    Mitenkov, A-Ivanov,V/Moscow op 1994/EXT 94op (26)} )
7...Ng6 8.O-O f4 
    ( 8...Nf4? {Schwarz hat hier nichts Konkretes, stattdessen folgt 
    später 10.d2-d4 mit voller Macht.} 9.Bc2 )
    ( 8...O-O!? {Speelman} )
9.Ne2 
    ( 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Bc2 e5 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bd6 {Chernin} 
        ( 12...Qg5 13.g3 )
    13.Nf5 Be5 )
9...O-O 10.Bb1 {Auf den ersten Blick erscheint 10.Bc2 natürlicher, aber 
der Partiezug ermöglicht Qb3.} 10...Nh4 11.Nxh4 Qxh4 12.f3 += {Weiß 
verfügt über eine sehr massive Zentrumsstellung. Jetzt steht der Bb7 
schlecht, weil er durch die weißen Bauern g2-f3-e4 stark eingeschränkt 
ist.} 
    ( 12.d4? f3 13.gxf3 Bd6 14.Ng3 
        ( 14.f4 Qg4+ 15.Ng3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Bxf4 )
    14...Bf4 )
12...e5 13.d4 Nc6 
    ( 13...exd4 14.Nxd4 
        ( 14.Bxf4 Bc5 15.Kh1 
            ( 15.Bd3 )
        15...Rxf4 16.g3 )
        ( 14.Nxf4! {Speelman} 14...Rxf4 15.g3 )
        ( 14.Qxd4?? Bc5 -+ )
    14...g6 
        ( 14...Nc6 15.Nf5 )
    )
14.a3 
    ( 14.c5 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxc5 -/+ )
14...Be7 
    ( 14...Bd6!? 15.c5 Be7 
        ( 15...bxc5 16.Qb3+ )
        ( 15...Be7 16.b4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Qxd4 
            ( 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qxd4 )
        18...bxc5! 19.bxc5 Qg5 20.e5 d6 ~ )
    )
15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Kh1 {Weiß droht 17.Bxf4, bringt aber zunächst seinen Känig
in Sicherheit.} 
    ( 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 
        ( 16...Bc5+!? 17.Kh1 Rxf4 18.g3 Rxe4 19.gxh4 )
    17.g3 Nxf3+ 
        ( 17...Rg4 ~= {Speelman} )
    18.Rxf3 Rg4 =+ )
16...Bd6 
    ( 16...g5 17.Nd4 )
    ( 16...Ng6 17.Qxd7 +/- )
17.Bxf4! {#} 17...Rxf4 {Schwarz sollte sofort etwas unternehmen, sonst hat
er einen Bauern weniger, ohne Kompensation zu besitzen.} 18.g3 {Jetzt 
erkennen wir den Sinn des 16.Zuges von Weiß.} 18...Rxe4!? {Schwarz ist 
gezwungen, im Trüben zu fischen, Er opfert seine Dame für etwas 
Gegenspiel, jedoch ist Weiß meiner Meinung nach bei gutem Spiel im 
Vorteil.} 19.gxh4 +/- 
    ( 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.fxe4 Bxe4+ 21.Kg1 Bc5+ 22.Nd4 Nd3 23.h3 Bxd4+ 24.Kh2
    +- )
19...Rxh4 20.Nd4 
    ( 20.Ng1 Ng4 
        ( 20...Nd3 21.h3 Nf4 22.Bf5! +- )
    21.h3 Ne3? 22.Qe1 +- )
    ( 20.c5? {Fritz} 20...Nxf3 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Rxf3 Rf8! )
20...Rf8 
    ( 20...Rxd4 21.Qxd4 Nxf3 22.Qe4! 
        ( 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Qe4 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 +- )
        ( 22.Rxf3? Bxf3+ 23.Kg1 Bc5 -/+ )
    22...Bxe4 23.Bxe4 +- )
    ( 20...Ng4 21.c5! 
        ( 21.Be4? Rxh2+ 22.Kg1 Ne3 23.Bxb7 Rg2+ 24.Kh1 Rh2+ = )
        ( 21.Qe1 {Fritz} 21...Rxh2+ 22.Kg1 Bc5 23.Qc3 {and Black will 
        certainly have chances for a few more moves.} )
    21...Rxh2+ 
        ( 21...Bxh2 22.Nf5! Rh5 23.Qxd7 +- 
            ( 23.Nxg7 {Fritz} 23...Rh3 )
        23...Bd6+ 24.Kg1 Bxc5+ 25.Kg2 Rg5 26.Kh3 Nf2+ 27.Rxf2 Bxf2 28.Be4 
        +- )
    22.Kg1 Bxc5 23.b4 
        ( 23.Qd3 {Speelman} )
    23...Rg2+ 24.Kxg2 Ne3+ 25.Kh1 Nxd1 26.bxc5 Ne3 27.Re1 bxc5 28.Ba2+ Kf8
    29.Rab1 +- )
21.Be4 Ng4 
    ( 21...Rxe4 22.fxe4 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Bxe4+ 24.Kg1 Bc5 {Schwarz hat 
    lebendige Figuren, aber drei Leichtfiguren sind etwas zu wenig für 
    Springer, Dame,und Turm.} 25.Rd1 Nf3+ 26.Kf2 Bxd4+ 
        ( 26...Nxd4 27.b4 +- 
            ( 27.Ke3 +- {Speelman} )
        )
    27.Rxd4 Nxd4 28.Qe1 Bg6 29.Qe7 )
    ( 21...Nxf3 22.Bxf3! Rxh2+ 23.Kg1 Rf6 24.Rf2 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Rg6+ 26.Kf1 
    Rh1+ 27.Ke2 +- )
22.Bxb7 Nxh2 
    ( 22...Rxh2+ 23.Kg1 Ne3 24.Bd5+ 
        ( 24.f4! )
        ( 24.f4! {Speelman} )
    24...Kh8 25.Rf2 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 +- {Schwarz hat keinen Angriff und 
    lediglich eine Figur weniger.} )
23.Kg2 Nxf1 24.Qxf1 Rxd4 {Schwarz hat nur einen Turm für die weiße Dame, 
d.h. er hat keine ausreichende Kompensation. Aufgrund der ungleichfarbigen
Läufer hat Schwarz zwar etwas Angriff, Weiß sollte seinen Vorteil jedoch 
verwerten können.} 25.Bd5+ +- 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael SLGH"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan SLGH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O c5 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bd6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nd2 
    ( 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Nf3 e5 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Nxa3 Nc6 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Rfd1 Rac8
    16.Qb2 e4 17.Ne1 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Ne5 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Nd3 
    22.Nac2 Nd5 23.Nd4 Nc3 24.Qc2 Nb4 25.Qc1 Rxd4 {0-1 
    Nikolic,P-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA-GP rapid 1995/EXP 46} )
10...Bd7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nc4 Bc5! 
    ( 12...Bb4 13.Bf3 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.a3 Be7 16.b4 Rfd8 17.Na5 Qb6 18.
    Ndxc6 Bxc6 19.Bd4 Qb5 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Be2 Qb7 22.Qa4 +/- {1-0 
    Wojtkiewicz,A-Hauchard,A/Anibal op4th 1997/CBM 58 (32)} )
13.Bf3 
    ( 13.Nf3!? Qe7 14.a3 Rfd8 
        ( 14...b5 15.Nce5 Rfd8 16.Qb1 += )
    15.b4 Ba7 16.Qb1 += 
        ( 16.Qd6!? )
    )
13...Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe7 = 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxc6 Rxc6 17.Na5 
    ( 17.Bxf6 gxf6 
        ( 17...Qxf6 18.Na5 Rd6 19.Qe2 +/- )
    18.Na5 Rc7 19.b4 Bd6 20.a3 Rfc8 = )
17...Rd6 
    ( 17...Rc7 18.Be5 
        ( 18.Qf3!? += {/=} )
    18...Rd7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 = )
18.Qf3 Bb4! 
    ( 18...Rd7 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nd5 21.e4 Nb6 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Qc3 
    Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 f6 25.Rd6 $36 )
19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.Nxb7 Rd2 ~= 22.Rc4 
    ( 22.a4 Rd3! 
        ( 22...Rb8 23.Rc7 Rb2 24.Rd7!? 
            ( 24.Rd1 Rxb3 25.Kf1 += )
        )
    23.Nc5 
        ( 23.Rc7 Rxb3 24.Rd1 Ra3 $132 )
    23...Bxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxb3 25.Rc6 Ra8 = 
        ( 25...Rd8!? 26.Rxa6 Rd2 ~= )
    )
22...a5 23.a3 
    ( 23.Ra1 Rb8 24.Rc7 a4 25.bxa4 Ra8 26.Rc4 Rxa4 27.g3 
        ( 27.Rb1 Rdxa2 += )
    27...Rb2 28.Nd6 Ra8 ~= )
23...Bxa3 24.Nxa5 Rb8 {White have one more pawn,but it is very difficult 
to improve their position.} 25.Rb1 
    ( 25.Ra4 Bf8 ~= )
    ( 25.Rg4+ Kf8 26.Ra4 Bb2 ~= )
25...Rb5 26.Rg4+ Kf8 27.Nc4? 
    ( 27.Ra4 $142 Be7 += )
27...Rd3! = 28.Nxa3 Rbxb3 29.g3 Rxb1+ 30.Nxb1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John SLGH"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nd2 Nxc5 6.e4 g6 7.Be3 d6 8.c3 
Bg7 9.Ngf3 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stanec, Nikolaus MVGR"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony Cornelius SLGH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "212"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11.bxc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.c5 b6 14.Nb3 
Ba6 15.Bf3 Ke7 16.O-O Nb7 17.Rfb1 d5 18.e4 Bd3 19.Re1 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 
21.Rxe4 Rhd8 22.Rae1 a5 23.Re5 a4 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.Nd2 Rbc8 26.R1e3 Rc6 27.
Rb5 Nd6 28.Rb4 Rdc8 29.Rxa4 Rxc3 30.Rxc3 Rxc3 31.Ra7+ Kd8 32.Kg2 Rc7 33.
Ra6 Rc2 34.Ra8+ Kc7 35.Nf3 Kb7 36.Rd8 Ne4 37.Rd7+ Rc7 38.Rd8 Nc3 39.a3 Nb5
40.d5 exd5 41.Rxd5 Nxa3 42.Nd4 Ka6 43.Kf3 b5 44.Ke4 Ka5 45.Kd3 Ka4 46.Rd8 
Nc4 47.Rb8 Ne5+ 48.Ke4 Nc6 49.Ra8+ Kb4 50.Nf5 g6 51.Ne3 Rd7 52.Nd5+ Kb3 
53.Nf6 Re7+ 54.Kd5 Nb4+ 55.Kd4 h5 56.Ne4 Nc2+ 57.Kd5 Nb4+ 58.Kd4 Rd7+ 59.
Ke5 Nd3+ 60.Kf6 b4 61.f4 h4 62.Ng5 hxg3 63.hxg3 Rc7 64.Nxf7 Rc6+ 65.Kg7 
Kc2 66.Rb8 b3 67.Ne5 Nxe5 68.fxe5 {# Das Endspiel sollte in den Typ 
g-Bauer gegen Turm münden und remis sein. Doch Weiß ist einen Augenblick 
lang unaufmerksam und schon stellt sich der Verlust ein.} 68...Re6 69.g4? 
    ( 69.Kf7 Rxe5 70.Kxg6 b2 
        ( 70...Re3 71.g4 b2 72.Rxb2+ Kxb2 73.g5 Kc3 74.Kf7 Rf3+ 75.Ke6 Rg3
        76.Kf6 = )
    71.g4 Re1 72.g5 b1=Q 73.Rxb1 Rxb1 74.Kf6 Rf1+ 75.Ke6 Rg1 76.Kf6 Kd3 
    77.g6 Ke4 78.g7 = )
69...g5! 70.Rb5 b2 71.Rc5+ Kd3 72.Rb5 Kc3 73.Kf7 Rxe5 74.Rxe5 b1=Q 75.Rxg5
{Da Turm, König und Bauer nicht so zusammenwirken können, daß der schwarze
König abgeschnitten bleibt, ist dieses Endspiel langfristig verloren. Es 
dauert halt eine ganze Weile, ehe Schwarz zur Kasse kommt. Fragen Sie doch
mal die Endspiel-CD, wie es vielleicht schneller oder besser zu machen 
war! Beachten Sie bitte den dunklen Punkt ganz am Ende!} 75...Kd4 76.Rg6 
Ke5 77.Kg7 Kf4 78.Kf6 Qb7 79.Ke6 Qh7 80.Kf6 Qh8+ 81.Kf7 Qh7+ 82.Kf6 Qd7 
83.Rg7 Qd8+ 84.Kf7 Ke5 85.Rg6 Qd7+ 86.Kg8 Qe7 87.Kh8 Qf7 88.Rg7 Qe8+ 89.
Rg8 Qe7 90.Rg6 Qf7 91.Rg7 Qf6 92.Kh7 Qh4+ 93.Kg8 Kf6 94.Rf7+ Ke6 95.Rg7 
Qh6 96.Rh7 Qd2 97.Rg7 Qd3 98.Kh8 Kf6 99.Kg8 Qd8+ 100.Kh7 Qe8 101.g5+ Kf5 
102.g6 Kf6 103.Rg8 
    ( 103.Rf7+ Kg5 104.Rg7 
        ( 104.Kg7 Qe5+ 
            ( 104...Qe6 105.Kf8 Kxg6? 106.Rg7+ Kh6 107.Rh7+ Kg6 108.Rg7+ 
            Kf6 109.Rg6+ = )
        105.Kh7 Qe4 106.Rg7 Qh4+ 107.Kg8 Kf6 -+ )
    104...Qe6 105.Rg8 
        ( 105.Kh8 Qh3+ 106.Rh7 Qc8+ 107.Kg7 Qf5 -+ )
    105...Qh3+ 106.Kg7 Qd7+ 107.Kh8 Kh6 -+ )
103...Qe4 104.Rg7 Qd3 105.Kh8 Qh3+ 106.Kg8 Qh2! -+ {According to 
Endgame-CD} 
    ( 106...Qh6? 107.Rf7+ Ke6 
        ( 107...Kxg6 108.Rf6+ Kxf6 {patt} )
        ( 107...Kg5 108.Rh7 Qxg6+ 109.Rg7 = )
    108.g7 ~ 
        ( 108.Rg7 Qh5 -+ )
    )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron SLGH"]
[Black "Felsberger, Alfred MVGR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O a6 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 Be7 9.
d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.f4 Rac8 14.b3 Rfe8 15.Bf2 
Bf8 16.h3 g6 17.Nde2 Qb8 18.g4 b5 19.Ng3 h6 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Rxc1 22.
Qxc1 Rc8 23.Qd1 Ba6 24.Nd4 e5 25.Nde2 d5 26.g5 exf4 27.gxf6 fxg3 28.Bxg3 
Bxe2 29.Bxb8 Bxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxb8 31.exd5 Nxf6 32.Bf1 Ne4 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Bc4 
Kg7 35.a4 Bb4 36.Rd4 f5 37.Bb5 Bc5 38.Rd3 Kf6 39.a5 Ke5 40.Bc4 g5 41.a6 h5
42.Rd1 g4 43.Rb1 f4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John DVBR"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar OSLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 
    ( 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c4 Nb6 8.f4 c5 $132 )
6...c6 
    ( 6...Be6!? 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Ne4 Bxe5 9.dxe5 Nc6 10.Nc5 Ne3 = )
7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 
    ( 8.Bb3 Nd7 9.f4 O-O 10.c4 N5f6 11.Nc3 c5 $132 )
8...O-O 9.Bb3 Nd7 
    ( 9...Be6 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Nef3 Nc7 12.Ne4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne6 14.c3 Re8 15.
    h4 Nf6 16.Neg5 Nxg5 17.hxg5 += {Adams,M-Tu Hoang Thong/Yerevan olm 
    1996 (60)} )
10.Nf3 N7f6 
    ( 10...Re8 11.Bg5 N7f6 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bh4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 += {
    Yudasin,L-Rasmussen/Calgary op 1996 (35)} )
11.Bg5?! {Giving to black a possibility to get rid of "bad" lightsquared 
bishop and to equalize the position.Better try is 11.h3 or 11.c4!?.For 
example:} 
    ( 11.h3!? b5!? 
        ( 11...e6 12.c4 Ne7 13.Nc3 b6 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Qe2 Ba6 16.Rad1? 
            ( 16.Be5 Ned5 17.Qd2 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 )
            ( 16.Qe3 b5 $132 )
            ( 16.Qc2!? += )
        16...Ned5 17.Be5 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qe7 $132 {Short,N-Vaganian,R/Riga 
        Tal 1995 (46)} )
    12.Bg5 
        ( 12.c3 Qc7 13.a4 a6 14.Bg5 Bb7 15.Bh4 += {Bellin, 
        R-Janssens,W/Huy op 1993 (27)} )
    12...Be6 13.Nbd2 Nc7 14.c3 Bd5 15.Ne5 Ne6 16.Bh4 c5 = {1/2-1/2 
    Lau,R-Bjerring,K/Munich op9293 1993 (36)} )
    ( 11.c4 Nb6!? 
        ( 11...Nc7 12.h3!? 
            ( 12.Nc3 Bg4 )
        12...c5 
            ( 12...b5!? )
        13.Nc3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne6 
            ( 14...Qd6 15.Be3 Rd8 16.Ndb5 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 +/- )
        15.Be3 Nxd4 16.Qxd4! Be6 17.Qh4 Qa5 18.c5! += {
        Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Ciudad de Linares XIV 1997 (32)} )
    12.h3 Nbd7 13.Nc3 e6 14.Bf4 b6 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Rad1 += {Matulovic 
    Milan-Todorovic Goran N/Ch Yugoslavia (team), Tivat (Yugoslavia 1995 
    (23)} )
11...a5 12.c3 Bg4! {Typical move in this kind of positions.Changing the 
bishop black gets comfortable play.} 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Bxf6 
    ( {Deserved attention} 14.Bh4!? b5 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 a4 17.Bc2 {
    keeping symbolical advantage.} )
14...Bxf6 15.a4 e6 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Bg7 = 18.Ne4 
    ( 18.Nc4?! Qc7 19.Ne5 Rad8 20.Rad1 c5 21.Qg3 Qb6 =+ )
18...Qc7 19.g3 Rad8 20.h4 Qb6 21.Bc4 h5 {Both sides have very solid 
positions with no real chance to fight for the advantage so the draw is 
not far away.} 
    ( 21...e5?! 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.h5 Bg7!? 
        ( 23...f5?! 24.Ng5! Rfe8 25.Nh3 Qxb2 26.hxg6 $36 )
    24.Rab1 f5 25.Nd2 gxh5 26.Qxh5 += )
22.Re2 Rd7 23.Rae1 Qd8 24.Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heim, Sverre OSLS"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian Michael DVBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nh6 8.Bxh6 
Bxh6 9.f4 c6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Rfe1 e6 13.d5 cxd5 14.cxd5 e5 15.Ne4
exf4 16.Nxd6 Ne5 17.Nxb7 Qb6 18.gxf4 Ng4 19.Rad1 Qxb7 20.d6 Qb5 21.Bxa8 
Rxa8 22.d7 Rd8 23.Qd5 Qb8 24.h3 Nf6 25.Qc6 Kf8 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Qc6 Kf8 28.
Qc5+ Kg8 29.Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel DVBR"]
[Black "Hoen, Ragnar OSLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "D61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.a3 Re8 
9.Rd1 a5 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.O-O b3
16.Qb1 Ba6 17.Nc3 c5 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.e4 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Ne5 21.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 h6 23.Be3 Qb7 24.Rc4 Rea8 25.Kg2 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Rd4 e5 28.Nd5 
Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Rg6+ 30.Kh2 Qc2 31.Qxc2 bxc2 32.Rd7 Bc5 33.Rc7 Bxe3 34.fxe3 
Rb6 35.Rxc2 Rb3 36.Re2 g6 37.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moen, Ole Christian OSLS"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Franciscus DVBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Nd5 8.Ne4 
Bf5 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.c3 c5 11.Bc4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nb6 14.Bb3 Qxd4 
15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Ne2 Rfd8 17.Be3 Na5 18.Kf2 Nxb3 19.axb3 f6 20.f4 Nd5 21.h4 
a6 22.h5 fxe5 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rag1 Bxb2 26.f5 Rac8 27.Rxg6+ 
Kf7 28.Bd4 Rc2 29.Rg7+ Ke8 30.Bxb2 Rxb2 31.Rg8+ Kd7 32.Rxd8+ Kxd8 33.Rd1 
Rxb3 34.Rxd5+ Ke8 35.Nd4 Ra3 36.Ne6 Kf7 37.Ng5+ Ke8 38.Nf3 Kf7 39.Ne5+ Kg7
40.Ng4 Rb3 41.Re5 Kf8 42.Ne3 b6 43.Nd5 a5 44.Rxe7 Rb5 45.Rd7 a4 46.Kg3 a3 
47.f6 a2 48.Nf4 Rf5 49.Ra7 Rxf6 50.Rxa2 Ke8 51.Ra7 Rf7 52.Ra6 Rb7 53.Nd5 
Kd7 54.Kf4 Kd6 55.Ke4 Kc5 56.Ra1 Rh7 57.Rc1+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delemarre, Jop DVBR"]
[Black "Elseth, Roar OSLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 Be7 12.Kb1 a6 13.Bd3 g6 14.h4 Rd8 15.Bg5 
e5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.h5 Qc7 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Nd2 
Qxf2 22.Bxg6 Be6 23.Rdf1 Rxd2 24.Rxf2 Rxc2 25.Bxc2 Rd8 26.g4 Rd6 27.g5 Bg4
28.Rh6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bjerke, Richard OSLS"]
[Black "Klomp, Robert DVBR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2
c5 9.Rb1 Qa5 10.O-O Qxa2 11.Bg5 Qe6 12.e5 Rd8 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Qa4 h6 15.Be3 
Bd7 16.Qa3 cxd4 17.cxd4 b6 18.Qc1 Na5 19.Bxh6 Rac8 20.Qe3 Nc4 21.Qg5 Na3 
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rbd1 Nc2 24.Rf1 Bc6 25.Qf4 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qd5 27.Ba6 Rc3 28.
Qd2 Qxf3 29.Qg5 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Nxd4 31.Qxe7 Qg4+ 32.Kh1 Qe4+ 33.f3 Rxf3 34.
Rxf3 Qxf3+ 35.Kg1 Qg4+ 36.Kf2 Qf4+ 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Kf1 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qc2+ 40.
Kh3 Qf5+ 41.Kg2 Nc6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poldauf, Dirk EMBE"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johannes TESS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 f5 7.O-O Nf6 8.d3 O-O 
9.Rb1 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.b4 Nd8 12.b5 Bf7 13.Bb2 a6 14.a4 Nxd5 15.cxd5 axb5
16.axb5 Ra5 17.b6 c6 18.Bc3 Ra6 19.e4 cxd5 20.exd5 g5 21.f4 Bh5 22.Qd2 
exf4 23.Bxg7 Qxg7 24.gxf4 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 Nf7 26.fxg5 Nxg5 27.h4 Qd4+ 28.Qf2 
Qxf2+ 29.Rxf2 Nf7 30.Rxf5 Ne5 31.Rg5+ Kh8 32.Be4 h6 33.Rg3 Rg8 34.Rxg8+ 
Kxg8 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke3 Nd7 37.Rf1+ Nf6 38.Rb1 Nd7 39.Rc1 Kf6 40.Rc7 Nc5 
41.Rh7 Rxb6 42.Rxh6+ Ke7 43.Rh7+ Kf6 44.h5 Rb2 45.Bg6 b5 46.Rf7+ Kg5 47.
Rf5+ Kh6 48.Rf6 Nb7 49.Rf7 Nc5 50.d4 Na4 51.Rf6 Nb6 52.Bd3+ Kxh5 53.Rxd6 
Nc4+ 54.Bxc4 bxc4 55.Rf6 Kg5 56.Rf1 Rb8 57.Kd2 Rb3 58.Kc2 Rd3 59.Rd1 Rxd1 
60.Kxd1 {# Thema: zugeordnete Felder. Wenn Weiß den Bc4 nimmt, muß Schwarz
in der Lage sein, Kd6 zu antworten.} 60...Kf6 61.Kc2 Ke7 62.Kc3 Kd7 63.Kb4
Kc7! 64.Kxc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Welling, Gerard TESS"]
[Black "Volke, Karsten EMBE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.dxe5 
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.b3 Rd8 12.Ba3 Qe8 13.Qc2 e4 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.
Bc1 Bb5 16.Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thinius, Marco EMBE"]
[Black "Van de Plassche, Bas TESS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 d6 8.O-O O-O 
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d3 h6 11.e3 f5 12.b5 Na5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nd5 b6 15.Bb2 Qd7 16.
Bc3 Nb7 17.a4 Rbe8 18.Qc2 h5 19.Qb2 Rf7 20.f4 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Nd8 22.Nc4 exf4
23.gxf4 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Ref8 25.Bf3 Nc8 26.Rf2 Kh7 27.Rg2 Qe7 28.Kf2 Qh4+ 29.
Kf1 Re7 30.Qe1 Qxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Nf7 32.Ra2 Nh6 33.h3 Ng8 34.Kf2 Nf6 35.a5 Rd8
36.Rea1 Rdd7 37.axb6 Nxb6 38.Nxb6 axb6 39.Ra8 Rb7 40.R1a6 Re8 41.R6a7 Rg7 
42.Rxg7+ Kxg7 43.Ra7+ Kf8 44.Rb7 Ra8 45.Rxb6 Ra2+ 46.Kg3 Ke7 47.Rb7+ Nd7 
48.e4 Kd8 49.b6 Rd2 50.exf5 gxf5 51.Bxh5 Rxd3+ 52.Kh4 Rb3 53.Bg6 Rxb6 54.
Ra7 Nf6 55.Bxf5 Nxd5 56.Kg5 c4 57.h4 Rb5 58.Be6 c3 59.Ra1 c2 60.Rc1 Ne3+ 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Schaardenburg, Mark TESS"]
[Black "Meissner, Hans-Juergen EMBE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.a3 e6 9.
Bb3 d5 10.Bd2 c4 11.exd5 cxb3 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Ne5 bxc2 14.Qxc2 Nd7 15.Rae1
Nxe5 16.fxe5 Ba6 17.Rf3 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Bg5 Bxd3 20.Qc1 Bf5 21.Bxd8 
Qxd8 22.Qe3 Qa5 23.b4 Qc7 24.Qf4 h6 25.g4 g5 26.Qc4 Bg6 27.Nb5 Qd7 28.Nd4 
Rc8 29.Rc3 Kh7 30.Nxc6 Qd2 31.Rce3 Qf2 32.b5 Rc7 33.Qf1 Qd2 34.Qe2 Qd5+ 
35.Kg1 Rd7 36.a4 Bf8 37.Qf3 Qc4 38.Re4 Bc5+ 39.Kh1 Qc2 40.R4e2 Qxa4 41.Nb8
Rd5 42.Rb2 Rxe5 43.Rxe5 Qa1+ 44.Kg2 Qxb2+ 45.Qe2 Qd4 46.Nc6 Qg1+ 47.Kh3 
Bd6 48.Qe1 Qb6 49.Qe2 Qc7 50.Re3 h5 51.Kg2 hxg4 52.Qxg4 Bf4 53.Rh3+ Kg7 
54.Qe2 Qd7 55.Qb2+ f6 56.Qd4 Qb7 57.Ra3 Qxb5 58.Qxa7+ Bf7 59.Nd4 Qd5+ 60.
Kf2 Be5 61.Nf3 Bd6 62.Ra5 Qe4 63.Rxg5+ fxg5 64.Qxf7+ Kxf7 65.Nxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Syre, Christian EMBE"]
[Black "Sziva, Erika TESS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.O-O Nf7 13.b4 f5 14.f3 Bh6 15.Bf2 Bxd2 
16.Qxd2 f4 17.c5 h5 18.Rfc1 a6 19.b5 g5 20.Qd1 Kh8 21.Rab1 Rg8 22.b6 g4 
23.bxc7 Qxc7 24.Kh1 g3 25.Bg1 Qd8 26.Na4 Qf8 27.Bf1 Qg7 28.Nb6 Rb8 29.Rb2 
h4 30.h3 Rd8 31.c6 bxc6 32.dxc6 Rg8 33.c7 Rb7 34.Nxc8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Croonenborghs, Tom TESS"]
[Black "Welz, Peter EMBE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.g3 Bd7 9.
Bh3 h6 10.O-O Ne7 11.Nh4 O-O-O 12.f4 g6 13.Ng2 Kb8 14.Rf2 Rc8 15.Rb1 Ka8 
16.Ne3 Nf5 17.Ndf1 Bxa3 18.b4 Bxc1 19.Qxc1 Nb3 20.Qd1 h5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.
Ng2 Rcg8 23.h4 Ba4 24.Ra2 Qc6 25.Qe2 b5 26.Ne1 a5 27.bxa5 b4 28.cxb4 Nxd4 
29.Qf2 Nb3 30.Nc2 Bb5 31.Ra3 Rc8 32.Nd2 Nxd2 33.Qxd2 c3 34.Qe3 Qc4 35.Nd4 
Qd3 36.Qxd3 Bxd3 37.Rc1 Rc4 38.Nf3 d4 39.b5 Be4 40.Nxd4 Rxd4 41.Rcxc3 Rd2 
42.b6 Rhd8 43.Ra1 Rb2 44.Rac1 Rdd2 45.Rc8+ Kb7 46.R8c7+ Ka6 47.Ra7+ Kb5 
48.b7 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Philip DGLS"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan RPMS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D24"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 c5 10.Ng5 Be7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nce4 Rc8 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.dxc5 Bxc5
15.Bd2 O-O 16.Rac1 Qe7 17.a4 bxa4 18.Bxa6 Bb4 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Bxb4 Qxb4 
21.h3 Rc5 22.Rxc5 Qxc5 23.Nf3 Rb8 24.Ra1 g6 25.Rxa4 Qc1+ 26.Qe1 Qxb2 27.
Qa1 Qxa1+ 28.Rxa1 Ne4 29.Ra2 Rb1+ 30.Kh2 Rf1 31.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohr, Georg RPMS"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel DGLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 
    ( 8...exf6 9.c3 
        ( 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Qe2+ Kf8 11.Bxd6+ Qxd6 12.Qd2 += {1/2-1/2 
        Watson,W-Christiansen,L/BL9596 1996/BL 90 (33)} )
    9...Bd6 10.Qe2+ Qe7 11.O-O-O 
        ( 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Ne2 b5 13.Bb3 += {1-0 Brinck Claussen, 
        B-Nielsen,S/Copenhagen op 1994/EXT 94op (28)} )
    11...Qxe2 12.Nxe2 Nd7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.f4 += {1-0 
    Markun,B-Lampic,G/SLO-chJ 1993/EXT 93ch (22)} )
9.c3 
    ( 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.a4 Rg8 12.Ne2 Na6 
        ( 12...Rxg2? 13.Bg3 +- )
    13.O-O += {Watson,W-Rogers,I/London Lloyds 1987/TD 87\02,Inf 
    44[Rogers,I] /0-1 (65)} )
    ( 9.Ne2 Nd7 
        ( 9...e6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O h5 12.Nf4 h4 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.
        Qxd3 Qc7 16.h3 O-O-O 17.Qe4 ~ {1/2-1/2 Borriss,M-Dresen,U/BL9596 
        1996/ BL 90 (38)} )
    10.Ng3 Bg6 11.f4 f5 12.Qe2 e6 13.d5?! cxd5 14.Bc3 Rc8 15.Bxh8 
        ( 15.Bxd5 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Qc7 ~= )
    15...Rxc4 =+ {0-1 Koch,J-Prie,E/Cannes Martinez 1995/EXP 47 (37)} )
9...e6 10.Ne2 
    ( 10.Nf3 Nd7 
        ( 10...Qc7 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Qf3 Nd7 13.Qh3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Rfe1 
        += {1-0 Borriss,M-Kassebaum,R/ BL9596 1996/BL 90 (28)} )
    11.Bf4 Nb6 12.Be2 Nd5 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.c4 Qb4+ 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Qc1 Bh6 17.
    a3 Qe7 18.Qc3 O-O {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Wahls,M/BL9596 1996/BL 90} )
    ( 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Bb3 Qc7 14.h4 h5 15.g5 += {
    Varga,Z-Konopka,M/Zalakaros op 1995/EXT 95op/1/2-1/2 (52)} )
10...Bd6 
    ( 10...Nd7 11.O-O 
        ( 11.Nf4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 Vratonjic,S-Filipovic,B/ JUG-chT
        1997/EXP 59} )
        ( 11.Ng3!? Bg6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.O-O 
            ( 13.O-O-O!? )
        13...O-O-O 14.b4 h5 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Bd6 ~ {
        Degraeve,J-Ryan,J/Cappelle op 1995/EXT 95op2/1/2-1/2 (138)} )
    11...h5 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd6 14.Nxh5 Qc7 15.g3 O-O-O ~= {1/2-1/2 
    Georgiev,K-Babula,V/Odorheiu Secuiesc zt 1995/CBM 47/ [Donev] (29)} )
11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bh6 
    ( 12.Qf3 Nd7 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.Bh6 O-O-O 15.h4 Bxg3 16.fxg3 += {1-0 
    Sermek,D-Vehi Bach,V/Groningen op 1994/EXP 45 (18)} )
12...Nd7 13.h4 Bxg3 14.fxg3 += Qa5 15.Qe2 Qh5 16.Qe3 Qf5 {verhindert beide
Rochaden} 17.Be2 Qe4 18.Kf2 Rg8 19.g4 Bf5 20.Qxe4 
    ( 20.gxf5?? Qxg2+ -+ )
20...Bxe4 {Weiß steht aufgrund des Läuferpaares deutlich besser. Schwarz 
steht trotz der Beherrschung des Feldes e4 ein schwerer Kampf bevor. Mohr 
versucht im folgenden allerdings nicht alles, um den vollen Punkt 
einzufahren (reichte im Mannschaftskampf evtl ein Remis ?).} 21.Be3 
    ( 21.Bf3!? )
21...Ke7 22.Rhe1 Rad8 23.g3 Rc8 24.g5 f5 25.g4!? Nb6 26.gxf5 Bxf5 27.c4 
Na4 28.b3 
    ( 28.Bd2!? {(Fritz) ist sehr interessant, z.B.} 28...Nxb2 29.Rab1 Bxb1
    30.Rxb1 Na4 31.Rxb7+ Ke8 32.c5 +/- )
28...Nc3 29.Bf3 Ne4+ 30.Ke2 Rcd8 31.Rac1 Ng3+ 32.Kf2 Ne4+ 33.Ke2 Ng3+ 34.
Kf2 Ne4+ 35.Kf1 Bh3+ 36.Kg1 Bf5 37.Kh2 a6 38.Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice DGLS"]
[Black "Zupe, Miran RPMS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Nf1 a6 14.Bg5 Rac8 15.
Ne3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Ncxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Qxc2 20.Re2 Qc6 
21.Ne3 Qd7 22.Rc1 Rcd8 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cigan, Stefan RPMS"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat DGLS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Re1 Nef6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Ne5 Be6 15.
Qf3 Nc7 16.Rad1 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Ne6 18.Bh4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Kevin DGLS"]
[Black "Kovac, Boris RPMS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 b6
9.Nge2 Bb7 
    ( 9...Nbd7 10.O-O 
        ( 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.f3 c5 12.Rd1 Qb8 13.Bf2 Re8 14.g4 cxd4 15.exd4 Bd6
        16.Be3 Qd8 
            ( 16...Bxh2 17.Kf1 ~= )
        17.h4 h5 18.g5 Qe7 19.Kf2 Nh7 20.Rde1 Nhf8 21.f4 += {1-0 
        Skomorokhin,R-Burmakin,V/ Velden op 1994 (45)} 
            ( 21.Nf4 += )
        )
    10...c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Bf5 Nb6 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.Qb3 
        ( 15.Rfd1 g6 16.Bxf6 
            ( 16.Bh3 g5 17.Bg3 g4 -+ )
        16...Bxf6 17.Bh3 = )
    15...Qc6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Bb1 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 g6 19.a4 Rab8 =+ {1-0 
    Ryskin,A-Burmakin,V/Ljubljana op 1994/TD 94\02 (32)} )
10.O-O 
    ( 10.Qb3 Nc6?! 11.O-O?! 
        ( 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qxd5 Nb4 
            ( 12...Ne5 13.Bh7+! Kxh7 14.Qxb7 Nd3+ 15.Kf1 Nxb2 16.Qa6 += )
            ( 12...Re8 13.O-O +/- )
        13.Qxb7 Nxd3+ 14.Kf1 += )
    11...Na5 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rfd1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Engqvist, 
    T-Berg,M/Rilton Cup 1987 (23)} )
    ( 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O 
        ( 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 cxd4 14.exd4 Bc6 15.Bc2 
            ( 15.O-O Re8 $132 )
        15...Qd6 16.Qd3 g6 17.h4 Bd7 18.h5 Bf5 19.Qd1 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 Bg7 21.
        hxg6 fxg6 22.O-O Nc6 23.Nb5 Qf6 $132 {0-1 
        Antoshin,V-Zinn,L/Zinnowitz 1966 (38)} )
    11...Re8 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Bb1 Nd7 14.Ng3 Nf6 15.Qc2 g6 16.Qd1 Bd6?! 
        ( 16...a6 = )
    17.Nb5 Ne4 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 += {0-1 Krmelj,N-Heinatz,G/Ptuj zt w 1995 (60)
    } )
10...Nbd7 
    ( 10...c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Qa5 14.Bf5 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Nf8
    16.Na4 c4 17.Nd4 += {1/2-1/2 Hoang Th Trang-Vujosevic,V/Budapest FS11 
    IM-A 1993 (49)} )
11.f3 
    ( 11.Rc1 Rc8 
        ( 11...Re8 12.Bb1 c6 13.f3 c5 14.Bf2 Bd6 15.Re1 a6 16.Ng3 Qb8 17.
        Rc2 Nf8 18.a3 Ne6 19.Ba2 $132 {1-0 Bagirov,V-Abramovic,B/Erevan 
        1982 (62)} )
    12.Nb5 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qa4 a6 15.Nbc3 c4 16.Bb1 Nc5 17.Qd1 Re8 18.
    Nd4 += {Medancic,R-Malinverno,G/Castiglione op 1995/EXT 95op2/1-0 (36)
    } )
    ( 11.Bg3 c5 12.Nf4 c4 13.Bb1 Re8 14.f3 Bb4 15.Bf2 Nf8 16.Nfe2 a6 17.
    Ng3 Ra7 18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bc6 20.Qd2 Ng6 21.Bc2 Rae7 22.Nf5 Re6 23.
    Rae1 Ne7 24.Bh4 Ng6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.e4 += {1-0 
    Polugaevsky,L-Khasin,A/URS-ch23 Leningrad 1956 (46)} )
    ( 11.Qc2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 
        ( 13...Qa5 14.Bf5 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Nf8 16.Na4 c4 17.Nd4 += {1/2-1/2 
        Trang,H-Vujosevic,V/First Saturday IM 'A 1993 (49)} )
    14.Bf5 Rad8 15.Rac1 Qc6 16.Qa4 g6 17.Bd3 Qxa4 18.Nxa4 g5 19.Bg3 Bc6 
    20.Nac3 Nb6 = {1-0 Hoang Th Trang-Richter,M/ Budapest FS02 IM-A 1994 
    (43)} )
11...c5 12.g4!? 
    ( 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Bf2 Bf8 14.a3 g6 15.Bc2 Bg7 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.g4 cxd4 18.
    exd4 Nf8 19.Nf4 Qd7 20.Nd3 a6 $132 
        ( 20...Ne6? 21.Ba4 Ng5 22.Bg3 +/- {Arlandi,E-Castillo Melenes,O/ 
        Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44/1-0 (41)} )
    )
    ( 12.Kh1 Re8 13.Bc2 a6 14.Qd2 b5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.b3 Bb4 18.
    a3 Ba5 19.f4 Nc6 20.b4 Nxd4 21.exd4 Bb6 22.Rae1 Rc8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.
    Bxf6 Qc6 25.Qd3 g6 
        ( 25...Qxf6?? 26.Qh7+ 
            ( 26.Nxd5 +- {Southam,T-Findlay,I/Toronto2 1990/EXT 90b/1-0 
            (42)} )
        26...Kf8 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qxc8 +- )
    26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.Rf2 += )
12...Re8 13.Bf2 Bd6 14.Ng3 
    ( 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Bg3 Bxg3 16.Nxg3 a6 $132 )
14...a6 
    ( 14...cxd4 15.exd4 Rc8 16.Qd2 
        ( 16.Nf5 Bf4 = )
    16...Nf8 17.Nf5 Ne6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Rae1 = )
    ( 14...Bxg3!? 15.hxg3 Qe7 $132 )
15.Nf5?! 
    ( 15.Re1 cxd4 16.exd4 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Qc7 = )
    ( 15.Nce2 g6 16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Qd2 $132 )
15...Bf8 16.a4?! Nh7?! 
    ( 16...g6! 17.Ng3 Bg7 18.Qd2 Nh7 =+ )
17.Kg2?! 
    ( 17.Bh4!? $132 )
17...g6 18.Ng3 Ng5 
    ( 18...Bg7 =+ )
19.h4 
    ( 19.e4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Ncxe4 Rc8 22.dxc5 
        ( 22.Rc1 =+ )
    22...Nxc5 23.Qxd8 Rexd8 24.Rfc1 Bg7 =+ )
19...Ne6 20.Nge2 Nf6 
    ( 20...Bg7 21.Qb1 
        ( 21.a5 b5 22.dxc5 Ndxc5 23.b4 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 d4! 25.bxc5 
            ( 25.exd4?? Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Nf4+ -+ )
        25...dxc3 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.e4 Nf4+ 28.Kh2 
            ( 28.Kg3 Qe5 -+ )
        28...Rac8 -/+ )
    21...cxd4 22.exd4 Rc8 =+ )
21.Rh1 
    ( 21.Qb1! cxd4 
        ( 21...Bg7 22.b4 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Rc8 24.Nce2 = )
    22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.exd4 Bg7 =+ )
21...h5 22.g5 Nh7 23.f4 
    ( 23.Qc2 c4 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Qxg6+ Ng7 26.Nf4 Rc8 27.Qh6 Bd6 28.Nxh5 
    Nxh5 29.Qxh5 Rc7 -/+ )
23...cxd4 24.exd4 Bd6 25.f5! 
    ( 25.Qd2 f5 26.Rhe1 
        ( 26.gxf6 Qxf6 )
    )
25...gxf5 26.Bxf5!? 
    ( 26.Qc2 Ng7 
        ( 26...Nhxg5? 27.hxg5 Qxg5+ 28.Kf1 +/- )
    27.Bg3 =+ )
26...Nhxg5!? 
    ( 26...Nhf8 27.Bg3 = )
27.Ng3! 
    ( 27.hxg5 Qxg5+ 28.Bg3 Bxg3 29.Nxg3 h4 30.Qg4 Qxg4 31.Bxg4 hxg3 32.
    Kxg3 Nxd4 -/+ )
27...Nf4+ 
    ( 27...Bxg3 28.Bxg3 Ne4 29.Be5 
        ( 29.Qxh5 Nxg3 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Kxg3 Qd6+ 32.Kh3 Nf4+ 33.Kg4 Re3 34.
        Raf1 Ng2 -/+ )
    29...f6 30.Qxh5 fxe5 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.Nxe4! dxe4 
        ( 33...Ke8 34.Raf1 +- )
    34.Raf1+ Rf6 35.Rxf6+ Qxf6 36.Rf1 +- )
28.Kf1! 
    ( 28.Kg1 Nge6!? 
        ( 28...Bc8!? 29.hxg5 Bxf5 
            ( 29...Qxg5 30.Bxc8 Raxc8 31.Kf1! +/- 
                ( 31.Rxh5? Nxh5 32.Qxh5 Qg7 33.Qf3 Re6 34.Rd1 
                    ( 34.Nxd5 Rc2 35.Rf1 Rxb2 36.Nf4 $132 )
                34...Rf6 35.Qd3 Rg6 36.Kg2 $132 )
            )
        30.Nxd5! 
            ( 30.Nxf5 Qxg5+ 31.Ng3 h4 -+ )
        30...Qxg5 31.Nxf4 Bxf4 32.Qxh5 Qg7 33.Qxf5 Bxg3 34.Kf1 
            ( 34.Bxg3 Re3 35.Kf1 Rxg3 -/+ )
        34...Bxf2 35.Qxf2 Re6 36.Ra3 
            ( 36.Rg1 Rg6 37.Ra3 = )
        36...Rae8 37.Rg3 Re1+ 38.Kg2 R1e2 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 = )
    29.Nxh5 Kh8 30.Bg3 Rg8 31.Kf2 Qf8 32.Nxf4 Nxf4 
        ( 32...Bxf4 33.Qh5+ Qh6 34.Qxh6+ Bxh6 35.Be5+ Bg7 = )
    33.Qf3 Qh6 =+ )
28...Ne4?? 
    ( 28...Nge6 29.Nxh5 Kh8 += )
29.Nxh5!? +- 
    ( 29.Ncxe4! dxe4 30.Nxh5 Bc8 
        ( 30...e3? 31.Qg4+ Kf8 32.Qg7+ Ke7 33.Bxe3!! Bxh1 
            ( 33...Rg8 34.Qf6+ Ke8 
                ( 34...Kf8 35.Qh6+ Ke8 36.Bxf4 +- )
            )
        34.Qf6+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Ke7 36.Bxf4 +- )
        ( 30...Kf8 31.Be3! 
            ( 31.Qg4 Nxh5 32.Qxh5 )
        31...Bc8 $8 32.Bxc8 
            ( 32.Bxf4? Bxf5 
                ( 32...Bxf4 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Nxf4 Qf6 35.Qg4 Rc2 36.Rg1 +/-
                )
            33.Bh6+ Kg8 
                ( 33...Ke7 34.Bg5+ +- )
            34.Ng7! Qf6 35.Nxe8 Rxe8 36.Bg5 Bh3+ 37.Kg1 Qf5 -/+ )
        32...Nxh5 33.Qxh5 Qxc8 34.Bh6+ Ke7 35.Bg5+ Ke6 36.d5+ Kxd5 37.Bf4+
        Ke6 
            ( 37...Kc6 38.Rc1+ Bc5 39.b4 +- )
        38.Qg4+ Ke7 $8 39.Bg5+ 
            ( 39.Bxd6+? Kxd6 40.Rd1+ Ke7 41.Qg5+ 
                ( 41.Qxe4+ Kf8 = )
            41...f6 
                ( 41...Ke6 42.Qd5+ Kf6 43.Rh2 +- )
                ( 41...Kf8 42.Qh6+ +- )
            42.Qg7+ Ke6 43.Qg4+ Ke7 44.Qg7+ Ke6 = )
        39...f6 40.Qxe4+ Kf7 41.Qh7+ Ke6 42.Rc1 Qd7 43.Qg6 Rf8 44.Qe4+ Kf7
        45.Be3 +/- )
    31.Qg4+ Ng6 32.Re1 +/- )
29...Nxf2 30.Kxf2 Kf8 31.Ng3?? {??} 
    ( 31.Qd2! Bb8!? 
        ( 31...Nxh5 32.Qh6+ Ng7 33.Rag1 +- )
        ( 31...Qc7 32.Nf6 Red8 33.Rhg1 Ke7 34.Nfxd5+! Nxd5 35.Rae1+ +- )
        ( 31...Bc7 32.Kf3 Nxh5 33.Qh6+ Ng7 34.Rhg1 +- )
    32.Kf3!! 
        ( 32.Rag1 Qd6 33.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 34.Nxf4 Bxf4 35.Rh3 += )
        ( 32.Nxf4? Qf6 33.Ng6+ = )
    32...Re4 
        ( 32...Nxh5 33.Qh6+ Ng7 34.Rhg1 +- )
    33.Nxe4 dxe4+ 34.Kg4 Nxh5 35.Kxh5 Be5 36.Rhd1 
        ( 36.Rad1 e3 37.Qxe3 Bxh1 =+ )
    36...Qf6 37.dxe5 Qxf5+ 38.Qg5 Qh7+ 39.Qh6+ +- )
31...Qf6 -+ 32.h5 Ne6 33.Nce2 
    ( 33.Qg4 Nxd4 -+ )
33...Nxd4 34.Qxd4 
    ( 34.Nxd4 Bc5 -+ )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kos, Igor RPMS"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice DGLS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 Bb7
9.c3 d6 10.d4 h6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Ng3 g6 14.Qd3 Bg7 15.axb5 axb5 
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Qe3 Nc5 18.exd6 Qxd6 19.Bc2 Ne6 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.b4 Ne7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Puranen, Jukka ETVA"]
[Black "Sepp, Olav PRNU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Qd2 
d6 9.Na3 Qa5 10.Ne2 a6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nf4 e6 15.Nd3 
Nfd7 16.Qf2 Nxd3+ 17.Bxd3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.f4 c4 21.Bc2 
Rd8 22.Qg3 g6 23.h4 h5 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Bc5 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.Kc2 Kc8 28.
Be2 Qc6 29.Qf3 Qa4+ 30.Kb1 Rd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Qd7 33.Kc2 Qa4+ 34.Kb1
Qd7 35.Kc2 Qa4+ 36.Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krivonosovs, Olegs PRNU"]
[Black "Kokkila, Tero ETVA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Ne5 
O-O 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Qxc4 b5 11.Qd3 Rb8 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.Qf3 Rfb8 
15.Rd1 b4 16.Ne4 b3 17.Nc3 Rb4 18.axb3 Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Qxd4 20.Rxa6 Nd5 21.
Ra4 Bb4 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Bf4 Qxb2 24.Qxd5 Qxe2 25.Bxc7 Re8 26.Ra8 h6 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Be5 Qe7 29.Kg2 Bc5 30.Bc3 Qa7 31.Be1 Qb6 32.Qa8+ Kh7 33.b4 
Bd4 34.Qe4+ g6 35.Qd5 Kg7 36.b5 Qf6 37.h3 h5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bb6 40.Qc4
Bd4 41.f3 Qe5 42.Bf2 Bxf2 43.Kxf2 f5 44.gxf5 gxf5 45.f4 Qb2+ 46.Ke3 Qa3+ 
47.Kd4 Qd6+ 48.Kc3 Qa3+ 49.Kc2 Qd6 50.Kb3 Qe7 51.b6 Kh6 52.Qc6+ Kh5 53.Qc7
Qe3+ 54.Kc4 Qe4+ 55.Kc5 Qe3+ 56.Kc6 Qe6+ 57.Kb7 Kg4 58.Qe5 Qf7+ 59.Kc8 
Qg8+ 60.Kd7 Qf7+ 61.Qe7 Qd5+ 62.Qd6 Qf7+ 63.Kd8 Qg8+ 64.Ke7 Qg7+ 65.Ke6 
Qg8+ 66.Ke5 Qe8+ 67.Kd4 Qa4+ 68.Kc5 Qc2+ 69.Kb5 Qb3+ 70.Kc6 Qc4+ 71.Kb7 
Qf7+ 72.Qc7 Qe6 73.Kb8 Qe8+ 74.Qc8 Qb5 75.b7 Kxf4 76.Qc1+ Kg4 77.Qg1+ Kf3 
78.Ka8 Qa5+ 79.Qa7 Qd5 80.Qa3+ Kg2 81.Ka7 Qd7 82.Qb2+ Kg3 83.Qb3+ Kg4 84.
Qc4+ Kg3 85.Ka8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koskinen, Henri ETVA"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido PRNU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Rb8 
9.Rb1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.b4 e6 12.e4 Ne7 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Nb3 e5 15.Nd5 Nc6 
16.Be3 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Ne5 19.Ne3 Re8 20.f4 Nd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Qd4+ Qf6 23.Qxf6+ Nxf6 24.Rbc1 Re7 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bd7 
28.Rc1 Rb7 29.Rc3 Ra7 30.a3 Kf6 31.Kf2 h6 32.Bf3 h5 33.Be2 Ke7 34.f5 Kf6 
35.fxg6 fxg6 36.Bd3 g5 37.Be2 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Re3 Ra8 40.Rc3 Rc8 41.Bf3
Bf5 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiik, Kalle PRNU"]
[Black "Salo, Heikki ETVA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d4 h6 
9.Be3 a6 10.d5 Nb8 11.a4 a5 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Nh7 15.Nb3 Bf6 
16.Bd4 Nhf8 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Rae1 Bh4 19.Bf2 Bf6 20.Bg3 Nb6 21.Qf2 Re7 22.Nd4
Kh7 23.Re2 Nd7 24.h4 Re8 25.h5 Nh8 26.Rfe1 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 f6 28.Bf3 Nf7 29.
Bh4 Rb8 30.Rg2 b6 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Reg1 Rg8 33.Nb5 Nc5 34.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tommiska, Matti ETVA"]
[Black "Maidla, Vallo PRNU"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 
Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Qd2 Be6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Re8 15.
Bg5 Qa5 16.Bf6 Bxf6 17.Rxf6 Nb3 18.axb3 Qxa1+ 19.Rf1 Qa5 20.Bc2 Qc5+ 21.
Kh1 a6 22.Rf4 b5 23.Rh4 h5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo PRNU"]
[Black "Kujala, Auvo ETVA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Ne5 e6 10.Be3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Bc5 Nxe5 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.Rc1 Bd7 
15.Qb3 Bc6 16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.e3 Rd8 18.Ne2 Nb6 19.Qc2 e5 20.Qc5 Qxc5 21.Rxc5 
Bf8 22.Rc2 Be7 23.Nc1 Kg7 24.Nd3 f6 25.Nc5 Kf7 26.Nb3 Rd7 27.Na5 Bb5 28.
Bf1 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 Ke6 30.Ke2 Bd6 31.Nb3 Na4 32.Nc1 Nc5 33.f3 Na6 34.Nd3 Bc7
35.a3 Bb6 36.Rc8 d4 37.exd4 Bxd4 38.Rdc1 f5 39.b4 Kf7 40.b5 e4 41.fxe4 
fxe4 42.Nf4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Egeli, Per Ove RAND"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas SDMR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Rb1 a5 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Ng5 e6 10.Nge4 b6 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Qb5 Rb8 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Bxd5 
Nd4 16.Qc4 b5 17.Qa2 b4 18.axb4 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lapienis, Donatas SDMR"]
[Black "Storland, Knut Harald RAND"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Nbd2 e6 4.h3 Bh5 5.g3 c5 6.dxc5 d5 7.Bg2 Bxc5 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.c4 Nf6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.a3 Be7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bf6 15.g4
Bg6 16.g5 Be7 17.h4 Be4 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 Nb6 20.Be3 Nxc4 21.Rxc4 Qa5 
22.Qc2 Rcd8 23.Rc1 Rd7 24.Bc5 Rd2 25.Qb3 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Qa6 27.Nf4 e5 28.Qc3
Rfd8 29.Rxe5 Nxe5 30.Qxe5 Qd6 31.Qxd6 R8xd6 32.Nd3 Rc6 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.Kf1
Kf8 35.Ke1 Rc2 36.Kd1 Rc4 37.f4 a5 38.Kd2 a4 39.e3 Ke7 40.Ne5 Rc5 41.Nd3 
Rb5 42.Kc3 f5 43.h5 Kd6 44.Kd4 c5+ 45.Kc4 Rb8 46.Kc3 Kd5 47.Kd2 Rb7 48.Kc3
Rb3+ 49.Kc2 c4 50.Nb4+ Ke4 51.Na6 Rxe3 52.Nc5+ Kxf4 53.Nxa4 Ke4 54.Nc3+ 
Kd4 55.Kd2 Re5 56.Ne2+ Ke4 57.Kc3 f4 58.Nxf4 Kxf4 59.Kxc4 Rxg5 60.b4 Rxh5 
61.b5 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gundersen, Helge RAND"]
[Black "Jasulevicius, Aidas SDMR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxc5 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Rxd7 Kg8 16.Rhd1 b5 17.Nd4 Qg5+ 18.Kb1 b4 19.cxb4 Rad8 20.
Nc6 Rxd7 21.Rxd7 Qg6+ 22.Qc2 Qxg2 23.Nxa7 Qh1+ 24.Rd1 Qb7 25.Nc6 Rc8 26.b5
Rc7 27.a4 g6 28.Rd3 Kg7 29.Rf3 Rd7 30.Qe2 Rd5 31.Rd3 Rxb5 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.
Qc2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinkus, Rolandas SDMR"]
[Black "Harestad, Thor Geir RAND"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nbd2 d5
9.c4 Ne8 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.Nh4 Nd6 12.c5 Nf5 13.Nhf3 Nh6 14.b4 Bf5 15.Qd1 Ne4
16.Nb3 Qc8 17.Ne1 Bh3 18.f3 Nf6 19.Bc1 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Ne8 21.Be3 f6 22.Bf2 
Nc7 23.Qc2 e5 24.Rad1 Ne6 25.e4 Ng5 26.Be3 Qe6 27.exd5 Nh3+ 28.Kh1 cxd5 
29.dxe5 fxe5 30.Qd2 Nf7 31.Qxd5 Qa6 32.Na5 b6 33.Qc4 Qxc4 34.Nxc4 bxc5 35.
Bxc5 Rfe8 36.Nge3 Nhg5 37.Rd7 a6 38.Kg2 Ne6 39.Nd5 Rad8 40.Ne7+ Kh8 41.
Nxg6+ hxg6 42.Rxf7 Rd3 43.Nd6 Rd8 44.Ne4 Ra3 45.Rf2 a5 46.bxa5 Nxc5 47.
Nxc5 Bh6 48.Ne4 Rxa5 49.Rc2 Rf8 50.Rb7 Kg8 51.Rb6 Kg7 52.Re6 Be3 53.h4 Kh6
54.Re7 Rh8 55.Nf6 Bd4 56.Ng4+ Kh5 57.Nf6+ Kh6 58.Ng4+ Kh5 59.Nf6+ Kh6 60.
Ne4 Ra6 61.Ng5 Kh5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harestad, Hans Krogh RAND"]
[Black "Zygmanta, Eugenijus SDMR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sumskis, Rimvydas SDMR"]
[Black "Steedman, James RAND"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf ROCK"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander AGZE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg5 c5 
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.Rac1 O-O 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16.f3 Ncd7 17.Rfd1 Bc5 18.Bh4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.b3 f5 21.Bf2 Nf6
22.Bd3 g6 23.Rc2 Ba3 24.Re2 e5 25.Nc2 Bc5 26.e4 fxe4 27.fxe4 Bxe4 28.Bxc5 
Bxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxc5 30.h3 Rfc8 31.Ne3 Kf7 32.Rd6 R5c6 33.Red2 Ke7 34.R6d3 
Ke6 35.Kh2 Ne4 36.Re2 Rd6 37.Rxd6+ Nxd6 38.Ng4 Rc5 39.Kg3 Nf5+ 40.Kf2 h5 
41.Ne3 Rc3 42.Nd1 Rd3 43.Ke1 Kd5 44.Nf2 Rd4 45.g4 Nh4 46.Rc2 Nf3+ 47.Ke2 
Rf4 48.Rc8 Nd4+ 49.Ke1 Rf3 50.Rd8+ Kc5 51.Rg8 Re3+ 52.Kd1 Nf3 53.Rxg6 Re1+
54.Kc2 Re2+ 55.Kd3 Rxf2 56.Ke3 Nh4 57.Rg5 Rf3+ 58.Ke4 hxg4 59.hxg4 Kb4 60.
Rxe5 Rg3 61.Rg5 Ka3 62.Kf4 Rf3+ 63.Ke4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris AGZE"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars ROCK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.d3 Bc5 7.Qc2 Qe7 8.Bg5 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qb3 Bb6 14.exd5 Nc5 15.
Qa3 exd5 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Rfe1 Rd8 18.Nb3 f4 19.d4 fxg3 20.hxg3 a5 21.Rcd1 
a4 22.Nc5 Nxc5 23.dxc5 Ba5 24.Re3 Bf5 25.Rd4 Bc7 26.Rxa4 Rxa4 27.Qxa4 Qxb2
28.Re7 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qxc5 30.Re2 Be4 31.Nd4 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Qc4 33.Qd1 Bb6 34.
Nf5 d4 35.Re4 Rf8 36.Qg4 Qc7 37.Re7 Qc6+ 38.Kh2 Rf7 39.Re4 Qf6 40.Rf4 Qg5 
41.Qf3 d3 42.Kg2! Kh7 
    ( 42...d2? 43.Nxh6+ Qxh6 44.Rxf7 Qd6 
        ( 44...d1=Q 45.Rf8+ Kh7 46.Qxd1 )
    45.Rxb7! Bc7 46.Rb1! +- )
43.Qxd3 g6 44.Qd5?! Rg7!! 45.Qf3! gxf5 46.Rxf5 Qg4 47.Qxg4 Rxg4 48.Rb5! 
Rg6 49.a4 Kg8 50.a5 Bc7 51.Rxb7 Bxa5 52.f4 Be1 53.Rb3 h5 54.Kh3 Kg7 55.Re3
Bf2 56.Rf3 Bd4 57.Rd3 Bf2 58.Rf3 Bb6 59.Rb3 Kh6 60.Rb5 Bf2 61.Rg5 Rxg5 62.
fxg5+ Kxg5 63.Kg2 Bb6 64.Kh3 Bc7 65.Kg2 Kg4 66.Kh1 Kh3 67.Kg1 Bb6+ 68.Kh1 
Bc5 69.g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland ROCK"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar AGZE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko AGZE"]
[Black "Bjoerk, Carl-Magnus ROCK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sjoeberg, Mats ROCK"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan AGZE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vukic, Milan AGZE"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas ROCK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander AGZE"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars USRI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.e3 e5 7.d5 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 
Nb8 9.Nc3 d6 10.Nge2 O-O 11.h3 Ne8 12.f4 exf4 13.exf4 a5 14.O-O Na6 15.Nd4
Qd8 16.Rae1 Nf6 17.g4 Re8 18.g5 Nd7 19.h4 Nf8 20.f5 Nd7 21.f6 Ne5 22.fxg7 
Nc5 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Kxg7 25.Rf6 Bg4 26.Ref1 Bh3 27.R1f4 Kg8 28.Qc3 Bd7
29.Rh6 Ng6 30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Rxh7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berzins, Rolands USRI"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar AGZE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko AGZE"]
[Black "Putka, Verners USRI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grasis, Janis USRI"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan AGZE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.cxd5 Nbd7 8.Bc4
Nb6 9.Bb3 Re8+ 10.Be3 Ng4 11.O-O Rxe3 12.fxe3 Nxe3 13.Qd3 Nxf1 14.Rxf1 Nd7
15.Ne4 f6 16.Nh4 Kh8 17.Bc2 Qg8 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Re1 g6 20.Re7 f5 21.Nxf5 
Qf8 22.Qe3 Ne5 23.Qh6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mihaljcisin, Adrijan AGZE"]
[Black "Pandars, Maris USRI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Graudins, Ilmars USRI"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko AGZE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sepp, Olav PRNU"]
[Black "Egeli, Per Ove RAND"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Ne1 Qb6 13.Rb1 Be7 14.b4 cxd4 15.cxd4 
O-O 16.Nd3 Qc7 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Nc5 Rfd8 19.a3 Bf8 20.Bd3 Ne7 21.Qh5 g6 22.
Qh4 Nb6 23.Bg5 Rc7 24.g4 Qc8 25.f4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Ne4 h5 28.Nd6 Qa8 
29.f5 exf5 30.gxf5 Rdd7 31.Ne4 Nd5 32.e6 fxe6 33.fxg6 Rg7 34.Qxh5 Qe8 35.
Rf6 Rc6 36.Rcf1 Be7 37.Rf7 Bxg5 38.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Storland, Knut Harald RAND"]
[Black "Krivonosovs, Olegs PRNU"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 
Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.c4 Be6 12.c5 b6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.
Bb5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 bxc5 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qxc5 Rab8 19.Ke2 Rb6 20.Rc2 c6 21.
Qa3 Re8 22.Rb2 Reb8 23.Rb3 Rxb3 24.axb3 Rb6 25.Ra1 Qh3 26.Qe7 Qf5 27.e4 
dxe4 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Qxe4 Qg6 30.Rxa7 f5 31.Qe3 c5 32.d5 c4 33.bxc4 Rb2+ 
34.Kf1 Rb1+ 35.Ke2 Rb2+ 36.Kf1 Rb1+ 37.Ke2 Qg1 38.Qd2 Rf1 39.Qe3 Re1+ 40.
Kd3 Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido PRNU"]
[Black "Gundersen, Helge RAND"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harestad, Thor Geir RAND"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle PRNU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maidla, Vallo PRNU"]
[Black "Harestad, Hans Krogh RAND"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steedman, James RAND"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo PRNU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf ROCK"]
[Black "Puranen, Jukka ETVA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.Bf4 Nc7 
9.a4 a6 10.Re1 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Bc4 Nd7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rab1 Rb8 15.Bd3 Ba8 
16.Ne2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.c3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Be3 e6 21.dxe6 Nxe6 22.b4
c4 23.Bc2 Qc7 24.Red1 Rbd8 25.Qe1 Bf6 26.f3 Bg5 27.Bxg5 Nxg5 28.Qf2 Ne6 
29.Qe3 Bc6 30.g3 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.f4 f6 34.Kf2 Qc7 35.h4
Kg7 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Ng1 Bd7 38.Nf3 h6 39.Bd1 Nd8 40.Nh2 Nf7 41.Bg4 Bc6 42.
Nf3 Nd6 43.Nd2 Ne8 44.Ke1 Nf6 45.Be6 Ba8 46.Bh3 Ne8 47.Kd1 Nd6 48.Kc1 Qc6 
49.Qa7+ Qb7 50.Qc5 Nxe4 51.Qxe5+ Nf6 52.Bg2 Qxg2 53.Qe7+ Kg8 54.Qxf6 Qc6 
55.Qe7 h5 56.Qe5 Qh1+ 57.Kc2 Qc6 58.Qe7 Qd5 59.Kd1 Bc6 60.Qe3 Qh1+ 61.Ke2 
Qg2+ 62.Qf2 Qd5 63.Qe3 Qg2+ 64.Kd1 Qh1+ 65.Kc2 Qd5 66.Kb2 Qg2 67.Kc1 Qh1+ 
68.Kc2 Qd5 69.Qe2 Qf5+ 70.Kb2 Qd5 71.Nb1 Kf7 72.Na3 Bd7 73.Nc2 Qe6 74.Qf2+
Qf5 75.Qe1 Qf3 76.Nd4 Qg2+ 77.Kc1 Qa2 78.Qe3 Qa1+ 79.Kd2 Qb2+ 80.Ke1 Qa1+ 
81.Kf2 Qb2+ 82.Kf3 Qa1 83.Kf4 Qa6 84.Qe5 Qb6 85.Qd5+ Ke7 86.Qc5+ Qd6+ 87.
Kg5 Qxc5+ 88.bxc5 Be8 89.Kf4 Kf6 90.c6 Ke7 91.Ke5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kokkila, Tero ETVA"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars ROCK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Nh6 9.
Nf3 Bd7 10.Nfxd4 O-O 11.Nxc7 Qxc7 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Bd3 a6 14.O-O Nxd4 15.Bxd4
Bb5 16.g4 f5 17.g5 Nf7 18.Rf3 Rfc8 19.Rh3 g6 20.a4 Bxd3 21.cxd3 Nd8 22.a5 
Qc2 23.Qe1 Nc6 24.Bc5 d4 25.Rc1 Qb2 26.Rc4 Rd8 27.Rf3 Qb3 28.Qa1 Rac8 29.
Kg2 Nxb4 30.Rxb4 Qc2+ 31.Kg3 Rxc5 32.Rxd4 Rdd5 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.d4 Qd2 35.
Qc3 Qxd4 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Rc3 Rd7 38.Rc8+ Kg7 39.Re8 Kf7 40.Rh8 Kg7 41.Re8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland ROCK"]
[Black "Koskinen, Henri ETVA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "C49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.Ng3 Nh5 10.h3 Nxg3 11.fxg3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qb8 13.Kh2 Bc5 14.b3 Bd4 
15.Rb1 Qb4 16.a4 Rab8 17.Be3 Qc5 18.Bxd4 Qxd4 19.Rf2 c5 20.Rbf1 c6 21.Qg4 
d5 22.Qe2 f6 23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.Rff1 Kh8 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Qh5 Rb7 27.Qf5 Re7 
28.g4 e4 29.dxe4 Qxe4 30.g5 Qxf5 31.Rxf5 Re5 32.Rdf1 Rxf5 33.Rxf5 fxg5 34.
Rf7 h6 35.Rxa7 d4 36.Rb7 d3 37.cxd3 Rxd3 38.a5 Rd2 39.Rc7 Rc2 40.b4 c4 41.
a6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alava, Mikko ETVA"]
[Black "Bjoerk, Carl-Magnus ROCK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.b4 cxb3 9.
Bb2 Bd7 10.c4 Ne7 11.c5 Qc7 12.Bd3 Ba4 13.O-O h6 14.Rc1 b5 15.cxb6 Qxb6 
16.Qe2 g6 17.h4 Bg7 18.Rc5 O-O 19.Ba6 Nb7 20.Rc3 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Rxc3 22.Rxc3
Rc8 23.Nb1 Rxc3 24.Nxc3 Be8 25.a4 Nc6 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Nb5 Qa6 28.Qd1 Qxa4 
29.Nd6 Bd7 30.Qc1 Ne7 31.Qc7 Bf8 32.Nd2 Nf5 33.Nxf5 gxf5 34.Qc3 Qb4 35.
Qg3+ Kh7 36.Bc3 Qb7 37.Bb2 Ba4 38.Qd3 Qc6 39.Bc3 Kh8 40.g4 fxg4 41.h5 Be7 
42.Qg3 Bg5 43.Nb1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjoeberg, Mats ROCK"]
[Black "Vihinen, Teemu ETVA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bf4 Bxf4 
9.gxf4 Bd7 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Nc3 Be8 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Na4 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nd7 15.Ne5
Ndf6 16.b4 dxc4 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.bxc5 Bh5 19.Rc2 Nd5 20.e3 h6 21.h4 Ne7 22.
Bf1 Ng6 23.Bxc4 Rfe8 24.Nxg6 Bxg6 25.Be2 Re7 26.b4 Be8 27.Rb2 a6 28.b5 
cxb5 29.Bxb5 Bxb5 30.Rxb5 Rc8 31.Rb6 Kf7 32.Kf1 Kg6 33.Rab1 Rcc7 34.Kg2 
Kh5 35.Kg3 Kg6 36.Rd6 Rcd7 37.Rdb6 Kf7 38.Kf3 Ke8 39.c6 bxc6 40.Rxa6 Rc7 
41.Rb8+ Kf7 42.Ra5 Red7 43.Rb6 Ke7 44.Raa6 Rd6 45.Ke2 Kd7 46.Kd3 Rd5 47.
Rb8 Ke7 48.h5 c5 49.Rbb6 cxd4 50.Rxe6+ Kf7 51.Re5 Rxe5 52.fxe5 dxe3 53.
Kxe3 Rc4 54.f4 Re4+ 55.Kf3 Rb4 56.Ra7+ Kf8 57.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eskola, Risto ETVA"]
[Black "Hjelm, Niclas ROCK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Be3 Nd4 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Rb8 12.Ne4 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.a4 Qc7 15.a5 Nd5 
16.axb6 axb6 17.Bf2 f5 18.Ng5 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Rae1 Qf6 21.c3 Nb3 22.
Qe2 Rfe8 23.Nxe6 Kf7 24.Qd1 Na5 25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.gxf4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 Qc6+ 29.Qf3 Rd8 30.d4 cxd4 31.Bxd4 b5 32.Kf2 Qxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Nc6 34.Be3
Rd7 35.Ra1 Ke6 36.h4 Kd5 37.Rd1+ Ke6 38.Ra1 Kd5 39.Rd1+ Ke6 40.Rg1 Kd5 41.
Rd1+ Ke6 42.Rh1 Na5 43.h5 Nc4 44.hxg6 hxg6 45.Bd4 Rd6 46.Re1+ Kd7 47.Re2 
b4 48.Kg3 b3 49.Kh4 Re6 50.Be5 Kc6 51.Re1 Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kd5 53.Ra1 Rxe5 54.
Ra5+ Ke4 55.Ra3 Rb5 56.c4 Rb4 57.c5 Kf4 58.c6 g5+ 59.Kh5 Rc4 60.Rxb3 Rxc6 
61.Rb4+ Ke3 62.Kxg5 Rc5 63.Rf4 Rb5 64.b4 Rb8 65.Rxf5 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander AGZE"]
[Black "Sepp, Olav PRNU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 O-O 7.a4 a6 8.Bxc6 
dxc6 9.Nxe5 Nxe4 10.a5 Ba7 11.Re1 Nd6 12.b4 Re8 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Bb2 f6 15.
Nef3 Be6 16.Qc2 Bc4 17.Nf1 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 b6 19.Ne3 Qd7 20.Nd2 Bf7 21.c4 
bxa5 22.bxa5 c5 23.d5 c6 24.Qa4 Rc8 25.Ba3 Qc7 26.dxc6 Qxc6 27.Qxc6 Rxc6 
28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Ke2 Bb8 30.Rc1 Bc7 31.Nb3 Nb7 32.Nd4 Rd6 33.Rb1 Rxd4 34.Rxb7
Bd6 35.Rb6 Be7 36.Rb8+ Be8 37.Rc8 Rd8 38.Rxd8 Bxd8 39.Bxc5+ Kf7 40.Bb6 Be7
41.Kd3 Ke6 42.Nd5 Bd6 43.Bc7 Bc5 44.Bg3 Bg6+ 45.Kc3 Kd7 46.Nc7 Bxf2 47.
Nxa6 Bg1 48.Kb4 Be4 49.Nb8+ Kc8 50.Kb5 g5 51.a6 f5 52.Bd6 f4 53.c5 Bxg2 
54.Nc6 f3 55.Kb6 f2 56.a7 f1=Q 57.a8=Q+ Kd7 58.Ne5+ Ke6 59.Qg8+ Kf5 60.
Qxh7+ Kf4 61.Qc2 Bd4 62.Nc6+ Ke3 63.Qb3+ Ke4 64.Qb4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krivonosovs, Olegs PRNU"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris AGZE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popovic, Petar AGZE"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido PRNU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiik, Kalle PRNU"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko AGZE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 c6 8.a4 a5 9.
O-O Na6 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 Nfxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bh6 
e4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.c4 Nb4 18.Bxe4 Bxh3 19.Nf4 Bd7 20.Rfe1 Qc7 21.Ra3 Rae8 
22.Rae3 Bc8 23.b3 Qf7 24.d5 g5 25.Ne6+ Bxe6 26.dxe6 Rxe6 27.Bg6 Rxe3 28.
Bxf7 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Rxf7 30.Qe3 c5 31.Qxc5 Nc6 32.f4 Kg6 33.Qd6 g4 34.f5+ 
Kxf5 35.Qf4+ Ke6 36.Qxg4+ f5 37.Qg8 Kf6 38.Qh8+ Kg6 39.Kg2 Re7 40.Qg8+ Kf6
41.Qf8+ Kg6 42.Qg8+ Kf6 43.Kh3 Rg7 44.Qf8+ Rf7 45.Qd6+ Kg5 46.Qf4+ Kf6 47.
Qd6+ Kg5 48.Qd5 Re7 49.Qd2+ Kg6 50.Qf4 Re6 51.Qf2 Re4 52.Qb6 Re7 53.b4 
axb4 54.a5 Re6 55.Qxb7 b3 56.a6 Nd8 57.Qb8 b2 58.a7 Nc6 59.Qg8+ Kf6 60.
Qh8+ Kg6 61.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drasko, Milan AGZE"]
[Black "Maidla, Vallo PRNU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo PRNU"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko AGZE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars USRI"]
[Black "Egeli, Per Ove RAND"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Storland, Knut Harald RAND"]
[Black "Berzins, Rolands USRI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Putka, Verners USRI"]
[Black "Gundersen, Helge RAND"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harestad, Thor Geir RAND"]
[Black "Grasis, Janis USRI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pandars, Maris USRI"]
[Black "Harestad, Hans Krogh RAND"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steedman, James RAND"]
[Black "Graudins, Ilmars USRI"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lapienis, Donatas SDMR"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf ROCK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars ROCK"]
[Black "Jasulevicius, Aidas SDMR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martinkus, Rolandas SDMR"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland ROCK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d3 Bb7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O g6 7.Nh4 Nc6 8.f4 Bg7 9.
Kh1 Qc7 10.c4 O-O 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.Nc3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 bxc4 15.Rf3 cxd3 
16.Rxd3 c4 17.Rh3 Rfe8 18.Nf5 gxf5 19.Rb1 Rab8 20.exf5 Nd8 21.Rxb7 Rxb7 
22.Qh5 Nf8 23.Be4 Rb1!! 24.f6 Rxc1+ 25.Kg2 exf6 26.Bxh7+ Nxh7 27.Qxh7+ Kf8
28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Re3+ Ne6 30.Qxf6+ Kd7 31.f5 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sjoeberg, Mats ROCK"]
[Black "Zygmanta, Eugenijus SDMR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sumskis, Rimvydas SDMR"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas ROCK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Parnu EST"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjelm, Niclas ROCK"]
[Black "Zadavicius, Povilas SDMR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galego, Luis BOAP"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei PHMU"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Bc2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 e5 8.d4 exd4 
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxe4 12.Nxc6 Nxc3 13.Nxd8 Nxd1 14.Nxf7 Nxb2
15.Nxd6 Nc4 16.Nxc4 Bxa1 17.Ba3 Bg7 18.Bb3 Be6 19.Re1 Bf7 20.Bxf8 Bxf8 21.
Ne3 Bxb3 22.axb3 a5 23.Nd5 Rd8 24.Rd1 Kg7 25.Kf1 b5 26.Nc3 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 
Bb4 28.Ke2 Kf6 29.Kd3 Ke5 30.g3 g5 31.f3 Be1 32.Ke2 Bxg3 33.Nc3 b4 34.Ne4 
Bf4 35.Kd3 h6 36.Nc5 Kd5 37.Ne4 Bc7 38.Nf6+ Ke5 39.Ng4+ Kf4 40.Ke2 h5 41.
Nf6 Kf5 42.Nd5 Bb8 43.Ne7+ Kf4 44.Nc6 Bc7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim PHMU"]
[Black "Damaso, Rui BOAP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 c6 9.
Qd2 cxd5 10.cxd5 Kh7 11.h4 h5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.f3 Na6 15.O-O Nc7 
16.a4 Nfe8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Qe7 19.Rae1 a6 20.Bd3 b5 21.a5 b4 22.Nd1 Rb8
23.Ne3 Bd4 24.Kh1 Bc5 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Qe1 f6 27.Nf3 Qg7 28.Qg3 Nb5 29.Nc4 
Bg4 30.Ncd2 Nd4 31.Nxd4 Bxd4 32.Rc2 g5 33.Be3 Be5 34.Qf2 Nc7 35.Bb6 Rd7 
36.Nc4 b3 37.Nxe5 bxc2 38.Nxd7 Bd1 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Silva, Antonio Augusto BOAP"]
[Black "Herb, Pascal PHMU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 
O-O 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nd2 Ra7 13.e3 Ne6 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.dxc4 
Nc5 16.Ra2 Bf5 17.Rd2 Qc8 18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Nc3 c6 20.Bb2 Ra8 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.
Rd6 Ra6 23.Na4 Nb7 24.Rd2 f6 25.c5 Be7 26.Qe2 Nd8 27.Rc1 Ra7 28.Ba1 Rb7 
29.Rb2 Rxb2 30.Qxb2 Qa6 31.Bf1 Qa8 32.Bc4+ Be6 33.Qb3 Bf8 34.Rd1 Bxc4 35.
Qxc4+ Ne6 36.Nb6 Qb7 37.Nd7 Qb5 38.Qxb5 cxb5 39.Rb1 Nxc5 40.Nxc5 Bxc5 41.
Rxb5 Bxa3 42.Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roser, Kevin PHMU"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Fernando BOAP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Kh1 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Qe1 Ne5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.
Qg3 Rfe8 16.Bg5 Kh8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Qc6 19.Bd3 Bd8 20.Rdf1 Nfd7 21.Bd2
Nf6 22.Qh3 Qd7 23.Bg5 Ng8 24.Bxd8 Rcxd8 25.Qh4 Re6 26.Nd5 Rde8 27.Qg3 Rh6 
28.Rg5 f6 29.Rgf5 Ne7 30.Nxe7 Qxe7 31.h3 Rc8 32.c3 Qe6 33.Bb1 b5 34.Rd1 
Rd8 35.Rf2 g5 36.Kg1 Rg6 37.Rfd2 h5 38.Qf2 Rg7 39.Qf5 Qe7 40.Rf2 Rf8 41.
Bd3 h4 42.Be2 Rgg8 43.Bg4 Nc4 44.Qf3 Kg7 45.Bf5 Ne5 46.Qe2 Rb8 47.Rd5 Rb6 
48.Qd1 Rh8 49.Rd4 Qc7 50.Rd5 Rc6 51.Rd4 a5 52.a3 Kf8 53.Qf1 Kg7 54.Qxb5 
Rb8 55.Qe2 Qf7 56.Qd1 Rbb6 57.Rc2 Qa2 58.Qe2 Rb8 59.c4 Rcb6 60.Rdd2 Rc6 
61.Be6 Qb3 62.Rc3 Qb6+ 63.Qf2 Qc7 64.b3 Rcb6 65.c5 dxc5 66.Rxc5 Rc6 67.
Rdc2 Qd6 68.Rxc6 Nxc6 69.Bd5 Ne7 70.Qa7 Kf8 71.Rc7 Re8 72.Qc5 Qe5 73.b4 
axb4 74.axb4 f5 75.b5 fxe4 76.Qf2+ Nf5 77.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parcerias, Pedro BOAP"]
[Black "Riff, Sebastien PHMU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.
Na3 Re8 10.Nc2 Qc7 11.Ne3 b5 12.f5 gxf5 13.Nh4 Ne7 14.Nexf5 Nxf5 15.Nxf5 
Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Re6 17.Bh3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qf3 Nb6 20.Be3 Rae8 21.Rf1 Rg6 
22.Rh5 Rd6 23.Bf5 h6 24.Qg4 Qc6 25.Be4 Nd5 26.Bxh6 Rxh6 27.Bxd5 Rg6 28.Qe4
Qd6 29.Rhf5 Kh8 30.c4 bxc4 31.dxc4 Rf6 32.Rxf6 Bxf6 33.Rf5 Rg8 34.Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril PHMU"]
[Black "Ferreira, Antonio BOAP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 a6 9.
a4 Qa5 10.Ra3 Re8 11.Nh3 Ne5 12.Nf2 Qb4 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Be2 h5 
16.O-O e6 17.a5 Qc7 18.h3 exd5 19.cxd5 Bc8 20.Na4 Ned7 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.b4 
cxb4 23.Bxb4 Ne5 24.Nb6 Nxd3 25.Nxd3 Rb8 26.Qf2 Nh7 27.Nc4 Bf8 28.Qg3 h4 
29.Qf4 g5 30.Qe3 Bf5 31.Qb6 Qxb6+ 32.axb6 Bg6 33.Nxd6 Red8 34.Nc4 f5 35.
Bxf8 Nxf8 36.Nc5 Be8 37.Na5 Bb5 38.Naxb7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana DOPR"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar HELR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7 
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Bc2 a6 12.Rb1 Re8 13.Re1 exd4 14.exd4 Rxe1+ 15.
Nxe1 Qe7 16.Qe2 Qxe2 17.Nxe2 c5 18.Ng3 Rc8 19.d5 b5 20.Nf3 g6 21.Nd2 Ne8 
22.a4 bxc4 23.Nxc4 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Bxd5 25.Ne3 Be6 26.Bc3 Nd6 27.Rd1 Rc6 28.
g4 c4 29.f4 Nc5 30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Bc8 32.Nd5 Bxf5 33.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arnason, Jon HELR"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef DOPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qb3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.d4 e6 12.Rfe1 b6 13.Rad1 a6 14.Bf1 Bb7 
15.d5 exd5 16.exd5 Qd6 17.Ng5 Rfe8 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.Re2 b5 20.c4 Qb8 21.Bxg7 
Kxg7 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.Qc3+ Kg8 25.Qxc5 Rxe2 26.Bxe2 Rxa2 27.
Bxb5 Qe5 28.Qb6 Qh5 29.Qd4 Ra8 30.Bc4 Re8 31.Rb1 Bc8 32.d6 Qf5 33.Bd3 Qe6 
34.h3 Rd8 35.Rb6 h5 36.Bc4 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Be6 38.Qf6 Re8 39.d7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Freisler, Pavel DOPR"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi HELR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bb2 e6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qe7 10.c4 Ba3 11.Qc1 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bg2 O-O 
15.O-O Rac8 16.Rfc1 b5 17.h4 d4 18.Bc6 a6 19.Rc2 Nb6 20.Rac1 Nfd5 21.Bxd5 
Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Nxd5 23.Qc5 Qe6 24.Ne4 Nc3 25.Nxc3 Rc8 26.Qb4 Qc6 27.a4 dxc3 
28.axb5 axb5 29.Qe7 f6 30.b4 h6 31.Rc2 Qd5 32.Kh2 Kh8 33.Qa7 e4 34.dxe4 
Qxe4 35.Qd7 Qxc2 36.Qxc8+ Kh7 37.Kh3 h5 38.Qc5 Qxe2 39.Qxc3 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 
Qxf2+ 41.Kh3 Kg6 42.Qc6 Qe2 43.Qd5 Qg4+ 44.Kh2 Qxb4 45.Qd3+ f5 46.Qe2 Kf6 
47.Qxh5 Qd2+ 48.Kh3 b4 49.Qe8 Qd6 50.Qb5 Qd4 51.Kh2 Qe4 52.Qb6+ Kf7 53.
Qc7+ Kg6 54.Qd6+ Kh7 55.Qb6 f4 56.gxf4 Qxf4+ 57.Kh3 Qf5+ 58.Kh2 Qc2+ 59.
Kh3 Qd3+ 60.Kh2 b3 61.Qa5 Qd6+ 62.Kh3 Qd3+ 63.Kh2 Qd4 64.Qh5+ Kg8 65.Qb5 
Qxh4+ 66.Kg2 Qe4+ 67.Kh3 Qe6+ 68.Kg3 Kf7 69.Qb7+ Kg6 70.Qb4 Qe5+ 71.Kf3 b2
72.Kg2 Qe2+ 73.Kh3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorsteins, Karl HELR"]
[Black "Hausner, Ivan DOPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.exf3 exd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Be3 Nb6 13.f4 Nfd7 14.Rad1 Nc5 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Qc8 17.g4 Qe6 18.Qd3 Qxc4 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Qf5 Nd5 21.g5 
Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Qb5 23.Qxb5 cxb5 24.Be4 Rab8 25.Bd5 Bd8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.h4 
Bb6 28.Rc1 b4 29.Kg2 Bc5 30.Kf3 Kf8 31.h5 b6 32.b3 Re8 33.Bc6 Re7 34.Bd5 
g6 35.hxg6 fxg6 36.Rh1 Kg7 37.Rh6 Re1 38.Be4 Rf1 39.Rxg6+ Kf7 40.Rf6+ Ke7 
41.Bd5 Rxf2+ 42.Kg4 Rd2 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.Be6 Rxa2 45.g6 Bd4 46.Kf5 Rg2 47.
Rxa7 Bc3 48.Rb7 Rg1 49.Rxb6 Kf8 50.Rxd6 Rg3 51.Rd8+ Ke7 52.Rd7+ Kf8 53.Rb7
Rg1 54.Rf7+ Ke8 55.Bd7+ Kd8 56.Bc6 Rg3 57.Be4 Rg1 58.Ke6 Re1 59.Rf8+ Kc7 
60.Kd5 Rd1+ 61.Kc5 Rd8 62.Rf7+ Rd7 63.Bf5 Rxf7 64.gxf7 Bg7 65.Kxb4 Bf8+ 
66.Kc4 Kc6 67.b4 Kb6 68.b5 Ba3 69.Bd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jirovsky, Pavel DOPR"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass HELR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.f4 
Bf8 9.Bf3 c6 10.Kh1 Qb6 11.Nb3 Na6 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Be1 Be6 14.Bg3 Nd7 15.Qd2
Bc4 16.Rfe1 f6 17.Rad1 Bf7 18.Nd4 Rad8 19.f5 Ne5 20.Nce2 Qb6 21.Nf4 Nc7 
22.Bf2 c5 23.Nb3 Qc6 24.Na5 Qb6 25.Nb3 Qc6 26.Na5 Qa6 27.Be2 Qb6 28.b3 d5 
29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Nc4 Qc6 31.Nxe5 Rxe5 32.Bf3 Rxf5 33.c4 Rxf4 34.cxd5 Qc7 
35.Bg3 Bd6 36.Bxf4 Bxf4 37.d6 Rxd6 38.Qe2 Rxd1 39.Rxd1 Bxh2 40.Qd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Asmundsson, Ingvar HELR"]
[Black "EMPTY DOPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef KLAG"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry GENE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 
Nc6 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Be2 Be6 12.b5 Na5 13.O-O Nc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.
Qc2 Bg4 16.Rfd1 Qc8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 f6 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Nd4 Rb8 21.h3 
Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Be6 23.Rd6 Rb5 24.Qa4 c3 25.Rc1 Bb3 26.Qxa6 Qxa6 27.Rxa6 c2 
28.a4 Rb7 29.a5 Rc7 30.Rb6 Bd5 31.f4 Rfc8 32.Kf2 Rc4 33.a6 Ra4 34.Rd6 Ba8 
35.a7 Rb4 36.Ke1 Ra4 37.Kd2 Ra2 38.h4 h5 39.e4 Kf7 40.Rd7+ Ke6 41.Rxg7 f5 
42.exf5+ Kxf5 43.Rg5+ Ke6 44.Rxh5 Bd5 45.Re1+ Kd6 46.Kc1 Rc4 47.Rh6+ Kd7 
48.Bf6 Kc6 49.Re7 Kd6 50.Re2 Kc5 51.Rh7 Kb4 52.Rd7 Bc6 53.Rde7 Kb5 54.Rg7 
Rxf4 55.Bb2 Rxh4 56.Kxc2 Rb4 57.Kc3 Rc4+ 58.Kd3 Rca4 59.Re5+ Kb4 60.Bc3+ 
Kb3 61.Rc5 Ba8 62.Rb5+ Ka3 63.Bd4 Ra6 64.Rg8 Bc6 65.Rbb8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles GENE"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba KLAG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 
b4 9.Na4 Ba6 10.Bd2 c5 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Rxc8 Qxc8 14.O-O Bd6 15.
Re1 Qb8 16.Ng3 O-O 17.Be3 Rc8 18.d5 exd5 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Qf3 Qe5 21.Rd1 g6 
22.Ng3 Bb5 23.Bxa7 Qd6 24.Bd4 Bg7 25.h3 Qc6 26.Ne2 Bxa4 27.Rc1 Qxc1+ 28.
Nxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Kh2 Bxb3 30.Qxb3 Rc4 31.Be3 Ne4 32.a4 Nec5 33.Qd1 d4 34.Bd2 
b3 35.a5 d3 36.Be3 Bxb2 37.Qf3 Bd4 38.g3 b2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Titz, Heimo KLAG"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc GENE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Qe7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Rfd1 Bc7 14.Ne4 b6 15.Nxf6+
Nxf6 16.Ng5 g6 17.Qc3 e5 18.f4 Re8 19.Bf3 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Nf3 Ne4 22.
Qc1 exf4 23.exf4 Bb8 24.Qe3 Rd7 25.Re1 Qd8 26.Be5 Nd2 27.Rad1 Nxf3+ 28.
Qxf3 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Rxe5 30.Rf1 Rf5 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Qe3 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qf5+ 
34.Kg1 Qe6 35.Qc3 a5 36.h3 h5 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 cxb4 39.Qxb4 Qe3+ 40.Kh2 
Qe5+ 41.Kh1 Qa1+ 42.Kh2 Qd4 43.Qb5 Kg7 44.Qc6 h4 45.Kh1 Kh6 46.Qc7 f6 47.
Qc6 Kg5 48.Qb5+ Kf4 49.Qb1 g5 50.Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gobet, Fernand GENE"]
[Black "Petschar, Kurt KLAG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Ne2 O-O 8.Bb3 d5 
9.Ng3 b6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Re1 Ba6 12.c3 Qc7 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rfc8 15.Bg5 
Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Ncxe5 17.Ba4 Nf8 18.b4 Nc4 19.b5 Bb7 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.Qg4 a6 22.
Nh5 Ng6 23.Bc2 axb5 24.Nxh7 Kxh7 25.Nf4 Ne5 26.dxe5 Rxc2 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.
Rxc2 Ra4 29.f4 Kg8 30.Rec1 Rc4 31.Qg3 Qf7 32.h3 Qf8 33.Rxc4 bxc4 34.Qe3 b5
35.Qd4 Bc6 36.a3 Qb8 37.Rc3 b4 38.axb4 Qxb4 39.Rf3 Ba4 40.Kh2 Bc2 41.Re3 
Bd3 42.Rxd3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schumi, Manfred KLAG"]
[Black "Preissmann, Emmanuel GENE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 d5 12.Bd3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.f3 O-O-O 
15.Qe2 f6 16.Be3 Nd5 17.O-O-O Ncb4 18.Kb1 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Kb8 
21.Rc1 Rd4 22.Rc3 Rhd8 23.Rg1 Bxe4 24.fxe4 f5 25.exf5 Qxf5 26.Re1 R8d5 27.
g3 g6 28.a3 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxd3 30.Qxe5+ Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Rxg3 32.Re6 Kc7 33.Ka2
a5 34.a4 Rg4 35.Ka3 Kd7 36.Rb6 Rxh4 37.Rxg6 Rg4 38.Rh6 h4 39.Rh7+ Kc6 40.
Rh5 Kb6 41.b3 Ka6 42.Kb2 Rb4 43.Kc2 Kb6 44.Kc3 Rf4 45.Kb2 Ka6 46.Ka3 Rd4 
47.Kb2 Kb6 48.Kc3 Rg4 49.Kb2 Ka6 50.Ka3 b6 51.Rh7 Rf4 52.Kb2 Rf2+ 53.Kb1 
Rf3 54.Rxh4 Rxb3+ 55.Ka2 Rd3 56.Rh7 Rd5 57.Kb3 Rd3+ 58.Ka2 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Domont, Alexandre GENE"]
[Black "Steflitsch, Erich KLAG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 h6 8.c3 Nh7 
9.Nbd2 Ng5 10.a5 a6 11.d4 Bf6 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Nf1 
h5 16.Ne3 Nxe4 17.Nd5 Qf5 18.Qc2 Nd6 19.Bd3 e4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxe4 
22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Rxe4 Bf5 24.Rb4 Rfe8 25.Bf4 Re4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Bxc7 Rc8 
28.Bb6 Rc4 29.f3 Bc2 30.Re1 Kf8 31.Re2 Ba4 32.Bd4 Rc6 33.Re4 Bc2 34.Rh4 
Bg6 35.Bb6 Ke7 36.Rb4 Bf5 37.Be3 Rc7 38.Kf2 Bg6 39.Rb6 Bf5 40.Bd4 Be6 41.
Kg3 f5 42.Kh4 Bc4 43.Rh6 Bf1 44.Kg3 Rc6 45.Rxh5 Rg6+ 46.Kf2 Bxg2 47.Rxf5 
Bh3 48.Rh5 Rg2+ 49.Ke3 Be6 50.b4 Bc4 51.Rc5 Bf1 52.h4 Re2+ 53.Kf4 Rh2 54.
h5 Bd3 55.Ke3 Bf1 56.Be5 Rh3 57.Kf2 Bd3 58.Bf4 Bb5 59.Kg2 Bd7 60.h6 f6 61.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei PHMU"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef KLAG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bc8 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Nf3 c5 15.
Be3 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Qd7 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Nb3 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Nc5 
21.Kf1 f5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Rac1 Rcc8 25.g3 a6 26.b3 f4 27.Rxc8
Rxc8 28.gxf4 Rc7 29.Rd6 Kf7 30.Kg2 Ke7 31.Rb6 Rd7 32.h4 Kd8 33.h5 Re7 34.
Rd6+ Kc7 35.Rd5 Kc6 36.Rg5 Kd6 37.Kf3 Rc7 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.Re5+ Kf6 40.Rd5 
Rc2 41.Rd6+ Ke7 42.Rb6 Rxa2 43.Rxb7+ Kf6 44.Rb6+ Kf7 45.Rb7+ Kf6 46.Rb6+ 
Kf7 47.h6 gxh6 48.Rxh6 Kg7 49.Rb6 a5 50.Rb7+ Kf6 51.Rxh7 a4 52.b4 Rb2 53.
Rb7 a3 54.Rb6+ Kf7 55.Kf3 a2 56.Ra6 Rxb4 57.Rxa2 Kf6 58.Kg4 Rb7 59.Ra6+ 
Kf7 60.f3 Rb3 61.Ra5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba KLAG"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim PHMU"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nf3 b5 9.
e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Re8 13.Ba3 Nxe5 14.O-O Be6 15.
Nce4 Nbd7 16.Rac1 h6 17.cxb5 axb5 18.h3 Bxa2 19.Rfd1 Nb6 20.Nd6 Red8 21.
Nb7 Rdb8 22.Nd6 Nd5 23.Ra1 b4 24.Rxa2 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Rxa3 26.bxa3 Rb2 27.f4 
Nc3 28.fxe5 Nxe2+ 29.Kf1 Nc3 30.Rc1 Rxd2 31.Rxc3 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herb, Pascal PHMU"]
[Black "Titz, Heimo KLAG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.fxg5 Ng4 12.Nf3 hxg5 13.Bg3 Be7 14.Kb1 Nge5 15.
Ne2 Nxf3 16.gxf3 Ne5 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.Bf2 O-O-O 19.h4 gxh4 20.Rh3 Nc6 21.f4 
Bf6 22.Rc3 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 e5 24.Bg1 Bg4 25.Re1 Kb8 26.f5 Qa5 27.Bc4 f6 28.
Bd5 Rc8 29.Be6 Rcd8 30.Ree3 Bh5 31.Red3 Qc7 32.Qf2 Rh7 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.
Rb3+ Ka8 35.Qf1 Qa5 36.Bb6 Qa4 37.Bxd8 Rb7 38.Bxf6 Rb5 39.Qg2 Rxb3 40.axb3
Qb4 41.Bxh4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petschar, Kurt KLAG"]
[Black "Roser, Kevin PHMU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 
Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 Qxe6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Rd8 13.Qh4 Qe2 14.Bd2 h5 
15.h3 Qc4 16.Qg3 h4 17.Qf3 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Rxd5 19.b3 e6 20.c4 Rd3 21.Be3 Rh5 
22.Nd2 Bc5 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Nf3 g5 25.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Ke7 27.Kf1 f6 28.
Ke2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riff, Jean-Noel PHMU"]
[Black "Schumi, Manfred KLAG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.c3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Bc5 Re8 13.Ne4 Nf4 14.O-O Be6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16.Re1 Bd5 17.Bxf4 Bxe4 18.Be3 Bf5 19.Qa4 h6 20.Rad1 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steflitsch, Erich KLAG"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril PHMU"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd3 e5 
9.d5 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nh5 12.O-O Nf4 13.b4 Nd7 14.a4 Nf6 15.a5 N6h5 
16.Ra3 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Nb5 a6 19.Bb6 Qe7 20.Nc7 Rb8 21.Ba4 Kh8 22.Ne1 
Nf6 23.Rf3 Bh6 24.Bb3 Rd8 25.Re3 Bd7 26.Bc4 Ng6 27.Ne6 Rbc8 28.Qb3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berend, Fred GBBO"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar HELR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.Nbc3 
O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.c3 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nd4 Nde5 15.Bg5
h6 16.Be3 e6 17.Nf4 Qc7 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Nd3 b4 20.cxb4 Nxb4 21.Ra7 Qc4 22.
Nf4 Nc2 23.Qxd6 Nxe3 24.Qxb8 Nxg2 25.b3 Qxe4 26.Nxg2 Ba6 27.Qxf8+ Bxf8 28.
Rxa6 Qb7 29.Raa1 Qxb3 30.Rfb1 Qf3 31.Rb8 Kg7 32.Rc8 Bb4 33.Ne3 h5 34.Rc4 
Bd6 35.Rd1 Be5 36.Rd7 g5 37.Rb4 Kg6 38.Rbb7 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arnason, Jon HELR"]
[Black "Burkart, Patrick GBBO"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 e5 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.e4 Nbc6 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Bg2 Ne5 10.b3 c5 11.Nde2 Bg4 12.Rc1 Nf3+ 13.Kf1 Nd4 14.h3 Bxe2+ 15.
Nxe2 Nxe2 16.Qxe2 Nc6 17.h4 Nd4 18.Qd1 Qa5 19.a4 Rab8 20.Bd2 Qc7 21.h5 a6 
22.g4 Qe7 23.g5 b5 24.axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haas, Georges GBBO"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi HELR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.e4 Nge7 8.Re1 b6 
9.e5 Qc7 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nf1 Ba6 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.c3 h6 14.h4 Nf5 15.Qd2 d4 
16.c4 Bf8 17.N1h2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thorsteins, Karl HELR"]
[Black "Berend, Elvira GBBO"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.b3 d5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bb2 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 
9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Qb1 exd5 11.d4 Bg4 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.O-O Qe7 14.h3 Bh5 15.a3 
Nc6 16.b4 Bb6 17.Rd1 Rad8 18.Qf5 Bg6 19.Qg5 Qe6 20.Nb5 Ne4 21.Qf4 Qe7 22.
Rac1 Rfe8 23.Nbd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Rd6 26.Nb5 Rc6 27.Bf3 Rec8 28.
Rxc6 bxc6 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Qd6 Qxd6 31.Nxd6 Rd8 32.Rd4 f6 33.Nb5 Rxd4 34.
Nxd4 Be8 35.Kf1 g6 36.Ke2 Kf7 37.Kd2 Ke7 38.Kc3 Kd6 39.Nb3 Ke5 40.Nc5 f5 
41.h4 h6 42.a4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.g3 Kd5 45.Nb3 Ke5 46.Nc5 Kd5 47.Na6 Bh5 
48.Nb8 Kd6 49.Na6 Kd5 50.Nc5 Be8 51.a5 Ke5 52.Nb3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roll, Andreas GBBO"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass HELR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gretarsson, Andri Ass HELR"]
[Black "Huberty, Marc GBBO"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "B73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qxd5 13.Bxg7 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 
Kxg7 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.c4 Be6 17.c5 Rfc8 18.b4 Rc7 19.Rd4 Bd7 20.Rad1 Bc6 21.
Be2 e6 22.Bc4 b6 23.cxb6 Rxb6 24.Bb3 Bb7 25.f4 Rc3 26.Kf2 h5 27.h4 Kf6 28.
R1d2 Rc1 29.R2d3 Rh1 30.Ke3 Rg1 31.Rd2 Rc1 32.Kf2 Rc3 33.Re2 Rcc6 34.Re5 
Rd6 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.g3 Rd2+ 37.Re2 Rd4 38.a3 Rd3 39.Re3 Rd2+ 40.Re2 Rd3 
41.Re3 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry GENE"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana DOPR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.a3 c5 5.d4 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Nd4 Bf6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Qd4 Qxd4 16.exd4 a5 17.b5 cxb5 18.Bxb5 Be6 19.a4 Rfc8 20.Ra3 g6 21.f3 Nd6 
22.g4 Rab8 23.Nc3 Nc4 24.Ra2 Nd6 25.Ra3 Nc4 26.Ra2 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pribyl, Josef DOPR"]
[Black "Godena, Michele GENE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 h6 8.Rb1 d6 
9.b4 Be6 10.b5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Qc8 12.a4 Bh3 13.e3 a6 14.Bb2 axb5 15.axb5 Bxg2 
16.Kxg2 Qe6 17.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gobet, Fernand GENE"]
[Black "Freisler, Pavel DOPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 
8.Bxe5 c6 9.O-O-O f6 10.Bg3 e5 11.Bc4 Ke7 12.Nxe5 Ne6 13.Nf3 Kf7 14.Nd4 
Bc5 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Rd7+ Be7 17.Re1 Bxc4 18.Rexe7+ Kg6 19.Rxg7+ Kf5 20.
Rxb7 h5 21.Rb4 Rhg8 22.Re7 Bd5 23.f3 Rgc8 24.Rf4+ Kg6 25.Rd7 Re8 26.c4 Be6
27.Rd6 c5 28.Bf2 Rac8 29.Re4 Bf5 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Bh4 Be6 32.b3 Kf5 33.Rc6 
Rg8 34.Bg3 Rh8 35.Rxc5+ Kg6 36.Bh4 Re8 37.Rc6 a5 38.a4 Kf7 39.Rc5 Rg8 40.
g3 f5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan DOPR"]
[Black "Domont, Alexandre GENE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be6 6.c5 Nc6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Bb5 Bg7
9.Ne5 Qc8 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.b4 Ne4 14.Qxc6+ bxc6 15.
Ne2 a5 16.f3 Nf6 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.a4 Nd7 19.Ra2 e5 20.Bd2 Ra6 21.dxe5 Nxc5 
22.f4 Nd3+ 23.Kf1 f6 24.Nd4 fxe5 25.Ne6 Kf7 26.Ng5+ Ke7 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.g3
c5 29.Ke2 c4 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.Rxb8 Bxb8 32.Nxh7 Re6+ 33.Kf3 Ra6 34.Ra1 Ba7 
35.Rb1 c3 36.Bg5+ Kd6 37.Bh6 Bc5 38.Ng5 Ra7 39.Kg2 Kc6 40.Rf1 c2 41.Rf6+ 
Kb7 42.Ne6 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fioramonti, Hung GENE"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Pavel DOPR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 c5 14.Be1 Ne8 15.h4 Bd7 16.
Rf2 Nc8 17.Rh2 Rf7 18.Rb1 Bf6 19.Bf2 b6 20.a3 Qe7 21.b4 Qf8 22.Qf1 a6 23.
Bd1 Qe7 24.Qe2 Qd8 25.Qa2 Qc7 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Ba4 Ned6 28.Bxd7 Qxd7 29.a4 
a5 30.Kf1 Bg7 31.Ke2 h6 32.Rhh1 Qe8 33.Rb2 Qd8 34.h5 g5 35.Rhb1 Qc7 36.Ne1
Bf6 37.Nc2 Bd8 38.Na3 Qd7 39.Rb3 Ra6 40.Qb2 Re7 41.Be1 Na7 42.Kf1 Bc7 43.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Suran, Jan DOPR"]
[Black "Gerber, Richard GENE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.N2b3 Rfe8 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Be3
Ne6 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.c3 Rad8 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.hxg3 Ng4 19.Bc1 h5 20.Ne3 Nf6 
21.Rd3 Rd7 22.Rfd1 Red8 23.c4 d4 24.Nc2 Ng4 25.Re1 Rc7 26.Nd2 Nc5 27.Rxd4 
Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Nd3 29.Rf1 Ngxf2 30.Rxf2 Nxc1 31.Rf5 Bc5 32.Nf3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar HELR"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei PHMU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 
Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qe1 Bf8 14.Rd1 Nb6 15.Qf2 
Nc4 16.Bc1 Bd7 17.b3 N4a5 18.Ba3 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Rec8 20.Rd3 Be8 21.Qf2 Nc6 
22.Rfd1 Rd8 23.Qd2 Rac8 24.Ne2 Qb6 25.Nd4 d5 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.
a5 Qc5 29.exd5 cxd5 30.c4 Bc6 31.f5 exf5 32.Bxd5 Bxd5 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Qxd5
g6 35.Qb7 Re8 36.Qxa6 Qd4 37.Rg1 Rb8 38.h3 Rxb3 39.Qc6 Kg7 40.Qa4 Rxh3+ 
41.gxh3 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herb, Pascal PHMU"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon HELR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Qd3 d6 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.b3 Rc8 13.Bb2 Rc5 14.Re2 Qc7 15.Rae1 
Rc8 16.Nd1 Bf8 17.c3 Qb8 18.Qb1 Qa8 19.h3 R5c7 20.Kh2 Nc5 21.Qc2 e5 22.Nf5
g6 23.Nh4 Ne6 24.Qb1 Bg7 25.Nf3 Nc5 26.Nd2 h5 27.c4 Bh6 28.Nc3 Bxd2 29.
Rxd2 Nxb3 30.Rxd6 Ne8 31.Rdd1 bxc4 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 Re7 34.Qc2 Nc5 35.
Nd5 Bxd5 36.Qc3 f6 37.exd5 Rxe1 38.Rxe1 Nd3 39.Rxe8+ Rxe8 40.Qxf6 Nxb2 41.
Qxg6+ Kf8 42.Qh6+ Kg8 43.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi HELR"]
[Black "Roser, Kevin PHMU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.a3 Ba5 8.Na4 b6 
9.O-O Ba6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Nb2 Bb7 12.Rb1 a6 13.Nd3 dxc4 14.bxc4 Be4 15.Nfe1 
Qe7 16.f3 Bc6 17.f4 b5 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Rab8 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.Nde5 h6 22.
g4 Nh7 23.f5 Ndf8 24.h3 f6 25.Ng6 Nxg6 26.fxg6 Nf8 27.h4 Qd6 28.Kf2 Red8 
29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Qd3 31.Qxd3 Rxd3 32.gxf6 gxf6 33.Bxf6 Nxg6 34.Ke2 Rxa3 
35.Rg1 Kf7 36.Be5 Rd8 37.Rbf1 Ra2 38.cxb5 axb5 39.Nh4+ Ke8 40.Rxg6 Rdxd2+ 
41.Kf3 Kd7 42.Rg7+ Kc6 43.Ng6 b4 44.Ke4 b3 45.Rf6 Ra4+ 46.Kf3 b2 47.Bxb2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Riff, Sebastien PHMU"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl HELR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 
Nd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.Be4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Bc3 Rad8 14.Qf2 f6 
15.Qxb6 axb6 16.O-O Bxf3 17.Bxf3 fxe5 18.fxe5 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.Bxb7 
Bxe5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Rf1+ Kg7 23.Re1 Kf6 24.b3 Rd2 25.Be4 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Bf2
27.Rf1 Ke5 28.Bf3 Kd4 29.g3 e5 30.Kg2 e4 31.Bxe4 Kxe4 32.Rxf2 Ke3 33.Rxd2 
Kxd2 34.b4 Kc3 35.a3 b5 36.Kf3 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gretarsson, Andri Ass HELR"]
[Black "Riff, Jean-Noel PHMU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.e5 Ne8 10.Be3 b6 11.Be4 Bb7 12.h4 Na5 13.Bxb7 Nxb7 14.Qc2 Nc7 15.h5 Qd7 
16.Rd1 Qc6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Qc8 19.Rh3 Nd8 20.f5 f6 21.h6 Bh8 22.fxg6 
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril PHMU"]
[Black "Asmundsson, Ingvar HELR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nd5 9.Ne4 Bc7 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.O-O-O N7b6 12.Bd3 e5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 
15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Nc5 O-O-O 17.f4 Qe7 18.e4 Nc7 19.f5 f6 20.Bf4 g5 21.Bg3 h5
22.Kb1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Qg7 25.Bxc7 Kxc7 26.Qh2+ Kc8 27.Ba6 bxa6 
28.Nxa6 Kb7 29.Qc7+ Kxa6 30.Qxd8 c5 31.Re1 Nc4 32.Rd1 Bc6 33.Qd3 Bb5 34.a4
Qb7 35.axb5+ Qxb5 36.Qc3 Ne5 37.Rd6+ Kb7 38.Rxf6 Nxg4 39.Rg6 Qa4 40.Qg7+ 
Kc8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berend, Fred GBBO"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef KLAG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba KLAG"]
[Black "Burkart, Patrick GBBO"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Nbd7 5.g4 Qa5 6.Bg2 h6 7.h3 e5 8.Ne2 Be7 
9.Ng3 Nb6 10.O-O Nc4 11.Bc1 Qb6 12.b3 exd4 13.Nce2 Ne5 14.Nxd4 h5 15.g5 
Nh7 16.Be3 c5 17.Ndf5 g6 18.Nxe7 Kxe7 19.f4 Nc6 20.e5 Rd8 21.Ne4 dxe5 22.
Bxc5+ Qxc5+ 23.Nxc5 Rxd1 24.Raxd1 Bf5 25.Nxb7 Nd4 26.Nd6 Bxc2 27.Bxa8 Bxd1
28.fxe5 Nxg5 29.Rxd1 Ne2+ 30.Kh2 h4 31.Bg2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berend, Elvira GBBO"]
[Black "Titz, Heimo KLAG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 
9.d3 e6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 dxe4 15.dxe4 
Bxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxg5 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.Qe3 Be7 20.Bg2 Qc7 21.Ne5 
Nxe5 22.Qxe5 Rac8 23.Qe4 a5 24.a4 Rfd8 25.Rad1 b6 26.Qb7 Qxb7 27.Bxb7 Rb8 
28.Ba6 Bg5 29.Kf1 Bf4 30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rd1 Bd6 33.Rd3 Ke7 34.
Bc4 h5 35.f3 hxg4 36.fxg4 g5 37.Kf3 Rh8 38.Kg2 Rh6 39.Rd1 Rf6 40.Rf1 Bf4 
41.Bb5 Rh6 42.Rd1 Bd6 43.Rf1 Rh8 44.Bc4 Rd8 45.Rd1 f6 46.Rd3 Rc8 47.Rd1 
Be5 48.Bb5 Rc7 49.Bc4 Rd7 50.Rxd7+ Kxd7 51.Kf3 f5 52.Bd3 fxg4+ 53.hxg4 Kd6
54.Ke4 Bf6 55.Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petschar, Kurt KLAG"]
[Black "Baudot, Denis GBBO"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Monaville, Guy GBBO"]
[Black "Schumi, Manfred KLAG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steflitsch, Erich KLAG"]
[Black "Roll, Andreas GBBO"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 
Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Rb1 dxc3 13.Qd3 d4 14.h3 Nf5 15.g4
Nh4 16.Qh7 Nf3+ 17.Kf2 O-O-O 18.Kxf3 Rh8 19.Qd3 Nxe5+ 20.fxe5 Bc6+ 21.Kf2 
Bxh1 22.Rb4 Kb8 23.Kg1 Bc6 24.Nxd4 Ka8 25.Qe2 Bd5 26.Nb5 Qc6 27.Qf2 b6 28.
Be3 Rd7 29.Nd6 f5 30.g5 Rg7 31.Bg2 Bxg2 32.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Rgh7 34.Bf4 
Rxh3 35.Nf7 R8h4 36.g6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NN BOAP"]
[Black "NN GENE"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles GENE"]
[Black "Damaso, Rui BOAP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.O-O b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Bb5 O-O 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 
15.c4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Silva, Antonio Augusto BOAP"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc GENE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NN GENE"]
[Black "NN BOAP"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parcerias, Pedro BOAP"]
[Black "Fioramonti, Hung GENE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nxd5 cxd5 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bg4 8.exd6 
e6 9.c3 Bxd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Bd3 Rb8 12.a4 Qf4 13.Qd2 Qf6 14.Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Rfc8 16.Rad1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 a6 18.Be2 Na5 19.Bd3 b5 20.Rfe1 Nc4 21.Qc2 
bxa4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Ra1 Qxd4 24.Rxa4 Qb6 25.Ra2 g6 26.Rea1 a5 27.g3 a4 
28.Qe2 Re4 29.Qd2 Qb5 30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Rc8 32.Kg2 Rc4 33.Qd2 Re4 34.
Qd1 h5 35.Qc2 h4 36.Ra3 h3+ 37.Kf3 Qf1 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 5"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "NN GENE"]
[Black "NN BOAP"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat HERA"]
[Black "Petrik, Karol DNBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Qb3 
Qc8 9.Rd1 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O Nc5 14.Qa3 b6 
15.b4 Ne6 16.f4 Nc6 17.Bg4 Qd8 18.e5 a5 19.b5 Nb4 20.Qb3 Qh4 21.Bxe6 fxe6 
22.exd6 Qf6 23.Na4 cxd6 24.a3 Qf5 25.axb4 axb4 26.Bc1 Rfb8 27.Kh1 Bf8 28.
Nb2 Rb7 29.Na4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Likavsky, Tomas DNBR"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios HERA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 Re8 12.d5 Nc5 13.Be3 a4 14.b4 Ncxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Bf5 17.Qh4 Qxh4 18.Nxh4 Bxb1 19.Rxb1 cxd5 20.cxd5 Rec8 21.Bd1 Rc3 
22.Nf3 Ra3 23.Rb2 e4 24.Nd4 Rd3 25.Be2 Bxd4 26.Bxd3 Bxb2 27.Bxe4 Rc8 28.b5
Bd4 29.Bf4 f5 30.Bd3 Rc3 31.Bb1 Rc5 32.Bd3 Kg7 33.Kf1 Rxd5 34.Ke2 Bxf2 35.
Bc2 Bb6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum HERA"]
[Black "Dudas, Jan DNBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bd3 
    ( 7.Nxc6!? bxc6 8.e5 Ne4 9.exd6 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Bxd6 11.Bd3 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 
    Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 += )
7...Be7 
    ( 7...d5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Nd2 Qc7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c4 Rd8 13.Rac1
    Qa5 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.e5 Nd7 17.Nf3 a5 18.Bd4 Qb4 19.Rc7 a4 
    20.bxa4 Qxa4 21.Bb5 Qa5 22.Rfc1 Ba3 23.R1c3 Rb8 24.Bd3 Be7 25.Ra7 Qb4 
    26.Rb3 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/New-York PCA Rapid 1994} )
8.O-O Qb6 
    ( 8...O-O 9.c4 
        ( 9.Nd2 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.f4 Nd7 13.Qh5 f6 14.Ne3 Nc5 
        15.Bc4+ Be6 16.Qe2 exf4 17.Nf5 Rfe8 18.Bxe6+ Nxe6 19.Qc4 Bf8 20.
        Rad1 ~= {Mellado,J-Rodriguez,O/Platja d'Aro Barcino 1994} )
    9...Bd7 10.Nc2 Ne5 11.Nc3 Bc6 12.Ne3 a6 13.Bc2 b5 14.Qd4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 
    Nxc4 16.Qxc4 += {Georgiev,Kr-Ipek,A/Balkaniad,men1993} )
9.Nd2 
    ( 9.Nxc6!? )
9...Nxd4 10.Nc4 Qc5 11.b4 Qc7 {11...Qxb4 is not so simple at it seems 
since white has some surprises in the way} 
    ( 11...Qxb4 12.c3! 
        ( 12.Bxd4 Qa4 $8 {white was threatening c3,but here I can not see 
        white's compensation for his pawn} )
    12...Nf3+! 
        ( 12...Ne2+ 13.Bxe2 Qc5 14.Ba3 $36 )
        ( 12...Qc5 13.cxd4 $36 )
    13.Qxf3 Qa4 14.Ba3 $36 Qc6 
        ( 14...d5!? )
    15.Qg3 e5? 16.Bxd6! Bxd6 17.Qxg7 )
12.Bxd4 O-O 
    ( 12...e5 13.Bb2 Nxe4 
        ( 13...Be6 14.Ne3 )
    14.Nxe5! 
        ( 14.f4 O-O 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bxe5 Qc6 17.Qf3 f5 ~ )
    14...dxe5 
        ( 14...Nxf2!? )
    15.Bxe4 O-O 16.a3 += )
13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qc6 15.Qe2! 
    ( 15.a3 b6 {and black is OK} )
15...Bd7 
    ( 15...Bxb4 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rab1! {without this way,I could not find 
    an advantage for white} 17...Qc5 
        ( 17...Bc5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg7 20.Qg4+ Kh7 21.Rb3 )
    18.Rb3 f5 19.Rfb1 b5 20.Rxb4 bxc4 21.Rxc4 += )
    ( 15...b6!? {this is a critical move,since if black has the chance to 
    play here Bb7 then he is immediately OK,but he does not!} 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
        ( 16...Bb7 17.Be4 +- )
    17.b5! 
        ( 17.Be4?! Qc7 18.Bxa8 Ba6 {many pieces are hanging here} )
    17...Qb7 18.Be4 
        ( 18.Rad1 Rb8 )
    18...Qb8 19.Rad1 
        ( 19.Bxa8 Bxa1 )
    19...Bb7 20.Rd7 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 += )
16.a3 += {white is slightly better thanks to his better pieces,and his 
space advantage,white's play is quite simple...simply try to create an 
attack on the king's side by bringing all your pieces there!} 16...Rad8 
17.Bb2 Qc7 18.Ne5 Bc8 {black is going now for the idea b6-Bb7,but the 
problem is that he has wasted quite a lot of time} 
    ( 18...Bd6 19.c4 += )
    ( 18...Nd5!? )
19.Rfe1 b6 20.Qf3 Bb7 21.Qh3 $40 {most of white's pieces are "looking" to 
the king's side} 21...g6 
    ( 21...h6 22.Re3 $40 )
22.Re3 Rd5 
    ( 22...Nd5? 23.Qh6! Nxe3 
        ( 23...Nf6 24.Ng4 +- )
    24.Nxg6 f6 25.Nxf8 Bxf8 26.Qxe3 +- )
    ( 22...a5!? {here and in the next move,this seems as a good move for 
    black since he has no squares at all in the center,this move may give 
    him the "c5" square} )
23.Rae1 Re8?? {this move is so weak that white has now 2 winning moves,one
which he actully played in the game} 
    ( 23...a5!? )
24.Nxf7! +- 
    ( 24.c4 Rdd8 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Qxe6+ Kg7 27.Qxe7+ )
24...Rh5 25.Nh6+! 
    ( 25.Qxe6 Qxh2+ )
25...Kg7 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.hxg3 Kxh6 
    ( 27...Rxh6 28.Rxe6 Kf7 29.Bc4 Nd5 
        ( 29...Bd5 30.Rxf6+ )
    30.Bc1 Rh5 31.g4 Rh4 32.Rxe7+! Rxe7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Bg5+ )
28.Rxe6 Ng8 29.g4 Rd5 30.R1e3 Kg5 31.Bc1 Kxg4 
    ( 31...Rxd3 32.Rxd3+ Kxg4 33.Re5 )
32.Rg3+ Kh5 33.Be2+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Certek, Pavel DNBR"]
[Black "Vragoteris, Antonios HERA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 Re8 
9.e4 c6 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Nfxe4 
    ( 13...Nfd7 14.Rad1 a5 15.b3 Nf8 16.f4 Bd7 17.Bf2 Rad8 18.a3 += {
    ()1/2-1/2 Murdzia, P-Socko,B/POL-ch 1997/CBM 59} )
    ( 13...Ne6 14.Rad1 Nc7 15.f4 Be6 16.b3 c5 17.Nf3 Rad8 18.Bf2 += b6 19.
    Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qf8 21.g4 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Qd3 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 {
    1/2-1/2 Stefan,O-Kovacocy,P/SVK-chT3a 9697 1997/EXT 97} )
14.Nxc6 bxc6 
    ( 14...Qc7 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Nxa7 +- Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Rxe4 19.
    Nb5! {1-0 Schaefer,R-Priepke,W/OLO-A 9596 1996/EXT 97 (31)} )
15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Rxe4 
    ( 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 Be6 = )
16...Be6 17.Rae1 Qd7 18.Qa4 Rab8 19.R4e2 += Rec8 20.Ne4 Bxh3 
    ( 20...Bd4 21.Rd1 Qe7 
        ( 21...Qc7 22.b3 Rb4 23.Qa3 Rd8 24.Qc1 += {/=} )
        ( 21...Rb4 22.Qa5 Qe7 23.b3 += )
    22.b3 Rb4 23.Qa5 += )
21.Nxc5 Qf5 22.Ne4 Bg4 
    ( 22...Bxg2 23.Kxg2 += )
23.Nd6 Qd3? 
    ( 23...Qc5 24.Nxc8 
        ( 24.Rd2 Rb4 25.Qa6 Rcb8 $132 )
    24...Bxe2 25.Rxe2 Rxc8 26.Qa6 Rd8 $132 
        ( 26...Rc7 += {/=} )
    27.Bxc6 $140 
        ( 27.Bf3 $142 += {/=} )
    27...Rd1+ 28.Kg2 Qh5 $40 )
24.Nxc8 Bxe2 25.Qxc6 +- Rxb2 26.Qe8+ Bf8 27.Bd5 Qf5 28.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Porfiriadis, Sotirios HERA"]
[Black "Biro, Karol DNBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.f3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 a6 9.
Qd2 Kh7 10.a4 Qa5 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Nd1 Qxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Ne8 14.Nec3 Rb8 15.Ra2
Nc7 16.Ne3 e6 17.Be2 b6 18.O-O e5 19.g4 Bf6 20.Ng2 Bg5 21.Be3 Kg7 22.h4 
Bxe3+ 23.Nxe3 Nf6 24.Kg2 Bd7 25.Rb1 a5 26.Nb5 Nce8 27.b3 Rb7 28.Bd3 h5 29.
Kg3 Rh8 30.Rf2 g5 31.Rh1 hxg4 32.fxg4 gxh4+ 33.Rxh4 Rxh4 34.Kxh4 Ng8 35.
Be2 f6 36.Rg2 Kf8 37.Kg3 Bc8 38.Rh2 Rg7 39.Kf2 Ne7 40.Nf5 Nxf5 41.gxf5 Bd7
42.Nc3 Nc7 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Bh5 Be8 45.Bg6 Bf7 46.Ne2 Ne8 47.Ng3 Rg8 48.Nh5 
Kf8 49.Kf3 Bxg6 50.fxg6 Ke7 51.Kg4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrik, Stanislav DNBR"]
[Black "Chilov, Alexandros HERA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d3 5.Bxd3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Qc2 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Qd8 11.h3 Kh8 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Nf3 Bb7 16.Bf4 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Qa3 a6 20.Rad1 Qe8 21.Qc5 
Bc8 22.b3 Be6 23.Bxa6 Rb6 24.Bf1 h6 25.Rd2 g5 26.Red1 g4 27.Nxe5 gxh3 28.
g3 Rg8 29.Kh2 Bxb3 30.Nd7 Bxd1 31.Nxf6 Qf8 32.Qxf8 Rxf8 33.Nd7 Rd8 34.Rxd1
Rb2 35.Bxh3 Rxf2+ 36.Bg2 Rxa2 37.e5 Kg7 38.Kh3 Kh8 39.Bxc6 Rc2 40.Rd3 Kg7 
41.Bb5 h5 42.Rf3 Ra8 43.Nf6 Ra1 44.Bf1 Rcc1 45.Kg2 Kg6 46.Nd5 Ra2+ 47.Kg1 
c5 48.c4 Raa1 49.Kg2 Ra2+ 50.Kg1 Raa1 51.Ne3 Ra2 52.Ng2 Raa1 53.Nh4+ Kg7 
54.Nf5+ Kg6 55.Nd6 Re1 56.Rf6+ Kg5 57.Nxf7+ Kg4 58.Kg2 h4 59.Rg6+ Kf5 60.
Bd3+ Re4 61.Rf6+ Kg4 62.Nh6+ Kh5 63.Bxe4 h3+ 64.Kxh3 Rh1+ 65.Bxh1 Kg5 66.
Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arduman, Can OYAK"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko ALKS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 Ne8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nb3 g5 15.Bg3 Ne5 
16.c5 Bc6 17.f4 gxf4 18.exf4 Nd7 19.Bf2 dxc5 20.Nxc5 Nd6 21.Bg4 b6 22.Nxd7
Bxd7 23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Qd3 Rfd8 25.Ne2 Nc4 26.Qxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc2 b5 28.Bc5 Ne3
29.Ra2 Nxf1 30.Kxf1 e6 31.a4 Bf8 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 33.axb5 axb5 34.Kf2 Rc4 35.
Rb2 Ra7 36.Rd2 Rxb4 37.Nd4 Rc7 38.g3 Rb1 39.Ra2 Kg7 40.Ra6 Kf6 41.Rd6 Ke7 
42.Ra6 Kf6 43.Ne2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce ALKS"]
[Black "Oney, Feridun OYAK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6!? cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 
O-O 9.b3 
    ( 9.Be2 d5!? )
9...Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 
    ( 10...Nb8 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.O-O += )
11.Be2 Ned7 {Black has tried different moves in this position,but neither 
of them does'nt show a way to equality.Let's see a few examples:} 
    ( 11...f5 12.f4 
        ( 12.Qd2!? e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Nf3 Kh8 15.O-O += {
        Dumont,S-Teixeira,R/Olicio Gadia mem, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1997 (30)
        } )
    12...Ng4 
        ( 12...Bh6 13.Qd2 Nf7 14.Nf3 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.O-O +/- {Pedersen 
        Nicolai Vesterbaek-Hjorth Torben/It (open), Aalborg (Denmark) 1995
        (28)} )
    13.Bxg4 fxg4 14.Nge2 += )
    ( 11...Re8!? 12.Nf3 e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.O-O d5!? 16.Bxb6 
    Qxb6 17.cxd5 Rad8 18.Bc4 Bf5 19.Qd2!? 
        ( 19.Qf3!? a6 20.a4 Qf6 21.h3 Bc7 22.g4 Qd6 23.Rfe1 += {
        Degraeve,J-Santo Roman,M/ch-FRA, Narbonne FRA 1997 (61)} )
    19...a6 20.a4 Qd6 21.g3 h5 22.Rfe1 += {Kuczynski,R-Nokka,R/Nordic-chT 
    Pohja 1985 (29)} )
    ( 11...h5!? 12.h3 
        ( 12.Nf3!? Ng4 13.Bg5 += )
    12...e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Nb5 d5 15.c5 d4! 16.Nxd4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Re8 ~= {
    Rodriguez,R-Limeres,C/San Sebastian op 1995 (54)} )
    ( 11...e6 12.f4! Ned7 
        ( 12...Bh6 $145 13.Qd2! +/- Ng4 $140 14.Bxg4 Qh4+ 15.Qf2 Qxg4 16.
        h3 Qf5 17.g4 Qd3 
            ( 17...Qf6 18.g5 )
        18.Nge2 exd5 19.Rd1 Qxd1+ 
            ( 19...Qc2 20.Rd2 )
        20.Nxd1 dxc4 21.f5 +- {Raecki-Velicka/Apolda op, SW 1992 (35)} )
    13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qxd6 e5 15.Nf3!? 
        ( 15.c5!? exf4 16.Bf2 Qg5 17.Nf3 Qxg2 18.Rg1 Qh3 19.cxb6 Nxb6 )
    15...exf4 16.Bxf4 Nc5 17.O-O Bg4 
        ( 17...Bxc3 18.Qxd8 )
    18.h3 Bxc3 19.hxg4! +/- {Ivanov,V-Bagirov,R/Moscow 1995 (39)} )
12.Nf3 Nf6 13.h3 += 
    ( 13.Nd4 a6 14.O-O Nbd7 
        ( 14...e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bf3 +/- {+/= 
        Chernyshov,K-Zoltek,T/Pardubice 1992} )
    15.h3! Re8 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Bf3 Bd7 18.b4 +/- {Zetocha Claudiu-Kahn 
    Evarth/Memorial Schneider, Budapest (Hungary) 1995 (38)} )
13...Nbd7 14.O-O Re8 {Black does'nt have enough space for his pieces and 
his only counterchance is to transfer e6 after which the pawn on d6 will 
become a target for the white pieces.} 15.Re1 
    ( {More accurate was to play} 15.Qd2 {immediatly and then to put a 
    rook on d1.} )
15...Nf8 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.b4!? {White has very significient advantage in 
space and all his pieces take good positions,which means that he is ready 
for the breakthrough. Last move shows white's intentions to play on the 
queenside.Also desrved attention} 
    ( 17.Rcd1!? a6 18.b4 b6 19.a3 Rc8 20.Nd4 e6 21.dxe6 Nxe6 22.Nb3 +/- )
17...e6 18.Nd4!? 
    ( 18.dxe6!? Bxe6 19.Red1 Rc8 20.Nb5 
        ( 20.Qxd6?! Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Bxc4 22.Bxa7 Bxe2 23.Nxe2 Ra8 =+ )
    20...Ne4 21.Qd3 Bf5 22.Qd5! Bb2 23.Rb1 Nf6 24.Qxb7 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 +/- )
18...a6?! 
    ( 18...a5!? 19.a3 exd5 20.cxd5 axb4 21.axb4 Ne4! 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Bf3 
    Re8 24.Nc6!? += )
19.Nb3?! 
    ( 19.dxe6! Nxe6 20.Nb3 Bc6 21.Rcd1 Qc7 22.a4! Rad8 23.a5 +/- )
19...Rc8! {Suddenly black gets some counterchances.} 20.Na5!? b6 21.Nb3 
exd5 22.Nxd5 Ne4 23.Qd1 Rb8 24.Bd4!? 
    ( 24.Bf3?! Ng5 25.Bg4 f5 26.Be2 Nfe6 $132 )
24...f6?! 
    ( 24...Ne6!? 25.Bxg7 Nxg7!? 
        ( 25...Kxg7 26.Qd3 f5 27.Nd2! Nxd2 28.Qc3+! Kf7 29.Qxd2 +/- )
    26.Bf3 Bf5 27.Nd4?! Qh4 28.Qc2!? Ng5 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qb2 Re5 $132 )
25.Bd3 Ng5 26.Rxe8 +/- Bxe8 27.Qe2 
    ( 27.f4! Nge6 28.Bb2 Rc8 29.f5 +/- )
27...Nge6 28.Bc3 Bf7 29.a4!? Nd7 30.a5 f5? {That's true that black has 
extremly unpleasant position,but his last move makes things even worse.} 
    ( 30...bxa5 31.Nxa5 Rc8 
        ( 31...Ne5?! 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Nc6 Nd4! 34.Nde7+! Kh8 35.Qe3 +- )
    32.Nb7 Qf8 33.Re1 Ne5 {was more persistant.} )
31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Re1? 
    ( {Missing} 32.Qb2+! Kg8 33.axb6 Nxb6 34.Nf6+ {with easily wining 
    position.} )
32...Qg5 33.g3?! {Weakening square f3,which prooves to be very important.}
    ( 33.axb6!? Nxb6 34.Qb2+ Kh6 35.Nxb6 Rxb6 36.g3! += )
33...bxa5 34.Nxa5 Ne5 $132 35.Qb2!? 
    ( 35.h4?! Qg4 36.Qxg4 fxg4 37.Be4 Nd4 $36 )
    ( 35.Nb3!? a5! 36.b5 a4 37.h4! Qh6 38.Qb2! Kf8 39.Rxe5 $8 Qg7! 
        ( 39...dxe5? 40.Qxe5 +/- )
    40.Re2 Qxb2 41.Rxb2 axb3 42.Rxb3 Nc5 43.Ra3 Bxd5 = )
35...Nc5 36.Nf4?? {Loosing on the spot,while after} 
    ( 36.Rxe5! Nxd3 37.Rxf5+ Nxb2 38.Rxg5 Be6 39.Nc7 Bxc4 40.Nxc4 Nxc4 41.
    Nxa6 Rb6 = {the position is drawn.} )
36...Qf6! -+ 37.Qe2 Rxb4 38.Bc2 Rb2! 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.cxd5 Rxc2 41.Qxc2 Nf3+
42.Kf1 Nxe1 43.Kxe1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosebay, Osman OYAK"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub ALKS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 
Bd7 9.a3 Be7 
    ( 9...Bxc3 10.Qxc3 f6 11.exf6!? 
        ( 11.h4?! Qe7 12.O-O-O fxe5 13.dxe5 
            ( 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 c5 15.f4 O-O 16.g3 a5! $36 )
        13...O-O-O 14.Qe1?! Rdf8 15.Rd2 Qc5 =+ {Budde,V-Bischoff,K/BL 1986
        (42)} )
        ( 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rfe1 f5 13.Qd2 g5!? 14.Qxg5 Qxg5 15.Nxg5 Nxd4 = {
        Berndt, A-Fritze,B/OLNW 1993/1/2-1/2 (49)} )
    11...gxf6 12.O-O-O Qe7 13.Rhe1 O-O-O 14.g3 
        ( 14.Bb5!? Nb8 15.Bf1 Nc6 16.g3! Qd6 17.Qe3 Rde8 18.Qh6 += {
        Kuzmin, G-Thesing,M/Berlin op 1988/1-0 (61)} )
    14...Qd6 15.Kb1 a6 16.Bf1 Rhe8 17.Qd2 Kb8 18.Qh6 += {
    Mestel,J-Hecht,H/Lucerne WTC 1985 (43)} )
    ( 9...Ba5!? 10.b4 Bb6 11.Ne2 f6 12.O-O 
        ( 12.exf6!? )
    12...fxe5 13.dxe5 O-O 14.Ng3 Rxf3! 15.gxf3 Nxe5 ~= {1-0 
    Ernst,T-Hjelmaas,L/Gausdal Int 1989 (50)} )
10.h4! {Black can finish development only by castling kingside that's why 
this agressive move revealing white's intentions is fully justified.} 
    ( 10.O-O?! b6 11.Ne2 Na5 12.Ng3 Nc4 13.Qc1 c5 14.b3 Na5 15.dxc5 bxc5 ~
    {Della Ragione A-Tribuiani Renato/It (open), Formia (Italy) 1995 (48)}
    )
10...f6 11.Qe2 O-O 
    ( 11...Na5!? 12.O-O-O O-O 13.exf6!? gxf6 
        ( 13...Bxf6 14.Ne5 c5 15.Qh5! g6 16.Nxg6 Be8!? 17.Qg4 hxg6 18.Bxg6
        Bxg6 19.Qxg6+ Kh8 20.Qh5+ Kg7 21.Rh3 $40 )
    14.Rhe1 Bd6 15.Nb5 Bf4+ 16.Nd2 Kh8 17.g3 += )
12.O-O-O f5? {Attempt to commit suicide!Black gives to white an 
opportunity to attack without any counterplay.} 13.Rdg1 Be8 14.h5!? Na5?! 
{It was nessasary to play} 
    ( 14...Bg5+! 15.Kb1 Bh6 {bringing the bishop to defense,neveretheless 
    after} 16.g3! += {white keeps an advantage.} )
15.g4! +/- f4 16.g5 b6 
    ( 16...c5!? 17.dxc5 Nc6 18.Qd2 
        ( 18.Nh4?! Bxc5 19.Qg4 
            ( 19.Ne4? Nd4! 20.Qe1 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Qc4 
            Rxe5 -+ )
        19...Bd7 
            ( 19...Qe7? 20.Ng6! )
        20.Ng6 Bxf2 21.Nxf8 Qxf8 ~ )
    18...Bxc5 19.Rg4 Rc8 20.Ne2! 
        ( 20.Rxf4 Rxf4 21.Qxf4 Bxf2 22.Rf1 += )
    20...Qc7 21.Nxf4 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Re1 +/- )
17.Qf1 Rf5? {It seems that black wants to lose as soon as possible!Still 
17...c5 was leading to complicated struggle.} 18.Bxf5 exf5 19.Qd3 +- {Now 
in addition to positional advantage white also has material.The result 
seems to be clear,but the fun only begins...} 19...Qd7 20.e6?! 
    ( {Why not} 20.Nh4 {winning another pawn?} )
20...Qxe6 21.Re1 Qd7 22.Re5?! {Everything wins in this position,but white 
makes this more and more complicated.Better was simple 22.Ne5} 22...c6 23.
Rxf5 Bd6 24.Ne5 Qe7 25.Ne2 Nc4 26.Nxc4 
    ( 26.Nxf4 )
26...dxc4 27.Qxc4+ Bf7 28.Rxf7 
    ( {A little better was} 28.Qxc6!? Rd8 29.g6 Be6 30.gxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qe4 
    +- )
28...Qxf7 29.Qxc6 Rd8 30.Nc3 +- {Even after giving back the exchange white
still has desicive advantage.} 30...Qe6 31.Qe4 
    ( 31.Qd5?! Qxd5 32.Nxd5 Bxa3 33.Nxf4 Be7 
        ( 33...Rxd4 34.Ne2 Re4 35.Ng3 +- )
    34.Ne6 Rd6 35.Re1 Kf7 +/- )
31...Qc4 32.g6?! 
    ( 32.d5! +- )
32...Bxa3 33.bxa3? {The game is a comedy of mistakes.After continuation 
played in the game the position becomes unclear!Better was} 
    ( 33.Ne2! Bd6 34.gxh7+ Kh8 35.h6 gxh6 36.Nxf4 Bxf4+ 37.Qxf4 Qxd4 38.
    Qxd4+ Rxd4 39.Rxh6 +- {still wining} )
33...Qxc3 34.d5 Qa1+ 35.Kd2 Qxa3 36.h6! $36 Qa5+ 37.Ke2 f3+ $8 38.Kxf3 
Qc3+ 39.Kg4 Qf6 $8 40.gxh7+ 
    ( 40.hxg7?! hxg6 41.Rh8+ Kxg7 42.Rxd8 Qxd8 43.Qe5+ = )
    ( 40.Qe6+!? Qxe6+ 41.dxe6 hxg6 42.h7+ Kh8 43.f4 += )
40...Kh8 41.hxg7+ 
    ( 41.Qe6!? Qxe6+ 42.dxe6 Kxh7 43.hxg7+ Kxg7 44.f4 +/- )
41...Qxg7+ 42.Kh4?? 
    ( 42.Kf3 += )
42...Rd6! -+ 43.Qe8+ Kxh7 44.Qe4+ Kg8?! {Missing simple win after} 
    ( 44...Rg6 45.Kh3 Qh6+ 46.Qh4 Qxh4+ 47.Kxh4 Rh6+ -+ {,but it's still 
    possible two moves later...} )
45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qe4+ Kg8?? 47.Qe8+ Kh7 48.Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar ALKS"]
[Black "Dalkiran, Sertac OYAK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 Nxc3 7.Bd2 Qd5 8.Bxc3 
Qxf3 9.Nxf3 d5 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nh4 f5 12.exf6 exf6 13.f5 g5 14.Nf3 b6 15.h4 
g4 16.Nh2 h5 17.Nf1 Ba6 18.Rd1 Bd6 19.Kf2 Kf7 20.a3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Na6 22.
Ng3 Rae8 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 Nc7 25.Ne2 Ne8 26.Rc3 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5+ 28.Kf1
d4 29.Rd3 Ng7 30.b4 Bd6 31.Nxd4 Be5 32.Nc6 Nxf5 33.Nxe5+ fxe5 34.Rd7+ Ke6 
35.Rxa7 Ne3+ 36.Kf2 Nxc2 37.Bc3 Rc8 38.Bd2 Kd5 39.Rb7 Nxa3 40.Rxb6 Nc4 41.
Rb5+ Ke4 42.Bc3 Rf8+ 43.Ke2 Ra8 44.Rc5 Ra2+ 45.Ke1 Kd3 46.Bxe5 Re2+ 47.Kf1
Rxe5 48.Rxe5 Nxe5 49.b5 Nc4 50.Kf2 Kd2 51.Kf1 g3 52.Kg1 Ke2 53.Kh1 Kf1 54.
b6 Ne3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yanik, Emine OYAK"]
[Black "Kiroski, Toni ALKS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nbd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 
Nd7 9.e4 fxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Be2 Qd7 13.h3 Bf5 14.c4 c5 15.d5 
h6 16.Nh4 g5 17.Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgievski, Stevce ALKS"]
[Black "Pekand, Bulent OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "E38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4
Nce4 9.Qd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.f3 bxc5 12.bxc5 Qa5+ 13.Qb4 Qxb4+ 14.axb4 Nc3 
15.e3 e5 16.Bb2 d4 17.exd4 exd4 18.Ne2 Ncd5 19.b5 d3 20.Nd4 O-O 21.Bxd3 
Nf4 22.Bf1 N6d5 23.g3 Nh3 24.Nc6 Re8+ 25.Kd2 Nf2 26.Rg1 Bb7 27.Bd4 Bxc6 
28.bxc6 Rab8 29.Bc4 Nh3 30.Rxa7 Nb4 31.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Phillips, Roy Jean Noel NLIB"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.g4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bd3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.g5 g6 15.Rf3 
Nc5 16.h4 Bd7 17.Kg2 Rac8 18.h5 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qxc3 20.Rh1 Qxd3 21.cxd3 Kg7 
22.Rfh3 Rh8 23.Nf3 b5 24.Bc1 Rhg8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.f5 exf5 27.e6 Bxe6 28.
Bb2+ Kf8 29.Rh8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef HONV"]
[Black "Williams, Leighton NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.Ng3 Qh4 
9.O-O f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.f4 e4 12.Be2 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nh5 Bh8 15.c5 Be6
16.cxd6 Nd7 17.Be3 Qd8 18.g4 Nef6 19.gxf5 Bd5 20.Kh1 Rf7 21.Rg1+ Kf8 22.
Rg3 Rb8 23.Qd2 Qa5 24.Rag1 Qb4 25.Nxf6 Nxf6 26.d7 Ke7 27.Nxd5+ Nxd5 28.
Qxb4+ Rxb4 29.Bc5+ Kxd7 30.Bxb4 Nxb4 31.Rb3 c5 32.a3 Nd5 33.Rb7+ Nc7 34.
Rg8 Bf6 35.Bc4 Re7 36.Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saunders, Robert NLIB"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Qf6 7.h3 Nge7 8.Bd5 h6
9.b4 Bb6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.b5 Ne5 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.f4 Qg6 14.Kh2 Nd7 15.Qf3 
Nc5 16.Nd2 Re8 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Ba3 a6 19.bxa6 Rxa6 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.N2b3 Rea8
22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.Nb3 b6 24.Rad1 Bc6 25.f5 Qf6 26.Nc1 Re8 27.Qg3 Ra7 28.Re3 
Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxe4 30.Rd7 Qxf5 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Qxc7 Qg5 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qg4 
Qxg4 35.hxg4 Bd5 36.Kg3 Bc4 37.Kf4 Kg6 38.Ke5 Kg5 39.Kd6 Kxg4 40.Kc6 h5 
41.Kxb6 h4 42.Kxc5 Bf1 43.Kd4 Kg3 44.c4 Kxg2 45.c5 h3 46.c6 h2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wells, Peter HONV"]
[Black "Musson, Adam NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 d5 5.c4 Be6 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Ne2
g5 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.d5 Qxa4 12.Nxa4 Ne5 13.dxe6 Ng4 14.Rd7 Nxf2 
15.Rg1 Ng4 16.Ng3 Nxe3 17.Nh5 O-O 18.e7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sheehan, Antony NLIB"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan HONV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 
O-O 9.c4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nc4 13.Bf4 Nxb2 14.Qb3 Nc4 15.Qxb7
N4a5 16.Qb5 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Rac1 e5 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Nxd5 Rb8 21.Qxe8+ 
Qxe8 22.Nf6+ Kh8 23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Bb5 Rb8 25.Ba6 Nc6 26.Bc4 f6 27.Be3 Bb2 
28.Rcd1 Nd4 29.f3 Rc8 30.Rf2 Nc2 31.Rxc2 Bxc2 32.Rd2 Bc1 33.Rxc2 Bxe3+ 34.
Kf1 Bxc5 35.Be6 Rc7 36.Ke2 Kg7 37.g4 Kh6 38.h4 Kg7 39.Kd3 Kf8 40.Ke4 Rc6 
41.Bd5 Rc7 42.Be6 Re7 43.Kd5 Be3 44.Kd6 Rb7 45.Bd5 Rb6+ 46.Bc6 Kg7 47.Ke6 
Bf2 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 Bh4 50.Kf5 Kh6 51.Be8 Rb4 52.Ke6 e4 53.fxe4 Rxe4+ 
54.Kf7 f5 55.Bc6 Re7+ 56.Kf8 Re3 57.Be8 f4 58.Rc4 Be7+ 59.Kg8 Ba3 60.Bc6 
Re7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petran, Pal HONV"]
[Black "Sinnett, Glyn NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 
    ( 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.Bf4 Nf6 9.h3 Be6 
    10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.g4 g6 13.Ng5 Kg7 14.f3 c5 15.Qd2 Ng8 16.h4 
    h6 17.Nxe6+ fxe6 18.g5 h5 19.O-O Qb6 20.Na4 +/- {1-0 
    Vidoniak,R-Klasen,H/Eupen op act 1994 (37)} )
4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be6 
    ( 7...Nbd7 8.g4 
        ( 8.Nge2 Nh5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.Nf4 g6 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.f3 Qa5
        14.Qa4 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 b6 16.Nc3 $132 {0-1 Rudenko, 
        D-Skatchkov,P/RUS-Cup9 1997/CBM 60 (40)} 
            ( 16.Rc1 $132 )
        )
        ( 8.h3 Nf8 
            ( 8...Nb6 9.Nge2 Nc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.e4 a6 12.O-O b5 13.Ng3 +=
            {1-0 Yuferov Sergey N-Tsebekov/It (cat.4), Moscow (Russia) 
            1996 (26)} )
            ( 8...b5? 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Qb1 b4
            14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Ba6 16.Bg5 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.
            Rc2 Re6 20.Rd1 Rc7 21.Ne1 Qc8 22.Nd3 +/- {1-0 
            Yakovich,Y-Sobjerg,E/Norresundby op 1993 (45)} )
        9.Bg3 Ng6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.f4 
            ( 12.Nxg6 fxg6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qc2 O-O 15.O-O += )
        12...Ne7 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Bh4 f6 15.Be2 fxe5 16.Bxh5+ g6 17.fxe5 gxh5
        18.exd6 Qxd6 $132 {1-0 Guseinov,A-Petrosian,A/Baku+ 1986/EXT 86b 
        (23)} )
    8...Nf8 9.h3 Ng6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.Nge2 Re8 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.f4 
        ( 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.f4 Bc8 += )
    14...Bc8 15.Bf2 
        ( 15.f5 Nf8 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.g5 Nh5 18.e4 Nf4 19.e5 Nxd3+ 20.Qxd3 
        Qb4 21.h4 +/- )
    15...Qa5 16.f5 
        ( 16.g5 $132 )
    16...Nf8 17.Kb1 
        ( 17.g5 Nh5 18.f6 $132 )
    17...Bd7 18.Nc1 Bb4 19.Nb3 Qd8 20.Nc5 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 b6 22.Nxd7 += {
    Horberg,B-End,R/SWE-ch 1969/MCD-ch/0-1 (60)} )
    ( 7...Bg4 8.f3 
        ( 8.Nge2 Bh5 9.O-O 
            ( 9.Bg3 Bg6 10.Nf4 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Nbd7 12.O-O O-O = {1/2-1/2 
            Bischoff,K-Dautov,R/Buehl 1992 (31)} )
        9...Bg6 10.Rb1 Nbd7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 O-O 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Nb6 15.
        Nc1 Nc4 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Rb7 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Nxd6 19.Rb3 Qa5 20.Bxg6 
        hxg6 21.Nd3 +/- {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Liang Jinrong/Novi Sad olm 
        URS-PRC 1990 (66)} )
    8...Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 Bd6 11.Nge2 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Na6 13.h5 Bxf4 14.Nxf4
    Qe7 15.O-O-O O-O-O 16.Kb1 Nc7 17.g5 Nd7 18.g6 hxg6 19.hxg6 Rxh1 20.
    Rxh1 Re8 21.Nd1 
        ( 21.e4 Qf6 $132 )
    21...fxg6 22.Qxg6 += {Ionov,S-Beliavsky,A/URS-chT 1991/CBM 25/0-1 (66)
    } )
    ( 7...Qb6 8.Qc2 a5 9.Nf3 Na6 10.a3 h6 11.h3 Bd7 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Nxd7 
    Nxd7 14.Nxd5 +- {1-0 Markotic,B-Wolf,A/St.Ingbert op 1987/EXT 87op2 
    (16)} )
    ( 7...Na6 8.h3 Nc7 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Be5 g6 11.Qc2 Ng7 12.g4 Bd6 13.O-O-O 
    Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd7 15.f4 += {1-0 Chekhov,V-Heuer,T/BL2-N 1996 (35)} )
8.h3 Bd6 
    ( 8...h6 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.Nge2 a5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rae1 O-O 13.f3 Nbd7 14.
    Bxd6 Qxd6 15.e4 += {1-0 Paramos,R-Pascual,J/Villagarcia op 1995 (23)} 
    )
9.Nge2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.g4 Nb6 
    ( 11...h6 12.O-O-O O-O-O 
        ( 12...O-O 13.Rdg1 +/- )
    13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Kb1 
        ( 14.Nb5 Qe7 
            ( 14...Qb8 15.Kb1 a6 16.Nbc3 Qd6 17.Rc1 Kb8 += )
        15.Kb1 
            ( 15.Nxa7+ Kb8 16.Qa4 Ne4 17.Rh2 Qh4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nf4 Bxg4 
            20.Rg1 Nf6 21.Rgg2 Bd7 22.Rxg7 Ng4 -/+ )
        15...Kb8 16.Nbc3 += )
    14...Kb8 15.Rc1 += )
12.O-O-O Rc8? 
    ( 12...O-O-O 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Nf4 += 
        ( 15.Nb5?! Qe7 16.Nxa7+? Kb8 17.Nxc6+ bxc6 18.h4 Rc8 -/+ )
    )
13.Kb1 +/- 
    ( 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.g5 
        ( 14.Nf4 +/- )
    14...Nh5 15.Kb1 +/- )
13...a6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nf4 
    ( 15.g5 Nfd7 16.f4 f5 
        ( 16...Nb8 17.f5 Bd7 18.e4 +/- )
    17.Bxf5 
        ( 17.gxf6? Nxf6 18.Rdg1 Qe7 19.f5 Bd7 20.Qb3 
            ( 20.e4 c5 =+ )
        20...Nc4 21.Qxb7 O-O -/+ )
    17...Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Nc4 19.Nc1 +/- )
15...g6 16.Nce2 c5 
    ( 16...Nfd7 17.Rc1 
        ( 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Bd5 19.Rhe1 O-O = )
        ( 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.e4 c5 $132 )
        ( 17.Qc3 O-O 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.f4 c5 $132 )
    17...c5 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Qd2 +/- )
17.dxc5 Qxc5 
    ( 17...Rxc5 18.Qb3 O-O 19.Rc1 
        ( 19.g5 Nfd7 20.h4 Bg4 21.h5 Qe7 22.Rdg1 Bf3 23.Rh3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 
        dxc4 25.Qb4 Re8 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Ka1 Bxe2 28.Nxe2 b5 29.Rgh1 Rxg5 
        30.Qa5 Nc5 31.Rxh7 Qxh7 32.Rxh7 Kxh7 33.Qc7+ Kh6 =+ )
    19...Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Ne4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.Ng3 Qxb3 
        ( 23...Re8 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.Rc7 +/- )
    24.axb3 Re8 25.Rc7 +/- )
18.Qxc5 Rxc5 19.g5 Nfd7 20.Nd4 Ke7? 
    ( 20...Nf8 21.Rc1 Nc4 22.b3 
        ( 22.Rhd1 Rc8 23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Nd6 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Nc6! bxc6 
        27.Rxd6 c5 28.Bd3 +/- )
    22...Nd2+ 23.Kb2 Ne4 24.Bxe4 
        ( 24.f3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nf2 
            ( 25...Nd6 26.h4 h6 27.Ndxe6 Nxe6 28.Nxe6 fxe6 29.Bxg6+ +- )
        26.Bb1 Bd7 
            ( 26...Bxh3 27.Rc2 Nd1+ 28.Kc1 Nxe3 29.Re2 +- )
        27.h4 h6 28.Nxd5 +/- )
    24...Rxc1 25.Rxc1 dxe4 26.Ndxe6 fxe6 27.Rc7 h6 28.gxh6 Rxh6 29.Rxb7 g5
    30.Ne2 Nd7 31.Ng3 +/- )
21.h4?! 
    ( 21.Bxg6!! hxg6 22.Ndxe6 Rc4 
        ( 22...fxe6 23.Nxg6+ Kf7 24.Nxh8+ Kg7 25.h4 Rc8 26.h5 Rxh8 27.Rc1 
        +- )
    23.Nd4 +- )
21...Ne5 22.h5 
    ( 22.Be2 Rhc8 23.h5 += )
22...Bg4 
    ( 22...Rg8 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rh7 +/- )
23.Be2? 
    ( 23.f3! Bxh5 
        ( 23...Nxf3 24.hxg6 Nxg5 25.Rdg1 +- )
        ( 23...Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Nxf3 25.hxg6 Nxg5 26.gxh7 Nc4 27.b4 Rb5 28.Ka1
        Nxe3 
            ( 28...Ne6 29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Rdg1 Kf7 31.Rg8 +- )
        29.Rhe1 +- )
    24.Nxh5 gxh5 25.Rxh5 Nxd3 
        ( 25...Nbc4 26.Nf5+ Kd7 27.Be2 +/- )
    26.Rxd3 Nc4 27.Rh6 Ne5 28.Rd1 +/- )
23...gxh5? 
    ( 23...Rhc8 24.Bxg4 Nxg4 25.Nd3 R5c7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rdg1 f5 28.gxf6+ 
    Nxf6 29.Rxg6 +- )
    ( 23...Bxe2! 24.Ndxe2 Rd8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh7 Rc6 += )
24.f3 +/- Bd7 25.Nxh5 
    ( 25.Rxh5 Rcc8 26.Rh6 Ng6 
        ( 26...Nbc4 27.Nxd5+ +- )
    27.Nh5 Nc4 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Nf6 +/- )
25...Nbc4 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 
    ( 26...Nxc4 27.Nf4 Be6 28.Rh6! +- 
        ( 28.Ndxe6 fxe6 29.Ng6+ hxg6 30.Rxh8 Rb5 31.b3 Nxe3 32.Rdh1 d4 33.
        R1h7+ Kd6 34.Rd8+ Ke5 35.Rg7 +/- )
    )
27.Nf6 Bc6 
    ( 27...Be6 28.Nxe6 fxe6 
        ( 28...Kxe6 29.f4 Nd7 
            ( 29...Nc6 30.Rxd5 +- )
        30.f5+ +- )
    29.f4 Nd7 30.Nxh7 
        ( 30.Rxh7+ Rxh7 31.Nxh7 Kf7 32.Rh1 Re4 ~= )
    30...Kf7 31.f5 exf5 32.Rxd5 Rc7 33.Rh2 $22 
        ( 33.Rh6 Kg7 = )
    33...b6 34.a3 +/- 
        ( 34.Rh3 b5 35.Rd6 Rhc8 36.a3! 
            ( 36.Rh1 Ne5 37.g6+ Kg7 38.Rxa6 
                ( 38.Ng5 Rc6 =+ )
            38...Rc6 39.Rxc6 Rxc6 ~= )
        36...Nb8 37.g6+ Ke7 38.Rf6 Rc1+ 39.Ka2 Rg1 40.Rf7+ Kd6 41.Nf8 +- )
    )
28.Rxh7 Rxh7 29.Nxh7 Rb4 
    ( 29...Nd7 30.Rh1 Ne5 31.Nf5+ Ke6 32.Rh6+ Ng6 
        ( 32...Kxf5 33.Rf6# )
    33.Nd4+ Ke7 34.Nf6 Ne5 35.Nf5+ Ke6 36.Ne4+ Ng6 37.Neg3 +- )
30.b3 Nc4 31.Nc2 
    ( 31.Rd3 a5 32.Kc2 +- )
31...Rb6 
    ( 31...Rb5 32.Nd4 
        ( 32.Nf6 d4 33.f4 
            ( 33.e4 Rxg5 34.bxc4 Kxf6 35.Nxd4 += )
        33...dxe3 34.Re1 Kd8 35.Kc1 Nd6 36.Nxe3 +/- )
    32...Rb4 33.Rd3 +- )
32.Nf6 Ke6 33.Kc1 Nd6 34.Nd4+ Ke7 35.Ne2 Nf5 36.Rxd5 Nxe3 37.Re5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury LAZV"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin LAZV"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai LAZV"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Black "Arduman, Can OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 e5 
9.d5 Nc5 10.Bc2 cxd5 11.cxd5 a5 12.O-O Bd7 13.a3 a4 14.Kh1 Qe8 15.Qd2 Bb5 
16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.Nc3 Qc4 18.Qe3 Ra6 19.Rac1 Nfd7 20.Nxa4 Nxa4 21.b3 Qc5 22.
bxa4 f6 23.Bd3 Qxe3 24.Bxe3 Raa8 25.Rc7 Rf7 26.Rxb7 Nc5 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.
Bxc5 dxc5 29.Rb1 Rxa4 30.Rb7+ Kf8 31.d6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oney, Feridun OYAK"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 g6 2.c3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Qb3 Ngf6 6.a4 O-O 7.d5 Nc5 8.Qd1 a5 
9.Nf3 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.O-O e5 12.b4 Ncd7 13.Ng5 Nb6 14.Qb3+ d5 15.bxa5 
Rxa5 16.Ba3 c5 17.Nd2 h6 18.Ngf3 e4 19.Ne5 Kh7 20.f4 Ng4 21.Kh1 Nxa4 22.
Bc1 b5 23.Nc6 Qb6 24.c4 Qxc6 25.cxd5 Qb6 26.Nc4 Qa7 27.Rxa4 Rxa4 28.Qxb5 
Rb4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Black "Kosebay, Osman OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.Nf3 
O-O 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Nh4 
    ( 13.Qa4 Rfc8 
        ( 13...Rac8 14.Rfc1 a6 15.h3 Rfe8 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.Bc4 e6 18.g4 Bxg4 
        19.hxg4 b5 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Qd1 Na5 22.Qf3 Nc4 23.Rd1 h6 24.Ne4 {
        1/2-1/2 Guseinov, A-Sideif Sade,F/Teheran op 1991/ (32)} )
        ( 13...Qa5 14.Qb3 Qb4 15.Rfc1 Rac8 16.h3 a6 17.Qd1 Rfd8 18.g4 Be4 
        19.Nd2 e5 20.Bg5 exd4 21.Rc4 Qb2 22.Rac1 dxe3 23.Bxe3 Bd5 24.R4c2 
        Qe5 25.Qf1 Qf6 26.Bc4 Nb4 27.Rc3 Nxa2 {0-1 Van der 
        Sterren,P-Huzman,A/Wijk op 1993/} )
    14.Rfc1 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Nd2 Be6 17.a3 Bd5 18.Bb5 Nc6 19.Bc4 Bxc4 
    20.Nxc4 b5 21.Nd2 e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Nf3 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 
    Bb2 26.Rb1 Bxa3 27.Rxb5 a5 {Novikov,S-Ulko, J/Moscow op2 1995/0-1 (51)
    } )
13...Rad8?! {Giving up the bishop's pair is very dangerous, white will 
have lasting advantage. Die Aufgabe des Läuferpaares ist sehr gefährlich, 
Weiss behält einen langfristigen Vorteil.} 
    ( 13...Be6!? 14.Bf3 Qd8 
        ( 14...Qc4 15.Qd2 += )
    15.d5 Bxa1 16.dxc6 
        ( 16.Qxa1 Bxd5 17.Rd1 e5 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Rxd5 Qc7 =+ )
    16...Bf6 17.cxb7 Rb8 18.Qxd8 Rbxd8 19.Rd1 
        ( 19.Rb1 Bxa2 -/+ )
    19...Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Bxh4 21.a4 = )
14.Nxf5 Qxf5 15.Bc7 Ra8 
    ( 15...Rc8? 16.Bg4 +- )
16.Rb1 Qc8 
    ( 16...b6 17.Qa4 +/- )
    ( 16...Qd7 17.Bg3 += )
17.Bg3 e5 
    ( 17...Rd8 18.Bg4 e6 19.Qb3 += )
18.d5 Rd8 
    ( 18...Nd8 19.Qb3 +/- )
19.Bh4 f6? {Fatally weakening white squares. Endgültige Schwächung der 
weissen Felder.} 
    ( 19...Rd7 20.Qb3 Na5 21.Qb5 b6 += )
20.Bg4 Qc7 
    ( 20...f5 21.Bxd8 +- )
    ( 20...Qb8 21.Be6+ Kh8 22.Bxf6! Bxf6 23.Qf3 Bg7 24.dxc6 +- )
21.Qc2 
    ( 21.Qc2 Rxd5 22.Be6+ +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dalkiran, Sertac OYAK"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Konikowski"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 h6 5.g5 
    ( 5.Bg2 d5! )
5...hxg5 6.Bxg5 d5 7.h4 Nc6 8.f3 
    ( 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.Qd2 Qd7 10.Nge2 O-O-O 11.Nf4 Bf5 12.Na4 e6 13.a3 a6 14.
    Be2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Qc3 Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qxa4 18.Qe5 Qd7 19.Be2 Bd6 -+ 
    {Baklanova,T-Stepovaia Dianchenko,T/Melitopol-W 1992/} )
8...Bf5 9.Bh3 Qd7 10.Bxf5 Qxf5 11.a3 O-O-O 
    ( 11...exf3 12.Nxf3 
        ( 12.Qxf3 Qxc2 
            ( 12...Nxd4!? )
        13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rd1 Qxb2 15.Nxd5 O-O-O -+ )
    12...O-O-O -/+ )
12.Qd2 
    ( 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Be3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 e5 -+ )
12...e5 
    ( 12...exf3!? 13.O-O-O Ne4 -+ )
13.Bxf6 
    ( 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.O-O-O exf3 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nxd5 Qh6 -+ )
13...gxf6 14.fxe4 dxe4 15.d5 Nd4 16.Qg2 Bh6 17.Rd1 Rhg8 
    ( 17...e3 -+ )
18.Qxe4 Nxc2+ 19.Ke2 Qh5+ 
    ( 19...Qxe4+ 20.Nxe4 f5 21.Nf2 Nd4+ 22.Kf1 Rxd5 -+ )
20.Kd3 
    ( 20.Kf2 Ne3 21.Rd3 f5 -+ )
20...Ne3 21.Re1 Rg4 22.Rxe3 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 c6 24.Rc4 
    ( 24.Kc2 cxd5 25.Re1 d4 -+ )
24...Rxd5+ 25.Nxd5 Qd1+ 
    ( 25...Qd1+ 26.Kc3 Bd2+ 27.Kd3 Bc1+ 28.Ke4 Qxd5+ 29.Kf5 Qxc4 -+ )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury LAZV"]
[Black "Yanik, Emine OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2
Ne4 9.Qc2 f5 10.O-O d6 
    ( 10...Rf6 )
11.Ne1 Nd7 12.f3 Nef6 
    ( {I have played} 12...Ng5 {in an analogous position, with the idea of
    using the f6 square for other pieces later. The knight can support d6 
    and e5 from f7 as well.} )
13.b4 Qe7 14.Bb2 Rae8 
    ( 14...c5 {is a more solid way to counter in the center. Black can 
    recapture with the b-pawn on c5 and maintain strong control of e5.} )
15.Nd3 e5?! 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nf2 e4 18.f4 {White's unopposable bishop now 
has very nice long term prospects. Black faces a protracted uphill 
struggle after slightly mishandling the control of the center.} 18...c5 
19.Rfd1 Rc8 20.Bc3 Rfd8 21.Qb2 Ne8 22.Rd2 Bc6 23.b5 Bb7 24.a4 Ndf6 25.a5 
Rxd2 26.Bxd2 h6? 
    ( 26...Rd8 {was better, preventing the burial of the bishop.} )
27.a6 Ba8 28.Bc3 Rd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Bxd1 Nd7 31.Be2 Nef6?! 
    ( 31...Nd6 {looks right, to eye c4 and f5.} )
32.Qd2 Kf7 33.g4 g6 
    ( 33...fxg4 34.Nxg4 Nxg4 35.Bxg4 Nf6 36.Bxf6! {and white will arrange 
    to play an ending with an "extra" bishop. This kind of possibility 
    restricts black greatly, who must avoid wholesale exchanges.} )
34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Nh1! Ke6 36.Ng3 Qf8? 
    ( 36...Ne8 $142 {The knight must come to d6 to keep up a defensive 
    front. After the text move it becomes very difficult to recoordinate 
    black's forces.} )
37.Qd1! {Creating tactical possibilities on the white diagonal circuit 
d1-g4-d7.} 37...Qg8 38.Kf2 Qg6 39.Bxf6 Nxf6 
    ( 39...Qxf6 40.Nxf5! {exploits the diagonal tactics.} )
40.Qd8 {This invasion is decisive, since now the weaknesses on the a-file 
are added to the defensive burden.} 40...Qe8 41.Qc7 Nd7 42.Bh5 
    ( 42.Qxa7 Qd8 {complicates white's life by interring the queen.} )
42...Qh8 
    ( 42...Qb8 43.Bf7+ )
    ( 42...Qf8 43.Bg6 )
43.Bf7+! Kxf7 44.Qxd7+ {Black's pawns drop off.} 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pekand, Bulent OYAK"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O d6 7.a4 Nge7 8.Na3 O-O 
9.Nc4 h6 10.c3 Be6 11.Ne3 Qd7 12.Nh4 d5 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 dxe4 15.dxe4 
Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Rad8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bg4 19.Re1 Na5 20.Be3 b6 21.h3 Bh5 
22.Rac1 Nc4 23.Rc2 Nxe3 24.Rxe3 Bf6 25.Nf3 Rxd5 26.Ne5 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Rfd8 
28.Nc4 Ra1 29.Na3 Bd1 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat HERA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 
    ( 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.f5 Rc8 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bg4 Kf7
    17.Bh5+ Kg7 18.e5 Rhd8 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.exd6 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Bxd6 22.Qxe6 
    Be5 -/+ {Garcia,Gild-Smirin/New York 1997} )
11...gxf6 12.e5 
    ( 12.f5 Qc7 13.Be2 Qc5 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Qxc5 dxc5 16.Bh5+ Kf8 17.e5 f5 
    18.g4 +/- {Short-Yermolinsky/Wijk an Zee 1997} )
12...d5 
    ( 12...dxe5? 13.Qe4 Bd7 14.Rxd7! Kxd7 15.Bxb5+ axb5 16.Rd1+ +/- )
13.Kb1 Rg8 
    ( 13...b4? 14.Ne2 a5 15.Ng3 f5 16.Nh5 Rb8 17.g4 fxg4 18.f5 Rg8 19.Nf6+
    Bxf6 20.exf6 Qd6 21.Bg2 +/- {Kasparov-Hracek/Erevan olm 1996} )
14.Bd3 
    ( 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Ng3 fxe5 16.fxe5 Qc7 17.Re1 O-O-O 18.Bd3 h5 19.Rhf1 
    Rg4 20.Qf2 Bh4 21.Qxf7 Qxf7 22.Rxf7 Kb8 23.Rh7 Rg5 24.Rh6 Bc8 25.a4 
    bxa4 26.Bg6 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Rxg3 28.Bxh5 Rf8 {Pang 
    Haomin-Gurevich.D,Groningen 1996 0/1} )
14...f5 15.Qf2 Bb7 16.Ne2 h5 17.Qf3? 
    ( 17.Nd4!? )
17...h4? 18.g3?! 
    ( 18.Nd4 Qc7 19.g3 O-O-O )
18...Bc5! -/+ 19.Rhf1?! 
    ( 19.c3 Qe7 20.Nd4 b4 21.Bc2 )
19...Qe7 20.Nc1 O-O-O 21.gxh4? 
    ( 21.Nb3 Bb6 22.c3 )
21...Kb8! 
    ( 21...Qxh4 22.Bxb5 axb5 23.Qc3 )
22.h5 Qh4 23.Qe2 Rh8 24.a4 {white tries to create counter-play on the 
Queen's side but after the exchange of Queens he has really no play there}
24...Qxh5 25.axb5 Qxe2 26.Bxe2 axb5 27.Bxb5 Rxh2 {black has a big 
advantage here,thanks to his pair of bishops,and white weakness the "f4" 
pawn} 28.Rh1 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Be3 30.Nd3 Kc7 31.Rh7 Rf8 32.Rh3 d4 33.Bc4 Kb6 
34.b4? 
    ( 34.Ka2 )
34...Bd2 35.Kb2 Ra8 36.Nc5 Bc6 37.Kb3 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios HERA"]
[Black "Leko, Peter HONV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "222"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.Rc1 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Bxf6 Nxd4 8.
Bxd8 Kxd8 9.e3 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Nf3 f5 12.Be2 Bf6 13.O-O Ke7 14.Rfd1 b6 
15.b4 Rd8 16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Bf3 Rab8 18.Nb3 g5 19.h3 d6 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.Ke2 Rc8 
22.g4 fxg4 23.hxg4 h6 24.Nd2 Bg7 25.Rc2 Ne5 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.Nb5 a6 28.Nxd6
Kxd6 29.Ne4+ Ke7 30.Nd6 Rbc7 31.Nxc8+ Rxc8 32.Rd4 Nd7 33.Rd3 Be5 34.Rd1 
Rc7 35.f3 a5 36.Rh1 Bg7 37.Rhc1 axb4 38.axb4 Ne5 39.c5 b5 40.Ra2 Nc6 41.
Rb1 Bc3 42.Ra3 Bxb4 43.Rab3 Bxc5 44.Rxb5 Nd8 45.Rc1 Bd6 46.Rxc7+ Bxc7 47.
Rb4 Bd6 48.Ra4 Nc6 49.Ra1 Ne5 50.Rh1 Nf7 51.Kd3 Kf6 52.Ke4 Bf8 53.Kd3 Ne5+
54.Ke2 Nd7 55.Rb1 Kg6 56.Rb7 Nf6 57.Rb8 Be7 58.Rb6 Kf7 59.Rb5 Nd5 60.Kd3 
Kf6 61.Kd4 Bd8 62.e4 Ne7 63.e5+ Kg6 64.Ke4 Nd5 65.Rb8 Be7 66.Rg8+ Kf7 67.
Rc8 Nf4 68.Rc7 h5 69.gxh5 Nxh5 70.Ra7 Ng3+ 71.Kd3 Nh5 72.Ke4 Nf4 73.Rb7 
Nd5 74.Ra7 Kg6 75.Ra6 Nf4 76.Rc6 Bb4 77.Rb6 Be1 78.Rc6 Bg3 79.Ra6 Kh5 80.
Ra7 Nd5 81.Ra6 Nf4 82.Ra7 Bf2 83.Ra2 Bc5 84.Rh2+ Kg6 85.Rc2 Bf8 86.Rc6 Kf7
87.Rc7+ Be7 88.Ra7 Ke8 89.Ra8+ Bd8 90.Ra7 Nd5 91.Rg7 Be7 92.Rg8+ Kd7 93.
Rg7 Ke8 94.Rg8+ Kf7 95.Rb8 Bc5 96.Rc8 Bb6 97.Rb8 Be3 98.Ra8 Ke7 99.Rh8 Bf4
100.Rh7+ Kd8 101.Rh6 Kd7 102.Rh7+ Ne7 103.Rf7 Bc1 104.Rh7 Bd2 105.Rf7 Bf4 
106.Rh7 Bg3 107.Rg7 Bh4 108.Rh7 Be1 109.Rg7 Bd2 110.Rf7 Ba5 111.Rg7 Bd2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef HONV"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum HERA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hazai"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 {/\ c5} 7.Ng3 
    ( 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Ne5 9.f4 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 a6 11.a4 += )
7...c6 
    ( 7...h5 8.h3 a5 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Nc5 11.Bc2 c6 12.O-O cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 
    14.a4 Nh7 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Ra3 Rfc8 17.Bd3 Qb4 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Qd1 Rc7 
    20.Rb3 Qc5 21.Bb5 Nf8 22.Nge2 +/- {Pinter-Glek, Copenhagen 1995} )
8.O-O a6 9.h3 
    ( 9.Be3 b5 10.f4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 d5 12.Bd3 dxe4 13.Ngxe4 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5
    15.Nc3 e6 ~ {Shabtai-Shrentzel, Israel 1995} )
    ( 9.a4!? a5 {/\ e5} )
9...b5 10.b3? {Overlooking Black's answer.} 
    ( {More to the point is} 10.a3 bxc4 
        ( 10...Bb7!? )
    11.Bxc4 d5 12.Ba2 dxe4 13.Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Nb6 15.Be3 Nd5 16.Rc1 += 
    )
10...c5! 11.dxc5 {#} 11...Nh5! {A bold from the blue!} 12.Bb2 
    ( 12.Nxh5 Bxc3 13.Bh6 gxh5 14.Bxf8 Bxa1 -+ )
12...Nxg3 13.fxg3 Nxc5 {White's P structure is demolished!} 14.Rb1 
    ( 14.cxb5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 axb5 )
14...Be6 15.Nd5?! 
    ( 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 
        ( 16.Bxb5 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nxe4 18.Bd4 Rxa2 -/+ )
    16...Rxa2 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd4 {was the last chance to defend.} )
15...Bxb2 16.Rxb2 bxc4 17.bxc4 Qd7 -/+ {Now Black has an excellent N on c5
against the bad B on d3, while the N on d5 can be eliminated by the B on 
e6.} 18.Kh2 Rab8 19.Rff2 Qa7 20.Qf3 Rb7 21.Rbe2 f6 22.Bc2 Rf7 23.Qc3 Bxd5 
24.exd5 Nd7 25.g4 Ne5 {The N on e5 dominates the whole board. White is 
lost from strategical point of view.} 26.Rf4 Qc5 27.Bb3 a5 28.Qg3 Rb4 29.
a3 Rb7 30.Ba2 Rf8 31.Rc2 Rfb8 32.Qc3 Kg7 33.Re4 h6 34.Rce2 Rh8 35.Re1 h5 
36.gxh5 Rxh5 37.Rf1 Rh8 38.Re2 Rh4 39.Qg3 g5 40.Rd1 Rd4 41.Rdd2 Rf4 42.Re1
Rb8 43.Qe3 Qxe3 44.Rxe3 Kf8 -+ {The endgame is hopeless for White because 
of his bad B against the strong N and the domination on the dark squares.}
45.Rc3 Nd7 46.Kg1 Nc5 47.Re3 Kf7 48.Rde2 Rb7 49.Rd2 Re4 50.Kf2 f5 51.Ke2 
Kf6 52.Rxe4 fxe4 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.g3 Nd3 55.c5 dxc5 56.h4 Rb6 57.Bc4 gxh4 58.
gxh4 Nf4 59.Rf2 Rg6 60.Rh2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vragoteris, Antonios HERA"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7 
9.Qe2 Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.d5 exd5 13.Bxd5 Nb4 14.e4 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 
Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Ne5 Re8 18.Nc4 Bf8 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Qd2 Re4 21.Qc3 Qe7 
22.Rac1 Qh4 23.f3 Ree8 24.Qd2 Be7 25.Qf2 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Na5 Qxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 c4 29.Nc6 Rd7 30.Nxe7+ Rdxe7 31.Re1 f6 32.Bc5 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.
Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wells, Peter HONV"]
[Black "Porfiriadis, Sotirios HERA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Bg4 
    ( 6...g6 7.c3 Bg7 
        ( 7...Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Qd1 Nf6 12.Nd2 O-O 
        13.a3 e5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 d5 16.Nb3 Re8 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.Na5 += {
        Gelfand, B-Karpov,An/Cap d'Agde m 10'1994} )
    8.h3 e5 9.Na3 Nge7 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Ng5 O-O? 
        ( 11...Bc8! ~ )
    12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.d3 d5 14.Nd2 +/- {Arkhipov,S-Tiviakov, S/RUS-ch Elista
    1995;CBM 44 [Hansen,Cu]} )
    ( 6...e5 )
    ( 6...e6 )
7.d3 g6?! {this gives white the chance to recapture on "f3" with the 
knight after Nbd2 and not with the queen which is placed quite badly on 
"f3" that's why black should take now on f3 before white playes Nbd2} 
    ( 7...Bxf3 8.Qxf3 g6 )
8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.h3 Bxf3 
    ( 9...Bc8!? {this seems better than Bxf3 which simply gives white a 
    slight advantage} 10.c3 e5 )
10.Nxf3 Nf6 11.c3 O-O 12.d4 += {white should be very satisfied with his 
position,he has the two bishops advantage, and has control over the 
center,what more do you need?} 12...e5?! 
    ( 12...Nd7 )
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qc2 += {/+/-} 14...Qe7 
    ( 14...b5 15.a4 c4 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.b3 )
15.Be3 Rfd8 16.Nd2 Rac8 {black must havesome plan in this position,as we 
will see he just simply moved the pieces,a reasonable plan would have been
h5 followed by Kh7 and Bh6,exchanging the dark colored bishop is for sure 
in black's favour} 17.Qb1 Nd7 18.Rd1 Nb6 19.a4! Na8 
    ( 19...Nd7 )
20.Nb3 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 +/- Nb8 22.Qg4 Rc7 
    ( 22...Nb6 23.a5 N6d7 24.Bc4 )
23.Rd1 
    ( 23.a5!? )
23...h5 
    ( 23...c4 24.Nd2 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra1 )
24.Qf3 {white's position is about winning,he has almost all possible 
advantages one can ask,better pieces,structure,no weaknesses...} 24...Nd7 
25.a5 Rc6 26.Bc4 Nf6 
    ( 26...Bf6 27.Bd5 Rc7 28.Nd2 +/- {/+-} )
27.g4! {the target now is the "f7" pawn,this move io not weakening but 
simply taking another space on the board, now on the King's side} 
    ( 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Nxc5 Qxc5 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Bxf7 Qc7 
        ( 30...Nc7 31.Qg3 )
    31.Bxg6+ Kxg6 32.Rxa8 Qxa5 {and the game is not over yet} )
27...hxg4 28.hxg4 Nc7 29.g5 Nfe8 
    ( 29...Nh7 30.Qg4! Nf8 
        ( 30...Ne6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Nxc5 Rxc5 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.Qxe6+ Kh8 35.
        Rd8+ Nf8 36.Qf7 +- )
    31.Bd5! Nxd5 32.exd5 +- )
30.Nxc5 Rxc5 31.Bxc5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chilov, Alexandros HERA"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan HONV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrik, Karol DNBR"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko ALKS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.g3!? {The idea of grandmaster Rozentalis.} 3...d6 4.
exd6 
    ( 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.d4 Be6 $132 )
4...cxd6 
    ( 4...exd6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nc3 c6 
    11.f4 += {Rozentalis-Apel/ Germany/1994/} )
5.Bg2 Nf6 
    ( 5...Nb6 6.b3 {><Nb6} )
6.d4 
    ( 6.b3 g6 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O = {/^h1-a8:<->c} )
6...g6 7.Ne2 
    ( 7.b3 $142 {/\Bb2,Nd2,Ngf3,h3+/ = [+]} )
    ( 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 {/\Bg4,e5} )
7...Bg7 8.O-O O-O 
    ( 8...d5 9.h3 O-O 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.c3 e5 ~ {~~ 
    Rozentalis,E-Horvath,C/Debrecen 1992} )
9.c3?! {Passive continuation after which white hardly can hope to get any 
opening advantage.Much more logical is 9.c4!?:} 
    ( 9.c4 Nc6 10.Nbc3 Bf5 
        ( 10...Bg4 11.Be3 Qd7 12.f3 Bh3 13.d5 Ne5 14.b3 += Bxg2 15.Kxg2 e6
        16.Rc1 exd5? 
            ( 16...Rfe8 += )
        17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Rfe8 19.Bf4! +/- {Rozentalis, 
        E-Yermolinsky,A/Rakvere 1993 (36)} )
        ( 10...a6 11.b3 Rb8 
            ( 11...Qc7 {/\Re8,e5} 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rc1 Bg4 ~ )
        12.h3 Bd7 13.d5 
            ( 13.Be3!? {/\Qd2} )
        13...Na5 
            ( 13...Na7?! 14.Be3 b6 15.a4 Qc7 += )
        14.Bb2 $142 
            ( 14.Be3 b5 $132 )
            ( 14.Nd4?! Qc8 {><Nc3,Ph3} 15.Kh2 
                ( 15.Qe1 Bxh3 16.Qxe7 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qc5! {/\Re8 })
            15...b5 16.Rb1 $8 bxc4 17.b4 Nb7 18.Be3 Nd8 -/+ {
            Rozentalis,E-Hjartarson,J/ Tilburg 1994 (40)} )
        )
    11.h3 h5 
        ( 11...a6 12.b3! Rb8 13.Be3 h5 14.d5 Na5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.a4 Qc8 17.
        Kh2 += {Rozentalis,E-Pribyl Josef/It (open), Schaan 
        (Liechtenstein) 1996 (41)} )
    12.Be3 Qc8 13.Kh2 e5 14.Rc1 Re8 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.d5 += {
    Savic,M-Stevanovic,G/JUG-chT Nis 1994 (33)} )
9...Nc6 10.Na3 Bf5 11.Nc4 Qc8 = 12.Re1 
    ( 12.d5 Nb8 13.Ne3 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Nf4 Qc8 16.Qe2 = )
12...Re8?! 13.Ne3 
    ( 13.Nf4!? Qc7 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.Ned5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Qd8 17.Qb3 += )
13...Bh3 14.Bxh3 
    ( 14.Bh1 e5!? 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qc7 =+ )
14...Qxh3 15.Nf4 Qd7 16.Nfd5?! {White is playing without plan trying just 
to exchange the pieces,which is not very clever strategy;nevertheless his 
position is quiet solid and it's not so easy for black to breakthrough.} 
16...Nxd5 17.Nxd5 e6 18.Nf4 Na5! {Preparing b5} 19.b3 b5 20.Be3 
    ( 20.a4 b4! 21.cxb4 Nc6 22.Bb2 Nxb4 23.Rc1 Rec8 24.Qd2 a5 =+ )
20...Qb7! {The position still remaines equal,but black has clear plan how 
to increase the pressure while white has no real target to play against.} 
21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Qd2 Nc6 {Transferring the knight to d5 from where it will 
attack the pawn on c3.} 23.Nd3 
    ( 23.d5 Ne5 24.Kg2 Ng4! 25.f3 Nxe3+ 26.Rxe3 e5 27.Ne2 Bh6 =+ )
23...Ne7 24.Bh6 Bh8 25.Bg5 Nf5!? =+ {Threatening to destroy white's center
by a5 and b4.} 26.g4 
    ( 26.a3 Qd5! )
26...Ne7 27.Bf4 Red8 28.Qe2 Rd7 29.Bd2 Rdc7 30.Nf4 Nd5 31.Qf3 {Inspite of 
the fact that black has achieved almost everything is still not so 
simple:white's only weakness is a pawn on c3 and without the knights it's 
not easy to attack it.} 31...Nxf4 32.Qxf4?! 
    ( 32.Qxb7!? Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Rxb7 34.Kxh3 a5 35.a3 =+ )
32...Qd5 33.Qe4? {If the previous move of white was inaccuracy this one is
decisive mistake after which white's position becomes hopeless.After} 
    ( 33.Rcd1 a5 
        ( 33...b4?! 34.c4 Qa5 35.Qxd6 Qxa2 36.Qg3 Bxd4 37.Bxb4 = )
    34.Qe4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 d5 36.Re2 =+ {white keeps good drawing chances.} )
33...Qxe4 34.Rxe4 b4 -/+ 35.c4 d5 36.Rf4 a5! -+ {The arising ending is 
lost.} 37.c5 g5 38.Rf3 Bxd4 39.Bxg5 Rxc5 40.Rd1 Be5 41.Kg2 Rc2 42.Bf6 Bxf6
43.Rxf6 Rxa2 44.Rd4 Re2 45.Rdf4 Rc7 46.g5 Re5 47.h4 Rd7 48.Rd4 Re4 49.Rxe4
dxe4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce ALKS"]
[Black "Likavsky, Tomas DNBR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 h6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Ng3 O-O 13.Nh5 Qe7 14.Bc2 Rxf3 15.Qxf3
Nxd4 16.Qd3 Nxc2 17.Qxc2 Qh4 18.Nf4 Bxf4 19.g3 Qh5 20.Bxf4 e5 21.Be3 Nf6 
22.f3 Bd7 23.g4 Qf7 24.Qc7 d4 25.Bf2 Qd5 26.Rae1 Nxg4 27.Bg3 Ne3 28.Qxe5 
Qxe5 29.Bxe5 Nxf1 30.Kxf1 d3 31.Kf2 Rc8 32.Bc3 Kf7 33.Re4 Bf5 34.Re5 g6 
35.Rb5 b6 36.Re5 Rc4 37.a3 Rh4 38.Kg3 Rc4 39.Kf2 Rc7 40.Ke3 Rd7 41.Kd2 Bh3
42.Re4 g5 43.Rd4 Rxd4 44.Bxd4 Bf1 45.a4 Kg6 46.b3 Kh5 47.b4 Be2 48.Ke3 Bd1
49.a5 bxa5 50.bxa5 a6 51.Kxd3 Bxf3 52.Ke3 Kg4 53.Kf2 Bd5 54.Bg7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dudas, Jan DNBR"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub ALKS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Re1 Be6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Qb3 h6 
15.Bf4 g5 16.Be5 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Nc6 18.Ree1 Nxd4 19.Qa4 Nf5 20.Rad1 d4 21.
Ne4 Kg7 22.Qb5 Qd5 23.Nc5 Qxa2 24.Nxe6+ Rxe6 25.Qxf5 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qxb2 
27.Bd5 Rf8 28.Re7 Qc1+ 29.Kg2 h5 30.Rxf7+ Rxf7 31.Qxf7+ Kh6 32.Be4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dimovski, Nikola ALKS"]
[Black "Certek, Pavel DNBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 c5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nge2 d6 7.d3 Bd7 8.O-O Qc8 
9.Rb1 Bh3 10.Nf4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 O-O 12.a3 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Be3 b6 15.Nfe2 
f5 16.f4 Nd7 17.b3 Nd4 18.Kh2 Qb7 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Nb5 fxe4 21.Nbxd4 Nc5 
22.dxe4 Qxe4 23.Nb5 a6 24.Nbc3 Qf5 25.Nd5 Rf7 26.Nxb6 Rb8 27.Nd5 Ne4 28.
Qd3 Nc5 29.Qe3 Qe4 30.b4 Qxe3 31.Nxe3 Ne4 32.Rfd1 e5 33.Nd5 exf4 34.gxf4 
Nf2 35.Rf1 Nd3 36.Rbd1 Nb2 37.Rc1 Re8 38.Ng3 Nd3 39.Rc2 h5 40.Re2 Rff8 41.
Rxe8 Rxe8 42.h4 Kf7 43.f5 Be5 44.Kh3 Bb2 45.Rf3 Ne5 46.fxg6+ Kxg6 47.Rf6+ 
Kh7 48.Rf2 Nxc4 49.Rxb2 Nxb2 50.Nf6+ Kg6 51.Nxe8 Nc4 52.a4 d5 53.Nc7 d4 
54.Nxa6 d3 55.Nf1 Kf5 56.Nc5 d2 57.Nxd2 Nxd2 58.a5 Nc4 59.a6 Nb6 60.a7 Na8
61.b5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petreje, Juraj DNBR"]
[Black "Dancevski, Orce ALKS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Rd1 Na6 11.h3 h6 12.Be3 c6 13.O-O Nd7 14.a3 Nac5 15.b4 
Ne6 16.b5 Ndc5 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rd6 Bf8 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Rxc6 Bb7 21.Rc7 Bd6
22.Nb5 Bxc7 23.Nxc7 Bxe4 24.Nxa8 Bxa8 25.Rb1 Bc6 26.Rd1 Kf8 27.Ne1 Ke7 28.
Nc2 Rd8 29.Re1 Rd2 30.Nb4 Bb7 31.Bf1 Kd6 32.Rc1 f5 33.h4 f4 34.Nd5 Bxd5 
35.cxd5 Kxd5 36.Bc4+ Kd4 37.Bf7 Ne4 38.Bxg6 Nxf2 39.Rc7 Ng4 40.Kf1 Ne3+ 
41.Ke1 Rxg2 42.Rd7+ Nd5 43.Bf5 Ke3 44.Kf1 Rf2+ 45.Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgievski, Stevce ALKS"]
[Black "Danek, Pavol DNBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 Bxf4 8.exf4 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 Qb4+ 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 
Nb4 15.Nc5 f5 16.Na4 O-O 17.a3 Nd5 18.g3 Rd8 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Ke3 Bd7 21.Rhd1
Be8 22.h3 Rac8 23.Rac1 Bh5 24.Rg1 Nd7 25.Nb5 Nb6 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nc3 Be8 
28.Rd1 Ba4 29.Rc1 h6 30.Ne2 Rxc1 31.Nxc1 g5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Ne2 Nd5+ 34.
Kd2 Bb5 35.Nc3 Bf1 36.Nxd5 exd5 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Kg7 39.Ke3 Kh6 40.Kf4 
Kh5 41.Kxf5 Kxh4 42.Ng6+ Kh5 43.Nf4+ Kh6 44.Nxd5 Bd3 45.Ke5 Kg5 46.Ne3 Kg6
47.Ke6 Kg5 48.d5 Kf4 49.a4 Kf3 50.d6 Kxf2 51.Ng4+ Kg3 52.Ne5 Bf1 53.Kd5 e3
54.d7 e2 55.Nd3 Bg2+ 56.Kd4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Phillips, Roy Jean Noel NLIB"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Williams, Leighton NLIB"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Walsh, Chris NLIB"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert NLIB"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Musson, Adam NLIB"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Sheehan, Antony NLIB"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat HERA"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny LAZV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 
d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.b4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd8 
Nxc3 16.Bh4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter LAZV"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios HERA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.Nbc3 e5 4.Nd5 Nf6 5.Nec3 Be7 6.Bc4 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bg5 10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 Bxf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qg4 
Qd7 15.Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum HERA"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 {Horvath,T} 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.b3 Nge7 5.Bb2 Ng6 6.h4?! N {a
novelty,but I am not sure how many times we will see this move,since this 
game was not very easy for white...} 
    ( 6.O-O )
6...h5 7.g3 d5 8.O-O? {a serious mistake in my view,the pawn on "e4" is 
very important taking the "f5" and the "d5" squares from black that's why 
I think white has to play 8.d3} 
    ( 8.exd5 {Horvath,T} 8...exd5 9.O-O Bg4 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.
    Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bf6 Kf8 ~= )
    ( 8.Qe2!? {Horvath,T} 8...dxe4 
        ( 8...d4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d3 e5 11.Nbd2 ~ )
    9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxe4 Bd7 11.Nc3 += )
8...dxe4 9.Ng5 Be7 $40 {now it is already very clear that in only 9 moves 
white managed to give black a strong initiative} 10.Nxe4 
    ( 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bh6 
        ( 11.Bb2 Bxg5 12.hxg5 Qxg5 )
    11...Bf6 12.Nc3 Rh8 13.Qxh5 Bg7 14.Ngxe4 Rxh6 15.Qxc5 Ne7 
        ( 15...Nxh4 16.Nd6+ Kd7 17.Nxf7 Nf3+ 18.Kg2 Rh2+ 19.Kxf3 Qf6+ 20.
        Ke2 Qxf7 21.Rh1 $36 )
    )
10...f5 11.Nec3 
    ( 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.hxg5 Qxg5 13.Bxg7 Rg8 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Qf3 Bd7 16.Bb2
    h4 $40 )
11...Bd7 12.Be2 {Logisch,aber nicht gut.} 12...Bxh4! 13.Na4 
    ( 13.Bxh5 Qg5 14.Bxg6+ 
        ( 14.Bf3 {Horvath,T} 14...Bxg3 15.fxg3 Qxg3+ 16.Bg2 Qh2+ 17.Kf2 
        Nf4 18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qg3 Nh3+ -+ )
    14...Qxg6 15.Kg2 Nd4 -+ )
    ( 13.gxh4 Qxh4 14.Bf3 Nge5! 
        ( 14...Nf4 15.Ne2! )
    15.Re1 Ng4 16.Re2 Nd4 17.Bxb7 Qh2+ 18.Kf1 Qh3+ 19.Kg1 
        ( 19.Bg2 Nh2+ 20.Kg1 Ndf3+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 )
        ( 19.Ke1 Nh2 -+ )
    19...Bc6! -+ 20.Bxc6+ Nxc6 21.Rxe6+ Kf7 22.Qf3 Nd4 23.Re7+ Kxe7 24.
    Nd5+ Kd6 -+ )
13...Qg5 {the game is over} 14.Kh2 Nce5 15.Nxc5 
    ( 15.Bxe5 {Horvath,T} 15...Nxe5 16.Nxc5 f4 -+ 
        ( 16...f4 17.gxh4 Qxh4+ 18.Kg2 Bc6+ 19.f3 Qg3+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 )
    )
15...f4 
    ( 15...f4 16.Rg1 
        ( 16.Ne4 fxg3+ 17.fxg3 Bxg3+ 18.Nxg3 Qh4+ )
    16...Ng4+ 17.Bxg4 hxg4 )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim LAZV"]
[Black "Vragoteris, Antonios HERA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O e5 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3
g6 9.d3 Bg7 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.g4 h5 12.g5 Nh7 13.h4 Nf8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne6
16.Bg3 Rb8 17.Na3 O-O 18.Nc4 d5 19.Ne5 Rb6 20.Qg2 Qe7 21.Rae1 Qb7 22.Rf2 
d4 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Nc4 Rb4 25.Bd6 Rxc4 26.Bxf8 Bxf8 27.dxc4 d3 28.Kh1 Bc5 
29.Rf3 Bd6 30.Rxd3 Nf4 31.Qd2 Nxd3 32.Qxd3 Qxb2 33.Qxd6 Qf2 34.Qd1 Qxh4+ 
35.Kg2 Qxg5+ 36.Kh3 h4 37.Qf3 Qd2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porfiriadis, Sotirios HERA"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander LAZV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Rb1 c6 
9.b4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 
    ( 10.Qb3 N {Tyomkin,D} 10...Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Qe8 12.Bb2 h6 13.Qd2 += Bd7?!
        ( 13...e5!? 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.b5 Nb8!? 
            ( 15...cxb5 16.Qd5+ 
                ( 16.Bxe5? Bxe5 17.Qd5+ Be6 18.Qxe5 Bxc4 )
            16...Qe6 
                ( 16...Rf7 17.Bxe5 bxc4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qxc4 +/- )
            17.Nxe5 Qxd5 18.cxd5 +/- )
            ( 15...Nc5 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Qa5 += )
        16.Qd6 e4 17.Nh4 g5 18.Ng6 Rf7 19.Bxg7 Rxg7 20.Ne5 Kh7 
            ( 20...Re7 21.bxc6! bxc6 22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.Nxc6 Re6 24.Qxb8 +/- 
            )
        21.f4 += )
    14.d5 {()} 14...c5 
        ( 14...Nc7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.e4 fxe4 17.Qd4+ Kh7 18.Nd2 cxd5 19.cxd5
        Nb5 
            ( 19...Qf7 20.Nxe4 Nxd5 21.Nxd6 exd6 22.Bxd5 +/- )
        20.Qe3 Rc8 21.Nxe4 += )
    15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b5 Nc7 17.e4 fxe4 18.Qc3+ Kh7 19.Nd2 Qf7 20.Rbe1 Qg7 
    21.Nxe4 b6 
        ( 21...Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Rf7 23.Re3 += {() })
    22.a4 a6 23.Qb3 axb5 24.cxb5 Ra7 25.Re3! {<->e} 25...e6 26.Nxd6 Nxd5 
        ( 26...exd5? {Tyomkin,D} 27.Rfe1 Qd4 28.Re7+ Kg8 29.Qc2 Bf5 30.
        Nxf5 Rxf5 
            ( 30...gxf5 31.Rd7 )
        31.Rd7 +- )
    27.Rd3 +/- {Alterman,B-Nikolic,P/EU-chTM 1997/1-0 (29)} 
        ( 27.Bxd5?! exd5 28.Qxd5 Rxa4 $132 )
    )
    ( 10.Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} 10...Be6 11.Qb3? 
        ( 11.b5 Nc7 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 Rb8 14.Ba1 += )
    11...b5 12.Nxe4 Bxc4 13.Qe3 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Nxb4 15.Bh3 Kh8 -/+ {Kramnik 
    Vladimir-Ivanchuk Vassily/It "Melody Amber" (blindfold), Monaco 
    1995/1/2-1/2 (51)} )
10...fxe4 11.Ng5 
    ( 11.Nd2! {Tyomkin,D} 11...d5 
        ( 11...Bxd4 12.Nxe4 Bg7 13.b5 +/- )
    12.b5 Nc7 13.e3 Ne6 
        ( 13...Bf5 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Ba3 +/- {Beliavsky,A-Nikolic,P/Polanica
        Zdroj 1996 (37)/1-0 })
    14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Qa4 Ng5 16.Qxc6 Nh3+ 17.Kh1 
        ( 17.Bxh3 Bxh3 18.Ba3! Bxf1 19.Kxf1 dxc4 
            ( 19...Rf6?! 20.Qxd5+ Qxd5 21.cxd5 Rb6 22.Rc1 +/- )
        20.Qxc4+ 
            ( 20.Qe6+? Rf7 21.Nxe4 Qc8 )
        20...Kh8 21.Nxe4 Qd7 ~ )
    17...Bg4 18.f4 e6 
        ( 18...exf3 19.Nxf3 dxc4 20.Qxc4+ +- )
    19.Rb7 Rf7 20.Rxf7 Kxf7 21.cxd5 Rc8 22.dxe6+ Bxe6 23.Qa4 {1-0 
    Roeder,M-Beim,V/Open 1996} )
11...d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nh3? N {The white's main idea in this position is 
to attack e4-point byf2-f3.Black should lose the time for h7-h6 to move 
this knight.} 
    ( 13.Qb3 $142 {Tyomkin,D} 13...Kh8 
        ( 13...Bxd4!? 14.Nxe4 e6 15.b5! ~ )
    14.Be3 Nc7 15.f3 h6 16.Nh3 exf3 17.exf3 g5 18.Rbc1?! 
        ( 18.a4!? Bf5 19.Rbc1 )
    18...Nb5 19.Rcd1 
        ( 19.Qd3?! Qb6 
            ( 19...Nd6 )
        20.Rc5 Nd6 )
    19...Qb6 20.Kh1 Be6 21.Rfe1 Rac8 22.a4 Nd6 23.Bg1 Nf5 24.f4 g4 25.Nf2 
    Nxd4 26.Qe3 Bf5 27.Nxg4 Nc2 28.Qxe7 Qd8 29.Nf2 Nxe1 30.Qxe1 Re8 31.Qf1
    {1/2-1/2 Hansen, C-Vasiukov,E/Graested 1990} )
13...Nc7 14.a4 
    ( 14.Be3 Nb5 15.Rc1 Nd6 )
14...Bf5 15.Be3 Ne8! 16.Rc1 Qd7 17.Nf4 Nf6 =+ 18.h4 h6 19.Bh1 Rac8 20.Qb3 
e6 21.f3 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Ng2 exf3 24.exf3 g4 25.Nf4 
    ( 25.Nh4 Bh7 -/+ )
25...Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Nd3? 
    ( 28.Kf2 )
    ( 28.a5 )
28...gxf3 
    ( 28...Qc4!? 29.Qxc4 dxc4 30.Ne5 $8 
        ( 30.Nc5? b6 31.Nb7 Nd5 -+ )
    30...c3 
        ( 30...Nd5?! 31.fxg4 
            ( 31.Nxc4 Bd3 32.Nb2 )
        )
    31.fxg4 Nxg4 32.Nxg4 Bxg4 33.Kf2! {white has good drawing chances} 
        ( 33.Bxb7 c2 34.Kg2 Kh7 )
        ( 33.Be4 Bf5 34.Bxf5 exf5 35.d5 c2 36.Bc1 Kh7 -+ )
    33...c2 34.Be4 Bd1 
        ( 34...Bxd4 $140 ? 35.Bxc2 )
        ( 34...Bf5 35.Kf3 Kf7 36.g4 Bg6 37.Bxb7 Bxd4 38.Bc1 )
    35.Ke1 
        ( 35.Kg2 )
    35...Bf8 36.b5 )
29.Bxf3 Ng4 30.Bxg4 Bxg4 {^^} 31.Ne5 Bf5 32.Qd1 Qc3 33.Bf2? 
    ( 33.Qd2 $142 Qb3! 
        ( 33...Qa1+ 34.Qc1 Qxa4 35.Qc8+ Kh7 36.Qxb7 Qd1+ 37.Kf2 Bh3 
            ( 37...Qc2+ 38.Ke1 )
        38.Qa6 )
    )
33...Be4 
    ( 33...Qxb4? 34.Qh5 )
34.Kh2 Qb2 35.Qe1 Bh6 36.Ng4 Bg5 37.Kg1 Kg7 38.b5 b6 39.Qd1 Qc2 $138 {I 
guess white lost on time in this position} 
    ( 39...Qc2 40.Qf1 
        ( 40.Qxc2 Bxc2 41.Ne5 Bxa4 42.Nc6 Bxb5 43.Nxa7 Bd7 )
        ( 40.Qa1 Bc1! )
    40...Qxa4 41.Ne5 Qa3! 42.Qe2 Qc3 -+ )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury LAZV"]
[Black "Chilov, Alexandros HERA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Qb3 b6 
9.Be2 Ne4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Be6 13.Qd3 b5 14.a4 a6 15.Qc2 
Nd7 16.Ng5 Bc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Nf3 
Bxc3 22.Rac1 Bb4 23.Rxc4 c5 24.Qc2 Qe7 25.Ne1 Rac8 26.Nd3 Qd7 27.Rc1 a5 
28.e4 f5 29.Nxc5 Bxc5 30.Rxc5 Rxc5 31.Qxc5 fxe4 32.Qc4+ Qf7 33.g3 Kg7 34.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 {# Realisierung eines Mehrbauern nach Eroberung der 
Bauernschwäche e4} 35.Rc4 Re7 36.Kf1 Kf6 
    ( 36...e3!? 37.f4 e2+ 38.Ke1 Re3 39.Rc5 Ra3 40.Rxa5 Ra1+ 41.Kxe2 Ra2+ 
    42.Kf3 Rxh2 43.g4 +/- )
37.Ke2 Ke5 38.Ke3 Kd5 39.Rd4+ Kc5 40.Rxe4 Rb7 41.h4 Kd5 42.Rg4 Ke5 43.Re4+
Kd5 44.f3 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 Kd6 46.g4 Ra3 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Rb3 49.Kg4 Rb1 50.
Kg5 Rf1 51.f4 Rg1+ 52.Kh6 Rg4 53.Kxh7 Kd5 54.Re5+ Kd6 55.Rxa5 Rxf4 56.Kg6 
Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Black "Arduman, Can OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 
axb5 9.c3 d6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.h3
Bh5 16.Bg5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxg5 18.Bxd5 Ne7 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bc4 Ng6 21.Rad1 
Qc5 22.Na3 Ne5 23.Qe4 Nxc4 24.Nxc4 Rfe8 25.Qd5 Qe7 26.Qc6 h6 27.Rd7 Qe2 
28.Rd2 Qh5 29.Qd5 Qh4 30.Nxb6 cxb6 31.Qf3 Rbd8 32.Rfd1 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Re1+ 
34.Kh2 Qe7 35.g3 Kh7 36.h4 Re5 37.Kg2 g6 38.Rd5 Rxd5 39.Qxd5 Qf6 40.b4 b5 
41.Qxb5 Qxc3 42.Qd5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oney, Feridun OYAK"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef HONV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O e5 8.e4 
dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.a4 O-O 11.Qe2 Re8 12.a5 Qc7 13.c3 b5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 
Nf8 16.b4 Be7 17.Nf5 Ne6 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.Nb3 Nd7 20.Be3 Nf4 21.Qc2 Nd5 
22.Bc5 Nxc5 23.Nxc5 Nf4 24.c4 h5 25.Rfd1 f6 26.cxb5 cxb5 27.Rac1 Kh7 28.
Qd2 Qb8 29.Bf1 Qg8 30.Kh2 Be8 31.Qd6 Qf7 32.Rd2 Rc8 33.Rdc2 Rec7 34.Qd2 
Qe7 35.Qe1 hxg4 36.hxg4 f5 37.f3 fxg4 38.fxg4 Rc6 39.Kg1 Rh6 40.Nd3 Nxd3 
41.Bxd3 Rd8 42.Bf1 Qg5 43.Rg2 Rd4 44.Rc5 Bg6 45.Qg3 Rxe4 46.Bxb5 Re3 47.
Qf2 Reh3 48.Qe2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Black "Kosebay, Osman OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.a3 f5 11.Rc1 Bf6 12.Nd2 Kh8 13.Nb3 Bxb3 14.Qxb3 Nd4 15.
Qa2 c6 16.Bd2 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Qxd3 18.Bb4 Qxe2 19.Rfe1 Qh5 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
a4 e4 22.a5 Nd5 23.a6 bxa6 24.Rxc6 Nb4 25.Qa3 a5 26.Rc7 Bd4 27.Rd7 Bb6 28.
Qc3 Qg5 29.h4 Qg6 30.h5 Qg5 31.h6 Qxh6 32.Rf7 Rd8 33.Rxf5 e3 34.fxe3 Qg6 
35.Ref1 h6 36.Qe5 Qe8 37.Qxe8+ Rxe8 38.Rf8+ Rxf8 39.Rxf8+ Kh7 40.Kf2 g5 
41.Be4+ Kg7 42.Re8 a4 43.g4 Bc5 44.Re5 Bb6 45.Re6 Bc5 46.Rg6+ Kf7 47.Rxh6 
Bf8 48.Rh1 Na6 49.Ra1 Nc5 50.Bc2 Bg7 51.Ra2 a5 52.Ke2 Ke6 53.Kd2 Kd5 54.
Bxa4 Kc4 55.Bc2 Kb4 56.Kc1 Be5 57.Ra3 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dalkiran, Sertac OYAK"]
[Black "Wells, Peter HONV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 b6 
9.Qc1 Ba6 10.Rd1 f5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 g5 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 g4 15.Nf2 d5 
16.Na3 Qd7 17.Nc2 Rad8 18.Ne1 h5 19.Qc2 Qe6 20.e5 d4 21.Bc1 Nd5 22.Bxd5 
Rxd5 23.a3 Bb7 24.c4 Rd7 25.Qe2 Bh6 26.Nh1 h4 27.Ng2 h3 28.Ne1 Na5 29.Qf2 
Nb3 30.Rb1 Qc6 31.Ng3 Re7 32.Qc2 Nxc1 33.Qxc1 Rxe5 34.Rd2 Bxf4 35.Qc2 Rfe8
36.Ng2 Bxd2 37.Qxd2 Qxg2+ 38.Qxg2 hxg2 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan HONV"]
[Black "Yanik, Emine OYAK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Nd5 
Nbd7 9.f3 Nc5 10.c4 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Nfd7 12.Nd2 b5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.b4 Na4 15.
Nb3 Be7 16.Na5 Nb8 17.g3 O-O 18.Bh3 Rc7 19.O-O Rc3 20.Rxc3 Nxc3 21.Qc2 Na4
22.Nb7 Qe8 23.Rf2 h5 24.Qc7 Kh7 25.Rc2 h4 26.Kg2 hxg3 27.hxg3 g6 28.Ba7 
Kg7 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pekand, Bulent OYAK"]
[Black "Petran, Pal HONV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 d6 8.Re1 
Nbd4 9.Nxd4 dxe5 10.Nxc6 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 bxc6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Ne4 
Bf5 15.f3 O-O 16.Rd2 Rfb8 17.Ng3 Be6 18.b3 f5 19.f4 e4 20.Nf1 c5 21.Bf2 
Bf6 22.Rc1 Bb2 23.Rb1 c4 24.bxc4 Bc3 25.Rdd1 a5 26.Ne3 Rb4 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Rxa4 29.Bc5 Rc4 30.Ba3 Rd8 31.d6 cxd6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Bxd6 Bd4+ 34.
Kf1 Rxc2 35.Rb5 e3 36.Rxa5 e2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogdanovski, Vlatko ALKS"]
[Black "Phillips, Roy Jean Noel NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 b5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bf4 b4 9.
Ne4 Qc7 10.d6 Qc6 11.dxe7 Re8 12.Nd6 Rxe7 13.O-O Ba6 14.Re1 f6 15.exf6 
Nxf6 16.Ne5 Qd5 17.Bf3 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Nc6 19.Nxd7 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nxd7 21.
Bxc6 Rf8 22.Bd5+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Leighton NLIB"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce ALKS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.Bd3 a6 13.Be3 Nf6 14.h3 Rb8 15.Bf2 Nh5 
16.Qd2 f5 17.Bh4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.e5 Nfe8 20.Rfe1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.e6
Qf6 23.Bf1 Rb6 24.Ng5 Qe7 25.Ra5 Ba6 26.g4 fxg4 27.hxg4 Nf6 28.Be2 Bb7 29.
Bf3 b4 30.Na4 Rb5 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Rxb7 Rxa4 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 34.e7 Rb8 35.Re6 
Ra1+ 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Qe2 Qd7 38.f5 gxf5 39.gxf5 c4 40.Qe3 Qa7 41.Qxa7 Rxa7 
42.Ne4 Nxd5 43.f6+ Nxf6 44.Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jacimovic, Dragoljub ALKS"]
[Black "Walsh, Chris NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6?! 5.e4 +/- Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5 d6 8.Ne2 
    ( 8.f4?! exd5 9.cxd5 
        ( 9.exd5 O-O 10.Ne2 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Re8+ 12.Be2 Na6 13.O-O Nb4 14.
        Qd1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.a3 Qe7 17.Bg4 
            ( 17.Rf2 Re8 
                ( 17...Na6 18.Bd2 = )
            18.axb4 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Qxe2 20.Qxe2 Rxe2 21.Rxa7 +/- )
        17...Rd4 -/+ {0-1 Daivdson,J-Colle,E/NED-Belgium ch 1926 (25)} )
    9...O-O 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ng4!? 12.h3 
        ( 12.e5 Qh4 13.h3 dxe5! 
            ( 13...c4? 14.Bf5! 
                ( 14.Bxc4?! Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nf2+ 16.Kh2 dxe5 17.Ne4 
                    ( 17.fxe5 Nxe5 -+ )
                17...Nxe4 18.Qxe4 $132 )
            14...Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.Bxd7 dxe5 18.fxe5 Bd4 
            19.Nxd4 Qe1+ 20.Kh2 Qxe5+ 21.g3 Qxd4 22.Bg5 +/- )
        14.hxg4 c4 15.Bxh7+ Qxh7 16.Qxh7+ Kxh7 $132 )
    12...c4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qh4 15.Qa4 
        ( 15.Nd4 Bc5 16.Qa4 f5 
            ( 16...Ndf6 17.Ne2 )
        17.hxg4 Nf6 18.Be2 fxg4 19.Rd1 
            ( 19.Be3 Rce8 20.Rfe1 
                ( 20.Bb5 Re7 
                    ( 20...Rxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rfe1 Ng3 23.Nc6 Bxe3+ 24.
                    Rxe3 Qh1+ 25.Kf2 Qxa1 26.Kxg3 Qxb2 27.Bd3 +- )
                21.Bc6 
                    ( 21.Bd3 g3 22.Rfe1 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Ng4 
                        ( 23...Nh5 )
                        ( 23...Qh1+ 24.Ke2 Qxg2+ 25.Kd1 Qxb2 26.Rc1 Ng4 
                        27.Rc2 Nxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Qa1+ 29.Rc1 Qb2 30.Re2 g2 31.
                        Nf3 Qa3 32.Rxg2 Qxa4+ 33.Nxa4 Be3 34.Rcc2 Bxf4 35.
                        Nc3 +/- )
                    24.Bd2 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Qxg2+ 26.Kd1 Nf2+ 27.Kc2 Nxd3 28.
                    Kxd3 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Ba6+ 30.Kc2 Rxf4 31.Rg1 Qh2 32.Qe3 
                    +/- )
                )
            20...Nxe4 21.Bb5!? Re5!? 22.Bd7! +/- 
                ( 22.fxe5 Ng3 -+ )
                ( 22.Nxe4? Rxe4 23.Nf5! Rxe3 24.Nxe3 
                    ( 24.Rxe3 Rxf5 -+ )
                    ( 24.Nxh4 Rxe1+ 25.Kh2 Rxa1 -/+ )
                24...g3 25.Qe4 
                    ( 25.Bd7 Rxf4 )
                25...Bc8! -+ {Tyschkowetz 0-1 Rohde 
                Jensen,K-Tyshkovetz,K/35 EU ch. Final 1991 (40) })
            )
        19...g3 20.Bf3 +/- )
    15...Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Ndf6 17.Nd1 Nh5! -/+ )
    ( 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O += )
8...Nbd7 
    ( 8...O-O 9.Bg5 e5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Nxc3 h6 12.Bd2 +/- 
        ( 12.Bh4? g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Be2 Ng7 
            ( 14...Nf4 15.Bg4 Nd7 = )
        15.Bd3 Bc8 16.f3 Nd7 17.a3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Avanzi,E-Cucchi,G/M 1985 
        (39) })
    12...Nbd7 13.g3 )
9.a3 
    ( 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Nxc3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Ne5 13.f4 Ng6 14.Bxf6 
        ( 14.Be1!? )
    14...Qxf6 15.Rae1 e5 16.f5 
        ( 16.fxe5 Qxe5 =+ )
    16...Nf4 17.Re3 
        ( 17.Ne2 Nxe2+ 18.Bxe2 Rfb8 $132 )
    17...Kh7 
        ( 17...Rfe8 18.Qd1 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Kf8 20.g4 
            ( 20.Qh5 Ke7 21.h4 Kd8 )
        20...Ke7 21.Rg3 Kd8 22.Rg2 Qh4 23.f6 g6 24.Qa4 += )
    18.Qd1 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Rg8 20.Qh5 Qe7 21.Rh3 +/- {1-0 Carls, C-Sir 
    Thomas,X/Hamburg ol 1930 (27)} )
    ( 9.f4 exd5 10.exd5 b5 11.b3 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Ng3 bxc4 15.
    bxc4 Qc7 16.Rfe1 += {1/2-1/2 McLardy-Rich/cr ENG candi 1993 (47)} )
9...Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Qe7 
    ( 10...e5 11.O-O O-O 12.g3 Ne8 13.f4 Qe7 14.f5 
        ( 14.Be3 += )
    14...f6 15.g4 
        ( 15.h4 += )
    15...g5 16.h4 h6 17.Kf2 Nc7 18.Rh1 Rf7 19.Be3 Rh7 20.Rh3 Kg7 21.Rah1 
    Rah8 22.Ne2 +/- {Silman,J-Formanek,E/World op 1989/EXT 89op/1-0 (67) }
    )
11.O-O O-O 12.Bd2 e5 13.Rae1 Nh5 14.g3 Rfe8 15.Bc1 Bc8 16.f4 exf4 
    ( 16...a6 17.Qd1 
        ( 17.f5 +/- )
    17...Nhf6 18.f5 +/- )
17.gxf4 Nf8 18.e5! Bh3 
    ( 18...Qh4 19.Qf2 +/- )
19.Rf2 Qh4 20.Nb5! Rad8 21.Re4? 
    ( 21.Nxa7 Bd7 22.Qd2 Ra8 23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.cxb5 dxe5 25.fxe5 +/- )
21...f5? 
    ( 21...Bf5! 22.Nxd6 Rxd6 
        ( 22...Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Ng6 24.Qd2 Nhxf4 25.Rxf4 Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Qe1+ 27.
        Bf1 +/- )
    23.exd6 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Qg4+ 25.Rg2 
        ( 25.Kf1 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ = )
    25...Qh4 26.Re2 Qg4+ = )
22.Ree2 dxe5 23.fxe5 f4 24.e6 +/- Qg4+ 
    ( 24...Re7 25.b4 a6 26.Nc3 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 f3 28.Re4 Bg2+ 29.Kg1 +/- )
25.Kh1 Ng6 
    ( 25...Qh4 26.Re5 
        ( 26.Nxa7? Bg4 27.Re5 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 
            ( 28.Bxh7+ Kh8 29.Nc6 Nd4 30.Nxd8 Nxc2 31.Rxe8+ Kxh7 32.Rxc2 
            Nf6 -/+ )
        28...Bxe6 29.Bxh7+ Kh8 30.dxe6 Rxe6 -/+ )
    26...Nxe6 27.Bxh7+ Kh8 28.Bg6 +- )
26.Re4?? 
    ( 26.Bxg6! hxg6 27.Nxa7 f3 28.Re4 Bg2+ 29.Kg1 Qf5 30.Nc6 +- )
26...Nh4?? 
    ( 26...Qh4! 27.Kg1 
        ( 27.Nxa7 Bxe6 
            ( 27...Bf5 28.Rexf4 Ngxf4 29.Bxf5 Ng3+ 30.Kg1 Nxf5 31.Rxf4 +/-
            )
        28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.dxe6 Rxd3 =+ )
        ( 27.Ree2 f3 28.Rxf3 Bg4 29.Ref2 Bxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Ne5 31.Bxh7+ Kh8 
        32.Rc3 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 g6 34.Bg5 Rf8 -+ )
    27...Qg5+ 28.Kh1 Qh4 = )
27.Qe2 
    ( 27.Re1 f3 28.Bxh7+ Kh8 29.Nxa7 Bg2+ 30.Kg1 Bh3+ = )
27...Qg5 
    ( 27...Ng6 28.Qxg4 Bxg4 29.Nxa7 Bxe6 30.Nc6 +/- )
28.Rfxf4?? 
    ( 28.Re5 +- )
28...Nxf4?? 
    ( 28...Bg2+ 29.Kg1 Bxe4+ -+ )
29.Bxf4 Bg2+ 
    ( 29...Qg2+ 30.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 31.Kg1 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 ~= )
30.Kg1 Qf6 
    ( 30...Qf5 31.Nd6 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Qg5+ 34.Bg3 Nf5 35.Bxf5 
    Qxf5 36.b4 += )
31.Bg3 
    ( 31.Be5 Qg5 32.Bf4 = )
31...Qf5?? 
    ( 31...Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Nf5 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 ~= )
    ( 31...Qf5 32.Rxh4 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saunders, Robert NLIB"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar ALKS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 b6 7.Nh3 Bb7 8.O-O Qd7 9.
Rb1 Nh6 10.Nf2 f5 11.h3 O-O-O 12.a3 Kb8 13.Bd2 Nd4 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne3 e5 16.
Nd5 fxe4 17.dxe4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Nf7 19.c3 Ne6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.b4 Ne5 22.Qb3 
c4 23.Qc2 Rhf8 24.Bf4 h6 25.Kh2 g5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Ng4 h5 28.Nxe5 Qxe5 29.
Qd2 h4 30.Qe3 d5 31.Rxf8 Rxf8 32.Rf1 Rxf1 33.Bxf1 b5 34.Kg2 d4 35.cxd4 
Qxe4+ 36.Kf2 Qxe3+ 37.Kxe3 hxg3 38.Be2 g2 39.Kf2 Be4 40.a4 c3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dancevski, Orce ALKS"]
[Black "Musson, Adam NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nh3 Be7 5.O-O c6 6.c4 d6 7.b3 Qc7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.
Nd2 e5 10.e4 f4 11.gxf4 Bxh3 12.Bxh3 exf4 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Ne8 15.Nf3 
Na6 16.Qc2 g6 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Rxd8 Bxd8 19.Rd1 Nb8 20.Ba3 Be7 21.Be6+ Kh8 
22.Bd6 Bxd6 23.exd6 Qd8 24.d7 Nf6 25.Ne5 Kg7 26.Qc3 Qa5 27.Qd4 g5 28.Ng4 
Qd8 29.Qe5 h6 30.Bf5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheehan, Antony NLIB"]
[Black "Georgievski, Stevce ALKS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O Ngf6 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 b5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Be2 Rd8 13.f3 Nh5 14.Qe1 Ne6 15.Nb3 
Nd4 16.Bd3 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.Rd1 Be6 20.a3 Rad8 21.Rd2 Bc5 
22.Kh1 Qe5 23.Qh4 g5 24.Qh5 f6 25.Ne2 R4d7 26.b4 Be3 27.Rdd1 Kg7 28.g3 
fxg3 29.Kg2 Bf2 30.h4 Bf7 31.Qg4 h5 32.Qf5 Qxf5 33.exf5 gxh4 34.Rh1 Re8 
35.Nf4 Rd4 36.Rxh4 Kh6 37.Rdh1 Re1 38.Rxe1 Bxe1 39.Be4 Kg5 40.Kh3 g2 41.
Ne6+ Bxe6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Petrik, Karol DNBR"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Likavsky, Tomas DNBR"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Dudas, Jan DNBR"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Certek, Pavel DNBR"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Black "Biro, Karol DNBR"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 6"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrik, Stanislav DNBR"]
[Black "EMPTY DEVO"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander EPTK"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.a3 Bc5 6.e3 e5 7.Qc2 a5 8.b3 O-O 
9.Bb2 Re8 10.Bd3 d6 11.Nd5 h6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Bh7+ Kh8 14.Be4 Ne7 15.d4 
exd4 16.exd4 Bf5 17.O-O Bb6 18.Rae1 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 d5 20.Re5 Qc6 21.Qd2 a4 
22.Rfe1 Ng6 23.cxd5 Qb5 24.bxa4 Qxa4 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Ne5 Kg8 27.Qd3 Qa5 
28.Rd1 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris EPTK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.e4 {Hecht} 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O 
    ( 11.f3 Qa5 12.O-O Rfc8 13.Rfc1 a6 14.Rab1 Kf8 
        ( 14...Bxc4 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Nxe7+ Kf8 17.Bxd2 Kxe7 18.Bxc4 += )
    15.b4 Qd8 16.c5 += {Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Mondariz op/1994/ (18)} )
11...Qa5 12.Rab1 Rfc8 
    ( 12...Rfe8 13.b3 Ng4 14.Nd5 += {1-0 Gelfand, B-Andersson,U/ 1997 (43)
    } )
13.b3 
    ( 13.b4? Qd8 14.c5 a5 
        ( 14...Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 = )
    15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 Ra3 17.Nb5 Ra2 18.Qd3 d5 19.Rbd1 Nxe4 =+ {1/2-1/2 
    Hanel,R-Stefansson,H/Vienna op 1991 (29)} )
13...Nd7 14.Rfc1 Qb4 N 
    ( 14...Qd8? 15.Nd5 +/- {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian 
    1994/ CBM 44/[Boensch,U] (34)} )
    ( 14...a6!? )
15.Rc2 += a6 16.Rbc1 
    ( 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Kf8 18.Nf4 += {^^} )
16...Rab8 
    ( 16...Ne5 17.Nd5 += )
17.f3 
    ( 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 
        ( 19...Qxd2 20.Nxf6+ Kg7 
            ( 20...exf6 21.Rxd2 +/- )
        21.Nh5+ gxh5 22.Rxd2 b5 23.Rdc2 += )
    20.exd5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Bf5 = )
17...Qa5 18.Nd5! Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Kf8 
    ( 19...Bxd5 20.Rxd5 += 
        ( 20.exd5 a5 21.Kf2 += )
    )
20.Rdc2 f5!? 
    ( 20...Nf6 21.Nb6 Rc6 22.b4 Nd7 23.Nd5 Rbc8 24.a4 += )
21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Rd2 Nf6 
    ( 22...Rc6 += )
23.Nb6 Rc6 24.Rcd1 Re8 
    ( 24...h5 += )
25.Bf1 Be6 
    ( 25...h5 )
26.g3 Rc7 27.Bg2 Nd7 28.Nd5 Bxd5?! 
    ( 28...Rc6 29.h4 Rec8 30.Kf2 += )
29.Rxd5 Nf6 
    ( 29...Rb8 30.h4 
        ( 30.f4 b5 += )
    30...b5 31.cxb5 Rxb5 32.Bf1 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Rc2 34.Ra5 Ne5 35.Bg2 += )
30.Ra5 Nd7 
    ( 30...Kf7 += )
31.f4 Bc3 32.Rg5 Bb4?! 
    ( 32...Bf6 33.Rgd5 += )
33.f5! +/- 
    ( 33.h4?! e6 34.h5 Kf7 = )
33...Bc5 
    ( 33...Kg7 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Be4 Nf8 
        ( 35...Ne5 36.Bd4 Bc5 37.Rxg6+ Kh8 38.Bxc5 Nxg6 39.Bb6 +- )
    36.h4 +/- )
34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Bxb7 Ne5 
    ( 35...Rb8 36.Bxa6 Ne5 37.Rf1 Kg7 38.fxg6 hxg6 39.Bb5 
        ( 39.Kh1? Ra5 40.Bb5 Rxa2 =+ )
    39...Nf3+ 40.Rxf3 Rxg5 41.a4 +/- )
    ( 35...Kg7 36.Bxa6 +/- )
36.fxg6 hxg6 37.h4 Kg7 
    ( 37...Rb8 38.Bd5 +/- )
38.Kg2 a5 39.Bd5 Rb8 40.Re1 
    ( 40.Rd2 Rb4 
        ( 40...a4 41.bxa4 Rb4 42.h5 Kh6 43.hxg6 Kxg5 44.g7 Rc8 45.g8=Q+ 
        Rxg8 46.Bxg8 Rxa4 = 
            ( 46...Nxc4 47.Re2 e5 48.Re4 Rb2+ 49.Kh3 Na5 50.a3 += )
        )
    41.Be4 a4 42.Bc2 axb3 43.axb3 Ra5 44.Re2 Ra2 45.Kf2 +/- )
40...a4 41.h5 
    ( 41.Rexe5? dxe5 42.h5 Rb6! 
        ( 42...Kh6? 43.Rxg6+ Kxh5 
            ( 43...Kh7 44.Re6 +- )
        44.Be4 +- 
            ( 44.Bf7 +- )
        )
    43.bxa4 Kh6 44.Rxe5 gxh5 45.Rxe7 Rb4 46.Kh3 Rxa4 = )
41...axb3 42.axb3 Rxb3 
    ( 42...Rb6!? 43.b4! Rc7! 
        ( 43...Rxb4 44.Rexe5 dxe5 45.Rxg6+ +/- )
    44.Rexe5 dxe5 45.b5! 
        ( 45.c5 Rxb4 46.Rxg6+ Kh7 $132 )
    45...e6! 
        ( 45...Kh6 46.Rxg6+ Rxg6 47.hxg6 Kxg6 48.b6 Rc8 49.b7 +- )
        ( 45...Rc5 46.Rxg6+ Rxg6 47.hxg6 Kxg6 48.b6 +- )
    46.Rxg6+ Kf7 47.Kf3! Rd6! 48.g4 Rc5 
        ( 48...exd5 49.Rxd6 dxc4 50.b6 +- )
    49.g5 Rc8 
        ( 49...Ke7 50.h6 exd5 51.Rxd6 Kxd6 52.h7 Rc8 53.g6 +- )
    50.Bc6 +/- )
43.Rexe5 dxe5 44.Rxg6+ Kh8 
    ( 44...Kh7 45.Re6 +/- )
45.Re6 Ra5 46.Rxe5 Raa3 47.Rg5 e5 48.Kh3 Rc3 49.Rg8+ Kh7 50.Rg6 e4? 
    ( 50...Ra7 +/- )
51.Bxe4 +- Kh8 
    ( 51...Rxc4 52.Ra6+ Rxe4 53.Rxa3 +- )
52.Bd5 Ra7 53.Kh4 Re7 54.g4 Rd3 55.Rh6+ Kg7 56.Rd6 Rc3 57.Kg5 Re5+ 58.Kf4 
Re7 59.h6+ Kh7 60.Be4+ Rxe4+ 61.Kxe4 Rxc4+ {# Hecht Die Verwertung der 
verbundenen Freibauern h+g ist ein technisches Problem und etwas 
schwieriger als bei verbundenen Freibauern ohne einen Randbauern. 
Gewinnplan: Der schwarze König wird auf Matt gestellt, was den schwarzen 
Turm auf die letzte Reihe zwingt. Dann wandert der weiße König zum 
Damenflügel und erzwingt von der 7.Reihe aus den Turmtausch auf der 8. 
Reihe.} 62.Kf5 Rc5+ 63.Kf4 Rc1 64.Kg5 Rc5+ 65.Kh4 Rc1 66.Kh5 Rh1+ 67.Kg5 
Ra1 68.Rd7+ Kh8 69.Kh5 Ra5+ 70.g5 Kg8 71.Re7 Rb5 72.Kg6 Rb6+ 73.Kf5 Rb5+ 
74.Kf6 Rb6+ 75.Re6 Rb8 76.g6 Rf8+ 77.Ke5 Ra8 78.Rd6 Re8+ 79.Kf6 Ra8 80.Ke7
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid EPTK"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Re1
Nc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Bf4 Rac8 15.
Ng5 Nd8 16.Qd3 Rc6 17.Bd2 f6 18.exf6 exf6 19.Nh3 Ne6 20.Re2 Re8 21.Rae1 
Rcc8 22.Qb1 b5 23.Qd3 Nc7 24.Nf4 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia EPTK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 
Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qb6 
15.Bd4 Bc5 16.Qg4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Nc5 19.Rhd1 Rb8 20.f3 a5 21.a4
bxa4 22.Bxa4 Bb7 23.b3 Rfc8 24.Bd7 Nxb3 25.cxb3 Rxc3 26.Kb2 Rc7 27.Bc6 g6 
28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Bxb7 Rxb7 31.Ra8 Rb5 32.Ka3 Rd5 33.Ka4 Rd2 
34.Rxa5 {# Ein brutales Gegenstück zu den Endspielen dieses Abschnitts. 
Wegen des hohen Blutzolls am Königsflügel hat nur Schwarz Gewinnchancen. 
Weiß kommt mit einem blauen Remisauge davon.} 34...Rxg2 35.b4 Rxh2 36.b5 
Rb2 37.Ka3 Rb1 38.Ka2 Rd1 39.b6 Rd8 40.Kb3 Rb8 41.Rb5 h5 42.Kc4 Kf6 43.Kc5
Kf5 44.Kd6+ Kf4 45.Kc7 Re8 
    ( 45...Rxb6 46.Rxb6 {nebst Kd6 und evtl. Tb7 sieht nach remis aus. 
    Gewinnen kann Weiß jedenfalls nicht.} )
46.b7 Kxf3 
    ( 46...h4!? )
47.Rb6 h4 {Remis ergibt sich einfach so:} 
    ( 47...h4 48.Rd6 h3 49.Rd8 Re7+ 50.Rd7 Re8 51.Rd8 )
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander EPTK"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Baburin"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 d6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.d5 Nb8 
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Na6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Nd4 Nc7 13.Qd2 a6 14.a4 a5 15.f4 Na6 
16.f5 Nc5 17.Qc2 Qb6 18.Rf3 Rae8 19.Ncb5 Qd8 20.Raf1 Nfe4 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.
Bd3 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Nc5 24.Qc2 e5 25.dxe6 Nxe6 26.Qd2 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Qc7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qd4+ Re5 31.Rf6 Rd8 32.Rxf7+ Qxf7 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7 
34.Qb6 Rd7 35.Qxa5 d5 36.c5 d4 37.c6 bxc6 38.Qa2+ Rdd5 39.bxc6 d3 40.c7 d2
41.c8=Q d1=Q+ 42.Kh2 {This is a rare material correlation. With three 
queens on the board the most important factor is king's safety. In this 
regard Black's position is really bad - his king is too exposed, while 
White's monarch is very safe. Therefore, Black has no chance to survive 
here. Of course, two extra pawns also help White.} 42...Qd4 43.Qd7+ Kf6 
44.Qa6+ Kg5 45.Qf7 Rd6 46.Qa3 Re3 47.Qa5+ Kh6 
    ( 47...Re5 48.Qc3 +- )
48.Qf8+ Kh7 49.Qg5 Rxh3+ 50.Kxh3 
    ( 50.gxh3? Qxb2+ 51.Kg3 Rd3+ 52.Kh4 Rd4+ 53.Kg3 Rd3+ = )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik POLW"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur EPTK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 
    ( 8...d6 9.Nxc6 
        ( 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qg4 
            ( 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 f5 16.
            Qg3 e5 17.Qb3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Rfc8 =+ {
            Makarichev,S-Sveshnikov,E/Tallin rapid Cup-URS 1988} )
        11...h5 12.Qg3 h4 13.Qg4 h3 14.g3 Qa5 15.Bg5 Kd7 16.Rad1 f6 17.Bf4
        Qh5 18.Qxh5 Rxh5 ~ {Nikolenko,O-Cherniaev,A/Vladivostok op 
        1995;EXP 46} )
    9...bxc6 10.Qg4 e5 
        ( 10...Qf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Re3 O-O 14.Qe2 g6 15.Rxe5 Qg7 
        ~ {/+/ = Giorgadze,T-Sveshnikov,E/URS-ch47 Minsk 1979} )
    11.Qg3 g6 12.b3 Be7 13.Bh6 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nd2 Bf8 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.
    Nc4 +- {Tal,M-Dorfman,J/Tallin rapid cup-URS 1988} )
9.Nxc6 bxc6 
    ( 9...dxc6 10.e5 c5 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Qg4 $36 )
10.e5 Bb7 
    ( 10...d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.h3 O-O 13.Nd2 )
11.Nd2 d6 
    ( 11...Be7 12.Nc4 O-O 
        ( 12...c5 13.Qg4 )
    13.Qg4 f5 
        ( 13...f6 14.Bh6! 
            ( 14.exf6?! Rxf6 )
        14...Rf7 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bf4 $36 )
    14.Qg3 {with the idea of Bg5 exchanging the bishops seems better for 
    what} )
12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.Nc4 c5 
    ( 14...Be7 15.Qg4! )
15.Bd2 Rad8?! 
    ( 15...Bd5 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 = )
16.Bc3 Bf4 
    ( 16...Qc6 17.Qg4 g6 18.Na5 Qc7 19.Qh4 e5 
        ( 19...Be7 20.Qh6 )
    20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Qf6 Rfe8 22.Rxe5 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Qxd8+ Kg7 25.b3 
    +- )
17.Qg4 f5 
    ( 17...Bxh2+ $142 !? 18.Kh1 f5 
        ( 18...g6!? 19.Qh4 Bf4 20.Qf6 Rd4 $8 
            ( 20...e5 21.Nxe5 +- )
        21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qxd4 Rd8 ~= )
    19.Qh3 
        ( 19.Qxg7+ Qxg7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Kxh2 Rd4 $36 )
    19...Bf4 20.Ba5 Qe7 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 ~= )
18.Qh4 {now there is no questuon,with such weakness on e5 and weak pawn on
"e6"white is better here} 18...Rd7 19.f3 
    ( 19.Rxe6? Bd5 20.Be5 Bxe5 
        ( 20...Qa7!? 21.Qxf4 Bxe6 22.Nd6 ~= )
    21.Rxe5 Bxg2! 22.Kxg2 Rd4 23.Qe7 Qc6+ 24.f3 Rg4+ 25.Kf2 Rxc4 $36 )
19...h6 20.Re2 Bc6 
    ( 20...Bd5 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 += )
    ( 20...Bg5 21.Qf2 )
21.a4 Qb8 22.Rae1 {why to give the "a" pawn??} 
    ( 22.b3 )
22...Bxa4 23.Rxe6 Bg5? {this move I can not understand,why not to take 
simply the pawn on "c2"??} 
    ( 23...Bxc2 24.Ne5 
        ( 24.Be5 Qb4 
            ( 24...Bxe5?! 25.Nxe5 $36 )
        )
    24...Bxe5 25.R6xe5 
        ( 25.Bxe5 Qb4 )
    25...Qb6 26.Re7 Rxe7 27.Rxe7 Rf7 = )
24.Qf2 +/- {so now it is impossible to take the "c2" pawn!} 24...Bb5 
    ( 24...Bf4 25.Ne5 )
25.Nb6 Rd6 26.Qxc5 Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Qf4 28.Nd5!? 
    ( 28.Re1 +/- )
28...Qc1+ 29.Re1 Qxc2 30.Qd4 
    ( 30.Nc7!? Bh4 31.g3 Bf6 32.Nxb5 axb5 33.Qxb5 Bxc3 34.Qc4+ )
30...Rf7? {decisive mistake,black had to play 30... Bf6 since now he 
allowes white to win a tempi by h4 which gives space to white's king and 
ends the game} 
    ( 30...Bf6 31.Nxf6+ Rxf6 32.Qd5+ Rf7 33.h3 +/- )
31.h4! +- Bf6 32.Nxf6+ gxf6 
    ( 32...Rxf6 33.Re7 +- )
33.Qd8+ Kg7 
    ( 33...Rf8 34.Qd5+ Kg7 35.Re7+ Kg6 36.Qd6 +- )
34.Re7 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kh3 
    ( 36.Kh3 Qc4 37.Bxf6+ Kxf6 38.Rc7+ )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin GOSP"]
[Black "Cernov, Vadim GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Nc5 6.f3 a5 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 
9.O-O-O Ne8 10.g3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.h4 h6 13.g4 Bh7 14.g5 h5 15.Be2 Bf5 
16.Nh3 g6 17.f4 Qd7 18.Bf1 Na4 19.Bg2 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Qa4 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.c5 
Kh7 23.Qb3 Qg4 24.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slovineanu, Veaceslav GZCH"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan GOSP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "55"]

{This game can put a lot of ideas in your head. Like playing Qe2, 0-0-0 
and g4 against the Spanish.} 
1.e4 {Konikowski,J Petursson} 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5
    ( 5...Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 
        ( 7.Bb3 d6 
            ( 7...O-O 8.d3 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nf1 Re8 12.h3 Bf8 
            13.g4 d5 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.O-O-O d4 17.Rhg1 Rab8 18.h4 
            dxc3 19.Bxc3 b4 -/+ {0-1 Daubenfeld,G-Rivar,M/ WchJM-U10 
            1995/JUN 95 (37)} )
        8.d3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nf1 O-O 12.h3 h6 13.g4 Nh7 14.Ne3
        g6 15.Nd5 Kg7 16.Rg1 Bg5 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Ne7 19.O-O-O += {1-0 
        Lamoureux,S-Collange,P/Paris op 1993/EXT 93op (44)} )
    7...d6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Nd2 Bf8 13.O-O-O 
    Ne5 
        ( 13...h6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Ng3 Qc8 16.f4 Ng6 17.h4 Ng4 18.h5 Nxe3 19.
        Qxe3 Ne7 20.Qd3 Rd8 21.e5 g6 ~ {0-1 Tiviakov,S-Yemelin,V/RUS-ch 
        1995/CBM 50/[Hecht] (69)} )
    14.g4 c5 15.f4 Ned7 16.Rhg1 Qa5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.g5 Nd7 19.Nh6+ $40 {
    1-0 Tiviakov,S-Iuldachev,S/World Cities 1997/EXP 58 (24)} )
    ( 5...Qe7 6.c3 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Nf1 Nd8 11.Ne3 c6 
    12.Bh4 Ne6 13.g3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Bc2 Qd8 16.O-O-O d5 17.Kb1 d4 18.
    cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Ng2 a5 21.g4 a4 22.f4 b5 23.h4 b4 ~ {
    Ciocaltea,V-Shvidler,E/Beer Sheva 1982/MCD-r8/1-0 (52)} )
6.Bb3 Bb7 
    ( 6...Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d3 Bb7 
        ( 8...d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Bd5 Bd7 13.g4? g5! 14.
        Nxg5 Nxd5 15.exd5 hxg5 16.Bg3 Na7 -/+ {1/2-1/2 
        Fogarasi,T-Pribyl,M/Budapest FS11 GM 1996/EXT 97 (27)} )
    9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.g4 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.g5 hxg5 15.Bxg5
    Qb6 16.O-O-O d5 17.Rdg1 ~ {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Sokolov,I/ Wijk op 
    1995/CBM 46 (28)} )
    ( 6...Na5 {Konikowski,J} 7.Nxe5 Nxb3 8.axb3 Qe7 9.d4 d6 10.Nc6 Qxe4 
    11.Qxe4+ Nxe4 12.O-O Bf5 13.c4 bxc4 14.bxc4 Kd7 15.d5 Be7 16.b4 Bf6 
    17.Ra3 h5 18.Be3 Rhe8 19.f3 Nc3 20.Nxc3 Rxe3 21.Rc1 Rae8 =+ {
    Psakhis,L-Mikhalevski,A/Beersheba 1993/} )
7.c3 Bd6 N 
    ( 7...Bc5 8.O-O 
        ( 8.d3 {Konikowski,J} 8...Bb6 
            ( 8...d6 9.O-O O-O 
                ( 9...h6 $142 )
            10.Bg5 Kh8 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nh4 Rg8 14.Qh5 Nd8 15.
            Qh6 Qg4 16.Qxf6+ Rg7 17.Ndf3 Ne6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.h3 Qh5 20.Kh2
            d5 21.g4 Qe8 22.Rae1 Qg8 23.Nxe5 +- {
            Mason,J-Roberts,A/USA-04.Congress 1876/} )
        9.Nbd2 h6 10.h3 d6 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxh5 Qf6 14.Qe2 
        Qxf2+ 15.Qxf2 Nxd3+ 16.Ke2 Nxf2 17.Rh2 Nxe4 -+ {
        Jeitz,C-Fortin,M/WchJM-U10 1995/JUN 95} )
    8...d6 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d3 O-O 
        ( 10...h6 $142 !? )
    11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Rae8 13.Nbd2 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 ~ {1-0 
    Spiegel,S-Kruskic,M/Mainz op 1995/EXT 97 (36)} 
        ( 14...Nh5 15.Bd5 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Qf6 17.Nf1 Kg7 18.g4 h5 19.Ng3 Rh8 
        20.gxh5 Qf4 21.Nf5+ Kf6 22.Nh2 g4 23.g3 +- {
        Spiegel,S-Kruskic,M/Mainz op 1995/} )
    )
8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 
    ( 9.Bg5!? {Konikowski,J} )
9...h6 10.Nf1 Re8 11.g4!? Na5 
    ( 11...Nxg4 12.Rg1 
        ( 12.Ng5 {Konikowski,J} 12...hxg5 13.Qxg4 Be7 14.h4! $40 )
    12...h5 13.h3 Nf6 14.Ng5 Rf8 15.Ng3 $40 )
12.Bc2 c5 
    ( 12...Nxg4!? 13.Rg1 h5 14.h3 
        ( 14.Ng3 {Konikowski,J} 14...g6 15.Nxh5 gxh5 16.h3 $40 )
    14...Nf6 15.Ng3 g6 16.Bg5 Kh8 17.O-O-O ~ )
13.Ng3 Bf8 
    ( 13...Nxg4? {Konikowski,J} 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Rg1 +- )
    ( 13...Qc7 {Konikowski,J} 14.g5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Nh7 16.Be3 Bf8 += )
14.g5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Qb6 16.Rg1 d5 17.Nh4 
    ( 17.Nf5!? {Konikowski,J} )
17...dxe4 
    ( 17...c4 18.Nhf5 cxd3 19.Bxd3 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 
    += )
18.dxe4 Nh7 19.Ngf5 Re6 
    ( 19...Nxg5 20.Rxg5 Rad8 21.Qh5 $40 
        ( 21.Qh5 {Konikowski,J} 21...Re6 22.Nxg7!? Bxg7 23.Qg4 
            ( 23.Nf5!? )
        23...Rg6 24.Nxg6 fxg6 25.Rxg6 $40 )
    )
20.O-O-O Nxg5 21.Rxg5 g6 22.Rdg1 b4 23.Nxg6! fxg6 
    ( 23...Rxg6 {Petursson} 24.Qh5! +- )
24.Qh5 Kf7 25.Rxg6 
    ( 25.Qh7+ {Petursson} 25...Ke8 26.Ba4+ Bc6 27.Rxg6 Bxa4 28.Ng7+! Bxg7 
    29.Qg8+ )
25...Rxg6 26.Qh7+ Ke8 
    ( 26...Bg7 27.Nh6+ Ke8 
        ( 27...Rxh6 {Petursson} 28.Rxg7+ Ke8 29.Rg8# )
        ( 27...Ke7 {Konikowski,J} 28.Rxg6 +- )
    28.Rxg6 +- )
27.Rxg6 Qb5 28.Rg8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan GOSP"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O a6 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.
Nbd2 Qc7 10.a3 b5 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 a5 13.d4 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nf1 Rad8 
16.Ne3 g6 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.b4 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 d4 22.
cxd4 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Nd5 24.Re5 axb4 25.axb4 Nxb4 26.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svetuschin, Dumitru GZCH"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad GOSP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9.c4 Re8 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.Kh1 Qc5 
15.Rfd1 Bf8 16.Nc2 Qc7 17.Ne3 Qb8 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 b5 20.Qe2 b4 21.Na4 
Qb7 22.Rd3 d5 23.Rg3 g6 24.e5 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Qxb6 26.h4 Bh6 27.c5 Qa5 28.Rc2 
Qxa2 29.Rd3 Qa5 30.h5 Rc8 31.Bd4 Rc6 32.Rh3 Bg7 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.Qg4 Qd8 
35.f4 Rf8 36.g3 Rf5 37.Rch2 Rh5 38.Rxh5 gxh5 39.Qxh5 h6 40.Qg6 Kf8 41.f5 
Qe8 42.Qxe8+ Kxe8 43.f6 Bf8 44.Be3 a5 45.g4 Rc7 46.Bxh6 Rxc5 47.Bf4 Rc3 
48.g5 Rxb3 49.Rh8 Kf7 50.g6+ Kxg6 51.Rxf8 Rf3 52.Rg8+ Kf7 53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.
Rg4 b3 55.Bh6+ Ke8 56.Kg2 Rf5 57.Rg8+ Kf7 58.Rg7+ Ke8 59.Re7+ Kd8 60.Rxe6 
Kc7 61.Bc1 d4 62.Bb2 a4 63.Bxd4 a3 64.Rb6 b2 65.Rb3 Kd7 66.Rb8 Kc7 67.Rb3 
Kd7 68.Rb8 Kc7 69.Rb4 Kd7 70.Bc3 Rf4 71.Rb3 Rf5 72.Bd4 Ke6 73.Rb6+ Kd5 74.
e6 Kxd4 {# Dramatischer Höhepunkt einer schon zuvor spannenden 
Endspielphase. Beiderseits stehen verbundene Freibauern kurz vor dem Ziel.
Die Taktik dominiert. Wer mit Dame+Turm zuerst am Zuge ist, wird bei 
beiderseits offenen Königsstellung wohl gewinnen....} 75.e7 Rg5+ 
    ( 75...Rxf6 76.Rxf6 b1=Q 77.e8=Q Qb7+ 78.Kf2 Qb2+ 79.Kg3 Qb3+ 80.Kf4 
    +- )
76.Kf3 Rf5+ 77.Kg4 Rxf6 78.Rxf6 b1=Q 79.e8=Q Qd1+ 80.Kf5 
    ( 80.Kg5 Qg1+ 81.Kh6 Qh2+ 82.Kg7 Qc7+ 83.Kg8 Qc4+ 
        ( 83...Qg3+ 84.Kf8 )
    84.Kh8 {und die Schachs sind alle} )
80...Qd3+ 81.Kg5 Qd2+ 82.Rf4+ Kc3 83.Qc6+ Kb3 84.Qb5+ Kc3 85.Kf5! Qxf4+ 
86.Kxf4 a2 87.Qa5+?? 
    ( 87.Qe5+ Kc2 88.Qa1 +- {Zeitnot?!?} )
87...Kb2 88.Qb4+ Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ristic, Nebojsa GOSP"]
[Black "Lyukin, Sergei GZCH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Kortschnoj} 1...d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.
a4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be6 9.Ng5 Bd5 10.e6 fxe6 11.Qg4 Nd7 
    ( 11...Qd7 12.Be2 e5 13.dxe5 Qxg4 14.Bxg4 Nd7 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.Bxe6 Nc5 
    17.Bf5 Nxa4 18.Be4 Rc8 19.Bd2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Ra8 21.Be3 e6 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 
    23.Be4 Kd7 24.Ra6 Bb6 25.Ke2 Rad8 26.h3 {Morrell,G-Shernoff,L/North 
    Bay op 1996/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (38)} )
    ( 11...g6 12.Be2 {sieht für Schwarz sehr gefährlich aus.} )
12.Nxh7 e5 
    ( 12...Nf6!? 13.Qg6+ Kd7 {führt zu einer unklaren Stellung.} 14.Ng5 
    +/- {Kortschnoj} )
13.Nxf8 Rxf8 14.Be2?! {Weiß sollte den Tausch auf b5 einschalten:} 
    ( 14.axb5 cxb5 15.dxe5 
        ( 15.Be3 +/- {Kortschnoj} )
    15...Nxe5 16.Qh5+ Nf7 17.Be2 Qd6 {mit unklarer Lage.} )
14...exd4 15.Qxd4 Qb6 {Schwarz hat jetzt deutlichen Vorteil.} 16.Qh4 Qa5 
17.Bd2 Bxg2 18.Bh5+ 
    ( 18.Rg1 Bd5 19.Bh5+ 
        ( 19.Rxg7 O-O-O =+ {Kortschnoj} )
    19...Kd8 20.Rxg7 Nf6 {überläßt dem Schwarzen ebenfalls Vorteil.} )
18...g6 19.Bxg6+ Kd8 20.Rg1 Bd5 21.Rg5 {Weiß will Sd7-e5 verhindern.} 
21...Kc7 22.Rb1 a6?! 
    ( 22...Qxa4!? {war nicht zu verachten.} )
23.Qh7? {Hier hat die Dame des Weißen nichts verloren. Besser war} 
    ( 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qg3+ {nebst Vorstoß des h-Bauern.} )
23...Rf6 24.Rb4 {Weiß will die Dame des Schwarzen nicht ins Spiel lassen, 
aber sein Turm steht hier erbärmlich; die Dame kann leicht aktiviert 
werden. Es ist jedoch nicht leicht, einen besseren Rat zu geben;} 
    ( 24.Bf5 Raf8 {hilft nichts.} )
24...Raf8 25.Be3 Re6?! 
    ( 25...Kd8!? -/+ )
    ( 25...Bf7!? -/+ )
26.Bf5 Rxf5? 
    ( 26...Rf7!? =+ )
27.Qxf5 Nc5 28.Kf1 Nd3 29.Qf8 Nxb4? 
    ( 29...Re4 30.Qa8 Rxe3 
        ( 30...Nxb4 31.Qa7+ Kc8 32.Bb6 +- )
    31.Qa7+ Kd6 32.Qxe3 Nxb4 33.Rg6+ Kd7 34.Rg7 Qd8 35.cxb4 +/- )
30.Bf4+?? 
    ( 30.Rg8 +- )
30...Kd7 31.Qb8 Re4?? 
    ( 31...Nd3 32.Qb7+ Ke8 33.Qc8+ Qd8 34.Rg8+ Kf7 35.Qxe6+ Bxe6 36.Rxd8 
    Nxf4 -+ )
32.Qb7+ 
    ( 32.cxb4 {Kortschnoj} 32...Qd8 =+ 
        ( 32...Qxb4? 33.Qc7+ +- )
    )
32...Ke8 33.Qc8+?? 
    ( 33.Bc7 +- )
33...Qd8 -+ 34.Qf5 Nd3 35.Qg6+ Kd7 36.Qf5+ Re6 37.axb5 axb5 38.Rg7 Qf8 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nevednicii, Boris GZCH"]
[Black "Kostic, Vladimir GOSP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 e6 6.Qe2 h6 7.d4 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+
Qxf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd3 Rd8 12.Bd2 Nf8 13.c4 Ng6 14.Bc2 b5 15.c5 
Bc7 16.Rad1 a5 17.Be4 Bb7 18.g3 b4 19.h4 Ba6 20.Qe3 Ne7 21.Ne5 Nf5 22.Bxf5
exf5 23.b3 Rd5 24.Nf3 Rad8 25.Qe7 Qxe7 26.Rxe7 R5d7 27.Rde1 Bd3 28.Rxd7 
Rxd7 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Bf4 Bxf4 31.gxf4 Be4 32.Nd2 Rxd4 33.Nxe4 fxe4 {# Weiß 
hat einen Minusbauern und eine zerrüttete Bauernstellung. Bald entstehen 
schwarze verbundene Freibauern. Es dominiert die Taktik.} 34.Rc8 Rd1+ 35.
Kg2 Rd2 36.Kg3 
    ( 36.Kf1 Rxa2 37.Rxc6 a4 38.bxa4 b3 39.Rb6 b2 40.Kg2 e3 41.c6 e2 42.c7
    e1=Q 43.c8=Q Qe4+ -+ )
36...Rxa2 37.Rxc6 Ra3 38.Ra6 Rxb3+ 39.Kg4 Ra3 40.Kf5 
    ( 40.c6 $142 !? Rc3 41.Rxa5 Rxc6 42.Rb5 Rc4 43.h5 g6 )
40...b3 41.Rb6 a4 42.Kxe4 Ra2 43.Rb4 Rc2 {# Nun entscheidend entweder die 
Taktik (Turmablenkung) oder die Strategie (schwarzer Turm hinter den 
b-Freibauern) zuungunsten von Weiß.} 44.Rxa4 
    ( 44.Kd3 Rxc5 45.Rxa4 Rb5 46.Ra1 b2 47.Rb1 Kg6 )
44...b2 45.Rb4 Rc4+ 46.Rxc4 b1=Q+ 47.Kd4 Qd1+ 48.Kc3 Qf3+ 49.Kb4 Qb7+ 50.
Kc3 Qc6 51.f5 g6 52.Kb4 gxf5 53.Rd4 Qb7+ 54.Kc4 Qf3 55.Rd6 Qxf2 56.c6 Qc2+
57.Kd5 f4 58.Rf6 Qd3+ 59.Ke5 Qc3+ 60.Kf5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir LAKH"]
[Black "Raud, Rainer RSTL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O
9.h3 Bd7 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bf4 Rfd8 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Qb3 Qa6 15.
Rfd1 Be6 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 Bxa2 18.Nxd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Rxd6 20.Bxd6 Rd8 
21.Bc5 h6 22.Ne1 Bd5 23.f3 Nd7 24.Bf2 a6 25.e4 Be6 26.f4 f6 27.Bf1 Ndb8 
28.Nf3 Bb3 29.Bb6 Re8 30.Kf2 Bf7 31.Nd2 Nd7 32.Be3 Ndb8 33.Bb6 Nd7 34.Be3 
Ndb8 35.Bc5 Nd7 36.Ba3 Ndb8 37.Nc4 b5 38.Nd6 Rd8 39.Bc5 Be6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leito, Priit RSTL"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander LAKH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A19"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Konikowski"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 
f6 9.Be3 a6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Ne7 12.Bb6 Nf5 13.Bxd8 
    ( 13.Qc5!? )
    ( 13.Qb4!? )
13...Nxd6 14.Bc7 Ke7 
    ( 14...Ndxc4 15.f4 Ne3 
        ( 15...Nxb2 16.fxe5 b5 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Rb1 +- )
    16.fxe5 Nc2+ 17.Kd2 Nxa1 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Be2 +/- )
15.O-O-O?! 
    ( 15.c5 $142 Ne8 16.Bb6 d5 
        ( 16...Nf7 17.O-O-O d5 18.cxd6+ Nexd6 19.Bc5 Rd8 20.Bd3 Bd7 21.
        Bxh7 Rac8 22.Ba3 Bc6 = {Uhlmann, W-Pribyl/Hradec Kralove/1979/80/}
        )
    17.cxd6+ Nxd6 18.O-O-O Nec4 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Bc5+ Kf7 21.Rd4 b5 22.b3 
    e5 23.Rd5 Na5 24.Bb6 Nb7 25.Rhd1 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Huebner,R/Tilburg 
    1977/} )
15...Ne8 
    ( 15...Nexc4 16.Bxc4 
        ( 16.b3 Ne8! )
    16...Nxc4 17.Rhe1 b5 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bd6+ Kd8 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Rxe5 Ke7 
    22.Ne4 
        ( 22.f4 Bb7 23.Rd2 Rac8 24.Kb2 Rhf8 25.g3 {1/2-1/2 
        Nei,I-Lechtynsky, J/Tallinn 1979/} )
    22...Ra7 23.b4 Rf8 24.f3 Rc7+ -/+ {Lerner-Sideif-Zade/ Belcy/1979/} )
    ( 15...Nef7 16.Be2 Ne8 17.Bb6 d6 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.f4 Rc8 20.b3 g6 21.Kb2
    f5 {1/2-1/2 Kron,V-Titlianov,Y/Kemerovo 1991/} )
16.Ba5 d6 17.Be2 
    ( 17.f4!? )
17...b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Bb4 Nc6 20.Bf3 Ra6 21.Bxc6 Rxc6 22.Kb1 Nc7 23.Ba5 
Bb7 
    ( 23...Ba6!? -/+ )
24.f3 Ra8 
    ( 24...Ba6!? -/+ )
25.Bxc7 Rxc7 26.Nxb5 Rc5 27.Nc3 d5 28.Rhe1 e5 29.f4 Ke6 30.Rd4 Re8 31.Rd3 
Re7 32.g3 Rd7 33.Rd4 Kf5 34.g4+ Ke6 35.a3 g5 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Rd2 d4 38.Ne2
Kd5 39.Nc3+ Ke6 40.Ne2 d3 
    ( 40...Be4+!? 41.Ka2 Rc4 -/+ )
41.Ng3 Rc4 42.Re3 Rcd4 43.h3 e4 44.Nf5 Ke5 45.Re1 
    ( 45.b4 Rc4 -/+ )
45...Rf7 
    ( 45...Ra4!? )
46.b4 Rd8 47.Kb2 Rxf5!? 
    ( 47...Bc8 48.Ng3 Rd4 -/+ )
48.gxf5 Kd4 49.Rc1 Bd5 
    ( 49...Rf8!? 50.Rg2 
        ( 50.Rc7 e3 51.Rd7+ Bd5 52.Rxd3+ Kxd3 53.Rxd5+ Ke4 54.Rd7 e2 55.
        Kc2 Kf3 56.Kd2 Kf2 57.Re7 Rd8+ -+ )
    50...h6 51.Rc7 Bd5 52.Rh7 Rxf5 53.Rxh6 e3 54.Rg4+ Rf4 -+ )
50.Rc3 
    ( 50.Rg2 e3 51.Rg4+ Be4 52.Rc4+ Kxc4 53.Rxe4+ Rd4 -+ )
50...Bc4 
    ( 50...Rf8!? )
51.Rg2 h5 52.Rxg5 
    ( 52.Rc1 e3! )
52...d2 53.Rg1 Be2 54.Rc2 e3 
    ( 54...e3 55.f6 d1=Q 56.Rxd1+ Bxd1 -+ )
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Olexandr LAKH"]
[Black "Taenav, Tiit RSTL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 {Hecht} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O 
Bxc3 8.bxc3 e5 9.Qc2 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 
14.Nd2 Qe7? {This only causes problems for black. He reduces his own 
control of the board, and by withdrawing the protection of c6, allows 
white even greater pressure on the long light-squared diagonal.} 
    ( 14...Bf5 ~ {should give black his fair share of play.} )
15.Rab1 f5?! {and this will make it harder to use the bishop on c8.} 16.
Bd5+ Kh8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qa4 e4 19.Nf1 Qc5 
    ( {There is a certain temptation to play} 19...f4 20.Qxc6 Bh3 {and to 
    at least go down with all pieces active.} )
20.Rd5! cxd5 21.Qxe8+ Kh7 22.Ne3 dxc4 23.Rb5 Qd6 
    ( 23...Be6 24.Rxc5 
        ( 24.Qxa8 Qxb5 25.Qxa7 f4 26.gxf4 Bh3 $132 )
    24...Rxe8 25.Rxc7 
        ( 25.Kg2!? )
    25...Rb8 26.Rxa7 Rb1+ 27.Kg2 +/- {planning Re7.} )
24.Rxf5 Bxf5 25.Qxa8 Bg6 26.Qd5!? 
    ( 26.Qxa7 Qd2 27.Qxc7 Qe1+ 28.Kg2 Qxe2 {is messy, but should win.} )
26...Qa6 27.h4! Kh8 
    ( 27...Qxa2 28.h5 Qb1+ 29.Kg2 Be8 30.Qf5+ 
        ( 30.Nf5? Qb5! )
    30...g6 
        ( 30...Kg8 31.Nd5 +- )
    31.Qe6 Qb5 32.Nd5 +- )
28.h5 Bh7 29.Qd8+ Bg8 30.Nf5 +- Qe6 31.Ne7 Kh7 32.Qxg8+ Qxg8 33.Nxg8 Kxg8 
{# Hecht Ideeller Mehrbauer und Zugzwang führen zu einem leichten Gewinn.}
34.f4 Kf7 35.Kf2 Ke6 36.g4 Kd5 37.Ke3 a5 38.a4 c6 39.g5 c5 40.g6 
    ( 40.gxh6 {Hecht} 40...gxh6 41.f5 Ke5 42.f6 Kxf6 43.Kxe4 Kg5 44.Ke5 
    Kxh5 45.Kf5 Kh4 46.e4 Kg3 47.e5 h5 48.e6 h4 49.e7 h3 50.e8=Q +- )
40...Ke6 41.Kxe4 Kf6 42.Kd5 
    ( 42.f5 {Hecht} 42...Kg5 43.Ke5 Kxh5 44.Ke6 Kg5 45.f6 Kxg6 46.f7 +- )
    ( 42.Kd5 {Hecht} 42...Kf5 43.e4+ Kxf4 44.e5 Kf5 45.e6 Kf6 46.Kd6 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kangur, Alar RSTL"]
[Black "Ilyin, Stanyslav LAKH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 g6 
    ( 7...e6 )
8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nf3 
    ( 10.Qd2 e6 11.O-O-O f6?! 
        ( 11...exd5 12.cxd5 Bg4?! 
            ( 12...c4 13.h3! N8d7 14.Nf3 Nc5 {><d3 /\Bf5} 
                ( 14...Re8!? )
            15.g4 Bd7 16.Bh6! Nca4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 
                ( 17...Nxc3?? 18.Qxc3 Kxg7 19.e6+ +- )
            18.Ne4 +/- {Koch,J-Hauchard,A/FRA-ch 1991 (34)} )
            ( 12...N8d7 13.Nf3 Re8 14.e6 fxe6 15.dxe6 Rxe6 16.Ng5 $40 )
            ( 12...Re8!? 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Bb5 N8d7 15.Rhe1 a6 16.Bxd7 Nxd7 
            17.e6 fxe6 18.dxe6 Nf6 =+ {Lutz,K-Schnelzer,R/Hessenliga 1994 
            (34)} )
        13.Re1 c4!? 14.h3 Bf5 15.g4 Bd3 16.Bxd3 cxd3 17.Qxd3 +/- {
        Ilincic,Z-Marinkovic,I/Vrnjacka Banja 1989 (44)} )
    12.Nf3! fxe5 13.Bxe5 exd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd5 Bf5 16.Bd3 +/- {
    Koch,J-Dubois,J/FRA-chT 1994 (29)} )
10...e6 
    ( 10...Bg4 )
11.d6 Nc6 12.Qd2 f6!? 
    ( 12...Nd7!? 13.Qe3 Nd4 
        ( 13...f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Bg5 Qf7 ~ )
    14.O-O-O Qa5 15.h4 f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Ne5 += {
    Kraut,R-Sieglen,J/Wuert-ch Stuttgart 1985/1/2-1/2 (50)} )
13.exf6!? {Very serious attention deserved also} 
    ( 13.Ne4!? fxe5!? 
        ( 13...Nd7?! 14.O-O-O! 
            ( 14.exf6 Nxf6! 15.Nf2 e5 16.Bg3 Re8 -/+ )
        14...Ncxe5 15.Nxe5 fxe5 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Bd3 $36 )
    14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Bd3 Nd4 16.O-O ~= {with promising position.} )
13...Bxf6 
    ( 13...Qxf6!? 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.O-O-O e5 16.Qe3!? Bg4! ~ )
14.Be3! += {Covering square d4,which prooves to be very important.} 14...
Bd4 
    ( 14...Nd4!? 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Qxd6 17.Bxf6 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Rxf6 19.
    Ne4 += )
    ( 14...Ne5!? 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.O-O-O Bd7 17.Ne4!? Rxf1!? 
        ( 17...Bc6 18.Nxc5 )
    18.Rhxf1 Nxc4 19.Qf2 Bxb2+ 20.Kb1 Bg7!? 
        ( 20...Nxe3?! 21.Qxb2! Nxd1 22.Rxd1! 
            ( 22.Nf6+?! Kg7 23.Ne8+ Kh6 24.Qg7+ Kg5 25.Qe5+ Kh6 26.Qf4+ 
                ( 26.Qg7+ = )
                ( 26.Nf6? Qb6+ 27.Kc1 Qb2+! 28.Qxb2 Nxb2 -+ )
            26...Qg5 
                ( 26...g5? 27.Qf8+ Kh5 28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.Qg7+ Kh5 30.Qxh7+ 
                Kg4 31.Qh3# )
            27.Qf8+ Kh5 28.Ng7+ Kh6 = )
        22...Bc6 23.Nf6+ Kf7 24.Rf1! +- )
    21.Bxc5 Rc8 22.Bb4 a5 23.Bc3 Na3+ 24.Kb2 Nc4+ 25.Ka1 +/- )
15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nxc4? {Strange decision:instead of playing nearly 
equal ending arising after} 
    ( 16...Qxd6!? 17.Bxb6 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 axb6 19.Ke3 e5 20.Bd3 Be6 21.b3 +=
    {black chooses to play ending in which his chances of saving the game 
    are slim!} )
17.Bxc4 Qh4+ 18.g3 
    ( 18.Bf2?! Qxc4 19.Rd1 
        ( 19.d7? Bxd7 20.Qxd7 Ne5 -+ )
    19...Bd7 20.Qd3 Qxd3 21.Rxd3 Ne5 22.Rd1 Bc6 23.O-O += )
18...Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Nxd4 20.O-O-O! +/- {Wining a pawn and actually the game 
as well.} 20...b5 $8 21.Rxd4 
    ( 21.Nxb5?! Nxb5 22.Bxb5 Bb7 23.Rhe1 Bd5 +/- )
21...bxc4 22.Rxc4 Bb7 23.Re1 +- Rad8 
    ( 23...Rac8 24.Ra4! a6 25.Rxe6 Rcd8 26.Rd4 +- )
24.Rc7 Bd5 {The consequences of other moves were the same:} 
    ( 24...Bc8 25.Ne4 +- )
    ( 24...Rf7 25.Rxe6 Rxd6 26.Rxf7 +- )
25.Nxd5 exd5 26.d7 
    ( 26.Ree7!? Rf1+ 27.Kd2 Rxd6 28.Rg7+ Kf8 29.Rxh7 Kg8 30.Rcg7+ Kf8 31.
    Rxa7 Kg8 32.Rhc7 +- )
26...a6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Rxd5 Ke7 29.Rd2 {the rest is easy:white simply comes
with the king to the center.} 29...Rf6 30.Kc2 Rb6 31.Kc3 Ke6 32.b4 a5 33.
a3 axb4+ 34.axb4 Rd6 35.Rxd6+ Kxd6 36.Rc4 h5 37.Rd4+ Kc6 38.h4 Kb5 39.Kd3 
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel LAKH"]
[Black "Rauk, Tonu RSTL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Qc2 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.O-O 
Qc7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 e5 12.c5 Be7 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bf4 Be6 
15.Bxe5 Qa5 16.a3 Qa4 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.Qd3 Rad8 19.Qc3 Bf8 20.b4 Qb3 21.
Qxb3 Bxb3 22.Rab1 Ba2 23.Rb2 Bc4 24.Rc1 Bb5 25.a4 Bxa4 26.Ra2 Bb5 27.Rxa7 
f6 28.Bd6 Bxd6 29.cxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxb7 Red8 31.Bf1 R6d7 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Bc4+ 
Kf8 34.d5 Bxc4 35.dxc6 Rd4 36.c7 Be6 37.c8=Q+ Bxc8 38.Rxc8+ Kf7 39.Rc7+ 
Kg6 40.b5 Rb4 {# In Stellungen dieses Typs mit einer intakten schwarzen 
Bauernformation am Königsflügel ist die seitliche Deckung des Freibauern 
prinzipiell chancenreicher. So oder so muß der weiße König in Richtung 
c-Linie laufen. Wenn dann der schwarze Turm einen weißen 
Königsflügelbauern geschlagen hat, folgt b6 und der schwarze Turm hat 
Probleme, den Bauern überhaupt noch zu halten. Ein kleines Beispiel folgt 
in der Variante zu Tb7} 41.Rb7 
    ( 41.Rc5 Rb2 {In Betracht kommt auch die Annäherung des Königs mittels
    Kf7} 42.Kf1 h5 43.Ke1 Kh6 44.h4 g5 45.Kd1 Rxf2 46.Kc1 Rf3 47.Kc2 Rxg3 
    48.b6 Rg2+ 49.Kb3 Rg1 50.Kb2 Rg2+ 51.Rc2 Rg4 {und Schwarz überlebt 
    nur, wenn sich der Turm opfern kann.} 52.Kb3 Rg3+ 53.Rc3 Rg1 54.Kb2 
    Rg4 
        ( 54...Rg2+ 55.Ka3 Rg1 56.b7 Rb1 57.Rb3 Ra1+ 58.Kb2 +- {
        Gewinnführung siehe auch Studienmaterial Markland - Hecht (Nr. 32)
        } )
    55.b7 Rb4+ 56.Rb3 Rxb7 57.Rxb7 gxh4 58.Kc3 Kg5 59.Kd3 Kf4 60.Ke2 Kg3 
    61.Rg7+ Kh2 62.Kf2 h3 63.Rh7 +- )
41...Rb1+ 42.Kg2 Rb2 43.g4?! 
    ( 43.Kf3 h5 44.Ke3 Kh6 45.Kd3 Rxf2 46.Kc3 Rxh2 {und weil der weiße 
    Turm v o r dem Freibauern steht, geht noch ein Tempo flöten.} )
    ( 43.h4!? h5 44.Kf3 Kh6 45.Ke3 g5 $132 {nach hxg5 und fxg5 erhält 
    Schwarz auch einen Freibauern} )
    ( 43.h3!? )
43...h5 44.gxh5+ 
    ( 44.h3 hxg4 
        ( 44...h4!? )
    45.hxg4 f5 46.gxf5+ Kxf5 47.Kg3 g5 48.b6 Rb3+ 49.Kg2 g4 50.Rb8 Kg6 51.
    b7 Kg7 52.Kf1 Kh7 53.Ke2 Kg7 54.Kd2 Kh7 55.Kc2 Rb6 56.Kc3 Kg7 57.Kd4 
    Kh7 58.Ke5 Kg7 59.Kf4 Rb4+ 60.Kf5 Kh7 = )
44...Kxh5 45.Kg3 
    ( 45.Rxg7 Rxb5 = )
45...Kg6 46.f3 Rb4 47.h3 Rb1 48.b6 Rb4 49.h4 Rb3 50.Rb8 Rb4 51.b7 Kf5 52.
h5 Rb3 53.h6 gxh6 54.Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Narva, Regina RSTL"]
[Black "EMPTY LAKH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil DAPR"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil DAPR"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jirovsky, Milos DAPR"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Polak, Tomas DAPR"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir DAPR"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan DAPR"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cernov, Vadim GZCH"]
[Black "Raud, Rainer RSTL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Ne2 Bd6 7.Ng3 O-O 8.
Be3 Re8 9.Qf3 Qa5+ 10.c3 Ba3 11.b4 Bxb4 12.cxb4 Qxb4+ 13.Kd1 Qa4+ 14.Kd2 
Qb4+ 15.Kc2 Qa4+ 16.Kd2 Qb4+ 17.Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leito, Priit RSTL"]
[Black "Slovineanu, Veaceslav GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.Rc1 a6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.b4 Nb6 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.Qb3 Ng4 15.Bxg4 
Bxg4 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.Qa3 Bg5 18.Nd1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Ne3 e4 
22.Qc3 Nd7 23.h4 Qh5 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Qd4 Nf6 26.Rc6 Qxd5 27.Rxd6 Qf5 28.
Rc1 Qg4 29.Rc3 Qxh4 30.Rg3 Rf8 31.Rd7 Rf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Nf3 Qf4 34.Ne5+ 
Kg8 35.Nd7 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qh6+ 37.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai GZCH"]
[Black "Taenav, Tiit RSTL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 Nc7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qb3 Qc8 14.Nd4 Rd8 15.
Red1 Ne6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Nb5 Bc6 18.Nc7 Rb8 19.Qe3 Kf7 20.Bh3 Bd7 21.Be5 
Rb6 22.a3 Qb7 23.g4 Rc6 24.Qf4 Kg8 25.b4 Ne4 26.b5 Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Rf8 28.
Qxe4 dxe4 29.Rxd7 Rc8 30.Rxe7 Rxc7 31.Rxe6 Qd5 32.Rc6 Rxc6 33.bxc6 Qxc6 
34.Bg2 Qd5 35.e3 a5 36.Bf1 Qg5 37.h3 h5 38.Be2 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kf8 40.a4 Qd5 
41.Rc4 Ke7 42.Kf1 Kd6 43.Rc1 Kc6 44.Kg2 Qd2 45.Bb5+ Kd6 46.Rh1 Qc2 47.Rh5 
Qd1 48.Rg5 Qf3+ 49.Kf1 Qf6 50.Rh5 Qe6 51.Rh8 Qxg4 52.Rd8+ Ke5 53.Re8+ Kf6 
54.Rf8+ Kg5 55.Re8 Qd1+ 56.Kg2 Qd5 57.Rc8 Kf6 58.Rf8+ Ke7 59.Re8+ Kf7 60.
Rc8 Qg5+ 61.Kf1 Ke6 62.Ra8 Kd5 63.Rxa5 Qg4 64.Ra7 Qc8 65.Rd7+ Ke5 66.Re7+ 
Kd5 67.Rd7+ Ke6 68.Rxg7 Kf6 69.Rh7 Kg6 70.Ra7 Qh3+ 71.Kg1 Qg4+ 72.Kf1 Qd1+
73.Kg2 Qg4+ 74.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kangur, Alar RSTL"]
[Black "Svetuschin, Dumitru GZCH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O Nf5 9.
Na4 Nd7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 e6 12.b3 b5 13.Nb2 Qb6 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.Rxe3 c5 
16.c3 Bf8 17.Kh1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Ba3 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.b4 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Qc6 22.a4 
bxa4 23.b5 Qb7 24.Rxa4 Nb6 25.Ra1 O-O 26.Rea3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 dxc4 28.Rxa7 c3 
29.Qc2 Qxb5 30.Rb1 Qc4 31.Ra4 Qc6 32.Ra3 Rc7 33.Rc1 Rfc8 34.Kg1 Qd5 35.Ra4
Rc4 36.Rxc4 Rxc4 37.Rd1 Rxd4 38.Rxd4 Qxd4+ 39.Kf1 Qxf4+ 40.Ke2 Qxe5+ 41.
Kd1 Qd4+ 42.Ke2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lyukin, Sergei GZCH"]
[Black "Rauk, Tonu RSTL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 e5 15.Be3
Rxa2 16.Qb3 Ra5 17.Nc3 Qa8 18.Qc2 Rb8 19.Bc4 Bc6 20.f3 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narva, Regina RSTL"]
[Black "Nevednicii, Boris GZCH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.c4 Nb6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nf3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Bf6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.h3 h6 13.a3 Qe7 14.Qc1 Rfd8 15.Rd1 
Rd7 16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Qd1 g5 18.g4 Bg6 19.b4 e5 20.d5 e4 21.dxc6 Rxd2 22.Nxd2
Bxc3 23.cxb7 c6 24.Ra2 Qxb7 25.Qb3 Be5 26.a4 Bb8 27.Nf1 Nd7 28.Rd2 Re8 29.
c5 Ne5 30.b5 Nd3 31.Ng3 Nf4 32.Bf1 Nd5 33.Rxd5 cxd5 34.c6 Qe7 35.Qxd5 Rd8 
36.Qc4 Bf4 37.Qc5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil DAPR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 
    ( 5.Be3 Nc6 
        ( 5...e5 6.Qd2 
            ( 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bc4 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Qxa4 9.Nxa4 b5 10.Bd5 Nge7 11.
            Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Rxc8 13.Bb3 Na5 14.O-O Nec6 15.c3 += {/+/- 
            Panchenko,A-Raskhovsky,N/ Tashkent 1980} )
        6...Nf6 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6
        hxg6 13.O-O += {/+/- Antunes,A-Rodriguez,R/Manila (ol) 1992} )
    6.Qd2 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O-O Qc7 9.Bf4 Ne5 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Bb5 
    Nc6 13.Qa3 e5 14.Nd5 +/- {Tseitlin,Mark-Zaichik,G/Krasnoirsk 1981} )
5...Nc6 6.Qd2 h6 
    ( 6...Nf6 7.Bd3 e6 8.c4 Be7 
        ( 8...h6 9.Bf4 d5?! 10.exd5 exd5 11.O-O Be7 12.Nc3 Bg4? 
            ( 12...dxc4 += )
            ( 12...Be6 += )
        13.cxd5 Bxf3 
            ( 13...Nxd5 14.Be4 )
        14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Rad1 +/- {Kamsky,G-Lautier,J/Dortmund 1993;57/ 193
        [Kamsky,G]} )
    9.Nc3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rac1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 $36 {
    Grosar,A-Ehlvest,J/Moscow (ol) 1994;EXP 44} )
7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Bg7 9.Nc3 
    ( 9.c3?! Nf6 10.Bd3 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.O-O Bf5 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.Na3 O-O
    15.Nc2 Ne4 =+ {Tseitlin,Mark-Lerner,K/Moscow 1983} )
9...Be6 
    ( 9...Nf6 10.O-O-O Nh5 11.Nd5 Be6 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.c3 f5? 
        ( 13...O-O $132 )
    14.exf5 Bxf5+ 15.Bd3 {Rozentalis,E-Tyomkin,D/Beer-Sheva 1997;CBM 58} )
    ( 9...Bg4 )
10.Nd5?! 
    ( 10.Bd3 )
    ( 10.Be2 )
10...Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.c3 Qa5! {black is already better,by actually 
doing nothing,white's bishop on "g3" is very bad,plus after g4 by black 
white does not really has a place for his knight} 13.Be2 
    ( 13.h3!? {just preventing g4} )
13...g4 14.Nh4 
    ( 14.Ng1 h5 )
14...Rd8! 
    ( 14...Qh5?! 15.h3! Bxh4? 16.hxg4 )
15.f4?! {I do not really know if white sacrifised a pawn here,or simply 
missed that after 15...Qh5 now he can not play 16.h3 because of 16...Bxh4 
17.Hxg4 Bxg3 check!,but if he wanted to sacrifise his pawn he could play 
0-0 and get better chances} 
    ( 15.O-O $142 !? Qh5 
        ( 15...d5 16.exd5 Rxd5 17.Qe3 Rh5? 18.Ng6 )
    16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Qxf5 18.f3 ~= )
15...Qh5 16.Nf5 $8 
    ( 16.h3 Bxh4 17.hxg4 Bxg3+ )
16...Bxf5 17.exf5 Qxf5 18.h3 
    ( 18.O-O h5 -/+ )
18...gxh3 19.Rxh3 d5 
    ( 19...Rg8 20.O-O-O )
20.Bd3 
    ( 20.O-O-O Nb4! 
        ( 20...d4 21.c4 )
    21.Bc4 Rc8 22.Bb3 d4 $36 )
20...Qg4 21.Kf1 
    ( 21.Be2 Qg7 )
21...h5 
    ( 21...Rg8!? )
    ( 21...Bg7 22.Bf2 )
22.Re1 h4 23.Bh2 Rg8 24.a3 {to be honest the position is not simple,but 
the question is not who is better,but how can black convert his advantage 
into a win} 24...Kf8 
    ( 24...Na5!? )
25.f5 d4 26.c4 
    ( 26.cxd4 Qxd4 )
26...Bg5 27.Qe2 Be3?! 
    ( 27...Qxe2+ 28.Bxe2 Bf6 -/+ )
28.Qxg4 Rxg4 29.Be2 Rg5 
    ( 29...Re4?? 30.Bf3 )
30.Bd3! 
    ( 30.Rxh4 Rxf5+ 31.Bf3 Kg7 -/+ )
30...Rg4 {just going for a draw it was possible to play 30...Rh5 when 
after 31.b4 white has compensation but I think black is still better} 
    ( 30...Rh5 31.b4 )
31.Be2 Rg5 32.Bd3 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil DAPR"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Kortschnoj} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.
exd4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 {Lembit Oll prefers this move to more 
popular 9...a6 and 9...b6} 10.Bg5 h6 {Black did well and after} 
    ( 10...Qa5!? 11.Rc1 
        ( 11.Qe2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bd2 Qf5 16.Bd3
        Qd5 17.f3 Nf6 = {0-1 Vaiser,A-Korchnoi,V/New York GP 1994 (30)} )
    11...Bxc3 12.Rxc3 b5 13.Ra3 Qb6 14.Rb3 a6 15.a4 Qc7 16.Bd3 bxa4 17.Rc3
    Qa5 18.Ra3 Bb7 19.Rxa4 Qd5 ~ {Ljubojevic,L-Kortschnoj,V/Leon 1994/CBM 
    42/[Franco]/1/ 2-1/2 (81)} )
11.Bh4 Qa5 
    ( 11...a6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Rfe1 b5 14.Bb3 Bb7 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Ne5 += {
    1/2-1/2 Averbakh,Y-Prins,L/SVE izt 1952 (77)} )
12.Rc1 
    ( 12.Qd3!? {Vaisser} )
12...Bxc3!? {In the beggining of the year Oll played with success} 
    ( 12...b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rac8 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 Nxe5 17.b4 Nf3+ 
    18.Qxf3 Bxf3 19.bxa5 Bb7 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rfc1 Ne4 22.R3c2 g5 23.Bg3 
    Nxg3 24.hxg3 Rfd8 25.Bb5 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rxd4 27.Rc7 {Zayac,E-Oll,L/US-op
    1997/EXP 58/0-1 (45)} )
13.Rxc3 
    ( 13.bxc3 b5 14.Bb3 Bb7 = )
13...b5 14.Bb3 b4 
    ( 14...Bb7 15.Ne5 Nxe5 $140 16.dxe5 b4 17.Re3 Nd5 18.Rg3 $36 )
15.Rc1 Bb7 16.Re1 
    ( 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxf6 Ng6 =+ )
16...Rac8 
    ( 16...Qh5!? {Kortschnoj} 17.Bg3 Rfc8 = )
17.Ne5 Bd5 
    ( 17...Nxe5!? 18.Rxe5 
        ( 18.dxe5 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 Ne4 20.Qf4 Rc8 = )
    18...Nd5 )
18.Qd3 
    ( 18.Nxd7!? Nxd7 19.Qh5 )
18...Bxb3 
    ( 18...Nxe5? 19.dxe5 Bxb3 20.exf6 )
19.Nxd7!? 
    ( 19.Qxb3 Rxc1 
        ( 19...Nxe5 {Kortschnoj} 20.dxe5 Qxe5 = )
    20.Rxc1 Nxe5 21.dxe5 
        ( 21.Bxf6 Ng6 22.Be5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxb4 Rb8 =+ )
    21...Nd5 = )
19...Nxd7 20.Qxb3 Rfe8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Be7 Qb6 
    ( 22...Qf5!? 23.Bxb4 Rc2 24.Rf1 Nb6 ~= )
    ( 22...Rb8 23.Bd6 Rb7 $140 24.Rc1!? $36 
        ( 24.Rxe6!? fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kh8! 
            ( 25...Kh7 26.Qe4+ Kg8 27.Qxb7 +- )
        26.Qe8+ Nf8 27.Bxf8 Qxa2 ~ )
    )
23.Qxb4 
    ( 23.d5 {Kortschnoj} 23...exd5 24.Qxd5 Nf6 = )
23...Rc2 24.Qa4! 
    ( 24.Qxb6? Nxb6 25.Rb1 Nc4 =+ )
24...Qc7 
    ( 24...Qxb2? 25.Qxd7 Rc1 26.Qd8+! Kh7 27.Qa5 Qa1 28.Bb4 +- )
25.Bc5?! 
    ( 25.b3 Nb6 26.Qe8+ Kh7 27.Qxf7 Nd5 28.Qxe6 Nxe7 =+ )
    ( 25.Qb3! {Kortschnoj} 25...Rc1 26.Bb4 += )
25...Rxb2 26.Bxa7 
    ( 26.Qxa7 Qxa7 
        ( 26...Qf4!? {Kortschnoj} )
    27.Bxa7 Rxa2 28.Bc5 Nxc5 
        ( 28...e5 =+ {Kortschnoj} )
    29.dxc5 Rc2 =+ )
26...Nf6! ~= 27.d5?! 
    ( 27.h3 $142 ! Qf4 $140 28.Rf1 Ne4 29.d5! exd5 30.Bd4 = )
27...Nxd5 28.Bd4 
    ( 28.a3 Nc3 29.Qa6 Ne2+! 30.Kh1 
        ( 30.Kf1? Qxh2! -+ )
    30...Qc3 31.Rf1 Qc2 -+ )
28...Rb4 29.Qa8+?? 
    ( 29.Qe8+ Kh7 30.Ba1 Re4!? 31.Rf1 Re2 =+ )
    ( 29.Qd1 =+ {Kortschnoj} )
29...Kh7 30.Ba1 Qc2 -/+ 31.Qf8?! 
    ( 31.Qa6 {Kortschnoj} 31...Nf4 -+ )
    ( 31.Qa5!? Rb1 32.g3 Nb4 33.Qe5 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Nxa2 -/+ )
31...Qg6 32.Be5 
    ( 32.Rf1 Rb1 33.Qc5 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Qd3+ 35.Ke1 Nf4 -+ )
32...Rb1 -+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos DAPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 
d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 
    ( 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 Nd7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.b4 a5 15.Qd4+ e5 
    16.Qxd6 axb4 17.Qxb4 +/- {1-0 Tsesarsky-Peretz Malkiel/ Israel 1993 
    (32)} )
10...Nxd4 
    ( 10...a6 11.f3 Rc8 12.Rfd1?! 
        ( 12.Rac1 )
    12...Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.b3 Nd7 15.Be3?! 
        ( 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rac1 Qa5 $132 )
    15...b5! 16.Rac1 bxc4 17.bxc4 
        ( 17.b4 f5 -/+ )
    17...Bxc4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 
        ( 18...Bxe2 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Nxe7+ +- )
    19.Qxd5 ~= Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nc5 21.e5 Ne6 
        ( 21...Qa8 22.Qxa8 Rxa8 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Rxc5 += )
    22.exd6 Qxd6 23.Qxd6 exd6 24.Bxa6 += {1-0 Tsesarsky-Protasevich/Arzit 
    League 1996 (44)} )
11.Bxd4 Bc6 
    ( 11...a5 12.f4 Bc6 13.Bf3 a4 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.e5 
        ( 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bxd4+ 17.Qxd4 Bb5 = )
    15...dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.e6 $132 {1/2-1/2 
    Tsesarsky-Afek/T-A 1991 (67)} )
12.f3 Nd7 
    ( 12...a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Bf2!? 
        ( 14.Be3 )
    14...Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb8 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Bf1 Rc7 18.Re1 Rd7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.
    exd5 Bf6 21.h4 Qf8 22.Rbc1 Qg7 23.Rc2 Rc7 24.g4 e5 25.g5 Be7 26.f4 +/-
    {1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Fleish,F/Rishon-Le-Zion 1991 (36)} )
13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6 
    ( 15...e6? 16.Nb5 Be5 
        ( 16...Bxb5 17.cxb5 +/- )
    17.Bg5! Qb8 
        ( 17...Qb6 18.Kh1 Bxb5 
            ( 18...f6 19.Be3 +/- )
        19.cxb5 +/- )
    18.Be7 +/- {1-0 Tsesarsky-Fleish/Rishon-Le-Zion 1995 (33)} )
16.Rfc1 
    ( 16.Nb5 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Qd8 18.Nd4 Qf8 19.Rd1 h5 20.a3 Bd7 21.b4 axb4 
    22.axb4 Ne6 23.Nb3 Ra3 24.Qc1 Ra4 25.Na5 $132 {1/2-1/2 
    Tsesarsky-Afek/Hod Hasharon 1995 (65)} )
16...Rfc8 17.Rc2 Qd8 18.Bf1 Qf8 
    ( 18...Be5 19.a3 Qf8 
        ( 19...Be8 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na4 22.Ne2 Nb6 $132 {- 
        Wojtkiewicz,A-Bischoff,K/Altensteig 1995/CBM 49} )
    20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Qg7 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 Na4 24.Rb3 b6 25.Ra3 +/- {
    Khalifman,A-Hracek,Z/Pardubice 1994/CBM 42/[Boensch,U]/0-1 (70)} )
    ( 18...b6 19.a3 Ra7 20.Qf2 Rca8 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Nd7 23.Nd5 Rb8 24.
    Rbc1 Ra3 25.Qd2 Rba8 26.Qf2 $132 {- Schulz,M-Taylor,G/Canadian op 
    1997/EXP 60 (28)} )
19.a3 
    ( 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Bg5 Bxd5 21.cxd5 
        ( 21.exd5 += )
    21...Qb6 22.Be3 Qb4 23.Qxb4 axb4 24.Bd2 
        ( 24.Bc4 Ra5 25.a4 Bc3 
            ( 25...bxa3 26.b4 +- )
        26.Bb5 += )
    24...Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Rc7 26.Rbc1 Rac8 27.Rc4 Bb2 28.R1c2 Ba3 29.Kg1 
        ( 29.Bxb4 Bxb4 30.Rxb4 +/- )
    29...Ra8 30.Rd4 Nxb3! 31.Rxc7 Nxd4 32.Be3 e5 33.dxe6 Nxe6 34.Rxb7 Rc8 
    35.Bh6 
        ( 35.h4? h5 36.Bd2 Rc2 37.Bxb4 Bxb4 38.Rxb4 Rxa2 {1/ 2-1/2 
        Kaminski,M-Petursson,M/Linares op 1995} )
    35...Nd8 36.Rd7 Ne6 37.Ba6 +/- )
19...f5 
    ( 19...h5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na4 22.Ne2 Kh7 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Rbc1 Qh8 25.
    g3 Nb6 26.c5 dxc5 27.bxc5 Na4 28.Qb4 Nxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Qxc5 Rc8 31.
    Qxe7 Rxc1 32.Qxd7 +- {1-0 Yoos,J-Taylor,G/CAN-ch 1996/EXT 97 (46)} )
20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Ne6 22.exf5 gxf5 
    ( 22...Qxf5 23.Re1 += )
23.b5 Bd7 24.Nd5 += Ra3 
    ( 24...Rd8 25.Re1 
        ( 25.Nb6 Ra3 26.Re1 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Bd4 28.Nxd7 Qh6! 29.f4 
            ( 29.Rc3 f4 -+ )
        29...Qxf4 -/+ )
    25...Ra3 26.Qb4 += )
25.Re1 Rxe3?? 
    ( 25...Rd8 26.Bf2 += )
26.Nxe3 +- Nd4 27.Ra2 Qf7 
    ( 27...Ra8 28.Rxa8 Qxa8 29.Qb4 
        ( 29.Nd5 e6 30.Nf4 Qd8 31.Ne2 Nxe2+ 32.Bxe2 Qb6+ 33.Kh1 +- )
    29...Qa2 30.Nd5 +- )
28.Kh1 
    ( 28.Bd3?! Nxb5! 29.Nd5 
        ( 29.cxb5? Bc3 30.Qe2 
            ( 30.Bc4 Rxc4 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.Qd3 Bxe1 33.Nxc4 Bxb5 34.Qd4+ Qf6
            -/+ )
        30...Bxe1 31.Nxf5 Bxf5 32.Bxf5 Qxf5 33.Qxe1 = )
    29...e6 30.cxb5 exd5 31.Kh1 +/- )
28...h5 29.Ra7 Rb8 
    ( 29...Nb3 30.Qd5 Nc5 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.g3 +- )
30.Qa2 e5 31.Ra8 
    ( 31.Qa3 Bf8 32.Qa5 Be6 33.Qb6 f4 34.Nd5 Bxd5 35.cxd5 Nc2 
        ( 35...Qxd5 36.Qc7 +- )
    36.Rc1 +- )
31...Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.Nd5 
    ( 33.Qf2 +- )
33...Be6 34.f4! Bg7 
    ( 34...exf4 35.Nxf4 +- )
35.fxe5 dxe5 36.Qa8+ 
    ( 36.Be2 Nxb5 37.Bxh5 Qxh5 38.cxb5 Qf7 39.Rd1 +- )
36...Kh7 37.Qd8? 
    ( 37.Ne3 f4 38.Bd3+ Kh6 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.cxd5 Qxd5 41.Be4 Qxb5 42.Qg8 +-
    )
37...Nxb5 +/- 38.cxb5 Bxd5 39.Rc1!? 
    ( 39.Rd1 Be6 
        ( 39...Be4 40.Rd6 
            ( 40.Rd7 Qg6 
                ( 40...Qe6 41.Rd6 Qf7 42.Qg5 +- )
            41.Qe7 f4 42.Qd6 
                ( 42.Qxe5 Bxg2+ 43.Kg1 Bc6+ -+ )
            42...Qxd6 43.Rxd6 +/- )
            ( 40.Bd3 Bxd3 
                ( 40...Bf6 41.Qd6 Bxd3 42.Qxd3 Kg6 43.Qd7 e4 
                    ( 43...Qb3 44.Rf1 f4 45.Qxb7 +- )
                44.Qxf7+ Kxf7 45.Rd7+ Ke6 46.Rxb7 e3 47.Kg1 +- )
            41.Rxd3 Qa2 42.Qd7 +/- )
        40...f4 41.Bd3 Bxd3 42.Rxd3 Qf5 +/- )
    40.Rd6 e4 41.Be2 Be5 42.Bxh5 Qxh5 43.Qe7+ Bg7 44.Qxe6 +- )
39...Be4 40.Bd3?! 
    ( 40.Bc4 Qf6 41.Qg8+ 
        ( 41.Bg8+ Kh8 42.Qxf6 Bxf6 43.Bf7 h4 += )
    41...Kh6 42.Rd1 Qg6 43.Rd2 Bf6 44.Qxg6+ Kxg6 45.Bd5 +/- )
40...Bxd3 $8 41.Qxd3 e4!? 
    ( 41...h4?! 42.Qd8 h3 43.gxh3 Qh5 44.Qd5 Qxh3 
        ( 44...e4 45.Rf1 +- )
    45.Qg2 Qe3 46.Rg1 +/- )
42.Qc4 Qd7 
    ( 42...Qxc4 43.Rxc4 b6 44.g3 Be5 
        ( 44...Bf8 45.Rc6 Bc5 46.Rxc5 +- )
    45.Rc6 +/- )
43.Qe2 
    ( 43.g3 Kg6 44.Kg2 h4 += )
43...Kg6 44.Rd1 Qc7 45.Qd2 Be5 46.Qd5 Qe7!? 
    ( 46...h4!? 47.Qe6+ 
        ( 47.b6 Qe7 48.Qd7 Kf6! 49.Rd5 Qb4 50.Qd8+ Kg6 $132 )
    47...Kg5 48.b6 Qc5 49.Qg8+ Kf6 50.Qh7 +/- )
47.g3 e3? 
    ( 47...Kg5 48.h4+ Kg6 
        ( 48...Kg4 49.Kg2 +- )
    49.Kg2 +/- )
48.Qd3 +- Bc7 
    ( 48...Bb8 49.Kg2 h4 50.Re1 Ba7 51.Rf1 Qg5 52.Qd6+ +- )
49.Kg2 
    ( 49.b6! e2 50.Re1 Bxb6 51.Rxe2 Qf6 52.Qd5 Qa1+ 53.Kg2 Qg1+ 54.Kh3 
    Qf1+ 55.Rg2 Ba7 56.Kh4 +- )
49...h4 50.Re1 Bb6 51.g4 Qg5 
    ( 51...Qe4+ 52.Qxe4 fxe4 53.h3 Kg5 54.Rf1 e2 55.Re1 Kf4 56.Rxe2 e3 57.
    Rc2 Bd4 58.Rc4 Ke4 59.Ra4 +- )
52.Qd6+ Kg7 53.Qe5+ Kg6 54.Qe6+ Kg7 55.Qxf5 Qe7 56.Re2 Bc5 57.g5 b6 58.Kh3
Qe8 59.g6 
    ( 59.Kxh4 +- )
59...Qe7 60.Qf7+ Qxf7 61.gxf7 Kxf7 62.Kxh4 Ke6 63.Kg4 Kd5 64.h4 Ke4 65.h5 
Bf8 66.Ra2 Bg7 67.Kg3 Be5+ 68.Kg2 Bg7 69.Ra4+ Kd3 70.Kf3 e2 71.Re4 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polak, Tomas DAPR"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 Nh5 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Be2 
Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Ng7 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Bf4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Be2 g5 21.Rab1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir DAPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ndf6 6.Ng5 g6 
    ( 6...Bg4 7.N1f3 Bh5 
        ( 7...e6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Bd6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qe2 Bf4 12.Bxf4 Qxf4 
        13.Rad1 Ne7 = {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Christiansen,L/Szirak izt 1987 (40)}
        )
    8.c3 e6 
        ( 8...Qc7 9.Qc2 h6 10.Ne6 Qd6 11.Nxf8 Bxf3 12.Ng6 Bxg2 13.Rg1 Qxh2
        14.Rxg2 Qxg2 15.Nxh8 Qh1+ 16.Bf1 Qe4+ 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Bc4 e6 19.
        Bf4 Ke7 20.O-O-O b5 21.Be2 Ngf6 22.f3 Nh5 23.Be5 Neg3 24.Bd3 Rxh8 
        -+ {0-1 Riemersma, L-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch 1987 (39)} )
    9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nc4 Be7 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.O-O Nf6 15.
    Re1 Rd8 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qc7 18.g3 Rd7 19.Bf4 Qc8 20.Qa4 a6 21.Qa5 
    {Van der Wiel,J-Karpov,A/Optiebeurs 1988/CBM 07/ 1/2-1/2 (41)} )
    ( 6...h6 7.N5f3 e6 
        ( 7...Bf5 8.Ne5 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qd5 10.f3 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Bf4 e6 =
        {Winge,S-Angqvist,T/Rilton Cup 1987/1-0 (42) })
    8.Ne2 Bd6 9.c4 Ne7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Qc2 c5 12.g4 Nc6 13.h4 Nxg4 14.Ng5 
    hxg5 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.hxg5 Nh6 17.gxh6 g6 18.Bxg6 fxg6 19.Qxg6 Rg8 20.
    Qh5 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Herlihy,B-Greenwood,A/AUS-chJM 1995/EXT 97} )
7.h3 
    ( 7.N1f3 Nh6 8.Bf4 Bg7 9.Qd2 Nd5 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Qa5+
    13.c3 O-O-O 14.O-O Qc7 15.g3 Nf6 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.Rfe1 Ng4 18.Qh4 Bd5 19.
    Nxf7 Bxf7 20.Rxe7 +- {1-0 Babrikowski,P-Seibicke,R/OLO-A 1994/GER 08 
    (28)} )
7...Bg7 8.N1f3 Nh6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qe2 Nd5 
    ( 11...e6 12.Bd2 
        ( 12.Ne4 = )
        ( 12.Ne5!? )
    12...Nd5 13.Qf1 
        ( 13.c4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 {><Pd4} )
    13...Nf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.c3 
        ( 15.Re4 Qd6 16.Rae1 Nf5 17.c3 h6 -+ )
    15...Nf5 16.Re4 Qc7 17.Re2 = )
12.c4 Nb4 
    ( 12...Nf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.Qxe7 Nf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 +/- )
13.Bb1 
    ( 13.Bd2 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bf5 =+ )
13...e6 14.Ne4 
    ( 14.Bd2!? )
14...Nf5 15.Bg5 
    ( 15.Bd2 Na6 16.Bc3 Rd8 17.Rd1 Qb6 ~ )
15...Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Qd2 c5 
    ( 17...Qb6 18.Be7 
        ( 18.c5 Bxc5 19.Bf6 
            ( 19.Nf6+ Kh8 
                ( 19...Kg7 20.Bh6+ Kh8 
                    ( 20...Kxf6 21.Qg5# )
                21.Bxf8 Bxf8 ~ )
            20.Qf4 Nd5 21.Qh4 Nxf6 22.Bxf6+ Kg8 23.Qh6 Bxf2+ 24.Kh1 +- )
        19...Re8! 
            ( 19...Nd5 20.Qh6 Bxf2+ 21.Kh1 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ Kh8 23.Qxf8# )
        20.Be5 Nd5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Re4 )
    18...Na6 19.Bxf8 Qxb2 20.Bc2 Kxf8 21.Rab1 Qxa2 22.Qxd4 Qxc2 23.Qh8+ 
    Ke7 24.Rbd1 +- )
18.Bf6 Bxf6 19.Nxf6+ Kg7 20.Qc3! e5 21.Rxe5! +- Qd8 
    ( 21...Kxf6 22.Rxc5+ +- )
22.Nxh7 f6 
    ( 22...Kxh7 23.Rh5+ Kg8 24.Rh8# )
23.Nxf8 fxe5 
    ( 23...Qxf8 24.Rg5! +- )
    ( 23...Kxf8 24.Bxg6 fxe5 25.Qf3+ Ke7 26.Qf7+ Kd6 27.Rd1+ +- )
24.Nxg6 Qd1+ 25.Kh2 Qd4 26.Nxe5 Qxf2 27.Nf3+ Kg8 28.Qf6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orsag, Milan DAPR"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 Bf5 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 Qb6 11.Qd2 Rfe8 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.dxc5 Nxc5 
15.Nd4 a5 16.f3 Bc6 17.b3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander EPTK"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir LAKH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.O-O 
e5 
    ( 8...O-O 9.a3? Bxd2 10.Bxd2 Qc7 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.e4 Nde5 13.Bf4 Nxf3+ 
    14.Bxf3 e5 15.Be3 Nd4 16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Enneper, 
    E-Grossmann,H/RLNS 1991/BIG 90} )
9.Nb3! {Posing black some rather direct questions about the constellation 
on b4 and c5.} 9...Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Be6 {The critical continuation, forcing 
white to offer a pawn to maintain the initiative.} 11.Be3 Bxc4 12.Nxc5 
Bxe2 13.Rdc1 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Nd7 15.Ba3 ~= f5? 
    ( 15...Rc8 16.Ng5 Bd3 
        ( 16...Bd3 17.Be4!? 
            ( 17.Rc3 Bg6 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 ~= )
        17...f6 
            ( 17...h6 18.Nxf7! )
        18.Bxd3 fxg5 19.Rc3 $36 )
    )
    ( 15...Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rc8 
        ( 16...Nd4 17.Bxb7 Rb8 18.Ba6 +/- )
    17.Rc3 f5 18.Bd5 $36 )
    ( 15...f6 16.Nd2! $36 )
16.Nh4 g6 
    ( 16...Nd4 17.Bxb7 Rb8 18.Bc6 
        ( 18.Bd6 Rxb7 19.Rc8+ Kf7 20.Rxh8 Rxb2 $132 )
    18...Nxc6 19.Rxc6 +/- 
        ( 19.Nxf5? Nd4 20.Nd6+ Ke7 )
    )
17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Rxc6 Kf7 19.Rc7 Bb5 
    ( 19...Ke6 20.Rac1 Bb5 21.Rd1 Rhd8 22.Nf3! +- )
20.Rd1 Rhd8 21.Nf3! 
    ( 21.Nf3 Kg8 22.Be7 Be2 23.Rd2 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander LAKH"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris EPTK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nb3
Be7 9.Nfxd4 O-O 10.Bf4 a6 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.a4 Bf8 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16.a5 Qb4 17.Qd2 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 c5 19.Bc3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nd2 
Bc6 22.Nc4 f6 23.Rad1 Rad8 24.b3 Kf7 25.Bd2 g5 26.g4 Bd7 27.Ne3 h5 28.h3 
hxg4 29.hxg4 Kg6 30.Bc3 Be6 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Re2 Be7 33.Rd2 Rh8 34.Kg2 Rh4 
35.Kg3 Kf7 36.Rd1 Ke8 37.Nf5 Bxf5 38.gxf5 Rf4 39.Bd2 Rxf5 40.Re1 Rf3+ 41.
Kg2 f5 42.Rh1 Bf6 43.Rh5 g4 44.Rh6 Bd4 45.Be1 e3 46.fxe3 Rxe3 47.Kf1 g3 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid EPTK"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Olexandr LAKH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 a6 8.Ba4
b5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.d3 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.f5 Na5 13.Nf4 Nxb3 14.axb3 exf5 15.
exf5 Bb7 16.Nh5 f6 17.Qg4 Rf7 18.Qxd4 Qc7 19.Qf2 b4 20.Bf4 Qc6 21.Rae1 Bc5
22.Be3 Rc8 23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Qxc5 Rxc5 25.Re2 d6 26.Rf4 a5 27.Ng3 Rfc7 28.
Rff2 Re5 29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 d5 32.Ree2 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 g6 34.
fxg6+ hxg6 35.Ke1 Ra7 36.Kd2 a4 37.bxa4 Rxa4 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Kd4+ Kd6 40.Rf2
f5 41.h4 Ra2 42.b3 Rb2 43.g4 fxg4 44.Rf6+ Kc7 45.Rxg6 Rxc2 46.Rxg4 Rb2 47.
h5 Rh2 48.Rg7+ Kc6 49.Rg6+ Kb5 50.h6 Rh5 51.Rf6 Rh3 52.Rd6 Ka5 53.Rxd5+ 
Kb6 54.Rd6+ Ka5 55.Ke4 Kb5 56.d4 Rh1 57.Kf5 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ilyin, Stanyslav LAKH"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia EPTK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hazai"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Huzman} 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 
    ( 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 {would have led to a Benko Gambit with g3, which 
    is playable for Black.} )
4...Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ {This provocative idea doesn't seem to be completely 
sound from theoretical point of view. On the other hand it leads to lesser
known positions with practical chances for Black.} 
    ( 5...O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 {leads to one of the main lines of the 
    King's Indian.} )
6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc5 9.Qe3 {This is a healthy idea here.} 
    ( 9.Qd1 Nc6 10.Be3 
        ( 10.e3 Ne6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nxe6 dxe6 {This is a very rarely seen P 
        structure!} 13.Bd2 Qb4 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 Rd8 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Na4 
        Bc8 = {Baburin-Azmaiparash aburin-Azmaiparashvili, New York op 
        1997} 
            ( 17...Be8 18.Bc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rb8 20.Nc5 b6 21.Na6 Rc8 22.
            Bxg7 Kxg7 23.b4 f5 24.b3 e5 {Baburin, A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/New 
            York op 1997/EXP 57/1/2-1/2 (73)} )
        )
    10...Ne6 11.Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 dxe6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Qb5 Bd7 
    16.Rab1 Rab8 = {Baburin-Ivanchuk, Yerevan ol 1996} 
        ( 16...Rab8 {Huzman} 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bf4 e5 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qxe5 {
        1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-Ivanchuk,V/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2} )
    )
9...Nc6 10.Nb5 {White wants to avoid the unnecessary exchanges, because of
his space advantage and strong centre.} 10...Ne6 11.Bd2 a6 {This allows 
White to regroup his Ns successfully.} 
    ( 11...Qd8 {/\ a6 looks more precise here.} 12.O-O O-O 
        ( 12...a6 )
    13.Rad1 d6 
        ( 13...a6 14.Na3 d6 {deserves serious attention because of the 
        awkward N on a3.} )
    14.Nd5 a6 
        ( 14...Bxb2 {is the real question.} )
    15.Nbc3 {Now White has regrouped his Ns successfully.} 15...Bd7 16.Bc1
    {White has a strong pressure in the centre and () because of his 
    excellent N on d5.} 16...Ned4 17.Qd2 b5 18.e3 Ne6 19.cxb5 axb5 20.a3 
    Na5 21.Qe2 Nb3 22.Nxb5 Bxb5 23.Qxb5 +/- {and White is a healthy P up, 
    Bareev-Sion Castro, Leon 1995} 
        ( 23.Qxb5 {Huzman} 23...Rb8 24.Qa4 Nec5 25.Qh4 e6 26.Qxd8 {
        Bareev,E-Sion Castro,M/Leon 1995/CBM 48/1-0 (90)} )
    )
12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nbc3 
    ( 13.Nb6? {leads nowhere after} 13...Rb8 14.Nxc8 axb5 -+ {and the N is
    trapped.} )
13...O-O 14.O-O Ned4 
    ( 14...b5 {Huzman} 15.cxb5 axb5 16.a3 += )
15.Qe4 
    ( 15.Rad1 {Huzman} 15...e6 16.Nf4 b5 $36 )
15...e6 16.Nf4 b5 17.e3 Nf5 18.cxb5 axb5 
    ( 18...d5 {is strongly met by} 19.Nfxd5! exd5 20.Qxd5 +/- )
19.Nxb5 
    ( 19.Qc2 {Huzman} 19...Qb6 
        ( 19...b4 20.Ne4 )
    20.Rfc1 Bb7 = {/=/+} )
19...Bxb2 20.Rab1 Bg7 21.Qc2 {Black has no time for d7-d5} 21...Ba6 22.
Rfc1 
    ( 22.a4 Rc8 )
    ( 22.a4!? {Huzman} )
    ( 22.Rfd1!? {Huzman} )
22...h5 {Black tries to get some counterplay on the >>. White has an 
irritating pressure on the << due to his strong B on the long /^.} 23.Nd3 
{/\ Nc5} 23...Rb8 
    ( 23...Rc8 24.Qa4 )
24.a4 Bb7 25.Na7? {#} 
    ( 25.Bc3 += {would have kept the advantage for White.} )
    ( 25.Nc5 {Huzman} 25...Ba8 26.Bc3! += )
25...Ncd4! -/+ {White's position founders on the weakened long /^.} 26.
exd4 Bxg2 
    ( 26...Nxd4 {Huzman} 27.Bxb7! 
        ( 27.Qc5 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Nxc1 29.Rxc1 Bxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Rb3! 31.Ne1 Qa8+ 
        32.f3 Rb7 33.Nc8 Qxa4 =+ )
    27...Nxc2 28.Rxc2 += )
27.Kxg2 Nxd4 
    ( 27...Rxb1 {Huzman} 28.Rxb1 Qa8+ 29.d5 Qxa7 30.Nf4 Nd4 =+ )
28.Rxb8 
    ( {Or} 28.Qc5 Rxb1 
        ( 28...Nb3 {Huzman} 29.Rxb3 Rxb3 =+ {-Look at the previous line.} 
        )
    29.Rxb1 Qa8+ 30.Kh3 Qe4! )
28...Qxb8 29.Qc7 Qa8+ 30.Kh3 Qf3 31.Ne1 
    ( 31.Nc5 {Huzman} 31...Qxf2 32.Nxd7 Nf3 33.Rh1 g5 -+ )
    ( 31.Nf4 {Huzman} 31...g5 -+ )
31...Qxf2 32.Qf4 Qe2 {/-+} 33.Nb5 
    ( 33.Nc8 {Huzman} 33...e5 34.Ne7+ Kh7 35.Qe3 Qf1+ -+ )
    ( 33.Bb4 {Huzman} 33...Bh6! 34.Qxd4 
        ( 34.Qxh6 Qf1+ 35.Kh4 Nf5+ 36.Kg5 f6+! 37.Kxg6 Ne7+! 38.Bxe7 
            ( 38.Kxh5 Qh3# )
        38...Qf5# )
    34...Qf1+ 35.Kh4 
        ( 35.Ng2 Qf5+ 36.g4 Qf3+ 37.Kh4 g5+ 38.Kxh5 Qh3+ 39.Nh4 Qxh2 )
    35...g5+ 36.Kxh5 Qh3+ 37.Qh4 gxh4 -+ )
33...Nb3 34.Rc2 Nxd2 35.Rxd2 
    ( 35.Qxd2 Qg4+ 
        ( 35...Qf1+ {Huzman} 36.Ng2 
            ( 36.Qg2 Qxe1 -+ )
        36...Qf5+ -+ )
    36.Kg2 Qxa4 {is no escape from trouble.} )
35...Qxe1 -+ 36.Rxd7 e5 37.Qc4 Qf2 38.Nd6 g5 39.Qe4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander EPTK"]
[Black "Zozulia, Anna LAKH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel LAKH"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur EPTK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.e3
f6 9.Bh4 e5 10.Nb3 Na6 11.Nd2 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Nc5 14.Rd1 a5 15.Be2
a4 16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Qe8 18.Bg3 Bc6 19.fxe5 Ne4 20.Qe1 Nxg3 21.Qxg3 Qxe5 
22.Qxe5 fxe5 23.Bg4 Ra7 24.Rf2 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Kf7 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Bf3 e4 28.
Bg4 Ra5 29.h4 Rc5 30.Rd4 h5 31.Bh3 b5 32.cxb5 Bxb5+ 33.Kd1 d5 34.Bf5 Kf6 
35.Bh7 Bc4 36.Rd2 Bb3+ 37.Ke1 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc8 39.g4 hxg4 40.h5 Kg5 41.Kg3 
Rf8 42.Rf2 Rf3+ 43.Rxf3 gxf3 44.Bg6 Kf6 45.Be8 Ke5 46.Bb5 d4 47.exd4+ Kxd4
48.Kf2 Bd5 49.Bxa4 e3+ 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin GOSP"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan GOSP"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Martinovic, Slobodan GOSP"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad GOSP"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Ristic, Nebojsa GOSP"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kostic, Vladimir GOSP"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cernov, Vadim GZCH"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.
Be3 b5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 a5 12.Bf2 Ba6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Nc3 b4 15.Na4 Nc8 
16.e5 Bb5 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Ne5 N8e7 19.Rc1 Nd5 20.Nc5 Nce7 21.Qd2 Rac8 22.
a4 Bc6 23.Ne4 Qd8 24.b3 Ba8 25.Rc5 Nc3 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Nd6 Qd8 28.Bxa8 
Qxa8 29.Qd3 Qd5 30.Ndc4 Rd8 31.g4 Nc8 32.f5 f6 33.Nf3 gxf5 34.gxf5 e5 35.
Nfd2 Ne7 36.Nb6 Qb7 37.Ndc4 e4 38.Qh3 Ned5 39.Nxd5 Qxd5 40.Be3 Kh8 41.Kh1 
Rg8 42.Nd2 Bf8 43.Qh5 Qb7 44.Rg1 Rxg1+ 45.Kxg1 Qd5 46.Qg4 Bd6 47.h3 Bc7 
48.Kf1 Bb6 49.Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Black "Slovineanu, Veaceslav GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 a6 11.Bf1 b5 12.Nd5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5
axb5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qf3 Qc7 18.Bd2 Nd7 19.Ra5 b4 20.Rea1 Nf8 21.Be3 Ne6 
22.Bc4 Nd4 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Rc5 Qe7 25.Raa5 Be6 26.Rxe5 Qd6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 
28.Qb3 Rb6 29.g3 Rc8 30.Reb5 h6 31.e5 Qc6 32.Rxb6 Qxb6 33.Rb5 Qc6 34.Rxb4 
Qxc2 35.Qxe6+ Kh7 36.Rxd4 Rf8 37.Rf4 Rxf4 38.gxf4 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qxf4 40.b3 
Qe4+ 41.Kg3 Qd3+ 42.f3 Qb1 43.Kf4 Qc1+ 44.Ke4 Qe1+ 45.Kd5 Qd1+ 46.Kc5 Qxf3
47.b4 Qc3+ 48.Kb5 Qd3+ 49.Ka4 Qc2+ 50.Ka5 Qe4 51.b5 Qa8+ 52.Kb6 Qb8+ 53.
Kc5 Qf8+ 54.Kc4 Qf4+ 55.Kc5 Qf8+ 56.Kb6 Qb8+ 57.Ka5 Qa7+ 58.Kb4 Qd4+ 59.
Qc4 Qb2+ 60.Ka4 Qa1+ 61.Kb4 Qb2+ 62.Ka5 Qxe5 63.Qc2+ Kh8 64.Qc8+ Kh7 65.
Qd7 Qc3+ 66.Ka6 Qa3+ 67.Kb7 Qf3+ 68.Kc7 Qc3+ 69.Kb6 Qe3+ 70.Kb7 Qf3+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai GZCH"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.Nd2 exd5 
9.exd5 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Ne3 Bd7 12.a4 a6 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Re1 a5
16.Qb1 h5 17.h3 Nh7 18.Be2 c4 19.Qa2 Rec8 20.Rac1 Be5 21.Bf1 Nf6 22.g3 h4 
23.g4 Qc5 24.Rcd1 Qb4 25.Ng2 Qc5 26.Be3 Qc7 27.Nxh4 Re8 28.Bg2 Re7 29.Bxb6
Qxb6 30.Nf3 Rae8 31.Nxe5 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxc4 Qxb2 34.Qb3 Qxb3 35.
cxb3 g5 36.Kf1 Re8 37.Rd3 Kg7 38.Bf3 Rb8 39.Ke2 b5 40.Rd4 bxa4 41.bxa4 
Rb2+ 42.Ke3 Rc2 43.Rd3 Be8 44.Bh1 Rc1 45.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej POLW"]
[Black "Svetuschin, Dumitru GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Qe2 b6 
9.h3 a6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nh4 Nc5 13.Nf5 Rb8 14.b4 Ne6 15.Rb1 b5 
16.axb5 axb5 17.Bd3 Nd4 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qe3 Nh5 20.Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Nf4 
22.Bxf4 exf4 23.e5 Qg5 24.Kh2 Re8 25.Re1 Re6 26.Qf3 Rh6 27.Re4 Rh4 28.Rd4 
Be6 29.Re1 Bd5 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Rdxe4 Re8 32.e6 f6 33.e7 Qh5 34.Qxh5 Rxh5 
35.Rxf4 c5 36.c3 Kf7 37.Rfe4 Rd5 38.R1e3 cxb4 39.cxb4 Rd7 40.Rc3 Rdxe7 41.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 42.f3 Re2 43.Rc7+ Re7 44.Rc8 Re8 45.Rc1 Re2 46.Rc5 Re5 47.Rc6 
Re6 48.Rc7+ Re7 49.Rc8 Re8 50.Rxe8 Kxe8 51.Kg3 Kd7 52.Kf4 Kd6 53.Ke4 g6 
54.f4 Ke6 55.Kd4 Kd6 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Kd4 Kd6 58.g4 g5 59.f5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lyukin, Sergei GZCH"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bb3 
Na6 9.Be3 Nc5 10.f3 a6 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Ne2 Nxa4 13.Bxa4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.
Bf2 b5 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.c3 Rfd8 18.Qc2 Bc5 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Kh1 
Rad8 22.Rad1 Qd6 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.a3 Qd2 25.Rc1 h5 26.h3 e5 27.b4 h4 28.c4 
bxc4 29.Qxd2 Rxd2 30.Nc3 Rd3 31.Kg1 f5 32.Rc2 e4 33.fxe4 fxe4 34.Kf1 e3 
35.a4 Kh7 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Kh6 38.b6 Rd6 39.Rb2 Rf6+ 40.Ke1 g5 41.Nd1 
Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz POLW"]
[Black "Nevednicii, Boris GZCH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 
Bg4 9.Be3 Nc6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Bxb6 
    ( 12.c5 Nbc4 13.Bc1 c6 14.Be2 cxd5 
        ( 14...Qa5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Ne4 Rab8 17.b3 Na3 18.Bd2 ~ {1-0 
        Gurevich,V-Vrbanov,G/Bankia op 1990/EXT 90op2 (33)} )
    15.Nxd5 e6 16.Ne3 Nxe3 17.Bxe3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Palkovi,J/BL9596 
    1996/BL 90} )
12...Nxf3+ 
    ( 12...axb6 13.Be2 c6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Bf3 Qc7 = {0-1 
    Laroche,G-Rodriguez,O/ Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06 (25)} )
    ( 12...cxb6!? 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Qa4 a6 15.Rac1 Qc7 = {0-1 
    Briestensky,R-Polko,J/SVK-chT 1995/EXT 95ch (45)} )
13.Qxf3 axb6 14.Rfe1 
    ( 14.a4 Qd7 15.b3 e5 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Qh3 += {Sleich,J-Galkin, S/Decin 
    op 1997/EXT 97/0-1 (57)} )
14...Re8 
    ( 14...Qd6 15.a3 Rfe8 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qd3 += {1/2-1/2 
    Pokorna,R-Polovnikova,E/WchJW U14 1996/JUN 97 (55)} )
    ( 14...Qd7 15.a3 Rae8 16.Rad1 e6 17.dxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 Qxe6 19.b3 Re8 
    20.g3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qe2 22.Rd7 Re7 23.Rd8+ Re8 24.Rd7 Re7 25.Rd8+ Re8 {
    1/2-1/2 Kuznetsova,E-Pedko,O/Erevan-JW 1983/MCD-r8} )
15.a3 c6 16.Rad1 
    ( 16.dxc6!? bxc6 17.Qxc6 Rc8 18.Qb5 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qc7 20.Re4 Red8 += )
16...Qc7 17.Rd2 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Rad8 19.Red1 cxd5 20.Rxd5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Rd8 
22.Qd4 
    ( 22.Rxd8+!? Qxd8 23.g3 += )
22...Rxd5 23.Qxd5 Qf4! 24.g3 Qc1+ 25.Kg2 Qxb2 26.Qxb7 
    ( 26.Qd8+ Kg7 27.Qxe7 Qc3 28.Qxb7 Qxa3 29.Qxb6 Qa8+ = )
26...Qxa3 27.Qxb6 Qa8+ 28.Kg1 Qa1+ 29.Kg2 Qa8+ 30.Kg1 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raud, Rainer RSTL"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil DAPR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 e5 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.d3 h5 7.h3 Be6 8.Nbc3 Qd7 9.
Rb1 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bg5 Nge7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nd8 14.d4 Nf7 15.Be3 
h4 16.Qb3 O-O 17.Qxb7 hxg3 18.fxg3 f4 19.gxf4 Nf5 20.Bf2 exd4 21.Be4 Rae8 
22.Bd3 Ne3 23.Kd2 Ng5 24.Bxe3 dxe3+ 25.Kc2 Ne4 26.Qb5 Qe7 27.Qc4 Nd2 28.
Qa4 Nxb1 29.Rxb1 Qf6 30.Qd7 Re7 31.Qg4 Rb8 32.b3 c6 33.dxc6 d5 34.Qg6 Qxg6
35.Bxg6 Rc8 36.Rg1 Rxc6+ 37.Kb1 Kf8 38.Bd3 d4 39.Kb2 Bf6 40.b4 Rg7 41.Rg4 
Rgc7 42.Rg6 Kf7 43.Rh6 Rc3 44.Rh7+ Bg7 45.Bb5 Rc2+ 46.Kb3 Rd2 47.f5 Kg8 
0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil DAPR"]
[Black "Leito, Priit RSTL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Ne4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Ng3 
Bg4 9.b4 Nxb4 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Rb1 Qd7 12.e3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxc5 14.Ne4 Be7 
15.Rg1 Nf6 16.Rxg7 Nxe4 17.fxe4 O-O-O 18.exd4 Qe6 19.Qb5 Qxe4+ 20.Be3 Nxd4
21.Bg2 Qxg2 22.Bxd4 Qe4+ 23.Be3 Rhg8 24.Rxg8 Rxg8 25.Ke2 Kb8 26.Rc1 Bd6 
27.Rc4 Qe6 28.Ra4 b6 29.Qa6 Qe7 30.Qd3 Rg6 31.Re4 Re6 32.Rg4 Bc5 33.Rg8+ 
Kb7 34.Qd5+ Kc7 35.Ra8 Rxe3+ 36.fxe3 Qxe3+ 37.Kd1 Qg1+ 38.Kc2 Qxh2+ 39.Kb3
Qg3+ 40.Kc2 Qf2+ 41.Kb3 Qe3+ 42.Kc2 Qf2+ 43.Kb3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taenav, Tiit RSTL"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos DAPR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Nb6 8.Qc2 
Bg4 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.a3 Nfd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.b4 h6 15.
O-O O-O 16.Rfc1 Qf6 17.Na4 Nxa4 18.Qxa4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polak, Tomas DAPR"]
[Black "Kangur, Alar RSTL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Bd7 12.Kh1 Nh7 13.a3 a4 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.cxb5 Nc5 
16.f3 b6 17.Bf2 h5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Nb1 Bh6 20.Nc3 Qd8 21.Nxa4 Qh4 22.g3 
Qg5 23.Nc3 h4 24.f4 Qe7 25.f5 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qg5 27.Kg2 Nf6 28.Qd3 Ne8 29.
Qf3 f6 30.Rh1 Qe3 31.Qg4 Qg5 32.fxg6 Qxg4 33.Bxg4 Kg7 34.Bf5 Nd6 35.g4 Rh8
36.Ne2 Bf4 37.Nxf4 exf4 38.Kf3 Nxb5 39.Kxf4 Nd6 40.g5 Nc4 41.gxf6+ Kxf6 
42.Rh7 Rxh7 43.gxh7 Nxb2 44.Rg1 Nd3+ 45.Ke3 Ne5 46.Rg8 Rxa3+ 47.Kf2 Ra2+ 
48.Kg3 Ra3+ 49.Kh4 Nf7 50.Rf8 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rauk, Tonu RSTL"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir DAPR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Bb7 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d6 
9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.g3 Nxb6 11.Bg2 g6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Qd3 
Ng4 16.Rad1 a5 17.Rfe1 a4 18.Qc2 Ba6 19.Ne4 Ne5 20.N2c3 Re8 21.f3 Nd3 22.
Rxd3 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 f5 24.Re2 fxe4 25.Nxe4 c4 26.Qd2 a3 27.bxa3 g5 28.Be3 
Rxa3 29.Kh1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Orsag, Milan DAPR"]
[Black "Narva, Regina RSTL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O a6 9.
Qc2 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.h3 Rb8 12.e4 Bd7 13.a4 h6 14.Be3 Ne8 15.Nd2 f5 16.f4 
e6 17.Bd3 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nc6 19.Nf3 Be6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Nc3 Nb4 22.Qd2 Nxd3 
23.Qxd3 Rb7 24.Rad1 Rd7 25.Bf2 Qf6 26.Bh4 Qf7 27.b3 Kh8 28.Rfe1 Nc7 29.Kh1
Rg8 30.Rd2 Bf6 31.Bxf6+ Qxf6 32.Re3 d5 33.cxd5 Bxd5 34.Nxd5 Rxd5 35.Qe2 
Rxd2 36.Qxd2 Rd8 37.Qe2 Rd7 38.Ne5 Rg7 39.Rd3 Ne6 40.Rd6 Nxf4 41.Rxf6 Nxe2
42.Rxh6+ Kg8 43.Rxb6 Nf4 44.Rxa6 Rxg2 45.Nd3 Rf2 46.Nxf2 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin GOSP"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander EPTK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.b4 Bb6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 O-O 12.e3 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc6 14.Bb2 Qg5 
15.h4 Qe7 16.Be2 Rd8 17.Rd1 a6 18.h5 h6 19.O-O Be6 20.Qc5 Rd6 21.e4 Rad8 
22.e5 R6d7 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.f4 d4 25.Rd2 Red7 26.Bf3 f5 27.exf6 gxf6 28.g4 
Rg7 29.Rg2 Bd5 30.Bxd5+ Rxd5 31.Re1 Rgd7 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Bc1 d3 34.Rd1 a5 
35.Rb2 axb4 36.axb4 Rd4 37.Bd2 Rc4 38.Rb3 b5 39.Kf2 Re4 40.Kf3 Red4 41.Be3
R4d6 42.Kf2 Rd5 43.Bc5 f5 44.gxf5 Kf6 45.Ke3 d2 46.Rb2 Ne7 47.Bxe7+ Rxe7+ 
48.Kf2 Red7 49.Ke2 Rxf5 50.Rbxd2 Rxd2+ 51.Rxd2 Rxf4 52.Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris EPTK"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan GOSP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Nd5 8.Bg3 
    ( 8.Be5 Bxe5 9.Nxe5 Be6 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Qc3 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.f3 f5 
    14.e3 O-O 15.Be2 a5 16.O-O Rfd8 17.a3 Qc7 18.Rad1 Rd6 19.Bd3 Bf7 20.
    Rf2 {1-0 Kotov,A-Flohr,S/Groningen 1946/ (39)} )
    ( 8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.e3 Bd7 
        ( 10...Qb6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.O-O a6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qa3 f6 15.b4 Kf7 
        16.Qb3 Bb5 17.Rfc1 Bc4 18.Qb2 a5 19.Nd2 Qxb4 20.Nxc4 dxc4 21.Qc2 
        Qb5 22.Rab1 Qc6 23.Qxc4+ Qxc4 24.Rxc4 Rhc8 25.Rc7 {Chen De-Deng 
        Jianliang/PRC-ch 1987/ 1-0 (49)} )
    11.Qa3 Bf8 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 f6 15.Qxb7 Rc8 16.Qa6 Qb4 17.
    Bb5 Qxb2 18.O-O Qxd2 19.Rac1 Kf7 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 Bxc6 22.Qxc6 
    Qxa2 {Legky,N-Karasev,V/URS Army-ch 1991/0-1 (40)} )
8...O-O 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd7 
    ( 10...Be6!? 11.Qb4 b6 12.Be2 ~ )
11.Be2 Nf6 12.Nd2! 
    ( 12.Qd3 b5 13.O-O Nh5 ~ )
12...Bg4 
    ( 12...Be6 13.Qb4 b6 14.O-O += )
13.Bxg4 
    ( 13.f3 Be6 )
13...Nxg4 14.O-O Qd7 
    ( 14...e5 15.Qe2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.dxe5 +/- )
15.Rfd1 Nf6 16.h3 
    ( 16.a4 Nh5 = )
16...b5 17.Qe2 c5 
    ( 17...Nh5 18.Bh2 b4 19.Nb3 bxc3 20.Rac1 +/- )
18.Nb3! {Important move, since it helps to control c5-d4 squares. Ein 
wichtiger Zug, weil es hilft c5-d4 Punkten zu kontrolieren.} 18...cxd4 
    ( 18...c4 19.Nc5 Qc6 20.a4 a6 += )
19.cxd4 Rfc8 20.Nc5 Qe8 
    ( 20...Qc6 21.Rac1 a5 22.d5 Qb6 23.Qe3 +/- )
21.Rac1 a5 22.d5 b4 
    ( 22...a4 23.e5 Nh5 24.Bh2 Bh6 25.Rc2 b4 26.Rd4 +/- )
23.e5 Nd7 
    ( 23...Nh5 24.Bh2 a4 25.Qe3 Bh8 26.Rc4 +/- )
24.Na6! Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rc6 {White could have won earlier with direct 
combination, but the text is also logical. Weiss konnte jetzt schneller 
gewinnen mit einer direkten Kombination, aber der Textzug ist auch 
logisch.} 
    ( 26.Nc7! Qd8 27.e6 fxe6 
        ( 27...Nf6 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Qe6+ Kf8 30.d6 +- )
    28.Rc6! exd5 29.Ne6 Qe8 30.Nxg7 Kxg7 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Qxe7+ +- Kh8 33.
    Bf4! )
26...Nb8 
    ( 26...Rxc6 27.dxc6 Nb6 28.Qb5 Nc8 29.Nb8 +- )
27.Nxb8 Rxb8 28.Qa6 Ra8 29.Qc4 Qd8 
    ( 29...Rd8 30.Rc7 +/- )
30.d6 exd6 
    ( 30...Qe8 31.Rc7 )
31.exd6 Qe8 32.Rc7 Bf6 
    ( 32...Rd8 33.Re7 Qf8 34.Qc7 
        ( 34.Ra7 Qe8 35.Rxa5 b3! $132 )
        ( 34.Qd5 a4 35.Qa5 b3 36.Rxf7 Qxf7 37.Qxd8+ Qf8 = )
    34...Ra8 35.Re4 +/- )
33.d7 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Rd8 35.Rc8 Qe7 
    ( 35...Kg7 36.Rxd8 Bxd8 37.Qc8 Qe7 38.Bc7 +- )
36.Rxd8+ Qxd8 37.Qc8 Kg7 
    ( 37...Kf8 38.Bc7 +- )
38.Bc7 Qf8 39.Qxf8+ Kxf8 40.Bxa5 
    ( 40.d8=Q+ Bxd8 41.Bxd8 a4 42.Bf6 +- )
1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan GOSP"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid EPTK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Nb5 Qd8 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Rd1+ Ke7 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Rd8 14.Bd3 
Nf6 15.Be3 Bb6 16.Nc2 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 b6 18.f3 Bb7 19.Kf2 g6 20.Bc4 Nd7 21.
Bb5 Nc5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Nxd1 e5 25.b4 Ne6 26.Ne3 f5 27.Bc4 Nc7
28.h4 Kf6 29.a3 Bc6 30.g3 h6 31.Bd3 Bd7 32.Bc4 Be6 33.Bxe6 Kxe6 34.c4 Ne8 
35.g4 Nd6 36.gxf5+ gxf5 37.c5 bxc5 38.bxc5 Nb5 39.c6 f4 40.Nc2 Kd6 41.Ke2 
Kxc6 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.Nb4+ Ke6 44.Nc6 Kd6 45.Nd8 Kd5 46.h5 Nd4 47.Nf7 Nxf3 
48.Nxh6 e4+ 49.Ke2 Ke6 50.Ng4 Kf5 51.h6 Ng5 52.Nf2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia EPTK"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad GOSP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O 
Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Nh6 13.a4 Rb8 14.a5 Nf5 15.Nd5 b5
16.Nb6 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rxb6 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.Rb1 Nxd4 20.Re1 Qa7 21.Bc3 h5 22.
Kh1 Bg4 23.Qd3 Bf5 24.Be4 Bxe4+ 25.Qxe4 Nf5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.f3 Rh8 28.Kg2 
Qc5 29.Rb7 e5 30.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ristic, Nebojsa GOSP"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander EPTK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.c5?! N {A new idea in one of 
the most popular variation,but not a very good one!} 
    ( 6.cxb5 {-is the most popular continuation} )
6...d6 7.cxd6 cxd6 = 8.Bg2 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.d5?! {Brave,but not fully 
justified decision.Better was} 
    ( 10.Qd3 Qb6 11.b4 
        ( 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Bb2?! b4! 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Qd2 Bxc4 15.bxc4 Qxc4 16.
        Rfc1 Qb5 =+ )
    11...d5 12.a3 O-O 13.Bf4 Rac8 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Nb3 Ne4 = {with equal 
    position.} )
10...Nxd5 11.Nd4 N7b6 12.Nc6 
    ( 12.e4 Nc7 13.Nc6 Qd7 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Qg4 f6 -/+ )
12...Qd7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.e4 Nc7 15.e5 Ncd5! 
    ( {Black has to play very carefuly to neutralize white's pressure.For 
    example:} 15...d5?! 16.Qg4! f5 17.Qf4 h6 18.Rd1 Rc8 19.h4! $36 {with 
    full compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} )
16.Re1 dxe5 17.a4 b4! {Restraining white pieces on the queenside.} 18.Rxe5
Rd8 
    ( 18...O-O 19.a5 
        ( 19.Bxd5 Rad8 20.Bg5 Qc7! 21.Bxd8 Qxe5 22.Bxb6 axb6 -/+ )
    19...Nd7! 20.Qxd5 Rad8!! 21.Bg5 $8 Nxe5 22.Bxe7 exd5 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 -/+ 
    )
19.Qe1 Rd6 20.Bb2 Nd7! {Bringing the knight to defense.} 21.Rh5 N7f6 22.
Rg5 O-O -/+ 23.Nd2 h6 24.Re5 Rc8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rd7 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.Ba1
Nc3! {Using the fact that the pawn on b4 is "poisoned" black exchanges a 
couple of pieces.} 29.Bxc3 
    ( 29.Rxd7?! Qxd7 30.Rxb4? Ne2+ 31.Kh1 Rc1 -+ )
29...bxc3 30.Red4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Qg5! -+ 32.f4 Qc5 33.Qe3 Qb6 34.a5 Qxa5 35.
Ra4 Qb5 36.Rd4 Rxg2+! 0-1

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kogan, Artur EPTK"]
[Black "Kostic, Vladimir GOSP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 
hxg6 9.Nf3 a6 10.g3 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.h4 Be7 13.Kf1 Qb6 14.Kg2 O-O-O 15.Rb1 
cxd4 16.cxd4 Kb8 17.b4 Na7 18.a4 Rc8 19.b5 a5 20.Bd2 f6 21.Qe1 Bd8 22.Bd3 
fxe5 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Bf4 Ka8 25.Bxe5 Bf6 26.Rd1 Rhf8 27.Rd2 Rc3 28.Bxg6 
Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Rf6 30.h5 Qd8 31.Rc2 Rxc2 32.Bxc2 Nc8 33.Rc1 Qf8 34.Qe1 Kb8 
35.Bd3 Nb6 36.f4 Qa3 37.Rc3 Qb4 38.Qe5+ Ka7 39.Rc7 Qd2+ 40.Qe2 Qxe2+ 41.
Bxe2 Nxa4 42.Rxg7 Nc3 43.Kf3 a4 44.Rc7 Ne4 45.Bd3 Kb6 46.Rc2 Ka5 47.Bxe4 
dxe4+ 48.Kxe4 Kxb5 49.g4 Rh6 50.Rb2+ Ka6 51.Rh2 b5 52.g5 Rh8 53.g6 Rb8 54.
g7 b4 55.h6 1-0

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir LAKH"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander LAKH"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Olexandr LAKH"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Ilyin, Stanyslav LAKH"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zozulia, Anna LAKH"]
[Black "EMPTY VK91"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "13th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Krynica POL"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "EMPTY VK91"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel LAKH"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

