[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.h3 Bh5 5.Bb2 e6 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Qe2 a5 
9.a3 a4 10.b4 c5 11.bxc5 Bxc5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg2 Qb6 14.Ra2 O-O 15.O-O Rfc8 
16.Rb1 Qa6 17.Nf1 Be7 18.Ng3 Rc7 19.Ba1 Rac8 20.Nd4 e5 21.Ngf5 Bxf5 22.
Nxf5 Bf8 23.Ng3 Qe6 24.d4 exd4 25.Bxd4 Ne4 26.Nh5 Nc3 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Nf4 
Qa6 29.Bxd5 Nf6 30.Rxb7 Qxe2 31.Bxf7+ Kh8 32.Nxe2 Rxa3 33.Rxa3 Bxa3 34.Ra7
Rxc2 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nf4 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 g5 38.Bg6+ Kg7 39.Ra7+ Kg8 40.Ne6 Rc8 
41.Rxa4 Bb2 42.Ra7 Nd5 43.Bh7+ Kh8 44.Bf5 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 a6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.c4 e6 8.b3 Nbd7 
9.Nd3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Bg6 11.Bf4 Qb8 12.e3 O-O 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.c5 Bc7 15.Bxc7 
Qxc7 16.b4 e5 17.a4 Ne4 18.Ne2 Nef6 19.h3 h6 20.Qb3 Re8 21.Rfd1 exd4 22.
Nxd4 Be4 23.b5 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 cxb5 25.axb5 Nxc5 26.Qa3 b6 27.bxa6 Rxa6 28.
Qxa6 Nxa6 29.Rxc7 Nxc7 30.Rb1 Nd7 31.Nb5 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qc7 
15.Bh5 O-O 16.Rad1 Kh8 17.f4 Rac8 18.Kh1 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bb5 20.Rf2 Qc3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[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.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Ra3 Rb8 22.Rea1 Nh7 
23.Be3 Bf6 24.Ne2 Nf8 25.Nc1 Nfd7 26.axb5 axb5 27.b4 cxb3 28.Nxb3 Qc7 29.
Nxc5 Nxc5 30.Qe2 Bc8 31.Ra7 Qd8 32.R1a5 Re7 33.Rxe7 Bxe7 34.Rxb5 Ba6 35.
Rxb8 Qxb8 36.Qd1 Qc7 37.Qa1 Bc8 38.Qa3 Nd7 39.Nd2 Kg7 40.Ba4 f5 41.Bxd7 
Bxd7 42.Qb4 Bc8 43.c4 Ba6 44.Qa4 Qc8 45.f3 Kf7 46.Kf1 Bh4 47.Ke2 Kg7 48.
Qb4 Qc7 49.Kd1 Bd8 50.Kc2 f4 51.Bf2 Qa5 52.Qxd6 Qa2+ 53.Kc1 Qa1+ 54.Nb1 
Ba5 55.Qa3 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 
9.d5 Ne5 10.Ng3 b5 11.cxb5 Qb6 12.a4 axb5 13.Bxb5 Ba6 14.O-O Qa5 15.Bxa6 
Rxa6 16.Nb5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Nc4 18.Bc3 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rfb1 Nd2 21.Rd1 
Nb3 22.Ra3 c4 23.Nf1 Ndc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D23"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 b5 7.Nxb5 Nxe4 8.
Bxc4 e6 9.Nc3 Nd6 10.Bb3 Be7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nc6 Qe8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.O-O 
Bb7 15.Qa5 Nb6 16.Qc5 Rfc8 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Rfe1 Nb5 19.Rad1 Qc6 20.f3 Nxc3 
21.bxc3 a5 22.a3 a4 23.Bc2 Qxc5 24.dxc5 Nc4 25.Rd4 Bd5 26.Bd3 Na5 27.Rxa4 
Nb3 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.c4 Bc6 30.Bc2 Nxc5 31.Be7 Nd7 32.Bb4 g6 33.Kf2 Ba4 34.
Bxa4 Rxa4 35.Rd1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 Nf6 6.d5 Na5 7.e4 d6 8.h3 O-O 9.
Bd3 b6 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.b3 Ne8 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.Rb1 Qd7 14.g4 Nc7 15.Ne2 e6 16.
Kf1 Rbe8 17.Rg1 Nb7 18.a4 Nd8 19.Be3 Bb7 20.h4 Na6 21.Rd1 Nb4 22.Bb1 exd5 
23.exd5 a6 24.h5 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Re8 26.Qd2 b5 27.Nc3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Bc8 29.Rg3
Nb7 30.h6 Bh8 31.Ne4 Rf8 32.Re1 Qxa4 33.g5 Bf5 34.Kg2 Qd7 35.Nh4 Bxe4+ 36.
Rxe4 a5 37.Qe2 Be5 38.f4 f5 39.Rxe5 dxe5 40.fxe5 f4 41.e6 Qe7 42.Rg4 a4 
43.Qe5 f3+ 44.Kf1 a3 45.Nxg6 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ye Rongguang"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bc4 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Bxf6 
Bxf6 9.Bd5 Ba6 10.Bxa8 d5 11.c4 dxc4 12.O-O cxd4 13.exd4 Bxd4 14.Nxc4 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Be2 Nb6 8.
Nf3 Nbxd5 9.O-O e6 10.d4 Bb4 11.Qb3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Rfc1 h6 14.Bd2 Bd7 
15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Rc5 Bxd2 17.Rxa5 Bxa5 18.Ne5 Bc8 19.Bf3 Rd8 20.Rc1 Bb6 21.
Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Bxd5 Bxd4 23.Rxc8 Raxc8 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.g3 b6 
27.Qd5 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Bc5 29.Qd8+ Kf7 30.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.
h4 g4 10.Ne5 h5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Na4 Qa5 
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Qb4 18.Rd6 Qxc5 19.Rfd1 O-O 20.Nd7 Nxd7 21.Rxd7 Qb6 
22.Qc1 Bc8 23.Qg5 Bxd7 24.Rxd7 Kh7 25.Qxh5+ Kg8 26.Bc7 Qa6 27.Qxg4 Kh7 28.
Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qg5 Kh8 30.Be5 Bxe5 31.Qxe5+ Kh7 32.Qh5+ Kg7 33.Qg5+ Kh7 34.
Bh5 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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 Be7 11.Kb1 a6 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.Nb3 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16.Be5 Be6 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Qd2 Nd7 19.Bd4 Nb8 20.Ne2 Qxd2 21.Rxd2
Nc6 22.Bc3 Rfd8 23.Rhd1 b5 24.Nf4 Bg5 25.Bc2 Bxf4 26.exf4 g6 27.Bb3 Bf5+ 
28.Ka2 d4 29.Bxd4 Nxd4 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 a5 32.Bd1 Rc1 33.b4 axb4 34.
axb4 h5 35.f3 Bc2 36.Be2 Ba4 37.Rd2 Rh1 38.h3 h4 39.Kb2 Rg1 40.Bd3 Kg7 41.
Kc3 Kf6 42.Kd4 Rc1 43.Re2 Rd1 44.Rb2 Ke6 45.Ke3 Rg1 46.Bb1 Re1+ 47.Kd4 Rc1
48.Re2+ Kf6 49.Ba2 Rc7 50.Kd5 Bd1 51.Rb2 Bc2 52.Kd4 Ba4 53.Bb1 Rc4+ 54.Ke3
Rc3+ 55.Bd3 Rc1 56.Rb1 Rc7 57.Kd2 Rd7 58.Re1 Rd4 59.Re4 Rd8 60.Re5 Rd4 61.
Kc3 Rxf4 62.Rc5 Ke6 63.Bxb5 Bxb5 64.Rxb5 Kd6 65.Rg5 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O 16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Re3 Nxd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.Bxd3 cxd4 21.Re2 
Qe6 22.h3 Rd5 23.Ne1 a5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Nd3 h5 26.Rc2 f6 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.
Qe2 Ra7 29.Rac1 Re7 30.Qd1 Kh7 31.Rc5 g6 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Rc5 Qb7 34.Qc2 
Bg7 35.Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 axb5 8.Bxb5 
Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.O-O Nb4 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16.Qxa6 Rxa6 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Ne1 Raa8 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.a3 
Na6 22.Na4 Rab8 23.Rac1 d6 24.Nd3 Rb3 25.Rc3 Rbb8 26.Rc4 Rb3 27.Nc1 Rbb8 
28.f4 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Rd2 h5 31.Bf2 Nh6 32.Ne2 Kf7 33.Bh4 Bf6 34.Bg5 
Ng8 35.Kh2 Nc7 36.Ng1 Rb3 37.Nf3 Rcb8 38.Nh4 Bxb2 39.Nxf5 Bf6 40.Ng3 Nb5 
41.Nxh5 Bd4 42.Ng3 Nxa3 43.Rcxd4 cxd4 44.Rxd4 Nc2 45.Rd2 Ne3 46.f5 Nf6 47.
Bxf6 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.a4 h6 11.Bxh6 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qxh6 14.Qxh6 Bxh6 15.Nxd6
Nd7 16.Bh3 f5 17.f4 Nb6 18.Nf3 Bg7 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Nxd5 21.O-O-O Be6 
22.Rhe1 Nb4 23.Nxb7 Rab8 24.Bg2 f4 25.Be4 f3 26.Rf1 f2 27.Rd6 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O 
d6 9.Nbd2 Qb6 10.e3 Bd7 11.h3 Rac8 12.g4 h6 13.Qe2 a5 14.Rfc1 Ne7 15.a3 
bxa3 16.bxa3 Qa6 17.Rab1 Ng6 18.Rc2 Bc6 19.Rcb2 d5 20.g5 hxg5 21.Rb6 Qa8 
22.Nxg5 dxc4 23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc4 Rc8 26.Ndf3 Nd5 27.Ne5 Nh4 
28.Ngxf7 c5 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.dxc5 Nxe3 31.Qxe6+ Kh7 32.c6 Rb8 33.Re1 Neg2 34.
Ndf7 g6 35.Ng5+ Kg7 36.Qe7+ Kh6 37.Ng4+ Kh5 38.Qh7+ Kxg5 39.Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ye Rongguang"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Rc1 
Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxd4 14.Nb5 
Bb6 15.O-O Be6 16.a3 Nd5 17.Bg3 Rfd8 18.Nd6 Rd7 19.Bb5 Re7 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.
h3 h6 22.b4 Nf6 23.Kf1 a6 24.Be2 Ne8 25.Nc4 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Bc7 27.Na5 Bxg3 
28.fxg3 Nf6 29.Bf3 b6 30.Nc6 Bc4+ 31.Kf2 Re6 32.Rd4 Bb5 33.Rd8+ Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nc8 a5 37.Nxb6 axb4 38.axb4 Nc7 39.Ke3 Ke7 40.
Kd4 Ne6+ 41.Kd5 Ba6 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.g4 Bf1 45.Ke5 f6+ 46.Ke4 Nf8 
47.Kf5 Kf7 48.Nd5 Ba6 49.Nc7 Bc8+ 50.Ke4 Ng6 51.Nb5 Ke7 52.Na7 Be6 53.b5 
Kd6 54.b6 Bd7 55.Be2 Ne5 56.Kd4 Nxg4 57.Bb5 Bxb5 58.Nxb5+ Kc6 59.Ke4 Kxb6 
60.Nc3 Kc5 61.Kf5 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Ne4 Be7 16.Rc1 Qa5 17.Rc3 Rd8 18.Rd3 Bd7 19.Bc2 Be8 20.b4 Qb6 21.d5 exd5 
22.Rxd5 a5 23.Qd3 g6 24.Bb3 axb4 25.Nd6 Kg7 26.Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qc4 Qa6 28.
Rb5 Rf8 29.axb4 Rac8 30.Qf1 Bf6 31.Bc4 Qa7 32.Bd5 Rc7 33.g3 Nd4 34.Nxd4 
Bxd4 35.Kg2 Rd8 36.Rc1 Rcd7 37.Bf3 b6 38.Rc2 Qa4 39.Qc4 Qa1 40.Rd5 Rxd5 
41.Bxd5 Rd7 42.Rd2 Bf6 43.Qb5 Qa7 44.Rc2 Rd6 45.h4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.c5 a5 11.a3 Nc6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ne5 Bf6 15.Bf4
Bd7 16.f3 Ng5 17.Nc3 Rb8 18.Rf2 Ne6 19.Bg3 Re8 20.f4 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Qg5 22.
Kh1 Rb7 23.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.Bxc5 
bxc5 16.Nd2 a5 17.Nd5 Qb8 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Bg4 Nf8 21.h4 h5 22.
Bh3 Qa7 23.Nf3 f6 24.Qa4 Rab8 25.Nd2 c6 26.Nc3 Bh6 27.Rc2 Qb6 28.Nb3 Rxd1+
29.Nxd1 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Nxa5 Qd8 32.Nc3 Ne6 33.b4 Qd3 34.Nxc6 Rxc6 35.
Qxc6 Nd4 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Nd5 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Bf4+ 39.Nxf4 exf4 40.Qf7+ Kh6 41.
Qxf6 Kh7 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qd8+ Kh7 44.Qc7+ Kg8 45.Rb2 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Rc8 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16.a3 bxa3 17.b4 a5 18.bxa5 Qxa5 19.Bxa3 Bxc5 20.Bb2 Qc7 21.Bxf6 
gxf6 22.Ba6 Ra8 23.Bxb7 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Qxb7 25.g3 Rd8 26.Kg2 Qb3 27.Ng1 Qc3 
28.Ra4 Bxf2 29.Rc4 Qe1 30.Qxe1 Bxe1 31.Nf3 Ba5 32.g4 Rd7 33.Ra4 Bb6 34.Rb4
Be3 35.Kg3 Kg7 36.Rb3 Bc5 37.Rc3 Ba7 38.Rb3 Rc7 39.h4 Rc4 40.e5 fxe5 41.
Nxe5 Rc7 42.g5 h5 43.Nd3 Bd4 44.Kf3 Rc4 45.Rb4 Rxb4 46.Nxb4 Bc5 47.Nd3 Bd6
48.Ne1 Kf8 49.Ng2 Ke7 50.Ke4 Bh2 51.Kf3 Kd6 52.Ke4 Be5 53.Ne3 Bc3 54.Ng2 
Be5 55.Ne3 Bg3 56.Nf5+ exf5+ 57.Kxf5 Bxh4 58.g6 Bf6 59.gxf7 Ke7 60.Kf4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E98"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.c5 Ng6 14.a4 Rf7 15.Nd3 Bf8 16.
a5 Rg7 17.a6 bxa6 18.Nb4 Nf6 19.Nc6 Qd7 20.Nxa7 dxc5 21.Nxc8 Qxc8 22.Rc1 
h5 23.Na4 g4 24.Nxc5 g3 25.Be1 gxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Bxc5 27.Rxc5 Ne8 28.Rh1 Qd8 
29.Kg1 Qg5 30.Rh2 Rb8 31.b4 Rb6 32.Ra5 h4 33.Bxa6 Nd6 34.Bf1 Rb8 35.Qc2 
Qe7 36.Qc6 Rh7 37.Ra7 Qd8 38.b5 Rb6 39.Ra8 Rb8 40.Rxb8 Qxb8 41.Bf2 Kf8 42.
Rh1 Ke7 43.Bc5 Nf8 44.Bd3 Rh6 45.Bf2 Ng6 46.Kh2 Kd8 47.b6 Ne7 48.Qc3 1-0

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.e3 c5 
9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Bg3 Nc6 12.Ndb5 a6 13.Nd6 b5 14.Be2 Qb6 15.a4 
b4 16.Nb1 Na5 17.Nxf7 Bc6 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Rg1 Rad8 20.Nd2 Ne4 21.Bd3 Nxd2 
22.Rxg2 Qb7 23.Rg1 Nab3 24.Qg4 Rxd3 25.Qxe6+ Kh7 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Rc6 Rd5 
28.Qe6 Rxe5 29.Bxe5 Nf3+ 30.Kd1 Bg5 31.Rxg5 Nxg5 32.Qxh6+ Nh7 33.f4 Na5 
34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 35.Bxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxa6 Nc4 37.Ra7+ Rf7 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.Kc2 
Na5 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Kd4 Kd7 42.Kc5 Nc6 43.a5 Nf6 44.a6 Ne4+ 45.Kd5 Nc3+ 46.
Kc4 Nd1 47.a7 Nxa7 48.Kxb4 Nxb2 49.h4 Ke6 50.h5 Nc6+ 51.Kb5 Nd8 52.h6 Kf5 
53.e4+ Kxf4 54.h7 Nf7 55.e5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nb3 Re8 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bf4 Qd7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd8 18.Rad1 c6 19.h4 Ne6 20.Bc1 Rf8 21.Qg4 f5 
22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Be3 Raf8 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd2 Nc5 27.Rde2 a5 
28.g3 Rf3 29.Rd1 a4 30.a3 Nb7 31.h5 Nd6 32.Bb1 R8f6 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.Rf1 Nc4 
35.Rfe1 Nd6 36.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ye Rongguang"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.c3 Qxc5 8.e4 
Qd6 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qf4 12.Qa4 Be7 13.Bb5 Qc7 14.O-O Bd7 15.
Nd4 O-O-O 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6+ bxc6 19.Rfe1 Kc7 20.Kf1 Rd5 
21.Nd2 Rhd8 22.Ke2 Re5+ 23.Kf1 Red5 24.Ke2 Re5+ 25.Kf1 Red5 26.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 
c6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.O-O Nf8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Ndxe4 Be7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.d5 Bd7 18.Qb3 Rab8 19.Rce1 Ng6 20.Rxe8+ Bxe8 
21.Re1 Nf4 22.Be4 Bd7 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Re4 Nd3 26.Qc2 Rd8 27.
h3 b5 28.Re3 Qd7 29.a3 a5 30.Ne4 Qd4 31.Re2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Ng3 b3 34.
Qd1 Rc8 35.Rd2 Qf4 36.Nf1 Rc1 37.Qe2 Nc5 38.g3 Qf5 39.Qg4 Qb1 40.Qe2 Ne4 
41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Kg2 Nc5 43.Rd5 Rxf1 44.Rxc5 Rg1+ 45.Kh2 Rh1+ 46.Kg2 Rg1+ 
47.Kh2 Qf1 48.Qe4+ g6 49.Rf5 gxf5 50.Qxf5+ Kh8 51.Qc8+ Kg7 52.Qg4+ Kf8 53.
Qb4+ Ke8 54.Qe4+ Kd7 55.Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D07"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Bb4 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Be4 Nf6 13.Bf5+ Kb8 14.a3 Ba5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16.b4 Nc4 17.Bc1 Bb6 18.Ra2 Rhe8 19.O-O c6 20.Bb1 Rd7 21.Rc2 
Red8 22.Ba2 Ne5 23.Na4 Nd3 24.Nxb6 axb6 25.f3 Nxc1 26.Rfxc1 Nd5 27.Kf2 b5 
28.Rd1 f6 29.Rd4 Nb6 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Ke2 Kc7 32.f4 Rd8 33.g4 Ra8 34.Rc3 
Na4 35.Rd3 Nb2 36.Rd4 Nc4 37.Bxc4 bxc4 38.Rxc4 Rxa3 39.h4 b6 40.Kf3 Rd3 
41.f5 Rd5 42.Kf4 h6 43.g5 hxg5+ 44.hxg5 Rd1 45.b5 c5 46.Ra4 Kb7 47.Ra2 
Rf1+ 48.Ke4 c4 49.Rc2 Rb1 50.Rxc4 Rxb5 51.Kf4 Rb1 52.Rc2 b5 53.Rh2 b4 54.
Rh7 Kc6 55.Ke4 b3 56.gxf6 gxf6 57.Rh8 Kc7 58.Rh7+ Kc6 59.Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.
Qb3 Bxf3 10.Qxb7 Nbd7 11.gxf3 Bg7 12.Bf4 Rb8 13.Qxa6 Nh5 14.Bc1 O-O 15.Be2
Be5 16.h4 Nf4 17.Bb5 f5 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Qe2 Be5 21.Nb5 Kh8 
22.O-O-O fxe4 23.fxe4 Qd8 24.Rd3 Qa5 25.Ra3 Qb4 26.f3 c4 27.Qc2 Rfc8 28.
Rf1 Rf8 29.Kb1 Ra8 30.Rc1 Rf4 31.Qe2 Rc8 32.Na7 c3 33.Qb5 c2+ 34.Ka2 Qd2 
35.Qf1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "5th Lost Boys it"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 
Be6 9.b3 Bd5 10.Bb2 a5 11.Rc1 Ra6 12.a3 Na7 13.e3 Nb5 14.a4 Nd6 15.Qe2 c6 
16.Rfd1 Qc8 17.Ba3 Qe6 18.Nfe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Bh6 20.Nd3 Nd7 21.Qf3 Raa8 22.
Nf4 Qf6 23.d5 Nxc4 24.bxc4 c5 25.Qe4 Rad8 26.Rb1 Bxf4 27.exf4 b6 28.Bb2 
Qf5 29.f3 Qh5 30.g4 Qh4 31.f5 Rfe8 32.Re1 gxf5 33.Qxf5 Nf8 34.Re4 Ng6 35.
Bc3 e6 36.dxe6 fxe6 37.Rxe6 Nf4+ 38.Qxf4 Rxe6 39.Rb2 Rde8 0-1

