[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 Qe8 8.a3 e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10.b4 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Nd2 c6 13.O-O Nc7 14.c5 Ne6 15.Be3 Nd4 
16.Re1 Qe7 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.Bf1 Ba6 20.Qb1 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 b5 22.
Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 c6 
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.b4 Nh6 13.a4 a5 14.bxa5 Nc5 15.Be3 Nf7 
16.Nd2 f5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Nb3 Bh6 19.Qc2 Rd8 20.Bd3 f4 21.f3 Bf8 22.a6 
Rxa6 23.a5 Qc7 24.Na4 Bd6 25.Qf2 Rxa5 26.Nxa5 Qxa5 27.Rfb1 Qc7 28.Nb6 Bf8 
29.Qb2 Nd6 30.Ra8 cxd5 31.exd5 e4 32.fxe4 Bg7 33.e5 Nf7 34.d6 Nxd6 35.exd6
Qxd6 36.Qe2 Bd4+ 37.Kh1 f3 38.Qxf3 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5 
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nb4 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.Bg5 a5 15.Rd1 
O-O 16.Ne5 Nfd5 17.Bd2 f5 18.Ra1 Re8 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Nf4 Bb3 
22.Rc1 Qb6 23.Rc3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Be3 Rab8 26.Rc2 f4 27.Bd2 Qxd4 28.
Bc3 Qe4 29.Qxe4 Bxe4 30.Rd2 Bd5 31.Rxa5 Rec8 32.Rd1 Bb4 33.Bxb4 Rxb4 34.
Ba2 Bxa2 35.Rxa2 Rc7 36.h4 Kf7 37.Rd2 Kf6 38.f3 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rc7 40.Ra6 
Rcb7 41.Re2 R7b6 42.Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Nbd2
b6 9.a3 bxa3 10.Rxa3 Bb7 11.O-O d6 12.b4 Nc6 13.b5 Na5 14.Qa1 Rfc8 15.Rc1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 h6 15.d4 cxd4 
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 d5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Be3 Qd5 22.
Qxd5 Bxd5 23.Rad1 Bxa2 24.Bxe4 Rac8 25.Bb7 Rc2 26.Bxa6 Rxb2 27.Bd4 Rb4 28.
Bc3 Rb3 29.Ba1 Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Rd1 Bb6 32.e6 fxe6 33.Be5 Ra3 34.Bb7 
Bc4 35.Rd7 g5 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rg6 Ra2 38.Rxh6 Rxf2 39.Kh2 Rf5 40.Rh8+ Kf7 
41.Rh7+ Kf8 42.Rh8+ Ke7 43.Rh7+ Rf7 44.Rh5 Be3 45.h4 Be2 46.Rh8 Bf4+ 47.
Bxf4 gxf4 48.Be4 Rf8 49.Rh7+ Kd6 50.h5 Ke5 51.Bb1 Kf6 52.h6 Bh5 53.Rb7 Rh8
54.h7 Bg6 55.Bxg6 Kxg6 56.Rxb5 Rxh7+ 57.Kg1 Kf6 58.Kf2 Rg7 59.Rb8 Rg3 60.
Rf8+ Ke5 61.Ra8 Rc3 62.Ra4 Kf5 63.Ra8 e5 64.Ra5 Rc2+ 65.Kf3 Rb2 66.Rc5 
Rb3+ 67.Kf2 Ke4 68.Ra5 Rb2+ 69.Kf1 Rc2 70.Ra3 Rd2 71.Ra5 Kd4 72.Ra3 e4 73.
Rb3 Ra2 74.Rb4+ Kd3 75.Rb3+ Kd2 76.Rb1 e3 77.Re1 Kd3 78.Rd1+ Ke4 79.Rd8 
Rf2+ 80.Kg1 Rd2 81.Re8+ Kd3 82.Rd8+ Ke2 83.Rf8 Rd1+ 84.Kh2 Rf1 85.Kh3 f3 
0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Rhe8 13.Re1 b5 14.a3 
Nd7 15.Ng5 Nc5 16.Rg3 h5 17.Nf7 Rd7 18.Nxd6+ cxd6 19.h3 Be6 20.Rg5 Rh8 21.
Nf1 Bg8 22.Ng3 h4 23.Nf5 Rh7 24.Rg6 Be6 25.b4 Bxf5 26.exf5 Na4 27.Ba1 Nb6 
28.f4 exf4 29.Re4 Nd5 30.Ree6 Kc7 31.Kf2 Ne3 32.Kf3 Nxf5 33.Kxf4 Ne7 34.
Rg4 Nd5+ 35.Kg5 Rf7 36.Kg6 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 
Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Rc1 Qd6 13.Nb1 Rd8 14.Nd4 Bb8 15.g3 
Bh3 16.Re1 Ba7 17.Ba3 Qd7 18.Bc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Ne4 20.Rc1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7 
9.c4 Re8 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nb1 Rb8 12.h4 a6 13.Bf4 b5 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Rfc1 Ba8 
16.h5 h6 17.g4 Na5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Ne4 Bd5 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nxd4 Qb6 22.Be3 
Qb7 23.f4 Rbc8 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rc3 26.Bd2 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Bxg2 28.Qxg2 
Qb6 29.Be3 Qxd6 30.g5 hxg5 31.Qxg5 Qd5 32.Qxd5 exd5 33.Bd2 Nf6 34.Bxb4 Ra8
35.h6 Nh5 36.Ne2 gxh6 37.Kf2 Nb7 38.a3 Nd8 39.Rc5 Ne6 40.Rxd5 Nhxf4 41.
Nxf4 Nxf4 42.Rd6 Re8 43.Kf3 Ne6 44.d4 Ng5+ 45.Kf4 Kg7 46.d5 f6 47.Rd7+ Kg6
48.Be7 h5 49.Rb7 h4 50.d6 h3 51.Rxb5 h2 52.Rb1 Rh8 53.Rh1 Rh3 54.Bxf6 Kxf6
55.d7 Nf7 56.Kg4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 c6 6.g3 Be7 7.Nh3 Nf6 8.d5 Nbd7 9.
Bg2 Ne5 10.b3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.f3 exf3 13.exf3 Bf8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Be3 c5 
16.Nf4 Nf7 17.Qc2 g6 18.Bd2 Qc8 19.a4 Bg7 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Re1 Bd4+ 22.Be3
Bf6 23.Ne6 Ng7 24.f4 Nxe6 25.dxe6 Bxe6 26.Bf2 Qd7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Rxe6 
Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Qd7 30.Re1 Re8 31.Qf3 Rxe1+ 32.Bxe1 Nd8 33.a5 Qc6 34.Qe3 Kf7 
35.b4 a6 36.Qd3 cxb4 37.Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 c6 8.dxc6
Nxc6 9.d5 Ne5 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 e6 12.Nge4 exd5 13.Qxd5 Bf5 14.Rd1 Qh4 15.
O-O Rad8 16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2 18.Ng3 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Rd4 h5 21.h3 
Be5 22.Nd1 Rxf2 23.Rxf2 Qxg3 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Kf1 Qh4 26.Re4 Bg3 27.Re8 
Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Bxf2 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qa8+ Kg7 31.Nxf2 Qh5 32.Nd3 Qb5 33.Qe4 
Qb1 34.Qd4+ Kg8 35.Qc4 g3 36.Kf3 Qf1+ 37.Kxg3 Qe2 38.Ne5 Qxe3+ 39.Nf3 g5 
40.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne2
b6 9.h4 O-O 10.Bd5 Bb7 11.h5 e6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Qd3 Nxb3 15.
axb3 f5 16.Qg3 Bxe4 17.Qxg6 Qf6 18.Qh5 e5 19.Qh7+ Kf7 20.Rh6 Qd8 21.Rg6 
Rg8 22.Bh6 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Ne7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 Nbc6 8.a3 a5 
9.b3 d4 10.Bb2 b6 11.Qb1 Ba6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.c3 dxc3 14.Rxc3 Rad8 15.Bf1 f5 
16.Qc2 Bh6 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Nd4 19.Qb1 Nec6 20.c5 f4 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.
Nxd4 exd4 23.Rc2 Ne5 24.Bd5 Nf3+ 25.Kg2 fxg3 26.hxg3 c6 27.Qh1 Bg7 28.cxb6
cxd5 29.Rc7 Qg4 30.Rac1 Ng5 31.Kf1 Nxe4 32.Ke1 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Ne2 
Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.Ng3 Na5 11.Nf5 Nxc4 12.dxc4 Ne8 13.h4 Rb8 14.Be3 Qd7 15.
O-O-O Qe6 16.Qe2 a6 17.a4 f6 18.Rh3 Rf7 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.f4 Bf8 21.h5 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23.cxb5 Qb3 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.c4 Ra7 26.Qc2 Qb4 27.Qc3 Qxc3+ 28.
bxc3 Nf6 29.Kc2 Nxe4 30.Rf3 Ra2+ 31.Kd3 Nf6 32.Ng3 Ra4 33.Bg5 d5 34.cxd5 
e4+ 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Ne4 Bxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 
8.Qxd4 O-O 9.c4 Qa5+ 10.Qc3 Nc6 11.g3 d6 12.Bg2 Bf5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.b3 
Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Rac8 16.O-O e6 17.f4 Rfd8 18.Rfc1 Kf8 19.Kf2 Ke7 20.e3 h5 21.
Ke2 Rc7 22.h3 Nc6 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rh8 25.Rh1 Rcc8 26.g5 a6 27.Rxh8 Rxh8
28.Rh1 Rxh1 29.Bxh1 Kd7 30.Kd2 b6 31.Kc3 Ne7 32.Be4 d5 33.cxd5 exd5 34.Bd3
a5 35.b4 Kd6 36.Kb3 Nc6 37.a3 axb4 38.axb4 Nd8 39.Be2 d4 40.exd4 Ne6 41.
Bc4 b5 42.Bxe6 fxe6 43.Kc3 Ke7 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.d5 exd5+ 47.Kd4 
Ke6 48.Kc5 Kf5 49.Kxd5 Kxf4 50.Kc5 Kxg5 51.Kxb5 Kf6 52.Kc6 g5 53.b5 g4 54.
b6 g3 55.b7 g2 56.b8=Q g1=Q 57.Qb6 Qxb6+ 58.Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Rb8 
9.Ne5 Na5 10.e4 b5 11.g4 b4 12.g5 bxc3 13.bxc3 Rb5 14.gxf6 gxf6 15.Nxd7 
Qxd7 16.Qf3 Rg8 17.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C82"]

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.Nf1 Re8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3
Bg6 16.Nf5 Ne4 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Nh4 Nc5 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Be3 Ne6
22.f4 d4 23.Be4 Rd8 24.Bc1 Nc5 25.Bf3 Qe6 26.f5 gxf5 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Bg5 
f6 29.exf6 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 gxf6 31.Qe7 Re8 32.Qxf6 Qxf6 33.Bxf6 d3 34.Bd4 
Na4 35.Rd1 c5 36.Bf6 Kf7 37.Bh4 Nxb2 38.Rd2 Re4 39.Bg3 Re3 40.Bf4 Re2 41.
Kf1 Rxd2 42.Bxd2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.b3 b5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d4 d5 7.c5 Nbd7 8.Bf4 h6 9.h4
Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qd5 13.Bg2 Bxc5 14.Qc2 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 f5
16.f3 O-O 17.fxe4 fxe4+ 18.Kg1 Bb7 19.Bxe4 Qd7 20.Rd1 Rac8 21.Kg2 Qe7 22.
Rhf1 c5 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Rf1 Rxf1 25.Kxf1 cxd4 26.Bxd4 Qf7+ 27.Kg1 Bd6 28.
Bxb7 Qxb7 29.Qg6 Qf7 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O 
a5 9.a4 Nb4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 d5 13.exd5 Nfxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bf3 e6 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.c3 Qb6 18.Re1 Bd7 19.Be5 Rfe8 20.Bxg7 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1
Kxg7 22.Qd1 Kg8 23.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 
Ng4 9.c4 dxe5 10.e4 c6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Qc2 f5 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.a3 Nc5 15.b4 
Nxe4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Bf5 18.Qe3 Nf7 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.c5 Rad8 21.Bf1 e4
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.g4 Qf6 24.gxf5 exf3 25.Qxf3 Re5 26.Rad1 Rxf5 27.Qe3 Rf3 
28.Qe2 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxa3 30.Rd7 b5 31.cxb6 axb6 32.Qd2 b5 33.Bg2 Ra1+ 34.
Kh2 g5 35.Qd4 Qxd4 36.Rxd4 Rc1 37.h4 h6 38.Rd7 Kf6 39.Rc7 Ne5 40.Rh7 gxh4 
41.f4 Ng6 42.Rd7 Nxf4 43.Rd6+ Ke5 44.Rxc6 Rc4 45.Bf3 Rxb4 46.Rxh6 Rb2+ 47.
Kh1 b4 48.Rb6 Kd4 49.Bg4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4
9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 h6 11.Ne2 Nge7 12.Qc1 Bd7 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Bh3 Kb8 15.Be3 Ka8
16.Qd2 Rc8 17.g4 Nb8 18.Ng3 Rc6 19.O-O Rb6 20.f4 g6 21.Kh2 a6 22.Rf2 Nbc6 
23.f5 exf5 24.gxf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Rxf5 Nd8 28.Bf2 Qd7 
29.Qf4 Ne6 30.Qg4 Qa4 31.Qd1 Ng5 32.Be3 Ne4 33.Rxf7 Rb2 34.Rc1 Nxc3 35.Qf3
Ka7 36.e6 Re8 37.Rf8 Rxe6 38.Qg3 Re8 39.Bxh6 Rxc2+ 40.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Ne5 
Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Be2 Nb6 12.Qxc6 Qxd4 13.Be3 Qb4 14.Bxg4 Qxg4 
15.f4 f6 16.e6 Rad8 17.O-O Rd6 18.Qxc7 Qxe6 19.Bxb6 Rd7 20.Rae1 Qxb6+ 21.
Qxb6 axb6 22.f5 Kf7 23.Re6 Rb8 24.Rc6 Bh6 25.fxg6+ hxg6 26.Re1 Bf4 27.g3 
Be5 28.Re2 Rbb7 29.Nb5 Rd5 30.a4 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Rb1 32.Nc3 Ra1 33.Rc4 Rc1 34.
Rc6 g5 35.Kf3 Bd4 36.Ke4 Rd7 37.Rd2 e5 38.h4 gxh4 39.gxh4 Rh1 40.Kf5 Rf1+ 
41.Kg4 Rd8 42.Rc7+ Ke6 43.Rc6+ Kd7 44.Rxb6 Rg8+ 45.Kh5 Kc8 46.Nd5 Rh8+ 47.
Kg6 Bxb6 48.Nxb6+ Kb7 49.Nd7 Rxh4 50.a5 Rd4 51.Nc5+ Kc6 52.Rc2 Kb5 53.a6 
Rc4 54.Rxc4 Kxc4 55.b4 Kxb4 56.Ne4 Ra1 57.Kxf6 Ra5 58.a7 Kc4 59.a8=Q Rxa8 
60.Kxe5 Re8+ 61.Kf5 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.Rc1 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Bxc4 Nc5 14.Be2 
b6 15.Nb5 Rd8 16.Qc2 Qg5 17.Bf3 Ba6 18.a4 Rac8 19.O-O Nxa4 20.Qxa4 Qxb5 
21.Qa3+ Kf6 22.Ra1 Rxc3 23.Qxc3+ Kg6 24.h4 Kh7 25.Qc7 Rf8 26.Qxa7 Bc8 27.
Qe7 Kg8 28.b4 Qd7 29.Qxd7 Bxd7 30.Ra7 Rd8 31.Rb7 b5 32.h5 Be8 33.Be2 f5 
34.g4 Rd2 35.Kf1 Rb2 36.Rb8 Kf7 37.gxf5 exf5 38.Bxb5 Bxb5+ 39.Rxb5 Kf6 40.
Kg2 Rb1 41.Rb7 Kg5 42.Rxg7+ Kxh5 43.Rb7 Kg4 44.b5 h5 45.b6 h4 46.f3+ Kh5 
47.Rb8 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.N4b3 Be7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.b3 a6 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Bb2
d6 16.Re1 Ra7 17.Nf1 Ba8 18.a4 Nd7 19.Ne3 Bf6 20.Rb1 Rc8 21.Re2 Nc5 22.Rd2
Rd7 23.Ng4 Be7 24.h4 h5 25.Ne3 Bf6 26.Ba1 Na7 27.Qxh5 Bxc3 28.Bxc3 Nxe4 
29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qg4+ Kh8 31.Qh5+ Kg7 32.Qg4+ Kh8 33.Bxe4 f5 34.Nxf5 Rg8 
35.Qf4 Bxe4 36.Qh6+ Rh7 37.Qf6+ Rhg7 38.Qh6+ Rh7 39.Qf6+ Rhg7 40.Nxg7 Rxg7
41.Re1 Bf5 42.Rxe6 Bxe6 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qxe6+ Kh7 45.Rxd6 Qc7 46.Rxb6 Rxg3+
47.fxg3 Qxg3+ 48.Kf1 Qf3+ 49.Ke1 Qc3+ 50.Ke2 Qc2+ 51.Kf3 Qd1+ 52.Kf4 Qf1+ 
53.Ke5 Qe1+ 54.Kd6 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O c6 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 
dxe4 9.dxe4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 Rfe8 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.Bc3 Bxf3 
15.Bxf3 Bc5 16.Rd1 Bd4 17.Bb4 Bc5 18.Bc3 Nb6 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Nxe5 Nxa4 21.
Nd3 Bd4 22.Bxd4 Qxd4 23.e5 Nd7 24.Qa1 a6 25.b4 Qxa1 26.Rxa1 Nc3 27.Bg4 
Nxe5 28.Re1 f5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.Nxe5 fxg4 31.hxg4 Na2 32.Nd3 Kf7 33.f4 h6 
34.Kf2 Ke6 35.c4 b6 36.Ke3 a5 37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Kd4 Nb4 39.Nc5+ Ke7 40.Kc3 
Na2+ 41.Kb2 Nb4 42.Kc3 Na2+ 43.Kb2 Nb4 44.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 
9.b3 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Rae1 Bd7 15.Bc1 
Nh5 16.Rd1 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.b4 Ne6 19.Nde2 f5 20.Qd3 Bf8 21.exf5 gxf5 
22.g4 fxg4 23.hxg4 Nf6 24.g5 Ng4 25.Qg3 Ng7 26.Nd4 Ra6 27.Nxc6 Bxc6 28.
Qxg4 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Qb7+ 30.Kg1 Rc8 31.Nd5 Rxa2 32.Rd3 Rc4 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.
Qh3 Qc8 35.Qxh7 Rxc1 36.Qg8+ Kg6 37.Qxa2 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Qc1+ 39.Ke2 Nf5 40.
Qg8+ Bg7 41.Qh7+ Kxg5 42.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 Be7 8.Qc2 
Nb6 9.Rd1 O-O 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nxc4 c5 13.Ne3 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Ne5 
15.Be2 Nc6 16.Rd2 e5 17.O-O Nd4 18.Qd1 Be6 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Qg5 21.g3 
Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Rad8 23.Nf5 Rfe8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Qf2 h5 26.e5 Qc7 27.Nd6 Re7
28.Qd4 Nd7 29.Nf5 Re8 30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 Nxe5 33.Qxe5 Qxd6 34.
Qxh5 Qe6 35.a3 Rd2 36.Qc5 Qh3 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rc1 c6 14.Nf2 f4 15.g4 h5 16.
h3 Nh7 17.b4 Bf6 18.Be1 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 b6 21.Ra1 Rb8 22.Kg2 c5 23.
bxc5 dxc5 24.Qb1 Bd7 25.Bd1 Nc8 26.Ba4 Nd6 27.Qb3 Bh4 28.Bxd7 Qxd7 29.Rb1 
Qe7 30.Nb5 Nf7 31.Qb2 Ra8 32.Bc3 Bxf2 33.Qxf2 Ra4 34.Ra1 Rfa8 35.Rfd1 Rxa1
36.Rxa1 Rxa1 37.Bxa1 Kg8 38.Bc3 Nf6 39.Qa2 hxg4 40.hxg4 Nxe4 41.fxe4 Qh4 
42.Qf2 Qxg4+ 43.Kf1 f3 44.d6 Qxe4 45.Qd2 Qxc4+ 46.Kf2 Qxb5 47.d7 Kh7 48.
Bxe5 Qb4 49.d8=Q Nxd8 50.Qxd8 Kh6 51.Qh8+ Kg5 52.Qf6+ Kh5 53.Bf4 Qd4+ 54.
Qxd4 cxd4 55.Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Bd3 
exd4 16.Nxd4 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Nc4 18.a4 Qb6 19.Ndf5 Bf8 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 d5 
22.bxc4 dxc4 23.Bb1 Rcd8 24.Qc2 Qc6 25.Bg5 Bc5 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qc3 Re6 28.
Nh5+ Kh8 29.Bxf6+ Rxf6 30.Qxf6+ Qxf6 31.Nxf6 Rd2 32.Ng4 c3 33.Ra2 Rd4 34.
Bc2 b4 35.Ra5 Be7 36.Ra7 Rd7 37.Ne5 Rc7 38.Nd3 Kg7 39.Rb1 Rd7 40.Nxb4 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 
c5 9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Be3 Bf5 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.b3 Ng4 15.Bd2
Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Nb4 20.d6 Red8 21.Bf4 Bd4 
22.a3 Nc6 23.Nb5 Bb2 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.Qxc5 Re8 26.b4 Qa4 27.Bf1 Bxc1 28.Qxc1 
Qc2 29.Qa1 h5 30.Nc7 Re4 31.Bd3 Qxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Rxd6 33.h3 Rxd3 34.Qxd3 Re1+
35.Qf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Nd4 37.Bf6 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bg5 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Ne5 
Rfd8 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ng4 Qf4 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qg5 20.Qf3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.d3 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.Qc2 f5 13.b4 a6 14.Bb2 Kb8 15.Rc1
e4 16.dxe4 fxe4 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rd5 20.O-O Rhd8 21.Rc5 
Nc8 22.Rfc1 R8d7 23.h3 g6 24.Qc4 Qf7 25.Qc2 Rxc5 26.Qxc5 Qd5 27.a4 b6 28.
Qc2 Nd6 29.a5 b5 30.Qc5 Qxc5 31.Rxc5 Nf5 32.Be5 Kb7 33.Kf1 Ne7 34.Ke2 Nd5 
35.Bc3 c6 36.f4 exf3+ 37.gxf3 Re7 38.Bd2 Nf4+ 39.Kf1 Rd7 40.exf4 Rxd2 41.
Re5 Kc7 42.Re7+ Kd6 43.Rxh7 c5 44.Rg7 cxb4 45.Rxg6+ Kc5 46.Ke1 Rh2 47.Kd1 
b3 48.Kc1 Kb4 49.Rg1 Ka3 50.Kb1 b4 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 f6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.O-O Qf7 8.a3 O-O-O
9.b4 Nge7 10.Bd3 Nf5 11.Ne2 h5 12.Qe1 Re8 13.b5 Nd8 14.a4 Kb8 15.Qc3 Bc8 
16.a5 g5 17.exf6 g4 18.Ne5 Qxf6 19.b6 Bd6 20.a6 Re7 21.axb7 Bxb7 22.bxc7+ 
Rxc7 23.Qb2 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Bxe5 25.Qxa7+ Kc8 26.Rb1 Nc6 27.Qa4 Kd7 28.Rb6 
Ra8 29.Qb3 Kc8 30.Be3 Na5 31.Qb5 Bc6 32.Qb4 Nc4 33.Bxc4 Ra4 34.Ba6+ Kd7 
35.Qb3 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d5 12.Re1 dxe4 13.Nc3 Bc8 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Bxe4 Be6 16.Bf4 Rd8 17.Qh5 h6 18.Re3 Ne8 19.Bf5 Nd7 20.Rae1 Nf8 21.Qf3 
Rac8 22.h4 Qf6 23.Bc2 Ng6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Bb3 Nxf4 27.gxf4 
Rd5 28.Nxd5 Qg6+ 29.Kh2 cxd5 30.Qxd5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nh5 8.g3 Bh3 
9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.f3 Nbd7 15.Rad1 
c6 16.Nc2 Bf8 17.Bf2 a5 18.Ne3 h5 19.Ng2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 a4 21.Qc2 Qa5 22.f4 
a3 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa5 25.Rxb7 Reb8 26.Reb1 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Rb8 28.Rxb8 
Nxb8 29.Qb3 Nbd7 30.c5 d5 31.exd5 Nxc5 32.Qc4 cxd5 33.Nxd5 Nfe4 34.Be3 Qe1
35.f5 gxf5 36.Bxh5 Nd7 37.Qc7 Nef6 38.Nxf6+ Nxf6 39.Qxf7+ Bg7 40.Bf2 Qe4+ 
41.Bf3 Qc2 42.h3 Kh8 43.g4 Ne4 44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Bxe4 fxe4 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.
Qd5+ Kh8 48.Qa8+ Kh7 49.Qxa3 Bh6 50.Qc5 Qe2 51.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nf3 Qe8
9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Bf5 11.Bf3 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bf4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Qd7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.g4 Bxd4 17.gxf5 Rad8 18.fxg6 Qh3 19.Bg2 Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22.Qf3 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Qc7 10.c4 O-O-O 11.cxd5 Qxe5 12.Bf3 exd5 13.Re1 Qd6 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.
b4 Bc6 16.bxc5 Qxc5 17.Bd2 Kb8 18.Rc1 Qa3 19.Rb1 Bd6 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 
Qxa2 22.Bg5 a6 23.Rb3 Rhe8 24.Rf1 Qa5 25.Bd2 Qc7 26.Qa1 Bxh2+ 27.Kh1 Be5 
28.Qxa6 Rd6 29.Qa2 Ree6 30.Rfb1 Ra6 31.Rxb7+ Qxb7 32.Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.Bxd5+ 
Kb8 34.Bxe6 Rxa2 35.Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c6 5.Bg2 a5 6.O-O a4 7.Bb2 a3 8.Bc1 b5 9.d4
Be7 10.c5 b4 11.Ne1 Na6 12.Nd2 e5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.e4 Ndxc5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.
Ndf3 Ne4 17.Nd4 Nc3 18.Qh5 Qb6 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Nef3 O-O 21.Rfe1 Bd7 22.e6 
fxe6 23.Ng5 h6 24.Ngxe6 Bxe6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Bxc5 Qf7 27.Qxf7+ Rxf7 28.Bd4
Rd8 29.Re3 Nc7 30.Bf1 Re8 31.Bc5 Rxe3 32.fxe3 N7b5 33.Bxb4 Rf3 34.Bc5 Kf7 
35.Kg2 Rf6 36.Bd3 Ne4 37.Bb4 Nec3 38.g4 Ke6 39.Bxb5 Nxb5 40.Rc1 Ke5 41.Rc5
Rb6 42.Kf3 Rb7 43.h3 Ke6 44.Rc6+ Ke5 45.Ke2 d4 46.Kd3 dxe3 47.Kxe3 Kd5 48.
Rg6 Rc7 49.Kd3 Rf7 50.Ke3 Rc7 51.Rb6 Nc3 52.Bxa3 Nxa2 53.Rd6+ Ke5 54.Rd3 
Rc2 55.Bf8 Nc1 56.Bxg7+ Ke6 57.Rd2 Rc7 58.Rd1 Nxb3 59.Bxh6 Rh7 60.g5 Nc5 
61.Kf4 Rf7+ 62.Kg4 Ne4 63.Re1 Ke5 64.g6 Rf2 65.g7 Rg2+ 66.Kh5 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.d5 c6 8.Rc1 h6 9.
Be3 e6 10.Qd2 exd5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.exd5 Re8 13.Nge2 Kh7 14.Ng3 b5 15.a4 
Nbd7 16.axb5 Nc5 17.Bc4 Nfd7 18.O-O Ne5 19.Bxc5 Nxc4 20.Qf4 Ne5 21.Bf2 Nd3
22.Qd2 Nxc1 23.Rxc1 Bb7 24.b6 Rc8 25.Nge2 Rc4 26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Qg5 28.
f4 Qf5 29.h3 Bxd5 30.Bf2 Bb7 31.Qxd6 Qxf4 32.Qxf4 Rxf4 33.Rd1 Re7 34.Bc5 
Re8 35.Rd7 Bc8 36.Rc7 Rf5 37.b4 Kg8 38.Ne4 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Be7 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne2 Nd7 
9.Nd2 h5 10.f4 h4 11.Nf3 h3 12.Bh1 Nf6 13.Nd2 Ng4 14.Nb1 g5 15.Bf3 gxf4 
16.gxf4 Rg8 17.Ng3 Bh4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Qe1 Qd7 20.a3 O-O-O 21.b4 c4 22.Nd2
exf4 23.Rxf4 Ne5 24.Nxc4 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Nf3+ 26.Rxf3 h2+ 27.Kf2 Bxf3 28.Kxf3
Qg4+ 29.Kg2 h1=Q+ 30.Kxh1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Bb2 cxd5 14.exd5 Ne8 15.Qb3 a5 
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Nc7 19.c5 e4 20.cxd6 Qxd6 21.Ngxe4 fxe4 
22.Nxe4 Qxd5 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxd5+ Nexd5 25.Re1 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Be6 27.Qd4 
Bf7 28.h4 h5 29.Qa7 b6 30.Qb7 Nb5 31.Re5 Rd8 32.Kh2 Nd4 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.
Qxb6 Kg7 35.Qc7 Nb5 36.Qe7 Nd6 37.f3 Nf5 38.Qe2 Kf8 39.g4 Nd6 40.Qe3 Nc4 
41.Qa7 Ne5 42.Kg3 Be8 43.Qc7 Nc6 44.Qf4+ Bf7 45.Qc7 Nd4 46.Qc8+ Be8 47.Qc4
Bf7 48.Qc8+ Kg7 49.Qc3 Kh7 50.Qc7 Kg8 51.Qc8+ Kh7 52.Qc7 Kg7 53.Qc3 Kf8 
54.Qc8+ Be8 55.Qc4 Rd6 56.Qc5 Nb5 57.Kf4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Be7 
9.Re1 O-O 10.c3 Qc7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Rad8 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Ne4
Nf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qe2 Rd7 18.Ng3 Rc8 19.Rad1 Qa4 20.a3 Rcd8 21.Be4 Bh4 
22.Nf1 Ne5 23.Nh2 Qb5 24.d4 Qxe2 25.Rxe2 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.cxd4 Rxd4 
28.Bxb7 Rd1+ 29.Nf1 Nd3 30.Be4 Nf4 31.Re3 f5 32.Bc2 Rc1 33.Bb3 Kf7 34.Rf3 
Bg5 35.Ba4 Ne2+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+ 37.Kg1 a6 38.b4 Ne2+ 39.Kg2 Nf4+ 40.Kg1 e5 41.
Rb3 Ne2+ 42.Kg2 Nf4+ 43.Kg1 e4 44.b5 Ne2+ 45.Kg2 f4 46.Nd2 Rg1+ 47.Kh2 f3 
48.Nxe4 Bf4+ 49.Ng3 Rg2+ 50.Kh1 Rxf2 51.Rxf3 Nxg3+ 52.Rxg3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4
Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Bd2 Ba6 11.b3 Bc5 12.Qe4 O-O-O 13.Be2 Rde8 14.f4 f6 15.a4
f5 16.Qf3 d6 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.O-O-O Bd4 19.Bd3 Qc5 20.Rhe1 g6 21.Kc2 Bb7 
22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Nc3 
dxe5 9.e4 Nc6 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 a5 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.Qe1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nd5 c5 16.Qd2 Ra7 17.c3 Ne5 18.cxd4 Nd3 19.e5 Rd7 20.Nf4 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Bxe5
22.Ne2 Bg7 23.Rac1 Re8 24.Bf3 cxd4 25.Nf4 d3 26.Qb1 d2 27.Rc2 g5 28.Nd5 
Rxd5 29.Bxd5 Qxd5 30.Rcxd2 Qf3 31.Rd8 Rf8 32.Qc1 Bb7 33.Kf1 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 
Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.g4 Nb6 8.h4 h5 9.
g5 Nfd7 10.d5 Ne5 11.Bd4 Bg7 12.dxc6 Nbc4 13.c7 Qd7 14.Qc1 O-O 15.Nd5 Bb7 
16.Bh3 Qe8 17.f4 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.b3 Ncb6 20.Qb2+ Kh7 21.O-O-O Nxd5 22.
exd5 Nb6 23.Ne2 Nxd5 24.Bg2 Nc3 25.Bxb7 Nxe2+ 26.Kb1 b4 27.Rd3 Qd7 28.Bxa8
Rxa8 29.Re1 Nc3+ 30.Rxc3 bxc3 31.Qxc3 Rc8 32.Qc4 Kg8 33.a4 Rxc7 34.Qb5 Qc8
35.Re2 Kg7 36.Qd5 Qg4 37.Qa5 Rc5 38.Qd2 Rc7 39.Qa5 Rb7 40.Qc3+ e5 41.Qd2 
Qxf4 42.Qxf4 exf4 43.Re4 f6 44.gxf6+ Kxf6 45.Rxf4+ Ke5 46.Rf8 Rg7 47.a5 d5
48.Kb2 Kd6 49.b4 Kc6 50.Kb3 g5 51.hxg5 Rxg5 52.Ka4 h4 53.b5+ Kc7 54.Kb4 
Rg4+ 55.Kc5 Rc4+ 56.Kxd5 Rxc2 57.Rh8 Rd2+ 58.Kc4 Rc2+ 59.Kb3 Rc1 60.Rxh4 
Rb1+ 61.Kc4 Rc1+ 62.Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Qd3 d6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Rac1 Re8 12.e4 e5 13.Rfe1 a5 14.h3 Na6 15.Nh4 
g6 16.Rcd1 Rac8 17.b3 Qe7 18.Nf1 Nc7 19.Ne3 Ne6 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 
22.exd5 Nc5 23.Qd2 Qd6 24.Re3 Re7 25.Rde1 b5 26.Nf3 e4 27.Bf1 bxc4 28.bxc4
Nfd7 29.Nd4 Ne5 30.a3 Ncd3 31.Bxd3 Nxd3 32.Nc6 Nxe1 33.Nxe7+ Qxe7 34.Rxe1 
Rxc4 35.d6 Qf6 36.Rd1 Rc8 37.axb4 axb4 38.d7 Rd8 39.Qxb4 e3 40.fxe3 Qf3 
41.Qe1 h5 42.h4 Qg4 43.Rd4 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.
Nge2 b5 10.Nd4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Bb7 12.Rc1 cxd5 13.Nb3 Qb4 14.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15.
Bxd2 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd7 18.Rc7 Nb6 19.Rxe7 Nxd5 20.Rd7 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Kf2 Bxb2 23.Rd1 Nc3 24.Bxc3 Bxc3 25.Nc5 a5 26.Ne4 Be5 27.Rd5
f5 28.Nd2 Rc8 29.Rxa5 Rc2 30.Ke3 Rc3+ 31.Ke2 Bxh2 32.g4 Bf4 33.Nb3 fxg4 
34.fxg4 Rg3 35.Nd4 Be5 36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.Nf3 Rxg4 38.Ra7+ Kf6 39.Rxh7 Rg2+ 
40.Kd3 Rxa2 41.Ke4 Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.Qc2 g6 13.a3 Be7 14.h3 Bf6 15.
Rac1 a5 16.Rhd1 Be6 17.Kf1 a4 18.Bb5 Qb6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 
Rfc8 22.Qc5 Qxb2 23.Nxc6 Kg7 24.Qd4+ Qxd4 25.Nxd4 Bd7 26.Ke1 Rab8 27.Rxc8 
Rxc8 28.Kd2 Rb8 29.Rc1 Rb2+ 30.Rc2 Rb1 31.Rc1 Rb2+ 32.Rc2 Rb1 33.Rc7 Be8 
34.Rc1 Rb2+ 35.Rc2 Rb1 36.Rc1 Rb2+ 37.Rc2 Rb1 38.Rc8 Kf8 39.Rd8 Rf1 40.Ke2
Rc1 41.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 Nd7 7.f4 c5 8.dxc5 
Nxc5 9.Be3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Bd4 O-O 12.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.
Bb2 Qa5 10.Qc1 Bf5 11.Bc3 Qa6 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 
e5 16.dxe5 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe5 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.b4 Qa6 21.c5 Qc4 
22.Rac1 Rad8 23.Bxe5 Qxc2 24.Bxc2 Rxe5 25.Bxa4 Rd4 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Re1 
Rxb4 28.Bxc6 Bd4 29.Bf3 Rb2 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Bxe2 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 
Re8 9.b3 Qe7 10.Bb2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 Bb4 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.a3 Ba5 15.
b4 Bb6 16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bh3 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Qb1 Qf6 21.f4 
Nc4 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f4 Qb6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.O-O-O Nd7
9.Be2 b4 10.Nb1 Ngf6 11.Qe3 Be6 12.b3 a5 13.Nfd2 a4 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.bxc4 e5
16.c5 exd4 17.cxb6 dxe3 18.Bf3 d5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.exd5 cxd5 21.g4 O-O-O 
22.Rd4 Bf8 23.g5 Bc5 24.Rd3 Nh5 25.Rf1 Bxb6 26.Kd1 Rhe8 27.Bxh5 gxh5 28.
Ke2 Re4 29.a3 Rc4 30.axb4 Rxc2+ 31.Kf3 Kb7 32.Nc3 a3 33.Na4 a2 34.Nxb6 
Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e3 
c5 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.O-O c4 11.Bf5 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.Rae1 Nb6 15.f3
Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bd7 17.Bh4 Na4 18.Nb1 f5 19.Bg3 Rac8 20.Be5 Nc5 21.Qb2 Qa6 
22.dxc5 Rxe5 23.Qb4 Qc6 24.Na3 Rc7 25.Rb1 Rxe3 26.Nc2 Re7 27.Qa5 Bc8 28.
Qxa7 Qxc5+ 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.f4 Kf7 31.Kf2 Ra5 32.a3 Ra7 33.Rfd1 Bd7 34.Rxd5
Ba4 35.Nd4 Bc6 36.Nxc6 bxc6 37.Rd4 Rxa3 38.Rxc4 Ra2+ 39.Kf1 Ree2 40.Rxc6 
Rf2+ 41.Ke1 Rae2+ 42.Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Ne7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 h6 8.c3 c5 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc4 Nc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nfd2 Be6 13.Ne4 b6 14.a4 Qc7 15.Ned6 
Red8 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Qe2 Rab8 18.f4 a6 19.Nbd6 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxe5 Qxd6 
22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.c4 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Qf1 Bh3 26.cxd5 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Qxd5+ 
28.Kh3 Qf5+ 29.Kg2 Rxe1 30.Qxe1 Qxd3 31.Ra7 Qc2+ 32.Kh3 Bf6 33.Qe3 c4 34.
Ra6 Bg7 35.Ra7 Rd8 36.Qe7 Qf5+ 37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Kh3 Bf8 39.Qc7 Qf5+ 40.Kg2 
Re8 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Nxd5 cxd5
15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rd6 Bxa2 18.b4 Bf8 19.Ra6 Bxc5 20.bxc5 Be6 21.
Bb5 Re7 22.Rd1 Rc7 23.c6 Kf8 24.c4 Re8 25.Kb2 Bc8 26.Ra2 e4 27.fxe4 Rxe4 
28.Kc3 Kg7 29.Rd7 Bxd7 30.cxd7 Rexc4+ 31.Bxc4 Rxd7 32.Ra6 h5 33.Bb5 Rd5 
34.Bc6 Rf5 35.Bf3 h4 36.h3 Kh6 37.Rxa7 Kg5 38.Kd3 Rf6 39.Ra5+ Kh6 40.Ra4 
g5 41.Rc4 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Bg5 Bb4+ 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 Qf4 13.Bg3 Qxd2+ 14.Qxd2 
Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Bd7 16.Rad1 O-O-O 17.Kc1 Bc6 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bf2 Nf4 20.Bxa7 
Nxg2 21.Rhg1 Nf4 22.Rxg7 Bxf3 23.Rxf7 Bxd1 24.Rxf4 Bh5 25.Bb6 Rd6 26.Rc4+ 
Rc6 27.Ra4 Kb8 28.Bd4 Rd8 29.c3 Be8 30.Be5+ Kc8 31.Ra8+ Kd7 32.Ra7 Kc8 33.
Be4 Rd5 34.Ra8+ Kd7 35.Bf6 Rc8 36.Ra7 Kc7 37.Bxd5 exd5 38.Be5+ Kb6 39.Bd4+
Kc7 40.a4 Bd7 41.b4 Re8 42.Kb2 h5 43.b5 Kb8 44.Kb3 h4 45.b6 Bg4 46.Ra5 Bd7
47.Kb4 Bc6 48.Ra7 Kc8 49.a5 Kd7 50.a6 Kd6 51.Bc5+ Ke6 52.Bf2 Rf8 53.axb7 
Bxb7 54.Rxb7 Rxf2 55.Rh7 Rxh2 56.Kc5 Rc2 57.b7 Rxc3+ 58.Kb4 Rc1 59.Rh6+ 
Ke5 60.Rb6 Rb1+ 61.Kc5 Rc1+ 62.Kb5 Rb1+ 63.Kc6 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Be3 c5 11.e6 cxd4 12.exf7+ Rxf7 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Qd5 Qxd5 16.Nxd5 Nbd7 17.b4 Bb7 18.Nc3 e5 19.Ndxb5 axb5 20.bxc5 b4 21.Nb5 
Rf4 22.Rc1 Re4+ 23.Kd1 Bc6 24.f3 Rf4 25.Nd6 Rxa2 26.Bc4+ Rxc4 27.Rxc4 b3 
28.Re1 Rxg2 29.Kc1 Rxh2 30.f4 exf4 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Re7+ Kf6 33.Rf7+ Ke6 34.
Rfxf4 Ne5 35.Rcd4 Rh3 36.Rf1 Rc3+ 37.Kb2 Rxc5 38.Nc8 Bd5 39.Rf8 Nc4+ 40.
Kxb3 Nd6+ 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.c4 Rfe8 
15.Bb2 h6 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Bb1 Nf8 20.Ba3 Red8 21.
Bd6 Qc6 22.f3 f5 23.Bd3 Ng6 24.Qb2 Ba6 25.Qa3 Qb7 26.Be2 Rc6 27.f4 Qc8 28.
Rd4 Nh8 29.Bf3 Rc7 30.c5 bxc5 31.Ra4 Bb5 32.Bxc7 Rd3 33.Qxc5 Bxa4 34.Qc4 
Qd7 35.Bd6 Bb5 36.Qb4 a6 37.Be2 Rd5 38.Bf3 Rd3 39.Rc7 Qe8 40.Re7 Qc8 41.
Rc7 Qe8 42.a4 Bxa4 43.Qb7 Qg6 44.Bh5 Rd1+ 45.Bxd1 Bxd1 46.Rc3 Be2 47.Qe7 
Bb5 48.Qf8+ Kh7 49.Rc8 Qg4 50.h3 Qxf4 51.Qxh8+ Kg6 52.Rc2 Qf1+ 53.Kh2 Qf4+
54.g3 Qe4 55.Qc8 f4 56.Qc3 Kh5 57.gxf4 Be2 58.Qd2 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6 
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 a5 11.a3 Ne8 12.Rb1 f5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b4 Ndf6 15.b5 Bb7 
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nh4 f4 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nd5 Rf7 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Rb8 Qe6 26.Qa4 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 
28.c5 Rc7 29.Bb2 Rxc5 30.Qxf4 Qe6 31.Qd2 Kf7 32.h3 Ke7 33.f4 e4 34.Bd4 Rd5
35.Rb1 Kf8 36.Rb7 Qf6 37.Bxf6 Rxd2 38.Bg5 e3 39.Bh6+ Kg8 40.Re7 Rd1+ 41.
Kh2 Nf6 42.Rxe3 Kf7 43.f5 d5 44.Rb3 Ne4 45.g4 Kf6 46.Rb6+ Ke5 47.Kg2 Rd3 
48.f6 Rg3+ 49.Kh2 Rf3 50.Bg7 Kd4 51.f7+ Kc5 52.Rf6 1-0

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
Bxe4 9.Nh4 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Be3 Nd7 
15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nf4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Bd3 a6 8.N5c3 
Bg5 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 Nd4 12.Nd5 Ne6 13.Bc2 Nd4 14.Bb2 Nxc2 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Qxc2 Qg6 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Ba3 Bh3 19.Ne1 Bd7 20.Qd3 Bc6 21.f3 
f5 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Rd1 Raf8 24.Qe3 h5 25.Kh1 e4 26.f4 Qh6 27.g3 h4 28.Kg1 
hxg3 29.hxg3 Rh5 30.Ng2 Rh2 31.Rd2 Qh3 32.Bb2 Rf5 33.a4 Rh5 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb4+ 12.Ke2 Nc6 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd3 g6 15.
Bxh6 Bg4 16.a3 Ne5 17.Qd4 Bc5 18.Qf4 Qb6 19.b4 Qa6+ 20.Kd2 Bd6 21.Qf6 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.d5 Na5 10.Qc2 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Rd1 Qe8 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.Qc1 Rd8 15.
Rxd8 Qxd8 16.Bh6 Qd6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nh4 Be6 19.Nb5 Qe5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Rd8 23.Nf3 c5 24.Rc1 c4 25.Kf1 Nd5 26.Rd1 Rd6 27.Ke1 f6 
28.a3 Kf7 29.Rd4 g5 30.Nd2 Nxc3 31.Rxd6 exd6 32.bxc3 d5 33.e4 Ke7 34.Ke2 
Kd6 35.Ke3 Kc5 36.f4 gxf4+ 37.gxf4 Kb5 38.f5 Bf7 39.Kd4 dxe4 40.Nxe4 Ka4 
41.Nxf6 Kxa3 42.Nxh7 a5 43.Ng5 a4 44.Nxf7 Kb3 45.f6 a3 46.Ne5 a2 47.f7 
a1=Q 48.f8=Q Qxc3+ 49.Kd5 Qd2+ 50.Ke6 Qxh2 51.Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 
Nd7 9.Rd1 g6 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bh3 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.Ne4 Rb8 14.a3 Re8 15.b4 a5
16.Nc5 axb4 17.axb4 Ra8 18.Qb3 Rd8 19.Rd2 e5 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.dxe5 Bh3 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rc1 Bg4 24.Qe3 Rd5 25.Nd3 Bxf3 26.exf3 Bxe5 27.Re1 Bd6 28.
Qxe7 Bxe7 29.Rxe7 Rxd3 30.Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.Nd2 f5 14.Bf3 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 f4
16.Nb5 g5 17.Be2 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rfd1 Ra6 20.Qb2 Ng6 21.Bh5 Qe7 22.f3 
Nh8 23.h3 Nf7 24.a5 Rh6 25.Bg4 Bxg4 26.fxg4 Ra6 27.Rd3 Kg7 28.Rb3 Rfa8 29.
Rba3 Kg6 30.Qf2 h6 31.R3a2 Rh8 32.Nc3 Rha8 33.Rb1 Rxa5 34.Rxa5 Rxa5 35.
Rxb7 Nd6 36.Rb8 Nxc4 37.Qe2 Ra1+ 38.Nb1 Na3 39.Qa6+ Kg7 40.Kh2 Rxb1 41.Ra8
Nc2 42.Qc8 Ne3 43.Qh8+ Kf7 44.Qh7+ Kf6 45.Qxh6+ Kf7 46.Qh7+ Kf6 47.Qh8+ 
Kf7 48.Qg8+ Kf6 49.Rf8+ Qxf8 50.Qxf8+ Kg6 51.Qg8+ Kh6 52.Qe6+ Kg7 53.Qxe5+
Kg6 54.Qe6+ Kg7 55.Qd7+ Kg6 56.Qc6+ Kg7 57.Qxc7+ Kg6 58.Qd6+ Kg7 59.Qe5+ 
Kg6 60.g3 f3 61.Qh8 Rf1 62.Qg8+ Kh6 63.Qe6+ Kg7 64.h4 Rf2+ 65.Kh3 Rf1 66.
Qe7+ Kg8 67.Qxg5+ Kf8 68.Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O e5 7.c3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 O-O 
9.a3 h6 10.b4 Be6 11.Bb2 Qd7 12.Qe2 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.bxc5 
dxc5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.d4 N7g6 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.c4 Nd3 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rb1 
Bxc4 22.Qf3 Ba6 23.Rfd1 b6 24.Bf1 Rd8 25.Rb3 c4 26.Bxd3 cxd3 27.Rc3 Bb7 
28.Qf4 Qd5 29.Rc7+ Rf7 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.f3 Qd4+ 32.Qxd4 Rxd4 33.Rc1 Rd7 
34.Rc3 Ba6 35.f4 Ke6 36.Kf2 Kd5 37.Ke1 Re7+ 38.Kd1 Bb5 39.Rc8 Kd4 40.Rd8+ 
Ke3 41.Ke1 Rc7 42.Nf1+ Kf3 43.Nd2+ Kg2 44.Nb3 Kxh2 45.Rd6 Kxg3 46.Nd4 Bd7 
47.Rxh6 Kxf4 48.Rh7 Ke4 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 
a6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qf3 Be6 15.
Rad1 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qc8 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.c3 a5 19.Rf4 Qd7 20.Rdf1 b5 21.Nf5 
Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Qe6 23.Qh3 Kg8 24.Rxf7 Qxh3 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.gxh3 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Kf7 28.Bb6 Ke6 29.Ke2 Bg5 30.Bxa5 Bf4 31.Kd3 Bxh2 32.c4 h5 33.cxb5 
Bxe5 34.b6 g5 35.b7 Kd7 36.Bc3 Bb8 37.Kd4 Kc6 38.b4 h4 39.b5+ Kxb7 40.Kxd5
g4 41.Ke4 gxh3 42.Kf3 Kb6 43.Be1 h2 44.Kg2 h1=Q+ 1/2-1/2
