[Event "53rd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.10.20"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.
Bf4 Ng4 10.Nxg4 Bxf4 11.gxf4 fxg4 12.e3 Qh4 13.f3 g3 14.hxg3 Qxg3 15.Nc3 
Nd7 16.Ne2 Qh4 17.Qe1 Qe7 18.Rc1 b6 19.e4 Ba6 20.Bh3 Rf6 21.Kh2 Raf8 22.
Rg1 Rh6 23.Qg3 Kh8 24.Qg5 Rff6 25.Ng3 dxc4 26.e5 Rf7 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.bxc4 
Rh4 29.Ne2 Nf8 30.Kg3 Rh6 31.Rgd1 Kg8 32.Rd3 Rg6+ 33.Kf2 Rh6 34.Kg3 Rg6+ 
35.Kh2 Rh6 36.Ra3 Bc8 37.Kg3 Rg6+ 38.Kf2 Rh6 39.Kg2 Rg6+ 40.Kf2 Rh6 41.Bg2
Rc7 42.Rac3 Bb7 43.Ra3 Bc8 44.Rac3 Bb7 45.a4 c5 46.Rd1 cxd4 47.Nxd4 Ba6 
48.Nb5 Bxb5 49.axb5 Rf7 50.Rd4 Rh4 51.Ra3 g5 52.c5 bxc5 53.Rda4 Rhxf4 54.
Rxa7 Nd7 55.Bh3 g4 56.Bxg4 Rxg4 57.Rxd7 Rxd7 58.fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.10.20"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Bd3 Qxb2 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qb4 13.Bb3 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Rae8 
15.Bc7 Rc8 16.Bh2 Qa5 17.Na4 Qf5 18.Qe2 Qh5 19.f3 Bh6 20.Kh1 Qb5 21.Qe1 c5
22.Rb1 Qa6 23.e4 c4 24.Bc2 Nh5 25.Qb4 Qf6 26.Qxb7 Rfd8 27.Nc3 Qh4 28.e5 
Qf2 29.Qe4 f5 30.Qe2 Ng3+ 31.Bxg3 Qxg3 32.Qf1 Bf4 33.Qg1 Nb6 34.Rb5 Qg5 
35.Qe1 Rc7 36.a4 Bg3 37.Qe2 Bf4 38.Qe1 Bg3 39.Qe2 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "53rd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.10.20"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nbd2 d6 11.e4 f4 12.Rae1 Qf7 13.e5 d5 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Kh1 Ne7
16.Rg1 g5 17.g4 Qg6 18.Qd1 Bb5 19.Bf1 Bxf1 20.Rexf1 b6 21.h4 c5 22.Re1 
Rac8 23.Kg2 cxd4 24.Nxd4 f3+ 25.Kh3 Rf4 26.h5 Qf7 27.N2xf3 Rf8 28.Rg3 Re4 
29.Qb1 Nf5 30.gxf5 exf5 31.Kg2 f4 32.e6 Qxh5 33.e7 Re8 34.Rh1 Qg6 35.Rg4 
R8xe7 36.Qd1 Bxd4 37.cxd4 Qf5 38.Rhh4 Rg7 39.Nxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "53rd NED-ch playoff"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1997.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[EventDate "1997.10.20"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Be6 
9.Ne5 Na6 10.e3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nec5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5 
15.Nc3 Nd3 16.Ba3 Nab4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.Rfd1 e6 19.Nb5 Rfc8 20.a3 Rc5 21.
axb4 Rxb5 22.Rd4 Rb6 23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Rd8 25.Rxa7 Rd3 26.Ra3 Kg7 27.Rc4 
Rd5 1/2-1/2
