[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d5 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Ne5 Be7 8.O-O O-O 
9.f4 c5 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Ne8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.c4 Nc7 15.Nf4 
dxc4 16.Bxc4 Rd8 17.Qd2 b6 18.Rfd1 cxd4 19.exd4 Bb7 20.Qf2 Nd5 21.Bxd5 
Bxd5 22.Rac1 Rd7 23.Rc3 Rad8 24.Rg3 Kf8 25.Rh3 g6 26.Qe3 Qf7 27.Rh6 Qg7 
28.Rh3 Rc7 29.Rf1 Rc2 30.Rg3 Qf7 31.h4 Be4 32.Qxe4 fxe4 33.Nxe6+ Ke7 34.
Rxf7+ Kxe6 35.Rxh7 Rxd4 36.Rxg6+ Kxe5 37.Rg8 Rxa2 38.Re7+ Kf4 39.h5 Rd1+ 
40.Kh2 Rd5 41.Rf7+ Ke3 42.Rg3+ Ke2 43.h6 Rh5+ 44.Rh3 Raa5 45.g4 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Qe2 Rab8 19.a3 Rfe8 20.Bb1 h6 21.Red1 exd4 22.
Nxd4 Bd8 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Bd4 Nd7 25.Qd3 Ne5 26.Qe3 Bf6 27.Qg3 Rbc8 28.Re1 
Qe7 29.Rcd1 Bb7 30.Bc3 Ng6 31.Qd3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Nf4 33.Qg3 Qf6 34.Rc1 Rc5 
35.Nf3 Bc8 36.Kh2 Rh5 37.Re3 Bd7 38.Rg1 Rc8 39.Nd4 Rcc5 40.Qf3 Qe5 41.Kh1 
g6 42.Qg3 Kf8 43.Qh2 Ne6 44.g4 Qxh2+ 45.Kxh2 Rhe5 46.Nf3 Nf4 47.Nxe5 dxe5 
48.Ba2 Ke7 49.Rd1 Bc6 50.Bd5 Bxd5 51.exd5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.cxb5 a6 8.Nc3 axb5 
9.Bxb5 Ba6 10.O-O Qb6 11.a4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Na6 13.Qc4 Ne8 14.Bg5 Nd6 15.Qe2 
Rfb8 16.Bxe7 Nxb5 17.axb5 Qxb5 18.Qxb5 Rxb5 19.e5 Re8 20.Rxa6 Rxe7 21.Ra8+
Bf8 22.Rd8 Rxb2 23.d6 Re6 24.Rxd7 Rb8 25.Rd1 f6 26.h3 h6 27.Rd5 Rc8 28.Rb7
Rd8 29.Rc7 fxe5 30.d7 Kg7 31.Rc8 Be7 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Rxd7 34.Kf1 Kf6 
35.Re3 Ra7 36.Rc6+ Kf7 37.g3 h5 38.h4 Rb7 39.Kg2 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 
Nbd7 9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Nd2 Qxc5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Rxc3 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qa5 14.Qb5 Qxb5 
15.Bxb5 a6 16.Bd3 Ne5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ke2 Bg4+ 19.f3 Bh5 20.Rhc1 Bg6 21.
Bb1 Rfe8 22.Rc7 b5 23.b3 Rad8 24.h3 d4 25.e4 f5 26.Kd1 d3 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.
R1c5 Bg6 29.Ra7 Rd6 30.f4 Nd7 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.f5 Bh5+ 33.g4 Re3 34.f6 
Bxg4+ 35.hxg4 h6 36.Rf5 Rg3 37.Rf2 Rxg4 38.Nf1 Rd6 39.Kd2 Rg6 40.Ne3 Rdxf6
41.Nf5 Kf8 42.Bxd3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.O-O Nd7 7.d5 Ngf6 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Re1 c6 10.Bf1 Nc5 11.Be3 Nfd7 12.Qd2 a5 13.h4 Re8 14.h5 a4 15.Rad1 
Qb6 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.f4 Qb4 18.a3 Qb3 19.f5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne4 21.Qd3 gxf5 
22.Bd4 Ndf6 23.f3 cxd5 24.fxe4 e5 25.Rb1 Qxa3 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.Qh4 Ng8 28.
Bf2 dxe4 29.Rxb7 Rab8 30.Rd7 f4 31.Rxe4 Rb1 32.Qh7 Ne7 33.Bh4 Qc5+ 34.Kh2 
1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Ng8 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10.Nh3 c4 11.Be3 Qb4 12.a3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Nf4 Ne7 15.a4 axb5 
16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.axb5 Rxa1+ 18.Kf2 Nf5 19.g4 Bc5+ 20.Kg2 Nd4 21.Qf2 Nb3 22.
Qe2 Nd4 23.Qf2 Nb3 24.Qe2 O-O 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 d4 27.Qf2 Rc1 28.Nh5 Rc8
29.Qh4 Nc5 30.Qg5 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Ne6 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Qf5 d3 34.b3 Rc1 35.Bxd3 
Rxh1 36.Bxc4 gxf6 37.exf6 d5 38.Qxh7 Ke8 39.Qh8+ Nf8 40.Bd3 Nd7 41.b6 Re1 
42.g5 Rc3 43.Kf2 Ra1 44.g6 Rxd3 45.g7 d4 46.Qh5 Ra2+ 47.Kg3 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.b3 f5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O Ngf6 
9.a4 Qe7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rf7 13.Nb1 g5 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 
Rg7 16.g3 g4 17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Rxg4 19.Kg2 Nf6 20.Rh1 Ne4 21.Ra2 Rf8 
22.Rh3 Qg7 23.Qe1 f4 24.exf4 Rgxf4 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.f3 c5 11.O-O b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bb5 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qxe3+ 18.Rf2 Nhf6 19.Rd3 Qe6 20.Ng3 Rab8 
21.Bxd7 Nxd7 22.Re2 Qc6 23.Nf5 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Qb5 25.Qd2 Nf6 26.Qg5 Ne8 27.
Rb3 Qe2 28.Qe7 Qd1+ 29.Kf2 Qd2+ 30.Kg3 Qd8 31.Rb7 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 c6 8.b3 
b6 9.Qb2 Bb7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.Rac1 Qe7 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Rfe1 cxd4 
15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rfc8 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.a3 a6 13.b4 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4
Nd5 16.e4 Nxb4 17.Qb3 Rfb8 18.Bxb5 cxb5 19.Nxb5 Qb6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Qxb4 
Qxb4 22.Rxb4 Bxe4 23.Rxb8+ Rxb8 24.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 c6 8.a4 a5 9.
O-O Na6 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Rad1 Bc4 13.Rfe1 Qc7 14.b3 Ba6 15.g4 Rad8
16.Ng3 Rfe8 17.g5 Nd7 18.d5 Rc8 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.h4 cxd5 21.Nxd5 N6xd5 22.
exd5 Na2 23.Ra1 Nc3 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 f5 26.gxf6 Bxf6 27.h5 Qd7 28.f3 
gxh5 29.c4 Kh8 30.Kh2 Rg8 31.Rg1 b6 32.Bf2 Qe7 33.Qh6 Rg5 34.Bh4 Rcg8 35.
Bxh7 Qxh7 36.Qxf6+ R5g7 37.Ra2 Qd3 38.Rag2 Qh7 39.Bf2 Bc8 40.Be3 Qf5 41.
Qh6+ Qh7 42.Rxg7 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.g4 g6
9.Qg3 d4 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Qf3 Bg7 13.g5 Nh5 14.Qxf7 c5 15.Qf3 
Rhf8 16.Qg2 c4 17.Kb1 c3 18.Bc1 cxb2 19.Bxb2 Nc5 20.Ka1 Be5 21.Rb1 Qb4 22.
f4 Nxf4 23.Qg4 Nxe2 24.Bxe2 Rd6 25.a3 Ra6 26.Ka2 Qd2 27.Rhf1 Rd8 28.Rfc1 
Na4 29.Ba1 Kb8 30.Qf3 Bd6 31.Rxb7+ Kxb7 32.e5+ Kb8 33.Rb1+ Rb6 34.Rxb6+ 
Nxb6 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qa5 13.g4 exf4 14.g5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxf5 16.h4 Qa5 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.Qxf4 Qe5 19.Qf3 d5 20.Bd3 d4 21.Ne4 Nb4 
22.Rde1 Qd5 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rg5 Nxd3+ 25.Qxd3 Bxg5+ 26.hxg5 Kg8 27.Rh1 
Rfe8 28.Qh3 Kf8 29.Qa3+ Kg8 30.Qh3 Kf8 31.Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 
O-O 9.Bf4 d6 10.Qd2 Qc8 11.Rac1 Rd8 12.Rfd1 a6 13.Qe3 Qc7 14.Bh3 Qc5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Qxe3 17.Bxe3 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 exd5 19.Bxb6 Rf8 20.b4 f5 21.
Be3 Nd7 22.Rc7 Rad8 23.Nd4 Bf6 24.Ne6 g6 25.Bg2 d4 26.Bh6 Rfe8 27.Nxd8 
Rxd8 28.Bd5+ Kh8 29.h4 Ne5 30.Bg5 Bxg5 31.hxg5 d3 32.exd3 Nxd3 33.a3 Re8 
34.Bc4 Ne5 35.Bxa6 h6 36.gxh6 d5 37.a4 d4 38.Rc5 d3 39.Kg2 g5 40.Bb5 Re6 
41.Rd5 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nd2 Qg5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Rfd1
Bh3 16.f3 Rad8 17.Bb3 Bc8 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 h5 20.Qf2 b5 21.Bb3 b4 22.
Na4 cxd5 23.Bxd5 Bh6 24.a3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Rd7 26.Nc5 Rc7 27.Nd3 h4 28.Rxa7 
Rxa7 29.Qxa7 h3 30.Qf2 hxg2 31.Qxg2 Qf6 32.Kh1 Kg7 33.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nh3 e6 7.Nd2 d6 8.e4 fxe4 
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 d5 11.Bg2 e5 12.O-O Qd6 13.Re1 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 O-O 15.Bg2
exd4 16.Bf4 Rxf4 17.gxf4 Rd8 18.Rad1 b6 19.Qa4 Kf8 20.cxd4 Qf6 21.Rc1 Nxd4
22.Rxc7 Qxf4 23.Qa3+ Kg8 24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qe7+ Kh6 26.Qxd8 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2
O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Rb8 11.Rb1 Ng4 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Rxb1 14.Rxb1 g5 
15.Bd2 Rxe2 16.Qd1 Rxf2 17.Bh3 Rxd2 18.Qxd2 Ne5 19.Qe2 f6 20.Rb8 Kg7 21.c5
Qf8 22.Qe3 Qg8 23.Bf1 g4 24.Be2 h5 25.Kf2 Kg6 26.Qe4+ Kg7 27.a4 a5 28.Qd4 
Kg6 29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Qf4 Kg6 31.Qe4+ Kg7 32.Ra8 d6 33.cxd6 cxd6 34.Ra7+ Bd7 
35.Bd3 Kf7 36.Qh7+ Qxh7 37.Bxh7 Ke6 38.Rxa5 c5 39.Bg8+ Kf5 40.Bd5 h4 41.
gxh4 Kf4 42.Ra6 f5 43.Ra7 Ke3 44.h5 f4 45.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O 
d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.Rb1 Qb8 14.b3 Nd7 
15.Bd2 Rc8 16.Rbc1 Nc5 17.Qa3 Rc6 18.Rc2 Qc8 19.Kg2 a5 20.Be3 Na6 21.Rcc1 
Nb4 22.Rfd1 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 a4 24.Qb2 a3 25.Qd2 d5 26.Rcc1 dxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 
28.bxc4 h5 29.c5 Kh7 30.Qc3 Qa8 31.Kg1 Qa4 32.Rd8 f6 33.Qc4 e6 34.Qf4 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.Be3 a6 7.a4 d5 8.exd5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 exd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 c6 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Qd3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Ne2
Bd6 16.Ng3 Qc7 17.c3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Rfe8 19.Kf1 a5 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 
Rxe1+ 22.Kxe1 Qb6 23.Qc2 h5 24.Kd1 g6 25.Kc1 Kg7 26.Kd1 Nh7 27.Be2 Ng5 28.
Bd3 f5 29.Qe2 Nf7 30.Kc2 Kf6 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Kd2 Qd6 33.Qe8 b6 34.Bc2 Kg7 
35.Qe3 Qf6 36.Kd1 Nd6 37.Bd3 Kf7 38.Kd2 g5 39.Qe2 Kg6 40.Qe3 g4 41.Kc2 Ne4
42.Bxe4 fxe4 43.Kd2 b5 44.axb5 cxb5 45.Kc2 Qd6 46.Kb1 Qc7 47.Qd2 Qd6 48.
Qe3 b4 49.c4 dxc4 50.Qxe4+ Kg7 51.Qb7+ Kf6 52.Qa8 Qe6 53.Qd8+ Kg6 54.Ka2 
c3+ 55.d5 Qe2 56.Qd6+ Kg7 57.Qc7+ Kg8 58.Qb8+ Kf7 59.Qf4+ Ke8 60.Qb8+ Kd7 
61.Qb7+ Kd6 62.Qc6+ Ke7 63.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.h3 Rb8 9.
Nc3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.g4 Ra8 15.Rc1 Ra2 16.
b3 Qc7 17.Qe1 Rfa8 18.f5 Rb2 19.Nf4 Raa2 20.Qf2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Nxd4 
g5 23.Nfe2 Nd7 24.Kh1 Qc5 25.Qe3 Bf6 26.Rf3 Ne5 27.Rg3 h6 28.Kg1 Qa7 29.
Kf2 Ba6 30.Kg1 Qc5 31.Bf1 Nc6 32.Nxc6 Qxc6 33.d4 Bxe2 34.Bxe2 Rxc2 35.Rxc2
Qxc2 36.Rg2 Qb2 37.e5 dxe5 38.d5 e4 39.Qxe4 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 
d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 d5 11.e3 Re8 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Be2 
e5 16.cxd5 g5 17.Bf2 Nxd5 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.b4 Ne6 20.Qb2 e4 21.Nxe4 f5 22.Ng3
f4 23.exf4 Nexf4 24.O-O Nc3 25.Rae1 Qd5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qxe4 28.Qb3+ 
Bd5 29.Bf3 Qxf3 30.Qxf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Re2 32.Bg3 Ra2 33.Bxf4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 
Nc6 9.Qf4 Qb8 10.Qxb8+ Rxb8 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nb5 Ne4 13.Rad1 g5 14.Nxg5 Nxg5 
15.Bxg5 Bxg5 16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Nxb7 f5 18.Nd6 Rb8 19.e3 Bf6 20.Rd2 a6 21.Rfd1
Rhd8 22.f4 Na5 23.Rc2 Nc6 24.Rcd2 Na5 25.b3 Bc3 26.Rd3 Bb4 27.e4 fxe4 28.
Bxe4 h6 29.Kg2 b5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.Kh3 Rb6 32.Nc8+ Rxc8 33.Rxd7+ Kf6 34.Rh7
Rd6 35.Rxh6+ Ke7 36.Rh7+ Kf6 37.g4 Rxd1 38.g5# 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "D88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 
cxd4 15.cxd4 e5 16.d5 Nc4 17.Qd3 b5 18.g5 Bf8 19.Ng1 Nxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Qb6 21.
Qc3 b4 22.Qc4 Bd6 23.Ke2 a5 24.Nh3 a4 25.Nf2 Qd8 26.Qc1 Rc8 27.Qd2 Rc4 28.
Kf1 Qf8 29.Qe2 Bc5 30.Qf3 Bd4 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Ng4 Qxf3+ 33.gxf3 Kf8 34.d6 
Ke8 35.f4 b3 36.axb3 axb3 37.fxe5 b2 38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.d7 Bb6 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[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 
Rd7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nh4 Bf7 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Rxd7 Nxd7 19.Nf3 a5 20.a4 g6 21.Ne3
bxa4 22.bxa4 Bd6 23.Bc3 Nc5 24.Bxa5 Nxa4 25.Ng5 Bg8 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nf6 Rf8 
28.Nxg8 Rxg8 29.Ra1 Nb6 30.Nf7 Nc4 31.Ra4 Nxa5 32.Rxa5 Re8 33.Ra8+ Kd7 34.
Rxe8 Kxe8 35.Ng5 Ke7 36.Nf3 Kf6 37.h4 Bc5 38.g3 Ke6 39.Ne1 Bd6 40.Nd3 Be7 
41.Kg2 Bf8 42.Kh3 Bh6 43.f3 Be3 44.g4 Bd2 45.Kg3 Kf6 46.Kf2 Ke6 47.Nb2 Bb4
48.Nc4 Be7 49.Kg3 Bb4 50.Kh3 Kf6 51.gxh5 gxh5 52.Ne3 Bd2 53.Nf5 Bb4 54.Ng3
Kg6 55.Kg2 Be1 56.Nf5 Kf6 57.Kf1 Bb4 58.Ke2 Bc5 59.Ng3 Kg6 60.Kd3 Bf2 61.
Nf5 Kf6 62.Kc4 Bxh4 63.Nxh4 Kg5 64.Ng2 h4 65.f4+ exf4 66.Ne1 h3 67.e5 Kg4 
68.e6 h2 69.Nd3 Kf5 70.e7 h1=Q 71.e8=Q Qe4+ 72.Qxe4+ Kxe4 73.Kc5 f3 74.
Nf2+ Ke3 75.Ng4+ Kf4 76.Nh2 Kg3 77.Nf1+ Kf2 78.Nd2 Ke3 79.Nf1+ Kf2 80.Nh2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3
Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 h6 10.Be3 a6 11.h3 b5 12.O-O Bb7 13.a4 b4 14.Na2 a5 15.c3 Nd5
16.Bd2 c5 17.d4 Bc6 18.Rfe1 Be7 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 N7b6 21.b3 Nc7 22.dxc5
dxc5 23.Be3 O-O 24.cxb4 axb4 25.Nxb4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 cxb4 27.Bxb6 Nxb5 28.Ra5
Nc3 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.Nc6 Ne2+ 31.Kh2 Nc1 32.Rb5 Nxb3 33.Rxb4 Rc8 34.Rxb3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nd3 Nbd7 12.a4 Ne4 13.axb5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16.Nb4 Bc6 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Ba3 Nf6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Rb1 
Rc8 22.Bb4 e6 23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Bxb5 Qa8 25.Bc7 Rb7 26.Be5 Ne4 27.Qc2 Qa5 28.
c4 Nc3 29.Rb3 Nxb5 30.cxb5 Rxb5 31.Qc8 Rxb3 32.Bd6 Kg7 33.Qxf8+ Kf6 34.
Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 
e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.a5 a6 14.O-O Rd8 15.
Qa4 Bd6 16.Be3 Qf7 17.Bb6 Rd7 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nc4 20.Bf5 Nxb6 21.axb6 
Rd8 22.Rad1 g6 23.Bc2 Qe7 24.Rd3 Bc5 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rd1+ Kc8 27.Qg4+ f5 
28.Bxf5+ gxf5 29.Qxf5+ Kb8 30.Rd7 Qf8 31.Rf7 Qd6 32.Rd7 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.Bg5 a6 7.Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.
Qe3 f6 9.Bh4 Be6 10.Nc3 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.h4 g4 14.Nd4 Nxd4 
15.Rxd4 f5 16.e5 Re8 17.Qd3 Qc8 18.exd6 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 cxd6 20.h5 h6 21.Qf6 
Bf7 22.Qxh6 Qe6 23.Qg5+ Kh7 24.Rd1 Qh6 25.Qxh6+ Kxh6 26.Rxd6+ Kg5 27.Rb6 
Rad8 28.b3 Bd5 29.Bc7 Bxg2 30.Bxd8+ Rxd8 31.Ne2 Bc6 32.Rb4 Kxh5 33.Nf4+ 
Kh4 34.a4 Rd6 35.Nd3 Kg5 36.Kd2 f4 37.Ke1 Bf3 38.Rc4 g3 39.fxg3 fxg3 40.
Rc8 Re6+ 41.Kf1 g2+ 42.Kg1 Bc6 43.Rg8+ Kf6 44.Kf2 Rd6 45.Ne1 Kf7 46.Rg3 
Rf6+ 47.Ke2 Re6+ 48.Kf2 Rf6+ 49.Ke2 Rg6 50.Rxg6 Kxg6 51.Kf2 Be4 52.Nxg2 
Bxc2 53.a5 Bxb3 54.Ke3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 
O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4 d6 11.b3 Qb8 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Rd2 a6 14.Rad1 b5 15.Ne4 
Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Ne5 17.Qe3 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 bxc4 19.bxc4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qc7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f3 Bd7 11.h4 Bc6 12.Kb1 Qa5 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Bd3 Rfd8 15.
h5 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.fxe4 dxe4 18.h6 g6 19.Qf4 exd3 20.cxd3 f5 21.Rhg1 Bxg5 
22.Qxg5 Rd4 23.g4 Rf8 24.Qe3 Rxg4 25.Rxg4 fxg4 26.Rg1 Rf5 27.d4 Qf7 28.a4 
Rf3 29.Qe2 g3 30.d5 exd5 31.e6 Qf5+ 32.Ka2 d4 33.Rd1 d3 34.Qe1 g2 35.e7 
Be8 36.Qg1 Qf7+ 37.Ka1 Qxe7 38.Qxg2 Bc6 39.Qg4 Qd7 40.Qc4+ Qf7 41.Qd4 a6 
42.Rxd3 Rf1+ 43.Rd1 Rxd1+ 44.Qxd1 Qf6 45.Nd5 Qh4 46.b3 Kf7 47.Qf1+ Ke6 48.
Nf4+ Ke5 49.Nd3+ Kd4 50.Nb4 Kc3 51.Nxc6 bxc6 52.Qf3+ Kb4 53.Kb2 Qd4+ 54.
Kc2 Qc5+ 55.Kb2 Qe5+ 56.Ka2 Qh2+ 57.Kb1 Qd2 58.a5 c5 59.Qe4+ Kxb3 60.Qf3+ 
Qc3 61.Qf7+ c4 62.Qb7+ Ka3 63.Qg7 Qb3+ 64.Kc1 c3 65.Qe7+ Ka2 66.Qxh7 Qb1# 
0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Nh6 11.Rb1 Nf7 12.Be3 f5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.b4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 
c6 16.b5 Nc7 17.b6 axb6 18.Bxb6 Ne6 19.c5 Re8 20.Bc4 Bf8 21.Bb3 Kg7 22.
exf5 gxf5 23.Na4 Be7 24.Kf1 h5 25.Nd2 Nd4 26.Nc4 Nb5 27.Rbc1 h4 28.h3 Bg5 
29.Rc2 Nd4 30.Rc3 Nb5 31.Rc2 Be7 32.Rcc1 Kf6 33.Rc2 Be6 34.Na5 Nd4 35.Rc3 
Nxb3 36.axb3 Rg8 37.Nxb7 Bd5 38.f3 Ng5 39.Bc7 Ra7 40.Bxe5+ Kxe5 41.Re3+ 
0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "B50"]

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.h4 h6 15.Qd3
Qf5 16.Qb5 e6 17.Qxb7 Na5 18.Qa6 Nc4 19.Ba3 Rfb8 20.Bc5 Qd3 21.Rad1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Rb1 Nd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.h5 h6 9.
Bf4 g5 10.Bh2 e5 11.Bxf5 exd4 12.exd4 Ne7 13.Qe2 Qxd4 14.Nf3 Qf6 15.Be6 
Nb6 16.Bxc8 Rxc8 17.O-O O-O 18.Ne5 Rce8 19.Rbe1 Nf5 20.Qg4 Nh4 21.Nd1 Qe6 
22.Qb4 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bf3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Nc4 b5 14.Ne3 Nf6 
15.Bxc6+ Qxc6 16.a4 Rd8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qa7 Bc5 19.Qa6 Qxa6 20.Rxa6 O-O 
21.Ra5 Rb8 22.Rd1 Rfc8 23.Kf1 b4 24.c4 Bxe3 25.Bxe3 Rxc4 26.Rb5 Rcc8 27.
Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Ke2 Nd5 29.Ra1 f6 30.Kd3 Rd8 31.Kc2 b3+ 32.Kxb3 Nxe3 33.fxe3 
Rd2 34.Kc3 Rxg2 35.b4 Kf8 36.b5 Ke7 37.Rd1 Re2 38.b6 Rxe3+ 39.Kc4 Re2 40.
Kc3 Re3+ 41.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bf4 Ra7 13.h3 Qa8 14.e4 Nfd7 15.Qc1 
Bc4 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 f6 18.h4 Ne5 19.Nxe5 fxe5 20.Bh3 Rf6 21.h5 Na4 22.
Nd1 Nb6 23.hxg6 Rxg6 24.Qh4 Qf8 25.Ne3 Rh6 26.Qg4+ Rg6 27.Qd1 Rxa2 28.Rxa2
Bxa2 29.b3 c4 30.Nxc4 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Bxc4 32.Qa4 Bd3 33.Re3 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.
Na4 Rd8 9.Bd3 Bd4 10.O-O b5 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.a4 a6 13.Qf4 Qxf4 14.Bxf4 Rc8 
15.Rfe1 O-O 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Rfd8 18.f4 f6 19.axb5 axb5 20.f5 Bf7 21.e5
fxe5 22.Rxe5 Kf8 23.Ne4 Rd5 24.Nc5 Rcd8 25.Rxd5 Nxd5 26.Re1 Nb4 27.Be4 Rd2
28.c3 Nc2 29.Rc1 Ne3 30.Re1 Nc2 31.Rc1 Ne3 32.Bxc6 Rxb2 33.Nd7+ Kg8 34.Ne5
Nxf5 35.Ra1 Ra2 36.Rd1 Nd6 37.Nxf7 Nxf7 38.Bxb5 Nd6 39.Bc6 Rc2 40.Rd3 Kf7 
41.Rf3+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Ba6 Nf6 9.c3 O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.a4 Nxe4 12.Qf3 f5 13.a5 Bxf2+ 14.Rxf2 Nxf2 
15.Qxf2 f4 16.Nd2 Qf6 17.Bb2 c5 18.bxc5 Rab8 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Nf3 dxc5 21.
Rc1 Rfe8 22.Ba1 Qf5 23.Ba2 Re3 24.c4 Bc6 25.Nh4 Qg4 26.Bb1 Rf8 27.Rf1 Kg8 
28.h3 Qg5 29.Bf5 Rg3 30.Qe2 Rxf5 31.Qe6+ Rf7 32.Qxc6 Qxh4 33.Be5 Re3 34.
Bxf4 Re1 35.Qa8+ Rf8 36.Qd5+ Kh8 37.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kh2 Qxa5 39.Be5 Qe1 40.
Bxc7 h6 41.Bg3 Qe3 42.Bd6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.
Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O 
b4 16.Na4 Qa6 17.a3 Bxd5 18.axb4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 cxb4 20.Qe2 Qb5 21.Rfd1 Ne5 
22.Nb6+ Qxb6 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Qxe5 Qd5+ 25.Qxd5 exd5 26.Rxa7 d4 27.Bf4 c3 
28.Rc7+ Kd8 29.Rc4 cxb2 30.Rxd4+ Kc8 31.Rd1 Bh6 32.Bxh6 Rxh6 33.Rb1 Rxf6 
34.Rxb2 Rb6 35.Kf3 Kd7 36.h4 Kd6 37.g4 Ke5 38.Rb3 Rb8 39.Ke3 f5 40.f3 fxg4
41.fxg4 Rb7 42.Kf3 Rb8 43.Kg3 Rb7 44.Re3+ Kd5 45.h5 b3 46.Re1 b2 47.Rb1 
Ke5 48.h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Ne7 7.h4 h6 8.g4 O-O 9.
g5 h5 10.d5 f5 11.gxf6 Nxf6 12.Ng5 Kh8 13.Rg1 Neg8 14.Qd3 a6 15.Qg3 Qe8 
16.Bd2 Nh7 17.Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Bxh5 Ne7 19.Be2 Qf7 20.h5 g5 21.Bxg5 Bf6 22.Qe3
Bxg5 23.Rxg5 Bd7 24.c5 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.Rc1 Kh6 27.Rg1 dxc5 28.f3 Be8 
29.Nd1 Bxh5 30.Rxc5 c6 31.Ne3 cxd5 32.Rc7 Re8 33.exd5 e4 34.Kf2 Ng6 35.
Rxb7 exf3 36.Bd3 Rxe3 37.Kxe3 f2 38.Rxg6+ Bxg6 39.Rb6 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.Re1 c6 
9.a4 Qc7 10.b3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Ba3 Nc5 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.h3 
Qc8 16.g4 h5 17.f3 hxg4 18.hxg4 Qc7 19.Nde2 Bc8 20.Qf4 Qb6 21.Kf1 Ne6 22.
Qg3 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.f4 d4 26.Qd3 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Bf3 
Qc7 29.Qc4 Qxc4 30.bxc4 b6 31.Nc1 Be6 32.Kf2 Bxc4 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Nd3 Be6
35.Ne5 Bxe5 36.fxe5 Rc8 37.Rxd4 Rxc2+ 38.Ke3 Rc3+ 39.Kf2 Rc5 40.Rd8+ Kg7 
41.Ra8 Ra5 42.Bd1 Bd7 43.g5 Bxa4 44.Bxa4 Rxa4 45.Kf3 a5 46.Re8 Rb4 47.Ra8 
a4 48.Ke3 Rb5 49.Rxa4 Rxe5+ 50.Kf4 Rf5+ 51.Kg4 Kf8 52.Ra7 b5 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 
O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Nd2 Bxa3 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.
Bxa3 Rxa3 16.Nc5 Bc8 17.Nb5 Ra8 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 19.Qb3+ Rf7 20.Qxb6 Ra5 21.
Rfc1 Qxb6 22.Rxb6 Nd4 23.Nb3 Nxe2+ 24.Kf1 Nxc1 25.Nxa5 Rd7 26.Nxb7 Bxb7 
27.Bxb7 Nxd3 28.Be4 Nc5 29.Rb8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.fxg5 Ng4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Be2 Ne5 14.g3 Ng6 15.
Rhf1 Be7 16.gxh6 Nxh4 17.gxh4 Bf8 18.Qd4 Rxh6 19.h5 Qg5+ 20.Kb1 Qe5 21.Qb6
Rc8 22.Bg4 Qc5 23.Qxc5 dxc5 24.Nd5 Bg7 25.a4 b5 26.Rd2 Bd4 27.Rg2 Kf8 28.
c3 Be5 29.Rgf2 Be8 30.Nf6 Rc7 31.a5 Bc6 32.Bxe6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Bxf6 34.Rxf6 
Kg7 35.e5 fxe6 36.Rxe6 b4 37.c4 Ba4 38.Rxa6 Rf7 39.b3 Rf1+ 40.Kc2 Rf2+ 41.
Kd3 Bxb3 42.Rb6 Ra2 43.a6 Ra3 44.h6+ Kh7 45.e6 Ba2+ 46.Ke4 Bxc4 47.e7 Bf7 
48.Rf6 Be8 49.Kd5 b3 50.Rb6 Ra5 51.Rxb3 Bf7+ 52.Kd6 Rxa6+ 53.Kxc5 Rxh6 54.
Rf3 Kg7 55.Rg3+ Kf6 56.Kd6 Be8 57.Rf3+ Kg7+ 58.Kc7 Ra6 59.Rf8 Ra7+ 60.Kd6 
Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bh3 12.Bg2 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qc7 14.Rb1 Nd7 
15.Nd5 Qb7 16.f3 e6 17.Ne3 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rd1 Rfe8 20.Kf2 Nb6 21.Qh4 
Qa6 22.a4 Rbd8 23.Rd4 Nc4 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Nxd5 Nd2 26.Ne7+ Rxe7 27.Qxe7 
Bf8 28.Qd8 Nxb1 29.Bh6 Qd6 30.Qxf8+ Qxf8 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.Kd3 
Kd6 34.Kc2 Kc5 35.Kxb1 Kb4 36.Kc2 Kxa4 37.Kc3 Kb5 38.b4 h5 39.e4 a6 40.Kb3
a5 41.bxa5 Kxa5 42.Kc4 Kb6 43.Kd5 Kc7 44.Ke5 Kd7 45.Kf6 Ke8 46.e5 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Na6 
9.e4 Nc5 10.Qc2 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 d5 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Bg5 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Rad1 
h6 16.Be3 Ncd7 17.c5 bxc5 18.Bxc5 Re8 19.Rfe1 Kh8 20.Rc1 Ba6 21.Bh3 Qb8 
22.Bxe6 Nxc5 23.Qxc5 Qxb2 24.Ne5 Rxe6 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Rxe6 Kxf7 27.Rxf6+ 
1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O
b6 9.Re1 Bb7 10.Bf1 d6 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Rb1 e6 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Bg3 Ne5 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.f3 Rad8 19.Rbd1 Nh5 20.Bf2 Nf4 21.Bd4 f5 22.Kh1 
fxe4 23.Nxe4 g4 24.Be3 Neg6 25.g3 Ng2 26.Bxg2 gxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.Bxh6 
Bxb2 29.Kg1 Ne5 30.Bg5 Qh7 31.Bxd8 Rxg3+ 32.hxg3 Nf3+ 33.Kf2 Nxd2 34.Nbxd2
d5 35.Nd6 Qh2+ 36.Kf3 Ba6 37.Rxe6 Bc3 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Re7+ Kg6 40.Re6+ Kh7 
41.Nf1 Qh5+ 42.g4 Qh1+ 43.Kf2 Bxf1 44.Rxf1 Qh2+ 45.Ke3 Qg3+ 46.Rf3 d4+ 47.
Kd3 Qxf3+ 48.Kc4 Qf1+ 49.Kd5 d3 50.Re7+ Bg7 51.cxd3 Qxd3+ 52.Kc6 Qf3+ 53.
Kc7 Qf4 54.Kc6 Qf6 55.Kd7 Qd4 56.Kc6 Qc5+ 57.Kd7 Qd5 58.Kc7 Kg6 59.Kd7 Bf8
60.Re6+ Kg7 61.Bf6+ Kg8 62.g5 b5 63.Be5 Bxd6 64.Bxd6 b4 65.g6 Qxa2 66.Be5 
Qd5+ 67.Ke7 b3 68.Kf6 Qd8+ 69.Kf5 Qd7 70.Kf6 b2 71.Bxb2 Qg7+ 72.Kf5 Qxb2 
73.Re8+ Kg7 74.Re7+ Kf8 75.Rf7+ Kg8 76.Rd7 Qb5+ 77.Ke6 Qxd7+ 78.Kxd7 a5 
0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qd2 dxc4 8.e4 
c5 9.d5 exd5 10.e5 d4 11.exf6 dxc3 12.Qe3+ Kf8 13.Qxc5+ Kg8 14.Bxc4 cxb2 
15.Rb1 Nc6 16.fxg7 Kxg7 17.O-O Qf6 18.Qa3 Bg4 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Rxb2 Ne5 21.
Qg3 Kh7 22.Rb5 Nxc4 23.Ne4 Qg6 24.Qxg4 Qxg4 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nxg4 h5 27.Rg5+
Kf8 28.Nf6 Rd6 29.Nxh5 Rdh6 30.Ng3 Rxh2 31.Rc5 Nd6 32.Rd1 Ne8 33.Rc8 R2h6 
34.Re1 Re6 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.Ne4 Kf7 37.Rb8 b6 38.Ra8 Rh5 39.Rxe8 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Qa5 11.O-O Na6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 
15.Qc4+ Ne6 16.Ng5+ Kf8 17.Nxe6+ Bxe6 18.Qxe6 Qb6 19.Qh3 Qxb2 20.Be5 Rac8 
21.f4 Rc6 22.Rb1 Qc2 23.Nb5 Rb6 24.Bd4 Rc6 25.Be5 Rb6 26.Rbc1 Qf5 27.Qxf5 
gxf5 28.Bc7 Rxb5 29.Bxd8 b6 30.Bc7 Ra5 31.Be5 Nd5 32.Rf2 Nxe3 33.Bxg7+ 
Kxg7 34.Re2 Nd5 35.g3 Kf7 36.Rc6 Nf6 37.Kg2 h5 38.Rce6 Ne4 39.Rh6 Nf6 40.
Rh8 Ra3 41.Kh3 b5 42.Rb8 Nd5 43.Kh4 b4 44.Rd2 e6 45.Kg5 Ra6 46.Rb7+ Ke8 
47.Rc2 Kd8 48.Kxh5 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 
O-O 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.Rhg1 Bc6 13.g4 Nd7 14.Kb1 Rfe8 
15.g5 Nc5 16.Rg3 Bf8 17.Rh3 Nxb3 18.axb3 Qxg5 19.f4 Qa5 20.Rg1 g6 21.b4 
Qc7 22.Qh5 h6 23.Bf6 Kh7 24.Qh4 Qb6 25.Rg4 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.Nxe5 O-O 8.Re1 
Nf6 9.Be2 Re8 10.Nc4 d6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.f4 Bf8 13.Bf3 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Nb6 15.
Ne3 Bd7 16.a4 c6 17.a5 Nbxd5 18.Nexd5 cxd5 19.Be3 Bc6 20.Bd4 a6 21.Na4 
Bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rc8 23.c3 Qd7 24.Qd1 Ne4 25.Bb6 Re8 26.Rb4 Qc6 27.Rd4 Qb5 28.
Rb4 Qc6 29.Qd4 g6 30.g3 Bg7 31.Qd3 h5 32.Kg2 f5 33.Bg1 Re7 34.Qd1 Kh7 35.
Qd3 Kh6 36.Ba7 Nc5 37.Qxd5 Re2+ 38.Kh3 Qxd5 39.Bxd5 Nd3 40.Rxb7 Nxb2 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O exd5 
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.a5 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nb6 Ned7 15.Nxc8 
Qxc8 16.e4 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Re1 Qb7 19.Bf1 Ra8 20.Ra5 Rb4 21.Qe2 Ne5 22.
f4 Nc4 23.Ra2 Nd7 24.Bg2 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Rb8 26.e5 Nxb2 27.Ne4 dxe5 28.f5 c4 
29.Qd2 Qb6 30.d6 Qd8 31.Qh6 Nf6 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Nxf6+ Qxf6 34.Rf1 Qxd6 35.
Rxa6 Qd7 36.Raf6 Bc5 37.Be3 R4b6 38.Rf7 Qxf7 39.Rxf7 Kxf7 40.Qxh7+ Kf6 41.
Bxc5 Nd3 42.Qh4+ Kf5 43.Bh3# 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 e6 8.Bg2 
Nb6 9.Ne5 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.f3 Nfd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.e4 Bg6 
15.Qb3 c5 16.dxc5 Na4 17.Be3 Qc6 18.Rb1 Nxc5 19.Qc4 Rfc8 20.O-O b6 21.Rfd1
f6 22.Rd2 Bf7 23.e5 fxe5 24.f4 e4 25.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Bxe4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Qe7 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.e3 e5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.O-O h6 13.Bh4 a5 14.Qxb7 g5 15.Bg3 
Reb8 16.Qxc7 Rxb2 17.Rfe1 Be4 18.c5 dxc5 19.Nxe5 cxd4 20.exd4 Qd8 21.Qc3 
Rc2 22.Qb3 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 a4 24.Qh3 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.g3 Nxf3+ 5.exf3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Bd2 a6 12.Rac1 Rb8 13.a4 Be6 14.Qd3 Nd7 15.
b4 a5 16.Nb5 axb4 17.Bxb4 Nc5 18.Qa3 Na6 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.Rfe1 Rfc8 21.Bd5 
Bxd5 22.cxd5 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 Nc5 24.Be3 Rc8 25.Na7 Ra8 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Qxc5 
Bf8 28.a5 e6 29.dxe6 Qxe6 30.Qc3 Qd7 31.Qe3 Bg7 32.Qc5 Bd4 33.Qb5 Qd8 34.
Kg2 Bxa7 35.Qxb7 Bc5 36.a6 Ra7 37.Qc6 Qd6 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Re8 Qd5+ 40.Kg1 
Qd1+ 41.Kg2 Qd5+ 42.Kg1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.
Re1 Qg6 9.Ne5 Qf5 10.d4 Be6 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Ne4 h5 13.c3 h4 14.Qe2 Bd5 15.
f3 f6 16.Nd3 g5 17.b3 Nh6 18.c4 Bf7 19.Bb2 Rhe8 20.Qf2 h3 21.g4 Qg6 22.
Rad1 Kb8 23.Qg3 f5 24.Ne5 Qh7 25.Nf2 Bg8 26.Qxh3 Bd6 27.Qh5 Rf8 28.Bc1 Bb4
29.Rf1 Nf7 30.Qxh7 Bxh7 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Bxg5 Re8 33.Bd2 Ba3 34.g5 f4 35.
Bc1 Bxc1 36.Rxc1 Bf5 37.Kg2 Rh7 38.Rh1 Rh4 39.Rce1 Rg8 40.Re5 Rxg5+ 41.Kf1
Rgh5 42.Ke2 Rg5 43.h3 Rhh5 44.Ng4 b6 45.Kf2 Kb7 46.Kg2 Rg8 47.Kf2 Rg6 48.
Rh2 Rd6 49.Ke1 Rxd4 50.Rhe2 Rd6 51.Nf2 Rdh6 52.Kd2 c5 53.a4 a5 54.Kc3 Rg6 
55.Nd3 Bxd3 56.Kxd3 Rxh3 57.Ke4 Rd6 58.Rf2 Rd4+ 59.Kf5 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 c5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Qc2 Qb6 
9.d3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rac1 d6 12.e3 Rab8 13.Qb1 Ba8 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 
Ne5 16.f4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nc6 18.N2f3 Rfc8 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Bd4 
Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Qa5 23.Qc2 Ra8 24.a4 bxa4 25.bxa4 Qxa4 26.Qxa4 Rxa4 27.Rc7 
Nd5 28.Rc8+ Bf8 29.Rd8 f6 30.e4 Nb4 31.Rc8 Nd3 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.
Bxe5 Ra6 35.Rd8 Nb4 36.Rc8 h6 37.h4 Kf7 38.Bc3 Nd3 39.Rc7+ Kg6 40.Ne5+ 
Nxe5 41.Bxe5 h5 42.Kf3 Ra5 43.Ke4 Ra4+ 44.Kf3 Rb4 45.Rd7 Rg4 46.Bd4 Kh7 
47.Be5 Kh6 48.Rd8 Bc5 49.Re8 Kg6 50.Rxe6+ Kf5 51.Rc6 Be7 52.Bf4 Rg6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Nb6 8.Nc3 
Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.b3 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Nxd1 Bxe5 14.Bb2 c6 15.
Bxe5 Rxe5 16.Nb2 Bf5 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Rd4 Rc5 19.e4 Be6 20.Nd3 Rc2 21.Nf4 a4 
22.Nxe6 axb3 23.Rad1 fxe6 24.axb3 Rca2 25.Bh3 Kf7 26.Rb4 R8a6 27.e5 c5 28.
Rb5 Ra1 29.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30.Bf1 Nd7 31.Rxb7 Ke8 32.Kg2 Nxe5 33.Rxh7 Rb1 34.
Rc7 Rxb3 35.Rxc5 Nf7 36.Bc4 Rb6 37.Bd3 e5 38.Bc4 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O c5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 
Qc7 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Be4 Ne7 12.Nxd4 Ng6 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bf3 Nh4 15.Nc3
Be7 16.Be3 O-O 17.Bf2 Rd8 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Qe2 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qxb2 21.Rb1 Qa3 
22.Nd5 Qxf3 23.Nxe7+ Kf8 24.Nxf3 Nd3 25.Nxc8 Nxe1 26.Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg5
Nf6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qh4 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Rfd8 14.Rxd8+ 
Rxd8 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bxe7 Rd7 17.Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 c4 13.Ne5 Nxc3 14.Qh5 Qf6 15.f4 
g4 16.f5 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Nxg3+ 18.hxg3 Rg8 19.Ng6+ Kg7 20.Ne7 Rd8 21.Rf4 Kh7 
22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Nc6 25.Qxg4 Nb4 26.Qe2 Nd5 27.Qf3 a6 28.
Ba4 b5 29.Bd1 b4 30.Re5 Nc3 31.Bc2 Rab8 32.Rae1 Nb5 33.Qf4 Rb6 34.Re7 Kg7 
35.d5 Nd4 36.Qg4+ Kf8 37.Ba4 Nb5 38.Rd7 c3 39.Qxb4+ Kg7 40.Re6 c2 41.Bxc2 
Qa1+ 42.Kh2 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bc4 e5 8.O-O 
Qe8 9.e4 a6 10.Re1 b6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.a4 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Nf1 Nf4 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.Bh4 Nf4 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.d5 Nh7 19.Nd2 Bc8 20.Bf1 f5 21.a5 bxa5 22.Rxa5 
Nh5 23.f3 f4 24.Ng4 g5 25.Bf2 N5f6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rea1 h5 28.Bxa6 g4 29.
Bxc8 Rxc8 30.Kf1 g3 31.hxg3 fxg3 32.Bxg3 Qg6 33.Bf2 Kh8 34.Nc4 Bg5 35.Re1 
h4 36.Ke2 Bf4 37.Raa1 Qxg2 38.Rg1 Qh3 39.Qd3 Bh2 40.Rg4 Rf4 41.Rxf4 Bxf4 
42.Qd1 Bg3 43.Qh1 Qd7 44.Bxg3 hxg3 45.Qh4 Rg8 46.Rg1 g2 47.Qh2 Qb5 48.Kd3 
c6 49.dxc6 Qxc6 50.Rxg2 Rxg2 51.Qxg2 d5 52.Nxe5 dxe4+ 53.Kd4 exf3 54.Nf7# 
1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 
Nec6 9.Nb3 Na5 10.O-O Nxb3 11.axb3 Bb7 12.f4 Qc7 13.Kh1 Nc6 14.e5 Be7 15.
Ne4 Nb4 16.Bd4 Qc6 17.Rc1 Na2 18.Ra1 Nb4 19.Rc1 Qd5 20.Bc3 Nxd3 21.cxd3 b4
22.Be1 O-O 23.Rc4 a5 24.Bf2 Rac8 25.Rd4 Qb5 26.Kg1 Kh7 27.Be3 Rc7 28.Rc4 
Rxc4 29.bxc4 Qc6 30.f5 exf5 31.Rxf5 Qe6 32.Qf3 a4 33.Bd4 a3 34.bxa3 bxa3 
35.Rf4 Kg8 36.Qe2 Ra8 37.Nc3 d6 38.Rf2 dxe5 39.Qxe5 Qxe5 40.Bxe5 f6 41.Bd4
Rd8 42.Nb5 Bc6 43.Re2 Bf8 44.Bb6 Rxd3 45.Nd4 Bd7 46.Kf2 Kf7 47.Ra2 Be6 48.
Rc2 Bb4 49.Nb5 Rb3 50.Bd4 Bf5 51.Rc1 a2 52.Nc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nb6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.e3 
Qb4 16.Qc2 Bd6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.O-O Bc7 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Qd6 21.Bxc6+ 
Kf8 22.Qc5 bxc6 23.Qxd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxc6 Ke7 25.Kg2 a5 26.Rd1 f5 27.gxf5 gxf5
28.Rh1 Rh4 29.Kf3 a4 30.Rb6 a3 31.Rb7+ Ke6 32.Kg2 axb2 33.Rxb2 Ra3 34.Re1 
Re4 35.Ree2 f4 36.Rb3 Rxb3 37.axb3 Kd5 38.Kf3 fxe3 39.fxe3 Rh4 40.Rf2 f5 
0-1

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 
e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.a5 a6 14.O-O Bd6 15.
Ne4 Be7 16.Qb3 Bg6 17.Rfd1 Bf7 18.Qc3 O-O 19.Ng5 Bd6 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Rd4 
Qe7 22.b4 Re8 23.Rad1 Bb8 24.Bc1 f5 25.e3 Ng4 26.Qd3 Be5 27.Rd7 Qxd7 28.
Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Rb8 30.Bf1 Bc3 31.Bc4+ Kh8 32.Be6 Ne5 33.Rd1 Bxb4 34.f4 
Ng6 35.Bxf5 Bxa5 36.Bb2 Ne7 37.Be6 Bb6 38.Rd7 Bxe3+ 39.Kg2 Bc5 40.Be5 Rf8 
41.Rxb7 h5 42.Kf3 Kh7 43.Rd7 Ra8 44.Ke4 a5 45.Kd3 Ra7 46.Rxa7 Bxa7 47.h3 
g6 48.g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e4 e5
9.h3 h6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.d5 Ne7 14.Ne1 Ng6 15.Qf3 Nh7 
16.Qg3 Qe7 17.Nc2 Qf6 18.Rfe1 Nf4 19.Bf1 Bd7 20.f3 Qg5 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.g3 
Nh5 23.Kg2 g6 24.Bd3 f5 25.Rh1 Rab8 26.Rab1 b6 27.Na3 a6 28.Rb2 Rb7 29.
Rhb1 Rfb8 30.Nc2 Kg7 31.Rb3 f4 32.g4 N5f6 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.Rab3 Rab8 35.Ra3 
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Bb7 8.Be3 a6 9.
a4 e5 10.axb5 cxb5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bxb5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Bf8 14.Qd3 Ra6 15.
Rfd1 Qc8 16.Rxa6 Bxa6 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Be2 19.Rd5 Ne7 20.Nxe5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd7 Rg8 22.Bg5 Ba6 23.exd5 Qxd7 24.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "54th NED-ch"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qa4 Nge7 8.
Nd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d5 12.Nf3 c6 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Qb4
Qxa2 15.Bc4 c5 16.Qxc5 Qa1+ 17.Kc2 Qa4+ 18.Bb3 b6 19.Qe5 Bf5+ 20.Qxf5 
Qxb3+ 21.Kxb3 Nxf5 22.Rd7 Rfe8 23.Rhd1 Kf8 24.Ng5 f6 25.Rf7+ Kg8 26.Rdd7 
fxg5 27.Rxf5 Rf8 28.Rxg5 g6 29.Re5 Rxf2 30.Ree7 Rxg2 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rxh7+ 
Kg8 33.h4 Rg4 34.Rdg7+ Kf8 35.Rb7 Kg8 36.Rbg7+ Kf8 37.h5 Rh4 38.Rxg6 Re8 
39.h6 Re5 40.Rc6 Rb5+ 41.Kc2 Rh2+ 42.Kd3 Rc5 43.Rxc5 bxc5 44.Rxa7 Rxh6 45.
Kc4 1-0
