[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Rd1 Rae8 15. Qf2 f5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qe5 18. Rfe1 Re7 19. c3 Nd8 20. Rd2 Bc8 21. Qf4 Nf7 22. Nf3 Qc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Re8 26. Nd3 a5 27. h4 g6 28. a3 Kg7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nd6 31. Ne5 Nf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Kf2 c6 34. d5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Re7 36. Rc5 Be6 37. Rb5 Bc8 38. Rb6 Ke8 39. Bd5 Kd8 40. c4 Kc7 41. Rf6 Bd7 42. b5 b6 43. Kf3 Re1 44. Kf4 Be8 45. Kg5 Rg1 46. Kh6 Rxg3 47. c5 bxc5 48. b6+ Kb8 49. Rd6 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Rac1 Qc6 16. f3 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Bb3 Rac8 19. Bh4 Qa3 20. c4 a5 21. Qd2 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Rc3 Qb4 24. Re3 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Nc5 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Re2 Nc5 29. Bc2 Ba6 30. Bf5 Rf8 31. d6 Bxc4 32. Rd2 f6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Bg3 Be6 35. Bc7 Bxf5 36. Bxd8 Nxd7 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Bxb6 Ke7 39. Bc7 Be6 40. a3 a4 41. Rd2 h5 42. Kf2 Bb3 43. Rd4 Ke8 44. Rh4 g6 45. Re4+ Kf7 46. Bd6 Nb6 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Bc5 Nd5 49. Ra7 Nf4 50. Bd4 Nd5 51. Kf3 Kf8 52. Ke4 Ke8 53. Ra5 Ne7 54. Bxf6 Nc6 55. Rc5 Kd7 56. Be5 Ne7 57. Bf6 Nf5 58. Kf4 Nd6 59. Bc3 Nf7 60. Ra5 g5+ 61. Kf5 Nd6+ 62. Kg6 h4 63. Bb4 Ne4 64. Kf5 Bc2 65. Rd5+ Kc6 66. Ke5 Bb3 67. Rd4 Nf2 68. Rd2 Nd1 69. Kf5 Ne3+ 70. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bd2 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxc6 Bxb2 21. Bc7 Qb7 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qb4 Be5 24. Rcc1 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qa5 Rc2 27. Qxa6 Rb8 28. Be4 Rc4 29. Bd3 Ra4 30. Qc6 g6 31. f4 Bf6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Qxf6 Bg6 35. Rd2 Re4 36. h3 Rbe8 37. Qb6 b4 38. Rd4 Rxe3 39. Qxb4 h5 40. a4 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. Qb2 Rb1 43. Qa3 Kh7 44. a5 Ree1 45. Qf8 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rb5 47. Rd8 Rg5+ 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. Qf3 Qf4 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Nh2 Rae7 24. Nhf3 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Kf1 g6 29. Rc1 f5 30. Nd2 Re8 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Bg7 34. a4 bxa4 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Kc2 Re8 37. Kd1 Rb8 38. Kc2 Re8 39. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Be3 Rb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rfc1 Nbd7 20. Nd2 Rb4 21. Ra4 a5 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxe4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxb2 29. Rc2 Bc3 30. Bb5 Nf6 31. Ra2 Qc8 32. Bc6 Qf5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qe7 Ne4 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf8+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 e5 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qa4 Rf7 15. Rad1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. e3 a6 10. a3 Ba7 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nc4 f4 15. exf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Re6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rb8 22. Ne3 Nxf4 23. Ng4 Qd4 24. Re1 d5 25. Ne3 c6 26. Nf5 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 29. Ke2 Nxe1 30. Kxe1 Re8 31. Nd4 g6 32. Bh3 Kg7 33. Nb3 Re7 34. Nc5 g5 35. Nd7 h5 36. Bf5 g4 37. Kf2 Kh6 38. h4 d4 39. Nc5 Kg7 40. Ne4 Re8 41. Ke2 Rf8 42. Ng3 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. e7 Re8 45. Nxh5 Rxe7 46. Bxg4 Rc7 47. Kd2 c5 48. bxc5 Rxc5 49. a4 Rc3 50. Bd7 b6 51. Bg4 Ra3 52. Bd7 Kd6 53. Be8 Rh3 54. Nf4 Rxh4 55. Nd3 Rh2+ 56. Kc1 Kd5 57. Bf7+ Ke4 58. Bg6+ Ke3 59. Nb4 Rh6 60. Nc2+ Kf4 61. Bd3 a5 62. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 17. Qb2 Ng4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Bh3 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 24. Bg2 exf3 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nc6 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. b5 h4 31. Rcd1 hxg3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 Ng4 38. Be8 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5+ 40. Kh1 bxa5 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. b6 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe3 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Re2 Bf8 17. h3 g6 18. Rce1 Bg7 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qa8 21. a4 Rc8 22. Nf3 Red8 23. Nd2 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc4 Nd3 30. Rd1 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Red2 bxc4 33. bxc4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 g5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qe7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Ne4 g4 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxg4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rf4 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Bf3 Qe7 27. Re1 Be5 28. Qg6+ Qg7 29. e7 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. a3 Re8 13. dxc5 Naxc5 14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bf6 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. b4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne6 19. Qd3 d4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Rec1 h6 23. f3 Rd5 24. Rc4 Qd7 25. R1c2 h5 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rc1 Qe8 28. Kf2 Re5 29. R4c2 Rxe2+ 30. Qxe2 d3 31. Qe3 dxc2 32. Rxc2 Qa4 33. Rc3 Qd1 34. Rd3 Rc8 35. Rc3 Rd8 36. Rd3 Re8 37. Be1 Qb1 38. Qd2 Rc8 39. Rc3 Rd8 40. Qc2 Qxc2+ 41. Rxc2 b5 42. Rc6 Nd4 43. Ra6 Nc2 44. Rxa7 Rd3 45. Rb7 Rxa3 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Rxb5 Nxe1 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kxe1 Rxf3 51. Ke2 Rb3 52. Rg4 f5 53. Rf4 Rxg3 54. b5 Rb3 55. Rxf5 g6 56. Rd5 Rb4 57. Kd3 Rxh4 58. Rd4 Rh1 59. Rb4 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Rd8 61. b6 g5 62. b7 Rb8 63. Kf5 g4 64. Kxg4 Kg6 65. Rb6+ Kf7 66. Kf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f5 Qa5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Kb1 Kd7 17. e5 Bxf3 18. exd6 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bf8 20. Qxf6 Bxd6 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Rxd6+ Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Qd4+ Kc6 25. a4 Rhd8 26. Qa7 Rd1+ 27. Ka2 bxa4 28. Qxa6+ Kd7 29. Qxa4+ Rc6 30. Qa7+ Kd6 31. Qf2 Rd5 32. b3 h5 33. c4 Rf5 34. Qd4+ Ke7 35. Ka3 Rd6 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. b4 Rf7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh5 Ra6+ 40. Kb3 Rf1 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. h4 Nfd7 12. Ng4 Qa5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Kf1 Na6 16. e5 O-O-O 17. a4 Qb4 18. Bf3 Qxb2 19. axb5 Qxc3 20. bxa6 Ba8 21. Rc1 Qb3 22. Nh6 Rf8 23. Bh5 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nf7 Be7 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Rf5 29. Bg4 Rd5 30. Bg3 c5 31. Bxe6 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Bxc4 Be4 34. f3 Bf5 35. Bf2 Ne5 36. Bb5 Bd7 37. Bxd7+ Kxd7 38. Bxd4 Nc6 39. Bc5 g4 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. f4 Nb8 42. Bxa7 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Bf4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Be5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. f3 Nc5 17. Kf2 a6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Be3 b5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nb1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Rxa2+ 25. Re2 Rb8 26. Rxa2 Bxa2 27. Na3 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 Nxc1 30. Bxc1 Bc4 31. Nc7 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Nd5 a4 13. Qxb7 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bg5 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Rfxb8 17. Bxe7 Rxb2 18. a3 Rxc2 19. Rae1 Ra6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bb2 22. Rfe1 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. Bf6 Ra8 25. Rc4 Bxa3 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 a3 29. Rc1 a2 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 a6 12. Ng5 Rd8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Ngxe4 dxe4 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Qe3 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. g3 Rc8 24. Kb1 f6 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Be3 Bg4 27. Rd2 Bf5+ 28. Ka2 Rc2 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Nc3 Ba5 31. Kb3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Re2 33. Rd6 g5 34. hxg5 Be6+ 35. c4 fxg5 36. Rb6 Bc8 37. a4 Kg7 38. c5 h5 39. c6 bxc6 40. Rxc6 Bf5 41. Bxg5 Rxf2 42. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Qe8 16. h3 Bf5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bc4 c6 19. Na3 d5 20. Bf1 Bc7 21. Qc1 Rb6 22. Bf4 Qb8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nh4 Be6 25. Nc4 Rbb8 26. Nd2 Nd6 27. Nb3 Qd8 28. Nf3 Bf5 29. Na5 Qb6 30. Qc5 Qc7 31. Ne5 Rb6 32. Ra4 Nc2 33. Rc1 Rxb2 34. Naxc6 Re8 35. Ra7 Nb7 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 b6 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ba2 a6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 cxd4 19. exd4 b5 20. Na5 Nb6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. f4 h5 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. g3 h4 30. Rd2 Qd5 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. b3 hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc8 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. b4 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxd5 Bb2 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Qc8 41. Re3 Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Kf3 Rc8 45. Qb1 Bc1 46. Nxc1 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Rxc1 48. Qd3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rea1 Qc7 24. Qe3 Ra8 25. Bh6 Nh7 26. Nh2 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 h4 28. Ne2 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. Ng4 Bb7 31. f4 Bc8 32. f5 Qd8 33. Qf2 Nf6 34. Qf3 Nh7 35. Be3 Ng5 36. Qf1 Ncxe4 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Bxe4 Kxh6 40. Qf7 Bf5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Qxf5 Kg7 43. Qg4 Kf8 44. Kh2 Nf7 45. g3 Bg5 46. Bf2 hxg3+ 47. Nxg3 Bf4 48. h4 Nh6 49. Qh3 Qf6 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Kg2 Bxg3 53. Bxg3 Nf5 54. Bf2 Kh5 55. Qxb5 Nxh4+ 56. Bxh4 Qxh4 57. Qe8+ Kg4 58. Qc8+ Kg5 59. Qd8+ Kg4 60. Qc8+ Kg5 61. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bb4 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Ba3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. f5 Rg8 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Rae1 Qxc3 21. fxe6 Qxd3 22. e7+ Kc7 23. cxd3 b4 24. Rc1+ Kd6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxb4+ Nxb4 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. e8=Q Rxe8 29. Be4 Nxa2 30. Rxf6+ Re6 31. Rf1 h6 32. Ra1 Nb4 33. h4 Ke5 34. g4 {Und hier wurde in ungefĂ¤hr gleicher Stellung remis gegeben. Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Ba6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nxd6 Nd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Kd1 fxe4 18. Ra3 c4 19. Re3 Qxd5 20. Rxe4 Rf8 21. f3 Nc5 22. Re7 Bf6 23. Rxa7 c3 24. Rxa6 cxd2 25. Rxf6 dxc1=Q+ 26. Kxc1 Rxf6 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Kb1 Nxa4 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. h4 Nc5 33. Rf7 Ne6 34. Ka2 Ra6+ 35. Kb1 Nd4 36. Rf4 Nf5 37. Re4 Rd6 38. Kc2 Ng3 39. Rg4 Nf1 40. Kc3 Ne3 41. Rg5 Nf5 42. Rg4 Kh5 43. b4 Ne3 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. Kxd4 Nc2+ 46. Ke5 Nxb4 47. Kf6 Nd5+ 48. Kg7 Ne3 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. Rb1 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. c5 Bd7 12. Qa3 Nc4 13. Qxa6 b5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 dxc5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. Rec1 Rb6 20. Qa5 Qc8 21. Qa7 Ra6 22. Qb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rxa4 24. e3 Be5 25. Rxc5 Bd6 26. Rcc1 Rb8 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Rba8 29. e4 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Bc1 f6 33. Kf3 g5 34. h3 Kf7 35. Rc4 h5 36. Ke2 Rh1 37. Bd2 Rh2 38. Kf3 b3 39. Bb4 Rxh3 40. Kg2 g4 41. Bxd6 cxd6 42. Rb4 Ke6 43. Rxb3 h4 44. Rb5 hxg3 45. f3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 Nf6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Kf8 16. Kb1 a6 17. Ba4 Na5 18. Qf3 b6 19. cxb6 Qb7 20. Rc1 Qxb6 21. Rc7 Rb8 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. Rc6 Qxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 25. Ka1 Kg8 26. Rxc4 Rxf2 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. g3 Ba3 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Rd3 Be7 32. Bc7 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5 34. Kb1 Be7 35. Bc2 g5 36. a4 f5 37. a5 Bf6 38. Bb6 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 h6 11. Na3 Qd7 12. Bd2 Nd8 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Ne6 15. Na5 Bc8 16. Bc4 c5 17. Nb3 Rb8 18. Ra2 Nh7 19. Na1 Kh8 20. Nc2 f5 21. b4 fxe4 22. dxe4 Nd4 23. Nfxd4 cxd4 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Bh4 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Nb4 Bd7 28. Nd5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Bb4 Nf6 31. Bxd6 Nxe4 32. Nc7 Qd7 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Rc2 Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 Rf4 36. Na6 d3 37. Rc7 Qd8 38. Qc1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. a3 bxa3 16. b4 a5 17. Bxa3 axb4 18. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O dxe5 8. Nxe5 N8d7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. d4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nbd2 Nbd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ne5 a5 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. a4 b6 20. Qf3 Ba6 21. Nd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Rae8 23. Be3 Qc8 24. Rad1 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Bxb6 Qxa4 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. g3 Rb8 29. Bc5 Rfd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Qf3 h6 33. Bd4 Qd7 34. Qg4 f5 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Qh5 Qd7 37. h4 Bc7 38. f4 Kh7 39. Qe2 Qd5 40. Qh5 Qe4 41. Qf7 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Bd7 8. f5 Be7 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qc8 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd3 Qc5 14. Be3 Qh5 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. O-O O-O 17. h3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Qg3 Qc5+ 20. Be3 Qc6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Ne4 Rd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bd4 Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Bd7 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxf6 Bc6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Ng4 Be4 33. c3 h5 34. Ne5 Kf6 35. Nd7+ Kf5 36. b4 Bc6 37. Nc5 Ke5 38. g3 Kd5 39. Ke3 Kc4 40. Ne4 e5 41. g4 h4 42. g5 Bd7 43. g6 Bxh3 44. Ng5 Bg2 45. Nf3 Bh3 46. Kd2 Be6 47. Nxh4 Kb5 48. Nf3 Bxa2 49. Nxe5 Be6 50. Kc2 a5 51. bxa5 Kxa5 52. g7 Kb5 53. Kd3 Ka5 54. Kd4 b6 55. Nc6+ Ka4 56. Ne7 b5 57. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Qb4 16. Bf3 Qxb3 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Be3 a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. h3 e5 21. Ne4 Qxb2 22. Bg5 Ra6 23. Nc5 Rd6 24. Ne4 Rc6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h6 27. Bf6+ Kh7 28. Rd1 g5 29. f3 a3 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. a3 a6 9. Ba2 b5 10. d4 Bb6 11. f3 Bb7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Kh1 O-O-O 14. b4 g6 15. a4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Rhe8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd2 d5 19. Ncxb5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 d4 21. Bxf7 g5 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Na3 Bc7 25. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ng5 Ne7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne6 Qc8 25. d5 Bf7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rc1 c6 14. Be3 a6 15. c5 cxd5 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc5 Qd8 18. Nxe5 Nh5 19. f4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Nc6 22. Bxe5+ Nxe5 23. Nxd5 Be6 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Nxe6 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qxe6 28. Qg5 Nd7 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Kf1 Nf6 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Qg3+ Kf7 35. Qf4 Nd5 36. Qd4 Ke7 37. Qg7+ Kd6 38. Qxb7 Qe3 39. Qxa6+ Ke5 40. Qa3 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Qf3 Qd4+ 43. Kg3 Qxb2 44. Bc4 f4+ 45. Kh3 Ne3 46. Bd3 Qb8 47. Qe4+ Kf6 48. Qc6+ Ke5 49. Qc5+ Ke6 50. Qc6+ Ke5 51. Qb5+ Qxb5 52. Bxb5 Kf5 53. Be2 Kg5 54. a4 h5 55. g3 fxg3 56. hxg3 h4 57. gxh4+ 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 b5 16. g4 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 O-O 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8+ 23. Bb3 Bxa3 24. Rhe1 f6 25. Re4 Bc5 26. Ra4 Nc7 27. Kb2 Kh7 28. Be1 Bd5 29. Rd3 Bc6 30. Rc4 Ne6 31. Bf2 Bb5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxd3 34. cxd3 h5 35. Kc3 Rc8 36. Kb4 Rb8+ 37. Ka4 Kg6 38. Be6 Rh8 39. Bf2 Kh6 40. Ka5 hxg4 41. fxg4 g6 42. g5+ Kg7 43. Kxa6 Rd8 44. Bc4 f5 45. Kb7 e4 46. d4 f4 47. d5 e3 48. Be1 f3 49. Kc7 Rf8 50. d6 Rf4 51. Bc3+ Kh7 52. Bd3 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bc4 15. Bg3 g6 16. Ba4 a6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Qa4 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxa6 Qd7 24. h3 Rc6 25. Qe2 Rfc8 26. Qd2 b5 27. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qf5 14. Nde4 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 e5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. f3 Rc8 19. Qb3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Be1 Qg6 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qb3 Qxg2 26. Qxb7 Qg6 27. Qd7 Bb6 28. Bf2 Kh7 29. Kc1 Na5 30. Qe7 Qc6+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke1 Nc4 33. Qxh4+ Kg8 34. Qg4 Qd3 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Ng8+ Kd6 38. Qf8+ Kc6 39. Ne7+ Kd7 40. Qxf7 Nxb2 41. Nf5+ Kc6 42. Bh4 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Rd1 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bg7 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 Ng4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Qd3 a6 22. h3 b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rb1 Rc2 26. Rxb5 Ra8 27. Ra1 Raxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nb5 Be6 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Na3 Bf8 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. Nxa5 f6 22. Bc1 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra8 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Be3 Nb3 26. Rab1 Na5 27. c4 Qd7 28. c5 Qf7 29. Qc3 Bc4 30. c6 {30...b6= Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. b3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. Bb2 Ra8 18. Bd3 b4 19. d5 bxc3 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bxc3 Ne7 22. Nc4 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qc2 Bc7 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Bb2 Nd7 27. Ba3 f6 28. b4 Rc8 29. b5 Bxb5 30. Rb1 Kh8 31. Ncxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33. Bxb5 Qa7 34. Qa4 Qxa4 35. Bxa4 Ra8 36. Rb7 Rxa4 37. Rxc7 Rxa3 38. Rxe7 h6 39. h4 h5 40. Rd7 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. g3 Kh7 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ke2 Rd4 46. Ke3 g6 47. f4 Rd1 48. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. h3 Nd7 15. Rad1 f5 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Kh2 h5 18. Kh1 Rde8 19. a3 Ba7 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Qd1 h4 22. gxh4 e4 23. Ne2 Nh5 24. Rg1 Bb8 25. Ng3 Nf6 26. f4 Rd8 27. Bf1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Ba7 29. Be2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Nh5 Ne8 32. c5 g6 33. b4 Kh7 34. Rd1 Be6 35. Rd8 gxh5 36. Bxh5 axb4 37. axb4 b6 38. Bd4 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kg8 40. Bxe8 Bc4 {Und Schwarz gab zugleichg auf, denn es folgt 41.h5 mit sehr konkreten Drohungen.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfc8 15. Ne1 Qb7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rad1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. c3 b4 22. c4 g6 23. g3 Rc5 24. Rd1 a5 25. Nc2 Kg7 26. Qd3 Rc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Bd8 30. Nd5 Rc5 31. Qe3 Be7 32. Rd3 Bd8 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Bg5 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Qe2 Rc8 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. f3 Rb8 42. Qf2 Rb7 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. c5 dxc5 45. Qxc5 Bd8 46. Rc1 Kf7 47. Qe3 Kg7 48. Rc4 Rd7 49. Qc1 h5 50. Rc6 Rd6 51. Rc8 Qd7 52. Qc5 Kh6 53. Rb8 Bf6 54. Qe3+ Bg5 55. f4 exf4 56. Rh8+ {Die Schlusskombination ist sehr hĂĽbsch.} 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 O-O 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O Na6 13. Ne1 c6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qb1 c5 17. Bf4 Nf7 18. Nb5 e5 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. a3 Nc6 22. exf5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Bf4 Bg5 26. Qc1 h6 27. h4 Bf6 28. Qc2 Be5 29. Nd3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Ne5 31. Nd5 d3 32. Qd1 b5 33. Re1 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxd3 a6 37. h5 Qc7 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Qa8+ Ke7 40. Qxa6 c4 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. f6 c3 44. fxg7+ Qxg7 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qc4+ Kf8 47. Qc5+ Ke8 48. Kf1 Qf6 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6 18. c4 Qc7 19. Rc1 b4 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bb1 c5 22. Rf1 Ra8 23. Nh2 a4 24. Bg5 axb3 25. axb3 Ra3 26. Bc2 Ra2 27. Kh1 h5 28. Rce1 Nh7 29. Be3 Qd8 30. Qc1 Qe7 31. Ne2 Bc8 32. Bb1 Ra3 33. Qc2 Rf8 34. Nc1 Re8 35. Nd3 Nhf8 36. Re2 Ra6 37. Nf3 Nh7 38. Nd2 Nhf8 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 Ne5 41. Nxe5 Bxe5 42. Bxe5 Qxe5 43. Ref2 Re7 44. Nf3 Qg3 45. Qd2 Nd7 46. Qh6 f6 47. e5 dxe5 48. Bxg6 Nf8 49. Be4 Rg7 50. Ne1 Ng6 51. Rf3 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. a3 a6 14. Na4 N6d7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b4 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Re1 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Ne6 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Qf2 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. b5 d4 27. exd4 cxd4 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qa3 30. Qd2 Rc3 31. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. O-O d6 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Re3 Nd7 16. Rb3 Qa7 17. Rba3 Bb7 18. b4 Qb6 19. Qa4 Be7 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. e5 Bxe5 22. c5 Qc7 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. c6 Nb6 26. Qxa6 Qxc6 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Nxb6 O-O 29. Nc4 Qe4 30. Re3 Qd5 31. Nxe5 Rfc8 32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g6 19. Ne3 g5 20. Bg3 dxe4 21. dxe4 c5 22. Bxf7 Bxe4 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Bh5 Nxh5 25. Qxh5 Bg7 26. Neg4 Bxc2 27. Nxh6 Qe8 28. Qxg5 Re6 29. Nf5 Bf6 30. Qg4 Qg8 31. Ne3 Bh7 32. Rad1 Ra7 33. Qe2 c4 34. Neg4 Bg7 35. Nf3 Bd3 36. Qe3 Ra8 37. Ngxe5 Rae8 38. Qd4 Nxe5 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nh4 Nf6 9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. a4 Nxa4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. f5 Nd7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Nf8 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Ra2 e5 21. Nd2 Bd7 22. Qh5 Ne6 23. Bh3 Qb7 24. Nc4 Rf8 25. Bg4 g6 26. Qh3 Rf6 27. Qg2 Qc6 28. Ra1 Bc8 29. c3 h5 30. Bh3 Rf7 31. Kh1 Bd8 32. Qd2 Bc7 33. Bh6 Qe8 34. Ne3 Kh7 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Be3 Qf8 37. Kg2 Qe8 38. Rf1 Bb7 39. Rf2 Kg8 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Rxf2+ 42. Qxf2 Qf7 43. Nb6 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Kf7 45. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. a3 Bd6 14. O-O Rd8 15. f4 Bc8 16. e5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rxd3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Be3 Rd7 22. f5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc7 24. fxe6 Bxe6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Rg8 27. Qf2 Rg5 28. Ne4 Rf5 29. Qe3 Qc4 30. Kg1 Rd5 31. b3 Qc7 32. Rf1 f5 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. Bxf6 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Rd1 Rd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. b4 {Die Stellung ist natĂĽrlich remis. Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Qd2 d4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8 20. Rc1 g6 21. Rhd1 Ne8 22. f3 Nd6 23. e4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qf2 Rdxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc5 27. Ne2 Qb6 28. Rcd1 Qb3 29. R1d2 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Kg7 31. Nf4 Qa2+ 32. Kc2 Bb3+ 33. Kc3 Be6 34. Qc2 Bxd4+ 35. Kxd4 Bd7 36. Kc5 Qa1 37. Nd5 Be6 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. Qe3+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh6 41. Kb6 Qf1 42. Qd2+ Kg7 43. Kxb7 Qb5+ 44. Nb6 f6 45. Qd6 Bf7 46. b4 g5 47. a4 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. f3 e5 19. c4 Ng6 20. Qe1 Qf7 21. a5 bxa5 22. Bxa5 Rfd8 23. Rf2 Nf8 24. Rfa2 Ne6 25. Bc3 Rab8 26. Ra7 g5 27. Qd1 Qg7 28. R7a2 h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rd2 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Rg8 34. d4 exd4 35. Bxd4 Rxg4 36. b6 c5 37. Bb2 f3 38. Rf1 Ng5 39. e5 dxe5 40. Bxe5 Re8 41. Bh2 Kg6 42. Kh1 Ne4 43. Rc2 f2 44. g3 Rd8 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. Ra2 Rb3 47. Ra8 Rxb6 48. Kh3 Rg5 49. Rg8+ Kf6 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51. g4+ Kd4 52. Bf4 Rh6+ 53. Kg2 Rxg4+ 54. Kf3 Rhh4 55. Rd1+ Kxc4 56. Rc1+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. c5 Bh6 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Nf5 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Bf5 20. f3 Qf6 21. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bb1 f5 13. Ne1 Bd6 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qd1 g5 18. g3 Rf7 19. Rc2 Rg7 20. Rg2 Qe7 21. Be2 Kh8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Nd3 Be8 24. Qd1 Bf7 25. Ne5 Rbg8 26. Bf3 Be8 27. b4 h5 28. Re1 h4 29. Kf2 gxf4 30. exf4 Ne4+ 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Ke3 a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 b6 35. Na4 b5 36. Nc3 hxg3 37. Rh1 Qh4 38. Ne2 Rh7 39. Qg1 Rf8 40. Qe1 Bxe5 41. dxe5 d4+ 42. Kxd4 Bh5 43. hxg3 Qg4 44. Rf2 Ra8 45. Rh4 Qg6 46. Kc3 Ra2 47. Rfh2 Rxe2 48. Rxe2 Bxe2 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 51. Kd4 Qxf4 52. Qh5+ Kg7 53. Qe8 e3+ 54. Kd3 Qf5+ 55. Kxe3 Qxe5+ 56. Kd3 Qd5+ 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Qf8+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ Kh5 60. Qf7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Bb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Qd4 Nxb4 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. cxb4 Bb5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Ba6 {Und in dieser ausgeglichenen Stellung einigte man sich auf remis.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 g6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. O-O Bg7 15. c4 b6 16. Nc6 Nb8 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 18. b4 O-O 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. a4 Qd7 21. a5 bxa5 22. bxa5 e4 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Re8 25. c5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 Qa7 27. Rc4 Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 exf3 29. Bxf3 Rb5 30. Bxh5 Rxa5 31. Bf3 Rc5 32. d6 Be6 33. Ra1 a5 34. Rda4 Rd8 35. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D86"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Be8 19. d5 Na5 20. Bxg7 Nxc4 21. Bd4 b5 22. f3 e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ra8 26. Nc1 Kf7 27. Kf2 e5 28. h4 Ke6 29. Rd3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qa5 13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bf4 Rfb8 16. Re2 Qa6 17. Rc1 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. b3 Rb4 21. Rd2 c4 22. Ne2 Kg7 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Ng1 Ra3 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Rd3 Qe4 29. Rc3 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Ra5 31. Rd2 Bc3 {White can't avoid repetition or losing a pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf3 f5 15. exf5 d5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qb3 e4 18. Be2 Qg5 19. Rad1 e3 20. f3 Be5 21. Nc4 Bf4 22. Rd4 Bd5 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxe3 Qxf5 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Qe4 Qd4+ 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. c5 O-O 11. Bf4 c6 12. b4 Qd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. b5 Rfe8 15. a4 Nh5 16. Be3 Bd8 17. a5 a6 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Na4 Bxa5 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21. cxb6 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Rfc1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 a5 25. Rxc6 Reb8 26. Bh6 Ng7 27. Rac1 Ne8 28. Bf4 Rb7 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Kf8 31. Bd6+ Kg7 32. Rxe8 Rxb6 33. Bf8+ Kf6 34. g3 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bh4 Nf6 11. Bg3 d6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 O-O 15. a5 g6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. N1d2 Nh5 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ne3 c4 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 a5 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. d5 Bf8 21. Qe2 g6 22. Nd2 Rec8 23. Kh2 Rab8 24. Rab1 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. Nf1 Ne8 28. Bc1 h5 29. Be3 Be7 30. Bd1 Bd8 31. Qb2 Nc7 32. a4 Ba6 33. Qb6 Nxd5 34. Qxa6 Nxc3 35. Rb7 Qe6 36. Bc2 Na2 37. Bd2 Bh4 38. g3 Bg5 39. Bxg5 Nb4 40. Qxa5 Nxc2 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf3 Rfc8 15. Ne1 Qf5 16. Bd4 R5c7 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxd5 Qd4 20. Bf3 Rc2 21. a3 Be7 22. Nb4 Rd2 23. Qe1 Bb5 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxa3 28. Ra1 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nc8 Bd7 32. Nxa7 Ke7 33. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6 12. Nge2 Nc7 13. O-O Ne6 14. Be5 h4 15. Rae1 O-O 16. g4 hxg3 17. hxg3 Nd7 18. Kg2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. f4 f5 21. g4 Rf7 22. Rh1 Bf8 23. gxf5 Nc5 24. Qd1 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Reg1 Re8 27. Rh3 Ne6 28. Rgh1 Bg7 29. Qc2 Nf8 30. Nce2 Qe7 31. Nf3 Qb4 32. Rg3 c5 33. Nh4 Re6 34. Nc3 d4 35. Nd5 Qb5 36. e4 c4 37. Nf3 d3 38. Qc3 Ra6 39. Nd4 Qc5 40. Rxd3 Rxa2 41. Rdh3 b5 42. Nf3 Ne6 43. Kg3 b4 44. Qd2 Rf8 45. Nf6+ Rxf6 46. exf6 Bxf6 47. e5 Bg7 48. Rh7 Qf8 49. Ng5 Ra6 50. Rh8+ {ein sehr hĂĽbsches Mattmotiv:} 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ne8 13. Bg3 e5 14. Kb1 Bd4 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Rc8 17. Qa4 Nf6 18. Bh4 h6 19. f4 g5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Be1 Re8 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. h4 g4 25. Rf1 Rc7 26. Rf5 Rec8 27. Bd3 d6 28. Bf2 Qe6 29. Qb4 Rc4 30. Qe1 Rc3 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. bxc3 Qb3+ 33. Ka1 Qxa3+ 34. Kb1 Qb3+ 35. Ka1 Rxc3 36. Bb1 Qa3+ 37. Ba2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 e5 12. f5 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nb4 14. Nc3 b5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. a3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nd5 Rc4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxd6 Rxe4 22. Qg1 Qxf5 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. c3 h5 26. Qe3 Qg4 27. R1d2 f6 28. h3 Qf5 29. Rxa6 Kh7 30. Kh2 h4 31. Rb6 Qg6 32. Qf2 Qg5 33. Rxb5 Ba8 34. a4 Re8 35. Re2 Rd8 36. Rb4 e4 37. Rbxe4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Kg8 39. Qxh4 {Und Schwarz muĂź in verlorener Stellung aufgeben.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Be3 g6 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. c4 Bb7 18. d5 Ne5 19. Be4 Qd6 20. Bf4 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. g3 Kf8 29. d6 Rd8 30. g4 g5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rd5 Kf6 33. Rf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 h6 35. f4 gxf4 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kxf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Na6 8. Nxc4 c5 9. b3 Bf5 10. Bb2 Be4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qd5 13. Rfd1 Qh5 14. h3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Rfd8 16. Nce5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxh3 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bd4 Rc8 21. Qa3 Re8 22. Bxb7 Nc7 23. Bc6 Rf8 24. Qxe7 Ne6 25. Bc3 Qf5 26. Rd3 h5 27. Rf3 Qc2 28. Nxf7 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe2 30. Re3 Qc2 31. Qxe6 Rxf7 32. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 e6 15. h4 Rac8 16. h5 Qf4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Re1 Qg4 20. Rcd1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. Bc1 b5 23. g3 Re8 24. Kg2 f5 25. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxc3 18. Bd3 Rxd3 19. cxd3 Ng4 20. Qh3 Nh6 21. gxh6 Qxe5 22. Rde1 Qg5 23. hxg7 Qxg7 24. Re3 Bg5 25. Rg3 f6 26. Qg4 Kf7 27. Qd4 Qg8 28. Qe4 Bc6 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Qh3 Rd6 32. a3 Kd8 33. Ka1 Qf5 34. Qh1 Bd7 35. d4 Rc6 36. Qh2 e5 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 b5 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 Nb2 19. Ra1 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nf5 Rab8 22. Rhb1 Rfe8 23. e4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rxe4 27. Rb4 Rf4 28. Rxc4 Rxf5 29. Rxc6 Kg7 30. c4 Ra5 31. d5 f5 32. c5 f4 33. d6 Kf6 34. Rc7 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. Bxe4 d5 7. dxe5 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bg5+ Ke8 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Rd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Rxe4 Bh3 15. gxh3 hxg5 16. Rg1 Rxh3 17. Rxg5 Kf8 18. Reg4 Re8 19. Rxg7 Rxe5 20. Rg8+ Ke7 21. Rc4 c5 22. Rb8 Rf3 23. Rxb7+ Kd6 24. Ra4 Rxf2 25. Ra6+ Kd5 26. Rd7+ Ke4 27. Ra4+ Ke3 28. Rd3+ Ke2 29. Rd2+ Kf1 30. Rxf2+ Kxf2 31. Rf4+ Ke3 32. Rxf7 a5 33. Ra7 Ke4 34. Rxa5 Kd5 35. Ra4 Re3 36. Rh4 Rxc3 37. Kb2 Rf3 38. Rh8 Rf7 39. a4 Rf4 40. a5 Rb4+ 41. Kc1 Ra4 42. Rh5+ Kc6 43. a6 Kb6 44. Rh6+ Ka7 45. Kb2 Rf4 46. Kb3 Rb4+ 47. Kc3 Rf4 48. h4 Rg4 49. h5 Rh4 50. Kb2 Rh3 51. c4 Rh2+ 52. Ka3 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bxe4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nf3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa5 22. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O g6 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Raa1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Nce3 Ng6 25. Qh5 Qe8 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Be2 f4 28. Nc4 Qxh5 29. Bxh5 Bb5 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Be5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. c4 Bc6 34. Re1 Rfe8 35. g3 g5 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. h4 a4 39. bxa4 Re4 40. Kg1 Rxc4 41. Rd3 g4 42. a5 g3 43. Rd1 f3 44. Ne7 f2+ 45. Kf1 Bb5 46. Kg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf3 Bc8 14. g4 Rb8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rf3 b4 21. Ne2 Bf8 22. Rh3 h5 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Ne7 25. Nbd4 Bb7 26. Rf1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nc6 28. Ne6 Qb7 29. Kg1 Nce5 30. N2f4 fxe6 31. fxg6 Bg7 32. Qxh5 Nf8 33. Nd3 Nexg6 34. Nf2 Re7 35. Ng4 Rf7 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. gxf6 Rh7 38. Bh6 Kf7 39. Qg4 Qd5 40. Rh5 Qc6 41. Bxf8 Rxh5 42. Qxh5 Qc5+ 43. Qxc5 dxc5 44. Bxc5 Rb5 45. Be3 Ne5 46. b3 Ng4 47. Bd4 e5 48. Bf2 Kxf6 49. h3 Nh6 50. Bh4+ Kg6 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rc6 Nf5 53. Bf2 Rd5 54. Kf1 Rd1+ 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Re6 Rh2 57. Rxe5 Nd4+ 58. Kd3 Rxf2 59. Kxd4 Rxc2 60. Rc5 Rh2 61. Kc4 Rxh3 62. Kxb4 Kf6 63. Ka4 Rh8 64. b4 Ra8+ 65. Ra5 Rh8 66. Ra7 Ke6 67. b5 Kd6 68. Ka5 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C68"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Kh1 f6 12. Rg1 Kf7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nc4 Rad8 15. Rg2 g5 16. h4 g4 17. fxg4 hxg4 18. Rxg4 Ng6 19. Kg2 Nxh4+ 20. Kg3 Ng6 21. Rg1 Nf8 22. Kf3 Ne6 23. Ke2 Rh7 24. a3 c5 25. c3 Rdh8 26. b4 Rh1 27. Na5 b6 28. Nb7 cxb4 29. Nxd6+ cxd6 30. axb4 a5 31. Bxb6 axb4 32. cxb4 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Rb8 34. Ba5 Nd4+ 35. Kd1 Nc6 36. Kd2 Rb5 37. Ra1 Nxb4 38. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. a4 c5 14. Ra3 h6 15. Nd2 Ra6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. g3 Nh5 18. Bb2 Be8 19. Be2 Nf6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qa1 f5 22. Kh1 g5 23. Rf1 Bg6 24. Bd3 g4 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Qb1 exf4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxf4 Ne5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Re3 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxe5 Kf6 35. Re8 Ra6 36. Ne4+ Bxe4+ 37. Rxe4 h5 38. h3 gxh3 39. Kh2 Rxa4 40. Kxh3 Kf5 41. Rh4 Kg5 42. Rf4 Rb4 43. Re4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. d5 e6 15. Be7 Re8 16. d6 Bxe4 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Rfc1 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 a5 22. Rxd5 a4 23. d7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 a3 25. Bxa3 Rxa3 26. Rb7 Rb3 27. h4 Bh6 28. Rc6 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Kg3 Rf1 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rcc7 Rfxf2 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rxh7 Rxg2+ 35. Kh3 Rgf2 36. Kg3 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qxc6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qa4 Bb5 24. Qxa7 Rc7 25. Bb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Rac8 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Rbd2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bf1 Na7 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 b4 26. Na4 Nb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Nc4 Na4 30. Qd3 Nc3 31. a4 Qg5 32. Kg2 Qc1 33. a5 Qa1 34. a6 Rf8 35. Ne5 Ne2 36. Qxe2 Qxe5 37. Qd3 Qa5 38. Qc4 h5 39. h4 {probably time trouble but any way the game is over here.this is a very interesting game not because of the why white or black played here but just because I almost gave to variations here,the reason is quite simple there is almost nothing to analyse here,no big variation,just small advantage with clear plans,and very very easy to play with white if black gives you what he must not give!} 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Be3 c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rc7 19. e6 Nb6 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rac1 Rf5 23. Nd2 Na4 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Rb1 Rd5 26. Kf1 Rdd7 27. Nc4 Rb7 28. Nd2 Rbc7 29. Nc4 Rb7 30. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb1 Qd6 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qg5 e5 17. d5 f6 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Rc8 22. Nd2 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rc5 24. g3 Ng6 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Qa3 Ra8 27. Rc1 h6 28. Ne3 Ra5 29. Qb2 Ne7 30. Kh2 Qd8 31. Nc4 Rc5 32. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rd2 Nf6 12. Bf3 Be7 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Qxb6 Qc4 19. Qb7 O-O 20. b3 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Re1 Rfc8 23. Ree2 h6 24. Bd4 Rc6 25. Kd1 Kf8 26. Rd3 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rh3 Ke8 29. Rh8+ Kd7 30. Rh7 Rd6 31. Rd2 Rf8 32. c4 bxc3 33. Bxc3 Kc6 34. Rxd6+ Bxd6 35. Bf6 Bf4 36. Ke2 e5 37. h4 gxh4 38. Bxh4 Kd5 39. Kf3 Rc8 40. Rxf7 Rc3+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 {und Remis durch Stellungswiederholung. Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O Bxd4 13. Qxd4 f6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. c4 Kf7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qg8 20. f4 gxf3 21. Rxf3 Rd8 22. Raf1 Qg6 23. Nd5 Qxe4 24. Nxe7 Qd4+ 25. Bf2 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 Rh6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Be3 Ne5 29. R3f2 Rh5 30. Rxf6+ Kxe7 31. Bc5+ Rd6 32. Bxd6+ Kxd6 33. b3 Rg5 34. Rh6 Ke7 35. Rxh4 Bd5 36. Rf2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "28"]

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. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. b3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Re1 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 cxd4 19. Nbd2 Re8 20. Ra4 Bc6 21. Ra1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Nb7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 g5 25. Bg3 Bd5 26. Bf5 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Nd3 Nc5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Nxb4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 c6 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qb4 Rab8 17. Rd2 a5 18. Qb6 Nd7 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Kf8 {Und in dieser gleichen Stellung wurde Remis gegeben. Schwarz spielt einfach 22...î€¤e7 und 23...î€¨c5. WeiĂź hat keinen Vorteil. Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. d4 Bf6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Bb2 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Qxb4 Re8 24. Qc4 Qc8 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Qc6 Nc5 27. Bc3 Kf8 28. b4 Ne6 29. Re1 Qa8 30. Qc4 d5 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. Qg3 d4 33. Bd2 Qc6 34. Bh6 Kf8 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Bxg7+ Ke8 37. Bxd4 Qd6 38. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d5 Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a6 12. Rb1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Qc8 16. Kh2 Qc5 17. a3 Rfc8 18. e4 Nc4 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Nd1 Ne8 21. Ne3 Nc7 22. Qd1 Na6 23. Rb3 Ra8 24. Nf4 Qc7 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Rb4 Nxa3 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra4 29. Ng4 Nxe4 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf3 Qc3 34. Nd3+ Bf5 35. g4 Rxg4 36. Rb3 Qxb3 37. Ne5+ dxe5 38. Qxb3 Rh4 39. d6+ Nc4 {In dieser verlorenen Stellung gab WeiĂź auf.Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Qh6 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Bxd3 f5 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Qe7 Rg8 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Qf8+ Rg8 27. Qf6+ Rg7 28. Rd1 Qd5 29. Qf8+ Rg8 30. Qf6+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. h4 Na5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Bb1 Nc4 22. Qd1 Rcd8 23. Qd3 b5 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Bd3 a6 26. Re2 Nd6 27. Rce1 Nf5 28. Qh3 Ng7 29. g4 Rc8 30. Bb1 Rc4 31. h5 g5 32. Bd2 Rf8 33. a3 Ne8 34. f4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 e5 36. Bg3 Be6 37. Re4 Rxc3 38. dxe5 f5 39. Rf4 Rg8 40. Qg2 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. Rf1 Kg8 43. Kh2 Ng7 44. h6 Nh5 45. Qa8+ Rc8 46. Qxa6 Nxg3 47. Kxg3 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 Rh3+ 49. Kg5 Qe8 50. Rf6 Qh5+ 51. Kf4 Rf3+ 52. Ke4 Rxf6 53. exf6 Qf5+ 54. Ke3 Qf3+ 55. Kd2 Qf4+ 56. Kc2 Bf5+ 57. Kb2 Qe5+ 58. Kc1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "60th Hoogovens it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. h3 a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bf4 b4 16. Na4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Rac1 Bxb2 19. Bxc7 Ra6 20. Rc4 e5 21. Ng5 Nd4 22. Rxb4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Bd4 24. Rb8 Nc3 25. Rd2 h6 26. Nf3 Ne4 27. Nxd4 Nxd2 28. Bxe5 e6 29. Bf4 Rxa2 30. Bxh6 Rxf2 31. Rxc8+ Kh7 32. Bf4 Ne4 33. Be5 Nxg3+ 34. Bxg3 Rxg2 35. Be5 g5 36. h4 Rgd2 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. h5+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. Nxe6+ Ke8 43. Nc7+ Kd8 44. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2
