[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Be3 Rxb2 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Bb5 Rb4 15. a3 Rxb5 16. Nxb5+ Kb7 17. Nxa7 Bf5 18. Kb2 Ng4 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Rd2 Ka6 21. a4 e4+ 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Re2 e5 24. Ba7 Rc4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Nd6 Rxa4 27. Be3 Bf8 28. Nxf5 Rb4+ 29. Kc1 gxf5 30. c3 Ra4 31. Kb2 Kb5 32. Rd2 Be7 33. Bg5 e3 34. Bxe3 Kc4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Kxa1 Nd5 37. Kb2 Bd8 38. Kc2 Ba5 39. Rd1 h5 40. Bd2 Bb6 41. Be1 f4 42. Ra1 f3 43. Ra4+ Kc5 44. c4 Nf6 45. Ba5 Nd7 46. Kd3 f5 47. Bxb6+ Kxb6 48. Ke3 e4 49. Rb4+ Kc6 50. Rb5 Nc5 51. Rb8 Nd7 52. Rh8 Ne5 53. Kd4 Nd3 54. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Nde2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Be6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 Rbc8 20. Rac1 Qc5 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nce2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Qg2 b4 27. Ng3 Qb5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. f4 e5 30. Bb2 Rc5 31. f5 g5 32. Rce1 Qc6 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Bc1 Rg8 35. Be3 Rc3 36. Bd2 Rxc2 37. Bxb4 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 h5 39. Nxh5 Nxe4 40. Qf3 g4 41. Qg2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. h3 h6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bb8 19. Bb1 Ne4 20. Ba2 Ng5 21. Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. a4 Rc6 24. Ba7 Rdc8 25. Qb2 Qh4 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Qd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Na3 Ne5 14. Bf4 h6 15. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. h4 Qxa3 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14. Rf4 b5 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. g4 Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2 a5 20. gxh6 Nxh6 21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Nd8 25. Qg1 Ng8 26. Bg4 Qb2 27. Nh3 b4 28. Nf4 Ne7 29. Bh3 b3 30. Ke2 a4 31. Ng6+ Nxg6 32. Qxg6 Qa3 33. h6 Rxh6 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qf6 Ke8 36. Rg1 Qf8 37. cxb3 cxb3 38. Kd2 b2 39. Kc2 a3 40. Kb1 a2+ 41. Kxa2 Ra7+ 42. Kxb2 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+ 44. Kd3 Qc4+ 45. Ke3 Qxc3+ 46. Kf4 Qxd4+ 47. Kg3 Re7 48. Bf1 Qb2 49. Bd3 Nc6 50. Re3 d4 51. Rf3 Qb8 52. Re1 Kd7 53. Kh3 Qb4 54. Rc1 Qa4 55. Be4 Bb7 56. Rd3 Qa7 57. Rc4 Qa1 58. Bxc6+ Bxc6 59. Rdxd4+ 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rec1 Qe7 20. Qa5 Rfb8 21. Nd2 Be8 22. Bd1 Nd7 23. a4 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 c4 27. Ra6 Bb4 28. Qc1 Bc5 29. Nb3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qc7 31. Na5 b4 32. Rxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Nxc4 Ra6 35. Bg4 Bb5 36. Nxe5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. d6 Kf8 39. Bc8 Rxb2 40. Bb7 f6 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. h3 Bd7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. b3 Nb6 20. a5 Nbd7 21. Bd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Qf1 b4 25. cxb4 Nxb4 26. Be4 Rac8 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Ne4 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Nd2 Nd4 32. Nc4 Re6 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Nd6 Qc6 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. b4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. d5 Ne5 9. Rd1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Nec3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Be2 h6 18. Bh4 d5 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. O-O d4 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nb2 a5 23. Rde1 Bf5 24. Nd3 a4 25. Ne5 axb3 26. axb3 Bf6 27. Bxf6 exf6 28. Nd3 Ra3 29. Nec1 Ng7 30. Re2 h5 31. Rfe1 Rf7 32. Qb2 Qa7 33. Nf2 h4 34. Ne4 Ra6 35. Nd3 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Ra2 37. Qb1 h3 38. gxh3 gxh3 39. Nf2 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ra1 41. Kf1 f5 42. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 43. Re1 Qa8 44. Qxh3 Ra7 45. Qg2 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ra3 47. Re5 Rxb3 48. Rxc5 Rc3 49. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be2 Nd5 15. Rac1 a5 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Nb4 18. Rc7 Bd8 19. Rc5 Be7 20. Rc7 Bd8 21. Rc5 Be7 22. Rcc1 Nxa2 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Rfc1 Nd5 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Nb3 Bb4 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Rfb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D44"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 b4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Qe6 24. Qf3 Qh3 25. Rd1 b3 26. a4 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kc8 30. g4 Rh3+ 31. Ke4 c3 32. bxc3 c4 33. Ne7+ Kd8 34. Nc6+ Ke8 35. Bg3 Nc5+ 36. Kd5 Nd3 37. Rb1 Kd7 38. Nb8+ Kc8 39. Kxc4 Nc5 40. Nc6 Ne4 41. Ne7+ Kd7 42. Rd1+ Ke8 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Re1 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 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 O-O 14. a4 Rd8 15. a5 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qg5 17. Qb3 Bh3 18. Ne3 Rab8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Ne2 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Be6 23. Rc7 Rdc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nec3 Rc7 26. h3 Kg7 27. Qb5 Rd7 28. a6 bxa6 29. Qxa6 Bc5 30. Qc6 Bd4 31. Nb5 Qd8 32. Nxd4 Bxd5 33. Qc5 Qb6 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Nf3 Bxe4 36. Nxe5 Rd5 37. Nc4 b5 38. Nb6 Rd2 39. b4 Bd3 40. Re1 Rxf2 41. Re3 Bb1 42. Nc8 Rb2 43. Nd6 Rxb4 44. Re7 Ba2 45. Rb7 Rb1+ 46. Kh2 b4 47. Ne8+ Kf8 48. Nf6 h5 49. g4 h4 50. Kg2 Be6 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. f3 Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15. a5 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bc6 18. c3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Rfb8 21. Rf2 Kf8 22. Na4 Bb5 23. Bc2 d5 24. Nb6 dxe4 25. fxe4 Ra7 26. e5 Nd7 27. Nxd7+ Rxd7 28. Bxh7 Rbd8 29. Bg6 Ke8 30. Bh5 g6 31. Bf3 Rd2 32. Kg1 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Kf4 Rc2 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Rd4 Ra2 38. h4 Rxa5 39. g4 Ra3 40. Be4 Be2 41. Rd2 Bc4 42. Bc6 Rd3 43. Rb2 Rb3 44. Rxb3 Bxb3 45. g5 Bd5 46. Ba4 Bb7 47. Ke3 Bc8 48. Kd4 Bd7 49. Bd1 a5 50. Kc5 Kd8 51. h5 gxh5 52. Bxh5 Be8 53. Bd1 Kc7 54. Bh5 Kb7 55. Bf3+ Kc8 56. Bd1 Kd8 57. Be2 Ke7 58. Bd1 Kf8 59. Bc2 Kg8 60. Bd1 Kg7 61. Bc2 Kf8 62. Bd1 a4 63. Kb4 Ke7 64. Bc2 Kd8 65. Bd1 Kc7 66. Bh5 a3 67. Kxa3 Kc6 68. Kb4 Kd5 69. Bg4 Kxe5 70. Kc3 Bc6 71. Bh5 Be8 72. Bg4 Kf4 73. g6 fxg6 74. Bxe6 Ke3 75. Bc8 Bc6 76. Be6 Be4 77. Bf7 g5 78. Be6 Kf4 79. Kd2 Bf5 80. Bf7 g4 81. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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. Bb1 Rfc8 19. Nf1 Rc7 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 axb3 23. axb3 Bd8 24. Bd3 b4 25. Ne3 Bb5 26. Nf5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qa6 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. Qc2 Qa2 30. Bb2 g6 31. Ra1 Qxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kh2 gxf5 34. Qc8 Nxe4 35. Qxb7 Nxf2 36. Ng1 Bg5 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxf5 Bf4+ 39. g3 Ra2 40. gxf4 Ne4+ 41. Ne2 Rxe2+ 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. c5 Ba5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O Bc7 15. f4 O-O 16. Rae1 Bxe5 17. fxe5 b6 18. cxb6 Rab8 19. Qd1 Rxb6 20. b3 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Nd1 Be8 25. Nf2 Rc6 26. h3 Bh5 27. a4 Kh7 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Kh2 Bg6 30. Ng4 Bf5 31. Ne3 Qg5 32. Rf2 Be4 33. b4 e5 34. b5 exd4 35. Qxd4 Rc1 36. Ng4 h5 37. Qe5 Qxe5+ 38. Nxe5 Ra1 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rxa4 41. Nc6 d4 42. Kg3 d3 43. Ne7 Kh6 44. Kh4 g5+ 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kf6 47. Nd6+ Ke5 48. Nf7+ Kd4 49. Nxg5 Ke3 50. Nf3 Bxf3 51. Rxf3+ Ke2 52. Rf2+ Ke1 53. Kf3 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nd2 b5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Qd2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Ne1 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. f3 h6 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra7 27. Rxa7 Qxa7 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. g3 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qe3 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Qf1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Bxf7 Qd2+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bb6+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. c3 bxc3 39. b3 g5 40. Kd3 Kg7 41. Be8 Kf6 42. b4 Bg1 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Bf2 45. h5 Ke7 46. Ba4 Bg3 47. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. e3 Qe7 12. b5 Bb7 13. Be2 d6 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Bb2 Ra8 16. d3 Qf8 17. Nd2 Ra2 18. f4 Qa8 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Ra1 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 h6 23. h4 Ne8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 f6 27. Bh5 d5 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Nf3 Nd6 30. Nh4 Ke7 31. Bg4 Nf8 32. Nf5+ Nxf5 33. Bxf5 Ne6 34. gxf6+ gxf6 35. d4 c4 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Bc3 Bc8 38. Bb4 Bd7 39. Ke2 Bxb5 40. Kd2 Be8 41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. d4 Bd6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nc4 Qh4 17. Qd3 Bf4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nf4 20. f3 Re6 21. Rfe1 Rh6 22. Kf1 Rf6 23. Kg1 Rh6 24. Kf1 Rf6 25. Kg1 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "151"]

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. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bf7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Kg2 Nf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg8 19. Re3 Be7 20. Rf3 b6 21. Rh1 Rh4 22. Rd3 Bd6 23. Rf3 Be7 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Nf3 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bh6 Rf5 28. Re3 Nd6 29. Nxe5 Bd5+ 30. f3 Bf6 31. Rhe1 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxf3+ 33. Kh2 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Be4 35. c3 Bb1 36. a3 Nf7 37. Re1 Bf5 38. Bf4 Nd8 39. Re7 Ne6 40. Be5 c5 41. c4 a5 42. a4 Kd8 43. Bf6 Kc8 44. Kg3 Kb7 45. h4 Kc8 46. Kf2 Kb7 47. Ke3 Kb8 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Rf7 Bc2 50. Rf6 Kd7 51. Kd2 Be4 52. Rxe6 Kxe6 53. Bxc7 Kd7 54. Bxb6 Kc6 55. Bxa5 Bf5 56. Kc3 Bh3 57. Bd8 Kd6 58. Bg5 Bd7 59. a5 Bc8 60. Be3 Kc6 61. Bxc5 Kxc5 62. b4+ Kd6 63. Kd4 Bh3 64. b5 Bf1 65. a6 Kc7 66. Kc5 Be2 67. Kb4 Bf1 68. c5 Be2 69. Ka5 Bf3 70. c6 Kb8 71. Kb6 Be2 72. a7+ Ka8 73. Ka6 Bf3 74. c7 Bb7+ 75. Ka5 Bc8 76. b6 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "189"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ne3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. exf5 e4 13. dxe4 Qxe4 14. Ng5 Bxd1 15. Nxe4 Bxc2 16. Ng3 O-O 17. Rf2 Bd3 18. b3 Rae8 19. Rd2 Rxe3 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Rad1 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Bxf5 23. Rf2 Bg4 24. Re1 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Nf6 26. Re7 Nd5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rf8+ Ke6 29. Rg8 g6 30. Re8+ Kd7 31. Re5 Bf5 32. Bf8 a5 33. a3 h5 34. Ke1 b6 35. Kd2 Be6 36. Kc2 Nf6 37. Bg7 Ng4 38. Re2 c5 39. Kc3 Bd5 40. a4 c6 41. Bf8 Be6 42. Rd2+ Ke8 43. Re2 Kf7 44. Bd6 Nf6 45. Kb2 Nd5 46. Rf2+ Bf5 47. g4 hxg4 48. Re2 Bd3 49. Re1 g5 50. g3 Kf6 51. Be5+ Kf5 52. Bd6 Be4 53. Re2 Nf6 54. Bc7 Nd5 55. Bd6 Bd3 56. Re5+ Kf6 57. Re1 c4 58. bxc4 Bxc4 59. Rc1 b5 60. Ra1 b4 61. Bc5 Nc3 62. Bd4+ Ke6 63. Bxc3 bxc3+ 64. Kxc3 Bd5 65. Re1+ Kd6 66. Rf1 Bf3 67. Rb1 Kc5 68. Rb7 Bd1 69. Rg7 Kb6 70. Rxg5 Bf3 71. Re5 Bd1 72. Re4 Bf3 73. Rf4 Kc5 74. Rf5+ Kb6 75. Kd4 Bd1 76. Rg5 Bf3 77. Rg7 Be2 78. Rf7 Bd1 79. Rf4 Bf3 80. Ke5 Kc5 81. Ke6 Bd1 82. Kd7 Kb6 83. Kd6 c5 84. Rc4 Bb3 85. Rxg4 c4 86. Rf4 Bxa4 87. Rxc4 Kb5 88. Rc8 Kb4 89. g4 Bb3 90. Ke5 Ka3 91. g5 Kb2 92. g6 a4 93. g7 Bf7 94. Rf8 Bc4 95. Rf4 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Nb5 Bd6 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Ke2 Ndf6 15. Rhc1 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Ne4+ 17. Ke2 Rc7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Ne1 Nc3+ 21. Kd2 Ne4+ 22. Ke2 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. d5 Nb4 9. e4 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nd3 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Bxh3 15. Bxh6 Rae8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. Qe3 Ndf4+ {Vasili decided stop his sufferings and resign immedeately.Any case his position after} 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D76"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxe5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4 Bg7 14. Be3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Nc4 21. b3 Ne5 22. Rd6 Nc6 23. f4 Rc8 24. e5 c4 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Kg7 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Kf2 Nc6 31. Ke3 g5 32. Ke4 gxf4 33. gxf4 b5 34. Nc7 b4 35. Na6 Kg6 36. f5+ Kg5 37. f6 h5 38. h4+ Kg6 39. Kd5 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nd3 h5 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. a4 Bh6 19. Rc3 b6 20. Be1 Rf7 21. Nf2 Nh4 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bxa6 Qe8 24. Qe2 g4 25. fxg4 Rg7 26. h3 Qg6 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. axb5 Rf8 29. Nd1 hxg4 30. Bxh4 f3 31. Qc2 gxh3 32. g3 Rf4 33. Ne3 Rxe4 34. Nf5 Qxf5 35. Rcxf3 Qg4 36. Kh1 Rf4 37. R3f2 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 e4 39. Rf6 e3 40. Re6 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Rf7 42. Qg6+ Bg7 43. Re8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Be7+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Qf7 47. Qc8+ Bf8 48. Qg4+ Bg7 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qxh3+ Bh6 51. Bg5 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nd3 15. Nxe6 Rf6 16. Bc7 Qb4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Nc2 Qxb2 19. Nd1 Qb3 20. Nde3 N7e5 21. h3 Be6 22. Kh2 Rh6 23. Rab1 Bg4 24. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 25. Qxg4 Qxc2 26. Qg5 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Be5 Qd7 30. Qc1 Qe6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Rg6 33. Qxc5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Qf4 Rfe8 14. a3 Rad8 15. b4 c6 16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 Nh5 18. Qh6 Nc7 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Qg5 Kg7 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Bxg4 Qd6 23. Rac1 Ba6 24. Bf3 Bc4 25. e4 f6 26. Qe3 Re7 27. Bg2 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Qe6 29. Nd2 Qf7 30. Qc3 Be2 31. Re1 Nb5 32. Qxc6 Nxd4 33. Qc3 Bb5 34. Bf1 Ne2+ 35. Bxe2 Bxe2 36. Nf1 Rd3 37. Qc2 Bxf1 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Kxf1 Rd7 40. Kg2 h5 41. Qc6 Rd2 42. Rc3 Qd7 43. h4 Qxc6+ 44. Rxc6 Rd7 45. b5 g5 46. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nd2 f6 13. Qh5 Nb4 14. h4 g4 15. Kd1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Bxf5 Bxe5 19. Re1 d6 20. Be4 Bb7 21. Qxg4+ Qg7 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ne4 Rad8 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Ra2 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng1 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 c5 10. O-O a6 11. b3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf6 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Nf6 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Rhf1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Qe3 Rd8 22. g3 Bd5 23. a3 Qd6 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Re1 Qc5 27. Qh4 h6 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Qe5 a5 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. b3 Rf2 34. Re2 Rf3 35. Be4 Rf1+ 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Kd3 Rd1+ 39. Rd2 Re1 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. Kc5 Re4 42. Rxd5 Re2 43. Rh5 Rxc2+ 44. Kxb4 Kf6 45. Rh4 Kg5 46. h3 Rh2 47. Rg4+ Kf6 48. h4 Rh3 49. Rf4+ Ke5 50. Rf3 Ke4 51. Rc3 Kd4 52. Rc4+ Ke5 53. Kc5 Rxg3 54. b4 g5 55. b5 Kf5 56. b6 Rd3 57. b7 Rd8 58. Kb6 Rb8 59. Ka7 Rh8 60. Kb6 Rb8 61. h5 g4 62. Rc8 Rxb7+ 63. Kxb7 Kg5 64. Rc5+ Kh4 65. Kc6 g3 66. Kd6 g2 67. Rc1 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nb6 9. Bg2 Bxg4 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. O-O Nc4 12. Bg5 Nxb2 13. Qg3 Qc7 14. Qh4 Qxc3 15. Bxf6 h5 16. Bg5 Qxd4 17. h3 Nc4 18. c3 Qd3 19. hxg4 Ne5 20. d6 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. dxe7 Bxe7 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Be3 Qxg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Rab1 b5 27. Bd4 Kf7 28. Re4 Rhe8 29. Rxg4 Bf8 30. Rg3 Rc4 31. Rd3 Re2 32. Bb6 Rxa2 33. Re1 Bc5 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ree7 Rg5+ 37. Kf1 Kh6 38. Ra7 a5 39. Re8 a4 40. f4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. b3 Be7 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Be2 a5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rf1 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Na6 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bf3 Bb7 23. Kc3 Rd8 24. Nd6 Ba8 25. a3 f5 26. b4 g5 27. h3 Bf8 28. c5 Rb8 29. Bh5 Nc7 30. Bf3 Na6 31. Bh5 Nc7 32. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg5 c6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. exd5 Re8+ 13. Kf1 c5 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. h3 Rad8 16. g3 Nc7 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. c4 Nc7 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Qd3 h6 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Qd5 Qc7 27. Ne5 Rd8 28. Qc6 Qa7 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. h4 Nc5 31. Qd5 Re8 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Re3 Re6 34. h5 Kh7 35. Ng4 Kg8 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. Ne3 Qa7 38. Qd6 Qa8+ 39. Nd5 b5 40. c5 Nd4 41. Qd7 Nc6 42. Nb6 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. f4 Qa5 11. Bb5 Rd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qe5 Ng4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Rd1 a6 21. Bd3 b5 22. g4 Bb7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Qh5 Nf8 26. h4 Qb4 27. Rf1 g6 28. Qh6 Qg4 29. Be2 Qh3 30. h5 Bg2 31. Rd1 Qf5 32. Rd3 b4 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Rd2 Qf4 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Qh3 Qxg5 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Nxe3 a5 39. Rd4 f5 40. Ng4 Nf4 41. Bc4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D73"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. f3 Qb4 17. Bf2 a4 18. e4 Nb6 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Nxa4 Bb5 22. Nc3 Qxb2 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Bf1 Ra4 25. Rd3 Qa5 26. a3 dxe4 27. Rb3 Nd2 28. Rc3 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Raxd4 31. Rxc6 Qxa3 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Qc7 Rd5 35. Qb6 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Re1 f5 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Rad1 Qd7 21. Nd4 Qg4 22. f3 Qg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Rf3 Nh4 25. Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4 Nxg4 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. Bg2 Bh4 11. Bg3 Be6 12. Kf1 a5 13. Nh3 a4 14. Qc4 Na5 15. Qc5 b6 16. Bxh4 bxc5 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Rc1 c4 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Rxb2 25. Bf3 Rxa2 26. Kg2 Re8 27. Nec6 Bxc6 28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Rxe3 30. Rxc4 Rb3 31. Rd4 Rbb2 32. Rf1 Rd2 33. Rb4 Kh7 34. Rb7 Ne8 35. Kg3 g6 36. Re1 Nd6 37. Rxc7 Kg7 38. Rd7 Nf5+ 39. Kf4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "142"]

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. Ng3 h6 15. Nh2 c5 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Qe2 c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Rb8 25. Reb1 g6 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Qa4 Rec8 28. f3 Kh7 29. Bf2 h5 30. Nf1 Bh6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Kh1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Kg1 Qc7 36. Qe8 Bg5 37. Nf1 Qb7 38. Qa4 Bd8 39. Be3 Bb5 40. Qa3 Qa6 41. Kh1 f6 42. f4 Kf7 43. Qb2 Ke8 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. Bc5 Ba4 46. Qc1 Kd7 47. Bg1 f5 48. Qh6 Bc2 49. exf5 Bxf5 50. Ne3 Bd3 51. Qg7+ Be7 52. Qxe5 Bf6 53. Qb8 Bd8 54. Qb2 a4 55. Bf2 Bc7 56. Bg1 a3 57. Qf2 Qd6 58. Qf7+ Qe7 59. Qg8 Qe8 60. Qg7+ Qe7 61. Qd4 Qe5 62. Qc5 Qd6 63. Qa7 Ke8 64. Nxc4 Qxd5 65. Nxa3 Qc6 66. Qe3+ Qe4 67. Qc5 Bf1 68. Qf2 Qe2 69. Nc2 Qxf2 70. Bxf2 Bc4 71. Nb4 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Qg5 16. Ndb5 Rad8 17. Nd6 Bd4 18. Qc1 Be3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Kf2 d4 21. Nd1 Rxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Qd5 23. Ne4 Ne5 24. Qg5 Re8 25. Rd2 Qc4 26. Ndc3 h6 27. Qh4 dxc3 28. Rd8 cxb2 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Qc2+ 31. Rd2 b1=Q 32. Qxh3 Qcc1 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Nf3 N7f6 11. c4 Nc7 12. h3 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. c5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 a6 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Rxe7 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qg4 Rae8 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxb2 27. Rad1 Re4 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Rxb7 Bc3 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. Rc1 Rxb4 32. c6 Rd4 33. c7 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 e4 20. Rc1 d4 21. Bd2 e3 22. fxe3 d3 23. Bb3 Qd6 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 27. Qd4 Qe5 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. exf7+ Kh7 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rc4 Nc6 33. b5 Ne5 34. Rd4 Bf8 35. Re4 Bg7 36. Bb4 d2 37. Rxe5 Rd8 38. Re8 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D23"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 e6 6. Bg5 Bc6 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 c6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 a6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 c5 15. dxc5 b5 16. Qd3 Nxc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rac1 h6 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 b4 22. Bc7 Ra8 23. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 e5 13. c4 Rc8 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rb8 17. f4 Qa5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qxa2 20. c5 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bb3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 e6 20. g4 Bb7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. d4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Qg6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rad1 Be4 27. Be7 Rfe8 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Bxd6 Bxb2 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. Ng3 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 e3 33. Kf3 h5 34. f5+ Kf6 35. h4 Rg8 36. Bf4 Rae8 37. Ne4+ Rxe4 38. Kxe4 Rg4 39. Kf3 Rxh4 40. Rh1 e2 41. Rde1 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. h3 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. e4 Rd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qe8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Be4 Qxb4 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Nf8 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Kh2 b5 27. Qf3 Rc3 28. Qf5 Rc4 29. e6 Qe7 30. Rd8 Rc7 31. Qd5 Kh7 32. exf7 Qxf7 33. Qe4+ Ng6 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Ne6 Kg8 36. Qd5 Nf8 37. Nxf8 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Kxf8 39. Rd6 Re2 40. Rxa6 Rxf2 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nc1 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. N1a2 Bxb5 15. axb5 Nh5 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. b3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. b4 Qa3 23. bxc5 Nc4 24. Qd4 Nf4 25. O-O Qxa2 26. Rf2 Qa3 27. Nxd5 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Ra2 Nxc5 31. Rba1 f5 32. Nc7 Re5 33. Nxa8 Nxb5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Nb6 Nc3 36. Rc2 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nbd2 Ng4 13. Re2 Kh8 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nf1 f5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. d4 f4 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Nd2 Bxf5 23. Nxe4 Qg6 24. f3 Bxh3 25. Qd2 Rbe8 26. Rae1 Re7 27. Kf1 Rg7 28. Rf2 Bd7 29. Bc2 Qh5 30. Ke2 b4 31. Kd1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Be8 33. Rff1 Qa5 34. Rh1 h5 35. Nf6 Qa1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc3 37. Nxe8 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Ba7 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bd6 20. Qd4 Bc7 21. Qc5 Qc8 22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. g3 Be5 25. c3 Rc8 26. Qe7 b4 27. Qxb4 Qc7 28. Qb7 Na3+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Red1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 Be6 15. g4 Rac8 16. Ng5 b5 17. f4 Bd7 18. Qe2 a4 19. Rc1 a3 20. b3 Ng6 21. Qd2 h6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Qh2 Re6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Nxe4 Rd5 29. Nc5 Re8 30. Rhe1 Bc8 31. Nd3 h5 32. Nf4 hxg4 33. Nxd5 Bf5+ 34. Ka1 cxd5 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Rc5 Bf3 37. Rxb5 g5 38. Ra5 g4 39. Rxa3 f5 40. b4 g3 41. b5 g2 42. b6 Re7 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Qf4 Be6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 14. Bh3 h4 15. Na4 Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 a6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nfg5 Qe7 16. Qg4 cxd4 17. Nxh7 Nxe5 18. Qh3 Rf5 19. Nhg5 Nf6 20. Ng3 Rd8 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Bd6 10. g3 Be7 11. c4 d6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. b4 Qb8 17. b5 Be8 18. a4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bd4 Ra8 23. Qc3 axb5 24. cxb5 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxa4 26. Rc7 Bg5 27. Bf2 b6 28. Rb7 Ra2 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. f4 Bf6 31. Rxb6 Bc3 32. Rb7 g5 33. f5 Bb4 34. f6 h5 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Rb8 d5 37. exd5 Bd6 38. Rd8 Be5 39. Rcc8 Bxb5 40. Bxb5 Rxd8 41. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. c5 Bc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Rae1 f6 14. Nd6 Nf8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Re4 Qf7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Ra8 20. g3 Qd7 21. Bc4 Reb8 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Ree1 Ng6 24. Bd3 Nf8 25. Bf1 Ng6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Ra3 28. Rb3 Rda8 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Bb2 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 e5 32. Nf3 exd4 33. Nxd4 Be5 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Nxf5 Nge7 36. Nxe7+ Nxe7 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rf3+ Ke8 40. Bf7+ Kf8 41. Ba2+ Ke8 42. Bf7+ Kf8 43. Be6+ Ke8 44. Rf7 cxb5 45. Rxg7 h6 46. Rh7 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. Rh7 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rf6 Ra6 52. Rxh6 Ng8 53. Rg6 Ke7 54. Rxg8 Kxe6 55. Rb8 Ra7 56. Rd8 Ra6 57. Rb8 Ra7 58. h4 b4 59. Rd8 Ra6 60. h5 Rc6 61. h6 Rc7 62. Rd6+ Kf5 63. Rb6 Kg5 64. Kf3 b3 65. Ke4 Re7 66. Kd5 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Nxa6 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. e4 Bh3 13. Rb1 Rfb8 14. b3 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Ng4 16. Bb2 Nc7 17. Qc2 Bd4 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qf3 Rb4 22. h3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. f3 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bc2 Qb8 12. h3 Ne7 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. Rb1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qd8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bb8 18. c5 Qe8 19. b4 Nh4 20. Rf2 h6 21. Bf4 Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 h6 14. N3h2 Nbd7 15. Ng4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf3 a5 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Ng3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qf3 a4 22. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2 Qa5 9. d5 b5 10. Nc1 Nbd7 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nb6 13. Qxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd2 Ra8 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Nec3 Nxb2 17. a4 c4 18. Ra2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Nc7 Nd7 22. Ra3 Rfc8 23. N3b5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rc5 25. Rb3 Rxa4 26. O-O Ra2 27. Kh1 d2 28. Na3 Bd4 29. Rd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C33"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3 7. d3 fxg2+ 8. Kxg2 Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kd8 10. Qe5 Qf2+ 11. Kxf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg2 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 f6 15. Nf3 Bb4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Ne6+ Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne7 19. Rhf1 Nc8 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Bh4 Rf8 22. c3 Bd6 23. Kh1 b5 24. Bb3 Na6 25. a4 Nc7 26. axb5 cxb5 27. d4 a5 28. Rf3 a4 29. Ba2 Ra6 30. Rg1 Ne8 31. Rf5 a3 32. Rxb5 g5 33. Rb7+ Nc7 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxc7+ Kd8 36. Rf7 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bc6 13. f3 Qb8 14. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Nd4 Ndf6 13. Be2 g6 14. Bxh5 Nxh5 15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Nexf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc8 21. c3 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rc7 23. Rae1 Re7 24. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bf2 e6 15. Nce2 Ne5 16. b3 g4 17. f4 h4 18. Be3 h3 19. g3 Nc6 20. Qd3 O-O 21. Rad1 f5 22. c4 Qa5 23. Nc3 Rae8 24. Rfe1 e5 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. b4 Qa3 27. b5 exf4 28. Bxf4 axb5 29. cxb5 Qc5+ 30. Be3 Qxc3 31. bxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bc3 35. Re2 Re4 36. Kf2 Rfe8 37. Rd3 Bf6 38. Red2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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. f3 h6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4 b5 13. Be2 g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nh5 17. Kb1 Ng3 18. Rh7 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 Qf1+ 21. Kb2 a5 22. Rh8 a4 23. Ndxb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 axb3 25. Nxd6+ Kd7 26. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D49"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Bxb5 Rg8 18. b4 Be7 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxg2 21. Qe3 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Qg3 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Bxb4 26. Bb2 Bc5 27. a4 e5 28. Nc6 Kf8 29. a5 Nb8 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. Nxb8 Rxb8 32. a6 Rxb5 33. a7 Ra5 34. Ra1 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Kg7 36. Kh2 Be6 37. Ra8 Bc5 38. Kg1 h5 39. Bc1 Kg6 40. Rh8 Bg4 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Rb8 Be6 43. Rb5 Bd4 44. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Re1 e5 13. e4 Bg4 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. h3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rfd8 20. Rab1 Ne7 21. Bc4 Nc8 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Bb5 Re6 24. a4 c4 25. Qe2 Rd3 26. a5 Nc8 27. Rb4 Rxc3 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb8 30. Qc5 Nd6 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. Qa3 Nf8 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Rc1 Qd8 35. a6 Ng6 36. Qc5 Re7 37. f3 Ne8 38. Bf1 Rc7 39. Qe3 Rd7 40. Kh2 Re7 41. Rc6 Kh7 42. Qc1 Nc7 43. Qc3 Qd7 44. Rc5 Qd6 45. Bf2 Ne6 46. Rd5 Qb8 47. Rb5 Qd6 48. Rb7 Nd4 49. Qb4 Qf6 50. Qc5 Nc6 51. Be3 Re6 52. Bc4 Re7 53. Bd5 Nd4 54. Rxa7 Rxa7 55. Qxa7 Ne7 56. Bc4 h5 57. Qc5 1-0

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. e4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. a3 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. c5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. b4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qd7 20. Ng5 Nc7 21. Bf1 Nb5 22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Kf8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Bc1 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 c4 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Ne5 Rf8 15. a4 Bb7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxb5 N8d7 19. Nxc4 Kh8 20. h4 Bxg2 21. Bxg2 Nxc4 22. O-O Qb8 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bc1 Nd6 25. d5 Nf5 26. Qa4 Nh5 27. Ne2 Bf6 28. Bg5 Qxb2 29. Bf3 Nhg7 30. Qe4 Nd6 31. Qg4 Ngf5 32. Nf4 Nf7 33. Be4 Ne5 34. Qh3 Nd4 35. Bh6 Bg7 36. Bg5 Qb4 37. Qe3 h6 38. Nxg6+ Nxg6 39. Bxh6 Nf4 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. Kh1 Nde2 42. Bf3 Ng6 43. Bxe2 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Rh8 45. Qc3+ Kf7 46. Qf3+ Nf4 0-1

[Event "14th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qf4 Nb3 14. Qg3 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 O-O 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Bc4 e5 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Be6 Rcd8 22. Bd5 b6 23. Qh3 Bd4 24. Rd2 f5 25. Rdc2 Qg5 26. Qg3 Qh6 27. Rf1 g6 28. Kh1 Rc8 29. Qd3 Rcd8 30. b4 Qh4 31. f3 fxe4 32. Bxe4 1/2-1/2
