[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qf6 Kh7 25. Qh8+ Kg6 26. h5+ {McShane: 'I like to see players punished for playing to draw with Black.'} 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Re1 d4 12. a3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Qf3 Nh4 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. f4 Qb6+ 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. g3 Na5 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. Be3 Qb3 21. Bxa7 Bxa3 22. Re2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc2 Qc4 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. Ng3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb4 23. Red1 Bd5 24. a3 Ba5 25. Bc5 Bb7 26. Bd6 Bb6 27. Bb3 Rac8 28. a4 g5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bb4 Rcd8 31. Bc3 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Ndb4 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. b4 Qf5 16. b5 Na5 17. Bc7 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb3 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. a4 a5 21. b6 f6 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 e5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Rb5 Nd3 26. Be4 Nb4 27. Nd5 Nc6 28. Nc7 Rb8 29. Kg2 f5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxe5 f4 32. gxf4 Rxb6 33. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Qa5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 e6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Qa2 Bc6 18. Nd6 Red8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne4 Qc4 21. Qb1 b6 22. Be7 Rd5 23. Qd1 Qc7 24. Bh4 Rc8 {Und hier wurde die Partie remis gegeben. Schwarz hat bequemes Spiel gute Kontrolle ?ber das Feld c4, aber es ist nicht leicht f?r ihn, voranzukommen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. c3 O-O 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nf2 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qe6 23. Kf1 Bd5 24. b3 Rbc8 25. Rd1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng4 27. Qa5 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Rc8 29. Qxa6 Nxd1 30. Qxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxd1 Rc1 {Ivanchuk was a bit depressed, resigning in such a position is unusual. White position is difficult, but he could have marched on with a lof of resistance.} 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb5 c6 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. Be2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 b5 17. Qc2 c5 18. Nf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Nc4 21. Nd3 Rac8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rac1 Re8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. a3 d6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qf3 c6 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Nf5 Ba8 19. Be3 Kh7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 g6 22. Ng3 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Kg7 24. d4 Qc7 25. Re3 exd4 26. cxd4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Bb7 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Qf3 Bc8 32. Qc3 f6 33. Re3 h5 34. Bb1 Qf7 35. h4 Re8 36. Be4 Bd7 37. Qd3 f5 38. Bf3 Qf6 39. Rxe8 Bxe8 40. g3 f4 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Bg5 15. Bf2 Rc8 16. h4 Bf4 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. g3 Bh6 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bf4 21. Nd2 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qa5 23. c3 Nf6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Qf3 g6 26. Re4 b5 27. Qg4 Qc7 28. Rb4 Rb8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Qa5 31. Qd1 Rb4 32. Rc6 Rfb8 33. b3 Nf4 34. Be3 Re4 35. Qf3 Ra4 36. Qd1 Rxb3+ 37. Qxb3 Rb4 38. Rxd6 Rxb3+ 39. axb3 Qc3 40. Bxf4 exf4 41. Rb2 Qe1+ 42. Ka2 Qa5+ 43. Kb1 Qe1+ 44. Ka2 f3 45. Rf6 Qa5+ 46. Kb1 Qe1+ 47. Kc2 Qe4+ 48. Kc1 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 f2 50. Rb1 Qe4+ 51. Kb2 Qxd5 52. Rf1 Qe5+ 53. Ka3 Qe7+ 54. b4 a5 55. R1xf2 Qxb4+ 56. Ka2 Qxh4 57. Rg2 Qc4+ 58. Kb2 Qd4+ 59. Ka3 Qa1+ 60. Kb3 a4+ 61. Kc4 Qc1+ 62. Kb5 Qb1+ 63. Ka5 Qe1+ 64. Ka6 Qb4 65. Rff2 Kf8 66. Re2 a3 67. Rd2 f6 68. gxf6 g5 69. Rgf2 Qa4+ 70. Kb6 Kf7 71. Kc7 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. Nbd2 Qd6 9. e5 Qd5 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bd2 cxd6 20. Qxb6 dxe5 21. f4 Nf6 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. Bxa5 d3 24. e6 Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. e7 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Rc1 e4 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qc7 Qxc7 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nb5 exf3 18. gxf3 Na4 19. b3 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bxa4 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Rxh1 24. Nf1 Kf8 25. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qa5 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 Rc8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Bf8 Nd7 27. Bd6 Bc6 28. Bf1 Kb7 29. Nd2 Qa1+ 30. Nb1 Qa5 31. Bd3 Qd8 32. Nd2 e5 33. Qc4 Qb6 34. Kb1 a5 35. Ne4 Nf4 36. Nc5+ Nxc5 37. Bxc5 Bd5 38. Bxb6 Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Kxb6 40. Bxf7 Nh3 41. c3 Ng5 42. Bd5 bxc3 43. bxc3 Kc5 44. Bb7 Kd6 45. Kb2 Ne6 46. Ka3 Nc5 47. Be4 Ke7 48. g5 Ne6 49. g6 Nc5 50. Bd5 Kf6 51. Bf7 Kg7 52. Kb2 Kf6 53. Kc2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. Bf2 Bc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qe2 f6 22. Qxa6 Bb4 23. Nb5 Qc8 24. c3 Bf8 25. N5d4 Nb8 26. Qb5 Nf7 27. Nd2 e5 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Bh4 Qc6 31. b3 Qxb5 32. axb5 h6 33. g4 Ng5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Ra1 Rbd7 36. Ne3 Rd3 37. Nc4 Nd7 38. b4 Rc8 39. Ncd2 Be7 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Kg2 Ke8 42. Kf2 g6 43. Ke2 Rh3 44. Nc4 Rxh2+ 45. Kd3 Rd8 46. Ncd6+ Bxd6 47. Nxd6+ Ke7 48. Ne4 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 Ke6 51. Rf2 Nf6+ 52. Ke2 Rxf2+ 53. Nxf2 g4 54. Rg7 Kf5 55. c4 Rd4 56. Nd1 Re4+ 57. Ne3+ Kf4 58. Rf7 Rxe3+ 59. Kd2 Ke4 60. Rxf6 Rd3+ 61. Ke2 Rd4 62. c5 Rxb4 63. Rxb6 g3 64. Rg6 Rb2+ 65. Kf1 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f5 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nb3 e5 21. Na5 Rb8 22. e4 f4 23. g4 Rb6 24. Rd2 Nf8 25. Rhd1 Kf7 26. Ba4 Ke7 27. Nc6+ Rxc6 28. Bxc6 Bxc4 29. Kc2 a5 30. Kc3 Bf7 31. b4 axb4+ 32. axb4 cxb4+ 33. Kxb4 Ne6 34. Rxd6 Nd4 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Ba4 Rb6+ 39. Ka5 Rb8 40. Ra7 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19. Rcc1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Qd3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 exd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. e5 Kg7 15. exd6 Nxg3 16. dxc7 Qxc7 17. fxg3 g4 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Bb3 Bxb2 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxg4+ Qg6 26. Qxc4 b5 27. Qb4 Rc8 28. Re3 Qg5 29. Qd2 Bf6 30. h4 Qc5 31. Re4 h5 32. Ref4 Rc6 33. Rf5 Qc3 34. Qf4 Rd8 35. Rxh5 Qd2 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rh7 Rf8 39. Qe4+ Kd7 40. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3 e5 9. O-O b5 10. Nxb5 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 Rxb2 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Na5 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Ra2 Bc6 18. Nf3 Ba8 19. c4 Nd7 20. Raf2 Nb3 21. h4 Nd4 22. Bh3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Ne5 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. h5 Rb4 26. h6 Bh8 27. Ne6 Rfb8 28. Ng5 Rb2 29. Bf4 Bf6 30. Nf3 Bc6 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qf3 f5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. g4 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Qxb2 38. gxf5 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Bxa4 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. e5 Qxe5 42. Qb7 Be8 43. Bg2 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qxh6 45. Qe7 Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Bf7 47. Qxd6 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 a5 49. Qd8+ Be8 50. Bg2 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh3 Kg7 53. Bd5 a4 54. Qb6 Bd7+ 55. Kg2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 a3 57. Qxc5 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 a2 59. Qd4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D21"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. d5 b5 7. Bb3 exd5 8. Qxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxd5 Ra7 10. e4 Nf6 11. O-O Nxd5 12. exd5 f6 13. Nc3 Kf7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Ra8 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. N1c3 Nf6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 f5 12. exf5 Nd4 13. Nc4 Bxf5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ne3 d5 17. Qh5 e4 18. Be2 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 d4 20. Nf5 Rc5 21. Ng7+ Kd7 22. Nxe6 Rxh5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rad1 Kc7 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Bf6 27. c3 Ra5 28. f3 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 e3 30. a3 Rb5 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 Kd6 33. Re1 Rb3 34. Kf1 Rxa3 35. Ke2 Rxa5 36. Kxe3 Ra2 37. Rb1 Rxg2 38. Rxb7 Rxh2 39. Rxf7 h5 40. Ke4 {Dramatischer Moment. Ivanchuk hatte hier noch 8 Minuten, ?berschritt aber die Zeitkontrolle ohne Zug. Eine Runde zuvor hatte er gegen Adams, allerdings in gewonnener Stellung(!), ebenso verloren.} 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. Nbd2 Rae8 12. c3 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15. Nb3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 17. Re1 Nb8 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nd3 Bxe4 20. Nbc5 Bd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Kf1 f6 24. a4 Kf7 25. Bd2 g5 26. a5 Ne7 27. Rc1 Nec6 28. c4 b4 29. Ra1 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Re5 31. Nb3 Nd7 32. Be3 Ke7 33. g3 Re4 34. Nd2 Re5 35. Nb3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. g4 Be6 19. Nce4 Bd5 20. Qd2 Rd6 21. f3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nd7 23. Qh2 Nf8 24. e5 Rd7 25. Ne6 Qa5+ 26. Bd2 Nxe5 27. Be2 c3 28. Bxc3 b4 29. Nxg7 bxc3 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. O-O+ {The reason why Peter played on so long - he wanted to finish a game where White plays 0-0+ winning. Unfortunately, it was published in the net as 31.?f1+ resigns and it took a while for this to be corrected. Still, for the record, 31.0-0+ was the last move.} 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. O-O Ba6 15. Qa4 Bxc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 h6 18. Bf4 Nb8 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Qb4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Qa4 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qg5 24. Rc2 a5 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. Re2 Qf8 27. Rc2 Nd7 28. Qc6 N7f6 29. f3 Qe7 30. Ba6 Nh5 31. Bf2 Nhf4 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. Bf1 Qf5 34. Rd2 Ng6 35. Qc1 Nge7 36. Rc2 Qg5 37. g3 Qf6 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Qd2 Qg5 40. f4 Qe7 41. Kg1 Nf6 42. d5 Ne4 43. Qd3 Nxf2 44. Rxf2 Qf6 45. dxe6 fxe6 46. Bh3 Rc8 47. Bxf5 Qxf5 48. Qxd6 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. Rd2 Qf5+ 52. Kh4 Qf6+ 53. Kg4 Qf5+ 54. Kf3 Qh5+ 55. Ke3 Qh3 56. Qxb6 Re1+ 57. Re2 Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 Qxh2+ 59. Kf3 Qh1+ 60. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. a4 d5 20. a5 Nc4 21. a6 Bc6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Be3 Bd5 24. Ra5 Rc6 25. Rda1 f6 26. h4 Kf7 27. Rb5 Rc7 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Raa5 Ke7 30. Kg3 h5 31. b4 cxb3 32. cxb3 Rg8 33. Rc5 Rd7 34. b4 g5 35. Rc2 g4 36. Kf2 g3+ 37. Ke1 e5 38. Rd2 Rgd8 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. b5 Rb8 41. Rd3 Rbd8 42. Rd2 Rb8 43. Rd3 Rbd8 44. b6 axb6 45. Rb5 Bc4 46. Rxb6+ Kf5 47. Rxd7 Rxd7 48. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 N5f6 16. Ne2 a6 17. Ba4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 e5 20. Nf5 Rfd8 21. Bh4 Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Nxb2 23. Rhb1 Nc4 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxb6 Bc8 28. Rc1 Be6 29. Rcc6 Ke7 30. e4 Nb5 31. Ke3 Nxa3 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Bxa6 Rd1 34. Be2 Ra1 35. Rb2 Rd8 36. h4 Nb1 37. Kf2 Nd2 38. Rd6 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. g4 h6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. O-O-O e5 12. h4 Be6 13. Bh3 Rd8 14. Qf2 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 16. Kb1 Be7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6 19. Qf3 g5 20. Bh2 O-O 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Nd5 cxd5 23. exd5 Nf6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. a3 Re8 26. Bg1 Ne4 27. Be3 Nc3+ 28. bxc3 Qxe3 29. Bg2 {Und hier wurde die Partie in gleicher Stellung Remis vereinbart. Die wei?en Bauern am Damenfl?gel sind nur theoretisch schwach. Nach Damentausch ist das Endspiel total gleich.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Re1 Qxe2 9. Rxe2+ Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nd4 Kd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5+ c6 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. c3 c5 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. d3 Rhe8 19. Bf4 a6 20. Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Rae1 Kd7 22. Be5 Rf8 23. f4 Rae8 24. g3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rf5 26. c4 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 dxc4 28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Nxc3 Na5 15. g3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Ba4 17. c3 Nf5 18. Bh3 d4 19. Bd2 Nb3 20. Bxf5 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd2 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rc1+ Bc6 24. Bh3 Kb6 25. Rxc6+ bxc6 26. Kf2 c5 27. Bg2 c4 28. h4 Nb3 29. h5 Rd2 30. Ke3 Ra2 31. h6 Rxa3 32. h7 Rh8 33. Nc3 Ka5 34. Ne4 Nc5+ 35. Ke2 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxg3 37. Rb1 Rh3 38. Kd2 Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Bd2 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Qb7 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Qf3 O-O-O 26. Qc6+ Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Rd7 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Re1 h5 30. g5 Kb7 31. Be3 Rd7 32. Bc5 Kc6 33. Bd6 f6 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Rg1 f5 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Ke3 Rhh7 38. Bf8 Rhf7 39. Bh6 Rh7 40. Rg6 Rb7 41. Bf8 Rhf7 42. Bd6 Rg7 43. Rg5 Rbf7 44. c3 Kc6 45. Kf3 Kb5 46. Bc5 Ka4 47. Bd4 Rd7 48. Ke3 Kb3 49. Ke2 Rxg5 50. fxg5 Rxd4 51. cxd4 c3 52. g6 c2 53. g7 c1=Q 54. g8=Q Qc4+ 55. Ke3 Kc3 56. Qd8 Qd3+ 57. Kf4 Qd2+ 58. Kf3 Qd1+ 59. Ke3 Qg1+ 60. Ke2 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 f4+ {'!!' Hecht. Hecht: 'und wegen 62.Kxf4 Kd3 nebst 63...Dg4 matt bzw. 63...Df2 matt nach 63.Dg5.'} 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Qf3 h5 17. Rhg1 c5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxg4 20. Ng3 f5 21. exf6 Ndxf6 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. Qe2 Qf7 25. Rde1 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. h5 Rf6 28. a3 Rd5 29. Qh2 b6 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Rh1 c4 32. Qc8 b5 33. a4 bxa4 34. Qxc4 a3 35. b3 Rf2 36. h6 gxh6 37. Qa6 a2+ 38. Qxa2 Rdd2 39. Rc1 Rf5 40. Qa4 Rf4 41. Qc6 Rd5 42. Rce1 Rf6 43. Qc4 Rg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rde1 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Qf3 Bb8 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Nb3 Qf7 22. Nd4 Ba7 23. Bf4 Bd7 24. Re5 b4 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Kf1 bxc3 {Es bleibt nicht viel Dynamik in dieser Stellung und die entstehenden ungleichfarbigen L?ufer sind ein weiterer Remisfaktor, dadurch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bg3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 18. c3 Rac8 19. Kc2 b5 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 a5 22. Ne2 Bc6 23. f3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bc5 25. Rd3 Bb5 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Rd6 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Bf1 29. Bh4 g5 30. Be1 Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Bg3 Bc1 33. Na4 h5 34. Rd1 h4 35. Be1 Bf4 36. Bc3 Kg7 37. Nb6 Rh8 38. Kf2 h3 39. Bd2 Bxh2 40. Nd7 Kg6 41. Be3 g4 42. fxg4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Nc3 c5 6. Bc4+ Be6 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6 8. d4 Kf7 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Be3 dxc5 12. f4 Re8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Rd1 Qf5 15. O-O h5 16. Bc1 Nd4 17. Qc4+ Kg6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Qb6+ Kh7 23. Qxb7 Rxc2 24. Be3 Qg6 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nf5 27. Bf2 h4 28. Rc7 Ng3 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Qb1 31. Bxh4 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd4 f6 19. b3 g4 20. Rhe1 c5 21. Bf2 Bh6 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Bf2 Bh6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 Nc4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. a4 exd5 16. axb5 a5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rc8 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Bg5 g6 22. Qd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nde8 24. Re2 Bb4 25. Qe3 Rc7 26. Bd3 Re7 27. Qc1 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qe7 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Nd7 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. bxc6 Nb8 33. Bb6 Bd6 34. Nc3 Bc7 35. Bf2 d4 36. Nd5 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. e5 Nc4 18. d6 Nxe5 19. Bd5 Qa3 20. Bxe7 Bf8 21. Bxb7 Bxe7 22. Bxa8 Bxd6 23. Bd5 Re7 24. Kh1 h5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Qd2 Bc7 27. Rbd1 Nd7 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kh6 31. Rxc7 Qd3 32. Kg1 Qd4 33. Rc2 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. bxc3 Nd8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc6 19. a4 b4 20. Bd2 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rb8 23. Nd2 Ne6 24. f4 g6 25. g4 h5 26. f5 Nc5 27. Rc4 gxf5 28. gxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Rb1 Rg5 31. f6 Ne6 32. Ne4 Rg4 33. h3 Rf4+ 34. Ke2 h4 35. Rg1 c5 36. Rf1 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 Rd3 38. Nf2 Re3 39. Bb2 Rb3 40. Bc3 Kd7 41. Nd1 Nd4 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. Rxd4+ Ke6 44. Rxh4 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 Rc8 19. Re1 Qa5 20. f4 Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 22. fxe6 Bg7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nc3 bxc3 28. Nf5+ Kf7 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. Nxc8 Kxg5 32. Nb6 Be6 33. bxc3 Kxg4 34. Kb2 Kf4 35. Ka3 a5 36. Na4 Ne4 37. Nb2 Nxc3 38. Nd3+ Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf5 40. Kb2 Nd5 41. Nb7 a4 42. c4 Nb6 43. Nd6 Bd3 44. c5 Nd5 45. Ka3 Bc2 46. Nb5 Ne7 47. Na7 Kd4 48. c6 Nd5 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50. c7 Bf5 {Anand resigned as he realized, that the position has a study like character.} 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ba7 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Be6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. h3 b5 22. Nc5 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 d6 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Be3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nbc4 17. Bc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Rb1 d5 20. b3 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxd4 22. bxc4 Rb8 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 axb5 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Be6 29. Bc5 Rc8 30. Bb4 Nc4 31. Bc6 Nb2 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Rd4 {White has an easy win when he has picked up the b5-?.} 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qa4 Qd6 12. Rd1 Qe6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Qxe6 Rxe6 17. Nc4 f6 18. a3 Ba6 19. Nfd2 axb4 20. axb4 Ree8 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O h5 10. b4 a5 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Rab1 Bd7 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Ne4 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Nxc5 Nh6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nb3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rc8 21. Qd4 O-O 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Rf2 a4 24. Na5 Bd7 25. c4 Ng4 26. Rfb2 bxc4 27. dxc4 Ne3 28. Bf3 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rbd2 Ke8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxh5 Rcc8 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. h3 Bh6 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qxb5 Rf2 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. d6 Qxe2 28. Qxe5+ Bg7 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. d7 Qd3 31. e5 h6 32. e6 Kh7 33. Rg1 Rf3 34. Qb8 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Qg5 Nf6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh5 Red8 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Bg4 Ne5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7 Nf7 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. h4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 a6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 g5 14. Nh3 h6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 f5 17. O-O O-O 18. c3 Qxd6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe6 Nd7 24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qg4 e3 26. b3 Ne5 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. Kg2 e2 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. cxd4 Qc6 31. d5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rxa2 35. Rxe2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 g4 38. Ng5 Nc1+ 39. Ke3 Nxb3 40. h6 a5 41. Kf4 Nd4 42. Kxg4 a4 43. Kh5 Nc6 {It's still not too late to be careless.} 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qxb3 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. axb3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. d4 Be7 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 f6 13. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne8 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Nf1 Kh8 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Nce2 Nde6 19. b4 d5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nc3 Rad8 24. Qh5 f6 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd5 Re5 27. Qh4 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Re1 Ne6 32. Nf5 Nf4 33. Qg5 Rd7 34. Nh4 h6 35. Qg4 g5 36. Nf3 e4 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qxd7 d3 39. cxd3 Qxd3 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qb7+ Kg8 42. Qxa6 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Qe4 44. Qf6 Qf4+ 45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. g4 fxg3+ 47. fxg3 Nc3 48. Nd4 h5 49. h4 Kf7 50. Kh3 Kf6 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Kg6 53. h5+ Kh7 54. Kh4 Kg8 55. h6 Kh7 56. Kh5 Ne4 57. Nxb5 Nf6+ 58. Kg5 Ne4+ 59. Kf5 Nc5 60. Ke5 Kxh6 61. Kd4 Na6 62. Kd5 Kg6 63. Nd4 Kf6 64. Kd6 Kf7 65. Ne6 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. Qe2 d6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nac3 Qb8 16. h3 Rc8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Rac1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Ra8 20. b6 Rc6 21. Nb5 Qd8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Qb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 e6 25. a4 d5 26. a5 Ne4 27. Rd1 Nd6 28. Qc5 Nf5 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. Qc2 Nc6 31. Bd2 Bd6 32. Ba4 Nb4 33. Qb3 Nd4 34. Qe3 Nf5 35. Qb3 Qh4 36. Rc1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nd3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Ne2 a4 15. Ba2 f6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. c3 Bxe5 18. d4 Bb8 19. Bb1 Ra7 20. Qf3 g5 21. Qh5 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Bd2 Be2 25. Rfe1 Rae7 26. Bf5 Kg7 27. Kg1 h5 28. g3 Bd6 29. Be3 Bg4 30. Bd3 Bf3 31. Bd2 Be4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Re1 g4 35. Kg2 f5 36. f3 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 f4 38. Bd2 fxg3 39. hxg3 Kg6 40. fxg4 hxg4 41. Bf4 Be7 42. Kf2 c5 43. dxc5 Bxc5+ 44. Be3 Bd6 45. Bf4 Bc5+ 46. Be3 Bf8 47. Bf4 Kf5 48. Ke3 Bg7 49. Kd3 Bf6 50. Bb8 Ke6 51. Bf4 Bg7 52. Bb8 d4 53. cxd4 Kd5 54. Ba7 Bh6 55. Bb8 Bg7 56. Ba7 Bf8 57. Bb8 b4 58. axb4 Bxb4 59. Bf4 Be1 60. Be5 Bf2 61. Kc3 Be1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Kb1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Qd7 21. Rc4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. Rb7 Nf6 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rb5 Ne8 28. Rb7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Nd1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Ndb5 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Qd3 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rad8 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rfe8 20. Qb4 Qh5+ 21. f3 f5 22. g4 Qh3 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re1 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e3 e5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Qd1 f5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Bg5 Nc8 20. Qd2 f4 21. gxf4 h6 22. Bh4 exf4 23. f3 Qb6+ 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. axb4 Qg5 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Rg1 Rb7 28. Bd4 Rf7 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Rgc1 Ne7 31. Ra6 Ng6 32. Rxd6 Nh4 33. Bb2 Rb6 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Bh3 Rf7 36. Bg4 Qg5 37. Be6 Rfb7 38. Rg1 Qd8 39. Qf1 Ra6 40. Qh3 Ra2 41. Be5 Rd2 42. d4 Rd3 43. Bf5+ Kg8 44. Bc8 Nxf3 45. Qe6+ {Black resigned. This victory allowed me to share second place.} 1-0

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. O-O d4 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. b3 Qf4 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. g3 Qg5 23. Kh2 h5 24. f4 Qd5 25. h4 Re8 26. a4 Bc7 27. a5 Bxa5 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxa5 Rc8 30. Re5 Qd6 31. Rfe1 g6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Rc5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 36. R8e3 Rd4 37. Kh3 Qd7+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. Kf2 Qc5 40. R1e2 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Kh2 Qc6 43. Re4 Qc5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. R5e3 Qd6 46. Rf2 f6 47. Kg2 Re5 48. Rf4 Qc6+ 49. Kg1 Rxe3 50. dxe3 Qc3 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Be2 Qxc2 53. Rxb4 Qf5+ 54. Rf4 Qc2 55. b4 Kg6 56. b5 Kg7 57. Rc4 Qf5+ 58. Rf4 Qc2 59. g4 hxg4 60. Rxg4+ Kh6 61. Rf4 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rc4 Qf5+ 65. Rf4 Qe5 66. Bd3+ Kh6 67. Be2 Kh7 68. Rd4 Qf5+ 69. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 c6 13. Nc2 Ne5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. b3 Nfd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Ned3 18. Rb1 a5 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Nc2 Ne6 23. Na2 Ndc5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Rfe1 Nc7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Rd8 31. Nc2 Be6 32. Ne3 Bf7 33. g4 Bg6 34. g5 Qg7 35. Ne2 N7e6 36. a5 Qc7 37. Rd1 Ra8 38. Ng3 Qxa5 39. Qf2 Ng7 40. Rxd6 Re8 41. h4 Re6 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Nexf5 Nxf5 44. Qxc5 b6 45. Qf2 Nxh4 46. Bh3 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Qxd6 48. Bg4 Bd3 49. f5 h6 50. g6 h5 51. c5 bxc5 52. Qa2+ c4 53. Qa8+ Qf8 54. Qa7 Nxg6 55. fxg6 Bxg6 56. Be6+ Bf7 57. Bf5 Qd6 58. Kh3 Bg6 59. Qa8+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kg8 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qa8+ Kg7 64. Qa5 Qf4 65. Qa7+ Kh6 66. Qc5 Bxf5+ 67. Nxf5+ Kg6 68. Nh4+ Kf7 {Black's ? finally escapes from the danger zone.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 h6 13. Rd2 Qxf4 14. gxf4 Na5 15. Rad1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Kf8 21. Rc2 Ke8 22. Kf3 Rd8 23. Nd3 f6 24. b4 Nb7 25. a4 Rd5 26. Rc7 Rd7 27. Rc8+ Rd8 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. b5 Nc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. e4 Ke7 34. f5 h5 35. Bc1 Bd6 36. h3 Kf7 37. Ke2 g6 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39. Kd3 f5 40. f3 Kf6 41. Be3 f4 42. Bf2 e5 1/2-1/2
