[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Rd1 O-O 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Be7 11.Rg1 Re8 12.Be2 d6 13.f4 Nbd7 14.Qc2 d5 15.f5 
exf5 16.Qxf5 dxc4 17.Bxc4 g6 18.Qf3 Qc7 19.Bb3 Qxh2 20.Rh1 Qc7 21.Kf1 Qd8 
22.Re1 Rf8 23.Ba4 b5 24.Bxb5 Rb8 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Bxf6 Qe6 28.
d5 Qa6+ 29.Kg2 Rb6 30.Ne4 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 e6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O 
Be7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Qe2 Nb4 13.a5 bxa5 14.Nxa5 O-O 15.Kh1 
Rb8 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Bd4 Rdc8 19.Bc3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Rb5 21.Rfc1 Qa7 
22.Bd4 Qb8 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Nc3 Rh5 25.Nc4 Bc6 26.Qe2 Rh6 27.Rc1 Qb8 28.
Be3 Nh5 29.Kg1 f5 30.Na5 Ba8 31.d4 Qb6 32.Nc4 Qb4 33.exf5 exf5 34.d5 Bf8 
35.Rd1 Bb7 36.Nb6 Nxf4 37.Qf2 g5 38.Bd4 Bg7 39.Bxg7 Kxg7 40.Qe3 Qc5 41.
Qxc5 dxc5 42.d6 Ne6 43.d7 Nd8 44.Nba4 Rc6 45.Rd5 Rc7 46.Rxf5 Kg6 47.Re5 
Rxd7 48.Nxc5 Rc7 49.b4 h6 50.Re8 Nf7 51.Re6+ Kh7 52.Rb6 Nd8 53.N3a4 Rc6 
54.Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "149"]

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.g3 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bg2 Rae8 13.O-O Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.
Bxe5 Rxe5 16.cxd5 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 cxd5 18.Nc3 c6 19.Na4 g5 20.Nc5 Re7 21.Bf3 
f5 22.h3 Kg7 23.Nd3 Kg6 24.Rc1 h6 25.b4 Rb8 26.Rc5 Rb6 27.a4 Kg7 28.g4 f4 
29.Kg2 Kf6 30.b5 a6 31.bxc6 dxc6 32.a5 Rb5 33.Rxc6+ Re6 34.Rc5 Rxc5 35.
Nxc5 Rc6 36.Nd7+ Ke6 37.Nb8 Rc5 38.Nxa6 Rxa5 39.Nb4 Kd6 40.Nd3 Ra2 41.Bxd5
Rd2 42.Be4 Ke6 43.h4 Kd6 44.Bf5 Re2 45.Kf3 Re8 46.Bg6 Re7 47.Nc1 Re1 48.
Nd3 Re7 49.Be4 Re8 50.h5 Re7 51.Nb4 Re8 52.Bg6 Rb8 53.Nd3 Kd5 54.Ke2 Kd4 
55.Kd2 f3 56.Ne1 Rb2+ 57.Nc2+ Ke5 58.Ke3 Rb3+ 59.Bd3 Rc3 60.Ne1 Rc1 61.
Nxf3+ Kf6 62.Nd4 Ke5 63.Nf5 Rc6 64.Kf3 Rc3 65.Ke2 Rc6 66.Ne3 Kf4 67.Bf5 
Rc5 68.Ng2+ Ke5 69.Kf3 Rc3+ 70.Ne3 Ra3 71.Bg6 Rb3 72.Kg2 Kf4 73.Nf5 Kxg4 
74.Nxh6+ Kf4 75.Nf7 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e4 h5 7.h3 Nd4 8.Nge2 Nxe2 
9.Nxe2 Be6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Ne5 c6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Na3 Ng4
9.Naxc4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nd7 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.e3 Bf5 15.Qe2 
Be4 16.Rfc1 a5 17.Bf1 a4 18.Ba3 Re8 19.b4 Bd5 20.Rab1 Ne4 21.b5 cxb5 22.
Rxb5 Qe6 23.Bg2 Rec8 24.Ng5 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Qc6 26.Bxe4 Qxc1+ 27.Kg2 Bc4 28.
Rc5 Bxe2 29.Rxc1 Rb8 30.Rc2 Ba6 31.Rc7 Bf6 32.Nf3 Kf8 33.Rc5 b6 34.Rc7 Bb5
35.Ne1 e5 36.Nf3 exd4 37.Nxd4 Bxd4 38.exd4 Rd8 39.d5 Rd7 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.
Ra8 Kd6 42.Bc2 Bc4 43.Rxa4 b5 44.Ra3 Bxd5+ 45.Kf1 Bc4+ 46.Ke1 Kc5 47.g4 
Kb4 48.Rh3 Bxa2 49.Rxh7 Rd4 50.Bd1 Be6 51.h4 Kc3 52.h5 gxh5 53.gxh5 Rh4 
54.Bf3 b4 0-1

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O 
9.Ng3 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.O-O Nb8 12.h3 Nbd7 13.Be3 d5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Rfe1 Qe7
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Qf8 18.Qxf8+ Kxf8 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.d4 Nf4 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 
22.Rxe5 Nxg2 23.Be4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Nxe4 Nf4 26.a4 Re8 27.Nc5 Nxh3+ 
28.Kg2 Nf4+ 29.Kf3 Ne6 30.Nxa6 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Rd8 32.Rc4 Rd7 33.d5 Rxd5 34.
Nxc7 Ng5+ 35.Kf4 Rf5+ 36.Kg3 Rf3+ 37.Kg2 h5 38.b4 h4 39.Rxh4 Rxc3 40.Nd5 
Rd3 41.Nf4 Rb3 42.Rg4 Nh7 43.Nd5 Kg7 44.Rd4 Ng5 45.Nc7 f5 46.Na6 Ne4 47.
Nc5 Nxc5 48.bxc5 Rc3 49.Rd5 Kf6 50.f3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.Re1 b6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bd2 h5 16.Qh4 Bb7 17.Be2 Ne4 18.Be3 Be7 19.Ng5 Qe5 20.Bf3 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 
Bxg5 22.Rxe5 Bxh4 23.Bxb7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b6 8.e4 cxd4 
9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qxd4 Bb7 11.Qf4 Nc5 12.Nc3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Be7 14.Qg3 Kf8 15.Rd1
Nd7 16.Ra4 Qe8 17.Rg4 g6 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Ng5 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Rgd4 Bc6 
22.Rf4 f5 23.exf6 e5 24.Qd3 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Qc6 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Ng5 
Be5 16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 e5 18.a4 Bxc3 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8+ Bxa8 21.bxc3 O-O
22.c4 b4 23.Bb2 Re8 24.Ra1 Qc7 25.f5 Nf8 26.Nh3 Bc6 27.Nf2 Qf7 28.g4 N6d7 
29.Ra6 Bb7 30.Ra5 Rc8 31.Bb3 h6 32.Kg1 Nh7 33.Qe3 Qe7 34.h3 Qg5 35.Bc1 Qd8
36.Ra2 Ra8 37.Rxa8 Qxa8 38.Bb2 Nhf6 39.h4 Nxe4 40.g5 Nxf2 41.Kxf2 Qf8 42.
Qd3 Bc6 43.f6 gxf6 44.Qg6+ Kh8 45.Bc2 Qg7 46.Qe8+ Qg8 47.Qe7 Qg7 48.Qd6 
Bb7 49.Bf5 Nf8 50.Qd8 hxg5 51.hxg5 Kg8 52.g6 Bc6 53.Be6+ Kh8 54.Bc1 b3 55.
Ba3 Qxg6 56.Qxf8+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kh8 58.Qf8+ Kh7 59.Qe7+ Kh8 60.Qd8+ Be8 61.
Qd1 Bc6 62.Qxb3 Qg2+ 63.Ke1 Qg1+ 64.Kd2 Qf2+ 65.Kc1 Be4 66.Qd1 Bg6 67.Qd2 
Qf1+ 68.Kb2 Qb1+ 69.Kc3 Qa1+ 70.Kb3 Qb1+ 71.Ka4 Kg7 72.Bxc5 Qa1+ 73.Kb5 
Qa8 74.Qd7+ Kh6 75.Be3+ Kh5 76.Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Bg5 d6 11.Qd2 a6 12.Rac1 Nbd7 13.Rfe1 Rc8 14.Bf1 Qc7 15.b3 
Rfd8 16.f3 Qb8 17.Kh1 Re8 18.Be3 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 O-O 7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 
h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.Bd3 e5 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Qe7 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Qb1 
Rfe8 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rf8 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bf5 Rfe8 21.b4 e4
22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Rfd1 Qe6 24.b5 exf3 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Rd6 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 
28.Rd7 Ra4 29.Rxf7 Kg8 30.Rd7 Rxa3 31.gxf3 a5 32.Rb1 a4 33.Rbb7 Bf8 34.Be5
Rb3 35.Ra7 Rb5 36.Bg7 Bc5 37.Rxa4 Rb4 38.Ra2 Bf8 39.Bxf8 Rxf8 40.Kg2 Rh4 
41.Rc7 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 b5 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 
15.Nxd5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Bb7 17.Ne4 Nd4 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Rac1 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rfd8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 c5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.a3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 a5 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.f4 a4 13.Rf3 g6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rh3 d4 
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Rf1 Nd5 18.Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Bb4 12.c3 Be7 13.Bg2 O-O 14.Nb3 Qc7 
15.O-O-O Nd7 16.Kb1 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.f4 Rd8 19.Qc2 Qc7 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 
21.Qe4 Rb8 22.Rd1 Be7 23.Nd4 Bf8 24.Nf3 b5 25.Ng5 g6 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.fxe5 
Be7 28.Ne4 Bb7 29.Rd7 Kf8 30.Bf3 b4 31.c4 Ke8 32.Rd3 Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Rc8 34.
b3 Rc5 35.Rh3 Rxe5 36.Bc6+ Kf8 37.Rxh7 Re1+ 38.Kc2 Re2+ 39.Kd3 Rxa2 40.
Rh8+ Kg7 41.Re8 Bc5 42.Rc8 Rxh2 43.Bf3 Rh3 44.Ke2 Bd6 45.c5 Bf4 46.Kf2 f5 
47.gxf5 exf5 48.Ra8 g5 49.c6 g4 50.Bd5 Rc3 51.Rxa6 Rc2+ 52.Kf1 g3 53.Ra8 
Rc5 54.Rd8 Kf6 55.Rd7 Be5 56.Bf3 Rc1+ 57.Rd1 Rc2 58.Kg1 Bc7 59.Bg2 f4 60.
Rf1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Rd1 Nb4 13.Bg5 Nbd5 14.Ne5 a6 15.Bb3 
b6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.Qf4 
Qd6 22.h4 h6 23.f3 a5 24.a3 f6 25.Nd3 Qxf4 26.Nxf4 Bf7 27.h5 Kf8 28.Kf2 
Ke7 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.g4 Be8 31.Ne2 Ba4 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rc1 Re8+ 34.Kd2 Bb5 
35.Ng3 Bd7 36.Rg1 Rc8 37.Rg2 Rc4 38.Ke3 Rc1 39.Kf4 Rd1 40.Nf5+ Bxf5 41.
Kxf5 Rxd4 42.Re2 Rd3 43.f4 d4 44.Re6+ Kc5 45.Re7 Rg3 46.Rxg7 Kd6 47.Rg8 
Kd7 48.Rg7+ Kd6 49.Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O Ng6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Qc7 9.Nf5 O-O 10.Nxe7+ Ncxe7 11.Be3 f5 {(Draw offer)} 12.f3 a6 13.Bf1 fxe4
14.fxe4 b5 15.Qd4 Bb7 16.Rad1 Ne5 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Rac8 19.Rb6 Rb8 20.
Rd6 Rbc8 21.a3 Bc6 22.Be2 N7g6 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Bxf1 Nf7 25.Rd2 d6 26.Be2 
Nge5 27.Bf4 Kf8 28.Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Bb2 Nbd7 
9.h3 Bd6 10.a3 Qe7 11.d3 Rd8 12.b4 Be5 13.d4 Bb8 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Nxg6 hxg6 
16.O-O-O dxc4 17.Bxc4 e5 18.Bd3 exd4 19.exd4 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Qxd5 Nc5 
22.Qf3 Na4 23.Bc2 Nxb2 24.Kxb2 Ba7 25.Rhe1 Bxd4+ 26.Ka2 Qc7 27.Bb3 Bf6 28.
Qe4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 a5 30.bxa5 Qc3 31.Qc2 Qxa5 32.Qxg6 Be7 33.a4 Qb4 34.Qd3 
b5 35.Bc2 g6 36.Rb1 Qf4 37.Rxb5 Qxf2 38.Re5 Bf6 39.Re2 Qb6 40.Bb3 Kg7 41.
Qe3 Qb4 42.Qd2 Qc5 43.Qe3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.
Rxb7 g5 16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 Nc6 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.d5 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.d6 e5 
22.d7 Qe6 23.Bg4 Qc6 24.Rb1 Qxe4 25.Re1 Qd5 26.Bf5 Rad8 27.Be4 Qe6 28.Qh5 
f5 29.Bd3 Rxd7 30.Rbc1 Qh6 31.Qxh6 Bxh6 32.Bxe5 Bg7 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.Bxc7 
Bf6 35.Rb1 a3 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.Bc4 Rh8 38.Kg1 a2 39.Bxa2 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Nc3 41.
g4 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qe7 14.Bb3 Rfd8
15.Rfe1 Rac8 16.h3 Nf8 17.Ne5 N6d7 18.Nf3 Nf6 19.Ne5 N6d7 20.Nd3 Nf6 21.
Be3 Ng6 22.Nf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Nd5 24.Bd2 Qf6 25.Qg4 Qg6 26.c4 Qxg4 27.hxg4 
Nf6 28.g5 Ne4 29.Be3 Nd6 30.d5 exd5 31.cxd5 Nf5 32.Bf4 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Nd4 
34.Rc7 Ba8 35.Bc4 b5 36.Bf1 Bxd5 37.Rxa7 Bc4 38.Be3 Nf5 39.Bb6 Rc8 40.g3 
Bxf1 41.Kxf1 h6 42.Ra5 Nd6 43.gxh6 Nc4 44.Ra6 Nxb6 45.Rxb6 Ra8 46.Rxb5 
Rxa2 47.hxg7 Kxg7 48.Kg2 Kg6 49.g4 Ra3 50.f3 f6 51.Kg3 Rc3 52.Rb8 Ra3 53.
Rg8+ Kf7 54.Rh8 Kg7 55.Rh3 Kg6 56.Rh5 Rb3 57.Rd5 Ra3 58.Rd2 Rb3 59.Re2 Ra3
60.Kf4 Rb3 61.Re3 Rb4+ 62.Kg3 Rb1 63.f4 Rg1+ 64.Kh4 Rh1+ 65.Rh3 Rg1 66.f5+
Kg7 67.Ra3 Rh1+ 68.Kg3 Rg1+ 69.Kf3 Rf1+ 70.Kg2 Rb1 71.Ra7+ Kf8 72.Kh3 Rh1+
73.Kg2 Rb1 74.Kf3 Rb4 75.Rc7 Ra4 76.Rb7 Rc4 77.Kg3 Rc1 78.g5 fxg5 79.Kg4 
Rc6 80.Ra7 Rb6 81.Rd7 Ra6 82.Rb7 Rc6 83.Kh5 g4 84.Kxg4 Ra6 85.Kg5 Rc6 86.
Kg4 Rc4+ 87.Kg5 Rc6 88.Kf4 Ra6 89.Rd7 Ra4+ 90.Ke5 Ra5+ 91.Ke6 Ra6+ 92.Rd6 
Rxd6+ 93.Kxd6 Kf7 94.Ke5 Ke7 95.f6+ Kf7 96.Kf5 Kf8 97.Kg6 Kg8 98.f7+ Kf8 
99.Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Ne5 9.Nf3 Ng6 10.Na4 b5 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 Bc5 14.c3 d6 15.b4 
Bb6 16.Rc1 O-O 17.c4 Bxd4 18.cxb5 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Qd7 20.Nd4 axb5 21.Kh1 Qa7
22.Bb1 Rbc8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rf1 Qb6 25.Nf3 Qc6 26.Bd3 e5 27.Qb3 Nf4 28.Nd2
Qb6 29.g3 Ne6 30.Nf3 Nd4 31.Qb2 Nxf3 32.Rxf3 Qb7 33.Re3 Qb6 34.Re1 Ng4 35.
Bf1 Nf6 36.Qd2 h6 37.a3 Rc7 38.Qe3 Qb7 39.h3 Rc8 40.Kg1 Rd8 41.Bg2 Rc8 42.
Rd1 Rc6 43.Qd3 Ne8 44.h4 Qb6+ 45.Kf1 Rc4 46.Bf3 Kf8 47.Be2 Ke7 48.Qb1 Rc6 
49.Qd3 Nc7 50.Kg2 Rc4 51.Qb1 Rc3 52.Rd3 Qc6 53.Rxc3 Qxc3 54.Qd3 Qxd3 55.
Bxd3 Ke6 56.Kf3 d5 57.exd5+ Kxd5 58.Ke3 h5 59.Be2 g6 60.Bf1 f5 61.Bd3 Kc6 
62.Kd2 Nd5 63.Bc2 Kd6 64.Bd3 Nc7 65.Ke3 Ke6 66.Be2 Kf6 67.Kf2 e4 68.Ke3 
Ke5 69.Bf1 Nd5+ 70.Kd2 Nc7 71.Ke3 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 d6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 Nbd7 9.
a4 a5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Nxb6 12.Re1 Ne8 13.Bf4 f6 14.Nd2 Nc7 15.Bc6 Rb8 
16.Nb3 Nc4 17.Nb5 Na6 18.Qe2 Ne5 19.Bxe5 fxe5 20.Nd2 Nb4 21.Nc4 Ba6 22.Ra3
Rc8 23.Na7 Rc7 24.Nb5 Nxc6 25.dxc6 Rxc6 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Rb3 Bc8 28.Na7 Ra6 
29.Nxc8 Qxc8 30.Rb5 Rd8 31.Rd1 e6 32.Nxa5 Qc7 33.b3 Bf8 34.Nc4 d5 35.g3 
Rc6 36.Na5 Rb6 37.Nc4 Rxb5 38.axb5 Be7 39.Ne3 Bg5 40.h4 Bxe3 41.Qxe3 d4 
42.Qg5 Rf8 43.h5 Qf7 44.Rd2 Qf3 45.Qxe5 Ra8 46.Qxe6+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kh6 48.
Qf4+ Qxf4 49.gxf4 Rb8 50.hxg6 hxg6 51.Rd3 Rxb5 52.Rg3 Ra5 53.Kg2 Ra1 54.
Rg5 Rc1 55.Rd5 Rc3 56.f3 Kg7 57.Kg3 Kf6 58.f5 gxf5 59.Rxf5+ Ke6 60.Rd5 Kf6
61.Kf4 Ke6 62.b4 cxb4 63.Rxd4 b3 64.e5 Rc6 65.Rb4 Ra6 66.Rxb3 Ra4+ 67.Kg5 
Ra8 68.Rb6+ Kxe5 69.f4+ Kd5 70.f5 Rg8+ 71.Kh6 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 Re8 11.a3 Nc5 12.Kh1 exf4 13.Bxf4 Bg4 14.Qf2 Bh5 15.
Rad1 Bg6 16.Rfe1 h6 17.Bg3 Ng4 18.Qg1 Bf6 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Nb3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 
Ne5 22.Bf1 f6 23.Bf2 Rac8 24.Rd5 Bf7 25.Nxc5 dxc5 26.Rxc5 Qb2 27.Rxc8 Rxc8
28.Bd4 Qxc2 29.Qe3 Qb3 30.Ra1 b5 31.Be2 Nc6 32.Bc5 Rd8 33.Qc1 Qa4 34.Bb4 
Qb3 35.Bc5 Bg6 36.Bf3 Rd3 37.Qf4 Rxc3 38.Qd6 Rxf3 39.Qxc6 Rc3 40.Re1 Qc4 
41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Bb4 Re3 0-1

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Be7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Bd3 d5 
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bb5 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 a6 16.Ba4 b5 17.Bb3 a5 18.a3 b4 19.axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Qh3 Nd5 14.O-O-O Kg8 
15.Kb1 g6 16.c4 Nxe3 17.fxe3 c5 18.Rhf1 Kg7 19.Qh4 Qe7 20.Qe1 e5 21.dxc5 
Bxc5 22.Be4 Bg4 23.Qg3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Rad8 25.Rdf1 Rhf8 26.Bd5 f6 27.e4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.f4 Rc8 12.Ba2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Na5 14.Rad1 Nc4 15.Bc1 
Rfd8 16.g4 Qc5 17.g5 Ne8 18.f5 e5 19.Nd5 Bf8 20.b4 Qa7 21.Bxc4 exd4 22.g6 
Kh8 23.gxf7 Nc7 24.Nf4 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.O-O a5 8.d3 a4 9.
b4 dxc4 10.dxc4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nbd7 12.a3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Rdc1 Rfd8 15.c5
Nc8 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Rxc4 Na7 18.Rc2 Nb5 19.e3 Ne4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bf1 Nc7 
22.Ne5 Nd2 23.Be2 f6 24.Nd3 Nb3 25.Raa2 e5 26.Nb2 Rd7 27.Nc4 Rad8 28.Nb6 
Rd2 29.Nxa4 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Ra8 31.Rc3 Rxa4 32.Rxb3 e4 33.Bc4 f5 34.h3 Kf6 
35.Kg2 h5 36.h4 Ke5 37.f3 Nb5 38.f4+ Kf6 39.Bxb5 cxb5 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Ke2 
Kd5 42.Kd2 Ra8 43.Kc2 Kc6 44.Rc3 Rd8 45.Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 Rf8 15.Kg2 a5 16.
Rae1 Nf6 17.c5 fxe4 18.fxe4 Ng4 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.Bg1 Ne8 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.
Qd1 Ngf6 23.Be3 Bd7 24.a4 Nc7 25.Qb3 Bc8 26.Nf2 Nd7 27.Nb5 Be7 28.Na7 Na6 
29.Rc1 Nac5 30.Rxc5 Nxc5 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.d6+ Kf8 33.dxe7+ Qxe7 34.Nxc8 
Rxc8 35.Bc4 Qc7 36.Ng4 Kg7 37.Ne3 Rf8 38.Bd5 b6 39.Nc4 Rb8 40.h4 Kh8 41.
Qc3 Re8 42.Qe3 Kg7 43.h5 h6 44.hxg6 Kxg6 45.Qf3 Qe7 46.Qf5+ Kg7 47.Qh5 Rf8
48.b3 Kh7 49.Nxe5 Qf6 50.Qf5+ Qxf5 51.exf5 Rb8 52.f6 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O 
Bb7 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 Be7 12.Qf3 d6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qh3 Rd8 15.
f4 O-O 16.Rf1 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Bf8 18.Bf2 h6 19.Bh4 Be7 20.Rde1 Bc6 21.Nd1 Nd7 
22.Nf2 Nc5 23.Re3 Bxh4 24.Qxh4 f5 25.exf5 Nxd3 26.Nxd3 exf5 27.Rfe1 Rxe3 
28.Rxe3 Be4 29.Qf2 Kh7 30.Kg1 d5 31.h3 Rc8 32.Re2 Qc4 33.Ne5 Qc5 34.c3 a5 
35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.Kf2 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.cxb4 Rb5 39.Nc6 Rb6 40.Nd4 Rxb4 41.
Rd2 g5 42.g3 gxf4 43.gxf4 Kg6 44.Nc6 Rb6 45.Ne5+ Kh5 46.Nd7 Rb5 47.b4 Kh4 
48.Rb2 Kxh3 49.Nc5 d4 50.Rb3+ d3 51.Nxd3 Bxd3 52.Rxd3+ Kg4 53.Rd4 h5 54.
Kg2 Rb8 55.Rc4 h4 56.Rd4 Rb7 57.Rc4 Rb5 58.Rd4 Rb6 59.Rc4 Rb8 60.Rd4 Ra8 
61.Rd2 Kxf4 62.b5 Rg8+ 63.Kf2 h3 64.Rd4+ Ke5 65.Rh4 Rg2+ 66.Kf3 Rb2 67.
Rxh3 Rxb5 68.Rh4 Rb3+ 69.Kf2 f4 70.Rh8 Rb2+ 71.Kf3 Rb3+ 72.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O e6 6.Qe2 Ngf6 7.b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9.c4 a6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Kh1 Qc5 13.Nd2 Qh5 14.f3 Rfe8 
15.g4 Qg5 16.Rg1 Ne5 17.Raf1 Ng6 18.Qf2 Nf4 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.Nf5 e5 21.Rd1 
Bf8 22.Nb1 b5 23.Nxd6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Nf8 25.c5 N8e6 26.Nc3 Nh3 27.Qxg5 Nhxg5
28.c6 Nxf3 29.Rf1 Nfd4 30.Nd5 Rac8 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Rd7 Rxc6 33.Ne7+ Rxe7 
34.Rxe7 h5 35.gxh5 Rd6 36.Rfxf7 d3 37.Rd7 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 Bg4 4.Bb2 Nbd7 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a3 c6 
9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.c4 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Re1 e5 14.Bf1 Qe7 15.Nd2 
Rad8 16.Qc2 Nf8 17.g3 Ng6 18.Bg2 Qf8 19.Rec1 b5 20.Qd1 Rc8 21.cxb5 cxb5 
22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rc1 Rb8 24.Nb1 Qe7 25.Rc2 Nf8 26.Qc1 b4 27.a4 N8d7 28.Nd2 
h6 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Qc6 Qe6 31.Rxb8 Bxb8 32.Qb5 Qb6 33.Qxb6 Nxb6 34.d4 Nfd7 
35.g4 exd4 36.Bxd4 Be5 37.f4 Bxd4 38.exd4 Nb8 39.Kf2 Nc6 40.Ke3 Kg6 41.Nf3
Kf6 42.Ne5 Nd8 43.h4 Ke6 44.f5+ Kd6 45.Kf4 Ke7 46.Bf3 Kd6 47.Ke3 Ke7 48.
Nd3 Kd6 49.Nf4 Nc6 50.Be2 Nd7 51.g5 hxg5 52.hxg5 Ne7 53.Bd3 Nf8 54.Bb1 Nd7
55.Bc2 Nf8 56.Bd3 Nd7 57.Ne2 Nf8 58.Kf4 g6 59.Ng3 Nd7 60.Ke3 Nf8 61.Kf4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.f4 Bb7
9.Nb3 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Qh3 Rc8 13.a3 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Nd4 O-O
16.Ra4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Rfe8 18.Nde2 Qd7 19.Ra5 e5 20.Qg3 Bd8 21.Raa1 exf4 22.
Nxf4 d5 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Rxa6 Ba8 25.Kh1 Qb7 26.Ra7 Qxb2 27.Bd4 Qb4 28.Rd7 
Kf8 29.Nh5 Nxd7 30.Bxg7+ Ke7 31.Re1+ Ne5 32.Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rfd1 Ne7 13.Rac1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ng6 
15.Bg3 Rc8 16.Bd3 Nh5 17.Qe3 Nxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
b5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 
15.Qb3 Kxh7 16.Qxb4 Bb7 17.Qg4 Rc8 18.e4 Rc4 19.Re1 Qa8 20.Nd2 Rd4 21.f3 
Qa7 22.Kh1 Kg8 23.Nf1 Rc4 24.Be3 Qb8 25.Bf4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Ne3 Rc5 
28.b3 Rfc8 29.Qg3 Qb2 30.Rad1 Qxa2 31.Ng4 R5c7 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Qd6+ Re7 34.
Qd8+ Re8 35.Qd6+ Re7 36.Nd7+ Ke8 37.Nb6 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Bg4 
9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 Nb4 11.Qe2 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Qb6 13.Kh1 Rac8 14.Be3 Nd7 15.
Rh3 Qb4 16.Rf1 c4 17.d4 f5 18.e5 Nb6 19.Qf2 Rf7 20.Qh4 h6 21.Bc1 Na4 22.
Rff3 Nxc3 23.Rxc3 Qa5 24.Qg3 Kh7 25.Qg5 Qa4 26.Be3 Qd1+ 27.Bg1 Qg4 28.Qh4 
Qxh4 29.Rxh4 Rff8 30.Ra3 b5 31.Rxa7 b4 32.Rh3 c3 33.bxc3 bxc3 34.Be3 c2 
35.Bc1 Rc4 36.Rf3 Rb8 37.Rf1 Rb1 38.exd6 exd6 39.Re7 Rxd4 40.Ree1 Rxd5 41.
g3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Be3 Bc6 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qe2 a5 15.
Rfc1 Nb6 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rc2 Nbd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.Rc4 Nb6 21.
R4c2 Nd5 22.Rc4 Nb6 23.R4c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 e6 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 
Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qe2 g6 12.Rfd1 Bd7 13.Rab1 Be8 14.e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Qd4 18.c3 Qxe4 19.Bxe4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 
21.Rxd8 Nxd8 22.f4 f6 23.Nf3 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Nxc6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Ke3 Ke7 27.Nd4
Kd6 28.Nxc6 Kxc6 29.c4 Kc5 30.Kd3 h6 31.b4+ Kc6 32.Kd4 Kd6 33.c5+ Kc6 34.
a4 Kc7 35.b5 Kd7 36.Ke4 Kc7 37.Kf3 a6 38.Ke4 axb5 39.axb5 Kd7 40.Kf3 Ke7 
41.h4 h5 42.Ke4 Kd7 43.Kd4 Kc7 44.Kc4 Kd7 45.Kb4 Kc7 46.Ka5 Kc8 47.Kb6 e5 
48.fxe5 fxe5 49.Ka5 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5 
9.e6 dxe6 10.Nxg5 Qe5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 h6 14.Nf3 e5 15.Na3
Bd7 16.Be3 Nd5 17.Be4 Nf4+ 18.Kf1 Bg7 19.Nh4 O-O-O 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.Bxf5+ e6
22.Bc2 Rd7 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Ke2 Rhd8 25.Rad1 Ne5 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Rd1 Rxd1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Kh1 Qd7 10.Qe2 f5 11.Nd5 Rd8 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Nb6 Qc7 14.Nc4 fxe4 15.Ne6 
Qc8 16.f5 Rg8 17.Nb6 exd3 18.cxd3 Qb8 19.fxg6 Bh8 20.g7 Bxg7 21.Bg5 Bh8 
22.Rae1 Rd7 23.Rxf6 exf6 24.Nxc5+ Kd8 25.Ncxd7 Bxd7 26.Qe7+ Kc7 27.Nd5+ 
1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Nh3 a5 7.Rb1 O-O 8.Nf4 d6 
9.O-O Rb8 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Ne8 12.e3 Nc7 13.a4 Bf5 14.Ne4 Nb4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qc1 e5 17.Qb2 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 f5 19.Bg2 Qf6 20.Ne2 Ne6 21.Nc3 b6 22.Rbd1 
Rbd8 23.d3 Rfe8 24.Rfe1 Nc7 25.Qc1 Re7 26.Re2 d5 27.cxd5 Ncxd5 28.Nxd5 
Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.e4 Rd4 31.exf5 Qxf5 32.Qb2 h5 33.h4 Kh7 34.Re3 Rxh4 
35.Qe2 Rb4 36.f4 Qg4 37.Qxg4 hxg4 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.fxe5 Kg7 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.
Rb1 Ke6 42.Ke3 Kxe5 43.Kd2 Kf5 44.Rf1+ Kg5 45.Kc3 Rd4 46.Re1 Rd6 47.Re5+ 
Kf6 48.Re4 Kg5 49.Re5+ Kh6 50.Re4 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Rd1 Ne7 11.Nd4 Ng6 12.h3 Be7 13.f4 h5 14.Be3 Bd7 
15.Rd2 Rd8 16.Rad1 Bc8 17.Ne4 a6 18.Kf2 Nh4 19.Ng3 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 21.f5 
Kf7 22.Bf4 Bc5 23.Bxc7 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bb7 5.Ne2 f5 6.a3 Bd6 7.b4 Nf6 8.c5 Be7 9.
Nf4 a5 10.Bb2 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Bxa1 Nc6 13.b5 Na5 14.c6 Bc8 15.cxd7+ 
Qxd7 16.Be2 Bd6 17.Nh5 Nd5 18.O-O Bb7 19.e4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 O-O 21.Bg4 Qxb5 
22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.Re1 Bb4 24.Qg4 g6 25.Qg5 Bxe1 26.Qe5+ Rf6 27.Nexf6 Nc4 28.
Qxe1 gxh5 29.Bd7 1-0

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.
Be2 Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.O-O Nxb6 12.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saltaev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qb3 
dxc4 9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 b5 12.Nxb5 Bxe4 13.Nxc7 Bd5 14.Nxd5 
exd5 15.Qc2 Re8+ 16.Be2 Re6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.O-O Nc6 20.Rad1 
Qb6 21.Bd3 g6 22.b4 Nd4 23.Qd2 Rae8 {(=)} 24.Rfe1 Nb5 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.a4 
Nd6 27.a5 Qc7 28.g3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4 30.Qxd5 Rxb4 31.Qd8+ Qxd8 32.Rxd8+ 
Kg7 33.Rd7 Ra4 34.Rxa7 Kf6 35.Kg2 Ra3 36.g4 Kg5 37.f3 h5 38.gxh5 Kxh5 39.
Kg3 g5 40.a6 Kg6 41.Ra8 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 Nxe4 14.Bxg7 Rg8
15.Be5 d6 16.Qd3 f5 17.Bh5+ Kd7 18.Rad1 Rb5 19.Bf4 Rd5 20.Qh3 Bg5 21.Bxg5 
Nxg5 22.Qa3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 c5 24.h4 Ne4 25.Bf3 Qc6 26.c4 Kc7 27.Qa5+ Kb7 28.
b4 cxb4 29.Qxb4+ Ka7 30.Rd4 Rd8 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Qe1 d5 33.Qd2 Rd7 34.g3 
Ka8 35.h5 Ka7 36.h6 Ka8 37.a3 Kb7 38.a4 Kc8 39.a5 dxc4 40.Rxd7 Qxd7 41.Qc3
Qc7 42.Qh8+ Kb7 43.Qc3 e5 44.Qb4+ Ka7 45.Kf1 e3 46.fxe3 Qf7+ 47.Ke1 Ka8 
48.Qd6 Qf3 49.Qxa6+ Kb8 50.Qb5+ Ka8 51.Qa6+ Kb8 52.Qb5+ Ka7 53.Qc5+ Kb7 
54.Qxe5 Ka6 55.Kd2 Qf1 56.Qc5 Kb7 57.Qb5+ Ka7 58.Qc5+ Kb7 59.Qb6+ Ka8 60.
Qa6+ Kb8 61.Qb6+ Ka8 62.Qd8+ Kb7 63.Qd4 Kc6 64.a6 Kb5 65.a7 Qh1 66.Qb2+ 
1-0

