[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nb7 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb2 Nd8 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. c4 Qb7 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Nf4 21. Bb1 Rfe8 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxe5 N6h5 25. Ba2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxc1 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qb3+ Be6 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. Nxe6 Qb6+ 31. Bd4 Qxe6 32. Rxc1 Qxb3 33. Nxb3 Nd3+ 34. Ke3 Nxc1 35. Nxc1 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Na3 c5 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be3 N8c6 12. dxc5 Na6 13. Nb5 Nxc5 14. Qa3 b6 15. Nfd4 Be4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. f3 Bg6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qb3 a6 20. Nd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. d4 Nb4 8. Qb1 Ng5 9. Nxg5 Bxg5 10. f4 Be7 11. a3 Nc6 12. Be3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxd4 14. Qe4 c5 15. O-O-O a6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Rhd1 O-O 19. R1d3 Rb8 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qe3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. Bb3 Bc6 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Qe1 Rd4 28. Rc3 Qd8 29. g3 Kg7 30. h4 Qd5 31. Re3 Rc4 32. Nd2 Rd4 33. Nb3 Ra4 34. Kb1 Bb5 35. h5 gxh5 36. Nd2 Rd4 37. Nf3 Rc4 38. Bb3 Bc5 39. Rc3 Rxc3 40. Bxd5 Re3 41. Qc1 Bd3+ 42. Ka1 exd5 43. Qxc5 Rxf3 44. e6 Bg6 45. e7 f6 46. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Nd5 g6 21. Qh3 Rxf7 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Bh3 Bg7 25. Rgf1 Raf8 26. Ne6 Rxf1 27. Bxf1 Rf2 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qb8+ Bf8 30. Nxf8 Qxc2+ 31. Ka2 Nc6 32. Nxg6+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Rf7 34. Qb6 a5 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc2 Nb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bb5 12. Bxb5+ Qxb5 13. a4 Qb6 14. O-O Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ne4 15. Nd3 Nb4 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. Qa4 e5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 dxc3 12. dxc3 O-O 13. c4 d6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Qb3 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Bc7 19. Nc3 Qh4 20. Rfe1 Ba5 21. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Be2 c5 9. exd6 exd6 10. O-O Re8 11. f5 cxd4 12. Nd5 Nc7 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxd4 Qg5 18. Bf3 Ne6 19. Bd5 Re7 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qd4 Be6 25. b3 a6 26. a4 Rc8 27. Rd1 Bf5 28. Re1 Qc7 29. Qf6 Rf8 30. Nd4 Bc8 31. h3 Qd8 32. Re7 Qb6 33. Kh2 Qc5 34. Re4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Nxb5 Bb7 37. Rd4 Qc2 38. Rg4 Re8 39. Nxd6 Qc7 40. Rh4 Qxd6+ 41. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 d6 5. exd6 e6 6. Bg2 Bxd6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Qd3 a6 15. Re1 Bb5 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Bg2 Bxg3 21. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Qh4 Be5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Qxf6 Rh8 27. Rf1 Be5 28. Qxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 Rb8 31. Re1 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Bf6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rxa6 Rb8 35. Rb6 Ke7 36. a4 Be5 37. Rb5 Bc7 38. b4 Rd8 39. Bd5 Kd6 40. a5 Re8 41. c4 Re2 42. Rb7 h5 43. a6 Ra2 44. a7 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. d5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc5 10. Ba3 Nba6 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rde8 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. d6 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qf5 19. dxc7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Red4 Re7 23. Qa4 Qxc7 24. c5 bxc5 25. Rd6 Rf8 26. Qb5 Rf5 27. c4 h5 28. Rb1 Kd8 29. Qa6 Ref7 30. Rb7 Rxf2 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Qxa7+ Kd6 34. Qb6+ Kd7 35. Qb7+ Kd6 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Qb5+ Kd6 38. Qb6+ Kd7 39. Qb7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qg4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd4 15. Ncd6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Nxc8+ Qxc8 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 21. Kd2 Nb4 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ba2 e4 12. dxe4 Ncxe4 13. Be3 a6 14. c4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Qd3 9. Bc2 Qa6 10. d4 Nb4 11. Be4 Be6 12. a3 N4d5 13. Ng5 Nxc3 14. Nxe6 Qc4 15. bxc3 Qxe6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Bxb7 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 Rc7 21. Ba6 f6 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qb5 Bh6+ 24. Kc2 Qxb5 25. Bxb5+ Kf7 26. Rhe1 Bf4 27. g3 Bd6 28. f4 h5 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. fxg5 Bxg3 32. Re3 h4 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Bf5 Bf4 37. Re4 Bxg5 38. Rg4 Bf6 39. Be6 Bg7 40. Rf4+ Bf6 41. Rg4 Bg7 42. Rxh4 Rc6 43. Bd5 Ra6 44. Rf4+ Ke8 45. a4 Kd8 46. Rg4 Bf6 47. Bb3 Ra5 48. Kd3 Rg5 49. Re4 e5 50. d5 Rg3+ 51. Kc4 Kd7 52. a5 Rf3 53. Re2 Kc7 54. Bc2 e4 55. Bxe4 Rxc3+ 56. Kb5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Ng5 e6 7. O-O h6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. Nbd2 Kh7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Ba4 d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Bb3 b6 20. Bd5 Qd6 21. Bc4 a5 22. Rf1 Nc5 23. Ne1 Qe7 24. Ne2 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Qd2 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Rxc4 29. b3 Rc3 30. Nd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Rxa2 32. g3 Qe6 33. Rc1 Qg4 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qf3 36. Nc1 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. Nd3 e4 40. Nxb4 d3 41. Kf1 Kg6 42. Nd5 Bd4 43. h3 Kf7 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ke6 46. Nf4+ Kd6 47. Ke1 Bf6 48. Kd1 Ke5 49. Ng2 Bg5 50. b4 b5 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 c6 8. g4 Nbd7 9. h4 b5 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. h5 e5 12. Bh6 b4 13. Nd1 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 b3+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 bxa2 19. Rxa2 c5 20. Nc2 g5 21. Nde3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Rb6 23. Kc3 Be6 24. b3 Rfb8 25. Ra3 Kf8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re8 28. Re1 Ng8 29. Bd1 Nh6 30. Rf1 f6 31. Kd2 Kg7 32. Ne3 Reb8 33. Bc2 R8b7 34. Kc3 Ra7 35. Ra5 Re7 36. Kd2 Nd7 37. Raa1 Ne5 38. Ra3 Ra7 39. Ra5 Rb8 40. Ra3 a5 41. Bd1 Rf8 42. Bc2 Kh8 43. Ra4 Re8 44. Ra3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rxa4 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa3 Qd7 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Qa1 O-O 20. N2f3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 a5 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Nc4 Bb4 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Qb1 Qf4 26. f3 Bd6 27. Rxa5 Qxh2+ 28. Kf2 Bg3+ 29. Ke2 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 Qc8 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nxb5 a4 20. Bd1 Qc5 21. Nd4 Qxd5 22. Qg5 Qe5 23. f4 Qf6 24. g4 d5 25. a3 Rfb8 26. Re2 Qxg5 27. fxg5 fxg4 28. Ref2 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Nc6 30. Bxg4 Ra7 31. Bh5 Nxd4 32. Bxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Nf3+ 34. R1xf3 exf3 35. Rxf3 Rxb2 36. Rf4 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qc4+ Ke8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Ne3 15. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Kd1 Qb6 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Na4 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qb5 20. Qc3 Rg8 21. Qe3 Rg7 22. Nc3 Qb6 23. Qd3 d5 24. Na4 Qb4 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Be3 a5 21. Bd4 a4 22. Nc1 Ra5 23. g4 Rb5+ 24. Ka1 Bxg4 25. fxg4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Qxc3+ 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Ne2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 a3 31. Nc3 Rc5 32. Nb1 Rxc2 33. Nxa3 Rg2 34. Rb4 Kf7 35. Nb1 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rxb7 h4 38. Rb3 e5 39. Rh3 Rg4 40. Nc3 Rg3 41. Rxg3 hxg3 42. Kb2 d5 43. Ne2 g2 44. Kc3 Ke6 45. Kd3 d4 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. Kf3 d3 48. Kxg2 dxe2 49. Kf2 Kc5 50. Kxe2 Kb4 51. Ke3 Ka3 52. Ke4 Kxa2 53. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nc3 dxe5 9. d5 a6 10. Ba4 Nxa4 11. Qxa4 b5 12. Nxb5 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bf5 15. Kf1 g6 16. Nge2 Bg7 17. Ng3 Bc2 18. Qd2 e4 19. Ngxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxd5 21. Qd3 O-O 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Rh3 Rac8 24. Nc3 Qe6 25. Rb1 Nb5 26. Qc2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. c3 Re8 18. Re1 a6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qc4 21. Ne5 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nh5 23. Nd3 Rad8 24. Re5 Nf6 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. Bg5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Nde8 28. b4 h6 29. Bh4 Rc8 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. Re1 g6 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Nb3 Nd7 34. Bf2 Nd6 35. Nf4 Nc4 36. Nxd5 Nxb2 37. Re7 Rxc3 38. Rxd7 Rxb3 39. Bd4 Nd3 40. h4 Nxb4 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Nbd2 exf3 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Kc2 a6 16. Be4 Rc8 17. a4 h5 18. Ba3 Rh6 19. Nxf3 Rf6 20. Re3 Rf4 21. Bd5 Rd8 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Nd4 Rxf2+ 24. Kb3 Be6+ 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf7 27. Rxc6 h4 28. Rc7 h3 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Kf8 31. Re1 h2 32. Rcxe7 h1=Q 33. Rxh1 Kxe7 34. c6+ Kf7 35. c7 Rc8 36. b6 Rf6 37. Bc5 Rc6 38. b7 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 c5 7. c3 Bf5 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc8 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 a6 12. a4 Ne5 13. Ne3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. a5 Nf6 17. Nd5 Be6 18. h3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Be3 Nce5 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Nd2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. b3 Nf6 26. c4 Ned7 27. b4 Nh7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd3 Nhf6 30. Qd4 b6 31. axb6 Qxb6 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Bf1 Ra8 34. Nb3 Kf8 35. Na5 Rec8 36. f4 Rc7 37. Rad1 Nc8 38. Bg2 Na7 39. Rd2 Rb8 40. Rb1 Nd7 41. Rb3 Nb6 42. Rd4 Rbc8 43. Bf1 Rb8 44. Kf2 Nd7 45. Be2 Rd8 46. Bf3 Nf6 47. Rd1 Rdc8 48. Rd4 Nd7 49. Ke3 Rb8 50. Kd2 Rb6 51. Re4 Rb8 52. Rd4 Rb6 53. Re4 Rb8 54. Be2 Rb6 55. Bd3 Rc8 56. Re3 Nf6 57. Re1 Rcb8 58. Kc3 Rc8 59. Kb2 Rcb8 60. Ka3 Rc8 61. Bf1 Rcb8 62. Bg2 Nd7 63. Ka4 Ke8 64. Ree3 Kd8 65. Bf3 Rc8 66. Ka3 Nf8 67. h4 h5 68. g4 hxg4 69. Bxg4 Rc7 70. Rb2 e6 71. Rbe2 Ke7 72. dxe6 Nc6 73. exf7+ Kxf7 74. Nxc6 Rbxc6 75. Bf3 Rb6 76. Bd5+ Kf6 77. Re8 Nh7 78. Ka4 Kf5 79. Ka5 Rbc6 80. Bxc6 Rxc6 81. R2e7 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Nd2 Bg6 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2 e6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Be7 14. c4 N5f6 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 a5 17. c5 Qc7 18. b5 Nd5 19. b6 Qd8 20. Re1 Kf8 21. Bh3 Bf6 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Qc4 Kg8 24. Re2 Nf8 25. Rhe1 Qd7 26. Re4 Ne7 27. Kg1 Qd5 28. Qa4 Nf5 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Bf4 Ne7 31. Qc2 Rh5 32. Bc4 Nd5 33. Bd2 Rf5 34. Kg2 Rh5 35. Bc1 Qd8 36. Qb3 Qd7 37. Qd3 Rh8 38. Qc2 Nb4 39. Qb3 Nd5 40. Bd2 Qd8 41. Qb1 Qc8 42. Qc1 Bd8 43. R4e2 Nd7 44. Bd3 Bf6 45. Rh1 Nf8 46. Qb1 Qd7 47. a4 Ne7 48. Re4 Nf5 49. Be3 Ne7 50. Bc4 Nd5 51. Bd2 Qc8 52. Qe1 Bd8 53. Bxa5 Nd7 54. Bb3 N7f6 55. Re2 Ng4 56. Bd2 Nh6 57. a5 Nf5 58. Bc4 Bf6 59. Re4 Qd8 60. Qa1 Be7 61. Rd1 Nf6 62. Ree1 Nd7 63. Bg5 Bf6 64. Qa4 Nb8 65. d5 exd5 66. Bxd5 cxd5 67. Re8+ Kh7 68. Rxd8 Rxd8 69. Ne5 Bxe5 70. Bxd8 Nc6 71. Rxd5 f6 72. Bc7 Rxa5 73. Qc4 Ra3 74. Bxe5 fxe5 75. Rd3 Ra5 76. Rd7 Ra3 77. Qf7 e4 78. h5 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Nd2 c6 9. O-O e5 10. a4 a5 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Nxa5 e4 16. Nb3 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Qe5 18. c4 Rfe8 19. a5 Qh5 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Bxc5 Bxc4 22. Nd4 Nfd7 23. Bd6 c5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 cxd4 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qe4 Rf8 28. f3 d3 29. g4 Qg5 30. exd3 Ba6 31. h4 Qf6 32. Kg2 Bxd3 33. g5 Bxe4 34. gxf6 Bxf3+ 35. Kg3 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 gxf6 37. a6 Ra8 38. Ra1 Ra7 39. Kf4 Nd3+ 40. Kf5 Kg7 41. h5 h6 42. Rg1+ Kf8 43. Ra1 Nc5 44. Ra5 Nxa6 45. Kxf6 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Ra7 14. Bg5 Rd7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Qg3 e6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. c3 Qc6 21. h4 Rd8 22. h5 g5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Re3 Qe8 27. h6 Bf8 28. Bc2 Qf7 29. Bg6 f5 30. Qh5 Qd7 31. Rf3 Bb7 32. Bf7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Bd6+ 34. Rg3 Qxh5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Kf8 16. g4 Nf6 17. Rdh2 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bc4 h6 21. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 22. Rxh6 e6 23. f4 Ke7 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 a5 26. Rh7 a4 27. Rf1 Be8 28. Rf6 Ra5 29. Rxe6+ Kd8 30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Re6+ Kd8 32. Rf6 Rxe5 33. Bxf7 Ke7 34. g5 Rxg5 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bxd5 18. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Bf5 7. b3 Qc8 8. Bb2 Na6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Bf1 d5 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. e3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Qf1 Rad8 19. h3 c5 20. g4 cxd4 21. exd4 Be6 22. Nf3 f6 23. Bd2 Bf7 24. Bf4 Ne6 25. Be3 Qd6 26. c5 Qc7 27. Qb5 Rc8 28. b4 Nf8 29. Qa5 Qb8 30. g5 Ne6 31. b5 fxg5 32. Qd2 h6 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh6 Bxh6 35. Qxh6 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Nxf4 37. Bf1 Kg7 38. Re3 Kf6 39. Ne5 Be6 40. Ra3 Ra8 41. Nd3 Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. c4 c5 9. Qe3 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Qe8 12. Ba3 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qh5 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Ng3 Qg4 17. h3 Qe6 18. Nh4 Nc6 19. Nhf5 Nd4 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Qd2 b5 22. cxb5 Nxb5 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Re3 Na7 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Bc3 Ne7 28. Nh5 Qf7 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Qg4 Ng6 31. Bxf6 Qe6 32. Qg5 gxf6 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxc5 Re6 36. Red3 Qf7 37. Rxd6 Re7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. Qd2+ Kg7 40. Rd7 Ne5 41. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Be6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O b5 7. a4 Bd5 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nc3 a6 10. b3 e6 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qa4 Qc6 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nxd5 Bd6 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rb8 23. h4 Kf8 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Rc5 g6 26. g4 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rb2 28. Re5 Kg7 29. Rc5 Re7 30. Kg2 Re6 31. Kg3 Re2 32. Rb3 Ra2 33. g5 Re8 34. Rb7 a5 35. Ra7 a4 36. Rca5 Ra1 37. Rxa4 Rg1+ 38. Kh2 Rg4 39. d5 Rxa4 40. Rxa4 Rd8 41. e4 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nf5 15. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. a3 Rbd8 16. b4 Qc8 17. Qf2 Qa8 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxb6 c4 22. Bc5 Rd7 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rfb1 Rbd8 25. Bd4 e6 26. h4 Bf8 27. a4 Bc6 28. h5 gxh5 29. f5 Be4 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rf1 Bf5 32. Ng5 Re8 33. Qh4 Rg7 34. Qxh5 Be7 35. Rxa6 Qc8 36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Nxh7 Qxa6 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. exf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. c3 Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nge7 11. Rd1 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d4 13. Nb5 Be5 14. Bf4 Qb8 15. Nxd4 Bxf4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Rd8 19. Re1 Rd6 20. Re3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 bxc4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfc8 20. Kc2 Rc6 21. Kc3 Rac8 22. Be2 Bf6 23. Rhd1 Be7 24. Rd7 Bc5 25. R1d5 Bd4+ 26. Kc2 a5 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 29. Ra8 Rc5 30. Ra6 h5 31. a4 Bg1 32. Kc3 Bd4+ 33. Kc2 Bg1 34. Kc3 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. h3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bf2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nh5 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. g4 Nf6 18. Ned4 b4 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. f5 Rfd8 21. Ng5 Qc5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Ne6 Qc6 24. Qb3 d5 25. e5 Ne8 26. Nxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxb4 Rc8 28. Rc1 Ba6 29. Bh4 Qc5 30. Qf4 gxf5 31. gxf5 d4 32. Bf2 Rd8 33. Red1 Qxe5 34. Qg5 Be2 35. Rd2 d3 36. cxd3 Bxd3+ 37. Ka1 Rb8 38. Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nb6 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Bd7 14. Kb1 Bc6 15. Be3 d5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. exd5 Ba3 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Qf3 O-O 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Be4 a5 24. Nc3 a4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 axb3 27. Bxb3 Be7 28. Rhe1 Rfa8 29. Qe3 Bc5 30. Qxe5 Rxa2 31. Re4 R2a3 32. Kb2 Ra2+ 33. Kb1 R2a3 34. Kb2 R3a5 35. Rd5 Ra2+ 36. Kc3 Rc8 37. Rc4 Bb4+ 38. Kd3 Rxc4 39. Kxc4 Ra8 40. Rb5 Qd6 41. Qxd6 Bxd6 42. h3 Rc8+ 43. Kd5 Bg3 44. c4 Kf8 45. c5 Ke7 46. Ke4 h5 47. Bd5 Rc7 48. c6 h4 49. Kd4 Ra7 50. Bf3 Bc7 51. Rd5 Ra4+ 52. Kd3 Bd6 53. Rb5 Bc7 54. Be4 Ra3+ 55. Kc4 Ra4+ 56. Kd3 Ra3+ 57. Kc2 Ra4 58. Bf3 Ra5 59. Rb7 Kd6 60. Rb4 Rxf5 61. Rd4+ Kc5 62. Rxh4 g5 63. Ra4 Rf4 64. Ra7 Kd6 65. Ra1 f5 66. Rd1+ Kc5 67. Rd5+ Kb6 68. Kd3 g4 69. hxg4 fxg4 70. Be4 Kxc6 71. g3 Rxe4 72. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. e3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nf3 e6 14. dxe6 Nb6 15. g4 fxg4 16. Nh2 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Nxg4 Qxc3+ 19. Kf1 Bxe6 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Rh5 Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Ng4 Rf5 25. Ke2 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Rh1+ Kg7 28. e4 Rf4 29. f3 b5 30. Rh5 Rxg4 31. fxg4 Kf6 32. g3 a5 33. Rh6+ Ke5 34. Rg6 Kxe4 35. Rxg5 a4 36. Rf5 b4 37. Rf4+ Kd5 38. g5 Ne5 39. a3 Ng6 40. Rf3 b3 41. Kd2 Ke5 42. Rf6 Ne7 43. Rf7 Ke6 44. Rf6+ Ke5 45. Rf7 Ke6 46. Rf4 d5 47. Rxa4 d4 48. Ra6+ Kd5 49. g6 c4 50. g7 c3+ 51. Kd3 b2 52. Rb6 Kc5 53. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qe4 g6 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O Ne6 12. Qa4 h5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. h4 g5 15. d3 gxh4 16. Qxh4 Bf6 17. Qe4 Rg8 18. Qf5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 h4 20. g4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Qd2 e6 14. b3 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. f3 b5 17. cxb5 Qc5+ 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Bb2 Ne8 21. Rac1 Bh6 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Na4 Rxb5 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Rbc1 f5 26. Rc6 Be7 27. Nb2 Rb6 28. Rc2 Kf7 29. Nc4 Rc6 30. Rcd2 Rd8 31. Bb4 Kf8 32. a3 Ra6 33. g4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Kg7 35. Rd3 Rc6 36. e5 Rd7 37. exd6 Bf6 38. g5 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nfd7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nh5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. f4 Nf6 18. g4 Qa5 19. a3 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxc3 21. exf6 Rfc8 22. Kb1 Rxc2 23. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 Bd4 12. Qb3 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. Kh1 Bf5 15. Ng1 Bg7 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 d4 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Rc5 Be4 21. Re1 Re7 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Rde8 24. Kg2 a6 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 d3 28. Bc3 Nd4 29. exd3 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Nxb3 31. Rc7 b5 32. Ra7 Re6 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Nd2+ 35. Kg2 g4 36. d4 Kg7 37. h3 gxh3+ 38. Nxh3 Ne4 39. Nf4 Rc6 40. d5 Rd6 41. Rc7 Nf6 42. Rc6 Rd7 43. d6 Ne4 44. Rxa6 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Nxd6 46. Nd5 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Nc7 h5 50. f3 f5 51. f4+ Kf6 52. Kf3 Kf7 53. Kg2 Ke7 54. Kh3 Kd7 55. Nd5 Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nd5 Ne4 58. Kh4 Kd6 59. Ne3 Nxc3 60. Nxf5+ Kc5 61. Ne3 b4 62. f5 Ne4 63. Kxh5 b3 64. Nd1 Nxg3+ 65. Kg6 Nxf5 66. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O Na6 15. Kh2 Nc5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Bd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bh6 19. Kg1 Qe7 20. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Qa5 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qb3 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Ne4 21. Bxa7 Rc2 22. Ra4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxa4 24. bxa4 Nxc5 25. h4 Nxa4 26. Rd7 Rxb2 27. Rxf7 Kg8 28. Rc7 b5 29. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ward, Christopher G"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Qb6 8. Qb1 Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 O-O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 a5 14. Nbd2 Qxb1+ 15. Rxb1 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Ne5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 f6 20. Nf3 Kb8 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Kd2 e5 24. Ne2 Ka7 25. Rb2 b6 26. f3 h5 27. Bb3 Rc5 28. Nc1 h4 29. Nd3 Rcc8 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 hxg3 32. Rf1 Rhf8 33. c4 g4 34. Rbb1 Bc6 35. c5 Bxe4 36. cxb6+ Kb8 37. Ke3 Bxg2 38. Rf5 Rc3 39. Kd2 e4 40. Nc5 Rd8+ 41. Ke2 Bf3+ 42. Ke1 g2 0-1
