[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 {
Favorite line in repertoire of georgian granmasters.White gets nice 
position with chances for little, but long advantage.} ( 8.d5 $5 ) 8...d5 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bf6 12.O-O Nc6 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} 13.Be3 g6
14.Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c5]} 14...Bg7 {Ussualy Black played 14...i d6, but any 
case they have no too many chances for active game.} ( 14...Qd6 15.Rc5 Be6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 ( 16...Qxe6 17.Bb1 Rad8 18.b4 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Rd7 20.Bc2 Rc8 21.
f4 Re8 22.Bf2 Qd6 $11 {0-1 Kacheishvili,G-Bilalic,M/Wch B20 Medellin 1996 
(45)} ) 17.Qg4 ( 17.Qa4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Qf4 19.Qd7 Bxd4 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Rc2 
Rad8 22.g3 Qf3 23.Qe2 Rde8 $11 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Gomez Esteban,J/Elgoibar 
1997 (45)} ) 17...Rad8 18.Rfc1 Rf7 19.h4 e5 20.h5 e4 21.Bb1 Qd7 22.Qd1 
gxh5 23.Qxh5 Be7 24.R5c3 $14 {E-E Giorgadze,G-Zelcic,R/EU-chTM 1997 (35)} 
) ( 14...Be6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qg4 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Qf7 18.Bb5 Rac8 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 
20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.b4 Bg7 22.Rc1 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Yegiazarian,A/Erevan op
1996 (28)} ) 15.Rc5 Ne7 16.Qb3 b6 17.Rc3 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc3c7]} 17...Bf5 ( 
17...Qd6 $5 18.Rfc1 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Qxf4 20.Be3 Qd6 21.Rc7 d4 22.Bh6 Be6 23.
Qa4 Rfd8 24.h3 $44 {E-E Paramos,D-Nava,P/Spain-ch Matalascanas 1995 (48)} 
) 18.Ba6 {N/ White chances are slightly better and after} ( 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 
19.Nxd5 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Rd3 Bg7 22.Re1 Qh4 23.g3 Qh3 24.Re4 $14 {1-0 
Paramos,R-Eslon,J/Ibercaja-A 1996 (30) but Sokolov pretends for more.} ) 
18...Qd6 19.Rfc1 Be6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge7f5]} ( 19...Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Qxf4 21.
Be3 Qh4 22.Rc7 $44 ) 20.Ne2 ( 20.Rc7 $5 Nf5 21.R1c6 ( 21.Ne2 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 
Rfe8 23.R1c6 Qd8 $13 ) 21...Nxd4 $1 22.Rxd6 Nxb3 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Rf7 
25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Rd6 $14 ) 20...Nf5 21.Bf4 ( 21.Rc6 Qe7 22.Rc7 Qh4 $13 ) 
21...Qe7 22.Rc7 $2 ( 22.Qd1 $5 Qh4 23.Qd2 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc3c7]} ) 
22...Qh4 {[%csl Rd4]} 23.g3 ( 23.Be5 Nxd4 $1 24.Nxd4 ( 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.g3 
Qf6 ) 24...Bxe5 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 $17 ) 23...Qg4 24.Qd3 ( 24.f3 Nxd4
$1 $17 ) ( 24.Be5 $5 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.h3 Qe4 27.Bd3 Qe5 ) 24...Nh4 $1 
{[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge6f5,Gf5e4]} 25.Qd1 ( 25.R1c3 Bf5 26.Qd1 Be4 $19 ) 25...
Rfe8 $6 {Richardson lost chance to crashed so strong granmaster as Ivan 
Sokolov. He could easy win after} ( 25...Nf3+ $1 26.Kg2 ( 26.Kh1 Qh3 ( 
26...g5 $5 ) 27.g4 Bxg4 28.R1c3 g5 $1 29.Bg3 Nxd4 $19 ) 26...Qh3+ ( 26...
Bxd4 $5 27.Nxd4 ( 27.Ng1 Nxg1 28.Qxd4 Nf3 $40 ) 27...Qh3+ 28.Kxf3 Bg4+ 29.
Ke3 Bxd1 30.Rxd1 Rfe8+ 31.Kd2 Qxh2 32.Be3 Rxe3 $1 33.Kxe3 Re8+ 34.Kd2 
Qxf2+ 35.Ne2 $15 ) 27.Kxf3 Rfe8 28.Ke3 ( 28.Be5 Bh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6g4]} 
) 28...Bc8+ $1 29.Be5 Bxa6 30.Nf4 Qf5 $19 ) 26.Nc3 $5 {Last chance!} ( 26.
R1c3 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 Qh5 28.h4 Nxd4 $1 $19 ) 26...Nf3+ {[%tqu "En","What White
has to do now?","","","d1f3","",8]} 27.Qxf3 $1 {Great! Sokolov found way 
to capture queen in the middle of the board.} ( 27.Kh1 $2 Qh5 28.h4 Bg4 
29.Qd3 Bf5 30.Qf1 ( 30.Qd1 Re1+ 31.Qxe1 Nxe1 32.Rxe1 Qf3+ 33.Kg1 Bh3 34.
Bf1 Bxd4 $19 ) 30...Nxh4 31.gxh4 Qf3+ $19 ) 27...Qxf3 28.Be2 Qxf4 ( 28...
Qxe2 29.Nxe2 Bg4 30.Nc3 Bxd4 31.Nxd5 Bxb2 32.R1c2 $44 ) 29.gxf4 Bh6 ( 
29...Bxd4 30.Bf3 Kg7 31.Rd1 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Rac8 $15 ) 30.Bb5 ( 30.Bf3 Bxf4 
31.Nxd5 $5 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Bxc7 33.Bxa8 Bxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Rxa8 35.Rc7 $17 ) 30...
Bxf4 ( 30...Red8 31.Ne2 {[%cal Gb5c6]} ) 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Nd1 $5 Bxc1 33.
Rxc1 {Black won pawn, but it,s still not easy to win game, especially 
after knight will come to e3.} 33...Bg4 $1 34.Ne3 Bf3 35.Rc3 ( 35.Rc7 f5 
$1 36.Rxa7 f4 37.Ng2 ( 37.Nf1 Re1 $19 ) 37...Re4 $19 ) 35...Kg7 $6 {Why 
not} ( 35...Re4 36.Rd3 f5 $19 {?} ) 36.h3 ( 36.Nf5+ $5 gxf5 37.Rxf3 Kf6 
$17 ) 36...Kf6 $2 ( 36...Re4 $5 ) ( 36...h5 $5 ) 37.Kh2 Ke6 $2 ( 37...Be4 
$1 38.Kg3 Ke6 $15 ) 38.Rc6+ $1 Ke7 ( 38...Kd7 39.Rf6 Be4 40.Rxf7+ Re7 41.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 42.Kg3 Ke6 43.Kf4 $14 ) 39.Kg3 Be4 $2 ( 39...Kd7 $1 40.Rc3 Be4 
41.f3 Bf5 42.Nxd5 Kd6 $11 ) 40.Rc7+ Kf6 $6 ( 40...Ke6 $5 41.Rxa7 Rc8 $14 )
41.Rxa7 h5 42.Rb7 $18 Re6 43.f3 h4+ 44.Kg2 Bf5 45.Rxb6 $1 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Be3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e5 O-O 
9.f4 c5 10.Nf3 Nbc6 11.Bb5 Bg4 12.O-O Nf5 13.Bxc6 Nxe3 14.Qd3 Nxf1 15.Bxa8
c4 16.Qxf1 Qxa8 17.h3 Bf5 18.Qf2 Qc6 19.Re1 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Ne5 Qd6 22.
g4 Bc8 23.Qg2 Bb7 24.Nb5 Qd8 25.Nxa7 Bh4 26.Rf1 Qe8 27.g5 Qa4 28.Qg4 Qxa7 
29.Qxh4 Bc8 30.Re1 Qc7 31.Qg3 Bf5 32.Kh2 b5 33.Qe3 Kg7 34.Kg3 h5 35.gxh6+ 
Kxh6 36.Ng4+ Kg7 37.Qe5+ Qxe5 38.Rxe5 Rb8 39.Rxd5 b4 40.axb4 Rxb4 41.Rc5 
Rb8 42.d5 Rxb2 43.Rc7+ Kf8 44.d6 Re2 45.Rxc4 Rd2 46.Rc6 Rd3+ 47.Kh4 Ke8 
48.Rb6 Kf8 49.Kg5 Kg7 50.Ra6 Rd2 51.Ne3 Bxh3 52.f5 Bxf5 53.Nxf5+ gxf5 54.
Kxf5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Olsen, Heini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 
9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 Qb6 11.b3 a5 12.Be3 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.Nf5 
gxf5 16.Qxd6 Qb4 17.Bxc5 Qxc3 18.Bd4 Qb4 19.Bc5 Qc3 20.Bd4 Qb4 21.Bc5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 
Qxb2 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 d5 12.Nd1 Qa3 13.exd5 exd5 14.O-O d4 
15.Bf3 Bd7 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Nxd4 O-O-O 18.c3 Bc5 19.Nf2 Rhe8 20.Qc2 Kc7 21.
Kh1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Bxd4 23.cxd4 Be6 24.d5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Qxh7 Qb4 27.
Qe4 Rd2 28.Qxb4 Nxb4 29.Ne4 Rxa2 30.h4 Nd3 31.Rf1 f5 32.h5 Rc2 33.Ng3 Nf2+
34.Kg1 Ng4 35.Nxf5 Rc5 36.Ng3 a5 37.Re1 a4 38.Ne4 Rxh5 39.Ng5 f6 40.Ne6+ 
Kd6 41.g3 Rd5 42.Kg2 Rd2+ 43.Kh3 Nf2+ 44.Kh4 Rd1 45.Rxd1+ Nxd1 46.Nd4 Ne3 
47.g4 Kc5 48.Ne2 b5 49.g5 fxg5+ 50.fxg5 Nf5+ 51.Kh5 Ne7 52.Kh6 b4 53.Kg7 
b3 54.Kf6 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.c4 Qc7 8.Be3 
Nbd7 9.N3d2 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be2 Ne8 12.O-O b6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 
15.Nb1 Rc8 16.b3 Nc5 17.Nc3 f6 18.b4 Na6 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Qa4 Nb8 21.Rac1 Rf7
22.Rfd1 Rd7 23.c5 dxc5 24.bxc5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 bxc5 26.Ba6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 g6 2.c4 c5 3.Ne2 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nbc3 Nd7 6.Be3 Ngf6 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 Qa5 
9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne5 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Nd5 Qxd2+ 14.Rxd2 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 O-O 16.f4 Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Bxg4 hxg4 19.O-O Rac8 20.Re1 a5 21.Nf1 
Rc4 22.b3 Rb4 23.Rc2 e6 24.Rc7 Rd8 25.dxe6 Bxe6 26.Ng3 Kf8 27.f5 gxf5 28.
exf5 Bd7 29.f6 Re8 30.Rd1 Bc6 31.Rxd6 Rf4 32.Re7 Rxe7 33.fxe7+ Kxe7 34.Rd2
Ke6 35.Ne2 Rf6 36.Nd4+ Ke5 37.Nxc6+ Rxc6 38.Kf2 f5 39.g3 Ke4 40.Ke2 Rc1 
41.Kf2 b5 42.Kg2 Ke3 43.Rf2 Rc5 44.Rb2 b4 45.h4 gxh3+ 46.Kxh3 f4 47.gxf4 
Kxf4 48.Kg2 Ke3 49.a3 Kd3 50.axb4 axb4 51.Rf2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Nf3 b5 9.
Qe2 Nh5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bh6 Bf8 12.Qe3 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 b4 14.Nd1 Qe7 15.Bd3 Bg4
16.Nd2 Bxd1 17.Rxd1 Qf6 18.O-O Qf4 19.Qxf4 Nxf4 20.Nc4 Ke7 21.Rfe1 f6 22.
Bf1 g5 23.Ne3 h5 24.Ra1 Kd8 25.a3 Nd7 26.axb4 cxb4 27.Bxa6 Nc5 28.Bb5 Kc7 
29.Bc6 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 Ne2+ 31.Kf1 Nd4 32.f3 b3 33.Ra7+ Kb6 34.Rf7 Nxc6 35.
Nc4+ Ka6 36.dxc6 Rc8 37.c7 Nb7 38.Ke2 Kb5 39.Ne3 Nc5 40.Nd5 Na4 41.Rd7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6 
9.Be3 c6 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Nd4 $6 $146 ( 11.Bd4 $6 Bh6 ( 11...Ne5 $5 ) ) ( 11.
Bf4 {Kallai,G} 11...e5 $1 ( 11...Ne5 $2 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bh6 {i 14.ig7 ig7 
15.i e3 e4 16.f3i} ) 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.b3 Rd8 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Rae1 $5 d5 $1 
16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.cxd5 g5 $1 {Kallai,G-Gurevich,M/Montpellier 1993/1-0(42)} 
) 11...Bd7 12.h3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Nc7 14.Qd2 c5 15.Nf3 a6 $15 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 
16.a4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.cxb5 Rb8 $5 ( 18...Nxb5 $15 ) 19.Ra7 Nxb5 20.Nxb5
Rxb5 {[%csl Rb2] ib Black's advantage became obvious:pressure on b-file 
and on ia1-h8-white has no answer on it.Only plan for white to open the 
center by e2-e4.} 21.Rb1 Qc8 {[%cal Gf8d8,Yc8b8]} 22.Qc2 Rd8 23.Ng5 Qb8 
24.Ra2 Qb6 ( 24...Bf6 $5 25.h4 {[%cal Ge2e4]} ( 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 d5 $17
) ) 25.Ne6 $2 ( 25.e4 $1 Rb4 $1 ( 25...Rb8 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Be4 Bd7 28.Bxg6
$1 hxg6 29.Qxg6 $40 ) ( 25...Bf6 26.Ne6 Bxe6 27.dxe6 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Kg7 ( 
28...d5 29.Bxg6 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ $11 ) 29.Bd5 $1 ) 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qe2 $140 
h6 28.Ne4 {[%cal Gg3g4]} 28...g5 ) 25...Bxe6 26.dxe6 d5 27.Qa4 c4 28.Rd1 
Kf8 {[%csl Ge8]} ( 28...Bxb2 $6 29.Rxd5 Rbxd5 30.Bxd5 Be5 31.Qxc4 Bxg3 32.
e4 $1 ) 29.Qa8 Bxb2 30.Qa4 Bf6 31.Rad2 {And now Kindermann is missing the 
simple win.} 31...c3 $4 ( 31...Ra5 32.Qc2 Qxe6 $19 ) 32.Rxd5 $11 Rbxd5 33.
Bxd5 Rb8 34.Qc2 Qc5 35.Bb3 Qb5 36.Rb1 Rd8 37.Rd1 Rd2 38.Rxd2 cxd2 39.Qc8+ 
Kg7 40.Bd1 Qb1 41.Qc2 Qb4 42.Qb3 Qd6 43.Qd3 Qb4 ( 43...Qxd3 44.exd3 Bc3 
45.Kf1 Kf6 46.Bb3 Ke5 47.Ke2 $11 {[%cal Gh3h4]} ) 44.Qb3 Qa5 45.Qa4 Qb6 
46.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nc2 O-O 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 
d6 9.O-O Qa5 10.Bd2 Qh5 11.e4 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.cxd5 Ne5 15.Ne3
Nfd7 16.g4 Qh4 17.Be1 Qh6 18.f4 f6 19.g5 fxg5 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Ng4 Rxf1+ 
22.Bxf1 Qg7 23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Qe2 Nf6 25.Bg2 g4 26.Bc3 Qg5 27.e5 dxe5 28.
Bxe5 Nd7 29.Bc3 Nf8 30.Rf1 h5 31.Qe4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.a3 Nf6 8.b4 axb4 9.
axb4 O-O 10.b5 Ne7 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Nf3 h6 13.O-O Be6 14.Bb2 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Bh3 
16.Bh1 Ng4 17.d4 Qe6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Ba3 Rfe8 20.e4 f5 21.b6 c6 22.Rd6 Qf7
23.Rbd1 f4 24.Bg2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 fxg3 26.hxg3 g5 27.Rd7 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 g4 29.
Ne2 c5 30.Bxc5 gxf3 31.Ng1 Rbc8 32.Rc7 Bf8 33.Nxf3 Rxc7 34.bxc7 Nc6 35.
Bxf8 Rxf8 36.Kg2 Qxc7 37.c5+ Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "C68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.c3 
c5 9.Rd1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ne7 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.
Nc2 Nc6 16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Qb3 Qc8 18.Bg3 Bc5 19.Ne1 Bd6 20.f4 h5 21.Nf3 Bf8 
22.Bf2 Bc5 23.e5 fxe5 24.fxe5 Be7 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 c6 28.
Rd1 Rf8 29.e6 Qc7 30.Qd3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Nxc6 
dxc6 9.O-O e5 10.f3 Nd7 11.Kh1 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.b4 Ne6 15.
Qc1 a5 16.b5 Qe7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bf1 Bd7 19.Na4 Rab8 20.Qc3 Nd4 21.Nb6 Qb4 
22.Qxb4 axb4 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.c5 Be6 25.Bc4 Rxb6 26.Bxe6 Rb5 27.Bb3 Rxc5 
28.f4 exf4 29.Rd2 Rc3 30.Rf1 g5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 cxd4 {A somewhat premature 
exchange.} ( {More flexible is} 5...b6 ) 6.exd4 Qc7 $6 {Black ignores 
development.} ( 6...O-O 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O a5 9.Re1 b6 10.c3 Ba6 11.Bc2 Nbd7 
12.a4 Rb8 13.Nf1 b5 14.axb5 Bxb5 15.Bc1 Qc7 16.Ne3 Rfc8 17.h3 Ra8 18.Bd2 
Bc6 19.Ng4 Qb7 20.Bc1 Be4 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Bxe4 Nxe4 23.Re2 Nf6 24.Bg5 Qb5
25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Ra4 Rab8 27.Ra2 Ra8 $11 {E,Averkin,O-Tzoumbas,A/Aegina 
op/1995/} ) ( 6...d6 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O ( 9.Ne4 Bb7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.
Qe2 Rc8 12.Ba6 Bxa6 13.Qxa6 d5 14.Ng3 O-O 15.Qe2 Kh8 16.O-O Rg8 17.a4 a5 
18.Ne1 Bd6 19.Nd3 f5 20.f4 Nf6 21.Ne5 Rc7 22.Rf3 Ne4 $15 {
Kagan,N-Solomon,S/AUS-ch Melbourne/1991/} ) ( 9.Nc4 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O 
O-O 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Nf8 14.Bc1 Nd5 15.Ng5 $6 b5 16.Na3 b4 17.cxb4 
Nxb4 18.Qh5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Qa5 $15 {Torre 
Repetto,C-Lasker,E/Moscow/1925/} ) 9...Bb7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Ne1 Re8 12.f4 e5 
$5 13.Nc2 e4 14.Bb5 a6 15.Ba4 b5 16.Bb3 Nb6 17.Ne3 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qh5 
d5 20.Rae1 Nc4 $13 {Bobrowska,M-Bojkovic,N/Erevan olw/1996/} ) ( 6...b6 $5
7.c3 O-O 8.Bd3 Ba6 $1 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nc7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.a4 d6 13.O-O 
g6 14.g3 $11 {E,Seirawan,Y-Sax,G/Rotterdam WCup/1989/} ) 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O 
Bb7 9.Re1 d6 10.c4 $32 O-O 11.Rc1 Re8 $6 ( 11...Nbd7 $142 12.d5 Nc5 13.Bb1
$36 ) 12.d5 $1 {The beginning of a forceful plan, which yields White 
strong i pressure.} 12...e5 $8 ( 12...exd5 $2 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd4 $18 ) 
13.Nd4 $1 Nbd7 ( 13...exd4 14.Bxf6 Na6 ( 14...gxf6 15.Qh5 f5 16.Bxf5 Kg7 
17.Qxh7+ Kf6 18.Ne4+ Ke5 19.Ng3+ Kf4 20.Re4+ Kg5 21.Qh4# ) 15.Bxd4 $16 ) (
13...g6 14.Qf3 ( 14.Nf5 $5 gxf5 15.Bxf5 Nbd7 16.Rc3 $40 ) 14...Nbd7 15.Nc6
$16 ) 14.Nf5 Bd8 ( 14...Bf8 15.Qf3 $36 ) 15.Qf3 Bc8 16.Rc3 {White's piece 
play against Black's i is very dangerous.} ( 16.Bb1 $5 $36 ) ( 16.Qg3 Nc5 
17.Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 18.Bxf6+ Kxf6 19.Qh4+ Kg7 20.Qxh7+ $44 Kf8 21.Qh6+ Ke7 22.
Bb1 $44 {[%cal Rf2f4,Rb2b4,Yh6g7,Yh2h8] if4,b4,i g7,ih} ) 16...e4 $2 {An 
attempt to confuse White, which unexpectedly works.} ( 16...Nc5 $142 $14 )
17.Qg3 $2 {White panics.} ( 17.Nxe4 $143 Ne5 18.Qh3 $142 $1 ( 18.Nxf6+ 
Bxf6 19.Rxe5 ( 19.Qg3 Nf3+ $19 ) 19...Bxe5 $15 ) ( 18.Qg3 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 
Bxf5 20.Bxd8 Raxd8 21.Bxf5 Nf3+ $19 ) 18...Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nxd3 20.Bxf6 $1 ( 
20.Rxd3 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxd8 Qxc4 $19 ) 20...Bxf6 $1 ( 20...Nxe1 21.
Qg5 Bxf6 ( 21...g6 $2 22.Qh6 $18 ) 22.Nxf6+ Kf8 ( 22...Kh8 23.Rg3 Rg8 24.
Nxh7 $1 f6 25.Qh4 $18 ) 23.Nxh7+ $11 Kg8 24.Nf6+ Kf8 25.Rh3 Re5 26.Nd7+ 
Kg8 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Qh5 $18 ) 21.Rxd3 Bxb2 22.Rde3 Re5 23.Ng5 g6 $11 ) ( 
17.Bxe4 $142 $1 Ne5 18.Qg3 $5 ( 18.Qh3 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 $40 ) 18...Nxe4 19.
Bxd8 Nxg3 20.Nh6+ $1 gxh6 ( 20...Kh8 21.Bxc7 ) 21.Rxg3+ Kf8 22.Bxc7 $18 ) 
17...exd3 18.Rcc1 {[%cal Rg5f6] iif6+-} 18...Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Nf8 $4 {The 
final blunder, now the attack breaks through after all.} ( {The right move
was} 19...Ne5 20.Nxg7 ( 20.Nh6+ Kf8 $19 ) ( 20.Bh6 Nh5 21.Qh3 g6 $19 ) 
20...Kxg7 21.Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.Ne4+ Ke7 ( 22...Kf5 $2 23.Qg7 $18 {i} ) 23.Qg5+
Kf8 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Nxd6 ( 25.Re3 Bf5 $19 ) 25...d2 $19 ) 20.Nxg7 $1 $40 {
And Black is in big trouble again!} 20...Kxg7 $6 {Should have led to mate,
but the alternatives are also dreary.} ( 20...Ng6 21.Ne8 Nh5 22.Nxc7 Nxg3 
23.Re8+ Kg7 24.Rxd8 $18 ) ( 20...Ng4 21.Ne8 Qd7 22.Bxd8 Qxd8 23.f3 $18 ) (
20...Kh8 21.Ne8 Nxe8 22.Rxe8 Bxg5 23.Qxg5 Bb7 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Re7 $18 ) 21.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.Ne4+ Ke7 ( 22...Kf5 23.Qg7 $5 ( 23.Nxd6+ $18 ) 23...Bh4 ( 
23...Ng6 24.Ng3+ Kg5 25.h4+ Kxh4 26.Qh6+ Kg4 27.Re4+ $18 ) 24.g4+ Kf4 25.
Qh6+ Kxg4 26.f3+ Kxf3 27.Rf1+ Kg4 ( 27...Kxe4 28.Qf4# ) 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.
Rf4# ) 23.Qg5+ Kd7 ( 23...f6 24.Qg7+ Ke8 25.Nxd6# ) ( 23...Ke8 24.Nf6# ) 
24.Qf5+ Ke7 ( 24...Ne6 25.Qxf7+ Be7 26.Nf6+ $18 ) 25.Qf6+ $2 ( {Simpler 
was} 25.Ng5+ Be6 26.Qxf7# ) 25...Ke8 26.Nxd6+ Kd7 27.Qxf7+ Kxd6 28.Qxf8+ 
Qe7 $8 ( 28...Kd7 29.Qf5+ Kd6 30.Qe5+ Kc5 ( 30...Kd7 31.Qe6# ) 31.d6+ $18 
) ( 28...Be7 29.Qf4+ Kd7 30.Rxe7+ $18 ) 29.Rxe7 Bxe7 30.Qf4+ Kd7 31.Qf5+ 
Kd6 ( 31...Kd8 $142 32.Qxd3 $18 ) 32.Qxd3 $18 {[%csl Rd6] With a mobile i 
+4i against Black's undeveloped forces and weak i the game is over.In fact
its difficult to find a move which doesn't lose immediately.} 32...Bb7 ( 
32...Kd7 33.Qxh7 $18 ) ( 32...Ba6 $2 33.Qa3+ ) ( 32...Bd7 $2 33.Qg3+ Kc5 
34.Qc7+ ) 33.Qg3+ Kd7 34.Qg4+ Ke8 $6 ( 34...Kc7 35.Qe6 Bd6 36.Qf7+ Kc8 37.
Qxh7 $18 ) 35.Qg8+ Bf8 ( 35...Kd7 36.Qe6+ Kd8 37.d6 Bf8 38.Qf7 $18 ) 36.
Qe6+ Kd8 37.Qf7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A24"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 Re8 8.Bd2 c6 
9.Qc1 d5 10.Bg5 dxc4 11.dxc4 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.h3 Nc5 14.Qe3 Nfd7 15.Bh6 
Bh8 16.Ng5 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Ne4 Nf6 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Nd6 Re7 21.a4 a5 22.
Ra3 Be6 23.Rd3 Nd7 24.Qe3 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.f4 f6 27.Rb3 Rb8 28.Qa7 exf4
29.gxf4 Nf8 30.e4 Rd7 31.e5 fxe5 32.fxe5 Bxc4 33.Rc3 Bg8 34.Qd4 Ne6 35.
Ne8+ Rxe8 36.Qxd7+ Re7 37.Qxc7 Nxc7 38.Rc5 Nd5 39.Rxa5 Rxe5 40.Bxd5 Bxd5 
41.Ra7 Re7 42.a5 Bc4 43.Rc1 Bb5 44.a6 Bxa6 45.Rxc6 Bd3 46.Rc3 Bb5 47.Ra1 
Bc6 48.Rc2 Re3 49.Kh2 h5 50.Rg1 Kh6 51.Rg3 Re5 52.Rg1 h4 53.Rg4 g5 54.Rgc4
Re6 55.Rc5 Rd6 56.R5c3 Kh5 57.Rc5 Kg6 58.R5c3 Kf6 59.Rf2+ Ke7 60.Re3+ Kd8 
61.Ree2 Kc7 62.Rd2 Rg6 63.Rf5 g4 64.hxg4 Rxg4 65.Kh3 Rb4 66.Rf7+ Kb6 67.
Rh7 Rf4 68.Rxh4 Rf3+ 69.Kg4 Rf1 70.Kg5 Kb5 71.Rf4 Re1 72.Kf6 Re8 73.Rff2 
Kc5 74.Rc2+ Kb6 75.Rfe2 Rd8 76.Ke5 Rd5+ 77.Ke4 Rh5+ 78.Kd4 Rh4+ 79.Ke3 
Re4+ 80.Kd3 Rh4 81.Re3 Rh1 82.Kc3 Rh4 83.Rd2 Rh1 84.Rd4 Rc1+ 85.Kb3 Rh1 
86.Rc4 Rh2 87.Kb4 Rh5 88.Rg3 Rh1 89.Rb3 Rh5 90.Rf4 Kc7 91.Rf7+ Kb6 92.Kc4+
Ka7 93.Ra3+ Kb6 94.Rf4 Rc5+ 95.Kd3 Rh5 96.Rc3 Rh3+ 97.Kc4 Rh5 98.b4 Rg5 
99.Rh3 Bd5+ 100.Kc3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Qa5 12.Bf4 Rfe8 13.Rfc1 Rac8 ( 13...Nh5 14.Be3
e5 15.d5 Nf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Na2 Bh5 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 20.Qd2 {E-E
Christiansen,L-Smyslov,V/Portoroz/Ljubljana 1985} ) 14.Na2 Bf8 15.h3 c5 
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Rc4 Bf8 18.Rac1 Rxc4 19.Rxc4 e5 20.Be3 Nb8 $2 {Der 
Springer erhaelt den ersehnten Stuetzpunkt auf c6 nicht.} ( 20...b5 $5 21.
Bd2 Qa6 {ist zum Ausgleich ausreichend.} ) 21.Bd2 Qd8 22.b4 Nfd7 ( 22...
Nc6 23.Bc3 $16 ) 23.Be3 a6 24.Qc2 Bd6 25.b5 f6 26.Rc3 Bf7 27.Bc4 Qe7 ( 
27...Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Nf8 {sieht sinnvoller aus.} ) 28.Nd2 Be6 ( 28...Nf8 $5 )
29.Rd3 Nf8 30.Nc3 Bxc4 $2 31.Nxc4 Bc5 32.Nd5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Briem, Stefan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C34"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 ( 4.d4 $142 ) 4...Be6 $1 5.Bxe6 fxe6 6.d4
Qf6 7.e5 ( 7.O-O e5 $15 ) 7...dxe5 ( 7...Qf5 8.O-O g5 9.Nxg5 ( 9.Nc3 Ne7 (
9...Nc6 10.b4 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bxb4 13.Nb5 Ba5 14.Qh5+ Qg6 15.Qf3
Ne7 16.Ba3 Nc6 17.Rab1 Bb6+ 18.Kh1 O-O-O 19.Rb3 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Bc5 
Rd5 {0-1 Schulz,M-Tiemann,H/DDR-ch15 corr 1990/CR97-90} ) 10.Nb5 Na6 11.
Nxg5 Qxg5 12.Bxf4 Qg6 {Grudsky-Konson/Leningrad 1986} ) 9...Qxg5 10.Rxf4 
Qg7 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rg4 Qf7 14.Qh4+ Kd7 15.Bg5 dxe5 16.Rf1 Qe8 
17.Ne4 Nxd4 18.Bf6 Be7 19.Rg7 Qf8 20.Qh5 Nxf6 21.Nxf6+ Kc8 22.Rf7 Qd8 23.
Qxe5 Qd6 24.Qe4 Nc6 25.Nxh7 Qd5 26.Qxd5 exd5 27.R1f5 Bc5+ 28.Kf1 Bd6 29.g4
Bxh2 30.g5 Nd8 31.g6 Nxf7 32.g7 Rg8 33.Rxf7 Be5 34.Rf8+ Kd7 35.Rxa8 Rxa8 
36.Nf8+ Ke7 37.g8=N+ {0-1 Buecker,P-Mephisto Portorose 68030/Dortmund-C 
1990} ) 8.dxe5 Qf5 9.Qd3 $6 $146 ( 9.Qd4 g5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qa4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 
O-O-O 13.Qc4 Bb6 14.Nxg5 $2 Qxg5 15.Qxe6+ Kb8 16.Na3 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Nxe5 18.
Bxf4 Ng6 {0-1 Kasner-Leisebein,P/corr 1985} ) 9...Qxd3 10.cxd3 Nc6 11.Bxf4
{Wei@e hat den geopferten Bauern zurueckgewonnen. Die wei@ckgewonnen. e 
Bauerstruktur ist aber wesentlich schwaecher (man beachte Bauernschwaeche 
auf d3 und e5).} 11...Nb4 $1 12.Kd2 Rd8 ( 12...O-O-O 13.d4 c5 $6 14.Rc1 ) 
13.Ne1 ( 13.d4 c5 $17 ) 13...Bc5 {iif2} 14.Nc3 $6 ( 14.Rf1 $1 Ne7 15.Nc3 )
14...Bf2 $17 15.Bg5 Ne7 16.Nf3 Bb6 ( 16...Nxd3 17.Ke2 Bb6 {ist 
Zugumstellung.} ) ( 16...Rxd3+ $6 17.Ke2 Bd4 18.a3 ( 18.Bd2 Rxf3 19.gxf3 
Bxe5 $13 ) 18...Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nbd5 $13 ) 17.Ke2 ( 17.Ne1 Rf8 {ii f2} ) 
17...Nxd3 18.b3 Rf8 19.Rad1 Nf4+ 20.Bxf4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxf4 22.g3 Rf5 23.g4
Rf4 24.h3 Nc6 25.Rd3 Ke7 26.a3 Nd4+ $19 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Nb5 Bb6 29.Nc3 h5 
30.gxh5 Rf5 31.Rg3 Rxe5+ 32.Kd3 Kf7 33.Ne4 Rd5+ 34.Kc2 Rxh5 35.Ng5+ Kf6 
36.Ne4+ Kf5 37.Nd2 g5 38.Rf3+ Kg6 39.Ne4 Bd4 40.Kd3 Bg7 41.Nc5 g4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "E08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Rd1 Ne4
9.b3 f5 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 f4 12.Nb1 fxg3 13.hxg3 Qf6 14.Nc3 Qf5 15.Rac1 
Ndf6 16.Rf1 Qh5 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Ne5 Ng5 19.f4 Nf7 20.Bf3 Qh3 21.Kf2 Nxe5 
22.dxe5 Qh6 23.Rh1 Qg6 24.e4 dxc4 25.Qxc4 Qe8 26.Rcd1 Qe7 27.Rd6 Kh8 28.
Qd4 b6 29.Rxc6 Qa3 30.Rc2 Ba6 31.Qd6 Qa5 32.Qxe6 Bd3 33.Qg6 h6 34.Rc7 Qd2+
35.Kg1 Qe1+ 36.Kg2 Qd2+ 37.Kh3 Rg8 38.Kg4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
Be6 9.Be3 O-O 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.
f3 Rfd8 16.Qe1 Rxd1 17.Nxd1 c4 18.Rb1 h6 19.b4 cxb3 20.cxb3 Qc2 21.Rb2 Qc6
22.Bc4 Bxc4 23.bxc4 Rc7 24.Bb6 Rd7 25.Ne3 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Qc3 Nh5 28.
g3 { A sharp conclusion to an easily won ending with queen and passed 
pawn versus rook and knight. Tactical means: pin and knight fork.  
Pointierte Abwicklung in ein leicht gewonnenes Endspiel mit Dame plus 
Freibauer gegen Turm plus Springer. Taktische Mittel: Fesselung und 
Springergabel.} 28...Nf4 $1 29.Rd2 $2 ( 29.gxf4 $142 exf4 30.Kf2 ( 30.Re2 
fxe3 31.Rxe3 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Qg5 {[%cal Rg5g1]} 33.Re1 Rd2+ 34.Re2 Qh4+ 35.Ke3
Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Qxh2+ $17 ) 30...fxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Qxa5 $17 ) 29...Rd3 $3 30.
Rxd3 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxc3 32.Rxc3 Qxa5 $19 33.Rc2 Qa1 34.Ke2 a5 35.Nd1 a4 36.
Nc3 a3 37.Na2 {White has defended the queenside in a makeshift fashion; 
now he is defeated on the other side. Den Damenfluegel hat Wei@fluegel 
notduerftig verteidigt, nun geht es ihm auf der anderen Seite an den 
Kragen.} 37...Qg1 38.Kd3 ( 38.g4 Qg2+ ) 38...Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "D70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.f4 c5 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Nxf3 14.gxf3 Qe7 15.
h4 Bd7 16.h5 Rac8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh6 g5 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Kb1 a6 21.Qc2 c4 22.
Bh3 Bxh3 23.Rxh3 Qb4 24.Rhh1 Nd7 25.d6 Kh8 26.h6 b5 27.Nd5 Qa5 28.f4 gxf4 
29.Rhg1 f5 30.Ne7 Rf8 31.Qg2 Qd8 32.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O g6 6.c3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.d4
e5 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 h6 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Rd3 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 f5 16.Nc3 e4 17.Bf4 Qf7 18.Rd2 exf3 19.Qxf3 Ne5 20.Qe2 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 
Nxc4 22.Qd5 Bxc3 23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.bxc3 g5 25.Be3 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Rd8 27.Rb1 
b6 28.Rb3 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 $6 ( 7.
Nf3 Bg7 8.Qb3 O-O 9.Bc4 a6 ( 9...Nc5 10.Qa3 Nce4 11.O-O Nd6 12.Qb3 Bf5 13.
Re1 {E-E Tkachiev,V-Adianto,U/Biel 1995/CBM 49} ) ( 9...Nb6 10.d3 Ne8 11.
h3 $14 {1-0 Boidman,Y-Starke,R/Nuernberg Weilburg op 1996/EXT 96op2 (26)} 
) 10.a4 b6 11.d4 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.O-O Rac8 $44 {E-E 
Kazhgaleyev,M-Hellsten,J/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (50)} ) ( 7.g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9.Nge2 Nc5 ( 9...e6 10.O-O Nb6 $11 {Szabo,L-Eliskases,E/Mar del 
Plata 1948/MCD-r4/E-E (51)} ) ( 9...Nb6 $5 ) 10.Qc4 b6 11.b4 Ba6 12.b5 Bb7
13.d4 $14 {E-E Vescovi,G-Rappa,D/Mar del Plata op 1994/EXT 94op (26)} ) 
7...Bg7 8.Nh3 $6 O-O 9.Nf4 Nb6 10.Qb3 {normalerweise ist Wei@lerweise in 
dieser Stellung am Zug (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Sf6 5.Sc3 g6 
6.Db3 Lg7 7.cxd5 0-0 8.Sge2 Sbd7 9.Sf4 Sb6)...} 10...h6 11.h4 Bf5 12.Be2 
a5 13.a4 Qd6 14.Bf3 Qb4 15.Qd1 Ne4 16.Ra3 $6 Bxd4 17.O-O Bxc3 ( 17...Nxc3 
$2 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Rb3 Qd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Ne2 Bc5 22.Bxh6 $132 ) 18.Rb3 
Qd6 19.bxc3 Nc5 20.Ba3 Rfc8 ( 20...Nbxa4 $5 {(Fritz4)} ) 21.Rb5 Bd7 ( {
auch nach} 21...Qxf4 22.Rxb6 Nxa4 23.Rxb7 {ist es nicht ganz klar, wie 
gro@ der schwarze Vorteil ist.} ) 22.Nd3 Bxb5 23.axb5 Nc4 ( 23...Nbd7 {kam
stark in Betracht.} ) 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Nxc5 Qxc5 26.Qc1 Kg7 27.Qf4 Rc8 ( 
27...Qxb5 $5 28.Qd4+ ( 28.Be2 Rc8 ) 28...Kg8 29.Re1 ( 29.Qf4 Qc5 30.Qxh6 
Ne5 ) 29...Nd6 {und in allen Faellen duerfte Wei@te keine volle 
Kompensation besitzen.} ) 28.Re1 Qd6 29.Qd4+ $2 ( 29.Qe4 $1 ) 29...Qf6 $1 
30.Rxe7 Qxd4 31.cxd4 Nd6 $1 {was fuer ein Ro@ !} 32.Rd7 $2 ( 32.Re1 Nxb5 
33.Rb1 $17 ) ( 32.Be2 a4 33.Re3 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 Re1 $19 ) 32...a4 $1 33.Re7 ( 
33.Rxd6 $2 a3 $1 $19 ) 33...Rc1+ ( 33...a3 34.Re2 Nxb5 $19 ) 34.Kh2 Kf6 $2
( 34...a3 35.Re2 Nxb5 36.Ra2 Rc3 $19 ) 35.Re2 $2 ( 35.Rd7 $1 Nxb5 36.Rxb7 
Nxd4 ( 36...a3 37.Rb6+ Ke7 38.Ra6 ) 37.Ra7 {und mir ist nicht klar, ob 
Schwarz gewinnen kann.} ) 35...Nxb5 36.Ra2 a3 37.d6 Rc3 38.d7 Ke7 39.h5 $2
( 39.Bxb7 Kxd7 40.Ba6 Nc7 $17 ) 39...Nd6 40.Bg4 gxh5 41.Bh3 $6 f5 42.Kg1 
b5 43.Kf1 b4 44.Ke2 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bxf6 Nxf6 6.e4 c6 7.Bd3 g5 8.c3 
Bg7 9.Qc2 Be6 10.h4 g4 11.Ng1 h5 12.Ne2 Bh6 13.Nf1 c5 14.d5 Bd7 15.Ne3 b5 
16.Ng3 Bf4 17.Qe2 Rb8 18.O-O Kf8 19.Qd2 e6 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.Ne2 Bh6 22.Qd1 
g3 23.Qe1 Nd7 24.Nxg3 Ne5 25.Be2 Bxe3 26.fxe3 Qxh4 27.Rf4 Qg5 28.Qf2 h4 
29.Nf5 h3 30.g3 b4 31.c4 Bxf5 32.Rxf5 Qg7 33.Kh2 Ke7 34.Rd1 Rh6 35.Qf4 Rg8
36.b3 Rg6 37.g4 Rh8 38.a3 a5 39.axb4 axb4 40.Ra1 Nf3+ 41.Qxf3 Qxa1 42.e5 
Kd8 43.Qb7 Qb2 44.Qa8+ Ke7 45.Qb7+ Kd8 46.Qb8+ Ke7 47.Qc7+ Ke8 48.Qc8+ Ke7
49.Qc7+ Ke8 50.Qxf7+ Kd8 51.e6 Qxe2+ 52.Rf2 Qxf2+ 53.Qxf2 Rxe6 54.Qf7 Rhe8
55.Qb7 Rxe3 56.g5 Rf8 57.Qb6+ Ke7 58.Qb7+ Ke8 59.Qb8+ Ke7 60.Qb7+ Ke6 61.
Qd5+ Kd7 62.Qb7+ Ke8 63.Qb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Kjartansson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
a6 9.a4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Bf1 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nc5 16.b3 Bxd5 17.Nb5 axb5 18.Qxd5 e6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 bxa4 21.
bxa4 Nxa4 22.Bb5 Rec8 23.Bd7 Rcb8 24.Bc6 Ra5 25.h4 Nc5 26.Red1 h6 27.Bf4 
e5 28.Be3 Ne6 29.Bd5 Nd4 30.Rd7 Rf8 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Rd3 Bf6 33.Rf3 Kg7 34.
g4 Rxd5 35.Rxd5 Bxh4 36.Rxd4 Rc8 37.c4 Rc6 38.Kf1 Re6 39.Re3 Rf6 40.f3 Bg5
41.Rb3 Bf4 42.Ke2 g5 43.Rb5 Kg6 44.Rd7 Re6+ 45.Kd3 Be3 46.Rf5 f6 47.Rfd5 
Bc5 48.Rc7 Re8 49.Rdd7 Rg8 50.Ke4 Re8+ 51.Kd5 Rg8 52.Rf7 Rd8+ 53.Rfd7 Rg8 
54.Rc6 Re8 55.Re6 Rf8 56.Ke4 Rc8 57.Rb7 Rd8 58.Rc6 Rd4+ 59.Ke3 Rd6+ 60.
Rxc5 bxc5 61.Rc7 Re6+ 62.Kf2 Re5 63.Rc6 Kf7 64.Rc7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.e4 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.dxc5 Qa5+ 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Qxa5 Nxa5 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Ne2 e6 13.Rd4 f5 14.Rhd1 
Be7 15.Rc4 Bd7 16.Nd4 Rc8 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Bxa7 Kf7 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rd7 
Rhd8 21.Rcd4 Ke8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Bc5 Bc7 24.h3 g5 25.Kd1 h5 26.Ke2 g4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Black "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[ECO "A94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d5 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3 Nbd7 
9.Qc1 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Na3 Ndf6 12.Nc2 Bd7 13.Nce1 Be8 14.Nd3 Bh5 15.c5
Nd7 16.b4 Bxf3 17.exf3 Ng5 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Qb2 Qh6 20.Nf4 Rfe8 21.b5 Rab8 
22.Rab1 Qf6 23.Re3 e5 24.dxe5 Qf8 25.e6 Nxc5 26.e7 Rxe7 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.
bxc6 Qd6 29.Qd4 Qxc6 30.Nxd5 Re8 31.f4 Nge4 32.Ne3 Qe6 33.Bf1 Kh8 34.Bc4 
Qc8 35.Rd1 Nf6 36.Bb5 Rf8 37.Qe5 a6 38.Bc4 b5 39.Bf1 Nfd7 40.Qd6 Rf6 41.
Qd5 Qf8 42.Bh3 g6 43.Bg2 h6 44.Qd4 Kh7 45.Nd5 Rf7 46.Re1 Qb8 47.Nb4 Qf8 
48.Nc6 g5 49.Bd5 Rg7 50.fxg5 hxg5 51.h4 Qf6 52.hxg5 Qxg5 53.Re2 Qg6 54.Ne5
Nxe5 55.Qxe5 Nd7 56.Qe8 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.e3 Na5 6.Nf3 ( 6.Bd2 c6 7.Nf3 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9.Qf3 Nf6 10.Qf4 Nb3 11.Rd1 e6 12.Be2 Bd6 13.O-O Nxd2 14.Rxd2 O-O 
$17 {Morena,W-Dunkelblum,A/Amsterdam olm 1954/0-1 (63)} ) 6...Bg4 ( 6...c6
7.Ne5 Be6 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Bf3 Nd5 10.Ne4 f6 11.Nc5 Bg8 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 hxg6
14.Bxg6+ Bf7 15.Qg4 b6 16.Ne6 Qc8 17.f4 Bxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kd7 19.Qf5 Kd6 $19 {
0-1 Jankovits,I-Tivolt,F/Zalaegerszeg 1959 (33)} ) 7.Bd2 e6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Bb4 $1 $146 ( 9...c6 10.Rd1 Nf6 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O Qc7 ( 12...O-O 13.
Ne4 b5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qg3 Nb3 16.Bc3 Qe7 17.e4 b4 18.Be1 Nxd4 $17 {0-1 
Prihastomo,I-Ardiansyah,H/World Cities 1997 (28)} ) 13.e4 O-O 14.e5 Nd5 
15.Ne4 b5 16.Qg4 Rfb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.h4 $44 {1-0 Flear,C-Renaudin,J/Val 
Maubuee op 1989 (43)} ) 10.Ne4 ( 10.Qg3 $5 Nf6 $1 ( 10...Kf8 11.Ne4 Qe7 
12.Bc3 Nh6 13.Be2 $44 {[%csl Rf8]} ) 11.Qxg7 Rg8 12.Qh6 Qe7 ( 12...c5 13.
dxc5 ) 13.Rd1 O-O-O $36 ) 10...Qe7 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 11.Be2 ( 11.Qg3 f5 12.
Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13.Nd2 O-O-O $32 ) 11...f5 $1 12.Nc3 ( 12.Nc5 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 
Nb3+ 14.Nxb3 Qb4+ 15.Kc1 cxb3 $17 {[%csl Rc1]} ) 12...Nf6 13.O-O O-O $17 {
The white have no compensation for sacrificing pawn.} 14.Rad1 Rad8 {[%cal 
Yc7c5]} 15.Na2 Bxd2 16.Rxd2 Ne4 17.Rc2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qf4 ( 19.Nc3 
$142 Nb3 $5 ( 19...Nxc3 20.bxc3 e5 $17 ) ( 19...Ng5 20.Qf4 b4 21.Nd1 Ne4 
22.f3 $132 ) 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Qxe4 c5 22.Rd1 cxd4 23.exd4 Qf6 $17 ) 19...c5
$19 20.f3 cxd4 $1 21.fxe4 ( 21.exd4 Nf6 $19 ) 21...d3 22.Bxd3 cxd3 ( 22...
Rxd3 $5 23.Nc1 ( 23.Qe5 Rxe3 24.Qxb5 Qa7 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf8b8,Ye3e4,Ya7g1]}
) 23...Rdd8 24.Qe5 Qd7 $19 ) 23.Rc7 Qd6 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.exf5 Nc4 $1 {[%cal
Yc4e3,Yd3d1]} 26.Nc3 ( 26.fxe6 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Nxe3+ 28.Kg1 Kf8 $1 $19 {
[%cal Yd3d1]} ) 26...Nxe3 27.Ra1 exf5 28.Kf2 ( 28.Raa7 Rg6 29.Kf2 f4 $19 )
28...f4 29.Nxb5 Rb6 ( 29...Rg6 $19 ) 30.Raa7 Rg6 $1 $19 31.g4 d2 32.Nc3 
d1=Q 33.Nxd1 Nxd1+ 34.Kf3 Nxb2 35.Rc3 Nd1 36.Rd3 Ne3 37.Rdd7 Nc4 38.Rd4 
Ne5+ 39.Kf2 f3 40.Rd5 Re6 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 
9.e5 Nh5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.O-O Re8 13.Kh1 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16.g4 Ng7 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Bh6 Qd8 19.Qf3 Rf8 20.Ne4 Nd7 21.Qc3 f6 
22.g5 Rf7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.gxf6+ Kg8 25.d6 h6 26.Qg3 Kh7 27.Qh4 Kg8 28.Qxh6
Nf8 29.Rf4 Rh7 30.Qg5 Rh5 31.Qg2 Kh8 32.Ng5 Qd7 33.Re1 Re8 34.Re7 Qb5 35.
a4 Qb3 36.Rxe8 Qd1+ 37.Rf1 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.d4 dxe5 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.c3 O-O-O+ 
8.Nd2 f6 9.Ke1 fxe5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.e4 Bg6 12.Bb5 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ngf3 
Bc5 15.Nh4 Bh7 16.Ke2 Ne7 17.Bd3 Ng6 18.Nxg6 Bxg6 19.g4 h5 20.h3 Bf7 21.b4
Be7 22.Nf3 Be6 23.g5 fxg5 24.Nxe5 Bf6 25.Ng6 Rhe8 26.e5 Bd7 27.Kf2 Bxe5 
28.Nxe5 Rxe5 29.Rad1 Rf8+ 30.Kg1 Re3 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.f4 d6 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nd7 12.f5 Nde5 13.f6 Bd8 14.fxg7 Kxg7 15.Nf3 
Qa5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Bd3 Bb6 18.Qf3 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qb4 20.Qh3 Qe7 21.Qh6+ 
Kh8 22.Rf6 Rg8 23.Raf1 Rg7 24.Qh5 Bd7 25.Kh1 Rf8 26.a3 Be8 27.Nd1 Rfg8 28.
h4 Nb8 29.Ne3 Nd7 30.Qe2 Rg6 31.Rxg6 Rxg6 32.Ng4 f6 33.gxf6 Nxf6 34.Nxf6 
Rxf6 35.Rxf6 Qxf6 36.Qg4 Qh6 37.Kg2 Bh5 38.Qg5 Qxg5+ 39.hxg5 Kg7 40.Bc4 
Bd1 41.c3 Kg6 42.Bxe6 b6 43.Bf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nxd4 
O-O 9.Bc4 Nf4 10.Qg4 Qh4 11.Qg3 d5 12.exd6 e5 13.O-O Qf6 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Bb5
a6 16.Re1 axb5 17.Nxe5 Nc6 18.Nf3 Nd3 19.Re3 Nxb2 20.Nbd2 Nc4 21.Rd3 Nxd2 
22.Nxd2 Qe5 23.Qh4 Ra4 24.f4 Qxf4 25.Qh5 Qe5 26.Qf3 Rd8 27.Rf1 Qc5+ 28.Re3
Qxd6 29.Ne4 Qe7 30.Qg3 h6 31.h3 f5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Black "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.Bb2 Nbd7 
9.Nbd2 c5 10.e3 Rc8 11.Re1 dxc4 12.bxc4 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Qe2 Nb8 15.Nb3 
Nc6 16.a3 a5 17.Qc2 a4 18.Nbd2 cxd4 19.exd4 Na5 20.Qxa4 Bc6 21.Qd1 Qb7 22.
Qe2 b5 23.d5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Black "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.f4 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bf5 7.O-O Bxd3 8.cxd3 
Na6 9.b4 Nxb4 10.Qb3 Qd6 11.Ba3 a5 12.Rfb1 Ng4 13.Nf1 Qe6 14.Bxb4 axb4 15.
h3 Nh6 16.Qxb4 b6 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nf3 g5 19.Re1 g4 20.hxg4 Nxg4 21.e4 f5 22.
Ng5 Qd6 23.Qxd6 Bxd4+ 24.Kh1 exd6 25.Rac1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Black "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.d3 Ne7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 
Nf6 9.Kh1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qe1 O-O 12.g4 Rc8 13.Ne2 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ng3
Qd7 16.h3 Bd6 17.Ne5 Qe8 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Bd2 Bc7 20.Kg2 d4 21.Rf3 Qb8 22.
Qf2 Nd5 23.Rf1 b5 24.Ne4 Bb6 25.f5 exf5 26.Rxf5 Rcc8 27.Rf7 Ne3+ 28.Bxe3 
dxe3 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxe3 Rxf1 31.Kxf1 Qe5 32.Qg5 Qxb2 33.Qd5+ Kf8 34.
Qd6+ Ke8 35.Qe6+ Kd8 36.Qd6+ Kc8 37.Qc6+ Kd8 38.Qd6+ Kc8 39.Qc6+ Kd8 40.
Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Kh1 Rae8 14.f4 Be3 
15.Qe2 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Re7 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Rxe7 Rxe7 19.Kg1 Bc6 20.Rf2 b5 21.
Re2 Rxe2 22.Bxe2 b4 23.Qd4 Qg6 24.Bf1 Qxc2 25.cxb4 Be4 26.a3 Kh7 27.Qc3 
Qd1 28.Kf2 f5 29.h3 Qd5 30.Bc4 Qb7 31.Bf1 Qb6+ 32.Qe3 c5 33.bxc5 Qxb2+ 34.
Kg1 d5 35.c6 d4 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Bxc6 38.Bc4 Kg6 39.g3 Kf6 40.Ke2 Be4 
41.Kd2 g5 42.Be2 gxf4 43.gxf4 Ke6 44.Bc4+ Kd6 45.h4 Bd5 46.Bd3 Be6 47.Kc2 
Bd7 48.Kb3 Kc5 49.Kc2 Be6 50.Kd2 Bc8 51.Kc2 Kd6 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Bc4+ Kf6 54.
Kd3 Kg6 55.Kxd4 Kh5 56.Ke5 Kxh4 57.Be2 Kg3 58.Bd1 a5 59.Be2 Bd7 60.Bh5 a4 
61.Bd1 Be8 62.Kxf5 h5 63.Bxh5 Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 {Finkel,A} 1...c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be3
a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 a5 14.O-O
Ba6 15.Kh1 Ne7 ( 15...h6 {Finkel,A} 16.Rad1 ( 16.f5 exf5 17.Nf4 Ne7 18.
Rae1 Qc7 19.e6 O-O 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Ne5 Rf6 22.Qg3 $40 {
Arakhamia,K-Voiska,M/Azov iztW (04) ,TD 92\07 1990 (49)} ) 16...O-O 17.f5 
exf5 18.Nf4 Na4 19.Qg3 Ne7 20.Nh4 Nxb2 21.Nh5 $44 {
Mainka,Romuald-Lalic,Bogdan/Bad Mergentheim GER op 1988 (40)} ) ( 15...
Bxd3 {Finkel,A} 16.cxd3 {i i ac1} 16...Rb8 ( 16...Qb5 17.f5 Nxd3 18.Qg3 
Nxb2 19.Qxg7 O-O-O 20.Nf4 $16 {Maxion,D-Marschner,J/2.BLN 9091 
Lasker-Kreuzberg [6] 1990 (45)} ) ( 16...Nd7 17.Rac1 Qa6 18.Ned4 $14 {
Pasko,W-Spendowski/cr POL cup 1995 (39)} ) 17.Rad1 $1 ( 17.f5 $2 exf5 $1 (
17...Nxd3 18.Qg3 Qe3 ( 18...g6 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ng5 $16 ) 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.
Ng3 ( 20.Ng5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Ncxe5 22.fxe6 $13 ) 20...Nf2+ ( 20...Ncxe5 21.
Rae1 $16 ) 21.Rxf2 Qxf2 22.Rf1 $13 ) 18.Nf4 ( 18.Nh4 g6 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.
Qxf5 Nd8 $17 ) ( 18.Ng3 Ne7 ) 18...Ne6 $1 ( 18...Ne7 19.Qh4 $1 $13 ) 19.
Qg3 ( 19.Qxb6 Rxb6 20.Nxd5 Rb5 $17 ) 19...O-O ( 19...Nxf4 20.Qxf4 $10 ) 
20.Nxd5 Qd8 $17 {Nunn,J-Nogueiras,J/Rotterdam 47/351 1989 (60)} ) 17...O-O
18.Qh4 f6 $5 ( 18...b3 19.a3 Na4 ( 19...Qa6 20.Qe1 Nxd3 21.Qc3 ) 20.f5 
Nxb2 21.Rd2 $16 ) 19.Ng3 Ne7 $2 ( 19...fxe5 20.fxe5 Rb7 $14 ) ( 19...Rb7 
$5 ) ( 19...Qb5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Nh5 Rh6 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Nxd3 24.Qe7 
Qb7 25.Rf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxb7 Rxh5 27.Kg1 Nxe5 $14 ) ( 19...Rb7 20.d4 Na4 21.
Qh3 Re7 22.Rd2 $14 {Klugel-Wurth/Ft 203-A 1993 (34)} ) 20.exf6 $1 Ng6 ( 
20...gxf6 21.f5 $16 {i} 21...e5 $2 22.Nxe5 $18 ) ( 20...Rxf6 21.Nh5 Rf7 
22.Ne5 $16 ) 21.Qg4 Rxf6 ( 21...gxf6 22.f5 $16 ) 22.Nh5 Rf7 {
Mokry,K-Bruk,O/Haifa 48/390 1989 (42)} ( 22...Rf5 $2 23.Nh4 $18 ) 23.Ng5 
$1 ) ( 15...Nd7 {Finkel,A} 16.Ned4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd3 18.cxd3 O-O 19.Qe3 
Rac8 20.Rae1 f6 ( 20...Rfe8 $5 ) 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.g3 $14 {
Herrera,I-Gomez,A/Bayamo (01) ,CBM 18 1990 (59)} ) ( 15...Rb8 {Finkel,A} 
16.Bxa6 ( 16.Qg3 g6 17.Ng5 Ne7 18.Qh3 h5 19.Rae1 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Nf5 $15 {
Leko,P-Galyas,M/WYFWC Szeged B16(2) 1994 (52)} ) 16...Nxa6 17.Qg3 g6 ( 
17...Kf8 $2 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Nfd4 $16 {Zehm,W-Herrmann,K/WT/M\504 9092 CCYB 
7 1991 (27)} ) ( 17...O-O 18.Qh3 Nc5 19.Ng3 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Nh5 Rh6 22.
f5 $16 {Zelcic,R-Kovacevic,B/Djakovo op (06) ,EXT 94op 1994 (41)} ) 18.f5 
exf5 19.Nf4 Ne7 20.Qh4 Nc5 21.Qf6 Qxf6 22.exf6 Ng8 {E-E 
Muller,Karsten-Bezold,Michael/Munster A chy-D (07) 1990} ) ( 15...g6 {
Finkel,A} 16.Rac1 Na4 17.Qh4 Qd8 18.Qh6 Qe7 19.Qg7 Qf8 20.Qf6 Nc5 21.Bxa6 
Rxa6 22.c4 $16 {Lipka,J-Tibensky,R/Bratislava op (05) ,EXT 92op 1992 (35)}
) ( 15...O-O {Finkel,A} 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Qe3 $13 {
Rebel-Genius2/3/94-45 Autoplayer T 1994 (32)} ) 16.Bxa6 {White has tried 
many different moves in this position,but on my opinion no one of them 
shows the way to opening advantage.The move in the game is not an 
exeption.} ( 16.Nd2 $5 Rb8 $6 ( 16...O-O $1 {Finkel,A} 17.Nb3 ( 17.a3 Bxd3
18.cxd3 Qb5 $1 $15 ) ( 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.a3 Rc8 19.Nd4 bxa3 20.bxa3 $11 ) 
17...Rfc8 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nbd4 Ne4 20.Qe3 a4 $13 ) 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Nd4 $14
Nc5 ( 18...O-O {Finkel,A} 19.N2f3 Nc5 20.Qh4 Ng6 21.Qg4 a4 22.h4 $36 ) 19.
Rae1 Nc6 $6 20.f5 $1 $36 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 $16 {Socko,B-Haimovich,T/EUCup f 
1997 (60)} ) ( 16.h3 {Finkel,A} 16...h6 17.Rad1 O-O 18.g4 Na4 19.Qxb6 Nxb6
20.b3 Nd7 21.Kh2 Rfc8 22.Ned4 $14 {Nijboer,F-Kuijf,M/NLD-ch/1996 i CBM 
54-14.00 ia6 15.ih1/Survey 1996} ) ( 16.Rad1 {Finkel,A} 16...Na4 ( 16...
Rc8 17.Ng3 h5 18.Ne2 Qb7 19.Ned4 Ne4 20.Qe2 Bc4 $6 21.Ng5 Nxg5 22.fxg5 $16
{Zakic,S-Certic,B/Belgrade-A (01) ,EXT 90 1990 (51)} ) 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.
Ned4 ( 18.b3 Nd7 19.Kg1 Nc5 $10 {Riemersma,L-Glek,I/Bussum(4) 1995 (47)} )
18...Na4 19.Rb1 O-O 20.Kg1 Rfc8 21.Kf2 Rc7 22.g4 g6 23.Ke3 $14 {
Nunn,J-Glek,I/BL 9293 (1992) ,BL 90 1993 (45)} ) ( 16.Rac1 {Finkel,A} 
16...Rc8 17.f5 $5 ( 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Ng3 g6 19.Nd4 Nd7 20.Qd2 O-O 21.c3 
bxc3 22.Rxc3 Nb6 23.Rfc1 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Rc8 25.b3 a4 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 {i 
Arppi,H-Callens,P/cr 1992} ) 17...exf5 18.Nh4 g6 ( 18...Bxd3 19.cxd3 O-O 
20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Qg6 22.Nd4 $16 ) 19.g4 d4 ( 19...Qb7 $2 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 
21.gxf5 $16 {Lau,R-Bykhovsky,Av/Copenhagen 55/(286) 1992} ) 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 
21.gxf5 Ne4 22.Qg2 Nd2 $13 {Elburg,J-Rydholm,L/cr K.Betinsch ,CYB 14 1994 
(40)} ) ( 16.Ng3 {Finkel,A} 16...g6 ( 16...Na4 $5 17.Qxb6 $5 ( 17.Nd4 $6 
g6 18.Rae1 $5 Nxb2 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.f5 $1 exf5 $2 21.e6 $44 {P.Blatny-Glek,
Wien op (8) 1996} ) 17...Nxb6 18.Nd4 g6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.a3 bxa3 21.Rxa3 ( 
21.b3 $5 O-O 22.Rxa3 Rc8 23.Rfa1 Nc6 24.Nge2 $14 {
Brustman,A-Bobrowska,M/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (49)} ) 21...Kd7 
22.Rfa1 a4 23.Nge2 Rc8 24.Kg1 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 $11 {Votava,J-Glek,I/BL9697
1997 (40)} ) 17.Ne2 Rb8 ( 17...Na4 $5 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.Ned4 O-O 20.a3 $6 ( 
20.Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 21.a3 $14 ) 20...Bxd3 21.cxd3 Na4 22.b3 Nc5 $15 {
Werner,I-Bobrowska,M/EuJun (girls), Tallinn EST 1997 (48)} ) 18.Bxa6 Nxa6 
19.Ned4 Nc5 20.Qh4 Ne4 21.Rad1 h6 22.Ng5 $16 {Lutz,Christopher-Glek,Igor 
V/BL 1995/96 GER 1995 (47)} ) ( 16.b3 {Finkel,A} 16...h6 17.Ng3 ( 17.a3 
bxa3 18.Rxa3 $6 Qb4 {iid3/} ) ( 17.Rad1 O-O 18.g4 d4 19.Bxa6 Qxa6 20.Rxd4 
$16 {Kuczynski,R-Schmidt,Wl/POL-chT Lubniewice (02) ,EXT 95ch 1995 (41)} )
17...g6 18.Qd2 $6 ( 18.Ne2 $32 Nf5 ) 18...Nf5 $1 19.Nxf5 gxf5 $17 {
Renet,O-Glek,I/FRA-GER Clichy ,CBM 50 1995 (52)} ) ( 16.Rfd1 {Finkel,A} 
16...h6 $1 ( 16...Na4 $6 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.b3 {ia3!/} ) 17.Ned4 O-O 18.Qh4 
$6 ( 18.Nb3 $32 $10 ) 18...Ra7 $1 19.g4 $6 ( 19.Qe1 $15 ) 19...Ng6 $17 {
Mainka,R-Glek,I/Recklinghausen ,CBM 50 1995 (32)} ) 16...Rxa6 17.Ned4 Ne4 
18.Qe3 g6 $5 $13 ( {Another possibility was} 18...O-O $5 19.Rad1 $6 ( 19.
Nd2 $6 Nc6 20.Nxe4 $2 Nxd4 21.Ng5 h6 ( 21...Nxc2 $2 22.Qd3 $18 ) 22.Rad1 
Nf5 $1 23.Qxb6 Rxb6 24.Nf3 Ne3 $19 ) ( 19.Rae1 $5 ) 19...a4 20.Nd2 ( 20.a3
$6 Rb8 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 bxa3 23.bxa3 Qa5 $15 {[%csl Ra3][%cal 
Ga6b6,Gb8c8,Ga5c3]} ) ( 20.Rd3 $6 a3 $1 21.bxa3 Nc5 $1 22.Rd2 Rxa3 $17 ) 
20...Nxd2 21.Rxd2 a3 22.b3 Rc8 ) 19.Rad1 Nc6 20.Ng5 $5 {Without the 
knights white's attack won't be very dangerous,but it's not so simple to 
offer something better.} 20...Nxg5 21.fxg5 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Ra7 $6 {It was 
more accurate to play} ( 22...Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7e5,Gc7c2]} 23.Rdf4 O-O {
with forthcoming i c6-c4.} ) 23.Qd3 Rc7 24.Rdf4 O-O 25.h4 Rc5 26.h5 Qc7 
27.Qf3 ( 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rf6 $6 Qxe5 29.Qxg6+ fxg6 30.Rxf8+ Kh7 31.R8f7+ 
Qg7 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rf2 Rc4 $17 ) 27...Rc4 ( 27...gxh5 $2 28.Qxh5 Rc4 ( 
28...Qxe5 $2 29.Rxf7 $18 ) 29.R4f3 Rxc2 30.Rh3 f5 31.gxf6 $16 ) ( 27...
Rxc2 $1 28.hxg6 ( 28.h6 Qe7 ) 28...hxg6 29.Rf6 Qe7 ) 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Rf6 {
[%cal Gf6g6,Gf3f8]} 29...Rh4+ ( 29...Kg7 $2 30.Rxg6+ $3 Kxg6 31.Qf6+ Kh7 
32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.g6 {[%cal Gf1f8]} 33...Rh4+ $8 34.Qxh4 fxg6 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 
36.Qh8+ $16 ) ( 29...Qe7 $5 ) 30.Kg1 Qe7 31.Qg3 Rh7 32.Qf4 Qc5+ 33.Rf2 Rg7
34.b3 Qa7 35.Kf1 Qa6+ 36.Kg1 Qa7 37.Kf1 Qb6 38.Rf3 Qb5+ 39.Ke1 Qd7 40.Rh3 
Rh7 41.Rxh7 ( 41.Rh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6g6,Gf4f8]} 41...Rxh6 42.gxh6 Qc7 43.Kd1 
Qc3 44.h7+ Kxh7 ( 44...Kg7 45.h8=Q+ Kxh8 46.Rxg6 fxg6 47.Qxf8+ Kh7 48.Qe7+
Kh6 {44...ih7} ) 45.Rxf7+ Rxf7 46.Qxf7+ Kh6 47.Qxe6 Qd4+ 48.Ke2 Qe4+ 49.
Kf1 Qf4+ 50.Kg1 Qc1+ 51.Kh2 Qxc2 ( 51...Qf4+ 52.Kh3 Qe3+ 53.g3 Qe4 54.Qf6 
$1 $16 ) 52.Qxd5 Qxa2 53.e6 $14 ) 41...Kxh7 42.Qh4+ Kg8 43.Rf3 Qc7 44.Qh2 
$1 $11 {[%csl Re5,Rg8][%cal Gg3h3,Gh3h8]} 44...Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 
Nxd4 $6 {Rare and dubious move.} 9.Qxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Bc6 $6 ( {Another 
inaccuracy, allowing White to develop dangerous initiative. Better was} 
10...Be7 ) 11.b4 $1 Be7 ( {After} 11...e5 12.Qd3 {followed by 13. b5 White
obtains a large advanatage.} ) 12.b5 Bd7 ( 12...axb5 13.axb5 {opening of 
the a-file is clearly in White's favor.} ) 13.f4 $1 Qc7 $2 ( {After this 
mistake Black's position becomes critical. Better was} 13...O-O 14.e5 $16 
) 14.e5 Rc8 15.bxa6 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga6b7,Gb7c8] This is the point! 
Black's defensive concept would be entirely justified after 15.i a2 i d5, 
but after the text move White obtains decisive advantage.} 15...bxa6 ( {If
} 15...Qxc3 {, then} 16.axb7 Qxd4 17.bxc8=Q+ $18 ) 16.Bxa6 Qxc3 17.Bxc8 
Qxc8 18.exf6 Bxf6 ( {After} 18...gxf6 19.a5 {march of the advanced a-pawn 
easily decides the game.} ) 19.Qxd6 Bxa1 20.Bc5 Qd8 ( 20...Bf6 21.Rb1 Bd8 
( 21...Qd8 22.Rb8 Bc8 23.Qc6+ $18 ) 22.Rb8 Qc6 23.Qe7# ) 21.Rxa1 ( 21.Rb1 
Bc8 {must suffice for win, but the text move is simpler and much stronger.
} ) 21...Bc8 22.Qc6+ Qd7 23.Qb5 $1 {[%cal Gb1d1,Gd1d7,Ga1d1,Gd7b5,Ga4b5] 
The final subtlety. Now after 24.i d1 Black is forced to exchange the 
queens on b5, allowing White to get two advanced pawns: c2 and b5.} 23...
f6 24.Rd1 Qxb5 25.axb5 Kf7 26.c4 e5 27.Bd6 {The game is entirely lost for 
Black. The rest need no comments.} 27...exf4 28.c5 Rd8 29.Re1 Rd7 30.Bxf4 
Rd4 31.Bd6 Be6 32.Rb1 Bf5 33.Rb2 Be4 34.b6 Bb7 35.Ra2 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6 
9.a3 $5 $146 O-O 10.Ba2 Nd4 {Der Nachteil der von Wei@eil gewaehlten 
Variante besteht in der Schwaeche des Punktes d4.} 11.Qf2 $5 {Ein neuer 
Plan. Wei@ beabsichtigt den Springer auf d4 zu vertreiben, anstatt zu 
tauschen.} ( 11.Nxd4 {ist die uebliche Fortzetzung.} 11...cxd4 $1 ) 11...
Kh7 ( 11...Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.Be3 Nd4 14.Qf2 a6 15.Rae1 b5 16.Nd1 $14 ) 
12.Be3 Nec6 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.Rae1 {Es wird geplant 14.i d1 und 15.c3!} 14...
f5 ( 14...b5 15.Nd1 b4 $5 16.axb4 $5 Nxf3 17.Qxf3 Nxb4 18.Bb1 $13 ) 15.
exf5 gxf5 ( 15...Nxf5 16.Bc1 {[%cal Ya2e6,Ye1e6]} 16...Ncd4 17.Ne4 Bc6 18.
c3 Nxf3 19.Qxf3 $36 ) 16.Nd1 $1 {i17.c3} 16...Nxf3 17.Qxf3 Qf6 18.Bf2 $5 {
[%cal Ye1e6] ii e3, ii h3,ih4} 18...Rg8 19.c3 $14 {Wei@h4 steht nun 
wesentlich aktiver.} 19...Rae8 20.Qh3 Bf8 21.Ne3 Rg6 22.Bb3 $1 {iid1-h5} 
22...Be7 23.Bd1 Reg8 24.Bh5 R6g7 25.Re2 Nd8 {iic6} 26.Bf3 Bc6 27.Rfe1 ( 
27.Bxc6 Nxc6 28.Rfe1 Qg6 29.Qf3 $13 ) 27...Bxf3 $6 28.Qxf3 d5 29.d4 $1 $36
{[%csl Ye6]} 29...cxd4 ( 29...c4 30.h3 $5 b5 31.g4 $5 fxg4 ( 31...Bd6 32.
gxf5 ) 32.Nxg4 Qf8 33.Rxe6 $5 Nxe6 34.Rxe6 $14 ) ( 29...Bf8 $2 30.dxc5 $16
Bxc5 $2 31.Nxd5 $18 ) 30.Nxd5 $1 exd5 31.Bxd4 $16 Qd6 32.Bxg7 Rxg7 33.Re5 
Qf6 34.Qxd5 Nc6 $2 ( 34...Rf7 $142 $16 ) 35.Rxf5 Qh4 36.Re6 $18 Bd8 37.Rh5
Qxf4 38.Qd3+ Kg8 39.Rf5 Qg4 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rae1 Qe7 14.Re2 Bg6 15.
Rfe1 f5 16.Nb3 Bb6 17.Nbd4 Qf6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.c4 h6 20.b4 Bh5 21.c5 Bd8 
22.Qb2 Qxb2 23.Rxb2 Bf6 24.Rc2 Kf7 25.b5 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Ng5 27.Rxe8 Nxf3+ 
28.Kg2 Nh4+ 29.Kf1 Rxe8 30.bxc6 Ng6 31.Bd6 Ne5 32.Bxf5 Nxc6 33.Bd7 Nb4 34.
Bxe8+ Kxe8 35.Re2+ Kd7 36.a3 Nc6 37.Rd2 d4 38.Ke2 Ke6 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.f4 Na5
41.Rc2 Nb7 42.Bf8 Nd8 43.c6 Ne6 44.c7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 d6 7.Bb3 Nd7 8.Re1 Bf6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.Nf1 Kh8 12.Ng3 g6 13.b4 a6 14.a3 Bg7 15.Bb2 Ng5 
16.Nxg5 Qxg5 17.d4 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nh5 f4 20.Nxg7 Qxg7 21.f3 Bf5 22.Re2
exd4 23.cxd4 d5 24.Kh1 Ne7 25.Bc1 Bxc2 26.Qxc2 Ng6 27.Bd2 Rae8 28.Rae1 
Rxe2 29.Rxe2 c6 30.Qc5 Qf6 31.a4 Qf5 32.Qc3 Rf7 33.Bc1 Kg7 34.Qc2 Qxc2 35.
Rxc2 Re7 36.Kg1 Kf6 37.Kf2 h5 38.g3 Kf5 39.a5 Re6 40.Bxf4 Nxf4 41.gxf4 Re7
42.Re2 Rh7 43.Re5+ Kf6 44.h4 b6 45.f5 bxa5 46.bxa5 Rb7 47.Re6+ Kxf5 48.
Rxc6 Rb3 49.Rxa6 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Bd2 Rxa1 14.Rxa1 Qb8 15.
Qd1 h6 16.Qc1 Bg4 17.Qa3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 19.Qa6 Qd8 20.Ne2 Bg5 21.Be3 Qf6
22.Kg2 d5 23.exd5 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qg5+ 25.Kf2 cxd5 26.Qc6 d4 27.exd4 Nf4 28.
Nxf4 Qxf4 29.Kg2 Qg5+ 30.Kf1 exd4 31.Ra8 Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Qd2+ 33.Kg3 Qg5+ 34.
Kf2 Qe3+ 35.Kg2 g6 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Qa8+ Kg7 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.dxe4 $8 {[#] 
The capture with the f-pawn loses, because the lone pawn majority on the 
queenside is blockaded and cannot be activated in time. [#] Das Nehmen mit
dem f-Bauern verliert, weil die eigene Bauernmehrheit am Damenfluegel 
blockiert ist und nicht rechtzeitig aktiviert werden kann.} ( 39.fxe4 g5 
40.Kf3 h5 41.Ke2 g4 42.Kd2 h4 43.c4 g3 44.hxg3 h3 $19 ) 39...g5 40.Kg3 h5 
41.f4 ( 41.h4 f6 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.f4 {loses due to the appearance of an 
outside black passed pawn: verliert wegen des Entstehens eines entfernten 
schwarzen Freibauern.} ( 43.Kh3 Kf6 44.Kg2 Ke5 45.Kg3 h4+ 46.Kg4 Kf6 47.f4
( 47.Kh3 Ke6 48.Kg4 Ke5 49.Kh3 Kf4 50.Kg2 h3+ 51.Kxh3 Kxf3 52.e5 g4+ 53.
Kh4 g3 54.e6 g2 55.e7 g1=Q 56.e8=Q Qg4# ) 47...gxf4 48.Kxf4 h3 49.Kg3 Ke5 
50.Kxh3 Kxe4 51.Kg4 Ke3 52.Kf5 Kd2 53.Ke4 Kc3 54.Kd5 $11 ) 43...gxf4+ 44.
Kxf4 Kf6 45.e5+ Ke6 46.Ke4 h4 47.Kf4 h3 48.Kg3 Kxe5 49.Kxh3 Kf4 $1 $19 {
combines the stalking of the c2-pawn with the exclusion of White's king. 
verbindet das Anpirschen an den Bc2 mit dem Fernhalten des wei@alten en 
K@@alten nigs.} ) 41...f6 42.Kf3 Kf7 43.Ke2 g4 44.h4 ( 44.Kd3 $6 h4 45.Ke2
( 45.Kxd4 g3 46.hxg3 h3 $19 ) 45...Ke6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal 
Ye6d6,Yd6c5,Yc5c4,Yc4c3]} 46.Kf2 Kd6 47.Ke2 Kc5 48.Kf2 Kc4 49.Ke2 {[#] 
Variation Diagram: It appears that White can just hold the draw. The 
following variation doesn't yield anything else. [#] Variantendiagramm Es 
sieht danach aus, als wuerde Wei@e gerade Remis halten. Die nachstehende 
Variante gibt nichts anderes her.} 49...Kc3 50.e5 fxe5 51.fxe5 Kxc2 52.e6 
d3+ 53.Kf2 d2 54.e7 d1=Q 55.e8=Q Qf3+ 56.Kg1 $11 ) 44...gxh3 45.Kf2 h4 46.
Kg1 Kg6 47.Kh2 Kh6 48.Kxh3 Kh5 49.e5 fxe5 50.fxe5 Kg5 51.e6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 a6 12.e4 Ne5 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.f4 Nc6 15.Nxc6
Bxc6 16.Nb3 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B39"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 
Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Rc1 ( 12.a4 d6 ( 12...Bb7 13.a5 bxa5
( 13...f5 14.f3 bxa5 $5 ( 14...Qh4 15.b4 Bh6 16.Bf2 Qg5 17.a6 ( 17.f4 $5 
$16 ) 17...Bc8 ( 17...Bc6 18.b5 ( 18.f4 $5 ) 18...fxe4 19.Nxe4 ( 19.fxe4 
Nf3+ 20.Kh1 Nd2 21.Qe2 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 Qd2 23.Qxd2 Bxd2 24.Nd1 Rac8 25.bxc6 
dxc6 $132 ) 19...Bxe4 ( 19...Nxf3+ 20.Kh1 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Nd2 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 
23.Re1 $16 ) 20.Bxe4 Rac8 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Qxd4 $16 ) 18.f4 $18 {
Waitzkin,J-Shure,G/New York MCC 1992/1-0 (57)} ) ) 14.Qa4 Nc6 $44 ) 13.Nb5
a6 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bd2 Bb7 16.a5 $14 {0-1 Bivshev,V-Ilivitsky,G/URS-ch21 
Kiev 1954 (37)} ) ( 12.Qd2 Bb7 ( 12...d6 13.Ne2 Ne6 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Bb1 Qh4
16.f3 $14 {Clara,H-Pirrot,D/BL 1991/0-1 (53)} ) 13.Rad1 ( 13.Bh6 $6 Bxh6 (
13...d6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 exf4 ( 15...f6 $11 ) 16.Rxf4 Ne6 $11 {1-0 
Britton,R-Wells,P/Oviedo 1993 (28)} ) 14.Qxh6 d6 $11 ) 13...Ne6 ( 13...a6 
14.f3 Bc6 15.Bb1 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.a3 Qb6 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Qb7 20.Bc5
$14 {E-E Fogarasi Tibor-Afek Yochanan/It (cat.9), Budapest (Hungary) 1996 
(25)} ) 14.Bb1 Bc6 15.b4 Rc8 16.a3 Rc7 17.Ba2 $14 {E-E 
Smyslov,V-Bagirov,V/URS-ch27 Leningrad 1960 (36)} ) ( 12.Ne2 Bb7 ( 12...
Ne6 13.b4 ( 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.f3 f5 15.b4 Rc8 16.Rac1 Qe7 17.Rfd1 $14 {E-E 
Riegler,P-Quinn,M/WchJM-U20 Halle 1995 (48)} ) 13...f5 14.f3 f4 15.Bf2 g5 
16.c5 $14 {E-E Volovich,A-Zaitsev,A/Moskva m 1962 (43)} ) 13.Nxd4 ( 13.Qd2
f5 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.exf5 gxf5 16.f4 Kh8 17.Ng3 d5 18.Rae1 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Rc8 
20.Be6 Rc5 21.b4 Rc3 22.Nxf5 $14 {E-E Illner,A-Wesseln,K/BL 1993 (33)} ) 
13...exd4 14.Bf4 Qe7 ( 14...Re8 15.Re1 Re6 16.Qd2 Qe7 17.f3 Re8 18.Bg3 $14
{Stanec,N-Plachetka,J/Oest.Liga Merkur Graz-Austria Wien 1996/1-0 (56)} ( 
18.Rad1 $14 ) ( 18.Red1 $14 ) ) 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rad1 Rc5 18.b3
$14 {Dudakov,S-Afek,Y/ISR-ch 1986/E-E (55)} ) ( 12.f4 d6 13.f5 Re8 14.Qd2 
Qh4 15.Nd5 Rb8 16.Bg5 $16 {1-0 Somlai,L-Donka,P/HUN-chT 1993 (28)} ) ( 12.
f3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.b3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nb5 $16 {1-0 
Computer-Muenninghoff,A/AEGON 1995 (57)} ) ( 12.Nd5 Bb7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4
d6 15.Qd2 Ne6 ( 15...Bxd5 16.exd5 Be5 17.Rae1 Qc7 18.Be3 $14 ( 18.Bxe5 
dxe5 19.Rf6 Rad8 20.Qg5 $14 ( 20.Qf2 Rfe8 21.Rf1 Re7 22.Qh4 $14 ( 22.h4 
Rd6 $11 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Afek,Y/Dutch Open, Dieren NED 1997 (39)} ) ) ) ) 
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 f6 $11 ( 17...Bxd5 $5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.Rf3 ( 19.Bc2 Nd7 
20.Rae1 Ne5 $15 ) 19...f5 20.Re1 Qf6 $15 {Bivshev,V-Simagin,V/Moskva ch-SU
1952/0-1 (69)} ) ) 12...Bb7 13.Qd2 ( 13.Bb1 f5 14.exf5 Qh4 15.Re1 ( 15.
fxg6 Bf3 16.gxh7+ Kh8 17.Qd3 Bxg2 ( 17...e4 18.Nxe4 Ne2+ 19.Kh1 Be5 20.Ng3
$18 {1-0 Bremond,E-Ferrigno,J/Cannes op 1989 (24)} ) 18.Bxd4 Bxf1 19.Rxf1 
exd4 20.Nd5 b5 $1 $132 ) 15...gxf5 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nd5 $14 ) 13...Rc8 14.
Nd5 $14 ( 14.b3 $14 ) 14...Kh8 15.f4 ( 15.b4 $14 ) 15...exf4 ( 15...d6 16.
f5 $14 ( 16.b4 $14 ) ( 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.b4 Re8 $11 ) ) 16.Bxf4 d6 17.Bg5 f6
( 17...Qd7 18.Bf6 $14 ) 18.Be3 Nc6 ( 18...Ne6 19.b4 $14 ) 19.Nf4 ( 19.b3 
Ne5 20.Be2 Re8 21.Rcd1 Re6 22.Nf4 Re7 23.Qxd6 Rd7 24.Qb4 Bxe4 25.Ne6 $14 )
19...Qd7 20.Bb1 Rfe8 21.Nd5 ( 21.c5 $5 Ne5 22.Qxd6 Qb5 23.Qd4 ( 23.cxb6 
Nc4 24.Rxc4 Qxc4 25.bxa7 Bxe4 $132 ) 23...bxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Qxc5 Qxb2 
26.Qxa7 Nc4 27.Bd4 $14 ) ( 21.b3 Ne5 22.Nd5 Qe6 $11 ) 21...Re6 $6 ( 21...
Qe6 $132 ) 22.Rcd1 Rd8 23.b3 Qc8 24.Rf4 Rde8 25.Rh4 $6 ( 25.Rdf1 $14 ) 
25...Kg8 $132 ( 25...Ne5 26.Rf1 Qd8 $11 ) 26.Qf2 Ne5 27.Nf4 $2 $17 ( 27.
Bd4 $132 ) 27...R6e7 28.Nd5 ( 28.Rh3 Ng4 29.Qh4 Bh6 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Bxh6 
Bxe4 $19 ) 28...Bxd5 29.cxd5 ( 29.exd5 Ng4 $19 ) 29...Ng4 30.Qg3 Nxe3 31.
Qxe3 f5 32.Qh3 ( 32.Rf1 Be5 33.Qf2 g5 34.Rh3 fxe4 35.Qe2 ( 35.Bxe4 Bf4 $19
) 35...Qc5+ ( 35...Bd4+ 36.Kh1 Rf8 37.Re1 Qf5 $19 ) 36.Kh1 Bf4 37.g3 Be3 
$17 ( 37...Bc1 38.Rh6 Be3 $17 ) ) 32...Bf6 ( 32...g5 33.Rh5 h6 34.Rxh6 
Bxh6 35.Qxh6 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Rg7 $17 ) ( 32...Qc5+ 33.Kh1 Bf6 34.Rf4 Bg5 35.
Rff1 fxe4 $19 ) 33.Rf4 Bg5 34.Rff1 fxe4 $19 35.Qg3 e3 ( 35...Qc5+ 36.Kh1 
Bh6 $19 ) 36.Bf5 $1 Qc5 ( 36...Qd8 37.Qxg5 e2 38.Be6+ ( 38.Rc1 exf1=R+ 39.
Rxf1 Re1 40.Be6+ Kh8 41.Qf4 Rxf1+ 42.Qxf1 Rf8 $19 ) 38...Kh8 ( 38...Rxe6 
39.Qxd8 Rxd8 40.dxe6 exd1=Q 41.Rxd1 Kf8 42.Rf1+ Ke7 43.Rf7+ Kxe6 44.Rxa7 
Rc8 $11 ( 44...Rd7 45.Rxd7 Kxd7 46.Kf2 Kc6 47.Ke3 Kc5 48.a3 d5 49.Kd3 $16 
) ) 39.Qf6+ Rg7 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.Rf7+ Kh6 42.Re1 Rf8 43.Rxf8 Qxf8 44.Rxe2 
Qf4 $19 ) 37.b4 $8 Qxb4 38.Qxg5 ( 38.Be6+ Rxe6 ( 38...Kg7 39.Qxg5 e2 40.
Qf6+ Kh6 41.Rd4 exf1=Q+ 42.Kxf1 Qb1+ 43.Kf2 Qxa2+ 44.Kg3 Qb3+ 45.Kf2 Qc2+ 
46.Kg3 Qc3+ 47.Kf2 $11 ) 39.dxe6 e2 40.Qxg5 exf1=Q+ 41.Rxf1 Qd4+ 42.Kh1 
Qe5 $19 ) 38...e2 39.Be6+ Rxe6 40.dxe6 exd1=Q 41.Rxd1 Qc5+ $5 $19 ( 41...
Qe4 $19 ) 42.Qxc5 dxc5 43.Rd7 Rxe6 44.Rxa7 Rf6 ( 44...Rc6 45.Kf2 c4 46.Ke2
c3 47.Kd1 c2+ 48.Kc1 $11 ) 45.Rc7 h5 46.a4 Kf8 47.a5 ( 47.Ra7 Ke8 48.a5 ( 
48.h4 Kd8 49.Kh2 c4 $19 ) 48...bxa5 ( 48...b5 $2 49.Rb7 b4 50.Rc7 b3 51.
Rxc5 Rf5 52.Rc8+ ( 52.Rc3 Rb5 $19 ) 52...Ke7 53.Rb8 $11 ) 49.Rxa5 Rf5 $1 
50.h3 ( 50.Ra6 g5 51.Ra7 Kd8 $19 ) 50...Kd7 51.g4 Re5 52.Kf2 hxg4 53.hxg4 
g5 $19 ) 47...bxa5 48.Rxc5 Ra6 49.Kf2 ( 49.Rc3 a4 50.Ra3 Ke7 51.Kf2 Kd6 
52.Ke3 Kc5 53.Kd3 Kb4 $19 ) 49...a4 50.Rc2 a3 51.Ra2 Ke7 52.Ke3 Ke6 53.Kd4
Kf5 54.Ke3 g5 55.Kf3 Ke5 56.Ke3 Kd5 57.Kd3 Ra8 58.Kc3 Ke4 59.Kb3 Kd3 60.
Kb4 Ra7 ( 60...Rb8+ 61.Kc5 ( 61.Ka4 Kc3 $19 ) 61...Rb3 $19 ) 61.Kb3 Rb7+ 
62.Ka4 Kc3 63.Rxa3+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qd8 11.Nf3 a6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Nf6 14.f5 Nbd7 15.Bg5 Qc7 
16.Nd2 Rb8 17.a5 h6 18.Bf4 g5 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Nc4 Nfg4 21.Bc1 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 
Bd4+ 23.Kg2 Ne5 24.Qh5 f6 25.Be2 Kg7 26.h4 Rh8 27.Bd1 Bd7 28.Ba4 Bxc3 29.
bxc3 Qxa5 30.Bxd7 Qxa1 31.Bf4 Qxf1+ 32.Kxf1 gxf4 33.gxf4 Nxd7 {[#] His 
cramped position hinders Black from consolidating his material advantage. 
We give a Medal for the unusual material configuration. [#] Die beengte 
Stellung erschwert Schwarz die Umsetzung seiner Materialueberlegenheit. Es
gibt eine Medaille fuer die ungew@e hnliche Materialkonstellation.} 34.e5 
$1 dxe5 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.fxe5 Nxe5 37.Qxf6+ Nf7 38.d6 Rh7 39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.d7 
Rf8 41.Qe6 h5 42.Ke2 Rg7 43.f6 Rh7 44.Kd2 Kh8 45.Qe7 Rg8 46.Kc2 Nd8 47.Qe5
( 47.Kb3 $5 Rf7 48.Qe5 Rgf8 {see the position at move 53. siehe ab Zug 53}
) 47...Nf7 48.Qxc5 ( 48.Qe7 $5 ) 48...Nd8 49.Qe5 Nf7 50.Qe8 Nd8 51.Kb3 Rf7
52.Qe5 Rgf8 53.Qxh5+ Rh7 54.Qe5 Nc6 55.Qg5 Rd8 56.Qg6 Rf8 57.h5 Ne5 58.Qe8
Nxd7 59.f7 Rxf7 60.Qe3 Nf6 61.Qh6+ Kg8 62.Qg6+ Rg7 63.Qf5 Rh7 64.Qg6+ Kh8 
65.h6 Ng8 66.Qd6 Rf6 67.Qb8 Rfxh6 {After the systematic cutting down of 
White's isolated pawns, Black is clearly winning. Nach der systematischen 
Abholzung aller wei@ en Einzelbauern steht Schwarz klar auf Gewinn.} 68.
Qe5+ Rf6 69.Qd4 Re7 70.Qh4+ Kg7 71.Qg3+ Kf7 72.Qg5 Rb6+ 73.Kc2 Nf6 74.Qc5 
Rc6 75.Qf2 Rec7 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 
9.a3 Nbd7 10.g4 Be7 $146 ( 10...Rb8 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.f5 b4 13.axb4 Rxb4 14.
O-O-O e5 15.Nb3 Bb7 16.Bd3 d5 $132 {Bjornsson,T-Wojtkiewicz,A/Reykjavik op
1990/1-0(34)} ) 11.Bxf6 gxf6 $6 ( 11...Bxf6 $5 12.O-O-O {[%cal Gg4g5]} 
12...g5 $5 13.f5 $140 Ne5 ) 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qh3 Qb6 14.Nce2 {[%csl Re6][%cal 
Ge1c1,Ye2f4]} 14...Nc6 $6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.O-O-O Qc5 17.Nf4 Ra7 18.Rd2 Bd8 
$6 ( 18...Qe5 19.Nd3 ( 19.Qe3 Qc5 ) 19...Qxe4 20.Bg2 Qc4 21.fxe6 Bxe6 22.
Qe3 $16 ) 19.Bg2 Ba5 20.c3 Bd8 21.Rhd1 a5 $2 ( 21...Be7 22.fxe6 Bxe6 ( 
22...fxe6 23.Ng6 $1 ) 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.g5 $16 ) 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Rxd6 $18 
Be7 24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Rxe6 Kf7 {[%tqu "En","White rook is attacked. What to 
do?","","","g4g5","This move begins briiliant attack of white!",10]} 26.g5
$1 {This move begins brilliant attack of white!} 26...Qxg5+ 27.Kb1 b4 28.
Rc6 bxa3 {[%tqu "En","How to continue the attack?","try to open files,and 
to insert pieces to the attack","","e4e5","",10]} 29.e5 $1 {[%cal Gg2d5]} 
29...Qxe5 $2 ( 29...Qg6+ 30.Ka2 axb2 {[%cal Rb2b1]} ( 30...Rb8 31.Bd5+ Kg7
32.exf6+ Bxf6 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6f6","",5]} 33.Rxf6 $3 Rxb2+ 34.Kxa3 
$18 ) 31.Be4 ( 31.exf6 b1=Q+ $11 ) 31...Qg5 ( 31...Qxe4 32.Qe6+ Kg6 33.
Rg1+ Kh5 34.Qf7+ $18 ) 32.exf6 Bxf6 33.Qe6+ Kg7 {[%tqu 
"En","","","","d1g1","",10]} 34.Rg1 $3 b1=Q+ 35.Bxb1 ) ( 29...axb2 30.exf6
Qg6+ ( 30...Bxf6 31.Rf1 Qg6+ 32.Rf5 $18 ) 31.Kxb2 Rb8+ 32.Ka1 Ba3 33.Qe6+ 
Kf8 34.Rc8+ Rxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kf7 36.Bd5+ Kxf6 37.Qe6+ Kg7 38.Qe5+ $18 ) ( 
29...fxe5 30.Rf1+ Kg7 31.Rf5 Qh4 32.Qe3 $18 {[%cal Re3e5]} ) 30.Bd5+ Kf8 
31.Qc8+ Kg7 32.Rg1+ Kh6 33.Qh3+ ( 33.Qh3+ Qh5 34.Qe3+ Qg5 35.Qxg5# ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nbd2 g6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Bd3 f5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.c4 d6 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Rac1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 a5 14.g3 Rad8 15.
Bg2 Nf6 16.Nb1 Be4 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Nc3 Ba8 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Nd2 
Bxg2 22.Kxg2 g5 23.Nf3 h6 24.Qb5 Qe6 25.Kg1 Rec8 26.Ne1 c6 27.Qa4 d5 28.
Nd3 h5 29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Qb5 h4 31.Ne1 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bf6 33.Ng2 Kg7 34.f4 g4 
35.Qd3 Qe4 36.Ne1 Be7 37.a3 Bf6 38.Kf2 Be7 39.Ke2 Bd6 40.Qxe4 fxe4 41.Ng2 
f5 42.Rh1 Be7 43.Kd2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 c6 6.g3 Be7 7.Nh3 Nf6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.
fxe4 Nxe4 10.Qd3 Ndf6 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Kh8 13.Nf2 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bf4 
a6 16.Nfd1 Be6 17.Ne3 Rc8 18.Be5 Qd7 19.Rac1 Kg8 20.h3 Rc6 21.Nxe4 dxe4 
22.Qd2 Nd5 23.Rxc6 Qxc6 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Nxd5 Qxd5 26.b3 Bd6 27.Qf4 Rd8 28.e3
Bxe5 29.dxe5 h6 30.g4 Rf8 31.gxf5 Bxf5 32.Rc7 Bxh3 33.Qg3 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Bg4 
35.e6 Rf5 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Bxe4 Qd2+ 38.Qg2 Qd6+ 39.Qg3 Qd2+ 40.Qg2 Qd6+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 ( 11...h6 12.h3 d4 13.Ne2 Re8 14.
b4 ( 14.Bf4 Be6 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Rad1 Nd5 17.Rfe1 Qf6 18.Bg3 Nb6 19.Qf4 $14 {
Dolgener,T-Zimmer,R/BL2-S 1991 (39)} ) ( 14.Re1 $5 Bd7 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Bg3 
Qf6 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Nf4 Nxf4 19.Qxf4 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Qxf4 21.Bxf4 $14 {
Gruenberg,H-Ros,A/corr FSM/EU\16 1981 (37)} ) 14...a5 ( 14...a6 15.Bb2 Ne4
16.Qc1 Ng5 17.Qd2 Ne6 $6 18.Rad1 Qh4 19.f4 $16 {Qin Kanying-Stepovaia 
Dianchenko,T/Manila olw 1992 (28)} ) 15.b5 Ne5 16.Bf4 $6 Nd5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 
18.Qd2 Qh4 19.f4 $6 Re3 20.Nxd4 Bxh3 $1 $17 {Wacker,P-Rosen,B/NRW-II 1995 
(38)} ) 12.Ne2 Qd5 ( 12...Re8 13.b4 $5 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.Bb2 a6 16.Rf2 Ne5 
$6 17.Bxd4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bg6 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.c3 $16 {
Yudasin,L-Sorokin,M/Moscow Alekhine op 1992 (44)} ) 13.Nf4 ( 13.Bf4 Bf5 
14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Qd2 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Rac8 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 h6 19.Rfd1 $14 {
Hlgatian,G-Foisor,C/EU-chTW 1997/0-1 (50)} ) ( 13.b4 Ne5 ( 13...a6 $5 14.
Bb2 Rd8 15.Qd2 Nh5 16.Rad1 Qa2 $5 17.Qc1 Be6 18.Qa1 $14 {
Rogic,D-Jukic,Z/Pula PCA op 1994/E-E (54)} ) ( 13...Rd8 14.Bb2 Bf5 $5 15.
Bxf5 Qxf5 16.Nxd4 Qe4 17.c3 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Nd5 $14 {Polajzer,D-Jelen,I/Ptuj 
1991 (27)} ) 14.Nxd4 Bh3 $1 15.gxh3 Qxd4 16.Bg5 Rfd8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 $36 {
Tseitlin,M-Zilberstein,V/Soviet Union 1969 (35)} ) 13...Qd6 14.Nh5 Nxh5 ( 
14...Ng4 $6 15.Bf4 Qd8 16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Nh6 19.Bg3 $14 {
Karpov,A-Alburt,L/Daugavpils 1971/1-0 (56)} ) 15.Qxh5 h6 ( 15...f5 $5 16.
Bd2 Be6 17.Rae1 Bd5 18.c4 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Qg6 20.Qh3 Qg4 21.Qxg4 fxg4 $14 {
Golubev,M-Todorovic,G/Bela Crkva 1990 (43)} ) 16.Re1 Bd7 17.Bd2 ( 17.g3 $5
Rfe8 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Qd5 Bh3 20.Qd6 ( 20.b4 $5 Rad8 21.Bc7 Rc8 22.b5 Be6 23.
Qd6 Re7 $1 $11 {Anand,V-Smirin,I/New York PCA 1994 (34)} ) 20...Be6 21.Be5
Qg5 22.h4 Qh5 23.Qc5 Red8 $13 {Tejero,J-Baron Isanta,J/Catalunia-chT 1995 
(27)} ) ( 17.Qh4 $5 Rae8 18.Bd2 a6 19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 
22.Rxe8+ Bxe8 23.Be4 $14 {Korneev,O-Baron Rodriguez,J/Barbera del Valles 
op 1995 (41)} ) 17...Rfe8 18.Qh4 Ne5 $5 ( 18...Re6 $5 19.Rxe6 Qxe6 20.Re1 
Qg4 21.Qxg4 Bxg4 22.f4 $14 {Vehi Bach,V-San Segundo,P/San Sebastian op 
1995 (41)} ) 19.Bf4 $5 {Intending to transfer the game into promising 
ending,where nevertheless black's defensive resourses are huge.} ( 19.Be4 
$5 Bc6 20.Rad1 Ng6 21.Qg4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Qc6 23.Rxd4 Qxc2 24.Bc3 $14 ) 19...
Qc5 $2 {Missing simple double blow.} ( 19...Re7 $5 $14 ) 20.Bxe5 $6 ( 20.
Qg3 $1 {This logical move slipped out white's attention as well:} 20...
Nxd3 ( 20...Ng4 21.h3 Nf6 22.Bxh6 Nh5 23.Qg5 $16 ) 21.Bxh6 Qf8 22.cxd3 Bf5
23.Bf4 $16 {with a pawn up.} ) 20...Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Qxe5 22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Bxe4 
$14 Re8 $5 ( 23...Bc6 24.Bxc6 $6 ( 24.Bd3 ) 24...bxc6 25.Re1 Rb8 26.b4 ( 
26.b3 $2 d3 $1 ) 26...c5 27.bxc5 Rb5 $11 ) 24.f3 Bc6 25.Bd3 {This game is 
very good example of accurate play in the endgame:after ten moves this 
almost equal position will turn into nearly wining for white!} 25...g6 $6 
( 25...Kf8 {[%cal Gf8c5]} ) 26.Rd1 Re7 ( 26...Kg7 $5 27.Bc4 Rd8 28.c3 $2 (
28.Kf2 $14 ) 28...dxc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3c1]} 29.Rxd8 c2 $19 ) 27.Kf2 Kg7 28.
Bc4 Rd7 29.Ke2 g5 30.Kd3 g4 $2 {Suicide!Now white has square f4 to attack 
the weak pawn on d4.Deserved attention} ( 30...Kf6 $5 {with defendable 
position.} ) 31.fxg4 Bxg2 32.Rg1 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1f4]} 32...
Bc6 ( 32...Bh3 33.Ke4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg1g3]} ) 33.Rf1 $16 Kg6 34.
h4 $1 b5 35.Bb3 Bd5 36.h5+ Kg7 ( 36...Kg5 37.Rf5+ $18 ) 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.
Rf4 Rc5 39.Rxd4 Kf6 40.Rf4+ $1 Kg5 41.Rxf7 Kxg4 42.Rxa7 $18 Rxh5 43.c4 Rh2
( 43...bxc4+ 44.Kxc4 Rh1 45.b4 h5 46.a4 h4 47.a5 h3 48.Rh7 h2 49.Kb5 Kg3 
50.a6 Ra1 51.Kb6 h1=Q 52.Rxh1 Rxh1 53.a7 $18 ) 44.cxb5 Rxb2 45.Kc4 h5 46.
Rg7+ Kf5 47.a4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O 
Bd6 9.Re1 Ne4 10.Qb3 ( 10.Bd3 Ndf6 11.Qc2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.Nd2 Bh5 14.
e4 Bc7 15.Ba3 $18 {1-0 Wells,P-Jansson,J/Hamar op 1983 (25)} ) 10...b6 $6 
( 10...Qb6 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bxe6 $18 ) ( 10...Nb6 $5 $11 ) 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.
Nd2 Bg6 13.e4 e5 $2 {Danach werden die wei@n en Felder am Damenfluegel 
t@enfluegel dlich schwach.} ( 13...a5 14.d5 Nc5 15.Qc3 {ist unguenstig 
fuer Schwarz, so da@arz,} ) ( 13...O-O {richtig war; die Stellung scheint 
mir in etwa ausgeglichen.} ) 14.d5 c5 15.Bb5 O-O 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Bd2 Nf6 $2 
{Schwarz mu@arz te versuchen, mit} ( 17...f5 {Gegenspiel zu bekommen.} ) 
18.f3 a6 $2 {Dies f@s rdert die Plaene des Wei@e en.} 19.Bc6 Rab8 20.Nxd6 
Qxd6 21.Qc4 a5 22.f4 Ne8 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Qc3 Qc7 25.e5 f6 26.e6 Qe7 27.Bf4
Rd8 28.Qb3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 exd4 7.Bf4 Nge7 8.Bd6 b6
9.cxd4 cxd4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.a4 Bb7 12.Bc4 Nc8 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.
Ba2 Ba6 16.f4 Qe7 17.fxe5 Qxg5 18.Rxf7 Kh8 19.Nf3 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7 
9.Qe2 ( 9.a3 h6 ( 9...Qc7 10.O-O Be7 11.g5 Nfd7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Be3 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Rg8 15.h4 Qc4 16.Rad1 h6 17.Qxc4 bxc4 18.Rd4 hxg5 19.hxg5 Rc8 20.f5 
Rh8 21.Rf3 Ne5 {Schula,M-Fajman,P/CZE-chT2 1995/0-1 (50)} ) 10.Be3 Nbd7 
11.Nde2 Ne5 12.O-O g5 13.Qd4 Be7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.b3 Qc7 16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 
Qc5 18.Qxc5 Rxc5 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Bd4 Rg8 {Walek,M-Sax,G/Komercni Banka op 
1996/0-1 (46)} ) ( 9.g5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nb6 11.O-O b4 12.Nce2 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 
14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Qe1 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Be7 18.Qg3 Qd5+ 19.Kh2 O-O-O 20.c3
{1-0 Kupreichik,V-Kohlweyer,B/BL2-W 1995 (32)} ) 9...b4 10.Na4 ( 10.Nd1 d5
11.e5 Ne4 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Ne3 O-O 16.O-O-O a5 17.Nc4
Qa6 18.Rhe1 a4 19.Nd4 b3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Nxb3 Qa2 22.Rd4 Rc8 {0-1 
Adams,W-Rossolimo,N/Hastings5051 1950 (59)} ) 10...e5 $6 {Very risky 
continuation, yielding White dangerous initiative at expence of the 
sacrificed central pawn.} ( {Better is} 10...Nc6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 
13.Be3 Nd7 14.b3 Be7 15.O-O O-O 16.a3 a5 17.Rfd1 bxa3 18.c4 Bc6 19.Rxa3 {
0-1 Kupreichik,V-Magerramov,E/Bad Woerishofen op 1994 (47)} ) 11.Nf5 g6 
12.Ne3 Nxe4 ( {Consequent, but imprudent. More chances offered} 12...Bg7 
13.Qd3 ( 13.Qc4 Qa5 ) 13...O-O ( 13...Qa5 $2 14.b3 ) 14.g5 ) 13.O-O Nd7 
14.Rd1 h5 ( 14...Ndf6 15.g5 ) 15.Nc4 f5 ( 15...Ndc5 $2 {loses after} 16.
Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxe5 Qe7 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Qf3 $18 ) ( 15...Ndf6 $2 16.g5 $18 )
16.f3 Nef6 17.g5 Nd5 18.f4 e4 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6,Re4,Re8][%cal 
Gg2e4,Gd1d5,Gc4d6,Ge2e8]} 19.a3 ( {Also possible was immediate} 19.Bxe4 $5
fxe4 ( 19...Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Bxe4 21.Nxd6+ Bxd6 22.Rxd6 $18 ) ( 19...Qe7 20.
Nxd6+ $1 Qxd6 21.Bxd5+ $18 ) 20.Qxe4+ Kf7 21.Rxd5 Bxd5 ( 21...Qe8 22.Qxe8+
Rxe8 23.Nxd6+ $18 ) 22.Qxd5+ Kg7 23.Be3 $16 {/+-} ) 19...a5 ( 19...Be7 {
was to be preferred, although after} 20.axb4 {ii a5 White has excllent 
winning perspectives.} ) 20.Bxe4 $1 fxe4 21.Qxe4+ Kf7 ( 21...Qe7 $2 22.
Nxd6+ $18 ) 22.Rxd5 Bxd5 ( 22...Qe8 {does not siffice in view of} 23.Qxe8+
Rxe8 24.Nxd6+ $18 ) 23.Qxd5+ Kg7 24.axb4 Kh7 ( 24...axb4 {does not help 
either:} 25.Nc5 ( 25.b3 $16 ) 25...Rxa1 26.Ne6+ Kh7 27.Nxd8 Rxc1+ 28.Kg2 
Rxc2+ 29.Kf3 Bg7 30.Ne6 $16 ) 25.bxa5 Bg7 26.Bd2 $18 {White's position is 
entirely winning. Three pawns for the exchange, domination in the center 
and good attacking perspectives - all these factors determine White's 
decisive advantage. The rest needs no comment.} 26...Nc5 27.Nab6 Ra7 28.
Rf1 Re8 29.Nxd6 Re2 30.Nbc4 Ne6 31.f5 gxf5 32.Qxf5+ Kg8 33.c3 Rd7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Olsen, Heini"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4 8.Be2 
Qa5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qg5 14.Bd2 Qg6 
15.Bf4 h5 16.Kh1 Bg4 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qf5 19.Qe3 Re6 20.Rad1 a6 21.Rd2 
Rd8 22.Rfd1 Rd7 23.Kg1 Re8 24.Be5 Nh7 25.Bh2 Red8 26.Re1 Re8 27.Red1 Red8 
28.Re1 Ng5 29.Bg3 f6 30.h4 Ne6 31.Red1 Kf7 32.Kf1 g5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Be5 
c5 35.Re1 cxd4 36.Qxe4 Kg6 37.Qxf5+ Kxf5 38.Rd3 g4 39.f3 Nc5 40.fxg4+ hxg4
41.Rd2 d3 42.Rf2+ Kg6 43.Rf6+ Kg5 44.Rf2 d2 45.Rd1 Ne4 46.Rf4 Ng3+ 47.Kf2 
Re8 48.Kxg3 Rd3+ 49.Kf2 Rxe5 50.g3 Ree3 51.Rxd2 Rxg3 52.Rxd3 Rxd3 53.Re4 
Rd2+ 54.Kg3 Rxb2 55.Rxg4+ Kf5 56.Rg7 Ke4 57.Rd7 b6 58.Rd6 a5 59.a4 Ke3 60.
Rd5 Rb4 61.c5 bxc5 62.Rxc5 Rxa4 63.Rf5 Ra1 64.Rf3+ Ke4 65.Rf4+ Ke5 66.Rh4 
Kd5 67.Rf4 a4 68.Kg2 Kc5 69.Rf5+ Kd4 70.Rf4+ Ke3 71.Rb4 a3 72.Rb3+ Ke2 73.
Kh2 Ra2 74.Kg1 Kd2 75.Rf3 Kc2 76.Rf2+ Kb3 77.Rf3+ Kc4 78.Rf4+ Kd3 79.Rf3+ 
Ke4 80.Rb3 Ra1+ 81.Kg2 Kd4 82.Kh2 Kc4 83.Rf3 Kb4 84.Rf4+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 ( 4.Nge2 Nc6 ( 4...c6 5.a4 e5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.
dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Be6 {Gulko,B-Petrosian,T URS-ch 1977 24/174 
[Kotov,A]} 10.Nc1 $14 {[%cal Gc1d3,Gg2g3,Gf1g2,Ge1c1,Gf2f4]} ) ( 4...Nf6 
5.g3 Na6 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 {Vajda,L-Itkis,B CBM 60} ( 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 $5 dxe5 
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nb4 $13 ) ) 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 O-O 7.Qd2 Na5 8.
Ng3 b6 9.O-O-O c5 10.h4 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc6 12.Be3 h5 13.Bh6 Be6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.Bb5 Qc7 16.Rhe1 a6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Qg5 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A 
Manila izt 1990} ) 4...Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nge2 c5 $5 7.O-O ( 7.d5 $5 O-O 8.
O-O Rb8 9.a4 b6 10.Nb5 Rb7 11.c4 Ne8 12.Rb1 a6 13.Nbc3 Rb8 14.Bg5 Ne5 15.
b3 Nc7 16.f4 $14 {Arkhipkin,Y-Itkis,B/Erevan 1981/1-0 (42)} ) 7...O-O ( 
7...cxd4 $5 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.b3 Nc5 10.Bb2 Bd7 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 e5 13.Nf3 Bc6 
14.Nd2 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.b4 Na6 17.Na2 Qb6 18.c4 Rfd8 19.Qb3 Bh6 $1 $13 {
0-1 Rivas Pastor,M-Timman,J/Amsterdam zt 1978 (32)} ) 8.h3 cxd4 ( 8...a6 
$5 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.b3 e6 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.f4 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16.Na4 Rb8 17.c4 $14 {E-E Bashkov,V-Minasian,A/URS-chT 1990 (41)
} ) 9.Nxd4 Nc5 ( 9...a6 $5 10.Be3 Nc5 $5 ( 10...Nb6 $6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Qd2 e5
13.Nde2 Be6 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nbd7 17.c4 Nh5 18.g4 Nhf6 19.
Rac1 Rfe8 20.Ng3 Nf8 21.b4 $16 {Muchnik,L-Gaprindashvili,N/URS-chW 
1979/E-E (58)} ) 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bc6 15.f4 Qc7 
16.Qf2 b5 17.Bd4 b4 18.e5 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 bxc3 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.bxc3 e5 $1 $11
{E-E Kreutzkamp,R-Hertneck,G/BL8485 1985 (41)} ) 10.Be3 ( 10.Re1 $5 a6 ( 
10...Bd7 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Kh2 Na4 13.Nxa4 Bxa4 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Rac1 Bc6 16.Bh6 
Bh8 17.c4 Qc7 18.b4 Red8 19.Qe3 Be8 $14 {Burger,K-Pasman,M/Beer Sheva 
1982/MCD-r8/E-E (47)} ) 11.a4 e5 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Be6 14.Be3 Qd7 15.Kh2
Rad8 16.Re2 Ne8 17.Nd5 f5 18.Bg5 Nf6 19.Rc1 $14 {
Khenkin,I-Timman,J/Tilburg blitz 1994/1-0 (72)} ) ( 10.f4 $5 ) 10...Bd7 
11.Qd2 ( 11.a4 Rc8 12.Re1 b6 13.Ra3 Qc7 14.Bg5 a6 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.b4 Ne6 
17.Nd5 Qd8 18.c3 Re8 19.a5 b5 20.Nb6 Rc7 21.h4 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Bc6 {E-E 
Zakharevich,I-Sakaev,K/Petrov mem 1996} ) ( 11.Kh2 $5 Rc8 12.Nb3 $6 ( 12.
Qd2 $14 ) 12...b6 13.Qd2 Na4 $1 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.Rad1 ( 15.c3 $142 Bc6 16.
Qc2 Qd7 ) 15...Qc7 ( 15...Bc6 16.e5 dxe5 ) 16.c3 $6 ( 16.Rc1 ) ( 16.Qb4 
Qc4 $1 17.Rd4 Qxb4 18.Rxb4 Bxb3 19.cxb3 Rc2 $6 20.Ra4 $13 ) 16...Qc4 17.
Qc2 Nd7 18.Ra1 ( 18.Bf3 $142 {[%cal Gf3e2]} ) 18...Nc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 $15 {
[%csl Ga4,Gg7][%cal Gb8b2] (Har Zvi) 0-1 Moldovan,D-Itkis,B/Ciocaltea mem 
1997 (41) /i} ) 11...a6 12.a4 e5 $146 ( 12...a5 13.Nb3 $6 ( 13.f4 $5 ) 
13...Nxb3 14.cxb3 Be6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bd7 17.b4 b5 18.bxa5 Rxa5 {E-E 
Cortlever,N-Sandor,B/Hoogovens-B 1969} ) 13.Nb3 $5 ( 13.Nde2 $6 Bc6 14.f3 
$13 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3,Gh3]} ) 13...Nxb3 14.cxb3 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6]} 14...Be6 15.
b4 ( 15.Nd5 $6 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Rac1 Rc8 $11 ) 15...Qd7 16.Kh2 Ne8 $6 (
16...Rac8 $5 17.f4 Rc4 $13 ) 17.Rfd1 $13 Bb3 $5 ( 17...f5 18.Nd5 Rd8 19.
exf5 $1 $14 ) 18.Rdc1 Nc7 ( 18...Rc8 $5 19.Ra3 Be6 ) 19.Ra3 Bc4 20.Bb6 $5 
{[%csl Rd5]} 20...Rac8 21.Nd1 {[%cal Rd1e3]} 21...Na8 $6 ( 21...Be6 $5 {
i22.i fd1i a8} ) 22.Bc5 Rfd8 $2 ( 22...Be6 $5 23.Rd3 Qxa4 24.Rxd6 Rfe8 $13
) 23.Rxc4 dxc5 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Ne3 $14 {[%cal Ge3d5]} 25...Bf8 {[%cal 
Gg8g7,Gf8c5]} 26.Nd5 Kg7 27.b5 $1 Rd6 ( 27...Rcd8 $142 {if5} ) 28.bxa6 
bxa6 29.Rb3 {[%cal Gb4b8,Gb3b8]} 29...Rcc6 {ii b6} 30.a5 $14 {[%csl Rb6]} 
30...Nc7 {[%cal Gc7b5,Gc7e6]} 31.Rb7 Nb5 $5 ( 31...Ne6 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 
$5 $14 ( 33.e5 $6 fxg3+ ( 33...Nd8 $2 34.Ra7 fxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Re6 36.Nf4 Rxe5
37.Bxc6 Nxc6 38.Rxa6 $16 ) ( 33...Rd8 $2 34.Nxf4 Nxf4 35.Rxf4 $1 $16 ) 34.
Kxg3 Rd8 $1 ( 34...Nd8 $2 {-33...i d8} ) 35.Nf4 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]} 35...Nxf4
36.Bxc6 Nd3 $1 $13 ) ) 32.f4 $1 Rd8 ( 32...h6 $143 33.f5 $36 ) 33.fxe5 Re8
( 33...Re6 $5 ) 34.Rb6 Nd4 35.b4 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb4c5]} 35...Rxb6 ( 
35...Rec8 $2 36.h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2h3,Gh3c8]} ) 36.axb6 Ne6 37.
bxc5 ( 37.Nc7 $2 Nxc7 38.bxc7 Rc8 39.bxc5 Rxc7 40.c6 a5 $14 ) 37...Nxc5 ( 
37...Bxc5 $4 38.Nc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Rc5,Gc7,Re6,Re8]} ) 38.Rb4 Rb8 ( 
38...a5 $142 39.Rb5 a4 $14 ) 39.Bf1 {[%cal Gf1a6]} 39...a5 40.Rb5 a4 41.
Nf6 $1 {d7,e4} 41...Rd8 $6 ( 41...a3 42.Bc4 $14 ) 42.Bc4 a3 43.b7 $1 $16 
a2 $2 ( 43...Rb8 44.Bd5 a2 45.Ra5 Nxb7 46.Rxa2 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal 
Ga2a7]} ) 44.Bxa2 Rd2+ 45.Kh1 Nxb7 46.Rxb7 $1 Rxa2 47.Ne8+ Kg8 ( 47...Kh6 
48.Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge8f6]} ) 48.e6 $1 Ra1+ ( 48...Be7 49.Rxe7 
Kf8 50.Rxf7+ Kxe8 51.Rxh7 $18 ) ( 48...fxe6 $2 49.Nf6+ Kh8 50.Rxh7# ) 49.
Kg2 Ra2+ 50.Kf1 Ra1+ 51.Ke2 Ra2+ 52.Kd1 Ra1+ 53.Kc2 Ra2+ 54.Kb1 Rf2 55.e5 
$1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge8f6]} 55...Be7 ( 55...fxe6 56.Nf6+ Rxf6 $8 $18 
57.exf6 ) ( 55...h5 56.Nf6+ Kg7 57.Rxf7+ $18 ) 56.Rxe7 Kf8 57.Rxf7+ Rxf7 
58.exf7 Kxf7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Kjartansson, David"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Re1 O-O 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.e4 Rac8 14.e5 Be7 15.Nb3 
Qb6 16.Qd2 a5 17.Nbd4 a4 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Bc2 Qa6 20.b3 Rfd8 21.h4 c5 22.
Qf4 Bc6 23.Nh2 d4 24.Rad1 axb3 25.axb3 dxc3 26.Ng4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Qe2 28.Rd3
Qxc2 29.Rg3 Kf8 30.Nf6 Qd2 31.Qg4 g6 32.h5 g5 33.f4 c2 34.fxg5 c1=Q+ 35.
Kh2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Bg4 
9.c3 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.b4 Qf6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf6f4,Rh5f4,Re5f4,Rg5f4]} 
12.Qb3 ( 12.a4 a5 13.b5 Ne7 14.Rb1 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Bd5 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 g4
18.Nh4 Qg5 19.g3 Nxd5 20.exd5 f5 21.Qe2 O-O-O 22.Rbd1 Rde8 23.Qd2 f4 24.
Rde1 fxg3 25.Qxg5 gxf2+ 26.Rxf2 hxg5 27.Ng2 g3 28.hxg3 Rh1+ {0-1 
Vallin,G-Zak,U/Aix les Bains 1991} ) 12...Nxg3 ( 12...Ne7 {ii g6-f4i} ) 
13.hxg3 h5 {ih4 ih4-hgi} 14.a4 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Rd6,Gf3,Gg3][%cal 
Ga4a5,Gd2c4,Gc4b6,Gc4d6,Rf6f3,Rg4f3,Rh5h4,Rh4g3,Ga5b6,Gc4d5,Gd5c6]} 14...
a5 ( 14...a6 $5 ) 15.Bd5 {ii c4-b6} 15...h4 $1 {ih} 16.gxh4 Bxf3 ( 16...
gxh4 17.Nh2 Be2 ) 17.Nxf3 g4 $1 {ig3ib6-g1} 18.Ng5 {f7} ( 18.Nh2 Qxh4 $19 
) 18...Rxh4 $40 {i h} 19.Bxf7+ ( 19.Nxf7 Qf4 20.Bxc6+ Kf8 $1 21.g3 Qxg3# )
19...Ke7 $1 $19 {ii a8-h8} 20.Qe6+ ( 20.g3 Rh6 21.Qe6+ ( 21.Bg8 Nd8 $19 
22.Nh7 $2 Qf3 ) 21...Qxe6 22.Bxe6 $19 ) ( 20.bxa5 Rah8 21.Nh3 Nxa5 $19 ) (
20.Bg8 Nd8 $1 $19 ) 20...Qxe6 21.Bxe6 Rah8 $1 ( 21...Rah8 22.Nh3 Kxe6 23.
bxa5 Nxa5 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[ECO "A91"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nh3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.b3 Qe8 8.Bb2 Bd8 
9.Nd2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.e4 fxe4 12.Ng5 e3 13.fxe3 c6 14.c5 Ng4 15.Nde4 
Rxf1+ 16.Qxf1 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Be6 18.Qd3 g6 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Qd8+ Kg7 21.Bh3 
Nd7 22.Qxa8 Qf5 23.Bxg4 Qxg4 24.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Ne1 e5 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.c3 Be6 13.Qd2 h5 14.Nc2 Bxd5 15.exd5 
Ne7 16.c4 h4 17.Rab1 a5 18.b3 f5 19.a3 f4 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.g4 h3 22.Bf3 b6 
23.Kh1 g5 24.Rg1 Ng6 25.Qe4 Nh4 26.a4 Rae8 27.Ne1 ( 27.Na3 $142 $11 {ii 
b5-i c3} ) 27...Rf6 28.Rd1 Rh6 29.Rb1 Qf7 30.Rd1 Ng6 31.Nc2 Nf8 32.Rde1 
Nd7 33.Na3 Nf6 34.Qe2 $2 ( {Wie der Partieverlauf zeigte, spielte der 
Anziehende wegen der gro@ en Elodifferenz auf Remis. Fuer dieses Ziel sind
besonders geschlossene Stellungen gut geeignet, weil es nicht viele 
Varianten zu berechnen gibt. Statt dessen mu@en man mehr man@n vrieren und
strategische Ueberlegungen anstellen. Jetzt war der Punkt erreicht, an dem
der Anziehende sein Spiel mit einer Remisabwicklung haette kr@te nen 
konnte.} 34.Nb5 $3 Nxe4 35.dxe4 ( 35.Bxe4 f3 $1 ) 35...Qd7 {Eine 
unglaubliches Stellung. Schwarz hat eine ganze Dame fuer nur einen 
Springer, und dennoch ist nicht zu sehen, wie die wei@, e Stellung 
durchbrochen werden k@den nnte. Der Nachziehende hat zwei m@i gliche 
Gegenopfer: a) Gegenopfer mit i b5 - das wuerde nichts am Remisausgang 
aendern. b) Opfer i h4 - i g4 - danach nimmt Wei@ mit i g4 zurueck und die
Stellung ist wiederum ausgeglichen. Der Anziehende mu@ehende nichts weiter
tun, als mit den Tuermen auf der ersten Reihe abzuwarten.} ) 34...e4 $1 {
Dieses Bauernopfer verschafft dem Nachziehenden die einzige praktische 
Chance, in dieser geschlossenen Stellung auf Sieg zu spielen. So wird die 
wichtige Diagonale a1-h8 fuer den schwarzen Laeufer geraeumt, und der 
schwarze Springer findet auf e5 einen starken Vorposten.} 35.dxe4 Nd7 36.
Nb5 Ne5 37.Qd1 Re7 38.Na3 Qg6 39.Nb1 Nd7 40.Qc2 Bd4 $1 41.Qe2 Ne5 $1 {Die 
schwarzen Figuren stehen jetzt sehr viel aktiver als es vor ein paar 
Zuegen der Fall war.} 42.Rgf1 Kg7 43.Rg1 Rh8 44.Qd1 $2 ( 44.Na3 $142 Rhe8 
( 44...Bc3 45.Rd1 Nxf3 46.Qxf3 Qxe4 47.Qxe4 Rxe4 48.Nb5 Be5 49.Rge1 Rxe1+ 
50.Rxe1 $14 ) 45.Nb5 Nxf3 46.Qxf3 Rxe4 47.Rxe4 ( 47.Rd1 Bxf2 $1 48.Qxf2 
Re2 49.Qf3 R8e3 $19 ) 47...Qxe4 48.Qxe4 Rxe4 49.Nxd6 Re2 $15 ) 44...Bxf2 
$19 45.Qe2 Bd4 46.Rgf1 Rhe8 47.Nd2 Bc3 48.Rd1 Bxd2 49.Rxd2 Qh7 50.Rdd1 
Nxf3 51.Rxf3 Rxe4 52.Qf1 Re3 53.Rxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 Na6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Nb4 12.Re1 a6 13.Bf1 Re8 14.Qb3 Nf6 15.e5 Ng4 
16.h3 Nh6 17.Ne4 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nf5 19.Bg5 Qb6 20.Bc4 a5 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 22.
Bxf6 h6 23.Rad1 Nd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Kh2 Qc5 26.d6 Be6 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Rc1 
Qb6 29.Qf3 d3 30.Red1 Nc6 31.Qf4 g5 32.Qf3 Nxe5 33.Bxe5 Rxe5 34.Rxd3 Re6 
35.d7 Rd8 36.Rc8 Rc6 37.Rxd8+ Qxd8 38.Qe4 Kf8 39.Qh7 Ke7 40.Qe4+ $138 Re6 
1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Black "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "A23"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qb6 7.e3 cxd5 8.d3 Bb4 
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.dxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 dxe4 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Qa4 Ne5 15.
Rab1 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Bd7 17.Qb3 Nc4 18.Rc2 Be6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Bf1 Rb6 21.Bb4 
Ne5 22.Qa3 Nf3+ 23.Kg2 Qc8 24.Rd1 Ne8 25.Be7 Rh6 26.h4 Nxh4+ 27.Bxh4 Rxh4 
28.Kg1 Rh6 29.Rcd2 Qc6 30.Rd7 Re6 31.Qb3 Rc8 32.Rxb7 Qxc3 33.Qxc3 Rxc3 34.
Rd8 Kf8 35.Rxa7 Re7 36.Raa8 Rc1 37.Kg2 Rc5 38.a4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.O-O d5 7.d3 e6 8.Nbd2 Qc7 
9.a3 Bd6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.b4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Be5 14.Re3 Bf4 15.Rd3 
Ne5 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Qf1 cxb4 18.Nxe5 Bxd2 19.Nc4 bxc3 20.Rb1 Bxc1 21.Rxc1
Kb8 22.e5 Nd5 23.Nd6 f6 24.Rb1 b6 25.Qb5 fxe5 26.Nc4 Be2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Black "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e5 8.g4 Ne8 9.
Bd3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Ra7 12.Rg1 Re7 13.Nd2 Kh8 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.a5 bxa5 16.
Ke2 Qc8 17.Rxa5 f5 18.f3 Ref7 19.Raa1 Nf6 20.Raf1 Ng8 21.gxf5 gxf5 22.exf5
Bxf5 23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.Nce4 Rd8 26.Rg2 Ne7 27.Bg5 Rf7 28.Rfg1 
Rd7 29.Bxe7 Rfxe7 30.Nf6 Rb7 31.Nh5 a5 32.b3 Na6 33.Nxg7 Rxg7 34.Rxg7 Rxg7
35.Rxg7 Kxg7 36.Ne4 Kg6 37.Nxd6 Kg5 38.Nb7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Black "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[ECO "C85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.b3 
Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Nbd2 O-O-O 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Ne3 Qf6 14.g4 Bg6 15.
Ng2 Qe6 16.Qe2 h5 17.Nfh4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 Qe7 19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.Bc1 Rh5 21.h4 
Rdh8 22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Ne1 Be7 24.Nf3 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Kb8 26.Kg2 Nc5 27.Qg3 Ne6 
28.Qxe5 Qf7 29.Rg1 Rh3 30.Ne1 Rh2+ 31.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 32.Kxh2 Qxf2+ {[#] A 
mating attack with queen and knight. White doesn't succeed in coordinating
his scattered forces. [#] Mattangriff mit Springer und Dame. Wei@ gelingt 
nicht das Zusammenspiel seiner versprengten Kraefte.} 33.Rg2 ( 33.Ng2 Nxg5
{[%csl Rc2][%cal Rf2f3]} ) 33...Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Nxg5 35.c4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Qh4 37.
Rh2 Qg3 38.Rg2 Nf2+ 39.Kg1 Nh3+ 40.Kh1 Qh4 41.Rh2 Qf6 $1 {[%cal 
Rf6f1,Rf6a1]} 42.Nc2 Qf3+ 43.Rg2 Nf4 44.Ne1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Black "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ne5 
O-O 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qa4 Nb8 11.Bg5 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rac1 f6 14.Nd3 c6 15.
Rfe1 Nd7 $2 {The easiest tactical errors to make are of course those that
look to be natural moves. Now white can exploit the weaknesses along 
black's second rank.} ( 15...Na6 $142 ) 16.Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gb7e7]} 16...
cxd5 17.Rc7 Ndc5 ( 17...Bc8 18.Qc6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5,Re4]} ) 18.Rxe7 Nxa4
19.Rxb7 {And white has emerged with an extra pawn and the better position.
} 19...f5 20.Rc1 Rfc8 21.Rcc7 Rxc7 22.Rxc7 b5 23.Nb4 Nxb2 24.Nxd5 Kf8 25.
Nc3 Rd8 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.e3 a5 28.Bxe4 Rb8 29.Bxh7 b4 30.e4 Rd8 31.e5 Rxd4 
32.e6 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Re1 34.Rf7+ Ke8 35.Rxg7 Rxe6 36.Ra7 Re5 37.h4 Nd1 38.Bc2
Nc3 39.Bb3 Kd8 40.f4 Rc5 41.g4 Nxa2 42.h5 Nc1 43.h6 Ne2 44.f5 Rc3 45.h7 
Nf4+ 46.Kf1 Rf3+ 47.Ke1 Re3+ 48.Kf2 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nd2 g6 $5 ( 3...e5 $5 4.c3 Be7 ( 4...g6 5.Ngf3 Qe7 6.
dxe5 dxe5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.g3 Nh3+ 12.Kg2 Nc6 
13.Nf1 Nd8 14.b3 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Balashov,Y Novgorod op 1995} ) 5.Ngf3 
Nbd7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O Re8 9.a4 a5 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bc4 exd4 $6 12.
cxd4 d5 13.Ba2 dxe4 $6 ( 13...Nb6 $5 14.e5 Nfd7 ) 14.Nxe4 $14 {(Har Zvi) 
1-0 Kalegin,E-Genba,V/RUS-Cup4 1997 (23)} ) ( 3...Nc6 $5 4.Ngf3 e5 5.c3 
Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 Bf8 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bxd7 Nbxd7 12.Nc4
Qc8 $13 {Rublevsky,S-Balashov,Y RUS-ch Elista ,1995} ) 4.g3 $146 ( 4.Ngf3 
$5 Bg7 5.Be2 ( 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 ( 6...c5 $5 ) 7.c3 Re8 8.Re1 e5 9.h3 ( 
9.dxe5 Nxe5 $1 10.Nxe5 Rxe5 11.Nc4 Re7 $10 ) 9...a6 10.Nf1 b6 ( 10...d5 $5
) 11.Ng3 Bb7 12.d5 $5 Nb8 13.c4 Nbd7 14.Be3 c6 15.dxc6 ( 15.Bc2 $5 $14 ) 
15...Bxc6 $13 {(Stohl) E-E Rublevsky,S-Balashov,Y/Kurgan 1994 (34)} ) 5...
O-O 6.O-O Nc6 $5 ( 6...Nbd7 7.Re1 ( 7.c3 $5 e5 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Re1 Nh5 10.g3 
Nb6 11.a4 a5 12.b3 Re8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ne3 Bh3 16.Ba3 Qf6 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18.c4 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.c5 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Nd7 22.Qd2 Bf8 23.
Qxa5 Qc6 24.Nd5 Bxc5 25.Bb5 Qd6 26.Bxd7 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Predein,V/Kurgan 
1995} ) 7...e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Kh8 12.b3 Re8 13.
Bc4 Qe7 14.Nf3 Nf8 15.Ng5 Ne6 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 {E-E 
Gipslis,A-Tseitlin,M/URS-ch38 Riga 1970} ) 7.c3 e5 8.Re1 Re8 9.d5 Nb8 10.
Bf1 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Bc4 h6 13.h3 Qe7 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Ng3 
Rad8 17.Qc2 Kh7 18.Be3 d5 19.Rad1 Ng8 20.exd5 exd5 21.Qa4 {E-E 
Geller,E-Parma,B/Siegen olm 1970} ) 4...Bg7 5.f4 $6 {d4,e4} ( 5.Bg2 $5 {ii
gf3,0-0} ) 5...O-O 6.Ngf3 c5 {[%cal Gc5d4]} 7.d5 $2 ( 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bg2 
Qc7 9.O-O Rd8 $11 ) 7...e6 $1 $15 {[%cal Ge6d5]} 8.c4 $2 ( 8.dxe6 $5 Bxe6 
( 8...fxe6 $5 ) 9.Bg2 Nc6 $15 ) 8...exd5 9.cxd5 ( 9.exd5 Re8+ 10.Be2 Bh3 
$17 {[%cal Gh3f1]} ) 9...Re8 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Re4][%cal Ge8e4,Gf6d5,Gf6e4]} 
10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxd7 ( 11.Bd3 Nxd5 ) 11...Nbxd7 12.Qe2 Nxd5 13.Qd3 ( 13.O-O 
$5 Nb4 14.a3 Nc2 15.Rb1 Nd4 $17 ) 13...Nb4 14.Qb3 Nf6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 15.
a3 Nxe4 $1 $19 16.O-O ( 16.axb4 c4 $1 $19 ( 16...Nxg3+ $5 17.Kf2 Nxh1+ 18.
Kg2 $19 ) ) 16...Nxd2 17.Bxd2 Qb6 {[%cal Gc5c4,Yb6g1]} 18.Qa4 Nd3 19.Rab1 
c4+ 20.Kh1 d5 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5]} 21.Bc3 Re2 {[%cal Re2h2,Re2b2]} 22.Bxg7 
Kxg7 23.Ng5 Nf2+ 24.Kg2 Ne4+ 25.Kh1 Nxg5 26.fxg5 Qe3 {[%csl Rh1][%cal 
Ge3d2,Ge3e4]} 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Black "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.Bg5 f6 9.
Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Be2 h6 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Nf1 Nbd7 15.Ne3 Bg6 
16.h4 Nc5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.b4 Nce4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bg4 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Rf6 22.
Be6+ Bf7 23.Qc2 Bxe6 24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Nd5 c6 27.Rf1+ Bf6 28.
Nxf6 Rxf6 29.Ke2 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Black "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 Nbd7 
9.Re1 Qa5 10.Nd2 b5 11.Nb3 Qb4 12.axb5 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Bf1 Qh4 15.
bxa6 Ne5 16.g3 Qf6 17.Bf4 Qf5 18.Nd2 g5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.c3 Bf6 21.Qf3 Qxf3
22.Nxf3 Rd8 23.Bb5 Bd7 24.c4 Bxb2 25.Ra2 Bf6 26.a7 g4 27.Nd2 Bxb5 28.cxb5 
Rd7 29.b6 Bc3 30.Re4 h5 31.Nc4 Rb7 32.h3 gxh3 33.Ra3 Bb4 34.Rae3 e6 35.
dxe6 d5 36.exf7+ Kxf7 37.Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Black "Briem, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.e4 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O fxe4 
9.dxe4 Be6 10.b3 a5 11.h3 Na6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Kh2 Ndc5 14.Rc1 g5 15.f4 gxf4 
16.gxf4 Kh8 17.Ng3 Nb4 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Qh5 Nd7 20.Rcd1 Qe8 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 
22.Bg5 Qxh5 23.Nxh5 Nc2 24.Na4 Nd4 25.Be3 c5 26.Bg5 Rc8 27.Nf6 Bg7 28.Nxd7
Bxd7 29.Nb6 Rf8 30.Nxd7 Rf2 31.Kg1 Rxa2 32.Nxc5 h6 33.Be3 Ne2+ 34.Kh2 b6 
35.Ne6 Bf6 36.Bxb6 Kg8 37.Rd7 Bg5 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rg6 Nf4 40.Nxf4 Bxf4+ 41.
Kg1 Rb2 42.Bxa5 Kh7 43.Rf6 Rb1+ 44.Bf1 Be3+ 45.Kg2 Rxb3 46.Bc7 Rb2+ 47.Kg3
Bd4 48.Rf5 Rb1 49.Bg2 Rc1 50.Bxe5 Bxe5+ 51.Rxe5 Rxc4 52.Kf4 Kg7 53.Bf3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.a3 Bg7 6.Rb1 a5 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.O-O d6 
9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5
Qxd5 16.b4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Be6 7.Na4 h6 8.c3 Qd7 
9.O-O Bh3 10.d4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Bb6 12.Re1 O-O 13.b4 Rfe8 14.d5 Ne7 15.c4 a5 
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Bd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.b5 Ng6 20.f3 Ne5 21.Qxd4 Nxf3 22.
Kxf3 Qh3 23.Bb2 Re7 24.Nc3 Rae8 25.Qg1 Ng4 26.Ke2 Nxh2 27.Kd3 f5 28.Qf2 
Ng4 29.Qg1 f4 30.Kc2 fxg3 31.Qh1 Nh2 32.Re3 Rf8 33.Rg1 Rf1 34.Rxf1 Qxf1 
35.Qxf1 Nxf1 36.Rf3 g2 37.Ne2 Rxe4 38.Ng1 Rxc4+ 39.Kd3 Rc5 40.Rf2 Rxd5+ 
41.Bd4 c5 42.bxc6 bxc6 43.Rxg2 c5 44.Rxg7+ Kf8 45.Ne2 Rxd4+ 46.Nxd4 Kxg7 
47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Nxd6 Ke6 49.Ne4 Kd5 50.Nf6+ Kc6 51.Ne4 Kb5 52.Ke2 Nh2 53.
Ke3 c4 54.Kf4 Kc6 55.Kg3 Kd5 56.Nc3+ Kd4 57.Nb5+ Kc5 58.Nc3 Nf1+ 59.Kh4 
Kd4 60.Nb5+ Kd3 61.Kh5 Ne3 62.Kxh6 Nf5+ 63.Kg5 Nd6 64.Nc7 Ke4 65.Na6 c3 
66.Nb4 Nb5 67.Kg4 Na3 68.Kg3 Kd4 69.Kf2 Kc4 70.Na2 c2 71.Ke3 Kb3 72.Nc1+ 
Kb2 73.Nd3+ Kc3 74.Nc1 Nc4+ 75.Ke2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 Nb6 4.c4 d6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 g6 ( 6...Be6 7.Bd3 d5
8.c5 Nc8 9.Bf4 c6 10.Nf3 $14 {Kotter,R-Hoenig,A/NRW-I/1990/} ) ( 6...Nc6 
7.Be3 Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Be6 10.b3 a5 11.a4 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.Nge2 Bg5 
14.Kb2 Nb4 15.h4 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Qd7 $13 {Chernyshov,K-Zelcic,R/Djakovo op 
(09)/1994/} ) ( 6...Bf5 7.Qf3 Qc8 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qe6+ 10.Nge2 Nxc4 11.
O-O Nb6 12.Nf4 Qd7 13.Re1+ Be7 14.Nfd5 Nc6 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bxf6 Nc8 17.Bxg7 {
Guimaraes,J-Reis,L/POR-sf (07)/1993/} ) 7.Bd3 ( 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 ( 8...
Qe7+ 9.Be3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nc6 11.Be2 Bg7 12.Rd1 $14 {
Kienast,J-Lippert/FRG-chTJ/1989/} ) ( 8...Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bg7 11.
Bg5 {Grau Carrera,M-Chalabashvili,T/EU-chJW U10 Herculane (09) /1994/} ) 
9.Qxf3 Bg7 ( 9...Nc6 $14 ) 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxc5 N6d7 ( 11...Qe7+ 12.Be3 
Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qe5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.O-O O-O 16.cxb6 Qxb5 17.Rfb1 $18 ) 12.Qxb7
Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qf6 14.Qe4+ $16 {Kaminski,M-Oliwa,M/POL-ch 1996 (21)} ) ( 7.
Be3 $5 Bg7 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.b3 O-O 10.Be2 Re8 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.O-O $14 {Koba 
Igor-Vlasikhin M/Ch Russia /2 final), Yaroslavl (Russia) 1995 (29)} ) 7...
Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.b3 Ne7 11.h4 $5 ( 11.Ng3 $6 c5 12.Nge2 d5 13.
dxc5 dxc4 14.bxc4 Nd7 15.O-O Ne5 $13 {Dworakowski,L-Oliwa,M/POL-chJ U20 
1994 (39)} ) 11...Nf5 12.Bxf5 ( 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bxf5 Bxf5 14.Qd2 c5 15.O-O-O
Rc8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 16.d5 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf2f3,Gg2g4]} ) 12...Bxf5 
13.h5 Qe7 ( 13...Re8 $5 {[%csl Gg7]} 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Qd2 d5 16.c5 Nd7 17.
Bg5 Nf6 18.f3 $14 ) 14.Qd2 c6 15.O-O-O d5 16.c5 Nd7 17.Ng3 Be6 18.Bg5 $1 
Bf6 ( 18...f6 19.Bf4 Rfe8 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Bd6 Qf7 22.Rh2 $40 {[%cal Gd1h1]
} ) 19.Bf4 $1 Nxc5 $5 ( 19...Rfe8 20.Bd6 Qd8 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Kb1 {[%cal 
Rd2h6]} 22...Bg7 $14 ) 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Kb2 Qb4 ( 21...Bxc3+ $6 22.Qxc3 
Qxf2+ 23.Bd2 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]} 23...Qxg2 $2 24.Qf6 $18 {[%cal 
Gh5h6]} ) 22.Bg5 Bh8 23.Rh4 $1 $16 Qa5 24.b4 Qb6 ( 24...Qa4 $5 25.hxg6 ( 
25.Rdh1 a5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Rxh7 Qxb4+ 28.Kc2 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Rxf2+ 30.Bd2 
Qxc3+ 31.Kxc3 Raf8 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.R1h7+ Ke8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Rxb7 Rxg2 36.
Nf1 c5 $11 ) 25...fxg6 26.Re1 Rae8 ( 26...a5 27.Rxe6 axb4 {[%tqu 
"En","","","","e6g6","",5]} 28.Rxg6+ $1 Kf7 29.Rxh7+ Kxg6 30.Qd3+ Kxg5 31.
Rh5+ Kf6 32.Qf5+ Ke7 33.Rh7+ Kd6 34.Ne4+ dxe4 35.Rd7# ) 27.f3 a5 28.a3 $14
) 25.Be3 d4 $6 ( 25...Qd8 $5 26.Rhh1 $1 ( 26.Rdh1 Bf6 27.Rf4 a5 ( 27...g5 
28.Rxf6 Qxf6 29.Bxg5 $16 ) 28.Rxf6 $1 ( 28.Bd4 Bg5 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.Rxf8+ 
Qxf8 $1 31.Qxg5 Qxb4+ $132 ) 28...Qxf6 29.Bd4 Qe7 $8 ( 29...Qd8 30.Qh6 f6 
31.hxg6 $18 ) 30.Bc5 Qf6 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.bxa5 Rxa5 34.Qh6+ 
Ke7 35.Qh4 {[%cal Gh4b4]} 35...d4 36.Qxf6+ Kxf6 37.Nce4+ Ke5 38.a3 $14 ) 
26...a5 27.Bd4 axb4 ( 27...Bxd4 28.Qxd4 axb4 29.Qxb4 g5 30.Rhe1 $16 ) 28.
Bxh8 Qa5 $1 29.Kb1 Kxh8 30.hxg6 fxg6 $8 ( 30...bxc3 31.Rxh7+ Kg8 32.Rh8+ 
Kxh8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qh7# ) 31.Qd4+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h7","",10]}
32.Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 33.Rh1+ Kg8 34.Rh8+ Kf7 35.Rh7+ Ke8 36.Qe5 Kd8 37.Qxe6 $18
) 26.Bxd4 Qxb4+ 27.Kc2 Rfd8 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Qh6 ( 29.Qe3 $5 Qe7 $8 30.Re4 
Bxd4 31.Rdxd4 Rxd4 32.Qxd4 $16 ) 29...Qe7 30.Bxh8 Rxd1 ( 30...Kxh8 31.Rdh1
Rd7 32.Qxg6 $18 ) 31.Bf6 $1 Qxf6 32.Qxh7+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ ( 33.Nge4 $1 Bf5 ( 
33...Rad8 $5 34.Nxd1 ( 34.Nxf6 R8d2# ) 34...Bf5 35.Qh8+ Qxh8 36.Rxh8+ Ke7 
37.Rxd8 Bxe4+ 38.Rd3 $18 ) 34.Kxd1 Qd4+ 35.Kc1 $18 ) 33...Qxh8 34.Rxh8+ 
Bg8 35.Kxd1 b5 36.a3 a5 37.Rh4 Rb8 38.Kc2 b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.Na4 $18 {
[%csl Rc6]} 40...Kg7 41.Rd4 ( 41.Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5]} 41...b3+ 42.Kb2 Rb4 
43.Nac5 Bd5 44.f3 $18 {[%cal Gh4h1,Gh1c1,Gc1c3]} ) 41...Bd5 42.Ne4 g5 43.
f3 Kg6 44.Nec5 $2 {[%csl Ra4]} ( 44.Nac5 $18 ) 44...Kf5 45.Rg4 Rh8 46.Ne4 
$6 ( 46.Nb6 Rh4 47.Nxd5 cxd5 48.Rxh4 gxh4 49.Nd3 $18 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4,Gg4]} 
) 46...Bxe4+ 47.Rxe4 Rh2 48.Rg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","h2h4","trtr",10]} 
48...Rh4 $1 49.Rxh4 gxh4 50.Nc5 ( 50.Kd3 Kf4 51.Ke2 Kg3 52.Kf1 h3 53.gxh3 
Kxf3 $11 ) 50...Kf4 51.Nd3+ Ke3 $1 $11 ( 51...Kg3 $2 52.Ne1 Kf2 53.f4 $18 
) 52.Nxb4 ( 52.f4 Ke4 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc6c5,Gc5c4]} 53.Kd2 c5 54.Ke2 b3 
55.Nxc5+ Kxf4 56.Kf2 b2 57.Nd3+ Kg4 58.Nxb2 h3 59.g3 h2 $11 ) 52...Kf2 53.
f4 $8 Kxg2 54.f5 h3 55.f6 h2 56.f7 h1=Q 57.f8=Q Qf1 58.Qg7+ Kh1 59.Qh6+ 
Kg1 60.Nd3 Qe2+ 61.Kc3 Qf3 62.Qg5+ Kf1 63.Kd4 Qd5+ 64.Qxd5 cxd5 65.Kxd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.
h4 $5 {Ivan Sokolovs Idee aus seiner Partie gegen I.Nowikow (Antwerpen 
1997)} 9...g4 10.Ne5 Bb4 $5 $146 ( 10...h5 {[%csl Rg5,Rh5][%cal Yf2f3] 
geschah in der Stammpartie.} 11.Be2 Bb7 ( 11...b4 $5 {(W.Epischin) wirft 
einen gro@ en Schatten auf das wei@ten e Komzept.} 12.Na4 Nxe4 13.O-O Bg7 
14.Bf4 ( 14.Bxc4 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Nd7 $17 ) 14...
Qxh4 15.Qc2 ( 15.g3 Qd8 16.Qc2 Ng5 $17 ) 15...g3 16.fxg3 Nxg3 17.Bxg3 Qxg3
18.Rf3 ( 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qf4 h4 $15 ) 18...Qh4 19.Rd1 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 $17 {
(W.Epischin)} ) 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Rad1 {Sokolov se contente pour 
l'instant de centraliser ses forces. Il faut dire que les Noirs sont 
devant une tache difficile. Leur position est resseree et on ne voit 
guAere de refuge convaincant pour abriter le Roi.} 14...Qb6 $5 15.Na4 $1 {
Une conception splendide!} 15...Qa5 $2 16.Nc5 $16 {1-0 
Sokolov,I-Novikov,I/Lost Boys 5th 1997/CBM 61/[Lutz] (33) EmpAeche ...c5 
et enferme le ib7 pour de bon.} ) 11.f3 Nh5 12.Bf2 Qa5 13.Qd2 g3 14.Be3 f6
15.Ng4 $2 {Dieses Versehen fuehrt zu eier grausamen Stellung fuer Wei@ung 
.} ( 15.Ng6 Rg8 16.Nf4 $13 ) 15...f5 16.Ne5 ( 16.Nxh6 f4 ) ( 16.Be2 $5 {
ist ein Versuch, eine Figur zu opfern.} 16...f4 ( 16...fxg4 17.fxg4 $44 ) 
17.O-O $5 Rf8 $1 $19 {nebst ...fxe3 und ...i f4.} ( 17...fxe3 18.Qxe3 {i 
f4} ) ) 16...f4 17.Bg1 ( 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Qxc3+ 20.Ke2 
Qb2+ $19 ) 17...Bb7 18.Rc1 Rg8 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Rg1,Rh1] Offensichtlich ist 
die wei@sichtlich e Idee gescheitert.} 19.a3 Bd6 20.Ng4 Nd7 21.Qc2 O-O-O 
22.Nxh6 {Wei@eitert. schafft es in der Folge noch, Verwicklungen zu 
schaffen.} 22...Rg7 23.Be2 c5 24.d5 exd5 25.Nf5 Rg6 26.e5 Nxe5 27.Nxd6+ 
Rdxd6 28.Bxc5 Rde6 29.Kf1 d4 30.Bxd4 Nxf3 31.Bxf3 Bxf3 32.Qf5 a6 33.a4 Qd8
34.Qc5+ Rc6 35.Qf5+ Rce6 36.Qc5+ Rc6 37.Qf5+ Rge6 38.gxf3 Qxd4 39.Rc2 b4 
40.Nd5 b3 41.Ne7+ Kb7 42.Nxc6 g2+ 43.Kxg2 Qg7+ 44.Qg5 Rg6 45.Nd8+ Ka8 46.
Ne6 Qg8 47.Re2 Rxg5+ 48.hxg5 Ng3 49.g6 Nxe2 50.g7 Qxe6 51.Rh6 Qf7 52.Rh8+ 
Kb7 53.g8=Q Qxg8+ 54.Rxg8 c3 55.Rg7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Qxd5 Qb4+ 13.Qd2 Qe4+ 14.Qe3 
Qxe3+ 15.fxe3 f6 16.O-O fxe5 17.Nxe5 d6 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rf1+ Kg7 20.Nf3 
a5 21.e4 a4 22.e5 dxe5 23.Nxe5 Be6 24.Ra1 Rd8 25.Nd3 Bc4 26.Ne1 g5 27.b3 
Bf7 28.Kf2 c5 29.Ke3 Re8+ 30.Kd2 Re4 31.Nf3 Bd5 32.Re1 Rg4 33.Re2 h6 34.
Ne1 Kf6 35.g3 c4 36.bxa4 c3+ 37.Kxc3 Rxa4 38.Rf2+ Ke6 39.Nd3 Rxa2 40.Nb4 
Ra3+ 41.Kb2 Re3 42.Nxd5 Kxd5 43.Rf6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Nb4 13.Qd2 Qe7 $5 $146 {The idea of 
this move is to refrain from c7-c5 as long as possible,as it weakens "d6" 
pawn and counterplay in the centre can be not enough.} ( {Nevertheless 
Black usually plays} 13...c5 14.Nb3 ( 14.Nde2 $6 {[%csl Re4]} 14...Bc6 15.
f3 {E-E Schumacher,H-Deleyn,G/BEL-chT9697 1997} ( 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 
17.a5 h5 18.h4 Rad8 19.f4 d5 20.exd5 Qf5 21.Red1 Bb5 22.Nxb5 axb5 23.c3 
Nc2 24.Rac1 Ne3 25.Re1 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 Qe4+ ( 26...Rxd5 $5 ) 27.Kh2 Qxd5 $142
( 27...Rxd5 $2 28.Nd4 cxd4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Qg2 $1 ( 30.cxd4 $6 {1-0 
Cherniaev,A-Bitman,A/RUS-Cup2 1996 (39)} ) 30...f5 31.Re1 $1 dxc3 32.bxc3 
$1 $18 ) ) ) 14...Bc6 ( 14...Qc8 {E-E Spasov,V-Stohl,I/Elenite 1992} ) 15.
Bf4 Nh5 ( 15...d5 $2 16.exd5 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Nfxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rd1 c4 
20.Nc1 $18 {[%cal Rd2d8]} 20...Qe7 21.Bxd5 Rd8 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Bxf7+ Kg7 25.Qxd8 Qf3 26.Qd4+ {1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-Alkaersig,O/Benasque
op 1996} ) 16.Bg5 ( 16.Bxd6 $6 Nxc2 $1 17.Qxc2 Qxd6 ) 16...Bf6 17.Bh6 ( 
17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Na5 ( 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Na5 Rd7 20.Nc4 Red8 21.Nb6 Re7 22.
Qc1 Ng7 23.Re3 Ne6 24.Ne2 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc2c3]} 24...Nd4 25.c3 $16 Nbc2
26.cxd4 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 {1-0 Sanz Alonso,F-Moreno Ruiz,J/ESP-ch 1994 (42)} ) 
18...b6 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Rad1 Ra7 22.c3 $14 {[%csl Rd6] 
Cid,M-Toth,C/Mar del Plata 1990/1-0 (52)} ) 17...Qc7 ( 17...Bg7 18.Bxg7 
Nxg7 19.Rad1 Ne6 20.Nd5 a5 21.Nc3 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Nb5 Rc8 24.c3 dxc3 
25.bxc3 Na6 26.Nxd6 Bxa4 27.Qf4 $1 Bxd1 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Nxe8 Qxe8 30.Qf6+ 
Kg8 31.Rxd1 $18 {Kosashvili,Y-Reinderman,D/ISR-NLD m rapid 1995/1-0 (55)} 
) 18.Nd1 Bd7 19.g4 Ng7 20.c3 Nc6 21.Ne3 Be6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Ne5 24.Re2
Qb6 25.Qf4 Nd7 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nd2 Be5 28.Nc4 Bxf4 29.Nxb6 Bxh6 30.Nxd7 
Bg5 31.Nb6 {E-E Klinger,J-Miles,A/Kusadasi op 1990} ) 14.Rad1 ( 14.Nd5 
Nbxd5 15.exd5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Gg7d4] and strong bishop on "g7" compencate 
space advantage.} ) ( 14.Bg5 $5 h6 $5 15.Bxh6 $1 ( 15.Nd5 $6 Nbxd5 16.exd5
Ne4 $1 17.Rxe4 Qxg5 $15 ) 15...Bxh6 16.Qxh6 c5 {[%csl Rc2]} 17.e5 $1 ( 17.
Nf5 $5 gxf5 18.exf5 Qxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20.Kh2 $44 {[%csl Rg8]} ) 17...
cxd4 $1 ( 17...dxe5 18.Nf3 Nxc2 ( 18...e4 $6 19.Rac1 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5]} ) 
19.Rxe5 Be6 ( 19...Nxa1 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Ng5 $1 $18 ) 20.Rd1 $16 {[%csl 
Rg8]} ) 18.exf6 Qf8 ( 18...Qxf6 $2 19.Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4g5]} ) 19.Qxf8+ 
Kxf8 $1 ( 19...Rxf8 $6 20.Re7 $1 ( 20.Nd5 $5 Nxc2 21.Re4 $1 Nxa1 $140 $4 
22.Ne7+ Kh7 23.Rh4# ) 20...dxc3 ( 20...Nxc2 21.Rc1 dxc3 22.Rxc2 $16 ) 21.
Rxd7 $1 $16 ) 20.Re4 $1 Nxc2 $1 ( 20...Rxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxc2 22.Rc1 Bxa4 23.
Nxd6 $14 ) 21.Rh4 $1 Kg8 22.Rc1 dxc3 23.Rxc2 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6,Yf6,Rg8]} 
) 14...h5 15.Bg5 Qf8 16.Nb3 ( 16.Bf4 $5 $14 ) ( 16.a5 $5 ) 16...Be6 17.Nd4
Bd7 18.Nb3 Be6 19.Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.e4 
Bd7 9.Be2 a6 10.a4 a5 11.Nd2 b6 12.Nf1 g5 13.Bg3 Ne7 14.h4 Ng6 15.hxg5 
hxg5 16.Rxh8+ Nxh8 17.Qd2 Ng8 18.Ne3 Ng6 19.Bg4 Nf4 20.f3 Bxg4 21.Nxg4 Nf6
22.Ne3 Qd7 23.Nf5 O-O-O 24.Bxf4 gxf4 25.Qb2 Rh8 26.Kf2 Ng8 27.Qb5 Ne7 28.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 29.Nxe7 Kxe7 30.d4 f6 31.Rb1 Kd7 32.Kg1 Kc6 33.Rb5 Rh7 34.Rb1 
Rh5 35.Kf2 Rh2 36.Rg1 Kd7 37.Ke2 Kc6 38.Kd3 Rh8 39.Kd2 Rh2 40.Ke1 Kd7 41.
Kf2 Kc6 42.Rb1 Rh8 43.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 Be4 14.Qc3 Nd5 15.
Qc1 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Nxc5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qe7 19.Bxd5 Rxc5 20.Qe3 Rxd5 21.
Rfd1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.e4 ( 9.b3 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ngxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Bf4 Nf6 
15.Rad1 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 $11 {0-1 Balogh,P-Sarmir,M/Sala op 1994 (60)} ) 9...
dxe4 10.Nxe4 ( 10.Ng5 Bb7 ( 10...h6 11.Ngxe4 Nxe4 ( 11...Bc7 $2 12.Nxf6+ 
Nxf6 13.Bxc6 Rb8 14.Ne4 $16 {1-0 Vlasakova Petra-Martinkova Eva/Ch Czech 
Chess Union 1993 (33)} ) 12.Nxe4 Bc7 $14 ) 11.Ndxe4 Be7 12.Rd1 h6 13.Nxf6+
Nxf6 14.Nf3 ( 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qc7 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Be3 Qe7 $11 18.c5 $6 
bxc5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Rd7 Qb6 22.Rad1 Rfd8 $15 {E-E 
Zupe,M-Stummer,A/Budapest FS02 IM-B 1994 (43)} ) 14...Qc8 15.c5 bxc5 16.
dxc5 Nd5 17.Bd2 a5 18.Rac1 Qc7 19.Qe4 Bf6 20.b3 Ba6 $11 {
Novikov,I-Varga,Z/Budapest Perenyi-B 1989/E-E (64)} ) 10...Nxe4 11.Qxe4 
Bb7 12.Qc2 ( 12.b3 Qc7 ( 12...Rb8 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 Nf6 16.
Qc2 Rbc8 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Ng4 Qg5 19.Ne3 Nf6 20.c5 Bc7 21.Nc4 $14 {
Fominikh,A-Henriksson,C/Helsinki open 1992/1-0 (74)} ) ( 12...Qe7 13.Rd1 
Rab8 14.Qc2 e5 15.c5 bxc5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Ng5 f5 18.Bb2 h6 19.Nh3 c4 20.
Nf4 Kh7 21.bxc4 Ba6 22.Re1 $16 {1-0 Korsunsky,Y-Kiesekamp,M/1. Meisdorfer 
Schlo@fer turnier sp 1996 (30)} ) 13.Bb2 Be7 14.Rad1 Bf6 15.Qe2 Rac8 16.
Rfe1 ( 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Be7 $14 ) 16...Rfd8 17.h4 c5 $11 ( 17...h6 18.
Bh3 Kh8 ( 18...c5 $11 ) 19.Nh2 c5 20.d5 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 exd5 22.cxd5 Qd6 $11 
( 22...Re8 23.Ng4 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qd6 $11 ( 24...Bxd5 $2 25.Nxh6 $16 {0-1 
Cuartas,C-Duque,D/Bogota Lat Cup 1991 (34)} ) ) ) ) ( 12.Rd1 Nf6 13.Qc2 
Qe7 14.Re1 ( 14.b3 $14 ) 14...h6 15.Nh4 Qd7 $11 {0-1 
Kern,G-Leroy,A/Budapest FS07 IM 1994 (30)} ) ( 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.
Re1 g6 15.Bd2 Rfe8 16.Bc3 Qc7 17.d5 ( 17.b4 Be7 18.Rab1 b5 ( 18...Rad8 19.
h4 b5 20.c5 Nd5 21.Bd2 $14 {1-0 Quinteros,M-Varela,G/Open, Buenos Aires 
ARG 1997 (31)} ) 19.c5 Nd5 $1 $11 ) 17...e5 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.
Rad1 Rac8 21.b3 $14 ) 12...h6 ( 12...Nf6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bg5 h6 
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.c5 bxc5 18.dxc5 Bc7 19.Re3 Rad8 20.Rae1 Re7 $11 ( 20...Ba5
$6 21.b4 $1 Bc7 22.Ne5 $14 {1-0 Martin,A-Gunnarsson,J/Hafnarfjordur open 
1995 (37)} ) ) 13.Be3 ( 13.b3 Rb8 ( 13...c5 14.Ng5 hxg5 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bg2
( 16.dxc5 Be5 17.Bb2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Rxb7 19.c6 Rc7 20.cxd7 Rxd7 $11 ) 16...
cxd4 17.Rd1 e5 ( 17...Qf6 18.Qd2 d3 19.Rb1 Ne5 20.Qxg5 $14 ) 18.Qf5 g6 19.
Qxg5 Qxg5 20.Bxg5 f6 21.Bh6 Rfd8 $132 ) 14.Bb2 c5 $11 ) 13...c5 $2 ( 13...
Qc7 14.c5 Be7 15.b4 $14 ) 14.Ng5 $1 $16 hxg5 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bg2 ( 16.dxc5 
Nxc5 17.Bg2 $16 ) 16...cxd4 17.Bxd4 Qe7 ( 17...Qc7 18.b3 $16 ) 18.Rad1 
Rfd8 19.b3 Bc5 ( 19...Be5 20.Be3 $16 ) 20.Bc3 Nf6 ( 20...a6 21.Qe2 Bb4 ( 
21...b5 22.Bc6 b4 ( 22...bxc4 23.Bxd7 $1 $18 ) 23.Bxg7 $3 Kxg7 24.Bxd7 Bd6
( 24...Rxd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qe5+ $18 ) 25.Bc6 $16 ) 22.Bb2 Ba3 23.Ba1 $16 
) 21.Rd2 ( 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Ng4 23.Be1 Ne5 24.h3 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Qd6 26.
Qxd6 Bxd6 27.Bc3 $16 ) 21...Nd7 $6 ( 21...Rxd2 22.Qxd2 g4 23.Rd1 a5 $16 ) 
22.Rfd1 Nf8 23.b4 $1 Bd6 ( 23...Bxb4 24.Bxb4 Qxb4 25.Rxd8 $18 ) 24.Qa4 ( 
24.Qe4 $16 ) 24...Rbc8 ( 24...Qc7 25.Qb5 $16 ) 25.Qb5 f6 26.a4 Qc7 ( 26...
Bb8 27.h3 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Rd8 29.c5 Rxd2 30.Bxd2 Bc7 31.Be3 $16 ) 27.c5 $1 ( 
27.Qa6 $16 ) 27...Be7 ( 27...bxc5 28.bxc5 Be7 29.c6 $16 ) 28.c6 Bd6 29.Qa6
( 29.h3 $16 ) 29...Rb8 30.Qc4 Kf7 31.Bf3 ( 31.b5 $18 ) 31...Rbc8 32.Kg2 
Be7 33.b5 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Bxd8 36.Bh5+ g6 37.Bf3 Nd7 38.Qd4 ( 38.
Be2 Nc5 39.a5 $16 ) 38...Ne5 ( 38...Nc5 39.a5 $16 ) 39.Qe3 Nxf3 ( 39...g4 
40.Be4 f5 ( 40...g5 41.Qe2 Ke7 42.Bxe5 Qxe5 43.Qxg4 Qd4 44.h4 gxh4 45.Qxh4
Qxa4 46.Qh7+ Kd6 47.Qd7+ Kc5 48.Qxe6 $18 ) 41.Bxf5 $18 ) 40.Qxf3 $18 Qd6 
41.Bb2 Qd5 42.Qxd5 exd5 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.h3 Be7 45.Bd4 Bc5 $2 ( 45...f5 46.g4
Bd6 47.Ke2 $1 ( 47.a5 $2 bxa5 ( 47...Bc7 $2 48.a6 Kd6 49.Bf6 Kc5 50.gxf5 
gxf5 51.Bxg5 Kxb5 52.h4 Kxc6 53.h5 Be5 54.h6 Kb5 55.Be7 Bb2 56.Bf8 Bc1 57.
h7 Bb2 58.Kf4 Bh8 59.Bd6 d4 60.Be5 d3 61.Bxh8 d2 62.Bd4 d1=Q 63.h8=Q $16 )
48.Bxa7 a4 49.Bd4 a3 50.b6 a2 51.Ke2 Bc5 52.b7 Bd6 53.Kd3 Bc7 54.Kc2 Kd6 
55.Kb2 Kxc6 56.Bf6 Kxb7 57.Bxg5 fxg4 58.hxg4 d4 $11 ) 47...Bc7 48.Kd3 Bd8 
49.a5 bxa5 50.Bxa7 a4 51.Bc5 $18 ) 46.Ke3 $6 ( 46.Bxf6 $18 ) ( 46.Bxc5 
bxc5 47.a5 Kd6 48.a6 $11 ) 46...Kd6 $6 ( 46...f5 47.g4 Bd6 48.Kd3 $18 ) 
47.Kd3 Ke7 $6 ( 47...f5 48.Be5+ Ke6 49.f3 Ba3 50.Bb8 $18 ) 48.Bxf6+ Ke6 
49.Bd4 ( 49.Bxg5 Bxf2 50.Bf4 g5 51.Bb8 $18 ) 49...Kd6 50.f3 Ke6 51.Be3 Bd6
52.g4 Be7 53.Bd2 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Petursson} 1...c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 ( 5...b5 ) (
5...Qc7 ) 6.g4 ( 6.Be3 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Na2 Nf6 9.Nxb4 Bb7 $1 10.Bd3 d5 11.c3 
Nxe4 $6 ( 11...dxe4 $13 ) 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Qh5 $14 {Shirov-Kamsky,Linares 
1994} ) 6...Nc6 ( 6...b5 7.a3 ( 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O b4 9.Nce2 Nf6 10.Ng3 h6 
11.a3 e5 12.Ndf5 bxa3 13.Rxa3 g6 14.Ne3 Nbd7 15.b4 $14 {Hort-Ree,1994 
Amsterdam} ) 7...h6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Nd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Be3 g5 $13 {
Short-Kasparov,1994 Amsterdam} ) ( 6...Ne7 7.g5 Nec6 8.Nde2 b5 9.a3 Nd7 
10.Bg2 Rb8 11.O-O Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Kh1 Re8 $13 {Walther-Summermatter,1993 
Silvaplana} ) 7.Be3 Nge7 ( 7...Bd7 8.g5 Nge7 9.Nxc6 ( 9.Nde2 $1 $14 ) 9...
Nxc6 10.Bg2 Rc8 11.O-O Ne5 $1 $13 {Fedorovich-Elvest,New York 1994} ) 8.
Be2 $6 ( 8.g5 $5 ) ( 8.Nb3 ) ( 8.f4 ) 8...b5 9.a3 $5 Bb7 ( 9...Nxd4 $5 10.
Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Rb8 $5 $132 {with idea b5-b4} ) 10.h4 Rc8 11.
g5 $5 Na5 $5 ( 11...Nxd4 $5 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qd2 Be7 $132 ) 12.Qd2 e5 $6 ( 
12...Nc4 $5 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 $132 ) ( 12...d5 $1 $132 ) 13.Nf3 Nc4 ( 13...Rxc3
$5 14.Qxc3 Bxe4 $44 ) 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.O-O-O Qc7 $4 ( 15...Rxc3 $1 16.Qxc3 
Bxe4 $132 ) 16.Nxe5 $1 Rxc3 ( 16...dxe5 17.Bb6 $1 $18 ( 17.Bb6 $1 {
Petursson} 17...Qxb6 18.Qd7# ) ) 17.bxc3 Nc8 ( 17...dxe5 18.Bb6 $18 ) ( 
17...Bxe4 18.Rhe1 $18 ) 18.Nd3 d5 ( 18...Bxe4 19.Rhe1 ) ( 18...Qa5 19.Nb4 
$16 ) 19.Nb4 Qa5 ( 19...dxe4 {Petursson} 20.Bf4 Qe7 21.Rhe1 $18 ) 20.Qd4 
$5 ( 20.Kb2 $2 {Petursson} 20...Nd6 $132 ) 20...Qxa3+ 21.Kb1 Bxb4 22.Qxb4 
( 22.cxb4 {Petursson} 22...O-O 23.Bc1 Qf3 24.Bb2 f6 25.gxf6 Rxf6 26.Rhg1 
$18 ) 22...Qxb4+ 23.cxb4 $18 Nd6 24.exd5 Kd7 25.Rhe1 f5 26.h5 Re8 27.Bd4 
Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Bxd5 29.Kb2 Be6 30.Ra1 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.d5 Qb4 
9.Nd2 Bd7 10.a3 Qb6 11.h3 Rc8 12.Rb1 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 a5 15.Ne4 
Na6 16.Be3 Qb5 17.Nc3 Qc4 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.Rc1 Nc5 20.Ne4 Qb5 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 
22.Rxc5 Qxc5 23.Qb3 h6 24.Bd2 Qb5 25.Qxb5 Bxb5 26.b3 Bxe2 27.Rc1 f5 28.a4 
g5 29.Rc7 b5 30.Bf1 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Rb8 32.Ra7 bxa4 33.bxa4 Rb2 34.Bxa5 Bd4 
35.Ra8+ Kf7 36.Be1 Kf6 37.a5 Ra2 38.Rf8+ Ke5 39.Re8 Ke4 40.Kg2 Ra1 41.
Rxe7+ Kxd5 42.Bd2 Ra2 43.Be1 f4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Kf3 Be5 46.Rh7 Ra3+ 47.Kg4
Ra1 48.Bd2 Ra2 49.Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 
9.d5 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.b3 Bh6 13.Bf1 Nh5 14.a3 f5 15.b4 axb4 16.
axb4 Na4 17.Nxa4 Bxa4 18.Nb3 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 fxe4 20.Rxe4 Qf7 21.f3 Nf6 22.
Re3 e4 23.Qd4 exf3 24.Rxf3 Bxb3 25.Rxb3 Nd7 26.Rf3 Qe7 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.c5
Ne5 29.Be2 Qg5 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qf6+ 32.Bf3 Qf5 33.Kf2 Qd3 34.Qh4 Qd2+
35.Be2 Nd3+ 36.Kf3 Ne5+ 37.Kf2 g5 38.Qe4 Kg7 39.h3 h6 40.g3 Kf6 41.cxd6 
cxd6 42.Kf1 Kg7 43.Kf2 Qc1 44.h4 Qd2 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Kf1 Kf6 47.Kf2 Qc3 
48.Bf1 Qc8 49.Be2 Qh3 50.g4 Qh2+ 51.Ke1 Qf4 52.Qh7 Qxb4+ 53.Kd1 Qb3+ 54.
Ke1 Qc3+ 55.Kd1 Qa1+ 56.Kd2 Qa5+ 57.Kc2 Qa2+ 58.Kd1 Qxd5+ 59.Kc1 Ng6 60.
Kc2 Qf7 61.Qh1 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
Qa5 9.Bb2 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.f4 Ba4 15.Ba2
Rc8 16.O-O Nxc4 17.Bc1 O-O 18.Rb1 b5 19.Kh1 d5 20.e5 Ne4 21.Rf3 Qe7 22.
Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Bb2 Rfc8 24.Qe1 g6 25.g4 f6 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.g5 Qe7 28.Qe3 Kf7
29.Re1 Qd6 30.Qg1 Kg8 31.Qg4 Re8 32.Ne2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Qd3 Rc8 12.c4 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne8 14.Rac1 f5 15.
f4 g5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Qd1 Ng7 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Kh1 Rce8 20.b4 f4 21.Bg1 g4 
22.Ne6 f3 23.gxf3 Nxe6 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.f4 Qg6 26.Qd5+ Nf7 27.Bd3 Qg7 28.
Rc2 Bf6 29.Rg2 Kh8 30.Qh5 Nh6 31.h3 Bd4 32.Rxg4 Nxg4 33.Bxd4 Nf6 34.Bxf6 
1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bg5 c4 13.Rc1 e5 14.Bb1 Bc5 15.b3 Ba3 
16.Rc2 b4 17.Na4 c3 18.Re2 O-O 19.Ne1 a5 20.Bd3 Nb6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Re3 
Kh8 23.Nxb6 Qxb6 24.Nc2 Bb2 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Qxf7 Rg7 27.Qh5 Rag8 28.g3 Bc8 
29.Qd1 Bg4 30.Be2 Bd7 31.Kg2 a4 32.Bc4 axb3 33.axb3 Rc8 34.Qd3 Rg6 35.Rd1 
Qd6 36.Bb5 Rh6 37.Re2 Rg8 38.Kg1 Bg4 39.f3 Qc5+ 40.Qe3 Qxb5 41.fxg4 Rhg6 
42.h3 Qa5 43.Qd3 Qa7+ 44.Kg2 Qc5 45.Ne3 Ra8 46.d6 Rgg8 47.Nc4 Ba3 48.Rf2 
Rgf8 49.Qf3 Rad8 50.Qf5 Bb2 51.h4 Qa7 52.Nxb2 Qa2 53.Nc4 Qxb3 54.Ne3 Qa4 
55.g5 b3 56.gxf6 b2 57.f7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 d6 7.O-O c6 8.c4 Qe8 9.
Qc2 Nbd7 $6 $146 ( 9...h6 {Dautov} 10.Nbd2 Qf7 11.Rae1 Na6 12.Bc3 $1 ( 12.
e4 $6 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bf5 15.Qxe7 Bd3 $15 ) 12...Nc7 ( 12...g5 
13.e4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Bd7 ( 14...Kh8 15.Nexg5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Qh5 17.h4 Ng8 18.
d5 c5 19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.Qc3+ Rf6 21.Re3 Kf8 22.Rfe1 $44 {
Lputian-Malaniuk/URS-ch /1991} ) ( 14...Bg4 $5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Re3 $14 {
Dreev} ) 15.Nxf6+ exf6 16.d5 $1 c5 17.Re6 $1 Nc7 18.Rxd6 Qe7 19.Rxd7 Qxd7 
20.Rd1 $1 Rad8 21.b4 $1 b6 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.d6 $1 Ne8 24.Qg6 $1 $16 {
Dreev-Malaniuk/URS-ch/1991} ) 13.e4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Bf5 15.Nh4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 
e6 ( 16...Rae8 $6 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Bg2 $16 ) 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Bg2 $14 Rae8 
$6 ( 18...d5 $1 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Re2 $14 ) 19.d5 $1 {
Makarov,M-Shovunov,B/RUS-ch Elista 1994/1-0(28)} ) 10.Nbd2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5
12.e4 f4 ( 12...Nc5 13.Nxe5 Nfxe4 14.f4 $16 ) 13.c5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal 
Gd2c4,Yc4d6,Yb3b4] After this strong move black in few moves is geting 
completely losing position.} 13...Qe7 14.Nc4 {White's advantage is 
obvious: hard pressure on-e5,and advantages ini and i} 14...Ne8 $2 ( 14...
Nxc5 $142 15.Nfxe5 fxg3 16.hxg3 Be6 17.f4 $14 ) ( 14...Qxc5 $2 15.Ba3 ) 
15.b4 g5 $2 ( 15...b6 $142 16.Rad1 bxc5 17.bxc5 Ba6 ( 17...Nxc5 18.Nfxe5 
$16 ) 18.Bh3 $1 $36 ) 16.Bh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5] actually winning the game.
} 16...a5 ( 16...h5 17.Bxd7 Bxd7 18.Nfxe5 $18 {[%cal Ge5g6]} ) 17.Nxa5 h5 
( 17...Nc7 $142 18.Nc4 $18 ) 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Qe6 $1 Qd8 20.Nxb7 ( 20.Qg6 
$18 {[%csl Rg5,Rh5]} ) 20...Bxb7 21.Qxd7 g4 22.Qxb7 gxh3 23.Nxe5 Kg8 24.
Qxc6 Nc7 25.Rad1 Qg5 26.Qxc7 fxg3 27.hxg3 h4 28.Rd7 {[%cal Rd7g7]} 28...
hxg3 29.Rxg7+ Qxg7 30.Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nd7+ Kg8 32.Nxf8 Rxf8 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "D18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfc1 O-O-O 14.a5 Rhe8
15.Nh4 ( 15.Qb2 Kb8 16.Rcb1 Ka8 17.Bf1 e5 18.Re1 Nef6 19.Nd2 $44 {
Gligoric,S-Beliavsky,A/Belgrad/1987/} ) 15...Nd6 16.Bb3 e5 17.Nxg6 ( 17.
Qf3 Nf6 $1 $146 ( 17...Nb5 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bxf7 $16 {
Magerramov-Damljanovic/Baku/1986/} ) 18.a6 $6 b6 19.c4 $2 Nde4 $1 20.c5 ( 
20.dxe5 Rxe5 $17 ) 20...Nd2 21.Qe3 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 b5 23.dxe5 Rd3 $17 {0-1 
Magerramov,E-Tukmakov,V/Helsinki op 1992 (37)} ) 17...hxg6 18.Qg4 Nf5 $2 {
Schwarz verfuegt ueber eine gro@ e Anzahl von M@ glichkeiten. Plausibel 
erscheint zum Beispiel die Fortsetzung} ( 18...Rh8 19.h3 exd4 20.cxd4 Nf5 
21.Bxf7 Nf6 22.Qxg6 Nxd4 {mit unklarer Stellung.} ) 19.Bxf7 Nf6 $2 ( {
Besser war} 19...Nh6 20.Qxg6 Nxf7 21.Qxf7 exd4 22.cxd4 Nf6 23.Qxc7+ Kxc7 
24.Bc5 $16 ) 20.Qxg6 $18 Nh4 21.Qxg7 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Rh8 23.Be6+ Nd7 24.gxf3 
e4 25.Qg3 Rde8 26.Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.Bf7 Rb8 28.fxe4 Rh4 29.e5 c5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.c5 
Nf8 9.Nge2 Bg4 10.Qc2 Ne6 11.Be3 Bh5 12.h3 Bg6 13.O-O-O b6 14.cxb6 axb6 
15.g4 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 O-O 17.f4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Rxa2 20.Nc3 Ra1+ 21.
Kc2 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Qc7 23.Kb1 Rd8 24.d5 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.dxc6 Rc8 27.b4 
1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g6 7.O-O-O Bg7 8.f4 
O-O 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.g4 g5 11.f5 exf5 12.exf5 c6 13.h4 gxh4 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Rdg1
d5 16.g5 hxg5 17.Rxg5 Kf8 18.Rxh4 Ke7 19.Qh2 Kd8 20.Rh7 Bf8 21.Qh5 Re7 22.
Rg8 Kc7 23.Qh2+ Qd6 24.Qxd6+ Kxd6 25.Rhh8 b6 26.Ne5 Re8 27.Nxf7+ Ke7 28.
Ne5 Bh6+ 29.Kd1 Rxg8 30.Rxg8 Bb7 31.Rg6 Be3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.d5 Nf6 12.bxc4 b4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Nd4
Ke7 $5 $15 ( 15...Qe7 $2 16.dxe6 $2 ( 16.Qb5 $1 Rb8 ( 16...Ba6 $4 17.Rxa5 
$18 ( 17.Qc6 $4 O-O $132 {0-1 Ukhanov A-Zaitsev M/Ch Russia (cadets) 
(under 1996 (34)} ) ) 17.Qxa5 exd5 18.cxd5 $16 ) 16...fxe6 17.Qb5 Ra7 18.
Rxa5 Rxa5 19.Qxa5 O-O 20.Qc7 b3 21.Qxb7 Rb8 22.Nc6 Qa3 23.Nxb8 ( 23.Qxd7 
b2 24.Qxe6+ ( 24.Bd3 b1=Q+ 25.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 26.Ke2 Rb2+ ( 26...Rxh1 $4 27.
Qe8+ Qf8 28.Ne7+ $18 ) 27.Kf3 Qf8+ 28.Kg4 Qf5+ 29.Kh4 g5+ 30.Kh5 Qg6+ 31.
Kg4 Qf5+ $11 ) ( 24.Ke2 b1=Q ( 24...Rf8 25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Ne5 b1=Q 27.Nf7+ 
Rxf7 ( 27...Kg8 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Qg8+ Rxg8 30.Nf7# ) 28.Qxf7 Qe4 $1 $19 ) ) 
( 24.Nxb8 b1=Q+ 25.Ke2 Qaa2+ 26.Qd2 Qxc4+ $19 ) 24...Kh8 25.Nxb8 b1=Q+ 26.
Ke2 Qad3+ 27.Kf3 Qf5+ 28.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 29.Ke2 Qc2+ $11 ) 23...Qc1+ 24.Ke2 
Qc2+ 25.Ke1 Qc1+ $11 {E-E Zatsch,A-Kuiper,J/cr 1988 (28)} ) ( 15...exd5 
16.c5 Ba6 ( 16...Bc8 17.Bb5 Ke7 18.Bc6 Ra6 19.Qb5 Rd8 20.Bb7 Bxb7 21.Qxb7 
Rb8 22.Qxd5 $14 {1-0 David,R-Feist,P/GER-ch U20 qual3 1996 (40)} ) 17.Qxa5
Bb7 18.Qxa8+ Bxa8 19.Rxa8+ Ke7 20.Rxh8 Qg6 21.Be2 ( 21.c6 Qb1+ 22.Ke2 Ne5 
23.c7 Qd3+ 24.Ke1 Qc3+ $11 ) 21...Qb1+ 22.Bd1 Qd3 23.Bc2 Qc3+ 24.Ke2 Qc4+ 
25.Kf3 $18 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Kanstler,B/Tel-Aviv Cup 1996 (33)} ) ( 15...e5
{-Main Theory Variations} ) 16.Be2 ( 16.d6+ $2 Kxd6 17.Rd1 Rhd8 $1 ( 17...
Ke7 $2 18.Nf5+ exf5 ( 18...Kf8 19.Rxd7 {i Gavrikov,V-Karasev,V/USSR 1982} 
) 19.Rxd7+ ( 19.Qxd7+ Kf8 20.Qxb7 Qc3+ 21.Ke2 Qxc4+ 22.Ke1 Qc3+ 23.Ke2 
Qc4+ $11 {E-E Ivanov,S-Karasev,V/Leningrad ch-city 1984 (27)} ) 19...Ke6 
20.f3 ( 20.Rxb7 Qc3+ 21.Ke2 Qxc4+ $11 ) 20...f4 21.exf4 Rhe8 ( 21...Bxf3 
22.Rd3 Rhd8 23.Re3+ $1 $18 ) 22.Bd3 Qc3+ 23.Kf2 $18 {1-0 
Shulman,Y-Petrov,J/EUchJ Vejen 1993 (24)} ) 18.Nc6+ ( 18.Qb5 Kc7 19.Qa4 
Nc5 20.Qb5 Qe5 $17 {Schultz,A-David,R/OLO-B 1995/1-0 (62)} ) 18...Kc7 19.
Nxd8 Qc3+ 20.Ke2 Qxc4+ 21.Ke1 Qc3+ 22.Ke2 Nb6 ( 22...Qc4+ $11 ) 23.Nxe6+ 
fxe6 24.Qa1 Nd5 $19 ) ( 16.Qb5 Rhb8 $17 ) 16...exd5 17.cxd5 ( 17.Qb5 Rhb8 
18.Rxa5 Rxa5 19.Qxa5 dxc4 20.Qxb4+ Ke8 21.Qxc4 Qg5 22.Nb5 Qxg2 23.Nd6+ Ke7
24.Nf5+ Kf8 25.Rf1 Qxh2 $17 ) 17...Rhd8 $2 $16 ( 17...Bxd5 $1 18.O-O Rhc8 
$15 ( 18...Qg6 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rhc8 $15 ) ) 18.O-O ( 18.Qb5 Qb6 19.O-O
Qxb5 20.Bxb5 Kd6 ( 20...Bxd5 21.Bc6 $14 ) 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.Bxc6 Ra6 23.Rfb1 
Ne5 ( 23...Nc5 24.Bb5 Raa8 25.Bc6 $11 ) 24.Bb5 Ra7 25.Rxb4 axb4 26.Rxa7 
Rb8 27.Be2 b3 28.f4 Nd7 29.Bd3 b2 30.Bb1 Rc8 $17 ) 18...Kf8 ( 18...Bxd5 
19.Qb5 Be4 20.Rxa5 Rdb8 21.Qa4 Rxa5 22.Qxa5 b3 23.f3 b2 24.Bb5 b1=Q 25.
Rxb1 Bxb1 26.Nc6+ Kf8 27.Qb4+ Kg8 28.Nxb8 Nxb8 29.Qxb1 Qe7 ( 29...g6 30.
Qe4 Kg7 31.Qd4 $18 ) 30.Qd3 g6 $16 ) ( 18...Nb6 19.Qc2 Kf8 20.Qxh7 $16 ( 
20.Qc5+ Qd6 21.Rxa5 ( 21.Qxd6+ Rxd6 22.e4 a4 $17 ) 21...Rxa5 22.Qxa5 Nxd5 
23.Bf3 $14 ) ) 19.Bb5 $2 $132 ( 19.Qb5 $16 ) 19...Nb6 ( 19...Nc5 20.Qc2 
Rxd5 21.Qxh7 Rg5 $132 ) 20.Qc2 Bxd5 ( 20...Nxd5 21.Qxh7 Nc3 $132 ) 21.Qxh7
g6 ( 21...b3 22.Ra3 a4 23.Rfa1 g6 $132 ) 22.Qh6+ ( 22.Rfc1 Qg5 23.Bf1 a4 
24.Rab1 b3 25.Rc7 Qf6 $15 ) ( 22.Rfb1 b3 23.Ba4 Nxa4 24.Rxa4 Qe5 $132 ( 
24...Be4 25.Ne6+ ( 25.Rxb3 Bc2 26.Rb6 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxb6 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.
Qe5+ Kf8 ( 29...Qe6 30.Qc5+ Ke8 31.Qxc2 $16 ) 30.Qh8+ $11 ) 25...fxe6 26.
Rxe4 e5 27.f4 Rd2 28.Rxb3 $16 ) ) 22...Qg7 ( 22...Kg8 $15 ) 23.Qf4 Kg8 24.
Qc7 ( 24.Rfb1 ) 24...Qf6 25.Bc6 Bxc6 $6 ( 25...Ra6 26.Qb7 Bc4 27.Rfc1 Rda8
28.Rab1 $13 ) 26.Qxb6 Rd6 27.Qc5 Bd5 $2 ( 27...Ra6 $1 28.Rfb1 ( 28.Nxc6 
Rdxc6 29.Qb5 Rcb6 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Ra4 b3 32.Rb1 b2 $17 ) ( 28.Rxa5 Rd5 29.
Qxd5 ( 29.Qxc6 Rdxa5 $17 ) 29...Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Rb6 $17 ) ) 28.Rxa5 $16 Rxa5 
29.Qxa5 Bc4 $2 $18 ( 29...b3 30.Qc5 $16 ) ( 29...Qg5 30.e4 Qf4 31.Re1 Bxe4
32.Qxb4 Rf6 33.f3 Bd5 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Qc3 $16 ) 30.Rc1 ( 30.Rb1 b3 31.Qa4 (
31.Qc7 Rxd4 32.exd4 Qxd4 33.h3 $18 ) 31...Rxd4 32.exd4 Qxd4 33.Qa1 Qe4 34.
Rd1 $18 ( 34.Re1 $4 b2 $1 35.Qb1 Qxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Ba2 $3 $19 ( 36...Bd3 37.
Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qe5+ $18 ) ) ) 30...Bd3 $6 31.Qxb4 Rb6 32.Qd2 ( 32.Qc3 ) 32...
Be4 33.f3 Bb7 34.Rd1 Ba6 35.Qf2 Qe7 36.e4 Qb4 37.Rc1 Bd3 38.h4 Qa3 39.Rd1 
Bc4 40.Re1 Qd3 41.Qe3 Qxe3+ 42.Rxe3 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Rd1 44.Nc2 Rd2 45.Rc3 Be2 
46.Kg3 Bd3 47.Ne3 Kg7 48.Kf4 Bb5 49.h5 gxh5 50.Rc5 Bd7 51.Rxh5 Ra2 52.Rc5 
1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Qe2 
d4 9.Nb1 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.d3 Re8 12.Nd2 Bf8 13.Nb3 c5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.a4 
Nb8 16.Na5 b6 17.Nc4 Nc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.e5 Qd8 21.Bxc6 Rxc6 22.
Nd2 a6 23.f4 Qc7 24.Qe4 Rd8 25.Kh1 Qb7 26.b3 Rc7 27.Qxb7 Rxb7 28.Kg2 Be7 
29.Kf3 f5 30.exf6 gxf6 31.f5 exf5 32.Kg2 Rd5 33.Rf3 Bd6 34.Nc4 Bc7 35.Raf1
b5 36.Nb2 f4 37.gxf4 f5 38.Rg3+ Kf7 39.Kf3 Bd8 40.Rg2 Rdd7 41.Re2 Bf6 42.
axb5 axb5 43.Nd1 Ra7 44.Nf2 h5 45.Rb1 Re7 46.Rbe1 h4 47.Ne4 fxe4+ 48.dxe4 
Re8 49.e5 Be7 50.Rg1 Rg8 51.Reg2 Rxg2 52.Rxg2 Ra1 53.Ke4 Rh1 54.f5 Rxh3 
55.e6+ Kf8 56.Rg6 Rg3 57.Rh6 Kg7 58.Rh5 Bf6 59.Kd5 Rg5 60.Rxg5+ Bxg5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Olsen, Heini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.dxc6 Qc7 13.Nbd2 Qxc6 14.Nf1 Nc4 15.h3 Bd7
16.Ng3 g6 17.Nh2 Rfe8 18.Qf3 Be6 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 f6 21.Qe2 Rac8 22.a4 
Ra8 23.Rd1 Red8 24.Nf1 d5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Be4 Rad8 28.Bxd5+ 
Qxd5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Ne3 Qe4 31.f3 Qc6 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Be3 Rd3 34.Bf2 Qd5 
35.Qe4 Qxe4 36.fxe4 Rd2 37.Ra4 Rxb2 38.Rxc4 Kf7 39.Kf1 Ke6 40.Rc8 Rc2 41.
Bb6 Kd7 42.Rc7+ Kd6 43.c4 Ke6 44.c5 Rc4 45.Rc8 Kd7 46.Rc7+ Ke6 47.Rc8 Kd7 
48.Rc7+ Ke6 49.Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Black "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Qb3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Rd1 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Nb3 Qc8 
15.Bf4 Ba4 16.Bd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Qc7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Nxc5 Bxd1 
21.Nd7 Ba4 22.Nxf8 Kxf8 23.Qf4 b6 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Qb4 Kg8 26.Rd4 Be8 27.Ba6 
h6 28.Rc4 Qe5 29.Qe7 Qxe2 30.Qd6 Ra8 31.Ra4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Black "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qd7 6.Bxc6 Qxc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qd3
Be6 9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rac1 a6 13.Rfd1 O-O 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Qc5 16.Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Black "Kjartansson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 b6 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Rac1 h6 13.Rfd1 Kh8 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Bd2 f5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.e3 Kh7 18.Qc2 g6 19.a3 Nhf6 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Nf4 Rac8 22.Nd3 
a5 23.Be1 Nef6 24.Qb1 Ba6 25.Bf1 Ne4 26.b4 axb4 27.Nxb4 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Bxb4 
29.Bxb4 c5 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Bc3 Nxc3 32.Rxc3 Nf6 33.Rb3 Rc7 34.Kg2 Rd8 35.
a4 Kg7 36.Rb6 Rd6 37.Rb5 Qe4 38.Qxe4 Nxe4 39.Rc1 Kf6 40.Ne1 Ra7 41.f3 Nd2 
42.a5 c4 43.Rc2 Nb3 44.Ra2 Rda6 45.Rxd5 Rxa5 46.Raxa5 Rxa5 47.Rxa5 Nxa5 
48.Kf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Black "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[ECO "A96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 a5 8.b3 Ne4 9.
Na4 b6 10.Ne1 Bb7 11.f3 Nf6 12.Nd3 d5 13.c5 b5 14.Nab2 Nc6 15.Nf4 Qd7 16.
Nbd3 b4 17.Be3 g5 18.Nh3 h6 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Nhf2 Nh5 21.g4 Ng7 22.f4 Bf6 23.
gxf5 Nxf5 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 Rf4 27.Nh3 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rf8 
29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Nf2 Qf7 31.Bh3 Ke7 32.Nd3 Qg6 33.Bg2 Qf5 34.Bf3 Bxd3 35.
exd3 Qf4 36.Qxf4 gxf4 37.Kf2 Nxd4 38.Bg4 Nc6 39.Kf3 Nxe5+ 40.Kxf4 Nxd3+ 
41.Ke3 Nxc5 42.Kd4 Nd7 43.Bh3 c5+ 44.Ke3 Kf6 45.Kd3 Ne5+ 46.Ke3 Ng6 47.Bg2
Ke5 48.Bf1 Kf6 49.Bg2 Kg5 50.Bf3 Kf5 51.Bg2 Nf4 52.Bf1 e5 53.Bb5 d4+ 54.
Kf2 e4 55.Bc4 Nd3+ 56.Kg3 Nc1 57.Kh4 d3 58.Kh5 d2 59.Kxh6 d1=Q 60.h4 Qg4 
61.h5 Kf6 62.a3 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Black "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 d5 5.e5 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 Nge7 
9.Nc3 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O O-O 12.g4 f6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.Qd1 Qb6 
16.Bf2 Rf7 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 d4 20.Be4 Raf8 21.Qd2 Bc8 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Rd8 24.Rad1 Qb8 25.Qa5 Rd7 26.Bc5 Kg7 27.Rxd7 Bxd7 28.
Qxa6 Nc8 29.Qa5 g5 30.Qd8 b4 31.Qxg5+ Kh8 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Rd1 Qb5 34.Bf8+ 
Kg8 35.Bh6+ Be8 36.Qg5+ Kh8 37.Rd8 Ne7 38.f5 Qb6+ 39.Kg2 Qxd8 40.fxe6 Qd4 
41.exf7 Qxe4+ 42.Kg3 Qe1+ 43.Kh3 Qf1+ 44.Kg3 Qg1+ 45.Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 
9.Be2 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qd2 Bxg5 15.
Qxg5 Qxg5 16.Nxg5 Ne3 17.Kd2 Nxg2 18.Nce4 Re5 19.Raf1 Bf5 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.
Rhg1 Nh4 22.Rf4 h6 23.Ne6 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf3+ 26.Ke3 Nxg1 27.
Rg4 Kf7 28.Rxg1 b6 29.Nc7 Rd8 30.Ke4 Nf6+ 31.Ke5 Nd7+ 32.Kd6 Nb8+ 33.Ke5 
Nd7+ 34.Kf4 Nf6 35.Rf1 Ke7 36.Re1+ Kd7 37.Ne6 Re8 38.Ke5 Ng4+ 39.Kf4 Nf6 
40.Ke5 Ng4+ 41.Kf4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Black "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 
Nc6 9.e4 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nf3 Rb8 12.O-O h6 $2 {loses time and weakens 
Black's position} 13.Rd1 Rxb6 14.b3 d6 15.Qh5 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qg4 Kh8 
18.Qxe6 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Bb2 d5 21.Qxd5 Rd6 22.Qh5 Rd7 23.Rd3 Rf4 24.f3
Rh4 25.Qf5 Bf6 26.g3 g6 27.Qe6 Rh5 28.Rc1 Kg7 29.Rc6 Rf7 30.b4 Rb5 31.Rc8 
Qe7 32.Qxe7 Rxe7 33.Bxd4 Rxb4 34.Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rd6+ Kf7 36.Rxa6 Rd7 37.Rc2
Rd3 38.Kg2 h5 39.Rc7+ Ke8 40.Rh7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Briem, Stefan"]
[Black "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 {Alapin} 2...Nf6 3.f4 $6 Nxe4 4.fxe5 d5 5.d3 Nc5 6.d4 Ne4 ( 
6...Ne6 7.c3 c5 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g3 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Bg2 c4 13.Na3
O-O 14.O-O-O $11 {Briem,S-Kristinsson,O/Reykjavik op 1988} ) 7.g3 ( 7.Nd2 
f5 8.Nxe4 fxe4 9.Nf4 g6 ( 9...Bf5 10.c3 c6 11.Be2 Be7 12.Bg4 Qc8 13.Bxf5 
Qxf5 $13 {Alapin,S-Leonhardt,P/Ostende 1905} ) 10.Be3 c6 11.Be2 Bh6 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bxh6 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxh6 15.O-O Nc6 16.c3 Bh3 $19 {
Alapin,S-Schwarz,A/Wien+ 1898} ) ( 7.Nbc3 Bf5 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Be3 Nc6 10.c3 
Be7 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.Qd2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Rdf8 15.Rhf1 Nd8 16.Nf5 
$14 {Chacon,J-Rodriguez Aguilera,J/ESP-chT 1993} ) 7...Be7 $11 ( 7...c5 $5
$132 ) 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O c6 ( 9...f5 {iie6,i d7,g5 iie6,i d7,g5ii} ) 10.Qd3 
Ng5 ( 10...f5 $5 ) 11.h4 $14 Ne6 12.Nd2 f6 ( 12...f5 13.exf6 ) 13.exf6 
Bxf6 14.Nf3 Nd7 ( 14...b6 15.c4 Ba6 16.b3 ) 15.Bd2 Qe8 $6 ( 15...Nb6 $142 
16.Rae1 $36 ) 16.Rae1 ( 16.Bb4 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 {ii d6,i f6,id7,i ae8} ) 
16...Qg6 ( 16...Qh5 $142 $5 ) 17.Bh3 $1 Nb6 ( 17...Nxd4 $2 18.Nfxd4 Qxd3 
19.cxd3 Nc5 20.Bxc8 $18 ) ( 17...Qf7 18.Bb4 Be7 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Nf4 Qg4 ( 
20...Rxf4 21.Rxe6 $18 ) 21.Nh2 $18 ) 18.Bf5 ( 18.Bf5 Qh5 19.Bxe6+ Bxe6 20.
Nf4 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.f4 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.c3 Nc6 
9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Qf3 a5 11.Bb1 Ba6 12.Rf2 cxd4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Qe3 Nc6 15.Ndf3
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 d4 17.cxd4 Nd5 18.Qe1 Rac8 19.Bd2 Qd6 20.Be4 Nf6 21.Qe3 Rc7 
22.Bc3 Nd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.a3 e6 25.g4 Bb7 26.Qf3 Qd8 27.Qg3 Bxe5 28.dxe5 
Qd5 29.Rff1 Rd7 30.f5 Qc5+ 31.Qf2 Qc6 32.Qg3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Black "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "B78"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 
d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.g4 {Das gilt als zu 
ungestuem.} ( {Verbreiteter ist die Idee} 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 ( 14.Kb1 $5 {
$140 15.g4} ) ) 13...Kh7 $6 {Kleinlaut gespielt.} ( {Prinzipiell und 
richtig ist} 13...hxg4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.Bh6 e6 16.Rdg1 Qf6 17.Bxg7 Qxg7 18.
fxg4 Nf6 19.g5 Nh5 20.Nce2 ( 20.Nf5 exf5 21.Nd5 Nf3 22.Rxh5 gxh5 23.Nf6+ 
Kh8 24.Qd1 fxe4 25.Nxh5 Qd4 26.Rh1 Qxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Nxg5 {0-1 
Sampouw,J-Sosonko,G/Surakarta/Denpasar 1982/MCD-r8} ) 20...Nc4 21.Qb4 a5 
22.Qxb7 Ne5 23.c3 Nd3+ 24.Kb1 Nc5 25.Qb6 Qe5 26.Bc2 Rb8 27.Qxa5 Rxb2+ 28.
Kxb2 Nd3+ {0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Miles,A/SWIFT 1986/CBM 01} ) 14.gxh5 Nxh5 15.
Rdg1 b5 ( 15...Nc4 $5 ) 16.Qg2 a5 17.f4 Ng4 ( 17...Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.f5 
$40 ) 18.f5 gxf5 ( 18...Nxe3 19.fxg6+ Kh8 20.Qg5 fxg6 21.Qxe3 $13 ) 19.
Nxf5 Nxe3 20.Nxe3 Bh6 21.Bxf7 Nf4 $2 ( 21...Bxe3+ $142 22.Kb1 Rxf7 23.Qg6+
Kh8 24.Qxf7 ( 24.Qxh5+ $2 Rh7 $19 ) 24...Qe8 $17 ) 22.Bg6+ Kg7 $2 ( 22...
Kh8 $142 ) 23.Qd2 Nxg6 24.h5 Bf4 25.Ncd5 Be5 26.hxg6 Rh8 27.Qf2 Bf6 28.
Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Black "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 ( {M@tE glich ist auch} 9...d5 ) 10.O-O Rc8 {Eine Variante 
aus der Gruenderzeit, so wurde auch im letzten Jahrhundert schon gespielt.
} 11.f4 ( 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.f3 {Englisch,B-Bird,H/London 1883/HCL 16/1-0 
(59)} ) ( 11.Rad1 a6 12.f4 Qc7 13.Bf3 {
Schottlaender,A-Bird,H/DSB-03.Kongress 1883/HCL 13/1-0 (75)} ) 11...a6 12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bf3 b5 14.a3 Nd7 15.Qf2 Ba8 16.Bd4 $11 {Schwarz steht bequem.
} 16...e5 ( 16...Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qb6 {sieht auch gut spielbar aus.} ) 17.fxe5
Nxe5 18.Be2 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Qe3 Rg5 $6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yg5g2,Ya8g2]} 
21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 d5 23.Qe3 Rxc2 24.Rac1 ( 24.h4 {sieht wie ein Fehler 
aus, ist aber spielbar.} 24...Rxe2 ( 24...Rf5 $2 25.Rxf5 gxf5 26.Bxe5 $18 
) 25.Qxe2 Nf3+ 26.Rxf3 Bxd4+ 27.Kf1 ( 27.Kh1 Re5 $17 {[%csl Rh4][%cal 
Yd8h4]} ) 27...Re5 28.Qc2 $8 $14 ( 28.Qd2 $2 Qxh4 {29...Qh1# $140} ) ) 
24...Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bh6 $6 ( 25...Rf5 $5 ) 26.Bg4 $1 ( 26.Bxe5 $2 Rxg2+ $19 
) 26...Rxg4 ( 26...Nxg4 $2 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.Rc8 $18 ( 28.hxg4 $1 $18 ) ) 27.
Qxe5 Rxd4 28.Qe6+ Kg7 29.Qe5+ Kg8 30.Qe6+ Kg7 31.Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Nc3 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b6 13.Qd3 Be5 14.Ra3 Bb7 
15.Rd1 f5 16.Qxd7 Qxd7 17.Rxd7 Bc6 18.Rd2 h6 19.Be3 b5 20.Ra1 b4 21.Na2 
Bxb2 22.Rb1 Ba3 23.exf5 exf5 24.a5 f4 25.Bb6 f3 26.g3 Rae8 27.h4 Re2 28.
Rdd1 Rb8 29.Kg1 Re4 30.Nc1 Rc4 31.Nb3 Be4 32.Nd2 Rbc8 33.Nxc4 Rxc4 34.Rd8+
Kh7 35.Re1 Bxc2 36.h5 Ba4 37.Rd4 Rxd4 38.Bxd4 Bb5 39.Re7 Kg8 40.Rxg7+ Kf8 
41.Rb7 b3 42.Rxb5 axb5 43.a6 b2 44.Bxb2 Bc5 45.Ba3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.fxe5 
dxe5 9.d5 Nd4 $6 ( 9...Nb4 $5 10.Bc4 ( 10.Be2 a5 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Kh1 Bd7 13.
Nd2 Ne8 14.a4 f6 15.Be3 Qe7 16.Bb5 Bc8 17.Nc4 f5 18.Bxe8 Rxe8 19.Qd2 f4 
20.Bg1 Bg4 21.Nb5 Rf8 22.d6 cxd6 23.Nbxd6 f3 $13 {0-1 
Ippolito,M-Chomet,P/1st FSGT It, Argenteuil FRA 1997 (35)} ) 10...Ne8 11.
Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Nd6 13.Be2 a5 14.a3 Na6 15.b4 Qe8 16.Bf2 f5 17.Nd2 Bd7 $11 {
E-E Almasi,Z-Chernin,A/ch-HUN, Budapest HUN 1997 (28)} ) ( 9...Ne7 $6 10.
Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 c6 12.Nxe5 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Qxb2 14.Qe1 g5 15.Rb1 Qa3 16.Nc4 $16 
{E-E Pedzich,D-Czerwonski,A/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997 (46)} ) 10.
Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxe5 12.Bf4 Bg7 13.Qd2 Bd7 $6 $146 ( 13...Re8 $6 14.Rae1
c6 15.Kh1 f5 16.Bd3 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 cxd5 18.Bg5 Qf8 19.Nxd5 Ne6 20.Be7 Qf7 
21.Bc4 b5 22.Bb3 {1-0 Winterstein,W-Brettschneider,S/Baden Baden op 1991} 
) ( 13...Nf5 $5 14.Nb5 ( 14.Bxf5 Bxf5 15.Rae1 c6 16.Be5 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 f6 18.
Bd6 Rfe8 19.b3 cxd5 20.Qxd5+ Kh8 21.Bc5 Qc6 22.Qxc6 bxc6 23.Bxa7 Bxc2 $11 
{E-E Pedzich,D-Schmaltz,R/Lippstadt 1996 (43)} ) ( 14.Rae1 $5 Nd6 15.Bd3 
Bd7 16.Bh6 f5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qf2 b6 19.Ne2 Qf6 20.Nd4 Rae8 21.c4 $14 {De 
Firmian,N-Koch,W/Politiken Cup 1996/1-0 (52)} ) 14...Nd6 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.
Qb4 Re8 17.Bd3 Be5 18.Rae1 a5 $5 ( 18...f6 19.Kh1 a5 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.c4 b6 
22.Rf2 Rb8 23.Ref1 f5 24.g4 $36 {Polgar,S-Arduman,C/Budapest FS03 GM 
1993/1-0 (49)} ) 19.Qb3 Bxf4 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Rxf4 Qe3+ 22.Rf2 Qc5 $15 {
0-1 Sylvan,J-Koch,W/Politiken Cup 1996 (41)} ) 14.Rae1 $32 Nf5 $6 ( 14...
Re8 $142 ) 15.Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 16.Nb5 $14 {[%csl Rc7] ic4} 16...Rc8 $6 ( 16...
c6 $5 17.Nc7 ( 17.Nd6 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2 19.Nxf5 gxf5 $13 ) 17...Rc8 18.d6 
Bxb2 19.Qb4 Qf6 20.Qxb7 Qd4+ $1 21.Rf2 Qb6 $11 ) 17.c4 ( 17.Nxa7 $2 Ra8 
18.Nb5 Rxa2 19.Bxc7 Qd7 $36 ) 17...Bd7 ( 17...a6 $142 18.Nd4 ( 18.Nc3 $6 
Qd7 $11 ) 18...Bd7 19.Bh6 $1 $14 ) 18.Nc3 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5][%cal 
Gc3d5,Gf4e5,Gf4h6]} ( 18.Nd4 $143 $13 ) 18...Bf5 19.h3 {i19...i d7? 20.g4i
} 19...h5 {[%csl Rg5] g5} ( 19...a6 $5 {b5} ) 20.Bg5 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal 
Gg5d8]} 20...f6 $6 {[%csl Re6]} ( 20...Qd7 $142 $14 ) 21.Bh6 Qd7 ( 21...a6
$142 ) 22.Nb5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re6][%cal Gb5d4,Gd4e6]} 22...Rce8 23.Nd4 (
23.Nxa7 $2 Qa4 $1 $15 ) 23...Rxe1 ( 23...Re5 $5 24.Nxf5 Rxf5 ( 24...gxf5 
$143 25.Rxe5 fxe5 26.Qg5 f4 27.Qxh5 $16 ) 25.Rxf5 Qxf5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qa5
$16 ) 24.Rxe1 Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Re8 $2 ( 25...Bd3 $8 26.Re3 {[%csl 
Rd3,Rg6][%cal Gd3g6]} 26...Bb1 ( 26...Bxc4 $2 27.Qxg6+ Kh8 ( 27...Qg7 $2 
28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Ne6+ $18 ) 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Rg3+ $18 ) 27.Ne6 Re8 28.Qf4 
$16 ) 26.Rf1 $1 {[%csl Yf5,Rf6][%cal Gf1f5]} 26...Qg7 $6 ( 26...Bd3 $5 27.
Rxf6 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Qg7 29.Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.Re6 $1 $16 ) 27.Nxf5 gxf5 $2 ( 27...
Qxh6 $8 28.Nxh6+ Kg7 29.Nf5+ gxf5 30.Rxf5 $16 {i} ) 28.Qxh5 $18 Re4 29.
Qxf5 Re2 ( 29...Rxc4 30.Qe6+ Qf7 $8 ( 30...Kh7 31.Rxf6 $18 {[%csl 
Yg7,Yh7][%cal Gf6f7]} ) 31.Rxf6 Qxe6 32.dxe6 Re4 33.g4 $18 ) 30.Rf2 Rxf2 
31.Kxf2 Qf8 {[%cal Gf8c5]} 32.Kf3 Kg7 33.Qd7+ Kg6 34.Qxc7 Qb4 35.d6 {[%cal
Gd6d8,Gf3g3,Gg3h2]} 35...Qxb2 36.d7 Qc3+ 37.Kf2 Qd4+ 38.Kg3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Nbd7 8.O-O
e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nh4 Nb6 12.Bb3 a5 13.a3 c5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.dxc5 
Bxc5 16.Qf3 Nbd5 17.Bc2 b5 18.Bg5 Qb6 19.h4 Nh7 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 
22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Nf5 25.g3 Nf8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qd3 Qb6 28.
b4 axb4 29.axb4 f6 30.Bd1 Kf7 31.Be2 Qc6 32.Bf3 Qb6 33.Be2 Qc6 34.Bf3 Qb6 
35.Bg4 Ke7 36.Bxf5 gxf5 37.Nc5 Qc6 38.h5 Nh7 39.f4 Nf8 40.Kf2 Nd7 41.Nxd7 
Qxd7 { } 42.Qe3 {The transition into a pawn-ending is just bad for 
White: Der Uebergang ins Bauernendspiel ist nur schlecht fuer Wei@cht :} (
42.Qxd7+ Kxd7 43.Ke3 Kd6 $1 ( 43...e5 44.fxe5 fxe5 45.Kd3 Kc6 46.c4 e4+ 
47.Kd4 bxc4 48.Kxc4 Kb6 49.Kd4 Kb5 50.g4 fxg4 51.Kxe4 Kxb4 52.Kf4 Kc5 53.
Kxg4 Kd6 54.Kf5 Ke7 55.Kg6 Kf8 $11 ) 44.Kd4 e5+ 45.fxe5+ fxe5+ 46.Ke3 ( 
46.Kd3 Kd5 47.Ke3 Kc4 48.Kd2 e4 49.Ke3 Kxc3 50.g4 fxg4 51.Kxe4 Kxb4 52.Kf4
Kc5 53.Kxg4 b4 54.Kg5 b3 55.Kg6 b2 56.Kxg7 b1=Q $19 ) 46...Kd5 47.Kd3 f4 
48.gxf4 ( 48.g4 e4+ 49.Ke2 Ke6 50.g5 Kf5 51.h6 gxh6 52.gxh6 Kg6 53.c4 bxc4
54.b5 f3+ 55.Kf2 c3 56.b6 c2 57.b7 c1=Q 58.b8=Q Qd2+ 59.Kg3 Qg2+ 60.Kh4 
Qg5+ 61.Kh3 Qxh6+ 62.Kg3 Qg5+ 63.Kf2 Qg2+ 64.Ke3 Qe2+ 65.Kd4 $17 {or a 
win. oder Gewinn} ) 48...exf4 49.Ke2 Ke4 50.Kf2 f3 51.Kf1 Ke3 52.Ke1 f2+ 
53.Kf1 Kf3 $19 ) 42...Kf7 43.Ke1 Kg8 44.Qc5 Qd3 45.Kf2 Kh7 46.Qc8 Qd2+ 47.
Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kf2 Qd2+ 49.Kf3 Qe1 50.Qe8 Qxc3+ 51.Kf2 Qd4+ 52.Kf3 Qd1+ 53.
Kf2 Qd4+ 54.Kf3 Qc3+ 55.Kf2 Qxb4 56.Qg6+ Kg8 57.Qe8+ Qf8 58.Qxe6+ Kh8 59.
Qxf5 Qb8 {White saves himself in what follows by a drawing attack versus 
the black threat to advance his passed pawn. Wei@ rettet sich in der Folge
mit einem Remisangriff gegen die schwarze Drohung names 
Freibauernvormarsch.} 60.Qe6 b4 61.h6 b3 62.Qf7 Qb6+ 63.Kg2 Qc6+ 64.Kh2 
gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 b5 8.O-O a5 9.
a3 Ba6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.e5 Nd7 13.d4 b4 14.Nf3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 cxd4
16.Ra1 Bb5 17.Rf2 d3 18.cxd3 O-O 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Bf1 Rfb8 22.f5 
exf5 23.Nxf5 Bf8 24.Qg4 g6 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.d4 Bf8 27.Bxb5 Qxb5 28.Raf1 Ra7
29.Qg5 Qb6 30.Ne3 Qxd4 31.Rd1 h6 32.Rxd4 hxg5 33.Rxd5 Rc7 34.Kg2 Rcb7 35.
Rxa5 Rxb2 36.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 37.Kh3 Re2 38.Ng4 Bb4 39.Ra7 Kg7 40.Rc7 Ba3 41.Rb7
Bc5 42.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 
O-O 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 
15.Qxd2 Qb4 16.Qxb4 Nxb4 17.Red1 Rfc8 18.a3 Nc2 19.Rab1 b5 20.Kf1 a5 21.
Ke2 b4 22.axb4 axb4 23.Rd3 Rc4 24.Kd2 h6 25.Ne1 Nxe1 26.Rxe1 Ra2 27.Rb1 
Kf8 28.Ke3 Ke7 29.Rd2 f5 30.Kd3 b3 31.Ke3 g5 32.g3 Raa4 33.Rbd1 Kd7 34.Rd3
Rab4 35.Rc3 Rxc3+ 36.bxc3 Ra4 37.Rb1 Ra3 38.Kd3 Kc6 39.c4 b2+ 40.Kc2 dxc4 
41.Rxb2 Kd5 42.Rb6 Kxd4 43.f4 Ra2+ 44.Kd1 Rxh2 45.Rxe6 g4 46.Rd6+ Ke3 47.
e6 Rh1+ 48.Kc2 Kf3 49.Rd5 Re1 50.Re5 Ra1 51.Rxf5 Ra8 52.Rb5 Re8 53.f5 Ke4 
54.Kc3 h5 55.Kxc4 h4 56.gxh4 g3 57.f6 Rxe6 58.Rg5 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.e3 e5 8.Nge2 Nge7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 c4 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.d3 
cxd3 16.Qxd3 f5 17.Bb2 Qb6 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.b5 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.Bf1 Qa5 
22.Ra1 Qb4 23.Ba3 Qb3 24.Bxd6 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Qxc3 26.Ra3 Qc1 27.Bxe7 Kf7 28.
Bb4 Rc2 29.Ra1 Qb2 30.Qe1 Rxf2 31.Ba3 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Qc3 33.Qe1 Qb3 34.Bb4 
Bxb5 35.Qd2 Bh6 36.Re1 Ke8 37.Bc3 Bg7 38.e4 fxe4 39.Rxe4 Kd7 40.Bxe5 Qf3 
41.Rf4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.b3 {Kostakiev,D} 1...e5 2.Bb2 d6 ( {When Fisher at his best years 
resurected 1.b3 his opponents tried :} 2...Nc6 {Kostakiev,D} 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3
Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.Qc2 ( 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Qc2 Rfd8 
11.Rd1 h6 12.h3 Qe6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Be2 Kh8 $11 {1-0 
Fischer,R-Tukmakov,V/Buenos Aires 1970} ) 6...Re8 7.d3 Bf8 8.Nf3 a5 9.Be2 
d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 12.O-O Be6 $14 {1-0 
Fischer,R-Andersson,U/Siegen Expressen 1970} ) 3.c4 g6 ( 3...Nf6 {
Kostakiev,D has recomended well itself in Spraggett,K-Apicella,M/Paris 
1991/Inf 51} ) 4.d4 ( 4.g3 $11 {Kostakiev,D Stein,B-Schneider,B/Germany 
1991} ) ( 4.Nc3 $11 {Kostakiev,D Teske,H-Stohl,I/BL9697 
Dresden-Delmenhorst 1997/BL9697} ) 4...Bg7 5.dxe5 Nd7 {} 6.Qd2 ( 6.Nf3 {
Kostakiev,D} 6...Ne7 ( 6...dxe5 {Ljubojevic,L-Planinc,A/Umag 1972} ) 7.g3 
{-Stein,B-Levitt,J/Dortmund (Germany) 1988} ) 6...dxe5 7.Nf3 c6 $1 {[%csl 
Gd5][%cal Yd8a5] Kostakiev: Square d6 becomes week. A small but important 
move for the further developement of the game. A first it seems that the 
weakness of the square d6 might benefit white. However the concrete 
variations show that the control over d5 and the posibility i d8-a5 is of 
greater importance.} ( 7...Ne7 $6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O-O {Was less good. From 
e7 the i does not control e4 and blacks queen does not have a good square}
) ( 7...f5 {Kostakiev,D} 8.e3 g5 9.h3 g4 10.hxg4 fxg4 11.Nh4 $14 {Fritz5} 
) 8.Nc3 Ngf6 {} 9.Ng5 {Kostakiev: The idea is to use immediately the week
point d6. (i g5-e4-d6). But to do it before pieces developing is 
prematurate.} ( 9.Ba3 Qa5 $1 ) ( 9.O-O-O Qe7 $1 ) ( 9.Rd1 $142 {
Kostakiev,D} 9...Qe7 10.e4 $14 ) 9...O-O 10.Nge4 ( 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Nge4 Qa5 
$1 $36 ) 10...Nxe4 11.Nxe4 f5 $1 {White is forced to continue with the 
plan started on move 9 - to place a i on d6. The further events show that 
this i is very much left alone - without support from the rest of the 
white army} ( 11...Qc7 {Kostakiev,D} 12.Rd1 f5 13.Nd6 Rd8 14.g3 b6 15.Bg2 
Nc5 16.f4 e4 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Bxg7 $18 ) 12.Nd6 Nc5 (
12...Qc7 {Kostakiev,D} 13.h4 Rd8 ) 13.Rd1 Qe7 {Blacks is ready for i d8 
and i e4. The white opening-strategy has been refuted.} 14.Ba3 ( 14.Nxc8 
Raxc8 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 e4 $15 ) 14...b6 ( 14...Ne6 {Kostakiev,D} 15.e3 
Rd8 16.Be2 b6 17.g4 f4 18.Bf3 Qc7 19.Bg2 ) 15.b4 ( 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Nxc8 ( 
16.g3 {Kostakiev,D} 16...Rd8 17.Bg2 e4 18.O-O Be6 19.Qf4 Rd7 $15 ) ( 16.
Qa5 e4 17.e3 ) 16...Raxc8 $17 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ye5e4,Yg7a1]} ) 15...Ne4 {.
} 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.e3 ( 17.Qe3 $142 {Kostakiev,D} 17...Qf7 18.g3 Be6 $15 ) 
17...Bg4 18.Rc1 ( 18.Be2 Rad8 19.Qc2 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Rd8 $17 {
[%cal Yd8d3]} ) ( 18.Rb1 {Kostakiev,D} 18...Rfd8 19.Qc2 a5 $15 ) 18...Rad8
( 18...a5 $5 $15 {Kostakiev,D} ) 19.Qc2 Qh4 {[%csl Rf2]} ( 19...Qf7 {
Kostakiev,D} 20.b5 c5 $15 ) 20.h3 {} ( 20.c5 {Kostakiev,D} 20...b5 21.Bb2
Rf7 $17 ) 20...Bh6 {[%cal Yh6e3]} ( 20...Rd3 $5 21.Bxd3 exd3 22.g3 Qf6 23.
Qb2 Be2 24.Rh2 $13 ) ( 20...Rf7 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 21.c5 ( 21.Rg1 Be6 22.g3 
Qf6 23.Bg2 Rfd7 $17 ) 21...b5 22.Rg1 Be6 $17 ) 21.g3 Qh5 22.Be2 ( 22.Rg1 
$5 {Kostakiev,D} 22...Bxe3 $3 ( 22...Bxh3 23.Qxe4 ( 23.Bxh3 Qxh3 $17 ) 
23...Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qf3 $15 ) 23.fxe3 Qh6 $1 $19 {(} 24.Qxe4 $140 Bf3 25.
Qxe5 Rde8 $19 {)} ) ( 22.c5 $6 {Kostakiev,D} 22...Bf3 23.Rg1 b5 24.Qb3+ 
Rf7 $17 ) 22...Bf3 ( 22...Bxe2 $1 {Kostakiev,D} 23.Qxe2 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Rd3 
25.Bb2 Rfd8 26.Rhd1 Bg7 27.Rxd3 exd3+ 28.Kd2 a6 29.f3 $13 ) 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 
$6 ( 23...Bxe2 $1 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxe2 Qf3 ( 25...Qxe2+ {Kostakiev,D} 26.
Kxe2 Bf8 27.Rb1 Rd3 28.Rb3 Rd7 $11 ) 26.Qxf3 exf3 27.Bb2 e4 28.Bd4 Bf8 29.
c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 Rd5 $17 ) 24.Qxd1 Qf5 25.Bxf3 exf3 ( 25...Bg5 {Kostakiev,D
} 26.b5 $1 Rd8 27.Bd6 $1 ( 27.bxc6 $6 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Bd8 $15 ) 27...Qxf3 ( 
27...exf3 28.bxc6 Rxd6 29.Qxd6 Qb1+ 30.Kd2 Qxh1 31.c7 $18 ) 28.Qxf3 exf3 
29.Bxe5 cxb5 30.cxb5 Rd5 31.Bc3 Rxb5 32.Kd2 $11 ) 26.g4 $2 ( 26.b5 $142 ) 
( 26.b5 $1 $14 {Kostakiev,D} 26...Rf7 ( 26...c5 27.Qd5+ Qf7 28.e4 Qxd5 29.
exd5 Ra8 30.Bb2 a6 31.bxa6 Rxa6 32.Bxe5 Rxa2 33.O-O Rc2 34.Rb1 $11 ) ) 
26...Qe6 $19 27.Qc2 e4 28.O-O ( 28.Bb2 {Kostakiev,D} 28...Rf7 $17 ) 28...
Bg7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rh7h5] ih7-h5} 29.Kh1 ( 29.b5 {Kostakiev,D} 29...c5 
$17 ) 29...Rd8 30.Rc1 ( 30.Rd1 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qxc4 $19 ) ( 30.b5 {
Kostakiev,D} 30...c5 31.Rc1 Rd3 $19 ) 30...Rd3 31.Bb2 Bxb2 32.Qxb2 h5 33.
Rg1 hxg4 34.hxg4 ( 34.Rxg4 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Qd6+ 36.Rg3 ( 36.Rf4 Rd2 $19 ) 
36...Rd2 $19 ) 34...g5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
Bc7 9.a3 ( 9.c3 {Die folgende Variante empfiehlt Hall in seinem eigenen 
Buch ueber den K@ nigsindischen Angriff. Er haelt sich aber hier nicht an 
seine eigene Empfehlung.} 9...a5 $6 ( 9...b6 $142 ) 10.a4 b6 11.exd5 exd5 
12.Nb1 $1 Bg4 13.Na3 $14 {Vaganian-A.Sokolov/Minsk/1986} ) 9...d4 10.Nh4 {
[%cal Yf2f4]} ( 10.e5 {Schwarz ist gegen diesen 
Vorsto@-A.Sokolov/Minsk/1986 gut gewappnet. Er kann sogar den Kampf um das
Feld e5 aufnehmen oder aber seine Plaene am i -fluegel fortsetzen.} 10...
Ng6 11.Nb3 Ngxe5 ( 11...Qe7 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bh6 Re8 $13 ) ( 
11...b6 $2 12.Nfxd4 $16 ) 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxc5 Rb8 $132 ) 10...e5 {[%csl 
Re1] i e1 ist hier ein Zeitverlust: er wird auf f1 gebraucht.} 11.Qh5 ( 
11.Rf1 ) 11...g6 12.Qe2 ( 12.Qh6 $2 f6 {[%csl Rh6] Die i h6 hat kein 
Rueckzugsfeld. Wei@zugsfeld. mue@zugsfeld. te einige Anstrengungen 
unternehmen damit sie nicht gefangen wird.} ) 12...f6 13.Rf1 Be6 14.f4 
exf4 ( 14...Qd7 15.f5 $5 gxf5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Ne4 Bb6 ( 18...
b6 $2 19.Bh6 $16 Rf7 $2 20.Qf3 $18 ) ( 18...Bxe4 19.Bxe4 $44 ) 19.Bh6 Rf7 
20.Qh5 $44 ( 20.Rxf5 Qxf5 21.Nd6 Qe6 22.Nxf7 Qxf7 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Rf1 $44 )
) 15.gxf4 Bf7 ( 15...Qd7 16.f5 gxf5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Ne4 Bxe4 
20.Bxe4 Rae8 21.Bh6 Rf7 22.Qh5 Ne5 23.Kh1 $44 ) ( 15...f5 16.exf5 ( 16.e5 
) 16...Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Nxf5 ( 17...Rxf5 18.Ne4 ) 18.Bxc6 ( 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Ne4
Qh4 $15 ) 18...bxc6 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Ne4 ( 20.Qxc6 Ne3 21.Rf2 Nxc2 22.Rb1 
Ne1 $19 ) 20...Qd5 21.Qxd5 cxd5 22.Nxc5 Rae8 $11 ) 16.Ndf3 Qd7 17.Bd2 Rae8
18.Qf2 Kh8 19.Rae1 b5 $17 {Das wei@F e Spiel am i-fluegel und im Zentrum 
ist neutralisiert und Schwarz hat Spiel am i -fluegel.} 20.Kh1 a5 ( 20...
c4 ) 21.Rg1 a4 22.Rgf1 b4 23.e5 $6 {Tritt die Flucht nach vorne an.} 23...
Bd5 24.Qg3 Ng8 $1 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Bxg2+ $2 ( 27...bxa3 
28.bxa3 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 ( 29.Nxg2 Nh5 30.Qg5 ( 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Qg5 Rf5 $19 
) 30...Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Bxe5 $19 ) 29...Nh5 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Qg5 Qf7 $1 {
[%cal Rc7d8] die wei@] en Figuren sind seltsam hilflos.} 32.Kh1 Bd8 33.Qg4
Bxh4 34.Qxh4 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 Nf4 $19 ) 28.Qxg2 $1 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Bxe5 30.axb4 
cxb4 31.Bxb4 Rb8 32.Nf3 $1 {mit diesem feinen Zug rettet Wei@t sich.} ( 
32.Ba3 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Ge3]} ) 32...Rxb4 ( 32...Ng4 $2 33.Nxe5 Nxe5 34.Bc5 
$16 ) 33.Nxe5 Qe6 34.Qg5 Kg7 35.Nc4 Rb7 36.Qf4 Rd7 $11 37.Ne5 Rd5 38.Nf3 
Qb6 39.Kg1 Qxb2 40.Qc7+ Nd7 ( 40...Rd7 41.Qe5 {[%cal Yf3g5]} ) 41.Qc6 Qb5 
42.Qxb5 Rxb5 43.Nxd4 Rb2 44.Ne6+ Kg8 45.Ra1 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Nd2 e5 8.Qh5 
Bd6 9.Nc4 Nf6 10.Nxd6+ Qxd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.c3 h6 14.f3 Nh5 15.g3
Rfd8 16.Bc2 b5 17.Qf2 Bc4 18.Re1 Qe6 19.b3 Bd3 20.Be3 Rd7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.
Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.O-O a6 11.a4 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.e4 Ng4 14.Bf4 Qf6 15.
Bg3 Nge5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Ba7 18.Rad1 Nc6 19.Qc1 Nd4 20.Bd3 Bd7 21.e5 
Qd8 22.Qf4 Bc6 23.Bh4 f6 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Bb1 Rf7 26.Rd3 Qf8 27.Rg3+ Kh8 
28.Rh3 Nf5 29.Bxf5 exf5 30.Qxf5 Qg7 31.Rg3 Qh6 32.Qe6 Raf8 33.Bg5 Qh5 34.
Bf4 Re8 35.Qg4 Qxg4 36.Rxg4 h5 37.Rh4 Rh7 38.Bg3 Rg8 39.Ne4 Bd4 40.b3 f5 
41.Ng5 Rxg5 42.Rxd4 h4 43.Be5+ Kg8 44.f3 Kf7 45.Kf2 Rg6 46.Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Black "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 
Be7 9.e3 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O d6 12.Rfd1 a6 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.b3 Rc8 15.Qb2 
Re8 16.Rac1 Qc7 17.Bg3 Qb8 18.a4 Qa8 19.Bf3 Bf8 20.Qb1 Nc5 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 
22.Bh4 Ncd7 23.Nde4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 d5 25.cxd5 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Rc8 27.Qb2 exd5 
28.Nd2 g5 29.Bg3 Bg7 30.Qb1 Qc6 31.h4 g4 32.e4 d4 33.Nc4 Qe6 34.e5 b5 35.
axb5 axb5 36.Nd6 Rc3 37.Qe4 Nxe5 38.Nxb5 Rxg3 39.Qa8+ Bf8 40.Nxd4 Nf3+ 41.
Nxf3 Qxb3 42.Rd8 Qb1+ 43.Kh2 Rxg2+ 44.Kxg2 gxf3+ 45.Qxf3 Qg6+ 46.Kh3 Kg7 
47.Qc3+ Kg8 48.Qc8 Kh7 49.Rxf8 Qd3+ 50.Kg2 Qg6+ 51.Kf1 Qd3+ 52.Ke1 Qe4+ 
53.Kd2 Qd4+ 54.Kc1 Qa1+ 55.Kc2 Qa4+ 56.Kc3 Qa5+ 57.Kd4 Qb4+ 58.Ke5 Qe1+ 
59.Kd6 Qd2+ 60.Ke7 Qb4+ 61.Kxf7 Qf4+ 62.Ke8 Qe4+ 63.Kd7 Qd5+ 64.Kc7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Finkel,A} 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 {A rather 
risky line for black} 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 ( 7...Nxd4 {Finkel,A} 8.Nxd4 
exd4 9.f4 $14 ) 8.Bf4 Nge7 9.Bd6 O-O 10.a4 ( 10.Re1 $5 {Finkel,A} ) ( 10.
Nbd2 $5 {Finkel,A} 10...b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bc4 Nc8 14.Bg3 a6 15.
Bh4 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Bd5 $1 $36 {Ulibin,M-Reinderman,D/Leeuwarden op 
1994 (44)} ) 10...b6 ( 10...h6 $6 {Finkel,A} 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Bc4 Kh7 13.Re1 
Na5 14.Bd5 Nxd5 $5 15.Bxf8 Qxf8 16.exd5 Qd6 17.Nb3 $16 {
Popov,S-Rodic,D/JUG-ch Kladovo 1992 (36)} ) 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc4 {
Boleslavskys recommendation. A few rounds before a had the same position 
on the board against Andreas Schmied and won quickly. Therefore I was a 
little surprised about my opponents choice of opening.} ( 12.Re1 $5 {
Finkel,A} 12...h6 13.Nb3 Re8 14.Nbxd4 a6 15.Bc4 Nc8 16.Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 17.
Qb3+ Re6 18.Nxe6 dxe6 19.e5 N6e7 $17 {Horvath,A-Dani,P/Zalakaros op 
1996/0-1 (52)} ) ( 12.Nb3 {Finkel,A} 12...Re8 $1 13.Re1 Nc8 14.Bg3 a6 15.
Bc4 ( 15.Bxc6 $2 dxc6 16.Nbxd4 c5 $17 ) 15...d6 16.Rc1 Ne5 17.Bf1 ( 17.
Nfxd4 Nxc4 18.Rxc4 Rxe4 $17 ) 17...Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Ne7 $132 {
Westerinen,H-Savon,V/Dortmund 1975 (32)} ) 12...h6 {Certainly better than}
( 12...Nc8 $6 13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.Ng5 Ne5 $2 15.Ba2 Ba6 16.f4 Qe7 17.fxe5 Qxg5
18.Rxf7 Kh8 19.Nf3 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 {1-0 Mortensen,Erling-Schmied,Andreas/XVIII
Reykjavik International Reykjavik, ISL (2) 1998} ) ( 12...Na5 $5 {Finkel,A
} 13.Ba2 Ba6 14.Re1 Nb7 15.Ba3 Nc5 16.Nb3 Nd3 17.Re2 Nf4 18.Rd2 d3 $13 {
Antunes,A-Pigusov,E/Santa Clara 1991 (70)} ) 13.b4 $5 ( 13.Re1 {developing
another piece might be stronger} ) 13...a5 14.b5 Na7 ( 14...Nb4 15.Qb3 $16
) 15.Qb3 ( 15.Rc1 Nac8 ( 15...Kh7 {Finkel,A} 16.Bd5 $5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Re8 
18.Bc7 Qf6 19.d6 Nc8 20.Nc4 Bd5 21.Nxb6 Nxb6 22.Bxb6 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qxd6 24.
Bc7 $14 {[%cal Gb5b6,Gb6b7] with advantage.} ) 16.Bc7 Qe8 17.e5 d6 ( 17...
Nf5 18.Re1 d5 19.Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd4][%cal Gd2b3]} ) 18.exd6 Nf5 19.Re1
Qd7 {seems OK for black} ( 19...Qd7 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Nfxd6 22.Bd5 $1 
$14 ) ) 15...Nac8 16.Ba3 d5 $1 {Active defence. After 16. -, d6 17. Te1 
black does not have any constructive moves left} 17.Bxd5 ( 17.exd5 {
Finkel,A} 17...Nd6 $15 ) 17...Bxd5 18.exd5 Re8 19.Rfe1 Ra7 20.Rac1 $5 Rd7 
21.Nc4 ( 21.Ne5 $6 {Finkel,A} 21...Bxe5 ( 21...Rxd5 $2 22.Nc6 Nxc6 23.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qxd5 $18 ) 22.Rxe5 Nxd5 ( 22...Rxd5 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Rxe7 
Rxe7 25.Bxe7 Qc1+ 26.Nf1 Re5 ( 26...Rd7 27.Ba3 Qc3 $15 ) 27.Bf6 Re1 28.Qd3
Rd1 29.Qe2 Kh7 30.h3 d3 31.Qe7 Rxf1+ 32.Kh2 Qf4+ $19 ) 23.Nf3 ( 23.Rxd5 
Rxd5 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Qxd5 Qc3 $19 ) 23...Nf4 $15 ) 21...Rxd5 22.Nce5 Bxe5 
23.Nxe5 {Threatening to win the exchange with Nc6} 23...Nf5 24.f4 {
Unfortunately 24. Rxc8, R5xe5 did not work. Strongest might be:} ( 24.Nc6 
Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qd7 26.g4 Nh4 27.h3 d3 ( 27...Kg7 28.Bb2 Kg8 29.Nxd4 $16 ) 
28.Re7 $18 {winning, but a better defence is 26. .. Ng7. Van der Weide 
suggested 26. Bb2 (26. .. d3? 27. Qc3) winning back the d-pawn with the 
better game in a few moves.} ) ( 24.Ng4 {Finkel,A} 24...Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Kg7 
$15 ) 24...d3 $1 25.Red1 $2 ( 25.Rxc8 $2 Rdxe5 26.Rxd8 Rxe1+ 27.Kf2 Re2+ 
28.Kg1 Rxd8 $19 ) ( 25.Nxd3 Rxe1+ 26.Nxe1 {still left some chances for 
white} ) 25...Rdxe5 $1 {I overlooked this exchange sacrifice. Now black is
winning:} 26.fxe5 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 d2 28.Rc7 {Finkel: So far both sides played 
interesting and inventive chess,but now white misses very strong and not 
so complicated move:} ( 28.e6 $1 {Finkel,A} 28...Ncd6 $8 ( 28...dxc1=Q 29.
exf7+ Kh7 30.Bxc1 $18 ) 29.Bxd6 Nxd6 30.exf7+ Nxf7 31.Rf1 Qf2 32.Rcd1 Re1 
33.Qc4 ( 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.gxf3 Re2 $17 {[%cal Gf7e5,Ge5c4,Gc4e3]} ) 33...Kh7
34.h3 Ne5 35.Qc7+ Nf7 36.Qc4 $11 {with equality.} ) 28...Ncd6 $1 29.Bxd6 (
29.Bb2 {Finkel,A} 29...Qf2 30.Qf3 Qe1+ 31.Qf1 Qxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Ne3 33.Rb1 
Ndc4 $19 {[%cal Ge8d8]} ) 29...Nxd6 30.Qc3 {Finkel: Another mistake,this 
time already lethal.Black had to play} ( 30.Rf1 $8 {Finkel,A} 30...Rxe5 ( 
30...Qxe5 31.Rcxf7 Nxf7 32.Qxf7+ Kh8 33.Qxg6 Qe6 34.Qd3 Qe1 35.Qd4+ $11 ) 
31.Rcxf7 Rd5 $1 ( 31...Qd5 32.Rf8+ Kg7 33.Qc3 $8 Nf5 ( 33...d1=Q 34.Qc7+ 
$18 ) 34.Rd8 Qxd8 35.Qxe5+ $18 {[%cal Gf1d1]} ) 32.Rf8+ Kg7 33.Qd1 Nf5 34.
Re8 h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf5e3,Gh5h4]} ( 34...Ne3 35.Re7+ Kg8 36.Re8+ $11 ) ( 
34...Ng3+ $5 35.hxg3 Rh5+ 36.Qxh5 gxh5 37.Re7+ Kg6 38.Re6+ Kg5 39.Re8 $1 {
[%cal Ge8g8]} 39...Kg6 $14 {with good chanses to save the game.} ) ) 30...
Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxe5 {Finkel: Now everything is over:white can't stop the 
pawn without serious material losses.} 32.Rf3 Re1+ 33.Rf1 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 
Ne4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.d3 Bb7 10.Bg5 Na5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nbd2 c5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.
Rfe1 Rae8 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc6 18.dxe5 Ndxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Be4 Bxe4 
21.Qxe4 Qd7 22.Qc2 Rc8 23.Qd1 Nd3 24.Ne4 Rfd8 25.Re2 Qc6 26.Qf1 Nxb2 27.
Ng3 Qf6 28.Rc1 Nd3 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Qd1 Nf4 31.Rc2 Re8 32.h3 g6 33.Qd7 Rd8 
34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Kh2 h5 37.Qc5 Nd3 38.Qe3 Nxf2 39.Kg1 Nd1 40.
Qd2 Nc3 41.Nf1 h4 42.Ne3 Ne4 43.Qe1 Qd4 44.Kh2 Qe5+ 45.Kg1 Ng3 46.Kf2 Qf4+
47.Kg1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 {Hecht} 1...e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.e3 Be7 10.Be2 ( 10.Rd1 d6 ( 10...Na6 11.Be2 Nc5 12.Rd4 d6 
13.O-O a6 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Rc1 Ne5 18.Qd1 Rfd8 19.Qf1 
Qb8 {0-1 Farago,I-Spassov,L/EU-chT 1977/EU-chT (41)} ) ( 10...a6 11.Be2 ( 
11.Bd3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O Ra7 14.Be2 Ba8 15.Rd2 Rc7 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nd4
Nc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qd3 Rb8 {E-E Shamkovich,L-Kudrin,S/New York op 
1984/MCD-op (28)} ) 11...Qc7 12.O-O d6 13.Rd2 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Bh4 Rfd8 
16.b4 Rac8 17.Bg3 e5 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Qb1 Qa8 20.Ne1 Rc7 21.f3 Rdc8 22.Rdc2 {
Gladyszew,O-Neverov,A/Gyongyos op/1995/1-0 (45)} ) ( 10...h6 11.Bf4 Nh5 
12.Bd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nc6 15.Be2 Rc8 16.O-O f5 17.f4 Qh4 18.Qd1
Nf6 19.Bf3 Kh8 20.Kh1 {Sakalauskas,V-Sulskis,S/MK Cafe op 1997/E-E (64)} )
11.e4 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qc7 13.O-O a6 14.Nd2 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.
Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.Be4 Nf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Nde4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 {E-E Dao
Thien Hai-Fish,G/Spring op 1993} ) ( 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O Nc6 13.
Ne4 Be7 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Qe2 Na5 17.Ned2 d5 18.b4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 
dxc4 20.Rxc4 Qb8 21.h3 Bf6 {Petrosian,T-Larsen,B/Tilburg 1981/E-E (72)} ) 
10...d6 ( 10...h6 11.Bh4 d5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.cxd5 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Bxd5 15.O-O
{E-E Boleslavsky,I-Taimanov,M/URS-ch24/1957/} ) 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rfd1 a6 13.
b4 ( 13.e4 Qc7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Nd2 h6 16.Be3 Qb8 17.Qb1 Bc6 18.b4 Qa8 19.
f3 Rfe8 20.Nb3 Qb8 21.a4 Ba8 22.c5 a5 {E-E Ivanov,J-Ulibin,M/Cheliabinsk 
1989/ (40)} ) 13...Rc8 14.Rac1 ( 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rfd8 ( 15...Rfe8 16.h3
Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ne5 18.Nb1 Ng6 19.Nd2 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qd3 Red8 22.f4 Nh4 {
E-E Larsen,B-Franco,Z/Moron op 1981 (51)} ) 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Bf4 h6 18.Qb1 
Bc6 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Nb3 a5 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Nd2 e4 24.Ncxe4 
Nxe4 25.Nxe4 axb4 {E-E Hansen,L-Hansen,C/Graested/1990/} ) 14...Qc7 15.Qb2
Qb8 16.Nd2 Qa8 17.Bf1 ( 17.Bf3 $2 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ne5 $17 ) 17...h6 18.Bh4 g5
$5 {Fine strategical motive, black finds the courage to expose his 
kingside in order to change the bishop for the knight.} 19.Bg3 Nh5 20.Nb3 
( 20.Ne2 f5 21.Qc2 Nxg3 22.Nxg3 Ne5 $15 ) 20...Qb8 ( 20...Nxg3 21.hxg3 
Rfd8 $15 ) 21.Nd4 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Rc7 23.Qa2 {White has problems with exposed
c4 pawn, so he prepares tactical counterblow with sacrifice on e6.} 23...
Nf6 $6 ( 23...Rfc8 24.c5 d5 ( 24...dxc5 25.Nxe6 $1 ) 25.c6 Bxc6 26.Bxa6 
Bb7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 $17 ) 24.Qa1 Rfc8 25.a4 Ng4 ( 25...Nd7 26.Nb3 ( 26.a5 
bxa5 27.Qxa5 Ne5 ) ( 26.Nc2 d5 27.b5 dxc4 28.bxa6 Bxa6 $17 ) 26...d5 27.
Na2 Bf6 28.Qb1 dxc4 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxd7 Bc6 32.Qd3 Bxd7 33.
Qxc4 Bxa4 $17 ) 26.a5 ( 26.Nb1 d5 ( 26...Ne5 27.Nd2 Bf6 28.a5 Qa7 $15 ) 
27.Be2 h5 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 dxc4 $17 ) 26...bxa5 27.Qxa5 Ne5 28.b5 ( 28.
Na4 Nxc4 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Rxc4 31.b5 Qd8 $17 ) 28...Nxc4 ( 28...axb5 
29.cxb5 Qa8 $17 ) 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.bxa6 {Karason has managed to create some
counterplay, even though black's activity and bishops pair clearly 
indicate the favorite.} ( 30.Nce2 Bd8 31.Qd2 Rxc1 32.Nxc1 Bb6 $17 ) 30...
Ba8 ( 30...Qa8 $5 31.axb7 Qxa5 32.bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 33.Nd5 Qxd5 34.Rxc8+ Kg7 
$17 ) ( 30...Bd8 31.Qb5 Bxa6 32.Qxa6 Rxc3 33.Rb1 $15 ) ( 30...Bxa6 31.Qxa6
Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Rxc3 33.Nc6 Qe8 34.Nxe7+ Qxe7 35.Qxd6 Qxd6 36.Rxd6 $15 ) 31.
Rb1 ( 31.Nce2 d5 ( 31...Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33.Nxc1 Qc8 34.Nce2 $13 ) 32.a7
Qb7 $15 ) 31...Qa7 ( 31...Qc7 32.Qxc7 R4xc7 33.Ncb5 $11 ) 32.Na4 ( 32.Ncb5
Qd7 $15 ) 32...Bd8 33.Qb5 ( 33.Nb6 Rb8 ( 33...R8c5 34.Nb5 Bxb6 $1 ( 34...
Qxb6 35.Qxb6 Bxb6 36.Nxd6 $16 ) 35.Nxa7 Bxa5 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Rxa8 Rc1 38.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Ra1 ( 39...Be1 40.Nb5 Bxf2 41.a7 g4 42.Rg8+ Kf6 43.Rxg4 
$18 ) 40.Nb5 Bb4 41.a7 Bc5 42.Re8 Bxa7 43.Ra8 Bd4 44.Rxa1 Bxa1 45.Nxd6 $11
) 34.Qb5 Rxd4 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Nd7 Rxd1+ 37.Rxd1 Bc7 38.Nxb8 Qxb8 39.Qxb8 
Bxb8 40.a7 Bxa7 41.Ra1 Bxe3 42.fxe3 Be4 $15 ) 33...Be4 34.Nb6 Bxb6 35.Qxb6
Qa8 36.Qxd6 $2 {This loses without much fight, flight with a king from g1 
was probably preferable.} ( 36.Ra1 Bxg2 ( 36...e5 $6 37.Nb5 R4c6 38.Qb7 d5
39.f3 $14 ) 37.Qxd6 Bh1 38.Kf1 R4c7 39.Ke2 Bd5 $15 ) 36...Bxb1 37.Rxb1 
Rc1+ 38.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Ra1 40.Qe5 ( 40.Nxe6 $2 Rxa6 41.Qd8+ Qxd8 42.
Nxd8 Rb6 43.e4 Kf8 $19 ) 40...Qxa6 {[#] Hecht: Technique and tactics with 
pawns on one wing. A later winning motif: pinning the knight. [#] Hecht: 
Technik und Taktik bei Bauern auf einem Fluegel. Spaeteres Gewinnmotiv: 
Fesselung des Springers.} 41.Qf6 Qf1 $1 42.Kh3 ( 42.g4 Qh1+ 43.Kg3 Qh4+ 
44.Kf3 h5 45.Ke2 ( 45.gxh5 g4+ $19 ) 45...Qxg4+ $19 ) 42...Qh1+ 43.Kg4 
Qxg2 ( 43...Ra6 44.Kf3 Qd1+ 45.Ke4 Rd6 $19 ) 44.Qxh6 Qe4+ 45.f4 $8 ( 45.
Kxg5 Ra5+ 46.Kf6 Qe5+ 47.Ke7 Ra7+ 48.Ke8 Qb8# ) ( 45.Kh3 Rh1# ) 45...Ra5 (
45...gxf4 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh4+ Kg7 48.Qg5+ Qg6 49.Qxg6+ Kxg6 50.gxf4 Ra3 
$19 ) 46.Qf6 gxf4 47.exf4 ( 47.gxf4 Qg2+ 48.Kh4 Qh1+ ( 48...Qh2+ {Hecht} 
49.Kg4 Rh5 50.Qd8+ Kh7 $19 {[%cal Rh2h3]} ) 49.Kg3 Rh5 $19 ) 47...Rd5 48.
Nf3 Qe2 49.Qe7 ( 49.Qc3 Rd3 50.Qc8+ Kg7 51.Qb7 Rxf3 52.Qxf3 f5+ $19 ) 
49...Kg7 50.Qb7 Qd1 ( 50...Rd3 $19 ) ( 50...Rd3 $1 {Hecht} 51.f5 ( 51.Qc6 
Qxf3+ 52.Qxf3 f5+ $19 ) 51...exf5+ 52.Kf4 Qe3+ ) 51.Qb2+ Kh7 ( 51...Kg6 {
Hecht} 52.Qh8 f5+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kh2 {[%cal Rh8g8]} ) 52.Qf6 Kg8 53.Qe7 
Kg7 54.Qh4 ( 54.Qb7 Rd3 $19 ( 54...Rd3 {Hecht} 55.Qb2+ Kg6 $19 ) ) 54...f6
55.Qh2 Rd3 ( 55...Rd3 56.Qg2 Rxf3 57.Qxf3 f5+ $19 ) 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.b3 Re8 
9.h3 exd4 ( 9...c6 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nd2 e3 12.fxe3 Rxe3 13.Nde4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 
Rxg3 15.e3 Rg5 ( 15...Rxg2+ $142 ) 16.Nxg5 Qxg5 17.Qf2 $16 {1-0 
Kurajica,B-Belkhodja,S/OHRA-B 1985 (26)} ) 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bb2 c6 ( 11...
Nfe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qc2 f5 ( 13...Qe7 14.Rad1 a6 15.Nf3 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Bd7 
17.Nd2 Bc6 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {E-E Csom,I-Laketic,G/Mendrisio op 1989 (46)} 
) 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.e3 Bd7 16.Ne2 Bc6 17.Nf4 $14 {[%cal Gf4d5] E-E 
Vidmar,M-Tsvetkov,A/JUG-ch 1945 (25)} ) ( 11...a5 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Nf3 Bf5 
14.Qd2 a4 15.bxa4 Nfe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 {E-E Csom,I-Zifroni,D/Budapest FS07 GM
1993} ) ( 11...Bd7 12.Rc1 Qc8 13.Kh2 h5 14.Nf3 a5 15.Ba1 Qd8 16.Re1 Bf5 
17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Nd4 Bd7 {E-E Csom,I-Weindl,A/Lenk op 1993} ) 12.
Qc2 Qb6 13.e3 $14 {[%csl Rd6]} 13...a5 14.Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d6]} 14...h5 ( 
14...a4 $5 15.Nxa4 Nxa4 16.bxa4 Qb4 17.Rab1 Qxa4 18.Qxa4 Rxa4 19.Nxc6 Ne4 
( 19...Bf5 20.Rbc1 Rxa2 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nb4 Ra4 23.Nd5 Bb2 24.g4 $11 ) 20.
Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nd8 Rxa2 23.Nxb7 Bxb7 24.Rxb7 Rxc4 $11 ) 15.Rd2 
a4 16.Nxa4 Nxa4 17.bxa4 Nd7 $6 ( 17...Qb4 $5 18.Nb3 Rxa4 ( 18...Bf5 19.Qd1
( 19.Bc3 Bxc2 20.Bxb4 Rxa4 ( 20...Bxb3 21.axb3 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Bxa1 23.Bg2 Be5
24.f4 Bg7 25.Kf2 $14 ) 21.Rxc2 Rxb4 22.Rd1 Ne4 $11 ) 19...Ne4 20.Bxe4 Rxe4
( 20...Bxb2 21.Rb1 ( 21.Bxf5 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 gxf5 23.Qf6 Re6 $132 ) 21...Bxe4
22.Rbxb2 Qxc4 23.Rxd6 $14 ) 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rxd6 Rxc4 $132 ) ) 18.Nb3 $1 
$16 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Ne5 ( 19...Rxa4 20.Rxd6 Rxc4 $140 21.Bd5 Ne5 22.Bxc4 Nxc4
23.Qd4 $16 ) 20.a5 ( 20.Rc1 $5 {[%cal Gc4c5]} ) 20...Qb4 ( 20...Qa6 $1 21.
Rd4 Nxc4 ( 21...c5 22.Re4 $1 {[%cal Gb3c5,Gf2f4,Ge4e8]} 22...Bxh3 ( 22...
Bf5 23.Nxc5 Qa7 24.Rxe5 dxe5 25.Nxb7 Rab8 26.Qb6 $16 ) 23.Rxe5 $16 ) 22.
Qc3 d5 23.e4 Nd6 $132 ) 21.a3 Qa4 ( 21...Qxc4 22.Rxd6 $16 ) 22.Rd4 $1 Nxc4
( 22...c5 23.Rh4 $16 ) 23.Qc3 d5 24.e4 $16 {[%cal Gd4a4]} 24...Be6 25.exd5
cxd5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gb3c5,Gc5d7,Gd7f6]} 27...
Rac8 ( 27...b5 28.axb6 ( 28.Qb4 Nxa3 $1 29.Qxa3 ( 29.Qxa4 bxa4 30.Nd2 $1 
$16 ) 29...Re1+ 30.Kh2 Rxa1 $14 ) 28...Nxb6 29.Rd4 $16 ) 28.Nc5 Qb5 $2 ( 
28...Qxa5 29.Qxc4 ( 29.Qxa5 Nxa5 30.Nd7 Red8 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Nxh5+ gxh5 33.
Rxa5 $16 ) 29...b6 30.Rd6 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kg2 Rxc5 33.Rxg6+ Kf8 34.
Qf4 $18 ) 29.Nd7 $1 $18 Nd6 ( 29...Qc6 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nxe8 Qxd5 32.Qh8+ 
Ke7 33.Re1+ $18 ) 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Qd2 $1 Re7 32.Qh6# 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Olsen, Heini"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.Ng1 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.d4 d5 8.a3 cxd4 
9.exd4 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Bf6 13.Be4 Nce7 14.Qd3 h6 15.Ne5
Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Nf5 17.Be3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Rb8 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Qc7 
Qb5 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Rc5 Qe2 24.Qg3+ Kh8 25.h3 f5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Rxf5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "C52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Ba3 
d6 9.e5 d5 10.Bb5 Ne4 11.e6 ( 11.Qa4 Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Qxc6+ Bd7 15.Qc5 Nb5 16.Bb4 a5 17.a4 Nc3 18.Ba3 Nxa4 19.Qxd5 Be6 20.Qc6+ 
Bd7 {Djurhuus,R-Egger,J/WchJM-U20 1990} ) 11...Bxe6 ( 11...fxe6 12.cxd4 
$44 {e5} ( 12.Ne5 $5 ) ) 12.Qa4 Bd7 ( 12...Bxc3 ) 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 $2 ( 13...
Bxc3 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Nxc3 dxc3 $13 ) 14.Qxa5 $18 b6 15.Qb4 dxc3 ( 15...d3
16.Rd1 $18 ) 16.Nxc3 Qf6 ( 16...Qd6 17.Rac1 $18 ) 17.Nxe4 ( 17.Rac1 O-O-O 
18.Nxe4 dxe4 $18 ) 17...dxe4 18.Rad1 ( 18.Rac1 O-O-O ( 18...exf3 19.Rxc6 
O-O-O ( 19...Qxc6 20.Qe7# ) 20.Rxf6 $18 ) 19.Bb2 Qd6 20.Qxd6 Rxd6 $18 ) 
18...Rd8 ( 18...Bb7 19.Qa4+ Qc6 $18 ) 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Nb5 {ii c7} 20...Bxb5 
( 20...c5 21.Qxe4+ Kf8 $18 ) 21.Qxe4+ $1 Qe6 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Rd1+ ( 23.
Rd1+ Qd6 ( 23...Kc8 24.Qa8# ) ( 23...Bd7 24.Qa8# ) ( 23...Ke8 24.Qa8+ Qc8 
25.Qxc8# ) 24.Bxd6 cxd6 25.Qa8+ $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nge2 c6 6.Na4 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 Bc7 
9.d4 Qe7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.c4 O-O 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qc2 Ng4 15.Bd2 
Nb6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.h3 Nf6 18.Be3 Be6 19.Rfc1 Ne8 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 f6 
22.Nc3 Qf7 23.Rcb1 Ba5 24.Bf1 f5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Ne4 Kh8 27.Ng5 Qg6 28.Qb3
Rd7 29.Bc4 Bxb1 30.Rxb1 Nc7 31.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 Qf6 33.Bc4 Rf8 34.Rd1 Qf3
35.Qd3 h6 36.Bb3 e4 37.Qd4 Nb5 38.Qe5 Bc7 39.Qb2 Bxg3 40.Rd7 Nc3 41.Bd4 
Rf6 42.Bxf6 gxf6 43.Bc4 b5 44.Qd2 Bxf2+ 45.Qxf2 bxc4 46.Qxf3 exf3 47.Rd2 
Na4 48.Rc2 c3 49.Kf2 Kg7 50.Kxf3 Kg6 51.Ke3 Kg5 52.Kd4 f5 53.Kc4 Kf4 54.
Kb4 Nb2 55.Rxc3 Nd1 56.Rd3 Ne3 57.a4 Ke4 58.Rxe3+ Kxe3 59.a5 f4 60.a6 f3 
61.a7 f2 62.a8=Q f1=Q 63.Qxc6 Qxh3 {} 64.Qe8+ Kf2 65.c6 Qg4+ 66.Kc5 Qf4 
67.Qd7 Qc1+ 68.Kd6 Qf4+ 69.Ke7 Qg5+ 70.Kf7 Qh5+ 71.Kf8 Qc5+ 72.Kg7 Qc3+ ( 
72...Qg5+ 73.Kh7 $18 ) 73.Kxh6 Qe3+ 74.Kg6 {[#] In the long term, the 
positon is lost, but Black should be able to defend himself better and 
hold out. For that purpose, ...Qg3+ was tougher. A medal is awarded for a 
strategical endgame blunder. [#] Langfristig ist die Position verloren, 
doch sollte Schwarz sich besser hinhaltend verteidigen. Deshalb war hier 
etwa Dg3+ zaeher. Fuer die strategischen Endspielpatzer wird eine Medaille
verliehen.} 74...Kg1 $6 {White should now centralize his queen by Qg4+ and
at the same time force the Black to a worse square, in that he is driven 
from the southeast-corner towards the middle of the board due to the 
exchange possibility Qg5+. That was my opinion, before I asked my 
Endgame-CD. The Endgame-CD is of this opinion: Win in 7 moves by playing 
75.c7 ! The motif is counter-check on g7. Apart from the text move, quite 
good moves are Kh7,Qd6, and Qg7(!). Wei@). sollte jetzt mit Dg4+ seine 
Dame zentralisieren und dabei gleichzeitig den schwarzen K@warzen nig 
schlechterstellen, indem er wegen der Tauschm@rstellen, glichkeit Dg5+ aus
der Suedost-Ecke Richtung Brettrandmitte getrieben wird, wo er fuer 
Gegenschachs anfaelliger ist. Das war meine Meinung, bevor ich die 
Endspiel-CD befragte. Die ENDSPIEL-CD meint: Gewinn in 7 Zuegen und zieht 
c7! Motiv ist das Gegenschach auf g7. Ganz gut sind auch noch der Textzug 
sowie Kh7, Dd6 und Dg7(!).} 75.Qd1+ ( 75.Qg4+ $5 Kf2 76.Qh4+ Ke2 77.Qc4+ 
Kd1 78.c7 {In comparison with the game continuation, the White queen 
stands definitively better than on c2. The Endgame-CD explains here: Win 
in 13 moves. Im Vergleich zur Textfortsetzung steht die wei@ e Dame auf c4
wesentlich besser als auf c2. Die Endspiel-CD erklaert hierzu: Gewinn in 
13 Zuegen.} ) ( 75.c7 $1 Qg3+ 76.Kh7 Qh4+ 77.Kg8 Qc4+ 78.Kh8 Qh4+ 79.Qh7 
$18 ) 75...Kf2 76.Qc2+ Kg1 77.c7 $2 ( 77.Qd1+ $142 $1 {A repentant retreat
was called for! Reumuetige Rueckkehr war angesagt!} ) 77...Qe6+ $11 {The 
White king can no longer find a good square, due to checks combined with 
attack on c7 at the decisive points. Durch Schachgebote mit Angriff auf 
den Bc7 an den entscheidenden Stellen findet der wei@t e K@@t nig keine 
guten Felder mehr.} 78.Kg5 Qe5+ 79.Kg4 Qg7+ 80.Kf3 Qf6+ 81.Ke3 Qe5+ {[%cal
Re5c7]} 82.Kd2 Qf4+ {[%cal Rf4c7]} 83.Kd1 ( 83.Kd3 Qg3+ $11 {[%cal Rg3c7]}
) 83...Qf1+ 84.Kd2 Qf4+ 85.Kd3 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bb2 Nd7 6.Nc3 h6 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7 
9.d3 Bh7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nc5 13.e5 Nfd7 14.b4 Ne6 15.Bc4 
Bxb4 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Nd4 Bxc3 19.Nxe6 Bxb2 20.Nc7+ Kd8 21.Nxa8 
Bxa1 22.e6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be2 
O-O 9.c4 Nb6 10.Na3 c6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 c5 14.Qc1 cxd4 15.Nb5 
Qc5 16.Rd1 Nc6 17.Nc7 Rac8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bd3 Rf8 20.Be4 e5 21.Re1 Nd8 
22.a4 Qc7 23.Qd2 Nd7 24.Bd5+ e6 25.Be4 Rf4 26.Qd1 Nc5 27.Nd2 a5 28.f3 Nc6 
29.Bc1 Rf7 30.Nf1 Qb6 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Ba3 e4 33.fxe4 d3 34.Ra2 Nxe4+ 35.c5
Nxc5 36.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 37.Kh1 Rcf8 38.Ng3 Qd5 39.Rf1 Rxf1+ 40.Nxf1 Qxb3 41.Rd2
Qxd1 42.Rxd1 e5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Black "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6 
9.Rb1 Nc5 10.b4 Nce4 11.Bb2 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.g4 
Bxg4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qd5+ Qe6 18.Bxe4 c6 19.Qxe6+ Bxe6 20.Rfc1 Rf4 21.f3 
Bh6 22.Rc2 d5 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Bc1 dxe4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.fxe4 Rd8 27.Kg2 g5 
28.a4 Rd4 29.Kf3 Rd8 30.h4 Rf8 31.hxg5 Bxg5+ 32.Kg3 h5 33.Rg1 Kh8 34.Rc5 
Rg8 35.Kf2 Be3+ 36.Kxe3 Rxg1 37.Rxh5+ Kg8 38.Ra5 a6 39.b5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Rg7
41.Kd4 Rc7 42.Rc5 Rd7+ 43.Ke5 Kf7 44.a5 Bg4 45.Rc2 Ke7 46.Ra2 Be6 47.Ra4 
Bb3 48.Rb4 Bd1 49.a6 bxa6 50.Rd4 a5 51.Rxd7+ Kxd7 52.Kd4 a4 53.Kc3 a3 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 Na6 9.
Nc3 c6 10.e3 Nc7 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.a3 b5 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Ne1 d5 15.Nd3 a4 16.
cxd5 axb3 17.Qd1 cxd5 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Ne5 Ne8 20.Qxb3 Nd6 21.Nc3 Nc4 22.
Qc2 Bd6 23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.f3 exf3 25.e4 Bc6 26.exd5 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.a4 
Qd7 29.a5 Rae8 30.Rf2 Bb8 31.a6 Ba7 32.Qd1 Re3 33.Ra3 Qe7 34.Rxe3 Qxe3 35.
Qd2 Qe4 36.Bc3 Re8 37.Rf1 Qe3+ 38.Rf2 Re6 39.Qa2 Bxd4 40.Bxd4 Qxd4 41.Qa5 
h6 42.Qd2 Qxd2 43.Rxd2 Rxa6 44.Rxd5 Rc6 45.Rd2 c3 46.Rc2 Kf7 47.Kf2 Ke6 
48.Kxf3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Black "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.e5 $6 ( 6.Bb5+ $142 ) ( 6.
dxc5 $142 ) 6...Nfd7 $5 ( 6...Ng4 $5 ) ( 6...dxe5 $5 ) 7.Bc4 $6 ( 7.e6 $5 
fxe6 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.cxd6 exd6 11.Bd3 d5 $13 {1-0 
Holzhaeuer,M-Darius,H/ch-GER, Gladenbach GER 1997 (51)} ) ( 7.exd6 O-O 8.
Be3 ( 8.Be2 exd6 9.O-O Nf6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Be3 Nc6 ( 12...
Nbd7 $5 ) 13.Bxc5 Bf5 14.Bc4 $14 {Lepelletier,B-Chabanon,J/FRA-ch 1995/1-0
(43)} ) 8...Qb6 $6 ( 8...exd6 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O ( 10.Bb5 $6 Qb6 11.O-O-O 
Nf6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.h3 Be6 16.Qf2 b6 17.Qf3 a6 $11
{E-E Matulovic,M-Sigurjonsson,G/Vraca (zt) 1975 (24)} ) 10...Qa5 11.f5 ( 
11.Kb1 $5 Nf6 12.h3 Be6 13.a3 Rfe8 14.Nb5 Qb6 $2 ( 14...Qxd2 $5 ) 15.Nxd6 
Nxd4 16.Bxd4 $2 ( 16.Nxe8 $1 Nxf3 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qc1 $18 {Golod} ) 16...
Qxd6 17.Bxf6 Qxd2 18.Nxd2 Bxf6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.g4 Rad8 $15 {E-E 
Shaposhnikov,E-Gubanov,A/Chigorin mem 1995 (43)} ) 11...Nf6 12.fxg6 hxg6 
13.Bh6 Bg4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.d5 $6 ( 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Be2 Nd4 17.Rhf1 Nxe2+ 
18.Qxe2 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Qf2 {E-E Sax,G-Sigurjonsson,G/London 1975} ) 
15...Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nd4 17.Qf4 Rfe8 18.Kb1 Re5 19.Bd3 b5 20.Qg3 b4 $17 {0-1 
Sax,G-Sigurjonsson,G/Vraca (zt) 1975 (36)} ) 9.dxe7 Re8 10.Qd2 $5 ( 10.Bc4
Qb4 11.Be2 Nc6 12.a3 Qb6 13.Na4 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.d5 Nd4 16.O-O $14 {1-0 
Matulovic,M-Adorjan,A/Wijk aan Zee 1974 (36)} ) 10...Qxb2 11.Rb1 Qa3 12.
Rb3 Qa5 13.Nd5 Qxa2 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.O-O c4 17.Nc7 Rxe7 18.Rbb1 
Rb8 19.Ra1 Qb2 20.Nd5 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Qb5 22.Ne7+ Kf8 {1-0 
Matanovic,A-Rukavina,J/Jugoslavija (ch) 1975} ) ( 7.dxc5 $5 dxe5 8.fxe5 
Nc6 9.e6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Nd4 $2 ( 10...Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 $13 {Golod} ) 11.Be3 
Nf5 12.Nxe6 Bxc3+ 13.Bd2 $1 {+- Velimirovic,D-Marangunic,S/Jugoslavija 
1982} ) ( 7.Ng5 $6 cxd4 8.e6 Nc5 9.exf7+ Kf8 10.Nce4 Nxe4 $6 ( 10...h6 $15
) 11.Nxe4 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ d5 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Bd3 $44 {E-E 
Griffon,O-Szabo,Z/Cappelle op 1995 (31)} ) 7...cxd4 $5 $15 ( 7...O-O 8.e6 
Nb6 9.exf7+ Kh8 10.h4 $13 Bg4 11.h5 gxh5 12.Be2 Qd7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Bxg4 Qxg4
15.Qd3 hxg5 16.Qg6 h4 17.Ne4 Rxf7 18.Nxg5 Qg3+ 19.Kf1 Rxf4+ 20.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 
21.Ke2 Qg4+ 22.Ke1 Qg3+ 23.Kd1 Qg4+ 24.Kc1 Qf4+ 25.Kb1 Qxg5 26.Qxg5 N8d7 
27.Rxh4+ {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Rajkovic,D/Skopje 1971} ) 8.Bxf7+ $2 ( 8.Qxd4 
$1 O-O 9.Qe4 Nc6 10.exd6 exd6 $15 ) 8...Kxf7 9.Ng5+ $2 {[%csl Re6][%cal 
Gg5e6]} ( 9.e6+ $142 Kf8 ( 9...Kxe6 $4 10.Ng5+ Kf6 ( 10...Kf5 11.g4+ Kf6 
12.Nd5# ) 11.Nd5+ Kf5 12.g4# ) 10.exd7 dxc3 11.dxc8=Q Qxc8 $17 ) 9...Kg8 {
[%csl Gg7,Yg8][%cal Yg8g7] g7} 10.Ne6 ( 10.Qxd4 $143 Nb6 $1 $19 {[%csl 
Yc4,Yd5] ii c6} ) 10...Qb6 $1 11.Nxd4 ( 11.Nd5 $2 Qa5+ {[%csl Rd1,Rd5]} 
12.Bd2 ( 12.Kf2 Qxd5 13.Nc7 Qc6 14.exd6 exd6 15.Nxa8 b5 $19 ) 12...Qxd5 
13.Nc7 Qxg2 14.Rf1 Nb6 $19 ) 11...dxe5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 $19 13.Be3 ( 13.Rf1 
Nbc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8][%cal Gc6d5,Gb6d8]} ) 13...h6 $5 {
[%cal Gg8h7]} 14.O-O $2 ( 14.b3 $142 $19 ) 14...Ng4 {[%csl Rd4,Re3][%cal 
Gg4e3,Gb6g1,Gg7d4]} 15.Nd5 Qd6 {[%csl Rd5,Rh2]} ( 15...Nxe3 $1 16.Nxb6 ( 
16.Nxe7+ Kh7 ) 16...Nxd1 17.Nxa8 Bxd4+ 18.Kh1 Nf2+ ) 16.Nxe7+ ( 16.Nf3 Be6
) 16...Qxe7 $19 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qf3 Kh7 20.h3 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Ne5 
22.Qg3 Bf5 23.b4 Qd6 24.Rad1 Qc7 25.Rde1 Rhe8 26.Re2 Re6 27.Rfe1 Rae8 28.
Qb3 g5 29.Bh2 Qd7 30.g4 Bg6 31.c4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bc4 Re8 12.O-O Nb6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 
N8d7 16.a5 Nc8 17.Kh1 Qc7 18.Ra4 Rb8 19.e5 dxe5 20.f5 Nd6 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.
Bg5 c4 23.Be2 Nc5 24.Rxc4 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Kh8 26.Qf7 Qxf7 27.Rxf7 e4 28.Be7 
Nd3 29.Bd6 Rbd8 30.Bc7 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Bxe5 32.Nxe4 Bb8 33.Nd2 Re1+ 34.Nf1 Bd6
35.g4 Rf8 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Kg2 Bb4 38.b3 Bxa5 39.Kf2 Re8 40.Be2 b5 41.Ng3 
Bb6+ 42.Kf3 Re3+ 43.Kf4 g5+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Black "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B95"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bf3 Nbd7 10.a4 Ne5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Be3 b6 13.Nf3 Ned7 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.f3
Rfe8 16.Qe1 d5 17.Qf2 Bd6 18.g3 Bb4 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.Nb3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 dxe4 
22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Bxe4 Nxe4 24.fxe4 f5 25.Bxc5 Bxe4 26.a5 Rac8 27.Bb4 Ba8 
28.Qb6 Qc4 29.Qd4 Qc6 30.Qd2 Red8 31.Qe2 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 Qxh2+ 33.Ke1 Qxg3+ 
34.Rf2 Rd5 35.Kf1 Re5 36.Qd3 Re3 37.Qd6 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 b6 6.O-O Ba6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
f4 Nc5 16.b4 Ne6 17.Qa4 Bb7 18.e3 d4 19.Ne4 a5 20.b5 cxb5 21.Qxb5 Qb4 22.
Qxb4 axb4 23.f5 Rxa2 24.fxe6 Rxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bxe4+ 26.Kg1 fxe6 27.Rc4 b3 28.
exd4 Bd5 29.Rb4 Rc8 30.Rb1 Rc3 31.Rxb6 Kf7 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.Rd6 Be4 34.Re1 
Rc2+ 35.Ke3 b2 36.Rb1 Bf5 37.Rb6 Rc3+ 38.Kd2 Rc2+ 39.Ke3 Rc3+ 40.Kd2 Rc2+ 
41.Ke3 Rc3+ 42.Kd2 Rc2+ 43.Kd1 Rc4 44.R1xb2 Rxd4+ 45.Rd2 Bg4+ 46.Kc2 Re4 
47.Rb5 Be2 48.Rc5 Bc4 49.Rd7 Bd5 50.Rcc7 Re2+ 51.Kc3 Rxh2 52.Rxg7+ Kf5 53.
Rxh7 Rg2 54.Kd4 Rd2+ 55.Ke3 Rg2 56.Rh5+ Kg6 57.Rch7 Rxg3+ 58.Kf4 Rg4+ 59.
Kxg4 Bf3+ 60.Kh4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg2 
Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Qe7 11.Rfe1 c5 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 Ne5 
15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.e4 Rad8 17.f4 Qb8 18.e5 Nd7 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.Qh5 Nf8 21.Rad1
a6 22.Ne4 c4 23.Nf6+ gxf6 24.exf6 Rd6 25.Qh6 Rxf6 26.Qxf6 Qd8 27.Qxd8 Rxd8
28.Re7 Nd7 29.f5 b5 30.f6 c3 31.Bh3 Bc8 32.d6 Nxf6 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Rc7 Rd8
35.Rxc3 Ne4 36.Rc6 a5 37.d7 Kf8 38.Re1 f5 39.Rc7 Nf6 40.Rc8 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Black "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 e6 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 
9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 d6 11.e4 Na6 12.f4 Re8 13.Re1 Nc7 14.e5 Nd7 15.Ne4 Bf8 
16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.exd6 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Nxd5 19.f5 Qf6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Qe4 Qxd6
22.Bh6 N7f6 23.Qd3 Kh7 24.Bg5 Rd8 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Bf3 Rd7 27.Qb3 Ng4 28.Ng2 
Bc6 29.Bc1 Ne5 30.Be2 Nb4 31.Qe3 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qxe3+ 34.Bxe3 
Bxf3 35.Kf2 Bxg2 36.Kxg2 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Kjartansson, David"]
[Black "Briem, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.f4 O-O 8.Qf3 c5 
9.c3 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.g4 g6 12.Rf2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4
f5 16.gxf5 Nf6 17.Qg2 exf5 18.Rf3 Rc7 19.Bd2 Ne4 20.Raf1 Rg7 21.Kh1 g5 22.
Rg1 g4 23.Be1 Qf6 24.Rff1 h5 25.Nc4 Qe6 26.b3 Be7 27.Ne5 Kh7 28.c4 Bf6 29.
Qc2 Rfg8 30.Qe2 Qe8 31.Qc2 Qa8 32.d5 Qe8 33.Nd3 h4 34.Nf2 Nd6 35.Nd1 Qh5 
36.Rg2 h3 37.Rgg1 Re8 38.Qd3 Rge7 39.Bf2 Ne4 40.Bg3 Qg6 41.Re1 Kg7 42.a3 
Rd8 43.Re2 Qe8 44.Be1 Kf8 45.Nf2 Nd6 46.Bc3 Bh4 47.Be5 Qh5 48.Bxd6 Rxd6 
49.Nxg4 fxg4 50.e4 Qg6 51.Qe3 Rd8 52.e5 Rg7 53.Qe4 g3 54.hxg3 h2 55.Rgg2 
Qxe4 56.Rxe4 Bxg3 57.f5 Re8 58.f6 Rg5 59.e6 Re5 60.Rxe5 Bxe5 61.f7 Rd8 62.
Rg5 Bd6 63.Kg2 Ke7 64.Kh1 Kf6 65.Rg8 Rf8 66.Rxf8 Bxf8 67.Kxh2 Bd6+ 68.Kg2 
Kg5 69.Kf3 Kf5 70.Ke3 a5 71.Kf3 Be7 72.Kg3 Kg5 73.a4 Bd6+ 74.Kf3 Kf5 75.
Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Be6 11.c3 Bg7 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Nce3 Rb8 14.Be2 a5 15.
Bg4 Kh8 16.Bf5 Ne7 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Qh5 h6 19.O-O Rg8 20.Rfd1 Bf8 21.h4 Qb7
22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Qc7 24.Rad1 Rb6 25.Qe2 b4 26.c4 b3 27.axb3 Rxb3 28.c5 
Qa7 29.Kh2 Qb8 30.cxd6 Rxb2 31.R1d2 Rb1 32.d7 Be7 33.Rxa5 Bb4 34.Rb5 Rxg2+
35.Kxg2 Qg8+ 36.Qg4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Bd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.a5 Nxa5 12.f3 Nc6 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Kh1 b5 15.Ra2 b4 
16.Na4 d5 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Nb6 Rad8 19.e5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qf5 21.Bc7 Rde8 22.
Rxa6 Bd7 23.Bd3 Qh5 24.g4 Qh3 25.Bg3 Bc8 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Bf1 Qh6 28.g5 Qh5
29.gxf6 Bxf6 30.Qg2 Bxb2 31.Bd6 Rfd8 32.Bxb4 Rb8 33.c3 Rbc8 34.Rb1 d4 35.
cxd4 Rd5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Black "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "B34"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O ( 7...
Qa5 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.g3 b6 10.Bg2 Ba6 11.a4 O-O 12.Nb5 Bxb5 13.axb5 Ne5 14.O-O 
Rac8 15.Bd4 $14 {1-0 Adzic,S-Csicsay,I/HUN-chT2 1994 (38)} ) 8.Bc4 ( 8.Qd2
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd4 Bxd4 ( 11...Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 
Rd8+ 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Rhe1 Rd7 $11 ) 12.Qxd4 Qa5 13.Qa4 Qb6 ( 13...Qxa4 14.
Nxa4 Nb4 $15 ) 14.Nd1 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Saltaev,M-Serper,G/Tashkent 1987 (39)} 
) 8...Nxe4 9.Bxf7+ $19 ( 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd3 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Bxb2 (
12...Rb8 $19 ) 13.O-O Ba6 14.Re1 Bc3 $19 {0-1 Toth,A-Lakos,N/EU-chJW U20 
Zanka 1995 (22)} ) 9...Rxf7 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 $2 $11 ( 10...Qb6 $1 11.c3 ( 11.
Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Qd3 Bxb2 $19 ) 11...Qxb2 ( 11...Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 
Qxb2 14.O-O Qb5 $1 $17 ) 12.O-O d5 13.Ng5 Rf6 14.c4 Rd6 $17 ) 11.Bxd4 Rf4 
( 11...Qa5+ 12.c3 d5 13.Bxg7 Rxg7 ( 13...dxe4 14.Bh6 Be6 $14 ) 14.Ng5 e5 
15.Nf3 Re7 16.O-O Bf5 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Re3 Be4 19.Nd2 Bf5 $11 20.Nf3 Be4 ) 
12.f3 $8 e5 $2 ( 12...Qa5+ 13.c3 d5 ( 13...Bxd4 14.Qxd4 d5 15.Qe3 ) 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qd4+ Kg8 16.Qe3 Qc7 ( 16...e5 17.Nc5 Rf5 18.O-O b6 19.b4 Qa3 
20.Qd3 d4 21.Qe4 Rb8 22.Qd5+ Kg7 23.Qd6 Ra8 24.Qc6 bxc5 25.Qxa8 $18 ) 17.
Nd2 e5 18.O-O Rf5 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.Nf1 Bc6 21.Nh2 $14 ) ( 12...Bxd4 13.Qxd4 
Qa5+ 14.c3 $14 ) 13.Bxe5 $16 Qh4+ ( 13...Qa5+ 14.Bc3 Bxc3+ 15.Nxc3 Rb4 16.
b3 Rb5 17.Qd4 Re5+ 18.Kf2 Qc5 19.Rhd1 $16 ) 14.Kf1 Rf8 $2 $18 ( 14...Rf7 
15.Bxg7 Qxe4 16.Bd4 $16 ) ( 14...Bxe5 15.Qd5+ Rf7 16.Qxe5 Rf5 17.Qd4 ( 17.
Qe8+ Rf8 18.Qe5 Rf5 ) 17...d5 18.Qf2 Qf4 19.Nd2 Bd7 20.Kg1 Re8 21.Nf1 $16 
) 15.Qd5+ ( 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.Qd5+ Kg7 18.Qe5+ Kg8 19.g3 Qd8 ( 
19...Qh6 {- This game} ) 20.Kg2 d5 21.Rad1 $18 ) 15...Kh8 16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 
17.Qe5+ Kg8 18.g3 Qh6 ( 18...Qd8 19.Kg2 $18 ) 19.Nf6+ Kf7 20.Re1 g5 21.
Qe7+ Kg6 22.h4 Rf7 23.Qe4+ Kg7 24.Ng4 Qc6 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Re8+ Rf8 27.Nf6+ 
( 27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Nxh7+ $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9.d6 exd6 10.d4 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nd6 a5 15.Nxc8 
Rxc8 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Bb5 Qd6 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Bd2 Ndf6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Rc2 Nxd2 
22.Qxd2 Ne4 23.Qd3 Qf4 24.g3 Qf5 25.Rfc1 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 g5 27.Kg2 Bf6 28.h3 
h5 29.Nh2 g4 30.hxg4 hxg4 31.Qd1 b3 32.Re2 Kg7 33.Bd3 Rh8 34.Bxe4 Qh5 35.
Nxg4 Qxg4 36.Bb1 Bg5 37.Re1 Qh3+ 38.Kf3 Rh6 39.Qd3 Qh5+ 40.Kg2 Qh2+ 41.Kf3
Rf6+ 42.Kg4 Rg6 43.Kf3 Rf6+ 44.Kg4 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.Nb5 Ke7 14.Bd3 Bd7
15.Nd4 Na4 16.O-O-O Nc5 17.h4 h5 18.Kd2 a6 19.a3 g6 20.b4 Na4 21.c4 dxc4 
22.Bxc4 Rhd8 23.Ke3 Nb6 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Ba2 Ba4 26.g3 Bb5 27.Rhe1 Bc4 28.
Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 {This is not very fashionable these days.
But then again Hector never paid much attention to fashion anyway.} 4...
exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Re1 $146 {A new try, but it doesn't 
change the basic intuition that Black has no big problems in this line.} (
8.Qxd4 Bf5 9.Bf4 ( 9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.Qc4 Qd5 11.Qxd5 cxd5 $15 {
Vinkel,V-Litvinov,V/URS-chT 1967/MCD-ch/0-1 (73)} ) 9...Bc5 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 
11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 $15 {0-1 Medley,G-Morphy,P/London 1858 (25)} ) 
8...Nc5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qxd4 Bf5 12.Qc3 Ne6 {Blacks excellent 
blockade of the e5-i and active pieces gives him a clear plus here. This 
type of i-formation often gives White a headache in the spanish.} 13.Nbd2 
O-O-O 14.b4 Rd5 15.Nf1 Bg4 16.N3d2 Rhd8 17.Nc4 Qg5 $40 18.a4 Kb8 ( 18...
Nf4 19.b5 $5 Ne2+ 20.Rxe2 Bxe2 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Nd6+ R8xd6 23.exd6 Rxd6 24.
Ng3 $13 ) 19.Nfe3 Bf3 $2 ( 19...Nf4 $1 20.Nxd5 ( 20.Nxg4 Qxg4 21.Ne3 Qg5 
$15 ) 20...cxd5 21.Nb2 Bh5 22.g3 Ne2+ 23.Rxe2 Bxe2 $15 ) 20.Kh1 $1 $16 {
This simple defensive move wins an exchange.} 20...Be4 21.f3 Bg6 22.Nxd5 
cxd5 23.Nb2 d4 24.Qc4 Nf4 25.g3 Ne6 26.Qe2 h5 27.Qf2 h4 28.gxh4 Qe7 29.Nd3
Rh8 30.Nc5 Nf4 31.Rad1 d3 32.Nxd3 Bxd3 33.cxd3 Qxb4 34.Qd2 Qxd2 35.Rxd2 
Rxh4 36.Rg1 Ne6 37.Rg4 Rh5 38.d4 c6 39.d5 ( 39.Kg2 g5 40.Kg3 $18 ) 39...
cxd5 40.Rxd5 Rf5 41.a5 ( 41.Rd7 $142 Rxf3 42.Kg2 Rf5 43.Rb4 $16 ) 41...
Rxf3 42.Rc4 Rf5 43.Kg1 Rg5+ 44.Kf2 Rh5 45.h4 g5 46.hxg5 Rxg5 47.Rc3 f6 $1 
48.Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 {Diese alte Fortsetzung 
wird in letzter Zeit kaum gespielt. Schwarz hat viele Alternativen. Ribli.
} ( 5...g6 ) ( 5...Nc6 ) ( 5...Qc7 ) ( 5...Nf6 ) ( 5...d6 ) ( 5...d5 {
Dieser auf ersten Blick ueberraschende Zug, eine beliebte Variante des 
russische GMs Vyzhmanavin, ist auch gut spielbar.} ) 6.Nb3 Be7 {Frueher 
wurde 6...ie7 haeufig gespielt.} 7.O-O ( 7.Qg4 Bf6 ( 7...g6 8.Nc3 d6 9.f4 
Nd7 10.Qh3 ( 10.f5 Ne5 ) 10...b5 11.f5 Ne5 12.fxg6 Nxg6 13.O-O b4 14.Ne2 
e5 15.Qf3 Be6 16.a3 $14 ) ( 7...Nf6 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qh6 Nc6 10.Nc3 Rxg2 11.
Qh3 ( 11.Bd2 ) 11...Rg8 12.Be3 d6 $14 ) 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 d6 10.Nc3 h5 ( 
10...Nge7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Ne4 Ng6 ) ( 10...Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Ne4 $44 ) 11.
Qf3 ( 11.Qg3 ) 11...Nge7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rb8 $1 ( 13...b5 14.e5 {[%cal 
Gf3a8,Gf1f7]} ) ( 13...Nb4 14.e5 {[%cal Gf1f7]} ) 14.a4 b6 15.Rd2 {i 
Rodriguez,A-Vehi Bach,V/Manresa 1997} ( 15.Rd2 Bxc3 $1 16.bxc3 Bb7 $13 ) )
( 7.Nc3 d6 8.f4 Nd7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Bd2 b6 11.e5 Bb7 12.exd6 Bxf3 13.dxc7 Bb7
14.f5 e5 15.Be4 Bxe4 16.Nxe4 Rc8 $11 ) ( 7.c4 d6 ( 7...Qc7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be3
d6 ( 9...b6 $2 10.Na4 $16 {[%csl Rb6]} ) 10.a4 b6 11.a5 $14 ) 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.
O-O O-O 10.Be3 b6 11.f4 Nbd7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Qh3 Re8 14.Rad1 Qc8 {[%cal 
Gc8h3]} 15.g4 g6 16.g5 Nh5 $13 ) 7...d6 8.Qg4 ( 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qe2 
Ne5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bf4 b6 13.Rac1 O-O 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Bb1 Rac8 16.b3 Nfd7 17.
Nf1 Rfd8 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Be3 Bf6 20.Ng3 b5 21.Nce2 bxc4 22.Rxc4 Qb8 23.Rxc8 
Rxc8 24.Qa5 Nge5 25.Qd2 Be7 26.Bd4 Qa8 27.Bb2 d5 {Borocz,I-Glek,I/FSGM Feb
1998/0-1 (43)} ) 8...g6 {Dieser Zug schwaecht die schwarze K@warze 
nigsstellung, aber Schwarz kann mit spaeterem ...i f6 seine Entwicklung 
beenden.} ( 8...Bf6 9.Rd1 $1 ( 9.Qg3 Nc6 10.N1d2 Nge7 ( 10...b5 11.a4 Rb8 
12.axb5 axb5 13.f4 $14 ) 11.Nc4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Be3 $14 {[%csl Rf6]} )
( 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rad1 Nd7 12.f4 Qc7 13.Qh3 $14 ) 9...Nc6 10.Qg3 
Nge7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bf1 d5 13.Kh1 $5 d4 $2 ( 13...Nb4 $5 ) 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.c3
$1 {1-0 Aseev,K-Kengis,E/Vilnius 1997 (38)} ) 9.Qe2 ( 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.f4 Ngf6
11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.Rae1 Bb7 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.c4
Bb7 18.Bc3 O-O 19.Qg4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 21.Kh1 Rad8 $132 {0-1 
Torres,J-Smirin,I/NY op 1998 (37)} ) 9...Nd7 ( 9...Nc6 10.c4 Qc7 11.Be3 
Ne5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Rac1 Nf6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.h3 Rfc8 16.b3 Qa5 17.Bb1 Be8 18.
f4 Ned7 19.Qf2 b5 20.Ne2 b4 21.Kh1 Qc7 22.f5 Ne5 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Bg5 Nh5 
25.Bh6 Bd7 26.Nf3 Nf7 27.Bd2 Qb7 28.e5 {1-0 Dorfman,J-Shchekachev,A/Open, 
Cannes FRA 1998 (40)} ) 10.c4 $14 {Mit der Partiefortsetzung verhindert 
Wei@ndert den m@ glichen Raumgewinnzug ...b7-b5.} 10...Qc7 ( 10...Ngf6 11.
Bh6 {[%csl Re8,Gh6]} ) 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.f4 {Wei@-b5. gibt das Laeuferpaar 
auf, aber dem Laeufer d3 bieten sich keine aktiven M@iven glichkeiten.} 
12...Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Nf6 14.Nd4 Bd7 {Schwarz mu@arz den Laeufer auf dieser 
Diagonale halten, denn im Fall von z.B. 14...b6 und l5...ib7 gewinnt der 
wei@nt e Vorsto@b7 f4-f5 noch an Kraft.} ( 14...O-O 15.f5 $40 {[%cal 
Gc1h6]} ) 15.b3 ( 15.Bd2 Rc8 16.b3 $14 ) 15...Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c3] Wegen der 
schwarzen Drohung 16...b5 mu@.b5 Wei@b5 den Springer c3 decken.} 16.Bb2 ( 
16.Bd2 ) 16...O-O 17.Kh1 Rfd8 {Wei@n. hat gro@n. en Raumvorteil, aber die 
schwarze Stellung ist fest und gut verteidigungsfaehig.} 18.Rae1 Be8 {
[%cal Ge8f7] Ein prophylaktischer Zug. Schwarz verteidigt den Bauern f7.} 
( 18...Bf8 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nh5 21.Qf3 Bc6 ( 21...Be8 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.
Qxf8# ) 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Ne4 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8,Rh5]} ) 19.f5 ( 19.e5 dxe5 
20.fxe5 Ng4 ( 20...Nh5 ) 21.Qe4 f5 $15 ( 21...Nxe5 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 
Rxd4 24.Nd5 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rb2d4,Rd5e7]} ) 22.exf6 $2 Qxh2# ) 19...
Bd7 {Nach 19...e5 waere der Punkt d5 eine ewige Schwaeche. Es scheint, 
da@int, Schwarz hat mit 18...ie8 und 19...id7 viel Zeit verloren hat, aber
in Wirklichkeit war der Laeuferzug 18...ie8 gegen den Bauernvorsto@y14Th
19.e5 gerichtet.} 20.fxe6 fxe6 {} 21.Nd5 $1 $40 {Durch dieses sch@s ne 
Figurenopfer erlangt Wei@gt starken Angriff am K@riff nigsfluegel.} 21...
exd5 22.exd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re1e7,Gb2h8,Gf1f6]} 22...Re8 $8 ( 22...Be8 
23.Ne6 {[%csl Rc7,Rd8,Ge6,Rf6][%cal Rb2f6,Rf1f6]} ) ( 22...Bf8 23.Rxf6 $16
) 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Rf8 $8 {Schwarz hat nichts Besseres. Er mu@eres. die
Figur zurueckgeben.} ( 24...Nd7 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxg6# ) ( 24...b5 25.cxb5
axb5 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rexf6 $16 ) 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Rfxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxf6 $16 {
Wei@ckgeben. besitzt einen Mehrbauern und die schwarze K@warze 
nigsstellung ist schwach.} 27...Re8 28.Re6 ( 28.h3 Re1+ 29.Kh2 Qe7 {[%csl 
Rh2][%cal Ge7e5,Re7f6]} ) 28...Qf7 29.Rxe8+ ( 29.Qe2 $5 Rf8 ( 29...Rxe6 
30.dxe6 ( 30.Qxe6 $2 Qxe6 31.dxe6 Kf8 $11 ) 30...Qe7 $16 {[%csl Ge6]} ) 
30.h3 Qf4 ( 30...Qf1+ 31.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kh2 $16 ) 31.Re8 ) 29...Qxe8 30.Qg3
Qe7 ( 30...Qe4 31.h3 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qxa2 33.Qxd6 Qxb3 34.c5 $16 {Der Dame ist
auf d6 gut zentralisiert und verteidigt den K@ nig gegen Schachm@t 
glichkeiten auf der Diagonalen b8-h2.} ) 31.h4 $6 {Durch diese Schwaechung
kommt Schwarz zu Gegenspiel.} ( 31.h3 $16 ) 31...Qe4 $14 {[%csl 
Ge4,Rh1,Rh4]} 32.a4 ( 32.Qxd6 $2 Qxh4+ 33.Kg1 Qe1+ $11 ) 32...a5 33.Kh2 h5
34.Qf2 Kg7 {Die wei@h1,Rh4] e Bauernmehrheit am Damenfluegel ist wegen der
eventuellen Dauerschachdrohungen des Schwarzen nicht leicht zu verwerten.}
35.Qg3 b6 36.Qc3+ Kf7 37.Qg3 Ke7 {Der schwarze K@warze nig haelt die 
Bauernschwaeche auf d6.} 38.Qf2 Qe5+ 39.g3 Qe4 {[%csl Ge4]} 40.Qxb6 {Wei@ 
beginnt eine konkrete Aktion. Sonst ist nicht klar, wie er seine Stellung 
verbessern kann.} ( 40.Qg2 Qe3 $14 {[%csl Ge3]} ( 40...Qe5 $14 ) ) 40...
Qe2+ 41.Kg1 ( 41.Kh3 Qf1+ ) 41...Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Qe4+ $1 ( 42...Qe2+ $2 43.Qf2
$16 ) ( 42...Qd2+ $2 43.Qf2 $16 ) 43.Kf2 Qc2+ 44.Kf3 ( 44.Ke3 Qc1+ $1 45.
Ke4 ( 45.Kd4 $4 Qg1+ $19 ) 45...Qb1+ $1 ( 45...Qc2+ 46.Kf4 $16 Qd2+ $2 ( 
46...Qc1+ $2 47.Qe3+ $18 ) ( 46...Qf5+ 47.Ke3 Qe5+ 48.Kf2 ( 48.Kd3 Qf5+ 
49.Kd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb6f2]} ) 48...Qf5+ ) 47.Qe3+ $18 ) 46.Kf4 Qf1+ 47.
Kg5 Qf5+ 48.Kh6 Qf8+ $11 49.Kxg6 Qf6+ 50.Kxh5 Qf5+ $11 {und Remis durch 
Dauerschach.} ) 44...Qd1+ 45.Kg2 Qc2+ 46.Kf3 Qd1+ 47.Kg2 Qc2+ 48.Qf2 {Das 
ist die einzige M@zige glichkeit fuer Wei@keit auf Gewinn zu spielen.} 
48...Qxb3 {[%csl Ra4,Gb3,Rc4]} 49.Qa7+ Kf6 50.Qd4+ ( 50.Qxa5 Qxc4 $14 {
[%csl Gc4,Gf6]} ) 50...Kf7 51.Qf4+ Kg7 52.Qd4+ Kf7 53.Qe4 $5 Qxa4 54.Qe6+ 
Kg7 55.Qe7+ Kh6 56.Qf8+ {Wei@b3,Rc4] demonstriert durch die Schachs die 
Ueberlegenheit seiner Stellung.} 56...Kh7 57.Qf7+ Kh6 58.Qf8+ Kh7 59.Qxd6 
{Endlich nimmt Wei@ den d-Bauern, aber die Stellung ist gleich.} 59...Qxc4
$11 60.Qe7+ Kg8 61.Qe6+ ( 61.Qd8+ Kg7 62.Qxa5 Qe2+ 63.Kg1 Qe3+ $11 ) 61...
Kg7 62.Qe5+ Kf7 {und es wurde Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 e5 6.c3 Be7 ( 6...a6 7.Bf1 Be7
8.d4 O-O 9.Nbd2 b5 10.h3 Qb6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bf8 13.a4 Rb8 14.Ra2 Bb7 15.
d5 Bc8 16.Qc2 b4 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Ne3 Qb7 19.Nd2 g6 20.a5 $14 {1-0 
Vasiukov,E-Mestel,A/Hastings 1978/MCD-r7 (41)} ) 7.d4 O-O 8.dxe5 ( 8.Nbd2 
Qc7 ( 8...a6 9.Bxd7 Nxd7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 f6 13.Qxd8 Bxd8 
14.Nd6 $14 {1-0 Karaklajic,N-Tarjan,J/Chicago 1973/MCD-r7 (56)} ) 9.a4 Rd8
10.d5 Ne8 11.a5 g6 12.Nc4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Ng5 Ng7 15.b4 cxb4 16.cxb4 
Nf8 17.Qb3 Ng6 18.Bd2 Bf6 19.Rac1 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Ciocaltea,V-Barle,J/Vidmar
mem 1973/EXT 97 (60)} ) 8...dxe5 ( 8...Nxe5 $5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 
11.a4 Be6 $11 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ge8d6]} ) 9.Bg5 a6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 ( 10...Bxf6 11.
Bf1 Nb6 ( 11...b5 $6 12.a4 $1 b4 13.a5 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4]} ) 12.Qc2 Be6 
13.a4 c4 $132 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gf6e7]} ) 11.Qxd8 Bxd8 12.Bf1 Bc7 13.a4 {white 
really got nothing special out of the opening,the position is about 
equal,I think that Nxe5 on move 8 was even simpler that this,but here we 
still have a game with active plans for both sides} 13...Bd7 $6 {why to 
allow white to play "a5" after b6 followed by Bb7 black is OK} ( 13...b6 
14.Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4]} ) 14.a5 Bc6 15.Nfd2 {white has "achived " a5 
noramlly this should be very good but the problem is that many times this 
pawn can be weak,and white does not have a dark coloured bishop to attack 
the weak "c5" pawn as quick as possible,but there ia another idea here to 
place the knight's on b3 and c4 which creates strong preesure on the 
Queen's side} ( 15.Nbd2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gf8d8]} ) 15...g5 $5 {white's 
idea is to play Nb3 and then Na3-Nc4 with full control over the squares on
the Queen's side,when black is tied in defence,so black decides to open 
another flank the king's side,since it's quite clear that is order to free
the knight on "d2" white will have to play "f3" so black is already 
prepered with "g4"} ( 15...Rad8 16.f3 ) 16.f3 g4 17.Nc4 $6 {it's quite 
strange for me to understand why white has not played the idea 
Nb3-Na3-Nc4?} ( 17.Nb3 gxf3 18.gxf3 Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 19.Bh3 $1 Bb8 ( 
19...b6 20.N1d2 ) ( 19...c4 20.N3d2 b5 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Na3 Bb5 23.Bf1 {
[%csl Rc4]} ) 20.Na3 Ba7 21.Nc4 {when white seems better} ) 17...gxf3 18.
gxf3 Nh5 19.Ne3 Rad8 ( 19...Nf4 20.Nd2 Rad8 21.Nb3 ) 20.Nf5 {[%cal Gg5e7]}
20...Rd7 ( 20...Rfe8 $5 ) 21.c4 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3d5] white has no other to 
devlope his "b1" knight since he can not play Nd2 and after Na3 the "a5" 
pawn is hanging} ( 21.Bh3 $6 Rd3 $1 22.Ne7+ ( 22.Bf1 Rxf3 ( 22...Rd7 $11 )
23.Be2 Rxf5 24.exf5 Nf4 $44 ) 22...Kh8 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Bf1 Rxf3 25.Bxa6 
Rg8+ 26.Kh1 Rf2 $36 {[%csl Rh1]} ) 21...Ng7 ( 21...Kh8 22.Nc3 Rg8+ 23.Kf2 
Ng7 ( 23...Nf4 24.Nd5 ) 24.Nxg7 Rxg7 25.Nd5 {[%cal Gf1h3]} 25...Bd8 26.
Red1 ) 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.Nc3 f5 ( 23...Rd2 24.Re2 $11 ) 24.Nd5 ( 24.Bh3 $6 
Rd2 25.Bxf5 Rxb2 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gf8g8,Ga2h2]} 26.Re2 Rxe2 27.Nxe2 Rd8 {[%cal
Gd8d2]} ) 24...fxe4 25.fxe4 Bd8 26.Bh3 Rdf7 27.Bf5 {the position is about 
equal no players has real plan how to create something with out big danger
for him self} 27...Kh8 28.Re2 Rg7+ 29.Rg2 ( 29.Kh1 Bh4 ) 29...Bg5 30.Ra3 
Rfg8 31.Kf1 Bc1 32.Rxg7 Rxg7 33.Rb3 Bd2 34.Ra3 Bc1 35.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4 7.Bxc4 Nc6 
8.O-O Qf6 9.b4 Bg4 ( 9...Nge7 10.b5 Nd8 ( 10...Ne5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.f4 Qd6 
13.Nb3 $14 {Shirov,A; Epishin,V} ) 11.e5 Qg6 12.Nxd4 Ne6 ( 12...O-O 13.f4 
Nf5 14.Bd3 $16 ) 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Rc1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c7] 1-0 
Gurevich,M-Romanishin,O/Barcelona 1992 (40)} ) ( 9...a6 10.e5 ( 10.a4 Nge7
( 10...Nxb4 $5 11.e5 Qg6 12.Nxd4 Ne7 ( 12...c5 13.e6 $1 fxe6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 
15.Bxe6 $36 ) 13.Ra3 $5 O-O ( 13...Bg4 $5 14.Qc1 Rd8 ) 14.Rg3 $36 {1-0 
Gurevich,M-Meins,G/Groningen op 1997 (34)} ) 11.b5 Na5 ( 11...Nd8 12.e5 
Qg6 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Ra3 $36 { 1-0 Gurevich,M-Lane,G/Brussels op 1995 (27)}
) 12.e5 ( 12.Bd3 c5 ( 12...O-O 13.Qc2 Qb6 14.Rfc1 c6 15.bxa6 bxa6 16.Rab1 
Qa7 17.Ne5 $44 {0-1 Michaelsen,N-Meins,G Germany BL 1997 (52)} ) 13.Qc2 b6
14.e5 Qh6 15.Ne4 O-O 16.Neg5 Ng6 17.Rab1 axb5 18.Rxb5 Nxe5 $17 {0-1 
Goldin,A-Polgar,Z/Moscow blitz 1993 (31)} ) 12...Qg6 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Qe2 
Nxc4 {E-E Dannevig,O-Christensen,T/Peer Gynt 1992} ) 10...Qg6 11.Nb3 Nge7 
( 11...Bg4 12.Bd3 $1 $14 {Shirov,A-Polgar,Zsu/Brno/1991/} ) 12.Nbxd4 Bh3 
$1 13.Nh4 Qg4 14.Qxg4 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Novgorod 1994/Inf 
61/[Kasparov,G]/E-E (44)} ) 10.Qa4 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gb5b6,Ga4e8]} 10...Bd7 ( 
10...Ne7 $142 11.b5 Ne5 12.Nxd4 {[%cal Gf2f4]} ( 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.f4 Qd6 
14.e5 Qb6 $17 {[%cal Ye7f5,Yf5e3]} ) 12...O-O 13.f4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Rad8 15.
N2b3 $36 {[%csl Rg4]} ) 11.b5 Nd8 ( 11...Ne5 12.Nxe5 ( 12.Nxd4 $36 {[%cal 
Gf2f4]} ) 12...Qxe5 13.Nf3 Qf4 14.Bd5 $16 ) 12.e5 ( 12.Nxd4 Ne7 13.e5 $5 (
13.Bb3 $14 ) 13...Qxe5 ( 13...Qf4 14.N2f3 O-O 15.Qb3 $14 ) ( 13...Qb6 14.
N2f3 $14 ) 14.Rfe1 Qf6 ( 14...Qf4 15.Rad1 Ne6 16.N2f3 $44 ) 15.Ne4 Qb6 16.
Qb4 O-O ( 16...Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Ng5 $16 ) 17.Nc5 $1 ( 17.
Qxe7 Qxd4 18.Rad1 Qxc4 19.Rxd7 Ne6 $17 ) 17...Nec6 18.Qc3 $1 Nb8 19.Re7 
$44 ) 12...Qb6 ( 12...Qf4 13.Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Ge1e4]} ) 13.Bd3 ( 13.Nxd4 
Ne7 $14 ) 13...Ne7 14.Qa3 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4,Ga3f8]} 14...Ne6 {[%cal Yb6c5]} 
15.Rfc1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd2c4]} 15...Nf4 16.Nc4 Qh6 ( 16...Qe6 {[%cal 
Ye6g4]} 17.Bf1 {[%cal Gf3d4]} 17...Nf5 18.g3 ( 18.b6 cxb6 ( 18...Qg6 19.
Kh1 cxb6 20.Nh4 Nxh4 21.Nd6+ Kd8 22.Nxb7+ Ke8 23.Nd6+ $11 ) 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 
20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Nf5+ Kg8 22.Ne7+ Kf8 $11 ) 18...Nd5 19.Na5 $44 ) 17.Bf1 ( 
17.Nxd4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 O-O $11 ) 17...Qg6 {[%cal Yf4h3]} ( 17...Nf5 18.b6 
Qg6 {[%cal Yf4h3]} ( 18...cxb6 19.Nxd4 $40 ) 19.g3 cxb6 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Nd6+ Kd8 22.Nxb7+ Ke8 23.Nd6+ $11 ) 18.Kh1 d3 ( 18...Bxb5 19.Nxd4 Bd7 20.
Rab1 $44 ) ( 18...Nf5 19.e6 $1 Nxe6 ( 19...Bxe6 20.Nce5 Qf6 21.Rxc7 $40 ) 
20.b6 $1 $40 {[%csl Re8]} ) 19.b6 ( 19.Nb2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7,Gb2d3]} ) 
19...Bc6 $1 ( 19...cxb6 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Rc7 $40 ) 20.bxc7 {[%tqu "En","Find
the move saving the black. .","","","f4h3","",10]} 20...Nh3 $1 $11 21.Nd6+
( 21.Nb6 Nxf2+ 22.Kg1 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 $11 ) 21...Kd7 22.e6+ $2 ( 22.Rxc6 Nxf2+
23.Kg1 Nh3+ $11 ) ( 22.Rxc6 Nxf2+ 23.Kg1 Nh3+ $11 ) 22...Qxe6 $8 ( 22...
fxe6 23.Ne5+ $18 ) ( 22...Kxc7 23.gxh3 {[%cal Gc1c7]} ( 23.Nb5+ $2 Kd8 ( 
23...Kc8 24.gxh3 $18 ) 24.Qd6+ Ke8 25.Nc7+ Kf8 {[%cal Yh3f2]} 26.Nxa8 
Nxf2+ 27.Kg1 Nh3+ $11 ) 23...Qxe6 24.Nb5+ Kb8 25.Qxd3 $18 ) 23.Nxf7 Nxf2+ 
24.Kg1 Nh3+ ( 24...Qe3 $1 25.Qc5 ( 25.N3e5+ Kc8 $19 {[%cal 
Yf2h3,Ye3g1,Yh3g1]} ) 25...Nh3+ 26.Kh1 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 Rhf8 28.N7e5+ Kxc7 $17
) 25.Kh1 Nf2+ 26.Kg1 Nh3+ 27.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nh7 14.Re1 ( 14.h4 Qe5 (
14...Qe7 15.g3 c6 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Re1 Kh7 18.Bf4 Nd7 19.Bg2 {E-E Mileto,G-La
Groteria,S/Forli op 1992} ) 15.Be3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Nf3 Qe8 
19.Re1 Qg6 20.Ne2 c6 21.Nf4 Qg4 22.Nh2 {1-0 Matveeva,S-Cramling,P/Belgrade
1992} ) ( 14.Be3 Ng5 15.Re1 c6 16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Rc2 Qe7 18.Nb3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 
Nd3 20.Rd1 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 Bxc3 22.Rc2 Be5 23.Bxh6 Re8 $132 {E-E 
Piket,J-Gelfand,B/Wijk 1992 (30)} ) 14...Ng5 ( 14...Nc5 15.Be3 Qd8 16.Nb3 
Ne6 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Bf1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.g3 Qf6 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.Nd4 $16 {
Sokolov,I-Gelfand,B/Belgrade Invest 1991/1-0 (56)} ) 15.Bg4 ( 15.Be3 Qe5 
$5 ( 15...Nc5 16.Ndb5 Qd8 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Nxc7 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 
Rb8 $44 {Gelfand} ) 16.Qd2 Bxh3 $5 17.Be2 $8 Bd7 18.f4 Nxe4 19.fxe5 Nxd2 
20.Bxd2 dxe5 $44 {E-E Bagaturov,G-Sturua,Z/Protvino zt 1993 (29)} ) 15...
Bxg4 16.hxg4 c6 ( 16...Qd7 17.f3 Rae8 18.Be3 c6 19.Qd2 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.
Nde2 $14 {E-E Bernard,C-Ragozin,E/Paris-ch 1993 (31)} ) ( 16...Nc5 17.Bxg5
hxg5 18.Qd2 c6 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Nf3 Qe6 21.Qxg5 Qxc4 22.Qh4 Ne6 23.Re3 Rfe8 
24.g5 d5 $17 {0-1 Rogers,I-Gallagher,J/BL9697 1997 (41)} ) 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.
Qd2 Nc5 19.Rad1 Qe7 ( 19...Ngxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Qc2 d5 22.f3 f5 23.fxe4 
dxe4 24.Nb3 $16 ) 20.f3 Rfe8 21.Bg3 ( 21.Nde2 $5 Be5 22.Be3 ) 21...Qf6 22.
Qf2 ( 22.b4 Nce6 23.Nde2 $140 ( 23.Nce2 $142 $14 {/=} ) 23...Nxf3+ $1 24.
gxf3 Ng5 $17 {[%cal Yg5f3,Yf3d2,Yf3e1,Yf3g1]} ) 22...Qe7 23.Re2 {[%cal 
Ge2d2,Gd1d6,Gg3d6]} ( 23.b4 Nce6 24.Nde2 $14 ) 23...Nge6 24.Nf5 $5 ( 24.
Nc2 Be5 $11 ) 24...gxf5 25.exf5 Qf8 26.fxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yc5e6,Ye6d4]
} 27.Qe1 ( 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 d5 29.Ree1 $14 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg3e5] /=} 
) 27...e5 28.Bf2 b6 {[%cal Yc5e6,Ye6d4,Ye6f4]} ( 28...Ne6 29.Bxa7 $16 ) 
29.Bxc5 $5 ( 29.b4 Ne6 30.b5 Nd4 $132 ) 29...bxc5 30.Red2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gc3e4]} 30...e4 $1 31.Nxe4 Qf4 $5 ( 31...Bd4+ 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Qh4 Re6 34.
Rxd4 $44 ) 32.Qh4 Be5 $44 33.Nxc5 $2 ( 33.Kh1 $142 {The black should prove
that they have compensation for the sacrifising pawn.} ) 33...Bf6 $1 34.
Qh5 Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Qxc5 36.Qg6+ ( 36.Qxh6 Bg7 $19 {[%csl Rh1]} ) 36...Bg7 37.
Rxd6 Rxd6 ( 37...Qxd6 38.Rxd6 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Rxd6 $19 ) 38.Qxe8+ Bf8 $19 39.
Re1 Qxc4 40.Qe3 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 Nd7 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Qxe4 Bb4 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Na4 Nf6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 
15.Bc2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 ( 5.Bxf6 gxf6 ( 5...exf6 6.e4 
fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Ng3 Bd6 $13 {Edzgveradze Natalia-Sheremetieva Marina/Izt 
(w), Kishinev (Moldova) 1995/0-1 (59)} ) 6.e4 Qb6 7.Rb1 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Bg4 9.
c3 Nd7 10.Bd3 $14 {Lehmann,H-Mozes,E/Budapest FS06 IM-A 1994/1-0(33)} ) 
5...Qb6 6.Rb1 g6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.h4 $1 $146 {The typical plan to shatter 
black pawns on the kingside.} ( 8.Bd3 d5 9.O-O Bd6 10.Ne2 Be6 11.b3 Qd8 
12.c4 O-O 13.Qc2 $14 {Skembris,S-Nikolaidis,I/Heraklio op 1993/E-E(35)} ) 
8...d5 ( 8...h5 9.Ne2 $5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge2f4]} ( {or} 9.Bd3 ) ) 9.h5 g5
$6 ( 9...Bg7 10.Bd3 $14 {/i} ) 10.Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rf5] Consiquance of 
h2-h4-h5 the pawn-f5 became vulnerable.} 10...Bd6 11.Ne2 Be6 ( 11...Qa5+ 
12.c3 Qxa2 13.Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge1g1]} ) 12.c3 {[%cal Gd1c2]} 
12...Qc7 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Ng3 $1 Bxg3 $6 ( 14...f4 15.exf4 ( 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.
Bxf5 Qe7 ) 15...Bxf4 16.O-O O-O 17.Rbe1 {[%cal Rd3h7]} 17...Re8 18.Bg6 $1 
hxg6 ( 18...Re7 19.Nf5 hxg6 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Qxg6+ Kh8 22.g3 $18 ) 19.
Qxg6+ Kf8 20.Qxf6+ Qf7 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Nxg5 Bxg5 23.Qxg5+ $16 ) 15.fxg3 O-O
16.O-O {[%cal Gf1f5] if} 16...Qe8 17.Rbe1 ( 17.Bxf5 $6 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Qxe3+ 
) 17...Nd7 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nb6 20.e4 $1 $18 Qxh5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.c4 
Nb6 23.Re7 Qg6 ( 23...Rf7 24.Qe6 {[%cal Rf3g5]} 24...Rf8 25.Rxb7 $18 ) 24.
Qe6+ Kh8 25.Rxb7 Rae8 26.Qxc6 Qd3 27.b3 Nc8 28.Qc7 Rg8 ( 28...Re7 29.Qc5 
$1 ) 29.Qf7 Ref8 30.Qe6 g4 31.Nh4 Qxg3 32.Nf5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge6d7]} 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 {Hecht} 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 
Nge7 8.Nb3 ( 8.g5 b5 9.f4 Bb7 ( 9...h6 $6 10.g6 $1 fxg6 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.
Qg4 $36 ) 10.Bg2 h6 $1 11.h4 $6 ( 11.gxh6 Rxh6 $1 12.f5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 ( 13.
Bxh6 $2 Nexf5 $1 14.exf5 Bxg2 15.Qxd4 Bxh1 ) 13...Nxf5 14.exf5 Bxg2 $13 ) 
11...hxg5 12.hxg5 Rxh1+ 13.Bxh1 Rc8 $132 {Shabalov-Smirin ,Los Angeles 
1997} ) ( 8.f4 Nxd4 ( 8...Bd7 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bg2 h5 11.gxh5 d5 $1 $15 {
Shirov-PolgarJ,Dos Hermanas 1996} ) 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 b5 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.
Kb1 Be7 13.g5 O-O 14.h4 $16 {Shirov-PolgarJ,Monako 1996} ) 8...b5 9.Bg2 ( 
9.Qe2 Na5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.f4 Nc6 13.O-O Be7 14.g5 Qc7 15.Qf2 
Bd8 16.Ne2 $1 O-O 17.h4 Ne7 18.Nd4 $1 d5 19.e5 $16 ) ( 9.f4 Bb7 10.Qf3 g5 
$1 ( 10...Na5 11.O-O-O Nxb3+ 12.axb3 Rc8 13.h4 Nc6 14.g5 Qa5 15.Kb1 Nb4 
16.Bd4 d5 17.f5 $1 dxe4 18.Qf4 $3 $16 {Shirov} ) 11.fxg5 Ne5 12.Qg2 b4 13.
Ne2 h5 $1 14.gxh5 Nf5 $1 15.Bf2 Qxg5 16.Na5 Ne3 $3 $17 {
Shirov-Polgar.J-Buenos Aires 1994} ) 9...Ne5 $5 10.Qe2 Bb7 ( 10...Nc4 $5 )
11.Nd2 g5 $5 12.Bxg5 Rg8 13.h4 ( 13.f4 Rxg5 14.fxg5 N7g6 15.h4 b4 16.Nd1 
Rc8 $44 ) 13...h6 14.Bf4 Nxg4 ( 14...N7g6 $5 15.Bg3 Qf6 $44 ) ( 14...Rxg4 
$2 15.Bxe5 Rxg2 16.Bg3 Nf5 17.Qf3 ) 15.O-O-O Qc7 ( 15...Qb6 $5 $132 ) ( 
15...Nc6 16.e5 $36 ) 16.e5 dxe5 ( 16...Bxg2 $2 17.exd6 Qb7 18.dxe7 ( 18.
Rhg1 $5 $36 ) 18...Bxe7 ( 18...Bxh1 $2 19.exf8=Q+ Kxf8 20.Bd6+ Ke8 21.f3 
$18 ) 19.Rhg1 $40 ) 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 ( 17...Qxe5 $2 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxb7 Ra7 
20.Nde4 Bg7 21.Nd6+ Kf8 22.Ndxb5 $18 ) 18.Bxb7 Ra7 $2 ( 18...Qxb7 $5 19.
Qxe5 Bg7 $132 ) 19.Nde4 $1 Bg7 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Qe3 $1 N7c6 ( 21...Rxb7 $2 
22.Nxb7 $18 ) ( 21...Qb8 22.Nc8 Nxc8 23.Rd8+ Ke7 24.Rxg8 Qxb7 25.Qc5+ Nd6 
( 25...Kf6 26.Rg1 $18 ) 26.Rd1 $18 ) 22.Bxc6 $2 ( 22.Qc5 Bf6 23.f4 Rxb7 
24.fxe5 Be7 25.Qe3 $18 ) 22...Nxc6 23.Qc5 Nd4 24.Qa3 Qe7 25.Rhg1 Be5 $2 ( 
25...Rd7 $1 26.Rxg7 Qxd6 ( 26...Rxg7 $6 27.Rxd4 Rg1+ 28.Nd1 $16 ) 27.Qxd6+
Rxd6 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 $13 ) 26.Qc5 $1 Qxd6 ( 26...Rxg1 27.Qc8+ Kg7 28.Rxg1+ 
$18 ) 27.Qc8+ Ke7 28.Rxg8 $18 Qc7 29.Qf8+ Kf6 30.Qxh6+ Ke7 31.Qf8+ Kf6 32.
Qg7+ Ke7 33.Qg5+ Kd7 34.Rf8 $4 ( 34.Qe3 $1 Bf4 35.Rxd4+ $18 ) 34...Bf4+ 
$19 35.Kb1 Bxg5 36.Rxf7+ Be7 37.Rxd4+ Kc6 38.a4 Qb6 39.Re4 Bd6 40.Rf6 Re7 
41.axb5+ axb5 42.h5 Qc5 43.Rexe6 Rxe6 44.Rxe6 Qxh5 {[#] Hecht: Black has 
sufficient material to win with the queen versus rook and two pawns. A 
Medal for the material division. [#] Hecht: Schwarz hat noch genuegend 
Material, um mit der Dame gegen Turm plus zwei Bauern zu gewinnen. Eine 
Medaille fuer die Materialverteilung.} 45.b3 ( 45.Ne4 $2 Qd1+ 46.Ka2 Qd5+ 
) 45...Qh3 46.Ne2 Qf1+ 47.Kb2 Kd5 48.Re3 b4 ( 48...Qxf2 {Hecht} 49.Rd3+ 
Kc5 50.b4+ Kxb4 $2 51.Rxd6 Qxe2 52.Rd3 $11 ) 49.f4 Bf8 50.c4+ Kc6 51.Kc2 
Bg7 52.Kd2 Qb1 53.Rd3 Kc7 54.Ke3 Qb2 55.Kf3 Bc3 56.Ke3 Be1 ( 56...Qxb3 {
Hecht} 57.Nxc3 bxc3 58.Kd4 {[%csl Rc3] ergibt ein betraechtliches 
technisches Problem.} ) 57.Kf3 Qc2 58.Re3 Bd2 {Hecht: Die wei@: en Figuren
sind abgedraengt, so da@draengt, b3 endgueltig faellt.} 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Bb2 {
Rare move was played played by great Kortchnoi few times unfortunately 
doesn,t promised any advantage to White.} ( 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 $5 ) 8...Qa5
( 8...Nc6 9.Qc2 cxd4 ( 9...b6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.c4 
cxd4 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Rxd4 Rac8 16.Qf5 $1 $36 {1-0 
Kortchnoi,V-Fuchs/Leningrad i 1967 (34)} ) 10.cxd4 Bd7 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Qxc4
Rc8 13.Qc2 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 Ne7 15.Rac1 Ned5 16.Qb1 Bb5 $11 {1-0 
Kortchnoi,V-Palac,M/Val Maubuee 1990 (53)} ) 9.Nd2 ( 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 
dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.O-O e5 13.Re1 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 $11 {E-E 
Siwiec,B-Zemerov,V/Katowice op 1993 (60)} ) 9...Nbd7 ( 9...Qc7 10.cxd5 
cxd4 11.d6 $5 ( 11.cxd4 exd5 12.Bd3 Re8 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Rfe1 Bh5 
16.e4 $1 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd5 18.Qc5 $36 {1-0 Olafsson,F-Sosonko,G/Wijk aan 
Zee 1976 (24)} ) 11...Qxd6 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Qb3 b6 16.
O-O Ba6 17.Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Wirthensohn,H-Sharif,M/Arandjelovac 1985 (31)} ) 
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 {White got nice pair of bishops, but good development 
promised equal chances to Black} 11...cxd4 12.Nb3 ( 12.cxd4 Nb6 13.O-O Na4
14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.Nc5 Rc8 17.Qb3 Nxc5 18.dxc5 $14 {1-0 
Olafsson,F-Medina Garcia,A/Wijk 1969 (36)} ) 12...Qc7 13.cxd4 Nb6 {[%cal 
Gb6c4]} 14.a4 Re8 15.O-O Ng4 16.g3 {[%csl Rf3,Rh3]} 16...Qd6 {[%cal 
Gd6h6,Rh6h2]} 17.Bc1 Qh6 18.h4 Qh5 19.Qf3 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gd6e4]} 20.Re1 
Nd6 21.Qg2 Nf6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 22.f3 ( 22.Ba3 Nf5 ( 22...Nde4 $6 {[%cal 
Gc8g4]} 23.f3 $1 Bh3 ( 23...Nc3 24.Bb2 $18 {[%csl Rc3]} ) 24.Qxh3 ( 24.Qh1
Nxg3 25.Qxh3 Qxf3 26.Qg2 Rxe3 27.Qxf3 Rxf3 28.Nc5 $14 ) 24...Ng5 25.Qf5 
Nxf3+ 26.Kg2 Nxe1+ 27.Rxe1 $16 ) ) 22...Bf5 23.Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rc1a3,Rg3g4]}
( 23.g4 $2 Qxh4 {[%cal Rh4e1]} ) 23...Rac8 {[%csl Yc2]} 24.Nc5 Qg6 ( 24...
b6 $6 25.Nd3 $14 ( 25.g4 $2 Qxh4 ) 25...Nc4 ( 25...Bxd3 26.Bxd3 Nf5 27.Bd2
{[%csl Rh5]} ) 26.Nf4 Qh6 27.Qf2 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rg3g5]} ) 25.g4 b6 ( 25...
Bd7 26.g5 {[%csl Rd7]} 26...b6 27.h5 $1 Nxh5 28.Nxd7 Nf4 29.Qg3 Nh5 30.Qg4
$18 ) 26.gxf5 Qxg2+ 27.Bxg2 bxc5 28.Ba3 $6 Nc4 {Serious mistake, after 
natural} ( 28...Nxf5 $142 $1 {Black,s could get very nice position, for 
example} 29.Bh3 ( 29.Bxc5 Nxh4 30.Bxa7 Rc2 ( 30...Rc3 31.Bh1 {[%csl 
Ga4][%cal Ra4a8]} ) 31.Bh1 Nf5 32.Ra3 $140 Nh5 $1 $40 {[%cal Rh5f4,Rf5h4]}
) 29...Nxh4 30.Bxc8 Nxf3+ 31.Kf2 Nxe1 32.Bf5 g6 33.Rxe1 gxf5 34.dxc5 Ng4+ 
35.Kf3 d4 $1 $17 ) 29.Bxc5 {[%csl Ga4,Ra7]} 29...Nxe3 30.Bxa7 Rc2 ( 30...
Nxf5 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.a5 Nxh4 33.a6 Nxg2 34.Kxg2 Ra8 35.Rb1 $1 $16 ) 31.
Bh3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} 31...Ra8 ( 31...Nc4 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.a5 Nd2 34.Bg2 
$18 ) 32.Rxe3 ( 32.Bc5 $5 ) 32...Rxa7 33.Rb3 h6 ( 33...Kf8 $5 ) 34.a5 {
[%cal Ra5a6,Rb3b7]} 34...Nh5 35.Bf1 ( 35.a6 $5 Nf4 36.Bf1 $18 ) 35...Ng3 (
35...Nf4 36.a6 ) 36.Bd3 Rd2 37.a6 $18 {[%cal Rb3b7]} 37...Ne2+ 38.Bxe2 
Rxe2 39.Rb7 Re7 ( 39...Ra8 40.a7 Kf8 41.Rab1 Ree8 42.Rd7 $18 {[%cal 
Rb1b7,Rb7f7]} ) 40.Rxe7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Nh6 9.
Nf3 Bd7 ( 9...Nc6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.O-O a6 12.Nxc7+ Qxc7 13.Kh1 Rc8 $10 {Van 
der Wiel-Hort/Amsterdam/1988/CBM9} ) 10.Nxc7+ ( 10.Nfxd4 $5 a6 11.Nxc7+ 
Qxc7 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Nf3 $1 Ne7 14.a4 Nef5 15.Bd3 $14 {
Hellers,F-Knaak,R/Novi Sad (ol) 50/322 1990 (27)} ) 10...Qxc7 11.Bd3 ( 11.
Bb2 a5 $1 ( 11...a6 12.Bd3 ( 12.Nxd4 $1 Nc6 ( 12...Ba4 $5 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.
O-O Qb6 15.Kh1 Bb5 16.f5 $5 $36 ) 13.Nf3 ( 13.Nb3 $5 $14 ) 13...Ne7 ( 
13...O-O $5 {ii f5} ) 14.a4 $1 {} ( 14.Bd3 $6 Bb5 $1 ) 14...Nc8 ( 14...
O-O 15.Bd3 $16 ) 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.a5 $16 {Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/AUT-chT 1996 
(41)} ) ( 12.a4 $6 Nc6 13.Ba3 Nf5 ) 12...Nc6 13.Nxd4 Qb6 14.c3 Rc8 15.g4 
Nxd4 16.cxd4 $13 {Frick,R-Hug,W/Bern zt 1990/E-E (76)} ) ( 11...Ba4 $5 ) 
12.Bd3 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 O-O 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.Bc5 Rc8 17.O-O b6 18.
Bd6 Qd8 $11 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Lvov zt 1990 (40)} ) 11...a6 ( 11...Nf5 
12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Qe2 ( 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxf5 exf5 16.Bxd4 $5 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Qc3 18.Rfd1 $11 {Apicella,M-Lputian,S/Capelle la Grande op 1991 (36)}
) 13...Qb6 14.O-O a6 15.Kh1 h5 16.Qf2 Rh6 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.
Bxd4 $14 {Sion Castro Marcelino-Vallejo Pons Francisco/It (cat.9) Leon 
(Spain) 1996 (28)} ) ( 11...a5 $5 12.b5 $5 a4 13.O-O Nf5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.
Nxd4 O-O 16.Rb1 $14 {Mokry,K-Kinsman,A/Dieren op 1990 (40)} ) ( 11...Nc6 
12.O-O Qb6 13.Qe2 a6 14.Bd2 Nf5 15.Bxf5 exf5 16.Kh1 h5 17.Qf2 Ne7 18.a4 
$14 {E-E Novik,M-Budnikov,A/Berliner Sommer 1994} ) ( 11...Qb6 $5 12.Bb2 
Bb5 13.Bxd4 Qa6 14.a4 $5 Bxd3 15.cxd3 Nc6 16.Bc3 Qb6 17.b5 Ne7 18.Qd2 $14 
{Wedberg,T-Kinsman,A/Rilton Cup op 1992/1-0 (54)} ) 12.a4 {} ( 12.O-O Bb5
13.Bxb5+ axb5 14.Qd3 Nc6 15.Qxb5 Qd7 16.Ng5 ( 16.Qc5 Rc8 17.Re1 Nf5 18.Qb6
h5 19.Re2 O-O $132 {Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig (02) 1994 (28)} ) 16...f6 
17.Nf3 O-O 18.Bb2 fxe5 19.fxe5 Nf5 20.Qd3 h6 21.Bxd4 Nfxd4 22.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 
23.Rxf1 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Rxa3 25.c4 {E-E Bichsel,W-Hug,W/SUI-chT (7) 1994} ) 
12...Nc6 ( 12...Ng4 13.Qd2 $14 ) ( 12...b5 13.axb5 Qb6 ( 13...Qb7 14.Nxd4 
) 14.Ra5 $1 {iib2i} ) 13.Qd2 f6 $5 ( 13...Nf5 14.Bb2 Qb6 ( 14...O-O $5 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16.Bxd4 Nxd4 $5 17.Nxd4 f6 ( 17...Qc4 $5 ) 18.Nf3 ( 18.exf6 $5 
Rae8+ 19.Kf2 Rxf6 20.c3 Rf7 21.g3 Rfe7 22.Rhe1 Re4 23.a5 $13 ) 18...fxe5 
$6 19.Nxe5 $14 {Almasi,Z-Lputian,S/EU-chTM 1997 (43).} ) 15.b5 axb5 16.
axb5 Rxa1+ 17.Bxa1 Qa5 {} 18.bxc6 Qxa1+ 19.Kf2 Qxh1 20.cxd7+ Kxd7 21.Bxf5
( 21.Qb4 Kc8 ) 21...exf5 22.e6+ $36 {Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/Ptuj zt 1995 
(32)} ) ( 13...Qb6 {Atlas,V} 14.Ba3 Nf5 15.b5 $1 $16 ( 15.a5 $6 Qa7 16.O-O
Ne3 {ii c4} ) ( 15.O-O Ne3 16.Rfb1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.b5 d3+ 19.Kh1 $16 )
15...Na5 16.g4 $1 {a} ( 16.Bxf5 Nc4 17.Qb4 Nxa3 18.Rxa3 exf5 {ii c8id} ) 
16...Ne3 17.Qb4 O-O-O 18.bxa6 Qxb4+ 19.Bxb4 Nc6 20.Bd6 {ii b1+-} ) 14.exf6
gxf6 15.Bb2 Nf7 ( 15...Qb6 $6 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Rxa1+ 18.Bxa1 Qa5 19.Qxa5
( 19.bxc6 $6 Qxa1+ 20.Kf2 Qxh1 21.cxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bb5+ Kc8 23.Qxd4 $44 ) 
19...Nxa5 20.Bxd4 $14 {[%cal Gd4h8]} ) 16.O-O O-O ( 16...e5 $6 17.fxe5 
fxe5 18.Ng5 $1 Nxg5 19.Qxg5 Be6 20.b5 $1 $16 ) 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Rxa1 19.
Bxa1 Ne7 20.Qb4 ( {Deserved attention} 20.Bxd4 Nd6 ( 20...e5 $2 21.fxe5 
fxe5 22.Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qf4+ $18 ) 21.b6 Qc6 22.Re1 Nef5 23.
Qb4 Ne4 24.Bb2 $14 {with better prospects.} ) 20...Nd6 21.b6 $6 ( {The 
pawn's place is on b5,where it controls very important square c6 so better
was} 21.Nxd4 $1 Qb6 22.Kh1 Ra8 23.Qe1 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal 
Gd4e6,Ge1g3,Ga1f6]} ) 21...Nc6 $5 22.Qa3 ( 22.Qc5 $5 ) 22...Qb8 23.Nxd4 
Ne4 24.Nxc6 ( 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Qg3+ Kh8 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Rd1 $1 Qe8 28.Qh4 
$14 ) 24...Bxc6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} 26...Qc8 $1 {Important
defensive move letting black to hold the position.} 27.Rd1 ( 27.Bxf6 $2 
Rf7 28.Qd8+ Qxd8 29.Bxd8 Rd7 30.Bf6 Rd2 $15 ) 27...Bd5 $1 28.Bxf6 {
Simplifying position and practically forcing a draw.} 28...Rf7 29.Qd8+ 
Qxd8 30.Bxd8 Rxf4 31.Bg5 $11 Rf8 32.Be3 Rc8 33.Rd2 Kg7 34.Kf2 Kg6 35.Ke1 
Rf8 36.Rf2 Rxf2 37.Kxf2 Kf5 38.Bd2 h5 39.Ke3 e5 40.Kf2 Kg4 41.h3+ Kf5 42.
Kg3 e3 $5 43.Bxe3 Kg6 44.Kf2 Kf5 45.g3 Kg6 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Bh1 48.c4 
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.Qd2 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.h3 Nh6 12.O-O Na6 13.Rfe1 Nf7 14.Rad1 Nc7 15.b4 Ne6
16.d5 Nf4 17.Bf1 Bh6 18.Qc2 g5 19.Bg3 g4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Be2 
Kh8 23.Nh4 Rg8 24.Rd3 Nh6 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Qd1 Qf7 27.Bxg4 Rxg4 28.Rh3 Rag8
29.Kh1 Qh5 30.Nf5 Qg6 31.Ne7 Qg7 32.Nxg8 Nxg8 33.Rg1 Rg6 34.Qxd6 Qf7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Nd4 7.a3 ( 7.Be3 Bc5 8.
Bf2 c6 9.a3 d6 10.b4 Bb6 11.Na4 c5 12.Ne2 Bc7 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bh4 h6 15.
Bd3 g5 16.Bf2 Qe7 17.O-O b6 18.Nb2 O-O 19.Bc2 Nh5 $14 {E-E 
Eliet,N-Dunnington,A/Toulouse 1996/EXP 57 (38)} ) 7...Be7 8.Nb5 $2 ( 8.Bd3
) ( 8.Bd3 ) 8...Nxb5 9.cxb5 Bc5 $15 {White faces long term discomfort on 
the dark squares, whether or not he manages to exchange black's ic5.} 10.
Qc2 d6 11.Bd3 Nh5 12.Ne2 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qf6 14.Ng1 ( 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Nxf4 
16.Bxf4 g5 17.Bc1 Bh3 $17 ) 14...Qg6 15.Ne2 Qf6 16.Ng1 O-O 17.Qg2 Qg6 18.
g4 $2 ( 18.Ne2 $142 f5 $36 ) 18...Nf4 19.Bxf4 ( 19.Qc2 Nxd3+ 20.Qxd3 f5 $1
$17 ) 19...exf4 {Clearly white is now doomed to even greater suffering on 
the dark squares.} 20.O-O-O Qf6 21.Kb1 a6 22.Qc2 axb5 23.Bxb5 c6 $1 24.Bc4
$1 ( 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Bxc6 Rb8 26.Ka2 Be6+ 27.Bd5 Rfc8 28.Qe2 Bd4 $40 ) 
24...Bd7 ( 24...b5 $5 25.Ba2 cxd5 26.Bxd5 Ra7 $15 ) 25.Ne2 Be3 ( 25...b5 
$5 26.dxc6 Bxc6 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 b4 $40 ) 26.h4 Rfc8 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.
Qc3 $1 Qe7 29.Qd3 d5 {Black continues his plan of investing pawns in order
to clear lines for attack against the white king.} 30.exd5 cxd5 31.Bxd5 
Rab8 ( 31...Ra7 $5 ) 32.Bxf7+ Qxf7 33.Qxd7 Qf6 34.Nd4 Kh8 35.Rh2 $2 {White
had to try the fearless} ( 35.Nb5 $142 {which is surprisingly resilient:} 
35...Qg6+ ( 35...Rd8 36.Qf5 ( 36.Qc7 $5 ) ) ( 35...Qb6 36.a4 Qa5 37.b3 ) 
36.Ka2 Qc2 ( 36...Qb6 37.a4 Rc4 ( 37...Qa5 38.b3 ) 38.b3 Rc2+ 39.Kb1 {and 
black has no clear attacking continuation.} ) 37.Qd5 Qa4 ( 37...h6 38.Rd3 
$1 Rc5 ( 38...Rd8 39.Qxd8+ Rxd8 40.Rxd8+ Kh7 41.Nc3 Qg2 42.Rhd1 Qxf3 $13 )
39.Qe4 $1 $13 ) 38.Nd6 $8 ( 38.Nc3 Rxb2+ $1 39.Kxb2 Rb8+ $19 ) 38...Rxb2+ 
39.Kxb2 Qc2+ 40.Ka1 Qc3+ $11 ) 35...Rd8 $19 36.Qa4 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Bxd4 38.
Re2 Be3 39.h5 Qd6 40.Ka1 Rc8 41.Re1 Rd8 42.g5 Qd5 43.h6 Qxg5 44.hxg7+ Qxg7
45.Rh1 Rb8 46.Qc2 Bd4 47.Rb1 Qe5 48.Ka2 Qd5+ 49.b3 Qxf3 50.Rd1 Bg7 51.b4 
Qe3 52.Rd3 Qe6+ 53.Kb1 Qf6 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Ne2 Nf6 4.Nbc3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.a3 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Nc1 Be6 13.Be2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 
15.Ne2 Qa5 16.O-O Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Bf6 18.Nf4 Bb3 19.Nh5 Be5 20.Rdb1 cxd4 21.
Rxb3 Bxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qxh5+ 23.Kg3 dxe3 24.Qxe3 Rd6 25.f3 Re6 26.Qf4 Rg6+ 27.
Kf2 Qc5+ 28.Qd4 Qg5 29.g4 h5 30.Rh1 hxg4 31.f4 g3+ 32.Kg2 Qe7 33.Rb2 Rd8 
34.Qc4 b5 35.Qb4 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 
Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxc4 h6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 e5 14.Bxc6 bxc6
15.Rd6 Bb7 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Nc4 Nd5 18.Ne4 Ba6 19.b3 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Nb4 21.
R1d2 Rec8 22.Nc5 a5 23.Rd7 Na6 24.Nxa6 Rxa6 25.Re7 c5 26.Rdd7 Rf6 27.Rxe5 
Rb8 28.Ra7 Rb4 29.Rxa5 Rxc4 30.Rexc5 Re4 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Rc2 Rfe6 33.e3 Rb4
34.Kg2 Rf6 35.a4 Rb1 36.Ra2 g5 37.Rb5 Rc1 38.a5 g4 39.a6 Rd6 40.h3 gxh3+ 
41.Kxh3 Rc8 42.a7 Rdd8 43.Rab2 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 Bxf3 4.exf3 c5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 e6 8.Nc3 
Nge7 9.Be3 Nf5 10.Bg2 Na5 11.Bf1 Rc8 12.Qa4 Nd6 13.c5 bxc5 14.Ba6 Rc6 15.
Be2 a6 16.O-O Be7 17.Ne4 Ndb7 18.a3 c4 19.Rac1 Qc7 20.b4 cxb3 21.Bxa6 O-O 
22.Bb5 b2 23.Rb1 Rc4 24.Bxc4 Nxc4 25.Bc5 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.e4 Nf6 15.
e5 Ne8 16.h4 h5 17.Ne4 b6 18.Ba6 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Rc3 Rac8 21.Rec1 Bh6 
22.R1c2 Bf8 23.Qe3 Rd7 24.Qf4 Be7 25.Qh6 Bf8 26.Qc1 c5 27.Qf4 Rdc7 28.dxc5
bxc5 29.Rc4 Rc6 30.b3 Qe7 31.b4 Qd7 32.bxc5 Rb8 33.Rd2 Qc7 34.Rcd4 Rb7 35.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Black "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.f4 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14.Kh1 O-O 
15.Qd2 Rb8 16.Rab1 Bb7 17.Ne2 Rfd8 18.Nd4 Ne4 19.Qe3 f6 20.c3 Re8 21.Bxe4 
dxe4 22.b4 Qd5 23.Nb3 f5 24.Rfd1 Qc4 25.Rd4 Qc7 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.Rbd1 e5 28.
fxe5 Qxe5 29.Rd5 Qf6 30.Rd6 Qf7 31.Qf4 Ra8 32.Na4 Be6 33.Nb6 Rab8 34.a4 e3
35.Re1 Qc7 36.Qd4 f4 37.c4 Rxb6 38.Qxb6 Qxc4 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.Rxd4 Bb3 41.b5
axb5 42.axb5 e2 43.Rxf4 Bd1 44.b6 Rb8 45.Rb4 Kf7 46.b7 Ke7 47.Kg1 Kd6 48.
Kf2 Kc7 49.Rh4 Rf8+ 50.Ke3 Rf1 51.Rxe2 Bxe2 52.Kxe2 Rf7 53.Rxh7 Kxb7 54.
Rh3 Kc7 55.Rf3 Re7+ 56.Kf2 Rd7 57.Kg3 Kd8 58.Re3 Rd4 59.h3 Rd2 60.Kf3 Ra2 
61.Re2 Ra4 62.Re4 Ra2 63.g3 Ra6 64.Re5 Ra4 65.h4 Rb4 66.Re4 Rb6 67.Kf4 Rg6
68.Re5 Kd7 69.Rg5 Rf6+ 70.Rf5 Rg6 71.h5 Rh6 72.Re5 Kd6 73.g4 g6 74.Ra5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.g3 h5 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bf4 d6 
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Nb5 axb5 12.Bxe5 Bd7 13.Bc3 Rxa2 14.Kb1 Ra8 15.
Ba5 Qc6 16.Bd3 Nf6 17.Qe2 e5 18.f4 Be7 19.f5 Qa6 20.h3 b6 21.Bc3 Qa2+ 22.
Kc1 Nxe4 23.h4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Black "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.d5 Na6 
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.e4 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 c6 13.Be3 ( 13.Bg2 $5 {Tyomkin,D
} 13...Nc7 14.Ne2 c5 15.a4 Na6 16.Nf4 Qc8 17.Qb3 Nb4 18.Bd2 a5 19.Rfe1 Rf7
20.Bc3 $14 {E-E Gisbrecht,E-Kindermann,S/ch-GER, Gladenbach GER 1997 (46)}
) 13...Nc7 {[%cal Gc6c5,Yb7b5]} 14.Rc1 $146 ( 14.Qd2 {Tyomkin,D} 14...c5 
15.Ne2 b5 16.cxb5 ( 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 bxc4 18.Rad1 Qf7 19.Rd2 Rab8 20.
Qe3 Qf6 $15 {Kamstra,C-Reinderman,D/NLD-ch sf Enschede 1993/0-1(32)} ) 
16...Bf5 17.Bg2 ( 17.f3 Qxb5 18.Nc3 Qb4 19.Nd1 Rab8 $15 {
Babault,P-Videki,S/Cannes op 1989/0-1(44)} ) 17...Qxb5 18.Nc3 Qd3 19.Rfd1 
Qxd2 20.Rxd2 h6 21.Rc1 Rab8 22.Bf1 Bd7 23.Bc4 Rb4 24.b3 Rfb8 $17 {
Hernandez,R-Chernin,A/Cienfuegos 1981/0-1(32)} ) ( 14.Rb1 {Tyomkin,D} 
14...c5 15.Ne2 ( 15.Nf3 $6 Bg4 16.Re1 b5 $132 {Yrjola,J-Malaniuk,V/Tallinn
1987/0-1(28)} ) 15...b5 16.b3 Qf7 17.Qd2 Ne8 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.Bg2 bxc4 20.
bxc4 $14 {Santos,J-Lutz,C/EU-chT Debrecen POR-GER 1992/E-E(46)} ) 14...c5 
15.Ne2 b5 16.b3 ( 16.cxb5 Bf5 $5 ) 16...bxc4 17.bxc4 Rb8 18.Rb1 Qf7 19.Qd2
Bf5 20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Rb3 $14 Rxb3 22.axb3 Rb8 23.Qa5 Rb7 24.Qa4 {[%cal 
Ga4c6]} 24...Qc8 ( 24...Qc2 25.Nc1 {[%cal Ra4c6]} ) 25.Nc1 Qe8 26.Qa5 Qc8 
27.Re1 Ne8 28.Bg5 Bf6 29.Bxf6 Nxf6 ( 29...exf6 $6 30.Re6 $16 {[%csl Re8]} 
) 30.Re6 Ne8 31.Qe1 Qd8 32.Re3 Ng7 {[%cal Gg7f5]} 33.g4 $1 Qf8 34.h3 $6 ( 
34.Ne2 $5 Qf6 35.f4 $14 ) 34...Qf6 35.Kg2 e5 36.dxe6 Re7 37.Rf3 Rxe6 ( 
37...Qg5 38.Rf7 Nxe6 $11 ) 38.Rxf6 Rxe1 39.Nd3 Re6 40.Rf3 $2 ( 40.Rxe6 
Nxe6 41.Kf3 $1 Kf7 ( 41...Nd4+ 42.Ke4 Nxb3 43.Kd5 a5 44.Nb2 $16 ) 42.Ke4 
g5 43.f4 $16 ) 40...Re7 ( 40...g5 $11 {[%csl Gf4]} ) 41.Nf4 Ne6 42.Nd5 Rf7
43.Re3 Nf4+ $2 {It lools like black wants to get a draw against 
high-qualified opponent.} ( 43...Nd4 $142 {[%csl Rb3]} ) 44.Nxf4 Rxf4 45.
Re6 Rd4 46.Re8+ Kf7 47.Ra8 Rd3 48.Rxa7+ Kg8 $2 {King has to go to the 
center in endings like this.} ( 48...Ke6 $1 ) 49.Rb7 d5 50.cxd5 $2 ( 50.
Rb5 d4 51.Rxc5 Rxb3 52.Rd5 d3 53.Kf3 $16 Rc3 $140 54.Rd4 {[%cal 
Gf3e3,Yf2f4,Ye3d2]} ) 50...Rxd5 $11 {[%cal Gd5d3,Gd3c3,Yc5c4]} 51.Kf3 ( 
51.h4 h6 52.Kg3 Rd3+ 53.f3 g5 54.h5 Rd2 $11 ) ( 51.f3 g5 52.Kg3 Rd3 $11 ) 
51...Rd3+ 52.Ke4 Rxh3 53.f4 ( 53.f3 h5 $11 ) 53...h5 54.gxh5 ( 54.g5 h4 
55.Ke5 Rd3 ) 54...Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Black "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.Bd3 f5 8.f3 Nf6 9.
Nge2 O-O 10.Qd2 f4 11.Bf2 g5 12.g4 Ng6 13.O-O-O Nh4 14.Bxh4 gxh4 15.g5 Ne8
16.Rhg1 Kh8 17.Qe1 h3 18.Qh4 Rg8 19.Nxf4 exf4 20.e5 h6 21.Qh5 Rf8 22.Qg6 
Bf5 23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxf5 Bxe5 25.gxh6 Qf6 26.Qg4 Qf8 27.Ne4 Nf6 28.Qg7+ 
Qxg7 29.hxg7+ Kg8 30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Rg6 Kf7 32.g8=Q+ Rxg8 33.Rxg8 Kxg8 34.
Rg1+ Kf7 35.Rg4 c6 36.dxc6 bxc6 37.Rxf4 Ke6 38.Kc2 Be5 39.Rh4 Bxh2 40.Rxh3
Bg1 41.Rh5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Black "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.g3 d6 4.exd6 cxd6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c4 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nc3 b6 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.d6 Rb8 15.dxe7 
Qxe7 16.Bg5 Qc5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Qe2 Ba6 21.b3 
Rfe8 22.Rad1 Bb7 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 e4 25.Qd2 Re7 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 
Rbe8 28.Kf1 f5 29.Ke2 Kf7 30.Rd5 Kf6 31.Red1 Re6 32.Rd7 R8e7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 
34.Ke3 g5 35.Rd6+ Ke5 36.Rd5+ Kf6 37.b4 Rc7 38.Kd4 Re7 39.Rd6+ Kf7 40.Ke3 
Rc7 41.Rd4 Kf6 42.g4 fxg4 43.Rxe4 Kf5 44.Rd4 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Re1 46.c5 bxc5 
47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Rxc5 Rh1 49.Rxg5 Rxh2 50.Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Briem, Stefan"]
[Black "Olsen, Heini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 d5 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ne5 Ne4 
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.Nxe4 Nc6 13.Nc5 b6 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Kh1
e6 16.Qd2 a6 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.Bc3 Ne7 19.Nb2 Nf5 20.Nd1 Nd6 21.Bb2 Bb5 22.
Rf3 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 b5 24.Nf2 Qb6 25.c3 a5 26.Nd3 Ne4 27.Ne5 Nd6 28.a3 Rac8 
29.Rd1 a4 30.b4 Ne4 31.g4 f6 32.Nd3 Nxc3 33.Bxc3 Rxc3 34.Nc5 Rxf3 35.Qxf3 
Qc6 36.f5 e5 37.Ne6 Rd7 38.h4 exd4 39.Rxd4 Qc1+ 40.Rd1 Qc4 41.Nc5 Rd8 42.
Nb7 Rd7 43.Nc5 Rd8 44.Nb7 Rd7 45.Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Kjartansson, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 e6 8.Be2 
Be7 9.O-O dxc4 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd5 13.Qxc4 Nxe3 14.Qb5+ 
Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.fxe3 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Nxf6 
gxf6 21.Kf2 b6 22.Ke2 Rhg8 23.g3 Rgd8 24.b3 a5 25.Rc4 Rxc4 26.bxc4 Rc8 27.
Rf4 Rc5 28.Rh4 h5 29.Kd3 b5 30.a3 Kd6 31.Kc3 Re5 32.cxb5 Rxb5 33.Rf4 Re5 
34.e4 Rc5+ 35.Kb3 Ke7 36.Rf3 Kf7 37.Rc3 Re5 38.Rc4 Kg6 39.Kc3 Kg5 40.Kd4 
Kg4 41.a4 Kh3 42.Rc2 Rg5 43.Re2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 
dxc4 9.Qa4 Nd5 10.Qxc4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Bf6 14.Bf4 
Qxd4 15.Qb3 Qxa1 16.Rxa1 Bxa1 17.Bd6 Rd8 18.Bxb7 Bxb7 19.Qxb7 Bd4 20.h4 h6
21.a4 Bb6 22.Bb4 Rab8 23.Qe4 Rd4 24.Qe5 Rc8 25.Ba3 Rxa4 26.Bb2 Rg4 27.Kg2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Black "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 Na6 8.Bxa6 
bxa6 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.e5 Bf5 11.Qa4 Nd7 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.b3 Qb5 14.Qa3 Rad8 15.
c4 Qc6 16.Nc3 Be4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Bg3 Qc6 19.Rad1 Nb8 20.h3 Qb6 21.Rd5 
Rxd5 22.cxd5 Rd8 23.Qa4 Qb5 24.Qc4 Nd7 25.Qh4 f6 26.d6 exd6 27.exd6 Re8 
28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 Bf8 30.Qe4 Nb6 31.Nd3 Kf7 32.Qb7+ Qd7 33.Qb8 c4 34.
Nc5 Qc6 35.Qxa7+ Kg8 36.d7 Nxd7 37.Nxd7 c3 38.Bf4 c2 39.Bc1 Qd6 40.Nxf8 
Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Qxc1 42.Ne6 Qh6 43.Qe7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 a6 16.exd7+ Bxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qb3 b5 19.O-O-O Qe4 20.Bxc5 Rhc8 
21.Bd4 Rc4 22.Kb2 Qg2+ 23.Ka1 Re8 24.Qb2 Qxg3 25.Ne2 Qf3 26.Rd2 $4 ( 26.
Re1 Qxd5 $17 ) 26...Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Qf1+ 28.Qb1 Qxe2 29.Qh1 h5 30.d6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Black "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "E10"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 e6 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Nfd2 Bb7 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Qa4 Kf7 13.Ndxe4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 
Qe5 15.f3 c4 16.Be2 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Bc5 18.O-O-O c3 19.Rhf1+ Kg6 20.Qb3 Rac8 
21.Kb1 cxb2 22.Qxb2 Qxb2+ 23.Kxb2 Rc7 24.Kb3 Re8 25.Rc1 Ree7 26.Bg4 Kg5 
27.Be2 Bd4 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Bc4 e5 30.Rf5+ Kh6 31.a4 g6 32.Rf8 Bg1 33.h3 
Kg5 34.a5 Kh4 35.Rf3 h5 36.Kb4 g5 37.Rf1 Bc5+ 38.Kb3 Kg3 39.Rf5 g4 40.Rxh5
gxh3 41.gxh3 Kf4 42.Bd5 Bd4 43.Rh6 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.b3 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Ne5 Ne7 8.Be2 Nf5 9.
Bg4 Na6 10.Bxf5 Bxf5 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qe2 Bg7 13.g4 Be6 14.f3 c5 15.c3 cxd4 
16.exd4 exf3 17.Qxf3 O-O 18.Bf6 Bxf6 19.Qxf6 Qd8 20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.h3 Kg7 
22.O-O f6 23.Nd3 g5 24.Nd2 Bf7 25.Rf3 Bg6 26.Re1 Rde8 27.Rfe3 Kf7 28.Rxe8 
Rxe8 29.Rxe8 Kxe8 30.Nc5 Nxc5 31.dxc5 Kd7 32.b4 b6 33.cxb6 axb6 34.Nf3 h5 
35.a4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Bc2 37.a5 bxa5 38.bxa5 Bd1 39.Kf2 Kc6 40.Nd4+ Kb7 41.
Kg3 Ka6 42.Nc6 Kb5 43.Ne7 Bb3 44.Kf2 Kxa5 45.Ke3 Bd1 46.Nxd5 Bxg4 47.Nxf6 
Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.
Be3 c6 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Ng5 b5 12.Bd4 g6 13.Rde1 Nd5 14.Nxh7 Nf4 
15.Qxe7 Qxe7 16.Rxe7 Nxd3+ 17.cxd3 Kxh7 18.Bxa7 c5 19.a3 Be6 20.Re1 Kh6 
21.d4 b4 22.dxc5 bxa3 23.bxa3 Rfc8 24.Kb2 Rc6 25.cxd6 Rxd6 26.Be3+ g5 27.
Rb7 Kg6 28.Rb5 g4 29.Rb4 Rda6 30.Ra1 Rh8 31.c4 Rxh2 32.g3 Rh5 33.Kc3 Rha5 
34.a4 Bd7 35.Rb6+ Rxb6 36.Bxb6 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 Bxa4 38.Kb4 Bd1 39.Kc5 Bb3 40.
Kd5 Kf6 41.Bd8+ Kf5 42.Be7 Ba2 43.Bd8 Bb3 44.Kc5 Ke6 45.Kb5 Kd7 46.Bf6 Kc7
47.c5 Bd1 48.c6 Bf3 49.Be5+ Kc8 50.Kc5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Black "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.e4 d4 8.a4 O-O 
9.Nc4 Bc7 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Qe2 a6 12.Ne1 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Na3 
b4 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.dxc4 Qa2 18.b3 d3 19.Nxd3 Qxc2 20.Nxc5 Rd8 21.Rd1 Bb6 
22.Na6 Qxb3 23.c5 Ba5 24.Rf1 Qa2 25.Qb5 Nd4 26.Qd3 Nb3 27.Qc4 Rxd2 28.c6 
Qc2 29.Qb5 Rd8 30.Bh3 Qd3 31.Qxd3 Rxd3 32.Nxb4 Rc3 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 Rd3
35.Rb1 Bc7 36.Bf1 Rc3 37.Bc4 Nc5 38.Ra1 Kf8 39.Ra7 Rxc4 40.Rxc7 Rd4 41.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 42.c7 Rxd5 43.c8=Q Nd7 44.Qb7 Rd4 45.f3 h6 46.Kf2 Kg6 47.Qb5 
Kf7 {[#] Who can find a safer setup for Black? [#] Wer findet eine sichere
Auffangstellung fuer Schwarz?} ( 47...Nf6 48.Qxe5 Rd5 49.Qe6 h5 50.h3 {
with the further plan g4 and prevention of a knight sacrifice for the 
pawns under the right circumstances. mit dem weiteren Plan g4 und 
Verhinderung des Springeropfers gegen einen Bauern unter guenstigen 
Umstaenden.} ) 48.Ke3 Rd6 49.Qb7 Ke7 50.h4 g6 $6 {[%csl Rh6]} ( 50...Kf7 
$5 {and wait... und warten...} ) 51.g4 Re6 52.Qc7 Rf6 53.Qc2 Re6 54.Kf2 
Rf6 55.Kg3 Kd8 56.Qd2 Rf4 57.Qd5 Ke7 58.Qg8 Nf8 59.Qg7+ Ke6 60.Qxh6 Rf7 
61.Qh8 Nd7 62.Qg8 Nf8 63.Kf2 Ke7 64.Ke3 Rf4 65.Qh8 Ke6 66.Qh6 Ke7 67.Qg7+ 
Ke6 68.g5 Rf7 69.Qg8 Ke7 70.h5 gxh5 71.g6 Rf6 72.g7 Ne6 73.Qxe6+ Kxe6 74.
g8=Q+ Kf5 75.Qe8 Rh6 76.Qf7+ Kg5 77.Ke4 Rg6 78.Kxe5 h4 79.f4+ Kh6 80.Qf8+ 
Kh5 81.Kf5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Black "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 f6 9.
Be3 Nh6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf7 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Bd5 Qc8 15.Na3 Nd8
16.Nc4 Nc6 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Ne3 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Rad1 Kg7 21.c4 Nd6 22.Rd2
Bxd5 23.exd5 Ne7 24.c5 Ne4 25.Rc2 Rb8 26.Qd3 Ng5 27.Nxg5 fxg5 28.d6 Rd8 
29.Rd1 cxd6 30.cxd6 Nc6 31.Qd5 Qd7 32.Nc4 Qf5 33.Re2 g4 34.Nxe5 gxh3 35.
Nxc6 Qxd5 36.Rxd5 bxc6 37.Rdd2 hxg2 38.Re7+ Kf6 39.Rxh7 Rb5 40.Ra7 Ra5 41.
a3 Rg5 42.d7 a5 43.f3 Rg3 44.Rxa5 Rxf3 45.Rc5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Black "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[ECO "E72"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.g4 f5 9.
gxf5 gxf5 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.Nf3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bh6 14.Qe2 f4 15.exf4 
Bxf4 16.Qf2 Na6 17.O-O Nc5 18.Qe2 a5 19.b3 Bg4 20.Qc2 Kh8 21.Ne2 Be3+ 22.
Kh1 Rg8 23.Qc3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Bh6 25.Rh3 Qg5 26.Ng3 b6 27.Rh5 Qg6 28.Rh4 Bg5
29.Rh3 Raf8 30.Bf3 Rf4 31.Rg1 Rh4 32.Rxh4 Bxh4 33.Ne2 Qf6 34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 
35.Qe3 Bg5 36.Qc3 Bd2 37.Qxd2 Qxf3+ 38.Kg1 Nxe4 39.Qe1 Qe3+ 40.Kh1 Qf3+ 
41.Kg1 h5 42.Qf1 Qxf1+ 43.Kxf1 Kf7 44.Kg2 Kf6 45.Kf3 Kf5 46.Ke3 h4 47.h3 
Ng5 48.Nc3 Nxh3 49.Nb5 Nf4 50.Kf2 h3 51.Kg3 e4 52.Nxc7 e3 53.Nb5 e2 54.
Nd4+ Ke4 55.Nc2 Kd3 56.Ne1+ Kd2 57.Nf3+ Ke3 58.Ne1 Nd3 59.Nc2+ Kd2 60.Nd4 
0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 e5 8.d5 c6 9.
Nge2 Nc5 10.Bc2 cxd5 11.exd5 Qb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Rb1 a5 14.O-O Qa6 15.a4 Nh5 
16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.axb5 Qb6 18.g4 Nf4 19.Nxf4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Rfe8 21.Qd2 Nd7 22.
Kg2 Qc7 23.Rfe1 b6 24.Bg3 Qc5 25.Rbd1 Be5 26.f4 Bg7 27.f5 Be5 28.Bf2 Qb4 
29.Qd3 Qc3 30.h4 Qxd3 31.Bxd3 Bc3 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.g5 Kg7 34.Rc1 Be5 35.
f6+ Kg8 36.Rc2 Nc5 37.Bf1 h5 38.Ra2 Bc3 39.Bxc5 dxc5 40.d6 Rd8 41.Re2 Kf8 
42.Re7 Rxd6 43.Rb7 Ke8 44.Kf3 Bd2 45.Bh3 Rd3+ 46.Kg2 Bf4 47.Bc8 Rxb3 48.
Bd7+ Kd8 49.Bc6 Bc7 50.Ra7 Kc8 51.Bd5 Rg3+ 52.Kf2 Rg4 53.Bxf7 Kb8 54.Ra6 
Rxh4 55.Bxg6 Rf4+ 56.Ke3 Rf1 57.Be4 Kc8 58.g6 Be5 59.g7 Rg1 60.Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Ftacnik Gershon} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.
Qxc3 h6 {Gershon: A rare move .Its purpose is obvious : black wants to 
prevent white from playing variations with Bg5,but along with it he wastes
a tempi and weakens his pawn structure.} ( 6...b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.b3 
Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 ( 10...Ne4 $5 11.Qc2 f5 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.O-O Ng5 14.Nxg5 Qxg5
15.f4 Qg6 16.d5 $1 $14 {Vidarte_Morales,A-Solozhenkin,E/L'Hospitalet op 
(8)/1993/0-1 (40)} ) ( 10...a6 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.O-O Ng5 14.Ne1 f4 
$13 {Hulak,K-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee/1983/} ) 11.Be2 c5 ( 11...Ne4 $5 
12.Qc2 f5 13.O-O Rae8 14.Ne1 $6 Qh4 15.d5 Ndf6 16.Rd1 Qh6 $1 $132 {
Savon,V-Gurevich,V/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod/1988/0-1 (42)} ) 12.O-O Rac8 13.Rad1 
d5 $1 14.dxc5 ( 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Qd2 Rfd8 ) 14...Nxc5 15.Qe5 Rfd8 ( 15...
Ncd7 16.Qg3 Rfd8 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Nd4 $14 ) 16.Nd4 Qf8 ( 16...Nfd7 $2 17.
Nf5 $1 Qf8 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qh5 $16 ) ( 16...Ncd7 17.Qg3 Ne4 18.Nf5 $1 ) 17.
f3 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Bd5 $1 19.Bxd5 {Timman,J-Karpov,A/FIDE-Wch (Jakarta) 1993}
) 7.Nf3 ( 7.g3 {Gershon} 7...d6 8.Nf3 a5 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Bg2 e5 12.
d5 Ne7 13.O-O Bd7 14.Nd2 Qc8 15.Rfc1 Bh3 16.Bh1 Qg4 17.e4 Ng6 18.Qe3 Qh5 
19.f3 Nd7 20.b4 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Ne4 Nf6 23.Bc3 Rf8 24.Bd2 axb4 25.axb4 
Rxa1 26.Rxa1 b5 $1 $132 {Alterman,B-Kosashvili,Y/Rishon le Zion 1994/0-1 
(56)} ) 7...b6 ( 7...d5 {Ftacnik} 8.e3 Nbd7 9.b4 c6 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 a5 
12.Bd3 f5 13.O-O Qe7 14.b5 g5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.a4 Qg7 17.Kh1 Rf7 18.Nd2 {
Dias,A-Nagashima,C/Sao Paulo op 1995/EXT 95op2/1-0 (50)} ) ( 7...d6 {
Ftacnik} 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.O-O Re8 11.b4 c5 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.dxc5 dxc5 
14.Ne5 Nb6 15.Qb3 Bd7 16.b5 Rbd8 17.Bxb7 Bxb5 18.Bc6 Ba6 19.Bxe8 Nxe8 20.
Nc6 {1-0 Botsari Miladinovic,A-Nikolaou,G/Aegina op 1996/EXT 96op2 (28)} )
( 7...Nc6 {Ftacnik} 8.e3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.b4 d5 11.c5 Ne7 12.Ne5 c6 13.O-O 
b5 14.f3 Qc7 15.e4 Rad8 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Rad1 a6 18.Bb1 {1-0 
Sisaettoe,O-Kangasmaa,M/FIN-chJ U14 1996 (23)} ) 8.e3 Bb7 9.Be2 ( 9.Bd3 $5
d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bf5 e4 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Bb2 Ne5 16.
Rad1 Qe7 17.Qc2 a5 $1 $13 {Sieglen,J-Kveinys,A/Bonn GSK 1993 (32)} ) 9...
a5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ga5a4]} ( 9...d6 {Ftacnik} 10.b4 a5 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.
Qc2 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 Nd7 $11 ) 10.b3 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 ( 11...Ne4 
$5 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Bb2 f5 $13 ) 12.Nd2 ( 12.Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8] Gershon} ) 
12...c5 ( 12...e5 {Gershon} 13.d5 Nc5 14.Qc2 e4 ( 14...c6 15.e4 $16 {And 
black ends up with no counterplay.} ) 15.Bb2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb2f6]} 
15...Re8 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Na6 19.Bc3 $16 {[%csl 
Gc3,Ge2][%cal Gc4c5]} ) 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rfc8 {Gershon: Each side has 
now finished placing his pieces, preparing for the battle.White now 
advances his d pawn gaining some space advantage, opening the lines for 
his bishops, and closing(at least temporarely) the h1-a8 diagonal. This 
move, however, has its drawbacks: it gives black the e5 and c5 squares for
his knight.} 15.d5 $5 $14 ( {Deserved attention} 15.Bf3 $5 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 a4
17.b4 d5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.b5 Nb6 20.Ne5 $14 {[%cal Ge5c6,Ge5g4]} ) ( 15.Qd3
$143 {Gershon In order to move the queen from the c file and put some 
pressure on black's weakened d file.} 15...d5 16.Qb1 ( 16.cxd5 $4 Ba6 $17 
) 16...Ba6 {Allows black to get a fine counterplay} ) 15...a4 {Gershon: 
Now white has to decide whether to play b4 and give up on the c5 square or
let black take on b3 which would leave the c4 pawn defenseless. Ftacnik: 
The fight takes very strategical character, black must be careful with 
opening the position. White's bishop pair waits for the unleashing on open
diagonals.} ( 15...exd5 16.cxd5 $1 ( 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Bxd5 ( 17.cxd5 Bxd5 $17
) 17...Nxd5 18.cxd5 b5 $1 19.f4 ( 19.e4 b4 20.Qc2 Ba6 21.Nc4 a4 22.Bxe5 
axb3 $1 23.Qxb3 dxe5 24.Nb6 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Rxa3 26.Nxc8 Qd8 27.Qb2 Qxc8 28.
Qxe5 c4 $15 ) 19...b4 $15 {[%cal Ge5g4]} ) 16...Bxd5 17.Nc4 ( 17.e4 $5 {
Ftacnik} 17...Bb7 18.Bb5 ( 18.Nc4 $2 d5 $1 ) 18...Re8 19.Nc4 $11 ) 17...
Bxc4 ( 17...Qe6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.e4 $16 ( 19.Bc4 $14 ) ) 18.bxc4 $44 ( 18.
bxc4 Ne5 19.f4 $44 ) ) 16.dxe6 ( 16.Ne4 $5 {[%csl Rd6] Gershon} 16...exd5 
( 16...e5 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.b4 $16 ) ( 16...axb3 17.dxe6 {[%csl Gd6]} 17...
Bxe4 18.exd7 Qxd7 19.Qxb3 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Rb6,Rd6,Ge2]} ) ( 16...Ne5 17.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.dxe6 Qxe6 19.f4 Qg6 20.g3 Qe4 ( 20...Nd7 21.Rxd6 $18 ) 21.
Kf2 Qg2+ 22.Ke1 Qxh2 23.fxe5 Qxg3+ 24.Rf2 $16 ) 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.cxd5 $14 
) 16...Qxe6 ( 16...fxe6 17.b4 cxb4 ( 17...Rf8 {Ftacnik} 18.b5 e5 19.f4 $14
) ( 17...d5 18.b5 e5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.e4 $14 ) 18.Qxb4 $14 {[%cal 
Gd2f3,Gf3d4,Gd4b5]} ) 17.b4 ( 17.Bf3 {Gershon} 17...Bxf3 18.Nxf3 b5 $1 19.
cxb5 axb3 $15 ) 17...cxb4 ( 17...d5 {Ftacnik} 18.Bf3 Re8 19.Rc1 $14 ) 18.
Qxb4 {Gershon: White's got a pair of good bishops, his pieces placed 
pretty well for attacking blacks weak pawns and it seems that he should 
not have any prblem to neutrolize black's play ( by playing f3,e4 for 
example).} ( 18.axb4 {Gershon} 18...d5 ( 18...b5 $11 {Ftacnik} ) 19.Bf3 
Rab8 $15 {[%csl Gc4]} ( 19...Ba6 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.cxd5 Rxc3 22.Bxc3 Bxf1 
23.Nxf1 $16 ) ) 18...Nc5 19.Nf3 ( 19.Qxb6 $2 Rcb8 $17 {[%cal Gb7g2]} ( 
19...Rab8 {Gershon} 20.Qa5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rxb2 $17 ) ) ( 19.Bxf6 $2 {Ftacnik
} 19...Qxf6 20.Qxb6 Rcb8 21.Rb1 Nb3 $1 22.Qc7 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Rc8 $17 ) 19...
Nfe4 20.Nd4 $16 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4] White's advantage is beyond any 
doubt:the pair of strong bishops and full control in the center give him 
much better prospects.} ( 20.Qxb6 {Ftacnik} 20...Rcb8 21.Ba1 Nxf2 22.Qb2 
f6 23.Rxf2 Bxf3 $11 ) 20...Qg6 21.f3 ( 21.Bf3 {Ftacnik} 21...d5 $13 ) ( 
21.Qxb6 $2 {Ftacnik} 21...Nd2 $17 ) 21...Ng5 {Ftacnik: De Firmian tries 
for counterplay and b6 pawn is tactically defended in many variations. 
Sokolov had to understand, that the bigger problem lays in the weak pawn 
d6.} 22.Kh1 ( 22.Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gd4b5]} 22...Re8 23.Nf5 Nge6 24.Nxd6 
Nf4 25.exf4 Rxe2 26.Rf2 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 Rd8 28.Nf5 $3 $18 ) ( 22.e4 $5 {
Gershon} 22...Nh3+ ( 22...Ncxe4 23.fxe4 Bxe4 24.Bg4 $18 ) 23.Kh1 Nf4 24.
Rf2 Re8 25.Nf5 $16 ) ( 22.Nb5 $1 {Ftacnik} 22...Rd8 23.Qc3 $16 ) 22...Re8 
23.e4 Nge6 ( 23...Bc8 {Ftacnik} 24.Nb5 $16 ) 24.Nxe6 ( 24.Nf5 $5 d5 $5 ( 
24...Nf4 25.Rf2 Nxe4 ( 25...Nh3 26.gxh3 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Bxe4+ 28.Bf3 Qxf5 29.
Qc3 $18 ) 26.fxe4 Bxe4 27.Ng3 Bxg2+ 28.Rxg2 Nxg2 29.Rxd6 $18 ) ( 24...Nxe4
{Gershon} 25.fxe4 Bxe4 26.Ng3 ) 25.cxd5 Nf4 26.Rf2 Nxd5 27.Nxh6+ Qxh6 28.
exd5 $18 ) 24...Rxe6 {Gershon: Now, although white takes a pawn on his 
next move black has a very lively piece play.} ( 24...Qxe6 {Ftacnik} 25.
Qxb6 Ra6 26.Qb4 $16 ) 25.Qxb6 Rc8 26.Qb4 ( 26.Bd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 26...d5 27.
Qa5 Ra6 28.Qb4 Rb6 $11 ) 26...f5 {Gains the control over the e file. White
has to play very carefully here.} 27.exf5 ( 27.Bd4 {Ftacnik} 27...Bc6 28.
exf5 Qxf5 29.Rfe1 Rce8 30.Bf1 $16 ) 27...Qxf5 28.Qc3 {Ftacnik: White is 
still much better, since the pressure along a1-h8 diagonal is very 
unpleasant.} ( 28.Bd3 $5 {Gershon} 28...Qg5 29.Rfe1 Rce8 30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.
Bd4 Nxd3 32.Qxb7 $16 ) 28...Qg5 ( 28...Rc7 $1 {Ftacnik} 29.Rde1 $1 ( 29.
Rf2 $2 Ne4 ) ( 29.Rfe1 Rce7 30.Bf1 Nd3 $1 31.Bxd3 Qxd3 32.Qxd3 Rxe1+ 33.
Qf1 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Ba6 $11 ) ( 29.Rd2 Nb3 30.Rc2 Rce7 31.Bd3 Qg5 $14 ) 
29...Rce7 30.Bd1 $16 ) 29.Rf2 ( 29.Rfe1 {Ftacnik} 29...Rce8 30.Bf1 Re5 31.
Qb4 $16 ) 29...Re3 30.Qc2 ( 30.Qd4 $5 $16 {[%cal Rb2c1]} ) ( 30.Qd4 {
Ftacnik} 30...Ree8 $16 ) 30...Qe7 ( 30...Rce8 $2 {Ftacnik} 31.Bc1 $18 ) 
31.Bf1 Re8 32.Qg6 ( 32.Rfd2 {Gershon} 32...Re6 $13 ) 32...Re6 33.Qg3 Qf7 
34.Rd4 $6 {Gershon: For the last five moves white has weakend too much his
king trying to exploit his b2 bishop and the punishment comes very 
quickly. Dubious decision.Much better was} ( 34.Rfd2 $5 Rg6 35.Qh3 ( 35.
Qf2 $16 {Ftacnik} ) 35...Re3 36.Bd4 ( 36.Rxd6 $2 Rxf3 $1 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.
gxf3 Bxf3+ 39.Bg2 Bxg2+ 40.Qxg2 Rxg2 41.Kxg2 Qb7+ $19 ) 36...Rb3 37.Bxc5 
dxc5 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Bd3 $18 {with wining position.} ) ( 34.Bc3 $142 {
Gershon} ) 34...Rg6 35.Rg4 ( 35.Qh4 {Ftacnik} 35...Re1 36.Kg1 $16 ) 35...
Rxg4 36.Qxg4 ( 36.fxg4 $4 {Ftacnik} 36...Ne4 37.Rxf7 Nxg3+ 38.hxg3 Kxf7 
$19 ) 36...Re1 37.Kg1 Ba6 {Ftacnik: White has not realized his advantage 
in a best way and opponent already claims solid counterplay. In a time 
trouble Sokolov manages to go completely under.} ( 37...Nd3 {Ftacnik} 38.
Rd2 Nxb2 39.Rxb2 Ra1 40.Qd4 $16 ) 38.Rc2 {[%tqu 
"En","","","","c5e4","",10]} ( 38.Bc3 {Gershon} 38...Rb1 ( 38...Rd1 {
Ftacnik} 39.Rd2 Rc1 40.Bb2 Rb1 41.Rc2 $14 ) 39.Rb2 Rc1 40.Bd2 Rd1 41.Kf2 
d5 $1 $17 ) 38...Ne4 $1 $132 {[%cal Gf7a7,Ga6c4] After this unexpected 
blow black gets good counterplay.} 39.Rc1 $4 {Terrible blunder after which
white loses on the spot.} ( 39.Bd4 Bxc4 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Rxc4 ( 41.Qxc4 Qxc4
42.Rxc4 Nd2 43.Kf2 Rxf1+ 44.Ke2 Nxc4 45.Kxf1 Nxa3 $19 ) 41...Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1
Qxc4+ 43.Qxc4 Nd2+ 44.Ke2 Nxc4 $15 ( 44...Nxc4 {Ftacnik} 45.Kd3 Nxa3 46.
Bb2 Nb5 47.Kc4 $11 ) ) ( 39.Qxg7+ $5 Qxg7 40.Bxg7 Bxc4 41.Rxc4 Nd2 42.Rc8+
Kxg7 43.Kf2 Rxf1+ 44.Ke2 Rg1 $11 45.Kxd2 {Ftacnik} 45...Rxg2+ 46.Ke3 Rxh2 
47.Rc4 $11 ) 39...Qa7+ $19 40.c5 ( 40.Kh1 {Ftacnik} 40...Nf2+ 41.Kg1 Nh3+ 
42.Kh1 Qg1# ) 40...Qxc5+ $1 ( 40...Qxc5+ {Ftacnik} 41.Rxc5 Rxf1# ) 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 ( 7...
Qd8 $5 8.cxd4 d5 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.e3 e6 11.Bd3 ( 11.Bb5 $5 $14 ) 11...Bb4+ 12.
Kf2 O-O 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Bb5 Qb6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qc2 Ba6 17.Qxc6 Bc4 18.Qa4 
a5 19.Nc3 Nh5 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 e5 $1 $40 {Vegh,E-Acs,P/Budapest FS02 
GM/1998/} ) 8.Qxd4 Nc6 ( 8...Qxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e3 e6 11.g4 $14 {[%csl 
Gf3,Gg4,Gh4] ii,Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk m (2)/1993/} ) 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nd4 
$5 {The most ambitious.} ( 10.a3 {Very similar to the game is} 10...d5 ( 
10...e5 $5 11.Be3 d5 12.Bxb6 d4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 ( 14.Nc5 $143 Nd5 $1 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bc5 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.e4 dxe3 20.Bc4 Be5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22.Rc2 Ke7 23.Ne2 Rhc8 24.Kd1 Rc6 25.f4 Bf6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Kc2 
Kd6 28.Rd1 c5 29.Rd3 d4 {0-1,Kovacevic,V-Smirin,I/Zagreb zt/1993/} ) ( 14.
dxe5 $2 Nd7 $19 ) 14...Nxd5 15.Bc5 Be7 16.Kf2 f5 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Nc5 f4 
19.g3 Bf7 20.h4 b6 21.Nd3 Bg6 22.gxf4 Bxd3 23.exd3 Nxf4 $44 {
Lesiege,A-Shaked,T/Mermaid Beach Club/1997/} ) 11.Nd4 ( 11.e3 e5 12.Bg3 
Be6 13.Nc1 Bc5 14.Nd3 Bxe3 15.Nxe5 O-O 16.Ne2 Rfe8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bf4 Bc5
19.Kd2 Bd7 20.Nd4 Nh5 21.Be3 Bd6 22.g3 Rad8 23.Nc2 c5 24.Bd3 f5 25.Bg5 Rc8
26.f4 h6 27.Bh4 g6 28.Be2 Kf7 29.Bxh5 gxh5 30.Ne3 Be6 $15 {[%csl 
Gc5,Gd5,Gd6,Ge6] i,i,Jepson,C-Sandstrom,L/SVE-ch/1997/} ) 11...e5 $5 12.
Nxc6 exf4 13.Nd4 Bd6 14.Kf2 O-O 15.e3 fxe3+ 16.Kxe3 Nd7 17.Bb5 Ne5 18.Kd2 
Nc4+ 19.Kc1 g6 20.Nge2 h5 21.g3 Kg7 22.a4 Be5 23.Kc2 Nd6 24.Bd3 Bd7 25.b3 
Rfe8 26.Kd2 Ra5 27.Rhd1 h4 28.Rh1 Rh8 $132 {Giorgadze,T-Dorfman,J/URS-ch 
sf/1984/} ) ( 10.e4 d5 $10 ) ( 10.Be3 b5 11.Nd4 b4 12.Nb5 Ra4 13.Nc7+ Kd8 
14.Bb6 bxc3 15.Ne6+ {E,Milov,V-Smirin,I/Struga zt/1995/} ) 10...e5 $5 {The
most active and principled continuation. Black takes into account his 
horrible pawn structure, which he tries to compensate by the active i and 
piece play. Other moves are weaker.} ( 10...Nd5 $2 11.Nb5 $1 Ra4 12.Bd2 
Na5 13.O-O-O d6 14.e4 Nf6 15.Kb1 Nc4 16.Bc1 Ne5 17.Be3 Ned7 18.Ne2 g6 19.
Nc7+ Kd8 20.Nb5 Bg7 21.Nc1 Ne8 22.Nd3 e6 23.Nb4 Ke7 24.Be2 f5 25.exf5 gxf5
26.Rhe1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re6,Rf5] ,Rausis,I-Ivanov,V/Riga/1993/} ) ( 10...
Nxd4 11.cxd4 e6 12.e4 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nb8 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Ne2 Bd7 17.O-O
Nb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.f4 f6 20.a3 Be7 21.Rac1 Kd8 22.Rc3 Rc8 23.Rb3 Kc7 24.
Rf3 f5 25.h3 Ba4 26.Rc3+ Kb8 27.Rf1 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Ge5,Gf4] 
ii,b6,Knaak,R-Volke,K/BL 9798/1998/} ) 11.Nxc6 exf4 12.Nd4 g6 $146 ( 12...
d5 13.g3 ( 13.Kf2 $142 $5 {[%cal Ye2e3] ie3} ) 13...Bd6 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.gxf4
Bxf4 16.e3 Bb8 17.Ne2 g5 18.Bg2 O-O 19.a3 Re8 20.Kf2 h5 21.Rad1 h4 22.h3 
Bd7 23.Nbd4 Nh5 $36 24.Rhf1 $2 Bg3+ 25.Nxg3 hxg3+ {
0-1,Profit,B-Littke,A/CAN-op/1994/} ) ( 12...Nd5 13.g3 g5 14.e4 $5 Ne3 15.
Bb5 Bg7 16.Nge2 Kf8 17.Kd2 d5 18.gxf4 Ng2 19.fxg5 h6 20.g6 fxg6 21.exd5 
Ke7 22.Rhg1 Bh3 23.Bd3 Rhd8 24.Bxg6 Rxd5 25.Be4 Rd7 26.f4 Bxd4 27.cxd4 Rg8
28.Rac1 Kf6 29.Rc3 $18 {Soffer,R-Mikhalevski,V/ISR-ch/1994/} ) ( 12...Bc5 
$5 13.g3 Nd5 14.gxf4 Ne3 15.Kd2 Nxf1+ 16.Rxf1 Rxa2 17.Kc2 d6 18.e4 Be6 19.
Nge2 Ke7 20.Ra1 Rha8 21.Rxa2 Rxa2 22.Rd1 g6 23.h4 Ra8 24.h5 Bc4 25.Nc1 $13
{E,Wells,P-Shaked,T/London GM/1997/} ) 13.Nh3 $6 {[%csl Rh3] h3 Misplaces 
the 12, White will have to lose time to relocate it. White should have 
tried to exchange the cramping 12f4 as soon, as possible.} ( 13.g3 $142 $5
Bd6 ( 13...Bc5 14.gxf4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Nd5 16.Kd2 Nxf4 17.e3 Ne6 18.Rc1 $36 )
14.Nb5 Bb8 15.gxf4 Bxf4 16.e3 Be5 17.Ne2 d5 $132 ) ( 13.Kf2 {[%cal Re2e3] 
ie3} 13...Nd5 $15 ) 13...Bd6 14.Nb5 Be5 15.e3 fxe3 16.Ke2 O-O ( 16...d5 
17.Ng1 ( 17.Kxe3 Bxh3 18.gxh3 O-O-O $36 ) 17...O-O 18.Kxe3 Re8 19.Kd2 {
-16...0-0} ) 17.Kxe3 Re8 18.Kd2 d5 19.Ng1 ( 19.Nf2 Bf4+ 20.Kd1 d4 $1 21.
Nxd4 Nd5 $40 ) 19...Bd7 20.Bd3 d4 $5 ( 20...Ra5 $11 ) 21.Nxd4 Bf4+ 22.Kc2 
Nd5 23.g3 ( 23.Nge2 Ne3+ 24.Kb1 Nxg2 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} ) 
23...Ne3+ 24.Kb1 $6 ( 24.Kd2 $142 $1 Nc4+ 25.Kc2 Ne3+ $11 ) ( 24.Kb3 $2 
Ba4+ $19 ) 24...Nd1 $1 25.Nge2 $8 ( 25.gxf4 Nf2 $19 ) 25...Nf2 26.Rf1 Nxd3
27.Nxf4 Nxf4 28.gxf4 Ra5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4,Rh2]} 29.h4 $6 ( 29.b4 Rh5 30.Rf2 
f5 $5 $44 {[%cal Rh5h4] ii h4} ) 29...Rh5 30.Rh1 Rxh4 $1 31.Rxh4 Re1+ 32.
Kc2 ( 32.Kc2 Rxa1 33.a3 Kg7 $15 {[%csl Gd7,Gh7] i/i,ih,id7 The ensuing 
endgame is already in Black's favour, as he has an active i and a 
potentially dangerous passed pawn.} ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 {Ribli} 1...Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 {Eine relativ seltene 
Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen sind 4...d5 und 4...ib4.} 5.d3 d6 6.Bg2 h6 {
Das ist ein Sicherungszug gegen ig5.} 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 {Dieser Zug 
gefaellt mir nicht, denn der Punkt b5 ist schwach.} ( 8...a6 {Ich empfehle
diesen Zug. Wei@n kann jetzt durch 9.b4 Raum am Damenfluegel gewinnen, 
aber Schwarz hat eine feste Stellung.} 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.
Kh2 Rb8 13.Nd2 ( 13.Rc1 Qd7 $13 {Petursson,M-Hjartarson,J Nordic zt 1992 
CBM/31} ) 13...Qd7 $6 ( 13...d5 $5 ) 14.Nd5 Ne8 15.Qa4 $14 {
Timman,J-Karpov,An/FIDE-Wch/1993/CBM38/INF59,42/} ) 9.h3 $5 {Das ist ein 
nuetzlicher Abwartezug. Wei@tezug. bereitet ih2 vor, denn auf g1 steht der
K@ nig nicht so angenehm wegen des starken schwarzen Laeufers auf der 
Diagonalen a7-g1.} ( 9.b3 Nd4 ( 9...Bf5 10.Bb2 Qd7 11.e3 Bg4 $5 12.Qc2 Bb6
13.Nd2 Bh3 14.Rac1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nh7 16.Nd5 $14 {i Hansen,C-Sokolov,I/Wijk 
aan Zee 1994 (22)} ) ( 9...Ba7 $6 10.Bb2 Re8 11.e3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qc2 
Qc8 $6 14.Nd2 Ne7 $6 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.c5 $1 $14 {Ribli 1-0 
Gulko,B-Ashley,M/San Francisco 1995 (35)} ) 10.Ne1 c6 11.e3 Nf5 12.Ne4 Bb6
13.Bb2 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Ne7 15.a4 Be6 16.Nd3 f6 17.Ba3 Ng6 18.Qe2 Qe7 19.Kh1 
Rfd8 20.f4 {E-E Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Investbanka 1997} ) ( 9.e3 Bb6 10.b3 Re8
( 10...Bf5 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 Rae8 ( 12...Bh7 ) 13.Bb2 Bh7 14.Qd2 e4 15.dxe4
Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 ) 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qc2 Bg6 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 
Nc5 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Ne7 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qd3 Rad8 21.Rac1 
f6 22.a4 Qc5 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk 1995/0-1 (79)} ) 9...Be6 10.b3 Bb6
( 10...d5 $5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bb2 Re8 $11 ) 11.Bb2 Re8 12.e3 {Wei@F 
bereitet 13.d4 vor, wodurch der Laeufer b6 eingeschlossen wuerde.} 12...d5
13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Qc2 {Wei@e. hat eigentlich eine Igelstellung errichtet. Er
droht den Plan i a4-c5 oder i e4-c5 mit Initiative am Damenfluegel.} 14...
Nxc3 15.Bxc3 $14 {Wei@fluegel. hat eine freie Stellung und seine zwei 
Laeufer stehen gut auf den langen Diagonalen.} 15...Bf5 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Qb2
{[%cal Gb2h8]} 17...Rad8 18.b4 {Wei@] opfert zeitweilig einen Bauern, 
gewinnt ihn aber spaeter mit besserer Stellung zurueck. Jetzt erkennt man 
den Nachteil des 8. schwarzen Zuges!} 18...Rxd3 ( 18...axb4 19.axb4 f6 20.
b5 Nb8 21.d4 ( 21.Nh4 Bxd3 ( 21...Bc8 ) 22.Bxb7 e4 $13 ) 21...e4 22.Nd2 
$14 ) 19.Rxd3 Bxd3 20.b5 Na7 21.Bxe5 {[%csl Ra7,Ge5,Rg7] Wei@e5,Rg7] hat 
das bessere Figurenspiel.} 21...f6 ( 21...Qf8 22.Bxc7 Bxc7 23.b6 $16 {
Schwarz hat viele Felderschwaechen am Damenfluegel.} ) 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Bxc7
{Mit dem Partiezug gewinnt Wei@nt einen Bauern.} 23...Qxc7 24.Qxd3 {[%csl 
Yg6,Rh8] Wei@h8] hat nicht nur einen Mehrbauern, sondern auch 
Positionsvorteil ueber die wei@ en Felder.} 24...Rd8 25.Qb3 Nc8 26.Nh4 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh4g6]} 26...Ne7 27.Qf7 {Wei@] droht 28.i xe7 i xe7 29.i 
g6 mit Figurengewinn.} 27...Qe5 {[%cal Re5a1]} 28.Rb1 Bc5 29.Bxb7 $5 {
Wei@] gibt seinen a3-Bauern fuer den b7-Bauern, denn der Freibauer b5 ist 
dank der Unterstuetzung durch den wei@ en Laeufer sehr stark.} ( 29.a4 b6 
$14 ) 29...Bxa3 30.b6 $16 Kh7 31.Qc4 {Wei@. beabsichtigt mit 32.i e4 die 
Damen zu tauschen.} 31...f5 32.Bg2 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rb6b7,Rb7b8] Dieses 
Beispiel zeigt, wann die Anwesenheit ungleichfarbiger Laeufer einen 
Vorteil fuer den Angreifer darstellt.} 32...Rc8 33.Qa4 Bb4 34.b7 {[%csl 
Gb7]} 34...Rd8 35.Nf3 {Der wei@ e Springer steht nicht so gut auf h4, 
zielt jetzt Richtung Zentrum.} 35...Qc7 36.Nd4 {[%csl Gb7,Gd4,Gg2][%cal 
Rd4e6,Re6c7,Re6d8]} 36...Qd6 37.Qb5 {[%csl Rf5]} 37...g6 38.Rc1 {[%csl 
Gb5,Gc1,Gd4,Gg2] Wei@c1,Gd4,Gg2] beherrscht das ganze Brett.} 38...Kg7 39.
Rc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb7b8]} 39...Kh8 ( 39...Qxc7 40.Ne6+ $18 {[%cal 
Re6g7,Re6c7]} ) ( 39...Rb8 40.Rd7 Qf6 ( 40...Qc5 41.Qxc5 Bxc5 42.Ne6+ $18 
{[%cal Re6g7,Re6c5]} ( 42.Nc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6e7,Rc6b8]} ) ) 41.Nc6 $18 {
[%cal Rc6b4,Rc6e7,Rc6b8]} ) 40.b8=Q {Und Schwarz gab angesichts des 
wei@ichts en Materialvorteils auf. Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 {Mit diesem etwas extravaganten Aufbau vermeidet 
Schwarz theoretische Hauptvarianten. Ribli.} 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O Ne7 6.d4 Nbc6
{Es ist nicht so haeufig, da@fig, der Laeufer in Damengambit-Stellungen 
auf g7 steht. Jetzt uebt er positionellen Druck gegen den Punkt d4 aus, 
aber wenn Wei@ , wie in unserer Partie, cxd5 und dann e3 spielt, hat 
Schwarz hat kein gro@rz es Gegenspiel, sondern nur eine feste Stellung.} (
6...O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbc6 8.e3 a5 $6 9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.a3 Qd7 12.Qc2 f5 13.
Rac1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Short,N Skelleftea WCup 1989 CBM/14} ) 7.Qc2 ( 7.
Na3 {Der Springer steht bereit, nach eventuellem 7...dxc4 mit 8.i xc4 
zurueckzuschlagen, aber nach meiner Meinung wirkt er auf a3 ein wenig 
sonderbar.} 7...O-O ( 7...dxc4 8.e3 c3 9.bxc3 e5 10.Nc4 exd4 11.cxd4 O-O 
12.Ba3 Re8 13.Rc1 $14 {E-E Ljubojevic,L-Polgar,Z/Moscow blitz 1993 (41)} )
8.e3 b6 ( 8...a5 9.Qe2 b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Bb2 Nb4 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Nb5 c6 14.
Nc3 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Na4 Bb7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rac1 Na6 19.Qb2+ Kg8 20.Ne5
$36 {Pigusov,E-Rustemov,A/RUS-ch 1996/1-0 (59)} ) 9.Bd2 a5 10.Qb3 Ba6 11.
Rfd1 Qd7 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Be1 Rac8 14.Bh3 f5 15.Bf1 Nb8 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nb5
c6 18.Nc3 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qb7 20.Ne2 Qa6 21.Qa3 Bf6 22.Rc2 Kf7 23.Qd3 Qxd3 
24.Rxd3 $13 {Korchnoi,V-Ponomariov,R/Generations, Cannes FRA 1998/1-0 (54)
} ) 7...O-O ( 7...Nxd4 $5 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.cxd5 ( 9.Bh6 Nf5 ) ( 9.Rd1 Bg7 ) 
9...exd5 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.e3 Bg7 12.Rd1 $44 ) 8.Rd1 a5 ( 8...Nf5 9.e3 a5 10.
b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Nb4 12.Qe2 Nd6 13.Ne5 c6 14.Nc3 f5 15.Na4 Be8 16.f3 Na6 17.
e4 Nc7 18.Ba3 b5 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.Nc5 b4 21.Bb2 Qe7 22.exf5 exf5 23.Re1 f4 
24.Qd2 Qd8 25.g4 {1-0 Szmetan,J-Schweber,S/San Martin 1993 (39)} ) ( 8...
h6 $2 9.e3 Nf5 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Qe2 Nd6 12.e4 $146 b5 13.e5 b4 14.Na4 Ba6 
15.Nc5 Bb5 16.exd6 cxd6 17.Ne4 d5 18.a4 $1 bxa3 19.Nc3 axb2 20.Bxb2 a6 21.
Qd2 Rb8 22.h4 $16 {Sturua,Z-Efimov,I/Tbilisi 1991/1-0 (60)} ) 9.Nc3 ( 9.a3
b6 10.e3 ( 10.Nc3 $5 Ba6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bf4 Nf5 ( 12...Qd7 13.h4 Rad8 14.
e3 Bb7 15.Rac1 Ba8 16.Qb3 Nf5 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Rd2 $16 {1-0 Sunye 
Neto,J-Slipak,S/Sao Paulo zt 1993 (39)} ) 13.e3 Nce7 14.b4 Bb7 15.Rac1 Qd7
16.g4 axb4 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Qb1 Nd6 19.Ne5 {E-E Serper,G-Zvjaginsev,V/Moscow7
op 1991} ) 10...Ba6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nc3 Bc8 13.b3 Bf5 14.Qd2 Qd7 15.Bb2 
Rfd8 16.Rdc1 Nc8 $2 ( 16...Rac8 $5 ) ( 16...h6 $5 ) 17.Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 18.Ng5
$1 $16 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Aleksandrov,A/Voskresensk 1993 (32)} ) 9...b6 10.
cxd5 exd5 ( 10...Nxd5 $2 11.Nxd5 ( 11.e4 $2 Ndb4 ( 11...Nxc3 12.bxc3 $16 )
12.Qd2 $13 ( 12.Qb1 Nxd4 $17 ) ) 11...Qxd5 12.Ng5 $18 {[%cal Rg2a8]} ) 11.
Bf4 $14 {Wei@F verfuegt wegen des geschwaechten schwarzen Damenfluegels 
und der halboffenen c-Linie ueber etwas bessere Chancen.} 11...Nb4 {
Schwarz kann mit Tempo seine Springerstellung verbessern. Es ist klar, 
da@, der Springer kann nicht auf c6 bleiben kann, denn Schwarz mu@arz 
wegen der m@ glichen wei@en en Verdoppelung in der c-Linie zu ...c6 bereit
stehen.} 12.Qd2 c6 13.a3 Na6 14.b4 $1 {Wei@n. fuehrt den im Damengambit 
sehr ypischen Minoritaetsangriff durch, dessen Hauptdrohung 15.b5 ist, was
schwarze Schwaechen am Damenfluegel schaffen soll.} 14...axb4 15.axb4 b5 {
[%csl Yc4,Yc5] Es gibt zwei m@i gliche Springervorposten: c5 fuer 
Wei@gervorposten: und c4 fuer Schwarz. Trotzdem steht Wei@ wegen der 
besseren Figurenstellung ueberlegen.} 16.Ra5 Bb7 17.Bh3 {[%csl Gh3]} 17...
Nc8 ( 17...Nxb4 18.Rxa8 Bxa8 ( 18...Qxa8 $2 19.Bd6 $18 {[%cal Rd6b4,Rd6e7]
} ) 19.Nxb5 cxb5 20.Qxb4 $14 {Wei@] hat die bessere Bauernstellung. Der 
b5-Bauer ist schwach.} ) 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Bh6 {Es ist logisch, da@sch, 
Wei@ch, diesen Laeufer tauscht, denn Schwarzen bleibt mit dem schlechten 
Laeufer b7 zurueck, der dem wei@ck, en Springer unterlegen sein sollte.} 
19...f6 ( 19...Bxh6 20.Qxh6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf3g5]} 20...f6 ) 20.Bxg7 
Kxg7 21.Na2 {[%cal Ga2c1,Gc1d3,Gd3c5,Gc1b3,Gb3c5] Der 
wei@,Gc1d3,Gd3c5,Gc1b3,Gb3c5] e Springer strebt nach c5.} 21...Re8 22.Nc1 
Qe6 23.Re1 ( 23.e3 {[%csl Ye4,Yf3,Yh3] Dieser Zug schwaecht die wei@cht en
Felder am K@der nigsfluegel.} ) 23...Qe7 24.Nd3 Nc7 25.Rxa8 Nxa8 {[%cal 
Ga8b6,Gb6c4]} 26.Nc5 Bc8 {Das ist eine typische Damengambit-Stellung. 
Wei@gambit-Stellung. m@@gambit-Stellung. chte mit spaeterem e2-e4 das 
Spiel @iel ffnen und hat die besseren Leichtfiguren. Trotzdem besitzt 
Schwarz eine feste und verteidigungsfaehige Stellung.} 27.h4 h6 28.e4 $1 (
28.h5 $6 g5 {[%csl Rh5]} ) 28...dxe4 29.Rxe4 {[%csl Ra8,Gc5,Rg7]} 29...Qd8
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Qf4 $36 {[%csl Gf4,Rg7][%cal Gf4b8] Die wei@] e Dame steht
aktiv, hat viele M@le glichkeiten einzudringen.} 31...Qd8 32.h5 ( 32.Qb8 
Nc7 ( 32...Nb6 $2 33.Ne6+ $18 {[%cal Gb8d8]} ) ) 32...gxh5 {Schwarz hat 
eine schlechte Bauernstellung, aber einen Mehrbauern und kann die 
wei@auern en Drohungen parieren.} ( 32...g5 33.Qe4 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]} 33...
f5 34.Qe5+ $16 ) 33.Qe4 ( 33.Nh4 Nc7 34.Nf5+ Bxf5 35.Qxf5 Qxd4 $15 ) 33...
Qd5 34.Qe7+ {Natuerlich tauscht Wei@ht nicht seine wirkungsvolle Dame.} ( 
34.Qxd5 $6 cxd5 $15 ) 34...Qf7 35.Qd8 Qc7 36.Qe8 {[%csl Ge8]} 36...Nb6 {
[%cal Gb6d5]} 37.Nh4 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5] Jetzt ist der frueher so schlechte 
Springer der Stolz der schwarzen Stellung.} 38.Qg6+ Kf8 39.Qxh5 ( 39.Qxh6+
Qg7 40.Qxh5 Nxb4 $13 ) 39...Qg7 40.Nd3 ( 40.Nf5 $6 Qg5 ( 40...Bxf5 $2 41.
Qxf5 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rf8][%cal Rc5e6]} ) 41.Qxg5 ( 41.Qxh6+ Qxh6 42.Nxh6 
Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc8h3]} ) 41...hxg5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rd5b4,Rc8f5]
} ) 40...Qg5 41.Qe2 Bf5 $11 {Die Bauernschwaechen sind beidseitig und 
Schwarz entfaltet genuegend Aktivitaet.} 42.Nc5 Qg4 43.Qe1 {[%cal Ge1b4] 
Die einst aktive Dame mu@ den Bauern b4 verteidigen.} 43...h5 44.Qa1 Bc8 (
44...Nxb4 45.Qa3 {[%cal Ga3f8]} 45...Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qxd4 47.Qa8+ Kf7 48.Qb7+ 
$40 ) 45.Qa5 {[%cal Ra5d8]} 45...Ke8 46.Qa8 Ne7 47.Qa1 Nd5 48.Qe1+ {Wei@] 
kommt nicht voran. Die Stellung ist dynamisch im Gleichgewicht.} 48...Kd8 
49.Qd2 Kc7 50.Kg2 {Und hier wurde Remis gegeben. Ribli.} ( 50.Kg2 Qh3+ 51.
Kg1 ( 51.Kf3 $2 Qh1+ ( 51...Qg4+ 52.Kg2 $11 ) 52.Ke2 Bg4+ 53.f3 Qh2+ $19 )
51...Qg4 $11 ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O a6 ( 6...Nc6 ) ( 6...
c6 ) 7.Re1 ( 7.a4 $5 ) 7...b5 8.e5 Ne8 ( 8...dxe5 9.Nxe5 ( 9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.
e6 ( 10.Qd5 Ra7 ( 10...c6 11.Qe4 Nc5 12.Qh4 $40 ) 11.e6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 
13.Be3 $16 ) 10...fxe6 11.Ng5 Ne5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bf4 $146 ) 9...Bb7 10.
Bf3 Qc8 11.Bg5 $36 ) ( 8...Nfd7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Bf3 ) 9.a4 ( 9.
exd6 exd6 ( 9...cxd6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nc6 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nf4 $36 ) ( 9...
Nxd6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Be5 $14 ) 10.Bg5 $14 ) 9...b4 10.Nd5 Nc6 ( 10...a5 11.
Bg5 f6 12.exf6 exf6 13.Bh4 {ii e7,iic4} ) 11.Bf4 ( 11.Bg5 f6 12.exf6 exf6 
13.Bh4 Be6 14.Nf4 Bf7 ) 11...Bb7 {ii d4,de5} 12.c4 $6 ( 12.Ne3 dxe5 13.
dxe5 $14 {ii c4} ) 12...bxc3 13.Nxc3 ( 13.bxc3 Nxd4 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.cxd4 
Bd5 $132 ) 13...Nb4 14.Rc1 Rb8 ( 14...a5 $5 {ic6,i c7} ) 15.Bc4 e6 ( 15...
a5 16.e6 ) 16.Qe2 ( 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Bf1 {ii e4i} ) 16...Bxf3 $1 ( 16...d5 
17.Bd3 $1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Ba8 19.Nd1 Rb4 20.b3 Qb8 21.Nd2 Qb6 22.Rc5 $16 ) 
17.Qxf3 d5 18.Bf1 c5 $1 19.dxc5 Qa5 20.Qe3 Nc6 21.Qd2 Nc7 ( 21...Qb4 {ii 
d4,i a5i} ) 22.Bh6 Rb4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qg5 ( 24.Na2 Rxa4 25.Qxa5 Rxa5 26.
Nc3 Rb8 ) ( 24.Nd1 $15 ) 24...f6 $5 ( 24...Ne8 $5 25.Re3 $2 ( 25.Qd2 Nc7 
$10 ) ( 25.Ne2 h6 ) 25...h6 {id4} ) 25.exf6+ Rxf6 $36 26.Ne2 $1 ( 26.Qd2 
Nd4 ( 26...Rxa4 $1 ) 27.Na2 Rxa4 28.b4 Nf3+ 29.gxf3 Rxa2 30.Qd4 Qa3 $13 ) 
( 26.Rc2 {ii c5-i f6} 26...Nd4 ( 26...Rbf4 ) ) 26...Rxb2 ( 26...Rxa4 27.
Qg3 e5 28.Nc3 $132 ) 27.Nf4 $1 Rf5 28.Qg3 e5 29.Nd3 Rb3 30.f3 ( 30.Rb1 
Qxa4 ) 30...Qxa4 31.Kh1 Qd4 ( 31...Qa3 $4 32.Ra1 ) 32.Rcd1 Qc3 33.Rc1 Qd2 
34.Rcd1 Qg5 $4 ( 34...Qc3 35.Rc1 Qd2 $10 ) 35.Qxg5 Rxg5 36.g4 $1 e4 $8 37.
h4 exd3 38.hxg5 d2 $8 39.Rxd2 Rxf3 40.Bg2 $18 Rc3 41.Bxd5 Rxc5 42.Bxc6 
Rxc6 43.Re7+ Kf8 44.Rxh7 Ne6 45.Ra7 Ke8 46.Rdd7 Nxg5 47.Re7+ Kf8 48.Reb7 
Re6 49.Ra8+ Re8 50.Rxa6 Ne6 ( 50...Re6 51.Rxe6 Nxe6 $18 52.Kg2 ) 51.Kh2 
Kg8 52.Kg3 Kh8 53.Raa7 Nf8 ( 53...Ng5 54.Rb6 Ne6 55.Kh4 ) ( 53...g5 54.Re7
) 54.Kh4 Rd8 55.Kg5 Kg8 56.Kh6 Kh8 57.Rf7 Kg8 58.Rf6 g5 ( 58...Rc8 59.Rg7+
Kh8 60.Rgf7 Kg8 61.Rxf8+ ) 59.Rb6 Rc8 60.Kxg5 Rd8 61.Kh6 Rc8 62.Rf6 Re8 
63.Rg7+ Kh8 64.Rgf7 Ne6 65.Rh7+ ( 65.Rh7+ Kg8 66.Rg6+ Kf8 67.Rh8+ Kf7 68.
Rxe8 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 a6 12.a4 Bd7 13.Qd3 Bc6 14.Bd4 Nd7 15.f5 
Bf6 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Bg4 Rfe8 18.Ne2 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Ng3 Qe7 21.Qb3 
Rad8 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 g6 24.Be2 Kg7 25.Qc4 Rd8 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.Bxd3 Qd7
28.b3 Qd6 29.Ne2 Bd8 30.Qc3 Bb6 31.Qe1 Qc5 32.Ng1 Qf8 33.g3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.Nd2 Bg4 8.Ngf3 
e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qa4 Bh5 11.Rfe1 Bg6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bf1 a6 15.
Rac1 b5 16.Qd1 Na5 17.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c6 4.Nd2 Nbd7 5.f4 Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bh4 
g5 9.fxg5 e6 10.g4 hxg5 11.Bg3 Nf6 12.Bg2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.h3 Qg3+ 15.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.Kxf2 b6 17.Ne2 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 ( 7...
b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.f4 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Kh1 Ngf6 12.Qe1 Be7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rd1 
Rfe8 15.Qg3 Bf8 16.Bd4 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 Rac8 {
Dubiel,J-Kveinys,A/Cappelle op 1994/TD 94\02/0-1 (46)} ) 8.O-O d6 9.f4 b6 
( 9...Nbd7 10.Qf3 b6 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.Rae1 g6 13.Qh3 Bg7 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Nf3 
Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Qh5 17.Qg3 Rac8 18.Ng5 Rc5 19.Be2 {1-0 Hector,J-Hillarp 
Persson,T/Hellir 1997/EXP 62 (31)} ) 10.e5 Nfd7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Ne4 Be7 
13.Qf3 Nc6 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Qh5 h6 16.Bc3 f5 17.Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 18.Rf3 Rf7 19.
Rg3+ Kf8 20.Qxh6+ Ke8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.fxg5 Nf8 23.g6 Rg7 24.Re1 e5 25.Qh5 
Ne7 26.Rge3 e4 {} 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Rxe4 Kd8 29.Rd1+ $4 ( 29.Qh8 $1 Rg8 30.
Qd4+ $16 ) ( 29.Qh6 $18 ) ( 29.Qf3 $14 ) 29...Bd7 30.Qh8 ( 30.Qf3 $142 ) 
30...Rg8 31.Qf6 Nxg6 32.Nd4 Kc8 33.Ne6 Qc6 ( 33...Qxc2 ) 34.Rde1 Bxe6 ( 
34...Qxc2 ) 35.Rxe6 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Ra7 37.Rxb6 Rc7 ( 37...Qd5 $142 ) 38.Rxa6 
Kb7 ( 38...Qd5 $142 ) 39.Ra3 Rf8 $4 ( 39...Rc6 $142 $15 ) 40.Rb3+ $4 ( 40.
Qa6+ $142 Kb8 41.Qa8# ) 40...Ka8 $17 41.Qa6+ Ra7 42.Qe2 Rxa2 43.Rd1 Ra4 
44.h3 Nc6 45.Rc3 Qe5 46.Re3 Qb8 47.Re4 Rxe4 48.Qxe4 Ne7 49.Qa4+ Qa7 50.
Qxa7+ Kxa7 51.Rd2 Kb6 52.Kh2 Kc5 53.c3 Nd5 54.Re2 Kd6 55.Kg1 Ne5 56.Rd2 
Ke6 57.Re2 Ra8 58.Kh2 Kf5 59.Rf2+ Ke4 60.Rd2 Nd3 61.Re2+ Ne3 62.Kg3 Rg8+ 
63.Kh2 Nf4 64.Rf2 Nexg2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bb5+ 
Bd7 9.Bd3 Ba4 10.O-O Ne7 11.Ne1 ( 11.h4 h6 12.h5 Nd7 13.Re1 a6 14.Rb1 Bb5 
15.Bxb5 axb5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Rxb5 Ra4 18.c4 {E-E 
Hnydiuk,A-Matlak,M/Polanica Zdroj op 1995 (36)} ) ( 11.Nh4 Nbc6 12.Be3 Na5
13.f4 g6 14.Bf2 cxd4 15.cxd4 h5 16.h3 Nc4 17.Ra2 O-O-O 18.Qe2 b5 {
Logie,M-Monakhov,Y/Cappelle op 1995/0-1 (45)} ) ( 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Bf4 a6 13.
Bg5 Nc6 14.h4 Na5 15.h5 h6 16.Bh4 Bb5 17.Nh2 Bxd3 18.cxd3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qc3
20.Rc1 Qxd4 21.Nf3 Qb2 22.Qa4 {1-0 Klovans,J-Shaked,T/Koop Tjuchem op 1996
(31)} ) 11...Nd7 12.f4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qc3 14.Rb1 Qxd4+ 15.Kh1 b5 16.Qe2 a6 
17.Nf3 Qa7 18.Be3 Qc7 19.f5 $1 ( {A principal move. After} 19.Bd4 {, but} 
19...g6 {or 19...0-0-0 yield Black a clearly superior position.} ( 19...
O-O $2 {is refuted by} 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Qh5 Bxc2 ( 22...Qxc2 
23.f5 $18 ) 23.f5 $1 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 ) ) 19...Nxf5 ( 19...O-O-O {fails to} 
20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Ng5 ) ( 19...exf5 {was more prudent:, e.g.} 20.Bg5 Nc5 ) 
20.Bxf5 exf5 21.e6 $1 {Otherwise after 21...0-0 White's position is lost.}
21...fxe6 22.Bf4 {[%csl Rd5,Re6,Re8][%cal 
Ge2e6,Gb1d1,Gd1d5,Gf1e1,Ge1e6,Gf3d4,Gf3g5,Gg5f7,Gd4c6]} 22...Qxf4 $2 ( {A 
mistake, after which White's attack becomes irresistible. Correct was} 
22...Qb6 $1 23.Bc7 Qxc7 24.Qxe6+ Kd8 {, and although White has a durable 
initiative, Black has good chances to consolidate his position and convert
his big material advantage.} ) 23.Qxe6+ Kd8 24.Rbd1 b4 ( {If} 24...Qe4 {, 
then} 25.Qd6 Qe7 26.Qxd5 Kc7 ( 26...Ra7 27.Rfe1 {followed by 28.i e5} ) 
27.Rfe1 $18 ) 25.Qxd5 Kc7 26.Rd4 Qh6 27.Rc4+ Bc6 28.Nd4 Nb8 29.Qa5+ Kb7 ( 
29...Kd7 30.Qxf5+ {winning} ) 30.Qxb4+ ( 30.Qxb4+ Kc7 ( 30...Kc8 31.Nxc6 
Nxc6 32.Qb6 ) 31.Qe7+ Kc8 32.Rb1 {followed by 33.i c6+(33.i c6) and 34.i 
b7+.} ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.
h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 b4 11.a5 O-O 12.Bg5 bxc3 13.bxc3 Rb8 14.Nd2 Na7 15.O-O Nb5
16.Rfc1 c6 17.Nf1 h6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 g6 20.Qg3 Kh7 21.Bd1 Nd7 22.h4 
Nc5 23.Nc4 Ne6 24.Ra2 Rb7 25.h5 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.hxg6+ fxg6 28.g3 Kg7 
29.Kf1 Rh8 30.Kg2 Kf6 31.Ne3 Ke7 32.Bb3 Rhb8 33.Bc4 Rh8 34.Rb2 Ra7 35.Rbb1
Nc5 36.Ra1 Rb7 37.Kf3 Rbb8 38.Ke2 Rh2 39.Ng4 Rhh8 40.Kd2 Nc7 41.Rcb1 Nb5 
42.Re1 Rbf8 43.Rh1 Rh5 44.Rhc1 Rhh8 45.Ke3 Ne6 46.d4 Nxc3 47.dxe5 d5 48.
exd5 cxd5 49.Bxa6 d4+ 50.Kd2 Nc5 51.Bc4 N3e4+ 52.Ke2 Rh2 53.Kf1 Nxg3+ 54.
Kg1 Rh1+ 55.Kg2 Rxc1 56.Rxc1 Nge4 57.Bd5 Nc3 58.Nf6 Nd3 59.Rh1 Nf4+ 60.Kf3
Nfxd5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Ra2 ( 9.Nf3 $5 {is a popular alternative here:} 9...Qxc2 10.dxc5 Bd7 11.
Nd4 Qe4+ 12.Qxe4 dxe4 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Rxb5 Nc6 16.Rxb7 Nxe5 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18.Bf4 {1-0 Renet,O-Eustache,B/Clichy op 1991 (25)} ) 9...c4 ( 
9...Nc6 {leaves White smaller choice, as Black threatens 10...cd4 and 
10...i e5.} 10.Nf3 Nge7 11.Bd3 ( 11.Qf4 cxd4 12.Ng5 Nf5 13.g4 h6 14.Nxf7 
g5 15.Qf3 Rf8 16.gxf5 Rxf7 17.f6 Nxe5 {0-1 Porrasmaa,T-Kekki,J/FIN-chT 
1986 (31)} ) 11...Nf5 12.Qf4 h6 13.h4 Bd7 14.g4 Nfe7 15.dxc5 Qxf4 16.Bxf4 
h5 17.Nh2 hxg4 18.Nxg4 Nf5 19.Nf6+ Kd8 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.h5 {1-0 
Hazai,L-Kekki,J/Espoo 1987 (24) Now White can choose between retreating 
his queen to d1 and keeping it on the kingside.} ) 10.Qd1 ( 10.h4 $5 {
seems to me more attractive option:} 10...h6 11.h5 g5 12.Qg3 Qb5 13.Ra1 
Qb2 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.f4 Nf5 16.Qf3 g4 17.Qxg4 Nc6 18.Qf3 {1-0 
Grabics,M-Iltchouk,E/EUchJW-U18 1994 (42)} ) 10...Nc6 11.Be2 ( 11.h4 f6 
$140 $6 12.h5 $1 $36 {was a better continuation.} ) 11...Bd7 12.g4 $6 {
Again, 11.h4 ih5 was to be preferred. The text move just weakens the 
kingside and yields Black excellent counterplay.} 12...f6 $1 {A strong 
response. Now Black seizes initiative and start effective actions in the 
center and on the king side.} 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.h4 $6 {Untimely 
advancenment. Essential was 14.if4 followed by 15.i d2.} 14...h5 $1 {
Having his king at the secure resort on the queenside, Black has all the 
reasons to maximally open the position on the opposite wing. Now White run
into serious troubles.} 15.gxh5 $6 ( 15.g5 {was to be preferred, although 
after} 15...fxe5 {followed by i g8-e7-f5 Black has a superior position.} )
15...Rxh5 16.exf6 Rf5 $1 ( {It is much stronger than} 16...Nxf6 17.Ng5 
Rhh8 $140 $2 18.Nf7 {, although after 17..e5 Black has excellent 
compensation for the exchange.} ) 17.Rg1 Nxf6 {Planning 18...i e4} 18.Ng5 
Rf8 {Planning 18..e5} 19.Be3 $2 {White's position is critical, but after 
this move Black gets decisive advantage. Better was 19.f4i.} 19...Qa5 $1 {
Provoking 20.i d2 and preparing the exchange sacrifice, after which 
Black's attack becomes irresistible.} 20.Qd2 Rxg5 $1 {[%csl 
Rc3,Rd2,Rd4,Rf2][%cal Gf6e4,Ge4d2,Ge4c3,Ge4f2,Gf8f2,Ga5c3,Gc6d4] This move
decides the game.} 21.hxg5 Ne4 22.Qc1 Qxc3+ 23.Bd2 Qxd4 24.Be3 Qc3+ 25.Bd2
Qh3 {Transferring his queen to the kingside, Black initiates the next 
phase of his attack.} 26.c3 Qh2 27.Rf1 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 29.Kd1 Na5 {
Opening the e8-a4 diagonal to the bishop and threatening 30...i b3.} 30.
Qc2 Qg1+ ( {White resigned. After} 30...Qg1+ 31.Be1 {Black has a pleasant 
choice between} 31...Nf2+ 32.Kd2 $140 Qxg5# {and 31...ia4 32.i a4 i c3-+.}
) 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "C71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "59"]

{When Black fails to exchange his blacksquared i White gets the play he 
wants with a nice bind on the i -side.} 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bg4 {With this move Black wants 
to take advantage of the weakened d4.} ( 5...Bd7 {is main line.} ) 6.h3 
Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Na3 {A funny looking move, but with some points to it. 
Whites main problem in the Duras variation (5.c4) is to control d4. The 
normal way to do it is to play i c3-e2. Here White goes around it another 
way. With the text White aims for i c2, protecting d4 and also preparing 
b4 or some activity like i e3-f5.} ( 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Bxc6 ( 9.Ne2 Be7 10.O-O 
O-O 11.Bxc6 ( 11.d3 Bf6 $6 ( 11...Nc5 $142 ) 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.
Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Qg4 Qe8 16.f4 $16 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Goh Yoon Wah/Luzern olm 
1982/BIG 80 (44)} ) 11...bxc6 12.d4 Bg5 13.Qc3 Bxc1 14.Raxc1 c5 15.dxe5 
Nxe5 16.Rcd1 Nc6 17.Rd3 Qe7 $11 {E-E Prelovszky,L-Barcza,G/HUN-ch 
1966/MCD-ch (36)} ) ( 9.O-O Be7 10.d3 Nc5 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Be3 Ne6 13.Bxc6 
bxc6 14.Qa4 c5 15.a3 a5 16.Nd5 Bg5 17.Qc6 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Qe8 $11 {
Sznapik,A-Juroszek,T/POL-ch 1987/EXT 87ch/1-0 (50)} ) 9...bxc6 10.d3 Nc5 
11.Ne2 Ne6 12.g3 Be7 13.h4 Qb8 14.O-O O-O 15.Qg4 Qc8 16.Kh2 Nc5 17.Qxc8 
Raxc8 $11 {E-E Varavin,V-Yandemirov,V/RUS-Cup3 1996/CBM 57 (57)} ) 8...Be7
9.Nc2 Nd7 ( 9...O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 Bg5 13.Nb4 ( 13.Be3 {
would give us Cicak-Palsson.} ) 13...c5 14.Nc6 Qf6 $11 {
Janosevic-Ciocaltea/Beograd/1977} ) 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.d4 O-O 12.Be3 Bg5 13.
O-O Qf6 $6 ( 13...Bxe3 $142 ) 14.Qxf6 Bxf6 15.d5 c5 16.b4 $36 {White has a
clear initiative here. The i on f6 is passive.} 16...Rfb8 ( 16...cxb4 17.
Nxb4 $14 {ii c6} ) 17.Rab1 Rb6 18.Rb3 a5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Rfb1 Kf8 21.Na3 
a4 22.R3b2 Be7 23.Nb5 Rab8 24.Rd1 Bd6 25.Kf1 R6b7 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Kd3 g6 28.
Rdb1 f5 29.Bg5+ Kf7 $4 ( 29...Kf8 $16 ) 30.Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Be2 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6 
9.Qe1 b5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rb1 f5 12.Bd1 b4 13.Ne2 Qa5 14.a3 bxa3 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.bxa3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Nc4 18.Bc1 Nc6 19.Ng3 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21.Kh1 Ne3 
22.Bxe3 Bxe3 23.f5 exf5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Rb6 f4 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Nxd6 Rf6 28.
Nc4 Rxb6 29.Nxb6 Rd8 30.Nc4 Kg7 31.h3 Kg6 32.Kh2 Be4 33.g3 Rd4 34.Ne5+ Kf5
35.Nd3 c4 36.Bg4+ Kg5 37.gxf4+ Kh4 38.Nf2 Rd2 39.Kg1 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bd3 ( 8.
Be2 Re8 9.O-O a6 10.c5 Bf8 11.Bb2 b6 12.cxb6 Nxb6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 
15.Qxe4 Nd5 16.Ne5 Bb7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Nc5 $16 {
Skembris-Kalogerakos, Katerini 1992} ) ( 8.Bb2 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Rc8 11.
Rfd1 Bd6 $6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qe7 15.c5 $1 $16 {
Adorjan-Nadera, Manila 1991} ) 8...b6 ( 8...dxc4 9.bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.
exd4 b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Re1 Re8 14.Re3 Nf8 15.Ne2 $14 {Ward-Summerscale, GB 
ch 1992} ) 9.g4 ( 9.O-O c5 ( 9...Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Rac1 Rfd8 
13.Qe2 Qb8 14.e4 ( 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rc2 $11 {E-E Pavey,M-Rossolimo,N/New 
York USA ch 1954 (18)} ) 14...dxe4 15.Nxe4 c5 16.dxc5 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 
18.Qxe4 Nxc5 19.Qg4 Bf8 20.Ne5 $14 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Ballon,G/Sitges op 
1993 (40)} ) 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.cxd5 ( 11.Ne5 cxd4 ( 11...g6 12.Rad1 a6 13.Nxd7
Nxd7 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bc4 $16 {1-0 Pachman,L-Reilly,B/Madrid 
zt 1960 (28)} ) 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Rad1 $14 ) 11...exd5 12.Rad1 $14 ) 9...Nxg4
10.Bxh7+ Kh8 11.h3 ( 11.Rg1 f5 12.Bg6 Bh4 13.Nd1 ( 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.h3 Qxh3
15.Ba3 Rf6 $17 {0-1 Stangl,M-Thesing,M/BL 1994 (46)} ) 13...Bb7 14.h3 Nh6 
$14 ) 11...Ngf6 12.Bd3 Bb4 ( 12...c5 $1 $132 ) 13.Bb2 Qe7 ( 13...Bb7 14.
O-O-O c5 $132 ) 14.Rg1 Bb7 15.Kf1 $6 ( 15.O-O-O c5 $132 ) 15...Bd6 16.Re1 
c5 17.e4 $2 $17 ( 17.cxd5 exd5 ( 17...Bxd5 18.Nxd5 $14 ) ( 17...Nxd5 $2 
18.dxc5 $18 {[%csl Rg7]} ) 18.Nh4 Rg8 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Bf5 ( 21.
dxc5 bxc5 ( 21...Nxc5 22.Bf5 $14 ) 22.Ne2 Rae8 23.Nf4 Ne5 24.Be2 Ba6 25.
Rg5 $1 $36 ) 21...cxd4 22.exd4 Rge8 $11 ) 17...cxd4 18.Nxd4 dxc4 19.Bxc4 (
19.bxc4 Rfd8 $17 ) 19...Ne5 20.Bb5 ( 20.Qd2 $1 Nxc4 21.bxc4 Ne8 $17 ( 
21...Nd7 $2 22.Rxg7 $3 Qh4 ( 22...Kxg7 23.Nd5 exd5 24.Nf5+ $18 ) 23.Nf3 
Qxh3+ 24.Rg2 Ne5 25.Ne2 f6 26.Ng5 $1 ( 26.Qxd6 Nxf3 27.Ng1 $18 ) 26...fxg5
( 26...Qh1+ 27.Rg1 Qh4 28.Qxd6 Nxc4 29.Qf4 Qxf4 30.Nxf4 Nxb2 31.Ng6+ Kg8 
32.Ne7+ Kg7 33.Nxe6+ Kf7 34.Nxf8 $16 ) 27.Qxd6 $18 ) ) 20...a6 21.Be2 Rac8
22.Qd2 Ng6 ( 22...Bb4 23.f3 Rfd8 24.Rd1 Ng6 $17 ) 23.Bd3 $6 ( 23.Rd1 Rfd8 
24.Qe3 Bf4 25.Qf3 Be5 26.Qe3 Nf4 $17 ) 23...Bf4 $19 ( 23...Rfd8 $19 ) 24.
Qd1 ( 24.Qe2 Rfd8 25.Na4 b5 26.Nb6 Rc7 $19 ) 24...Rfd8 25.Nce2 $8 Be5 26.
Qb1 ( 26.f3 Nh5 27.Rg4 Qf6 $19 ) 26...Nh5 27.Rg4 ( 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.Bc2 Nhf4 
$19 ) 27...Qf6 28.Bc2 Rxd4 ( 28...Ngf4 $19 ) 29.Bxd4 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 Qxd4 31.
e5 Ngf4 32.Be4 Qd2 33.Rh4 Bxe4 34.Qxe4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Black "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.h3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bf5 11.Re1 Rc8 12.a3 Nxd4 13.Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.Nxd4 Ne4 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Qb3 Qd3 18.Qxb7 Rc2 19.Be3 Bd4 20.Rad1 Bxe3 21.
Rxd3 Bxf2+ 22.Kh2 exd3 23.Re4 h5 24.Qb8+ Kh7 25.Qb3 Rg7 26.Qxd3 Bg1+ 27.
Kh1 Rcxg2 28.Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Black "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 
f5 9.O-O d6 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Nd2 f4 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 fxe3 14.Qxe3 c5 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16.Nf3 Re8 17.Qf4 Ne5 18.Rcd1 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Bd8 22.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Kf8 24.f4 Rc8 25.f5 Rc6 26.fxg6 Rxg6+ 27.
Kf1 Rh6 28.Kg2 Rh4 29.b3 Rd4 30.Re2 Bg5 31.h3 Rd3 32.Nc7 Bf6 33.Re8+ Kg7 
34.Ra8 a5 35.Nd5 Bd4 36.Nxb6 Rd2 37.Rxa5 Rxf2+ 38.Kg3 h5 39.Nd7 Kg6 40.
Ne5+ Kf5 41.Nf3 Be3 42.Ra7 Ke4 43.Re7+ Kd3 44.Ne5+ Kd4 45.Nc6+ Kd3 46.a4 
f5 47.a5 f4+ 48.Kh4 Ra2 49.b4 Kxc4 50.bxc5 Kxc5 51.Nd8 Ra3 52.Kxh5 Kd6 53.
Rf7 Rxa5+ 54.Kg6 Ra1 55.Rf6+ Ke5 56.Nc6+ Ke4 57.Re6+ Kd5 58.Rf6 Rg1+ 59.
Kf7 Rc1 60.Ne7+ Ke4 61.Re6+ Kd3 62.Nd5 Rc5 63.Nxf4+ Bxf4 64.Kg6 Rg5+ 65.
Kf6 Rh5 66.Kg6 Rxh3 67.Kf5 Be3 68.Rd6+ Bd4 69.Kg4 Rh8 70.Re6 Rf8 71.Ra6 
Ke4 72.Ra4 Rg8+ 73.Kh3 Kd5 74.Ra5+ Ke4 75.Ra4 Ke5 76.Ra5+ Kf4 77.Ra4 Rh8+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 d6 8.b3 Bg7 
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nh3 O-O 11.O-O Nb6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Bc3 Qd7 14.e4 Bxf1 15.Qxf1 
Rfc8 16.Nf4 Qa7 17.Na3 Rb7 18.Nb5 Qa6 19.Qe1 c4 20.Bf1 Qa8 21.a5 Nbd7 22.
bxc4 Rxb5 23.cxb5 Rxc3 24.Qxc3 Nxe4 25.Qc6 Qd8 26.Rc1 Qxa5 27.Qxd7 Qd2 28.
Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Olsen, Heini"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bd2 Qe7 10.c5 Bc7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 h6 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.Bd3 
b6 16.b4 Bb7 17.a4 a5 18.Bc4 Rec8 19.Rab1 axb4 20.Bxb4 Qd7 21.cxb6 Bxb6 
22.Ne5 Qd8 23.Nxf7 Qxd4 24.Bxe6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Rfd1 a5 13.a3 h6 14.Bh4 Nf8 15.c5 Bf5 
16.Qb3 g5 17.Bg3 Ng6 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Qc2 h5 20.f3 h4 21.Bf2 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 e4 
23.Rd4 Qe5 24.Rad1 Kf8 25.Qb3 Re7 26.Rd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Ne8 28.Nxe4 g4 {}
29.Rxe8+ $1 $18 Kxe8 ( 29...Rxe8 30.Bxf7 ) 30.Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 ( 30...Rxf7 31.
Nd6+ ) 31.Bxg6 gxf3 32.Bxh4 Re6 33.Bg3 Qd5 34.Qxd5 cxd5 35.Bd6+ Kg8 36.Bf5
Rh6 37.Nc3 Rf6 38.Nxd5 f2+ 39.Kxf2 Kf7 40.e4 Rh6 41.e5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nd7 6.a3 h6 7.b3 a6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 f5 10.Bb2 Ngf6 11.Nd2 Bd6 12.f3 O-O 13.b4 Qe7 14.f4 Ne4 15.Ndxe4 fxe4
16.Qe2 Qh4+ 17.Kd2 Nb6 18.c5 Nc4+ 19.Kc2 Bc7 20.Rag1 b5 21.g3 Qh3 22.Bc1 
a5 23.Qf1 Qxf1 24.Rxf1 Rf7 25.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Kjartansson, David"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.h4 e5 8.dxe6 
dxe6 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Be2 Nf7 14.f4 
O-O-O 15.Bf3 e5 16.Ne2 Be6 17.N4c3 c6 18.fxe5 fxe5 19.a3 Nd6 20.Kb1 Nc4 
21.Ne4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bxh4 23.Nd6+ Kc7 24.Nxc4 Bxc4 25.Nc3 Be7 26.Re1 Bf6 
27.Ne4 Bg7 28.b3 Be6 29.Ng5 Bd7 30.Be4 h6 31.Nf3 Bg4 32.Nh4 Rd8 33.Re3 Bf6
34.Ng6 Rd6 35.Rg3 h5 36.Bd3 e4 37.Be2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Black "Briem, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.c4 Nb6 5.c5 Nd5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nf3 d6 8.cxd6 cxd6
9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Nc3 d5 12.Ng5 Be7 13.f4 g6 14.Be3 a6 15.Be2 h6 16.
Nh3 Na5 17.g4 Nac4 18.Bc1 Bb4 19.Qe1 Rc8 20.f5 g5 21.fxe6 Bxe6 22.Qg3 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Nd7 24.Nf2 b5 25.Bd3 Qa5 26.Bf5 Ncb6 27.Nd1 Na4 28.Bd2 Qc7 29.Qf3 
Qc6 30.Re1 Ndb6 31.Ne3 Nc4 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Rab1 Rg8 34.h3 Nb6 35.Bc1 Rc7 
36.Ba3 Rg7 37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.Qf6 Rcf7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Black "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Qe2 
Bg4 ( 8...Nc6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O Bg4 ) 9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 ( 11.a3 
Nc6 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qd2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc5 $13 ) 11...Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.a3 
Nd7 $10 14.Bd2 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nc5 16.Rab1 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 ( 17.cxd3 e6 18.Rfc1 
Rac8 ) 17...Rac8 18.Nd5 Qd4 ( 18...Qd8 19.f5 e6 20.f6 $2 ( 20.Nf4 Qe7 $10 
) 20...Bh8 ) 19.Qe2 f5 $1 ( 19...e6 $2 20.Bc3 ) 20.Nc3 {iie3,ef5!?} 20...
Qc5 21.exf5 ( 21.Be3 Qa5 22.b4 Qd8 ) ( 21.b4 Qb6 ( 21...Qd4 22.exf5 gxf5 
23.Nb5 Qf6 24.Bc3 Qf7 $13 ) 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Qe6+ Rf7 $14 ) 
21...Qxf5 22.Rbc1 Bf6 23.Qf3 $15 b6 24.Ne4 Nd4 ( 24...Bxb2 25.Qb3+ Rf7 26.
Rce1 ( 26.Ng3 Qf6 27.Rce1 Nd4 ( 27...Bd4 28.Ne4 Qg7 29.Ng5 ) 28.Qxb2 Rxc2 
29.Qb1 Rxd2 30.Ne4 ) 26...Bf6 $13 ) 25.Qd3 Bg7 26.Bc3 d5 ( 26...Ne6 27.g4 
Qf7 28.f5 $36 ) 27.Bxd4 Qxe4 ( 27...dxe4 28.Qb3+ Qf7 29.Qe3 e5 30.fxe5 
Qxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kh2 Rxc2 33.Qxe4 $13 ) 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 
30.c3 Rcd8 $10 31.Rce1 e5 $2 ( 31...Rd2 32.Rxe4 Rxb2 33.Rxe7+ Rf7 $10 ) 
32.Rxe4 Rxf4 33.Rfxf4 exf4 34.Rxf4 ( 34.Re7+ Kh6 35.Rxa7 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Rd2 {
ii b2,f3} ) 34...Rd2 35.Rb4 Kf6 36.a4 Ke6 37.Kh2 ( 37.a5 bxa5 38.Rb7 h5 
39.Rxa7 Rxb2 40.Rxa5 Rc2 41.Rc5 h4 42.Kg1 Kf6 43.Kf1 g5 $14 ) 37...Kd5 38.
Kg3 ( 38.a5 bxa5 39.Rb7 h5 40.Rxa7 Rxb2 41.Rxa5+ Ke6 42.Kg3 Rc2 43.Rc5 $16
) 38...g5 $2 ( 38...Kc6 $16 ) 39.Rb5+ $1 ( 39.a5 bxa5 40.Rb5+ Ke6 41.Rxa5 
Rxb2 42.Rxa7 h5 43.Rc7 $16 ) 39...Kc4 40.Rxg5 Rxb2 41.Rg7 a5 42.Rxh7 Kb3 (
42...Kxc3 43.Rf7 Rb4 44.Rf6 ( 44.Rf3+ Kc2 45.h4 Rxa4 46.h5 Rc4 47.h6 $2 ( 
47.Rf4 Rc8 48.Rh4 Rh8 $13 ) 47...Rc6 48.h7 Rh6 49.Rf7 a4 $10 ) 44...Kb3 
45.h4 Kxa4 46.h5 b5 47.h6 $18 ) 43.Rg7 Kxa4 44.h4 Rb3 45.h5 Rxc3+ 46.Kh4 
b5 47.g4 b4 48.h6 Rc1 49.g5 $1 ( 49.h7 b3 50.Rb7 Ka3 51.Kg5 $4 Rh1 52.Kg6 
b2 53.Kg7 Ka2 54.h8=Q Rxh8 55.Kxh8 b1=Q 56.Rxb1 Kxb1 57.g5 a4 58.g6 a3 59.
g7 a2 60.g8=Q a1=Q+ $10 ) 49...Rh1+ 50.Kg4 b3 51.h7 ( 51.Rb7 $1 Ka3 52.h7 
b2 53.g6 ) 51...b2 52.g6 Ka3 53.Rb7 $18 {ig7} 53...Rg1+ 54.Kf5 Rf1+ 55.Ke6
Re1+ 56.Kd6 Rd1+ 57.Ke6 Re1+ 58.Kf6 Rf1+ 59.Kg5 Rg1+ 60.Kf6 Rf1+ ( 60...
Rf1+ 61.Kg7 Rh1 62.h8=Q $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Black "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Qxe4 Qd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Kd1 Bf5 11.d3 e6 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Bxd4 Rxd4 14.Rc1+
Kb8 15.Nf3 Rd5 16.d4 Bg4 17.Be2 Be7 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rxd4+ 20.Ke2 Rhd8 
21.Rcd1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rxd1 23.Kxd1 Bc5 24.Be4 g6 25.f3 Bd4 26.b3 Bxe5 27.
Kc2 Kc7 28.a4 b6 29.b4 Kd6 30.Kb3 Bg3 31.Kc4 Ke5 32.Bc6 Be1 33.b5 Kf4 34.
Kd3 Bb4 35.Ke2 g5 36.Be8 f6 37.Bf7 e5 38.Bg8 h5 39.g4 e4 40.fxe4 hxg4 41.
hxg4 Kxg4 42.Kf2 Kh3 43.Bc4 Bc5+ 44.Ke2 g4 45.e5 fxe5 46.Bd5 Kg3 47.Kf1 
Kf4 48.Kg2 Be7 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Black "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 $6 ( 6.O-O ) 6...c6 ( 
6...b6 $5 ) 7.O-O b5 $6 ( 7...Nbd7 8.e5 ( 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 Re8 ) 
8...Ne8 9.Bf4 dxe5 ( 9...f6 $1 $10 ) 10.dxe5 Nc7 11.Qc1 $14 ) 8.e5 Ne8 9.
Bf4 a5 $6 ( 9...Nd7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Nb6 12.Qd2 a5 13.Rfd1 $36 ) 10.Re1 $6 
( 10.Ne4 Be6 11.Re1 Bd5 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.Qd2 $16 ) 10...d5 $1 11.Bd3 ( 11.a4 
b4 12.Nb1 $36 {ii bd2-b3,c3} ) ( 11.Qd2 $14 ) 11...Na6 12.Ne2 ( 12.a3 Nec7
13.Ne2 c5 14.c3 ) 12...Nb4 13.Ng3 Nc7 $6 ( 13...Nxd3 14.cxd3 ( 14.Qxd3 Nc7
15.Qd2 Re8 16.Bh6 Kh8 17.h4 $36 ) 14...Nc7 15.Rc1 Bd7 $14 ) 14.Bf1 Ne6 15.
Bd2 ( 15.Be3 f6 16.c3 Na6 17.Qd2 ) 15...Qb6 16.c3 Na6 17.Ng5 $1 {ii 
e6,f4-f5} 17...c5 $2 ( 17...Nac7 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.f4 $36 ) ( 17...Nxg5 18.
Bxg5 f6 19.Bf4 Nc7 $14 ) 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.dxc5 Nxc5 ( 19...Qxc5 20.Be3 Qc6 
21.f4 $16 {ii f3,f5,ii e2-d4} ) 20.Be3 Qc6 21.f4 Rad8 $2 ( 21...b4 22.cxb4
axb4 23.Rc1 ) ( 21...Rab8 22.Qf3 ( 22.Ne2 $16 ) 22...Ne4 $132 ) 22.Ne2 Ne4
23.Nd4 Qb7 24.Bxb5 $18 g5 ( 24...Bd7 25.Bxd7 ( 25.a4 ) 25...Rxd7 ( 25...
Qxd7 26.a4 ) 26.e6 ) 25.a4 gxf4 26.Bxf4 Kh8 ( 26...Qc7 27.Qh5 ) 27.Rf1 ( 
27.Qh5 $18 {ii e2,id3} ) 27...Rg8 28.Qh5 Qc8 29.Kh2 Rdf8 30.Rae1 $2 ( 30.
Bd3 Qb8 31.Rf2 $18 ) 30...f5 $1 31.exf6 $2 ( 31.Nf3 Bd7 $16 ) 31...Rxf6 
32.Nxe6 $2 ( 32.Be5 Rg6 ) ( 32.Re2 ) 32...Qxe6 33.g3 $1 Rf5 34.Qe2 Be5 
$132 35.Bd3 Bxf4 36.gxf4 Qd6 $5 ( 36...Rg3 37.Bxe4 ( 37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.Qxf3 
Qd6 $40 ) 37...Rxh3+ 38.Kxh3 $4 ( 38.Kg2 Qg6+ 39.Kf2 Qg3# ) ( 38.Kg1 dxe4 
39.Qxe4 Qg6+ 40.Kf2 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 $13 ) 38...Rh5+ $2 ( 38...Rg5+ $1 39.f5 
Qh6+ ) 39.Kg2 Qh3+ 40.Kg1 dxe4 41.Qg2 ) 37.Qe3 $4 ( 37.Bxe4 Rxf4 38.Rxf4 
Qxf4+ 39.Kh1 dxe4 40.Qxe4 Qf2 41.Qd4+ Qxd4 42.cxd4 Rg3 43.Kh2 Rb3 $10 ) 
37...Ng3 $4 ( 37...Rg3 38.Qd4+ ( 38.Rf3 Rxf3 39.Qxf3 Rxf4 ) 38...Rg7 ( 
38...e5 39.fxe5 Rxh3+ 40.Kxh3 Qh6+ 41.Kg2 Qg6+ 42.Kh2 Rh5# ) 39.Bxe4 Rxf4 
40.Qxd5 $4 ( 40.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 41.Kh1 dxe4 42.Qd8+ Rg8 43.Qd4+ e5 ( 43...Rg7 
44.Qxe4 $4 ( 44.Qd8+ $10 ) 44...Qg3 $19 ) 44.Qxe4 ) ( 40.Kh1 $1 dxe4 41.
Qxd6 Rxf1+ 42.Rxf1 exd6 43.Rf8+ Rg8 44.Rxg8+ Kxg8 45.b4 $18 ) 40...Rf2+ 
41.Kh1 Rh2# ) 38.Rf3 Ne4 39.Bxe4 dxe4 40.Qxe4 $18 Qg6 41.Qd4+ e5 42.Qf2 
exf4 43.Qd4+ Qf6 ( 43...Rg7 44.Rg1 Rg5 45.Qd8+ ) 44.Re4 Qxd4 45.Rxd4 Rfg5 
46.Rd2 Rf5 47.Rdf2 Rb8 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.Kf1 Kg6 50.Ke1 Re5+ 51.Kd1 Re4 52.Kc2
Kf5 53.b3 Ke5 54.Rd3 Re3 55.Rd7 Rxh3 56.Re7+ Kf6 57.Re4 Kg5 58.Rexf4 Rd8 
59.Rf5+ Kg4 60.R2f4+ Kg3 61.Rf3+ Kg4 62.Rxh3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.b3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.
Bg5 Nbd7 10.f3 e5 11.f4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Bc5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qxc5 Qxc5+ 15.Kh1
dxc4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Black "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Bxe5 
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 d4 11.h3 dxc3 12.hxg4 fxg4 13.g3 c5 14.Rf2 b6 15.Qc2 Bb7 
16.Bxh7+ Kf7 17.Qg6+ Ke7 18.Qxg4 Kd7 19.bxc3 Qe7 20.Rd2+ Kc7 21.Rd6 g5 22.
Bg6 Rh8 23.e4 Rh6 24.Qxe6 Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Nd7 26.fxg5 Rh3 27.Kg2 Rah8 28.Bf4 
Rh2+ 29.Kf3 Bc8 30.Re8 Rxe8 31.Bxe8 Kd8 32.Bf7 Rc2 33.e6 Rxc3+ 34.Kf2 Rc2+
35.Kf1 Nf8 36.Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d4 Bb6
9.dxe5 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.b4 O-O-O 14.a4 f5 15.Ned2 
Nf4 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nb3 Nxg2 18.Bg5 Qf7 19.Bd3 h6 20.Bxb5 hxg5 21.Ba6 Bxa6
22.Rxa6 Nh4 23.Nxh4 Rxh4 24.Qd3 Qc4 25.Rd1 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Black "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.b3 Ne4 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 O-O 
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bf6 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.e4 e5 14.d5 a5 15.a3 Ra7 
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Rfa8 18.Rxa7 Rxa7 19.Ra1 Rxa1+ 20.Bxa1 Qd8 21.Qa4 Kf8 
22.Bc3 Ke7 23.g3 Qa8 24.Qb3 g6 25.Kg2 Bg7 26.Nd2 Bh6 27.Nf1 Bc1 28.Qc2 Qa3
29.Bd2 Bxd2 30.Qxd2 Nf6 31.Bf3 Qb3 32.Qg5 Bc8 33.Ne3 Qd3 34.c5 Qd4 35.
cxd6+ cxd6 36.b5 Qd3 37.h4 Qxb5 38.h5 Qd3 39.hxg6 hxg6 40.Kh2 b5 41.Bg2 b4
42.Nf1 b3 43.f4 Qc3 44.fxe5 Qxe5 45.Qc1 b2 46.Qc2 Ng4+ 47.Kh1 Ba6 48.Bf3 
Qh8+ 49.Kg1 Qd4+ 50.Kh1 Nf2+ 51.Kg2 Bxf1+ 52.Kxf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Black "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 ( 5...Nb6 $1 $11 ) 6.e4 
Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Nh3 Nc6 11.Qb3+ e6 ( 11...Kh8 12.d5 
Nd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Rd1 $14 ) 12.Nf4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qxd4 ( 13...Bxd4 $5 ) 
14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Qb3 Rae8 17.O-O $14 Be5 18.Rad1 Qh4 19.g3 Qf6
20.Bf3 c6 21.Rd3 $2 ( 21.a4 $1 $14 ) 21...Rf7 $4 ( 21...Rd8 $14 ) ( 21...
Bd4 $142 $1 {22...c5 23...Nd7 24...Ne5 $15} ) 22.Bh5 $18 Ref8 23.Bxf7 Rxf7
24.Re1 Nd7 25.Qd1 Nc5 26.Rf3 Ne6 27.Rfe3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Qd8 6.O-O Bd6 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 a6
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bf3 c6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.h3 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nfd7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Bg5 
Re8 16.Bh4 a5 17.b3 Na6 18.Rad1 Nac5 19.Rd4 Nf8 20.Red1 Ncd7 21.Rd6 Nc5 
22.Qd2 Ra6 23.Qd4 Ng6 24.Bd8 Qc8 25.Bxb6 Rxb6 26.Qxc5 Ra6 27.Ne4 Qb8 28.g3
Ne7 29.Rd7 Nf5 30.Bg4 g6 31.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.b3 Nf6 7.Re1 g6 8.c3 
Bg7 ( 8...Ne5 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qg4 12.Qd3 Bg7 13.Nc3 O-O 
14.f3 Qd7 15.Bb2 Rfc8 16.Rad1 Rd8 17.f4 Rac8 18.h3 $14 {E-E 
Yudasin,L-Petursson,M/ISL-ISR Reykjavik 1996/CBM 53 (30)} ) 9.d4 cxd4 ( 
9...O-O 10.d5 Na5 11.Nbd2 b5 12.Bb2 Nh5 13.Qc2 e6 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.c4 Bxb2 
16.Qxb2 bxc4 17.Qc3 Nc6 18.Nxc4 $16 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Steinhoff,I/WchJT 
U26 1997/EXT 97 (30)} ) 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf6
Nxd2 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 exf6 17.e6 $5 $146 {a new move, which at first 
thought seems to be good for white, but I think black can get equality 
here, anyway black lost because of a big mistake later.} ( 17.Qxd2 fxe5 
18.Bxe5 Rf5 19.Bxg7 Qxg7 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.Re4 b6 22.Rd4 Qe7 23.Re1 Re5 24.
Rxe5 Qxe5 25.g3 Kg7 26.Kg2 Rd7 27.h3 Rd8 28.h4 $11 {/i E-E 
Leko,P-Polgar,J/Fontys 1997/CBM 61 (48)} ) 17...Qd6 18.Qxd2 Rfe8 19.Qe3 a5
$6 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]} ( 19...b6 $5 ) 20.Rad1 Re7 ( 20...Rac8 $5 {this seems 
as quite simple plan,to play "f5" when the rooks are on "e8" and "c7" so 
that after white takes on "g7" black takes back with the rook on "c7" so 
he still has pressure on the "e6" pawn} 21.Re2 Rc7 22.Bd4 f5 23.Bxg7 Rxg7 
{[%csl Re6][%cal Gg7e7]} ) 21.Bd4 Rc8 $8 22.Re2 Rc6 23.Rde1 f5 ( 23...Qb4 
$5 ) 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.h4 $1 ( 26.Re5 $2 Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Qxe6 28.
Rxe6 $4 Rc1+ ) 26...h5 27.Re5 ( 27.Qf6 Kh7 ) 27...Qb4 $2 {a very big 
mistake after which black gets a very bad position,probably a losing one.I
really do not like black's position after 27...Rc5 he is passive but 
alive! and it's not easy to find something for white there althought it's 
clear white's better,but here black just looses a pawn immediately} ( 
27...Rc5 $5 28.R5e3 ( 28.Qf4 Rxe6 ( 28...Qc6 $4 29.Qg5 $18 ) 29.Rxe6 Qxf4 
30.Re8+ Kf7 31.R1e7+ Kf6 32.Re6+ $11 ) ( 28.a3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4]} ) 28...
Kh7 29.Qf6 Rc2 30.Rg3 Rg7 31.Re5 ( 31.Rxg6 Rxg6 32.Qf7+ Kh6 ( 32...Rg7 33.
Qxf5+ Kg8 34.Qxc2 ) 33.e7 Rxf2 $1 $11 ) 31...Rcc7 32.Rd3 $36 ) 28.Qxd5 Rd6
( 28...Qxh4 29.Qxa5 ) ( 28...a4 $142 29.Qd8+ Kg7 ) 29.Qxa5 Qxh4 ( 29...
Qxa5 30.Rxa5 Rexe6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Rb5 b6 33.a4 $18 ) 30.Rb5 {threatening 
Rxb7 followed by Qa8} 30...Kg7 $2 {the decisive mistake which loses 
immediately} ( 30...Kh7 $8 $16 ) 31.Rxf5 $1 $18 Rexe6 32.Rxe6 Rxe6 33.Qc3+
Kh7 34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.Qh8+ {quite important game for the theory,but with too 
many tactical mistakes by black...} ( 35.Qh8+ Kg5 36.Qd8+ $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 Nb6 4.a4 a5 5.Nf3 ( 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 ) 5...d5 6.Bd3 (
6.exd6 ) 6...Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.O-O ( 9.Qg3 $5 c5 10.dxc5 N6d7 11.
Nc3 Nc6 ( 11...Nxc5 $5 12.Nb5 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 Kf8 15.h4 Nc6 $13 
{Stefansson,H-Westerinen,H/VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997/0-1 (58)} ) 
12.Nb5 $5 ( 12.Bf4 Nxc5 13.Bb5 g6 14.O-O-O Bg7 15.Be3 Nd7 16.f4 Rc8 $132 {
Keskisarja,T-Westerinen,H/Finnish-ch 0 (29)} ) 12...Ndxe5 13.Bf4 f6 14.
O-O-O $36 Qd7 {i ic5, 0-0} 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Be2 {i f4} 16...Qf7 17.f4 Nd7 18.
Rhe1 $16 {Benjamin,J-Alburt,L/New York (open) 1990 (35)} ) 9...c5 10.c3 ( 
10.dxc5 $5 N6d7 $5 ( 10...Bxc5 11.Qg3 g6 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nb5 $14 {[%cal 
Gc2c3,Gc1h6,Gc1g5]} ) 11.Bb5 Nc6 12.Qg3 Qc7 13.Re1 Nxc5 14.Nc3 O-O-O 15.
Bg5 $14 ) 10...Nc6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd2 g6 ( 12...Qh4 $5 13.Qg4 Qxg4 14.hxg4 
h5 15.g5 g6 $13 ) 13.Qg3 Qb6 14.Bb5 Be7 ( 14...cxd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4 $6 16.Qg4
$1 ( 16.Nb3 Qxb5 17.Nxd4 Qb4 18.Nb5 Rc8 19.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 $13 ) 16...
Bc5 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Rac1 h5 $8 19.Qd1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc1c5,Gd2f3]} 
) 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Rfe1 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Rd8 18.Nf3 $14 Ne7 ( 18...O-O 19.Qh4 
$1 $40 {[%cal Gh4h6,Gf3g5]} ) 19.Nd4 O-O 20.Qh4 Nf5 ( 20...Nc6 21.Nf3 $16 
) 21.Nxf5 exf5 $8 22.Rd1 Nc5 23.Qh6 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4h4]} 23...Ne6 $8 24.
Red3 d4 $8 25.Qd2 ( 25.cxd4 $5 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Nxd4 27.Qe3 Rd8 28.b3 $1 {
[%cal Gb5c4,Gh3h4,Gh4h5,Re5e6]} ( 28.Bc4 {[%cal Re5e6]} 28...Qxb2 29.e6 
fxe6 30.Bxe6+ Kg7 31.Bc4 ( 31.Qe5+ Kh6 32.Qe3+ Kg7 ) 31...Qb6 32.Qe7+ Kh6 
33.Qh4+ Kg7 $11 ) 28...Qc5 29.Bc4 b6 30.h4 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6,Ge5e6]} 
) 25...Nc5 26.cxd4 $5 ( 26.Rxd4 Nb3 27.Rxd8 ( 27.Rd6 $2 Nxd2 28.Rxb6 Nf3+ 
29.gxf3 Rxd1+ 30.Kg2 Rb8 $15 ) 27...Nxd2 28.R8xd2 $11 ) 26...Nxd3 27.Qxd3 
Qc7 28.f4 $14 {[%cal Gd4d6]} 28...Rc8 29.d5 Qc5+ 30.Qd4 {After} ( 30.Kh2 
Qf2 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4] white doesn't succeid to keep the queens.} ) 30...Rfd8
31.d6 Qxd4+ 32.Rxd4 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Kf8 34.b3 h6 35.h4 Rc3 36.Bc4 b6 37.Rd5 
Rc1 38.Kg3 ( 38.Rd3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh2g3,Gg3e3,Ge3d2]} ) 38...Rc3+ 39.Kf2 
Rc2+ 40.Kf3 Rc3+ 41.Kf2 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Rd3 {Offering a draw.} 43...
Rxd3+ 44.Bxd3 Rc8 $11 45.Bc4 Rc5 46.Ke3 Ke8 47.Kd4 Kf8 48.Kc3 Ke8 49.Kd3 
Kf8 ( 49...g5 $2 50.g3 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd3d4,Gc4d3]} ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nf3 Ng6 5.h4 h5 6.Bg5 Nf6 ( 6...Be7 7.g3 ( 7.
Qd2 Nf6 8.Nc3 d6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Nh2 b5 11.Bd3 Nd7 $132 {
Henao,R-Pacey,K/Saint John op-2 1988/CBM 06/E-E (42)} ) 7...d6 8.Nbd2 Bg4 
9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Be2 $14 {Ostojic,P-Kaulfuss,H/OLHessen 1991/GER 02/E-E (57)}
) ( 6...f6 7.Be3 d6 8.Nc3 Nh6 9.Bb5+ Kf7 $14 {1-0 Piazzini,L-Emma,J/Buenos
Aires-ch 1959/MCD-ch (39)} ) 7.Nc3 ( 7.Nfd2 Bc5 8.Be2 d6 9.Nc3 Nf4 10.Bf3 
$14 {1-0 Chabanon,J-Canonne,A/FRA-chT 1991/TD 91\02 (18)} ) 7...Be7 ( 7...
Bc5 8.Na4 Bb4+ 9.c3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.d6 cxd6 12.g3 d5 13.Qxd5 d6 14.
Bb5+ $36 {1-0 Ivanov,A-Benjamin,J/USA-ch Parsippany (9) 1996/CBM 55 (35)} 
) 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.d6 c6 ( 9...cxd6 $6 10.g3 Be7 11.Nd2 b6 ( 11...Nf8 $6 12.
Nc4 Rh6 13.Nb5 $16 ) 12.Nc4 $14 ) 10.g3 Nf8 $1 {Anthony Miles wird diese 
unkonventionelle Stellung sicher gefallen haben. Sein Springer strebt den 
bombensicheren Stuetzpunkt e6 an, wonach er (endlich) zur Entwicklung des 
Damenfluegels schreiten kann. Ich habe wegen des weit vorgerueckten Bauern
auf d6, der die schwarze Stellung quasi in zwei Haelften teilt, dennoch 
Bedenken. Im Moment lae@t t er sich zwar noch recht gut umspielen, aber 
die wei@elen, e Initiative will erstmal vollstaendig neutralisiert sein.} 
11.Qd2 Ne6 12.Bh3 b6 13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 Ra7 {der Sinn dieses Zuges ist mir
nicht ganz klar (mysteri@ert ser Turmzug ?)} 15.Ne2 Nc5 16.Qe3 Kf8 17.Nc1 
a4 18.a3 Ra5 19.Ng5 Ba6 20.Rh2 {Wei@ug lae@ug t sich in Bezug auf 
originelle Turmzuege nicht lumpen. Allerdings kann ich Th2 leichter 
nachvollziehen als Ta7: nach f2-f4 k@f4 nnen die Tuerme schneller auf der 
d- bzw f-Linie verdoppelt werden.} 20...Qe8 21.Re1 Nb7 22.Rd1 ( 22.Qxb6 $6
Bd8 23.Qe3 ( 23.Qb4 Rb5 24.Qd2 Rh6 $132 ) ( 23.Qa7 $2 Nc5 24.Qb8 ( 24.b4 
axb3 25.Nxb3 Nxb3 26.Bxd7 Bc4 27.Qxa5 Bxa5 28.Bxe8 Kxe8 $17 ) 24...Rb5 25.
Qa8 Ba5 26.Qxe8+ Kxe8 27.Re3 Bd2 $17 ) 23...Nxd6 $132 ) 22...Rh6 23.f4 
Bxg5 24.fxg5 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Nxd6 26.Qxb6 Nc4 27.Qb4+ c5 28.Qc3 Qd8 $2 ( 
28...Qb8 $1 29.Bxd7 ( 29.Ka1 Qd6 $132 ) 29...Qb7 $132 ) 29.Rf2 $1 Rb5 30.
Nd3 Rb8 31.Nxe5 ( 31.g6 $5 f6 32.Nxe5 Rxb2+ ( 32...Nxe5 33.Qxe5 Qb6 ( 
33...d6 34.Qxh5 $18 ) 34.Bxd7 $18 ) 33.Ka1 Rb1+ 34.Kxb1 Qb8+ 35.Kc1 Qxe5 
36.Qxe5 Nxe5 37.Rf5 $18 ) 31...Nxe5 32.Qxe5 d6 33.Qf5 $6 ( 33.Qd5 $1 Rb7 
34.g6 f6 35.Qxh5 $18 ) 33...Bc4 $1 34.Bf1 ( 34.Qh7 $2 {laeuft in den 
Konter} 34...Qa5 $1 ) 34...Qb6 35.c3 Qb5 36.Bxc4 ( 36.Qxf7+ $2 Bxf7 37.
Bxb5 Rxb5 38.g6 Rb7 {und es ist mir nicht klar, ob Wei@ zu gewinnen 
vermag, weil das Bauernendspiel nach} 39.Rxf7+ Rxf7 40.gxf7 Kxf7 41.b3 ( 
41.Kc2 c4 $11 ) 41...axb3 42.a4 Ke6 43.c4 Kd7 $11 {nur remis ist.} ) ( 36.
Ka1 $5 ) 36...Qxc4 37.g6 f6 38.Qd5 {wickelt in ein sehr gewinntraechtiges 
Turmendspiel ab} 38...Qxd5 39.exd5 Ke7 ( 39...Re8 40.Rf4 Re1+ 41.Ka2 Rg1 
42.Rxa4 Rxg3 43.Ra8+ Ke7 44.Ra7+ Kf8 45.a4 $18 ) 40.Re2+ Kd7 41.Re4 Ra8 
42.Kc2 Kd8 {passive Verteidigung ist im Turmendspiel selten das richtige 
Rezept, doch welchen Zug sollte Miles sonst machen ? Hall bringt in der 
Folge seinen K@nen nig zum K@ nigsfluegel, spielt g3-g4 und verschafft 
seinem Mehrbauern damit Geltung:} 43.Kd3 Kd7 44.Rf4 Ke7 45.Ke3 Kd7 46.Kf3 
Kc7 47.Re4 Kd7 48.Kf4 Ra5 49.g4 hxg4 50.Kxg4 c4 51.Rxc4 Rxd5 52.Rxa4 Rd2 
53.Ra7+ Ke6 54.Rxg7 Rxb2 55.h5 Rg2+ 56.Kf3 Rh2 57.Rh7 Rh3+ 58.Kg2 Rxc3 59.
Ra7 Rc5 60.g7 Rxh5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nd2 Bc7 13.f4 Nh5 14.g3 Bh3 15.
Nf3 Bb6+ 16.Kh1 Bxf1 17.Bxf1 Nf6 18.Bd2 Qd7 19.Kg2 Ng4 20.Re1 Nf2 21.f5 
Rad8 22.Bc4 Nd3 23.Re2 Bc7 24.Bg5 Ne5 25.Rd2 Qc8 26.Bxd8 Nxf3 27.Kxf3 Rxd8
28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.e5 Be7 30.e6 f6 31.Qd1 Kf8 32.Kg2 Qd8 33.Qh5 Qd2+ 34.Be2 
Qd5+ 35.Bf3 Qd2+ 36.Be2 Qd5+ 37.Kh3 g6 38.fxg6 Qxh5+ 39.Bxh5 hxg6 40.Bxg6 
Kg7 41.Be4 a5 42.b3 Kh6 43.Kg4 Kg7 44.h4 Kh6 45.Bf5 Bd6 46.h5 Kg7 47.Bg6 
Be7 48.Kf5 Bd8 49.Be8 Be7 50.Bd7 Kh6 51.g4 Kg7 52.Bc8 b5 53.Bd7 a4 54.Bxc6
axb3 55.axb3 b4 56.Be4 Kh6 57.Bd3 Bd8 58.Ke4 Kg5 59.Kd5 Be7 60.Bf5 Kh6 61.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6 
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Qe7 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.e4 c5 15.d5 Nb6
16.h3 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 b6 18.e5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Qe6 20.Nc7 Qxc4 21.Rxc4 Rb8 22.e6
fxe6 23.Nxe6 Re8 24.Nxg7 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Kxg7 26.Nc2 Be6 27.Re4 Kf6 28.Ne3 
Rd8 29.Ra4 a5 30.b3 Rd4 31.Rxd4 cxd4 32.Nd1 Bf5 33.Nb2 Bb1 34.a3 Bc2 35.b4
axb4 36.axb4 d3 37.Kf1 Ke5 38.Ke1 Kd4 39.Kd2 g5 40.f3 h5 41.g3 b5 42.h4 
gxh4 43.gxh4 Bb3 44.Nxd3 Bd5 45.Ne1 Kc4 46.Nd3 Be6 47.Nf4 Bf7 48.Kc2 Be8 
49.Ne6 Bg6+ 50.Kb2 Bf7 51.Ng5 Be8 52.Ne6 Kd3 53.f4 Ke4 54.f5 Ke5 55.Kc3 
Bf7 56.Kd3 Kxf5 57.Nd4+ Kg4 58.Nxb5 Kxh4 59.Ke3 Kg3 60.Nd6 Bd5 61.b5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.f4 O-O 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 e5 9.
fxe5 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qc2 Nxe5 12.a5 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.O-O 
Bg7 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Be2 f6 18.Bh4 f5 19.h3 h5 20.Na4 Bd7 21.Nb6 Rae8 22.Nxd7
Qxd7 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Qc2 Ref8 25.Rxf5 Qxf5 26.Qxf5 Rxf5 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.
Kxf1 Nf7 29.b3 Bc3 30.Be1 Bb4 31.g4 Bxe1 32.Kxe1 h4 33.g5 Ne5 34.Kd2 Kf8 
35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Kf4 Kd8 37.Bd1 Ke7 38.Bc2 Kf7 39.Be4 Ke7 40.Bc2 Ke8 41.Bd1 
Nd3+ 42.Ke3 Ne5 43.Bf3 Ke7 44.Kf4 Nd3+ 45.Kg4 Ne5+ 46.Kf4 Nd3+ 47.Ke3 Ne5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Qd3 b6 8.Bg2 
Bb7 9.Bg5 Be4 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.d5 exd5 12.O-O Ne7 13.Rac1 O-O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 
15.Qf4 Rhe8 16.Qxf6 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nd2 c6 7.Ne2 f5 8.c4 
dxc4 9.Nxc4 Bc7 10.Qc2 g6 11.h4 Be6 12.g3 Nd7 13.h5 Nf6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.
Nf4 Bxf4 16.gxf4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Qa5+ 18.Qc3 Qxc3+ 19.bxc3 Ne4 20.Rc1 Kg7 21.
Bd3 Rh8 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Ke2 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 b5 25.f3 exf3+ 26.Kxf3 f5 27.c4 
b4 28.a3 bxa3 29.Ra1 a5 30.Ke2 Kf6 31.Kd3 g5 32.fxg5+ Kxg5 33.Rxa3 a4 34.
Kc3 f4 35.exf4+ Kxf4 36.Kb4 Ke4 37.Kc5 Ra5+ 38.Kb6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 b5 ( 6...Nc6 $5 ) 7.Be3
( 7.a3 h6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Nd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Be3 g5 $13 {Short- Kasparov 
,Amsterdam 1994} ) ( 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O b4 9.Nce2 Nf6 10.Ng3 h6 11.a3 e5 12.
Ndf5 $14 {Hort-Ree,Amsterdam 1994} ) 7...Bb7 8.Bg2 Nd7 9.f4 $5 ( 9.a3 $5 
$14 ) 9...b4 10.Nce2 $6 ( 10.Na4 $5 Ngf6 11.O-O $1 Nxe4 ( 11...Bxe4 12.
Bxe4 Nxe4 13.f5 e5 14.Nc6 $36 ) 12.f5 e5 13.Ne6 $1 $40 ) 10...Ngf6 11.Ng3 
Nc5 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 Ncxe4 ( 13...Nfxe4 $6 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Bxb7 Nxb7 16.Qd5
$36 ) 14.g5 Qc7 $1 ( 14...Nxg3 15.Bxb7 Nxh1 16.gxf6 $18 ) ( 14...Nd5 15.
Bxe4 Nxe3 16.Qf3 d5 ( 16...Nxc2+ 17.Kd2 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxa1 19.Qc6+ Ke7 20.
f6+ gxf6 21.Nf5+ Ke6 22.Nc5+ Kxf5 23.Qe4+ $18 ) 17.Qxe3 dxe4 $13 ) 15.Na5 
( 15.gxf6 Nxg3 $19 ) ( 15.O-O Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qc6+ $17 ) 15...
Qxa5 ( 15...Nxg3 16.Bxb7 ) 16.gxf6 b3+ ( 16...d5 $2 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.fxg7 
Bxg7 19.Nh5 $18 ) 17.Bd2 ( 17.c3 $2 $19 Nxc3 $19 ) 17...Nxd2 18.Bxb7 Nf3+ 
19.Kf2 ( 19.Kf1 $2 Qb5+ $19 ) 19...Qb6+ 20.Kg2 ( 20.Kxf3 Qxb7+ $17 ) 20...
Nh4+ $6 ( 20...Qxb7 $5 21.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 22.Kxf3 bxc2 $17 ) 21.Kh3 Qxb7 22.
Kxh4 g5+ $6 ( 22...bxc2 $5 23.Qxc2 gxf6 $17 ) 23.Kh5 $1 ( 23.Kxg5 $2 Qg2 
$1 24.axb3 Qh3 $19 ) ( 23.Kh3 h5 $1 $19 ) 23...bxc2 ( 23...Qg2 24.Qg4 $13 
) 24.Qg4 $1 $132 ( 24.Qxc2 $2 Qf3+ $19 ) 24...d5 25.Rhe1 Bd6 26.Qa4+ Qd7 
27.Qxc2 Rc8 28.Qd2 Qa4 29.Ne4 $5 $13 Rc2 30.Qxd5 ( 30.Nxd6+ $2 Kd7 $19 ) 
30...Rxh2+ 31.Kg4 $8 O-O 32.b3 ( 32.Qxd6 Rh4+ ) 32...Qa3 $5 33.Qxd6 $2 ( 
33.Nxd6 $2 Qb2 $1 $19 ) ( 33.Rh1 $1 $13 ) 33...Qb2 34.Qd3 ( 34.Ng3 Rh4+ 
35.Kxg5 ( 35.Kf3 Rf4+ 36.Ke3 Qf2+ 37.Kd3 Rd4+ $19 ) 35...Qh2 $1 $19 ) 
34...h5+ 35.Kxg5 Kh7 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Be2 Re8 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.
Nf4 c6 9.c4 Na6 10.O-O d6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Re1 Nac5 13.Bf1 a5 14.f3 Nf6 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Rad1 d5 19.g5 d4 20.Bxd4 Nxd4 21.Rxe8+ 
Nxe8 22.Qxd4 Qxg5+ 23.Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Rc1 Be6
9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Qd8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Rc2 e6 14.Bd6 Re8 15.Rd2
a5 16.f3 Bh6 17.Kf2 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qf6 19.Bg2 a4 20.Nd4 Na5 21.f4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2
Nc4 23.Re2 e5 24.fxe5 Qg5 25.Rhe1 Nxe5 26.Nf3 Nxf3 27.Kxf3 Qf5+ 28.Kg2 Re4
29.Rf2 Qe6 30.Bf4 Bg7 31.Rd2 Qxa2 32.Ree2 h6 33.Qc2 Rae8 34.Qd3 Qe6 35.Qb5
g5 36.Bd6 Rxe3 37.Rxe3 Qxe3 38.Rf2 Bd4 39.Rc2 Qe4+ 40.Kh3 g4+ 41.Kh4 Bf6+ 
0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 dxe4 ( 6...Be7 7.O-O O-O
( 7...b6 ) 8.e5 Ne8 $5 ) 7.dxe4 e5 8.O-O Bg4 9.c3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]} 9...Qc8
( 9...Be7 10.h3 ( 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Be3 Kh8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rad1 Qc7 
15.Rfe1 a6 $11 {Ranniku,M-Jahn,C/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07/E-E (58)} ) 
10...Bd7 11.Na3 Qc7 12.Nc4 h6 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Nh4 O-O-O 15.Nef5 Bf8 16.b3 
$14 {0-1 Zhang Zhong-Wang Lei/Beijing 1997 (52)} ) 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Nc4 O-O 
12.Qc2 ( 12.Bg5 $5 Qe6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne3 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Rf6]} ) 12...Bh3
13.Bxh3 Qxh3 14.Nfxe5 ( 14.Bg5 $5 Qe6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Kg2 $14 ) 14...Nxe5 
15.Nxe5 Qe6 16.Nd3 ( 16.Nf3 Qxe4 ( 16...Nxe4 17.Re1 f5 18.Nd2 $16 ) 17.
Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Re1 f5 19.Nd2 Nxd2 ( 19...Rad8 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Kf1 {[%csl 
Re4]} ) 20.Rxe7 Rad8 21.Rxb7 Rf7 $14 ) 16...c4 {It was possible to take 
pawn immediately} ( 16...Nxe4 $5 {and it looks, that Black is OK in all 
variations, for example} 17.Re1 ( 17.Nf4 Qf5 {[%cal Re4g3]} ) 17...Qf5 $1 
( 17...f5 18.f3 c4 19.Nf2 Bc5 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Be3 $18 ) 18.f3 ( 18.Nf4 
Nxg3 $1 19.Qa4 ( 19.Qb3 Ne4 20.Qxb7 Nd6 21.Qd5 Rae8 $11 ) 19...b5 $1 20.
Qxb5 Ne4 21.Qd3 Qg4+ 22.Ng2 ( 22.Kf1 Nxf2 $1 23.Qe2 Rae8 $1 $17 {[%cal 
Ge7h4]} ) 22...Ng5 $1 23.Rxe7 Rad8 24.Qg3 ( 24.Qf1 Rd1 25.Re1 $140 $2 Rxe1
26.Qxe1 Nf3+ $19 ) 24...Nf3+ 25.Kh1 ( 25.Kf1 Qc4+ 26.Re2 Rd1+ $19 ) 25...
Rd1+ 26.Ne1 Qc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4f1]} ) 18...Ng5 19.Rxe7 Nxf3+ 20.Kg2 ( 
20.Kh1 $2 Ne5 $1 21.Qf2 Qe4+ 22.Kg1 Nf3+ ) 20...Rae8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 {[%cal 
Rf5d3,Rf3e1]} 22.Bf4 Qd5 23.Kf2 Nxh2 $13 ) 17.Nf4 Qxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Re1
f5 20.f3 Bc5+ ( 20...g5 21.Ne6 ) 21.Kg2 ( 21.Be3 Bxe3+ 22.Rxe3 Nc5 23.Rae1
$14 ) 21...Nf6 ( 21...Ng5 22.h4 Nf7 23.Ne6 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Bb6 25.Rad1 $36 {
[%csl Gd1,Ge1,Ge6,Gf4]} ) 22.Ne6 Rfe8 $5 ( 22...Rfc8 23.Bg5 Kf7 24.Rad1 
$16 ) 23.Bg5 Bb6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Gb6,Rf5,Rf6] White is fine, because 
of weak blacks pawns, but I am not sure, that the can pretend for real 
advantage- bishop on b6 is very strong.I suppose draw must to be normal 
result in this game, but Nijboer pushed too hard and....} 25.Nf4 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 27.b3 ( 27.Re7 $5 Rd2+ 28.Kf1 Rxb2 29.Nd5 ) 27...
cxb3 28.axb3 Kf7 29.c4 $6 ( 29.Re2 $11 ) 29...Rd2+ 30.Kh3 $6 {[%csl Rh3]} 
( 30.Re2 $5 Rxe2+ ( 30...Be3 31.Rxd2 Bxd2 32.Nd5 Ke6 33.Kf2 $14 ) ( 30...
Rd1 $5 ) 31.Nxe2 Ke6 $11 ) 30...a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 31.Re2 Rd1 ( 31...Rxe2 
32.Nxe2 Ke6 {[%cal Ge6b4]} ) 32.Rc2 Bc5 33.Rc3 b6 34.Rd3 $5 Rb1 35.g4 ( 
35.Kh4 $5 ) 35...fxg4+ 36.Kxg4 Rg1+ 37.Kh3 ( 37.Kf5 $4 Rg5+ 38.Ke4 Re5# ) 
37...f5 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.Nd5+ ( 39.Rxh7 Rb1 ) 39...Ke5 40.Rxh7 ( 40.f4+ Ke4 
( 40...Kd4 $4 41.Nxb6+ Kc3 42.Na4+ $18 ) 41.Rxh7 Kd3 $5 $19 {[%cal 
Gd3b3,Ga5a1]} ) 40...Rb1 41.f4+ Kd4 $19 {Black is winning already, bishop 
is much better than knight and there king much more active than hus white 
colleague..} 42.Kh4 Rxb3 43.Ne7 Kxc4 44.Nxf5 a4 45.Kg4 a3 46.Ra7 Rb5 {
[%cal Rb5a5]} 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qa5+ 14.c3 Qxe5+ 
15.Be3 b6 16.O-O-O Bb7 17.Rhe1 c5 18.f4 Qh5 19.Qf2 Rhe8 20.Be2 Qf5 21.g4 
Nxg4 22.Bxg4 Qxg4 23.Bxc5+ bxc5 24.Qxc5+ Kf6 25.Qd4+ Ke7 26.Qb4+ Kf6 27.
Rd7 Bg2 28.Rg1 Qf3 29.Qd4+ e5 30.Qd6+ Re6 31.fxe5+ Kg6 32.Qd2 Rxe5 33.
Rxg2+ Rg5 34.Rf2 Qh1+ 35.Kc2 f5 36.Qd4 Kh7 37.Rxf5 Qxh2+ 38.Rf2 Qh5 39.
Qd3+ Qg6 40.c4 h5 41.b4 h4 42.Rf3 Rh5 43.Rh3 Qxd3+ 44.Kxd3 Kh6 45.c5 g5 
46.Rd6+ Kg7 47.Rd4 Rhh8 48.b5 Kg6 49.c6 Kh5 50.Re3 Rad8 51.Rxd8 Rxd8+ 52.
Ke2 Kg4 53.c7 Rc8 54.Rc3 Kf5 55.Rc6 Ke5 56.a4 Kd5 57.Kf3 h3 58.Kg3 g4 59.
Kh2 a6 60.Kg3 axb5 61.axb5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Re1 a5 10.b3 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.Ng5 c6 13.c5 h6 14.cxd6 Nxd6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 
16.dxe6 Qc7 17.Qc2 Qc8 18.Be3 Qxe6 19.Rad1 Kh7 20.Bc5 Nec8 21.exf5 gxf5 
22.Bc4 Qg6 23.Na4 Rd8 24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.Bxb6 Re8 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Qxf5+ Qg6 
28.Qd7 Qf6 29.Bd3+ Kh8 30.Be4 Qe6 31.Qd3 a4 32.bxa4 Rxa4 33.Bf5 Rxa3 34.
Qe4 Qd5 35.Qe2 Rea8 36.Be3 Ra1 37.h4 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 e4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qe7 
15.Bg5 Bb4 16.Rd4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Rc5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Rad1 Rc7 
21.Rg4+ Kh8 22.Rdd4 f5 23.Rg3 Rfc8 24.e4 f4 25.Rf3 Qg5 26.Qd2 Ne5 27.Rxf4 
Rxc3 28.h4 Qh6 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Qxd8+ Kg7 31.g3 Rf3 32.Rxf3 Nxf3+ 33.Kg2 
Qd2 34.Qxd2 Nxd2 35.Bc2 e5 36.f4 Nc4 37.Bb3 Nd6 38.fxe5 Nxe4 39.Bc2 Nc3 
40.a3 Ne2 41.Be4 b6 42.Kf3 Nd4+ 43.Ke3 Ne6 44.Bf5 Nc7 45.Bd3 h6 46.Ke4 Kf8
47.g4 Ke7 48.Kf5 b5 49.g5 hxg5 50.h5 a5 51.h6 Kf8 52.Kxg5 b4 53.axb4 axb4 
54.Bc4 Kg8 55.Bb3 Ne6+ 56.Kf6 Kh7 57.Kxf7 Nd4 58.e6 Nxe6 59.Kxe6 Kxh6 60.
Kd5 Kg5 61.Kc4 Kf4 62.Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d4 Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.
h3 Nbd7 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bf1 Re8 13.Rb1 c5 14.Nf3 ( 14.Ndb5 $5 
a6 ( 14...Rd8 15.a3 $5 ( 15.f4 Nc6 16.Nxd6 Ne8 17.e5 Bf5 $17 ) 15...a6 16.
b4 Qb6 17.Na4 Qc6 18.Nbc3 cxb4 ( 18...Be6 19.Nd5 $16 ) 19.Rxb4 $36 {[%cal 
Ga4b6]} ) ( 14...Be6 15.Nxd6 Red8 16.Bf4 Nh5 ( 16...Rxd6 17.Qxd6 Nf3+ 18.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Rd8 20.Qc7 Qxc7 21.Bxc7 Rd2 22.Be5 $16 ) 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 
18.Nxb7 Rxd1 19.Nxa5 $16 ) 15.Nxd6 Rd8 {[%cal Yd8d1]} 16.Re2 $1 {[%cal 
Ge2d2,Gd2d8]} ( 16.f4 Rxd6 17.Qxd6 Nf3+ $17 18.Kf2 $140 Nxe1 19.Kxe1 Nxe4 
$17 ) ( 16.Bg5 Rxd6 17.Qxd6 Nf3+ 18.Kh1 Nxg5 ) 16...Nf3+ ( 16...Ne8 17.Rd2
Nxd6 18.Rxd6 Be6 19.Rxd8+ ( 19.Be3 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Bxc5 Rxd6 22.Bxd6 
Rd8 $36 {The black have very strong compensation for sacrificing pawn.} ) 
19...Rxd8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 ( 20...Qxa2 $4 21.Ne7+ $18 ) 21.cxd5 Qxa2 22.Bg5 $14
) ( 16...b5 17.Rd2 Be6 ( 17...b4 18.Na4 ) 18.f4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.e5 
Rxd2 21.Bxd2 $16 ) 17.Kg2 ( 17.Kh1 Bf8 $1 ( 17...Ne8 18.Rc2 ) ( 17...Nd4 
18.Nxc8 $1 Nxe2 $140 19.Ne7+ Kf8 20.Qxe2 Kxe7 21.e5 $18 ) ( 17...Qc7 18.
Bf4 g5 19.e5 gxf4 20.exf6 Qc6 ( 20...Bxf6 21.Re8+ Kg7 22.Nce4 $16 ) 21.Re4
Ng5 22.Nd5 Qxd6 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.fxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.Re5 $1 Kf6 27.
gxf4 $16 ) 18.Bf4 ( 18.e5 Nxe5 $17 ) ( 18.Rc2 Nd4 19.b4 Qc7 $17 ) 18...Nd4
( 18...Nh5 19.Re3 Nxf4 20.Qxf3 Bxd6 21.gxf4 $16 ) ( 18...g5 19.Qd3 ( 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 ( 20.Qxd5 Be6 $19 ) ) 19...gxf4 20.Qxf3 Bxd6 21.e5 $16 ) 
19.Rd2 ( 19.Re1 Ne6 $1 ) 19...Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.e5 Rc6 22.exf6 Bf5 23.
Rc1 Rxf6 $11 ) 17...Ne8 ( 17...Bxh3+ 18.Kxh3 Ng1+ 19.Kg2 Nxe2 20.Bxe2 $16 
) ( 17...Bf8 18.Kxf3 Rxd6 19.Bd2 $16 ( 19.Rd2 ) ) 18.Kxf3 Nxd6 ( 18...Rxd6
19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 $16 ) 19.Bg5 $16 ) 14...Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Nd7 {[%cal 
Yd7e5,Ye5c6,Yc6d4]} 16.Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} ( 16.Bf4 Ne5 17.Qd1 Be6 $36 ) 
16...Ne5 17.Qd1 Be6 18.b3 a6 $132 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 19.Re3 Rab8 20.Kh2 {[%cal
Gc3d5]} ( 20.Nd5 $2 Qxa2 21.Ra1 $140 $4 Qxa1 $19 ) 20...Nc6 21.Rd3 Qd8 ( 
21...Nb4 $1 22.Nd5 ( 22.Rxd6 Be5 $17 ) 22...Qxa2 ( 22...Bxd5 23.Bxb4 cxb4 
( 23...Qxb4 24.Rxd5 Rxe4 25.Rxd6 Rd4 26.Rxd4 Bxd4 27.Qe2 $11 ) 24.Rxd5 
Qxa2 25.Rd2 Qa5 26.Bg2 Rbd8 27.Rxd6 Qc7 28.Rd5 $11 ) 23.Nxb4 cxb4 {[%cal 
Ya2f2]} 24.Bg2 {[%cal Gd2b4,Gb4d6]} 24...a5 ( 24...b5 25.cxb5 Rxb5 26.Rxd6
a5 $36 ) 25.Be3 a4 26.bxa4 Bxc4 27.Rd2 Qa3 28.Rxd6 b3 $17 ) 22.Be3 Qa5 23.
Bd2 Qc7 24.Bf4 Ne5 $6 ( 24...Nd4 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 b5 27.
Re3 $11 ) 25.Rxd6 ( 25.Rd2 Qa5 26.Nd5 b5 $36 ) 25...Qa5 26.Bd2 $2 ( 26.Na4
$1 Rbd8 27.Bg2 $16 ) 26...Rbd8 $44 27.Rxd8 ( 27.Na4 Qc7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.
Be2 Bc8 $1 $36 {[%cal Yc7d7,Yd7h3,Yd7d2]} ( 29...b5 $5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.Nc3
b4 ( 31...Ng4+ $140 32.hxg4 Bxc3 33.Bxc3 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 $16 ) 32.Nb5 Qb6 $44
{[%cal Yc5c4,Ye5d3]} ) 30.Qe1 Qd7 31.Be3 Qxh3+ 32.Kg1 Ng4 $17 ) 27...Rxd8 
{[%cal Yd8d2,Ye5f3,Yf3d2,Yf3h2]} 28.Be2 Nc6 $2 ( 28...Nxc4 $1 29.Bxc4 Bxc3
$19 ) 29.Nd5 Qxa2 $36 {[%csl Rb1,Rb3][%cal Yc6d4,Ya2f2]} 30.Qc1 $2 ( 30.
Bg5 Rd7 31.Be3 Nd4 32.Bf1 b5 $15 ( 32...f5 $5 ) ) 30...f5 $1 $17 {/-+} 31.
Bd1 ( 31.Be3 fxe4 ( 31...Qxe2 $140 32.Nf4 ) ( 31...Nd4 32.Bd1 b5 $36 ( 
32...fxe4 33.Nc3 ) ) 32.Nf4 Bf5 33.Bxc5 e3 $19 ) 31...fxe4 $19 32.Bg4 Bxg4
33.hxg4 Ne5 34.Kg2 Nxg4 35.Qd1 h5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A02"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Na3 Nc6 
9.c3 d5 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.Qe1 Na5 12.b4 Nb3 13.Rb1 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 c4 15.d4 Bc6 
16.Qd1 Ne4 17.Rc1 a6 18.Qc2 Qd7 19.Bd1 f6 20.Ra1 Qe8 21.Nb1 e5 22.a5 b5 
23.Nbd2 Nd6 24.Kh1 Rc7 25.Qc1 exf4 26.exf4 Re7 27.Bc2 Bh6 28.g3 Qd7 29.Nh4
Qh3 30.Ndf3 Ne4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Ng1 e3+ 33.Nhf3 Qh5 34.Kg2 g5 35.h3 gxf4 
36.g4 Rg7 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 {Eine augenscheinlich materialistische 
Variante womit Wei@ droht seinen Bauer zu behalten. Weil dies meistens 
doch nicht m@ht glich ist, ergibt sich die Frage ob der Laeuferausfall 
nicht lauter ein Tempoverlust bedeutet. Eine ruhige, positionelle 
Alternative ist die blo@native e Entwicklung mit i f3, e3, ie2 usw.} 4...
Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 {Die Theorie 
beschaeftigt sich nur mit diesem Zug um das drohende matt durch i d3 zu 
entgehen. Mit derselben Idee habe ich frueher in mehreren Blitzpartien und
einigen Turnierpartien i c2 gespielt:} ( 9.Qc2 Bxd2+ 10.Bxd2 {
Wei@,Ge4h7,Rg4g5] nimmt mit dem Laeufer um bald den i e5 mit f4 zu 
vertreiben.} 10...d6 11.e3 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rae1 a5 15.e4 a4 
16.f4 Nd7 17.Bf3 Rfe8 18.Kh1 $6 ( 18.Bb4 $14 ) 18...Nc5 19.e5 Bxf3 20.Rxf3
dxe5 21.fxe5 $6 {Weil Wei@eiben. spaeter an der Schwaeche des Isolani e5 
zugrunde geht, erscheint i xe5 klar besser.} 21...Qe6 22.Ref1 Qg6 $5 23.
Qxg6 fxg6 24.Re3 Rad8 25.Bc3 {und nach dem folgenden Zug mindestens = fuer
Schwarz.} 25...Ne6 {Meulders,R-Castro,O/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/0-1 
(47)} ) 9...Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Qc3 f6 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O a5 14.Bg3 a4 15.
Rfe1 b6 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bf3 Ra5 18.Bd5+ ( 18.e4 $14 ) 18...Kh8 19.e4 Rc5 20.
Bf2 Ra5 21.Rad1 Ba6 22.Bd4 Rc8 23.Qh3 Rf8 ( 23...c6 24.Be6 ) 24.Rc1 Bc8 
25.Qg3 Ra7 26.h3 Re8 27.Re3 Bb7 28.Rce1 Rf8 ( 28...c6 29.e5 fxe5 30.fxe5 
dxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxe5 32.Rxe5 $18 ) 29.Kh2 $4 {Jetzt aber war der id5 
gefaehrdet.} ( 29.Bxb7 $1 Rxb7 30.Kh2 $14 ) 29...c6 $19 30.e5 dxe5 31.Qh4 
( 31.Bf3 Qd6 $1 $19 ) 31...Qd6 $1 32.Be4 f5 33.Bxf5 {Es macht nichts mehr 
aus.} 33...Rxf5 34.fxe5 Qe6 35.Bc3 Ra8 36.Rd3 Re8 37.Rd6 Qe7 38.Qg3 Nf8 
39.e6 Rg5 40.Qd3 c5 41.g3 Bc8 42.h4 Rg6 43.h5 Rh6 44.Re5 Bxe6 45.Rxb6 Qf7 
0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Black "Olsen, Heini"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 
9.Bd3 Bg4 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Nd5 Nd4 15.Qf2 
Nb6 16.f5 Nxd5 17.fxg6 Nf6 18.Bg5 fxg6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 
Rad8 22.Raf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Nc6 27.Kf4 
Kf6 28.h4 Nd4 29.g3 Ne6+ 30.Kf3 Ke5 31.Ke3 Nd4 32.Bb1 a6 33.Bd3 Nc6 34.Be2
Nb4 35.a3 Nc2+ 36.Kd2 Nd4 37.Bd3 Nc6 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.Kf4 Ne5 40.Be2 h6 41.
Ke3 g5 42.hxg5+ hxg5 43.Kd2 Nc6 44.Kd3 Ne7 45.Ke3 Ng8 46.Bg4 b6 47.Bc8 a5 
48.Kf3 Nh6 49.Bb7 Ke5 50.Ke3 Ng8 51.Bc8 Nh6 52.Bd7 Ng8 53.Bc8 Nf6 54.Bf5 
Nh5 55.Kf3 Nf6 56.Ke3 Ng8 57.Bc8 Nh6 58.Bd7 Ng8 59.Bc8 Nf6 60.Bf5 Ne8 61.
Bd7 Nf6 62.Bf5 Ng8 63.Bc8 Ne7 64.Bd7 Kf6 65.Be8 Ng8 66.Bd7 Nh6 67.Bc8 Nf7 
68.Bh3 Ne5 69.Bf1 Ng4+ 70.Kd3 Ke5 71.Bg2 Nf2+ 72.Ke3 Nd1+ 73.Kd2 Nxb2 74.
Kc3 Nd1+ 75.Kd2 Nf2 76.Ke3 Ng4+ 77.Kd3 Nf6 78.Bf3 g4 79.Bd1 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Black "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 $5 d5 $1 6.e5 Ne4 $5 7.Nxe4 ( 7.
f4 $5 ) 7...dxe4 8.Be3 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 ( 11.Nh3 $1 h5 ( 
11...O-O 12.Ng5 Qd5 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nb4 15.O-O-O Nd3+ 16.Kc2 f6 17.
Nxe4 Nb4+ $13 ) 12.Nf4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4 hxg4 14.e6 Nxd4 15.exf7+ Kxf7 16.Bxd4 
Qxd4 17.Qb3+ Ke8 $13 ) 11...Be6 12.Nh3 ( 12.Rd1 Bxa2 13.d5 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ 
Kf8 ) 12...Qd7 ( 12...h5 13.Nf4 ( 13.Ng5 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 hxg4 15.e6 Qd5 16.
exf7+ Kf8 17.Rc1 $13 ) 13...Bxg4 14.e6 $13 ) 13.Nf4 $5 ( 13.Rg1 Rd8 14.Nf4
Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Nxe6+ fxe6 18.Qxd4 Rxd4 $15 ) 13...Bxg4 
14.e6 Bxe6 15.d5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 e6 ( 16...Rd8 17.Rd1 ) ( 16...O-O-O 17.O-O-O
) 17.Nc3 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 O-O-O+ 19.Kc2 f5 $13 ( 19...Nd4+ $5 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 
21.Nb5 ( 21.Rad1 f5 $15 ) 21...Rb4 22.Rab1 Kb8 23.Nd6 f5 24.a3 Rb6 25.Nc4 
Rc8 26.Rhd1 $132 ) 20.Bc4 e5 ( 20...Rhe8 21.Rad1 Nd4+ 22.Kb1 a6 $13 ) 21.
Rad1 Nd4+ 22.Kb1 a6 $14 ( 22...Kb8 23.h4 ) 23.a3 Rd6 24.h4 $1 Bf6 25.h5 b5
26.Ba2 Rhd8 $5 ( 26...g5 27.h6 Rhd8 28.Rh5 Nf3 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Bg8 ) 27.
hxg6 hxg6 28.Bf7 g5 29.Bg6 $16 Kb8 30.Rdg1 $2 ( 30.Rh5 $16 ) 30...Rg8 31.
Bf7 Rg7 32.Rh8+ $5 ( 32.Bd5 Ne2 $2 ( 32...Rgd7 $13 ) 33.Nxe2 Rxd5 34.Ng3 
f4 35.Nxe4 fxe3 36.Nxf6 ) 32...Rd8 ( 32...Kc7 33.Nd5+ Kb7 34.Nxf6 Rxf7 35.
Ne8 Rd8 36.Bxg5 ) 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Bd5 Kc7 ( 34...g4 {iic7-d6,i f3} ) 35.
Rh1 g4 36.Rd1 Bf6 $2 ( 36...Bh4 ) 37.Bxe4 Bh4 ( 37...fxe4 38.Nxe4 Rf7 39.
Nxf6 Rxf6 40.Bxd4 exd4 41.Rxd4 Rxf2 42.Rxg4 $10 ) 38.Bh1 Ne6 39.Rd5 $2 ( 
39.Bd5 ) 39...f4 40.Rxe5 ( 40.Ba7 f3 41.Rxe5 Nf4 42.Nd5+ Nxd5 43.Rxd5 Re7 
44.Rd1 Re2 45.Rf1 $132 ) 40...fxe3 41.Rxe3 ( 41.Rxe6 exf2 42.Bg2 Rf7 43.
Bf1 g3 44.Nd5+ Kb7 ( 44...Kd7 45.Rxa6 Rf5 46.Ne3 Re5 ) 45.Ne3 Bg5 $10 46.
Ng2 Rh7 ) 41...Nf4 42.Re8 $2 ( 42.Ne4 Re7 43.Rc3+ $10 ) 42...Bxf2 43.Rf8 
Nh3 44.Bg2 Bd4 45.Nd5+ Kd6 46.Ra8 Ra7 47.Rd8+ Ke5 48.Nf6 ( 48.Re8+ Kf5 49.
Rf8+ Kg5 50.Rg8+ Kh4 ) 48...Kxf6 49.Rxd4 Rg7 ( 49...Kf5 50.Bxh3 gxh3 51.
Rh4 ) ( 49...Kg5 $17 ) 50.Rd6+ Ke5 51.Rxa6 Nf4 52.Bf1 ( 52.Bc6 g3 53.Rb6 
Kd6 54.Bf3+ Kc5 55.Rc6+ Kd4 56.Rb6 Rg5 ) ( 52.Ba8 $1 $17 ) 52...g3 53.Rb6 
Ke4 54.Rxb5 Ke3 ( 54...Rh7 55.Rg5 Kf3 56.Bb5 ( 56.Ka2 Rh1 57.Bb5 Rh6 58.
Bf1 Kf2 59.Rg4 Rf6 60.a4 ) 56...Rh6 $19 57.Ka2 g2 ) 55.Rf5 Rh7 56.Rg5 Kf2 
57.Ka2 Rh6 $2 {ii g6} ( 57...Rh1 58.Rf5 Rxf1 59.Rxf4+ Ke2 60.Rg4 Kf3 61.
Rg8 g2 62.b4 ( 62.a4 g1=Q 63.Rxg1 Rxg1 64.Kb3 Ke4 65.Kc4 Rc1+ 66.Kb5 Kd5 
67.b4 Kd6 68.Kb6 Kd7 $19 ) 62...g1=Q 63.Rxg1 Rxg1 64.Kb3 Ke4 $19 ) 58.Rf5 
Rh4 59.Rg5 Rh5 $2 ( 59...Rh1 60.Rf5 Rxf1 61.Rxf4+ Ke2 62.Rg4 Kf3 63.Rg8 g2
64.a4 g1=Q 65.Rxg1 Rxg1 66.Kb3 Ke4 67.Kc4 Rc1+ 68.Kb5 Kd5 69.a5 Kd6 $19 ) 
60.Rg4 Kf3 61.Rg8 Kf2 62.Rg4 Nd5 63.Kb3 Ne3 ( 63...Rh1 64.Ba6 g2 65.Rxg2+ 
Kxg2 66.Bb7 Rh5 67.Kc4 ) 64.Rf4+ Ke1 65.Re4 Kf2 ( 65...Kf2 66.Rf4+ Kg1 67.
Bd3 {68.Be4} ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Be2 b5 6.a3 a6 7.Be3 ( 7.O-O Nd7 8.
Re1 ( 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Qd2 Ngf6 10.Rfe1 h6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 
14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Bf3 $44 {E-E Berzinsh,R-Lutskan,I/LAT-ch 1993 (59)} ) 8...
Qc7 9.Bf1 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 Ngf6 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.
Rad1 $13 {0-1 Grochot,C-Ivanka Budinsky,M/Hajduszoboszlo ztW 1991 (38)} ) 
( 7.Bf4 Nf6 ( 7...Nd7 8.e5 d5 9.Qd2 Nf8 10.h4 Bg4 11.a4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 h5 
13.Ne2 Nh6 14.Qc3 Qc8 15.Qa5 bxa4 16.Qxa4 $14 {
Sheremetieva,M-Gurieli,N/Kishinev izt-W 1995/0-1 (46)} ) 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O 
Bb7 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.Rfe1 Rad8
16.Bh6 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.c3 Qc5 20.Qf4 d4 21.Rac1 Qb6 22.
cxd4 Rxd4 23.Qe3 Rfd8 $15 {0-1 Hansen,S-Conquest,S/Isle of Man op 1994 
(33)} ) 7...Nd7 ( 7...Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.
Bh6 Nb6 13.h4 f6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.h5 Rh8 16.Qf4 Bf5 17.O-O-O Nc4 18.Bxc4 
bxc4 19.hxg6 Bxg6 20.exf6+ exf6 21.Rde1 Qd7 22.Nh4 Rab8 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.
Rxh8 Rxh8 25.Qf3 {E-E Vuksanovic,S-Klimova Richtrova,E/Biel opW 1990} ) 8.
O-O Bb7 $146 ( 8...e5 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.Rad1 Ngf6 11.Bh6 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.h3
Re8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qe3 Qc7 $11 {Garcia,G-Nogueiras,J/Granma zt 1987/0-1 
(60)} ) ( 8...Qc7 9.Qd2 Ngf6 10.h3 O-O 11.Ne1 ( 11.Bh6 e5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.
Rad1 Re8 14.Nh4 a5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Ra3 17.d5 Bb7 18.Bxb5 cxd5 $6 {1-0 
Reefschlaeger,H-Yurtaev,L/Peer Gynt 1990 (49)} ( 18...Nxe4 $142 ) ) ( 11.
Rfd1 Bb7 12.Ne1 c5 13.f3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nb6 15.b3 Rac8 16.Rac1 e5 17.Bxb6 
Qxb6+ 18.Kh1 Nh5 19.Kh2 Nf4 20.Bf1 Bh6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Kg7 23.Rb1 Nxh3
24.Qe2 {0-1 Lamon,M-Weeramantry,S/USA op 1990} ) 11...Bb7 12.f4 c5 13.Bf3 
b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 bxa3 16.Rxa3 c4 $15 {[%csl Rd5] E-E 
Haberer,M-Radulov,I/Badenweiler op 1988 (33)} ) 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.b4 $6 {This 
is exactly the move that Black was waiting for by his two last moves.Why 
to weaken "c4"square?} ( 10.Rad1 $142 {is more logical} ) 10...Ngf6 11.Bh6
O-O ( 11...Bxh6 $6 12.Qxh6 c5 13.e5 $1 dxe5 $140 14.dxc5 $14 {[%csl Re8]} 
) 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rfe1 ( 13.a4 {with an idea to prevent c6-c5 and a6-a5 
could be a logical continiuation of 10.b4,but after} 13...a5 $1 {Black is 
OK.For instance} 14.Rfb1 axb4 15.Rxb4 bxa4 ( 15...c5 16.Rxb5 ( 16.Nxb5 $4 
Qa5 ) 16...Nxe4 ( 16...Bc6 $5 ) 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.dxc5 $14 {[%cal Ga4a7]} ) 
16.Rbxa4 e5 $11 ) 13...Rfd8 ( 13...e5 $5 {ia5} ) 14.Qe3 e5 {[%csl 
Rc2,Rc4][%cal Gc6c5] ic5.Otherwise White would play e5 by himself.} 15.
Red1 ( 15.a4 {can't prevent break through on the queenside.} 15...exd4 $1 
16.Qxd4 ( 16.Nxd4 c5 $1 $15 ) 16...c5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Re4]} ) ( {But
} 15.dxe5 $1 dxe5 16.a4 $1 {was nessesary now or on the next move,because 
after c6-c5 Black is just better.} ) 15...h6 16.h3 c5 $1 $15 {After this 
programme advance Black emphasize weaknesses on the white's queenside.} 
17.bxc5 $2 ( 17.dxc5 $8 dxc5 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 18.Nd5 Bxd5 $1 19.exd5 cxb4 
20.axb4 Qxc2 21.Nxe5 $140 $4 Nxe5 22.Qxe5 Re8 ) ( 17.dxe5 $143 Nxe5 $1 18.
Nxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Gd8d4]} ) 17...exd4 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yc7c2]} 18.Qxd4 (
18.Nxd4 dxc5 19.Nb3 Re8 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Re4][%cal Gb5b4]} ) ( 18.Rxd4 
dxc5 19.Rdd1 Re8 $17 {[%csl Re4]} ) 18...dxc5 19.Qd6 {After this White 
lose a pawn and has to lose the game.} ( 19.Qe3 Re8 $17 {[%csl Re4]} ) ( 
19.Qd3 $5 {was the only attempt not to lose something by force.} ) 19...
Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Bxe4 $1 21.Rad1 $2 {Why to give up another pawn?} ( 21.a4 $1 
{is the better way to try to get counterplay,but anyway Black get better 
chances.For example:} 21...Bxc2 ( 21...b4 $5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rxa6 ( 23.Rc6
$5 ) 23...Nc3 $1 24.Kf1 Rxa6 25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Bd3 Rxa4 $17 ) 22.axb5 axb5 
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Bxb5 Ra1+ $17 ) 21...Bxc2 $19 {Now it was a suitable 
moment to resign the game.} 22.R1d2 Bf5 23.Nh4 b4 ( 23...Be6 24.Bf3 Ra7 {
looks simplier.} ) 24.Nxf5+ gxf5 25.axb4 cxb4 26.Nb1 a5 27.R2d4 Re8 28.Bd3
Nc5 29.Bxf5 b3 30.Rc6 Re5 31.g4 a4 32.f4 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Rc1 34.Ke2 a3 35.Nxa3
Rxa3 36.g5 hxg5 37.fxg5 Ra2+ 38.Kf3 Rc3+ 39.Kf4 Rf2+ 40.Ke5 Nfd7+ $1 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.c3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Kh1 Be8 15.Ng5 
Na5 16.f5 exf5 17.Nf4 h6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5+ Kh8 20.Ne6 Rf6 21.b4 Bxb4 
22.Rb1 Qd6 23.Qf3 Rxe6 24.Rxb4 Qxb4 25.Bxe6 Qxd4 26.Rd1 Bc6 27.Rxd4 Bxf3+ 
28.Kg1 Be4 29.g4 Nc6 30.Rd7 Re8 31.gxf5 Rd8 32.Bb2 Rxd7 33.Bxd7 Kh7 34.Kf2
Ne7 35.f6 gxf6 36.Bxf6 Nd5 37.Bd4 a6 38.Be6 Nc7 39.Bc8 Kg6 40.Ke3 Bd5 41.
a3 Kg5 42.Bb6 Nb5 43.Bc5 Kf6 44.Kf4 a5 45.a4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be3 
Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Bd4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Bxd4 
15.Ng5 Bd7 16.f4 Rab8 17.Rab1 Bc6 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.b3 Rfc8 20.Rhd1 e5 21.fxe5
dxe5 22.Ke3 Rd8 23.Bd3 Bg7 24.Bc2 Kf8 25.b4 b6 26.g4 f6 27.Be4 Bxe4 28.
Kxe4 Ke7 29.c5 Ke6 30.c6 f5+ 31.Ke3 Bh6+ 32.g5 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Bf8 34.c7 Rc8 
35.Rd8 Rxc7 36.Rxf8 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 e4 38.Rf6+ Kd5 39.Nd2 Rxh3 40.a4 Ke5 41.a5
bxa5 42.bxa5 Rh2+ 43.Ke1 Kf4 44.Ra6 e3 45.Nb3 Rb2 46.Nd4 Ke4 47.Rxa7 Kxd4 
48.a6 Ke4 49.Rxh7 Ra2 50.a7 f4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Black "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.d4
Bd7 9.O-O e4 10.Nd2 Qg5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.f4 exf3 13.Nxf3 Qh5 14.e4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxh2+ 16.Kf2 c6 17.Bd3 Qh4+ 18.Ke3 Qg5+ 19.Kf2 Qg3+ 20.Kg1 Qh2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Black "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qa4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.d3 Qc7 8.Bf4 a6 9.
Bg3 b5 10.Qf4 h6 11.h4 g5 12.Qe3 g4 13.Nh2 h5 14.O-O Bh6 15.f4 d4 16.Qf2 
Ndxe5 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.Ne4 f5 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Rae1 Nd5 21.Bd1 Ne3 22.Rxe3 dxe3 
23.Qxe3 Qd6 24.Bb3 Nd8 25.Re1 Kd7 26.Bxe6+ Kc7 27.Bb3 Bd7 28.Qf2 Bg7 29.
Re5 Bf8 30.d4 cxd4 31.cxd4 Qb6 32.Nf1 Rc8 33.Ne3 Kb8 34.Nxf5 Nc6 35.Kh2 
Bxf5 36.Rxf5 Qxd4 37.Qe1 Bb4 38.Qb1 Rhe8 39.Rd5 Qe3 40.Rd7 Nd4 41.Bd5 Rc1 
42.Rb7+ Kc8 43.Qxc1+ Qxc1 44.f5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Black "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Bd3 f4 
9.Qc2 a5 10.O-O-O Na6 11.a3 Nc5 12.Na4 Nxd3+ 13.Rxd3 Bd7 14.Nc3 Be8 15.
Nge2 Qb8 16.Nb5 Be7 17.Rhd1 Rf6 18.Qd2 Rh6 19.h3 Rg6 20.g4 f3 21.Rxf3 Bg5 
22.Re3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 c6 24.Nbc3 Rf6 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 Bd7 27.g5 Rf7 28.g6 
hxg6 29.Nxg6 Rf6 30.Rg1 Be8 31.Nf4 Bf7 32.Nce2 Kf8 33.Nd4 Qe8 34.Qg3 g6 
35.Nfe6+ Bxe6 36.Qxd6+ Qe7 37.Nxe6+ Rxe6 38.Qxe6 Qxe6 39.dxe6 Kg7 40.Rf1 
b5 41.Rf7+ Kh6 42.e7 Re8 43.e5 Kg5 44.Kd2 Kh4 45.Ke3 bxc4 46.Kf4 Kxh3 47.
Kg5 Kg3 48.Kxg6 Kg4 49.Kf6 Kf4 50.e6 Ke4 51.Rf8 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Briem, Stefan"]
[Black "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Be2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Qd7 8.Ne5 
Nxe5 9.fxe5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Ng4 11.e6 Qxe6 12.Qxe6 fxe6 13.Ne4 b6 14.b3 h6 
15.Bb2 Nf6 16.Nf2 g5 17.O-O Bg7 18.Rae1 Nh5 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Ng4 Rd8 21.d3 
Rd5 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.c4 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rd6 25.g4 Rd4 26.Ke2 Rf4 27.h3 a5 28.a3
Kd8 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 cxb4 31.Rb1 h5 32.Rxb4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kc7 34.Ke3 Ne8 
35.Rb1 Nf6 36.Rg1 Kb7 37.Kd2 Rf2+ 38.Kc3 Rf4 39.Re1 Nxg4 40.Nxg4 Rxg4 41.
Rxe6 b5 42.Rxe7+ Kc6 43.Re6+ Kd7 44.Rg6 bxc4 45.dxc4 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Black "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Qa4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Nxd5 Nc5 13.Qd1 c6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7
15.Qd6 Rfe8 16.Qxe7 Rxe7 17.Bf4 Nd7 18.e6 fxe6 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.Bd6 Ree8 21.
Rfd1 Nf6 22.Be5 Red8 23.Bf3 Kf7 24.a3 Nd5 25.Rd4 c5 26.Rh4 h6 27.Bh5+ Kg8 
28.Ra4 a6 29.Bf3 Rd7 30.Rac4 a5 31.Bg4 Kf7 32.Bh5+ g6 33.Bf3 Ba6 34.Rh4 h5
35.g4 Rg8 36.gxh5 gxh5+ 37.Kh1 Nf6 38.Rf4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Kjartansson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.O-O Qb6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Qa6 8.cxd5 
cxd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.b4 Rc8 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Rfc1 Ne4 14.Bf1 b5 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Nd2 Bg6 17.f3 h6 18.Be3 Nb6 19.Bf2 Nc4 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.Qc3 
Qb7 22.e4 dxe4 23.f4 Rc7 24.Qe3 Rfc8 25.Rc3 Qd5 26.Rac1 Bh5 27.Qe1 Bf3 28.
R1c2 Be7 29.Qc1 Bf6 30.Rxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Qxc4 Qxc4 33.Bxc4 Kf8 34.
Be3 Be7 35.d5 exd5 36.Bxd5 a6 37.Bc4 a5 38.bxa5 Bg4 39.Bd5 Bc8 40.Bxe4 
Bxa3 41.Bd3 Ke7 42.a6 Kd6 43.a7 Bb7 44.Bf1 Kc7 45.Bg2 Bxg2 46.Kxg2 Kb7 47.
Kf3 Bb2 48.Ke4 Ba3 49.Kd5 Be7 50.f5 h5 51.Bc5 Bd8 52.Kd6 h4 53.Kd7 hxg3 
54.hxg3 Bg5 55.Bd4 f6 56.Ke6 Bh6 57.Kf7 Ka8 58.g4 Kb7 59.Kg6 Ka8 60.Bxf6 
1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Black "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O 
Bd6 ( 8...Be7 9.c4 Ngf6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.
Rad1 c5 $11 {E-E Balashov,Y-Torre,E/Rio de Janeiro izt 1979} ) ( 8...Qc7 
9.Re1 Be7 10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Ne4 Bf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Ngf6 $11 {Chmielinska,A-Vranova,J/Warsaw op-W 1996} ) 9.Re1 Qc7 ( 
9...Ne7 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Ng5 Qc7 12.Qf3 Nf6 13.c4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.h3 
O-O 16.b3 Rad8 17.Bb2 $14 {Morhart,M-Krebs,J/GER-chJW U20 qual3 1995} ) ( 
9...Ngf6 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.Bxf5 O-O 12.Bd3 c5 13.c3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 a6 15.Bf1 
Qc7 16.g3 h6 17.c4 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 {Reznicek,T-Buchnicek,P/Horni 
Becva op 1993} ) 10.Nf5 $5 Bxf5 ( 10...O-O-O 11.Nxg7 ( 11.Nxd6+ {i} 11...
Qxd6 12.Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8,Gg5h4,Gh4g3,Gg3b8]} ) 11...Bf8 12.Bg5 Ngf6 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14.Rxe6 $13 ) 11.Bxf5 {i} 11...O-O-O 12.Bd3 ( 12.Bh3 $5 {
ih3-c8,g2-b7} ) 12...Ngf6 $11 13.c4 h6 14.g3 {ic5,if4,b4 ic5,if4,b4i} 
14...c5 15.b4 $1 $40 ( 15.Qa4 $5 Qb6 16.b4 Qxb4 17.Qxa7 cxd4 18.Rb1 Bc5 
19.Qa8+ Kc7 20.Bf4+ Kc6 21.Rxb4 Rxa8 $17 ) 15...e5 $6 ( 15...cxd4 $142 16.
c5 Be7 17.Bf4 e5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf5+ Nfd7 20.Bxe5 $18 ) ( 15...cxb4 16.c5
$36 ) 16.dxc5 Bxc5 ( 16...Be7 $142 $18 ) 17.bxc5 e4 ( 17...Rhe8 18.Bf5 g6 
19.Bxd7+ Nxd7 20.Qd6 $18 ) 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Nxc5 20.Rd4 Rxd4 ( 20...
Ne6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Qa4 $18 ) 21.Qxd4 Rd8 22.Qg4+ ( 22.Qg4+ Ne6 23.Bb2 
$18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Black "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Nh3 
Nc7 9.e3 Bd6 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Qc2 g6 12.g3 Kf7 13.Ne2 Qd7 14.Nhf4 a6 15.h4 
Rac8 16.Qb1 Kg7 17.h5 b5 18.Kf1 b4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Bxa6 Ra8 21.Bd3 Rxa1 
22.Qxa1 Ra8 23.Qb1 Qa4 24.Kg2 Bg8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.g4 fxg4 27.Bxg6 Qa2 28.
Qf5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Ne2 e5 7.a3 exd4 8.axb4 dxc3
9.Nxc3 h6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.b5 Ne5 12.O-O Be6 13.b3 Bc8 14.Qd4 Re8 15.Bb2 a6 
16.b4 Rb8 17.Rad1 axb5 18.Nxb5 Qe7 19.Na3 Ng6 20.Rfe1 b6 21.Nc2 Nf4 22.Ne3
Qe5 23.Qd2 Qg5 24.Bf1 Nd7 25.Kh1 Ng6 26.g3 Ngf8 27.Bg2 Qg6 28.Nd5 Ne5 29.
Nxc7 Nxc4 30.Qc3 Nxb2 31.Qxb2 Re5 32.f4 Rh5 33.Qf2 Bg4 34.Rd2 Bh3 35.Bf3 
Bg4 36.Bg2 Qf6 37.Nd5 Qd8 38.f5 Nd7 39.Nf4 Ne5 40.Nxh5 Bxh5 41.h3 f6 42.g4
Bf7 43.b5 Kh7 44.Qd4 Qe8 45.Rb2 Bc4 46.Rc2 Qxb5 47.Qxd6 Qe8 48.Ra1 b5 49.
Ra7 Rd8 50.Qc7 Rd7 51.Qc5 Qd8 52.Rc1 Nd3 53.Rxd7 Qxd7 54.Qe3 Nxc1 55.Qxc1 
{[#] A clear black advantage due to the better bishop and the passed 
b-pawn. [#] Klarer schwarzer Vorteil infolge dem besseren Laeufer und dem 
b-Freibauern.} 55...Qd4 56.Qa3 Qd1+ $5 ( 56...Bg8 $142 $1 $19 {[%cal 
Yb5b4,Yb4b3,Yb3b2]} ) 57.Kh2 Qd2 58.Qf3 b4 59.e5 $1 {At the cost of a 
pawn, this activates the white pieces and inititiates threats against 
Black's king. Aktiviert auf Kosten eines Bauern die wei@n en Figuren und 
stellt Drohungen gegen den schwarzen K@warzen nig auf.} 59...fxe5 60.Qc6 
Bf7 61.Qb7 Be8 ( 61...Qa2 62.h4 Qc4 63.Be4 $132 {[%csl Ge4][%cal 
Ge4b1,Ge4h7,Rg4g5]} ) 62.Kh1 Qd1+ 63.Kh2 Qd6 64.Be4 Kg8 65.h4 Qd2+ 66.Kh3 
Qe3+ 67.Kg2 Qe2+ 68.Kh3 Qb5 69.Bd5+ Kf8 70.Qa8 h5 71.gxh5 Qf1+ 72.Kg4 Qf4+
73.Kh3 Qxf5+ 74.Kg3 Qd3+ 75.Kh2 Qe2+ 76.Kh3 Qxh5 77.Qc8 g5 78.Qc5+ Kg7 79.
Qe7+ Bf7 80.Qxe5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Black "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Bb3 Bb4 8.Qd3 
Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Ke2 Qxa1 12.Ba3 Qxh1 13.Qh4 f6 14.Qh5+ 
Kd8 15.Qc5 Nc6 16.Nxc6+ bxc6 17.Qe7+ Kc7 18.Qd6+ Kb7 19.Qb4+ Ka7 20.Qd4+ 
Kb7 21.Bd6 a5 22.Qb2 Ra6 23.c4 Qxg2 24.c5 Qe4+ 25.Kd1 Ka8 26.Bc4 Bb7 27.
Bxa6 Bxa6 28.Qb6 Qd3+ 29.Kc1 Qb5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 
d6 9.O-O a6 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.e4 Rad8 13.Be3 Qb8 14.Bb6 Rc8 15.f4 
Bd8 16.Be3 e5 17.Kh1 Re8 18.c5 dxc5 19.Nxc5 Bb6 20.N3a4 Bxc5 21.Nxc5 Rcd8 
22.Qb3 Bc8 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Nxb7 Nd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Nc5 Rd2 27.Bc4 Rf8 28.
Bxf7+ Kh8 29.Bd5 Re8 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qf4 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.e4 d6 8.d4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.
Qe3 Ne8 16.Rac1 a6 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.Bb4 Nf6 19.a4 Rac8 20.f3 Nd7 21.Be1 h6 
22.h4 Ne5 23.Bf2 Rb8 24.Bh3 Ba8 25.Bf1 Bf6 26.b4 h5 27.Qb3 g6 28.Ne2 Bg7 
29.Nf4 a5 30.b5 Nd7 31.Be3 Nc5 32.Qc2 Kh7 33.Bh3 Bh6 34.Rd2 Rbc8 35.Kf2 
Qe7 36.Rcd1 Bb7 37.Qa2 Rc7 38.Re2 Qf6 39.Kg2 Qe7 40.Qa3 Bg7 41.Nd3 Bh6 42.
Nxc5 dxc5 43.Red2 Rxd2+ 44.Rxd2 Bxe3 45.Qxe3 Rd7 46.e5 Qd8 47.Rxd7 Qxd7 
48.g4 Qd1 49.Kg3 Qxa4 50.Qf4 Kg8 51.gxh5 Qd1 52.hxg6 Qxf3+ $1 {A nice 
simplifying combination} 53.Qxf3 Bxf3 54.gxf7+ Kxf7 55.Kxf3 {[#] This 
start of an ending with an unusual material distribution and an 
imaginative if ultimately hopeless defence. For this, a Medal in advance. 
[#] Beginn eines Endspiels mit ungew@ls hnlicher Maetrialkonstellation und
einfallsreicher, wenn auch vergeblicher Verteidigung. Dafuer vorweg eine 
Medaille.} 55...a4 56.h5 a3 57.Bxe6+ Kg7 58.Ke4 a2 59.Kd5 a1=Q 60.Kd6 Qa7 
61.Kc6 Kf8 62.h6 Qh7 63.Bd5 Qxh6+ 64.e6 Ke7 65.Kxb6 Kd6 {[#] An attempt to
build a fortress. All the white pieces are protected, and the black king 
cannot approach his counterpart. [#] Versuch eines Festungsbaues. Alle 
wei@ngsbaues. en Steine sind gedeckt, und der schwarze K@warze nig kommt 
nicht recht an seinen Gegegnspieler heran.} 66.Ka6 Qg7 67.b6 Qa1+ 68.Kb7 
Qa4 69.Kb8 Qa6 70.b7 Qb6 {Zugzwang!} 71.Be4 Kxe6 72.Kc8 Qa6 73.Bf3 Ke7 74.
Bd5 Qd6 {[%cal Rd6d8]} 75.b8=N ( 75.b8=Q Qd7# ) 75...Qb6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal 
Re7d6]} 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.Ba4 d6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Rhe8 13.Re1 b5 14.a3 
Re7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nh4 Ree8 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nf1 Nd7 20.N1e3 Bf7 
21.Rd1 Re8 22.Ng4 Be6 23.Nfe3 Bg8 24.Nf5 h5 25.Rxd7 Kxd7 26.Nxe5+ Kc8 27.
Ng6 Bc5 28.b4 Bh7 29.Ne5 Bxf5 30.exf5 Bd6 31.f4 c5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 cxb4
34.axb4 Bxb4 35.Nd3 Bf8 36.g5 Re2 37.f6 gxf6 38.Bxf6 Rxc2 39.g6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 ( 6.a4 ) 6...Bg4 7.Be2 
O-O ( 7...b5 8.e5 ) 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.O-O ( 10.O-O-O Qc7 {ib5,e5} )
10...Qc7 11.a4 Rfe8 $14 ( 11...a5 $14 ) 12.Rfd1 Rad8 13.g3 e5 14.d5 $5 ( 
14.dxe5 Nxe5 ( 14...dxe5 15.a5 Qb8 $14 ) 15.Be2 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 ( 16...
cxd5 17.Bxa7 b6 18.Nb5 Qb7 19.a5 Ne4 $13 ) 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Qe1 Red8 $10 ) 
14...Nb6 15.Qd3 a5 16.Rab1 ( 16.Ra3 cxd5 ( 16...Nc8 $14 ) 17.Nb5 ) 16...
Rd7 {icd6-i b5 i d8} 17.Qe2 h5 ( 17...cxd5 18.exd5 e4 19.Bg2 Nc4 20.Bd4 e3
21.fxe3 Nh5 22.Ne4 f5 23.g4 ) 18.g4 $6 ( 18.Bg2 $14 ) 18...hxg4 19.hxg4 
cxd5 $1 20.exd5 e4 21.Bg2 Rde7 {d5,g4,} 22.Nb5 ( 22.g5 Nh5 23.Nb5 Qd8 
24.c4 Re5 ) 22...Qd8 23.Bf4 ( 23.c4 Nxa4 24.Ra1 Nc5 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.d6 Re5
27.Nc7 Rf8 28.Rxa5 Rg5 29.Bh3 Nxg4 30.Bxg4 Qd7 ) 23...Re5 $1 24.Bxe5 ( 24.
g5 Nfxd5 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Bxe4 Qxg5+ $40 ) 24...Rxe5 25.c4 ( 25.b3 Rg5 ( 
25...Nbxd5 {ie3,i d7,i f4.} ) 26.Bh3 Nxg4 27.Bxg4 f5 28.f3 exf3 29.Qe6+ 
$13 ) 25...Nxa4 $17 26.f4 ( 26.b3 Nc5 27.Nc3 Qd7 28.Bh3 Nxg4 29.Bxg4 Rg5 
30.Nxe4 Rxg4+ 31.Ng3 Ne4 32.Kg2 Be5 $40 ) 26...exf3 27.Qxf3 Rg5 28.Bh3 ( 
28.Qf4 Rxg4 ( 28...Qb6+ $1 29.Qd4 Nc5 $19 ) 29.Qxd6 Qc8 $13 ) 28...Nxg4 $1
29.Bxg4 Qd7 30.Kf1 Rxg4 {ii b2,ie5} 31.Nxd6 Rg5 ( 31...Be5 32.Nxf7 ( 32.
Qxf7+ Qxf7+ 33.Nxf7 Rf4+ ) 32...Rf4 33.Nxe5 Qf5 $19 ) 32.Qxf7+ $8 Qxf7+ 
33.Nxf7 Rf5+ 34.Kg2 Rxf7 $19 35.Rd2 Nc5 $6 ( 35...b6 36.Re2 Bd4 ) ( 35...
Kf8 36.Ra1 Nxb2 37.Rxa5 Nxc4 38.Ra8+ Ke7 $19 ) 36.Re1 ( 36.b4 $2 axb4 37.
Rxb4 Bc3 ) 36...Rd7 37.Re8+ Kf7 38.Ra8 b6 ( 38...Bf6 {iid8} ) 39.Rb8 Rd6 (
39...Nb7 40.d6 Bf6 41.Kf3 $132 ) ( 39...Rb7 40.Rxb7+ Nxb7 41.d6 ( 41.Re2 
Bf8 {iic5,i d6i} ) 41...Ke6 42.d7 Bf6 ) 40.Rf2+ Bf6 41.Re2 Nd3 ( 41...Bd8 
) 42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Kg3 a4 ( 43...Nxb2 44.Re6 ( 44.Rb8+ Kg7 45.Rb7+ Kh6 46.
Kg4 ) 44...Rxe6 45.dxe6 Be5+ 46.Kg4 Nxc4 47.Kg5 $132 ) ( 43...Bxb2 44.Ree7
) 44.Ra7 $1 Nc5 ( 44...Nxb2 45.Ra8+ Kg7 46.Ra7+ Kh6 47.Kg4 ) 45.Rc7 Bd8 
46.Rh7 $2 ( 46.Rc6 Rxc6 47.dxc6 Kf7 48.Kf4 $13 ) 46...Rd7 $1 47.Rh8+ ( 47.
Rxd7 Nxd7 48.Re6 Bf6 ) ( 47.Rf2+ Kg8 48.Rxd7 Nxd7 {iif6,if7,i c5} ) 47...
Kg7 48.Ree8 Bf6 49.Reg8+ Kf7 50.Rf8+ Ke7 51.Re8+ Kd6 52.Rhg8 Rg7 $1 $19 
53.Rd8+ Bxd8 54.Rxg7 Bf6 $1 55.Rxg6 Kc7 56.Rxf6 ( 56.Kf4 Bxb2 {ia3-a2} ) 
56...Ne4+ 57.Kf4 Nxf6 58.Kf5 Nd7 59.Ke6 Nc5+ 60.Ke7 Ne4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 
15.Nb3 Qc7 ( 15...Qa6 ) ( 15...Qd8 ) ( 15...Qe5 ) 16.Bd4 Be6 17.h5 a5 18.
a4 b5 ( 18...Rb4 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Rh4 b5 21.Nxb5 Qc4 22.Nc3 Rab8 23.Rdh1 
Qc8 24.e5 Nh5 25.exd6 Bxb3 26.cxb3 Rxb3 27.Bxg7 Rxb2+ 28.Qxb2 {E-E 
Wood,D-Ward,C/Lloyds Bank op 1994/EXP 43} ) 19.Nxb5 Qb8 ( 19...Qb7 {0-1 
Wagner,H-Hubert,R/FRG op-ch 1986/EXT 97 (38)} ) 20.Nc3 Rb4 21.hxg6 hxg6 
22.Bxf6 {Zweischneidig. Der schuetzende i f6 wird entfernt, aber der ig7 
kommt maechtig ins Spiel.} ( 22.Rh4 Qb7 23.Rdh1 Rb8 24.g4 Bxb3 25.cxb3 
Rxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxb3 27.R4h2 ( 27.Nd5 ) 27...Nh5 ( 27...Nh7 ) 28.Qe3 Bxc3 29.
gxh5 Qa3 30.Qc1 Be5 {E-E Forchert,M-Wisskirchen,A/NRW-II 1995/GER 10 (51)}
) 22...Bxf6 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Yd5f7]} ( 24.exd5 
$2 Rxa4 {$140 25...Rb4 26...a4 $19} ) 24...Ra6 $1 {Schwarz hat jetzt zwei 
starke Drohungen: 1. i xa4, i b4, a4 mit Angriff auf b2, 2. i ab6, i xb3, 
i xb3 ebenfalls mit Angriff auf b2.} ( 24...Rxa4 25.Rh6 $132 ) 25.f4 $2 ( 
25.Rh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g6] ist ein gefaehrlicher Gegenangriff:} 25...e6 ( 
25...Kg7 $2 26.Rdh1 $40 ) 26.Qd2 Rab6 ( 26...Rc6 27.Rdh1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Rxb3
29.Kc1 Rxb2 30.Rh8+ Bxh8 31.Rxh8+ Kxh8 32.Qxb2+ Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 {-26.i ab6} 
) 27.Rdh1 Rxb3 28.cxb3 Rxb3 29.Kc1 Qb6 $1 $19 ( 29...Rxb2 30.Rh8+ Bxh8 31.
Rxh8+ Kxh8 32.Qxb2+ Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 ) ) ( 25.Rh7 e6 26.Qd3 Rab6 27.Rdh1 Rxb3
) 25...e6 26.Qd3 Rab6 27.Rh3 Rxa4 28.f5 d5 29.fxe6 Qe5 30.exf7+ Kf8 31.c3 
Rxb3 32.exd5 Rab4 33.Rd2 Qe1+ 34.Ka2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ {
Nach meiner Meinung ist das die beste M@te glichkeit fuer Schwarz. Wenn er
5...ib4 gespielt hat, ist dieser Tausch logisch. Nach 7...0-0 kommt 8.i 
c1. Das ist natuerlich spielbar fuer Schwarz, aber Wei@rz, hat keine 
Bauernschwaechen am Damenfluegel. Ribli.} 8.bxc3 Ne5 9.f3 {Mit diesem Zug 
m@ chte Wei@m sein Laeuferpaar auf dem Brett halten und nach 9...i g6 
10.if2 spielen. Anderseits sichert der Zug 9.f3 dem Wei@rt en das Feld e4.
} ( 9.e3 d6 ( 9...O-O 10.Nb5 d6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxc7 Nf3+ 13.Ke2 Bg4 14.
Nd5 Ne5+ 15.Ke1 Qd8 16.Qd4 Qa5 17.Be2 Be6 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.f4 Rfe8 20.fxe5 
dxe5 21.Qh4 Qd8 $15 {Alterman,B-Huebner,R/Erevan olm 1996/E-E (65)} ) 10.
Be2 Ng6 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Bf3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Ne5 15.Rb1 c6 16.Be2 g6 
17.Qd2 h5 18.Rd1 O-O 19.e4 Kg7 20.Nc2 f5 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 fxe4 23.Ne3 
Nd7 24.g4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 Nc5 $15 {Degerman,L-Chernin,A/26th Rilton Cup, 
Stockholm SWE 1997/0-1 (45)} ) 9...O-O ( 9...Nxc4 10.Nf5 $5 ( 10.e4 Ne5 
11.f4 ( 11.Nf5 O-O $15 ) 11...Ng6 $15 ) 10...O-O 11.Qd4 $13 {[%csl 
Rc4,Gd4,Gf5,Rg8,Gh4] Wei@d4,Gf5,Rg8,Gh4] droht, 12.i xh6 zu spielen. Die 
Abwesenheit des schwarzfeldrigen Laeufers des Nachziehenden ist spuerbar.}
) 10.e4 d6 {In dieser Stellung mu@lung Schwarz das Endspiel anstreben, 
waehrend Wei@end die Stellung fuer sein Laeuferpaar zu @ ffnen versucht.} 
( 10...Ng6 11.Bf2 Re8 12.Qd2 c6 13.Be2 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.O-O dxc4 16.Bxc4
Qc7 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Ne2 b6 21.Bd4 Bb5 22.Re1 Bc4 
{E-E Gasthofer,V-Sotnikov,I/Komercni Banka op 1997} ) 11.Bf2 $6 {Es ist 
nicht logisch, da@sch, Wei@ch, die Fesselung auf der Diagonale h4-d8 
aufhebt. Besser waere, zunaechst den K@ nigsfluegel zu entwickeln und erst
nach 11...i g6 12.if2 (12.ig3) zu spielen.} ( 11.Be2 $5 ) ( 11.f4 $6 Ng6 
12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.g3 c5 14.Nb5 ( 14.Ne2 Bg4 $17 ) 14...a6 15.Nxd6 ( 15.Nc7 
Qxc3+ $17 ) 15...Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 16.e5 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Qxe5+ $19 ) 11...
Nfd7 $15 {Der Springer ist von der Fesselung befreit und strebt zum 
Damenfluegel.} 12.Be2 ( 12.f4 Ng6 $15 {[%csl Re1,Re4,Rf4]} ) 12...Nb6 {
Wei@fluegel. entfaltet keine Initiative am K@tiative nigsfluegel, waehrend
Schwarz bereits konkretes Spiel gegen die wei@ en Bauernschwaechen am 
Damenfluegel hat.} 13.Qb3 {Die Dame steht nicht gut auf b3, aber anders 
kann Wei@s nicht den Bauern c4 halten.} ( 13.c5 dxc5 14.Nb5 Qe7 $17 ) 
13...c5 14.Nc2 ( 14.Nb5 Be6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb6c4,Ge5c4,Ge6c4]} ) 14...f5
$5 15.exf5 ( 15.O-O fxe4 ( 15...f4 {[%csl Ge5]} ) ( 15...Be6 ) 16.fxe4 Qg5
17.Be3 Qg6 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15 ) 15...Bxf5 16.Rd1 ( 16.Ne3 Be6 $15 ( 16...
Bd3 $15 ) ( 16...Nd3+ 17.Bxd3 Bxd3 18.Rd1 ) ) 16...Bxc2 17.Qxc2 Qg5 $36 {
[%csl Ge5,Gg5][%cal Ga8e8,Ge8e1] Die schwarze Stellung ist viel aktiver. 
Es ist interessant, da@ressant, das wei@essant, e Laeuferpaar keine Rolle 
spielt.} ( 17...Nexc4 18.Bxc5 $13 ( 18.Bxc4+ $2 Nxc4 19.Qb3 Qe7+ 20.Kf1 
Qf7 $17 ) ( 18.Qb3 Qe7 $17 ) ) 18.O-O {Das ist die beste M@te glichkeit 
fuer Wei@keit . Er opfert einen Bauern und beendet die Entwicklung.} 18...
Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Rxf3 20.Bg3 ( 20.Rxd6 Raf8 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rf1,Rf2][%cal 
Gf8f1]} ) 20...Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Nxc4 $17 {Schwarz hat die viel bessere 
Bauernstruktur und zwei Mehrbauern.} 22.Qb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rb3b7,Rb3g8]}
22...Qe3+ 23.Bf2 Qe4 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4] Alles ist verteidigt, Wei@idigt, hat 
keine Kompensation fuer das geopferte Material.} 24.Re1 Qd5 25.Rd1 Qf7 ( 
25...Qe4 26.Rxd6 ( 26.Re1 ) ) 26.Bg3 Rf8 27.h3 ( 27.Bxd6 $2 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 
Qf1+ 29.Rxf1 Rxf1# ) 27...d5 28.Qb5 b6 {Die wei@ial. e Dame ist relativ 
wirksam, aber fuer die Rettung der Partie reicht das nicht.} 29.Qc6 Ne3 {
[%csl Ge3]} 30.Re1 d4 31.cxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3] Schwarz hat deutlichen 
Vorteil. Der e3-Springer, unterstuetzt vom Bauern d4, ist besonders stark.
} 32.Qd6 Qxa2 {[%cal Ra2g2] Das ist der dritte Mehrbauer fuer Schwarz und 
es droht matt auf g2.} 33.Qc6 a5 ( 33...Qd5 34.Qxd5+ Nxd5 35.Rd1 {Mit 
gutem Spiel mu@l Schwarz gewinnen, aber Weiss hat kleine praktische 
Rettungschancen.} ) 34.Bd6 Qf2+ 35.Kh2 Ng4+ $1 $19 ( 35...Qxe1 36.Bxf8 
Kxf8 37.Qd6+ Kf7 38.Qd7+ Kf6 39.Qxd4+ {Wei@ngschancen. hat Chancen auf 
Dauerschach. Die Partiefortsetzung ist konsequenter.} ) 36.hxg4 Qh4+ {
Alles kommt mit Schach.} 37.Kg1 Qxe1+ 38.Kh2 {Schwarz hat entscheidenden 
Vorteil, aber in Zeitnot er gibt ein paar Schachs.} 38...Qh4+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 
40.Kh2 Qh4+ 41.Kg1 Qf6 {und Wei@hs. gab in verlorener Stellung auf.} ( 
41...Qe1+ {Nach diesem Zug kann Wei@m die dreimalige Stellungswiederholung
reklamieren - wir haben dieselbe Stellung nach 37...i e1, 39...i e1 und 
jetzt nach 41...i e1. Ribli.} ) ( 41...Qf6 42.Qc4+ ( 42.Qd5+ Rf7 ) 42...
Rf7 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.g3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 c5 5.d5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Na6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc7 
9.a4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qd3 Nh5 13.Bd2 e5 14.Rab1 a5 15.Qe2 Bf6 
16.Bh6 Ng7 17.Qd1 Be7 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.Nc4 Rb8 20.Qd2 f5 21.f4 exf4 22.e5 
fxg3 23.hxg3 Nce8 24.Nb5 dxe5 25.d6 Bf6 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Bd7 28.Re7 f4
29.Bd5+ Kh8 30.Qc3 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.Rc1 a6 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Ne4 Nf5 14.Be2 Nd6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Rxc7 e4 17.Nd4 Qg5 18.g3 Bh3 19.Qb4 Rad8 20.Rc5 Rfe8 21.Bf1 
Qh5 22.Be2 Qe5 23.Qb6 Rd7 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Nc8 26.Qb3 Ne7 27.Kg2 Nxd5 
28.Rhc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Nc4 Ne7 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Qe1 Be6 12.Be3 c5 13.Bg5 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nf5 
Qd7 16.Nce3 g6 17.Ng3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 Ng7 20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.c4 exf4 
22.Rxf4 Rae8 23.Nc2 Qe5 24.Qf2 Bb8 25.Re1 Qxb2 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Nxf5 Qc1+ 
28.Qf1 Qxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxf5 30.Rxf5 b5 31.a3 bxc4 32.dxc4 Re4 33.Kf2 Rxc4 
34.Ne3 Re4 35.Kf3 Re6 36.Nd5 Ba7 37.g4 c4 38.Rf4 Re5 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Nh5+ 
Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Nh5+ Kg8 43.Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 d5 
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 c5 11.O-O Rc8 12.f5 exf5 13.Bxf5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Bg3 
Rc6 16.Qg4 Bc8 17.Rad1 Nb8 18.Nf3 Rg6 19.Qh5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Nc6 21.c4 d4 22.
Kh1 Re6 23.Bf2 d3 24.Bg3 Nb4 25.a3 g6 26.Qg4 h5 27.Qf4 Nc6 28.Qe4 f5 29.
Qxd3 Qxd3 30.Rxd3 Rd8 31.Rd5 Re8 32.h4 Bd8 33.Bf4 Bc7 34.Ng5 R6e7 35.e6 
Bxf4 36.Rxf4 Nd8 37.e4 Nxe6 38.Nxe6 Rxe6 39.exf5 Rf6 40.Kh2 Re2 41.b4 cxb4
42.axb4 gxf5 43.Rdxf5 Rg6 44.Rf8+ Kh7 45.R4f7+ Rg7 46.Rxg7+ Kxg7 47.Rf4 
Rd2 48.b5 Rd3 49.g3 a5 50.bxa6 Ra3 51.Rf5 Kg6 52.Rg5+ Kh6 53.Rb5 Rxa6 54.
Kg2 Kg6 55.Kf3 Kh6 56.Kf4 Kg6 57.Ke4 Kh6 58.Kf5 Ra5 59.Rxa5 bxa5 60.c5 a4 
61.c6 a3 62.c7 a2 63.c8=Q a1=Q 64.Qf8+ Kh7 65.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.a5 Nd7 13.Qd2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 O-O 15.Rac1
Qd8 16.Na4 Nf6 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.h3 Bd7 19.Nd4 Be8 20.Rc2 Bd7 21.Rfc1 Qe8 22.
Qc3 Bd8 23.Qb4 Be7 24.Qb3 Bd8 25.Rc3 Kh8 26.Qc2 h6 27.b4 Ng8 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 
29.f5 e5 30.Nf3 Qb5 31.Qb3 b6 32.Rc6 bxa5 33.Rxd6 axb4 34.Rc5 Qb7 35.Nxe5 
Be7 36.Rd7 Bxc5 37.Bxc5 Qb5 38.Bxf8 Qxe5 39.Qxf7 Qa1+ 40.Kf2 Rxf8 41.Qxf8 
b3 42.f6 Qb2+ 43.Kf3 Qxf6+ 44.Qxf6 Nxf6 45.Rb7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Olsen, Heini"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ne3 Re8 14.d4 Bf8 15.d5 Ne7 
16.a4 Bd7 17.Nh4 Kh8 18.Rf1 Neg8 19.Nhf5 g6 20.Ng3 Bg7 21.f4 exf4 22.Rxf4 
Qe7 23.Qf1 Rf8 24.Nh1 Rae8 25.Nf2 Nh5 26.Rf3 Nhf6 27.Bd2 Nh7 28.Ned1 Qh4 
29.axb5 Be5 30.h3 Ng5 31.Bxg5 hxg5 32.Ne3 axb5 33.Ra7 Re7 34.Nfg4 Bxg4 35.
Rxe7 Bxf3 36.Rxe5 dxe5 37.Qxf3 Qf4 38.Qe2 Nf6 39.Nf1 c4 40.Qe1 g4 41.g3 
Qh6 42.h4 Rb8 43.Qf2 Kg7 44.Qa7 Qh8 45.Qc7 Qe8 46.Ne3 Ra8 47.d6 Qd7 48.
Qxd7 Nxd7 49.Bd1 Ra6 50.Bxg4 Rxd6 51.Bxd7 Rxd7 52.Nd5 f5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 
O-O 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Bc4 Bd7 11.h4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rfc8 13.h5 Nxh5 14.Nd5 Qxd2+ 
15.Rxd2 Kf8 16.g4 Nf6 {Die schwarzen Chancen in dieser Variante sind 
ziemlich gering.} 17.Nxf6 ( 17.Rdh2 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Nc6 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Bc4 
$16 {1-0 Nunn,J-Ward,C/Hastings Premier 9798 1998/CBM 63 (35)} ) 17...Bxf6
18.Rxh7 e6 19.g5 Bg7 20.Rdh2 a5 21.a3 b5 22.Kd2 ( 22.Kb1 ) 22...Rab8 23.
R2h4 a4 ( {$140 24.f4} ) 24.Ba2 b4 25.f4 bxa3 ( 25...Nc4+ $4 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 
27.Rh8+ $18 ) 26.b3 ( 26.bxa3 Rb2 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Rh8+ Ke7 ( 28...Bxh8 $2 
29.Rxh8+ Ke7 30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Nc6+ Kd6 32.Nb4 $18 ) 29.Rxc8 exd4 30.Rg8 
dxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Be5 32.Bc4 Rxc2 33.Bd3 Rc3 34.Kd2 Rxa3 $19 ) 26...axb3 27.
Bxb3 Rxb3 28.cxb3 Nf3+ 29.Nxf3 a2 30.Rh1 Bc3+ 31.Ke2 a1=Q 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.
Bd4 Bxd4 34.Nxd4 Kg8 35.Rh1 $2 {Verliert einen Bauern.} ( 35.Rh4 $142 {
[%cal Gh4g4,Yd7g4]} ) 35...e5 36.fxe5 dxe5 37.Nf3 Bg4 38.Kf2 Bxf3 39.Kxf3 
Rc3+ 40.Kf2 Rxb3 41.Rd1 Rb8 42.Rd5 Re8 43.Kf3 Re6 44.Rd8+ Kg7 45.Ke3 f5 
46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Rd1 Kg5 48.Rg1+ Kh4 49.Rh1+ Kg4 50.Rg1+ Kh3 51.Kf3 Rf6+ 
52.Ke3 Ra6 53.Rg5 Re6 54.Rg1 Kh4 55.Rh1+ Kg5 56.Rg1+ Kh6 57.Rh1+ Kg7 58.
Rf1 Rb6 59.Rg1 Rb3+ 60.Ke2 Kh6 61.Rd1 Kg5 62.Rg1+ Kh5 63.Rd1 Kg4 64.Rg1+ 
Rg3 65.Rf1 Kg5 66.Rf8 Rh3 67.Rf1 Rh4 68.Ke3 Kh5 69.Rf6 Rh3+ 70.Ke2 Ra3 71.
Rf1 g5 72.Rh1+ Kg4 73.Rf1 Kh4 74.Rh1+ Kg3 75.Rf1 g4 76.Rf5 Ra5 77.Rf8 Ra2+
78.Ke3 Kh2 79.Rh8+ Kg2 80.Rh5 Ra5 81.Rg5 g3 82.Rh5 Kf1 83.Rf5+ Kg1 84.Rh5 
g2 85.Ke2 Rb5 86.Rh8 Rb2+ 87.Ke1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 {both} ( 6...Na6 )
( 6...c5 {are ment to better from theoretical point of view.} ) 7.Qd2 c6 
8.Nf3 d5 {Now Black wants to play against the isolated i on d4. However, 
White has a strong pressure in the centre and the i.} 9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O 
dxc4 ( 10...a6 {- Gelfand-Svidler, Koop Tjuchem 1996 CBM 57} ) 11.Bxc4 a6 
( 11...Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf5 ( 12...Nbd5 13.Rfe1 Be6 14.Bh6 {Exchanging the 
defensive i on the i.} 14...Nxc3 {Black gives up his blockade on d5, after
which White's position is much better.} 15.bxc3 Bd5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne5 b5
18.Re3 $1 {with attacking chances on the i.} 18...Rc8 19.Rae1 e6 20.Rh3 
$16 {Rashkovsky-Kupreichik, Vilnius (ch) 1980} ) 13.Rfe1 Rc8 {
(I.Farago-Martinovic, St.Ingbert 1991)} 14.Ne5 $1 $14 ) 12.a4 ( 12.Rfe1 b5
13.Bb3 ( 13.Bd5 Ra7 14.Bc6 Nb8 $1 ( 14...Nb6 15.d5 b4 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne4 
Bg7 18.Rac1 {White has a big space advantage.} 18...a5 19.a3 $14 {
Rashkovsky-Kupreichik, Minsk 1987} ) 15.Ne5 $2 {falls into the devilish 
trap:} ( 15.d5 $142 ) 15...Nh5 $1 16.Bf3 f6 17.Bxh5 fxe5 $19 {
Se.Ivanov-Svidler, Elista (ch) 1995} ) 13...Bb7 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.Qe2 b4 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 a5 $11 {S.Mohr-Gelfand, Debrecen 1989} ) ( 
12.a3 b5 ( 12...Nb6 13.Ba2 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Bxe7 Re8 17.
Bc5 Bg4 18.Qf4 Re4 $44 {L.Portisch-Torre, Indonesia 1983} ) 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.
d5 $142 ( 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rad1 Nb6 $13 {Norri-Svidler, Yerevan (ol) 1996} ) 
14...Nb6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.Rfe1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Ne5 $14 ) 12...b6 $6 {
This leaves the i on the d7, which is not a very promising square for him.
} ( 12...Nb6 $142 13.Bb3 Bf5 ( 13...Qd6 $6 14.a5 $1 Nbd5 ( 14...Qb4 $2 15.
Qd1 Nbd7 16.Re1 Qd6 17.Bh4 $16 {Lukacs-Vukic, Tuzla 1981} ) 15.Rfe1 Be6 
16.Na4 Rad8 17.Nc5 $14 ) 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Rac1 {1/2 W.Schmidt-M.Pavlov, 
Baile Herculane (zt) 1982} ) 13.Rfe1 ( 13.Bd5 $5 Ra7 14.Rfe1 ) 13...Bb7 
14.Qe2 ( 14.d5 $5 ) 14...h6 15.Bh4 e6 16.Rac1 {The i belongs to d1.} ( 16.
Ne5 $142 Re8 17.Rad1 $14 ) 16...Re8 17.Ne5 Qe7 18.Red1 Qb4 19.Bg3 Nf8 20.
h3 Rec8 21.b3 $5 ( 21.Ba2 ) 21...Bd5 $6 {This is too risky.} ( 21...Nd5 $6
22.Qf3 $1 ) ( 21...Qe7 $142 $14 {still holds the game.} ) 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.
Bxa6 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Ne6 25.Bb7 $1 ( 25.Nxg6 {is not enough for an advantage:
} 25...Rxa6 ( 25...Nxd4 26.Qe7 $1 Qxe7 ( 26...Qd2 27.Bf4 $1 ) ( 26...Qxb3 
27.Rc7 ) 27.Nxe7+ Kf8 ( 27...Kh8 28.Rd1 $16 ) 28.Bd6 $16 ) 26.Qxa6 ( 26.
Rc8+ Kh7 ) 26...fxg6 ) 25...Re8 ( 25...Nxd4 26.Qd1 ( 26.Qe1 Qxe1+ 27.Rxe1 
Re8 ) 26...Re8 ( 26...Rb8 $2 27.Nd3 $18 ) 27.Nc6 Nxc6 28.Bxc6 Rc8 ) 26.Qd1
Qxd4 $6 ( 26...Nxd4 27.Nc6 Nxc6 28.Bxc6 Rc8 {was better} ) 27.Nf3 Qxd1+ 
28.Rxd1 Rd8 ( 28...Bf8 29.Be5 $16 ( 29.Bxd5 $2 Rd8 ) ) 29.b4 ( {After} 29.
Be5 $14 {White still has the small advantage in the i due to his i, and 
the possibility of making remote i.} ) 29...Bf8 30.Rb1 ( 30.b5 Bc5 ) 30...
Ne4 31.Be5 N6g5 32.Nxg5 hxg5 33.Bd4 $2 ( 33.a5 $1 {Creates a remote i just
in time:} 33...bxa5 34.bxa5 Bc5 35.a6 {White has to sacrifice the 
unimportant i f2, but his a6 i is very dangerous:} 35...Nxf2 ( 35...Bxf2+ 
36.Kh2 $16 ) 36.Kh2 Nd3 37.Bc7 Re8 38.Bb6 Bd6+ 39.Kh1 Bc5 40.Bxd5 $16 ) 
33...Nd2 $1 {with perpetual i on the i .} 34.Rb2 Nc4 35.Rb1 Na3 36.Rb2 ( 
36.Rb3 Nc2 ) 36...Nc4 37.Rb1 Na3 38.Rb2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Bxe7 7.Bb3 Nc6 
8.Nd5 Bd8 9.c3 Ne5 10.Bc2 b6 11.d4 Ng6 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Ne3 O-O 14.Bd3 f5 15.
f4 Bh4+ 16.Kf1 Rae8 17.Rg1 Be4 18.Bc2 c5 19.g3 Bf6 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Kf2 
Bxc2 22.Nxc2 Re6 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.Ng1 Rxe1 25.Nxe1 Ne4+ 26.Kf1 Nxc3 27.Nc2 
Nd1 28.Nf3 d5 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.fxe5 Bxe5 31.Bf4 Nxb2 32.Re1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 ( 6...d5 {Die 
sogenannte Stonewall-Variante der Hollaendischen Verteidigung ist 
logischer, wenn Wei@cher, schon d2-d4 gespielt hat. Ribli.} 7.d3 $5 ( 7.
cxd5 $5 {N} 7...exd5 8.e3 Kh8 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Be6 11.Ne2 Bg8 12.d3 Qd7 13.
a3 Bd6 14.Qc2 Rae8 15.b4 Ng4 16.Ned4 Nce5 17.Rac1 c6 18.Bc3 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 
Re7 20.Qb2 Qe8 21.Bd4 a6 22.Bc5 Rf6 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Qd4 $14 {1-0 
Kasparov,G-Short,N/Paris Immopar 1990 (58)} ) 7...c6 ( 7...Kh8 $6 8.e4 $1 
{Dieser kraftvolle Zug widerlegt das schwarze Spielkonzept.} 8...d4 9.Ne2 
fxe4 10.dxe4 c5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nf4 Nc6 13.h4 $16 {Wei@konzept. besitzt eine 
starke Initiative. Stohl,I-Keitlinhaus,L/Prague Chip/ 1992/CBM27/INF53,08/
} ) 8.e4 $1 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nbd7 11.Nd4 Nb6 12.exf5 exf5 13.b3 
Bd7 14.h3 Rae8 15.Be3 $14 {Ribli,Z-Ivankovic,Dalmatien Cup,1998,Hvar} ) 7.
b4 $5 {Wei@F spielt noch nicht 7.d2-d4 oder 7.d2-d3, sondern gewinnt 
zunaechst Raum am Damenfluegel.} ( 7.d3 c5 ( 7...Qe8 8.b4 Qh5 9.e3 e5 10.
Nd2 $1 $14 {Bern,I-Kacheishvili,G/Gausdal Troll/1992/EXP28/} ) 8.a3 Nc6 9.
Rb1 a5 10.d4 $1 Ne4 11.d5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 exd5 13.cxd5 Nb8 14.Ne1 Na6 15.c4 
Nc7 16.Nd3 Bf6 17.Bf4 Ne8 18.h4 $1 $16 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Comas 
Fabrego,L/Pamplona 1995 (23)} ) ( 7.d4 {i A96} ) 7...a5 {Dieser Zug 
gefaellt mir nicht, denn er gibt Wei@, freie Hand am Damenfluegel.} ( 7...
e5 $5 8.Bb2 e4 9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.d3 d5 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.
Rad1 Rb8 15.a3 a5 16.cxd5 axb4 17.dxc6 Qe8 18.Nd5 Be6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Nxf6
Bxf6 21.Qe3 b3 22.Bxe4 b2 23.Qf4 $16 {1-0 Gufeld,E-Sax,G/Debrecen 1969 
(54)} ) 8.b5 $14 {Mit der Unterstuetzung des Laeufers von g2 hat Wei@ers 
dauerhafte Initiative am Damenfluegel.} 8...e5 9.Bb2 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5] Das
ist ein typischer schwarzer Plan. Die Dame zielt nach h5.} ( 9...Nbd7 10.
d3 $14 ( 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 $14 ) ) 10.Rc1 Qh5 {
Die schwarze Dame steht scheinbar aktiv auf h5, fehlt aber zur 
Verteidigung des Damenfluegels, was vorteilhaft fuer Wei@ilhaft ist.} 11.
Nd5 $1 ( 11.d3 ) 11...Nxd5 $6 ( 11...Bd8 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.c5 $14 ) 12.cxd5
{[%csl Rc7][%cal Rc1c7]} 12...Bd8 13.b6 c5 $6 {Schwarz m@warz chte sich 
vom schwachen c7-Bauern befreien, aber der Textzug fuehrt zu neuen 
Felderschwaechen am Damenfluegel.} ( 13...Rf7 ) ( 13...Na6 ) 14.dxc6 Nxc6 
15.d4 e4 ( 15...Bf6 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 ( 17...Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Qd5+ Qf7 20.Qxe5 $16 Qxa2 $2 21.Bd5+ $18 ) 18.Qd5+ Qf7 19.Bxe5 Be6 20.Qc5 
Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Bxa2 22.Rc7 $16 ) 16.d5 $1 Nb4 ( 16...exf3 17.Bxf3 $16 {[%cal
Rf3h5,Rd5c6]} ) 17.Nd4 Bxb6 ( 17...Nxd5 18.Nb5 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} ) ( 
17...Nxa2 18.Ra1 ( 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Qa4 Nc3 $17 ( 19...Nb4 20.Qxa5 Nc2 $17 
) ) 18...Nb4 19.Nb5 $44 ) 18.Qb3 $44 {Der wei@F e Minusbauer wird durch 
die aktive Figurenstellung kompensiert.} 18...f4 ( 18...Bxd4 19.Bxd4 {
[%csl Gd4] Nach diesem Tausch bekommt Schwarz Probleme auf den schwarzen 
Feldern.} 19...Qxe2 20.a3 Nd3 21.Rc7 {[%csl Gc7,Gd4,Rg7,Rg8]} 21...Rf7 22.
Qb5 $44 ( 22.Qb6 $44 ) ) 19.a3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 f3 ( 20...Na6 21.Bxe4 Qxe2 22.
Rfe1 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} ) 21.exf3 exf3 22.Rc7 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rc7g7]} 
22...Rf7 23.Rxf7 Qxf7 ( 23...Kxf7 $2 24.Bxf3 Bg4 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.f4 $18 {
[%csl Rb4]} ) 24.Bxf3 {Wei@] besitzt das Laeuferpaar und gutes 
Figurenspiel, waehrend Schwarz mit Entwicklungsproblemen am Damenfluegel 
zu kaempfen hat.} 24...a4 $6 ( 24...Na6 25.Re1 ) 25.Qd1 Nxd5 ( 25...Na6 
26.Re1 $36 ( 26.Qxa4 $2 Qxf3 27.Qe8+ Qf8 $19 ) ) 26.Bxg7 $16 {Nach diesem 
Zug steht der schwarze K@warze nig allein in Sturm.} 26...Kxg7 27.Bxd5 Be6
( 27...Qf6 28.Re1 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge1,Rg7]} ) 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Re1 {[%csl 
Gd1,Ge1,Rg7]} 29...Qf6 30.Re4 {[%cal Re4a4,Re4g4,Rg4g7]} 30...Ra5 $6 ( 
30...b5 31.Rf4 $16 ) 31.Qg4+ $18 {Und Schwarz gab in verlorener Stellung 
auf.} ( 31.Rxa4 Rxa4 32.Qxa4 $16 {Wei@e1,Rg7] hat einen Mehrbauern, aber 
im Damenendspiel ergeben sich immer Gegenchancen fuer den Verteidiger. 
Ribli.} ) ( 31.Qg4+ Kh6 ( 31...Kh8 32.Re8+ $18 ) ( 31...Kf7 32.Qd7+ Kg6 ( 
32...Kf8 33.Re8# ) 33.Re6 $18 ) ( 31...Qg6 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Rf4+ Kg8 34.Qd8+
{[%cal Rd8a5,Rd8g8]} 34...Kg7 35.Qf8# ) ( 31...Kf8 32.Rf4 $18 ) ( 31...Rg5
32.Qd7+ $18 ) 32.Re6 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Richardson, John"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.O-O Bf6 10.Ne4 Bxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qh5 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bg5 Qe5
15.Rfe1 Qc5 16.Rac1 Qf8 17.Rc7 Bd7 18.Rxb7 Qd6 19.Qg4 h5 20.Qh4 Nf3+ 21.
gxf3 Qxd3 22.Qb4 f6 23.Rxe6+ Kf7 24.Re7+ Kg6 25.Rbxd7 Qb1+ 26.Kg2 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Qe2 e5 14.a4 Rae8 15.Rd1 
Bd6 16.h3 h6 17.Be3 c5 18.d5 f5 19.Bb5 f4 20.Bd2 Re7 21.a5 g5 22.axb6 axb6
23.Ra7 Nf6 24.c4 Qc8 25.Bc3 Rff7 26.Qb2 Nxe4 27.Bxe5 Qb8 28.Bxd6 Nxd6 29.
Raa1 Qf8 30.Re1 Qg7 31.Qc2 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Re7 33.Re6 Rxe6 34.dxe6 Qe7 35.
Qe2 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Nf5 37.Bc6 Qd6 38.Bd5 Ne7 39.Qe4 b5 40.Kg2 b4 41.Qc2 Qe5 
42.Qa4 Kg7 43.Qa7 Kf6 44.Qxc5 b3 45.Qb5 {[%cal Rb5b3,Yb5e8,Ye8f7]  
Tactics.  Taktik} 45...Nxd5 46.cxd5 b2 47.Qb7 {The following trick only 
momentarily saves Black. Since the White king is unassailable, the e-pawn 
immediately decides. Der folgende Trick rettet Schwarz nur voruebergehend.
Da der wei@bergehend. e K@@bergehend. nig unangreifbar ist, entscheidet 
der e-Bauer sofort.} 47...Qxd5 48.Qxd5 b1=Q 49.Qd7 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Black "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Na6 8.Nf3 Nc7 9.
Qe2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.g4 Rb8 12.g5 Nfe8 13.h4 Bg4 14.Rg1 Bh5 15.Qe3 Kh8 16.
Nh2 Qd7 17.Nf1 g6 18.Ng3 Ng7 19.Be2 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 f5 21.gxf6 Rxf6 22.Bh6 
Rf7 23.h5 g5 24.O-O-O b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.cxb5 Nxb5 27.Nxb5 Rxb5 28.Bxg7+ 
Rxg7 29.Nf5 Rf7 30.Nxe7 Rxe7 31.Rxg5 Rb8 32.Qa6 Qd8 33.Rdg1 Qc7 34.h6 c4 
35.R1g3 Qc5 36.Rf5 Qd4 37.Qb5 Ra8 38.Ra3 Rg8 39.Rg3 Ra8 40.Ra3 Rg8 41.Rg3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nf3 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 Qb6 8.axb5 
axb5 9.Rxa8 Bxa8 10.Na3 b4 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O e6 14.Qe2 Kd8 15.
Re1 d6 16.Nh4 h5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ng6 Rg8 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Qxh5 Qe7 21.c3 
Nc6 22.Bf1 Kc7 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Ne3 Ra8 25.Nc4 Rd8 26.g3 d5 27.exd5 exd5 28.
Ne3 Ne5 29.Bg2 d4 30.Nf5 Qe6 31.Bxb7 Kxb7 32.cxd4 cxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.
Nxd4 Qd5 35.Qh7+ Ka6 36.Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 a6 7.Bf4 ( 7.O-O Nc6 ( 
7...b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.Bf4 Nc5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13.Rxd1
Nc6 14.Nd5 $142 $14 ( 14.Ng5 {E-E Suba,M-Berebora,F/Benasque op 1997 (54)}
) ) 8.Be3 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Ne1 Nd7 11.g4 f5 12.f3 Kh8 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Ne2 Qd7 
15.Ng2 f4 16.Bd2 h5 17.g5 Qxh3 18.gxf6 Bxf6 $13 {0-1 Maric,R-Hoi,C/Bad 
Woerishofen op 1989 (39)} ) ( {More logical is} 7.a4 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.d5 ( 
9.Bd3 e6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bg3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 $14
{Neumann,J-Engelbert,C/OLNN9697 1997/E-E (63)} ) ( 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.
Be3 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nd2 Nh5 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Rfe1 Qd7 16.Nf1 f5 17.exf5 
Qxf5 18.Qc4 Rac8 19.Ng3 Qf7 20.Rad1 c6 21.Qb4 cxd5 22.Qxd6 h4 {0-1 
Kistella,R-Van der Wiel,J/BL9697 1996} ) 9...c6 10.Bg5 ( 10.Be3 cxd5 11.
exd5 Nbd7 12.Bc4 Rc8 13.Qe2 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ra7 bxc4 16.Rxb7 Rb8 17.
Rxb8 Qxb8 18.Bc1 Nb6 19.Rd1 Qb7 20.Nh2 Rc8 $15 {[%csl Rd5] 0-1 
Niering,M-Korsunsky,Y/Meisdorf op 1996 (40)} ) 10...cxd5 11.exd5 Nbd7 12.
Bc4 Rc8 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bh4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Bxb5 g5 17.Bg3 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 
Bxd5 19.Ra7 Nb6 20.Qxe7 Qxe7 21.Rxe7 Rxc2 22.b4 Rb2 23.Bxd6 Nc8 24.Rd7 {
E-E Kushch,N-Finkel,A/EUCup Gr5 1995} ) 7...b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 8.e5 Nfd7 9.
a4 ( 9.O-O $5 ) 9...b4 10.Nd5 Nc6 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qd2 ( 12.O-O Bb7 $5 ( 
12...e6 13.Ne3 ( 13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.Bxd6 Nc6 15.Bxf8 Nxf8 16.c3 $13 ) 13...e5
14.Bg5 ) ) 12...Qa5 13.Ne3 e5 14.dxe5 ( 14.Nc4 $5 Qd5 ( 14...Qc7 15.Bg3 ( 
15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bg3 ) ) ( 14...Qd8 15.Bg5 $1 ) 15.dxe5 Qxd2+ 16.Bxd2 dxe5 
17.O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2e3]} ) 14...dxe5 ( 14...Ndxe5 15.O-O $14 
{[%csl Rd6]} ) 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Be3 ( 16.Bg3 $5 ) ( 16.Bh6 $5 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 f6
18.Ne3 ) 16...e4 ( 16...Rd8 $142 ) 17.Ng5 Na5 $2 ( 17...Rd8 $1 18.Nxe4 
$140 $6 ( 18.O-O-O $142 ) 18...Nc5 19.Ned6 ( 19.Qxd8+ Nxd8 20.Nxc5 Ne6 $1 
$17 ) 19...Ne4 $1 ( 19...Bxb2 $5 20.Nxb2 Rxd6 21.Qc1 Nd4 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.
Qe3 $140 Ne6 $15 ) 20.Bb6 $1 ( 20.Nxe4 Rxd2 21.Nexd2 Nd4 $1 $15 ) 20...
Qxb6 $1 ( 20...Nxd2 21.Bxc7 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 $16 ) 21.Nxb6 ( 21.Nxe4 Qc7 $17 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} ) 21...Nxd2 22.Ndxc8 $1 ( 22.Nbxc8 Bxb2 23.Kxd2 $140 $2 
Raxc8 $19 ) 22...Bxb2 $1 23.Nxa8 ( 23.Rd1 Raxc8 $1 24.Nxc8 Bc3 $1 $19 ) 
23...Bxa1 24.Bxa6 Bc3 $17 ) 18.Nd6 $2 ( 18.Qxb4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 ( 19.Bxc4 $2 
Rb8 ) 19...Qxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxb2 ( 20...Rb8 $5 21.Rb1 $1 $16 ) 21.Rb1 $16 {
[%csl Ra8,Re4][%cal Gc4d5]} ) 18...Bxb2 19.O-O $8 Bxa1 20.Ndxf7 ( 20.Rxa1 
b3 $1 $17 ( 20...Qc3 21.Qxc3 bxc3 22.Rd1 $44 ) ) 20...Nf6 $2 ( 20...Bc3 $1
$19 21.Bd4 ( 21.Qd5 Bb7 22.Bd4 $1 ( 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Nhf7+ Kg7 24.Ne6+ Kxf7 
$19 ) 22...Nf6 {[%cal Rf8f7]} ( 22...Bxd5 $4 23.Nh6# ) 23.Nh6+ ( 23.Bxf6 
Bxf6 24.Nh6+ Kh8 $1 25.Nhf7+ Kg7 $1 26.Ne6+ Kxf7 27.Nxc7+ Bxd5 $19 ) 23...
Kh8 24.Nhf7+ Kg7 25.Ne6+ Kxf7 $19 ) ( 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Nhf7+ Kg7 23.Ne6+ 
Kxf7 24.Nxc7 Bxd2 25.Nxa8 Bxe3 26.fxe3+ Kg7 ) 21...Rxf7 $1 ) 21.Nh6+ Kg7 
22.Rxa1 Nc4 $2 ( 22...Qc3 $142 $17 ) 23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.Qd6 $1 $18 {[%cal 
Rd6e7,Ge3d4] Now White suddenly wins.} 24...Re8 ( 24...Nd5 25.Qe5+ $1 Rf6 
( 25...Nf6 26.Qe7+ ) 26.Nxe4 $18 ) 25.Bd4 $1 Re6 ( 25...Be6 26.Ng4 $1 $18 
) 26.Nxe6+ Qxe6 27.Qf4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rh6g4]} 27...Qe7 $8 28.Re1 {[%cal 
Re1e4] ii :e4!} 28...Bd7 ( 28...Bb7 29.Ng4 $18 ) 29.Rxe4 $1 Qf8 30.g4 ( 
30.Qg5 $5 {[%cal Ge4f4] i31.i:f6 i :f632. i e7+-} 30...Re8 31.Rxe8 Bxe8 
32.Bc5 $1 Qh8 33.Be7 Nd7 34.Qf4 $1 $18 ) 30...Bc6 31.Re6 ( 31.g5 $18 ) 
31...Rd8 32.Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Black "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.
Nxe4 f5 9.Nd2 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.c3 Bh4+ 12.Kd1 Re8 13.Ngf3 Bf6 14.Qg1 Qe7 
15.Bd3 Qd6 16.Kc2 Qxf4 17.Re1 Rf8 18.Nb3 d6 19.Nfd4 g6 20.g3 Qh6 21.Nb5 c5
22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Nxa7 Ne5 24.Be2 Be6 25.Nd4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.b3 Qe7 9.
Ne5 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.f3 Nxe5 12.fxe4 Ng4 13.e5 Bb4 14.Qc1 g5 15.Na3 Qg7 
16.Nc2 Be7 17.Ba3 Bd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qd2 Be8 20.e3 Bg6 21.Bh3 h5 22.Ne1 
Kg7 23.Nd3 Rad8 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.Bxg4 fxg4 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rf6 
Rf8 29.Rxf8 Qxf8 30.Nc5 Qe7 31.Qc1 b6 32.Na6 Kh6 33.Nc7 Qf7 34.Nb5 Qf3 35.
Nd6 Be4 36.Nxe4 Qxe4 37.Qe1 Qf3 38.a3 Kg6 39.b4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "B73"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.a4 Bd7 10.f3 Qb6 11.Ncb5 a6 12.a5 Qd8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.b4 
Ne5 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bf3 e5 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qxd6 exf4 20.Bd4 Bxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Qe7
22.Rad1 Ne5 23.Qd6 Qg5 24.h4 Nxf3+ 25.Rxf3 Qxh4 26.Rxf4 Qh5 27.Rd3 Rad8 
28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Rd7 Qe2 31.Rfxf7+ Kh6 32.Rxh7+ Kg5 33.Rh3 
Qxe4 34.c3 c5 35.bxc5 Qc6 36.Rg3+ Kf4 37.Rf3+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Black "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[ECO "E85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Nge2 e5 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Qd2 Ne8 10.g4 f5 11.h3 a6 12.O-O-O b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Rxa2 15.Kb1 
Ra8 16.Rc1 fxe4 17.fxe4 Bd7 18.Nxc7 Nxc7 19.Bb6 Qb8 20.Bxc7 Qa7 21.Qb4 
Qa2+ 22.Kc2 Ba4+ 23.Kd3 Rf3+ 24.Kd2 Bh6+ 25.Ke1 Bxc1 26.Nxc1 Qb1 27.Ke2 
Qxc1 28.Kxf3 Rf8+ 29.Kg2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Black "Briem, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O 
d6 9.h3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Na5 14.Qe2 Nc4 15.Bb3 d5 
16.exd5 Nd6 17.Bf4 Nec8 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Qd3 Kh8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Re1 Qf8 
22.Bxd6 Nxd6 23.Ne4 Re8 24.Nc5 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qe7 26.Qe3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 a5 
28.a3 a4 29.Ba2 Bc8 30.Ne6 Bxe6 31.dxe6 Bf8 32.Nd3 Kg7 33.Nb4 Nf5 34.Nc6 
Bd6 35.e4 Ne7 36.Na7 c6 37.Kf1 Bb8 38.d5 Bxa7 39.d6 Bc5 40.dxe7 Bxe7 41.
Ke2 Kf8 42.Kd3 Bc5 43.Kc3 Ke7 44.Kd3 Kd6 45.g4 Ke5 46.e7 Bxe7 47.Bg8 h6 
48.Bf7 g5 49.Be8 Kd6 50.Kd4 Bd8 51.Kd3 Kc5 52.Kc2 Bc7 53.Bd7 Be5 54.Be8 
Kb6 55.Bd7 c5 56.Be8 Ka5 57.Bd7 b4 58.Be6 Kb5 59.Bf7 bxa3 60.bxa3 c4 61.
Be8+ Kc5 62.Bxa4 Kd4 63.Bc6 Bc7 64.a4 Ba5 65.Bd5 c3 66.Bc6 Ke3 67.Bd5 Kf4 
68.Kd3 Kg3 69.Bb3 Kxh3 70.Bd1 Kg3 71.Be2 Kf4 72.Bd1 c2 73.Kxc2 Kxe4 74.Be2
Kf4 75.Kd3 Bd8 76.Kd2 Bb6 77.Ke1 Kg3 78.Kf1 Ba5 79.Bd1 Bb4 80.Be2 Bd2 81.
Bd1 Bc3 82.Ke2 Ba5 83.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.Bd3 exd4 7.O-O h6 8.Nbd2 
c5 9.Bc4 Qd7 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Bxe6 Qxe5 12.Bxf7+ Kd8 13.Nc4 Qe7 14.Bxg8 Rxg8 
15.e5 Qe6 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Bf4 Qd5 19.Bxb8 Rxb8 20.Qg4 Rc8 21.
Rf5 Qe6 22.Raf1 Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Kc7 24.h3 Kb8 25.Rf7 g5 26.Qd7 Qe4 27.Re7 Qc6 
28.Rff7 Qxd7 29.Rxd7 Rc6 30.Rxb7+ Kc8 31.Rxa7 Kb8 32.b3 Rd8 33.Rae7 c4 34.
bxc4 Rxc4 35.Rf2 Ra4 36.Rd2 Rxa2 37.Re4 Kc7 38.Re6 h5 39.Re5 g4 40.Kh2 Ra3
41.Rg5 gxh3 42.gxh3 Rc3 43.Rxh5 d3 44.cxd3 Rd4 45.Re5 Rdxd3 46.Rxd3 Rxd3 
47.h4 Kd6 48.Re8 Kd7 49.Re4 Ra3 50.Kg2 Rb3 51.h5 Rb5 52.Rh4 Ke7 53.h6 Rb8 
54.Ra4 Kf7 55.Ra6 Kg8 56.Kf3 Kh7 57.Re6 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Black "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 {Hecht} 1...c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf5 d5 7.
exd5 Bxf5 8.dxc6 bxc6 9.Qf3 Qc8 ( 9...Qd7 10.Bg5 Bb4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 
Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Qe6 15.O-O O-O 16.Rae1 Kh8 17.Re4 f5 18.Rh4 
Rad8 19.Qh3 Qg6 20.f4 f6 21.Rf3 Rb8 22.Rf1 Rb2 23.Kh1 Rxa2 24.Rh6 Qg7 25.
fxe5 fxe5 26.Rxc6 Rg8 27.Rg1 a5 28.Qf3 a4 29.Ra6 a3 30.Qd5 Rd2 31.Rxa3 e4 
32.Ra8 Qxg2+ $1 {Sax- Fedorowicz, Dubai olm,1986,0-1} ) 10.Ba6 ( 10.Bc4 
Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 e4 13.Qg3 $13 {Gorbatov-Gershov,Moscow -ch op 1995} 
) 10...Qxa6 ( 10...Bg4 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Bxc8 Rxc8 13.Ne4 Be7 14.O-O Rg8 15.
Re1 Rd8 16.Re3 $4 Rd1+ 17.Re1 Rxe1# {Elias-Bravo, Wch JM-U12 , 
St.Lorenzo,1995} ) 11.Qxf5 Bb4 $2 ( 11...Bd6 12.Bh6 $1 O-O 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 
14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.Qxf6+ $18 ) ( 11...Nd7 12.Be3 g6 ( 12...Rb8 13.O-O-O Qb7 
14.Rxd7 $1 ) ( 12...Be7 13.O-O-O Rd8 14.Rd3 g6 15.Qh3 f5 16.Rhd1 $14 ) 13.
Qf3 Rb8 14.O-O-O Qb7 $132 ) 12.Qxe5+ Kf8 13.Qe2 ( 13.Be3 Re8 14.Qd4 Nd5 ) 
13...Re8 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qc4 Bxc3+ ( 15...Nd5 16.O-O Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxc3 18.
Rad1 $16 ) 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.O-O Nxe3 ( 17...Qxc3 18.Qxc3 Nxc3 19.Bxa7 $16 
Ra8 20.Bc5+ ) ( 17...Nxc3 18.Bd2 Ne2+ 19.Qxe2 $18 ) 18.fxe3 $32 Qc7 ( 
18...Qd5 19.Qd4 ( 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Rad1 Rxe3 21.Rxd5 Ke7 ) ( 19.Qf4 $5 ) ) 
19.Rxf7+ ( 19.Rad1 g6 20.Rf6 Kg7 21.Rdf1 Re7 22.Qd4 $16 ) ( 19.Rf3 f6 20.
Rd1 $16 {With the idea e4,Rfd3,Rd7} ) 19...Qxf7 20.Rf1 Qxf1+ 21.Kxf1 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6] [#] Hecht: Poor coordination of the black rooks magnified 
by the poor black king position. In addition, the pawn weaknesses of the 
queenside. White wins through the consistent infiltration of his king. [#]
Hecht: Schlechte Koordination der schwarzen Tuerme bedingt durch die 
schlechte schwarze K@warze nigsstellung. Dazu kommen die Bauernschwaechen 
am Damenfluegel. Wei@fluegel. gewinnt durch konsequenten Einsatz seines 
K@nes nigs.} 21...Re7 22.Ke2 ( 22.Qxc6 ) 22...h5 23.Qf4+ Kg8 24.Qd6 Kf7 
25.Qxc6 Rhe8 26.Qf3+ Kg8 27.Qd5+ Kf8 28.Qc5 Kg8 29.c4 g6 30.Qd4 Kh7 31.Kd3
Kg8 32.c5 Re6 33.Qd5 Kf7 34.c6 Re7 35.Kd4 Kf6 36.e4 Rc7 37.e5+ Kf7 38.Kc5 
a6 ( 38...Re7 $142 ) 39.Kb6 $18 Re7 40.Kxa6 Kg7 41.Kb6 Rxe5 42.Qd4 Kh7 43.
Qxe5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Kjartansson, David"]
[Black "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 f5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Nd2 Be7 5.b3 b6 6.Bb2 Bb7 7.f3 Nd5 8.Nf1 Bb4+ 
9.Kf2 f4 10.exf4 Nxf4 11.Ne2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nh3+ 13.Kg2 Qh5 14.Ng1 O-O 15.Be2 
Nxg1 16.Rxg1 Nc6 17.a3 Bd6 18.Nd2 Ne7 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Qd3 Be7 21.Rae1 Rf7 
22.Kh1 Qg6 23.Bf1 Raf8 24.Bg2 Nd6 25.f4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 27.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 
28.Rxe4 Bd6 29.Re2 a5 30.a4 h6 31.Bc1 Kh7 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.Be3 Rb8 34.c4 c5 
35.Rd1 Bf8 36.Bf2 Kh7 37.Re5 Bd6 38.Re4 Rc8 39.Be1 Bf8 40.Bc3 Kg6 41.h4 
Rc6 42.d5 exd5 43.Rxd5 Rc7 44.Re8 Rb7 45.Be5 Be7 46.h5+ Kh7 47.Kf3 Bf8 48.
g4 Be7 49.Ke4 Bh4 50.Bd6 Rf6 51.Be5 Rf7 52.Rd6 Be7 53.Rg6 ( 53.Rxh6+ $1 ) 
53...Bh4 54.Rxh6+ ( 54.Rxh6+ Kxh6 55.Rh8# ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Black "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.f4 Bb7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d6 8.c4 Nbd7
9.e4 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.d5 Qe7 12.Qe2 Ne8 13.b3 a5 14.Bb2 Nd6 15.h4 h6 16.
Rac1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bb1 e4 19.Nd4 Qxh4 20.Bc3 Be5 21.N2f3 Bxd4+ 22.
Nxd4 Nf6 23.Be1 Qg4 24.Qb2 Rae8 25.Ne6 Rxe6 26.dxe6 f4 27.e7 Rf7 28.c5 
bxc5 29.Rxc5 f3 30.Rxc7 Nfe8 31.Rxb7 Nxb7 32.Bxe4 Qxe4 33.gxf3 Qe3+ 34.Kh1
Rg7 35.Bh4 Nbd6 36.Qa3 Qe2 37.Rf2 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qg1+ 39.Kh3 Qh1+ 40.Rh2 
Qxf3+ 41.Bg3 Qxg3# 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Black "Valgardsson, Gudjon Heidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.e4 Ne7 11.Ndb5 Bd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nc7 Ba4 15.
Qxa4 Qxc7 16.Rac1 Nc6 17.b4 Qe7 18.b5 Nd4 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Rfe1 Bg7 21.Nd5 
Qd7 22.Rc7 Qxb5 23.Ne7+ Kh7 24.Qxb5 Nxb5 25.Rxb7 Rab8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rb1 
Re8 28.Nc6 a6 29.a4 Nc3 30.Rb7 Nxa4 31.Rxf7 Kg8 32.Ra7 Nc5 33.Bf1 Bf8 34.
Bxa6 Ne4 35.Bd3 Bc5 36.Bxe4 Bxa7 37.Nxa7 Kg7 38.Nc6 Kf6 39.Kg2 g5 40.g4 
Ra8 41.f3 Ra1 42.Nb4 e5 43.Nc2 Rb1 44.Ne3 Ra1 45.Nf5 Ra2+ 46.Kg3 Kg6 47.
Nd6+ Kf6 48.Bf5 Ra3 49.Nc4 Rc3 50.Nb6 Kg7 51.Nd7 Ra3 52.Nxe5 h5 53.h4 
gxh4+ 54.Kxh4 Kf6 55.Nd7+ Kg7 56.Kxh5 Rxf3 57.Kg5 Rf1 58.Nf6 Rg1 59.Nh5+ 
Kg8 60.Kg6 Ra1 61.Nf4 Ra7 62.Ne6 Kh8 63.g5 Rf7 64.Nf4 Rg7+ 65.Kf6 Rf7+ 66.
Ke6 Ra7 67.g6 Ra6+ 68.Kf7 Ra7+ 69.Kf6 Rf7+ 70.Kg5 Ra7 71.Be6 Kg7 72.Nh5+ 
Kh8 73.Kf6 Ra8 74.g7+ Kh7 75.Nf4 Kh6 76.Ng6 Kh7 77.Nf8+ Rxf8+ 78.gxf8=R 
1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
cxd4 9.exd4 a6 {Not bad alternative to "normal" 9....b6} 10.Bg5 ( 10.a4 $5
) 10...b5 11.Bd3 ( 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Rc1 ( 12.Qe2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nbd7 14.Ne5 Qc7
15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Rac1 h6 17.Bd2 Nf6 18.Rfe1 Qc6 19.f3 Rad8 $11 {1-0 
Sadler,M-Emms,J/BCF-ch plof Hove 1997 (69)} ) 12...Nbd7 13.d5 Bxc3 14.Rxc3
Bxd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Nd4 Qb6 17.Rc6 Qb8 18.Re1 Re8 19.Nf5 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 
Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Rc7 Ne8 23.Rb7 Nc4 24.Ne7+ {E-E Hracek,Z-Dautov,R/BL 
1997} ) 11...Bb7 ( 11...Be7 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.a4 b4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4 
16.Qxe4 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rfc1 Nf6 $11 {E-E Lesiege,A-Ashley,M/Bermuda 
1997 (30)} ) 12.Rc1 ( 12.Ne4 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Be7 14.Nc5 Bd5 15.a3 Ra7 16.Re1 
Qa8 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Ne5 Ra7 19.f3 Rd8 20.Bb1 Ne8 $13 {E-E 
Fedorov,V-Kharitonov,A/Moscow op 1998 (31)} ) ( 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Be7 
14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 ( 15.Bd2 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Bf6 18.Qg3 Bd5 19.
Re1 Qd7 20.Qg4 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 Sigurjonsson,G-Larsen,B/Geneve 1977 (40)} ) 
15...Qxe7 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Be4 Nf6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Rc5 Qg5 $11
{E-E Zsinka,L-Arkhipov,S/HUN-BL 1992 (25)} ) ( 12.Re1 Be7 ( 12...Nbd7 13.
Rc1 Rc8 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 h6 16.Bh4 Qa5 $15 {0-1 
Acs,P-Atalik,S/Budapest-2 GM 1998 (42)} ) 13.Rc1 Nbd7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 
Nd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 {E-E Podgaets,M-Deuch,Y/URS Army-ch Odessa 1991} ) 12...
Nbd7 13.Bb1 {N/} ( 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bh4 Be7 15.Ne5 Nd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nxd5 
Bxd5 18.Rc7 Rad8 19.b3 Qd6 20.Rfc1 Nf6 $11 {1-0 Ostenstad,B-Bator,R/Oslo 
1985 (62)} ) 13...Rc8 14.Re1 Be7 15.a3 Re8 {[%cal Gd7f8]} ( 15...Nd5 16.
Qd3 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 $13 ) 16.Qd3 Nf8 17.Rcd1 Qb6 ( 17...Ng6 $5 ) 18.h4 Rcd8 
( 18...Nd5 19.Ne4 Ng6 20.g3 $13 {[%cal Gh4h5]} ( 20.h5 $2 Ndf4 21.Qe3 Nxh5
$17 ) ) 19.Ne5 Rd6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge8d8]} 20.Be3 $5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} 20...
Bd5 ( 20...Nd5 $5 21.Ne4 Rdd8 $11 ) 21.Qe2 Qb7 ( 21...Ba8 $5 {[%cal Gb6b7]
} ) 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Qh5 Bf6 ( 23...g6 24.Qh6 Bf6 $11 ) 24.Be4 Qe7 25.Bg5 
$1 {Sokolov improved his position in last ten move, and Black must to play
very carefully now.} 25...Ng6 ( 25...Bxg5 26.hxg5 Nf4 27.Qg4 N4g6 28.b4 
$14 ) 26.g3 Qa7 27.Qf3 {[%cal Ge4d5]} 27...Bxg5 ( 27...Rc8 28.Bxd5 Bxg5 
29.Bb7 Rc7 ( 29...Nxe5 30.dxe5 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rc1 32.hxg5 $18 ) 30.Bxa6 $1 
Bxh4 31.Bxb5 $16 ) 28.hxg5 Red8 29.Kg2 Ndf4+ $5 30.Kf1 ( 30.gxf4 $4 Nh4+ 
$19 ) 30...Nd5 31.Rc1 Rf8 32.Red1 Nde7 33.Qc3 Qb8 ( 33...Rc8 $5 ) 34.Nf3 
b4 ( 34...Rc8 35.Qa5 $1 ) 35.Qxb4 Qxb4 36.axb4 Rb6 37.Rc4 Rfb8 38.Ra1 {
[%cal Ga1a4]} 38...f5 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.b5 ( 40.Ra4 f5 41.Bb1 Nd5 {[%csl 
Rb4]} ) 40...f5 41.Bc2 axb5 42.Rc5 Rd8 43.Bb3 Kg7 44.Ra7 Kf6 45.Ke2 Rdd6 
46.Ra5 Nc6 47.Raxb5 Rxb5 48.Rxb5 Rxd4 49.Rb6 Re4+ 50.Kf1 Nge7 51.Kg2 Rb4 
52.Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Kh1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nd4 {Eine relativ seltene Variante.} ( 
4...d5 ) ( 4...Bb4 ) ( 4...Bc5 ) 5.Bg2 ( 5.Nxe5 $2 Qe7 6.f4 d6 7.Nd3 Bf5 
$36 {Schwarz hat Entwicklungsvorspung und die wei@cklungsvorspung e 
K@@cklungsvorspung nigsstellung ist schwach.} ) 5...Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 {Die 
andere M@ere glichkeit fuer Schwarz ist 6...ic5. Die Partiefortsetzung 
fuehrt zu aehnlichen Stellungen wie 7...ic5 nach 7.i b3.} ( 6...Bc5 7.O-O 
O-O 8.d3 ( 8.e3 Bb4 9.Bg2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e4 $1 ( 10...c6 11.e4 $5 Re8 12.a4 
d6 13.d3 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.Rb1 b6 16.g4 Bg6 17.f4 $16 {Wei@93/ hat gro@93/ 
en Raumvorteil und das Laeuferpaar.} ) 11.f3 exf3 12.Qxf3 d6 13.d3 Nd7 $1 
14.e4 Ne5 15.Qe2 Bg4 $11 ) ) 7.Qb3 ( 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 h6
11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qg6 $13 ) 7...Bc5 {Es scheint, da@int, Schwarz mit 
6...ib4 / 7...ic5 ein Tempo verloren hat, aber in Wirklichkeit steht die 
wei@ e Dame schlechter auf b3 als auf d1.} ( 7...a5 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 ( 9.Rd1
d6 10.d4 exd4 11.Rxd4 Nd7 $6 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B 
Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25} ) 9...Re8 ( 9...d6 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 h6 12.
Bd2 Re8 13.Bg2 $14 {Dank seines Laeuferpaars steht Wei@ etwas besser.} ) 
10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 $1 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.c5 $14 {E-E 
Lalic,B-Ristic,N/Metz 1995 (25)} ) 8.d3 ( 8.Na4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 c6 
11.Nc3 d6 12.d4 Qc7 13.Qc2 Bh3 14.b3 h6 15.Bb2 Nh7 16.c5 Ng5 17.cxd6 Nxf3+
18.exf3 {E-E Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Rubinstein mem 1996/CBM 55} ) 8...h6 {
Schwarz verhindert den m@ glichen Laeuferzug 9.ig5.} ( 8...O-O 9.O-O c6 
10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Qc3 a5 $11 {Und auf den 
ersten Blick steht Wei@ aktiver, aber Schwarz kann die Entwicklung ruhig 
mit ...d7-d6 beenden.} ) 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg2 ( 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Rac1 Rb8 12.Qa4 
$1 a6 13.b4 Bf8 14.b5 Bc5 15.bxa6 bxa6 16.Rb1 Rb6 $1 {E-E 
Hansen,C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992 (31)} ) ( 10.e3 a6 ( 10...d6 11.Na4 
$14 {Und Wei@r. kann sich das Laeuferpaar verschaffen.} ) ( 10...Re8 11.
Rd1 Bf8 12.Qc2 d6 13.d4 Bg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 $11 15.Qe4 exd4 ) 11.Rd1 $14 Ba7 
12.d4 Qe7 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} 14...Nxd5 15.cxd5 d6 16.Bd2 
Bc5 17.Bc3 Qf5 18.Bg2 a5 19.Bd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Van 
Wely,L-Piket,J/Hoogovens 1997 (31)} ) ( 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 c6 $1 12.c5 d5 
13.cxd6 Bxd6 14.Rfc1 Qe7 15.Bc5 Rd8 $1 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Nc5 Qe7 {
Minasian,A-Nikolic,P/Erevan 1996/0-1 (70)} ) 10...Re8 ( 10...c6 ) 11.h3 $5
{Das ist ein Wartezug. Wei@zug. legt sich noch nicht fest und mit 
folgendem ih2 bereitet er f2-f4 vor.} ( 11.Qc2 c6 12.Rb1 Bf8 13.e4 a6 14.
b4 b5 15.c5 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 d6 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.h3 Be6 20.Rd1 Qd7 {
0-1 Liebert,H-Kalinitschew,S/Halle-B 1987 (27)} ) 11...c6 12.Kh2 Qb6 13.
Na4 $1 $14 Qa5 ( 13...Qxb3 14.axb3 d6 ( 14...Bf8 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Rxa7 Bc5 
17.Be3 $16 ) 15.Bd2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb3b4]} ) 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.e4 {Wei@F 
kontrolliert mehr Raum, besitzt das Laeuferpaar und die Schwaeche des 
Feldes d4 ist ohne Bedeutung.} 15...Qe7 ( 15...d6 16.Be3 Qa5 17.f4 $14 ) (
15...d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.exd5 $16 ) 16.Be3 d6 17.f4 $36 {Wei@tung. hat 
freie Hand am K@d nigsfluegel, aber Schwarz hat keine besonderen 
Schwaechen, nur eine etwas passive Stellung.} 17...exf4 18.gxf4 $5 {[%cal 
Gf1g1,Gg1g8] Wei@,Gg1g8] verstaerkt seine Bauernmasse und @d ffnet 
gleichzeitig die g-Linie.} ( 18.Bxf4 Be6 {und Schwarz kann ...i ad8 mit 
der Idee ...d6-d5 ziehen.} ) 18...Nh5 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Ge7h4]} 19.Qd1 {Die
wei@] e Dame mu@ die schwarzen Drohungen am K@hungen nigsfluegel 
neutralisieren.} ( 19.Bf3 $2 Qh4 $17 ) 19...Qh4 20.Qe1 Qxe1 21.Raxe1 {
Laeuferpaar und Zentrumsuebergewicht bieten Wei@n die besseren Chancen.} 
21...f5 22.Bf3 Nf6 23.Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Der schwarzfarbige wei@rzfarbige 
e Laeufer dominiert das Brett. Jetzt droht 24.ixf6 und 24.e5.} 23...fxe4 
24.dxe4 Be6 25.Rg1 Kh7 ( 25...Kf7 $2 26.e5 $16 {[%cal Gf3h5,Gh5e8]} 26...
dxe5 27.fxe5 Nd7 28.Bh5+ $16 ) 26.b3 Re7 ( 26...Rad8 27.Rg2 ( 27.Bxa7 $6 
Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a2,Ga2h2]} ) 27...c5 ( 27...d5 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.exd5 cxd5 30.
cxd5 $16 ( 30.Bxd5 $16 ) ) 28.Bc3 b6 $14 ) 27.c5 dxc5 28.Bxc5 Rd7 29.f5 {
Die wei@F en e/f-Bauern sich gefaehrlich, waehrend Schwarz kein 
Gegenspiel entfaltet.} 29...Bf7 30.e5 Bh5 31.Bg2 $1 ( 31.Bxh5 Nxh5 {[%cal 
Gd7d2,Gd2h2,Gd2a2,Gh5f4]} ) 31...Ne8 $6 {Dieser passive Zug gefaellt mir 
nicht.} ( 31...Nd5 32.Be4 Nc3 33.Bc2 Rd2+ 34.Rg2 $14 ) 32.Be4 {[%csl 
Gc5,Ge4,Ge5,Gf5,Rh7]} 32...Kh8 33.Rg2 a6 {[%csl Yb6] Schwarz steht 
schlechter am K@lechter nigsfluegel und hat Probleme mit seinem a-Bauern.}
34.Kg3 Rad8 35.Bb6 {[%csl Gb6]} 35...Rd1 36.Re3 R8d2 37.Rxd2 Rxd2 38.Rd3 
$16 Re2 ( 38...Rxd3+ 39.Bxd3 $16 {[%csl Re8] Der Springer e8 hat wegen der
aktiven Aufstellung des wei@ellung en Laeuferpaares keine M@ne 
glichkeiten.} 39...Kg8 40.Kh4 Bf3 ( 40...Bf7 41.e6 g5+ 42.Kg3 Bh5 43.Bd4 
$16 ) 41.Bc4+ Bd5 42.Bxd5+ cxd5 43.Kg4 Kf7 44.Bd8 g6 45.e6+ Kg7 46.Kf4 $16
) 39.Kf4 Rxa2 {[%csl Gb6,Ge4,Ge5,Re8,Gf5,Rh8] Schwarz hat einen Bauern 
gewonnen,aber das ist alles. Wei@. hat mehr als vollwertige Kompensation 
fuer den Bauern.} 40.Bf3 $18 {Wei@n. tauscht den einzigen Verteidiger des 
i e8.} 40...Bxf3 ( 40...Bf7 41.e6 Bg8 42.Rd8 Nf6 43.e7 $18 ) 41.Kxf3 Rb2 (
41...Kg8 42.Rd8 Kf7 43.Rd7+ Kg8 ( 43...Kf8 44.Bc5+ Kg8 45.Rd8 Kf7 46.e6+ 
$18 ) 44.Re7 Kf8 45.Rxb7 $18 ) 42.Rd8 {Schwarz gab auf, denn er verliert 
eine Figur. Ribli.} ( 42.Rd8 Rxb3+ 43.Be3 $18 {[%cal Rd8h8]} ) 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O 
Qe7 9.Na4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throestur"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 dxe5 6.dxe5 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.Ng3 
Bg6 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Nd2 Nb4 $5 ( 10...Qc7 $5 11.Nf3 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 $8 Be7 $15 {
[%cal Gd7c5]} ) 11.Nde4 ( 11.Nf3 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Rc2]} ) 11...h5 12.h4 ( 
12.Bg5 Qa5 13.c3 h4 $1 14.O-O-O $8 Nxa2+ $17 ) 12...Nxe5 13.f4 Bxe4 14.
Nxe4 Ng4 15.f5 $1 e5 $8 16.Bd2 Nd5 17.O-O-O Qc7 ( 17...Be7 18.c4 Ndf6 19.
Bh6 Rxh6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Ng5 Bc5 $13 {[%csl Rb3]} ) 18.Bg5 $1 f6 19.c4 $5
Nb6 ( 19...fxg5 20.cxd5 cxd5+ 21.Nc3 O-O-O ( 21...d4 22.Rxd4 Be7 23.Ba4+ 
$16 {[%cal Gd4d7]} ) 22.Bxd5 Bb4 23.Rh3 $13 ) 20.Be3 $44 {[%csl Re8][%cal 
Gc4c5]} 20...c5 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} ( 20...Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Nd7 {[%cal 
Gc7b6,Ge8c8]} 22.c5 Nxc5 $5 23.Nxc5 Qb6 24.Qd3 Qxc5+ 25.Kb1 Qe7 $8 26.Be6 
$1 $44 {[%cal Ge6d7]} 26...Qc7 ( 26...Rd8 27.Bf7+ Kxf7 28.Qxd8 $16 ) 27.
Bd7+ Ke7 28.Qc4 $40 ) 21.Nc3 g6 $5 {[%cal Gg4e3,Rf8h6]} 22.Kb1 ( 22.Nd5 $5
Nxd5 23.Ba4+ Kf7 ( 23...Ke7 24.cxd5 $1 ( 24.Rxd5 Nxe3 $1 25.Rd7+ Qxd7 26.
Bxd7 Bh6 27.Ba4 gxf5 28.Kb1 Rag8 29.Rg1 Rg4 $15 ) 24...Rd8 {[%tqu 
"En","","","","d5d6","",5]} 25.d6+ $1 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Rd1 Qc7 28.Qc4 
$18 {[%cal Gc4e6]} ) 24.Rxd5 $36 {[%cal Rd5d7]} ) 22...gxf5 23.Bc2 e4 24.
Rhf1 ( 24.Nd5 $5 Nxd5 25.Rxd5 Ne5 26.Ba4+ Kf7 27.Rhd1 Qa5 28.Bd7 $40 ) 
24...Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Qe5 26.Qh3 Rd8 27.Rde1 ( 27.Rxd8+ $5 Kxd8 28.Rxf5 Qd4 
29.Bxe4 $14 ) 27...Nxc4 28.Rxf5 Nd2+ 29.Ka1 Qe6 30.Nxe4 Nxe4 $8 31.Rxe4 
Rd1+ 32.Bxd1 Qxe4 33.Rxf6 $16 {[%csl Re8] Opposite coloured bishops only 
strengthen the attack.} 33...Kd8 34.Qg3 Qd4 $1 35.Rf1 Bd6 36.Qb3 b6 37.Bf3
( 37.Bxh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1]} 37...Qxh4 ( 37...Rxh5 $2 38.Qg8+ Kd7 39.
Qf7+ $18 ) ( 37...c4 38.Qf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]} 38...Kc7 39.Qf7+ Kb8 40.Bf3 Bc7
41.Rd1 Qc5 42.Qg7 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh4h5]} ) 38.Qd5 Qg3 ( 38...Qd4 39.
Qa8+ Kd7 40.Qxa7+ $18 ) 39.Qa8+ Bb8 40.Rd1+ $40 ) 37...c4 38.Qa4 Rh7 $1 
39.Qc6 $6 Rc7 40.Qa4 ( 40.Qa8+ $2 Rc8 41.Qxa7 c3 $40 ) 40...Qc5 41.Rd1 c3 
$132 42.bxc3 Qxc3+ 43.Kb1 Qc5 44.Qb3 Ke7 45.Bd5 Qf2 $6 ( 45...Qc3 $5 46.
Qxc3 Rxc3 $11 ) 46.Qd3 Bc5 $2 47.Qh7+ Kd6 48.Bb3+ $2 {missing} ( 48.Qg6+ 
$1 Ke7 ( 48...Ke5 49.Qe4+ Kf6 50.Qe6+ Kg7 51.Qe5+ $18 {[%cal Re5c7]} ) 49.
Qg7+ Kd6 50.Be4+ $18 ) 48...Bd4 49.Qg6+ Kc5 50.Rc1+ Kb4 51.Qd6+ Kb5 52.
Qd5+ Rc5 53.Qd7+ Ka6 54.Qa4+ Kb7 55.Qd7+ Ka6 56.Qa4+ Kb7 57.Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.O-O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.f4 e5 14.
fxe5 Qxe5 15.Bb5 Nf6 16.h3 a6 17.Bd3 Bd7 18.Rhf1 Rfe8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 
Qe6 21.Kb1 Re7 22.Rf4 Rae8 23.Rd4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Olsen, Heini"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 {
Petrosian} 8...h6 9.Bh4 g5 ( 9...c5 10.Nd2 ( 10.O-O Qe8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.Nb5 
Qd7 13.f3 Ng5 14.a3 Qe7 15.Bf2 f5 16.b4 b6 17.Rb1 f4 18.Qe1 Nf7 19.Nb3 g5 
20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Na5 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Minic,D/JUG-ch 1960/MCD-ch (48)} ) 
10...Bd7 $6 ( 10...Nc7 ) 11.Nb5 $1 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Lutikov,A/URS-ch26 
1959/URS-ch (41)} ) 10.Bg3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 f5 12.Nc3 ( 12.Nfd2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 
Bf5 14.Bd3 g4 15.O-O h5 16.f3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nc5 18.Bc2 e4 $1 $15 {
Jacimovic,D-Maki,V/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/[Hecht]/E-E (74) 0-1 
Rogers,I-Mortensen,E/Vejstrup 1989/CBM 15} ) 12...f4 13.Ne4 $6 ( 13.Nd2 $5
Nc5 14.Nde4 {1-0 Valenzuela,L-Peralta,F/Panamerican-ch 1996/EXT 97 (41)} )
13...Bf5 14.Nfd2 Nc5 $1 15.f3 fxg3 16.hxg3 g4 ( 16...c6 17.g4 ) 17.Qc2 c6 
$1 18.fxg4 Bg6 19.Bd3 cxd5 $1 ( 19...Nxd3+ 20.Qxd3 Qb6 ( 20...Qa5 21.a3 
$14 ) 21.b3 ) 20.Nxc5 ( 20.cxd5 Rc8 21.Qb1 Nxd3+ 22.Qxd3 Qb6 $17 ) 20...e4
21.Bxe4 ( 21.Ncxe4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Qa5+ 24.Kd1 d5 $17 ) 21...
dxe4 ( 21...Qe7 $5 22.cxd5 Rac8 ) 22.Ne6 Qb6 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 ( 23...Qe3+ $5 
24.Kd1 Rxf8 25.Nf1 $13 ) 24.c5 ( 24.O-O-O $2 e3 ) 24...dxc5 25.O-O-O $2 ( 
25.Qb3+ $142 Bf7 ( 25...Qxb3 26.axb3 Bxb2 $5 ( 26...a6 $17 ) 27.Rxa7 e3 
28.Nf3 Bd3 29.Kd1 Bc3 30.Ra2 $13 ) 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.O-O-O e3 28.Nf3 $13 ) 
25...e3 26.Qb3+ c4 $5 ( 26...Bf7 $5 27.Qxb6 exd2+ 28.Rxd2 axb6 29.Rd7 $17 
) 27.Qxb6 ( 27.Nxc4 Rc8 28.Rd7 Qxb3 29.axb3 b5 30.Rhd1 bxc4 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 
32.Rxd8+ Kf7 33.Rd7+ Kf8 34.bxc4 Bxb2+ $17 ) 27...exd2+ 28.Rxd2 axb6 $19 
29.Rd6 Bd3 30.Rxb6 Bd4 31.Rxb7 Be3+ 32.Kd1 Rf2 33.Re7 Bg5 34.Rb7 Rc2 35.
Ke1 ( 35.Rb8+ $142 Kf7 36.Rf1+ Ke7 $17 ) 35...Rc1+ $19 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 
9.Bf2 Qf4 10.Be3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Nxg3 12.Qf2 Nxf1 13.Qxh4 Nxe3 14.Ke2 Nxc4 15.
Rc1 c6 16.b3 Nb6 17.Qe7 cxd5 18.exd5 Na6 19.Qxd6 Bf5 20.Qe7 Rfe8 21.Qh4 e4
22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.fxe4 f5 24.Qg3 Rxe4+ 25.Kf2 Be5 26.Qh3 Bd4+ 27.Kf1 Nxd5 
28.Nf3 Ne3+ 29.Ke2 Ng4+ 30.Kd2 Bg7 31.Rhe1 Bh6+ 32.Kc2 Rc8+ 33.Kb2 Rxc1 
34.Rxc1 Nb4 35.Qh4 Nc6 36.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Bg7 12.c5 Kh8 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nc4 Ng8 15.a4 Nf6 
16.f3 h5 17.a5 Bh6 18.Qe1 Qe7 19.Kh1 Kg7 20.Bd3 h4 21.exf5 gxf5 22.cxd6 
cxd6 23.f4 e4 24.Be2 Ne8 25.Ne3 Rh8 26.Rc1 Kg6 27.Nb5 Bd7 28.g4 hxg3 29.
Qxg3+ Kh7 30.Rg1 Qf7 31.Nd4 Rg8 32.Qh3 Rxg1+ 33.Rxg1 Ng7 34.Bb5 Bxb5 35.
Nxb5 Qf6 36.Nxd6 Qxd6 37.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes Hlifar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Bg5 d6
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Nd5 e6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.f4 Bd7 14.Qd2 b5 15.
Bb3 a5 16.a4 b4 17.Rae1 e5 18.Rf3 Be6 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bc4 Rae8 21.Bb5 Re7 
22.Rg3 f6 23.b3 Kg7 24.Rf3 Bc8 25.Rff1 Bb7 26.Qf2 Bc8 27.Qh4 Be6 28.Re2 
Ref7 29.Rfe1 Re7 30.Rf1 Ref7 31.Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 ( {The 
excitement, originally caused by Lautier's idea, has died down, Black has 
at least two satisfactory methods to counter it.} 7.b4 $6 Qxb4+ $5 ( 7...
cxb4 8.Nd2 d6 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Qd3 Bd7 11.Be3 Qb7 12.Ne2 g6 13.Ned4 Bg7 14.Qd2
O-O 15.Bd3 Ra4 16.Rc1 Qa6 17.Rc2 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Qxc8 19.O-O Qa6 20.Bb1 Be8 
21.Bh6 Bxh6 22.Qxh6 Qb6 23.Kh1 Na6 24.Rc1 Nc5 25.Qd2 Nxb3 26.axb3 Ra7 27.
Qxb4 Rc7 $11 {E,Sherbakov,R-Shovunov,B/RUS-ch m1-2/1997/} ) 8.Bd2 Qa4 9.
Qc1 Qa7 $1 10.Bxb5 Na6 11.Ne2 g6 12.Nbc3 Nc7 13.Bc4 d6 14.Nb5 $2 Nxb5 15.
Bxb5+ Bd7 16.Bxd7+ Qxd7 17.Bh6 Qb5 18.Kf2 Qa4 19.Rd1 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qxe4 $1 
21.Qg7 Qh4+ {0-1,Gonzalez Garcia,J-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest GM/1995/} ) 7...b4 
8.Na3 d6 9.Nc4 Qc7 ( {More popular is} 9...Qd8 10.a3 ( 10.Bg5 $143 $6 g6 
11.Bxf6 exf6 12.a3 bxa3 13.Rxa3 Rxa3 14.bxa3 Nd7 15.Qa4 Be7 16.Ne2 O-O 17.
Nc3 f5 18.exf5 Bh4+ 19.g3 Qe7+ 20.Kd2 Bg5+ 21.f4 Bf6 22.Bd3 Bxc3+ 23.Kxc3 
Nf6 24.fxg6 Nxd5+ 25.Kc2 hxg6 $17 {[%csl Rc2] 
ic2,Meessen,R-Praet,M/BEL-chT/1998/} ) 10...e6 $5 $13 ) 10.Bd3 $6 {This 
move is too slow.} ( {The same goes for} 10.Bf4 $6 Nbd7 11.Nh3 g6 12.Qd2 
Ba6 13.Nf2 Bg7 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Nb6 16.Qc1 O-O 17.Be2 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4
19.Qxc4 Ra5 20.O-O Qa7 21.Rfe1 Ra8 $17 {Miranda,M-Fishbein,A/Boston 
op/1988/} ) ( {Much better is} 10.a3 $142 bxa3 ( 10...e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.
Bf4 $5 ( 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.Qa5 Nc6 17.
Qa8+ Qb8 18.Qxb8+ Nxb8 19.Ne5 cxb4 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Bb5 Bc5 22.Ne2 Ke7 23.
Ng3 Ne5 24.Kd1 Rb8 25.Re1 {Akopian,V-Leko,P/Wijk op/1993/} 25...Rxb5 $5 
26.Rxe5+ Kd6 $14 ) 12...Bxc4 13.Bxc4 bxa3 14.Rxa3 Rxa3 15.bxa3 Be7 16.Ne2 
O-O 17.O-O Nc6 18.a4 Ne5 19.Bb5 Rd8 20.Nc3 h6 21.Qd2 Nc6 22.Bc4 Ne5 23.Be2
Rb8 24.Nb5 Qc6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Nc3 Rb8 27.Bb5 $16 {
Vaisser,A-Solana,E/Fuerteventura/1992/} ) 11.Bc3 $5 g6 ( 11...a2 $142 $5 
$13 ) 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Qd8 14.Rxa3 Rxa3 15.bxa3 Nbd7 16.Bc3 Ba6 17.Qa4 
Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Bg7 19.Bxf6 $1 exf6 20.Bb5 Ke7 21.Nh3 Qc7 22.O-O Rd8 23.Re1+ 
Kf8 24.d6 Qc8 25.Re7 Ne5 26.d7 Nxd7 27.Rxd7 f5 28.Qa7 {
1-0,Sokolov,I-Berg,K/Akureyri/1994/} ) 10...g6 {[%csl Ra2]} ( 10...e6 $143
$6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Ne2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Ng3 Rfd8 16.Re1 Qa7 
17.Qb1 h6 18.Kh1 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Be5 Nb6 21.Nxb6 Qxb6 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.
Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24.Nh5+ Kf8 25.Rxe6 $1 $40 {Tomicic,Z-Zelic,M/Zadar op/1995/
} ) 11.a3 {White logically tries to disrupt Black's pawn chain, as the 
structure is not in his favour (a2).} ( 11.Ne2 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 ( 13.
a3 bxa3 14.Rxa3 Rxa3 15.bxa3 Ba6 16.Qa4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Nbd7 18.Rb1 Ne5 19.
Bb5 Rb8 20.Nc3 e6 21.Bc6 exd5 22.Rxb8+ Qxb8 23.exd5 Qb2 24.Qa8+ Bf8 25.Bh6
Qa1+ 26.Kf2 Nfg4+ 27.fxg4 Nxg4+ 28.Ke2 Nxh6 29.Ne4 Kg7 30.a4 Qe5 31.Qe8 
Be7 32.Kf3 Qf5+ {0-1,Sergienko,S-Rovid,K/Budapest Spring op/1993/} ) 13...
Ba6 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Rae1 Nb6 16.Nc1 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nd7 19.Qc2 
Qb7 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.Re2 Qb5 22.Kh1 c4 23.Qd1 c3 24.bxc3 bxc3 25.Rff2 Qb1 
$17 {Sutton,R-Love,A/NZD-ch/1991/} ) 11...bxa3 12.bxa3 Bg7 13.Ne2 O-O 14.
O-O Ba6 $1 ( 14...Nbd7 15.Kh1 Ba6 16.Ba5 Qa7 17.Bc3 $13 {[%cal Rc4a5] ii 
a5,Gabriel,C-Adamson,R/New York op/1995/} ) 15.a4 ( 15.Ba5 $5 Qa7 16.Bc3 
Nfd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f4 $13 ) 15...Nfd7 $1 {Black delays the development 
of i b8 to keep the c6 square protected.} 16.Bc3 ( 16.Rb1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5
18.Bxa6 Nxa6 $15 ) 16...Nb6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc2 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Nd7 20.a5 $6 
{[%csl Ra5] Black has a solid pawn structure, which gives him long-term 
chances for an advantage. Therefore White should try to molest Black's i. 
The move in the game only weakens the ia4.} ( 20.f4 $142 $132 ) 20...Nf6 
$1 {Now Black gains the a-pawn.} ( 20...Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Rxa5 $4 22.Qc3+ ) 21.
g4 Kg8 ( 21...Bxc4 22.Qxc4 Rxa5 $4 23.g5 Rxa1 24.gxf6+ $18 ) 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 
23.Nd4 $5 {White's best chance.} ( 23.Qc3 Rfa8 $17 ) 23...Rxa5 24.Rxa5 
Qxa5 25.Nc6 Qa3 $1 {Black returns the pawn and relies on positional 
factors.} ( 25...Qc7 $143 $6 26.g5 ( 26.Ra1 e6 27.Ra7 Qb6 28.g5 exd5 29.
Ne7+ Kh8 30.Qa2 $13 ) 26...Nh5 27.Ra1 e6 28.Qb2 $1 exd5 29.exd5 c4 30.Ra7 
c3 31.Qxc3 ( 31.Qf2 c2 $8 32.Qxc2 Qb6+ ) 31...Qb6+ 32.Kf1 h6 33.gxh6 Kh7 
$13 ) 26.Nxe7+ Kg7 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Re7,Rg1] ic,,i Now White can't occupy 
the a1-h8 diagonal, his i is weak and the i is out of play.} 27.Nc6 ( 27.
Kg2 Rb8 28.Rb1 $17 ) ( 27.Qc1 Qd3 28.Nc6 Ra8 $36 ) 27...h5 $1 28.h3 $6 ( 
28.g5 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Qxg5 $17 ) ( 28.gxh5 $8 Nxh5 $36 ) 28...hxg4 29.hxg4 Rh8
$1 $40 {[%cal Gh8h1] iih Black's final attack with only three pieces is 
very impressive.} 30.Qc1 ( 30.Kg2 Nxg4 $1 31.fxg4 Qh3+ 32.Kf2 Qh2+ $19 ) (
30.Qe2 $142 $5 Qc3 $17 ) ( 30.e5 $6 dxe5 31.Qe2 e4 $19 ) 30...Qd3 31.Rf2 (
31.e5 dxe5 32.Qxc5 Rh1+ $1 33.Kxh1 Qxf1+ $19 ) 31...Rh4 {[%cal Rf6g4] ii 
g4!} 32.Qf1 ( 32.Kg2 $2 Nxg4 $19 ) ( 32.Qc2 Qe3 33.Qe2 Qc1+ {-32.i f1} ) (
32.Qd2 Qb1+ 33.Rf1 Rh1+ $19 ) 32...Qe3 33.Qe2 Qc1+ 34.Qf1 Qf4 $1 $19 35.
Qe2 ( 35.Qg2 c4 {[%csl Gc4] ic} ) 35...Rh3 36.Qd2 ( 36.Qf1 Qg3+ 37.Qg2 ( 
37.Rg2 Qxf3 ) 37...Qh4 38.Kf1 $8 Rg3 39.Qh2 Qxh2 40.Rxh2 Rxf3+ $19 ) 36...
Qg3+ 37.Kf1 Nxe4 $1 ( 37...Rh1+ 38.Ke2 Nxg4 $1 39.Qb2+ ( 39.fxg4 Qxg4+ 40.
Kd3 Rd1 $19 ) 39...Kh7 40.fxg4 Qxf2+ $1 41.Kxf2 Rh2+ $19 ) 38.fxe4 ( 38.
Qb2+ Kh7 $19 ) 38...Rh1+ 39.Ke2 Qxg4+ 40.Kd3 ( 40.Ke3 Rh3+ $19 ) 40...Rd1 
0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M."]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.
Nd2 a5 10.g4 c6 11.Be2 Ne8 12.g5 f5 13.h4 a4 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Nxa4 Nd6 16.
Nc3 cxd5 17.cxd5 Bd7 18.a4 Qb6 19.Qb3 Qb4 20.h5 gxh5 21.Rxh5 b5 22.O-O-O 
bxa4 23.Qa3 Rac8 24.Rh4 fxe4 25.Ndxe4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Rxf2 27.Qg3 Rxe2 28.
Nf6+ Kf7 29.Rxb4 cxb4+ 30.Kb1 Bf5+ 31.Ka1 Rcc2 32.Qh4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Richardson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.c4 Ndf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Bxe2 8.
Bxe2 e6 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Qb3 Ne7 11.O-O-O b5 12.cxb5 O-O 13.bxc6 Nfd5 14.Nxd5 
Nxd5 15.Ba6 Rb8 16.Bb7 Nb4 17.d5 exd5 18.Kb1 Qf6 19.Rd2 d4 20.Bxd4 Qg6+ 
21.Ka1 Nxc6 22.Bc3 Nd8 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Bb4 Qf6 25.Bxf8 Rxb7 26.Bb4 Qxf2 
27.Rd1 Ne6 28.Qc4 Rb8 29.Qe4 h6 30.a3 Rc8 31.Bc3 Qb6 32.Ka2 Rd8 33.Re1 Qb8
34.Qg4 Qd6 35.Re5 Rc8 36.Rb5 Qc6 37.Ra5 Qd7 38.Bxg7 Qd3 39.Bc3+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ Qxf5 41.Rxf5 Rc7 42.Kb1 Ng5 43.Ra5 Rd7 44.Kc2 Ne4 45.Bb4 Kg6 46.Re5 
Nd6 47.Rd5 Rc7+ 48.Rc5 Ne8 49.Rxc7 Nxc7 50.Bc5 a6 51.Kb3 Kf5 52.Ka4 Ke4 
53.Ka5 Ne6 54.Be7 Nf4 55.g3 Nd5 56.Bf8 h5 57.Kxa6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 Nc6 6.f3 a6 7.O-O-O b5 8.Bh6 O-O
$6 $146 {Very dangerous decision.White has a simple plan of 
attack:h2-h4-h5} ( 8...Bxh6 9.Qxh6 e5 ( 9...e6 10.h4 Qe7 11.g4 Bb7 12.Nh3 
O-O-O 13.a4 b4 14.Na2 a5 15.Kb1 Kb8 16.c3 bxc3 17.Nxc3 $14 {1-0 
Jansa,V-Tibensky,R/CSR-ch 1984 (39)} ) 10.d5 ( 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.h3 b4 12.
Nb1 Be6 13.f4 Ned7 14.Nd2 Ng8 15.Qg7 Qf6 16.Qxf6 Ngxf6 17.g4 Nc5 18.Bg2 
O-O-O 19.Ne2 Rhe8 20.Rhe1 Bd7 21.Nd4 $14 {Bohnhoff,P-Schmidt,R/RLPF-chB 
1991/E-E (45)} ) 10...Na5 11.Bd3 Rg8 12.h4 Qe7 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.a4 Nb7 15.
axb5 axb5 16.Kb1 Qd8 17.Nxb5 Qb8 18.Na3 Nc5 19.Qc3 Ke7 $44 {E-E 
Hamdouchi,H-Baena,J/Open, Malaga ESP 1998} ) 9.h4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]}
9...Nh5 $2 {Black had to come with counterplay in the centre.After 9...i 
h5? Black doesn't have a lot of chances to escape.} 10.Nge2 {[%cal Gg2g4]}
10...e5 {Better later than never.} 11.g4 Bxh6 ( 11...exd4 12.Nd5 $1 d3 $5 
( 12...Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Nf6 14.h5 $18 {[%csl Rg8]} ) ( 12...Nf6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 
14.h5 $1 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Qh6+ Kf6 18.Nxd4 $18 {[%csl Rf6]
} ) 13.cxd3 Nf6 ( 13...Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Nf6 15.h5 $18 ) 14.h5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 
Kxg7 16.exd5 Ne5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qh6+ Kf6 19.d4 $18 ) 12.Qxh6 Ng7 13.Nd5 
$1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh4h5]} 13...Be6 $2 {Doesn't prevent White's threat.} 
( 13...f6 $8 14.g5 Nh5 ( 14...f5 15.h5 $1 Nxh5 16.Ng3 $1 $18 ) 15.gxf6 
Nxf6 ( 15...exd4 16.Nef4 $1 Nxf6 17.Nxg6 $1 hxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kh8 19.Rg1 Rg8 
20.Qxf6+ Qxf6 21.Rxg8+ Kxg8 22.Nxf6+ $18 ) 16.h5 $1 Nxh5 17.Ng3 $1 Rf7 $8 
( 17...Ng7 18.f4 $1 ( 18.Qxh7+ Kf7 19.f4 $1 {[%cal Rh1h6]} ( 19.Rh6 ) ( 
19.Rh6 $2 Qg5+ ) ) 18...exf4 19.Nxf4 $1 $18 ) 18.Nxh5 gxh5 19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.
dxe5 ( 20.Qxh5 $5 ) 20...Nxe5 21.f4 $16 ) 14.h5 $18 Bxd5 ( 14...Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Qxh7+ Kf7 18.Rh6 $18 ) 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.exd5 Nxd4
17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Qxh7+ Kf7 19.Bd3 $1 Qf6 ( 19...Qg5+ 20.f4 $1 Qxg4 ( 20...
Qxf4+ 21.Kb1 $18 ) 21.Rhg1 Qxf4+ 22.Kb1 $18 ) 20.Rh6 Qg5+ ( 20...Rh8 21.
Bxg6+ Ke7 22.Re1+ Kd7 23.Bf5+ Qxf5 24.Qxg7+ $18 ) 21.f4 $1 Qxf4+ 22.Kb1 
Qe5 23.Rxg6 Rg8 24.Rf1+ Ke7 25.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Karason, Askell Oern"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 c6 9.
h5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.h6 Bh8 12.f3 Qb6 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Rc1 a5 15.Nh3 a4 16.
Nf2 Rfc8 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Nd3 Nxd3+ 19.Bxd3 a3 20.b3 Nh5 21.Kf2 Bf6 22.Nb5 
Qd8 23.g3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Be7 25.Rh1 Nf6 26.Qb4 Ne8 27.Nxa3 b5 28.Bb1 f5 29.
Kg2 fxe4 30.Bxe4 Nf6 31.Ra1 Nxe4 32.fxe4 Bg5 33.Bf2 Qf6 34.Rf1 Rf8 35.Nc2 
Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Bh3 37.Ne1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Finnlaugsson, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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.Qxc3 O-O-O 14.Ng3 d4 
15.Qc5 Nd5 16.Bd3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf4 18.O-O Nxd3 19.cxd3 b6 20.Qh5 Rh8 21.Bh6
Ne5 22.f7 Rdf8 23.Bxf8 Rxh5 24.Bd6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Rogvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Fridjonsson, Julius"]
[Black "Bradbury, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.a3 Nf6 6.Rb1 O-O 7.b4 cxb4 8.axb4 e6
9.b5 Ne5 10.Qb3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.d4 Nc4 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Ra1 Re8 15.O-O Ne4
16.e3 Qd7 17.Ra2 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Qxb5 19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.Bxd2 Be6 21.Qa1 a6 22.
Rb1 Qc6 23.Bf1 b5 24.h4 h5 25.Bd3 Bf8 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Qb1 Kg7 28.e4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Halldorsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Schmied, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.h4 d5 5.Nh3 Be6 6.Nf4 Bf7 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.Nd3 Bg7
9.Nf3 c6 10.c3 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.axb3 a6 13.b4 O-O 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.bxc5 
Nd7 16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.Kd2 e5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rxe5 21.Ra4 
Re7 22.e3 Kg7 23.Bf1 Rh8 24.Bd3 Be6 25.Rd4 h6 26.Ra1 g5 27.Raa4 Kf6 28.
Rdb4 Rc8 29.Kc2 Rcc7 30.Rd4 Bf7 31.Kb3 Bh5 32.Kb4 Bf3 33.Ka5 Be4 34.Be2 
Bg2 35.Rdb4 Re4 36.hxg5+ hxg5 37.Rxe4 fxe4 38.Kb6 Rf7 39.Bg4 Kg7 40.Be6 
Rxf2 41.Kxb7 Rf3 42.Kxc6 Rxg3 43.Kd6 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Black "Dewenter, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Be2 
Bd6 9.Nf1 O-O 10.Ng3 e5 11.dxe5 Ndxe5 12.O-O Ne7 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bg4 c5 
15.Bxc8 Raxc8 16.Qg4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn"]
[Black "Baldursson, Hrannar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 e5 7.Nf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nh5 
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Be7 Re8 12.Bxd6 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Rxe4+ 14.Kf2 Qb6 15.
Bd3 Re8 16.Rhe1 Bd7 17.Be7 Na6 18.Rac1 Nb4 19.Bb1 Nf4 20.Rcd1 Bg4 21.Rd2 
Ne6 22.Ne5 Nd4 23.Nxg4 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 h5 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Rxf7+ Kh8 27.Qe3 Qd6
28.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjoern"]
[Black "Edvardsson, Kristjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.c3 d5 6.O-O O-O 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.b4 a5 
9.Bb2 Rd8 10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Nd4 Nf6 12.a3 Bg4 13.Qe1 Bh6 14.f4 Nc6 15.e3 Bg7 
16.N2b3 b6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.c4 Qa4 19.Nd4 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rab8 21.Rf2 Ne4 22.
Bxe4 dxe4 23.Bc3 Rbc8 24.c6 Bh3 25.Rd2 Qxc4 26.Rc1 Qa4 27.Ne2 Bxc3 28.Rxc3
Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Qb5 30.c7 e5 31.Kf2 exf4 32.exf4 e3+ 33.Qxe3 Re8 34.c8=Q Bxc8
35.Qd3 Qb6+ 36.Nd4 Ba6 37.Qd2 Re2+ 38.Qxe2 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Einarsson, Einar Kristinn"]
[Black "Halldorsson, Jon Arni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Bg5 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxe7 Ndxe7 14.Qa4 Qc7 
15.Nb5 Qd8 16.Nxa7 Ra8 17.Nexc6 Nxc6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Qxc6 Rxa7 20.Rfd1 Rd7
21.Qc4 Rd5 22.Rd3 Qd7 23.Rad1 Rd8 24.f4 b5 25.Qc3 h6 26.Qa5 Qd6 27.g3 g5 
28.fxg5 hxg5 29.Qd2 Qb6 30.Qe3 Kg7 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rf1 hxg3 33.Qf4 f5 34.
Rxg3+ Kf7 35.Qh6 Qxd4+ 36.Rf2 Rh8 37.Qg6+ Ke7 38.Qg5+ Kd7 39.Rg2 Qd1+ 40.
Rf1 Rh1+ 41.Kxh1 Qxf1+ 42.Kh2 Qc4 43.b3 Qc7+ 44.Rg3 Qe5 45.Qh5 Rd3 46.Qf7+
Kd6 47.Qf8+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Ragnarsson, Johann"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.exd7+ Bxd7 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.Qg4+ Kd8 ( 16...f5 17.Qa4+ Kc8 18.Be3 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Qxd5 20.
Rd1 Qc6 21.Qxc6+ bxc6 22.Bxc5 Rb8 23.Rd2 Rd8 24.Re2 Rd3 25.Bd4 Kd7 26.Kf2 
c5 27.Bxc5 Rxc3 28.Bd4 Rc1 29.Bxa7 Rbc8 30.Be3 R1c2 31.a4 Rxe2+ 32.Nxe2 
Rc4 33.a5 Ra4 34.Bb6 h5 35.Nd4 Kc8 36.Kf3 Rxd4 37.Bxd4 {E-E 
Thorsteins,K-Ashley,M/New York op 1989/CBM 12} ) 17.Bg5+ f6 18.Be3 $146 ( 
18.O-O-O Re8 19.Nge2 Qh2 20.Nf4 fxg5 21.Ne6+ Rxe6 22.dxe6+ Ke8 {1-0 
Zaja,I-Kutuzovic,B/CRO-Cup 1995/EXT 95} ) 18...Re8 19.Qf4 $4 ( 19.Kd2 $142
Bh6 20.Bxh6 Qxh6+ 21.Kc2 f5 $15 ) 19...Qxg1+ 20.Kd2 Qg2+ 21.Kd3 Re5 22.
Bxc5 Rc8 23.Bd4 Qxb2 24.Bxe5 fxe5 25.Qh4+ Ke8 26.Qa4+ Kf8 27.Rf1+ Kg8 28.
Ne2 b5 29.Qg4 Qc2+ 30.Ke3 Qc5+ 31.Kf3 Qxd5+ 32.Kf2 Rc4 33.Qh3 Rc2 34.Qg4 
Qd4+ 35.Qxd4 exd4 36.Rd1 Rxa2 37.Kf3 b4 38.Nxd4 Bxd4 39.Rxd4 b3 40.Rb4 b2 
( 40...b2 ) 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Olafsson, Thorvardur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Black "Kjartansson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 exf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.g3 
O-O 9.Bg2 Qa5 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Qd3 Re8 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Nc1 Ba3 14.Nb3 Qh5 15.h3
Bf5 16.Qd2 Qg6 17.Na5 Nb6 18.c5 Na4 19.O-O Bb2 20.Nxb7 Bxc3 21.Qd1 Bc2 22.
Qf3 Be4 23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Bxa1 26.Rxa1 Rab8 27.Na5 Re6 28.
Rd1 Nc3 29.Bf4 Rb5 30.Rd3 Nxa2 31.Ra3 Nb4 32.Bd6 Re2 33.Kf3 Re8 34.Nc4 Nc2
35.Rxa7 Nxd4+ 36.Kg2 f5 37.gxf5 Nxf5 38.Na5 Rc8 39.Nxc6 h5 40.g4 hxg4 41.
Ne5 Nxd6 42.Nxg4 Rbxc5 43.Ne3 Rg5+ 44.Kf3 Ne8 45.Ng4 Rc3+ 46.Kf4 Rxg4+ 47.
Kxg4 Nf6+ 48.Kf4 g6 49.f3 Kg7 50.Ra6 Nh5+ 51.Kg4 Rc4+ 52.Kh3 g5 53.Rb6 f6 
54.Kg2 Kg6 55.Kf2 Nf4 56.Rb7 Nd3+ 57.Kg3 Ne5 58.Rb3 Rd4 59.Rb5 Rd3 60.Kg2 
Nxf3 61.Kf2 Ne5 62.Rb6 g4 63.Kg2 Kg5 64.Rb5 Rd2+ 65.Kg3 Rd4 66.Ra5 Re4 67.
Ra8 f5 68.Rg8+ Ng6 69.Rg7 f4+ 70.Kf2 Ra4 71.Rc7 Ra2+ 72.Kf1 g3 73.Rc5+ Kg4
74.Rc4 Nh4 75.Rb4 g2+ 76.Kg1 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Briem, Stefan"]
[Black "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Ne2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.Nd2 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.
c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Ne7 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nb4 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.O-O 
Ng6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Nxh5 Qd8 18.Qg4 Bxg5 19.hxg5 Kf8 20.f4 Ne7 21.Rac1 Nd3 
22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Qe2 Qc4 24.Ng3 g6 25.Rf3 Nb4 26.Rc3 Qxe2 27.Nxe2 Nbc6 28.
Nc5 Nf5 29.Rd3 b6 30.Nb7 Ke7 31.g4 Ng7 32.Nd6 Ne8 33.Rc3 Nxd6 34.Rxc6 Ne8 
35.Kg2 Kd7 36.Rc1 Nc7 37.Kg3 Rc8 38.Rh1 Ne8 39.f5 exf5 40.gxf5 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Jonatansson, Helgi"]
[Black "Leosson, Torfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.h3 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bg5 
c5 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 e6 12.Rad1 a6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.c4 h6 15.Bh4
Nxe4 16.fxe4 Ne5 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.b3 Nc6 20.Kh1 Rd4 21.Rxd4 cxd4 
22.e5 Qb4 23.f4 Qc3 24.Bf2 Rd8 25.Rd1 Nb4 26.Be1 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Lehikoinen, Pertti"]
[Black "Steindorsson, Sigurdur Pall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b3 d4 13.Na4 Be4 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.e3
Qc7 16.exd4 c4 17.Qc3 Bb4 18.Bf4 Qb7 19.Qe3 Rbe8 20.Be5 Ng4 21.Qf4 Ngxe5 
22.dxe5 Re7 23.Rd4 f5 24.Rxc4 Ba5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Rxc5 Bb6 27.Rc3 Rd8 28.
Rf1 Ba5 29.Rc4 Bd2 30.Qh4 g5 31.Qh5 g4 32.Nxd2 Bxg2 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qxf5+ 
Rf7 35.Qg5 Rxd2 36.Qxd2 Bxf1 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Rxg4+ 1-0

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Schubert, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Wiese, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Nd7 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.
Nd4 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 g6 10.Ndb5 Be5 11.f4 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 O-O-O 13.e5 Nh5 14.O-O 
Ng7 15.Qf2 Nb6 16.a4 Kb8 17.a5 Nc8 18.Qf3 a6 19.Be3 Nf5 20.Bf2 h5 21.Rfd1 
Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qb4 23.b3 Re8 24.Ne4 Qxa5 25.Nc5 c6 26.g3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 
28.Qd3 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 Kc7 30.Kg2 b6 31.Kf3 Nfe7 32.h3 c5 33.Nb2 Kc6 34.Ke4 
Nf5 35.c3 Nce7 36.c4 Kb7 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Nh6 39.Kf3 Nc6 40.Nd3 Na5 41.
Nc1 Kc6 42.Be1 Nb7 43.Bd2 Ng8 44.f5 gxf5 45.gxf5 Kd7 46.Ke4 Nd8 47.Bc3 Nc6
48.Nd3 a5 49.Nf4 Nb4 50.e6+ fxe6 51.fxe6+ Ke7 52.Bxb4 cxb4 53.Kd5 a4 54.
bxa4 b3 55.Nd3 Nf6+ 56.Kc6 Kxe6 57.Kxb6 Kd6 58.a5 Nd7+ 59.Kb5 Ne5 60.Nb2 
Kc7 61.c5 Nc6 62.a6 Na7+ 63.Kc4 Kc6 64.Nd3 Nb5 65.Nb4+ Kc7 66.Kxb3 Nd4+ 
67.Kc4 Ne6 68.Nd5+ Kb8 69.Kb5 Ka7 70.c6 Nd4+ 71.Kc5 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Asgeirsson, Heimir"]
[Black "Omarsson, Hjalti Runar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Na6 9.
O-O Rb8 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Ng4 14.Bf4 Rbe8 15.e6 
Bd4+ 16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 fxe6 18.dxe6 Qc6 19.Rf3 1-0

