[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rac1 b5 14. Nd5 Bb7
15. b3 Nb6 16. c5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Rc8 20. Qa3 e5 21.
Be3 Qf6 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 h5 24. Qc7 h4 25. Qd7 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rd6
h3 28. Kf1 Ra8 29. Ke1 Bf8 30. Rf6 Rd8 31. Bd2 f4 32. gxf4 Bd6 33. fxe5 Bxe5
34. Rf3 Bxh2 35. Rxh3 Be5 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. exd3 f5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40.
Bf4 Bf6 41. Bb8 Bg5 42. Ba7 Bh6 43. Be3 Bg7 44. Kf4 Bh6+ 45. Kg3 Bf8 46. Kh4 a5
47. Kg5 a4 48. d4 Be7+ 49. Kg6 Bd6 50. f4 axb3 51. axb3 b4 52. d5+ Kxd5 53.
Kxf5 Bf8 54. Bf2 Bd6 55. Bb6 Bb8 56. Bg1 Bc7 57. Ba7 Bd6 58. Bf2 Bc7 59. Ba7
Bd6 60. Bb6 Bb8 61. Kg5 Ke4 62. f5 Be5 63. Bc5 Bc3 64. Bd6 Kd3 65. Kf4 Kc2 66.
Be5 Bd2+ 67. Kg4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. f3 Nd6 13. c5 Nf7 14. Nc3 Ndxe5 15.
fxe5 f4 16. e4 Bd7 17. Kh1 Ng5 18. h4 Nf7 19. Qf2 Kh8 20. Bh3 g5 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Rg1 Rg8 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. Qh4 Rg6 25. Rg4 Qg7 26. Rag1 Rg8 27. Ne2 Nxf3 28.
Rxg6 Nxh4 29. Rxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Nxf4 Kf7 32. Bg4 Ng6 33. Nh5 Ne7 34.
Nf6 Bc8 35. Nxh7 Nc6 36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Nf3 Nb4 38. a3 Nd3 39. b4 Nf2+ 40. Kg1
Nxg4 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. d3 Qd7 6. Nc3 O-O-O 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nf6 9. g4 e6 10. g5 d4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. gxh6 Rxh6 14. c4 Bd6
15. Bg2 Ne7 16. Qb3 Nf5 17. Rf1 Rg6 18. Bf3 Nh4 19. Bh1 Ng2+ 20. Kd1 Rh8 21.
Bd2 Rxh3 22. Kc2 Rh4 23. Rf2 Rhg4 24. f5 exf5 25. a4 f4 26. Qb5 f5 27. Kb3
Qxb5+ 28. axb5 Kb8 29. Raf1 Nh4 30. Bd5 Rg1 31. Ka4 R6g4 32. b4 g5 33. bxc5
Bxc5 34. Bb4 b6 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Ka5 f3 37. exf3 Rxf1 38. Rxf1 Rg2 39. b6 Rb2
40. b7 Ng6 41. Re1 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 Kxb7 43. Kb5 Nf4 44. Re7+ Kc8 45. Kxc5 Nxd3+
46. Kxd4 Nb4 47. Kc5 a5 48. Rg7 Nd3+ 49. Kd6 a4 50. c5 Nb2 51. Rg8+ Kb7 52. c6+
Ka7 53. c7 Nc4+ 54. Kc5 Nb6 55. c8=Q Nxc8 56. Rxc8 a3 57. Kd4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nc3 b6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf4 12. Ra1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Rfe1 Nb4 16. Bb1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. d5 exd5 21.
cxd5 Qc4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxa2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. Bxh7 Re5 27.
f4 Nd3 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ Kd7 30. fxe5 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Bc5 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33.
Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 h6 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 c5 15. Nh4
Nf6 16. Qf3 c4 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Nhf5 d5 19. Rad1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qe8 25. Qb1 Qb8 26. h4 h5 27. Qd1 Re8
28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxh5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Qg4 Qf6 32. Qe4 Ne5 33. f3 g6 34.
Nd4 Nd3 35. b3 Nc5 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Qe1 Nd3 39. Qe4 Nc5 40. Qe1
Nd3 41. Qe4 Nc5 42. Qe2 Qxh4 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. g3 Nd3 45. Qc7 Qg5 46. Qxf7+ Kh6
47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Kh3 Qe1 52. Qf7+ Kh6
53. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 b5 10. f3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Rhg1 Nfd7 14. Qe1 Rc8
15. a3 Nxb3+ 16. cxb3 b4 17. axb4 d5 18. Nc2 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qc7 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21.
Rxg3 Rfd8 22. g5 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bd4 Bd6 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Bb8 27.
Bb6 Rd7 28. Rc3 Nd3+ 29. Kb1 Bxh2 30. Nbd4 Nf2 31. Nf3 Nxe4 32. Rc4 Bb8 33.
Ncd4 h6 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Nc6 Rd6 36. Rxe4 Bxc6 37. Rg4+ Kh7 38. Nd4 Bd7 39.
Bc5 Rd5 40. Bf8 e5 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Nf3 Bf5+ 43. Kc1 Ba7 44. Rg2 Be4 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. Be3 Qa5+ 9. c3 a6 10. g3 Qd5 11. Rg1 Nd7 12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qb3 Ne5 14. h3 Nd3+
15. Kd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Kc1 Bd7 18. Nf3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nc6 20. Nd2 Be7 21.
Nc4 e5 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Be6 24. b4 Rc8 25. Kb1 O-O 26. Bb6 Rfe8 27. g4
Re7 28. Be4 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Rf1 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Bc5 Be6
34. Kc1 f5 35. Bf3 Kh7 36. Re1 e4 37. Be2 Rg8 38. Bd6 Rg2 39. Bg3 f4 40. Bf1
Rg1 41. Bxf4 Bh3 42. Bxh3 Rxe1+ 43. Kd2 Rb1 44. Bf5+ Kg8 45. Bxe4 Rxb2+ 46. Bc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Loginov, Valery"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Qc1 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxe4 Nc6
15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Qe3 Qxb2 18. Qxd4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Maiorov, Oleg"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nb3 Ne5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bd4 Ne7 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Nc6 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
b3 Bc8 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Qf2 Be7 18. Rab1 O-O 19. b4 Nc6 20. a3 d6 21. N5a4 f5
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Nb6 Bb7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Qd8 26. Rfd1 e5 27. Nxd6 Bxd6
28. Nxc4 Rf6 29. Bc5 Rxf4 30. Rxd6 Qe8 31. Qd2 Rxc4 32. Qd5+ Qf7 33. Qxc6 Bxc6
34. Rxb8+ Be8 35. Rdd8 h6 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Rb6+ Kh5 39. Be3 Re4
40. Rb3 Qd5 41. Rd3 Qc4 42. Rhd8 Qxc2 43. h3 Kg6 44. R8d7 Kh7 45. Kh2 Rh4 46.
Bd2 Qa4 47. Re7 Qc6 48. Rg3 Qf6 49. Rexg7+ Qxg7 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. g4 h5 52.
Be1 Rxh3+ 53. Kxh3 hxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d4 9. Ne4 c5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. f4 f5 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Qf2 a5 19. a4 b6 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Nc4 Qd7 22.
b3 Rb8 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Qg2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nc4 d5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Nxc8 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Rae1 Rd8 18. Re2 a5 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Bd4 Nd6
21. Be5 Re8 22. h4 Re6 23. h5 Rbe8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Bxg6 Nf7 31. Bh5+ Qg5 32. Qxg5+ Nxg5
33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Kf8 35. a4 Ke7 36. a5 Kd6 37. f4 Ne4 38. Bf7 Nc3 39. Kf2
e5 40. fxe5+ Kxe5 41. a6 Nb5 42. g4 Kf4 43. Be6 d4 44. Ke2 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Naer, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Rfc1 Qa5 14. a3 Bxc3
15. b4 Bxb2 16. bxa5 Bxc1 17. Nb3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rc3 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Bd5
21. Qb4 Rc4 22. Qe1 Rg4 23. g3 Rc4 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. e4 Ba8 26. f3 O-O 27. Qe3
Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Rc3 Ra2 30. Ra3 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Rc8 32. g4 Nc5 33. Nc4 Nfd7
34. Qb4 h6 35. Kg3 Bb7 36. Nd6 Rb8 37. Qd4 Ba6 38. h4 Rb3 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Qb2
0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.
Qxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O h6 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Bc7 Rc8 18. Ba5 Be5 19. Kc2 f5 20. c4
c5 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Kxc3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Rd5 Kc6 26. b4
cxb4+ 27. Kxb4 Rb8+ 28. Rb5 a5+ 29. Ka4 Rxb5 30. cxb5+ Kb6 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5
hxg5 33. g3 e6 34. a3 e5 35. Kb3 Kxb5 36. a4+ Kc5 37. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nb6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Be1 Bd6 14. Nxg4
Bxg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. h4 Qc7 17. g4 Bg6 18. e4 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 h5 20. e5 Bxd3 21.
Rxd3 f6 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Bc3 Kc7 25. Rg1 Rag8 26. Rdd1 Kb8 27. Qf5
fxe5 28. dxe5 Rf8 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Rde1 Nc5 31. gxh5 Ne6 32. Rg6 Rh6 33. Reg1
d4 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Bxd4 Bxe5 36. Re1 Bxd4 37. Rxe6 Kc7 38. Nc4 Bf6 39. Ne5
Rh8 40. Ng4 Bxh4 41. Rg6 Rxh5 42. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. b4 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 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. a3
e6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc3 Ne7 17. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smagin, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Nbd2
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bd7 13. Bg5 Qxc6 14. Qxc6
Bxc6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rd1 Rb8 18. c4 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Be7 20. Bd2 Nf6
21. b3 Ne4 22. Be1 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Ke3 Nc5 25. Kd4 Nd7 26. Kc3 a5 27. Bd3
Ke7 28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Rhe1 c5 30. g3 Rb6 31. g4 Rd6 32. h4 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Rd8 34.
a3 g6 35. Bc2 Rd4 36. g5 Nd7 37. Be4 Nb6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rh1 a4 40. Rxh5 axb3
41. Rxh7 Kf8 42. Kxb3 Nxc4 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rc8 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexei"]
[Black "Filippov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb1 O-O 11. Ne5 g6 12. f4 Ne8 13. Be1 Ng7 14. Bf2 f6 15.
Nf3 Bb4 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qe3 Ne8 21. Bh4
Ndf6 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. Nd3 Qe7 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3
Nd5 28. Nc3 Nec7 29. Rae1 Rd7 30. Re5 Nb4 31. d5 Re8 32. Rfe1 Kf7 33. Rxe8 Nxe8
34. Rd1 Nc7 35. d6 Ne6 36. g3 Nc2 37. Nb5 Nc5 38. b4 Nxb4 39. Nc7 Ne4 40. Nb5
a6 41. Rd4 Nc2 42. Rc4 Ne3 43. Rc7 Ke6 44. Nc3 Kxd6 45. Rxd7+ Kxd7 46. Nxe4
fxe4 47. Bf6 b5 48. Bd4 Nc2 49. Bh8 a5 50. Kf2 a4 51. Ke2 b4 52. Kd2 b3 53. g4
Ke6 54. Kc3 e3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Nb4 7. a3 Bg7 8.
axb4 Bxe5 9. e3 O-O 10. b5 Nb8 11. d4 Bg7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O cxb5 14. Qxb5 Nc6
15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Ba6 Na5 19. Qa2 Bg4 20. f3 Bc8 21. Bf1
Bf5 22. b4 Nc6 23. Qa4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Bd7 25. b5 Na5 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Ne4 Be6 28.
Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Be1 Bf8 31. Qa3 Bd5 32. Bxa5 Bxe4 33. fxe4 bxa5 34.
Qxa5 Bh6 35. Kf2 Qg4 36. Rc3 Qxe4 37. Qxa7 Ra8 38. Qc7 Ra2+ 39. Be2 Qf5+ 40.
Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qxb5 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Rc2 Qb3 44. Rc3 Qb6 45. Qc6 Qxc6 46.
Rxc6 Ra3 47. e4 Be3+ 48. Ke1 Bxd4 49. Bf3 Be5 50. h3 Kh6 51. Rc2 Kg5 52. Kf2 e6
53. g3 f5 54. Re2 Kf6 55. Kg2 Bd4 56. Rc2 Ke5 57. Re2 Be3 58. exf5 gxf5 59. Bb7
Kf6 60. Rc2 Bd4 61. Bf3 Ra1 62. Be2 Rg1+ 63. Kh2 Re1 64. Bf3 h6 65. Kg2 Rg1+
66. Kh2 Ra1 67. Kg2 Ra3 68. h4 Be5 69. Rc8 Ra2+ 70. Kh3 Rb2 71. Rh8 Kg7 72. Re8
Kf7 73. Bh5+ Kf6 74. Rh8 Kg7 75. Re8 Rb3 76. Re7+ Kg8 77. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 g5 14.
Bg3 f5 15. Be5 Rg8 16. Nc3 g4 17. Ncd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 fxe4 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20.
Ke2 Bg5 21. h3 Rd8 22. hxg4 Rd2+ 23. Ke1 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Nc3 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rac1 Rd8 15.
Nh4 g6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb1 d4 18. Nb5 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qh3 20. f3 Ne6 21. Nc7
Rac8 22. Be5 Nxc7 23. Bxc7 Re8 24. Be5 Qe6 25. Bxd4 Qxe2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re1
Qd3 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc2 30. a4 Nd5 31. Ne1 Re2 32. Nd3 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6
34. Nf4 Rb2 35. Rd3 Kg7 36. Ng2 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Ng8 39. Ne3 Ne7 40.
Nc4 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Nc6 42. Rd6 Nb8 43. Rd8 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Filippov, Valery"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 h6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. e3
Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rf1 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Bxe4 Kh7 20. h3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc6
22. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Qc1 Nce8 14. Rd1 Nd6 15. Ba3
Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. c5 b5 20. a4 a6 21. Qd2 Qc7
22. h3 Ra8 23. Kh1 g6 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Ra2 Nd7 26. g4 Rg7 27. Qe1 Qd8 28. Rag2
Qf6 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Nh4 Kh8 31. Nxf5 Rgg8 32. Nd6 Bc8 33. f5 Nf8 34. Qf2 Bd7
35. Qf4 Be8 36. h4 Rg7 37. h5 g5 38. Rxg5 Rxg5 39. Qxg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 h6 41.
Rg3 Bxh5 42. Rh3 Bd1 43. f6 h5 44. Nf7+ Kg8 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. Rg3 Bg4 47. Nxg4
hxg4 48. Rxg4 Nd7 49. axb5 axb5 50. Rg6 Nf8 51. Rg7 Ra3 52. Bf5 b4 53. Kg2 Rxb3
54. Rg3 Rb2+ 55. Kf3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

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 Bxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. c4 a4 14. Nd2 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Qa5 16. Nb1 Rfc8 17. Nc3 Ncd7 18. Rac1 Bd8 19. Nb5 Be7 20. Rfd1 g6 21. Rd3
Ne4 22. Ra3 f5 23. f3 Nef6 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. b4 axb3 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. axb3 e4 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. d6 Ra6 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Bc2 Bf8 33. Bxe4 Bxd6
34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Qb2 Bf8 36. Bxb7 Rb6 37. Bf3 Bg7 38. Qe2 Qe8 39. Qxe8+ Nxe8
40. Re1 Nf6 41. Re7 Ra6 42. Rb7 Bh6 43. Nc7 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Bd2 46.
Rb8+ Kg7 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nxc5 g5 49. Nd3 h5 50. h4 Kg6 51. hxg5 Bxg5 52. Rb5
h4+ 53. Kh3 Ra1 54. g3 hxg3 55. Kxg3 Be3 56. Ne5+ Kg7 57. Rb7+ Kh6 58. Ng4+
Nxg4 59. Bxg4 Rf1 60. Be2 Rf6 61. Bd3 Rd6 62. Be4 Kg5 63. Kf3 Bd4 64. b4 Ra6
65. Bd5 Kf5 66. Rf7+ Ke5 67. Re7+ Kf5 68. c5 Kf6 69. Rh7 Ra4 70. c6 Ke5 71. c7
Ra3+ 72. Kg4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. O-O b6 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 c6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nd4 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Nf6 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Rc1 e6 18. Ne5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qb5 20. a4 Qxa4 21. dxe6
Bxg2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Bh6 Qe4+ 25. Nf3 Rxf7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Qb2+ Nf6 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Rd2 Qc6 31. Kg1 Rd6 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. e4 Qe7
34. e5 Qxe5 35. Nf5+ gxf5 36. Qxe5 Rxd2 37. Qxf5 Rd5 38. Qe6 Rd7 39. g4 Rf7 40.
f4 Ng8 41. f5 Nh6 42. h3 a5 43. Qe5+ Kf8 44. f6 Rd7 45. Qe6 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Ng8
47. g5 Rd8 48. Qxb6 Rd7 49. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Na6 6. Bg5 Nb4 7. Qb1 c5 8. dxc5
d4 9. a3 Nc6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe4 Qxc5 13. e3 dxe3 14. fxe3 O-O
15. b4 Qe7 16. Be2 f5 17. Qc2 e5 18. O-O e4 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Qc3 Qc7 21. Rac1
Rad8 22. Nb3 Qe5 23. b5 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. c5 g5 27. c6 f4 28.
Rc5 Rfe8 29. cxb7 Bxb7 30. Nc6 f3 31. Nxd8 fxe2 32. Nxb7 exf1=Q+ 33. Kxf1 h6
34. Nd6 Re6 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Nxe4 Ng4 38. Nc5 Nxe3+ 39. Ke2 Re8
40. Rxa7 Nxg2+ 41. Kf2 Nh4 42. b6 Rf8+ 43. Ke2 Re8+ 44. Kd1 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 g5 10. Ba3 g4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15.
Nc3 Ne4 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. Nf4 Rf6 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. b4 Rh6 20. b5 Nf7 21. bxc6
Bxc6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxf5 Qh4 24. h3 gxh3 25. g3 h2+ 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Rh1 Ng5
28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Bd3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Naer, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. dxc5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. g3
b6 9. cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Ng5 Rfd8 16. Nge4 Be7 17. Bd6 Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20. b4 Rc7
21. Qb2 Rcd7 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qc6 24. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 Kh8 11. Rd1 f5 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bb3 Na5 15.
Bc2 Bf6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Rh3 Be8 21. Bd3
Nc6 22. Bf4 Nb4 23. Rd1 N6d5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd2 a6 26. Rh4 Qe7 27. Rd4 Rc5
28. Bb4 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Bc6 30. Rd4 Qc7 31. Rd6 Bd5 32. b3 Rc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34.
f4 Rc8 35. h3 h6 36. Qf2 b5 37. Kh2 a5 38. Qd2 Be4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 40. Re1 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rac1 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8
15. Rcd1 Nc5 16. Bb1 Qe8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 f6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Qd4 Bc6 22. Ba3 Rc7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Kf7 25. h4 Rfc8 26. f3 Bb5 27. Kf2
Nd7 28. h5 Nf8 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh1 e5 31. g4 Be8 32. Rd2 Kg8 33. Kg3 Rh7 34.
Rhd1 Rhc7 35. Rh1 Rh7 36. Rhd1 Rhc7 37. Rd6 Nh7 38. Bb2 Kg7 39. f4 exf4+ 40.
exf4 Rc6 41. Be4 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Kf7 43. Bd5+ Kf8 44. Bxf6 Nxf6 45. Rxf6+ Ke7 46.
Re6+ Kf8 47. Be4 Bf7 48. Rc6 Rxc6 49. Bxc6 Ke7 50. Bb5 Kd6 51. Bc4 Be8 52. Kh4
b5 53. Bd3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lugovoi, Alexei"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rd1
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nde2 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 b4 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Qc1 e6 16. Ndf4 Qc7 17. Ra2 Nf6 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. c4 Bb7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Rd1 Nce5
22. Nxb4 Nc5 23. Nd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxb4 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Qa3 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4
28. Bd3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 Nac4 12. Qc1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Rd1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 c6 17. Nce4 Nd5 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Bb1 b6 21.
Qg4 Bf5 22. Qf3 Bg6 23. Qg4 Bf5 24. Qf3 Bg6 25. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Bg2 Na6 6. d3 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nb4 8.
Na3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfc1 Rd8 12. c5 Na6 13. b4 Nc7 14. Bf4 Nfe8
15. d4 f6 16. h4 Bd7 17. Nb1 Nb5 18. e3 Nec7 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. g4 h5 21. g5 Bg6
22. Ne1 Rd7 23. Nb3 Kf7 24. Na5 Ne8 25. Bf3 Bd8 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Ng2 a6 28. Kh2
Re7 29. Bg3 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Ne1 e4 32. Ng2 Bxa5 33. bxa5 Nec7 34. Nf4 Rh8
35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. a6 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 bxa6 39. Rxa6 Rc8 40. Rca1 Bf5
41. Bd6 Rd7 42. Rb6 Ke6 43. Raa6 d4 44. exd4 Kd5 45. b3 Bg4 46. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 c6 8. Be2 e5
9. d5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 a5 12. a3 Ne8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. f3 Nef6 19. g4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nh7 21. Kd2 Bf6
22. Bxh6 Bg5+ 23. Bxg5 Nxg5 24. Qa7 Rf4 25. Ke3 Qf8 26. Nd2 Nf6 27. Kd3 Qd8 28.
Qe3 Kg7 29. Rf1 Qh8 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qxh3+ 32. Kc2 Nf7 33. g5 Nh7 34. Nb5
Qd7 35. Nc4 Nhxg5 36. Ncxd6 Nxd6 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qh2+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40.
Nxd6 Qa4+ 41. Kc1 Qa3+ 42. Qb2 Qe3+ 43. Qd2 Qa3+ 44. Kb1 Bd7 45. Bd1 Qg3 46.
Kc1 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Rac1 a5 14. Rfd1 a4 15.
Qb1 axb3 16. axb3 Qf6 17. e3 Rae8 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qb2
Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rd4 Na6 25. Rc2 Re7 26. b4 Nb8 27. Rdc4 c5
28. dxc6 d5 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. c7 Nc6 31. Nd2 Rc8 32. b5 Nb4 33. Rc4 Nd5 34. Rd4
Nxc7 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Bc4 Kf8 37. Rd6 Rd8 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Bxe6
Ke7 41. Bg4 Rd5 42. Be2 Rd2 43. Bc4 Rb2 44. Bd5 Rxb5 45. Bxe4 Rb2 46. h4 b5 47.
Kf1 b4 48. Ke1 b3 49. Bd5 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Rf1 51. Bxb3 Rxf2+ 52. Kd3 Rg2 53. h5
Rxg3 54. hxg6 h5 55. Ke4 h4 56. Kf4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. h4 Be7 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 e5 17. Bf2 O-O 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. g4 Nh7 20. Rhg1 Ng5 21. Rdf1
Qc6 22. f4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 a4 26. g6 f6 27. Ng3 Qc4 28.
b3 axb3 29. cxb3 Qg4 30. Kb2 d5 31. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qh4+ 14. g3
Qh5 15. O-O Bh3 16. Rf2 f6 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Rfe2 Qf3 19. Rf2 Qh5 20. Rfe2 Qf3
21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Bg4 23. Rf2 d4 24. Na4 Re7 25. Nc5 Rfe8 26. Kg2 fxe5 27.
h3 Bh5 28. g4 Bf7 29. Rfe2 Bd5+ 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. fxe5 Rf3 32. b4 Kf7 33. e6+ Kg6
34. a4 h5 35. gxh5+ Kxh5 36. Rg1 g5 37. Rg4 Rf4 38. Rxf4 gxf4 39. Re5+ Kg6 40.
h4 Kf6 41. Nd7+ Kg7 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Nc5 Re8 44. Rf5 Kg6 45. Rxf4 Bxe6 46. Nxe6
Rxe6 47. Rxd4 Kf5 48. Kg3 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rh3 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Rg4 Kd5 52. Kd2 Rh1
53. Kc2 a6 54. Kc3 Rc1+ 55. Kd2 Rh1 56. Kc2 Ke5 57. Rc4 Kd6 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59.
Kc3 Rh1 60. Rg4 Kd5 61. Rg5+ Kd6 62. h5 Rh4 63. Rg6+ Kd5 64. Rg5+ Kd6 65. d4
Rh3+ 66. Kc4 Kd7 67. Ra5 Rh1 68. Kd3 Rh3+ 69. Ke4 Rh4+ 70. Ke3 Kd6 71. Rg5 Ke6
72. a5 Kd6 73. Rg6+ Kd5 74. h6 Kc4 75. Rxc6+ Kxb4 76. Rxa6 Kb5 77. Rg6 Kxa5 78.
d5 Kb5 79. Rc6 Rh5 80. Ke4 Kb4 81. Kf4 Kb5 82. Kg4 Rxd5 83. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nb3 d6 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 O-O 14. N1d2 Na5 15.
Qg3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Rac8 17. Kh1 g6 18. f5 Nh5 19. Qh3 exf5 20. exf5 Bf6 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Rde1 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bb6 Rxe1 26. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 27.
Bxf1 Rxd8 28. Qe3 d5 29. Na5 d4 30. Qd3 Bc8 31. Qf3 Be6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Nxc4
Bg7 34. g4 Nf6 35. Ne5 Rd5 36. Nd3 a5 37. h4 g5 38. h5 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. Kh3
Kh7 41. Qe2 Bf8 42. Qc2 Kg7 43. Qc7 Bd6 44. h6+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Nd4 Ne5 8.
Nxe6 Bxe6 9. Qe4 Nd3+ 10. exd3 Rc8 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.
Nc3 Rd8 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. a3 a5 17. Ng5 Nc7 18. d4 cxd4 19. d3 h6 20. Nf3 Ke8 21.
Bf4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rfe1 Ke7 24. Ne5 Kf6 25. Rac1 Na6 26. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bb6 17. Be3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bf2 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 fxe4
15. fxe4 Nc7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bh6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bf7 20. Qd2 Bd6
21. h3 Qd7 22. Rf3 Re8 23. Nd1 Re6 24. Nf2 Rf6 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26. Bg5 Nce8 27.
Nc3 Bb8 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qd6 30. Qd2 Nc7 31. a3 Ne6 32. Ne2 b6 33. Qe3 Kg7
34. Bb1 Be8 35. Nd3 Bb5 36. Nef4 Nxf4 37. Nxf4 Kf7 38. Qf2 Ke8 39. Qf3 Bc4 40.
Bc2 Kd8 41. g4 Qe7 42. Ng2 Ne8 43. Ne3 Nc7 44. Qg3 Kc8 45. Qf4 Qg7 46. g5 Bb5
47. Bd1 Bd7 48. Bg4 Bxg4 49. Qxg4+ Qd7 50. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Rd2 Rc8 13. Nc3 Na5 14. b3 d5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxc2 17. Nxe7 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Kxe7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rc1
Rd8 21. Rc2 Nd6 22. f4 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Kf2 Nd6 25. Ke3 f6 26. Kd4 Kd7 27.
a4 Kc6 28. e4 Nf7 29. Nf3 Kd6 30. e5+ fxe5+ 31. fxe5+ Kc6 32. b4 a6 33. Kc4 Nd8
34. Nd4+ Kd7 35. Kd3 Nc6 36. Nxc6 Kxc6 37. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Filippov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. g3 Nd4
15. c3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg4 17. Qxh7 Rg7 18. Qh6 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Rg5 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21.
Qh8 Nd2+ 22. Kg2 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rg6 24. Rhe1 Qd7 25. f3 Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Qf5+ 27.
Kg2 Rh6 28. Qg8 Qh3+ 29. Kf3 Rg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Nf2 Qf5+ 32. Kg2 d5 33. Rf1
Ke6 34. b4 Rc8 35. Rae1 Rxc3 36. Nh3 Rxa3 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. Ng5+ Ke7 39. Rxe5+
Kf6 40. Nf3 Rxa2+ 41. Kf1 Bxb4 42. Rxd5 Bc3 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rb6 b4 45. h4 Kd7
0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 13. Ncxe2 Ne5 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. b3 a6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Bg7 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nde2 g5 21. Bf2 f5
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Nce4 h6 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Qd5+ Bf7 27. Qxb7 Qd7 28.
c5 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
c5 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf5 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15.
Rac1 a6 16. Na4 c4 17. Ne5 b5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. b4
Bb6 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 d4 24. exd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc3 Qg5 27. Qh3+
Rh4 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rh6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 g6 32. Bc2 Kg7 33. f3 g5
34. Re7 Bc6 35. Re5 g4 36. fxg4 Rd6 37. Kf2 Bxg2 38. Ke3 Bf1 39. Rg5+ Kf8 40.
Be4 Bd3 41. Bb7 Bg6 42. Rd5 Re6+ 43. Kd2 Be4 44. Rd7 Ke8 45. Rc7 Rd6+ 46. Kc1
Bxb7 47. Rxb7 Rd3 48. Kb2 Rd2+ 49. Kb1 Rd3 50. Kb2 Rb3+ 51. Ka2 Rxg3 52. Rb6
Rxg4 53. Rxa6 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 f5 55. a4 bxa4 56. Rf6 a3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be3 Bb6 11. c3 e5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxd1 16. Bxd8 Bxc2 17. Bxc2 Raxd8 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Kf8 22. Bb3 Bd8 23. Be6 g6 24. f3 Bg5 25. Kf2 Bc1 26. b3 Bb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h5 12. b5 Na5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Na4 Qd8 15.
bxa6 bxa6 16. Bc3 Bb5 17. Rb1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc4 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Ba5 Qd7 21.
Bxb6 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc6 25. Ra1 O-O 26. Qa7 Rc8 27. g3
Qc3 28. Kg2 Qc2 29. Re1 Bb4 30. Ra1 Rc3 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Nh3 Ne3+
34. Kf3 Qe4+ 35. Ke2 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Re1 Ndf6 10. Bc2 Nd6 11. dxc5 Nb5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. a4 Na7 14. Ne5 Ke8
15. Nd3 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bd1 Bd7 18. b4 Bc6 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nc4
b6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. Ba4 Nd4 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. cxb6 Rb8 27. Na4 h5
28. h4 Rh6 29. Rac1 Rg6 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. Rxc6 Rg4 32. Rxd6 Rxa4 33. Bxg7 Rxb6
34. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. h3 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2
a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Rfb8 18. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8.
Na3 Ng6 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 O-O-O 12. cxd4 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Ne4
Bc7 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. a3 Be8 17. Bg5 Nce7 18. b4 Qb6 19. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nd5
15. Qh5 f5 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh3 Bf6 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qh4 21.
Qxh4 Bxh4 22. Bxa5 bxa5 23. c5 Bg5 24. c6 Ba8 25. Rc5 Rfd8 26. c7 Rd5 27. Rxd5
Bxd5 28. Rb1 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Bd2 e5 11. Bb3 e4 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5
15. Qxe4 Nb6 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. gxh3 Nf6 19. Kg2 Re8 20. f3 Be6 21.
e4 a5 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. b3 Nfd7 24. a4 f5 25. Rad1 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf8 27. Bf4
Nbd7 28. Bg3 Nf6 29. Rfe1 Rae8 30. d5 cxd5 31. exd5 Re3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Be1
b6 34. Nb5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxe1 36. Rd8 g5 37. Rb8 Re6 38. Nc7 Rd6 39. Na8 Rd2+
40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Rxb3 42. Rxb6 Ra3 43. Ra6 Rxa4+ 44. Kxg5 Ra1 45. h4 a4 46.
h5 a3 47. Kh6 a2 48. Nc7 Rc1 49. Rxa2 Rc6+ 50. Kg5 h6+ 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Rd1 Ndxc5 13. Rxd5 Be6 14.
Rd4 Nxc3 15. e3 Rc8 16. Nd2 b5 17. f3 f6 18. Bf4 Kf7 19. Kf2 a5 20. Be2 a4 21.
Ne4 N3xe4+ 22. fxe4 Nb3 23. Rdd1 Rc2 24. Bd6 Rd8 25. Rhe1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe4 g6
15. Re1 b6 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Qf4 Rd5 18. Qg3 Bf8 19. Bf4 Bg7 20. h4 h5 21. Rac1
Rad8 22. Nd4 a6 23. Bc4 Rc5 24. Bxe6 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 fxe6 27. Qxg6
Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Be3 b5 30. f3 Bf8 31. Kf2 Be7 32. Ke2 Kg6 33. Bf2 Bd8
34. g4 Nb4 35. gxh5+ Kxh5 36. Rg1 Nxa2 37. Rg8 Be7 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. h5+ Kg7 40.
Rb8 Bd5 41. Be3 Nb4 42. Kf2 Nc2 43. h6+ Kh7 44. Bf4 Nxd4 45. Rc8 b4 46. Rc7 Nf5
47. Ke2 b3 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. h7 Kxh7 50. Bg5 Kg6 51. Bxe7 Nd4 52. Kc1 Nxf3 53.
Bd6 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke4 55. Rxf3 Kxf3 56. Bb4 Ke4 57. Bc3 Kd3 58. Kb2 Ke4 59. Ka3
a5 60. Ba1 Kd3 61. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 Bf6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 c5 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15.
f4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. f5 Nc4 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Qc1 N4e5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ng5
Bd7 22. fxg6 Qxg6 23. Nf5 Kh8 24. Nh3 Rg8 25. Nf4 Qf6 26. Nd5 Qg6 27. Qd2 Rad8
28. Rad1 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qg7 30. f6 Qg4 31. Qf2 Rg5 32. Ne3 Qh5 33. Qf4 Ng4 34.
Nf5 Rdg8 35. Rd2 Nd8 36. h3 Ne5 37. Ng7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Nd5
15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bb3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bb7 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. f4 g6 20. Rcd1 a5 21. Ng5
Ra6 22. Ne4 Ba8 23. Qe2 Ra7 24. Rd3 Nc7 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Rf1 Nc7 27. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Filippov, Valery"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Rb1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nf5 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qd8 15.
a3 Bd7 16. Qh5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Qd1
Nc4 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. O-O Bxf3 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qb4+ Qe7 26. gxf3 Qxb4 27. axb4
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ke7 29. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qb8 17. Rad1 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Red1 Kf8 20. e5
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ke7 22. f4 Rac8 23. R6d4 f6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. b3 Ke7 26. a4 Rc5
27. h4 h5 28. Kf3 Rc7 29. Ke4 Rf8 30. Kd3 Rf5 31. Re1 Rcc5 32. Kc3 a5 33. Rde4
Kd6 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. R4e3 Kf7 36. R1e2 Ke7 37. Rb2 Rc6 38. Rbe2 Rcc5 39. Kc3 Kd6
40. Rd2+ Ke7 41. Rd4 d6 42. Rde4 Rf6 43. Re1 Rg6 44. R4e3 Kd7 45. Rd1 Kc7 46.
Rd4 Kd7 47. Red3 Rc6 48. Kd2 Rf6 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Rd1 Rg6 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Re4
Rf6 53. Re5 Rf5 54. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "235"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bf4 Rb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. dxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng5 Re7 14. O-O-O c4
15. Be2 h6 16. e5 hxg5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd6 Re6 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Bg4 O-O 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhe1 f5 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Bd6 Qf6 25. f3 Qg6 26. a3 Kh7 27. Qe3 Bc6
28. Qxe6 Rf6 29. Qe7 g4 30. f4 Rf7 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Nf6 34.
Rde5 Rd7 35. Re6 Qf7 36. Qg5 Ne4 37. R1xe4 fxe4 38. f5 e3 39. Be5 e2 40. Bxg7
Qxg7 41. Qh4 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. Qxe1 Qd4 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qg6+
Kf8 47. f6 Qf2+ 48. Kc3 Qe1+ 49. Kd4 Qd2+ 50. Kc5 Qe3+ 51. Kc6 Qe6+ 52. Kc7 a5
53. Qg7+ Ke8 54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Qh5+ Kxf6 56. Qxb5 Qe2 57. Qb6+ Kf7 58. Qxa5 Qxb2
59. Qd5+ Kf6 60. Qxc4 Qe5+ 61. Kc6 Qe8+ 62. Kb7 Qe7+ 63. Qc7 Qxa3 64. Qf4+ Ke7
65. Qxg4 Qb2+ 66. Kc6 Qf6+ 67. Kd5 Qd6+ 68. Ke4 Qxh2 69. Qg5+ Kd7 70. Qf5+ Kd8
71. Qd5+ Kc8 72. Qe6+ Kd8 73. g4 Qf2 74. g5 Qf1 75. g6 Qf2 76. Ke5 Qb2+ 77. Kf5
Qf2+ 78. Kg5 Qd2+ 79. Kf6 Qd4+ 80. Kf7 Qa7+ 81. Kg8 Qf2 82. Qd5+ Kc8 83. g7 Qf6
84. Kh7 Qh4+ 85. Kg6 Qg4+ 86. Kf6 Qh4+ 87. Qg5 Qd4+ 88. Kg6 Qd6+ 89. Qf6 Qg3+
90. Kf7 Qc7+ 91. Ke8 Qc4 92. Qf5+ Kb8 93. Qf8 Qe6+ 94. Kd8 Qd5+ 95. Ke7+ Kc7
96. Qf4+ Kc6 97. Qf6+ Kb5 98. Qe6 Qg5+ 99. Kf7 Qf4+ 100. Qf6 Qc4+ 101. Kg6 Ka4
102. Qg5 Qe6+ 103. Kh5 Qf7+ 104. Kg4 Qg8 105. Qf6 Kb3 106. Kg5 Qd5+ 107. Kh6
Qh1+ 108. Kg6 Qg2+ 109. Kf7 Qb7+ 110. Qe7 Qf3+ 111. Kg8 Kb2 112. Qf7 Qa8+ 113.
Kh7 Qe4+ 114. Qg6 Qh4+ 115. Kg8 Qd8+ 116. Kf7 Qd7+ 117. Kf8 Qd6+ 118. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b4 Nh5 20. Bf1 Nb6 21. a5 Nd7 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. c4 Qe7 25. Nb3 Rcd8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. g3 Nf6 28. Bc1
Nd7 29. Be3 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qb7 31. Bb6 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Be6 33. Kh2 h5 34. h4 Kh7
35. Bc5 Qc8 36. Bb6 Qb7 37. Bh3 Bxc4 38. Rd7 Qa8 39. Ra7 Qb8 40. Rxa6 Qd6 41.
Bc5 Qf6 42. Qd2 Bf8 43. Qg5 Qf3 44. Bg2 Qe2 45. Bxf8 Rxf8 46. Qf6 Rc8 47. Rb6
Be6 48. a6 Qa2 49. Bh3 Bxh3 50. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

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. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Qd5 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Ne2 c4
15. Nf4 Qc6 16. a3 Be7 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd4 Qe8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Rad1 c5 21. Nde2
Qc6 22. Nc3 Rad8 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Bf2 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bf8 26. Ne4 Rxe5 27. Bh4 Rf5
28. Qd8 Rxf4 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Bxf6 Nd5 31. Re8 Qxf6 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rg8+ Kh6
34. Qxf6 Nxf6 35. Rb8 Bc6 36. Rc8 Bb5 37. Ra8 c3 38. bxc3 Nd5 39. Rxa7 Nxc3 40.
Rxf7 c4 41. Rc7 Nb1 42. a4 Bxa4 43. Rxc4 Be8 44. h4 Bf7 45. Rc7 Kg7 46. Kf2 Na3
47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Kf4 Nb6 49. Rb7 Nd5+ 50. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bf1 Nb8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. a5
Rac8 16. Nd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Qh5 f6 21. Ne3 Bc5
22. Ng4 Bf7 23. Qf5 Rfe8 24. b4 Ba7 25. c4 h5 26. Ne3 g6 27. Qc2 e4 28. c5 Bb8
29. Bc4 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Be5 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rad1 Re7 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. Qxe4 Nc6
35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qd6 Re5 37. Qd7+ Ne7 38. Qxb7 Rc6 39. Rd7 Rce6 40. Qf3 Kf7 41.
g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Re4 43. Rd6 Qe5 44. Rxe6 Qxe6 45. Rd1 Rxb4 46. Rd6 Qe5 47.
Rxa6 Rf4 48. Qh3 Qxc5 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qh8+ Kf7 51. Qh7+ Ke8 52. Re6 Qb5+ 53.
Kg2 Qb7+ 54. Kh2 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 Qb1+ 56. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Ne1
Bxg2 9. Nxg2 O-O 10. e4 Nbc6 11. f3 d6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Kg2 f5 14. Ned5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Ne7 16. Nc3 h6 17. Qa4 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. d4 Ba7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Qxe5
Re8 15. Qf4 Qd6 16. Qf3 Be6 17. O-O-O Qe5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Nb4 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1
Bc4 21. Bc2 Re6 22. Qf5 a5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Kd2 c6
27. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. c4 Nc8 15.
g4 Nf6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bf3 h6 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Be2 Kh8 22.
f4 Neg8 23. Bf3 Nh7 24. Ne4 Bc8 25. Qc2 Rb7 26. Rbe1 Rbe7 27. b3 Bd4 28. Qd3
Ngf6 29. Nf2 g5 30. Nc2 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 Nxg4 33. Bc3+ Kg8 34. Rg2
Ngf6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Ne3 Qe7 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. Qxf5 Nd7 39. Re2 Ne5 40. Bxe5
dxe5 41. Be4 Nf8 42. h4 Ng6 43. h5 Nf8 44. d6 Qd8 45. Rf2 f6 46. Qxf6 Qxf6 47.
Rxf6 Kg7 48. Rf5 Kh6 49. Rf7 Kxh5 50. d7 Rd8 51. Bf5 g4 52. Re7 Kg5 53. Rxe5
Kf4 54. Re8 Rxd7 55. Bxd7 Nxd7 56. Kg2 Ne5 57. Re6 Nf3 58. Rxb6 Nh4+ 59. Kf1 g3
60. Rc6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. Bg2 c5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 c4 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Bg5 Be4
15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Ba4 19. Qb1 c3 20. Nb3 Bb5 21.
Rfe1 Na4 22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Qb2 Qb6 24. e4 h6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27.
Kxf1 Qa6+ 28. Kg2 Qxa2 29. Qxa2 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. e5 Bd8 32. d5 Rb2 33. Nfd4
Nc3 34. Rxa7 Nxd5 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Nxe2 Bc7 37. Nf4 Bxe5 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rd7
Bc3 40. Rxd5 Ra8 41. Na5 Rb8 42. Nb3 g6 43. g4 Re8 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. Rb5 Re5 46.
Rb7 h5 47. h3 h4 48. Nc1 Rd5 49. Ne2 Rd3+ 50. Kg2 Bd2 51. Ng1 b3 52. Nf3 Bf4
53. Rb4 Bc1 54. Ne5 Rd5 55. Nxg6 fxg6 56. Rxb3 g5 57. Rc3 Bf4 58. Rb3 Kf6 59.
Kf3 Rd6 60. Ra3 Rb6 61. Rc3 Be5 62. Ra3 Ke6 63. Rd3 Rb4 64. Kg2 Rf4 65. Ra3 Bd4
66. Ra6+ Kd5 67. Ra5+ Bc5 68. Ra2 Rf7 69. Re2 Bd4 70. Ra2 Ke4 71. Re2+ Kd3 72.
Ra2 Rf8 73. Kg1 Rf3 74. Kg2 Rf7 75. Ra3+ Ke4 76. f3+ Kd5 77. Ra5+ Bc5 78. Ra4
Be3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. a4 Qd5 14. Re1 Nbd7
15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Qf1 bxa4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Qd1 Qd7 21.
Bc2 Rab8 22. h3 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rc5 g6 26. d5 exd5 27. cxd5
Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O a5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7
Re8 15. Rc1 Qe6 16. Ba3 Qxe4 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Re1 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Be7 Re8
21. Bf6 Rf8 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bf6 Rf8 24. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. a3 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5
15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Rad1 Be5 17. Rd2 Nf6 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Kf8 21.
Nd4 g6 22. Rd2 e5 23. Nc2 a5 24. Bf1 Ke7 25. Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 b6
9. Na3 Ba6 10. e5 b5 11. Nc2 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qb6 17. Rfa1 Bb7 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. d4 Nb4
22. Bf1 h6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qd2 Nbc6 25. Ra4 a5 26. Bc3 Ba8 27. b4 axb4 28.
Bxb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Bf8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. h4 Bc6 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Rc7 Ba4 34. Ra7
Rb4 35. Kg2 h5 36. Bd3 Bb3 37. Bc2 Bc4 38. Nxc4 dxc4 39. Be4 Kg8 40. Rc7 Nd5
41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Ng5 Rb2 43. Nxf7 c3 44. Ng5 c2 45. Rc8 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. O-O c5 12. d5 c4 13. Be2 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bc5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne6 fxe6 21.
dxe6 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nc5 23. Be3 Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rd6 Rfe8 26. Rxf6 gxf6
27. Bg4 Kf7 28. Rxa6 Re7 29. Bxh6 Rc5 30. Bd2 Nd4 31. h3 Rc2 32. Bb4 Re3 33.
Bh5+ Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Bg4 Kg6 36. Bf8 Ne6 37. Bd6 f5 38. Bf3 Ng5 39. Ba8
Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 Nf2 41. Bf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 b6 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Rac8 18. Bb2 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Rfd1 Rc7 21.
Be5 Rb7 22. Rd6 Nd7 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Rad1 Nb8 25. a4 Re8 26. f4 Ree7 27. Rd8 Nc6
28. Rh8 Rbd7 29. Rc1 h6 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Ke2 Na2 32. Rc2 Nxc3+ 33. Rxc3 e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Filippov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. e5 Ng4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
d4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Na4 Ba6 11. d3 c4 12. O-O cxd3 13. e6 f5 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Nc5 Bc4 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Bxe7 d2 18. Qxd2 Bxf1 19. Qg5 g6 20. Rxf1 Rg8 21. h3
Rg7 22. hxg4 Rxe7 23. Qf6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Bb1 Nxe2+ 11. Nxe2 f5 12. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. h3 Bd6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. e4 Ncd7
15. Be3 b5 16. a3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Nb3 Be5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Rd2 Bf4 21. Be3
Be5 22. Bd4 Bf4 23. Be3 Be5 24. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Bc6 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 14. Kb1
Rad8 15. Qf2 h6 16. h4 Qc5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qh2 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. g4 Nxf4 21.
Nd5 exd5 22. Rh1 Nh5 23. gxh5 Kg7 24. exd5 Bd7 25. hxg6 Rh8 26. Qf4 f5 27. Rh6
Rde8 28. Qh2 Bxg5 29. Rh7+ Rxh7 30. Qxh7+ Kf6 31. Qf7+ Ke5 32. Qxd7 Re7 33.
Re1+ Kf4 34. Rf1+ Kg3 35. Qxf5 Qe3 36. a3 Re4 37. Qf8 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Filippov, Valery"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Nxd7 8.
cxd5 Nb6 9. Qb5 exd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Nc6
15. Bf3 Nb4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 c6 18. Bd2 N6d5 19. Rac1 Bf4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rc5 g6 22. Rd1 Bh6 23. g3 Bg7 24. h4 Qe7 25. h5 Rfd8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rc4 Rab8
28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qb3 Nb4 30. Qc3 b6 31. Qe3 Re8 32. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nfd2 e4 14. Qc2 Bf5 15.
Nc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qg5 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Bg4 20. Nf1 h5 21.
Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Rd2 h4 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. h3 Rd6 25. b4 Red8 26. Qc4 Qf5 27. Qe2
Rg6 28. Nh2 Rdd6 29. Ng4 Qe6 30. f4 Nce7 31. Qc4 f5 32. Ne5 Rg3 33. Qd4 Kh7 34.
Nc4 Rc6 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. Re2 Rc8 37. Qd2 Rd8 38. Qc1 Rd6 39. Rdd2 Ng8 40. Bd4
Ngf6 41. Qc2 Rd8 42. Re1 Qe8 43. Kg1 Nh5 44. Kh2 Ndxf4 45. exf4 Rxd4 46. Rf1
Rxd2 47. Qxd2 Qe6 48. Nd7 Qf7 49. Qd6 Rd3 50. Ne5 Rxd6 51. Nxf7 Rd3 52. a4 Rd4
0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Ngf3 Bd6 14. O-O b5
15. Bd2 O-O 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. a4 b4 18. c4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. a5 Qa7 21. Nd2
Bb7 22. Nb3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qe3 Rac8 26. b3 Rfd8 27. Rfe1
Ne4 28. f3 Nc3 29. h4 Rd4 30. Kh2 Qd6 31. c5 Qxc5 32. Nxf7 Nd5 33. Rac1 Qxc1
34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Qxc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 gxh6 37. Re6 f4 38. Rd6 Bc8 39. Bb2 Rd2
40. Be5 Ne3 41. Rc6 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rc2 43. Rf6 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Rc2+ 45. Kh1 Nf5 46.
Bxf4 h5 47. Be5 Nxh4 48. Rf4 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bg5 Rb8
15. Bc4 a5 16. Rhe1 e5 17. Rg1 Rb4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Ne2 Qb7 20. Qc3 d5 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Qxe5 a4 23. c3 Rxb3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Nd4 Qa7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6
Qa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ 30. Ke3 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Rge1 Ng4+ 33. Kg1
Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Rf7 36. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6
15. g3 Qd7 16. Qf3 Bd8 17. h5 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 22. Bg2 Rfc8 23. O-O Kf8 24. Rfd1 b4 25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. Rac1 Rbc4 27.
Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Bf1 Rc2 29. Bxa6 Rxb2 30. Bc4 Rc2 31. Bb3 Rc6 32. Rd5 Bd8 33. Rb5
Rb6 34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Kg2 f6 36. f3 d5 37. Bxd5 Ke7 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. exd4 Bxd4 8. Be2
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ng6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Re1 a4 14. Be3 Qe7
15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bf1 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb2 Qe4 19. Qb5 Re5 20. c5 Be6 21.
Rad1 h6 22. Bd3 Qg4 23. h3 Qh5 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Qxc7 Rxe3 27. fxe3
Qg5 28. Bf1 Bxh3 29. Qc6 Rc8 30. Qxa4 Be6 31. c6 h5 32. Rd2 h4 33. Qe4 Qc5 34.
Red1 Rxc6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 f5 37. Qf3 Kh6 38. Be2 Kg5 39. R8d5 Qxc3 40. Rf1
Kf6 41. Rxf5+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd6 43. Rd1+ Kc5 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c4 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. e3 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nb6
15. Ra5 Bd7 16. Qa3 a6 17. Be2 Bb5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Nb1 Ne4 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Rc6 22. Bd1 Re8 23. Qc1 Nd7 24. Ra2 Nf6 25. Re1 Rb6 26. Qa1 Qc8 27. Be5
Nd7 28. Bg3 Nf6 29. Be5 Nd7 30. Bg3 Nf6 31. f3 Bd7 32. Ra5 Bf5 33. Ba4 Re7 34.
Rc5 Qb7 35. e4 Bg6 36. e5 Nd7 37. Ra5 Bd3 38. Qa3 Ree6 39. Bf4 Rb1 40. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 41. Qc1 Qa2 42. Qd2 Qa3 43. Qc1 Qa2 44. Qd2 Qb1+ 45. Qc1 Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. Kb1 Ne5 15.
Qg2 Qc7 16. f4 Ng6 17. Qh2 b4 18. h5 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 e5 20. Qg4 bxc3 21. Bxc3
Rab8 22. Ka1 Qc8 23. Qg2 Qc5 24. Bd3 Bc8 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bg4 Qc4 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. g6 h6 29. Rhf1 Rf4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qf3 e5 32. a3 Qe6 33. Bb4 Rc8 34. Kb1
Rc6 35. Rd5 Qc8 36. c3 Qe6 37. b3 Bd8 38. Qd1 Bc7 39. c4 Qh3 40. c5 Qg2 41.
Rxe5 Kf8 42. cxd6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g5 Nh5
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. c3 b5 19. Nd2 Rc6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc2
Bd8 22. Rhc1 Qb8 23. c4 Bb6 24. Nf1 Ba5 25. a4 g6 26. cxb5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2
28. Kxc2 Nf4 29. Qc6 axb5 30. axb5 Ng2 31. Bf2 Be1 32. Bg1 Nxh4 33. b6 Ba5 34.
b7 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Bxc7 36. Nd2 Bb8 37. Bf2 Ng2 38. Nc4 Nf4 39. Na5 Ne6 40. Nc6
Bc7 41. Bb6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5
15. Be3 O-O 16. Ng3 Rd8 17. f5 d5 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. Bc1
Qc7 22. Bb3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nh5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Qe2
Bh4 28. Qg4 Bg5 29. a4 bxa3 30. h4 Qd2 31. Re2 Qa5 32. bxa3 Qc3 33. Ka2 f3 34.
hxg5 fxe2 35. Qxe2 Qc5 36. Nf4 Qxf5 37. Qe7 Qd7 38. Bxf7+ Kh7 39. g6+ Kh8 40.
Qe5 Qd4 41. Qe7 Rb8 42. Qb4 Bd5+ 43. Nxd5 Rxb4 44. axb4 Qc4+ 45. Kb2 h5 46. g3
Qg4 47. Nf4 Qxg3 48. Nxh5 Qe5+ 49. Kb3 Qxh5 50. c3 Qe2 51. Bc4 Qd1+ 52. Kb2
Qd2+ 53. Kb3 Qc1 54. Bf7 Qb1+ 55. Kc4 Qc2 56. Kd4 Qe2 57. c4 Qb2+ 58. Kc5 Qa3
59. Kb6 Qxb4+ 60. Kxa6 Qc5 61. Kb7 Qd6 62. Kc8 Qe7 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5
9. Be3 Na6 10. Qc1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 c6 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Bf4
Qf6 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Qc2 h5 18. h3 Nh6 19. h4 Ne6 20. Rad1 Ng4 21. e3 g5 22. f3
Nh6 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Ne2 h4 25. gxh4 Qxh4 26. Be1 Qe7 27. Bg3 Be5 28. Kf2 Rae8
29. Rh1 Bxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Ng7 31. Qc3 Qg5 32. Ne2 f4 33. e4 Nhf5 34. exf5 Rxe2+
35. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 36. Kd3 Re8 37. Rhe1 Qxf3+ 38. Kc2 Re3 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. f6 Nf5
41. Re1 Nd4+ 42. Qxd4 Qf2+ 43. Kd3 Qxe1 44. Qg4+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kxf6 46. Qxd6+
Kf7 47. Qf4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qf5 Qb6
15. Rac1 h6 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Nf8 18. g3 g5 19. Na4 Qe6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 gxh4 23. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. Qd2 h6 14. e3 Qd7 15.
Ne2 Bf7 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. Rbd1 Rae8 18. Qc1 g5 19. Ned4 Nd8 20. c5 Bd5 21. cxd6
c6 22. Ne2 Nf7 23. Nc3 Nxd6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Nf6 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxd7 Nd6 30. Rd1 Ree6 31. e4 Nxe4 32. Rxb7 Rf7 33. Rd8+
Kg7 34. Rdd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kf6 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Rxa7 e3 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Ra4
exf2 40. Kxf2 Rd6 41. Ke2 Re6+ 42. Kf3 Re1 43. Ra5+ Ke6 44. Kg4 Rh1 45. h3 Rh2
46. h4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. a3 f5 11. axb4 Bxb4+ 12. Nc3 fxe4 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Ne2
Be6 15. O-O Kg8 16. Nxe4 Qe8 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Rfc1 Bc4 19. N2g3 Bd5 20. Bd2
Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Bc6 22. Rxa7 Kf7 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Rxc7 Ke6 26. Nd4+
Kd6 27. Nb5+ Ke6 28. Nd4+ Kd6 29. Nb5+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kf6 31. Ne3 Nb6 32. h4 Bc6
33. Nd4 Nd5 34. Ng4+ Kg6 35. h5+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Kh1 f5 11. d3 b5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bd2 d5 14. g4 Nh6 15. Ng5
Qd7 16. Rae1 b4 17. Nb1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd8 19. Be3 Rb5 20. a4 Ra5 21. c4 d4 22.
Bc1 Rxa4 23. Ne4 Nb7 24. h3 Nf7 25. Qc2 Ra6 26. Nbd2 Nfd6 27. Ng5 Nd8 28. Ndf3
Bb7 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Qf2 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 Qb7 33. Qf2 N8f7 34. Nexf7
Nxf7 35. Ne4 Qc8 36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 Re5 38. Ng3 Rxe1 39. Qxe1 Be5 40. Bf4 Qb8
41. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 e5 8. g4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bg6 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bh7 14. c5 N6d7 15. g5
O-O 16. g6 fxg6 17. Ne6 Qc8 18. Nxf8 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxf8 20. fxg6 Bxg6 21. Bxh6
Ne5 22. Bf4 Nbd7 23. Ne4 Qe8 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qg3 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bg2 Nh5
28. Qg5 Nd3 29. Be5 Qe7 30. Qxh5 Qxe5 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Rf5 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxh3+
34. Kf1 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nf3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a6 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
a5 Qc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Bh2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. Nc4
Ne5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. b4 f5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Nb6 Qb5
28. Qxb5 axb5 29. e5 Kf7 30. g3 Ra8 31. e6+ Ke7 32. d6+ Kxd6 33. e7 Rfe8 34.
Nxa8 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Rb1 b4 37. Kg2 Kd6 38. Kf3 Kc6 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 h6
9. Nbd2 g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. e3 Na6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qd1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc3
Bd7 16. b4 Qe8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 e5 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Nfd2 Rb8 22.
Rab1 e4 23. Qa3 Qe7 24. Rfc1 Nd5 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Nd6 Ne5 27. Nb3 Nd3 28. Rc2
N5b4 29. Rd2 Bxb3 30. Rxb3 Nc6 31. Rd1 b6 32. Rbxd3 exd3 33. Bxc6 bxc5 34. Nc4
Qf6 35. Bf3 f4 36. exf4 gxf4 37. Rxd3 fxg3 38. hxg3 Rb4 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Qa5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Rb1 Be7 10. g3 a5 11. Bh3 Qa7 12. O-O b5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qd2 b4 15. Rfc1
O-O 16. Nf4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rfc8 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Re1 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Bxd5 Rab8 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Be3 Nb4 27.
Be6 Rd8 28. Red1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. a3 Nd3 32. c6 Bc7 33. b4
a4 34. f4 Bb5 35. Bd5 Ke7 36. Bd4 g6 37. h4 Kd6 38. Be4 Ke6 39. Kg2 Nc1 40. Kf3
Nb3 41. Be3 Kd6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Bxf5 Bxc6+ 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Bxh7 Be5 46. Bd3 Bb2
47. b5 Bd5 48. b6 Bxa3 49. Bb5 Nc5 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Kf1 Ne4 52. Bxa4 Nxg3+ 53.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 b5 13. Nc5 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxc5 17. dxc5 O-O 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bb7 20. O-O Ra8 21. Qb1
Bc8 22. Bg2 Ra6 23. g4 Qd8 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. f5 Bg5 26. f6 g6 27. h4 Bxh4 28. Qd2
g5 29. Bf2 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Kh8 32. Rh2 Qg8 33. Rh6 d4 34. Qxd4 Bc6
35. Kf2 Qa8 36. Be2 Ra2 37. Qe3 Qd8 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Rh2 Qg8 40. Bf3 Rxh2 41.
Kxh2 Bxf3 42. Qxf3 Qd8 43. c6 h6 44. Kg3 Qb6 45. Kg2 Qc7 46. Qe4 Kg8 47. Kf1
Kh8 48. Kf2 h5 49. Qd4 Kh7 50. Qd7 Qb6+ 51. Ke2 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Qf6
15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxd7 b6 19. Qd2 Be5 20. g3 Nf6 21.
Na4 Qf8 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. f4 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. a3 h5 27. Re2 h4
28. e5 Nh5 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qe7 31. Be4 Qe6 32. Bf3 Ng7 33. c5 h3+ 34. Kf2
Nf5 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Qxd2 Qb3 38. g4 Nh4 39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Qe7 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. d4 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne5 Qd6
15. f4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. Rfe1 a6 19. e4 Qb4 20. Rc1 c5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 cxd4 23. Nc6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxc6 26. dxc6
Rxc6 27. Bxa6 Ne6 28. f5 Nc7 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. a4 Rc5 31. g4 h5 32. h3 b5 33.
axb5 Nxb5 34. Re4 hxg4 35. hxg4 f6 36. Kf2 g6 37. fxg6 Kg7 38. Bd3 Kh6 39. Re7
Rc7 40. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. c3 h6
15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re1 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Qd2 Qd6 21.
Nd4 c5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 d4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Bd3 Rfd8 26. Bc4 Rb6 27. Rad1
Qc5 28. Qe2 Rb7 29. Qe5 Qb4 30. Re2 Rbd7 31. Qg3 Qc3 32. Qd3 Qa5 33. Qf3 Qg5
34. Rd3 Nh5 35. g3 Nf6 36. Kg2 Qc5 37. Qf4 Qc6+ 38. Qf3 Qb6 39. Re5 Qd6 40. Re2
g6 41. Qf4 Qc6+ 42. Kh2 Kg7 43. Re5 Qd6 44. Kg2 Nh5 45. Qe4 Nf6 46. Qf4 g5 47.
Qf5 Re7 48. Rxe7 Qxe7 49. Rd2 Qb7+ 50. Qf3 Qb4 51. Re2 Qd6 52. Bd3 Qc5 53. Rc2
Qa5 54. Qf5 Rd5 55. Qf3 h5 56. Rc6 Ng8 57. Qxh5 Rd8 58. Qh7+ Kf8 59. Bc4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nh5 7. Bg3 g6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 c6 15.
b4 Rc8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Kg7 19. Bd3 f5 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qb2 Qd8 25. Ra1 Bb8 26. Ne2 Qf6 27. Nf4 Nb6 28.
Bc2 Re7 29. Qc3 Nc4 30. Nd3 h5 31. Nc5 Bd6 32. Bd3 Bc8 33. Ra8 Rc7 34. Bxc4
bxc4 35. Ne5 h4 36. gxh4 Qxh4 37. g3 Qh3 38. Qa1 c3 39. Ra7 c2 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7
41. Qc1 f4 42. exf4 Bf5 43. Ned3 Bd6 44. Qxc2 Bxc5 45. Qxc5 Bxd3 46. Qe7+ Kg8
47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Be4 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Rfd8
21. Rd3 Ne8 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Ng4 Kf7 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Bb2 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Ba3 Be7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Ke4 Kd6 31. Kd4 a5 32. f4 Kc6 33. a3
Nc7 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Kd6 36. Ng4 Na6 37. Kc3 Nb8 38. Nf2 e5 39. f5 Nc6 40.
Ne4+ Kc7 41. c5 Nd4 42. g4 Nf3 43. h3 Ng1 44. h4 Nf3 45. h5 h6 46. Kc4 bxc5 47.
Nxc5 Nh2 48. Ne6+ Kc6 49. Nxg7 Nxg4 50. Ne8 e4 51. Kd4 e3 52. Kd3 Kb5 53. Nxf6
Nxf6 54. Kxe3 Kxb4 55. Kd4 Nxh5 56. Ke5 Kc5 57. f6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lugovoi, Alexei"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Be2 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nb4 12. Qb1 c5 13. a3 Nd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O h6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. b4 Be7 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Rac1 Rbc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. h4 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rh3 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Qh5 Qd4 19. Kg1 Bd7 20. Bb3
Qxe4 21. Rd1 Qf5 22. Qh6 Rb8 23. Qd2 Rb7 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Re1 Qa5 26. Re4 Qc7
27. Qd2 c5 28. Qh6 Rb4 29. Re3 Qf4 30. Qxh7 Qxh4 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qa8 Qd4 33.
Qxa7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rh4+ 35. Kg3 Qd4 36. f3 Rg4+ 37. fxg4 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39.
Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Kf8 41. Qb6 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Bf5 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nce2 Bd6 17. Nf3 Nce4 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 h6 20. Qc3 Qe7 21.
Nd4 Be5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qe2 b5 25. Nf3 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 h5 27. Qd4 Ne4
28. b4 Nd6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Nc4 32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 a5 34.
bxa5 Ra8 35. Nf3 Rxa5 36. Rc2 Ra3 37. Be2 Bc8 38. Nd4 Ra5 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke1
Bb7 41. Kd1 Ke7 42. Kc1 Kd6 43. g3 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bd7 45. Re2 Ne5 46. Bb1 Ra8 47.
Rb2 Rb8 48. Rb4 Rc8+ 49. Kd2 Kc5 50. Rb3 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Rh8 52. Nc2 Bg4+ 53. Kd3
Rh1 54. Nd4 b4 55. Bc2 Ra1 56. Bb1 Bd1 57. f4 Na3 58. Kd2 Nxb1+ 59. Kxd1 Nc3+
60. Kc2 Rxa2+ 61. Kd3 Ne4 62. Nc2 Nf2+ 63. Kd2 f5 64. Rb1 Ne4+ 65. Kd3 Nxg3 66.
Nxb4 Ra3+ 67. Kc2 Rxe3 68. Nd3+ Kc6 69. Ne5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8.
Nxc8+ Qxc8 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bd2 a5 11. e3 Rd8 12. Be2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5+
Rxd5 15. Bxb4+ Nxb4 16. O-O Qc2 17. Qxc2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Rd2 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. a3
f5 21. Rfd1 b5 22. Kf1 b4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Be2 R8d5 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. b3 Kd6
27. Rc8 Rc2 28. Bc4 Nd5 29. Ra8 Nc3 30. f3 a4 31. bxa4 e5 32. Bd3 Rc1+ 33. Kf2
e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Bb5 Ra1 36. Rd8+ Ke5 37. Re8+ Kf6 38. Bc6 Ra2+ 39. Kg3
Ne2+ 40. Kh3 Ng1+ 41. Kg3 Ne2+ 42. Kh3 Nc3 43. Bxe4 Rxa4 44. Bxh7 g5 45. Bd3
Nd1 46. Kg3 Ra3 47. Be2 Nxe3 48. Bf3 Nf5+ 49. Kf2 Nd4 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Ra2+
52. Kg3 Nf5+ 53. Kg4 Ra5 54. Kxg5 Nh6+ 55. Kf4 Nf7 56. Rd7 Kf6 57. Rb7 Ra4+ 58.
Kg3 Ng5 59. Rb6+ Ke7 60. h4 Ne6 61. h5 Nd4 62. h6 Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. O-O Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. g3 Ng4 12. Be2 Nxh2 13. Re1 Qd7 14. e4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 e5 16. dxe5 Qh3 17. e6 f6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. e5 Ng4 20. Bf3 Nxe5 21. Qe2
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Na6 23. Rad1 Ke7 24. Ne4 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qxf3+ 27.
Kxf3 Rhd8 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. g4 Ke7 31. g5 b6 32. Bd4 Nc7 33. Rh1
Nxe6 34. gxf6+ gxf6 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Smagin, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Re1 Nc5
15. Bb1 Rd8 16. Qc2 g6 17. a3 a5 18. Ba2 Bd7 19. h4 Be8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nd5 Nd7 24. Ne3 Ndxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Nc6 27. h5
Nd4 28. Bc4 gxh5 29. Bf1 Bc6 30. Qc5 f5 31. Qe5 Kf7 32. Bc4 Qf6 33. Qc7+ Kg6
34. Qf4 b5 35. Bd3 Be4 36. Qg3+ Qg5 37. Qxg5+ Kxg5 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Kf1 h4 40.
a4 bxa4 41. Nc4 Nb3 42. Nb6 Kf4 43. Nxa4 e3 44. Ke2 Nc1+ 45. Kf1 Nd3 46. fxe3+
Kxe3 47. b3 Kd4 48. Nb6 Nc5 49. Ke1 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d3 a5 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. e4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 dxe4 16. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd3 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 a4 20. Nhf1 axb3 21.
axb3 Ra8 22. Rac1 Re5 23. Bf4 Rf5 24. Rxe4 Ra2 25. Be3 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27.
Rc4 Qd3 28. Bxc5 Re5 29. Be3 Qd7 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. N1d2 f5 32. Ra4 c5 33. Rc4 Qd6
34. Bf4 Qe6 35. Rc1 g5 36. Be3 Qd6 37. Re1 g4 38. Nc4 Qf6 39. Nfd2 f4 40. Ne4
Qf5 41. Bc1 Rd4 42. Ncd2 Qe6 43. Kf1 f3 44. Re3 Qa6+ 45. Kg1 Qe2 46. Kh2 Qd1
47. Rc3 Rxe4 48. Nxe4 Qf1 49. Kg3 fxg2 50. Kf4 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. a4 b4 7. c3 Na6 8. Bf4 Be7
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd6 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 Ke7 14. Nbd2 Rhc8
15. Rfc1 Rab8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. e4 Nb6 19. a5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Na4 21.
Nd3 b3 22. Rc4 Nxb2 23. Nxb2 Rb5 24. Rc3 Rxa5 25. Rxb3 Ra2 26. Kf3 Nc7 27. Rb7
Ne8 28. e5 f6 29. Ndc4 Ra1 30. h4 h5 31. Rb4 Rc1 32. Ra4 Nc7 33. Nd6 Rc3+ 34.
Kg2 Rb3 35. Rxa7 Nb5 36. Nxb5 Rxb5 37. Nd3 Rd5 38. Nf4 Rxd4 39. exf6+ gxf6 40.
Nxh5 e5 41. Ng7 Rg4 42. Nf5+ Ke6 43. f3 Rb4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 Ne6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. Rab1 Bf5 15. a4
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ra3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfc1
Qa5 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Nd2 Ra8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rb2 Ra1 26. Ncb1 Qa7 27. Nb3 Ra6 28.
N1d2 Rb8 29. Nc5 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Ra2 31. Qb4 Be7 32. Qc3 Nb5 33. Qd3 Bxc5 34.
Rxc5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. g3 Qb7 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. Qc3 Ra6 39. Qc2 Rb6 40. Qc1
h5 41. h4 Qa6 42. Rc2 Nf5 43. Nf3 f6 44. Qd2 Qa4 45. Ra2 Qb5 46. Ra7+ Rb7 47.
Rxb7+ Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. b3 b5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. Qd3 b4 15.
Na2 Qb6 16. Rac1 a5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Qc6 20. Qd2 Bf6 21.
Be3 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Qe3 Ra8 16. Rd2 Nb4 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rxd6 Nd4 21. R6xd4
exd4 22. Rxd4 Qb6 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Nac5 Rfd8 25. Na5 Qc7 26. Naxb7 Rxd4 27. Qxd4
a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Qb6 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. e5 Bf5 32. Qf4 Bg6 33. Nb7 Rd7 34.
exf6 Rxb7 35. fxg7 Rd7 36. Be2 Rd8 37. Qe3 Qxb4 38. Kf2 Qb2 39. h4 h5 40. Qe7
Qd4+ 41. Kg3 Rc8 42. Nd7 Kxg7 43. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 44. Nxe5 Rb8 45. c5 Rb2 46. Ba6
Kf6 47. Nc4 Ra2 48. Bb5 Bd3 49. c6 Bxc4 50. Bxc4 Rc2 51. Bd5 Rc5 52. Be4 Ke5
53. Bd3 Rxc6 54. f4+ Kf6 55. Be2 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 Bd6 11. Qd2 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Ng5 Qb6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Bb4 17. Qd1 Rac8 18. Rc1 Bc5 19. Nc2 Bd6 20. Ne1 Rc6 21. Nf3
h6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Qa1 Qc7 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Qb1 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rb6 27. Bc3 Ba3
28. Re1 Bb4 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. Rc1 Rb6 31. e4 Qd6 32. Re1 Rb8 33. Rc1 Rb6 34.
Re1 Rb8 35. Qc3 Re8 36. Qa5 g5 37. Bg2 g4 38. Nd2 Qc5 39. Qxc5 Nxc5 40. Bf1 a5
41. Be2 Nfd7 42. Rc1 Rg8 43. Nf1 Ke7 44. Ne3 Kd6 45. Rd1 Nf6 46. exd5 cxd5 47.
d4 exd4 48. Rxd4 h5 49. Nc4+ Kc6 50. Nxa5+ Kb6 51. b4 Nce4 52. f3 Nc3 53. Bd1
Nxd1 54. Rxd1 gxf3 55. Rf1 Ne4 56. Rxf3 Rc8 57. Nb3 e5 58. Rf5 Re8 59. a4 d4
60. a5+ Ka7 61. Rxh5 d3 62. Kf1 Rf8+ 63. Ke1 Rf3 64. Rxe5 Re3+ 65. Kd1 Nf2+ 66.
Kd2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Nc5
9. Be2 Bd7 10. g4 c6 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 h5 12. Kb1 h4 13. Qf4 Be7 14. g3 Ne5
15. Qc1 b5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. f5 e5 20. Nb3 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 a5 23. Qe3 a4 24. Nd2 Rc8 25. Qd3 a3 26. b3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Be2
hxg3 29. Ne4 g2 30. Rhg1 Re3 31. Bb5+ Kd8 32. Nf2 Rg8 33. Bc6 Rf3 34. Nd3 Rxf5
35. Nxb4 Rh5 36. Bb5 Bf8 37. Bd3 f5 38. c4 e4 39. Bc2 Rxh2 40. Nc6+ Kc7 41. Nd4
Rh5 42. Nb5+ Kd7 43. Nxa3 Bh6 44. Nb5 Be3 45. Nc3 Bxg1 46. Rxg1 Rh1 47. Ne2
Rxg1+ 48. Nxg1 Rh8 49. Kb2 Rh1 50. Ne2 g1=N 51. Nxg1 Rxg1 52. a4 Kc7 53. a5 Nd7
54. b4 e3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bd3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 a6 6. d5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5
Ra7 9. Qe5+ Be7 10. Qxb8 Rb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6
15. Qe5 Qg6 16. Rd1 f6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bd3 Qxg2 19. Rg1 Qh3 20. Qd6 Re8 21.
Be4 Qh5 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Bf1 Be6 14. Nb3 Nc4
15. Nbd2 Na5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 g5 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Qc6 22. Qa4 Qe6 23. Rad1 b6 24. Rd5 Ra7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Rd1 f4 27. gxf4
gxf4 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. Qd1 a4 31. Rf5 a3 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. exd5 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Ne5 Rxc3 37. Re4 Bg7 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nxf4 Bf6
40. Nh5 Bd4 41. Rxe7+ Kg6 42. g4 Rxc4 43. d6 Bf6 44. Nxf6 Kxf6 45. f3 b5 46.
Re2 Rd4 47. Rh2 b4 48. Rxh6+ Kg7 49. Rh5 b3 50. Kf2 b2 51. Rh1 c4 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Re1 e4 14. Ng5 Rd7 15.
Qc1 Ne5 16. Ncxe4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Qg6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Qh5 20. Qf4 Bg7 21.
Rab1 c6 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. Qd2 Ng4 24. f3 Nf6 25. g4 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Qf8 27. Bc2 Bd7
28. Re2 c5 29. Qg5 Bc6 30. Kg3 Kh8 31. Re3 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Rf1 Qe7 34.
Rf2 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2 g6
9. O-O Ng7 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nc1 f5 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. f4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bf6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21.
Bg2 Qd8 22. b3 b6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qf6 26. Bh3 Bxh3 27.
Nxh3 Nf5 28. Nf4 Nd4 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Kh6 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33.
Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Bg2
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Nxe4 Qxe4
15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. Bxd6 Nd7 17. Rab1 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxe2 19. b3 c4 20. bxc4 Bxc4
21. Nd2 Bxa2 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Be5 Re8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne4 Bb2 26. Rd1 f5 27.
Nd6 Bb3 28. Rb1 Re2 29. Bf1 Rd2 30. Bc4 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. Nc8 Kf8 33. Nxa7
Ba4 34. Nb5 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb7 8. bxc4
Bxe4 9. cxb5 Nf6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Ba3 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ra1 Bb2 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21.
Bxb7 Bxa1 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxa1 Nd5 24. Qd4 Qb7 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. Ra1 Nc3 27.
Qxa7 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Qxb5 29. Ke1 Nc1 30. Qe3 Qb2 31. Ra3 Nb3 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Rae1 Nb4
15. Nd4 Rae8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nc5 19. Rd1 b4 20. Nce2 f5 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng3 g6 23. Qg2 Bg7 24. Nf3 Qa5 25. b3 Qb5 26. Qd2 a5 27. Bd4 e5
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ba1 Ba6 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qd7 33. Re1 Nd3
34. Nc2 Qa7+ 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Bh6 37. Rf3 Rc8 38. Rf6 Rxc2 39. Rxa6 Be3+
40. Kh1 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rxa1 42. Rxa5 Bd4 43. Ne2 Bc3 44. Kf3 Nc1 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46.
Ra7+ Kh6 47. Nf4 Rxa2 48. Re7 Nxb3 49. e5 Nd2+ 50. Kg4 b3 51. Nd5 Ra4+ 52. Kg3
Bxe5+ 53. Rxe5 b2 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. g4 Nf6 21.
gxf5+ exf5 22. Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 Bd7 24. Bd4 Qg3 25. fxg4 Bc6 26. Re6+ Kg5 27.
Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 fxg4 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Bf7 Rab8 32. Kg3 Rxf7
33. Rxf7 Rxb2 34. a4 h5 35. Be3+ Kg6 36. Rc7 Kf5 37. Rxc6 h4+ 38. Kxh4 Rh2+ 39.
Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nd7 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. b4 Nd7 17. Qxb5 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Qe2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. c4
Be6 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Nd6 Ng6 25. c5 Rb8 26. Be4 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qc8 28.
c6 Nb6 29. c7 Bc4 30. cxb8=Q Qxb8 31. Bd3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 g6 18. Bb5 Na7 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. Bb5 Na7 21. Bc4
Nc6 22. Bb5 Na7 23. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Bf1 Be6 16. Qc2 Qe5 17. Rad1 a5 18. Qd2 a4 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Re7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rd6 Nd7 27.
a3 Ke7 28. Rd2 Be6 29. h3 Nb6 30. g4 Rf8 31. Kg3 g6 32. Bb5 Bb3 33. Bf1 Nc8 34.
Bb5 Nb6 35. Bf1 Rf6 36. Bg2 Nc4 37. Re2+ Re6 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 39. Bd5+ Kd6 40.
Bxb7 Nxb2 41. Ne4+ Kc7 42. Nxc5 Nc4 43. Bd5 Kd6 44. Bxc4 Kxc5 45. Ba6 Kd4 46.
h4 Kc3 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 Kb2 49. f6 Kxa3 50. Bb5 Bf7 51. Kf4 h6 52. Ke5 Kb4
53. Bxa4 Kxa4 54. Kd6 Kb4 55. Ke7 Bh5 56. f7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. d5 Qc5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxg4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a5 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Qe2 Qf5 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Rac1 Rab8 26. Rxd8
Kxd8 27. Rc2 Kc7 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 g5 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 f5 32. Kc3 c5
33. b3 e5 34. f3 h5 35. h3 Kd6 36. Kd3 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Ke3 a4 39. bxa4 Kc6
40. Kd3 Kb6 41. Kc3 Ka5 42. Kb3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Kc3 Kxa4 45. Kd2 Ka3 46.
Ke3 Kxa2 47. Kxe4 Ka3 48. Kd3 Kb4 49. Kd2 Kxc4 50. Kc2 Kd4 51. Kd2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 Bb7 5. Ngf3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 c4 8. g3
Bc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne1 d6 12. Nc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. a5
Ba7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Ne1 Rc8 18. Ra3 Rc7 19. h3 Nfd7 20. Kh2 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22.
g4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf8 24. f5 Ne5 25. f6 Nfg6 26. g5 Rf8 27. Rg3 Rcf7 28. fxg7
Kxg7 29. Rf6 Rxf6 30. gxf6+ Rxf6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Bc8 34.
Be4 Ng4+ 35. Rxg4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. Re1 Na5
15. e4 Ne8 16. e5 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rd5 20. Qg4 Rad8 21.
Be3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qe7 23. Nh5 f5 24. Qf3 R5d7 25. Nf4 Nc7 26. Qc6 Re8 27. Rac1
Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. g3 h5 30. Rf1 Rdd8 31. Qf3 Qxa3 32. Ra1 Qe7 33. Qxh5 Rc8
34. Rf4 a5 35. Rh4 Kf8 36. g4 Qf7 37. Qg5 Kg8 38. Rf1 Rc6 39. Rh5 Rec8 40. Qh4
Qg6 41. Rg5 Qh7 42. Rh5 Qg6 43. Rg5 Qh7 44. Qxh7+ Kxh7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Qh4 c5 16. Bb2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rad8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 20. Qh3 Rd7 21. Bc3
Red8 22. Re1 Bc7 23. Bf1 Be4 24. Qe3 Rd3 25. Qc1 Qh4 26. h3 Rxh3 27. gxh3 Bh2+
0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Ne8 11. Rg1 Nc7 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. a3 Bd6 14. f4 Bd7 15. Bd3
Re8 16. Qf2 b5 17. exd5 exd5 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qc1 Re8 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxd5 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qa3 Bc2
15. Rf1 a6 16. Ne1 Be4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bh3 Qc6 19. Nd3 Nb6 20. Nc5 Nc4 21.
Qb3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qd3 e5 24. Nb3 f4 25. gxf4 Nxb2 26. Qf5 e4 27. Kh1 b6
28. Qg4 Qg6 29. Qh3 f5 30. Rg1 Qf6 31. Nd2 Nc4 32. Nf1 Kh8 33. Ng3 Rg8 34. Nxf5
Bf8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Ng3 Qc6 37. Qg4+ Kf7 38. Qf5+ Ke8 39. Qxh7 Nxe3 40. fxe3
Qc8 41. Kg2 Qe6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Re1 d6 11. c3 h6 12. Nbd2 Nh7 13. d4 Bf6 14. Nf1 Bg4 15.
d5 Ne7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Bc2
b4 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. b3 Rb7 24. Ba3 Ra8 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Bd3 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Bd2
28. Red1 Bc3 29. Bb2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Bb4 31. Bb2 Ra7 32. Ra1 Rxa1+ 33. Bxa1 Nc8
34. Bb2 Kf8 35. g3 Ke7 36. Kg2 Nb6 37. Bb5 Nd7 38. f4 f6 39. Kf3 Nc5 40. Bc4 h5
41. Bc1 Bc3 42. Be3 Bb4 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. Bg5+ Kd7 45. Bb5+ Kc8 46. Be8 Nxb3
47. Bxh5 Bd2 48. Bg4+ Kb7 49. Be7 Nd4+ 50. Kf2 Bh6 51. Bd7 Kb6 52. g4 Kc5 53.
h4 Bf4 54. Bf8 c6 55. dxc6 Nxc6 56. Bxg7 d5 57. exd5 Kxd5 58. Bxc6+ Kxc6 59. h5
Kd5 60. h6 Bxh6 61. Bxh6 Ke6 62. Kg3 e4 63. Kh4 Ke5 64. Be3 Kf6 65. Kh5 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c3 c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qb1 c4 13. Bf5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 g6
15. Bc2 b5 16. b4 a5 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. a4 Qa8 21. Qd1
Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rxa4 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Qc2 f5 26. f3 exf3 27. Nxf3 Nf6
28. Ne5 Qe4 29. Qc1 Ra2 30. Nf3 Ba3 31. Qe1 Qxf4 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Rxb5 Ra1+ 34.
Ne1 Ne4 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Bxf8 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 7. h4 d6 8. e6 fxe6
9. h5 exd5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qe4 Rf5 13. Qg4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6
15. Bd3 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Qg7 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Bh6 Qg4 20. Rh3 Qxh4
21. Rxh4 e5 22. Rah1 f4 23. g3 fxg3 24. Rg1 Kf7 25. Rxg3 Bf5 26. c3 Nd8 27.
Ng5+ Ke7 28. Rf3 Bb1 29. a3 Nc7 30. Bf8+ Kd7 31. Rh6 Ne8 32. Nh7 Kc6 33. Ng5
Kc7 34. Kd2 Ba2 35. Rd3 Bc4 36. Bxd6+ Kd7 37. Bxe5+ Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Nc6 39. Rh7+
Ne7 40. f4 Rd8 41. Ke4 Rc8 42. f5 Rc6 43. Ne6 Nd6+ 44. Bxd6 Kxd6 45. Nd8 Rc7
46. f6 Nd5 47. Nxb7+ Ke6 48. Rxc7 Nxc7 49. Nxc5+ Kxf6 50. c4 a6 51. Kd4 Kf5 52.
a4 Kf6 53. a5 Kf5 54. Nb3 Ke6 55. Kc5 Kd7 56. Kb6 Kd6 57. Kb7 Ne6 58. Kb6 Nc7
59. Nd4 Ne8 60. Nb5+ axb5 61. cxb5 Nc7 62. a6 Nxb5 63. Kxb5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3 f6
9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxd4 17. Bg2 Nxe5 18. O-O-O Rf2 19. Qxf2 Nb3+ 20. axb3 Qxf2
21. Rd2 Qf5 22. Bh6 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nc4 Nh5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Qa3 Qf6 15.
Bf1 Bg4 16. Nfd2 Rfd8 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rad1 a5 19. Qb3 a4 20. Qc2 Nf4 21. Na3 Be6
22. Bc4 h5 23. Nf1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qe6 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 h4 28.
Bf2 Bf6 29. Nce3 Ne7 30. c4 Nc6 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. Qd2 Na5 33. Qb2 c5 34. Nfe3 Nc6
35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Nd5 Ne5 37. Nxf4 Qf6 38. Qd2 Qg5 39. Kf1 Nc6 40. Be3 Qf6 41.
Qd6 Nd4 42. Qxf6 Bxf6 43. Bxd4 Bxd4 44. Ne2 Be5 45. f4 Bg7 46. Kf2 Ra3 47. Rd3
Kh7 48. Ke3 Bb2 49. e5 Kg7 50. Ke4 Ra7 51. Rd2 Ba1 52. Rd6 Ra2 53. Kf3 g5 54.
fxg5 Bxe5 55. Rxb6 Bxh2 56. Rc6 Rb2 57. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 58. Ke4 Rb2 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60.
Ke4 Rb2 61. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. Nce3 Nd7 14. Qf3 O-O
15. h4 Be7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Bc2 Rad8 20. Bb3 b4 21.
Nf5 d5 22. exd5 e4 23. Qg3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa5 25. O-O Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxg7+ Bxg7 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 Rb8 31. g4 Rb2 32. Re1 Rxa2 33.
Rxe4 h6 34. Rf4 Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nf5 Rc2 37. Ra4 h5 38. Rxa6 Kg8 39. g5
Rxc3 40. Nh6+ Bxh6 41. Rxh6 Kg7 42. Rxh5 f6 43. Kg2 fxg5 44. hxg5 Kg6 45. Rh3
Rc4 46. Rg3 Ra4 47. f3 Rf4 48. Kh3 Rf5 49. Kh4 Rf4+ 50. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bc2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 a5 11. Ra3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15.
N2c3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Bc1 Qe7 18. Nb5 Ra6 19. Re1 Qf7 20. g3 Kh8 21. Rf3
Qg7 22. Rd3 b6 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Bc3 Bd7 25. Nxc7 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 Qxc7 27. b3 Bg7
28. Kg2 Rac8 29. Bb2 Qd8 30. Qa1 Qd7 31. Rf1 Rf7 32. Kg1 Rcf8 33. Rf3 Kg8 34.
Qd1 Qc7 35. Ba3 Nd4 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Qd3 Nf5 38. b4 axb4 39. Bxb4 Nh6 40. Qe2
Qd7 41. Rb1 Ng4 42. Be1 Nf6 43. Rxb6 Qc7 44. Rc6 Qb7 45. Bg2 Nd7 46. Bh3 Kh8
47. Bd2 Nf8 48. Be3 Qb1+ 49. Qf1 Qc2 50. Rxd6 g5 51. Rb6 e4 52. Rb8 h5 53. Bg2
Be5 54. Re8 Qb2 55. Qd1 Kg7 56. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Bd5 Nc6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rad1 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rc7
21. f4 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. Re4 Rd7 24. Bb3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 h6 26. Nf3 Rd8 27.
Bb3 Kf8 28. f5 Nge7 29. Kf2 Na5 30. Ba4 Nac6 31. Bb3 Na5 32. Ba4 a6 33. b4 Nac6
34. Bb3 Rd3 35. Bc4 Rc3 36. b5 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 axb5 38. Bb3 Rc3 39. Kg2 Nc8 40.
Nd4 Nd6 41. Rf4 Ne5 42. Ne2 Re3 43. Ng3 Rd3 44. Nf1 Ke7 45. Rf2 Ndc4 46. Re2
Kd6 47. Ng3 g6 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Ne4+ Kd5 50. Nf2 Rd4 51. Nd1 Kc5 52. Nc3 Kb4
53. Ne4 Nd3 54. Kg3 g5 55. Nf2 Nxf2 56. Rxf2 Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Rd2 58. Rxd2 Nxd2 59.
Bd5 b6 60. Kf2 Kc5 61. Bg8 Kd4 62. Ke2 Ne4 63. Kf3 b4 64. Bf7 Nc3 65. Bb3 Ne4
66. Bg8 Nd2+ 67. Ke2 Nc4 68. Be6 Ne5 69. Bf5 Nf7 70. Be6 Nd6 71. Kf3 Kd3 72.
Bg8 Kd4 73. Be6 b5 74. Bg8 Ne4 75. Bf7 Nd2+ 76. Ke2 Nc4 77. Bg8 Kc3 78. Kf3 Kb2
0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Qc3 Ng4 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb1 Rac8
21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Rfc1 Rc4 24. a3 Rfc8 25. Ba2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27.
Nxc2 Kf8 28. a4 Ke7 29. Kf1 Bd7 30. a5 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Kd2
Kc5 34. Kc3 f5 35. Nd4 Bc8 36. h4 Bd7 37. h5 Bc8 38. f3 Bd7 39. Ne2 Kb5 40.
Nd4+ Kc5 41. g3 Bc8 42. e4 fxe4 43. fxe4 Bg4 44. Nf5 Bxh5 45. Nxg7 Bg6 46. e5
Bd3 47. e6 Kd6 48. Kd4 Be2 49. Nf5+ Kxe6 50. Nxh6 Kd6 51. g4 Kc6 52. g5 Bd3 53.
Nf7 Kb5 54. Ne5 Bb1 55. Nxc4 Kb4 56. Nd2 Bh7 57. Nc4 Bb1 58. Nd6 Kxa5 59. Nxb7+
Kb4 60. Nc5 Bh7 61. Nxa6+ Kb3 62. Nc5+ Kxb2 63. Nd7 Kc2 64. Nf8 Bd3 65. Ke5 Kd2
66. Kf4 Ke2 67. Ne6 Kf2 68. Nd4 Bg6 69. Nf3 Bh7 70. Nh4 Ke2 71. Nf5 Kf2 72. Ne3
Bg6 73. Nd5 Bh7 74. Ne7 Kg2 75. Kg4 Kf2 76. Nf5 Kg2 77. Nh4+ Kf2 78. Kf4 Ke2
79. Ke5 Ke3 80. Nf5+ Kf3 81. Kf6 Kf4 82. Nh6 Bb1 83. Nf7 Bc2 84. Ne5 Bb1 85.
Nc6 Bc2 86. Nb4 Bb1 87. Nd5+ Kg4 88. Ne3+ Kf4 89. Ng2+ Kg4 90. Ne3+ Kf4 91. Nd1
Bc2 92. Nb2 Kg4 93. Nc4 Kf4 94. Nb6 Bb1 95. Nd7 Bc2 96. Nc5 Bb1 97. Ne6+ Kg4
98. Nd4 Kf4 99. Ne2+ Kg4 100. Nc3 Bc2 101. Nd5 Bb1 102. Ne7 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. Ne5 f5 14. Qe3 Nf6
15. Bf3 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nf3 Rae8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. h3 a6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
b3 e5 22. Nh4 g6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. g3 f4 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Qf3 Be5 27. Rac1 Bd4
28. Re1 Rfe7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Ng2 Qe2 31. Qxf4 Qxa2 32. Ne3 Qxb3 33. Qc7 Ne4
34. Qd7 Qb8 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Ng4 Qe7 38. Qxd4 Rd8 39. Qxe4 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Qxe4 41. Nf6+ Kf7 42. Nxe4 a5 43. c5 Rd4 44. Ng5+ Kg8 45. Nf3 Rc4 46.
Be3 a4 47. Ne5 Rc2 48. c6 a3 49. Bd4 a2 50. Kg3 Kf8 51. f4 Ke7 52. Kh4 Kd6 53.
Kg5 Kd5 54. Ba1 Rc1 55. Bb2 Rc2 56. Ba1 Ke4 57. Kf6 Kxf4 58. Ke6 Kg3 59. Kd7 g5
60. Nd3 g4 61. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Ng5 Qd6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O 14. g3
Qh6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nxb7 Rdb8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Rxc7 N7g6 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Qd5
Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. Rd7 Nh4+ 23. Kh1 Nf3 24. h4 Nxh4 25. Be2 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nf4+
27. Kxf3 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. h4 Be7 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bd3 Nb7 15.
g4 Nc5 16. Rc1 b4 17. Nce2 a5 18. Ng3 d5 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qe5
22. Bf4 Nxg4 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe3 Bd6 25. Rhg1 O-O-O 26. Be2 Bc6 27. f4 Ned7
28. c4 d4 29. Qxd4 Nf6 30. Qe3 e5 31. fxe5 Rhe8 32. Rgd1 Rxe5 33. Qf2 Kc7 34.
Bf3 Ba4 35. Re1 Rg5 36. Ne2 Nfd7 37. b3 Ne5 38. bxa4 Ned3 39. Qh4 Nxc1 40. Rxc1
Nxa4 41. Qe4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1
Kf8 15. Kf1 Bd5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. g4 Nd5 19. e4 Nf6 20. f3 h6 21.
h4 Rac8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh5 24. Nd7+ Ke7 25. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 bxc5 27.
Be5 Rc6 28. Bb8 f6 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Kf2 Ng7 31. Rh1 Bc8 32. f4 a5 33. e5 Ne8
34. Rh7+ Kd8 35. Rh8 fxe5 36. Bb5 Bd7 37. Bxc6 Bxc6 38. fxe5 a4 39. bxa4 Bxa4
40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Ba7 c4 42. Kd4 Bc6 43. Rh7+ Kc8 44. Bb6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4 Ne7 21. Ng2 Kh7
22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 hxg4 24. Ke2 g5 25. Nh5 Qf7 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qg6 28.
Raf1 g3 29. Nxg3 Qg4+ 30. Ke1 Ra7 31. Ne2 Raf7 32. Qe3 Qg6 33. Rfg1 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. e4 f5 14. Qe2 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 fxe4
21. Rxe4 Rd8 22. Kg1 Rd4 23. Rfe1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf7 25. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 c6 5. g3 Be7 6. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lugovoi, Alexei"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. d5 c4 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. e4 O-O 15.
h3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. a3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. Qd2 Nh5 21. Qe2
Qg5 22. Qe3 Nf4 23. Qg3 Qh6 24. Nde2 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Nxf4
Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Rd7 Rf7 30. Rad1 h6 31. R1d6 Ree7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Ke3 Rc7 35. g3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Kd4 Bg2 39. h4 Kc6 40.
Ne2 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Nc3 a5 43. Nd1 Bf1 44. Nf2 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Ne4
Bg2 47. Nd2 c3 48. bxc3 bxc3 49. Kxc3 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 d6 12. Bg2 Ke7 13. Kc3 Nc6 14. Rhd1
Bd7 15. Ne1 Rab8 16. Nd3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 c6 19. Rd2 Rhd8 20. Rad1 Be8
21. h4 f6 22. Be4 g6 23. b3 Bf7 24. Rh1 Ng4 25. e3 Ne5 26. Bc2 Nf3 27. Rdd1 Ne5
28. h5 Rh8 29. Ne2 Rbd8 30. Nd4 a5 31. Rh4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Na6 6. Qc2 Nb4 7. Qd1 Qc7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. b3 e6 4. g3 b5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O
9. e4 Bb7 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Nd4 Qd7 16. Qf4 Bd6 17. Qf5 Rfd8 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Ne3
Nc5 22. Bf6 Rd7 23. Bh3 Ne6 24. d4 Ba3 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Be5 h5 29. Nc2 Be7 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. Ne1 g5 32. Nd3 Kf7 33. f3 Kg6 34. Kf2
Kf5 35. h3 Kg6 36. Ke3 Kf5 37. Rc2 Kg6 38. b4 Kf5 39. a3 Kg6 40. Bb8 Kf6 41.
Bc7 Bf8 42. Ne5 Rg7 43. Bd8+ Be7 44. Nd7+ Kg6 45. Bxe7 Rxe7 46. Rc7 Ba8 47.
Ne5+ Kf6 48. Rc8 Bb7 49. Rg8 Rg7 50. Rxg7 Kxg7 51. f4 Kf6 52. Nd7+ Kf5 53. fxg5
Kxg5 54. Ne5 Kf5 55. Kf3 Kg5 56. g4 hxg4+ 57. hxg4 Bc8 58. Kg3 Bb7 59. Nf3+ Kf6
60. Kf4 Bc6 61. g5+ Ke7 62. Ke5 Be8 63. Nd2 Bh5 64. Nb3 Be2 65. Nc5 Bg4 66.
Nxa6 Be2 67. Nc7 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. c3 Rb8 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 d6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Kh1 c5
15. Nf3 Bb7 16. b3 d5 17. e5 a5 18. Qf2 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. h3 Rc7 21. b4 axb4
22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Bxc5 Qa4 24. Bd6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rb1 Qxf4 27. Bxe7 Ba8
28. Bg5 Qa4 29. Bf6 Qa3 30. Qd2 Bf8 31. Nd4 Qa4 32. Bb5 Qa7 33. a4 Bb7 34. Bd7
1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Rd1 Nd7 9. e3 Nb6 10. Qc5 a5 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Qc4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Qd2 c6 15.
Be2 Be6 16. a3 N4d5 17. Be5 Nf6 18. Qc2 a4 19. Nd2 Qc8 20. O-O Rd8 21. Rc1 h5
22. h3 Ra5 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Nce4 f5 25. Nc5 Ra8 26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Bf3 Qc7 28.
Rfd1 Kh7 29. h4 Bf6 30. g3 Re8 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Nd3 Nb6 33. Nxb6 Qxb6 34. Nc5
Ra5 35. Nxa4 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Bb3 37. Qb4 Qxb4 38. axb4 Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Ra8 40. Rd3
Ra6 41. b5 cxb5 42. Bxb7 Rb6 43. Bd5 b4 44. Rd1 Rd6 45. Bc4 Rc6 46. b3 Kf8 47.
Ra1 Rc7 48. Ra6 Bd8 49. Ra8 Rd7 50. Rb8 Ke7 51. Rxb4 Ra7 52. Rb5 Bc7 53. Kf3
Bd6 54. Rb6 Rc7 55. Ke2 Ra7 56. b4 f6 57. b5 g5 58. Ra6 Rb7 59. b6 Rb8 60. Bd5
f4 61. gxf4 gxf4 62. b7 fxe3 63. Kxe3 Rf8 64. Kf3 Bb8 65. Rc6 Bd6 66. Rc8 Bb8
67. Ke2 Rd8 68. Bf3 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Na3 Ne7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. Qb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
Ng6 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Bb2 Qf4 17. Qc2 Nh4 18. e5 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. Bxe5
Qxe5 21. Rac1 a5 22. Qc5 Qb2 23. b5 Qxa2 24. Qe7 Qb2 25. Rc7 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. g3 g6 28. Rb1 Ra3 29. Kg2 Rc3 30. b6 Rxc7 31. bxc7 Re8 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Be2
Ke7 34. Bb5 Rf8 35. Kf3 b3 36. Ke3 b2 37. Kd4 e5+ 38. Kc3 Bf5 39. Kxb2 Rc8 40.
Rc1 Kd6 41. Kb3 Rxc7 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. Kb4 Be6 44. Re1 f6 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4
Kf7 47. Rd1 Ke7 48. Re1 Kf7 49. Rd1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Qe3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rd1 Qd7 15.
Nf1 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Qe2 f6 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nh4 f5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. f3 Ng5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Ne6 25. Qc2 Rfc8 26. Be3 c6 27. Ba4 Rab8
28. Rab1 Nd8 29. Rdc1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qc7 31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 Kh7 33. Qd3 Qd7
34. h3 a5 35. Bc2 Qe8 36. Kg2 Ne6 37. h4 c5 38. h5 cxd4 39. Qxg6+ Qxg6 40.
hxg6+ Kg8 41. Bf5 Rc6 42. Rb8+ Bf8 43. Bc1 d3 44. Ba3 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Nxg6 46. e6
d2 47. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 a5 14. b5 d5 15. Ne5
dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Bg3 N7f6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Nc6 Qd7
22. Rc2 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rc7 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Nc4 Nd7 26. Be4 Rec8 27. Rec1 g6 28.
Qd3 Rb8 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. Ne5 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Ba8 33. Nb2 Rd8 34. Qb3
Qg5 35. Nc4 Rc8 36. Qd3 Rc5 37. Nd6 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qxe5 39. Ne8+ Kf8 40. Qc8 Qc3
41. Nd6+ Qxc8 42. Nxc8 Nc7 43. Be2 Nd5 44. Bc4 Ke8 45. Bxd5 Bxd5 46. Nxb6 Bb3
47. Nc8 Kd7 48. Na7 Kc7 49. Nc6 Kb6 50. Nd4 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 10. O-O Nde5 11. Be4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qh5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rad1
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 e5 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nf1 Rac8
21. Ne3 Rfe8 22. c4 f5 23. Qh4 f4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. R1xd5 Rc7 26. Rd8 Re7 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qg4 h6 29. h3 Qf6 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. c5 Re7 32. b4 Qg6 33. b5 Qxg4
34. hxg4 e4 35. Kg1 Kg6 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. Rxf4 Kd5 39. Rf5+ Kc4 40.
c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 Rc7 42. Re5 Kd4 43. Re6 Kd5 44. Rg6 Rxc6 45. Rxg7 Ra6 46. Rh7
Ke5 47. g3 Rxa2 48. Rxh6 a5 49. Rh5+ Ke6 50. Rf5 a4 51. Rf8 a3 52. Ra8 Ra1+ 53.
Kg2 a2 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. g5 Kg7 56. g6 Kh6 57. g4 Kg7 58. g5 Rc1 59. Rxa2 Kxg6
60. Ra5 Rc3 61. Re5 Ra3 62. Kf1 Rb3 63. Ke2 Ra3 64. Kd2 Rd3+ 65. Ke2 Ra3 66.
Rd5 Rb3 67. Re5 Ra3 68. Kf1 Rh3 69. Kg2 Rh5 70. Rxe4 Rxg5+ 71. Kf3 Ra5 72. Re6+
Kf7 73. Rb6 Ra4 74. Kg3 Rc4 75. f4 Ra4 76. Kg4 Ra5 77. Rh6 Rb5 78. Rh7+ Kg6 79.
Re7 Ra5 80. Re6+ Kf7 81. Rc6 Kg7 82. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bb1 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15.
Ne5 Bd7 16. f4 Rac8 17. Be3 Be8 18. Qd3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20. Qe2 Bg6 21. Bxg6
Nxg6 22. Qg4 Kh7 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. a3 a5 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 26. Qe2 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Na3 Ne7 9. Nb5 Nb6 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Bb6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Nb5
Ra8 15. Nfxd4 Bd7 16. Nd6 Ng6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. N6b5 Ne5 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. a4 Nxe3
21. fxe3 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 a6 25. Na3 Ba7 26. Nc4 Qg5
27. Nf3 Qc5 28. Rc3 h6 29. e5 Qd5 30. Nd6 Qxb3 31. Rxb3 Bc5 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33.
Rc3 Rc7 34. a5 Rc6 35. Kf2 Bb4 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Nd4 Bxa5 38. Nxc6 Bb6 39. Ke2
Kf8 40. Nb8 Bc7 41. Nxa6 Bxe5 42. b4 Bxh2 43. b5 Ke7 44. b6 f5 45. Kf3 Be5 46.
b7 g5 47. b8=Q Bxb8 48. Nxb8 Kd6 49. Na6 h5 50. Nb4 h4 51. Nd3 Kd5 52. Nf2 Ke5
53. Nd3+ Kd5 54. Ne1 Ke5 55. Nc2 g4+ 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Nd4 e5 58. Ne6 f4 59. exf4
exf4 60. Nc5+ Kd4 61. Ne6+ Ke5 62. Nc5 Kf5 63. Nd3 h3 64. gxh3 gxh3 65. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Be4 Bf6 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd1 Ba4 20. Rxd7 Bxc2
21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Rxa7+ Kf8 23. g3 Rd6 24. Rc7 Kg7 25. Nh4 Rhd8 26. Bf3 R8d7 27.
Rc8 f5 28. e4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. Rc6 R1d5 32. g4 b5 33. Nf5+
Kf8 34. Kg3 Rd8 35. Rh6 c4 36. Rxh7 Rxf5 37. gxf5 Ke7 38. Rh6 Rc8 39. Rh4 c3
40. Rxe4+ Kd6 41. Re1 c2 42. Rc1 Kd5 43. Kf4 Kd4 44. Kg5 Kc3 45. Kf6 Kb2 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

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 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 Rad8
15. Qe3 Nb8 16. h6 g6 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd6 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Nd7 21.
c4 d4 22. Qa3 Ra8 23. Ne4 Rfe8 24. Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxc5
e5 28. Rdd1 Rad8 29. fxe5 Qh4 30. Qxa7 Re7 31. Qb6 Rxe5 32. Rf4 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Qe8 12. b4 Na6 13. Nb3 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. b5
Nb4 16. Be2 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Qa8 18. O-O Na2 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Bd1 c6
22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Bg4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. bxc6 Nb4 27. cxb7 Rxb7
28. Nc2 Bf8 29. Na3 Qb6 30. Nb5 Rb8 31. Ra1 Na6 32. Bd7 Nc7 33. Qf3 Rb7 34. Bc6
Nxb5 35. cxb5 Ra7 36. Rd1 Ra4 37. d6 Rd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Bd5 Qa7 40. b6 Qd7
41. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 c6 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. a4 Qb6 14. O-O Rfc8 15.
Rfe1 Nb3 16. Bxb3 Qxb3 17. Ra3 Qb4 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bd2 Qc4 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Qe2
Nh5 22. Rb3 Nf4 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rb6 Nd3 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Rb7 Be8 27. Nd2 Nxb2
28. R7xb2 Rxc3 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nc4 Bxa4 32. Nxa5 Bb5 33. Rc1 Be7
34. Nb7 a5 35. Rc3 a4 36. Bc1 g5 37. Ba3 Ra6 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7
Kf6 41. g3 Rb6 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf8 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. Rxf7 Kxe4 46. Nd8
Bc4 47. Rxf8 Rb3 48. Bxd6 Rxh3 49. Nb7 Bxd5 50. Nc5+ Kd4 51. Nxa4 Rf3 52. Rh8
Rf6 53. Bg3 Ra6 54. Nb2 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "50th RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nce4 14.
h3 Bf8 15. c3 Rac8 16. Qb3 a6 17. Rad1 b5 18. a3 Qb7 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nf5 Nb6
21. Re2 Qd7 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nf5 Nc4 24. Ng3 a5 25. Rde1 Nf6 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27.
Ng5 g6 28. Nf3 Bg7 29. Ne2 Nf6 30. Ned4 Ne4 31. Qb3 Ned6 32. Re2 h6 33. Ne5 Bf8
34. Qc2 Ne4 35. Nd3 a4 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. f3 Nc5 38. Nxc5 Bxc5 39. Bxh6 Nxb2 40.
Qg5 Nd1 41. Qh4 Qb6 42. Bf4+ Kg7 43. Qh6+ 1-0
