[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group B playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.g4 Nc6 10.g5 Nd7 11.Be3 Re8 12.a4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rc8 
16.Rae1 Bf8 17.h4 Qc7 18.h5 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rf2 Qa5 21.Rg2 Nb6 22.Nd1 
Qxd2 23.Rxd2 Nc4 24.Rde2 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Be7 26.Rg2 g6 27.c3 Ra8 28.Ng4 Kg7 
29.h6+ Kf8 30.Nf6 Bxf6 31.gxf6 e5 32.Rd1 Re6 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.Rf2 Rxf6 35.
Be2 Rxf2 36.Kxf2 Bc6 37.Rd6 Rc8 38.Ke3 Ke7 39.Rd1 Ra8 40.Bd3 Ra2 41.Rb1 
Bd7 42.Bc2 Be6 43.Bd3 Bc4 44.Bc2 Kf6 45.Kd2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group B playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bf4 g5 8.Bxc7 Nc6
9.Bg3 g4 10.Nd2 Nxd4 11.Qd1 h5 12.e4 Qg7 13.h3 h4 14.Bf4 e5 15.Be3 g3 16.
f3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne6 18.c5 Nh6 19.Nc4 O-O 20.Nd6 Bc6 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.cxb6 
axb6 23.Bc4 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group C playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 
d6 9.f4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.b3 c5 13.Qg3 Bb7 14.Bd3 d5 15.e5 
Nh5 16.Qh3 g6 17.Bb2 Rae8 18.Rae1 f5 19.Be2 Ng7 20.Bf3 Rb8 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.
Qg3 d4 23.Nb1 Be4 24.Na3 c4 25.Nxc4 Bxc2 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 Bd3 28.Rc1 
Ba3 29.Rc3 Bxc4 30.h3 Rb4 31.Qf2 h5 32.Bc5 Rb8 33.Bxa3 Qa5 34.Qa7 Rd8 35.
Qe7 Re8 36.Qb4 Qxb4 37.Bxb4 Bd5 38.Be2 h4 39.Bxa6 Nh5 40.Rc8 Rxc8 41.Bxc8 
Nxf4 42.Bd2 Nd3 43.Kg1 Nxe5 44.Bg5 Nd3 45.Bxh4 e5 46.a4 e4 47.a5 Nb4 48.
Be1 Nc6 49.a6 Kf7 50.b4 Bc4 51.Bb7 Na7 52.Bf2 Nb5 53.a7 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group C playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B91"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.h3 Nbd7 10.g4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Be7 13.Ng3 O-O 14.O-O Qb8 15.Nf5 
Bd8 16.a3 a5 17.Kh2 Ba6 18.Re1 g6 19.Ng3 Be7 20.f4 Rc8 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.
axb4 Qxb4 23.c3 Qb6 24.Bf4 Rab8 25.Rb1 Bc4 26.g5 Qb5 27.Qd4 Re8 28.Rbd1 
Bb3 29.Rd2 Qa4 30.Qf2 Bc4 31.Ne4 Qd7 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.d6 Bd8 34.Nc5 Qa7 35.
Bc6 Bxg5 36.Bxe8 Bf4+ 37.Kg1 Bxd2 38.Rxe5 Rxb2 39.d7 Qb8 40.Qd4 Bg5 41.
Qxc4 Be3+ 42.Kh1 Rf2 43.Bxf7+ Kg7 44.Ne6+ Kf6 45.Rd5 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group C playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B91"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.h3 Nbd7 10.g4 Be7 11.Ng3 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.O-O Qb8 15.a3 a5 
16.Kh2 Rc8 17.f4 Qc7 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Rf2 g6 20.Ng3 Nc5 21.Be3 exf4 22.Bxf4 
Bg7 23.axb4 axb4 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.b3 Ba6 26.Qf3 Bd4 27.Be3 Be5 28.Bf4 Bc3 
29.Bd2 Be5 30.Bxb4 Re8 31.Bc3 Bxg3+ 32.Qxg3 Nd3 33.cxd3 Qxc3 34.Qxd6 Bxd3 
35.Qf4 Rf8 36.b4 Bc4 37.d6 Be6 38.b5 Qc5 39.Bc6 g5 40.Qg3 Rd8 41.Rd2 Qb4 
42.Qd3 Qf4+ 43.Kg2 Bc4 44.Qd4 Qf1+ 45.Kh2 Bxb5 46.Qe5 f6 47.Qd5+ Kh8 48.
Bxb5 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group D playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 d6 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.a4 Rab8 15.
Ba3 Be8 16.Bb4 b6 17.Qe3 Rbc8 18.h3 Bf8 19.Qf4 d5 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Bxf8 
Kxf8 22.e4 d4 23.e5 Rcc8 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Bxa6 Nd7 26.Rxd4 Nc5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 
28.Bb5 Nxb3 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Bxe8 Kxe8 31.Ne4 Ke7 32.Nd6 Rc5 33.Rb1 Na5 34.
Rb5 f6 35.exf6+ gxf6 36.Rxb6 Nxc4 37.Nxc4 Rxc4 38.a5 Ra4 39.a6 f5 40.Rb7+ 
Kf6 41.a7 h5 42.h4 e5 43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Ke1 e4 45.Kd1 f4 46.gxf4 Kf5 47.Kc1 
Kxf4 48.Kb1 Ra6 49.Kc2 Kg4 50.Re7 Kxh4 51.Rxe4+ Kg5 52.Re7 h4 53.Kd2 h3 
54.Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group D playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9.Nb5 Ba5 10.O-O a6 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Bb6 13.Kh1 Qd6 14.f4 N5c6 
15.e5 Qh6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bf3 Qh6 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.Na4 Qh6 20.Nc5 Nf5 21.
Qe1 Rb8 22.Be4 b6 23.Bxf5 bxc5 24.Bxc8 Rfxc8 25.Qc3 Rb4 26.f5 Rh4 27.h3 
Rd8 28.Rad1 Rdd4 29.Rxd4 cxd4 30.Qf3 c6 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qxc6 Qf6 33.Qe8+ Qf8
34.Qxe6+ Qf7 35.Qc8+ Qf8 36.Qxa6 Re4 37.f6 gxf6 38.Rxf6 Qe7 39.Qd6 Qxd6 
40.Rxd6 Kf7 41.Kh2 Ke7 42.Rc6 Re2 43.Rc4 d3 44.Rb4 Rc2 45.a4 d2 46.Rd4 
Rxb2 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Kf3 Rxa4 49.Rxd2 Kf7 50.Rd6 Kg7 51.Re6 Rb4 52.Re4 Rb2 
53.g3 Kg6 54.Kg4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE World Cup prel. group D playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5 
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.e4 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nd2
Ba6 16.Qa4 Bd3 17.Ndb1 Bxb1 18.Raxb1 a5 19.Qb3 b5 20.e5 a4 21.Qb2 Nd5 22.
Nxd5 exd5 23.Bh3 Ra8 24.Qc2 Nb6 25.Bf5 g6 26.Bd3 Kh8 27.Re1 Nc4 28.Rbc1 
Qd7 29.h4 Qg4 30.Be2 Qe6 31.Kg2 Kg8 32.Bd3 f5 33.exf6 Qxf6 34.h5 Bd6 35.
Bxd6 Nxd6 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Bxg6 Ra7 38.Rcd1 Rg7 39.Bh5 Nf5 40.Qd2 Qh4 41.
Rh1 Rxg3+ 42.fxg3 Qxg3+ 43.Kf1 Nxd4+ 0-1

