[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Bd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 
15.c4 Rfe8 16.Rac1 e5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.Be3 Rce8 20.h3 Qc6 21.
Qf1 Ra5 22.Rc2 Ne4 23.Bc1 Rae5 24.Bf4 Rf5 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rd6 Re1 27.Rxc6 
Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 
c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.f3 Nc6 11.Nh3 h6 12.Bh4 Ne4 13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.Bc7 Rfc8 15.
Bd6 Na4 16.b3 Nb6 17.Be2 Na5 18.Rb1 Ba6 19.e4 f6 20.Kf2 g5 21.Bg3 Nc6 22.
Ng1 Nd4 23.h4 d5 24.cxd5 Nxe2 25.Nxe2 exd5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.Ne5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Rc8 14.Bg5 Qc7 
15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bxa6 Bxa6 18.Qxa6 Ra8 19.Qd3 Ra3 20.Rdc1 Rfa8 
21.Rc2 Qc6 22.Be7 R3a4 23.c4 Rc8 24.Rac1 Qa8 25.a3 h6 26.h3 Ra7 27.Qe2 Nb8
28.Bb4 Nc6 29.Bc3 Ne7 30.Bb2 Rac7 31.h4 Qa4 32.h5 Nd5 33.g3 Rc6 34.Kg2 
R6c7 35.c5 Rc6 36.Qd3 Qa8 37.Qf3 Qa4 38.Re2 bxc5 39.dxc5 Rxc5 40.Rxc5 Rxc5
41.Re4 Qc2 42.Bd4 Rc4 43.Rg4 f6 44.Ba7 Rxg4 45.Qxg4 Qc6 46.Qf3 Qa4 47.Bc5 
Qc4 48.Bd6 Qc6 49.Bb4 Qc4 50.Bd2 Kf7 51.Kh2 Qd4 52.Be1 Qc4 53.Kg2 Qc1 54.
Bb4 Qc4 55.Bd2 Qc2 56.Be1 Qc4 57.Bd2 Qc2 58.Be1 Qc4 59.Bd2 Qc2 60.Be1 Qc4 
61.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Be7 6.c4 bxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Rb1 Bc6 10.d3 d6 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qc7 14.Qa4 Rfb8 15.
f4 h6 16.Nf3 Nb6 17.Qc2 Qc6 18.e4 Nbd7 19.Rxb8+ Rxb8 20.Rb1 Rxb1 21.Qxb1 
Bd8 22.Qb5 Qc7 23.Qa4 Qb8 24.Nb5 Bb6 25.Qa6 Ne8 26.a4 Kf8 27.a5 Nc7 28.
Nxc7 Bxc7 29.Qb5 Ke7 30.Bc3 g6 31.Nd2 Qa8 32.Kf2 a6 33.Qb3 h5 34.Nf3 Qb8 
35.Qxb8 Nxb8 36.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Qc2 
Bb7 9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.a4 Nd5 13.Nbd2 Nb4 14.Qc1 Nf6 15.Qb1 
h6 16.Rc1 Qb6 17.Be5 Ng4 18.Bc3 Nd5 19.Bb2 Rac8 20.h3 Ngf6 21.Ne5 Rfd8 22.
Ndf3 Nb4 23.axb5 axb5 24.Bc3 Nfd5 25.Bb2 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.d4 Nf6 28.Rd1
Be4 29.Qc1 Bc2 30.Rd2 Bxb3 31.Nxf7 Bd5 32.N7e5 c4 33.Rd1 Qb7 34.Ng6 Bd6 
35.Nf4 Bxf4 36.Qxf4 Na2 37.Nh4 c3 38.Bc1 Bxg2 39.Nxg2 b4 40.Qd6 c2 41.Re1 
Qa6 42.Qe7 Nxc1 43.Rxc1 b3 44.Nf4 b2 45.Rf1 Re8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.g3 Ne7
9.Bg2 h6 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.O-O O-O 13.Rd1 Bb8 14.c4 Qe8 15.Bd2 Nxe5
16.dxe5 c5 17.Bc3 Rd8 18.f4 Qa4 19.Nd2 Bc2 20.Re1 Bd3 21.Qf2 Bh7 22.b3 Qa6
23.Ne4 Rd7 24.Rad1 Rfd8 25.Qe2 Nf5 26.g4 Nd4 27.Qf2 Qc8 28.Rd2 Nc6 29.Red1
Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Ne7 32.h3 Bc7 33.Kf2 a5 34.a3 Bg6 35.Nd6 Qd8 36.
Ke2 h5 37.Nb5 Qxd2+ 38.Bxd2 Bd8 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 cxb4 41.Bxb4 hxg4 42.
hxg4 Bc2 43.Nd6 Ng6 44.Ke3 Be7 45.Bc3 f6 46.Be4 Bxe4 47.Kxe4 fxe5 48.Bxe5 
Nf8 49.f5 exf5+ 50.Nxf5 Bf6 51.Bc7 Nd7 52.Nd6 Bh4 53.Kf5 Bf2 54.g5 Kf8 55.
Ne4 Be3 56.Ke6 Nc5+ 57.Nxc5 bxc5 58.g6 Kg8 59.Bd6 Bf2 60.Kd5 Be3 61.Bxc5 
Bd2 62.Bd4 Bb4 63.Be5 Kh8 64.Bd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 
O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.Be3 f5 11.Rc1 Bf6 12.b4 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Na4 Bd5 15.Nc5
Qe7 16.Nb3 Rad8 17.Bh3 Be6 18.Na5 c6 19.Re1 Qf7 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.Bg2 Nd5 22.
e3 dxe3 23.fxe3 Nb6 24.Kh1 Rd7 25.e4 Red8 26.Re3 fxe4 27.dxe4 Qh5 28.Rce1 
Qb5 29.Bf1 Qh5 30.Nb3 Bg4 31.Bg2 Bg5 32.Nxg5 Qxg5 33.Qc5 Qg6 34.e5 Rd1 35.
Be4 Qe6 36.Qc2 Nc4 37.Bxh7+ Kh8 38.Kg2 Nxe3+ 39.Rxe3 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 Qd7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.a4 g6 14.d5 Ne7 15.c4 c6 16.
b3 Nh5 17.Nf1 Ng7 18.Bd3 cxd5 19.cxd5 f5 20.Ne3 Kh8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 
Rxa8 23.Ng5 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Nef5 25.Ng4 Be7 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Ngh6+ Nxh6 28.
Nxh6+ Kh8 29.Bd2 Nh5 30.Ng4 Bd8 31.Be3 Ba5 32.Rf1 Bc3 33.Qf3 Qe7 34.Bh6 b4
35.Rd1 Kg8 36.g3 Qf7 37.Qe3 Bc8 38.Bg5 Bxg4 39.hxg4 Nf6 40.Bf3 Nd7 41.Be2 
Nc5 42.Bc4 Bd4 43.Rxd4 exd4 44.Qxd4 Qf3 45.Bh6 Ra7 46.Be3 Re7 47.Qf4 Qxf4 
48.Bxf4 Re4 49.Bxd6 Rxc4 50.bxc4 b3 51.Be5 Nd3 52.Bd4 Kf7 53.f4 b2 54.Bxb2
Nxb2 55.c5 Na4 56.c6 Ke7 57.Kg2 Nb6 58.c7 Kd7 59.Kh3 Nxd5 60.Kh4 Nxc7 61.
Kg5 Ke6 62.Kh6 Nd5 63.Kxh7 Kf7 64.Kh6 Kf6 65.g5+ Kf7 66.Kh7 Ne3 67.Kh8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 
9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nc6 14.O-O Rfc8 15.a3
Nd7 16.Rfc1 Kh7 17.Rab1 Qd8 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Na4 Nc5 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 23.e5 Qd7 24.Nf3 Qf5 25.Qc2 Rd8 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Kf1 e6 28.Rc2 f6
29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Ke2 e5 31.Nd2 e4 32.a4 b6 33.f3 Rd4 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Nf1 
Bg5 36.Ne3 Bxe3 37.Kxe3 Rf8 38.Re1 Kg6 39.Ree2 Rf1 40.Red2 Re1+ 41.Re2 Ra1
42.Kf4 Kf6 43.Rc3 Rf1+ 44.Kg4 Rf5 45.h4 Rf3 46.gxf3 exf3+ 47.Kg3 fxe2 48.
Kf2 Rxh4 49.Rd3 Rh2+ 50.Ke1 Ke7 51.Re3+ Kd6 52.Rd3+ Ke5 53.Rd5+ Ke4 54.Rd6
h5 55.Rxb6 Kd3 56.Rd6+ Kxc4 57.b6 h4 58.Rh6 Kd3 59.Rd6+ Ke3 60.Re6+ Kd4 
61.Rd6+ Kc3 62.Rd5 Kc4 63.Rh5 h3 64.b7 Rh1+ 65.Kxe2 Rb1 66.Rh4+ Kd5 67.
Rh5+ Kc6 68.Rxh3 Kxb7 69.Rh5 Kc6 70.Kd3 Rb3+ 71.Kc2 Re3 72.Rg5 Re4 73.Kb3 
Rb4+ 74.Ka3 Re4 75.Kb3 Kd6 76.Rh5 Re5 77.Rh8 Kc6 78.Rc8+ Kb6 79.Rb8+ Kc7 
80.Ra8 Kb7 81.Rh8 Re4 82.Rh6 Rb4+ 83.Ka3 c4 84.Rh5 Rb3+ 85.Ka2 Kb6 86.Rg5 
Rb4 87.Rg6+ Kc5 88.Rg5+ Kd4 89.Rxa5 Kc3 90.Rh5 Rxa4+ 91.Kb1 Rb4+ 92.Kc1 
Kb3 93.Rh2 c3 94.Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 
9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nc6 14.O-O Rfc8 15.a3
Kh7 16.Rac1 a6 17.Rfd1 e6 18.h3 Ne5 19.f4 Ned7 20.Qd3 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Re1 
Rd8 23.Bf2 Rac8 24.Qf3 Qc6 25.Qd3 Qc7 26.Qe2 Nh5 27.Qf3 Qb7 28.Red1 b5 29.
g4 Nhf6 30.e5 Qxf3 31.Nxf3 dxe5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.fxe5 Ne8 34.Nxb5 Nxe5 35.
Nxe5 Bxe5 36.a4 Nf6 37.a5 Nd5 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Na7 Rc2 40.Bd4 Bh2+ 41.Kf1 
Nxb4 42.Nb5 Ra2 43.Ra1 Rxa1+ 44.Bxa1 Na6 45.Ke2 g5 46.Bd4 Kg6 47.Bb6 f5 
48.Nd4 fxg4 49.hxg4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Be3 
d6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.O-O e5 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Qe3 b5 15.
c3 Rb7 16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Bxb3 18.axb3 Ne5 19.Be2 Qb6 20.Qxb6 Rxb6 21.b4 
Rc8 22.Rd4 g6 23.Rfd1 Rcc6 24.Ra1 Kg7 25.Rf1 Rc8 26.Ra1 Rcc6 27.Ra2 Rc8 
28.Rd1 Ra8 29.Rda1 Ra7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Nc4 32.Bxc4 bxc4 33.Ra5 Kf6 34.
Kf2 Ke5 35.Re1+ Kf5 36.Kf3 Rb5 37.g4+ Kf6 38.Rea1 Re7 39.Rxb5 axb5 40.Ra5 
Ke5 41.Rxb5 f5 42.gxf5 Rf7 43.Ke3 Rxf5 44.Rb7 Rh5 45.Rc7 Rh3+ 46.Kf2 Rxh2+
47.Kg3 Rxb2 48.Rxc4 Kxd5 49.Rc7 h5 50.Rg7 Rb3 51.Rxg6 Rxc3+ 52.Kf2 h4 53.
Rg5+ Kc6 54.b5+ Kb6 55.Rd5 Kc7 56.Rh5 h3 57.Kg1 Rd3 58.Kf2 h2 59.Kg2 Rd2+ 
60.Kf3 Kb6 61.Ke3 Rg2 62.Kf3 Rb2 63.Kg3 d5 64.Kf3 Kc5 65.Ke3 Kc4 66.b6 d4+
67.Kf3 d3 68.b7 Rxb7 69.Rxh2 Kc3 70.Rh8 Rf7+ 71.Ke3 Re7+ 72.Kf3 Rc7 73.Rd8
Kc2 74.Kg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bf4 
Qb6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Na4 Qa7 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.c3 Bd7 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.b4 Qd8 15.a4 
Ng6 16.Bg3 O-O 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Nce7 20.h4 Nf5 21.Bxf5 exf5
22.h5 Ne7 23.Bh4 Re8 24.Qe3 Bxb5 25.h6 Qc7 26.Nd4 Ba6 27.hxg7 f4 28.Qd2 
Ng6 29.Bf6 Rxe5 30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Re1 Qf6 32.Qd1 Qg5 33.Nf3 Qf5 34.Nd4 Qg5 
35.Re8+ Kxg7 36.Nf3 Qf6 37.Qxd5 Qxc3 38.Ne5 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qc7 40.Qd4 f6 41.
Nxg6 hxg6 42.Re6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E74"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bxd6 Re8 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Bxb8 Raxb8 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.g3 Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qe6 18.O-O-O b5 19.Rhe1 b4 20.e5 Qa6 21.Rd7 
Nf6 22.Rd3 Qa3+ 23.Qb2 Qa6 24.Re2 Nh7 25.Bd5 Nf8 26.Rf3 Ne6 27.Rf6 Rb6 28.
Qc2 Qa3+ 29.Qb2 Qa5 30.Bxe6 Rexe6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.cxb4 cxb4 33.Qd4 Qa3+ 
34.Kb1 Qf3 35.Qe4 Qc3 36.Rc2 Qa3 37.c5 b3 38.axb3 Qxb3+ 39.Kc1 Qa3+ 40.Kd2
Qa5+ 41.Ke2 Qb5+ 42.Kf3 Rc6 43.Qd5 Qf1 44.Kg4 Qb5 45.h4 h5+ 46.Kh3 a5 47.
Rc4 Kg7 48.Rf4 Re6 49.Qf3 Qd7 50.Kh2 Qc7 51.Qc3 Rxe5 52.Re4 f6 53.Rxe5 
fxe5 54.f4 Kf7 55.fxe5 Ke6 56.Qc4+ Ke7 57.c6 a4 58.Qb4+ Ke6 59.Qxa4 Qxe5 
60.Qc2 Qc7 61.Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na6 16.
Nb5 Bd7 17.Nxa7 h5 18.a4 Bh6 19.Rc4 Rf7 20.Nb5 Rg7 21.Kh1 Nf8 22.g3 fxg3 
23.Bxg3 Ng6 24.Nd3 Kh7 25.Rg1 Rf7 26.Bf2 Be8 27.Nc3 Nb8 28.Qc2 c6 29.a5 
Qf6 30.Na4 cxd5 31.exd5 Bxa4 32.Qxa4 Nd7 33.Rc7 Ndf8 34.Qc2 Kh8 35.Be3 Nf4
36.Nxf4 gxf4 37.Bf2 Re8 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.Qe4 Rc8 40.b5 Bg7 41.a6 bxa6 42.
bxa6 Nd7 43.a7 Nf6 44.Qf5 Ra8 45.Bd3 Qxd5 46.Rxg7 Kxg7 47.Qg6+ Kf8 48.
Qxf6+ Kg8 49.Qg6+ Kf8 50.Qe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bf4 
Ng6 9.Bg3 O-O 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nc3 Rad8 15.
Nb5 Na5 16.Bd3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 a6 18.Nd6 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxd6 20.Bc3 Nb7 21.Bxa6
Nc5 22.Bb5 Qc7 23.g3 Be5 24.Rac1 Bxc3 25.Qxc3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rd4 
Rxd4 28.Qxd4 g6 29.h4 h5 30.b4 Nb7 31.Qd7 Qxd7 32.Bxd7 Kf8 33.Bc6 Nd6 34.
a4 Ke7 35.a5 bxa5 36.bxa5 Kd8 37.a6 Nc8 38.Bb7 Na7 39.Kg2 Kc7 40.Kf3 Nb5 
41.Kf4 f6 42.Be4 e5+ 43.Ke3 f5 44.Bd5 Nc3 45.Bf7 Kb6 46.Bxg6 Nd5+ 47.Kd3 
Nf6 48.Bxf5 Kxa6 49.Bg6 Kb6 50.Bxh5 Nxh5 51.Ke4 Kc6 52.Kxe5 Kd7 53.g4 Ng7 
54.h5 Ke7 55.f4 Ne6 56.g5 Nc5 57.Kf5 Kf7 58.h6 Nd3 59.g6+ Kg8 60.Kg5 Nc5 
61.Kf5 Nd3 62.Ke4 Nf2+ 63.Kf3 Nd3 64.f5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.a3 Qd7 8.Nf3 
Bd6 9.Nb5 Be7 10.O-O Nd8 11.Nc3 Nf7 12.Ne2 Nd6 13.b3 O-O 14.Nf4 Bf7 15.Qe2
g5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.c4 Be4 18.c5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Ne4 20.Ne1 g4 21.b4 c6 22.f3 
Ng5 23.Ra2 Rae8 24.fxg4 fxg4 25.Raf2 Bd8 26.Nc2 Ne4 27.Rf5 Kh8 28.d5 cxd5 
29.Rxd5 Qe6 30.Rd7 b6 31.Rxa7 bxc5 32.bxc5 f5 33.Nd4 Qd5 34.c6 Bb6 35.Rd7 
Qe5 36.Qb3 Bc7 37.g3 Nc5 38.Qc3 Nxd7 39.cxd7 Qxe3+ 40.Qxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 
Nc6 9.Nb3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Bf3 a6 12.a4 e5 13.f5 Nb4 14.g4 h5 15.g5 Ng4 
16.Bxg4 Bxg5 17.Re1 hxg4 18.Kh1 g6 19.Qxg4 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Nxc2 21.Rg3 Rxc3 
22.bxc3 Nxa1 23.Qh5 Be8 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rxg6+ Bxg6 26.Qxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nb4 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 
Bxe4 16.Rde1 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Nxe7+ Nxe7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.f5 
Qd6 22.f6 Rfd8 23.Re4 g6 24.Rf3 Qf8 25.Rh3 Rd5 26.Reh4 h5 27.g4 Qd8 28.
gxh5 g5 29.Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 h6 5.Rg1 d6 6.h4 e5 7.g5 hxg5 8.hxg5 Ng4 
9.Nd5 Bc5 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.Qe4 f5 14.gxf6 Qxf6 15.dxe5
dxe5 16.Rxg4 Bf5 17.Rh4 Bxe4 18.Rxh8+ Ke7 19.Bg5 Rxh8 20.Bxf6+ gxf6 21.Bg2
Nd4 22.Nxd4 Bxg2 23.Nf5+ Ke6 24.Ng3 f5 25.f3 f4 26.Kf2 fxg3+ 27.Kxg2 Rh2+ 
28.Kxg3 Rxe2 29.b3 c5 30.Rh1 Kd6 31.Rh6+ Kc7 32.Re6 Rxa2 33.Rxe5 Rb2 34.
Re3 b5 35.cxb5 Kb6 36.f4 Kxb5 37.f5 Rd2 38.f6 Rd8 39.Re7 b6 40.Re4 Rf8 41.
Rf4 Kc6 42.Kg4 Kd5 43.Kf5 b5 44.Kg6 c4 45.Rf5+ Ke6 46.f7 cxb3 47.Rxb5 Rxf7
48.Rb6+ Kd5 49.Kxf7 Kc4 50.Ke6 Kc3 51.Kd5 b2 52.Ke4 Kc2 53.Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B56"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 e6 7.Ndb5 Bxb5 8.
Bxb5+ Nc6 9.Qf3 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qg3 
dxe5 15.Qxg7 Qf6 16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.O-O-O Nd5 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Rhe1 Rad8 20.g3 
h5 21.Rd3 f5 22.Nc5 e4 23.Ra3 Ra8 24.f3 Kd6 25.fxe4 Kxc5 26.exd5 exd5 27.
Re6 Rac8 28.Rxa7 h4 29.Rg7 Rhg8 30.Rgg6 Rxg6 31.Rxg6 hxg3 32.hxg3 Rf8 33.
c3 f4 34.gxf4 Rxf4 35.Kc2 d4 36.b4+ Kb6 37.c4 Rf3 38.Kd2 Rc3 39.b5 Rxc4 
40.Rxc6+ Rxc6 41.bxc6 Kxc6 42.Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qd2 
c6 9.a4 a5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nh2 Bg6 14.f3 Nf8 15.d5 Nh5
16.Ng4 Rad8 17.Rfe1 Bh4 18.Nf2 h6 19.Rb1 Nh7 20.b4 axb4 21.Rxb4 c5 22.Rb3 
Bg5 23.Reb1 Rb8 24.Nb5 Qe7 25.Na3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Nf4 27.Bf1 Nf8 28.Nc4 Qc7 
29.Qd2 Nd7 30.Qa5 Qxa5 31.Nxa5 b6 32.Nc4 Ra8 33.Nxb6 Nxb6 34.Rxb6 Red8 35.
Ra6 Rxa6 36.Bxa6 Ra8 37.Rb6 f6 38.Rxd6 Be8 39.a5 c4 40.Bxc4 Rxa5 41.Rd8 
Rc5 42.d6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Na3 a6 8.Be3 
Qc7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.O-O-O e6 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg2 Be4 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.
Na7 Rxa7 16.Bxa7 Qxa7 17.Rxd7 Nxd7 18.Qxe4 Bc5 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 O-O 21.
Rd1 Rb8 22.Kb1 h6 23.Qf4 Rc8 24.Qd6 b5 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kxc1 Nf6 27.b4 g5 
28.Kc2 Nd7 29.Be4 Nb6 30.Qc6 Nc4 31.Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c6 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 
cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Ne2 e5 13.O-O Re8 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16.Bd2 Rac8 17.Rae1 e4 18.Be2 Qc6 19.Rf2 Rc7 20.Ref1 Nf8 21.Rb1 
N8d7 22.fxe4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Rxe4 24.Bd3 Re7 25.Rbf1 Nf8 26.Rf3 Bc8 27.Rg3 
Nd7 28.Rb1 h6 29.Rf3 Bb7 30.Bf5 Bc8 31.Bd3 Bb7 32.Be1 Rc8 33.Bh4 Ree8 34.
Rc1 Qd6 35.e4 dxe4 36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.Rg3 Rg8 38.Be7 Qc7 39.Be2 Nf6 40.Rh3 
Nd5 41.Bg4 Qxe7 42.Qxe7 Nxe7 43.Bxc8 Rxc8 44.Rh5 Nd5 45.Re5 Nxc3 46.Rc2 
Kh7 47.a5 b5 48.Rc5 Rxc5 49.dxc5 b4 50.Rb2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.a4 a6 8.a5 b5 9.
axb6 cxb6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Ne5 Ne7 12.e4 O-O 13.Bg5 b5 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Bxf6 
gxf6 16.Ng4 Ng6 17.h4 b4 18.Ne2 f5 19.exf5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 exf5 21.Nh6+ Kh8 
22.Nxf5 Rb5 23.d5 Be5 24.h5 Ne7 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.Qc2 Rc8 27.Qf5 Rd8 28.Rxa6
Rbxd5 29.Nf4 Bxf4 30.Qxf4 Rxh5 31.Qxc4 Qd7 32.g4 Rh4 33.Kg3 Rxg4+ 34.Qxg4 
Qd3+ 35.Kh2 Qxa6 36.Qh4 Rd6 37.Qxb4 Rh6+ 38.Kg2 Qg6+ 39.Kf3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bf8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ne4 h6 13.Nfd2 Nh7 14.c5 f5 15.Qc4+ 
Kh8 16.Qf7 Qd8 17.Qxf5 Nxc5 18.Qh5 Re6 19.Rad1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Bf6 13.Rc1 a6 14.O-O Be6 15.Bb1 
Qe7 16.e4 Qd8 17.Qd3 dxe4 18.Qxe4 g6 19.Rfd1 Qb6 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Ng5 Rfe8 
22.Qh4 h5 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Qc4 Qe7 25.Ba2 Bg5 26.Bxg5 Qxg5 27.f4 Qf6 28.Qc5
Re7 29.Rd6 Qxf4 30.Rf1 Qe4 31.Bd5 Qd4+ 32.Qxd4 Nxd4 33.Rxg6+ Kh7 34.Rb6 f5
35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 Ra7 37.Bc8 f4 38.Rd1 Ne2+ 39.Kf2 Nc3 40.Rd7+ Rxd7 41.
Bxd7 Kg6 42.Bc8 Nb5 43.Bxa6 Nxa3 44.Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O Ne4 8.Ne5 O-O 
9.f3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.a4 Ba6 12.Ba3 c5 13.f4 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Bxc4 15.Bxc4 
dxc4 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bxc5 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1 Rc8 19.Bd6 Na6 20.Rab1 Nc7 21.Bxc7
Rxc7 22.Rd6 Kf7 23.Rb5 Ke7 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Raa6 Rb3 26.Rxe6+ Kf7 27.Rec6 
Rxc6 28.Rxc6 Rxc3 29.Kf2 Rc2+ 30.Kf3 g6 31.Rc7+ Ke6 32.Rxh7 Kxe5 33.h4 Ra2
34.Rxa7 c3 35.g3 Kd6 36.Ra8 Kd7 37.Ra7+ Kd6 38.Ra8 Kc5 39.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Bxf5 
exf5 9.Nc3 Be6 10.h4 h6 11.Kf1 Qd7 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Ne2 O-O-O 14.Kg1 Kb8 15.
Nf4 g5 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Rxh8 Rxh8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Qg7 21.
f4 Qh6 22.Nh3 Rg8 23.Ng5 Qh4 24.Qd2 Nxd4 25.Rf1 a6 26.a4 Qg4 27.Rf2 a5 28.
Qd3 Rg6 29.g3 Nc6 30.Rh2 Rxg5 31.fxg5 Qxg5 32.Rh8+ Ka7 33.Qc3 Qg7 34.Re8 
Qd7 35.Rf8 Kb6 36.Rf6 Qe7 37.Kg2 Kc7 38.Qd2 d4 39.g4 fxg4 40.Qf4 Qc5 41.
Qxg4 Qd5+ 42.Qf3 Qxe5 43.Qf4 Qxf4 44.Rxf4 Kd6 45.Rf7 b6 46.Rb7 Kc5 47.Rc7 
Kd5 48.Rd7+ Ke4 49.Rd6 Nb4 50.Rxe6+ Kd3 51.Rd6 Kc2 52.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Nxc4 Be6 8.b3 
O-O 9.Bb2 Bd5 10.Rc1 a5 11.a3 a4 12.b4 Na7 13.O-O Nb5 14.e3 Nd6 15.Ncd2 c6
16.Qe2 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Rfd1 e6 19.Bf1 Bd5 20.Ne5 Qe7 21.Nd3 f5 22.Nc5
g5 23.Bg2 g4 24.e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bc4
Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.Rhe1 O-O-O 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6+ 
Kb8 15.Qe2 Rhe8 16.c3 Bf8 17.g3 h6 18.Ned2 Bg7 19.Nc4 f5 20.a4 Nf6 21.Nfe5
Re7 22.Qc2 Ka8 23.f3 Nd5 24.Nd3 c5 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Nf4 Nb6 27.Nxb6+ axb6 
28.Qe2 Red7 29.Ng2 Qc6 30.a5 bxa5 31.Ne3 Ka7 32.Rxd7+ Rxd7 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 
34.Qxd1 Be5 35.Qe2 Bc7 36.Nc2 f4 37.g4 Qa6 38.c4 Qc6 39.Na3 Kb7 40.Nb5 Qd7
41.Kc2 Qc6 42.h4 f6 43.Qd3 Kb6 44.Qh7 Bb8 45.Qh8 Kb7 46.Qg7+ Kb6 47.Qxf6 
Qxf3 48.Qxe6+ Kb7 49.Nc3 Qg2+ 50.Kb3 Qc6 51.Qf7+ Qc7 52.Qf5 Qb6+ 53.Kc2 
Qd6 54.Ne4 Qd4 55.Qd5+ Qxd5 56.cxd5 c4 57.g5 hxg5 58.hxg5 f3 59.g6 Be5 60.
d6 Kc6 61.b3 cxb3+ 62.Kxb3 f2 63.Nxf2 Kxd6 64.Ng4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 e6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nf1 d5 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.Qe2 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rd1 c6 13.c4 Qc7 14.b3 a5 15.Bb2 a4 
16.Bc3 axb3 17.axb3 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qb2 Qf4 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 
22.Ra1 Rxa1+ 23.Qxa1 Qb8 24.g3 Be7 25.Kg2 Bf8 26.Bd2 Bd6 27.Qa2 e5 28.dxe5
Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.Be3 Bf6 31.Qd2 Qd8 32.g4 Qxd2 33.Bxd2 Be7 34.Kf3 Kf8 
35.Ke4 Ke8 36.Bc3 f6 37.f4 Kf7 38.f5 g5 39.Kd4 Ke8 40.Ba5 Bd6 41.Bb6 Bh2 
42.Ke4 Bd6 43.Bf2 Kd7 44.h4 gxh4 45.Bxh4 Be7 46.Bf2 Bd6 47.Be3 Be7 48.Kf3 
Ke8 49.Kg3 Kf7 50.Kh4 g6 51.Kg3 gxf5 52.gxf5 Bd6+ 53.Kf3 Ke8 54.Bd4 Be7 
55.Ke4 Kd7 56.Bc3 Bd8 57.b4 Be7 58.b5 Bd8 59.Bb4 Bc7 60.Bc5 Bg3 61.Bd4 Ke7
62.bxc6 bxc6 63.Kd3 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bc4
Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.Rhe1 O-O-O 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6+ 
Kb8 15.Qe2 Rhg8 16.g3 f5 17.Ned2 Bf6 18.c3 c5 19.Nc4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc5 21.
f3 a6 22.Ne3 b5 23.Nec2 Kb7 24.Rd2 Na4 25.Red1 Nb6 26.Rd3 Rd7 27.g4 fxg4 
28.fxg4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Rd8 31.Qe4+ Kc8 32.Qxh7 Rxd4 33.Nxd4 Qf4
34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.Qh7 Qf2 36.Kc1 Qf1+ 37.Kc2 Nc4 38.Qd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kxd3 Nxb2+ 
40.Ke4 Na4 41.Ne2 Nc5+ 42.Kd4 Kd6 43.h4 e5+ 44.Ke3 Ke6 45.Ng3 Na4 46.Kd2 
Nc5 47.h5 Kf6 48.Ke3 Kg7 49.g5 Ne6 50.Ne4 Nf4 51.h6+ Kg6 52.Kf3 Nd5 53.Kg4
a5 54.a3 b4 55.cxb4 axb4 56.axb4 Nxb4 57.Nc5 f6 58.gxf6 Nd5 59.f7 Nf6+ 60.
Kf3 Kxf7 61.Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 
Be6 9.Nce5 Bd5 10.Bf4 e6 11.a3 Qe7 12.Rc1 Rfd8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Rxc6 bxc6 
15.Ne5 c5 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.dxc5 Nd5 18.Nd3 Nxf4 19.gxf4 Rd8 20.Qa4 e5 21.
Qe4 Rd4 22.Qa8+ Rd8 23.Qe4 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bc4
Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.Rhe1 O-O-O 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6+ 
Kb8 15.Qe2 Rhg8 16.g3 f5 17.Ned2 Bf6 18.Nc4 b5 19.Ncd2 a6 20.Nb3 c5 21.c4 
cxd4 22.cxb5 e5 23.bxa6 Qb6 24.Qc2 d3 25.Rxd3 e4 26.Rd5 exf3 27.Red1 Ne5 
28.Qxf5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Rd8 30.Rxe5 Bxe5 31.Qxe5+ Qc7 32.a7+ Kb7 33.Nc5+ Kb6 
34.Na4+ Kb7 35.Nc5+ Kb6 36.Na4+ Kb7 37.Nc5+ Kb6 38.Nd7+ Qxd7 39.Qb8+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nc2 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.
e4 Nb4 9.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Be6 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bb5 O-O-O+ 14.
Ke3 Nd4 15.Bd3 Kb8 16.Ne2 Nxe2 17.Bxe2 Rd6 18.b3 Rc8 19.Rhc1 Rdc6 20.Rxc6 
Rxc6 21.Bd3 Kc7 22.g3 f6 23.f4 Rc5 24.f5 Bf7 25.g4 Kd6 26.Rd1 Ke7 27.h4 h6
28.Rd2 a5 29.Rg2 b5 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 fxg5 32.Rxg5 Kf6 33.Rg2 b4 34.Rc2 
Rxc2 35.Bxc2 g6 36.fxg6 Kxg6 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Bb5 Ke7 39.Bd3 Kd6 40.Be2 Kc5 
41.Bd3 Be6 42.Be2 a4 43.Bd1 a3 44.Bc2 Bg4 45.Kd3 Be6 46.Ke3 Kd6 47.Kf3 Ke7
48.Kg3 Kf6 49.Kh4 Bd7 50.Bd3 Kg6 51.Bc4 Kh6 52.Bd3 Kg6 53.Bc4 Kf6 54.Bd3 
Be6 55.Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qd2 exf4 14.Rxf4 Be6 15.
a5 Rac8 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Rf2 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Nxe4 19.Qe3 Nxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Bf6 21.c3
Be5 22.Bf3 Bd7 23.h3 Bc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Rf1 Qb7 26.Qe2 h6 27.Qd3 Re8 28.
b3 Re6 29.c4 c5 30.Qd5 Qxd5 31.cxd5 Rf6 32.Rxf6 Bxf6 33.Kg1 Kf8 34.Kf2 Ke8
35.Ke2 Bd8 36.Bxd8 Kxd8 37.Ke3 Ke7 38.Ke4 Kf6 39.h4 h5 40.Kf4 g6 41.Ke4 g5
42.g3 Kg6 43.Ke3 gxh4 44.gxh4 Kf5 45.Kf3 Ke5 46.Ke3 f5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c5 7.c4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 
9.Nc3 e6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Nc2 Nce4 15.Qd3 
Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Rb8 17.Be5 Ne8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd4+ Nf6 20.c5 d5 21.f4 Re8 
22.Ne3 Qe7 23.Ng4 h5 24.Ne5 Bd7 25.h3 Bc6 26.g4 Kg8 27.Rd3 hxg4 28.hxg4 
Nd7 29.g5 Nxe5 30.Qxe5 Qf8 31.Kf2 Qg7 32.Rh1 Qxe5 33.fxe5 b6 34.Rdh3 Kf8 
35.Rc1 Ke7 36.Rh7 bxc5 37.Rxc5 Rec8 38.Rh3 Rb5 39.Rhc3 Kd7 40.Bf3 Rxc5 41.
Rxc5 Kc7 42.Rc1 Kb6 43.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd8 7.O-O a6 8.Nb3 
Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 h6 8.a3 e5 9.
Rb1 a5 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 d5 13.b5 Be6 14.cxd5 Nfxd5 15.Bb2 
Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Nd5 17.Ba1 Ra2 18.Nc4 Re8 19.Re1 f6 20.Qb3 Ra8 21.Qc2 Bf7 22.
Red1 Qe7 23.Bb2 f5 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Bxa1 Qb4 26.Rb1 Qc5 27.Qc1 e4 28.Bxg7 
Kxg7 29.dxe4 fxe4 30.e3 Nf6 31.Bf1 b6 32.Qc3 Rd8 33.Rc1 Rd5 34.Qa1 Qe7 35.
Qb2 Rc5 36.Nd2 Rxc1 37.Qxc1 Qb4 38.Qc2 Kf8 39.h3 Bd5 40.Qc1 Ke8 41.Nb1 Kd8
42.Nc3 Kc8 43.Nxd5 Nxd5 44.Qc6 Ne7 45.Qe8+ Kb7 46.Bg2 g5 47.Kh2 Ka7 48.Qd7
Kb8 49.Qe6 Nc8 50.Qxe4 Qxe4 51.Bxe4 Nd6 52.Bc6 Kc8 53.f4 Kd8 54.Kg2 Ke7 
55.e4 Ke6 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.e5 Nc8 58.Ke4 gxf4 59.gxf4 Ne7 60.Bd7 Ng6 61.f5 
Nf8 62.Bc6 Nh7 63.Bd5+ Ke7 64.f6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.Qd2 f5 8.f3 Nf6 9.
Bd3 a6 10.h3 f4 11.Bf2 O-O 12.Nge2 g5 13.O-O-O Ng6 14.c5 Bd7 15.Kb1 Qe7 
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nc1 Rfc8 18.Nb3 Qd8 19.a4 Bf8 20.a5 Be7 21.Rc1 Be8 22.Na2 
Qd7 23.Qb4 Kg7 24.Rhd1 h5 25.Nd2 Rxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Nc4 g4 28.hxg4 hxg4 
29.Nc3 Rc7 30.Bb6 Rc8 31.Ba7 Rc7 32.Bb6 Rc8 33.Bf2 Rc7 34.b3 Bf8 35.Bb6 
Rc8 36.Ba7 Qe7 37.Nb6 Rd8 38.Nca4 Nh4 39.Nc8 Qd7 40.Nab6 Qf7 41.Bb8 gxf3 
42.gxf3 Kg8 43.Bc7 Rxc8 44.Nxc8 Nxf3 45.Bxd6 Bh6 46.Ne7+ Kh7 47.Nf5 Bg5 
48.Rh1+ Kg6 49.Qc3 Ng4 50.Be2 Nfh2 51.Bxg4 Nxg4 52.Qh3 Nf6 53.Ne7+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Csernyin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Bg2 dxe4 7.dxe4 e5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.c3 a5 10.h3 b6 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Re1 Qe8 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Bf1 Bxf1 15.Nxf1 
Qe6 16.Kg2 h6 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Bb2 Ne7 19.a3 Nc8 20.b4 Bf8 21.c4 Nd7 22.Red1 
axb4 23.axb4 Rxa1 24.Bxa1 Bxb4 25.Nxe5 Bd6 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Ne3 Bf8 28.Re1 
Ne7 29.Re2 Qc6 30.Ng4 Ng6 31.Ne3 Ne7 32.Nd5 b5 33.cxb5 Qxb5 34.Nf4 c5 35.
Re1 c4 36.Qe2 Qc6 37.Kg1 Rd8 38.Bc3 Re8 39.h4 Kh7 40.e5 Ng6 41.Nxg6 fxg6 
42.h5 gxh5 43.Qxh5 g6 44.Qg4 Bg7 45.Re4 Qd5 46.Qe2 Rc8 47.Rd4 Qe6 48.Rd6 
Qe8 49.Qe4 Rc7 50.Qd5 Re7 51.f4 Qa4 52.Qe4 Qe8 53.Qxc4 Qb8 54.Qd3 Qe8 55.
Qd5 Qa4 56.Rd8 Re8 57.Rd7 Qc2 58.Rxg7+ Kxg7 59.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 
Nc6 9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.Kh1 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qc1 Qc7 16.Qe3 Nb4 17.Qg3 Rfd8 18.c3 Nd3 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Be3 Bc5 21.b3 Rac8 
22.Rad1 Qa6 23.Bg5 Re8 24.Bf6 Bf8 25.c4 Kh8 26.Bg5 Qxa2 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.
Nxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxd3 Qe2 30.Rdf3 Rc7 31.h3 Kg8 32.Qg4 Re8 33.Qd4 h6 34.Bf4 b6
35.Qd5 Re6 36.Bg3 Rce7 37.Kh2 Rxe5 38.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 39.Qxe5 Rxe5 40.Rxf7 Bd6 
41.Kh1 a5 42.Rd7 Re6 43.Rd1 Bg3 44.R7d3 Bf2 45.g3 Bc5 46.Kg2 a4 47.bxa4 
Re2+ 48.Kf3 Rc2 49.Re1 Rxc4 50.Re4 Rc1 51.Kg4 Kh7 52.h4 Rf1 53.Rd7 Ra1 54.
Rf4 Kg8 55.Kf5 Re1 56.Rg4 Bf8 57.Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 
Qd7 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Re1 c5 18.Ne4 Be7 19.a4 b4 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Qc6 23.Qf3 Rad8 24.d4 cxd4 25.cxd4 h6 26.Ne4 Ba8 27.Rad1 Qb6 28.Nc5 
Nf6 29.Qf5 Rd6 30.Re7 Nd5 31.Re5 Nf6 32.Rd3 Qb4 33.Qf4 Rfd8 34.Qd2 Qb6 35.
a5 Qc7 36.f3 Rb8 37.Qe1 Qd8 38.Qc3 Rb5 39.Bc4 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Qc8 41.Kg2 Nd5 
42.Qd2 Ra1 43.Rb3 g5 44.h3 Kg7 45.Kh2 Qc7 46.Qb2 Rxa5 47.Qe2 Ra1 48.Re8 
Bc6 49.Qe5+ f6 50.Ne6+ Rxe6 51.Qxe6 Bxe8 52.Qxd5 Ra2+ 53.Kh1 Ra1+ 54.Kg2 
Ra2+ 55.Kf1 Ra1+ 56.Kf2 Ra2+ 57.Ke3 Qe7+ 58.Qe6 Qxe6+ 59.Bxe6 Kf8 60.f4 
gxf4+ 61.gxf4 Ke7 62.f5 Ra1 63.Rb7+ Kd6 64.Rb8 Bc6 65.Rf8 Ra3+ 66.Kf4 Rd3 
67.Rxf6 Rxd4+ 68.Kg3 Ke5 69.Rxh6 Be4 70.Bc8 Bd3 71.Re6+ Kxf5 72.Rxa6+ Kg5 
73.h4+ Kh5 74.Rc6 Bg6 75.Rc5+ Kh6 76.Bg4 Rd3+ 77.Kf2 Rd4 78.Kf3 Rd3+ 79.
Kf4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 
9.f3 Bh5 10.Nf4 Bd6 11.Nxh5 Nxh5 12.f4 Nhf6 13.c5 Bc7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.a4 Ba5
16.Qb1 Bb4 17.Rf2 g6 18.Nd1 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Qa5 20.b4 Qc7 21.Rda2 Rab8 22.
axb5 axb5 23.Ra7 Rb7 24.Qa2 Rfb8 25.Ra6 Kg7 26.Nc3 h5 27.Qe2 Qc8 28.Qf3 
Rc7 29.Nb1 Ng8 30.Nd2 Ne7 31.Qe2 Qd8 32.Nf3 Rcc8 33.Qa2 Nf5 34.Bxf5 exf5 
35.Ra7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7 37.Qa5 Qc8 38.h3 Rb7 39.Qa8 Rb8 40.Qa6 Qc7 41.Kf2 
Rb7 42.Qa5 Qc8 43.Ke2 Rb8 44.Ra2 Rb7 45.Qa6 Qc7 46.Qa3 Kh7 47.Ne1 Kg7 48.
Nd3 Kf8 49.Kd2 Kg7 50.Kd1 Kf8 51.Kc2 Kg7 52.Qc3 Qd8 53.Ra6 Rc7 54.Qa1 Qe7 
55.Qa5 Nf6 56.Ne5 Ne4 57.Qa1 Qh4 58.Qf1 Qg3 59.Nf3 f6 60.Qe2 g5 61.fxg5 
Nxg5 62.Nd2 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
Qd7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Bg2 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.Bd2 Rac8 13.Rfc1 Rfd8 14.Qd1 h6 15.
a3 Bd6 16.b4 Be5 17.Rab1 Ne8 18.Na4 b6 19.e3 Nd6 20.Qb3 Ne7 21.Nb2 Rxc1+ 
22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Nexc8 24.d4 Bf6 25.a4 Qc7 26.b5 Be7 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.
Bxc3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Nc4 f6 31.Nd2 f5 32.Nc4 g5 33.h3 h5 34.Kg2 g4 35.
h4 Bd6 36.Kf1 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ke8 38.Kd2 Kd7 39.Kc2 Ne7 40.Kb3 Kc7 41.Bb4 Bxb4 
42.Kxb4 Nd5+ 43.Kb3 Ne7 44.Ne5 Kd6 45.a5 Kc7 46.a6 Kd6 47.Kc4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e4 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.a3 d6 8.Rb1 a5 
9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Rb8 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 b6 15.b5 Ra8 
16.Qb2 Bg4 17.f3 Bc8 18.Bg5 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Bb7 20.Bh3 h6 21.Be3 Bc8 22.Bxc8
Qxc8 23.Ra1 Qb7 24.Qb2 f5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Ra1 Rf8 27.Kg2 g5 28.Bf2 h5 29.
Qa2 Qd7 30.Qa7 Qe6 31.Qb7 h4 32.Ra7 h3+ 33.Kf1 Rf7 34.Qd7 Qh6 35.Qe8+ Bf8 
36.Nd5 Qe6 37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Nxe7+ Qxe7 39.Qxe7 Bxe7 40.exf5 Kf7 41.g4 d5 
42.Bg3 Bd6 43.cxd5 Kf6 44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Ke3 Ke7 46.Ke4 Kf6 47.Be1 Bb8 48.d6 
Bxd6 49.Kd5 Bb8 50.Bc3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 Bd6 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 O-O 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Bd2 N5b6 14.Na5 Rb8 
15.b4 Nf6 16.Nb3 Nbd7 17.Rad1 Bd6 18.c4 Qc7 19.Bc3 Bf8 20.a3 g6 21.Qe2 Re6
22.Qc2 Rbe8 23.d4 exd4 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.Nxd4 Re8 26.Bd2 Nh5 27.Bc1 Bg7 28.
Ne2 Ne5 29.Be3 a5 30.Qb3 axb4 31.axb4 Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.b5 Qa5 34.Nd4 
c5 35.Nf3 b6 36.Qd1 Nxc4 37.Qd8+ Bf8 38.Bh6 Ng7 39.Kh2 Qxb5 40.Ng5 Qe8 41.
Qf6 Nh5 42.Qc3 Bxh6 43.Ne4 b5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.c4 c5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Bf5 a6 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.Bxd7 
Nxd7 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Nxd5 Qe6 18.Nf4 Bxf4 19.exf4 Rad8 20.Ng5 Qc6 21.Qg4 
Nf6 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Rxc5 Rd4 24.h4 h6 25.Nh3 Rd2 26.f5 Rd4 27.Qg3 Rxh4 28.
Rfc1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 h6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 
O-O 9.O-O d6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bc3 Qe7 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.Bb2 f5 14.Rad1 Qf7 15.Ne1
a5 16.b5 e5 17.f3 Nef6 18.Qc2 exd4 19.Rxd4 Nh7 20.Rf4 Qe6 21.Bh3 g6 22.Rh4
g5 23.Qc3 Qg6 24.Rd4 Nc5 25.Qc2 Rae8 26.Rf2 Re7 27.g4 Ne6 28.gxf5 Qh5 29.
fxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.g4 
Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bg2 Be7 14.Be3 Qa5 
15.a3 Rd8 16.g5 Nd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qf3 Bb4 19.Rc1 Bxc3+ 20.Rxc3 Qb5 21.b4
a5 22.Qe2 Qxe2+ 23.Kxe2 axb4 24.axb4 Rh4 25.Rd3 Kd7 26.Kf3 Ra8 27.Kg3 Re4 
28.Rc1 Ra4 29.f3 Re8 30.Rc5 Ne7 31.Bf4 Rc8 32.Rb5 Kc6 33.Rc5+ Kd7 34.Rb5 
Kc6 35.Rc5+ Kd7 36.Rb5 Ra7 37.Be5 Rc4 38.Bb8 Kc6 39.Rc5+ Rxc5 40.bxc5 Ra4 
41.Be5 Nf5+ 42.Kg4 Rb4 43.Kh3 Kb5 44.Rd2 Kc4 45.Kg4 Kc3 46.Ra2 Nxd4 47.
Bxg7 Kb3 48.Rd2 Nf5+ 49.f4 Nxg7 50.Rxd5 Ne6 51.Rd7 Rxf4+ 52.Kg3 Nxc5 53.
Rxb7+ Nxb7 54.Kxf4 Nd6 55.Ke5 Ne8 56.Kd5 Kc3 57.Kc6 f5 58.gxf6 Nxf6 59.Kd6
Kd4 60.Ke6 Nh5 61.Kf7 Nf4 62.Kf6 Ke4 63.h3 Kf3 64.Kg5 Kg3 65.h4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.f4 Nb6 8.b3 Nf6 9.
Nf3 a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 a5 12.h3 Qc7 13.Nf2 O-O 14.Rc1 Nfd7 15.c3 bxc3 16.
Rxc3 c5 17.Rc2 Bb7 18.O-O Rfc8 19.Rfc1 Qd8 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Rxc5 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 Nd7 24.Rc2 Qb6 25.e5 Rd8 26.Qe2 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Qxb3 28.Qc6
Nf8 29.Bc4 Qe3 30.Qe4 Qb6 31.Kh2 h5 32.Nd3 Rd4 33.Qe3 Bh6 34.h4 Qd8 35.g3 
Ne6 36.Bxe6 Rxd3 37.Qe4 Kg7 38.Rc8 Rd2+ 39.Kh3 Qd3 40.Qxd3 Rxd3 41.Bc4 Ra3
42.Kg2 Rxa4 43.Rc7 Kg8 44.e6 fxe6 45.Bxe6+ Kg7 46.Bb3 Rb4 47.Rxe7+ Kf8 48.
Rf7+ Ke8 49.Bd5 Rd4 50.Be6 Rd6 51.Bc4 Rc6 52.Bb5 Kxf7 53.Bxc6 Kf6 54.Kf3 
Bf8 55.Ba4 Bc5 56.Bc2 Bb4 57.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fominykh, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 e5 9.
d5 Ne7 10.e4 b5 11.Nd2 c6 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.b3 Rb8 14.Bb2 Be6 15.Nd5 Nd4 16.
Kh1 Qd7 17.Kh2 Rfc8 18.Rc1 Qd8 19.Ba1 Nd7 20.Re1 h5 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nf3 
bxc4 23.bxc4 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qf6 25.Qd2 Nc5 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 d3 28.Rb1 Rxb1
29.Rxb1 Re8 30.Kg1 Qc3 31.Qf4 Ne4 32.Bf1 d2 33.c5 Qc2 34.Nxd2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fominykh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.
Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Ke1 g6 13.Rc1 Bg7 14.f4 
O-O 15.Kf2 e5 16.Rhd1 exf4 17.gxf4 Rfe8 18.Ne4 Bg4 19.Rd6 Rxd6 20.Nxd6 Re7
21.h3 Be6 22.b3 Bb2 23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Rb1 Bf6 25.Nxb7 Bh4+ 26.Kg1 Bf5 27.Rc1 
Nd4 28.Kf1 Nxe2 29.Kxe2 Bd3+ 30.Kf3 Rxb7 31.Kg4 Re7 32.Bd4 Rd7 33.Rc8+ Rd8
34.Rxd8+ Bxd8 35.Bxa7 f5+ 36.Kg3 Be7 37.h4 h6 38.Bd5+ Kh7 39.Kf3 Bd8 40.
Bf2 Be7 41.a4 Bb4 42.Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Bg7 7.Qe1 O-O 8.h3 Nc6 
9.g4 Qd6 10.Qf2 e5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bf4 Qe6 15.e3 h5
16.g5 Nd7 17.d4 f6 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Qg3 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Kh2 c5 22.c3 
Rad8 23.h4 Bc8 24.Rf2 Kh7 25.Raf1 Rde8 26.a3 Rf7 27.Bg5 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 cxd4 
29.cxd4 Qc4 30.Qb8 Qa4 31.Rf7 Qc2 32.Qxa7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d5 Nce7 
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Nh4 Bf6 14.f4 e4 15.Qe1 b5
16.g4 bxc4 17.Nxf5 Nxf5 18.gxf5 Qxf5 19.Nxe4 Kf7 20.Ng3 Qxd5 21.Be3 Re8 
22.Rd1 Qc6 23.Kf2 h5 24.Qe2 h4 25.Nf5 Qe4 26.Nd4 d5 27.Nf3 Nh6 28.Ne5+ 
Bxe5 29.fxe5 Ng4+ 30.Ke1+ Ke6 31.Bf4 Qxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Nxe5 33.Kd2 Kd7 34.Kc3 
c6 35.Bg5 Rh5 36.Bf6 h3 37.Rf4 Re6 38.Rg1 c5 39.Rg7+ Kc6 40.Ra7 d4+ 41.Kd2
Kd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 e5 8.O-O 
exd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.h3 Bf5 11.a3 Bd6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Be7 14.Re1 Ne4 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Nf4 Nf6 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Qxh5 Bg6 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Rad1 c6 21.h4 
Ng8 22.d5 Nf6 23.Qf4 Bh5 24.dxc6 Bxd1 25.cxb7 Rb8 26.Rxd1 Qe7 27.Ba6 Qe6 
28.Rd6 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qe7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Qe6 32.Rd6 Qe7 33.b4 Kg8 34.Rc6
Rxb7 35.Bxb7 Qxb7 36.Rc5 Rc8 37.Rxc8+ Qxc8 38.a4 Qa6 39.b5 Qb6 40.Qe3 Qc7+
41.g3 h5 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ g6 44.Qf4 Qb7 45.a5 Kg8 46.Qb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Qb3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Rd1 Nc5 13.Qc4 Bd7 14.Be3 Rc8 
15.Nc6 Bxc6 16.Rxd8 Rfxd8 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.a4 Rd5 19.Rb1 Nd7 20.Qb3 b6 21.
c4 Rdd6 22.Qb5 Rc8 23.a5 Rdc6 24.Qa6 R6c7 25.Rd1 Nc5 26.Qb5 Rc6 27.axb6 
axb6 28.Ra1 Bf8 29.Ra7 Ne4 30.Qh5 R6c7 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Qb5 Nd6 33.Qxb6 
Rxc4 34.Bf4 Nf5 35.Qd8 Rd4 36.Qa8 Ne7 37.h4 h5 38.Kg2 Ng6 39.Bc1 Rd1 40.
Bg5 Rd5 41.e4 Rc5 42.Qe8 Rc4 43.f3 Rc7 44.Qb8 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 f6 46.Qe8 Kh7 
47.Be3 Rc3 48.Ke2 Be7 49.g4 Bc5 50.Bd2 Rc2 51.Kd1 Rb2 52.gxh5 Nxh4 53.Qxe6
Rb1+ 54.Kc2 Rg1 55.h6 Rg2 56.Kd3 Rg3 57.hxg7 Kxg7 58.Be1 Rxf3+ 59.Kc4 Bf2 
60.Qd7+ Kh8 61.Bc3 Kg8 62.Qe6+ Kg7 63.e5 fxe5 64.Bxe5+ Kf8 65.Bf6 Rf4+ 66.
Kb5 Nf5 67.Qc8+ Kf7 68.Be5 Ne7 69.Qc7 Rf5 70.Kc4 Bh4 71.Kd3 Bf6 72.Qc4+ 
Kg6 73.Bf4 Rd5+ 74.Ke2 Rd4 75.Qc2+ Kf7 76.Kf3 Rd5 77.Qb3 Kg6 78.Kg4 Rd4 
79.Qb1+ Kg7 80.Qg1 Ng6 81.Kh5 Rd5+ 82.Kg4 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Nd4 Ng6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.f4 Bg4 14.Rd3 
Rd8 15.h3 Bd7 16.Be3 c5 17.Ne2 b6 18.c4 h5 19.Rad1 h4 20.N2c3 Bf5 21.Kf2 
Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Rh5 23.b3 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Rf5 25.g4 hxg3+ 26.Kxg3 Rh5 27.Nc3 Bd8
28.Kg4 Rh4+ 29.Kg3 Rh8 30.Kg4 Rh4+ 31.Kg3 Rh8 32.Kg4 Rh4+ 33.Kg3 Rh8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.Nf1 Bxc4 14.dxc4 h6 15.Ne3 Qe6
16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Qd3 Ne7 18.Bd2 c5 19.Nxe7+ Bxe7 20.Nh4 Rfd8 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.
Rad1 Kh7 23.Ne3 g6 24.c3 b3 25.Nd5 Bg7 26.Re3 Nxd5 27.cxd5 Qc8 28.c4 f5 
29.Qe2 Rf8 30.Ra1 fxe4 31.Ra3 Qb7 32.Rxe4 h5 33.Ra1 Rf7 34.Qd3 Rbf8 35.f3 
Bh6 36.Bxh6 Kxh6 37.Ra3 Rb8 38.Re3 Rf4 39.Rxb3 Qxb3 40.Qxb3 Rxb3 41.Rxb3 
Rxc4 42.Rb6 Rb4 43.Rxd6 Rxb2 44.Rxa6 c4 45.d6 Rb5 46.Ra8 c3 47.d7 c2 48.
Rc8 Rd5 49.Rxc2 Rxd7 50.Ra2 Ra7 51.a6 Kg5 52.Kf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.Nc3 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.e4 c6 8.Be3 O-O 
9.O-O a6 10.a3 Re8 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Rc8 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qc7 15.Rfc1 
Qb8 16.a4 Rc7 17.a5 h6 18.g3 Nh7 19.h4 Nhf6 20.Kg2 Rec8 21.Ra4 Nc5 22.Rc4 
Ncd7 23.Rb4 Nc5 24.Ra1 Rf8 25.Rc4 Rfc8 26.Ra3 h5 27.f3 g6 28.b4 Ncd7 29.b5
Rxc4 30.Nxc4 axb5 31.Nxb5 Kg7 32.Na7 Rc7 33.Qa2 Qf8 34.Nb6 Nxb6 35.axb6 
Rd7 36.Nc6 Ne8 37.Ra7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
h4 O-O 9.Qe2 c5 10.Qe3 Qa5+ 11.c3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qe5 13.O-O-O Qxe3+ 14.Bxe3 
a6 15.g4 Bd8 16.g5 Bc7 17.Be2 Re8 18.h5 Nf8 19.Nb3 e5 20.Nc5 b6 21.Bf3 Rb8
22.Ne4 Bb7 23.h6 Red8 24.Kc2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ne6 26.a4 Bc6 27.b3 Rd8 28.Rh1 
a5 29.Rh3 Nf4 30.Rg3 Bd7 31.Bg4 Bc6 32.Bf3 Bd7 33.hxg7 Bf5 34.Kb2 Kxg7 35.
Rg1 Nd5 36.Bc1 Nf4 37.Be3 Nd5 38.Bd2 Nf4 39.Kc2 h6 40.gxh6+ Kxh6 41.Be3 
Bg6 42.Kb2 Kg7 43.Bxf4 exf4 44.Bh5 Re8 45.Bxg6 fxg6 46.f3 Rd8 47.Kc2 Be5 
48.Rg5 Re8 49.Rg2 Kf7 50.Kd3 Rc8 51.Rg5 Bc7 52.Kd4 Rh8 53.Kd5 Rh3 54.Rg4 
Ke7 55.Nd2 Rh5+ 56.Kd4 Kf6 57.Ne4+ Kg7 58.Rg5 Rxg5 59.Nxg5 Kf6 60.Ne4+ Kf5
61.b4 g5 62.b5 g4 63.fxg4+ Kxg4 64.c4 f3 65.c5 bxc5+ 66.Kxc5 Kf5 67.Kd5 
Kf4 68.Nf2 Bb6 69.Nd1 f2 70.Nxf2 Bxf2 71.Kc6 Ke5 72.b6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qg4 
Nf6 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qh6 Ne5 11.Be2 d5 12.Bg5 Neg4 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.exd5 Qxd5 
15.g3 Qf5 16.N1d2 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Rxg4 18.c3 Bd7 19.Nd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be6 9.Bd3 Bg5 10.Nc2 Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nge7 12.O-O Ng6 13.Nd5 Nf4 14.Qf3 Bxd5 
15.cxd5 Ne7 16.g3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 O-O 18.Ne3 Rc8 19.a4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Qd7 21.a5
f5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.Rc8+ Rf8 26.Rc4 Rf3 27.Rc8+ 
Rf8 28.Rc3 g5 29.h3 Kg7 30.Kf1 Kf6 31.Ke2 e4 32.Rc7 Rb8 33.Ke3 b6 34.Rxh7 
bxa5 35.Kxe4 Rb4+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.Rh6+ Ke5 38.Rg6 Kxd5 39.Rxg5+ Kc6 40.Rxa5
Kb6 41.Ra1 Rb3+ 42.Kg4 d5 43.h4 d4 44.h5 d3 45.h6 Kc5 46.h7 Rb8 47.Kf5 Kc4
48.g4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C66"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Re1 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Nf3 Ne5 10.Bxd7 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Nxd7 12.Nd5 Nb6 13.Bd2 Nxd5 14.exd5 
Bf6 15.Bc3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qd7 17.Re3 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rxe3 19.Rxe3 Re8 20.h3 
Rxe3 21.Qxe3 c5 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.c4 c5 24.a3 a5 25.Qd2 Qc7 26.g3 g6 27.h4 
h5 28.Qc3 Qb6 29.Kf1 Qa6 30.Kg1 Qb6 31.Kf1 Qa6 32.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O 
cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Re1 b5 12.Bb1 Bb7 13.Qd3 Na5 14.Bg5 g6 15.Ba2
Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Qxc4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qb6 19.Na4 Qb7 20.Qe2 Qd5 21.Bh6 
Rfd8 22.Rad1 Bd6 23.f4 Qc6 24.Nc3 Nd5 25.Qe4 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Rc1 Qb6 
28.Qe5 Kg8 29.Ne4 Qxb2 30.Rc5 Qb8 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.Qg5 Rd6 34.
Re7 Qf8 35.Qe5 Rxf6 36.Qxf6+ Kg8 37.Rd7 Qe8 38.Re7 Qf8 39.Qe5 Rd8 40.a4 a5
41.Kg2 Rc8 42.Rd7 Qb4 43.f5 Qxa4 44.Rxf7 Kxf7 45.Qe6+ Kf8 46.Qxc8+ Qe8 47.
Qc5+ Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kf6 49.Qd6+ Kxf5 50.Qxd5+ Kf6 51.Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.d3 h6 8.h3 d6 
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.Bc4 Nh5 12.Qe3 b6 13.Nbd2 Qf6 14.Kh2 Nf4 15.Ng1 
Na5 16.g3 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Ng6 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 Bb5 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.a4 Bc6 
22.Ne3 a5 23.c4 Nf8 24.Nd5 Rd7 25.Kg2 f6 26.Ng1 Ne6 27.Ne2 Rf8 28.f3 Bb7 
29.Kf2 f5 30.Kg2 g6 31.h4 h5 32.Ng1 Nd4 33.Nh3 Bxd5 34.exd5 Nc2 35.Ng5 
Nxa1 36.Rxa1 Re8 37.Re1 Rde7 38.Ne6 Rxe6 39.dxe6 Rxe6 40.f4 e4 41.dxe4 
fxe4 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Rd1 e3+ 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Rd3 Kf5 46.Rxe3 Rd6 47.Kf3 Rd2 
48.b3 Rb2 49.Re5+ Kf6 50.Re3 Kf5 51.Re5+ Kf6 52.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D21"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.e4 
Ngf6 9.a3 c5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Rc8 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.Qxb6 N5xb6 
15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.exd6 f6 17.Be3 Kf7 18.Rd1 Rhd8 19.Bd3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
Ke2 e5 22.Rd2 Ke6 23.Rhd1 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Ne1 Bd5 26.b4 Bc4+ 27.Ke3 
Rc6 28.d7 Ke7 29.f4 exf4+ 30.Kxf4 Be6 31.Nd3 Rc4+ 32.Kg3 Rxd7 33.Nc5 Rc3+ 
34.Kf2 Rxd2+ 35.Rxd2 Bc8 36.Ra2 Kf7 37.a4 bxa4 38.Rxa4 Rc4 39.Kg3 Kg6 40.
h3 h5 41.Nxa6 h4+ 42.Kh2 Bxa6 43.Rxa6 Rxb4 44.Ra5 Kh6 45.Kg1 Rb2 46.Rc5 g6
47.Ra5 f5 48.Rc5 Kg5 49.Ra5 Re2 50.Ra6 Kh5 51.Rf6 Re5 52.Kf2 Ra5 53.Rb6 g5
54.Rb8 g4 55.Rh8+ Kg5 56.hxg4 fxg4 57.Rg8+ Kf4 58.Rf8+ Rf5 59.Ra8 Kg5+ 60.
Kg1 g3 61.Rg8+ Kf4 62.Ra8 Rd5 63.Ra4+ Ke3 64.Ra3+ Rd3 65.Rxd3+ Kxd3 66.Kf1
Ke3 67.Kg1 Kf4 68.Kf1 Kg4 69.Kg1 h3 70.gxh3+ Kxh3 71.Kh1 g2+ 72.Kg1 Kg3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Bd3 a6 12.Rfe1 Qc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4
f5 16.Bd3 c5 17.d5 Nf8 18.h3 exd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Ng5 h6 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.
Qxc4+ Kh8 23.Qh4 Kg8 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Qh4 Kg8 26.Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Bd3 Be6 8.
O-O Qe7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Ng4 12.Qg3 h5 13.h3 h4 14.Qf4 g5 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16.Qa5 Qd6 17.Be2 b6 18.Qa4 Rg8 19.Rd1 Qc5 20.Qd4 Qxd4 21.Rxd4 g4 
22.Bxg4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Rxg4 24.Kh2 Ke7 25.Nd2 Rag8 26.Rg1 Rf4 27.f3 a5 28.
Ra4 c5 29.Ra3 Rd8 30.Nf1 Nc4 31.Rc3 Rd4 32.b3 Ne5 33.Ne3 h3 34.Nd5+ Rxd5 
35.exd5 hxg2 36.Kxg2 Kd6 37.Re3 Rd4 38.Rge1 Ng6 39.c4 Nf4+ 40.Kg3 Nh5+ 41.
Kf2 Nf4 42.Kg3 Nh5+ 43.Kf2 Nf4 44.Kf1 c6 45.Re4 cxd5 46.Rxd4 cxd4 47.cxd5 
Kxd5 48.Re7 f6 49.Ke1 Nd3+ 50.Kd2 Ne5 51.f4 Ng6 52.Rd7+ Ke4 53.Rd6 b5 54.
Rxf6 Nxf4 55.Ra6 b4 56.Rxa5 Nd5 57.Ra8 Nc3 58.Re8+ Kd5 59.Ra8 Ne4+ 60.Kc2 
Nc3 61.Kd3 Kc5 62.Ra5+ Kb6 63.Rh5 Nxa2 64.Kxd4 Kc6 65.Kc4 Kb6 66.Rh2 Nc3 
67.Kxb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Wang Zili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 d5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nf3
Nd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Re8 11.e4 c5 12.e5 cxd4 13.exd6 dxc3 14.bxc3 Be6 15.
Qd4 Rc8 16.Rfe1 Rc6 17.Rad1 Bxb3 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.axb3 Qd8 20.c4 h6 21.h3 
Kg7 22.h4 h5 23.c5 Nd7 24.b4 a5 25.Re1 axb4 26.Re7 Rxc5 27.Ng5 Kg8 28.Nxf7
Qb6 29.Qe3 Rc8 30.Qh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang Zili"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7 8.c4 Ng6 9.
Na3 Nf4 10.Bxf4 Bxa3 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Be7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Qe3 Bg6
16.Rbd1 Re8 17.Nh2 Nf8 18.Bg3 Qa5 19.Qe2 Rad8 20.f4 c5 21.cxd5 Rxd5 22.f5 
exf5 23.Bxf5 Qb6 24.Qc4 Red8 25.Bxg6 Qxg6 26.Bf2 Ne6 27.Ng4 cxd4 28.Be1 h5
29.Nh2 d3 30.Nf3 b5 31.Qc1 Rc5 32.Qe3 Rc2 33.Bf2 Bc5 34.Qe1 Nf4 35.Nh4 Qg3
36.e6 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 
O-O 9.Kh1 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.a5 Bg4 15.Bxg4 
Nxg4 16.Qd3 e6 17.h3 Nf6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Ng3 Nb8 20.Rf2 Qc4 21.Rd1 Qxd3 22.
Rxd3 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Bc5 Rfd8 25.f5 Bxb2 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Ne4 Be5 28.Bd4
Nc6 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Rd4 Nc6 31.Rd3 Ne5 32.Rd4 Rc4 33.Nec5 Rxd4 34.Nxd4 Nc7
35.Ndxe6 Nxe6 36.Nxe6 Rc8 37.Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Bh6 Rb8 14.Rab1 Rb6
15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Qg3 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Qd6 18.g3 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Kg7 20.Rb3 a5 21.f5 
gxf5 22.Bxf5 Rg8 23.Bxe6 Kf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.Kh1 O-O 10.f4 d6 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 
16.Bg2 Bb7 17.Rf3 Nb4 18.Rh3 g6 19.Qd2 Bf8 20.Rd1 Rac8 21.Nc1 b5 22.axb5 
axb5 23.N1e2 Nxc2 24.Qxc2 b4 25.Bd4 bxc3 26.Bxc3 Bc6 27.Nd4 Ba8 28.Qf2 e5 
29.Nf3 Bxe4 30.Qh4 h5 31.gxh6 Be7 32.h7+ Kh8 33.Qe1 Bxf3 34.Rxf3 Bf6 35.
fxe5 Bxe5 36.Rxf7 Bxc3 37.Qxc3+ Qxc3 38.bxc3 Ne5 39.Rf6 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Be7 8.
Nd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qf3 Bf8 12.Rxe8 Qxe8 13.Re1 Be6 14.c4 
Qd7 15.c5 Rb8 16.b3 g6 17.Qf4 Bg7 18.Ba5 Re8 19.Bxc7 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Qxc7 21.
b4 Qb8 22.h4 Bd7 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Kf1 Qb8 25.g3 Qe8 26.Qe3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 
Kg7 28.Ba6 Kf6 29.Ke2 Ke5 30.Bb7 d4 31.Kd3 dxe3 32.Kxe3 Kd5 33.Ba6 h6 34.
a3 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Bf1 f5 37.Ba6 Ke5 38.Bb7 Kd5 39.Ba6 Be8 40.Bc8 Ke5 
41.Bb7 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4
O-O 9.c5 Be7 10.Nc3 f5 11.f3 Ng5 12.Ne2 Ne6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Nf4 Bf6 15.Nxe6 
Bxe6 16.Re1 Qd7 17.Bf4 Rab8 18.b3 a5 19.Be5 Rb4 20.Qxa5 Rxd4 21.Qc3 Rh4 
22.a4 d4 23.Qc2 Bd5 24.a5 Qf7 25.a6 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Qh5 27.h3 Qg5 28.a7 Ra8 
29.Qe2 Qd8 30.Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qc2 
Re8 9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O-O a5 11.h3 a4 12.Kb1 b5 13.g4 g6 14.Rdg1 a3 15.b3 b4 
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Na4 Ba6 18.Ne5 Bxd3 19.Nxd3 Rxa4 20.bxa4 c5 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 
22.Qxc5 Ne4 23.Qc2 Qf6 24.Rc1 Qxf2 25.Qxf2 Nxf2 26.Rhf1 Ne4 27.Kc2 Nc3 28.
Kb3 Rxe3 29.Rce1 Rxh3 30.Re7 Nxa2+ 31.Kxa2 Rh2+ 32.Kb1 b3 33.Rb7 Rb2+ 34.
Ka1 Ra2+ 35.Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "154"]

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.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Bh6 Nh7 22.Ra3 Rb8 
23.Rea1 Bc8 24.axb5 axb5 25.R1a2 Bb7 26.Be3 Bf6 27.Qe1 Qc7 28.Qa1 Rec8 29.
Nf1 Bd8 30.N1d2 Nf6 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Bg5 Qc7 33.Kg1 Nfd7 34.Ra5 Bxg5 35.Nxg5 
Qb6 36.Qd1 Nf6 37.Qf3 Kg7 38.Qe3 Ra8 39.b4 cxb3 40.Nxb3 Rxa5 41.Rxa5 b4 
42.cxb4 Qxb4 43.Qd2 Qxd2 44.Nxd2 Ba6 45.Ba4 Rb8 46.Nb3 Nxb3 47.Rxa6 Nc5 
48.Ra7 Nfxe4 49.Nxf7 Rb1+ 50.Kh2 Rb7 51.Rxb7 Nxb7 52.Bc2 Nf6 53.Ng5 Nc5 
54.Ne6+ Nxe6 55.dxe6 Nd5 56.h4 Kf6 57.Kg3 Nf4 58.e7 Kxe7 59.Kf3 Kf6 60.g3 
Ne6 61.Ke4 Nd4 62.Bd3 Nc6 63.Bc4 Ne7 64.Bb3 Nf5 65.Ba2 Ke7 66.Bc4 Nh6 67.
f4 exf4 68.Kxf4 Kf6 69.Bb3 Nf5 70.Ba2 Ne7 71.g4 hxg4 72.Kxg4 Nf5 73.Kh3 
Ne3 74.Kg3 d5 75.Kf4 Nc4 76.Bb3 Nb6 77.Ba2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.Bb5 Nc6 8.Nf3 h6 
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.Ba4 Nge7 12.Ne2 g6 13.c3 Nf5 14.h4 h5 15.Qf4 Bh6 
16.Ng5 O-O-O 17.Rfe1 Kb8 18.Ng3 Qe7 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.g3 Na7 21.Rad1 a5 22.
Qf3 Rdg8 23.Qxh5 Rg6 24.Qf3 c5 25.Bf4 Ka8 26.Bc2 Nc6 27.a3 Rc8 28.Bb1 Ba6 
29.Kg2 Bc4 30.Qe3 Bb3 31.Rd2 a4 32.Bd3 Na5 33.Qf3 Ka7 34.Rh1 cxd4 35.cxd4 
Nc4 36.Re2 Rh8 37.Bc2 Na5 38.Bxb3 Nxb3 39.Qd3 Rc8 40.Rc2 Rxc2 41.Qxc2 Kb7 
42.Rd1 Rg8 43.Rd3 Rc8 44.Qd1 f6 45.exf6 Qxf6 46.Re3 Rc6 47.Re5 Qg6 48.Re2 
Bxg5 49.Bxg5 Rc4 50.Be3 f4 51.Bxf4 Nxd4 52.Re5 Nf5 53.h5 Qg7 54.Rxe6 Rxf4 
55.Qxd5+ Ka7 56.Rg6 Rxf2+ 57.Kxf2 Qxb2+ 58.Kf3 Qb3+ 59.Ke4 Nxg3+ 60.Rxg3 
Qxg3 61.Qd7+ Kb8 62.Qe8+ Kb7 63.Qe7+ Ka6 64.Kf5 Qf3+ 65.Kg6 Qd3+ 66.Kg7 
Qc3+ 67.Kf7 Qf3+ 68.Kg6 Qd3+ 69.Kh6 Qd2+ 70.Kg7 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.cxd5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O a5 11.e3 Bc5 12.b3 Qf6 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.d3 Qh6 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16.exd4 Rac8 17.Rae1 Qf6 18.Qc3 b5 19.Re3 b4 20.Qc4 Rfe8 21.Rfe1
Kf8 22.Qb5 Red8 23.Rf3 Re8 24.Ree3 Qg5 25.Qxa5 Bg4 26.Rf4 Rxe3 27.fxe3 c5 
28.h4 Qg6 29.dxc5 Bh3 30.Bxh3 Qxg3+ 31.Bg2 Qxe3+ 32.Rf2 Kg8 33.Qxb4 g5 34.
Qg4 Qxc5 35.Qxg5+ Kf8 36.Qf6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O b5 8.a4 bxa4 
9.Rxa4 O-O 10.exd5 exd5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Ra1 c4 14.c3 a5 15.Ne5 
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Be6 17.Nf1 a4 18.Ne3 Ra5 19.f4 Bc5 20.Kh1 d4 21.cxd4 Bxd4 22.
Qc2 Nd5 23.f5 Nb4 24.Qd2 Nd3 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Re2 Rxe5 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.Nxc4 
Nf2+ 29.Kg1 Nh3+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Ng4+ 32.Kh1 Rh5 33.Bf3 Qc7 34.Bf4 e5 
35.Nxe5 Qxc2 36.Rxc2 Nxe5 37.Bxh5 Nd3 38.Rxa4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.c3 Nf5 7.Bd4 Bd7 8.Nf3 Nc6 
9.Qd2 f6 10.b4 a5 11.exf6 gxf6 12.b5 Ncxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.Nc3 e4 15.g4 Ne7 
16.Ng1 Bxg4 17.Qf4 f5 18.h3 Bh5 19.b6 Bg7 20.Bb5+ Kf7 21.Nge2 Rg8 22.O-O-O
Bf6 23.Rhg1 Rg6 24.Kb1 a4 25.Qe3 Ra5 26.Bxa4 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 Rxg1 28.Rxg1 
Bxd4 29.Qh5+ Ke6 30.Be8 Rxc5 31.Qf7+ Kd6 32.Nb5+ Rxb5+ 33.Bxb5 Qxb6 34.Qe8
Nc6 35.a4 Qc5 36.Qf8+ Ne7 37.Rc1 Qb4+ 38.Kc2 Qb2+ 39.Kd1 Qb3+ 40.Rc2 Qb1+ 
41.Kd2 Ke6 42.Be8 Qb4+ 43.Ke2 Bf6 44.Bf7+ Ke5 45.Qb8+ Qd6 46.Qxb7 d4 47.
Kd1 Bh4 48.a5 Qa3 49.Qb6 Qd3+ 50.Kc1 Qf1+ 51.Kb2 d3 52.Qe6+ Kf4 53.Qh6+ 
Kf3 54.Qxh4 dxc2 55.Qg3+ Ke2 56.Qe3+ Kd1 57.Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.O-O 
Bb7 9.Qe2 d6 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 Nf6 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.a5 Be7 14.c3 bxc3 15.Nxc3 
O-O 16.Rfc1 Qd8 17.Rd1 Nd7 18.Be3 Nce5 19.Bb1 Rb8 20.Nd2 Re8 21.f4 Ng6 22.
Nc4 d5 23.exd5 exd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Qc7 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Rad1 Nf6 28.
Re5 Qc6 29.Nb6 Bd6 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Qc4 Qxc4 32.Nxc4 Bxf4 33.Bxf4 Re4 34.
b3 Rxf4 35.Rd6 Re4 36.Rxa6 Ng4 37.g3 Re2 38.Ra8+ Kh7 39.h3 Nh2 40.a6 Nf3+ 
41.Kf1 Ra2 42.a7 Nd4 43.Rd8 Ra1+ 44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Nd2 Nxb3 46.a8=Q Rxa8 47.
Rxa8 Nxd2 48.Ke3 Nc4+ 49.Kd4 Nd6 50.g4 f6 51.Rf8 Nb5+ 52.Kc5 Nc3 53.Re8 f5
54.Kd4 Ne4 55.Rxe4 fxe4 56.Kxe4 g5 57.Ke5 Kg6 58.Ke6 Kh7 59.Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5 
9.exd5 exd5 10.Nf1 Bb7 11.h3 Re8 12.g4 Qc7 13.Ne3 d4 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bg5 Nd5
16.Qd2 Nce7 17.Nxe7+ Bxe7 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nh4 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Ng6 21.Rxe8+ 
Rxe8 22.Re1 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qc6 24.f4 f6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Qe4 Qxe4 27.dxe4 Ne7 
28.Ne1 Nc6 29.c3 dxc3 30.bxc3 Ke6 31.Ke3 g5 32.Nf3 gxf4+ 33.Kxf4 a5 34.g5 
Ne5 35.Nd2 fxg5+ 36.Kxg5 b4 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Kh6 c4 39.Kxh7 c3 40.Nb3 Nf3 
41.Kg6 Ke5 42.Kh5 Kxe4 43.Kg4 Nd4 44.Nc1 Ke3 45.h4 Kd2 46.h5 Kxc1 47.h6 
Nc6 48.h7 Ne5+ 49.Kf5 Nf7 50.Kf6 Nh8 51.Kg7 c2 52.Kxh8 Kb1 53.Kg8 c1=Q 54.
h8=Q Qc8+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
h5 9.h3 b5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Re1 h4 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Rad1 b4 15.axb4 
Bxb4 16.Bd4 Rh5 17.Qf4 Kf8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qxf6 e5 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Be2 Rg5
22.Rxd7 Bc8 23.Rd3 a5 24.Rc1 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Ba6 26.Rd2 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Rxc3 28.
Ra1 Rxh3 29.Rxa5 Rc3 30.Kh2 Rc6 31.Rd2 Kg7 32.Rad5 Rcg6 33.f3 Rg3 34.Rf2 
f6 35.c4 Kh6 36.c5 Kh5 37.Rd7 Rg8 38.c6 R3g7 39.Rfd2 Kg6 40.Kh3 Rc8 41.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Nc3 
Nxg3 9.hxg3 d5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.a3 Bd7 13.f4 Qe7 14.Nf3 f5 15.Nxg5
O-O-O 16.Nf3 Kb8 17.Na4 Rc8 18.Nc5 Rc7 19.Kf2 Rhc8 20.Rc3 Be8 21.Qc2 h5 
22.Rc1 Bf6 23.b4 Nd8 24.b5 Ka8 25.Qb3 b6 26.Na6 Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.Qxc3 
Kb7 29.Qb3 Qd6 30.Nb4 Nf7 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Qc5 33.Na6 Qe7 34.Bxf5 Nxe5 
35.fxe5 Qf7 36.e4 exf5 37.exd5 f4 38.e6 Qf6 39.Kg1 Qe5 40.gxf4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2
Qh4+ 42.Qh3 Qxf4+ 43.Qg3 Qxg3+ 44.Kxg3 Bxb5 45.a4 Bxa4 46.d6 Kc8 47.Kf4 
Bb5 48.Ke5 Bxa6 49.d7+ Kc7 50.Kf6 Kd8 51.e7+ Kxd7 52.Kf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nge7 6.O-O Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Ng6 8.Bg3
Bd6 9.Bxd6 cxd6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.c3 Rc8 12.Rfc1 e5 13.Qb5 e4 14.Ne1 Nge7 15.
Qxb7 Na5 16.Qa6 f5 17.Nc2 Nc4 18.Nxc4 dxc4 19.Nb4 f4 20.exf4 Rxf4 21.Re1 
d5 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Qe5 Rf5 24.Qg3 a5 25.Nc2 Ng6 26.h4 Nxh4 27.Ne3 Rh5 28.b3
Rc6 29.bxc4 Rg6 30.Ng4 h6 31.Rab1 Kh7 32.f3 exf3 33.Rb8 Rxg4 34.Qxg4 Qxb8 
35.cxd5 Qb2 36.Qe4+ Rf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Nd7 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 a5 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.O-O O-O 
9.Qc2 Nc5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 b6 12.Nd2 Ng4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.a3 a4 15.Bxc5 
bxc5 16.Nxa4 Qg5 17.f3 Bd7 18.Nc3 h5 19.Nb5 Bh6 20.Rad1 Qh4 21.Rfe1 Bxd2 
22.Qxd2 Bxb5 23.cxb5 Rfb8 24.Re3 Rxb5 25.Qc2 Rab8 26.b3 Qg5 27.Rc3 h4 28.
Kf2 R8b7 29.Rdd3 Kg7 30.Qe2 Qf4 31.g3 hxg3+ 32.hxg3 Qh6 33.Kg1 Rb8 34.Qh2 
Qg5 35.Qh4 Qxh4 36.gxh4 Rh8 37.Rc4 Rxh4 38.b4 cxb4 39.axb4 Rh8 40.Ra3 Rb7 
41.Rac3 Rc8 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Kg3 Ke7 44.Kg4 Kd7 45.Kg5 Ke7 46.f4 exf4 47.Kxf4
Kf6 48.Rf3 g5+ 49.Kg4+ Kg6 50.e5 dxe5 51.Rc6+ Kg7 52.d6 Rxb4+ 53.Kxg5 Rb6 
54.Rxb6 cxb6 55.Kf5 Re8 56.d7 Rd8 57.Rd3 Kf8 58.Kf6 e4 59.Rh3 Kg8 60.Rg3+ 
Kh7 61.Rh3+ Kg8 62.Rg3+ Kf8 63.Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4
Nb6 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.b3 O-O-O 11.Bb2 c5 12.O-O-O d6 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Qg4+ Kb8 
15.Be2 h5 16.Qg3 Qh6 17.Bf3 h4 18.Qg4 Bc8 19.Qe4 Bd6 20.Bc3 Rhe8 21.Qc2 
Qg5 22.Kb2 Bf5 23.Qc1 Bd3 24.Rhe1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Bxh2 26.Ne4 Qxc1+ 27.Kxc1 
Bf4+ 28.Kb2 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 g5 30.Bf6 Rg8 31.Re7 g4 32.Be4 Nc8 33.Rxf7 Nd6 
34.Re7 h3 35.Bd5 Rf8 36.Bg7 Re8 37.Rxe8+ Nxe8 38.Bc3 g3 39.gxh3 gxf2 40.
Bg2 Nd6 41.Kc2 Ne4 42.Bg7 Ng3 43.Kd3 Bd6 44.h4 Kc8 45.b4 Kd7 46.bxc5 Bxc5 
47.Be5 f1=Q+ 48.Bxf1 Nxf1 49.Bf4 Bd6 50.Bxd6 Kxd6 51.h5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Qa5 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Ba3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Nf5 13.Rb1 b6 14.c3 Na5 
15.Bb4 Nc4+ 16.Bxc4 dxc4 17.a5 Bc6 18.Ne1 f6 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Rg1 Kf7 21.
Nc2 e5 22.dxe5 Rad8+ 23.Kc1 fxe5 24.Ra1 Rhg8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Ra7+ Rd7 27.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 28.g3 h5 29.Rd1 Bc6 30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Rg6 32.Rd8 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Nb6 9.c4 Bb7 10.b3 O-O-O 11.Bb2 d5 12.O-O-O Qe6 13.Qe3 Bb4 14.cxd5 
cxd5 15.Nf3 Kb8 16.Bd3 Rhe8 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.f4 d4 19.Bxd4 Bxg2 20.Rhg1 Rxd4 
21.Qxd4 Bc5 22.Qc3 Nd5 23.Qc4 Nb6 24.Qc2 Bxg1 25.Rxg1 Bb7 26.Be4 Nd5 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28.Rd1 c6 29.Qc3 f6 30.exf6 gxf6 31.Nf3 Qe3+ 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Nd4
Re4 34.f5 Rh4 35.Rd2 Kc7 36.Nc2 Kd6 37.Ne3 Ke5 38.Kb2 Ke4 39.Nxd5 cxd5 40.
b4 d4 41.a4 Rf4 42.Kc2 Rxf5 43.Re2+ Kd5 44.Re7 Kc4 45.Rc7+ Kxb4 46.Rxa7 
Rh5 47.Kd3 Rxh2 48.Kxd4 h5 49.Rf7 h4 50.Rxf6 h3 51.Rh6 Rh1 52.Ke3 Kxa4 53.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Qa5 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.dxc5 Ng6 12.O-O Ncxe5 13.Nd4 O-O 14.Ba3 Bc6 
15.Nb5 Ra8 16.Nd6 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qd4 e5 19.Qxc4 Nf4 20.Rfe1 Nxg2 21.
Rxe5 Qd8 22.Nf5 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qd4 f6 25.Qc4+ Kf8 26.Qg4 Qg6 27.Qxg6
hxg6 28.Nd4 Nf4 29.a5 a6 30.Bc1 Nd5 31.Bd2 Re8 32.c4 Nc7 33.Rb1 Re4 34.c3 
Rg4+ 35.Kf1 Be4 36.f3 Bxb1 37.fxg4 Bd3+ 38.Kf2 Bxc4 39.c6 bxc6 40.Nxc6 Nd5
41.Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d4 h6 11.Re1 Qf6 12.Nd2 exd4 13.Bxc6 Bc5 14.Bg2 Bf5 
15.Nb3 d3 16.cxd3 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Bxd3+ 18.Qf3 Qxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bxb1 20.Ba3 
Bxa2 21.Bxf8 Bxb3 22.Ba3 Be6 23.Bc1 c6 24.Be3 b6 25.Ra1 Rb7 26.Bxc6 Rc7 
27.Be4 f5 28.Bg2 g5 29.Bd4 Kf7 30.Ke3 Bc4 31.Kd2 f4 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.Bf3 
Kf8 34.Rg1 b5 35.Rg6 a5 36.Rxh6 Rf7 37.Rf6 a4 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.Be5 a3 40.
Kc2 Ke6 41.Bxf4 Kf5 42.Bd6 a2 43.Kb2 Kg5 44.Bg3 Kf5 45.h4 Kg6 46.Bf4 Kf5 
47.Be3 Bf7 48.Be2 Ke4 49.Bd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 
Bb4 9.Bg5 Bxc3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.bxc3 d6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rad1 Ke7 14.f4 Rac8 
15.Nb3 Rcd8 16.Qe1 Na5 17.Nd4 h5 18.Qh4 Nc6 19.Nf3 Rhg8 20.Nd2 Na5 21.e5 
dxe5 22.Ne4 Rg6 23.Bxh5 Rh6 24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Rde1 Qxc3 27.Rf3 
Qxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Rxf3 29.Bxf3 Nc6 30.Qh4+ f6 31.Qh7+ Kd6 32.Qg7 f5 33.h4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e3 Re8 8.Bd3 
Nbd7 9.Nf3 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 
15.d5 Bd7 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 cxd5 18.Nd4 Qc5 19.Nxf5 Ng6 20.Kh1 Be6 21.Qb3
d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Bd2 
e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bb4 O-O 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Nbd2 Rfc8 13.Rfc1 Rab8 14.Qa4 Nd7 
15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nb3 Rc7 17.Qa5 f6 18.Qd2 Be4 19.Ne1 c5 20.f3 Bg6 21.dxc5 
Nxc5 22.Nxc5 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 Qxc5 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.b3 Qa6 26.Kf2 h6 27.Rc5 Qd6 
28.Qa5 Rb7 29.h3 Kh7 30.Nc2 Rb6 31.Qc3 e5 32.b4 Qd7 33.a3 Qa4 34.Ne1 Qd1 
35.Qc1 Qb3 36.Ra5 Qa2+ 37.Kg3 Rb7 38.Qc6 Rf7 39.Rxd5 Qxa3 40.Nc2 Qc1 41.
Rc5 Qd2 42.e4 f5 43.Qa8 fxe4 44.Rc8 Bf5 45.Rh8+ Kg6 46.Qc6+ Kh5 47.Qe8 Bg6
48.Qd8 Qxd8 49.Rxd8 exf3 50.Ne3 fxg2 51.Nxg2 Be4 52.Re8 Rf5 53.Kh2 Bxg2 
54.Kxg2 Kh4 55.b5 Rg5+ 56.Kf2 Kxh3 57.Re7 Rf5+ 58.Ke3 g5 59.Rxa7 e4 60.b6 
Rb5 61.b7 Rb4 62.Kd2 g4 63.Kc3 Rb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.g3 
Ngf6 9.Bg2 Rc8 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nbd2 b5 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 c5 14.c4 Bd3 15.Re1 
bxc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.bxc4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Bc5 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.Red1 Qa6 21.Nb5 
Be7 22.a4 Rfd8 23.a5 Nc5 24.Bc3 Ne8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Rd1 Na4 27.Be1 Bxa5 
28.Rd7 Bxe1 29.Rxa7 Qb6 30.Rxa4 Ba5 31.Qa2 Be1 32.Kf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 Bb7 18.Qe2 d5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.exd5 Qxd5 22.
Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Be4 Qe6 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Nh5 Ra2 27.Qe4 Rxb2 28.Nd4 
Qb6 29.Ra1 Bd8 30.Nc6 Qxf2+ 31.Kh2 Re2 32.Qg4 Bg5 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Nf5 Bf4+ 
35.Nxf4 Qxf4+ 36.Qxf4 exf4 37.Ra7 f3 38.Rxf7 Rxg2+ 39.Kh1 Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 b4 7.Na4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.c3 f5 12.O-O fxe4 13.cxb4 Bxb4 14.a3 Be7 15.Re1 
d5 16.b4 Qd8 17.f3 e3 18.Nc5 Qb6 19.Rxe3 Nc6 20.Rc1 O-O 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.
Qd4 Rfb8 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Qd4+ Kg8 25.Qg4+ Kh8 26.Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.Be5 
Bxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.O-O Be6
15.cxd5 Rxd5 16.Qb4 Qxc5 17.Bf3 a5 18.Qb7 Rdd8 19.Qxc6 Qxc6 20.Bxc6 Rac8 
21.Bb5 Rxc3 22.a4 g5 23.h3 Kg7 24.Rac1 Rdc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Na6 7.f3 Nd7 8.Nxc4 e5
9.e4 exd4 10.Ne2 Bb4+ 11.Kf2 Bg6 12.Nxd4 Qf6 13.e5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f4
Qe4 16.Bxa6 O-O-O 17.Be3 Rhe8 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.Bxd3 Bxd3 20.Rhd1 Be4 21.Rac1
Rd5 22.Nf3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 b6 24.Ng5 Bd5 25.g4 f6 26.Nf3 Bb3 27.Ra1 Kb7 28.
Nd4 Bd5 29.Nf5 g6 30.Ng3 Bd6 31.a5 c5 32.Ne2 Bc4 33.Nc3 Bc7 34.axb6 axb6 
35.h4 Rd8 36.g5 f5 37.Rh1 Kc6 38.h5 b5 39.hxg6 hxg6 40.Rh7 Bb6 41.Rg7 Rd6 
42.Nb1 Bd5 43.Nc3 Bb3 44.Ke2 b4 45.Nb1 Bc4+ 46.Ke1 Bd5 47.Kd2 c4 48.Bxb6 
Kxb6 49.Ke3 c3 50.bxc3 Ba2 51.cxb4 Bxb1 52.Rf7 Ba2 53.Rf6 Rxf6 54.gxf6 Kb5
0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hoeksema, Hendrik"]
[Black "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E08"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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.Bf4 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Ne5 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nd3 Qe7 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Qb2 h6 18.a3 Ba8 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Nf3 Nxf4 21.gxf4 
Nf6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 g6 26.Qc3 Ne8 27.e3 Nd6
28.Qe5 f6 29.Qc3 Kg7 30.a4 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Qc6 Nf7 33.Qc3 Ne5 34.Be2 
Qd6 35.a5 Nc6 36.axb6 axb6 37.b5 Ne5 38.f3 Ng6 39.Qc6 Qd2 40.Kf2 Ne5 41.
Qe4 Qd6 42.h4 gxh4 43.Qxh4 Qc5 44.Qe4 f5 45.Qb7+ Kf6 46.Qh7 Ng6 47.f4 e5 
48.fxe5+ Qxe5 49.Qh6 Qb2 50.Qh1 Ne5 51.Qh6+ Ng6 52.Qh1 Ne5 53.Qh6+ Ng6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 cxd4 8.Nxd5 
Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Qxd5 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15.O-O-O Ke7 16.Rd4 Rhc8 17.Rhd1 Rc7 18.Rg4 g6 19.Rb4 e5 20.Rd3
f5 21.Ra4 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.Ra5 Re7 24.Kd2 Kc8 25.e4 Kb7 26.exf5 Kb6 27.
b4 gxf5 28.Ke3 h5 29.h4 Re6 30.a3 Re7 31.f4 Rg7 32.fxe5 Rxg3+ 33.Kf4 Rg4+ 
34.Kxf5 Rxh4 35.e6 Rh1 36.e7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nbd2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.
Ng5 Ne5 16.Qg3 Qd6 17.Bc2 Bd7 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Bf4 Rbe8 20.Nd4 Nh5 21.Bxe5 
Rxe5 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Qh4 Qh6 24.Ndf3 Ree8 25.Rae1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Rf4 27.g4 
g6 28.h3 Bc5 29.b4 Bd6 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 Qg7 32.Rxd5 Nf6 33.Bxg6+ Kg8 
34.Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qc7 10.Nd1 Be7 11.Ne3 O-O 12.a4 Bc6 13.Bd2 Rfd8 14.Bc3 Ne8 15.
Rfe1 Bf6 16.Qd3 Rac8 17.a5 a6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qd4 d5 20.e5 Nd7 21.f4 Bb5 
22.f5 Qxe5 23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxe5 Rxc2 27.Bxd5+ 
Kh8 28.Bxb7 Rxb2 29.Rxb5 Rxb5 30.Bxa6 Rb2 31.Bf1 Ra8 32.a6 g6 33.Bg2 Ra7 
34.h4 Kg7 35.Kh2 h5 36.Kh3 Kh6 37.Ra3 Rb6 38.Bf1 Rb2 39.Bg2 Rb6 40.Bf1 Rb2
41.Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Umgaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.Ba3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 
c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb5 Ncd4 19.Qd1 Nc5 20.Bc3 h5 21.Ra2 Nce6 22.
Bb4 Ra6 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.c5 dxc5 25.Bxa6 bxa6 26.Bd2 c4 27.Bb4 Re8 28.Rc2 
a5 29.Rxc4 axb4 30.axb4 Qg5 31.Qf3 Bf8 32.e5 Rb8 33.Qb3 Rb5 34.g3 h4 35.
Kh2 Qd2 36.Rf1 hxg3+ 37.Qxg3 Rxb4 38.Rc6 Bh6 39.Kg1 Qf4 40.Ra1 Qxg3+ 41.
fxg3 Rb2 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Rcc8 Be3+ 44.Kf1 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 d3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Black "Umgaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bf4 e6 6.Nd2 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Nf3 f5 10.Qg3 Nge7 11.h4 Ng6 12.h5 Nxf4 13.Qxf4 Bc7 14.Nfd4 Qf6 15.Nxc6 
bxc6 16.g3 Qe7 17.O-O-O Rb8 18.c3 Ke8 19.Qa4 Bb6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Qc2 a5 22.
f4 a4 23.Be2 a3 24.b3 c5 25.Nb5 Bxb5 26.Bxb5+ Kf7 27.c4 Ba5 28.Bc6 d4 29.
g4 Rhc8 30.Bf3 fxg4 31.Be4 Ke8 32.Rdg1 Kd7 33.Rxg4 g6 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Rgh4
Rg8 36.Bg2 Kc7 37.Qe4 Rb6 38.Rh7 Rg7 39.Rxg7 Qxg7 40.Qa8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.d5 d6 8.g3 exd5 
9.cxd5 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bg2 d5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Re1 c5 15.Nde2 
Qb6 16.Nf4 d4 17.Ncd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qd6 19.e4 Qb8 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qg4 Re6 22.
Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 a6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c6 11.h3 Nd7 12.O-O Be7 13.a3 Bd6 14.Re1 Nf6 15.Ne5 c5 
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bf5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.f4 Rae8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 
Be7 9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 Be6 13.O-O Rc8 14.Nd4 Nfe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nde2 Qg5 18.Qd3 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Rc4 21.
Rfc1 Rdc8 22.a4 Qe5 23.Ra3 R8c5 24.Qd2 Qd6 25.a5 Rb5 26.Raa1 a6 27.Ne2 
Rcc5 28.c4 Rb3 29.Nd4 dxc4 30.Nxb3 Rd5 31.Nd4 Rh5 32.f4 Bd5 33.Rab1 Qe7 
34.Nf3 Be4 35.Ra1 Rd5 36.Nd4 Bd3 37.Rc3 Qe4 38.Raa3 g5 39.Rxd3 cxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rxa5 41.Nb3 Rb5 42.fxg5 Rxg5 43.g3 Rf5 44.Nd4 Rf6 45.Rc3 b5 46.Qc2 
Qe5 47.Qd3 h5 48.Rc6 h4 49.gxh4 b4 50.Rxf6 Qxf6 51.Qe4 a5 52.Qa8+ Kh7 53.
Qxa5 Qxh4 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Qc8+ Kh7 56.Qc2+ Kg8 57.Qf2 Qh5 58.Qg2+ Kf8 59.
Qa8+ Kg7 60.Qf3 Qc5 61.Kg2 b3 62.Qg3+ Kh7 63.Qh4+ Kg7 64.Qg4+ Kf8 65.Qf4 
Qb6 66.Nxb3 Qxb3 67.h4 Qd5+ 68.Kg3 Qh1 69.Kg4 Qg2+ 70.Kf5 Qg6+ 71.Ke5 Qe6+
72.Kd4 Qb6+ 73.Kd3 Qb3+ 74.Ke2 Qc2+ 75.Kf3 Qd1+ 76.Kg2 Qe2+ 77.Kg3 Qd1 78.
Qb8+ Kg7 79.Qb2+ Kg6 80.Kf2 Qh1 81.Qc2+ f5 82.Kg3 Qg1+ 83.Kf3 Qg4+ 84.Kf2 
Qxh4+ 85.Kg2 Qg4+ 86.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.c3 e5 
9.Re1 h6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4 Re8 12.a4 b6 13.Nfd2 f5 14.a5 Rb8 15.axb6 
axb6 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Qb5 Qc7 18.Nf1 Bf7 19.Nfe3 Nde7 20.Ra6 Na7 21.Qa4 Nac8 
22.Nd5 Qd8 23.Nce3 b5 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.Qa5 Qd7 26.Bc6 Qxd3 27.Rd1 Qe2 28.
Ra8 Rxa8 29.Qxa8 Kh7 30.Qxc8 f4 31.Qg4 Qxg4 32.Nxg4 h5 33.Nxe5 Rxe5 34.
gxf4 Re7 35.Bxb5 c4 36.Bc6 h4 37.h3 Rc7 38.Bf3 Be6 39.Bg4 Bf5 40.Be3 Bd3 
41.Ra1 Bh6 42.Bf3 Rf7 43.Bd5 Rd7 44.Ra5 Bg7 45.Be6 Rb7 46.Ra7 Rxb2 47.Bd4 
Rb1+ 48.Kg2 Be4+ 49.f3 Rb2+ 50.Kg1 Rb1+ 51.Kf2 Rb7 52.Rxb7 Bxb7 53.Bxg7 
Kxg7 54.Bxc4 Bc8 55.Kg2 Bf5 56.Bd5 Kf6 57.c4 Ke7 58.c5 Kd7 59.Be4 Kc7 60.
Kf2 Bxh3 61.Bxg6 Kc6 62.Bh5 Be6 63.Bg4 Bb3 64.Kg2 Kxc5 65.Kh3 Kd6 66.Kxh4 
Ke7 67.Kg5 Kf7 68.Kf5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 
Be7 9.e3 c5 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Rxd4 Ne4 16.Qxe4 Bxg5 17.Nxd5 Rfe8 18.Qd3 Qc6 19.Bf3 Qc2 20.Qxc2 Rxc2 21.
Nb4 Rc7 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 23.Rc1 Bf6 24.Rd2 Kf8 25.Kf1 h5 26.Ke2 g6 27.Nd5 Be5 
28.h3 Rd8 29.Rcd1 Rc8 30.f4 Bg7 31.e4 h4 32.Kf3 Re8 33.Rc1 Rd7 34.b3 f5 
35.e5 g5 36.fxg5 Bxe5 37.Rcd1 Rg7 38.Nf6 Ree7 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Nd5 Rb7 41.
Re1 Bh2 42.Ree8 Rxg5 43.Rf8+ Ke6 44.Kf2 Bg3+ 45.Kf1 Bd6 46.Rf6+ Kxd5 47.
Rdxd6+ Kc5 48.Rc6+ Kb5 49.Rce6 Rc7 50.Re5+ Ka6 51.Rexf5 Rc1+ 52.Ke2 Rxg2+ 
53.Kd3 Ra1 54.a4 Rg3+ 55.Rf3 Rh1 56.Rxg3 hxg3 57.Rg6 Rxh3 58.Rg7 Ka5 59.
Kc4 Rh4+ 60.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.O-O c6 
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Ne4 Nb6 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.e4 e5 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Qe7 15.a4
Be6 16.Nf4 Rad8 17.Be3 Ba5 18.Rfd1 h6 19.h3 Qf6 20.Bf1 c3 21.b3 Bb4 22.a5 
Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Bxa5 24.Bd4 Qe7 25.Ra1 Qb4 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Be3 Rxe4 28.Bc5 
Qxc5 29.Qxe4 g6 30.Rd1 Nd5 31.Bc4 Bb6 32.Qf3 a5 33.Rc1 Qa3 34.Rc2 Bd4 35.
Bxd5 cxd5 36.Qxd5 Bf6 37.Qxb7 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Qb1 39.Rxc3 Bxc3 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.
Qxc3 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 c5 10.e3 Qa5 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne4 13.Be7 Re8 14.Bb4 Qb6 
15.a4 Ndc5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.O-O Bd7 18.c4 Rac8 19.cxd5 Qxd5 20.Qb2 Nc5 21.
Bc2 b6 22.Rfd1 Qg5 23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Rd4 Qf6 25.Qb1 g6 26.Rf4 Qc3 27.Ra2 Bxa4 
28.h4 Bxc2 29.Rxc2 Qb3 30.Qc1 Rcd8 31.Nd4 Qd5 32.Qa1 a5 33.Qb1 Rd6 34.Rc1 
a4 35.Nb5 Rd7 36.Nc3 Qa8 37.Rc4 Qa6 38.Rd4 Rxd4 39.exd4 Nb3 40.Rd1 Qc4 41.
Ne4 Qe6 42.Nc3 Qc6 43.Qd3 a3 44.d5 Qf6 45.Ne4 Rxe4 46.Qxb3 Qd6 47.Ra1 Rxh4
48.Rxa3 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 Qh1+ 50.Ke2 Qxg2 51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Re8 Qg4+ 53.f3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16.a3 Bd7 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Bb1 b6 19.Nd3 a5 20.Rc4 axb4 21.axb4 Rdb8 
22.e4 Nc7 23.Rfc1 Nb5 24.Nde5 Rd8 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Ra3 27.Qc4 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Rxd4 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Qc6 Rd2 31.Rc7 Qd8 32.g3 Rf3 33.Rf1 Rdxf2 34.Rxf2
Qd1+ 35.Kg2 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Qd1 cxd4 10.Rb1 d3 11.Bxd3 Qxa3 12.Nf3 Qc5 13.h4 h6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Re1 a6
16.c4 dxc4 17.Be4 c3 18.Be3 Qc4 19.Bd4 Nc5 20.Re3 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bd7 22.Re3 
Ne7 23.Rxc3 Qd5 24.Rc5 Qe4 25.Rc7 b5 26.Bc5 Nd5 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.Rb4 Qxb4 
29.Bxb4 Rhc8 30.Bd6 Rc4 31.Nd2 Rd4 32.c3 Rd3 33.c4 Rxd2 34.Qxd2 bxc4 35.
Qxh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Nb6 14.Qe2 Nxa4 15.Bxa4 bxa4 
16.Rxa4 Nd7 17.c4 Nb6 18.Ra3 a5 19.Nc3 a4 20.Be3 Bc8 21.Nd2 Bg5 22.Rb1 
Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Bd7 24.b4 axb3 25.Raxb3 Ra6 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kh2 Qc7 28.Nf1 Rfa8 
29.Nb5 Qd8 30.Nc3 Nc8 31.Ne3 Ra3 32.Rb7 R8a7 33.Qc2 Kh7 34.Rxa7 Rxa7 35.g3
g6 36.h4 Ra6 37.Rf1 Nb6 38.h5 Bc8 39.Qd2 Nd7 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Ng4 g5 42.
Kg2 Nf6 43.Nxf6+ Qxf6 44.Qb2 Ra8 45.Qb6 Ra3 46.Qc7+ Kg6 47.Qxc8 Rxc3 48.
Qg8+ Qg7 49.Qe6+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qc7 
15.Qa3 Rc8 16.Rad1 Na5 17.Qc1 Ke7 18.Qh6 Bc6 19.Nxe6 Qe5 20.Nd4 Rcg8 21.f4
Qc5 22.Kh1 Rg6 23.Qh3 Bxe4 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Qc7 26.Nf5+ Kf8 27.Rfd3 Nc6
28.Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 e5 6.d5 a5 7.Nge2 Na6 8.f3 Nd7 9.
Be3 Bh6 10.Qd2 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 c6 12.Qh6 Ndc5 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Bb1 Ke7 15.f4 
exf4 16.Rf1 Rf8 17.Qxf4 f6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Nd4 Qe8 20.Nd5+ Kd8 21.Qxd6+ 
Bd7 22.Nb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.e3
Bb4 9.Bg2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 c6 11.e4 Re8 12.a4 d6 13.d3 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15.Rb1 b6
16.a5 Nd7 17.axb6 axb6 18.Rf2 f6 19.Rfb2 Bf7 20.Be3 Ra6 21.f4 Qc7 22.g4 
Rea8 23.g5 exf4 24.Bxf4 fxg5 25.Bxg5 Ra2 26.Be3 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Ra3 28.Rb3 
Ra2 29.Bf1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.d5 Nxc3
9.Bxc3 Bf6 10.Rc1 c6 11.O-O cxd5 12.Ne1 d6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.cxd5 e5 15.Rc7 
Bc8 16.Nd3 Na6 17.Rc3 Bd7 18.Qd2 Rfc8 19.Rfc1 Qd8 20.b4 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Rc8 
22.f4 Rxc3 23.Qxc3 f6 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Qc4 Nc7 26.Nf2 Ne8 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.
Nxh3 Qc7 29.Qg4 Nf6 30.Qe6+ Kf8 31.Nf2 Qe7 32.Qc8+ Kf7 33.e4 Qd7 34.Qxd7+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bf7 13.Nf1 Rf8 14.Ng3 
Be6 15.Kg2 g6 16.Bd2 h5 17.Ng5 Bd7 18.f3 c5 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Be3 Nc6 21.c3 
Nd8 22.b3 Ne6 23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.Bg5 Rf7 25.Rf1 b5 26.Rd2 Kb7 27.Rff2 a5 28.
Nf1 c4 29.bxc4 Bxc4 30.Ne3 Be6 31.Nd5 Rhf8 32.c4 bxc4 33.Bh6 hxg4 34.fxg4 
Bxd5 35.exd5 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O exd4 
9.Bxd4 Qe7 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Re1 Na6 12.h3 b6 13.a3 Bb7 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bf1 Ne6 
16.Be3 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Bd4 Rad8 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 
22.Re5 Qf6 23.Qe1 Nc7 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Qc1 Ne6 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.bxc3 Rc8 28.
c4 Bc6 29.a4 a5 30.Nb1 Kf6 31.Nc3 Ke5 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.cxd5 Kxd5 
35.Rd1+ Nd4 36.Rc1 Rb7 37.g4 Rd7 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.f4 Rc7 40.Rd1 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 
Kc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Ne5 9.Nc3 d6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nd4 b6 14.b3 Re8 15.f4 
Ned7 16.Bf3 Bb7 17.Re1 Rac8 18.Bf2 Nf8 19.Qd2 Qb8 20.f5 N6d7 21.fxe6 fxe6 
22.Bh5 g6 23.Bg4 Bf6 24.Nf3 Rcd8 25.Rcd1 Qc7 26.Na4 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Rc1
Qb8 29.Nc3 Nc5 30.Qf4 Bxc3 31.Rxc3 e5 32.Qf6 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4 34.Ng5 Qb7 
35.h4 Bd5 36.Rd3 h6 37.Rxd5 Qxd5 38.Bf3 e4 39.Bxe4 Qe5 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Bd5 
Qg7 42.Qxg7+ Kxg7 43.Bd4+ Re5 44.Nf7 Rd7 45.Nxe5 dxe5 46.Bxe5+ Kh7 47.Bc6 
Rd1+ 48.Kf2 Rd2+ 49.Ke3 Rxa2 50.g3 Ra6 51.Be4 h5 52.Kd4 Ra1 53.Bc6 Rb1 54.
Bd6 Ne6+ 55.Ke5 Ng7 56.b4 Nf5 57.Bc5 Nxg3 58.Bxb5 Nf5 59.Bc6 Nxh4 60.b5 
Nf3+ 61.Bxf3 Rxb5 62.Kd4 Kh6 63.Be2 Rb8 64.Ke3 g5 65.Kf2 Rb3 66.Bf3 g4 67.
Be3+ Kg6 68.Bc6 h4 69.Bd7 Rb2+ 70.Kf1 g3 71.Bh3 Kh5 72.Bg1 Ra2 73.Bd7 Rb2 
74.Bh3 Rd2 75.Bc8 Rc2 76.Bh3 Kg6 77.Be3 Ra2 78.Bg1 Ra3 79.Kg2 Kg5 80.Bc5 
Rd3 81.Be7+ Kh5 82.Bc5 Rc3 83.Bb6 Rc6 84.Bg1 Rc2+ 85.Kf3 Rc3+ 86.Be3 Ra3 
87.Ke4 Ra8 88.Kf3 Rf8+ 89.Kg2 Rf7 90.Bd4 Rf4 91.Be3 Rb4 92.Kf3 Kg6 93.Bf4 
Rb2 94.Kg4 g2 95.Bh2 Rb3 96.Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 d6 9.Rc1 O-O 10.c5 Nd7 11.e3 Nf6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.O-O Bc6 14.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Rb8 
9.Rb1 Na5 10.b3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 Nc4 13.a4 bxa4 14.Qxa4 Nd7 15.b5 
Ndb6 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Rb4 c5 18.bxc6 Bxc6 19.Qd3 d5 20.Bf4 Rc8 21.h4 h5 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 e6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.e3 Nc4 26.Ne2 Qa5 27.Qc3 Nd6 28.Ra1 
Qd8 29.Nf4 Bb5 30.Qb2 Bc4 31.Bf3 Qe7 32.Qb1 Nf5 33.Kh2 Rc7 34.Rb6 Rd8 35.
Qb4 Qxb4 36.Rxb4 Kf6 37.Rb6 Rd6 38.Rb8 Ne7 39.Bg2 Rdd7 40.Rc1 Nf5 41.Rb6 
Ke7 42.Bf3 Kf6 43.Bg2 Ke7 44.Bf3 Nd6 45.Rc2 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Bd2 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Ne1 Re8 12.e3 Nf5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 h5 15.Bc3 Nh6 
16.Bg2 h4 17.e4 Ng4 18.Qe2 hxg3 19.fxg3 c6 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.Ng2 cxd5 22.cxd5 
Bd7 23.Qf2 Rf8 24.Ne3 Bh6 25.Rfe1 Rc8 26.a4 Kg7 27.a5 Nh7 28.Bg2 f5 29.h4 
f4 30.gxf4 Bxf4 31.Bf3 Bh3 32.Rad1 Qf6 33.Ng2 Rf7 34.Rd3 Rcf8 35.Nxf4 Qxf4
36.Bd2 Qf6 37.Qg3 Qxf3 38.Rxf3 Rxf3 39.Qh2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 
9.c3 Nbd7 10.a3 Rc8 11.b4 b5 12.Bb2 Nb6 13.Rc1 a6 14.c4 bxc4 15.dxc4 Nfd7 
16.Qb3 Re8 17.Qd3 Qc7 18.Red1 Bf8 19.h4 Bc6 20.Re1 Red8 21.Qe3 Rb8 22.Ba1 
Na4 23.Rb1 Re8 24.Qf4 h6 25.e5 d5 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 cxb4 
29.axb4 Nc3 30.Rbc1 Bxb4 31.Bxc3 Bxc3 32.Re3 Rb3 33.Qc2 Qb6 34.Qd1 Rb2 35.
Rcxc3 Nc5 36.Qd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.a3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Ne4 f5 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.O-O Bd5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qh4 16.f4 Nc6 17.Be3 Ne7 18.Qe1 Qh5 19.Qe2 Qf7 20.a4 Nf5 21.a5 Rab8 
22.axb6 axb6 23.Ra6 Qe7 24.Rxb6 Rxb6 25.Bxb6 Qb4 26.Qf2 Rc8 27.Bxf5 exf5 
28.Bd4 Rc6 29.Bc3 Qc4 30.Qd2 Rg6 31.Rf2 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Kh2 Ba8 34.Bb4 Qb3 
35.Qc3 Qd5 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qc2 Qf7 38.Be1 Be4 39.Qd1 Qc4 40.Bc3 Qc5 41.Re2 
Qc6 42.Rd2 Kh6 43.Rd6 Qxd6 44.Qxd6 Rxd6 45.exd6 Kg6 46.Be1 Kh5 47.Ba5 Bc6 
48.Bd8 Bd5 49.b4 Bc6 50.g3 hxg3+ 51.Kxg3 Kg6 52.h4 Ba4 53.Be7 Bc6 54.Kf2 
Kh7 55.Ke3 g6 56.Kd4 Kg7 57.Kc5 Bf3 58.Kb6 Kf7 59.Kc7 Bc6 60.Kb6 Bf3 61.
Bg5 Ke6 62.Kc7 Bc6 63.Bh6 Bb5 64.Bg7 Bc6 65.Be5 Bb5 66.Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.
h3 Qf4 16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Qf3 Be6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Nd2 b4 21.cxb4 Bxb4
22.a3 Bd6 23.Rac1 Rc2 24.b4 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qd3 26.Rc6 Bb8 27.a4 Bd7 28.Rc1 
Qa3 29.Rb1 Be6 30.b5 Qxa4 31.b6 Qa3 32.b7 h6 33.h4 Qe7 34.Bf4 Qxh4 35.Bxb8
Rxb8 36.Qd3 Qf4 37.Qc3 Kh7 38.Rb6 a5 39.g3 Qg4 40.Nf3 Bf5 41.Ne5 Qd1+ 42.
Kg2 f6 43.Nc6 Be4+ 44.f3 Qe2+ 45.Kg1 Bxf3 46.Rb2 Qd1+ 47.Kf2 Rxb7 48.Rd2 
Rb3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b4 Ne4 7.c4 e6 8.Bb2 b6 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 a5 11.b5 d6 12.Ne1 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Nd7 15.Nf4 Qe7
16.d5 Nc5 17.dxe6 Nxe6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Rc3 Kg8 21.Re3 Rae8 22.
Qa1 Ng7 23.Qc3 Nh5 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Re1 Re6 26.e3 Nf6 27.Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.Qxf6
Rxf6 29.f4 Kf7 30.Kf2 Ke6 31.e4 Kd7 32.Ke3 Rf7 33.Kd4 fxe4 34.Rxe4 h5 35.
a4 Rf8 36.h3 Rf7 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rh7 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Rf7 41.Rf4 Ke7 
42.Kd5 Kf6 43.Rf1 Re7 44.Kc6 Rh7 45.Rf3 Re7 46.Rf2 Rh7 47.Rf1 Rg7 48.Rf2 
Rh7 49.Kb7 Rg7 50.Rf4 Re7 51.Rf3 Rh7 52.Rf2 Rg7 53.Rf3 Re7 54.Rf4 Rh7 55.
Rf1 Rg7 56.Re1 Kxf5 57.Re8 Rg4 58.Kxc7 Rxc4+ 59.Kxb6 Rxa4 60.Kc6 Rb4 61.b6
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Malaniuk, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 b5 6.b3 Nbd7 7.d4 e6 8.Bd3 Bb4 9.
Bd2 bxc4 10.bxc4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.O-O O-O 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Be2 Bb7 15.dxc5 
Bxc5 16.Na4 Be7 17.Rc1 Qd6 18.Nb2 Rfc8 19.Nc4 Qb8 20.Bc3 Bd5 21.Nfe5 Ra7 
22.f3 Rac7 23.Qd2 Qa7 24.Bd4 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Kf2 f5 28.
Na5 Qxc1 29.Rxc1 Rxc1 30.a3 R1c2 31.Qb4 Ra2 32.e4 fxe4 33.Ke3 exf3 34.gxf3
Rf8 35.Nc4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 
Bg4 9.O-O Ne7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 c6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Raf1 Ne8 14.Qf2 f6 15.h4
b5 16.g4 b4 17.Ne2 d5 18.Ng3 Nd6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nh5 Rc8 21.Bh3 e4 22.Rg3 
Ng6 23.Rg2 Qe7 24.Kh1 Qe5 25.d4 Qe7 26.Qg3 Rf7 27.Rgf2 Rcf8 28.Kh2 a5 29.
Rg1 f5 30.g5 a4 31.Rgf1 Kh8 32.Kh1 Kg8 33.Kg1 Kh8 34.Kh1 Kg8 35.Kg1 Kh8 
36.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E74"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd2 
Qxc5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Nd2 Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 Qxb6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd2 Bg7 
9.e4 O-O 10.Be2 a5 11.a4 Ba6 12.Bb5 Ne8 13.Nc4 Qd8 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bf4 Ne5 
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nb5 Bg7 19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Nd7 21.Ra3 Ne5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Rh3 Bg7 24.b3 Ra8 25.Na3 Rb8 26.Nc4 Rb4 27.Kh1 f5 28.exf5 
Rxf5 29.Qe2 Bf6 30.Rd3 Kg7 31.Kg1 Rf4 32.g3 Rd4 33.Rxd4 cxd4 34.Qf3 Qb8 
35.Nxa5 Qb6 36.Nc6 Rxb3 37.Qe4 d3 38.Qe3 Rb1 39.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 40.Kg2 Qd1 41.
Nd4 h5 42.a5 Kh7 43.Nf3 Qa4 44.Qxd3 Qxa5 45.Qe4 Qc3 46.h3 Kg7 47.g4 hxg4 
48.hxg4 Qc1 49.Ng1 Qd2 50.Ne2 Qg5 51.Kf1 Qe5 52.Qxe5 Bxe5 53.Kg2 Kf6 54.f4
Bb2 55.g5+ Kf7 56.Kf3 e6 57.Ke4 Ke7 58.Ng1 Bc1 59.Ne2 Bd2 60.dxe6 Kxe6 61.
Nd4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb3 d6 6.Nbd2 Na6 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Be6
9.Bc2 Nd7 10.d4 Nc7 11.h3 Re8 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nf1 g6 14.Bh6 d5 15.Ng3 exd4 
16.e5 Be7 17.cxd4 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Be3 Qd7 21.Red1 Red8 22.
Rac1 Ne8 23.Nd4 Ng7 24.Bg5 Rc7 25.b4 Na6 26.a3 Rdc8 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.Nb5 
Rd7 29.Nxa7 Ra8 30.Qd4 Nb8 31.Nc8 Qd8 32.Nb6 Nc6 33.Qc5 Nxe5 34.Nxa8 Qxa8 
35.Bb3 Ne8 36.Qc8 Qxc8 37.Rxc8 Kf8 38.Ba4 Re7 39.Rxe8+ Rxe8 40.Bxe8 Kxe8 
41.Ne2 Nc4 42.a4 Nb2 43.Ra1 Bd7 44.a5 Ke7 45.Nd4 Kd6 46.a6 bxa6 47.Rxa6+ 
Kc7 48.b5 Nc4 49.f4 Bc8 50.Rc6+ Kd8 51.Rc5 Bb7 52.Nc6+ Kd7 53.Rxd5+ Nd6 
54.Ne5+ Ke6 55.Rc5 Bd5 56.b6 f6 57.Nc6 Nb7 58.Nd4+ Kd6 59.Rc7 h5 60.Nb5+ 
Ke6 61.Nc3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
Be6 9.f4 Qc7 10.g4 h6 11.g5 hxg5 12.fxg5 Nh7 13.h4 Nf8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Be3 
Nbd7 16.Nxe7 Qxe7 17.h5 g6 18.h6 Nh7 19.Qd2 f6 20.Na5 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 fxg5 
22.Nxb7 d5 23.Qc3 Rb8 24.Qc7 Qb4 25.Bxa6 Rxh6 26.Bb5 Ke7 27.Bxd7 Rxb7 28.
Qxe5 Qxe4 29.Qxe6+ Qxe6 30.Bxe6 Kxe6 31.Rae1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.f4 c5 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.Qh3 g6 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Bd2 Bf8 15.Bb5 
Qc8 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.f5 Bg7 18.Qh4 Rf8 19.Rf3 Bb7 20.Raf1 Qd8 21.Be1 Ba6 
22.R1f2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nh4 Qa5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Qe1 Bd7 14.f3 Ne7 15.c4 
Qxe1 16.Rfxe1 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Ned5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.e4 Nf4 20.dxc5 Rac8 21.
Rad1 Ba4 22.Rd2 Rxc5 23.Bd4 Ra5 24.Rc1 Ne6 25.Nf5 Bc6 26.Bb2 h5 27.Kf2 Ra6
28.Ne3 Rb6 29.Nc4 Ra6 30.Ne5 Ba4 31.Rc4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D24"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 Nb4 8.Be2 Bf5 
9.O-O Nc2 10.Ra2 Nb4 11.Ra1 Nc2 12.Ra2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nf3 
Nd4 9.Kf2 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne6 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.Rd1 Kc8 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.Nd5 Re8 15.
e5 Nc5 16.Nf6 Bxf6 17.exf6 Nf5 18.Bf4 Ne4+ 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.g3 Bc6 21.Rhe1 
Rxc4 22.Ne5 Rc2+ 23.Kg1 b6 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bd5 26.Nxf7 c5 27.Ne5 Kb7 
28.Rd1 Nd4 29.Be3 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 Bxf3 31.Rd7+ Kc6 32.Rxh7 Rf8 33.Bg5 a5 34.
Kf2 Bd5 35.a3 Rf7 36.Rh6 Be4 37.Ke3 Bb1 38.Rh8 Rd7 39.Rg8 b5 40.h4 Kd5 41.
Rg7 Ke6 42.Rxd7 Kxd7 43.f7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 
9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.a3 Bd7 12.d5 Na5 13.Ba2 Ne8 14.Bf4 Nd6 15.Ne5 
Rc8 16.Qe2 Re8 17.Rfe1 a6 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.f3 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Qb5 21.Qf2 Bxe4 22.
fxe4 Nac4 23.Nxc4 Nxc4 24.Rad1 Qxb2 25.Re2 Qxa3 26.e5 Qc5 27.Qf3 Rcd8 28.
h4 b5 29.h5 e6 30.h6 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Qxd5 32.hxg7 Qxf3 33.gxf3 Kxg7 34.Kg2 h6
35.Bg3 Rd8 36.f4 Rd3 37.Bh4 Ne3+ 38.Kg1 Ng4 39.Kg2 Ne3+ 40.Kg1 Ng4 41.Re4 
Rd1+ 42.Be1 Rd3 43.Bb4 a5 44.Be7 Rd1+ 45.Kg2 Rd2+ 46.Kg3 Nf2 47.Re1 Rxa2 
48.Bf6+ Kh7 49.Kf3 g5 50.fxg5 hxg5 51.Rg1 g4+ 52.Ke3 Kg6 53.Bh4 Nh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Qxc4 
b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Rad1 b4 14.Na4 Be7 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qa5 17.Nxd7 Qxa4 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.b3 Qc6+ 20.Qf3 Qxf3+ 
21.Kxf3 Rc3+ 22.Kg2 a5 23.Rd6 g5 24.Be3 a4 25.bxa4 O-O 26.a5 Ra8 27.a6 Ra3
28.a7 Rxa2 29.Rd7 Kg7 30.Rb7 Rxe2 31.Rd1 b3 32.Rb8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.O-O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9.f4 exd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.Kb1 Re8 14.Bd3 Be6 
15.f5 Bd7 16.g4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.g5 Ng4 19.Rdf1 Rc8 20.Rf3 Ree8 21.Rg3 
Ne5 22.Nd5 Qd4 23.Nf6+ gxf6 24.gxf6+ Ng6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.e5 
Qxe5 28.Bxg6 Rxf6 29.Re1 Qxe1+ 30.Qxe1 hxg6 31.a3 Bf5+ 32.Ka1 Re6 33.Qd1 
Rc5 34.h4 Bc2 35.Qd2 Be4 36.Qh6 Ree5 37.Rg1 a5 38.Re1 d5 39.Qf4 Rf5 40.Qd6
Rc6 41.Qb8+ Rf8 42.Qxb7 Rfc8 43.a4 Rc4 44.Qd7 Kh8 45.b3 Rc2 46.Re2 R2c7 
47.Qd6 Kh7 48.Kb2 Rb7 49.Re3 Rc2+ 50.Ka3 Rcc7 51.Qd8 Re7 52.h5 gxh5 53.
Qxa5 Kg6 54.Qc3 h4 55.a5 Rbc7 56.Qe1 Rh7 57.Rh3 Ra7 58.b4 Kg5 59.b5 Rae7 
60.Qg1+ Kf4 61.a6 Bf5 62.Rb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Na6 7.e4 c5 8.e5 Ne8 
9.exd6 Nxd6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qxb2 20.Qxe7 Nf5 21.
Qg5 Qxc2 22.R5d2 Qc3 23.Bxb7 Rce8 24.Kg2 Re7 25.Bf3 a5 26.h4 Rc7 27.Rd5 h6
28.Qd2 a4 29.h5 Qxd2 30.R1xd2 Kg7 31.Ra5 Rc4 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.
Ra6+ Kg5 35.Be2 Rc2 36.f4# 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 
Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Ng3 g6 12.h4 Nb6 13.g5 Ng8 14.Kd2 h6 15.f4 
hxg5 16.fxg5 Be6 17.Qf3 O-O-O 18.Nge2 Qd7 19.a4 Ne7 20.a5 Nc4+ 21.Bxc4 
dxc4 22.a6 b6 23.e4 Kb8 24.Kc2 Nc8 25.Rad1 Nd6 26.Qf4 Ka8 27.Rd2 Qc8 28.
Ra1 Rhe8 29.Ng3 b5 30.d5 cxd5 31.Rad1 Qxa6 32.Nxd5 Bxd5 33.Rxd5 Nb7 34.
Qxf7 Qa4+ 35.Kb1 Rc8 36.Ne2 b4 37.R1d4 Rf8 38.Rxc4 Na5 39.Rxc8+ Rxc8 40.
Rc5 Rxc5 41.Qf8+ Kb7 42.Qxc5 Nb3 43.Qd5+ Kb6 44.e5 Qa1+ 45.Kc2 Nc5 46.Nd4 
Qa4+ 47.Kd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.f3 Nc6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.
e3 Qe7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.e4 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Rd8 12.f4 Nb4 13.Kb1 c5 14.Nf3 cxd4 
15.Rxd4 Rxd4 16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.a3 Nc6 18.Nf3 Qd6 19.e5 Qd1+ 20.Qc1 Qxc1+ 21.
Kxc1 Ne7 22.Bd3 Bc6 23.Rf1 Rd8 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Kd2 h6 27.g3 Nf5 
28.Rc1 Rd8+ 29.Ke1 Nd4 30.Nxd4 Rxd4 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Kxd1 b6 33.Kd2 Ke7 34.
Kc3 Kd7 35.Kd4 Ke7 36.h4 Kd7 37.b4 Ke7 38.Bc4 Bf3 39.Bb5 Bb7 40.a4 Bf3 41.
a5 Bb7 42.Be2 Bc6 43.Kc4 Kd7 44.g4 Ke7 45.g5 Kd7 46.Kd4 Ke7 47.Ke3 hxg5 
48.fxg5 g6 49.Kf4 Kd7 50.Bd3 Ke7 51.Kg4 Ba4 52.Be2 Kf8 53.Kf4 Ke7 54.Ke3 
Bc6 55.Kd4 Kd7 56.Ba6 Bd5 57.Bd3 Bc6 58.Kc4 Ke7 59.Kc3 Kf8 60.Kd4 Ke7 61.
Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.h3 Qe7 10.Bg5 Rd8 11.Qc1 Qf8 12.e4 Be6 13.Nd2 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne7 17.Nc4 Qg7 18.Ne3 Nf5 19.c3 Nd6 20.Qc2 Re8 21.c4 e4 
22.c5 Nf5 23.Bxe4 Nxe3 24.Rxe3 Bxb2 25.Rd1 Bd4 26.Re2 Rad8 27.Red2 Bc3 28.
Rd3 Rxe4 29.Qxc3 Qxc3 30.Rxc3 Re5 31.d6 Rd7 32.Kg2 Re6 33.dxc7 Rxc7 34.Rb1
Rec6 35.Rcb3 Rxc5 36.Rxb7 Rxb7 37.Rxb7 Ra5 38.Rb2 Ra3 39.Re2 a5 40.h4 Kg7 
41.g4 Kf6 42.f3 a4 43.Kg3 Rc3 44.Re4 Ra3 45.Re2 Kg7 46.Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A24"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 Nh5 8.d4 e5 
9.d5 Ne7 10.e4 c5 11.a3 b6 12.Bd2 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Ng5 Nf6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 
16.dxe6 Rc8 17.Bg5 Nf5 18.Bh3 Qe7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qd5 Rce8 21.Ne4 Qxe6 22.
Bxf5 gxf5 23.Nxd6 Qxd5 24.cxd5 Rd8 25.Nxf5 Rxd5 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Rac1 Kf7 28.
Rc2 Rfd8 29.Re1 Rd2 30.Re2 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 Ke6 32.Kf1 Rd3 33.Ke2 e4 34.Nc4 
Rb3 35.a4 Rb4 36.a5 b5 37.Nd2 Kd5 38.b3 a6 39.h4 h5 40.Rc1 Rd4 41.f3 exf3+
42.Nxf3 Re4+ 43.Kf2 Kc6 44.Rc2 Bd8 45.Re2 Rxe2+ 46.Kxe2 Bxa5 47.g4 hxg4 
48.Ne5+ Kd5 49.Nxg4 Kd4 50.h5 Kc3 51.Nf6 Kxb3 52.Ne4 Kc4 53.h6 Bc7 54.h7 
Be5 55.Nd6+ Kb3 56.Nb7 c4 57.Nc5+ Ka3 58.Nxa6 b4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf1 Re8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3
Bg6 16.Nf5 Ne4 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Nh4 Nc5 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Be3 Ne6
22.f4 d4 23.Be4 Rd8 24.Bf2 Ree8 25.Qg4 Ne7 26.h4 c5 27.Rad1 Nd5 28.f5 gxf5
29.Qxf5 Nf8 30.Qf3 Qe6 31.cxd4 cxd4 32.Bxd4 Ne7 33.a3 Rd7 34.Bc3 Red8 35.
Rxd7 Rxd7 36.h5 Nh7 37.Qg3 Qb6+ 38.Kh2 Qh6 39.Qg4 Nf8 40.Rf1 Ne6 41.Rf6 
Qe3 42.h6 Ng5 43.e6 fxe6 44.Qxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O c6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c4 Ne4 8.e3 Nxd2
9.Nxd2 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Be6 11.Qe2 Bd5 12.Rd1 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Na6 14.b3 c5 15.Bb2
cxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 Qc7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Qf3 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Nc5 21.e4 
Ne6 22.Rd5 Rd8 23.Ne5 f6 24.Nc4 Kg7 25.Qe3 b6 26.Qd2 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 Nc5 28.
b4 Na4 29.Qd4 b5 30.Ne3 Nb6 31.h4 h5 32.f4 Qc1 33.e5 Nc4 34.exf6+ exf6 35.
Qxa7+ Kh6 36.Nxc4 bxc4 37.Qe7 c3 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Qf7+ Kh6 40.Qf8+ Kh7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Qd2 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.a4 a5 14.Kd2 Bd7 
15.b3 Ke7 16.Re1 Rag8 17.h4 h6 18.Bd3 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.g3 Bc6 21.Rxh8 
Rxh8 22.Ne2 Nd7 23.Nd4 Rh3 24.Rg1 gxf4 25.gxf4 Rh4 26.Ke3 Rh3+ 27.Kf2 Nc5 
28.Rg3 Rxg3 29.Kxg3 Nxd3 30.cxd3 f6 31.Kf3 fxe5 32.fxe5 Bd7 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.
Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 Nc6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O a5 
9.Be3 d6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.e5 dxe5 15.
Na4 Qd6 16.Qd5 Nd8 17.Qxc5 Bxg2 18.Qxd6 cxd6 19.Kxg2 Ne6 20.Rad1 Nd4 21.b3
f6 22.Rd2 Rab8 23.Nc3 Rfc8 24.h4 h5 25.Rfd1 Rc6 26.Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.e3 c5 
9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Bg3 Nc6 12.Ndb5 e5 13.a4 a6 14.Na3 Bxa3 15.bxa3
Qe7 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.O-O Rfd8 20.Qc2 Rac8 21.Qb1 Rd7 
22.h4 Kg7 23.Na2 Rdc7 24.Nb4 Ne7 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Qb2 Ng6 27.Nd3 Re7 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29.Nc5 Qd5 30.Rc1 Ne4 31.Nxe4 Qxe4 32.Qb4 Qd3 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.
Rxc3 Rd7 35.f3 f6 36.Kf1 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ne7 38.Be1 Nc6 39.Rc1 Ke6 40.Bc3 Rc7 
41.Rh1 Ne7 42.Kd3 Nd5 43.Ba5 Rc5 44.Bb4 Rc6 45.Rb1 Rb6 46.a5 Rc6 47.Bd2 
Rc7 48.Rh1 Rd7 49.Ke2 Ne7 50.Rh7 Nc6 51.Rxd7 Kxd7 52.Kd3 Nd8 53.Kc4 Kc6 
54.Bb4 Nf7 55.Be7 Nd6+ 56.Kd3 Ne8 57.g4 Kd7 58.Bb4 Nc7 59.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Bd7 11.Ne4 Rc8 12.c3 Nd5 13.Kh1 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rcd8 15.
Rae1 Bc8 16.a3 b6 17.b4 Nf6 18.b5 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Na5 20.c4 Nb3 21.Bc3 Nd4 
22.Qb2 Bf6 23.e5 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Be7 25.Rd1 Bb7 26.Qg2 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Kg2 g6 31.g4 Qd7 32.Kf1 Kf8 33.Ke2 Bd8 34.Qa8 
Qc7 35.a4 Kg7 36.Kd3 Qe7 37.h3 Qc7 38.Kc2 Qe7 39.Qf3 Kg8 40.Kb3 Kf8 41.f5 
exf5 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Qxf5 Kg8 44.Qc8 Kf8 45.a5 Ke8 46.Qg4 h6 47.a6 Qd7 48.
Qf3 Bg5 49.Kc2 Ke7 50.Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.O-O Nb8 10.d3 Nc6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Kh1 Qb6 14.c3 O-O 15.Nxd4 
Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd4 17.Be3 Qb4 18.a3 Qb3 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Bd4 Bb5 21.Bf1 b6 
22.Qd2 Ba6 23.Kg2 Rab8 24.Kg1 h6 25.Bf2 h5 26.Rc3 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qxc3 28.
bxc3 Rc8 29.Be1 f6 30.exf6 Bxf6 31.d4 Bxf1 32.Kxf1 Rc4 33.a4 Kf7 34.Ke2 
Ke7 35.Bd2 Kd6 36.Kd3 a5 37.h3 Kc6 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 b5 40.g5 Be7 41.Re1 
Rxa4 42.f5 b4 43.Rxe6+ Kd7 44.cxb4 axb4 45.Rg6 Ra3+ 46.Kc2 Ra2+ 47.Kd3 
Ra3+ 48.Kc2 Bf8 49.f6 gxf6 50.Rxf6 Ra2+ 51.Kd3 Be7 52.Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Bb4 7.Qb3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 
O-O 9.b4 a5 10.b5 Qe7 11.a4 d6 12.d4 Nbd7 13.Ba3 Ne4 14.Qc2 e5 15.dxe5 
Nxe5 16.Nd4 Qf7 17.Rac1 Rae8 18.e3 Qh5 19.Qd1 Qf7 20.Qc2 Ba8 21.Ne2 Qh5 
22.f3 Ng5 23.f4 Bxg2 24.fxe5 Bxf1 25.Nf4 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O 
Bd7 9.a4 Nf6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.a5 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.
Bd4 Rfe8 16.Rd2 Bg5 17.Rdd1 Be7 18.h4 h6 19.Rd2 Red8 20.Nd5 exd5 21.exd5 
Bb5 22.c4 Bxc4 23.Qg4 Bf6 24.Rc2 Qb8 25.Qd1 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nxd5 12.Nh5 Nc6 13.Qg3 g6 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.
Rd1 Be7 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Rcd1 f6 20.Nf4 Kf7 21.Qf3 
Rcd8 22.Ne6 Rc8 23.Nf4 Rcd8 24.Ne6 Rc8 25.Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 
exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.d6 Bf8 11.g3 b6 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.b4 Bb7 14.O-O Rb8 15.Nb5 
a5 16.Nc7 Re5 17.b5 Na7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Bf4 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Rxe2 21.Rac1 Qe7 
22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 a4 25.g4 h6 26.f3 Nc8 27.h4 Kh7 28.Bh2 
Ra7 29.Kf2 d6 30.Na6 Rd7 31.Rc1 Na7 32.Nc7 h5 33.g5 Ng8 34.Ke2 Ne7 35.Bg1 
Nac8 36.Kd3 d5 37.Na8 Rb7 38.Bh2 Ra7 39.Nc7 Nf5 40.Rc6 Nfe7 41.Rc1 Nf5 42.
Rc6 Nxh4 43.Nxd5 Ne7 44.Nxe7 Rxe7 45.Bd6 Re6 46.Bc7 Re7 47.Bxb6 Nxf3 48.
Rc7 Re1 49.Bf2 Rb1 50.b6 h4 51.Rxf7 Ne5+ 52.Kc2 Rxb6 53.Rf4 Rc6+ 54.Kd1 
Rc4 55.Rxh4+ Rxh4 56.Bxh4 Nc4 57.Kc2 Nxa3+ 58.Kc3 Nb5+ 59.Kb4 a3 60.Bg3 a2
61.Be5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 Be6 10.Re1 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.Nh4 d5 15.Nhf5 
dxe4 16.dxe4 Na5 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 
Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 Rd8 12.g3 c5 13.a4 h6 14.Bf1 Nf8 15.Nh4 
N6h7 16.Bg2 Qf6 17.Be3 Ng5 18.Qd2 Bh3 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Bxh3 gxh4 21.d5 Nh7 
22.Qe3 Re8 23.c4 Re7 24.Ra3 g6 25.Rb3 Kg7 26.a5 Rh8 27.Reb1 Rb8 28.Bg2 
hxg3 29.fxg3 Qg5 30.Qe2 f5 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.h4 Qg4 33.Qxg4 fxg4 34.Rfb1 Rff7 
35.Bf1 Kh6 36.Be2 Kh5 37.Kg2 Nf6 38.Bd3 Ng8 39.Be2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bd6 
9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a5 11.Rb1 axb4 12.axb4 Nbd7 13.Be2 Qe7 14.Nb5 Be4 15.Bd3
c6 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Qc2 Qd5 19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.Bxd2 Ra2 21.Rb2 
Rfa8 22.Rc1 b5 23.Be1 Rxb2 24.Qxb2 Nb6 25.Ra1 Rxa1 26.Qxa1 Na4 27.Qc1 f5 
28.Qc2 Kf7 29.h3 g6 30.f3 Ke7 31.Kf1 Kd7 32.Bg3 Qc4+ 33.Qxc4 bxc4 34.Ke2 
Kc8 35.Kd2 Kb7 36.Kc2 Ka6 37.Bd6 Kb5 38.e4 fxe4 39.fxe4 Kb6 40.Be5 Ka6 41.
Bc7 Kb5 42.Bd6 c3 43.Kb3 c2 44.Bf4 Nb6 45.Kxc2 Kc4 46.Be5 Na4 47.Kd2 Kxb4 
48.Kd3 Nb2+ 49.Ke2 Nc4 50.Bg7 Kb3 51.Kd3 Nb2+ 52.Ke3 Nc4+ 53.Kf4 Kc2 54.
Kg5 Kd3 55.Kh6 Kxe4 56.Kxh7 e5 57.dxe5 Nxe5 58.Bxe5 Kxe5 59.Kxg6 c5 60.h4 
c4 61.h5 c3 62.h6 c2 63.h7 c1=Q 64.h8=Q+ Ke6 65.Qf6+ Kd7 66.g4 Ke8 67.Qf7+
Kd8 68.g5 Qd2 69.Qf6+ Ke8 70.Qe6+ Kd8 71.Qf5 Ke8 72.Qf7+ Kd8 73.Qe6 Qc1 
74.Qe5 Qb1+ 75.Qf5 Qc1 76.Kg7 Ke8 77.Qe6+ Kd8 78.g6 Qb1 79.Kf7 Qb7+ 80.Kg8
Qb1 81.g7 Qa1 82.Kf7 Qa7+ 83.Kf6 Qa1+ 84.Qe5 Qf1+ 85.Kg6 Qb1+ 86.Qf5 Qa2 
87.Qf8+ Kd7 88.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.c3 Nb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Na3 c6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 
Nbd7 16.f4 Bb7 17.Nf2 Bc8 18.d4 Qa5 19.Nc2 c5 20.Ne3 c4 21.Nf5 Re8 22.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Bc2 Re8 24.g4 b4 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.cxb4 Qxb4 27.f5 Nc5 28.h4 
c3 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Nh7 31.bxc3 Qxc3 32.Re3 Qd4 33.Rh3 Qxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Bb7
35.Bc2 Ra8 36.g6 Ra1 37.gxh7+ Kh8 38.Rc3 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Bxe4 40.Nxe4 Nxe4 
41.Rc8+ Kxh7 42.f6 g6 43.Kg2 Re1 44.Rc7 Ng5 45.Bb3 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Kh6 47.Bxf7
Nxf7 48.Rxf7 Kg5 49.Rf8 Kf5 50.Kf1 Re4 51.Kg2 Ke6 52.f7 Ke7 53.Ra8 Kxf7 
54.Ra6 Rg4+ 55.Kf3 Rf4+ 56.Kg3 Rf6 57.Ra1 Ke6 58.Kg4 Rf4+ 59.Kg5 Rd4 60.
Ra5 Rd1 61.Kxg6 Rg1+ 62.Kh5 Kf5 63.Kh4 Kf4 64.Kh3 e4 65.Kh2 Rg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Bd2 Bg4
9.d5 Bxf3 10.exf3 Ne5 11.b3 Re8 12.f4 Ned7 13.Re1 Nf8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Be3 
N6d7 16.b4 e5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ba7 Ra8 19.Be3 Qb8 20.Ne4 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 
22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 Qa7 24.Qf6 Nd7 25.Qb2 a5 26.c5 axb4 27.cxd6 c5 28.Rxe6
Rxe6 29.Bd5 Re8 30.Qb3 Kf7 31.Re1 Qa3 32.Rxe6 Qxb3 33.Re7+ Kf8 34.Rf7+ Kg8
35.Bxb3 b5 36.Rxd7+ c4 37.Re7 Kf8 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8 39.Bc2 Kd7 40.f3 Kxd6 41.
Kf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 
Qd6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 O-O 11.Qc2 g6 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Ng4 15.Be4
Rac8 16.Qe2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6 18.d5 Na5 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Nd4 Qe7 21.Ndb5 
Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxb2 23.Qf3 Rc6 24.a4 Re6 25.Re2 Bg7 26.Rde1 a6 27.Nbc3 Rd8 
28.g3 Nc6 29.Re3 Nd4 30.Qd1 h6 31.Qb1 Kh7 32.h4 Nf5 33.R3e2 Nd4 34.Re3 f5 
35.Nd2 Rxe3 36.Rxe3 Qf6 37.h5 f4 38.hxg6+ Qxg6 39.Qxg6+ Kxg6 40.Rd3 fxg3 
41.Rxg3+ Kf7 42.Nde4 b5 43.axb5 axb5 44.Kf1 b4 45.Na4 b3 46.Nb2 Rb8 47.
Nd6+ Kf8 48.Re3 Nf5 49.Nxf5 Bxb2 50.Re1 Ba3 51.Rb1 b2 52.Nd4 Rc8 53.Nb3 
Rc3 54.Nd2 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Qh4 8.c4
O-O-O 9.c5 g5 10.f3 Nf6 11.Be3 Bg7 12.g3 Qh5 13.Nc3 Rhe8 14.Re1 g4 15.f4 
Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Be2 Qg6 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Bc4 Qf5 20.Red1 Bd5 21.c6 bxc6 
22.Rac1 Re6 23.Qa3 Bxc4 24.Rxc4 Qb5 25.Rdc1 a6 26.b4 Red6 27.Qc3 R8d7 28.
Kf2 Kb7 29.a3 Qh5 30.Kg1 Qd5 31.Rd1 f5 32.Rc1 Bf6 33.a4 Kc8 34.Kf2 Kd8 35.
Ke2 h5 36.Rc2 Qe6 37.Rxc6 Rxc6 38.Qxc6 Qxc6 39.Rxc6 Bxd4 40.Rxa6 Bxe3 41.
Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 
e6 9.Ngf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Qa6 O-O 14.Bb5 Rb6 
15.Qa4 Ne7 16.b3 Ne4 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.Ne5 Nc5 20.dxc5 Qxe5+ 21.Kd2
Rxc5 22.g3 Qb8 23.f4 Ne7 24.h4 Rc8 25.h5 h6 26.Rc2 Nc6 27.Kc1 e5 28.Rd1 e4
29.Ba6 Rd8 30.Be2 Qd6 31.Kb1 Qf6 32.Qa3 d4 33.cxd4 Nxd4 34.Rcd2 Rbd6 35.
Qb4 Kh7 36.Bg4 e3 37.Rd3 a5 38.Qc5 Rd5 39.Qc4 Nb5 40.Qxb5 Rxb5 41.Rxd8 a4 
42.R8d6 Qe7 43.Be2 Rb8 44.Rd7 Qa3 45.Bd3+ Kg8 46.Bc4 axb3 47.Bxf7+ Kf8 48.
Bxb3 e2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E03"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc6 
Rb8 9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Qxc7 Bb4+ 11.Nbd2 Qxc7 12.Bxc7 Rc8 13.Bf4 Rc2 14.O-O Nd5 
15.Nb3 Rxb2 16.Bd2 Nc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3 18.Rfc1 b4 19.Nfd2 Bd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 
21.Nb1 Rxb3 22.axb3 Bxa1 23.Rc8+ Ke7 24.Rxh8 Bxd4 25.e3 Be5 26.Ra8 Nc5 27.
Kf1 Kd7 28.Ke2 Kc6 29.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.f4 Bd7 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Qe1 Qh5 13.e5 Ng4 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.
Qd1 Rfd8 16.Ne4 Be7 17.h3 Nf6 18.Ng3 Qb5 19.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Rad1 h6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Ne5 Rcd8 14.f4 Bb4 15.Rc1 Qb8
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Rc2 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bc4 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Rc8 21.a4 Rc7 22.
Bc3 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Qd8 24.Rfc1 Qe7 25.Bb5 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Nc3 b5 8.e4 Be7 
9.Bf4 O-O 10.a4 a6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Qe2 b4 13.Na4 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Bb5 15.Qe1 
Ra8 16.Nc5 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Be3 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qa3 21.Qxb4 
Qxb4 22.Rxb4 c6 23.f3 Nd7 24.Rxb5 cxb5 25.Nxd7 Rd8 26.Ne5 c3 27.Nc6 Rd1+ 
28.Kf2 Ba3 29.Nd4 Bc5 30.Ke2 Rb1 31.Kd3 b4 32.Nc2 Bxe3 33.Nxe3 Rb2 34.Nc2 
b3 35.Ne3 c2 36.Kd2 Rb1 37.Nxc2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 a6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 e5 15.
Qh4 Rae8 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb2 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Re6 19.g3 c5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Qg5 Rg6 22.Qd5 Qe7 23.Rac1 h6 24.Rc2 Kh7 25.Qf5 Kg8 26.Qd5 Kh8 27.Ba3 b4 
28.Bb2 f5 29.Qf3 f4 30.exf4 Rxf4 31.Qh5 Rfg4 32.Rcd2 R4g5 33.Qf3 Re6 34.
Kg2 Rgg6 35.Rd5 a5 36.Rf5 Kg8 37.Qa8+ Kh7 38.Qf3 Kg8 39.Qa8+ Qe8 40.Qxe8+ 
Rxe8 41.Kf1 Bf8 42.Bc1 a4 43.Be3 Rc6 44.Rc1 Ra8 45.Rc4 axb3 46.axb3 Ra1+ 
47.Kg2 Rb1 48.Bxc5 Bxc5 49.Rcxc5 Rxc5 50.Rxc5 Rxb3 51.Rb5 Kf7 52.Rb6 Ke7 
53.h4 Rb1 54.Kf3 Kd7 55.Rb7+ Kc6 56.Rxg7 b3 57.Rg8 Kc5 58.Rb8 Kc4 59.Rc8+ 
Kb4 60.Rb8+ Kc4 61.Rc8+ Kb5 62.Rb8+ Ka4 63.Ra8+ Kb4 64.Rb8+ Kc3 65.Rc8+ 
Kd3 66.Rd8+ Kc2 67.Rc8+ Kd2 68.Rd8+ Kc3 69.Rc8+ Kb2 70.Kg4 Rc1 71.Rb8 Rc5 
72.h5 Kc3 73.f4 b2 74.Rb7 Kc2 75.Kh4 Rc3 76.Rxb2+ Kxb2 77.g4 Rf3 78.f5 Kc3
79.g5 Rf4+ 80.Kg3 hxg5 81.h6 Kd4 82.h7 Rh4 83.f6 Rxh7 84.Kg4 Ke5 85.Kxg5 
Rf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bg4 6.Qd3 Rc8 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 
Bg7 9.O-O Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.Qh3 O-O 13.Bh6 f5 14.Nd5 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 fxe4 16.Qh3 Kh8 17.Re1 Nc5 18.b4 Nd3 19.Rxe4 Nxf2 20.Qc3+ e5 21.Re2 
Nd4 22.Rxf2 Rxf2 23.Kxf2 Qh4+ 24.Qg3 Rf8+ 25.Ke1 Qe4+ 26.Ne3 Qd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O a6 
9.b3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 exd4 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 h6 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Bb2
Qh4 16.Nf3 Qh5 17.Rfe1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bf5 19.Qd4 f6 20.Qh4 Qg6 21.Nd4 Bd7 
22.Ne6 Rfc8 23.Re2 Rc2 24.Rxc2 Qxc2 25.Qg4 Bf8 26.Bxf6 Rc8 27.h3 Qd2 28.
Rd1 Rc1 29.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30.Kh2 Qd2 31.Qg3 Bxe6 32.dxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Bd7 9.
Nf3 Bxb5 10.Bxb5+ Nc6 11.Nxd4 Ne7 12.c3 Bb6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Qd2 Bxd4 15.cxd4
a5 16.O-O axb4 17.a4 b3 18.g4 f5 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Qd3 Na5 21.Rae1 h6 22.Bf2
Rxf4 23.Rxe6 Nec6 24.Qg3 Qd7 25.Qxf4 Qxe6 26.Bd3 Nc4 27.Bf5 Qf6 28.Qf3 Rd8
29.Qd3 b2 30.Re1 Qg5 31.Qe2 Rf8 32.Qe6+ Kh8 33.h4 Qf6 34.Qxd5 Nd2 35.Be3 
b1=Q 36.Bxb1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Bologan, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "211"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Bd7 
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Kh2 Be6 13.Qe2 h6 14.Rfd1 a5 15.Bc5 Re8
16.Nd5 Nd7 17.Be3 b6 18.b3 Nc5 19.Ne1 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Nd3 g5 22.Qh5 
Qd8 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.Ne3 dxe3 25.Rxd8 Raxd8 26.Re1 exf2 27.Re2 Rd1 28.Rxf2 
Red8 29.Bf3 R1d2 30.Kg2 Rxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Rd2+ 32.Ke3 Rxa2 33.Bg4 Bxg4 34.Qxg4
Ra3 35.Qc8+ Bf8 36.e5 Rxb3+ 37.Ke4 Rb1 38.Qa8 Ra1 39.Kf5 Kg7 40.Qf3 Re1 
41.Qc3 Rf1+ 42.Kg4 a4 43.Kh5 Rf5 44.e6+ Rf6 45.exf7 Bd6 46.Qa1 Kxf7 47.
Qxa4 Rf3 48.Qd7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+ Ke5 50.Kg4 Re3 51.h4 Kd4 52.h5 Rxg3+ 53.Kf5 
Rf3+ 54.Kg6 g4 55.Qh8+ Be5 56.Qd8+ Kxc4 57.Kxh6 g3 58.Qd1 Rf8 59.Qe2+ Kd5 
60.Qg2+ Kd6 61.Kg5 Rf2 62.Qg1 Rh2 63.Qd1+ Bd4 64.Qf3 g2 65.Qf8+ Kd5 66.
Qf3+ Kc4 67.Qe2+ Kc3 68.Qe1+ Kd3 69.Qb1+ Kd2 70.Qa2+ Ke3 71.Qb3+ Kf2 72.
Qa2+ Kf3 73.Qf7+ Ke4 74.Qf5+ Ke3 75.Qe6+ Kd3 76.Qb3+ Bc3 77.Qd5+ Kc2 78.
Qa2+ Kc1 79.Qa3+ Kd2 80.Qxc5 Kc2 81.Qf5+ Kc1 82.Qc5 Kc2 83.Qf5+ Kc1 84.Qc5
Kb2 85.Qf2+ Kb3 86.Qg3 Rh1 87.Qxg2 Rc1 88.h6 c5 89.h7 c4 90.Qf3 Kb2 91.
Qxc3+ Kxc3 92.h8=Q+ Kc2 93.Qh7+ Kb2 94.Qb7+ Kc2 95.Qe4+ Kb2 96.Qb7+ Kc2 
97.Qg2+ Kb3 98.Qd5 Kb2 99.Qb5+ Ka3 100.Kf4 c3 101.Ke3 Rd1 102.Qc4 Kb2 103.
Qb4+ Kc2 104.Qa4+ Kc1 105.Qb3 c2 106.Qa2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 Bd6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 
O-O-O 16.Qe2 h6 17.Nf3 Bxf4 18.e5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxe5 20.Qa8+ Kd7 21.Qxa6 
Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Ke7 23.Be3 Qe5 24.Rf3 N8d7 25.Re1 Qd6 26.Qxb5 Rb8 27.Qe2 Bg3 
28.Rd1 Qe5 29.Bb3 Rb4 30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Rxg3 Kf7 32.Qc2 Rg4 33.Rxg4 Nxg4 34.
Qe4 Nxe3 35.Qxe6+ Kxe6 36.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 a6 14.Rc1 Ba7 15.
Nf4 Bd7 16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qe5 18.f4 d3+ 19.Kh1 Qxb2 20.Qxd3 Bg4 21.Rb1 Qd4
22.Qxd4 Bxd4 23.e3 Ba7 24.Nef6+ gxf6 25.Nxf6+ Kg7 26.Nxg4 h5 27.Bxc6 bxc6 
28.Ne5 Bxe3 29.Rfe1 Bd2 30.Re2 Bc3 31.Rc1 Bd4 32.Nxc6 Bf6 33.Kg2 Rfe8 34.
Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Kf3 Re6 36.Rc5 Rd6 37.Nb4 h4 38.g4 Rd4 39.Nd5 Bd8 40.Ne3 Rd3 
41.Rd5 Rxd5 42.Nxd5 Kg6 43.h3 Ba5 44.Ke2 Kg7 45.a3 Bd8 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.Ke4 
f6 48.Kf3 f5 49.Ne3 fxg4+ 50.Kxg4 a5 51.a4 Kf7 52.Kf5 Bb6 53.Nc4 Bc7 54.
Ne5+ Ke7 55.Ng6+ Kd6 56.Nxh4 Kc5 57.Ng6 Kb4 58.h4 Kxa4 59.h5 Kb3 60.h6 a4 
61.h7 a3 62.h8=Q a2 63.Ke4 Bd6 64.Kd3 Ba3 65.Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bg5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Re1 Qd6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.
Bxg5 Qd7 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Bb5 Bf5 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.b4 Rc8 20.Be3 a6 21.Ba4 
Qd8 22.Bb3 Na7 23.Rc5 Be6 24.Qh5 Rxc5 25.dxc5 Nc6 26.Bc2 h6 27.Bxh6 gxh6 
28.Qxh6 Qd7 29.Bh7+ Kh8 30.f4 d4 31.f5 d3 32.fxe6 Qd4+ 33.Kf1 Qa1+ 34.Kf2 
Ne5 35.Bxd3+ Kg8 36.Bh7+ Kh8 37.Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 Be7 8.Qe2 
Nb6 9.Bg3 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Nd2 Na4 12.Nxc4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba4 14.Rd2 b5 
15.Na5 Ba3+ 16.Kb1 c5 17.Nb7 Qb6 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.f3 Qxc3 21.
Qd3 Qa5 22.Qe3 Rad8 23.Be1 Qc7 24.Be2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Rc3 
Ne8 28.Qd4 a5 29.Kb2 b4 30.Rc5 Rxc5 31.Qxc5 Qc7 32.Qxc7 Nxc7 33.Be3 Na8 
34.Ba6 Bc6 35.Kb3 Kf8 36.Kc4 Nc7 37.Kc5 Bd7 38.Bc4 Ne8 39.Kb6 a4 40.Bc5+ 
Kg8 41.Bxb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 
cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qa5 
15.a3 Rd8 16.Rc1 Nf8 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Rc4 Bd7 19.Rb4 Qc7 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Rc1 a5
22.Rbc4 Qb6 23.Qe2 Bb5 24.Rc7 Rxd4 25.Bxb5 Rxf4 26.Bd3 Rd8 27.Rxf7 Nd5 28.
Rxf4 Nxf4 29.Qd2 Qd4 30.Rc4 Qxe5 31.Rxf4 Rxd3 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qxd3 Qe1+ 
34.Qf1 Qd2 35.Qb1 g6 36.g3 Kf7 37.b3 b5 38.Qf1 Qd5 39.Qc1 Qxb3 40.Qc7+ Kf6
41.Qxa5 Qd1+ 42.Kg2 Qd5+ 43.Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Re1 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qe2 d6 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.g4 Re8
16.g5 Nfd7 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Ndb5 Rd8 19.f4 Nc6 20.f5 a6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 
Re8 23.Qg4 Bf8 24.g6 fxg6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rd2 Nd7 27.Qxg6 b5 28.Bd4 Ne5 
29.Bxe5 dxe5 30.Rd3 Bc5+ 31.Kh1 Rf8 32.Rh3 Rf6 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.
Qh7+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kg8 37.Qxe5 bxc4 38.bxc4 Bf2 39.Rb1 Qd7 40.Qh5 Rh6 41.Qg4
Rxh3 42.Bxh3 Re8 43.Nd5 Bd4 44.Qd1 Qf7 45.Qxd4 exd5 46.cxd5 Bc8 47.Bg2 Bg4
48.Rf1 Qh5 49.Qc3 Be2 50.Rf5 Qh4 51.Kg1 Rb8 52.Qg3 Qd8 53.Bh3 Rb1+ 54.Kg2 
Qb6 55.Rf2 Bh5 56.Be6+ Kh7 57.Qh4 Kh6 58.Qf4+ Kh7 59.Qf5+ Kh6 60.Qf8 Qd4 
61.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.O-O Qd8 10.a3 Nd4 11.Ne1 Ba7 12.e3 Ne6 13.Nc2 O-O 14.d4 Ng5 15.f4 exd4 
16.exd4 Nh7 17.Qd3 Rb8 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.b4 c6 20.h3 Qc7 21.Kh2 b5 22.c5 d5 
23.Rde1 Rbe8 24.a4 Nf6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "12"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be2 c6 5.f4 Qb6 6.e5 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Be2 Bg7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be3 b5 6.a3 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Bh6 e5 9.
Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Nf3 a5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Qe3 Nbd7 15.O-O 
Qc5 16.Rde1 Qxe3 17.Rxe3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Rfd8 19.Re3 Nc5 20.f3 Rd7 21.Rc1 h5 
22.Kf2 h4 23.Bf1 Nh5 24.Ree1 b4 25.Nb1 Rad8 26.g3 Rb7 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.b3 
a4 29.bxa4 Rxa4 30.Re3 Ra1 31.Rc3 Ne6 32.Bc4 Nd4 33.Rf1 Rda8 34.Nd2 R1a3 
35.Bb3 hxg3+ 36.hxg3 Nxg3 37.Re1 Nh5 38.Nc4 Rxb3 39.cxb3 Ra2+ 40.Ke3 Nf4 
41.Nxe5 Nde6 42.Rcc1 c5 43.Nc4 Ng2+ 44.Kd3 Nef4+ 45.Kc3 Nxe1 46.Rxe1 Ne2+ 
47.Kd3 Nd4 48.Nd2 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Rd1 Nbd7 
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 c5 14.Nd6 Qc7 15.Nxb7 
Qxb7 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qc3+ e5 22.Rd5 Re8 23.Re1 f6 24.f4 Nd7 25.Red1 Nf8 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.c5 Re6 
28.c6 Kg8 29.Qc4 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 
Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 
15.Rb3 Qc5+ 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bd4 Qa5 18.Bb6 Qe5 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Bb6 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O 
d6 9.Nc2 h5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.b3 h4 12.gxh4 Nh5 13.Qe1 Qa5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5
Bxa1 16.Qxa1 Nb8 17.Ne3 f6 18.Nc4 Qd8 19.Bd2 Nd7 20.f4 f5 21.e4 Ndf6 22.e5
dxe5 23.Qxe5 b5 24.Na5 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Ng4 26.Qe1 Rae8 27.Nc6 Kh7 28.h3 Ngf6 
29.Kh2 Qc7 30.Ba5 Qd7 31.Ne5 Qc8 32.Bb4 Ne4 33.Qe3 Qc2 34.Rc1 Qxa2 35.Rc7 
Rg8 36.Rxa7 Qb1 37.d6 Nhg3 38.d7 Ra8 39.d8=Q Rgxd8 40.Qb6 Rg8 41.Rxe7+ Kh6
42.Qb7 Rh8 43.Nf7+ Kh5 44.Nxh8 Nf1+ 45.Bxf1 Ra2+ 46.Kg1 Kxh4 47.Rxe4 Qxe4 
48.Qh7+ Kg3 49.Qxg6+ Kxf4 50.Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Qa5 8.Bd2 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Qa4 10.c3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Nbc6 12.h5 h6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ne2 Na5 
15.Rb1 b6 16.g4 Nc4 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.f3 Rf8 19.Kf2 Bc6 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Nf5
22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Rbg1 Rh8 24.Bc1 Rh7 25.Nf4 Bb7 26.h6 gxh6 27.Nh5 Ke7 28.
Nf6 Rhh8 29.Rg7 Na5 30.Bxh6 Rxc3 31.Nh7 Rc2+ 32.Kg3 Kd7 33.Rxf7+ Kc8 34.
Bg7 Rd8 35.e6 Re2 36.e7 Re8 37.Be5 Kd7 38.Nf6+ Ke6 39.Rhh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Bb5+ axb5 13.Ndxb5 Qc6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 
15.e5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Qh5 d4 19.Rae1 Bd7 20.f5 Nxe5 21.f6 
Qxd6 22.Rxe5 Rg8 23.Rd5 Qa6 24.Rf3 Be6 25.Rxd4 gxf6 26.Qxc5+ Ke8 27.Rd2 
Qa5 28.Qxa5 Rxa5 29.a3 Rd5 30.Re2 Ke7 31.Rb3 Rd7 32.Rb6 Rg5 33.a4 Re5 34.
Rf2 f5 35.Kh2 Kd8 36.b3 Kc7 37.Rb4 Re4 38.Rb5 Red4 39.c4 Rd2 40.Kg1 Rxf2 
41.Kxf2 Rd2+ 42.Kf1 Rb2 43.Kg1 Bd7 44.Rc5+ Kd6 45.Rd5+ Ke6 46.Rd3 Bc6 47.
g3 Be4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 exd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nb5 Qg5 11.Nxc7 Bg4 12.Qb3 Rad8 13.Qxb7 Qc5 14.Bb5 
Rd6 15.Na6 Qd5 16.O-O Bc8 17.Qc7 Qxb5 18.Qxd6 Ne4 19.Qf4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bxa6
21.Rfd1 Qc4 22.Qxc4 Bxc4 23.a3 Rc8 24.Rab1 Kf8 25.f3 Rc7 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.g4 
h6 28.h4 Ne5 29.Rb8 Nd7 30.Ra8 Be6 31.Rd4 Nb6 32.Rg8 g6 33.Rh8 Rxc3 34.
Rxh6 Rc2+ 35.Kg3 Nc4 36.Rh8 Rc3 37.h5 gxh5 38.gxh5 Nxe3 39.Ra4 Nf5+ 40.Kf4
Kf6 41.h6 Nh4 42.Rg8 Rxf3+ 43.Ke4 Rh3 44.Rxa7 Nf5 45.Rh8 Nxh6 46.a4 Kg5 
47.a5 f5+ 48.Kd4 f4 49.Rg7+ Kf6 50.Rgh7 Nf5+ 51.Ke4 Ng3+ 52.Kd4 Ne2+ 53.
Kc5 Rc3+ 54.Kd6 Rd3+ 55.Kc7 Nd4 56.a6 Rc3+ 57.Kb6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nd2 Nxg5 6.hxg5 g6 7.c3 Qxc5 8.
Ngf3 Bg7 9.e3 a6 10.a4 d5 11.a5 Nc6 12.Ra4 h5 13.e4 Be6 14.Bd3 Nxa5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Qe2 O-O 18.O-O b5 19.Raa1 Rfd8 20.Ned2 Bxf3 21.
Nxf3 Nb3 22.Rae1 Nc5 23.Bb1 e6 24.Qe3 Na4 25.Re2 Nb6 26.g3 a5 27.Nh4 Nc4 
28.Qe4 Nd6 29.Qf3 Qe7 30.Qf4 Rac8 31.Rfe1 Rc4 32.Qe3 Rg4 33.f4 Nc4 34.Qf2 
Qc7 35.Be4 b4 36.Kh1 bxc3 37.bxc3 a4 38.Nf3 a3 39.Nh2 Bxc3 40.Nxg4 hxg4 
41.Rc1 Bb2 42.Rxb2 axb2 43.Qxb2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "214"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Bc3 Bd7 14.Ng3 Bf4 15.Ne5 
Be8 16.Kh1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Re1 Qxf2 19.Rf1 Qb6 20.Bd4 Qb4 21.Nf5 Bg5 
22.Bc3 Qc5 23.Qg4 exf5 24.Bxf5 d4 25.Bxd4 Qe7 26.Bc3 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 29.Rxf8 Rd8 30.Raf1 Qe7 31.Qh3+ Bh6 32.Qb3 Qe4 33.h3 Rd2 34.
Qg8+ Kg6 35.R8f6+ Kg5 36.R6f3 Qe2 37.Rg3+ Kh4 38.Rg4+ Qxg4 39.hxg4 Bc6 40.
Rg1 Rd3 41.Re1 Rd2 42.Qc4 Bxg2+ 43.Kg1 Bd5 44.Qc3 Rg2+ 45.Kf1 Rxg4 46.b3 
Bc6 47.Re7 a6 48.a4 Rg3 49.Qd4+ Rg4 50.Qf2+ Kh3 51.Re5 Rf4 52.Rh5+ Kg4 53.
Rh4+ Kf5 54.Rxf4+ Bxf4 55.Qc5+ Be5 56.Qc2+ Be4 57.Qc8+ Kf6 58.Ke2 Bc6 59.
Qd8+ Kf5 60.Qe7 g5 61.Qf7+ Bf6 62.Qh5 Be5 63.Ke3 Bf4+ 64.Kf2 Ke5 65.Qg4 
Kd4 66.Qe6 Bd5 67.Qb6+ Ke5 68.Qc7+ Kd4 69.Qd7 Ke5 70.b4 Bc6 71.Qe7+ Kf5 
72.Qc5+ Ke6 73.Qc4+ Bd5 74.Qc8+ Ke5 75.Qe8+ Kf5 76.Qd7+ Ke5 77.Qe7+ Kf5 
78.Ke2 Be4 79.Qd7+ Ke5 80.Qe7+ Kf5 81.Qd7+ Ke5 82.b5 axb5 83.axb5 Kf6 84.
Qe8 Kf5 85.Qe7 Bd5 86.Kd3 Bf3 87.Qd7+ Ke5 88.Qh3 g4 89.Qh5+ Kf6 90.Kd4 Bg3
91.Ke3 Be5 92.Qh6+ Kf5 93.Qf8+ Ke6 94.Qc5 Kf5 95.Qe7 Bf4+ 96.Kf2 Be5 97.
Qf7+ Kg5 98.Qe6 Kf4 99.Qc4+ Kf5 100.Qg8 Bd4+ 101.Kf1 b6 102.Qf7+ Ke4 103.
Qe6+ Kd3 104.Ke1 Bc5 105.Qb3+ Ke4 106.Kd2 Kf4 107.Ke1 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 
9.O-O Nd7 10.b4 a6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Ne4 
dxe5 16.dxe5 Nf4 17.Bf1 Rfd8 18.Qd4 Ng6 19.Qb2 Bd5 20.g3 Nb6 21.Rac1 Nc4 
22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Rxc4 Bxc4 24.h4 h6 25.h5 Nf8 26.Nfd2 Bd5 27.Qc3 Bc6 28.Qe3
Nd7 29.f4 Kh8 30.Nc4 Bd5 31.Ncd6 f6 32.Qd4 fxe5 33.fxe5 Nb8 34.Nc3 Nc6 35.
Qf4 Rf8 36.Nxd5 exd5 37.Nf5 Qe8 38.g4 Qe6 39.Kh2 d4 40.Kg3 d3 41.Nd4 Rxf4 
42.Nxe6 Re4 43.Rf1 Nxe5 44.g5 Rg4+ 45.Kh3 hxg5 46.Rf5 d2 47.Rf8+ Kh7 48.
Rd8 Rg1 49.Nf8+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 a6 8.Bb3 
Qc7 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.f5 b4 13.Nce2 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 exf5 15.
exf5 Bb7 16.Qh3 a5 17.Rc4 Qd7 18.Rh4 a4 19.Bc4 Rfc8 20.Kb1 b3 21.cxb3 d5 
22.Bd3 axb3 23.axb3 Ba6 24.Bc1 Qb7 25.Ra4 Qxb3 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Bxa6 Qc2+ 
28.Ka1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5 
9.Bc2 O-O 10.a4 Bb7 11.Na3 b4 12.Nb1 e5 13.a5 d5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 bxc3 16.
Nxc3 g5 17.Bg3 d4 18.Nb1 Ne8 19.Ba4 Qxa5 20.Bxd7 Qxa1 21.Qb3 Qa5 22.Qxb7 
Nf6 23.Nbd2 Rab8 24.Qc6 g4 25.Nc4 Qb4 26.Nfd2 Qb5 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Nxe5 Rb6
29.Bf5 Ra8 30.Nb3 Bf8 31.Nxg4 Nxg4 32.Bxg4 Ra4 33.Rc1 Rb4 34.Bd1 c4 35.
dxc4 bxc4 36.Nxd4 Rxb2 37.Kf1 Rd2 38.Nf3 Ra2 39.Be5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 d5 5.g5 Ne4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Ne5 
e3 9.fxe3 Qxg5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.d4 Bd7 13.Qc2 Qf6 14.b4 e5 15.d5 
Bf5 16.Qa4 Be4 17.dxc6 b5 18.cxb5 Bxf3 19.exf3 e4 20.Ra2 exf3 21.Rf2 Rd8 
22.Qc2 Be5 23.Bb2 O-O 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Rxf3 Rd6 26.Bg2 Qxb5 27.Rf5 Qa6 28.
Ra5 Qb6 29.Qc5 Qb8 30.O-O 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1 Bxc1 8.Rxc1 
Nge7 9.Ne3 O-O 10.a3 Kh8 11.O-O f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ncd5 Qg5 14.c3 Nce7 15.
Nxe7 Nxe7 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.Be2 c4 19.b3 b5 20.Qd2 Qf4 21.Bf3 Rb8 
22.Rfe1 Qd6 23.bxc4 dxc4 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 Bb7 26.d5 Nf5 27.Ra1 a6 28.
Nxf5 Rxf5 29.d6 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Rd5 31.Rxa6 Rd8 32.Rc6 Kg8 33.Re6 Rd7 34.f4 
Kf7 35.Re5 R7xd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rxb5 Rc6 38.Re5 c3 39.Re1 Rc4 40.b5 Rxf4 
41.Rc1 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.b5 c5 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.dxc5 
Nxc5 16.Nd4 Rc8 17.Bg4 Rc7 18.Na4 Ne4 19.Qd3 Rc4 20.Nb2 Rc5 21.Na4 Bxd4 
22.exd4 Rc4 23.Nc3 Qc7 24.Ne2 f5 25.Bh3 g5 26.f3 Nd6 27.f4 g4 28.Bxg4 fxg4
29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D16"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.h3 Na6 8.g4 Bg6 
9.Bg2 Nb4 10.O-O Bc2 11.Qd2 Bb3 12.Ne4 Nc2 13.Nc5 Nd5 14.Rb1 e6 15.Nxc4 
Bxc4 16.Qxc2 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Ba6 18.b4 b5 19.cxb6 Qxb6 20.b5 cxb5 21.Bxd5 
exd5 22.Ba3 h5 23.Rb3 Rh6 24.Re3+ Re6 25.a5 Qb7 26.Qc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6 
9.c3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Ra3 Rb8 22.Rea1 h4 
23.Bxh4 Nfxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxh4 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra5 Bc8 28.Ra7 Bf6
29.h4 Re7 30.h5 Bf5 31.Qc2 Qc8 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Nd2 Kf8 34.R7a6 Qd7 35.Nf1 
Rf7 36.Ng3 Be7 37.Ra7 Rb7 38.Rxb7 Qxb7 39.Bxf5 gxf5 40.Nxf5 Qxd5 41.Qd2 
Qc6 42.Qh6+ Ke8 43.Qe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 b6 
9.Nf4 c6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Nfe2 Re8 12.Ng3 c5 13.Nb5 Bxg3 14.hxg3 a6 15.Bxh7+ 
Nxh7 16.Qh5 axb5 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 18.Qh8+ Ke7 19.Qxg7 Rg8 20.Qh7 Nd7 21.dxc5 
Nf6 22.Qh4 Rg4 23.Qh6 bxc5 24.Bb2 Ra6 25.Rd1 cxb4 26.axb4 Rxb4 27.Bd4 Rxd4
28.exd4 Re6+ 29.Kf1 b4 30.Qd2 Qd6 31.Rh8 Ne4 32.Qe3 Kd7 33.Ra1 Bb7 34.Kg1 
Kc7 35.Qd3 Rh6 36.Rxh6 Qxh6 37.Rb1 Qh1+ 38.Kxh1 Nxf2+ 39.Kg1 Nxd3 40.Kf1 
Ba6 41.Ke2 b3 42.Kd2 b2 43.Rf1 Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.
Nc6 Qe8 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qxc3 Bb7 19.Bd2 Rfc8 20.Qd4 e5 21.Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f3 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Bf4 b4 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Ng3 
Qa5 16.Kb1 d5 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 Rd8 19.Bh3 dxe4 20.fxe4 Nc5 21.Qe2 O-O 22.b3
Qb5 23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Bg2 f5 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Bh3 Rfe8 28.Rd6 Nxe4
29.Nxe4 Bxe4 30.Rh2 Bf5 31.Bd4 Bxh3 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Rxh3 Kf7 34.Rhd3 f5 
35.R6d4 Rc5 36.Rxb4 e5 37.a4 e4 38.Rd7+ Ke6 39.Rd1 bxa4 40.Rxa4 Ke5 41.Kc1
Rec8 42.c4 e3 43.Ra7 R8c7 44.Ra8 Ke4 45.Rad8 f4 46.R1d4+ Ke5 47.Kd1 Rc8 
48.R8d7 R8c7 49.Rd8 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Be7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bc4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.f4 Qc7 14.f5 Qc5 15.
Ne2 Rg8 16.g3 a5 17.a3 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 e5 19.Bd5 Rc8 20.Nb3 Bd8 21.Kb1 Ke7 
22.Nc1 Bb6 23.Ne2 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nc1 Ba4 26.Rd2 Be3 27.Re2 Bc5 28.Nd3 
Bb5 29.Rd1 h5 30.Ka2 Rc7 31.Kb1 Rcc8 32.Red2 Rc7 33.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Re8 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bg5 
exd4 16.Nxd4 Be5 17.Nf5 c5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 f6 20.Be3 g6 21.Nh6+ Kg7 
22.Ng4 Bd6 23.Bh6+ Kf7 24.a4 c4 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Ne3 Nc5 28.
Nf5 Bb7 29.Nxd6+ Qxd6 30.Bf4 Qd7 31.Be3 Nd3 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.Rxd3 Re5 34.d6
Rd5 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3
d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Bg3 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.
b4 Ne4 16.Rc1 Nxg3 17.hxg3 c4 18.Bf5 Nf6 19.Qd4 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Bc8 21.Bb1 Bg4
22.e4 Rfe8 23.Qxb6 axb6 24.exd5 b5 25.Rc3 Rad8 26.Re3 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Ra8 28.
e4 Rxa3 29.e5 Nd7 30.e6 fxe6 31.dxe6 Bxe6 32.Nd4 Bg4 33.Nxb5 Rb3 34.Rc1 
Rxb4 35.Ba2 Nb6 36.Nc3 Be6 37.Rb1 Rxb1+ 38.Bxb1 Nd5 39.Nxd5 Bxd5 40.Kf2 
Kf7 41.Ke3 Bxg2 42.Kd4 Bf1 43.Be4 Kf6 44.Bf3 Kf5 45.Bd1 Kg5 46.Bf3 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 g6 
9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.d5 Nb4 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 a5 
16.a3 Na6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 O-O 19.a4 Nc7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.axb5 Nxb5 22.
Rxa5 Nd6 23.Qa4 Rfd8 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Ra3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bxb2 27.Raa1 Bxc1 
28.Rxc1 Nf6 29.g3 Nf5 30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Bg2 Nxd5 32.Bxd5 Rxd5 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.
Rc4 Kg6 35.Ra4 e6 36.Rb4 h5 37.h4 Kf6 38.Rb8 Rd4 39.f4 Rd2+ 40.Kf3 Rd7 41.
Rg8 Rd3+ 42.Kf2 Ra3 43.Re8 Kg7 44.Kg2 Ra2+ 45.Kf3 Ra6 46.Kf2 f6 47.Re7+ 
Kf8 48.Rh7 Ra2+ 49.Kf3 Ra3+ 50.Kf2 Rd3 51.Ra7 Rd8 52.Kf3 Re8 53.Ra6 Kf7 
54.Ra7+ Re7 55.Ra6 Kg7 56.Kf2 e5 57.fxe5 fxe5 58.Kf3 Rd7 59.Ke3 Rb7 60.Ra5
Re7 61.Ra6 Rd7 62.Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4 
9.e3 Bc5 10.exd4 Bxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Nc3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.b3
Qg6 16.Re1 f6 17.Nd5 Qf7 18.f4 Nc6 19.Qd3 Kh8 20.Rf1 Be6 21.Rae1 Qd7 22.
Qe3 Bg4 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.h3 Bf5 25.Rd1 Rad8 26.Kh2 b6 27.Nxf6 Qxd1 28.Rxd1 
Rxd1 29.Qxe5 Rxf6 30.g4 Bg6 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.Bd5 Bf7 33.Be4+ Bg6 34.Bd5 Bf7 
35.Be4+ Bg6 36.Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d5 Nb8 7.h3 c6 8.Bb3 O-O 
9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Nd5 h6 14.Bh4 e6 15.Nxf6+ 
Nxf6 16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Nb5 g5 18.Nxd6 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4 
9.e3 Bc5 10.exd4 Bxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Nc3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.f4
Qb6 16.Rf2 Nc6 17.f5 Rd8 18.Nd5 Qc5 19.f6 g6 20.Rc1 Be6 21.Rc3 Kh7 22.Be4 
Nb4 23.a3 Qd4 24.Qxd4 exd4 25.Rb3 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Rxb7 
Kg8 29.Kf1 a5 30.Ke2 d3+ 31.Kd1 g5 32.Rc7 Rb8 33.Rc3 Kh7 34.b3 Kg6 35.Rf3 
Rb6 36.Kd2 h5 37.Rfxd3 Rxd3+ 38.Kxd3 Kxf6 39.Kd4 Rd6+ 40.Kc5 Rd2 41.h3 Kf5
42.b4 axb4 43.axb4 Ke4 44.b5 f5 45.b6 f4 46.gxf4 gxf4 47.b7 Rd8 48.Kb6 Rb8
49.Rc8 Rxc8 50.bxc8=Q Kf3 51.Kb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd8 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3
a6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.Re1 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 Be5 14.Nxe6 
Bxe6 15.Bxe6 Nf6 16.Bb3 O-O 17.Qf3 h5 18.Qf5 Rfe8 19.f3 a5 20.a4 Bg3 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Bd2 b6 23.Rf1 h4 24.c3 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bc4 Nc5 27.Bb5 
Re5 28.c4 Nd3 29.Bc3 Re7 30.Bd4 Nc5 31.b4 axb4 32.a5 Bc7 33.Rd1 Re2 34.Ra1
b3 35.a6 Bb8 36.Rb1 Ra2 37.Kg1 Bc7 38.Bxc5 bxc5 39.Rxb3 Bg3 40.Rb1 Kh7 41.
Rd1 f5 42.f4 Kh6 43.Rd6+ g6 44.Kf1 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rxg2+ 46.Kd1 h3 47.Bc6 Ra2 
48.Bb7 Bxf4 49.Rd7 h2 50.Rd8 Rxa6 51.Rh8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 Re8 12.Ba3 c4 13.Bc2 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4 15.Nd2
Re8 16.e4 Be6 17.Re1 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Bd5 19.Qg4 Re6 20.Re3 Ne7 21.Ng3 Ng6 22.
Nf5 Rae8 23.Rae1 Qf4 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qxf4 Nxf4 26.Ne3 Bc6 27.a5 e5 28.Nxc4
exd4 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.cxd4 Ne2+ 31.Kh1 Nxd4 32.Bc5 Nb3 33.Bxa7 Bf7 34.Nd6 
Nxa5 35.Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
c5 9.e4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.d5 exd5 12.Rd1 d4 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6+ Rxc6 15.O-O
Qc8 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Qb3 Bc5 18.Bxd4 O-O 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Qc4 Qe8
22.f4 Qe6 23.Rfe1 h6 24.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 O-O-O 13.dxe6 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 fxe6 16.Qh3 Kb8 17.Bg5 Bd6 18.Rad1 Be5 19.Rde1 h6 20.Bc1 g5 21.Kh1 c4
22.f3 Rhg8 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 h5 25.Ne2 Bc8 26.Rf1 Qg7 27.f4 gxf4 28.Nxf4
Qg4 29.Qe3 Ka8 30.Qf2 Bb7 31.h3 Qg3 32.Qxg3 Rxg3 33.Re1 Bc8 34.Rd1 Rg8 35.
Kg1 Bb7 36.Re1 Bd4+ 37.Kh1 e5 38.Ne6 Bb6 39.Bg5 Rg6 40.Bh4 Nxe4 41.Ng5 
Rxg5 42.Bxe4 Rg8 43.Bxb7+ Kxb7 44.Rxe5 Bd4 45.Re2 Rf8 46.Kh2 Rf1 47.Rd2 
Be5+ 48.Bg3 Bf6 49.Rd7+ Kc6 50.Rf7 h4 51.Rc7+ Kd5 52.Rd7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4 
9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.
Qxb4 Rb8 16.Qa3 h5 17.e4 Ng4 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Qc5 h4 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bxh4 Qc7 
22.f4 g5 23.h3 gxh4 24.hxg4 hxg3 25.Kg2 Rh2+ 26.Kxg3 Qh7 27.f5 Qh3+ 28.Kf4
Rg2 29.Rf3 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D23"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O 
Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 c5 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Nf6 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.
Qa6 Qc7 16.Bg2 Rxb2 17.Rfd1 cxd4 18.Na4 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 dxe3 20.fxe3 Qe5 21.
Qf1 Qxe3+ 22.Qf2 Qa3 23.Qxa7 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Re2 Ra8 26.Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 Rxa4 28.Rc1 f5 29.Re2 h5 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Rcc2 Ra3 32.Red2 Bg5 33.Re2 h4
34.gxh4 Bxh4+ 35.Kg1 Bf6 36.Kf2 f4 37.Red2 f3 38.Kg3 Be5+ 39.Kg4 Ra4+ 40.
Kh3 g5 41.Rc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 Nd7 6.e3 e5 7.Be2 e4 8.Nfd2 c5 9.
dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nc3 g5 11.Nxd5 Qd8 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bg3 Rc8 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Be5 Rh7 16.Nf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 Rc6 18.Bb2 Rd6 19.Bd4 Qf5 20.Qe2 Ne6 21.c3 
Rd7 22.f3 exf3 23.Qxf3 Qb5 24.Qe2 Qc6 25.O-O Bd6 26.Nc4 Bb8 27.Qc2 Nf8 28.
Rf6 Qc8 29.Raf1 b5 30.Nd2 Qc7 31.Qe4+ Re7 32.Qc6+ Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Kd7 34.Ra6 
Kc8 35.Rf5 Kb7 36.Raf6 Ne6 37.Rxb5+ Kc8 38.Nc4 h5 39.Be5 Bxe5 40.Nxe5 a6 
41.Rd5 h4 42.h3 Nc7 43.Rc5 Kb7 44.Nc4 Ne6 45.Rcf5 Rd7 46.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A84"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.
Ne5 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.f3 Bb7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Na4 Qb7
16.Qe2 Bxa4 17.bxa4 b5 18.Bc3 bxa4 19.Ba5 a3 20.Rb1 Qd7 21.Rb3 Rfb8 22.
Rfb1 Rxb3 23.Rxb3 Rc8 24.g3 g5 25.Bxa6 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 g4 27.fxg4 Nxg4 28.Qd2 
Qc6 29.Rb6 Qc2 30.Rxd6 Qe4+ 31.Kh3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.Nf4 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 fxe4 
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 cxd5 11.Bxd5 e6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O a5 14.a4 Ra6 15.Rb1 
Nc6 16.c4 e5 17.Nd5 d6 18.Be4 Nd4 19.Be3 Kh8 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.f4 Bd7 22.b3 
Qc8 23.Qd3 Qc5 24.Rbe1 Raa8 25.h4 Rae8 26.Kg2 Bg4 27.Bf3 Bf5 28.Be4 Bg4 
29.Bf3 Bf5 30.Be4 Be6 31.h5 gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nf3 
e6 9.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 
O-O-O 16.Qe1 e5 17.a4 b4 18.Ne2 h6 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nf3 Ne6 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 
22.Rf5 Qd6 23.Bf4 Nxf4 24.Nxf4 Rhe8 25.Rd1 Rxe4 26.Rxd6 Rxe1+ 27.Kf2 Rxd6 
28.Rxc5+ Kd8 29.Kxe1 g5 30.Nd3 b3 31.Ne5 Nd7 32.Nf7+ Ke7 33.Nxd6 Nxc5 34.
Nf5+ Kf6 35.Bb1 h5 36.g3 Nxa4 37.Kd2 Bd5 38.Ne3 Be6 39.Bd3 Nxb2 40.Bxa6 
Ke5 41.Bb5 Kd4 42.h4 g4 43.Ng2 Nc4+ 44.Bxc4 Bxc4 45.Nf4 Bf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Be3 Bc5 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2
Qg6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 d5 11.Bh5 Qd6 12.f4 N5c6 13.e5 Qh6 14.N2b3 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Nf5 17.Rf2 a5 18.Be2 b6 19.Rc1 c6 20.Rc3 Ne7 21.g4 f5 
22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Re3 Bd7 24.Bd3 Ng6 25.f5 a4 26.Na1 a3 27.b4 c5 28.bxc5 
bxc5 29.dxc5 Ne5 30.Nb3 Ba4 31.Bc2 Rad8 32.Nd4 Bxc2 33.Rxc2 Rb8 34.Ne6 Rf7
35.c6 Nc4 36.Re1 Qh4 37.c7 Re8 38.Rf2 Nb6 39.Qd4 Nc8 40.Re3 h5 41.Qxd5 
hxg4 42.Ng5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alexandrov, Alexei"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.g4 
Nxg4 9.a3 O-O 10.Bg2 Bh4 11.Bg3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Ne7 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5
15.Bxd5 Rad8 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bf3 Rxb2 18.Ne2 Nf6 19.Nc3 Rc2 20.Na4 Be4 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22.O-O c5 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 cxd4 25.exd4 Rd8 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.
Rxc5 Kf8 28.d5 Ke7 29.Kg2 Kd6 30.Ra5 Rd7 31.f4 f5 32.Kh3 Rc7 33.Kh4 h6 34.
Kh5 Rc3 35.Kg6 Rxg3+ 36.Kxf5 Rg1 37.Rxa7 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.e4 Bd7 15.h3 bxc4 
16.bxc4 e5 17.Ne2 Rb4 18.a3 Ba4 19.Qd3 Rbb8 20.Bc3 Nd7 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.Rb1
Rxb1+ 23.Qxb1 Nb7 24.Nc1 Qb6 25.Ncb3 Bh6 26.Bf1 Bxd2 27.Nxd2 Qxb1 28.Nxb1 
Bc2 29.Nd2 Nb6 30.f4 f6 31.Kf2 Na4 32.Ba1 Na5 33.Ke3 Nb6 34.Bd3 Bd1 35.Bc3
Nb7 36.Be2 Ba4 37.h4 Kf7 38.f5 Bc2 39.Bd3 Bd1 40.Be2 Bc2 41.Bd3 Bd1 42.Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 
Qxd5 9.Qf3 cxd4 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.cxd4 b6 12.Bd2 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Nf3 
Rfc8 15.Ke2 f6 16.Rhc1 Kf7 17.g4 Ne7 18.e4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Nxc8 
21.Kd3 Ke7 22.h4 Nd6 23.a4 e5 24.Bc3 exd4 25.Bxd4 Nb7 26.Kc4 Nac5 27.e5 
Nxa4 28.h5 Nac5 29.h6 gxh6 30.exf6+ Ke6 31.Kb5 Kd5 32.Be3 Nd6+ 33.Kb4 a5+ 
34.Ka3 Nc4+ 35.Ka2 Nxe3 36.f7 Nd7 37.fxe3 Ke6 38.Kb3 Kxf7 39.Kc4 Ke6 40.
Kb5 Kd5 41.Nd4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.e4 Rd8 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.e5 b6 15.Rfe1
a6 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Be4 b5 18.Nb1 Rdc8 19.Nbd2 a5 20.Nb3 a4 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.
Rxc5 Bf8 23.Rec1 Qd7 24.R5c2 b4 25.Qe3 Ra5 26.h4 c5 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.dxc5 
Qd5 29.c6 Qxa2 30.Rd2 Rd5 31.c7 a3 32.bxa3 Rxd2 33.Nxd2 bxa3 34.Ne4 Qb2 
35.Nd6 Rxc7 36.Rxc7 a2 37.Ra7 a1=Q+ 38.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39.Kh2 Bg7 40.Nc4 Qd1 
41.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Nf5 Bd8 14.Be3
Rc8 15.c3 a5 16.Nbd4 a4 17.a3 g6 18.Ng3 Nd6 19.Rad1 Nc4 20.Bc1 Qg4 21.Qxg4
Nxg4 22.Nc2 Re8 23.Nb4 h5 24.Nxd5 h4 25.f3 hxg3 26.fxg4 gxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Kg7 
28.Kg3 Rc5 29.Rd4 b5 30.Kf3 Ne5+ 31.Kg3 Nc4 32.Kf3 Ne5+ 33.Kg3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.
Be2 Rd8 16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Nd1 Rd6 18.Ne3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 h5 20.a4 Bh6 21.a5 Nd7 
22.Rfd1 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Rc8 24.Be2 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qe7 26.b4 Nf6 27.b5 Qa3 28.
Kf2 Qxa5 29.bxc6 Qc3 30.Qxc3 Nxe4+ 31.Kf3 Nxc3 32.Rd6 Nxe2 33.Kxe2 Kf8 34.
Kf3 Ke7 35.Rd7+ Ke6 36.Rxa7 Rxc6 37.h4 Rc4 38.g3 f6 39.e4 Rc3+ 40.Kf2 f5 
41.Ra6+ Kf7 42.Ra7+ Kf6 43.Ra6+ Kg7 44.Ra7+ Kh6 45.Re7 Rc2+ 46.Kf1 f4 47.
gxf4 exf4 48.Rf7 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.
h3 Bh5 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bb2 Bc5 15.Nf4
Qg5 16.Rc1 O-O 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Qe2 Bf8 19.Nd3 Nb6 20.Rfc1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rc8 
22.Rxc8 Nxc8 23.Qc2 Ne7 24.Ba3 Qf5 25.Qc3 a5 26.Bd6 b4 27.Qc7 Qxd3 28.Bxe7
Bxe7 29.Qxe7 g6 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qxa5 d4 34.exd4 
Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Qxd4 36.Qb5 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.Kg1 Qc1+ 40.Qf1 
Qd2 41.Qb5 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 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.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qc2 
Qb6 15.Qc3 Bd7 16.Qb4+ Qd6 17.Qxd6+ Kxd6 18.Ke2 Nc6 19.Rhd1 Kc7 20.Rd3 
Rhg8 21.Rdc3 Rxg2 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxc6+ Kd7 25.Rc7+ Ke8 26.
Rb7 a5 27.Rcc7 Rg7 28.a4 h5 29.h4 Kf8 30.Ke3 Kg8 31.f3 e5 32.Rc6 Rg6 33.
Rbc7 Kg7 34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Rxc8 Rg2 36.Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.f3 Nd6 13.Nc5 Qc8 14.Nd3 
O-O 15.Re1 Bd8 16.Be3 Bb6 17.c3 Re8 18.Bf2 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qd7 20.Qd2 Nc4 
21.Qc2 Re8 22.Re1 Rxe1+ 23.Nxe1 Qe8 24.Nd3 Nd7 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Nxe2 Ne3 27.
Bxe3 Bxe3+ 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Ke7 31.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.d3 Nc6 8.O-O
e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.a3 a6 14.b4 b5 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nb6 17.Bc3 f5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.bxc5 Na4 20.Ba1 e5 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.
Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Bxe5 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qc3+ Rf6 27.Qxc5 Qxd3
28.Qe7+ Rf7 29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Rc1 Qd7 31.Qf4 Rf8 32.Rc7 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Qd5+ 34.
f3 Rd8 35.Qh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 
9.axb5 axb5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.c3 Qf6 14.g3 Ne7 15.Nh4 b4
16.Bc4 bxc3 17.bxc3 Bb7 18.Rac1 c6 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.f4 d5 21.fxe5 Qe6 22.
Nb3 Na4 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Bb5 Qb6+ 25.d4 Bc6 26.Bxa4 Bxa4 27.Nc5 Bb5 28.Qg4 
Bxf1 29.Nd7 Qb2 30.Rxf1 Qxc3 31.Nxb8 Rxb8 32.Qf4 Rf8 33.Ng2 Nc6 34.e6 
Qxd4+ 35.Qxd4 Nxd4 36.exf7+ Rxf7 37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd3 c5 12.c4 Bb7 13.Nc3 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Qd2 
d6 16.Rab1 Rd8 17.Bg5 Nh7 18.Bf4 Nf8 19.b4 cxb4 20.Rxb4 Ng6 21.Rfb1 Ba8 
22.Be3 Rc8 23.Rb6 Ne5 24.Rxa6 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 O-O 26.Ra4 Rb8 27.Rb5 Rfc8 28.
Bd4 Bc6 29.Ra7 Qd8 30.Rb3 Ra8 31.Nb5 Rcb8 32.Qe2 Bf8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.a3 
Qg5 35.Be3 Qe5 36.f3 d5 37.Bd4 Qg5 38.cxd5 exd5 39.Rc3 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Qd2 
41.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Qd2 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Rae1 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 e5 16.f5 Ne7 17.g4 Bc6 18.Nd2 d5 19.Qg3 dxe4 20.Ncxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 
Nd5 22.Kh2 Nf4 23.f6 Rad8 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Qh4 Ng6 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Qg5 Bxe4 
28.Rxe4 Rd6 29.h4 f6 30.Qh6 Qg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kg3 Nf4 33.Re3 Nxd3 34.
cxd3 Rfd8 35.Rff3 h6 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Rxe5 Rxd3 39.Rxg5+ Kh6 40.
Rg4 Rxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Rd2 42.Rb4 b5 43.Ke3 Rg2 44.Kd4 Rc2 45.Kd3 Rg2 46.Kc3 
Kg7 47.a4 Rg3+ 48.Kc2 Rg2+ 49.Kb3 Rg3+ 50.Ka2 bxa4 51.Rxa4 Rg6 52.Ka3 Kf7 
53.Rc4 Ke7 54.Ka4 Kd7 55.Ka5 Rh6 56.b4 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 a5 
9.a3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.e3 Ne6 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Ne4 Bg7 15.Nc3 h5
16.h4 Nc7 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Qc2 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Na4 e4 21.dxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4
Rxe4 23.Nc3 Rg4 24.Ne2 Ne6 25.f3 Rc4 26.Qd1 Rac8 27.Bc3 d4 28.exd4 Nxd4 
29.Rf2 Nxe2+ 30.Rxe2 Qxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Rxc3 33.Kg2 Rxa3 34.Rd7 
Rcc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qa4 
Nbd7 9.e5 Ng4 10.h3 Nh6 11.Qa3 Nb6 12.Bxh6 Bxh6 13.Bd3 Be6 14.O-O c6 15.
Rfe1 Qc7 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Ne4 Bd5 18.Bc2 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 e6 20.h4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 cxd4 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 Bf5 11.O-O Be4 12.Be3 Be7 13.Rfd1 Bf6 14.Nd4 
Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 f6 17.Bc5 Rd8 18.Rd2 Kf7 19.Rad1 Ke6 20.b3 Rd7 
21.g4 Rhd8 22.e3 b6 23.Bd4 Rc8 24.Bb2 Nb4 25.Ba3 Nc2 26.Bb2 Nb4 27.h4 Nxa2
28.Bxf6 Nc1 29.Bb2 Nxb3 30.Rd3 Nc5 31.Rd4 Ne4 32.Kg1 Rc2 33.f3 Rxb2 34.
fxe4 Rb5 35.Kg2 a5 36.Kg3 Rc5 37.exd5+ Rdxd5 38.Re1 b5 39.Rf4 b4 40.Rf8 a4
41.e4 Rd2 42.Re8+ Kd7 43.Rb8 b3 44.e5 Rc7 45.Re4 Ra2 46.e6+ Ke7 47.Rg8 b2 
48.Rxg7+ Kd6 49.Rxc7 b1=Q 50.Rd7+ Kc5 51.Kf4 Rf2+ 52.Ke5 Qb8+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 Nd5
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nxc4 O-O 12.a3 Rfd8 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bd2 Bf6 15.
Rb1 Rac8 16.e3 Nde7 17.Qb3 Qd3 18.Qxd3 Rxd3 19.Be4 Rd7 20.Be1 g6 21.Na5 
Nxa5 22.Bxa5 b6 23.Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6 
9.Qc2 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5 exd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Rad1 
Qe7 16.f4 gxf4 17.Rxf4 Bh6 18.Rff1 Bd7 19.Kh1 Nc7 20.Ne4 Ne8 21.Qb3 c5 22.
Ne6 Rxf5 23.Rxf5 Bxe6 24.Nxd6 Nc6 25.Rxc5 Nxd6 26.Bxd6 Qf6 27.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 g6 
9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 O-O 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Qb3 Rc7 15.Bf4
Nd7 16.Rad1 Qb8 17.h4 e5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 Qe8 20.Qa3 Qe7 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 
22.g3 h6 23.Rd6 Nc8 24.Rd2 Nf6 25.Rdd1 Nxe4 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Rxe4 f6 28.Rc4
Re7 29.h5 gxh5 30.Nh4 Rh7 31.Bh3 Ne7 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Rc7 f5 34.Rdd7 Bg5 35.
Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d5 8.d3 O-O 
9.Bg5 dxe4 10.dxe4 Nd7 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 Bb7 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.
Bxd2 c5 16.O-O Qc7 17.b3 Rfd8 18.a4 Bc6 19.Rfd1 h6 20.Be3 Qb7 21.Nd2 Nf6 
22.f3 Rd7 23.c4 bxa4 24.Rdb1 axb3 25.Nxb3 Qc7 26.Nxc5 Rdd8 27.Nxa6 Qc8 28.
Bc5 Qxa6 29.Bxe7 Qxa1 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kf2 Rd7 32.Bb4 Ra2 33.Ke3 Rd4 34.
Bc5 Ng4+ 35.fxg4 Rxe4+ 36.Bxe4 Rxe2+ 37.Kxe2 Bxe4 38.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 a6 
9.b3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.Bg3 Rc8 15.O-O 
Nf6 16.Qe2 Nh5 17.Be5 f6 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Kg7 20.Qd3 Qe8 21.Nh4 f5 22.
Ne2 Bd6 23.Nf4 g5 24.Nxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qb3 g5
9.Bg3 Qb6 10.e3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.h4 Rc8 15.Bd3 
Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c5 17.hxg5 Bg7 18.gxh6 Rxh6 19.Rxh6 Qxh6 20.Kb1 Qh5 21.Re1 c4
22.Qc2 Kf8 23.Qd1 Qg6+ 24.Qc2 Qh5 25.Qd1 Qg6+ 26.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qb3 g5
9.Bg3 Qb6 10.e3 Na6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.a3 Nb8 13.Kd2 Nbd7 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Ne5 
Rg8 16.h3 b5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Rxa4 19.Nxa4 Bb4+ 20.Nc3 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Ke7 
22.Ra1 Nd7 23.Bh2 Bd6 24.Bxd6+ Kxd6 25.f3 h5 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 h4 28.Ke3 
g4 29.hxg4 Rxg4 30.Kf2 Rf4+ 31.Ke3 Rg4 32.Kf2 Rf4+ 33.Ke3 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 a6 
9.b3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bh3 Re8 14.O-O Nf8 15.Ne5 
N6h7 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.g3 Qd6 18.Bg2 Rd8 19.Qc2 Ne6 20.Rfd1 Kg7 21.Qb2 f6 
22.Nd3 Nhf8 23.b4 g5 24.Nc5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Qc6 26.e4 Red7 27.exd5 Rxd5 28.
Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Rb1 Nd8 30.Qe2 Qd7 31.Rxb7 Nxb7 32.c6 Qxc6 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qe4
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5 
9.Qe2 Na5 10.dxc5 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bxc5 12.e4 Bb7 13.e5 Nd7 14.Rd1 Be7 15.Bf4 
O-O 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Qe3 Rc7 18.Nd4 b4 19.Na4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Qa5 21.Nc6 Bxc6 
22.Rxc6 Qd5 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.gxf3 g5 25.Rc7 Rd8 26.Be3 Kg7 27.f4 h6 28.fxg5 
hxg5 29.Kg2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.O-O e6 8.dxc5
Nxc5 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Rb1 h6 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.Re1 g5 13.Bg3 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.
b3 Bd7 16.Nd2 e5 17.Nc4 Qc6 18.f3 Be6 19.Ne3 Be7 20.c4 Bd8 21.Qd2 Bb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nc3 h6 14.h3 Nd4 15.Nxe5
Nxb3 16.axb3 Be6 17.Nc4 Nd7 18.Be3 Bxc4 19.bxc4 Ne5 20.Ra4 a6 21.Rb1 Rac8 
22.c5 Nd3 23.Nd5 Re8 24.b3 Kh7 25.Rc4 Ne5 26.Rb4 Rb8 27.Rb6 Nc6 28.Bf4 Be5
29.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d4 exd4
9.exd4 Re8 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Qc2 d5 13.Rad1 dxc4 14.Qa4 c6 15.Qxc4 
Ned5 16.Bc1 Be6 17.Qa4 Qb6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc3 Be4 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Kh2 Bg2 
22.Kxg2 Rad8 23.Rd3 a6 24.Rfd1 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Rb3 Qc7 27.Be3 Qe7 28.
Qc4 Qe4+ 29.f3 Qe6 30.Bf2 Rb5 31.Qxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxb5 axb5 33.Rd2 Rd6 34.Be3 
Rd5 35.b4 Kf8 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.Ke2 Rd8 38.a3 Ke6 39.Rd3 h5 40.Kd2 Kd5 41.Rc3 
Bf8 42.Bf2 Re8 43.Be3 Bd6 44.Bf2 Re7 45.Rc2 Re8 46.Kd3 Ra8 47.Rc3 Re8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.c3
d5 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Rfe1 Bc7 
15.Qf3 Qg5 16.Nf1 Be6 17.h3 Rad8 18.Rad1 g6 19.Nd2 d4 20.Ne4 Qf4 21.Qxf4 
Bxf4 22.c4 Rc8 23.b3 Kg7 24.Re2 Rfd8 25.Nd2 Bd7 26.Nf3 Bc6 27.Ne5 Re8 28.
Nxc6 bxc6 29.c5 a5 30.Rde1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qd1 h5 11.Ne2 Nxe2 12.Qxe2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 h4 14.g4 Nh7 15.f4 
Nf8 16.f5 Nh7 17.O-O Qg5 18.Qf2 Nf6 19.a4 a5 20.Ra3 O-O 21.Rb3 Rfb8 22.c3 
Nd7 23.d4 b6 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Ra3 Nf6 26.d5 g6 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.Raa1 Re7 29.Qe2 
Ng8 30.Rf2 f6 31.Raf1 Nh6 32.fxg6 Kxg6 33.Kh2 Rf7 34.Rg1 Kh7 35.Bf1 Rg8 
36.Qe1 f5 37.exf5 Kg7 38.Bd3 Rgf8 39.f6+ Rxf6 40.Rf5 Nf7 41.Rxg5+ Nxg5 42.
Kg2 e4 43.Bc2 Rf4 44.Bd1 R8f6 45.Qxh4 Nf7 46.Qg3 Ne5 47.Be2 Ng6 48.h4 e3 
49.Qxe3 Nxh4+ 50.Kg3 Ng6 51.Bd3 Ne5 52.Bf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O 
Bd7 9.Nb3 a6 10.f4 b5 11.a3 O-O 12.g4 Bc8 13.Qe1 Bb7 14.Rd1 b4 15.g5 bxc3 
16.gxf6 Bxf6 17.e5 Bh4 18.Qxc3 d5 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.f5 d4 21.Rxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4
Bd5 23.Qxh4 Qxe5 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 e5 26.Be3 a5 27.Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O 
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Nxe5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 Re8 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Nd7 Qe7 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Re1 h6 20.h3 b4 21.Na4 
Qe7 22.Qc1 Ra5 23.f3 Re5 24.Rd1 f5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.Re1 Qd6 27.Re8+ Kf7 28.
Re3 Rd5 29.Qc4 Ba6 30.Qe4 Bb5 31.Re1 Bd7 32.Rc1 Be6 33.Qc2 Kg8 34.Nc5 Rd2 
35.Qe4 Bxh3 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qe4+ g6 38.Rc2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Bf5 40.Qc4 Bxc2 41.
Qf7+ Kh8 42.Ne6 Qd2+ 43.Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Bg5 
Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bg6 10.O-O a6 11.h4 h5 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Nbc6 14.Nf3 Ng6 15.
d4 Be7 16.Bxe7 Ngxe7 17.a3 Nf5 18.g3 Qb6 19.Na4 Qa7 20.Nc5 Nfxd4 21.Rc1 
Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Ne7 23.Rc3 Rc8 24.Rfc1 Rc6 25.b4 Qb6 26.Qf4 Qc7 27.a4 Ng6 
28.Qd2 Qxe5 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Rb6 31.Nd3 Qd6 32.Rc8+ Kd7 33.R1c7+ Qxc7 
34.Rxc7+ Kxc7 35.Qc3+ Kd7 36.Nc5+ Kd6 37.Nxb7+ Kd7 38.Qc5 Rxb7 39.Qc6+ Ke7
40.Qxb7+ Kf6 41.b6 d4 42.Qc7 d3 43.Kf1 Ne5 44.b7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Be3 c5 11.e6 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.exf7+ Rxf7 14.Qd1 Bb7 15.
Rc1 Qd6 16.Nf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nc6 18.Qxd6 exd6 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Bh3 Rff8 21.f4 
Nb4 22.Ke2 Rfe8 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Bxb2 25.f5 Ne4 26.Kf3 Bf6 27.fxg6 hxg6
28.Rg1 Kf7 29.Rg4 Nc3 30.Rd3 d5 31.Rf4 Ne4 32.Kg2 Rd6 33.Bg4 Kg7 34.Bd1 d4
35.Bc1 Nc5 36.Rdf3 Re4 37.h4 Rxf4 38.Bxf4 Rd5 39.Bh6+ Kxh6 40.Rxf6 Kg7 41.
Rc6 d3 42.Kf3 Na4 43.Bxa4 bxa4 44.Rc1 Kh6 45.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6 
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Be3 Nde5 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.Nxe5 
dxe5 16.f3 Nd4 17.Qf2 Rfd8 18.Ne2 Bc6 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Bd2 e5 21.b4 Bd7 22.
Qe2 a5 23.bxa5 Be6 24.Kh1 Rdc8 25.Rc2 Bf8 26.Rb1 Bc5 27.Qf2 Rcb8 28.f4 
exf4 29.Bxf4 Qxa5 30.Bxb8 Rxb8 31.Qg3 Qd8 32.a4 b6 33.e5 Ra8 34.Ra2 Qd7 
35.a5 bxa5 36.Qf3 Qd8 37.Rb7 Rc8 38.Rf2 Rc7 39.Rb5 a4 40.Ra5 a3 41.Rf1 Rc8
42.Ra6 Qe8 43.Qe4 Rb8 44.Ra5 Qe7 45.Qf3 Qc7 46.Rb5 Qxe5 47.Qf6 Qc7 48.Ra1 
Rc8 49.Qf2 Bf8 50.Rc1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 h6 12.c5 g5 13.Nd2 f5 14.g3 Nfg6 15.a4 f4 16.
Nc4 g4 17.Nb5 Rf6 18.Ba3 h5 19.Nxc7 Qxc7 20.cxd6 Rxd6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.b5 
Qf6 23.d6 Nf5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 h4 
29.d7 hxg3 30.hxg3 f3 31.Bc1 Nf8 32.Qe4 Qe6 33.Ba3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.c5 
bxc5 9.a3 Ba5 10.dxc5 Nd5 11.Nf3 Rxf5 12.b4 Nxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Bb2 a5 
15.h4 Rd5 16.Qb3 Na6 17.Nc3 Nxc5 18.Qc2 Rf5 19.Rh3 Qe7 20.Kg1 Raf8 21.Rf1 
d6 22.Ng5 h6 23.g4 hxg5 24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.Bg4 Rf4 26.f3 gxh4 27.Qh2 Qg5 28.
Rxh4 Nd3 29.Rh8+ Kf7 30.Qg3 Qc5+ 31.Kh2 Bxc3 32.Qh4 Bf6 33.Qh7 Qc2+ 34.Kh3
Rxf3+ 35.Bxf3 Nf4+ 36.Kg3 Qxb2 37.Qg8+ Kg6 38.Qh7+ Kf7 39.Qg8+ Kg6 40.Qe8+
Kf5 41.Bxb7 g5 42.Rh6 Qc3+ 43.Bf3 Ne2+ 44.Kg2 Nf4+ 45.Kh1 d5 46.Qf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 c6 15.dxc6 
Bxc6 16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Qf3 Qb7 18.Ng3 d5 19.Ng4 dxe4 20.Qf5 Nd5 21.Nxe4 Re6 
22.Rad1 h5 23.Ne3 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Bxe4 25.Rxd7 Bxf5 26.Rxb7 exf4 27.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Bf6 13.Rc1 a6 14.O-O Re8 15.Bb1 
g6 16.Ba2 Be6 17.Qd3 d4 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.e4 Qe7 20.Nd2 Be5 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.
hxg3 Ne5 23.Qb3 Rd8 24.Rc5 d3 25.Rfc1 Nc6 26.Kf1 Red6 27.Qc3 R6d7 28.Re1 
Qe6 29.Qc4 Qxc4 30.Rxc4 Nd4 31.Rb1 h5 32.a4 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rc3 Nc2 35.
f3 Rd4 36.Kf2 Ra8 37.Rb2 Ra4 38.Rc5 Ra1 39.Rd5 Rd1 40.Nb1 Rxb4 41.Rxb4 
Nxb4 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Nc3 Rd2+ 44.Ke3 Rxg2 45.Nxb5 Rxg3 46.Nd6 Nc6 47.Ne8+ 
Kf8 48.Rc8 Ne5 49.Kf4 d2 50.Rd8 d1=Q 51.Rxd1 Rxf3+ 52.Kxe5 Kxe8 53.Ra1 Kf8
0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 Ng4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nf6 8.f4 b6 
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Bc4 Qd7 14.Rhe1 e6 15.Ne4
Qc6 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Bg5 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxh6 c5 21.Qg5 Qd8
22.Qf4 Kg8 23.h4 Rc8 24.h5 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Rc6 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rh1 Bc8 28.
hxg6 Rxg6 29.Nh4 Rh8 30.Rf1 Rxh4 31.Qxh4 Qxh4 32.Rxh4 Rxg2 33.Rhf4 Be6 34.
R4f2 Rg5 35.Re1 Kf8 36.Kd2 Ke7 37.Kc3 Bf5 38.Ref1 Bg6 39.Kd4 Rg4+ 40.Rf4 
Rg2 41.R1f2 Rg1 42.Kxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E66"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 e5 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd7
16.Bc3 b4 17.Bb2 f5 18.Bg2 Nb7 19.f4 e4 20.e3 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Qf6 22.Qxf6 
Rxf6 23.g4 a5 24.g5 Rff8 25.Kf2 a4 26.Rb2 Ra8 27.Rfb1 axb3 28.axb3 Ra3 29.
Bf1 Rfa8 30.Be2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 a6 8.Bg2 g5 9.
b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne5 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.f4 gxf4 14.Nce2 Be7 15.Nxf4 
O-O-O 16.Kb1 Kb8 17.Rhf1 Bc8 18.Nde2 Rh7 19.Ng3 b6 20.Ngh5 Nfd7 21.Nd3 Bb7
22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Nf6 Rg7 24.Qxh6 Rg6 25.Qh4 Rc8 26.Rd2 Ka7 27.g5 Qc5 28.Qf4
a5 29.Rfd1 a4 30.Bf1 a3 31.Ba1 Nc6 32.h4 Bxf6 33.gxf6 Ne5 34.Be2 Rg2 35.h5
Qc6 36.Bxe5 dxe5 37.Qxe5 Rg5 38.Qd4 Qxe4 39.Qxe4 Bxe4 40.Kc1 Rf5 41.Rf1 
Rd5 42.Bd1 b5 43.Rf4 Rxd2 44.Kxd2 Rd8+ 45.Kc1 Bf5 46.Rb4 Kb6 47.Be2 Kc5 
48.Rxb5+ Kd4 49.Ra5 Ke3 50.Bd1 Kf4 51.Ra7 Rf8 52.Rxa3 e5 53.b4 e4 54.b5 e3
55.b6 Be4 56.Ra4 Ke5 57.Ra7 Kf4 58.a4 Rg8 59.Rxf7 Rg1 60.Rg7 Rf1 61.f7 Ke5
62.Kb2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.a5 Nd7 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.Bh6 
Bxh6 16.Qxh6 b5 17.Bf1 Bb7 18.Nd5 e6 19.Nb6 Rc7 20.f3 Qf6 21.c3 Qe5 22.Qe3
Rd8 23.Ra3 d5 24.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.c3 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Nf1 c4 15.Ng3 h6 16.
Nf3 Re8 17.d4 Bf8 18.d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5 
9.e6 dxe6 10.Nxg5 Qe5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13.Bxe2 h6 14.Ne4 e5 15.Na3
Bf5 16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nc4 Nd5 18.O-O O-O-O 19.Re1 h5 20.h4 e6 21.Bf3 f6 22.a4 
Kc7 23.a5 Bd3 24.Ra4 Bc5 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 Be7 27.Bd2 Rhg8 28.b4 a6 29.
Rb1 f5 30.Ng5 Bxg5 31.hxg5 f4 32.b5 axb5 33.Rxb5 Rxg5 34.a6 b6 35.Kf1 Rdg8
36.g3 h4 37.a7 Ra8 38.gxf4 Rgg8 39.Nxe5 h3 40.Nf3 Nxa7 41.Rb1 Nc6 42.Rxa8 
Rxa8 43.Ng5 Ra2 44.Rd1 Na5 45.Nxh3 Nc4 46.Ke1 Kc6 47.Ng5 Nb2 48.Rb1 Nd3+ 
49.Kd1 Nxf2+ 50.Ke1 Nd3+ 51.Kd1 N5xf4 52.Bxf4 Nxf4 53.Rb4 Nd5 54.Rc4+ Kd6 
55.Kc1 Re2 56.Ne4+ Ke5 57.Nd2 Kf5 58.Rc8 Kf4 59.Rf8+ Kg4 60.Kc2 e5 61.c4 
Nf4 62.Kd1 Rg2 63.Rb8 Nd3 64.Rg8+ Kh3 65.Rh8+ Kg3 66.Rg8+ Kf2 67.Ne4+ Kg1 
68.Rb8 Nb2+ 69.Ke1 Nxc4 70.Rc8 b5 71.Rc5 Rg4 72.Nf2 Rg3 73.Nd1 Rb3 74.Ke2 
Kg2 75.Rc8 Kg3 76.Rf8 Ra3 77.Nf2 Re3+ 78.Kd1 b4 79.Nh1+ Kg2 80.Nf2 b3 81.
Ng4 b2 82.Rb8 Re4 83.Nf6 Rf4 84.Nh5 Rf1+ 85.Ke2 b1=Q 86.Rg8+ Kh2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Ng3 c4 
16.Bc2 d5 17.e5 a5 18.Be3 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Rxa8 Nxa8 21.Nh2 b3 22.Bb1 
Nc7 23.Qh5 g6 24.Qh6 Re8 25.Ng4 Bxg4 26.hxg4 Bf8 27.Qh3 Ne6 28.Ne2 f6 29.
Rd1 fxe5 30.dxe5 Qa5 31.Qf3 Nxe5 32.Qxd5 Qxd5 33.Rxd5 Nxg4 34.Nc3 Bg7 35.
Nd1 Ra8 36.Be4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 
Qf5 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Re1 Bg4 18.f3 Bh3 19.Ne4 Bc7 20.Be3 Kh8 21.Qd2 h6 22.Kh1
Rfe8 23.Bd4 Kg8 24.a4 Rad8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Nf2 Be6 27.Ne4 Qf5 28.Qf2 Ra8 
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Nc5 Re8 31.Nxe6 Rxe6 32.Re4 Qg5 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.Qe2 Kf7 
35.f4 Qf5 36.Bc2 Nf6 37.Bb3 h5 38.Qf3 Nd5 39.Kg2 h4 40.Bd1 g6 41.Qe4 Bd6 
42.Bf3 hxg3 43.hxg3 Ke7 44.Bf2 Kd7 45.Qd4 c5 46.Qg7+ Be7 47.Be4 Qg4 48.Qf7
Nf6 49.Bf3 Qf5 50.d4 c4 51.Qg7 Qc2 52.Qh8 Ne4 53.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 54.Kg1 Qb1+ 
55.Kg2 Qxb2 56.Qa8 Qb1 57.Qb7+ Ke8 58.Qc6+ Kf7 59.Qb7 b4 60.g4 b3 61.Bh4 
Qc2+ 62.Kh3 Qxc3+ 63.Kg2 Qd2+ 64.Kf3 Qd1+ 65.Kf2 Qxd4+ 66.Ke2 Qd3+ 67.Kf2 
Qd2+ 68.Kf3 Qb4 69.Qc7 b2 70.Bxe7 Qxe7 71.Qb6 c3 72.Ke3 Qd7 73.f5 gxf5 74.
gxf5 exf5 75.Kf4 Qd2+ 76.Ke5 Qe2+ 77.Kxf5 Qd3+ 78.Ke5 b1=Q 79.Qe6+ Kg7 80.
Qf6+ Kg8 81.Qe6+ Kf8 82.Qf6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6 
9.h3 Bb7 10.Nd2 e6 11.Re1 Qb8 12.Bf3 Rd8 13.Nc4 c6 14.Qc1 Qc7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.e5 Qb4 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.a5 b5 19.Ne2 Nd5 20.c3 Qd6 21.Ng3 f5 22.Ne2 Re8 
23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Nf4 Qc4 25.Qc2 e5 26.b3 Qf7 27.dxe5 c5 28.e6 Qf6 29.Bxc5 
Be4 30.Qe2 Qxc3 31.Rac1 Qxb3 32.f3 Bb7 33.e7 Rac8 34.Kh1 Bf6 35.Rb1 Qf7 
36.Bb4 Bxe7 37.Bxe7 Rc7 38.Qd2 Rcxe7 39.Rxe7 Qxe7 40.Rc1 Qe5 41.Qa2+ Kg7 
42.Nd3 Qd6 43.Qb2+ Kg8 44.Nc5 Ba8 45.Qb3+ Kg7 46.Qc3+ Kh6 47.Nd3 Re3 48.
Rd1 f4 49.Qc2 Re7 50.Nf2 Qb4 51.Kh2 Kg7 52.Nd3 Qd4 53.Nf2 Qb4 54.Nd3 Qxa5 
55.Qb2+ Kg8 56.Qb3+ Kg7 57.Qb2+ Kf7 58.Ne5+ Kg8 59.Ng4 h5 60.Qf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 O-O 
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Na6 11.e4 Rc8 12.Re1 Bb4 13.exd5 cxd5 14.a3 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 
Qc7 16.Rac1 dxc4 17.Rxc4 Qe7 18.d5 Nxd5 19.Ng4 h5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qh6+ Kg8
22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Nf6+ Qxf6 24.Qxf6 Bxc4 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qxh5+ Kg8 27.Qg5+ 
Kh8 28.Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Rf1 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Nf6 
15.Rc2 Ne4 16.Ne1 Qf6 17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qc1 Rac8 20.Rd1 g6 21.Bh3
Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Ng5 23.Bg2 Ne6 24.Qd2 a5 25.b4 Ra8 26.h4 h5 27.bxa5 bxa5 28.
Qb2 Ba6 29.Qf6 Qd8 30.Qe5 Bc4 31.Bh3 Qb6 32.Rd2 Re8 33.Qf6 Bxd3 34.Rxd3 
Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qxa2 36.Rf3 Nd8 37.Bd7 Rf8 38.Re3 Qc2 39.Re7 a4 40.g4 hxg4 41.
h5 Qc1 42.Kg2 Qh6 43.hxg6 Qxg6 44.Qxg6+ fxg6 45.Bxa4 Nf7 46.Bb3 Rd8 47.e4 
Kf8 48.Ra7 Ne5 49.Bxd5 Rd7 50.Ra8+ Ke7 51.Kg3 Rd8 52.Ra7+ Rd7 53.Ra1 g5 
54.Rh1 Kd6 55.Rh5 Rg7 56.Rh6+ Kc5 57.Be6 Rg6 58.Rxg6 Nxg6 59.Kxg4 Nf4 60.
Bf5 Kd4 61.Kxg5 Ke5 62.Kg4 Nd3 63.Kf3 Nf4 64.Bc8 Nd3 65.Bb7 Nf4 66.Kg4 Nd3
67.f3 Nf4 68.Ba6 Ng6 69.Bc4 Nf4 70.Kg3 Nh5+ 71.Kf2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nc2 O-O 11.Qe2 a6 12.Bd2 Rab8 13.Rac1 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 
15.Nd5 e6 16.Ncb4 exd5 17.Nxc6 Rb6 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.a3 Bd6 14.Be3 a6 15.O-O
O-O 16.f4 e5 17.f5 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Kh1 Bc6 
22.Qf3 Rfe8 23.Qg3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.e4 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4 
9.a4 bxa4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qxa4+ Bd7 12.Qxd4 Nb4 13.Be4 Bc6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.
Nc3 Be7 16.Be3 Ke8 17.Rfc1 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 N8c6 19.Rc4 Rd8 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Bd2
Rb8 22.Rac1 g5 23.Rxc6 Nxc6 24.Rxc6 Rxb2 25.h3 h6 26.Rxa6 Kg7 27.Ra7 Rb1+ 
28.Kh2 Bxd6 29.exd6 Rd8 30.Bc3+ Kg8 31.Bf6 Rxd6 32.Ra8+ Kh7 33.Ne5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nh3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Kh1 Rb8 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 b4 14.Nd1 d5 15.e5 Bb7 
16.Qf2 Rc8 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ndc6 19.g4 Ba6 20.Qg3 f6 21.Ndf2 Qd7 22.Rae1
f5 23.Ng5 Rb8 24.Re2 Rb6 25.Rd2 Rfb8 26.Qh4 h6 27.Nf3 Ng8 28.gxf5 exf5 29.
Qg3 Nce7 30.Nd1 d4 31.cxd4 cxd4 32.Qf2 Rd8 33.Nb2 Nd5 34.Qxd4 Nb4 35.Qf2 
Ne7 36.Nc4 Re6 37.Rfd1 Bb7 38.Nd6 Bd5 39.Nd4 Rxd6 40.exd6 Qxd6 41.Re2 Bxa2
42.Nb5 Qd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E98"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 f4 12.Bg4 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.b4 Nf6 15.Bxc8 Rxc8 
16.f3 Rf7 17.c5 Bf8 18.c6 b6 19.g4 h5 20.h3 Rh7 21.Be1 Kf7 22.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nh3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Qd2 e5 10.f4 f5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bh6 Be6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Nxe6+
Qxe6 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.b3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5 19.c3 Qd7 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Ng4 
22.d5 Qd8 23.Kh1 Qb6 24.Ng5 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Rc8 26.Ne6+ Kg8 27.Be4 Qe3 28.
Bxf5 gxf5 29.Nf4 Rc2 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Re1 Ng4 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Nxe2 Ne3 34.
Nc3 a6 35.Kg1 Kf7 36.h3 Kf6 37.Kf2 Nc2 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.Kd3 Na3 40.g4 Nb5 41.
Nd1 fxg4 42.hxg4 Nc7 43.Ne3 Nxd5 44.Nc4+ Kf4 45.Kd4 Nf6 46.Nxd6 Nxg4 47.
Nxb7 h5 48.Kd3 h4 49.Ke2 h3 50.Kf1 Kg3 51.Nd6 h2 52.Ne4+ Kf4 53.Kg2 Kxe4 
54.b4 Ne3+ 55.Kxh2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Qc7 6.f4 e6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Ne2 O-O 
9.O-O a6 10.d3 b6 11.c4 Ndb4 12.Nb1 a5 13.Nbc3 Bb7 14.a3 Na6 15.Ne4 Nd4 
16.Be3 Nf5 17.Bf2 d5 18.exd6 Nxd6 19.N2c3 Rad8 20.Qe2 Nf5 21.g4 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 cxd4 23.Nb5 Qd7 24.b4 f5 25.Ng3 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rfe8 27.Rfe1 Bf8 28.Kg1 
g6 29.Qf3 axb4 30.axb4 Nxb4 31.Ra7 Qc6 32.Qe2 Rd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.gxf5 
gxf5 35.Nxf5 Nxd3 36.Qxd3 exf5 37.Rxe8 Qxe8 38.Qxf5 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.
Kg3 Qxc4 41.Qg5+ Kh8 42.Qf6+ Bg7 43.Qxb6 Qg8 44.Kf2 Qa2+ 45.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.e3 Nxc5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Be5 O-O 12.O-O Rfd8 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.Rfd1 
Nce4 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.e4 Qe6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Nd4 Qg6 19.Rd3 Bb4 20.Rg3 Qa6 21.
Qg4 Rc4 22.Nce2 Rdc8 23.b3 R4c7 24.e6 fxe6 25.Nxe6 Rc2 26.N6d4 R2c7 27.Ne6
Rc2 28.Re3 Bf8 29.N6d4 R2c7 30.g3 Nf6 31.Qg5 Rf7 32.Nf4 Bc5 33.Re6 Qa5 34.
Nf5 Kh8 35.Rf1 Rcf8 36.Qh4 Kg8 37.Qg5 Kh8 38.Qh4 Kg8 39.Re2 Ne4 40.Nxd5 
Nd2 41.Nde7+ Bxe7 42.Nxe7+ Kh8 43.Rxd2 Qxd2 44.Ng6+ Kg8 45.Nxf8 Rxf8 46.
Qc4+ Rf7 47.f4 Qd8 48.Re1 g6 49.Re6 Qd1+ 50.Kg2 Qd2+ 51.Kh3 Kg7 52.Qc5 Qd7
53.Qe5+ Kg8 54.Qd6 Qxd6 55.Rxd6 Rc7 56.a4 Kf7 57.a5 Ke7 58.Rd4 Ke6 59.Rb4 
h6 60.Kg4 Rc5 61.Re4+ Kf6 62.b4 Rc2 63.h3 Rb2 64.Rd4 Ke6 65.Kh4 Rb1 66.g4 
Rb3 67.Rc4 Kf6 68.g5+ hxg5+ 69.fxg5+ Ke5 70.Kg4 Kd5 71.Rf4 Ke5 72.h4 Rb1 
73.Rc4 Kd5 74.Rf4 Ke5 75.Rc4 Kd5 76.Rc7 Rxb4+ 77.Kg3 Rb3+ 78.Kf2 Rb4 79.
Rh7 Ke5 80.h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nd2 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Ngf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e6 8.e4 
dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.b3 Qc7 12.Kh2 Bd4 13.Rb1 Rfd8 14.Kh1 Bc3 15.
Qe3 Bb4 16.Bb2 Bc5 17.Qe1 e5 18.Nc4 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 b5 20.Ne3 Nf8 21.Ng4 Nxg4
22.Bxg4 Qe7 23.Qe2 Rd6 24.Rbd1 Rad8 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Kg2 f6 27.a4 a6 28.
axb5 cxb5 29.Rd1 Ne6 30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Qd1 Qxd1 32.Bxd1 Kf7 33.c3 a5 34.h4 
b4 35.Be2 Ke7 36.Bc4 bxc3 37.Bxc3 Bb4 38.Bb2 Nc5 39.Kf3 a4 40.bxa4 Nxa4 
41.Bc1 Bc5 42.Bd2 Nb6 43.Bg8 h6 44.Ke2 Nc8 45.f4 Nd6 46.Bd5 Bd4 47.Bb4 Kd7
48.Kf3 Ke7 49.Kg4 Bf2 50.Ba3 Kd7 51.Bb2 Bd4 52.Bxd4 exd4 53.Kf3 Nb5 54.Bc4
Nc3 55.e5 fxe5 56.fxe5 Ke7 57.Kf4 g6 58.g4 Nd1 59.Bd3 Kf7 60.g5 hxg5+ 61.
Kxg5 Nf2 62.Bxg6+ Ke6 63.h5 Nh3+ 64.Kg4 Kxe5 65.Kxh3 Kf6 66.Kh4 Kg7 67.Bd3
Kh8 68.Bf5 Kg8 69.Kg5 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Rb1 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2
b6 15.Ke3 Bb7 16.g4 Rac8 17.g5 Rc7 18.Rhc1 Rfc8 19.Rc2 Na5 20.Rbc1 Rxc2 
21.Rxc2 Rxc2 22.Bxc2 Nc4+ 23.Kf4 f6 24.gxf6 gxf6 25.Bb3 Ba6 26.e5 Kg7 27.
exf6+ Kxf6 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5+ Ke7 30.Bc2 h6 31.Ke4 Bc4 32.a3 Bd5+ 33.Ke3
Kd7 34.f4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Nc3 f5 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Nd3 Bd6 
9.Nf4 Ndf6 10.f3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bd3 Kh8 13.O-O Bd7 14.c5 Bc7 15.c4 g5
16.Ne2 g4 17.Nf4 Rg8 18.Kh1 Qe8 19.e4 gxf3 20.gxf3 Nh5 21.e5 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 
Qh5 23.Qf2 Ba5 24.Rab1 b6 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Rfc1 bxc5 27.Bb5 Bxb5 28.Rxb5 
Bc7 29.Rb7 Rg7 30.dxc5 Rag8 31.Rxa7 Qh3 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Bg3 Rcg7 34.Bh4 
Rg6 35.Bf6+ Rxf6 36.exf6 Qh6 37.Qb2 d4 38.f7 Rd8 39.Rg1 Qf6 40.Qb7 d3 41.
Qd7 h6 42.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E09"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 c6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.c5 Nd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2
bxc5 16.dxc5 e5 17.b4 a5 18.bxa5 Bd8 19.Nh4 f5 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Rab1 e4 22.
Ng5 Ba6 23.Rb6 h6 24.Nh3 Be2 25.Re1 Bd3 26.Qb3 Rf7 27.Nf4 Nxb6 28.axb6 Bb5
29.Bf1 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Qd7 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.a4 g5 33.Ne6 Qd3 34.Qxd3 Rxd3 35.a5 
Ra3 36.Rb1 Rd7 37.Nc7 Be5 38.Bb4 Ra2 39.Ne8 Bd4 40.Be1 Kf8 41.Nd6 e3 42.
fxe3 Bxe3+ 43.Kf1 Bxc5 44.b7 Bxd6 45.Bb4 Rxb7 46.Bxd6+ Re7 47.Re1 Rxa5 48.
Rxe7 Rd5 49.Ba3 Kg8 50.Re2 Kf7 51.Rc2 Rd3 52.Bb2 Rd6 53.Ke2 Kg6 54.Rc5 
Re6+ 55.Be5 h5 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.h4 Kg6 58.Bd4 Re4 59.Rxc6+ Kh7 60.Rc7+ Kh6 
61.Be3 Kg6 62.Bxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Nb6 7.Nxc6 Nxa4 8.
Nxd8 Nxc3 9.Nxf7 Kxf7 10.dxc3 e5 11.e4 Be6 12.Bb5 a5 13.a4 c6 14.Bd3 Bc5 
15.Bb1 b5 16.Ba2 Bc4 17.Bxc4+ bxc4 18.Bd2 Ke6 19.f3 Rhd8 20.O-O-O Rd3 21.
Kc2 Rad8 22.Bg5 R8d7 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 Bb6 26.Ke2 h5 27.g4 
Kf7 28.Kd1 Ke8 29.Kc2 Kd7 30.b4 Ke6 31.Kd2 Kd7 32.Be3 Bd8 33.Bc5 h4 34.
bxa5 Bxa5 35.h3 g5 36.Be3 Bd8 37.a5 Be7 38.a6 Kc7 39.a7 Kb7 40.Bb6 Bf6 41.
Kc2 Ka8 42.Kb2 Be7 43.Bc7 Kxa7 44.Bxe5 Kb6 45.f4 gxf4 46.Bxf4 c5 47.g5 Kc6
48.g6 Bf6 49.Bh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 
O-O 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Re8 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 Nd8 14.Ne5 Bf5 
15.g4 Be4 16.f3 Bh7 17.Qxc7 Nc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Rc3 Re7 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 21.
Rxc6 Rxe3 22.Kf2 Rb3 23.Rhc1 g5 24.Rc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Kg7 26.Rc5 Rxb2 27.
Ke1 Rb1+ 28.Kd2 Rb2+ 29.Kd1 Rb1+ 30.Kd2 Rb2+ 31.Ke1 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 h6 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Ne5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bd3 a6
16.a4 Qb8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Ne4 Rfd8 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Rd5 21.Qg4 Bf8 22.
Qe4 g6 23.Qf3 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Be4 Rdd8 26.Rcd1 Qe5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Bxc6 Bxc6 29.Qxc6 bxa4 30.bxa4 Rd2 31.Qxa6 Qxc5 32.Ra1 Qc3 33.Qf1 Qb2 34.
Rd1 Rc2 35.a5 Qc3 36.Ra1 Qb2 37.a6 Rxf2 38.Qxf2 Qxa1+ 39.Qf1 Qa5 40.h3 h5 
41.h4 e5 42.e4 Qb6+ 43.Kh2 Qa5 44.Qe2 Kf8 45.Qd3 Ke7 46.Qc4 Kf6 47.Qc6+ 
Kg7 48.Qd6 Qa1 49.Qd3 Qe1 50.Kh3 Kh7 51.a7 Qa1 52.Qd7 Qh1+ 53.Kg3 Qe1+ 54.
Kh2 Qxh4+ 55.Kg1 Qe1+ 56.Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Rad1 h6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Ne5 dxc4 14.bxc4 Nxe5 15.dxe5
Nd7 16.f4 Nc5 17.Bb1 Rxd1 18.Nxd1 Rd8 19.Qc2 g6 20.Nf2 h5 21.g4 hxg4 22.
Nxg4 Nd3 23.Nh6+ Kg7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Bd4 c5 26.Qxd3 Rg8 27.Bc3 Qc6 28.e4 
a6 29.Qh3 b5 30.Rd1 Qc8 31.Bc2 Bc6 32.Rd2 b4 33.Bb2 a5 34.Rg2 Rh8 35.Qe3 
Rg8 36.Rg3 a4 37.Rg4 Qd8 38.h3 Qa8 39.f5 gxf5 40.exf5 Rxg4+ 41.hxg4 Qg8 
42.fxe6+ Ke8 43.Bf5 Qg5 44.Kf2 Qxe3+ 45.Kxe3 Bg5+ 46.Kd3 a3 47.Ba1 Ke7 48.
Be4 Ba4 49.Bf5 Bc6 50.Be4 Be8 51.Ke2 Ba4 52.Bf5 Bc6 53.Kd1 Bf3+ 54.Kc2 Be2
55.Kb3 Be3 56.Be4 Bxg4 57.Ka4 Bxe6 58.Bd3 Bd7+ 59.Kb3 Bg4 60.e6 Kxe6 61.
Bg7 Bd1+ 62.Bc2 Bf3 63.Bd3 Bc6 64.Bc2 Bf4 65.Bd1 Kf5 66.Bc2+ Kg4 67.Bf8 
Be3 68.Bd6 Kf3 69.Bd3 Kf2 70.Bc2 Ke2 71.Bf8 Kd2 72.Bd6 Ba4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Zviagintsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.e3 
d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.b4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b5 Bb7 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.O-O Ne4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16.Nd2 Bg6 17.a4 Rac8 18.e4 f5 19.f3 Rf7 20.Rae1 e5 21.exf5 Bxf5
22.Ne4 Nf8 23.Bh4 Rd7 24.Qd2 Ne6 25.f4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Nd4 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.
Qg5 h6 29.Qg4 Qc7 30.Bg3 Qb7 31.Rxe5 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Rxc5 Kg8 34.h3 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Qe8 15.h3
Bd7 16.Nc3 Nxe4 17.Re1 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qc8 19.c4 Bf5 20.Re2 Na5 21.Ba2 c5 22.
d5 Bd8 23.Bd2 Qa6 24.Qa4 Ra8 25.Bc3 Nb7 26.Qd1 Ba5 27.Bb2 Bb4 28.Nh4 Bg6 
29.f4 Qa4 30.Qxa4 Rxa4 31.f5 Rfa8 32.Re7 Bh5 33.g4 f6 34.gxh5 Rxa2 35.Rxa2
Rxa2 36.h6 Rxb2 37.Rxg7+ Kh8 38.Rxb7 Bc3 39.Rd7 Kg8 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rh8 
Bd4+ 42.Kf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 Qf6 13.Qf3 c6 14.Bf4 b5 15.
Qg3 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Rf7 17.Kf1 Raf8 18.Re2 Qd8 19.Rbe1 Qb8 20.Qh4 Qd8 21.Qf4 
Qb8 22.Re5 Qd6 23.Qc1 a6 24.f4 g6 25.R1e3 Kg7 26.h4 h5 27.Kg1 Rh8 28.Be2 
Rhf8 29.Bf3 Qf6 30.Qe1 Qd6 31.Kh2 Kh7 32.Qg3 Qf6 33.Kh3 Kh6 34.Be2 Kh7 35.
Bf3 Kh6 36.Be2 Kh7 37.Kh2 Kh6 38.Kg1 Kh7 39.Bd3 Kg7 40.Kf2 Ra8 41.Qg5 Rc8 
42.Re1 Rb8 43.a4 Rc8 44.a5 Rb8 45.R1e3 Kf8 46.Rg3 Kg7 47.Ke3 Qxg5 48.Rxg5 
Rf6 49.Kd2 Kf7 50.Kc1 Be6 51.Kb2 Rh8 52.Kb3 Ke7 53.Kb4 Kd6 54.Rg3 Rb8 55.
Rge3 Rb7 56.Be2 Rb8 57.Bf3 Rc8 58.Re1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
a6 9.Be2 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Qb6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Qa4+ Bd7 15.
Qa3 Qc7 16.Bg5 Bf8 17.Nd2 h6 18.Bh4 e6 19.Qb2 Bg7 20.Rfc1 O-O 21.c4 Nxc4 
22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Nxc4 Bc6 24.f4 b5 25.Nd6 Qb6 26.Rc5 Bd5 27.Be7 Rfb8 28.
Rac1 Bf8 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Qd2 Qd8 31.a3 Rb8 32.Rc7 Qh4 33.R7c3 a5 34.Rh3 
Qg4 35.Rg3 Qh5 36.Rh3 Qg4 37.Qf2 b4 38.Rg3 Qh5 39.axb4 axb4 40.Rh3 Qxh3 
41.gxh3 b3 42.Rb1 Ra8 43.Qg3 Rfb8 44.Qc3 Ra2 45.Nxf7 Rf8 46.Rxb3 Rxf7 47.
Rb8+ Kg7 48.Qc8 Rg2+ 49.Kf1 Rxf4+ 50.Ke1 Re4+ 51.Kf1 Rf4+ 52.Ke1 Re4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qb3 
Bxd2+ 9.Bxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rfe1 Nbd7 12.Rad1 a5 13.Bc1 a4 14.Qc3 Qb8 
15.Nd2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 c5 17.e4 cxd4 18.Qxd4 e5 19.Qe3 Rc8 20.f3 h6 21.Qe2 
Qc7 22.Nb1 Qxc4 23.Qxc4 Rxc4 24.Rxd6 Rac8 25.Rdd1 Nf8 26.Na3 Rb4 27.Re2 
Ne6 28.Be3 g5 29.g4 Rc7 30.Rd6 Ne8 31.Rd5 Nf4+ 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Red2 Ng7 
34.Nb5 Rc1 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Nd6 Rb1 37.b3 Ne6 38.Rd7 axb3 39.axb3 Rd4 40.
Nxf7 Rxd2+ 41.Rxd2 Kg7 42.Nd6 Rxb3 43.Nf5+ Kf6 44.Rd6 Rb2+ 45.Kf1 Kf7 46.
Nxh6+ Ke7 47.Nf5+ Kf7 48.e5 b5 49.Nh6+ Ke7 50.Nf5+ Kf7 51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Rh7 
Rb1+ 53.Ke2 Rc1 54.Rh8+ Kf7 55.Rh7+ Kf8 56.Rh6 Rc6 57.Rh8+ Kf7 58.Rb8 Rc5 
59.Rxb5 Rxb5 60.Nd6+ Ke7 61.Nxb5 Nc5 62.Nd4 Nd7 63.e6 Ne5 64.Kd2 Kd6 65.
Kc3 Ke7 66.Kb4 Kd6 67.e7 Kxe7 68.Kc5 Kf6 69.Kd5 Nd3 70.Nc6 Ne1 71.Ke4 Ng2 
72.Nd4 Ne3 73.Nf5 Nc4 74.Kd3 Ne5+ 75.Ke2 Ng6 76.Kf2 Ke5 77.Kg2 Kf6 78.h3 
Ne5 79.Nd6 Kg6 80.Ne4 Kh6 81.Kf2 Kg6 82.Ke2 Kh6 83.Nc5 Kg6 84.h4 gxh4 85.
Ne6 h3 86.Nxf4+ Kg5 87.Nxh3+ Kh4 88.Nf2 Kg3 89.g5 Nxf3 90.g6 Nd4+ 91.Kd3 
Ne6 92.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 
9.Ne5 Ne4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Rc1 Bf6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16.Re1 Rc8 17.e4 Nc5 18.Bf1 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rcxd8 21.
Rc2 Rc8 22.Nb5 f5 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Nd6 Rcd8 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rd6 27.Ke2
Rf7 28.Rec4 Rfd7 29.Rc6 Rxc6 30.Rxc6 Kf7 31.g4 Ke7 32.Ke3 Rb7 33.Ke4 Kd7 
34.Rc3 Kd6 35.g5 f5+ 36.Kd4 Rd7 37.Rh3 e5+ 38.Ke3 Rc7 39.Rh6+ Kd5 40.h4 
Rc3+ 41.Kd2 Rc7 42.Ke3 Rc3+ 43.Kd2 Rc7 44.Rf6 Ke4 45.fxe5 Kxe5 46.Ke3 Rc3+
47.Kd2 Rc7 48.Ke3 Rc3+ 49.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 Nc6 4.e3 Nh6 5.Bd3 Nf5 6.Nf3 h5 7.Bg3 Nb4 8.e4 dxe4
9.Bxe4 g5 10.c3 Nd5 11.h3 Nxg3 12.Bg6+ Kd7 13.fxg3 c6 14.c4 Nb6 15.Qe2 Qc7
16.Qf2 Nxc4 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.O-O-O Kc7 19.Qe2 Nd6 20.Kb1 a5 21.d5 a4 22.dxc6 
bxc6 23.Qc2 Qa5 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Ne4 e5 26.Ne2 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Qc5 28.Nc3 Be7 
29.Rc1 Ra5 30.Rhd1 Rd8 31.Qe2 Be8 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.a3 Bd6 34.Qf3 Ke7 35.Qf5
Qc4 36.Nd5+ cxd5 37.Rxc4 dxc4 38.Qh7+ Kd8 39.Qg8 Ke7 40.Qxc4 Rc5 41.Qg8 
Bf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Rad1 h6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Bb1 c5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 
Bxd5 16.e4 Bb7 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Nf8 20.Qf5 Bd6 21.Qg4 Ng6 
22.Bxg6 fxg6 23.Qxg6 Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bxd5 27.Ne5+ 
Bxe5 28.Bxe5 Bc6 29.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.a3 Qe5 13.Rd1 Ne7 14.Nd4 Qa5+ 
15.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Rac1 Qb8 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Qe2 f5 17.h3 Kxh7 18.hxg4 f4 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Qd3+ Kg8 21.exf4
Rxf4 22.Ne2 Rxg4 23.Qf5 Rh4 24.Qe6+ Kf8 25.Qf5+ Kg8 26.Qe6+ Kf8 27.Rc3 Rh6
28.Rf3+ Ke8 29.Qf5 Bc8 30.Qf7+ Kd7 31.e6+ Rxe6 32.Nf4 Re4 33.Nxd5 cxd5 34.
Qxd5+ Qd6 35.Qf5+ Kc7 36.Rc1+ Kb8 37.Qxe4 Bb7 38.Qf4 Qxf4 39.Rxf4 Bg5 40.
Rcc4 Bxf4 41.Rxf4 g5 42.Rg4 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Rd2 44.Be5+ Kc8 45.Rxg5 Be4 46.Kg3
Rxa2 47.f3 Bc2 48.b4 Kd7 49.Bc3 Ra3 50.Bd2 Rd3 51.Bf4 Rb3 52.Rg7+ Ke6 53.
Bd2 Rd3 54.Be1 Rd1 55.Bf2 a5 56.Rb7 a4 57.Rxb6+ Kd5 58.Ra6 Kc4 59.Bc5 Rd2 
60.Bf8 Rd8 61.Be7 Rd7 62.Bc5 Rd2 63.Ra5 Rd5 64.Be7 Rd7 65.Bc5 Rd5 66.Be7 
Rd7 67.Rc5+ Kb3 68.Bf6 Bd3 69.b5 Kb4 70.Re5 a3 71.b6 a2 72.Re3 Bc4 73.Re8 
Bd5 74.Re2 Rd6 75.Ba1 Rxb6 76.Kf4 Kc5 77.Rb2 Re6 78.Rc2+ Bc4 79.Rc1 Rb6 
80.Ke3 Re6+ 81.Kf2 Re2+ 82.Kg3 Kb4 83.Rd1 Kc5 84.Rd8 Re1 85.Bd4+ Kc6 86.
Ra8 Kd5 87.Bh8 Re2 88.Ra5+ Ke6 89.Kh3 Rf2 90.Bd4 Rd2 91.Bc3 Rc2 92.Bd4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 
hxg6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.h3 Rc8 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Ke2 O-O 14.Rac1 Rfd8 
15.Rhd1 dxc4 16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bb3 e5 18.Be1 exd4 19.Rxd4 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 
21.Bc2 Ra8 22.a3 Nfd7 23.Na2 Nb6 24.Bb4 Kf8 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.Bxe7+ Kxe7 27.
Bb3 Nc4 28.Nd1 Nb6 29.Rc2 Na4 30.f3 Nac5 31.Ba2 g5 32.Nc3 f6 33.Rc1 Na4 
34.Nd1 Nb6 35.Bb3 Na4 36.Rc2 Nac5 37.Ba2 Ra4 38.Nc3 Ra8 39.Rd2 Ra6 40.g3 
Ra8 41.Kf2 Na4 42.Nd1 Nb6 43.Rc2 Rd8 44.Ke2 Na4 45.Nf2 Nac5 46.Rd2 Ra8 47.
Bb1 Nb3 48.Rd1 Na5 49.Bf5 Nc4 50.Nd3 Nd6 51.Bxe6 Kxe6 52.f4 Rh8 53.Rh1 g4 
54.h4 Ne4 55.Rg1 Rd8 56.Rg2 c5 57.Rg1 c4 58.f5+ Kxf5 59.Rf1+ Ke6 60.Nf4+ 
Kf7 61.Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxd6 10.O-O Ne7 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Bc7 14.Qg4 Nf5 15.Rd1 
O-O 16.Nc5 Bc8 17.g3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qf3 Ne7 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 b6 
22.Na4 Be6 23.Rac1 Rc8 24.Nc3 Qd7 25.f3 Ng6 26.Qd2 Rc7 27.Ba4 Qc8 28.Re1 
Rd8 29.Kf2 Ne7 30.Bb3 Qb8 31.Ne2 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Re1 Nc6 34.Bc2 Qd6 
35.a3 Ne7 36.Bb3 Kf8 37.Nf4 a5 38.h4 Qd7 39.h5 Qb5 40.Bd1 Rc6 41.g4 Qc4 
42.Re3 Qc1 43.Qxc1 Rxc1 44.Ba4 Bc8 45.Nxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 
Nbd7 9.Bg5 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 c5 
15.e3 f5 16.Qc3 a5 17.Rad1 Rfc8 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Nf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Rf1
b5 22.b3 bxc4 23.bxc4 Qc6 24.d5 Qd6 25.Nf3 exd5 26.cxd5 Ne4 27.Qc4 Rab8 
28.Rb1 Nxg3 29.Rfc1 Ne4 30.Kh1 Rd8 31.a4 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 g5 33.Rb5 g4 34.Nh4 
Qf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bf1 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 
15.Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Na5 
9.Re1 e6 10.Bf1 exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Na3 b6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Rc1 Be4 15.Bg5 Re8
16.b4 Nb7 17.b5 axb5 18.Nxb5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Bxg2 Rxe1+ 22.
Qxe1 Rxa2 23.Ra1 Rb2 24.Rb1 Ra2 25.Nf3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Kg7 27.c4 h5 28.h3 Na5 
29.Bf1 Ra4 30.Re1 Rb4 31.Kg2 Rb3 32.Re3 Rb4 33.Qe8 Qxe8 34.Rxe8 Nxc4 35.
Bxc4 Rxc4 36.Nxd6 Rc1 37.Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 h6 
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Qe2 e5 13.a4 b4 14.Nb1 a5 15.Qe3 
Bd6 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Nb3 c5 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Rfd1 c4 20.Bf1 Bc5 21.Qf3 Qe6 22.b3
Bd4 23.Rab1 c3 24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.Nc4 O-O 26.Ne3 g6 27.Re1 Rc6 28.Rbd1 Rc5 
29.Kg2 f5 30.exf5 gxf5 31.Nc4 Rxc4 32.bxc4 Qxc4 33.Qb7 Rf7 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.
f4 Qa2 36.fxe5 Qxc2+ 37.Kh3 f4 38.e6 Qf5+ 39.g4 Qd5 40.Rd3 Rf6 41.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.a3 Bf6 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.Be3 d5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 
Bxe5 16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Re8 19.a4 b4 20.Ra2 Ra7 21.cxb4 
Rae7 22.Kf1 Qd6 23.b3 Qxb4 24.Nd2 g6 25.Re4 Qc5 26.Nf3 Bc3 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 
28.Rc2 b5 29.Qd3 b4 30.Rc1 Qd6 31.g3 Kg7 32.Kg2 h6 33.Rd1 Rc7 34.Qe4 Re7 
35.Qd3 Rc7 36.Nd2 Bxd2 37.Rxd2 a5 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.Qf4 Qd7 40.d6 Rc5 41.Qe4 
h5 42.Kh2 h4 43.Qe7 hxg3+ 44.fxg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Nd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Ne7 
9.O-O Ned5 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Ne4 Nd7 13.h3 Rc8 14.Bd2 Bg6 15.Rc1 
Qb6 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nfxg5 h6 18.Nf3 Bh5 19.Nd6 Rcd8 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nh4 Bh7 
22.Ng2 f6 23.Nc4 Qc7 24.Qe2 Kh8 25.f4 fxe5 26.fxe5 N7b6 27.Nd6 Nc8 28.Ne4 
Nce7 29.Nc5 Qc8 30.Rf1 Ng6 31.Kh2 b6 32.Ne4 Qd7 33.Nd6 Rxf1 34.Rxf1 Rf8 
35.Rxf8+ Nxf8 36.Qf3 Kg8 37.Ne3 Bg6 38.Ba4 Qc7 39.h4 Nxe3 40.Qxe3 h5 41.
gxh5 Bxh5 42.b4 b5 43.Bb3 a5 44.Qg5 Bf7 45.h5 axb4 46.h6 Bg6 47.Bxe6+ Kh7 
48.Bf7 gxh6 49.Qf6 bxa3 50.Bb3 Qg7 51.Qf4 Bb1 52.Qc1 a2 53.Bxa2 Bxa2 54.
Qc2+ Qg6 55.Qxa2 Ne6 56.d5 cxd5 57.Qxd5 Qh5+ 58.Kg3 Qg5+ 59.Kf3 Qf4+ 60.
Ke2 Qg4+ 61.Kd2 Qd4+ 62.Qxd4 Nxd4 63.Kd3 Nc6 64.e6 Kg6 65.Nxb5 Kf6 66.Nd4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Re1
O-O 9.d4 Na6 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Rad8 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Na3 Nac7 
15.Nc4 b6 16.a4 h6 17.h4 Ne6 18.g3 Rd7 19.Kf1 Rb8 20.Ke2 a6 21.Rd1 Kf8 22.
Ne3 Rbd8 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Be3 Rd8 26.c4 Rb8 27.Bd2 Ke8 28.Bc3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Nd7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Nf1 Bg6 
9.c3 c5 10.Ng3 Nc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb6 15.Bxg6 
fxg6 16.Nd2 Qe8 17.Qc2 a5 18.Ne2 g5 19.Qd3 a4 20.Rac1 Na5 21.Rc2 Nbc4 22.
Nxc4 Nxc4 23.Bd2 b5 24.Nc1 Qf7 25.Na2 g4 26.Bb4 Bxb4 27.Nxb4 Qh5 28.Qg3 
Rf7 29.Nd3 Raf8 30.Nc5 Qg6 31.Re2 Rf4 32.Qc3 h5 33.Rd1 h4 34.b3 Rf3 35.Qc2
Qxc2 36.Rxc2 axb3 37.Rxc4 dxc4 38.gxf3 b2 39.Ne4 Rxf3 40.Rb1 c3 41.Nxc3 
Rxc3 42.Rxb2 h3 43.f4 gxf3 44.Kf2 Rxa3 45.Rxb5 Rd3 46.Rb6 Kf7 47.Rb7+ Kg6 
48.Re7 Kf5 49.Rxg7 Kf4 50.Rf7+ Ke4 51.Kg3 Kxd4 52.Kxh3 Ke3 53.Kg3 Ke2 54.
Rf4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 
Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qb4 a5 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.a4 Nd7 13.Be3 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Bd4 
Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Nc5 17.Qa3 Qc7 18.Re1 Bc6 19.Bf1 Rfc8 20.h4 Qb7 21.h5 Rd8 22.
Bg2 Kg7 23.b3 f6 24.Qc1 Rbc8 25.Qe3 e6 26.Red1 Qe7 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.h6+ Kf7 
29.axb5 Qc7 30.f4 Ke7 31.Rc4 Qb8 32.Rf1 Rd7 33.f5 Rdc7 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.e5 
dxe5 36.Rg4 Rg8 37.Qf2 f5 38.h7 Rg7 39.Rh4 Qh8 40.Qe3 e4 41.Qg5+ Kf7 42.
Rh6 Nd7 43.Bxe4 Nf8 44.Qd8 Rd7 45.Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Qc7 8.
h3 Bf5 9.Nf3 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Re1 h6 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.a4 g5 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.
a5 f6 16.Nd3 h5 17.Bd2 a6 18.Bb3 Kb8 19.c4 Nf4 20.Nxf4 Bxf4 21.Bc3 g4 22.
h4 g3 23.f3 Rhe8 24.Bc2 Bxc2 25.Qxc2 f5 26.Rad1 Qe7 27.Bd2 Bxd2 28.Qxd2 
Qxh4 29.Qe3 f4 30.Qe5+ Ka8 31.Rd2 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qxg2+ 34.Kd1 
Qxf3+ 35.Kc2 h4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.d5
Ne5 9.Re1 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.c4 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Nc3 h6 15.
Bh4 O-O 16.Qh3 Kf7 17.f4 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rg8 19.Qf3 Rge8 20.Rd3 Kf8 21.g4 Kg8
22.g5 Nh7 23.Qh5 Rf8 24.gxh6 Rxf4 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Nd5 Qh4 27.Qxh4 Rxh4 28.
Rxe6 Rxh6 29.Re7 Rg6+ 30.Rg3 Rxg3+ 31.hxg3 Rb8 32.Rd7 Nf6 33.Nxf6+ gxf6 
34.a4 Rf8 35.Rxb7 Rf7 36.Rb8+ Rf8 37.Rb7 Rf7 38.Rb8+ Rf8 39.Rb5 Kf7 40.a5 
Ke6 41.a6 Ke5 42.Rb7 Kd4 43.b3 Kc3 44.Kf2 Rh8 45.Ke3 Re8+ 46.Kf4 Re1 47.
Kf5 Ra1 48.Kxf6 Rxa6 49.Kf5 Ra1 50.Ke6 a5 51.Kxd6 a4 52.bxa4 Rxa4 53.Rb5 
Rxc4 54.Rxc5 Rxc5 55.Kxc5 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxd5 7.e4 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O Qb6 11.a4 Qc5 12.Qd3 Qd6 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.e5 Bc5 
15.Rd1 a6 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bf4 Nb4 18.Be4 Bc6 19.Nd2 Rd8 20.Bxc6+ Qxc6 21.Ne4 
Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Be7 23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.exd6 Nd5 25.Be5 f6 26.Qh5+ Kf8 27.Bg3 
Qe8 28.Qg4 h5 29.Qe4 Qd7 30.h4 Kf7 31.Rc1 g6 32.Qc2 Rd8 33.Qc4 Kg7 34.a5 
Kf7 35.b3 Kg7 36.Qd3 Rc8 37.Rc4 Rxc4 38.bxc4 Nb4 39.Qd2 Nc6 40.Bf4 Nb8 41.
Be3 Qc6 42.Qb4 Nd7 43.c5 Qd5 44.Qa4 Qc6 45.Qf4 Kg8 46.Qc4 Kf7 47.Qf4 Kg8 
48.Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.d3 Bd7 7.a4 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 
9.Be3 e5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Bc4 h6 12.Ne2 b6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 
Qe8 16.c3 d5 17.Kh1 g5 18.Ne2 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.dxe4 Rd8 
22.Qc2 Qd7 23.Re1 Ne5 24.Ng3 Qd3 25.Qb3 Nc4 26.Bf2 Bg7 27.Kg1 Be5 28.Nf1 
Rf8 29.Ne3 Qd2 30.Nf5 exf5 31.Qxc4+ Kh8 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Bg3 Qd6 34.Rxe5 
Rxe5 35.Bxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 
Qf5 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Re1 Bg4 18.f3 Bh3 19.Ne4 Rae8 20.Re2 h5 21.Bg5 Bc7 22.
Qd2 Kh8 23.Rae1 f6 24.Nf2 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 Bf5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Bf4 Bxf4 28.
Qxf4 Bxd3 29.Rd2 Bb1 30.Qd6 Re8 31.Qxd5 Kh7 32.Kg2 Re5 33.Qb3 Qe8 34.a3 
Bf5 35.Qb4 Bd7 36.Qd4 Bc6 37.Qd3+ Kh6 38.Qd4 Qa8 39.Rd3 Qe8 40.g4 Re2 41.
Qf4+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Qg6 43.Qxh5+ Qxh5 44.gxh5 Rxb2 45.Rd6 Be8 46.Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Nc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.a3 Nf6 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nge4 Rc8 15.
Kb1 Na5 16.Nc5 b6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Ba6 Rc7 19.Qd3 Nd5 20.Rc1 Nxc3+ 21.Rxc3 
Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Qd5 23.Rc1 Bf6 24.f3 Rd8 25.Rc2 Qb3 26.Qxb3 Nxb3 27.Rc7 Nxd4 
28.Rxa7 g5 29.Rb7 Rd6 30.Bc4 Be5 31.h3 Kg7 32.a4 Kf6 33.Bf2 h5 34.h4 Nf5 
35.hxg5+ Kxg5 36.Bxb6 Rd2 37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Rxb2+ 39.Kc1 Kxg4 40.a5 Nd6 
41.Rc7 Nxc4 42.Rxc4+ Kf5 43.Ra4 Rg2 44.a6 Rg8 45.a7 Ra8 46.Kc2 Bb8 47.
axb8=Q Rxb8 48.Be3 e5 49.Kd3 Rb3+ 50.Ke2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nxd4 
cxd4 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Kh1 Nd7 11.b4 O-O 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Rb1 Nb8 14.c3 Nc6 15.h3 
Be6 16.a4 Rac8 17.Qe1 dxc3 18.Bxc3 Bxc3 19.dxc3 f6 20.a5 Qc7 21.Qg3 Bf7 
22.h4 Kh8 23.Qh3 Rcd8 24.c4 b6 25.axb6 Qxb6 26.b5 axb5 27.cxb5 Na5 28.h5 
gxh5 29.Ng3 Qe3 30.Rf3 Qc5 31.b6 Nb3 32.e5 dxe5 33.Nxh5 e4 34.Bxe4 Nd2 35.
Nxf6 h5 36.Rc3 Qa5 37.Ra3 Qc5 38.Rc3 Qa5 39.Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5 Nd7 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.e6 Nf6 10.exf7+ Kxf7 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qc4+ Ke8 13.Bd2 Qa6 14.Qd4 Rb8 
15.O-O-O Qb6 16.b3 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Bd7 18.Rhe1 Kf7 19.Nf3 h6 20.Be3 Rb7 21.
Bd4 Bg7 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxe4 Kf7 25.Re3 c5 26.Rde1 Bc6 27.Nh4 
Rg8 28.g4 Rc7 29.Kd2 Bb7 30.Rf1 Bc8 31.h3 Ke8 32.f5 gxf5 33.Nxf5 Bxf5 34.
Rxf5 Rg6 35.Ref3 Kd7 36.Rf7 Rc8 37.Rh7 Rcg8 38.Rff7 Re6 39.Rf5 a5 40.Rf4 
Rg5 41.Rf5 Rxf5 42.gxf5 Rf6 43.Ke3 d5 44.h4 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O Be7 8.Qc2 Ng5 
9.Nxg5 Bxg5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.d3 Bf5 14.Qe2 Re8 15.
Re1 h6 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Na4 f6 18.Qe3 Qxe3 19.fxe3 Rxe5 20.Nxc5 Rae8 21.Kf2
Bg6 22.d4 Rf5+ 23.Kg1 Rg5 24.Rac1 h5 25.Rc3 h4 26.Re2 Re7 27.Rf2 Rg4 28.
Kf1 Kh7 29.Rf4 Rxf4+ 30.exf4 Bh5 31.Rc2 Kg6 32.Kf2 Kf5 33.g3 hxg3+ 34.hxg3
g5 35.fxg5 Kxg5 36.Rd2 Bg4 37.Nd3 Kf5 38.Nb4 Ke4 39.Nxc6 Rh7 40.Kg1 Ke3 
41.Rh2 Rc7 42.Rc2 Bd7 43.Rc3+ Kd2 44.Ne7 Rxc3 45.bxc3 Kxc3 46.Nxd5+ Kxd4 
47.Nxf6 Be6 48.a3 Kc3 49.Ne4+ Kb2 50.a4 Ka3 51.Kf2 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh knock-out"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.c4 g6 14.c5 Nf6 15.Ne5
Bd7 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Rab1 Nd5 18.Bg3 Rf8 19.Rfc1 Bf6 20.Nc4 Bxd4 21.Nd6 Qd8 
22.Nxb7 Qf6 23.c6 Bc8 24.Rb3 e5 25.Be4 Be6 26.Rf3 Qg5 27.Qe1 Qe7 28.Qa5 
Bb6 29.Qa3 Qxa3 30.Rxa3 f6 31.Nc5 Bxc5 32.Rxc5 Nc7 33.f3 a6 34.h4 Rad8 35.
Rc1 Rd2 36.Be1 Rxa2 37.Rxa2 Bxa2 38.Ba5 Rf7 39.Rd1 Nb5 40.Rc1 Nc7 41.Rd1 
Nb5 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Ra8 Bc4 44.Rb8 f5 45.Bc2 Bd5 46.Rb6 Nd6 47.c7 Nc8 48.
Rb8 Rf8 49.Ba4 Be6 50.Bc3 Kf6 51.f4 Kf7 52.Bxe5 Ne7 53.Rd8 Nc8 54.Kf2 Ke7 
55.Bc6 a5 56.Bb7 Kf7 57.Bc6 Ke7 58.Bc3 Kf7 59.Bxa5 Rg8 60.Bb4 Na7 61.Ba4 
Nc8 62.Bc5 h6 63.Bb5 g5 64.fxg5 hxg5 65.h5 1-0

