[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D89"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Rc1 Bxa2 15.
Qa4 Be6 16.d5 Bd7 17.Qb4 e6 18.Nc3 exd5 19.Nxd5 Be6 20.Rfd1 Bxd5 21.exd5 
Re8 22.Bf2 Bf8 23.Qb2 Bh6 24.Rb1 Be3 25.Bb5 Bxf2+ 26.Qxf2 Re5 27.d6 a6 28.
Bf1 b5 29.Rbc1 Re6 30.d7 Re7 31.Qa2 Nc4 32.Bxc4 bxc4 33.Qa4 Ra7 34.Rd4 
Raxd7 35.Rdxc4 Qb6+ 36.Kh1 Rd2 37.Qa1 Qb2 38.Qxb2 Rxb2 39.h4 Ree2 40.Rg1 
a5 41.Ra4 Ra2 42.Rf4 Kg7 43.Kh2 a4 44.Kh3 Re7 45.Rb1 a3 46.Ra4 Rb2 47.Ra1 
Ree2 48.R4xa3 Rxg2 49.Rh1 f5 50.Raa1 Kh6 51.Rhg1 Rxg1 52.Rxg1 Rb3 53.Kg3 
Kh5 54.Rf1 Rb4 55.Rh1 Ra4 56.Rh2 f4+ 57.Kh3 Ra1 58.Rb2 Rh1+ 59.Kg2 Rxh4 
60.Rb7 Kh6 61.Rf7 Kg5 62.Rf8 Kh6 63.Rf7 g5 64.Ra7 Kg6 65.Ra6+ Kf7 66.Ra7+ 
Ke6 67.Ra6+ Kd7 68.Ra7+ Kc6 69.Ra8 Rh5 70.Ra6+ Kb5 71.Rf6 Kc4 72.Rc6+ Kd4 
73.Rd6+ Ke5 74.Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.Bd3 f4 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.O-O-O b5
16.Kb1 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Na5 18.Bxa6 Ra8 19.f3 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bf7 21.b4 Bf6 22.
Bb5 Qb6 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.a4 Bg6 25.Qc4 Raa8 26.Rd2 Rfc8 27.Qb3 Rc7 28.Rc1 
Rac8 29.Ka2 Qa5 30.Re2 h6 31.Bc6 Bf7 32.Nb4 Rb8 33.Ka3 Bd8 34.Re4 Ra7 35.
Bc3 Bb6 36.Kb2 Be3 37.Rb1 Rc7 38.Kc2 Rb6 39.Qc4 Qa7 40.Qd3 Bg6 41.Rb3 Rc8 
42.Kb2 Qe7 43.Rxe5 dxe5 44.Qxg6 Bd4 45.Bxd4 exd4 46.Qe4 Qc5 47.Qc2 Qe7 48.
Nd3 Rxb3+ 49.Kxb3 Rb8+ 50.Bb5 Rd8 51.Nxf4 Qe3+ 52.Nd3 Rxd5 53.Qc8+ Kh7 54.
Qe8 Rg5 55.Qxe3 dxe3 56.Nf4 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C14"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 c5 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Ne2 Nb6 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Na4 
15.c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D22"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 a6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O b5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Nf6 9.a4 b4 10.Bf3 Ra7 11.Nd2 Rc7 12.b3 e5 13.Ne2 Bf5 14.Nc4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9.Rc1 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.e4 a5 12.Ne1 Na6 13.Nd3 c6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Re1 
cxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 f5 20.Re1 Qf7 21.f3 Rfe8
22.b3 b6 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 e4 25.fxe4 fxe4 26.Nf4 Nxb4 27.Rb1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.c4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d3 d6 7.a3 Nge7 8.Rb1 a5 9.
O-O O-O 10.Nd5 Rb8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4
cxb4 16.Ne1 Bd7 17.Rxb4 d5 18.Qb3 dxc4 19.dxc4 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qh4 c5 12.dxc5 Qa5+ 13.b4 Qc7 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.
O-O Be7 16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Bxc7 Bxh4 18.Be5 Bf6 19.a3 Nc3 20.Bc4 Bd7 21.Rfe1 a5
22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nd4 Rg8 24.f3 Rg5 25.Nb3 axb4 26.axb4 Ra2 27.Rxa2 Nxa2 28.
b5 Nc3 29.c6 bxc6 30.b6 Ke7 31.b7 Rg8 32.Nc5 Nb5 33.Bxb5 cxb5 34.Na6 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Ba2 Bb7 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.h4 
h6 16.Bf4 b4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Nd7 20.Bg3 Qa5 21.d5 Bxc3 
22.dxe6 Rxe6 23.Bxe6 Bxe1 24.Rd1 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Rxd7 Qb5 27.Be5 
Bxf2+ 28.Kh2 Bg1+ 29.Kxg1 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Rh1+ 31.Kg3 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.f4 Be7
9.Qf3 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.
Be3 Be6 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Qc6 19.Bg5 a5 20.a4 Ra6 21.Rhd1 Kh8
22.Kb1 Rb6 23.Qd3 Qc7 24.Bc4 f5 25.exf5 e4 26.Qxe4 h6 27.Qh4 Rb4 28.R5d4 
Nf6 29.Bxf6 Rxf6 30.Be6 Be7 31.Rxb4 axb4 32.Rd7 Qc5 33.Qc4 Qg1+ 34.Ka2 Bf8
35.Rd8 Qb6 36.Qc8 b3+ 37.cxb3 Qb4 38.Qc4 Qb6 39.Qd4 Qc7 40.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D70"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.f4 c5 12.fxe5 Bg4 13.Re1 Bxe5 14.h3 Qh4 15.Bd3
Rfe8 16.Bg5 Qh5 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.Nge2 Nxe2+ 19.Bxe2 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qe5 21.Rhf1 
Qxf4+ 22.Rxf4 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Rd1 Re3 25.Bf3 Rd3 26.a4 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 
Rd8 28.a5 Nc8 29.g4 Bd3 30.Bc2 Bxc2 31.Kxc2 Ne7 32.Re4 Kf7 33.Re5 Kf6 34.
Re6+ Kf7 35.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Be2 a6 9.
O-O b5 10.b4 a5 11.a3 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bg4 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.h3 Be6 15.b5 cxb5 
16.d5 Bf5 17.Nd4 b4 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.axb4 g5 20.Bg3 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 
Bxe4 23.Qd4 Bg6 24.bxa5 Nc5 25.f4 Ne4 26.Be1 gxf4 27.exf4 e6 28.Bh4 f6 29.
Bf3 e5 30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Qe3 Ng5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Qxg5 Kh7 34.Re1 Rf5 35.Qh4+
Kg7 36.Nd4 Rf7 37.Ne6+ Kg8 38.Be4 Rb7 39.Qg5 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Ba3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rc1 c6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nc3 a5 14.Nxb5 cxb5 15.e3 
h6 16.Bf1 b4 17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Qc7 Qxc7 19.Rxc7 Rfb8 20.Rac1 Kf8 21.h3 Ke8 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Nd7 24.f4 Kd8 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 29.Kf2 f6 30.exf6 Nxf6 31.Bf3 Kd7 32.Ke3 Kd6 33.Kd4 g5 34.fxg5 
hxg5 35.h4 e5+ 36.Ke3 g4 37.Be4 Ke6 38.Bb7 Kd7 39.Ba6 Ke7 40.Bc8 Kd6 41.
Bf5 Kd5 42.Bg6 Ke6 43.Kd3 Nd5 44.Be4 Nf6 45.Bg6 Nd5 46.Be4 Nf6 47.Bb7 Kd7 
48.Kc4 Kc7 49.Ba6 Kd7 50.Kc5 Ke7 51.Bc8 Ne4+ 52.Kd5 Nxg3 53.Kxe5 Ne2 54.
Bxg4 Nc3 55.Be6 Kf8 56.Kf6 Ne4+ 57.Kg6 Nc5 58.Bd5 Nd3 59.Kf6 Nc5 60.h5 
Nd7+ 61.Kg6 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E44"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O 8.Ng3 Re8 
9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.d6 Bf8 12.O-O Re6 13.e4 Rxd6 14.Qc2 Re6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rad1 Re8 18.f4 Qe6 19.e5 d5 20.h3 d4 21.Nce4 c5 22.Nh5 Nd7
23.Bg4 Qg6 24.Rde1 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Rxe5 27.Qf2 Rxe4 28.Bf5 Rf4 
29.Qxf4 Qxh5 30.Bd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 
9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2 c5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.a3 
dxc4 16.bxc4 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qf4 18.Nd2 Qg5 19.f3 Rfe8 20.Qf2 Nh5 21.Kh1 Nf4 
22.Be4 Ba6 23.g3 Nd5 24.cxd5 Rxc3 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Ne4 Qxd5 27.Nxc3 Qb3 
28.Ne4 Bb7 29.Qe3 Qd5 30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Nxf6+ gxf6 32.Qe4+ Kg7 33.Qxd5 Bxd5 
34.Rc1 a5 35.Rb1 Rb8 36.Rec1 b5 37.Rc5 b4 38.Rxa5 b3 39.Rb2 f5 40.Kf2 f4 
41.gxf4 Kf6 42.Ke3 Rc8 43.Rc5 Ra8 44.Rxd5 exd5 45.Rxb3 Kf5 46.h4 Re8+ 47.
Kf2 Ra8 48.h5 f6 49.Ke3 Re8+ 50.Kd2 Rh8 51.Kc3 Kxf4 52.Kb2 Rxh5 53.a4 Rh8 
54.Ka3 Ra8 55.Rd3 Kf5 56.Kb4 Ke6 57.a5 Kd6 58.Rc3 f5 59.f4 Re8 60.a6 Rb8+ 
61.Ka5 Rb1 62.Rc5 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe1 O-O 8.d3 Nd4 
9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 e6 11.e5 Ne8 12.Ne4 b6 13.b4 f5 14.Nf2 cxb4 15.exd6 b3 
16.cxb3 Nxd6 17.Ra2 Nf7 18.Bd2 Bb7 19.Bc3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 
22.Qc3+ Kg8 23.d4 Rfd8 24.Rd1 Rac8 25.Qd3 Rc7 26.Kg2 Nd6 27.Nh3 h6 28.Ng1 
Ne8 29.Ne2 Nf6 30.Ra4 Rdc8 31.Rd2 Qd6 32.Rc4 Nd5 33.Rd1 Rxc4 34.bxc4 Rxc4 
35.Kf2 Qc7 36.Rd2 Kf7 37.Qb3 a5 38.Qd3 a4 39.b3 axb3 40.Qxb3 g5 41.Ra2 
gxf4 42.Ra8 Qe7 43.Qxc4 Qh4+ 44.Ng3 Qxh2+ 45.Ke1 fxg3 46.Qc8 Qf2+ 47.Kd1 
Qxd4+ 48.Kc2 Qc5+ 49.Qxc5 bxc5 50.Kd2 h5 51.Ke1 h4 52.Rh8 Nf4 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 d6 
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bf6 11.Nd4 e5 12.Nc6 Nxc6 13.dxc6 Bc8 14.b4 Bf5 15.Rc1 
Re8 16.Qd5 g6 17.Be4 Be6 18.Qd3 Qe7 19.a4 Bg7 20.f3 f5 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.
Qxd5+ Qf7 23.Rfd1 Bh6 24.Ra1 Be3+ 25.Kg2 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Kf7 27.a5 Ke6 28.Ra3
f4 29.gxf4 Bxf4 30.Be1 Bc1 31.Rad3 Bg5 32.Bf2 Be7 33.Ra3 Rf8 34.Be3 g5 35.
b5 h5 36.Rd1 Rg8 37.Rda1 Rac8 38.axb6 axb6 39.Ra7 g4 40.f4 exf4 41.Bxf4 h4
42.R7a3 Bf6 43.Re3+ Kf5 44.Rf1 Kg6 45.Rd3 Rge8 46.e3 Re6 47.Rd5 Ra8 48.
Rfd1 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Rb2 50.Bxd6 Rxe3 51.Bxc7 Ree2 52.Bf4 g3 53.Bd2 Rc2 54.
hxg3 hxg3 55.Rd6 Rxc4 56.Rf1 Rf2 57.Rxf2 gxf2+ 58.Kxf2 Kf5 59.Be3 Be5 60.
Rh6 Rb4 61.Kf3 Rb3 62.Rh5+ Ke6 63.Ke4 Rb4+ 64.Kd3 Rb3+ 65.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxe6 Bxd4 11.Nxd8 Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 
Qxe7 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nd7 
15.Qc6 Nf6 16.Rfd1 Qd7 17.Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd2 Rb8 
9.Qc1 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.exf3 Nd4 12.Bh6 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Re1 c5 16.f4 e6 17.Ne2 Qb6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.f5 e5 21.h3 a5 22.
Rb1 Qc5 23.Qd2 Re8 24.g4 h6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Rbd1 a4 27.Qd3 axb3 28.axb3 
Qb4 29.Ra1 Re7 30.Reb1 Qc5 31.Rd1 Rf8 32.Ra6 Qb4 33.Ra4 Qb6 34.b4 h5 35.g5
Nh7 36.c5 dxc5 37.Ra6 Qxb4 38.Qxg6+ Kh8 39.Qxh5 Rg7 40.Rh6 Qb2 41.g6 Qxf2+
42.Kh1 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 
Qa5 9.O-O Qxc3 10.Bg5 Qa3 11.Rb1 Nc6 12.d5 Nd4 13.d6 exd6 14.e3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 O-O 16.Qxd6 Qxa2 17.Rfc1 Be6 18.Rxb7 c4 19.Be7 a5 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Be4
a4 22.h4 c3 23.Bc2 Rc8 24.Qd1 Qb2 25.Rb1 a3 26.Ra7 a2 27.Ra1 h5 28.Kg2 Bf6
29.Qf3 Bg7 30.Qd1 Rb8 31.Be4 c2 32.Qd6 Be5 33.Qe7 Qxa1 34.Bxg6 c1=Q 35.
Bxf7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rad1 Qc8 11.h3 Rd8 12.Qc1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Ncb5 Bb8 11.b3 a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nd4 Qd6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.
g3 Re8 16.Bb2 Ba7 17.Nh4 Bh3 18.Ng2 a5 19.Rc1 Rab8 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.Bd3 Ne4 
22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Qc3 f6 24.Qxa5 Bb6 25.Qc3 h5 26.Rfd1 Rbe8 27.Qc2 h4 28.Bd4
Bc7 29.f3 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 hxg3 31.Rh4 gxh2+ 32.Kh1 Qg3 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Rf1 Bd6
35.b4 Rb8 36.a3 c5 37.Qc2 cxb4 38.Rh8+ Kf7 39.Rxb8 Bxb8 40.axb4 Bb5 41.Rf2
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxe4 Qxe5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Bf4 Qc5 
15.a3 Qxc2 16.Bxc2 Bc5 17.b4 Bb6 18.Bd3 Be6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Bg3 a5 21.b5 
Ne7 22.Nf4 Nd5 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Re1 Rc8 26.Kf1 Rc3 27.Bg6 d3 
28.Rd1 Rxa3 29.Bxd3 Kg8 30.Bg6 Bc5 31.Re1 Bb4 32.Rd1 Bc5 33.Bh5 Bb4 34.Bf3
a4 35.Be5 Bc3 36.Bxd5 exd5 37.Bxc3 Rxc3 38.Rxd5 a3 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Ke2 a2 
41.Ra8 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "29"]

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 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bb7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Re2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D33"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "215"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nge7 9.Bd2 O-O 10.b3 Na5 11.Be1 cxb3 12.axb3 Bf5 13.Ra4 Nac6 14.Ne5 a5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16.Ra2 Re8 17.Na4 Be4 18.f3 Bg6 19.e4 Bxe1 20.Rxe1 dxe4 21.fxe4 
Rb8 22.Rd2 Rb4 23.Nc5 h6 24.h4 Qb6 25.Kh2 h5 26.Rf1 Rd8 27.Bf3 Rdxd4 28.
Rxd4 Qxc5 29.Rxb4 axb4 30.Qd2 Kh7 31.Rc1 Qe5 32.Qf2 Qe6 33.Rc4 Ng8 34.Rxb4
Nf6 35.Qe2 Qe5 36.Rc4 c5 37.Qd3 Ng4+ 38.Bxg4 hxg4 39.Qc2 Qe6 40.Rxc5 Bxe4 
41.Qc4 Qe8 42.Qe2 Qa8 43.Rh5+ Kg8 44.Rc5 f5 45.b4 Kh7 46.Re5 Qf8 47.Rxe4 
fxe4 48.Qxe4+ g6 49.Kg2 Qd6 50.Qxg4 Qd2+ 51.Kh3 Qe1 52.Qd7+ Kh6 53.Qb7 
Qe6+ 54.Kh2 Qe1 55.Qb5 Qf2+ 56.Kh3 Qf3 57.Qg5+ Kh7 58.Qe7+ Kh6 59.Qg5+ Kh7
60.Qe7+ Kh6 61.Qe1 Qf5+ 62.Kg2 Qc2+ 63.Kf1 Qd3+ 64.Kf2 Qf5+ 65.Kg1 Qd3 66.
Qc1+ Kh7 67.Qc7+ Kh6 68.Qf4+ Kh7 69.Qc7+ Kh6 70.Qf4+ Kh7 71.Kf2 Qc2+ 72.
Ke3 Qc3+ 73.Ke2 Qc2+ 74.Qd2 Qe4+ 75.Kf2 Qf5+ 76.Kg2 Qe4+ 77.Kh2 Qb1 78.
Qd7+ Kh6 79.Qd2+ Kh7 80.g4 Qf1 81.h5 gxh5 82.gxh5 Qf5 83.Qe3 Qd5 84.Qa7+ 
Kh8 85.Qc5 Qf3 86.b5 Qe2+ 87.Kg3 Qe1+ 88.Kf3 Qh1+ 89.Ke2 Qe4+ 90.Kd2 Qf4+ 
91.Kc2 Qe4+ 92.Kb2 Qe2+ 93.Kb3 Qd1+ 94.Kb4 Qb1+ 95.Ka5 Qa1+ 96.Kb6 Qf6+ 
97.Qc6 Qf2+ 98.Kb7 Qf7+ 99.Kb8 Qxh5 100.b6 Qe5+ 101.Qc7 Qb5 102.b7 Kg8 
103.Qd8+ Kf7 104.Kc8 Qa6 105.Qd5+ Kg7 106.Kc7 Qa7 107.Qb5 Kh7 108.Kc8 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O f5 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Nd7 13.Nd2 Bg7 14.Qe2 Rf7 15.Rad1 
Nb6 16.Nb3 Qc8 17.Na5 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.c4 c6 20.Ne3 Qc7 21.Rc1 Nd7 22.b4 
Nf8 23.Rfd1 Rd8 24.Qd2 h5 25.Rc3 Bh6 26.a3 Nh7 27.Qe2 h4 28.Rcd3 b6 29.Nb3
Nf6 30.Nd2 Nh5 31.Ndf1 Bg5 32.Qc2 Rfd7 33.Rc3 Kh7 34.Qf2 Rf8 35.Qe2 a6 36.
Qe1 Qa7 37.b5 Rc8 38.a4 cxb5 39.cxb5 Rxc3 40.Qxc3 axb5 41.axb5 Qa4 42.Rb1 
Qa2 43.Rd1 Qe2 44.Qd3 Qb2 45.Ng4 Qb4 46.Bh3 Qc5+ 47.Kg2 Bc4 48.Qb1 Ra7 49.
Kh1 Be2 50.Rd5 Qc3 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group A"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 
Nf6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Ne3 Be6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Qf3 Ne7 15.
Qg3 O-O 16.O-O f5 17.f4 fxe4 18.dxe4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Qe6 20.b3 exf4 21.Rxf4 
d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne2 Nc5
9.c3 Nxb3 10.axb3 dxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Nh4 g6 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf3 
Qc7 16.Ng5 a5 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.b4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Re1 a6 8.Bf1 
Nc6 9.Bb2 Bc5 10.d3 O-O 11.Nd2 e5 12.a3 a5 13.g3 d6 14.Bg2 Be6 15.Nf3 f6 
16.Nh4 d5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Qd7 19.Qh5 Bf7 20.Qf5 Qxf5 21.Nxf5 dxe4 22.
Bxe4 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A27"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nh3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nf4 Ne7 
9.e3 d6 10.h4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Ncd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Kf7 14.Rc1 Bxh4 15.Ne6 
Bxe6 16.dxe6+ Kg8 17.Qb3 Be7 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qxa7 Rxb2 20.Qxc7 d5 21.Qxd8+ 
Bxd8 22.Rc5 Kg7 23.g4 Be7 24.Rc7 Kf6 25.g5+ Kxe6 26.Rxh6 Bb4+ 27.Kd1 Rxh6 
28.gxh6 Rd2+ 29.Kc1 Rxf2 30.Bb5 Bd2+ 31.Kd1 Bxe3 32.Rg7 Bxd4 33.Rxg6+ Ke5 
34.Bd7 f4 35.h7 Rh2 36.Rg7 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
b5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bd2 f5 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Rac1 Qb7 18.Bb4 Bxb4 19.axb4 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Nd4 Bd5 22.f3 Bc4 23.Qe1 f4 24.b3 fxe3 25.bxc4 Rxd4 26.Qxe3 Qd7 27.c5 Rc4 
28.h3 Qd5 29.Kh1 Kf7 30.Qe1 Qg5 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Qa1 Qd2 33.c6 Ke8 34.Qxa6 
Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kh1 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bf4 
Nd5 9.e3 Bf5 10.Nh4 Bd7 11.Nc5 b6 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Rc1 Nd8 14.Nf3 O-O 15.
Qb3 Nxf4 16.gxf4 c5 17.Bg2 Rc8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nc6 20.O-O Na5 21.Qc2 
Qe6 22.b3 Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Nc6 24.Qe4 Nb4 25.Qb1 a5 26.a3 Nc6 27.Qc2 a4 28.
bxa4 Na5 29.h3 c4 30.Qc3 Nb3 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rc2 Na5 33.Rd2 Rxd2 34.Qxd2 
Qc8 35.Qc3 Qd7 36.Bf1 Qxa4 37.Qd4 Qxa3 38.Bxc4 Nxc4 39.Qxc4 Qc5 40.Qa2 b5 
41.Qa8+ Kg7 42.Qb7 b4 43.Kg2 h6 44.Kg3 e6 45.Qb8 Qc4 46.Qd8 Qd5 47.Qf6+ 
Kg8 48.Qe7 b3 49.Qb4 Kg7 50.e4 Qd3+ 51.Kg2 Qc2 52.f5 gxf5 53.exf5 exf5 54.
Qd6 b2 55.Qf6+ Kg8 56.Qd8+ Kh7 57.Qf6 Qe4+ 58.f3 Qe2+ 59.Kg3 Qe1+ 60.Kf4 
Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.a3 O-O 
9.Rb1 a5 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 d5 13.b3 b6 14.e4 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nd4 
16.Nd5 Nec6 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 b6 
9.c3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Nf1 h6 12.h4 dxe4 13.dxe4 O-O-O 14.Ne3 Qd3 15.Qxd3 
Rxd3 16.Bf1 Rd7 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ncd2 c4 19.a4 a6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nb1 Nb8 22.
Na3 Bc6 23.Bf4 Rhd8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Ra7 26.Bf4 h5 27.f3 Kb7 28.b3 cxb3
29.Reb1 Nd7 30.Nxb5 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Bxb5 32.Bxb5 Nc5 33.Be3 Rc8 34.Rb1 f5 35.
Bc4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kc6 37.Bxc5 Kxc5 38.Bxe6 Rd8 39.Rxb3 Rd3 40.Kf2 Nc6 41.
Ra3 Ne5 42.Bh3 Rd2+ 43.Kf1 Kc4 44.Ra5 Nf3 45.Bg2 Nh2+ 46.Kg1 Ng4 47.Bf3 
Nf2 48.Kf1 Kxc3 49.e5 Nd3 50.Be2 Nb4 51.Rc5+ Kb2 52.e6 Nd5 53.Ke1 Rd4 54.
Rc4 Rxc4 55.Bxc4 Ne7 56.Kd2 Nf5 57.Bd3 Ne7 58.Bc2 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 c4 6.d4 Nxe4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.Nbd2 
Nef6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nc4 Re8 12.Ng5 h6 13.f4 Nf8 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.a4 
Qc7 16.Ne3 Bc6 17.Qc2 b6 18.Bd2 Qb7 19.Rae1 Be4 20.Ng4 Bxd3 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 
22.Qxd3 g6 23.Re2 Bg7 24.h4 Rac8 25.h5 Qd5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Rfe1 Qc4 28.
Qxc4 Rxc4 29.b3 Rcc8 30.c4 a5 31.d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.Nbd2
Ne7 9.Ng5 Qd7 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Nb3 Qd6 12.Bf4 Qxf4 13.Nxc5 O-O 14.Rc1 Rfb8 
15.g3 Qh6 16.f4 a6 17.Bd3 a5 18.Qa4 Nb4 19.Bc4 b5 20.Bxb5 Nxa2 21.Rc4 c6 
22.Qxa2 cxb5 23.Rxd4 Qb6 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.b3 h6 27.Qf2 Rc8 28.
Kg2 Rc6 29.Qd4 Qc7 30.b4 axb4 31.Qxb4 Nc8 32.Qxb5 Nd6 33.Qb4 Rb6 34.Qa3 
Qc6 35.Qd3 Rb2+ 36.Kh3 Rb5 37.Qd4 h5 38.Ne6 Nxe4 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Bxc3 4.dxc3 Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 
h6 9.h3 Be6 10.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.dxc3 
Be7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.e4 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3 Qd3 13.Qxe6+ Kh8 14.Be3 Rxf3 
15.gxf3 Bh4 16.Bd2 Qxf3 17.O-O Rf8 18.Be3 Nd4 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.h3 dxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxe4+ 23.Kg1 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B64"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rdf1 Bh5 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.Bd5 Rad8 19.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.c3 d5 7.Qa4 Qd6 8.exd5 
Qxd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 Nf8 14.d5 Nb4 15.Ne5
a6 16.Bxd7+ Nxd7 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.dxe6+ Kf8 19.exd7 Rd8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Re8+
Kf7 22.Qb3+ Nd5 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Nxd5 Qxd7 25.Nc7+ Kf6 26.Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nc6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.h3 cxd4 10.exd4 h6 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Bf4 Nb4 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.
Qf3 Nxc3 16.Rxc3 Nxa2 17.Nxf7 Qa5 18.Nxd6 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Be4 20.Qg4 Qxc3 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 Nc7 
9.Bh4 b5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Ne6 12.g3 bxc4 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 f6 15.exf6 
Nxf6 16.Bxc4 Kh8 17.O-O Nc7 18.Nxf6 exf6 19.Rad1 d5 20.Qg2 Bg4 21.Bd3 Qd7 
22.Rc1 Ne8 23.Qc2 Nd6 24.Rce1 Rae8 25.Nd2 Nf5 26.Qc5 Nxh4 27.Bb5 Qc8 28.
Qxc8 Rxc8 29.gxh4 Rc2 30.Nb3 Rxb2 31.Rf2 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Rc8 33.Re8+ Rxe8 34.
Bxe8 f5 35.Ke3 Bf6 36.Bc6 Bxh4 37.Bxd5 Bd8 38.Nd4 Bb6 39.Kd3 Bh3 40.a4 
Bf1+ 41.Kc3 Kg7 42.Ne6+ Kh6 43.Nd4 Ba5+ 44.Kc2 Be1 45.Nc6 Bf2 46.Kb3 Be3 
47.h4 a6 48.Nb4 Bxf4 49.Bc4 Bxc4+ 50.Kxc4 Bd6 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.exd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Be6 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Bxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Rc8 13.Na7 Ra8 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.
Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Rxd4 Rfe8 15.
Rad1 Bc5 16.R4d2 b4 17.Na4 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19.Kf1 Nxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Nb6 
21.Qxb4 Nd5 22.Qc5 Qc8 23.Qa5 h6 24.Bd2 Qf5 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Qa4 Qf6 27.Qd4 
Qg6 28.Re1 Bg4 29.h3 Bxf3 30.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Re8 32.Nd3 Ne3+ 33.Kf2 Nf5
34.Qf4 Nd6 35.Qd4 Ne4+ 36.Kf1 Ng5 37.Bg4 h5 38.Be2 Qf5+ 39.Qf4 Qd5 40.b3 
Ne4 41.Nb4 Qd7 42.Bc4 Nf6 43.Qd2 Qc7 44.Nd3 Nd5 45.Bf2 a5 46.Qg5 Re4 47.
Bxd5 cxd5 48.Qxd5 Re6 49.g3 Rd6 50.Qe4 Qd7 51.Nc5 Qxh3+ 52.Ke2 Rd8 53.Nd3 
Qd7 54.Kd2 Qb5 55.Be3 Re8 56.Qc4 Qb7 57.Qf4 Qg2+ 58.Qf2 Qd5 59.Kc3 Rc8+ 
60.Nc5 Rc6 61.Bd4 Rg6 62.Nd3 Rg4 63.Ne5 Re4 64.Nc4 f6 65.a3 Re6 66.a4 Re4 
67.Bb6 Qd1 68.Bxa5 Re2 69.Qf4 Rc2+ 70.Kb4 Qe1+ 71.Kb5 Qe8+ 72.Kc5 Qe7+ 73.
Qd6 Qe3+ 74.Qd4 Qxb3 75.Qd5+ Kf8 76.Bc7 Qe3+ 77.Kc6 Qe8+ 78.Kb6 g6 79.a5 
Rc1 80.Bd6+ Kg7 81.a6 Rb1+ 82.Kc7 Rb8 83.Qb7 Rxb7+ 84.axb7 Qf7+ 85.Kb6 
Qxc4 86.b8=Q Qb3+ 87.Kc5 Qxb8 88.Bxb8 g5 89.Kd4 Kg6 90.Ke4 f5+ 91.Ke5 f4 
92.gxf4 gxf4 93.Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nb5 Nf6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bc7 
Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.e3 Qa5 12.Qd2 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 
15.Kxd2 exd5 16.Bd3 Be6 17.Rhc1 Rad8 18.f4 d4 19.e4 f6 20.Nc7 Bf7 21.Bb5 
Ne7 22.Bc4 Rd6 23.Nb5 Rb6 24.b3 Bxc4 25.bxc4 a6 26.Nxd4 Rd6 27.Ke3 Rfd8 
28.Nb3 Nc6 29.Rab1 Rd3+ 30.Ke2 Nb4 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1 33.Kxd1 Nxa2 
34.Kd2 b6 35.c5 bxc5 36.Nxc5 Nb4 37.Kc3 a5 38.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 f6 11.Nd3 Nc6 12.Be3 f5 13.Ne5 Ndxe5 14.dxe5 d4 15.Bxc6 
dxe3 16.Bg2 Qb6 17.Qb3 Bd7 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Rfd1 Rf7 20.Rd6 b5 21.Bxb7 Rb8 
22.Bc6 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 b4 24.Nd1 Rd7 25.Nxe3 Rd2 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Nxc2 Bf8 28.
Kf1 Rd8 29.Ke1 Bc5 30.e3 Ra8 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Kd3 g5 33.Nd4 gxf4 34.gxf4 h5 
35.Nf3 Rd8+ 36.Ke2 Be7 37.h4 Rc8 38.Kd3 Rd8+ 39.Ke2 Rc8 40.Kd3 Rd8+ 41.Kc4
Rc8+ 42.Kb3 Rd8 43.Re1 Kg6 44.Rg1+ Kh6 45.Kc4 Rc8+ 46.Kd3 Rd8+ 47.Kc2 Rc8+
48.Kb1 Rd8 49.Nd4 Bxh4 50.Nxe6 Re8 51.Nd4 Rf8 52.e6 Be7 53.Kc2 h4 54.Kd3 
Kh7 55.e4 Rd8 56.Kc4 Rc8+ 57.Kb3 fxe4 58.Nf5 Bf6 59.Nd6 Rg8 60.Rxg8 Kxg8 
61.Nxe4 Be7 62.a4 bxa3 63.bxa3 h3 64.Nf2 h2 65.a4 Kg7 66.Kc4 Kf6 67.Kd5 
1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 
Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Nfd7 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nbd4 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.c3 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 e5
15.Be3 Re8 16.Bc4 h6 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Nb3 b6 19.a4 a5 20.Bb5 Rf8 21.Bc6 Rb8 
22.Nd2 Be6 23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Bd5 Bd7 25.h3 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Rbe8 27.e4 Re7 28.b4 
Kh7 29.b5 f5 30.Re1 Bf6 31.Rad1 f4 32.Rd3 g5 33.Red1 Bc8 34.Bc6 Be6 35.Bd5
Bc8 36.Bc6 h5 37.Bd7 Bxd7 38.Rxd7 Rff7 39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.Rd5 Kg6 41.c4 Re6 
42.c5 g4 43.cxb6 cxb6 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Nd2 Be7 46.Nc4 Kf6 47.Kf1 Bb4 48.Ke2
Bc3 49.Rd6 Bd4 50.Rxe6+ Kxe6 51.Kf1 Bc5 52.Ke2 Bg1 53.Ke1 Bd4 54.Kf1 Kd7 
55.Ke1 Kc7 56.Kf1 Kd7 57.Ke1 Ke7 58.Ke2 Kf6 59.Nd6 Kg5 60.Kf1 g3 61.Nc4 
Kg4 62.Nd2 f3 63.Nxf3 Kf4 64.Ke2 Kxe4 65.Nd2+ Kd5 66.Kd3 Kc5 67.Ne4+ Kb4 
68.Nxg3 Kxa4 69.Ne4 Kxb5 70.g4 Kc6 71.g5 Kd7 72.Kc4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Be2 Qb8 11.f4 Bc5 12.Bf3 e5 13.f5 h6 14.Bd2 a6 15.O-O-O b5 
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxc5 Qc8 19.Bb4 Qxc5+ 20.Bxc5 Rc8 21.exd5 
Rxc5+ 22.Kb1 b4 23.Rhe1 d6 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Kd7 26.axb4 e4 27.Bd1 Rb8 
28.Rc4 e3 29.Rd4 Re8 30.Be2 Re5 31.Kc2 Nxd5 32.Kd3 Kc7 33.Bf3 Ne7 34.Re4 
Nxf5 35.g4 Nh4 36.Kxe3 Nxf3 37.Kxf3 f6 38.Rc4+ Kb7 39.Rc1 Rb5 40.Rc4 Re5 
41.Rc1 h5 42.gxh5 Rxh5 43.Rg1 g5 44.Kg3 g4 45.Rf1 f5 46.Rf2 Kc6 47.Kf4 Kb5
48.Re2 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 a6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7 13.g5 Nc5 14.Qh5 g6 15.
Qh6 f5 16.f4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 d5 19.Re5 Bd6 20.Bd4 Rxf4 21.Rxd5 
Bf8 22.Be5 Qe7 23.Bd6 Bxh6 24.Bxe7 exd5 25.Bxd5+ Kg7 26.h4 Rf2 27.Bb3 Bg4 
28.Bc5 Bxg5+ 29.hxg5 Rf4 30.Re1 Rd8 31.c3 Rd7 32.Bd4+ Rfxd4 33.cxd4 h6 34.
gxh6+ Kxh6 35.d5 Bf3 36.Re5 Kg7 37.Kd2 Kf6 38.Re6+ Kg5 39.Ke3 Bg4 40.Rb6 
Bf5 41.d6 Rh7 42.Bd5 Bc8 43.Be4 Rg7 44.Kd4 Bf5 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ne3 Be6
9.Ncd5 Na5 10.Nf5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Nc6 12.c3 Bf6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.
O-O b5 16.a3 c4 17.a4 a6 18.Nh5 Rab8 19.axb5 axb5 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Nxf6+ 
Rxf6 22.Ra4 d5 23.Rxc4 Na5 24.Rb4 Rxb4 25.cxb4 Nc6 26.Qa4 Rf7 27.Bd2 dxe4 
28.Be3 Qd5 29.b5 Nd4 30.b6 h6 31.h3 Rb7 32.Ra1 Rxb6 33.Bxh6 Qc6 34.Be3 
Qxa4 35.Rxa4 Rxb2 36.Bxd4 exd4 37.Rxd4 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Re1 39.Kg3 Kf7 40.h4 g6
41.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qa4 
Nd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qxc4 Nd7 13.c6 Qxc6 14.Qxc6 
bxc6 15.O-O c5 16.Rfd1 Rb8 17.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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 a5 10.bxa5 Rxa5 11.a4 c5 12.Nd2 Ra6 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Nb5 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.f4 Ng6 17.fxe5 Ndxe5 18.Ra3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Ne2 f5 7.Nxe7 Ngxe7 8.d5 
Nb8 9.exf5 Nxf5 10.Ng3 O-O 11.Bd3 Na6 12.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Be3 
e6 9.a3 Ne7 10.Bd3 Bc6 11.Qg4 Qd7 12.Nge2 O-O-O 13.O-O f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.
f3 Nbd5 16.Bf2 Bh6 17.Qh3 Be3 18.Ne4 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Ng6 20.Qh6 e5 21.dxe5 
fxe5 22.Nc5 Qe7 23.Rc1 Kb8 24.Qd2 Ndf4 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.Qb4 Ka8 27.Be4 Rd4 
28.Qc3 Rhd8 29.Qc2 Bxe4 30.fxe4 b6 31.Nb3 R4d6 32.Rcf1 Qd7 33.Kh1 Rd1 34.
Nc1 Kb7 35.g3 Nh3 36.Rf6 Rd2 37.Qc4 Ng5 38.Nb3 Rxb2 39.R6f5 h6 40.Qc3 Re2 
41.Qxe5 Nxe4 42.Qf4 Qc6 43.Qf3 Re3 44.Na5+ bxa5 45.Rb1+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 group B"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 
Nbd7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 
15.Rad1 Rad8 16.b3 Nh5 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Be3 Bg7 19.Bb1 Ne5 20.Nh2 Rc8 21.Bg5 
Bf6 22.Bh6 Bg7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.f4 Nd7 25.g4 Nhf6 26.Nf3 Ng8 27.e5 dxe5 28.
fxe5 c4 29.bxc4 Rxc4 30.Bd3 Qc5+ 31.Kg2 Rc3 32.e6 fxe6 33.dxe6 Ndf6 34.Rc1
Rc8 35.Rxc3 Qxc3 36.Qxc3 Rxc3 37.Be4 Ne7 38.Bxb7 Rc2+ 39.Kg3 Rxa2 40.Ne5 
Ra3+ 41.Kh2 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Ra3 43.Bg2 g5 44.Nf3 Kg6 45.Nd4 Rc3 46.Re5 h5 47.
gxh5+ Nxh5 48.h4 Nf4 49.Rxg5+ Kf6 50.Rg4 Nxe6 51.Nxe6 Kxe6 52.Ra4 Nf5 53.
Rxa6+ Kf7 54.Bd5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.e4 d6 8.d4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.
Qe3 Ne8 16.Bb4 a6 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.a4 Nf6 19.a5 Re8 20.Ne2 bxa5 21.Bxa5 Qc6 
22.Nc3 Rab8 23.h3 Ba8 24.Rab1 Bd8 25.Bxd8 Rexd8 26.f4 h6 27.Rb2 Qc7 28.Kh2
Bc6 29.Rd4 a5 30.Qd2 Kf8 31.Qd1 e5 32.fxe5 dxe5 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Rd2 Rb8 
35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.exd5 Qc5 37.Qc2 h5 38.Qc3 e4 39.Re2 a4 40.bxa4 Nxd5 41.Qe5 
Rb1 42.h4 Qg1+ 43.Kh3 Nf6 44.Bxe4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Be2 
Bd7 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 b6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.c4 O-O 13.Bd3 h6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.
Bf4 Qc8 16.h3 Bf5 17.Qd2 Qe6 18.Qc3 c4 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Be3 Rad8 21.Rad1 
Rfe8 22.Bc5 Rd7 23.Nd4 Nfxd4 24.Bxd4 Qf5 25.g4 Qf4 26.Qe3 Qxe3 27.Rxe3 
Rde7 28.f4 g5 29.fxg5 hxg5 30.Bc5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Kf2 d4 33.Bxd4 Nxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Bd2 Be7 7.d5 f5 8.g3 Bf6 9.
Rc1 c6 10.dxe6 dxe6 11.Bg2 c5 12.O-O Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 O-O 15.b4 
cxb4 16.axb4 Nc6 17.b5 Na5 18.Ncb1 Rc8 19.Qa4 Qc7 20.Qa2 Kh8 21.Kg1 f4 22.
Ne4 Bd4 23.Nbd2 Qe5 24.Qb1 Qh5 25.Nf3 Bc5 26.Rfd1 fxg3 27.hxg3 Nxc4 28.Kg2
Be7 29.Rd7 Na3 30.Qb2 Qe8 31.Rcd1 Rc2 32.Qb3 Rxe2 33.Qd3 Ra2 34.Rxa7 h6 
35.Ne5 Qh5 36.Rxe7 Qxe5 37.Qe3 Raxf2+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Bd3 
Ba4 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.dxc5 Nd7 12.Nd4 Qxc5 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Qg4 g6 15.
Qf4 Nf5 16.Nxf5 gxf5 17.Be3 Qxc3 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Bb4 Nc4 20.Bd6 Qd7 21.Bxc4 
dxc4 22.Qxc4 Rg8 23.Rxb7 Qxb7 24.Qxa4+ Qd7 25.Qa6 Rg4 26.Rb1 Ra4 27.Qd3 
Qc6 28.h3 f6 29.Qe2 Rh4 30.Rb4 Rxb4 31.Qh5+ Kd8 32.axb4 fxe5 33.Qxh6 Kd7 
34.Bxe5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Ne4 8.Na4 Nf6 
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nh4 Be6 11.d5 Bd7 12.e4 O-O 13.Bd2 Na6 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.h3 
cxd5 16.cxd5 Bxa4 17.Qxa4 Qb6 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Qb4 21.
Qc2 Qc5 22.Qd1 Qc4 23.b3 Qc3 24.Be3 Nc5 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Bd4 Qh5 27.Bf3 Qg5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.a3 a5 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd7 14.Be3 a4 15.Bd3 Rb8 
16.Qe2 Qb6 17.e5 Qa6 18.Bf4 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nc5 20.Rac1 Ne6 21.Bg3 Qb6 22.Bb1
Bh6 23.Rcd1 Rbd8 24.Ba2 Ncd4 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Qe4 Qc5 27.Kh2 Nf5 28.e6 f6 
29.Rd7 Nxg3 30.fxg3 Bg5 31.h4 f5 32.Qd3 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Rc8 35.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rc2 37.Rf2 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Rb4 Rc5 40.Rd2 f4 41.Rd7 
1-0

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bf5 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Ne4 
9.Na4 Qa5 10.Be3 d5 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nc5 Bf5 15.Qc2
b6 16.Nxe4 Rad8 17.Red1 Rd7 18.f3 Rfd8 19.g4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qb4 21.b3 c5 22.
d5 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 e6 24.Qe5 exd5 25.Rd1 d4 26.Bh6 f6 27.Qxf6 Qa5 28.Qe6+ Rf7
29.a4 Qa6 30.b4 Qxa4 31.Rb1 Qe8 32.Qxe8+ Rxe8 33.bxc5 Rxe2 34.cxb6 axb6 
35.c5 b5 36.Rxb5 Ra7 37.Rb1 Raa2 38.Bf4 Rac2 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Ke1 Rxf3 41.
Bd6 d3 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Rb7+ Kh6 44.Re7 d2+ 45.Ke2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1998.11.15"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 e5 
9.Bb3 h6 10.Nc4 Be6 11.h3 Kh7 12.Ne3 d5 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.hxg4 Qd7 15.g5 h5 
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Be3 b6 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qa4 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Bc1 Kg8 
22.Rd2 Qe6 23.Qc4 Rd5 24.Rde2 Rcd8 25.Re3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Ne7 27.R3e2 Nf5 28.c4
Rxd3 29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Nd4 31.Re3 Nc2 32.Rxd3 Qxd3 33.Rf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1
Rd1+ 35.Ke2 Re1+ 36.Kd2 Rxe5 37.Kxc2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1998.11.15"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.h3 O-O 8.Qd2 Ne7 
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Rhe1 c5 12.Bf2 Rc8 13.Kb1 c4 14.Bf1 d5 15.e5 Ne4 
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 c3 18.bxc3 b5 19.Ka1 Bd5 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Nd5 22.
c4 bxc4 23.c3 Qa5 24.Be1 Qa4 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Qc2 Qc6 27.Bd2 Rb6 28.Ree1 Rfb8
29.Rb1 Nc7 30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.Rb1 Nb5 32.Bc1 Bf8 33.g4 Ra6 34.f5 Ra5 35.fxe6 
fxe6 36.h4 Ba3 37.h5 Bxc1 38.Qxc1 Rxa2+ 39.Kxa2 Qa6+ 40.Kb2 Qa3+ 41.Kc2 
Qxc3+ 42.Kd1 Qf3+ 43.Be2 Nc3+ 44.Kd2 Ne4+ 45.Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1998.11.15"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.Bf3 Nb6 13.Qd3 e5 14.Nde2 Nc4 15.Bc1 
exf4 16.Nxf4 Ne5 17.Qe2 Be6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bf4 Nxf3 20.Rxf3 Nh5 21.Bd2 
Rxf3 22.Qxf3 Rf8 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.1 knock-out"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1998.11.15"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 O-O 8.Bg2 Ne7 9.
Qd2 b6 10.Nge2 Bb7 11.O-O c5 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Ng3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Bf2 
Ba6 16.Rfe1 Rd8 17.Nce2 Qc7 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Bc3 exf4 21.Qxf4 Ne8
22.Bxg7 Nxg7 23.c3 Ne6 24.Qe3 Rac8 25.Nf5 Bb7 26.Nd4 Qc5 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.
Qxc5 dxc5 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Ke3 g5 31.Bf3 h6 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Bxd1 
Kf6 35.c4 Ke5 36.Bc2 Bc6 37.a4 a6 38.b3 b5 39.a5 bxc4 40.bxc4 Be8 41.Bd1 
Bc6 42.Bc2 Ba8 43.Bd3 Bb7 44.Bb1 Bc8 45.Bc2 Bd7 46.Bb3 Kf6 47.Bc2 Bc6 48.
Bd1 1/2-1/2

