[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Nf5 9.
Bf2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 h4 11.Bd3 e6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Ne2 Bf8 14.b3 a6 15.c4 Ba3 16.
Rfb1 Bb4 17.a3 Be7 18.c5 a5 19.Bc2 b5 20.Kh2 Qc7 21.Qc3 Bd8 22.Kh1 Nb8 23.
Ng1 Qe7 24.Nf3 Qf8 25.Ng1 Qh6 26.Qf3 Na6 27.Ne2 Nc7 28.Be1 Kf8 29.Bd2 Ne8 
30.Rd1 Neg7 31.Kh2 Ra7 32.Bb1 Ke8 33.Bc2 Nh5 34.Be1 Nhg7 35.Bd2 Qh5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.Be2 Bf6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Qa4 Be6 15.
Rad1 Ne7 16.Bg5 Nd5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Ne5 Qg5 20.f3 f6 21.Nxc4 
Re2 22.Rf2 Rae8 23.Ne5 R2xe5 24.dxe5 Bc6 25.Qc4+ Kf8 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Re2 
Bxf3 28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b4 d5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Qc2 Be6 
9.Ng5 Bd5 10.Bxd5+ Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Na4 Qd5 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.Na4 Qd5 15.Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.c4 c5 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Rac1 Ne5 14.Qe3 Qb7+ 
15.Kg1 d6 16.Rfd1 a6 17.h3 Rac8 18.f4 Nc6 19.Qf3 d5 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.cxd5 
exd5 22.Kg2 Rcd6 23.Ba3 Re6 24.Bb2 h6 25.g4 Bc5 26.Na4 Qe7 27.Bxf6 gxf6 
28.Nxc5 Rxe2+ 29.Kf1 Re3 30.Qg2 bxc5 31.Rxd5 Re8 32.Rdd1 c4 33.bxc4 Qa3 
34.Rc2 Rg3 35.Re2 Rf3+ 36.Kg1 Ree3 37.Rde1 Rxe2 38.Qxe2 Rxh3 39.Qf2 Rf3 
40.Qh4 Rxf4 41.Re2 Qc5+ 42.Kh2 Qxc4 43.Rg2 Kg7 44.Qg3 Qe4 45.Qa3 Rf3 46.
Qc1 Re3 47.Qd2 Rd3 48.Qc2 Qf4+ 49.Kg1 Qd4+ 50.Kf1 Rf3+ 51.Ke1 Qe5+ 52.Re2 
Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 h5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qf2 e6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Be3 Qa5 13.a3 Qc7 14.Rae1 O-O-O 15.Na2 f5
16.h4 fxe4 17.dxe4 d5 18.c3 Nb3 19.Nc1 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 dxe4 21.Bxc5 Nf5 22.
Bxa7 Rd3 23.Rfe1 e3 24.Qf3 Rhd8 25.Bxe3 Nxe3 26.Rxe3 Bd4 27.cxd4 Qxc1+ 28.
Kh2 R8xd4 29.Rxd3 Rxd3 30.Qxd3 Qxb2 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.h3 g6 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.O-O Ne6 13.Bh2 Ng7 14.a3 Bf5 15.b4 
Rc8 16.Rfb1 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.b5 c5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Qd2 Rec8 21.Rc1 Bxd3
22.Qxd3 Ne4 23.Ne2 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25.Nxc1 Qc5 26.Nb3 Qc4 27.Qxc4 dxc4
28.Nbd4 Ne6 29.Kf1 N6c5 30.Ne5 Nd6 31.Ng4 Kg7 32.f3 h5 33.Nf2 Nb3 34.a4 
Nc5 35.a5 Nb3 36.a6 bxa6 37.bxa6 Nc5 38.Nc6 Nxa6 39.Nxa7 Nb4 40.Nd1 Kf6 
41.Ke2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 
e6 9.O-O Ne7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.c3 Nc6 12.Qf2 d5 13.e5 f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Bb5 
e5 16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.Qg3 Rxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Qe7 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Bd7 21.Be2 
Re8 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bc4 b6 6.Bxd5 exd5 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 d6 
9.Re1 O-O 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Ne5 f6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Nd3 Nc6 14.b4 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Qd8 16.b5 Ne5 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Nxa3 Bb7 19.Nc5 Qb6 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Qb3 
Rac8 22.Nc2 Rc5 23.Nd4 Rfc8 24.Rad1 Rc3 25.Qb1 g6 26.h3 Qb6 27.Ne2 R3c5 
28.a4 Qa5 29.Qb3 Rc4 30.Kf1 Qxa4 31.Qxa4 Rxa4 32.Rxd5 Ra2 33.f4 Nc4 34.Nd4
Rd2 35.Re2 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Nb6 37.Rd6 Nc4 38.Rd7 Nb6 39.Rd6 Nc4 40.Rd7 Nb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 
O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Nc2 a6 11.f3 b6 12.Qd2 Bc8 13.Rfd1 Nd7 14.Rab1 a5 15.b3 
Bb7 16.a3 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Nd5 Rb8 19.Bg5 Nf6 20.Qe3 Bc8 21.b4 axb4 22.
axb4 Rf7 23.b5 Na5 24.Nd4 e5 25.Nc6 Nxc6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.bxc6 Bg5 28.Qa3 
Be6 29.c7 Rxc7 30.Nxc7 Qxc7 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Be3+ 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Rc6 
Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Ra1 h6 37.Bd3 Be6 38.Ke2 Bc5 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.Rc7 Bd6 
41.Rh7 Bf8 42.Rc7 Bc5 43.Kd2 e4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Bxe4 Bxc4 46.Rc6+ Ke5 47.
Bf3 Be6 48.h3 Bd4 49.Kd3 Bc5 50.Ke2 Bc4+ 51.Ke1 Be6 52.Bg4 Bd5 53.Rxh6 
Bxg2 54.h4 b5 55.h5 Be4 56.Rh8 b4 57.Re8+ Kd4 58.Be6 Ke5 59.Bb3+ Kf4 60.
Rc8 Bd4 61.Rc4 Bc3+ 62.Kf1 Kf3 63.Rc5 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.a4 Rb8 10.d3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.h3 Bh5 14.Ne4 Bb6 15.axb5 
axb5 16.Ng3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nde7 18.Bg5 Qd6 19.Rad1 Rbe8 20.Re4 Kh8 21.Rh4 
Qg6 22.Bxe7 Nxe7 23.Rg4 Qc6 24.Rb4 Ng6 25.Nf5 Qf6 26.Rg4 Rg8 27.Ne3 Qxf3 
28.gxf3 Rgf8 29.Nf5 Nf4 30.Nxg7 Nxh3+ 31.Kg2 Nxf2 32.Nxe8 Nxg4 33.fxg4 
Rxe8 34.Bxf7 Rf8 35.Rf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 c5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.Rd1 a6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Re8 12.b4 e5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Bb2 Rb8 15.b5 Qe6
16.a4 h6 17.Nd2 b6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.bxa6 Ra7 22.Qb3
Rxa6 23.Qb5 Nb8 24.Rd6 Qxd6 25.Qxe8+ Qf8 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Bxe5 Nc6 28.Bc3 
Nd8 29.e4 f6 30.Kf1 Nb7 31.Ke2 Ra8 32.e5 fxe5 33.Bxe5 g6 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Kc3
Kd7 36.f4 h5 37.Kb2 Kc6 38.Bc3 Nd6 39.Kb3 Ne4 40.Re1 Nxc3 41.Kxc3 Rxa4 42.
Re6+ Kb7 43.Rxg6 Ra3+ 44.Kd2 Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Rxh2 46.f5 Kc7 47.Re6 Rg2 48.Kf3 
Rg1 49.Kf2 Ra1 50.f6 Kd7 51.Rxb6 Ra4 52.f7 Ke7 53.Rf6 Kf8 54.Rf4 Ra2+ 55.
Kf3 Rc2 56.Ke3 Rg2 57.Rf3 Rc2 58.Kd3 Rc1 59.Rf5 Rg1 60.Rf3 Rd1+ 61.Ke3 Rc1
62.Rf4 Rc3+ 63.Kf2 Rc2+ 64.Kg1 Ra2 65.Rf5 Rc2 66.Rxc5 Kxf7 67.Rc8 Ke6 68.
Rc5 Kd6 69.Rd5+ Ke6 70.Rd4 Kf5 71.Rf4+ Kg5 72.Kf1 Kg6 73.Rd4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 h5 6.h4 d6 7.Nf4 Bd7 8.Nc3 a6 9.
O-O Rb8 10.a4 Nh6 11.d3 Nf5 12.Bd2 Ne5 13.Ne4 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.b3 O-O 
16.Qc2 bxc4 17.dxc4 Bc6 18.Bc3 Qd7 19.Ra3 Ra8 20.Rfa1 Rxa3 21.Rxa3 Qb7 22.
Nd2 Bxg2 23.Nxg2 Rb8 24.Ne1 e6 25.e4 Ne7 26.Qb2 f6 27.Ra5 N7c6 28.Rb5 Qc7 
29.Rxb8+ Qxb8 30.Ndf3 Qb7 31.Nxe5 fxe5 32.Nf3 Nd4 33.Ng5 Bf6 34.Bxd4 exd4 
35.Qb1 Bxg5 36.hxg5 e5 37.Qd3 Qe7 38.Qd2 Qa7 39.b4 Qa1+ 40.Kh2 Qc3 41.Qa2 
Qxb4 42.Qa8+ Kf7 43.Qd8 Qxc4 44.Qd7+ Kg8 45.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 a6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.N5c3 Be6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Nbc3 b5 13.Ne3 Ne7 14.a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 O-O 16.Bd3 Kh8 17.O-O a5 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Qh5 Rc5 20.Bc4 Qc8 21.b3 f5 
22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Ne4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Rc6 25.Rxa5 Qe6 26.Rd1 Nd4 27.Ng5 Qg6 28.
Qxg6 fxg6 29.f3 Nxc2 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Nxd6 Rb8 32.Nge4 Bf8 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.
Nxe5 Rxb3 35.h4 Be7 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Ra7 Kf8 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39.Ra7 Kf8 40.Kh2 
Ne3 41.Nc6 Nd5 42.Nxe7 Nxe7 43.Ng5 h6 44.Ne6+ Ke8 45.Nf4 Rb5 46.g4 g5 47.
Nh5 Ng6 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Kg3 Nh8 51.Ne4 Rd5 52.Nf6 Rb5 53.Ra8+ 
Kg7 54.Ne8+ Kh7 55.Nd6 Rd5 56.Nf5 Rd7 57.Ra1 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B56"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
Be6 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.c4 a5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nc1
Na6 16.Bd1 Nac5 17.a3 h6 18.Bc2 Bg5 19.Ne2 a4 20.Nc3 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qg5 22.
Qe2 Nf6 23.Kh1 Nh5 24.g3 f5 25.Rae1 Nf6 26.Qf2 Ra7 27.Re2 Qh5 28.Qe1 Qh3 
29.Rg2 Nh7 30.Qd1 f4 31.Bxa4 fxg3 32.Rxg3 Qh4 33.Rg4 Qh3 34.Bc2 Ng5 35.Rg3
Qh4 36.Qe2 Raf7 37.b4 Nd7 38.Ne4 Nxe4 39.Bxe4 Nf6 40.Rfg1 g5 41.Bf5 Rc7 
42.Qe3 Rxc4 43.Qxb6 Ne8 44.Bg4 Rc2 45.Rh3 Qf2 46.Qd8 Ng7 47.Qxd6 Re2 48.
Be6+ Nxe6 49.Qxe6+ Rf7 50.Qxh6 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.c4 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Be7 7.Nf3 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.a4 f6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Rd1 b6 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Bd6 18.e4 Bh3 19.Bh1 Bb4 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.
Qxa3 f5 23.d5 f4 24.Rbc1 Rbd8 25.Rd3 Bg4 26.Rc6 Qf7 27.f3 fxg3 28.hxg3 Bc8
29.Qc3 Ba6 30.Rd2 Rd7 31.Rh2 Kg8 32.Bg2 Re7 33.Rh4 g5 34.Rhh6 Qg7 35.Qxg7+
Kxg7 36.Rh5 Rf6 37.Rxg5+ Kf7 38.Rc3 h6 39.Rh5 Kg6 40.g4 Bb7 41.Kh2 Kg7 42.
Kg3 Rg6 43.f4 c6 44.f5 Rf6 45.dxc6 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.e3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 
Nd5 9.Bxc4 Be6 10.Bxd5 Bxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 cxd5 13.Rc1 e6 14.Rc7 
Bb4+ 15.Ke2 Rb8 16.Bg5 O-O 17.Rhc1 Rfe8 18.f4 h6 19.Bh4 Ba5 20.Rd7 b5 21.
Rc6 Ra8 22.Be7 Rec8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.b4 Bb6 25.Rd6 Rb8 26.Kd3 a5 27.a3 
axb4 28.axb4 Kh7 29.Rc6 Rb7 30.Bc5 Bc7 31.g4 h5 32.h3 hxg4 33.hxg4 g6 34.
Ra6 Kg7 35.Ra8 Bb8 36.g5 Kh7 37.Bd6 Ba7 38.Re8 d4 39.exd4 Rd7 40.d5 exd5 
41.Be7 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 a5 5.Bg2 a4 6.O-O axb3 7.Qxb3 Be7 8.d4 Nc6 
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.e3 Na5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.a4 Nb6 14.c5 Nbc4 15.Bc3 b6 
16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.cxb6 Qxb6 18.Rfb1 Qc7 19.Bb4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 
Bd6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nc4 Bxh2+ 14.Kxh2 Qh4+ 
15.Kg1 f4 16.f3 Rf5 17.fxe4 Rh5 18.Rf3 Qh2+ 19.Kf1 Qh1+ 20.Kf2 Qh4+ 21.Ke2
Rxb5 22.Qh1 Qg4 23.e5 Rd5 24.Rd1 Qf5 25.c3 Qe4+ 26.Kd2 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 
28.c4 Rd6 29.Kc1 Qg5 30.Rdf1 Rf8 31.Bc3 Rf5 32.Kb2 Bc6 33.R3f2 Qg3 34.Qg1 
a5 35.a4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 
Qb6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Re1 O-O 11.d3 Re8 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Ndf3 Bd6 14.Qd2 Be6 
15.Qg5 h6 16.Qh4 Be7 17.Qa4 Rac8 18.Re2 Nh7 19.Rae1 Nf8 20.d4 Qb6 21.dxc5 
Bxc5 22.Qh4 Bb4 23.Rd1 Be7 24.Qg3 Bd6 25.Qh4 Qa6 26.Rde1 Qxa2 27.Bc3 Qa6 
28.Ng4 Ng6 29.Qh5 Qb7 30.Nxh6+ gxh6 31.Rxe6 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Ne2 Nge7 8.O-O 
Bg4 9.f3 Bf5 10.Na4 Bb6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bg5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qd7 
15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Ng3 Rae8 17.Re3 Nc8 18.Nf5 Rxe3 19.Nxe3 Re8 20.Kf2 c6 21.
b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.f4 b5 7.a3 d6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.
O-O O-O 10.h3 a5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Rb1 b4 13.axb4 cxb4 14.Na4 Ba6 15.b3 Bb5 
16.Nb2 Nb6 17.Qd2 a4 18.bxa4 Nxa4 19.Nxa4 Bxa4 20.f5 d5 21.exd5 Qxd5 22.
Nd4 Qd7 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxb4 Bxg2 25.Rxb8 Bxf1 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Kxf1 Qxf5+
28.Kg2 Qd5+ 29.Kh2 f5 30.Bh6 Qe5 31.d4 Qe4 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.c4 Kf6 34.h4 
Ke6 35.d5+ Kd7 36.Qb4 Ke8 37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.Qf4 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 e5 40.Qh6 Qe1+ 
41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kh2 Qe2+ 43.Kg1 f4 44.gxf4 Qe3+ 45.Kf1 Qf3+ 46.Ke1 Qg3+ 47.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.Rd1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.h3 e4 12.Nd2 Nb6 13.Bf1 Re8 14.a4 Bf5 15.a5 Nbd5 
16.Nc4 Nb4 17.Qa4 Bc7 18.Bd2 Nfd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qc2 Qg5 21.a6 b6 22.Ne5 
Bxh3 23.Qxe4 f6 24.Nf3 Qh5 25.Qh4 Qxh4 26.Nxh4 Bd7 27.Bd3 Bd6 28.Bf5 Bxf5 
29.Nxf5 Bf8 30.Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Na6 8.Nf3 Nc7 9.
O-O e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Nh5 12.Re1 Qf6 13.Bf1 Nf4 14.Kh2 g5 15.g3 Nxh3 16.
Bxh3 g4 17.Nh4 gxh3 18.Qh5 Ne8 19.Nf5 Kh7 20.g4 Rh8 21.g5 Qg6 22.Qxh3 h5 
23.Rh1 Bf8 24.Qf3 a6 25.Rag1 b5 26.Kg2 b4 27.Na4 Kg8 28.Nb6 Rb8 29.Nxc8 
Rxc8 30.Kf1 Rc7 31.Qd1 Be7 32.Qf3 Kf8 33.Nh4 Qg7 34.Nf5 Qg6 35.Rh3 Bd8 36.
Rgh1 Bxg5 37.Rg1 f6 38.Bxg5 fxg5 39.Nh4+ Qf6 40.Ng6+ Kg7 41.Nxh8 g4 42.Qe3
Kxh8 43.Rxh5+ Rh7 44.Rxh7+ Kxh7 45.Rxg4 Ng7 46.Qh3+ Kg8 47.Rh4 Kf7 48.Qd7+
Kg8 49.Rg4 Kh7 50.Kg2 Kh6 51.Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Black "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.d3 
Nc6 9.Bd2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bh6 Bg7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qc2 c6 14.b4 Kg8 15.
Rfc1 a6 16.a4 Qd4 17.Rab1 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 e6 21.e4 
dxe4 22.Bxe4 Rd8 23.Rxc8 Raxc8 24.Bxb7 Rc3 25.Bxa6 Ra3 26.Bb5 Kg7 27.Kg2 
g5 28.Kf3 f5 29.Re1 Kf6 30.Kg2 g4 31.h3 h5 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Rh1 Kg5 34.Re1 
Kf6 35.Rh1 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.d5 Bg7 8.Nd4 O-O
9.Nc3 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O d5 14.Bg4 Kh8 15.Bxe6
dxc4 16.Be3 Qe7 17.Bh3 Ne5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 b6 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.Kh1 Nd3 
22.b3 Nb2 23.Rc1 c3 24.Bd4 Rd8 25.Qe6 Qxe6 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.Bxe6 Rd3 28.g3
h5 29.b4 a6 30.Rc2 Rfd8 31.Kg2 Rf8 32.Bb3 Rf6 33.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Bg5 a5 15.Nh5 b4 
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxd5 Rac8 20.axb4 axb4 21.Bb3 
Ra8 22.Qh5 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Qc6 24.Bd5 Qc7 25.g3 Be7 26.Qe2 Rc8 27.Bb3 Bd8 28.
Kg2 Bf6 29.h4 Qc5 30.Qh5 Qe3 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Qc4 Qd2+ 33.Kh3 Rf8 34.Qf7 
Rc8 35.Qh5 Qd4 36.Bd5 Qf2 37.Be6 Rd8 38.Bb3 Rf8 39.Qd1 Rd8 40.Ra4 d5 41.
Bxd5 g6 42.fxg6 hxg6 43.Ra1 Kg7 44.Qg4 Bxh4 45.gxh4 Rf8 46.Rg1 Rf3+ 47.Rg3
Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Rf6 49.Rg2 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Be2 c6 
9.Bg5 cxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Re8 12.O-O a6 13.h3 Nf8 14.Rac1 e6 15.dxe6 
Nxe6 16.Be3 Bf8 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.Nge4 Bg7 20.Nd5 Qf8 21.Nxd6 Rd8 
22.c5 Kh8 23.b4 a5 24.b5 Rb8 25.Nf4 Ne5 26.Be2 Nxf4 27.Bxf4 Be6 28.c6 bxc6
29.bxc6 Rb2 30.Qxb2 Nf3+ 31.Bxf3 Bxb2 32.c7 Bf6 33.Be5 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 
Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.exd5 Bd6 13.Bg5 Qb8 14.Bd3 O-O 15.Rc1 
Re8 16.Bh4 b4 17.Na4 Bxd5 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nxc5 Qb6 20.Nd7 Nxd7 21.Bxh7+ 
Kxh7 22.Qxd5 Ne5 23.Ng5+ Kg8 24.Rfe1 Ra7 25.Rxe5 Bxe5 26.Qxe5 Qd8 27.Qf5 
g6 28.Qf4 Qc7 29.Qd2 Rd8 30.Qe3 Qe7 31.Ne4 f5 32.Qb3+ Qf7 33.Qxf7+ Rxf7 
34.Ng3 Rd2 35.h4 Rxb2 36.Rc6 Rxa2 37.Rxg6+ Kh7 38.Rb6 a5 39.Rb5 Ra3 40.
Nxf5 b3 41.g4 Ra4 42.Rxb3 Rxg4+ 43.Ng3 a4 44.Ra3 Rb7 45.Kf1 Rb3 46.Ra1 
Rgb4 47.Ke2 Rb2+ 48.Ke3 R4b3+ 49.Kd4 Rxf2 50.Ne4 Rb4+ 51.Ke3 Rh2 52.Ng5+ 
Kg6 53.Rg1 Rb3+ 54.Kd4 Rxh4+ 55.Ne4+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 c5 8.dxc5 
Nec6 9.c4 Bxc5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.h3 Bf5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.a3 Be7 15.
Qc2 g5 16.b4 a6 17.Re1 h5 18.Nb3 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Ng5 Rh5 21.Nxf7 Bxf7 
22.e6 Qd6 23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.Bf4 Qf6 25.g3 Nd7 26.Bf1 Nde5 27.Bg2 Nf3+ 28.
Kf1 Rah8 29.Qd3 Rh1+ 30.Bxh1 Rxh1+ 31.Ke2 Nxe1 32.Qxd5+ Kf8 33.Qxh1 Qe6+ 
34.Kf1 Qc4+ 35.Kxe1 Bf6 36.Qh6+ Bg7 37.Qd6+ Kg8 38.Nd2 Bc3 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.
Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qxg4+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Rc1 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5
e6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Nd2 N5b6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.g3 Be7 13.Bg2 O-O 14.Nf3 a5 15.a3 
Rfd8 16.h4 Nc5 17.b3 Nd5 18.Bb2 Qb6 19.Nd2 Qa6 20.Qf3 Nb6 21.Bf1 Qa7 22.
Ne4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 Rd7 24.Bd4 c5 25.Be3 Nd5 26.Bb5 Rc7 27.Bd2 Rd8 28.Be1 
Rcc8 29.Bd3 b6 30.c4 Nc7 31.Rg4 Ne8 32.Bc3 g6 33.a4 Bf8 34.h5 Bg7 35.Kg2 
Qc7 36.Re1 Qe7 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Rh1 Rd7 39.Be4 Rcd8 40.Qe2 Nc7 41.Rgh4 Qg5 
42.f4 Qe7 43.Kf3 Rd4 44.Bxd4 cxd4 45.Qh2 f5 46.exf6 Qxf6 47.Rg4 d3 48.Rxg6
1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.e5 h5 5.Bd3 Bf5 6.Nce2 e6 7.h3 Qc8 8.Nf3 c5 9.
Bxf5 gxf5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Nf4 O-O-O 14.Re1 h4 15.Bxe7 
Qxe7 16.Qa4 Kb8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Qa3 c4 19.b3 Nce7 20.Nd2 cxb3 21.axb3 Nc8 
22.Ra1 Qe7 23.Nf3 Qc7 24.Re3 Nge7 25.Ng5 Rdf8 26.Kf1 b6 27.Rd1 Rhg8 28.Nf3
Rh8 29.c4 Rd8 30.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B55"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 a6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nc2 Ne5 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Rac1 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Na3 Qb4 17.Qf2 b5 18.Nc2 Qxb2 19.Bd4 e5 20.Rb1 Qxb1 21.Nxb1 
exd4 22.Nxd4 Rfc8 23.Nf5 Bf8 24.Qg3 Rc7 25.Nd2 g6 26.Nb3 Rc2 27.Nxd6 Nh5 
28.Qh4 Bc8 29.e5 Rxa2 30.Qe4 Rb8 31.Nd4 Be6 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Qg4 Ng7 34.Qf4
Nf5 35.g4 Bh6 36.Qb4 Ng7 37.Ne4 Be3+ 38.Kh1 Kh8 39.Qb3 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bc4 e6 6.a4 Ne7 7.O-O h6 8.Re1 Nd7 9.
a5 O-O 10.Be3 Kh7 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nb4 15.Be2 Nbd5 
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bf3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 c6 19.c3 Qc7 20.b4 Bd7 21.Qc2 Rad8 22.
Rae1 Bc8 23.h4 Kg8 24.h5 g5 25.g3 Rfe8 26.Bg2 Qe7 27.Bf1 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Rd5 
29.R5e3 Qf6 30.Bc4 Rf5 31.Bd3 Rd5 32.Qe2 Qg7 33.Bc4 Rf5 34.Re4 Kh8 35.Kg2 
Bd7 36.Re5 Rxe5 37.Qxe5 Qxe5 38.dxe5 Kg7 39.Rd1 Bc8 40.Kf3 Kf8 41.Ke4 Ke7 
42.Be2 Rf8 43.Kd4 f6 44.Kc5 fxe5 45.f3 e4 46.fxe4 e5 47.Rf1 Rh8 48.Kb6 Rh7
49.Rf2 Ke8 50.Rf6 Bh3 51.g4 Bg2 52.Re6+ Kd7 53.Rxe5 Rf7 54.Rf5 Re7 55.Kxb7
Bxe4 56.Rf6 Bg2 57.Bxa6 Re3 58.Rxh6 Rxc3 59.Kb6 Rb3 60.b5 Bf3 61.Rg6 Bxg4 
62.Rxg5 Be2 63.h6 cxb5 64.Rh5 Rc3 65.h7 Rc6+ 66.Ka7 Rc7+ 67.Kb8 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bb5+ 
Bd7 9.Bd3 c4 10.Bf1 Ba4 11.h4 Nbc6 12.h5 h6 13.Nh4 Kd7 14.Ra2 Qg8 15.g3 
Qh7 16.Qe2 b5 17.Bh3 a5 18.O-O b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.cxb4 Nxb4 21.Rb2 Nxc2 
22.Qf3 Rhf8 23.Rb7+ Ke8 24.Ba3 Bd7 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.Rxd7+ Kxd7 27.Qxd5+ Kc7
28.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 a6 8.Nge2 Nbd7 
9.O-O Rb8 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Kh8 12.Nc1 Ne8 13.Nd3 a5 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.b3 Bf6 
16.f4 Nc7 17.f5 Be7 18.Rf3 g5 19.g4 Rg8 20.Rh3 Nf6 21.Bf3 Rg7 22.Kh1 Nce8 
23.Ne2 Ng8 24.Ng3 h6 25.Rg1 Rh7 26.Rg2 Ngf6 27.Qe2 Kg8 28.Bc1 Kf8 29.Bb2 
Qc7 30.Nf1 Nd7 31.Bc3 Nef6 32.Rf2 Kg7 33.Rg3 Rg8 34.Nd2 Kf8 35.Rfg2 Ke8 
36.Qd1 Kd8 37.Nf1 Kc8 38.Rh3 Qd8 39.Ng3 Kb7 40.Qa1 Qb8 41.Nh5 Re8 42.Rg1 
Bd8 43.Ng3 Bc7 44.Qd1 Rg8 45.Qe2 Qf8 46.Nf2 Bd8 47.Nf1 Rgh8 48.Bd2 Ka8 49.
Ng3 Bb7 50.Nf1 Bc7 51.Rhg3 Nb8 52.Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A70"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 
9.Nf3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Qb3 a6 13.Na3 Nd7 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Qc2 f5
16.Bf4 Ndf6 17.Rad1 Nxd5 18.Bxe4 Nxf4 19.Rxd6 Qc7 20.Bc6 Re6 21.Bd5 Nxd5 
22.Rxd5 Bb7 23.Rd3 Be4 24.Ng5 Bxd3 25.Nxe6 Bxc2 26.Nxc7 Bd3 27.Rc1 Bxb2 
28.Nxb2 Rxb2 29.Rc3 c4 30.Nxa6 Rxa2 31.Nb4 Rd2 32.Nxd3 cxd3 33.g3 Kf7 34.
Kg2 Ke6 35.Kf3 Ke5 36.Rc7 Rc2 37.Rxh7 Kd4 38.Rd7+ Kc3 39.Rd6 Rc1 40.Rc6+ 
Kb2 41.Rb6+ Kc2 42.Rc6+ Kd1 43.Rxg6 d2 44.g4 Rc3+ 45.Kf4 Kc2 46.Rd6 Rd3 
47.Rc6+ Rc3 48.Rd6 Rd3 49.Rc6+ Kb3 50.Rb6+ Kc4 51.Rb1 fxg4 52.hxg4 d1=Q 
53.Rxd1 Rxd1 54.Kf5 Kd5 55.f4 Rf1 56.g5 Kd6 57.g6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6 
9.d5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qd3 Rc5 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16.Nd2 Bg5 17.Bb3 Rd8 18.Nb1 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rcxd5 21.
Qxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Qxc2 23.Rdxe5 h6 24.R5e2 Qxa4 25.Nc3 Qb3 26.Ne4 a5 27.
Nxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 f5 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.g3 
Bb7 9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O Qe7 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Rad1 axb4 14.axb4 Be4 15.
Ra1 b5 16.cxb5 Nb6 17.Ra5 Qd7 18.Rfa1 Rab8 19.Bc1 Bd5 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 
Nbd5 22.Qc4 Rfc8 23.Nf3 Ne4 24.Bd2 Qe8 25.Be1 Rb6 26.Qd3 Rcb8 27.Ng1 Nef6 
28.Nh3 Rxb5 29.Rxb5 Rxb5 30.Ra5 Qc6 31.f3 Rb8 32.b5 Qc1 33.Bd2 Qb2 34.Nf2 
Nb4 35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.Bxc3 Nc2 37.e4 Ne3+ 38.Kh3 fxe4 39.fxe4 d5 40.e5 Ne4 
41.Nxe4 dxe4 42.Bb4 h6 43.Bc5 g5 44.g4 Kf7 45.Kg3 Ke8 46.h4 gxh4+ 47.Kf4 
Nd5+ 48.Kxe4 Kf7 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Ra6 Re8 51.Ba3 h5 52.Rc6 hxg4+ 53.Kxg4 Rh8 
54.Rxe6+ Kf7 55.Rc6 h3 56.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 b6 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.d4 Bb7 10.Nc3 c5 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Ba3 c4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
bxc4 Bxc4 16.Rc2 Qa3 17.Qc1 Qa6 18.Qb2 Bd5 19.Rfc1 Rxc2 20.Qxc2 h6 21.Ne1 
Qxa2 22.Qxa2 Bxa2 23.Rc7 Nf6 24.Rxa7 Bc4 25.e3 Rb8 26.Nc2 Nd5 27.e4 Nc3 
28.Rc7 b5 29.d5 exd5 30.exd5 Rd8 31.Nb4 Nxd5 32.Rxc4 bxc4 33.Nxd5 Rb8 34.
Bf1 Rb1 35.Kg2 Rc1 36.Ne3 c3 37.Bd3 Kf8 38.Kf3 Ke7 39.Ke4 Kf6 40.Kd4 g5 
41.h3 Kg7 42.Be4 Kh8 43.Kd3 Kg8 44.Ke2 Kg7 45.Bc2 h5 46.Bd1 Kf6 47.Kd3 h4 
48.gxh4 gxh4 49.Nd5+ Ke5 50.Nxc3 Ra1 51.Ke3 Ra3 52.f4+ Kf6 53.Kd4 Kf5 54.
Bh5 f6 55.Bg4+ Kxf4 56.Nd5+ Kg5 57.Ne3 Ra4+ 58.Kd3 Kf4 59.Nd5+ Ke5 60.Ne3 
Ra3+ 61.Ke2 Ke4 62.Nf5 Ra2+ 63.Kf1 Ra1+ 64.Kf2 Ra2+ 65.Ke1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 
O-O 9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.c5 N6d7 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Bb5 e4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxe4 Ba6 16.Nd6 Bb2 17.Rc2 Ba3 18.Qd4 Qe7 19.Nd2 Rfd8 20.N2e4 f5 21.Qa4 
Bd3 22.Rc3 Bxe4 23.Qxa3 Qe5 24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Qc1 Nf6 26.Bf4 Qf5 27.Bd6 Nd5 
28.Rg3 Rd7 29.O-O Re8 30.Re1 Rf7 31.Rf3 Qe6 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Qc4 Kg7 34.h3 
h5 35.b4 Qf5 36.b5 cxb5 37.Qxb5 Qf7 38.Qa4 Nc3 39.Qa3 Nd5 40.Qa4 Nc3 41.
Qb4 Qf6 42.Qb7+ Qf7 43.c6 Nd5 44.c7 Nb6 45.Rxe4 Rxe4 46.Qxe4 Qxa2 47.Qe5+ 
1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.Bg2 e5 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O Bd7 8.Nbd2 Qc8
9.Re1 Bh3 10.Bh1 h6 11.c4 Nc6 12.a3 Ng4 13.Qc2 Qf5 14.e3 Qh5 15.Re2 f5 16.
Rae1 g5 17.b4 Rf7 18.b5 Ne7 19.c5 d5 20.e4 fxe4 21.dxe4 d4 22.Qb3 Rf8 23.
b6 axb6 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.a4 Nc6 26.Ba3 Rd8 27.Nc4 Qg6 28.Qxb6 Rfd7 29.Rd2 
Bf8 30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.Qc5 Qf6 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.a5 Qf8 34.Qxf8+ Rxf8 35.Ne1 Rdf7
36.Nd3 Rd7 37.Rdb2 Nd8 38.f3 Rc7 39.fxg4 Rxc4 40.Nf2 Rxf2 41.Rxf2 Bxg4 42.
Bf3 Be6 43.Rb6 Nc6 44.Rxb7 Nxa5 45.Re7 Bh3 46.Bg2 Bxg2 47.Kxg2 d3 48.Rd7 
Rd4 49.Rxd4 exd4 50.Rd2 Kf7 51.Rxd3 Nc6 52.Rb3 Ke6 53.Rb5 d3 54.Kf2 Ne5 
55.h3 h5 56.Ke3 h4 57.gxh4 gxh4 58.Rd5 Kf6 59.Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.d4 e6 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Ng5 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 Be7 10.Qh5 Bxg5 11.Qxg5 Qxg5 12.Bxg5 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bh4 Kf7 15.
Rae1 Nf8 16.Nb1 Na6 17.Re3 Ng6 18.Bg3 c5 19.c3 Rhc8 20.Na3 Ne7 21.Bf4 Nf5 
22.Rh3 cxd4 23.g4 e5 24.gxf5 exf4 25.Rxh7+ Kg8 26.Rxb7 Nc5 27.Re7 dxc3 28.
bxc3 Ne4 29.Nb5 Nxc3 30.Nxc3 Rxc3 31.Kh1 Kh8 32.Rg1 f3 33.h3 Rc2 34.Rgg7 
Rxf2 35.Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.Nxd5 
Nxc5 9.Nc7+ Kd7 10.Qe3 Kxc7 11.d4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.d5 cxd5 14.Bd2 Kd7 
15.exd6 exd6 16.Ne2 Be7 17.O-O Bf6 18.Qb3 d4 19.Qb5+ Ke7 20.Qxb7+ Qd7 21.
Qd5 Rab8 22.Ng3 Rhc8 23.a3 Qc6 24.Qh5 g6 25.Qh6 Bg7 26.Qh4+ Bf6 27.Qh6 
Rxb2 28.Rfe1 Rb5 29.Rac1 Rc5 30.Ne4 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Bg7 32.Qh4+ Kf8 33.Bd2 
Kg8 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.Qxf6 Qd5 36.Bh6 Qf5 37.Qe7 g5 38.h4 gxh4 39.Qxh4 Kh8 
40.f3 Rg8 41.Qf2 Qg6 42.Bc1 Qg3 43.Qxg3 Rxg3 44.Rd1 Kg8 45.Kf2 Rg7 46.Bb2 
Rg5 47.Bxd4 Rd5 48.Ke3 Rxd4 49.Rxd4 Nxd4 50.Kxd4 Kf8 51.Kd5 Ke7 52.g4 Kd7 
53.a4 h6 54.a5 a6 55.f4 Kc7 56.f5 Kd7 57.f6 Kc7 58.Kc4 Kc6 59.Kd4 d5 60.
Kc3 Kc5 61.Kd3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4 8.Bxc4 Qb4+
9.Nbd2 dxc4 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nd7 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Ne4 Nc5 14.Bd2 Qa4 15.
Rac1 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qd7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Ne7 19.Ne2 Qd5 20.Qc2 Nf5 21.Rfd1 
Qc6 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.Rg4 h5 25.Rg3 Rc7 26.h4 g6 27.a4 a6 28.axb5 
axb5 29.Bg5 Bg7 30.Bf6 Bxf6 31.exf6 e5 32.Rf3 O-O 33.Qd2 Kh7 34.Qg5 Re8 
35.Re1 e4 36.Rf5 Qe6 37.Rxb5 Rc6 38.Re2 Qxf6 39.Qxf6 Rxf6 40.Rc5 Rb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bc4 
Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Nbxd5 11.Bg5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Ne4 13.Re1 Nxg5 14.Nxg5 e6
15.h4 Bd7 16.Qg4 Rc8 17.Re3 h6 18.Nf3 a5 19.Ne5 h5 20.Qh3 Rc7 21.Rae1 Bc6 
22.g4 hxg4 23.Qxg4 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Kg7 25.h5 Rh8 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Rxe6 Kf8 28.
Rxg6 Rf7 29.Re5 Qd7 30.Qg3 Qc7 31.h6 Qb6 32.d5 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 Bd7 34.Re8+ 
Bxe8 35.Qd6+ Re7 36.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Qb6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 
9.Be2 a5 10.b5 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Rxc1 12.Qxc1 Qxd4 13.Qc3 Bc5 14.O-O Ne7 15.Kh1
Qxc3 16.Nxc3 Bd4 17.Rac1 Bxe5 18.f4 Bd6 19.a4 Nc8 20.Bd1 Nb6 21.Bb3 Ke7 
22.Ne2 Rc8 23.Nd4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Bxf4 25.Rd1 e5 26.Nf3 Kd6 27.Nd2 Bg4 28.
Ne4+ Kc7 29.Rxd5 Nxd5 30.Bxd5 f5 31.Nc5 b6 32.Ne6+ Kd6 33.Bb3 Bh6 34.Nf8 
e4 35.Kg1 e3 36.Kf1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 b6 8.e4 
Be7 9.e5 Ne8 10.Qe4 Bxg5 11.Nxg5 f5 12.Qxa8 Nc6 13.Nxe6 Qe7 14.Nxf8 Ba6 
15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Rd1 Qe6 17.Be2 Kf7 18.O-O Bc8 19.Bf3 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Black "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.b3 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qe2 
Be6 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.h3 b5 11.g4 Nb6 12.g5 Nfd7 13.h4 O-O 14.Bh3 b4 15.Nd5 
Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 a5 18.Kb1 f5 19.f4 a4 20.Nd4 exd4 21.Bxd4 b3 22.
cxb3 axb3 23.Rxb3 Rf7 24.h5 Nf8 25.Rb7 Qa5 26.Rxe7 Qxa2+ 27.Kc1 Qa1+ 28.
Kd2 Qa4 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D61"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Re8 
9.Rd1 a6 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Ba2 Nbd5 14.Bg3 Qa5 15.O-O 
Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Rd3 Qxa3 18.e4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qa5 20.Rf3 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.Rh3 e6 7.h5 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.
Nd2 Bh7 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.cxd3 d4 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Bf4 Nge7 15.Nbd2 
Ba5 16.Kf1 Bxd2 17.Nxd2 Qd5 18.Qb3 O-O 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.Bh2 Rac8 21.Nc4 
Ncb4 22.Nd6 Rc2 23.a3 Nc6 24.Rb1 f6 25.Rf3 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8
28.Nc4 e4 29.dxe4 Nf6 30.Ne5 Nxe4 31.Rd1 Rxf2+ 32.Ke1 Rxb2 33.Rxd4 Nf6 34.
a4 Ke8 35.Nd3 Rg2 36.Nf2 Ke7 37.Ke2 Rg3 38.Rb4 b6 39.a5 Nd5 40.Rc4 Rc3 41.
Ra4 Rc5 42.Kd3 Rxa5 43.Rxa5 bxa5 44.Kc4 a4 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C36"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nc3
O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.Ne2 Nh5 11.c3 Qf6 12.Bd2 a6 13.Bd3 Rae8 14.Qc2 h6 15.Rae1
Re7 16.Nc1 Rfe8 17.Rxe7 Rxe7 18.Be4 g6 19.Re1 Bc7 20.Nd3 Bb6 21.Nf2 Bd7 
22.Qb3 Na5 23.Qb4 Re8 24.c4 Bc7 25.d5 b6 26.Bc3 Qd6 27.Qxd6 Bxd6 28.Bd3 
Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 Nb7 30.b4 f5 31.Be2 Ng7 32.Nfd3 Nd8 33.Bd4 Bc7 34.c5 bxc5 
35.bxc5 g5 36.Nc2 Ne8 37.d6 Ba5 38.Ne5 Be6 39.a3 Bb3 40.Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.d3 Nc6
9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.O-O b6 11.a3 Rd8 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Nb3 Ne8 14.Rad1 e5 15.e3 Ne7 
16.Nbd2 a6 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.dxe4 f6 19.Nd2 Rd6 20.Nb1 Rad8 21.Nc3 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1 Qd6 24.Qc2 Nc7 25.Bf1 Kf7 26.Bc1 Qd7 27.Qb3 Nc8 28.h4 
Ke7 29.Kh2 Qc6 30.a4 Nd6 31.Ba3 Bf8 32.Bd3 Kf7 33.Qd1 Kg7 34.Bb2 Nf7 35.
Qg4 Qd6 36.Nd5 Nxd5 37.exd5 f5 38.Qf3 Qf6 39.e4 fxe4 40.Qxf6+ Kxf6 41.Bxe4
Nd6 42.Bd3 Nf5 43.Kg2 a5 44.Kf3 Nd4+ 45.Ke4 Bh6 46.Bc3 Bc1 47.Bf1 Bh6 48.
Bh3 Ke7 49.Kxe5 Ne2 50.d6+ Kd8 51.Be1 Bg7+ 52.Ke4 Bc3 53.Ke3 Bxe1 54.Kxe2 
Bc3 55.f4 h6 56.Kf3 Bd4 57.Be6 Ke8 58.Kg4 Bf2 59.f5 gxf5+ 60.Bxf5 Be1 61.
Kf4 Kf7 62.h5 Ke8 63.g4 Kd8 64.Ke4 Bg3 65.Kd5 Bf4 66.Kc6 Be5 67.d7 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 Ng6 6.Bb2 f6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Nbc3 Nce5 11.Bd3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Kh1 Bb7 14.f4 Ng4 15.Qe1 
f5 16.h3 Ne3 17.Rf3 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Nh4+ 19.Kg3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Rf2 Rf6 
22.Kh2 Rg6 23.Ng3 Bxf2 24.Qxf2 d4 25.Be2 dxc3 26.Bxc3 Rc8 27.Rd1 Rd6 28.
Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Be5 Qd5 30.c4 Qd2 31.Nf1 Qc2 32.Kg3 Ng6 33.Ne3 Qe4 34.Bf3 
Qxf3+ 35.Qxf3 Bxf3 36.Kxf3 b5 37.cxb5 axb5 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9.h4 h5 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Bb3 
O-O-O 15.Rhe1 Kb8 16.Kb1 Nb6 17.Ka1 c5 18.c3 c4 19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 f5 21.
Qe2 Rdg8 22.d5 Nxd5 23.Qxc4 Qc7 24.Qd4 Qf4 25.Qxf4+ Nxf4 26.Rd7 Rd8 27.
Rxf7 Nxg2 28.Rh1 Rd2 29.a4 Nf4 30.Ne4 fxe4 31.Rxf4 Re8 32.Rxe4 Rxf2 33.Rg1
Re7 34.Rc4 b6 35.Rg5 Rf5 36.Re4 Rxg5 37.hxg5 Rg7 38.Rxe6 Rxg5 39.Rh6 Rg4 
40.Rxh5 Rxa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Nbd7 9.h3 b6 10.g3 Qe7 11.Bg2 Rg6 12.Qh4 Ba6 13.g4 e5 14.g5 exd4 15.
gxf6 Nxf6 16.Bf1 d3 17.Be3 O-O-O 18.Kd2 dxc2+ 19.Kxc2 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Qxa3 
21.Rb1 Qa4+ 22.Rb3 c5 23.Kb2 Rd1 24.Qf4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 
9.exd5 Nfd7 10.O-O f5 11.f4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nf6 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.Bd2 
Nb6 16.Qb3 Nfxd5 17.cxd5 c4 18.Bxc4 Qc5+ 19.Kh2 Qxc4 20.Be3 Qxb3 21.axb3 
Nxd5 22.Bd4 b6 23.c4 Nc7 24.Rfe1 Be6 25.Bb2 Rfe8 26.Ne2 b5 27.cxb5 Nxb5 
28.b4 Bc4 29.Nd4 Nxd4 30.Bxd4 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Kf7 32.g4 a5 33.Rc1 d5 34.bxa5 
Rxa5 35.Ra1 Rxa1 36.Bxa1 fxg4 37.hxg4 h5 38.Kg3 Be2 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.f5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5 
9.exd5 Re8 10.h3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxe4 12.Bd3 Re8 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 Bf8 15.Qc2 
Nd7 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qxg6+ Bg7 18.Bxd6 Nf8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Rfe1 Bd7 21.h4 
Qc7 22.g3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Re4 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Be8 26.g4 Qe7 27.Qf4 Kg8 
28.h5 Bf8 29.Kg2 Qg7 30.Kh3 Bd7 31.Kg3 Be8 32.Kh3 Bd7 33.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 d5 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.a3 O-O 8.Rb1 Ne8 
9.Bd2 Nc7 10.Qc1 Nd4 11.Bh6 Qd6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.b4 e5 14.Qb2 b6 15.Nd2 Be6
16.e3 Nc6 17.f4 Kg8 18.b5 Ne7 19.Nce4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Qd8 21.Nf6+ Kh8 22.Bxa8
Nxa8 23.Qxe5 Nf5 24.g4 Ng7 25.Rf3 Qc7 26.Rh3 Nh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Qxh5 Kg7 
29.Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 
Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Bxc5 11.Be2 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 b6 
15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.Rd2 Kf8 17.Nd4 Ba6 18.Rad1 Na5 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.cxb5 Ke7 21.
Rd4 d5 22.Rh4 Rac8 23.Rxh6 Rxc3 24.h4 Rc2 25.Bd3 Rxa2 26.Rc1 Rd2 27.Bf1 
Nc4 28.Bxc4 Rc8 29.h5 dxc4 30.Rh7 c3 31.Kf1 c2 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1.e4 1-0

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Toloza Soto, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 a6 11.a4 Nh5 12.Nd5 c6 13.Ne3 Nc5 14.f3 Nf4 15.
Bg3 Be6 16.Bxe6 Ncxe6 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.g3 Ne6 20.Nc4 g6 21.Nfd6+
Bxd6 22.Nxd6+ Ke7 23.Nxb7 Rab8 24.Na5 Rxb2 25.Nxc6+ Kf6 26.O-O-O Rb6 27.
Na5 Rc8 28.Rhf1 Nd4 29.Rf2 Rc5 30.f4 Rxa5 31.fxe5+ Kxe5 32.Rxf7 Rc5 33.Rf2
Rbc6 34.Kb1 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 Nxc2 36.Rd8 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B57"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 
Ne5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nexd7 11.O-O a6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f4 Be7 14.Qf3 Rc8 
15.Rad1 b5 16.a3 Qb7 17.f5 e5 18.Rd3 h6 19.Rf2 O-O 20.Re2 b4 21.axb4 Qxb4 
22.Qh3 Kh7 23.Bd2 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Rc4 25.Rg3 Rh8 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Na5 Rxe4 28.Nc6
Rxe2 29.Nxf6+ Nxf6 30.Nxd8 Rxd2 31.Rd3 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Rxd8 33.Qxa6 d5 34.g4 
d4 35.h4 e4 36.Qe2 d3 37.cxd3 exd3 38.Qxe7 Rd7 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Silva Sanchez, Carlos"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 d5 5.O-O Ne7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne2 c5 9.
a4 Nbc6 10.b3 f6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.f4 a6 13.Ba3 Nb4 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.Qd2 Nec6 16.
f5 Bf7 17.g4 g5 18.Ng3 b5 19.Rfb1 Rfb8 20.Bf1 bxa4 21.bxa4 a5 22.Rb2 Bf8 
23.Qd1 Na7 24.Nd2 Nc8 25.Nc4 Qc6 26.Qc1 Bxc4 27.dxc4 Nb6 28.Bxb4 cxb4 29.
Nh5 Be7 30.c5 Bxc5 31.Bd3 Be7 32.h4 h6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Qf1 Rc8 35.Rba2 Nc4
36.Qh3 Ne3 37.c4 Kf7 38.Nxf6 Bxf6 39.Qh7+ Bg7 40.Qh5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Ng4 
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Nh5 14.Rb1 c6 15.b4 Qe7 
16.Qa4 Re8 17.Rfd1 Nf4 18.Bf1 g5 19.Rd2 Bf8 20.c5 Nc7 21.Qa5 Nce6 22.Rc1 
Qf6 23.Nh2 h5 24.Qa4 Qg6 25.Qd1 Ng7 26.b5 Be7 27.a4 f5 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Rd6 
Be6 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Rxc6 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Nh2 g3 34.fxg3 Nh3+ 35.Kh1 Nh5
36.Ne2 Qxg3 37.Rxe6 Rxe6 38.Qb3 Nf2+ 39.Kg1 Nh3+ 40.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 2.5"]
[Site "Cordoba ARG"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 h6
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 O-O 13.O-O Rd8 14.Rad1 Nc6 
15.Qe3 b6 16.Rd2 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.h3 Ne7 19.Qa3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxc4 21.
Qxa7 Nd5 22.Rb1 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Qxd4 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxb6 Qxb6 26.Rxb6 Rd1+ 
27.Kh2 Rd2 28.Kg3 Rxa2 29.h4 Kh7 30.h5 Ra1 31.Kf3 Ra5 32.g4 g6 33.hxg6+ 
Kxg6 34.Kg3 Ra7 35.Rb8 f5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5 37.Rf8+ Ke5 38.Re8 Rg7+ 39.Kh2 Ra7
40.Kg3 Kf5 41.Rf8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

