[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 e5 9.Bd2 Bc5 10.O-O-O b5 11.h3 Be6 12.f4 exf4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 
15.Kb1 Be3 16.Bxe3 fxe3 17.Qxe3 O-O 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Rfe8 20.Rhe1 Re6 
21.Rd6 Rc8 22.Red1 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.b4 Rc8 
9.Bb2 Nh6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bd3 f6 13.O-O fxe5 14.dxe5 Kh8 15.Na4 
Qd8 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 a6 18.Bc1 Nf7 19.Re1 Qe7 20.h4 Na7 21.Be3 Nc6 22.
Bb1 d4 23.Qd3 g6 24.Bd2 Rcd8 25.Ng5 Nxg5 26.Bxg5 Qf7 27.Bf6+ Kg8 28.Re2 
Rc8 29.h5 Ne7 30.hxg6 Nxg6 31.Qxd4 Bb5 32.Re3 Rxc5 33.bxc5 Bc6 34.Bxg6 
hxg6 35.Rh3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Omearat, Adel"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.O-O e5 8.d3 
Be7 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 b5 12.Ne3 exf4 13.gxf4 Rb8 14.Ned5 O-O 15.f5
b4 16.Nb1 Nxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kh8 18.Be4 Bd6 19.Bf4 Qc7 20.e3 Ne5 21.Nd2 Bb5 22.
Qe2 Rfe8 23.b3 Rbd8 24.Rad1 Nxd3 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qh5 Qe7 27.Rf3 Nb2 28.Rh3
h6 29.Rf1 Bxf1 30.Nxf1 Qxe4 31.Qg6 Re7 32.Kf2 Nd3+ 33.Kg1 Ne5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 h6 8.Nb3 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 d6 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.g4 Nd7 16.
g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Nce5 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qh4 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nd4 b4 22.Nce2 
Ra8 23.Rad1 Ra5 24.b3 Qd8 25.Qf4 Qa8 26.Ng3 d5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Rd2 Nc6 29.
Nxc6 Bxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Qxc6 31.Ne4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nbd2
Nf6 9.O-O h6 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Nfd4 O-O 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Bd3 Qf6 15.
Qf3 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Qe3 Bc7 18.g3 Bd7 19.f3 Nf6 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 
Bxe5 22.Re1 Re8 23.Kg2 Kf8 24.Bb5 g6 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.Nc2 Bd6 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8
28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Kf2 Kd7 30.Ke2 h5 31.f4 Bc7 32.Nc5+ Kd6 33.Nd3 Bb6 34.Ne5 
Ke6 35.Nf3 Ne4 36.f5+ gxf5 37.Ng2 Bc7 38.Nd4+ Ke5 39.Ke3 Bb6 40.Nf4 Nd6 
41.Kd3 Nc8 42.Nf3+ Kd6 43.Nxh5 Bc7 44.Ng7 Ne7 45.Ke3 Kd7 46.Nd4 f4+ 47.
gxf4 Ng6 48.Nh5 Ke7 49.Kf3 Bb6 50.Kg4 Nf8 51.Ng3 Kf6 52.Ngf5 Nd7 53.Ne3 
Bxd4 54.Nxd5+ Ke6 55.Nc7+ Ke7 56.cxd4 a6 57.Nd5+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nde2 Nf6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 
O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.h3 Ne5 11.a4 Bc6 12.Nd4 Qa5 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Rd1 Rfc8 15.Nd5
Qd8 16.Bg5 e6 17.f4 Nc6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.g3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O h6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rfc1 Nc6 13.Nb5 Ra5 14.a4 Rfa8 15.b3 
Ne8 16.Bf1 Rc8 17.Bd2 Raa8 18.Bc3 Na5 19.Nd2 Nc6 20.f3 Bg5 21.Kf2 Rd8 22.
e3 Rac8 23.Be2 Be7 24.e4 dxe4 25.fxe4 Bg6 26.Bf3 Bb4 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Rxc8 
Rxc8 29.Nc4 Kf8 30.Nba3 Nf6 31.Ke3 Rc6 32.Rd1 Bh5 33.Bxh5 Nxh5 34.d5 exd5 
35.exd5 Rc8 36.Nb5 Nf6 37.Nxb6 Re8+ 38.Kf3 Rd8 39.d6 Nd7 40.Nxd7+ Rxd7 41.
Ke4 Nc6 42.Kd5 Ne7+ 43.Kc5 Nc8 44.Na3 f6 45.Nc4 Kf7 46.b4 Rd8 47.d7 Ne7 
48.Kd6 Ra8 49.b5 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.Bf4 Bd6 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.e3 Nd7 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Nbd2 
O-O 9.Bd3 Ndf6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rc1 b5 12.Qc2 Bc6 13.Ne1 a5 14.f3 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Qb6 16.Kh1 Rfc8 17.g4 b4 18.Ng2 h6 19.h4 Bb5 20.Nf4 e5 21.g5 exf4 22.
gxf6 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Qd8 24.Qf5 Qxf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Black "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.a4 Nf6 6.Ne2 Qc7 7.h3 e5 8.Nbc3 O-O 9.
O-O Nbd7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.b3 Re8 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.g4 exd4 15.Bxd4 
Be6 16.Ng3 d5 17.exd5 Nbxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Qc1 Ne4 21.Nxe4 
Rxd4 22.Ng3 Rf4 23.Rde1 Rd8 24.Re4 Bh6 25.Qe3 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Bf4 27.Ne2 Be5 
28.Qe3 a6 29.Kg2 Qd6 30.Nc3 Bd4 31.Qf3 Qc5 32.Rd1 Qe5 33.Ne2 Bb6 34.Rxd8+ 
Bxd8 35.Ng3 Kg7 36.Qe4 Qc3 37.Ne2 Qf6 38.Qd4 Qxd4 39.Nxd4 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke5 
41.Ne2 Kd5 42.Ke3 Bb6+ 43.Kf3 Ba7 44.c3 b5 45.Nf4+ Kc5 46.Nd3+ Kb6 47.axb5
cxb5 48.Ke4 a5 49.Kd5 Kc7 50.f3 Be3 51.c4 bxc4 52.Kxc4 Kd6 53.b4 a4 54.b5 
a3 55.Kb3 Kd5 56.Nb4+ Ke5 57.Kxa3 Bg1 58.Kb3 Kf4 59.Nd3+ Kxf3 60.Ne5+ Kg3 
61.Nxf7 h5 62.Ne5 Kxh3 63.gxh5 gxh5 64.Kc3 Kg3 65.Ng6 Kg4 66.Kd3 Kg5 67.
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Kayle, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Rb8
15.Nc3 Qe6 16.b3 Bb7 17.Bb2 Rfc8 18.Rac1 h6 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.e4 Rd4 21.f3 
Rc8 22.g4 Nh7 23.Qf2 Ng5 24.Kg2 Rxc3 25.Bxc3 Nxe4 26.Qe2 Nxc3 27.Rxc3 
Qxg4+ 28.Kf2 Qh4+ 29.Kg1 Qg5+ 30.Kh1 Ba6 31.Qe1 Qf4 32.Kg2 Bb7 33.Rxd4 
exd4 34.Rd3 g5 35.Qg3 Qf6 36.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Black "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "C56"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Na5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.dxc6
bxc6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 h6 12.Nf3 c5 13.b4 Nc6 14.b5 Na5 15.c3 Be6
16.Nfd2 d3 17.Bf3 Rc8 18.a4 c4 19.Ba3 Bxa3 20.Rxa3 Nd5 21.Re1 Qd7 22.Re4 
Bf5 23.Rd4 Nxc3 24.Rxd7 Nxd1 25.Rxa7 c3 26.Nxc3 Nxc3 27.g4 Ne2+ 28.Kg2 Be6
29.Rxa5 Rc1 30.h3 Rd1 31.Rxd3 Nf4+ 32.Kg3 Nxd3 33.Bxd1 Rd8 34.b6 Nb4 35.
Bf3 Bd5 36.Bxd5 Nxd5 37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.b7 Rd3+ 39.f3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.b4 h5 14.c5 Nf6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.
Rc1 g4 17.Nb5 Bd7 18.Nc7 Rc8 19.Ne6 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Qc8 21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Nxc7 
a6 23.Nd3 Rc8 24.Rc1 Kf8 25.Bb6 h4 26.Ne6+ Bxe6 27.dxe6 Rxc1+ 28.Nxc1 g3 
29.b5 axb5 30.Bxb5 Ne8 31.Nd3 Bf6 32.Nb4 Nc8 33.Nd5 Nxb6 34.Nxb6 Nc7 35.
Bd7 Be7 36.a4 Na6 37.Nd5 Nc5 38.Bc8 Bd8 39.h3 Bg5 40.Kf1 Ke8 41.Ke2 Kd8 
42.Nb6 Kc7 43.a5 Nb3 44.e7 Bxe7 45.Nd5+ Kxc8 46.Nxe7+ Kd7 47.Ng6 Nxa5 48.
Nxh4 Nc4 49.Nf5 Ke6 50.h4 b5 51.h5 Kf7 52.Kd3 Kf6 53.h6 Kg6 54.Kc3 Ne3 55.
Nxe3 fxe3 56.Kd3 Kxh6 57.Kxe3 Kg5 58.Ke2 Kf4 59.Kd3 b4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.c4 e6 11.Bd3 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Bxd3+ 13.Qxd3 Be7 14.Re1 Qa5 15.a3 
O-O 16.Rh3 Rfd8 17.b4 Qb6 18.Nf5 exf5 19.Rxe7 a5 20.Qxf5 axb4 21.Rg3 bxa3 
22.Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Rxf7 Qb1+ 25.Qxb1 a2 26.Qg6 a1=Q+ 27.Ne1 
Qxe1+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 
O-O 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Be4 Nce7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Kh8 13.Qb3 Bd6 14.Bg3 b6 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Ba6 18.Qxd6 Bxe2 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.Rac1 h6 21.
Rc7 Qxd6 22.Bxd6 Rad8 23.Bf8 Rxf8 24.Rxe2 Rxd4 25.g3 a5 26.Rb7 Rb4 27.b3 
a4 28.Re3 Ra8 29.Kg2 axb3 30.axb3 Rd8 31.h3 h5 32.Ree7 Rg8 33.Red7 h4 34.
Rd5 Kh7 35.Rh5+ Kg6 36.Rxh4 Rxb3 37.Rg4+ Kh6 38.Rd4 Rb2 39.Rdd7 b5 40.g4 
Rb3 41.Rd5 Rc8 42.Rdd7 Rg8 43.f3 Rb2+ 44.Kg3 Rb1 45.Rd5 Rg1+ 46.Kh2 Rb1 
47.Rh5+ Kg6 48.f4 Rb2+ 49.Kg3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Be2 b5 8.Be3 Bb7
9.O-O Bc5 10.Nf5 Nce7 11.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 12.Qd4 Qxd4+ 13.Nxd4 b4 14.Na4 Bxe4 
15.Nc5 Nf6 16.Nxa6 Nfd5 17.a3 O-O 18.g3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 dxc6 20.Nxb4 Nxb4 21.
axb4 Bxc2 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Bf3 Rc8 24.Ra1 Bb3 25.Bxc6 Bd5 26.b5 Kf8 27.Bxd5
exd5 28.b6 Rb8 29.Ra6 Ke7 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Ra7+ Kd6 32.Rxf7 Rc2+ 33.Ke3 Rxb2 
34.b7 g6 35.Rxh7 Kc5 36.Rc7+ Kd6 37.Rg7 Kc5 38.h4 Rb3+ 39.Kd2 d4 40.f5 
gxf5 41.h5 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.c5 O-O
9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 Bd7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Re1 f5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne5 
Be8 16.f3 Ng5 17.Na4 Nf7 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Qe2 Qb7 20.Nd3 Nd8 21.Nb4 a5 22.Na6
Rc8 23.Nxc8 Qxc8 24.a4 Qb7 25.b4 Bd7 26.Reb1 Bc8 27.b5 Re8 28.Qd2 Nf7 29.
Qxa5 e5 30.dxe5 Qe7 31.Qc7 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 h6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 c5 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Qe2 Bxf4 14.gxf4 cxd4 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16.Rxd4 Bd7 17.Qe5 Rac8 18.b4 Bc6 19.a4 a5 20.b5 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nd7
22.Qxc7 Rxc7 23.Rad1 Nc5 24.b6 Re7 25.Rd8 Ree8 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rb1 Nxa4 
28.Rb5 Rc8 29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.c5 Rxb7 31.c6 Rxb6 32.c7 Rxb5 33.c8=Q+ Kh7 34.
Qc2+ Rf5 35.Qxa4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 
d5 9.O-O Nf6 10.b3 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 Bd4 12.Bb2 dxe4 13.Bc4 c5 14.Qc1 O-O 15.Ne2
Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Bb7 17.Ng3 Rad8 18.Rae1 Rd2 19.Qc3 Rfd8 20.Re3 Qd6 21.f5 Ng4 
22.Re2 e3 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Bd3 Qe7 25.Rf4 Qh4 26.Rxg4 Rd1+ 27.Re1 Qxg4 28.
h3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 
Qd6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qa4 a6 14.Rfd1 b5 15.Qb3 
Rac8 16.Bg5 Na5 17.Qa2 Nc4 18.a4 Qb4 19.b3 Na5 20.Bd2 Qxb3 21.axb5 Bb4 22.
Rb1 Qxa2 23.Nxa2 Bxd2 24.Nxd2 axb5 25.Bxb5 Rfd8 26.Nf1 Be4 27.Rb2 h6 28.
Ne3 Rb8 29.Nc3 Bd5 30.Rdb1 Be4 31.Ra1 Nb7 32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Bc6 Nbd6 34.Rxb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Bd3 
Be6 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Qe7+ 11.Be2 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Ne4+ 13.Kg1 Qxg5 14.Qd3 
Nc5 15.Nxc5 Ne5 16.Ne4 Qf4 17.Qd4 O-O 18.Rf1 Qh6 19.h3 f5 20.Nd2 Rae8 21.
Rf2 Qf6 22.Qc3 Qh4 23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Qg5 25.Bd3 f4 26.Re2 h5 27.Kh2 
Rxe2 28.Bxe2 Re8 29.Rf1 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 Re5 31.Bd3 Qxf3 32.Rxf3 g5 33.h4 Kg7 
34.hxg5 Rxg5 35.Be4 Rg4 36.Bf5 Rh4+ 37.Bh3 Kf6 38.Kg1 Ke5 39.c4 b5 40.cxb5
Kxd5 41.Rc3 f3 42.Rxf3 Kc4 43.Rf5 d5 44.b3+ Kc5 45.g3 Rd4 46.Bg2 h4 47.
Rxd5+ Rxd5 48.Bxd5 hxg3 49.Bc4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "D60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 c5 
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nbd5 13.a5 Bd7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Rfe1 Rc7 20.h3 Qg5 21.
Qe3 Qxe3 22.Rxe3 Bd7 23.Rc3 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Bb5 25.Ng4 Rc8 26.Ra3 Kf8 27.Ne3 
Rd8 28.g4 g6 29.g5 Ke7 30.Kg2 f6 31.h4 f5 32.Kg3 Kd6 33.Kf4 Re8 34.f3 Re7 
35.Ra1 Rc7 36.Rc1 Ke6 37.h5 Be8 38.Re1 Rd7 39.Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.c3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 
Nc6 9.Qe2 h6 10.Bh4 Nd7 11.O-O Nde5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bd5 g5 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.
Qe3 e6 16.Bc4 Qe7 17.f3 Bh5 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 b6 21.Rad1 
Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rd3 Bg6 24.Qd2 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Bf8 26.Bb8 f6 27.Bb5 a5 
28.Qd7 c4 29.Qxe7 Bxe7 30.Bxc4 Bc5+ 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Ke2 g4 33.a3 Ke7 34.Bf4 
gxf3+ 35.gxf3 h5 36.Bd3 Bf7 37.e5 Be8 38.b4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 b5 8.cxb5 a6 9.
bxa6 Nxa6 10.Bc4 Bd7 11.O-O Qb6 12.Re1 Rfd8 13.e5 Ne8 14.b3 Nec7 15.Bb2 
Nb5 16.Ne4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxe5 18.Nd2 cxd4 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.Bxd4 Nc5 21.Qd2 Bb5 
22.Rac1 Qa6 23.Qh6 Nd7 24.Rxe7 Ne5 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Bxc4 27.bxc4 Qc8 
28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5 f6 30.Qxf6 Qd7 31.Re1 Re8 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kayle, Charles"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 Nce7 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Nf3
O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Nc3 Nh7 11.c5 f5 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Rac1 Bd7 14.a4 a6 15.Ne1 
f4 16.e3 Ng5 17.exf4 exf4 18.f3 Nh3+ 19.Bxh3 Bxh3 20.Rf2 fxg3 21.hxg3 Bd7 
22.Nc2 Nf5 23.Kg2 Qb6 24.g4 Nh4+ 25.Kg3 Ng6 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Nxd4 Nf4 28.Rd1
Rac8 29.Ne6 Bxe6 30.dxe6 Nxe6 31.Rxd6 Ng5 32.Rd7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Rd2 
Rc7 35.Rd4 Ne6 36.Rb4 g5 37.Rb6 Rd7 38.Ne4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Black "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.a3 b5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be4 Qd6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Bf4
Nd8 16.Ng6 Qd7 17.Nxf8 Bxf8 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Rc1 Nd6 20.d5 Nc4 21.b3 Nb2 
22.Qe2 Bxa3 23.Ra1 b4 24.Bc1 Qxd5 25.Bxb2 Qxb3 26.Bxa3 bxa3 27.Reb1 Qc3 
28.Qxa6 Rc8 29.Rxa3 Qc2 30.Rab3 Qc7 31.Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Black "Omearat, Adel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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.f3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne5 11.Qe1 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bd2 Ng6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.
Kh1 e5 16.Nf5 Be6 17.Rb1 Rac8 18.a3 b5 19.h4 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Qxc3 21.h5 Nf4 
22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Qh4 h6 25.Be4 f6 26.Rbd1 Qxa3 27.Rd2 Qe3 28.
Rfd1 Rg8 29.Rd8 Qe2 30.Qg3 f5 31.R8d2 Qc4 32.Bd3 Qb4 33.Qh4 Nxd3 34.Qh2 
Nb2 35.Qxe5 Nxd1 36.Rxd1 Bf7 37.Qxf5 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qxh5 39.Qd7 Qc5+ 40.Kh2 
Bg6 41.Qe6 Bxc2 42.Rd6 Qh5+ 43.Kg1 Re8 44.Qd7 Bb3 45.Rxa6 Qc5+ 46.Kh2 Qe5+
0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.f4 Ned7 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16.Rfd1 Qb8 17.g4 Qa8 18.Qg2 g6 19.g5 Ne8 20.h4 Ng7 21.Kf2 f6 
22.Rd2 Rf7 23.Rh1 f5 24.e5 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 26.Kxf3 Ne8 27.Rhd1 Bf8 28.
exd6 Rc6 29.c5 bxc5 30.Nc4 Bg7 31.Na4 e5 32.fxe5 Bxe5 33.Nxc5 Bg7 34.b4 
Bc3 35.Rd3 Bxb4 36.Nxd7 Rxd7 37.Ne5 Rdxd6 38.Nxc6 Rxc6 39.Rd8 Kf7 40.R1d7+
Be7 41.Ra8 Ke6 42.Raa7 Bd6 43.Rxh7 Rc3 44.Ke2 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 f4 46.Bxf4 Bxf4 
47.Rae7+ Kf5 48.Rxe8 Kg4 49.Re2 Rc1+ 50.Kg2 Rc3 51.Rf7 Rc4 52.Rfe7 Rc3 53.
R7e4 Rg3+ 54.Kf1 Kf5 55.Re7 Kg4 56.Rg2 Kxh4 57.Rxg3 Bxg3 58.Re6 Kxg5 59.
Rxa6 Kf5 60.Rc6 Ke4 61.Rxg6 Bh2 62.Rc6 Kd5 63.Rc8 Kd6 64.Rc2 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e6 7.g4 d5 8.Nxc6 
bxc6 9.exd5 cxd5 10.g5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Qd4 Qb6 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Nb5 e5 
15.Bg3 Rc8 16.O-O-O Be7 17.h4 d4 18.Rhg1 Be4 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Rc5 21.a4
h6 22.f4 hxg5 23.hxg5 Rh3 24.Kb1 f6 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Re1 Rh6 
28.b3 Rg6 29.Na3 Rg4 30.Bh2 Rg2 31.Bg3 Rc3 32.Rxc3 dxc3 33.Bxe5 Nxe5 34.
Rxe5 Kd7 35.Nc4 Rg1+ 36.Ka2 Rc1 37.Nxb6+ Kc6 38.Re6+ Kb7 39.Rxe7+ Kxb6 40.
Re2 Ka5 41.Re5+ Kb6 42.Re2 Kc5 43.Rh2 Kb4 44.Rh4+ Ka5 45.Rc4 Rxc2+ 46.Ka3 
Rc1 47.b4+ Kb6 48.Kb3 Rb1+ 49.Kxc3 Rc1+ 50.Kb3 Rb1+ 51.Ka2 Rh1 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.f4 e6 8.Nf3 Nd7 
9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qc7 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Qe2 c5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ne7 16.Ne4 Nc6 17.c3 Be7 18.O-O-O Qa5 19.Kb1 Rd7 20.c4 Qb6 21.Bc3 
Rhd8 22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.exd6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Bxg7 Qd8 26.Bc3 Qg8 27.a3 
Qg3 28.Ka2 Rd8 29.f5 e5 30.f6 Rd6 31.Re1 Qh4 32.g3 Qg5 33.Qe3 Qxe3 34.Rxe3
Rxf6 35.Bxe5 Rf5 36.Bf4 Rxh5 37.Kb3 Rh2 38.Kc3 Kd7 39.b4 b6 40.Rd3+ Nd4 
41.Rd2 Rh1 42.Be3 Rc1+ 43.Kd3 Ra1 44.Bxd4 cxd4 45.Kxd4 Rxa3 46.Rh2 Rxg3 
47.Rxh6 Rg4+ 48.Kd5 Rg5+ 49.Kd4 Rg6 50.Rh8 Rd6+ 51.Ke5 Rc6 52.Kd5 Rc8 53.
Rh7 Ke7 54.Rh6 Rc7 55.c5 bxc5 56.bxc5 Kd7 57.c6+ Ke7 58.Rh2 f5 59.Rf2 Kd8 
60.Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Be3 cxd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.Qc2 Kh7 12.g4 Ng8 13.Ng3 Bf6 14.O-O-O Kg7 15.Kb1 
Nd7 16.Bd3 b5 17.Qf2 Rb8 18.h4 Bxh4 19.Rxh4 Qxh4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Omearat, Adel"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 
9.Qc2 a5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 b6 12.a3 f5 13.f3 Bd7 14.b3 f4 15.Bd2 g5 16.Nf2
a4 17.Nxa4 Nxa4 18.bxa4 Bxa4 19.Qc1 h5 20.g4 hxg4 21.Nxg4 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ 
Qxf6 23.Rf2 Kf7 24.Bd1 Qe7 25.Bxa4 Rxa4 26.Rg2 Bf6 27.Qf1 Rh8 28.Rg4 Qd7 
29.Bb4 Raa8 30.Ra2 Rh5 31.h4 Rxh4 32.Rxh4 gxh4 33.Rg2 Rh8 34.Rg4 h3 35.Kh1
Qa4 36.Qd3 Bh4 37.Rg1 Bf2 38.Rg4 Bg3 39.Rg5 Kf6 40.Rg4 Ra8 41.Qd2 Rh8 42.
Qd3 Kf7 43.Rg5 Qd7 44.Qd1 Kf6 45.Rg4 Rh4 46.Rxh4 Bxh4 47.a4 Qh7 48.a5 bxa5
49.Bxa5 Bf2 50.Bxc7 Qxc7 51.Qf1 Qa7 52.c5 Bxc5 53.Qe1 Qg7 54.Qh4+ Qg5 55.
Qh8+ Ke7 56.Qh7+ Kd8 57.Qg8+ Qxg8 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 b6 8.a4 Nc6 
9.Re1 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qc7 12.Nc4 Rad8 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Bf4 Qc8 15.Nfd2
Qe6 16.Bf1 Bb7 17.a5 Nh5 18.Bc7 Rc8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Bxb6 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 
22.Nc4 Bb8 23.Ba7 Nf6 24.f3 Nd7 25.Bxb8 Rxb8 26.Red1 Nf6 27.Ra5 Rfc8 28.
Rda1 g5 29.h3 Kh8 30.Qe2 Nh5 31.Qf2 h6 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Qxc5 Nxg3 34.Qc7 
Rc8 35.Qxg3 Rxc4 36.Bxc4 Qxc4 37.Qb8+ Bc8 38.Ra8 Qc5+ 39.Kg2 Qe3 40.Qxc8+ 
Kg7 41.Qh8+ Kg6 42.Qd4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O 
Bc5 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.Qe2 d6 12.a4 O-O 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Kh1 h6 15.Bc1 
Bd7 16.f4 Ng6 17.Nd4 Re8 18.f5 exf5 19.Nxf5 Re6 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Nxh6+ Kg7 
22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.Rxf7+ Kxh6 24.Rxd5 Ne5 25.Qf1 Be3 26.Rxe5 dxe5 27.Qf5 Rh8 
28.Qh3+ Kg6 29.Qf5+ Kh6 30.Qh3+ Kg6 31.Qf5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5
Qe7 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 g6 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh3 Kg7 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Be2 Ra7
22.Qg3 Bh4 23.Qa3 Rf8 24.Bxb5 Qb8 25.Bd3 Bf2 26.Qc3 a5 27.Rhf1 a4 28.Qd2 
Bd4 29.c3 Rxf1 30.Rxf1 Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Be5 32.h4 a3 33.b4 Rf7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 
35.Kc2 Kg7 36.Kb3 Qd8 37.Qh3 Qa8 38.h5 gxh5 39.Qxh5 Qa6 40.Qg5+ Kf7 41.
Qf5+ Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kg7 43.Qd7+ Kh6 44.b5 Qa5 45.Qc6 Kg5 46.b6 Qc5 47.Nb4 Qg1
48.b7 Qd1+ 49.Kxa3 d5 50.Qxd5 Qxd5 51.exd5 h5 52.Nc6 Bd6+ 53.Ka4 h4 54.
b8=Q Bxb8 55.Nxb8 h3 56.d6 Kf6 57.d7 Ke7 58.d8=Q+ Kxd8 59.Nc6+ Kd7 60.Ne5+
Ke6 61.Ng4 Kf5 62.Nf2 h2 63.c4 Kf4 64.c5 Kf3 65.Nh1 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 
8.Qe2 Nb4 9.O-O Nxc2 10.d3 Nd4 11.Qe1 f6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Qd1 e6 14.Ne4 Be7 
15.Nxc5 O-O 16.Ne4 Rd8 17.Bd2 Rd5 18.Ne3 Rd8 19.Nc4 Rd5 20.Rc1 Ba6 21.Nc3 
Rd7 22.Qg4 Bb4 23.Rfe1 e5 24.Ne4 f5 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Qh4 gxf6 27.Bxb4 Rg7 
28.Re3 f4 29.Bd6 Qd7 30.Qxf6 fxe3 31.Nxe5 Qb7 32.Re1 exf2+ 33.Qxf2 Ne6 34.
Nf3 Nf8 35.Be5 Bxd3 36.Qd4 Bg6 37.Bf6 Qb6 38.Bxg7+ Kg8 39.Bxf8 Qxd4+ 40.
Nxd4 Kxf8 41.Nxc6 Rc8 42.Ne5 Be8 43.Re2 Rc1+ 44.Kf2 Bb5 45.Rd2 Ke7 46.Nf3 
Kf6 47.Kg3 Rb1 48.Kf4 Ra1 49.a3 Rb1 50.g4 h6 51.h4 Rf1 52.Kg3 Kg7 53.Nd4 
Ba4 54.Nf5+ Kh7 55.Rd4 Bb5 56.h5 Rg1+ 57.Kf4 Be2 58.Rd7+ Kh8 59.Nxh6 a5 
60.Nf7+ Kg8 61.Ne5 a4 62.h6 Rh1 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Black "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1.c4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Black "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "C28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Nge2 Bg4 6.f3 Bd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 h6
9.Be3 Na5 10.g4 c6 11.a4 Nxc4 12.dxc4 Be6 13.b3 Nd7 14.O-O-O a6 15.Kb2 Nb6
16.a5 Nd7 17.Na4 c5 18.Ng3 g6 19.Ra1 Bf8 20.Rhd1 Rc8 21.Ne2 Rc6 22.Nec3 
Qxa5 23.Nxc5 Qc7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Ra5 Bg7 26.Nd5 f5 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg1 f4 
29.Bf2 O-O 30.Bh4 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Rf7 32.Rg6 Qh3 33.Qf2 Rd7 34.Rd1 Kh7 35.
Rdg1 b5 36.cxb5 axb5 37.Bf6 Bxf6 38.Rxf6 Rg7 39.Rf8 Rgc7 40.Rc1 Rc3 41.Qg1
Qe6 42.Qb6 Qe7 43.Qb8 Qg7 44.Rg1 Rxc2+ 45.Ka3 b4+ 46.Kxb4 Rb7+ 47.Ka3 Ra7+
48.Kb4 Qb7+ 49.Qxb7+ Rxb7+ 50.Ka3 Rc3 51.Ka2 Rxf3 52.b4 Re3 53.b5 Rxe4 54.
Ka3 Re3+ 55.Ka4 Re2 56.b6 Rb2 57.h4 R2xb6 58.Ra8 Rb1 59.Rxb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Black "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Ne4 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd6 Rb8 16.Nxb7 Rxb7 17.Qxc6 Rb6 18.Qe4 g6 19.Rac1 Bg7 20.Qf4 Rb7 21.Rc6 
Qa5 22.a3 Re8 23.Rdc1 e5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Qxh6 Bg7 27.Qf4 Qd2 
28.Be4 Rd7 29.g3 Qxb2 30.R6c2 Qb3 31.Bc6 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxc2 33.Rd7 Qc1+ 34.
Kg2 Qxc6+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Kayle, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 c6 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 O-O
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Nd2 Ne4 11.f3 Nd6 12.Qc2 f6 13.Nd3 Re8 14.Rae1 Nf8 15.Qb3 
Qb6 16.Qc2 Ne6 17.Bg3 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nb4 Qb5 20.Nxd5 Qd3 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7
22.Qxd3 Nxd3 23.Bxd6 Rd7 24.Bg3 Nxe1 25.Bxe1 Rad8 26.Rf2 Kf7 27.Re2 g5 28.
Kf2 h5 29.Nb3 g4 30.Nd4 Rd5 31.c4 Rc5 32.b3 f4 33.Bb4 fxe3+ 34.Rxe3 Re5 
35.Rd3 gxf3 36.gxf3 Rg5 37.h4 Re5 38.a4 Rf5 39.Bc3 a6 40.Rd2 Re5 41.b4 a5 
42.bxa5 Rc5 43.Nb3 Rxd2+ 44.Nxd2 Ke6 45.Ke3 Rc8 46.Bd4 Ra8 47.Nb3 Kf5 48.
Bb6 Re8+ 49.Kf2 Rc8 50.Nc5 Kf4 51.Nxb7 Rxc4 52.Be3+ Ke5 53.Nc5 f5 54.a6 f4
55.Nd3+ Kd5 56.Nxf4+ Kc6 57.Nxh5 Rxh4 58.Nf4 Rh2+ 59.Ng2 Rh1 60.a5 Rh8 61.
f4 Kb5 62.a7 Kxa5 63.Kf3 Ka6 64.f5 Kb7 65.Nf4 Kc6 66.Ke4 Kd7 67.Bd4 Re8+ 
68.Be5 Kc6 69.Ne6 Rg8 70.f6 Rg4+ 71.Kf5 Ra4 72.f7 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 h5 7.Nf3 Nh6 8.Bg5 f6 9.
Bd2 Nd7 10.Qa4 O-O 11.Nh4 Kh7 12.g3 a6 13.Qc2 Qe8 14.h3 Qf7 15.g4 hxg4 16.
hxg4 Rh8 17.g5 fxg5 18.Nf3 Kg8 19.Nxg5 Qe7 20.O-O-O Nf8 21.Rdg1 Nf7 22.
Rxh8+ Kxh8 23.Qb3 Kg8 24.Na4 Bh6 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Bg4 Rb8 28.Be6
Nxe6 29.Nxe6 Bxd2+ 30.Kxd2 Qf6 31.Qg3 Nh8 32.Rh1 b5 33.Qh3 Rb7 34.cxb5 
axb5 35.Kc1 Rd7 36.Kb1 b4 37.b3 Ra7 38.Nd4 Rc7 39.Nb5 Rf7 40.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.
cxb5 Nbd7 10.Nh3 axb5 11.Bxb5 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.O-O Qa5 14.Bh6 Rb8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nf2 c4 17.Rab1 Qb4 18.Qd4 Qc5 19.Rfd1 Rab6 20.Qd2 Rb4 21.Rdc1
Qb6 22.Rc2 Kg8 23.h3 Nc5 24.Kh2 Nfd7 25.f4 Qa6 26.Qe3 Na4 27.Ncd1 Nac5 28.
Nc3 Na4 29.Nfd1 Ndc5 30.e5 Nd3 31.a3 Nxc3 32.Rxc3 Rb3 33.Qd4 Rxc3 34.Nxc3 
Rxb2 35.Rxb2 Nxb2 36.Ne4 Qxa3 37.exd6 exd6 38.Qf6 Qd3 39.Nxd6 Qxd5 40.Qd8+
Kg7 41.Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.d5 e5 8.dxe6 
fxe6 9.Nc3 e5 10.e4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 
Nfd7 9.f4 e6 10.Nf3 a6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.h4 h6 13.a3 b6 14.Kc2 Bb7 15.b4 O-O-O
16.Rh3 Rhe8 17.Rg3 Nf8 18.Kb3 Rd7 19.c5 Ne7 20.cxb6 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5+ 22.
Bc4 Bxc4+ 23.Kxc4 Kb7 24.bxc7 Rxc7+ 25.Bc5 Nd7 26.Rb1 Bf8 27.Nd4 Nb6+ 28.
Kd3 Nd5 29.Rf3 Rd7 30.Ke2 Bg7 31.Nb3 Rc7 32.g3 g5 33.Rd1 Rd8 34.Nd4 Re8 
35.Kf2 gxf4 36.gxf4 Rd7 37.Bd6 Nb6 38.Nb3 Na4 39.Nc5+ Nxc5 40.bxc5 Kc6 41.
Rb3 Rb7 42.Rxb7 Kxb7 43.Rb1+ Kc6 44.Rb6+ Kd5 45.c6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 
Bc5 9.Qg4 Kf8 10.e5 f5 11.Qe2 d5 12.Bd2 Ne7 13.Na4 Ba7 14.c4 c5 15.b3 d4 
16.h3 Bd7 17.Nb2 Rb8 18.Bc2 Bb6 19.Nd3 Ba5 20.Rg1 Bxd2+ 21.Qxd2 a5 22.Qc1 
h5 23.g3 Kf7 24.Qa3 Rbc8 25.Rd1 h4 26.Rd2 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Qc6 28.Rdg2 Rxh3 
29.Rxg7+ Kf8 30.Qc1 Qe4+ 31.Kf1 Rxd3 32.Bxd3 Qxd3+ 33.Kg1 Bc6 34.R2g3 Qe4 
35.Rh7 Ke8 36.Rgg7 Rc7 37.Qf1 Qe3+ 38.Qf2 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qh1+ 40.Kg3 Qe4 41.
Rh8+ Kd7 42.Rhh7 Kd8 43.Kh4 Qe3 44.Qh2 Ng6+ 45.Kg5 Rxg7 46.Rxg7 Nxe5 47.
Qh8+ Be8 48.Qf8 Qg3+ 49.Kf6 Ng4+ 50.Rxg4 fxg4 51.Qe7+ Kc8 52.Qxe8+ Kc7 53.
Qe7+ Kb8 54.Qd8+ Kb7 55.Qd7+ Kb8 56.Qb5+ Kc7 57.Qxc5+ Kb7 58.Qb5+ Kc8 59.
Qc6+ Kb8 60.Qb6+ Kc8 61.Qxe6+ Kc7 62.Qe5+ Kc8 63.Qc5+ Kb7 64.Qb5+ Kc8 65.
Qc6+ Kb8 66.Qd6+ Kb7 67.c5 d3 68.Qd7+ Kb8 69.Kg5 Qe3 70.c6 Qb6 71.Kxg4 d2 
72.Qd6+ Kc8 73.Qxd2 Qxc6 74.Qxa5 Qg2+ 75.Kf5 Qh3+ 76.Ke4 Qg2+ 77.Kd3 Qf3+ 
78.Kc2 Qe4+ 79.Kb2 Qxf4 80.Qc5+ Kd7 81.a4 Qd2+ 82.Ka3 Qd1 83.a5 Qa1+ 84.
Kb4 Qe1+ 85.Ka4 Qa1+ 86.Kb5 Qf1+ 87.Kb6 Qf6+ 88.Ka7 Qf7 89.b4 Ke8+ 90.Kb6 
Kd8 91.b5 Qf6+ 92.Qc6 Qf2+ 93.Kb7 Qf7+ 94.Ka8 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.a4 e6 9.
Nf3 Bb7 10.bxa6 Nxa6 11.Be2 Nb4 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e5 Bg7 15.dxe6 
dxe6 16.O-O Rab8 17.Nb5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Bxe5 19.Qe2 Bf6 20.Rfc1 Rfd8 21.Be4 
c4 22.Ra3 Na6 23.g3 Rd2 24.Qxc4 Bxb2 25.Re3 Bxc1 26.Qxc1 Rbd8 27.Qc4 Rb2 
28.Nc3 Nc5 29.Bc6 Rb4 30.Qe2 Rbd4 31.Bb5 Qa8 32.Re5 Rd2 33.Qe3 Nd3 34.Bc6 
Qc8 35.Qxd2 Nxe5 36.Bb7 Rxd2 37.Bxc8 Rc2 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e6 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.f4 
Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nf6 10.Bg2 O-O-O 11.Bd2 Ne7 12.Ke2 Nf5 13.Rhg1 h6 14.Ne4 Nxe4
15.Bxe4 Nd6 16.Bd3 g5 17.e4 Be7 18.e5 Ne8 19.Bc3 Ng7 20.h4 Nh5 21.fxg5 
hxg5 22.hxg5 Nf4+ 23.Ke3 Nh3 24.Rg4 Bxg5+ 25.f4 Bxf4+ 26.Rxf4 Nxf4 27.Kxf4
c5 28.Rg1 cxd4 29.Bb4 Rh4+ 30.Rg4 Rxg4+ 31.Kxg4 a5 32.Be7 Rd5 33.Kf4 Kd7 
34.Bh4 Kc6 35.Be4 Kc5 36.Bxd5 Kxd5 37.a4 Kc4 38.Ke4 Kb4 39.Kxd4 Kxa4 40.
Kc4 b5+ 41.Kc3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nbd7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.b3 Re8
9.Bb2 Nf8 10.Re1 Qc7 11.d4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 exd4 14.Bxd4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Rxe4 17.Qxe4 Ne6 18.Bb2 Bc5 19.Be5 Qb6 20.Qf5 Bd4 21.Re1
Rd8 22.Bxd4 Qxd4 23.Bf1 g6 24.Qd3 Qxd3 25.Bxd3 Kf8 26.b4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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.Qe2 Bc5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rd1 Ne7 12.Nbd2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Nf5 14.Qd3 Nc5 
15.Qc3 Qe7 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 c6 18.a4 Bf5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qb4 Ra7 21.Nf3
Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Bg4 23.Rxa7 Qxa7 24.h3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Black "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.h4 h5 8.Ne5 
Nbd7 9.Nxg6 fxg6 10.Bd3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd5 12.Bxg6+ Kd8 13.Qe2 Qxg2 14.O-O-O 
Qd5 15.c4 Qd6 16.Nf5 Qc7 17.Rhe1 Nb6 18.Kb1 a5 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 Nc4 21.
Nd4 Nxd2+ 22.Rxd2 Qd6 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Ne6+ Kd7 25.Qb5+ Rc6 26.Nxf8+ Rxf8 27.
dxc6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Black "Omearat, Adel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.b4 e5 2.a3 a5 3.b5 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bc5 5.e3 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.g3 c6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.
Bg2 e4 10.Ng1 d5 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.f4 exf3 14.Nxf3 Bg4 15.O-O c5 
16.Ne2 Qe7 17.Nh4 Ne4 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.d3 Ng5 21.d4 Nc4 22.Bc1 
Rfe8 23.Qd3 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Ne4 25.Rf4 f5 26.Rb1 Nc3 27.Qh5 g6 28.Qh6 Nxb1 
29.dxc5 Qxc5 30.Rd4 Nc3 31.Rd3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Black "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nxc6
bxc6 9.h3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Be3 Bf6 12.f4 c5 13.Rb1 Re8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Ne4 
c4 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qxd7 Re7 19.Qg4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Qe6 21.Bd4 
Qxg4 22.Rxg4 f5 23.Rf4 Be4 24.Re1 Rd7 25.c3 a6 26.g4 g6 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.
Kf2 Kg8 29.Rh4 Kf7 30.Rh6 c5 31.Rf6+ Kg8 32.Bxc5 Kg7 33.Rb6 Rd2+ 34.Re2 
Rd3 35.Re3 Rd2+ 36.Ke1 Rg2 37.Re2 Rg6 38.Rxg6+ Kxg6 39.Rd2 Rh8 40.Rh2 f4 
41.Bd6 Kf5 42.Rf2 f3 43.Rh2 Bd3 44.Kf2 Ke4 45.h4 Rh5 46.Be7 a5 47.Rh3 Rb5 
48.Ba3 Rh5 49.Rh1 a4 50.Be7 Rb5 51.Ba3 Rh5 52.Rh2 Be2 53.Rh1 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Black "Kayle, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nge7 8.Nf3 Nd4 
9.O-O O-O 10.e5 Bd7 11.Ne4 Nef5 12.Bf2 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bc6 14.Qd1 dxe5 15.
Bxc5 exf4 16.Bxf8 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 Qxf8 18.Rxf4 Qh6 19.Rf3 Ne3 20.Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 
O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 
Qa5+ 15.Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 Rd8 17.Ke3 b6 18.Rhc1 e6 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.dxe6 fxe6
21.Bb3 Bd7 22.Rc7 Rac8 23.Rxa7 e5 24.Rd1 Rc3+ 25.Rd3 Rxd3+ 26.Kxd3 Bb5+ 
27.Kc3 Rd3+ 28.Kc2 Rd7 29.Ra8+ Kg7 30.Bd5 Bc6 31.Bxc6 Rc7 32.Ra3 Rxc6+ 33.
Rc3 Rd6 34.Rc7+ Kh6 35.f3 Rd4 36.h4 Rd6 37.Rf7 Rc6+ 38.Kd3 Rc5 39.g4 g5 
40.Rf6+ Kg7 41.hxg5 Rb5 42.Rd6 Rb2 43.Rd5 Rxa2 44.Rxe5 Ra3+ 45.Ke2 Rb3 46.
Rd5 b5 47.Rd3 Rb1 48.f4 b4 49.f5 b3 50.Rd7+ Kg8 51.Rb7 b2 52.Kd2 Rg1 53.
Rxb2 Rg2+ 54.Kc3 Rxg4 55.Kd4 Rxg5 56.Ke5 h5 57.Ke6 h4 58.f6 Rg6 59.Ke7 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c5 8.d4 Na6 9.
b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rfd1 Nc7 15.Rac1 Ne8 
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rc3 Qf6 19.Ne1 Bb7 20.f4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rf7 22.
Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.g3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Bg5 
Nc6 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.O-O-O a6 11.f4 h6 12.Bh4 b5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.Bg2 b4 15.Ne2 
Qc7 16.g4 a5 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Be7 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Nd4 O-O 21.Nb5 Qb6 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Nd6 Qc6 24.Rhf1 Nd5 25.g5 h5 26.g6 fxg6 27.Qg5 Qa6 28.Rfe1 
Qb6 29.Nc4 Qf2 30.Qxg6 Qf5 31.Rg1 Qxg6 32.Rxg6 Nf4 33.Rg5 Rfd8 34.Nd6 Ra7 
35.Rf1 Rf8 36.b3 Raa8 37.Kb2 Nd3+ 38.cxd3 Rxf1 39.Rxh5 Rf2+ 40.Kb1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Qh5 Rg8 13.g3 Rg4 14.f4 exf4 15.
O-O-O Bg7 16.exf5 Bxd5 17.Qxg4 Qf6 18.Rhe1+ Kf8 19.c3 b4 20.Nb1 fxg3 21.
Qxg3 Bh6+ 22.Rd2 Bxa2 23.Rg1 Rb8 24.Rg2 Ke7 25.Kd1 Bxd2 26.Nxd2 bxc3 27.
bxc3 Bb3+ 28.Ke2 Qxc3 29.Qxd6+ Kxd6 30.Ne4+ Ke5 31.Nxc3 a5 32.Kd2 Nd4 33.
f6 Kxf6 34.Bxh7 Rh8 35.Be4 Ke5 36.Rf2 f5 37.Bh1 Rc8 38.Rf1 Rh8 39.Re1+ Kf6
40.Kd3 Ne6 41.Rf1 Rh3+ 42.Kd2 Rxh2+ 43.Kd3 Rh3+ 44.Kd2 Nc5 45.Be4 Rh2+ 46.
Ke3 Nxe4 47.Nxe4+ Ke5 48.Ng3 Be6 49.Nxf5 a4 50.Nd4 Rh3+ 51.Rf3 a3 52.Rxh3 
Bxh3 53.Kd3 Be6 54.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Ne7 6.d3 Nc6 7.f4 Be7 8.Nd2 
O-O 9.Nf3 Bc5 10.f5 d5 11.Kh1 dxe4 12.dxe4 Re8 13.Bc4 h6 14.f6 Na5 15.Bd5 
c6 16.Ng5 cxd5 17.Qh5 hxg5 18.fxg7 f5 19.Bxg5 Be7 20.Qh8+ Kf7 21.Qh7 Rg8 
22.Qh5+ Ke6 23.exf5+ Kd6 24.f6 Be6 25.fxe7 Qd7 26.Qg6 Nc6 27.Rae1 Nxe7 28.
Bf4+ Kc5 29.Qxe6 Qxe6 30.Rxe6 Nf5 31.Be5 Nxg7 32.Rg6 Nh5 33.Rxg8 Rxg8 34.
Rf5 Ng7 35.Rg5 Re8 36.h4 Ne6 37.Rf5 Nd8 38.h5 Nc6 39.Bg7 Re4 40.h6 Ne7 41.
Bf8 Kc4 42.Bxe7 Rxe7 43.Rf3 Rh7 44.Rh3 d3 45.cxd3+ Kd4 46.Kg1 Ke5 47.Kf2 
d4 48.Kf3 Kf5 49.g4+ Kg6 50.Ke4 Re7+ 51.Kxd4 Kh7 52.g5 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.c3 Qc7 5.Ne2 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O d6 8.d5 Nd7 9.
c4 Ngf6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bc3 e6 12.Nd2 exd5 13.exd5 b5 14.b3 b4 15.Bb2 Rfe8 
16.Re1 Ne5 17.Nf1 Bc8 18.h3 h5 19.Nf4 Rb8 20.Ne3 Bd7 21.Nd3 Nh7 22.Rb1 Qd8
23.Nc1 f5 24.Ne2 h4 25.Nf4 Nf8 26.Kh2 Rb6 27.Qc2 Qg5 28.Ne6 Nxe6 29.dxe6 
Bxe6 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5+ Kh7 32.Bc1 hxg3+ 33.fxg3 Qf6 34.Bf4 g5 35.Bd2 
Kh8 36.Rf1 Ng4+ 37.Kh1 Re2 38.Bg2 Ne3 39.Qd3 Nxf1 40.Rxf1 Re5 41.Bc1 Qe7 
42.Bb2 Re3 43.Bxg7+ Kxg7 44.Qxf5 Rb8 45.Qg4 Rf8 46.Rxf8 Kxf8 47.Kh2 Re2 
48.Kh1 Rxa2 49.Qf5+ Kg7 50.h4 Qf6 51.Qd7+ Kh6 52.h5 a5 53.Kh2 a4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bc4 
O-O 9.d3 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.a4 a6 12.Ne4 Ne6 13.Bg3 Ncd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.c3 
Qc7 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.e6 Qd8 18.exf7+ Kh8 19.Ba2 Nf5 20.Bf4 e6 21.Ng5 Qf6 
22.Qg4 h5 23.Qh3 Nd4 24.Qg3 Nf5 25.Qh3 Nh6 26.Be3 Qxb2 27.Bc4 Qf6 28.Rab1 
Bc6 29.Rxb6 Bxa4 30.Bxa6 Ng4 31.Bc4 Nxf2 32.Bxf2 Qxg5 33.Qf3 Ra5 34.Ra6 
Rxa6 35.Bxa6 Bc6 36.Qg3 Qxg3 37.hxg3 Rxf7 38.d4 Kh7 39.Bd3 Rf8 40.Be4 Bxe4
41.Rxe4 Rb8 42.Kf1 Rb4 43.Rf4 Kg8 44.Ke1 g5 45.Re4 e5 46.Re2 Rb1+ 47.Kd2 
Rb2+ 48.Kd1 Rxe2 49.Kxe2 exd4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.O-O-O 
Qc7 9.g4 Be7 10.g5 Nd7 11.f4 Nc5 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.
e5 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Bxd8 17.Rd1 Be7 18.Be4 O-O 19.Qh5 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Rd8 21.Rg1 
Qd7 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.gxf6 Qd2+ 24.Kb1 g6 25.Qf3 Qxh2 26.Rd1 Rd2 27.b3 h5 
28.Rxd2 Qxd2 29.Qxb7 Qd1+ 30.Kb2 Qd4+ 31.Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.Nbd2 O-O 
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne4 11.Ndf3 f6 12.Ng4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qe7 14.Nf2 Nxf2 15.Rxf2 
e5 16.Bb5 cxd4 17.cxd4 e4 18.Ne1 a6 19.Bf1 f5 20.Bd2 b5 21.g4 fxg4 22.Qxg4
Rf6 23.Rg2 Nb6 24.b3 b4 25.Rc1 Raf8 26.Rg3 Kh8 27.Ng2 Bc8 28.Qg5 h6 29.Qh5
Rf5 30.Qg6 Bd7 31.Bxb4 Bxb4 32.Qxb6 R5f6 33.Qb7 Bd6 34.Qxd5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Omearat, Adel"]
[Black "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 c5 2.e4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.f4 Qc7 12.a4 b6 13.Qe2 Bc8 14.Bf3 Bb7 15.Qf2 Nd7 
16.Rad1 Rac8 17.Rd2 Nb4 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.g4 Rb8 20.g5 Ba8 21.h4 Nc5 22.f5 
exf5 23.exf5 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Nd7 25.Qe4 Ne5 26.Qxb4 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Nxd2 28.Rxd2 
Re8 29.Nd5 Qc6 30.Qe4 Kf8 31.Nd4 Qb7 32.Qf3 Bd8 33.Bf4 Qd7 34.Qg3 Rc8 35.
b3 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Qd3 Rc5 38.Nf3 Rc8 39.Nb4 Kg8 40.Qxd6 Qxf5 41.Qd7 
Qxd7 42.Rxd7 Ba5 43.Rd4 Bxb4 44.Rxb4 Rxc2+ 45.Kg3 Rc5 46.Nd4 Rd8 47.Be3 
Rcd5 48.Kf3 f5 49.gxf6 gxf6 50.Nxb5 Rf5+ 51.Ke2 Re5 52.Nc3 Rde8 53.Nd1 Re4
54.Rb7 Rxh4 55.Nf2 f5 56.Kf3 f4 57.Bd4 Rh6 58.Ng4 Rh3+ 59.Kxf4 Rh4 60.Bf6 
Rh1 61.Kf5 Rc8 62.b4 h5 63.Rg7+ Kf8 64.Rh7 Ke8 65.Ne5 Rf1+ 66.Ke6 Rxf6+ 
67.Kxf6 Kd8 68.b5 Rc5 69.b6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kayle, Charles"]
[Black "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.
cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.O-O Nxe5 14.d6 Be6 15.Nd5 
Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Nbd7 17.Be7 Qxb2 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rae1 Rxe7 20.dxe7 Re8 21.Kh1
Rxe7 22.Qxc5 Bf8 23.Qxa7 Nc6 24.Qf2 Nb4 25.Qf6 Qxa2 26.Bg4 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 
Nc2 28.Qf2 Qc4 29.Rf1 Ne3 30.Be2 Qe6 31.Rb1 b6 32.Bf3 Bc5 33.Qb2 Qd6 34.
Qb3 Qf4 35.Bd5 Nf1 36.Qh3 Qf2 37.Bxf7+ Kxf7 38.Qxh7+ Kf6 39.Qh8+ Kf5 40.
Qh3+ Kf4 41.g3+ Nxg3+ 42.hxg3+ Qxg3 43.Rf1+ Bf2 44.Rxf2+ Qxf2 45.Qf5+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Black "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
a6 9.a4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Ng6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Ne4 Be7 16.Qb3 e5 17.Nf3 Rb8 18.Bc4 Bf5 19.Neg5 e4 20.Nxf7 exf3 21.e4 fxg2
22.Rfd1 Bxe4 23.Ng5+ Kh8 24.Nxe4 Qf5 25.Qe3 Rbc8 26.Rd5 Qf4 27.Ng5 Bxg5 
28.Rxg5 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 Qxc4 30.Kxg2 Qc6+ 31.Kg1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Black "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Bf5 6.Nd4 Bg6 7.O-O c5 8.Bb5+ 
Nd7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Nxe6 Qb6 11.Qxd5 Nf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Re1 Be7 14.Nxg7+ 
Kd8 15.Nc3 Bh4 16.g3 Bf6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5+ Qf6 19.Ne6+ Kc8 20.Qd5 Qe7 
21.Nb5 Re8 22.Nd6+ Kb8 23.Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 b5 
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nxb5 Bg4 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.h4 Bg7 15.Nfg1
a5 16.a4 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nf3 
Bg4 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nec4 13.Bc1 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 
15.Qc2 Qd6 16.O-O Rfd8 17.Na4 Na3 18.Qb3 Rab8 19.Rd1 Qxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Nxa4 
21.Qxa4 Rb4 22.Be3 Rxa4 23.Bxa4 Bxb2 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Nb5 26.a4 Nc3 
27.Bc2 a6 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Bd2 e5 30.Bxc3 Bxc3 31.a5 Bxa5 32.Bd3 Ke7 33.Bxa6 
Kd6 34.Ke2 Bb6 35.Bc4 f6 36.f3 Bg1 37.h3 Kc5 38.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.Nd2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.e4 e5 12.Be2 Nf8 13.Bf2 Ne6 14.g3 Nd7 15.Nf1 g6 
16.Ne3 Qf8 17.Qd3 h5 18.h4 c5 19.d5 Ng7 20.Bf1 Bc8 21.a4 f5 22.Bh3 fxe4 
23.fxe4 Nf6 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.a5 bxa5 26.Rxa5 Qe7 27.O-O O-O 28.Be1 Qd7 29.
Kg2 Rf7 30.Bd2 Rcf8 31.Raa1 Qc8 32.Rf3 Qd7 33.Rff1 Kh7 34.Qc2 Nge8 35.Qd3 
Kg7 36.Rae1 a5 37.Ra1 a4 38.Bc1 Kh7 39.Bd2 Ng7 40.Qc2 Ng4 41.Nxg4 hxg4 42.
Rg1 Rf2+ 43.Kh1 Re2 44.Rae1 Rxe1 45.Bxe1 a3 46.Bd2 Rf2 47.Qd3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bc4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rb8 14.Bb3 h5 15.
Rhe1 Rg8 16.f4 Bd7 17.f5 Qe5 18.g3 Rg5 19.Qf2 Rb7 20.Qe2 Qa5 21.Qe3 Bf8 
22.h4 Rg4 23.Ne2 e5 24.Nc3 Qb6 25.Qd3 a5 26.Qf3 Qc5 27.Rd3 Rb8 28.Red1 Bc8
29.Na4 Qb4 30.c4 Ba6 31.Rc3 Qb7 32.Rc2 Qa7 33.Rcd2 Be7 34.Rc1 Rb4 35.a3 
Rb8 36.Ka2 Qb7 37.Bd1 d5 38.cxd5 cxd5 39.Rxd5 Bb5 40.Rxb5 Qxb5 41.Qe3 Rg8 
42.Rc3 Rd8 43.Bb3 Rd4 44.Rc8+ Bd8 45.Nc3 Qd7 46.Rb8 Rh8 47.Bd5 Kf8 48.Rb7 
Bc7 49.Nb5 Rxd5 50.Rxc7 Qxb5 51.exd5 Qxd5+ 52.Qb3 Qxb3+ 53.Kxb3 Kg7 54.Ka4
Rb8 55.Rc2 Ra8 56.Rc5 e4 57.Rc2 Kf8 58.Re2 Ke7 59.Rxe4+ Kd6 60.Re2 Ra7 61.
Re8 Rb7 62.b3 Kd5 63.g4 hxg4 64.h5 g3 65.Rg8 Ke5 66.h6 g2 67.h7 Rb8 68.
Rxb8 g1=Q 69.Rb5+ Kd6 70.h8=Q Qd4+ 71.b4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.h5 Nxd4 
15.Bxd4 Bf5 16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rac8 19.Kb2 Rfd8 20.g4 Be6 
21.Bb5 Rc5 22.Ba4 b5 23.Bb3 a5 24.a3 Kg7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rd3 Kf6 27.Rhd1 
g5 28.a4 bxa4 29.Bxa4 Rb8+ 30.Kc1 Rh8 31.Re3 Rh3 32.Rd4 Rh1+ 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 
34.Kxd1 Rc4 35.Bb3 Rf4 36.Rd3 Ke5 37.Ke2 a4 38.Ba2 Kd6 39.Kd2 Kc5 40.Kc1 
Rf6 41.Kb2 Rh6 42.Ka3 Rh2 43.Kxa4 Rxc2 44.Ka3 Rh2 45.Bb3 Rf2 46.Ba2 Kd6 
47.c4 d4 48.Rxd4+ Kc5 49.Re4 Rxf3+ 50.Kb2 Rf4 51.Re5+ Kd4 52.Rxg5 Rxg4 53.
Rxg4+ Bxg4 54.c5 f6 55.c6 Kc5 56.c7 Kb6 57.Kc3 Kxc7 58.Kd4 Kd6 59.Bb1 Bf5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Black "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 N6d7 8.Bc4 
O-O 9.O-O b6 10.cxb6 Nxb6 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.Re1 Bb7 14.Bg5 Re8 15.
Ba4 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxc6 Qxd1 18.Nxd1 Nxc6 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.b3 Nd5 21.Re4
Ncb4 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.a3 Nc2 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.bxc4 Nb6 26.c5 Nc8 27.Bc1 Nd4 
28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Be3 Bxe3 30.Nxe3 f5 31.f4 Kf7 32.Kf2 e5 33.g3 Ke6 34.Ke2 
exf4 35.gxf4 Ne7 36.Kd3 Nd5 37.Ng2 Kd7 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.a4 Nc7 40.Ne1 Kd7 41.
Nd3 Ke6 42.Nb4 Kd7 43.h4 Ne6 44.Nd3 Kc6 45.a5 a6 46.Nb4+ Kb7 47.Kd5 Nxf4+ 
48.Kd6 Ne2 49.c6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 
dxc5 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Qc2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Bd5 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qc7 15.
Nc4 Bh5 16.Qa4 Rac8 17.Rad1 Nd8 18.Ne3 e6 19.Bc4 Nc6 20.Rd2 a6 21.Be2 Rfd8
22.Rfd1 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Bxa6 Nd4 26.Bxb7 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 
Qb6 28.Qa8+ Kh7 29.Nc4 Qb5 30.Qa6 Qd7 31.Kg2 Qd1 32.e5 Bg6 33.Qb6 h5 34.
Ne3 Qb1 35.Qxc5 h4 36.gxh4 gxh4 37.Ng4 Bf5 38.Be4 Qxb2 39.Nf6+ Bxf6 40.
exf6 Kg6 41.Bxf5+ exf5 42.Qd4 Qxa2 43.Qxh4 Qc2 44.Qh8 Qb3 45.Qg7+ Kh5 46.
f4 Qd5+ 47.Kh2 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Qe6+ 6.Kf1 Nc6 7.h3 Bh5 8.d3 
Qd7 9.Na3 e5 10.Nc4 f6 11.g4 Bf7 12.Be3 e4 13.Ne1 exd3 14.Qxd3 O-O-O 15.
Qxd7+ Rxd7 16.Nd2 Nge7 17.c4 Nd4 18.b3 Nec6 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Ndf3 Ne6 21.
Nc2 Nf4 22.Ne3 Bg6 23.Ne1 Rd2 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.gxf5 Bd6 26.Nf3 Rc2 27.Rd1 
Bc7 28.Ne1 Rxa2 29.Be4 Re8 30.Bf3 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.h4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Black "Omearat, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9.Kf1 f5 10.a3 Qe7 11.d5 Qc5 12.e3 exd5 13.Nbd2 Nxd2+ 14.Nxd2 
dxc4 15.h4 d5 16.h5 Be6 17.Qc3 O-O-O 18.Qxg7 d4 19.exd4 Nxd4 20.Rh4 c3 21.
bxc3 Qxc3 22.Rb1 Bc4+ 23.Nxc4 Qd3+ 24.Kg1 Qxb1+ 25.Kh2 Ne2 26.Nd6+ Rxd6 
27.Qxh8+ Rd8 28.Qe5 Qg1+ 29.Kh3 Qxf2 30.Rc4 Ng1+ 31.Kh4 Rd7 32.Qe8+ Rd8 
33.Bxb7+ Kxb7 34.Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 
Nc5 9.Qf3 b5 10.f5 b4 11.Na4 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bd7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.O-O Be7 15.
e5 dxe5 16.Nc6 e4 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Nxd8 Rxd8 19.Be3 Bb5 20.Rf2 Rc8 21.Nb6 
Rc6 22.Rd1 Rc7 23.g3 Kf7 24.Rd4 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.g4 Ke8 27.h3 Rc6 28.
Na4 Be7 29.Kg2 Kf7 30.Kg3 Bd6+ 31.Kg2 Bxa4 32.bxa4 Be5 33.b3 Rc3 34.Re2 f5
35.Bf2 a5 36.Be1 Rc7 37.Bf2 Rd7 38.Bh4 Rd1 39.Bf2 Bd4 40.Bg3 Bf6 41.Bc7 
Rd5 42.Bg3 Bg5 43.Be1 Bf6 44.Bg3 Ke7 45.Bh2 Kd7 46.Bg1 Be5 47.Bf2 Kc6 48.
Bh4 Rd4 49.Bf2 f4 50.Bxd4 f3+ 51.Kf1 fxe2+ 52.Kxe2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Black "Kayle, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 h6 7.Ne6 Qa5+ 8.Bd2
Qb6 9.Nxf8 Nxf8 10.Nf3 Qxb2 11.O-O Ne6 12.c3 Nd5 13.Qe1 O-O 14.Rb1 Qxa2 
15.Ra1 Qb2 16.Qe4 Nf6 17.Qh4 Rd8 18.Rfb1 Qxb1+ 19.Bxb1 Rd5 20.Ne5 c5 21.
Ba2 Rd6 22.Be3 cxd4 23.cxd4 Ra6 24.d5 Ra5 25.Nxf7 Nxd5 26.Nxh6+ gxh6 27.
Qxh6 Bd7 28.Qg6+ Kh8 29.Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bg6 
15.Nc6 Qd7 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Nxd5 Bc5 19.Nf4 Nxf2 20.Bxg6 Nd3+ 
21.Kh1 fxg6 22.Be3 Nxf4 23.Bxc5 Rf5 24.Bd4 Kg8 25.g4 Rf7 26.a4 Rd8 27.axb5
axb5 28.Ra6 Ne6 29.Rd1 Re7 30.b4 c5 31.bxc5 Nxc5 32.Rb6 Ne4 33.Rb1 Rc8 34.
Rb3 Rec7 35.R6xb5 Nxc3 36.Bxc3 Rxc3 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Black "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "0"]

*

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E56"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.h3 Nc6 10.O-O a6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Ba7 13.Rc1 Qd6 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Bb1 
Rad8 16.Nf4 Bc8 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nxd5 Qh6 19.e4 Bb8 20.Qd2 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Be6
22.Nc4 Bxd5 23.exd5 Nd4 24.Bd3 Rxd5 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kf8 27.Be4 Rd7 
28.Kf1 f5 29.Bb1 g6 30.Rd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 
Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Na5 15.
Bd2 Nxb3 16.axb3 c6 17.dxc6 Qb6+ 18.Rf2 Qxc6 19.Bb4 Rad8 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Re2 h6 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qd2 Qe6 25.Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bb5 Bxf4 7.exf4 Qb6 8.Na3 
Ne7 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.O-O-O g6 13.Rhe1 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 
Bxb5 15.Nxb5 Kd7 16.Rd2 Rhc8 17.g3 h5 18.Nd4 Rab8 19.Kb1 b5 20.a3 a5 21.
Rc1 Rc7 22.h3 Nc8 23.g4 Nd6 24.Re2 Nc4 25.Nc2 Nd6 26.Nd4 Nc4 27.Nc2 hxg4 
28.hxg4 Nd6 29.Nd4 Nc4 30.Rh1 b4 31.cxb4 axb4 32.a4 Nd6 33.f5 exf5 34.Re5 
Ne4 35.Rxd5+ Ke7 36.gxf5 Nd2+ 37.Ka1 Rbc8 38.Ka2 Rc4 39.fxg6 b3+ 40.Ka3 
Ra8 41.Nc6+ Rxc6 42.Rxd2 Rc4 43.Kxb3 Raxa4 44.Rh7 Rab4+ 45.Ka2 Rf4 46.Re2+
Kf6 47.Rxf7+ Kxg6 48.Rxf4 Rxf4 49.Ka3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nc4 Nd4 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 b5 13.Ncb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 
15.c3 Ne6 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Nc5 18.Rc4 a5 19.Be2 Rb8 20.Qc2 g6 21.O-O Bg7
22.Rd1 Rb7 23.b4 axb4 24.Nxb4 Qb8 25.Qd2 Rb6 26.g3 Qa7 27.Qe3 Qb7 28.Nd5 
Rb1 29.Rb4 Rxd1+ 30.Bxd1 Qa7 31.Ba4 f5 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Bc6 Rf8 34.Kg2 h6 
35.h4 Qa1 36.h5 g5 37.Ne7+ Kf7 38.Nf5 Qd1 39.Rd4 Qc2 40.Nxd6+ Kg8 41.Rd2 
Qc1 42.Nf5 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "A51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9.c5 Bf5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.Ne5 f6 13.Nd3 c6 14.Ba4 Qc7 15.
Re1 Rae8 16.Nf1 Ng6 17.Ne3 Bc8 18.g3 Re7 19.f3 Nxg3 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rxe7 
Nxe7 22.Qd2 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Omearat, Adel"]
[Black "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.d5 Nb6 11.Bb3 cxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Qd3 Bg4 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.f3 Bh5
16.Nde4 Bg6 17.Be3 Kh8 18.Qb5 Bb8 19.a4 Ne8 20.a5 Nd7 21.Ba4 Ndf6 22.Qxb7 
Nxe4 23.Nxe4 f5 24.Bxe8 Qxe8 25.Nc5 Rf7 26.Qa6 Rf6 27.Ne6 Qd7 28.Rac1 Rg8 
29.Qc6 Qf7 30.a6 f4 31.Bf2 Bd3 32.Rfe1 Qh5 33.Qd7 Rf7 34.Qa4 e4 35.Rxe4 
Bxe4 36.Qxe4 Rd7 37.Rc5 Bd6 38.Rb5 Rc8 39.h3 Qf7 40.Bd4 Bf8 41.Nxf4 Bd6 
42.Ng6+ Kg8 43.f4 Rdc7 44.Qe6 Rc1+ 45.Kf2 Qxe6 46.dxe6 Kh7 47.f5 Bc5 48.
Bxc5 R1xc5 49.Rxc5 Rxc5 50.e7 Rc8 51.Ne5 Kg8 52.b4 Re8 53.Nc6 Kf7 54.b5 
Rc8 55.Ke3 Rxc6 56.bxc6 Kxe7 57.Ke4 Kd6 58.f6 gxf6 59.Kf5 Kxc6 60.Kxf6 Kb6
61.g4 Kxa6 62.h4 Kb5 63.g5 hxg5 64.hxg5 a5 65.g6 a4 66.g7 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.a3 Bb7 
9.f3 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.Bg2 Ne5 12.g5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Qc7 14.O-O-O Nc4 15.Nb1 
O-O-O 16.b3 Nb6 17.Rd3 Kb8 18.h4 Be7 19.Rc3 Qd7 20.Qe3 Na8 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.
Rcd3 Nh7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Ne2 Rhd8 25.Qf4 e5 26.Qg3 g6 27.Bh3 Rc7 28.Nbc3 
Nf6 29.Qg5 Nb6 30.f4 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Bxe4 32.Qxe7 Rxe7 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 
Kc7 35.fxe5 Rxe5 36.Rf6 Re7 37.Nc3 Bc6 38.Bg4 Kb7 39.h5 gxh5 40.Bxh5 Nd5 
41.Nxd5 Bxd5 42.Rd6 Be6 43.Bf3+ Ka7 44.Rd8 Rc7 45.Bd5 Bxd5 46.Rxd5 Kb6 47.
Rf5 Ra7 48.Kb2 Kc6 49.Kc3 Kd6 50.Kb4 Ke6 51.Rf2 Rc7 52.a4 bxa4 53.Kxa4 f5 
54.c4 Ke5 55.Re2+ Kf6 56.Kb4 f4 57.c5 Kf5 58.Rb2 Rc6 59.Kc4 Ke4 60.Re2+ 
Kf3 61.Re8 Kg2 62.Rg8+ Kh2 63.Rf8 Kg3 64.Kd5 Rc7 65.c6 Re7 66.Kd6 Re3 67.
c7 Rd3+ 68.Ke5 Rc3 69.c8=Q Rxc8 70.Rxc8 f3 71.Rf8 f2 72.Kd5 Kg2 73.Kc5 
f1=Q 74.Rxf1 Kxf1 75.Kb6 Ke2 76.Kxa6 Kd3 77.b4 Kc4 78.b5 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "199"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Qc7 5.O-O Be7 6.b4 cxb4 7.cxb4 Nf6 8.d3 
Nxb4 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Ba3 d5 11.exd5 a5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Qf4 16.Nce2 Qh6 17.Ng3 Bd6 18.h3 g6 19.Qf3 Be5 20.Bb2 Qd2 21.Bc3 Qf4 
22.Qxf4 Bxf4 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Rb1 Bd6 25.Rfd1 Rfc8 26.Bb3 Ra5 27.Nc2 Bxg3 
28.fxg3 Bf5 29.Rb2 Bxc2 30.Bxc2 Nxd5 31.Bb3 Nc3 32.Rd7 Rf5 33.g4 Rf4 34.
Rxb7 Re8 35.Kh2 h6 36.Rd2 Re1 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rdd7 Ref1 39.Re7 g5 40.Rbc7 
R1f2 41.Ra7 Nb5 42.Rab7 Nc3 43.Ra7 Kf8 44.Reb7 Kg7 45.Re7 Nb5 46.Rab7 Nd4 
47.Rxb4 Nf3+ 48.Kg3 Nh4 49.Bd5 Rxg2+ 50.Bxg2 Rxb4 51.Bd5 Rf4 52.Ra7 Ng6 
53.a4 Ne5 54.a5 Rd4 55.Bg2 Rd3+ 56.Kf2 Rd2+ 57.Kg1 Rd1+ 58.Kh2 Rd2 59.a6 
Nc4 60.Re7 Ra2 61.a7 Nb6 62.Rc7 Ra6 63.Rc6 Rxa7 64.Rxb6 Ra4 65.Rb7 Ra2 66.
Kg3 Ra3+ 67.Bf3 Kg6 68.Rb5 Kg7 69.Rf5 Kg6 70.Kf2 Kg7 71.Bd5 Rxh3 72.Bxf7 
Ra3 73.Bh5 Rc3 74.Rf7+ Kg8 75.Re7 Ra3 76.Re3 Ra4 77.Rd3 Kg7 78.Ke3 Kf6 79.
Rd6+ Ke5 80.Rxh6 Ra3+ 81.Ke2 Ra2+ 82.Kd3 Ra3+ 83.Kc4 Ra4+ 84.Kb5 Ra1 85.
Rh8 Kf4 86.Rf8+ Kg3 87.Kc4 Rd1 88.Rf5 Kh4 89.Rd5 Re1 90.Kd4 Rd1+ 91.Ke5 
Rf1 92.Rd6 Rf2 93.Rd4 Rf1 94.Bg6 Rf2 95.Bf5 Ra2 96.Kf6 Ra6+ 97.Be6 Ra1 98.
Rd2 Rf1+ 99.Bf5 Rh1 100.Rd8 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Black "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.axb4 Bxb4 6.c3 Bc5 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.d3 
O-O 9.O-O h6 10.d4 Bd6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.f4 Bc7 14.Qf3 d6 15.h3
Bd7 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.c4 Re8 18.Nc3 Bb6+ 19.Be3 Bxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 f5 
22.Qd4 fxe4 23.Nd5 e3 24.Rae1 e2 25.Rf2 Qa5 26.Rfxe2 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Qc5 29.Qxc5 dxc5 30.Re7 b6 31.Rb7 Rd8 32.Rxa7 Rxd5 33.Rb7 Rd6 34.Kf2 
Rc6 35.Ke3 c4 36.Kd2 c3+ 37.Kc2 h5 38.g4 h4 39.f5 Kh7 40.Rb8 g6 41.fxg6+ 
Kxg6 42.Rf8 b5 43.Rf5 b4 44.Rb5 Rc4 45.Rb6+ Kg5 46.Rb5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.d5 Nc4 15.a4 Ncb6 
16.Ne3 g6 17.b3 Bg7 18.Qe2 bxa4 19.bxa4 a5 20.Bd3 Rb8 21.Nd2 Kh8 22.Ndc4 
Nxc4 23.Nxc4 Qc7 24.Na3 Nb6 25.Bd2 f5 26.c4 Nc8 27.Reb1 Ne7 28.Qe1 fxe4 
29.Bxe4 Nf5 30.Bxa5 Qd7 31.Nb5 Nd4 32.Bc7 Nxb5 33.Bxb8 Nd4 34.Bxd6 Qxd6 
35.Rxb7 Qa6 36.Rb5 Nxb5 37.cxb5 Qb6 38.a5 Qxb5 39.a6 Ra8 40.a7 Qd7 41.Qb1 
1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Black "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9.Nd2 Bf5 10.c3 Nd7 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Qd2 Qb8 13.Bd3 Bg6 14.h4 Bh5 15.
Bh6 Rg8 16.Bxh7 Rxg2 17.Ne3 Rh2 18.Rg1 Bd6 19.Nc4 Rxh4 20.Qe3 f5 21.Nxd6+ 
Qxd6 22.Rg8+ Nf8 23.Bxf8 Qxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qh6+ Ke8 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.Rg1 
Rh8 28.Qf6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kayle, Charles"]
[Black "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 a6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 
e6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rac1 Nbd7 12.h3 Rc8 13.a3 b5 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.Ne5 
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ne4 17.b4 f6 18.f3 fxe5 19.Bxe5 Nd6 20.Bd4 Qb7 21.Nf4 Qd7 22.
Qb3 Nc4 23.Nd3 Nd2 24.Qb2 Nxf1 25.Rxf1 Bf6 26.Nc5 Qd6 27.f4 Rce8 28.Rf3 
Rf7 29.Nd3 Rc8 30.Be5 Qc6 31.Rg3 Bxe5 32.Qxe5 g6 33.Nc5 Rf5 34.Qd4 Re8 35.
Rf3 e5 36.fxe5 Rfxe5 37.g4 R5e7 38.Rf6 Qc7 39.Qxd5+ Kh8 40.Rd6 Rxe3 41.
Qd4+ Qg7 42.Qxg7+ Kxg7 43.Kg2 Rxa3 44.Ne6+ Kg8 45.Nf4 Re4 46.Rf6 Rxb4 47.
Nd5 Rb2+ 48.Rf2 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 Rxh3 50.Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+
Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke7 10.a3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.b4 Bd6 13.Bb2 Nbd7 14.Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.h3 e5 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.
a3 h6 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 b5 12.Na3 Rb8 13.Be3 a5 14.bxa5 Nxa5 15.Rb1 Ba6 
16.Qd2 Kh7 17.c4 b4 18.Rxb4 Rxb4 19.Qxb4 Nac6 20.Qa4 Bc8 21.Kh2 f5 22.Nb5 
Be6 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Bc1 Qd7 25.Nc3 Nfe7 26.Ne4 Qc7 27.Nfg5+ hxg5 28.Nxg5+ 
Kg8 29.Nxe6 Qc8 30.Nxf8 Bxf8 31.Be3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.
Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.Rb1 Nh7 13.b3 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.Bf2 Qe7 16.
Kh1 h4 17.Qe1 Bg5 18.a3 Kg7 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Rh8 21.Bd3 Nf6 22.Ne2 Nh5 
23.Rb2 Qf6 24.h3 Ng3+ 25.Bxg3 hxg3 26.Nxg3 Bf4 27.Kh2 Qg5 28.Rh1 Nxb4 29.
Bb1 Ra1 30.Nf1 Nd3 31.Qc3 Nxb2 32.Qxb2 Raa8 33.Qf2 b6 34.Kg1 Ra1 35.h4 
Bxg3 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.
h4 h5 10.Bg5 Na6 11.Bd3 Qe8 12.Nge2 Nh7 13.Be3 f5 14.f3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.
Bc2 Nf6 17.exf5 gxf5 18.O-O-O b6 19.Rhe1 Qg6 20.g3 Kh8 21.Bg5 Nh7 22.Be3 
a4 23.Rg1 Qe8 24.Bh6 Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Rf6 26.Qd2 Qe7 27.Rde1 Qg7 28.f4 Rg6 29.
fxe5 dxe5 30.Rgf1 Rf8 31.Nd1 Rg4 32.Ne3 Ne4 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.Nc3 Rd4 35.Qe2
a3 36.Nc2 axb2+ 37.Kb1 Rg4 38.Qxe5 Rxg3 39.Kxb2 Rg4 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.Re7+ 
Rf7 42.Rxf7+ Kxf7 43.Ne3 Rxh4 44.c5 bxc5 45.Nxf5 Rb4+ 46.Kc2 Nf6 47.Ne3 
Kg6 48.Rg1+ Ng4 49.a3 Rd4 50.Kb3 h4 51.Nxg4 Rxg4 52.Rh1 Kg5 53.a4 Rb4+ 54.
Ka3 h3 55.a5 Kh4 56.Re1 h2 57.Ne4 Rxe4 58.Rxe4+ Bg4 59.Re1 Bf3 60.Kb3 
Bxd5+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Black "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 d5 4.Nd2 Bf5 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.e3 Qd7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.a3 
O-O-O 9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 e5 12.dxe5 Qe8 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qe2 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Qxe5 16.c3 Rd3 17.Rd1 Bxa3 18.Rxd3 exd3 19.Qd2 Bc5 20.Nf3 Qe4 21.O-O 
h6 22.Ra1 g5 23.Bxf7 Rf8 24.Bh5 g4 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Rf6 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.
f3 gxf3 29.Bxf3 Qxh4 30.e4 Qg5 31.Rd1 Qg3 32.Qxd3 h5 33.e5 Rg6 34.Qe4 Bf5 
35.Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.f4 e6 8.Nf3 Nd7 
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Ne5 Ngf6 12.Be3 Bd6 13.O-O-O Rf8 14.f5 O-O-O 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Bd2 Bxg3 17.Qxg3 exf5 18.Qxg7 Ng4 19.Rhf1 Rh8 20.d5 Qxd5 21.
Bg5 Qxa2 22.Bxd8 Qa1+ 23.Kd2 Rxd8+ 24.Ke2 Re8+ 25.Kd2 Rd8+ 26.Ke2 Qa6+ 27.
Rd3 Qb5 28.Rd1 Qc4 29.Kf3 Qe4+ 30.Kg3 Rxd3+ 31.Rxd3 Qe1+ 32.Kh3 Nf2+ 33.
Kh2 Nxd3 34.Qf8+ Kc7 35.Qxf7+ Kb6 36.cxd3 Qxh4+ 37.Kg1 Qd4+ 38.Kh2 Qd6+ 
39.Kh1 Qxd3 40.Qf6 h5 41.Qh8 a5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bg5 Qc7 8.a4 e5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Rd2 Ne6 13.Bxe6 Bxe6 14.Rad1 h6 15.
Be3 Nd7 16.Rd6 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.b3 Kh7 19.a5 Nc8 20.Rd8 Ne7 21.Rxe8 Rxe8
22.Na4 Nc8 23.Nc5 Bg4 24.h3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 b6 26.Na6 Qe7 27.Qd7 bxa5 28.Qxc6
Nb6 29.Qc7 Qf6 30.Kg2 Re7 31.Qd8 Re6 32.Nc5 Rc6 33.Qxf6 Bxf6 34.c4 Kg7 35.
Ra1 Bd8 36.Nb7 Bc7 37.Nxa5 Re6 38.Nb7 Bb8 39.c5 Nc8 40.b4 Kf8 41.Bxh6+ Ke8
42.Rd1 Bc7 43.b5 g5 44.Bg7 Ke7 45.Rd5 f6 46.Bh6 Ke8 47.h4 Ne7 48.c6 Nxd5 
49.exd5 Re7 50.d6 Rh7 51.dxc7 Rxc7 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Bxg5 Rg7 54.Nd6+ Kf8 
55.Ne4 Ke8 56.Kf1 Rg6 57.Bf6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c5 Be7 8.a3 O-O 
9.Bd3 Ne8 10.O-O Bf6 11.Bc2 g6 12.Bh6 Ng7 13.Re1 b6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 
bxc5 16.Qd2 f6 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Nd1 Nd4 19.Ne3 Qh4 20.Nf1 Nxc2 21.Bxg7 
Qxf2+ 22.Qxf2 Rxf2 23.Be5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Black "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.Na3 f5 10.Bd3 b5 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Qh5 O-O 14.exf5 Bxd5 15.f6
e4 16.fxg7 Re8 17.Qxd5 exd3+ 18.Kf1 Ne5 19.h4 Qf6 20.Qd4 Re6 21.Rh3 Rae8 
22.Rd1 Qf5 23.Rg3 Qh5 24.Re1 Nc6 25.Rxe6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Omearat, Adel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 
Qd6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.
Bb1 Rfe8 16.Bg5 g6 17.Ba2 Nd5 18.Bc1 Bf6 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Qxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Rxe8+ Kg7 22.Nxd5 Qd7 23.Nxf6 Kxf6 24.Rg8 Ne7 25.Bg5+ Kf5 26.g4+ Kxg4 27.
Ne5+ Kxg5 28.Nxd7 Nxg8 29.Rc1 Nh6 30.Rc7 Be4 31.Rxa7 Nf5 32.Nxb6 Nxd4 33.
Rxf7 h5 34.h4+ Kg4 35.Nc4 Nf3+ 36.Rxf3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Black "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.dxe6 fxe6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nf3 d5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.e3 Kh8 10.Bd3 d4 11.Nb5 Nd5 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.exd4 c4 14.Bxc4 Bb4+ 
15.Nd2 Nf4 16.O-O Bxd2 17.Be2 Ba5 18.Bf3 Bb6 19.Qc2 Bf5 20.Qd2 Bd3 21.Nc3 
Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Qxd4 23.Rd1 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Rbd8 25.Nd5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.Re5 Ng4 
15.Rxe7 Rxe7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.h3 Nf6 18.Kf1 Be6 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Ne2 Rb8 21.b3
c5 22.Ng3 Rb4 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Qxf5 g6 25.Qe5 Qc6 26.c4 d4 27.f4 Rb7 28.Kf2 
Rd7 29.Qb8+ Kg7 30.g4 Qd6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Re7 Rd7 33.Re5 Rc7 34.Kf3 Nd7 
35.Rd5 Nf6 36.Re5 Nd7 37.Rd5 Nb6 38.Rd6 g5 39.f5 Nd7 40.Rd5 f6 41.Rd6 Ne5+
42.Ke4 Re7 43.Bf1 Nxc4+ 44.Re6 Rxe6+ 45.fxe6 Ne3 46.Ba6 Kf8 47.b4 cxb4 48.
Kxd4 Nc2+ 49.Kc5 Ke7 50.Bd3 Ne3 51.Kxb4 Kxe6 52.Kb5 Nd5 53.Bc4 Kd6 54.Ka6 
Kc5 55.Bb3 Nf4 56.Kxa7 Kb4 57.Kb6 Ka3 58.Kc6 Nxh3 59.Kd6 Nf4 60.Ke7 f5 61.
gxf5 g4 62.Bd1 g3 63.Bf3 h5 64.f6 Ng6+ 65.Ke6 h4 66.Bg2 Kxa2 67.Kf5 Nf8 
68.Kg5 Kb3 69.Kxh4 Kc4 70.Kxg3 Kc5 71.Kf4 Kd6 72.Bh3 Nh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Black "Kayle, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nbc6 8.Ne1 d5 
9.Qg4 dxe4 10.dxe4 b6 11.Nf3 Ba6 12.Rd1 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "24"]

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.Bg5 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.e4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 
Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nc4 b5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd6 bxc4 14.Qxc6 Be6 
15.Be2 Rb8 16.Rb1 Qa5 17.O-O Rfc8 18.Qa4 Qc5 19.Rfd1 a5 20.Nd5 Bg5 21.c3 
f5 22.b4 cxb3 23.Rxb3 Rxb3 24.axb3 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qxc3 26.d6 Kh8 27.h4 Bf6 
28.d7 Rd8 29.h5 e4 30.Qc4 Qe5 31.Qf7 e3 32.f4 Qe4 33.h6 Qb4 34.hxg7+ Bxg7 
35.Qe8+ Qf8 36.Qxe3 h6 37.Bc4 Bf6 38.Qe6 Be7 39.Qd5 Qg7 40.Qxf5 Rf8 41.Qe4
Bd8 42.Rd6 Bf6 43.Bd3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 O-O
9.a3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 c5 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Nd2 Qa5 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bc4 Rad8 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Qc2 Qg6 19.f4 exf3 20.Qxg6 hxg6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Be6 
9.Kh2 h6 10.a3 g5 11.b4 Ba7 12.b5 Nd4 13.bxa6 bxa6 14.Ng1 h5 15.Kh1 Ng8 
16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 g4 18.f5 Bd7 19.Nd5 c6 20.Ne3 Nf6 21.Nc4 d5 22.Nd6+ Kf8
23.c3 Nb5 24.Nxb5 axb5 25.e5 gxh3 26.Nxh3 Ng4 27.d4 c5 28.Bg5 f6 29.exf6 
cxd4 30.cxd4 Qc7 31.Bf4 Qb6 32.Qe1 Qxf6 33.Be5 Nxe5 34.dxe5 Qb6 35.e6 Be8 
36.f6 Qd6 37.Nf4 Rc8 38.Bxd5 Bf7 39.exf7 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Kh1 a4 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.cxb5 Nc5 
16.Bc4 Bf6 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.h3 b6 19.Bh2 Bg5 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.Rae1 h5 22.Nb1 Kg7
23.Nc3 h4 24.Qd1 Nh5 25.Bd3 Rh8 26.Bc2 Bf4 27.Bxa4 Nxa4 28.Nxa4 Qd7 29.Nc3
Bxh2 30.Kxh2 Nf4 31.Qg4 Qe7 32.Re3 Rh5 33.Rg1 Rg5 34.Qd1 Qd7 35.a4 Kf6 36.
b3 Ke7 37.Rf3 Rh8 38.Qd2 f6 39.Rxf4 exf4 40.Qxf4 Re5 41.f3 f5 42.Rd1 Ke8 
43.Qd2 Qe7 44.f4 Rxe4 45.Nxe4 fxe4 46.Re1 Kd8 47.Qd4 Re8 48.Re3 Kd7 49.b4 
g5 50.fxg5 Qxg5 51.Rxe4 Qg3+ 52.Kg1 Rxe4 53.Qxe4 Qb3 54.Qg4+ Ke8 55.Qc8+ 
Kf7 56.Qxc7+ Kg6 57.Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Bc5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxb3 13.axb3 Bb6 14.Nxe4 
Nxe5 15.Nc3 Ng4 16.h3 Nxf2 17.Re1+ Ne4+ 18.Be3 Nxc3 19.Bxb6+ Kd7 20.Bd4 
Nd5 21.Bxg7 Rhg8 22.Be5 Rg6 23.c4 bxc4 24.bxc4 Nb6 25.b3 a5 26.Red1+ Kc6 
27.Rf1 Re6 28.Bd4 Rd8 29.Bc3 a4 30.bxa4 Rd3 31.Ba5 f6 32.Rf4 Kc5 33.Raf1 
Nxa4 34.Bxc7 Rc6 35.Ba5 Nb2 36.Rf5+ Kd4 37.Bd8 Kxc4 38.Rc1+ Rc3 39.Rxc3+ 
Kxc3 40.Bxf6+ Kb3 41.Rf3+ Ka2 42.Rf2 Rb6 43.Rxb2+ Rxb2 44.Bxb2 Kxb2 45.Kf2
1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bd3 Be6
9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Qe1 O-O 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Nh4
Nc5 16.Rd1 b5 17.a3 Ncxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxh6 f5 20.Bc1 Bxh4 21.Qxh4 Nc5 
22.Be2 Bd5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Qxc4 Qf7 27.Be7 Qxe7 28.
Qxd5+ Kh7 29.Rf3 Ne4 30.Qd1 Rd8 31.Qe1 g6 32.Bxa6 Qd6 33.Qh4+ Kg7 34.Rd3 
Qb6 35.Qe7+ Kh6 36.Rh3# 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Omearat, Adel"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Bg4 4.Qa4 Bxf3 5.exf3 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Be3 Qd7 8.a3 
g6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Bg7 11.b5 Nd8 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Rc1 c5 14.bxc6 Nexc6 15.
Ne2 a6 16.O-O Ne6 17.Rfd1 b5 18.Qb3 Na5 19.Qa2 Rfc8 20.Qb2 Nc4 21.Bxc4 
bxc4 22.Rb1 Bf8 23.Nc3 Qd6 24.Qb7 Rd8 25.Rb6 Rab8 26.Rxd6 Rxb7 27.Rxd8 
Nxd8 28.a4 Rb3 29.Nxd5 c3 30.Kf1 Ba3 31.Rd3 Bb2 32.Ke2 Nc6 33.Kd1 Ra3 34.
Bg5 a5 35.Re3 Ra1+ 36.Kc2 Nxd4+ 37.Kd3 Ne6 38.Bh6 Rd1+ 39.Ke4 c2 40.Ne7+ 
Kh8 41.Re2 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 
Nge7 9.c4 Nd4 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Nc2 Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2 Bd7 
15.O-O Bg5 16.Qd2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qa5 18.Rfc1 Rfc8 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+
21.Qxc1 h6 22.a3 Qb6 23.Qc3 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke7 27.Ke1 
Qa7 28.h3 Kd8 29.Ke2 f5 30.Kf1 Qa2 31.f3 f4 32.Be2 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Kf1 Ke7
35.Kf2 Qb1 36.Bd3 Qd1 37.Be2 Qa4 38.Kf1 Qa7 39.Bd1 Qa2 40.Be2 Kd8 41.Ke1 
g4 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.Kf2 Qa7+ 44.Kf1 Qa2 45.Ke1 Qb1+ 46.Bd1 Ke7 47.Qa3 Kf6 
48.Qa5 Kf7 49.Qa3 Kg6 50.Qc3 Kg5 51.Ke2 Qa2+ 52.Bc2 Qa7 53.Kf1 gxf3 54.
gxf3 Bh3+ 55.Ke2 Qg1 56.Bd1 Bf1+ 57.Kd2 Qf2+ 58.Kc1 Qe3+ 59.Kc2 Qxc3+ 60.
Kxc3 Kh4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Black "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd5 Qb6 9.Bc4 Bxf2+ 10.Ke2 O-O 11.Rf1 Bc5 12.Ng5 Nd4+ 13.Kd1 Ne6 14.Ne4 
d6 15.exd6 Rd8 16.Bd3 Bxd6 17.Qh5 f5 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Qxf5 Qxh2 20.Qf7+ Kh8
21.Bg5 Rg8 22.Be3 Rd8 23.Kd2 Bd7 24.Rae1 Qxg2+ 25.Kc1 Ba4 26.Rg1 Qd5 27.
Kb1 Rd7 28.Qf2 Nf8 29.Ref1 Kg8 30.Qh4 Bb5 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Qb4+ Kg8 33.
Bxb5 Rc7 34.Ba4 Qf5 35.Bb3+ Kh8 36.a3 a5 37.Qb6 Re7 38.a4 Rae8 39.Bd4 Qd7 
40.Ka2 Rd8 41.Bc3 Qd6 42.Qxa5 b6 43.Qg5 Qd7 44.Rh1 Qd6 45.Qh5 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kayle, Charles"]
[Black "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 f5 5.e4 Nf6 6.Bd3 f4 7.h4 Be7 8.Bd2 Na6 9.
Nh3 Ng4 10.g3 fxg3 11.fxg3 Bxh4 12.gxh4 Qxh4+ 13.Ke2 Nh2 14.Nf2 Bg4+ 15.
Nxg4 Qxg4+ 16.Ke3 Qf4+ 17.Ke2 Qf3+ 18.Ke1 Qxh1+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Black "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Re1 f6 
9.exf6 gxf6 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nf1 O-O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.g3 Nf8 15.
c4 Kb8 16.c5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Ka8 18.f4 Ne7 19.Bd2 e5 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Qa4 Nd7 
22.Ba5 b6 23.cxb6 Nxb6 24.Qc2 e4 25.Be2 Nf5 26.Qc5 Rhe8 27.Rac1 Re6 28.Bb5
Kb7 29.Bd2 d4 30.Bc4 Ree8 31.Bf4 Qd7 32.a4 d3 33.a5 Nc8 34.Qb4+ Ka8 35.
Qb8# 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Black "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.b4 b6 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.Nd3 Nf6 16.
c5 h5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 Ne8 19.a4 a6 20.Na3 Bd7 21.Nc4 Rb8 22.a5 b5 23.
Nb6 Nf6 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Rc6 Ra8 26.Qc2 Rfc8 27.Rc1 Ne7 28.Rc7 Qd8 29.Bb6 
Qf8 30.Nxe5 Rxc7 31.Bxc7 dxe5 32.d6 Ng6 33.Qb3+ Kh7 34.Rc6 Qc8 35.Qf7 Qd7 
36.Qxd7 Nxd7 37.Rxa6 Rxa6 38.Bxb5 Ra7 39.Bxd7 Nf8 40.Bc6 Ne6 41.Bb6 Ra6 
42.b5 Rxb6 43.axb6 Bf8 44.Bd5 Nd8 45.d7 Bc5+ 46.Kf1 Bxb6 47.Ke2 Kg7 48.Kd3
Kf6 49.Kc4 Ke7 50.Bc6 Nxc6 51.bxc6 Kd6 52.Kb5 Bc7 53.g3 fxg3 54.hxg3 h4 
55.f4 exf4 56.gxf4 gxf4 57.e5+ Kxe5 58.Ka6 Kd6 59.Kb7 h3 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Rc8 13.Nd2 Ba6 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Bd3
Bxc4 16.Bxc4 O-O 17.Ba6 Rc7 18.a5 Nd7 19.O-O c5 20.Qe4 Qe7 21.Bd3 f5 22.
Qf3 cxd4 23.exd4 Qh4 24.h3 Qxd4 25.Rd1 Qe5 26.g3 Qf6 27.Bf1 Be5 28.Qb3 Rb8
29.Bg5 Qg6 30.Rac1 Nf8 31.Rxc7 Bxc7 32.Be3 Bxg3 33.Bxa7 Bc7+ 34.Kh1 Rb7 
35.Bc5 Bxa5 36.Qa4 Bb6 37.Bxf8 Bxf2 38.Bg2 Rf7 39.Bxb4 h5 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.
Rd8 Qg5 42.Bd2 Qe7 43.Bc3 Be3 44.Qxe7 Rxe7 45.Be5 Ra7 46.b4 Ra4 47.Rd3 Bb6
48.b5 Rb4 49.Bc6 f4 50.Rd7 Kg6 51.Rb7 Bc5 52.Bc3 Rb3 53.Be4+ Kh6 54.Rxg7 
h4 55.Rh7+ Kg5 56.Rg7+ Kh6 57.Bf6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 Be7 11.h3 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Be3 
Qa5 16.Kb1 Be6 17.b3 O-O 18.Rhf1 Rfd8 19.f5 Bd7 20.Bxh6 Bb5 21.Qg5 Bf8 22.
Rf3 Nh7 23.Qh5 f6 24.Rg3 d5 25.exd5 Rxd5 26.Nc1 Rad8 27.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 a5 15.
Rhe1 b5 16.f4 Neg4 17.a3 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.exd5 
Qa5 22.c4 Ra8 23.Kc2 Qc5 24.Rc1 Bxd4 25.f5 Qxc4+ 26.Kd1 Ba4+ 27.Rc2 Nf2+ 
28.Kc1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Bc4 
Bg7 9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.e5 e6 12.h4 Bb7 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.Rh3 Re8 15.Kf1 Nf8 
16.Bd3 f5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Rg3 Qf7 19.Qe3 Kh8 20.Ne4 e5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.
Nfd2 Rad8 23.a5 bxa5 24.Ra1 Ne6 25.Rxa5 Nf4 26.Nc5 Bc6 27.Kg1 e4 28.Bc4 
Bd5 29.Bf1 Rd6 30.Rxa6 Rxa6 31.Nxa6 h5 32.Nb4 Bb7 33.Bb5 Rd8 34.Nxe4 Qf5 
35.Bc6 Bxc6 36.Nxc6 Rd3 37.Qe1 Rxg3 38.Nxg3 Qg4 39.Qe7 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qd5 41.
Qe4 Qd6 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Ne7 Qe6 44.Qa4 Nd3 45.Qe4 Qxe4 46.Nxe4 Nxb2 47.Ng5+
Kh8 48.Nf7+ Kh7 49.Ng5+ Kh8 50.Nxg6+ Kg8 51.Ne7+ Kf8 52.Ne6+ Kxe7 53.Nxg7 
Nd1 54.Nxh5 Nxf2 55.Nf4 Ne4 56.Ne2 Ke6 57.Kh3 c5 58.Kg4 Ke5 59.Kh5 c4 60.
Kg6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 Nh5 8.Bg3 g6 
9.Qe2 f5 10.Be5 O-O 11.h3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Nf6 13.g4 c4 14.Bc2 Bd6 15.f4 b5 
16.a3 a5 17.Ndf3 Bd7 18.gxf5 exf5 19.h4 Qe8 20.Qg2 Kh8 21.Ke2 Be6 22.Rag1 
Nh5 23.Qg5 Rg8 24.Nd2 Be7 25.Qh6 Bf8 26.Qg5 b4 27.Ra1 Be7 28.Qg2 bxc3 29.
bxc3 Rb8 30.Ra2 a4 31.Kf3 Nf6 32.Qe2 Ne4 33.Nxe4 fxe4+ 34.Kg3 Rb6 35.Bd1 
Qf8 36.Qh2 Rb3 37.Bxb3 cxb3 38.Raa1 Bxa3 39.Qe2 Be7 40.Rxa4 g5 41.hxg5 
Bxg5 42.Kf2 b2 43.Ra7 h6 44.Qh5 Bxf4 45.Nf7+ Bxf7 46.Qxf7 Bxe3+ 47.Kxe3 
Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.a5 Bd7 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Re1 
O-O 16.Bb6 Qc8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bd7 19.c3 e5 20.c4 Qxc4 21.Rc1 Qg4 22.
Rc7 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Ba4 24.Ra1 Bd8 25.Rxa4 Bxc7 26.Bxc7 Rac8 27.Bxd6 Rc1+ 28.
Bf1 Rd8 29.Bxe5 Rxd5 30.Rd4 Rxd4 31.Bxd4 Rd1 32.Bc5 g5 33.Kg2 g4 34.Be2 
Rd5 35.b4 h5 36.Bc4 Rd7 37.h3 Kg7 38.hxg4 hxg4 39.Kf1 Kf6 40.Ke2 Ke5 41.
Ke3 f5 42.Be2 Rh7 43.Bf1 Rd7 44.Bg2 Rh7 45.Bd4+ Ke6 46.Kf4 Rd7 47.Ke3 Rf7 
48.Kd3 Rc7 49.Bb6 Rd7+ 50.Kc4 Ke5 51.b5 axb5+ 52.Kxb5 Kd6 53.Bxb7 Rxb7 54.
a6 Rb8 55.a7 Re8 56.Ka6 Kc6 57.Be3 f4 58.Bxf4 Kc5 59.Kb7 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Black "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 b5 4.e3 Ba6 5.b3 e6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.O-O Qb6 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxa6 O-O 15.Bb2 
Ne4 16.Rfc1 f5 17.Qb5 Ndf6 18.Qxb6 Rxb6 19.Bc8 g6 20.Ne5 Nd2 21.a5 Rb8 22.
Be6+ Kg7 23.Rc6 Rbd8 24.Ra6 Bb8 25.Nc6 Rde8 26.Nxb8 Rxb8 27.Rd1 Nde4 28.
Rxa7+ Kh6 29.Rc1 Ra8 30.Rcc7 Rxa7 31.Rxa7 Re8 32.Ra6 Ng5 33.Bxf5 Nfe4 34.
f3 Nd2 35.h4 Rxe3 36.Kf2 Rxb3 37.Bc1 Nf7 38.Bxd2+ Kg7 39.Be6 Nd8 40.Bxd5 
Rd3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 c5 11.a4 Rxa5 12.Nd2 Ne8 13.Nb3 Ra6 14.Ra3 f5 15.a5 Nf6 
16.Bf3 f4 17.Na4 g5 18.h3 Qe8 19.Naxc5 dxc5 20.Nxc5 Ra8 21.Qb3 h5 22.Nxb7 
g4 23.Nd6 Qd7 24.c5 gxf3 25.Qxf3 Ba6 26.Re1 Qc7 27.Qc3 Nd7 28.c6 Qxd6 29.
cxd7 Qxd7 30.Qf3 Qe8 31.Rb3 Qf7 32.Ba3 Rfb8 33.Rb6 Rxb6 34.axb6 Nc8 35.Rb1
Bb7 36.Bc5 Qg6 37.Qd3 Bf8 38.Bxf8 Kxf8 39.Rc1 Qxb6 40.Qf3 Qg6 41.Rc7 Nd6 
42.Qc3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Black "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nd5 
Rc8 9.Bg5 a6 10.Nbc3 Be7 11.Nxe7 Nxe7 12.Bd3 d5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O dxe4 
15.Bxe4 Qb6 16.a5 Qb4 17.Re1 f5 18.Bd3 e4 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Rxe4 Qc5 21.Qe2 
Rg8 22.b4 Qg5 23.f4 Qf6 24.Re1 Rc7 25.g3 Kf8 26.f5 Nxf5 27.Qf2 Qg5 28.Re5 
Rg6 29.Bxf5 Bxf5 30.Rxf5 Qd8 31.Rf1 Qe7 32.Qd4 Rg7 33.Re5 Qd7 34.Rd5 Qe6 
35.Rd6 Rc4 36.Qd3 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Black "Kayle, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.h4 a6 10.Bh3 O-O 11.Qe2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.g6 f5 15.gxh7+ Kh8 
16.Rg1 e5 17.Be3 f4 18.Qg4 Bf6 19.Qxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxd7 fxe3 21.f3 Bxh4+ 22.
Ke2 Bf2 23.Rg6 Rf6 24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bf5 Bc6 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 
Bh4 29.Kxe3 Bg5+ 30.Kd3 Bc1 31.Kc3 Be3 32.Kb3 Bc5 33.c4 Rb8 34.cxb5 Rxb5+ 
35.Kc2 a5 36.b3 Rb7 37.a4 Rb4 38.Rd2 Rb7 39.Rh2 Be3 40.Re2 Rc7+ 41.Kd3 Bd4
42.Rg2 Rg7 43.Rc2 Bc5 44.Kc4 Rb7 45.Rg2 Rg7 46.Rh2 Bb4 47.Kd5 Rd7 48.Rh6 
Rf7 49.Ke6 Rf8 50.Rh2 Bc5 51.Rc2 Kg7 52.Rg2+ Kh8 53.Bg6 Be3 54.Ke7 Kg7 55.
Bf5+ Bg5 56.Rc2 Be3 57.Kxd6 Rd8+ 58.Kc7 Ra8 59.Kb7 Ra7+ 60.Kb8 Rf7 61.Rc8 
Ba7+ 62.Ka8 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Omearat, Adel"]
[Black "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.e4 b5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Qe2 c5 12.d5 c4 13.Bc2 Nc5 14.Rd1 exd5 15.e5 Ne8 
16.Nxd5 Bd7 17.Be3 Rc8 18.b4 Ne6 19.Bb6 N8c7 20.Nd4 Qe8 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.
Nf5 Qd8 23.Rd6 g6 24.Ne3 Qe7 25.Rad1 Be8 26.g3 Na8 27.Nd5 Qb7 28.Qe4 Kg7 
29.Qh4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 
g6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nge2 Qa5 12.Bd2 Na6 13.a3 Nd7 14.Qc2 Rfb8 15.h4 
c4 16.h5 Qb6 17.Rab1 Qb3 18.Qc1 Nac5 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Bh6 Bf6 21.Bg5 Nd3 
22.Qd2 Rf8 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.f3 Raf8 25.Nd4 Qb6 26.Ncb5 N7c5 27.Rh4 Nb3 28.
Qh6 R8f7 29.Rf1 Nxd4 30.Qe3 Qxb5 31.Qxd4 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 Ne1+ 33.Kh3 Nxf3 34.
Rf4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Black "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nge7 8.Nf3 Bd7 
9.O-O Rb8 10.Nh4 Qc8 11.Qd2 b5 12.Rae1 b4 13.Ne2 Nd4 14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.f5 
exf5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Nxf5 18.Nxd4+ Ne7 19.Nc6 Rb7 20.Bd5 Kf8 21.Nxe7 
Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Rxe7 23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Re1+ Kd7 25.Qg2 Bxb2 26.Bb3 Qb5 27.Ba4 
Qxa4 28.Qb7+ Kd8 29.Re7 Qc6+ 30.Qxc6 Kxe7 31.Qb7+ Kf6 32.Qxb4 Ba1 33.Qxd6+
Kg7 34.c4 Bf6 35.c5 Rd8 36.Qa6 Bd4 37.c6 Bb6 38.Qb7 Rxd3 39.c7 Rd1+ 40.Kg2
Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Bxc7 42.Qxc7 Rxa2 43.g4 h6 44.Qe5+ Kg8 45.Qe3 Kg7 46.h4 Ra6 
47.Qc3+ Kh7 48.h5 Re6 49.hxg6+ Rxg6 50.Qd3 a6 51.Qd4 Re6 52.Kf4 Rg6 53.Kf3
Re6 54.Kg3 Rg6 55.Kh4 Re6 56.Kh5 Rg6 57.Qa7 Kg7 58.Qb7 Re6 59.Qb2+ Kh7 60.
g5 hxg5 61.Kxg5 Rg6+ 62.Kf5 Re6 63.Qa2 Kg7 64.Qb2+ Kh7 65.Qd4 Rg6 66.Qd8 
Kg7 67.Qd4+ Kh7 68.Qb4 Kg7 69.Qb2+ Kh7 70.Qa3 Kg7 71.Qb4 Re6 72.Qc5 Rg6 
73.Qe5+ Kg8 74.Qe7 Kg7 75.Qe8 Re6 76.Qxe6 fxe6+ 77.Kxe6 a5 78.Kd5 a4 79.
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Qb1 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 d6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.O-O Ne8 14.a4 Nd6 15.Qa2 
Qd7 16.h3 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Rc7 18.Qb3 Bc8 19.Rac1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 e6 21.Bc4 Nxc4 
22.Qxc4 exd5 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.exd5 f6 25.Be3 Bd7 26.a5 bxa5 27.Rc7 Rd8 28.
d6 Bf5 29.Bc5 Bf8 30.Rxa7 Bxd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Nc4 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rb1 34.Rxa5
Bd3 35.Nd6 Rxb2 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Kg3 g5 39.h4 gxh4+ 40.Kxh4 Rxf2
41.g4 Kg6 42.Nf7 Bc4 43.Nd6 Bf1 44.Rb7 Bg2 45.Rc7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7 
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.h3 h6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.e4 e5 14.Be3 Nb4 15.Bxc5 
Qxc5 16.Rac1 Qa5 17.b3 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qc4 Rfe8 20.Ne2 Rac8 21.Qxc8 
Rxc8 22.Rxc8+ Kh7 23.Rc4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rc5 Qa2 26.Nc1 Qb1 27.Rf1 Nxe4
28.Rxe5 Nd5 29.Rxe6 Nf4 30.Re5 b4 31.Re1 Nc3 32.h4 Qg6 33.g3 Qc6 34.R5e3 
Ncd5 35.Re4 Qc3 36.Ne5 Nh5 37.Kg2 Nhf6 38.R4e2 Qd4 39.Nf3 Qc3 40.Rd2 Qc6 
41.Ne2 Qe6 42.Ned4 Qg4 43.Ne6 Kg8 44.Rd4 Qg6 45.Nf4 Nxf4+ 46.Rxf4 Nh5 47.
Rxb4 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Al-Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nd7 4.Be2 c5 5.d5 Ngf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.O-O a6 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Nd2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 g5 11.Nc4 Bg7 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.d6
exd6 16.Rad1 d5 17.exd5 O-O-O 18.d6 Qc6 19.Nxe5 Qb6 20.Nc4 Qc6 21.Ne5 Qb6 
22.d7+ Nxd7 23.Nxd7 Qxb2 24.Nb6+ Kb8 25.Ncd5 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Rhe8 27.Qd3 Rd6 
28.Nc4 Qa2 29.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.a4 b4 10.dxc5 Nbd7 11.Bc4 Nxc5 12.Bd2 Rb8 13.Nd4 Qa5 14.Rd1 Bd6 15.Be1 
Rd8 16.Nd2 O-O 17.N2b3 Nxb3 18.Nxb3 Qc7 19.Bxa6 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Bd5 21.Rdc1 
Qe5 22.f4 Bxf4 23.exf4 Qxf4 24.Nd2 Ng4 25.Nf1 e5 26.Bd2 Qf5 27.Kg1 Rd6 28.
Bc4 Ba8 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Bxe3 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Rg6+ 32.Kh2 Rg4 33.Qxg4 Qxg4 34.
a5 Qf3 35.Re1 g5 36.Bf1 Rc8 37.Re2 Rc4 38.Bxg5 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Rg4+ 40.Bg2 
Rxg5 41.Rf2 e4 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6 
9.cxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.O-O Rc8 7.d3 g6 8.Be3 Bg7 
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne8 13.Be2 Nc7 14.f4 b6 15.Nf3 d5
16.Rad1 d4 17.Bd2 e6 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Ng5 f6 20.Nf3 f5 21.e5 Nd5 22.Qa4 Nxe5 
23.Qxd7 Nxd7 24.c4 Nc7 25.Rde1 Rcd8 26.Bd1 Bf6 27.Re2 Kg7 28.Rfe1 h5 29.g3
Kf7 30.Ba4 Kg7 31.b4 cxb4 32.Bxd7 Rxd7 33.Bxb4 Rc8 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Na6
36.Ba3 Nc5 37.Bxc5 Rxc5 38.Rxc5 bxc5 39.Rb1 e5 40.fxe5 Re7 41.Kg2 Rxe5 42.
Rb7+ Kf6 43.Rxa7 Re2+ 44.Kf3 Re3+ 45.Kf2 Rxd3 46.Ra5 h4 47.gxh4 Rxh3 48.
Rxc5 Rxh4 49.a4 Rh2+ 50.Kf3 Rh3+ 51.Ke2 Ra3 52.a5 g5 53.Rd5 g4 54.Rxd4 
Rxa5 55.Rd8 Ke5 56.Re8+ Kd4 57.Rd8+ Kxc4 58.Ke3 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Rd3 60.Rf8 
Rf3+ 61.Kg2 Kd4 62.Rd8+ Ke4 63.Re8+ Kf4 64.Rb8 Ra3 65.Rb4+ Kg5 66.Rb5 Re3 
67.Ra5 Kf4 68.Ra4+ Re4 69.Ra2 Re5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Al-Taher, Mohamed"]
[Black "Jalal, Adil Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Nc6 8.c3 
h6 9.Nbd2 g5 10.Qe2 Bf5 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 c6 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nh5 Bh8 16.h4 gxh4 17.Bxh6 Qd7 18.e6 Qxe6 19.Qxe6 fxe6 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.Bxf4
Bf5 22.Bxe6+ Bxe6 23.Rxe6 Kf7 24.Rae1 Bf6 25.R6e4 Rg8 26.a4 Rg6 27.f3 Rd8 
28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 e6 30.Kh2 Rh8 31.R5e4 Rh7 32.Rf4+ Ke7 33.Rd4 Rg5 34.
Red1 Kf6 35.Rd7 Rgh5 36.Rxh7 Rxh7 37.Rd4 e5 38.Re4 a5 39.Kh3 Rd7 40.Rxh4 
Rd2 41.b4 axb4 42.cxb4 Rb2 43.a5 Kg5 44.Re4 Kf5 45.g4+ Kf6 46.Kg3 Rb1 47.
Rc4 Rb2 48.a6 bxa6 49.Rxc6+ Kf7 50.Rxa6 Rxb4 51.g5 Rf4 52.g6+ Kg7 53.Re6 
Rf5 54.Kf2 Rg5 55.Ke3 Rf5 56.Ke2 Rh5 57.Kd3 Rf5 58.Ke3 Kh6 59.Ke4 Rf4+ 60.
Kxe5 Rxf3 61.Rf6 Rg3 62.Kf5 Rg5+ 63.Ke6 Rxg6 64.Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Nxc4 6.dxc4 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2
Qb6 9.b3 h6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.f3 d6 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Kb2 a6 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Rxd2 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nc3 f5 19.Bb6 fxe4 20.fxe4 Rg8 21.g3
Kd7 22.Rhd1 Bg4 23.Rf1 Ke6 24.Be3 h5 25.a4 b4 26.Ne2 Bh3 27.Ra1 Bg2 28.c3 
c5 29.cxb4 cxb4 30.a5 Ra6 31.Ra4 Bxe4 32.Rxb4 d5 33.Rb6+ Rxb6 34.Bxb6 Bb4 
35.Nc3 Ra8 36.Nxe4 dxe4 37.Rd1 Bxa5 38.Bxa5 Rxa5 39.b4 Rd5 40.Rh1 f5 41.
Kc3 f4 42.Rf1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Al-Bahadly, Amjad Ali"]
[Black "Abdulghafour, Yousef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.Be3 e6 5.Bb3 d5 6.e5 Ne7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.h4 c5 9.
c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nbc6 11.Ne2 Nf5 12.Nbc3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Na5 14.h5 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Bd7 16.f4 f5 17.g4 gxh5 18.g5 Be8 19.Ng3 Qb6 20.Ra3 Qc6 21.Nxh5 b5 
22.Ra1 a5 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.gxf6 Bg6 25.Kf2 a4 26.Rag1 Kf7 27.Qe2 Rfb8 28.
Rxh7+ Bxh7 29.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Al-Obaide, N."]
[Black "Al-Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.a3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e4 Nf6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.Nxe5 
O-O 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Ng4 11.d4 Bxd4 12.Bxa8 Bxf2+ 13.Ke2 Ba6+ 14.Kf3 
Qf6+ 15.Bf4 Ne5+ 16.Kxf2 Qxf4+ 17.Ke1 Qe3+ 18.Ne2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yahaya, Mohamed Jamil"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D07"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 dxc4 10.Qa4 O-O 11.Qxc4 a6 12.Rd1 Rb8 13.b4 b5 14.Qb3 a5 15.a3 a4 
16.Qa2 Na7 17.Bb2 c6 18.Rac1 Nd5 19.Ne4 Qh4 20.Kh2 h5 21.g3 Qe7 22.Ba1 h4 
23.gxh4 Qxh4 24.Qe2 Rfd8 25.Rg1 Qe7 26.Rg3 Qc7 27.Kh1 Nc8 28.Rcg1 Nce7 29.
Nc5 Rbc8 30.h4 Nf5 31.Rg4 Nde7 32.h5 Nh6 33.hxg6 Nxg4 34.gxf7+ Kxf7 35.
Bxg4 Nf5 36.e4 Nxd4 37.Bh5+ Kf6 38.Rg6+ Kf7 39.Qg4 Kg8 40.Bxd4 Rxd4 41.
Nxe6 Qe5 42.Nxg7 Qxe4+ 43.Qxe4 Rxe4 44.Nf5+ Kh7 45.Rh6+ Kg8 46.Kg2 Rf8 47.
Rg6+ Kh7 48.Rh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karmacharya Punya, Man"]
[Black "Momeni, Hadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f4 Qc7 12.Qe2 b5 13.a3 Qb7 14.e5 Bxg2 15.
Qxg2 Qxg2+ 16.Kxg2 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Ne3+ 
21.Kf3 Nxc2 22.Rd7 Nxa1 23.Rxe7 a6 24.Ne4 Nb3 25.Ke3 Na5 26.Nd6 Nc6 27.
Rxf7 Rd8 28.Rc7 Nxe5 29.Nb7 Rd5 30.Nc5 Nc4+ 31.Ke4 Re5+ 32.Kd4 Re2 33.b3 
Nxa3 34.Nxa6 Rxh2 35.Nc5 Rg2 36.Ne4 h6 37.Re7 Nb1 38.Rxe6 Nd2 39.Nxd2 
Rxd2+ 40.Kc3 Rd5 41.Re3 Kf7 42.Kb4 Kf6 43.Rc3 h5 44.Rc5 Rxc5 45.Kxc5 g5 
0-1

[Event "zonal 3.1a"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kayle, Charles"]
[Black "Omearat, Adel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 
1/2-1/2

