[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D76"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 
Nc6 9.e3 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.e4 c6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 cxd5 14.exd5 Nac4 15.Bc5 
Rf7 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.Rfd1 Bf8 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.d6 Qd7 
22.Nd5 Qd8 23.Nc7 Rxc7 24.dxc7 Qxc7 25.Rac1 Qf7 26.Bd5 Be6 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 
28.Qc4 Qxc4 29.Rxc4 Bc5 30.Rd7 Rxa2 31.Rxb7 h5 32.Kg2 f5 33.h4 e4 34.Rc1 
Ra8 35.Rd1 Re8 36.Rdd7 e3 37.fxe3 Bxe3 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rh7+ Kg8 40.Rbg7+ 
Kf8 41.Rxg6 Bd4 42.Rxh5 Kf7 43.Rc6 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 
O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Bd3 e6 
15.Rfc1 Nc6 16.e5 Rad8 17.Bg5 Nxd4 18.Bxd8 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Rxd8 20.Be4 Bxe4 
21.fxe4 Bxe5 22.Rd1 Bd4 23.e5 Rd5 24.a4 Kg7 25.Kg2 Bxe5 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.
Rb5 Kf6 28.Rxd5 Ke6 29.Rd8 a5 30.h3 Bd6 31.Kf3 Bc5 32.Ke2 h5 33.f4 Kf5 34.
Kf3 f6 35.Rd3 Bg1 36.Rd5+ Ke6 37.Rd1 Bc5 38.Ke4 f5+ 39.Kf3 Bd6 40.Rd2 Bc5 
41.Rd8 h4 42.Rg8 Kd5 43.Rxg6 Kc4 44.Ke2 Kb3 45.Kd3 Kxa4 46.Kc2 Be3 47.Rh6 
b5 48.Rxh4 b4 49.Rh5 Ka3 50.Rxf5 a4 51.Kb1 Kb3 52.Re5 Bxf4 53.Re4 Bd2 54.
Re2 Bc3 55.h4 a3 56.h5 Ka4 57.Rc2 Be5 58.Re2 Bc3 59.Re3 Kb3 60.Re2 Ka4 61.
Rc2 Be5 62.Rc5 Bb2 63.Rc2 Be5 64.Re2 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.g3 Be7 14.Bc2 Rc8 15.
f4 f5 16.Qf3 Na5 17.Rae1 Nc4 18.Bc1 Rc6 19.Ba4 Rb6 20.Bb3 Bf6 21.Qd3 Bf7 
22.Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.
cxd5 b5 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Bxb5 dxe5 12.O-O Qb6 13.a4 Ba6 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 
Bxe5 16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.d6 Bxb5 19.axb5 c4+ 20.Kh1 Nd7 21.Qd5 Qc5 
22.Qc6 Rad8 23.Rae1 Qd4 24.Rd1 Qg4 25.h3 Qh4 26.Ne4 Rfe8 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.
Qxc5 Rd7 29.Rc1 Qg3 30.Rxc4 Qxd6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Rc7 Rf8 33.Ra1 Rb6 34.Ra5
h5 35.Kg1 Ra8 36.b4 Rf8 37.Rcxa7 Rfb8 38.Rc7 Rxb5 39.Rxb5 Rxb5 40.Rc4 Kf6 
41.Kf2 Ke6 42.Ke3 g5 43.Kd3 f5 44.h4 f4 45.hxg5 Rxg5 46.Rc2 Rg3+ 47.Ke4 
Rb3 48.Rc6+ Kd7 49.Rc4 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nc3 Be5 7.d6 Qb6 8.Nf3 
Bxd6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bh3 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rb1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.
Nd2 d6 16.Bxc8 Rxc8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.e3 Re8 19.Kg2 Bf8 20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Rbd1 Ne5
22.Qf5 Qd7 23.Qxd7 Nxd7 24.Ndc3 Rc6 25.g4 Nb6 26.f3 Nc4 27.Nd5 Re5 28.b3 
Rxd5 29.bxc4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Ra6 31.Rd2 Ra4 32.Rc2 Be7 33.h4 Ra3 34.Re2 Ra4 
35.Rc2 Ra3 36.Re2 g6 37.h5 Kg7 38.hxg6 fxg6 39.f4 Ra4 40.Rd2 Rxc4 41.Nxd6 
Bxd6 42.Rxd6 g5 43.Kf3 gxf4 44.exf4 Rb4 45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.Rd6+ Kg7 47.Rd7+ 
Kf6 48.Rd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 
Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Qd8 
15.Qxd8+ Bxd8 16.Be2 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Nd6 Bc7 19.Rd1 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Be6 
21.b4 f6 22.Kb2 Rd8 23.Bc5 b6 24.Bd4 Ne5 25.a4 Kf7 26.Kb3 Rc8 27.Ra1 Nc4 
28.Ra2 Bf5 29.Bf3 Ke6 30.Bc3 Ne5 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.a5 Rc1 33.axb6 Rb1+ 34.
Ka4 axb6 35.Rd2 e4 36.Be2 Ke5 37.Kb5 Kd6 38.Kxb6 Rxb4+ 39.Ka5 Rb1 40.Bc4 
Be6 41.Ka4 Rh1 42.g3 Kc5 43.Ba2 Rc1 44.Ka3 Kd6 45.Kb2 Rc7 46.Bb3 Ke5 47.
Rd4 Rc5 48.Rd2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Qe3 Bb7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.f5 Qd7 15.
Kb1 O-O-O 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.g3 b4 18.Ne2 e5 19.Nc1 Qc6 20.Bd3 Kb8 21.Nb3 Rc8
22.Na5 Qc5 23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Nxb7 Kxb7 25.Be2 a5 26.Bg4 Kc7 27.Be6 a4 28.Rd3
Rb8 29.Rf1 Kd8 30.g4 Kc7 31.Rh3 Rh8 32.Rff3 Rb5 33.c3 Rb6 34.cxb4 Rxb4 35.
Rc3+ Kb8 36.Bd5 Bd8 37.Rc6 Rb6 38.Rc4 Ra6 39.Rb4+ 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Ne4 Bc7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nf8 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16.Nc5 Rab8 17.a3 Be8 18.Ba2 Kh8 19.Nd3 b6 20.b4 Rdc8 21.Rd2 Ra8 
22.Qb2 a5 23.Rdc2 axb4 24.axb4 f6 25.Rc3 Ra7 26.Ra3 Rxa3 27.Qxa3 Bg6 28.
Nfe1 Bd6 29.Qa6 Qd8 30.Qc4 Ra8 31.Bb1 Be8 32.g3 Qe7 33.e4 Rd8 34.e5 Bb8 
35.Nf3 Qd7 36.Ba2 Bh5 37.Nde1 Be8 38.Nd3 Bh5 39.Nde1 Be8 40.Nd3 Bh5 41.
Nde1 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Re1 Bd7 
9.e4 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 e5 13.dxe5 Ndxe5 14.Be2 Na5 15.c5 
Nec4 16.Bf4 dxc5 17.Qc2 c6 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.b3 Ne5 20.Na4 c4 21.b4 Qxb4 22.
Bd2 Qa3 23.Bxa5 b5 24.Nb6 Rab8 25.Qd2 c3 26.Bxc3 Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 Bxc3 28.Qe3 
Rxb6 29.Rd3 Rfb8 30.Rxc3 Qxa2 31.Rd1 Qe6 32.Rcd3 R8b7 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Qc5 
Qe7 35.Qc3+ f6 36.g4 b4 37.Qc4 b3 38.Rg8+ Kh6 39.Qc1+ g5 40.h4 Rb5 41.
hxg5+ Rxg5 42.Kg2 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Rd1 Bd3 13.Bxd3 cxd3 14.Be3 Bb4 15.
O-O Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qd5 17.Bd4 O-O 18.Rfe1 b5 19.Qb3 Rfd8 20.Rxd3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 a5 22.f4 a4 23.bxa4 bxa4 24.Ra1 a3 25.Rd2 g5 26.g3 Ra4 27.fxg5 Nxe5 
28.Kf2 Nc4 29.Re2 Rd5 30.Bf6 h6 31.h4 Nd2 32.Be7 Ne4+ 33.Kg2 Nxc3 34.Re3 
Nb5 35.Bxa3 hxg5 36.hxg5 Rxg5 37.Bb2 Rxa1 38.Bxa1 Rd5 39.Be5 Kh7 40.Kf3 
Kg6 41.Ke4 f6 42.Bf4 Rc5 43.Re1 e5 44.Be3 Rc3 45.g4 Nd6+ 46.Kd5 Rd3+ 47.
Ke6 Ne4 48.Ke7 Ng5 49.Bc5 Rg3 50.Bd6 Rxg4 51.Rf1 Nh7 52.Ke6 Rd4 53.Rf2 
Ng5+ 54.Ke7 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 e5 8.Be3 d6 9.
h3 O-O 10.Na3 b6 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bc1 Ba6 
16.Re1 Ndb4 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.dxc5 Qd3 19.cxb6 Qxb3 20.axb3 axb6 21.Bd2 Nd3 
22.Re6 Rac8 23.Ne1 Nxe1 24.Raxe1 Nd4 25.Rxb6 Bd3 26.Kh2 Rfd8 27.Bc3 f5 28.
Rb7 Bf8 29.Rd1 Bxa3 30.Rxd3 Bc5 31.b4 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O 
Re8 9.Re1 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bc7 14.Bg5 Bb6 
15.e3 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd4 Qe5 18.Qd2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.Red1 Rac8 21.Ne2 
Bc6 22.Rac1 Rcd8 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.e3 Ne7 12.g4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.e4 
dxe4 16.Nxe4 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Bg7 18.a4 a5 19.Ra3 Nc6 20.Rh3 Nd4 21.b3 Bd7 22.
Ba3 Rfc8 23.Rd3 Be8 24.Be7 Nc2 25.Bf6 Ne3 26.Rxe3 Qxe3 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qa1+ Kg8 29.Nf6+ Kf7 30.Nxh7 Qc3 31.Ng5+ Kg8 32.Qb1 Ra6 33.Bxb7 Bc6+ 34.
Bxc6 Qxc6+ 35.Nf3 Qc2 36.Qe1 Qxb3 37.Qe4 Qc2 38.Qe5 Qxa4 39.Qf6 Qe8 40.Ne5
Rc2 41.Kg1 Ra7 42.Rd1 Rc8 43.Rd6 a4 44.Nxg6 Rg7 45.Rxe6 Qd7 46.Ne7+ Rxe7 
47.Qxe7 Qd1+ 48.Kf2 Qxg4 49.Qg5+ Qxg5 50.fxg5 Ra8 51.Re2 a3 52.Ra2 Kg7 53.
Ke3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D76"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 
Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Rd1 Qc8 16.e4 Bd7 17.Bf4 Bg4 18.Rdc1 Qc4 19.e5 Be6 20.Qa3 Rab8 21.Bf1 Qc6 
22.Bg2 Qc4 23.Qxa7 Qa6 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Ne2 Red8 26.b3 Nd5 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.
h4 h6 29.Nc3 Bf3 30.Re1 Rbc8 31.Rac1 Kh7 32.Na4 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 f6 34.exf6 
Bxf6 35.Nc5 g5 36.Ne6 Rd5 37.Be3 gxh4 38.Nf4 Rd8 39.Kh2 Rf8 40.Rc5 hxg3+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 
Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O g6 12.Rab1 O-O 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bd7 15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16.a5 Nc8 17.Na4 Nd6 18.Nb6 Rad8 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.Nc1 Qg5 21.Nb3 
Rde7 22.Re2 f5 23.g3 f4 24.exf4 Nxf4 25.Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Bf1 Nf5 27.Qd1 Re4 
28.Kh1 Nh5 29.Nc5 Rxd4 30.Qe1 Nhg7 31.Nxb7 Re4 32.Qc3 Ne7 33.Nc5 Qf5 34.
Qc2 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 Re5 36.Qd1 Qc3 37.Rb3 Re1 38.Rxc3 Rxd1 39.Kg2 Ngf5 40.Bxa6
Rb1 41.Nb3 Rb2 42.Bb7 d4 43.Rd3 Ne3+ 44.Kh3 Rxf2 45.Nxd4 Nf1 46.Nf3 h5 47.
a6 Ra2 48.Rd1 Ne3 49.Rd2 Ra4 50.Re2 N7d5 51.Nd4 g5 52.Nxc6 Kg7 53.Nd4 g4+ 
54.Kh4 Kh6 55.Bxd5 Nxd5 56.Re6+ Kg7 57.Rd6 Nxb4 58.Kxh5 Nxa6 59.Kxg4 Kf7 
60.Kh3 Nc5 61.Nf5 Ne6 62.g4 Ng5+ 63.Kh4 Nf3+ 64.Kh5 Nxh2 65.g5 Ra5 66.g6+ 
Ke8 67.g7 Kf7 68.Rd7+ Ke6 69.g8=Q+ Kxd7 70.Qg7+ Ke6 71.Qe7+ Kxf5 72.Qg5+ 
Ke4 73.Qxa5 Nf3 74.Kg4 Nd4 75.Qd2 Ke5 76.Qd3 Ne6 77.Qe3+ Kd5 78.Kf5 Nd4+ 
79.Kf6 Kc4 80.Ke5 Nc6+ 81.Ke4 Nb4 82.Qc1+ Kb3 83.Qc5 Na2 84.Kd4 Kb2 85.Kc4
Nc1 86.Qb4+ Kc2 87.Qe1 Na2 88.Qf2+ Kb1 89.Kb3 Nc1+ 90.Ka3 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd2 Bb7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Qd1 Bc8 
15.Bc2 g6 16.Ne2 Nxe5 17.Bc3 Bf6 18.Nf4 Kg7 19.Qe2 a5 20.Rfd1 Ba6 21.Qe1 
Rh8 22.e4 d4 23.Bxd4 Nf3+ 24.gxf3 Bxd4 25.Ng2 Rh3 26.Qd2 c5 27.Qf4 Be2 28.
Re1 Rxf3 29.Rxe2 Rxf4 30.Nxf4 Qg5+ 31.Ng2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Kh1 
a6 9.a4 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 
dxe5 16.Ba7 Ra8 17.g5 Rd8 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Be3 Be6 20.Qf2 Rdc8 21.Bg4 Nd6 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 23.g6 hxg6 24.Qg2 Rf8 25.Qxg6 Bf6 26.Qg4 Rae8 27.Rf3 Qc4 28.Rg1 
Re7 29.Rh3 b5 30.Qg6 b4 31.Rh6 bxc3 32.Qh7+ Kf7 33.Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.O-O d6 
9.Nxd4 Nbd7 10.Re1 e5 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Nf1 Rc8 14.Ne3 O-O 15.a4 g6 
16.b3 Nc5 17.Qc2 Re8 18.Ba3 Ne6 19.Qb1 Bf8 20.Rd1 Nd4 21.Nc2 b5 22.axb5 
axb5 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Nxb5 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Bb2 Bg7 27.Qd3 d5 28.Bxd4 
dxc4 29.bxc4 Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Qg5 31.Nd6 Nxd6 32.Qxd6 Rxc4 33.Ra7 Rce4 34.Qd5 
Qf6 35.Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O a6 9.
axb5 cxb5 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.Bf3 Qb6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.b3 cxb3 14.Qxb3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3
Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.e4 Nh5 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.Qe3 Rfd8 21.Ba5 Rdc8
22.Rfd1 Qd6 23.Qg5 g6 24.d5 e5 25.Qe3 Nf4 26.Kh1 Rab8 27.Qb3 b4 28.Rdc1 
Qd7 29.Rxc8+ Rxc8 30.Bxb4 Qh3 31.Rg1 Rc1 32.Be1 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.c3 Re8 
9.Nbd2 b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 exd4 13.Rxe8+ Qxe8 14.Nxd4 Bxd5 15.
Bb2 Nc5 16.c4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Ng4 18.h3 Ne5 19.N2f3 Ned3 20.Bc3 Qe4 21.Kg1 a5
22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Nd2 Qe7 24.N2f3 Qe4 25.Nd2 Qa8 26.N2f3 Nb4 27.Qb1 Qe4 28.
Qxe4 Nxe4 29.Bxb4 axb4 30.Re1 f5 31.Nc6 Rd3 32.Kg2 Bc3 33.Re2 Rd1 34.g4 
Kf7 35.gxf5 gxf5 36.Nfe5+ Kf6 37.f3 Bxe5 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Rxe4 Rd2+ 40.Kf3 
Bd6 41.Re2 Rd3+ 42.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.g3 Bd7 9.
h4 h6 10.Bh3 O-O-O 11.O-O Ne7 12.h5 Kb8 13.Nh4 Nc8 14.Ng2 Be7 15.Kh2 Rdg8 
16.Ne3 Qd8 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Rb1 Qe8 19.Re1 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 c6 9.
h5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Qb6 11.h6 Bh8 12.Rb1 Bd7 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Rfc8 15.g4 Qd8 
16.f3 Ne8 17.Nh3 Nac7 18.b4 Bf6 19.a4 Na6 20.Bb5 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Nb8 22.Na3 
Nd7 23.a5 a6 24.Ke2 b6 25.Qa4 bxa5 26.Qxa5 Rc7 27.Rhc1 Qb8 28.Rc6 Rxc6 29.
dxc6 Nb6 30.Bg5 Bxg5 31.Nxg5 Nc7 32.Rd1 f6 33.Rxd6 fxg5 34.Qxe5 Ne8 35.
Qe6+ Kf8 36.Rd2 Ra7 37.Rc2 Re7 38.Qb3 Qh2+ 39.Kd1 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 h6 11.h3 Ne7 12.Nd4 Ng6 13.f4 Bc5 14.Ne4 
Bxd4+ 15.Rxd4 b6 16.Be3 Bf5 17.Ng3 Ne7 18.c4 h5 19.Rad1 h4 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 
21.R4d3 Rc8 22.Kf2 Ke7 23.Kf3 c5 24.Bf2 Ke6 25.Kg4 a5 26.b3 Ra8 27.Rd7 
Rac8 28.R1d5 Rh6 29.Rd8 Rh8 30.R8d7 Rh6 31.a3 Rhh8 32.Rd3 Nd4 33.Rd5 Nf5 
34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 cxb4 36.c5 bxc5 37.Rxc5 c6 38.Rc4 g6 39.Rxb4 Rhd8 40.
Rbb3 Rxd3 41.Rxd3 Ra8 42.Rd2 Ra4 43.Rc2 Kd7 44.Kg5 Re4 45.Bc5 Ke6 46.Bb6 
Ne7 47.Bd8 Nf5 48.Bb6 Ne7 49.Bf2 Kd7 50.Bxh4 Nd5 51.Bg3 Ra4 52.h4 Ne3 53.
Rd2+ Ke8 54.Re2 Nf5 55.Bf2 Ng7 56.g3 c5 57.Rb2 Ne6+ 58.Kf6 Ra6 59.Rb8+ 
Nd8+ 60.Kg7 Rc6 61.g4 Kd7 62.f5 Kc7 63.Rxd8 Kxd8 64.Kxf7 gxf5 65.gxf5 Rc7+
66.Kf8 Re7 67.e6 Re8+ 68.Kf7 Re7+ 69.Kg6 c4 70.Bd4 Ke8 71.h5 c3 72.Bxc3 
Rc7 73.Bg7 Rc2 74.f6 Rg2+ 75.Kh7 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6 
9.O-O exd5 10.exd5 O-O 11.Nbc3 Na6 12.d6 Nb4 13.Be3 c4 14.a4 Bf5 15.a5 Nc8
16.a6 Nxd6 17.axb7 Rb8 18.Bxa7 Nxb7 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Ra4 Nc2 21.Bxb8 Rxb8 
22.Rxc4 Bd3 23.Rc7 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Bxe2 25.Rc1 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Nb5 Nxd4 8.Bxa5 
Qxa5+ 9.b4 Qb6 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Nf3 Ne7 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Ng6 14.Nf3 a5 
15.b5 Bd7 16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.O-O-O Rc8 19.Kb2 Ne7 20.g4 Rc5 21.a4 
Nc8 22.Nd2 Nb6 23.Ra1 Ke7 24.f3 e5 25.Bd3 h6 26.Rhe1 Be6 27.Rg1 Rc7 28.
Rge1 Nd7 29.Nb3 Ra8 30.Re2 Kd6 31.Rd1 Nb6 32.Ka3 Rc3 33.Ra1 d4 34.Be4 Bd5 
35.Rd1 Rac8 36.f4 Bxe4 37.Rxe4 Rxc2 38.Nxa5 Kd5 39.Rde1 R8c3+ 40.Nb3 Nc4+ 
41.Kb4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 f6 13.Nf3 f5 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.Rc1 Ne7 
16.Qb3 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Rc8 18.Qa3 a6 19.b3 Bf6 20.e3 Kg7 21.Be1 Be8 22.Nb1 
Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Nbc8 24.Bb4 Rg8 25.Nd2 Bb5 26.Ndf3 h6 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Na7
29.Ba5 Qe8 30.Kf2 Nec6 31.Qc5 Be7 32.Qb6 Qc8 33.Nxc6 Nxc6 34.Ne5 Bd8 35.
Qc5 Bxa5 36.Nxc6 bxc6 37.Qxa5 Qb7 38.Qc5 Rc8 39.Qd6 Kf7 40.Kf3 Qc7 41.Qa3 
Qb7 42.Rc5 g5 43.h3 Kf6 44.Qa5 Rg8 45.Qc3 g4+ 46.hxg4 Qg7 47.g5+ hxg5 48.
Qe1 Rh8 49.fxg5+ Qxg5 50.Ke2 Rh3 51.Rxc6 Rxg3 52.Kd2 Rg1 53.Qe2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bh4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qe5 18.Nc3 Ng4 19.Be2 Ne3 20.fxe3 Qxe3+ 21.
Kh2 Qh6+ 22.Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 c5 7.b4 b6 8.Bb2 d6
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.d3 d5 13.e3 cxb4 14.axb4 dxc4 15.dxc4 
Bd5 16.Rxa7 Rxc4 17.Qa3 Qb8 18.b5 Rc5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 g6 
22.Ra1 Qd6 23.Kg1 Qd5 24.Ra8 Rxa8 25.Qxa8+ Kg7 26.Qxd5 Nxd5 27.Ra7 Rc7 28.
Ra6 Rc4 29.Ra7 Kf6 30.Rb7 e5 31.Nc6 Rc1+ 32.Kg2 e4 33.Nd4 Rc7 34.Rb8 Ke7 
35.g4 f6 36.h4 Kd6 37.Re8 Re7 38.Rf8 Rc7 39.g5 Ke7 40.Rh8 Kd6 41.Kg3 fxg5 
42.hxg5 Rf7 43.Rd8+ Rd7 44.Rf8 Rc7 45.Rd8+ Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Bd6 
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 h6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Ne5 
Nxe4 16.Qxe4 c5 17.Qg4 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Qg5 19.h4 Qxg4 20.Nxg4 Rfd8 21.Be5 Be7
22.h5 Bc6 23.Ne3 f5 24.Nc2 Be8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Nd4 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Nb5
Rd7 29.Re1 Kf7 30.f3 Kf6 31.g4 a6 32.Nc3 Rd3 33.Nd5+ exd5 34.Rxe8 dxc4 35.
bxc4 Rxf3 36.gxf5 Rxf5 37.Rb8 b5 38.Rb6+ Kf7 39.Rxa6 bxc4 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.
Rc7 Rxh5 42.Rc6+ Kf7 43.Rc7+ Kg6 44.Rc6+ Kh7 45.Rxc4 Rh3 46.Ra4 h5 47.Kg2 
Rc3 48.Ra8 Kh6 49.Ra6+ g6 50.Ra4 Rc5 51.Rf4 Kg5 52.Ra4 h4 53.Kh3 Rc3+ 54.
Kg2 Kh5 55.Rb4 Rc2+ 56.Kh3 g5 57.Rb5 Rc3+ 58.Kh2 Ra3 59.Rb2 g4 60.Rb5+ Kg6
61.Kg1 h3 62.Kh2 Rxa2+ 63.Kg3 Rg2+ 64.Kh4 h2 65.Rb1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.e4 
Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Be2 h6 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.O-O Qd8 13.Bd1 Be7 14.Bc2 Nb6 15.
Qe2 Kf8 16.Be3 Nbd7 17.Nd2 Qa5 18.Nc4 Qd8 19.f4 Kg8 20.a4 a5 21.f5 exf5 
22.Rxf5 Nf8 23.Rff1 Bg4 24.Qf2 Bh5 25.Rxb7 Ng4 26.Qd2 Ne6 27.d5 Nxe3 28.
Nxe3 Bc5 29.Kh1 Ng5 30.Nc4 Qc8 31.Rbb1 Bg6 32.Ne5 cxd5 33.Nxg6 fxg6 34.
Qxd5+ Kh7 35.e5 Rd8 36.Qa2 Qe6 37.h4 Qg4 38.Bxg6+ Kxg6 39.Qc2+ Kh5 40.Qe2 
Qxe2 41.Nxe2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.O-O-O 
dxc4 9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qb3 a5 11.e4 a4 12.Qc2 Na6 13.Kb1 O-O 14.h4 a3 15.b3 Nb4
16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Qe3 Qa5 18.e5 Be7 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Ne4 Rfd8 21.Nfd2 Nd5 22.Qd3
Nb4 23.Qc3 c5 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Be2 Bd4 26.Qg3 Nd5 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qd3 Bxe5 
29.Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.Kxc1 Bb2+ 31.Kd1 Qc7 32.Qc2 Qe5 33.Qd3 f5 34.Qxb5 Qb8 35.
Qd7 fxe4 36.Qxe6+ Kh8 37.Nxe4 Nc3+ 38.Nxc3 Bxc3 39.Qf5 Qe8 40.Qd3 Bf6 41.
g3 Be4 42.Qd6 Qd8 43.Qxd8+ Bxd8 44.h5 Kg8 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Ne4 11.Bg3 c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Ng5 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16.O-O a6 17.d5 e5 18.d6 Qf6 19.h4 Bf4 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Qd8 
22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Qe4 Nf6 25.Qxf4 Qd7 26.Nf5 Rae8 27.Rd4 Re2 28.
Nxh6 Rxb2 29.Nf5 Rb5 30.Ne7 Qe6 31.Rfd1 Nd7 32.Rd5 Nf6 33.Rxb5 axb5 34.Qg5
Qe2 35.Rd2 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 37.Qxe5 Ng4+ 38.Kg3 Nxe5 39.Rd5 f6 40.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 
Kf8 9.Qd1 Ne7 10.Nf3 b6 11.c4 Nbc6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.c3 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 Ba6 
15.Be3 dxc4 16.Rd6 Rc8 17.Bxc5 Ke8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Rc6 20.Rxc6 Nxc6 
21.Kd2 Kd7 22.Kc3 Rb8 23.Bxc4 Bxc4 24.Kxc4 a6 25.Kc3 Ne7 26.Rd1 Nd5+ 27.
Kc2 h5 28.Rd3 Rb7 29.Rf3 Kc6 30.h3 g6 31.g3 Kb5 32.Rb3+ Kc6 33.Rf3 Kb5 34.
Kb3 Rd7 35.a4+ Kc6 36.Kc4 Rb7 37.g4 h4 38.g5 Rd7 39.Kd3 Rc7 40.Ke4 Rb7 41.
Ba3 Kb6 42.Rb3+ Kc6 43.Rd3 Rb1 44.Rf3 Re1+ 45.Kd3 Rd1+ 46.Ke4 Re1+ 47.Kd3 
Rd1+ 48.Kc4 Nb6+ 49.Kb3 Rxd4 50.Bd6 Nd5 51.Rxf7 Rd3+ 52.Kc4 Rxh3 53.Rg7 
Rf3 54.Rxg6 Rf4+ 55.Kb3 Rf3+ 56.Kc4 Rf4+ 57.Kb3 Rf3+ 58.Kc4 Rf4+ 59.Kb3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nb3 b6 15.a5 Nc5 
16.Qc2 Kh8 17.axb6 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 cxb6 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.Ba5 Qd7 21.Bb6 Qb7 
22.Qb3 Ng8 23.Qb5 Bd2 24.Ra7 Qb8 25.Qc6 Bxc3 26.Ra8 Qxa8 27.Qxa8 Nf6 28.
exf5 Bd4 29.Ba5 Ne4 30.Be1 gxf5 31.Qb8 Kg8 32.h3 Be6 33.Qb7 Bf7 34.Bd3 Bg6
35.Qc7 Ng5 36.Qxd6 e4 37.Bf1 Ra8 38.Bd2 Nf7 39.Qe6 Kf8 40.h4 Ra2 41.Be3 f4
42.Bxd4 cxd4 43.h5 Bxh5 44.Qxe4 Ra1 45.Qxd4 Rd1 46.Qb2 Bg4 47.f3 Bf5 48.
Kf2 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.a4 Bd7 
9.c3 O-O 10.d4 h6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Nf5 b4 17.cxb4 cxb4 18.N3h4 Be6 19.Qf3 Nd7 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.Bd2 Qf6 22.
Rad1 Rec8 23.Bb1 Nb6 24.f4 Nbc4 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Bf4 Qxb2 27.e5 Na3 28.Be4 
Ra7 29.Be3 Rac7 30.Bd4 Qb3 31.Rd3 Qxa4 32.Nd6 Nc2 33.Nxf7+ Bxf7 34.e6 Nxe1
35.Ng6+ Kg8 36.exf7+ Rxf7 37.Qxe1 Rd8 38.Nxf8 Rfxf8 39.h3 Qb5 40.Qe3 Nc6 
41.Bb2 a5 42.Bd5+ Rxd5 43.Qe6+ Kh7 44.Rxd5 Qc4 45.Kh2 Rf2 46.Bd4 Nxd4 47.
Qe4+ Kg8 48.Rxd4 Qc7+ 49.Kg1 Rf8 50.Qd3 Qb6 51.Kh2 b3 52.Rd5 Kh8 53.Rb5 
Qc7+ 54.Kg1 a4 55.Qd5 b2 56.Qa2 Qc1+ 57.Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.g3 cxd4 4.Bg2 Qa5+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.e3 
dxe3 9.Bxe3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Ne1 Ne4 12.Be3 f5 13.Nd3 Bd6 14.f4 O-O 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qc7 19.c3 a5 20.Nc1 Rac8 21.Ne2
Qc4 22.Qxc4 Rxc4 23.Rad1 Rc5 24.Nf4 Kf7 25.Nxd5 Nf6 26.Nxf6 Kxf6 27.Rd6 b5
28.Re1 Re5 29.Rxe5 Kxe5 30.Rb6 Bc4 31.b3 Bd3 32.Bf1 Rd8 33.Bxd3 Rxd3 34.
Rxb5+ Ke4 35.Rxa5 g5 36.Ra4+ Kf3 37.Rd4 Rxc3 38.Rd1 Rc2 39.Rf1+ Ke3 40.
Rxf5 g4 41.Re5+ Kf3 42.Rf5+ Ke3 43.Rf4 h5 44.a4 Rb2 45.b4 Rb1+ 46.Rf1 Rxb4
47.Ra1 Rb6 48.a5 Ra6 49.Ra4 Ke2 50.Kg2 Ke3 51.h3 Ra8 52.a6 Ra7 53.Ra5 Ke4 
54.Kh2 Kf3 55.Rxh5 Rxa6 56.Rf5+ Ke4 57.Rf4+ Ke5 58.hxg4 Ra8 59.Rf5+ Ke6 
60.Kh3 Rh8+ 61.Rh5 Ra8 62.Kh4 Kf6 63.Rh6+ Kg7 64.Rb6 Ra7 65.Kh5 Kh7 66.g5 
Kg7 67.g4 Rc7 68.Rg6+ Kh7 69.Re6 Kg7 70.Re5 Ra7 71.Rf5 Ra1 72.g6 Rh1+ 73.
Kg5 Ra1 74.Rf7+ Kg8 75.Rb7 Rc1 76.g7 Rc5+ 77.Kh6 Rc6+ 78.Kh5 Rc5+ 79.g5 
Ra5 80.Rb8+ Kxg7 81.Rb7+ Kg8 82.Kh6 Ra6+ 83.g6 Ra8 84.Rg7+ Kh8 85.Rf7 Kg8 
86.Rf5 Ra1 87.Kg5 Kg7 88.Rf7+ Kg8 89.Rb7 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d5 6.Qc2 c5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Bxb4 
axb4 9.cxd5 O-O 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nb3 exd5 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Rc8 14.Qd3 Bh5 
15.N1d2 Bg6 16.Qd4 Qb5 17.f4 Nc6 18.Qf2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Qe3 Ne7 22.Nd4 Qd5 23.f5 Rd8 24.Rad1 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rf4
h6 28.Rxe4 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Kh7 30.f6 Qxf6+ 31.Rf4 Qxb2 32.Qe4+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Kh7
34.Qxf7 Qb1 35.Qc4 Rh1 36.Qe4+ Qxe4 37.Rxe4 Rxh3 38.Rxb4 Rh5 39.Rxb7 Ra5 
40.Rb2 Ra3 41.e3 Kg6 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.g4+ Ke5 44.Rb7 Kf6 45.Rb6+ Kg5 46.Rb2 
Ra4 47.Rd2 Kf6 48.Rd6+ Kg5 49.Rd5+ Kf6 50.Rd2 Kg5 51.Rc2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 b4 10.Na4 Nxe4 11.Be5 Nf6 12.Bxc4 Nbd7 13.O-O g4 14.Nd2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 
Nd7 16.Qxg4 Nxe5 17.Qe4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Qd5 19.Qf4 Ba6 20.Ne5 O-O-O 21.Nxc6 
Bd6 22.Qc1 Kd7 23.Nxd8 Bxf1 24.Qxf1 Rxd8 25.b3 Ke7 26.Rc1 Qd2 27.Qe1 Bf4 
28.Qxd2 Rxd2 29.g3 Bd6 30.Rc8 Rxa2 31.Ra8 Kf6 32.Rxa7 Bc5 33.Rb7 Bxf2+ 34.
Kh1 Bd4 35.Rxb4 e5 36.Rc4 Kf5 37.Nc3 Rb2 38.Nb5 Ke4 39.Rc1 Kf3 40.Rf1+ Bf2
41.Nc3 Rxb3 42.Nd1 Ke2 43.Rxf2+ Kxd1 44.Rf1+ Kd2 45.Rxf7 e4 46.Kg2 e3 47.
Re7 Rd3 48.g4 Rd8 49.Kf3 Rf8+ 50.Kg2 Rf4 51.Ra7 e2 52.Ra2+ Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.c3 Nf5 7.Bd4 Nxd4 8.cxd4 b6 
9.b4 a5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qa4 Bxb5 12.Qxb5+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Ne2 axb4 15.
cxb6 Nc6 16.Nd2 Be7 17.O-O Rhb8 18.f4 Rxb6 19.Nb3 Rba6 20.Nec1 Ra3 21.Rb1 
Na5 22.Rb2 Nxb3 23.axb3 Rc8 24.Ne2 f5 25.Kf2 g5 26.g3 h5 27.Rg1 g4 28.h3 
gxh3 29.Rh1 h4 30.Rxh3 hxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Ra1 32.Kf2 Rg8 33.Rh7 Rg4 34.Rc2 Rb1 
35.Ra2 Rh4 36.Ra7+ Kc6 37.Raxe7 Rxh7 38.Rxh7 Rxb3 39.Re7 Ra3 40.Rxe6+ Kb5 
41.Re8 Kc4 42.e6 Ra2 43.Rh8 Ra7 44.Rc8+ Kd3 45.Kf3 Re7 46.Rc6 Re8 47.Rb6 
Kc4 48.Ke3 b3 49.Kd2 Re7 50.Ng3 b2 51.Kc2 Rg7 52.Nxf5 Rg2+ 53.Kb1 Kc3 54.
Ka2 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 dxe4 4.dxe4 e5 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.h3 Be6 8.Bb5 Qd7
9.Be3 a6 10.Ba4 Qd3 11.Nd2 b5 12.Bd1 Rd8 13.Ne2 Bc5 14.Nc1 Qd6 15.Ncb3 
Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Nd7 17.Be2 O-O 18.O-O Nb6 19.Rfd1 Na4 20.Rab1 Qe7 21.Nf3 
Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Rd8 23.Bc2 h6 24.a3 Kf8 25.Nc1 Nb6 26.Nd3 Nc4 27.Qe2 a5 28.
Bb3 a4 29.Ba2 Qd6 30.Rd1 f6 31.Bb1 N4a5 32.Bc2 Bc4 33.Nh4 Ne7 34.Qf3 Qe6 
35.Kh2 Bxd3 36.Rxd3 Rxd3 37.Qxd3 Qb6 38.Kg1 Nb7 39.Qd7 Nc5 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.
Bb1 Qc6 42.Ba2+ Nb3 43.Qd3 Qc4 44.Qe3 Ke8 45.Nf3 Qc5 46.Bxb3 Qxe3 47.fxe3 
axb3 48.Nd2 Nc8 49.c4 c6 50.c5 Kd7 51.Kf2 Ne7 52.Nxb3 g5 53.g4 Ng6 54.Nd2 
Nf8 55.Nf1 Ne6 56.b4 Nd8 57.Ng3 Nf7 58.Ke2 Ke6 59.Kd3 Nd8 60.Kc3 Nf7 61.
Kb3 Nh8 62.a4 Ng6 63.Nf5 Kd7 64.Nd6 bxa4+ 65.Kxa4 Ne7 66.b5 cxb5+ 67.Kxb5 
Kc7 68.Ne8+ Kb7 69.Nxf6 Nc6 70.Ng8 Kc7 71.Nxh6 Nd8 72.Nf5 Nc6 73.Kc4 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.f4 Bc5 8.c3 Nc6
9.Kh1 d6 10.Nb3 Ba7 11.c4 h5 12.Qe2 Ng4 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Nd1 Bd7
16.Bd2 Bc6 17.Rb1 Qe7 18.h3 Nf6 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.Nxc3 h4 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.b4 b6
23.Rbd1 Rb8 24.Be2 Rh6 25.Rd3 e5 26.f5 Rc8 27.Rfd1 Bb7 28.R3d2 Bc6 29.c5 
bxc5 30.Bxa6 Rb8 31.b5 Ba8 32.a4 Rd8 33.a5 Nb8 34.Na4 Nxa6 35.bxa6 d5 36.
exd5 Rxa6 37.Qc3 Qd6 38.Nb6 f6 39.Rc1 c4 40.Nxc4 Qc5 41.Qb2 Qa7 42.d6 Rc6 
43.Qa2 Qf7 44.a6 Rd7 45.Qb3 Rc8 46.Qb5 Kf8 47.Rcc2 Rdd8 48.d7 Rc7 49.Nxe5 
1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.b3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Bb2 a5 9.
Nc3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 b5 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bb7 15.Bd4
Qd7 16.Qd2 b4 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 e6 19.e3 Bc6 20.f4 Qb7 21.Bc5 Bd7 22.Bd6
Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Qc1 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 f6 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Qc5 Qc6 28.Kf2 Bc3
29.Qxc6 Bxc6 30.a4 bxa3 31.Bxa3 Kf7 32.Bc5 Ke8 33.Bf1 Kd7 34.Bd3 e5 35.
fxe5 Bxe5 36.Bb6 a4 37.bxa4 Bxa4 38.Bd4 Ke6 39.Ba6 Bd7 40.Bf1 Ba4 41.Bh3+ 
Kd6 42.Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.Qxd5 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Bc4
d6 9.Qh5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Qa5+ 13.c3 Nc6 14.O-O Rae8 
15.Qd1 Qc7 16.Bh4 Rf7 17.Re1 b5 18.Bg3 Rd7 19.Qb3 Qb6 20.Rad1 Na5 21.Qc2 
Qc6 22.Qe2 Nb7 23.Rd2 c4 24.Qh5 Rf7 25.f3 e5 26.Red1 Re6 27.Qg5 h6 28.Qe3 
Nc5 29.Rd5 Nd3 30.b3 Rb7 31.Rb1 Ree7 32.h3 Rf7 33.Kh2 a6 34.Qd2 Rf6 35.Qe3
Kh7 36.Rd1 Rbf7 37.Rb1 Rb7 38.Bh4 Rg6 39.Bg3 Re6 40.Qd2 Rf6 41.Qe3 Qc7 42.
Qd2 Qc8 43.Qe3 Rg6 44.Rd1 h5 45.f4 h4 46.Bxh4 Nxf4 47.R5d2 cxb3 48.axb3 
Rc7 49.Rc1 Qe6 50.b4 Rc4 51.Rf1 Qc8 52.Rf3 Qc6 53.g3 Rxe4 54.Qf2 Nd5 55.
Rf8 Qc4 56.Qf3 Rxh4 57.gxh4 Nf6 58.h5 Rg5 59.Rxf6 gxf6 60.Qxf6 Rg7 61.Qf5+
Kg8 62.Rf2 Qxc3 63.Qe6+ Kh7 64.Qf5+ Kh8 65.Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Rd1 c5 13.Nxb5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bb8 15.
Qe2 Nd5 16.f4 Qh4 17.Qf3 Kh8 18.Nc3 f5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bd2 cxd4 21.exd4 
Rc6 22.Rac1 Rg6+ 23.Kf1 Qxh2 24.Be3 Qh4 25.Ke2 Qe7 26.Rh1 Rb6 27.b4 g6 28.
Qxd5 Bxf4 29.Kd2 Nf6 30.Qf3 Bxe3+ 31.fxe3 a5 32.Rc5 axb4 33.a4 Re6 34.Qg3 
f4 35.exf4 Re2+ 36.Kc1 Re3 37.Qxg6 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.c3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Be2 Bg6 15.
Nh4 Be4 16.Bd3 f6 17.Be3 f5 18.Bd4 Rae8 19.Nf3 Ng6 20.Bf1 h6 21.Nfd2 Nf4 
22.Re3 Ne6 23.Re1 Nexd4 24.Nxd4 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Qb6 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Re2 Kh8 
28.Rc1 Bf4 29.Rc3 Qg6 30.Re1 Qg5 31.Bb5 Re7 32.Rf1 Ref7 33.Qg4 Qf6 34.Qd1 
Bc7 35.Rc2 e3 36.fxe3 Qd6 37.Rxc7 Qxc7 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.Qd2 Qc7 40.Be2 Qg3 
41.Bg4 g6 42.Qe2 Rf6 43.Bf3 Rc6 44.Qd2 Qc7 45.Qb4 Qf7 46.Qa5 b6 47.Qb5 
Rc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc2+ 49.Kg1 h5 50.a4 h4 51.Qb4 Kg7 52.Qd6 Qe8 53.Qf4 Qe7 54.
Bxd5 g5 55.Qf3 Rxb2 56.Be4 Ra2 57.Qf5 Ra1+ 58.Kf2 Qf6 59.Qxf6+ Kxf6 60.Bc6
Rc1 61.Bb5 Rc3 62.Kf3 Ra3 63.Ke4 a6 64.Bc6 Rb3 65.d5 Rb4+ 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.g3
b5 68.axb5 a5 69.gxh4 gxh4 70.d6 Kxd6 71.e4 a4 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.d4 
Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5 10.O-O b4 11.Na4 Rc8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Qa4+ Bc6 
15.Qa6 O-O 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Bxb6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Ne1 Bb5 
21.Bf1 Bd4 22.Rab1 Be5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nf3 Rc8 25.Ne1 f5 26.e3 Bc6 27.f4 
Bf6 28.Bd3 Be4 29.h3 a5 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Kf2 a4 32.b3 Ra8 33.Kf1 Bc3 34.Nc2
Kg7 35.bxa4 Rxa4 36.Rb3 Rxa2 37.Nxb4 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.g4 
Be1+ 41.Ke2 Bh4 42.Kd2 Rh1 43.Nc2 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 h6 45.Rb4 Rxh3 46.Rxe4 Rg3 
47.f5 exf5 48.gxf5 Bg5 49.Ke2 Rg2+ 50.Kd3 h5 51.Nd4 Rf2 52.Ne2 Kf6 53.Ra4 
Rf3 54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Nf4 Bxf4 56.Ke4 Rf1 57.exf4 h4 58.Ra2 Rh1 59.Kf3 Kf6 
60.Kg2 Re1 61.Kh3 Kxf5 62.Kxh4 Re3 63.Rf2 f6 64.Rf1 Ke4 65.Kg4 f5+ 66.Kg5 
Rg3+ 67.Kf6 Rg4 68.Re1+ Kxf4 69.Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.
Bd3 Qe7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.g4 c5 14.d5 Nf6 15.Nde4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Bd7 17.Bb1 e5 18.Qf3 Rae8 19.Be4 a6 20.a4 Qd8 21.Rh5 b5 22.axb5 
axb5 23.cxb5 Qa5 24.Qh3 f5 25.gxf5 Kf7 26.Rxh6 Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Rh8 28.Qg6+ 
Ke7 29.Qxg5+ Kf7 30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Qg5+ Kf7 32.Bf3 Ref8 33.Bh5+ Rxh5 34.Qxh5+
Ke7 35.Qg5+ Ke8 36.Qg6+ Ke7 37.g4 Qb4 38.Qg5+ Kf7 39.Qg6+ Ke7 40.Qg7+ Rf7 
41.Qg5+ Ke8 42.Ra1 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.
Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Nc5 15.f3 
b6 16.Nc2 Qc7 17.Rfb1 Bd7 18.Ne1 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.g3 Rc8 14.Bg2 a5 15.Rhe1
a4 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd4 Qc5 18.Re3 Be7 19.c3 Rb8 20.cxb4 Qxb4 21.Qxb4 Rxb4 
22.Rc3 Rb6 23.f5 Bd8 24.Bf3 O-O 25.g4 Kg7 26.Nc2 Ra6 27.Be2 Rb6 28.Na3 Be7
29.Rc7 d5 30.Nc2 Rd8 31.fxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxd5 Bc6 33.Nd4 Bxd5 34.Nxe6+ Bxe6 
35.Rxe7 Rd4 36.Ra7 Rxe4 37.Bb5 Bxg4 38.Bxa4 f5 39.Bb3 Bh5 40.Ra5 Bg6 41.
Kc1 Re1+ 42.Kd2 Rh1 43.Re5 Rxh2+ 44.Re2 Rh3 45.Bc4 f4 46.a4 f3 47.Rf2 Be4 
48.b4 Kf6 49.a5 Ke5 50.Kc3 Kf4 51.b5 Ke3 52.Rf1 f2 53.a6 Bg2 54.Ra1 Rh4 
55.Bf1 Rh1 56.a7 Rxf1 57.Rxf1 Ke2 58.Rxf2+ Kxf2 59.Kd4 h5 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.b3 e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rd1 Na6 12.e4 Bg4 13.Be3 Qc7 14.a3 Rad8 15.b4 b6 
16.h3 Be6 17.Bf1 h6 18.Qb2 Nb8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.a4 Nh5 21.Qc1 Kh7 22.c5 
bxc5 23.Bxc5 f5 24.Nd2 Nd7 25.Be7 Rc8 26.a5 Ndf6 27.Bc5 Qd7 28.Qe1 Qf7 29.
Rd1 Rd8 30.a6 Rd7 31.Kh2 fxe4 32.Ndxe4 Nd5 33.Bg2 Nxc3 34.Rxd7 Qxd7 35.
Qxc3 Bd5 36.Qd3 Qc7 37.Qe2 Nf6 38.Nxf6+ Bxf6 39.Bxd5 cxd5 40.Qb5 Bg7 41.
Qb7 Qd8 42.Bxa7 d4 43.Bb6 Qf6 44.a7 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bb3 c6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.c4 N5b6 12.Nf3 a5 13.a4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 
e5 16.c5 Nd5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Qg3 Qe7 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Kh8 21.Be3 Rad8 
22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Bd4 Re8 24.Rd1 f5 25.Kh1 Qf8 26.Qf4 Nd7 27.Bxg7+ Qxg7 28.
Qc4 Nf6 29.Qd4 Qe7 30.Kg1 Kg7 31.Bc4 Qe5 32.Rb1 Qxd4 33.cxd4 Re7 34.f3 Kf8
35.Kf2 f4 36.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Rc8 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O Bg5 11.Nc2 h6 12.b3 Nf6 13.Ba3 O-O 14.g3 Bh3 15.Re1 
Ne8 16.Bf1 Be6 17.Nd5 Be7 18.Nxe7+ Nxe7 19.Qd2 Rc7 20.f4 f6 21.f5 Bf7 22.
Rad1 Rd7 23.Re3 Qa8 24.g4 b6 25.h4 Nc8 26.g5 Bh5 27.Rde1 Kh7 28.Rg3 Ne7 
29.Bc1 Ng8 30.Be2 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 Nc7 32.gxh6 gxh6 33.Qh5 Rff7 34.Bxh6 Nxh6 
35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Qxh6+ Rh7 37.Qxf6+ Rdg7 38.Kf2 Qg8 39.Rxg7 Qxg7 40.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Nc3 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 f6 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.b3 Bd7 14.Bc1 f5 15.Ba3 Re8 
16.Qd2 Nc8 17.e3 Qa5 18.Qb2 Nb4 19.Ne5 Nb6 20.Rfc1 Rec8 21.Bxb4 Qxb4 22.
Nxd7 Nxd7 23.a3 Qe7 24.Bf1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "195"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2
h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Kb1 O-O-O 
15.c4 c5 16.Bc3 Kb8 17.Ne5 Ka8 18.f4 Qe7 19.Rhf1 h5 20.g3 Rc8 21.Nf3 Rhd8 
22.Ng5 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Bc5 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Ne4 Bd4 26.Nd2 f5 27.Nb3 Bf6 28.
Qxh5 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Be4 30.Qe2 Rxc4 31.Nd2 Bxd3+ 32.Qxd3 Rd4 33.Qf3+ Kb8 34.
Nb3 Rd5 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Qxd1 Qb4 37.a3 Qe4+ 38.Ka2 Kc7 39.Qh5 Kd6 40.Qxf7 
Be7 41.Qe8 Qb7 42.Qh8 Kd7 43.h4 a5 44.Qd4+ Ke8 45.Nd2 b5 46.a4 Kf7 47.axb5
Qxb5 48.Nc4 Qa4+ 49.Kb1 Kg8 50.Qd3 Bf6 51.Ne5 Bxe5 52.fxe5 Kh7 53.b3 Qc6 
54.Kb2 Kg7 55.Qd2 Qb6 56.h5 Kh7 57.Qd6 Qf2+ 58.Ka3 Qxg3 59.Qxe6 Qf4 60.Qd5
Qb4+ 61.Ka2 a4 62.e6 axb3+ 63.Kb2 Kh6 64.Qxf5 Qd2+ 65.Kxb3 Qd1+ 66.Kb4 
Qd6+ 67.Kb5 Qb8+ 68.Kc6 Qa8+ 69.Kb5 Qb7+ 70.Kc4 Qa6+ 71.Kb3 Qb6+ 72.Kc2 
Qc6+ 73.Kd2 Qd6+ 74.Ke2 Qa6+ 75.Kf2 Qa2+ 76.Kg3 Qb3+ 77.Kh4 Qb4+ 78.Qg4 
Qe1+ 79.Kh3 Qh1+ 80.Kg3 Qg1+ 81.Kf4 Qc1+ 82.Ke4 Qc4+ 83.Kf3 Qf1+ 84.Ke3 
Qc1+ 85.Kf2 Qc5+ 86.Kg2 Qc2+ 87.Kh3 Qd3+ 88.Kh4 Qd8+ 89.Kg3 Kh7 90.Qf5+ 
Kh8 91.Qe5+ Kh7 92.Qe4+ Kh8 93.e7 Qd6+ 94.Kh3 Qd7+ 95.Kh4 Qe8 96.Qe5+ Kh7 
97.Qf5+ Kg7 98.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Na3 
O-O 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bb6 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Nc4 Bd8 
15.Ne3 a6 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Nd6 Bf6 18.Bd2 Rd8 19.Nxc8 Raxc8 20.Rac1 g6 21.
Bg4 Ra8 22.Be3 Ne5 23.Be2 Nc4 24.Bf3 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Bg5 26.Kf2 Re8 27.Rd3 
Re5 28.Re1 Rd8 29.g3 b6 30.h4 Bf6 31.Red1 Rc8 32.Rc1 Be7 33.a3 a5 34.Rcd1 
Bf6 35.Ke2 Re7 36.Kd2 Rec7 37.Rc1 Be5 38.Bxd5 Bxg3 39.Rh1 axb4 40.axb4 Be5
41.c4 Ra7 42.Rb3 h5 43.Kd3 Bd6 44.Rf1 Kg7 45.e4 Bg3 46.c5 bxc5 47.b5 Bxh4 
48.b6 Re7 49.b7 Rb8 50.Kc4 Rc7 51.Ra1 Rd7 52.Ra8 Rdd8 53.Kxc5 Bf6 54.Rf3 
Rf8 55.Rxb8 Rxb8 56.Kd6 Rd8+ 57.Kc7 Rf8 58.Rxf6 Kxf6 59.Bc6 Ke7 60.Bd7 Rd8
61.Bc8 Rd4 62.e5 Rc4+ 63.Kb6 Rb4+ 64.Kc7 f5 65.exf6+ Kxf6 66.b8=Q Rxb8 67.
Kxb8 g5 68.Kc7 Ke5 69.Kc6 g4 70.Kc5 Ke4 71.Bb7+ Ke3 72.Kd5 h4 73.Ke5 g3 
0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 
Re8 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.e4 e5 18.c5 exd4 19.Bxd4 Ng4 20.Bc4 Nde5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 
22.Bd5 Bc6 23.Qb3 Rad8 24.Rad1 Rc8 25.h3 Kh8 26.f4 Ng6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.
Qxf7 Rg8 29.f5 Nf4 30.Kh2 Qh6 31.Qa2 Rge8 32.Qf2 Nh5 33.e5 Rcd8 34.Be3 g5 
35.Rd6 Qg7 36.f6 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 
Nbd7 9.Bg2 Qc7 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.c4 O-O 13.Bg5 c5 14.Rad1 h6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16.Bd2 e5 17.Ba5 Nb6 18.Nbd2 Rfe8 19.Nh4 Bg4 20.f3 Be6 21.Bh1 
Nfd7 22.b3 Nb8 23.Bc3 Nc6 24.g4 Nd4 25.Qf2 Rf8 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Bd2 Nc8 28.
Nc3 Bg5 29.Bxg5 hxg5 30.Ng2 Ne7 31.h4 gxh4 32.Qxh4 f6 33.Qh2 Ng6 34.Qh5 
Kf7 35.Nh4 Rh8 36.Qxg6+ Kf8 37.Ng2 e4 38.Qxe4 Rh3 39.Nf4 Bxg4 40.fxg4 Rxc3
41.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 
Nc6 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Bb1 Bb8 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Qb3 
a6 16.Ne2 Na5 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Nc3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Be6 21.Na4 Qb5 
22.Bxh6 Bd7 23.Qc1 Ne4 24.Nc3 Qxb2 25.Qxb2 Nxb2 26.Nxd5 f5 27.Bc1 Nc4 28.
Ne7+ Kf8 29.Nxf5 Nc3 30.Bd3 Nd6 31.Ba3 Bxf5 32.Bxf5 Nb5 33.Bc5 Ba7 34.Bg6 
Rc8 35.Ne5 Kg8 36.a4 b6 37.Bb4 a5 38.Bxd6 Nxd6 39.d5 Rc5 40.Nc6 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D21"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Qxd5 Qxd5 7.Nxd5 Bd6 8.e4 
Ne7 9.Bxc4 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Na6 11.Bb3 Nc7 12.Ng5 Ne6 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 
fxe6 15.Be3 b6 16.f4 h5 17.Ke2 Rd8 18.g3 Be7 19.h3 Kf7 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Bxd8 23.Kd3 a6 24.a4 g6 25.Kc4 Be7 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Bd6
28.b3 Bf8 29.Bc1 Bd6 30.Bd2 Ke8 31.f5 Kf7 32.Bg5 gxf5 33.exf5 exf5 34.gxf5
Ke8 35.Kd5 Kd7 36.Bd8 b5 37.Bb6 c4 38.bxc4 bxc4 39.Kxc4 Kc6 40.Bd8 Be5 41.
Ba5 Bf6 42.Bc3 Bh4 43.Kd4 Bf6+ 44.Kd3 Bh4 45.Ke4 Bd8 46.Ke5 Bh4 47.Ke6 Bg5
48.Bf6 Be3 49.Bh4 Bd4 50.Bg3 Bg7 51.Be5 Bf8 52.f6 Bh6 53.f7 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.a3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.g3 Ne4 8.Bg2 Nxc3 
9.bxc3 Na6 10.Nd4 O-O 11.O-O Nc5 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.a4 Qf6 14.a5 exd5 15.cxd5 
Ba6 16.Rd1 Bc4 17.Qb2 Rae8 18.axb6 axb6 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.gxf4 Ne4 21.Ra7 Qd6
22.e3 Qc5 23.Qb4 Bxd5 24.Nb5 Bc6 25.Nxc7 Rc8 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.Nd5 Rf7 28.c4
Kf8 29.Nb6 Rd8 30.Rc7 Ke8 31.Nc8 Rf6 32.f3 Nc3 33.Rd3 Na2 34.Na7 Nb4 35.
Rd2 Ke7 36.Kf2 Rd6 37.Nxc6+ Rxc6 38.Rxc6 dxc6 39.Rxd8 Kxd8 40.Bh3 g6 41.e4
Nd3+ 42.Kg3 Nb2 43.Bf1 Ke7 44.Be2 Kf6 45.Kf2 Na4 46.Bd1 Nb6 47.Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 9.Re1 Rb8 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 h6 12.c4 b6 13.Nh4 Nf6 14.Qd3 Bb4 15.
Rd1 Re8 16.Bb2 Bg4 17.Bf3 Bh3 18.Bc6 Bd7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qf3 
Ne4 22.Qg4 Qc6 23.d5 Qg6 24.Qxg6 fxg6 25.Nd4 Bc5 26.Kg2 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 g5 
28.f3 Nd6 29.Kf2 Re7 30.Re1 Rf7 31.Rc1 Re8 32.Rd3 g4 33.Bd4 gxf3 34.Rxf3 
Re4 35.Rxf7 Kxf7 36.c5 Rxd4 37.cxd6 cxd6 38.Rc7+ Kf6 39.Rxa7 Rxd5 40.Ke3 
Re5+ 41.Kf3 Re7 42.Ra6 Rb7 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.a4 b5 45.axb5 Rxb5 46.Ra7 g6 47.
h4 Rb4+ 48.Kf3 h5 49.Rg7 Rg4 50.Rg8 d5 51.Ra8 Ke5 52.Ra6 Kd4 53.Ra4+ Kc3 
54.Ra3+ Kb4 55.Ra8 Kb5 56.Rc8 d4 57.Kf2 Kb4 58.Rc6 d3 59.Rc8 Rd4 60.Ke1 
Rc4 61.Rg8 Kc3 62.Rxg6 Kc2 63.Rd6 Re4+ 64.Kf2 d2 65.Kf3 Re1 66.g4 Rf1+ 67.
Ke3 d1=Q 68.Rxd1 Kxd1 69.gxh5 Rf8 70.Ke4 Ke2 71.h6 Kf2 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9.f4 Ng6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.g3 O-O 12.Qd2 c6 13.Bg2 b6 14.O-O Ba6 
15.e4 d6 16.Nxc6 Bxc4 17.Rf2 Rac8 18.Nd4 Rc7 19.Rd1 Re8 20.Qb2 Nf8 21.Rfd2
Rc5 22.Nc2 Be6 23.Rxd6 Qxc3 24.Qxc3 Rxc3 25.Nb4 Rc4 26.Nc6 g6 27.Nd4 Bc8 
28.e5 Ne6 29.Nc6 Bb7 30.Nxa7 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Ra8 32.Nb5 Rxa2+ 33.R1d2 Rcc2 
34.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Kg1 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Rc2+ 39.Kg1 h5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nc6 12.a3 Be7 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Rad1 g6 15.Bh6 
Re8 16.Ng5 Bf8 17.Qh3 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Nxd4 19.Bb5 Rf8 20.Ba6 Bxa6 21.Nce4 Re8
22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qh4 Ke7 25.Rxd4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 c5 6.d5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.
Nd2 Qb6 10.Qc1 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Be2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.e4 Bh7 15.Nf1 Nf6 
16.Bd3 e6 17.Ne3 Rae8 18.f3 Qa5 19.Qd2 a6 20.O-O-O b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Bxb5
exd5 23.Bxe8 d4 24.Ncd5 Qxd2+ 25.Rxd2 dxe3 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rxd6 Be5 28.
Rdxh6 Bg6 29.Bc6 Rb8 30.b3 Rb4 31.Bd5 Kg7 32.R6h3 g4 33.Rh4 gxf3 34.gxf3 
Bxg3 35.Rg4 Bf2 36.Bc4 Kf6 37.Kd1 Ke5 38.Ke2 Kd4 39.Rc1 Ke5 40.Rg5+ Kf4 
41.Rg4+ Ke5 42.Bd3 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.O-O Qf6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Nb3 Ne7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.Rac1 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Nh4 14.Rc3 Nxf3+
15.Rxf3 Nb6 16.Qc3 Nc4 17.Rg3 Nd6 18.f3 Be6 19.e3 Rac8 20.Rc1 b6 21.Bf1 
Rfe8 22.Rc2 Bf7 23.Ba6 Rc7 24.Nd2 c5 25.b3 Ree7 26.dxc5 Qxc3 27.Rxc3 bxc5 
28.Kf2 c4 29.bxc4 dxc4 30.a4 Rc6 31.Bb5 Nxb5 32.axb5 Rc5 33.Rg1 Rxb5 34.
Rgc1 Rb2 35.R1c2 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Bd5 37.Ke2 a5 38.Ra2 c3 39.Rxa5 Rd7 40.e4 
Be6 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.d4 Na6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 c5 11.Rc1 Re8 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Ne5 Rb8 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nd3
Rc8 16.e3 Ne4 17.Qg4 g6 18.Rfd1 f5 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Ba1 Kf7 21.Nf4 Nc7 22.Qb2
Bxf4 23.gxf4 Ne6 24.Qe5 Qc7 25.Bxe4 Qxe5 26.Bxe5 dxe4 27.Bd6 Red8 28.Nb2 
Ba6 29.Be5 Ke7 30.Nc4 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxc4 32.bxc4 Rc6 33.Kf1 Ra6 34.Rd2 Rb6
35.Ke2 Rb4 36.Rc2 Nd8 37.Kd2 Nc6 38.Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Ne5 a5 8.h4 h5 
9.Qd2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Kb1 Qd7 14.f3 Bf5 15.
Rhg1 a4 16.a3 Bf6 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 exf3 20.gxf3 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Kc1 Kc7 23.e4 Be6 24.Kd2 b5 25.f4 Bd7 26.c4 Kb6 27.Kc3 Be6 
28.Rg5 Rd8 29.f5 Bxc4 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.e6 f6 32.Rxg6 Kc5 33.Rg3 Rb8 34.Rg7 
Rb3+ 35.Kc2 Kd6 36.Rh7 Re3 37.Rxh5 Rxe4 38.Rh8 Ke5 39.Re8 Kxf5 40.Rxe7 
Rxh4 41.Re8 Re4 42.e7 Ke6 43.Kc3 Re3+ 44.Kxc4 Rb3 45.Rc8 Kxe7 46.Rxc6 Rxb2
47.Ra6 f5 48.Rxa4 Kf6 49.Kc3 Ra2 50.Kd3 Kg5 51.Ke3 Rb2 52.Kf3 Rb3+ 53.Kf2 
f4 54.Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Be6 
9.Nd5 Qd7 10.Re1 Rab8 11.Qa4 a6 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.Qa3 Bh3 14.Bh1 Ne7 15.Rac1 
c6 16.Nb6 Qe6 17.Nf4 exf4 18.exf4 Qf5 19.Rxe7 Ng4 20.Re4 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 
22.Ra4 Rfe8 23.Nxd5 Bf8 24.Qb3 Re2 25.Ne3 Qd7 26.Nxg4 Bxg4 27.Bc3 Rbe8 28.
Be5 Bc5 29.Bd5 Bxf2+ 30.Kf1 Be3 31.Rc7 Rf2+ 32.Ke1 Re2+ 33.Kf1 Rf2+ 34.Ke1
Re2+ 35.Kf1 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 
Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Ne7 11.g4 Ng6 12.h4 h5 13.g5 Ng4 14.O-O-O f6 15.Bh3 
Nxh4 16.Qg3 fxg5 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 c6 19.Rdf1 Qe7 20.Rf5 Ng6 21.Rh5 Rg8
22.Rh7 Qe6 23.d4 Ne7 24.Rxg5 Qxg4 25.Rxg4 Kf7 26.Ne2 Ng6 27.Rh5 Nf8 28.
Rf5+ Ke6 29.Ng1 g6 30.Rf2 Nh7 31.Nf3 Raf8 32.Rh4 Nf6 33.Ng5+ Ke7 34.Rh6 
Rg7 35.Rg2 Nh5 36.d5 Rf1+ 37.Kd2 Nf6 38.c4 cxd5 39.exd5 Rg8 40.Ne6 Kf7 41.
Kc2 b5 42.b3 bxc4 43.bxc4 a5 44.Kd3 Rd1+ 45.Kc2 Ra1 46.Kb2 Re1 47.Ng5+ Ke7
48.Rh3 Rb8+ 49.Kc3 Rc8 50.Kd3 Rd1+ 51.Ke2 Rc1 52.Nf3 Rc2+ 53.Nd2 g5 54.Kd3
Rxa2 55.Rh6 g4 56.Rf2 Rf8 57.Rg6 Rf7 58.Rf1 a4 59.Rb1 Ra3+ 60.Ke2 Rc3 61.
Rb7+ Nd7 62.Rxg4 Rh7 63.Ne4 Rc2+ 64.Kd3 Rch2 65.Ra7 R2h4 66.Rg6 Kf8 67.
Ra8+ Ke7 68.Re6+ Kf7 69.Nxd6+ Kg7 70.Nf5+ Kf7 71.Ra7 Kf8 72.Rxd7 Rxd7 73.
Nxh4 Ra7 74.Ng6+ Kf7 75.Nxe5+ Kg7 76.Nc6 Rb7 77.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[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 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f5 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Qf4 h5 15.
Qxf6 Qe3+ 16.Kb1 Rh6 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rf6 19.Bg2 Ke7 20.Ne2 Bh6 21.Rhf1
Rg8 22.Bh1 b4 23.Rg1 Rxg1 24.Rxg1 Be3 25.Rd1 h4 26.c3 bxc3 27.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 
exd5 9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Qf6 11.Qxc7 Na6 12.Qg3 Nb4 13.Rc1 Bf5 14.e3 Nc2+ 
15.Rxc2 Bxc2 16.Nxd5 Qc6 17.Nb4 Qa4 18.Qd6+ Kg8 19.Bc4 Bf8 20.Bxf7+ Kg7 
21.Qe5+ Kh6 22.Nxc2 Bg7 23.Qe4 Qa5+ 24.b4 Qxg5 25.Be6 Rhe8 26.O-O Rac8 27.
d5 Rc3 28.f4 Qg4 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.Nb5 Qe2 31.Nxc3 Bxc3 32.f5 Bd2 33.Qb1 Qxe3+
34.Kh1 Bc3 35.f6 Rf8 36.f7 Kg7 37.b5 Be5 38.Qe1 Qd4 39.Qf2 Qd3 40.Re1 Bf6 
41.Qe2 Qa3 42.Rd1 Qd6 43.g3 h5 44.Qe4 Rh8 45.Rf1 a6 46.bxa6 bxa6 47.Qf4 
Be5 48.Qg5 Rf8 49.Kg2 a5 50.h4 Bd4 51.g4 Rb8 52.Kh1 Qe5 53.f8=Q+ Rxf8 54.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 d5 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nb5 c5 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bh3 
Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf8 17.Bg4 Nf6 18.Bc7 Qe7 19.Bd6 Qd8 20.Bc7 Qe7 21.Bd6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bd3 Be6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 
Qb6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Rb1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 O-O-O 13.c4 Bb4 14.c5 Qa5 15.a3 
Bxd2 16.Nxd2 Rde8 17.b4 Qxa3 18.Rb3 Qa4 19.f3 Nh5 20.Qc2 Nxg3 21.hxg3 b5 
22.cxb6 Nxb6 23.Qc3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Ra3 Qb5 26.Ne4 Qb6 27.Nd6+ Kb8 28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29.Re5 Rd8 30.Rc5 Rd7 31.Raa5 a6 32.Kh2 Kb7 33.Ra1 Rd8 34.Qe3 
Rd7 35.Qe4 Rd5 36.Rxc4 Rb5 37.Rc5 Rxb4 38.Rac1 Bd7 39.Qe5 Qc7 40.Qf6 Qb6 
41.d5 cxd5 42.Qe7 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f3 Qc7 10.Kb1 Be7 11.h4 h6 12.Be3 h5 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.f4 Neg4 15.g3 b5 
16.Re1 O-O 17.Bh3 Rfe8 18.Rhf1 Rac8 19.a3 Qb6 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.Nb3 a5 22.
Bxf6 Bxf6 23.e5 Be7 24.f5 exf5 25.Nd5 Qa6 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.exd6 Re4 28.
Rxe4 fxe4 29.Qf4 f5 30.h5 Rc6 31.h6 Rxd6 32.Qg5 Rxh6 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Qxd7 
b4 35.Qxf5+ Kh8 36.Rd1 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.c4 d6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Bb2 d5 9.
Ne5 Be4 10.f3 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 Nbd7 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rbd1 a5 14.e4 a4 15.exd5 cxd5
16.Qb4 axb3 17.axb3 Ra2 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Ra1 Rfa8 21.c5 Nbd7 22.
Nd3 Ne8 23.Rxa2 Rxa2 24.Rc1 Ra3 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Rxb3 27.f4 Nc7 28.Bd4 
Nb5 29.Bf2 Na7 30.Ra1 Nc6 31.Bf1 Bf8 32.Ra8 Kg7 33.Rc8 d4 34.Rc7 Bxc5 35.
Bc4 Rb1+ 36.Kg2 Kf8 37.Rc8+ Ke7 38.Rc7+ Ke8 39.Bd3 Rb2 40.Kf3 Be7 41.Rc8+ 
Kd7 42.Rh8 h5 43.Rh7 g5 44.Rxf7 g4+ 45.Kg2 Nb4 46.Bb5+ Kd8 47.Kf1 Nd5 48.
Bc4 Ne3+ 49.Bxe3 dxe3 50.f5 Rf2+ 51.Kg1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.Rd1 
Be7 9.exd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Be4 Qxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxe7 Rfe8 19.Bb4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C26"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nge2 c6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.d4 
exd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Re8 12.Nd4 Ne4 13.Nxc6 Nxc3 14.Nxd8 
Ne2+ 15.Kh1 Rxd8 16.Be3 d4 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Bxb7 Rab8 19.Bf3 d3 20.cxd3 Nd4 
21.Be4 Bh3 22.Rfc1 f5 23.Bg2 Bxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxb2 25.Ba5 Rd7 26.Rc5 f4 27.
Bc3 f3+ 28.Kf1 Rbb7 29.Rd1 Ne2 30.Be1 Rb2 31.Ra5 h6 32.h4 Kh7 33.Ra4 Rdb7 
34.d4 Rb1 35.Rd3 Nxg3+ 36.fxg3 Re7 37.Kf2 Rbxe1 38.Kxf3 Rf7+ 39.Kg2 Re2+ 
40.Kh3 Rff2 41.h5 Rh2+ 42.Kg4 Re4+ 43.Kf3 Re7 44.Ra5 Rf7+ 45.Kg4 g6 46.
hxg6+ Kxg6 47.Ra6+ Kh7 48.d5 h5+ 49.Kg5 Rg7+ 50.Kf4 Re7 51.Kf3 h4 52.d6 
Rf7+ 53.Ke4 Re2+ 54.Kd5 h3 55.Ra4 h2 56.Rh4+ Kg8 57.Rdd4 Rxa2 58.Rdg4+ Rg7
59.Rxg7+ Kxg7 60.d7 Rd2+ 61.Ke6 Re2+ 62.Kd6 Rd2+ 63.Kc7 Rc2+ 64.Kb8 Rd2 
65.Rxh2 Rxd7 66.Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be6 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc2 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nd7 13.b4 Bg5 14.a3 g6 15.Kh1 
Bxc1 16.Rxc1 Ne7 17.Qd2 f5 18.Nce3 f4 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Nd5 Qh4 21.f3 Kh8 
22.Kg1 Rc6 23.Qb2 Qg5 24.Rf2 h5 25.Rfc2 Rfc8 26.a4 a5 27.c5 dxc5 28.bxa5 
Bxd5 29.exd5 Rd6 30.Qxb7 Qd8 31.Qb2 Rxd5 32.Be4 Rd6 33.Bb7 Rb8 34.Qb5 Nf6 
35.Rf1 Rd1 36.a6 Qd4+ 37.Kh1 c4 38.Rc1 Rxf1+ 39.Rxf1 Qd3 40.Qb1 Qd4 41.Rd1
Qe3 42.Qxg6 Rf8 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.a7 Qxa7 45.Rd7 Nxd7 46.Bd5+ Rf7 47.Qg6+ Kh8
48.Bxf7 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D56"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 
Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd7 12.O-O c5 13.Qc2 b6 14.Bb5 Bb7 
15.Bxd7 Bxf3 16.gxf3 cxd4 17.Rc7 Rad8 18.Qc6 Qg5+ 19.Kh1 dxe3 20.fxe3 Qxe3
21.Qc3 Qf4 22.Rg1 e5 23.Rc4 Qf6 24.Rc6 Qe7 25.Bf5 Rd6 26.Bc2 Rfd8 27.Rxd6 
Rxd6 28.Qc8+ Rd8 29.Qf5 g6 30.Qh5 Rd6 31.Qxh6 Qf6 32.Be4 Rd4 33.h3 Rd6 34.
Kh2 Qe6 35.b3 a5 36.Rg2 b5 37.h4 f5 38.h5 Qf7 39.Rxg6+ Rxg6 40.hxg6 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.O-O Nxd3 7.Qxd3 Ne7 8.Nbc3 
d6 9.d5 Qd7 10.Be3 Ng6 11.f4 Be7 12.Rad1 O-O 13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.b3 Bf8 15.Bc1 
c5 16.Ng3 exd5 17.Nxd5 Ne7 18.Ne3 Nc6 19.Bb2 Nb4 20.Qb1 h5 21.Nd5 h4 22.
Nf5 Nxd5 23.cxd5 g6 24.Ne3 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.f5 f6 27.fxg6 Re5 28.Nf5+ 
Kxg6 29.Rf4 Kf7 30.Rxh4 1-0

[Event "candidates (w)"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Alisa"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A42"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Nge2 e5 6.Be3 Ne7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O 
a6 9.h4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.h5 N7c6 12.Be2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.Nd5 b5 15.
Bc3 f6 16.f4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.f5 gxf5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Qd5+ Qe6 24.Qxa8+ Kf7 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Be4 
27.Ra5 Bd4 28.Rf1+ Kg6 29.Rf3 Bb7 30.Ra4 d5 31.Rfa3 Kg5 32.Rxa6 Bxa6 33.
Rxa6 c5 34.Rd6 Be3+ 35.Kd1 d4 36.Rd5+ Kf4 37.Rxc5 1-0

