[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]

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. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. h4 h6 20. h5
Bh7 21. f4 c4+ 22. Kh2 Bb4 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Qe6 27. Raf1 Rfe8 28. R1f4 Rd5 29. Re4 Re7 30. Qf4 Rc7 31. Rxc4 Qxf5 32.
Qxf5 Rxc4 33. Qb1 Rd8 34. Qb7 Rxc3 35. Qxa7 Rcc8 36. a4 Ra8 37. Qc7 Rdc8
38. Qb7 Re8 39. Qc6 Rac8 40. Qd7 Rcd8 41. Qc7 Rd5 42. a5 Rdxe5 43. a6 R5e7
44. Qc6 Rf8 45. Kh3 Ra7 46. g4 Rfa8 47. Kh4 Rxa6 48. Qb7 Ra5 49. Qc6 Rf8
50. Qb6 Rg5 51. Qb3 Kh8 52. Qb4 Re8 53. Qa4 Rd8 54. Qe4 f5 55. gxf5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Bg5 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Qb4 12. Bxf6 Qxb2 13. Rb3 Qc1+
14. Qd1 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 dxc4 16. Rxb7 gxf6 17. Kd2 Rab8 18. Rxc7 Na5 19. Kc2
Rb4 20. Rxa7 Ra4 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxc4 h5 23. h4 Rc8 24. Kd3 Rxc4 25. Kxc4
Rxa2 26. Rf1 f5 27. d5 Kf8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Kd4 Ke7 30. Ke5 Ra4 31. f3
Ra5+ 32. Kf4 Ra2 33. Rb1 Kf6 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Rb3 e5 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Rb3
Kf6 38. Ra3 Kg6 39. Kh3 Kf6 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. fxg4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kg6 43.
h5+ Kh6 44. Ra6+ Kh7 45. Ra3 Kh6 46. Kf5 e4 47. Kxe4 Kxh5 48. Kf5 Rf2+ 49.
Ke6 Re2 50. Kf5 Rf2+ 51. Ke5 Kg6 52. e4 Rb2 53. Ra7 Rb5+ 54. Ke6 Rb6+ 55.
Ke7 Rb5 56. Ra6+ Kg5 57. Re6 Kf4 58. Kf6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2825"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 14. Bg2 b6
15. g5 Bb7 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Nde5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb3 Ne7
21. Qf4 Rc8 22. Nd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. b3 g6 25. c4 Re7 26. Bg1 Rce8 27.
Rae1 Bg7 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Rd1 Nd7 30. Rde1 Nc5 31. Nc6 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1
33. Qxe1 Nxb3 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. Bh3 Na5 36. Qd8 Qxd8 37. Nxd8 Ba8 38. Bf1
Nb7 39. Nxb7 Bxb7 40. Bxb6 h6 41. h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Be7 43. Bc7 Kf8 44. Kh2
Ke8 45. Bh3 Bxg5 46. Bxd6 Be7 47. Be5 Bc5 48. Bf6 a5 49. Kg3 Ba6 50. Bf1
Bc8 51. Bd3 Kd7 52. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bd2 h6 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. a4 b4
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc6 18. Re3 Qc4 19. c3 b3 20. Re1 g5
21. Be3 Qd5 22. Qd3 a5 23. Ra3 Kf7 24. Nd2 Ng6 25. Qe2 Nh4 26. f3 Ng6 27.
c4 Qf5 28. Ne4 Kg8 29. Qd1 Rb4 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. Rb5 Qf7 32. Rxa5 Kh7 33.
Rb5 d5 34. Nc5 Qf5 35. b3 Rc3 36. Qd2 Rc2 37. g4 Nh4 38. gxf5 Nxf3+ 39. Kh1
Nxd2 40. Re2 Nc4 41. Rxc2 Nxe3 42. Re2 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Bb5 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14.
N1d2 Rg8 15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3 O-O-O 17. a4 Nb8 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bc4 a6 20. h3
Be6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. d4 Nb8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. O-O-O Qe8 26.
Nxe5 Qa4 27. Rhf1 Rge8 28. c4 Rd4 29. Kb1 Red8 30. Rf3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. Re1
Re8 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. g3 Nf8 17. Na4 c4 18. Bf1 Qd6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. h4 Ne6
21. Nc3 g6 22. Nd2 Ba8 23. h5 g5 24. Nf1 Be7 25. g4 Qd7 26. Ng3 Ng7 27. a4
Bb4 28. Bh3 Bb7 29. Qc2 Bd6 30. Nf5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Bb4 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. f3
Re7 34. Re2 Rde8 35. Rce1 Qf6 36. Bg4 Bd6 37. Qd1 Bb4 38. Qc2 Rd8 39. Rd1
Bc8 40. e4 Bxc3 41. e5 Rxe5 42. dxe5 Bxe5 43. Rde1 Bc7 44. Re8+ Kg7 45.
Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Rd1 Bb7 47. f4 d4+ 48. Bf3 d3 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6
8. Nc3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. O-O Ndxe5 14.
Rae1 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Bc7 Qa7 19. Na4 f6 20.
Bb6 Qb8 21. Bc7 Qa7 22. Nb6 e5 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Bd6 Bd8 26.
Nc5 b6 27. Ne4 Nd4 28. Bxe5 Nf5 29. Qg4 Ne3 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. Qf3 Nxd1 32.
Nd6 Qa7 33. Nxc8 Qd7 34. Nd6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Be2 b6 14. Qe1 Nc4
15. Bc1 Bb7 16. b3 Na5 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. f5 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nce5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Be2 Nc5 25. Qg3 Rf8 26. Rfd1 Rcd8
27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Ba3 a5 29. h3 h6 30. Rd4 Rf6 31. Bb2 Nb7 32. R4d2 Rff8 33.
Kg1 Nc5 34. Rd4 Kh7 35. Bh5 Rd7 36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Qd8 38. Qg3 Qe7 39.
Kh2 Kg8 40. Bc1 Qf6 41. Be3 Kh8 42. R1d2 Kh7 43. Bd1 Qe7 44. Bh5 Qf6 45.
Bd1 Qe7 46. c3 Rf6 47. b4 Nb7 48. Qxe5 dxe5 49. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Rg8 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qf3 e5 14.
dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rhe1 Rge8 19. Kb1 g5
20. h4 Bf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bf5 Nf8 23. Qh5 Kb8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. a4 Qe7
26. Qe5+ Qc7 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. b3 Qf6 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Ng4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qg7
32. f3 Re8 33. Qf5 Ka8 34. h5 Rf8 35. Rd7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Be3 Bd7 14.
Rac1 Rc8 15. Qa3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 Nc6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 f4 20.
Bf2 e5 21. Ne2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4
Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Ke1 Bc6 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 g5 30. gxf4 gxf4 31.
Kc3 Kg7 32. Kd4 Kf6 33. b4 b6 34. a3 Bb7 35. Bh1 Ba8 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bh1
Ke6 38. Bg2 Kd6 39. Bh1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Bg2 a4 42. Bh1 Ba8 43. Bg2 Bb7
44. Bh1 Ke6 45. Bg2 Kf6 46. Bh1 Kg5 47. Ke5 h5 48. Bg2 h4 49. h3 Ba6 50.
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Rb1 Nc4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
b6 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Bd5 Ba6 17. Qd3 b5 18. a4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4
Nd6 21. Rfc1 Rb6 22. a5 Rb8 23. Rc6 Bb7 24. e5 Nf5 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 26. Bxf7
Rxf7 27. e6 Rf8 28. Bg3 Kh7 29. Rg4 Rc8 30. Be5 Rc5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. dxc5
Nxg7 33. Qg6 Rf6 34. Bxf6 exf6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Re1 Nxe6 37. h4 Ng7 38.
Qf4 Qd5 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qg3+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 Rf6
21. Bb3 Qd6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. b5 Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Bc1 Kf7 26. Ba3 e4
27. g3 Rd7 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Bc3 31. Re2 Re5 32. Bxe4 g5
33. a4 Kd6 34. Kg2 Kc5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Re6 37. Kf3 Rd6 38. Kg4 Rd2 39.
Rg2 Kd4 40. Bc6 Rxg2+ 41. Bxg2 Bd2 42. Bf3 Bc1 43. Bd1 Bd2 44. Bc2 Bc1 45.
f5 Ke5 46. Kh5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]

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. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14.
Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 Raf7 18. g4 e4 19. Bc2 fxg4 20.
Bxe4 Be5 21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Ne7 24. Qh4 Nxd5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8
26. Bxd5 Rf5 27. Rad1 Rdf8 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Rd3 Rhf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7
8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Ne6 14. Qd2
Rc8 15. O-O-O Rc4 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Rd4 18. Qc1 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rd4 20. Bh6
Rb4 21. Bd2 Rd4 22. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd6 7. Nc4
e5 8. c3 f6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Be2 Nf5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14.
Qb5 Bd7 15. Qd5 b5 16. Ncd2 Nce7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. e4 Bd7 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. g3 Bc5 25. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3
Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3
21. Rxf3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Rc1 Qb4
27. b3 Nd5 28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7 a5
33. a4 Kg8 34. Rb7 Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Bf4 Rf8 38. Be5 Bxe5 39.
dxe5 bxa4 40. bxa4 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2825"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6
14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. d6 Qa5
20. Rf1 Bf8 21. d7 Qa2 22. Re1 Qa5 23. Rf1 Qa2 24. Bb5 a6 25. Bd4 Bg7 26.
Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bh3 Ra8 17. Rhe1 a5 18. a4 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20.
Bb5 Bf8 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Re2 Ne8 24. f5 Nc7 25. f6 g6 26. Bd7
Rd8 27. Be6 Re8 28. Qg5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2710"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14.
Bg5 Be7 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Re1 h6 19. Bf4 Bb4 20.
Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]

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. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14.
Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O e4 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Nfd5 Qg5 20. f4
exf3 21. Qxf3 Bh5 22. Qf2 f4 23. h4 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4
Bxc2 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Qc5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
f3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. b4 O-O 18. h4 Rc7 19. Bh3 Nh7 20. Bg2
Rfc8 21. Nc6 Nf6 22. f4 Nxg4 23. Bh3 h5 24. Rhg1 f5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rgf1
Rf8 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. d6 Ref7 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qd5 f4 31. Qxe5 g3 32. Qd5
Qb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. d7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 f3 36. Rdd1 f2 37. Rg1 fxg1=Q 38.
Rxg1 Rf3 39. Kc1 Kh7 40. Kd1 Kh6 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. c3 g2 44. Ke2
Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Kh5 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Ra1 Rxc3+ 48. Kxg2 Rc4 49. Rxa6 Rxh4 50.
Ra7 g6 51. Rh7+ Kg5 52. Rxh4 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14.
Bg5 Be7 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Nc3 Bc2
20. Rc1 Bxb3 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ncd4 Ba4 25. Kf1 Re5
26. Rc4 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Bxf2 28. Nxc7 Bb6 29. b4 Rf5+ 30. Ke1 Bf2+ 31. Ke2
Bg1 32. h3 Rf2+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2 34. Rg4+ Rxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Nd5 Kh6 37.
Nxf6 Kg5 38. Nxh7+ Kxg4 39. Nf6+ Kf5 40. Ne4 Kg4 41. Nd6 f5 42. Nxf5 Kxf5
43. b5 Ke5 44. b6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

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 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nhf5 Nbd7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qf3 N5f6 20. Ne4
Kh7 21. h4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qf6 23. g4 g6 24. g5 Qe6 25. Nxh6 Bxh6 26. gxh6
Nf6 27. Bg5 Ng4 28. Rad1 f6 29. Bc1 Nxh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Rd3 Rad8 32.
Red1 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rg8 34. b3 f5 35. Qg2 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Rf8 37. Rg3 Rf4 38.
Qe3 Kh7 39. Rg5 Qd5 40. Rxe5 Rg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qd3+ 43. Qe2 Qb1+
44. Qe1 Qd3+ 45. Qe2 Qh3+ 46. Ke1 Qxc3+ 47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Kd2
Qd7+ 50. Kc2 Qc6+ 51. Kd3 Qd6+ 52. Kc2 Qc6+ 53. Kd3 Qd6+ 54. Kc2 Ra1 55.
Re7+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ Qxe6 57. Rxe6 Rxa2+ 58. Kc3 Kg7 59. Kb4 Kh6 60. f4 Kh5
61. Re5+ Kxh4 62. Rg5 Rf2 63. Rxg6 Rxf4+ 64. Ka5 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6
8. Be3 Qd8 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 e6 13. O-O-O Be7
14. Bd4 Qc7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. Rd3 Qa5 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2 Qxd2+
20. Kxd2 g6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rc3 Bb4 24. Rcd3 Be7 25. g3 h5 26.
h4 f5 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Re3 Kf6 29. f4 exf4 30. e5+ Kf7 31. gxf4 Be7 32. Red3
Bxh4 33. Nc5 Be7 34. Rd6 Bxd6 35. exd6 Rd8 36. d7 Ke7 37. dxc8=N Rbxc8 38.
Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Nxe6 Rh8 40. Ng5 h4 41. Nh3 Kf6 42. Kf2 Rd8 43. Bd3 a4 44.
Ng5 a3 45. Nf3 c5 46. Ng5 Rd4 47. Kf3 Rd7 48. Ke3 Rd8 49. Nf3 Re8+ 50. Kf2
Rd8 51. Nxh4 c4 52. bxc4 Rb8 53. c5 Rb2 54. c6 Ke7 55. Nxg6+ Kd6 56. Ne5
Rxa2 57. Nc4+ Kc7 58. Kg3 Ra1 59. Nxa3 Rxa3 60. Kh4 Kxc6 61. Kg5 Ra5 62.
Bxf5 Kd6 63. Kg4 Ke7 64. Bd3 Rc5 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Ke4 Rh5 67. c4 Rh4 68. Kf5
Kc5 69. Ke5 Rh3 70. Ke4 Rh4 71. Be2 Rh2 72. Kf3 Kd4 73. Bf1 Rh1 74. Kf2 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6
8. Bd2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b6 10. N1f3 h6 11. Nh3 Ne7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14.
Nc4 cxd4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4 Qd5 17. Be5 Nf5 18. c4 Qc5 19. Qf3 Qxe5 20.
Qxa8 Qc7 21. Qc6 Qb8 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. Qa3+ Kg8 24. f3 g5 25. Ba4 e5 26. Rhe1
Kg7 27. Bc2 Nh4 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kb1 Rxc4 30. Ng1 Rc5 31. g3 Ra5 32. Qd3 Ng6
33. Bb3 Qd6 34. Rc2 e4 35. Qc4 Ne5 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Rd1 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5
39. fxe4 Nxe4 40. a3 Qb5 41. Ka2 d3 42. Rcc1 d2 43. Rc2 Nd3 44. Rcxd2 Rc5
45. Qd8 Qc4+ 46. b3 Nc3+ 47. Ka1 Ra5 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6
14. d5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bg5 Nd6 18. Bxe7 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Nd2
20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. d6 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bf8 23. Rxb7 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Rd1 Qe6
26. Bg5 h6 27. d7 hxg5 28. dxe8=Q Rxe8 29. hxg5 a3 30. g3 a2 31. Kg2 Rd8
32. Re1 Qc4 33. Ra7 Rd3 34. Qa8 Rd2 35. Qf3 Rd3 36. Qa8 Rd2 37. Ra4 Qc5 38.
Rf1 Qc2 39. Ra7 Qb3 40. Qf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bc5 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra1 Rxf2+
44. Kg4 Rd2 45. Ra4 Bb6 46. R1xa2 Rd5 47. Kh4 Bd8 48. Rg4 Rd1 49. Rh2 Kg8
50. Re4 Rd5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Rb2 Bxg5+ 53. Kg4 Rd4+ 54. Kh3 Rd7 55. Rbb8
Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3
Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 Ng6 22. Bd6 f5 23. Qg5 Bd5 24. b3 Qc6+ 25. Kb2
Qb6 26. g3 Qd4+ 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 f4 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Rf1
Ng6 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nh4 34. Re2 g5 35. Kd2 Kg7 36. Rf2 Nf5 37. Bc7
Kg6 38. Bd8 h6 39. Ke1 Kh5 40. Kf1 Kg4 41. Kg1 Kh3 42. b4 g4 43. a4 h5 44.
Rf4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2825"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 20. Bd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

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. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7
14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Qd1 e6 20.
h4 h5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Bc4 Qa4 23. Ra1 Qc2 24. Bd3 Qb2 25. Ra4 b5 26. Bxb5
Rd8 27. Bg5 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Rd7 29. Rb1 Nd8 30. Bd3 f5 31. d5 fxe4 32. Bxe4
Bxd5 33. Bxg6 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Be3 a5 36. Bxh5 Bc6 37. Rg4 Bxf3 38.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Bxf3 Rb8 40. Bf4 Rd8 41. Bxb7 a4 42. Be5+ Kg8 43. h5 Rd1+
44. Kh2 Re1 45. f4 Rxe5 46. fxe5 a3 47. Bc8 Kf7 48. h6 a2 49. Bxe6+ Kxe6
50. h7 a1=Q 51. h8=Q Kd5 52. Qg8+ Ke4 53. Qg6+ Kd5 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qg6+
Kd5 56. Qf7+ Ke4 57. e6 Qh8+ 58. Kg3 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. f3 Qe7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bb3
Be6 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Bc1 b5 17. f4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bg4 19. Rde1 Qc5 20. Kh1
a5 21. h3 Bd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Ba2 Be8 24. e5 Nb6 25. f5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nb4 27.
Qxa4 Nxa2 28. Qxa2 Bxe5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Bg5 Rd5 31. Re3 Qd6 32. Qe2 Bd7
33. c4 Bxd4 34. cxd5 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Re8 36. Qc3 Qxd5 37. Bh6 Re5 38. Rf3 Qc5
39. Qa1 Bf5 40. Re3 f6 41. Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Qa2+ Qd5 43. Qxd5+ cxd5 44. Bd2 a4
45. Bc3 Kf7 46. h4 Ke6 47. Kg1 Bh3 48. gxh3 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Bxf6 d4 51.
Be7 Kd3 52. Bc5 Kc4 53. Be7 Kb3 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 O-O 7. Re1 d5
8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nc4 Bb4 11. c3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bc5 13. Be3 Ne7
14. Re1 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nd6 16. Nxf5 Nexf5 17. Ba4 g6 18. Re2 b5 19. Bc2 Rfe8
20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 a5 22. Re5 b4 23. Rc5 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb5 25. Rc4 Rd8
26. Kf1 Ne7 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rxc7 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nb4 30. Bb3 Nd3 31. Rxa5 Nxb2
32. Rd5 Rb8 33. Nd2 Rb6 34. Ke2 Ra6 35. Rd4 Nb7 36. Ne4 Rb6 37. Bd5 Kg7 38.
Kd2 Nd6 39. Nc3 Nf5 40. Rf4 Kf6 41. a5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2
Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nb6 20. Ne3
d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26.
a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 Rc8 28. Bd2 Rd6 29. Ra2 f6 30. Re4 g6 31. c4 f5 32. gxf5
gxf5 33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34. Rxf5 Bh6 35. Bxh6 Rxh6 36. Rc5 Rxb4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38.
Rc7+ Kg8 39. g3 Rbb6 40. Ra7 Rhg6 41. Kg2 Rbf6 42. Ra3 Kh8 43. f3 Kg8 44.
Kf2 Rb6 45. f4 h5 46. Kf3 Rbc6 47. Rd7 Rg7 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Kg2 Kh6 50.
Kh3 Rg6 51. Ra5 Kg7 52. Rc5 Kh6 53. Rc8 Kh7 54. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

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. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Nd4 Ng6 12. f4 Bc5 13. Ne4
Bxd4+ 14. Rxd4 b6 15. Be3 h5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rc4 Ne7 19. Rd1 a5
20. Bf2 c5 21. Rc3 Ng6 22. Re1 Rg8 23. a3 a4 24. e6 f6 25. Ne4 h4 26. Rc4
Ke7 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxf4 29. Rxf5 Nxe6 30. Bxh4 Rgb8 31. Rc5 Kd6 32.
Rc3 Rxb2 33. Bg3+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rd1 Kf7 38.
Re1 Re8 39. Re4 Ra2 40. Rxa4 Rd8 41. Re4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Rxc7+ Kg6 44.
Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rc5+ Ke6 46. Re4+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Ke6
50. Rxg7 Nxc2 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rc5+ Ke6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg4 Rxa3 55. Rc8
Ra4 56. Re8+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc4 58. Bf2 Kc3 59. Bxd4+ Rdxd4+ 60. Rxd4 Kxd4
61. Kf5 Ra2 62. g4 Rf2+ 63. Kg6 Rf4 64. Kh5 f5 65. g5 Re4 66. Rf8 Ke5 67.
Kg6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Rb8 15. e3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. e4 Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. e5
Ne8 21. Rxd5 Qh3 22. Bg2 Qh4 23. Nd4 Qxf4 24. Nc6 Bh4 25. Rcd1 Rb6 26. R5d4
Rxc6 27. Bxc6 Qxe5 28. Bd7 Rd8 29. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4
Bb7 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Re1 e5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1
Qa5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Qxa2 24. f4 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Bxf4+ 26.
Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. dxc5 Nc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
Bg5 Bd7 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bd6 Rxe4 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 Qb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. hxg5
O-O-O 15. Qd2 hxg5 16. Rxh8 Rxh8 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. f3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Bf6 20.
Qe3 Kb7 21. Bf2 Rb8 22. g3 Kc8 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Be1 Qb6 25. Na4 Qb5 26. c4
Qb7 27. Ba5 c5 28. Nb6+ Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Rd2 Be5 31. Qh2 Kc7 32. Rf2
Rb8 33. f4 Rh8 34. fxe5 Rxh2 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Rxh2 Bc6 37. Bc2 Ne5 38. b3
Nf3 39. Rh7 f6 40. Kc1 a5 41. Kd1 Ke6 42. Bd3 Kd6 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. Kd2 Bb7
45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Rh8 Kc7 47. Bf1 Ne5 48. Bg2 Bc6 49. a3 Bb7 50. Rh7 Kd7 51.
b4 axb4+ 52. axb4 cxb4+ 53. Kxb4 Ba6 54. Bh3+ g4 55. Bf1 Bb7 56. Bg2 Ba6
57. Rh5 Ke6 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. Bf1 Bb7 60. Bd3 Bc6 61. Rh7 Bd7 62. Be2 Be6 63.
Bf1 Bf7 64. Bd3 Be6 65. Rh8 Nc6 66. Bc2 Kc5 67. Bb3 Bf7 68. Ba4 Ne5 69.
Rc8+ Kb6 70. c5+ Kb7 71. Rh8 Bg6 72. Kd4 Bf7 73. Rh7 Kc7 74. Bb5 Nf3+ 75.
Ke3 Ne5 76. Rh8 Bg6 77. Ra8 Kb7 78. Ra6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2790"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7
8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5
exd5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20.
Rfe1 Ba6 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1
26. Kxe1 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Ne2 28. Re3 Rd8+ 29. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Bf5
Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Be4 Be6 37. Bd3
Bc8 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Ke4 Bb7+ 40. Bd5 Bc8 41. Kd4 Bd7 42. Kc4 Be8 43. b4 Bd7
44. f4 f5 45. Bf3 Kd6 46. Bh5 f6 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. g3 Bd7 49. Bc2 Ke6 50. a4
Kd6 51. a5 Ke6 52. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20.
Qd3 exd4 21. cxd4 e5 22. d5 Ne7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nxc7 Rxb2 25. Ne6 Rg8 26.
Kg1 Ng6 27. Qa3 Rb6 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Nxg7 Ne2 30. Nf5 Rgb8 31. Qd3 Rb2 32.
Rf1 Ra8 33. Qc4 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 Qd8 35. Qc1 Rb3 36. Kg2 Qf8 37. Qc7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2825"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qh4+
14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Qg5+ 17. Ke1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7
8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 d5 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. O-O
h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bf1 Qc6
21. Bg3 Ned7 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. h3 Nfd7 24. f4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4
dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rab8 28. Re2 Rb3 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Qc1 e5 31. e4 exf4 32. Qxf4
Nc4 33. e5 Qe6 34. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg5
Qd8 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. O-O h6 17. Bh4 O-O 18. Ncd5 g5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg4
Qd8 21. Bg3 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26.
Bxd6 Rfe8 27. c3 f5 28. a5 Re6 29. Bc7 b5 30. Rad1 Kg6 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32.
Bxd6 h5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rd4 h4 35. Kf2 h3 36. g4 f4 37. Be7 Rxd4 38. cxd4
Bd5 39. b4 Bb3 40. Ke2 Be6 41. Kf3 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

