[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5
8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 h6 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. b4
Bd6 15. Qa4 Nd7 16. e4 Nb6 17. Qd1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Qe2
Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Nd7 22. Bb2 Rd8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rc1 N7f6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26.
Bxb7 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. a4 Rd4 30. Ra8 Rxb4 31. Rxa7 Ng4
32. Bf3 Ne5 33. Be2 Rb2 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rb2 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2
38. Bb5 g5 39. h3 h5 40. Rb7 Ra2 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Kf1 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44.
Be8 Kf5 45. Bb5 Ke4 46. Rc1 Kd4 47. Rd1+ Kc5 48. Re1 Nf3 49. Rc1+ Kd6 50.
Rc6+ Ke5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Rc1 Kg5 53. Kg2 Kg6 54. Bc6 Ne5 55. Be4+ f5 56.
Bc2 Kf6 57. Kf1 Nf3 58. Bd1 e5 59. Rc5 Nd4 60. Ke1 Nf3+ 61. Kf1 e4 62. a5
Ne5 63. Bc2 Ra1+ 64. Ke2 Nf3 65. Bd1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8.
Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 c5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14.
Qb3 Bd6 15. a5 O-O 16. Qb6 Rd8 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20.
Rhe1 Nb4 21. Nb6 Bxb6 22. axb6 Rd6 23. d5 Rxb6 24. Bg4 Kf8 25. dxe6 Bxe6
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rd7 Rc8 28. Re3 Nd5 29. Rg3 Ne7 30. Kb1 Ke8 31. Rd2 Nf5
32. Rgd3 Rbc6 33. Ne4 Rc1+ 34. Ka2 h5 35. f3 R8c2 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. R2d7+
Kg6 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Nh6 40. h3 Rc4 41. Nc3 Rh1 42. Re8 Rxh3 43. Rxe6+
Kh7 44. Ne4 Ra4+ 45. Kb1 Rh1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1 47. Ng5+ Kg8 48. Ree7 Rxg4 49.
Rxg7+ Kh8 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rdg7+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Polgar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8.
f4 b5 9. g5 Bb7 10. Bg2 h6 11. gxh6 Ng6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2
gxh6 15. Raf1 Rg8 16. Kc1 Rc8 17. Rhg1 Ne7 18. Qd2 b4 19. Nd1 Ba4 20. b3
Bb5 21. Rf3 Nc6 22. Rh3 Qd8 23. Kb1 Rg4 24. Nf2 Rxg2 25. Rxg2 Bf1 26. Ng4
Bg7 27. f5 Bc3 28. Qf2 Bxg2 29. Qxg2 exf5 30. Nxh6 Kd7 31. Nxf5 Qg8 32. Qe2
Qg6 33. Rh6 Qg8 34. Rxd6+ Ke8 35. Qxa6 Ne7 36. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Salov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6
8. Nf3 d6 9. e4 h6 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. g4 Ng6 14. Nf1 Nf4
15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Bc2 Nxd5 17. Qxf6 Ndxf6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Kf2 Kh7 20. Ne3 g6
21. a4 b6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Ne6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. h4 Kg7 26. Bd2 Nf4 27.
Rda1 Rd7 28. Ba4 Rc7 29. Bb5 Bd7 30. Ra6 Rb7 31. R1a5 Ne8 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33.
Nd5 Nxd5 34. cxd5 f6 35. Ke2 g5 36. h5 Rb7 37. c4 Kf7 38. Ra2 Ke7 39. Kd3
Nc7 40. R6a3 Kd7 41. Kc2 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "San Segundo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

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 h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14.
fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Rh4
20. Bd4 f5 21. h3 Rc8 22. Rg1 Be4 23. c3 Rc6 24. Be3 g4 25. Bf2 Rh7 26.
hxg4 fxg4 27. Be2 Bf5 28. Bg3 Nf6 29. Rd4 Rc5 30. Rgd1 e5 31. Rb4 Ne4 32.
Be1 Rd7 33. a4 bxa4 34. Rxa4 a5 35. c4 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxd6 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38.
Bxa5 Be4 39. Bb4 Nf5 40. Bxg4 Ne3 41. Bf3 Bf5 42. b3 Kd7 43. Bc5 Ng4 44.
Kd2 Nf6 45. Bb6 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Nd6 47. Bc5 Nf7 48. Be4 Bg4 49. Bd5 Ng5 50. b4
Ne6 51. Ke4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 c5 12. Nf3 Re8 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bd6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Rc1 Re6 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Nd3 c4 19. Rxe6 Bxe6 20.
Ne5 Rb8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Re8 24. Nd3 c5 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26.
Qf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Bf5 28. Rc1 c4 29. bxc4 Rc8 30. Ncd5 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Kf8
32. Ra1 Bxc2 33. Nb6 Rc7 34. Rxa6 g6 35. f3 Kg7 36. Ra3 Rc6 37. Rc3 Rxb6
38. Rxc2 Kf6 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Re2+ Kd6 41. Kg3 Rc6 42. Rd2+ Ke5 43. Rd5+ Ke6
44. Rd4 Ra6 45. Re4+ Kd6 46. h4 Ra2 47. c5+ Kd7 48. c6+ Kd6 49. Rc4 Kc7 50.
Rf4 f5 51. Rc4 h5 52. Rc5 Ra4 53. Re5 f4+ 54. Kh3 Rd4 55. Re6 Rd6 56. Rxd6
Kxd6 57. g3 Kxc6 58. gxf4 Kd5 59. Kg3 Ke6 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. Ke2 Ke6 62. Kd3
Kd5 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. f5 g5 66. hxg5+ Kxg5 67. Ke5 h4 68. f6 Kg6
69. Ke6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Rd1 b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Qf5 Bb7 14. Bb2
dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. d5 bxc4 17. d6 Re8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. Bc3
Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Bd2 h6 23. Rdc1 Rb2 24. Bc3 Re2 25. h3 Re6 26. a4 Nb6
27. Ne1 Bxg2 28. Nxg2 Rd6 29. a5 Nbd7 30. Kf1 Re4 31. Ne3 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5
33. Rd1 Rd4 34. a6 Ne4 35. Kg2 Re6 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Nd5 Nc5 38. Ra5 Nxa6
39. Nf4 Rc6 40. Nd3 Kf8 41. c5 Ke8 42. Kf3 Nc7 43. Rxa7 Na6 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Salov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O
Nd7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. f5 Bg8 19. Qh6
Qf8 20. Qxf8 Rxf8 21. g4 gxf5 22. gxf5 Bf7 23. Rg1 Bh5 24. Ne1 c6 25. Nd3
Nd7 26. Rg7 Rf7 27. Rg8+ Kc7 28. Nf4 Bf3 29. Ne6+ Kd6 30. Nd8 Re7 31. Nxb7+
Ke5 32. Rd8 Kf4 33. Nd6 h5 34. Rg8 Ne5 35. Ne8 Rf7 36. Ng7 c4 37. Ne6+ Ke3
38. h4 Bxe4 39. Nxe4 Kxe4 40. Ng7 Kf4 41. Nxh5+ Kxf5 42. Kd2 Rh7 43. Ng3+
Kf4 44. h5 Kf3 45. Kc3 c5 46. a3 a6 47. b4 cxb3 48. Kxb3 Rb7+ 49. Kc3 Rh7
50. Kb3 Ng4 51. Ne4 Kxe4 52. Rxg4+ Kf5 53. Rc4 Kg5 54. Rxc5+ f5 55. c4 Rxh5
56. Kb4 Kg4 57. a4 Rh6 58. Rc8 f4 59. c5 f3 60. c6 f2 61. Rf8 Kg3 62. Kc5
Rh1 63. Kb6 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Rxf1 65. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Polgar,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7
14. d5 Rc8 15. Bb4 Kf8 16. Rfd1 Na6 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. e5 Be2 19. d6 Bxd1
20. dxe7+ Ke8 21. Rxd1 Bh6 22. h4 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. g3 Kd7
26. Nd4 a6 27. Kf1 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Be3 30. Nf3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "02"]
[White "San Segundo,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3
Na6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. g4 Ndc5 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Qh4 13. Rg1 Bh6 14. g5 Bg7
15. O-O-O f5 16. gxf6 Bh6 17. Na4 Bd7 18. f7+ Rxf7 19. Qxb7 Bxa4 20. Qxa8+
Rf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5
8. O-O b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. bxc5 Rc8 11. Nc3 Bxc5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a4 Qc7 14.
Bb2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Ne4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Rd5
20. Rfb1 Qd7 21. Rc1 h6 22. d3 f5 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qf3 Re8 25. Be1 Kh7 26.
Rc4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rcc1 e4 29. dxe4 fxe4 30. Qg2 Qf5 31. h3 Red8 32.
Kh2 h5 33. Rab1 e3 34. Ba5 Rf8 35. fxe3 Bxe3 36. Rf1 Qc2 37. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 Ng6 13. b4 f6 14.
a4 Kf7 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Ke2 Ne6 17. c3 Rhd8 18. Nc4 b6 19. Kd2 Be7 20. Kc2
Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rd2 g6 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Kb3 c5 25. b5 a5 26. Kc2 Bg7
27. Rh1 f5 28. Rdd1 f4 29. Bc1 Bf6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rh2 Kh7 32. Rg2 Kh6 33.
Rdg1 Rg7 34. Rh1 Kh7 35. Rhg1 Rdg8 36. Rh1 Kh6 37. Kd2 g5 38. hxg5+ Nxg5
39. Ke2 Ne6 40. Rgh2 h4 41. Rxh4+ Bxh4 42. Rxh4+ Kg5 43. Rh1 Kf6 44. Bb2
Rg5 45. Rh7 Re8 46. Rd7 Re7 47. Rd5 Rh7 48. d4 exd4 49. e5+ Kf5 50. cxd4
Rg2 51. Nd6+ cxd6 52. exd6+ Kg6 53. d7 Nd8 54. dxc5 bxc5 55. Bc3 Kf7 56.
Bxa5 Ke6 57. Rxc5 Rxd7 58. Bc7 Rgg7 59. Bxf4 Nb7 60. Rc6+ Kd5 61. Be3 Rg1
62. Rh6 Kc4 63. Rc6+ Kb3 64. b6 Kxa4 65. f4 Kb5 66. Rc2 Nd6 67. Rc5+ Ka6
68. Rd5 Rgg7 69. Kf3 Nc4 70. Rc5 Nxb6 71. Rc6 Rb7 72. f5 Rgc7 73. Re6 Kb5
74. Re5+ Kc4 75. Ke4 Nd7 76. Ra5 Nf6+ 77. Ke5 Rc6 78. Bg5 Rb5+ 79. Rxb5
Nd7+ 80. Ke4 Kxb5 81. Kd5 Rc5+ 82. Ke6 Nf8+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Salov,V"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O
8. Rc1 Re8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 Rb8 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O Bb7
14. Rb1 d6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qa4 Ba8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qxa7 Rc8 19. Rb1 Qg5
20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Qa4 Be4 22. Rb2 Ra8 23. Qd1 Qe8 24. Qd2 g5 25. h3 Kg7 26.
Be2 Ra3 27. Rb3 Ra4 28. Rb2 Qa8 29. f3 Bf5 30. f4 Be4 31. Bd1 Ra3 32. Bb3
Qd8 33. Qc1 Qe7 34. Rf2 Ra8 35. Qd1 Qe6 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Qh5 Kf8 38. Bc2
Bxc2 39. Rxc2 Rg6 40. Qf3 Rf6 41. Rb2 gxf4 42. exf4 Qxc4 43. f5 d5 44. Rb8+
Ke7 45. Qg3 Rxf5 46. Qxc7+ Kf6 47. Qd6+ Kg7 48. Qf8+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ f6 50.
Qg8+ Kh5 51. g4+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Polgar,J"]
[Black "San Segundo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

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 h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14.
fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Rh4
20. Bd4 f5 21. Bf2 Rh7 22. h4 Nf6 23. Bd3 g4 24. Rhe1 Kd7 25. g3 Bd5 26. b3
Kxd6 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rc7 29. Kb2 Rb8+ 30. Ka1 Bf3 31. Bxf5+ Bxd1 32.
Rxe6+ Kd7 33. Rb6+ Ke7 34. Rxb8 Rxc4 35. Be3 Nd5 36. Bg5+ Kd6 37. h5 Bc2
38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O
14. c3 f5 15. Nc2 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Re1 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20.
Qd2 Rb6 21. Rac1 Rg6 22. Bf1 Qh4 23. Re3 Qg5 24. g3 h5 25. Rc5 Be6 26. Re2
Qf6 27. Rc6 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qe3 h4 30. Rc2 Bg4 31. Rc5 Qf5 32. Bg2
Bf3 33. a3 Rf6 34. Rc3 Kg7 35. Bxf3 exf3 36. Qd3 Re6 37. Qd1 Rf6 38. Qd3
Qg4 39. Qd1 hxg3 40. hxg3 Qh5 41. Re3 a5 42. Re5 Rf5 43. Rxf5 Qxf5 44. b4
axb4 45. axb4 Qe4 46. Qc1 f6 47. Qf1 Qe2 48. Qc1 Kg6 49. Qb1+ Qe4 50. Qd1
Kf5 51. Qd2 Kg4 52. Kh2 Qh7+ 53. Kg1 Qb1+ 54. Kh2 Qh7+ 55. Kg1 Qe4 56. Kh2
Kh5 57. Kg1 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Qe4 59. Kg1 Qe2 60. Qc1 f5 61. Qe3 Kg6 62. Kh2 Kh5
63. Kg1 Kg6 64. Kh2 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. a3 Ba5 14.
Qd3 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. b4 a5 20. Bd3
axb4 21. axb4 Rc7 22. Qe1 Kh8 23. h4 Qd6 24. Bb1 Qf4 25. Be4 Ne7 26. g3 Qf6
27. Ne5 Nf5 28. Ng4 Qd8 29. d5 Nd6 30. dxe6 f5 31. Nxb7 Qe7 32. Rxd6 Rxb7
33. Bxb7 Qxd6 34. e7 Qxg3+ 35. Bg2 Rg8 36. Ne5 Qxh4 37. Rc8 Kh7 38. Nc4 Bd4
39. Nd6 Qh5 40. Nxe8 Rxe8 41. Rxe8 Qxe8 42. Qe6 Bf6 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. Bd5+
Kh8 45. Be4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Salov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. d4 Na5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14.
Nd3 Rd8 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. e5 Be7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 h6 20.
Qg4 c5 21. Nf4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qe7 23. h4 Rxd4 24. Ng6+ fxg6 25. Qxd4 g5 26.
hxg5 Qxg5 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Rad1 Nc5 29. Rd4 Qc2 30. a3 Kh7 31. Kg2 Qg6 32.
Red1 Qh5 33. R1d2 Rf5 34. Rh4 Qg6 35. Rdd4 Qe8 36. Rdf4 Rg5 37. Rfg4 Qc6+
38. Kg1 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 Qd5 40. Rd4 Qa8 41. Qe2 Qe8 42. Qc2+ Kg8 43. Qd1 Qg6
44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Qf3 Qg5 46. Qa8 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qxa3 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Qe8+
Kf5 50. Qf7+ Kxe5 51. Rd8 g5 52. Qg7+ Kf5 53. f3 Qa2+ 54. Kh3 g4+ 55. fxg4+
1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3
Nxc5 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 10. b4 Na4 11. Qb3 b5 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Ne2 Re8 15. Bb2 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 exd5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 f6 19. Qc2 Nf8 20.
exf6 Qxf6 21. O-O Bg4 22. Ng3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Rac8 24. Qd2 g6 25. Ra2 Rc3 26.
Bb1 Qc4 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 d4 29. f5 Qc3 30. f6 Re3 31. f7+ Kg7 32. Qf2
Re6 33. Bb3 Rb6 34. Qf4 h5 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Ne4 Qxb3 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. h4
1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14.
e5 Ne4 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Re1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Be6 19. Nc3 O-O 20.
Ne4 Qd5 21. Bd2 Nf5 22. Qf2 b4 23. Nc5 Rfd8 24. Na6 Qxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26.
Nxb8 h5 27. Rf1 Rxb2 28. Na6 Ne3 29. Rf2 Rxb3 30. Nxc7 Bc4 31. Rf3 Be2 32.
Rg3 Rc3 33. Kf2 Rxc7 34. Rxe3 Bg4 35. Rb1 Rc4 36. Reb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "San Segundo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bh4 c6 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7 14.
Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g4 Rc7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qh2 Bc8 20.
Bc2 Ne8 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Qd6 23. Qf2 Be6 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Nd3 Bc8 26.
Nc5 Qe7 27. Bd3 Nb6 28. Red2 Qf6 29. Bc2 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Re7 31. Bb3 f6 32.
Rfd2 Nc7 33. d5 cxd5 34. exd5 Rd6 35. N5e4 Ne8 36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Re2 Rc7
38. Ne4 Re7 39. Rde1 Rd7 40. Nxd6 Rxd6 41. Re8 a5 42. Rc1 a4 43. Bxa4 Rxd5
44. Bb3 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7
8. d5 b5 9. Qe2 b4 10. Nd1 Nb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf2 Qc8 13. Re1 a5 14. Rb1
e6 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa6 17. dxe6 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Na4 19. Rd2 fxe6 20. Ng5
Re8 21. Rxd6 Nxc3 22. Rb7 Ra6 23. Rxa6 Nxa6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bb2 h6 26.
Bxc3+ Kf8 27. Nh7+ Ke7 28. Ng4 Nb4 29. a3 Nd3 30. Nxh6 Nxf4 31. Bf6+ Kd6
32. Nf7+ Kc6 33. a4 c4 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Bc3 Rb8 36. Nf6 Rb7 37. Ne5 Rb3 38.
Bxa5 Nd3+ 39. Nxd3+ Rxd3 40. Ke2 Ra3 41. Be1 Kd4 42. Bf2+ Ke5 43. Bh4 Rxa4
44. Nd7+ Kd6 45. Nf8 Ke5 46. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Salov,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Bg4
14. Nd4 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Qe2 Rc5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qe1 Qf6
20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. b3 a5 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. h3 h5 25. Be2 Ne4 26.
Qb2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qb4 28. a3 Qd6 29. Qb2 b6 30. Bf3 h4 31. b4 axb4 32.
axb4 f5 33. Qa2 Kg7 34. Qa7 Nf6 35. b5 Kh6 36. Qa8 g5 37. Qd8 Kg6 38. Nc6
g4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Be2 Kg5 41. Qxb6 Bxc6 42. Qxc6 Qb4 43. Qc7 g3 44. Qe5+
Kg6 45. Bd3+ Kf7 46. Qf5 Ke7 47. Qe5+ Kf7 48. Qf5 Ke7 49. Bf1 Qb2 50. Qf4
Ne4 51. Qxh4+ Ke6 52. Qg4+ Ke7 53. Qh4+ Ke6 54. Qg4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Bh6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Nge2 Qf6 9. g3 fxg3 10. Nxg3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Qh6 12. Bd3 Qe3+ 13. Nce2 Ne7
14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 d5 16. Rce1 Be6 17. Nf4 O-O 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Rxe6 Nd7 21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Rf1 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. c4 N5f6 25.
Ng3 c5 26. d5 Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Re1 g3 30. Bf5 Nb6 31. b3
Ne8 32. Nxb7 Ng7 33. Bh3 Rf4 34. Nxc5 Rxh4 35. Bg2 Rh2 36. Re2 Nf5 37. Be4
Nd6 38. Bf3 Rh6 39. Ne6 Rf6 40. Bg2 Nd7 41. c5 Nf7 42. d6 Nfe5 43. Bd5 Rf5
44. c6 Nb6 45. Bg2 Rf2 46. Rxf2 gxf2 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Polgar,J"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8.
a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. b4 Bb6 11. d3 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3
Qa6 15. Bb3 Nd8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Nc2 c5 19. c4 Nf4 20. bxc5 Bxc5
21. Qf3 Bxe4 22. dxe4 bxc4 23. Bxf4 cxb3 24. g5 bxc2 25. gxf6 exf4 26. Rc1
g6 27. Nf5 Rb8 28. Kh2 Qc4 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Qc6 f3 32. Qxf3 Bd6
33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Kg1 e4 35. Qe3 Qc5 36. Qd2 Qc7 37. Qd5 Qd7 38. Kg2 Qe6 39.
Qb7 Rc7 40. Qb2 Be5 41. Qb8+ Rc8 42. Qb4+ Bd6 43. Qb7 Rb8 44. Qc6 Qxf6 45.
Ng4 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Rb1 48. Qc8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "05"]
[White "San Segundo,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. dxe5 Ngxe5 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. b3 a6 18. Kh1 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bd1 Be4 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Bg4 Bf3 24. Bh3 Be2 25. Re1 Qxf2 26.
Bg4 Nc2 27. Rc1 Bxc3 28. Qxc3+ Nd4 29. Bd7 Re5 30. Qg3 Qf7 31. Bh3 Re4 32.
Rg1 Kg8 33. Bd2 Bf1 34. Bg4 Be2 35. Bh3 h5 36. Bc3 Qf6 37. c5 h4 38. Bxd4
Rxd4 39. Qe3 Qe5 40. Qh6 Bd3 41. cxd6 cxd6 42. Rc1 Bf5 43. Bxf5 Qxf5 44. h3
Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rc1 O-O 14. f5 e5
15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Qe2 h5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 h4 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Nd2 hxg3
21. hxg3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qe3 Qh5 24. Bf3 Qh3 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. Qg5 Nh7
27. Qh4 Qxh4 28. gxh4 b5 29. Rc1 g6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rc6 g5 32. hxg5 Nxg5
33. Ke3 Rd8 34. a4 Kf7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rb6 Rh8 37. Rb8 Nxf3 38. Nxf3 Ke7
39. Rxb5 Bg4 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Kf2 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Rh3+ 43. Kg4 Re3 44. Rb4
Re2 45. Kf3 Rh2 46. Rb6 Kg5 47. Rxd6 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Kf4 49. Rc6 Kxe4 50. d6
Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Rh7 52. Rc7 Rh8 53. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "San Segundo,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

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. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Qd2 b4 14.
Na4 Nb8 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. e5 Rc8 20.
Bd3 Nc5 21. Nd2 Qc6 22. Be4 Rd7 23. Qc4 Nxe4 24. Qxc6 Nc3+ 25. Qxc3 bxc3
26. Nb3 Rdc7 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rd2 a5 29. Rd7 Kf8 30. Ra7 Rxc2 31. Rc1
Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 g5 33. Rxa5 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Polgar,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 Be4 13. Qd1 c5 14. Nbd2
Bd5 15. dxc5 Nbd7 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Be3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20.
Nxc5 Qxe5 21. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Salov,V"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 Ba6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qf6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Nf3
a5 15. O-O Na6 16. Qd4 Rae8 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Qxf6 Rfxf6 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Rd6 21. e3 Kf8 22. h4 Ke7 23. Rb1 Rf8 24. Rc2 c6 25. Kf3 Nc5 26. Ke2
Rdf6 27. Nf3 h6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ne4 30. Ra1 c5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Nd2
g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Ra3
Bb7 9. Nf3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be2 d5 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bd2
Qe7 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Qb1 e5 17. h3 Kh8 18. Rc1 e4 19. Nh2 d4 20. exd4 cxd4
21. Qa2 Rad8 22. a5 d3 23. Bg4 Nd5 24. a6 Ncb4 25. Qb3 Nxa6 26. Nc7 Naxc7
27. Qxb7 Rb8 0-1


[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
h3 b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. f3 c4 17. Qxc4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5
a6 21. Ba4 a5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 g5 24. e5 gxf4 25. exf6 Ra6 26. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxf6 28. a3 bxa3 29. bxa3 Rf5 30. Rd4 Kg7 31. Kh2 Bc8 32.
Bc2 Rc5 33. Bd3 Be6 34. Ba6 Rf5 35. a4 h6 36. Bb5 Kf6 37. Rd8 Kg7 38. Ra8
Bb3 39. Kg1 Rc5 40. Rxa5 Bxa4 41. Rxa4 Rxb5 42. Rxf4 Rb2 43. Kh2 Ra2 44.
Rf5 Kg6 45. Rb5 Kg7 46. h4 Ra4 47. Kh3 Ra2 48. g4 Ra1 49. g5 hxg5 50. Rxg5+
Kf6 51. Rg2 Kf5 52. Kg3 Ra8 53. Rb2 Rg8+ 54. Kf2 Rh8 55. Rb5+ Kf4 56. Rb4+
Kf5 57. Kg3 Rg8+ 58. Rg4 Ra8 59. Rf4+ Kg6 60. Kg4 Ra5 61. Rb4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Salov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6
8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7
14. O-O-O Ba3 15. c3 O-O 16. Be4 Be7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7
b6 20. Rhg1 Rad8 21. Qxa7 Bc5 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Qb7 Rxa2 24. Qe4 Bxe3+ 25.
fxe3 b5 26. Kc2 b4 27. Qxb4 Qf5+ 28. Kb3 Raa8 29. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Bh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+
Qxf6 8. d4 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qxf4 Qe6 12. Ke3 g5 13. Nxg5
Bxg5 14. Qxg5 f5 15. h3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rxd4 17. hxg4 Rxe4+ 18. Kf2 fxg4 19.
Rh6 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Re1+ 22. Kf2 Qe2+ 23. Kg3 Qd3+ 24. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Polgar,J"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Nc3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Ne4 Nc7 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ne6 13. c3 Nd7 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Ra5 b6 18. Ra6 Qb7 19. Ra1 Rd5 20. h4
a5 21. bxa5 Rdxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. b4 Rf5 24. Qd3 Rd5 25. Qf3 Rf5 26. Qe2
h5 27. Qa2 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "07"]
[White "San Segundo,P"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Qe8 8.
O-O h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. Rae1 a5 12. Bc3 f4 13. d5 Na6 14. Ne4 Bf5
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qb2 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qc3 Qg6 20. f3 Rf7
21. Rf2 Qf6 22. e3 e5 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. Rd2 Re8 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Qd3 Nc5
27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qf1 Bd7 29. Qf2 h5 30. Rd1 Rg7 31. Ne2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Bc6
33. Qd4 Qh6 34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. Nxf4 Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rg5 37. Rh1 Be8 38. Bf1 Bf7
39. Be2 Kg7 40. Bd1 Kf6 41. Bc2 c6 42. Rd1 Ke7 43. Rh1 Ne6 44. Ne2 b5 45.
f4 Rc5 46. Bd3 bxc4 47. Bxc4 a4 48. Ke3 axb3 49. axb3 Ra5 50. Nd4 Nxd4 51.
Kxd4 Rf5 52. Ke4 Bg6 53. Kf3 Rf6 54. Ke3 Rf8 55. Rh4 Rh8 56. Kd4 Kf6 57. b4
Rb8 58. Kc3 Re8 59. b5 d5 60. Bb3 Re3+ 61. Kb2 cxb5 62. Bxd5 Be8 63. Bb3
Kg6 64. Bd1 Kh6 65. Rh2 Re4 66. Rh4 Bg6 67. Bb3 Be8 68. Kc3 b4+ 69. Kd3 Bg6
70. Kd2 Rd4+ 71. Kc1 Be8 72. Be6 Ba4 73. Bg4 Rd5 74. Bf3 Rc5+ 75. Kb2 Be8
76. Bxh5 Bxh5 77. Kb3 Rb5 78. f5 Kg5 79. Rxb4 Bf7+ 80. Kc3 Rxf5 81. Kd3
Rf3+ 82. Kd2 Kf5 83. Rd4 Ke5 84. Rh4 Bd5 85. Rb4 Be4 86. Rb5+ Kf4 87. Rb8
Rd3+ 88. Ke2 Rc3 89. Rb2 Rh3 90. Kd2 Rd3+ 91. Ke2 Rd4 92. Ke1 Bf3 93. Kf2
Rc4 94. Ke1 Rd4 95. Kf2 Re4 96. Rd2 Re3 97. Rb2 Be4 98. Rb8 Rc3 99. Rb2 Rh3
100. Ke1 Rd3 101. Rd2 Re3+ 102. Kd1 Rb3 103. Ke1 Bf3 104. Kf2 Rb1 105. Rd4+
Be4 106. Rd2 Rh1 107. Ke2 Rh3 108. Rd8 Rh2+ 109. Kd1 Ke3 110. Rb8 Rd2+ 111.
Kc1 Rc2+ 112. Kd1 Rc3 113. Rb2 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nc6 Qc8 12. a3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2
Nb6 15. Na5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. e4 d4 20. Nd1
d3 21. e5 Bd4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bc6 Qe7 25. Be4 fxe5 26. Nc6
Qf6 27. Bxd3 Bb7 28. Be4 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rd8 30. Nc3 Nc8 31. Bg2 Kg7 32. Ne4
Qg6 33. Qa5 Rd5 34. Qb4 Nb6 35. Qe7 Bb2 36. h4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd5 38. Qe8 Nf6
39. Nxf6 Qxf6 40. Rc8 Kh6 41. Qf8+ Qg7 42. Qc5 Qg6 43. Bf3 Rd7 44. g4 f6
45. Qf8+ Qg7 46. Qe8 Qf7 47. Qh8 e4 48. Bxe4 Qg7 49. Qxg7+ Kxg7 50. Rc6
Bxa3 51. Rxe6 Re7 52. Ra6 Bc5 53. f3 Bb6 54. Ra2 Bc7+ 55. Kh3 Bf4 56. Ra5
h6 57. Rf5 Bd2 58. Kg2 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Akopian,V"]
[Black "San Segundo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 c6 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qa5 12. O-O Ncd7 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. f4 Qxb2 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qc5 Bd7 19. Rab1 Qxa2
20. Bb3 Qe2 21. Ng3 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nf2 Nc6 8.
d4 Bh6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. a3 Nxe4 13. Nd5 Qe8 14. O-O
f5 15. c3 Rg8 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Ne7 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4
d5 21. Qb3 Rdf8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd5 Qxh4 24. Ne3 c6 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. c4
Re8 27. Nd1 Qh4 28. d5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Salov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8.
h3 Re8 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nfd7 12. Bf4 a5 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Bh6
Bh8 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Qe2 a4 17. Nd4 b6 18. b3 Ra5 19. Rad1 axb3 20. axb3 Ba6
21. Qd2 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nd3 23. Bxh8 Nxe1 24. Qd4 f6 25. Bxf6 Nxc2 26. Bxd8
Nxd4 27. Bxc7 Nb5 28. Nxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxd6 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Bf1 31. Bxb6 Bxg2 32.
Kxg2 Rxe4 33. Bc5 Rb1 34. Rb6 Ree1 35. h4 Re4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38.
Kf3 Re5 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Ke6 41. Be3 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 Re5+ 43. Kd3 Rd1+
44. Kc4 Re4+ 45. Kb5 Rd7 46. Rb6+ Kd5 47. b4 Ree7 48. Ra6 Rb7+ 49. Ka5 Rec7
50. Ra8 Kc4 51. Bc5 Rc6 52. Bf8 Rb5+ 53. Ka4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qe2 Rg8 13. e4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. g3 Ne5 18. Be3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20.
Rac1 Qb8 21. Qb5+ Ke7 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5+ Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Bd2 c3 20. Bxc3
Rac8 21. Be4 Rc4 22. Rfb1 Rfc8 23. R5b3 Nxa4 24. Bd2 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rxe4 26.
Qxe4 Nc3 27. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1
Rfc8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. b3 Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Qd6 21. Bb2 f6 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. Re3 Rb7 26.
Rd3 Qe6 27. Nf5 Kh8 28. Nde3 Rbc7 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Nd5 Rcc8
32. Rc1 Red8 33. Nb6 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Nb4 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Nxd7
Nd3 38. Nxf8 Nxb2 39. Ne6 Nd3 40. Nc7 Nc1 41. Nxa6 Nxa2 42. Kf1 Nc1 43. Nc5
Na2 44. Nd3 Kg8 45. Ke1 Kf7 46. Kd2 b4 47. Nc5 Ke7 48. Na4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O
Be7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Rae1 h6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. h3 Bd6 14.
Re3 Ne8 15. Ne2 Qd7 16. Ng3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qd6 18. Nh5 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Nc7 20.
Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Kf1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Polgar,J"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8.
a4 h6 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. O-O f6 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Qd4
Rac8 15. c4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. cxd5 Rxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "09"]
[White "San Segundo,P"]
[Black "Salov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
Qa4+ Nbd7 9. dxe6 dxc3 10. exd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Be3
Rc8 14. Bd4 O-O 15. e3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Na4 17. c4 Bc5 18. f3 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rfd8
20. d5 Ba6 21. Rb1 b5 22. cxb5 Nc3 23. Rc1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Kf2 Rc5 27. a4 Rxd5 28. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Playoff g20"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.06.01"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14.
Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bb4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Kf1 Rd3
20. Ke2 Rhd8 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bf4 b5 23. Rac1 Kb7 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rf1 a4 26.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Be7 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Bc5 Bg5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Kc8
32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Be3 Be7 36. c4 Bd6 37. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Playoff g20"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.06.01"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

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. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4
Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 b3
21. Bd3 c4 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxd4 24. Re3 Ng4 25. Rxa5 cxd3 26. Bf6 Qxf6
27. Qxg4+ Qg6 28. Rg5 Bxe3 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. fxe3 Rbd8 32.
Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Playoff g6/5"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.06.01"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

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. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. Nh2 d5 16. Ng4 c6 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. c3 Re6 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. b4 c5 21. Bb2
Rae8 22. Rad1 c4 23. dxc4 dxe4 24. Qe2 bxc4 25. Ba4 Rc8 26. Rd2 Nb6 27. Bc2
Nbd5 28. g3 Qc6 29. Nfe3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Nd5 31. Qxe4 g6 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33.
Qxe5+ Bg7 34. Qe4 f5 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Red1 Kh7 37. h4 h5 38. a4 Qe6 39. a5
Bc6 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rxe2 Nxc3 42. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 Bxc3 44. Rc2 Be1 45.
Rxc4 Bb5 46. Rd4 Bc3 47. Rf4 Bd2 48. Bf3 Kg7 49. Bd5 Kf6 50. Kg2 Ke5 51.
Bf7 Bxf4 52. gxf4+ Kxf4 53. Bxg6 Kg4 54. f3+ Kxh4 55. Bxf5 Kg5 56. Bc8 Kf4
57. Bb7 Ke5 58. Kg3 Kd4 59. f4 Kc4 60. Kh4 Kxb4 61. Kxh5 Bd3 62. Kg5 Kxa5
63. Kf6 Kb4 64. Ke5 a5 65. Be4 Bxe4 66. Kxe4 Kc5 67. Ke5 a4 68. f5 a3
1/2-1/2
