[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
Be3 Be6 15. a3 Nf7 16. b4 c6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Bf8 20.
Rb1 b6 21. c5 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bd2
e4 27. Na5 Rc8 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3+ Bg7 31. Bd2 Ba2 32. Rc1
Be5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Kg7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Bxb5 Bd4 37. c6 Kf6 38. Rd1
Be5 39. Ba5 Re7 40. Bc4 f4 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8.
Kf1 Bd6 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. e4 Ne7 11. Bb2 Nbc6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Kg1 b5 14.
Nxd6 cxd6 15. h4 Qb6 16. h5 h6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nf1 b4 19. Bd4 Qa5 20. Ne3
Rac8 21. Rh4 Rc7 22. Qd2 Rc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Qd4 exd5 25. exd5 Qc7 26.
Qd1 Rc8 27. Be4 Qb6 28. Rf4 Bb7 29. Rc1 Qa5 30. Rc2 Kh8 31. Bg2 Ba6 32. Ra4
Qb6 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4 Nf5 35. Rxc3 Nd4 36. c5 Rxc5 37. Qxd4 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxc4 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Qa4 Be7 14. Qxc6
Qc8 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. g3 Rec8 20. Bf4
Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rb7 Rd8 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Ba5 Ba3 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Rdb1
Rcc8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Rxd7 Rxb1+ 29. Nxb1 Bb2 30. Ng5 c3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32.
Bxc3 Nxc3 33. Nxf7 Nxa2 34. Nd6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nb4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Nf7 g5
38. Nxg5+ Kg6 39. Nxe6 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd1
Bxd5 15. Bb5 Be6 16. Nf2 Nc5 17. O-O Nb3 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 Nd5 21. Ng4 f6 22. Bc6 Nc7 23. Be1 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
h3 b5 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Ng3 g6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Rc8
15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg1 Rc4 17. Be3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. Nf1 Qa5 20. Rh3 Rc8
21. h5 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxg5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qxd6 Qc7 25. Rd1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6
Nf6 27. Nd5 Nh5 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Nb6 Rh8 30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rc7 Be8 32. Rd6 Bc1
33. Nd5 a5 34. Rd8 Bxa3 35. Rcc8 a4 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Rxe8 Bb2 38. Bf1 a3
39. Ra8 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. a3
Rb8 15. h4 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Na2 Rb6 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 h6 20. Be2
Bb7 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Nc4 Rc6 23. Kb1 Nb6 24. b3 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rc5 26. Kb2 a5
27. Bd3 Bc6 28. Na4 Bxa4 29. bxa4 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. a4 Ke7
14. a5 Nd7 15. Kd2 g5 16. g3 gxf4 17. gxf4 f6 18. Rg1 fxe5 19. Bh3 exf4 20.
Rae1 Nf8 21. Nxd5+ Kd6 22. Nxf4 e5 23. Rg3 Bxh3 24. Rd3+ Kc6 25. Rc3+ Kd6
26. Nxh3 Rg8 27. Rd3+ Ke6 28. Nf4+ Kf5 29. Nd5 Rg2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 31. Rb3 Rb8
32. a6 b5 33. Ne7+ Kf6 34. Nc6 Rb6 35. Nxe5 h5 36. Nd3 Rxh2 37. Nb4 Kg5 38.
Rf3 Ng6 39. Rf7 Rh4 40. c3 Rxb4 41. cxb4 Rxa6 42. Rg1+ Kh6 43. Kd2 Rd6+ 44.
Ke3 a6 45. Ke4 Nh8 46. Ra7 Ng6 47. Ra1 Rd2 48. R7xa6 Rxb2 49. Kf5 Rf2+ 50.
Ke6 Rf4 51. Rb1 h4 52. Rb6 h3 53. Rxb5 h2 54. Rh1 Rh4 55. Kd6 Nf4 56. Rf5
Nh5 57. Rf2 Rxb4 58. Rfxh2 Rb5 59. Ra2 Kg6 60. Ra6 Nf4 61. Ke7+ Kg5 62.
Rg1+ Kh4 63. Ra4 Rf5 64. Rg8 Kh3 65. Ra3+ Kh2 66. Ra2+ Kh3 67. Rd2 Re5+ 68.
Kf6 Re3 69. Kf5 Ne2 70. Rb2 Kh2 71. Rg7 Re8 72. Rg6 Re3 73. Re6 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 a6 3. Bg5 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14.
O-O-O Qe7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Bxg5 18. Rh8+ Nf8 19. Rxf8+
Qxf8 20. Nxg5 O-O-O 21. f4 Qe7 22. Qh7 f6 23. Nge4 b6 24. a3 Kb8 25. Kb1
Ka7 26. Nf2 Qd7 27. Qe4 Qd6 28. Qg2 Qd7 29. Na2 Rc8 30. Nb4 c5 31. dxc5
bxc5 32. Na2 Rb8 33. Qg4 Qd2 34. Nd1 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qc4+ 36. Nac3 g5 37. Qf3
gxf4 38. exf4 Rg8 39. Kc2 Rd8 40. Nf2 Qd4 41. Nd3 Kb6 42. Nc1 c4 43. Kb1
Kc7 44. N3e2 Qd5 45. Qe3 Rd6 46. Qc3 e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Ka1 Rf6 49. Qe1
Qe4 50. Ka2 Rb6 51. Qa5 Kb7 52. Qd2 Kc8 53. Nc3 Qd4 54. Qg5 Rc6 55. N1e2
Qc5 56. Ne4 Qb5 57. N2c3 Qb3+ 58. Kb1 Kb7 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 c5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. e3
Na6 15. Rd2 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. h4 g6 18. Qb3 h5 19. Qa2 a6 20. dxc5 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Qxc5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qd6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rdc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2
Bc6 27. Rc3 Bb5 28. Qb2 Qe6 29. Qc1 Bc4 30. e4 b5 31. e5 Re8 32. Kh2 Qb6
33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Rf3 a5 35. Bh3 Be2 36. Re3 Bc4 37. Rf3 Be2 38. Re3 Bc4 39.
Qg5 Qxd4 40. e6 Qb2 41. Rf3 d4 42. Rxf7 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8.
Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 Nd8 19. c3 Rf8 20. Kf1
Rc4 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. h6 g6 26. Qh5 Rxa4
27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. Nxe6 Qc2 29. Qh4 f4 30. Bxf4 Nf5 31. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8.
O-O Qb6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14.
b4 Raf8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. g3 h5 18. a4 h4 19. Bd3 hxg3 20. hxg3 h5
21. Ne3 Bh6 22. a5 Qd8 23. f4 Kh8 24. Qh2 Qd6 25. a6 b6 26. Rab1 Qc7 27.
Nc2 Qc3 28. Rf3 Qc7 29. Rbf1 Ng6 30. Qxh5 Qg7 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 32. Bxg6 Rxg6
33. Qe5 Rc8 34. Nb4 Rc4 35. Nc6 Kh7 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nd1 Bf8 17. Ne3 1/2-1/2



[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2795"]

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 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nd2 c5 14. a4 Ra6
15. Ra3 g5 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Qxg5 h6 20. Qe3 f5 21.
Qe2 f4 22. Nb5 Kh7 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Kh1 Bg4 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. Rg1 Bxf3+ 27.
Qxf3 Ne5 28. Qh5 Qf7 29. Qh3 Nxc4 30. Rf3 Be5 31. Nc7 Rxa4 32. Bxf4 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 Qe5 13. Nc3 Nd4
14. Qd3 Nf5 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. g3 Ba4 18. Qb1 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6
20. Qe4 Ne7 21. Qxc6+ Nxc6 22. Ke2 f5 23. Rhd1 Ne5 24. Nb5 Kb8 25. h3 a6
26. Nd6 Rd7 27. f4 Nc6 28. Nc4 Rc7 29. Rac1 Rhc8 30. Nb6 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

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. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. O-O
e6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Be5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. a4 O-O 20. b3
Rfd8 21. Qe3 Qf4 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Rfd1 h4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26.
Rd2 Kf8 27. Nd1 Ke7 28. Nf2 f5 29. Kf1 fxe4 30. fxe4 a5 31. Ke2 Be8 32. Kd1
Bh5+ 33. Kc1 Rg8 34. Nd3 h3 35. gxh3 Rg1+ 36. Kb2 Bf3 37. Nxe5 Bxe4 38. Rf2
Kf6 39. Nc4 Kg5 40. h4+ Kg4 41. h5 f3 42. h6 Kf4 43. Nd2 Rg6 44. h7 Rh6 45.
h8=Q Rxh8 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.17"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. O-O g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Bg4
14. Qf2 e4 15. Rde1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Bd4 Bg7 18. b3 O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.17"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2795"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. h3 b5 14. e4 Qc8
15. Bf4 b4 16. Na4 b3 17. Qxb3 Nxe4 18. Qc2 Ndf6 19. g4 Qd7 20. g5 Nh5 21.
Bh2 f5 22. Nc3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Bc4 26. Nd2 Nxd2
27. Qxd2 f4 28. Re1 Re5 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Qxh3 31. Bg2 Qg4 32. Qe1 Ng7
33. f3 Qxg5 34. Qb1 Nf5 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qxa7+ Kh6 37. Qf7 Bf1 38. Kxf1
Ne3+ 39. Ke1 Qh4+ 40. Ke2 Qxh2 41. Kd3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.17"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d5 O-O-O 10. d6 f6 11. Nxb5 Qxb5 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxc4
Qc6 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. O-O Nf6 17. Be3 Bxd6 18. Rfc1 e4 19. h3 Rhe8 20. Bc4
Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 e3 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8.
d5 a5 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qc1 Ng4 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bh6 c6
15. Nd4 Rc8 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. b3 Qd7 20. e3 Rb8
21. Rb1 Rb6 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Qc3 Ra8 24. Nd4 Qc8 25. Qe1 Ra7 26. a3 Ne6 27.
Qc3 Nc5 28. Qe1 Ne6 29. Rdc1 Nc5 30. Rd1 Ne6 1/2-1/2



[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

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.
Qd3 O-O 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb5 18. Ra7 c4 19. Bxc4 d5 20.
Qxe7 dxc4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra8 Rf8 23. Ra4 Be6 24. f5 Bd5 25. Re1 h5 26.
h3 Rc8 27. Kh2 h4 28. f6 gxf6 29. b3 f5 30. bxc4 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 d6
8. O-O Ne7 9. d5 Qd7 10. f4 g6 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. b4 Bg7 13. b5 Bxd4+ 14.
Qxd4 f5 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Ng8 18. Nc3 Qf7 19. Re3 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. a4 Kb8 24. a5 Qxb5 25. axb6 axb6
26. Bd4 Qc6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qg5 Re8 30. Qh5 Qe4 31. Bf2 Nf6 32.
Qf7 Qe7 33. Qa2 Ng4 34. Ra1 Qe4 35. Qa7+ Kc8 36. Rc1 Qb7 37. Qa4 Re7 38.
Qb3 0-1


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3
8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. dxe3 b6 11. e4 h6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. f4 Kg8 14. e5
Nh7 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Be4 Kh8 17. Bc2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxh7 Kxh7 20. c5
Qe8 21. Qd3+ Be4 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. Rf2 bxc5 24. Raf1 Re8 25. c4 Qh3 26. Bb2
Rg5 27. Qc3 Re6 28. Qe3 Rg4 29. Rc1 h5 0-1


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2795"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. h3 b6 12. e4 Na5 13. Bd3 Nb3 14. Rb1
Nxc1 15. Rbxc1 Bd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Be4 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rd8 19. a5 Bb5 20.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ng5 Kd7 22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Rf3 f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rxf6 Bd4
26. Rf7+ Kd6 27. b3 h6 28. Nf3 Bc3 29. g4 Rb8 30. Rh7 Bd7 31. Rxh6 Rxb3 32.
Ng5 Rb6 33. Bd3 Bd4 34. Ne4+ Kc7 35. Rh7 a5 36. g5 a4 37. Nf6 Bxf6 38. gxf6
Rb8 39. Bc4 Kd6 40. Rh4 Ke5 41. Rh7 Kd6 42. f7 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bh6 Rc8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd3 a6 14. f4
e5 15. Nde2 Qb6 16. O-O-O Bb5 17. Qf3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 exf4 20.
Rhf1 Qa5 21. Rxf4 Qa1+ 22. Nb1 Nd7 23. Rxd6 Nc5 24. Qe3 a5 25. e5 b5 26.
Rh4 Kg8 27. Rd5 Ne6 28. Qh6 Rxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Rc8+ 30. Nc3 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6
8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. c3 Qc7 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20.
Qf4 Nf8 21. Rhf1 Bg5 22. Qf2 Rd7 23. Bc5 Rc8 24. Bd6 Qd8 25. Rd4 Qe8 26. h4
Be7 27. g4 Bxd6 28. exd6 Rc6 29. g5 e5 30. Rd5 Rcxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Bb3
Ne6 33. g6 f6 34. h5 Qd7 35. Qf3 Kf8 36. Qa8+ Nd8 37. Qe4 Ke7 38. a3 Qh3
39. Rd1 Rxd1+ 40. Bxd1 Qe6 41. Bg4 Qc6 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 Nc6 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Nb3 Qa4 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14.
Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Re1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20.
Bg5 Rfc8 21. Qf3 Kg8 22. a3 Qb5 23. Re2 h6 24. Bf4 Rc4 25. Rd2 Re4 26. Qg3
Qc4 27. Be3 Rg4 28. Qh3 Nxe5 29. f4 Rxf4 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. Rf2 Qg5 32. Raf1
Rc4 33. Re2 a5 34. Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Ng4 36. Rd3 Rc7 37. a4 f5 38. b3 Kf7
39. c4 dxc4 40. Rc3 Ne5 41. Rfc1 Rc6 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. bxc4 Nd7
45. Kf2 Nc5 46. Ra3 g4 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Rd1 Ne4 49. Rc1 f4 50. Rb3 Nc5 51.
Ra3 e5 52. Rh1 Kf5 53. Rh5+ Ke4 54. Rh4 Rg6 55. Rh1 g3 56. Rh5 Kd4 57. Ra2
Re6 58. Rh1 Nd3 59. Rc2 e4 60. Rh8 f3+ 0-1


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Nd4 Nc5
15. Be3 e5 16. Nf3 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng5
Bd3 21. Qf3 O-O-O 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Qxa6 Rb8 24. Nf7 Rhf8 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26.
Qa5 Ke6 27. f4 Ra8 28. fxe5 Rxa5 29. exd6 Kxd6 30. Bd2 Ra4 31. a3 Rf7 32.
Bb4+ Kd5 33. Bc3 Raa7 34. Re5+ Kc6 35. Rae1 Rad7 36. h3 Rf5 37. Re6+ Kb7
38. Re7 Rf7 39. R7e5 Kc6 40. Rg5 Rde7 41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. Bxg7 Re2 43. Bd4
Be4 44. h4 h6 45. Rg7 Kd5 46. Bc3 h5 47. Rg5+ Kc6 48. Kh2 Bd5 49. Rxh5
Rxg2+ 50. Kh3 Rg6 51. Rh8 Be6+ 52. Kh2 Kd5 53. Rh5+ Kc6 54. Rh8 Kd5 55. h5
Rg8 56. Rh7 Rg4 57. h6 Ke4 58. Rh8 Rg8 59. Rh7 Rg6 60. Rh8 Rg8 61. Rh7 Rg4
62. Rb7 Rh4+ 63. Kg2 Rxh6 64. Rxb5 Bd5 65. Kf2 Ra6 66. Rc5 Ra7 67. Rc8 Be6
68. Re8 Kd5 69. Ke3 Rh7 70. a4 Bd7 71. Ra8 Re7+ 72. Kf4 Re4+ 73. Kg5 Bc6
74. Ra7 Re8 75. a5 Kc5 76. Rc7 Kb5 77. Kf6 Rf8+ 78. Ke5 Re8+ 79. Kd6 Rd8+
80. Ke7 Re8+ 81. Kf7 Rd8 82. Kg6 Rg8+ 83. Kh6 Rd8 84. Re7 Re8 85. Rf7 Re6+
86. Kg5 Rd6 87. Rf8 Rd7 88. Kf4 Ra7 89. Rf5+ Ka6 90. Ke3 Rd7 91. Rc5 Bb5
92. Ke4 Rd8 93. Rc7 Rd7 94. Rc8 Kb7 95. Rc5 Ka6 96. Rg5 Bc6+ 97. Ke3 Rd3+
98. Ke2 Rd5 99. Rg6 Kb5 100. a6 Rd7 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rae1 Be6 13. Ne5 N6d7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f4 f6 17. a5 Qc7 18. b4 Re7 19. Na4 Rae8 20. f5
Bf7 21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Nc5 g5 23. Bc2 Kg7 24. g3 h5 25. Kf2 Nh7 26. Kg2 Kh8
27. Qf2 Kg8 28. h3 Kh8 29. Re2 Rg8 30. Bb3 Rge8 31. Rfe1 h4 32. g4 Nf8 33.
Kg1 Nd7 34. e4 Nxc5 35. bxc5 Qc7 36. e5 Qxa5 37. e6 Bg8 38. Ra2 Qc3 39. Qe3
Qxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Kd2 Ke8 44. Kc3 Kd8 45. Kb4
Kc7 46. Rc3 Ree8 47. Ka5 Ra7 48. Rb2 Rd8 49. Ba4 Re8 50. Re3 Rc8 51. Rb6
Re8 52. Bb3 Rd8 53. Bd1 Raa8 54. Reb3 Ra7 55. Bf3 Kc8 56. Re3 Kc7 57. Rb4
Raa8 58. Bg2 Kb8 59. Bxd5 Rxd5 60. e7 Bf7 61. e8=Q+ Bxe8 62. Rxe8+ Ka7 63.
Re7 Rb8 64. Rf7 Rdd8 65. Rxf6 Re8 66. Re6 Rxe6 67. fxe6 Re8 68. d5 cxd5 69.
Rb6 Rc8 70. Kb4 a5+ 71. Kb5 a4 72. c6 bxc6+ 73. Rxc6 Kb7 74. Rb6+ Kc7 75.
Rc6+ Kb7 76. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2795"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Nbc6 14.
Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rf3 b4 16. Rh3 h6 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Rg3 d4 20. Bd5
Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxd5 22. Bf6 Qxh5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]

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 a5 11. Ba3 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
axb4 15. Bxb4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 1/2-1/2

