
[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ghorbani,M"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "Iran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2430"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6
8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Rf8
14. Bd3 Bd6 15. f4 e5 16. f5 Be7 17. b3 d5 18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. g4 h6 20. h4
dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxh4 23. Rad1 Rbd8 24. a4 Bg5 25. Bf2 Rd5 26.
c4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qe2 Qe7 30. a5 Qa3 31. Qxe5 Qxb3
32. a6 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qxg4+ 34. Qg3 Qxc4 35. a7 Qa4 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. a8=Q
Qe4+ 38. Kg1 1-0


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Bagheri,A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "Iran"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb1 h6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. b4 c4 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 19. f4 Qh5 20.
Bf1 Rac8 21. Rd3 Ne4 22. Bg2 Nxc3 23. Qe1 Ne4 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qe2 26.
Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rd4 Re8 28. Qc4 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Mallahi,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "Iran"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nbd2 f5
8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Nh6 10. c3 Nf7 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 Bxf3 13. Nb6 c4 14.
dxc4 Qd8 15. Nxa8 Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nc7 Ng5 18. Bxc5 f4 19. Red1 Nh3+ 20.
Kf1 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qg4 23. Rg1 Nxg1 24. Rxg1 Qf3+ 25. Rg2 Rf5
26. h4 Rxe5 27. Kh2 Qh5 28. Be7 f3 29. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Khakpoor,A"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[WhiteCountry "Iran"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 b4 10. Nce2 e5 11. Kb1 Qe7 12. Qd2 a5 13. h4 Nb6 14. Nc1
Be6 15. Nh3 h6 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nfd7 18. f4 O-O 19. Be2 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 exf4
21. Qxf4 a4 22. Rg3 Kg7 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. Bf3 c5 25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qd3 Ndb6
27. Ne2 Rc8 28. Nf4 cxd4 29. Bxh5 Qxe4 30. Bd1 Rfe8 31. h5 Ne3 32. hxg6
Qxd3 33. Nh5+ Kh8 34. g7+ Kg8 35. cxd3 Nxf1 36. Nf6+ Kxg7 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8
38. Rg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yurtaev,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "KYR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2
Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 Qe6 11. b3 a4 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Bg2 O-O 14.
O-O a3 15. Bd4 c5 16. Be3 Qxe5 17. Bxa8 Nxa8 18. Qf3 Nb6 19. Bf4 Qe6 20.
Rfe1 Qg6 21. Bxc7 Bxd2 22. Red1 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Bb4 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Qd5 Qe4
26. Rd3 Bb7 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bf4 Bc6 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7
32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Bd2 d5 34. Bxb4 cxb4 35. Kd3 Ke5 36. f4+ Kf5 37. Kd4 dxc4
38. Kxc4 Kg4 39. Kxb4 Kh3 40. Rc1 Bd5 41. Rc2 h5 42. Kxa3 Bg2 43. Rxg2 Kxg2
44. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Moldobaev,E"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteCountry "KYR"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 Ne8 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. O-O g6 10. b3 Ng7 11. Bb2 h5 12. Qd3 h4 13. Nd1 hxg3 14. hxg3
f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Ne3 e4 18. Qd2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qf6 20. Qxf6
Nxf6 21. Kf2 Kf7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Nc3 Ke7 26. a5
Kd8 27. Rb1 Kc7 28. Nb5+ Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "02"]
[White "deFirmian,N"]
[Black "Imanaliev,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "KYR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14.
Re3 Qh4 15. h3 g5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qf6 Rae8 18. Nd2 Qf4 19. Qxf4 Bxf4 20.
Re1 Bxh3 21. Nf3 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Bf5 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Nf3 Re8 25. Re1 Rxe1+
26. Nxe1 Be4 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. f3 Bb1 30. Nd3 Kf5 31. a3 a5 32.
b3 Bc2 33. Nc5 Kg5 34. Ke1 h5 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Ilinsky,V"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "KYR"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 O-O 8.
Nc2 f5 9. d3 d6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. a3 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. b4 b6 14. e3 Qd7 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 f4 18. Ne1 Rbe8 19. Be4 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nd8 21.
Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Qg2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf7 24. Qg2 e4 25. dxe4 Qxc4 26. Nf3 Ne6
27. Rf1 Qxe4 28. Ne1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bb2 31. Nc2 Ng5 32. Be1
b5 33. h4 Ne6 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Ke4 Nc7 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Ba5 Ne6 38. Kd5 Kf6
39. g4 h5 40. g5+ Ke7 41. Kc6 a6 42. Kd5 Kd7 43. Bd2 Bg7 44. Ne1 c4 45. Ba5
Bf8 46. Nf3 Bd6 47. Ne5+ Bxe5 48. Kxe5 Nc5 49. Kd5 Na4 50. Ke5 c3 51. Kd4
c2 52. Bd2 Nb6 53. Bc1 Ke6 54. e4 Nc4 55. a4 Na5 56. Kc3 Ke5 57. axb5 axb5
58. Kd3 Nc4 59. Kxc2 Kxe4 60. Kc3 Ke5 0-1


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Sorokin,M"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "ARG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 Nc6 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
b3 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nge2 Ned7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
O-O c6 15. Rad1 Be6 16. f4 Ne8 17. e5 Bf5 18. g4 Bd3 19. g5 Nc7 20. Kf2 Ne6
21. Ke3 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Bf8 23. h4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4+ 26. Kd3
h6 27. Kxd4 Rd8+ 28. Ke3 Bc5+ 29. Ke2 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bb4 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32.
Kxd1 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Ba3 35. Ke4 Bc1 36. a4 a5 37. Bh3 b6 38. Bc8
Bd2 39. Bb7 Kd7 40. Kf3 Bc1 41. Kg4 Bb2 42. Ba6 Bc3 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Ricardi,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Nge2 c5 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Ng3 e6 11. Bh6 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 b5 14. b3
bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 16. Nd1 exd5 17. cxd5 Rb4 18. Ne3 Re8 19. O-O Bd7 20.
Bxa6 Qb6 21. Be2 Rb2 22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Nd1 Rd2 24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. Ne3 Ba4 26.
Rfb1 Rb8 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke1 Rd4 29. Ba6 b3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Nxb3 32.
Ra3 Rb4 33. Nc2 Rb6 34. Rxa4 Nc5 35. Ra1 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Nxa6 37. Ne3 Nc5 38.
Kd2 Nfd7 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. Ne2 f6 41. Kc3 Ne5 42. Nd4 Kd7 43. Nb5 Nf7 44. Kd4
Nb3+ 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. f4 Ke7 47. g3 Kd7 48. h3 Ke7 49. Nd4 Kd7 50. Nc6 Nb3
51. Nb6+ Kc7 52. Na4 Kb7 53. Nd4 Nxd4 54. Kxd4 Kc7 55. Nb2 Kd7 56. Nc4 Ke7
57. Na5 g5 58. Nc6+ Kf8 59. Ke3 h5 60. Nd4 Kg7 61. Nf5+ Kf8 62. h4 gxf4+
63. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Hoffman,A"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[WhiteCountry "ARG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 7. Re1 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. d5
e5 15. Nfd4 Nc5 16. Bb1 Qd7 17. Nc2 Nxd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne3 f5 20. cxd5
e4 21. f3 f4 22. Nc4 Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. fxe4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Bxb2 26.
Bf2 Rfe8 27. a4 Be5 28. Kf1 Nb3 29. Rc6 Nd2+ 30. Ke2 Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Rac8 32.
Rbc1 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Kf7 34. g3 fxg3 35. hxg3 h5 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. a5 Rd3+ 38.
Ke2 Rb3 39. axb6 axb6 40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41. Bxb6 Bxg3 42. Kf3 Bh4 43. Be3 Kf6
44. Bd4+ Ke6 45. Be3 Ke5 46. Bf4+ Kd4 47. Be3+ Kd3 48. Bh6 Be7 49. Bf4 Kc2
50. Bh6 Kd3 51. Bf4 h4 52. Bh6 h3 53. Kg3 Kxe4 54. Kxh3 Kf3 55. Bc1 Bd6 56.
Bg5 Bf4 57. Bd8 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "03"]
[White "deFirmian,N"]
[Black "Spangenberg,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Nb6 14. Nbd2 g6 15.
a5 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Be3 c4 20. g4 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Bg7 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Ng3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. g5 Qd8 27. Nd4
Rc7 28. f4 Rce7 29. Nf3 Bc8 30. f5 Be5 31. Nh1 f6 32. h4 fxg5 33. hxg5 Rf7
34. Nxe5 Ree7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Ng3 Bb7 37. Rf1 gxf5 38. Nxf5 Kh8 39. Rf3
Nxe4 40. Raf1 Bxd5 41. g6 Qf6 42. Ne3 Qe6 43. Qxd5 Qxd5 44. R1f2 h5 45. Kh3
Qe6+ 46. Rf5 Qxg6 47. R2f3 Rxf5 48. Rxf5 Kg7 49. Kh4 Qe8 50. Rf4 Kh6 51.
Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rf4 Ng5 53. Kxg5 Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5
14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Rfc8 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rd8 19. Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7
8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Be2 Qd5 13. Nfxd4 a6 14.
Bf3 Qc5 15. Be3 Nce5 16. Bxb7 axb5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Be4 Be7
20. Qd4 Rf8 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. b4 Rc4 23. Qb6 Kf7 24. Qxb5 Rxc3 25. Rc1 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Bd7 27. Bxg6+ Kf6 28. Qb7 hxg6 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rfe8 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qb1 a6 14. g3
Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nd7 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. e4 Qa4 11. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Be5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Na4 Qa5 20.
Bxb7 Rad8 21. Rc1 d3 22. Re4 Bd7 23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Qd5 25. Rcc4 Bxe5
26. Nc3 Qd6 27. h4 d2 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Re3 Bf4 30. Ne4 Qe6 31. Rec3 f5 32.
g3 fxe4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Rg3 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. c5 Qe7 10. Nb3 Rb8 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 bxc5 13. f4 Nc4
14. e4 d6 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Na5 Qe6 17. f5 Qe5 18. Nc6 Qxc3 19. Nxb8 Rxb8 20.
Bf4 Nd7 21. Bf1 Rb2 22. Qd3 Qa5 23. Qd5 Ncb6 24. Qd1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 c4 26.
Qd4 c3 27. Rf3 Na4 28. Re1 Qb6 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. e5 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32.
Rxe5 h5 33. Re4 Rxa2 34. Rf2 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Nc5 36. Rc4 Rc1 37. Rf3 Rc2+ 38.
Kh3 Re2 39. Rfxc3 Ne4 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 c5 42. Rb2 Nd6 43. f6 b5 44.
Rd2 Ne4 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. fxg7 Kxg7 47. Re8 f5 48. Rb8 b4 49. Kh4 Kf6 50.
Kxh5 Nd2 51. h3 Ne4 52. g4 fxg4 53. Kxg4 Nf2+ 54. Kg3 Nxh3 55. Kxh3 Ke5 56.
Kg2 Kd4 57. Kf2 Kc3 58. Ke1 b3 59. Kd1 Kb2 60. Rc8 Ka1 61. Rxc5 b2 62. Ra5+
Kb1 63. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "deFirmian,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. b3 O-O 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Na3
Bf6 15. Ra2 Nc7 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Nc2 Re8 18. Bd2 Rb7 19. b4 c4 20. Bf1 Ne5
21. Nfd4 Bd7 22. Ra3 Ng6 23. f4 Rb6 24. Qf3 Ra6 25. Rxa6 Nxa6 26. g3 Qb6
27. Qf2 Nc7 28. Bg2 Ra8 29. Be3 Ra2 30. Nf3 Qa6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nfxd4 f6
33. h4 h6 34. Bf3 Qa4 35. h5 Ne5 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. d6 Ne8 38. Bd1 exd4 39.
e5 fxe5 40. Rxe5 Nf6 41. Re7 d3 42. Rxd7 Nxd7 43. Qf5 Qa7+ 44. Kf1 Qa8 45.
Qe6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 Ba6 14. N1h2 c4
15. d4 c3 16. bxc3 bxc3 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qe8 20. Bf6 Nxd4
21. Ng4 Nf5 22. Qg5 Kh8 23. Bxg7+ Nxg7 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. Qh6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6
Rae8 27. g4 Nd7 28. Qf4 Bc4 29. h5 Rc8 30. Rab1 f5 31. exf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 f5 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. f3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Qe7 13. Kh1 Rae8 14. Bf4
exd5 15. cxd5 c6 16. Bg3 cxd5 17. exd5 Qc5 18. Bf2 Qc8 19. Nf4 Kh8 20. Rc1
Qa8 21. Bh4 a6 22. a4 h6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Qd2 Qb8 25. Rcd1 Ref8 26. h3 Qc7
27. Ne4 R6f7 28. b3 Kh7 29. Qe3 Qb8 30. Rf2 Ng4 31. Bxg4 Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4
33. Bf3 Qe5 34. Qxb6 Bxd5 35. Ng5+ hxg5 36. Rxd5 Qe7 37. Qa7 g4 38. Bxg4
Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Supatashvili,K"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. e4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. Qg4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxe4
20. Qxe4 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Nc8 14.
Bd3 Nd6 15. f3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 f5 17. Ng2 Bg5 18. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Sturua,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7
8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14.
e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bc1 c5 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. Bxe8 dxc3 20.
Bb5 cxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc5
26. Be1 Bxa2 27. Bg3 Nf6 28. Bd3 Be6 29. Bf2 Nd7 30. Kg1 Kf8 31. Bb5 Ke7
32. Bxd7 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kxd7 34. Ra1 a6 35. Ke3 Kc6 36. Kd4 Kb6 37. Rb1+
Kc6 38. Rc1+ Kb6 39. Rb1+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nfg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qd2
a6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. f4 Re8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4
Nc4 21. Qf2 Nd6 22. Nc5 Rc7 23. Rb1 Bc8 24. a4 Rce7 25. Rfd1 Bg7 26. Re1 f6
27. Ned3 b6 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nb4 bxc5 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Re1
Qc7 33. dxc5 Nf7 34. Qd4 Bf8 35. c6 Kg7 36. Kh1 a5 37. h3 Bb4 38. Re2 h5
39. h4 Nd6 40. Kh2 Nf5 41. Qc4 Ne7 42. Bh3 f5 43. Qd4+ Kf7 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45.
Qd4+ Kf7 46. Qc4+ Kg7 47. Bg2 1/2-1/2


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Romanishin,O"]
[Black "deFirmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 Rb8 10. Bh6 a6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a4 h6 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Nc2
b6 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Qd1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. cxb5 Nxb5 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. Ra6
d5 21. Ned1 Qc7 22. e3 Nb3 23. Qc2 c4 24. dxc4 Qxc4 25. Ra4 Qc7 26. Qe2
Rfd8 27. Nb5 Qc5 28. Nbc3 Kh7 29. h3 Qc7 30. Kh2 d4 31. exd4 Nxd4 32. Qa6
Nec6 33. Ne4 Bb3 34. Ra3 Rb6 35. Qd3 Nc2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne8+ Rxe8 38.
Rxb3 N2d4 39. Rxb6 Qxb6 40. Qc3 Re6 1/2-1/2


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Spasov,V"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]

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 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14.
Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 Ka8 19. c4 bxc4
20. Rc1 Rb8 21. Rxc4 Qb7 22. b3 Qa6 23. Rc2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rhc8 25. Ne5 Bxe5
26. dxe5 Nd7 27. Re4 Rb5 28. Rg4 g6 29. Bxh6 Rxe5 30. h4 Nb6 31. Rf4 f5 32.
Rd4 Nd5 33. Rd1 Kb7 34. g3 a5 35. f3 a4 36. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]

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. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14.
f5 b5 15. a3 h5 16. g3 Bb7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. h3 Nd7 19. g4 Nb6 20. Na5 Ba8
21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Rhg1 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Be2 Rd4 26. Bd3
Bf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. b3 Qc5 29. Rg3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Kolev,At"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1
a4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 h5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Nxa4 Bg4 19. Ra1 Ra6 20. Be3
Qa8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. exf3 Ra5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26.
Rfe1 Rdd5 27. Re4 Rdc5 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. dxc4 Qa7 30. Rd1 g6 31. Kg2 Qa8 32.
c5 Rxa3 33. Qxe5 Qf8 34. Qf6 Qg7 35. Qxc6 h4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 1-0


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. c4 Qd7 19. Qg4 f6 20.
Bf4 e5 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 fxe5 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Rxd8+
Bxd8 26. f3 h5 27. Kc2 Kf7 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. Ke4 g6 30. Bf2 a6 31. g3 b5 32.
b3 Ba5 33. g4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "09"]
[White "deFirmian,N"]
[Black "Marciano,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. c5 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nc2 15. Qxb7 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Bf6 17. Qxc6 Re8 18. Qa4 h5 19. Bb5 Re4 20.
Bc6 Rc8 21. c4 Rg4 22. Bxd5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Bxa1 24. Qxa7 Be6 25. h3 Rg6 26.
c6 Qf6 27. c7 Kh7 28. Qb7 Bxh3 29. Be4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Dorfman,J"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nhf6 14.
Rfe1 Re8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd8 17. Nd6 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nf8 19. Qc5 Rb8
20. Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a4 a6 14. Nc4
cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Hauchard,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bxc5 8. Ke2 a6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a3 b5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Rd1 Ke7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb1 Nce5 17. Na5 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "deFirmian,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 Re8 14.
Rfd1 Bf8 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rac1 g6 17. Qe1 h5 18. f3 a5 19. Nd2 Kh7 20. Bd3
Bh6 21. Bc2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nc5 23. b3 b5 24. h3 b4 25. f4 Kg7 26. f5 Nh7
27. Nf3 Qf6 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rcd1 Qf4 31. Qe1 Rf6 32. Nh4
Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 e4 35. g4 hxg4 36. Rf4 Nf6 37. hxg4 Re8 38.
Kf1 Re5 39. Ng2 g5 40. Rf5 Nxg4 41. Rxe5 Nxe5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44.
Bb1 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Filippov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 Ne4 12. Bf4 f5 13. Ne5 Ng6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qxd4
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Be6 22. Rad1 Qc4 23. Qd2 Bxf5 24. Qxg5 Bh7 25. h3
Qe6 26. Qg3 Re7 27. Rd6 Qc4 28. Rfd1 Rae8 29. Rd8 Bf5 30. Qb8 Qe6 31. Rxe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6
8. Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qd1 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxd4
14. Bxb7 Rd8 15. Nd2 f6 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6+ Kf7 18. Kc2 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bxf2
20. Rf1 Bd4 21. Bf4 Bxb3+ 22. Kxb3 Nd5 23. Bxd5+ Rxd5 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. Rac1
Be3 26. Rc4 Rd2 27. Ba5 Rxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rxc4 29. Bc3 Bb6 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31.
gxf4 Bc7 32. e3 g5 33. Kc2 gxf4 34. exf4 Bxf4 35. h3 Be5 36. Be1 Ke6 37.
Kd3 Kd5 38. Bf2 a6 39. Be3 Bg3 40. Ba7 Bf4 41. Bf2 f5 42. Bd4 Bd6 43. Bb2
f4 44. Bg7 Bc5 45. Bh6 f3 46. Bg5 Bd4 47. Bh6 Kc5 48. Bf8+ Kb5 49. Bh6 a5
50. Bf4 a4 51. Bd2 f2 52. Ke2 Kc4 53. Ba5 Bc5 54. Bd2 Bb6 55. Bg5 Kc3 56.
Be7 Kb2 57. a3 Kb3 58. Bd6 Bd4 59. Be7 Bb2 0-1


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. c5 bxc5 8.
a3 c4 9. Bxc4 Ba5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bxa5 Nxa5 13. Ba2 Ne4 14. b4
Rxf5 15. bxa5 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Ba6+ 18. Kg1 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Rf8 20.
Nd2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Adams,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4
cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. b4 Nce4
13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. b5 Qc8 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. c5 bxc5 17. Qe5 Bxd6
18. Rxd6 Qb7 19. a4 c4 20. Rc1 Bd5 21. Ne1 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qb6
23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxa8 Bb3 26. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

White: Nigel Short (2670)
Black: Alexander  Shabalov (2645)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. d4
cxd3ep 8. Qxd3 Ng6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Be3 c5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rd2 f6 15. Rfd1 Rf7 16.
Qc2 Bf8 17. Qa4 Rb8 18. a3 Ne7 19. Ne1 Nc6 20. Nd3 Na5 21. Nc1 d6 22. N3e2 e5 23. Qc2 Be6 24. b3 Nc6 25.
Nc3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qa5 29. Qa2 Rc8 30. b4 Qb5 31. Nd3 f5 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. a4
Qd7 34. Re1 Rc3 35. Qb1 Qf7 36. b5 axb5 37. Qxb5 Rg5 38. Kh1 Qg6 39. f3 Rh5 40. h3 Qg3 41. Rf1 Rf5 42. Re2
Rf7 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 f5 8. f3 Nh6 9. Be2 Nf7 10. h4 Ng8 11. exf5
gxf5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Nh3 e4 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. O-O
Rhg8 20. Bh5+ Kf8 21. Rxf5+ Qxf5 22. Bg5 Be5 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Kg7 25. Be7 Kh8 26. Qh6 Bg7 27. Qe6
Bxb2 28. Bf7 Rg3 1-0 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hebden,M"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "ENG"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. d5 Be7 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qxd8+
Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe6+ Be7 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Nc3 Kf7 16. Rae1 Rhe8 17. Bf4 h6 18. R6e2 Nd4
19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Bd2 Red8 22. Re4 Bf6 23. h4 Rac8 24. g4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Na3 b5 27. b3
Rc6 28. Kf1 d3 29. Rd1 Be7 30. Nb1 Rh6 31. Kg2 Rdh8 32. Rxe7+ Nxe7 33. Be3 Nc6 34. Nd2 Rh2+
35. Kf3 Ne5+ 36. Ke4 Nxg4 37. Nf3 Re8+ 38. Kd4 Rd8+ 39. Ke4 Nxf2+ 40. Bxf2 Rxf2 41. Nxg5+ Kf6 42. Ra1
0-1  

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Itratescu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ROM"]

White: Alexander Shabalov (2645)
Black: Andrei Istratescu (2540)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 Nc6 7.
g4 e6 8. g5 Nd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Qd4 Bb7
13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 e5 15. Qd1 exf4 16. Rc4 Nc5 17. Bxf4 Qb6
18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Qc6+
Rd7 23. Bxa6 c4 24. Ke2 Bb4 25. Bb5 Qxc2+ 26. Kf3 Qd3 27. Ba4 f5
28. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteCountry "ROM"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11.
Qc2 Bh7 12. Bc3 Bd6 13. Qb2 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "ROM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Nc3 Bxc4 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Rxf1 b5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nxe4
11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. d6 Bg5 15. Qxa8 Nc6 16. Qb7 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rb8 18. Qxd7 Qb6
19. Na4 Qa5+ 20. b4 Qxa4 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Rxc5 Qb3 23. Rxc6 Qb2+ 24. Kd3 1-0 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ionescu,C"]
[Black "deFirmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteCountry "ROM"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11.
e3 O-O 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. a5 Ne5 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Ne8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rae1 f5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Nc4
gxf4 21. exf4 Nc7 22. Nb6 Qf7 23. Bh5 Be8 24. Bh4 Bd4+ 25. Kh2 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Re3 Qf6
29. Rfe1 Rf7 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. b4 cxb4 32. Qd2 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Qxb4 Re7 35. Ng3 Rxe1 36.
Qxe1 Ng7 37. Qb4 h5 38. Nc8 h4 39. Nh1 Qf8 40. Qc3 Bd7 41. Nb6 Bb5 42. Qc7 Ne8 43. Qd8 1/2-1/2


[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Peng,X"]
[Result "1/2 - 1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O
Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Bf1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. h3 Qb6 13.
hxg4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Rd1 Be5 16. f3 Nc5 17. g5 a5 18. Ne2
h6 19. gxh6 f5 20. Nf4 Kh7 21. Nh3 fxe4 22. Ng5+ Kxh6 23. Nxe4+
Kh7 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Be3 b6 26. Bd3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. b3 Ra7
29. Rd3 Rae7 30. Bf2 Bf4 31. Kf1 Kg6 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rb8
34. Bc3 b5 35. Ke2 bxc4 36. bxc4 a4 37. Rd7 Rb1 38. Ra7 Rg1 39.
Kd3 Rd1+ 40. Kc2 Rg1 41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Rg1 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ye,J"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteCountry "CHN"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bf3 O-O 8. Nc4 Nb8 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Rb8
11. O-O b6 12. b5 Nd5 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Rd1 c5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Bb2
Rfd8 20. h3 h6 21. Rd2 Bg5 22. Rd4 Ne3 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. fxe3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qe4 27. Ba3 Rd5
28. Bd6 Qd3 29. Nc6 Rxb5 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Qa4 Rxc3 32. Qf4 Rb1+ 33. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Qxf7 Rh1+
36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Qf2 Qc1 38. Qf4 Qe1+ 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2
Rc1 41. a3 g5 42. Ke3 b5 43. Kd2 Rc4 44. Kd3 h5 45. a4 a6 46. axb5 axb5 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Kg7 49. Ba3
Rxg4 0-1 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "deFirmian,N"]
[Black "Zhang,Z"]
[Result "1/2 - 1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Ne4 10.
Qe2 Nc5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nc3 b6 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Qg5 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Rfe8
19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf2 Bc6 21. g3 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nd5 Rd8 25. Nde3 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 g6 27.
Nh4 f6 28. exf6 Kf7 29. c3 Kxf6 30. Ke3 g5 31. Ng2 Nd8 32. Nf2 Nf7 33. Ne4+ Kg6 34. Ne1 Nd6 35. Nd2
Kf6 36. Nd3 h6 37. Nf2 Ke5 38. Nd3+ Kf6 39. a3 a5 40. Nf2 Ke5 41. f4+ Ke6 42. Nd3 Nf7 43. Nf3 Nd6 44. Nfe5
Ba4 45. Nf2 Bc2 46. Kd2 Ba4 47. Kd3 Bb3 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Nfd3 Ba4 50. Ne1 Kd5 51. N1f3 Bd1 52. Nd2 Bc2 53.
Nef3 Nf7 54. Ke2 Ke6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Olympiad 98"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wu,W"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteCountry "CHN"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc1 e5 10. e4 Re8 11.
h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 a5 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nf5 Bg6 15. Nh4 Bh5 16. Qe1 Nf8 17. Ndf3 N6d7 18. Nf5 Qb6 19. N3h4 dxe4
20. dxe4 Ne6 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. f4 f6 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. Qc1 a4 26. b4 b5 27. c4 Nb6 28. fxe5 fxe5
29. c5 Nc4 30. Bc3 Be7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Nf5 Qg5 33. Qa1 Nd4 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. g4 Bg6 36. Nxd4 Ne3 37.
Qa2+ Kh8 38. Ne6 Qe5 39. Nxd8 Nxf1 40. Rxf1 Rxd8 41. Qa1 Qe7 
42. e5 h5 43. gxh5 Bxh5 44. Bxc6 Qe6 45. Bg2 Be2 46. Qe1 Qc4 47. Rg1 Rd3 48. Qf2 Rxa3 49. Re1 Ra2 50. c6
Bd3 51. Qc5 Qh4 52. Qe3 Bf5 53. e6 Ra3 54. c7 1-0 

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Belakovskaia,A"]
[Black "Schmid,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "SWI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Ne8 11. c5
f5 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bb4 Ra8 15. Rfd1 Ng8 16. a4 Ngf6 17. Nd2 Rg8 18. c6 bxc6 19. dxc6 fxe4
20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qh4 22. f3 Rb8 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Qa3 Nf6 25. Be1 Qh5 26. Ng3 Qh4 27. Qa2 Nh5 28.
Nf5 Qf6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bf2 Nf4 31. Qd2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qxc4 35. Be3 Qe4+ 36.
Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Qg2 Rb2 38. Qxg4 Bxg4 39. Rdc1 Bf3 40. Ba7 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Rg5# 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Bohrer,R"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[WhiteCountry "SWI"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. b3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nbd2 0-0
11. Rac1 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. h3 h6 14. Qb1 cxd4 15. exd4 Ba3 16. Rc2 a5 17. Nf1 Ne4 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Bb2
a4 20. b4 Na7 21. Rd3 Rc7 22. Re2 Nb5 23. Ree3 Rdc8 24. Qe1 Nbd6 25. N3d2 Bg5 26. Rf3 Rc6 27. a3 Qd8 28.
Nb1 Nf5 29. g3 h5 30. Bc1 Bxc1 31. Qxc1 Ng5 32. Qd1 Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3 b5 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Qf3 h4 36. Kh2 hxg3+
37. fxg3 g6 38. Qf2 Kg7 39. g4 Nd6 40. Nfd2 e5 41. dxe5 Qxe5 42. Kg2 Re8 43. Qd4 f6 44. h4 Rc7 45. Nf3
Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qxd4 48. Rxd4 Ne4 49. Rxd5 Nxc3 50. Nxc3 Rxc3 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Rd6 Kf7 53.
Nd4 Rxa3 54. Nxb5 Rb3
55. Rd4 Re2+ 56. Kf1 Rc2 57. Rd7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Epstein,E"]
[Black "Schneider,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo " "]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "SWI"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 Bc5 8. Qe2 Bd4 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. 0-0-0 a5
11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Ng8 15. Be3 Qb4 16. a3 Qe7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Qb4 19. b3
Qa3+ 20. Kd2 Qb4+ 21. Nc3 Ne7 22. Ra1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Qb6 Ra6 26. Qe3 Ra8 27. h4 Bd7
28. Ke2 c5 29. Kf2 Qb6 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. Rhd1 h6 32. Rd6 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Rg8 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 Qb4 36.
dxc6 Qc3 37. Rad1 f6 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Grosar,K"]
[Black "Belakovskaia,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[WhiteCountry "SWI"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd3 Ng4
11. Nd5 Bxd4 12. Bxg4 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 b5 16. Rf2 a5 17. Rd1 b4 18. h4 a4 19.
h5 gxh5 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Rd5 Ra5 22. Nf5 Rc5 23. Rfd2 e6 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Ne3 Nd4 27. Kf2
Nb5 28. Rb6 a3 29. bxa3 Nxa3 30. Rb7 Kg7 31. f5 Kf6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rxh7 Ke5 34. Rxh5+ Kxe4 35. Rh4+
Ke5 36. Ke2 Ra8 37. Nc4+ Nxc4 38. Rxc4 Kd5 39. Rh4 Rxa2 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Rg3 42. Rh2 e5 43. Ke2 e4
44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Ke2 c4 46. Kd2 e3+ 47. Kd1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Epstein,E"]
[Black "Mihevc,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "SWI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 d5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. h4 b6 10. h5 Bb7 11.
hxg6 hxg6 12. Ng5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15. Qg4 Nb4 16. Qh4 Rfe8 17. Ne3 Nc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Ng4
Nd4 20. Nh7 Nxc2 21. Ngf6+ Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Krivec,J"]
[Black "Donaldson,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteCountry "SWI"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Na4 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7
8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. d3 Qe7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Qf2 0-0-0 13. Be3 Be6
14. h3 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Na4 b6 17. b3 Nb8 18. Nb2 Nbc6 19. c3 Nb5 20. f5
Bf7 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. 0-0 Rhd8 23. a4 Nd6 24. b4 c4 25. Rfd1 Kb8 26. a5
bxa5 27. bxa5 cxd3 28. Na4 Nc4 29. Nc5 Rd6 30. Rb1+ Ka8 31. Nb7 N4xa5
32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Bxa7 d2 35. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska,K"]
[Black "Belakovskaia,A"]
[Result "1/2 - 1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[WhiteCountry "GER"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 e5 8. d5 c6
9. h5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qa5 11. h6 Bh8 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Rb1 Qb6 14. Be3 a5 15. g4
Qc7 16. f3 a4 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nh3 Ne8 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Nf2 Be7 21. Rc1 b6 22.
Na3 Bd7 23. Nc2 Nc7 24. Na3 Rc8 25. Kf1 Ne8 26. Bb5 Bxb5+ 27. Nxb5 Qd7 28.
Na3 Nc7 29. Qb4 b5 30. Ke2 N7a6 31. Qxb5 Qxb5+ 32. Nxb5 Rb8 33. Na3 Rxb2+
34. Rc2 Rxc2+ 35. Nxc2 Rb8 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 Bd8 38. Na3 Nb4+ 39. Kd2
Nxa2 40. Nc4 Rb4 41. Nxd6 Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Rb3+ 43. Ke2 Nc3+ 44. Kd2 Ba5 45.
Kc2 Nxd5 46. exd5 Rxe3 47. Ra1 Rc3+ 48. Kb2 Rb3+ 49. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Koglin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nbd7
11. f3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4 Bd7 15. h4 0-0-0 16. Kf2 Kb8 17. Bd3 Bc8 18. a3 Ne8 19. Na4
Nd6 20. Nd2 f5 21. h5 g5 22. Rhg1 Rdf8 23. Ke2 Bd8 24. b4 Rf6 25. Nc5 Rhf8 26. Rg2 Bc7 27. a4 Re8 28. Ra3
fxg4 29. fxg4 Rf4 30. Bg6 Re7 31. Kd3 Rxg4 32. Rf2 a5 33. bxa5 Rg3 34. Nf1 Rg1 35. a6 b6 36. Rb3 Ka7 37.
Nb7 Nxb7 38. axb7 Bxb7 39. Kd2 g4 40. Bd3 g3 41. Rf3 g2 42. Ng3 Rd1+ 0-1 

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Epstein,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[WhiteCountry "GER"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. a4
b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. N1d2 Nd7 11. Qe2 Ngf6 12. f3 0-0 13. Bf2 Ne5 14. Rfd1 Nfd7
15. f4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rc8 17. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Qd1 g6
21. N4f3 Nc5 22. Rc3 Bf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Be7 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. d4 Bb7 28. h4 h5 29. Be3 Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nc4 Bb7 32. Ng5 Bc6 33. a5
bxa5 34. Nxa5 Bd5 35. Bd2 Bd8 36. g3 Bb6 37. Bc3 Nxe5 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Ke3
Nxb2 40. Bxb2 Bxa5 41. Nh3 Be1 42. Nf2 Kg7 43. Ke2 Bb4 44. Nd1 a5 45. Ke3 a4
46. Ke2 Bd6 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Ne3 a3 49. Ba1 Ke7 50. Nf1 Kd7 51. Nd2 Kc6 52.
Nf1 Kb5 53. Nd2 Kb4 0-1


[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khegai, Angela"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result ""]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[WhiteCountry "UZB"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Bf4 Re8
19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rc5 Bg7 23. Rd5 Qe6 24. Rd6
Qe7 25. b3 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bc4 Qd7 28. Rc1 Be5 29. Bh6 Rc7 30.
Bd5 Nd8 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Bg5 Ne6 33. Bh6 Nd8 34. g3 Rd7 35. Bc4 Nc6 36.
Bd3 Rd8 37. Qe4 Bg7 38. Bf4 Qd7 39. h4 h5 40. Rc1 Re8 41. Qg2 Be5 42.
Bd2 Rc8 43. Qe4 Bf6 44. Bc4 Ne7 45. Qf3 Rc6 46. Re1 Kg7 47. Bb4 Nf5
48. Bd5 Rc7 49. Bd2 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. Be4 Rc5 52. Bd3 Re5 53. Rc1
Qe6 54. Qf4 Be7 55. Ra1 Qd5 56. Bxf5 Rxf5 57. Qh6+ Kg8 58. Re1 Qd7 59.
Ra1 Qb7 60. Re1 Qd7 

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Khamrakulova, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[BlackCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3
Qb6 8. Qe2 Nh6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 dxc3 11. dxc3 Ng4 12. a4 d6 13. h3
Nf6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Bg5 Qc5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Nb4 Be6 19. Bd4
Rfc8 20. Qe3 a6 21. Be2 Qd7 22. Bf3 Qb5 23. e5 Ne8 24. Be2 Qd7 25.
Red1 Qc7 26. Nd3 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Nd6 29. Bf3 Rab8 30. Bd5
Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Nf5 32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Rad1 Rd6 34. Ng4 Rbd8 35. Rxd6 Rxd6
36. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad 98 W"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Mamedova, Rena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[BlackCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxd4
exd4 8. Qxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. O-O-O a6 12. e5 Nh5 13.
g3 Bc5 14. Qe4 g6 15. g4 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Re8 17. h4 Qd8 18. Qd3 b5 19.
Bb3 Ng3 20. Rh3 b4 21. Rxg3 bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxh4 23. Rg2 Qe7 24. Re2 Bd7
25. d6 cxd6 26. exd6 Qg5 27. Rd5 Bf5+ 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qxc5 Rec8 30.
Qe3 f4 31. Qe7 Qg6+ 32. Bc2 Qg7 33. d7 Rf8 34. Nh3 Rab8 35. Qe5 f6 36.
Qe6+ Kh8 37. Bf5 Qh6 38. Rh2 Qh4 39. Qe2 Qg3 40. Qf2 h5 41. Ng1 Qxf2
42. Rxf2 hxg4 43. fxg4 Rb4 44. Nh3 Rd8 45. Rxf4 Rb6 46. Rc4 Kg7 47.
Rc8 Rb8 48. Nf4 Kf7 49. Rxb8 Rxb8 50. Ne6 1-0


