[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Bd7
17.Bd3 Ng8 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Na4 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Nb6 fxe4 22.Rxe4 Bf5 23.Rc4 Rf7
24.Qc2 Bg7 25.Nd2 Bf8 26.h3 Kg7 27.Ne4 Nf6 28.Ng3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 h5 30.Ne4 Nxe4
31.Qxe4 Kh7 32.Qc2 Bh6 33.Na4 Qf6 34.Rc7 Rxc7 35.Qxc7+ Bg7 36.Nc3 Qf4 37.g3 Qc1+
38.Kg2 Qc2 39.h4 e4 40.Nb5 Qd2 41.Nxd6 e3 42.Qf7 exf2 43.Ne8 f1=Q+ 44.Kxf1 Qd1+
45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Rxb7 Rab8
16.Rxb8 Rxb8 17.h3 Bd7 18.d5 Ne5 19.Bf4 Qb2 20.Qc1 g5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.Qa1 Rb2 24.Qxa7 Rxe2 25.Qxd7 Rxe4 26.Rd1 Kg7 27.g3 h5 28.d6 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.d4 bxa4 8.dxc5 Nxe4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qd5 Bb7 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 12.Qxc7 Nxc5 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bxc5 Rxc7
15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Re1+ Kf6 17.Rd1 Re8 18.Na3 Re2 19.Rd6+ Ke7 20.Rb6 Be4 21.Rxa6 Rb7
22.Rxa4 Rbxb2 23.Nc4 Bb1 24.g4 Rxa2 25.R4xa2 Bxa2 26.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Re1 Qe7 13.e4 Rd8 14.e5 b6 15.Qe2 Rb8
16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Be4 Nf8 18.g3 Rbc8 19.a3 Rc7 20.Red1 c5 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Ne4 Rc7
23.dxc5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 bxc5 25.h4 Nd7 26.Nd6 Nb6 27.Nd2 Rd7 28.f4 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qxd6
30.Ne4 Qc6 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.h5 Qc7 33.hxg6+ fxg6 34.Rd6 Bd4+ 35.Kh2 Nd5 36.Rxe6 Qb7
37.Qg4 Ne7 38.Nd6 Qd7 39.Qe2 Ng8 40.Qe4 Bf6  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.O-O b6 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.Bg5 Nxb3 13.axb3 a6 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Bd2 b5
16.f4 e6 17.Kh2 Rc8 18.Re2 Qc7 19.b4 Rfd8 20.Nb3 e5 21.fxe5 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.Qg3 Nxb4 24.Rf1 Re8 25.Bf4 g5 26.Nd4 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Qxe5 29.Nf5 Rc4
30.Nxh6+ Kh7 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Nxf7 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Kg6 34.Nd8 Bc8 35.Na4 Be5+  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 a6 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.Nb3 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Be5 Be6 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.Ne4 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Nd7 21.Bd4 f6 22.Nf3 Nc5
23.Bxc5 Bxc5 24.Bc2 Rfd8 25.Nd4 Bf7 26.Bf5 Rc7 27.Rd2 g6 28.Bh3 f5 29.Rc1 Kg7
30.g3 Bb6 31.Rxc7 Bxc7 32.Bg2 Kf6 33.Ne2 Ba5 34.Rd1 g5 35.b4 Bb6 36.Rd2 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 Ne7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.h4 Qc7
9.h5 Ne5 10.f4 Nec6 11.Nb3 d6 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.O-O-O b6 14.Bf2 Nc5 15.Kb1 Bb7
16.Bh4 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qxd6 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Rd8 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.Bd3 b5
22.b4 Nd4 23.Rhg1 g5 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.e5 Ba8 26.Ka2 Rh4 27.g3 Rh2 28.Be4 Ne2
29.Nxe2 Bxe4 30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Nc3 Bc6 32.Rd1+ Kc7 33.Rd3 g5 34.fxg5 Rh5 35.Re3 Rxg5
36.Ne2 Rh5 37.Nf4 Rh1 38.Kb3 Rd1 39.Re2 Kb6 40.Re3 Bb7 41.Ka2 Rf1 42.b3 Rf2+
43.Kb1 Bc6 44.Kc1 Kc7 45.Nh5 Ra2 46.Kb1 Rh2 47.Nf6 Kb6 48.g4 Kc7 49.Kc1 Kb6
50.Kb1 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Rfe1 Bd6 20.h3 Bf7 21.Bb3 Rae8 22.Qg4 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rd8 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Nf6 28.Bg5 Bxb3
29.axb3 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Re3 h6 32.Bxf6 Kxf6 33.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.c5 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Rxf4 14.Nfd2 dxc5 15.Bc4 Nxd5
16.Nb3 c6 17.Nbxc5 Kh8 18.b5 Rf8 19.Rb1 Nb6 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Ng5 Rd4 22.Bb3 cxb5
23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nd6+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Nd6+ Kh8 27.Nxb5 Rd8 28.Rbd1 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Bf6 30.Nd6 Be7 31.Ncxb7 Bxb7 32.Nxb7 Kg7 33.Kf1 Rb8 34.Nd6 Rd8 35.Nb5 Rxd1+
36.Bxd1 a6 37.Na7 Nd5 38.Nc6 Bd6 39.Be2 Nb4 40.Nxb4 Bxb4 41.Bxa6 Kf6 42.Bb7 Kf5
43.f3 h5 44.Bc8+ Kf6 45.a4 h4 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.Kd3 Kd6 48.Bb7 Ba5 49.Be4 g5
50.Kc4 Bb6 51.Kb5 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.cxd5 h6
9.Bh4 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nxd5 11.Bg3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Bg4 13.Bd3 Re8+ 14.Kf1 Nd7 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Rh4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nf8 18.Kg2 Ng6 19.Rh5 Qxd4 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.Bxg6 Qxd2 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7
23.Rxd2 d4 24.Rh4 d3 25.Rf4+ Kg6 26.Re4 h5 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxd3 Re2 29.Rb3 b6
30.Rb5 Kh6 31.g4 g6 32.g5+ Kg7 33.f4 Rc2 34.Kg3 Rd2 35.f3 Rc2 36.Rb3 Kf7
37.Ra3 Rxb2 38.Rxa7+ Kg8 39.f5 Rb5 40.Ra8+ Kf7 41.fxg6+ Kxg6 42.f4 Rb1 43.Rg8+ Kf5
44.Rf8+ Ke4 45.Re8+ Kf5 46.Re5+ Kg6 47.Re6+ Kf5 48.Rf6+ Ke4 49.g6 b5 50.Kh4 Rh1+
51.Kg5 h4 52.Re6+ Kf3 53.g7 Rg1+ 54.Kf6 h3 55.Re8  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 b5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rac1 Re8 15.Bc2 Rc8
16.Bf5 Rc7 17.Qe1 b4 18.Ne2 Nce4 19.Rxc7 Qxc7 20.Rc1 Qd8 21.Qd1 Re7 22.Nfd4 Rc7
23.f3 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Nc5 25.Nf4 g6 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Bxd3 Nd7 28.a3 Qh4 29.g3 Qe7
30.axb4 Bxb4 31.Kf2 Bc5 32.Qc3 f6 33.Bf1 Ne5 34.h4 Bb4 35.Qc2 Qd7 36.Bc3 Bd6
37.Qd2 Bb8 38.Bb4 Nc6 39.Nxc6 Qxc6 40.Qc3 Qxc3 41.Bxc3 f5 42.Bd3 Bc8 43.f4 Bc7
44.h5 Kf7 45.Be2 a5 46.Bf3 Ke6 47.g4 Bd7 48.gxf5+ gxf5 49.h6 Bd6 50.Bxa5 Bf8
51.Be2 Bxh6 52.b4 d4 53.b5 Kd5 54.Bc7 dxe3+ 55.Kxe3 Bf8 56.Bf3+ Kc5 57.b6 Bd6
58.Bxd6+ Kxd6 59.Kd4 Be6 60.b7 Kc7 61.Ke5 Bd7 62.Kf6 Kb8 63.Kg7 Bb5 64.Kxh7 Bd3
65.Bd5 Be4 66.Be6 Kxb7 67.Kg6 Kc7 68.Bxf5 Bg2 69.Bc2 Bh3 70.Kf6 Kd8 71.Bf5 Bf1
72.Bg6 Bh3 73.Bf7 Bg4 74.Be6 Bd1 75.Kg7 Bc2 76.Bf7 Bf5 77.Bg6 Bg4 78.Kf7 Bh3
79.Bc2 Bg4 80.Bb3 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Ng5 13.Bxg5 Bxg5 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 g6
16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Nf1 Qg7 19.Nh2 f5 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Rae8
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Kf1 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nd8 26.b4 Re7 27.Re3 Rfe8 28.Rde1 Qh6 29.a4 c6
30.d5 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Qa2 Qg7 33.Qxa6 Bc3 34.Rc1 Bxb4 35.Qxb5 Bc5 36.Re2 Qf6
37.Bd3 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Re4 39.Bd3 Re7 40.Qa6 Ra7 41.Qc4 Nf7 42.Qc3 Ne5 43.Qb2 Re7
44.Re1 Kg7 45.Nd4 h5 46.Nf3 Rf7 47.Be4 Nxf3 48.Qxf6+ Kxf6 49.Bxf3 Re7 50.Rb1 Ra7
51.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.f4 Bd7 13.f5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 exf5 15.exf5 Bc6
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Qg3 Bf6 19.Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Nf6 21.Nd5 Bxd5
22.Bxd5 Rd8 23.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Be3 c5 16.Nh3 Ng4
17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Nf2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 h5 20.Qe2 Bf5 21.Bd2 Nc7 22.Nd1 Rf7 23.Ne3 Qf6
24.Rab1 Ne8 25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Rb2 Ng7 27.Be1 Re8 28.Qa4 b6 29.Re2 Ree7 30.Qb3 Bc8
31.Qc2 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Bxf5 33.Re3 Re8 34.Bf2 Rh7 35.Qd2 Qd8 36.Qc2 Rf8 37.Ra1 Bg6
38.g3 Bf5 39.Qb3 Rb7 40.Re2 e3 41.Rxe3 Re8 42.Rxe8+ Qxe8 43.Qb5 Re7 44.Qc6 Qxc6
45.dxc6 Bc2 46.Rc1 Ba4 47.Re1 Kf7 48.Be3 Bxc6 49.Kf2 Be4 50.Rd1 Re6 51.Rd2 Ke7
52.a4 Kd8 53.a5 Kc7 54.axb6+ Kxb6 55.Rb2+ Kc7 56.Ra2 Kb8 57.Rd2 a6 58.f5 Bxf5
59.Bf4 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g4 Bb7 13.Bg2 e5 14.Bg1 Rc8 15.Kb1 Rxc3
16.Qxc3 Nxe4 17.Qe1 Nc3+ 18.bxc3 Bxg2 19.fxe5 Bh4 20.Bf2 Bxf2 21.Qxf2 Bxh1
22.Rxh1 dxe5 23.Qc5 f6 24.Kc1 Qd7 25.h3 Kf7 26.Rd1 Qb7 27.Rd6 Rc8 28.Qe3 Rc4
29.Qd3 Ke7 30.Rd8 Qc6 31.Rg8 Rxc3 32.Qg6 e4 33.Rxg7+ Kd6 34.Qxf6+ Kd5 35.Qf5+ Kd4
36.Rd7+ Kc4 37.a3 b4 38.Qf1+ Rd3 39.Rxd3 exd3 40.Qxd3+ Kc5 41.axb4+ Kxb4
42.Qb3+ Ka5 43.c3  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.O-O-O Bxd5 14.exd5 Nc4 15.Qf2 Be7
16.h4 h6 17.gxh6 gxh6 18.Kb1 Bxh4 19.Qe2 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Bg5 21.Qe1 O-O 22.Bd3 f5
23.Qg1 Kh7 24.Rh5 Nc5 25.f4 exf4 26.Nd4 Kg6 27.Qh2 Qf6 28.Bxf5+ Qxf5 29.Nxf5 Rxf5
30.Rh1 Rh8 31.Rxg5+ Rxg5 32.Qxf4 Rd8 33.a3 Kg7 34.Rf1 Kh7 35.b4 Na4 36.Qe4+ Kh8
37.Qe7 Rdg8 38.Qxd6 Kh7 39.Qe7+ R8g7 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.d6  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O e6
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Na4 Qc7 13.f4 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rae8 15.Rd3 c5
16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.c4 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Qc7 21.Qg3 Nf6 22.Nc3 a6
23.Qh3 Qc6 24.Rg3 Kh8 25.Re1 Qc8 26.Ree3 Rg8 27.Nd1 Rd7 28.f5 e5 29.Nc3 Bd8
30.Nd5 h6 31.Bc1 Nxd5 32.exd5 Bf6 33.Re4 Qf8 34.Reg4  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qd6
17.Bf4 e5 18.Be3 Bh6 19.Qc1 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Ba6 21.a3 Kb8 22.h4 Rdg8 23.Nxc5 Nxc5
24.axb4 Nb7  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Be2 Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.Qc4 Qxc4 13.Bxc4 Bb7 14.Nd2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Rc7
16.f3 Rfc8 17.b3 h5 18.Bf2 Kf8 19.Nf1 g6 20.Ne3 Ke8 21.Kf1 Bf8 22.Rd2 Be7
23.Rad1 Ra8 24.Ncd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 b5 26.Ra1 Rac8 27.axb5 axb5 28.Bxb7 Rxb7
29.Nd5 Bf8 30.c3 f5 31.Rda2 Kf7 32.Ra7 Rcb8 33.Rxb7 Rxb7 34.Ra8 Be7 35.Ke2 Nf6
36.Nxf6 Kxf6 37.Kd3 Ke6 38.Rg8 Kf7 39.Rc8 Ke6 40.Be3 Rd7 41.Rg8 Bf6 42.Rxg6 f4
43.Bf2 Kf7 44.Rh6 Kg7 45.Rxh5 Kg6 46.Rf5 Rh7 47.h4 Kf7 48.g4 fxg3 49.Bxg3 Ke6
50.h5 d5 51.Be1 Rd7 52.h6 dxe4+ 53.Kxe4 b4 54.Bg3 Bh8 55.Rf8 Bf6 56.Bxe5 Bxe5
57.Re8+ Re7 58.Rxe7+ Kxe7 59.cxb4 Bc3 60.b5 Kd6 61.f4  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Nf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Qf3 d6 13.Qh3 h5 14.Bg5 Qc5 15.Be3 Qc6
16.f3 g5 17.a4 b4 18.Na2 g4 19.fxg4 d5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxg4 22.Bd4 Bc5
23.Be2 Nf6 24.e5 Ne4 25.Nb4 Bxd4+ 26.cxd4 Qb6 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Rab1 Qa7 29.Bd3 Rg8
30.a5 Bc6 31.Rb6 Bb5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe6+ Kf8 34.Qa3+ Kg7 35.Re7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7
37.Ne3 Kh8 38.Rc1 Qd8 39.d5 Qg5 40.Qc3 Kh7 41.Qd4 Bd3 42.d6 h4 43.Rc7 Rb8
44.Rxf7+ Kg8 45.e6 Qxe3+ 46.Qxe3 Rb1+ 47.Qc1 Rxc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc6 49.Rd7 Bb5
50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Rc7 Re2+ 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Kxe4 Re2+ 54.Kf5 Rf2+ 55.Ke5 Re2+ 56.Kf6 Rf2+
57.Ke7 Re2 58.d7 Bxd7 59.Kxd7 Rd2+ 60.Ke8  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5
9.Be2 Bd7 10.g4 Bc6 11.f3 Ng6 12.Bg3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd4 Qxd4
16.Bb5+ Bc6 17.Nxd4 Ne7 18.O-O-O a6 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.Rd3 Be7
22.Rhd1 h5 23.Rd7 hxg4 24.fxg4 Bg5+ 25.Kb1 Bh4 26.Rc7 Bxg3 27.hxg3 a5 28.a4 O-O
29.Rxc6 Kh7 30.Rd7 Kg6 31.Rcc7 e5 32.Kc1 Rad8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Ra7 Kg5 35.Rxf7 Kxg4
36.Re7 Kxg3 37.Rxe5 Kf4 38.Rxa5 g5 39.Ra7 g4 40.a5 Rg8 41.Kd2 g3 42.Rf7+ Ke4
43.Rf1 g2 44.Rg1 Kf3 45.b4 Kf2 46.Rxg2+ Kxg2 47.b5 Kf3 48.Kd3 Kf4 49.Kd4 Kf5
50.Kd5 Rd8+ 51.Kc6 Ke6 52.a6 Rd6+ 53.Kb7 Rd7+ 54.Kb6 Rd6+ 55.Ka5 Rd7 56.c4 Ke7
57.b6 Rd1 58.b7  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Bf8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra7 Qd8 19.b4 e5 20.Be3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Nd5 Bg4
23.Qd2 Nc6 24.g6 Nxa7 25.gxf7+ Kh8 26.Bg5 Qd7 27.fxe8=N Rxe8 28.Qf2 Kg8 29.e5 h6
30.Nb6 Qc7 31.Bd5+ Kh7 32.Be4+ Kg8 33.Nd5 Qd7 34.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bb7 13.a4 b4 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nb6 16.Qd2 Nxa4
17.Nxb4 Nxb4 18.Qxb4 Bc6 19.e5 Qb8 20.Qa3 g5 21.Bg3 dxe5 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Qxe7 Qe8
24.Qd6 e4 25.Qb4 a5 26.Qd2 f5 27.Bd6 Rf6 28.Ba3 Kh8 29.b3 Nb6 30.c4 Qe5 31.Rbd1 Rc8
32.Nb5 Bxb5 33.Bb2 Qc7 34.cxb5 Rff8 35.Rc1 Qe7 36.Rc6 Rxc6 37.bxc6 Bxb2 38.Qxb2+ Kh7
39.Qd4 Qb4 40.Qxb4 axb4 41.Rd1 Rc8 42.Rd6 Kg7 43.g4 fxg4 44.c7 Na8 45.Rd8 Rxc7
46.Rxa8 Rc3 47.Bc4 e3 48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.Ra7+ Kf6 51.Ra6+ Kg7 52.fxe3 Rxe3
53.Ra7+ Kf6 54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Rb6 g3 56.Rxb4 h5 57.Rb7+ Kf6 58.Rf7+ Kg6 59.Rf1 g4
60.Rb1 gxh2+ 61.Kxh2 h4 62.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Qa5 10.Ne4 Nxc5 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Na4 14.Bd2 Qb5 15.Rfc1 Qxb2
16.Qxb2 Nxb2 17.a4 Bd7 18.a5 Rad8 19.Bb4 Rfe8 20.Bxb7 Bb5 21.a6 Na4 22.Rab1 Rd4
23.Ba5 Bd7 24.Rb4 e5 25.Rcxc4 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 Re6 27.Rc7 Rd6 28.Bc8 Bb5 29.Rxa7 g5
30.Bb7 Kg7 31.Bc7 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Nc5 33.Bxe5+ Kg6 34.Bf3 Bxa6 35.Rc7 Ne6 36.Rc6 Bb5
37.Rb6 Bc4 38.h4 gxh4 39.gxh4 Rd2 40.e4 Be2 41.Bxe2 Rxe2 42.Kf3 Re1 43.Rb8 f5
44.exf5+ Kxf5 45.Bc3 Rh1 46.Kg3 Rg1+ 47.Kh2 Rd1 48.Rb7 Rd3 49.Bb2 Nf4 50.Rxh7 Rh3+
51.Kg1 Ne2+ 52.Kf1 Nf4 53.Rf7+ Kg4 54.Kg1 Rxh4 55.Rg7+ Kf3 56.Rg3+ Ke4 57.Re3+ Kf5
58.f3 Ng6 59.Rb3 Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 fxe4 13.Ncxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nd4
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bh4 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Nc3 Bg5 20.a3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rf7 22.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Qe8 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.b4 c6 10.b5 Qe7 11.a4 Rd8 12.Ba3 Qe8 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.a5 a6 15.bxa6 Nxa6 16.Qxb7 Bf8
17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Qb6 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rd3 20.Nd5 Rxf3 21.gxf3 Nh5 22.Ne3 Nf4 23.Rfd1 Qc8
24.Ng2 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Nd4 26.Rxd4 exd4 27.Qxd4 Kg8 28.Ne3 h5 29.f4 Qh3+ 30.Ke2 Qxh2
31.f5 g5 32.Qf6 Qf4 33.Rd1 g4 34.Rd8+ Rxd8 35.Qxd8+ Kg7 36.Qh4 Qf3+ 37.Kf1 Qxe4
38.Qxh5 Qd3+ 39.Kg1 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 g3+ 41.Kxg3 Qg1+ 42.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5
9.Be2 Bd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qd4 Be7 12.f4 Ng6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.g4 e5 15.Qd2 exf4
16.Bxf4 Rfc8 17.Nd4 Qa5 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.Nd4 Qa5 20.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc7
16.c3 a5 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.Rhe1 Rfd8 19.a3 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Kf8 21.Re3 Rc7 22.g3 Rb8
23.f4 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 e6 27.a4 bxa4 28.Ka2 Rcb6 29.Rd2 Ra6
30.Re4 Rb5 31.Rxa4 Rab6 32.c4 Rb4 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.b3 a4 35.Ka3 Rxb3+ 36.Kxa4 Rc3
37.Kb4 Rc1 38.c5 Ke7 39.Kb5 f6 40.c6 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.Kb6 e4 43.Rd7+ Kf6
44.Rd8 e3 45.Re8 Rb1+ 46.Ka7 Ra1+ 47.Kb7 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Rc1 Bxe4 15.Bxe7 Re8
16.Bc4 Qa5 17.Bc5 bxc5 18.Ng5 Re7 19.Nxe4 Nd7 20.dxc5 Rd8 21.Bd5 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6
23.Qf3 Bg5 24.Rc2 Rc7 25.Bb3 Qb5 26.Bc4 Qa4 27.Bb3 Qb5 28.Bc4 Qa4 29.Qe4 Kf8
30.Bd5 Qxe4 31.Bxe4 a5 32.Rc4  1/2-1/2
