[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "van Eck, Ted"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B57"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "1"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6
8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. f3 b6 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. c3 h6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bf6
21. Rd6 Ne7 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rd1 Nf5 24. Bf2 Kf8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+
27. Rxd4 Ke7 28. Kf2 g5 29. h4 f5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Be2 Kf6 32. a4 Ke5 33. Bb5
f4 34. Ba6 Rc7 35. Bb5 g4 36. Rd8 g3+ 37. Kf1 Rh7 38. Bc6 Bg4 39. Kg1 Rc7
40. Bb5 Be6 41. Kf1 Rh7 42. Bc6 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Rb1 44. b4 Bg4+ 45. Bf3 Rb2+
46. Kd3 Bxf3 47. gxf3 Rf2 48. Rd7 g2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slosse, Freddy"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B88"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "3"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Sozin, Leonhardt, 7.Be3 a6"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhg1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2+
15. Kb1 Bxf6 16. Bc5 d5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh5 h6 19. f4 a5 20. g4 a4 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Rxd5 Qb6 23. Rgd1 Be6 24. Rb5 Qc6 25. Rc5 Qf3 26. Rg1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "Bettman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Board "4"]
[Opening "English: Kramnik-Shirov counter-attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Na6 7. O-O Ba5 8. d4
Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nb4 11. e4 Be6 12. a3 Na6 13. Be3 f6 14. Nf3 Qf7
15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. e5 Ne7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nxb5 O-O 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. f3
Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 Be6 24. Qa4 Qh5 25. b4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dehanne, Michel"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B41"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "5"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qc5
8. Nxe6 dxe6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 Nd4 11. Bb4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Black "Ducaert, Frederik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[ECO "A15/01"]
[Board "6"]
[Opening "English: Neo-Catalan"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 Re8 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bg5
Bd7 16. Qd2 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Re2 Re6 19. Bh3 Re8 20. Bg2 Be6 21. Rbe1 Bb3
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ncxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Be6 25. Nc6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steen, Pieter"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A87/09"]
[Board "7"]
[Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, modern main line (7...Qe8)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bd2 Nxb4 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Rxb4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. a4 Bh3 18. a5 Qf5 19. Rb8 Bxg2 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. c5+ d5 23. e4 Nxc5 24. Qb8 Qd7 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Rb1 d4 27. Ne2
e5 28. Bb4 Rc8 29. Qxe5 Nd3 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ahn, Martin"]
[Black "de Putter, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Board "8"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3
8. fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nf3 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 f6 13. e5 Qb6
14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Qg4+ e6 17. Rxf6 Qxe3+ 18. Kf1 Qe5 19. Rf7+ Be7
20. Re1 Qxb5+ 21. c4 Qc5 22. Qxe6+ Kc6 23. Qxe7 Qxc4+ 24. Kg1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rab8
26. Qc7+ Kb5 27. Rf5+ d5 28. Qd7+ Ka6 29. Rxd5 Qb4 30. Re6+ b6 31. Re7 Qxe7
32. Qxe7 Rbe8 33. Qb4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalisvaart, Peter"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert-Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "C55/03"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "9"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening: Two knights defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 a6
9. a4 Nh5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O 14. O-O Qf6
15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Bb3 Rfe8 18. Nh2 Re7 19. f4 Rae8 20. Nf3 c5
21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bg7 23. c3 Bf5 24. cxd4 Bxd3 25. Rf2 cxd4 26. Rd1 Be4
27. Rxd4 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Bxe5 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Bc4 f5 31. b3 Bf6 32. Rf1 Bg5
33. Rd5 Be3+ 34. Kh2 Bb6 35. Rfd1 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Rf1 Re5 38. Rd7 R8e7
39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. Bd5 Rd7 41. Rd1 Bg3 42. Bf3 Re7 43. Kf1 Kg5 44. Be2 h5 45. Rd3
h4 46. Rc3 Kf4 47. b4 Kg5 48. b5 a5 49. Rc4 Re3 50. Rd4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "van Lankveld, Wil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Board "10"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Russian, Byrne (Simagin) variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6
8. Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. exd5
Ne5 15. Be2 a6 16. Bg5 b5 17. Qb4 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 a5 21. Nc1
Ne4 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Rb1 Nec5 24. Bb5 Rfc8 25. Ne2 Nb6 26. b3 Ncd7 27. Nd4 Bxd4
28. Bxd4 Nc5 29. Bc6 Rab8 30. f3 Nbd7 31. Re1 f6 32. f4 Kf7 33. Re3 Rc7 34. Rbe1
Nb6 35. g4 Nc8 36. Rh3 h5 37. Be8+ Kf8 38. Bxf6 Ne7 39. Bc6 Nxc6 40. dxc6 Kf7
41. Bd4 Rxc6 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Rxh5 Rg8+ 44. Kf1 Nxb3 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Rg5+ Kh6
47. Re6+ Kh7 48. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1996.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Maas, Joop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[ECO "D35/20"]
[Board "12"]
[Opening "QGD: exchange (Tartakower system)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4
8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxe2 10. Bxe2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. b4 a6 15. Na4 g6 16. Rfc1 Ne6 17. Rab1 Be7 18. Bf1 Ng5 19. Bd3 Bd6 20. Nc5
Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Ne6 22. Qc2 f5 23. g3 Qg5 24. Kh1 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qh3 26. Bf1 Qh6
27. a4 Ng5 28. Rb2 Ne4 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rec8 31. Kg1 Qg7 32. Qb3 Qd7
33. Rbc2 Rab8 34. Bd3 Kg7 35. Rb1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krebs, Jennifer"]
[Black "Abolianin, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Board "13"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qd2 c5 6. O-O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. Nb3 a5 9. a3 d6 10. e4 Be6 11. Kb1 a4 12. Nc1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. f3 Rfc8
15. Nb5 Nd7 16. h4 h5 17. Be2 Nce5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Bc3 Bc4
21. Rhg1 Bh6 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Ka2 Rb6 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nde2 Nxb2 26. Rd5 Nc4
27. g4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Nf6 29. Rd3 Nxe4 30. g5 Bg7 31. Bb4 Rbc6 32. Ng3 Nxg3
33. Rdxg3 Nb6 34. c3 Nd5 35. Ne2 Ne7 36. Rh3 Nf5 37. h5 Rc4 38. h6 Bf8 39. Rd3
Re4 40. Nc1 Rh4 41. Rd5 Rh2+ 42. Kb1 Be7 43. Ra5 Rh5 44. Rxa4 Bxg5 45. Ra7 Be3
0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schalkx, Johnny"]
[Black "van Eindhoven, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Board "14"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack, Richter variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 c5
8. exd5 g5 9. Bf2 Bg7 10. c3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc5 14. Qc4
d3 15. Bxc5 Qxb2 16. O-O dxe2 17. Rfb1 Qxc3 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Rc1 Bd4+ 20. Bxd4
Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Qxe2 Rxd5 23. Rab1 Kg7 24. Qxe7 Rhd8 25. h3 Qf4 26. Re1
R8d7 27. Qa3 Rd3 28. Qxa7 Rxf3 29. Qg1 Rd2 30. Qh2 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rff2 32. Rg1
Rxa2 33. Rxb7 h5 34. Rb4 Kg6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loomans, John"]
[Black "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Board "15"]
[Opening "Catalan: open, classical line"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Qe2 c5 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rec1 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Bd4 Qb7
21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nh4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Nd3 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. h4 Nc1 26. Qe1 Nd3
27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Ne1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd2 30. Kf1 Qd5 31. Kg1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Scherrer, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Board "16"]
[Opening "Pirc: Byrne variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. h4 e5 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. h5 Qe7 10. O-O-O b5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. f3 a5
15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Na6 17. Be2 Nc5 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Rg1 a4 20. f4 Qg7 21. Qh4
b4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Ne2 a3 24. g4 exf4 25. Nd4 axb2+ 26. Kb1 Nfxe4 27. Rgh1 Nd2+
28. Kxb2 Qxd4+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kxd2 Rad8+ 31. Bd3 Ne4+ 32. Ke2 Ng5+ 33. Kf2
Nxh3+ 34. Qxh3 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Re7 36. Qh4 Rde8 37. Qf2 Re1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1+
39. Kxe1 Qa1+ 40. Ke2 Qxh1 41. g5 Qg2+ 42. Kd1 f3 43. Be4 Qf1+ 44. Kd2 Qe2+
45. Kc1 Qxe4 46. Kb2 f2 47. Kb3 f1=Q 48. Ka4 Qa6+ 49. Kb3 Qec4+ 50. Kb2 Qaxa2+
51. Kc1 Qcxc2# 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vroe, Philippe"]
[Black "Spreeuw, Jaap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "D12/06"]
[Board "17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Nc3"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Qxb7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5
Rxb2 21. Rab1 Rd8 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frambach, Klaus"]
[Black "van de Berkmortel, Theo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Board "19"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f3 c6
8. Bd3 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 a4 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1+ Kc7 14. Ng3 g6
15. Nf1 Bxc4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rb1 Bh6 18. Kf2 Rhd8 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 Bxb3
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxb3 Rd3 23. Nb5+ cxb5 24. Bc2 Rc3 25. Rb2 Nd5 26. Ke2 Bxe3
27. Bd2 Rxa3 28. Rxb5 Nc3+ 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leenhouts, Koen"]
[Black "Wagener, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Board "25"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Qd2 Na6 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. g4 hxg4 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. h5 f5 15. hxg6
fxg6 16. O-O-O b5 17. fxg4 fxe4 18. Qh2 Bxg4 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Rf1 Rf7 21. Nh3
Bxc3 22. bxc3 bxc4 23. Nf2 Qf6 24. Nxe4 Qg7 25. Bg4 Bxe4 26. Rxf7 Qxc3+ 27. Kd1
Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxa2+ 29. Ke3 Qxh2 30. Rxh2 Kxf7 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. Rxc7 Bxd5 33. Rd7
Re8+ 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Rxa7 Be4 36. Be2 d5 37. Ra5 Kd4 38. Ra2 c3+ 39. Kc1 Rb8
40. Ra1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dekker, Jop"]
[Black "Retera, Joost"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Board "27"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7
8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. Nb3 f4 14. Bd2 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Qd1 f3 18. gxf3 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Bf1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scheepmaker, Luc"]
[Black "Straat, Evert-Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Board "35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bg2 Qa5
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. e3 Qa4 10. d5 Ne5 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Ne2 Nxc4 13. Qd3 Rb8 14. O-O
b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rbd8 17. Qb1 Nd2 18. Bxd2 Rxd2 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Nf4 Bxf1
21. exf6 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Aken, Koen"]
[Black "Beuselinck, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Board "37"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik attack (5...e6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. cxd5 Qxd5
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Rg8 12. c4 Qe4+ 13. Qe3 f5 14. g3
Nb4 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. Nxe4 Ke7 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. Ke2 Nc2
21. Bxc2 Rxd4 22. Bd3 b6 23. Rb1 Ba6 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Rb3 e5 26. Ke3 f5 27. Nf3
Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Muylem, Tom"]
[Black "Versporten, Wim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Board "39"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5
8. Qc2 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Rac8
14. Ne5 Nxd4 15. Qa4 Ne2+ 16. Bxe2 Qxe5 17. Bxg4 Qg5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 Qh5
20. Rxe6 Rc4 21. Qd1 Rg4 22. Re5 Qh3 23. g3 h6 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Ng1 Qxf1 26. Qxf1
Ra4 27. Re7 b6 28. Nh3 Rxa2 29. Qb1 Ra4 30. Qg6 Rg4 31. Qd3 a5 32. Nf4 Ne4
33. Qe3 Kg8 34. f3 Nxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rxg3 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Rf7 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paci, Cédric"]
[Black "Decoster, Frederic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Board "40"]
[Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, main variation (with Nc6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Ng5 Ng4 11. f4 a6 12. Rb1 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Rb8 15. Bd2
b5 16. b3 b4 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. e4 Kh8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rbe1 Qe8
22. Qd5 Nb7 23. Bc1 Rf8 24. Rf2 a5 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 a4 27. Re3 a3 28. Rf2
Nd8 29. Bh3 Qg6 30. Bf1 Rc8 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Rg2 Qg4 33. h3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Nd4
35. g4 fxg4 36. Qe4 g3+ 37. Rexg3 Nf5 38. Rg7 Qh5 39. Rxe7 Rce8 40. Rf7 Qxf7
41. exf7 Rxe4 42. Bxe4 Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danneel, Geert"]
[Black "Schrevens, Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Board "42"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Hungarian variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Ng8 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
d5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nh6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. g4 Ng8 15. Nb5
Bf8 16. Be2 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 a6 19. Nc3 Nge7 20. f4 gxf4 21. Rxf4 Rg8
22. Kh2 Ng6 23. Rf2 Be7 24. Qd3 Rg7 25. Raf1 b5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxg6 Nd8
28. g5 hxg5 29. Bh5 Bf8 30. Qg8 Rc8 31. a3 Rc7 32. Qxg5 Qe7 33. Qf4 Bg7 34. Bh4
Qd7 35. Qg5 Rc8 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Verstraete, Kurt"]
[Black "Biedeköpper, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Board "45"]
[Opening "Benoni: 6.e4"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bg7 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Bg3 Qb6 11. Qb5 Qc7 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nb5 axb5 14. Qxa8 O-O
15. f3 b4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Bc4 Nh5 19. Ne2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nxc4
21. Qxc4 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Nf4 Bc3+ 24. Ke2 Qa5 25. Qb3 Bb5+ 26. Kf2 Bd4+
27. Ke1 c4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lagast, Hervé"]
[Black "Van Cauwenberge, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Board "46"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 c6 11. d4 Be6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O Qa5 14. Bd2
O-O-O 15. Rfb1 Bd5 16. Qf2 Qa4 17. Rb2 c5 18. Bb5 Qa3 19. Rab1 c4 20. Qf1 f6
21. Bxc4 Be4 22. Be6+ Kb8 23. Rxb7+ Bxb7 24. Qb5 Bb4 25. Rxb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 fxe5
1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maas, Thomas"]
[Black "Schrevens, Jelle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Board "48"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6
8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5
14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Rad1 Bg6 17. c3 h6 18. h4 Bh7 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. c4
Nb6 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. e6 f6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Monté, Peter"]
[Black "Goorden, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Board "51"]
[Opening "KP: Nimzovich defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e5
Qe7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ne2 g5 11. c3 g4 12. Ne1 Ba5 13. a4 a6 14. Nc2 O-O-O 15. b4
Bb6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Nb8 18. Ne3 h5 19. c4 c5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qe6
22. Nef4 Qh6 23. Ne7+ Kc7 24. Nfd5# 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lanckriet, Chris"]
[Black "Vermeulen, Florence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00/01"]
[Board "53"]
[Opening "Blackmar-Diemer gambit"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 a6 7. fxe4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. e5 Bh4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 c5
15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nb6 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Rd1 Ra7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Qb6
21. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blondeel, Hugues"]
[Black "Pelgrims, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Board "56"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. a3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
h5 9. h4 Bg4 10. c4 Nb6 11. c5 Nd5 12. b4 Bf6 13. Bb2 Nde7 14. Qa4 O-O 15. b5
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Bxh5 Qd5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Ra2 Bxc5 21. Rc2
b6 22. a4 Nf5 23. Kg2 Rad8 24. a5 Nd4 25. Rb2 bxa5 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Nd2 Ba3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Meyere, Kathleen"]
[Black "Van Steenkiste, Lucien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Board "62"]
[Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, main variation (with Nc6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Qe8 9. h3 a6 10. a3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bh6 f4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. g4
Nf6 16. e3 e4 17. Ng5 f3 18. Bh1 h5 19. Qd4 hxg4 20. hxg4 c5 21. dxc6 Nxc6
22. Qxd6 Bxg4 23. Qc7+ Bd7 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Qxb7 Na5 26. Qxa6 Nb3 27. Rab1 Nc5
28. Qd6 Rh8 29. b4 Nb7 30. Qd4 Rxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Qh8+ 32. Kg1 Qh4 33. Ncxe4 Qg4+
34. Ng3 Qxg5 35. Kf1 Ba4 36. Rd2 Rh8 37. Qa7 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Devlieger, Dirk"]
[Black "Holl, Han"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Board "64"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Qa5 7. Qd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bb4 9. Nde2 Ne4 10. Be5 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vercruyce, Danny"]
[Black "Londers, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Board "66"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bc4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rac8 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. g4 Rfc8 16. Nde2 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nb1 Qxa2 20. c3 Ba4 21. b3
Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Qxb3 23. Qb2 Qxb2+ 24. Kxb2 bxc3+ 25. Kc2 Nd7 26. Rd3 Nb6 27. Rxc3
Rxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Na4 29. Ra1 Nxc3 30. Rxa7 Nb5+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Pauw, Freddy"]
[Black "Altena, F A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Board "67"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
Nxe4 9. Nxc6 Nxc3 10. Qf3 Ne2+ 11. Kh1 Qb6 12. Qxf7+ Kd7 13. Qxg7 Qxc6 14. Bxe2
Re8 15. Bf3 Qxc2 16. Be3 h5 17. Rac1 Qf5 18. Rfe1 Kd8 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vander Voort, Patrick"]
[Black "Luijpen, Michel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Board "68"]
[Opening "Reti: Bremen"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 Ne4
8. Nbd2 Nxf2 9. Kxf2 Bxa1 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bd2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matthys, Kris"]
[Black "Wisse, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Board "71"]
[Opening "Reti: Bremen"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 Ne4
8. Nbd2 Nxf2 9. Kxf2 Bxa1 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bd2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Castille, Xavier"]
[Black "Roehner, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Board "72"]
[Opening "King's Indian: East Indian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7
8. Ndf3 Ne4 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Qxb7 c3 13. b3 c5 14. Qxe4
Bf5 15. Qb7 Rc7 16. Qa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc8 18. Qd3 Rd7 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. a4 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "van Ramele, M F"]
[Black "Hannecart, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Board "74"]
[Opening "Van't Kruijs opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nc3 e5 3. h3 Nf6 4. f3 Nh5 5. Qe2 Ng3 6. Qb5+ c6 7. Qb3 Nxh1
8. Nge2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Kf2 Ne4+ 11. Kg1 Qf2+ 12. Kh1 Qxf1+ 13. Ng1 Ng3+
14. Kh2 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Biedeköpper, Robert"]
[Black "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "2"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Saemisch (5...O-O)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nh3 a6 8. Be2
c6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Ra3 Nb8 11. Qd2 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Nbd7 13. h4 e5 14. d5 c5 15. Rb3
Qc7 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. O-O Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nf4 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Rg1 N6h5 21. Bf1 Rab8
22. Rg5 f6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rg4 Rf7 25. Rg1 Qd8 26. Rg4 Rg7 27. Rg1 g5 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragozin, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lagast, Hervé"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Board "3"]
[Opening "English: Sicilian reversed"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+
8. Rxf2 Nxe5 9. Rxf5 d6 10. Rf4 Qe8 11. d4 Neg4 12. e4 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bd7 15. Rxg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Qa4 17. Qe2 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qb5 b6
21. Qb4 a5 22. Qc3 Qh5 23. Bd4 Rf7 24. Bxb6 Rcf8 25. Bd4 Qe2 26. Qe3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Cat, Ben"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "4"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky/Orang-utan) opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 Be7 4. e3 O-O 5. f4 a6 6. a4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2
Nc5 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 axb5 11. axb5 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Qa8 13. Nc3 Qa3 14. Qc2 Qb3
15. Bd1 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 b6 17. Bb2 Nb7 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Bd3 Ra8 22. Ra1 Re8 23. Be2 e5 24. g3 Bg4 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Ra4 Nb3 27. d3
Nc5 28. Ra3 e4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Kf2 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Re7 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Bf1 Kg7
34. Ra7 Ne5+ 35. Kf4 Re6 36. Bh3 Re7 37. Bf1 h6 38. h4 Kf6 39. Ra8 Kg7 40. Ra7
Ng6+ 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ra8 Re5 43. Bd3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "de Feiter, Adriaan"]
[Black "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A34"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "6"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nf3 d6 8. d3 O-O
9. O-O h6 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne1 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc2 Rb8
16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd7 18. Kh2 b5 19. Bf4 Bxc3 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Qc1 Bg7
22. Qf4 Rb6 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. a4 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Qa7 Kh7
28. Qa8 Qb8 29. Qa6 Qb6 30. Qa8 b3 31. e3 b2 32. d4 Ba2 33. Qe8 e5 34. d5 f5
35. d6 Bxb1 36. Rxb1 e4 37. Bf1 Rc5 38. d7 Rc1 39. Bc4 Rxc4 40. d8=Q Qxd8
41. Qxd8 Rc1 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Kruis, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Board "7"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: exchange variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. b4 a6 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. a4 Qd8 15. Nbd2
Bh6 16. Nb3 b6 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. a5 b5 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. h4 Rf7 21. Qc2 Rg7 22. h5
gxh5 23. Bf5 Rf7 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qf5 Bf4 27. Qxd5 Ra7 28. Re4
Qd6 29. Qf5 Bh6 30. Rae1 Rg7 31. Qxh5 Bf4 32. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "van Rij, Gert"]
[Black "Ahn, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A16"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "8"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Rb1 e5 6. d3 a5 7. a3 Nc6 8. b4
axb4 9. axb4 h6 10. e3 Ne7 11. Nf3 d6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bh3
15. Ra1 Rab8 16. e4 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qg4 19. Kh1 f5 20. Ng1 Nf6
21. Kg2 Nc6 22. b5 Nd4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Ra7 Rf7 26. f3 Nd7 27. Nce2
Ne6 28. Kf2 Ndc5 29. Ke3 h5 30. Kd2 fxe4 31. dxe4 Ng5 32. Ba3 Nce6 33. Ke3 Bh6
34. f4 exf4+ 35. gxf4 Nxf4 36. Nxf4 Ne6 37. Ne2 Rbf8 38. Bc1 Bxf4+ 39. Nxf4 Rxf4
40. e5 dxe5 41. Rxb7 Rf2 42. Ra7 Nc5 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert-Jan"]
[Black "Monté, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Board "9"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, classical variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rfb1 Be8
15. Qh3 Bg6 16. a4 Qd7 17. a5 Rc7 18. Bc1 Re8 19. Ba3 Nc8 20. Bc5 h6 21. Qg3 Qf7
22. Nd2 Bh5 23. Nb3 b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ba3 f4 26. Qh3 Bg6 27. c3 N6e7 28. Bd6
Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Rc6 30. Bb4 Nf5 31. Ra8 Qg6 32. Nd2 Kh7 33. Rba1 Rc7 34. Rb8 Nh4
35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Raa8 Kf7 37. Nb1 Nf5 38. Kf1 Rc6 39. Na3 g5 40. Nb5 Ng7 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hurst, Kevin John"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Board "10"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 Bd6 8. b3
a5 9. Bb2 a4 10. c5 Bb8 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. bxa4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qxa4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qd2
O-O 16. Bh3 Re8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. g5 Nh7 20. f4 b6 21. Rf3 Nhf8
22. Kh1 Qb5 23. Nc1 bxc5 24. Rb3 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qa4 26. Bb2 Qc4 27. Bf1 cxd4
28. Bxd4 Ra4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Nb3 Rxb3 31. e3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelgrims, Jan"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "11"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. g4 f5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Ne2 b5 12. c3 Kh8 13. Ng3 b4 14. Bd2 bxc3 15. bxc3
Bd7 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rb6 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Ra8 20. exf5 exf5 21. gxf5
Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Ng5 c4 24. Be4 Re8 25. Kg2 cxd3 26. Bxd3 Qd5+ 27. Be4
Rxe4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dekker, Theo"]
[Black "Daels, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B22/19"]
[Board "14"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin's variation (Smith-Morra gambit)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nb6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
d5 9. h3 e6 10. O-O dxc3 11. Nxc3 a6 12. Bf4 f5 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. a3
O-O 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Nd4 Nbc4 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6
0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "van de Berkmortel, Theo"]
[Black "de Weerd, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "B20/03"]
[Board "15"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix system"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Nbd2 b5 14. Qd1 b4 15. dxc5
dxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rc1 Bb2 19. Bxe7 Bxc1 20. Bxf8 Bxd2
21. Qxd2 Qxf8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qf2 Qb4 24. Kh1 Qa4 25. h3 Bd3 26. e5 Be4 27. Ng5
Bxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Ne7 29. Qb7 Qa3 30. Rg1 h6 31. Ne4 Nf5 32. Qb3 Qa6 33. Qf3 Qxa2
34. g4 Nd4 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Qb7 Qa3 37. Qg2 Nf3 38. Rf1 Rd3 39. Ne8+ Kh8 40. Nf6
Kg7 41. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tonoli, Walter"]
[Black "Frank, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Board "17"]
[Opening "English: 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defence)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 O-O
8. a3 Bc5 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. O-O Rad8 13. Qa4 Rd7 14. b4
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxa7 Qxe5 18. e3 Rd3 19. Qxb7 h5 20. h4 Rfd8
21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Qf4 Qc3 23. Rac1 Qxa3 24. Rxc7 Be6 25. b5 Qb3 26. Rb7 Rd1
27. Rb8 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Bf5 31. Kh2 Qb1 32. Qc5 Bg4
33. Bg2 Qb2 34. e4 Be2 35. b6 Qb1 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holl, Han"]
[Black "Demarcke, Dirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Board "18"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: classical (Cordel) defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Bb6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Nf1 Rfe8
15. h3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Nf4 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. Nh4
g6 22. Qf3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Kh2 Rd6 25. Nf1 g5 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. exf5 e4
0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Londers, Jan"]
[Black "Dekker, Andries"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Board "21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 dxe4 12. dxe4 a5 13. a4 d3 14. Nc3 e5
15. Kh1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Rf3 Qc4 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qe2 Qb4
21. h3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Retera, Joost"]
[Black "Brendonck, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Board "22"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d5 a6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 h6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 g5
9. h3 Bg7 10. Bf5 Nf8 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. a5 Rb8 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. O-O Ng6 15. Nd2
g4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Qa5 Bxc3 19. Qxb6 Nh4 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Ng3
Nhf3+ 22. Kh1 Qg4 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxe7 Ng5 25. bxc3 Nef3 26. Nf5+ Qxf5 27. Qxd6
Ne4 28. g4 Qxg4 29. Qh2 Kh7 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pahkla, Peter"]
[Black "De Pauw, Freddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Board "25"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nh4 g6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Ng2 Qd7
15. Be3 f5 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Red1 Ne6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg4 20. Rf1 Qxd4
21. a3 Bf8 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Bc5 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Bd4
27. Rab1 Re2 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 b6 30. Rfd1 Re4 31. Rd4 c5 32. Rxe4 fxe4
33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Re1 f5 36. f3 Rd8 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Rxe4+ Kf6
39. Ke2 Rd6 40. h4 h5 41. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hannecart, Marc"]
[Black "Druyts, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Board "28"]
[Opening "King's Indian: orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov (9.Ne1)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Rf7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Rc1 Ng6
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a4 h5 18. a5 g4 19. Nb5 g3 20. Bxa7 Ne8 21. h3 Qh4 22. Bd3
Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. Qe2 Nh4 25. Bb6 Bf6 26. Nc7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Bxc7
Be7 29. b5 Kh7 30. a6 bxa6 31. bxa6 Rb8 32. a7 g2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scherrer, Alexander"]
[Black "Pax, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Board "30"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beuselinck, Steven"]
[Black "Silber, Henning"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Board "31"]
[Opening "Dutch: Staunton gambit, Staunton's line"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 c6 8. Bc4
Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nxe4 b5 12. Bb3 f5 13. Ng5 c5 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. c3 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolhuizen, Ludo"]
[Black "Van Muylem, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Board "33"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 c6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Bd2 c5 18. c4 Nf6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bc3 Rcd8
21. Rad1 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nc6 Qd7 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. b4 Bf8
27. b5 Nd6 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. g3 f6 30. a4 Qf7 31. Bb4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Black "De Vroe, Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Board "35"]
[Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc2
Be6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rfd1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. e4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. Rxb7 Rfd8
21. d6 Rac8 22. d7 Rc2 23. Qe3 a5 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Rb8 Rxf2 26. Rxd8 Rxg2+
27. Kh1 Bxd8 28. Qxd8 Qe2 29. Rg1 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Decoster, Frederic"]
[Black "Bödicker, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Board "37"]
[Opening "French: exchange (3.Nc3)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. f3 O-O
8. O-O h6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Bf2 c6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 Ne7
15. h4 Ne8 16. g5 Nf5 17. Nd1 Nc7 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Ne6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Ng3 Nf4 24. Qd2 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Nxg3 27. Qxg3 Qf5
28. Rf2 Rad8 29. Re1 Rfe8 30. f4 Re6 31. Qh3 Qxh3+ 32. Kxh3 c5 33. Kg3 d4
34. Re4 Rb6 35. b3 a5 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rxf5 d3 38. cxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Kf4 Rh3 40. Rf6
Rxf6+ 41. gxf6 Rxh4+ 42. Kf5 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 h4 44. a4 Kf8 45. Kf4 Ke8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Pauw, Stefaan"]
[Black "Paci, Cédric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Board "38"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, advance, positional main line"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6
8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 O-O-O 13. O-O f5 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Nf4 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Nh5 Rdf8 18. Bg4 Nf5 19. Ng3 Kb8 20. Bxf5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe1 Qc7 23. Qe3 h5 24. Qc5 Ne7 25. Qb5 a6 26. Qb4 Rg8 27. Be3
d4 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Bxd4 Qf4 30. Be3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bun, Ponathirak"]
[Black "Libbrecht, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Board "39"]
[Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence (Bd3 line)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Re8 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 g6 14. a4 a5 15. e5
Bg7 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Re1 Qe7 18. Nfd2 f6 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. Qg4 g5 21. Nxc8 Raxc8
22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Nd6 Rb8 26. Re7 Kh8 27. Bxd5 cxd5
28. Rcc7 Rg8 29. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Opgenhaffen, Gerie"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Board "43"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld (with e3 Bd3)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qe2 e4 12. Nb5 Qe5 13. h3 a6 14. N5d4 b5 15. f4
Qe7 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nh5 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Rd5 Qb7 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Na5 Qb6
0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Versporten, Wim"]
[Black "Van Ooteghem, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00/06"]
[Board "45"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d5
8. Ngf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Rab8
14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. b4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 c5 17. Ne5 cxb4 18. axb4 Bb5 19. Qc5 Qxc5
20. bxc5 Nd7 21. c6 Nxe5 22. c7 Rbc8 23. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Rxa7 g6 25. Rea1 Kg7
26. f4 Ng4 27. Bh3 Nf6 28. e5 Ne4 29. Bxe6 Nc3 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. g4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lot, Diederik"]
[Black "van Eck, Ted"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Board "47"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. h4 c5 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kg8 12. Qh5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 f5 14. g6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vreeken, Kees"]
[Black "Verstraeten, Kurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Board "48"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6
8. Bg5 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qd5 Qd7 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Nb6
Qg4 15. Nxc8 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qxh2 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Cauwenberge, Marcel"]
[Black "Slosse, Freddy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Board "49"]
[Opening "Scotch: Mieses variation, main line"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Bxe5 13. Kd1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
Qe4 15. Rg1 Nb4 16. Qc3 c5 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. f3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Rhe8
21. Qxc5 Nxd5 22. Kc1 Qf6 23. a4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schrevens, Jelle"]
[Black "Dehanne, Michel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Board "51"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan (5.Bd3)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Qc7
8. f4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Be3 d6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Rf3 Rfc8 14. Rh3 e5
15. f5 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bg5 e4 18. Bxf6 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxf6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Be2
d4 22. Nb1 Rxc2 23. b3 Rac8 24. Bc4 e3 25. Rg3 Rf2 26. Rg6 Qxf5 27. Qxh6 Bf6
28. Rg3 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koonen, Xavier"]
[Black "Steen, Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Board "53"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bd6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Be3 O-O
8. O-O Nbc6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. Qf3 Nh4 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh5
g6 15. Qh6 f4 16. Bxf4 Nf5 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nef3 h5
21. Qg5 Nd8 22. Ne5 Re6 23. Ndf3 Rf6 24. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goorden, Johan"]
[Black "Kalisvaart, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Board "55"]
[Opening "Vienna: Falkbeer variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe1 O-O
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Nd1 f6 14. Bd2
Nf4 15. Ne3 Rab8 16. b3 Bc5 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nd4 Qg4 20. Nf5 Kh8
21. Qc3 Rb5 22. a4 Bd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxd4 Rg5 25. Qf2 c5 26. Rae1 Qe6
27. Re3 Re5 28. Rf3 Qd6 29. Rf5 Rfe8 30. Qe1 Qb6 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Rf5 Qb4
33. Qxb4 cxb4 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Kg1 Kg8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 c5 38. Kd2 Ke6
39. c3 Kd6 40. cxb4 cxb4 41. Ke3 Kc5 42. a5 a6 43. g4 h6 44. h3 g5 45. d4+ exd4+
46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vermeulen, Florence"]
[Black "Krebs, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Board "58"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Saemisch variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. Nf3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. O-O b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. e4 fxe4
15. fxe4 e5 16. Bg5 Rf7 17. Rf3 Qe7 18. Raf1 Raf8 19. Qf2 Qe6 20. Qh4 Nd7
21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Bd8 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Kf2 Kf7
27. Kf3 Kg6 28. Kg4 Bc8+ 29. Kh4 f5 30. exf5+ Bxf5 31. Bxf5+ Kxf5 32. Kh5 e4
33. g4+ Kf4 34. g5 e3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "van Eindhoven, Peter"]
[Black "Blondeel, Hugues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Board "59"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. d5 Nb8 12. b3 g6 13. Nh2 Nh5 14. c4 c6 15. cxb5
cxb5 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Rc1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxh5 f4
22. Qg6 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bd4 Rxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gernaert, Jordi"]
[Black "Schleck, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Board "60"]
[Opening "English: Bremen"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. e3 d6 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 Ba7 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Qd2 Ng6
15. Rfe1 c6 16. h4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h5 Nh8 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Qf4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Re8 22. Qg4 Qc7 23. Nh4 f6 24. Nf5 Kf8 25. d5 c5 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Re8
28. Re1 Re7 29. Nxe7 Qxe7 30. Bxb7 a5 31. Bd5 Nf7 32. Qg6 Ng5 33. f4 Nh3+
34. Kh2 Nxf4 35. gxf4 Kg8 36. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Verduyn, Philippe"]
[Black "Dokter, Marike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Board "61"]
[Opening "Four knights: Scotch, Krause variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qg4 d5 7. Qxg7 Qf6
8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Rg8 11. Bf4 Kd8 12. O-O-O h5 13. Be5 Ng4
14. Bg3 Be7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Bf4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. g3 a5 19. Rde1 a4 20. Bxc7+
Kd7 21. Bb6 a3 22. b3 Bg5+ 23. f4 Bf6 24. Re3 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kd2 Rg8
27. Ne2 Be4 28. Rg1 Be7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bf3 31. g5 Be4 32. Bc5 Rh8 33. Bxe7
Kxe7 34. Rg3 Ke6 35. b4 Rh2 36. Rxa3 Bxc2 37. Re3+ Be4 38. a4 Kd6 39. a5 Rh1
40. Ng3 Rh2+ 41. Re2 Rxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Bb1 43. f5 Bc2 44. a6 Kc7 45. g6 fxg6 46. f6
1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vermeulen, Emilie"]
[Black "Frambach, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Board "62"]
[Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, main variation (with c6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Re8
15. Qe2 b6 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Nxe5 Nf6 18. Re3 Bh6 19. f4 Re7 20. Ng4 Rxe3
21. Nxf6+ Kf7 22. Qxe3 Qd6 23. Bh3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "de Kruif, Kees"]
[Black "De Meyere, Kathleen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Board "63"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky/Orang-utan) opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 d4 4. c3 c5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxb4 8. cxb4
a6 9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Rc5 f5 14. Nxe5 Nc3 15. Qb3+
Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxf7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qc7 Qf8 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5+
Kg8 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vanspeybrouck, Nicolas"]
[Black "van de Griendt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Board "64"]
[Opening "English: three knights system"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. e3 Bg4 8. a3 a5
9. Rb1 Nge7 10. Na4 Qd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ba7 14. b5 Nd8 15. Qb3
Ng6 16. b6 cxb6 17. Nxb6 Bxb6 18. Qxb6 Ra6 19. Qb2 Qf5 20. e4 Qf6 21. Ng1 Ne6
22. f3 Nc5 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Ne2 Ra3 25. Nc3 Rfa8 26. Be3 Bc6 27. Bxc5 dxc5
28. O-O Qd6 29. Rb6 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxc3 31. Qb2 Qxd3 32. Rxb7 Bxb7 33. Qxb7 Rd8
34. Ra1 Qd2 35. Qb1 Rc2 36. Qf1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reink, Gerard"]
[Black "Devlieger, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Board "65"]
[Opening "Reti: King's Indian attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 Na5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 b5 13. Ne5 Nc4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. b3
Ne5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nd2 b4 18. c4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Nd5 21. Qb3 Nxe3
22. Nxe3 Rc3 23. Qd1 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Bc5 25. Ng4 b3 26. Rab1 Rb8 27. Rd3 Rxd3
28. exd3 b2 29. Ne5 Rb3 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. Nc6 Bf6 32. d4 Rc3 33. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deschuyteneer, Lucien"]
[Black "Leenhouts, Koen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Board "67"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qd8 12. a3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. b3 Rc8
15. Qb2 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Ndf3 a5 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Rc2 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Qb2 Be8 24. Bg4 Bf7 25. f4 g6 26. Rc1 a4
27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Be2 Be8 29. bxa4 Nxa4 30. Qc1 Nc3 31. Bg4 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Bd7
33. Bh6 Ne4 34. Qxc8+ Bxc8 35. Kf1 Nc3 36. Be3 b5 37. Bd2 Na4 38. Bb4 Nb6
39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Kd3 h5 41. Bd1 Bb7 42. Bc5 Nc4 43. g3 Ba6 44. Bb3 Nxa3 45. Kc3
Nc4 46. Kd3 Na5 47. Kc3 g5 48. Bd1 g4 49. Bb3 Nc4 50. Bxc4 dxc4 51. Bb4 Kg6
52. Kd2 h4 53. Be7 hxg3 54. hxg3 Kf5 55. Ke3 c3 56. Bb4 c2 57. Ba3 b4 58. Bc1 b3
59. Bb2 Bb7 60. Bc1 Kg6 61. Kf4 Bf3 62. Bb2 Kf7 63. Ke3 Ke7 64. Kd3 Kd7 65. Kc3
Bd5 66. Ba3 Kc6 67. Kb4 Bh1 68. Kxb3 Kd5 69. Kxc2 Kxd4 70. Kd2 Ke4 71. Ke2 Bf3+
72. Kf2 Kxe5 73. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baecke, Mieke"]
[Black "Vercruyce, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Board "68"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Rc1 f6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. exf6 Qxf4 12. fxg7 Bf6 13. gxh8=Q Bxh8 14. c3 Ne7
15. g3 Qh6 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Kd7 19. Nf7 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le Roy, Philippe"]
[Black "Dekker, Jop"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Board "69"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O
8. Bd3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O b6 12. h3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qe8 14. Qxe8 Rfxe8
15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Nd2 h6 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. f3 g5 20. Rfe1 f6 21. Kf2
Re7 22. Rab1 Kh8 23. Rh1 h5 24. Rbe1 Rg8 25. Rh2 Kg7 26. Rhh1 Kf8 27. Rb1 Reg7
28. Rbg1 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. g3 gxf3 31. gxf4 Rg2+ 32. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Ke3 f2
34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Rg3+ 36. Ke2 Rxd3 37. Rxa7+ Kg6 38. Rxa6 Rxd2+ 39. Kf1 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "de Winter, Gerard"]
[Black "Vander Voort, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Board "70"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence: four pawns attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Qxb4 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. O-O Nd3 16. Qe4+ Qe7 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. d6 Qd7 19. Bf4 b6 20. Qg3 Re8
21. Nd5 Re6 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bb7 24. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rietbergen, Ronald"]
[Black "Sinke, Wim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Board "71"]
[Opening "Sicilian: O'Kelly variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. b3
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. e5 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Nd5 12. g3 Rc8 13. c4 Nb4 14. Qe2 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nc2+ 16. Kf1 Nxa1 17. h4 d5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qc3 bxc4 20. Ba3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wisse, Stefan"]
[Black "Verlinden, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40/03"]
[Board "74"]
[Opening "Sicilian (Nimzovich-Rossolimo & Kan)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 d5 7. exd5 exd5
8. O-O-O O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Qa5 11. a3 b5 12. Nb1 b4 13. g4 c4 14. Ne5 c3
15. bxc3 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxa3+ 17. Kd1 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bb2 20. Rxe6
fxe6 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. Be3 a6 23. Nd4 e5 24. Nc6 d4 25. Bd2 Rxf2 26. Nxe5 Bc3
27. Bxc3 dxc3 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. Kc1 Nc7 30. Ne3 Rbf8 31. Kb1 R8f3 32. Bg2 Rxe3
33. Bc6 Rfe2 34. Be4 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Ka2 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Kf7 38. Kb3 Nb5
39. Kb4 Ke6 40. Ka5 Na3 41. Kb4 Nxc2+ 42. Kxc3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Usachyi, Vladimir"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E59"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "1"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3, main line"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Qe2 e5 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 Bg4
15. Re1 Rae8 16. Bc4 Re5 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qxe5 19. Bb2 Qc7 20. Rd1 Ng4
21. g3 Qxc6 22. Bd5 Qa4 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. c4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Rd2 Qb3
27. Rfd1 h6 28. h4 Rc8 29. Rc1 a5 30. Kg2 b5 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Black "Tonoli, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B27/02"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "2"]
[Opening "Sicilian: c3...g6"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbxd5 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Qh3
Qc8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxh3 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxh3 Rff8 19. Nc6 Rb7
20. Nxe7+ Kf7 21. Nc6 Nd5 22. Bg5 Kg8 23. Rad1 Rf5 24. h4 h6 25. Re8+ Kh7
26. Be3 Bf6 27. Re4 Rh5 28. a3 Bxh4 29. Re5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Nb4 Rd7
32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rc1 Rd7 34. Rc6 Bg5 35. h4 f4 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bd2 Rxd4
38. Bc3 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 g4 40. Rc4 f3+ 41. Kh2 Rf1 42. Rxg4 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Demarcke, Dirk"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "3"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with...g6, without...d6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Qe2 Na5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. e5 Nge7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Bg5 Nxe5
15. Be4 d5 16. Nc6 N5xc6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be6
21. a4 b4 22. Rc1 bxc3 23. Qd3 Nb4 24. Qg3 Nd5 25. h4 h6 26. Be3 h5 27. Bc5 Rfc8
28. Ba3 Rc4 29. Bd6 Rxa4 30. f4 Rd8 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Re8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "van Dijk, Bram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Board "4"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. a3
a5 9. O-O Qd7 10. b3 Bh3 11. d4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Ba7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 Qf5
15. Nf4 Rad8 16. Qe2 N7g6 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rd5 c6 20. e4 Qd7
21. Rd2 g5 22. Na4 Qe6 23. Rfd1 Ng4 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf6 26. Nc3 Qe5 27. h3
Qc5 28. Qb2 g4 29. h4 Qe5 30. Qc2 Qc5 31. Qc1 Re6 32. Qb2 Rde8 33. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dekker, Andries"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "5"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn (including Queen's gambit, Dutch, Catalan) openings"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ngf6
8. O-O Bb4 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f4 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4
Nc5 15. Qd1 Bxc3 16. dxc5 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Ne4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8
20. Rbc1 Rd3 21. Rfe1 Rb3 22. Rc4 f5 23. Rb4 Nxc5 24. Rxb3 Nxb3 25. Nc4 Nc5
26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Rc1 Ne4 28. h4 Ng3 29. Kf2 Ne4+ 30. Kg1 a5 31. Rc7 b5 32. Rb7
Nd6 33. Re7 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Nc6 a4 36. Nd4 Nc7 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke7
39. Nf3 Nd5+ 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. g3 Ne7 42. Kc3 Nc6 43. Ng5 h6 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "de Vilder, Hans"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Board "6"]
[Opening "Pirc-Robatsch"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nh3
Nb6 9. Nf2 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rab1 h5 13. b3 Ba6 14. bxc4 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Bxc4 16. f4 d5 17. e5 Nh6 18. Nd3 O-O 19. Nc5 Nf5 20. g3 Rb8 21. Kg2
Qc7 22. Bf2 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Qc1 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Qa5 26. Qb2 f6 27. a3 fxe5
28. dxe5 d4 29. N3e4 Bd5 30. Qb4 Qc7 31. Bxd4 a5 32. Qd2 Nxd4 33. Qxd4 Qb6
34. Kf3 Qb1 35. c4 Qf1+ 36. Ke3 Bxe4 37. Qd8+ Bf8 38. Qd2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Druyts, Steven"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert-Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "A10"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "8"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 Na6
9. O-O Ne4 10. a3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 f4 15. Qc2
Bg4 16. Rcd1 Qe7 17. b4 Nc7 18. Qb2 Rae8 19. c5 Nb5 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 fxg3
22. fxg3 Qg5 23. Kg2 Qe3 24. Bd2 Qxa3 25. Qxa3 Nxa3 26. Bc1 Nc2 27. Rd7 Rb8
28. Be2 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Nxb4 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bb2 Rf8 32. Rxb7 Nc2 33. Bf7 a5
34. h4 a4 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 a3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Black "Gommers, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[ECO "A57/06"]
[Board "9"]
[Opening "Benko gambit: 4.Nf3"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 b4 7. Bg5 Ne4 8. Bf4
f5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. h4 g6 13. g3 Bg7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. h5
Nc7 16. h6 Bf6 17. e4 Ba6 18. Qe2 b3+ 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. exf5 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qd3 b2 24. a5 Qb8 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 26. Nf7+ Kc8 27. Nxh8 Bxh8
28. Bh3+ Kb7 29. Qc2 e6 30. dxe6 Qe8 31. Rxb2+ Bxb2 32. Qxb2+ Kc6 33. Bg2+ d5
34. cxd5+ Nxd5 35. Qe5 Rd8 36. e7 Rd7 37. Qe6+ Kc7 38. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Straat, Evert-Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "D42/01"]
[Board "10"]
[Opening "QGD: semi-Tarrasch (7.Bd3 Be7)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5
21. Ne3 Be6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. h4 Kd6 26. g4 f5 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. f3 h6 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Rg1 Ke6 31. Kd2 Rc6 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Kxc1 g5
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kd2 Bh3 36. Ke2 a5 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Kg3 Bc8 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.37"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbinger, Roland"]
[Black "Abolianin, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Board "11"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7
8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Be2 d5 10. Bd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7
14. Be5 Qc8 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. O-O Nh5 19. Rfe1 Rd8
20. g4 Bxe5 21. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schalkx, Johnny"]
[Black "Tolhuizen, Ludo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Board "12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: classical variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. g3
Ngf6 9. Bg2 Rc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. a3 b5 14. Rd1 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. c3
Rfd8 22. Bd2 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qf3 Kg8 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. b3 Bc5
28. Be1 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Ra1 30. Rd1 Bf5 31. Qe2 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qc5 33. g4 Bh7
34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Bd2 Bc2 36. b4 Qe7 37. Qg3 f5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Bxh6 Nxc3
40. Qxc3 gxh6 41. Bxc6 Kh7 42. Qd2 Qg7+ 43. Kh2 Qxe5+ 44. f4 Qc7 45. Qd7+ Qxd7
46. Bxd7 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daels, Marc"]
[Black "Danneel, Geert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Board "13"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence: modern variation (4...Bg4)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. exd6 cxd6 10. d5 e5 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 N8d7
15. b3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. Ba3 Qxg4 18. Rg1 Qf5 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Rxg7 Qf6
21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rg4 Rhg8 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24. d6 e4 25. dxe7 Nd7 26. Nxe4 Qa1+
27. Kc2 Qxa2+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ 29. Kb2 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brendonck, Hans"]
[Black "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "14"]
[Opening "Clemenz (Mead's-Basman's-de Klerk's) opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. h3 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g4 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 h5 8. g5 Nge7
9. Bd2 b6 10. Rb1 e5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. e4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh2 Nd4 15. f4 exf4
16. Bxf4 c4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. c3 Ne6 21. d4 Nxf4
22. Rxf4 Qxg5 23. Qf3 Bh6 24. Re4 f5 25. Nxg6 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rce8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "de Weerd, Werner"]
[Black "Spreeuw, Jaap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Board "15"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack (...a6) defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

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 Bd7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
Bc6 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Qxd5 Rb8 20. g4 O-O
21. g5 exf4 22. Bxf4 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rfe8 25. Rhg1 g6 26. Rde1 Re5
27. Qd2 Rbe8 28. h4 Qc5 29. a3 Re4 30. Rh1 Qf5 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Qh2 Re5 33. Rf1
b4 34. axb4 Qxb4 35. Qf2 Rf5 36. Qg2 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verstraeten, Jan"]
[Black "van de Berkmortel, Theo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Board "16"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg2 c6 10. e4 Be6 11. b3 g6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14. Rhe1
Kf7 15. f4 exf4 16. exf5 Ba3+ 17. Kc2 Bxf5+ 18. Ne4 Ng4 19. Bxf4 Nf2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Pauw, Freddy"]
[Black "Wagener, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Board "18"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 Bd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Qb3
Nge7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Bf7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. O-O-O Rde8 16. Nb3 Nf5 17. Rhe1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 f5 19. Kb1 Re7 20. Qd3 Rhe8
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd2 Qe6 25. Red1 c6 26. Qd4 Qe7
27. Qa4 Qxc5 28. Qd4 Qb6 29. Kc2 R8e7 30. g4 Rxe3 31. Qf4 Qc7 32. Qa4 Kb8
33. gxf5 gxf5 34. c4 R7e4 35. b3 Re2 36. Qb4 c5 37. Qc3 d4 38. Qf3 Qe5 39. Rf1
g6 40. Rf2 R2e3 41. Qg2 Rg3 42. Qf1 Ree3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Logie, Dimitri"]
[Black "Pahkla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Board "20"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin (...d5 exd5...Qxd5)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qd8
8. Nfxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bg5 Nd5
14. Bf3 b6 15. Bh4 Nf4 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Bg3 g5 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Ne2 Be5 20. Rd2
Rb8 21. Rfd1 O-O 22. g3 b5 23. Nc1 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Ne1 Be7
27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Kg2 b4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. b3 Rc8 31. Nd4 Kg7 32. Nc2 Rb5 33. Na3
Rbc5 34. Nc4 Kg6 35. Rd7 R8c7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rd6 Ra7 38. Rc6 Kf5 39. Nd6+ Ke5
40. Nc8 Ra8 41. Nb6 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pax, Horst"]
[Black "Luijpen, Michiel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Board "21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Szen, hedgehog variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Silber, Henning"]
[Black "Lacrosse, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Board "24"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5
8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Nb5 Bh3 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg4
14. Qg3 Be2 15. Bxc5 Qxg3 16. hxg3 dxc5 17. a4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 a6 19. N5a3 Rd1+
20. Ke2 Rhd8 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Ncd2 R8xd2+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Ducaert, Frederik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Board "25"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: classical (Cordel) defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. b4 Bb6 6. c4 Ne7 7. d4 O-O 8. c5
dxc5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxb4 11. cxb6 Nc2 12. bxc7 Bg4 13. Ba3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dehanne, Michel"]
[Black "Retera, Joost"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Board "26"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: old defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. N5f3 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6
8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd5 11. f3 Be7 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd5 14. Bc1
Nxc3 15. Qb3 Nd5+ 16. Ke2 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Be3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rxc2
Bxc2 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Ne5 Be4 24. Rg1 Rd6 25. g4 Bd5 26. b3 Rfd8
27. Rd1 Bxc4+ 28. bxc4 c5 29. d5 b6 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Kf3 exd5 32. cxd5 Bd4
33. Bxd4 Rxd5 34. Rd2 cxd4 35. Nxa7 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Rc3 37. a4 Rc4 38. Nb5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donovan, Linton"]
[Black "Gernaert, Jordi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Board "29"]
[Opening "Sicilian: closed"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. f5 Nge7 8. fxe6
fxe6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 a6 11. a4 Qd7 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bh6 Bb7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. d4 d5 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. Ba2 bxc5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Rf6 20. Nd1 Nf5
21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Ng5 Ncd4 23. Ne3 h6 24. Nxf5+ gxf5 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Ba8
0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kleijberg, Ad"]
[Black "Verduyn, Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25/05"]
[Board "30"]
[Opening "Sicilian: closed (6.f4 e6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5
15. Ne4 Rb8 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. d4 b6 19. dxe5 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kruis, Ruud"]
[Black "Baecke, Mieke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Board "35"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Rb1 Ng4 14. Qe1 f5
15. h3 Nh6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Qc1 f4 18. gxf4 Qh4 19. f3 exf4 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Nb5
Ne5 22. Nc7 Nd3 23. Qd2 Nxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qh4 25. Ng1 Rb8 26. Nb5 Nf7 27. Rff1 Bd7
28. Na3 a6 29. Qe1 Qh5 30. Qf2 Rbc8 31. Rfc1 Ne5 32. Qf1 Nf7 33. Qf2 Ne5 34. Qb6
Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxh3 36. Nxh3 Nxf3 37. Qf2 Ng5 38. Nc4 Nxh3 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Bxf3
Nf2+ 41. Kg2 Nd3 42. Rb1 Re8 43. a3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Monté, Peter"]
[Black "de Winter, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Board "36"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Steinitz variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Na3
Rb8 9. c3 b5 10. Nc2 a5 11. Nh4 Qb6 12. Qe1 e5 13. f5 b4 14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Ne3
c4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. Kh1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Nd5 Qxc4 20. Ba3 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Re8 25. Rf1 e4 26. Qg1 e3 27. Ng2 e2
28. Rf4 Qxc3 29. Ne1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lanckriet, Chris"]
[Black "Van Aken, Koen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Board "38"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Stockholm variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Qxd5
8. Nc3 Qa5 9. e4 Bg7 10. h5 Qb4 11. Ne2 c5 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nxc5 Nc6
15. Nb3 Be6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Ned4 Qb6 18. axb4 Qxb4+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bd7
21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 O-O 24. Raf1 Rac8 25. N5d4 Rc4 26. Kd3 Rfc8
27. Rc1 b5 28. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Debrauwere, Steven"]
[Black "Gommers, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Board "43"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. f4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Qc2 g6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. h3 h5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8. e4 e5
9. g3 Bh6 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Ng5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nd5
15. Qe2 Nxf4 16. Nd6+ cxd6 17. Qxe7+ Nxe7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Rg1 O-O-O 20. O-O-O
Nf5 21. Re1 Rhe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nc4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scheepmaker, Luc"]
[Black "Holl, Han"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Board "46"]
[Opening "QGD: 4.Nf3"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. c5 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Qb3 axb4
9. Na4 Bd7 10. Nb2 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. e3 Qf6 14. Be2 Nxd2
15. Kxd2 Ra3 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nd3 Ba4 18. Qb2 Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Callant, Geert"]
[Black "Goorden, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Board "47"]
[Opening "English: three knights system"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 a5 6. Nd5 d6 7. Bd2 Be6 8. Nxf6+
Qxf6 9. g3 Qd8 10. Bg2 Be7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Bf6 14. Qa4 O-O
15. b5 Ne7 16. O-O b6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Ne1 d5 19. Bc3 dxc4 20. dxc4 e4 21. Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matthys, Kris"]
[Black "Vermeulen, Emilie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Board "50"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin (...d5 exd5...Qxd5)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. c4 Qd8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Rad1 Qb6 16. c5 Qxb2 17. Qxd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe2 19. Nd6 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Bd5
21. a3 Qe5 22. Qh4 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "German, Boris"]
[Black "Vreeken, Kees"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Board "52"]
[Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 f6 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. Bc4 Nh6 9. h4 Ng4 10. f3 Ne5 11. Bb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 14. Ne2 c5
15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. h5 e6 17. Nc3 Ke7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rxh8 Bxh8 20. Kf2 Ba6
21. Ba4 Rb8 22. Rh1 Bg7 23. Rh7 Kf7 24. b3 Kg8 25. Rh1 Kf7 26. Rh7 Rb7 27. Bc6
Rc7 28. Ba4 c4 29. b4 Re7 30. Rh1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slosse, Freddy"]
[Black "Ramon, Joeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Board "53"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. g4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 h6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Qf3 Nxb3
15. Qc6+ Nd7 16. axb3 Qc8 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Rfd1 Bd8 20. Rac1 Qb8
21. Qh3 f6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 e4 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Nf4 Ne5 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Ng6 Nxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Re1 Ra7 31. Re3 Rh7 32. Qg6+ Kf8
33. Qxh7 Qc7 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Ke7 36. Rxe4+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Libbrecht, Peter"]
[Black "Decoster, Frederic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Board "55"]
[Opening "Dutch (with c4 & Nc3)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rc1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Qe2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bc6
15. Qg3 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Bh4 17. Qf4 Bg5 18. Qd4 Bf6 19. Qd3 Be5 20. f4 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Qf6 22. Qd4 Rae8 23. Re1 Re7 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Kf2 Rfe6 26. Rc3 Be4
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. b4 g5 29. g3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steen, Pieter"]
[Black "Deschuyteneer, Lucien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Board "56"]
[Opening "QGD Slav accepted"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bg7 7. Rc1 dxc4
8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. f3
Nxc3 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxb3 18. Rxb3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 b6 20. Rc1
f6 21. Bg3 Rfc8 22. Rbc3 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd8 26. h3 Rd2
27. Ra5 Rd3 28. e4 Rd7 29. Bb8 Rd8 30. Bxa7 Ra8 31. Bb6 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 f5 33. a4
Kf8 34. Bb4 Ke8 35. a5 Kd7 36. Kf2 e6 37. Ke3 Kc6 38. Kd4 f4 39. Ke5 g5 40. Kxe6
1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "van Eck, Ted"]
[Black "Martens, Geert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Board "60"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: exchange variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. Bf4
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. a3 a6 14. Qc2 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Rc7 16. Qb1 Rfc8 17. Re2 Ng4 18. Rce1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nd8 20. Re3 Nd7
21. Rg3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qb6 23. Qc1 Kf8 24. Qf4 Qxb2 25. Qg4 Qd2 26. Qxg7+ Ke7
27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Rb1 Rxc3 29. Bf1 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Qg5 31. Qh8 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Qxc1
33. Qf8 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vermeulen, Florence"]
[Black "Bettman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Board "61"]
[Opening "QGD: Albin counter-gambit"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. b3 Bf5 6. a3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bg2 d3 11. Nc3 dxe2 12. Qxe2 Bd3 13. Qxe7 Bxe7 14. O-O-O Na5
15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nce4 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Bf8 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Kb2 g5
21. Bh3+ Kb8 22. Nf3 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bg7+ 24. Ka2 a6 25. Re3 Nxb3 26. Ne1 b5
27. cxb5 Nc1+ 28. Rxc1 Bxb5 29. Nf3 h5 30. g4 Bd7 31. Rb1+ Kc8 32. Nxg5 hxg4
33. Reb3 Be6 34. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalisvaart, Peter"]
[Black "Vanspeybrouck, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45/04"]
[Board "63"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack: ...e6"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Be2 g5 11. O-O a6 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bh5 b5 14. Qf3 Rf8
15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. Re3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schleck, Victor"]
[Black "van Lankveld, Wil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Board "64"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Be2 c5
8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bf3 Qd7 10. Bc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5
14. Qb3 Qc7 15. g3 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Bf5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Kg2 Rc2 19. Rab1 b6
20. Rhd1 Rfc8 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bxb1 24. Qe3 Rc2+ 25. Be2 Qc5
26. d6 exd6 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qa4 Rd2 29. Ke3 Rxd4 30. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Bxa2
32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Kxc4 Kf6 34. Kd5 Ke7 35. b4 a5 36. b5 Kd7 37. h4 h5 38. Kc4 Ke6
39. Kd4 d5 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Kd3 d4 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. Kd2 d3 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frambach, Klaus"]
[Black "Devlieger, Eileen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Board "65"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 b6 8. O-O
c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Re8 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Rae1 Bc6 19. d5 Bb7 20. Rd1 Nb3 21. h3
Nc5 22. Bf5 Ra8 23. Qg3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Meyere, Kathleen"]
[Black "Opgenhaffen, Gerie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Board "67"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. bxc3 c5 11. Nb5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Kd8 13. Ke2 a6
14. Rd1+ Bd7 15. Na3 Kc7 16. c4 Bc6 17. f3 Bd6 18. g3 Be5 19. Rb1 Rhd8 20. Bb2
Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Rxd1 23. Ke4 Rad8 24. Rf2 f6 25. Nc2 R1d2 26. Kf3
Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Ooteghem, Rudy"]
[Black "Rietbergen, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Board "69"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 e6 6. h4 d6 7. h5 gxh5 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. O-O-O Nbc6 11. Rxh5 O-O-O 12. Rdh1 e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Ng5
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Rxh7 Rhg8 17. Ne2 Rdf8 18. Ng3 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nf4 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. Nh5 Be5 22. Nxe5 Qa4 23. Qh3+ Kb8 24. Nd7+ Ka8 25. Kb1 Rd8 26. Nhf6 Bc8
27. Nxg8 Rxg8 28. Rh8 Rxh8 29. Qxh8 Qxd7 30. Qf6 Bb7 31. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vander Voort, Patrick"]
[Black "Schrevens, Jelle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Board "73"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Bf6 9. e5 Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. d4 Nb4 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Nc3 N6d5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Be3 Bh3 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxf1
21. Kxf1 Rfd8 22. Kg2 h6 23. h4 Rd5 24. Nd2 b6 25. f4 c5 26. Nf3 Rcd8 27. Rd1
cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vanpe, Peter"]
[Black "Wisse, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Board "74"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. b4
Rc8 15. Qb2 Nc6 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Be2 a6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nd3 23. Qb1 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Nxe4 25. Qe1 Re8 26. Qxe4 Qxe4
27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxd6 Re1+ 29. Kh2 b6 30. a4 Re2 31. Kg3 Ra2 32. Nc4 Rxa4
33. Nxb6 Rd4 34. Kf3 h6 35. Ke3 Rd1 36. Nc4 g6 37. Kf3 Kg7 38. Ne3 Rd3 39. Ke2
Rb3 40. Kf3 f5 41. g3 g5 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Kf3 h5 44. Kg2 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. Nf1
Kg5 47. Nh2 Kf5 48. Nf1 Rd3 49. f3 Kg5 50. Kf2 Kh4 51. Kg2 Ra3 52. Kf2 Ra2+
53. Ke1 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ragozin, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Board "3"]
[Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Rc1 Nbd7
8. g3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qa6 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Qd4 Ndf6 14. Qd3
Nxc5 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Bg2 Rac8 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Rc2
Na4 21. Rhc1 Nb6 22. b3 Rxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. a4 Ke7 26. a5 Rxc2
27. Nxc2 Nc8 28. Nd4 Kd6 29. Kd3 Bd7 30. Kc3 Ne7 31. b4 b6 32. axb6 axb6 33. e3
Nc6 34. Nb5+ Ke7 35. Bxd5 Ne5 36. Na3 Ng4 37. h4 Nxf2 38. Bf3 Bg4 39. Bg2 Be6
40. Kd4 Ng4 41. Nb5 Ne5 42. Nc3 h6 43. Na4 b5 44. Nc3 Bc4 45. Be4 Kd6 46. Nd1
Be2 47. Nf2 Bc4 48. Bg2 f5 49. Kc3 Nd7 50. Bh3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "4"]
[Opening "Proto-Sicilian"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. Qd2 a5 8. a4
Be6 9. e3 Nf6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bc4 17. c3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Bc2 Ra8 21. Ra3
Kf8 22. b3 Be6 23. c4 Qb6 24. Qg3 h6 25. Bd2 Qc5 26. Ra2 Qh5 27. Re1 Be5 28. f4
Bd4+ 29. Kh1 g5 30. Bd1 gxf4 31. Qxf4 Qg6 32. Qxh6+ Qxh6 33. Bxh6+ Ke8 34. Bf4
Rc5 35. Bf3 Kd7 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Be3 Rcc8 38. g3 Kc6 39. Kg1 Rh8 40. Rf2 Rag8
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A87"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "3"]
[Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, main variation"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. b3
Qa5 9. Bb2 d6 10. a3 e5 11. b4 Qc7 12. c5 e4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. e3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Qf7
16. cxd6 Rxd6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Ne2 b5 19. Nf4 Ba2 20. Ra1 g5 21. Nh3 h6 22. Rxa2
Qxa2 23. Nb3 Nxb4 24. axb4 Qa6 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rc7 28. Ra6 Nd5
29. Ba3 Bf8 30. Bf1 Rf6 31. Be2 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Rb7 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. Ke1 Kg6
35. Kd2 Nc7 36. Ra5 Nd5 37. Ra6 Nc7 38. Ra5 h5 39. Bd1 a6 40. Bb2 Rf8 41. Bb3
Rd8 42. Ng1 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schalkx, Johnny"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C13"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "4"]
[Opening "French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5
8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Qg4 g6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Ng5 h6 12. a3 Nf8 13. Rd3 h5 14. Qh4 Nh7
15. f4 b6 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Bb5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 O-O-O 19. Rf2 Na5 20. Rhf1 Rh7
21. Bd3 Nc4 22. Qf4 Bc6 23. Qf6 Qd7 24. Rh1 Rdh8 25. Rf3 Qd8 26. Qf4 Rg7
27. Rfh3 Rf8 28. b3 Na5 29. Be2 Bd7 30. Kb2 Nc6 31. Nb5 Kb8 32. a4 Ne7 33. a5
Bxb5 34. Bxb5 c6 35. Bd3 bxa5 36. Ra1 Qc7 37. Qd2 c5 38. Rxa5 cxd4 39. Qb4+ Ka8
40. Rc5 Qxe5 41. Ba6 Rb8 42. Rb5 Nc6 43. Rxb8+ Qxb8 44. Qc5 Qe8 45. Rh1 Rg8
46. Bb5 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Board "1"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin (...d5 exd5...Qxd5)"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Nb5 Qb8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Qb4 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qb5 20. Qd2 Rab8
21. b3 Bb4 22. Qb2 a5 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. a4 Qb6 26. Nd7 Qb7 27. Nxb8
Rxb8 28. Bd2 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Qxb3 30. Qxa5 h6 31. Ra1 Rb4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qxc6
Nc3 34. Re1 Nxa4 35. Qe4+ g6 36. Reb1 Qc4 37. Rxb4 Qxb4 38. Qe5 Nb6 39. Ra7 Kg8
40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C77"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "2"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 Ng8 10. d4 f6 11. Be3 Nh6 12. c4 Nf7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nd2
exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. h3 Be6 19. b3 f5 20. f4 Nc6 21. e5 dxe5
22. Bxc5 e4 23. Rad1 Bd4+ 24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh2 Nb4 26. Qc1 Nd3 27. Nf3 exf3
28. Rxe6 fxg2 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Nxf4 31. Rf3 g5 32. Nd5 Rad8 33. Rg3 h6
34. h4 g4 35. Rd4 Nxd5 36. cxd5 h5 37. Rc3 {The source gives 37.Re3, 40.Re7 etc.
which would make white's next move highly unlikely.} 37... f4 38. Kxg2 f3+
39. Kf1 Rf5 40. Rxc7 Rdxd5 41. Rb4 g3 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rc6+ Rf6
45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rf4+ Rf5 47. Ra4 a5 48. b4 f2 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A35"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Board "2"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical, four knights system"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. e3 Rab8 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qe2 Be6
15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Kh2 Qb4 18. Ne4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 a5
21. Qd2 a4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Bc2 c5 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Ra1 Reb8 26. Kh2 f5 27. Kg2
Bd7 28. h4 Bc6+ 29. f3 axb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Bxb3 Rxb3 32. Ra2 Rxe3 33. Rf2 Kf6
34. Rc1 h6 35. Ra1 Rb3 36. Ra6 Bb7 37. Ra5 Rc3 38. Ra4 g5 39. Ra7 Rb3 40. Ra5 g4
41. Rb5 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, seniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schalkx, Johnny"]
[Black "van Dijk, Bram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Board "9"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence (with ...c6)"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4
8. Bxe4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. c4 Qc8 14. Bb4
Qc7 15. Ng5 Na6 16. Bc3 h6 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Ba5 b6
21. Bc3 Nb8 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nf6 26. d6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Ne4 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dechamp, Mark"]
[Black "Laforce, Maarten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD: 3...Nf6"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bf6 13. Nde2 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfc1 Ba4 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Qxa4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Qb6 20. Qb4+ Qxb4
21. axb4 g6 22. h4 Kg7 23. Bxg6 Kxg6 24. g3 Nd7 25. Na4 Be7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. Ba3 Ne5 28. b5 Bf6 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Rc7 Rxb5 31. Rxa7 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Ra1
33. Bb2 Ra2 34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Ra5 Bf6 36. Kf3 Bd8 37. Ra8 Bf6 38. Nb6 Rb2
39. Nd7 Bg7 40. g4 Rb7 41. Rd8 Bc3 42. Nc5 Rb2 43. Nd3 Rd2 44. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Olga"]
[Black "Bonte, Pieter-Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Nd4 11. e5 Nef5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe4
15. dxe4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nd4 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bxc5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Nc4
21. Bf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Ne3 23. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Herve"]
[Black "Verzee, Kristof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28/04"]
[Opening "Sicilian: O'Kelly variation (3.c4)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 bxc6 9. Ba3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. Bd6 e5 14. Bg4
Qf6 15. Rad1 Qf4 16. Bf5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne7 18. Bh3 Ng6 19. g3 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Rb7
21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Bb4 Nf8 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 f6 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Rxc6 Rd3 30. Rxa6 Rxc3 31. Ra4 Rc2 32. Kg2 Rc3
33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Rc8 Ra3 35. c5 Rxa2 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. c6 Kg6 38. c7 h6 39. Rf8
Rxc7 40. h4 Rf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Kg4 g6 43. h5 Kg7 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Kf7
46. hxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Havenith, Jean"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f3
Qb6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. fxg4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Qf3 Ne5
15. Qf4 Nxg4 16. Ne2 Qe5 17. b3 Rac8 18. h3 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Kg1 Rc3
21. Ne2 Rc7 22. Nd4 a6 23. Rf2 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Bd7 25. Rd1 Rfc8 26. Rdd2 Rc3
27. Rfe2 e5 28. Nf3 Bb5 29. Ne1 Rc1 30. Kf2 R8c3 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Rf3 Bc6 33. g4
d5 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Re3 f6 36. Ree2 b5 37. Rb2 Kf7 38. Rbd2 a5 39. Rb2 Ke6
40. Ke3 Rd1 41. Kf2 Rcc1 42. Re3 f5 43. gxf5+ gxf5 44. Rbe2 e4 45. dxe4 fxe4
46. Nf3 Kf5 47. Nh4+ Kg5 48. Ng2 Rf1+ 49. Kg3 Bc6 50. h4+ Kf5 51. Ne1 b4 52. Kg2
Rf4 53. Kg3 Bb5 54. Rg2 Bf1 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lammens, Tijs"]
[Black "German, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Proto-Sicilian"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. Kh1 d5 9. Nb3 e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Be3
Rd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Kg1 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Bxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4+ Kg8 26. c4 Qc5
27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Kc3 Ke5 32. a3 f5 33. b4
Kd6 34. f4 h6 35. h4 Kc6 36. bxc5 Kxc5 37. Kd3 a6 38. Kc3 h5 39. Kd3 a5 40. Kc3
a4 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. c5 Kb5 44. c6 Kxc6 45. Kc4 Kd6 46. Kb4 Kd5
47. Kxa4 Kc4 48. Ka5 Kc5 49. a4 Kd4 50. Kb5 Ke3 51. a5 Kf3 52. a6 Kxg3 53. a7
Kxf4 54. a8=Q g5 55. hxg5 Kxg5 56. Qe8 Kf6 57. Qxh5 e5 58. Qh6+ Kf7 59. Qd6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonte, Pieter-Jan"]
[Black "De Moyer, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence (4.O-O d6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4
8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Rfe8 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rad1 Rad8
14. Qe3 c5 15. e5 Nh5 16. Bh2 g6 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. exd6 Bh4 20. Ne7+
Bxe7 21. dxe7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne6 23. Rd6 Qb7 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Be5+
Kh6 27. g5+ Kxg5 28. Qg4+ Kh6 29. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlier, Anschar"]
[Black "Havenith, Jean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Anderssen counter-attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. Qh5 Bb4 6. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 7. dxe5 Nc6
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nf3 Nxe5 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Bxc7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Kxc7
14. O-O Ngf6 15. Ng5 Rhf8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8
20. Rd1 a6 21. Kf1 Nc5 22. f3 Nd5 23. Ne2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devos, Piet"]
[Black "Dolzhikova, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c6 12. e4 cxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rd8
15. Rc1 Bh6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Rc3 Nd4 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. d6 Qa5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nd5
Rac8 22. f4 Nc2 23. Bb2 Nb4 24. Re3 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 f6 27. Rb3 exf4
28. Rxb7+ Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. gxf4 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Bc1 Kf7
34. c5 Bf8 35. Kf2 Rxc5 36. d7 Rc2+ 37. Rd2 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Rxd2+ 39. Bxd2 Bb6
40. Be3 Bc7 41. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laforce, Maarten"]
[Black "Colsen, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Winawer counter-gambit"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Be6
8. e3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bb4 10. Rc1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Qd1 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Rc8 14. Be2 O-O
15. O-O h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Rc1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rfd8
21. Rfd1 g4 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 h5 26. Rd2 Rc1+
27. Kh2 f5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa6 Rc5 30. Rd4 Ra5 31. Bb7 Kf7 32. Bc6 Rc5 33. Bxa4
Rc4 34. b3 Rc2 35. Rf4 Rb2 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Lammens, Tijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with...g6, without...d6)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. exd5 a6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxc6 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 Rfc8
14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Nc3 18. Qc4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nb5
20. Rxe7 Qf4 21. Bc1 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Snepvangers, Ruben"]
[Black "Dechamp, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, open variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Nxf7 O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6
14. dxc5 Qd7 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Bg5 Rxe1+
20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 gxf6 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Be8 25. Nc7 Bg6
26. Nxa6 Bxc2 27. Nb4 Bb1 28. a4 d4 29. Kf2 d3 30. Ke3 Bc2 31. Nxc2 dxc2 32. Kd2
c1=Q+ 33. Kxc1 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tonoli, Benjamin"]
[Black "Six, Stefaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qe2 Qg6 13. Rad1 Ne5
14. Bb3 Bh3 15. f4 Bg4 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Qxf4
20. Kh1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qg5 22. f4 Qg4 23. Qd3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Moyer, Karel"]
[Black "Carlier, Anschar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3
b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Rxc5 14. a3 Qc7
15. h3 O-O 16. Nh2 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nf4 19. Be4 Bg5 20. Qb4 f5 21. Bf3
Rc4 22. Qb3 Rxc2 23. Kh1 e4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc5 26. Nf3 Qxf2 27. Rg1 Nxh3
28. gxh3 Rxf3 29. Qxc2 Rxh3# 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dechamp, Mark"]
[Black "Colsen, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Winawer counter-gambit"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 Be6
8. Nf3 Qd6 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qd7
14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Kc7 16. Be2 Nd7 17. O-O Rd8 18. b4 Ngf6 19. Neg5 h6
20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Nd4 Rhe8 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Olga"]
[Black "Lammens, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian: closed, Spassky variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. Kh1 b5 10. a3 a5 11. Qe1 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qe2 Re8 17. g4 e6 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Qf3 Qe7 22. f5 Re1 23. Ra8+ Kg7 24. Bh6+ Kxh6 25. g5+ Qxg5 26. Rxe1 Re7
27. Qh3+ Kg7 28. Rf1 Re3 29. f6+ Bxf6 30. Qc8 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "German, Michael"]
[Black "Bonte, Pieter-Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Be2 f5 13. Nb3 fxe4 14. Bxg4 Nd3+
15. Kf1 Nxf2 16. Qe2 Bxg4 17. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. g3 Rf8+ 20. Ke1 Qh3
21. Be3 Qg2 22. Rg1 Bxc3+ 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Hervé"]
[Black "Laforce, Maarten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg5+ f6
8. O-O-O+ Ke8 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 a6 14. Ba4
Bg6 15. Nd2 Bf7 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Rd2 b5 19. Bb3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Rhd8 23. a3 g6 24. f4 Rb8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bc5+ Kf7
27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. R7d6 Rbc8 29. Rxf6 Na5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Bb6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Six, Stefaan"]
[Black "Lammens, Tijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27/02"]
[Opening "Sicilian: c3...g6"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ndb4 13. Be4 Bxd4
14. Rfd1 e5 15. a3 f5 16. Bb1 Na6 17. Ba2+ Kg7 18. b4 Qb8 19. Qd5 Bxc3 20. Qd7+
Kh8 21. Bh6 e4 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Qf7 Qe5 24. Qxb7 Naxb4 25. axb4 Nd4 26. Kh1 Rac8
27. Qxa7 f4 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. bxa5 Ne2 30. Rb1 Bxa5 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Rb7 Rc1+
33. Kh2 Bc7 34. Ra7 f3+ 35. g3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Snepvangers, Ruben"]
[Black "De Moyer, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: two knights variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. d3 e6
8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O-O
14. O-O-O Be7 15. d4 Rh5 16. Rhe1 Rf8 17. Kb1 Rf5 18. Qe2 Rh5 19. c3 Nb6 20. c4
Nd7 21. d5 c5 22. Qd3 exd5 23. cxd5 Bd6 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Bd4 b6 26. Bc3 Qb7
27. Bc4 Ne5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Bb5 e4 30. Rxe4 Rxd5 31. Qe2 Qc7 32. Ba6 Re5
33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. Re1 Bd4 35. Qe8+ Qd8 36. Qc6 Qc7 37. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verzee, Kristof"]
[Black "Devos, Piet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn (plus Colle, Benoni, Benko gambit)"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Bg5 Bxc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. e4 dxe4
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxe4 Qxb2 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qe7
14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 b6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Qf4 Bd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rc1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7
26. Ke2 Rd5 27. c3 Kd6 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. Rg1 g6 30. Rg4 b5 31. Ke2 a5 32. a3 e5
33. a4 b4 34. cxb4+ axb4 35. a5 Rd6 36. Rg5 f6 37. Rg4 Kb5 38. a6 Rxa6 39. Kd3
Rc6 40. f4 b3 41. fxe5 b2 42. Rg1 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Snepvangers, Ruben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54/02"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: d3 variation"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 a6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bc2 c6 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ng3
h6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nf5 exd4 19. Bxh6 Bxf5 20. exf5 gxh6 21. fxg6+
fxg6 22. Qf4 Qf7 23. Nh4 Rg8 24. Qxd6 Nd5 25. c4 d3 26. cxd5 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1
28. Rxe1 dxc2 29. dxc6 Rad8 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Snepvangers, Ruben"]
[Black "Dolzhikova, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo: Italian four knights variation"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne1 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c6 12. f3 Be6 13. d4 Nh5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nd3 Qg5 16. Rae1 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Qf2 b6
21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Rd2 h6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. Qd2 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 a5 28. Ne2 c5 29. c4 b5 30. cxb5 c4 31. Qc3 Qb6+ 32. Nd4 cxb3 33. Kf1
a4 34. Qb4 Qc7 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. b6 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 Qxb2+ 38. Kd3 e5 39. Qc3 Qb1+
40. Ke2 Qa2+ 41. Qd2 b2 42. b7 Qc4+ 43. Kf2 Qc5+ 44. Ke2 Qb5+ 45. Kf2 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, juniors"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lammens, Tim"]
[Black "Dolzhikova, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "C54/02"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: d3 variation"]
[Source "Vlaanderen Schaakt No.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
c6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. h3 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qxh5 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Be5 19. g3 Bc3 20. Red1 Qa5
21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qg2 Qxa2 23. f4 Nc4 24. e5 g6 25. g4 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Qa5 27. Qe4
Qc7 28. Nc4 Be6 29. Nd6 Reb8 30. f5 Bd5 31. Qe3 Ba5 32. Qxh6 Qe7 33. fxg6 fxg6
34. Rxd5 Bb6+ 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Qxg6+ Qg7 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8
40. Rd7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rxg7 Rxc2+ 43. Kg3 Kxg7 44. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Achen, Denis"]
[Black "Vande Voorde, Gilbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn (including Queen's gambit, Dutch, Catalan) openings"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Ne5 Nbd7
8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. a4 a5 13. b3 O-O 14. f3
Nbd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Nc4
exd4 21. cxd4 Nxe4 22. Nxa5 Nd2 23. Rc1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rb8 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. Nc4
Nd5 27. Ra2 Nf4 28. Rd2 g5 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Ne3 Nh3+ 32. Ke2 Nf4+
33. Kf2 Nh3+ 34. Ke2 Rbe8 35. Rc3 Kg6 36. d5 Nf4+ 37. Kf2 Nh3+ 38. Ke2 cxd5
39. Rd4 f5 40. Kd2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ottevaere, Herman"]
[Black "Van den Berghe, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD: Marshall defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bc4 a6 8. a4
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Bxe6 Bc5 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bg4
15. Qf4 Bh5 16. Qe5+ Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Bxe7 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nf4 Bg4
21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg6 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Be3 Ng4
27. Rd6+ Bf6 28. Ne4 Rhd8 29. Rad1 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Re8 32. Nxf6 gxf6
33. Kf2 Re7 34. Ke2 h5 35. h4 Re4 36. Rd4 Re5 37. b4 b5 38. a5 Re6 39. Kf3 Rc6
40. g4 hxg4+ 41. Rxg4+ Kh5 42. Rf4 Rc4 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. b5 c3 45. Ke2 axb5
46. a6 b4 47. Kd3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smoliakov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Claeys, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb4 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. a3 N4a6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Be4
c6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. b4 Qc8 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 Nc7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rd1
O-O 16. h4 Ne8 17. h5 Ng7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rxh7 d6
22. Qh3 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Gompel, Hugo"]
[Black "Usachyi, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D03"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[Source "365chesss.com"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nd2 f6 13. Qc2 fxe5 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. O-O-O exf4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. Rhf1 Rxf1 18. Rxf1 Nf6 19. Bg6 Bd7 20. Nf3 e5
21. Qe2 e4 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. h3 Rd8 24. g4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rd1 Qc5+ 27. Kb1
d3 28. Qd2 Be6 29. Ng2 Rc8 30. Ne3 Nd5 31. Nf1 Qc2+ 32. Ka1 Qxd2 33. Nxd2 e3
34. Nf3 d2 35. Kb1 Nf4 36. Nd4 Nxg6 0-1

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Usachyi, Mark"]
[Black "Ottevaere, Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. e4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. b3 d5 10. e5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nf5 12. Ba3 b6 13. g4 Nfe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van den Berghe, Roger"]
[Black "Van Gompel, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. a3 a5 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 g5 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 h6 15. f5
exf5 16. gxf5 Bh7 17. f6 Bc5 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Qxc6+
Kf8 22. Qd6+ Qxd6 23. cxd6 dxc3 24. bxc3 Ke8 25. Rfc1 a4 26. c4 Kd7 27. c5 Kc6
28. Rc3 Rhb8 29. Rac1 Rb2 30. Nc4 Rb3 31. Nb6 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Ra5 33. d7 Bf5
34. Nc8 Kxd7 35. Ne7 Bh7 36. Rc1 Nc7 37. Bd2 Rb5 38. Bb4 Ke6 39. Nc6 Kd7 40. Nd4
Rb8 41. c6+ Kc8 42. Bf8 h5 43. Bd6 Be4 44. e6 1-0

[Event "24th ECI tournament, veterans"]
[Site "Bruges"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vande Voorde, Gilbert"]
[Black "Verschilde, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46/19"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Torre attack ...h6"]
[Source "365chess.com"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. O-O O-O
15. b3 Rad8 16. Qa3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Qb2 Rc8 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 f6 21. b4
Bd6 22. g3 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rd7
28. Qb1 Rc7 29. Rc1 e4 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Nb3 Be5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Qc3
34. a4 Qxd4 35. Kf1 Qc4+ 36. Ke1 Qc3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3 38. Kg1 d4 39. Qa2+ Kh7
40. Qd2 d3 41. Qc3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 d2 43. Qd4 Qf3+ 0-1

