[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Wagenaar, Harm Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan (5.Bd3)"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Nc6
8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Na4 c5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. f4 Bd6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Qf3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Rab1 h6
21. Bd2 b5 22. b3 b4 23. g4 Nd7 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bd2 Bd4 26. Bc2 Be5 27. Qd3 g6
28. Bxh6 Bg7 29. Bf4 Be5 30. Bh6 Bg7 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Qg3 Qd7 33. h3 Nc6 34. Bf4
Nd4 35. Bd3 Ne2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Bd6 Rfe8 38. Bxc5 Be5 39. Qf3 Rh2+ 40. Kg1
Rxa2 41. Rbe1 Qc7 42. Bf2 Rc2 43. Bg3 Bd4+ 44. Kh1 Qd7 45. Rxe8+ Qxe8 46. Re1
Qd8 47. d6 Rc3 48. Qf4 Qa8+ 49. Qe4 Qxe4+ 50. Rxe4 Bb6 51. Be5 Rxh3+ 52. Kg2
Rxb3 53. Bd4 Bxd4 54. Rxd4 Rc3 55. d7 b3 56. d8=Q+ Kg7 57. g5 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cerezo, Michael"]
[Black "De Cat, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Reti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d4 h6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. b4 Ne8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Ndf6
15. Re1 Nd5 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Nef6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Ng4 Bd6
21. Qd2 f5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 e5 24. c4 e4 25. c5 Be7 26. d5 Bf6 27. d6 Qd8
28. Bf1 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Ne5 30. Kg2 Qf6 31. Qf2 Rad8 32. Be2 Rd7 33. Rf1 Rf8
34. Kh1 h5 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Qf4 Qf6 38. Rg1 Rh7 39. Rg2 Kf7 40. Qh4
Ng4 41. Bxg4 Qxh4+ 42. gxh4 hxg4 43. Kg1 Rxh4 44. Kf2 Rh3 45. Rg3 Rh5 46. Rd1
Rd8 47. Rf1 Ke6 48. Rd1 Rd7 49. Rg2 Ke5 50. Rg3 Rh2+ 51. Rg2 Rh8 52. Rg3 Rdh7
53. Rgg1 Ke6 54. Rg2 Rh1 55. Rdg1 Kd5 56. Rxh1 Rxh1 57. Rg1 Rh2+ 58. Rg2 Rh7
59. Kg1 Kc4 60. Rh2 Rd7 61. Rb2 Kc3 62. Rb1 Kc2 63. Ra1 Kd2 64. Kf2 Rh7 65. Kg3
Kxe3 66. Ra3+ Kd4 67. Kf4 Rf7 68. Ra1 Kd5 69. Rd1+ Ke6 70. Rh1 Rg7 71. Rg1 Rg8
72. Rg2 Kf6 73. Rg1 Rh8 74. Rd1 Rh3 75. Rf1 Rd3 76. Rf2 g3 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maes, Patrick"]
[Black "Steffers, Hendrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a6 8. e5
Nd5 9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxd6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Ne4 f5 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. Qh4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd4 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Kh1 Be6 19. f4 Kg8 20. Rac1 Qf7
21. fxe5 Bf8 22. Rf1 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 {Here, the score apparently
becomes unreadable.} 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hater, David"]
[Black "Charles, Freddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01/14"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence, 5.Bc4"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Nf3 e6
8. O-O Bd6 9. Ne4 Qd8 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. a3 Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14. Bb4
Qc7 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qf3 b5
21. Rad1 a5 22. c3 Rab8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Red8 25. Red3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Ne4
27. Rd4 Nc5 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Na6 31. Rd6 Nc7 32. Bf3 Ke7 33. Rc6
Kd7 34. Rc5 Rb6 35. Be2 Kd6 36. Kf1 Rc6 37. Rxc6+ Kxc6 38. Ke1 Kd5 39. Kd2 Kd4
40. Kc2 f5 41. Kb3 e5 42. a4 bxa4+ 43. Kxa4 Nd5 44. Ka5 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "de Waard, Marco"]
[Black "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "QGD: Orthodox defence (7.Rc1)"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4
8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 e5 12. Nf3 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Nxe5 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Rd2 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Rfd1 Bf5 19. Rxd2 Nxd2 20. f3
Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Bb4 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Black "Schott, Guido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Be2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. c3 Qb6
9. b3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Bc3 12. Rc1 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O Ne7
15. Kh1 O-O 16. f4 Rac8 17. Bh5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qa3 Nef5 20. Rc1 Rxc1+
21. Qxc1 Nc6 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bf3 Qe3 24. g3 g5 25. g4 Bd3 26. fxg5 Nxe5
27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qd8 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd2+ 30. Kg3 Qe1+ 31. Kh3 Bf1+ 32. Bg2 Qe3+
33. Kh4 Ng6+ 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geddis, Dick"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "C25"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. a3 Ba5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 d4 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 axb4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Na6 20. Bc1 Nxb4
21. Bh6 Re8 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Ng7 Rc8 24. Qxf6 Qd8 25. Qxe5 Nc6 26. Qe2 Qh4 27. g5
Qxh3 28. Re1 Bc5 29. Nf5 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Cat, Ben"]
[Black "Baudin, Frédéric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: exchange variation"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. Bg4 Qd7 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 Kh8 20. Rac1 Bd6
21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. f4 Rae8 23. Qb4 Qd8 24. Qe1 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 26. Rh2 Be4 27. h4
Qf6 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Rc3 Qg6 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Qe4+ 32. Ke2 h6 33. Rf2 Kh7
34. Qc1 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Kg6 36. Qc7 Rf7 37. h5+ Kf6 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. dxe5+ Kf5
40. Kf3 Rc7 41. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charles, Freddy"]
[Black "Clifford, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2
f5 9. Bh6 Nf6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Nc3 c6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Ne2 Qb6
15. c3 Bd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 e4 18. Ng5 d5 19. Nh3 Rae8 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Rc3
h6 22. Rb3 Qd8 23. Rc1 Ng4 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Ra3 Nd6 26. Qc2 Nb5 27. Rb3 Qf6
28. Nhf4 g5 29. a4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Nh3 Kg7 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. f3 exf3
34. Bxf3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pitts, Chris"]
[Black "Maes, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40/21"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Reti (plus KID, Pirc, Dutch) openings"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 Ne4
8. Nbd2 Ndf6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nd3 c6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. f3
Nd6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. b3 Nb5 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. d5 Bh6 20. a4 Nc7 21. c4
Ne6 22. Nxe5 Nc5 23. Nf3 Nxb3 24. Ra3 Nc5 25. Bxf6 Re8 26. e5 Nd7 27. Bh4 Bf8
28. d6 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. d7 Bxd7 31. Nxe5 Bxa3 32. Nxd7 Rxa4 33. Bh3 Kf7
34. Bd8 Bb2 35. Bxb6 Rxc4 36. Bf1 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Rc1 38. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1
40. Ne5+ Ke6 41. Nf3 Kd5 42. Be3 b5 43. Kf2 c5 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. Kd2 b4 46. Ne1
Ra2+ 47. Kd1 Rxh2 48. Bd2 Rh3 49. g4 h5 50. g5 b3 51. Kc1 c4 52. Ng2 Ke4 53. Nf4
Rh2 54. Nxg6 b2+ 55. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 56. Kc3 Rd6 57. Nh4 Ke5 58. g6 Rd3+ 59. Kc2 Rg3
60. Kd2 Kf6 61. g7 Kxg7 62. Nf3 Rg2+ 63. Kc1 Rf2 64. Nd4 h4 65. Kd1 h3 66. Ke1
0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Black "Maxia, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Qg4 g6 11. h4 Qb6 12. Qf3 Ba6 13. Qf6 Rg8 14. Rh3
Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Be7 16. Qf4 Qb4+ 17. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 18. c3 Be7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7
Kxe7 21. O-O-O Rgc8 22. b3 Rc7 23. Kb2 Rac8 24. Rf3 Rc5 25. Rd4 d6 26. exd6+
Kxd6 27. Rxf7 Rxc3 28. Rd2 R3c7 29. Rf6 Rg7 30. Re2 Re8 31. b4 d4 32. f4 g5
33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f5 Rge7 35. Rg6 g4 36. Rxg4 e5 37. Rg6+ Kd5 38. g4 d3 39. Rd2
e4 40. Kc3 Rc8+ 41. Kb3 Rec7 42. Rh6 Rc2 43. Rhh2 R8c3+ 44. Ka4 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 e3
46. Rd1 e2 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hortillosa, Andres"]
[Black "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Torre attack"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Nb6
8. c3 Bg4 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 e5 14. a4
Rad8 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. f3 Rd7 18. Be3 Nh5 19. Nb3 b6 20. axb6 axb6
21. Ra6 Nf4 22. Bf1 Ne6 23. Rea1 Rb8 24. Qf2 f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bc4 Re7
27. Nxc5 Nxe3 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxe3 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Rc6 h5 32. Ra2 Bh6
33. Kf2 Rd8 34. b3 Rd3 35. Rc2 Re3 36. Bd5 Kg7 37. Be4 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammond, Andrew"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "D92"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: 5.Bf4"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Qa4 Qxc5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Qg5
15. Ke2 a6 16. Be3 Qh5+ 17. g4 Qe5 18. f4 Qb8 19. Qc2 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. g5 Nh5
22. Nd5 a4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bd5 Bb7 25. Kf3 a3 26. b3 f6 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qc7
Qxc7 29. Rxc7 fxg5 30. f5 Be5 31. Rb7 Rae8 32. Rd1 b4 33. Bxg5 Ng7 34. Rdd7 gxf5
35. Nxf5 Nxf5 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. exf5 Rxf5+ 38. Kg4 Rf2 39. Rh6 Rxa2 40. Rg6+ Kh8
41. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tommasini, Enzo"]
[Black "De Cat, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[ECO "D40/01"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "QGD: semi-Tarrasch, symmetrical (...a6 a3)"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Be2 Rfd8
15. O-O Be6 16. Ng5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Be6 20. Nd5 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 Ne7 22. e4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Qf3 Qc2 25. Bd4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4
27. d6 Rd8 28. Bc5 f6 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. f3 Ke6 32. Re1+ Kd5 33. Re4
Bb5 34. Rh4 h6 35. Rg4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.?11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maes, Patrick"]
[Black "Stuhr, Finn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. h4 Bc5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. d4 Nxd4
8. Nxd4 Nxe5 9. Bxf4 Qf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Nf5 Qg6 12. Qe2 Qxf5 13. Qxe5+ Qxe5+
14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. O-O-O d6 17. Bd4 Bf5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 Bd7
20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd7 a6 22. Rf1 Kg6 23. g4 Rbd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rh8
26. h5+ Kg5 27. Rxf7 Kxg4 28. Rxg7+ Kf5 29. Rd7 Ke4 30. Rd5 b6 31. c4 a5 32. Ne6
a4 33. Ng5+ Ke3 34. Nf7 Rf8 35. Rd7 Rg8 36. h6 Rg1+ 37. Rd1 Rg4 38. h7 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cadiou, Jacques"]
[Black "Charles, Freddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "QGA: classical, Rubinstein variation"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Be1 Bd7 14. Rac1 Bc6
15. Na2 Nxa2 16. Bxa2 Qe7 17. Qc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Qxc8 Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Ne8 23. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "den Besten, Jan"]
[Black "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21/05"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. e5 dxe5
8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nb5 e4 10. Ne5 Ne6 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Kc8
14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Rc1+ Kb8 16. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Black "Pitts, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence: Scandinavian variation"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. Qe2 Qd5 6. Qb5+ Qxb5 7. Bxb5+ Bd7
8. Bc4 e6 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d4 exd3 11. Bxd3 Nxe5 12. Be4 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6
14. O-O Bc5 15. a3 Rd8 16. b4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Bb2 Bxb2
20. Rxb2 Rd2 21. Rfb1 Rhd8 22. g3 Re2 23. c4 Rdd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Rb3 Kd6
26. Kf1 e5 27. Ke1 Rd4 28. Rc3 f5 29. f3 e4 30. Ke2 g5 31. Ke3 Rd1 32. fxe4 Re1+
33. Kf2 Rxe4 34. Rd3+ Ke6 35. c5 Kf6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. Rd3 h5 38. Rf3 Re4 39. Rd3
Ke7 40. Rf3 Kf6 41. Rd3 Re7 42. Rd8 b6 43. c6 a6 44. a4 Re4 45. Rd7 Re7 46. b5
axb5 47. axb5 Rxd7 48. cxd7 Ke7 49. h3 Kxd7 50. Kf3 c5 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Geberl, Hans Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with...g6, without...d6)"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7
8. Be3 Nh6 9. h3 f6 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. a4 O-O 12. Qc3 b6 13. a5 Be6 14. axb6 axb6
15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qxb6 Rxc2 19. d4 Ba2 20. d5 b3
21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Qxf6 Rxd2 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qb6 26. Re3 b2
27. g4 b1=Q+ 28. Nxb1 Bxb1 29. Rf3 Qd6 30. Qe8 Qe7 31. Qa4 Bc2 32. Qa2 Qd6
33. Qc4 Bd1 34. Re3 Qf6 35. d6+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. e5 Ke6 38. f4 Bh6 39. g5
Bf8 40. Ra3 Rd4 41. Ra1 Ba4 42. Kg2 Rxf4 43. Kg3 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Cat, Ben"]
[Black "Madsen, Egon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn (plus KID, Old Indian, Philidor, KP Nimzovich)"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. c3
e5 9. b4 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nxa5 Nd5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Ndb3 e4 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Nc4 h4 21. Nd6
Bh3 22. Kf1 Qxg2+ 23. Ke1 Re7 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Kd2 Rae8 26. c4 Nxe3 27. fxe3
Rxe3 28. Rg1 Rxe2+ 29. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Jan Mose"]
[Black "Maes, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8. Be3
e5 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. a3 h6 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. Rae1 Qe7 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bd7
15. Re2 h5 16. b4 a6 17. Qb1 Nd8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Qb2 Ne6 20. d5 Ng5 21. Kh2 Bh6
22. Nbd2 a5 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. b5 g5 26. g3 Kh7 27. Qb1 Bxh3 28. Kxh3
g4+ 29. Kg2 gxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rg8 31. Qf1 Rg7 32. Rf6 Bg5 33. Rf5 Rag8 34. Qf3 Kg6
35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Rh2 f6 37. Be2 Rgh7 38. a4 h4 39. g4 Kg7 40. Rh3 Rh6 41. Qf2 Qf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Black "Parrott, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. O-O Be6 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Qxe6+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 d4
14. Nb5 Rac8 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Be6 Rcd8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Nf4
20. Bc4 a6 21. Nc7 Rd7 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. Bxe6 Rdd8 24. Bc7 Ra8 25. Bb6 Bf6 26. a3
Rfe8 27. Rfe1 Be5 28. Bd5 Rac8 29. g3 d3 30. c3 Bf6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxc6 bxc6
33. Rxd3 Rb8 34. Bd4 Rd8 35. Rd2 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb8 37. b4 Kh7 38. f4 Re8 39. Kf2
Kg6 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rxc6 Ke4 42. Rd6 Rc8 43. Rd4+ Kf5 44. c4 Kg4 45. h4 Rc6
46. c5 a5 47. Rd6 Rc7 48. c6 axb4 49. axb4 Ra7 50. b5 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Kxg3 52. c7
Rc2 53. Rc6 g5 54. hxg5 Rxc6 55. bxc6 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McInnes, Neil"]
[Black "Charles, Freddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ c6 4. Qxc4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. g3 Nbd7
8. Bg2 Nb6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 Bg4 13. e5 1-0
[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Engelen, Johan"]
[Black "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "King's Indian: four pawns attack (6.Be2)"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd3 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rb8 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rad1 e5
15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Re7 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. b4 cxb4 19. c5 Na4 20. cxd6 Rd7
21. Qb3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb5 23. e5 Nc5 24. Qe3 a5 25. e6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Nxe6
27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Bd5 Nf6 29. Bc4 Qc6 30. Qe2 b5 31. Be6 Rdd8 32. Bg5 Ne4
33. Qf3 Rf8 34. Bf4 g5 35. Bd5 Qc3 36. Qxe4 gxf4 37. Rxf4 Rfe8 38. Qf5 Re1+
39. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Rf1 Qe5 41. d7 Qe7 42. Bc6 a4 43. Bxb5 b3 44. axb3 a3 45. Bd3
Bb2 46. Bb1 Rd8 47. Rd1 Ra8 48. Qd3 Rd8 49. b4 Kg8 50. b5 Kf8 51. Bc2 Be5
52. Qd5 Qg7 53. Rf1+ Bf6 54. Qd6+ Qe7 55. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crapulli, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 h6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Bc2
g6 16. d5 Nb8 17. b4 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Nb3 Bg7 21. Na5 Bc8 22. a4
bxa4 23. Bxa4 Bd7 24. Bb2 g5 25. Nh2 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 h5 27. Nf1 Qd8 28. Ng3 h4
29. Nf5 Ra7 30. Rac1 Rd7 31. Rc2 g4 32. Bc1 Nh5 33. hxg4 Nf4 34. Bxf4 exf4
35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Qa1+ Kg6 37. Nc6 Qg5 38. Qd1 Rb7 39. Rb2 Nd7 40. f3 Rh8
41. Ree2 Ne5 42. Nxe5+ Qxe5 43. Kh2 Qf6 44. e5 dxe5 45. Qd3+ Kg7 46. Qe4 Re7
47. Kh3 Rb8 48. Red2 Rb5 49. d6 Rd7 50. Qc6 Rbb7 51. Qxa6 e4 52. fxe4 f3 53. Qf1
Rxd6 54. Rxd6 Qxd6 55. Qxf3 Qd4 56. Rb1 Rc7 57. Rd1 Qxb4 58. Kxh4 f6 59. Qf4 Qe7
60. g5 Rc6 61. Rd5 Kh8 62. gxf6 Rxf6 63. Qxf6+ Qxf6+ 64. Rg5 Kh7 65. Kg4 Kh6
66. Rf5 Qe7 67. Kf3 Kg6 68. Ke3 Qa3+ 69. Kf4 Qd3 70. g3 Qf1+ 71. Ke3 Qg2 72. Kf4
Qf2+ 73. Kg4 Qe3 74. Rf4 Qe2+ 75. Kh3 Qd1 76. Kg2 Kg5 77. Rf5+ Kg6 {White lost
on time.} 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hortillosa, Andres"]
[Black "De Cat, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g5 4. Bc1 g4 5. Qd3 d5 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 gxf3 8. gxf3
e5 9. Be3 dxe4 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb3 a5
15. O-O-O a4 16. Qd5 Qe7 17. Nxe4 Bc6 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Qd4 Rd8 20. Be2 Bg7
21. Qd2 a3 22. b3 O-O 23. h4 Rfe8 24. Bd4 Qf6 25. Rh2 Bh6 26. Rg2+ Kf8 27. Rg5
Bxg5 28. hxg5 Qf5 29. g6 Nxg6 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Nh3 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Qxf3 33. Re1+
Kd7 34. Rd1 Re4 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. Kb1 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maes, Patrick"]
[Black "Schott, Guido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: two knights (3...Bg4)"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 Nf6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. g4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Ne5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bg2 Ng6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Qc4 Nd7
15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. Be3 Rhd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. a4 Ne5 20. f4 Nec4
21. Bf2 Qd6 22. Nd4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Black "Engelen, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d4 c6
8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 Nb6 11. Ba5 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Qc6 14. Nxc5
Nc8 15. Nd4 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charles, Freddy"]
[Black "Foulds, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. c3 Qc7 10. a4 a5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nhf3 Bf8 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. Ne3 d5 15. exd5
cxd5 16. Nc2 Ra6 17. Na3 Rae6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. d4 Nh5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Nd4 R6e7 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bxd5+ Kg7 25. Be3 Bg4 26. Qd2 Kh8 27. f3 Bd7 28. f4
Ng4 29. Bf2 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxa4 32. Ra1 Qd6 33. Bxb7 Rb8 34. Rxa4
Rxb7 35. Rxa5 Qb8 36. b4 Rc7 37. Qf3 Qb6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Nb5 Qe6 40. Nxc7 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Black "Parrott, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Be2
Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. h3 c6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. Qd2 Rg8 15. Ne2
g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Rxg5 18. Qxg5 Qg8 19. Qh6+ Nh7 20. Qxh7+ Qxh7 21. Bxh7
Kxh7 22. c3 Bc7 23. g4 Rg8 24. f3 Nb6 25. Kf2 Nc4 26. Rg1 Rg6 27. h4 Rf6 28. a4
Nd2 29. Ke3 Nxf3 30. g5 Nxg1 31. gxf6 Nxe2 32. Kxe2 Bg4+ 33. Ke3 Kg6 34. b5 Kxf6
35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rg1 Bh5 37. Rg8 Bb6 38. Rc8 Kf5 39. Rxc6 Kg4 40. Rd6 Kxh4
41. Rxd5 Bg4 42. a5 Bc7 43. Rb5 f5 44. a6 f4+ 45. Kf2 f3 46. Rb2 Bg3+ 47. Ke3
Be1 48. Rh2+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Zill, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence: Saemisch attack"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 d5 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
g6 9. Be3 b6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. Bh4 Bxh4 14. Qxh4 Qe7
15. Qf2 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Rfb1 c4 18. b4 cxb3 19. cxb3 Kb8 20. b4 Nc4 21. a5
Qc7 22. Nd4 a6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. b5 Rxd4 26. bxa6 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Cat, Ben"]
[Black "Nielsen, Jan Mose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky/Orang-utan) opening"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 a4 3. Ba3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. d4 c6 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8
15. Qg3 Nfd7 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Rab8 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rec8 20. Rfc1 Rxc7
21. Rxc7 Kf8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ke8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Kf2 Ndb6
27. Ke2 Nc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Kd2 Na7 30. b6 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donati, Roberto"]
[Black "Maes, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06/14"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence: 4.Be2"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O Nc6 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ne5
8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f4 Ned7 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qd3
e5 15. Rad1 Ne8 16. g3 Rb8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Na4 Rd8 19. c4 Nb6 20. Nc5 Rb8 21. b4
Qxa2 22. Nd7 Rb7 23. Bxb6 exf4 24. Nxf8 axb6 25. gxf4 Kxf8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bxc6
Re7 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rab1 e4 30. Rxb2 exd3 31. Ra2 Bc3 32. Ra8 Bxb4 33. Rxe8+
Rxe8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. Rf3 d2 36. Rd3 Ke7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke2 h6 39. Rb3 Ba5
40. Rb5 Kd6 41. h4 f6 42. Kd1 Kc6 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. h5 g5 45. Rd5+ Ke6 46. f5+ Ke7
47. Kd1 Bb4 48. Rb5 Bc5 49. Kxd2 Kd6 50. Rb3 Ke5 51. Kd3 Kxf5 52. Rb1 g4
53. Rf1+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stuhr, Finn"]
[Black "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. Qf2 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7
15. O-O Qc7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. a3 e6 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. Re2 Rfd8 20. Red2 Ne8
21. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mastroieni, G."]
[Black "Charles, Freddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: advance variation"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6
8. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geddis, Dick"]
[Black "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 exf4 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. d4 d5 8. Bxf4
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Bg3 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Bf2 Nxb3
15. axb3 Rc6 16. Ne5 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qa8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Nf3 g5
21. Qd4 Rg8 22. Rad1 Kd8 23. c4 1-0

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pedersen, Jacob Bang"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Stockholm variation"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bf4 b6
15. Qa4 Na5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Bf8 18. Qb2 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8
21. Ne5 Be6 22. a3 Qd8 23. Bd3 Bd5 24. Qc2 Bb3 25. Qb1 Qc8 26. f3 Qe6 27. Bb5
Qf6 28. Qe1 Qf5 29. Bd3 Qe6 30. Qg3 Nc4 31. d5 Qxd5 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Bg7
34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "De Cat, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45/04"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack: ...e6"]
[PlyCount "10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maes, Patrick"]
[Black "De Waard, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bg4 7. d4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Ne4 Bxd2 12. Nexd2 Nbd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. a4 Rad8
15. Ra3 Nb6 16. Be2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc3 Qb4 19. Qa1 Nbd5 20. Rc4 Qe7
21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Qd6 23. Rd4 Qc7 24. Ne5 Ne7 25. b3 Rd5 26. Ng4 Nxg4
27. Rxg4 Ng6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rc4 Rc5 30. Ree4 Rd8 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Rc4 Qf5
33. Qe1 Rd7 34. f3 g5 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. b4
b6 40. Rd4 Rc7 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. Rc4 Rxc4 43. Kxc4 Kxe4 44. Kb5 Kd4 45. c4 e5
46. c5 bxc5 47. bxc5 Kd5 48. c6 Kd6 49. a5 e4 50. Ka6 Kxc6 51. Kxa7 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Linden, Tony"]
[Black "Donati, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 Bh5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bf5 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Qc2 g6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 f5 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. f3 Nd3 19. Qxd3 exd3
20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. g4 Bxg4 22. fxg4 f4 23. N2f3 Re3 24. Rf2 h6 25. h4 Rfe8
26. Rd2 R8e4 27. Kf2 a6 28. a4 Kf7 29. a5 Ke8 30. Kf1 Kd7 31. Kf2 Kc7 32. b3 Kd7
33. Ra2 Re8 34. Ra4 Rc8 35. c4 Ree8 36. Rb4 Kc7 37. Rb6 Re4 38. Rxg6 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charles, Freddy"]
[Black "Nielsen, Finn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Ne2 g6 8. a3
Ba5 9. h4 Qe7 10. Nf4 Be6 11. b4 Bc7 12. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th NATO championship"]
[Site "Apt"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Foulds, Andrew"]
[Black "Vercauteren, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.09"]
[Opening "King's Indian: four pawns attack (6.Be2)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. e5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qg4 13. Qd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd7
15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Qe4 Nbxc4 17. h3 Qd7 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nf3 Nxf3+
21. Rxf3 Rae8 22. Kh1 b6 23. Rfe3 Kh7 24. Qh4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 e6 26. dxe6 Rxe6
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qg4 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Qa4 Rf7 31. Qe8 Qf6 32. Rd8 Qf1+
33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 1/2-1/2