[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Black "Rice, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 O-O 14. h4 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rh3 Ne7 18. g4 g6 19. h5 Bb5 20. Kg2 Rc3 21. Bb1 Qa6
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh1 Be2 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bxg4 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Bxg6+
Nxg6 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Rf7 31. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baum, Bernd"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Bf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Rc1 N8e7 14. h3 Be6 15.
g4 h6 16. Ne1 g5 17. Ng2 Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. Rc2 Ng6 20. Rd2 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qd7
22. Bg3 fxg4 23. hxg4 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 a6 25. Kg1 Rf8 26. b4 Qe7 27. b5 Nxd4 28.
Bf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxc5 30. Na4 Qf8+ 31. Ke1 axb5 32. Nb2 Nf4 33. Nxf4 Qxf4 34.
Nd3 Qe3 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Nxe2 38. Qxe2 Bxg4 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Nf2 Bf3 41. Nd3 Qh3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 Nc6 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Nb3 Qa4 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. b3 Qa5
15. b4 Qa4 16. Bd1 Qb5 17. a4 Qd3 18. b5 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bb7 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21.
Bf3 Rfc8 22. O-O d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Bb2 Rd8 26. Rf2 Bc6 27. Nf3
f6 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. a5 e5 30. Nf3 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Bc6 32. Re2 Rd7 33. Kf2 Rb8 34.
Ba3 Rb1 35. Rd2 Rdb7 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 R7b2+ 38. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 39. Kg3 Bxa8 40.
Rxa7+ Bb7 41. c4 Ke6 42. Ne1 g5 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Be4 45. Ra3 Re2 46. Nd3
Bxd3 47. Rxd3 Rxg2 48. Rc3 Kd6 49. Ra3 Kc5 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. Kh2 Rg6 52. Ra4 h5
53. Kh3 Rg4 54. Ra6 Kxc4 55. Rxf6 Kd3 56. Rf5 e4 57. Rxh5 Rg8 58. Rd5+ Kxe3 59.
Rd7 Ke2 60. Rd6 e3 61. Rd7 Ke1 62. Rd6 e2 63. Rd7 Rg5 64. Kh4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f4 d5
15. e5 Ng4 16. Rdf1 a5 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Bxg4 Bxf1 19. Bxh5 Ba6 20. Bf3 Rab8 21.
Nd1 c5 22. h5 Rh8 23. g4 d4 24. Re1 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. f5 Qb4 27. Qf2 d3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 h6 7. Bh4 d5 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Rac1 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nf3 b6 19. Bb1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Bc8 21. Qh5
Ba6 22. Rf3 f5 23. Rg3 Rac8 24. Re1 Kh8 25. Rg6 Qf7 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Rce8
28. h4 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Bxd3 30. Rxe6 Bf5 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 Rxe6 33. Nd4 Ree8
34. h5 Kg8 35. Kh2 Rc8 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. f5 Rc4 38. Kf4 Rfc8 39. Rg1 R8c7 40. e6+
Kf8 41. Ke5 Rc1 42. Rg6 Re1 43. Kd6 Ra7 44. f6 Rxe3 45. e7+ Kf7 46. fxg7 Ra8
47. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Coathup, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nde7 11. c4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Be3 Be6
15. c5 Bc7 16. Na3 Qe7 17. Nb5 Rfd8 18. b4 Bd5 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rac8 21.
Qc4 Bb8 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. b5 Ne7 26. Bg5 Bc7 27.
Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. c6 b6 30. Nxc7 Qxc7 31. Qd5 Kf8 32. g4 Qc8 33. Qd6+
Ke8 34. Qxe5+ Kf8 35. h3 f6 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. c7 Ke8 39. f4 h5 40.
f5 Qd7 41. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Benson, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. Rb1
a5 9. O-O g5 10. f4 h6 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxf5 d6 13. Rf1 c6 14. b3 Qe8 15. d4
Neg4 16. Qd3 Nxh2 17. Kxh2 Qh5+ 18. Kg1 Bh3 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne4 Rff8 21. Bxh3
Qxh3 22. Ba3 Qf5 23. Bxd6 Rfe8 24. N2c3 Rad8 25. Rf1 Qg4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxf6
1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 f5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. Rg1 a5 12. g4 O-O 13. gxf5 exf5 14. a4 Bd7 15.
b3 Be8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 20. Kf1 Rc3 21. h4
Qe8 22. Ra2 Bh5 23. Rf2 Bg4 24. Kg2 Qg6 25. Nh2 Be7 26. h5 Bxh5 27. Kh1 Qh6 28.
Rff1 Bg4 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Kh8 31. Qb2 Bb4 32. Qb1 Re3 33. Rg5 Re2 34. Rg2
Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Bd2 36. Ng4 Qh5 37. Be6 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Bxf4 39. Qf1 Qg5 40. Qb5
Qd8 41. Qxa5 h5 42. Nf2 Be3 43. Qb4 Qg5+ 44. Kf1 Qf4 45. Qe1 Qxd4 46. Bf7 Qxe5
47. Bxh5 Nd7 48. Bf3 Qf4 49. Ke2 Bxf2 50. Qxf2 Nf6 51. Qb6 Qe5+ 52. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maggs, Steven"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Rc7
15. Bf4 Nf6 16. b4 Qc8 17. c5 Rd8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21.
Rc1 Qa7 22. Ng5 Bg6 23. Bf3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxa3 25. h4 h6 26. Ne4 d5 27. Ng3
Bxh4 28. Rc7 Bg5 29. Qe5 Bf6 30. Qe1 Bxd4 31. Bh5 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McLean, John"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Rf2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Na5 13. f5 Nc4 14. Bc1 e5 15. f6
exd4 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxd4+ f6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. b3 Qe7 21. c4
Rae8 22. a4 Bc8 23. h3 Qc7 24. Bb2 Bd7 25. Raf1 Bc8 26. Qh4 Qe7 27. Bc1 g5 28.
Qh5 Nd3 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John IRL"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. d3 Rb8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Be3 b4 15. Qf2
Nb6 16. Rd1 Na4 17. b3 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Sedgwick, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Qf7 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 Ne4 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 19. Bb5 Rfc8 20. Qd2 a6 21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rc3 Bb5 23. Rfc1 Qf8 24. Qe3 Qe8 25. Qe5 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Rc8 27.
Rc7 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Bc6 29. Ne5 h6 30. g4 Kh7 31. a3 Qf8 32. g3 Qf6 33. Kg2 h5
34. gxh5 Qf5 35. Qf7 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qxd4 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Nf7 Qxb2+ 42. Kh3 g6 43. Ng5+ Kh6 44. Nf7+ Kh7 45. hxg6+ Kxg6
46. Qg8+ Qg7 47. Ne5+ Kf6 48. Ng4+ Kg6 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Nf6+ Kh6 51. f4 Qg6 52.
f5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nh6 10. dxe5 g5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd5 g4 15.
Nd2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. Rxb7 Rf7 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Qd2 a6 21. Nc1
Nd4 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Nb3 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bc8 25. Rb4 Qe8 26. Nc1 a5 27. Rb1 Ba6
28. Nb3 Nf5 29. Bf4 c6 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Qd3 Nh4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Nd2 Qh5 34. Bd4
Bh6 35. Rfd1 Nf3+ 36. gxf3 gxf3 37. Kh1 Bf4 38. Rg1+ Kf8 39. Nd7+ Rxd7 40.
Rxb8+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spanton, Tim"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Ne8 8. d3
Nc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. f5 b5 11. Rb1 Ne5 12. b3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 d6 15. d4
Nd7 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Be5 Rd7
22. Qb2 Ne8 23. Bh3 Rd8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Nf4 Qd8 26. Rf3 a5 27. Rbf1 Bxe5 28.
Qxe5 Qd6 29. Nd3 a4 30. Rf4 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Nd6 32. g4 Kg7 33. Re1 Rfe8 34. Ref1
Rf8 35. Re1 Rc7 36. Rf2 Ra8 37. Ref1 axb3 38. axb3 f6 39. Nd3 g5 40. Re2 Ra3
41. Rb1 Kf8 42. Re3 Ra2 43. Rb2 Rxb2 44. Nxb2 Ra7 45. Nd3 Nb7 46. Nf2 Ra1+ 47.
Kg2 Ra2 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Ne4 Na5 50. Nxc5 Nxc4 51. Re4 Nb6 52. Rd4 Ra5 53. Rxb4
Nxd5 54. Rb8+ Kf7 55. Ne4 Ra2 56. Rd8 Nf4 57. Rd2 Ra3 58. Nc5 Ne6 59. Nxe6
Rxb3+ 60. Kf2 Kxe6 61. Re2+ Kd6 62. Rd2+ Ke5 63. Re2+ Kf4 64. Rxe7 Rb2+ 65. Kg1
Kxg4 66. Re3 f5 67. Ra3 Re2 68. Rb3 f4 69. Rb4 Kf3 70. Rb3+ Re3 71. Rb1 Rd3 72.
Kf1 g4 73. Ra1 Rb3 74. Kg1 g3 75. Rf1+ Kg4 76. Kh1 Rb2 77. hxg3 f3 78. Kg1 Kxg3
79. Ra1 Rg2+ 80. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Campbell, Eoin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. N1f3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. c4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rab1 a5
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. a3 Ng6 17. Qc2 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Re1 Nh4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Be4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1
Be6 15. Ne5 N6d7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Na4 Be6 18. Rc1 Ra7 19. a3 h6 20. g4 Nd7 21.
f4 b5 22. f5 bxa4 23. Rhe1 Nb6 24. Qxc6 Qb8 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Qc3 g6 27. h4
Ree7 28. h5 Rec7 29. Qd2 Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. d5 Rab7 33. Ka1
Rb3 34. Rc3 Rcb7 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Qxc4 Qe5 38. d6+ Kg7 39. Qd4
Qxd4 40. exd4 Kf6 41. d7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Black "Maggs, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 12. Qb3 a6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c6 15.
Ba3 c5 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Bd5 Rfc8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qd3 Qe6 21.
dxc5 Rbc7 22. cxb6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nec5 25. Qc2 Qxb6 26. Nd4 Qb4
27. Kf1 Qxa4 28. Qxa4 Nxa4 29. Ke2 g6 30. e4 Kf8 31. Nc6 Ke8 32. Ke3 Ndc5 33.
Ba3 Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35. Nf3 f6 36. g4 Kd7 37. g5 fxg5 38. Nxg5 h5 39. f4 Kc6
40. Kd4 Nd7 41. e5 Nab6 42. e6 Nf6 43. Nf7 Ng4 44. h3 Nf2 45. Ne5+ Kc7 46. e7
1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campbell, Eoin"]
[Black "Coleman, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Ng5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxe5 14. Qa7 Bd7 15.
Be3 h6 16. Nge4 e6 17. Rac1 d5 18. Nd2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coathup, Roger"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Kf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa3 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. h4
Rfc8 15. h5 Na5 16. Bd3 Rxc1+ 17. Nxc1 Rc8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. hxg6
hxg6 21. Bh6 Qb4 22. Ng3 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Bh4+ 5. Ke2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8.
Qd3 Ne7 9. g3 Ng6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Kf2 Bf6 12. exd5 O-O 13. Bg2 cxd5 14. Rhe1
Qd6 15. Kg1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 h5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qb5 Re3 19. Rf1 Qc6 20. Qa5 Qc4
21. Nd2 Qxd4 22. Nb3 Qc4 23. Nxd5 Re6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Nd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2 a5
9. b3 Na6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. a3 Nc5 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 b5 15. Bg5
f6 16. Bd2 c5 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. b4 f5 19. Bg2 c4 20. bxa5 Qd7 21. Bb4 Bf6 22.
a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 b4 12. Na4 Qb7 13. c3 a5 14. c4 Nbd7 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. f3 Bc6 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Rd2 h6 20. Bh4 Ne5 21. Nxc6 Rxc6
22. f4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Qc7 24. f5 Ne5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. c5 Bxc5+ 28.
Nxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bf5 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Rd1 Qg5 33. Qd2 Qh5 34.
Rf1 g6 35. Qd6 Qg5 36. Bxg6 Kg7 37. Bf5 Re8 38. Kh1 Nh5 39. Qd7+ Re7 40. Qd1
Nf6 41. Qd6 Re8 42. Qc7+ Kh8 43. Qxa5 Qd2 44. Qc7 Rg8 45. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ndf6 6. Ng5 Bg4 7. N1f3 Bh5 8.
c3 e6 9. h3 h6 10. Ne4 Bg6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxg6 Qxg6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Re1 Nf6
15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. c4 Qh5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qe3 Nb6 20. b3 Qf5 21.
Ba3 Rd3 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rhd8 24. Rf4 R3d7 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Re3 Kd8 27.
Ref3 Ke8 28. Bb4 Nc8 29. Kf1 b6 30. Ke2 c5 31. Bd2 a5 32. Be3 Na7 33. Rg4 Nc6
34. Rfg3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 a6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f4 b5 15.
Bf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rad1 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 a5 21.
a3 Qh4 22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. c3 Kg7 24. Re2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. c4 Ba8 27. Red2 Qe7
28. Rf2 Qc7 29. Rfd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Black "Spanton, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. exd5 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Bd3
Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Bg4 12. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 O-O 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14. Ne4 Be6
15. Be3 Na6 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Kh1 b6 19. a3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Ne8 14. Rad1
Nd6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bf6 17. f4 Bg7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ra3 20. Ra1 Nxb5 21.
Rxa3 Nxa3 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxa3 Re8 24. Rb1 c5 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Bxe5 27.
fxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxb7 Rxc5 29. Kf2 h5 30. h4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 g6 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bb5 Bd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Kf7
15. Qa4 Nf8 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Bc4 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 d5 21.
Qc6 Qd6 22. Qb7 a5 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Qa7 Rd8 25. a3 Rd7 26. Qa6 Rc7 27. Re1 Rc4
28. b3 Rc7 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Qc6 31. Bd2 Rc8 32. h4 Ra8 33. Qd3 h5 34. Rc1
Qd6 35. Rc3 Qd7 36. Qb1 Qd6 37. g4 hxg4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nh4 Nf4 40. Qf5 Ne2+
41. Kf1 Nxc3 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Nf5 Qe6 44. Nxg7 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 e6 46. Nxh5 Ne4 47.
Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baum, Bernd"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. f4 b4
9. Nd1 e5 10. Nh3 Nf6 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 O-O 13. h3 a5 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf2
d5 16. Bxc5 Re8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bg5 Qb6+ 21. Kh2
Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Qc5 23. Ne3 Ng4+ 24. Nxg4 Qxg5 25. Rad1 h5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 Be7 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 a5 14. O-O Re8
15. Qd2 Ned7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Nb5 f5 21. g3
Qf7 22. a3 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Bg2 Rc8 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 Na6 29. Qb3 Nd7 30. f4 Nf6 31. h3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qe3 Qd7 34.
Qa7 Nxb4 35. Qxb7 Nd3 36. Qb8 Kg7 37. Nd4 Nc5 38. Kh2 h5 39. Qb2 Nf6 40. Nf3
Qe7 41. Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Rab1
e5 15. Nd2 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 O-O 17. Rfb1 b6 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Qxa8 Qc7 20. c4 Rc8
21. g3 Kf8 22. h4 h5 23. Rb5 Nd7 24. Qa3 g6 25. Qb2 Ra8 26. a3 Qa7 27. Nb1 Qa4
28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Rb4 Qa5 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. f4 Qc5 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ra8 34.
Ke3 f6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rb2 Ra4 37. Rc2 Nc5 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. Nd2 Rf8 40. Ke2
Ra8 41. Rf3 Rb8 42. Kd1 b5 43. cxb5 Rxb5 44. Kc2 Ra5 45. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 a6 6. d4 Ba7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nf3 Re8 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 c6 12. O-O Kc7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. b4 Nb6
15. Nd2 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. c5 Nbd5 18. Nc4 Nxb4 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Bh3 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd7+ Kb8 24. Nxe5 f6 25. Ng4 Ra7 26. Rxg7 f5 27.
Rd1 Nd5 28. Ne5 Bxe3+ 29. Kg2 Bg5 30. Nd7+ Kc8 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Nb6+ Kb8 33.
Bxf5 Bd2 34. g4 Be8 35. Rg8 Kc7 36. Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. Rhf1 fxg4 20. fxg4 Rab8 21.
Nc3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McLean, John"]
[Black "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 exf4 8. Bxf4
Nge7 9. O-O h6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rae1 b5 12. Kh1 g5 13. Be3 b4 14. Nd1 Be6 15. b3
Qd7 16. Nhf2 Be5 17. c3 a5 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Re2 Ra8 20. Kg1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. Ne3 Nc6 23. Nf5 Bc3 24. Qe3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Qc1 Ra7 27. Kh1 Qb5 28.
Qb1 h5 29. Nh3 Bg4 30. Rb2 Bxh3 31. Bxh3 g4 32. Bg2 h4 33. gxh4 Rxh4 34. Qe1
Rh8 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Rc2 g3 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Ndb5 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bc6
15. Bf1 Nce4 16. Na4 Nh5 17. a3 Nxf4 18. axb4 Qg5 19. Qb3 Nh5 20. Rd3 axb4 21.
Nxc7 Nc5 22. Qd1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Nxe8 Bxe8 26. Qxd6 Bc6
27. Qxb4 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 f5 14. O-O Ng6 15. g3
Kh8 16. c5 g4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. exf5 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxf5 20. Nde4 Qd7 21. Kh1 b5
22. a3 Rac8 23. Qe2 a6 24. Bg1 Ng8 25. Bg2 Nf6 26. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O
g6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Bf6 Rae8 16. Qg5 Bc8 17. Nbd4 h6 18. Qh4 Ne7 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Bxg7 Nf5 21.
Qb4 Kxg7 22. Nxa7 b6 23. Nb5 Ba6 24. Nbd4 Qc7 25. a4 Bd3 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27. Nd4
Bd3 28. Re3 Ba6 29. Nc2 Qc4 30. b3 Qxb4 31. Nxb4 Bb7 32. Nc2 Rc8 33. Nd4 Ba6
34. f4 Rc5 35. b4 Rc7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Bc4 38. g4 Re8 39. Kf2 f6 40. f5
gxf5 41. gxf5 fxe5 42. Rxe5 Rf7 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. fxe6 Rc7 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Ra1
Kh7 47. Rg1 Ba2 48. Kd2 Ree7 49. Rf6 Rg7 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Rf1 Bc4 52. Rg1+
Kf6 53. h4 Ra7 54. h5 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Rh2 56. Rg6+ Ke7 57. Nf5+ Kf8 58. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2
g6 9. Nc4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. c3 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15.
Bb5 Ne5 16. Ne1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rc1 Ra7 19. h3 Qh4 20. f4 Bh6 21. Qf2
Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nd7 23. Nc2 Re8 24. g3 b3 25. Na3 Re3 26. Kg2 Nb6 27. Nc4 Nxc4
28. Bxc4 Rb7 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Kg7 31. Bd3 Kf6 32. Re1 Rb8 33. Bb5 Bg7 34.
Kf3 Kg6 35. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 g6 13. a3 c4 14. d4 Bb7 15. Ng3
Bf8 16. h3 Bg7 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. f3 Nd7 23. Nh1 Nc5 24. Nf2 Ne6 25. g3 h5 26. h4 Rad8 27. Qe2 Rf8 28. Rad1
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Nh3 Qc6 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Bf4 d3
35. Bxd3 cxd3 36. Qxd3 Qd5 37. Qxd5+ Bxd5 38. b4 Rc8 39. Rc1 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1
Bxf3 41. Kf2 Bd5 42. Nf4 Bf7 43. Nd3 Bd4+ 44. Be3 Bc3 45. Bf4 Bd4+ 46. Be3 Bf6
47. Bg5 Bg7 48. Bc1 Be8 49. Bb2 Bf8 50. Nc5 Be7 51. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Coleman, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd1 Bg4 7. Be2 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nce5 16. Nd5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 e6 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Rfe1
Rc7 22. b3 a5 23. b4 b6 24. e5 Re8 25. Nd5 exd5 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. Rxe8+ Bf8 28.
Bh6 axb4 29. axb4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 Be7 10. Qh5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 g6 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Rh3 Qc8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rd2 f5 21. h5 Nb6
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Qh2 Qg7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. fxe5 Re8 27. Rh6 Rxe5
28. Qd2 Nd7 29. a4 Nf8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Qe7 32. Kb1 Re1+ 33. Ka2 Qe6+ 34.
b3 Qe5 35. Qd8 Kg7 36. Rh8 Qe7 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. Qd4+ Kf7 39. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Nge2 Ne7 9. Nf4 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 Be6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bc2 Nc6
15. h3 d4 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Nfe2 Bc4 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Rd1 Ne6 21.
f4 Ncxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 b5
9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Qa5 15.
a4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kg7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxc5 Na6 19. Qe3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc7 21. Nxe5
Nxb5 22. axb5 Be6 23. Nd7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Qa1+ 25. Nd1 Qa4 26. Qd3 Ra7 27. Rxa7
Qxa7 28. g4 Qa5 29. b3 Qb4 30. Ne3 Be5 31. Nd5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Bd6 33. Qc3+ Qxc3
34. Nxc3 Be5 35. Nd5 Kf8 36. b6 Ke8 37. b7 Kd7 38. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Rb8 7. Bg2 b5 8. Nge2
b4 9. Nd1 e5 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nc1 Ne7 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne6 14. Bh6 O-O 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rice, Chris"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. e3 Nxf4 7. exf4 e6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. Ndf3 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Bd6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. g3 g6 20. Re2 Bf8
21. Ne5 b5 22. Rd1 Bg7 23. Re3 a5 24. a3 Qb6 25. Re2 Rc7 26. Kg2 Rdc8 27. Red2
Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rc4 29. Rd4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Re1 bxc3 33. bxc3
Qc6 34. Re3 Qc7 35. h4 h5 36. Kh2 Qa5 37. Kg2 Qc5 38. Kh2 Qa3 39. Kg2 Qb2 40.
Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Ra4 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Qg2 Qd1 45. Kh2 Rc1 46. Kh3
Rc2 47. Qf3 Qf1+ 48. Qg2 Qxf2 49. Qxf2 Rxf2 50. g4 Rf4 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Rg3+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Ne2 bxc3 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nxc3 Nd7 14. e5 c5
15. f4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Qxa7 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qd3 19. Qd4 Rxc3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3
21. Bf4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Re3+ 23. Kf2 Re2+ 24. Kf3 Rxe5 25. Rhe1 Rf5+ 26. Kg3 e6
27. Red1 Rb8 28. Rd4 Rbb5 29. h4 Bb7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Bd5 32. Bc2 Rf6 33.
a4 Rb4 34. a5 h5 35. Bd1 Rb2 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Ra2 38. Rcc8 Rf5 39. Rg8+
Kf6 40. Rc7 Raxa5 41. Re8 Ra3 42. Ree7 Raxf3+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kg1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
Bd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Ne7
15. Nb3 Ba4 16. Nbd4 h6 17. h4 Rc8 18. c3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bf6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. c3 Qe7 13. Be3 a6 14. Bb3
Bd7 15. Bc2 g6 16. Rad1 Bb5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Bc1 a5 19. a4 b6 20. f4 Rbe8 21.
Rde1 Bg7 22. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Black "Campbell, Eoin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. Rad1 a4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
axb3 15. axb3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Ra2 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc7 19. Qc3 Rb8 20. h3 h6
21. Ne5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. d5 Bf8 24. Qe5 Rd8 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6
27. Be5 Bc5 28. Bc3 Rd3 29. Rc1 Ba3 30. Rc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1 32. Be5 Rxb3 33.
Rd2 Bf8 34. g4 b5 35. Kg2 bxc4 36. Rd4 Rb5 37. f4 c3 38. Rc4 Rc5 39. Rxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 Bg4 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bh6 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Nb5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. b3 N4e5
21. Bg2 a6 22. Nd4 Rc7 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rac1 Rfc8 25. f4 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke8 27.
Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 c5 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Bxg6 Bd7 21.
Rf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. Nf4 Qxd4+ 27.
Kh1 h5 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Coathup, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. e5 h6 13. h4 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bf4
Rxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxe6+ Kh7 18. Rad1 Rf8 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Qf4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qh2+ Kg8 26. Rd2 Nxd4 27. Qd6
Bb7 28. Re7 Qh5 29. Rxb7 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Bxd5+ Kh8 32. Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. e5 Bb4 11. Qd4 c5 12. Qg4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. a4 O-O 15.
axb5 Qxe5 16. Rb1 axb5 17. c4 h5 18. Qxh5 Qe4 19. Qh3 Nf5 20. Bb2 Qf4 21. cxb5
Ra2 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. Bxg4 Nd4 24. Bd1 Bd5 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rb4 Rb8 27. Rxd4
Rxb5 28. Be2 Rc5 29. Bd3 g6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Rb1 e5 32. Rdb4 e4 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34.
Rxe4 Rcxc2 35. Rf4 Rab2 36. Re1 Re2 37. Rf1 Ra2 38. g3 Rab2 39. Kg2 Ra2 40. Rf3
Rab2 41. Rf4 Ra2 42. Rh1 Rab2 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5 Rb6 45. Rhf5 Re7 46. Rh5 Rh6
47. Rg4+ Rg6 48. Rgh4 Re2 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rf4 Rg7 51. Rh6 Rg5 52. Rhf6 Re7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. a3 Rc7 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. h4 Qd8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 Kh8 20. Nf4 Bf8 21.
Qg4 Ne7 22. Bb4 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 Rc2 25. Rf3 Rxb2 26. Nd3 Rxb4 27.
axb4 Nf5 28. h5 Qb6 29. Qf4 Nxd4 30. Qxf7 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qd8 32. Qxe6 d4 33.
Qf7 Qe7 34. Qf4 Qd8 35. Qe4 b6 36. b5 Qe8 37. Nf4 Bc5 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kh7
40. Qe4 Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. f4 Qc8 43. e6 Qe8 44. Kg2 Be7 45. Nxe7 Qxe7 46.
Qd7 Qf8 47. e7 Qa8+ 48. f3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Qd2 h5 11. h4 Ngf6 12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. Qd1 Kf8 15.
Bf3 Kg8 16. O-O Kf8 17. Qb3 Ra7 18. e4 a4 19. Qd1 dxe4 20. Ngxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Bxh4 22. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O Ne5 7. d3 g6 8.
Nc3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. exf5
gxf5 15. Nd5 e6 16. h3 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 h5 18. Nc3 Rh6 19. Rab1 a6 20. b4 cxb4 21.
Rxb4 Qc6 22. Nd1 Rc7 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Nf6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Kd7 27.
Nc3 h4 28. Rb6 Nh5 29. Ne2 Rg6 30. Kg1 Rg8 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Kf3 Rg8 33. c5 Rxc5
34. Rxb7+ Kc6 35. Rf7 Kd5 36. Rh7 Ng3 37. Rxh4 Nf1 38. d4 Nxe3 39. dxc5 Nxg2
40. Rh6 Ne1+ 41. Ke3 dxc5 42. Rh7 Nc2+ 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Ng3 Rb8 45. h4 Rb2+ 46.
Ke3 Rxa2 47. h5 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Re1
a6 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. e4 b5 14. b3 e5 15. cxb5
axb5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc4 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Qb1 Na3 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Nxb5
Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc8 24. Qb3 Qa5 25. Rd1 Bh6 26. Nc4 Qa6 27. Bf1 Ra8
28. Nb6 Qxa2 29. Qf3 Re8 30. Nc4 Kg7 31. Nxd6 Rb8 32. Qc3 Rd8 33. Ra1 Qd2 34.
Qxe5 Rxd6 35. Qxd6 Qd4 36. Ra8 Nxe4 37. Qf8+ Kf6 38. Ra6+ Kg5 39. Qxf7 Nxg3 40.
Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coathup, Roger"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 a6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. f3 Qa5 12. bxa6 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Ne8 15.
Bc3 Bxa6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. a4 Ne5 19. f4 Nd7 20. g4 Ndf6 21. Nf2
Bxb5 22. axb5 Nc7 23. Ra5 Rb7 24. Kd2 Rfb8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Rb1 Nxb5 27. Rxb4
Nc7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Ra4 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nd1 Nd7 32. Ne3 Nc5 33. Nf5+ Kf6
34. Rc4 Ne8 35. h4 Ke5 36. hxg5 Nxe4+ 37. Kc2 Nxg5 38. Rc8 Nf6 39. Nh6 Nxd5 40.
Rf8 e6 41. Rg8 f6 42. Ra8 Rh7 43. Ng8 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Nf3
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qd3 b4 14. Bc2 g6 15. Na4
Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Rad1
bxa3 22. Qxa3 Be7 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Bxb3 Na5 25. Ba4 Rab8 26. Bd2 Bb4 27. g3
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Nb6 29. Ra1 Nbc4 30. Rc2 Rxd4 31. Nc6 Nxc6 32. Bxc6 Rb6 33. Bf3
Nxb2 34. Be2 Ra4 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. Rc6 Nd5 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Bxa6
Kg7 40. h4 e5 41. Bc4 Ne7 42. Kf1 f5 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Nc6 45. Bd5 Nd8 46.
Bb3 Ne6 47. Bc4 h6 48. Ba2 Ng7 49. Bb3 Nh5 50. Bc2 f4+ 51. Kf3 fxg3 52. fxg3
Ng7 53. Bb1 Ne8 54. Bc2 Nd6 55. Bb1 g5 56. Kg4 Nc4 57. hxg5+ hxg5 58. Ba2 Nd2
59. Bd5 e4 60. Bc4 e3 61. Bb5 Nb3 62. Ba6 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. c4 Bd6 11. g3 Nxe4 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc6
Bxe3 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. fxe3 Qc5 17. Nxc8 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Raxc8 19. Qd6 Kg8 20.
Rac1 b5 21. c5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rd1 Bh3 15. Bh1
Ng4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nf5 18. Nf3 Qe6 19. e3 c6 20. Ne2 g5 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22.
Re1 Qg6 23. Ned4 Nxd4 24. exd4 Qf5 25. Be3 Re7 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28.
Kxg2 Rae8 29. Rbd1 Nf6 30. Qd3 Ne4 31. Qb1 Qd7 32. Qc2 f5 33. d5 c5 34. Bc1 f4
35. Nd2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 b5 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. e4
e6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Ne4 Qe8 14. Bg5+ hxg5
15. Qxh8 Kd8 16. Nxg5 Kc7 17. Qh3 Kb6 18. Nxe6 Bc8 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Qh4 Bf5
21. a4 b4 22. Rfc1 Bd3 23. Be4 Qd8 24. Qg4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 c3 26. bxc3 Nxc3 27.
Rxc3 bxc3 28. Qd3 Kc7 29. Qxc3 Qd5 30. Rb1 Ne6 31. Qb4 Kd7 32. Qb7+ Nc7 33. Re1
Qxd4 34. e6+ Kd6 35. e7 Re8 36. Qb3 Nd5 37. Qa3+ Kd7 38. Qb3 Qb4 39. Qd1 Rxe7
40. Rxe7+ Qxe7 41. Qd4 Kd6 42. h4 c5 43. Qb2 c4 44. Qb8+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Coleman, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ne8 10. e4 Bf6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. f4 Na6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Kh1
exd4 16. Bxd4 Ndc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd6 Bg4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd2 a4 21. Nc1
Bc8 22. bxa4 f5 23. e5 Be6 24. Rd4 Nb4 25. Nb3 Nxa4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Nc5 Rxa2
28. Nxb7 Nc2 29. Rd2 Bxc4 30. Rc1 Rea8 31. Nd6 Bb3 32. Bxc6 Ne3 33. Bxa8 Rxd2
34. Re1 Ng4 35. Bg2 Be6 36. Kg1 Nf2 37. Bf1 Ng4 38. Re2 Rd1 39. h3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 g6 19. Nd5 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Black "Baum, Bernd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qd2 Ngf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Nc5
15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Bh6 O-O 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a4 Qc5 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 22. b4 Qc6 23. Qf4 Qc3 24. Qc1 Rc8 25. Re3 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. h4 fxe4 11. h5 exf3 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nxf3 Qd6 14. Bh6 Bf5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qh6+ Kf6 18. Qh4+ Kg7 19. Qh7+ Kf6 20. Qh4+ Kg7
21. Qh6+ Kf6 22. Qg5+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. g4 Qf6 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Ke8
27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Bb5+ Kd8 29. Rhf1 a6 30. Bd3 f4 31. Qe4 Nd7 32. Qe6 Nc5 33.
Qxf6 Rxf6 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Bxe4 Kd7 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Kd3 Raf8 38. Bf3 Rf5 39.
Rde1 Rg8 40. Rg1 Rxg1 41. Rxg1 Re5 42. Rg6+ Kc5 43. Re6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6
15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nb1 g6 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Qh3 Qc7 20. f5 e5 21. Be3
bxa3 22. bxa3 Bb5 23. c4 Bc6 24. g4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qh6 Qa5 27. Qxf4 Qc3
28. Qe3 Bf6 29. Nf3 Rae8 30. g5 Be5 31. f6 Re6 32. Rc1 Qxa3 33. Nd2 Bf4 34.
Qxf4 Qxd3 35. Rce1 Rfe8 36. Rf3 Qd4 37. Qe3 Qe5 38. Rh3 h5 39. Rh4 a5 40. Qf4
Qc5 41. Rh3 Re5 42. Rd3 a4 43. h4 a3 44. Qe3 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baum, Bernd"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 d5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rcd1 b5
15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qe7 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Qb6 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. a3 Ne5 22. Na5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. e3 Rfc8 25. Rfe1 Kf8 26. Bf1 R4c7 27.
f4 Nd7 28. Bd3 Nc5 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Ne2 f6 31. c3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 e5 33. Rd2 a5
34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ra1 g5 36. Rad1 Rc4 37. Ra1 Rg8 38. Rg1 Kf5 39. Rgd1 h5 40.
Rxd5 Bxd5 41. Rxd5 Rb8 42. Nd4+ Ke4 43. Rxb5 Rxb5 44. Nxb5 Kd3 45. fxg5 fxg5
46. b3 Re4 47. c4 Rxe3 48. c5 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "McLean, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 Nc5 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Rac8 15. h3 Ncd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. c3 Ne5 19. Be2 Re8 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Be3 Qa5 22. b3 f5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Rc1 Nd8 25. Bf3 b5 26. Qf2 e5 27. dxe6
Nxe6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Bd4 Bf7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.
Rc2 Qc7 34. Rd2 Qe7 35. Re2 Qd7 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Kf2 Qd8 38. Kg3 Qc7 39. Qf6
a5 40. Kh4 h6 41. Qd4 Qc5 42. Kg3 Qxd4 43. cxd4 b4 44. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 Nde5 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. h5 Nc6 15.
Qd2 Qa5 16. a3 b4 17. Nb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. f4 bxa3 20. bxa3 d5 21. Qxa5
Nxa5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rh2 Rc6 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Bd4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. c3
f6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. h6 Be4 31. Ke3 Bg6 32. Nd2 Rxc3+ 33. Bxc3
Rxc3+ 34. Ke2 Rxa3 35. f5 exf5 36. Rh4 f4 37. Rxf4 Bh5+ 38. Kf1 Ra1+ 39. Kg2
Ra2 40. Rd4 Bc5 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rd3 Bxg1 43. Kxg1 Bg6 44. Re3+ Kd5 45. Nf1 a5
46. Rg3 Be4 47. Ne3+ Kd4 48. Ng4 a4 49. Nxf6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 Bd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. O-O Qd8 14. Bd3 Na5
15. Qd1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Bb1 Bc6 18. f5 Qc7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Be1 Rf8 21.
Bh4 b5 22. a3 Rad8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rcd1 Nd5 25. Bxe7 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Qxe7 27. a4
a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qg4 Kg7 30. Qg3 Qd6 31. Qg5 Qd5 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. e4 Qd7
34. Qc5 Qb7 35. Qe5 Qe7 36. h4 Bd7 37. h5 Qg7 38. Qc5 gxh5 39. Qxh5 h6 40. e5
Bc6 41. Bg6 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. Qg4 Bd5 46. Ke3
Kh8 47. g3 b4 48. cxb4 Qa7 49. Qf4 Qa3+ 50. Ke2 Qb2+ 51. Qd2 Bf3+ 52. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Bb3 Na6 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qf3 a5 12. h3 Qb6 13. Rad1 a4 14. Bc4 Qb4 15.
b3 axb3 16. cxb3 Ne6 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Nc2 Qc5 19. b4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21.
Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxa2 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rc7 Bc4 25. Rxc6 Nf4 26. Rb6 g6 27. Nxb5
Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Ra2 29. Nd4 Nd3 30. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxe5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4 c6 14. Bh6 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Nb4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 a5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. e4 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qb6 16. Kg2 h5 17. f4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rd1
Qe7 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qf2 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. g5 Qb4 27. Qc2
Qe7 28. Qxe4 Qc7 29. Kg3 g6 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qc2 b5 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. axb5 Rh1 34.
Rxh1 Qxh1 35. Qc8 Qe4 36. Qc6+ Qxc6 37. bxc6 a4 38. Kf3 Ba5 39. Bc5 Kd8 40. Bd6
Bd2 41. Ke4 Bc1 42. Kd3 Bxf4 43. Kc4 Bxg5 44. Kb5 Bc1 45. Kxa4 Bxb2 46. Kb5 Bc1
47. Bb4 Bf4 48. Bc3 Kc7 49. Ba5+ Kc8 50. Bc3 Be3 51. Kc4 g5 52. Ba5 g4 53. Kd3
Bf4 54. Ke4 Bh2 55. Bb6 Kb8 56. Bd8 g3 57. Kf3 g2 58. Kxg2 Bxe5 59. Kf3 Bc7 60.
Bh4 Ka7 61. Bf2+ Ka6 62. Kg4 Kb5 63. Kg5 Bd8+ 64. Kf4 Kxc6 65. Ke5 Kd7 66. Bd4
f6+ 67. Ke4 Kd6 68. Ba7 f5+ 69. Kf4 Kd5 70. Bb8 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Coathup, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. e3
Bd7 9. d4 Bb4 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ne1 g5 13. Nd3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ng6 15. f4
gxf4 16. exf4 e4 17. Ne1 Rf7 18. Nc2 Rh7 19. Qd4 Kf7 20. Ne3 h5 21. h3 Qe7 22.
b4 b6 23. a4 Rg8 24. a5 Ne8 25. axb6 axb6 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Nf8 28. c6 Bc8
29. Ra8 Ng7 30. Rxc8 Nfe6 31. dxe6+ Nxe6 32. Qd5 Rxc8 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 34. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bd3 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Bb4 e4 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 18. Qd5 Re2 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Nc5 21.
Re1 Rd8 22. Bb5 Be7 23. f6 Bf8 24. Qe5 Qb6 25. Bc4 gxf6 26. Qh5 Qc7 27. Re3 Bg7
28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Bb5 Qd5 30. Bc4 Qc6 31. Re7 Rf8 32. Qh5 Kh8 33. Qd5 Qb6 34. Be3
Rc8 35. Bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Re8+ Bf8 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Rxf7+ Kg6 40.
Bb3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ward, Chris"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. Bxd5 Qf6 8.
Qa4 Bxf3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. gxf3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qc4 Bb6 14. Bd2
Rad8 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Ne2 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 Be3 18. Qd3 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Ng6 20.
Rd1 Qh4 21. f5 Ne5 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. f6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rd4 Rb8 26. Ra4
Rb7 27. Kc2 c5 28. Ra3 c6 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. Rh3 Rb4 31. Ng3 Rc4+ 32. Kb3 a5 33.
Rxh7 a4+ 34. Ka3 Rb4 35. b3 Ke7 36. Rh8 Rb7 37. Nf5+ Kd7 38. Ra8 axb3 39. axb3
c4 40. b4 c5 41. bxc5 c3 42. Nd4 Nc6 43. Nxc6 c2 44. Ne5+ fxe5 45. c6+ Kxc6 46.
Rc8+ Kd6 47. Rxc2 f5 48. exf5 e4 49. Rb2 Rc7 50. Kb3 Ke5 51. Rc2 Rd7 52. Kc3 e3
53. f6 Ke4 54. Rg2 Rc7+ 55. Kb2 Rf7 56. Kc2 Rxf6 57. Rg3 Rc6+ 58. Kd1 Kd3 59.
h4 Ra6 60. Kc1 Rc6+ 61. Kd1 Ra6 62. Kc1 Ra1+ 63. Kb2 Rh1 64. h5 Rxh5 65. Kc1
Rh1+ 66. Kb2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 Bd7 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Nh4 g6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. b3 Nb6 21. a5 Nc8
22. Qe3 Ng8 23. Nf3 Ra7 24. Bd2 Rc7 25. b4 h6 26. Nf1 Be6 27. N1h2 Kh8 28. Ng4
Bf8 29. Nh4 h5 30. Nf5 hxg4 31. hxg4 f6 32. g5 Rh7 33. gxf6 gxf5 34. exf5 Bf7
0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 e5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Be3 Be6
15. Ng5 Rac8 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. e3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nb4 20. Bxb7 Rc7
21. Bg2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxa2 23. Qa3 Nxc3 24. Rd6 Qf5 25. Rxb6 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rc3
27. Rb3 Rc2 28. Rf1 Qf6 29. Qa1 Nc3 30. Ra3 Rd8 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Qxa8+ Kg7 33.
Qf3 Qb6 34. h4 h5 35. Ra1 Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Ra6+ Kg7 38. Rc6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2
Ne2 40. Rd6 Nc3 41. Bf3 Nb5 42. Rd5 Nc7 43. Rd7 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke6 45. Rd8 Ke7 46.
Rc8 Kd7 47. Rb8 Ke7 48. Rb6 Kd7 49. Be4 Ke7 50. Kf3 Rc4 51. Bd3 Rc5 52. e4 Ne6
53. Ke3 Rc3 54. Kd2 Nc5 55. Bc2 Rf3 56. Ke2 Rc3 57. Bb1 Rb3 58. Rxb3 Nxb3 59.
Ke3 Nc5 60. e5 Ne6 61. f3 Nf8 62. Ba2 f6 63. f4 Nd7 64. Kd4 f5 65. Bb3 Nf8 66.
Bg8 Nd7 67. e6 Nf6 68. Bf7 Kd6 69. Bxg6 Kxe6 70. Ke3 Ng4+ 71. Ke2 Nh6 72. Bxh5
Kd6 73. Kd3 Ke6 74. Kd4 Ng8 75. Kc5 Nf6 76. Bf3 Nd7+ 77. Kd4 Nf6 78. h5 Kd6 79.
h6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 exf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 c6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. g4 Qa5 13. h4 Be7 14. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Coathup, Roger"]
[Black "Benson, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 g5 6. Be5 e6 7. h4 g4 8. c4 Nc6
9. Bh2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Nge2 Qxh4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Ng5
15. Nb5 Rg8 16. Nxc7+ Ke7 17. Bg3 Qh5 18. d5 e5 19. dxc6 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 gxf3 21.
Bxg8 f4 22. exf4 Bg4 23. fxe5 Rd8 24. Qb3 Rf8 25. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Coleman, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 c6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b5 h5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qc2 Ra6 19. Rb8 Qc7 20. Rfb1 Qa7 21.
Qc1 Ra2 22. Bf3 Qa5 23. h4 Qe5 24. Qh6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. R1b6 Bd7 27. Rxf8
Bxf8 28. Ng5 f6 29. Ne4 Ra7 30. Nd2 Rc7 31. Nb3 c5 32. Na5 Bg4 33. Kg2 Bxf3+
34. Kxf3 Kf7 35. Nc6 Ke6 36. Ra6 Kd7 37. Na7 Ke6 38. Nb5 Rd7 39. Rc6 Be7 40.
Nc7+ Kf7 41. Nd5 Bd8 42. Ra6 f5 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Ra8 Kf7 45. Kf1 Bf6 46. Ke1 Bg7
47. Kd2 Bh6+ 48. Kc2 Rb7 49. Rd8 Ke6 50. Rh8 Bg7 51. Nf4+ Kf7 52. Rd8 Ke7 53.
Ra8 Kf7 54. Ra6 Bf8 55. e3 Bg7 56. Rxd6 Rb2+ 57. Kd1 Rxf2 58. Rd7+ Kg8 59. Rd8+
Kf7 60. Rd7+ Kg8 61. exd4 Bxd4 62. Rd6 Kf7 63. Rd7+ Ke8 64. Rd6 Kf7 65. Rd7+
Ke8 66. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qf3 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxd4 18. Rad1 Rb4 19. b3 Rc8 20. Qf3 Nd7 21.
Rfe1 Nf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 h6 24. g3 Rb7 25. Qd2 Rbc7 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe2
Rd5 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Rd1 Rc5 30. Qe4 a5 31. Kg2 g6 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Rd8 Rf5
34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. O-O Na5 7. Ba4+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc7 13. Qf3 Rac8 14. Nd2
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qh4 Rfd8 20. Nf3
Rd5 21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. a4 h6 23. Qc4 Kh7 24. d4 Rg8 25. b4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27.
Qb5 cxb4 28. Rad1 Qb6 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. g3 Rc8 31. Rd6 Nd5 32. Re5 g6 33. Rexd5
exd5 34. Rxb6 Rxc2 35. Rxb7 Rb2 36. a5 Ra2 37. Rb5 b3 38. Rxb3 Rxa5 39. Rb7 Ra2
40. h4 Kg7 41. Rb6 h5 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Rb5 Rd2 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. Ke1 Rd4 46. Ke2
Re4+ 47. Kd3 Re5 48. Kd4 Re2 49. Kxd5 Rxf2 50. Ke4 Kf8 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ra7 Kg7
53. Ra6 Kh6 54. Ra5 Kg7 55. Ke4 f6 56. Ke3 Kf7 57. Ke4 Kg7 58. Rb5 Kh6 59. Ke3
Rf5 60. Rb6 g5 61. hxg5+ Kxg5 62. Rb4 Rf1 63. Ke2 Ra1 64. Kf3 f5 65. Rc4 Re1
66. Ra4 Re4 67. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Re8
15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 g5 17. exf6 gxh4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Qd2 Qg8
21. Qxh6+ Qh7 22. Qf4 Rg8 23. Nc3 Qg6 24. Qxh4+ Qh7 25. Qf4 Qg6 26. Qh4+ Qh7
27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rd1 c6 29. Ne4 d5 30. Nd6 Bd8 31. Rc1 Bxf6 32. Rxc6 Bxd4 33.
Nf5 Bg7 34. Rxa6 Re8 35. Kg2 Re2 36. Rb6 d4 37. Rxb5 Rxb2 38. f4 d3 39. Kf3 Bc3
40. Ne3 Be1 41. Ke4 Rxf2 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Kxd3 Rxf4 44. Ng2 Rf3+ 45. Ke4 Rf1
46. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 47. Kd5 Rb1 48. Rh3 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kh6 50. Ke4 Rb2 51. h3 Rb1 52.
Kf4 Rf1+ 53. Rf3 Rb1 54. Kf5 Kg7 55. h4 Rb2 56. h5 Kh6 57. Rh3 Rb1 58. Ke5 Re1+
59. Kd4 Rd1+ 60. Kc4 f5 61. b4 Rc1+ 62. Kd5 Rb1 63. Kc5 Rc1+ 64. Kd6 Rb1 65.
Rh4 Rd1+ 66. Ke7 Re1+ 67. Kf6 Re4 68. Rh1 Rxb4 69. Kxf5 Rb5+ 70. Kg4 Rb4+ 71.
Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Ke4 Rb4+ 73. Kd3 Rb3+ 74. Kc4 Re3 75. Kd4 Re8 76. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 h6
15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxb5
21. axb5 Qxb5 22. c4 Qb4 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. g3 Rc8 25. Re4 Rb8 26. Rbe1 b5 27.
cxb5 Qxb5 28. R1e3 Qd7 29. Rc4 Rb6 30. Qc2 Qb7 31. Rd3 Rb5 32. Rc7 Qb6 33. Rc6
Qb7 34. Rc7 Qb6 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 O-O 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 exd4 8. Nxd4
c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Ndb5 Nc6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc1 a6 14. Nd6 Qc7 15.
Rd1 Rad8 16. Nde4 Qe5 17. f4 Qb8 18. Nd5 f6 19. Bc3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a3
Rde8 22. Nd6 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxf6 27.
Rb1 Bf5 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rxb5 Rxe3 30. Qxc5 Rfe8 31. Bf1 Re1 32. Qd6 R1e6 33.
Qb4 Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Qd2 Rd8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Qxd7 Re4 38. Qd2 Bd4+ 39. Kh1
Be3 40. Qd1 Rxf4 41. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rice, Chris"]
[Black "Campbell, Eoin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 O-O 15. Nxc4 Na6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Nb4+ 19. Kb3 a5 20. Nc4
Na6 21. Be2 Nc5+ 22. Kc2 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Black "Maggs, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 Ngf6 8. g4
h6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 c6 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Nge2 a5 14. Ng3 b6 15.
h4 Bd7 16. h5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. hxg6 Rxh1 19. Qxh1 fxg6 20. fxg6 O-O-O 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. exf5 Kc7 24. Bc4 Qg7 25. b3 e4 26. Qh2+ Kb7 27. Qe5
Ncd7 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. Qe3 b5 30. Bf7 b4 31. Ne2 c5 32. Be6 Nf8 33. Bc4 N8d7 34.
Qg5 Qe5 35. g7 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 Ne5 37. g8=Q Nf3+ 38. Ke3 {[time]} 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thompson, Ian"]
[Black "Baum, Bernd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Bf7 14. Rc1 Nd4 15.
Na5 c6 16. e3 Ne6 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. b5 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. d4 exd4 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Bxc6 Nd3 25. Nd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Nxb2 27. Qxf5
Rf8 28. Rc8 g6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qd2
Qf6 34. Qc2 Kg7 35. Kg2 Qf5 36. Qc7+ Qf7 37. Qd8 Bc5 38. Qd2 Qf6 39. Qd7+ Qe7
40. Qd5 Qd6 41. Qb7+ Qe7 42. Qd5 Qf7 43. Qe5+ Qf6 44. Qd5 Qf5 45. Qd2 Qe4+ 46.
Kh3 Nd3 47. f3 Qd4 48. Kg2 Bxa3 49. Rb1 Bc5 50. Qe2 Qf2+ 51. Qxf2 Nxf2 52. Rb3
Kf6 53. Kf1 Ke5 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Rb2 Bd4 56. Rb1 Kc4 57. Rc1+ Kd5 58. Rc7 h5 59.
Rb7 Nh3 60. f4 Nf2 61. f5 gxf5 62. Rh7 b5 63. Rxh5 b4 64. Rxf5+ Kc4 65. Rf8 b3
66. Rb8 Kc3 67. Rc8+ Kb2 68. Rd8 Bc5 69. Rc8 Bd4 70. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baum, Bernd"]
[Black "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. b3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bb2 c6 14. d4 e4 15.
Qd2 d5 16. Rbc1 g5 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Rc2 Ng6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rfc1 Bg7 21. Nc3
b5 22. Nd1 a5 23. Rc6 Bd7 24. Bd6 Bxc6 25. Bxb8 Ba8 26. Be5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5
28. Rc5 b4 29. Nb2 Bd6 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Bc7 32. Qxd8+ Bxd8 33. g4 fxg4
34. Bxe4 Rd7 35. Nd3 Kg7 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kg3 Rc7 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Kg3 Be7 40. Kg2
Bd6 41. h3 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Rc2 43. Nf4 Rxf2 44. Nxh5+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Ward, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Rb8
15. Bc4 Re8 16. h4 h6 17. Bb3 f5 18. Nd6 Bf8 19. c4 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxh6
Qc5 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Bb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nb1 Rac8
21. h3 Re6 22. Nc3 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qf5 Bb4 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. Nde2 g6 27. Qf4
Kg7 28. e4 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Re6 30. e5 Ne8 31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Rcd1 Qg5 33. Qd4 Qe7
34. Rd7 Qc5 35. Qf4 Re7 36. R1d5 Qb4 37. Rb5 Qa3 38. Nb1 Rxd7 39. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Na3 Nc6 11. h3 a6 12. Qa4 h6 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Bd3 b5
15. Qc2 Be6 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Bb1 Bd5 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Nc2 Rac8 20. Nb4 Bb7 21.
Rfe1 e5 22. f3 Nc4 23. Bf2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 a5 25. Nc2 e4 26. f4 Rfd8 27. Bd4 b4
28. Qf2 Nd5 29. cxb4 Nxf4 30. Bb6 e3 31. Qxe3 Qc6 32. Qf2 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
fxg5 Nh7 16. Bg3 hxg5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxe4
21. Qb5 Nhf6 22. Re1 Qxg2 23. Nc5 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxb7 O-O 26. Rd4 Rc6
27. c4 Ra8 28. Nd6 Kg7 29. Nb5 Ra5 30. Kb1 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxb5 32. Rc7 Nc5 33.
Be5 Nd3 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rf1+ Kg6 36. Kc2 Nf4 37. b4 Re5 38. Rf2 f5 39. a4
Nd5 40. Rb7 Re4 41. Kb3 Re3+ 42. Kc4 Ra3 43. a5 f4 44. Rd7 f3 45. Kb5 Nf6 46.
Re7 Kf5 47. a6 g4 48. a7 Ne4 49. Rc2 f2 50. Rxf2+ Nxf2 51. Kb6 Nd3 52. b5 Nb2
53. Kb7 Nc4 54. Kb8 Nd6 55. b6 Rh3 56. Kc7 Nb5+ 57. Kb7 Nxa7 58. bxa7 Rb3+ 59.
Kc8 Ra3 60. Kb8 g3 61. hxg3 Rb3+ 62. Rb7 Rxg3 63. a8=Q Rg8+ 64. Ka7 Rxa8+ 65.
Kxa8 e5 66. Ka7 Ke4 67. Kb6 Kd4 68. Kb5 e4 69. Kb4 Kd3 70. Kb3 e3 71. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 a5 8. Ng5 Bc8
9. Qh5 g6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Bxc4 fxg5 12. Qf7+ Kd7 13. Qe6+ Ke8 14. Qf7+ Kd7 15.
Qe6+ Ke8 16. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sindik, Ervin"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. a5 Nc6 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. O-O Qg6 14. Nd2 d5 15.
Re1 d4 16. Ne2 Ng4 17. Rf1 Qh6 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Qe1 Bh4 20. g3 Bg5 21. Nc4 Nxh3+
22. Kg2 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 Rf8 24. Bc5 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Be7 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rh1 Qg6
0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spanton, Tim"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nb4 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Rac1 Qxc4 16. Rxc4 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. Bc5 Bb5 20. Rc3
Bxf1 21. Bxf8 Bxg2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Kxg2 Rd8 24. Rb3 b6 25. Kg3 Rd5 26. Kf4
Rd4+ 27. Kf3 Ra4 28. a3 Rh4 29. Kg3 Re4 30. Rb5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man 6th"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nb6 9. Nf1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Bb4+ 11. N1d2 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O a5 14. a3
O-O 15. Qb3 Qd8 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qc2 h6 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rc3 Rfc8 21.
Rfc1 Qe8 22. Bb1 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb5 24. Qd1 Rc8 25. Qc2 Rxc3 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27.
bxc3 Nac4 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Nxa3 30. Qxh6 Nxb1 31. Nxb1 Bd3 32. Na3 Qc6 33.
Qc1 Nc4 34. Nd2 Na5 35. Qb2 Nb3 36. Nxb3 Qb6 37. Qd2 Qxb3 38. Qc1 b5 39. h4 Kd7
40. Kh2 Bg6 41. Qa1 Kc6 42. Qc1 Kb6 43. g4 Be4 44. h5 Kb7 45. f3 Bxf3 46. Kg3
Be4 47. Kh4 b4 48. cxb4 Qxb4 49. Kg5 Qxd4 50. Kf6 Bd3 51. g5 Qg4 52. Ke7 Qxh5
53. Kd6 Qe2 54. Qc6+ Ka7 55. Qxa4+ Kb6 56. Qb4+ Bb5 57. g6 fxg6 58. Kxe6 d4 59.
Qxd4+ Ka5 60. Qc5 Qg4+ 61. Kf6 Qf5+ 62. Kg7 Qd7+ 63. Kxg6 Qg4+ 64. Kf6 Qf4+ 65.
Ke6 Qg4+ 66. Kd5 Qf3+ 67. Ke6 1/2-1/2

