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Belgrade 1997
Compiled by suenteus po 147

Investbank sponsored an international chess tournament in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from November 11th to the 21st, 1997. The prestigious A group saw the participation of ten grandmasters whose combined ELO average qualified as a category XVIII event. Although Anand and Ivanchuk finished tied for first, the top prize went to Ivanchuk who had the better progressive score.

                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1   Ivanchuk    2725   +58  * = = = = = 1 1 = 1   6.0/9
2   Anand       2765   +13  = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1   6.0/9
3   Shirov      2700   +48  = = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1   5.5/9
4   Lautier     2660   +56  = 1 = * 0 = 1 = = =   5.0/9
5   Gelfand     2695   +17  = = 0 1 * = = = = 1   5.0/9
6   Kramnik     2770   -66  = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1   5.0/9
7   Beliavsky   2710   -35  0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 1   4.5/9
8   Georgiev    2670   -63  0 0 0 = = = = * = 1   3.5/9
9   Ljubojevic  2565   +16  = 0 = = = = 0 = * 0   3.0/9
10  Kovacevic   2525   -70  0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 *   1.5/9

Round One, November 11th
Anand vs Lautier, 1997
(B33) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs K Georgiev, 1997
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
A Kovacevic vs Kramnik, 1997
(C42) Petrov Defense, 74 moves, 0-1
Ljubojevic vs A Beliavsky, 1997
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
Shirov vs Gelfand, 1997
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 55 moves, 1-0
Round Two, November 12th
Gelfand vs Ljubojevic, 1997
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Georgiev vs A Beliavsky, 1997
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk vs A Kovacevic, 1997
(B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Anand, 1997
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
Lautier vs Shirov, 1997
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, November 13th
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Beliavsky vs Gelfand, 1997
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Kovacevic vs K Georgiev, 1997
(B01) Scandinavian, 47 moves, 0-1
Ljubojevic vs Lautier, 1997
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Shirov vs Kramnik, 1997
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four, November 14th
K Georgiev vs Gelfand, 1997
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Kovacevic vs Anand, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Ljubojevic, 1997
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lautier vs A Beliavsky, 1997
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 35 moves, 1-0
Round Five, November 16th
Anand vs K Georgiev, 1997
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 30 moves, 1-0
A Beliavsky vs Kramnik, 1997
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 34 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Lautier, 1997
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0
Ljubojevic vs Ivanchuk, 1997
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Shirov vs A Kovacevic, 1997
(A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0
Round Six, November 17th
Anand vs Shirov, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Georgiev vs Lautier, 1997
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk vs A Beliavsky, 1997
(B07) Pirc, 41 moves, 1-0
A Kovacevic vs Ljubojevic, 1997
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 61 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Gelfand, 1997
(E97) King's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seven, November 19th
A Beliavsky vs A Kovacevic, 1997
(A04) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 1997
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lautier vs Kramnik, 1997
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1997
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1
Shirov vs K Georgiev, 1997
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Round Eight, November 20th
Anand vs A Beliavsky, 1997
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Georgiev vs Kramnik, 1997
(D80) Grunfeld, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk vs Lautier, 1997
(B40) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Kovacevic vs Gelfand, 1997
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1
Shirov vs Ljubojevic, 1997
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, November 21st
A Beliavsky vs Shirov, 1997
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Anand, 1997
(A20) English, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 1997
(A15) English, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lautier vs A Kovacevic, 1997
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ljubojevic vs K Georgiev, 1997
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
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