[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chesney, Bill"]
[Black "Riveline, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e4 e5 7. Nd5 Nxe4 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. Bxe4 Nxc4 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. d4 Nc6 12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bf4 Ne5
15. Rfe1 f5 16. Bg2 d6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. cxd6 Kh8 19. Ne7 Nc6 20. Bg5 Qa5 21.
Bd5 Nb4 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. dxc7 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bc6 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Rxe8+ Kh7
27. Rxa8 Bxd5 28. c8=Q a6 29. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Genin, R."]
[Black "Havras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. f4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e5
Bxc3 9. dxc3 Nfd7 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Ng5 g6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Nxe6 Qc8 14. Qg4
Be4 15. Qh4+ Kg8 16. Ng5 Rf7 17. Nxe4 dxe5 18. Ng5 Qd8 19. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parroco, Pierre Jean"]
[Black "Gerest, Yves"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rd8 17. Qe2 O-O 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bb2 b4 20. Nd1 Nbd5 21. Nd2
Qc6 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Rf3 Bd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. c4 bxc3 26. Nxc3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3
Qe4 28. Qf2 Rfd8 29. Rf1 e5 30. Re3 Qf4 31. Bxe5 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Trin, Pierre"]
[Black "Schaub, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. d3 h6 7. a3 a5 8. Nd5 Be6
9. c3 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Be3 Nf5 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Qb3 c6 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Kb1 d5 20. Bd3 Bc7 21. g4
Bd6 22. g5 Rb6 23. Qc3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 exf3 26. gxh6 Nf5 27. Bxb6 Qxb6
28. hxg7 Re8 29. Qxf3 Be5 30. Rd2 Nd4 31. Qe4 Qg6 32. Qxg6 fxg6 33. f4 Bxg7 34.
Rhd1 Re4 35. d6 Kf8 36. Rf1 Ke8 37. Rd3 Kd7 38. Kc1 Kxd6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rxf5
Re1+ 41. Kd2 Re2+ 42. Kc1 Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Battin, Richard"]
[Black "Acher, Adrien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Rb1 e5 8. e4
Be6 9. d3 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. b4 exf4 14. Bb2 fxg3 15.
hxg3 Qg5 16. Rf3 Nd7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Qh5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf2 Kg8 21.
Rf4 Qh6 22. Qd4 g5 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. Rb3 a6 25. Nf3 h6 26. Nh2 Ne5 27. Bf1 Rd8
28. Qe3 Nc7 29. Be2 Nxc4 30. dxc4 Bxe4 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 d5
34. c5 Re8 35. Qd2 Qe6 36. Kf2 Qh3 37. Kg1 Qe6 38. Kf2 Qe4 39. Re3 Qg6 40. Ng4
Qf5+ 41. Kg2 Qxg4 42. Rxe8+ Nxe8 43. Qe3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Desormeaux, C."]
[Black "Bremond, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Bh6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Qe7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd7 12. Nfd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 f5 14. Qd3
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhf8 16. a3 Qf6 17. g3 f4 18. Rhf1 f3 19. Ne2 Ne7 20. Nf4 Qh6
21. Qb3 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rfe8 23. Qa5 Kb8 24. Rde1 b6 25. Qc3 Bc8 26. Kb1 Bb7 27.
d5 Bc8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Qd6 31. Qg7 Ba6 32. Rf2 Rd7 33. Qxg4
Bc4 34. Qxf3 Qe5 35. Rd2 Rg7 36. Rd1 Rf7 37. Qh5 Rd7 38. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gerest, Yves"]
[Black "Klipper, Alain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ngf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. O-O e5 11. c3 b5 12. g3 Rb8 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 a5 15. Bg2
Nb6 16. f4 Nh5 17. Kh2 a4 18. f5 axb3 19. axb3 c4 20. b4 Na4 21. Bc1 Rc8 22.
Rf3 g5 23. Nf1 h6 24. Qf2 Nf6 25. Qe2 Kh7 26. g4 Rh8 27. Ng3 Kg8 28. Nh5 Nxh5
29. gxh5 f6 30. Rg3 Kh7 31. Bd2 Rg8 32. h4 Bf8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bf3 Bh6 35.
Qe3 Ra8 36. Bd1 Qb6 37. Bxa4 Qxe3 38. Bxe3 bxa4 39. Bb6 g4 40. Kg1 Bf4 41. Rg2
Rg5 42. Ba5 g3 43. Rxa4 Rxh5 44. Raa2 Be3+ 45. Kf1 Bf2 46. Raxf2 gxf2 47. Kxf2
Rh4 48. Ke3 Rh3+ 49. Kd2 Rd3+ 50. Kc2 Re3 51. Rg6 Rg8 52. Rxg8 Kxg8 53. Bc7
Rxe4 54. Bxd6 Kf7 55. b5 Re2+ 56. Kb1 Re1+ 57. Kb2 Re2+ 58. Ka3 Re1 59. Kb4 Ke8
60. Kxc4 Kd7 61. Bb4 Rf1 62. Kc5 Rxf5 63. b6 e4 64. Kd4 e3 65. c4 e2 66. Ba5
Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grandmougin, Olivier"]
[Black "Cazenave, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Qd2 d6 7. g3 Be6 8. Ne4
h6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxh6 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. exf3 Qd7 13. h4 Be7 14. d4 exd4
15. Qxd4 Rh5 16. g4 Rh7 17. Bd3 c5 18. Qc3 O-O-O 19. h5 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21.
O-O-O Bxf3 22. Bf5 gxf5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rg1 fxg4 25. h6 f5 26. Qe5 Rf7 27.
Qe6 Bd6 28. Qg6 f4 29. Bd2 g3 30. fxg3 fxg3 31. Qg8+ Rf8 32. h7 Rdd8 33. Qe6+
Kc7 34. Bc3 Rde8 35. Qxe8 Rxe8 36. h8=Q Rxh8 37. Bxh8 g2 38. Kd2 Bh2 39. Ke3
Bc6 40. Kf2 Bxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Kd6 42. Bc3 b5 43. a3 Be4 44. Kf2 Kd5 45. Kg1 Kc4
46. Kf2 b4 47. axb4 cxb4 48. Be5 a5 49. Bh2 Kb3 50. Be5 a4 51. Bd4 a3 52. bxa3
bxa3 53. Kg1 a2 54. Kf2 Kc2 55. Kg1 Kb1 56. Kf2 a1=Q 57. Bxa1 Kxa1 58. Kg1 Kb1
59. Kf2 Kc1 60. Kg1 Kd1 61. Kf2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karsenti, Gilles"]
[Black "Auge, Clement"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. c4 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bc3 a5 14. b3 Qd8
15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qb8 19. Ne5 g6 20. h3 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 c5 23. Rd7 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bg5 25. Rcd1 Ra7 26. a4 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Rd8 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Martinez"]
[Black "Carno, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Qd3 Nf5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Bf2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nfxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bd7 14.
Qb4 Qc7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Rb3 Qc5 18. Ke2 O-O 19. g4 f6 20. Qd4 Qc7
21. Rg1 Rf7 22. c4 fxe5 23. fxe5 dxc4 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Qe4 g5
27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qf6 c3 29. Rgg3 Qc4+ 30. Ke3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navarro, Fabien"]
[Black "Thierens, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Ndxe2 Ng4 13. Qc1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Nc4 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qc5 Ne5 18. f4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schaub, Marc"]
[Black "Chesney, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

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. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 e6 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. h5 Nxb3+ 14. Nxb3 Rxc3
15. bxc3 Ne8 16. Bh6 Qc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. hxg6 Kh8 19. Qh6 Nf6 20. Qxf8+ Ng8
21. g7# 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Acher, Adrien"]
[Black "Jaminion, Maximilien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 d6 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. d4 Qf6 8. O-O f3
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne4 Ng8 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Bf4 fxg2 15.
Kxg2 Be7 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Qf2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 f5 20. Bxg8 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1 22. Be6+ Kb8 23. Bxf5 Rf8 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Bd3 Nd8 27.
Bxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Auge, Clement"]
[Black "Genin, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 b6 5. Qg4 Bb7 6. f4 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Qe2
Ne4 9. Nf3 g6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Qd5 13. Be3 Bh6 14. h4 Nd7 15.
Qg4 Qf5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Qh3 Ke7 18. g4 Qd5 19. Qg3 Bg7 20. h5 Qd6 21. h6 Bf8
22. Qh4 Ke8 23. Qf2 Qd5 24. Nh3 Rd8 25. Rf1 Bc8 26. Qg2 Ng8 27. g5 Ne7 28. Nf2
Bb7 29. Ng4 Qa5 30. a4 c5 31. Ne5 Nf5 32. Bb5+ Ke7 33. Nc4 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Bd5
35. Nc2 Kf7 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Ne3 Be7 38. Bc4 Rhf8 39. f5 Qb6 40. fxe6+ Kxe6
41. Qxe4+ Kd7 42. Nxd5 Qd6 43. O-O-O Bxg5+ 44. Nf4 Bxf4+ 45. Rxf4 Qxd1+ 46.
Kxd1 Kc7+ 47. Kc2 Rfe8 48. Rf7+ Kb6 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barlerin"]
[Black "Schaub, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfe1 Nb6 14. Ba2
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bb1 g6 17. Re4 Qf6 18. Qxc7 Bf5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Nc4 23. Re7 b5 24. Kf1 Rd3 25. Ke2 Rb3 26. Nd4 Rxb2+
27. Rxb2 Nxb2 28. Nxb5 Rb8 29. Nd6 Rb3 30. Rb7 Rxb7 31. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carno, Matthias"]
[Black "Desormeaux, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 h6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Nf5 Ne4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. a3 Nd7 16. Bb1 c5 17. Bc3 Re6 18. Nh4 Qe7 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Nf6 22. dxc5 Ng4 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Rfe1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qxg2 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Qxg4 d4 30. Bxd4 Rd8 31. Ba2 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Bf3+ 33. Kd3
bxc5 34. Rxc5 Be4+ 35. Kc3 Qxf2 36. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cazenave, Andre"]
[Black "Giessner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Qd2 c6 6. e4 Qa5 7. a3 b5 8. b4 Qb6
9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd4 Qb7 14. h3 Be6 15. O-O
Bc4 16. Rad1 a6 17. f4 e5 18. Bxc4 exd4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxd4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Qxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxd6 Rhd8 24. Rde1 Nf6 25. Qc7+ Rd7 26. Qxd7+ Nxd7 27.
Rxe4 Nb6 28. f5 Rf8 29. Re6 Na4 30. fxg6 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 hxg6 32. Rc6 Kh6 33.
Kf2 Kg7 34. Rxa6 Nc3 35. Kf3 Kh6 36. Kg4 Nd5 37. Kf3 Kh5 38. Rd6 Nc3 39. g4+
Kh6 40. h4 Kg7 41. g5 Nb1 42. Rd3 Kf7 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heckly, Jean Louis"]
[Black "Gerest, Yves"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 O-O 10. g5 Nh5 11. O-O-O g6 12. Nce2 e5 13. Nb3 b5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15.
h4 Qc7 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Qe3 f5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qd4 fxe4 21. Qd5+
Kg7 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nd2 Bb7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Ndxe4 d5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6
Qd6 28. h5 Qxf6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Ne2 Rae8 31. Rhe1 Re4 32. Qg1 Rfe8 33. Nc3
Qxf4+ 34. Kb1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Kf7 37. a3 g5 38. Ne2 Qf6 39. Ng3
Qf4 40. Ne2 Qe5 41. Qf2+ Kg6 42. Ng3 d4 43. Nf1 Qf4 44. Qe2 Bd5 45. Nd2 Qe3 46.
Qd1 Qf4 47. Qe1 Kf5 48. Qe2 Qe3 49. Qf1+ Qf4 50. Qe2 d3 51. cxd3 cxd3 52. Qd1
g4 53. b4 Bf3 54. Nxf3 gxf3 55. Qh1 Qe4 56. Qh7+ Kf4 57. Qc7+ Ke3 58. Qb6+ Ke2
0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vanleynseele, P."]
[Black "Hauseux, Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
c3 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 g4 15.
f4 g3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. N2f3 Rde8 18. e5 Rhg8 19. Qc2 Rg7 20. Nf5 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2
Bg6 22. N3h4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rf8 24. Nxg6 Rxg6 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. b4 Rfg8 27. a4 h5
28. Rh1 Rh8 29. c4 b5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. c5 Qc4 32. Qb2 a5 33. e6 Rf8 34. e7 Re8
35. Rxh5 axb4 36. Rh8 Qxc5+ 37. Kf1 Rgg8 38. Qf6 Kb8 39. Qxf7 Qc4+ 40. Qxc4
bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boutroy, Alexis"]
[Black "Chesney, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 e6 6. a3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Re4 Qxb2 13. h4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Rf4 Qxa1 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bc3 Qa2 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. h5 Nce7 21.
Nd2 Nxc3 22. Qf3 e5 23. Qf6 gxh5 24. dxe5 d5 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cazenave, Andre"]
[Black "Acher, Adrien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. a5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. f3 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
O-O e5 16. Nde2 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Qd8 18. Ra3 Qe7 19. Na4 Qd8 20. Rd1 Ne8 21. Nc5
Kh8 22. Nxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Rxb3 24. Nc1 Rb7 25. b4 f5 26. Ne2 Rb5 27. Ra5 Rxa5
28. bxa5 fxe4 29. fxe4 Qa8 30. Qd5 Nf6 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 32. Bb6 Nxe4 33. Rc1 Bf8
34. Ra1 Ra6 35. Bc7 Kg7 36. Rb1 Kf6 37. Nc1 Kf5 38. Nd3 Rc6 39. Bb6 Nd2 40. Rb2
Nc4 41. Rf2+ Ke4 42. Nb4 Rc8 43. Re2+ Kf5 44. Ra2 Bh6 45. Nc2 Ra8 46. Bc7 Rc8
47. Bb6 Rb8 48. Bf2 Rb1+ 49. Ne1 Nxa5 50. Kf1 Nc4 51. Ra7 Ne3+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Desormeaux, C."]
[Black "Karsenti, Gilles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O d5 7. Bxd5 Nf6 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxh4 Qd4+ 10. Kh1 Qxe4+ 11. Ng2 Bg4 12. Qe1 Qxe1 13. Nxe1 gxh2
14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. d3 Rhf8 16. Bf4 Kg8 17. Bxc7 Be6 18. Bd6 Rf7 19. Nf3 h6 20.
Nd2 Rc8 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 g5 25. Re2 Kg7 26.
Kxh2 Kg6 27. Kg3 Nh5+ 28. Kh2 Ndf6 29. Bc5 Nf4 30. Re7 Rxe7 31. Bxe7 h5 32. Bc5
a6 33. Nd1 h4 34. Nf2 Kh5 35. Be7 Ng4+ 36. Nxg4 Kxg4 37. d4 Kf5 38. c4 h3 39.
d5 g4 40. Bd6 Nd3 41. c5 Nxb2 42. c6 bxc6 43. dxc6 Ke6 44. Be5 Nd3 45. Bg3 Nb4
46. c7 Kd7 47. Kg1 Nd5 48. Kf2 Nxc7 49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. b4 Nf6+ 52.
Kf4 Nh5+ 53. Kxg4 Nxg3 54. Kxg3 Kd5 55. Kxh3 Kc4 56. Kg2 Kxb4 57. Kf1 Kb3 58.
Ke1 a5 59. Kd2 Kb2 60. Kd3 a4 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hauseux, Philippe"]
[Black "Auge, Clement"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. h3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O O-O
9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. Be3 Qc6 13. Nh2 b5 14. f4 Qc7 15. g4
a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Ng4 e6 18. Bf3 d5 19. e5 Qb6 20. Qd1 Nc7 21. d4 c4 22. Nf6+
Bxf6 23. gxf6 Ne8 24. Kh2 Nexf6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rg1 b4 27. h4 bxc3 28. bxc3
Qd6 29. h5 Rb8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rg3 Bc6 32. Rb1 Qa3 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Qc2 Kf7
35. Nb1 Qe7 36. Rh3 Rb6 37. Kg3 Kg8 38. Rh1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mandelbaum, Joel"]
[Black "Roux, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 g6 8. Ng5
e6 9. cxd4 h6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O d5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bc2 Kg7 15. a3
h4 16. Nge2 a5 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Nf4 Be8 19. Nce2 Rh8 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Nf4 Qd7
22. Nxg6 Rg8 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portales, Fabien"]
[Black "Carno, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Rad1 c5 11. b3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qc7
15. f3 Qc5 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf2 Nc5 18. Rfe1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 Qf6 21.
Nb5 Nc3 22. Nxc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd7 b5 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. Na3 Qe5 27. e4
Rfc8 28. Rcd1 Qb2+ 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Rxa7 Bxa3 31. Rxa3 Rc2+ 32. Kh3 Rf2 33.
Rd7 e6 34. Rb7 Rcc2 35. Rxb5 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. Kh4 Rxh2+ 38. Kg5 Rh5+ 39.
Kf6 g5 40. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Trin, Pierre"]
[Black "Klipper, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e5 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. c3 a6 8. Bc4
e6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 Qd5 11. Nbd2 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nh6 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. Qxb3 c6 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Rh3 Nf5 18. g4 Ne7 19. Bf6 Nd5 20. Rf3 b5 21. Raf1
b4 22. Qc2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rab8 24. Qd2 c5 25. Rh3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4
cxd4 28. g5 Rfc8 29. Bd3 Rb6 30. Rf4 Rc1+ 31. Bf1 Rd1 32. Rfh4 Rbb1 33. Rxh7
Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kf2 Rbf1+ 36. Ke2 d3+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kxd3 Rd1+ 39. Kc2
Rc1+ 40. Kb2 Rb1+ 41. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Acher, Adrien"]
[Black "Portales, Fabien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. g4 e5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15.
Nd1 Qb6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Auge, Clement"]
[Black "Battin, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Qf3 cxd4 9. Qxd5 cxd5 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. Ngf3 Ba6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. Kd1 Ng4 16. Ke1 O-O 17. h3 Nh6 18. Nb3 Rc2 19. Bc1 Nf5 20. Bd2 Rfc8 21.
Nc5 Bc4 22. Kd1 Ra2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Kc2 Bc4 25. g4 Ne7 26. Ne5 Bb5 27. Kb3 f6
28. Nf3 Be2 29. Ne1 Bc4+ 30. Kc3 Bb5 31. f4 a5 32. Nc2 Kf7 33. Re1 axb4+ 34.
axb4 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Nc6 36. Nd4 Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Bc4 38. Ra1 g5 39. fxg5 e5+ 40.
Kc3 Be2 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. gxf6 Kxf6 43. Rxh7 d4+ 44. Kb2 e4 45. g5+ Kg6 46. Rh6+
Kg7 47. Bf4 Re8 48. Rd6 d3 49. Be3 Rf8 50. Bd4+ Kg8 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Rf6+ Ke7
53. Be3 Rxf6 54. gxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kc3 Bf1 56. h4 Bh3 57. Kd4 Bf5 58. b5 Bd7 59.
c6 Bc8 60. b6 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carno, Matthias"]
[Black "Hauseux, Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd6 Nb6 12. Bc5 Bg4 13. Rb1 f6 14. Qb3
Bf5 15. Rc1 Bd3 16. a4 Ba6 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Qb4 Kf7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rb1 b5 21.
a5 b6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. O-O Rhe8 24. Nb3 Re4 25. Ra1 Rh4 26. Ra2 Re8 27. Nc5
Bc8 28. Rfa1 Kg6 29. Ra7 Qd8 30. Nb7 Qc7 31. Nd6 c5 32. dxc5 Qxa7 33. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grandmougin, Olivier"]
[Black "Gerest, Yves"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. d3 Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O h6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. e4 Bh7 14. d4 d5 15.
f3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bb2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qd6 19. Rbd1 Qe7 20. d5 Nc5 21. Ba3
Qd6 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Re2 Nfd7 24. Qb2 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. dxc6 Nd3 27. Qa1 Nb8
28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Nf3 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxd8 Nf3+ 33. Kf2
Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heckly, Jean Louis"]
[Black "Cazenave, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Na4
Nxe4 9. Qxb4 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 11. Ne2 Na6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Nac3 d5 15.
Ng3 Nd7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 e6 19. Nce2 Na6 20. c3 Qb6 21. Kh1 c5
22. Rab1 Qa5 23. dxc5 Naxc5 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. f5 Ne4 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. Qe3 Nxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Rxe2 30. Qf3 Re7 31. Rbe1 Qd8 32. Qxd5 Bb7 33. Qc4 Nb6
34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rutter, Nicholas J"]
[Black "Jaminion, Maximilien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8. d4 a6
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Bd6 15. h3
Qe7 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Be1 Ndf6 18. Ne5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Nd7 22. f3 Nec5 23. Bg3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Qb1 a5 26. Nd4 Ba6 27. Rf2 Nd3
28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qg5 30. Bf2 Qxe5 31. Qc6 Qb8 32. Bh4 Nxb2 33. Nxe6 fxe6
34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Be1 Bc4 36. Bc3 d4 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vanleynseele, P."]
[Black "Mandelbaum, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 a6 13. Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. a3 Bg5 17. Rc3 Be6 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Rg3 Qh4 20. Qe3 Nd4 21.
Nb6 Rae8 22. Rc1 Qh5 23. Bf1 f5 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4
Rxe4 28. Qxd6 Ne2+ 29. Bxe2 Rxe2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qf8 Bg6 32. Qd6 Rxb2 33. Nc4
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 f4 35. Rg4 Re1 36. Rxf4 Qd1 37. Qxd1 Rxd1 38. Nb6 Rb1 39. Nc4 Rb3
40. Na5 Rxa3 41. Nxb7 Ra2 42. Nc5 a5 43. Rf8 a4 44. Ra8 a3 45. Ra7 Bf5 46. Kg3
Ra1 47. Nb3 Ra2 48. Nc1 Rc2 49. Nb3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cosnier, F."]
[Black "Boban, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qb6 19. h5 e5 20. Qg5 d5 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Qxe5 a5 23. Ka1 dxe4 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qc4
Kg7 28. Nd4 Qd6 29. Qc8 Re7 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Rb1 Qd5 32. g4 Ne8 33. g5 Nd6 34.
Qd8 Rf7 35. Qb6 Nc4 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Qxd8 38. Nxd8 Rd7 39. Ne6 Na3 40. Rc1
Re7 41. Nd4 Rc7 42. f4 Rf7 43. Rf1 Nc4 44. Rf2 Nd6 45. Kb2 Nf5 46. Kb3 h5 47.
gxh6 g5 48. Rg2 Kh7 49. fxg5 Rf8 50. Ne6 Rg8 51. Ng7 Nxg7 52. hxg7 Kxg7 53. Rd2
Kg6 54. Rd5 Re8 55. Rxa5 Re1 56. c4 Rb1+ 57. Kc3 Rb6 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Desormeaux, C."]
[Black "Barlerin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8.
Nh3 Qe7 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qg3 a6 11. Nf4 Nf8 12. Be2 Qf7 13. O-O-O g6 14. Na4 Nbd7
15. Qc3 Kd8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qc3 Rb8 19. Nc5 c6 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Qa5
Kc7 22. Na4 Nfd7 23. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jaminion, Maximilien"]
[Black "Auge, Clement"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. d4 N5f6 12. Bf4 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karsenti, Gilles"]
[Black "Cazenave, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. h3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. c3 Qe7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Qe2
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Qf2 exf4 11. Nh2 g5 12. Ng4 c5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Nh2 c4 15.
Bc2 Bd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. b4 Qf8 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Nc8 20. Qe2 b5 21. Qxh5 h6 22.
Na3 Ne7 23. Qf3 Qf7 24. Re2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 d5 26. Bc2 a6 27. Rae1 Nf5 28. Nf1
Nh4 29. Qf2 Bf6 30. g3 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 fxg3 32. Qxg3 Rf8 33. Rf2 Kg7 34. Nh2 Qe7
35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Ng4 Bxg4 37. hxg4 Ng6 38. Qf3 Nh4 39. Qh3 Re8 40. Bf5 Nxf5 41.
Rxf5 Re2 42. Rf2 Qe6 43. Qf3 Rxd2 44. Nc2 Rd3 45. Re2 Rxf3 46. Rxe6 Rxc3 47.
Re2 Rd3 48. Re6 Bxd4+ 49. Nxd4 Rxd4 50. Rxa6 c3 51. Rc6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mandelbaum, Joel"]
[Black "Carno, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne1 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15.
Nef3 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Rce8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Rh6
21. Qxe8 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. h3 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portales, Fabien"]
[Black "Schaub, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. h4 c5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ng5 g6 12. f4 f5 13. h5 h6 14. Ngf3 g5 15. g3
Rf7 16. O-O-O g4 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Ng6 Qd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Qc6 21. c4 dxc4
22. Bg2 cxb3 23. axb3 Qa6 24. Bxa8 Qa1+ 25. Qb1 Qxb1+ 26. Kxb1 Bb7 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. Rd8 Nxg6 29. hxg6 Re7 30. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Acher, Adrien"]
[Black "Mandelbaum, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nd5 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb4 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qc4 a6 12. b3 Qc6 13. Qxb4 Ba5 14. Bd2
Bxb4 15. Bxb4 Qb5 16. Bc3 Qxd5 17. dxe5 O-O 18. O-O dxe5 19. fxe5 Rad8 20. Bb4
Rfe8 21. Ng5 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Auge, Clement"]
[Black "Portales, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 Bd7
9. Qd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. b4 Nb7 14. O-O Qc7 15. c4 f5
16. g3 g5 17. Qb2 Kf7 18. Rac1 f4 19. cxb5 fxe3 20. Nxe5+ Ke8 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22.
bxa6 Raf8 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. fxe3 Qb6 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Rf1 cxb4 27. d4 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 Qa6+ 29. Kf2 bxa3 30. Qc2 Qb5 31. Bb3 Qb7 32. Ke2 Qa6+ 33. Qc4 Qa5 34.
Qa4+ Qxa4 35. Bxa4+ Kc7 36. Bb3 Kb6 37. Kd3 Kb5 38. Kc3 Bd8 39. Ba2 Ba5+ 40.
Kd3 h5 41. e4 Be1 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bg3 44. Kc3 Bf4 45. Kd3 Bc1 46. e5 dxe5
47. dxe5 Kc5 48. Kc2 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carno, Matthias"]
[Black "Jaminion, Maximilien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qe2 Ra8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ne5 O-O
15. Qb3 Bd6 16. f4 Bc7 17. Qd1 Qe7 18. Rf2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bb1 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Rfc8 22. Rfc2 Qd7 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Qb3 b5 26. Qc2 Rxc3 27.
Qxc3 Bd5 28. b4 g6 29. a3 Bc6 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Qc5 Qd8 32. g3 Kg7 33. Bc2 Bc4
34. h4 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Kg3 Qh8 37. Qe7 Qh6 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. hxg5 Bd3 40. Bd1
Kf8 41. Kxg4 Ke7 42. Kg3 Kd7 43. Kf2 Kc6 44. Bb3 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cazenave, Andre"]
[Black "Gerest, Yves"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 g6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. b3 e5 20. Ne2 f5 21.
Qa5 Rb8 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Bf7 24. Qxa6 Rfc8 25. Qa5 Nxc4 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27.
Bf2 Rbc8 28. a4 Nb2 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd2 Nxa4 31. Bc2 Nc5 32. h4 Nb3 33. Rd8+
Bf8 34. Bxb3 Bxb3 35. Ng3 Kg7 36. h5 f4 37. Ne4 gxh5 38. g3 Be7 39. Rb8 Bd5 40.
gxf4 Bxe4 41. fxe4 exf4 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Rb5 h6 44. Rxh5 Bg5 45. Rh1 Kg6 46. Kf3
Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Re1 Kh5 49. e5 Kg4 50. e6 Be7 51. Re4 h5 52. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grandmougin, Olivier"]
[Black "Desormeaux, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. Bb2 a6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Rd2 Nb8
15. Red1 Nc6 16. a3 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 Rd8 18. Qd1 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Na5 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bf6 23. Nce4 Qc6 24. f3 Bd4 25. Bc3 Nb7 26. Qb2 Bxc3 27. Qxc3
f5 28. Nf2 Qd6 29. Qd3 Qd4 30. e3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Nxd6 32. Nh3 h6 33. Nf2 b5 34.
e4 bxc4 35. Nxc4 Nxc4 36. bxc4 Ne5 37. a4 a5 38. exf5 exf5 39. f4 Nxc4 40. Nd3
Kf8 41. Nxc5 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Nb3 Kd5 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Nc5+ Kd5 46. Nb3 g6
47. Kf3 Kc6 48. g4 Kb6 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Nd4 Nd6 51. Nc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vanleynseele, P."]
[Black "Karsenti, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Nd2 Qf6 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. Nf3 Rf8 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Rad1 Qc5 14. Rd3
Nf6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxe4 19. Rd4 Qf5 20. Rb4
b6 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Rxb6 Qe5+ 23. Kg1 Qc7 24. Rxa6 Qb7 25. Qc4 Kc7 26. Rd1 g6
27. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carno, Matthias"]
[Black "Acher, Adrien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 Rf7 13. Nd3 g5 14. c5 Nf6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. a4 Ne8 20. Qb3 h5 21. Rc3 g4 22.
fxg4 hxg4 23. Nb4 a6 24. Na3 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Qc2 g3 27. hxg3 Rh7+ 28. Kg1
Qh6 29. Bb6 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Nc4 Rh3 32. Bf3 Rxg3 33. Ke1 Qh4 34. Bf2 b5
35. Nb6 Rxc3 36. bxc3 Bg4 37. Bxg3 fxg3 38. Bxg4 Nxg4 39. Qe2 Nf4 40. Qd2 Ne3
41. Rg1 Qh2 42. Qxe3 Nxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Desormeaux, C."]
[Black "Martinez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Qe2 e6 7. Rd1 b5 8.
d4 c4 9. e5 Ne7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 fxe5 14. Qxa8 exd4
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Nc3 Kf7 19. Bxe7 Bb7 20. Qd8 Qxd8 21.
Bxd8 b4 22. Ne2 Bd5 23. Ba5 Bc5 24. Rdd1 Ke7 25. c3 b3 26. axb3 cxb3 27. Nf4
Bc4 28. Ra4 Bb5 29. Re4 Kf6 30. Rde1 Re8 31. Rxe6+ Rxe6 32. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gerest, Yves"]
[Black "Mandelbaum, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne2 Be7 12. c3 c5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Bb5 Nxe4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Rfe1 Nd6 18. Bc6 f6 19. Nxd4 Bxc6 20. Qxc6+ Kf7
21. Qd5+ Kg6 22. Re3 h6 23. Rg3+ Kh7 24. Ne6 Rhg8 25. Rxg7+ Rxg7 26. Nxg7 Rg8
27. Nh5 Nf7 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qe4+ Kh8 30. Re1 Rg8 31. h4 Nd6 32. Qe3 Nf5 33. Qe4
Nd4 34. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens B"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Therard"]
[Black "Auge, Clement"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 gxf6 11. O-O Qxd4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qc5 14.
Nb3 Qe7 15. Rd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bf1 Nxf4 19. Qc3 e5 20. Nc5 Bg4
21. Rd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 Qe8 23. Rxb7 Qd8 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Rd7 Qb6 26. Qe3 Ne6 27.
Qh6 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 29. Qc1 Rad8 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 0-1