[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "2021.09.07"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Faraci, Antonino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch op"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2007.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Iseli, Domenik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ba7 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nd5 Qc8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ng5 Nxd5 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Podini, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Qh5 0-0 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Rb8 15. 0-0-0 d5 16. Bd4 Rb4 17. Be5 Qb6 18. Rdg1 Qe3+ 19. Kc2 Qf2+ 20. Qe2 Qxe2+ 21. Nxe2 dxe4 22. d4 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rg3 Bb7 25. Rgh3 Rc8 26. Kb1 Rd8 27. Bc3 Rb5 28. a4 Rb3 29. Nc1 Rb4 30. Bxb4 Bxb4 31. Rb3 e3 32. Rxb4 Bxh1 33. Rb3 Be4+ 34. Ka1 Bc2 35. Rc3 Bxa4 36. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2004.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tuor, Elena"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. h3 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nd2 0-0 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Rc1 Bxf4 10. exf4 Re8 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. g3 Bd7 14. Kf1 Re7 15. Kg2 Rae8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bf3 Qxb5 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 h6 24. Qe5 Qd3 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Qxb7 Bxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Qxf3 28. Qxf7 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Giacomini, Plinio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. c3 0-0 11. Nd2 f6 12. Nef3 Rf7 13. Ne4 Nf8 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 f5 16. Neg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Re8+ Rf8 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Qf6 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Qxc7 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2004.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haldi, Andreas"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Ng3 c6 7. c3 h6 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. 0-0 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Ne4 c4 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Bg4 Rfd8 20. Qc1 Rd3 21. Be2 Qc6 22. f3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd5 24. Bd1 Rad8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Bf8 27. Qh5 Qd7 28. Bc2 Bg7 29. Re4 Rd1 30. Ree1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qd2 32. Bh7+ Kf8 33. Rg1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Faldini, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. f4 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Qa4+ Qc6 12. Qxc6+ bxc6 13. Ke2 Nh6 14. Nf3 Rab8 15. b3 Nf5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Na3 h6 18. Nc2 Rhc8 19. g4 Ne7 20. Rac1 c5 21. Rhd1 cxb4 22. cxb4 Rc4 23. Ncd4 Rxb4 24. Rb1 Bxd4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Nf3 Kc6 30. h4 Ng6 31. Ke3 e5 32. f5 Ne7 33. h5 Kc5 34. Nxe5 Nxf5+ 35. Kf4 fxe5+ 36. Kxf5 d4 37. g5 hxg5 38. h6 d3 39. h7 d2 40. h8Q d1Q 41. Qxe5+ Qd5 42. Qxd5+ Kxd5 43. Kxg5 a5 44. Kf4 Kd4 45. a4 Kc4 46. Ke3 Kc3 47. Ke2 Kb2 48. Kd2 Kb3 49. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Attila"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 Bh4+ 5. Kf1 d6 6. Bxf4 Qf6 7. g3 g5 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qc6 10. Bd5 Qa6+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 gxf4 13. gxh4 Ne7 14. Be4 Ng6 15. Nd2 Nxe5 16. Nxf4 c6 17. Re1 f6 18. Rg1 Kf7 19. Nf3 Nbd7 20. c3 b6 21. Nd4 Ba6+ 22. Kf2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Bd3 24. Bd1 Bg6 25. Re3 Ncd3+ 26. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 27. Kg3 Nc5 28. b4 Ne4+ 29. Kf4 Nf2 30. h5 Nxd1 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Rxd1 g5+ 33. Kf5 Rxh2 34. Nf3 Rxa2 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Kg6 Kh8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Ree7 1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aklin, Heinz"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. e5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 g6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Bd2 c5 18. a3 b6 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Qa4 Rf7 21. Qa6 Rb8 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 c4 24. Bf1 f5 25. Rbd1 Nf6 26. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Maffioli, Massimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. 0-0 d6 8. d3 0-0 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 Nd4 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxh3 13. Re1 Nd7 14. c3 Qh4 15. d4 Bb6 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Qd2 h6 18. Kh2 Bg4+ 19. Kg2 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Meier, Hanspeter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d6 5. Bd2 a6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Na4 Ba7 8. Be2 h6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qc1 Bg4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. Nc3 Raa8 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Bxh5 Nxh5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Nf3 f5 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. d4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 c6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rfe1 Rf4 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxf2 31. Nd3 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Tuor, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2003.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Ne2 b5 12. b3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxb5 Be7 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Ng3 Nce4 17. Nf5 Bc5 1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nusch, Peter"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. h3 Bd7 6. c3 Nxe4 7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Qe2 0-0-0 13. Be3 Kb8 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bd6 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Rfe1 Qe5 18. f4 Qf6 19. Qf3 Qf5 20. Re2 Bc5 21. Rae1 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Qa5 23. Qf2 Qb5 24. Re5 Qc6 25. Re7 Rhf8 26. Qe3 Qb5 27. Re2 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rdd8 29. b3 g6 30. c4 Qc6 31. Qe5 f6 32. Qe3 h5 33. Qg3 f5 34. R7e6 Rd6 35. Qxg6 Rxe6 36. Qxe6 Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd8 38. Re5 Rd2 39. Rxf5 Rxa2 40. Rxh5 Kc8 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scarpellini, Felice"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd6 16. Ng5 b6 17. Nxe6 bxc5 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 e4 21. dxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Bf4 Qe6 25. Bf3 Nd4 26. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Rxd5 28. Qb8+ Kf7 29. Rxc7+ Kg6 30. Qb1+ Kf6 31. Qb2+ Nd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Rc4 Nb5 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. a4 Nd6 36. Rc6 Re6 37. Rxa6 Nc4 38. Bd4+ Ne5 39. Ra7 Kg6 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. a5 Rc5 42. a6 Ra5 43. h4 Kf6 44. Kg2 h5 45. Kh3 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Ra8 Kf5 48. a7 1-0

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.11"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Molinari, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Be2 h6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 a6 9. c3 c5 10. e4 b5 11. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.10"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Getta, Markus"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 0-0 11. 0-0 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. h4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.09"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Petr, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Qb3 0-0 12. 0-0 Rfd8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. Qe2 f5 19. Bb1 Bg7 20. Nfd4 Ne7 21. Qh5 a5 22. Rc2 e5 23. Nf3 a4 24. Nc1 Qg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Ne2 g5 27. Rd2 Be6 28. Rfd1 Bf6 29. Ng3 f4 30. exf4 gxf4 31. Ne2 Kf7 32. Nh2 Rg8 33. Kf1 Rg7 34. Nf3 Rcg8 35. Ne1 f3 36. Nxf3 Rxg2 37. Nfg1 R2g5 38. Ng3 e4 39. Ke2 h5 40. f4 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.08"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Blasco, Domenico"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qh5 Bxb2 14. Bxh7+ Kf8 15. Bg6 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Nf6 17. Qh8+ Ng8 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. g4 Ke7 21. g5 Qf8 22. Bh5 Kd6 23. Nf7+ Kc7 24. Nxd8 Kxd8 25. Bg6 Bd7 26. Qh4 Ne7 27. f5 Nxf5 28. e4 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.06"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Stull, Norbert"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rad1 g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bb8 20. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.04"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Giuliano, Arturo"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. f4 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. c3 0-0 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Bxe4 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. f5 Nd5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. f6 Nxf6 22. Bg5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ng4 Qc7 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. Qh3 Qc2 29. d5 Qe2 30. Rg1 Rc5 31. Qf3 Qc4 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Rf1 Rc8 34. b3 Kf8 35. Bg5 Qg6 36. Qg4 Rc5 37. Qf3 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1994.09.03"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Cirabisi, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nh6 5. e3 Nf5 6. Bd3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 f5 9. c3 Qf6 10. Qc2 g6 11. 0-0-0 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rh6 Bf8 14. Rh4 Bd7 15. Rdh1 Rc8 16. Rxh7 Rxh7 17. Rxh7 a6 18. Kb1 b5 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Rh4 Ba3 21. Rxa4 bxa4 22. bxa3 Rb8 23. Qb2 axb3 24. axb3 e5 25. Be2 g5 26. Nd2 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Bf3 fxe3 29. fxe3 Qf5+ 30. e4 0-1

[Event "CZE corr"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Livtanyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 0-0 14. g4 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxd4 16. Be5 Qxg4 17. f3 Qb4+ 18. c3 Qe7 19. Rg1 Ne8 20. 0-0-0 f5 21. Rg6 Kh7 22. Rdg1 Rf7 23. Qg2 Bd7 24. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Ticino op"]
[Site "Ticino"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patelli, Alessandro"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 c6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. Rb1 Ne6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Re5 19. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Lombardia op"]
[Site "Lombardia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Bottanelli, Mauro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. b5 d5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 Be6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. a4 0-0 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. Bc3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 a6 16. Qb3 f5 17. Qb7 Qa5 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. Qa3 Kf7 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Na2 f4 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. exf4 Nb6 25. Nc5 Nf5 26. Nb4 Qd6 27. Qb2 a5 28. Nc2 Rb8 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Nxe6 Kxe6 31. Bb5 Qc7 32. Kd1 Kf7 33. Qd2 Nc4 34. Bxc4 Qxc4 35. g4 Nh4 36. Qc1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "ICCF theme corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Thystrup, Preben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. d4 Nd7 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. c4 Qe7 10. Be2 0-0 11. Ng5 c6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. 0-0 e4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Rac1 Nfg4 20. Nb3 Nd3 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Rc6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rf5 24. Qc3 Rg5 25. g3 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich op-B 15th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fehr, R."]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5+ 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Qc2 Qd8 19. a3 Bd6 20. Qe2 Bb8 21. Bb1 g6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Qh3 Rd8 26. Rde1 Qd7 27. f5 Rfe8 28. Re6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Qd6 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Qf5+ Kg7 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qh3 Qd2 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Rxd5 37. e7 Re5 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich op-B 15th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marte, Ernst"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 b6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bc1 Rac8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Be3 Ncd7 22. a5 Bc5 23. Ba4 Qc7 24. a6 Nd5 25. Bd2 N7f6 26. Red1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Bb5 Ng4 29. Qf3 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Zuerich op-B 14th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kallen, Jonas"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. f4 Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ngf3 0-0 9. 0-0 f6 10. Re1 fxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. c3 Qg6 13. Nf1 d4 14. c4 Nb6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. N1d2 Na4 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Ne4 b5 21. Nfd2 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. dxc4 Ba8 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Qd3 Rf5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. exd6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 e5 0-1

[Event "ICCF theme4 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thystrup, Preben"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4 Bb4 9. Qb3 c5 10. Rc1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Qa5 14. Kd2 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 16. Kc1 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qd8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rd6 Bg4 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. f3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxe6 24. Ne4 f5 25. Ng5 Qd7 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Qe6 Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Rb8 29. d7 Kg8 30. d8Q+ Rxd8 31. Nxd8 b6 32. Nc6 a5 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nxf5 Ke6 35. Nxg7+ Kd5 36. f4 a4 37. f5 Ke5 38. e4 c4 39. Ne6 a3 40. Nc7 c3 41. Kb1 Kxe4 42. f6 Kd3 43. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bonanate, Armando"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. g3 Nf6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Nbc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nf4 Nf8 11. Nce2 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Re7 17. g4 Nf6 18. f3 Rae8 19. Rae1 Bc8 20. Nc1 Qg3 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd3 b6 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Ba6 25. Qe3 Ne4 26. Nd3 h6 27. Nf2 Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Qf4 29. c3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Bd3 31. h4 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Barbagallo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. b5 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. d4 Rc8 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Rc1 h6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. a4 Bc2 18. Bd1 Rc4 19. Qd2 Bxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rxa4 21. Nbd4 Qe4 22. Ra1 Nc4 23. Qc3 Bb4 24. Qb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc5 26. h3 Re8 27. Qc3 Bb6 28. Ra4 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Bc7+ 30. g3 Qf1 31. Ra2 Bb6 32. Nf5 f6 33. Nxh6+ Kh7 34. Ng4 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bxe3 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Qe2 Qc1 38. fxe3 Rxe3 39. Qf2 Rc3 40. Nd4 Rd3 41. Rc2 Qa1 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Federico, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 0-0 7. 0-0 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 10. Ne3 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nxe5 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nxe5 15. Nxf5 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Rae1 Qg5 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxc7 Be5 21. d4 Rbc8 22. Qb7 Rxc2 23. dxe5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Tesche, Wolfram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. d3 Qe7 10. e3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 c4 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Nbd2 Ba5 18. c3 Ne4 19. Qc2 Bg6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qa4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Bb6 24. Rad1 Qe6 25. Kg2 g6 26. Bc1 a6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 h5 30. a4 Kg7 31. Ba3 Qc6+ 32. Kh2 Qe4 33. Qd6 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qxe3 35. Bd1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxg3 37. Qd4 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 f6 40. Qd5 Nd3 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Bf8+ Kg5 43. Qd5+ Kh4 44. Qxc4+ Kh3 45. Qe6+ f5 0-1

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mela, Riccardo"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Rae8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rxe8 Rxe8 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. g4 Qe7 18. Ndf3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bf4 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Nfe5 Bd2 23. h4 Qe7 24. Qf5 Ne4 25. Ng6 Qe8 26. Nde5 Bc1 27. f3 Nd6 28. Qc2 Be3+ 29. Kg2 c5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxd5 b5 35. b4 Bb6 36. Nxb6 axb6 37. Kf2 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ke3 Ne8 40. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Passeri, L."]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bg5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qe5+ 11. Ne2 Qxb2 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rxb7 Qd5 17. Rb3 0-0 18. Rd3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qa4 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Ng5 Ne5 22. Rh3 h6 23. Nf3 Rfd8 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qc1 Rac8 26. c3 Qc4 27. f4 Qe2 28. fxe5 Rxd2 29. Rg3 Rcd8 30. Qe1 R8d5 31. Re3 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Imperia op 31st"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedemonte, Claudio"]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1989.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nxd5 cxd4 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. Bxb3 0-0 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Bf4 h6 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bg3 Rd5 20. Rc4 Rfd8 21. a3 d3 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Bb4 25. Nd2 Rxa4 26. f4 Ra2 27. Be1 Rc2 28. Re4 Rd4 29. Re3 Bc5 30. Kh2 Rd5 31. Rf3 Bb4 32. h4 b5 33. g4 Bc3 34. Kh3 b4 35. Nb1 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 d2 37. Rd1 Na5 38. Rf2 Nc4 39. Re2 Rd3+ 40. Kh2 b3 41. f5 Rc1 42. fxe6 Rxd1 43. Rf2 Rd8 44. e7 Re8 45. Rf8+ Rxf8 46. exf8Q+ Kxf8 0-1

[Event "ITA corr"]
[Site "Italy"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Canato, M."]
[Black "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. a3 c5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nb5 0-0 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. h4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 exd5 19. c5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. h5 Bd3 23. Qg4 Qe7 24. h6 Rfe8 25. 0-0-0 Rad8 26. e6 Kg8 27. Bd4 Bg6 28. Rde1 Rd5 29. Rhf1 Rxc5+ 30. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "ITA corr"]
[Site "Italy"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Rapetto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Bb2 e6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. d3 e5 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a4 Nb4 10. c3 Nxd3 11. Bxd3 e4 12. Be2 exf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. c4 c6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 0-0-0 18. Nxd6+ Rxd6 19. Qc2 h5 20. Rad1 Bg4 21. Bxg4+ hxg4 22. Qf5+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 24. f3 Rg8 25. fxg4 Rxg4 26. Rd3 Kc7 27. Rdf3 Rg6 28. h4 Kb6 29. Kh2 Ka5 30. h5 Rh6 31. g4 c5 32. Kh3 Kb4 33. Kh4 Rd6 34. Ra1 Rd2 35. a5 1-0

[Event "Imperia op-A 36th"]
[Site "Imperia"]
[Date "94.09.06"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Botta, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Maurer, Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Bh2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. f3 h5 21. Qd1 Qd7 22. Qb3 Ba6 23. Qa3 Bc4 24. b3 Bd5 25. Qb2 b5 26. Qd2 Rc7 27. Qg5 Qc6 28. Bf4 Rec8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qb7 31. Bd2 b4 32. Qe3 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Bxc3 Qb6 35. Rd1 e5 36. Kf2 exd4 37. Bxd4 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 40. Rxd4 Bxe4 41. fxe4 Rxa2 42. Rxd6 Ra3 43. Rd3 a5 44. Kf2 a4 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. bxa4 1/2-1/2

